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Info-Hams Digest Thu, 18 Nov 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1359
Today's Topics:
CENSORSHIP WARNING
CW abbreviations
CW QSO's, New hams who need practice read this!
Elmers are dead, god help us HAMS!
Finally passed
Gary-bashing
HAM Shop in LA
help on QSL routes-new US calls
How did spark transmitters work (was Re: CW)
License Datapoints
TEN TEC OMNI V OWNERS!!!
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Date: 17 Nov 93 16:26:28 GMT
From: ogicse!uwm.edu!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!greg@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: CENSORSHIP WARNING
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <CGLzHn.H1B@news.Hawaii.Edu> jherman@uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jeff Herman) writes:
>
>This notice is to warn all net posters that within our elements is a
>small group that is attempting to practice censorship; if they do not
>agree with your viewpoint,
Perhaps it is the way in which you present your view-point which
is offensive. I recall, Jeff, questioning in e-mail how the way
in which you present your anti-gay rhetoric using the facilities
of the University might come into conflict with an anti-discrimination
and/or harassment policy which might be in force there. You, as I
recall, pooh-poohed the notion at the time, muttering something
about the First Amendment. Of course you forget the axiom that
'freedom of the press belongs to him who owns one.'
>One person has done this to me [re: BARF = Bestiality Amateur Radio
>Fraternity, which was my tongue-in-check response to the Lambda
>gay radio club {BTW, my postmaster thought the BARF article was funny}];
Though it wasn't me who went to your postmaster, you can't say I
didn't warn you. Though your postmaster thought it was funny, I
wonder, would the Dean? The president of the University? The mob
of Queer Nation demonstrators on the steps of the Administration
Building?
Your defense, and it is a flimsy one, has been that it was merely
an allegory. If a racist had responded to an integrationist with a
story about monkeys (sorry AT&T), and defended it as a mere allegory,
s/he would have been severely censured (for the illiterate 'censured'
<> 'censored').
>So, my friends, beware! There is no absolute freedom of speech on
>.misc and .policy. These folks will decide when you've crossed the line
No, your postmaster and the owners of your system will.
>[which they themselves have drawn] as to what's ``proper'' and what's not.
>[And they're doing this from their corporate accounts on company time;
>hmmm, I wonder if their employers realize this....]
If one wants wider freedoms than is afforded by utilizing the facilities
of an employer whose name is, perforce, on each posting, then it behooves
one to pay for the privilege.
Jeff, you clearly have some maturing to do. In your zeal to yell "he's
oppressing me, he's oppressing me," you don't look at how your words
and actions contribute to the oppression of other people. Instead, you
squeal like a pig when someone deals you a dose of what you deal them,
and gets in the way of your self-expression.
Instead of whining, perhaps you can take a good, hard, look at what
you could have done to make someone angry enough to be willing to set
aside the principles of free speech, and try and shut you down. Lest
you think that it is your self-styled stance for virtue and morality,
that is the wrong road, sir.
Greg
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 19:17:58 GMT
From: news.cerf.net!pagesat!olivea!sgigate.sgi.com!odin!chuck.dallas.sgi.com!adams@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: CW abbreviations
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Joseph KA3VJY,
Be careful of what you ask for. You might get what you ask for. :-)
The following is a part of the Phillips Code, a standard set of
abbreviations used by Morse Operators, Telegraphers, Ham Radio Operators,
etc. I have added some. Thus the Phillips-Adams Code, but not included
in this list is every abbreviation known to man, no acronyms, common ham,
abbreviations, etc.....
This will take some time to memorize, but you will hear some of them on the air.
Also, as a side note, the faster you go, the fewer abbreviations you will
here and spelling becomes very important. :-) Enjoy.
Flame suit on Scotty. CW Bashing mode on. Internet go.
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Phillips-Adams Code
AA all after FM from QSN question
AB about FO for R are
ABB abbreviate FRI friday R roger
ABBD abbreviated FW follow RCD received
ABBG abbreviating G from the RD read
ABBN abbreviation GA good afternoon RPY reply
ABD aboard GD good RR railroad
ABS absent GG going RT are the
ABV above GL good luck RU are you
ADS address GM good morning RY railway
AF after GN gone SDY sunday
AGN again GN good night SIG signature
AK acknowledge GV give SND send
ALW always H has STD standard
AMT amount HR here STN station
AO at once HV have SUY saturday
AR answer HB have been SVC service
AX ask IW it was T the
B be J by which TBL trouble
BC because JR junior TDY today
BCNU be seeing you K out of the TG thing
BD board KMN communication THD thursday
BF before KP keep TM them
BK break KPPG cooperating TN then
BTN between LG long TR there
BUN bulletin LIC license TS this
C see LTR letter TSE these
C yes LVG leaving TT that
CD could M more TU thank you
CF chief MD made TUY tuesday
CFM confirm MDA monday TX this is
CHG charge MFG manufacturing TY they
CLD called MK make U you
CLDY cloudy MNG morning UK understand
CLR clear MO month UR your
CM come MVG moving V of which
CTD connected N not VY very
CPI copy NI night W with
CY copy NIL nothing WB will be
D in the NUMD numbered WDA wednesday
DD did NW now WI will
DE from O of WL well
DEG degree OPR operator WN when
DG doing OTH other WO who
DLD delivered P per WRD word
DOLS dollars PBY probably WT what
EA each PC percent WTV whatever
ENH enough PD paid X in which
EQM equipment PFD preferred XJ explain
ES and PKJ package Y year
EU Europe PLS please YA yesterday
F of the Q on the Z from which
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Chuck Adams, K5FO - CP60
adams@sgi.com
QRP ARCI Awards Chairman
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Date: 17 Nov 93 17:15:50 GMT
From: ogicse!emory!nntp.msstate.edu!Ra.MsState.Edu!cll4@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: CW QSO's, New hams who need practice read this!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Jeff Jones (jeffj@seeker.mystic.com) wrote:
: >After reading a bit I realized that hams who just passed their 5 wpm
: >code test are nervous about making their first CW contacts on the air
: >(I was!). If you just passed, working on upgrading or need your first
: >CW contact please send me some email and I'll be more then happy to work
: >you. It will be nice and easy with no pressure on you to be perfect. I will
: >work with you and resend as many times as you need until you get it. So if
: >you have been scared to get on the air using CW this is your chance! Let
: >me know what time and frequency and let's do it! 73!
