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From: rja@batcomfs.Eng.Sun.COM (Ninja Squirrel Master)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Boycott Icom (fwd)
Date: 17 Apr 92 02:15:28 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: batcomfs

In article <32920085@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM> jpotts@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (John Potts) writes:
>Lets give this stupid topic a rest.  If its one thing I have
>learned sense becoming a ham 3 yrs ago is that you have to
>put up with all of this BS in order to enjoy the hobby.  I
>really have not found a group that cries so much.  Its a
>wonder that anybody puts up with us.

    Perhaps if more hams complained there would be less BS to
    put up with.  Instead, hams try to accomodate the FCC, and
    then complain when they get screwed.  Hams try to help the
    local gov'ts, and then complain when the local police channels
    are encrypted, or when the hams no longer get to play cops.

    I'm not a ham, and am the first to admit that I could be
    completely wrong, but geez, I've never seen such an accomodating,
    and screwed :-), hobby group in my life.
--
    Robert Allen, rja@sun.com		DISCLAIMER: I said it, not my company.

    "Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create."
			     - Ed Parker, Grandmaster, American Kenpo.
From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 18:48:56 GMT
Subject: Re: Heathkit 2-m mobile rig (was: Re: Heathkit article in New York Times)
Organization: HP Network Measurements Div, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White) writes:

>Chuck Harris - WA3UQV writes:
>> I built one of their HA201 2-meter amplifiers as a teen, and it went 
>>firmly into parasitic oscillations... had to redesign several parts of their 
>>circuitry just to keep from burning out transistors... it was a terrific 
>>lemon... their synthesized mobile 2-m rig was recalled because its 
>>synthesizer was improperly designed... I don't think that a single 
>>solid-state Ham radio kit designed by Heath from 1970 thru 1980 was 
>>competently designed.

The SB104 (one of the first all-solid-state HF transceivers) was also
a piece of junk.  Terrible birdies (transmit AND receive), 1 uV 
receive sensitivity, susceptibility to oscillations, etc. etc...

>I think you're painting too bleak a picture...  
>... and yes, things seemed to go downhill starting in the '70s... 
>but overall, I think Ham Radio is far richer for Heathkits having been 
>around, and I'm going to miss 'em.

I think Heathkit's problems were largely self-inflicted.  The older
tube rigs, like the SB102, were nice radios, especially for the price.
Unfortunately Heath came out with a whole series of turkey ham rigs
at about the same time.  Simultaneously, the prices of their stereo
and TV equipment went through the roof.  I don't know what happened,
but it's a real shame.  

AL N1AL
From: Mike_Whalen@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Mike Whalen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Commercial business.. what exactly is it?
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:14:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: agwbbs.Mike_Whalen.0blg
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.


  I have been reading up on the questions for the Novice test.. having
already passed my Tech test (if you didn't read the story.. it's not that
big of a deal). 

  However, I am going to see if I can use this forum here to figure out
exactly how Commercial business over the air works. 

  Now, as I understand it, you can't conduct personal business over the
amateur frequencies. I understand that literal meaning of "commercial" but
what I don't understand is where the lines are drawn. I am going to give a
couple of examples and see how you guys respond to them.


INCIDENT #1

  I am working at an event for charity. A man, who was supposed to be there
an hour ago, is not there. I want to call him using my 2m HT and phone
patch and tell him to get his &^%$# over here. 


INCIDENT #2

  My car dies. I am far away from civilization of any type of civilization.
20 miles ago down the road was a town with authorities. With my HT I can
send and receive messages to the town.. (phone patch is there.. etc). Now..
I am trying to decide if I should call the police or a tow truck.
Hmmmmmm....

Thanks...


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From: trop@hls.COM (Troy T. Pummill)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Yaesu batteries
Date: 17 Apr 1992 13:00:31 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


Netlanders,

The ol' FNB-17 for my Yaesu ft-470 has given up the ghost.  Do I have any
option other than buying a brand-new one? 

thanks and 73s....Troy

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From: tad@ssc.wa.com (Tad Cook)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Letterman Intervies Young Ham
Keywords: 3/26/92 Late Night
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:55:54 GMT
Organization: very little

In article <1992Mar31.061834.9807@src.umd.edu> tedwards@src.umd.edu (Thomas Grant Edwards) writes:
>In article <1992Mar27.171836.6259@oakhill.sps.mot.com> geraldg@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Gerald Garcia) writes:
>>tad@ssc.wa.com (Tad Cook) writes:
>>she introduced herself, she turned the mike over to Letterman (who really
>>surprised N2??? when he came on the air!).
>
>Not as if I really care, but was this QSO actually legal under a strcit
>reading of the rules?
>


Sure!  Why not?  She is the control operator, and hands the
mic to her friend, who operates as a third party.  Its done
all the time.



