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From: steveb@inst-sun1.tmc.edu (Steve Bednarczyk)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Kenwood TH78A Review
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:18:29 GMT
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA

In article <1992Sep28.024234.5385@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> bruno@athena.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Bruno Hall) writes:
>I'm posting this for a friend, who, it appears, can't get his
>news-poster to cooperate.
>
>----------------------------------------------
>I've recently bought a TH78A from kenwood, and as I did not see a
>definite review about it, I'll write one now.
>
>First I have to say that I had a ICW2A and the TH78 is definetely
>superior, smaller and contrary to the W2A it does receive above
>450Mhz.
>Aside : if you want to make any W2A owner mad just tune your
>TH78,FT470 to a station one Mhz or so above 450Mhz, I promess you that
>they will be pretty upset when they try it on their rig. :-)

So What's the problem?? I am listening to 450.85 Mhz at this very moment
on my Icom W2A. I can also receive 118-136 Mhz. Also 400 -550 Mhz &
800-950 Mhz.  I can also cross-band repeat. All acheived through a 
keyboard entered mod.
Aside:  If you want to make a Kenwood owner pretty upset, try their
repair service :-).

Seriously - I think that both Kenwood and Icom make pretty good rigs
I can find fault with either.  I just try to pick the features that I like
the best and go with it .

BTW - when are they going to add a digital voice recorder. so I can page a
fellow ham and leave a message on his machine?..

73 Steve NJ6J   steveb@inst-sun1.jpl.nasa.gov
From: michaeln@hpcvnb.CV.HP.COM (Mike_Nason)
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 92 20:40:15 PDT
Subject: Re: Collins paint
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

   Another way might be to repaint the box again with the same paint (if you
have any left) and then set it in a cooler place to dry in order to let
the paint flow out a little more before it sets up. Less orange peel that
way.           Mike
From: bennett@reg.triumf.ca (P.Bennett)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Connector names
Date: 28 Sep 92 21:46:00 GMT
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Sep28.135911.22475@rti.rti.org>, jbs@rti.rti.org writes...
>In article <1992Sep25.181203.5041@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> koning@koning.enet.dec.com writes:
>>
>>a bayonet connector (TNC, N, BNC, C, SMA, you name it)
> 
>Well, I can't name it - does anyone know what all these connector names
>stand for? Or do they stand for anything? I know what most of them look
>like, but why, for instance, is a BNC called a BNC?
> 
>  -joe,
>       in the dark
UHF: Ugly Huge Fitting
BNC: Bloody nice connector
TNC: Terribly nice connector
N: Nice
SMA: Silly minature attatchment
RCA: Real Crummy Attatchment
F: (as in cablevision) F*****
:-)

Peter Bennett VE7CEI                | Vessels shall be deemed to be in sight
Internet: bennett@erich.triumf.ca   | of one another only when one can be
Bitnet:   bennett@triumfer          | observed visually from the other
TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., Canada     |                          ColRegs 3(k)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (jeffrey.n.jones)
Subject: Using computer power supplies to power rigs?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 17:57:35 GMT

I opened my PC up the other day and lo and behold the power supply had
a sticker that stated the usual voltages and what amperage they would put
out. What really caught my eye was the fact that it would put out 10 amps
at 12 volts. A friend of mine is using a spare computer power supply to
power his 25 watt 10 meter rig with no ill effects. As I can buy 200 watt
computer supplies for around $40 here in the Bay Area it looks like
a good way to power my various QRP projects tht I have laying around.
Is there any reason why this might not be a good idea? Thanks and 73!

Jeff


-- 
 Jeff Jones  AB6MB         |      If we do not succeed,
 jeffj@seeker.mystic.com   |      then we run the risk of failure.
 Infolinc BBS 415-778-5929 |      Vice Pres. Dan Quayle
From: lhurder@arrl.org (Luck Hurder KY1T)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ARRL HQ freebies
Date: 27 Sep 92 20:28:39 EST
Organization: American Radio Relay League

