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From: mbs@odaat.lkg.dec.com (Mark Sawyer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hurricane Andrew Recovery Radio Station?
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:52:59 GMT
Reply-To: mbs@odaat.lkg.dec.com.UUCP (Mark Sawyer)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Littleton, MA, USA

In article <9209032011.AA28916@cs.utexas.edu> wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin) writes:
>On the US evening network news on Sep 2 1992 (sorry -- I'm not sure which
>network, as I jump from channel to channel during newscasts), there was a
>short item about an Army-operated radio station set up in a tent in
>the middle of the Hurricane-Andrew-devastated area in Florida. I *think*
>I caught a bit in which an announcer on that station said they were on
>1040 kHz AM, but I may well be totally wrong about this. I also think
>I heard the figure of "400 watts" as the power, but again I may be
>wrong. Did anyone else catch this news item and get the details more
>accurately and precisely? Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention and
>the item was over before I realized I should have been, and that the
>info would have been of value to DXers and the radio community.

    I heard something about this on NPR the other night.  The Army
    officer they were talking to mentioned 1610 kHz which is one of
    the frequencies used for those "traffic information systems" that
    were recently discussed here.

    I don't remember hearing anything about power but 400 watts
    seems like a lot for the "normal" use of those frequencies.  I
    say "normal" because this is certainly an emergency situation.
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: schro@nessos.sni.de (W.F.Schroeder)
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster as TNC ?
Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Info.Sys. AG, Paderborn, Germany
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 13:24:57 GMT

In <1992Aug28.164407.22175@e3u001.ped.pto.ford.com> baxter@ed0115.ped.pto.ford.com (Gene Baxter) writes:

>Does Anyone have contact with the people that wrote JVFAX or HammComm?

JVFAX was written by DK8JV.  As far as i know he has no access to USENET/e-mail.

HamComm was written by DL5YEC (that's me).  Any questions regarding HamComm.

73 de Django
DL5YEC
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: mab3474@summa.tamu.edu (Myles Barkman-KG5AI Tx A&M Univ.)
Subject: Hurricane Andrew chase (that wasn't)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 07:37:00 GMT

Well, as I promissed, I am reporting on what happened with the Andrew chase.
Conroe was as far east as we got.  The mission was aborted since Andrew
wasn't very cooperative.  But I did manage to obtain some frequencies and
a better understanding of what NSSL does.  They do not run HF much regardless
of the fact that we couldn't anyway due to a bad antenna.  They are 
authorized to use the following frequencies as is any government agency:
(in kHz)
2010.5
4464
5769
7342.5
10218.5
14380
18171
23488

They can also use 122.925 and 123.050 to talk to P3 aircraft.  This is not
just when going after hurricanes or tornadoes.  They are out in other
storms as well.

They have 800 MHz telephone capability (not cellular) around the Norman, OK
area.  173.100 is also used to talk to Norman.  Satellite is another way
they keep in contact.  It's a pretty impressive van and if you ever see it,
you will never forget it.  The season is still young.  Keep looking east
and watch out! 
******************************************************************************
* Namenet   : Myles Barkman   aka 'Scanman'             Texas A&M University *
* Hamnet    : KG5AI                                       College Station TX *
* Internet  : mab3474@venus.tamu.edu      RACES                              *
* Bitnet    : mab3474@tamvenus                ARES                           *
* Packetnet : kg5ai@w5ac.tx.usa.na               SKYWARN                     *
* ICBMnet   : 30.606 N 96.316 W           Where are all the tornadoes?       *
******************************************************************************
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: parker@sunshine.Kodak.COM (Marty Parker)
Subject: rtty neophyte questions
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY
Distribution: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 16:23:33 GMT

I own a Kenwood R2000, and I would like to receive rtty and other
utility broadcasts. I was thinking of buying something like the AEA
PK232, but I have some questions:

Many units are for both sending and receiving data.  Since I am a
listener only, am I paying to much for the unused sending electronics?
Are there receive-only units?

Is the 50Hz minimum frequency increment of the R2000 too coarse for the
demodulator?

