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Info-Hams Digest Tue, 26 Oct 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1269
Today's Topics:
'Vanity' Call Signs (2 msgs)
ANARTS RTTY NEWS782 24/10/93
Avaiable 920 MHz Transceivers??
BAUD VS BAUDS
Callsigns as of 10/1/93...
Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 25 October
JVFAX6.x - which ftp site ?
List of CEPT countries? (2 msgs)
Looking for any MARS Members (req#3)
Motorola lawsuit - Press Release
Postal rates
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Yaesu FT-990 Comments...
ZA1QA - Anyone Get a QSL??
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 04:49:34 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!newshub.nosc.mil!news!price@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 'Vanity' Call Signs
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
This has always been one of my "favorite" topics, i.e. it really
torques me off that the good ol' US of A is, I think, the ONLY
nation in world where one cannot get a special callsign of any
kind. Ridiculous!
I think the FCC should sell off some calls in a lottery. How much
would someone be willing to pay for W6DX? How about for Don
Wallace's call, W6AM? $1000 or more? I'd bet on it!
But seriously folks, maintaining the ham radio callsign database,
including custom callsigns, is a trivially simple job that the
FCC can easily do, even with reduced staff. Someone just has to
get their attention. This job should have been turned over to the
ARRL years ago along with the testing. If it costs $15 to process
a callsign application, then charge it!
Is there a glimmer of hope on the horizon in this area, or is this
another round of speculation?
73--Jim, K6ZH
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Date: 26 Oct 93 16:19:42 GMT
From: worldbank.org!news@uunet.uu.net
Subject: 'Vanity' Call Signs
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
As the FCC is bound by ITU rules, one assumes that vanity calls must also
conform to the ITU allocation rules (ie: K, N, W for USA), so the IH8DX example
wouldn't be applicable. However, it does raise an interesting dilemma as to how
my logging program is going to deal with all this chaos!
(Pity really, I though the U.S. was one of the last sane places left where
prefixes didn't change with the weather conditions!)
-- Darrell NR3Y
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Date: 26 Oct 93 09:01:06 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram!dave@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: ANARTS RTTY NEWS782 24/10/93
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]
ANARTS NEWS CAST 782 24/10/93
SUNDAY BROADCAST SCHEDULE... NOTE TIMES ARE ZULU - NOT R NOT
AFFECTED BY DAYLIGHT SAVING.
3.545 mhz 0930 utc VK2BQS (Jim)
7.045 mhz -3 0030 utc VK2CTD (COL)
14.070 mhz (amtor/fec) 0030 utc No Operator.
14.091 mhz 0030 utc VK2BQS (JIM)
146.675 mhz 0030/0930 utc VK2JPA (PAT)
144.850 mhz (ax25 bbs) VK2JPA AT VK2RWI
146.675 mhz (rtty mmbbs/repeater) VK2RTY
Views expressed in this news bulletin are not necessarily
those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of the
Society.
DX advice from Jules W2JGR
==========================
Below is a reprint of the opening comments in the RTTY Journal
DX Notes column as written by Jules W2JGR in the September
1993 issue. This is good operating advice.
Jules writes:
It seems that every time a new rare station comes on the air,
an opportunity is provided to bring out the worst in operating
habits. What a pity! Take a recent case. The DX station made a
belated appearance on RTTY due to equipment problems, so the
whole world was perched, waiting to pounce. Propagation
conditions were far from good and copy was marginal in many
areas of the USA.
However, every report was RST 599, giving the DX station false
confidence that he was being well heard, when in fact he was
more like RST 349. He therefore neglected to repeat the
callsign of the calling station more than once when respond-
ing. And when turning it back, he did not give the callsign at
all.
This resulted in two abuses. Time was wasted when a calling
station asked -- PSE CFM MY CALL --. By that time the DX
station may have already left the frequency, and was trying to
pull out another call from the -- split -- pileup. This then
led to multiple -- insurance contacts -- made on the same band
by many stations, thereby possibly depriving others from at
least one contact.
