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Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1448
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Info-Hams Digest Fri, 10 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1448
Today's Topics:
6-m Transverters
Alinco DJ-580T Scanning Speed (YAWN!)
ARRL's callsign admin position
need comments on DJ-560T
ORBS$344.2L.AMSAT
ORBS$344.MICRO.AMSAT
ORBS$344.OSCAR.AMSAT
ORBS$344.WEATH.AMSAT
W5YI's coverage of "temporary callsigns"
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Date: 10 Dec 93 19:55:18 GMT
From: ogicse!cs.uoregon.edu!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!srgenprp!alanb@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 6-m Transverters
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Robert Carpenter (rc@cmr.ncsl.NIst.GOV) wrote:
: Some of the older xverters, such as the Hallicrafters HA-6, were all-tube and
: put out close to 100 watts. Their receive side wasn't great, being a
: 6CW4 Nuvistor (intermod) for rf amplifier.
I always thought that superior strong-signal handling capability was one
of the ADVANTAGES of a tube-type front end. One disadvantage of a 6CW4 is
a noise figure worse than you can get with modern solid-state devices.
This is a problem on 2 meters, but not a concern on 6, where atmospheric
noise levels are higher.
AL N1AL
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Date: 9 Dec 93 12:52:02 PST
From: netcomsv!netcomsv!hotcity!nick@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: Alinco DJ-580T Scanning Speed (YAWN!)
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Is there ANYWAY possible to increase the scanning speed of the Alinco?
It's quicker just to rotate the knob manually or hold down the UP/DOWN arrows.
Saddening!
- Nick
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Date: 10 Dec 93 11:50:59 GMT
From: ogicse!uwm.edu!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!panix!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: ARRL's callsign admin position
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <DTD8Dc3w165w@mystis.wariat.org>,
>
>I can agree to some of what you said. United front and all. But before
>the ARRL desides what _all_ amateurs want, maybe they could come out of
>the board room and ask a few of us?
Maybe your division's director doesn't "come out of the board room", but
here in the Hudson Division we have a director who is responsive to the
membership -- and available.
Steve Mendelsohn, WA2DHF, travels throught the division, attending club
meetings and hamfests. He's always asking for opinions on matters he
expects to come before the board, and asks for fresh ideas to bring to the
rest of the board.
Steve also has an active division "cabinet" made up of all division-level
appointees, SMs, section-level appointees, and selected others. Before
each ARRL board meeting he holds a division cabinet meeting to determine
the position of the division. Quite a number of ARRL Board policies come
from these meetings, as Steve brings *into* the boardroom the desires and
opinions of the membership in the Hudson Division.
If your director isn't as accessible and active as Steve then vote in
someone else!
73, Andy
--
______________________ Andrew Funk, KB7UV ______________________
| President, Tri-State Amateur Repeater Council (TSARC) |
| ENG Editor/Microwave Control, WCBS-TV Channel 2 News, New York |
| Internet: kb7uv@panix.com Packet: kb7uv@kb7uv.#nli.ny.usa |
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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1993 10:46:09 -0600
From: pravda.sdsc.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!utah-morgan!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!sy_j.pgh.wec.com!user@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: need comments on DJ-560T
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I am thinking of buying the Alinco DJ-560T HT now on closeout for $300.
I'd like to get comments from 560 owners and anybody else on what you
like and dislike about this unit.
Also, are there other HTs I should consider ? (I have limited budget).
The DJ-580 in now selling for $380, is the $80 difference worth it ?
what are the differences between 560 and 580 ?
