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From: William=E.=Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv.Mlb@ns14.cca.CR.rockwell.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ? Definition of station ownership ?
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:07:03 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

>who's id you use when using a borrowed HT or mobile rig?  
>. . .
>I have been confused with respect to who I was talking to on several
>occasions.  I would much rather see them require both ids all the time
>than be confused.
>Thanks in advance.   B.J.   N3JLQ

general solution is to use your own call, operate inside your privileges.

communications support should use tactical calls so you can use things like 
"Checkpoint Charlie, this is Central Control calling" w/o regard to calls.

if you are doing something like a special event station, then you would use 
the call that was being used for the station and you would be a control 
operator (again operating inside your privileges).

if you are operating the station of someone with more privileges than you and 
you are operating outside of your privileges, then the station licensee or one
of his suitably licensed control operators must be in control and you operate 
via 3rd party participation.

* help stamp out questions of privilege.  upgrade to extra and use your call *

how's that?

73, bill wb9ivr (who dawdled around upgrading for 19 years or so).
From: tslater@NMSU.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Selling Amateur Radio Handbooks
Date: 2 Oct 92 01:32:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: NMSU.9210021532.AA00486
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


One of the members of New Mexico State University's Amateur Radio Club
has heard that the ARRL allows university clubs to sell the ARRL
Amateur Radio Handbook as a fundraising activity. Has anyone else
heard this? Who can we talk to at ARRL to set this up?

Thanks & 73,
Ted  N6QXA
From: davros@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Buddy Brannan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Finally!!! History of the word "HAM"
Date: 27 Sep 92 05:12:30 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin

I have heard umpty-billion different theories on this, the most recent of which
has something to do with HAM being the first letters of the names of three
early Amateurs who had a station in some time in the distant mists of Time.
Anyhow, I think it was their first names; they started with the first three
letters of each name for the call letters of their station, but they got 
confused with some ship or another so they shortened it to HAM. Well, I never
finished reading that article--someone snailed it to me, and I think I even
still have it (underneath something--very likely under my bed where everything
ends up ...) Anyhow ... was, according to this theory, the call of this station
run by these three people whose names I forget and I can't seem to find the
article right now. If anyone is really interested, I'll look for it and post
if I find it.

Buddy, KB5ELV
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: pierson@empror.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)
Subject: Re: Batteries on concrete
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 00:07:42 GMT


In article <577@arrl.org>, jkearman@arrl.org (Jim Kearman) writes...

>pfowler@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Pat Fowler) writes:

>;OK ! I have resisted this battery on concrete thing for weeks and
>;I can't resist !

>;My question concerns storage of batteries in the garage. Now I use my
>;440 mobile and keep the batteries in the front of my truck on the floor.
>;I have had good sucess with this and have experienced no leaks ... FB !

>;Now the question ... When not mobile, I store the deep cycle batteries
>;in my son's little red wagon. When I use them again, I find that the 
>;voltage ( and hence capacity I think ) is a little lower. My question
>;is "Am I still safe in a wagon ( with rubber wheels ) even though the
>;the wagon wheels are on the concrete floor " ?

>There may be some truth to this, Pat. Since I went on the wagon, my 
>capacity has also been diminished.

	We need more data.  Is the wagon a RADIO FLYER, perhaps?

	(I tried to resist, i really did.   8)>>)

thanks
dave pierson			|the facts, as accurately as i can manage,
Digital Equipment Corporation	|the opinions, my own.
146 Main St			|I am the NRA.
Maynard, Mass	
01754				pierson@majsty.enet.dec.com
"He has read everything, and, to his credit, written nothing."  A J Raffles
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: mleech@bnr.ca (Marcus Leech)
Subject: Looking for heavy-duty Az-El rotors
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Information Techology Division
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:23:15 GMT

I need a pair of heavy-duty Az-El rotors for a pair of 2 to 3 meter dishes.

I understand that Yaesu has gotten out of the heavy-duty rotor business.

Am I looking at doing custom engineering here, or is there an off-the-shelf
  solution?

