Date: Fri, 19 Nov 93 04:11:53 PST From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Info-Hams-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1363 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Fri, 19 Nov 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1363 Today's Topics: Amateur Radio Newsline #847 Amateur Radio Newsline #848 Gary bashing ---> crossed wires HAM ftp mod sites? How do I contact Yaesu? (2 msgs) Miss Manners in the Novice Sub-bands? prefix hunters Radio Shack HTs Telescoping antenna on HT TEN TEC OMNI V OWNERS!!! XY0Z - DXCC Status Ya gotta hand it to the FCC... Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 93 19:03:17 GMT From: tribune.usask.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!adec23!mark@decwrl.dec.com Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #847 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu CSLE87@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Karl Beckman) writes: >Simple rule for all of us: >If the separator looks like it is about to fall over, it's MM/DD/YY; >if it already fell over, it's European DD.MM.YY; if someone's smart >enough to use text for month name, he knows people get confused easily. Looks like the US is trying to impose their rule on others. I am sorry, but Canada uses DD/MM/YY format ... -- Mark Look ma! no periods ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1993 23:21:18 MST From: usc!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!nebulus!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #848 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Some Special Notes For This Week Only Internet users: This item is e-mailed to rec.radio.info and posted by the moderator on R.R.I. and rec.radio.amateur.misc. There have been problems reported about people getting this item in their mailbox who do not subscribe to SWL-L or duplicates when they are subscribers. We have no control of that, please contact your postmaster or the postmaster at the listservers. Our site, The Dorsai, has been having some mail problems with UU.NET so we are sorry of any delays. RIME, Intelec and I-Link readers: Due to a few BBS's choking on the message length and spitting out duplicates of partial posts, we will begin splitting up the NEWSLINE to at least 2 messages begining this week. Since we have been forwarding NEWSLINE to these networks, Bill has received quite a number of inquiries about other uses of this electronicly published version. For information about reposting NEWSLINE, please read the last article in this week issue. Due to the nature of this first story, we are also submitting this week's NEWSLINE to the various Broadcast echoes and r.r.b. The electronic edition of Amateur Radio Newsline is transcribed from source material by Dale Cary. Newsline is reprinted here courtesy of Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, Editor of Newsline. Editorial comment should be E-mailed to newsline@mcimail.com or B.PASTERNAK@genie.geis.com. Voice or FAX to +1 805-296-7180. NEWSLINE RADIO - CBBS EDITION #98 - POSTED 11/13/93 ***************************************************************** * * * * * ***** * * **** * ***** * * ***** * * ** * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * *** * ** * *** * * * * * *** * * * ** * * ** * * * * * ** * * * * * ***** * * **** ***** ***** * * ***** * * * * **** * **** ***** *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * **** ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * **** ***** *** * * * ***************************************************************** The following is late news about Amateur Radio for Radio Amateurs as prepared from NEWSLINE RADIO scripts by the staff of the AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, INC. -- formerly the WESTLINK RADIO NETWORK. The electronic version of newsline is posted on this CBBS twice monthly. For current information updates, please call (213) 462-0008, (407) 259-4479, (708) 289-0423, (513) 275-9991, or (718) 353-2801. For the latest breaking info call the Instant Update Line at (805) 296-2407. To provide information please call (805) 296-7180. This line answers automatically and will accept up to 30 minutes of material. Check with your local amateur radio club to see if NEWSLINE can be heard weekly on the air in your area. Articles may be reproduced if printed in their entirety and credit is given to AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE as being the source. For further information about the AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, please write to us with an SASE at P.O. Box 463, Pasadena, CA 91102. Thank You NEWSLINE ***************************************************************** Some of the hams of NEWSLINE RADIO... WA6ITF WB6MQV WB6FDF K6DUE W6RCL N6AHU N6AWE N6TCQ K6PGX N6PNY KU8R N8DTN W9JUV KC9RP K9XI KB5KCH KC5UD KC0HF G8AUU WD0AKO DJ0QN and many others in the United States and around the