please email replies if possible
thanks in advance
Jerry
--
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Date: 10 Dec 93 17:00:00 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: ORBS$344.2L.AMSAT
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-344.N
2Line Orbital Elements 344.AMSAT
HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT
FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 10, 1993
BID: $ORBS-344.N
DECODE 2-LINE ELSETS WITH THE FOLLOWING KEY:
1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ
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 27.1217 354.5434 6014493 132.9243 298.0909 2.06477387 78587
UO-11
1 14781U 84021B 93342.66573932 .00000337 00000-0 61232-4 0 6176
2 14781 97.7956 1.2301 0012043 153.7437 206.4353 14.69097732522339
RS-10/11
1 18129U 87054A 93337.45348696 .00000030 00000-0 26350-4 0 8155
2 18129 82.9255 113.5236 0011195 202.4287 157.6376 13.72327170323069
AO-13
1 19216U 88051B 93336.80025401 -.00000119 00000-0 10000-4 0 8216
2 19216 57.8913 280.9905 7209935 329.6810 3.4424 2.09721276 41896
FO-20
1 20480U 90013C 93338.53163149 .00000025 00000-0 82238-4 0 6121
2 20480 99.0174 162.3283 0541196 60.5893 304.8188 12.83222700179161
AO-21
1 21087U 91006A 93338.53066287 .00000084 00000-0 82657-4 0 3737
2 21087 82.9439 286.7581 0033930 267.3519 92.3725 13.74529222142847
RS-12/13
1 21089U 91007A 93340.55801944 .00000035 00000-0 30376-4 0 6170
2 21089 82.9190 154.3003 0028317 286.8165 72.9884 13.74031130142192
ARSENE
1 22654U 93031B 93321.93138545 -.00000051 00000-0 10000-3 0 2108
2 22654 1.4185 113.8817 2935300 161.0091 211.2000 1.42195961 2757
UO-14
1 20437U 90005B 93339.66496175 .00000098 00000-0 45884-4 0 9160
2 20437 98.6049 61.9694 0011825 41.8303 318.3787 14.29807962201935
AO-16
1 20439U 90005D 93339.65804529 .00000092 00000-0 43650-4 0 7168
2 20439 98.6125 63.0007 0012085 42.4157 317.7990 14.29864764201949
DO-17
1 20440U 90005E 93339.70110696 .00000098 00000-0 45837-4 0 7166
2 20440 98.6132 63.3043 0012255 41.5371 318.6771 14.30002231201963
WO-18
1 20441U 90005F 93338.69354219 .00000080 00000-0 38594-4 0 7179
2 20441 98.6127 62.3215 0012830 44.6898 315.5341 14.29979345201826
LO-19
1 20442U 90005G 93339.66409654 .00000097 00000-0 45261-4 0 7168
2 20442 98.6135 63.4933 0013133 41.6454 318.5726 14.30072336201979
UO-22
1 21575U 91050B 93339.62142588 .00000137 00000-0 53152-4 0 4163
2 21575 98.4556 52.8408 0008057 141.7089 218.4692 14.36870728125282
KO-23
1 22077U 92052B 93340.41708664 .00000000 00000-0 10000-3 0 3135
2 22077 66.0888 323.5901 0006335 335.5125 24.5569 12.86282062 61993
AO-27
1 22825U 93061C 93340.63744409 .00000102 00000-0 49453-4 0 2157
2 22825 98.6748 53.2005 0009518 54.0663 306.1406 14.27594182 10212
IO-26
1 22826U 93061D 93340.21182841 .00000089 00000-0 43990-4 0 2163
2 22826 98.6747 52.7873 0010063 55.9732 304.2402 14.27696330 10159
KO-25
1 22830U 93061H 93339.63531252 .00000074 00000-0 37772-4 0 2161
2 22830 98.5753 51.5182 0012128 27.9533 332.2307 14.28019941 10076
NOAA-9
1 15427U 84123A 93342.70049786 .00000140 00000-0 84766-4 0 6165
2 15427 99.0787 25.7011 0015669 39.5125 320.7148 14.13568935463439
NOAA-10
1 16969U 86073A 93341.66264576 .00000102 00000-0 51842-4 0 5147
2 16969 98.5127 351.4956 0013232 164.2969 195.8610 14.24848693375336
MET-2/17
1 18820U 88005A 93339.73180874 .00000102 00000-0 85026-4 0 2154
2 18820 82.5444 62.4795 0016770 9.7264 350.4220 13.84700344295589
MET-3/2
1 19336U 88064A 93341.86495960 .00000043 00000-0 10000-3 0 2168
2 19336 82.5416 99.0732 0017730 24.3892 335.7990 13.16962928258071
NOAA-11
1 19531U 88089A 93335.92967935 .00000081 00000-0 53930-4 0 4139
2 19531 99.1530 315.2247 0011726 331.7228 28.3309 14.12936228267351
MET-2/18
1 19851U 89018A 93342.55740184 .00000041 00000-0 31525-4 0 2162
2 19851 82.5192 295.8959 0015793 44.4595 315.7827 13.84350638241300
MET-3/3
1 20305U 89086A 93334.69005237 .00000043 00000-0 10000-3 0 9176
2 20305 82.5555 47.4111 0016898 62.3849 297.9388 13.16025158197009
MET-2/19
1 20670U 90057A 93340.51939313 .00000015 00000-0 79036-5 0 7162
2 20670 82.5454 1.5084 0015399 333.1603 26.8773 13.84183900173965
FY-1/2
