From: info-hams-relay@ucsd
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: (none)
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:45:40 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

***** UNDELIVERABLE MAIL sent to sbooth, being returned by lonestar!sbooth *****
mail: Error # 2 'Problem with mailfile' encountered on system lonestar

Received: from ucsd.edu by lonestar.utsa.edu via SMTP (920330.SGI/920502.SGI)
	for sbooth id AA27156; Tue, 5 Jan 93 08:45:29 -0600
Received: by ucsd.edu; id AA13991
	sendmail 5.67/UCSD-2.2-sun
	Tue, 5 Jan 93 04:06:17 -0800
Received: by ucsd.edu; id AA13971
	sendmail 5.67/UCSD-2.2-sun
	Tue, 5 Jan 93 04:06:12 -0800 for /usr/lib/sendmail -oc -odb -oQ/var/spool/lqueue -oi -finfo-hams-relay info-hams-list
Message-Id: <9301051206.AA13971@ucsd.edu>
Date: Tue,  5 Jan 93 04:06:09 PST
From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup <info-hams@ucsd.edu>
Errors-To: Info-Hams-Errors@UCSD.Edu
Reply-To: Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu
Precedence: Bulk
Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #17
To: Info-Hams@UCSD.EDU


Info-Hams Digest            Tue,  5 Jan 93       Volume 93 : Issue   17

Today's Topics:
              1200Mhz is not a microwave band! (2 msgs)
                       6 Meter Radio Shack HTs!
                      Amateur radio in PR China
        Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 04 January
                          Ex Czecho-Slovakia
                         GIF of an old radio
         Ham transmissions-a hypothetical situation (2 msgs)
                     Just How Good Is the R-9000?
                NASA Project Dante & Compressed Video?
               Need a 3rd hand for Soldering!? (2 msgs)
                   New car causes RFI on 2M - Help!
                       Palomar TX-5200 linear.
            What's wrong with my Diamond 2m/440 antenna???

Send Replies or notes for publication to: <Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu>
Send subscription requests to: <Info-Hams-REQUEST@UCSD.Edu>
Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu.

Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available 
(by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams".

We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text
herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
policies or positions of any party.  Your mileage may vary.  So there.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:51:46 GMT
From: swrinde!gatech!concert!samba!usenet@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: 1200Mhz is not a microwave band!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

I've wondered about keeping the antenna away from the head when Txing
on a handheld.  I have yet to see a handheld with a tower and the
antenna at the top of the tower.  Simply by talking into the HT,
the antenna is going to be fairly close to your head.  A remote
mike (ie: speaker-mic) usually means you're putting the RF into
your kidneys (ie: radio on the belt), which I guess is less harmful
than the brain, but it seems relative.

I did notice the warning in a manual for a Motorola HT to keep it away
from your head when transmitting.  Perhaps a sheilded helment with a BNC
connector on the top?                                 ^helmet

-ks
Passed test 8 weeks ago, STILL no license.  :-(

--
   The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
     North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
        Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
           internet:  laUNChpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80

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

Date: 5 Jan 1993 05:34:16 GMT
From: cronkite.cisco.com!dstine@ames.arpa
Subject: 1200Mhz is not a microwave band!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

In article <9301041945.aa10639@ingate.microsoft.COM> a-kevinp@microsoft.COM (Kevin Purcell, Rho) writes:
>As I say above: 900 and 1200Mhz are not microwave bands. They are UHF bands.
>
>Why the worry about using equipment at 900 and 1200Mhz? Its very little 
>worse than at 440Mhz. All of a sudden you call it "microwaves" (a term 
>like "over and out" from the movies) and it becomes a lot more 
>dangerous! Take the same precautions as you do with your VHF/UHF radios 
>(or even your HF radio): keep the antenna away from your head; don't 
>stand close to a transmitting antenna; by a remote mic for portable 
>use; don't look into a gain antenna when transmitting.

