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From: mab3474@zeus.tamu.edu (Myles Barkman-KG5AI Tx A&M Univ.)
Subject: Re: Codes   to Mark
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 06:57:00 GMT

Tried mailing direct but bounced.  Bedford could be using Fort Worth's codes.
If you want a list of Fort Worth's codes, give me a valid email address.
By the way, Fort Worth is changing to a new trunked system.  I feel ill.

Note to all posters on any group:  put your email address at the end of your
message somewhere.  News does not always figure it out.  Bouncing mail
is a waste of time.
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From: drw@esl.com (Dave Waters)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Probably faqs....
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:13:48 GMT
Followup-To: alt.radio.scanner
Distribution: USA
Organization: ESL Inc.

In article <1992Oct6.135508.18780@Princeton.EDU>,
brett@surfpix.princeton.edu (Brett Borowski) wrote:
> 
> I am interested in buying a portable scanner soon and I
> have a few questions.
> 
> 1)  What sort of stuff goes on in the 108-118mhz range?

Aircraft (ATC, towers, ground, air-to-air, etc)

> 2)  How interesting/important is the 800mhz band?

Depends on what you're near - in a metro area there's quite a bit of
activity. Also, cellular phones are there as well. Of course, being illegal
to monitor, you'd never want to listen there! Most radios have it blocked
out, be sure that there is a simple mod for the radio you intend to buy.

> 3)  Has anybody had any (good or bad) experience with
>     factory serviced scanners?

Huh?? Do you mean "rebuilt"? Depends on the "Factory". Sometimes there's an
advantage to having been 'burnt-in' and repaired. I'd expect a lower price
on something like that, after all, it's really "used and serviced".
 
> 4)  In general, which is better, Uniden or Radio Shack?

Some of RS' radios are in fact built by Uniden. The other radios
manufactured for RS (by GRE) seem to be generally better, IMHO. I have a
Pro-2006 which is infinitely better than my old Bearcat/Uniden BC-600XLT
(590). Better than anything I've ever owned as a matter of fact. I won't
own another Uniden until they get a decent receiver. They're sensitive all
right, but any strong RF locally will wipe them out with images and
intermod. They'd be fine in the country though!
  
> 5)  Are Uniden portables modifiable?

Depends on the model, from what I've read. Check out books at your local
radio dealer to see if the one you're considering has mods documented for
it.
 
> I'm considering Uniden 200xlt, 205xlt, and 100xlt, and Radio
> Shack Pro-36 and 35.  Any anecdotal comments on any these
> would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> Brett

Good luck!

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From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
Subject: Re: Looking for 10 watt FM transmitter
Date: 15 Oct 1992 18:46:35 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
NNTP-Posting-Host: grissom.larc.nasa.gov

In article <1992Oct13.160754.18526@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> parr@bhbvax.enet.dec.com (Brian T. Parr) writes:
>
>Is there a summary of advantages/disadvantages of various FM exciter brands
>and models.  In other words, if I was in the market for a used FM exciter,
>what models would be preferable and what would I want to stay away from?
>(From a maintainability and reliablity standpoint)

No, I don't think there is one that has been compiled, but it might be a
great thing to add to the rec.radio.broadcasting FAQ.  Here's a start:

Modern Broadcast Electronics--- Definitely the best around in terms of
  noise, residual AM, ease of maintainance.  The front panel display
  ought to be used in dot mode instead of bar mode; apparently the varying
  load of the LEDs in the bar mode can cause some alteration in sound.

Modern Wilkinson (TTC)-- Don't even think about it.  They sound bad, they
  drift, they are a pain to work on.  They are sensitive to hand capacitance
  of all things.

Modern CCA-- My college roommate designed most of these things, so I am
  obviously biased in favor of them.  Fairly clean and low-maintenance.
  Not jump-up-and-down exciting.

Old RCA and Collins-- Definitely classic units.  They'll take a lot of work
  to keep going but the sound quality can be worth it.  The RCA units have
  an easier time keeping up with a wideband stereo signal, but they also
  have a very strange stereo generation scheme and may require modifications
  to your stereo generator.  On the other hand, steer away from anything
  using the 6146 tube unless you have spares on hand.

Old H.H. Scott-- Also a classic, but much harder to work on than the RCA
  and Collins units.  Not really worth the trouble, but not a must-avoid.
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: bew4568@summa.tamu.edu (Bruce E.)
Subject: FM-10 high frequency audio
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:29:00 GMT

My Ramsey FM-10 produces a lousy signal when driven with high frequency
audio.  I think it's because the frequencies near 19 kHz interfere with
the 19 kHz pilot signal.  The transmitted audio is very distorted when 
this happens.  At the moment I'm running the audio through my tape deck
(which has a filter to remove the pilot tone while recording FM).

