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From: rdewan@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Rajiv Dewan)
Subject: Re: QST, in my opinion...
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:20:30 GMT

In article <l8nqghINN65p@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> rja@batcomfs.Eng.Sun.COM (rja@sun.com) writes:
>
>    Perhaps, although I can't be certain, Fred was trying to make a
>    point that he really could care less about Joe-Bob-Henry-Jake "Mr.
>    QRP" Smith dropping dead at his station at 99.5 years of age :-).
>
>    I've seen this "let's list the dead" stuff before in other hobbies,
>    and I've always wondered about it.  Surely these people who are
>    dropping off weren't REALLY the saints their "silent key"/"broken
>    wand", etc., listings make them out to be?

De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

I think that it makes more sense in this hobby in which one is much
more likely to meet hundreds of new people on the air every month.  
You may even have a regular sked with some one whom you never meet
except on the air.  Wouldn't you like to know? A call sign listed 
in the Silent Keys list may evoke a memory of some nice qso that 
you might have had. CW ofcourse. :)

Besides, it is, generally, only half a page or so.

There could also other side benefits.  Such as a previously reported
study of biological effects of RF that used the Silent Key list 
to determine if RF exposure led to increased incidences of
cancer.  You can read about that and the report of a blue ribbon
committee put together by, yes - none other than, ARRL.  And it was
discussed in an editorial in, yes - believe or not, QST. :)

After reading so many negative notes about the QST journal,
may be I should write a note about the joys of reading QST, new and old.
But then, it would be a really biased view as I am very pleased to have
a complete collection going back to 1947.  It is interesting to read
old correspondence. You will be amazed with how current the issues
discussed in them are.  Bad operators and discourteous DX hounds were
as much a problem then as they are today.

Rajiv                                 
aa9ch    
Address: r-dewan@nwu.edu
Phone:   None. Only CW.
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From: adair@dbs.com (Owen Adair x3690 Atlanta)
Subject: Re: QST, in my opinion...(short)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 12:44:56 GMT
Organization: D&B Software, Inc.


Geesh! You guys get a life!  Ham Radio is supposed to be a *hobby* which
is supposed to be *fun*.  I may agree (or not) with Fred, but I think
there's too much gnashing of teeth about a non-issue.

I am a member of the League which seems to be trying hard, and puts out a
decent publication, which costs me a grand total of 30 lousy bucks.  If an
issue doesn't happen to tickle your fancy, do what I do: toss it.  It's not
worth getting an ulcer over.

Frankly, I'm glad those guys even stick with it in the face of criticisms, 
aging ham population, low pay (from the salary ranges published...eech),
and the lids on 75 meters and 14.313.  Let's just pat the ARRL staffers
on the back, let them do whatever they think their job is, and go back
to having FUN in this hobby. 

Life is to short to spend it constantly bitching.
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From: pitonyak@cis.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Pitonyak)
Subject: Where/how to mount a dipole
Originator: pitonyak@mostaccioli.cis.ohio-state.edu
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 03:21:38 GMT


I am limited to what I can do with an antenna, I purchased
a cushcraft R7 and found out I can not put it up.  I may 
be able to get away with putting up two ten foot poles on the roof
and stringing a dipole between them.

any comments on how this would work so close to the roof.
I am sort of at a loss on what to do.

all help is appreciated, I am getting frustrated.

andy
From: zardoz@rx-db (zardoz@rx-db.hf.intel.com)
Subject: Big Antennas (was: QST Content Revisited
Organization: Intel Development Tools Operation, Hillsboro, OR
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 23:33:23 GMT

In article <rwa.713655224@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> rwa@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Ross Alexander) writes:
>
>But the be-all to end-all IS a 20 acre rhombic.  Kicks the bejuzus out of
>anything else, and is inherently broadbanded in it's terminated version
>(resonant rhombics are a different matter).  All you need is 4 poles,
>wire, a termination, and something to feed it.  None of the nastinesses
>you get with yagis, though the rhombic has a few nastinesses of it's own
>(they're awkward to rotate :).