Good rules. However, if you look at how well human tissue _absorbs_ the
radiated power plotted vs. frequency, you find that as you get closer to the
"water hole" (the frequency where the O-H bond in water resonates), the power
absorbtion goes up dramatically. Hence, sitting under a dipole being fed 1KW
at 3.5 Mc you won't absorbe anywhere near as much energy as sitting under a
dipole being fed 1KW at 1.2Gc.

I'd add only that it is an ultimate no-no to go looking into feed horns to
adjust things while the power is on.

>And what about all those people with their cellular phones exposing 
>you, and the police with their 800Mhz radio systems (notice the 3" 
>antenas on the cars roof!).

Um, if memory serves, I think the output power on hand-held cellular phones is
limited to 600mw because of concern about RF absorbtion. And as for the
antennas on the car roof; there is, after all, that nice, conductive roof
between you and the the antenna. Now, a glass-mounted antenna on the
windshield is another thing entirely.

dsa

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

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:46:05 GMT
From: nntp.telebit.com!phr@uunet.uu.net
Subject: 6 Meter Radio Shack HTs!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

  Yup, the units I used had a crystal-controlled transmitter and an
  independantly-tuned receiver that relied on an LC circuit.  How selective
  was it?  Not very.... it can pick up half the band, it seems.  I'm quite
  happy with the transmit performance, but the receiver stinks.

Hmmm... non-selective receiver, and probably lacks other familiar
HT amenities like a touch tone pad.  Which suggests the next obvious
upgrade step: how about converting a 49 mhz CORDLESS PHONE to 6 meters?
Those are fairly cheap (sometimes), have selective receivers (since
they operate on several channels), and a tone pad built right in!

The alternative would be to program your repeater controller to
decode the morse code you send with the Morse button present on those
dime store HT's.  Then when your yuppie neighbor pulls out his cellular
phone, you pull out your Ninja Turtle HT and key up your autopatch
with your secret decoder ring.  I hope you didn't get one of those no-code
licenses! :-)

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

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:30:30 GMT
From: usc!wupost!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!cbnewsd!att-out!cbfsb!cbnewsb.cb.att.com!wa2ise@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Amateur radio in PR China
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

Heard on "Newsline", Jan 1 report, that China is starting to allow
individuals to become amateur radio operators.  Prefixes like BG and
similar.  Wonder if they will be allowed to operate packet, and
have packet BBSs networked to the rest of the world.  Then they'd
have access to uncensered postings and other trash that circulates
around the <whatever>@WW distribution  :-)
Even if they did, somehow I'd doubt that it would have much political
impact on their government.  

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

Date: 5 Jan 93 11:21:39 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 04 January
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 004, 01/04/93
10.7 FLUX=121.1  90-AVG=139        SSN=097      BKI=4333 4333  BAI=018
BGND-XRAY=B2.3     FLU1=6.1E+06  FLU10=9.8E+03  PKI=4234 5343  PAI=022
  BOU-DEV=057,024,027,031,066,034,027,033   DEV-AVG=037 NT     SWF=00:000
 XRAY-MAX= C6.6   @ 0055UT    XRAY-MIN= B2.0   @ 1720UT   XRAY-AVG= B3.4
NEUTN-MAX= +002%  @ 2030UT   NEUTN-MIN= -004%  @ 0135UT  NEUTN-AVG= -0.4%
  PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 2345UT     PCA-MIN= -0.2DB @ 1045UT    PCA-AVG= +0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55422NT @ 0041UT   BOUTF-MIN=55389NT @ 2012UT  BOUTF-AVG=55412NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+120NT@ 1911UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+003NT@ 1300UT  G7-AVG=+065,+027,+010
GOES6-MAX=P:+141NT@ 1911UT   GOES6-MIN=E:-020NT@ 0606UT  G6-AVG=+083,-001,+041
 FLUXFCST=STD:128,130,135;SESC:128,130,135 BAI/PAI-FCST=015,010,010/018,012,010
    KFCST=3334 5333 2224 4222  27DAY-AP=014,020   27DAY-KP=2233 4334 3334 4344
 WARNINGS=
   ALERTS=**SWEEP:II=1@0057UTC
!!END-DATA!!

