Date: Tue, 17 May 94 04:30:06 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 #537 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Tue, 17 May 94 Volume 94 : Issue 537 Today's Topics: do you get a mobile phone ? Pactor-II Profiting from Spectrum? Strange 154.46 MHz transmissions VK land 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: Tue, 17 May 1994 02:58:56 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!hkpu01.hkp.hk!enkwwu@network.ucsd.edu Subject: do you get a mobile phone ? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Hi, My friend is doing a questionaire on mobile phone and would like someone to help ! If you got such mobile phone, pls fill in the following questionaire and reply to me. I will direct the reply to my friend. Pls reply before 22nd May,94 !! Sorry for short period !! Your help is greatly appreciated ! T H A N K S A L O T !!! Michael ===================================================================== 1. What brand of mobile phone are you presently using? Please state brand and model. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2. What is the cost price of your mobile phone? ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What are the current features of your mobile phone? Please tick, if any: A) In-vihicle Kit [ ] B) Microphone Mute [ ] C) Alphanumeric memories [ ] D) Backlit Keypad [ ] E) Dialling-digit Capacity [ ] F) Last-number Redial [ ] G) On-/Off-hook Dialling [ ] H) Volume Control [ ] I) Warranty [ ] 4. Do you have any after-sales services from your supplier? If yes, please comment: ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Are there any additional features that you would like your mobile phone to have? Please state: ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: 17 May 94 10:18:46 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: Pactor-II To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I saw mention of an up-and-coming mode called Pactor-II, which uses DSP technology to increase throughput. Can anyone tell me more about this mode? When will it be available? Should I hold off buying a multimode controller until this mode is available? tnx es 73 de KB2PWM, Steve Goldstein ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 16:56:52 -0400 From: ftpbox!mothost!lmpsbbs!NewsWatcher!user@uunet.uu.net Subject: Profiting from Spectrum? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <2qttha$ib1@search01.news.aol.com>, n2ayj@aol.com (N2AYJ) wrote: > > In article > jherman@uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jeffrey Herman) writes: > > >No one is making a monetary profit from Newsline. But I wonder if someone > >might be profiting from the airing of Spectrum. If so, then Big Steve > >is conducting commercial advertising on the rec.radio groups. > > > > >Jeff NH6IL Actually, Jeff, since you already know what the show topics are, you have the option of not listening to something you don't want to hear. And if you are being charged to listen you have a point, but I haven't paid a broadcaster yet for delivering an RF signal to the vicinity of my antenna and receiver, nor have I been asked to do so, with the notable and IMHO worthwhile exception of PBS and NPR. > > That depends on what you mean by "profiting". In the sense that Spectrum > accepts advertising to offset it's costs, it could be viewed as a commercial > venture. However, none of the staff or guests get paid. I'm sure that in > someone's view, all of our supporters could be said to be "profiting from the > airing of Spectrum". Is it being run FOR PROFIT? Not to the knowledge of any > of the studio crew. > > Which brings me to my next point....(deleted) > Don't give the IRS any more ideas about what constitutes a profit. If they start to think that there is some monetary value to education, they'll want 28% of your college tuition too! > -- > Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ > Unemployed technical trainer and licensed rad-e-o amchoor. > **Tax, title, dealer prep and destination fees not included.** -- Karl Beckman, P.E. < The difference between genius and stupidity > Motorola LMPS- Analog Data < is that genius has its limits. -Unknown > The statements and opinions expressed here are not those of Motorola Inc. Amateur radio WA8NVW @ K8MR.NEOH.USA.NA NavyMARS VBH @ NOGBN.NOASI ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 17:14:12 -0400 From: ftpbox!mothost!lmpsbbs!NewsWatcher!user@uunet.uu.net Subject: Strange 154.46 MHz transmissions To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <1994May13.200049.19254@vitek.com>, gomez@vitek.com (gomez) wrote: > In article <1994May13.184319.18885@vitek.com> check@vitek.com (checkett) writes: > > > >I have been receiving some automated/computerized transmissions on 154.46 MHz. > >They must be coming from several locations due to different RF signal levels > >I'm picking up as various transmitters turn on and off. The audio sounds like > >very slow AFSK modulation using different tone groupings. It appears these > >different transmitters/?receivers? can talk back and forth with each other. > >Kinda sounds like pidgeons cooing at each other. :) > > > >Does anyone have an idea what I might be listening to. A quick peek into the FCC frequency allocation charts says that 154.46375 is allocated primarily for electric utility one-way communications for load control. When in doubt, check with the guys in charge! > > > >David Checkett - WG0Y, St. Louis, Mo. check@vitek.com > > > Perhaps it is the Tornado sirens in your local area communicating with > each other. It's a wild guess, but that's my suggestion. It had better not be, based on the above. That frequency is allocated nationwide for utilities, using 350W output stations. Anything else is secondary, and not just on paper at those power levels! -- Karl Beckman, P.E. < The difference between genius and stupidity > Motorola LMPS- Analog Data < is that genius has its limits. -Unknown > The statements and opinions expressed here are not those of Motorola Inc. Amateur radio WA8NVW @ K8MR.NEOH.USA.NA NavyMARS VBH @ NOGBN.NOASI ------------------------------ Date: 16 May 1994 21:57:12 -0400 From: newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!mcrcim.mcgill.edu!control3@uunet.uu.net Subject: VK land To: info-hams@ucsd.edu What is a good time and frequency to hear hams in New Zealand or Australia. I usually listen to cw. I live in Montreal. Thanks. Mark. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Readman | McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines control3@mcrcim.mcgill.edu | McGill University, Montreal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #537 ******************************