Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 08:00:01 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 #135 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Fri, 11 Feb 94 Volume 94 : Issue 135 Today's Topics: Bosnian Ham Copying High-Speed CW: Print or Script? Golf Causes Cancer! KC1XX qth/qsl-info = ? Looking for authors of FFTMORSE/DSPMORSE Nude amateur radio clubs ORBS$042.MICRO.AMSAT ORBS$042.MISC.AMSAT ORBS$042.OSCAR.AMSAT ORBS$042.WEATH.AMSAT soldering PL-259 to coax ZA1A 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: 11 Feb 94 12:54:50 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: Bosnian Ham To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Tony Germanotta said: : : 378-88-813-164 : : This is, I believe, a telephone number. 387 is the Bosnia country : code, the next two digits are for the city in question, and the remaining : six are the local number. Sarajevo, for instance, is 387-71-XXX-XXX. Some : local numbers do have seven digits. The amazing thing in this war is that : the phones will occasionally come to life and people trapped inside can : telephone out. It is much more difficult to make a call into the country, : since the few lines that remain are almost always busy. Good luck if you try : to get through. I have been attempting to send a fax to the United Nations : Protection Forces in Sarajevo on behalf of one of our local correspondents there for : nearly two weeks without much success. : : -- : Tony Germanotta, staff writer, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. : -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thanks to Tony and others who responded privately, who pointed out that this did look amazingly like a phone number and that ip addresses fall within the range of 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255. I will advise the bosnians that this is NOT any sort of ham address and that they might pick up a phone and try phoning either the ham or their friends/relatives directly and persistently. Thanks again to everyone who tried to help. -- Stephen P. Baker phone: (508) 856-2625 Lecturer in Biostatistics (508) 856-3131 fax Department of Academic Computing (413) 253-3923 home University of Massachusetts Medical School e-mail: sbaker@umassmed.ummed.edu 55 Lake Avenue North -.- -.. .---- .--. ..-. Worcester, MA 01655 ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 94 13:04:36 GMT From: ogicse!news.tek.com!tekig7!gaulandm@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Copying High-Speed CW: Print or Script? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu A mailing I read is involved in a comparision of the speeds of printing and cursive writing. I decided to consult some experts. So, all you high-speed CW ops, which do _you_ use? 73, mag -- Michael A. Gauland gaulandm@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM AA7JF (503) 627-5067 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Feb 1994 13:26:53 GMT From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!admii!ovation!ramcad.pica.army.mil!mellis@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Golf Causes Cancer! To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I can think of two things: Skin cancer (they are out in the sun a lot), and cancer caused by excessive exposure to pesticides used on the greens and fairways. I wonder when the groundskeeper death rate study will be released. ------Mark n2wzb -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >I heard a report on the (radio) network news last night to the effect >that the national association of golf course managers funded a study >to investigate the death rates of golf course managers. The study >found that golf course managers have death rates from several kinds >of cancer that are significantly higher than the national norm. The >study tabulated cause of death from death certificates. > >Sounds exactly like the famous Milham study of amateur radio operators >which implied that exposure to RF radiation causes cancer. I wonder >what the cause is for the golf course managers: too much fresh air? > >:=) > >AL N1AL ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 1994 09:11:16 GMT From: unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!news.