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

Date: Tuesday, 5 Jan 1993 09:50:27 CET
From: usc!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.@!alijku05!alijku11!blekul11!frmop11!dearn!esoc!wkoehler@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Ex Czecho-Slovakia
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

At midnight on December 31, 1992, the state of Czechoslovakia ceased to
exist after 74 years. For those interested, a few factual data:

Founded in 1918 after the fall of the Habsburg Empire (Austria-Hungary),
divided in 1939 and liberated and re-united in 1945. Under communist rule
since 1948. Renamed as Czechoslovak Socialist Republic around 1960.
So-called 'Prague Spring' ('Socialism with a human face') lead to the
invasion of East block armies in 1968. Federation since 1969. Fall of the
communist regime in December 1989. Renamed as Czechoslovak Federal Republic
in 1990. In 1992 Slovak parliament declares independence, negotiations and
mutual agreements follow, eventually peaceful dissolution of the federation.

Here are a few data about the two new states:

Official English name:    Czech Republic               Slovak Republic
Short names:  English:    Czechia                      Slovakia
              Native:     Cesko                        Slovensko
              German:     Tschechien                   Slowakei
                          (not: Tschechei!)
Capital:      English:    Prague                       Bratislava
              Native:     Praha                        Bratislava
              German:     Prag                         Pressburg
Consisting of:English:    Bohemia and Moravia          Slovakia
              Native:     Cechy a Moravy               Slovensko
              German:     Boehmen und Maehren          Slowakei
Population (approx.):     10.6 millions                5.3 millions
Minorities:               Slovaks, Poles, Germans,     Czechs, Hungarians,

Area (approx.):           79,000 sq. km                49,000 sq. km
                          30,000 sq. mi.               19,000 sq. mi.
                          (slightly smaller than       (same as New Hampshire
                          Maine or South Carolina)     and Mass. combined)
ITU allocation of
    callsigns:            OKA-OLZ                      OMA-OMZ
Amateur radio prefixes:   OK, OL                       OM
CQ zone:                  15                           15
Geographical coordinates
    (centre of country):  50.0N 14.0E                  48.5N 20.0E
DXCC status:              unknown so far but doubtlessly to be recognized
                          as two separate countries soon

Hope this is of interest to some of you on the net.

73 & CU on the bands,
Wolf.
DL3ZBJ, AB6EL, VK6BGV.

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

Date: 5 Jan 93 03:49:10 GMT
From: haven.umd.edu!decuac!pa.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!learn0.enet.dec.com!weymouth@ames.arpa
Subject: GIF of an old radio
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

Hello,

I figure this would be a good place to ask, since you're all ham radio buffs.

My son needs a GIF or two of old radio receivers and old ham radios. I will
also ask in alt.pictures, but I figure I'd get a better hit rate here.

Thanks,

Don

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # Internet:                           Donald G. Weymouth              #
  # WEYMOUTH@LEARN0.ENET.DEC.COM	Digital Equipment Corporation   #
  #                                     New Ventures                    #
  # Fax:                                40 Old Bolton Road - OGO1-2/W11 #
  #(508)496-0308                        Stow, MA 01775-1215             #
  #                                     (508)496-8735                   #
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 08:53:12 GMT
From: swrinde!ringer!lonestar.utsa.edu!sbooth@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Ham transmissions-a hypothetical situation
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

Here's a hypothetical situation I've been wondering about:

Say I'm a ham operator (hopefully in the next few months!) and I have a
favorite frequency (not claiming it of course) that I like to conduct
QSO's on.  My friends have shortwave receivers and I tell them to tune
to that frequency if they want to hear me on the radio.

My transmissions are not meant to be one way, for them, so does this
violate the no one-way broadcasting rule?

