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From: gws
Subject: DX Bulletin 50  ARLD050
Organization: HAM BBS, 614-895-2553 
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 92 23:26:10 GMT


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ZCZC AE13
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 50  ARLD050
>From ARRL Headquarters, Newington CT
October 2, 1992
Relayed by KB8NW/OBS & BARF-80 BBS
To all radio amateurs

SB DX ARL ARLD050
ARLD050 DX news

Thanks to K1XM, KB1BE, the Yankee Clipper Contest Club and the
Connecticut DX Association for the following DX information.

MARKET REEF.  OH1NOA reports OH1AF/OJ0 will be active from October 5
through 12.  Look for CW activity on 1835, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14025,
18075, 21025, 24895 and 28025 kHz.  Their SSB should be around 1845,
3795, 7045, 14195, 18135, 21295, 24945 and 28495 kHz.  RTTY, OSCAR
and some six meter work is also planned.  QSL CW Qs via OH1NOA.
Cards for SSB Qs go to OH1EH.

BANGLADESH.  S21A is active on 14256 kHz around 1745z.  QSL via
W4FRU.

EUROPA.  Jacques, FR5ZU/E showed up on schedule and plans a stay
until October 4.  He has been worked with RTTY on both 14083 and
21083 kHz.  His next stop will be Juan de Nova to operate from
October 5 through 16.

BERMUDA.  K1EFI/VP9 is on around 14022 kHz between 1800 and 2200z.
Also check out 18075 kHz.

REUNION.  The big signal of FR5DX continues to be heard between 3790
and 3800 kHz around 0200z.

WILLIS ISLAND.  Jim Smith, VK9NS will sign VK9WW from Willis Island
for one week starting October 7.  He promises some RTTY action.

SABLE ISLAND.  It has been reported that a group will activate this
one for a full week starting October 2.  QSLs go to VE1CBK.

GHANA.  Although not yet official, there is some good news from 9G
land.  The ban on amateur radio activity should be lifted January
15, 1993, when the country returns to civilian rule.
NNNN

Good Luck on DX de KB8NW/OBS
From: paul@n3eop.pgh.pa.us (paul)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: PC UPS recommendations Wanted
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:24:51 GMT
Organization: CrossRoads in Elizabeth, PA

KENDALLG@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu (Gary Kendall) writes:

> I've finally convinced (I think) one of our user offices that their PC system
> needs to have a UPS to prevent excessive downtime (not to mention headaches
> for us!) in case they lose power.  I'd like some recommendations as to good
> and/or bad UPS brands to consider; cost is a factor but I'd rather spend a
> little more money to get a solid product.

I've had dealing with the APC (American Power Conversion) standby power 
supplies (SPS); they are a solid product.

If you are looking for a true online product, the Tripp-Lite Unison 
series seems to be the most reasonable priced for a real UPS.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: tlc20700@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Thomas L. Carney)
Subject: Re: Safety of auto battery for power?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 12:59:00 GMT

turner@safety.ICS.UCI.EDU (Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG) writes:

>I have just purchased a good quality auto 12V battery to power my
>station in an emergency.  (The "big one" may hit at any time, and I
>don't want to give up the good 40 meter DX that may appear at that
>time :-) )

>My question is: during a charge, does a lead-acid cell such as this
>emit any dangerous fumes?  I will trickle charge with no special circuit,
>using a 3 amp supply on occasion for a day or two just to keep it up.
>I want it to be near full charge at any given point.  I plan to use the
>battery once a month to operate for a few hours (test and recharge).

Good ol' lead acid batteries give of hydrogen, ESPECIALLY if they're being 
overcharged.  No smokin' around batteries.  Hydrogen is colorless and 
odorless.  If you charge, use a trickle charge if it is already charged to 
almost full capacity.  

The best battery to use for radios is a deep cycle marine or RV battery,
because auto batteries are meant for high discharge currents over a very
short period of time (starting the car and popping spark plugs) and deep
cycle batteries are meant for discharging moderate amounts of current
over a long period of time.  You won't get that kind of capacity from an 
auto battery.   

