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From: crisp@netcom.com (Richard Crisp)
Subject: Re: Cellular scanning
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:50:16 GMT

In article <13411@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> dbernard@thewho.Central.Sun.COM writes:
>
>                       Subject:                               Time:9:27 AM
>>  OFFICE MEMO          Cellular scanning                      Date:10/9/92
>>Since I'm new to SWL and Scanning, I haven't been following the info about the
>>banning of scanning cellulars.  Will there now be a run on scanners?  If I
>>wanted to beat the ban, what would be an inexpensive canner that would pick up
>>cellular, police, fire, etc?  What frequencies would I look for?
> >  Thanks,
>  >     Brian
>   >    bsmorgan@sdrc.com
>
>Brian brings up a good point.  Although this is not yet law, it may soon be.
>What scanners still on the market come with, or can easily be converted to,
>800MHZ Cellular reception?
>
>	Dave
>
>

Well I for one have just purchased an extra Pro2006 and an Icom R7100.
Grove has a great deal on R7000's too. They are $995.00 right now.
I would buy ten if I had the money!

-- 
Richard Crisp       Cupertino, Ca.          crisp@netcom.com
(415) 903-3832 wk  "Get rid of the bums!"   (408) 253 4541 fax
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: chuck@eng.umd.edu (Chuck Harris - WA3UQV)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Any PD software to view WEFAX on MFJ-1278?
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:01:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: eng.1992Oct08.180143.12479
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Maryland, Department of Electrical Engineering

Hi,
	I am looking for some public domain or shareware software to use
with my MFJ-1278 TNC for viewing WEFAXes.  Does anyone know of the existance
software to do this?  I would buy the MFJ package, but it is copy protected,
and I have this religious thing about not buying copy protected software...

	Thanks for any info.

73,

Chuck Harris - WA3UQV
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: chorley@vms.ocom.okstate.edu
Subject: Re: BBC Worldwide Magazine
Organization: OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 04:09:50 GMT

In article <12809@hardy.rl.ac.uk>, ijj@wan.inf.rl.ac.uk (Ian Johnson) writes:
> I've just received my first copy of the new BBC World Service magazine, BBC Worldwide.
> This is one hell of a glossy mag! The "London Calling" section takes the form of
> a pullout in the middle of the mag and takes up 28 pages. This section is organised
> as two pages to each day of radio listings, with many programs getting a paragraph or 
> two to describe them. There are two pages for WSTV in Europe and another two for 
> WSTV in Asia/Middle East/Africa. Frequency charts take up 5 pages, and there is a 
> page devoted to rebroadcasters.
> 
> The editorial material is fascinating. Most of it is related to radio or TV programmes,
> but there is also a section of book reviews etc.
> 
> I am very impressed by the new format, and I consider the increased cover price of
> 1.75 pounds sterling worth it. My only worry is that listeners in poorer countries
> (yes there still are some poorer than the UK!) will not be able to afford. My view
> is that these listeners are the ones who would be most able to benefit from World
> Service.
> 
> 
> ---
> --
> 	"You can't get the wood!"
> 
> Ian Johnson				JANET:	ijj@uk.ac.rl.inf
> Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,		UUCP:	..!mcsun!ukc!rlinf!ijj
> Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX.

Sir: In whetting our appetite for the aforementioned magazine, you 
neglected to mention how the humble dwellers in the colonies may purchase 
the said item. Remedy this immediately or I will be forced to do my 
Margaret Thatcher impression,

			Sincerely,
				Hercules Grytpype-Thynne (Deceased)
Organisation: European Space Operation Centre (E.S.O.C)
Date: Monday, 12 Oct 1992 21:49:03 CET
From: <KCHAN@ESOC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Worldwide Magazine

Well, those in the colonies and at other far-flung places elsewhere in the
world will have to send in their names and addresses and their credit card
details (Visa, Mastercard or Amex) - usual stuff like name as it appears on
the card, account no. (hmm ... obvious, really), expiry date, billing address,
AND signature to:   BBC Worldwide, BBC World Service, PO Box 76, Bush House,
Strand, London WC2B 4PH, U.K.