A reminder to all that the American Radio Relay League 
continues to make available to Amateur Radio Operators and 
non-amateurs alike a wide variety of free materials and 
services.  Of particular interest to the not-yet-licensed 
individual would be the ARRL Prospective Ham Package.  In 
the PHP, one would find:
-
1.  Printouts of Volunteer Examination session 
opportunities  in his/her area.
-
2.  Listings of Amateur Radio clubs in his location.
-
3.  Helpful promotional material about the Amateur Radio 
Service.
-
The already-licensed individual might well be interested 
in  another free ARRL publication, the ARRL Public Service 
Communications Manual. The PSCM represents the "bible" of 
public service communications, and clearly/concisely 
points  out how the ARRL National Traffic System and the 
ARRL  Amateur Radio Emergency Service function as a 
cohesive unit to provide the maximum support to the public 
both in times  of disaster as well as "normal" times.
-
To obtain either of these free ARRL services, please 
provide  me with:
-
A.  Your name
B.  Your mailing address
C.  A Specific request for either of the two services 
above.
-
Best 73!
-
Luck Hurder, KY1T
225 Main St.
Newington CT. 06111
203 666 1541


|       |   |         Deputy Manager, Field Services, ARRL.
|       |___|         The ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service, the ARRL
| uck   |   |urder    National Traffic System, The Amateur Auxiliary to
------  |   |         the FCC's Field Operations Bureau, the ARRL
     KY1T             Field Organization and the ARRL Monitoring System.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
lhurder@arrl.org   Prodigy - MGTS39A,  BIX - ARRL,
   MCI Mail - RPALM, MCI Mail - "ARRL HQ", America On Line - "ARRL HQ"
        Compuserve - 70007,3373 (ARRL HQ)  -- Genie ARRL.HQ
From: wa2ise@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (robert.f.casey)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Alinco DR1200t full band mod file
Keywords: mods
Date: 4 Oct 92 16:11:09 GMT
Organization: AT&T


copied from packet:
  Msg# TSF   Size #Rd  Date  Time  Arrived Seq #      Msg ID      Route

  1020 BF    1405   0 22-Sep 2223z 29-Sep (033727 - 26390_KB2NEX) []
  N2ROC  ==>  ALL@USBBS
  "ALINCO FULL BAND MODIFICATION"

          Alinco DR1200T Full Band Modification

Step 1.  Remove 2 screws located on top of cover.
Step 2.  Loosen the 4 screws on both sides of top cover (do not remove).
Step 3.  Remove top cover
Step 4.  Locate Yellow wire Loop behind tuning Knob (this wire loops from
         the control board mounted on front pannel).
Step 5.  Cut loop and tape ends.
Step 6.  Replace top cover.
Step 7.  Reset radio (press 'F' and VCO/M keys together.  While holding
         down keys turn off and on Power).

Factory settings will be restored however the new frequency range will
be from 132 to 173 MHz.  Any memory will have to be reprogramed.
These insructions are from Alinco, I've done them to my set and
it works great.

*** END OF MSG # 26320 from N2ROC @ KB2NEX.#NYC.NY.USA.NA
=========================================================================
Note: I haven't tried or verified this, proceed at your own risk. WA2ISE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
499.98 years ago, Columbus discovered America.
From: rhughes@UCSD (Richard J. Hughes)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: callsign
Date: 5 Oct 1992 07:12:40 GMT
Organization: ucsd.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-slip23.ucsd.edu

Could someone please post the IP addresses of sites that offer Telnet (or 
preferably Gopher) look up of call sign info.

Thanks.

Richard J. Hughes
KM6ED
From: stevej@pillock.moron.vware.mn.org (Steven Jarosh, KA0VYB)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Antenna "switchboard" - HELP wanted !!!
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 09:23:00 CDT
Organization: 11th Hour Contest Group (North American Chapter)

gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:

> technique. Connector alignment is an important part of the mating process.

No truer words ever spoken!!!!!!     :-)  ;-)  |-)

Steve KA0VYB
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Re: Mac Morse Code
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:26:22 GMT

Burris, Dean E. writes:
> Does anybody know where I can get a decent Mac morse code
> tutor program? 

