HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: oler@rho.uleth.CA (Cary Oler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 15 December
Date: 16 Dec 92 09:04:23 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 350, 12/15/92
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  BOU-DEV=022,012,012,022,016,013,015,020   DEV-AVG=016 NT     SWF=00:000
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  PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 2350UT     PCA-MIN= -0.3DB @ 1335UT    PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55425NT @ 0456UT   BOUTF-MIN=55398NT @ 2114UT  BOUTF-AVG=55416NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+115NT@ 1744UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+002NT@ 0307UT  G7-AVG=+074,+025,+010
GOES6-MAX=P:+134NT@ 1745UT   GOES6-MIN=E:-022NT@ 0733UT  G6-AVG=+093,-006,+031
 FLUXFCST=STD:155,155,150;SESC:155,155,150 BAI/PAI-FCST=007,007,010/010,010,012
    KFCST=2223 3222 2223 3222  27DAY-AP=005,006   27DAY-KP=2111 3221 1212 3211
 WARNINGS=*SWF
   ALERTS=**245STRM:0000-2359UTC
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From: rob@phoenix.erc.clarkson.edu (Rob Logan)
Subject: WANTED: ******** KENWOOD 701 ***********
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:49:59 GMT

I know you saw this posting before, but I realy need a kenwood 701 for a
remote base on our repeator.  (or any RC-10 compatable radio)

Your car realy needs a th742a anyway, send me email and I'm sure we can
get you more than half way there.  Or I'll even consider giving you my
personal 742a if you are realy straped. 

                        Rob@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
--
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Clarkson ERC        IRCHA   *>=====[_]L)     EAA          AirBorn
Potsdam, NY 13699   PRA           -'-`-      PADI         USSA
work: 315-268-2292  fax: 315-268-6570        home: 315-265-2679
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: hicks@nikkor.enet.dec.com (Chas Hicks)
Subject: Re: Satellite?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 01:53:55 GMT


In article <1992Dec15.183937.27107@walter.cray.com>, jwl@ferrari.cray.com (Jim Lynch) writes...
>I was driving down interstate 75 somewhere in southern GA or northern FL
>and scanning across the band with my 2 meter mobile unit when I came across
>a signal on 145.990.  The stations broadcasting sounded like they were
>coming from a repeater, but I suspect that it was a satellite since it
>was only around for a few minutes.  There were people on there from 
>New Mexico and New York, to name a couple of the distant places.  
>The question is? What was I hearing?  What is the input frequency, if this
>is a repeater?  I heard it twice once during each leg of the journey.
>The first time was Saturday before Thanksgiving and the next time was
>the Sunday after.

Jim:
	Yes, it was a satellite.  AO-21.  It has a downlink on 145.897 so 
	your FM receiver picked it up on 145.990. Depending on your ability
	to tune your receiver, you can track the satellite dopler affect by
	tuning high on the approach and lower as it passes by.  

	The uplink to the transponder is on 435.016.

	You may have heard other things on the signal, too.  The current 
	schedule is currently 6 minutes of FM transponder, 3 minutes of
	pre-recorded (digitized) voice and 1 minute of telemetry (1200 
	baud AFSK packet).  

	The current voice is a female voice speaking in Slovenian as a get
	well message to YT3MV (Matjaz Vidmar) who is recovering from a
	car accident.  Matjaz helped design and build the S-Band 
	transmitters on satellites AO-16 and Dove (DO-17).

	Note that if you have a standard packet TNC, you can copy the 
	telemetry....

	Most of this info taken from AMSAT news bulletin 340.03 dated 7-Dec

	--chas hicks
	  WB0LJP

	
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: regmad@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Michael de Kraker)
Subject: Re: Info on Yaesu FT726?
Organization: Georgia State University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:47:39 GMT

R0264@vmcms.csuohio.edu writes:

>In ARRL Handbook, 1989, The ft726 is described as an example of using
>transversion for multimode vhf and uhf, with an if of 28 Mhz, for a
>rig that has both vhf, uhf, and hf at 10 and 15 meters.  Looks like
>a good idea, but how come Yaesu no longer offers such a rig?
>Are they available used? -- and at what kind of price? -- and is
>there something wrong with the whole concept?
>Phil, WD8IZA



	The idea is still around in their newer 736 .. Modules
	for 50MHZ,220,1.2GHZ  and includes 144 and 440 stock.
	This is an expensive rig and I would love to have one.