If so, does any know how to add a 'fine-tuning' or RIT circuit? (I
remember that one of the mail-order houses would install such an option
on a new unit for a fee).

Do any of the popular or recommended units come with terminal emulator
and/or fax software for the Macintosh? Is there third-party software
available?

If anyone could lend an opinion, preferably via email, I'd appreciate
it. Thanks.

Martin A. Parker 
Eastman Kodak Company 
B-65 F-1 RL 01801
   Phone:  (716) 477-1271
     FAX:  (716) 477-6811 
Internet:  parker@kodak.com


Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: magicjohnson@l.a.forum.com
Subject: Re: "`spike of noise"
Originator: cmgrawbu@c00555-1403br.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To:  magicjohnson@l.a.forum.com
Organization: The Los Angeles Lakers
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 18:16:22 GMT


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From: phn@dde.dk (Per H. Nielsen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Scanner shootout: PRO-43 vs. 200XLT
Keywords: scanner radio comparison chart
Date: 1 Sep 92 09:20:53 GMT
Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S

parnass@cbnewse.cb.att.com (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) writes:


>                    SCANNER SHOOTOUT:
>        RADIO SHACK PRO-43 VS. UNIDEN/BEARCAT 200XLT

>                   by Bob Parnass, AJ9S

>The Uniden/Bearcat 200XLT and Radio Shack  PRO-43  are both
>excellent  portable  scanners.  Which one is right for you?
>Here's a table to help see the differences.

>|___________________________|______________________|______________________|
>|special frequency coverage:|                      |                      |
>|54-88?                     |  yes, add diode      |  no                  |


Is adding a diode all that is necessary, or are modifications to the
RF frontend also required to get satisfactory performance on 54-88 Mhz ?


-- 
Per H. Nielsen                                 Telephone:  Int +45 42 84 50 11
Basic Applications                             Fax:        Int +45 42 84 52 20
Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark     E-mail:     phn@dde.dk
From: bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Packet BBS
Date: 2 Sep 1992 22:48:31 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


I am looking for information on how to convert for example this Internet
or Usenet BBS so that it can be transmitted from remote rural locations,
by using radio transmission instead of phone lines.
I have heard this is being done and there is probably info somewhere in
Usenet on this ....but I am new at this.
In other words, I have some friends in rural areas in northern cal and
oregon who would like to access usenet and other free public access
bbs systems but they cannot afford the phone charges and subscription
rates, etc.
Has this been done yet anywhere?  Basically it seems to me that someone
who can access Usenet like I can here in Berkeley, for free, could
set up a computer system for a bbs...then connect it to a packet radio
system.
any info would be appreciated.
-- 
            Mike Romano     Univ. Calif. Berkeley
From: ckp@cup.portal.com (Christine K Paustian)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SIGNALS
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 05:22:04 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <BPi3PB2w165w@bluemoon.rn.com>

We are aware of the increasing RTTY interference which disappeared some
months ago after having plagued us for several weeks.  It, like the
poltergeists, is apparently b-a-a-a-c-k.

Propagation this past weekend only compounded the problem - causing the
signal to drop out completely for listeners in the mid- to eastern sections
of the country.

We're doing two things.  We're talking to WWCR again about our placement
and the interference to see if there's anything THEY can do to help us out.
And we're re-running last week's program since so many listeners have
contacted us with the same 'I couldn't hear it' complaint.

Your comments to the staff at WWCR would be appreciated, as well - there's
strength in numbers, my friends!

	/Christine

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Christine K. Paustian                    ckp@cup.portal.com
    The Radio Collection                 ...!apple!portal!cup.portal.com.ckp
    Box 149, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
    914/923-1862
                 *SIGNALS* is a Signal You Don't Want to Miss!
                    11:35pm EDT, Saturday via WWCR 7435 kHz
                                0335 UTC Sunday

 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: parnass@cbnewse.cb.att.com (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
Subject: Re: Scanner shootout: PRO-43 vs. 200XLT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 00:15:18 GMT
Summary: PRO-43 scans TWICE as fast as specs

In article <1992Sep1.171041.9802@uoft02.utoledo.edu>,
cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:

>   You indicated that the PRO-43's scan speed was 50ch/sec - 
> 
>   I believe that you are talking about the SEARCH speed not the SCAN speed.  I
> think that the scan speed is appx. 25ch/sec.  (Though I could be wrong...)