"Morse Code Tutor" for the mac is available in the info-mac section
of sumex-aim.stanford.edu

It's pretty good... I've been using it for a little while now.  Good luck
73...
Mike, N4PDY

************************
* These are my opinions only.*
************************
From: ron@topaz.bds.com (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: How long for license
Date: 30 Sep 1992 13:48:51 GMT
Organization: BDS Systems
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: topaz.bds.com

> I passed my test two weeks ago.  How long does it take?


Someone should place this in the FAQ list.  Somewhere between 4 and 6
weeks.  It depends on three factors:  How soon the examiner sat on the
form before he sent it to the VEC (he's allowed 10 days), how long the
VEC took to process it and send it to the FCC, and how long the FCC has
to process it.  It seems to me that the FCC takes sometime between 2.5
and five weeks to process things (note they also operate on a weekly
schedule so theres another +- 1 week error there).  The ARRL has done
a lot in the last hear or so to greatly speed up everything else on exams
they coordinate.  This includes streamlining their operation as well as
providing account numbers on a variety of overnight express companies to
the examiners to return the paperwork from the exams.

I typically give exams on Saturday, I try to send in the stuff on the following
monday (which means that I usually send a good chunk of the weekend going
through 100 exams and their paperwork).  I take pride in the fact that It's
been a long time since I've gotten an exam returned due to a processing error.
We carefully check all the signatures and information on the 610 again before
sending them up to the league (separate from the exam sessions).  I usually
get the "All OK" postcard from the league back by that friday (regular mail!).

-Ron
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: mikef@pacifier.rain.com (Mike Freeman)
Subject: Re: Do ARRL Read Thier Email ?
Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc 
Organization: Pacifier BBS
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 16:50:19 GMT



I have always had extremely good luck in E-maill exchanges with ARRLHQ
-- far better than SnailMail exchanges.  In particular, Ed Hare, John
Bloom, Bart Jahnke and Russ Heeley have replied to my comments and
inquiries within a day, if not within hours of my originating
messages.

In addition, Luck Hurder is quite diligent in responding to GEnie
E-mail to the ARRL.HQ address and/or to the appropriate topics on the
Radio and Electronics BB.

Never tried the MciMail address.

Just my $0.02-worth.

-- 
Mike Freeman <K7UIJ>    |       Internet: mikef@pacifier.rain.com
301 N.E. 107th Street   |         or freeman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
Vancouver, WA 98685 USA |       GEnie: M.FREEMAN11
Telephone (206)574-8221 |       Loose bits sink chips!
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jhays@boi.hp.com (John_D. Hays)
Subject: Re: 10M FM
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:11:28 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise Printer Division

In article <randall.717877020@seashore> randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea) writes:
>UWELTO@UNC.OIT.UNC.EDU (John Welton) writes:
>
>
>Novices cannot use FM at all.  Techs can use FM only 

Novices: How about 222.1 to 223.91 Mhz. & 1270-1295 Mhz.

John
-- 
John D. Hays [KD7UW]           |Email: [UUCP]          ...!hplabs!hpdmd48!jhays
Firmware Engineer              |       [INTERNET]              jhays@boi.hp.com
Boise Printer Division         |       [GEnie]                             HAYS
Boise, Idaho                   |       [Compu$erve]                   72725,424
From: Edward=Newman%Portable%PCPD=Hou@bangate.COMpaq.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: re: Comments on AOR 3000 Scanner???
Date: 2 Oct 1992 06:44:18 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

> I just got info on the AOR 3000 and a demo disk containing a program
> that controls the AOR 3000 via a serial port. Does anyone have
> experience with this radio that they can share? Thanks.
> -- 
> Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
>  
> [.sig on vacation]

I own an AOR 3000 scanner and am very happy with it.  Unless you have many
hours on your hands, the software package offered by AEA is a must.  The
RS-232 cable included with the software contains a relay for controlling a
tape recorder.  The receiver is excellent in all modes from 0.1 MHz to about
900 MHz. Above 900 MHz, there isn't much to hear, so I have no way to verify
it even works up there.

My only complaints about the receiver are in the computer interface:

There is no way under computer control to clear a programmed channel, only to
replace it.  This has not caused me too much grief.

There is no way to determine under computer control which of the 100-channel
memory banks is selected.  No grief here either.

Under computer control, the AR3000 occasionally misses characters from the
computer.  This results in an invalid frequency.  (More below.)

