Date: Fri, 22 Jul 94 04:30:10 PDT 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 #825 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Fri, 22 Jul 94 Volume 94 : Issue 825 Today's Topics: CW on CB (2 msgs) Kenwood phone patch Controler ?? QFS vs. QLF (Was: Elmers, please read) QST on News Stands? TrakSat Problem 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: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 16:51:26 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!kludge@network.ucsd.edu Subject: CW on CB To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article greg@netcom.com (Greg Bullough) writes: >In article <9407201503.AA06088@metro.mccneb.edu.mccneb.edu> pmarsh@metro.mccneb.EDU (Paul Marsh) writes: >>I haven't seen any followup on teaching CW on CB, so -- >> >>FCC 95.627(c) seems pretty clear -- Non-voice emission is limited to >>selective calling or tone-operated squelch tones to establish or continue >>voice communications. >> >>Otherwise, VOICE ONLY. >> >>But, otherwise, when did anyone ever care what happened on CB? > >First off, if the idea is to teach ham radio boot-camp we probably >don't want to start by violating regs, you know? Aren't there a couple of CB channels which are allocated for remote control of models? They permit some odd modulation schemes... if not CW, perhaps FSK. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 16:25:15 GMT From: usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!greg@@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu Subject: CW on CB To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <9407201503.AA06088@metro.mccneb.edu.mccneb.edu> pmarsh@metro.mccneb.EDU (Paul Marsh) writes: >I haven't seen any followup on teaching CW on CB, so -- > >FCC 95.627(c) seems pretty clear -- Non-voice emission is limited to >selective calling or tone-operated squelch tones to establish or continue >voice communications. > >Otherwise, VOICE ONLY. > >But, otherwise, when did anyone ever care what happened on CB? First off, if the idea is to teach ham radio boot-camp we probably don't want to start by violating regs, you know? However, I can think of two ways around it: 1. Teach it by saying (or using a voice synthesizer to say) 'dah di dah di dah dah di dah' 2. Transmit the code on ten meters, and do the coaching 'that was an A' and discussion on CB (with the advantage of duplex operation. If you use MCW, then ANY cheap receiver ought to work. Greg ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jul 1994 15:45:29 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!blanket.mitre.org!linus.mitre.org!newsflash.mitre.org!m14494-mac.mitre.org!user@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Kenwood phone patch Controler ?? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Demetre Koumanakos wrote: > Does anyone have any idea what the Kenwood phone patch controller does ?? It is a full-function phone patch; the term "controller" is something of a misnomer; it doesn't "control" anything but itself. It links your transceiver transmit and receive audio to the phone line, and provides level setting on both. There are no DTMF functions, and it does not dial the phone for you (I know of no phone patches that will perform these functions; you may be confusing patches with modems, which typically do dial, auto-answer, etc.). In a typical installation, you would have the patch and a regular phone connected to the same line. You would dial using the phone, then switch over to the patch when you've reached the party on the phone and told them what's going on. They could then hold a conversation with the party on the radio, with you switching manually between transmit and receive for them. Since you didn't list a callsign, I'll also point out that there are restrictions on when and where you can make patches between the US and foreign countries. Only a few have "third party" agreements with the US permitting patches. Mike, N4PDY -- mwhite@mitre.org My opinions are my own, not my employer's. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 16:31:19 GMT From: lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!gw1!nntpa!not-for-mail@ames.arpa Subject: QFS vs. QLF (Was: Elmers, please read) To: info-hams@ucsd.edu ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jul 1994 17:26:02 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!blkbox!guillory@network.ucsd.edu Subject: QST on News Stands? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Larry CONTRACTOR Keith Mr. (lakeith@robins.af.mil) wrote: : Has anyone seen QST for sale at a news stand or other magazine outlet? : I am curious to see if it will sell.. CQ and 73 are usually available : at the book store, here. But, I have yet to see QST.. Both are on sale at Electronic Parts Outlet in Webster, Tx. which is a suburb of Houston and about 5 minutes from the Johnson Space Center. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- George Guillory, KC5HBT guillory@blkbox.com "To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men." Abraham Lincoln ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jul 1994 17:23:32 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com!mckee@network.ucsd.edu Subject: TrakSat Problem To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Tim Wright (ar098@yfn.ysu.edu) wrote: : I am getting me Kelps from the Internet and I edit out any Headers : and junk, make sure its in ASCII text, and give it thecorrect : file name of tle.txt. I think I am doing it correctly. : Any suggestions that could help? I was having similar problems. The keps I was getting had the names of some of the satellites padded with blanks, which was confusing the program. Take a look at your elements and see if you are having the same problem... 73, Bret ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jul 1994 19:55:04 GMT From: spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!jwc@uunet.uu.net To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <30hec6$inu@wizard.uark.edu>, <30i5cl$hp5@edwin.bga.com>, Subject : Re: *finally it arrived* (but why no plus?) John, N0KIC ------------------------------ Date: (null) From: (null) I thought the accepted Q-signal was QLF. 8^) QLF? "Are you sending with your left foot?" QLF "I am sending with my left foot." Many years ago, a New Jersey Net picnic had an ENORMOUS straight key set up for us to attempt to send with our left feet. It was a riot! 73, Bob K2PH -- ---------------------------------------------------- Bob Schreibmaier K2PH | UUCP: ...!att!mtdcr!bob AT&T Bell Laboratories | Internet: bob@mtdcr.att.com Middletown, N.J. 07748 | ICBM: 40o21'N, 74o8'W ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #825 ******************************