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From: malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes)
Subject: Re: Leary, Manson, Kleps and other questions...
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:21:57 GMT

bbehlen@soda.berkeley.edu (Brian Behlendorf (Vitamin B)) writes:

>Don't laugh, there is a movie at least - "The Helter Skelter Murders" - 
>in B&W though it must have been made in the 70's (forgot to look at the
>year).  It was VERY VERY bad.

There's also a pretty trashy tv movie from years ago, I think 4 hours long. 

Actaully, the most interesting stuff I've read about Manson was in a trashy
Beach Boys biography, I think called "Heroes, Killers & ..." or something
like that. It chronicles how the Manson family met Brian Wilson, recorded
music with him, moved into and trashed his home, how Charlie loved arranging
orgies, and much more. In fact it and Roman Polanski's biography (Sharon
Tate's hubby) both suggest that the reason for the most famous murders 
being Tate and company was because they had been unfortunate enough to
move into a house on the property where Terry Melcher had lived - Melcher
was a producer type who had brushed off Manson's trying to get him to 
release an lp of Charlie's songs, and the raid on that house was probably
intended as a vengeance trip. Talk about being in the wrong place at the
wrong time - Sharon Tate was about a week from giving birth and had just
flown back to the USA a few days before it happened. 

BTW, tomorrow night Leary appears with Genesis P-Orridge and Psychic TV
at the Human Be-In in San Francisco.
 
  - Malcolm  
Newsgroups: alt.psychoactives
From: an2506@anon.penet.fi (paracelsus)
Subject: SF Bookstores
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: alt.psychoactives
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 06:15:28 GMT

I'm going to be in San Francisco soon, and I'm looking for recommendations
on good bookstores that carry material on psychoactive compounds.
Addresses and phone numbers of stores would be greatly appreciated.
Pointers to other places to visit deling with similar topics would
also be welcome.
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From: landman@hal.COM (Howard Landman)
Newsgroups: alt.psychoactives
Subject: Re: Vasopressin Synthesis?
Date: 8 Jan 93 01:54:02 GMT
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: bang.hal.com

In article <1993Jan6.144623.14987@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> aankrom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Anthony Ankrom) writes:
> If you can perform peptide synthesis, then I suppose you're all set as
>far as vasopressin goes.

Actually, it's quite straghtforward to have peptide synthesis done by
someone else.  Check out the ads in the back of any recent issue of
Science.  Going rates are something like $12/residue.  How many amino
acid residues in vasopressin?  I don't remember, but it's not very many.
Some places allow you to charge to your credit card, even!

Note, you don't get very much protein back for that price, but it can be
whatever you want.

	Howard
	(Me, I'm going to try the DNA synthesis at $3.50/base
	 and 48 hour turnaround, as soon as I figure out how
	 to design something useful ... :-)
Newsgroups: alt.psychoactives
From: Mitchell.Porter@launchpad.unc.edu (Mitchell Porter)
Subject: Psychedelics as agents of evolution (was re McKenna)
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 03:54:16 GMT


Terence McKenna's idea that psychedelics may have contributed in some way
to the evolution of human intelligence, and someone said "So what? The
babyies will still be born stupid", and now people are bringing up
directed mutation and other "heretical" ideas in defense of the original
notion. But surely there's no need to do that. If psychedelics do indeed
"amplify self-reflection" or increase intelligence in an individual, then
presumably the culture of a community of such individuals will be richer
in information than that of a community where psychedelic plants were not
being eaten, and so babies born into the first have a more complex
environment to learn about. No need for Lamarckian hypotheses. (And so far
as I know McKenna never proposes that psychedelics positively alter one's
*genes*, in any case.)
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Newsgroups: alt.psychoactives
From: eepee@polaris.utu.fi (Esa-Pekka P{lvim{ki)
Subject: Re: Vasopressin Synthesis?
Organization: University of Turku, Finland
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 14:34:19 GMT

In article <V5kswB2w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> dlupul@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Darren Lupul) writes:
>In an attempt to thwart high prices, and difficulties in acquiring 
>prescriptions all the time, how feasible is it to synthesize Vasopressin? 

