Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 12:42:52 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 V94 #6 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Thu, 6 Jan 94 Volume 94 : Issue 6 Today's Topics: arlb001 Clubs and Repeaters CMOS Super keyer (ARRL Manual) EA8FG or EG8CMR address? Hamblaster debut Ham club at a University (2 msgs) Has anyone ever suggested an advocacy newsgroup looking for ham radio/ares/races clip art mods for DJ-560???? New Year's resolutions :-) Peltier Diodes - HELP!!! RAMSEY KITS NOT TOO G who sells good HT battery replacements? 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: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 04:27:35 -0700 From: sdd.hp.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!nebulus!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: arlb001 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB QST @ ARL $ARLB001 ARLB001 BID reminder ZCZC AG65 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 1 ARLB001 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 14:56:36 GMT From: galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!ginews!don@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Clubs and Repeaters To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Our local club, of which I am an officer, wants to install, own, and operate a repeater. The equipment, site, etc. seem to be the easy part (even the coordination :-). My question is this: What organizational structure do other clubs use to operate repeaters? Not all members of the club are going to participate in the repeater funding or operation so there is likely to be two levels of dues and participation. What kind of legal agreements (if any) are required between the club and the trustee? Are there any legal requirements for the club regarding non-profit status (it will have assets and raise funds to support the repeater)? Should the club incorporate? Being neophites at this, I would like to hear what other clubs/organizations have done and how they have structured themselves to deal with this. Thanks in advance for your constructive comments. Donald D. Woelz, K9GR Office Phone: 414-644-8700 GENROCO, Inc. K9GR @WB9TYT.#MKE.WI.USA.NOAM 205 Kettle Moraine Drive North k9gr@k9gr.ampr.org [44.92.1.48] Slinger, WI 53086 U.S.A. don@genroco.com ------------------------------ Date: 06 Jan 1994 08:44:41 GMT From: koriel!sh.wide!wnoc-tyo-news!waseda-mail!wsdnws!wsdnws!63d048@ames.arpa Subject: CMOS Super keyer (ARRL Manual) To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <757800445snx@bsdihi.atr.bso.nl>, dihi@bsdihi.atr.bso.nl (Dick Hissink) wrote: > I am very enthousiastic about the CMOS Super Keyer II as described > on page 29-6 from the 1994 ARRL Manual. Is there a european distributor for > the part kit of this keyer?? I tried to figure out the phone number > of Idiom Press in Deerfield, but the Dutch PTT could not find the > company in their phone books. It seems rather risky to me to send > USD 50 in an envelope and pray that everything comes right! I sent cash(US$) via air mail and got it. It was a few years ago. It really works well. Several months later, I tried again for a friend of mine. And there was no ploblem. -- Hidekazu Noguchi E-mail:63d048@cfi.waseda.ac.jp Ham:7K1BWM ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Jan 1994 23:33 From: sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU!CSMSCST@network.ucsd.edu Subject: EA8FG or EG8CMR address? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Can anyone help me out with an address for EA8FG or EG8CMR? Or perhaps the name of a simpatico ham in the Canaries who might be willing to forward a card? I need a couple of more cards for my RTTY DXCC, and have had no luck with cards/$ sent via the Spanish bureau. Thanks for any leads. -- 73 de Chris Thomas, AA6SQ (ex-WA6HTJ) (CSMSCST@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 18:16:08 GMT From: qualcomm.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!psinntp!laidbak!tellab5!jwa@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Hamblaster debut To: info-hams@ucsd.edu The Hamblaster Update The Hamblaster will be introduced at this hamfest. JANUARY 1994 Jan 30, Sunday: Odeum, Villa Park, IL - Wheaton Commun- ity Radio Amateurs hamfest. Odeum Expo Center. 8 AM - 3 PM. Tickets $6 advance, $8 at the door. VEC test- ing. All flea market tables reserved. To reserve a table, call (708)231-2428. Over the past several months I posted updates about a DSP "The Hamblaster" that Will Torgrim (N9PEA) and myself are developing. We are focusing our efforts on a packet modem that allows the user to improve H.F. reception by interfacing the Ham- blaster (a PC compatable DSP sound board) to a transceiver and a packet or all mode TNC. Modems/filters for RTTY, Packtor, Amtor are also under developement and are compatable with the same control panal software. Here are the latest developements 1) We do Windows! There's a receive/demodulator control panal that allows me to control the FSK demo- dulator's filter center frequency using a mouse driven slidebar. There's also an on screen tuning indicator that mirrors the tuning slidebar. You tune the filter by moving the mouse cursor over the filter tune slide bar button and when you press the left mouse button the slide bar button moves. 