Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 04:30:05 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 #352 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Thu, 31 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 352 Today's Topics: New Award Announcement Visiting Canada and the U.S.A. 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: 30 Mar 1994 10:00:50 -0500 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!csn!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!hpuerci.atl.hp.com!hpuerca!edh@network.ucsd.edu Subject: New Award Announcement To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In <1994Mar29.124149.4266@arrl.org> ehare@arrl.org (Ed Hare (KA1CV)) writes: >Rev. Michael P. Deignan (kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.com) wrote: >: In this age of political correctness, its unfair that we have a "DXCC" >: award for HF operators, but nothing that a no-code tech can aspire to >: achieve by yacking on two meters. >In spite of the uselessness of the rest of the post, this concept has >some merit. Any ideas for good ways to do this? Tsck, Ed; Luck Hurder has at least ONE way to encourage profitable use of no-code techs: Public Service Awards. I am glad to see that the PS nets and volunteer efforts, which of course existed before the no-code was introduced, welcome the use of vhf/uhf operators whether they got their tech before or after no-code. My oldest son got a great deal of amateur radio encouragement at the age of 15 when we got him involved with us at public service events. And he was not the youngest in the net; that honor went to a YL of 14 who had come up through novice (took her test same time I did as a matter of fact). Nor was he the only no-coder: that honor went to the wife of another OM on the net. We often used 2 meters for the 'local' link of message nets back in central TX; I suspect thats true in other places. Shouldn't be too hard to rack up the hours for a very honorable Public Service Award (see the pages of QST for details :-). Cheers & 73 Ed Humphries N5RCK Hewlett Packard NARC Atlanta GA ------------------------------ Date: 30 Mar 1994 13:55:24 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!waikato!comp.vuw.ac.nz!newshost.wcc.govt.nz!MILLER_P%ix.wcc.govt.nz@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Visiting Canada and the U.S.A. To: info-hams@ucsd.edu This is to thank the following for responding to my previous posting. Lawrence Chen VE6LKC/VE6PAQ Luis Nadeau VE9LN John Boudreau VE8EV James Dawe VE6FD Bob Smits VE7EMD 73 DE ZL1BEZ Paul G. Miller Wellington New Zealand Internet Email: miller_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz miller_p@ix.wcc.govt.nz Packet Radio: ZL1BEZ @ ZL2WA.#60.NZL.OC Telephone: 64 4 386-3168 (2000-1200 UTC) ------------------------------ Date: 30 Mar 1994 13:33:40 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!msuinfo!cravitma@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References , , <2nai88$3c6@lester.appstate.edu>p Subject : Re: HELP! The FCC will not issue me a ham license [I tried to do this yesterday, but it obviously didn't work] On 30 Mar 1994 00:48:08 GMT, strange alien beings caused Marvin Hoffman (HOFFMANMK@CONRAD) to write: > In tgm@netcom.com writes: > > John W. Holman (jwh7k@galen.med.Virginia.EDU) wrote: > > : It will be 90 days on April 6th since the FCC has had my application. This > > If the ARRL can't help you, call your local congressman. It is > > an election year, seven months to go till election day. Your > Chill out guys and gals.....it may not be a perfect world but the people > in our club who tested around December 27 got their licenses about ten > days ago. > I know it frustrating to wait but everyone seems to have to do it. Some > time back there were postings in this group or rec.radio.amateur.misc > that the FCC in Gettysburg only issues ham licenses one day per week and > that there are delays at the VEC and at the FCC. This is true, but the VEC licensing system requires (I think; I don't have my FCC Rule book in front of me right now) that one way or another, license applications must be acted on within 90 days. All the hysterics here about involving various politicians are, IMNSHO, a little rediculous. Someone said it here before, but I will repeat it again because it has been the best advice to date: Wait a bit (maybe until after the Easter Weekend) and then give the ARRL/VEC a call and explain to them the situation. At the least, they can tell you when the paperwork went over to the FCC and they will probably be able to help you find out what the snag is. /Matthew -- Matthew Cravit, N9VWG | All opinions expressed here are Michigan State University | my own. I don't speak for MSU E-Mail: cravitma@cps.msu.ed | and they don't speak for me. GO/CS -d+@ -p+ c++ !l u+(++) e+(*) s/+ n+(---) h+ f+ !g w+(+++) t++@ r(+) y? ------------------------------ Date: 30 Mar 1994 14:39:14 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!ub!csn!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!spikes@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References , <2n9geh$m32@hpscit.sc.hp.com>, es Subject : Re: obscenity... Greg Bullough (greg@netcom.com) wrote: : ...keeping in mind, as you do, that malicious interference is illegal, xxxxx : To say nothing of the fact that your carrier may interfere with efforts xxxxx : Not to mention that if you really do make a nuisance of yourself, they xxxxx : All of which leads me to believe that the above is not an appropriate xxxxx : Greg (AND *OTHERS*) Guess I goofed again, :) :) :) :) :) :) :) There. Well, one more... :) Bill wb6rzg (: ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #352 ******************************