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Info-Hams Digest Mon, 6 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1430
Today's Topics:
"Re: hypocondriac afraid of cancer"
Calculating SWR (OOPS!)
Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 03 December
GPS sat sound? (2 msgs)
Ham Radio Show (Re: Talk America Radio Netwo)
hypochondriac scared of cancer!
Mods to TH22 handheld
Reporting Constant QRM: who?
W5YI's coverage of "temporary callsigns"
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Date: 6 Dec 93 13:11:26 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: "Re: hypocondriac afraid of cancer"
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
This posting is in regard to a station at the Univ of Alaska, 'transmitting
on 104.1 MHz from a 70-foot tower near a dorm.'
First-off, my 1994 M-Street Radio Directory lists the station as -
KUAC 104.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 10.5 kW at
height above average terrain of 440 feet.
I doubt that the U of Alaska is on asuch a precipitous hill that a 70-foot
tower could give a HAAT of 440 feet (averaged out to 15 miles from the
antenna). So I conclude that the tower you see is NOT used for their main
transmitter. There must be a REAL tower somewhere else; phone them on
907-474-7491. There may be microwave dish on the tower with a few milliwatts
coming out of it.
A few corrections to Gary C's reply....
Class A FM stations have a maximum ERP of 6 kW at 100 meters AAT
>> Class B FM stations have a maximum ERP of 50 kW at 150 m AAT
>> Class C FM stations have a maximum ERP of 100 kW at 600 m AAT
Antennas above these limits require reduced ERP to not exceed the same
coverage area. There are also B1 stations (25 kW, 100 m), C1 (100 kW, 300 m),
C2 (50 kW 150 m) and C3 (25 kW 100 m). Class B stations are only assigned in
the northeastern area of the USA and California; Class C only in the rest of
the country. Thus the reason that C3 = B1 and C2 = B .
I hope this helps.
73 de Bob w3otc@amsat.org
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Date: 6 Dec 93 17:33:11 GMT
From: ogicse!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!master.cs.rose-hulman.edu!news@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Calculating SWR (OOPS!)
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
> The topic of SWR is mentioned several times in the above manuals,
> particularly in the Technician and General Class Manuals. In fact,
> 2 formulas are given for SWR : (see Now Your Talking p7-7)
>
> SWR = Emax/Emin
>
> SWR = Zo/R or R/Zo (whichever is >1)
>
This is ONLY true for RESISTIVE loads terminating a line whose
characteristic impedance, Zo, is resistive, as it is at RF frequencies.
Don't believe everything you read.
73 de K9CUN, Jack
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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 22:27:10 MST
From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!adec23!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 03 December
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY
03 DECEMBER, 1993
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
(Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)
SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY INDICES FOR 03 DECEMBER, 1993
------------------------------------------------------------
!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 337, 12/03/93
10.7 FLUX=105.6 90-AVG=095 SSN=097 BKI=5554 3332 BAI=027
BGND-XRAY=B1.9 FLU1=2.1E+06 FLU10=1.1E+04 PKI=6565 4332 PAI=037
BOU-DEV=074,105,083,055,025,000,000,011 DEV-AVG=044 NT SWF=00:000
XRAY-MAX= B4.4 @ 1140UT XRAY-MIN= B1.3 @ 0213UT XRAY-AVG= B2.4
NEUTN-MAX= +001% @ 1450UT NEUTN-MIN= -004% @ 0850UT NEUTN-AVG= -1.3%
PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 0910UT PCA-MIN= -0.5DB @ 1230UT PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55377NT @ 0306UT BOUTF-MIN=55312NT @ 1023UT BOUTF-AVG=55338NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT G7-AVG=+042,+000,+000
GOES6-MAX=P:+108NT@ 1605UT GOES6-MIN=N:-118NT@ 0911UT G6-AVG=+068,+035,-067
FLUXFCST=STD:110,110,105;SESC:110,110,105 BAI/PAI-FCST=020,015,010/020,015,010
KFCST=3344 4333 3343 3322 27DAY-AP=027,019 27DAY-KP=4355 4434 4243 3334
WARNINGS=*SWF
ALERTS=**SWEEP:II=2@0637-0643UTC;**245STRM:0632-0849UTC
!!END-DATA!!
NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 02 DEC 93 was 43.0.
The Full Kp Indices for 02 DEC 93 are: 4+ 5- 5o 5- 4+ 4- 5o 5+
SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY
--------------------
Solar activity was very low. Region 7627 (S18E31) and
newly assigned Region 7629 (S22E55) produced the only action
this period. All activity was in the B-class/SF range. A type
II sweep was reported by Learmonth, Culgoora, and San Vito at
0636Z. No optical correlation was noted. One other region was
numbered last night, Region 7630 (S10E56). All others regions
appear dormant.
Solar activity forecast: solar activity is expected to be
low. Region 7627 and new Region 7629 provide the greatest
potential for flare activity at the moment.
The geomagnetic field has been at unsettled to minor storm
levels at mid latitudes and active to severe storm at high
latitudes. Since 18Z, the field has settled down at both
mid and high latitudes to mostly unsettled. Activity is most
likely a result of a favorably positioned coronal hole.
Geophysical activity forecast: the geomagnetic field is
expected to be at active levels on day one declining to mostly
unsettled levels on days two and three as coronal effects are
lessened.
Event probabilities 04 dec-06 dec
Class M 15/20/20
Class X 01/01/01
Proton 01/01/01
PCAF Green
Geomagnetic activity probabilities 04 dec-06 dec
A. Middle Latitudes
Active 35/20/10
Minor Storm 20/10/05
Major-Severe Storm 10/01/01
B. High Latitudes
Active 40/20/20
Minor Storm 30/10/10
Major-Severe Storm 15/05/01
HF propagation conditions continued below-normal over the
polar, high, and middle latitude paths although middle latitude
paths saw some minor improvements as levels of geomagnetic
activity began to subside. High and polar latitude paths will
see gradual improvements over the next 24 hours. Near-normal
propagation is expected over most regions on 05 December.
COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
========================================================
REGIONS WITH SUNSPOTS. LOCATIONS VALID AT 03/2400Z DECEMBER
-----------------------------------------------------------
NMBR LOCATION LO AREA Z LL NN MAG TYPE
7623 S09W27 163 0020 HRX 03 003 ALPHA
7624 N04W56 192 0230 EAO 11 008 BETA
7625 S16W51 187 0000 AXX 02 002 ALPHA
7627 S18E31 105 0150 EAO 12 015 BETA
7629 S22E55 081 0130 DAO 07 007 BETA
7630 S10E56 080 0000 AXX 01 002 ALPHA
7626 N27W40 176 PLAGE
REGIONS DUE TO RETURN 04 DECEMBER TO 06 DECEMBER
NMBR LAT LO
NONE
LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 03 DECEMBER, 1993
-------------------------------------------------------
A. ENERGETIC EVENTS:
BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP
0641 0645 0656 B3.8 II
0739 0739 0739 160
0817 0817 0817 130
POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 03 DECEMBER, 1993
-----------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN MAX END LOCATION TYPE SIZE DUR II IV
03/ 0637 0643 RSP B3.8 15 2
INFERRED CORONAL HOLES. LOCATIONS VALID AT 03/2400Z
---------------------------------------------------
ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXTENSIONS
EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH CAR TYPE POL AREA OBSN
51 N50E23 S07W30 N23W74 N53W18 169 EXT POS 044 10830A
SUMMARY OF FLARE EVENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------
Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn 2695 MHz 8800 MHz 15.4 GHz
------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ --------- --------- ---------
02 Dec: 0536 0539 0541 B2.8
1549 1558 1603 B6.4 SF 7627 S16E55
1925 1932 1937 B4.5 SF 7627 S18E48
2232 2251 2317 B9.2 SF 7627 S19E48
REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------
C M X S 1 2 3 4 Total (%)
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- ------
Region 7627: 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 003 (75.0)
Uncorrellated: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 001 (25.0)
Total Events: 004 optical and x-ray.
