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From: sawyer@twg.com (Bruce B. Sawyer)
Subject: Re: Famous or well known HAMS
Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:21:41 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.090617.25316@rdg.dec.com> frenchs@forsan.enet.dec.com () writes:
>
>King Hussain of Jordan, don't know his call but he prefers to be called Hussain when on air, not King Hussain.
>
It's JY1.  How's that for nice and simple?  Maybe we could get Bill to be 
N1.  Naaaaaa.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Subject: Re: === Handheld!!! === ICOM tri-bander !!
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 15:54:48 GMT

In article <MIKEC.92Nov6133341@cantor.praxis.co.uk> mikec@praxis.co.uk (Michael Chace) writes:
>	Never mind that, when is someone going to squeeze all-mode 
>	ie FM, CW and SSB into a dual bander ?
>
>	I seem to remeber there being a 2m (only) handie with SSB
>	and FM, the something 202, but it's never been done since.

The IC-202 is not really a handie. It's a shoulder strap portable.
There's a matching IC-402 for 432 MHz. I have both. They're older
technology with VXO control via analog dial and only a 200 kHz tuning
range, but they both have quite good receivers and nice 3 watt transmitters.
They make a nice portable Oscar station.

I'd really like to see a small modern unit configured for satellite
use. There's no reason a satellite radio has to be the size of a FT736R.

Gary KE4ZV
From: PLAWS@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Famous or well known HAMS
Date: 11 Nov 1992 19:40:32 -0600
Organization: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

The King is JY1.  Rajiv Gahndi was a ham too...

Peter Laws              |"The '90s are gonna make the '60s|   pcl@engr.uark.edu
n5uwy@ka5bml.ar.usa.noam| look like the '50s"--D. Hopper  |plaws@uafsysb.bitnet
From: tad@ssc.com (Tad Cook)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Speaking of code...
Date: 12 Nov 92 08:23:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: very little

In article <1992Nov9.031130.27657@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> whs70@dancer.uucp (22501-sohl) writes:
>In article <1992Nov08.201514.16895@ssc.com> tad@ssc.com (Tad Cook) writes:
>>
>>Not only that, but at 5 WPM it is practically NO CODE anyway!
>>It just amazes me....on here a few years ago there were lively discussions
>>about the possibility of a no code license....the proponents SWORE that
>>all they wanted was some entry level VHF/UHF only license that their
>>brilliant PhD friends could get so that they could perfect high speed
>>digital modes.  So now we HAVE a no code license.  And guess what?
>>The complaining goes on....declaring the code requirement for some
>>license classes as "hazing" or "arbitrary."  Incredible.
>
>First, most "proponents" in this discussion have not proposed a full
>"no code" HF license.  They have continued to ask for a valid 
>justification for the 13 wpm requirement.  None has yet to be aired
>by anyone.
>
>Second, absent any validity on an international basis and/or for 
>a valid domestic requirement, then yes...the 13wpm code requirement
>is, indeed, comparable to "hazing" or it is simply an "arbitrary"
>requirement.

By that standard, ANY testing requirement is arbitrary.  That way
if we have any code speed requirement, you can declare it arbitrary
and demand reasons why it shouldn't be lowered.
>


-- 
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From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Source for DTMF decoder chips?
Date: 8 Nov 92 17:09:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Nov8.170948.8307
Distribution: usa
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting

I'm looking for MC145436 DTMF receiver chips but can't find them in the
All Electronics or Digikey catalogs. Can someone post a source for
these and similar special purpose ham radio-related ICs? Thanks.
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
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From: phantom@pro-haven.cts.com (Tiffany Keller)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: CW is dead! (snicker)
Date: 8 Nov 1992 13:23:40 -0600
Organization: ProLine [pro-haven] - Pariahs' Haven BBS, 409/693-8262, 9600-300

Howdy.....
        
        You can get "...one of those keys that straps to your leg..." from
Fair Radio Sales (Ugh...).....I have one...It's called the J-45 key
w/legiron and is in their catalogue for 20.00 "used".....  Comes with a
1/4" Phone jack already on it but can be adapted to 1/8" or replaced
altogether.....
        Their phone number is.....(419) 227-6573
        Btw.....I also have an HTX-100.  I like it pretty much too...

