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Info-Hams Digest Mon, 24 Jan 94 Volume 94 : Issue 71
Today's Topics:
3CX1200D7
ARLB008 League at NJ hearing
ARLB009 Tower victory in court
Art & Millie of K6MYK
CALL SIGN SERVER
Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 20 January
DX Bulletin 5 ARLD005
G8BPQ 7.04a
HOW TO FILE COMMENTS TO FCC NOTICES OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
RACES Bulletin #310
WANTED: CALL SIGN SERVER IN INTERNET
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Date: 24 Jan 94 21:12:33 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: 3CX1200D7
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Is there anyone out there who has any experience with the Eimac
3CX1200D7 ? This tube is an improved design over the 3CX1200A7.
The 3CX1200A7 is not recommended by EIMAC for new designs. This is
due to a tendency to parasitics and is partially caused by the tube
filament structure and the high feedthru capacitance. Any amplifier
builders out there can comment ?
KC2WE Seth Taylor---domain:taylor@tix.timeplex.com
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Date: 20 Jan 94 14:20:22 GMT
From: destroyer!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!adec23!ve6mgs!usenet@uunet.uu.net
Subject: ARLB008 League at NJ hearing
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB008
ARLB008 League at NJ hearing
ZCZC AG72
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 8 ARLB008
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Date: 20 Jan 94 14:21:09 GMT
From: destroyer!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!adec23!ve6mgs!usenet@uunet.uu.net
Subject: ARLB009 Tower victory in court
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB009
ARLB009 Tower victory in court
ZCZC AG73
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 9 ARLB009
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Date: 21 Jan 94 21:38:28 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!BIX.com!arog@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Art & Millie of K6MYK
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I just talked with Art and Millie Gentry. Art is w6mep and I've forgotten
Millie's call. These are the folks that put the first Los Angeles two-meter
repater on the air in the mid.fifties and are very special folks to a lot
of us that hung out there...
Both are fine and only had modest damage to things... other than the
kind of mess that happens when racks and such get slammed about by
an earthquake.
...............................................
Alan Ogden, w6spk, moderator of ham.radio on BIX
arog@BIX.com
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Date: 21 Jan 94 02:39:19 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!cobra.uni.edu!sunfish!charlie.usd.edu!CCHRIS@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
Subject: CALL SIGN SERVER
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
The one I use is in buffalo. telnet to callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000. Good
luck.In article <199401191856.NAA24159@dialup.oar.net>, berwyn@dialup.oar.NET
(George Sweigert) writes:
>
>Does anyone know where the call sign dtabase server exists ?
>
>I believe it is on DEWIE.DEL.EDU . . . does anyone know ?
>
>Thanks
>
>berwyn@oar.net
>
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Date: 21 Jan 94 04:34:58 GMT
From: destroyer!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!adec23!ve6mgs!usenet@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 20 January
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY
20 JANUARY, 1994
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
(Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)
SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY INDICES FOR 20 JANUARY, 1994
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!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 020, 01/20/94
10.7 FLUX=105 90-AVG=103 SSN=054 BKI=3333 2221 BAI=010
BGND-XRAY=B1.8 FLU1=3.4E+06 FLU10=9.8E+03 PKI=3333 3232 PAI=012
BOU-DEV=025,032,037,020,013,019,017,008 DEV-AVG=021 NT SWF=00:000
XRAY-MAX= C1.0 @ 0018UT XRAY-MIN= B1.7 @ 1734UT XRAY-AVG= B3.2
NEUTN-MAX= +002% @ 1530UT NEUTN-MIN= -001% @ 1955UT NEUTN-AVG= -0.0%
PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 1935UT PCA-MIN= -0.1DB @ 1530UT PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55353NT @ 0601UT BOUTF-MIN=55325NT @ 1909UT BOUTF-AVG=55341NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT G7-AVG=+072,+000,+000
GOES6-MAX=P:+127NT@ 1715UT GOES6-MIN=N:-072NT@ 0529UT G6-AVG=+095,+030,-030
FLUXFCST=STD:105,105,100;SESC:105,105,100 BAI/PAI-FCST=020,020,015/015,015,018
KFCST=3333 3333 3333 3333 27DAY-AP=008,007 27DAY-KP=2123 3322 1313 2122
WARNINGS=*SWF
ALERTS=
!!END-DATA!!
NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 19 JAN 94 was 48.3.
The Full Kp Indices for 19 JAN 94 are: 3+ 5- 5o 3o 4- 2o 3o 3-
SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY
--------------------
Solar activity was at very low levels. Region 7654
(N08E18) continues to be the largest and most active Region
on the disk.
Solar activity forecast: solar activity is expected to be
at low levels with a slight potential for an M class flare
from Region 7654 (N08E18).
STD: Magnetic shear near the northern end of the delta
within Region 7654 has remained relatively unchanged over the
last 24 hours. Although there is an outside chance for another
major flare from this region, nothing significant is likely to
be observed unless new flux emerges to perturb the current
relatively stable configuration. This is further supported by
the gradually declining background x-ray levels together with
the relatively low frequency of small-scale flare activity and
lack of spot growth.
The geomagnetic field has been at quiet to unsettled
levels for the past 24 hours.
Geophysical activity forecast: the geomagnetic field is
expected to be at unsettled to active levels.
STD: The field may become slightly disturbed on 22 January due
to a negative polarity transequatorial coronal hole which is
approximately one day beyond the central meridan. Periods of
minor to major storming will be possible over the high and
polar latitudes.
Event probabilities 21 jan-23 jan
Class M 10/05/05
Class X 05/01/01
Proton 01/01/01
PCAF Green
Geomagnetic activity probabilities 21 jan-23 jan
A. Middle Latitudes
Active 40/45/15
Minor Storm 15/10/05
Major-Severe Storm 01/01/01
B. High Latitudes
Active 40/40/10
Minor Storm 15/15/05
Major-Severe Storm 01/01/01
HF propagation conditions were near-normal over all
regions. Subsiding levels of geomagnetic activity prompted
improved conditions over the high and polar latitude paths.
Conditions should continue near-normal with only intermittent
minor signal degradation for transauroral night-sector
circuits. Signals are expected to become increasingly
disturbed on 22 January if the anticipated disturbance from the
well placed coronal hole noted above arrives. Poor to
occasionally very poor propagation could occassionally exist
over the higher latitude paths during that period. Otherwise,
conditions should continue near-normal.
COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
========================================================
REGIONS WITH SUNSPOTS. LOCATIONS VALID AT 20/2400Z JANUARY
----------------------------------------------------------
NMBR LOCATION LO AREA Z LL NN MAG TYPE
7652 N04E04 219 0140 CSO 03 002 BETA
7654 N09E19 204 0530 EKI 11 032 BETA-DELTA
7656 S22W36 259 PLAGE
REGIONS DUE TO RETURN 21 JANUARY TO 23 JANUARY
NMBR LAT LO
7647 S15 096
LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 20 JANUARY, 1994
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A. ENERGETIC EVENTS:
BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP
NONE
POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 20 JANUARY, 1994
----------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN MAX END LOCATION TYPE SIZE DUR II IV
NO EVENTS OBSERVED
INFERRED CORONAL HOLES. LOCATIONS VALID AT 20/2400Z
---------------------------------------------------
ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXTENSIONS
EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH CAR TYPE POL AREA OBSN
57 N20W14 S14W21 S00W25 N24W14 253 ISO NEG 005 10830A
58 N20E55 S10E41 N08E34 N34E48 189 ISO POS 014 10830A
SUMMARY OF FLARE EVENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
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Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn 2695 MHz 8800 MHz 15.4 GHz
------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ --------- --------- ---------
19 Jan: 0306 0316 0322 C4.0 SF 7654 N05E40 47 25
0449 0452 0454 C1.0
0615 0619 0623 B7.5
0629 0636 0641 B6.6
0826 0830 0833 B4.7 39 62
1141 1146 1150 C2.8
1143 1144 1152 SF 7654 N09E33 16 43 28
1335 1354 1410 C4.2 SF 7654 N05E40
2012 2016 2020 B4.5
REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------
C M X S 1 2 3 4 Total (%)
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- ------
Region 7654: 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 003 (33.3)
Uncorrellated: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 006 (66.7)
Total Events: 009 optical and x-ray.
