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From: tad@ssc.com (Tad Cook)
Subject: Re: what's the latest calls?
Organization: very little
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 07:23:36 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.202021.11624@news.columbia.edu> jdl@lena.cc.columbia.edu (John Louie) writes:
>
>
>hi,
>
>my wife passed her no-code on nov 11, and the ticket is "gonna be here any  
>day now"  ;-)  she was wondering what her call will probably be.
>
>anyone know the latest calls, in general, and specifically for region 2?
>(the last that I heard was N2STS for about a month ago.)
>
>john  N2RJE
>

SB QST @ ARRL $ARLB113
ARLB113 FCC call sign update
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 113  ARLB113
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  December 16, 1992
To all radio amateurs
 
FCC ISSUED CALL SIGN UPDATE
 
The following is a list of the FCC's most recently issued call signs
as of December 1.
 
District    Group A     Group B     Group C     Group D
            Extra       Advanced    Tech/Gen    Novice
 
0           AA0KS       KG0BY       N0UPN       KB0KUW
1           AA1EM       KD1LK       N1NUA       KB1AMB
2           AA2LN       KF2LH       N2SXD       KB2PPA
3           AA3CK       KE3FN       N3NQE       KB3AKE
4           AC4XF       KQ4JF        ++         KD4UHQ
5           AB5JD       KJ5GJ        ++         KB5WCU
6           AB6PC       KN6DF        ++         KD6PFZ
7           AA7SL       KI7IA        ++         KB7QWZ
8           AA8JG       KF8XY       N8WEJ       KB8OKK
9           AA9FG       KF9MI       N9RLL       KB9IFW
Hawaii        ++        AH6ME       WH6JQ       WH6CQA
Alaska        ++        AL7ON       WL7GN       WL7CGF
Puerto Rico   ++        KP4UL        ++         WP4LOF
 
++All call signs in this group have been issued in this area.
/EX



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From: ron@topaz.bds.com (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: License delays
Date: 15 Dec 1992 20:56:02 GMT
Organization: BDS Systems
Distribution: world
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It's not a precise science.  When you take an exam, the VE's have 10
days (supposedly this is a limit, I have no idea what they do to you if
you exceed this) to get the tests to the VEC.  I know from experience that
it can take nearly another week for the VE's to process them and mail them
to the FCC.  The FCC has taken between three and six weeks in the past,
though it's not a big operation there in Gettysburg, and it wouldn't take
much to throw it out of whack.

The ARRL VEC office, for what it's worth has done a lot over the last year or
so to greatly speed up the time it takes to process the exams to the FCC.
They provide account numbers for all the popular overnight delivery companies
to encourage the VE's to get the forms to Newington as soon as possible.
I've gotten the thumbs up postcard saying that all my tests were in order
within two days of when the league received the package and our exams run
80-100 people.

-Ron
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From: whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h)
Subject: Re: Morse code upgrading
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 20:28:28 GMT

In article <GRUND.92Dec16150618@calypso.som.cwru.edu> grund@pyrite.SOM.CWRU.edu (Victor Grund) writes:
>Here's a point I where I need clarification.  It is my understanding
>that you take the code tests in opposite order of the written exams.
>That is, you start at whatever speed you want (5,13,20 wpm) and work
>your way down until you pass or fail them all (expect what you may
>have passed at previous sessions).
>
>I'm currently a No-Code Tech, so lets say I go nuts over Christmas and
>get up to 13 wpm with the code and pass element 1b... Do I have to
>also demonstrate proficiency in element 1a to get my Tech+?

According to our local VEs, the tests they give start at 20 and go down,
so if you pass the 20 you need not take the 13.  Likewise passing
the 13 would eliminate the need to take the 5 wpm test.  Given that
the cw is a pure skill, passing the higher level is pr4esumed to
demonstarte expertise at the lower level.

Anyone else with a contrary situation please let us know.

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From: zardoz@hfglobe.intel.com (Jim Garver)
Subject: Re: Morse code upgrading
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 01:09:08 GMT

In article <9212171212.aa01080@ingate.microsoft.COM> a-kevinp@microsoft.COM (Kevin Purcell, Rho) writes:
>I have done a fair amount of work on researching the psychology of 
>Morse code (taking advantage of the University of Washington's 
>excellent library). I should write it up both for this list and for a 
>ham rag too.
>
......lot's deleted