73,
Tom
wb9rxj@uiuc.edu


Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: k9jma@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (edwin.m.schaefer)
Subject: Re: How to Transfer a Call Sign
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:19:39 GMT

In article <50030030@hpscit.sc.hp.com> rogerm@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Roger Myers) writes:
>
>Hello Fellow Hams,
>
>     I am WB7PJS. My dad was W6CAZ. He passed away 4 years ago. Shortly after
>he passed away, I called up the FCC office in San Francisco and asked them
>if there was a way I could change my call to his. He had his call since, I
>believe, the 1940's. They told me there is no provision to transfer a call
>sign and there is no way to do this. I would still like to get his call

Their rules say this but it is only their policy - not always the case,
and certainly not law.

>sign and keep it in my family, instead of it being re-issued to someone
>else. Does anyone know of any way I can do this?

Your congressperson has a large staff devoted to "constituent service"
for items like this. You should probably mention in your letter to the
congressperson that the FCC has been making exceptions to the "rule"
when it cares to (the recent issue of K3VOA? to the Voice of America
ham radio club is a good example) so they have the machinery in place to
accommodate the request. The congressperson can provide the motivation.

>
>Thanks in advance for your help,
>
>Roger Myers  WB7PJS
>Lewis Myers  W6CAZ


73 and Good luck de Ed Schaefer K9JMA
From: rwhite%arrlhq.UUCP@uhasun.hartford.edu (Rosalie White WA1STO)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Educational Workshop Speakers
Keywords: Education Workshop Teachers Instructors Satellite AMSAT
Date: 30 Sep 92 15:13:54 EDT
Organization: American Radio Relay League

WHAT:  EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP -- "Uses of Amateur Radio & Satellites     
                                        in Education"

WHO:   School Teachers, Amateur Radio Recruiters, 
       Volunteer Evening Instructors

WHEN:  Friday October 9, 1992 from 12 Noon to 5 PM

WHERE: Intelsat, 3400 International Dr NW, Washington DC

Speakers will give 20-minute presentations on such topics as using
satellites to teach physics, geography, computers; ways to use
satellites in grades kindergarten through college; and recruiting
people to our hobby through the use of satellites.

A 'roundtable' discussion will also take place.  

** If you attend the full 5 hours, you'll earn .5 Continuing Education 
   Units, sometimes required by employers as part of your job.  The
   book, Proceedings of the AMSAT-NA Symposium, will contain workshop
   speakers' presentations and papers from the AMSAT symposium.  **   

                        WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
----------------------
FRIDAY OCTOBER 9, 1992
12 00     - TBA - Doug Loughmiller, KO5I 
12 30     - TBA - Frank Bauer, KA3HDO (SAREX Working Group)
01 00     - TBA-  Rosalie White, WA1STO (ARRL Educational Activities)
01 30     "Satellites at Weber State University"  Robert Twiggs
02 00     "Using Weather Satellite Imagery as 
                         an Educational Tool"  Jeff Wallach, N5ITU
02 30     "Satellite experiments 
                    at the US Naval Academy"  Bob Bruninga, WB4APR

3 to 3:20 'ROUNDTABLE' DISCUSSION     

03 30     "Satellites for Understanding
                             Space Experiments"  Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ
04 00     "SAREX Goes to College"  Dr. Paul Shuch, N6TX
04 30     "Amateur Satellites in the High School Curriculum"
                  Ben Acton, KC3QP; Paul Skellchock; and Dan Jayjock
----------------------


                            See you there!

ARRL Educational Activities Department
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
(203) 666-1541
From: chhibber@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Grizzly.45mag)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: fiberglass masts !!!
Summary: where can I find fiberglass masts
Keywords: mast fiberglass coax outdoor
Date: 3 Oct 92 15:36:52 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Hi!  where can I find fiberglass masts?  I am planning to put up the MFJ $20 
2-meter antenna on my roof (radiator and ground plane job).  How thick of a
mast do I need?  About how much should I pay for it?

     What if I want to replace it with a 14 ft beam?  Should I get a thicker 
mast?

It will probably be attached to my chimney with tin straps.

	Also, will regular RG-58U cable be alright in the sun, snow, wind
etc. or should I use RG-8 or something to that effect?  Willl I have too much
loss with the RG-8?  I will be using a 5 watt HT with or without an amp
(100 watts max).

	Any other suggestions?  Thanks in advance.  I would appreciate
any help.