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From: bemmack@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (71028000)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: HTX-202 Mod Retraction
Date: 10 Apr 92 05:43:31 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing


Does anyone have the mod for the Realistic Flavoradio [mine's orange] for
it to do 300w tx on the HBO sattelite band?  I got the mods to allow me
to talk to God on it, but I'm getting bored with that.

From: rogerm@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Roger Mitchell)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 13:56:41 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: On the durability of ham HT's and commercial HT's
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

My Yaesu 470 is about as rugged as I could ever ask for. I dropped it of
the roof of a 2 story building (accidently of course) onto concrete and
the only damage was a chip out of the battery case. I have given my radio
some very tough treatment and it has stood up to it quite well.

				Roger Mitchell
				Master Mechanic: Ft. Collins Municipal Railway
				Ham Radio: N0MCR   Loveland Repeater Association					Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club
From: wordy@bikelab.Corp.Sun.COM (Steven K. Roberts)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Seeking ride: Boston -> Dayton hamvention
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:51:33 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: bikelab.corp.sun.com


Hi....
   A friend in Boston wishes to join me at the Dayton Hamfest and
share the nightmare of booth duty (I'll have BEHEMOTH, the bike, 
in the PacComm booth and will also be speaking at the Icom FM Bash).
Previous Dayton experience has shown that it's a disaster to try
to do this alone.
   Anyway, she's looking for a painless (cheap) way to get there
(and possibly back, though a bus might allow more timing flexibility
afterwards).  Anybody driving from Boston/Cambridge to arrive on the
23rd in Dayton, and interested in a female nonsmoking traveling
companion?
  Thanks!  Email replies only, please....
     Steve Roberts  N4RVE
From: rambler@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Dan Meyer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Boycott Icom (fwd)
Date: 16 Apr 92 22:45:54 GMT
Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN.

What a waste of bandwidth...
Remember: " Buffalo never Oink " Seen on a South Dakota travel brocure.
Advertisment: Try the Railway Post Office , a railfan BBS ! (612) 377-2197.
UUCP: {crash tcnet}!orbit!pnet51!rambler
INET: rambler@pnet51.orb.mn.org
From: koning@koning.enet.dec.com (Paul Koning)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: An apology
Date: 6 Apr 92 14:12:09 GMT
Reply-To: koning@koning.enet.dec.com
Distribution: na
Organization: Digital Equipment Co., distributed systems architecture


In article <D7DJiB2w165w@tosspot.sv.com>, lee@tosspot.sv.com (Lee Reynolds) writes:
|>To Steve Modena -
|>
|>  My apologigies for making public the content of your note to me.
|>...
|>                             Lee      
|>         ----------> W1/G8LCK <-----------

I can't see why...  He deserved it.

	paul, ni1d
From: cs00jmc@unccvax.uncc.edu (John Covington WN4BBJ)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: FCC Call letters
Date: 7 Apr 92 02:10:51 GMT
Reply-To: cs00jmc@unccvax.uncc.edu.UUCP (John Covington WN4BBJ)
Distribution: na
Organization: University of North Carolina at Charlotte

In Charlotte there is WBT, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary
on the air this week.  Also there is WBT-FM, which has actually not
had that call very long.

Columbia SC has WIS-TV; and WSB Atlanta

73
John

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P.O. Box 217122           MCI Mail: JCOVINGTON 342-6957
Charlotte, NC 28221-7122  Packet Radio Mail: WN4BBJ @ N7IJI.#CLT1.NC.USA.NA
(704) 537-7653            "Kenneth, what's the frequency?" "I dunno, ask Dan"
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jona@Lise.Unit.NO (Jon Sletvold)
Subject: SAREX QSL-INFO
Keywords: 
 
   I would like QSL info for the SAREX so we can 
Organization: Norwegian Institue of Technology
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 17:16:26 GMT

confirme the QSO from our clubstation LA1K.

Sincerely Jon/LA9NGA

jona@lise.unit.no

amateru net: LA1K@LA8GE.NO.EU
From: steve@wattres.San-Jose.CA.US (Steve Watt -- KD6GGD)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Announcing the Repeater Mapping Project (Electronic!)
Keywords: electronic repeater frequency
Date: 14 Apr 92 18:09:13 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Steven Watt, Consultant   San Jose, CA, USA

In article <1992Apr10.055316.11867@wattres.San-Jose.CA.US> I wrote:
>A daemon will auto-reply when your message has been processed.  If your message
>has some sort of evil error in it (i.e., one of the required lines is missing
>or undetectable) it will send you a message with the error and a copy of this
>file.

Well, that was a slight lie.  It was *supposed* to auto-reply.  Except that
I forgot to quote the mail address in the line being handed to sh for sendmail.
Result:  No replies got through.  Therefore, this is a mass ACK.