        I am not affiliated with Fair Radio Sales except as a customer
(Thank GOODNESS!)  I *do* wish there was another company to give them some
competition in their catagory...the only thing I hate about them is their
*attitude*!  Ewwwwww........

        73!

        T.M.K.
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Internet:  phantom@pro-haven.cts.com           KJ5??  (new call soon.....)       
UUCP:      crash!pro-haven!phantom             Try 28.440MHz.....                       
        For the latest breaking Aggie Jokes, Dial 1-800-AGGIE-IQ.....
".....and for the first time in twenty years in Waxahachie, Texas.....
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: newman@quisp.pei.com (Dave Newman)
Subject: Re: Mystery signal
Organization: Protocol Engines Incorporated
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:49:33 GMT

Well I didn't say much did I! What I wrote, but somehow didn't
include was that I know doppler weather radar operates in this
range.

>Dave  
>KN6BX
From: haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim Haynes)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Theodore (was Albert) Vail
Date: 13 Nov 1992 21:28:50 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: hobbes.ucsc.edu


However back in the days of the Bell System there was a medal and
award named for Theodore N. Vail.  It was awarded to telephone people
for acts of heroism.  I don't know if it still exists.
-- 
haynes@cats.ucsc.edu
haynes@cats.bitnet

"Ya can argue all ya wanna, but it's dif'rent than it was!"
"No it aint!  But ya gotta know the territory!"
        Meredith Willson: "The Music Man"
From: jangus@skyld.UUCP (Jeff Angus)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Elegant Designs
Distribution: world
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 20:43:08 GMT
Organization: Grendel's Lair

        A few months ago, JTS had complained about a fan controller that had
used several IC's and a handful of components. Well, I've found the offending
controller. From the picture it appears to have 3 ICs, 2 opto-couplers, a dozen
or so resistors and a handfull of capacitors and transitors on a card about 4.5
inches by 1.5 inches. 

SmartFan(tm) Tach Alarm

        The SmartFan Tach Fan Failure Alarm accepts tachometer (Hall Effect)
pulses from up to three DC or AC fans or blowers and generates pass-fail speed
alarms. If the speed of any air mover drops below the Trigger RPM, alarm signals
are generated. Alarm signals are from optical isolators which provide both
normally open (N.O.) and normally closed (N.C.) outputs. Additional alarm
outputs provide simultaneous pass and fail signals for driving LEDs. Alrms are
compatible with virtually all DC and AC fans and blowers. Outputs can drive all
logic circuits as well as LEDs.

        Control Resources also manufactures a complete line of standard and
custom AC and DC SmartFan Speed Controllers and other alarm products, Call 1
(508) 772-4043 for additional information.

--
No this isn't a product endorsement or a commercial. If you want more
information, you'll have to drop a dime and call the above number.

xenon!skyld!jangus   < .sig on vacation until winter solstice >
J Angus, PO Box 4425, Carson CA 90749-4425 voice (310) 324-6080
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: wws@craywr.cray.com (Walter Spector)
Subject: Re: Famous or well known HAMS
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 12 Nov 92 21:04:53 CST


I've heard that Marlon Brando is a ham.  Don't know what his legal
name is, but apparently he owns some island QTH which is loaded
with ham gear.  Can anyone confirm?

Walt
----
Walt Spector
(wws@renaissance.cray.com)
Sunnyvale, California
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: sbbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen B. Brown)
Subject: Re: Radio Astronomy?
Organization: The Ohio State University Radio Observatory
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:51:33 GMT

Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers
247 N. Linden St.
Massapequa, NY   11758
(516)798-8459

I believe that there is also a British organization, but I'm not certain
of this address:
British Amateur Radio Astronomy Society
199 Oakway Kingsley Park
Birkenshaw Bradford
West Yorkshire BD11 2PG
0274 878431

-- 
Steve Brown, N8HFI              sbbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Chief Engineer, The Ohio State University Radio Observatory ("Big Ear")
-- 
Steve Brown, N8HFI              sbbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Chief Engineer, The Ohio State University Radio Observatory ("Big Ear")
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: feg@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (forrest.e.gehrke)
Subject: Re: In the beginning there was Morse and little else
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:09:14 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.012356.7760@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rcanders@nyx.cs.du.edu (rod anderson) writes:
>
>
>From the beginning until after World War 2 ham radio was basically
>cw.  

