Date: Tue, 1 Mar 94 20:10:56 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 #224 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Tue, 1 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 224 Today's Topics: 10-10# Call Sign Re-issue Dube Todd, please contact me Electric Fence RFI IPS Daily Report 26 02 94 Jerk on 20 mtrs Keyboards at testing sessions Looking for an Active Antenna Matching Circuit/Amplifier NACEC - DISASTER VOLUNTEER Info. On-line Repeater Directory Suggestions for HF mobile? tube wanted.. 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: 28 Feb 94 16:52:21 -0700 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!yvax.byu.edu!sandersm@network.ucsd.edu Subject: 10-10# To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I am trying to get my 10 10-10 nbers. I would apprecite it if someone who has a 10-10 number just give a UTC time and 10m Frequency and I'll be there. 73's Thanks. Chad.....KB7ZIU ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 00:36:14 GMT From: world!dts@uunet.uu.net Subject: Call Sign Re-issue To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <50030048@hpscit.sc.hp.com> rogerm@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Roger Myers) writes: > >Hi, > > I recently heard that the FCC is now allowing people to get call signs ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Change that to "has proposed allowing". It has not happened yet. >re-issued. I would like to my dad's call sign. He passed away 5 years ago. >Does anyone know the procedure to get a call sign re-issue? When it becomes possible there will be articles in all the magazines, I am sure... > >Thanks, > >Roger Myers >WB7PJS -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie Internet: dts@world.std.com Daniel Senie Consulting n1jeb@world.std.com 508-365-5352 Compuserve: 74176,1347 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 00:06:25 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!crisp@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Dube Todd, please contact me To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I have some information regarding a source of equipment you may be interested in. -- Richard Crisp Cupertino, Ca. crisp@netcom.com (415) 903-3832 wk (408) 253 4541 fax "It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for" -Will Rogers ------------------------------ Date: 28 Feb 94 08:47:49 CST From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!uchinews!cdsmail!timbuk.cray.com!hemlock.cray.com!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu Subject: Electric Fence RFI To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article , clh6w@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Carole L. Hamilton) writes: > I've got some bad interference on 80 through 10 > meter bands from an electric fence about 500 > feet away. The effect is very sharp clicks > about 3-4 per second. Analog noise blanker > works some but not 100%. > > Anyone have any cures? > > Tnx, > Ned Hamilton, AB6FI Ned, I had a similar problem about 15 years ago when I was still living on my dad's farm. The fence charger he had had a filter cap inside that had been destroyed by lightning. When I replaced the cap, the problem was gone. Do you own the electric fence charger in question, or does it belong to a neighbor? If it belong's to a neighbor, it might be a little more difficult to deal with, but if you can pick up the interference with an AM radio or TV set, you can maybe persuade them that there is a problem. Anyway, a 10 - 50 microfarad capacitor (make sure it has a voltage rating of at least several hundred volts) hooked between the output terminal and ground should help the problem (assuming you can get access to the charger of course). Charlie Betz N0AKC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 23:05:34 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!cass.ma02.bull.com!syd.bull.oz.au!brahman!tmx!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!ipso!rwc@network.ucsd.edu Subject: IPS Daily Report 26 02 94 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA Daily Solar And Geophysical Report Issued at 2330 UT 26 February 1994 Summary for 26 February and Forecast up to 1 March No warning is current. ----------------------------------------------------------- 1A. SOLAR SU02ARY Activity: very low Flares: none. Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 094/040 1B. SOLAR FORECAST 27 February 28 February 01 March Activity Low Low Low Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 090/034 1C. SOLAR CO02ENT None. ----------------------------------------------------------- 2A. MAGNETIC SU02ARY Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet to unsettled Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 25 February Learmonth 06 3111 3211 Fredericksburg 06 12 Planetary 08 14 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST DATE Ap CONDITIONS 27 Feb 07 Quiet to unsettled. 28 Feb 07 Quiet to unsettled. 01 Mar 07 Quiet to unsettled. 2C. MAGNETIC CO02ENT None. 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SU02ARY LATITUDE BAND DATE LOW MI26LE HIGH 26 Feb normal normal normal PCA Event : None. 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST LATITUDE BAND DATE LOW MI26LE HIGH 27 Feb normal normal normal 28 Feb normal normal normal 01 Mar normal normal normal 3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION CO02ENT NONE. ----------------------------------------------------------- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SU02ARY MUFs at Sydney were near predicted monthly values T index: 27 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST DATE T-index MUFs 27 Feb 40 Near predicted monthly values. 28 Feb 30 Near predicted monthly values. 01 Mar 30 Near predicted monthly values. Predicted Monthly T Index for February is 30. 4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION CO02ENT 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: 28 Feb 1994 23:35:23 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!crcnis1.unl.