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Info-Hams Digest Mon, 21 Feb 94 Volume 94 : Issue 187
Today's Topics:
Amateur Radio Newsline #862 18 Feb 94
Callsign allocations
Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 18 February
New 2m radio
Ramsey HF QRP Rigs
Yaesu MH-29 LCD Microphone
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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 17:29:05 MST
From: nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@beaver.cs.washington.edu
Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #862 18 Feb 94
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
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The following is a QST
Another ham-band may wind up in the hands of commercial users
and the idea of an instant ham radio license may be quietly
fading away.
*****
200 MHz of SPECTRUM TO BE REALLOCATED - HAM RADIO AFFECTED!
Amateur Radio may loose part or all of one super high
frequency band in the wake of the release of a Commerce
Department report that recommends moving the military and other
government agencies off much of the nation's airwaves to make way
for new commercial use of the spectrum. The spectrum under fire
is at 2390 to 2400 Mhz and 2402 to 2417 Mhz. If the FCC chooses
to reassign it to the commercial sector, its loss will impact on
several important ham radio projects including high speed packet
radio data relays.
The peril to the band became known on Thursday February 11th.
In a preliminary report, the Commerce Department announced that
it had targeted 200 MHz of prime VHF and UHF radio spectrum to be
reissued immediately with an even bigger block to be made
available over the next 15 years. This latter could include the
ham radio band that runs from 2300 to 2310 Mhz. A band being
looked upon in many crowded urban areas as the logical place to
expand repeater and other FM relay operations as well as weak
signal work.
This reallocation proposal is part of a major push by
congress the Clinton administration and the National
Telecommunications and Information Agency. The plan is to
reassign valuable government spectrum to the private sector to
expand all sorts of communications concepts. It also follows an
earlier decision to reallocate another big band of spectrum to
the next generation of wireless technology, known as personal
communications services.
The Commerce Department report did designate certain specific
spectrum to be shared by government and private sector users. It
said that moving some government services will be delayed until
new equipment can be built. As a result some of the reallocated
spectrum will not be made available for several years. The study
also concluded that moving some services would be inappropriate.
This, because of extensive investments made by the government or
the services provided by the current spectrum users. It
recommended that certain navigational services, meteorology,
astronomy and space communications services should not be moved.
There are two days of sunlight in all of this. First off, the
Amateur Satellite band from 2400 to 2402 MHz was not put up on
the chopping block. This means that plans for the construction
of the new Phase 3D ham satellite can go forward as planned.
Second, and just as important is the fact that this is only an
initial report. Kind of a prototype suggestion by the NTIA that
is still open to debate. A final report on this proposed
spectrum reallocation is scheduled for release after the Federal
Communications Commission the and private sectors have a chance
to comment on it. Completion of that research and release of the
report should come in about twelve months. Meantime, hams
involved in the use of spectrum at 2300 MHz and above should get
ready for a knock down drag out fight to save that band.
*****
INSTANT LICENSING
The FCC's proposal to bring instant licensing to the amateur
radio service appears to be in serious doubt. Comments by the
Chief of FCC's Private Radio Bureau seem to leave open the
possibility that the proposal may never see the light of day.
Ralph Haller, N4RH, spoke to amateurs at the Tropical Hamboree
in Miami on February 5th.
Commission officials say they are surprised at the response to
the FCC's proposal to bring instant licensing to ham radio. The
idea is to allow people who successfully pass their first license
exams to get on the air immediately. That way they would not
have to wait to receive a license from the commission. A process
that has taken as long as 3 months. The ARRL strongly opposes
the FCC's idea. Frank Butler, W4RH directs the leagues
Southeastern Division. He says amateurs are solidly against
instant licensing.
"What their concern mainly is that people will get, make up a
callsign and get on the air without ever really having ever
taken a test." Frank Butler, W4RH, Director ARRL Southeastern
Division.
Instant licensing the way the FCC proposed may not be
necessary. The commission is about to upgrade its nearly 30 year
old computer system. Ralph Haller, N4RH, says this promises to
be much faster processing of license applications.