The DX station is usually equally culpable, giving everyone
599. Why do RTTY operators do this? Lets stop kidding
ourselves, and the DX station, who in most cases, is trying to
satisfy a maximum number of people. If we can get into the
habit of giving true reports, the DX station can adjust his
operating technique to suit the conditions. Rates will improve
and both sides of the QSO will benefit.
----------------------------------------
Recent HF callbacks to the cast
-------------------------------
40 Metres
---------
VK1DL
VK2AAX VK2AIC VK2BAT VK2GQC VK2WL
VK3BVJ VK3CAY VK3CAZ VK3DWZ VK3FR VK3GN VK3JW/P VK3MQ
VK4ASB
VK5AJV
VK7WP
20 Metres
---------
VK2GTR VK2FCY VK2CCJ VK2AFR VK2BOD
VK5QD VK5NM VK5AJV VK5HB
VK6CW VK6SX
VK8HA
ZL1SY ZL1KN ZL2JON ZL2QR ZL1BIQ
80 Metres
---------
VK2CCJ VK2BAT VK2DXV
VK3BVJ
VK4SN
VK7HX
Good healthy roll-up, considering the cycle time and all. Who
said RTTY is dead???
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IPS weekly report
-----------------
15 October - 21 October 1993
Issue no.: 43
Date of issue: 22 October 1993
Date 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
10cm 94 91 90 87 89 94 95
A 02 04 07 05 07 04 (12 estimated)
T 52 53 31 33 22 13 42
Summary of activity
Solar activity was very low all week except for 20th October
when it was low. No flares were reported.
The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet to unsettled
on 16th, and quiet otherwise.
Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney for 15th, and
21st were near predicted monthly values. Frequencies were
depressed by up to 15 per cent on 16th-18th, up to 20 per cent
on 19th, and up to 30 per cent on 20th.
Forecast for the next week (22 - 28 October)
Solar : Low.
Geomagnetic: Quiet to unsettled.
Ionospheric: Near predicted monthly values.
Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services
-----------------------------------------
VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 15 OCT.'93
VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING OCT. 15, 1993 (BID RTDX1015)
OUR INFORMATION THIS WEEK CAME FROM ZS5S, 9X5LJ, W2JGR, WB2CJL,
WA1MPB, LA5ZO, SP5AA, F8RU, OH2BBF, IK1HSR, IK2BHX, IV3BKC,
I5ICY AND NJ0M NODE OF THE TWIN CITIES DX PACKET CLUSTER.
THANK ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
BANDPASS:
FRIDAY 8
0619-14083 J28BM 1615-14085 FR5DX
1640-14087 XX9AS 1917-14086 PJ2MI
1929-14088 YL2GD 2019-14085 EA8NQ
2025-14084 LX1DA 2117-14087 4X6UO
2307-14087 3X0DEX SEE NOTE
SATURDAY 9
0722-14082 TK/DL8NBH 0752-14084 YI1HS
0956-14086 ES4RM 1416-14088 C31SD
1422-14088 A45XC 1447-14085 9V1ZM
1448-14087 YL3FX 1457-14088 4X6UO
1520-14090 UN5PR 1526-14086 ES7FQ
1530-14083 T91ENS 1541-14085 UJ8JCQ