Isn't life wonderful? You have the knowledge, yet you don't.

/ep
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: afhetzel@netcom.com (A.F. Hetzel)
Subject: Invention idea!
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 08:01:53 GMT


>What type of new innovation, software or products do you want to be
>introduced to the market place.  No answer is stupid.  The things
>that might be unachievable to you, might be very easy to produce
>by others.  You could become part of history by initiating the process of
>innovation.

I vote for the "Video Shower Phone."  It will revolutionize the
telecommunications industry.  Note: this will not be compatible with the
"Video Car Phone," for fear of an increase in auto-accidents.

Let's hear some good inventions fellas,

Andrew

-- 
Andrew F. Hetzel         afhetzel@netcom.com         Tel: (313) 955-7880
Joel: "Have you guys thought about what you want for Christmas?"
Crow: "I wanna decide who lives and who dies."
From: cmb6@po.CWRU.Edu (Christopher M. Baranowski)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: mods for bc210xlt
Date: 8 Jan 1993 17:57:17 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: cmb6@po.CWRU.Edu (Christopher M. Baranowski)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc12.ins.cwru.edu


does anyone know of any they could send me? please?

-- 
        Why, you take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid
       airman or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table
          together - what do you get?  The sum of their fears.
                                           - Winston Churchill
From: craigc@hotcity.COM (Craig Cutright)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Scanner Antenna for 800Mhz
Date: 7 Jan 93 09:04:36 PST
Organization: BBS

Does any one have plans, designs or ideas for a home brew scanner antenna that
covers the 800-1000 mhz band?
 
Craig Cutright
CraigC@Hotcity.com
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: mjr@netcom.com (Matthew Rapaport)
Subject: Re: Scanner sex?
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:15:55 GMT

>I thought the article was a pleasant change from the norm hear...

You may be right... And I know I'll be paying closer attention to those
cordless phone frequencies from now on... :-)



-- 
matthew rapaport     Philosopher/Programmer At Large      KD6KVH
           mjr@netcom.com     70371.255@compuserve.com
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: paley@netcom.com (Dan Paley)
Subject: Icom R1 Prices?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Distribution: usa 
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:03:41 GMT


What is the lowest price for one of these beasts?  I'm under the assumption
that the best price is about $350. to $400. 

Whats the used market like?  Is anyone interested is selling theirs off?

--paley@netcom.com
From: lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: 800MHz Trunked Radio System Signals
Keywords: The Control channel
Date: 6 Jan 93 08:34:16 GMT
Organization: Radio Amateur k5qwb

hgpeach@ms.uky.edu (Harold Peach) writes:

> From a practicle standpoint you are correct, but in the trunked system
> I know of, any mobile unit can be disabled from the control channel.
> Therefore, you could theoretically turn off the transmitter on any
> radio via the data channel.  One of the big advantages to trunking is
> that the transmitter and receiver can be programmed out of a system if
> they are stolen, etc.

Nope, only radios capable of full-duplex can be controlled while 
transmitting. Most radios used in trunked systems disable the receiver 
while transmitting and the controller CAN'T disable them until they 
return to the receive mode.


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From: coulson@rwcvax.enet.dec.com (Roger Coulson)
Subject: Re: intermod, overload, desense?
Reply-To: coulson@rwcvax.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard MA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:42:25 GMT


I experienced the same problem with a discone attached to the PRO-2006.  I 
connected a spectrum analyzer and saw the problem very quickly.  The strongest
signals were from FM stations which run vertical as well as horizontal 
polarization.  I installed an FM trap made for 75 ohm TV leading and it solved 
the probelm; it supressed the whole FM band by about 30 DB.  They are available
at Radio Shack also.
--
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From: mattho@heifer.lbl.gov (Matt Ho)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: HELP !!!
Date: 5 Jan 1993 02:30:06 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Reply-To: mattho@heifer.lbl.gov (Matt Ho)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.128.96


About a month ago there was an FTP site where I can get the file
named CAL_PD_FREQ. Can someone tell me again where that ftp site is?