EVENTS WITH SWEEPS AND/OR OPTICAL PHENOMENA FOR THE LAST UTC DAY
----------------------------------------------------------------
Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn Sweeps/Optical Observations
------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ ---------------------------
NO EVENTS OBSERVED.
NOTES:
All times are in Universal Time (UT). Characters preceding begin, max,
and end times are defined as: B = Before, U = Uncertain, A = After.
All times associated with x-ray flares (ex. flares which produce
associated x-ray bursts) refer to the begin, max, and end times of the
x-rays. Flares which are not associated with x-ray signatures use the
optical observations to determine the begin, max, and end times.
Acronyms used to identify sweeps and optical phenomena include:
II = Type II Sweep Frequency Event
III = Type III Sweep
IV = Type IV Sweep
V = Type V Sweep
Continuum = Continuum Radio Event
Loop = Loop Prominence System,
Spray = Limb Spray,
Surge = Bright Limb Surge,
EPL = Eruptive Prominence on the Limb.
** End of Daily Report **
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Date: 5 Dec 1993 14:04:13 -0800
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!vanbc.wimsey.com!not-for-mail@ames.arpa
Subject: GPS sat sound?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
GPS birds transmit a direct sequence spread spectrum signal, which is
prob'ly about a megahertz wide, and which is so far down in the mud
(on your scanner) that you might never even detect even a perceptibel
jump in the noise level, which is what it will sound like even if you
DO detect it.
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Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1993 23:00:34 GMT
From: haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!news.oc.com!NewsWatcher!user@ames.arpa
Subject: GPS sat sound?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <2dtlst$p89@vanbc.wimsey.com>, mfraser@vanbc.wimsey.com (Mark
Fraser) wrote:
> GPS birds transmit a direct sequence spread spectrum signal, which is
> prob'ly about a megahertz wide, and which is so far down in the mud
> (on your scanner) that you might never even detect even a perceptibel
> jump in the noise level, which is what it will sound like even if you
> DO detect it.
Ah, well that explains it. I was thinking it was some kind of "standard"
modulation scheme (in the sense of a channelized FM signal).
There is supposed to be a frequency list for them on the Celestial BBS
but since I can't dial off campus here with a modem, I'm out of luck
... looks like it might be moot anyway...
73's de WB5KXH
======== insert usual disclaimers here ============
Bob Wier, East Texas State U., Commerce, Texas
wier@merlin.etsu.edu (watch for address change)
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Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1993 18:42:14 GMT
From: haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!gatech!asuvax!ennews!anasaz!john@ames.arpa
Subject: Ham Radio Show (Re: Talk America Radio Netwo)
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
ken.smith@channel1.com (Ken Smith) writes:
>Scott Ehrlich typed this about Talk America Radio Networ
Thanks to Scott for that. Now I don't have to!
Let me comment that not all stations on the network carry the show. Also,
stations not on the network can carry the show by contacting the Talk
America Network at 508-460-0588 (it's free of charge as long as they
run all of the national commercials, and they can run 6 local commercials).
They can also do this from Canada.
Also note change below on Arizona stations list.