Where are you getting your history from?  Every HF band had a phone
allocation and it was well used by the (then) wide bandwidths 
required by AM.  True, in an absolute sense, there were fewer hams
using phone, but that was more due to expense and not because there
were no wannabees.  To run a 1KW one needed 1/2 KW of audio and a
modulation transformer to handle that kind of power.  Furthermore,
to put any carrier on the air it had to be continuous, so the duty
factor of components had to be much higher than with SSB; VOX
was unheard of.

I even ran phone on the then 5M band because the FCC allowed
modulating an oscillator on that band (;-)

Just as it is today, the 160M band was mostly phone with few
CW signals to be heard.

Forrest Gehrke feg@dodger.att.com k2bt

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: whs70@dancer.uucp (22501-sohl)
Subject: Let's not be extreme, Re: CW is dead!
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 16:24:58 GMT

In article <1516@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM> tskelton@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Tom Skelton) writes:
>I did a search of our local packetcluster (tm) database to see how
>many of the YU4 and YU5 calls (Bosnia and Macedonia) were being
>reported. For the most part, YU4's are using 4N4 and YU5's are using
>4N5 prefixes.  Then a very strange feeling came over me....I noticed
>that virtually every DX report for these countries was on ...gasp!!!...
>CW.  Morse code!  Morris code! The dead mode!!!!  Jeeezzzz...I guess
>for now they don't know morse code is a dead mode and they better stop
>using it.  Could some of you anti CW netters please let these gals and 
>guys know?  Thanks.  I would hate for them to continue in the dark much
>longer.

I'd like to try and bring the CW issue back into focus a bit.  In almost
every post of late by those that espouse CW is that the "opposition"
is against CW.  That (IMHO) is not the case at all.  Those of us that
see a "problem" with the current licensing requirements do not
view CW as dead, unneeded, etc.  We (well I anyway) don't see why it
is of any importance to require the ability to send/receive CW at speeds
above 5wpm as a prerequisite to use the other non-CW modes of the HF
frequencies.  To date, I have seen no logical statements that sustain
the use of 13wpm or 20wpm as a requirment for access to the HF non-CW
modes.  Nor, for that matter is there any real justification for use
of the CW portion of HF with anything greater than 5wpm justified.

I will accept that the advanced/extra CW privaledges in the 30m band, etc.
could logically require the higher code speeds, but that seems to be
the only area that would be justifiable.  Requiring 13/20 wpm
for access to the other HF modes/frequencies is certainly not
consistent with the rest of the globe, nor does it relate in any way
to any non-CW mode of operation.

Just my .02 in an effort to move the discussion back away from the
extreme positions.

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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: maessm@rs6313.ecs.rpi.edu (Mathieu J. Maessen)
Subject: Re: 15 minute quick charge Ni-Cad RC Racing batteries to power an HT?
Reply-To: maessm@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 03:22:44 GMT

|> Why don't people use these batteries (RC Model Racing) for external
|> power sources for HTs?  Maybe I'm missing something....

Nicads that have that kind of fast charge forced into them do not last very long.  The most you can probably expect out of a set of nicads charged like that is 30-40 cycles before they start losing capacity.  The lifetime of my Yaesu battery pack, using a 16-hour slow charge is specified as 1000 cycles.  Since battery packs are not cheap, I prefer to slow charge them.

There's nothing intrinsic to RC batteries that would stop you from using them with HT's, but You'd have to replace them much more often.  At $50-$60 a pack, it would add up.

		73 de Matt, N2NJZ
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: rerickso@cwis.unomaha.edu (Ronald D. Erickson)
Subject: Re: CW is dead! (snicker)
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:42:57 GMT


There are DX stations who prefer CW because they do not
cause the pileups and jamming SSB causes.   CW is an
excellant method to weed out hams too lazy to perfect
their fist and copying ability.