I'm conducting normal QSO's in this situation, not acknowelding that
my friends are listening (saying hello to them, etc.).

Is this legal??


Which takes me to another more unsusual question:

Have amateur operators ever receiver reception reports from regular
shortwave listeners?

A long time ago I was actually tempted to do this (send a reception report
to a ham I heard on the air) but the signal faded before I could hear
the address he was giving.


I know these questions are a bit strange but I thought this group could
use something to liven things up- the 430 Mhz/repeater debate thread was
starting to wear thin. :-)


Simon

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

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:33:37 GMT
From: usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.cs.columbia.edu!popovich@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Ham transmissions-a hypothetical situation
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

> Here's a hypothetical situation I've been wondering about:
> 
> Say I'm a ham operator (hopefully in the next few months!) and I have a
> favorite frequency (not claiming it of course) that I like to conduct
> QSO's on.  My friends have shortwave receivers and I tell them to tune
> to that frequency if they want to hear me on the radio.
> 
> My transmissions are not meant to be one way, for them, so does this
> violate the no one-way broadcasting rule?
> 
> I'm conducting normal QSO's in this situation, not acknowelding that
> my friends are listening (saying hello to them, etc.).
> 
> Is this legal??

I don't see why not.  This is just a virtual sort of shack visit.  As
long as you're having regular QSO's, and not broadcasting information
meant solely to be received by non-hams, you should be OK.  Perhaps
when your friends see you on the air, they will also be inspired to
get their ham tickets!  You're definitely not broadcasting; your
two-way QSO's are your proof of that.  Go ahead and try it...once you
get your license, of course!  And there should even be a legitimate
way of acknowledging your friends if you know they are listening.
Perhaps you could make conversation during a QSO about how you have
some friends with shortwave radios who might be listening...the other
ham will be happy to hear about how you're introducing your friends to
ham radio, and your friends might be more excited to hear you telling
somebody about them than if you were talking directly to them!

> Which takes me to another more unsusual question:
> 
> Have amateur operators ever receiver reception reports from regular
> shortwave listeners?
> 
> A long time ago I was actually tempted to do this (send a reception report
> to a ham I heard on the air) but the signal faded before I could hear
> the address he was giving.

You've basically answered your question yourself.  Of course hams
sometimes receive SWL QSL cards.  Although I don't think that I've
ever received one personally, we have a few of them up in the Columbia
University ARC shack, along with all the ham QSL cards.  Sometimes you
can find out that you've been getting out to places you never heard
of!  And as always when you receive a QSL card, if it's not too
expensive, QSLing them back is the courteous thing to do.

> I know these questions are a bit strange but I thought this group could
> use something to liven things up- the 430 Mhz/repeater debate thread was
> starting to wear thin. :-)

Your questions aren't strange at all.  Just don't try asking them on
your local 430 MHz closed repeater :-).
	-Steve

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

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:03:28 GMT
From: hela.iti.org!ais.org!tim@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Just How Good Is the R-9000?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

   My understanding of the R-9000's panaramic display is that it has a
maximum bandwidth of only 100kHz.
 
   If this is true --or even if it is 1MHz wide-- it simply isn't enough for
serious HF or VHF/UHF monitoring to justify buying the 9000 instead of just
getting the R-71A (or R-5000) was well as an R-7100.
 
    The $4000 you'd spend on the R-9000 caould easily buy a separate R-7100,
R-71, ~10MHz bandwidth spectrum display, & still have plenty of $$ left over
to put towards a tower or something!