Has anyone else observed this interference?  Have you done anything about
it?  I'd rather use an active filter (op amp) to rmove the highest freq.
audio, but the best I can find is a 40 dB/decade low-pass in the ARRL
handbook.  Anyone know a better (steeper) filter design?  Does any company
make a chip just for filtering audio?

Thanks, 

Bruce E.
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: parr@bhbvax.enet.dec.com (Brian T. Parr)
Subject: Re: Looking for 10 watt FM transmitter
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:48:04 GMT


Is there a summary of advantages/disadvantages of various FM exciter brands
and models.  In other words, if I was in the market for a used FM exciter,
what models would be preferable and what would I want to stay away from?
(From a maintainability and reliablity standpoint)



Brian T. Parr
Digital Equipment Corp.
85 Swanson Road
Boxboro, MA
PARR@BHBVAX.ENET.DEC.COM
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: ornitz@kodak.kodak.com (Barry Ornitz)
Subject: Re: HELP ME.....
Followup-To: alt.radio.pirate
Summary: NO
Keywords: Part 15, FCC, repeater, carrier current
Organization: Eastman Chemical Company
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 15:43:17 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.154624.1@acad2.alaska.edu> asdmf@acad2.alaska.edu writes:
>But my question is that "Is it legal?"  I want to set up a chain of repeaters
>up here in anchorage and then it will be able to transmitt an overall farther
>range without breaking (maybe bending but not breaking) the law..

I hope you read my post of a few days ago about FCC rules.

The answer to your question is NO if you are considering 5 watt transmitters
as you suggested in an earlier post.  You can legally run 100 milliwatts input 
power on the AM broadcast band and probably get a range of several thousand 
feet.  On the FM broadcast band, your legal power would be limited to NANOWATTS
and your range would be 100 feet if you are lucky.

The chain of repeaters is probably legal, but who would want to run a repeater
every hundred feet or so.  Besides your transmitter would de-sense your
receiver even if you alternated using the high and low ends of the band.  
Besides, with each successive repeater, your signal to noise ratio would
decrease greatly.  Broadcasting noise would be a good way to bring attention
to your system by the FCC. If you had a leased telephone line for the audio, 
you would get better results - use separate transmitters fed by the common
audio.

You might consider using a carrier current system for your application.
A carrier current system would be suitable for a small college campus and
there are special provisions for this in the FCC rules.  However there is no
simple but legal way to broadcast reliably with ranges approaching five miles
without a license.  Even using the Ramsey FM-10 into an efficient antenna
can produce field strengths in excess of the allowed values for Part 15 rules.
Remember that most people posting here are talking about pirate, hence
illegal, operation.  You risk some very serious fines when you do this.

						Barry
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Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: gdavis@griffin.uvm.edu (Gary Davis)
Subject: Oregon Comm Sys.
Keywords: gone
Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 20:08:54 GMT

 After attempting to call Oregon Communication Systems
at 503-271-3294 I found it to be a private residence.

They may have gone belly-up? In any event don't try calling
that number as it will waste your quarter!!

Gary

--
                     Gary E. Davis WQ1F (On AO13)
        University of Vermont  Land Liner's dial 802-656-1916
 References " The Joys of Rumination Without The Cud", Elsie circa 1965
From: system@hale.cts.com (System Administration)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
Subject: Re: Article 372???
Date: 11 Oct 92 07:51:55 GMT
Organization: Hale Telecommunications San Diego CA

jimc@megatek.com (Jim Campbell) writes:

> 
> 
> Help! I thought I'd saved article 372, which dealt with questions about


The article your looking for won't be #372 on all the machines throughout
the land, as that's system defined.

I'm mailing you a copy of what I think your looking for, the FAQ that
included the schematic.

             -=-  System Administrator  system@hale.cts.com  -=-
                      Hale Telecommunications, San Diego
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: jimc@megatek.com (Jim Campbell)
Subject: Re: Article 372??? 
Reply-To: jimc@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:21:48 GMT



Help! I thought I'd saved article 372, which dealt with questions about
the BA1404 chip, along with a schematic of a 1 transistor amp to increase
the power to the milliwatt range. Well, even though rn told me the file
was safely saved, it WASN'T! I didn't find that out until yesterday.
 
So could who-ever posted the article please e-mail me a copy? I NOW
have room on my disc for saving, plus I'll print a hard copy right
away. (Nothing in directory xxxxxx/spool/news/alt/radio/pirate before 
article 392 exists any longer).
 
Thanks in advance!



