Date: Fri, 4 Nov 94 22:08:18 PST From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Info-Hams-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu Precedence: List Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #1190 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Fri, 4 Nov 94 Volume 94 : Issue 1190 Today's Topics: 440 Repeater For Sale Antenna Help Please!!!!!! Call Sign ID Collegiate Radio Club Championship DX Palindrome (was CW Palindrome Game!) Experiences w/ Ameritron AL-811H faq qth? Farnsworth question For Sale: Listserver frequencies, shops etc in the bay area and Alhambra Help - Ham Radio for RC Aircraft (3 msgs) Help - need drawing of SB104 PS MOSLEY PRO-67B ANTENNA? No code Techs and CW... Periodic Announcement - ARRL Email Information Server (info@arrl.org) Real Hams shave-and-a-haircut 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: 4 Nov 94 22:45:36 GMT From: Thomas_A._Cagan.LAX1B@xerox.COM Subject: 440 Repeater For Sale Hi All, We have a KRP 5000, 440 Repeater and an ACC-96 Repeater Controller for sale. They are about 18 months old and work great. The reason that we are selling them is that they won't work with our present HF and Allmode VHF remote bases. Selling price on the KRP 5000 is $1500.00 Selling price on the ACC-96 is $700.00 Please respond to me: Tom Cagan, KB6NQW. KB6NQW@WB6WFH.#SOCA.CA.USA.NOAM or David Steinfeld WA6ZVE (818)340-6760 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 94 19:36:27 -0500 From: wcoyle@delphi.com Subject: Antenna Help Please!!!!!! Scott, I can think of two things I would try in your situation. 1: Did you consider, if you can get roof access, hiding a dipole under where the gutter hangs? At 25 to 30 watts, this would probily work OK. 2: Actually load the gutter as a longwire? I know it sounds nutty, but with a good transmatch, it can be done. I know these may sound nutty, but some of the best ideas are. 73 Wcoyle@delphi.com N3OGH ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 1994 02:32:20 -0600 From: pvr@wg.icl.co.uk (Phil Rose) Subject: Call Sign ID Despite my previous posting re using 'Double' I would like to add that I would only use it once contact had been established and am just signing at each over. Phil Rose The views herein expressed are mine pvr@wg.icl.co.uk and mine alone - not those of ICL P.V.ROSE@UK03.wins.icl.co.uk G3ZZA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 19:58:11 GMT From: barron@rmc.liant.com (Robert Barron) Subject: Collegiate Radio Club Championship Inaugural North American Collegiate Amateur Radio Club Championship 1. Object: For college and university stations in all ARRL and RAC sections to participate in the ARRL November Sweepstakes and compete against other college and university radio clubs. 2. Contest Rules: CW portion takes place on first full weekend of November (Nov 5-7), phone portion takes place on third full weekend of November (Nov 19-21). Both start on Saturday 2100 UTC and end on Monday 0300 UTC. All rules, as stated in the October issue of QST, pertain to this collegiate competition. 3. Station Location: In an effort to encourage club station improvements all contacts must be made from the established club radio station located on a college campus. No "portable" operation from a nearby contest "super station". A club may operate from a member's station provided that a club station on campus does not exist. 4. Results: Separate champions will be determined for CW, phone and combined scores. Official results will be based on those published in QST so all participants are required to submit a valid log to the ARRL. Participants must also submit a score summary (the contest summary sheet, NOT a complete log!) to the collegiate contest moderator. Provisional scores and winners will be posted on the ham-univ and cq-contest mail reflectors by the moderator. Send results to: Internet: barron@rmc.liant.com Mail: Robert Barron P.O. Box 180703 Austin, TX 78718 5. Combined Score: Winners in the combined category will be based on a points system like that used in the NA QSO Party. In order to be eligible for the combined title a valid phone AND CW score must be submitted. Points are awarded by taking the phone and CW score and dividing by the highest score submitted by a college station (for that mode) then multiplying by 1000. The phone and CW points are then added for total points. 6. Awards: To be determined. The ARRL has been asked to provide official SS certificates to the top ten finishers. This means: 1. Not limited to multi-op single transmitter if multiple ops not available. 2. Not limited to US stations only (though still North America only). 3. All club members allowed to participate (not just students). 