Date: Sun, 21 Nov 93 21:00:07 PST From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup <info-hams@ucsd.edu> Errors-To: Info-Hams-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1372 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Sun, 21 Nov 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1372 Today's Topics: Cleartone CMU-350 manual needed. How do I contact Yaesu How do I contact Yaesu? Manual needed, Cleartone CMU-350 ORBS$323.MISC.AMSAT (2 msgs) ORBS$323.OSCAR.AMSAT Submitting Sweepstakes via Internet Using modified HT in emergency (2 msgs) zero-beating Send Replies or notes for publication to: <Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu> Send subscription requests to: <Info-Hams-REQUEST@UCSD.Edu> Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1993 00:39:32 +0000 From: news.sprintlink.net!demon!sound.demon.co.uk!Delta@uunet.uu.net Subject: Cleartone CMU-350 manual needed. To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Hello fellow netters, My 70cm radio has just given up the ghost, and I need a service manual or even a copy of the schematic so I can fix it. It is an ex-pmr radio manufactured by ClearTone. Model CMU-350 Any help appreciated. Looks like the VCO has died..... 73, Steve #------------------------------------------------# | <*> Steve K Brown <*> | | | | Internet : delta@sound.demon.co.uk | | WAPOWnet : Steve Brown, 42:69/2@WAPOW | | WorldNet : Steve Brown, 64:7000/24@WORLDNET | | BBS : Delta BBS, +44 (0)252 546545 24hr | | Packet : G1WMD @ GB7VIR | | Voice : 0252-546542 | | AnsaFone : 0252-547551 24Hr | #------------------------------------------------# ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1993 16:27:29 GMT From: pacbell.com!att-out!cbnewst!waco@ames.arpa Subject: How do I contact Yaesu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 14:57:03 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!spool.mu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!mcrcim.mcgill.edu!sifon!athena.ulaval.ca!VM1.ulaval.ca!DESGAGNE@network.ucsd.edu Subject: How do I contact Yaesu? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <dmadsen.753578309@vincent1.iastate.edu> dmadsen@iastate.edu (Dean R Madsen) writes: >Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc >Path: athena.ulaval.ca!sifon!newsflash.concordia.ca!utcsri!utnut!torn!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!vincent1.iastate.edu!dmadsen >From: dmadsen@iastate.edu (Dean R Madsen) >Subject: How do I contact Yaesu? >Message-ID: <dmadsen.753578309@vincent1.iastate.edu> >Summary: need Yaesu's service dept. phone number >Keywords: Yaesu phone number >Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) >Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA >Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 23:18:29 GMT >Lines: 22 >I have a Yaesu FT-470 that has a terrible intermod problem and less than >desirable squelch operation. I need a phone number to contact Yaesu to >investigate getting this repaired. I found a list of manufacturers' phone >numbers, but none of the ones listed for Yaesu were current. Does anyone have >a recent phone number for Yaesu U.S.A. ? Yaesu USA (California): 310-404-2700 Marc Desgagne, VE2AAF Desgagne@VM1.ULAVAL.CA ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1993 23:54:59 +0000 From: news.sprintlink.net!demon!sound.demon.co.uk!Delta@uunet.uu.net Subject: Manual needed, Cleartone CMU-350 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Hello and thanks for reading this. I urgently need a copy or loan of a service manual or schemetic for a pmr radio thats (was) used for mail-forwarding on my bbs. Its a Cleartone CMU-350, UHF 10 channel synth radio. Any help appreciated! #------------------------------------------------# | <*> Steve K Brown <*> | | | | Internet : delta@sound.demon.co.uk | | WAPOWnet : Steve Brown, 42:69/2@WAPOW | | WorldNet : Steve Brown, 64:7000/24@WORLDNET | | BBS : Delta BBS, +44 (0)252 546545 24hr | | Packet : G1WMD @ GB7VIR | | Voice : 0252-546542 | | AnsaFone : 0252-547551 24Hr | #------------------------------------------------# ------------------------------ Date: 21 Nov 93 20:09:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: ORBS$323.MISC.AMSAT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-323.M Orbital Elements 323.MISC HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR MANNED AND MISCELLANEOUS SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX November 19, 1993 BID: $ORBS-323.M TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: MIR Catalog number: 16609 Epoch time: 93321.57070583 Element set: 586 Inclination: 51.6139 deg RA of node: 168.8603 deg Eccentricity: 0.0005214 Arg of perigee: 358.7317 deg Mean anomaly: 0.6246 deg Mean motion: 15.58545846 rev/day Decay rate: 7.939e-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 44304 Checksum: 317 Satellite: HUBBLE Catalog number: 20580 Epoch time: 93320.38852573 Element set: 362 Inclination: 28.4687 deg RA of node: 163.2233 deg Eccentricity: 0.0004748 Arg of perigee: 200.0009 deg Mean anomaly: 160.0464 deg Mean motion: 14.92922012 rev/day Decay rate: 7.48e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 19427 Checksum: 277 Satellite: GRO Catalog number: 21225 Epoch time: 93321.24933334 Element set: 222 Inclination: 28.4618 deg RA of node: 264.6526 deg Eccentricity: 0.0074975 Arg of perigee: 90.1642 deg Mean anomaly: 270.7885 deg Mean motion: 15.58731637 rev/day Decay rate: 1.8416e-04 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 2420 Checksum: 299 Satellite: UARS Catalog number: 21701 Epoch time: 93315.59270845 Element set: 412 Inclination: 56.9842 deg RA of node: 310.8939 deg Eccentricity: 0.0005642 Arg of perigee: 92.8950 deg Mean anomaly: 267.4094 deg Mean motion: 14.96195848 rev/day Decay rate: -1.996e-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 11836 Checksum: 336 Satellite: POSAT Catalog number: 22829 Epoch time: 93289.11726978 Element set: 204 Inclination: 98.6763 deg RA of node: 2.0610 deg Eccentricity: 0.0010043 Arg of perigee: 184.4594 deg Mean anomaly: 175.6498 deg Mean motion: 14.27975951 rev/day Decay rate: 7.2e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 286 Checksum: 317 /EX ------------------------------ Date: 19 Nov 93 13:46:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: ORBS$323.MISC.AMSAT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-323.M Orbital Elements 323.MISC HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR MANNED AND MISCELLANEOUS SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX November 19, 1993 BID: $ORBS-323.M TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: MIR Catalog number: 16609 Epoch time: 93321.57070583 Element set: 586 Inclination: 51.6139 deg RA of node: 168.8603 deg Eccentricity: 0.0005214 Arg of perigee: 358.7317 deg Mean anomaly: 0.6246 deg Mean motion: 15.58545846 rev/day Decay rate: 7.939e-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 44304 Checksum: 317 Satellite: HUBBLE Catalog number: 20580 Epoch time: 93320.38852573 Element set: 362 Inclination: 28.4687 deg RA of node: 163.2233 deg Eccentricity: 0.0004748 Arg of perigee: 200.0009 deg Mean anomaly: 160.0464 deg Mean motion: 14.92922012 rev/day Decay rate: 7.48e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 19427 Checksum: 277 Satellite: GRO Catalog number: 21225 Epoch time: 93321.24933334 Element set: 222 Inclination: 28.4618 deg RA of node: 264.6526 deg Eccentricity: 0.0074975 Arg of perigee: 90.1642 deg Mean anomaly: 270.7885 deg Mean motion: 15.58731637 rev/day Decay rate: 1.8416e-04 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 2420 Checksum: 299 Satellite: UARS Catalog number: 21701 Epoch time: 93315.59270845 Element set: 412 Inclination: 56.9842 deg RA of node: 310.8939 deg Eccentricity: 0.0005642 Arg of perigee: 92.8950 deg Mean anomaly: 267.4094 deg Mean motion: 14.96195848 rev/day Decay rate: -1.996e-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 11836 Checksum: 336 Satellite: POSAT Catalog number: 22829 Epoch time: 93289.11726978 Element set: 204 Inclination: 98.6763 deg RA of node: 2.0610 deg Eccentricity: 0.0010043 Arg of perigee: 184.4594 deg Mean anomaly: 175.6498 deg Mean motion: 14.27975951 rev/day Decay rate: 7.2e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 286 Checksum: 317 /EX ------------------------------ Date: 19 Nov 93 13:37:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: ORBS$323.OSCAR.AMSAT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-323.O Orbital Elements 323.