Good Deal!! Glad to see some OM out there that are willing to send a little
slower for the newbies! I have had my first four or five CW contacts in the
past few weeks, and it can be very nerve racking. There was one instance
where the guy I was working was sending somewhere around 15-20wpm. I told
him to slow down 3 or 4 times before finally signing with him (needless to
say, he never slowed down even a tiny bit). Not much fun to work someone
that you don't know what they're saying. Kinda like talking to a foreigner
who can understand you but can't speak your language.
Anyway just my $0.02 worth.
Keep up the good work Jeff!
73 de Craig
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Craig Lindsey - KC5AUG | My politics are simple: Always go right. If
Internet: cll4@ra.msstate.edu| you go left, you can never go right, and if
cll4@pcmail.cc.msstate.edu| you go right, you never go wrong. -Grizzard
Bitnet: cll4@msstate.bitnet|
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 19:43:10 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!nsa.hp.com!rjw@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Elmers are dead, god help us HAMS!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I agree with some of the comments about repeaters. I have not enjoyed using repeaters
that much - there do seem to be many cliques - the same callsigns are heard all the
time and if you're not a member of a club it can be difficult to talk much. On the
other hand I have had two really enjoyable QSOs on 2m simplex recently. Even in the
(SF) Bay Area where there are probably more 2m rigs than cell phones, there doesn't
seem to be much simplex traffic. I have a Yaesu FT-530 and have programmed all of the
North CA simplex frequencies into it and then use it's scanning to find an active
frequency. I then wait until the QSO is over and call one of the parties - I have
done this a couple of times recently and had some very enjoyable QSOs. The other
hams were surprised that I was on simplex - and in both cases they didn't like
using repeaters that much. I think it would be fun sometime to take a J-pole and
my HT to a high point around here and see just how far I can get simplex.
So my point is that I have found that using simplex cuts out a lot of the people
that I might not want to talk with - it's a form of self-selection on their part.
Richard Webber
KD6ELB
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 17:23:19 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!cs.utexas.edu!hermes.chpc.utexas.edu!news.utdallas.edu!corpgate!nrtpa038!brtph560!b4pph107!jwittich@ames.arpa
Subject: Finally passed
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
>5 years ago I got interested in ham radio since I got wind of a ham radio
>class being offered close by. It sounded cool and it was. So I studided the
>code and the material for the novice and tech written tests. I thought I
[...]
>cool eh ? :)
Yep, Sure is. Congratulations Lance. Sounds like it was quite a
struggle for you and most of it not your fault. Oh well, you have
finally done it.
I am sort of new too. Had that ticket for about a year, but in this
area, the old timers take care of the new guys pretty well. Questions
from new hams are welcomed. I hope you live in an area like that too.
I hope you have as much fun as I have and once again, congrats, and
welcome to Ham Radio.
73.
AC4ZO -=Jeff=-
Raleigh, NC
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Date: 17 Nov 1993 18:43:45 GMT
From: news.cerf.net!pagesat!olivea!spool.mu.edu!wupost!cs.uiuc.edu!news1.oakland.edu!vela.acs.oakland.edu!prvalko@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Gary-bashing
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Welcome to the hobby Tom. If you want to ask a question and get a no
b-s answer, drop me a line.
And for what it's worth, Gary was not too off base on the fact that you
seem to have slipped through the cracks of "the system" and apparently
got a ham license without having found someone to help you out.
I frankly think that is what he ment with his statement, and it was not
indicative of the original poster's comment/question.
73 paul wb8zjl
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Date: 15 Nov 1993 14:36:29 -0800
From: usc!phakt.usc.edu!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: HAM Shop in LA
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Hi,
I need some help from netters. I have a friend coming from out of
town. He'd like to visit some good shops for amateur radio. I have no
idea where to go in Los Angeles Area.