globe!!! ***************************************************************** [848] * * * * C L O S E D C I R C U I T A D V I S O R Y * * * * * * * The following is a closed circuit advisory and NOT for * * transmission on amateur radio. We have received word from * * our support fund administrator that the monies needed to * * pay the our monthly bills is still dangerously low. * * Yes, there are many sources of ham radio news, but for * * the past sixteen and a half years, nobody has been able to * * bring you this news as quickly and as accurately as * * Newsline. The ham magazines have a two to four month lead * * time. The various ham radio newsletters are at least a * * week or two behind what's happening. While the ARRL has a * * very fine audio news dissemination operation with it's W1AW * * Official Bulletin Station, it is primarily geared to high * * frequency operation. * * Only Newsline brings up to the minute ham radio news * * direct to you over your favorite repeater. That means you * * can listen to it at home, in your car or even walking down * * the street on your hand held radio. * * But doing this costs money. It takes over $700 a month * * to keep Newsline alive. Recognizing this Dr. Norm Chalfin, * * K6PGX established the Newsline Support Fund. It's kept * * separate from Newsline and exists only to pay the week to * * week operating expenses of the operation. It again needs * * the support of all of you who want to see Newsline survive * * so that these weekly bulletins can continue to air. * * The address for the Newsline Support Fund is Post Office * * Box 463, Pasadena, California 91102. Your assistance is * * needed as soon as possible. We thank you all for your * * ongoing generosity and support. * * That ends the closed circuit. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * REPEATER OWNER FINE QUESTIONED There are some significant new developments in the case of New Jersey repeater owner Bill Krause WA2HDE. He's the ham who was issued a five thousand dollar fine because the FCC says that his Manhattan, New York repeater transmitter was heard on a frequency in an aeronautical communications band. As we reported last week, the FCC claims that on August the 30th, its New York City Field Office received a complaint from the Federal Aviation Administration about a signal on 243 MHz that had appeared on receivers at two airports over the previous five days. Subsequent investigation by Engineer Alexander Zimney determined that the repeater was being operated by WA2HDE. The commission says that it issued the Notice of Apparent Liability to Monetary Forfeiture -- the FCC's term for a fine -- because of the potential of interference to aircraft emergency communications. But there is something that the FCC's Zimney did not do. He issued the fine before bothering to notify Krause that he might be in violation of Part 97 rules. In other words, its possible that a commission employee in his apparent eagerness to please the FAA may have violated the federal governments own Administrative procedures Act. Rules that specifically call for a Notice of Violation to be issued and time given for a response before any punitive action is taken except in truly egregious cases. Note that the terms willful and malicious interference were not used by the FCC and therefore the incident cannot be legally interpreted as egregious. This is extremely important as you will hear. To complicate matters even further, it turns out that Bill Krause is a person well known to the FCC. William A. Krause is one of the nations most respected broadcast engineers. He is the Chief Engineer of WABC AM, the clear-channel flagship station of the American Broadcasting Systems radio network. His repeater is also well known in that it is dedicated to public service work and is a very popular spot for communications for these kind of events. The FCC said that it had no way to reach Krause when its engineers discovered that it was his radio system that was interfering with the air-band radio system on 243 MHz, but as the chief engineer of a radio station Krause must deal regularly with the New York City FCC Engineer Alexander Zimney. Its a safe bet that Zimney has all the telephone and FAX numbers needed to contact Bill Krause sitting in the phone book on his desk. We can't end without mentioning what the technical problem was that lead Zimney to issue the five thousand dollar NAL. Newsline has learned that the transmitter in Krause's Spectrum Communications repeater had malfunctioned. The result was a 700 milliwatt spur that occurred only when the transmitter was key up. That's right, 700 milliwatts and only in key up when the transmitter was not technically even on the air! By now you must realize that there would be absolutely no way for Bill Krause or anyone else to know that the transmitter was putting out a spur unless someone notified him of the problem. Zimney could have called Krause on the phone and asked that he assist in solving