I measured the scan speed (number of locked in channels scanned per
second) of the PRO-43 I reviewed.  It scanned 50 channels per
second -- twice the Radio Shack specification of 25 channels per second.

NOTE:  Measuring actual scan speed has been a good idea ever
since the time AOR boasted of blinding scan rates in the AR-2515
and AR-900.  Users found those scanners failed to stop reliably
when a signal was present!
-- 
==============================================================================
Bob Parnass, AJ9S  -  AT&T Bell Labs  -  parnass@ihlpm.att.com - (708)979-5414
From: was@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (wasif.sattar)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Amateur in need of Answers
Summary: BBC and other `big' stations' schedules
Date: 31 Aug 92 18:10:42 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Aug23.214256.421@ncsu.edu>, cmgrawbu@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER M GRAWBURG) writes:
> 
> The BBC may go off the air at 12:00. Stations that are as big as the BBC
> tend to broadcast to select regions. During one hour on one
> frequency the broadcast may be to Africa and then to Europe another time.
> Big stations like that get difficult to keep up with.
> Chris 
> cmgrawbu@eos.ncsu.edu

The matter of the fact is that the BBC continuously broadcasts its World
Service programs to "every part of the world". The reason they go off the air
at a certain time on a certain frequency is that they start to broadcast on
some other frequency to the same area. I believe the International Tele-
communications Union coordinates the allocation of frequencies and time
slots for these frequencies to different broadcasters depending on their
geographic location, target listeners and transmission strength. Thus the 
BBC may stop broadcasting to North America at a certain time on a certain
frequency and at that moment Radio Zambia may start using that frequency 
for broadcasts to Northern Africa. I am not sure if the ITU has some means
of enforcing the proper usage of the allocated frequencies otherwise you
wouldn't find two stations on the same exact frequency!

If you lose the BBC on one frequency, by doing some knob-twirling you will
almost definitely find it on some other frequency loud and clear "no matter
where you are". Of course it is possible that during certain hours there may
not be a broadcst aimed at your exact geographic region (example, Eastern USA)
but there is a 99% chance you may pick up the broadcast aimed at another area.

The only BBC broadcasts that aren't around the clock are the foreign language
broadcasts. It may broadcast in Burmese to Myanmar in the morning and then
the same frequency may be used for broadcasting to Thailand in Thai with a
different antenna from the Far Eastern relay station of the BBC and then go
off the air until late evening with another Burmese broadcast.

The above applies to the BBC and a few other stations that broadcast as
extensively as the BBC does!

73's from,
Wasif Sattar
From: as_radfo@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (AS Radford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Washington Post Article
Date: 27 Aug 92 07:15:56 GMT
Organization: Bristol Polytechnic, England


I guess the moral is - if you want a scanner, get it this week.  You
may not be allowed to next week!

The current fiasco about the alleged conversation between Princess
Diana and one of her admirers in the UK, picked up by a scanner, is
not going to help, either.

-- 
  Arthur Radford, Bristol Polytechnic    -------------------------------
  BRISTOL, BS16 1QY, UK                	      Esperanto parolata
  as_radfo@uk.ac.brispoly.csd            -------------------------------
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: siegman@EE.Stanford.EDU (Anthony E. Siegman)
Subject: Scanners Illegal in Certain European Countries?
Organization: Stanford University
Distribution: world 
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 00:21:39 GMT


Recent msgs on rec.aviation refer to handheld scanners as being
illegal to possess or transport in certain European countries.  True?

