Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 04:30:15 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 #1445 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Fri, 10 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1445 Today's Topics: 32 Memories on the IC745 ARRL's callsign admin position Reporting Constant QRM: who? 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: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 14:55:29 GMT From: amiserv!vpnet!tellab5!jwa@uunet.uu.net Subject: 32 Memories on the IC745 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Adding 16 more memories to the Icom IC-745 The IC5-745 uses a 16 position rotary switch to select the memories. The common lead to the switch connects to Y5 which is a strobe line from logic board. Four contacts connect to DB0, DB1, DB2 and DB3. The switch uses a BCD sequence that selects 0 - F hex. Other radios, like the Icom R71 and the IC751 use the same logic board and they have 32 memories. If they all use the same logic then why can't the 745 have 32 memories? I noticed that the R71 uses two IC's that select the memories and the same data busses are used. However, the R71 uses 5 bits instead of 4. The additional bit connects to DB4. I experimented with my 745 by connecting a diode from Y5 to DB4 on the logic board (the band or cathode on the diode went to DB4) and shure enough, the memory selected a new set of 15 memories. You can use the PREAMP switch to as a bank selector by removing the leads to the switch. A toggle switch can be mounted on the rear apron and wired the preamp leads. The bank select switch should be wired in series with the diode and the Y5 lead. The other end of the diode goes to DB4. The Y5 and BD4 leads should be as short as possible. You can find the signals on the Matrix board at P1 and J11. --- Jack Albert Fellow Radio Hacker Tele (708) 378-6201 Tellabs Operations, Inc. FAX (708) 378-4590 1000 Remington Blvd. jwa@tellabs.com Bolingbrook, IL 60440 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE BOWTIE FILTER ------------------------------ Date: 9 Dec 93 15:46:58 GMT From: ogicse!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!psinntp!arrl.org@network.ucsd.edu Subject: ARRL's callsign admin position To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In rec.radio.amateur.misc, dan@mystis.wariat.org (Dan Pickersgill N8PKV) writes: >As I said, I have been impressed of late and am considering sending the >ARRL a dues check. However there are many organizations that represent a >good number of amateurs (W5YI as an example). Dan, I am pleased that you are considering supporting the ARRL. In spite of the fact that we don't always do everything exactly the way *everyone* would like, I feel that there are many important things that we are doing that deserve support. >But, maybe you are right, we need a second national ham group. Anyone >wanna help me start one? I am indeed interested; my choice to work here stems from a strong desire to give back to ham radio a bit more that it has given me. My loyalty is NOT to the ARRL, but to the concept that we try to embody. If you are really willing to do all of what it takes to put together a better national organization, (assuming it really does come out better), you will have my support. I am glad that you, too, share the same sense of dedication to Amateur Radio and are willing to make some of the personal sacrifices of your personal time that will go into forming such an organization! Before I jump in, though, I would like to have some idea of the goals of your proposed organization. Do you have a charter? A rough draft of the bylaws? I am especially interested in the ways it would be *different* from the several other major ham-radio organzations? I what way would it be different from the ARRL? If you are going to use the same political structure, why would yours work any differently from ours, or QCWA's, or NARA's. (I am not really sure what W5YI is, but let's include him/them for the sake of discussion.) What major flaws do you perceive in the ARRL and the other organzations and how would you structure the organization you are proposing to overcome those flaws. And, IMHO, the most important question -- please explain to me why it is better for Amateur Radio to create a new organization from scratch than to identify the problems in the existing structures and make them a more effective tool for the Good of All. This should make for an interesting discussion; I am sure the usenet amateur community will be patient waiting for your answers and more information. We all do understand that developing answers to these questions could not be an off-the-cuff sort of thing. It takes hundreds of hours, and many thousands of dollars in legal fees and other "incorporation" fees to put together a national not-for-profit organization. It is nice to see that there are those willing to make these sacrifices. Speaking of dollars, I *will* join the first year, just as soon as all of the paperwork makes it a viable organization, but I am not sure I will sign up every year, and the first time you do anything I don't like, it is over. :-). 