-- 
Jim Campbell			|	"Remember to tweet!"
jimc@megatek.com		|	After a while, it will be even
WB6ZPB				|	later than it is right now.
From: zot@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Chris Boebel)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
Subject: Scanners
Date: 13 Oct 92 04:18:24 GMT
Organization: The Tower of Zot - (716)8338-616

I've seen a lot of circuit diagrams around here so I figured I'd post 
this slightly off-topic question:

I want to modify my bearcat 855xlt scanner to receive cellular 
frequencies. How do I go about doing this?

Thanks

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Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier)
Subject: Re: HELP ME.....
Organization: SSC, Inc.,  Seattle, WA
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 17:52:44 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

asdmf@acad2.alaska.edu writes:
: But my question is that "Is it legal?"  I want to set up a chain of repeaters
: up here in anchorage and then it will be able to transmitt an overall farther
: range without breaking (maybe bending but not breaking) the law..
 
47 CFR 15.239 sez that signals in the 88 to 108 MHz band are limited 
to 250 microvolts per meter at a distance of 3 meters.  You'd need
a transmitter every 100 feet or so.  (The 100 milliwatt limit only 
applies to the AM Band, 510 - 1705 kHz.)  

I'd see an economic limit before a legal one.  You'd need stable transmitters
so everybodies digital tuned receiver would work, and at 2500 transmitters
per square mile, it would cost at least a quarter million dollars per
square mile by the time you got the signal to each transmitter.  
( a SWAG , figuring about $30 per transmitter, and $70 for either a
radio relay system operating on another band where the limits are higher
(like 902 - 928 MHz), or a lot of cable.)

You would be better off getting a FM band station operating over the
local TV cable, and relying on the signal leakage. ;-)

Mark Zenier  markz@ssc.wa.com  

Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: Scanners
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 07:05:51 GMT

zot@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Chris Boebel) writes:
: I've seen a lot of circuit diagrams around here so I figured I'd post 
: this slightly off-topic question:
: 
: I want to modify my bearcat 855xlt scanner to receive cellular 
: frequencies. How do I go about doing this?

Post a request on alt.radio.scanners and hope someone has the information.

Bill
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: brewer@anarky.enet.dec.com 
Subject: Re: pirate report
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Marlboro, MA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:04:16 GMT


In article <chbeck-121092133659@chbmac01.el.anl.gov>, chbeck@anl.gov (Chuck Beck) writes...
>I monitored two pirates last night- both on 7416 KHz. WEED Radio with
>signoff
>at 9:05 PM CST, on LSB. This was followed with promotional add (5 MINS
>long)
>announcing that 'Radio Plasticide(?)' would be returning to the air. This
>was 
>on USB, at a slightly higher frequency. 
> 
>These thoughts are only my own.de WO9K 

	That was Radio Clandestine with the promo.  
	
	WEED was S9+30 here!
	/john
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier)
Subject: Re: FCC Regulations
Organization: SSC, Inc.,  Seattle, WA
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 17:26:14 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

YAQX@cornella (Richard Zimmerman) writes:
: Is there an FTP site for all the FCC regulations concerning FM Radio
: Broadcasts?  If not, where, and under what title can I find a printed
: copy?   Thanks..

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47, Parts 70 to 79

(It's a paperback book about 1 1/2 inches thick.  Should be
around 20 - 25 dollars at a US government bookstore.
Or any large library with a government publications section.)

Mark Zenier  markz@ssc.wa.com  

Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: chbeck@anl.gov (Chuck Beck)
Subject: pirate report
Followup-To: alt.radio.pirate
Organization: Argonne National Lab
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 18:37:22 GMT

I monitored two pirates last night- both on 7416 KHz. WEED Radio with
signoff
at 9:05 PM CST, on LSB. This was followed with promotional add (5 MINS
long)
announcing that 'Radio Plasticide(?)' would be returning to the air. This
was 
on USB, at a slightly higher frequency. 

These thoughts are only my own.de WO9K
From: raney@teal.csn.org (Scott Raney)
Newsgroups: alt.sb.programmer
Subject: Re: HELP: .wav or .voc file formats
Date: 14 Oct 92 22:05:40 GMT
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.

pdavies@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Paul Davies) writes:

>I have been looking for a document that details the .voc or .wav file
>formats and I can't find one.  If someone could tell me or at least
>point me to a source I'd really appreciate it.

>thanks,

From the audio FAQ by Guido van Rossum <guido@cwi.nl>:
Version: 2.6
Last-modified: 28-Sep-1992

RIFF is a format by Microsoft and IBM which is similar in spirit and
functionality as EA-IFF-85, but not compatible (and it's in
little-endian byte order, of course :-).  WAVE is RIFF's equivalent of
AIFF, and its inclusion in Microsoft Windows 3.1 has suddenly made it
important to know about.