2) An option allows me to lock the tuning indicator to the "Filter Tune" slide bar. The Hamblaster sends frequency in- formation, that it hears at the output of the first filter, to the PC via the PC's I/O epansion port. Even in noisy conditions it can count the center frequency of an FSK signal. The tuning indicator does jump around in noisy conditions 3) A new Windows control panel provides an on screen digital storage oscilloscope. By pressing the "SNAP SHOT" button, you can capture 4 signals and display the traces in a graphics window. The traces can be resized or you can move the window left or right. About 100 ms per trace is aquired. You can select or attach the 4 traces to any of the signals that are displayed on a block diagram in the o-scope control panal. The Hamblaster captures the signals and stores them in it's own memory. Then the PC gets the data from the Hamblaster via the PC I/O port and stores it in the PC memory. The software displays the aquisition by getting the data from the PC RAM. The process takes about 2 to 3 seconds (the DOS version takes about 1/2 the time to execute). 4) Using Windows multitasking, you can run the Hamblaster software and your favorate a packet program (like PC Packratt). I was even able to run two instances of the same Hamblaster software. Both control panals displayed the tune bar and responded it real time. I also got two o-scope aquisitions. 1-3-94 5) We now have FFT analysis software built into the o-scope control panel. When you click on the "Freq" button the audio spectrum is displayed. You can move the mouse cursor over the display and where ever it is positioned, the frequency is displayed in the status window. When you click the mouse the modem filters jump to the frequency. This feature provides a simple tuning aid. Another button allows you to convert all 4 traces (mentioned in paragraph 3) to spectral displays. You can, for example, analyze the frequency at the input signal, the modem prefilter and the mark filter output. Based on the FFT, a second button allows you to modify the filter tune limits by clicking on min-max limits that you select. I have to admit, After I debugged the FFT software and I getting the control panel working to my satifaction, I got hooked on the operation of the Hamblaster system. I spent hours tuning the 40 and 20 meter bands, displaying the FFT and copying CW/RTTY signals through the Hamblaster filters. The FFT really simplifies the tuning process. Ongoing developments; 1 Post detection carrier detect. 2 HDL protocol decoding 3 Morse code detection/regeneration 4 Adaptive voice filter. 7 DTMF & PL tone detection. --- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE BOWTIE FILTER ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 94 04:27:31 GMT From: ogicse!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Ham club at a University To: info-hams@ucsd.edu > I've started to put together an amateur radio club here at > George Mason University. I was wondering if anyone out there had any > words of wisdom/expereince in starting such clubs. Please e-mail me to > keep the bandwidth usage down. No words of wisdom re: starting a club - I was lucky enough to join one that is over 40 years old. :) You might be interested in subscribing to HAM-UNIV, tho'. Send a message to listserv@njitgw.njit.edu with 'subscribe ham-univ <your name>' in the message (geez I hope I got that right :) See you all in the RTTY Roundup ... 73, Peter Laws, N5UWY - V31WY President, Amateur Radio Club, University of Arkansas / W5YM Peter Laws <plaws@comp.uark.edu> | "That's the President of the United States n5uwy@ka5bml.#nwar.ar.usa.noam | you're talking about, pinhead."-VP Al Gore ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 1994 07:33:55 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!EU.net!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!blade.stack.urc.tue.nl!philip@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Ham club at a University To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Shawn C. Masters (smasters@fame) wrote: > I've started to put together an amateur radio club here at > George Mason University. I was wondering if anyone out there had any > words of wisdom/expereince in starting such clubs. Please e-mail me to > keep the bandwidth usage down. Just go on! I am a member of a club station here on the university, in a matter of fact i am the vice-president of the club. It's very nice to see people that were never interested in the radio hobby, just having fun with packet or so. Good Luck with your club, Philip (PE1PCP) and operator on PI5EHV, PI4TUE. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 23:32:41 GMT From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.unomaha.edu!cwis!pschleck@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Has anyone ever suggested an advocacy newsgroup To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In <CJ66rL.CJx@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> dbasinge@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu (Mike Basinger) writes: >I have noticed on rec.radio.amateur.misc that there is some people >that love argue the about code vs no-code debate over and over. I have >also notice that some people are sick of that debate (and other >endless debates, like which antenna is best, etc). >On alot of the other newsgroups sets, they have have an advocacy >newsgroup that most the endless agruement goto, leaving the original >newsgroup for general info and talk. >Maybe people should think about rec.radio.amateur.advocacy, and if it >is a popular idea, maybe we can put it upto a RFD on news.groups >just an idea, >mike rec.radio.amateur.policy has served as