73,

Ron
AK0N
From: chuck@eng.umd.edu (Chuck Harris - WA3UQV)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: C-D AR22 rotator info needed
Date: 12 Nov 92 15:15:05 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, Department of Electrical Engineering

In article <1992Nov11.194749.21029@crd.ge.com> saltzman@crd.ge.com writes:
>I just found my old C-D AR22 rotator in my garage that I haven't used 
>since 1965 when it rotated a TA33-jr beam for about 5 years.  I have 
>just acquired a 2 meter yagi that I want to put up (and maybe even put 
>the TA33 back up too) so I decided to give the AR22 a chance.  I hooked 
>it up to the control box, but for unknown reasons it does not turn.  I 
>took the rotator apart and the gears and bearings look fine and all 

Try replacing the motor start capacitor.  These little hummers have about
a 2 year life.  When they fail, the motor will do nothing but hum. :-)

73,

Chuck Harris - WA3UQV
chuck@eng.umd.edu
From: paul@n3eop.pgh.pa.us (paul)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Big Brother Radio Shack
Date: 4 Nov 92 03:24:03 GMT
Organization: CrossRoads in Elizabeth, PA

drw@esl.com (Dave Waters) writes:

> I give them "(A/C) 555-1212". Being typical RS clerks, I have never been
> questioned on it. As a matter of fact, at one store I was amused to see two
> other people sharing this number. I used to argue, now I just circumvent.
> Note the address of the store and give it as your address too! Betcha they
> won't know their own address!

I used to use "410-4100" for mine, just to see if anyone would catch the 
significance of that number.  Only about two clerks did.  (FYI, that used 
to be an "ANI Readback" number; dial it, and a computer voice would tell 
you what number you were calling from.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys)
Subject: Re: HELP - IC-22U microphone
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 00:25:43 GMT


In article <1992Nov7.102653.18800@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us>, morris@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Mike Morris) writes...
>I'm trying to resurrect an IC-22U radio so a new ham can help out on the
>Pasadena Rose Parade.  The stock microphone needs a new element, and
>the Icom folks say the mic I'm describing to them is not a stock mic.
>The slot in the plastic where the name tag should be is blank - it has
>apparently fallen off.
> 
>It's got a 12-button tt pad on the front, plus a slide switch to enable
>or disable the pad.
> 
>Does anybody know what the stock IC-22U mic model number is, and what
>the optional tt mic was?
> 
>If anybody has a spare, I'd be interested in it.  Right now, the
>important thing is getting this guy on the air.
> 
>-- 
>Mike Morris   WA6ILQ   | This space intentionally left blank.
>PO Box 1130            | 
>Arcadia, CA. 91077     | All opinions must be my own since nobody pays
>818-447-7052 evenings  | me enough to be their mouthpiece...



	The stock mike was an HM-7, I think the tt mike was an HM-10 (that
might have been the scanning mike which would be useless on a 22U). The big
thing is that the Icom mikes of that era had a built in preamp which the
current crop (started during the IC-25 era) does not. The new mikes work, but
the audio is extremely low! (unusable!!) The preamp is a simple one transistor
stage preamp that could be built into a newer mike if one were clever.

	/s/	Bob Gettys N1BRM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: thompson@cactus.org (Charles Thompson)
Subject: Where to get FERRITE-RODS?
Keywords: ferrite
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 03:28:03 GMT


Does anyone sell blank ferrite rods?
I need to make a directional ferrite loop antenna.
I need two identical ferrite rods to get 360 degree
coverage. Does Ferroxcube make antenna rods?

-Charlie WB4HVD


From: bmp@pollux.svale.hp.com (Brian M. Perkin)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:46:39 GMT
Subject: Re: thru the glass 2m antennas
Organization: Hewlett Packard CPCD, Sunnyvale CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

I have had two Larsen KG's on my car for about 4 years.
I use this for search and rescue communications.
Mine have worked very well once I got good adhesion
for the mounts. That was mostly an issue of finding
a perfectly flat glass surface and getting the
surface very clean. I had two tune both of them
and since they are close together tuning one interacts with
the other. (One is a 2m element and the other is 220).
I get no noticeable interference from the rear window
defogger. Upon the rare occasions that it rains, the
rear window wiper motor comes in about S7. If it rained
every day, I'd rip the hatchback apart and fill it
full of capacitors and coils.
I did notice that one one search mission where I placed
a Larsen Mag Mount on the roof, that my simplex range
was better than customary, (about 60 miles on the Pacific
coast highway), but I have to remove it to get into
the garage, which was the reason I used the KG units 
in the first place.