 
-- 
This is a sick world we live in today......Keeps me entertained!! --Me, Calvin.
Who said that the decimal number system was based upon the the 10 fingers on
our hands????  Our hands produce a an 11 digit number system, not 10.
Think about it!  |||||||||| N2RVJ ||||||||||    chhibber@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: MEDELMA@cms.cc.wayne.edu (Michael Edelman)
Subject: Re: Operating Procedures
Organization: Wayne State University, C&IT
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 18:15:57 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.153556.4339@pacifier.rain.com>
mikef@pacifier.rain.com (Mike Freeman) writes:
 
>[Material deleted]
>I remember many of the same complaints being voiced when I became
>a ham in 1962.  The old-timers complained that them young whippersnappers
>just didn't know what good operating procedure was and that the hobby
>was going downhill fast.
>
>While I agree that there has been a noticeable degradation in the "class" and level of
>proficiency of operating procedure on average these days, I believe that we
>should not forget that every generation thinks that the one after it
>is going to hell in a handbasket.
 
...which doesn't necessarily mean that every one of them wasn't right. ;-)
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 medelma@cms.cc.wayne.edu         Computing & Information Technology
 mje@pookie.pass.wayne.edu        Detroit, Michigan
 medelma@waynest1.bitnet          (313) 577-0742
 KE8YY
From: MOSIER@iris.uncg.EDU (Steve Mosier)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: dx-20
Date: 1 Oct 92 12:19:47 GMT
Organization: University of NC at Greensboro
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

> would graetly appriciate anyones help or memories of heath's dx-20.
> 
>        Jay Doster N0PMY

I bought a DX-20 in late summer or fall, 1957 -- I was building it when 
Sputnik went up.  Remember listening to the radio on a Saturday morning, 
soldering iron in hand.  I think I paid around $30 for it - can't remember 
for sure.  I do remember that when I plugged it in, it smoked.  Called an 
elmer and he said that if the power transformer smoked, it was dead.  Of 
course, I just assumed that it was a fluke, wrote to Heath and asked what a 
new one cost, talked my parents out of the $6, ordered a new one, put it in,
and watched it go up in smoke, too.  At this point my father intervened and
said I needed professional help (probably still do).  The new elmer pointed 
out the blob of solder between the plates of the final tuning capacitor - a 
dead short in the B+.  I had a devil of a time talking my parents out of the 
$6 for the third transformer.  About 6 months later, I moved the meter switch 
while transmitting and zapped the meter.  That $5 was equally hard to come up 
with for a replacement -- my parents were beginning to realize that ham radio 
was a VERY expensive hobby!  I had one crystal:  7175 kc.  Used it with an 
ARC-5 surplus 40m receiver (freebie from Elmer).  Later I bought a Heath AR-3 
receiver (30 some dollars- ?) and a second crystal:  3733 kc.  Those were the 
only 2 HF crystals I ever owned.  When I wasn't operating, I was drooling over 
the Hallicrafters SX-62 in the Allied Radio catalog.  Haven't seen a DX-20 in 
eons, but I finally have the SX-62, so my life's complete.

steve - W3GRG
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: rph@sq.sq.com (Pontus Hedman (VE3RPH))
Subject: CB over cable TV (!)
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 23:02:05 GMT

Just found this on packet. It refers to people xmitting CB over
the cable TV system.

I don't know anything about the cable TV, but this strikes me as pretty
suspicious. Bidirectional amplifiers?? 11m HF into all TVs on the block and
nobody complaining to the cable company within microseconds? Hmmmmmm...

> From        : WA3EQU        To        : ALLUS @ALLUSA
> Type/status : B$            Date/time : 920930 16:06
> Size        :  2411         Bid       : 8516_KA3JSD
> Msg nr      : 32575         Subject   : CB'ers WHAT NEXT
> 
> Path: !VE3RZR!VE3OY!VE3SNP!WA0PTV!KA3SFC!NM3G!KA3OEM!W3IXR!W8SP!KA3JSD!
> 
>   The other day I was at the local Radio Shack, and was chewing the fat
> with the clerk. I was commenting on how they had a corner on the market
> when it comes to TV accessories like cable splitters etc. I found out
> through our conversation that the clerk was a recently licensed
> ham.  Naturally the conversation turned to communication subjects, and
> then he floored me!!!! He had indicated that they were having a run on
> PL-259 to F adaptors. He asked the next guy that asked for one what he
> intended to do with it. The guy bubbled over on how when you hook your
> CB set to the cable TV line, you can talk over town with no
> interference. I know this could work on our system because all the line
> amplifiers are BI-DIRECTIONAL. Wow! Talk about TVI. And just wait until
> one of those wacko's fires up his footwarmer to talk further.
>   I for one loath the cable company due their price gouging and rotten
> selection of channels, but I wouldn't wish this abomination on them.
> Also keep in mind that the average person thinks CB and Amateur radio
> are the same thing. It behooves us to report this to the cable company
> if it occurring in our areas.
>   I wonder about the legalities of this practice. After all the CB'ers
> are not radiating (other than the normal cable leakage). Surly the
> illegal attachment to the cable could be pursued.
>   Locating the CB'ers would be a real problem because normal direction
> finding techniques aren't going to help. The only practical solution
> that I can think of is installation of high pass filters in the cable
> system, which would benefit the amateur community.
>   By the way the Radio Shack clerk refused to sell the adaptor to the
> CB'er and reported the incident to the cable company.
> 
>                >=-[End Msg #32575 To ALLUS  From WA3EQU]-=<