our de-facto advocacy newsgroup, as most of the advocacy wars seem to revolve around FCC regulations, no-code licenses, content and administration of VE exams, etc. Excerpted from the Guide to the Personal Radio Newsgroups, posted monthly: "The first reorganization added two groups to the list, one of which is rec.radio.amateur.policy. This group was created as a place for all the discussions that seem to drag on interminably about the many rules, regulations, legalities, and policies that surround amateur radio, both existing and proposed. Recent changes to the Amateur Radio Rules (FCC Part 97) have finally laid to rest the Great Usenet Pizza Autopatch Debate as well as complaints about now-preempted local scanner laws hostile to amateurs, but plenty of discussion about what a bunch of rotten no-goodniks the local frequency coordinating body is, as well as the neverending no-code debate, may still be found here." If people aren't using the newsgroup (although many clearly are, if recent traffic on it is any indication), it is for reasons that won't be eliminated by the creation of yet another rec.radio.amateur.* newsgroup. There was also a recent reorganization of the newsgroups (mid-'93), so people are likely to be burned out on the idea of creating more newsgroups. If you are interested in discussing this further off-line with about two-dozen or so newsgroup veterans and FAQ maintainers, there is an excellent forum for this purpose, namely the rec.radio.amateur.* Working Group mailing list. If you'd like to subscribe, send E-mail to rra-wg-request@amdahl.com. -- 73, Paul W. Schleck, KD3FU pschleck@unomaha.edu ------------------------------ Date: 06 Jan 1994 06:02:46 GMT From: cronkite.cisco.com!pst@ames.arpa Subject: looking for ham radio/ares/races clip art To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I'm working on some identification badges for our radio club's emergency services group and I'd like a pointer to any "clip art" that people have done (or found) that might be suitable. Ideally, something that can be imported into macpaint would be best, but I don't have any problem dealing with file conversions from most of the sane formats out there. Thanks, Paul KC6TCN ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 1994 08:41:35 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!pachner@network.ucsd.edu Subject: mods for DJ-560???? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu are there any mods for the dj-560 Ht? (like aircraft mods) thanks -- Thomas Jay Pachner -=- Music Major, Bassist, Gamer, and Amateur Operator University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - pachner@csd4.csd.uwm.edu BARNEY MUST DIE!!!!!!!!! Amateur Call Sign: N9UUJ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 14:15:52 -0500 From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!yvax.byu.edu!cunyvm!rohvm1!rohvm1.mah48d@ames.arpa Subject: New Year's resolutions :-) To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <9401051736.AA13166@opus.xyplex.com>, sas@opus.xyplex.COM (Scott Sminkey - Sustaining Eng Group) wrote, in part: > I resolve to stay out of any debates on ...(Morse code)... > and to not take personally anyone else's opinions on these topics...to use the > Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document...to include my name and email > address... never send a "Sorry to waste net bandwidth, but...to spend $7 for > the ARRL Repeater Directory...to make a note of where the Internet on-line > callbook servers are. Wow! If everybody kept resolutions like that, what would we have to read on this newsgroup? > and the most important of all: > I resolve to once in a while just ponder the romance of radio, the > magic of communicating with a person in a faraway land, and to always > remember that above all, amateur radio is FUN!! > Ah, yes. Maybe even spend some time on the air, rather than on the Internet. ;-) Very 73 and Happy New Year to all... John Taylor - W3ZID rohvm1.mah48d@rohmhaas.com ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 94 17:40:31 GMT From: ogicse!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!news@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Peltier Diodes - HELP!!! To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Greetings and Happy New Year! I am interested in obtaining information about thermoelectric devices called Peltier Diodes (junctions?). My extremely limited understanding of these devices is that at low voltage DC they act as unidirectional heat pumps, and have been used in electric cooler units with suitable heat sinks and "cold" sinks on the heat energy input side. Since I am NOT an electrical engineer (a botanist/professor actually) I'd appreciate any information the engineers among you might have as to how these devices work (practically, not theoretically!), how they are rated, and if possible, how to use them in constructing cooler units. These might be useful for improving efficiency of power supply heat sinks?? but honestly, my ulterior motive is in the construction of a cool-chamber in which to store my homebrew beers!! As a ham with a very small modicum of electronics background (pretty damn small!), I've been asked by some fellow homebrewers to investigate these beasts, and try to prototype some "homebrew" coolers for our homebrews (pretty neat, eh?). If any of you have information about these Peltier devices, application notes,m thermal ratings, recommendations for installation/increasing efficiency, etc. I'd be (actually WE'D be) very appreciative to learn about these, or at least sources where we could get more information. Thanks in advance for your help.... Please e-mail to: s1.rsw@isumvs.iastate.edu Rob Wallace Assistant Profesor of Botany Iowa State University ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 1994 08:13:53 -0600 From: galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!concert!corpgate!crchh327.bnr.ca!crchh549.bnr.ca!