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Info-Hams Digest Fri, 18 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 303
Today's Topics:
10 GHz EME question
1994 Contest calendar enclosed
Alinco DJ580T price info needed!
Converting CB to 10 meters
Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 16 March
Deadhead Hams, Net Tonite!!!!
IC22S
Icom 737 CW Filter Switching Mod.
IPS Daily Report - 17 March 94
Phonetic Alphabets
Q codes?
QSL-Manager for JW1BJA/JW5VK
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 14:36:45 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!psinntp!psinntp!arrl.org!zlau@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 10 GHz EME question
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote:
: In article <16MAR94.10615803.0021.MUSIC@SLUMUS> MOWE%SLUMUS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Michael Owen) writes:
: >The Toronto VHF Society (VE3ONT) is beginning to make
: >plans for EME operations using the 46 m (150') dish at
: >Algonquin Park later this year.
: I don't think so. The libration fading will be much reduced by
: illuminating a smaller portion of the Moon. And gain is gain,
: the extra gain will be usable for transmit. For receive it's
: a somewhat different matter. Stations using small dishes will
: be illuminating the entire lunar hemisphere. Your dish will
: only receive part of that energy since the rest will fall outside
: your beamwidth. But the extra dish gain should compensate for
: that, and your receive strength should be similar to that of
: a dish that just illuminates the entire Moon. And, you'll receive
: less thermal noise from the rest of the Moon, and less libration
: fading. So while the big dish won't be that much better for receive,
: it won't be worse, and on transmit it will be a big help to other
: stations because it's reflected signal will behave more like a
: strong point source.
One way of looking at the receive situation is that a big dish
is really a combination of smaller dishes. In fact, on my
wall I have a picture of the multiple mirror telescope. The
energy accumulated by each dish does indeed add--how big can
a solar collector be before it fails to pick up any more energy?
The sun and moon have approximately the same apparent size to
Earth observers.
The beamwidth of an optical mirror is quite small compared
to most single site radio antennas--the Palomar telescope has
around 148 dBi of gain, if I recall correctly. Indeed, according
to First Light, an observer was temporarily hurt trying to look
at Venus with the telescope (the beam of light was light that of
a movie projector, dust particles could be seen).
A key question is how the moon reflects--its reflectance is 6%
at radio waves and 7% at optical. Does it reflect like a silver
ball, in which the angle of incidence equals the angle of refraction,
or is there an almost uniform scattering, making it look like a
white disk? What does it look like to you?
The thermal noise of the moon brings up an interesting phenomena,
with a big dish you no longer benefit as much from a low noise preamp,
since the temperature of the moon is 260 Kelvin. On the other hand,
a small dish looks at a little 260 Kelvin spot, possibly in an area
of cold sky. But, from what I've read, people have been making
contacts with 2 or 3 dB noise figure receivers. Thus, with your
big dish, it probably doesn't make much sense to worry about getting
the ultimate receiver, while it is useful on the lower bands.
--
Zack Lau KH6CP/1 2 way QRP WAS
8 States on 10 GHz
Internet: zlau@arrl.org 10 grids on 2304 MHz
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 20:59:45 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!wang!dbushong@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 1994 Contest calendar enclosed
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Here is the 1994 contest calendar from CQ. Each of the fields is
separated by a TAB character, so they will line up in your word
processor if you set tab stops at 3.5" and 5.5". That way you can use
proportional space fonts to print it out if you'd rather, and then you
don't have to deal with a bunch of spaces.
Generic contest schedule (as of February 1994).
(Source: CO 1994 Amateur Radio Almanac.)