John Moore
Co-Host Ham Radio and More
> OUTPUT POWER
> STATE CALL FREQ DAY/NIGHT CITY ADI
> ----- ---- ---- ----------- ----------------
>------------------------
> AK KBYR 700 1000/500 Anchorage Anchorage
> AL WAVU 1560 N/A Daleville Dothan
> WDLK 1450 250/250 Alexander City Alexander
>City/Dadeville
> #WTKI 1450 1000/250 Huntsville Huntsville
> #WTNW 1230 1000/250 Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa
> AR #KEWI 690 250/ Benton Benton/Little Rock
> #KHWN 1320 5000/5000 Fort Smith Fort Smith
> AZ #KFYI 910 5000/5000 Phoenix Phoenix
> #KJAA 1240 1000/250 Globe Globe
In AZ, KFYI will not carry the program. It originates at KFNN in Phoenix (1510)
> CA KTOX 1440 N/A Needles Needles
> CT WNLC 1510 10000/5000 New London New London
> WPOP 1410 5000/5000 Hartford Hartford
> FL WWAB 1330 1000/ Lakeland Lakeland
> WIPC 1280 1000/500 Lake Wales Lakeland/Winter
>Haven
> WEND 760 N/A Brandon Tampa
> WBRD 1420 1000/ Bradenton Tampa/St.Pete
> WAOC 1420 1000/ St.Augustine Jacksonville
> #WBZT 1290 5000/1000 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach
> #WPDQ 690 50000/10000 Jacksonville Jacksonville
> #WQBQ 1410 5000/ Leesburg Orlando
> WLAS 910 N/A Jacksonville Jacksonville
> WTMC 1290 5000/1000 Ocala Ocala
> WEBY 1330 N/A Milton Pensacola
> GA WSSA 1570 5000/ Morrow Atlanta
> ID #KCRD 1490 1000/250 Chubbock Pocatello
> KFRD 580 N/A Boise Boise
> IL WTIM 1410 1000/ Taylorville Taylorville
> IN #WMDH 1550 250/250 New Castle New Castle
> WGAB 1180 N/A Newburgh Evansville
> WGL 1250 1000/1000 Ft.Wayne Ft.Wayne
> WAMJ 1580 1000/ So.Bend So.Bend
> #WPDJ 1300 500/ Huntington Huntington
> LA KMLB 1440 5000/1000 Monroe Monroe
> MA #WSSH 1510 50000/50000 Woburn Boston
> WSRO 1470 1000/ Marlboro Boston
> #WDIS 1170 1000/ Norfolk Boston
> WGAW 1340 1000/250 Gardner Gardner
> WBSM 1460 N/A New Bedford New Bedford
> #WHTB 1400 1000/250 Fall River Fall River
> #WMSX 1410 1000/ Brockton Brockton
> WPEP 1570 1000/ Taunton Taunton
> MI WKYO 1360 1000/1000 Caro Flint/Saginaw
> WKZO 590 5000/5000 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo
> CKLW 800 50000/50000 Winsdor, Ont. Detroit
> MN KNSI 1450 1000/250 St.Cloud St.Cloud
> MO #KCGQ 1220 250/ Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau
> #WDKD 1280 1000/ Clinton Clinton
> NC WLAS 910 5000/5000 Jacksonville Jacksonville
> WQNX 1350 N/A Aberdeen Raleigh
> #WCRY 1460 5000/ Fuquay-Varina Raleigh
> #WEEB 990 5000/ Southern Pines Fayetteville
> WHPY 1590 5000/ Clayton Raleigh
> #WBMS 1340 1000/250 Wilmington Wilmington
> NJ WTTM 920 1000/1000 Trenton Trenton
> WIFI 1460 N/A Florence Trenton
> NM KQEO 920 1000/500 Albequerque Albequerque
> NY WHUC 1230 1000/250 Hudson Hudson
> #WVKZ 1240 1000/250 Schenectedy Albany
> OH WATJ 1560 N/A Geneva Cleveland
> #WYWR 1330 500/1000 Campbell Youngstown
> PA WTRN 1340 1000/250 Tyrone Tyrone
> WCHE 1520 250/ West Chester Philadelphia
> WGMR 101.1 N/A Tryome Altoona
> RI WADK 1540 1000/ Newport Fall River, MA
> WKRI 1450 1000/250 West Warwick Warwick
> #WICE 550 1000/500 Pawtucket Providence
> SC WHHR 1130 N/A Hilton Head Hilton Head
> TN WWTN 99.7 N/A Manchester Nashville
> TX KDNT 1440 5000/500 Denton Dallas
> KTSM 1380 5000/500 El Paso El Paso
> KGVL 1400 1000/250 Greenville Greenville
> UT #KSGI 1450 1000/250 St.George St.George
> VA WTON 1240 1000/250 Staunton Harrisonburg
> WGAT 1050 1000/ Gate City Kingsport
> WTAR 790 5000/5000 Norfolk Norfolk
> WA KLAY 1180 N/A Tacoma Seattle
> WI WCWC 1600 5000/5000 Ripon Ripon
> #WTOG 1590 1000/500 Platteville Platteville
> WV #WQBE 950 5000/1000 Charleston Charleston
> WKOY 1240 1000/250 Bluefield Bluefield
> Notes: N/A = not listed in my 1982 White's Radio Log book
