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From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: Radar
Date: 15 Nov 92 23:51:04 GMT
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

In article <1992Nov12.062507.7313@runx.oz.au>,
    cheese@runx.oz.au (Mark Cheeseman) writes:

| It could be a superhet with a well-shielded LO, I suppose. One trouble with
| not having a LO would be transistors tend not to have much gain at 24 gigs!

MMIC's would do the job quite nicely, though.  Nice things - 3-terminal
devices, with 50-ohms in and out.

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Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche)
Subject: Re: Aircraft radio comms - polarisation 
Reply-To: steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche)
Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:49:31 GMT

In article <10292318.11896.24455@kcbbs.gen.nz> Steve_Wright@kcbbs.gen.nz (Steve Wright) writes:
>they sure do. Our club cessna has two 1/4 wave whips, one for aviation
>somms and the other is terminated with a bnc socket for marine SAR
>use and any other radio near the marine band .... works well on 2m  :))
>especially at 9500 FT!!  Be careful how many repeaters you trip though ....
>
>73, Steve - ZL1BHD

Some time ago, VK6BQN (ex-VK2BQN) took VK2ZYI and myself flying, along
with a IC-202 and IC-502 (2m & 6m SSB), plus a 2m FM handheld, in search
of DX, during a long-weekend in January, maybe 10 years ago, 
unfortunately didnt find any rare or unusual DX, but could easily key
up repeaters from Coffs Harbour to Bega and out to Orange, while
buzzing over Gosford, this was in a Cessna at about 6,000 ft, the
only contacts were locals in Sydney and Newcastle,  we fed a long peice
of coax out through the tail, with some sort of wire antenna attached
to that.

de steve


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From: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche)
Subject: Re: Radar
Organization: MetaPro Systems, Perth, Western Australia
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 03:28:26 GMT

In <1992Nov13.012925.28583@fawlty.towers.oz.au>
   steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche) writes:

>It does raise the question, why use a radar detector ? all it does
>is tell you, that you have been seen, its a fair bet that if your
>detector has detected a radar unit, that the radar unit has already
>seen you and computed your speed, so your only choice is to prepare
>to stop, or do a hand brake U turn and try and hope they didnt see,
>which is unlikely with a speed camera.

It does tell you to read your speedometer to make sure that
the ticket you are about to receive is justified. It does
give you a chance to look around for other possible targets
before you are stopped. It does verify that the instant-on
RADAR was actually used against you and hasn't been recycled!

>The other problem, is they false trigger all the time, especially
>in industrial areas from lots of microwave alarm systems, so you
>either become paranoid for every time it false triggers, or you
>become oblivious to the detector, until its too late.

False triggers are good. they verify that the thing is
actually working. If you commute a lot, you learn the
falsing profiles and can recognize unusual signals, and
study the effects of signal propagation dependent on
weather.

If you are driving in a strange area then you should
exercise extra caution anyway. A few bleeps and boops will
help! :-)
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From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 20 Nov 92
Date: 20 Nov 92 11:18:24 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 19 November 1992
Summary for 19 November and Forecast up to 22 November
No IPS warning is current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 161/115

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             20 November        21 November        22 November
Activity     Moderate           Moderate           Moderate
Fadeouts     Possible           Possible           Possible

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 165/119

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 18 November
    Learmonth       03  2012 2110
    Fredericksburg  07                          04
    Planetary       10                          05


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet
Ap :  08

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
Expect field to increase to active levels during the period 23-25th
due to coronal hole activity.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :         
Low Lats: Normal.
Mid Lats: Normal.
High Lats: Normal.
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be normal.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were enhanced about 10%

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  97

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
          20 November        21 November        22 November
MUFs      enhanced 5 to 10%  enhanced 5 to 10%  enhanced 5 to 10%
T index   100                100                100

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for November is 70.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
HF conditions are expected to deteriorate during the period November
23-25.

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From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 17 Nov 92
Date: 17 Nov 92 00:24:11 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 16 November 1992
Summary for 16 November and Forecast up to 19 November
No IPS warning is current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 137/090

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             17 November        18 November        19 November
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 145/098

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
Early observations in white light suggest that the region which
rotated around the east limb yesterday will not significantly
increase the level of flare activity.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet to unsettled

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 15 November
    Learmonth       06  3211 1122
    Fredericksburg  07                          13
    Planetary       08                          13


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet to unsettled
Ap :  10

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :         
Low Lats: good.
Mid Lats: good.
High Lats: poor to fair.
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be good at low and mid lats,
and poor to fair at high lats.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were near normal

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  84

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
          17 November        18 November        19 November
MUFs      near normal        near normal        near normal
T index    80                 70                 70

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for November is 70.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
Sporadic E layer was present during local daylight hours, and may
have degraded local propagation conditions during that time.

