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Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #103
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Info-Hams Digest Wed, 2 Feb 94 Volume 94 : Issue 103
Today's Topics:
021
bearing1.zip - Hams: Bearing and distance computer/database
License in 8.5 Weeks
RAMSEY FX TRANSCEIVER
Soundblaster radio programs?
Strange Propagation
Yaesu ft-26 mods needed
Yaesu FT-416 MODS wanted!
Your experiences on 40 meter CW QRP
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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 00:39:15 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!iat.holonet.net!takeone!brian.seed@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 021
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
John, I'm not sure how I got here, but will give you a call on phone
later to get info. 73's Brian.
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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 02:06:54 GMT
From: simtel.coast.net!msdos-ann-request@uunet.uu.net
Subject: bearing1.zip - Hams: Bearing and distance computer/database
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I have uploaded to the SimTel Software Repository (available by anonymous
ftp from the primary mirror site OAK.Oakland.Edu and its mirrors):
pub/msdos/hamradio/
bearing1.zip Hams: Bearing and distance computer/database
Bearing and Distance Computer 1.0 performs bearing and distance
computations between any two point on earth. Source and target
coordinates may be entered manually or selected from a fully user
updateable database of coordinates keyed by ham callsign prefix.
Upload by the author.
Rick Jones, N6WQY
Rick=Jones%InfoServices%District@banyan.cccd.edu
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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 12:34:57 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!att-out!cbfsb!cbnews!cbnewst!cbnewsm!gdo%aloft.att.com@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: License in 8.5 Weeks
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Just another data point for those studying the FCC/ARRL turn around time for
licenses. I upgraded from Tech (old fashioned) to Advanced on Dec. 2 and
just received my new ticket in the mail yesterday (Jan 31). What a finale to
a brutal month in PA!! My uncle passed his Tech exam on Dec 3, and got his new
call yesterday also. He is now N3RJT. Living in the town of Jim Thorpe, PA,
we came up with a good phonetic for him, "Radio Jim Thorpe"! How fitting!
His son passed the test with him but has yet to get his ticket. Maybe today
unless he got in the next batch to arrive next week. We were all surprised
to get them this soon, assuming the standard delay plus holiday delay plus
delays from Mother Nature's beatings.
73 to all, de N3BDA (no longer "temporary" AA!)
--
Glenn D. O'Donnell, N3BDA Internet: gdo@aloft.att.com
AT&T Bell Laboratories Amateur Radio: n3bda@n3dpu.#epa.pa.usa.na
Allentown, PA Home QTH: Palmerton, PA (Grid FN20eu)
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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 14:23:11 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com!greg@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: RAMSEY FX TRANSCEIVER
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <CKIEMA.KCq@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> alanb@sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) writes:
>Greg Bullough (greg@netcom.com) wrote:
>
>: Yup. One of the difficulties, over the years, is that many of the
>: folks at ARRL HQ 'just didn't understand,' ...
>
>: The 'drum' being banged is one which rings out 'build build build.'
>
>If you're talking about QST, I disagree 100%. I wish QST had MORE
>construction articles, not fewer. In case you haven't noticed, QST
>has changed in the last few years. There are many fewer technical
>articles than there used to be and a lot more fiction and other
>"fluff" articles.
I agree, but I also believe that the construction articles have
to be carefully targeted, and within reach. I'd also like to
see articles on older gear, both generic and specific, that with
some wrenching, tuning, and tweaking, can be made more serviceable
for the average newcomer.
Call them 're-construction' articles. :-)
Greg
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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 06:14:56 GMT
From: news.sprintlink.net!dg-rtp!salzo!toybox!hruska@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Soundblaster radio programs?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I've just gained some interest in playing with my soundblaster
card for radio purposes.
I have been trying to use FFTMORSE, but I can't get it to do
anything but make clicking noises - nothing displays in the
frequency box. Any ideas on what could be wrong?
Also, what other radio programs are available that use the
soundblaster, and where might I find them?
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| Toybox Linux system | |
| Raleigh, NC | Say no to MS Windows - run Linux |
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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 00:16:16 GMT
From: fluke!tenspeed@beaver.cs.washington.edu
Subject: Strange Propagation
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
15 meters was open and crowded with 599 signals in the Seattle area
on Sunday afternoon, Jan 30th.