-- 
 Tim Tyler      Internet: tim@ais.org  MCI Mail: 442-5735 
P.O. Box 443    C$erve: 72571,1005  DDN: Tyler@Dockmaster.ncsc.mil
Ypsilanti MI    Packet: KA8VIR @KA8UNZ.#SEMI.MI.USA.NA
48197

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

Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 23:15:33 PST
From: usc!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!mala.bc.ca!oneb!ham!emd@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: NASA Project Dante & Compressed Video?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (jeffrey.n.jones) writes:

> In article <01GT47Y1CA0G8WVYPA@TSU.BITNET> PORTER04%TSU.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.ed
> >Fellow Netters,
> >   I was watching the news around New Year and saw the reports
> >from MT. Erebus, Antartica. The video from there was rather strange
> >looking, as though it was being compressed in the extreme(looked
> >like only movement was being updated per frame). What I'm wondering
> >is, what method of compression was being used. Also what comm system
> >was used to get the video back so  quickly. I am told that use of
> >DOMSATS in equatorial orbit is not possible, maybe INMARSAT? It all
> >looked very interesting>
> 
> Along those same lines, I was floored to find out they were using a
> cable to transmit commands to Dante. Seems like it would have been a whole 
> lot easier to have had repeaters on the edge of the volcano and ran high 
> speed packet to control the robot. Maybe as a ham these things occur to me.


I was watching the Dante expedition on NASA Select and they asked one of 
the designers the same thing. He felt that the extreme bandwidth required 
to carry all the signals - from sensors, video, etc, as well as the 
distinct possibility of signal blockage by the crater necessititated the 
fibre optic cable.

73, Bob.

Robert Smits  VE7EMD Ladysmith B.C. 
Ph (604) 245-2553 e-mail: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca 
PACKET VE7EMD@VE7KIT.#VANC.BC.CAN.NA                             

                                         

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

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 09:35:32 GMT
From: rocksanne!kzin!hdavies@cs.rochester.edu
Subject: Need a 3rd hand for Soldering!?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

In article 20042@news.columbia.edu, hyx1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Harry Y Xu) writes:
>I always feel like my 2 hands are not enough when soldering.
>1 hand holds the soldering iron;
>1 holds the solder;
>another hand is needed to hold the component, or the pliers that hold the
>component to prevent over-heating.
>
>Does anyone have a smart solution?
>
>Tnx for the time,
>Harry Xu     | "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary;
>(KB2LHA/AG)  |  men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." --J. Conrad


Harry,

Buy some heavy wire, like that used to wire up cookers, cut 2 or 3 short lengths, fasten a crocodile clip onto one end of each piece of wire. Take a small piece of wood and drill a number of holes in one face. Push the other ends of the pieces of wire into the holes (sorry about the description, but I'm sure you get the idea). Voila, a third (and fourth, fifth, etc.) hand for soldering. I usually grip the piece of wood in a small bench vice in use to stop it falling over at vital moments.
---


Regards,

Hugh, G0CNR.
------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't speak for Xerox, nor they for me.

Rank Xerox European Systems Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Herts., UK.
Mail to; Huge.wgc1@rx.xerox.com, whatever it says in the header.

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

Date: 5 Jan 1993 00:19:05 GMT
From: news.larc.nasa.gov!grissom.larc.nasa.gov!kludge@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Need a 3rd hand for Soldering!?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

In article <1993Jan4.222522.20042@news.columbia.edu> hyx1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Harry Y Xu) writes:
>I always feel like my 2 hands are not enough when soldering.
>1 hand holds the soldering iron;
>1 holds the solder;
>another hand is needed to hold the component, or the pliers that hold the
>component to prevent over-heating.

1. Use a plastic tube of solder and hold it in your mouth.
    Don't ever put the metal itself in your mouth, though.

2. Use a hemostat instead of pliers to hold the component.

3. Use an alligator clip as a heatsink instead of the pliers.

4. Solder with a friend.
--scott

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

Date: 5 Jan 93 08:39:39 GMT
From: news.service.uci.edu!orion.oac.uci.edu!eahu099@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: New car causes RFI on 2M - Help!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

I just bought a 1993 Chevy Astro Van with a digital insturment panel.
Unfortunately, I am an T-hunter, and my car puts out a birdie? on 
146.565, or there abouts.  That is the local hunt freq, so I do
have a problem.  I pick it up with the installed FT5100 as well as
an on an HT with a rubber duck while sitting in the driver's seat.
Sometimes it is stronger 5 or 10 kc up or down from 6.565, but
it's almost always there.  It appears when I turn on the accessories,
even before then engine is running, and persists while driving.
I tried pulling fuses, and found the problem went away when I pulled
the fuse marked "BRAKE" which, I believe feeds the anti-lock brake
computer and the digital speedometer.  Thats what I have learned so far,

Any suggestions?  Thanks!

