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From: jkearman@arrl.org (Jim Kearman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Looking for Drake R8 Control Software
Date: 28 Aug 92 13:28:50 EDT
Organization: American Radio Relay League

;Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
;Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 09:48:00 EST
;From:         PERAINO@GMUVAX.BITNET
;Subject:      Looking for Drake r8 control software.
;Lines: 10
; 
;The Drake control software is somewhat, shall we say, lacking. After
;speaking to Drake about various things, I was told that there is
;shareware out there for controlling the r8, possibly a windows application.
;Does anyone out there know of a source of alternate control software
;for the r8? And for those of you that have a an r8 AND an Hp48sx calculator,
;I will be writing control software for that, if I ever figure out how to
;get the two to talk to each other. Thanks in advance..
; 
;Bob Peraino
;peraino@gmuvax
; 
The other night I saw an ad for Renaissance Software, in which
a Drake R8 control program was listed. For the life of me, I
can't find the ad now!

If someone comes up with a control program for the PC, that
emulates what an ICF-2010 can do, I'll sing her/his praises
from on top of the W1AW tower (the one that's lying on the
ground :> )!

Jim Kearman
From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:  AURORA WATCH: Middle Latitude Auroral Activity Watch
Date: 3 Sep 92 19:52:17 GMT

>   Why couldn't this happen on a full moon night?  What a waste of dark sky.
>   Sigh...
>   Scott Young

As someone who hasn't seen an aurora for decades, I too am envious... :-)
But I'm also confused... [A not-uncommon situation... :-)]

Just why would a "dark sky" be bad? I thought aurorae produced their own
light, and were very pale and easily washed out by other bright light
sources, such as a full moon. I would have thought this display would
have looked much better in a dark, moonless sky. Am I wrong? Do aurorae
look better when the moon is full? Or did the phrase above mean
something else?

Will
From: ad207@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brett Kollar)
Subject: Re:  SIGNALS
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 00:24:30 GMT


The last two weeks the interferance seems to be some type of RTTY.
The week before that I was getting signals so clear it sounded like
my neighbor was sending them.  Live in the Cleveland, Ohio area so
I am not that far away from where SIGNALS is broadcast.  This week
was fair up to about the Birdwatcher report and then gets progressively
worse.  I have it on tape and haven't listened to the whole thing yet,
but I usually play back the last 30 seconds just to see what the quality
was like.  Very strong RTTY signal.  The week prior, I couldn't even
tell that SIGNALS was broadcasting it was so strong.  

You can contact SIGNALS directly on internet at signals@portal.com

--
From: carroll@eastrg1.cray.com (Jeff Carroll)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SW on MW
Keywords: MW, SW, reception
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:50:42 GMT
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.

In article <671@svcs1.UUCP>, slix@svcs1.UUCP (Bill Miller) writes:
|> Hi there.
|>  
|> Last night I noticed something rather strange on my Fisher PH-430 analog SW 
|> receiver.  If I tuned to the end of the MW dial (say above 1620) I got WWV,
|> and if I tuned to ca. 850 or so, I got Radio Netherlands.  On SW, Radio
|> Netherlands came in extremely clear around 8600 or so (having an analog
|> tuner makes it difficult to be accurate) - as clear as a local FM or AM
|> station would be.
|>  
|> Are these harmonics (I wasn't sure about fractions of the fundamental
|> frequency) or what?
|> 
|> -- 
|> --------------------------------------------------------------------
|> Bill Miller, Mark Wahl, Steve Nichols  ...!mips!svcs1!slix
|> Sinclair Information Exchange

I'm not familiar with this particular receiver, but here's something that used to happen
to me on a cheapo analog receiver that my wife now uses to listen to baseball games:

Stations that didn't belong where they were showing up were popping up out of the mud. A
little playing with the band select switch indicated that said band-select switch was somewhat
leaky and allowed strong stations from nonselected bands to spill over into the audio stage.