1 20788U 90081A 93340.62144989 .00000100 00000-0 77693-4 0 8250
2 20788 98.8506 1.8125 0013923 187.7140 172.3805 14.01341665166736
MET-2/20
1 20826U 90086A 93340.36719227 .00000042 00000-0 32606-4 0 7150
2 20826 82.5252 299.3895 0011811 226.6138 133.4067 13.83565526161094
MET-3/4
1 21232U 91030A 93338.45465636 .00000043 00000-0 10000-3 0 6211
2 21232 82.5407 307.2624 0012656 318.6913 41.3690 13.16460415125735
NOAA-12
1 21263U 91032A 93335.94780045 .00000189 00000-0 93586-4 0 8205
2 21263 98.6410 2.8806 0013991 87.7504 272.5281 14.22339524132493
MET-3/5
1 21655U 91056A 93342.27109633 .00000043 00000-0 10000-3 0 6192
2 21655 82.5596 251.5620 0013360 318.9520 41.0249 13.16825457111339
MET-2/21
1 22782U 93055A 93342.51575674 .00000035 00000-0 26724-4 0 2169
2 22782 82.5476 357.5371 0023727 42.6334 317.6642 13.82993616 13730
MIR
1 16609U 86017A 93343.56114036 .00010605 00000-0 14006-3 0 203
2 16609 51.6180 58.4213 0005383 74.5508 285.6216 15.58960993446454
HUBBLE
1 20580U 90037B 93343.39583333 .00000298 00000-0 22324-4 0 3791
2 20580 28.4711 14.8965 0005601 267.3006 145.0087 14.90298067 1056
GRO
1 21225U 91027B 93341.66776924 .00006624 00000-0 11971-3 0 45
2 21225 28.4617 121.0915 0031871 286.3791 73.2946 15.46763151 27365
UARS
1 21701U 91063B 93342.65260819 .00003629 00000-0 33983-3 0 4183
2 21701 56.9828 202.5066 0005874 102.5209 257.6002 14.96251149122408
POSAT
1 22829U 93061G 93341.80894716 .00000091 00000-0 44722-4 0 2081
2 22829 98.6692 54.3707 0010935 37.7065 322.4792 14.27988203 10382
/EX
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Date: 10 Dec 93 16:53:00 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: ORBS$344.MICRO.AMSAT
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-344.D
Orbital Elements 344.MICROS
HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR THE MICROSATS
FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 10, 1993
BID: $ORBS-344.D
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
Satellite: UO-14
Catalog number: 20437
Epoch time: 93339.66496175
Element set: 916
Inclination: 98.6049 deg
RA of node: 61.9694 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0011825
Arg of perigee: 41.8303 deg
Mean anomaly: 318.3787 deg
Mean motion: 14.29807962 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.8e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 20193
Checksum: 343
Satellite: AO-16
Catalog number: 20439
Epoch time: 93339.65804529
Element set: 716
Inclination: 98.6125 deg
RA of node: 63.0007 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0012085
Arg of perigee: 42.4157 deg
Mean anomaly: 317.7990 deg
Mean motion: 14.29864764 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.2e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 20194
Checksum: 316
Satellite: DO-17
Catalog number: 20440
Epoch time: 93339.70110696
Element set: 716
Inclination: 98.6132 deg
RA of node: 63.3043 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0012255
Arg of perigee: 41.5371 deg
Mean anomaly: 318.6771 deg
Mean motion: 14.30002231 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.8e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 20196
Checksum: 268
Satellite: WO-18
Catalog number: 20441
Epoch time: 93338.69354219
Element set: 717
Inclination: 98.6127 deg
RA of node: 62.3215 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0012830
Arg of perigee: 44.6898 deg
Mean anomaly: 315.5341 deg
Mean motion: 14.29979345 rev/day
Decay rate: 8.0e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 20182
Checksum: 312
Satellite: LO-19
Catalog number: 20442
Epoch time: 93339.66409654
Element set: 716
Inclination: 98.6135 deg
RA of node: 63.4933 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0013133
Arg of perigee: 41.6454 deg
Mean anomaly: 318.5726 deg
Mean motion: 14.30072336 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.7e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 20197
Checksum: 305
Satellite: UO-22
Catalog number: 21575
Epoch time: 93339.62142588
Element set: 416
Inclination: 98.4556 deg
RA of node: 52.8408 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0008057
Arg of perigee: 141.7089 deg