-- 
Marcus Leech, 4Y11             Bell-Northern Research  |opinions expressed
mleech@bnr.ca                  P.O. Box 3511, Stn. C   |are my own, and not
ml@ve3mdl.ampr.org             Ottawa, ON, CAN K1Y 4H7 |necessarily BNRs
From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: CBS violation of ECPA
Date: 27 Sep 92 11:27:31 GMT
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group

In article <1992Sep25.210743.6567@pacifier.rain.com> mikef@pacifier.rain.com (Mike Freeman) writes:
>In article <920924093317.2080131d@WINROCK.ORG> BOB@WINROCK.ORG (Bob Hambuchen) writes:
>
>>Last night on a CBS broadcast of "48 hours" a segment was aired on
>>surveillance techniques which included a demonstration on how easy it
>>is to monitor cellular telephone calls.  "Live" calls were broadcast.
>>This not only violates the ECPA but the Communications act of 1934 since
>>the interception was not only intentionally monitored, but shared with
>>others.
>>
>>I believe the ECPA to be a stupid and misguided effort by cellular
>>manufacturers to give the mistaken impression to cellular customers that
>>their communications are indeed private, and I would like to see it
>>repealed before other frequencies are declared off limits.
>>
>>I intend to file a complaint with the FCC against CBS and all 
>>affiliates who re-broadcast the show in an attempt to press the
>>issue.  I encourage others who agree to do the same.
>>
>No, no, a thousand times no.
>
>Your prporsed action will merely make CBS an ally of the cellular phone
>companies in their efforts to ban scanners!

Not likely. The news media is heavily dependent on the illegal use of
scanners to further their business interests. It's in their interest
to get the law changed, but they haven't worked at it because the
FCC has been giving them a pass. It's time they see this law as goring
their ox.

>IMHO the less the FCC is involved at this point, the better!

The FCC has tried to dance around this issue because they know it
is bad law. The US Attorny's offices have also tried to avoid 
prosecutions under the ECPA because they also recognize it as bad
law that would likely fail a Supreme Court challenge. Now individuals
with scanners don't have the resources to push such a case, but the
media does. Forcing them to come to terms with their own illegal
activities is a good way to push this issue before the Supremes.
Note that even laws that are unenforced have a chilling effect
on manufacturers who don't want to expose themselves to possible
legal sanctions. So it's a good idea to push this issue to a 
resolution if we want to see unfettered manufacture of scanners.

Gary KE4ZV
From: paul@n3eop.pgh.pa.us (paul)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Collins paint
Date: 1 Oct 92 03:07:19 GMT
Organization: CrossRoads in Elizabeth, PA

5rtrtrt@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (richard.e.stealey) writes:

> I need to be able to paint a Collins rig (312B4 power meter) with the 
> original color and finsih.  I bought a can of paint from Surplus Sales
> of Nebraska ($12 !!) that was supposed to be the real thing, and the
> color was a good match but the finish was satin instead of glossy so
> it doesn't look good next to other Collins equipment.
> The Collins finish is glossy and very hard - almost indestructible.
> I'd appreciate any info or experience you may have had with painting
> your Collins gear.
> 
> Rick    KT2Q

Chances are, the finish was baked on.  Baking on the enamel paint has the 
effect of hardening the finish, as well as glossing it somewhat.

I don't recall the exact procedure to bake a finish, but a 250F oven for 
1/2 hour comes to mind...  I'm sure that you
would want to remove the electronics from the case first...
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: yeasu 5200 help wanted
From: dj1@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 28 Sep 92 19:40:27 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

Hello, 
	I have purchased a Yeasu 5200 dual band and love it.  However, now
that the radio isn't "new" the urge to open it up and tinker is great.  Does
anybody have a mod list for the radio?  Or any other goodies that Yeasu
forgot to put in the manual? (not so uncommon these days!)  Also had anybody
sucesfully dumped and reinstalled the data in a ft-470 handheld?

							Thanks

Sean / N0PBA
internet:		dj1@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: erik@peewee.nwc.navy.mil (Erik van Bronkhorst       Code 3814                               Phone 939-1421)
Subject: Re: Name Needed for Column for New Hams
Organization: NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV, China Lake
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 19:44:10 GMT

In article <80871@ut-emx.uucp> miles@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Miles Abernathy) writes:
>Some suggestions have been, "New Hams' Corner" and "Ham Radio 101" and
>"Newcomer Corral." Can anyone out there in Greater Netland come up with
>something better?