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!mcduffie@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Jerk on 20 mtrs To: info-hams@ucsd.edu kenman@iastate.edu (Kenneth D Anderson) writes: >There was some JERK that was running up and down the band causing all kinds >of intentional interference: from belching and whistling to calling people >sh*theads to keying on a frequency to disrupt a QSO. >He gave his call (obviously bogus) as W?OOQ. (don't remember what area he >gave.) Not necessarily. Some of them give their own calls. They don't care! >Is this guy a fixture on 20 meters, or did I just get lucky? You got lucky. That is to say that you were lucky you only heard one station doing that. It is fairly common these days. I didn't say liked, I said common. Unfortunately, today's appreciation and respect of one's license is at an all time low for many. 73, Gary P.S. Say hi to KE0WO! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 23:21:00 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!dparker@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Keyboards at testing sessions To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Jeffrey D. Angus (jangus@skyld.grendel.com) wrote: : In article <2kqtae$cg5@news.delphi.com> mahjmac@news.delphi.com writes: : > It would seem to me that being alowed to use a keyboard doesn't conform : > to the whole reason CW is required. It is used on an international scale, : > and if you are ever in any type of emergency or spontaneous situation : > where you need to receive code with no keyboard, then you would be : > worthless. : > : > Mike : How about we change the test to laying on ones side in a crashed police : car and be able to send with the wires hanging out of the broken mic? : Would that satisfy the "emergency" nature of the requirement? No, no, no you need to be able to pound out SOS with your forehead on the cars horn at no less than 14 wpm with hands and legs pinned. Then AND only then can you talk about your hemoroids on 40. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 00:16:11 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.ccs.queensu.ca!eleceng.ee.QueensU.CA!toloo@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Looking for an Active Antenna Matching Circuit/Amplifier To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Hello: I am looking for an active circuit diagram that can amplify and also certain frequency ranges of the signals received by the antenna. Do you know where I can get such a circuit ( a paper drawn or the postscript file of its circuit diagram) Thank You Mansour ------------------------------ Date: 28 Feb 94 12:00:42 CST From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!uchinews!cdsmail!timbuk.cray.com!hemlock.cray.com!walter.cray.com!rps@network.ucsd.edu Subject: NACEC - DISASTER VOLUNTEER Info. To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I was asked to pass this along. :-) Send Reply to : NACEC.HQ@dadag.mmbbs.mn.org Thanks! ___ (( ~|~ )) /_) _ _ rps@cray.com | / \_/_/_/_)_/_)_ |__o N0MRR @ KB0GF.MN.USA.NOAM -\<, -.. . -. ----- -- .-. .-. -..-. -- --... ...-- ... -.- O/ O ===================== cut here ======================= INTERNET.TST FEBRUARY 14, 1994 ATTN: DISASTER VOLUNTEERS & MILITARY FAMILIES!!! Our group is looking for volunteers to help expand our project nationwide! I have heard many things about Internet and have posted this message to see if there is anyone on the system that wants to help.. Please take a few minutes and read this bulletin. If you would like more information or wish to help, get in touch with me. I hope you find these 3 pages of information of interest. Mr. Edward E. Addy President, NACEC W H A T I S N A C E C ? NACEC is an acronym for "The North American Center for Emergency Communications". NACEC is not a radio club. It is a hybrid non- profit humanitarian organization. It was started under the name "Global Voices Project" on July 9th of 1992 and incorporated in Minnesota on January 8th 1993 for the purpose of improving the efficiency of other non-profit humanitarian organizations during their disaster aid and relief operations, throughout North America. NACEC also provides health and welfare communications assistance between members of the U.S. Armed Forces serving overseas and their families here at home. The projects name was changed to The North American Center for Emergency Communications, (NACEC) by unanimous vote of The Board of Directors in August of 1993 to more closely reflect the projects mission and purpose. W H Y W A S N A C E C F O R M E D ? NACEC's mission is to provide communications support to aid disaster victims and Military Families. NACEC was formed for one basic purpose "To reduce deaths and the amount of human suffering, through the development and implementation of an organization which can rapidly provide emergency communications. Following a disaster this communications is essential to coordinate relief activities, greatly increasing the efficiency of disaster aid organizations to provide life saving aid to disaster victims. We have found it to be a fact that without the ability to communicate you can not coordinate! For Military Families the communications support provided comes in the form of NACEC's ability to handle health and welfare messages from its main high powered radio communications center, construction planned to start this Spring, to overseas military units located anywhere on the earth. NACEC is being developed and managed by the same people that provided The Desert Voices Project for Military Families during the Gulf War. H O W D O E S N A C E C W O R K ?activity! NACEC consists of two parts, the HQ/Communications Center and the Emergency Field Teams. The HQ/Communications center provides radio/wire integration (phone patch) and other HF radio, as well as tactical support services into a disaster area, when communications