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From: venable@faculty.coe.wvu.wvnet.edu (Wallace Venable)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Whatsawally?
Date: 14 Aug 92 20:05:06 GMT
Organization: WVU College of Engineering

>;>Oh, boy. I've really stepped in the doo-doo this time. I assume
>;>Kok is referring to "Wally and Mike." There is a rationale at 
>;>work here. So, exclusively for Internet readers, this is it:
>; 
>;Presumably Wally is the Wally? I always wondered why you chose those
>;names, now I can ask the author.
>; 
>;Does "a wally" mean the same in the USA as it does in the UK?

	NO.

>The late Wallace I. ("Wally") Youngs, K2IHO, was a neighbor
>of mine when I got started in ham radio. He was also a role
>model, father figure, etc, etc. I picked the name "Mike"
>because it sounded All-American. 

	I, Wallace Venable, have been called "Wally" all my life in these 
United States.  I put "Wally" on my conference name badge.  We I registered 
for a conference at Harrowgate, England, I was asked if I really wanted 
"Wally" on my name tag.  I've been Wally all my life so I said "yes."
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jon@Turing.ORG (Jon Gefaell (KD4CQY))
Subject: Re: Code Free License
Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:25:25 GMT

In article <409@arrl.org> jkearman@arrl.org (Jim Kearman) writes:

>2. Prior to my first hitch at ARRL, which began in December
>1975, I lived in New York City. A National Convention was
>held in NYC in 1974. The site was the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
>The ARRL forum was held in the ballroom. You've seen the
>ballroom if you ever watched Guy Lombardo on New Year's Eve.
>It's a  B I G  room, and it was nearly full. Then-ARRL
>President Dannals spoke very favorably about the no-code
>license and the positive effects it would have on Amateur
>Radio. At the end of his presentation I rose and questioned
>this decision, rather forcefully as I recall. The room went
>wild. It seems that the far majority of hams in that room
>were, like me, opposed to a no-code license. It would seem
>that what I and others have said about getting out and
>letting the Board know what you think does work. If Dannals
>didn't have the backing of the Board in 1974, I seriously
>doubt he would have made the statements he gave at the
>National.
>
>Since that time, I have changed my attitude about no-code
>licenses. I'm not convinced the hobby was ready then, but
>that's ancient history. What's interesting is, Harry Dannals
>went on to become president of QCWA, whose proposal for a
>no-code license was accepted, almost verbatim, by FCC.

Harry Dannals is a neighbour of mine. We are members of the same local
ARC (Albemarle Amateur Radio Club) and I've had the pleasure of elmering
him some in computers and such. He's got an account on my machine, I only
wish he'd use it.

I've talked to him quite a bit about the no-code license, which I have. 
I've wanted to play with Amateur Radio since I was 10 years old, but
the code was always a barrier for me. 

Anyways, I'm about to take my element 1A, and get my 5WPM code endorsement,
and I hope to get General before long so I can fully enjoy HF. I'd never
have done it (Morris Code) if not for the change in perspective, i.e. that
it is a opportunity instead of a complete requirement. It allowed me to get
a taste at being a Real Ham, and the opportunity for more.

I just got off the phone W/ Harry. I thought it would be nice to goad him
about getting online more, and he pleaded the usual; busy busy busy :)

He did want me to add that it was exactly his hope, and he thought that of
the other GCWA folks are well, that by creating a codeless entry level into
Amateur Radio that those folks would add to the hobby/science and find areas
of interest to themselves, including Morse code... 

Anyways, I'm not sure if I wanted to name drop, or give you something from
the horse mouth (oh, he'll appreciate that) but there it is...

Enjoy Amateur Radio, I sure do...
From: steveh@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Steve Harper)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Zig-zag LP antenna info request
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:27:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpcvra.76230004
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA


Does anyone know where I might find design equations, etc.
for zig-zag LP antennas?  Interesting article in QST a while
back, but real limited applicability...

Thanks,
Steve kf7wy
From: BOB@WINROCK.ORG
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Radio Shack 2026 Mods?
Date: 21 Aug 92 15:33:37 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu



One more time....
Can anyone please give me information on the cellular restoration
mod for the Radio Shack 2026 scanner??

Any help would be MUCH  appreciated.