EVENTS WITH SWEEPS AND/OR OPTICAL PHENOMENA FOR THE LAST UTC DAY
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Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn Sweeps/Optical Observations
------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ ---------------------------
19 Jan: 0615 0619 0623 B7.5 III
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: 21 Jan 94 11:26:25 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com!marcbg@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: DX Bulletin 5 ARLD005
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD005 ARLD005 DX news ZCZC AE03
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 5 ARLD005
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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 1994 16:32:13 +0000
From: unix.sri.com!headwall.Stanford.EDU!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!demon!dis.demon.co.uk!llondel.demon.co.uk!dave@hplabs.hp.com
Subject: G8BPQ 7.04a
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <Angelo_Glorioso_Iii.2lsz@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US> Angelo_Glorioso_Iii@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Angelo Glorioso Iii) writes:
>Hi All,
>
> I dont have access to archie, so I must ask for help.. I heard that G8BPQ
>407A has been released.. Anyone know what ftp site has it???
>
>Thanks in advance..
>
>Angelo
>
By the time you read this, BPQ 4.07a (not what the subject said!) should
be available on ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ham
If it isn't there, try a bit later (depends on when the sys admin moves it
from the upload directory).
Dave
--
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* G4WRW @ GB7WRW.#41.GBR.EU AX25 * Start at the beginning. Go on *
* dave@llondel.demon.co.uk Internet * until the end. Then stop. *
* g4wrw@g4wrw.ampr.org Amprnet * (the king to the white rabbit) *
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Date: 21 Jan 94 11:25:17 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com!marcbg@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: HOW TO FILE COMMENTS TO FCC NOTICES OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
HOW TO FILE COMMENTS TO FCC NOTICES OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
If you plan to file comments to an FCC Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, use the caption format shown below making sure that
you put the appropriate Docket number at the top.
When you file comments or reply comments with the FCC, list your
credentials, be fact-specific and to the point. When you file
comments to an active NPRM, the FCC wants you to send an original
and four copies. If you want each FCC Commissioner to have a
copy, send an original plus nine copies. Send all comments and
reply comments to:
Secretary
FCC
Washington, DC 20554
Caption to be used in filing formal comments:
Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20554
In the matter of )
)
(Insert a brief ) PR Docket 93-###
description of )
what you are )
commenting on) )
Details can be found in Chapter 15 of The FCC Rule Book. ARRL HQ
and your ARRL Director would appreciate a courtesy copy
of your comments and reply comments. See page 8 of any QST for
his or her address.
John Hennessee, KJ4KB
Regulatory Information Specialist
American Radio Relay League
225 Main St
Newington CT 06111
203-666-1541
Internet: jhenness@arrl.org
--
Marc B. Grant 214-231-3998
marcbg@netcom.com Amateur Radio N5MEI
marcbg@esy.com Richardson, TX
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Date: 24 Jan 94 21:39:54 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: RACES Bulletin #310
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Bid : $RACESBUL.310
Subject : RB 310 Training 3/3
From: W6WWW@KD6XZ.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
To : RACES@ALLUS
TO: ALL ES, CD, AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTORS VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CALIFORNIA
INFO: ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS
FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6SIG@WA6NWE.CA)
2800 MEADOWVIEW RD., SACRAMENTO, CA 95832 916-262-1600
LANDLINE BBS OPEN TO ALL 916-262-1657
RACESBUL.310 RELEASE DATE: January 24, 1993
SUBJECT: TNG - Training for RACES people - Part 3/3
23. Non-commercial events supporting governmental approved
charitable
organizations that qualify within the guideline of the government
department responsible for such activities.
24. General public service communications:
a. Information and assistance communications during local
unusual
environmental conditions when RACES communications is not
required.
b. Radio relay communications in support of distant
disasters.
25. Mutual aid communications; i.e., how and when personnel and
equipment may be used to support another government's incident.
26. Mobilization and authority to be on duty. Personnel are not
self dispached. Record keeping requirements, showing name, ID
number or callsign, date/time on duty, date/time off duty, etc.
27. Organizational assignments, Delegate responsibilities, Staff
in depth. Assign work, create work, and see that the work
accomplished. Make expectations known. The RACES unit should be
an on-going activity and not just another "dire emergency
resource".
EOM
Station of Origin W6WWW @ KD6XZ.#NOCAL.USA
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Date: 21 Jan 1994 23:07:04 GMT
From: noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!jtriolo@uunet.uu.net
Subject: WANTED: CALL SIGN SERVER IN INTERNET
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
>I am looking for a call sign server a-la buckmaster
>accessible on line through the internet...
