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Subject: Ham-Equip Digest V94 #68
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Ham-Equip Digest Thu, 17 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 68
Today's Topics:
Alinco 180
Car alarm transmitters, who sells them? (2 msgs)
FORSALE: HP8553B Plug-In
FT-990 vs TS-850
Help! Help! Need FT-736R Mods!
Icom R71A vs Icom R72
Looking for manuals for "old" radios
RS232 control of ICOM 735 (2 msgs)
Symptoms of Amp failure on 2 m transceiver
test
TNC4 info, please
TS-50 and TS-140. Which one to buy ?
WANTED: FM module for FT-ONE
Yaesu FT-7400H
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Date: 16 Mar 1994 21:22:28 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!concert!lester.appstate.edu!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Alinco 180
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
I have an Alinco 180 (?) 2 meter HT and can't remember how to enable the
extended receive. Can some one out there tell me? It says in the manual
somewhere but I can't find it.
Shawn
KE4FPZ
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Date: 16 Mar 94 02:46:04 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!prism!gt5876b@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Car alarm transmitters, who sells them?
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
I'm building a car alarm system and I'm looking for a transmitter that
could be put on a key chain to act as a panic button. The arm/dearm devices
for current production car alarms would work nicely. It will be interfaced
with a PIC16 microcontroller so I've got a lot of freedom designwise.
To all who respond thank you for helping me pay my tuition :)
--
Rick Farmer AMA# 482666
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
Internet: gt5876b@prism.gatech.edu
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 14:18:06
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews!ornews.intel.com!ccm.hf.intel.com!brett_miller@@.
Subject: Car alarm transmitters, who sells them?
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
In article <145728@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt5876b@prism.gatech.EDU (Rick Farmer) writes:
> I'm building a car alarm system and I'm looking for a transmitter that
>could be put on a key chain to act as a panic button. The arm/dearm devices
>for current production car alarms would work nicely. It will be interfaced
>with a PIC16 microcontroller so I've got a lot of freedom designwise.
>To all who respond thank you for helping me pay my tuition :)
This may not be what you are looking for but Radio Shack sells the keychain
remotes to their alarms separately. I think they cost around $20. I'm sure
the guts themselves are only about $3 if you can find a source.
Brett Miller N7OLQ brett_miller@ccm.hf.intel.com
Intel Corp.
American Fork, UT
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 22:00:19 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.utdallas.edu!feenix.metronet.com!serafin@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: FORSALE: HP8553B Plug-In
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
I have an HP 8553B RF Spectrum Analyzer Plug-In for sale.
Reasonable offers considered.
Email @ serafin@metronet.com
Mike Serafin
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Date: 16 Mar 1994 20:17:23 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!koriel!newsworthy.West.Sun.COM!l1-a!flloyd@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: FT-990 vs TS-850
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
In article <2m4qak$at9@news.iastate.edu> kenman@iastate.edu (Kenneth D Anderson) writes:
>
>I've narrowed my choice of a new rig to either the Yaesu FT-990 or the
>Kenwood TS-850. My interests right now are both ragchewing and DXing using
>both CW and SSB.
>
>I've read the reviews, etc., and would like any input you have about the
>performance of these rigs. If you have had a chance to use both of these
>rigs, a comparison would be great!
>
As many on this newsgroup know, I'm a big TS-850 fan and have owned
more than one - my first being one of the first to arrive into the
local store.
Last weekend, at Phoenix's largest annual swap meet, I saw about
three or four TS-850's for sale, all for around $1250.00 each.
But, I didn't see any FT-990's for sale... Hmmmmm.
I still like my 850, but lot'sa folks really like the 990.
-fred
[ Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ Fred.Lloyd@west.sun.com ]
[ Sun Microsystems, Systems Engineer ]
[ Phoenix, AZ (602) 224-3517 ]
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Date: 16 Mar 1994 17:08:02 -0500
From: hp81.prod.aol.net!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Help! Help! Need FT-736R Mods!
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
I have been looking for **ANY** mods for the Yaesu 736 for over a year. I've
contacted everyone I can think of - no one has anything! If you have any mods
for the 736, please let me know what they are! I'll be eternally grateful!
Greg, WE7P
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Date: 16 Mar 1994 20:37:21 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!udel!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!josephl@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Icom R71A vs Icom R72
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Which one is better?
--
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Joseph A. Liu josephl@clark.net
Clark Internet Services, Inc.
Cruising Information Superhighway
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Date: 16 Mar 94 13:00:49 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!news.byu.edu!yvax.byu.edu!physc1.byu.edu!peterson@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Looking for manuals for "old" radios
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
I am interested in a source for a service manual for an ICOM IC-745 and
an operation manual for a Kenwood TS-820S. Does anyone know of a good
source for these manuals?