I prefer non-resonant, un-terminated long wire antennas.  Especially Veebeams.
Veebeams are better than rhombics because they are smaller, more adjustable,
and a rhombic is really just two veebeams anyway.  My old veebeam blew down
but I'm currently getting ready to put up a 3 leg thing with a switch box
to select one vee, another vee, or wide vee, all feed by one 450 ohm ladder
line.  This will effectively constitute a bidirectional Wullenweber I hope.
>
>I'm waiting for the antenna book to have a good discussion of Webenwullers :).
>
A Wullenweber is any arrangement of directional antennas designed to be
selected electrically so as to provide a rotating beam sorta like radar.
Picture this:
A 200 foot mast with sloping veebeams running in all directions which are
terminated near the ground.  A mechanical or electrical switching arrangement
at the feedpoint is constantly rotating the pattern forming a shortwave
rotating "dish" antenna.  Several of these around the country should be able
to pinpoint any station's position by triangulation and will be broadbanded
so as to cover most of the hf spectrum.  An antenna like this is described
in a 1947 issue of QST, I believe.  

WA7LDV
 
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From: tipping@phys.ksu.edu (Tracy N. Tipping)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Dualband HT recommendations?
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:18:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: moe.16gtdpINNhgk
Organization: Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: pauli.phys.ksu.edu

In article <1992Aug14.151242.16427@gvl.unisys.com> rossi@gvlf9-q.gvl.unisys.com (Pete Rossi) writes:
>In article <3519@atlas.tegra.COM> vail@tegra.COM (Johnathan Vail) writes:
>>
>> I too dropped my W2A, from about 3 feet...works fine, but scratched the front
>> of the case and cracked the battery rail.  Which brings up another point. How
>>                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>I have a IC-24AT (same battery packs)  I haven't dropped it... yet ;-)
>
>Can this be replaced/repaired?   Just in case...
>
>=================================================================
>Pete Rossi - WA3NNA                  rossi@gvl.unisys.com
>
>Paramax Systems Corporation - a Unisys Company
>Electronic Systems - Valley Forge Labs - Paoli, Pennsylvania
>=================================================================


Well, I have dropped my 24AT from about 3 feet and the battery rail did 
break.  ICOM said since it wasn't under warranty any more, I was SOL.  I
am not pleased with ICOM's attitude.

For my 2 cents worth...

Tracy
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From: jhays@boi.hp.com (John D. Hays)
Subject: Re: "Destinated" (was: Re: Q-codes (was Re: QST Content))
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 16:01:41 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise Printer Division (LAFS)

In article <1992Aug16.040703.27679@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>Actually, "destinated" does mean something useful -- it means "marked with
>a destination," as in "messages destinated for Georgia."
>
>As for _people_ being destinated, I don't know...!
>
>-- 
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>Michael A. Covington, Ph.D. |  mcovingt@uga.cc.uga.edu  |  ham radio N4TMI
>Artificial Intelligence Programs | U of Georgia | Athens, GA 30602  U.S.A.
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err---- try "messages DESTINED for Georgia" (at least it's in the dictionary
and has 2 fewer syllables)

John
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From: rja@batcomfs.Eng.Sun.COM (rja@sun.com)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: QST, in my opinion...(long)
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:20:06 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: batcomfs

In article <1992Aug14.143439.18736@dsd.es.com> alan@bambam.es.com (Alan Brubaker) writes:
>In article <l8lijvINN5lp@west.west.sun.com> flloyd@L1-A.West.Sun.COM (Fred Lloyd [Phoenix SE]) writes:
>>
>>Next, Up Front in QST.  This is the only non-revenue color section in the
>>entire magazine.  I thought that the July 1992 edition was particularly
>>lame here, starting out with a couple of (yawn) antenna pictures, a 
>>bunch of nerds holding coffee cups, an inside photo of a QRP rig, 36
>>...
>   My Fred, you sure have an attitude...

    Perhaps so, but I think he has a point in this case at least.