-- 
Pontus Hedman			rph@sq.com		{uunet|utzoo}!sq!rph
AX25:VE3RPH @ VE3OGS.#SCON.ON.CAN.NOAM			(416) 239-4801
From: glenne@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Glenn Elmore)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: 905 MHz Yagi design details
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:31:38 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA


  John Wren, kd4dts, and others expressed interest in my reference to
the 905 MHz yagi we have built, carefully measured and used as part of
the higher speed network development here in northern California.

  Mail to John seems to bounce and others might like to see it so I've
put a PCL file describing the antenna on hpcsos.col.hp.com under pub/yagi.pcl.

  John, if you see this let me know that you've successfully gotten and
printed the description. I'll leave it there for a few days.


Glenn Elmore n6gn

N6GN @ K3MC      
amateur IP:	glenn@SantaRosa.ampr.org
Internet:	glenne@sr.hp.com 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com (Charles Adams)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: dx-20
Keywords: heathkit dx-20
Date: 1 Oct 92 16:40:25 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <1992Oct1.155816.7062@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, 5rtrtrt@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (richard.e.stealey) writes:
 . . .
|> ...  If you want to feel the effect of low power you run 50 
|> watts with a xtal on 80 meters in 1964.
|> 
 . . .
|> Oh, those were the days.
|> 
|> Rick KT2Q  (WN8KQX back in those days - Clarksburg WVa)

OK, war stories anonymous to begin  ;-)

try 40 meters 1958-1961, Johnson Challenger, xtals for 7.110, 7.120, and
7.140.  seems like the foreign broadcast "bought" the frequency and crystals
wherever i had them!!! :-)  the turkeys have been chasing me ever since.
i did learn to grind my own crystals to move the critters around.  but
the only way to go was up.

now i'm on the low end of 40 being chased by rtty and amtor...... :-)
i'll show them, i'll move to 6.999MHz.  ;-)

i won't give up cw til they take my cold dead hands off the bencher!!!!
remember before you start the flames, A1 emission is allowed at all
allocated amateur frequencies.  ;-)

-- 

   Chuck Adams, K5FO @ 70+ wpm cw 
   adams@sgi.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: lapin@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Gregory Lapin)
Subject: Re: Do ARRL Read Thier Email ?
Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Summary: Yes
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 21:49:36 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.201149.27775@gvl.unisys.com> rossi@gvlf9-q.gvl.unisys.com (Pete Rossi) writes:
>In article <1992Oct2.192422.14473@news.acns.nwu.edu> rdewan@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Rajiv Dewan) writes:
>>In article <1992Oct2.190921.14490@worldbank.org> dearnshaw@worldbank.org (Darrell Earnshaw) writes:
>>>Recently, I've seen a posting that gives a list of email addresses for
>>>individuals and services located at the League. The question is, do any of
>>>these people regularly read thier mail?
>>>
>>...  [a few lined deleted for brevity]
>

To add my anecdotes:

I had some DXCC questions before ARRL was officially on Internet.  There
were are few email addresses that they had at the University of Hartford so
I sent a message to Tammy-Beth Zimmerman (member services) asking about
DXCC.  I never got an email reply and assumed my message had been lost.
Two weeks later I received the ARRL DXCC checklist via US Mail.  Not only
hadn't I been forgotten but Tammy-Beth sent me just what I needed with a
note that told me to look it over and send them the $0.50 that it costs if
I liked it!

I also got a letter from ARRL asking me to renew after my cancelled check
that I sent in for the renewal had gotten back to my bank.  I emailed
(Tammy-Beth again) to ask what was up and again received no reply via
electronic means.  A week later I got a postcard via US Mail confirming my
renewal.