(I'm particularly interested in Italy, Greece, and Turkey -- was
thinking of taking a Radio Shack PRO 34 portable along on a vacation
trip.)

siegman@sierra.stanford.edu
From: lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Mark Lewyn - Wash Post Article
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:14:27 GMT
Organization: Radio Amateur k5qwb

Mark Lewyn told several people he called that he worked for Business 
Week. Perhaps all of us should call 202-463-1644 and ask for him. Give 
him your opinion of his work. :-)


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73,            internet     | lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org
Lyn Kennedy    packet radio | K5QWB @ N5LDD.#NTX.TX.US.NA
               pony express | P.O. Box 5133, Ovilla, TX, USA 75154

---I would like e-mail from people monitoring for news gathering---
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: baxter@ed0115.ped.pto.ford.com (Gene Baxter)
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster as TNC ?
Organization: Powertrain Electronics, Ford Motor Co.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:44:07 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.214813.5263@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> 
briggs@air.atmo.arizona.edu (William Briggs) writes:
>
>     Has anyone ever tried using the SoundBlaster PC board for digitizing
>RTTY, CW, AMTOR, WEFAX, etc, signals?
>
>     It has a 22khz sampling rate, so it should be able to do it.
>
>     If anyone has, wht software did you use?  Or did you write your own?
>
>     Using the SoundBlaster seems an inexpensive (if you already have 
>computer, etc) method of decoding some of the Bleeps and Blips abounding
>on shortwave.
>
>     matt briggs


	I have seen a program called "FFTMORSE" on wuarchive.wustl.edu under
mirrors/msdos/ham*?*  The program uses aSoundBlaster card for decoding CW.

I personally use HammComm and JVFAX with a little $5 dollar interface.  I have
had more success with the Fax program as I know what fax transmissions sound
like.  But as you said a sound card would do a great job.  The programs I
use get the data by rapidly sampling the comm port and the translating it
into frequencies which causes the computer to do a lot more work to make up
for a poor interface.  

Does Anyone have contact with the people that wrote JVFAX or HammComm?

I'd buy a sound card and send them the $15 bucks for the software/shareware
if they had interface drivers for SoundBlaster.  It would be less expensive 
than a multi mode TNC and you could play all your games with sound to boot.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+  Gene Baxter    BAXTER%EEE1.decnet@srlvx0.srl.ford.com    +
+       What if Snow was Flammable?                         +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: hsu@stsci.edu (Jin-chung Hsu)
Subject: Sony SW radio spec request
Keywords: SW-77 SW55 2010
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:22:06 GMT

Can someone please post/mail the dimensions and weights of SW-77, SW-55, and 
ICF-2010 and their required battery sizes and numbers?  Thanks.

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: sci10019@nusunix3.nus.sg (YU HONG WEY)
Subject: Singapore beamed to N.A.?
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 10:04:14 GMT

 Not that I know of. There's no external service from Singapore, blame
 it on the Singapore government. The frequencies mentioned are used for
 domestic broadcasts. I know of people in Sweden who managed to receive
 these broadcasts but reception is poor. If you are looking for other
 ASEAN stations, try Radio Thailand, Voice of Malaysia, Radio Indonesia
 and Radyo Filipinas. I cannot comment on the reception quality though.
From: crisp@netcom.com (Richard Crisp)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SIGNALS
Date: 26 Aug 92 13:35:20 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <64688@cup.portal.com> ckp@cup.portal.com (Christine K Paustian) writes:
>We are aware of the increasing RTTY interference which disappeared some
>months ago after having plagued us for several weeks.  It, like the
>poltergeists, is apparently b-a-a-a-c-k.
>
>Propagation this past weekend only compounded the problem - causing the
>signal to drop out completely for listeners in the mid- to eastern sections
>of the country.
>

Here on the west coast of the US, I get the RTTY pretty strong too. However
I find that by tuning WWCR on LSB I can completely avoid it. Perhaps this
will work on the east coast too?

Finally I think the Email address for Signals is:
	signals@portal.com

Perhaps Christine can correct me if I am wrong?
-- 
Richard Crisp         Cupertino, Ca.         crisp@netcom.com
(415) 903-3832 wk  "The Demos have to go!"   (408) 253 4541 fax

A government that is afraid of an armed populace is a government
the populace should be afraid of.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: sci10019@nusunix2.nus.sg (YU HONG WEY)
Subject: FEBA Radio Schedule
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 08:35:07 GMT

 FEBA Radio from Seychelles can be heard from 1500 hrs to 1600 hrs UTC
 on 11.710 MHz.