The cost of an annual subscription is GBP 24.00 (i.e. 24 pounds sterling which
is hardly worth anything at the moment!). Also you will get a BBC World Service
World Time alarm clock ("which shows the time in 22 different countries around
the world") but you must allow 6 to 10 weeks for your gift to arrive and the
offer is only available to persons 18 years and over. The offer "will only
last for a limited period".

The above info was from an advert in the Manchester Guardian Weekly (the
Gruaniad for expats) dated 19-Sep-92 which contains a clip out coupon for
the essential details to be filled in.

-----
Khee Chan
PROFS: esoc(kchan)   BITNET/EARN: kchan@esoc   SPAN: jplsp::kchan
INTERNET: kchan@jplsp.jpl.nasa.gov             COMPUSERVE: 73750,1402
I speak for no-one, and no-one speaks for me, sometimes not even myself!
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Number transmissions... ?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 12:22:04 GMT

I'm hearing those funny number transmissions again. At around
8 Mhz, a woman's voice is reading groups of five decimal 
digits, with each group of five read twice in succession.  I
remember reading about this kind of transmission a few years
ago, but I thought they had sort of gone away.  Did anybody ever
figure out what they are all about, and who's sending them?

************************
* These are my opinions only.*
************************
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: havrilla@scivax.stsci.edu
Subject: Re:      Senate Law Passed
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 21:29:59 GMT

In article <SWL-L%92100823080012@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>,         "David L. Wilson" <dwilson@S850.MWC.EDU> writes:
> The new Senate anti-scanner law has passed and George Bush almost
> certainly will sign it.  Source:  CNN Thur. night.
> --
> David L. Wilson                 dwilson@s850.mwc.edu
> Department of Mathematics       Amateur: AC4IU (ex-KD4ASW/KO4EQ)
> Mary Washington College         Home Phone:    (703)898-1084
> Fredericksburg, VA  22401       Office Phone:  (703)899-4744

 Well, it sounds to me like the cellular industry won it's round to
protect all of the dirty dealings that go on the airwaves. Wasn't it
the FBI that complained about the scrambling the cellular phone industry
was proposing? Makes perfectly good sense to me.

                                       Al Havrilla
                           Space Telescope Science Institute
                                      Baltimore, MD                             


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Original_To:  BITNET%"swl$l@cuvmb"
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1992 14:26:00 EDT
Reply-To:     CMORRISO@SNYESCVA.BITNET
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From:         CMORRISO@SNYESCVA.BITNET
Subject:      Secret Service Call Signs and Frequencies.

        Frequencies:  Somweone posted the complete list of freqs last year
and it should be archived mewhere.  I don't have it, though.

        Callsigns:  I noticed in the past that many members of Presidents'
families seem to have call signs starting with the same letter of the
alphabet.

                                        Chris Morrison
                                        CMorrriso@snyesva.bitnet
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier)
Subject: Re: Are major broadcasters using SSB?
Organization: SSC, Inc.,  Seattle, WA
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 04:37:37 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

michaelb@wshb.csms.com ( WSHB Operations Eng) writes:
: Well, in the USA, the FCC plans for us to go to SSB sometime after the 
: turn of the century. The idea is to reduce congestion on the international 
: bands because SSB takes only half the bandwidth. 

Are they talking about Supressed Carrier SSB (J3E) or one with
a regular carrier (H3E or R3E).  According to Monitoring Times, some 
US Medium Wave broadcasters are using a AM compatible SSB with some 
system that Kahn sells. (Powerside?)

Mark Zenier  markz@ssc.wa.com  

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Received-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 12:23:18 +0100
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 12:25:31 MET
Reply-To:     "(Alfredo Cotroneo)" <A.Cotroneo@IT12.BULL.IT>
From:         "(Alfredo Cotroneo)" <A.Cotroneo@IT12.BULL.IT>
Subject:      Reduced carrier SSB

In reference to the discussion about SSB broadcasts:

Some stations are also using A3A (reduced carrier single side band).
IRRS-Shortwave (7,125 kHz in Europe) is among them. Radio Iceland, HCJB,
 R.Sweden, SRI
and others used to have regular and test transmissions using this mode.

The main advantages are:

- More efficiency of the transmitter (Means you have more power in the
sidebands than with conventional double side band AM modulation)

- Less band occupancy, which is a big issue these days

- Less mutual interference between stations - if they were to use this mode all

To a small station like IRRS-Shortwave it provides the same communication power
of a conventional SW transmis4tter modulated with double sideband AM of 30
 kWatt,
even if the TX rated power (in AM) is 10 kWatt.

To the listener it means that in nearby areas an AM receiver can pick up the
 signal with no
appreciable difference vs. a conventional AM transmission, but far away
 receivers
should be tuned to the Synchronous detector or USB/LSB mode for best reception.
A3A may be thought of a transition mode from pure AM to SSB, providing nearly
 full
compatibility with ordinary AM receivers.

Alfredo

+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Alfredo E. Cotroneo   email: a.cotroneo@it12.bull.it          |
|   or: 100020.1013@compuserve.com (preferred)
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
From: crisp@netcom.com (Richard Crisp)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Cellular scanning
Date: 11 Oct 92 19:41:27 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

So who can get a copy of the bill and post it for us all to read?
-- 
Richard Crisp        Cupertino, Ca.           crisp@netcom.com
(415) 903-3832 wk  "Get rid of the bums!"   (408) 253 4541 fax
"one useless man is a disgrace, two are a law firm, and three?
The beginning of a Congress" -anonymous from the Internet.
From: ijj@wan.inf.rl.ac.uk (Ian Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC Worldwide Magazine
Keywords: Glossy
Date: 7 Oct 92 10:00:41 GMT
Reply-To: ijj@wan.inf.rl.ac.uk
Organization: SERC Rutherford Appleton Laboratories

I've just received my first copy of the new BBC World Service magazine, BBC Worldwide.
This is one hell of a glossy mag! The "London Calling" section takes the form of
a pullout in the middle of the mag and takes up 28 pages. This section is organised
as two pages to each day of radio listings, with many programs getting a paragraph or 
two to describe them. There are two pages for WSTV in Europe and another two for 
WSTV in Asia/Middle East/Africa. Frequency charts take up 5 pages, and there is a 
page devoted to rebroadcasters.

The editorial material is fascinating. Most of it is related to radio or TV programmes,
but there is also a section of book reviews etc.

I am very impressed by the new format, and I consider the increased cover price of
1.75 pounds sterling worth it. My only worry is that listeners in poorer countries
(yes there still are some poorer than the UK!) will not be able to afford. My view
is that these listeners are the ones who would be most able to benefit from World
Service.


---
--
	"You can't get the wood!"

Ian Johnson				JANET:	ijj@uk.ac.rl.inf
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,		UUCP:	..!mcsun!ukc!rlinf!ijj
Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX.
From: trb@ima.isc.com (Andrew Tannenbaum)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Question regarding 2010 antenna connections, reception & FETs.
Date: 12 Oct 92 21:00:52 GMT
Organization: Interactive Systems, Cambridge, MA 02138-5302

The 2010 external AM antenna plug receives signals for everything from
150 kHz to 30 MHz.  The radio attenuates signals from this plug on the
MW band (where American commercial AM radio stations are) so that their
signals are less likely to toast the sensitive shortwave circuits in
the radio.  This is reasonable, since you don't need the same kind of
sensitivity to listen to local AM/MW radio stations as you need to
listen to some weak DX signal from the other side of the planet.

As you noticed, you can override the attenuation by pulling the plug
half out.  You can also clip the wire to the telescoping antenna.
Remember that there's an AM attenuation switch (dx/local) on the plug
side, and an RF gain slider on the other side that can alter reception.

You can play with these and look at the signal strength meter to
understand the effects.  So no, if you plug in your 50 foot wire and
your local AM reception gets worse, that's not cooked FETs, that's
normal.

	Andrew Tannenbaum   Brookline, MA, USA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: irvine@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Brent Irvine)
Subject: Re: Where to start?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:09:02 GMT

In article <q9eksB5w165w@toz.buffalo.ny.us> zot@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Chris Boebel) writes:
>I've always found shortwave fascinating, and now that I'm a little more 
>financially stable I'd like to get my feet wet. 
>
>I'd like to listen and get whatever liscenses are required to talk to 
>people on the airwaves. I'm also interested (although I don't know much) 
>about using satelites and all that high-tech stuff. 
>
>Where do I turn for basic information on how to proceed?
>
>

Try one of the amateur radio newsgroups.  rec.radio.amateur.misc??



-- 
+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Brent L. Irvine         |  "Reality is not the world, but the perception of |
| irvine@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu |   the world."			-Sneakers     |
+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
From: usr12354@TSO.UC.EDU (David Gossett)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SW to NA in EE (note!)
Date: 9 Oct 92 11:22:37 GMT

Instead of redoing the entire list, I just took the existing list and
began making changes on it.  If the name of the country has an * next to
it, it is current.  If it doesn't, it is left from the previous list.
If you see errors or corrections...please mail  me asap....
---DG
From: feiges@snake30.cs.wisc.edu (Howard Feiges)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Looking for BBC frequencies
Date: 11 Oct 92 22:08:44 GMT
Organization: /usr/lib/news/rn/organization


	Hello people - its Howard Feiges here


	I would really like to know how the election in Cameroon turned
	out...  and I believe that its going to be broadcast on BBC
	radio...

	Does anyone know what the frequence(s) are for BBC radio???  

	can you mail them to me???

	thanx.....  

	Howard Feiges


	feiges@bc.cs.wisc.edu

	TPK
Xref: sparky rec.radio.shortwave:7465 rec.radio.amateur.misc:16971
Organisation: European Space Operation Centre (E.S.O.C)
Date: Wednesday, 14 Oct 1992 01:26:17 CET
From: <KCHAN@ESOC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject:    Mail order store recommendations?

Greetings fellow SWL's and netters,

I am seeking recommendations for mail order stores in the US to purchase
a SW radio. Something along the lines of a Sony SW-77 to an ICOM R-1000.
Please e-mail me with the names, addresses and phone numbers of your
favourite store. I shall post a summary to the net in due course.

Many thanks in advance.

-----
Khee Chan
PROFS: esoc(kchan)   BITNET/EARN: kchan@esoc   SPAN: jplsp::kchan
INTERNET: kchan@jplsp.jpl.nasa.gov             COMPUSERVE: 73750,1402
I speak for no-one, and no-one speaks for me, sometimes not even myself!
From: bz649@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kenneth V Zichi)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: `Echos' on SW stations
Date: 16 Oct 1992 22:46:23 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


What Steve said, but also it is possible that the signals are
arriving from more than one direction (eg long AND short path)
under certain conditions which would also cause an echo chamber
effect.
-- 
73  //kv zichi  bz649@Cleveland.FreeNet.edu 
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Date:         Tue, 13 Oct 1992 11:09:54 -0500
Reply-To:     "Bob Stratton" <strat@INTERCON.COM>
From:         "Bob Stratton" <strat@INTERCON.COM>
Subject:      MFJ-1020A Active Antenna Review

Hello all,

I just picked up an MFJ-1020A Active Antenna for my DX-440 ($79.95 at EEB),
and I rather like it. I'll post some loggings later, but my initial
impressions with just the internal whip are that it's a neat little device.

At first I wasn't sure whether I'd love or hate the fact that it's tunable,
but it's starting to grow on me. It will evidently work as a preselector with
an external antenna, and it's pretty good at reducing intermod _as long as
the gain isn't turned up too high_. I was listening to a pirate (KBO or EBO
Radio) at 7418 LSB, when he was actually on 7415 USB...Once I figured out the
gain, it was fine, and I could pull some weak ones out of the soup.

It helped me pull in some things that I had never been able to get, like
Lagos, Nigeria, with fair readability.

It does tend to amplify any electrical appliance interference from anywhere
near by, but that's not a big surprise. My AF filter tends to clean that up.

Another couple of things I like about this box: It's got a tough little METAL
case (unlike the Ameco counterpart), and it DOES NOT void the warranty if the
owner attempts repairs - in fact, MFJ will help you over the phone.

I'll post some loggings as I get them...

I'm also interested in hearing comments on the Sony AN-102 active antenna, as
it seems quite small, and I like portability. EEB was out of them when I went
there, and I wanted a tunable antenna anyway, but I'm really curious about
it's performance. EEB said they got a big shipment of stuff from Sony, with
everything except the AN-102's...

Bob Stratton
strat@intercon.com
+1 703 709 5525
<standard disclaimers apply>
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From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:  Question regarding space shuttle procedures
Date: 14 Oct 1992 12:36:29 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

>     On the last space shuttle mission, I was listening to the
>announcer on WA3NAN, and he was saying that in preparation for reentry
>the following morning, the crew was drinking as much water as they could hold.
>Since this was just a passing comment, he never elaborated  as to why.
>Anyone know?
>peraino@gmuvax.gmu.edu

It gives them an incentive to get out of the Shuttle as quickly as
possible and run for the Porta-Potties sitting at the end of the runway?