4. Club station rule waived when no club station exists. 5. Stations must operate BOTH phone and CW to participate in the combined competition. Jeff Tucker (N9HZQ) is keeping a list of college clubs that are planning on participating in this year's Collegiate Championship. To add your club to the list send Email (with your club's name and callsign) to: tucker@eedsp.gatech.edu 73, Robert KA5WSS barron@rmc.liant.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 19:25:08 GMT From: alanb@hpnmarb.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) Subject: DX Palindrome (was CW Palindrome Game!) Wayne_Estes (Wayne_Estes@csg.mot.COM) wrote: I wrote: : > Name a DXCC country where the term used to refer : > to the inhabitants is a palindrome. : I heard that one on the National Public Radio word game last weekend. : *** Nauruan (residents of Nauru) **** Yep, that's where I heard it! AL N1AL ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 1994 13:09:04 -0500 From: jimkd0av@aol.com (JimKD0AV) Subject: Experiences w/ Ameritron AL-811H Steve: I have had the AL-811H for about two years and has worked well for me. I abuse it quite a bit being an avid contester and not always careful about band switching and tuning it up. Any problems I have had relate to the operator, not the amp. Tubes are easy to replace and relatively cheap when compared to the mega buck single tube 1500 watt babies. The price and gain seem to be in line and I can work 'em if I can hear 'em on 40 cw. 73, Jim KD0AV ------------------------------ Date: 2 Nov 94 21:57:42 CST From: dstauffer@cctr.umkc.edu (Dean Stauffer) Subject: faq qth? Hi all, Could someone do me a favor, and either e-mail me the FAQ, or mail me it's location? I'm gonna study for the general test, and want info, and the question pool if possible. tnx de KB0LDW dean k ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 11:50 From: CSMSCST@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Chris Thomas) Subject: Farnsworth question I'm always surprized when I hear people discussing Farnsworth spaced CW as though it is only useful at low speeds. The other evening on 30m, I heard someone sending at about 23 wpm with characters at what I'd guess to be 40-45 wpm. Although it sounded quite strange at first, it was amazingly easy to copy - far easier than a straight 23 wpm would have been. We might have more people passing 20 wpm and fewer gripes about how difficult it was if we used Farnsworth-spaced code in VE sessions. I'd do it in our tests, but that's not the part of the sessions I'm responsible for. -- 73 de Chris Thomas, AA6SQ (ex-WA6HTJ) (CSMSCST@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU) ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 94 17:06:55 GMT From: FULLER@UWSTOUT.EDU (Jon H. Fuller) Subject: For Sale: Listserver Maybe not the right spot to ask, but does anyone know of a listserver that support buying and selling computer related items (Hardware and Software)? ------------------------------ Date: 3 Nov 1994 14:18:40 GMT From: vinod@watson.ibm.com (Vinod Narayanan) Subject: frequencies, shops etc in the bay area and Alhambra Could someone please email me some good repeater frequencies in the Silicon Valley area, the Oakland/Moraga area, and Alhambra area in So. cal (2m only..)? I will be visiting these areas over the next couple of weeks. Also, any good ham radio shops in the Silicon valley area? Please reply by email, since this is not of interest to everyone reading the group. Many thanks in advance. -- --vinod N2ZKE email: vinod@watson.ibm.com ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 1994 16:28:56 GMT From: moritz@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de () Subject: Help - Ham Radio for RC Aircraft >I am trying to get some information on RC aircraft controllers >using Ham Radio frequencies. > >2. What are the disadvantages? > Surprizing question: the answer is, that someone will ground your plane, if he gets annoyed by the interference. Aside from regulations *I* would nou take the risk. I allways thought there were special bands for RC?? 73, Moritz DL5UH ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Nov 94 13:19:10 -0800 From: Jim_Sollows@mindlink.bc.ca (Jim Sollows) Subject: Help - Ham Radio for RC Aircraft I am trying to get some information on RC aircraft controllers using Ham Radio frequencies. I am a licensed ham and am want to joing the exciting world of RC Aircraft but before I do I hope someone can answer a few questions for me: 1. What are the advantages to using Ham Radio frequencies for RC Aircraft...asside from the obvious one of less congestion? 2. What are the disadvantages? 3. What frequencies are used, I have heard 6 meters (53MHz) to 2 meters (144MHz)? 