Larson now makes a dual band glass mount. I have no idea
how you tune it. Since I transmit on several frequencies
between 143.75 and 149.925 legally it was hard to tune
for a single frequency. My SWR notes are not here, but
I found it hard to get below about 1.8, but I was able to
shift the SWR curve closer to where I neeeded it by trimming.
I ended up removing about 6 inches from the 2m element.
In talking to others, they have also removed a lot of
the element. In my case, two antennas are mounted
on the same side of a sloping rear window on a hatchback,
both placed to be clear of the wiper blade and exactly
straddling the elements in the defogger. Clearly this
wasn't optimal, but at the time no-one made a 2m/220 dual
bander. Austin now makes a tribander which is worth
considering drilling 1 hole in your roof for. Later
you just sell your car as cellular ready.

Brian
N6RSW
From: PORTER04%TSU.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Radio Astronomy
Date: 12 Nov 92 16:36:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: TSU.01GR27O30AJ4A23EXS
Organization: ucsd usenet gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu


In article <1992Nov11.120436.12087@waikato.ac.nz> atc@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>I am interested in setting up a Radio Telescope using a VHF/UHF scanner.
   (stuff deleted)
   If you can obtain a copy of "Science PROBE!" magazine, the
   July 1991 issue contains an article titled "Signals from the Cosmos",
   by one Jeffery M. Lichtman. It has some simple and not-so-simple
   radio telescope ideas.


   de Curt N4MEY@W4HHY.TN.USA.NA
   PORTER04@TSU.BITNET

         ***CAUTION***
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From: bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Usefulness of Morse Code
Date: 9 Nov 92 11:22:26 EDT
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

In article <1992Nov4.033641.499@ke4zv.uucp>, gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
> In article <sav.720451393@nanette> sav@nanette.sni.de (Dr.Savory) writes:
>>I pilot an airplane. The VHF and LW radio navigation aids identify
>>themselves by MORSING their names. So to make sure I tuned into the
>>correct Navaid I need to know Morse code IT COULD SAVE MY LIFE!!!
> 
> Is that why they print the dots and dashes on all the aero charts?

While this is true, it does take time and effort to match the dots and 
dashes with those on the map. Doing this in the midst of flying the
aircraft, compensating for turbulance, etc, can really increase the
workload of flying.

I've found my knowledge of Morse to be really helpful. I can copy the
three or four letter IDs in my head with ease, while concentrating on 
other things.

It doesn't make much practice to obtain this knowledge. The navaids only
send a few characters at about 5 WPM, and repeat them over and over.

I should add that some navaids also have voice identification as well as
CW, and sometimes it is actually easier to copy the voice ID.

-- 
Bill Coleman, AA4LR                ! CIS: 76067,2327    AppleLink: D1958
Principal Software Engineer        ! Packet Radio: AA4LR @ W4QO
Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. ! UUCP: uunet!hayes!bcoleman
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From: cbetz@radioman.cray.com (Charles Betz 66442)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Famous or well known HAMS
Date: 12 Nov 92 22:12:18 GMT
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.



>So.. I wonder, how many other people have heard of me and/or DOSGATE?
>If there is someone from more than the USA, does that make me famous
>world wide, and get me on the list???
>
>  Sorry, I couldn't resist!!! :-)
>
>  Rich 
>-- 
> /**************************************************************************\
> * Rich Bono                     IMRICH         UUCP:rbono@necis.ma.nec.com * 
> * (508) 635-6300                 NM1D          AMPR: nm1d@nm1d.nh.usa.noam * 
> \**************************************************************************/



Rich,

I'm sorry to say the only Bonos I've ever heard of are:

Sonny - who pretended he could sing
Steve - who pretends to be an NFL quarterback


Sorry, I couldn't resist either!!!  :-)



Charlie Betz
cbetz@romulus.cray.com