Send directly to:  bob@winrock.org


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From: ardai@zax.eda.teradyne.com (Michael Ardai)
Subject: Radio Shack does *not* sell crystals in the 70cm band
Originator: ardai@zax
Organization: Teradyne, Inc. Boston MA
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:48:27 GMT


Friendly warning - Radio Shack doesn't sell crystals in the 70cm band. 
Despite taking an order for them, it turns out that they normally only
sell crystals in the 450 MHz and above public service band.  After numerous
calls, they are willing to make one up, but are reluctant to do so and 
will not guarantee the crystals...  This will take 6-8 weeks, on top of
the three weeks it took for them to find out that they don't have the
crystals in the first place... :-(

/mike
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From: jdelancy@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: [ANS] Huge Antenna at Augsburg
Date: 20 Aug 1992 16:37:53 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

>In article <9208142017.AA0fc7@catipult.anatcp.rockwell.com> daemon@ucsd.edu
>(The Devil Himself) writes
>  Does that mean my ASA insignia pins are now more valuable?  Please observe
>
Yup, just as valuable as my AFSS and ESC patches which are collectors
items now a days..
From: salnick@dejavu.spk.wa.us (There is no substitute for displacement...)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re:  HTX 202
Date: 18 Aug 92 11:34:35 GMT
Organization: Not Organized

In article <Aug.17.17.24.36.1992.4783@pilot.njin.net> ron@pilot.njin.net (Ron Natalie) writes:
>> This happened after the radio rode all day in my motorcycle saddle bag at 
>> 103 degrees.  It was about 80 when I turned it on tho.
>
>Did the nicad have much of a charge left to it?  I've generally found
>that heat accelerates the idle discharge of the nicad.
>
>-Ron

Once I brain-wiped it via the vulcan nerve pinch (F/d), it worked fine.  
There appeared to be plenty of battery left.

73, bob
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: joe@montebello.soest.hawaii.edu (Joe Dellinger)
Subject: UNIX morse code practice program
Reply-To: joe@montebello.soest.hawaii.edu
Organization: School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 03:52:31 GMT

	I've written a program to help people with UNIX boxes learn morse code.
It seems to be pretty well debugged and working nicely. I wrote it for a SPARC;
Scott Seligman at Stanford added routines to support an HP workstation and
generic X11. It should be possible to support other sorts of devices fairly
easily. (All you have to change is one routine, and you've got 3 examples
to start from.)

	It has a rather ridiculous number of options and features. It can
be used to play code, print code, or generate code. It can just let you
look and listen or can test you, either synchronously or asynchronously.
It can speed up or slow down depending on how you're keeping up. It can
ask you letters that you're having trouble with more often. Etc, etc.

	Anyway, if you are interested, it is available as "morse.shar" on
hanauma.stanford.edu's anon ftp server. (For those of you without name
servers, that's 36.51.0.16... but you really should get a name server!)

	Feel free to redistribute it. If you make any improvements I'd
like to hear back from you. Please abide by the copyright notices. And
have fun!

PS:	Keep in mind that since I am giving away the code for free,
	I am under _no_ obligation to answer uninteresting questions!!!!!
	It's a bit too long to post, and please don't ask me to specially
	mail you a copy (unless you're planning on supporting a new device).

PPS: The SPARC routine was written rather lazily (by me), and so may have
trouble keeping up for word speeds much above 25WPM. That was OK for my
purposes, and I'm busy with work, so I didn't feel like taking the time
to write that bit of code more efficiently. If you want the SPARC version
to be able to go faster, you'll just need to make the SPARC driver subroutine
a bit smarter. (Like not recalculating the entire length of sine wave each
time it is called, for example!) That should be very easy to do.

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From: gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M. Foley)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: AEA-FAX
Date: 18 Aug 92 13:44:40 GMT
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])

gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M. Foley) writes:

>    My little gadget, the one that looks like a gender changer
> with a cable out the side, quit working after a thunderstorm.
> When I opened it up, I found it to be a pc board holding
> five resistors, four capacitors, four diodes and one Motorola
> LM358N dual op-amp.  I replaced the op-amp with a Radio Shack
> Cat.No.276-038, price $0.99, and the AEA-FAX seems to work ok
> again.
>    My guess is that the device works by interrogating RTS and
> timing the response on DSR.  I think it gets its power by making
> DTR(line 20) positive, which I think is high.  If any software
> experts can think of a way of programming the computer to do
> the control and interpretation of the signals, I would be 
> pleased to hear ideas.
> 
>  This is from
>      gerry@bluemoon.rn.com
> who doesn't have his (or her) own obnoxious signature yet

  Further thought makes me doubt my first guess about the
way it works.  It is certainly controlled from RTS and
responds to DSR.