the problem. Instead, the New York City FCC engineer acted in a way that has made him rather unpopular with the tri-state area's ham radio community. Meantime, Krause filed a reply to the NAL. In it he says that at the time of the incident his repeater appeared to be operating normally. He tells the FCC that he had no reason to believe that it was producing unwanted spurs outside of the 222 MHz amateur radio band. Nobody is saying that the unintentional interference by Krauses repeater transmitter to the 243 MHz aeronautical channel is insignificant, but there is a big question regarding the way in which the New York City FCC Field Office reacted to the situation and the level of the punitive action imposed. The next move is up to FCC Engineer Alexander Zimney. We will keep you posted on this one. ***** HAM ADMITS JAMMING THE BIG MAC Terry Van Sickle, WB5WXI has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of willful and malicious interference to the two way radio system at a Dallas Texas Mc Donalds restaurant. Van Sickle is the former WFAA television news photographer who the FBI questioned on August 22nd after they found him parked in his van near the fast food restaurant. The FBI was attracted to the vehicle after its investigators noted a large number of antennas on it. As previously reported, the FBI interrogated Van Sickle and a friend for about three hours before releasing them. At that time no charges had yet been brought. Van Sickle even claimed his innocence by way of an article appearing in the September 30th issue of the Dallas Observer newspaper. He even told the Observer that it is a common practice for electronic enthusiasts to talk to fast food restaurants over the radio relay food ordering systems. He said that these same radio buffs regularly post the frequencies of fast-food restaurant radio systems on computer bulletin boards and that the frequencies used by the Mc Donald's was readily accessible to almost anyone. But on October the 27th that all changed when WB5WXI was charged by the government as being the source of the interfering signal. At a hearing, Van Sickle admitted his guilt and entered into an settlement, apparently to avoid a lengthy trial. In the plea agreement, Van Sickle guaranteed to fully cooperate with any further investigation of the matter, to surrender all interest in the thousands of dollars worth of his two way radio equipment and computers that the government had ceased as evidence in the case, and on demand of the court to submit to interviews by the United States Attorneys office regarding his ability to satisfy any fines or restitution order that might be imposed. Van Sickle has been ordered back to court on January 12th, 1994 for sentencing. At that time he could face up to a year in prison, a fine of up to one-hundred thousand dollars or both. In addition he can be ordered to pay restitution to the Mc Donalds for any damages and loss of income that his actions may have cost the company and could also face a civil suit if Mc Donalds eels that the compensation awarded it was insufficient. Finally, as is usually the case, the FCC will probably begin its own investigation of Van Sickle's activities. If they find him in violation of their rules he could loose any radio licenses he now holds. Van Sickle could also face thousands of dollars in additional fines as well. ***** PHONE OUT This note to all of you who get the newscast by calling into our area code (805) 296-2407 automatic telephone delivery number. Please be advised that the equipment on that line will be down for maintenance from late on Tuesday November the 16th till about 01:00 Eastern Time on Monday November the 22nd. For that six day period we ask that you call area code (213) 462- 0008, (708) 289-0423 or the regional newsfeed line serving your area. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this short duration of service interruption to the 805 area code line that will last less than one week. ***** VE TEST FEE INCREASE The cost of getting a ham license is going up in 1994. The FCC has announced that effective January 1, 1994, the maximum allowable reimbursement fee for an amateur operator license examination will be $5.75. That's up fifteen cents from the current $5.60. As before, volunteer examiners and volunteer examiner coordinators may charge examinees for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in preparing, processing, administering, or coordinating examinations for amateur operator licenses. The amount of any such reimbursement fee from any one examinee for any one examination session, regardless of the number of elements administered, must not exceed the maximum allowable fee. Where the VE and the VEC both wish to be reimbursed, they must jointly decide on a fair distribution of the fee. The ARRL VEC says that will begin charging $5.75 after the new FCC allowable fee becomes effective and other VEC's are expected to do the same. ***** EARTHWINDS