    Monitoring Times and Popular Communications both have significantly
    more technical information in any one issue than QST does, and
    yet QST is almost double the thickness, and involves transmitting
    as well as recieving.  To get snide for a moment, it seems to me
    that while QST is printing articles on how to build a QRP transmitter
    from some tin cans, baling wire, and catgut, PopComm is printing
    articles about different ways to use a Frequency Counter, or
    reviewing new and compact antennas.  Even Nuts & Volts has better
    articles than QST, and it's basically a newspaper.
--
    Robert Allen, rja@sun.com		DISCLAIMER: I said it, not my company.
From: AUMJW@ASUACAD.BITNET
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: US operator in the BVI?
Date: 14 Aug 92 15:56:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: ASUACAD.92227.085644AUMJW
erganization: Arizona State University

I am leaving on a sailing/dive trip for the British Virgin Islands in 1 week.
This was a last minute trip, so I have been busy making several arrangements.
I don't know if it is possible, but I would like to operate my 2m rig while I
am there. The trip is only a week long. Does anybody know if there is an agrrem
ent such as there is with Canada? I figure it is a long shot, but with the USVI
 so close I thought it might be possible. If there is not such an agreement,
can an operating permit be obtained simply? Thanks, Mike AA7HN
From: davros@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Buddy Brannan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Have You had this problem with your PA-6?
Date: 17 Aug 92 02:27:33 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

Have you ever had the following problem with your PA-6 Yaesu DC converter
and battery charger thingy? You know--the duhikis that you slide on the 
bottom of your FT-411/470 that lets you use 12 volts and charge your battery?

The way it is ... myself and a friend of mine, Dave, N5RUL 
(aggedor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu) have similar problems with our PA-6's. The 
solder joints from the jack on the side of the unit to the circuit board 
seem solid enough ... but these things have some sort of intermittent problem.
Mine is intermittently working, Dave's intermittently not. :) Maybe the jack
is loose or something ... maybe just a problem? 

So ... if you've had this problem, is there a solution? Like ... How can we
fix it? Or should a new circuit just be done? (No one can figure out exactly
what the darned thing does...) Or is there a way to make the connections 
etc. more secure so that we don't have this problem? With mine it's gotten
to the point where, if you move the radio with the PA-6 on it and a cord 
plugged into it to an external battery, it goes out ... I really don't feel
like buying a new one. :) Any help/suggestions welcome.

73

Buddy, KB5ELV
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Source code for Super Keyer II wanted
From: schriste@uceng.UC.EDU (Steven Christensen)
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 21:22:49 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati

Hi,
	The 1992 ARRL Amateur Radio handbook shows the schematic for
a computer controlled iambic keyer called (I think) the CMOS Super
Keyer II. It is based on one of the 68HC705C8 series chips. Since I
know the 68HC11 like the back of my hand, I would like to do the
project with that chip.

	Does anyone know where the source for this project might be
located? I can FTP.

		Thanks,
		  Steven

P.S. I just build a home-made iambic key, which is fully adjustable w/rt
the spring tension, amount of "play," and all aspects of the key's "feel."
Does anyone know how much an iambic key costs professionally made? I feel
pretty good, since it cost me a total of $15.00 or so....

-- 
Steven V. Christensen
U.C. College of Eng.
schriste@uceng.uc.edu (this is forwarded to...)
schriste@pauling.che.uc.edu (this is preferred)
From: gdrew@cs.umd.edu (Greg Drew)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Summary - good low cost HT's
Date: 18 Aug 92 20:48:01 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

A few weeks ago I posted a request for information on good (mostly used)
HT's.  Since I seem to have stopped getting new responses, and there have
been several requests, I am posting a cut down summary of the responses. 

I got the most recommendations for the Alinco DJ-580 in the dual band catagory.
	Alinco DJ-580T		3
	Kenwood Th77A		1
	Kenwood TH78A*		2
	ICOM ICW2A*		1

	* = unit is over $500

For 2m only, the Alinco Dj160T (replaced by the 162T) won out, but the 
responses were more varied.
	Alinco DJ-160T/162T	2
	Radio Shack HT		1
	Icom 2AT		1
	Icom 02AT		1
	Yaseu FT208R		1

I also received sever additional suggestions from the net.  Get some sort of
external antenna for the car - it will be well worth it.  Also, there are
amplifiers which can be added to the HT's for mobile use.  Finally, someone
suggested the Larson KulDuckie antenna for the DJ-580.