		30 Watts	50MHZ
		60 Watts	144,220,440
		45 Watts	1.2 GHZ

	I instead purchased a 726 wth just the 144 module and 
	plan to add the duplexer, 10M,440 modules as soon as
	I can find them. I paid $500 (used) for the unit which when
	compared to the other used single band SSB UHF/VHF radios
	was a fair deal. 

	I still have not located or priced any modules but hope
	to locate a dead 726 full of modules..
	
 
     _______  ______
    /        /        /       /    Michael A. de Kraker
   /        /______  /       /     Georgia State University  404-651-2390
  /    ___        / /       /      Internet:REGMAD@GSUSGI2.GSU.EDU
 /_______/ ______/ /_______/       BITNET  :REGMAD@GSUVM1  PACKET:KD4FKW@W4QO
 
   To iterate is human, to recurse devine
From: BRITTINGHAM.RICHARD_A@FORUM.VA.GOV
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Phonetics
Date: 17 Dec 92 14:44:00 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu


 
Could anyone help with phonetics for WD4AEF. Thanks.
From: ham@wam.umd.edu (Scott Richard Rosenfeld)
Subject: Worked All States blues...
Keywords: WAS
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:41:19 GMT


I have finally done it!  After six years of operating, I have gotten cards
from 49 states, with one more in the mail.  The two big thorns in my side
were Delaware and West Virginia.  However, I thought I had it licked when 
my fiancee and I went up to her parents' house in NE Pennsylvania, and I
brought my HF rig.  Many QSOs, INCLUDING WV and DE.

So today I'm looking at the WAS application rules, trying to find out costs, 
where to send stuff, etc., and what do I read?  

  "All QSOs must be made from the same location, or such that any two 
operating locations are a maximum of 50 miles apart."

Chris' parents' house is 200 miles from here, and I have never even heard a
West Virginia or Delaware station from here in Maryland.  Too far for ground-
wave, too close for skip.

Can anyone help?  Or at least tell me that you know of a Rhode Island station
that couldn't get Connecticut...

73, still those two states to go...Shoot...

Scott NF3I

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: stevel@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (Steve Lancaster)
Subject: Re: Clever Phonetics Needed--WK3C
Organization: NASA Johnson Space Center
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 02:08:56 GMT

In article <6097@naucse.cse.nau.edu> rrw@sunset.cse.nau.edu (Bob Wier) writes:
>
>Now, if you want something REALLY difficult, try
>my call WB5KXH -
> 
>
>- Bob Wier
>

How bout wb5 Kong's Xylophone Hammer

73's DE N5 Why Hunt Wombats
From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Weak signal VHF
Date: 14 Dec 92 21:06:32 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, gws@n8emr.cmhnet.org (Gary Sanders) writes:

>In article <9212101250.AA04075@ucsd.edu> MROWEN%STLAWU.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Michael Owen W9IP) writes:
>>
>>The most cost-effective way to get on 2m SSB/CW is probably
>>a transverter.  It will also give marginally better performance.

>I have heard this and see several magazines say the same thing but
>I have never found this to be true.. Just finding a transverter is
>often difficult, used units are rare, new units tend to be expensive.

It's true that transverters are harder to come by than the multi-mode
VHF/UHF rigs.  But most of my friends who are serious moonbounce /
weak-signal types use transverters.  The reason is that you can get
much better performance from a good HF radio than the available 
SSB/CW VHF/UHF transceivers.

AL N1AL
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: schuch@phx.mcd.mot.com (John Schuch)
Subject: Re: Exploding Air Bags? Locking Anti-Lock Brakes?
Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Tempe, Az.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 12:37:26 GMT

In article <85559@ut-emx.uucp> miles@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Miles Abernathy) writes:
>Instead, in the case of my wife's Toyota Camry, the manufacturer simply
>put a disclaimer in the owner's manual that you must not install a
>transmitter without Toyota's prior permission. I wonder how often they
>give such permission  ;-)
>A really unpleasant situation would be if air bags popped or anti-lock
>brakes locked up when you keyed up a rig. Has anyone reported either of
>these phenomena?

I have to believe that if your ham rig is a risk, the 75W police radio
on your left at the stop light, or the trucker with a 1KW linear on
your right would be just as great a risk.

Probably a case of corporate CYA.

John N7XVS

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From: edw@sequent.com (Ed Wright)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Longwires at VHF
Date: 14 Dec 92 23:20:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.1992Dec14.232022.13345
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.