 This is from
     gerry@bluemoon.rn.com
who doesn't have his (or her) own obnoxious signature yet
From: Hugh_E._Wells.El_Segundo@xerox.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: How to open an FNB-4 Pack
Date: 21 Aug 92 15:15:17 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

I`ve successfully opened several FNB-x cases in order to replace the cell pack.
The procedure that I've used is very simple, but does require patience to
prevent damage to the case.  The procedure I used is as follows:
1.  Cut the white label with a sharp knife by following the case separation
line. DO NOT remove the nut on the charging connector.
2.  Pry the case halves apart by placing a thin wide blade screwdriver into the
case line on the label end.  Sometimes it is necessary to separate the black
band from one case half with a knife tip when it is evident that glue has
penetrated the joint.  NOTE:  The black band is permanently attached to one
case half.
3.  Use continuous pressure, not excessive force, to separate the case halves.
Concentrate the separation procedure primarily on the label end of the case.
The steady pressure will allow the glue to cold flow and release its grip.
4.  Yes, a frustration level will occur, but then success will appear as the
glue gives up after a few minutes.
5.  Make a note of where the wires attach to the battery and thermal switch.
Also note the pack orientation.
6.  Connect the replacement pack into the case and attach the wires per your
note in step 5.
7.  If you wish to test the new pack before re-gluing the case, close it and
charge the cells, attach to the radio for the test.
8.  If satisfied, place a spot (1/2 inch dia) of clear RTV on each side of the
cell pack and press the case together and place it under a weight for a short
time until the RTV cures.  Because of the reduced amount of glue, the case will
have a more flimsy feel than previous to replacement, but will perform like the
original.
9.  For the next replacement, the RTV will give up much easier than the
original glue.
10.  Enjoy your new cell pack.

73,  Hugh Wells,   W6WTU
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Re: Rat Shack VHF walkie-talkies
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:06:49 GMT

Julian Macassey writes:
> "New! Handheld VHF-FM Business Transceiver" $150.00
> 
>         So for those amateurs in rural areas where there is only the
> local machine, this xtal controlled unit looks like a good deal. The
> blurb says it comes with one xtal for 151.625 Mhz and has 1 watt
> output. It is a 2 channel unit. 

Hmmm...

Cost of radio:                       $150
Cost of new xtals & shipping:         $20 (approx)
Cost of endless hassle trying to
get it to work right:                $???
                                     -----
Total:                               $170 +++++

Result: a two channel, xtal controlled HT for about the cost of a good
second-hand fully synthasized rig.  To each his own, but it doesn't
strike me as all that good a deal.

************************
* These are my opinions only.*
************************
From: mont@netcom.com (Mont Pierce)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: FAQ - do you prefer the long form or the short form
Date: 20 Aug 92 07:34:36 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

Well, I guess I've gotten in over my head on this subject.  

Brian, thanks for elaborating on the details of the problem/disagreement/...

Paul, thanks for your light hearted response.

Diana, thanks for elaborating on the real problem and the need for the
       multi-part posting.

Perhaps one solutions would be if the FAQ coords. would post the FAQ in
both formats.  Would that make everyone happy?  

Anyway, I think I'll just bow out of this discussion and try to keep a
safe distance. :-)

Smile everyone, it's a great day.

73,
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From: PMcAfee.El_Segundo@xerox.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: 0Z4 tubes
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:12:09 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


Alan Harp K4PB says

  " OK an OZ4 is a voltage regulator tube.  It works much like a zener diode
   does today only at higher voltages.  I will sink current from a power
   source until the desired voltage is achieved.  The more current it 
   has the brighter it glows.  Zeners are very dull.  They don't glow
   until their power rating is exceeded.


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   * mail: harp@bnr.ca  *   Research Triangle Park, NC    *                   *
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Not correct. An 0A4 is a shunt regulator. The 0Z4 is a cold cathode rectifier used
in auto radios with simple non-synchronious vibrator. I used to fix thoes things
Didn't know I was that old.

Pete
From: KTM@dllws.UCSD.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: RE: UNSUBSCRIBE
Date: 12 Aug 1992 08:50:41 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
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From: jdelancy@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: [ANS] For something fairly ancient...
Date: 17 Aug 1992 18:42:09 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

>>many of the old-timers amongst us remember what a 0Z4 is, what equipment
>
>OK an OZ4 is a voltage regulator tube.  It works much like a zener diode

I dont think so.  0Z4's were COLD cathode (i.e. no filament), full-wave
RECTIFIERS that were gass filled.  Handled somewheres around 250-300
AC Volts on a plate producing somewheres around 100 MA (DC) output
(course, this is if my "old timer" memory has failed me).