4. Is a special transmitter required or just a module change and where can they be purchased in Canada or the US? I would appreciate any advice or comments. E-Mailed replies would be appreciated to JIM_SOLLOWS@MINDLINK.BC.CA Thanks -- ********************************************************************** Jim Sollows Internet: JIM_SOLLOWS@MINDLINK.BC.CA Agape Data Solutions Packet: VE7JLS@VE7KIT.#VANC.BC.CAN ********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 17:51:28 GMT From: mike@shien.ist.csuohio.edu (Mike Mayer) Subject: Help - Ham Radio for RC Aircraft moritz@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de () writes: : Surprizing question: the answer is, that someone will : ground your plane, if he gets annoyed by the interference. : : Aside from regulations *I* would nou take the risk. : I allways thought there were special bands for RC?? : : 73, Moritz DL5UH : Perhaps different outside the US, but the 6-meter band has parts reserved for Radio Control, up to 1-watt transmitters. Most other RC radios are in the 70MHz range, so if you are a ham you get to use the 6-meter band if you want. Mike -- ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v Catch the WAVE ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v Michael Mayer, Senior Technical Support Engineer Amateur Radio KB8RJO Visual Numerics, Inc. 32915 Aurora Rd. Suite 160, Solon OH 44139 USA Email: mayer@boulder.vni.com Human: 216-248-4900 Fax: 216-248-2733 v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v Good * Cheap * Quick (pick any two) ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 13:20:41 GMT From: cmd@intgp8.ih.att.com (-Dinsmore,C.M.) Subject: Help - need drawing of SB104 PS Hi, I did a dumb thing the other nite and toasted the regulator board in the power supply for my Heath SB-104A. This PS has a regulator board number 85-1928-2 I think the date code is 041878. It looks like it has a crowbar circuit on it. I have a schematic for an earlier version without the crowbar. I would like to know the component numbers if they are available also. If any of you have this schematic, I'd be very happy to hear from you. I would be glad to pay for the copying and postage costs for the schematic. TNX de Craig KB9HCQ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1994 10:35:06 -0500 From: CSLE87@ucsd.edu (Karl Beckman) Subject: MOSLEY PRO-67B ANTENNA? In article <9411022234.0VPSD04@chrysalis.org>, daniel.swift@chrysalis.ORG wrote: > > This previous weekend for the CQWW Phone Contest, I used the Mosley > PRO-67B Beam Antenna at a friend's shack. I was *very* disappointed > with this antenna's performance, specifically it's F/B ratio. The > antenna acted like a rotating vertical rather than the expensive beam > antenna that it is. E.G. While rotating the beam and listening to a > distant station, it seemed that the DX station signal remained the same, > regardless of where the beam was pointing. > > This antenna was assembled according to Mosley instructions. The SWR is > pretty good for this antenna, less than 2.0:1 on all frequencies and > bands. Before I do anything drastic, Does anyone out there on the net > have any experience with this antenna? > > Please respond either here or directly to my address below. Any opinions > as to how best to proceed would be *sincerely* appreciated. > > > Thanks! > > Dan Swift, N5UPG > > INTERNET: daniel.swift@chrysalis.org The first thing to remember is that a 12 dB front-to-back ratio (FBR) is only two S-units. Therefore you are NOT going to "SEE" any major changes in signal strength on today's equipment. This is especially true if you also have the AGC on and the RF gain up full. The tricks are to first drop the receiver RF gain down as low as possible while still hearing the desired signal, then rotate the beam to put a NULL on the interference. Also remember 1) ANY multi-band rotating antenna in that frequency range is going to be expensive because of material cost. 2) Extra forward gain requires more elements, therefore more material cost. 3) More FBR doesn't usually cost extra because it's part of the field tuning process. 4) Maximum forward gain, lowest VSWR, and highest FBR will always be found at different element length settings. You (or in this case, your friend) decide which is most important and tune the antenna accordingly. Have fun this weekend in ARRL SS! -- Karl Beckman, P.E. Motorola Comm - Fixed Data Amateur radio WA8NVW @ K8MR.NEOH.USA.NA NavyMARS VBH @ NOGBN.NOASI The statements and opinions expressed here are not those of Motorola Inc. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 94 19:40:54 -0500 From: wcoyle@delphi.com Subject: No code Techs and CW... If you can study for two weeks, and come in and pass the test, more power to you, but don't piss and moan when you don't pass! That was my point, plain and simple. Wcoyle@delphi.com N3OGH ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 21:00:02 MST From: mtracy@arrl.org (Michael Tracy) Subject: Periodic Announcement - ARRL Email Information Server (info@arrl.org) Periodic Announcement - ARRL Email Information Server (info@arrl.org) The services that the ARRL provides via the internet include the Email Information Server and the Technical Information Service. The Information Server is an automated mail server that gives you access to many of information files relating to various facets of Amateur Radio. You can retrieve any or all of these files by sending an email message to info@arrl.org here at ARRL HQ. Each file you request is then mailed to you automatically. To use it, mail messages to: info@arrl.org Each line of the message body should contain a command as shown below. The subject of your message is not processed and may be omitted. You may place as many commands in a message as you want. The files you request will be sent to you in separate messages. Only ASCII text files are supported. Valid INFO commands: reply
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Tel: 1-203-666-1541 225 Main Street Fax: 1-203-665-7531 Newington, CT 06111 Email: mtracy@arrl.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 1 Nov 1994 23:15:32 -0800 From: lyndon@canada.unbc.edu (Lyndon Nerenberg) Subject: Real Hams jeffrey@kahuna.tmc.edu (Jeffrey Herman) writes: >Rather, you should study the history of amateur radio; without >the ARRL lobbying for us over the last 70 or so years we wouldn't >exist today. Surely if you have any interest in this hobby you >wouldn't mind reading a bit about our history, no? What, specifically, did the ARRL do to ensure the continued existence of Amateur Radio in Spain? Sweden? or Canada for that matter? Don't confuse your *opinions* with actual history. --lyndon VE7TCP (licensed for some number of years that isn't relevent to this discussion) ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 94 19:57:27 GMT From: Waltk@pica.army.mil Subject: shave-and-a-haircut It was my experience in the mid-late 60's that this (. ... .) was not only in bad taste, but was illegal. You had to log every CQ and identify every transmission. I was warned often about this practice when I was a novice and therefore never used it myself (fingers crossed). But, it did become the defacto CQ in the novice bands. It saved bandwidth and was a heck of lot easier to send than those gawd-awfull 2x3 callsigns we were assigned. But, soon thereafter we upgraded, moved to SSB and forgot CW, all together. See y'all in SS this weekend. ....................................................................... 73 de Walt Kornienko - K2WK Internet: waltk@pica.army.mil DX PacketCluster: K2WK > W3MM Packet: K2WK@N2ERH.NJ.USA.NOAM ex-WN2WID, WB2WID <> Member: Franford Radio Club <<<>>> #1 Contest Club In The World <> _______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 94 19:31:45 -0500 From: wcoyle@delphi.com References <37v5dj$9j4@crcnis1.unl.edu>, <126034@cup.portal.com> Subject: Re: Earth Ground (was: ARRL And Gay Hams Settle Complaint) First, get of your high horse, it's getting real old. Second, this is the last time I'm going to discuss this issue here, it belongs elsewhere. Third, as I said before, I DO NOT have to tolerate anything. It's the actions that result from my lack of tolerance that make that intolerance illegal. If I turn around a bash your head in, this is illegal, obviously. I'm here to assure you, I would never do such a thing. In fact, and in all honesty, I would not advocate such action and would most certainly come to your, or any other persons defense in such a situation. If I roll my eyes and say to my friend "Man, that's sick" this is perfectly legal. It is still intolerance, any way you look at it, it's the RESULT of that intolerance that makes it illegal or legal. From now on, if you wish to continue this discussion, please take it to e-mail. There is no reason to discuss this any further here. Wcoyle@delphi.com N3OGH ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 94 19:50:56 -0500 From: wcoyle@delphi.com References<1994Oct21.173653.24462@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <31640029@hpcc01.corp.hp.com>, <1994Nov2.014157.8236@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Subject: Re: Re: CW Learning: Going slow. : ( Well, I'll be the first to admit. My spelling stinks I can only copy up to about 15 wpm And I'm not the smartest person around (but you probibly allready knew that) :-) 73 Wcoyle@delphi.com N3OGH ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #1190 ******************************