As shipped from the factory, the AR3000 can only achieve 10 channels per
seconds scanning rate under computer control.  This is because the default
baud rate is 4800 bps.  There is a switch inside the radio to change to 9600
bps which yields 20 channels per second.  This, however, introduces two
problems:  (1) the purchased software package is fixed at 4800 bps and
becomes useless, and (2) the character loss problem mentioned above rate
increases by an order of magnitude.

Summary:  Highly recommended.

G. Edward Newman <Edward=Newman%Portable%PCPD=Hou@bangate.compaq.com>
From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Batteries on concrete
Date: 28 Sep 92 19:04:02 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller) writes:

>My wife's car has now suffered two sudden failures. Both batteries had
>been maintained with distilled water. Both batteries had normal electrolyte
>level. Both failed open.

I think they don't make car batteries like they used to.

My trusty old '74 VW Beetle still had the original battery in it in
1982.  One morning the car wouldn't start, so I removed the battery 
and took it down to Sears to trade in on a new Die Hard. 

Unfortunately, the new battery didn't work either.  Turned out to be
a bad connection to the starter solenoid.

So the old battery was still going strong after 8 years.  And most
of those years were in Connecticut where the winters get COLD.  I was 
dispappointed I replaced it -- I was curious to see how long it would
last!  By the way, I never put anything but distilled or de-ionized
water in it.

AL N1AL
From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Problems in tuning the Larsen KG-2/70 on glass antenna?
Date: 3 Oct 92 13:11:35 GMT
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group

In article <8468@orbit.cts.com> rambler@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Dan Meyer) writes:
>jdw@wucs1.wustl.edu (j d wilson) writes:
>>	I am trying to find out if anyone else has had the same experience
>>good or bad I'd like to hear about it.  This is just about the only antenna
>>that I could put on this car.  Also note:  Per Larsen the coax on this antenna
>>must be an odd number of 1/4 wave-lengths (2m).  So DO NOT cut the coax to
>>length (at least without measuring it!)... And NO I did not make this mistake!
>>
>
>Why does the length of the transmission line make any difference 
>in the SWR? It might make a difference in apparent SWR, but actual 
>SWR (measured near the antenna) will not vary with the length of 
>transmission line.

The only impedance the radio cares about is the one at the *end* of the
coax where it connects, so the distinction between "apparent" and "real"
SWR is meaningless from an operational point of view. The reasons why
they want the coax to be an odd multiple of 1/4 wave are that they are
using the coax as a *counterpoise* for the glass mounted monopole, and
because they want a *virtual* short circuit for RF flowing on the outside
of the coax at the radio. 

There's an article by G2HCG in the Summer 1992 Communications Quarterly
that details how to use coax this way. The title is "Controlled Feeder
Radiation." I'd also add that it's been my experience with glass mounted
antennas that you can discard the external monopole since the coax shield
does most of the radiating anyway. We ran some tests on an Avanti that
I had mounted on my vehicle using a HP network analyser. It mattered 
hardly at all whether the whip was attached or not. A tiny tweak of
the tuning box would present the same impedance to the rig. I lost the
original whip on the highway one evening, and never replaced it. The
antenna performed just as poorly without it as with it. The whirr you
hear is an electric drill. :-)

If you can't bring yourself to drill holes in your vehicle, then the
Antenna Specialists line of undercover antennas that they sell to police
departments is a viable solution. These replace the factory entertainment
radio whip with an identical looking antenna that operates as a gain antenna
at either VHF or UHF depending on model. They even have a duplexer that
will allow the entertainment radio to still use the new antenna. Cost
was around $60 last time I dealt with them. These antennas *look* the
same as factory antennas, but they don't *work* the same. Trying to use
the factory antenna can be frustrating, though there are tuning boxes
available that will let you try.

Note: The undercover line isn't carried by any ham source as far as I
know. You have to order them through a service shop that deals with
the police market.