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From: terryd@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Terry Dawson)
Subject: Re: Why people join (Was Re: antennae for scanning on 2m/70cm/23cm)
Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:01:59 GMT

dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall) writes:

>On reflection, I think it's the QSL Bureau.  Non-members pay a fairly
>hefty fee to use it (something like 10c a card, or thereabouts, plus
>postage) whereas it's part of the Member package.

As I suggested at the Open Forum, I'd happily pay, say $10 a year to the
part of the WIA that represents us to DOTC and IARU etc. So long as I had
some guarantee that the whole $10 would be spent on that. Some people are
members of the WIA to support them in their representation of us to
Federal and International bodies .. but since the WIA don't have a class
of membership tailored to my requirements they instead get nothing. Their
choice. I certainly don't want AR, I have a couple of piles of them from
previous years memberships .. and aside from and interesting story that
I read once about how a bunch of POW's built crystal receivers out of
what they had available to them to listen to the BBC, I don't remember a
single really interesting article. Why anyone who has net access would join
for AR is beyond me .. there is much more recent and up-to-date information
available here than there will ever be in a magazine. The QSL bureau used
to get some business from me .. but then I moved to Sydney and lost interest
in HF. What else is there left that the WIA could justly expect money for ?
Repeaters I don't use ? Other facilities I only ever avail myself of when it
is specifically stated that non-members are welcome ?

Its time the WIA offered a 'representative fee only' membership. That way
they would have members ... people would pay $10-20 to say that they had
contributed their bit in assisting the WIA represent the Amateur Community
to DOTC and other RadioCommunications groups. The WIA might even be able
to justly claim that they are the representative body for Amateur Radio in
this country.

I raised this at the "Open Forum" ... do you see it on the hand scrawled
brown paper record of it ?

Terry


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Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche)
Subject: Re: antennae for scanning on 2m/70cm/23cm
Reply-To: steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche)
Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney
Distribution: aus
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:41:49 GMT

In article <1763@eram.esi.COM.AU> dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall) writes:
>In article <1992Nov17.022744.7782@fawlty.towers.oz.au>,
>    steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche) writes:
>
>
>| to tell the person who asked the question, to join the WIA and then he
>| would be getting A.R. instead of having to buy ARA, but I doubt he could
>
>Which brings to mind a question - why do people join, yet opt out of AR?
>To me, that's the most valuable part of the membership...
>
mmmmm...... yes, why do they ?
 I hate it when people say they cant afford it, how much is it, its
equivalent to a couple cases of beer and some people drink that in a
single week, so give up beer for a week !  
Same applies to just joining the WIA, its I think about $60 this year,
bloody chicken feed, I know pensioners who throw twice as much into poker
machines EACH WEEK !!
Those old fossils have to come up with better excuses than that.

de steve



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From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: Radar
Date: 15 Nov 92 23:56:21 GMT
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

In article <1992Nov13.012925.28583@fawlty.towers.oz.au>,
    steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche) writes:

| It does raise the question, why use a radar detector ? all it does
| is tell you, that you have been seen, its a fair bet that if your
| detector has detected a radar unit, that the radar unit has already
| seen you and computed your speed, so your only choice is to prepare
| to stop, or do a hand brake U turn and try and hope they didnt see,
| which is unlikely with a speed camera.

Inverse-square law, Steve...  I only have to detect a relatively strong
transmitter.  The police have to detect a much weaker reflection, so I
get to see them before they see me.

| The other problem, is they false trigger all the time, especially
| in industrial areas from lots of microwave alarm systems, so you
| either become paranoid for every time it false triggers, or you
| become oblivious to the detector, until its too late.

For the old X-band sets, this is true.  However, every alert I've had
on K-band has been authentic.  I used to do a lot of microwave propagation
studies, back when I was driving a lot...

| it becomes easy to pick where they can and cannot operate a radar,
| just ask a cop, they have guidelines on where to run it.

Quite so, but that doesn't stop the odd maverick.