				Thank you very much in advance
					Matt
					mattho@heifer.lbl.gov
From: urbina@novax.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: what is wrong with my scanner?
Date: 6 Jan 93 18:59:58 GMT

In article <130170021@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller) writes:
> Re: sticking freqs
> 
> My PRO-43 seems to hang in the 155 Mhz range. I found a particularly awful
> signal that hung the radio at 155.475.
> 
> I traced it to my wife's PC when it was in screen-saver mode with a little
> clock face floating around the screen. Text or other screen savers are ok.
> 
> Look for RFI from many different sources. 
> 
> Ron Miller


It sounds like it locked on to the 3rd harmonic of the VDT. VDT's raster rates
are from 50 - 75 Mhz. If you listen to your scanner while you type on your pc,
you can actually hear the characters as they appear on the screen. 

Without going into detail this is roughly the basis for Van Eck Phreaking of
computer monitors.

Guy
Urbina@novax.llnl.gov

Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: john@anasazi.com (John R. Moore)
Subject: Re: Antenna Design
Reply-To: john@anasazi.com
Organization: Anasazi, Inc.  Phoenix, Arizona USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 04:20:40 GMT

Keywords: 

In article <1993Jan08.020138.8595@mixcom.com> kevin.jessup <kevin.jessup@mixcom.mixcom.com> writes:
]I do not have an AOR1000 but I seem to remember someone saying that the
]AOR1000, ICOM R1 and other "full coverage" handheld units have excessive
]intermodulation problems with external antennas.  Can anyone confirm this?

Yes... they have excessive intermod problems with too much signal. An
external antenna may push them over the edge... it will increase the
intermod.

Also, some (such as the PRO-2006 non-hand-held) will desense (ie,
the front end overloads and loses its gain by tens of DB) with a strong
signal. I have to use a Grove filter in front of my 2005 and 2006
when on an external antenna. Without it, I measure desense in the
2 meter public service band of 36 - 38 dB!

-- 
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Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: larsenp@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Paul Larsen)
Subject: what is wrong with my scanner?
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:02:49 GMT

I just received a Bearcat 855XLT for Christmas.  I like it quite a bit except
for one thing.  There are certain frequencies which it will pick up permanent
static on no matter what the squelch setting is at.  When I check these 
frequencies with my 100XLT, I do not pick up any of this static.  I know that
this is not right and I was wondering if I am doing something wrong or if I
should send my scanner to the company.  Any advice is appreciated.  Please
reply to:

larsenp@mace.cc.purdue.edu


Thanks,

Paul Larsen

By the way, one of the frequencies I am having problems with is a heavily
used frequency in my area, so I am pretty sure that there shouldn't be this
problem with it.
From: plaws@uafhp.uark.edu (Peter Laws)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Fast Food--the ultimate in scanning!
Date: 9 Jan 1993 21:56:29 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
Reply-To: Peter Laws <plaws@uafhp.uark.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


Someone asked about fastfood drivethru freqs last week.  These appear
to be "nationwide". ("Command to Cook 1, switch to Nationwide" 8-) )
Here is what was at garfield.catt.ncsu.edu: (I did not compile this!)
 

               Drive Thru Frequencies
 out    in        out/in        restaurant
123.0          30.840/154.570   Arby's
 88.5  123.0   30.840/154.570   Taco Bell
100.0   ?      30.840/154.570   Whataburger
100.0   ?      30.840/154.570   Hot Dogs Etc.
               31.000/151.895
               33.140/170.305
107.2  141.3   35.020/154.600   Mc Donald's
  -     -     154.570/170.245   Mc Donald's
  -     -     154.600/171.105   Mc Donald's
107.2   ?     457.525/467.825   Whataburger
              457.550/467.775   Burger King
114.8  107.2  457.550/467.775   Carl Jr's
156.7   ?    457.5875/467.8125  KFC
107.2   ?    457.6125/467.750   Whataburger
             462.7625/
             464.9625/          Taco Bell


Let's see: Star Trek isn't on for another 1/2 hour...plenty of time to
confirm these...