>If anyone has any references, papers or reports on learning the code 
>I'd really be pleased to hear from you. I especially need a copy of the 
>articles about morse training in 73 July 1988 or copies of articles 
>from Morsum Magnificat.
>
I have a copy of "International Morse Code (Instructions)", dept. Army TM11-459
and dept. Air Force TO 31-3-16, dated Sept. 1957 (probably the peak of Morris
activity).  Among other items such as how to write your letters military style,
how to hold a key & bug, how to sit straight when running a mill, etc.  there
is some graphs of cumulative hours required to pass 5 to 15 gpm and 16 to 25
gpm.  It looks like 18 hours is average for 5 gpm (groups of 5 letters per
minute)
while 55 hours is average for 12 gpm.  The slower learners might take 85 hours
while the fastest might only take 25 hours to learn to receive 12 gpm.
I have taught some code classes and my students leaned quite a bit faster than
that though I really did try to teach military style.  That's 5 letter groups
of random characters sent by hand Farnsworth style.  The group therapy session
of everybody copying while I banged them out on a hand key in front seemed to
work well and I had most people copying above 5 wpm after a couple weeks of
1/2 hour sessions 3 times a week.  A bell curve resulted with some students
picking up the code extremely fast while others never really got it though they
tried hard.  One student couldn't even hear the code until I tweaked the pitch
of the oscillator.
I tried variations.  Headphones help psychologically.  Learning the hard 
letters first like 'Q' is better because the student feels good about learning
the easy ones later on.  Learning 'mirrors' like 'L' and 'F' or 'Q' and 'Y'
together or apart seems to make no difference as there will usually be a period
of confusion with these during the student's progress.  After 5 wpm has been
reached I would sometimes switch to common language instead of the groups.
This was much easier for some while no different for others.  I believe that
the ability to learn code is at least partially genetic.  Some will do better
than others and some will never get it.  Just like spelling.


WA7LDV
From: graham@wilde.ucs.ed.ac.uk (Graham Rule)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: RAE pass mark
Date: 12 Dec 92 18:11:31 GMT

chardi@cs.man.ac.uk (Ian "Flup" Chard) writes:
>I have two questions concerning the British Radio Amateurs' Exam:

Funnily enough I had the same questions following last Monday evening :-)
I phoned the RSGB and the Lothian Regional Education Dept (who were running 
the exam here for City & Guilds) ...

>(a) What is the average pass mark for each paper, and

This is not published.  Apparently the papers are marked and put in order
and then a cutoff level is worked out, those above it pass, those below try
again next May.  They also have cutoffs for the award of the pass with
"distinction" or "credit".  The last report I can find about the exam is for
the May 1990 sitting:
            Number of      Distinction     Credit    Pass             Fail
            Candidates           %            %        %                %
Paper1:        2160            13.8         39.4     33.1             13.7
                            \----------------|------------/
                                            86.3

Paper2:        2159            11.2         32.4     33.9             22.5
                            \----------------|------------/
                                            77.5
That is, a total of 2157 candidates completed the exam and 1599 (74.1%)
qualified for the RAE Certificate.

>(b) How long do the results usually take to be published?

Not till mid February to early March!  Oh well, I suppose it gives me time
to try to get my morse up to 12wpm.

Graham Rule
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From: oler@rho.uleth.CA (Cary Oler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 17 December
Date: 18 Dec 92 10:01:06 GMT
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From: leec@ncatfyv.uark.EDU (Lee Clanton)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: help
Date: 17 Dec 92 15:13:36 GMT
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help longindex
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From: wa2ise@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (robert.f.casey)
Subject: Re: silly phonetics
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:16:44 GMT

K as in knife?
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From: stickler@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Patric M Stickler)
Subject: WANTED: Morse training software for Macintosh
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 07:58:48 GMT

Does anyone know of a Morse Code training program for the
Macintosh that can be used for increasing speed, etc.?

I learned Morse using a program called SuperMorse for the PC,
which is a fantastic program -- however I no longer have
convenient access to a PC to use it, and would like to use
some form of software to increase my speed.


Any help will be greatly appreciated.



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From: buettneb@guug.de (Bernhard Buettner)
Subject: Re: Longwires at VHF
Organization: Technical University of Munich, Germany
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:59:19 GMT

alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) writes:

>In rec.radio.amateur.misc, 9210466@ul.ie writes:

>>    Anyone out there used longwires on VHF and above?

>A rhombic is basically a 4-element longwire.  I have heard of people

VK5MC is using two rhombics for his EME work (i.e. moon bounce).
Both are fixed, one for Europe, the other for North America. 
Whenever the moon is in the right positio, he's got about
20 minutes time for one or two QSOs.

The times when VK5MC is on the moon can be easily calculated and
the dates and times are given in W4ZD's moon calendar.

73 Ben

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From: a-kevinp@microsoft.COM (Kevin Purcell, Rho)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Halogen Lamp/Dimmer causes interference Help!
Date: 16 Dec 92 01:36:03 GMT
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Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

Chuck Harris - WA3UQV said:

Yumm, yumm, that should flicker verrry nicely!  Let's see, if you want 10%
output, turn on 1 cycle in 10, that should give you an exceedingly nice 6Hz
flicker.  Zero crossing SCR, I don't think so...