Yesterday I sent email to Bart Jahnke telling of a correction to the
examination list that he posts.  I received an email reply from Bart this
morning confirming the correction.

ARRL reads their mail but they may not all be comfortable with email
replies.  Your DXCC question may be answered via US Mail.

73 de Greg KD9AZ
From: myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:13:01 GMT
Subject: Re: Radio Wave Polarization
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

> >What is the polarization of the signal from a 1/2-wave dipole antenna
> >configured in the shape of the letter L? Assume one leg of the L is
> >vertical, the other horizontal, and it is fed with balanced line.
> 
> Assuming you are looking at the antenna perpendicular to the plane
> formed by the two wires, the polarization would be at a 45 degree angle.

Alan, I think that this is a little unclear - I could be perp. to the plane 
formed by the wires, and see the polarization at ANY angle with respect to
my personal opinion of vertical!

Perhaps a diagram would be of more help - if the antenna is positioned
as shown, then the polarization is at 45 deg. to either element:


                      |
               element|
                      |     \
                      |      \   polarization (close as I can get to 45!)  
                      |       \
                      |
             feedpoint ___________         
                       
                           element

Bob Myers  KC0EW   Hewlett-Packard Co.      |Opinions expressed here are not
                   User Interface Tech. Div.|those of my employer or any other
myers@fc.hp.com    Fort Collins, Colorado   |sentient life-form on this planet.
From: randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Buying Advice.
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:41:02 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

kwilli@elaine.ee.und.ac.za (KEVIN WILLIAMS : THIRD) writes:

>I am presently looking around for equipment to start my radio shack. As a 
>new-comer to amateur radio, I would really appreciate some advice some 
>people that have 'been in the business' for some time, and who know what 
>equipment is worthwhile buying, and what to avoid.
[...]
>I'll really appreciate ANY advice you can give.

My advice would be to avoid spending a lot of money right away.
Find out how interested you are in the hobby first, then make
a big investment on equipment.   I do not know if you have
hamfests in South Africa, but if you do, that would be a good
place to start.  If you're interested in HF, you may want to
start with something like a Drake TR-4, an early 1970's tube
rig which in the U.S. can be had for about $250-$300.  Drake
equipment is good and is usually available at hamfests for
reasonable prices.  Collins stuff is very good also, but I 
find that the prices at hamfests are usually too high.  If you
really want to go cheap, Heathkit, Atlas, and Swan stuff is
available, but the quality of these rigs is often low, and you
may be frustrated with bad signal reports, frequency drift, etc.

So, after a few weeks with a lower-priced rig, you get an idea
of what your interests are.  Then I would look at a new rig.
I love the Icom 735, but if you think you might be heavily interested
in AMTOR, a 765 might be better suited to you.  I highly recommend
Icom, as their rigs are of high quality and their service is excellent.

-- 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Randall Rhea                                        Informix Software, Inc. 
Project Manager, MIS Sales/Marketing Systems    uunet!pyramid!infmx!randall
From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: LOCATION: Location of Amateur Radio Store -- NYC, NY
Date: 4 Oct 92 22:12:27 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

And from time to time I have been at that store and overheard the clerk
offering to sell amateur handhelds to people who just got done saying
they needed radios for business.  A responsible store would not do this.
From: JMG%TNTECH.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Jeff M. Gold)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Help
Date: 6 Oct 1992 08:04:30 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Help, please.

We just got going on Internet today.  As far as I know there
is not plans in the near future to get the Usenet newsfeed.
I would very much like to be able to access the used ham
radio gear newsfeed.

Does anyone know of anyway to get this information.


Thanks

Jeff M. Gold, AC4HF
JMG@tntech.edu
JMG@tntech.bitnet
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: hardie@herald.usask.ca (Peter Hardie)
Subject: Need "73" article from 1978.
Originator: hardie@herald.usask.ca
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:23:09 GMT


This is going back a bit! Does anyone have the April 1978 issue of 73 magazine?
I'd like a copy of an article in that issue about LORAN-C.
Pete hardie@herald.usask.ca  VE5VA
From: lyndon@unbc.edu (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Expanding RS PRO-34 range?
Date: 27 Sep 92 00:56:41 GMT
Organization: University of Northern B.C.

Does anyone have a mod for the Radio Shack PRO-34 scanner that will
allow it to receive below 380 MHz?

--lyndon