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From: nagurney%uhavax.dnet@ipgate.hartford.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Birdie...Possibly Radio Shack
Date: 11 Apr 92 13:41:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: ipgate.9204111333.AA12944
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Recently several local hams have noticed
new birdies on their rigs (normally 2M HT's)
at 30 KHz intervals. Most were receiveing 146.94 while tuned to 147.000.
All were traced to the new energy saving flourescent light bulbs
they used to replace the incandescent lights in their shacks.
The quick test is to take the rig outside or well away from these
types of lights... The hardest to verify was one who lived in an 
apartment building and one of his neighbors had the lamp...

Lad Nagurney
Dept of Electrical Engineering
University of Hartford

WA3EEc
NAGURNEY@HARTFORD.bitnet
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: whs70@dancer.uucp (24411-sohl)
Subject: Can't get 10 year old radio fixed, was Re: Boycott Icom
Reply-To: whs70@dancer.UUCP ()
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 13:29:58 GMT

In article <N5B8iB1w164w@ham> ham!emd@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca writes:
>beyo@beyonet.UUCP (Steve Urich) writes:
>Come on guys, be realistic. I think it's real nice if a company supplies 
>parts for a radio made ten years ago, but dumping all your ICOM gear 
>because they don't still have parts for one is silly. Try going down to 
>the Chevy dealer and ask for a spare part for your Corvair. On the other 
>hand, if enough dummies read his post and want to sell their perfectly 
>good radios, we all oughta be able to buy 'em real cheap.....

While I can't buy a Corvair part from the local GM dealer, there are
many places that supply such parts today.  If the original poster is correct,
it appears that ICOM didn't even have a place to refer him to that continues
to service these radios.  There's a real problem here and while I'm not
about to run out and sell my ICOM HT, I would like to know that if it
fails at some time in the future that I can get it repaired.

Maybe we should ask the magazines ((QST, CQ, etc.) to add the long term
service policy of each manufacturer as part of their equipment reviews
in the future.  

Additionally, (back to the auto example), it shouldn't be a major stock
supply issue for ICOM and any others to maintain a reasonable supply
of unique/proprietary components for longer than 10 years.  They just don't
take up the kind of room/space that auto parts do.

It is an interesting aside that there are many pre-solid state 
equipments that can be kept working well, yet we have here a situation
where a ham has a radio that isn't all that old, it is a very
usable radio for anyone that might have it, yet it can't be fixed because
of the failure of a unique component that the manufacturer can't or won't
provide.  That's NOT very good public relations for ICOM.


Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com (chuck adams)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Benton Harbor Lunch Box...Gonset
Date: 15 Apr 92 21:15:54 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <1992Apr15.173804.2868@ll.mit.edu>, wjc@ll.mit.edu (Bill Chiarchiaro) writes:
|> 
|> In article <1992Apr15.090513.1@matrix.cs.wright.edu>, isoper@matrix.cs.wright.edu writes:
|> |> Along the same lines as the Benton Harbor Lunchbox series, does anyone
|> |> remember the Gonset Communicator series and their SSB version the Sidewinder.
|> |> 
|> |> I think they were actually BHLB's they had grown up slightly, they had the
|> |> same general shape but, weighed about 50 to 60 pounds. There was a 10, 6 and
|> |> 2 meter versions of the Communicators. The only Sidewinder I saw was at 
|> |> a field day in 1969 that the Dayton Amatuer Radio Assoc. sponsored, it was
|> |> a SSB rig running about 25 to 50 watts. I am not sure that this version was
|> |> for any other band than 2 meters.
|> |> 
|> |> 
|> |> 73, Wes Soper WB8CEH
|> 
|> 
|>    I have a Gonset Sidewinder 6.  I don't remember if that is the
|> official model name, but that's what it's commonly called.  It is a
|> 6-meter AM/CW/SSB transceiver.  It is mostly solid-state (germanium
|> PNP transistors) with three tubes in the transmitter (mixer, driver,
|> and PA).  It is VFO controlled with RIT and also has built-in sockets
|> and switching for 4 crystals if you want the transmitter rock-bound.
|> If I remember, the PA input is about 20 watts (the PA tube is a 6360
|> (?)).  The manual is dated some time in the 1960s.
|> 
|>    If anyone is really interested in the hard facts, I could bring the
|> manual in to work and make another posting.  It's certainly not the
|> greatest rig, but I like 6 meters and the price was right: free!
|> 
|> 
|> 73
|> 
|> Bill Chiarchiaro  N1CPK
|> wjc@ll.mit.edu