Peter Laws|GEnie:P.LAWS1|"The '90s are gonna make the '60s|plaws@uafhp.uark.edu
n5uwy@ka5bml.ar.usa.noam| look like the '50s"  --D. Hopper|plaws@uafsysb.bitnet





Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: kenh@w8hd.org (Ken Hoehn)
Subject: Re: Scanner sex?
Organization: w8hd.org
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 13:37:38 GMT

mjr@netcom.com (Matthew Rapaport) writes:

>I can't believe someone posted this story to this group. Not that I'm
>offended, but I could well understand if some people were. The newsgroups
>line shows this was originally posted to alt.sex.stories. As such I
>consider it a STORY, better written then some, perhaps, and then again,
>perhaps not... Anyway, its use of a scanner was purely a device to get
>into the story, hardly meat for this group!



>-- 
>matthew rapaport     Philosopher/Programmer At Large      KD6KVH
>           mjr@netcom.com     70371.255@compuserve.com
Gee, Matt, is it really that much of a problem?

Glad you were not offended, and to those who were, they were the one who
saw the title, and selected the article....if they are offended by the
story, they should not select articles that have the 'S' word in them,
instead of being instantly drawn to them by all those repressed feelings.

I thought the article was a pleasant change from the norm here, and would
welcome the occasional sequel.

Best regards,

-- 
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kenh@w8hd.org

Ken Hoehn - Teletech, Inc.         Compuserve: 70007,2374
From: lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: 800MHz Trunked Radio System Signals
Keywords: The Control channel
Date: 4 Jan 93 08:07:39 GMT
Organization: Radio Amateur k5qwb

puma@halcyon.com (puma) writes:

> lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy) writes:
> 
> > This is another typical mis-representation. Unless the transmitting 
> > unit is full-duplex, it will continue transmitting, blocking that 
> > channel. Even though the system might prevent the next transmission, 
> 
> If the remote unit that was using the repeater and the remote unit
> requesting emergency access are on different incoming frequencies,
> why CAN'T the system immediately turn over the repeater channel
> to the emergency unit?  What difference would it make if the first
> remote unit continued transmitting?

Say it's a five-channel system and all four talk channels are in use. 
There are four mobiles transmitting on the four talk channels. If one 
is full-duplex then it could be disabled but that is not common. Even 
though the unit needing the emergency access could tell the controller 
on the control channel (mobile side), it can't tell one of those other 
mobiles to stop transmitting so there is no repeater available. 
Whichever one quits first may lose it's repeater but how do you know 
it's not something important? Do you wait for the lowest priority one 
to stop transmitting? That may be the guy talking the longest.
I'm not saying it's a bad plan, it just isn't usually explained 
properly.


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Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: mzank@shell.portal.com (matthew c zank)
Subject: Re: Antenna for 49Mhz HELP NEEDED
Organization: Portal Communications Company
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 07:07:32 GMT

root@olwejo.UUCP (Bob Kupiec) writes:

>Does anyone have any good recommendations for a scanner (BNC) antenna for
>49Mhz?  As you all know, this is cordless phones.  Would buying a cordless
>rubber duck antenna help much?  Are there any homebrew ideas that you may
>use to improve reception?

