Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 08:36:37 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 V94 #300 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Thu, 17 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 300 Today's Topics: 1x1 Callsigns? Airband Bandplan? Baycom Software info BayPac to TM-241a FTP HAM sites for Mac? HAM Origin? (2 msgs) IC-22S IPS Daily Report 16 March 94 Part 97 Wanted: "This Week in Amateur Radio" Info WWV Voice announcments?? (2 msgs) 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, 14 Mar 1994 13:55:58 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!darwin.sura.net!perot.mtsu.edu!raider!theporch!jackatak!root@network.ucsd.edu Subject: 1x1 Callsigns? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu ehare@arrl.org (Ed Hare (KA1CV)) writes: > Actually, international agreements and regulations do not > allow a 1X1 format; 1X2, 2X1, 2X2, 1X3 or 2X3 only, > JY1 notwithstanding. :-). Oh? What about M1C? 73 Jack, W4PPT/Mobile (75M SSB 2-letter WAS #1657 -- all from the mobile! ;^) +--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--+ | Jack GF Hill |Voice: (615) 459-2636 - Ham Call: W4PPT | | P. O. Box 1685 |Modem: (615) 377-5980 - Bicycling and SCUBA Diving | | Brentwood, TN 37024|Fax: (615) 459-0038 - Life Member - ARRL | | root@jackatak.raider.net - "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" | +--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--+ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 02:35:25 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!tiger!sun330.snu.ac.kr!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Airband Bandplan? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I have a receiver that can tune to the Aircraft Band. Is there any frequency usage guideline or something like that? Minsuk Lee mslee@archi.snu.ac.kr ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 18:18:13 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!psinntp!psinntp!internet!meteor!captiva!mikeq@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Baycom Software info To: info-hams@ucsd.edu --- Hello folks, Does anyone know where I can get information on the L2 program used by Baycom. This is the TSR program that is used to interface the Baycom terminal program with the hardware modem. I am interested in cpu registers etc. that are used to communicate with this L2 driver. Any info/sources would be appreciated. -------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Queally | Email : mikeq@pivot-sts.sbi.com ------------------------------ Date: 17 Mar 1994 02:53:48 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ysu.edu!yfn.ysu.edu!ad848@network.ucsd.edu Subject: BayPac to TM-241a To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I have a BayPac Packet Modem and would like to hook it to my Kenwood TM-241a Mobile. I'm in need of the pin configuration to properly hook up the Packet Modem. The TM-241a has an 8-Pin mic connector. Thx for any help anyone can offer! (Please reply via EMail) ...Jim (KB8NHT) -- RONNA REEVES INTERNET DIGEST | Official RONNA REEVES Fan Club: | RONNA REEVES FAN CLUB Editor: Jim Evers | P.O. Box 80424 (JEVERS@DELPHI.COM) | Midland, TX 79709-0424 ------------------------------ Date: 17 Mar 1994 02:00:28 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!bwehr@network.ucsd.edu Subject: FTP HAM sites for Mac? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu hey all. looking for some ham FTP sites for the Mac. If anyone has a listing of them drop me some mail it would be appreciated. -Brant ______________________________________________________________________________ Brant Wehr N0UTT internet bwehr@iastate.edu Activities Director CARC Electrical Engineering ______________________________________________________________________________ -- Brant bwehr@iastate.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 20:17:37 -0500 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!uhog.mit.edu!xn.ll.mit.edu!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: HAM Origin? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I have a father-in-law who is a ham Chuck Kramer (KE4BWG) he asked where and when the word "HAM" came to be... Is it an acronymn? We have asked many HAMS and even consulted Encyclopedia Brittanica and still no luck... Please help, Maybe I can also prove to him that the Internet is worth more [D ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 04:04:57 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!chip.ucdavis.edu!ez006683@network.ucsd.edu Subject: HAM Origin? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Edward Sorensen (edsorensen@delphi.com) wrote: : I have a father-in-law who is a ham Chuck Kramer (KE4BWG) he asked where and how many non-ham fathers-in-law do you have? :-) : when the word "HAM" came to be... Is it an acronymn? We have asked many : HAMS and even consulted Encyclopedia Brittanica and still no luck... : Please help, Maybe I can also prove to him that the Internet is worth more It's not an acronym and noone really knows where it came from. My favorite is that it was shortened from Hiram Maxim's name. Or that it is the Scottish or Irish pronunciation of le'amateur, Or that the opposite of a lid in the telegraph service was a ham. (the most likely in my opinion). Lid came from the habit of poor telegraph operators to set there 'receivers' on a tin lid to amplify the sound. This should bring quite a few responses, I look forward to hearing them. cheers, Dan -- *---------------------------------------------------------------------* * Daniel D. Todd Packet: KC6UUD@KE6LW.#nocal.ca.usa * * Internet: ddtodd@ucdavis.edu * * Snail Mail: 1750 Hanover #102 * * Davis CA 95616 * *---------------------------------------------------------------------* * All opinions expressed herein are completely ficticious any * * resemblence to actual opinions of persons living or dead is * * completely coincidental. * *---------------------------------------------------------------------* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 00:58:04 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!cs.uoregon.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!saturn.wwc.edu!krh_krhlab14.wwc.edu!morgdw@network.ucsd.edu Subject: IC-22S To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Would like to get mods for +5K and +10K steps for prog freq. Want to know if it is possible to modify for transmit from 144Mhz to 148Mhz. Thanks ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 23:37:49 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!sserve!usage!metro!ipso!rwc@network.ucsd.edu Subject: IPS Daily Report 16 March 94 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ISSUED AT 16/2330Z MARCH 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY. SUMMARY FOR 16 MARCH AND FORECAST UP TO 19 MARCH No warning is current. ----------------------------------------------------------- 1A. SOLAR SUMMARY Activity: very low Flares: none. Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 086/029 1B. SOLAR FORECAST 17 March 18 March 19 March Activity Very low Very low Very low Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 085/027 1C. SOLAR COMMENT None. ----------------------------------------------------------- 2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : unsettled to active Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 15 March Learmonth 19 4333 4433 Fredericksburg 15 31 Planetary 18 42 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST DATE Ap CONDITIONS 17 Mar 15 Unsettled. 18 Mar 10 Unsettled. 19 Mar 10 Quiet to unsettled. 2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT None. 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY LATITUDE BAND DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH 16 Mar normal fair-normal poor-fair PCA Event : None. 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST LATITUDE BAND DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH 17 Mar normal fair-normal poor-fair 18 Mar normal normal fair 19 Mar normal normal fair 3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT NONE. ----------------------------------------------------------- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY MUFs at Sydney were depressed 15-20% during local day, with spread F conditions observed during local night. Observed T index for 16 March: 9 Predicted Monthly T Index for March is 40. 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST DATE T-index MUFs 17 Mar 20 About 15% below predicted monthly values. 18 Mar 30 Near predicted monthly values. 19 Mar 35 Near predicted monthly values. 4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT None. -- IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney |IPS Radio and Space Services email: rwc@ips.oz.au |PO Box 5606 tel: +61 2 4148329 |West Chatswood NSW 2057 fax: +61 2 4148331 |AUSTRALIA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 03:59:47 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!chip.ucdavis.edu!ez006683@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Part 97 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Jack C. Lockhart (lockhart@mothra.nts.uci.edu) wrote: : In article <2m7t08$o9i@lester.appstate.edu>, : Watkins, Robert Shawn wrote: : >Is there a way I can get a copy of the revised Part 97 via e-mail? : I just got mine from. : ftp.cs.buffalo.edu in pub/ham-radio/ fcc_part-97-1 : fcc_part-97-2 : fcc_part-97-3 Is there a way to get just the updates? I have the ARRL 9th edition c.1990 I'd like to have just the update to slip in the book. Thanks, Dan -- *---------------------------------------------------------------------* * Daniel D. Todd Packet: KC6UUD@KE6LW.