Ok, try this one guys.  remember the G66 and G77 Gonset twins, sometimes
called the Gold-dust twins?  don't know if the nickname was caused by
pricing at the time.  both were tube type, receiver g66 and transmitter
g77.  chrome plated front and cabinet.  real compact and made good mobil
rigs.

late 1950's era radios.

trivia question.  who was the first US amateur to run 1KW mobile?


-- 


   Chuck Adams, Southern Education Center
   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
   15280 Addison Road, Suite 100
   Dallas, TX  75248

   (214) 788-0957 (fax)
   (214) 788-4122 (voice)
   
   K5FO @ 65wpm cw

   adams@sgi.com
   adams@relay.dallas.sgi.com
   adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com

"Be a horn tooter, not a horn toter." - Sign in bandhall, Wink, TX.
From: vbreault@rinhp750.gmr.com (Val Breault)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: FCC Call letters
Date: 10 Apr 92 13:52:10 GMT
	<1992Apr3.215112.27599@anasaz> <2456@voodoo.UUCP>
Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Distribution: na
Organization: General Motors Research Labs
In-reply-to: mjt@voodoo.boeing.com's message of 7 Apr 92 21:49:50 GMT


   >In article <4dqqWDK00VpZ4SvG9c@andrew.cmu.edu> mc3d+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mary Rose Campbell) writes:

   >>Are there any other 3-letter stations out there?
   >

WWJ 950 kHz am        News/Talk         "News Radio 95"
WJR 760 kHz am stereo Full Service 50kW "The Great Voice of the Great Lakes" 

Back when such things existed, WJR used to be a clear channel station
with coverage down to at least Kentucky.  While the clear channel 
designation no longer exists, I don't think there is another station
on that frequency anywhere nearby.  Although it's "only AM", WJR has
consistantly great programming and rates in the top 3 or so in the
very competitive Detroit market.

-val-


--

Val Breault - vbreault@gmr.com - N8OEF

The opinions expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect 
the position of the General Motors Corporation.
From: BDY5049%TNTECH.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.EDU (Bryan D. Young (AKA Argyle))
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: FT-411 Date Clone Help
Date: 9 Apr 1992 10:57:27 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

I have a mod for the Yeasu FT-411 that allows you to change the transmit and
receive limits by dumping the data from the HT to a computer.  I think I
understand how to do it, but can anyone tell me how the cable should be made
up?  What protocol does it use?  Has anyone out there tried this mod?  Is it
compatible with a FT-411E?  What are the pros and cons of this mod?

Also, is there anyone out there who can direct me to a mods database on
internet or packet?  I do not have FTP access.

73s
Bryan, KD4IIC

BDY5049@TNTECH.BITNET
From: BUSH@enb.PRime.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: (none)
Date: 9 Apr 1992 05:26:35 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

<Given the above, you can imagine my surprise and anger this past
<weekend when I heard an advertisement for Disneyland/World on 28.460
<MHz (+/-)!  The advertisement was under the guise of a "special event"
<station "celebrating" the opening of EuroDisney World.  In addition to
<making contacts with anyone who would call them, the recorded voice of
<Mickey Mouse would come on every few minutes with a station ID (N6MM)
<and a blurb about Disney World.
<Blatant doesn't quite cover it.
<
<Peter Laws, N5UWY
<PLAWS@UAFSYSB.BITNET
<pcl@engr.uark.edu

I worked them when they were celebrating the (I think) thirtieth anniversary
of Disneyland in 1990. I was attempting to "do" the IARU contest from WVA at
the time amidst floods and tropical downpours. They requested an address label,
and stamp along with a QSL card to "receive a commemorative certificate." I have
yet to receive same. But you are correct, even though it is an employees club
at Disneyland, the fine line between commercial and amateur is certainly
blurred on this one.