DELAYED Problems with its mooring assembly has delayed the launch of the ham radio equipped Earthwinds Hilton balloon from an airfield near Reno, Nevada. Earthwinds was scheduled for a launch attempt on Saturday, November 6th at 14:00 UTC but bolts anchoring the craft failed as the top balloon was being filled with helium gas. It will now be at least six to eight weeks before another launch attempt will be made. By way of background, the manned balloon will carry 2-meter equipment for communicating with the Amateur Radio community and the ham operators aboard the Mir space station. All communications will be conducted on 2-meters simplex, 145.55 MHz. Eathhwinds planners hope that the balloon will circumnavigate the globe at nearly 35,000 feet above and near the 45th parallel. Saturday's flight path would take the balloon from Reno, Nevada to New Mexico. If Earthwinds ever does make it into the air and on the air, QSL cards will go via Gordon West, WB6NOA. ***** DOVE RETURNS TO THE AIR After a long absence, the Dove OSCAR 17 satellite is back on the air. It is presently sending packet telemetry and short text bulletins on 145.825 MHz FM. DOVE's transmissions can be copied by anyone with a 2-meter FM receiver and a standard packet radio TNC. More work is required to get the satellite fully operational, but this is a major step in getting Dove fully back on line. ***** RFE LAYOFFS Radio Free Europe will lay off more than half its employees and leave its Munich base by 1996. The headquarters for the radio services that for decades given eastern Europeans uncensored news with a decidedly anti-Communist slant will move either to Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, or Washington, D.C.. Getting down from the current annual budget of $210 million to the $75 million mandated by President Clinton also will mean closing the New York office and moving its research center out of Munich These are two of the world's most expensive cities. Radio Liberty, which broadcasts to Russia and other former Soviet republics, will be unaffected by the cuts and consolidation given the continued political instability in the region. ***** DX - LESOTHO In DX, prefix hunters should note that in commemoration of the 27th anniversary of Lesotho independence, a special prefix will be used until mid November. 7P27LI will be on 14.010 to 14.025 MHz, and on 21.010 to 21.025 MHz from 10:00 hours to 14:00 hours UTC. QSL to Ray Shankweiler, Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho. ***** POSTING NEWSLINE This note to all who are getting the printed version of Newsline by packet radio or other data postings. Over the past month we have received numerous calls from individuals who have downloaded our material from various services and who think that they need our permission to repost it to packet, use it for code practice or whatever. The answer is that you do not need any specific permission as long as you do not change the content of the material in any way. Newsline is not mode specific. We do not care how you re-distribute it just so long as you do not add or delete anything. Leave it as it is and use it as it is. Oh, we have no objection to your deleting the closed circuit lead message, but anything else must be retransmitted or reposted exactly as you receive it, including the closing credits and the text of any of the interviews that are a part of the newscast. We also hope that this clarifies things for those of you who have questions. If not, please contact us by regular US mail or Electronic mail only. The cost of returning telephone calls is prohibitive. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For this week that is all from Newsline. You can write * * to us at: * * Newsline * * PO Box 463 * * Pasadena, CA * * 91102 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Newsline Copyright 1993 all rights are reserved. * * * ------------ ------------------------------ Date: 18 Nov 93 14:41:22 GMT From: ogicse!emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Gary bashing ---> crossed wires To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article ben@nj8j.atl.ga.us (Ben Coleman) writes: >ehare@arrl.org (Ed Hare - KA1CV) writes: >> Yeah, but some of us well-known newsgroup types joined you in your >> confusion. :-). I had just assumed that I missed the original >> post, and when I saw Gary Coffman . . . > >I suspect it's because we're so used to seeing GC's posts end with a lone > >Gary > >at the bottom. Usually, it's fairly distinctive, but in this case, the >other Gary 'signed' the same way, and we all, Pavlovian-like, assumed it >was GC. Gee, doesn't anyone read the cute little .sig file I put at the bottom of my posts? With apologies to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, I've got a new one today. :-) Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | Where my job's going, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | I don't know. It might | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | wind up in Mexico. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | -NAFTA Blues | ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 02:49:22 GMT From: yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!mcrcim.mcgill.edu!sifon!Atlas.EETECH.McGill.CA!bruno@uunet.uu.net Subject: HAM ftp mod sites? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Scott Whittle wrote: >Does anyone know of any ham ftp sites. I'm looking for mod files to be >exact. Sure do. Your best bet will probably be ftp.cs.buffalo.edu:/pub/ham-radio/mods For those still thinking about using ham.eetech.mcgill.ca, don't. This site is closing PERMANENTLY on 19 November, 1993. All the mods which are available at the latter site have been moved to the former. 73 Bruno -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Bruno Hall | VE2HUM | old: bruno@eetech.mcgill.ca | new: canuck@rtsg.mot.com New systems generate new problems -- Join the Flat Earth Society. ------------------------------ Date: 18 Nov 1993 19:32:55 GMT From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!wrdis02.robins.af.mil!sberman@decwrl.dec.com Subject: How do I contact Yaesu? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Dean R Madsen (dmadsen@iastate.edu) wrote: : I have a Yaesu FT-470 that has a terrible intermod problem and less than : desirable squelch operation. I need a phone number to contact Yaesu to : investigate getting this repaired. I found a list of manufacturers' phone : numbers, but none of the ones listed for Yaesu were current. Does anyone have : a recent phone number for Yaesu U.S.A. ? : Also, I believe I read that this intermod/squelch problem I am having is : common in several lots of FT-470s. Anyone have an easy way to remedy the : problem? : Thanks & 73, : Dean Madsen - KE0WO : dmadsen@iastate.edu : +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ : + Dean R Madsen, KE0WO + Computer Engineering Major + : + Internet: dmadsen@iastate.edu + Iowa State Univeristy + : + AX25: KE0WO @ KE0WO.#NWIA.IA.USA.NA + Ames, Iowa + : +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I hate to be flip, but do you speak Japanese? That's the ONLY way you'll ever speak to a Yaesu engineer. ------------------------------ Date: 18 Nov 93 18:09:52 GMT From: ogicse!cs.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!newsadmin@network.ucsd.edu Subject: How do I contact Yaesu? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article dmadsen@iastate.edu (Dean R Madsen) writes: > I have a Yaesu FT-470 that has a terrible intermod problem and less than > desirable squelch operation. I need a phone number to contact Yaesu to > investigate getting this repaired. I found a list of manufacturers' phone > numbers, but none of the ones listed for Yaesu were current. Does anyone have > a recent phone number for Yaesu U.S.A. ? > > Also, I believe I read that this intermod/squelch problem I am having is > common in several lots of FT-470s. Anyone have an easy way to remedy the > problem? > > Thanks & 73, > Dean Madsen - KE0WO > dmadsen@iastate.edu > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > + Dean R Madsen, KE0WO + Computer Engineering Major + > + Internet: dmadsen@iastate.edu + Iowa State Univeristy + > + AX25: KE0WO @ KE0WO.#NWIA.IA.USA.NA + Ames, Iowa + > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Try 800.255.9237...it was good last year to get to parts/repair. -- Jeff Hite KF7SZ Computing Center U of Oregon jeffh@ludwig.cc.uoregon.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 04:36:32 GMT From: news.uiowa.edu!icaen!drenze@uunet.uu.net Subject: Miss Manners in the Novice Sub-bands? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I've got a little question. I was tuning across the 80-meter novice subband tonight, and right at 3700kHz I noticed a QSO taking place at 20+ WPM. It was coming across S9+10 when everything else was coming across S6-7, and that combined with the fact that they both sounded like 0 call-signs makes me think that at least one of these guys might have been Iowans, and, at least with *my* equipment, this was the only part of 80 that sounded like it was reliably open at that time (I started hearing some other stations outside the novice subbands later--I was just looking for code copy). Now, for my question. (And, BTW, I'm not trying to condemn anybody's practice, call anybody a lid, or anything else--I'm genuinely curious.) What is the correct etiquette for running high-speed code in the Novice subbands? It wasn't anything big tonight, since even that area was uncrowded, but I'm just curious...the novice subbands are supposedly "training bands" (anything like training pants or training wheels? ;-) ;-) ;-) <- for the humour-impaired) for lowly Novices/Techs like me. If there's a big demand for them by novices/ techs, should higher-class licenses QSY? *do* they QSY? Peace es 73 de Doug N0YVW -- __ /| | Douglas J