Tune the receiver to the spot where Radio Nederland showed up, and flip the band select switch
through the shortwave bands. I bet that's what's happening, especially if the audio signal was
clear enough to be identifiable.
-- 
Jeff Carroll
carroll@reston.cray.com
From: rrw@elden (Robert Wier)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:  SIGNALS
Date: 27 Aug 92 20:16:17 GMT
Originator: rrw@elden.cse.nau.edu


 This probably won't do anyone much good, but I thought I'd
 mention that SIGNALS (as well as much other radio information)
 is carried on the Let's Talk Radio Network, which is available
 as a satellite audio - only feed.  If you have a sat receiver
 which can tune sub-carriers (virtually all "modern receivers
 will) you can catch SIGNALS as well as "Friday Night Live"
 (a program for satellite tv system owners dealing with mostly
 non-tv topics ) with perfect clarity...

 If anyone needs satellite/transponder information, drop me a note -
 I have it at home.

 One nice thing is that the LTRN runs back issues of the program
 several times in case you miss one.  Gary Bougeis is the host of
 "Friday Night Live", which is a call-in talk show, and is a frequent
 poster/reader of rec.video.satellite and the HOMESAT mailing list.

 - Bob Wier

  ---------- insert favorite standard disclaimers here ----------
                   College of Engineering
      Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona
  Internet: rrw@naucse.cse.nau.edu | BITNET: WIER@NAUVAX | WB5KXH
From: ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:51:46 GMT
Subject: Re: Lightning and indoor antennas (was: location of antennas)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

Re: Lightning

Just a tidbit- several times now I have driven my jeep on long cross-country
trips that, at some point, involved driving thru a thunderstorm.

Knowing that virga (rain falling but evaporating before reaching earth) is
pretty static-y I've disconnected my antennas inside the car.

On more than one occasion, the static build-up from the storm has been
enough for the BNC connector to hiss like a snake and pop continuously
like a spark plug as the center conductor/radiating element discharges 
thru the plug air gap to shield ground. 

It's kinda scary to have that much electricity announcing itself so
close to your seat!


Don't underestimate Mother Nature!

Ron
NW0U
From: tconboy@nv2 (Terry A. Conboy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: RTTY-NAVTEX-SITOR
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:24:28 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Gerard.M..Foley@iphase.UUCP (Gerard M. Foley) writes:
: Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
: 
: In response to a listing labelled "RTTY" I mistakenly
: characterized the NAVTEX mode used on 518 KHz.  The
: NAVTEX is receivable by AMTOR mode B  that is FEC,
: not ARQ.  I think I was correct in advising LSB 
: reception if RTTY mode is not available on the 
: receiver.  Sorry for the slip.  Gerry K8EF
: 
:  This is from
:      gerry@bluemoon.rn.com

This is correct.  The shift is 170 Hz and the rate is 100 baud.

When I have copied NAVTEX in the past, I've had a problem with the
different NAVTEX stations being slightly different in frequency.  This
is only a problem when you set up your receiver and demodulator to copy
the 3AM runs and then go to bed. 8-)  I've gotten good copy on one
station, but nothing but garble on the others.

Does anyone know how much power these NAVTEX stations transmit?  None
of the signals at my Puget Sound location are much above the noise.

73, Terry N6RY
--
Terry Conboy					email: uunet!uswnvg!tconboy
U S WEST NewVector Group			profs: uswnvg(tconboy)
3350 - 161st Ave SE,  MS 571			office: (206) 450-8388
Bellevue, WA 98008				fax:    (206) 450-8399
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: crisp@netcom.com (Richard Crisp)
Subject: Re: Computer control for Icom R7000?
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 00:37:18 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <2923963860.4.rdemo31@psilink.com> "Rick Patterson" <rdemo31@psilink.com> writes:
>I am looking for a means to control my Icom R7000 by computer.  Particularly,
>I wish to count "time up" on a preprogrammed channel, count "hits"  
>(xmissions), etc.  I understand an interface and software is available.
>(Computer= IBM clone/etc ... no Commodores, etc.)
>Anyone help, perhaps give me a pointer to a source?  Tnx.
>
>Rick Patterson
>Internet:  rpatters@kentvm.kent.edu
>           372908@mcimail.com
>