1653-14084 LX1DA 1802-21090 PJ2MI QSL K2PEQ
1931-14094 OX3BV 2026-14086 CN8NP
SUNDAY 10
0955-14087 GD3HDL 1056-14087 LY2GC
1111-28080 9U5DX 1135-28082 J28BM QSL K1SE
1315-14086 CO6RR 1321-14084 OH0/OH3TY QSL OH3TY
1431-14087 ZC4ML QSL G4LSL 1542-14087 HB0/HB9NL
1640-14087 FM5DN 1643-21086 PJ2MI
1706-21087 V51GB 1809-14085 FR5DX
1826-14084 EG5NOU FER PFX, QSL EA5OL
1832-14086 4X6UO 2044-14084 C31SD
2103-14080 FY5FJ 2123-14086 PZ2AC
MONDAY 11
0009-14085 CX7BN 0556-14083 9U5DX QSL DJ6JC NOTE
0615-14083 ST2/G4OJW NOTE 0655-14084 OK2TBC
0851-21086 5X1C 0907-21083 9U5DX
0918-14084 RA2FB 1811-14086 ZC4ML
1812-14088 4N7N 1825-14085 YL3FW
2043-14083 PZ1BS 2101-14072 S92ZM ARQ
2143-14083 9J2HN QSL JH8BKL 2214-14082 CE0ZIS
TUESDAY 12
1045-21083 9U5DX 1053-14086 CT3EE
1129-14087 PJ2MI 1441-14083 TA2N
1445-14085 UN7LR 1503-21090 FM5GN
1531-14083 9U5DX 1537-14083 9A2OH
1832-14088 YL2GD 1840-21087 J28BM
1841-14087 TK5ML 2219-14086 CX5BF
2220-14083 VP9MZ 2314-14080 ZP5FGS
2345-14083 9U5DX QSX DOWN 5
WEDNESDAY 13
0112-14089 XP1XBH 1039-14085 9H1ET
1336-21085 ZC4ML 1626-14083 4X6UO
1724-14088 IS0GDM 1734-14089 FT4WD CROZET IS.
1740-14086 FR5GS 1752-14086 CO6RR
1814-21089 FR5DX 1831-14088 ET3SID
THURSDAY 14
0032-14083 KG4CW 0054-14087 3X0DEX
1430-14091 IS0AWP 1432-21084 9U5DX
1521-14090 HL5AWS 1528-14088 RT7U
1602-14082 ZC4ML 1604-14086 FR5GS
1631-14085 XX9AS 1705-14083 BV7WB
1805-14084 4N7N
NOTES OF INTEREST: 3X0DEX, REP. OF GUINEA. TED, F8RU INFORM
THAT F6IBA, REPORTEDLY SAID HE WAS NOT RPT NOT THE QSL MANAGER
FOR THAT STATION AND IS SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF CARDS HE IS
RECEIVING. INFO FROM THE F.DX INFO NET ON 21170 KHZ. MORE
AFTER 3X0DEX HAS BEEN ASKED TO VERIFY HIS QSL INFORMATION.
OH0, ALAND IS. ERIC, OH2BBF WILL BE QRV DURING THE EUROPEAN
WAE RTTY CONTEST NOV3-14 AS OH0BBF. HE PLANS TO BE QRV WITH
BIG ANTENNAS AND BIG SIGNAL FROM REBUILT FAMOUS OH0W SITE. ON
HIGH BANDS WILL BE USED STACKED MONOBANDERS, A 3-EL ON 40
METER AND SLOPERS ON 80. QSL VIA BUREAU OR DIRECT TO HIS HOME
CALL.
9U, BURUNDI. HEINRICH, DJ6JC SHOWED AS 9U5DX. THOSE NEEDING
9U5 MAY LOOK FOR HIM TILL OCTOBER 16TH. ON THE BANDS.
ST2, SUDAN. ALI, G4OJW IS NOW QRV WITH THE CALL ST2/G4OJW.
HE OPERATES PRIMARILY ON CW ON 14062, MAIN TIMES FROM 1800 TO
2000Z BUT MAY ALSO BE HEARD AT OTHER TIMES. QSL IS VIA P.O.
BOX 4016, KHARTOUM, SUDAN.
FT4W, CROZET IS. ANOTHER RARE ONE SHOWED ON THE AIR.
CHRISTIAN, FT4WD APPEARED ON THE AIR IN QSO WITH SP4KM. WE
HOPE FOR LOT OF ACTIVITY. QSL VIA F6AXX.
SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES FOR NEXT WEEK TO BOB, WB2CJL
AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA OR ZS5S.ZAF.AF OR I5FLN.ITA.EU.