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX November 19, 1993 BID: $ORBS-323.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-10 Catalog number: 14129 Epoch time: 93321.57691393 Element set: 211 Inclination: 27.1956 deg RA of node: 355.7539 deg Eccentricity: 0.6019652 Arg of perigee: 131.0023 deg Mean anomaly: 299.1524 deg Mean motion: 2.05880635 rev/day Decay rate: -1.12e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 7841 Checksum: 293 Satellite: UO-11 Catalog number: 14781 Epoch time: 93320.59791365 Element set: 612 Inclination: 97.7971 deg RA of node: 340.1743 deg Eccentricity: 0.0010901 Arg of perigee: 227.3657 deg Mean anomaly: 132.6634 deg Mean motion: 14.69084435 rev/day Decay rate: 2.24e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 51909 Checksum: 310 Satellite: RS-10/11 Catalog number: 18129 Epoch time: 93320.53837545 Element set: 812 Inclination: 82.9209 deg RA of node: 126.0240 deg Eccentricity: 0.0010352 Arg of perigee: 256.4589 deg Mean anomaly: 103.5413 deg Mean motion: 13.72326438 rev/day Decay rate: 6.1e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 32074 Checksum: 277 Satellite: AO-13 Catalog number: 19216 Epoch time: 93315.34314830 Element set: 813 Inclination: 57.8997 deg RA of node: 284.7483 deg Eccentricity: 0.7226538 Arg of perigee: 327.9276 deg Mean anomaly: 3.4613 deg Mean motion: 2.09719999 rev/day Decay rate: -5.3e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 4143 Checksum: 336 Satellite: FO-20 Catalog number: 20480 Epoch time: 93310.07362541 Element set: 607 Inclination: 99.0217 deg RA of node: 139.2984 deg Eccentricity: 0.0541030 Arg of perigee: 125.0547 deg Mean anomaly: 240.2545 deg Mean motion: 12.83221816 rev/day Decay rate: -5.0e-08 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 17551 Checksum: 267 Satellite: AO-21 Catalog number: 21087 Epoch time: 93320.47796564 Element set: 368 Inclination: 82.9418 deg RA of node: 300.1208 deg Eccentricity: 0.0034449 Arg of perigee: 319.1873 deg Mean anomaly: 40.6687 deg Mean motion: 13.74528168 rev/day Decay rate: 8.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 14036 Checksum: 318 Satellite: RS-12/13 Catalog number: 21089 Epoch time: 93317.61990766 Element set: 612 Inclination: 82.9233 deg RA of node: 171.3110 deg Eccentricity: 0.0029494 Arg of perigee: 351.2997 deg Mean anomaly: 8.7626 deg Mean motion: 13.74029180 rev/day Decay rate: 4.0e-08 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 13904 Checksum: 305 Satellite: ARSENE Catalog number: 22654 Epoch time: 93319.82294071 Element set: 209 Inclination: 1.4256 deg RA of node: 113.1022 deg Eccentricity: 0.2930832 Arg of perigee: 161.7997 deg Mean anomaly: 211.8626 deg Mean motion: 1.42202608 rev/day Decay rate: -5.2e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 272 Checksum: 263 /EX ------------------------------ Date: 21 Nov 93 13:04:12 GMT From: ogicse!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!mrtnt.ntrs.com!tntvax!ddb@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Submitting Sweepstakes via Internet To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I would like to submit my Sweepstakes log via internet (contest@arrl.org) What is the format of the entry? What should the 'summary sheet file' look like and also the log file? According to QST there is a 'suggested standard file format.' - Thanks in advance - Dan Bowker NY9K ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 07:22:52 GMT From: news.sprintlink.net!crash!telesoft!garym@uunet.uu.net Subject: Using modified HT in emergency To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In <103360208@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> ajs@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Alan Silverstein) writes: >> Does anyone have any comments? >1. I doubt the sheriff had the authority to confiscate the modified HT. > Probably the FCC could levy such a penalty, but not the sheriff. The SO did not confiscate the HT, what I heard was that Chris was given a choice, the FCC would either prosecute him for using an