Ron says:

You can do this if you don't mind the lights flickering.  I said sane.
Second, the number of parts required to to this would be enourmous.

Alan says (in private mail):

So, how do I do it for 40 percent power?  More interesting, for 43% power?

And I say:

Turn on cycles for 43% of the time!

43 % of 120 pulses per sec is 51.6 or aprox 52 pulses out of 120.

An easy way to do this (implementation wise) is to have on square wave 
oscillator running at (120 - 52) HZ ANDed with the zero crossing 
pulses. If the output of the AND gate is true then turn on triac at the 
next the pulse. Make the oscillator swing between 10Hz and 95Hz for 
full range of control before flicker sets in.

Alternately have a square wave oscillator with a variable mark space 
ratio and and the output of the oscialtor with zero crossing detector 
output and send that to the triac.

You can buy zero crossing triac controller ICs to do this for you.

If you really want to go all out then put a microcontroller in there 
with zero crossing detector -- you could probably add a few extra 
features this way too (send CQ in morse, allow you remote dialup 
control of the lamp to fool burglers, add DTMF remote control via your 
favorate repeater .... possibilities are endless :-).

In this implementation you are subtracting the unwanted pulses pretty 
evenly over the whole cycle. In this case express the fraction of off 
time as the rational (N/D) with a large denominator (governing the 
resolution of the device) and turn it on for

73 de Kevin Purcell N7WIM/G8UDP (Seattle, WA)          a-kevinp@microsoft.com
Do your interests match mine? If so call me. I'd like to hear from you.
QRP, Packet, TCP/IP, Digital voice, Macintosh, Spread Spectrum, Homebrew,
Satellites, Antenna design, Propagation, VHF/UHF weak signal, Microwave, QEX
From: depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff DePolo)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Wanted: Icom 901 mods
Date: 13 Dec 92 05:43:29 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Looking for any and all mods for the Icom 901, particularly expanding 
UHF receive on the stock 440 band unit.  Any help would be appreciated.

								--- Jeff

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From: Larry.Lund@p12.f97.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Larry Lund)
Sender: postmaster@therose.pdx.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Tandy Bashing
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 09:04:46 -0700

Fred Lloyd [Phoenix SE] wrote in a message to All:

 FL[S> From: flloyd@l1-a.West.Sun.COM (Fred Lloyd [Phoenix SE])
 FL[S> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

 FL[S> In article <1992Dec16.150649.17513@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
 FL[S> gpmh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (Patrick Hurley) writes:
>First my question:
>
>     Does anyone know of an address and/or name for the Tandy
>corporation where an unhappy customer can send a complaint??

 FL[S> Sure:  One Tandy Square, Fort Worth, TX  76100

I tried that and the last I heard from them was "There would be someone
getting in touch with me." That was about 4 months ago. Never heard back from
them. So don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.


Larry,
N7LBP @ W0RLI.or

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From: awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu (Art Winterbauer)
Subject: Mobile rig in '86 Toyota?
Organization: University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 14:15:30 GMT

Has anyone any experience installing a mobile rig in an '86 Toyota
Corolla (or similar clone)?  Specifically:

1.  What is the best way for removing the head liner in order to
    route the antenna coax from the roof?

2.  What is a good route through the firewall for the battery connection?

3.  Does RF interfere with the operation of the car's computer system
    in this vintage model?

4.  Are there any other problems I should be alert for?

73, Art

Art Winterbauer  N0OQS
Internet:  awinterb@du.edu OR awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu
Packet:    n0oqs @ w0gvt.#neco.co.usa 

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From: DAVEW@D.SSS.CO.UK (Dave Wade)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: 2m rig in Europe
Date: 14 Dec 92 10:20:15 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
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Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

Depending on rig Frequencies may be a problem. Remeber UK is on 25Khz
US on 15. Also Kevin Purcell says no one uses CTSS in Europe. Well
that is changing. Some UK 70cms repeaters now have sub-audio CTSS
fitted which changes the way they operate. I guess 2m ones may soon
aquire this. Dave G4UGM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: oxenreid@chaos.cs.umn.edu ()
Subject: Re: Tandy Flame
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:38:04 GMT

In <m0n2MLb-0001wkC@ncatfyv.uark.edu> root@ncatfyv.uark.EDU (System Admin. ) writes:

>I agree with you, you should call someone in the corporate headquarters

>The guy to call is named JOHN ROACH, CEO of Tandy Corp.  He DOES 
>answer his own phone if he is in town.  Expain your problem(s)/concerns
>and I'm sure Mr. Roach will see that things are taken care of at the
>store level.
>I used to be a manager for Radio Shack Computer Center in the North
>west.  I got one call from J. Roach over a very small complaint which
>was not of my or my stores making, but Roach mearly said to take care
>of it.  You can bet I never wanted to get another call from him.  There
>is quite an infrastructure in Tandy.  From the bottom up it goes 
>something like this: 
>Sales person, Assitant Manager, Manager, District Manager, Regional
>Manager, Divisional Manager, Corporate.  
>From the top down, no manager wants to get a call from his boss or
>someone above them.  They can and do make your life miserable.  

