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Info-Hams Digest Wed, 15 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1465
Today's Topics:
10-Codes used by law enforcement
6CW4
ARLP049 Propagation de KT7H
ARRL's callsign admin position
Frequencies in use: a FAQ?
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 00:10:53 GMT
From: olivea!apple.com!amd!netcomsv!netcom.com!cntrspy@uunet.uu.net
Subject: 10-Codes used by law enforcement
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Joe Simmer (jsimmer@cmsa.gmr.com) wrote:
: In article <6m4aec1w165w@opus-ovh.spk.wa.us> bmork@opus-ovh.spk.wa.us (Brian) writes:
//////////////////
Most departments use codes common to the county in which they
operate, most of the codes listed here are NOT used by most of the country
some use 11 codes and 900 codes in addition to the 10 codes, and then
there is San Francisco which uses some 500 codes too. Plus Penal codes
Health and Safety Codes, Harbors and Navigations, well you get the idea.
When I get into a new area or an area I'm not familiar with, I usually
find a mall and go the the local Radio Shack and 9 times out of 10 they
have a decent listing (usually xeroxed by the store) for that particular
area.
: List of 10-Codes deleted....
: Note that this is the suggested use of the 10-codes. If a police department
: rarely gets a 10-89 (bomb threat) they could use it for another purpose.
: They can also disregared the list and make up there own 10-Code.
: Joe
: jsimmer@cmsa.gmr.com
: >--->Brian
: Mork Internet bmork@opus-ovh.spk.wa.us> . . . . Amateur Radio (AX.25)
: ka9snf@wb7nnf.#spokn.wa.usa>... . .. USMail 6006-B Eaker, Fairchild, WA
: 99011
--
Chris Hall
Operations Director
Executive Protection Associates, Inc.
"When Eagles are silent, the parrots jabber" - Winston Churchill
Opinions Expressed are those of the author and NOT those of EPAI.
PGP Key available... If you ask nicely...
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1993 19:41:37 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!srgenprp!alanb@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 6CW4
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Randy (randy@cyphyn.radnet.com) wrote:
: Robert Carpenter (rc@cmr.ncsl.NIst.GOV) wrote:
: :
: : Al, N1AL, takes me to task for slandering the 6CW4 regarding intermod.
: :
: : Al, I guess that we will both agree that it is POSSIBLE to build a poor
: : converter with any technology, and that was often the case, Way Back When,
: : from my experience. I suspect that people ran their 6CW4 at too low power
: : (remember, they were RCA's answer to early transistors) to handle big sigs.
: : Even more likely, the following stage died from too big sigs and not enough
: : LO injection.
: 6CW4 ( and 6DS4 sub) if run at the usual 60-70vdc, will indeed be prone to
: easy over load.
: Increase the kathode resistor ( if none, use >150 ohms) and then raise plate
: volts to 125. Then it'll require more signal to reach the 'IMD point'
: I have heard of people running em as high as 175vdc, but at 2-3ma....
: I don't know how long it'll last up there....but....
Gee, even 70 volts at 2-3 mA is 140-210 mW which is higher power than most
low-noise RF transistors run. Also, tubes, like FETs, are square-law
devices, so tend to have lower third-order IMD than bipolar transistors.
I agree with Bob that if there's a problem, it's probably with the mixer,
not the 6CW4 RF amp.
AL N1AL
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1993 15:07:48 GMT
From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!apple.com!amd!netcomsv!netcom.com!marcbg@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: ARLP049 Propagation de KT7H
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP049 ARLP049 Propagation de KT7H ZCZC
AP11 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 49 ARLP049
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Date: 13 Dec 1993 10:02:59 CST
From: ftpbox!mothost!schbbs!maccvm.corp.mot.com!CSLE87@uunet.uu.net
Subject: ARRL's callsign admin position
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Jon - Let me amplify your point even further. I've never known any ARRL
official who would not converse with a non-ARRL member amateur, or for
that matter, most SWLs. Only a few of our politicians want to hear from
persons who don't impact either their re-election or bank balances. As
volunteers, you do try to represent ALL the US amateurs, not just your
paying constituency, and that is certainly to the credit of each of the
Directors and other ARRL officials. 73 WA8NVW
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From: jbloom@arrl.org (Jon Bloom, KE3Z)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: ARRL's callsign admin position
Date: 9 Dec 93 12:38:40 EST
Organization: American Radio Relay League
In my experience, ARRL Directors spend considerably more time asking
amateurs what they want than they spend "in the board room." Most
Directors spend quite a few of their weekends making themselves
available at hamfests and conventions throughout their Division, just
so the members can buttonhole them and tell them what they should be
doing. It's not their fault that all too few mwmbers bother to do so.
