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Info-Hams Digest Fri, 18 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 304
Today's Topics:
* SpaceNews 21-Mar-94 *
1x1 Callsigns?
93 Quest-How to Mount A 2m Antenna?
Deadhead Hams, Net Tonite!!!!
Grounding and lightning protection--KE4ZV
Help Needed on 75M WAS
License Time For 1a Element?
Lightning protection ...
ORBS$077.MISC.AMSAT
Phonetic Alphabets (2 msgs)
Q codes?
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Date: 18 Mar 94 17:40:38 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: * SpaceNews 21-Mar-94 *
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0321
* SpaceNews 21-Mar-94 *
BID: $SPC0321
=========
SpaceNews
=========
MONDAY MARCH 21, 1994
SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It is
published every week and is made available for unlimited distribution.
* SAREX FACT SHEET - STS-59 *
=============================
WHO: Space Shuttle Endeavour crew
WHAT: Talk via Amateur Radio with students on earth.
WHERE: Earth Orbit. 57 degrees inclination. Altitude 220 kilometers.
WHEN: April 7, 1994 (9 day mission)
WHY: As part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX)
component of the STS-59 mission.
LAUNCH: Scheduled for April 7, 1994 at 1207 UTC from the Kennedy Space
Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
AMATEUR RADIO
LICENSED CREW
MEMBERS: Dr. Jay Apt, N5QWL, Mission Specialist
Dr. Linda Godwin, N5RAX, Payload Commander
PAYLOAD: Primary Payload--Shuttle Radar Laboratory 1 (SRL-1). Apt is
the commander of the Blue Shift and will operate the shuttle
systems during the "night" shift, while Godwin is responsible
for overall operation of three large radars in the shuttle's
cargo bay during the "day" shift.
Secondary Payload--Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment or SAREX,
configuration C.
SPONSORS: The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), The Radio Amateur
Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA). SAREX is supported by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC).
SAREX RADIO
FREQUENCIES:Voice Downlink: (Worldwide) 145.55 MHz [Receive Only]
Voice Uplink: 144.91, 144.93, 144.95, 144.97,
144.99 MHz
Voice Uplink: (Europe only) 144.70, 144.75,
144.80 MHz
Packet Downlink: 145.55 MHz
Packet Uplink: 144.49 MHz
HAM RADIO FM Voice: call signs N5RAX and N5QWL
CALL SIGNS: FM Packet: call sign W5RRR-1
QSL VIA: Send reports and QSLs to ARRL EAD, STS-59 QSL, 225 Main Street,
Newington, CT 06111, USA. Include the following information in
your QSL or report: STS-59, date, time in UTC, frequency and
mode (FM voice or packet). In addition, you must also include
an SASE using a large, business-sized envelope if you wish to
receive a card. The Orange Park Amateur Radio Club in Florida
has generously volunteered to manage the cards for this mission.
INFORMATION:Goddard Amateur Radio Club (Greenbelt, MD) Amateur Radio station
(call sign WA3NAN) news and retransmissions on Amateur Radio
high frequency (HF) bands at 3.86, 7.185, 14.295, 21.395, and
28.65 megahertz (MHz) and on very high frequency (VHF) bands at
147.45 MHz.
Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club (Houston, TX) Amateur
Radio station (call sign W5RRR) news bulletins on HF bands at
3.850, 7.227, 14.280, 21.350, and 28.400 MHz and VHF at 146.64
MHz.
ARRL (Newington, CT) Amateur Radio station (call sign W1AW) news
bulletins (9:45 PM, 12:45 AM EST) on HF bands at 3.99, 7.29,
14.29, 18.16, 21.39, 28.59 and VHF at 147.555 MHz.
SHUTTLE
TRACKING: Current Keplerian elements to track the Shuttle are available
from the NASA Spacelink computer information system BBS (205)
895-0028 and the ARRL BBS (203) 666-0578.
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION:Tracy Bedlack, N1QDO, Educational Activities Department,
American Radio Relay League 203-666-1541 email: ead@arrl.org
SAREX configuration C consists of the handheld transceiver, I/F module,
PGSC, spare battery set, window antenna, packet module, SAREX headset
assembly, personal recorder, and the required cable assemblies. The packet]
module contains a power supply and packet TNC. The power supply provides
power for the TNC and the handheld transceiver. The TNC interconnects with
a radio transceiver so that data to and from the computer is transmitted to
and received from other amateur radio stations.
Configuration C is capable of operating in either the voice or data mode in
communications with amateur stations within LOS of the Orbiter. This
configuration can be operated in the attended mode for voice communication
and either the attended or automatic mode for data communications.
The payload control weights are as follows:
Configuration C 45 lb (20.41 kg)
STS-59 Keplerian elements for a 1207 UTC launch:
STS-59
1 00059U 94097.56425350 .00234441 00000-0 12190-3 0 55
2 00059 57.0018 277.1957 0008733 268.0585 91.9530 16.19594525 26
Satellite: STS-59
Catalog number: 00059
Epoch time: 94097.56425350 = (07 APR 94 13:32:31.50 UTC)
Element set: 005
Inclination: 57.0018 deg
RA of node: 277.1957 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-59
Eccentricity: .0008733 Prelaunch Element set JSC-005
Arg of perigee: 268.0585 deg Launch: 07 APR 94 12:07 UTC
Mean anomaly: 91.9530 deg
Mean motion: 16.19594525 rev/day Gil Carman, WA5NOM
Decay rate: 2.34441e-03 rev/day*2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 2
Checksum: 307
[Info via the ARRL]
* FO-20 SCHEDULE *
==================
The FO-20 command station announced that FO-20 will be placed in Mode JA
(Analog transponder mode) during Field Day 1994 (25-Jun-94 18:00 UTC through
26-Jun-94 18:00 UTC).
The current operating schedule is as follows:
Analog mode:
23-Mar-94 07:52 -to- 30-Mar-94 08:15 UTC
Digital mode: Unless otherwise noted above.
[Info via Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK]
* THANKS! *
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especially:
IW1QH KZ1Z VK2TFG AD4HJ KD4VGD KD6DSI G8MWF Erik Simonsen
Nihat Tsolak
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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 10:00:46 CET
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!netmbx.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!cs.tu-berlin.de!zib-berlin.de!uni-paderborn.de!urmel.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: 1x1 Callsigns?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
The use of prefixes A0 and A1 would require an additional allocation
by the ITU of blocks A0A-A0Z and A1A-A1Z to the United States.
This is unlikely since it is a policy of the ITU not to allocate
callsign blocks containing figures 0 and 1.
There is an analogy:
While Germany has DAA-DRZ, we will never have D0 or D1 callsigns,
even thoughprefixes D2, D4 and D6 are in use (by other countries,
though).
So you can drop that idea. 1x1 callsignon the other hand are of course
possible; it's entirely in the hands of the national authorities.
So keep on pressing the FCC.
73, Wolf.
DL3ZBJ, AB6EL, VK6BGV.
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Date: 18 Mar 1994 02:09:18 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!slip-5-14.ots.utexas.edu!user@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 93 Quest-How to Mount A 2m Antenna?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
It all seemed so easy, there was so much open space up there for an
antenna. I went out and bought an NMO mount and a 2-meter quarter-wave
whip. Now I realize that I can't figure out how to get the headliner out to
drill the hole.
The minivan has a factory sunroof and a non-metallic(?) luggage rack. Even
with the help of the shop manual, I can't figure out how to get the
headliner out to drill the hole...there are 3" wide plastic retainers all
around that seem remarkably immovable.
There is inadequate room ("depth") above the dome light to mount the
antenna there and still put the dome light back in. All windows except the
windshield are openable, so thru-glass antennas are not usable except in
front...anyway, I was hoping to avoid anything taller than a quarter wave.
Has anyone successfully done this? How?
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
_ Miles Abernathy, N5KOB =
| |__ miles@mbs.telesys.utexas.edu =
_| | POB 7580, Austin TX 78713 =
\ * / University of Texas @ Austin =
\/ tel. (512) 471-6521 U.S.A. =
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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Date: 18 Mar 1994 02:06:46 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news1.oakland.edu!vela.acs.oakland.edu!prvalko@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Deadhead Hams, Net Tonite!!!!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Galen Watts (galen@picea.CFNR.ColoState.EDU) wrote:
: 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!!!
Far Out, man!
I'd like to check in, you know? But I've been up all night working on
my bus and I'm really bummed. Freddie, you know Freddie, man, he's the
dude that sells those groovy kites, anyway, he bogarts all my weed at
the Denver gig and toasts my lighter and now the bus won't start.
An my ol' lady's been drying mushrooms ALL day so you know what she's
like... LA LA LA...
68 (peace) Wb8zJl
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 21:49:45 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Grounding and lightning protection--KE4ZV
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <9403171749.AA02747@netmail2.microsoft.com> mikemr@microsoft.COM (Michael Mraz) writes:
>Gary, you mentioned that a typical lightning strike has an energy
>of about 20J. Is this really correct? I did a comparison to the energy
>stored in a 50uF capacitor charged to 3kV (E=C*V**2), which is 450J,
>and I was surprised that the charged cap stored almost 25 times
>the energy of a typical lightning strike (not to say that a 50uF filter
>cap in an amplifier is anything to sneeze at!). Have I miscalculated
>something?
Mike, I don't recall saying a lightning strike has an energy of 20J.
What I said was that the quantity of electrical charge is usually
about 20 *Coulombs*, and that a typical bolt flows 4000 Amperes. From
that we can gather that the bolt lasts about 20/4000 of a second. The
voltage is unknown, but in the millions of volts in the cloud to
ground path. We can make the assumption that in most cases a lightning
strike is a constant current source. So if we take a single driven
ground rod as having a resistance of 230 ohms, we can assume that
the power delivered to the rod in a stroke is I^2*R or 3.68E9 watts.
Converting that to energy, we have 3.68E9*20/4000=18.4E6 watt-seconds,
or 5.11 kW-hr. That's 18.396 Megajoules.
Gary
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Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | |
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Date: 18 Mar 94 19:30:49 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: Help Needed on 75M WAS
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
HELP...
Any Extra Class hams out there who can help me complete some endorsements
for the 75M WAS (aka GERATOL) net? Out of over two dozen various endorsements
available, I have whittled my list down to only a state or two for certain
ones; that is, if I can work stations having the call sign formats following
for the states listed, I can finish off these endorsements. The call sign
formats and states needed are:
Callsign #
Format Example Needed States
N 1x2 N2KK (2) AR, WV
A 2x1 AB3C (2) HI, ND
K 2x1 KC8X (1) WV
W 2x1 WA4X (3) AL, ID, UT
If any of you Extras out there having a call sign with the above format
and state can schedule a quick contact with me (shouldn't take any more then
a minute or so) in the 75M Extra Subband before it gets too noisy, pls send
an email reply direct to me, and we'll work something out. Thanks in advance
to anyone out there who can help me out!
73 Chuck W2RK (75M WAS #992)
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 00:37:25 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!cs.uoregon.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!raven.alaska.edu!acad2.alaska.edu!auchd@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: License Time For 1a Element?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I passed a 1a element for upgrade to Technician Plus on December 1. It is now
the middle of March and I havn't received a new license. Is the FCC issuing
new licenses for 1a element upgrades?
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Date: 18 Mar 94 11:33:32 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: Lightning protection ...
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I've been following Gary Coffman's recent exchange about lightning.
I understand that small radii (sharp points) discharge at lower voltages.
Therefore,
if an instant in time occurs when a surface has an even and high potential, then
certainly the sharp point will be preferentially hit.
However, part of lightning rod theory as I understand it, is that lightning
will be LESS LIKELY to strike when properly installed lightning rods are
present.
This is precisely because the sharp points begin to discharge the surrounding
area
at relatively low voltages, making it less likely that the potential difference
required for a mondo-strike will ever build up.
I think this is the principal behind the multiple tiny sharp rods located along
a braid across the ridge of a barn or home.
Conjectures? Refutations? Anyone up for an experiment? ;-)
/***
Gary W. Thorburn gthorbur@ub.com KD1TE
***/
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Date: 18 Mar 94 13:35:00 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: ORBS$077.MISC.AMSAT
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-077.M
Orbital Elements 077.MISC
HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR MANNED AND MISCELLANEOUS SATELLITES
FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 18, 1994
BID: $ORBS-077.M
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
Satellite: POSAT
Catalog number: 22829
Epoch time: 94072.24139185
Element set: 263
Inclination: 98.6566 deg
RA of node: 149.0227 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0010769
Arg of perigee: 114.2722 deg
Mean anomaly: 245.9582 deg
Mean motion: 14.28010738 rev/day
Decay rate: 7.3e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 2400
Checksum: 291
Satellite: MIR
Catalog number: 16609
Epoch time: 94075.82181288
Element set: 177
Inclination: 51.6463 deg
RA of node: 289.2936 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0015053
Arg of perigee: 41.3927 deg
Mean anomaly: 318.8353 deg
Mean motion: 15.58193902 rev/day
Decay rate: 7.619e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 46164
Checksum: 330
Satellite: HUBBLE
Catalog number: 20580
Epoch time: 94073.54142216
Element set: 457
Inclination: 28.4691 deg
RA of node: 123.9060 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0006308
Arg of perigee: 177.0781 deg
Mean anomaly: 182.9845 deg
Mean motion: 14.90525553 rev/day
Decay rate: 1.087e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 1525
Checksum: 291
Satellite: GRO
Catalog number: 21225
Epoch time: 94074.15950667
Element set: 73
Inclination: 28.4604 deg
RA of node: 164.6497 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0003468
Arg of perigee: 223.7721 deg
Mean anomaly: 136.2602 deg
Mean motion: 15.40375395 rev/day
Decay rate: 5.538e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 4242
Checksum: 294
Satellite: UARS
Catalog number: 21701
Epoch time: 94076.25976255
Element set: 487
Inclination: 56.9834 deg
RA of node: 167.4368 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0004269
Arg of perigee: 96.1849 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.9671 deg
Mean motion: 14.96533180 rev/day
Decay rate: 2.830e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 13717
Checksum: 339
/EX
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 04:20:15 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!insosf1.infonet.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!mreames.async.vt.edu!mreames@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Phonetic Alphabets
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <2maglb$dj@agate.berkeley.edu> stoll@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Cliff Stoll) writes:
>From: stoll@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Cliff Stoll)
>Subject: Phonetic Alphabets
>Date: 17 Mar 1994 21:04:43 GMT
Cliff,
Why does your name sound familiar? Did you write THE CUCKOO'S NEST? If not,
my memory must be wrong, and I'm sorry.
Matthew
PS - If you want to respond by e-mail, that's fine.
__________________________________________________________________________
| Matthew D. Reames | "Growing old is mandatory. | ? ? ? |
| mreames@vt.edu | Growing up is not." | ? ? ? |
| matthew.reames@vt.edu | Maya Angelou | ? ? ? |
| kd4vml@vt.edu | | ? ? ? |
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 04:23:59 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!insosf1.infonet.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!mreames.async.vt.edu!mreames@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Phonetic Alphabets
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <mreames.126.2D892BFE@vt.edu> mreames@vt.edu (Matthew Reames) writes:
>From: mreames@vt.edu (Matthew Reames)
>Subject: Re: Phonetic Alphabets
>Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 04:20:15 GMT
>In article <2maglb$dj@agate.berkeley.edu> stoll@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Cliff Stoll)
>writes:
>>From: stoll@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Cliff Stoll)
>>Subject: Phonetic Alphabets
>>Date: 17 Mar 1994 21:04:43 GMT
>Cliff,
>Why does your name sound familiar? Did you write THE CUCKOO'S NEST? If not,
>my memory must be wrong, and I'm sorry.
I apologize for reposting, and will try not to do it again, but I just
checked, and the book is THE CUCKOO'S EGG.
>Matthew
>PS - If you want to respond by e-mail, that's fine.
__________________________________________________________________________
| Matthew D. Reames | "Growing old is mandatory. | ? ? ? |
| mreames@vt.edu | Growing up is not." | ? ? ? |
| matthew.reames@vt.edu | Maya Angelou | ? ? ? |
| kd4vml@vt.edu | | ? ? ? |
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 18:11:00 -0800
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!paris.ics.uci.edu!news.claremont.edu!kaiwan.com!ledge!bob.albert@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Q codes?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
There are many lists of Q codes; check ARRL publications at your local
library or bookstore. The Radio Amateur's Handbook will have a list,
there is one on the inside front cover of most ARRL logbooks, and other
publications dedicated to the beginner in ham radio.
But why waste your time listening? Do a little studying and you can
be part of the fun! Talking with people all over the world is a lot
of fun, much better than listening passively. 73 DE K6DDX
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Date: 18 Mar 1994 05:03:12 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!afabro@network.ucsd.edu
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
References <1994Mar14.163412.24670@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>, <Anthony_Pelliccio-140394143004@138.16.64.52>, <bote.763793771@access1>
Subject : Re: PC-based repeater controllers?
In article <bote.763793771@access1>,
John Boteler <bote@access1.digex.net> wrote:
>Anthony_Pelliccio@brown.edu (Tony Pelliccio) writes:
>>a4q4@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (D.J.Trynor EE) wrote:
>>> I have a PS/2 Model 30 sitting idle on my desk.....I have no hard drive fo>
(extra stuff deleted)
>My club has been kicking this around for way too long now.
>
>We have looked at several PC-based repeater controllers,
>but they are either way the hell too expensive for
>what they do or they do only what they do with no
>room for innovation or expansion.
>
>Both issues gave us pause. I wouldn't mind developing
>a neat driver that would allow you to write your
>own repeater controller in a script language, but
>that sounds too much like work if there was no $$$ market
>for it. Similar sentiments have been expressed to me
>by an associate who wrote a microcontroller repeater
>controller.
>
>So, is a whiz-bang system meeting my wish list
>above now available in the ham market?
Well, here in the Columbus area we have four PC based controllers. They are
made by A/D Technologies of Atlanta. They have room for 1000 users and
include voice mail and a bunch of other stuff. The first one cost $2000 but
the price has gone up considerably. We have been "beta testers" for a lot of
the software and the upgrades so we have had our share of problems. They are
expensive, but they can do a lot, too!
Tony N8RRB
afabro@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 04:11:04 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.utdallas.edu!chpc.utexas.edu!hydra.acs.ttu.edu!news@network.ucsd.edu
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
References <2m7v0h$gld@news.iastate.edu>, <2m9gdv$6un@tuegate.tue.nl>, <2m9is3$b1q@reznor.larc.nasa.gov>
Subject : Re: 1x1 Callsigns?
In <2m9is3$b1q@reznor.larc.nasa.gov> eckman@eos1.larc.nasa.gov writes:
> With regard to the apparent international regulations requiring a
> specific format to an amateur callsign, could someone actually
> dig up article 32 of the ITU regulations (which deal with amateur
> radio communications) and let us know what it really says?
> Drawing analogies with AM radio station callsigns, coast guard,
> and airplane designators strikes me as entirely beside the point.
> The fact that the Marshall Islands are not using a number following
> their V7 prefix is not proof that a number isn't necessary. They
> may just be ignoring or ignorant of ITU regs.
> Could someone please quote the relevant ITU regs for us? Maybe
> someone at ARRL HQ with easy access to the text.
>
> Richard Eckman KO4MR
> NASA Langley
> eckman@eos1.larc.nasa.gov
>
I do not have a copy of the ITU regs handy, but to quote chapter 3 page
7 of _The ARRL Operating Manual_ ... "US AMATUER CALL SIGNS...
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) radio regulations outline
the basic principles used in forming amateur call signs. According to these
regulations, an amateur call sign must consist of one or two letters (sometimes
the first or second may be a number) as a prefix, followed by a number and
then a suffix of not more than three letters. (...)"
Hmmm...this says to me that S63NZ would be a legal call sign from Singapore,
whereas S6NZ would not (the prefix is S6)...etc
-tommy KC5FNF
z3boa@ttacs.ttu.edu
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