Green Hams and egg?

HA HA HA HA :-))
-- 
Erik van Bronkhorst KC6UUT DoD#4342585443 AMA#[classified]
"Truth is false and logic lost, now the fourth dimension is crossed..."
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: dave@hp1.holl.com (David Vrona)
Subject: trouble with 2m Beam Plans from 9/92 73 Magazine
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 00:37:58 GMT
Organization: Hollister Incorporated,  Libertyville, IL

Has anyone built the 2m beam per the plans in the September '92 issue of
73 magazine?

I built the beam but can't get the swr below 3 anywhere between 144 and 148
MHz!!!!  I suspect the problem is with the gamma match although I have
built and tried two of them.  The gamma assumes you are using coax with a
capacitance of 29 pF/foot.  I am using RG-8/u.  Is this ok?

Any hints would be appreciated.
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From: Claton.Cadmus@f100.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Claton Cadmus)
Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Servo Motor driver circui
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 09:14:43 -0600

IF>Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
IF>Hello everybody,
IF>I am going to build a telescope which axes should be driven by dc-motors.
IF>In order to achieve a high accuracy and also to control the motors by a
IF>computer I want to use quartz controlled servo motors.
IF>Now I am looking for circuits which provide such a driver (with current
IF>regulation, PLL etc.). It would be very nice if there is someone who can
IF>send me such circuit diagrams by e-mail or tell me some good references.

Markus,

I think you will find it much easier to use stepping motors.  There are
control circuits in the back issues of Sky & Telescope and Telescope
Making magazines.

Hope this helps.

 * SLMR 2.1a * Can I use my AM radio after noon?

 * Origin: HAM>link< RBBS 612/HAM-0000 Saint Paul, MN (K0TG) (1:282/100)

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Icom Repair turnaround?
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:39:59 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

weaverb@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Brian Weaver) writes:

>I just mailed my W2A off to Washington to have the top dial repaired.
>Which ever way you turned it, it went up in frequency.
>Does anyone know how long Icom usually takes to repair a radio?
>I'm trying to decide if I should talk one of my friends into
>loaning me one.. Thanks!

I have sent two radios to Icom in Washington, and got them both back
within 2 weeks.

73 DE KK6MY

-- 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Randall Rhea                                        Informix Software, Inc. 
Project Manager, MIS Sales/Marketing Systems    uunet!pyramid!infmx!randall
From: rdewan@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Rajiv Dewan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Do ARRL Read Thier Email ?
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:24:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.

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]
>
>Common courtesy aside, surely, it would be good PR for the League to at least
>issue an acknowledgment to anybody who mails in an inquiry. If the
>League does not wish to receive electronic mail, then I feel it should
>state its position clearly so we know where we stand.
>

Well, "Never ascribe to malice ..." comes to mind.  I do know that a
few weeks back the e-mail situation at ARRL was some what discombobulated
and they had late deliveries etc.  For instance, I sent e-mail to Rosalie
White and found out that she had not received it when I called her a
few days later on land line.

I also get a sense that ARRL is going through a phase of organizational
learning with e-mail and they may not be as prompt with it as we have become.
My recommendation is to use US-Snail as a primary means of communication
for important stuff like DXCC. :)  

Rajiv                                 
aa9ch    
Address: r-dewan@nwu.edu
Phone:   None. Only CW.
From: RHAREL@FAB8.INTel.COM (RICHARD HAREL)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Rubbed-out print on keypads...Any solutions ?
Date: 1 Oct 1992 11:03:20 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

I guess like most HT owner's who do not use a protective case for their
handy, I can no longer make out any of the numbers that once appeared on
the keypad of my TH-75. I have yet to see an HT that had embedded the print
into the rubber keys or a silkscreen tough enough not to rub out.
Even Motorola's Saber III has this same problem.
I've checked through QST's "Hints and Kinks" for the past several years
in hope of finding some kind of info but came up with nothing.
Any suggestions ???
Post to the Digest or E-mail:
rharel%fab8@sc.intel.com
-Rich
WB2JBS
From: michaeln@hpcvnb.CV.HP.COM (Mike_Nason)
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 92 21:34:48 PDT
Subject: Re: Drake TR-7 problem
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