 % David Bush, KC1PR                 Media Services, Prime Computer, Inc. %
 % Internet: Bush@ENB.Prime.Com    |                                      %
 % LandLine: (508)620-2800 X-3060  |     If it's worth doing,             %
 % AMPRNet: kc1pr@wa1equ.ampr.org  |     It's worth doing well.           %
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: adb@teal.csn.org (Alan D. Bryant)
Subject: FCC License Turnaround
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 17:41:04 GMT

Can anyone possibly shed some light on the current FCC turnaround on license
changes?  I sent an application to change name and address on my license
a few weeks back, and would like to have some idea when I can expect to
receive a license back. 

Please reply via e-mail as I don't reliably read the group.  Thanks...

Alan, N0AVU

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P. O. Box 101612, Denver, CO 80250, USA
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From: barryc@mpd.tandem.com (Barry Chalcroft)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: HT Information Wanted
Keywords: HT
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:55:25 GMT
Reply-To: barryc@mpd.tandem.comm (Barry D. Chalcroft)
Organization: /etc/organization

Hi all,

I an in the market for a dual band HT. I need extended RX capability
for both VHF and UHF (for Emergency Net support and general monitoring).
I plan to replace my two HT's and scanner with a single unit.

I would like at a minimum the following features:

-Dual RX, Full duplex TX, Cross band repeater capability
-40 Channels Minimum (more the better)
-Wide-band RX  140-172 Mhz / 420-480 Mhz min. (Aircraft RX , 800 Mhz and 
 up RX would be preferable)
-Wide band TX modifiable (hold your flames, I want the capability only.
 in an recognized emergency it can`t hurt to know you have it)
-DTMF Dialer, DTMF and PL encode/decode, DTMF Squelch
-Multiple power levels
-Rugged case and construction

I have narrowed my search down to the following:

Icom IC-W2A 
Kenwood TH-77A (on sale / is there a NEW model coming out?)
Alinco 580 (new / I`m leaning towards this)
Standard`s 144/440 model (who sells it?)

Please send me your comments and any information on any new models that may
be coming out in the near future (144/220/440 Triband HT?). Any modification 
info on these units would be appreciated.


73 and CUL
Barry D. Chalcroft / N5NWI
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Packet: n5nwi@n5ljf.tx.usa.na		               Computers Inc.
Internet: barryc@mpd.tandem.com                        Austin, TX
From: dihle@awis.AUburn.EDU (Dave M. Ihle)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Info-Hams Digest V92 #382
Date: 14 Apr 1992 06:48:12 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Subj: NIST pub 432

Available from or can tell you were to order.
I do not believe there was a cost to the copy I have
that was obtained from NIST.

NIST Time and Frequency Services
National Institute of Standards and Technology
325 Broadway
Boulder, Co 80303-3328
303-497-3294

It is a government pub so can use
Superintendent of Documents
U. S. Government Print Officer
Washington, D. C. 20402

dihle@awis.auburn.edu


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From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey)
Subject: Re: Boycott Icom (fwd)
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center And Storm Door Company
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:05:20 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.132336.23715@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> tlc20700@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Thomas L. Carney) writes:
>I've worked for a large Japanese company for four years.  I worked in
>repair, field support, and documentation.  The Japanese consider after-s
>ales support to be a necessary evil, not an investment in the future.

This is quite a shame, but you can't blame just the Japanese.  The U.S. tax
laws were changed during the Reagan administration, to discourage companies
from keeping large amounts of stock on hand.  The first thing companies did
was to get rid of all those ancient spare parts inventories.  This was not
a good thing from our point of view, because a lot of those components were
irreplaceable.
--scott
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: wjc@ll.mit.edu (Bill Chiarchiaro)
Subject: Re: License exam anecdote
Originator: wjc@ll.mit.edu (Bill Chiarchiaro)
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington MA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 17:50:05 GMT


In article <1992Apr13.101957.39298@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, heacock@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Doug Heacock) writes:
|> ...
|> session, I found the codetest.hints document (written in 1987 by
|> AL7IF, "Wigi") on wuarchive.wustl.edu.  This person recommended that
|> you sign up for every written test, through Extra, and every code
|> test, regardless of whether you think you're ready, on the chance that
|> you just might get lucky, and because it's good practice to be exposed
|> to the harder exams (both code and written).  So I decided, what the
|> heck, and signed up for everything, hoping that maybe I would come
|> away with a General ticket.  So did a friend of mine (also a
|> Technician with HF), Chuck, N0MQP, who happens to be blind.
|> ...
|> We tried it, mostly thinking that the 20 wpm test would be a good
|> warmup for the 13 wpm test.  Although the speed of the "VVV VVV" at
|> the beginning was a little frightening, I was relaxed, because for me,
|> this was practice, not the real thing.  I didn't copy solid code
|> anywhere through the test (I can't write that fast!), but I managed to
|> get enough of the important stuff to pass the test!  So did Chuck, my
|> blind friend--and he was using a Braille device with a stylus to copy
|> it!
|> 