unauthorized frequency with a possible penalty of one year in jail and/or $100,000 fine or he could "donate" his HT to RACES. >2. It is legal to modify a radio. I don't think the modified radio is the issue here at all. >3. Has your friend considered making a stink to the media? There have been two articles in the San Diego Union, they are on the bulletin board at HRO. Here is a summary of the first one, I don't have a copy of the second article. The article states that everyone acknowledges that it was the ``act of a good Samaritan.'' but that ``authorities confiscated Chris Boyer's portable ham radio last month after he used it to obtain emergency medical help for a seriously injured friend.'' It states that he ran into trouble because he called for help on a Sheriff's Department frequency that he isn't authorized to transmit on. They quote William Grigsby, engineer in charge of the San Diego FCC office: ``"Under the regulatory scheme, ... this kind of operation by persons who are not authorized is strictly prohibited,'' he is also quoted to say that ``We can't have a situation where everyone who wants to have a transmitter on the police or sheriff's frequency can, if this continues, we're going to have chaos for the law enforcement system.'' It states that Boyer tried to get help on five other repeaters but couldn't get anyone, they also tried a cellular phone but couldn't connect because they were ``in a ravine, toward the bottom of a canyon''. He then rode up the trail a half mile and tried again from a better spot but still couldn't get through, at that point they decided to try the SO frequency. The article says `` "I look and this guy's bleeding, he's taken a head trauma," Boyer said. "I came on, gave my call sign - I wasn't trying to hide - and said, 'I'm a radio amateur with emergency traffic.' The dispatcher said, 'Go ahead.'" '' Two weeks later, he got a letter from Bill Kahn (communications coordinator) for the SO, telling him to meet with Kahn and an FCC person. He was given the choice of having to ``forfeit'' or be prosecuted by the federal government. There are several quotes from different people including this one from county Supervisor Dianne Jacob, who represents that part of the county. ``"The frequencies are protected for public-safety emergencies," Jacob said. "Well, this individual had an emergency.''... ``"I think anyone in the same circumstances, including myself, would do the same thing."'' In the second article I think there was a story about how Kahn had used his SO radio to request help when he got hurt while off duty out in the back country. I think it also quoted all the part 97.403 and mentioned that Chris Boyer now had an attorney and was going to fight to get his radio back. I'll try to borrow it to post a summary if there is sufficient interest. --GaryM -- Gary Morris KK6YB Internet: garym@alsys.com San Diego, CA USA Phone: +1 619-457-2700 x128 (work) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 11:48:25 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!gateway-gw!newshost!wpns@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Using modified HT in emergency To: info-hams@ucsd.edu nimtz.1@nd.edu (Rick Nimtz) writes: >Last night on the RACES/ARES net someone read an article about a ham that >used his HT to contact the sheriff department to summon help for his >injured friend. They were hiking or something like that in a remote area. >It seems that his friend had fallen and was badly injured. > >Emergency help arrived and his friend was taken to the hospital. The ham >wasn't so lucky. The sheriff department had him state that he used the >police frequency illegally and persuaded him to surrender his modified >HT. It was not mentioned if the FCC got involved or not. OK, so he got help for his injured friend at the cost to him of an HT. He buys another HT (or his friend buys him one), modifies it for OOB operation, and life goes on. Sounds like a fair solution... -- Willie Smith wpns@pictel.com N1JBJ@amsat.org She's writing a formal letter of complaint to the Internet Administration! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 15:19:00 GMT From: olivea!sgigate.sgi.com!odin!chuck.dallas.sgi.com!adams@uunet.uu.net Subject: zero-beating To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <2ceht6INN4dl@emx.cc.utexas.edu>, oo7@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) writes: ...stuff deleted... |> On the TS-830S, and many other rigs, the sidetone is at this pitch. |> If you are desperate and don't have perfect pitch or a sidetone, use |> a tuning fork or a bell or something. |> |> The other way is to call CQ a lot and average the pitch of all the |> replies you get. This assumes that other people know how to zero- |> beat, or at least that they don't all call consistently high or low. |> I don't recommend this approach. |> |> |> Derek "boing!" Wills (AA5BT, G3NMX) |> Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, |> Austin TX 78712. (512-471-1392) |> oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu Probably get a Gaussian Distribution and a lot of data. :-) Tuning Fork - a fork used on people who tune up on frequency. Stick 'em hard and stick 'em deep. :-) Sorry, the devil made me do it. Thanks to Derek "no middle name" Wills, PhD and a G3 to boot. BTW - am I supposed to answer to the calls that I get back? :-) Remember Derek, turkey day is not too far away. Gig 'em Aggies. Where is that fork? -- SIG ------cut here---------- Chuck Adams, K5FO - CP60 adams@sgi.com QRP ARCI Awards Chairman ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 01:23:18 GMT From: news.Hawaii.Edu!uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu!jherman@ames.arpa To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <1993Nov17.034311.24091@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, <CGMqAI.2J0@news.Hawaii.Edu>, <1993Nov18.135508.3660@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Subject : Morse as a language (was Re: Miss Manners in the Novice Sub-bands?) Gary, you got lost somewhere in reading my post; I think of Morse as an aural language - I write nothing down. I hear, not individual letters, but entire words. There is no mechanical skill involved. Now, with that in mind, go back and reread what I said - it will make much more sense to you. And keep practicing to improve your code speed; once you hit 20 you'll agree it is a language (then you won't have to waste so much of your time with anti-code articles). [Note the follow-up] Jeff NH6IL ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 14:35:57 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <1993Nov16.043632.12907@icaen.uiowa.edu>, <1993Nov17.034311.24091@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, <1993Nov18.034401.1913@mulvey.com> Reply-To : gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject : Re: Miss Manners in the Novice Sub-bands? In article <1993Nov18.034401.1913@mulvey.com> rich@mulvey.com writes: >Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote: > >: On the other hand, if neither of the stations were Novice, or coded Tech, >: licensees, then the behavior *was* somewhat rude. > > I wouldn't say that. As a tech+ for a few months, I've spent all of >my time running QRP-CW on 40 meters. It's all well and fine to crank >along at 5-10WPM, but I'm MUCH more interested in having QSO's with >higher-speed operators who push my limits and help me to increase my >speed. Since I'm currently limited to the Novice bands, I find myself >somewhat thankful for the 20wpm operators who actually take the time to >help me, instead of letting me copy the mistakes of other newbies like >myself. :-) Sure, absolutely, that's what I said. Read it again. If *neither* party were Novice/Tech+ then I think it's rude for them to occupy the tiny band segment allocated to N/T when they have plenty of alternative space available. However, if *either* of the parties were N/T, then they were obviously in the right place since the N/T *couldn't* operate anywhere else. It's great when experienced hams go to the N/T segments to give a contact to N/Ts, what's not so great is when they go there and chat with non-N/Ts and tie up the limited spectrum available to N/Ts. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | Where my job's going, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | I don't know. It might | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | wind up in Mexico. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | -NAFTA Blues | ------------------------------ Date: (null) From: (null) Yaesu U.S.A 17210 Edwards Road Cerritos, CA 90701 Tel: (310) 404-2700 or 4828 Fax: (310) 404-1210 The catalog has this information for AEA, Alinco, Ameritron, Comet, Cushcraft, Hustler, Kantronics, ICOM, JRC, Kenwood U.S.A., Larsen, MFJ, RF Parts, Mirage/KLM, RF Concepts, Standard and Startek. 73, John, WB9VGJ ========================================================= John L. Broughton | snail mail: Room 1K-324 AT&T | 1200 E. Warrenville Rd. | P.O. Box 3045 | Naperville, IL 60566-7045 | (708) 713-4319 | e-mail: john.l.broughton@att.com | att!john.l.broughton | air mail: WB9VGJ ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 14:18:53 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <1993Nov16.043632.12907@icaen.uiowa.edu>, <1993Nov17.034311.24091@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, <CGnIGy.L7M@odin.corp.sgi.com> Reply-To : gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject : Re: Miss Manners in the Novice Sub-bands? In article <CGnIGy.L7M@odin.corp.sgi.com> adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com (Chuck Adams) writes: >In article gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: >|> In article drenze@icaen.uiowa.edu (Douglas J Renze) writes: >|> >I've got a little question. I was tuning across the 80-meter novice subband >|> >tonight, and right at 3700kHz I noticed a QSO taking place at 20+ WPM. >...stuff deleted... >|> On the other hand, if neither of the stations were Novice, or coded Tech, >|> licensees, then the behavior *was* somewhat rude. > >How can two stations having a QSO be rude? It sounds like they were >carrying on a QSO without interferring with anyone else. They were >within the rules and regs set down by the FCC. I didn't hear anyone >mention League Affiliation, Names of Gary, or sexual preference or >whether the battery (if they had one) was on concrete with or without >the little red wagon. :-) > >I get in the novice bands and I slow down to 10 wpm. Was I going too >fast? I figured I was doing my part to help someone come up to speed >for the General AND higher classes of license. Was I wrong? Geeze, read what I said. The Novice/Tech segments are small, and they're all that Novices and Techs get. It is rude for Extra, Advanced, or General stations to use those frequencies for contacts with *other than Novices or Techs* when they have a much larger band of frequencies to choose for their contact. What I'm saying is that it's polite to *give the Novices and Techs a break* by not carrying on Extra-Extra contacts in the little slices available to the Novice/Tech classes. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | Where my job's going, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | I don't know. It might | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | wind up in Mexico. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | -NAFTA Blues | ------------------------------ Date: 18 Nov 1993 14:26:03 GMT From: destroyer!news1.oakland.edu!vela.acs.oakland.edu!prvalko@uunet.uu.net To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <BAT.93Nov16143031@gdstech.GRUMMAN.COM>, <2cds4a$gci@oak.oakland.edu>, <mosier.54.0@fagan.uncg.edu> Subject : Re: TEN TEC OMNI V OWNERS!!! Stephen Mosier (mosier@fagan.uncg.edu) wrote: : In article <2cds4a$gci@oak.oakland.edu> prvalko@vela.acs.oakland.edu : (prvalko) writes: : >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. : I have an OMNI VI, so the bells and whistles comment doesn't apply (it has : them), but the receiver comment does. I bought it for the receiver : quality. When I want to listen to shortwave broadcasts, I'll buy a : shortwave receiver. : w3grg : steve I'm not one to flame Steve, but he was asking about the Omni V, not the Omni IV which, as any TenTec head knows, has a lot of DSP toys, so your comment doesn't apply. I agree, if I want CG, I'll buy a Sony 2010. 73 paul wb8zjl ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V93 #1372 ****************************** ******************************