Talking to some of the local hams, as well as wandering around a hamfest, I
picked up the following.  First, even though 2 Kenwoods showed up on my
recommended list, most people were wary of Kenwood (not much support after
the sale) and Icom.  Similarly, I have heard several very good things about
Yaseu units, especially the FT470 (but I have also gotten negative comments
on these).  In addition, the older crystal sets do not really seem to be
worth the money and hassle.
				Thanks to everyone who responded!
					-- GDD

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From: smtplink%Hayssen__Carl_at_708__ANDOVER@sceng.UB.COM (Hayssen_Carl at 708_ANDOVER)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: FT-470 intermod fix ... Can you tell?
Date: 12 Aug 1992 07:26:38 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

       I bought a used FT-470 and was not sure if the factory intermod
       fix had been installed.  When I called Yaesu, they said you could
       not tell from outside the radio but if you went deep inside you
       could look for the numbers 21.15 on the Xtal filter.  There had to
       be a better way.

       We (a couple other HAMs at work got into this) understand that
       part of the factory fix for the FT-470 was changing the IF
       frequency.  We checked a modified radio and the unmodified (We
       think.) radio by looking for reception at the IF frequency.

       With the radio set to receive 146.85 MHz, we drove the antenna
       connection with a FM modulated signal, 1kHz tone with 5kHz dev. at
       between -20dBm to -40 dBm.  The modified radio received the signal
       at 21.700 MHz and the unmodified radio received it at 17.300Mhz. 
       Be careful when doing this that you are not picking up a harmonic
       of the injected signal.  If tuning the radio makes the signal go
       away, you are getting a harmonic.  If tuning makes no difference,
       you have the IF.

       Sent by: Carl, N1MWY  hayssen@sceng.ub.com

       With help from: Dave, WB1FLD and Dick, W1KXL

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Wullenwebers, Phased Arrays, Radar and N-gons (Re: Big Antennas)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 17:52:45 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

awpaeth@watpix.uwaterloo.ca (Alan Wm Paeth) writes:
>>A Wullenweber is any arrangement of directional antennas designed to be
>>selected electrically so as to provide a rotating beam sorta like radar.
>>Picture this:
>>A 200 foot mast with sloping veebeams running in all directions which are

       Wullenwebers are sometimes used with RF amps on each antenna, 
so that multiple receivers can be connected, each with its own
phasing network.  This gives the effect of an arbitrarily large number
of big directional antennas.  There's an economy of scale here if you
have enough receivers.

				John Nagle
From: ron@pilot.njin.net (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: License Manuals -- Which're the Best?
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:22:57 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Depends on which license class.  While Now Yer Talkin' (nee Tune in
the Worms) was pretty good, I can't get all that enthused about the
other ARRL license books.  They're pretty disjointed sometimes ambling
on about "stuff" that's not necessary for the test without really
covering the stuff which is on the test well.

-Ron
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: rogerv@sco.COM (Roger Vortman)
Subject: Cushcraft R-7 antenna???
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Distribution: rec
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 21:23:23 GMT


I would like to solicit comments on the R-7 antenna.  Please mention
how you have it mounted, how you would compare it to other antennas that
you have had, and overall performance.  I am interested in groundwave
performance as well as skip.

Also, has anyone gotten frustrated and added a ground plane to it?  Does
it perform well enough without added ground radials?

Thanks.

-Roger (KE6GL)
From: kchen@Apple.COM (Kok Chen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Empire of the Radio (PBS)
Date: 12 Aug 92 22:29:55 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

julian@bongo.UUCP (Julian Macassey) writes:

>	I recall learning that Armstrong invented the superhet, FM and
>I believe another receiver type, I am not sure if it was the TRF or
>not. 


