Date: Sun, 6 Mar 94 13:11:54 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 #253 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Sun, 6 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 253 Today's Topics: ANARTS RTTY BULLETIN 798 26/2/94 FCC Exec fired for incompetance? Libelous Remarks re: Steve Woodard KD2KQ Undeliverable Mail (10 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: 3 Mar 94 23:24:25 GMT From: nprdc!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!sserve!usage!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram!dave@network.ucsd.edu Subject: ANARTS RTTY BULLETIN 798 26/2/94 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu [ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS BULLETIN 798 26/2/94 SUNDAY TRANSMISSION SCHEDULES 3.545 MHz 0930 UTC In recess until 3rd April.94. 7.045 MHz -3 0030 UTC VK2CTD (Col) 14.070 MHz (amtor/fec) 0030 UTC VK2DPM (Alan) 14.091 MHz 0030 UTC VK2BQS (JIM) 146.675 MHz 0030/0930 UTC VK2JPA (PAT) 144.850 MHz (ax25 bbs) VK2JPA AT VK2RWI 146.675 MHz (rtty mmbbs/repeater) VK2RTY Views expressed in this Bulletin are not necessarily those of the Broadcast Officer. the Relay Officers or of the Society. Some nominations for the VK2 WIA elections ------------------------------------------ We have some of the nominations for the VK2 WIA elections for Council to be declared at the AGM on 10th April. The following nominees are being supported by the Ad-Hoc Committee as in- dependent candidates for the Council of the WIA (NSW Division) and considered worthy of the trust and support of the amateurs of NSW. In no particular order we have the following candidates: VK2KPC Pixie Chapple VK2EFY Eric Fossey VK2TCM Cesar Miranda VK2SKY Richard Murnane VK2CPK Peter Kloppenburg VK2KUR Eric van der Weyer VK2QZ Steve Pullen VK2PJ Peter Jeremy VK2AQJ Peter Jensen -- to be confirmed There are other candidates nominating so there should be a good list of willing workers to choose from to help get the Division working harmoniously again. Use your vote carefully. ------------------------------------------ STOP PRESS FOR FIELD DAY... The Morse Contest resulted in a win in both xmitting and rxing to VK2IC. Errors were TWO marks and ONE mark respectively. He was presented with the Presidential Bottle for each victory. Well done and may he enjoy the fruits of victory. Reminder of the change in 80m broadcast relay ----------------------------- Due to very poor propagation in this part of the cycle during summer months, it has been decided to drop the 80m relay of the cast from December to March inclusive. The relay will resume on the first Sunday in April, which is the 3rd this year. ---------------------------------------- BARTG Contest ------------- Date: March 19-21 1994, sponsored by the British Amateur radio Teledata Group. Contest period: from 0200Z Saturday to 0200Z Monday (48 hours). Maximum operating time allowed: 30 hours for single operator and SWL entries. Multi-operator stations may operate the whole 48 hours. The 18 hours of rest periods may not be less than 3 hours each. Times off operation must be shown on contest summary sheet. Mode: RTTY only Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m. Classes: A) Single op, all band B) Single op, single band C) Multi-op, all band D) SWL Exchange: Send: RST + QSO number + Time in UTC. More next week ---------------------------------------- IPS weekly report ----------------- 18 - 24 February 1994 Issue no.: 08 Date of issue: 25 February 1994 Date 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 10cm 106 108 108 105 107 107 105 A 07 23 13 65 51 11 (06 estimated) T 51 81 51 64 -09 24 52 Summary of activity Solar activity was very low on 19th and 21st February, low 18th and 22nd-24th, and moderate on 20th. There was an M4 flare on 20th. The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet on 18th, mainly quiet to unsettled on 19th-20th with a brief active period on each of those days. On 21st the field was quiet until 0900UT when a sudden commencement of 135nT occurred raising the field to major storm levels. The field on 22nd was at active to minor storm levels until 1500UT, then returning to quiet to unsettled on 23rd, and quiet on 24th. Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies on 18th-19th were 10 - 30 per cent above predicted values, then nearnormal on 20th until late in the UT day when frequencies were enhanced by 30 per cent. Frequencies were enhanced by up to 35 per cent on 21st until 1500UT when they became depressed by up to 30 per cent. This continued until 0700UT on 22nd then returned near predicted values for the rest of the day. On 23rd and 24th frequencies were mostly near normal, with a short depression on 23rd at 1200UT, and several brief enhancements of up to 30 per cent on 24th. Sporadic E blanketed the F region for a short period on 22nd, and may have affected F layer communi- cations on several occasions on 23rd February. Forecast for the next week (25 - 3 March) Solar : Very low to low. Geomagnetic: Quiet to unsettled with isolated active conditions on the 3rd. Ionospheric: Near predicted to 25 per cent enhanced. Sporadic E may affect F layer communications at times. Possible depressions to 20 per cent on the 3rd. Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services ---------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, 18 February VK2SG RTTY DXNotes for week ending 18 Feb. 1994 (BID RTDX0218) Really we must say that 3Y0PI is the DXPEDITION OF THE YEAR '94 and our congratulations go to the all the crew for having shown to all of us a real example of wonderful operation under severe conditions. Was excited, during my qso, to see on the screen Luciano, Luciano, Luciano, 599 599 from 3Y0PI. Tnx Tony, WA4JQS and Luis, XE1L for the outstanding effort repair- ing rtty gear. Our thanks this week go to ZS5S, W2JGR, WB2CJL, 9X5LJ, )5ICY, I5IGQ and IK5PWJ Packet Cluster, DJ3IW and the Central Europe DX Cluster node DB0SPC, the NJ0M node of the Twin Cities. Bandpass: Friday 11 0141-14090 V31JU 0644-14087 6W6JX 0649-14085 AH3D QSL JA1HGY see note 0701-14085 UT5RP 1505-14087 RA2FB 1837-21083 ZD7DP 1936-14086 CN8NP 2008-14082 V31JU 2050-14095 C91J 2145-14089 CX3ABE Saturday 12 0018-14084 VP8WA 0641-14085 AH3D 0702-21070 Z21HS ARQ 0745-14085 SV5BYP 0840-14084 6W6JX 0854-21083 ZD7DP 1007-14084 SU1AH 1019-21070 7Q7LA ARQ 1335-14084 UN7LR 1338-14088 OD5PL 1309-14082 ER1PE 1351-14089 J28JJ 1409-14083 S50C 1534-21087 ZS9A 1552-21090 TZ6FIC 1602-21087 FG5FI 1635-21088 HH2PK 1716- 7037 EZ5AA 1746-21083 5R8DG 1843-21085 ZD7SM 2139-21091 AH6JF 2215-14082 3Y8PI QSL KA6V 2234-14083 FY5FJ Sunday 13 0251- 3577 HH2PK 0516- 7039 HH2PK 0634-14087 EZ5AA 0640-14088 5B4VX 0816-21083 EZ5AA 0948-14084 TA5C 0959-21089 OD5PL 1044-28082 EZ5AA 1144-21085 4X6UO 1325-14087 YL3FW 1327-14083 S51DX 1336-21088 HH2PK 1405-14082 SV9ABG 1429-21086 PJ9JT 1435-21084 HP1AC 1440-14082 {G4CW 1436-21087 YI1AL 1438-21084 CP1FF 1522-21085 ZD7DP 1529-28087 9H1ET 1550-21090 FG5FI 1624-14081 J28JJ 1711-14084 HP1XVI 1919-21087 9J2HN Monday 14 0243-14082 3Y0PI 2143-14087 FG5GH Tuesday 15 0624-14085 C91AI 1445-14083 WP4Q Wednesday 16 0800-14082 EA6NB 1455-21088 CU1AC 1512-14087 UT5DX 1548-14084 3A2LZ 1605-14087 EA8/ON8RI Thursday 17 0845-14086 OM2GI 0850-14082 YL1ZE 0907-14085 UR0VS 1725-14086 S92ZM Notes of Interest ST PETER & PAUL ZY0. The operators on the Feb. 7th had severe problems with both generators. Fault was located on the kick- off cables which could not be repaired due to lack of suitable tools. They had to run on battery with about 10 watts until Feb. 14. AH3D/KH0 Activity. Members of the International DX Golf Tournament have been active from 9 to 13 February as AH3D/KH0. While the SSB spot were reporting that call sign on RTTY no mention of /KH0 ?? BELIZE, V3. Large activity is expected from this country. Look for V31PP from 19 Feb to 12 March on all bands SSB and RTTY. Another operation is planned from Sigi, DL7UUO from 20 Feb. to March 3rd using V31UO on SSB, CW, RTTY and PACTOR. GEORGIA, 4L. Piero, IK2BHX is now in Tiblisi as 4L1HX and will be there for a year. He promised RTTY activity soon. QSL via IK2MRZ. Send your bandpass and notes for next week to Bob, WB2CJL @ W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA or WB2CJL @ ZS5S.ZAF.AF. GL de (DX2) Luciano, I5FLN @ ZS5S.ZAF.AF Coming events ------------- 1994 ---- March 19th-20th BARTG WW RTTY Contest April 16th-17th SARTG WW AMTOR Contest ------------------------------------ Society information The Society may be contacted at : PO Box 860, Crows Nest 2065 Australia, for such matters as membership and general enquiries. Enquiries can also be made by packet to the President (Col) VK2CTD, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA at VK2RWI. News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60 Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA at VK2RWI. Email addresses for the Broadcast Officer are : patl@extro.ucc.su.oz.au or VK2JPA @ VK2OP nsw.aus.oc The Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects from anywhere in the broadcast footprint. We know we reach New Zealand and many South Pacific islands. We are looking forward to news from your areas to let other amateurs know what you are doing in the hobby. Hope to hear from you. 73s de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer That concludes ANARTS NEWS798 26/02/94. INSERTED BY VK2BQS Jim, Vice President ANARTS. -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2OP.