Contact Sam Dunham's BBS 408-258-6462 for a demo copy of ScanStar.
To purchase afully functional copy costs about $49.95

-- 
Richard Crisp                 Cupertino, Ca.                crisp@netcom.com
(415) 903-3832 wk  "Time for a clean sweep of Congress"   (408) 253 4541 fax

A government that is afraid of an armed populace is a government
the populace should be afraid of.
From: as_radfo@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (AS Radford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:  SIGNALS
Date: 27 Aug 92 07:05:21 GMT
Organization: Bristol Polytechnic, England


Sadly, I lost the whole of last week's SIGNALS.  I even thought the
station might have closed down, the band was occupied by a foreign,
unidentified station for the whole transmission period.  So I'm
glad that I wasn't alone with the problem (though furious that the
problem should exist at all).  Thanks, Christine, for planning to
retransmit.

-- 
  Arthur Radford, Bristol Polytechnic    -------------------------------
  BRISTOL, BS16 1QY, UK                	      Esperanto parolata
  as_radfo@uk.ac.brispoly.csd            -------------------------------
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: Kevin_Deane@mindlink.bc.ca (Kevin Deane)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Talk shows.
Date: 4 Sep 92 07:29:25 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Does anyone know of any good talk shows or science programs.  I am also
interested in any programs about martial arts etc.  I thank you for any help
you can give.

--
====================================================================
|Kevin A. Deane    (Kevin_Deane@Mindlink.bc.ca)|                   |
|Simon Fraser University                       | "We will destroy  |
|Treasurer                                     |  the opposition"  |
|Fraser Valley Astronomers Society             |                   |
|----------------------------------------------|  
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: magicjohnson@l.a.forum.com
Subject: TEST!!!!
Originator: cmgrawbu@c00555-1403br.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: magicjohnson@l.a.forum.com
Organization: The Los Angeles Lakers
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 18:20:20 GMT


TEST!!!

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: sci10019@nusunix3.nus.sg (YU HONG WEY)
Subject: French Broadcasts
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:59:02 GMT

 And me too!
From: rja@batcomfs.Eng.Sun.COM (rja@sun.com)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Just got a Drake r-8 and have some questions/comments
Date: 25 Aug 92 17:45:18 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: batcomfs

In article <1992Aug25.144413.5889@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> rats@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (ICOM IC-R70) writes:
>
>|    A notch filter is used when you are trying to listen to a channel
>|    which has an annoying `spike' of noise in the middle of it.  If
>|    the channel you want to listen to is strong enough, you can "notch
>|    out" the offending noise in the middle of it and still have enough
>|    left over to listen to.
>
>Not quite. The system bandwidth of the shortwave receiver in any mode
>allows for the signal you are trying to listen to, say S1, which, for
>the present discussion, is an AM frequency with a carrier frequency
>F1. If a second signal, say S2, with a carrier frequency F2, is also
>present somewhere in the system bandwidth, at detection time a product
>frequency of F1-F2, or F2-F1 is generated. This product frequency is
>audible as a continuous tone ("hetrodyne") to the SW receiver user.

    Pardon me, but does not "a continuous tone" in the middle of the
    channel you're trying to listen to classify as a "`spike' of noise"?
--
Robert Allen, rja@sun.com		DISCLAIMER: I said it, not my company.

		    Samuel Addams: Brewer, Patriot.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: crisp@netcom.com (Richard Crisp)
Subject: Re: Computer control for Icom R7000?
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 20:55:04 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <1619@anagld.analytics.com> sammy@anagld.analytics.com (Sam Blackburn) writes:
>rdemo31@psilink.com (Rick Patterson) writes:
>
>>I am looking for a means to control my Icom R7000 by computer.  Particularly,
>>I wish to count "time up" on a preprogrammed channel, count "hits"  
>>(xmissions), etc.  I understand an interface and software is available.
>>(Computer= IBM clone/etc ... no Commodores, etc.)
>>Anyone help, perhaps give me a pointer to a source?  Tnx.
>
>The problem with the R7000 is that you cannot tell (via CI-V) when a signal
>is present or not.  In fact, CI-V is extremely defecient (sp) for remoting
>a receiver.  You can tell the receiver to do a lot of things but you cannot 
>ask the receiver what is going on.  The signal level is a good example.  The
>R9000 is the only Icom that allows you to receive a signal strength via the
>remote port (and even then it's confusing to intrepret).  This is of course
>unless someone has found an undocumented CI-V command...  If you need a routine
>to construct commands/parse responses from the Icom just e-mail me.