Mean anomaly: 218.4692 deg
Mean motion: 14.36870728 rev/day
Decay rate: 1.37e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 12528
Checksum: 329
Satellite: KO-23
Catalog number: 22077
Epoch time: 93340.41708664
Element set: 313
Inclination: 66.0888 deg
RA of node: 323.5901 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0006335
Arg of perigee: 335.5125 deg
Mean anomaly: 24.5569 deg
Mean motion: 12.86282062 rev/day
Decay rate: .00000000 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 6199
Checksum: 281
Satellite: AO-27
Catalog number: 22825
Epoch time: 93340.63744409
Element set: 215
Inclination: 98.6748 deg
RA of node: 53.2005 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0009518
Arg of perigee: 54.0663 deg
Mean anomaly: 306.1406 deg
Mean motion: 14.27594182 rev/day
Decay rate: 1.02e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 1021
Checksum: 276
Satellite: IO-26
Catalog number: 22826
Epoch time: 93340.21182841
Element set: 216
Inclination: 98.6747 deg
RA of node: 52.7873 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0010063
Arg of perigee: 55.9732 deg
Mean anomaly: 304.2402 deg
Mean motion: 14.27696330 rev/day
Decay rate: 8.9e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 1015
Checksum: 288
Satellite: KO-25
Catalog number: 22830
Epoch time: 93339.63531252
Element set: 216
Inclination: 98.5753 deg
RA of node: 51.5182 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0012128
Arg of perigee: 27.9533 deg
Mean anomaly: 332.2307 deg
Mean motion: 14.28019941 rev/day
Decay rate: 7.4e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 1007
Checksum: 276
/EX
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Date: 10 Dec 93 16:50:00 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: ORBS$344.OSCAR.AMSAT
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-344.O
Orbital Elements 344.OSCAR
HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES
FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 10, 1993
BID: $ORBS-344.O
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
Satellite: AO-10
Catalog number: 14129
Epoch time: 93329.34450477
Element set: 213
Inclination: 27.1217 deg
RA of node: 354.5434 deg
Eccentricity: 0.6014493
Arg of perigee: 132.9243 deg
Mean anomaly: 298.0909 deg
Mean motion: 2.06477387 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.0e-08 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 7858
Checksum: 313
Satellite: UO-11
Catalog number: 14781
Epoch time: 93342.66573932
Element set: 617
Inclination: 97.7956 deg
RA of node: 1.2301 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0012043
Arg of perigee: 153.7437 deg
Mean anomaly: 206.4353 deg
Mean motion: 14.69097732 rev/day
Decay rate: 3.37e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 52233
Checksum: 298
Satellite: RS-10/11
Catalog number: 18129
Epoch time: 93337.45348696
Element set: 815
Inclination: 82.9255 deg
RA of node: 113.5236 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0011195
Arg of perigee: 202.4287 deg
Mean anomaly: 157.6376 deg
Mean motion: 13.72327170 rev/day
Decay rate: 3.0e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 32306
Checksum: 298
Satellite: AO-13
Catalog number: 19216
Epoch time: 93336.80025401
Element set: 821
Inclination: 57.8913 deg
RA of node: 280.9905 deg
Eccentricity: 0.7209935
Arg of perigee: 329.6810 deg
Mean anomaly: 3.4424 deg
Mean motion: 2.09721276 rev/day
Decay rate: -1.19e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 4189
Checksum: 305
Satellite: FO-20
Catalog number: 20480
Epoch time: 93338.53163149
Element set: 612
Inclination: 99.0174 deg
RA of node: 162.3283 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0541196
Arg of perigee: 60.5893 deg
Mean anomaly: 304.8188 deg
Mean motion: 12.83222700 rev/day
Decay rate: 2.5e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 17916
Checksum: 296
Satellite: AO-21
Catalog number: 21087
Epoch time: 93338.53066287
Element set: 373
Inclination: 82.9439 deg
RA of node: 286.7581 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0033930
Arg of perigee: 267.3519 deg
Mean anomaly: 92.3725 deg