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3 dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 02:53:45 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!newshub.nosc.mil!news!Roger.Keating@network.ucsd.edu Subject: FCC Exec fired for incompetance? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I heard second hand (this is how rumors start!) a report about an FCC official being fired because of incompetance. Here is what I was told: National Public Radio reported Friday 4 Mar, that: The executive at the FCC whose responsibility included the computers systems used at the commission, was fired due to his incompetance. I did not hear this report; I was asked if I had heard it and if I knew anything more about it. I had no information about it, but was curious. Is this report close to correct? What has anyone else heard or read concerning this topic? Please indicate sources. Roger Keating - KD6EFQ keating@nosc.mil ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 15:38:30 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!warwick!uknet!demon!news.sprintlink.net!wyvern!jjc@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Libelous Remarks re: Steve Woodard KD2KQ To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Note: This is a cross post from rec.radio.swap. I felt it deserved the widest possible disemination due to the nature of the original post. Jeffrey A. Kruth 4862 Montgomery Road Ellicott City, MD 21043 (410) 750-7744 February 23, 1994 To Whom It May Concern; If anyone actually cares about the libelous remarks put on INTERNET by Steve Woodward, KD2KQ, I would like to set the record straight. Consider the following: 1.) I dealt only with Dave Hallidy, KD5RO. All correspondence, money, material, etc. was handled by and through him. I HAVE ALL THE ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM HIM, WITH DATES, QUANTITIES AND SO ON. 2.) The first letter I received concerning this business was dated July 27, 1992 and the last letter received was dated November 19, 1992. 3.) Per the last letter received, out of a total of 15 TWTs and 15 TWT power supplies, only one TWT was "damaged" (had a bent connector) and one power supply had failed. All units were tested here at K-MEC prior to shipment by myself and Don Davis, WB3AXQ. At that time I was trying to get another power supply for Dave Hallidy to give out, but all the ones I had were dead. I gave Dave several dead ones thinking that a "board swap" might fix one or more of them. 4.) Further, due to the VERY LOW PRICE I was asking, (125.00 for tube & supply, 25.00 more for X-band), I sold out before the end of summer. The only complaint I received was from Rochester, out of the entire country, Canada, England and Australia! I did not have an infinite supply to keep sending replacements FOR THOSE DAMGED BY THE END USER. 5.) Dave Hallidy was responsible for dispersement of the goods. He told in a 'phone conversation that Steve, KD2KQ, had attempted to "get more power" out of his TWTA and had "blown it up" while adjusting it. DAVE HAD GIVEN STEVE A REPLACEMENT TUBE AND SUPPLY OUT OF THE YET UN-DISTRIBUTED SUPPLY THAT I HAD SHIPPED TO DAVE, BECAUSE "STEVE SAYS HE HAD JUST SLIGHTLY ADJUSTED THE POWER AND THE SUPPLY QUIT". 6.) No one offered to return any of the shipped material, at any time, for credit against the time when I would get more tubes & supplies. There are only two people who complained from Rochester. One is Steve, probably one of the most despicable, underhanded, lying cheats I have ever known, which considering some of the people you meet at Hamfests is quite a statement. Hey, Steve, remember how you guys cheated me on the waveguide deal, getting me to drive hundreds of pounds of X-band Waveguide from Baltimore to Rochester, then refusing to pay the AGREED upon price, telling me to "take it or leave it". The second guy to complain is George Anderson, because Dave Hallidy admittied to me that he gave Georges's TWT supply to Steve. When I told George that he would have to see Dave to remedy the situation, George told me that Dave had "moved to another town, and I don't see him anymore", and "Dave and I aren't on great terms, anyway". I did not ship any material that I knew to be bad and I believe that Steve blew his supply up and blames me. Only 1 power supply caused trouble out of 14 ordered, which is about 7% and that due to idiot operator mal-adjustment. Other than the described problem, Dave Hallidy wrote me that "All the other tubes and supplies work very well and the people who have gotten them are pleased". Plus, I gave them more good tubes and dead supplies, free of charge. Even if the one power supply had failed of old age, what the HELL do you expect from USED SURPLUS. These tubes & supplies are multi-kilobuck