In article <14570555@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) writes:
>In rec.radio.amateur.misc, 9210466@ul.ie writes:
>
>>    Anyone out there used longwires on VHF and above?
>>    I am interested in hearing other peoples experiences 
>>    with this. Our club used one for a VHF field day and 
>>    as far as I heard they were quite pleased with the results.
>>    Only problem was changing the directivity..
>
>A rhombic is basically a 4-element longwire.  I have heard of people
>successfully using rhombics for VHF TV reception.  The disadvantages
>are (of course) that they are not directional and their size.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yeah right

>6 wavelengths per leg works out to something like 180 feet from
>end to end.
>
>AL N1AL
>


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From: laborde@oak.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Gregory R. LaBorde)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ARRL Insurance
Summary: Any comments on this ARRL insurance stuff?
Keywords: insurance
Date: 16 Dec 92 19:38:36 GMT
Expires: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 08:00:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Reliability Engineering Section, JPL

I have now received several items about this ARRL insurance. At $1.50 per $100,
$50 deductible, and coverage for items stolen from your car, it seems on the
surface like it might be a wise investment (especially in LA). Does anyone have
any experience with this insurance? I would appreciate your comments.


Thanks,
-Greg KD6MSM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jweiss@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jerry Weiss)
Subject: Re: Phonetics needed for N9LEA
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:57:15 GMT

In article <1gocfnINNfo@spool.mu.edu> jason@studsys.mscs.mu.edu (Jason Hanson) writes:
> I have thought of no good phonetics for N9LEA!  Any help would be appreciated.


Grumble, not another string of notes about good phonetics.  Really ! :-(
What a waste of time and resources.  My I suggest you find a frequency not
in use, call cq, qrz or whatever and ask someone on the air.  



Jerry S. Weiss	  WB9MRI
j-weiss@nwu.edu    Dept. Medicine, Northwestern Univ. Medical School
From: flbbs!larry.mittman@ncoast.ORG (Larry Mittman) 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ARRL Logo
Date: 14 Dec 92 17:34:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Fleet BBS (216) 646-0655 24 hrs DUAL STD
Reply-To: flbbs!larry.mittman@ncoast.ORG (Larry Mittman) 

 On 12-14-92 JEFF BROWN wrote to ALL... 
 
 JB> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc 
 JB> From: edjcb@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Jeff Brown) 
 JB> Subject: ARRL Logo 
 JB> Message-ID: <11DEC199208341960@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov> 
 JB> Date: 11 Dec 1992 08:34 EST   
 JB>  
 JB> I'm looking for the ARRL Logo in TIFF, GIF, or PCX format. 
 JB> Anyone help?  Thanks & 73. 
 JB>  
 JB> Jeff Brown WB2RUZ 
 JB> edjcb@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov 
There is a "zip" file on Cleveland Hamnet BBS (216-942-6382) named 
HAMPIX.ZIP. It contains the ARRL, ARES, and SSC PCX. 
 
 
... OFFLINE 1.42 *               ... 73 de N8MGU (Magoo, by George!) 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: taber@cimfie.enet.dec.com (PStJTT)
Subject: Re: DXers
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 18 DEC 92 10:15:20    


In article <NDoyVB2w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca>, emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca writes...
> 
>What I dislike most about DX'ers in general, not just the rude and/or 
>crude ones, is the effect thay have had on ham radio in general. Instead 
>of encouraging people to reach out to each other, to learn about 
>different customs, cultures and ways of life, dxing (and its attendant 
>cousin, contesting) encourages many of the bad things in ham radio. A 
>"win at all costs" attitude often seems to be coupled with a complete 
>disinterest in the other ham except as a trophy for the wall. The whole 
>Dxing/contesting crowd has infested ham radio with over zealous, overly 
>competitive hams who will seemingly stop at nothing to get that little 
>pasteboard.

Then follows it up with:
> 
>It's exactly this sort of egotistical reaction from DX'ers (who regard 
>everything not DX as somehow not worth bothering about) that makes me 
>regard DX'ers as pests who are ruining our hobby.
> 

While the word "hypocrite" begs to be used, I think what we're really 
seeing here is plain blindness: "What I do is ham radio. What you do is 
junk."

Why does everyone have to do the same kind of operation?  Rag chewing
has its place, but It's not the only reason for ham radio.  DX'ing has
fueled the development of superior radios.  Contesting is great training
for emergency operation. SSTV, HF packet, DX nets -- everything has a 
place in ham radio.  Why rail against the wind?  