>i thought that there was one in buffalo???
There are two:
mudgate.imsa.edu 2000
plan9.njit.edu 2000
The first one tends to be a little more current, but they are both set up
the same way. If you're calling from Delphi, there should be a way to get
right into one of the servers. Before the rebuilt some of the menus, there
was an auto-telnet for it.
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Jason D. Triolo -- Colonial Heights, VA | ----------------------
Amateur Radio: KD4ACG | This space for rent.
Internet : JTRIOLO@delphi.com | Call today!
Fidonet : 1:264/219.1 | ----------------------
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Date: (null)
From: (null)
SB QST ARL ARLB009
ARLB009 Tower victory in court
Tower victory in court
A federal appeals court in Minnesota has found in favor of an
amateur and against a local municipality, the latest round in a
three-year battle.
Sylvia Pentel, N0MRW, applied in January 1991 for a zoning variance
for a 68-foot crank-up tower from the city of Mendota Heights. At
the time, she was using a roof-mounted vertical which, she was
unaware, violated the city's zoning rules. The city denied her
application for a tower but granted a special-use permit to allow
her to keep the vertical.
Pentel sued the city in US district court, saying that its ordinance
was preempted by federal law PRB-1, which recognizes the needs of
both municipalities and amateurs, and which requires a ''reasonable
accommodation'' of the needs of amateurs. The district court found
in favor of the city, and Pentel appealed.
The US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit said that the FCC in
PRB-1 ''was attempting to strike a balance'' between the interests of
municipalities and amateurs, and exhorted the parties to the suit to
work together to ''arrive at a satisfactory solution.''
The court of appeals said that its decision does not mean that the
city must necessarily grant Pentel's application for a tower as it
stands, but rather that the city must make a reasonable
accommodation for her interests. The court said that granting a
special-use permit for Pentel's vertical was not an accommodation.
Pentel's lawyer was John B. Bellows Jr, K0QBE, with assistance from
ARRL General Counsel Christopher Imlay, N3AKD.
NNNN
/EX
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Date: (null)
From: (null)
--
Marc B. Grant 214-231-3998
marcbg@netcom.com Amateur Radio N5MEI
marcbg@esy.com Richardson, TX
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Date: (null)
From: (null)
SB QST ARL ARLB008
ARLB008 League at NJ hearing
League at NJ hearing
At a public hearing on January 11, ARRL officials told the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy that a
state proposal to register and impose fees on rf sources was
contrary to federal law as related to radio amateurs.
The New Jersey proposal, released last month, exempted Amateur Radio
stations but left a door open for future regulation of amateurs.
ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, N3AKD, and Northern New Jersey
Section Manager Rich Moseson, NW2L, both spoke at the hearing on
behalf of the more than 5,000 ARRL members in New Jersey.
The League representatives argued that only the FCC had the power to
license and regulate radio transmitters, and that applying the
proposed regulations to amateurs would effectively preclude Amateur
Radio communications in New Jersey.
A number of other ARRL officials and interested amateurs also were
present at the hearing, and a specific exemption was requested for
radio amateurs.
The NJ DEPE has extended the deadline for comments on the proposal
until February 22. More information is in February QST.
NNNN
/EX
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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 14:13:42 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com!greg@decwrl.dec.com
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
References <CJw15H.MKy@news.direct.net>, <gregCJzspp.8nD@netcom.com>, <2ht226$a0s@unbc.edu>g
Subject : Re: Ramsey FX Transceivers
In article <2ht226$a0s@unbc.edu> lyndon@unbc.edu (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes:
>greg@netcom.com (Greg Bullough) writes:
>>I suspect someone receiving a
>>Notice of Apparent Liability from the FCC would not consider it
>>to be trivial.
>
>Aren't US hams required to learn the reg's prior to obtaining their ticket?
Of course.
They are also required to own a spectrum analyzer, or to know where
to get access to one.
And how to use it.
And of course, our no-code techs understand clearly that they can't
trust a manufacturer to produce a design that won't get them in
trouble.
Gee, Lyndon, I'm overwhelmed by your sympathy for a kid who
sees an inexpensive VHF/UHF rig and puts it on the air.
Greg
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