GL DE (DX2) LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF
(VIA HF AMTOR)
Let us know if you prefer this layout. It is an experimental
one and we appreciate feedback. Ed.
--------------------------------------------
Coming events
October 31st Daylight saving commences in most VK areas, it
is already current in VK7. Note that ANARTS
remains on ZULU time.
November 13th-14th WAE RTTY Contest
------------------------------------
Society information
The Society may be contacted at : PO Box 860, Crows Nest 2065
Australia, for such matters as membership and general
enquiries. Enquiries can also be made by packet to the
President (Col) VK2CTD, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA @ VK2RWI
News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60
Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA @ VK2RWI.
The Internet address for the Broadcast Officer is :
patl@extro.ucc.su.oz.au
The Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects from
anywhere in the broadcast footprint. We are looking forward to
news from your areas to let other amateurs know what you are
doing in the hobby. Hope to hear from you.
73s de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer
That concludes the broadcast of ANARTS CAST782.
INSERTED BY VK2BQS (Jim) Vice-President ANARTS.
--
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3
dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available
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Date: 26 Oct 93 04:31:02 GMT
From: njitgw.njit.edu!cats.njit.edu!dbm@RUTGERS.EDU
Subject: Avaiable 920 MHz Transceivers??
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <19130030@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com> efbasham@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com (Everett Fred Basham) writes:
>Forget using Motorola equipment on the HAM band at 902-928 MHz. Motorola
>900 trunked gear is designed to receive at around 934 MHz - the output
>frequency of the trunked systems. As it turns out, there is an overpowering
>signal at 931 MHz. If you don't know what it is, look on the back of the
>little black box hanging off your belt right now. Since this signal would
>wreck havoc with the receiver, M put a high pass filter with a cutoff just
>above the 931 MHz paging frequencies. Consequently, HAM is substantially
>attenuated. Even hacking the firmware / programming (not that anyone would
>actually do such a thing) woulnd't restore it without major re-work of the
>RF deck. I haven't checked this, but it comes from several HAMs who have
>bought 900 MHz Moto. radios only to find out they are essentially useless
>for HAM applications, for this very reason.
The Motorola Maxtrac 900 go's to the ham band without too much work. First changing the two filters in the front end to 915 Mhz (Murata P/N DFC3R915P025BTD ph no 404-684-7821) is the fix for the receiver. Then changing two chip caps in the VCO brings the radio to the ham band. Then if the radio is the trunked version you want to change the Eprom to a FVN4019A conventional firmware. Using Conventional software you will be able to program the radio just disreguard the warning that you have entered an unautho
rized freq.
I have a 900 Maxtrac in my truck and it works well with the above mods.
Dean
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Date: 26 Oct 93 16:47:32 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: BAUD VS BAUDS
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
IS THE TERM BAUD LIKE MOST PEOPLE USE OR IS IT BAUDS LIKE THE ARRL FOLKS
USE?
Roy
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 02:53:20 GMT
From: news.kpc.com!amd!netcomsv!netcom.com!jfh@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: Callsigns as of 10/1/93...
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
William=E.=Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv.Mlb@ns14.cca.CR.rockwell.COM wrote:
>bill wb9ivr (who hopes someone in the 717 area code would want to make this
>available....and i kinda miss all the off the beaten track sequences as well.)
WorldRadio and the W5YI report both carry callsign reports which include
some of the smaller areas. They don't include them all, however; there are
some areas listed in the DX list that I've never seen reported, like
Guantanamo Bay.
