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Info-Hams Digest Sat, 2 Apr 94 Volume 94 : Issue 368
Today's Topics:
** New England Ham - Electronic Fleamarket Dates ** 1 April ** Update
dual band HT advice
HDN Releases
heinous operating
Heinous operating techniques (AGAIN!)
HELP: Anyone know what a XR2206 chip is?
Plain old repeaters
Supermorse under windows.?
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Date: 1 Apr 1994 23:33:55 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!w1gsl@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: ** New England Ham - Electronic Fleamarket Dates ** 1 April ** Update
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
New England Area Ham - Electronic Flea Market *** DATES *** 1994 P 1 of 2
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10 April Framingham MA @ HS $14@8 $10tg $5@9 $2@10 Barry WN1N 508 877 4947 F
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10-12 May Boston MA ELECTRO @ Hynes "Electronics trade show" 800 223 7126 F+
15 May Cambridge MA FLEA at MIT Nick 617 253 3776 F
15 May Poughkeepsie NY Mt B ARC @Arl HS $10@6 $5@8 Ken KL7JCQ 914 485 9617
20,22 May Rochester NY NYS ARRL Conv Harold K2HC 716 424 7184 A
21 May Forestdale RI RIFMRS @VFW rt146 8A flea+auct Rick K1KYI 401 725 7507 +
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30 May Whitman MA WARC @Rt 14+18 sell@$10/sp (monday) 617 447 1277 F
5 June Newington CT @HS Flea + ARRL HQ OH Al N1JWF 203 747 1925 T
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11 June Hermon ME Pine St ARC Bangor Hamfest @ES Rod KA1RFD 207 582 6125 +
12 June Old westbury NY LIMARC @NY Inst of T b$6@9 Neal WE2V 516 462 5549 +
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24 July Queens NY @Hall of Science 47-01 111st Arnie WB2YXB 718 343 0172 +
7 Aug Wellesley MA WARS @Babson Trim Hall $2@9 Barbara N1ICQ 617 329 2628 F
13 Aug Charlotte VT @Old Lantern CG 8A- $5 su 3P Fri Dave N1ERD 802 893 7660 T
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27 Aug Gardner MA MARC @Drive-in $5@6 $2@8 Bill WJ1Y 508 939 2643 T
28 Aug Fall River MA BCRA @Bank St Ar $2@9 $5/15@8 Tom WA1LBK 508 674 4163 T+
10 Sept Berlin VT CVTARC Robert McCorkle 802 433 6172 A
10 Sept Windsor ME @Fairground Rod KA1RFD 207 582 6125 +
17 Sept Forestdale RI RIFMRS @VFW rt146 8A flea+auct Rick K1KYI 401 725 7507 +
18 Sept Cambridge MA FLEA at MIT Nick 617 253 3776 F
21-24 Sept Rochester NY Antique WA Conf Joyce 607 739 5443
24 Sept Lincoln ME Bagley ARC @Burr Sc 2miN on Rt2 Ed WA1JGO 207 732 5185 +
25 Sept Framingham MA @ HS $14@8 $10tg $5@9 $2@10 Barry WN1N 508 877 4947 F
25 Sept Yonkers NY @Lincoln HS $5@9 $18/T@7 Otto WB2SLQ 914 969 1053
1,2 Oct Boxboro MA NE Div Conv. Gene W1VRK 617 631 7388 A
2 Oct Queens NY @Hall of Science 47-01 111st Arnie WB2YXB 718 343 0172 +
7,8 Oct Rochester NH Hoss Traders @FG x13 rt16 $20@9A $5@3PM fri Joe K1RQG +
8,9 Oct Durham CT Nutmeg @FG Opens 4PM sat $5-25 Jim N1IZF 203 349 3353 F
16 Oct Cambridge MA FLEA at MIT Nick 617 253 3776 F
22,23 Oct Waltham MA Photographica 10-5 $5 ~photo~ (bef 9PM) 617 965 0807 T
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A= ARRL J= John Roberts D= W1DL WR NV 73 CQ QST = Mags
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12 Nov Plymouth MA Mayflower RC @Mem Hall 9-3 sell@8 Jon WS1K 508 746 0162 +
13 Nov Branford CT SCARA @intrm sch Brad WA1TAS 203 265 9983 T
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Date: 31 Mar 94 12:38:00 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!iat.holonet.net!kbsbbs!clinton.peebles@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
Subject: dual band HT advice
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
To: cropley@cbnewsf.cb.att.com
C> Please follow up with a post. I to am interested in getting an HT.
C> Q. Are dual banders (say a 2m and 70cm) poor performers due to any
C> compromises that are need to rx/tx on dual bands with 1 antenna?
The March/94 issue of QST reviews dual band hand helds. I have the Icom
IC-W21AT and have no complaints about it at all.
Clinton VE7KNL
* QMPro 1.52 * A man's home is his coffin. - Al Bundy
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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 06:16:08
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!seas.smu.edu!rwsys!ocitor!FredGate@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: HDN Releases
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
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Date: 2 Apr 94 18:36:00 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!pacbell.com!att-out!cbnewsh!ostroy@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
Subject: heinous operating
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
bote@access1.digex.net (John Boteler) wrote:
>The latest thing around here, and I hope it is not becoming
>accepted practice nationwide, is to key up and say "Here is" or
>"This is" then quit transmitting to wait a second for
>the <beep>, then continue transmitting your callsign
>to check into a controlled net.
>Not only is this a waste of net time, it just sounds stupid.
This practice is common on NJ traffic nets. As a matter of fact, one net
instructs its net controls to say the following :
To check into this net, give my callsign, then drop your carrier
to see if you are doubling with anyone.
Wait for the beep, then give your callsign and say "no traffic" or
list your traffic if you have any.
(this is from memory, since I am not one of their net controls, I don't
have a copy of the instruction.)
Anyway, it usually does seem to work. After a while, people learn to
say "here is", or give the net control callsign, at different speeds.
When I first heard this practice, it sounded unnatural to me too, but after
checking into several hundred vhf nets over the past 4-5 months, I've
gotten used to it, and as I say, it seems to work.... IF the regular
participants are used to it. It permits 10, 15, or more stations
to check in without requiring individual acknowledgement.
Then the net control simply acknowledges all of them at one shot.
There may be two or three unresolved doubles, which are picked up on the
second round. I have seen some sessions where 25 stations have
checked in efficiently in about three minutes, including some with traffic
to list.
One alternative, simply keying up and making a transmission, more often than
not, results in even more wasted time.
A second alternative, each person having an individual interactive
communication with the net control, as is typically done on
old style non-repeater types of nets, would also seem to be less efficient.
I'm not saying I like it, just telling it the way it is.
It may be appropriate behavior on some types of nets, and not on others,
but I wouldn't characterize it as heinous.
--
Dan Ostroy - K2UL -
AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ USA 908-949-5922 d.ostroy@att.com
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Date: 2 Apr 1994 01:35:30 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!news1.digex.net!access1!bote@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Heinous operating techniques (AGAIN!)
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
jeffl@comix.UUCP (Jeff Liebermann) writes:
>rbono@cosmos.nectech.com (Richard J. Bono) writes:
>>It's amazing that some 'new' hams don't seem to know what to do without
>>a *beep*!
>each others mistakes. This is the way it works on repeaters. A
>new ham listens for a while, hears all the bad practices, and
>proceeds to do likewise. Perhaps this is how bad habits are
>propagated?
I'll say!
The latest thing around here, and I hope it is not becoming
accepted practice nationwide, is to key up and say "Here is" or
"This is" then quit transmitting to wait a second for
the <beep>, then continue transmitting your callsign
to check into a controlled net.
Not only is this a waste of net time, it just sounds stupid.
I can anticipate that someone will rationalize that this
pause allows one to discern if he is doubling with another
station trying to check in, a la W3HXF. It don't work!
In fact, it is even worse than simply transmitting your
callsign and shutting up because callsigns have variable
length, "this is" takes almost exactly the same time
to speak regardless of the speaker. So much for that argument.
I just hope that this is a local* phenomenon which has
been propogated by the newcomers mimicing newcomers,
as Jeff has pointed out above. The trouble is that this
disease is spreading over several of the linked repeater
systems, meaning that the number of newcomers exposed
to this time waster is multiplied many times.
Maybe we're becoming like the Borg?
*Note: "Local" means local to the Washington, D.C. area.
--
rec.nude: your exit to good living along the Information Toll Road.
finger bote@access.digex.net for PGP key and an operator will help you.
Only 2 days until Opening Day! How 'bout them Os!!
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Date: 1 Apr 1994 21:34:22 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!pegasus.cc.ucf.edu!lorien!killer@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: HELP: Anyone know what a XR2206 chip is?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Dean Aldridge (aldridged@ccc.govt.nz) wrote:
: zawada@softage.demon.co.uk (A Gnome On A Mission)
: The XR2206 is a function generator. I've seen examples of it giving
: sinewaves, sawtooths and square waves. I think there are a few places you
: can get them. I'm not sure if they've been deleted or not because I've
: seen them in some pretty old schematics. I live in New Zealand but I
: can't suggest any American outlets, except maybe try Paia or Digikey (ie:
: the biggies). I know you can get them from "Farnell Electronics",
: Private Bag, Market Rd, Auckland, New Zealand, or in Australia there are
: several companies that could probably help, like Dick Smith Electronics
: or Rod Irving Electronics (sorry don't have a contact number for them).
: Good luck in your search
: Dean
I used XR2206 and XR2211 for RTTY modulator and demodulator
application.
I also used MC14046B for the modulator part(XR2206), too.
You may use MC14046B or 4046B for that function generator
purpose
--
Kijun R. Park
Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers - CREOL
University of Central Florida
HL2AMO
killer@lorien.creol.ucf.edu
killer@gra.creol.ucf.edu 407-658-6865 (Voice)
407-658-6864 (Fax)
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Date: 2 Apr 1994 17:58:18 GMT
From: nothing.ucsd.edu!brian@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Plain old repeaters
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Don't confuse a walkie extender with a remote base.
Proper remote bases are indeed duplex; it's up to the controlling
station to equip itself with a duplex radio if it wants to take full
advantage of the remote's capabilities.
I'm not aware of any of the off-the-ham-shelf radios that can duplex on
the same band. Modified commercial radios can do so in many cases:
I've run Motorola Micors and Mitreks in that way.
Some remotes have taken to having dual inputs and talkbacks on different
bands (450/900, 450/1200, etc) in order to allow duplex use by people with
radios that won't duplex in the same band but which can listen on one
band whilst transmitting on another. It's essential to get the audio
phasing correct so that the audio won't cancel when the user station is
listening on both bands simultaneously.
At home, it's simple to use two antennas for your base station to talk
to the remote. With proper physical isolation, duplex is achievable on
the 450 band at the standard 5 MHz split. My home radio is an old
duplexed Micor, with a pair of small beams aimed at the remote on its
mountaintop 30 miles away. The beams also help eliminate interference
from the other remotes that share the channel with mine.
Mobile duplex operation can be a bit more challenging, especially when
you're running more than 30 to 50 watts output. Two antennas with
broad pass cavities will allow duplex operation over a 1 to 2 MHz
tuning range, which is sufficient for many communities. I ran this
configuration for many years.
For single-antenna operation, the typical CellWave-type mobile duplexer
(a notch-only device) is still effective for half a meg or so, which
may be sufficient.
Unfortunately, my current car radio (an old Syntor) won't duplex
because the synthesizer is shared by both RX and TX, and shifts between
on-channel and LO at changeover. I'm seriously considering going to a
non-synthesized radio in order to regain the mobile duplex, which I
really miss.
One point: if you're going to run duplex, get the best noise-cancelling
microphone you can buy. Feedback is TACKY.
- Brian
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Date: 2 Apr 94 14:49:50 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
Subject: Supermorse under windows.?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Gilbert Baron <gilbaronw0mn@delphi.com> writes:
>Does anyone know where to get supermorse?
>
> Gil Baron, El Baron Rojo, W0MN Rochester,MN
> "Bailar es Vivir"
> PGP2.3 key at key servers or upon request
>
If you have a modem dial up the ARRL BBS at 203-666-0578 (300-14400, N81), and
download SM410.EXE or SM410.ZIP (I'm not sure which name it was). If you have
anonymous FTP access through the Internet, I believe the same filename exists
at oak.oakland.edu, somewhere in the /pub/hamradio directory. Good luck. 73's
Ned
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Date: 1 Apr 94 09:36:07 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!nic.scruz.net!cruzio!comix!jeffl@network.ucsd.edu
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
References <VBREAULT.94Mar25134216@rinhp750.gmr.com>, <Cn8ttu.AHI@news.hawaii.edu>, <2nf2sm$rt6@cosmos.nectech.com>
Subject : Re: Voice mail on a repeater?
In article <2nf2sm$rt6@cosmos.nectech.com> rbono@cosmos.nectech.com (Richard J. Bono) writes:
>It's amazing that some 'new' hams don't seem to know what to do without
>a *beep*!
In Santa Cruz, our club is about equally divided between
the "old timers" and the "new hams". It's the old timers that
time out the repeater (3 min) and step on the tail of the previous
transmission. My guess is that this comes from DX pileup manners
where courtesy is optional.
>By the way, by 'new' I mean those who weren't around before repeater beeps
>were common! It wasn't that long ago!
We had beeps before the new fancy controllers. It was the intermod
and feedback generated when the repeater was talking to itself after
the signal dropped on the input. Some of the early transistor rigs
also had a nice solid DC transient when the squelch poped. The
loud bang of the speaker cone trying to shove its way throught the
grill was the clue that the carrier had dropped.
>Even with no squealch tail, a person can determine when to speak. If this
>wasn't possible, then people would have a lot of trouble communicating
>with the telephone!
One of my college psychology research projects was on this subject.
We recorded "normal" conversation and measured when both speakers
were talking simultaneously. I can't remember the exact figures but:
Normal conversation 5% overlap
Animated debate or arguement 10%
My Polish relatives 30%
TV political interviews 10%
Loud party 20%
My point is that with simplex or half-duplex radio, the art of NOT
tromping on the other guy is unique and unusual and probably requires
some practice. Methinks beeps don't make any difference. Whenever
we have 3 or more hams engaged in a heated arguement, everyone steps
on everyone else, beeps or no beeps.
>is going on, and just wait for the beep to transmit. So breaking stations
>get ignored or tranmitted over. It's really up to the operating habits of
>the stations involved. A pause can be more effective without the beep!
I'm not so sure. While returning from a trip, I had an auto
accident occur in front of me. The only repeater available had
a conversation running, so I tried to break in. Not a chance.
Even though I could tell that I was being heard, I was being
ignored. I didn't wait around and hopped the fence and used a
payphone. (This was before commodity cellular phones).
> Beeps breed bad habits!
I guess so. However, there are many worse habits practiced on
repeaters. The long winded monologues are disgusting. If you quiz
the participants on the contents of their own transmission, they
can usually remember on the very last thing they pontificated upon.
The bad operating habits brings up an interesting problem.
The local ARES organization holds regular SET (Simulated Emergency
Test) drills. They give the most inexperienced hams the maximum
amount of practice. The result is that the newly licenced hams
hear only beginners on the air and proceed to mimic all their
mistakes. Fairly soon, all we have are permanent beginners repeating
each others mistakes. This is the way it works on repeaters. A
new ham listens for a while, hears all the bad practices, and
proceeds to do likewise. Perhaps this is how bad habits are
propagated?
.....(beep)(blap)(burp)(kerchunk)
--
# Jeff Liebermann Box 272 1540 Jackson Ave Ben Lomond CA 95005
# 408.336.2558 voice wb6ssy@ki6eh.#nocal.ca.usa wb6ssy.ampr.org [44.4.18.10]
# 408.699.0483 digital_pager 73557,2074 cis [don't]
# jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us scruz.ucsc.edu!comix!jeffl
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Date: 2 Apr 1994 18:12:22 GMT
From: nothing.ucsd.edu!brian@network.ucsd.edu
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
References <VBREAULT.94Mar25134216@rinhp750.gmr.com>, <Cn8ttu.AHI@news.hawaii.edu>, <2nf2sm$rt6@cosmos.nectech.com>
Subject : Re: Voice mail on a repeater?
rbono@cosmos.nectech.com (Richard J. Bono) writes:
> Beeps breed bad habits!
It has for some time seemed strange to me that the technos in charge of
a repeater would go to great lengths to eliminate the squelch burst
(sometimes going so far as to install audio delays that absolutely
cripple duplex operation!) and then have to go back and ADD a beep that
does NOTHING that the noise burst didn't originally do.
I prefer a repeater which has a modest user squelch tail and a 1-second
dropout delay ("hang time"), and NO BEEPS.
Want a useful 'over signal'? Substitute a burst of 9600 bps packet
and transmit the repeater's complete system telemetry in the packet.
It will sound just like a squelch tail - and has the secondary effect
of identifying the repeater on every single transmission. NO MORE
BEEPS!
- Brian
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Date: 2 Apr 1994 17:29:27 GMT
From: nothing.ucsd.edu!brian@network.ucsd.edu
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
References <2n7k21$i6d@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, <linleyCnF4Ju.55q@netcom.com>, <2n9geh$m32@hpscit.sc.hp.com>
Subject : Re: obscenity...
"Why don't you use a dummy load to tune up?"
"With you listening to it, this frequency IS a dummy load!"
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