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Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1422
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Info-Hams Digest Sat, 4 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1422
Today's Topics:
1274 clock chip
Alinco DJF1T-HP dead
ARRL Information Mail Server
Help: dotted decimal address of arrl.org
hypochondriac scared of cancer!
Legal Question about 97.403
ORBS$337.2L.AMSAT
Poor Man's Spectrum Analyzer
Radio Shack frequency counter
Soundblaster Software (2 msgs)
using a radio off frequency in emergencies
Web page for Amateur Radio
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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 14:39:31 GMT
From: olivea!news.bu.edu!att!att!bigtop!drutx!paul@uunet.uu.net
Subject: 1274 clock chip
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Does anyone out there know what the clock chip is for an
MFJ 1274 TNC? This is a device that can be user installed
so that the real time clock does not have to be set every
time the unit is powered up. MFJ has one available for
about 30 bucks...but if its a $1.98 item from Digi-Key I'll
buy it from them. Coming from MFJ I really don't think it
can anything very special...Thanks
Paul Anderson WB0ZRD at AT&T Bell Labs in Denver.
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 18:14:11 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.ccs.queensu.ca!venus!pas@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: Alinco DJF1T-HP dead
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <2didjd$m01@hecate.umd.edu>, nnyx@w3eax.umd.edu (Rich N3NYX) writes:
|>
|> I purchased a new ALINCO DJF1T-HP, and ever since the day I bought it, I
|> have been having problems with it. The first problem was with the
|> keyboard lighting (only half of the keyboard would light). Then I have
|> been having problems with the internal ribbon cables, which would
|> intermittently cause loss of certain functions. And just recently,
|> the radio started to smoke and has ceased to function at all (now
|> at the shop for gut replacement) :(.
|> Has anyone had any problems with their ALINCO DJF1T-HP?
When looking for an HT, I was warned to keep away from the
Alinco rigs due to reliability problems. I bought a Yaesu
FT530. No problems with it in its first 4 months of life.
Peter
Peter A. Stokes ______________________ Voice & Voice mail: (613) 545-2923
Engineering Applications Support ____________________ FAX: (613) 548-8104
Canadian Microelectronics Corporation ________ Net: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca
Kingston, Ontario, CANADA _________________________________ Radio: VE3ZXT
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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 04:19:18 GMT
From: yarrina.connect.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.Brown.EDU!noc.@munnari.oz.au
Subject: ARRL Information Mail Server
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <199312022150.NAA00563@ucsd.edu> IQC109@URIACC.URI.EDU (Ken Carr, KB1AWV) writes:
Path: lynx!noc.near.net!das-news.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!hsdndev!ncar!ames!pacbell.com!network.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: IQC109@URIACC.URI.EDU (Ken Carr, KB1AWV)
Date: 2 Dec 93 21:40:04 GMT
Organization: ucsd usenet gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu
Lines: 22
The address for the ARRL Information Mail SErver is as follows:
info@arrl.org
Your first message to them should have these lines:
INDEXINDEX
QUIT
This will get you a list of all available text files. The index will be
delivered by E-mail in less than 2 hours. After getting the list of
filenames, your susequent requests would go as follows:
SEND filename
QUIT
"filename" is the name of the file you want. Request as many as you want
in the same E-mail request. Another command is:
HELP sends the help file
Some files available are: PROSPECT, EXAM-SCHEDULE, ADDRESSES, BIOEFFECTS, E
EMI-GEN, KITS, SOFTWRE, PRODUCT-REVIEW, FAQ-1, FAQ-2, FAQ-3, FTP-INFO,
MAC-STACK, POOL-EXTRA-1, AUTH-GUIDE, AWARDS, CONTESTS-93, FORM-10M,
PACKET-INTRO,QSL-IN, QSL-OUT, 10-10INFO, and many more.
Ed Hare, KA1CV , seems to be involved with this ( ehare@arrl.org)
Additionally, don't forget that if you would like the same files in an
instant, you can get via anonymous FTP from world.std.com in the
directory pub/hamradio/arrl/Server-files.
The files are updated as often as the ARRL updates theirs.
73,
Scott
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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 93 09:12:38 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!han.hana.nm.kr!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Help: dotted decimal address of arrl.org
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Hi ?
I'm faced difficulty to reach ARRL.
Our Name resolution server cannot resolve the address 'arrl.org'.
Is anyone who knows the dotted decimal address of 'arrl.org'.