So, any recommendation for good Equipment shop in LA county area ?
I think my friend is looking for some VHF, UHF equipment and may be
packet radio stuff too.
Please reply by e-mail since I don't usually read this group.
Thank you
ANAWAT CHANKHUNTHOD
INTERNET: chankhun@usc.edu ,anat-ee@cmu.chiangmai.ac.th
LAX: M.S. Program, Computer Engineering, University of Southern California.
CNX: Department of Computer Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 22:28:00 GMT
From: usc!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!news.dell.com!pmafire!boojum!mamie.lanl.gov!user@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: help on QSL routes-new US calls
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Hi...I would like to QSL two folks with (apparently) new calls. They are
not listed in the buffalo.cs callserver. Thanks for any help!
AA9GF
KB7UHG
Thanks,
Tom
KJ5LT
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 00:05:46 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!trlluna!titan!pcies4.trl.OZ.AU!drew@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: How did spark transmitters work (was Re: CW)
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <RFM.93Nov15163846@urth.eng.sun.com> rfm@urth.eng.sun.com (Richard McAllister) writes:
>From: rfm@urth.eng.sun.com (Richard McAllister)
>Subject: How did spark transmitters work (was Re: CW)
>Date: 15 Nov 93 16:38:46
>In article <CGIu00.A9L@freenet.carleton.ca> aj467@Freenet.carleton.ca (Bill
>Macpherson) writes:
>
>[Describing a early method of generating CW]
>> The whole concept was likely the father of the rotary spark gap,
>>the expense of engineering the large condensors, coils, resistors and
>>generators would have fallen outside the realm of an amateur ( both in
>>terms of cost and scale ) as the spark generator was as high as a man, and
>>the frequency was determined by the shaft RPM.
>
>At the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley they have the electromagnet Dr.
>Lawrence used to construct the first cyclotron sitting out front; it's about
>9 feet tall, and was part of a commercial spark transmitter made surplus by
>the advent of tube transmitters. (BTW, Lawrence was a ham, and they have
>his spark rig on display inside.)
>
>My question is, why did spark transmitters need big electromagnets?
>Were they basically big generators, generating EMF by rotating a coil
>through the magnetic field?
>
>(Another fun thing on exhibit at the LHoS was Lawrence's letter to Henri
>Bequerel mentioning that he'd heard of some big French spark transmitting
>station closing down, and suggesting that HB ask them for their surplus
>magnets so he could build his own cyclotron...)
>
>[Crossposted to .policy, where it started, and .misc, where it fits,
>with followups directed to .misc.]
>
>Rich
>--
>Rich McAllister (rfm@eng.sun.com)
The early Marconi type spark transmitters used, I believe, an ordinary
induction coil (similar in principle to that used today for the ignition
system in an auto). The low voltage primary coil was self-interrupted (like
a buzzer) and keyed with a morse key. The high voltage secondary winding had
a spark-gap, one side of the gap connected to ground, the other connected to
an antenna. A raspy broad-band signal was thus generated. The only tuning
was that provided by the antenna circuit, although later refinements by
Marconi introduced some LC tuning. Another refinement was to fit, into the
spark-gap, a motor-driven rotating toothed wheel, which modulated the
broad-band noise and introduced a more "musical" note, thus allowing skilled
operators some means of discriminating between the many signals on the air.
If you have access to early issues of QST (say pre 1930), you will find
many descriptions of amateur spark stations- fascinating reading.
73, Drew, VK3XU.
many wwen .
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Date: 16 Nov 1993 12:59:45 -0800
From: news.sprintlink.net!news.world.net!teleport.com!teleport.com!not-for-mail@uunet.uu.net
Subject: License Datapoints
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Michael Sattler (msattler@netcom.com) wrote:
: David Stark (David.Stark@p2.f333.n2613.z1.fidonet.org) wrote:
: : > From: romanenkod@agcs.com (Dan Romanenko)
: : > I took (and passed) my no-code Tech. on Oct. 16th. Still waiting...
: : According to the November issue of QST, the processing lag for new amateur
: : licenses is about 70 days now.
: I took (and passed) my no-code tech exam today; the VEs told us that
: the waiting period had drastically dropped to 5 weeks, believe it
: or not.
Must be W5YI VEC?
Can't be the Association for Retarding Radio Licensing. 8-)
73's
Gene
KB7WIP
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Date: 17 Nov 1993 18:56:10 GMT
From: news.cerf.net!pagesat!olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!cs.uiuc.edu!news1.oakland.edu!vela.acs.oakland.edu!prvalko@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: TEN TEC OMNI V OWNERS!!!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Pat,
I have a 12 year old Corsair and I got rid of a new TS-440sat a couple
years ago because there was simply no comparison in the receiver
quality.
Those guys probably never even seen a Ten Tec, and I bet you a steak
dinner, when their Kenwood, Icom, or Yasue breaks, it gets shipped out
for repair.
Look, everyone makes a pretty good radio for any given "x" amount of
dollars. The Omni V has a superlative receiver but few of the bells and
whistles (including general coverage) that virtually every other
manufacturer builds in as standard equipment.
73 paul wb8zjl
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