Renze, N0YVW | \'o.O' | +1 319 337 4664 | IN GOD WE TRUST =(___)= | drenze@icaen.uiowa.edu | All Others Pay Cash U | Douglas-Renze@uiowa.edu | ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 02:21:30 GMT From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!csd.unb.ca!garfield.csd.unbsj.ca!robert@decwrl.dec.com Subject: prefix hunters To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I havn't noticed this mentioned in the last few days, but if I'm repeating somebody else, my appoligies. For those of you who do some prefix hunting, effective December 1, Canada will have a new prefix. Currently VE1 represents Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The new prefix will be for New Brunswick only. The prefix will be VE9. So if you are dialing around down on HF and you hear VE9, don't be too surprised. The change is not mandantory for existing amateurs, however, it seems as though lots of people will be changing. -- ====================== Robert Ford (VE1RKF) robert@unbsj.ca ====================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 18:46:09 PST From: news.kpc.com!amd!netcomsv!micromed!brett@decwrl.dec.com Subject: Radio Shack HTs To: info-hams@ucsd.edu ken.smith@channel1.com (Ken Smith) writes: > > To:GARY#KE4ZV.UUCP > > GARY@KE4ZV.UUCP typed this about Re: Radio Shack HTs > > > G>>I have been told that it is made by Icom, but this was by an R.S. > G>>salesdroid, so I could be wrong. > > G>Well they say "Made in Korea for Tandy Corp", so I don't think Icom > G>is involved. I heard they were made by the same company that makes > G>their scanners. > > I was told that they are made by Maxon. (or is it Maxxon?) > I know that Maxon did the FCC certification for the radio, but that may or may not determine who designed, or manufactured the units. Brett N7OLQ -- brett@micromed.com (brett miller) ------------------------------ Date: 18 Nov 93 14:45:14 GMT From: ogicse!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!horak@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Telescoping antenna on HT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In <103360206@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> ajs@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Alan Silverstein) writes: >> The collapsed telescoping antenna won't be any worse than a duck. >Yes it will. It has a much worse SWR. It just doesn't work as well. >Try it side-by-side with a weak signal. Whether or not the high SWR >will hurt your rig is a different issue. Maybe I should not have said "won't". I should have said "might not". In my case, the duck that came sith my Alinco DJ560 is roughly equal to worse than my AEA telescopic antenna collapsed. Your milage may vary. About the only time I use the duck is if I am in a strong signal area and need an attenuator. David ------------------------------ Date: 16 Nov 1993 16:40:00 GMT From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.uoregon.edu!fp2-st-affairs-17.uoregon.edu!user@network.ucsd.edu Subject: TEN TEC OMNI V OWNERS!!! To: info-hams@ucsd.edu If you own or have owned an OMNI V, what are your opinions of the radio?The only exposure I've had to it is through reviews I've read and based on that, I'm contemplating buying a used one. When I bring up the subject on the local repeater, I get some "questioning" tones of voices. Something akin to, "you really want to buy a Ten Tec?" One guy even told me, "Ten Tec isn't inexpensive, it's cheap!" The Ten Tecs I've heard on the air sound very good. What have your experiences been? Thanks, Steve/AA7FL milewski@oregon.uoregon.edu ------------------------------ Date: 18 Nov 93 15:46:50 GMT From: worldbank.org!news@uunet.uu.net Subject: XY0Z - DXCC Status To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I was under the impression that cards for the XY0Z operations (Myanmar) were okay for DXCC. However, a collegue of mine recently had his card rejected by the DXCC Desk. Does anyone know whether paperwork was ever submitted for this operation, or has anyone been successful in submitting this card for DXCC? Thanks, Darrell (NR3Y). ------------------------------ Date: 16 Nov 93 02:29:36 GMT From: munnari.oz.au!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram!dave@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu Subject: Ya gotta hand it to the FCC... To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I've been looking at the output of a search on a callbook server, and amongst other things I discovered that the FCC was active as long ago as 1892! Without prejudice to the people involved, look up N5VUR, N3JJF, N5ZFK, KD4OOY and KD4NHD. And yes, they all have the same name (I am looking them up for a project of mine) but that is irrelevant, as my list was for all people with that name. -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3 dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V93 #1363 ****************************** ******************************