Please let me know !
Thanks in advance.
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hhhh l 1 m m m n nn u u Internet: hl1mnu@thebard.kci.co.kr
h h l 1 m m n n u u Phone: +82-2-706-6571 Ext. 181 (Office)
h h llll 1 m m n n uuu +82-2-854-2248 (Home)
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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 07:32:44 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!raven.alaska.edu!aurora.alaska.edu!fsjtc@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: hypochondriac scared of cancer!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I live in a dormitory whose window faces the other dorm building. On top of
_that_ building is a 70 foot radio antennae (I don't know the wattage) that
broadcasts the college radio station out over the town of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Yes, people really live there!
What I want to know is: is having that antennae 100 ft away from my dorm
room window any kind of health risk? Be honest! I wanna know the facts!
(it broadcasts at 104.1 fm, if that helps at all.)
Thanks,
J. Callahan
Fairbanks, AK
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Date: 3 Dec 93 22:28:17 GMT
From: world!ksr!jfw@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Legal Question about 97.403
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
sohn@apple.com (Phil Sohn) writes:
>I have a legal question about FCC rule 97.403. It refers to "these rules."
>Does that mean Part 97 or all or the FCC rules. (I don't have a copy in
>front of me, so I may be slightly misquoting.)
I would concur with everyone else; rules in Part 97 affect other rules in
Part 97 unless it has an explicit number attached to it.
>This is obviously in regard to the ham in San Diego who had his equipment
>taken away. There are so many conflicting views about the laws, I decided
>to read them myself. The sheriff's department keep quoting 90.47 which is
>about permits to use the land mobile system in remote areas during
>emergencies. Which does not really apply to this case since the ham did not
>have one of these permits. The ham refers to rule 97.403, which states that
>no part of "these rules" obstructs a ham from using any radio means
>available.
If that ham is attempting to justify his actions under 97.403, it sounds like
he has entirely failed to contact a knowledgable lawyer, a grave error if
the sheriff's department has or is planning to charge him with something,
and a serious error if he just wants his equipment back (:-). If there is to
be any legal justification for him, he'll probably find it in the
Communications Act of 1934; all 97.403 means is that having a ham ticket
does not prohibit you from using the right given to every other citizen to
use all means at your disposal to save lives. As others have pointed out,
local laws about ownership of unlicensed transmitters (which Part 90 probably
does *not* address) may mean that even if he can legally justify the
transmission they will still get to keep the equipment as a souvenir of his
public service...
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Date: 3 Dec 93 15:09:00 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: ORBS$337.2L.AMSAT
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-337.N
2Line Orbital Elements 337.AMSAT
HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT
FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 3, 1993
BID: $ORBS-337.N
DECODE 2-LINE ELSETS WITH THE FOLLOWING KEY:
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2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ
KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN
G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
AO-10
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2 14129 27.1967 354.6814 6020029 132.8205 296.5509 2.05877703 78552
UO-11
1 14781U 84021B 93334.56060295 .00000200 00000-0 37883-4 0 6151
2 14781 97.7956 353.4973 0011482 179.8391 180.2820 14.69091713521149
RS-10/11
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2 18129 82.9259 117.2417 0010740 217.0444 143.0089 13.72327034322379
AO-13
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2 19216 57.9062 281.3321 7211239 329.5060 3.4438 2.09727727 41853
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AO-21
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RS-12/13
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2 20437 98.6046 57.0601 0011889 55.3459 304.8840 14.29806558201220
AO-16
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2 20439 98.6123 58.0868 0012249 55.8918 304.3434 14.29863405201239
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UO-22
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KO-23
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KO-25
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Date: 2 Dec 1993 14:03:04 GMT
From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!caen!crl.dec.com!crl.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!n1bwt.enet.dec.com!wade@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Poor Man's Spectrum Analyzer
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
There have been several inquiries lately about the
Poor Man's Spectrum Analyzer. A couple of years ago,
I thought it was a great idea and bought the kit.
I haven't done anything with it and it's looking like
one of those things I'll never get to...
So if anyone is interested and wants to save a few
bucks, send mail.
paul N1BWT
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Date: 4 Dec 93 01:33:16 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: Radio Shack frequency counter
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Hugh Wells, W6WTU writes:
>Now that the RS frequency counter has been out for awhile, has anyone had a
>chance to evaluate its performance?