>>>==>PStJTT
From: garland@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Adv. Radio Devices HF Linear Parts: Wanted
Date: 12 Dec 92 23:43:03 EST
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Physics

WANTED: Spare parts for Advanced Radio Devices 230A/C HF linear amplifiers.
Especially LCD displays, circuit boards, custom parts.

Jim W8ZR

(614)548-7277
From: coolguy@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (Guy Shechter)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Call Type?
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 06:25:46 GMT
Organization: Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy, Houston, TX

What is this call?  KKN50

Guy

--
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Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy, Houston, TX, (713) 943-2728
After December 31, (713) 481-3763
1200/2400/9600/14400 v.32bis/v.42bis
From: buchanan@cable.utmem.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: License delays
Date: 18 Dec 92 15:45:38 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

>...the lam-o excuse I got from the FCC was that they only had 2 people
>processing applications for both amateur *and* business licenses and only *1*
>keyer to punch it all into the computer. 

And at least one of them is kept busy answering phone calls.  "Madam,
do you want me to process your license or answer phone calls?"  :-)  
In the "good old days", at age 14, I got to ride a Greyhound bus 80
miles, find the Federal Building in downtown Cincinnati where the test
was offered quarterly, take the General exam including one minute of
clear copy and a sending test--no wimpy multiple choice code test, find
my way back home, do my homework from the day's school I missed and
still wait two months for my upgrade (and all they had to do was change
KN4 to K4).  Message:  Things are indeed not optimum now, but they
could be a lot worse and they probably won't get a lot better.
	73
	Jack, K4FRS  (ex KN4FRS)
	buchanan@bme1.utmem.edu
PS:  I'll bet they put applications from people who call and bug them
on the bottom of the stack :-)
From: tonyz@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Tony Zugates)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Radio for some good kid.
Date: 17 Dec 92 18:52:56 GMT
Organization: the HP Mtn.View Resp. Cntr.

Please see the posting in alt.radio.amateur regarding a 
free radio for some needy kid.


tony WB6TRU
Xref: sparky rec.radio.amateur.misc:20524 rec.radio.amateur.packet:3220
From: ron.smith%phant@hpbs938.boi.hp.com (Ron Smith) 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet
Subject: HAM CONNECTION-RE_THOUGHT DECISION NOT TO SHUT DOWN
Date: 14 Dec 92 13:22:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Phantasia BBS - Boise, ID - 208-939-1350
Reply-To: ron.smith%phant@hpbs938.boi.hp.com (Ron Smith) 

From: lairdpg@lub001.lamar.edu
Date: 10 Dec 92 22:09:36 +1700
Organization: Lamar University - Beaumont

In the message From: Lairdpg@lub001.lamar.edu To: All dated 08:58 - 
12-14-92 regarding HAM CONNECTION-RE_THOUGHT, it was said...

L>This is like a see-saw, but the HAM Connection BBS will not be 
L>shutting down.

Good on you!  (Insert bells, whistles, and fireworks here)

I've lost the number - could you please post it again?

Ron
ron.smith%phant@hpbs938.boi.hp.com
or
ron.smith%phant%hpbs938@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com





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From: dsprouse@n3igw.pgh.pa.us (Dan Sprouse)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Mods for TR-7950
Keywords: Modifactions
Date: 15 Dec 92 02:40:39 GMT
Followup-To: pgh.general
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sprouse Consulting, Oakmont, Pa.

Hello USA
	I was just wondering if there were any modifications for the Kenwood
mobile TR-7950.  It is a fairly old radio so I am not sure of any myself. Any
info on this rig would be appreciated.


						Thanks 
						   Dan Sprouse
From: little@nuts2u.enet.dec.com (nuts2u::little)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Info on Yaesu FT726?
Date: 18 Dec 92 17:31:54 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
X-Posted-Via: NEWS-NOTES gateway (a hack!)

R0264@vmcms.csuohio.edu writes:

>In ARRL Handbook, 1989, The ft726 is described as an example of using
>transversion for multimode vhf and uhf, with an if of 28 Mhz, for a
>rig that has both vhf, uhf, and hf at 10 and 15 meters.  Looks like
>a good idea, but how come Yaesu no longer offers such a rig?
>Are they available used? -- and at what kind of price? -- and is
>there something wrong with the whole concept?