Let me ask you this... do you complain that your Congressperson doesn't
listen to you, even if you haven't bothered to send them a letter or
otherwise contact them? Of course not (I hope)! Nor should you expect
ARRL Directors to be clairvoyant. You need to *talk* to them. Of
course, your Director may not feel compelled to give much weight to a
nonmember's complaints. (Then again, he may--I don't know.)
When ARRL presents itself to Washington as "representing amateurs,"
it does so in the same sense that NRA represents gun owners, or that
AARP represents older Americans. No one believes that all those
eligible to be members of these organizations are, in fact, members,
or that all members of these organizations agree with every policy
position of the organization. That would be ludicrous. But in each
case, the organization is the pre-eminent representative of the
community in question: amateurs for ARRL, gun owners for NRA, and
older Americans for AARP.
It is also the case that ARRL members represent a good cross-section
of the amateur population. From that you can resonably extrapolate
that the desires of the ARRL membership in all probability reflect the
desires of the amateur population at large. At least, there is no
*better* indication of those wishes. Therefore, when ARRL policy
reflects the merbership's wishes, it most likely reflects the wishes
of the community as a whole, too.
So, the bottom line is this: ARRL members who contact their Directors
to let their thoughts be heard have a disproportionate influence over
the direction of Amateur Radio. But since full ARRL membership is open
to anyone with a license, and since the Directors can easily be
contacted, anyone who doesn't make their voice heard has only themselves
to blame.
------
Jon Bloom, KE3Z | jbloom@arrl.org
American Radio Relay League |
225 Main St., Newington CT 06111 |
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Date: 14 Dec 1993 15:43:17 GMT
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Subject: Frequencies in use: a FAQ?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I am hoping that someone may be able to help me out with what may
be a stupid FAQ, but which I can't find the answer to.
How does one find frequencies in use in certain geographical areas on
2m/70cm and police, etc., bands? I also need offsets for the repeaters,
access tones and so forth. The only resource I know of (from Radical
Shack) is, shall we say, less than comprehensive.
I am particularly interested in the Colorado/New Mexico area.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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Solar activity has been up over the past month. Over the
past week, solar flux has been over 100 every day, in
addition to the flux being higher every day than the
average flux for the previous ninety days.
On Wednesday geomagnetic conditions were quite disturbed,
with the K index as high as six. The next day conditions
became very quiet, with the K index at zero over all
periods. Conditions should continue to be quiet, with
solar flux around 100 for the 10 meter contest this
weekend. Slightly disturbed conditions may return around
December 17, and then be very quiet again from December 19
through 24. We could see some very disturbed conditions
return again around December 30. Solar flux should drop
below 100 to around 90 between December 18 to 21, then
rise to around 105 after the first of the year.
Sunspot Numbers from December 2 through 8 were 85, 97, 99,
89, 95, 99 and 84, with a mean of 92.6. 10.7 cm flux was
104.3, 105.6, 105, 101, 103, 107 and 105.1, with a mean of
104.4.
For this week's path projection, we will examine a number
of circuits for the 10 meter contest this weekend.
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Marc Grant N5MEI
marcbg@netcom.com
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Date: 13 Dec 1993 16:12:37 GMT
From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!TAMUTS.TAMU.EDU!furuta@network.ucsd.edu
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
References <8498.2d061582@hayes.com>, <gregCHruGL.4JC@netcom.com>, <8508.2d0b1eb3@hayes.com>
Subject : Re: Scratchi, January, 1960
In article <8508.2d0b1eb3@hayes.com>, Bill Coleman <bcoleman@hayes.com> wrote:
>I'm just trying to establish that there's a fire before we clear the theatre.
>So far, I haven't even seen the smoke. All we have are your statements that
>someone might be offended. As we can see from how the posting was variously
>interpreted, no one was offended, and none of the people without prior
>knowledge drew the racial stereotype you selected.
Well, there may not have been a fire after the initial posting and
Greg's response, but I have to say that from my perspective the
following responses have been totally unbelievable and graphically
illustrate the reasons why Greg was justified in being concerned about
the issue.
Retreating into name calling over "Political Correctness" does nothing
at all to address the base issue---namely the insensitivity and
intolerance that some hams express *in public forums* towards people
who are not "like them"---newcomers, no code technicians, females,
ethnic minorities, homosexuals, whatever. It seems only good manners
to be aware of who one's (worldwide) audience is before opening up on
the air or on Usenet.
For me, the original Scratchi posting was not particularly offensive
since I didn't know any of the history. In that lack of context,
Greg's original response seemed perhaps a little over-earnest. With
the later contextual explanations his reaction seems more justified to
me, and I think it admirable that he feels motivated to stand up on
matters that concern him. It certainly is the case, however, that we
have had much more blatant examples of racial insensitivity in this
forum in the past.
I think that this is becoming an issue for rec.radio.amateur.policy
and have redirected followups there.
--Rick
KE3IV
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