>I'm preparing to buy the RS counter and would appreciate any input from those
>of you that have used it. The kinds of data I seek fall into the categories
>of: frequency stability, frequency accuracy if better than 100ppm, sensitivity
>across the frequency range, random counting problems, battery drain or recharge
>rate when using nicads, and any application information that would or would not
>support the counter. Also, does the antenna connector lend itself for use
>with a preamp?
>Thanks in advance
I just returned a RS frequency counter. Accuracy is ok at 1ppm =/- least
significant digit, but it is not very sensitive. Depending on frequency,
"typical" sensitivity is specified as 2 to 145 mV, better in the mid range
than on either end (mid range reads 5-8 mV mostly). The antenna connects
with a BNC, but maximum input levels are 1.4 V p-p, so be careful using a
pre-amp. I wanted to test it by using my mobile antenna and looking for
signals off a car transmitting in the next lane on the road. In a full day
on the road in the greater LA area (high RF environment) I found one 2
meter amateur transmission with the counter. I even went by some broadcast
transmitters without getting a reading. My HT on 50mW inside the car could
not be read by the antenna mounted outside the car (I know the car is a
faraday cage, but it's not that tight).
If you plan to use it in a like manner as my test, i.e.: finding scanner
frequencies, try another unit. The Opto Electronics little counter had much
better sensitivity specs. I have a friend who has ordered one, but I have
not field tested one yet. It costs about $30.00 more, but it comes with
nicads and a charger (antenna optional).
Good Luck
73
_____________________________________________________________________
Wm. A. Kirsanoff Internet: WAKIRSAN@ananov.remnet.ab.com
Rockwell International Ham: KD6MCI
(714) 762-2872
Alternate Internet: william_a._kirsanoff@ccmail.anatcp.rockwell.com
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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1993 13:07:13 GMT
From: amiserv!vpnet!tellab5!jwa@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Soundblaster Software
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
There has been several postings from persons inquiring
about the lack of software that uses the Soundblaster
to receive RTTY.
The soundblaster is simply an A to D, D to A audio board.
Any audio filtering thats required is performed by the PC.
The PC gets the data (that was was converted from an analog
signal) and performes a mathematical function that filters
the signal. The signal can then be decoded into ascii
characters and displayed on the screen.
The problem is, it's very difficult to write software for
a PC that is downward compatable and do the math that is
required to properly filter the signal. I'm sure it can be
done but I don't think it can perform as well as a PK232,
for example.
Unless your using a 486 with a math co-processor, there would
be timing problems that would make it difficult for the PC to
filter and decode FSK especially at 300 baud. There are programs,
like Hamcom, that can copy RTTY and decode FSK without an FSK
demodulator or sound board but it performs poorly even in moderate,
noisey conditions.
That's where a DSP shines! Complex filters can be implimented
to pull weak signals from the noise. There just isn't enough
speed, even in a 486-66 to perform the filter routines, decode
the data, do the timing functions and run a user friendly
terminal program.
A DSP board, on the other hand, can function as a sound co-
processor that can run it's own software to decode the tones.
Then the PC will have more than enough time to decode the data,
do the timing functions and display the text.
---
Jack Albert Fellow Radio Hacker
Tele (708) 378-6201
Tellabs Operations, Inc. FAX (708) 378-4590
1000 Remington Blvd. jwa@tellabs.com
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
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THE BOWTIE FILTER
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 13:05:37 GMT
From: pipex!bnr.co.uk!corpgate!nrtpa038!b4pph13e!cnc23a@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Soundblaster Software
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <1993Dec1.130713.342@tellab5.tellabs.com>, jwa@tellabs.com (John W. Albert) writes:
|> There has been several postings from persons inquiring
|> about the lack of software that uses the Soundblaster
|> to receive RTTY.
|>
|> The soundblaster is simply an A to D, D to A audio board.
|> Any audio filtering thats required is performed by the PC.
|> The PC gets the data (that was was converted from an analog
|> signal) and performes a mathematical function that filters
|> the signal. The signal can then be decoded into ascii
|> characters and displayed on the screen.
|>
|> The problem is, it's very difficult to write software for
|> a PC that is downward compatable and do the math that is
|> required to properly filter the signal. I'm sure it can be
|> done but I don't think it can perform as well as a PK232,
|> for example.
|>
|> Unless your using a 486 with a math co-processor, there would
|> be timing problems that would make it difficult for the PC to
|> filter and decode FSK especially at 300 baud. There are programs,
|> like Hamcom, that can copy RTTY and decode FSK without an FSK
|> demodulator or sound board but it performs poorly even in moderate,
|> noisey conditions.
|>
|> That's where a DSP shines! Complex filters can be implimented
|> to pull weak signals from the noise. There just isn't enough
|> speed, even in a 486-66 to perform the filter routines, decode
|> the data, do the timing functions and run a user friendly
|> terminal program.
|>
|> A DSP board, on the other hand, can function as a sound co-
|> processor that can run it's own software to decode the tones.
|> Then the PC will have more than enough time to decode the data,
|> do the timing functions and display the text.