>Thanks for your help.
>
Yes, there is a antenna that radio shack sells with a BNC, that
snaps on to the scanner, it does a good job in pick up the VHF low band.-- 
--
Matthew Zank * Eau Claire, Wisconsin
------------------------------------
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mzank@nyx.cs.du.edu    MZANK@MCIMAIL.COM
From: gregs@hotcity.COM (Greg Stramback)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: intermod, overload, desense?
Date: 11 Jan 93 22:35:52 PST
Organization: BBS

isn't the diamond d130 discone antenna an amplified antenna?  if it is, and the
bc760xlt, (which i have, quite sensitive on it's front end, with somewhat poor
rejection), is probably quite easily overloaded by it.  such an antenna is
great for fringe areas, but i wouldn't use it in a large metropolitan area with
many RF problems.

greg
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: mjc@iegate.mitre.org (Mick Costa)
Subject: Antenna Design
Followup-To: alt.radio.scanner
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:47:31 GMT

I have heard in several places about the importance of a good antenna.  I
currently own a PRO-37 and am thinking of "upgrading" to something like the
AOR 1000.  Currently I have the standard rubber duck antenna, and
extendable antenna, and a small roof antenna for use with the PRO-37.  Each
of these antennas seems to best support some range of frequencies (as
expected) and also support othert frequencies on a less-than-optimum basis
(also expected).

The question is, after using these antennas and seeing the differences
between them, I could use some information about antennas, including types
of antennsas and their suitability for scanners or other receivers.  I am
also interested in understanding basic antenna design.  Are there any
recommended sources for this type of information?  I am looking for
proctical applications of antennas as opposed to a lot of heavy theory
(although some theory is expected).

Thanks.
From: cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: RS portable amplified antenna: revisited
Date: 5 Jan 93 20:57:40 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

urbina@novax.llnl.gov writes:
> 
> I remember the previous posts about the Radio Shack Portable TV/FM amplified
> Antenna. I went ahead and bought one. It works quite good. I have a hand held
> scanner (Icom R-1) and I live in a ground floor apartment. I am able to receive
> cordless phone all the way up to the cellular bands much better. Making an
> educated guess from S-meter comparisons, I'd say it has about a 6db gain. For a
> person that lives in the same environment as me, I'd say it would be nice to
> have for a hand held scanner. 

Cordless reception/range was improved?  If you were using a 'rubber duck'
before, I can see why the longer antennae on the amp improved reception.
I wonder what freq range the amp actually amplifies.  TV broadcasting starts
at 54Mhz (ch.2), so I would figure that it merely passes, not amplifies the
46-49Mhz cordless phone channels.  Although I could be wrong.

> You do have to make an interface from 1/8 phono jack to BNC. all the parts to
> do that are in RS.

The RS store's (nearest to me) manager suggested using several different
adapters, but I didn't go that route, as they would create a bunch of signal
loss (as well as wallet loss *grin*).

I take it you stripped off the 1/8 phono jack, and attached a BNC jack on to 
the cable? If so, I can make that mod w/out going to RS, I have access to
the necessary parts.

After all, I wouldn't figure there is much of a demand for a 1/8 phono
to BNC adapter anyways (except in this case).
> 
> Guy
> Urbina@novax.llnl.gov
> 

I also noticed that it was powered by 3VDC, but I didn't notice a battery
compartment.  I wonder if two 1.5VDC cells would keep it operating for awhile,
or even better, two 1.2VDC rechargeable cells....hmmm

-- 

Brad Steinman
University of Toledo Computer Services
cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
From: bonk@wizard.cis.ohio-state.edu (gregory j bonk)
Subject: Motorolla anit-scanner corldless telephones
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:32:19 GMT

I have heard that in a recent issue of Nuts & Volts(sometime in 1992) that
is a patch for radio scanners that would be able to unscramble the transmission
from those newish cordless telephones madee by Motorolla.  If some one could 
look this up and send me some info it would be greatly appreciated. 

Gregory bonk@cis.ohio-state.edu



Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: Dane Cantwell <dlc@arco.com>
Subject: Re: Police MCT Units
X-Xxdate: Sun, 10 Jan 93 23:26:12 GMT
Organization: ARCO Oil and Gas Company
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d16
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:25:03 GMT


In article <gregs.2le2@hotcity.COM> Greg Stramback, gregs@hotcity.COM
writes:

>well, the older MDT's san jose had were CRT's, but that was long ago. 
the new
>ones are mostly lcd screens.

Hmmm.... the new ones in my town are CRT's.
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