I made a contact with a ham in Gainsville, GA at about 2:55 pm on 15
meters CW. We exchanged signal reports and then he said, "I`ll say 73,
the super bowl is abt to start". So I said 73 and ended the contact.
At 3:05 pm it was hard to find any signals on 15 meters. The band shut
down. I thought it was amazing that solar activity just happened to
coincide with the beginning of the super bowl--hi hi.
The shut down was quite dramatic.
Jim Ehrmin KB7SOK o__
Domain: tenspeed@tc.fluke.COM _.>/ _ DISCLAIMER: "The views expressed in
UUCP: uunet!fluke!tenspeed (_) \(_) this post are my own and not
Work: (206) 356-5134 necessarily those of the Fluke
Fluke Corp., M/S 178D, PO Box C9090 Corporation." - Jim Ehrmin
Everett WA 98206-9090 USA
--
Jim Ehrmin KB7SOK o__
Domain: tenspeed@tc.fluke.COM _.>/ _ DISCLAIMER: "The views expressed in
UUCP: uunet!fluke!tenspeed (_) \(_) this post are my own and not
Work: (206) 356-5134 necessarily those of the Fluke
Fluke Corp., M/S 178D, PO Box C9090 Corporation." - Jim Ehrmin
Everett WA 98206-9090 USA
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 12:29:55 GMT
From: ghost.dsi.unimi.it!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!news.unige.ch!ugcmu!burrus@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu
Subject: Yaesu ft-26 mods needed
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Hello,
I have purchased a Yaesu ft-26 transceiver (US version).
I need to transmit in frequencies which are blocked.
Does it exist a mod for extended tx frequencies ?
Do you know how open the freq. 150.000 to 170.000 Mhz ?
Is it a solder jumper to remove ?
Does it exist a FTP site where I can find such informations ?
Thank's in advance.
Christophe
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Date: 31 Jan 1994 13:31:36 GMT
From: zib-berlin.de!netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!chsun!elna.ethz.ch!elektra!mpeter@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Yaesu FT-416 MODS wanted!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Chris Noles (nolesc@netcom.com) wrote:
: Hello everyone,
: I am desperately trying to find the FT-416 MODS. Could somebody
: please post them here or give me an address where I can FTP them? I
: tried World.std.com, but I don't want to pay to use it.
:
: Any help would be appreciated.
: Chris
: KC4VTT Tech +
get the mods for the FT415 from World.std.com. I modified my FT416
according them and it works.
--
Martin Peter, ETH Zuerich e-mail: mpeter@ee.ethz.ch
Computing Support Group tel: 41 1 623 5286
ISG Gloriastrasse 35 fax: 41 1 252 0954
8092 Zurich/ Switzerland
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 13:24:23 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!att-out!cbfsb!cbnews!cbnewst!cbnewsm!gdo%aloft.att.com@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Your experiences on 40 meter CW QRP
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <2ie8ki$2ih@clarknet.clark.net>, andy@clark.net (Andrew M. Cohn) writes:
|> If you work 40 meter CW, with 5 watts or less, and use less than ideal
|> antennas (no beams, dipoles or rhombics, etc), I would like to hear about
|> your experiences. No...I'm not writing a book; I just want to know what
|> I can expect before investing in a QRP station!
Hi Andy,
I have just gotten into 40m QRP using the MFJ-9040 and a dipole. I have
yet to make a DX contact with it, but I HAVE worked all over the east coast.
The trick for DX is staying up late and hanging out in the low portion of
the band. The Novice sub-band gets horrible at night but below 7.050 or so
there is no broadcasting or voice operation. Canadians and some others in
Region 2 have phone priveleges where we have CW only. A buddy of mine works
40m into Europe on 2.5 watts on a regular basis.
I'm not sure what antenna you have in mind. My dipole was easy to build
and cheap. I have room to stretch it out, but there are things you can do to
shrink it.
By the way, if you're considering the MFJ, count me as a big fan. Also, the
active audio filter is WELL worth the scant few bucks it costs. It is just
a couple of op-amps (on one chip) on a little daughterboard. Aren't op-amps
great!? Turning on the filter really kills the QRM!
73 ES GUD LUK DE N3BDA
--
Glenn D. O'Donnell, N3BDA Internet: gdo@aloft.att.com
AT&T Bell Laboratories Amateur Radio: n3bda@n3dpu.#epa.pa.usa.na
Allentown, PA Home QTH: Palmerton, PA (Grid FN20eu)
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