73 and Happy Holidays from ARRL HQ! Ed ----- Ed Hare, KA1CV ehare@arrl.org American Radio Relay League 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 My posts and views do not necessarily (203) 666-1541 - voice represent the policy of the ARRL, ARRL Laboratory Supervisor but I can probably get in trouble RFI, xmtr and rcvr testing for them anyway! ----- ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1993 16:54:18 -0600 From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!concert!corpgate!crchh327.bnr.ca!kharker@ames.arpa Subject: Reporting Constant QRM: who? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <1993Dec6.204526.16933@ttinews.tti.com>, sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (Erik Sorgatz) writes: |> In article <1993Dec2.011931.21694@cyphyn.radnet.com> randy@cyphyn.radnet.com (Randy) writes: |> >Some of us have been logging all his qrming, and it's gotten to where it's time |> >to send this in to some one. |> So you've got two basic options: |> 2) Take the bastard out, one way or another. Very often, the mere appearance |> of 50 to 100 people at someone's residence is enough to cause people to modify |> their behavior. The police (if called) might even be sympathetic if you can |> persuade them based on the laws involved - and in some cases this has been |> the basis for a US Marshal`s involvement with a resulting warrent issued by |> a local judge! Trying to resolve a problem like this through vigilantism is not only wrong, but it is illegal. Anyone who suggests that this is the proper way to deal with something like this is, in my mind, a dangerous person. Just because someone is harrasing your legitimate amateur radio activities does not give you the right, no matter how frustrating it may be, to instigate mob justice against him. There are many other ways to handle this situation. -- ====================================================================== Kenneth E. Harker BNR "Any opinions expressed kharker@bnr.ca Richardson, Texas, USA are solely mine and do N1PVB (214) 684-5115 not represent BNR" ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: 9 Dec 1993 18:59:48 GMT From: pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!dave!dm_johnson@decwrl.dec.com To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <1993Dec8.150113.13439@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, , <2e7fer$ajq@crchh941.bnr.ca>m Reply-To : dm_johnson@dave.enet.dec.com (Dennis Johnson) Subject : Re: Scratchi, January, 1960 > I would just like to step into this briefly to say that I tend to agree >with everything Greg has been saying. He's gotten a lot of unreasonable grief >just because he has a higher sense of social responsibility than most people >in this newsgroup. Treating other people and cultures with a little respect >should never be labelled "pc-ism" - rather, it should be encouraged as a form of >decency. -- I disagree. First, he has a different social responsibility, not a higher one. I believe the message is to value diversity even if you don't personally care for the position. And second, the main reason he's taking grief is not so much for what he says as the way he says it. I have experienced racial prejudice personally, not as some theoretical exercise, and I cringe reading his words. Zealots are a part of the problem - not the answer. Zealot's bang the mind's door shut before the message can get a foot in it. If Greg truly believes in what he says then he should be evaluating why he has received 1 supporting message and roughly 10-15 responses questioning his message. Greg has shown he can use sophmoric sarcasm quite well but he has not shown that he is capable of analyzing the situation and adapting his approach to make his point in a manner which has impact. Dj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 13:41:13 GMT From: news.crd.ge.com!crd.ge.com!mallick@uunet.uu.net To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <2e26th$e1s@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, , <2e36c4$h99@transfer.stratus.com> Reply-To : mallick@crd.ge.com Subject : Re: Scratchi, January, 1960 FYI, I have a couple of old "Radio" magazines from the late 1930's, and each of them has a "Scratchi" column in it. Written in the same style as the 1960 article. Scratchi has evidently been around for a *long* time. -- John A. Mallick WA1HNL E-mail: mallick@crd.ge.com GE Corporate Research and Development Phone: (518)-387-7667 (W) Schenectady, NY 12301 FAX: (518)-387-6560 (W) ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V93 #1445 ****************************** ******************************