While what you say is literally true, it is very feasible to use the tape
recorder relay provided on the back of the R7000 to indicate a squelch break.
If you want even faster response than is offerend by the electomechanical
relay, you can replace the relay with an optoswitch. The relay scheme is 
what is used in Sam Dunham's ScanStar program (call 408 258 6462 for a 
downloadable DEMO copy on Sam's BBS). I use it and bring the singnal into the 
Icom CT-17 box via one of the unused RS232 pins. It works well and ScanStar
only costs $49.95 which is a lot better deal than the other programs around.
It also controls otgher receivers. For the NRD series I think Whiteside's
PD program, NRD, is a lot better. Call Pinelands BBS 609-859-1910 and
DL it under the SWL directory. This program is really nice and you can 
easily email frequency logs to your buddies!

-- 
Richard Crisp                 Cupertino, Ca.                crisp@netcom.com
(415) 903-3832 wk  "Time for a clean sweep of Congress"   (408) 253 4541 fax

A government that is afraid of an armed populace is a government
the populace should be afraid of.
From: tconboy@uswnvg.com (Terry A. Conboy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: location of antennas
Date: 3 Sep 92 19:49:51 GMT
Organization: U S WEST NewVector Group, Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Chaim R. Dworkin (chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu) wrote:
: In article <2641@uswnvg.uswnvg.com> tconboy@nv2 (Terry A. Conboy) writes:
: >Attic antennas can work quite well.  I had a severely folded over fan
: ...
: >at 40 feet outdoors.  I have my two meter ham antennas in the attic now,
: >and they work just fine (144 MHz).
: >
: 
: Hmmmm.... someone else advised me NOT to put my antenna in the attic
: because there are thousands of nails in the roof holding the shingles
: on and surrounding the antenna.  It would shield the signal, he told me.
: 
: Maybe I should try it anyway.
: 
: Thanks.
: Chaim R. Dworkin
: chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu

Roofing nails are, maybe about 2 inches long?  That would be a half
wavelength at around 3 GHz!  Probably won't affect your UHF or lower
signals much...

73, Terry
--
Terry Conboy					email: uunet!uswnvg!tconboy
U S WEST NewVector Group			profs: uswnvg(tconboy)
3350 - 161st Ave SE,  MS 571			office: (206) 450-8388
Bellevue, WA 98008				fax:    (206) 450-8399
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.scanner
From: martin.briscoe@almac.co.uk
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: bbc: new fantasy stor
Date: 31 Aug 92 12:32:00 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: ALMAC BBS Ltd


JA4Could someone enlighten me on the correct name of the new series that BBC is
  4broadcasting at around 00 30 GMT on Friday morning.  I caught the first
  4episode of it by chance [all because I was trying to tune in to "The Hitch
  4Hikers Guide To The Galaxy", - on the wrong day!].

It is the Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy  (or HHGTTG for short), 
there were originally two series that were broadcast on the BBC's 
Radio 4 domestic service some years ago.  Douglas Adam the author then 
went on to write books and a TV series was based on the radio 
prgrammes.

For the best effects you need high quality stereo reception, not easy 
on short wave !   But the programmes are available on boxed sets of 6 
Compact Discs or Cassettes.

               Martin
---
 ~ 1st 1.01a #405 ~ Martin Briscoe - Fort William - Highland Region - Scotland
--
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Dos based USENET access,  call for details!
From: sgingras@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Sylvain Gingras)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster as TNC ?
Date: 31 Aug 92 19:04:25 GMT
Organization: University of Waterloo

I tried replying, but the mail bounced.