I remember a time, from 1985 to 1987 we had a new group manager
every quarter.  It appears that if you got a call from your boss, 
you were gone.  So much for Demings Quality Improvement management 
theroy point #8 "Drive out fear, so that everyone may 
work effectively for the company."  Tandy has/is using the under-world
style of management.  "Do as I say, or Ill rub yous' out."

>I don't know the number any more but Dallas/Ft. Worth TX phone info
>will have the number.  Just call corporate and ask for Mr. John Roach.
>He will take care of your problem.  If you get a chance just tell him
>a former manager recommended him.
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From: carter@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Carter Bennett)
Subject: Re: Clever Phonetics Needed--WK3C
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 08:45:27 GMT
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

In article <14570563@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) writes:
>In rec.radio.amateur.misc, jahern@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (Jud Ahern) writes:
>
>>I'd welcome suggestions for phonetics for my call. 
>>| Jud Ahern KC5RI               Bitnet: jahern@uokgcn.bitnet         |
>
>     Kansas City's 5 Real Indians
>     Keeps Chasing 5 Ravishing Ingenues
>     Kansas Contains 5,000,000 Real Idiots
>     Keep Chugging 5 Rootbeer Ices
>Al N1AL
>
Or possibly:
       Keebler Cooked 5 Raw Ingredients
       Ketchup Contains 5 Real Ingredients
       Kepler Contributed 5 Rational Ideas
       Kenneth Combined 5 Radio(I)sotopes
       Kinsey Counted 5 Reproductive Inhibitions
       Kentucky Contracted 5 Reputable Ichthyologists
       Knuth Contemplated 5 Relational Indices  [limited audience, I'm afraid]

Mix and match them.  Trade them with your friends!

Carter R. Bennett, Jr. - Scientist | "Oh my God!  I _AM_ a nerd!!!"
carter@scilab.lonestar.org - home  | - C. Bennett, Sept 25, 1992, after
carter@cmptrc.lonestar.org - work  | realizing he had been talking about
KI5SR          | "market availability of preconfigured Toll-House cookies."
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From: sschend@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steve E Schendel)
Subject: Re: \Dayton Hamvention
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 03:34:20 GMT


The Dayton Hamvention is April 23, 24, 25 1993.
From: stevel@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (Steve Lancaster)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Worked All States blues...
Date: 20 Dec 92 17:27:41 GMT
Organization: NASA Johnson Space Center

In article <9212181746.AA11103@opus.xyplex.com> sasminkey@eng.xyplex.com writes:
>Recently, Scott NF3I was lamenting about not being able to put
>up antennas for 80 and 40 due to covenants on his property...
>
>Of course, you could build a fine "fixed mobile" antenna from scratch:
>1/2 inch copper pipe for the vertical section, wind your own coil on a
>short piece of PVC, and add some welding rod for the tip section. Mount
>it on a piece of plywood that will set on the roof of your car. 
>
Chrome plate the beast, and declare it art... How can they object?
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From: rrbk50@email.sps.mot.com (Rick Cottle)
Subject: Not quite a ham question -- Kids Walkie-talkies
Organization: SPS
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:42:27 GMT

I know this is a tangential subject, but I figured if anyone would have the
answer, this group would.

I have recently bought my 6 year-old (currently learning morse towards a novice license) 
his second set of walkie-talkies.  It is frustrating because they all seem to now have
such low power that they are totally ineffective from one end of the house to the other.
I remember when I was a kid, they used to be useful between our's and our neighbor's 
houses.

What's the deal?  Have output power on these been reduced?  Is their anyway one could
boost the power a little to make them more useful--keeping them legal of course?

email appreciated: cottle@prism.sps.mot.com
--
Rick Cottle
N7ZZD
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From: holman@pop.psu.edu (Darryl J. Holman)
Subject: Re: silly phonetics
Organization: Penn State Population Research Institute
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 21:55:24 GMT

In article <17DEC199209070807@erich.triumf.ca> bennett@erich.triumf.ca (P.Bennett) writes:
>In article <9212171444.AA06684@klondike.cit.cornell.edu>, kfeeney@KLONDIKE.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (Kevin Feeney) writes...
>> 
>>E as in eunuch
>>P as in pnuemonia
>>G as in gnu
>>H as in hombre
>>X as in xerography
>>M as in mnemonic
>
>How about:
>O as in one
>W as in won
>A as in aye (nautical, pronounced "eye")
>e as in eye
>k as in know 
>n as in no
>
S  as in sea
C  as in cede

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