"I think the people have some legitimate concerns in instant
licensing that we are going to have to look out very closely and
combine that with our improved speeds of services I expect with
the new computer and weigh wether instant licensing makes sense
in the amateur service."
We seem to be leaving the door open for instant licensing the
whole controversy could be taken care of with the new computer
system.
"I think that's a reasonable possibility. Particularly as we
get electronic filing with the VAX. We may well reach the
situation individual exam sites would have immediate access to
our computers and we might even be able to have a license, I am
dreaming a little bit here, that we may well be able to issue,
have the VE issue the license right in the exam session." Ralph
Haller, N4RH, Chief of the FCC's Private Radio Bureau.
Haller says the commission will look at the responses amateurs
submit to the instant licensing proposal. One that so far has
little support in the amateur community.
*****
VANITY CALL SIGN UPDATE
Another big announcement from Ralph Haller. Vanity callsigns
are just around the corner. Haller believes you'll be able to
request a call sign of your choosing by late summer. The program
will probably be brought on line in phases, with Extra class hams
getting first crack. Club callsigns will also be available.
Start saving your quarters...a vanity call sign will cost $70...
that's 7-dollars for each of the 10 years an amateur radio
license covers.
*****
COURT ORDERS HAM OFF REPEATER
This just in. An Orange County California Superior Court has
issued a three year restraining order against a ham that will
keep him from operating on an area repeater. The order was
requested in January by an attorney for the Clairmont Amateur
Repeater Association and was issued against Tim Seawolf, KJ5KE of
Quail Valley. This is a precedent setting case in that the club
has used the civil rather than federal court system to ban
someone from their repeater that they allege to be an undesirable
operator. More details on this story next week.
*****
ARRL BOARD ELECTIONS
The ARRL Board of Directors has affirmed its confidence in
the leadership of George S. Wilson, W4OYI by electing him to
serve another two years as the organizations president. Wilson,
an attorney from Owensboro Kentucky has turned out to be one of
the most dynamic leaders in the leagues history. Before his
election two years ago, Wilson made a public pledge to do all he
could to help clean up the many problems plaguing the ham bands.
We carried his words right here on Newsline in 1992. Wilson has
since lived up to every word that he said!
Also returning for additional two year terms are first vice
president Rod Stafford, KB6ZV, Vice Presidents Jay Holladay,
W6EJJ and Tom Frenaye, K1KI. Treasurer Jim Mc Cobb, K1LLU,
Executive Vice President Dave Sumner, K1ZZ and Chief Financial
Officer Barry Shelly were also re-elected to serve the next two
years.
Elected to the Executive Committee are Rocky Mountain division
director Marshall Quiat, AG0X, Hudson Division Director Stephen
Mendelsohn, WA2DHF, Delta Division Director Joel Harrison,
WB5IGF and Great lakes Division Director Al Severson, AB8P.
*****
GEORGIA ANT
A bill introduced in the Georgia Legislature that would
eliminate the effect of restrictive property covenants on
amateurs is believed to be the first of its type in the nation.
This, according to Georgia Section Manager Jim Altman, N4UCK.
Altman says that the proposed legislation known as Georgia
House Bill 1134, would prevent all new and renewed covenants
from regulating, controlling, or restricting antennas owned and
operated by licensed amateurs in the state.
Altman says that, in Georgia, all restrictive covenants have a
life of 20 years, but can be renewed. In banning new and renewed
covenants the proposed new law would leave the existing covenants
in place until their natural expiration, and prevent new ones.
Then, over the next 20 years, all existing covenants would
disappear.
The bill was initially referred to the State Bar committee on
real property law, which gave the measure a do pass
recommendation. That's a good sign and Amateurs in Georgia are
urged to contact their state legislators and urge their support
of H.B. 1134. Hams elsewhere will want to watch this one
carefully as it could set a national precedent for fighting deed
restrictions nationwide.