items. Therefore if you want an absolute guarantee, buy new ones! Further, Steve lies when he says this took "well over a year" when it took only 4 months from start to finish. His true nature as a despicable person is evident by the way he "wants to pay Jeff back" by lying on the INTERNET. I was actively working with these clowns, trying to help them out and see that everything was made good on. After the waveguide deal, the LIES that followed the tube deal and the whole general atmosphere of the "Rochester Group", I had enough. Hey Steve, go ahead, go elsewhere, because I REFUSE TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU. The paltry sum that I get from selling to people like this is not, in anyway, compensation for the crap I have to take from lying bozos like this guy. (Bozo - yes, read his e-mail, he can't spell OR compose.) One thing is certain, I will always find neat stuff for people who deal with me honestly and I won't miss the business of the jerks like this who don't. They will lose instead. I feel that Steve and his "friends" were trying to pull a fast one on me and get free stuff. I am ready to support my side of the matter with the mail and the shipping records with anyone who really cares. I am considering legal action for libel in response to the untrue and unjust claims made by Steve Woodard. Signed, Jeff Kruth Note: This message was posted by Jim Conrad as a favor for Jeff Kruth. He currently has no access to any of the e-mail services or to the internet directly. It does not reflect the opinion nor the views of Jim Conrad in anyway. However I have done business with Jeff for many years and have found him to be one of the most reputable people I have ever dealt with. I have no doubt that he is the innocent party to this incident. Text of original post(s) follow: > Subject: Re: Any used TWT's to be had? > Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap > In-Reply-To: > References: > Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) > > > seen on rec.radio.swap > > > >In article mack@ncifcrf.gov (Joe Mack) writes: > >>In article jcborkow@romulus.rutgers.edu (Jason Borkowsky) writes: > >>> > >>> > >>> A group of students at the engineering college here are looking for > >>>a used Travelling Wave Tube for a communications project. The operating > >>>range of the tube should preferably be in the 7GHz to 12GHz range. > >> > >>Try Jeff Kruth. He runs a microwave business and trades in microwave stuff > >>on the side. He is active in the ham community here trying to cultivate > >>people's interest in microwave. (he's a ham). > >> You can say I put you onto him if you like. I think he has 20W TWTs > >>at 5Ghz for about (don't quote me on this) $200 with power supplies etc and > >>he'll guarantee that they won't be DOA. > >> > >> Jeff Kruth > >> K-MEC (Kruth Microwave and Electical something I think) > >> Ellicot City, MD, > >> (410)-768-6666 *********************************************************************** > >A word to the wise. . . Members of our club (The Rochester VHF Group) have > >bought a lot of TWT's from Jeff in the past. But we place a large order > >(something over a grand) and took well over a year to get our parts from him > >after he got our money. He finally sent us broke units (plus a couple extra > >broke power supplies to make up for sending broken ones in the first place) > >a deal we didn't agree to, but had no choice in. We wanted our money back, > >but figured broke supplies are better than nothing which was what we had for > >our money up to that point! The broken supplies by the way cost on average > >$150 to get repaired and we (RVHFG) can't get Seimens to give up schematics > >so we can fix them ourselves. > > > >I've been waiting a long time to pay Jeff back for the dirty deal he gave us, > >and I guess you will have to decide for yourselves who's telling the straight > >story, but I feel better now that I've repaid the good dead he did us! > > > >Steve Woodard KD2KQ > >Not an official statement by the RVHFG, but a view shared by many stung > >members > > > > > >-- > >___________________________ > >Steve Woodard KD2KQ > >kd2kq@ektools.kodak.com > >___________________________ ************************************************************************** -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <> Jim Conrad - N4WFP <> <> E-Mail - [jjc@infi.net] [CI$ 72401,2767] [AOL Jimc1790] <> <> H(804)587-7150 (voice & fax) | BPR (804) 473-6740 | W(804)460-6205 <> ------------------------------ Date: 6 Mar 94 11:09:42 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: Undeliverable Mail To: info-hams@ucsd.edu The Microsoft Mail Form used contained fields that are unknown to PostalUnion. 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