Jack, if this is true, why are there DTMF, SSTV and Morse Code Decode shareware
products available for hams ?
And the Voice Blaster (tm) product is out there and will allow the soundblaster
to 'hear' and 'understand' voice commands (quite a complex mathmatical operation) in real time (and I'm fairly sure it DOES NOT require the ASP).
And I know a local ham that HAS written a RTTY decode program for the SB, but
do not know if he is wanting to shareware or market it.
Food for thought.
--
======================================================================
Ken M. Edwards, PE Bell Northern Research, Research Triangle Park, NC
(919) 481-8476 email: cnc23a@bnr.ca Ham: N4ZBB
All opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of
my employer or co-workers, family, friends, congress, or president.
(To the e-mail'r out there -> This is a short as it will gets)
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Date: 1 Dec 1993 19:30:22 GMT
From: goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au!aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!@@munnari.oz.au
Subject: using a radio off frequency in emergencies
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Rick Aldom (ayka60@email.sps.mot.com) wrote:
: the San Diego Sheriff's Office the attention the have been seeking. I
: would recommend the ARRL publicly stand tall and be counted. If this
: issue is put to bed properly in San Diego, we might not need to address
: it anywhere else.
: Rick Aldom
I agree with your recommendation. I suggest that you write to your
ARRL Division Director and express your concerns and recommendation.
73,
Larry Keith, KQ4BY
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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 23:54:43 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.kei.com!news.byu.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!news.unomaha.edu!cwis!pschleck@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Web page for Amateur Radio
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In <SDS.93Dec3093920@cslab9f.cs.brown.edu> sds@cs.brown.edu (Scott Swanson) writes:
>Has anyone produced or is anyone aware of a W3 (Web) page for Amateur
>Radio? If not, I wouldn't mind making it (and of course input would
>be most welcome!), but I don't want to duplicate effort if there's a
>perfectly good one sitting out there somewhere, especially if it has
>all sorts of nifty links (ARRL Info Server, Callbook, etc.)
>Please let me know by news or email!
I guess you mean "World-Wide Web." Being somewhat of a Usenet old-fogey
(on the net since Oct. 1990), I'm somewhat in awe of all these
newfangled techniques and information systems. Actually, I'm only 26,
but I'm already starting to get the sinking feeling that technology is
rapidly leaving me behind :-).
I just recently found out from the faq-maintainers@mit.edu mailing list
that all of the periodic information postings that are cross-posted
to news.answers are available via WWW. The URL (User Resource
Location?) entry is:
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu:80/hypertext/faq/usenet.
For radio, this includes the following documents (offset from the
above):
radio/swap-guide
personal-intro
rec.radio.info
cb-faq
radio/ham-radio/faq
elmers
digital-faq
hams-on-usenet
I recently had the privilege of getting a walk-through of "Mosaic"
which is a WWW page viewer for Unix and X-Windows, by a WWW expert at a
recent meeting of the UNO Student Chapter of ACM. The radio FAQ's are
definitely there, albeit sans any internal "markup" that you describe.
So yes, there are some WWW "Pages," they just aren't fully marked up.
Speaking for the rest of the Ham Radio FAQ maintainers, we might be
amenable to someone taking these postings and converting them to
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to provide hypertext links to other
resources. Our major concerns are:
1. The work involved (which you volunteered to do)
2. Keeping the FAQ's readable in ASCII format (such as from news
and ftp sites)
I highly recommend subscribing to the rra-wg mailing list
(rec.radio.amateur Working Group) that encompasses all of the FAQ
maintainers for amateur radio, plus other interested volunteers.
Send an E-mail message to rra-wg-request@amdahl.com. I look forward
to discussing the subject with you further.
73, Paul W. Schleck, KD3FU
pschleck@unomaha.edu
Maintainer, Amateur Radio Elmers Resource Directory
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