> # = callsign has changed since my 1982 White's Radio Log book
> WTKI was WFIX WTNW was WTBC KEWI was KBBA KHWN was KWHN KFYI was
>KJJJ
> KJAA was KGJM WBZT was WIRK WPDQ was WAPE WQBQ was WZST KCRD was
>KKLB
> WMDH was WCTW WPDJ was WHLT WSSH was WITS WDIS was WJMQ WHTB was
>WALE
> WMSX was WAMK KCGQ was KZYM WDKD was KDKD WCRY was WAKS WEEB was
>WCEL
> WBMS was WAAV WVKZ was WWWD WYWR was WHOT WICE was WGNG KSGI was
>KDXV
> WTOG was WSWW WQBE was WKAZ
>---
--
DISCLAIMER: These views are mine alone, and do not reflect my employer's!
John Moore 7525 Clearwater Pkwy, Scottsdale, AZ 85253 USA (602-951-9326)
john@anasazi.com Amateur call:NJ7E Civil Air Patrol:Thunderbird 381
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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 16:23:09 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcomsv!cirrus!csparc046!ebs@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: hypochondriac scared of cancer!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <1993Dec5.234801.25658@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes:
|> In article <1993Dec3.223244.1@aurora.alaska.edu> fsjtc@aurora.alaska.edu writes:
|> >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.)
|>
|> Well if the station is Class A, 3,000 watts, then the field strength at
|> the antenna is 387.3 V/m and 0.43 V/m at your window for a power density
|> of 0.32 mW/cm^2. If the station is a Class B maxiumum power regional station,
|> 100,000 watts, then the field strength at the antenna is 2236 V/m and
|> 2.4 V/m at your window for a power density of 5.38 mW/cm^2. Note
|> that both cases assume your window is centered in the main lobe of
|> the antenna which isn't true unless your window is level with the top
|> of the antenna. So your exposure is less. Field densities decline with
|> the inverse square of distance, so tend to fall rapidly in the near
|> vicinity of the antenna.
Hi Gary,
Could you run through your calculations of power density for me or direct
me to a reference that has an example of how to do this calculation.
I have tried to calculate power density based on a toroidal field pattern.
If I assume no power loss at this distance (bad assumption), I can calculate
the power density based on the surface area of a toroid 70ft tall (inner radius)
with a outer radius of 100ft.
Pd = Pin/(4*pi^2*R*r)
where Pin=3000Watts R=100ft and r=70ft
When I plug numbers into this eqn, I get about 12uV/cm^2. This seems to
be off by more than a order of magnitude. I know I didn't account for
antenna directivity, but that's not a factor of 1000. Where am I going
wrong?
Eric Smith
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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 20:09:15 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!EU.net!ieunet!curia!jbarry@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Mods to TH22 handheld
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 20:45:26 GMT
From: news.service.uci.edu!ttinews!avatar!sorgatz@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Reporting Constant QRM: who?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <1993Dec2.011931.21694@cyphyn.radnet.com> randy@cyphyn.radnet.com (Randy) writes:
>For the past couple of years this one guy ( who everyone knows ) has
>been causing malicious QRM on 80 40 10 and 2 meters...using others
>call signs, doing everything possible to irritate everyone and daring
>everyone to 'do somthoing about it' ... then proclaims we can not.
>
>He now practically owns a local repeater, that a club has put a lot of\
>time/effort/money into.. and we've run out of legal ideas to have him stop.