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!server2.rz.uni-leipzig.de!news.uni-jena.de!news.tu-ilmenau.de!prakinf2.PrakInf.@@mvb.saic.com Subject: KC1XX qth/qsl-info = ? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Do you know where KC1XX is situated? And his qsl-information? Thank you in advance. DL5ATP -- Thomas Planke Planke@Systemtechnik.TU-Ilmenau.DE Technical University of Ilmenau Phone: +49 3677/69-1465 ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 1994 09:33:43 GMT From: koriel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fastrac.llnl.gov!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!kayd@ames.arpa Subject: Looking for authors of FFTMORSE/DSPMORSE To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I've done some major overhauling of DSPMORSE which was based on FFTMORSE in order to get it working on my 486DX-33 w/SBPro. It no longer requires ct-voice.drv, but does now include some SB Freedom Project code for DMA routines. I worked about 7 hours on it today/last night to get it to copy 13wpm from some 1976 ARRL code tapes flawlessly from my walkman into the microphone input of the SBPro. It does have a couple problems I can't iron out, but maybe someone else could. Anyway, I'm sitting on the new source code until the author(s) contact me. Darrek Kay kayd@xanth.cs.orst.edu (503)737-9410 ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 1994 12:59:41 GMT From: concert!ecsgate!bruce.uncg.edu!mosier.uncg.edu!mosier@decwrl.dec.com Subject: Nude amateur radio clubs To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <2jd6kj$mqt@clarknet.clark.net> andy@clark.net (Andrew M. Cohn) writes: >: There is, according to the CBC, a nudist amateur radio club. > >Is this like 'operating barefoot'? Where to they clip the HT's external >speaker-mike? ;-> Where do they hang the HT?? steve mosier@fagan.uncg.edu ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 94 13:50:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: ORBS$042.MICRO.AMSAT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-042.D Orbital Elements 042.MICROS HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR THE MICROSATS FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX February 11, 1994 BID: $ORBS-042.D TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: UO-14 Catalog number: 20437 Epoch time: 94037.22619383 Element set: 961 Inclination: 98.5971 deg RA of node: 123.7526 deg Eccentricity: 0.0010334 Arg of perigee: 214.1893 deg Mean anomaly: 145.8624 deg Mean motion: 14.29821595 rev/day Decay rate: 7.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 21087 Checksum: 317 Satellite: AO-16 Catalog number: 20439 Epoch time: 94037.21681236 Element set: 762 Inclination: 98.6031 deg RA of node: 124.8401 deg Eccentricity: 0.0010724 Arg of perigee: 214.1741 deg Mean anomaly: 145.8750 deg Mean motion: 14.29877371 rev/day Decay rate: 7.1e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 21088 Checksum: 290 Satellite: DO-17 Catalog number: 20440 Epoch time: 94040.75231196 Element set: 762 Inclination: 98.6061 deg RA of node: 128.6181 deg Eccentricity: 0.0010852 Arg of perigee: 203.0624 deg Mean anomaly: 157.0068 deg Mean motion: 14.30016024 rev/day Decay rate: 6.0e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 21140 Checksum: 247 Satellite: WO-18 Catalog number: 20441 Epoch time: 94037.22688753 Element set: 762 Inclination: 98.6048 deg RA of node: 125.1409 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011314 Arg of perigee: 214.6745 deg Mean anomaly: 145.3695 deg Mean motion: 14.29991649 rev/day Decay rate: 6.6e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 21090 Checksum: 317 Satellite: LO-19 Catalog number: 20442 Epoch time: 94037.21376903 Element set: 761 Inclination: 98.6040 deg RA of node: 125.3540 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011701 Arg of perigee: 213.9496 deg Mean anomaly: 146.0939 deg Mean motion: 14.30085714 