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: RAMSEY KITS NOT TOO G To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <CJ6otv.LEx@tc.fluke.com>, Steve Swift <swifty@tc.fluke.COM> wrote: >steven.rosenberg@support.com writes: > >>As the unproud owner of an non-working Ramsay 40m receiver, I would >>rather the damn thing worked! It didn't even have so many parts that >>Ramsay kits may be cheaper, but since they seldom work, and if they do, >>seldom work well -- it's just not worth the trouble. >>Steven Rosenberg, KC6FYL I disagree that the kits are cheaper. I bought a Ramsey SCA decoder for $25 that did NOT work in kit form. I finally gave up and bought an SCA from another company for $20 ASSEMBLED TESTED and it WORKS!!!! so much for cheap. >[lots of stuff deleted] > >I purchased a Ramsey Shortwave Receiver kit for my 8 year daughter >this Christmas. We haven't built it yet, but studying the schematic >shows several fundamental design errors. Clearly their circuits are >designed by people who know enough electronics to design "home projects" >but not enough to come up with a marketable product. I suspect that > Steve Swift, Sr. Staff Engineer When I lloked at the SCA design they had I found that the frequency response was down 43 DB at 67Khz which is where the SCA info is at. others have found some alternate CAP values to make it work but why should users have to design RAMSEY products for them?? stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 09:12:11 EST From: galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: who sells good HT battery replacements? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Steve, I have had excellent luck with my two replacement packs for my kenwood. I got them from Periphex, in oxford, connecticut. The had a good price and i cant seem to kill the packs. They make 'em for a wide range of rigs, and imho, they do the job. hope that you have luck, tha phone # ??? look in cq or qst they run ads every month. later de n1qdq ------------------------------ Date: (null) From: (null) SB QST ARL ARLB001 ARLB001 BID reminder BID reminder Thanks to all amateurs who faithfully relay W1AW and other bulletins. Amateurs are reminded to maintain the original Bulletin ID number, BID, on all bulletins. BID integrity will greatly aid in decongesting sometimes overworked HF, VHF and UHF packet networks. NNNN /EX ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 1994 16:11:57 GMT From: nothing.ucsd.edu!brian@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <344.popyackl@erplab.erp.rl.af.mil_POPMail/PC_3.2.2>, <CItE54.E31@news.iastate.edu>, <1994Jan4.202919.4052@mixcom.mixcom.com> Subject : Re: Disability Waivers for CW scam kevin.jessup@mixcom.mixcom.com (kevin.jessup) writes: >What if I'm paralyzed from the neck up?! ;-)) They you'll have no problem with the Morse part of the exam. It doesn't require any intelligence. Pretty soon you'll be able to join the ranks of other Extra Class licensees. - Brian ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 00:55:43 EST From: sdd.hp.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <1994Jan4.163149.9186@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu>, <Charles.R.Hohenstein.1-040194162613@mac17.hesburgh.lab.nd.edu>, <1994Jan5.215327.11173@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu> Subject : Re: WWV Seems to Have a Problem. Those WWV people are not very friendly. I called them up to be helpful. They were having two problems! On the $5 dollar Timex I have that I got at a yard sale, I see that WWV is about 5 seconds slow. I also have an S-38 receiver that I payed $20 for at a swapmeet. And, on that receiver it shows that WWV is about 10 kc off most of the time, that is when they are not drifting a! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 94 23:28:29 GMT From: ncrgw2.ncr.com!ncrhub2!torynews!kevin@uunet.uu.net To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <CJ2oL1.E1s@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>, <1994Jan5.131309.20262@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>, <2gf0ot$l6@news.tamu.edu>as.edu Subject : Re: TOYOTAS AND MOBILE RIGS In article <2gf0ot$l6@news.tamu.edu> furuta@cs.tamu.edu (Richard Furuta) writes: > >I guess I can't quite picture the scenario where an adjacent vehicle >could come within eight inches of (in particular) the ECU without >there being some other, more pressing, collision-related factors. > It doesn't have to...the eight inches specification relates to the proximity of the (shielded) antenna cable to the ECU. A transmitting antenna could be much further than 8 inches away and still induce large RF currents in the ECU leads. However, with the ECU being located inside the car body, the ECU leads should be shielded against outside sources of EM fields. -- ___________ Kevin Sanders, KN6FQ | ___ | kevin.sanders@torreypinesca.ncr.com |o o \_/ o o| Try Boatanchors kevin%beacons@cyber.net |o o @ o o| For A Real Lift |___________| ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #6 ****************************** ******************************