>
>I don't wanna hear jazz about 'go pin his coax' ... go 'speak to him' ...
>as he's been spoken to many many many times.... and when he was a CBer, the
>CBers shot his antenna, roped his antenna, and someone cut out a 5 foot
>section of his coiax, replaced it with black garden hose.... and he came back
>for more, worse than before.
>
>
>WHO do we send our logs of all his doings to?
>
>Some of us have been logging all his qrming, and it's gotten to where it's time
>to send this in to some one.
>
>Do we send this to the ARRL...if so WHO? Can it be done via Internet?
>Or by US Mail?
>
>I've been asked to ask here, and will forward USFUL replys back...
>
>tnx
>
>73 (I hope)
>
>--
>Randy KA1UNW If you get a shock while
> servicing your equipment, "Works for me!"
>randy@192.153.4.200 DON'T JUMP! -Peter Keyes
> You might break an expensive tube!
First off, the ARRL IS INTERESTED! Send copies of all your reports thru your
ARRL Section Manager. Your SM needs these reports to initiate any real action
on your/club's behalf. Second, be SURE to send copies of the same stuff to your
local FCC office, they too are interested and will probably ask you to file a
formal complaint. Do this, it's fun and you can spend as much time as you like
mailing stuff off....writing, licking the stamps, the envelopes, having a great
time yucking it up about "How he'll get it now, har har!" Phooey!
Now that you've spent a year or 2 fucking around with the official channels,
sent hundreds of letters, sent your Section Manager enough paper to sink a
battleship...wise up, understand that the ARRL isn't gonna do a goddamn thing,
and in 99% of the cases, neither is the FCC. Both organizations are FILLED
with paper-shufflers that want to impress people with how politically-correct
they are, and how much they are doing to help the radio community, etcetra -
ad nauseum! You'll get PLENTY of lip service - and the QRM will continue with
no end.
So you've got two basic options:
1) Hire a lawyer and sue the sob under the existing laws that the FCC cant
seem to inforce. Very expensive, time consuming and frustrating. But it will
eventually resolve the problem! Plan on making this course of action a sort
of "club project", because it's gonna wind up that way!
2) Take the bastard out, one way or another. Very often, the mere appearance
of 50 to 100 people at someone's residence is enough to cause people to modify
their behavior. The police (if called) might even be sympathetic if you can
persuade them based on the laws involved - and in some cases this has been
the basis for a US Marshal`s involvement with a resulting warrent issued by
a local judge!
Invite the guy to coffee, when he arrives keep him so well occupied that the
local rotten kids manage to steal his car!...then offer him a ride home..via
the scenic route...say 250 miles out of town?
Alternativly, it is possible that your QRMer is involved in some other kinds
of illegal activity isnt it? <wink! nudge!> ...a call to "We-Tip" might be
just what the Dr. ordered!
Now I hear you PC folks wringing your hands and getting ready for a hissy-fit,
but kindly remember that the FOUNDER of the ARRL was just about as vocal as I've
been in suggesting (via words and cartoons in QST) that QRM slime be dealt some
quick and final justice at the hands of Amateur's! That the organization has gone
soft shouldn't be a mark against the advice that the Old Man gave us! GO DEAL WITH
THE PROBLEM! GET INVOLVED! The paper-shufflers won't do it for you, they don't know
how to do it anymore! They are impotent! You are STRONG! And there is even GREATER`
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS! So get after it!
73!
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Date: 2 Dec 1993 18:49:17 GMT
From: nntp.ucsb.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!mipg.upenn.edu!yee@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: W5YI's coverage of "temporary callsigns"
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
> 4. As a licensed ham, my ticket is at stake when I key up and speak to
> a station. If I am in a QSO with an unlicensed station, my ticket is
> in jeopardy (although in all reality I doubt the FCC would issue a fine,
> but you never know...)
Are you sure about this? A ham is responsible for HIS OWN transmissions-
not the transmissions of the other party.
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End of Info-Hams Digest V93 #1430
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