Thanks in advance.
Bryan Peterson, ki7td
ki7td@byu.edu
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Date: 16 Mar 94 01:05:45 GMT
From: ncrgw2.ncr.com!ncrhub2!tdbunews!cpd10!jpc@uunet.uu.net
Subject: RS232 control of ICOM 735
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Anyone know how to do this? The memory is limited to 12 freqs. so I am hoping to control this with my PC. thanks...jpc
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Date: 16 Mar 94 01:04:00 GMT
From: ncrgw2.ncr.com!ncrhub2!tdbunews!cpd10!jpc@uunet.uu.net
Subject: RS232 control of ICOM 735
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Anyone know how to do this? The manual says it is possible to control the freq. with RS232. Since the memory is so limited (12 freq.), I am hoping to use my PC
thanks...jpc
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Date: 16 Mar 1994 03:21:45 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!boulder!eesnyder@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Symptoms of Amp failure on 2 m transceiver
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
kreblon@doc.cc.utexas.edu (Bob Nagy) writes:
>Hello Eric..Bob Nagy at UT Botany here..
>Well, indeed there is a failure mode where you would be putting
>out a couple hundred mills. First thing to test is if your power
>supply is delivering 10 amps or more on full power xmit. Then,
>get someones known working power meter and cables.
^^^^^^
Well, there you have it! I was beginning to worry that my $4 HRO cable
might not actually be connecting my $600 radio to my $100 SWR meter so I
thought I'd check it. Hmmm... center conductor seems fine... Hmmm, that's
interesting, the center conductor and the shielding are connected! Good,
no wonder the meter wasn't registering anything, I was dumping 50 Watts into
the damn cable! Well, gotta hand it to Yaesu for building a radio that can
stand up to that with apparently no ill effects.
This little incident also bears on a question someone had about the Radio
Shack VHF SWR meters. I gave them a lashing after returning two of them as
faulty (using the same cable, of course!)... So I would bet they worked after
all. I feel a little bad about that but I'm sure RS will recover.
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 18:02:22 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!pacbell.com!news@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: test
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
test
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 11:41:22 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!news.chalmers.se!etek.chalmers.se!e89_bond@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: TNC4 info, please
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Hi,
I'm looking for information about the TNC4. If you know where I
can get it, please let me know. Thanks in advance!
73 de Fredrik SM6UBC
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Date: 16 Mar 1994 08:59:00 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!EU.net!news.forth.gr!helios.intranet.gr!phaethon!demetre@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: TS-50 and TS-140. Which one to buy ?
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
In article <2m1ki4$hjg@cismsun.univ-lyon1.fr> elendir@enst.fr (Elendir) writes:
> Hi,
> I have already got a sorta French no-code license some weeks ago, and
>am about to take the French code exam, so I began to search for a good,
>fairly inexpensive and easy-to-use rig. I was thinking about the TS-50S or
>the TS-140S, since I can cope to get some special prices from Kenwood.
>Which one would you recommand me ? I undeerstand that the TS-50S is small but
>has not a very easy interface, while the TS-140S is more bulky but maybe more
>friendly also.
> What about the performances of both rigs ? How do they compare from equivalent
>stuff of other firms (Icom, Yaesu).
Hi,
You must first deside on wether you are using the rig as a mobile, or not...
The TS-50 is a nice small all mode rig that will make your life easier if
used as a mobile, the TS-140 is somewhat larger and personally I can't imagine
it mounted in a midsize or compact car :-)
Both radios are more or less the same as far as performance is concerned, but
have you given the TS-640 (I think that's the correct model number) a thought ?
It is the TS-140 plus one extra band...
As far as comparing Kenwood with Icom or Yaesu, well personally I LOVE Kenwood,
so I would say Kenwood is best...
73's
>
> Thanks,
> Vince (15 weeks and waiting).
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 17:40:21 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.utdallas.edu!feenix.metronet.com!serafin@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: WANTED: FM module for FT-ONE
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
I am looking for an FM Module for a Yaesu FT-ONE. If you have one you'd
like to get rid of please e-mail.
Thanks,
Mike Serafin
serafin@metronet.com
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Date: 15 Mar 94 16:34:33 PDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!clstcs!armyrman@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Yaesu FT-7400H
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
--
Houdy
Anybody got any mods for the Yaesu FT-7400H?? I haven't found any yet.
How about any ideas on hooking up a FT-2400H with a FT-7400H
to do cross band operation. Can this be done??
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Alex R. Myrman - KC6TMB - armyrman@vms4.sci.csupomona.edu
College of Science Computational Systems - (909) 869-4226
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA. USA
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