#nocal.ca.usa * * Internet: ddtodd@ucdavis.edu * * Snail Mail: 1750 Hanover #102 * * Davis CA 95616 * *---------------------------------------------------------------------* * All opinions expressed herein are completely ficticious any * * resemblence to actual opinions of persons living or dead is * * completely coincidental. * *---------------------------------------------------------------------* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 21:47:09 -0500 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Wanted: "This Week in Amateur Radio" Info To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Hello John...I am the technical director for This Week In Amateur Radio. I believe you can find us on the 435 machine in LA. We are looking for a "voice columnist" from the LA area on whatever topics are hot. Any takers? If you have a satellite dish (TVR O) you can find us on Omega Radio at 5.8mhz sub-carrier on Transponder 17 (4040Ghz). 73 and keep in touch! ------------------------------ Date: 17 Mar 94 03:10:19 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!dptspd!ephsa!lou@network.ucsd.edu Subject: WWV Voice announcments?? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu solso@prairienet.org (Stan Olson) writes: > > Does any one have a schedule of when WWV announces the solar flux > and stuff?? If you could mail me the times/freqs, that would be > great!! Thanks > Stan - Solar Flux is updated at 18 minutes past the hour, on all WWV freqs. Lou -- lou@ephsa.sat.tx.us (Lou Genco) Rivercity Matrix -- +1 (210) 561-9815/21 -- San Antonio, Texas ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 03:26:52 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!clouso.crim.ca!hobbit.ireq.hydro.qc.ca!mac9.ireq.hydro.qc.ca!user@network. Subject: WWV Voice announcments?? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <2m7abn$2jk@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, solso@prairienet.org (Stan Olson) wrote: > > Does any one have a schedule of when WWV announces the solar flux > and stuff?? If you could mail me the times/freqs, that would be > great!! Thanks > Solar flux and such are announced 18 min. after the hour. WWV frequencies are 2.5, 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHz. -- Jean-Marie Houle houlejm@ireq.hydro.qc.ca Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec Tel (514) 652-8083 1800 Mtee Ste Julie Fax (514) 652-8435 Varennes, Quebec Canada, J3X 1S1 ------------------------------ Date: 16 Mar 1994 20:05:10 -0800 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!apple.com!apple.com!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <2lqka5$8k3@news.iastate.edu>, <2m09j7$4i@apple.com>, <2m78pf$5kh@news.iastate.edu> Subject : Re: 1x1 Callsigns? wjturner@iastate.edu (William J Turner) writes: >In article <2m09j7$4i@apple.com> kchen@apple.com (Kok Chen) writes: >>The ARRL DXCC list shows >> >> A2 Botswana >> A3 Tonga >> A4 Oman >> A5 Bhutan >> A6 United Arab Emirates >> A7 Qatar >> A9 Bahrain >> >>Geez, perhaps I can move to the UAE and use A6TY :-). >That call wouldn't be leagal there, as A6 is the *prefix*, and the prefix does >*not* include the mandatory number. Thus for my call, N0RDV, the prefix is N, >not N0. Therefore, calls in UAE could be A6#XX, but not A6XX. >Understand? Since V7 is the *prefix* for Marshall Is., the V7A and V7X stations I recently worked must have been a figment of my imagination. Prefix, no "mandatory number," one letter suffix. Don't like one letter suffixes? Well the W6GO list also show V7MHZ and V7RTTY. Further perusal of the W6GO list reveals calls like J5U (J5 is *prefix* for Guinea-Bissau), J7D (J7 is *prefix* for Dominica), S0RASD (S0 is *prefix* for Western Sahara), S7BA (S7 is *prefix* for Seychelles), T5CB (T5 is *prefix* for Somalia). I would be really interested to know where Will's "mandatory number" for these station callsigns are. I sure can't spot them. And, who can forget the amateur callsign RAEM, with *no* number at all. Haw! 73 es DX, Kok Chen, AA6TY kchen@apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 03:12:19 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <2m4rsv$mba@bigfoot.wustl.edu>, <1994Mar16.155633.14996@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, Reply-To : gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject : Re: Grounding and lightning protection In article brett_miller@ccm.hf.intel.com (Brett Miller - N7OLQ) writes: >In article <1994Mar16.155633.14996@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: > >(snip) >> That's the principle on which lightning rods are founded. They generate >> streamers so that they are the preferred target of lightning bolts. Since >> they are installed with low impedance paths to ground, they are able to >> *divert* strike currents from harming other nearby structures. This is >> called the "cone of protection". It's diameter is equal to about 1/3 >> the HAAT of the lightning rod in most installations. (High towers have >> other problems, and a "rolling sphere" method of estimating the protective >> zone must be used.) >(snip) > >This is what I am having a hard time understanding. I am told that if >I put things on my roof like antennas and solar panels, that they should be >grounded with heavy guage wire etc. Sounds to me like I'm just turning all my >roof ornaments into lightning rods! Wouldn't it be better to leave them >ungrounded and install a lightening rod on