support is requested by a non-profit organization working to aid the victims of a disaster. This center is also used to provide HF radio support for Military Family health and welfare message and radio/wire integration traffic. The Emergency Field Teams consist of two trained staff members. They are sent, when requested, into the disaster area with a complete commercial radio communications system. This system is used to tie together the many facets of the requesting organizations relief activities, while maintaining a very low draw on the pool of locally available volunteers within the disaster area. The field team also carries HF radio equipment that allows them to communicate back to NACEC's HQ/Communications center. When long distance telephone service is not available within the disaster area, the teams HF radio equipment is used to provide limited long distance service (via radio/wire integration), for the coordination and movement of relief supplies, materials, equipment and personnel into the disaster area. H A S N A C E C E V E R B E E N O F S E R V I C E ? YES! In July of 1993 assistance was requested by The Salvation Army who needed communications support for their flood relief operations in Des Moines, Iowa. Even though the project was not properly funded, 12 hours after the request was made an Emergency Field Team was in the disaster area to assist. The Team served for 10 days and helped The Salvation Army distribute over 53,000 meals to Victims and Volunteers. A very successful and educational first mission for the project. On January 17th of 1994 NACEC assistance was requested again by The Salvation Army. This time to handle message traffic into and out of the Southern California earthquake disaster area. Several hours after we began our mission, the American Red Cross requested and began using our services as well. This mission, handling dozens of messages, was successfully completed in only 72 hours. Long distance telephone service was then operating again into the disaster area. This mission was completed with the help of the Amateur Radio Community inside the disaster area. NACEC Emergency Communications Field Teams were not used in this mission. N A T I O N W I D E, C O M M U N I T Y V O L U N T E E R S E A R C H N O W U N D E R W A Y ! ! ! Volunteers are being sought from Communities throughout North America. These Volunteers will help get project information out into their Communities. In the event Military Families need our support in your community, or a disaster strikes your community, we will look to these volunteers for help with coordination. These volunteers will also help get fund raising information out to those persons and organizations within their communities that may wish to help with the project. If you, or someone you know, would like to volunteer to help, send an SASE marked INTERNET.VIF and we will promptly send you a volunteer information form to complete. I have set aside 50 of our January 1994 Newsletters for this internet test, if you wish a copy write INTERNET.NWS on the back of your SASE. To receive both mark your SASE with INTERNET.VIF/NWS. H O W T O R E A C H U S . Direct all inquires to: Mr. Edward E. Addy, President. email: NACEC.HQ@dadag.mmbbs.mn.org The North American Center for Emergency Communications, NACEC P.O. Box 23057 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55423 USA Our Office number 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST is 612-798-4269 Thank You For Your Time & Interest. ------------------------------ Date: 28 Feb 94 19:20:17 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!msuinfo!netnews.upenn.edu!mipg.upenn.edu!yee@network.ucsd.edu Subject: On-line Repeater Directory To: info-hams@ucsd.edu >(1) I sure would like to see a copy of the original letter making "lawyer >noises". I have faxed a copy of the letter to the person asking for the letter but am hesitant to post the letter. It would only fan the flames without any substantial purpose. As a matter of policy, I have been faxing all those who ask for a copy of the letter but if there are too many people asking for it, some other arrangements may have to be made. The various threads on this issue have been highly supportive of the idea of the online repeater directory. For this, I am grateful since there are people appreciate the work that the volunteers and I have put into the project. If the ARRL is listening, it can readily tell the attitudes of most hams here. Further, a number of more industrious hams are supplementing my efforts to the league and I am grateful for their assistance. I am still hopeful of a satisfactory resolution to this issue. As of this moment, I have not heard any further news from the league itself. Medical Image Processing Group | Conway Yee, N2JWQ 411 Blockley Hall | EMAIL : yee@mipg.upenn.edu 418 Service Drive | VOICE : 1 (215) 662-6780 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021 (USA) | FAX : 1 (215) 898-9145 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 22:15:24 +0000 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!demon!g8sjp.demon.co.uk!ip@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Suggestions for HF mobile? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Folks, While I have now been fiddling around with radios of one sort or another for over 20 years, I have yet to try working mobile (and this means actually 'on the move') from a car. I have a rig which I can use - and IC 726, and reckon that 100W should be fun. What I'm looking for are suggestions as to which bands would be more appropriate to maintain reliable communication between my car and a fixed station at between 200 and 1000 miles range during this coming summer (in Europe). I notice that the local store has a nice selection of single-band centre (oops center) loaded whip antennae, and I wouldn't mind buying one or two of those, if appropriate. I'm planning to mount whatever antenna on directly on the (fairly large and elevated) roof of my car. Ideas? -- Iain Philipps ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 21:31:16 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!convex!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!olesun!vmike@network.ucsd.edu Subject: tube wanted.. To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <39227@mindlink.bc.ca>, Vince Geisler wrote: >does anyone know where i can get an einac 100th or a 6an (i think there the >same tube) for relitively cheeply? i need one for my linear amp.. >tia :-) vince.... > >-- >vince geisler West vancouver bc >(Society for Advancement of Amateur Astronomy ). fair radio sales has 100th's for around $27. ------------------------------ Date: (null) From: (null) Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote: (I wrote) : >for weak signal testing. Incidentally, if you are serious about : >getting on 10 GHz, the March 10 GHz contest results in QST list : >a number of stations on the band. : I was thinking of more than some crude relative indications, though : that's often useful. But how many amateurs have frequency counters : or spectrum analyzers that cover 10 GHz, or even bolometer power meters? : I do, but I don't know many others who do. How many are setup to measure : sidelobe responses for optimum feed positioning? Even I'm not set up to : do that properly and have to depend on manufacturer antenna range data. : How about simple deviation measurements on megabaud+ signals at 10 GHz? : If we're going to build a reliable national network, we can't be cavalier : about what frequencies we're using, or the power and performance of our : systems. : Note, I'm not interested *at all* in DXing or contesting. I consider both : to be the antithesis to the cooperative model needed for effective networking. : While I respect the technical prowess some contesters have shown, I don't : think they have the proper mindset for designing reliable data links. By : their nature, DXing and contesting are based on freak conditions, that : once in a decade band opening, that unusual ducting condition, etc. They : are not concerned about 7x24 fade margins, or 99% link reliability. Their : goal is to *compete* with their compatriots for score rather than to : cooperate day in and day out to maintain stable links. I'd be happier : working with repeater owners whose concern for proper reliable coverage : zones and 7x24 reliable service to the user community are primary. : Look, we're finding that maintaining a 56 kb link is beyond the capabilities : of a major number of digital enthusiasts. And that's pretty simple stuff : that can be setup with just an ordinary station monitor and a scope. A : national network isn't going to be maintained by people with more general : knowledge or tools than that of the folks who maintain current digis and : voice repeaters. Most of them are totally lost when it comes to medium or : wideband data. It's *not* that hard, but we've got a major educational job : ahead of us to get these people up to speed on these techniques. And we've : got to offer packaged solutions that require a minimum of external test : equipment to get up, and to maintain. : The ideal piece of equipment will have indicators built in to indicate : that it's operating correctly with a clean on-frequency signal, with : proper modulation, and with undegraded receive sensitivity and selectivity. : Having a built in CNR meter and discriminator center meter are probably : mandatory, but that's not enough. You also need at minimum a reference : marker source of known frequency and strength to check transceiver frequency, : stability, and sensitivity. When you have two widely separated link ends, : you must be able to determine if the end you're at is operating correctly : or not, or if the problem is at the other end. You can't count on having : service personnel at both ends of a link simultaneously. -- Zack Lau KH6CP/1 2 way QRP WAS 8 States on 10 GHz Internet: zlau@arrl.org 10 grids on 2304 MHz ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 21:29:04 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!psinntp!psinntp!arrl.org!zlau@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <1994Feb27.140958.12495@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, <1994Feb27.205435.7993@arrl.org>, <1994Feb28.154040.17074@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Subject : Re: Medium range point-to-point digital links Seems to me that Gary wants to set up a digital network the hard way, with only people interested in digital networks. In the Northeast, winning the 10 GHz contest depends on *reliable* links. After all, there is the certainty of rain and the even the possibility of snow... Dale made his long haul contact and I didn't--with no effect on the who won. Even my longest contact was made over a path known to work well. This is why I haul stuff up hiking trails, rather than hoping for an opening.... I spend a lot of time in the contest setting up schedules for *other* stations. Perhaps surprising to beginners, but not veterans of 10 GHz work, is relative inferiority of 2 meters once the antennas are properly pointed. However, the best example of cooperation was the hams who brought a carload of gear to one ham's place--to force him to finish putting together his SSB/CW station before the night was out! Seems two hams got tired of hearing out it was "almost ready" for the past 2 years. I wasn't saying that you should have contesters set up your links, much less maintain them. But, why not get some hands on experience if its available? People pay big $$ to get hands on training with the guidance of experts. I know in the Northeast there are groups willing to help out beginners, especially if they are willing to spend a weekend or two helping to make contacts. Often, contesters just happen to have access to the equipment you say is unavailable. ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #224 ******************************