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 nessos.sni.de (smtpca)... 550 Host unknown
554 <nessos.sni.de!schro@math.uwaterloo.ca>... 550 Host unknown (Authoritative answer from name server)

   ----- Unsent message follows -----

In article <schro.715267497@nessos> you write:
>
>HamComm was written by DL5YEC (that's me).  Any questions regarding HamComm.
>


You wrote a wonderful program!  Thanks for your work!

Is there any hope of ever seeing HamComm decode other modes such as ARQ and
FEC ?

Do you think the reliability would be improved if one would use the approach
of using A/D conversion (such as sampling with the soundblaster) and doing
FFT's?


Thanks in advance for your reply.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sylvain Gingras    Dept. of Computer Science     (519) 885-1211  Ext. 3579
                   University of Waterloo               
                   Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1    sgingras@neumann.uwaterloo.ca
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: sci10019@nusunix3.nus.sg (YU HONG WEY)
Subject: Congratulations!
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 10:12:52 GMT

 Congratulations to Radio Netherland's Media Network for winning the
 Finnish DX Assocation's best DX programme award. I'd give it number 1
 also! Keep up the good work!
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: IRRS-Shortwave on 7,125KHZ heard in NA
From: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 19:58:13 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Mid Island Ham Network

Alfredo Cotroneo <A.Cotroneo@IT12.BULL.IT> writes:

> in re. to Gerard M. Foley's message (Aug. 24) in the SWL-L list:
> 
> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> The original claims that IRRS transmits on 7125kHz for
> North America.  Please observe that North America is
> in ITU Region 2, where this frequency os not allocated
> for broadcasting.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Pse note that 7,125 kHZ is allocated to broadacsting in Italy,
> and any broadcast FROM this country MUST from frequencies
> allocated for broadcasting in this region(s).
> IRRS-Shortwave antenna (omnidirectional) and power (10kW in A3A,
> 30kW equivalent AM) are such that reception in NA may only considered
> marginal, being such 3-4UTC transmissions beamed to countries "outside
> Western Europe". As a final note: VOA in Bulgurian owns the same
> frequency (7,125kHz) in the Americas, presumably beaming to Bulgaria!
> 

You're incorrect here, Alfredo, if you mean VOA uses 7,125 KHz to 
broadcast from the Americas. In Region II, 7,125 KHz is in the middle of 
the amateur 40 metre band, not broadcasting. They may use the frequency, 
but not from Region II.


Robert Smits  VE7EMD Ladysmith B.C. 
Ph (604) 245-2553 e-mail: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca 
PACKET VE7EMD@VE7KIT.#VANC.BC.CAN.NOAM                             

                                         
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Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:43:42 CDT
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From: gd@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gideon Friedmann)
Subject: Help with commercial short wave radio reception.
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 00:23:31 GMT

I am trying to get the the voice of Israel on my old (15 year old
Radio Shack Realistic DX 66) SW radio, and I just barely managed to
do it several times, but the reception was terrible.
   I am looking for some advice as to what I need to do to be able
to receive it.
   Will a new digital radio help very much? Or do I need an excellent
antena. (up to now, I just hooked up a long wire to the radio and
hung it outside the appartment).
   If the answer is that a good antena will probably do the trick,
then do you know where I can get one, and what I should get?
   At HAM-Radio outlet they wanted to sell me an "eavesdropper" antena
for $80 . Do I really need to invest that kind of money in an antena?
   With regards to the radio, I heard that most of the "commercial" 
(ones offered to the general public rather than the ones that the 
serious amateur buys), are not very good in terms of sensitivity and
selectivity. Is that right? Specifically I have seen a sony ICF 2010.
Is it also rather poor on the specs side? Do you know of something
that is good on the reception side of things and not necessarily so
strong on the glitz? Do I really need to invest hundreds of dollars 
(or more) in a good receiver?
   If you know how I could get a decent cheap SW radio, I'd appreciate
it too.
   Thanks for your time and help,
                                    Gideon.

Gideon Friedmann
wk (415) 725-2355
hm (408) 395-3486

E-mail:  gd@fizzle.stanford.edu