  Congratulations!  At the exams given by the MIT clubs, we stongly
encourage every code-test applicant to try all speeds higher than his
or her current "licensed" level.  We give the 20 wpm test first, then
the 13, and finally the five.  We've seen enough 13 wpm applicants
pass the 20 wpm test to know that our encouragement is more than a
pointless pep talk.


73

Bill Chiarchiaro  N1CPK
wjc@ll.mit.edu
From: edg@netcom.com (Ed Greenberg)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: IC2-AT
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:13:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.#7yj=f-.edg
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <Bk19iB2w164w@phsbbs.princeton.nj.us> n2gj@phsbbs.princeton.nj.us (Gerry Jurrens) writes:
>RE:  IC2-AT - this was my first 2M rig that wasn't converted from ...

IC2-AT...  My first 2m handheld.  I traded an 8" floppy drive for it in
1980.  (It was purchased new from Craig Radio Company for $250.  Ther
is no date on the invoice.)

It is still sitting on my file cabinet tuned to 145.07 where it
faithfully does packet, 24 hours a day.

Now I have a Standard C228A for both 2m and 220 MHz.  It's reasonably
sized, just a bit bigger than an IC-24AT and has lots of bells and whistles.
Of course, I can hardly work it :-)  I know all the basic stuff, but if
I want to turn an esoteric option on or off, I need the manual, and
heaven help me if I accidentally hit the wrong button.  If I don't
remember what I hit, and the significance thereof, I won't know what I
did until the radio behaves funny.  A good example of this is turning
the scan mode from "wait until channel clears" to "wait a few seconds
then go on."  

Nonetheless, it's nice to have a rig with some memories and a scanner...
and the IC-2AT is doing really well on packet.
					-edg

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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: greg@sscvx1.ssc.gov (Greg Chartrand)
Subject: SPURIOUS VOA TRANSMITTER
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 16:22:36 GMT


After several months of tracking, I finally discovered the source of a 
spurious noise I have been hearing on both 10 and 15 meters. The noise is 
very broad, 15-20khz wide, and sounds like an fm transmission although it 
can best be heard on an AM receiver. 

The VOA transmitter was operating yesterday 4/5/92 at 1400z on 21610 khz. 
the transmitter produced spurs every 190 khz up and down from its center 
frequency. The strongest spur was only down about 40 db from the carrier 
(on my 930's S meter). 

How does one go about reporting this to the VOA folks?

Greg-WA9EYY
From: jay@zen.CAc.stratus.COM (Jay Appell)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: New BBS Information
Date: 7 Apr 1992 08:26:49 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

As previously announced, there is a new part-time BBS that offers
a variety of amateur radio information, mods. Here are some of the
categories available.

Ham Radio: AEA
           Alinco
	   Azden
	   Commodore
           Icom
           Kantronics
           Kenwood
           MFJ
           Radio Shack
           TAPR (Packet)
           Uniden
           Yaesu

Scanners:  Bearcat
           Regency
           Shack

Weather:   Hurricane Tracking 
           SCA

Games:     (Limited right now)
           
Graphics:  (Gifs limited)


Hours of operation are from 7AM to 7PM EDST. The telephone # is 508-478-6969.
It supports 9600 baud MNP5 Xmodem,Zmodem and Ymodem.

Jay Appell (KA1SNA)
From: adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com (chuck adams)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Wanted:  Heathkit HW-16 Schematics
Date: 13 Apr 92 21:14:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: odin.1992Apr13.211442.8743
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.


I am interested in getting a set of schematics for the old
Heathkit HW-16 cw rig.  I had one at one time, but sold it
sometime ago with the HG-10B VFO.

the hw-16 had QSK with solid state switching and was a three band
rig, 80-40-15 and i had converted mine to 80-40-20.  it ran about
50 watts or so, solid state except for the final.

any help greatly appreciated.