Gary KE4ZV
From: jangus@skyld.UUCP (Jeff Angus)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Barry Electronics in NYC et al...
Date: 6 Oct 92 14:13:08 GMT
Organization: Grendel's Lair


In article <1992Oct5.084040.1@matrix.cs.wright.edu> isoper@matrix.cs.wright.edu writes:

  > >> Home of almost-higher-than-list prices, and the most obnoxious
  > >> collection of arrogant know-nothings ever assembled behind a
  > >> sales counter.
  > 
  > They are not alone in employing these kinds of sales people, I have visited

  Then there is Henry Radio in West Los Angeles if you want to be abused out
  here on the West coast.

xenon!skyld!jangus   < This space left blank intentionally. >
J Angus, PO Box 4425, Carson CA 90749-4425 voice (310) 324-6080
From: jgt10@uts.amdahl.com (John G. Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: batteries
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:26:41 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

martin@datacomm.ucc.okstate.edu (Martin McCormick) writes:
>I understand that sudden failure of a battery can be caused by sulphides
>building up in the bottom of a cell.  When the goop reaches the plates,
>the battery is its own dumby load.

About 3 years or so ago I was perusing my J.C. Whitney catalog and 
found this stuff called XV-6.  It was supposed to stop the 
sulphation process and make the battery bounce back better from 
being drained dead.  The '87 Jeep Cherokee I had still had the orginal
battery and I figured, what the heck.

Well, I can say the stuff (one of the ingredients is cadnium) didn't
do any harm, the battery continued to function fine.  Last month I 
went camping and drained the battery dead by leaving the interior lights 
and a map light on all night.  I got the car jump started and let it 
idle for 1/2 hour.  At that time I did the nerve racking turn the engine 
off and (gulp) try to start it again...which it did.

Since that trip I have become concernend that the battery is dieing 
another kind of slow dead (3 to 6 amp charging for an hour and no
change in the specific gravity).  But, I figure for the OEM battery
it was doing pretty good (5 and 3/4 years).

JGT
-- 

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  KD6KID                P.O. Box 3470 MS 340    {sun,uunet}!amdahl!jgt10
#include <disclamer.h>  Sunnyvale, CA 94088     1-408-737-5708

Go ahead, flame me...I've got heavy duty surge protectors.
From: kstuart@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Kenneth Stuart)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Antenna in a tree???
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:56:44 GMT
Reply-To: kstuart@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Kenneth Stuart)
Distribution: na
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, chhibber@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Grizzly.45mag) writes:

>crazy to put an antenna in a tree?



I fabricated a dual extended zepp for 2-meters and mounted it about
2/3 of the way up a pine tree near my QTH.

The absorbtion of signal by the sap and moisture in the tree trunk
made the antenna almost completely inoperative.

If you can get the antenna **above** the tree, this might not be a
problem.

73.   Ken stuart, W3VVN
From: jkearman@arrl.org (Jim Kearman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Batteries on concrete
Date: 30 Sep 92 16:29:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: arrl.577
Organization: American Radio Relay League

pfowler@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Pat Fowler) writes:
; 
;OK ! I have resisted this battery on concrete thing for weeks and
;I can't resist !
; 
;My question concerns storage of batteries in the garage. Now I use my
;440 mobile and keep the batteries in the front of my truck on the floor.
;I have had good sucess with this and have experienced no leaks ... FB !
; 
;Now the question ... When not mobile, I store the deep cycle batteries
;in my son's little red wagon. When I use them again, I find that the 
;voltage ( and hence capacity I think ) is a little lower. My question
;is "Am I still safe in a wagon ( with rubber wheels ) even though the
;the wagon wheels are on the concrete floor " ?
; 
There may be some truth to this, Pat. Since I went on the wagon, my 
capacity has also been diminished.

Jim Kearman
From: paul@n3eop.pgh.pa.us (paul)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Ham radio used as back up comm to shuttle
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:26:59 GMT
Organization: CrossRoads in Elizabeth, PA

> > >Nasa just announced at a news conference that when the TDRS system
> > >went down for 20 minutes this morning due to a computer failure at
> > >White Sands, a ham in Australia relayed the situation to the shuttle
> > >astronauts.
> > 
> > Hooo Boy.... and how does this relate to the business use prohibitions
> > and the shuttle amateurs?
> 
> No business use here, this is government use.

If it's government, then it can't be business.  Everyone knows that 
businesses make money and get things done.