Mean motion: 13.74529222 rev/day
Decay rate: 8.4e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 14284
Checksum: 327
Satellite: RS-12/13
Catalog number: 21089
Epoch time: 93340.55801944
Element set: 617
Inclination: 82.9190 deg
RA of node: 154.3003 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0028317
Arg of perigee: 286.8165 deg
Mean anomaly: 72.9884 deg
Mean motion: 13.74031130 rev/day
Decay rate: 3.5e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 14219
Checksum: 295
Satellite: ARSENE
Catalog number: 22654
Epoch time: 93321.93138545
Element set: 210
Inclination: 1.4185 deg
RA of node: 113.8817 deg
Eccentricity: 0.2935300
Arg of perigee: 161.0091 deg
Mean anomaly: 211.2000 deg
Mean motion: 1.42195961 rev/day
Decay rate: -5.1e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 275
Checksum: 241
/EX
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Date: 10 Dec 93 16:56:00 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: ORBS$344.WEATH.AMSAT
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-344.W
Orbital Elements 344.WEATHER
HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR WEATHER SATELLITES
FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 10, 1993
BID: $ORBS-344.W
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
Satellite: NOAA-9
Catalog number: 15427
Epoch time: 93342.70049786
Element set: 616
Inclination: 99.0787 deg
RA of node: 25.7011 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0015669
Arg of perigee: 39.5125 deg
Mean anomaly: 320.7148 deg
Mean motion: 14.13568935 rev/day
Decay rate: 1.40e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 46343
Checksum: 316
Satellite: NOAA-10
Catalog number: 16969
Epoch time: 93341.66264576
Element set: 514
Inclination: 98.5127 deg
RA of node: 351.4956 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0013232
Arg of perigee: 164.2969 deg
Mean anomaly: 195.8610 deg
Mean motion: 14.24848693 rev/day
Decay rate: 1.02e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 37533
Checksum: 330
Satellite: MET-2/17
Catalog number: 18820
Epoch time: 93339.73180874
Element set: 215
Inclination: 82.5444 deg
RA of node: 62.4795 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0016770
Arg of perigee: 9.7264 deg
Mean anomaly: 350.4220 deg
Mean motion: 13.84700344 rev/day
Decay rate: 1.02e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 29558
Checksum: 303
Satellite: MET-3/2
Catalog number: 19336
Epoch time: 93341.86495960
Element set: 216
Inclination: 82.5416 deg
RA of node: 99.0732 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0017730
Arg of perigee: 24.3892 deg
Mean anomaly: 335.7990 deg
Mean motion: 13.16962928 rev/day
Decay rate: 4.3e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 25807
Checksum: 328
Satellite: NOAA-11
Catalog number: 19531
Epoch time: 93335.92967935
Element set: 413
Inclination: 99.1530 deg
RA of node: 315.2247 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0011726
Arg of perigee: 331.7228 deg
Mean anomaly: 28.3309 deg
Mean motion: 14.12936228 rev/day
Decay rate: 8.1e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 26735
Checksum: 302
Satellite: MET-2/18
Catalog number: 19851
Epoch time: 93342.55740184
Element set: 216
Inclination: 82.5192 deg
RA of node: 295.8959 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0015793
Arg of perigee: 44.4595 deg
Mean anomaly: 315.7827 deg
Mean motion: 13.84350638 rev/day
Decay rate: 4.1e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 24130
Checksum: 329
Satellite: MET-3/3
Catalog number: 20305
Epoch time: 93334.69005237
Element set: 917
Inclination: 82.5555 deg
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Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 13:59:20 GMT
From: mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx!jmaynard@uunet.uu.net
Subject: W5YI's coverage of "temporary callsigns"
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <1993Dec7.183422.29800@cs.brown.edu>,
Michael P. Deignan <md@maxcy2.maxcy.brown.edu> wrote:
>mebly@eng.umd.edu writes:
>> You can't do it this way. (HINT: Ever wonder why /AT isn't used for
>> technician upgrades?)