*****
STONER UPDATE
Speaking about fighting deed restrictions, one ham who has
been at the forefront of the battle is Don Stoner, W6TNS. As
previously reported, Stoner, who heads up the National Amateur
Radio Association has been fighting an antenna battle of his own.
In addition to legal action, Don has taken to the political high
ground as well. W6TNS is trying to get the Florida State
Emergency Preparedness plan changed to include ham radio as an
integral aspect and there-by negate anti ham radio deed
restrictions in planned communities. We ran into W6TNS at the
recent Tropical Hamboree in Miami and got this update.
"The condominium restrictive covenants are applicable all
over the country. There are hams all over the country that are
precluded from actually getting on the air, at least on HF,
because of these restrictive laws. But the support from the
local group in the Clearwater area, and really all over the state
of Florida, has just been enormous. One of the things I think we
can do is marshal that support and organize it into a packet
letter writing campaign. I think hams will send packet messages
to their legislator far easier than they will write a letter.
They love to send messages over ham radio because that is what it
is all about." Don Stoner, W6TNS, President of NARA.
Stoner also says that banning the prohibition on ham radio
antennas is important to the safety of all of the residents of is
regularly hurricane ravaged state.
*****
SEATTLE TROLLEY QRM
Seattle Washington hams are once again suffering from trolley
car induced RFI. The story goes back a number of years when
Seattle added a number of new electric trolleys to their fleet.
According to Clay Freinwald, K7CR of the Western Washington
Amateur Relay Association, the presence of these new trolleys
was instantly noted as their new electronic control system
radiated like an all band transceiver and the overhead cattinary
system of power wires became their gigantic antenna.
Marty Hadfield a broadcast engineer at KMT
matter. Operating through the Western Washington Cooperative
Interference Committee, Marty was able to get the Metropolitan
Transit System to install filters on the vehicles to help
minimize the problem. The filters were not a cure all and you
can still hear some of the interference on any AM radio.
Recently, the transit authority purchased some dual powered
vehicles. They run on diesel engines in outlining areas and then
connect to the transit overhead wiring when inside Seattle
proper. Marty Hadfield says that these new vehicles are not
much different then the old ones. They too radiate like crazy
and this time the interference is not limited to the AM
broadcast band. He says that almost any radio in the downtown
area can hear what sounds like a cats meow on any two way radio
including those used by hams. Marty is trying to solve the
problem, but it looks as if its going to be an uphill road till
all of the meowing is gone from the Seattle radio airwaves.
*****
T9S DX
In DX, the special event station T9S will be active during
the month of February to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the
Olympic Winter Games of 1984, which was held in Sarajevo.
Activity will be on all bands and QSL cards will be handled by
DL1QQ, direct or via the bureau.
*****
PERRY TO BE AT DAYTON
Educator Carole Perry, WB2MGP says that she is looking for
youngsters skilled in talking before large groups to be a
part of her Youth Seminar at the 1994 Dayton Hamvention. The
Staten Island New York school teacher will be expanding her youth
session and says that more young hams are needed as speakers this
year.
"Once again we are looking for youngsters who are articulate
and enthusiastic about what they enjoy about amateur radio. I
understand I am going to be getting an expanded time slot this
year because of the popularity of the program last year. It
seems that the session that always follows me, unfortunately
always has to deal with us running over a little bit. So this
year they have graciously given me a bigger time slot. I am
looking for lots and lots of youngsters to be interviewed and
have them call me at (718) 983-1416. That's my home number and
the machine will pick up if I am not here. Or have them send
resumes directly to me, I'm in the callbook. About what it is
about ham radio that they have participated in and if they are
good and articulate speakers we will certainly consider bring
them to Dayton." Carole Perry, WB2MGP.
Again, if you know of an articulate young ham who would like
to speak at Carole Perry's Dayton Youth Forum please contact
WB2MGP at area code (718) 983-1416. That line is both voice and
fax.