The FT-726R is available on the used market and has been replaced by the
FT-736R.  Expect to pay $650-$950 for a used FT-726R depending upon its
condition and the modules the radio has.  The modules are getting hard to
find, although Ross Distributing has been able to get some of them new.  It
came with a 2 meter module from the factory and you could get modules for:

	- 10,12,15 meters  (all on one module)
	- 6 meters
	- 70 cm 430-440 Mhz
	- 70 cm 440-450 Mhz
	- Satellite Duplex module (allowed full duplex cross band
	  operation, essentially a second IF strip)

Since it could support 2 meter and 70 cm modules which are popular IFs for
UHF transverters, and a 10 meter module was available which is a popular IF
for VHF bands, I guess it could be considered a good rig for transverters. 
It doesn't have transverter jacks, so you'd have to bring them out or use a
transverter that could handle the 10W or so each module puts out.  It's a
nice rig for the satellites and a great beginners (old timers too?)  rig
for the no-code tech that want's to get into weak signal work.

And to answer your last question, no there is nothing wrong with the
concept.

73,
Todd
N9MWB
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: sharon@unixland.natick.ma.us (Sharon Machlis Gartenberg)
Subject: Re: DXers
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix  (508) 655-3848
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:25:48 GMT

taber@cimfie.enet.dec.com (PStJTT) writes:

(In response to my idea that a portion of each band should be set aside
where contacts wouldn't count for DXCC):

>The problem, of course, is that the typical QSL card doesn't get down to
>the last Hz when it specifies frequency.  Generally they say "20M" or
>"14MHz" -- so how's an awards organization to know if it happened at the
>top of the band or the bottom? 

Ah, but in the case of a DX station who was purposely up in that part of
the band so (s)he could avoid the awards-chasers and have some nice
chats, (s)he would likely include that information. Some people collect
cards because they like to have the cards, after all, and not necessarily
for awards.
 
>The better option is to (a) be considerate of others at the same time 
>you (b) understand that sometimes you're just unlucky (like finding a 
>rare one under a morning chit-chat session.)

Yes, sometimes one is just unlucky. However, if one is a DX station in
a rare country and one likes to chat, not work pileups all the time, I
suspect one is *often* unlucky.

Sharon KC1YR 
-- 
Sharon Machlis Gartenberg
Framingham, MA  USA
email: sharon@unixland.natick.ma.us   or   uunet!think.com!unixland!sharon
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: kaye@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (kaye.l.hartman)
Subject: Heathkit info wanted
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:11:13 GMT
Keywords: heathkit



Hi Folks,
A friend of mine (W8APT) just inherited a Heathkit HW-16 CW
transceiver and it's brother, the HG-10 vfo.   They haven't 
been used for years and think they're in retirement yet. We 
want to bring them back to life and put them on the air even  
though it's only CW. ;-)  We have no manuals or information
on them other than an ad that I found in a 1963 QST. I would
like a copy of the schematics.   Tube pin resistances and 
operating voltages would be helpful.   Actually, I welcome
any information on these including stories of using them. I 
will repay expenses of course.  Thank you kindly and sincerely.

73                  
Kaye Hartman, KD8EK          internet: kaye@cbnewsi.cb.att.com    
1305 Coonpath Rd.,NW.           email: att!cbqaa!klh 
Lancaster, Ohio 43130

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: wstrahl@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (wayne.a.strahl)
Subject: QSL's VIA F6FNU
Keywords: QSL F6FNU GREENSTUFF
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:24:38 GMT


I have had very good luck getting prompt responses from F6FNU.
Make sure you include a NEATLY addressed return envelope,
(I use a rubber stamp), along with your NEATLY filled out
easily readable QSL with all correct QSO data, especially
the correct UTC (GMT) time.  Antoine apparently doesn't care
to spend a LOT of time searching logs for incorrectly identified
QSO's.  I always include 2 green stamps (3 green stamps if I have
2 cards for the same station).  The green stamps I use are always
brand new crisp sequentially numbered ones obtained in "bulk' from
a bank.  Somehow, all this must tickle his fancy because response has
been terrific.

FR5DX has been frustrating.  Nothing seems to 'work' getting prompt
direct return QSL's but eventually everyone I know seems to get them
back thru the bureau.  Mega-patience is required.

Serious REAL[tm] DX'ers always have to rationalize this QSL'ing cost
in perspective versus what is invested in their hardware and time.
May your envelopes be stuffed with choice goodies..

Wayne Strahl - W9II      wstrahl@cbnewsg.att.com


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