I have received the following entries, and they look OK:
(the file names are CALL:freq)
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        663 Apr 13 13:40 K1CZ:146.640
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        366 Apr 13 06:40 K2MFF:147.225
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        401 Apr 13 08:21 K4RY:147.24
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        286 Apr  2 01:21 KC0AX:147.255
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        523 Apr 13 13:44 KW1Q:146.940
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        295 Apr 14 09:28 N0BVE:145.45
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        491 Apr 14 09:28 N0HSR:444.100
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        695 Apr 11 20:11 N3KZ:444.250
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        186 Apr  3 12:25 N4IRS:444.375
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        553 Apr 14 08:20 VE3GSD:444.45
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        286 Apr  2 01:24 W0QQQ:145.41
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        234 Apr  5 23:12 W4ZBA:147.12
-rw-r--r--   1 steve    group        602 Apr  5 16:40 WB6WUI:224.16

Thanks to you folks who have sent in entries!  Now, for the rest of you...
;)

Please send in one if you can.  For more info, send a message with the
only entry in the body (NOT THE SUBJECT) saying "help".  You will (now)
receive a reasonable message.

73 de KD6GGD
-- 
Steve Watt  KD6GGD     steve@wattres.SJ.CA.US
 ...!apple!wattres!steve  ...!mips!wattres!steve  ...!decwrl!gigo!wattres!steve
Left to his own devices, he'd be /dev/null.
From: benjy@benjy.cc.vt.edu (Ben E. Cline)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Can't get 10 year old radio fixed
Date: 16 Apr 92 12:48:35 GMT

I bought a 10 year old Ten-Tec Omni C in January.  Before purchasing it, I 
called the factory to see if they would still service it.  They still provide 
service for this radio.  I was pleased to find that I could still purchase
accessories for the xceiver such as mics, WARC band crystals, filters, etc.
Now the Omni C doesn't have a custom microprocessor (or any microprocessor
for that matter), so it may not be as hard for a manufacturer to support it
over a period of years as would be the case with newer rigs.  But it's still
good to know that I can get service for the rig if I ever need it.

Ben Cline, KD4FOI
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: template@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Template Account)
Subject: Kenwood TR-7950
Reply-To: template@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Template Account)
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 19:16:29 GMT


I have been offered a TR-7950 for a reasonable price. I would like to know  
if anyone has one of these units and if so, what they they think of it. 

FYI: Kenwood TR-7950
     originally released around 1983
     45W 2m mobile rig

Thanks!!!

N9OPG
Michael Brown, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
brownmd@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
From: rdale@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Robert Dale)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Story on National Weather Service Problems on NBC
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:38:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.44646
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University, W Lafayette IN

In article <1992Apr9.161133.19655@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> tlc20700@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Thomas L. Carney) writes:
>
>>At least for northern Illinois, I think the story was sad but true.
>I'll agree with Greg's comments 110% and then some.  The NWS went to great
>lengths to cover their butts with that cock-and-bull story they put out
>when the tornados hit the Joliet-Plainfield area just a few years ago. 
>They said 20 minutes wasn't long enough to warn anybody when the
>button for the tornado whistles are right there.  I've lived in northern 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Illinois two thirds of my life and people don't take the weather watches
>and warnings seriously because their track record is so bad.  
>
>Tom  WB9RXJ

Dead wrong.  The National Weather Service has absolutely nothing to do
with the tornado siren system.  That is covered by county and local
Civil Defense / Emergency Management agencies.  The NWS can disseminate all
of the Tornado Warnings that they want, but if CD doesn't want to sound the
sirens then they won't be heard.  What's rarely brought up is the fact that
FAA personnel and local police agencies knew about the tornado but
neglected to warn places in the path of the storm.  If the town hit first
were to call a city down the road and said "We've got a tornado coming
your way," I doubt that ESDA would say "Thanks, but since the NWS didn't issue
a warning, we're not going to sound the sirens."  On the show the other
night the lady interviewed from Plainfield state the she saw swirling clouds,
hail and debris flying around.  If that were me I'd take cover!  Do 
people need the weather service to tell them that a severe thunderstorm
is dangerous?  A severe thunderstorm watch and warning were in effect ath
that time, and the context of EVERY severe thunderstorm warning contains
the line "SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OFTEN DO PRODUCT TORNADOS WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARNING."  Where were local amateur radio operators and 
civil defense spotters when this took place?

And by the way, local weather service offices do not issue watches, they're
issued from the Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, MO.