   This is an unqualified answer BUT, if I remember right the TR7 uses
some sort of diode matrix to set the frequency limits. Might one of the
diodes be giving you trouble? 
   As I remember the mod to open the radio up for all band trancieve is to
put a diode on the transmit enable transistor. Maybe that would restore
10? Just a quess. good luck. mike nason

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: weaverb@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Brian Weaver)
Subject: Icom Repair turnaround?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 22:55:32 GMT

I just mailed my W2A off to Washington to have the top dial repaired.
Which ever way you turned it, it went up in frequency.
Does anyone know how long Icom usually takes to repair a radio?
I'm trying to decide if I should talk one of my friends into
loaning me one.. Thanks!


-- 
Brian Weaver (303) 786-2619       University of Colorado at Boulder
weaverb@rintintin.Colorado.EDU    (internet)
KD6CFA@N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA     (packet radio)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Dead Battery (WAS: Safety of auto battery for power?)
From: fred-mckenzie@ksc.nasa.gov (Fred McKenzie)
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:22:59 EST
Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc
 <1992Oct2.144529.8386@news.acns.nwu.edu> <25868@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <johnr.718055658@mik.uky.edu>
Distribution: na
Organization: NASA/Kennedy Space Center, Florida

In article <johnr.718055658@mik.uky.edu>, johnr@mik.uky.edu (john s
roberts) wrote:
> I have an old marine battery that I was using for an audio application, but
> the idea of using it with ham radio sounds great.  For the past few years
> it has been sitting with a trickle charge.  The other day I turned off the
> charger and used the audio piece that I had and the battery did not supply
> any power.

John-

From what I've heard, your battery has probably "sulphated".  I think that
means that the sulphur from the sulphuric acid has formed a sulphate
compound, and may be insulating the plates.  The result is that little or
no charging current flows when you apply a voltage from a charger.

I have heard that you can apply a higher voltage than intended, increasing
the voltage until some current flows.  After a while, it might recover to
the point where charging current will flow with normal voltage.  Of course,
you must be sure the voltage source is current limited, and be sure the
water doesn't evaporate to where the level is below the top of the plates.

I have never tried this, and suspect there is actually little hope of
recovery.  Even if it works, I doubt it would be as good as the cheapest
new battery you could buy.

73, Fred, K4DII
fred-mckenzie@ksc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU (Scott Seligman)
Subject: Re: Periphex NiCad batteries
Organization: Stanford University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 18:19:13 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.050737.12309@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> morris@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Mike Morris) writes:
> 
> My Yaesu 4SL oversize battery for my 727 has been back 3 times: 
>    The first cuz one of the 'ears' broke off the battery when I dropped
>    it from 2 feet onto a concrete floor (with no leather case).

Proof that concrete really does damage batteries.


Scott Seligman      KC6OCK

Internet:  seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU
UUCP:      {uunet,decwrl,sun}!cs.stanford.edu!seligman
Packet:    kc6ock @ n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na
From: mikef@pacifier.rain.COM (Mike Freeman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: How to Change a Callsign
Date: 1 Oct 1992 10:05:59 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy
Subject: Re: How to Transfer a Call Sign
Distribution: usa
Organization: Pacifier BBS

In article <1992Sep30.163456.9876@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> k9jma@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (edwin.m.schaefer) writes:

>In article <9209301238.AA15303@ucsd.edu> William=E.=Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv.Mlb@ns14.cca.CR.rockwell.COM writes:

[Previous comments deleted]

>I have to say neigh to the above argument.  FCC staff are under the saddle,
>Congresspersons' staff are in the saddle (to stick with the horsey theme).
>
>FCC staff may well choose to oblige congressperson's staff in any particular
>case. Your congressperson will do whatever it thinks right - you probably
>wont't get what you want - but its good to let the congress know that their
>bureaucrats aren't filling your need - and you may get lucky.
>

And we wonder why there's so much waste in government!