>No, I'm clueless. Why isn't /AT used for tech upgrades?
Because, apparently, the FCC thinks that the suffixes used for temporary
privilege designators must fall within the callsign blocks assigned to the US;
AT isn't one. (Hence, /KT.) I don't know why they think that, but...
--
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
"The road to Usenet is littered with dead horses." -- Jack Hamilton
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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1993 09:16:14 -0700
From: ftpbox!mothost!schbbs!node_13059.aieg.mot.com!user@uunet.uu.net
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
References <gregCHMBrt.Err@netcom.com>, <1993Dec6.172531.25131@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, <1993Dec8.163926.8129@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>
Subject : Re: ARRL's callsign admin position
In article <1993Dec8.163926.8129@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us
(Gary Coffman) wrote:
> Yes the ARRL
> purports to represent *all* amateurs, but in reality they are mainly
> representative of the DXers, contesters, and ARES types who depend on
> the ARRL to manage their activities.
I have been an ARRL member since 1961 and only a DXer for 10 of those
years. Otherwise I have never belonged to one of those groups.
> ARRL currently has the only full time paid lobbyist in Washington, but it
> was not always so. Wayne's old alternate organization had the first paid
> lobbyist, and all the other major bodies have at least part time volunteer
> representation in Washington. I believe I heard that NARA intends to
> register a full time lobbyist too.
When some other organization actually *does* the representing as well as
ARRL then they won't be the *only* representative. Until then it is just
talk.
I only hope that whoever else does the "representing" doesn't get into an
ARRL fabours it so we oppose it stance - the net result would not be good
for anyone.
> >Such as? (Wayne Green is an oft-cited example, but if he's the best you can
> >come up with, you simply don't have a case: he's consistently predicted doom
> >and gloom, and been consistently wrong. He's no more than the Howard Stern of
> >ham magazines.)
I agree.
> The ARRL's attack on SERA is the latest example of their efforts to
> stifle other organizations who they think stand in their way. Their
> attacks on Wayne have been long standing, and dirty, but that's not
> all they've done to try to retain hegemony over amateur radio.
Really??? Can you point out *anything* that the ARRL has actually done or
said to support this? I have heard a continuous stream of such accusations
since 1961, but have yet to see one that actually existed.
On the other hand Wayne Greene, SERA, LARC etc. have been *very* vocal
about their supposed persecution.
This seems to go on for about 18 months then go away quitely, only to be
replaced with some other horrible thing that ARRL has supposedly done.
> Even
> inside the ARRL, the old guard has done everything in their power to
> stifle dissent among the troops. The directors and the volunteers
> form a strong "old boy" network that squelches dissent with a vengence.
That certainly hasn't been my experience. Even when I wasn't an "old boy"
:-)
--
Mike Waters rcrw90@email.mot.com AA4MW@KC7Y.PHX.AZ.US.NA
Hate is not a "Family Value"
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