--
----------------------------------------------------
Jack Hamilton POB 281107 SF CA 94128 USA
jfh@netcom.com kd6ttl@w6pw.#nocal.ca.us.na
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Date: 26 Oct 93 14:19:36 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 25 October
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 298, 10/25/93
10.7 FLUX=087 90-AVG=094 SSN=068 BKI=2124 6533 BAI=025
BGND-XRAY=A8.2 FLU1=8.8E+05 FLU10=1.0E+04 PKI=2235 6533 PAI=029
BOU-DEV=013,008,018,053,125,083,026,038 DEV-AVG=045 NT SWF=00:000
XRAY-MAX= C6.2 @ 2005UT XRAY-MIN= A7.1 @ 1528UT XRAY-AVG= B1.5
NEUTN-MAX= +000% @ 1955UT NEUTN-MIN= -005% @ 2130UT NEUTN-AVG= -2.0%
PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 1430UT PCA-MIN= -0.5DB @ 1515UT PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55362NT @ 0149UT BOUTF-MIN=55309NT @ 1609UT BOUTF-AVG=55349NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT G7-AVG=+069,+000,+000
GOES6-MAX=P:+164NT@ 1535UT GOES6-MIN=P:-096NT@ 1607UT G6-AVG=+088,+016,-030
FLUXFCST=STD:090,090,090;SESC:090,090,090 BAI/PAI-FCST=020,015,015/025,020,018
KFCST=4445 2111 2224 4222 27DAY-AP=007,015 27DAY-KP=1113 2232 1134 4433
WARNINGS=*SWF
ALERTS=**SWEEP:II=2@2009-2017UTC(450KM/SEC)
!!END-DATA!!
NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 24 OCT 93 was 44.8.
The Full Kp Indices for 24 OCT 93 are: 4+ 2o 2- 2- 1+ 2- 2- 1+
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Date: 26 Oct 93 10:42:42 GMT
From: math.fu-berlin.de!uniol!Alexander.Brozeit@uunet.uu.net
Subject: JVFAX6.x - which ftp site ?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Recently I saw a post on JVFAX6.0. Today I queried archie for the program
with no results. Anybody out there who knows where I can find it ?
--
===============================================================================
Alexander Brozeit
University of Oldenburg, Physics Dept., PO Box 2503, D 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
email: alexander.brozeit@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de Phone: +49-441-798-3513
brozeit@uwa.physik.uni-oldenburg.de Fax: +49-441-798-3201
===============================================================================
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Date: 26 Oct 93 10:25:25 GMT
From: swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!nntp.hut.fi!nntp.hut.fi!Tomi.Manninen@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: List of CEPT countries?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <jfhCFHLCA.EBG@netcom.com> jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton) writes:
>Does anyone have a list of countries which honor CEPT licenses?
Here's a list I found in our national amateur radio magazine. It lists
all countries in which Finnish CEPT licence is valid. I don't see why
the list should look different for other countries CEPT licences.
Germany DL/DC
Spain EA/EB
Ireland EI
France F
Guadeloupe FG
French Guyana FY
Martinique FM
Reunion FR
St Pierre & Miquelon FP
Mayotte FH
New Caledonia FK
French Antarctic FT
Wallis & Futuna FW
St Martin FJ
England G
Isle of Man GD
Northern Ireland GI
Jersey GJ
Scotland GM
Guernsey GU
Wales GW
Hungary HA/HG
Switzerland HB9
Liechtenstein HB0
Italy IK/IW
Norway LA
Luxemburg LX
Austria OE
Czech Rep. OK
Belgium ON
Denmark OZ
Greenland OX
Faeroe Is OY
Netherlands PA
Sweden SM
New Zealand ZL
Then there are a few countries in which a CEPT licence is an asset.
Note that not all CEPT member countries accept CEPT amateur licence as
a valid amateur licence.
--
---Tomi Manninen / Tomi.Manninen@hut.fi / OH2BNS @ OH2RBI.FIN.EU---
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 04:19:21 GMT
From: butch!netcomsv!netcom.com!jfh@uunet.uu.net
Subject: List of CEPT countries?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Does anyone have a list of countries which honor CEPT licenses?
CEPT is a European communications organization (Comite European de Posts at
Telephones, perhaps) which issues amateur radio licenses valid throughout
all member countries. Some non-European countries honor the licenses, but
I don't know which, and I'd like to.