*****
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Date: 21 Feb 94 05:20:51 GMT
From: wintermute.fullerton.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!BIX.com!hamilton@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Callsign allocations
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) writes:
>hamilton@BIX.com (hamilton on BIX) asks:
>>>But what can you do to lookup an international callsign? I'm not
>>>aware if there's even an ascii text file out there someplace that would
>>>allow me to do even the simplest lookup of the prefix to determine
>>>what country it's from. (This month's CQ contains such a list, but
>>>you can bet I'm not ready to key it in myself. :-)
>>>What machine-readable resources are available for looking up international
>>>calls?
> Don't people read words and books by eye any more? The ARRL log
> books and many other sources have all this information listed on
> a couple of pages - you know, printing on paper. When you hear
> an unfamiliar callsign, you look at the piece of paper. It's
> much like looking in a dictionary - a real book, that is, not an
> "on-line word source".
> Can you tell that I was born before computers became popular?
>Derek Wills (AA5BT, G3NMX)
>Department of Astronomy, University of Texas,
>Austin TX 78712. (512-471-1392)
>oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu
Thank you for your helpful, warm remarks.
NOT!!
Look, let's not be a jerk. It should have been clear from my post,
which in its original form mentioned that I had a listing from this
month's CQ but that I really wanted something in electronic form,
that if I wanted something on paper, I already had it. The reason
I like things in computer readable form is because my office is
absolutely overflowing with paper! If I go away for a week, the
amount of new paper that arrives in the mail will more than fill
one of those boxes Hammermill uses for 10 reams of copy paper.
We're talking about a serious problem with too goddam much paper!
Now, your life maybe real simple, just like your view of the world
and maybe for you, a paper listing is adequate. If so, enjoy! No
one's twisting your arm to move into the modern world. For me, an
electronic listing that I can let my machines keep track of for me
would be a real help.
Clear enough?
Yours,
Doug Hamilton hamilton@bix.com Ph 508-358-5715
Hamilton Laboratories, 13 Old Farm Road, Wayland, MA 01778-3117
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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 14:18:32 MST
From: nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@beaver.cs.washington.edu
Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 18 February
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
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DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACT
18 FEBRUARY, 1994
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(Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)
SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACT
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!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 049, 02/18/94
10.7 FLUX=106.3 90-AVG=106 SSN=077 BKI=0123 1112 BAI=005
BGND-XRAY=B2.0 FLU1=1.2E+06 FLU10=1.4E+04 PKI=2223 2213 PAI=007
BOU-DEV=004,006,010,024,008,009,006,019 DEV-AVG=010 NT SWF=00:000
XRAY-MAX= C1.1 @ 0543UT XRAY-MIN= B1.8 @ 0327UT XRAY-AVG= B2.7
NEUTN-MAX= +003% @ 2020UT NEUTN-MIN= -001% @ 1525UT NEUTN-AVG= +0.4%
PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 2210UT PCA-MIN= -0.3DB @ 0450UT PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55345NT @ 2336UT BOUTF-MIN=55328NT @ 1834UT BOUTF-AVG=55337NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT G7-AVG=+074,+000,+000
GOES6-MAX=P:+129NT@ 1909UT GOES6-MIN=N:-064NT@ 0643UT G6-AVG=+096,+035,-025
FLUXFCST=STD:110,110,110;SESC:110,110,110 BAI/PAI-FCST=015,010,005/015,012,010
KFCST=3334 4333 2224 4221 27DAY-AP=007,005 27DAY-KP=3212 2122 2212 2122
WARNINGS=
ALERTS=
!!END-DATA!!
NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 17 FEB 94 was 45.0.
The Full Kp Indices for 17 FEB 94 are: 2- 2o 3- 3- 2+ 2+ 2o 2-
The 3-Hr Ap Indices for 17 FEB 94 are: 6 8 14 11 10 9 8 7
Greater than 2 MeV Electron Fluence for 18 FEB is: 4.2E+08
SYNOPSIS OF ACT
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Solar activity was low. Region 7671 (N11E15) produced a
C1/0F flare at 18/0542Z. A 5 degree filament near S20E05
disappeared between 17/1857Z and 18/1218Z.
Solar activity forecast: solar activity is expected to be
low through the period.
The geomagnetic field has been at quiet to unsettled
levels for the past 24 hours. High latitudes experienced some
active levels during the period.
Geophysical activity forecast: the geomagnetic field is
expected to be unsettled for most of the period due to
coronal hole effects. Quiet to unsettled conditions are
expected by the end of the period.
Event probabilities 19 feb-21 feb
Class M 10/10/10
Class X 01/01/01
Proton 01/01/01
PCAF Green
Geomagnetic activity probabilities 19 feb-21 feb
A. Middle Latitudes
Active 25/25/20
Minor Storm 15/15/10
Major-Severe Storm 05/05/01
B. High Latitudes
Active 25/25/25
Minor Storm 15/15/15
Major-Severe Storm 05/05/05
HF propagation conditions were generally near-normal over
all regions. Conditions should continue near-normal over the
next 72 hours, although high latitudes may see some sporadic
minor signal degradation due to possible effects from a coronal
hole.
COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
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REGIONS WIT
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NMBR LOCATION LO AREA Z LL NN MAG TYPE
7668 N10W82 284 0020 AXX 01 002 ALPHA
7669 N08W08 210 0010 CSO 04 003 BET
7670 N10W00 202 0010 AXX 04 003 ALPHA
7671 N11E14 188 0380 CKO 08 016 BET
7673 N08W65 267 0030 BXO 04 003 BET
7672 N03E02 200 PLAGE
REGIONS DUE TO RET
NMBR LAT
7663 N13 89
LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 18 FEBRUARY, 1994
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BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP
0328 0328 0328 320
POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 18 FEBRUARY, 1994
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BEGIN MAX END LOCATION TYPE SIZE DUR II IV
NO EVENTS OBSERVED
INFERRED CORONAL HOLES. LOCATIONS VALID AT 18/2400Z
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ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXT
EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH CAR TYPE POL AREA OBSN
NO DAT
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
------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ --------- --------- ---------
17 Feb: 0300 0300 0303 SF 7670 N11E23
1016 1023 1029 B8.1
1100 1111 1126 C1.7
REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
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C M X S 1 2 3 4 Total (%)
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- ------
Region 7670: 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 001 (33.3)
Uncorrellated: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 002 (66.7)
Total Events: 003 optical and x-ray.
EVENTS WIT
----------------------------------------------------------------
Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn Sweeps/Optical Observations
------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ ---------------------------
17 Feb: 1100 1111 1126 C1.7 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: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 18:08:06 GMT
From: wyvern!dward@uunet.uu.net
Subject: New 2m radio
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
OK. I need some advice. I'm returning to the air after a long absence and
would like recommendations on what type of 2m vhf-fm radio to purchase. I
desire portability, so that probably means an HT. In addition to brand
names, what features should I get -- at a minimum, as well as "nice to have"
for future operation. I travel by vehicle around the SE US, so will need to
be able to access many different repeaters. So, what do you say?
Dale Ward - N5LNW
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 01:53:39 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!direct!kg7bk@ames.arpa
Subject: Ramsey HF QRP Rigs
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
>Now, have you, Cecil, or anyone else, built any of Ramsey's HF QRP xmtrs?
>For $30 I might get one of those pup's for 20M (but from what I hear I
>think a low pass filter might be in order).
>
>73, Jeff NH6IL
No, Jeff, I haven't built one and don't know anyone who has but, like you,
would be interested in hearing from anyone who has.
73, Cecil, kg7bk@indirect.com
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Date: 20 Feb 1994 19:16:36 -0600
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!post.its.mcw.edu!not-for-mail@ames.arpa
Subject: Yaesu MH-29 LCD Microphone
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I read somewhere that there were undocumented features in the MH-29 LCD
microphone. Does anyone on the net have any further information on this
subject?
--
Michael J. Malloy
Medical College of Wisconsin Truth is a Virus
mmjjmm@post.its.mcw.edu
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