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From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 15 Nov 92
Date: 16 Nov 92 10:36:11 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 14 November 1992
Summary for 14 November and Forecast up to 17 November
No IPS warning is current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 126/078

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             15 November        16 November        17 November
Activity     Low                Low to moderate    Low to moderate
Fadeouts     Probable           Possible           Possible

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 130/082

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
X-ray data continues to suggest that the sun-spot region due back
today may increase the level of flare activity. More information will
be available when the region becomes visible.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : mostly quiet, with active levels
observed 12-15UT.

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 13 November
    Learmonth       11  2223 4223
    Fredericksburg  15                          13
    Planetary       15                          13


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : mostly quiet, with brief periods of
active levels possible during local night.
Ap :  10

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :         
Low Lats: good.
Mid Lats: good.
High Lats: fair.
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be good at low and mid lats,
and fair at high lats.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were 10-20% enhanced until just prior to local dawn,
and near normal thereafter.

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  97

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
          15 November        16 November        17 November
MUFs      near normal        near normal        near normal
T index    70                 70                 70

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for November is 70.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
None.

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Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche)
Subject: Re: Why people join (Was Re: antennae for scanning on 2m/70cm/23cm)
Reply-To: steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche)
Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 01:13:46 GMT

In article <terryd.722210519@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> terryd@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Terry Dawson) writes:
>
[ big chunk deleted ]
>
>Its time the WIA offered a 'representative fee only' membership. That way
>they would have members ... people would pay $10-20 to say that they had
>contributed their bit in assisting the WIA represent the Amateur Community
>to DOTC and other RadioCommunications groups. The WIA might even be able
>to justly claim that they are the representative body for Amateur Radio in
>this country.
>
  I think thats been said a few times, or at least in similiar variations
of it, the problem I see is in MIS, controlling a database with extra
classes of membership is messy, you can imagine where some fossil joins
up with the basic membership (only because its cheaper) and then rings
up to complain that he got an invoice for his QSL cards, or refused access
to some other service, not covered by his particular membership level.
I havent sent QSL cards for years, so I didnt even remember that non-members
are charged for their cards, this shows how easy people could misunderstand
the benefits they receive from their particular level of membership.

I also see the lesser requirement for the magazine, when the new regs
come into being, and the networks plus BBS forwarding improves, then
news will be propagated further and faster, plus less restriction on
what is passed across the packet network, therefore alot more people
will not require to get the magazine.

steve

steve

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From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 21 Nov 92
Date: 21 Nov 92 03:34:50 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 20 November 1992
Summary for 20 November and Forecast up to 23 November
IPS Warning Number 29 will be issued later today for
period Nov 23-25.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 159/113

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             21 November        22 November        23 November
Activity     Low to moderate    Low to moderate    Low to moderate
Fadeouts     Possible           Possible           Possible

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 165/119

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 19 November
    Learmonth       03  2111 0021
    Fredericksburg  04                          06
    Planetary       07                          06


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet
Ap :  10

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
Expect field to increase to active levels during the period 23-25th
due to coronal hole activity.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :         
Low Lats: Normal.
Mid Lats: Normal.
High Lats: Normal.
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be normal until 23rd
when degradations in HF comms quality are expected especially
at high lats.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were enhanced about 10%

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  97

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
          21 November        22 November        23 November
MUFs      enhanced about 15% enhanced about 15% enhanced about 15%
T index   110                110                110

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for November is 70.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
Degraded HF comms are expected Nov 23-25.

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           Disclaimer: "Me, speak for us?"
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Why people join (Was Re: antennae for scanning on 2m/70cm/23cm)
Date: 19 Nov 92 05:26:12 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

In article <1992Nov19.034149.10446@fawlty.towers.oz.au>,
    steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche) writes:

| >Which brings to mind a question - why do people join, yet opt out of AR?
| >To me, that's the most valuable part of the membership...
| >
| mmmmm...... yes, why do they ?

On reflection, I think it's the QSL Bureau.  Non-members pay a fairly
hefty fee to use it (something like 10c a card, or thereabouts, plus
postage) whereas it's part of the Member package.

| Those old fossils have to come up with better excuses than that.

Amusing anecdote: every year, VK2 receives a donation from a member who
wishes to remain anonymous, to pay the membership fee for a "deserving"
person, at Council's discretion.  This is usually achieved by going
through the resignation letters, looking for the saddest "sob story".
One was picked, from someone who was in ill-health, on a pension etc,
and just couldn't afford the dues.  Upon being informed he was the
lucky recipient, the bugger came clean - it was just an excuse, and
there wasn't a word of truth in it!  Some mighty weird people out there...

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