Regenerative receiver, and super-regenerative receiver. No?

73,

Kok Chen, AA6TY				kchen@apple.com
Apple Computer, Inc.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: patelsa@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: Want:Code Practice Tapes
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 20:27:18 GMT

I want code practice tapes from 0 to 13 wpm. ARRL or Gordon West tapes
preferred, but will consider others also. Please call me at 
(508) 970-0437 or email.
73

Sam
From: Phil.Muth@f100.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Phil Muth)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: 580 Problems?
Date: 20 Aug 92 13:13:55 GMT

BJ be aware of anything in particular.  The only possible bug I found was that
   when I'm running it off DC in my car the handheld gets rather hot, almost
   to the point where I can't hold it.

That's not a bug. When hooked up to 12vdc, the handheld is putting out
5 or 6 watts.  The case on most handhelds is the heat sink for the
transmitter, similar to the fins on the back of regular mobile rigs.

               Phil
 * 1st 1.00 #327 * You're never a loser until you quit trying.

 * Origin: HAM>link< RBBS 612/HAM-0000 Saint Paul, MN (K0TG) (1:282/100)
From: brian@nucleus.amd.com (Brian McMinn, N5PSS)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Australia visit
Date: 22 Aug 92 03:39:17 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Austin TX.
Originator: brian@nucleus

I'm leaving for Australia and New Z. in about a week and would like to
get a reciprocal license (or licence according to the Guide I got from
the Aussie Dept. of Communications).  Until I booked the tickets, I
figured I'd be flying into a big city with a Departmental office in it
and I could just get the license then.  It turns out I'll be flying
into Cairns where there is only a "District Radio Inspector."  Is it
possible to get a reciprocal license in Cairns or will I have to wait
until I get to Brisbane?

Also, can my wife get a Limited license if she has a US Technician
ticket?

Any offers for eyeball QSO's while we're there?

  Thanks for the bandwidth,
  Brian
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   Brian McMinn                 brian@amd.com
   Advanced Micro Devices       N5PSS
   Austin, Texas                1-(512)-462-5389
"You can't leap a chasm in two jumps."
From: jerryp@key.COM (J. R. Pendleton)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Questions about firebottles
Keywords: tubes, bay area, price
Date: 20 Aug 92 18:28:53 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Employer not involved in this.


I recently became the proud co-owner of an HW-101 that needs little
help.  One thing that it will probably need are a few tubes.

Well, much to my chagrin, they have removed the tube testor from
my friendly neighborhood Radio Shack.

So question #1:  Where, in the south SF bay area, can you get your
tubes tested?

If I test tubes, that implies that I may have to buy some tubes.
Hence questions #2 and #3

Question #2 - Is there a good source of tubes in the south SF bay area?

Question #3 - I have heard horror stories about the cost of tubes.  Since
I am rather naive about these things, how much should I plan on
paying?  I realize this question is kind of like asking how much
I should pay for a car but.  Any pricing guidelines would be 
appreciated.

If there's sufficent interest, I`ll summarize.

                                                         Thanks,
                                                    jerryp@key.amdahl.com
-----------------------------


-- 
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From: rossi@gvlf9-q.gvl.unisys.com (Pete Rossi)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Using RG58 vs 9913 on 440 MHz...
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:58:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: gvl.1992Aug19.145853.19702
Distribution: na
Organization: Paramax Systems Corp (A Unisys Company), Great Valley Labs, PA

I recently installed a 440 mobile antenna.  The mounting system came with
something like 15 feet of RG58/U coax.  Everything seems to be working
pretty good but I got to thinking.......

Seems to me that RG58/U has somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 dB
loss per 100 feet at 450 MHz.  That means that my short 15 foot run
has about 1.5 db loss.  Sound kind of silly but if I were to replace
the 15 feet of RG58 with the shortest possible run of 9913 possible,
then I could pickup a little over 1 dB    Anyone ever bother to do this?
I have all the materials.  The only thing it would "cost" me is the
time to do it.

Also, anyone have figures on the typical loss of a PL259 vs. BNC on 440 MHz.

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