Mike Freeman <K7UIJ>    |       Internet: mikef@pacifier.rain.com
301 N.E. 107th Street   |         or freeman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
Vancouver, WA 98685 USA |       GEnie: M.FREEMAN11
Telephone (206)574-8221 |       Loose bits sink chips!
From: RSTACKHOUSE@JAGUAR.ESS.HARRIS.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: AMIGA SATELLITE TRACKING PROGRAM
Date: 1 Oct 1992 08:19:51 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

An Amiga satellite tracking program called SatTrack can be found on many
Amiga BBSs, GEnie and Compuserve.   It is also on Fred Fish # 680.
Has anyone else out there tried it?  What did you think.  Any suggestions
for improvements/additions?
From: stuart@ee.fit.edu (William Stuart)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Connector names
Date: 6 Oct 92 00:56:44 GMT
Organization: Florida Tech, CP/EE Dept.


	Well, the net.wisdom on BNC connectors and the like has been amusing
and interesting, but what I REALLY want to know is who the heck designed that 
ridiculously expensive and difficult General Radio sexless connector!!!

(Please, no celibate connector jokes ;-)

 - Bill     KD4GKK

	stuart@ee.fit.edu

"I try to think, but nothing happens!"  - Curly
Xref: sparky rec.radio.amateur.misc:16548 rec.radio.amateur.packet:2639
From: sam@wa4phy.ampr.org (Sam Drinkard)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet
Subject: Re: Wyse model 50 pinouts
Date: 6 Oct 92 02:42:15 GMT
Distribution: usa,local
Organization: Garden City Gateway, Augusta, GA

petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu (William Petrisko) writes:

>In article <1992Oct3.205807.26458@wa4phy.ampr.org>, sam@wa4phy.ampr.org (Sam Drinkard) writes:
>>
>>Can someone please send me the modem and auxillary port pinouts for a
>>Wyse mod 50 terminal.  I've acquired 4 of the beasts, but no docs for
>>them.
>>
>>Thanks...

>I was going to send email, but thought this might be of interest to 
>everyone.  Wyse can be reached at 1-800-800-WYSE.  They have a faxback
>service available 24hrs/day, with several hundred topics available on
>all of their terminals.  The pinout for a wyse50 is document #11307.

Thanks bill.. have had several replys already.. didn't realize it just std
db-25 :)  Thanks to all who responded.

-- 
     Sam Drinkard		internet: wa4phy!sam@galois.nscf.org
     WA4PHY			amprnet:  wa4phy@wa4phy.ampr.org
From: rick@ricksys.lonestar.org (Richard McCombs KB5SNF)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for heavy-duty Az-El rotors
Date: 6 Oct 92 03:13:55 GMT
Reply-To: rick@ricksys.lonestar.org
Organization: The Red Headed League; Lawton, Ok

rlong@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ronald K Long) writes:

> 
> Well I am addressing the net let me say that a motor has
> a rotor; so does a capacitor but an antenna is turned by
> a rotator. A common error which I made for years until
> someone pointed it out to me.
> 

Then why are they called rotors in catalogs?


--
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UUCP: ...!rwsys!ricksys!rick,   {backbones}!ricksys.lonestar.org!rick
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers)
Subject: Re: FCC and Special License Requests
Organization: Locus Computing Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 15:34:45 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.175943.20678@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:

[Gary is referring to the FCC software to generate ham licenses]

>And they've only got one guy who knows how to run it, and he only works 
>on Thursdays. (That part's true. Amateur licenses are only run on Thursdays.)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's interesting. I recall hearing once that ham licenses are issued on
Tuesdays. Furthermore, my Novice ticket was issued coincidentally with my
birthday in 1977 (May 3, 1977) which happens to be a Tuesday. Also, my
current ticket was issued on November 19, 1991, which also happened to
be a Tuesday. So, I really wonder if Gary is correct on this Thursday
business...

-- 
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 * (310) 337-5136 		| mine and do not necessarily	*
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 * "Dammit Bones, spare me the lecture and give me the shot!"   *
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