Contest Weekend/Month Hours
ARRL RTTY Roundup 1/Jan. 24/30
AGCW-DL QRP CW Winter Contest 1/Jan. 15
Michigan QRP Club CW Contest 1/Jan. 36
LIONS-on-the-air CW Contest 1/Jan. 36
NCJ N.A.QSO Party-CW 2/Jan. 10/12
JA Int'l CW Contest (160,80,40M) 2/Jan. 48
LIONS-on-the-Air SSB Contest 2/Jan. 36
NCJ N.A. QSO Party-SSB 3/Jan. 10/12
HA DX CW Contest 3/Jan. 24
CO WW DX 160m CW Contest 4/Jan. 42
ARRL VHF Sweepstakes 33
REF CW Contest 4/Jan. 36
U.B.A. SSB Contest 4/Jan. 24
ARRL Novice Round-Up 4/Jan.-l/Feb. -
NCJ N.A. Sprint-CW 1/Feb. 4
YL-ISSB CW OSO Party 1 /Feb. 48
Vermont State QSO Party 1/Feb. 24
Maine State QSO Party 1/Feb. 48
QCWA QSO Party-CW 1/Feb. 25
Classic Radio Exchange 1/Feb. 48
NCJ's N.A. Sprint-SSB 2/Feb. 4
Utah 160m Challenge 2/Feb. 48
EA RTTY Contest 2/Feb. 24
Dutch "PACC" Contest 2/Feb. 24
YLRL YL-OM SSB Contest 2/Feb. 24
New Hampshire QSO Party 2/Feb. 18
ARRL DX CW Contest 3/Feb. 48
YLRL YL-OM CW Contest 4/Feb. 24
CO WW DX 160m SSO Contest 4/Feb. 42
REF SSB Contest 4/Feb. 36
RSGB 7 MHz CW Contest 4/Feb. 18
North Dakota QSO Party 4/Feb. 24
U. B.A. CW Contest 4/Feb. 24
ARRL DX SSB Contest 1/Mar. 48
YL-ISSB SSB QSO Party 2/Mar. 48
QCWA QSO Party-SSB 2/Mar. 25
Wisconsin State QSO Party 2/Mar. 7
Bermuda Contest 3/Mar. 48
CLARA HF Contest 3/Mar. 24
Virginia State QSO Party 3/Mar. 32
BARTG Spring RTTY Contest 3/Mar. 30
CO WW WPX SSO Contest last/Mar. 48
Poisson d'Avril Contest 1/Apr. -
ARCI QRP CW Spring QSO Party 1/Apr. 24
SP DX Contest 1/Apr. 36
ARRL VHF/UHF Spring Sprint-144 MHz 1/Apr. 4
JA Int'l CW Contest (20,15,10M) 2/Apr. 48
Yuri Gagarin Cup-CW 2/Apr. 24
Holyland DX Contest SSB, CW 2/Apr. 24
ARRL VHF/UHF Spring Sprint-222 MHz 2/Apr. 4
SARTG AMTOR Contest 3/Apr. 24
QST QSO Award Party 3/Apr. 24
Connecticut QSO Party 3/Apr. 28
Spring NWQRP Sprint-CW 3/Apr. 4
ARRL VHF/UHF Spring Sprint-432 MHz 3/Apr. 4
MARAC SSB County Hunters Contest 3/Apr. 48
Swiss HELVETIA Contest SSB, CW 4/Apr. 24
Georgia OSO Party 4/Apr. 28
ARI Int'l DX Contest SSB, CW, RTTY 1/May 24
MARAC CW County Hunters Contest 1/May 48
ARRL UHF Spring Sprint 1/May 4
(902/1296/2304 MHz)
Texas State QSO Party 1/May 48
Oregon State QSO Party 1/May 48
10-X lnt'l Spring CW QSO Party 1/May 48
CQ-M Contest SSB,CW 2/May 24
ARI A.VOLTA RTTY Contest 2/May 24
Massachusetts QSO Party 2/May 30
Nevada State QSO Party 2/May 48
Danish SSTV Contest 2/May 48
Michigan State QSO Party 3/May 24
ARRL Spring Sprint-50 MHz 3/May 4
ARRL DX Contest 4/May 14
CO WW WPX CW Contest last/May 48