-jd-
From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:12:49 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: QST, in my opinion...(long) (warning: flamage)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, furuta@cs.umd.edu (Richard Furuta) writes:

>In article <l8lijvINN5lp@west.west.sun.com> flloyd@L1-A.West.Sun.COM (Fred Lloyd [Phoenix SE]) writes:
>|
>|QST has, shall we say, a _special_ requirement for all advertisers.
>|QST, unlike all other amateur radio related publications, requires that
>|advertisers be willing to submit samples of their product to ARRL for
>|evaluation as to fitness for service.  ...

>|I'm wise enough to spot
>|incredible claims, and there is federal recourse in the event that
>|mail order vendors become fraudulent.  Thank you, ARRL, but please allow
>|me to make value judgements for myself.
>[...]

>...
>There are other ways for an advertiser to reach potential buyers (CQ and 73
>to name two), indeed perhaps in a more cost-effective way than QST.

As I understand it, QST does not reject ads because of "poor quality"
products.  Ads are rejected only if they make false claims.  A good
example is the Maxcom "antenna tuner" which consists of basically
a large attenuator.  (Sure enough, the SWR reads less than 1.5:1,
even with no antenna connected!)  For those who really want the device,
they still advertise in 73.

AL N1AL

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: tlc20700@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Thomas L. Carney)
Subject: Re: Where to find 455 if filters?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:04:28 GMT
Keywords: filters, if, 455

nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle) writes:

>jjw@precipice.chi.il.us (John Welch) writes:

>>jeffj@seeker.mystic.com (Jeff Jones) writes:

>>> I have taken a real interest in building my own super het receiver and
>>> for the life of me I can't find the 455khz IF filters any where! Does
>>> anyone know where I can find them? I have checked all the usual places.
>>> Digikey, Mouser etc... and no luck. Anyone have one for sale?

>>Penstock has (had(?)) TOKO 455KHz ceramic filters, but their minimum

455 kHz IF filters????  Biggest selection that I know of is Surplus
Sales of Omaha Nebraska.... their selection of all kinds of IF filters
covers a page and a half in small print.  Great place for hard to find 
items...  I just got a 72 uH roller inductor for an antenna matcher
for for going below the AM BCB band...  They have all kinds of stuff!

Call info in Omaha... they're prompt about getting catalogs out too.

73,
Tom  WB9RXJ

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jej@chinet.chi.il.us (joe jesson)
Subject: Re: AEA-FAX
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00:17:01 GMT

 The module limits the audio signal and counts zero-cross.  Does anyone know
 if AEA's RTTY unit is identical??


  --joe

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From: bob@kc2wz.bubble.org (Bob Billson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: QST Content
Date: 16 Aug 92 17:50:41 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Color Computer 3: Tandy's 'game' machine

flloyd@L1-A.West.Sun.COM (Fred Lloyd [Phoenix SE]) says:

[stuff deleted]

>I must agree that I also cringe when I hear the "destinated" term.  The
>term originated out of necessity, because, there is no gramatically
>correct substitute for the word.  

Sure there is.  Why not, "arrived"?  "I have arrived."  It has fewer syllables 
and says what you mean.
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From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Q codes etc
Date: 18 Aug 92 11:21:01 EDT

harp@bnr.ca (Alan Harp) writes:
>I don't really read, just skim through all this stuff.  I think
>if you want to use QSL QRZ etc on phone go for it.

Actually, having already opined that most Q signals are silly on phone, it
occurs to me that "QRZ" is not only shorter than "who is calling me", it
(a) is possibly easier to understand for someone who doesn't speak English,
and (b) connotes something, in its typical usage, that "who is calling me"
doesn't; a DX station who says "QRZ" after an exchange isn't really asking
"who is calling me", but the more obvious "Next?" might get lost in the
QRM :-).

At least in the days when CW ruled the Earth :-), people probably used Q
signals on phone because they got used to associating the Q signal with the
specific meanings that were useful in radio; it probably persists because of
a combination of clubbiness and habit.  On the other hand, I've never heard
someone substitute "kay" for "over" on phone...  :-)

>However if you live in south Florida or watch "COPS" on TV you
>may notice that the Miami Police Dept uses Q signals on their
>voice radio.

Do they use the official set, or do they have their own?  Is the FBI going to
impound my ARRL Handbook as a reference for criminals?  (What is the official
Q-signal for "There is a nutcase with a gun at the McDonalds at ..." :-)