rev/day Decay rate: 7.2e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 21091 Checksum: 279 Satellite: UO-22 Catalog number: 21575 Epoch time: 94040.70538846 Element set: 463 Inclination: 98.4469 deg RA of node: 117.7141 deg Eccentricity: 0.0007501 Arg of perigee: 318.1128 deg Mean anomaly: 41.9484 deg Mean motion: 14.36888785 rev/day Decay rate: 8.5e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 13477 Checksum: 328 Satellite: KO-23 Catalog number: 22077 Epoch time: 94041.42783993 Element set: 358 Inclination: 66.0820 deg RA of node: 185.3819 deg Eccentricity: 0.0009572 Arg of perigee: 318.8321 deg Mean anomaly: 41.1977 deg Mean motion: 12.86284604 rev/day Decay rate: -3.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 7048 Checksum: 319 Satellite: AO-27 Catalog number: 22825 Epoch time: 94037.24428981 Element set: 259 Inclination: 98.6630 deg RA of node: 114.3002 deg Eccentricity: 0.0008288 Arg of perigee: 227.9109 deg Mean anomaly: 132.1364 deg Mean motion: 14.27605705 rev/day Decay rate: 5.5e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 1900 Checksum: 292 Satellite: IO-26 Catalog number: 22826 Epoch time: 94037.72532850 Element set: 260 Inclination: 98.6651 deg RA of node: 114.7973 deg Eccentricity: 0.0008457 Arg of perigee: 230.9496 deg Mean anomaly: 129.0928 deg Mean motion: 14.27708094 rev/day Decay rate: 6.6e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 1907 Checksum: 328 Satellite: KO-25 Catalog number: 22830 Epoch time: 94040.70815228 Element set: 262 Inclination: 98.5680 deg RA of node: 116.3594 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011136 Arg of perigee: 187.2116 deg Mean anomaly: 172.8898 deg Mean motion: 14.28032363 rev/day Decay rate: 5.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 1950 Checksum: 298 /EX ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 94 13:54:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: ORBS$042.MISC.AMSAT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-042.M Orbital Elements 042.MISC HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR MANNED AND MISCELLANEOUS SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX February 11, 1994 BID: $ORBS-042.M TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: POSAT Catalog number: 22829 Epoch time: 94037.20759234 Element set: 252 Inclination: 98.6603 deg RA of node: 114.2924 deg Eccentricity: 0.0009404 Arg of perigee: 217.5862 deg Mean anomaly: 142.4662 deg Mean motion: 14.28001942 rev/day Decay rate: 7.0e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 1900 Checksum: 273 Satellite: MIR Catalog number: 16609 Epoch time: 94041.42205754 Element set: 131 Inclination: 51.6168 deg RA of node: 102.3559 deg Eccentricity: 0.0004327 Arg of perigee: 318.6406 deg Mean anomaly: 41.4259 deg Mean motion: 15.60125914 rev/day Decay rate: 1.1161e-04 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 45627 Checksum: 270 Satellite: HUBBLE Catalog number: 20580 Epoch time: 94037.44922672 Element set: 434 Inclination: 28.4703 deg RA of node: 355.6949 deg Eccentricity: 0.0006487 Arg of perigee: 159.4554 deg Mean anomaly: 200.6293 deg Mean motion: 14.90460557 rev/day Decay rate: 9.64e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 986 Checksum: 322 Satellite: GRO Catalog number: 21225 Epoch time: 94040.40150147 Element set: 64 Inclination: 28.4620 deg RA of node: 38.7432 deg Eccentricity: 0.0003896 Arg of perigee: 207.9052 deg Mean anomaly: 152.1343 deg Mean motion: 15.40033195 rev/day Decay rate: 5.773e-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 3721 Checksum: 254 Satellite: UARS Catalog number: 21701 Epoch time: 94041.38819457 Element set: 476 Inclination: 56.9858 deg RA of node: 307.1671 deg Eccentricity: 0.0004660 Arg of perigee: 110.5959 deg Mean anomaly: 249.5594 deg Mean motion: 14.96301395 rev/day Decay rate: 2.182e-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 13195 Checksum: 322 /EX ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 94 13:47:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: ORBS$042.OSCAR.AMSAT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-042.O Orbital Elements 042.