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: rats@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (ICOM IC-R70)
Subject: Collins EM2050
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:07:45 GMT


The UK magazine Electronics & Wireless World, August 1992, mentions
this Rockwell shortwave receiver as containing a digital processor
to do all the IF work.

I believe this receiver was designed for the Canadian military.

Does anyone know know anything about this receiver and/or has any
hands on experience with it?
From: phn@dde.dk (Per H. Nielsen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Scanner shootout: PRO-43 vs. 200XLT
Keywords: scanner radio comparison chart
Date: 1 Sep 92 09:28:11 GMT
Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S

parnass@cbnewse.cb.att.com (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) writes:


>                    SCANNER SHOOTOUT:
>        RADIO SHACK PRO-43 VS. UNIDEN/BEARCAT 200XLT

>                   by Bob Parnass, AJ9S

>The Uniden/Bearcat 200XLT and Radio Shack  PRO-43  are both
>excellent  portable  scanners.  Which one is right for you?
>Here's a table to help see the differences.

>|___________________________|______________________|______________________|
>|special frequency coverage:|                      |                      |
>|54-88?                     |  yes, add diode      |  no                  |


Is adding a diode all that is necessary, or are modifications to the
RF frontend also required to get satisfactory performance on 54-88 Mhz ?

-- 
Per H. Nielsen                                 Telephone:  Int +45 42 84 50 11
Basic Applications                             Fax:        Int +45 42 84 52 20
Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark     E-mail:     phn@dde.dk
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M. Foley)
Subject: Re:      Just got a Drake r-8 and have some questions/comments
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 07:41:15 EDT

>      What exactly does a notch filter do, and under what conditions would
> I want to engage it? I've never had one, and I played around a little bit
> with it, but after not really hearing a difference, I decided that it must
> be like the door-close button on an elevator :-)   But seriously, I'm
> assuming it is for very specific circumstances. Sort of like the noise
> blanker. Normally, the NB doesn't make any difference; but I've discovered
> when the right kind of interference comes down the pike, man, does it do
> the job!
> 
> Bob Peraino
> 
> peraino@gmuvax
> peraino@gmuvax.gmu.edu

    A proper notch filter attenuates a single narrow band of frequencies,
usually in one of the intermediate frequency bands.  A heterodyne, the
whistle that results from a continuous (or intermittent morse or radio
teleprinter) signal, can be weakened or eliminated by careful 
adjustment of the notch filter.  If there is no whistle that you 
want eliminated, the only effect of the notch filter might be a little
distortion.

 This is from
     gerry@bluemoon.rn.com
who doesn't have his (or her) own obnoxious signature yet
From: dbernard@thewho.Central.Sun.COM (Dave Bernard)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: VHF/UHF antenna in the attic
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:41:07 GMT
Reply-To: dbernard@thewho.Central.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems

I want to put up a discone for my scanner, but am wondering about the possibility
of simply installing it in my otherwise unused attic, rather than on my roof.
Although it would be some 10 feet lower, does the wood walls & roofing lead to
appreciable loss of signal?  

The reason for attic mounting is simply convenience- it's under a roof, easier to
do, no drilling for antenna lead, etc.  Or is mounting on the roof so vastly 
superior that I shouldn't bother putting it in the attic?

	Dave
From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Just got a Drake r-8 and have some questions/comments
Date: 28 Aug 92 05:02:20 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

> "spike" of noise

For those not familiar with Fourier analysis, we can simplify this:

A notch filter gets rid of the constant whine that you hear on top of
some signals (caused by a station on an adjacent frequency).

-- 
+ Michael Covington - Artificial Intelligence Programs - U of Georgia - USA 
+ Unless otherwise noted, these are private opinions, not official statements.
+ VOTE NO GEORGIA LOTTERY - we need not imitate mistakes of other states.
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