Rob Ryan was kind enough to send me a description of the RIFF format.
Unfortunately, it is too big to include here (27 k), but I've made it
available for anonymous ftp as ftp.cwi.nl:/pub/RIFF-format.

And here's a pointer to the official description from Matt Saettler,
Microsoft Multimedia:

"The complete definition of the WAVE file format as defined by
IBM/Microsoft is available for anon. FTP from ftp.uu.net in the
vendor/microsoft/multimedia directory."

(Rob Ryan's version may actually be an extract from one of the files
stored there.)


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From: s106275@ee.tut.fi (Anssi Saari)
Newsgroups: alt.sb.programmer
Subject: Code to shut SB up?
Date: 16 Oct 92 08:58:02 GMT
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland


Sometimes my SB leaves a note playing, which is rather annoying, as it 
requires a cold boot to silence it. Does anyone have a piece of code or info
where to write and what to silence it?

Anssi
Newsgroups: alt.sb.programmer
From: pdavies@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Paul Davies)
Subject: HELP: .wav or .voc file formats
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 03:46:17 GMT

I have been looking for a document that details the .voc or .wav file
formats and I can't find one.  If someone could tell me or at least
point me to a source I'd really appreciate it.

thanks,


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From: sl8nl@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.sb.programmer
Subject: Re: Code to shut SB up?
Date: 16 Oct 92 17:19:40 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <s106275.719225882@ee.tut.fi>, s106275@ee.tut.fi (Anssi Saari) writes:
> 
> Sometimes my SB leaves a note playing, which is rather annoying, as it 
> requires a cold boot to silence it. Does anyone have a piece of code or info
> where to write and what to silence it?
> 
> Anssi

Hope you have an assembler:

	mov	dx,22Ch   ; Whatever your SB address is plus $C
 	mov	al,0D3h
	out 	dx,al

That's it!

Joshua Jensen
		
Newsgroups: alt.sb.programmer
From: npngps@solomon.technet.sg (Ng Pheng Siong)
Subject: TSR to play SB files in the background?
Organization: TECHNET, Singapore
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 06:02:43 GMT

Hi, world.

Is there a TSR to play sound files in the background out there somewhere?
What I want is a way to get sound with my programs on the cheap. ;)

TIA.

- PhengSiong

Newsgroups: alt.sb.programmer
From: dp35@mc1adm.UWaterloo.ca (Greg Moore)
Subject: Visual Basic code
Summary: basic or pascal code for sound blaster pro
Keywords: pro Visual Basic
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 14:32:38 GMT

Can anyone point me to a place that might have some code in Visual Basic.

I have an LAPC-1 and a SBPro, so either would do.

Thanks.
Greg Moore
dp35@mc1adm.UWaterloo.ca
Newsgroups: alt.sb.programmer
From: ketrenoj@ucs.orst.edu (Lord Logics)
Subject: Voice Recognition . . .
Summary: availability
Keywords: Voice Recognition 
Organization: University Computing Services - OSU
Distribution: USA
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 05:16:53 GMT

Does anyone know of ANY form of public domain voice recognition software
for the PC?  A friend of mine is currently in the process of trudging through
building all of his code for a VR system, however, he isn't sure if it will
work or not.  Anyway, if there is any source out there to VR, or high speed
fourier transformations (in ASM--not .OBJ code, and preferably not .C, but
.C will do if no .ASM can be found) I would really appreciate being pointed
towards it.  The FFT he is currently using is too slow for real-time, and
requires a math co-processor.  

On a side note, I am writing a program myself, now I won't get into details
cause there aren't any other programs out there that do what I'm writing mine
to do, and I want to hit the market fresh.  Anyway, does everyone feel that
VGA has become enough of a standard that I don't need to write EGA coding?
I plan to use the VGA 640x480x16.  Its going to be a graphically based application, and yes, it will have a LOT to do with sound.  I just am not sure if most
people with a sound card also have VGA.  I personally just upgraded to VGA
this past summer (am still paying back the VISA bill), but it I was under the
impression that I was one of the last few people without VGA.  Was I right?

Thanks for your time.  Questions, comments, and anything else can be emailed
to me.  

James
ketrenoj@ucs.orst.edu



Xref: sparky alt.true-crime:250 soc.history:8951
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: alt.true-crime,soc.history
Subject: Re: J.D. Lee and the Mountain Meadows Massacre
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:05:30 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Followup-To: alt.true-crime
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

The posting was fairly accurate, but with some misconceptions.
The complete story is in the monograph, "The Mountain Meadows
Massacre" by Juanita Brooks.  Univ. of Okla. Press.  Brooks
is a decendent of John D. Lee and a lifelong scholar of the
massacre.




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