73 and bcnu,


-- 


   Chuck Adams, Southern Education Center
   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
   15280 Addison Road, Suite 100
   Dallas, TX  75248

   (214) 788-0957 (fax)
   (214) 788-4122 (voice)
   
   K5FO @ 65wpm cw

   adams@sgi.com
   adams@relay.dallas.sgi.com
   adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com

"Be a horn tooter, not a horn toter." - Sign in bandhall, Wink, TX.
From: William=E.=Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv.Mlb@ns14.cca.CR.rockwell.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Subject: Heathkit article in New York Times
Date: 14 Apr 92 12:48:20 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

the SS-9000 was also a panic rework after the WARC '79 new bands were added.  
there was going to be an SS-8000. the new bands apparently could not be 
incorporated in the design and the SS-8000 design had to be scrapped.  there 
had been ad literature distributed on the SS-8000 that i recall.

or so i remember -- this was back in the days of the KWM-380 also.  didn't the
TS-430 come out later than the SS-9000?  it just seems like the TS-830 was out
when the SS-9000 was out and that the TS-430 came along a bit later.

going to have to dig through the stacks to satisfy my own curiosity now.

bill wb9ivr
From: BOB@WINROCK.ORG
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Boycott Icom (fwd)
Date: 15 Apr 92 16:53:00 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

I know the issue is getting worn by now, but there is another consideration
to the maintaining of radio parts for 10 or more years that hasn't been
mentioned.  Radios today are full of components which are getting smaller
& smaller.  The time is quickly approaching (some say it's already here)
when fixing an old radio won't be practical at all.  The chip components
can't be touched with a standard soldering iron, and the size is still
shrinking.  We have arrived at the age of the disposable radio.  Personally,
I believe that if your $300 radio lasts 10 years, you got your money's 
worth.  Now, about that $1000 radio.... That's another matter entirely!
From: Power@cup.portal.com (Ron A Uitz)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Broadcast radio in residential neighborhood
Date: 5 Apr 92 18:17:52 GMT
  <1992Mar31.141256.25866@cass.ma02.bull.com>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Steve, I used to live two blocks from an AM/FM broadcast tower.  As for
health effects, my most recent eye exam did not reveal any cataracs, but
who knows the long-term effects of the exposure to the FM field.  The
AM station caused considerable interference to phones (callers to our
home could keep up with the news, sports and weather, while we'd have
to ask callers to speak up louder than the radio announcer), as well
as causing strange interference to my VCR (tape playbacks were marred by
static, which on careful inspection, turned out to be the radio station
audio extremely distorted.  

I've since moved.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: pnz46378@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Paul N. Zaremba (AA9BK))
Subject: Re: Boycott Icom (fwd)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:35:08 GMT

ham!emd@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca writes:

>..............................................dumping all your ICOM gear 
>because they don't still have parts for one is silly. Try going down to 
>the Chevy dealer and ask for a spare part for your Corvair.......... 

That's not a very good comparison.

Also, I believe they stopped making Corvairs more than 10 years ago.

If I went into my local Chevy dealer and asked for a new headlight molding
assembly for a 1979 G-20 van, they most certainly would have one. GM even
stocks cosmetic body parts for over 10 years. The electronic equipment in
a radio is not that similar to exterior body parts, yet I would assume that
any company willing to adequately support their equipment would stock CPU's
and other assorted prone-to-failure components for all of their radios as  
long as they were in business. How hard is it to stock extra IC's?





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From: fireman@wam.umd.edu (Aaron Joseph Peterson)
Subject:  Prommetheus Modem
Followup-To: fireman@wam.umd.edu
Organization: Maryversity of Uniland at College Park
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 04:39:37 GMT


I have a Prometheus Promodem 1200 modem that I bought surplus from the U.S.
government. It works great, but I don't have an instruction manual for it. Does
anyone know the codes for this thing to program it? I have a list of Hayes
commands, of which 90 percent work. This thing has a clock on it and it's time is wayyyyy off. How irritating. 
I know this might not be the best group to post this to, but I figured someone
here could help me.

Thanks-in-advance.
 Aaron Peterson (N3JVP)   fireman@wam.umd.edu  (email me please)
              Prodigy     nknj38c