RSGB National Field Day 1/Jun. 24
Portugal Day Contest 1/Jun. 24
ARRL June VHF Contest 2/Jun 33
ANARTS WW RTTY Contest 2/Jun. 48
All Asian CW Contest 3/Jun. 48
SMIRK 50 MHz QSO Party 3/Jun. 48
ARRL Field Day 4/Jun. 27
R.A.C. Canada Day Contest 1/Jul. 24
Venezuela Independance Day SSB Contest 1/Jul. 48
IARU HF Championship SSB-CW 2/Jul. 24
CO WW WPX VHF Contest 2IJul. 27
ARCI QRP Summer Homebrew Sprint-CW 2/Jul. 4
Colombian Independence Day Contest 3/Jul. 24
SEANET CW Contest 3/Jul. 48
AGCW-DL QRP CW Summer Contest 3/Jul. 24
Venezuela Independence Day CW Contest 4/Jul. 48
RSGB IOTA HF Contest 4/Jul. 24
NCJ N.A. QSO Party-CW 1/Aug. 10/12
ARR,L UHF Contest 1/Aug. 24
YO DX HF Contest 1/Aug. 20
WAE CW Contest 2/Aug. 36
Maryland-D.C. QSO Party 2/Aug. 19
SARTG WW RTTY Contest 3/Aug. 24
NCJ N.A. QSO Party-SSB 3/Aug. 10/12
SEANET SSB Contest 3/Aug. 48
New Jersey State QSO Party 3/Aug. 1 7
ARRL lOGhz Cumulative Contest-Part 1 3/Aug. 24
Empire State (N.Y.) QSO Party 4/Aug. 30
NCJ N.A. Sprint-CW 1/Sept. 4
R.A.C. VHF/UHF Sprint 1/Sept. 4
(902/1296/2304 MHz)
LZ-DX-Contest 1/Sept. 48
All-Asian SSB Contest 1/Sept. 48
Panama Anniversary Contest 1/Sept. 24
WAE DARC SSB Contest 2/Sept. 36
ARRL VHF QSO Party 2/Sept. 33
NCJ's N.A. Sprint-SSB 2/Sept. 4
R.A.C. VHF/UHF Sprint-432 MHz 2/Sept. 4
Montana State QSO Party 2/Sept. 48
ARRL 10 GHz Cumulative Contest-Part 2 3/Sept. 24
R.A.C. VHF/UHF Sprint-220 MHz 3/Sept. 4
Scandinavian CW Contest 3/Sept. 27
CO WW RTTY Contest 4/Sept. 48
R.A.C. VHF/UHF Sprint-144 MHz 4/Sept. 4
Scandinavian SSB Contest 4/Sept. 27
Washington State Salmon Run 4/Sept. 31
Classic Radio Exchange 4/Sept. 48
VK/ZL SSB DX Contest 1/Oct. 24
California QSO Party (COP) 1/Oct. 30
F9AA Cup Contest 1/Oct. 24
R.A.C. VHF/UHF Sprint-50 MHz 1 /Oct. 48
VK/ZL CW DX Contest 2/Oct. 24
RSGB 21/28 MHz SSB Contest 2/Oct. 1 4
Illinois State QSO Party 2/Oct. 8
Ilberoamericano SSB Contest 2/Oct. 24
YLRL CW Anniversary Party 2/Oct. 24
RSGB 21 MHz CW Contest 3/Oct. 14
ARCI QRP CW Contest 3/Oct. 36
W.A.G. Worked All Germany 3/Oct. 24
All-Asian SSB Contest 4/Oct. 48
YLRL SSB Anniversary Party 4/Oct. 24
CO WW DX Phone Contest last/Oct. 48
ARRL Sweepstakes CW 1/Nov. 24/30
JA lnt'i DX SSB Contest 1/Nov. 48
OK DX Contest 2/Nov. 24
WAE DARC RTTY Contest 2/Nov. 36
ARRL EME Contest 2/Nov. 48
ARRL Sweepstakes SSB 3/Nov. 24/30
CO WW DX CW Contest last/Nov. 48
ARRL 160m DX Contest 1 /Dec. 42
ARRL 10m DX Contest 2/Dec. 36/48
--
Dave Bushong, Wang Laboratories, Inc.
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Date: 17 Mar 1994 23:02:23 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!news.cerf.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!gumby!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!utcsri!utnut!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!freenet3.scri.fsu.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Alinco DJ580T price info needed!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I bought my 580T last June in Dallas and I paid $370. I haven't seen it
much cheaper since. I like the radio but if you get it invest in a decent
antenna and find someone to show you which jumpers to cut for wideband vhf
and 800 mhz receive
73's es see ya'
de N5HF
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 14:21:33 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!boulder!csn!erik@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Converting CB to 10 meters
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I have had several QSOs with people on 10 meters who were using converted
CBs. I have a CB sitting in my junk box and was wondering if it could be put
to use in the 10 meter band. Is there some service center I can send it
to have it done? Is it something I can do myself? (The CB in question is
a Cobra Model 19 Plus, manufactured in 1988.) In general, how hard is it
to do this (ie maybe easier on older model CBs)?
Enquiring minds want to know. :-)
TNX and 73,
Erik
--
Erik Mugele * erik@csn.org * "O child learn your ABZ's
* mugele@sil.org * and memorize them well
Ham Radio: N5XYX * No NeXTMail yet! * and you shall learn to talk and think
DoD #: 1030 * Phone: 719.550.6202 * and read and write and spel."
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 11:47:22 MST
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 16 March
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY
16 MARCH, 1994
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
(Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)
SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY INDICES FOR 16 MARCH, 1994
---------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: Minor stratospheric warming is continuing over eastern Siberia, Alaska,
and the Canadian Arctic. Temperature gradient is reversed between 60N
and the pole in the middle and upper stratosphere from 30 HPA upwards.
!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 075, 03/16/94
10.7 FLUX=086.2 90-AVG=106 SSN=031 BKI=4332 3423 BAI=016
BGND-XRAY=A4.2 FLU1=7.6E+06 FLU10=2.0E+04 PKI=4343 3433 PAI=018
BOU-DEV=055,027,039,016,025,042,018,021 DEV-AVG=030 NT SWF=00:000
XRAY-MAX= B1.6 @ 1603UT XRAY-MIN= A2.9 @ 1949UT XRAY-AVG= A6.3
NEUTN-MAX= +004% @ 1450UT NEUTN-MIN= -003% @ 0410UT NEUTN-AVG= +0.3%
PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 0230UT PCA-MIN= -0.4DB @ 2355UT PCA-AVG= -0.1DB
BOUTF-MAX=55350NT @ 0236UT BOUTF-MIN=55301NT @ 1705UT BOUTF-AVG=55332NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT G7-AVG=+078,+000,+000
GOES6-MAX=P:+128NT@ 1823UT GOES6-MIN=N:-097NT@ 0609UT G6-AVG=+097,+023,-047
FLUXFCST=STD:085,085,090;SESC:085,085,090 BAI/PAI-FCST=015,010,010/015,010,010
KFCST=2334 5222 1234 4322 27DAY-AP=008,007 27DAY-KP=2233 2222 2223 2213
WARNINGS=*GSTRM;*AURMIDWCH
ALERTS=**MINSTRM
!!END-DATA!!
NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 15 MAR 94 was 36.5.
The Full Kp Indices for 15 MAR 94 are: 5o 6- 5+ 5o 5- 5- 4- 4-
The 3-Hr Ap Indices for 15 MAR 94 are: 45 63 59 48 43 39 23 21
Greater than 2 MeV Electron Fluence for 16 MAR is: 3.1E+09
SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY
--------------------
Solar activity was very low. Regions 7688 (N19W06) and
7692 (N18E57) are the sole spot groups visible. Both have been
quiet.
Solar activity forecast: solar activity is expected to be
very low throughout the interval.
The geomagnetic field has been quiet to active at middle
latitude sites. High latitudes experienced unsettled to
active conditions. The greater than 2 MeV electron fluxes
remained at levels comparable to those observed over the past
week.
STD: Total daily electron fluence reached a maximum of 3.1E+09
electrons/cm^2-ster-day, surpassing the previous maximum of
2.4E+09 set on 12 March, about 3 days after this event began.
Electrons today reach high to very high levels.
Geophysical activity forecast: the geomagnetic field is
expected to be predominantly unsettled for the next three
days. Episodes of active to minor storm conditions may
occur during local nighttime hours.
Event probabilities 17 mar-19 mar
Class M 01/01/01
Class X 01/01/01
Proton 01/01/01
PCAF Green
Geomagnetic activity probabilities 17 mar-19 mar
A. Middle Latitudes
Active 30/25/15
Minor Storm 20/15/10
Major-Severe Storm 10/05/05
B. High Latitudes
Active 35/25/20
Minor Storm 25/20/15
Major-Severe Storm 10/05/05
HF propagation conditions improved over the last 24 hours,
but were still somewhat degraded over the high and polar
latitude paths. Most middle latitude paths are seeing
near-normal conditions with sporadic night-sector
instabilities. Periods of additional night-sector geomagnetic
and auroral substorming should continue to produce occasional
minor signal degradation from the middle to polar latitudes.
Otherwise, gradual improvements should persist over the next 72
hours. Most regions should see near-normal propagation by
about 18 March.
COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
========================================================
REGIONS WITH SUNSPOTS. LOCATIONS VALID AT 16/2400Z MARCH
--------------------------------------------------------
NMBR LOCATION LO AREA Z LL NN MAG TYPE
7688 N19W06 225 0100 CAO 09 010 BETA
7692 N18E58 161 0090 HSX 02 001 ALPHA
7691 N07W18 237 PLAGE
REGIONS DUE TO RETURN 17 MARCH TO 19 MARCH
NMBR LAT LO
7683 S18 090
LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 16 MARCH, 1994
----------------------------------------------------
BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP
1328 1329 1329 140
POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 16 MARCH, 1994
--------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN MAX END LOCATION TYPE SIZE DUR II IV
NO EVENTS OBSERVED
INFERRED CORONAL HOLES. LOCATIONS VALID AT 16/2400Z
---------------------------------------------------
ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXTENSIONS
EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH CAR TYPE POL AREA OBSN
70 N37E53 S19E40 N02E12 N50E44 190 ISO POS 029 10830A
SUMMARY OF FLARE EVENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------
Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn 2695 MHz 8800 MHz 15.4 GHz
------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ --------- --------- ---------
15 Mar: 0106 0131 0146 B1.2
0341 0410 0432 B2.2
1125 1132 1136 B4.0
1305 1309 1313 B1.5
1451 1452 1459 SF 7688 N16E07
REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------
C M X S 1 2 3 4 Total (%)
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- ------
Region 7688: 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 001 (20.0)
Uncorrellated: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 004 (80.0)
Total Events: 005 optical and x-ray.
EVENTS WITH SWEEPS AND/OR OPTICAL PHENOMENA FOR THE LAST UTC DAY
----------------------------------------------------------------
Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn Sweeps/Optical Observations
------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ ---------------------------
15 Mar: 1125 1132 1136 B4.0 Surge
1451 1452 1459 SF 7688 N16E07 III,V
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: 17 Mar 94 22:37:04 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!csn!yuma!galen@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Deadhead Hams, Net Tonite!!!!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Curtis, KA8WFC posted asking for Deadheads that are hams and I,
Galen KF0YJ, responded.
We're going to try to get on 3932 kHz at 05:00 UTC (midnite eastern)
and see if we can build a net, so join on in!!!
If 75m doesn't work, I'm gonna try 7273 and 7260 kHz in that order.
14.288 was also mentioned as a weekend freq.
Hear you there,
Galen, KF0YJ
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Date: 18 Mar 94 16:59:12 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: IC22S
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Text item: Text_1
>Would like to get mods for +5K and +10K steps for prog freq. Want to
>know if it is possible to modify for transmit from 144Mhz to 148Mhz.
> Dwight, morgdw@saturn.wwc.edu
TechnoLogic Concepts, 1803 Mission St., Suite 308, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
offers a kit for the ICOM-22S that allows continuous coverage from 144.62
to 147.90 MHz in 5khz steps.
73, Cecil, kg7bk@indirect.com (I do not speak for Intel on Internet)
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Date: 17 Mar 1994 14:22:53 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!cs.uoregon.edu!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!fastrac.llnl.gov!cronkite.nersc.gov!Greg.Chartrand@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Icom 737 CW Filter Switching Mod.
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I am WITHDRAWING this modification!!!!!
I am embarassed to say that this mod works, BUT may effect switching in
other modes (SSB,AM/FM). I will fix the mod and post a new one once I
fix the existing problem. I apoligize for my lack of test equipment!
Greg
-----------------
Greg Chartrand _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/
_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/
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_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 23:54:32 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!sserve!usage!metro!ipso!rwc@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 17 March 94
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 17/2330Z MARCH 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 17 MARCH AND FORECAST UP TO 20 MARCH
No warning is current.
-----------------------------------------------------------
1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low
Flares: none.
Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 085/027
1B. SOLAR FORECAST
18 March 19 March 20 March
Activity Very low Very low Very low
Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected
Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 085/027
1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------
2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : unsettled to active
Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 16 March
Learmonth 21 3435 4332
Fredericksburg 22 19
Planetary 30 18
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE Ap CONDITIONS
18 Mar 25 Unsettled with possible active periods.
19 Mar 15 Unsettled.
20 Mar 10 Quiet to unsettled.
2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.
3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
LATITUDE BAND
DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
17 Mar normal normal-fair fair
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
LATITUDE BAND
DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
18 Mar normal fair-normal fair
19 Mar normal fair-normal fair
20 Mar normal normal fair-normal
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
NONE.
-----------------------------------------------------------
4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were depressed 15-30% during local day, with spread F
conditions during local night.
Observed T index for 17 March: 8
Predicted Monthly T Index for March is 40.
4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE T-index MUFs
18 Mar 10 Depressed 15-30% during local day to near predicted
monthly values at night.
19 Mar 30 Near predicted monthly values.
20 Mar 35 Near predicted monthly values.
4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
None.
--
IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney |IPS Radio and Space Services
email: rwc@ips.oz.au fax: +61 2 4148331 |PO Box 5606
RWC Duty Forecaster tel: +61 2 4148329 |West Chatswood NSW 2057
Recorded Message tel: +61 2 4148330 |AUSTRALIA
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Date: 17 Mar 1994 21:04:43 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!stoll@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Phonetic Alphabets
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I found these posted to a bbs, so I checked 'em & added references.
Enjoy!
Cliff Stoll K7TA
(please don't send me e-mail for a while, my mailbox overfloweth)
Phonetic Alphabet for World War II:
[source: ARRL 1945 Handbook pg 359 "Used by Armed services of USA & GB"]
Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item,
Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger,
Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, Xray, Yoke, Zebra.
Phonetic Alphabet for NATO: [source??]
Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Gold, Hotel, India,
Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo,
Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, Xray, Yankee, Zulu.
Phonetic Alphabet for ITU: [from ARRL '93 Handbook, pg 37-7]
(same as that NATO list except "Golf" instead of "Gold"
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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 23:07:24 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news2.uunet.ca!xenitec!tdkcs!isle!djnorman@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Q codes?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I bet this a been asked many times before..... but where can I find a
list of the "Q" codes .... I'm not an amateur operater... but I do
monitor alot...
thanx.
Darrin Norman
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Date: 17 Mar 1994 23:20:55 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!trane.uninett.no!nac.no!nntp-oslo.uninett.no!mac_inge!tomrune@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: QSL-Manager for JW1BJA/JW5VK
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Hello everybody!
All is now ready for my little dx'pedition to Svalbard
Isl. We will go up there tomorrow, March 18, and we will
be there until Monday 21.
We will try to be as active as possible on all bands,
including WARC bands.
This is maybe the first time JW is activated on SSB on
the "new" WARC bands.
The QSL-MANAGER for both me (JW1BJA), and my father (JW5VK)
will be:
direct/bureau to LA5VK
73s and Good DX!
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