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX February 11, 1994 BID: $ORBS-042.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-10 Catalog number: 14129 Epoch time: 94040.06708801 Element set: 260 Inclination: 27.2057 deg RA of node: 342.5166 deg Eccentricity: 0.6022455 Arg of perigee: 153.1354 deg Mean anomaly: 258.3191 deg Mean motion: 2.05877972 rev/day Decay rate: -1.48e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 8014 Checksum: 282 Satellite: UO-11 Catalog number: 14781 Epoch time: 94040.53052044 Element set: 663 Inclination: 97.7907 deg RA of node: 61.1932 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011408 Arg of perigee: 323.9974 deg Mean anomaly: 36.0464 deg Mean motion: 14.69140692 rev/day Decay rate: 3.22e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 53156 Checksum: 292 Satellite: RS-10/11 Catalog number: 18129 Epoch time: 94040.55124186 Element set: 860 Inclination: 82.9210 deg RA of node: 63.1886 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012804 Arg of perigee: 25.2124 deg Mean anomaly: 334.9655 deg Mean motion: 13.72330924 rev/day Decay rate: 3.0e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 33240 Checksum: 267 Satellite: AO-13 Catalog number: 19216 Epoch time: 94040.93964943 Element set: 875 Inclination: 57.8821 deg RA of node: 268.9522 deg Eccentricity: 0.7208878 Arg of perigee: 334.5703 deg Mean anomaly: 3.1370 deg Mean motion: 2.09717918 rev/day Decay rate: 3.90e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 4334 Checksum: 331 Satellite: FO-20 Catalog number: 20480 Epoch time: 94035.98074861 Element set: 656 Inclination: 99.0184 deg RA of node: 212.8744 deg Eccentricity: 0.0540153 Arg of perigee: 279.0888 deg Mean anomaly: 74.9498 deg Mean motion: 12.83223693 rev/day Decay rate: -2.2e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 18717 Checksum: 336 Satellite: AO-21 Catalog number: 21087 Epoch time: 94041.01003248 Element set: 423 Inclination: 82.9396 deg RA of node: 236.8134 deg Eccentricity: 0.0036944 Arg of perigee: 77.6411 deg Mean anomaly: 282.8874 deg Mean motion: 13.74533854 rev/day Decay rate: 9.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 15211 Checksum: 298 Satellite: RS-12/13 Catalog number: 21089 Epoch time: 94040.58590730 Element set: 661 Inclination: 82.9204 deg RA of node: 106.0890 deg Eccentricity: 0.0030651 Arg of perigee: 102.2186 deg Mean anomaly: 258.2406 deg Mean motion: 13.74034795 rev/day Decay rate: 4.2e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 15112 Checksum: 275 Satellite: ARSENE Catalog number: 22654 Epoch time: 93338.80803910 Element set: 243 Inclination: 1.4104 deg RA of node: 113.5274 deg Eccentricity: 0.2936576 Arg of perigee: 161.9838 deg Mean anomaly: 210.8642 deg Mean motion: 1.42202044 rev/day Decay rate: -8.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 299 Checksum: 278 /EX ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 94 13:53:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: ORBS$042.WEATH.AMSAT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-042.W Orbital Elements 042.WEATHER HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR WEATHER SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX February 11, 1994 BID: $ORBS-042.W TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: NOAA-9 Catalog number: 15427 Epoch time: 94040.90849396 Element set: 709 Inclination: 99.0697 deg RA of node: 89.8019 deg Eccentricity: 0.0014366 Arg of perigee: 217.1066 deg Mean anomaly: 142.9114 deg Mean motion: 14.13586894 rev/day Decay rate: 4.9e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 47236 Checksum: 344 Satellite: NOAA-10 Catalog number: 16969 Epoch time: 94040.91622187 Element set: 607 Inclination: 98.5109 deg RA of node: 53.7900 deg Eccentricity: 0.0013419 Arg of perigee: 346.1037 deg Mean anomaly: 13.9772 deg Mean motion: 14.24863433 rev/day Decay rate: 7.5e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 38448 Checksum: 313 Satellite: MET-2/17 Catalog number: 18820 Epoch time: 94040.41461213 Element set: 260 Inclination: 82.5397 deg RA of node: 10.2207 deg Eccentricity: 0.0016130 Arg of perigee: 174.2344 deg Mean anomaly: 185.9005 deg Mean motion: 13.84706640 rev/day Decay rate: 7.