the roof? No, it's better to ground them according to the National Electrical Code *and* install a lightning rod. The grounds are there to protect *you* in case they get struck *despite* the protection of a lightning rod. Remember their little downleads are still better paths towards ground than anything else up there other than the lightning rod, but those little leads go through your equipment to get to ground. Not good. You want to furnish lightning with a better path to ground than the one through your equipment. That's what the separate heavy ground lead is for. Lightning rods are good streamer producers because they have a sharp point. Current flow at the air terminal is always easier from a sharp point rather than from a blunt object. Everything else being equal, the sharpest point on the roof will be preferentially struck. 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 | | ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 03:09:09 GMT From: galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!nshore!fmsystm.telemax.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <1994Mar14.163412.24670@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>, , -state.e Subject : Re: PC-based repeater controllers? In article bote@access1.digex.net (John Boteler) writes: >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 for >>> it, so I'm looking for a possible application for it. I'd like to know >>> if anyone has any information on how I might change this unit into a >>> repeater controller. > >>The software end wouldn't be too complicated either, and with a hard drive >>it'd be one kick-butt controller. Hell.. think of the mods you could make! > >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. > Since were on this subject... Has anybody ever used a VIC-20 as a repeater controller??? After taking one of my three VIC's out of the basement to look into the controller situation, I think it would be quite feasable. I used to program it in Machiene Language because I got bored with Basic. After I graduate from college (3 months), I really want to put my 6 meter repeater on the air. I don't need a fancy controller, just something that can be turned on and off by remote, tone or no tone by remote, and the always neccissary ID'er (which might be the _eiasyest_ part of the program). If somebody could give me a few hints, kinks, or whatever, would be greatly appreciated. I have also heard through the grapevine that the Dayton Amateur Radio Club, used to use VIC's as controllers. So, I suppose, _somebody_ has a VIC controller on tape. (I never bought a disk drive for my VIC, too fast!). So long for now... -- Mesmerized by a decade of hate, ! AMATEUR = N8OFS Flowers and remorse, ! ARMY MARS = AAN5HJT Fading vision lost in time, ! CB = THE NEON KNIGHT Tragedy on course!!! - Frontline Assembly ! HACKER = TH3 N30N KN16Ht ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 02:42:24 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <2m78pf$5kh@news.iastate.edu>, <763839599snz@g8sjp.demon.co.uk>, <2m7pt4$dc9@news.iastate.edu> Reply-To : gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject : Re: 1x1 Callsigns? In article <2m7pt4$dc9@news.iastate.edu> wjturner@iastate.edu (William J Turner) writes: >Check the international agreements. By them, ham calls are to be a one or two >character prefix (can include numbers), a number (hence, the mandatory >number), and a one to three letter suffix (no numbers allowed). Quote the appropriate section if you can. >>Yes, your callsign prefix is 'N', and the reason it's followed by a '0' is >>simple beacuse the FCC decided it should be that way. According to callsign >>allocations for the USA, if the FCC had decided to issue you with the call >>'NOTWITHSTANDING', then that would have been perfectly legal and acceptable, >>although perhaps not to you :-) > >You are correct in the FCC assigning the 0, they could assign any number (1, >2, 3, etc), and the FCC just happens to use call-number districts. > >Therefore, 'NOTWITHSTANDING' would *not* fit as there is not number, thus no >prefix or suffix. (You have to have something to attach them to.) It may be >legal, but it wouldn't be an acceptable ham call according to international >agreements. Consider the following callsigns WSB, WAGA, WXIA, WTBS, KIX94, WBJ1347, and WKRP, they're all legal US callsigns and they don't necessarily have numbers. As far as I can tell, ham callsigns are treated *no differently* under the international regulations than any other callsign for any other service. It's completely up to the national administration as to whether numbers are used as part of the call after the required international prefix. NOTWITHSTANDING is indeed a legal US call under the international regulations, though not under FCC regulations because it's too long to fit any of the designated blocks for different services. 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 | | ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #300 ****************************** ******************************