--
----------------------------------------------------
Jack Hamilton POB 281107 SF CA 94128 USA
jfh@netcom.com kd6ttl@w6pw.#nocal.ca.us.na
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 03:43:48 GMT
From: swrinde!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!fmsystm.telemax.com!andrews@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Looking for any MARS Members (req#3)
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Hello from N8OFS/AAN5HJT...
Here is the list from my second posting;
Dutch Miller KB0ONG \AAT7CH/AAA9SE DUTCHMILLER@delphi.com
Stephen Shearer WB3LGC \NNN0KON shearer@esvx19.es.dupont.com
I am still looking for ANY Mars Member from ANY branch to chat with.
Please reply. Mailing list is still being thought out.
--
Tell Me Something I Don't Know, ! HAM = N8OFS
Show Me Something I Can Use, ! ARMY MARS = AAN5HJT
Push The Buttons, ! CB = THE NEON KNIGHT
Connect The God-Damn Dots!!! - Ministry ! HACKER = TH3 N30N KN16Ht
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Date: 26 Oct 93 13:51:47 GMT
From: brunix!maxcy2.maxcy.brown.edu!md@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Motorola lawsuit - Press Release
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <CFBCqs.EAD@walter.bellcore.com>, whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h) writes:
|>
|> Here's some more info/insight into what's behind the recent ad blitz
|> by Motorola in QST and other publications.
Its interesting to note that Motorola is sueing these people on the
basis that they stole copyrighted Motorola software which allows radios
to be modified, not that they are modifying radio firmware.
MD
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Date: 26 Oct 93 15:39:19 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: Postal rates
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I would like to assemble a comprehensive table of postal
rates from around the world and compile that information
along with the exchange rates. I will post the information
so everyone can use it.
73 -- marty -- nr3z skitch@nadc.navy.mil
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Date: 26 Oct 93 14:20:12 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: subscribe
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
subscribe
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Date: 26 Oct 93 17:11:31 GMT
From: world!dts@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Yaesu FT-990 Comments...
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <2ajf1v$8kj@jericho.mc.com> levine@mc.com writes:
>Without quoting your entire text, you mentioned that LSB was the only
>mode available for packet. Does this imply that there is no FSK input
>for any digital modes (RTTY, PACTOR etc...)
>
>If so, this is amazing. I use a TS850 with FSK and my 500Hz cw filter
>for RTTY and can't imagine going back to LSB mode like I had to with
>the older TS440.
>
>Terrible oversight if true. Is it true for all modern Yeasu rigs?
Bob,
you misunderstood completely. Yaesu's methods are different for selecting Data
modes. The 990 has 2 different buttons for selecting RTTY and Packet modes. In
each case, you can select which receiver mode to use: in the case of RTTY,
it toggles between USB and LSB, in Packet it toggles between LSB and FM.
The original poster's complaint was that it could not switch to USB in the
packet mode. In all of the data modes, the passband is centered and narrow
filters can be used. With the RTTY button pressed, I/O is via the RTTY jack on
the back of the radio, and with the PACKET button pressed, the PACKET jack
is used. This allows for connection and selection of both FSK and AFSK
inputs to the radio. The design is quite good in this respect.
So, in summary, the FT990 and the TS850 have equivalent capabilities with regard
to FSK for RTTY and the use of narrow filters.
Dan N1JEB
--
---------------------------------------------------------------
Daniel Senie Internet: dts@world.std.com
Daniel Senie Consulting n1jeb@world.std.com
508-365-5352 Compuserve: 74176,1347
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Date: 26 Oct 93 16:37:38 GMT
From: worldbank.org!news@uunet.uu.net
Subject: ZA1QA - Anyone Get a QSL??
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Did anyone ever get a QSL from the Globex operation in Albania (ZA1QA, I think
was the call)? I worked these folks on 80 meters, and would love to get ZA
knocked off my wanted list. I've sent two requests to Globex (plus a number of
$1 bills), but no response. Anybody got any ideas??
-- 73 Darrell NR3Y
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