73 de KD6BCH eahu099@orion.oac.uci.edu

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

Date: Sun, 03 Jan 93 23:31:14 PST
From: sdd.hp.com!ncr-sd!crash!fatcity!don@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Palomar TX-5200 linear.
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

I recently bought the amp listed above at a swap meet. I have no info on it 
and Palomer is out of business. I would like to know if anyone is familar 
with it and can tell me some specs. Things like, power output, what kind of 
transistors did it have? There were no transistors in it and it takes 4. I 
was told that to put higher pwr devices ( MRF-421 @ 100 watts each) would 
require some ckt changes. Any help on this subject, any help would be 
appreciated. Thank You de Don N6NLX./s

-- 
don@fatcity.cts.com (Don Hamiel)
Fat City Software BBS -- (619) 621-6079
UUCP: ...crash.cts.com!fatcity!don  OR  ...telesoft.com!fatcity!don

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

Date: 5 Jan 93 06:36:34 GMT
From: pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!wells!beyonet!steve@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: What's wrong with my Diamond 2m/440 antenna???
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

In <726078790snx@skyld.tele.com>, jangus@skyld.tele.com writes:
[...]
>        Open it up and re-tighten the connections inside. It is assembled
I guess that goes with all the Jap antennas alike. Only thing bothering me
there is how come the other band of the antenna seems to be ok? Wouldn't
this effect them also? I think so...


-- 
|Stephen Urich|        Internet:steve@zero.com         | "Cattle mutilations |
|NIC: SU2     |        UUCP:uunet!beyonet!steve        | are up!" --Sneakers |
|ARS: WB3FTP  | Packet:WB3FTP@WB3FTP.#EPA.PA.USA.NOAM  | ax25<->PBBS<->IPGATE|
|Bensalem, PA |Radio:wb3ftp@wb3ftp.ampr.org[44.80.8.44]| TCP/IP-FTP-SMTP-UNIX|

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

Date: 5 Jan 1993 02:09:54 GMT
From: news.larc.nasa.gov!grissom.larc.nasa.gov!kludge@uunet.uu.net
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

References <2984@eram.esi.COM.AU>, <Tk1uwB2w164w@pillock.moron.vware.mn.org>, <2993@eram.esi.COM.AU>
Subject : Re: Converting 49Mhz Toys to 6 meters

In article <2993@eram.esi.COM.AU> dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall) writes:
>
>Evidently the Tandy in Australia is nothing like the Radio Shack in USA.

No, the Radio Shack in the USA sells overpriced junk, too.
--scott

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

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:21:01 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewsk!cbnewsj!att-out!cbfsb!cbnewsb.cb.att.com!wa2ise@network.UCSD.EDU
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

References <1992Dec31.084101.2909@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>, <1993Jan03.233009.4649@uhura.neoucom.edu>, <1993Jan4.121029.11854@abo.fi>
Subject : Re: Soldering radials to SO-239's, soldering PL259s

I have had difficulty soldering PL259 connectors to coax, even good ones
from Amphonel(sp).  Found that I could improve my success by filing off the 
shiny plating off the brass underneath, around the solder holes.  This also
meant that I could get the soldering done quick enough to minimize heat 
damage to the coax cable.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"The earthly power sucks shadowed milk from sleepy tears undone

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

End of Info-Hams Digest V93 #17
******************************
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc