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From: RON@NSULA.EDU (Ron Wright - NSU Computer Center)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: RE:  Antennas in trees, anybody?
Date: 1 Sep 1992 06:01:45 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

In response to David's, KD4NAR, question conceerning antennas in trees.....

My dad has recently put one of the COMET verticals in the top of a 120'
pine tree in the front of his house.  So far it has held up great.  A
10' mast section was attached to the antenna and strapped to the tree
giving some stability.  

I also have a friend nearby that has put an 11-element cushcraft in the
top of a pine tree.  This one has been there for several years with no
problems--rotator and all.

One suggestion.....When you or whoever goes up to mount the antenna,
cut the top out of the tree.  This will keep it from growing on up thru
your antenna.  The biggest problem around here is finding someone to
climb for a reasonable price!

Ron - KA5LUG

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From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:20:00 GMT
Subject: Re: Best way to leard Morse code?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, markm@bigfoot.sps.mot.com (Mark Monninger) writes:

>I strongly recommend the Farnsworth method. Crank the character speed
>up to at least 20 wpm...25 is probably better. To get beyond 10 or so
>wpm you have to recognize the sound...listening to the individual dits
>and dahs and trying to decode them just won't cut it...you have to link
>the sound with the letter without any intermediate processing.

I basically agree with this, but...  There are a couple problems with
Farnsworth.  One is that it is very hard to hear where each word ends.
Since the inter-character space is so long, it is hard to hear the
difference from the inter-word spacing.

The other problem is that if you spend 100% of your time listening to
20 wpm characters, you may have trouble understanding 13 wpm characters.
I recommend that you spend most of your time practicing with 
Farnsworth spacing, but spend at least some of your time with other
character speeds and spacings.

AL N1AL

Xref: sparky rec.radio.amateur.misc:14300 rec.radio.amateur.packet:2241
From: winter@apple.com (Patty Winter)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet
Subject: Macintosh PD ham software needed for CD
Date: 23 Aug 92 01:56:17 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA

I received the following note from Keith Sproul. Please help him
put together a really nice collection of Macintosh ham software
for inclusion on the next Buckmaster CD. (I believe Buckmaster
has a policy of giving a free CD to anyone who contributes a program
they've written, so you might want to ask Keith about that.)

The HyperCard stack he refers to is search software for use with the
Buckmaster callsign database. If it hasn't been on the CD before, it
will be for the next release.


Patty

p.s. "sproul.com" isn't a real Internet site; it gets mail through
an MX record. So unless Keith has some other access I don't know
about, he can't do FTPs.

p.p.s. I suppose I should say this just to be safe: Apple Computer
has no idea that this project exists, so it obviously doesn't
endorse it.


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Attn: Hams with Macintosh computers
 
Buckmaster Publishing produces a CD-ROM with the call book data and
with lots of IBM ham-related public domain software. They want to get
some Macintosh public domain ham-related software too. I wrote the
HyperCard stack that they are shipping with the CD-ROM. I have also
agreed to collect the Macintosh public domain software for them and
orginize it to go onto the CD-ROM. We have about 100meg of space
available for Mac related software...

I would like to get as much Mac software onto this fall's CD-ROM as we
can. However, we are under some time constraints, and I need to get the
stuff SOON.

If you have any public domain ham-related Macintosh software, PLEASE
send me a copy. If it is small, send it via AppleLink, otherwise,
please send it on a floppy to my address below. I can also be reached
via the Internet.


Keith Sproul, WU2Z 
698 Magnolia Road 
North Brunswick, NJ 08902-2647

AppleLink: Sproul.K 
Internet: wu2z@sproul.com

(908) 821-4828 Home 
(908) 563-5389 Work 
(908) 563-5035 Fax

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: CSMSCST@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Chris Thomas)
Subject: Empire of the Air
Date: 27 Aug 92 14:44:01 PDT

I've been trying to catch this PBS program for the last year, but
every time it comes by, I'm out of town, or my bldg's cable system
is screwed up, or ...  Does anyone have a tape of it they'd be
willing to copy for me?  I'd be glad to send you a tape + "sase".
Tnx.

  -- 73 de Chris Thomas, AA6SQ (ex-WA6HTJ) (CSMSCST@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU)
From: woods@glas.rtsg.mot.COM (Simon Woodworth)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Sexist statement
Date: 4 Sep 1992 07:14:58 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Hi,
   I can't resist adding my two pence (cents) worth to this dis-
cussion. I know it has nothing to do with Amateur radio, so apol-
ogies for wasting bandwidth ...
   I have to sympathise with Ms Gartenberg and I think it was a
bit unfair of Mr De Armond to accuse her of "whining". If I was a
woman on a buiding site and I had to put up with a load of
(usually sexist) dirty jokes I'd feel threatened too. So sue me
for being over-sensitive! As for the use of the term "guys" as a
collective noun for a group of both men and women: Why should
women put up with a collective noun with masculine origins being
applied to them? To say that we're turning "guys" into a gender-
neutral term is dodging the issue because we should really be
making the effort NOT to apply formerly-masculine terms to women,
because, no matter what you do, the masculine connotations are
still there. Why don't we use the term "girls" to apply to a 
mixed group instead? Or is that too much for the average male to
stomach?
   If anyone wants to reply to this, they can write to my e-mail
address below.
   Cheers,
   Simon Woodworth.
 
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Simon Woodworth.                |  woods@glas.rtsg.mot.com
Motorola (Ireland) Ltd.,        |  Don't blame my employers
Cork, Ireland.                  |  for anything I say! :-)
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This is *most* atypical! - Bill & Ted
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From: goris@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Andy Goris)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:02:49 GMT
Subject: Re: Vertical antenna for a covenant-restricted lot?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc


I once put a bird-house at the top of a wood pole that had a vertical wire
antenna attached to it.   Everyone just thought it was an unusually tall
bird-house.  Nobody every complained about violating protective covenants, 
and it was a pretty exclusive neighborhood.

BTW, The RF did not seem to have any detrimental effect on the birds.

Andy Goris             goris@fc.hp.com
AA0CM

From: summers@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Jim B. Summers)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:30:53 GMT
Subject: Re: FT-470 Dual band monitoring problem
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

Mike,

I have experienced a similar phenomonon with my 470, however I never had
a hum, just dead carrier.  My case was caused by a harmonic of the VHF
first LO falling in the image of the first UHF mix.  I found it while 
scanning on UHF while the VHF receiver was monitoring a local repeater
frequency.  There are lots of other mixing products between the VHF osc
and its harmonics and the first LO of the UHF section.  Also there could
be an intermod between an external signal (TV broadcast?) and the VHF 
first LO (or a harmonic) where the hum is on the external signal.

Does this problem happen at all UHF/VHF frequency combinations or just
for certain combinations.  If it happens only for certain combinations of
UHF/VHF frequencies, post them and we can try to come up with the mechanism.
If it isn't frequency sensitive then I am afraid that your radio has a 
problem.

Jim Summers, KD7F
summers@hpspkla.spk.hp.com
From: bfr2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (BENJAMIN FRANCIS RAYMOND)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Local Frequencies wanted
Date: 3 Sep 92 21:12:02 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Anyone know where I can find Bethlehem and Lehigh police frequencies? Any
other active ones would also be appreciated.
 Thanks, Ben  (bfr2)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: wa2ise@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (robert.f.casey)
Subject: Re: Excellent customer service story
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:50:49 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.205043.1222@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>
>Yes!  I was treated well by Kodak and by RCA when I was a "junior scientist."
>Ended up writing a popular astrophotography handbook full of recommendations
>for Kodak products, and innovative uses for them.
>
>I'd like to do the same for RCA, but they've sort of _disappeared_ ...
Tell me about it!  I used to work for the David Smirnoff Research
Center, then General Electric bought RCA,
then my -job- disappeared.   :-(
I have not bought ANY General Electric Products since.!
From: vail@tegra.COM (Johnathan Vail)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: ICOM service is GREAT
Date: 1 Sep 92 22:40:08 GMT
Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Organization: Tegra, Inc., Billerica, MA
In-reply-to: fred-mckenzie@ksc.nasa.gov's message of 31 Aug 92 19:49:54 GMT



In article <fred-mckenzie-310892143144@128.159.169.79> fred-mckenzie@ksc.nasa.gov (Fred McKenzie) writes:

   I always thought Icom equipment was pretty good, but never needed to
   experience their service, since I prefer to repair my own.

   However, the IC-24AT I purchased a year and a half ago, has low average
   modulation, and there is no microphone gain control.  When I purchased the
   radio, I also ordered the Service Manual.  Its been a year and a half, and
   still no manual.  Further, AES in Orlando claims they haven't received one
   yet for their own shop, and they were unable to fix the problem while the
   radio was under warranty.  (Their technicians are usually pretty good.)

This is a problem with every IC-24.  There is an adjustment for this.
I know people who have adjusted it who didn't have a manual.  With the
schematic they give you and some careful probing I wouldn't think it
would be too difficult to tweak (that means I think I could do it and
I am by no means an RF tech).

As for manuals, it sounds like a problem.  My only service manual I
bought was for the R7000 and I had no problem getting it.

As for Icom service, their parts department has been very good to me.
The one time I sent a radio back (the IC-24) for intermittent mic
problems they sent it back saying they couldn't find a problem.  Sure
enough, it worked %100 for about the next year.

jv

"Don't Ever Antagonize The Horn"
 _____
|     | Johnathan Vail     vail@tegra.com     (508) 663-7435
|Tegra| jv@n1dxg.ampr.org    N1DXG@448.625-(WorldNet)
 -----  MEMBER: League for Programming Freedom (league@prep.ai.mit.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: tad@ssc.wa.com (Tad Cook)
Subject: Re: Passing messages to Florida / Hurricane Andrew areas
Organization: very little
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 18:55:59 GMT



It is probably not a good idea to send health and welfare inquires
into a disaster area.

This is from ARRL bulletin #86:
(edited heavily)


******************************************************
Amateurs are advised to monitor:
 
     Intercontinental Net (14.300 MHz)
     Gulf Coast Hurricane Net (3935, 7235 kHz)
     Florida Emergency Nets (3940, 3950, and 7247 kHz)
     Waterway Net (7268 kHz)
     Louisiana Traffic Nets (3910, 3930 kHz)
     Alabama Nets (3965, 7243 kHz)
     Texas ARES Net (3873, 7273 kHz)
     Texas Traffic Nets (3925, 7230 and 7290 kHz)
 
 
A Red Cross moratorium on disaster welfare inquiries is in effect
until further notice.
******************************************************* 


If you want to inquire about the welfare of someone, it is probably
best to call the Red Cross.



-- 
 Tad Cook     |  Phone:  206-527-4089  (home)     |   MCI Mail: 3288544   
 Seattle, WA  |  Packet: KT7H @ N7DUO.WA.USA.NA   |   3288544@mcimail.com 
              |  Internet: tad@ssc.wa.com        or...sumax!ole!ssc!tad
From: rc@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (Robert Carpenter)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: [Re:] QST Content
Date: 26 Aug 92 02:30:59 GMT
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
	formerly National Bureau of Standards
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

After reading the lead article in the September, 1992, QST, an idea came to
me....  The reader of that article is directed to read a more complete paper
in the Central States VHF Society Conference Proceedings.
How about printing, in QST, the Contents of such Proceedings when they are
issued? .. and include this reference in the yearly (December) QST Index -
not the whole Contents, just the reference to the issue containing the Contents.
As well as CSVHF, you should include the other techincal Proceedings published
by the League: Microwave Update, Digital Communications Conf, etc.
and of course the AMSAT Space Synposium this October.
    73, Bob  W3OTC@amsat.org     rc@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
From: ham@wam.umd.edu (Scott Richard Rosenfeld)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Excellent customer service story
Date: 25 Aug 92 21:02:35 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Aug25.041412.20959@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>One might add that the way Hewlett-Packard and Tektronix continue to
>dominate the test equipment market is by providing _first rate_ customer
>support (even to people who picked up a piece of gear for $20 at a
>hamfest!).
>
>They figure (correctly I think) that they need to be appreciated by
>_everybody_ who is connected with electronics in any way, not just the
>few that control large amounts of money.
>
>-- 

I also have similar stories about Kenwood - our radio club has had a TS930
as well as a TS440, and once the 930 went on the fritz, Kenwood didn't want
to seem to try to even get involved.  We then got the 440, which promptly
died before even getting on the air during a field day experience.  Both
radios have been flaky ever since then, even after going to dealers as well
as Kenwood for repair.  This was a college station, strapped for $$$, and
a reliability problem was NOT needed.

I also have a Kenwood TS520S, which I consider to be the most reliable and
durable HF rig ever built.  No problems in 6 years...Knock on wood...

As to the Excellent Service thread, I have bought several Lambda power 
supplies at hamfests, none with manuals, and whenever I have had any problems,
Lambda's tech support is VERY happy to help (free power transistors, etc.)
to get their stuff back on-line.  Yes, they also send out manuals for stuff
that hasn't been made in years!  PS I have always liked TenTec, and they
don't mind helping you out, either.
From: BOBPRIEZ@selu.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Sexist Pronouns
Date: 3 Sep 1992 09:07:40 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


  >>Subj:	Info-Hams Digest V92 #914
  >>Subject: Sexist Statement

  In view of the recent sensitivities expressed, might I suggest the
use of the all-encompassing pronoun  s/h/it  to replace the more mundane
s/he ...   ;-)

  Bob Priez
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.folklore.urban
From: moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com
Subject: Re: Cellular Frequencies
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:19:59 GMT

dbushong@wang.com (Dave Bushong) writes:
>(cross posting to alt.folklore.urban)  Although the subject of pi==3.0
>has been beat to death in a.f.u, I don't recall whether or not the
>subject of the legality of listening to cellular phone conversations
>has been discussed.  That was the original subject of this posting.

It is illegal according to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, but
it is unenforcable.  The ECPA is poorly written, it has many areas that are
ambiguous.

ObFact:  It is now illegal to tune your TV to receive UHF channels 70-83.

-Mike
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: mab3474@venus.tamu.edu (Myles Barkman-KG5AI Tx A&M Univ.)
Subject: Re: Help with a Freq Change on a pager
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 21:23:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.131638.42755@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, bbb@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes...
>Is there anyone out there who might be able to give me a hand in
>changing the receive freq of a Motorola Page-Boy-II  pager?
>Its currently at 464.6mHz and I need to get it to 496.55mHz.
>If there is anyone who knows about these units, I'd sure like to 
>'chat' with you.  Either by e-mail, or I could phone you.
>(Its needed as a telemetry receiver for research being carried out
>here at the Univ.)
>Many thanks in advance... (let me know if there is a better news group
>to ask this of. I'm tring sci.electronis too.)  Thanks folks
>BB
> 
You sure that's 496.55 MHz?  I bet it's 469.55.  As far as changing it.....
beats me.  Probably a new crystal is in order.
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From: brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Link between BBS via Amateur Radio
Date: 26 Aug 1992 21:25:07 GMT
Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd.
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard) writes:
>I would like to know if it is already done or not, to use
>Ham radio to link stations in a BBS network.
>
>Assume 100k and 1 Meg of daily traffic.

(Assuming distances of more than 50km between sites.)

At 100kb/day, you're dealing with many more times the amount of traffic
the existing ham radio BBS network is currently carrying.  A megabyte
with existing ham technology is impossible.

Telephone lines and modems will be cheaper, even for international
calls.

The ham radio packet bbs network is really nothing more than a toy.  It
is far too limited as far as restrictions on content, bandwidth, and
reliability to be used in a production BBS environment of the type that
land-line-based BBS users have been accustomed to seeing for more than
a decade.
	- Brian
From: GIDEN@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU (Robert Giden N7KCG)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Hygain Rotor Brake Manual?
Date: 2 Sep 1992 08:39:51 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

I recently bought a package of ham items that included a Hygain Rotor.
Unfortunately, no manual came with it.  I'd appreciate any leads so
I can get a copy which I'll glady pay for.

The description of the control box reads "Hygain Rotor Brake".  It uses a
five (5) wire control cable.  The face of the control box is a map of the
world with a "clock-type" hand that rotates by a dial on the front of
the box;  the dial rotates on a vertical axis with a power switch on the
left and two diode lights on the right (one red and one white - one of
which was for braking indication, I think).  Lastly, while the control
box is rectangular, the back of the box is higher than the front and has
notched holes in the underside so the box can be hung on the wall.

Please respond to the Internet id below.  Thanks -Rob

Robert Giden, N7KCG (Wa. St. Univ.)
Tel: 509/335-2967 (Hm:509/229-3472)   Fax: 509/335-2863
BITnet: GIDEN@WSUVM1.Bitnet           Internet: GIDEN@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: tlc20700@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Thomas L. Carney)
Subject: Re: Sexist Statement
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 12:26:12 GMT

mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:

>In article <486@arrl.org> jkearman@arrl.org (Jim Kearman) writes:
>>In rec.radio.amateur.misc I wrote:
>>>...
>>>arranged. C'mon, guys. Get your clubs going, and send me
>>
>>One of the women who read this group gently pointed out 
>>the sexism in that statement. By now, I should know better.

>Nonsense!  Just go 500 miles west and you'll find people who regularly
>address groups of females as "guys."  There _are_ parts of the
>country where it's done.

>Down here _nobody_ is addressed as "guys" -- we don't use the word.
>It's "y'all".


I'm tired of political correctness.  It's all over U of I here...
Some women here get upset if a man calls a woman a lady.  I'm 
serious.  PC is a form of censorship.

Tom
From: j.perry@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu (Jeffrey Perry)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Help needed -ALLINCO intraural earphone/mic
Summary: Misplaced my manual help needed with this QST project
Date: 29 Aug 92 17:46:44 GMT
Followup-To: j.perry@lynx.northeastern.edu
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA


HI! I hope someone can help me. I am working on building the ear/mic
interface from the Nov 1990 QST. I have the whole thing built, and the
earphone side of things works and the PTT button works.  The audio is not
being sent through though. Ie: I can listen, I can key up repeaters but
people simply hear a plain carrier with no audio. The article says 
the circuit is for an Icom HT and that it can be adapted for others.
My hope is that someone out there can tell me what I need to change
to use it with an Allinco DJ-160 2m HT


I hope to finish this and Box it this weekend! Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Meanwhile I will continue turning the house upside down looking
for the Allinco manual for the HT. I don't think it will be much use when
I find it though.


Thanks in advance!

Jeff
(please respond via direct email)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: pace@tabarzin.usace.mil (Joe Pace)
Subject: Realistic PRO-43 Scanner
Organization: US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 02:29:41 GMT

I've been considering the purchase of a handheld scanner and was looking
at the Realistic PRO-43 -- does anyone have recommendations for good
scanners that have a decent range (25-1000 MHz)?    Can this unit
be modified to not filter out the cellular bands?

Thanks

Joe
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