That way the cleaning crew can get inside the Shuttle right away and
begin vacuuming up the candy wrappers and emptying the ashtrays and
clearing out all those tiny liquor bottles before the VIPs at the
landing come through on their tour.... :-) :-) :-) :-)

(-: Will :-)
From: eazy@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Anderson-Zych)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Passport 1993
Summary: It's not that useful
Keywords: review
Date: 8 Oct 92 01:55:42 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Howdy all!

I was relieved to see that somebody else in net.land thought the '93 passport
wasn't an especially good job.  Other people have described the Passport as
good for newbies, but some of the information is good for veterans as well.
My complaints about the '93 edition regard product reviews and frequency
information.

-  Product reviews.  Magne says he made the standards tighter this year.
But he didn't re-do all of the previews to reflect this.  For example,
the ATS-803A reviews are identical.  Somebody else pointed out a similar
problem with a Kenwood review.  I own an ATS-818CS and was shocked to see it
get 2.5 stars.  Since Sangean described the radio as a cross between two
older models, it doesn't seem right that the rating would go down that much.
I'm no electronics expert so correct me if I'm wrong on this one.

The standard now includes bandscanning.  No offense to those who listen to sw
as a hobby, but bandscanning is not everyone's reason for listening to the 
radio.  I listen for news and entertainment and spend very little time 
bandscanning.  I think such a feature is good for those who need it.  In short
Magne has assumed that everyone who listens to sw is hardcore about and wants
only the best.  He's wrong.

- Frequency information.  The screwup here is with Radio Moscow World Service.
I laughed last year when he told us that RMWS was easy to find almost anytime.
Since the book is in press in mid-summer, we shouldn't be surprised that
a gaffe like that would take place.  Problem is that he's done it again this 
year.  Passport '93 is full of references to RMWS and advice to just dial 
about and find a frequncy.  A more honest approach would be to tell listeners
that no one really knows what's happening wih RMWS.  He could also
advise people to subscribe to a magazine like MT or Journal of the NASWA for
fresh information.

On one other note, I think another significant flaw of Passport '93 is that
Magne has picked up a bad case of expertosis.  He thinks what he wants is what
everyone should want; that significant numbers of people want to decode RTTY
and spend $1K on a receiver.  With an attitude like that, SWL is hardly going
to gain new listeners.

Flame off.

Thanks for reading.
Eric

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Eric Anderson-Zych, Department of History, University of Rochester,
Rochester, NY  14627                eazy@troi.cc.rochester.edu
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com (Dennis Newkirk)
Subject: Re: Question regarding space shuttle procedures
Organization: Motorola Inc.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:12:54 GMT

In article <SWL-L%92101413030813@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU> PERAINO@GMUVAX.BITNET writes:
>     On the last space shuttle mission, I was listening to the
>announcer on WA3NAN, and he was saying that in preparation for reentry
>the following morning, the crew was drinking as much water as they could hold.
>Since this was just a passing comment, he never elaborated  as to why.
>Anyone know?
>peraino@gmuvax.gmu.edu

Start with a human body on Earth under 1 gravity.  The gravity pulls a 
lot of fuild (blood) in the lowest extremities, but this is normal. 
When in weightlessness, the fuild redistributes evenly throughout the body.
The some parts of the body now have too much fluid.  It puffs up a bit 
including the face, sometimes with head cold like side effects, and the 
body starts trying to loose this 'unexpected surplus' upper body fluid. 
After return to Earth (and during reentry), gravity (and G's during reentry)
starts pulling fluid back to the legs, etc, and this 'drains' the upper 
body somewhat and promotes light headedness and maybe fainting. So water 
(the Russians used to use a saline solution) is ingested just before 
returning to temporarily increse fuild and blood pressure to counter this. 
This helps get recovery off to a fast start. The Russians also use the 
anti-G suit pants like fighter pilots wear to restrict lower body 
'expansion' during the initial hours of the return of a crew after months
in orbit.

Dennis Newkirk (dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com)
Motorola Inc, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL