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Info-Hams Digest Sat, 19 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 306
Today's Topics:
1x1 Callsigns?
25_years_of_portable_phone
2 meter use in London, England?
Diesel or Taurus fr HF/VHF mobile??
Drake TR7 Gen'l coverage mod
HAM Origin?
ho
IPS Daily Report - 17 March 94
Looking for crystals
QSL info: HV4NAC TI9CF 8P6AW?
VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, 18 March
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 20:03:20 +0000
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!demon!g8sjp.demon.co.uk!ip@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 1x1 Callsigns?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <CMtKsI.8ty@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com>
dstock@hpqmoca.sqf.hp.com "David Stockton" writes:
> All callsigns issued by a country must use the assigned initial
> characters, but the subsequent characters are chosen freely by that
> country, and assigned to permitted stations however that country wishes.
>
> That's why there's so much variation in how countries handle regional
> and licence class differences.
Hooray! Somebody *else* knows the truth :-)
> The UK got G, M, and some things beginning with 2 when the alphabet
> got shared out and decided to use G, possibly a second letter, digit for
> amateurs, and all letter calls beginning with M for government stuff.
> As a 1-off special offer, M0RSE was issued for a limited period to an
> amateur group. The new novice licence uses the 2 series.
*NEARLY* right :-)
MSF stands on its own merits, as described (as would WWV). However, there
are plenty of UK government calls that look like 'M2MP', 'M2FS' etc. Use
your imagination here. According the information I have to hand, you forgot
to mention that the UK is also allocated VPA-VSZ, ZBA-ZJZ, ZNA-ZOZ and
ZQA-ZQZ
Pip Pip
--
Iain Philipps
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 16:46:59 +0000
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!demon!abacus!dmb@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 25_years_of_portable_phone
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <2093.9403171933@wrtfac.udev.cdc.com>,
Dave Sweigert <sweigert@wrtfac.udev.cdc.COM> wrote:
>
>George Sweigert, now 74, licensed as N9LC since 1975 and formerly
>W8ZIS, was granted a patent in June, 1969 for a wireless portable
>telephone device. The specific patent claim was for "full duplex
>radio communications".
>
Hello Dave,
I'm not sure whether this is the first wireless telephone. I've got a copy
of the 10th ed. World Radio Handbook (1957) which was the predecessor of the
WRTH, in which Storno have an ad for a radiophone if I remember correctly.
Admittedly it's the size of a large suitcase with about a 4-foot whip, and
the guy carrying it (in trenchcoat and trilby) looks like the main actor in
a bad spy movie, but if I read it correctly, and it connects to the PSTN rather
than just a 2-way portable (haulable ? :-)), this would pre-date the above
claim by 22 years ! I'll check it out over the weekend ..
The same edition has the latest in VCR technology. This domestic wonder was
reel-to-reel, and looks to about the same size as a small automobile !
73
David
--
David Byrne, Abacus Software, London, UK Tel: +44 (0)71 930 4884
Email: dmb@abacus.demon.co.uk Fax: +44 (0)71 839 7445
Here's a koan: If you have ice-cream I will give you some. If you have none,
I will take it away from you. (it's an ice-cream koan).
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 17:00:59 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!skyld!jangus@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 2 meter use in London, England?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <763839799snz@g8sjp.demon.co.uk> ip@g8sjp.demon.co.uk writes:
> In article <CMrFLs.G8u@oasis.icl.co.uk>
> prs@oasis.icl.co.uk "Peter Swynford" writes:
>
> > well if you guys stopped funding the IRA, the airport would be a bit
> > safer....
> [assorted drivel deleted]
> > 73 G0PUB Peter.
>
> I tried *very* hard to find a 'smiley' in this message. In my opinion, I'm
> ashamed for British radio amateurs that such a person should appear to be
> representative of the breed. Makes my flesh crawl, just thinking about it.
>
> Iain Philipps
What part are you taking offense at Iain, the bit about the IRA funding or
the alledged bandplan for London? It's a bit unclear from the way you
edited his posting.
There are more deaths from gang activities in Los Angeles County alone
in one month then there are from IRA bombings for the whole year.
I'd almost rather be living in Ireland, except that it is *in* Ireland.
Amateur: WA6FWI@WA6FWI.#SOCA.CA.USA.NA | "You have a flair for adding
Internet: jangus@skyld.grendel.com | a fanciful dimension to any
US Mail: PO Box 4425 Carson, CA 90749 | story."
Phone: 1 (310) 324-6080 | Peking Noodle Co.
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 15:27:39 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Diesel or Taurus fr HF/VHF mobile??
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <CMsx2J.1Jw@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com> dstock@hpqmoca.sqf.hp.com (David Stockton) writes:
>
> Did you try exorcism?
Yeah, but getting the chicken blood off the seats was a chore. :-)
Gary
--
Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
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: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 20:26:15 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!greg@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Drake TR7 Gen'l coverage mod
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
The easiest answer to WARC coverage on the TR7 is to remove the
transmit-inhibit 'feature.'
Unfortunately, I've lost track of the faded fax that told me how
to do it.
Does anybody have the info?
I'm still looking for another NB7, as well, or other 7-line goodies.
Greg
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 16:44:54 GMT
From: nih-csl!helix.nih.gov!mack@uunet.uu.net
Subject: HAM Origin?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <CMsJCA.IMx@ucdavis.edu> ez006683@chip.ucdavis.edu (Daniel D. Todd) writes:
>Edward Sorensen (edsorensen@delphi.com) wrote:
> Lid came from the habit of poor telegraph operators to set
>there 'receivers' on a tin lid to amplify the sound.
>
In the book which accompanied a PBS special on Armstrong, Sarnoff and
DeForest, the term LID is described as originating withe the marking
L.I.D. (later in day) marked on low priority telegrams, which were
given
to poorer operators, while the urgent messaes were given to the good
opreators.
Joe Mack NA3T
mack@ncifcrf.gov
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 19:43:54 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com!allanw@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: ho
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
--
--
Allan
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Allan Weaver, W0PTU | Voice: (303) 229-3559
Hewlett-Packard Company | Internet: allanw@fc.hp.com
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525-9599 |
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 16:21:02 +0000
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!pipex!demon!abacus!dmb@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 17 March 94
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <1994Mar17.235432.2767@ips.oz.au>,
Regional Warning Centre <rwc@flare.syd.ips.oz.au> wrote:
>SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
>ISSUED AT 17/2330Z MARCH 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
>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
What latitudes are in each of the LOW/MIDDLE/HIGH bands. Specifically,
int the UK, are we high or middle ?
David.
--
David Byrne, Abacus Software, London, UK Tel: +44 (0)71 930 4884
Email: dmb@abacus.demon.co.uk Fax: +44 (0)71 839 7445
Here's a koan: If you have ice-cream I will give you some. If you have none,
I will take it away from you. (it's an ice-cream koan).
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 17:08:36 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!udel!pacs.sunbelt.net!lynx.unm.edu!Mr-Hyde.aoc.nrao.edu!bgreschk@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Looking for crystals
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Hello.
I'm no where near home so I don't want to read through everything here to
see if this is a dumb question, so I'll just assume that it is (I don't
normally read this group either).
I'm not a ham (yet) but there is one in the Philippines that is looking
for crystals for an old transceiver (I don't don't know the make/model).
He needs crystals for the following frequencies
15620 KHz
15610
15970
15870
A mail order source would be real nice since that would then give everyone
in the Western Pacific a catalog to drool over. :-)
Thanks!
Bob
--
Bob Greschke | If you think the traffic is bad now just wait
Socorro, New Mexico USA | until the Information Dirt Road gets paved!
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Internet: bgreschk@aoc.nrao.edu
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 20:36:46 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!slay@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: QSL info: HV4NAC TI9CF 8P6AW?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
I would appreciate some help in getting QSL address info any of the
following:
HV4NAC via IK0FVC
8P6AW
TI9CF via TI2CF
FY5YP
Thanks and 73 de Sandy
WA6BXH/7J1ABV slay@netcom.com
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 11:47:39 GMT
From: malgudi.oar.net!infinet!n8emr!bulletin@sun.com
Subject: VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, 18 March
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
==============================================================
| Automatic relayed from packet radio via |
| N8EMR's Ham BBS, 614-895-2553 |
==============================================================
SB DX @ WW $RTDX0318
VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, 18 March
VK2SG RTTY DX Notes for week ending 18 March 1994 (BID RTDX0318)
Looking for new countries in RTTY? Well here is your chance to snag
'em. BARTG Spring RTTY Contest, sponsored by the British Amateur
Radio Teledata Group (BARTG) starts 19 March at 0200Z and ends 20
March at 0200Z. Exchange RST, serial number and UTC. For details,
QST and RTTY Digital Journal, February 1994.
Our information this week came from 9X5LJ, DJ3IW and the Central-
Europe DX Cluster Node DB0SPC, I5FLN, IK5AAX and the IK5PWJ Packet
Cluster, N2DBI, W2JGR and the NJ0M node of the Twin-Cities DX Packet
Cluster, W5KSI and ZS5S. Thank you all for your assistance.
Bandpass
Friday 11
0237-14086 FG5GI
1334-14087 YI1AL
1336-14090 UU9JWB
1426-14086 SV5AZP
2146-21088 C21/YI see notes
2146-14088 TU4EI QSL W3HCW
Saturday 12
0131-14087 ZP5JCY
1242-14089 RU9CX
1244-14082 UU9JWB
1249-14089 ES4MM
1250-14086 HK0DPA
1351-14082 KG4CW
1509-14089 ES4MM
1514-14090 J28JJ
1545-21083 ZD7DP
2120-14088 CO2KG
2128-14089 HK0DPA
2203-14088 KG4CW
2313-14084 CO2KG
Sunday 13
1212-14086 UY0IO
1212-14084 SV1CQO
1324-14087 ES4MM
1452-21083 ZD7DP
Monday 14
1553-14086 UT5DX
1611-14083 SV1CQO
1627-14088 4X6UO
1842-21086 ZK1AIQ So. Cook
2148-14088 HK0DPA
Tuesday 15
0257-14085 ZK1AIQ
1647-14085 CU1AC
2221-14088 TU2EI
Wednesday 16
1554-14087 OD5PL
1558-14090 UU8JA
1618-14090 EI3GZ
1621-14087 OK1DXS
1733-14083 HG6N
1830-14086 UT5DG
2000-14085 9I2Z QSL DL7VRO
2157-14087 CO2KG
2204-21087 XE3LMV inverted
Thursday 17
0026-14085 CX3ABE
0103-14084 TI2KSR
1550-14085 UR4UYI
1550-14084 RW3GK
1615-14087 4N7M
1714-14090 UU8JA
1740-14087 OZ1GML Zealand Is. EU-01908-14090 S92ZM
2051-21084 J28BS
2103-21083 ZD7DP
2143-14088 J28BS
Notes of Interest.
Nauru, C21. C21/MI and C21/YI are the callsigns issued to JF2MBF,
Mitsunobu Ichino and JI1NJC, Yasunori Iitsuka for their operation.
C21 with the portable designator consisting of their initials.
QSL JR2KDN.
Spratly Islands, 9M0. the next operation from Spratly Is scheduled
for sometime around April 2. Callsigns will be 9M0A, 9M0AG and 9M0BZ,
to be active on RTTY, AMTOR, Pactor and Packet. Look for them on RTTY
frequencies, 7030, 14085, 21085 and 28085.
DXAC Proposed March Schedule. DXAC Chairman W4VQ, Robert Beatty,
announced a proposed vote. One of the topics is the deletion of Mount
Athos. More on this later.
For next week's Bulletin, send your Bandpass and Notes of Interest to
Jules, W2JGR @ W2TKU.#SRQ.FL.USA.NA
Remember, DX Don't Sleep.
GL DE Bob, WB2CJL @ W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA
/EX
SP KT7H @ N7DUO.WA.USA.NA
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 15:26:24 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
References <2lnlon$lk4@news.acns.nwu.edu>, <2lo2fn$q5m@cascade.ens.tek.com>, <CMozz7.2sA@news.Hawaii.Edu>
Reply-To : gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman)
Subject : Re: QRP fun (was: JARGON)
In article <CMozz7.2sA@news.Hawaii.Edu> jherman@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jeffrey Herman) writes:
>jlw3@cec3.wustl.edu (Jesse L Wei) writes:
>: Now this is my question: do hams *ever* talk about anything besides what
>: kind of rig (s)he's got, ham problems, ham equipment, etc? As a waiting
>: (as in for my ticket) prospective, I've liistened to the local repeaters,
>: and personally, the conversations seem pretty boring if that's all you
>: ever talk about. Have I missed anything? or something? Is the purpose
>: of ham radio to talk about the technicalities of it? I know that the
>: whole nature of it requires technicality, but isn't there more to
>: it than that?
>
>Folks on here and on .policy have been complaining about QSO content
>lately, particularly on the HF bands. But some of us feel that just
>establishing contact with someone, whether they be a dozen miles or a
>thousand miles away is enough in itself, especially when using QRP
>(5 watts or less), and even more so if running QRPp (1 watt or less).
[delete]
>An RST of 579 into Hungary with only 10 milliwatts? And 1 mw brought
>a 559 report? So you see, QSO content might not be as important as just
>making contact.
Jeff has a point about exotic contact methods. Certainly the QSO
content of an EME contact is rather thin, but it's the fact of
the contact itself that's the primary goal. A few milliwatts on
HF isn't quite so exotic, its worked rather well for many years
when the ionosphere cooperates, but it's still more of a challenge
than making the same contact with 100 watts. However, the bulk
of contacts made on HF, or VHF/UHF, aren't attempts to press the
limits of propagation. It's that majority of contacts that we lament
as contentless. There's little challenge to making the contact
when both sides are running substantial power over well established
paths (or certainly when through a repeater). The emphasis isn't
on making the contact, that's trivial, the emphasis has to be on
the content since that's the only novel aspect of the exchange.
Gary
--
Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
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 1994 08:42:36 -0800
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!apple.com!apple.com!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
References <199403081458.GAA03204@ucsd.edu>, <1994Mar8.174004.7646@rsg1.er.usgs.gov>, <mosier.102.0@fagan.uncg.edu>
Subject : Re: Ten-Tec question
mosier@fagan.uncg.edu (Stephen Mosier) writes:
>In article <1994Mar8.174004.7646@rsg1.er.usgs.gov>
>junger@rsg1.er.usgs.gov (John Unger) writes:
>>>better use with SSB. By virtue of its name I would say the blanker
>>>reduces the background static. Am I far wrong and is this a useful
>>>feature on this rig?
>>
>>I have a TenTec Corsair II with a noise blanker and have yet to find
>>any conditions where it has been helpful to reduce general static-type
>Ditto for the noise blanker on my TenTec OMNI VI.
I once found that the noise blanker on my Omni V actually worked on
some kind of impulsive noise. But it so rarely does anything useful
that I never bothered to figure out just when it does work and for
ages now, I have abandoned even trying it.
Ten-Tec can probably save us all a few bucks and not include their
noise blanker wannabe :-). That, and the zillions of birdies are
the weak spots of the Omni V.
Otherwise, Ten-Tec rigs are WONDERFUL.
73
Kok Chen, AA6TY kchen@apple.com
Apple Computer, Inc.
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