Rob
--
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Purdue University Atmospheric Sciences  <>      74010.302@compuserve.com
West Lafayette, Indiana                 <>      N8GSK@K9IU.IN.USA.NOAM
From: Lee.Laird@f7009.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Lee Laird)
Sender: FredGate@ocitor.fidonet
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Radio Shack HTX-202 Mod is HERE!
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 18:44:00

 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 >> Radio Shack  HTX-202 Entended RX/TX Modification   4/1/92
 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------

 >         Does anyone know if this worked, or will work?

 >         Sean    N3LQN

it was an april fool joke .. it will not work .. some people tried it.. so sad ..

lee - wa5eha

 * Origin: -Com Port 1 DFW Amateur Radio BBS (214) 226-1181 (1:124/7009)
From: sking@wattres.San-Jose.CA.US (Steve King)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Letterman Intervies Young Ham
Keywords: 3/26/92 Late Night
Date: 9 Apr 92 16:47:17 GMT
Organization: Nancy Kerrigan Fan Club

In article <1992Apr5.184143.6217@ssc.wa.com> tad@ssc.wa.com (Tad Cook) writes:
>In article <5398@catnip.berkeley.ca.us> abeals@catnip.berkeley.ca.us (Andrew Scott Beals) writes:
>>jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
>>
>>+In article <1992Mar27.171836.6259@oakhill.sps.mot.com> geraldg@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Gerald Garcia) writes:
>>+>They broke for a final commerical (you could here repeater traffic in the
>>+>background), and Letterman asked if the equpment belonged to her; when
>>+>she shook her head "no", he replied "well, it's yours now".  Wow!  I think
>>+>that is the nicest gesture I have *ever* seen by Letterman (who can be less
>>+>than a pleasant fellow).  It will be a story Veronica will be able to tell
>>+>the rest of her life (I wonder if she'll remember w/o the aid of the tape?).
>
>My impression while watching the show was that his gift of the equipment
>was another of his weird attempts at humor.  I could be wrong, but the
>way it was said reminds me of other sarcastic-generous statements he
>has made.  Most of my friends though think I am wrong...that he wouldn't
>do this to a six year old.
>
Probably the same sarcastic-generous statements when he'll bother and
annoy people, then buy them lunch or whatever they were doing.
Probably the same kind of stuff he does to Meg Parsant (sp?) over at
the Smith & Wesson ..er.. Simon & Schuster building.  Besides... they
have it on videotape so Letterman can't deny saying what he said.

Steve


-- 
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                 Packet:  KC6WCH @ N6LDL.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA
KC6WCH          "Dammit, Jim!  I'm a meteorologist, not a forecaster!"
               "Climate is what you expect.  Weather is what you get."
Organization: Central Michigan University
Date: Thursday, 9 Apr 1992 09:20:02 EDT
From: <34ML2OB@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Hunt for Visual INC.

=========================================================================
Organization: Central Michigan University
Date: Thursday, 9 Apr 1992 09:06:36 EDT
From: <34ML2OB@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Hunt for Visual Inc.

Ref: Visual Commuter US 1083 computer
     Serial 0055311083 (board rev. 5.1)

I am writting you for assistance regarding the above computer. I
have been unable to find a phone number via directory assistance
at either of the addresses listed in the manual (below). 800
Directory Assistance provided me with 800 328-4289. No one has
answered that number over a two day interval! My retailer DAK
Incorporated, has no information on the munufacturer. Is Visual
Computer still in existence?

Visual Technology Incorporated     Visual Computer Incorporated
1703 Middlesex street              135 Maple Street
Lowell, MA 01851                   Marlboro, MA 01752

My problem with the computer is in the area of the disk controller.
The computer is no longer on speaking terms with the drives. It fails
to control the drive motors. The A drive is constantly running, and the
read/write heads do not move. There may be other communication problems
as well, but they're a little difficult to diagnose, at present.

I need a service manual, with schematic diagrams, or lacking that, a
service center capable of repairing the computer. Can anyone help me?

Sincerely,

Ray Peterson, WB8VWK
Trustee Edmore Repeater, 146.80
Please send e-mail replies to my daughter at 34ml2ob@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU
From: henne@eniac.gmd.de (Peter Henne)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: APT-Sats: Status APR 11, 1992
Keywords: APT, weather-satellites, wxsat
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:27:59 GMT
Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany


Observed at station 50.7 NLat, 7.1 ELon, APR 11, 1992

NOAA-9:      APT 137.62 On
NOAA-10:     APT 137.50 ON again
NOAA-11:     APT 137.62 On
NOAA-12:     APT 137.50 On
METEOR 2-19: APT 137.85 *OFF*
METEOR 2-20: APT 137.85 ON again
METEOR 3-4:  APT 137.30 On

NOAA-10 is on again as separation to NOAA-12 is
large enough. METEOR 2-19 is at the terminator
and switched off, APT-activity is taken over by
METEOR 2-20, the normal procedure.

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