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 30467 Checksum: 267 Satellite: MET-3/2 Catalog number: 19336 Epoch time: 94039.99790931 Element set: 262 Inclination: 82.5380 deg RA of node: 54.3969 deg Eccentricity: 0.0015730 Arg of perigee: 222.0779 deg Mean anomaly: 137.9138 deg Mean motion: 13.16964807 rev/day Decay rate: 5.1e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 26638 Checksum: 335 Satellite: NOAA-11 Catalog number: 19531 Epoch time: 94040.89310848 Element set: 513 Inclination: 99.1603 deg RA of node: 26.7549 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012242 Arg of perigee: 127.5055 deg Mean anomaly: 232.7231 deg Mean motion: 14.12957503 rev/day Decay rate: 9.9e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 27724 Checksum: 293 Satellite: MET-2/18 Catalog number: 19851 Epoch time: 94040.58249263 Element set: 261 Inclination: 82.5181 deg RA of node: 245.6465 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012880 Arg of perigee: 224.0063 deg Mean anomaly: 136.0047 deg Mean motion: 13.84356993 rev/day Decay rate: 4.6e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 25003 Checksum: 296 Satellite: MET-3/3 Catalog number: 20305 Epoch time: 94040.90489425 Element set: 982 Inclination: 82.5493 deg RA of node: 357.9703 deg Eccentricity: 0.0005714 Arg of perigee: 252.5364 deg Mean anomaly: 107.5110 deg Mean motion: 13.04423038 rev/day Decay rate: 4.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 20630 Checksum: 275 Satellite: MET-2/19 Catalog number: 20670 Epoch time: 94040.79306496 Element set: 762 Inclination: 82.5504 deg RA of node: 309.6649 deg Eccentricity: 0.0016176 Arg of perigee: 139.0978 deg Mean anomaly: 221.1403 deg Mean motion: 13.84188455 rev/day Decay rate: 2.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 18299 Checksum: 328 Satellite: FY-1/2 Catalog number: 20788 Epoch time: 94041.23792391 Element set: 889 Inclination: 98.8429 deg RA of node: 65.4112 deg Eccentricity: 0.0014899 Arg of perigee: 8.2542 deg Mean anomaly: 351.8867 deg Mean motion: 14.01324157 rev/day Decay rate: -2.56e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 17592 Checksum: 332 Satellite: MET-2/20 Catalog number: 20826 Epoch time: 94040.59762982 Element set: 761 Inclination: 82.5218 deg RA of node: 247.4867 deg Eccentricity: 0.0014958 Arg of perigee: 48.7238 deg Mean anomaly: 311.5204 deg Mean motion: 13.83572578 rev/day Decay rate: 8.2e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 17011 Checksum: 320 Satellite: MET-3/4 Catalog number: 21232 Epoch time: 94040.56395652 Element set: 669 Inclination: 82.5392 deg RA of node: 259.8160 deg Eccentricity: 0.0013347 Arg of perigee: 141.0577 deg Mean anomaly: 219.1526 deg Mean motion: 13.16459526 rev/day Decay rate: 5.1e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 13456 Checksum: 303 Satellite: NOAA-12 Catalog number: 21263 Epoch time: 94039.95700562 Element set: 919 Inclination: 98.6320 deg RA of node: 70.4809 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012014 Arg of perigee: 247.6730 deg Mean anomaly: 112.3172 deg Mean motion: 14.22366100 rev/day Decay rate: 1.36e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 14230 Checksum: 260 Satellite: MET-3/5 Catalog number: 21655 Epoch time: 94039.95480389 Element set: 665 Inclination: 82.5517 deg RA of node: 207.2863 deg Eccentricity: 0.0013312 Arg of perigee: 152.8840 deg Mean anomaly: 207.2989 deg Mean motion: 13.16827561 rev/day Decay rate: 5.1e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 11958 Checksum: 327 Satellite: MET-2/21 Catalog number: 22782 Epoch time: 94040.74736914 Element set: 261 Inclination: 82.5509 deg RA of node: 307.4298 deg Eccentricity: 0.0021041 Arg of perigee: 221.4188 deg Mean anomaly: 138.5364 deg Mean motion: 13.83000237 rev/day Decay rate: 9.3e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 2247 Checksum: 284 /EX ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 94 15:06:15 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: soldering PL-259 to coax To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I saw a trick on this news group not long ago that seems to work well for soldering PL-259's. Remove the two bolts and tip from a transformer- type soldering gun and press the two tips -hard- against the PL-259. Instead of the soldering tip carrying the current, the Pl-259 itself carries the current and gets hot. The voltage is very low and you won't get shocked. It heats very quickly when you hold a tight connection, and you're done before the insulator has time to melt. =Mark= n2rpz@eso.mc.xerox.com ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 1994 08:02:57 -0500 From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!genrad.com!genrad.com!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: ZA1A To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <2jarl9$qtk@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> ham@wam.umd.edu (Scott Richard Rosenfeld) writes: >Wow, only two years? Mine took 10 months by direct mail to Italy! Even >my card from Pitcairn Is. (only three ships a year?) took just 4 months. > >Of course, I'm still getting cards from the USSR via the bureau. In >December, I got a card through the bureau from UL7LWF. I worked this >QSO in 1988! Yes, FIVE years! I don't understand what is so unusual about the time lengths shown above. I'm a QSL sorter, and about two months ago, I saw a card dated 1977 coming thru....17 years..... I regularly see cards that are dated 10 years ago.... Diana -- ->Diana L. Carlson dls@genrad.com Ham: KC1SP (Sweet Pea) <- ->I'D RATHER BE FLYING! P-ASEL, INST CAP: CPT, NHWG <- ->GenRad, 300 Baker Ave MS/1, Concord, MA 01742 (508)369-4400 x2459 <- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 12:43:44 GMT From: agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!ukc!swan.ukc.ac.uk!ali@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <1994Feb9.031017.13806@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, , <1994Feb11.001239.2842@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To : ali@ukc.ac.uk (A.L.Ibbetson) Subject : Re: 40 meter QRP (cw or ssb) In article <1994Feb11.001239.2842@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: >I can wait and recognize "the", but when it turns out to be the >opening character group in "Thessalonian", I'm screwed. Dealing >character by character on paper insures I get either correctly. The way it works in my head seems to be that I have a longish mental FIFO with parallel access for pattern matching. The FIFO seems to run at about 5-10 letters, though access back to 10 letters requires me to think harder than for, say, 5. The length varies with speed too. Oh yes, and there are also algorithms for stuff missed in QRM: I am conscious of rescanning activity going on in my mind to try to `make sense' of whole chunks of partially copied code. This is mostly english grammer context guessing, but there is also a little bit of `that S could have been an H, but not a Q'. The character-by-character loading of the FIFO is subconscious, I just `hear' the words, I guess as my brain picks out whole words from the FIFO. At high speed, near the limit of my ability, I hear whole phrases. I suspect this is why most operators I know have a small speed range (about 5wpm) just below their maximum, where they read code more comfortably than lower speeds. Of course, I use the FIFO as an analogy. Goodness knows what is really going on in my head. I'd have the same difficulty describing how I ride a bike. The point I seek to make (long windedly) is that unless you put the pencil down Gary, you deny yourself the chance of developing this `look back and re-evaluate' ability, which is how I copy Thessalonian via "the", "these", "no, what the hell is this word?" and finally "Thessalonian", though I think most of us CW freaks would actually miss the word unless there were preceding context clues. But maybe I shouldn't admit that :-) Alan G3XAQ ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #135 ******************************