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Info-Hams Digest            Tue,  5 Mar 91       Volume 91 : Issue 199

Today's Topics:
                   ?restrictions? in usenet groups
                             AOR AR-1000
                        bad shortwave blackout
                          Doldrums (3 msgs)
             Driving with a scanner in Michigan (2 msgs)
                         Help needed in Saudi
             Looking for info on O'Neill Communications.
    MAJOR SOLAR FLARE ALERTS - VERY HIGH SOLAR ACTIVITY OCCURRING
                   Radar band designations.  Help!
             SONY 2010 or Grundig 500 SW Receiver Wanted
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 91 11:33:42 EST
From: Bill Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: ?restrictions? in usenet groups
To: [e-mail]

   Until last week, our system has not had the capability of receiving
usenet news, so I have been receiving mailing lists such as INFOHAMS,
SWL-L,HOMESAT, and others via E-mail.  When the usenet capability was activated,
I decided to try reading the usenet version of these groups, only to
find that:

   1:  There were basically no recent articals, even when new ones come
       in, they are a week or two old.
   2:  At the end of the articals are statements to the effect:

       "restrictions in rec.radio.amateur.misc still in effect"

      "restrictions in rec.video.satellite still in effect"

      "no articals under restriction"
      "restrictions in rec.radio.shortwave removed"

      "no articals under restriction"
      "restrictions in rec.ham-radio removed"

?What does all of this mean?  Is this some sort of censorship, or are these
restrictions generated locally while the usenet system is being set up?

Just curious.  Thanks in advance.

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Date: 4 Mar 91 23:40:00 CST
From: "812SPG" <[e-mail]>
Subject: AOR AR-1000
To: "info-hams" <[e-mail]>


Problem:  As have other AOR AR-1000 owners, I experienced problems
  with the squelch and reception of my hand scanner.

  Squelch - Several frequencies, particularly those in the 453-454 MHz
  region, had a tendency to lock up unless the squelch setting was
  turned to the maximum.  There was also the problem of losing a
  previously set squelch threshold upon turning the radio off and then
  turning it back on again -- requiring a readjustment each time I
  "fired up" the AR-1000.

  Reception - From day one, reception with this radio was never
  something to write home about.  Some received stations were below
  average reception-wise, while other stations could not be picked up
  at all.  As time went on, and out of desperation, I discovered that
  each frequency was off by approximately 5-10 KHz.  I found that by
  decreasing each entered frequency by 5-10 KHz, reception markedly
  improved!  However, I found this technique to be very time consuming
  and not worth the money I had invested in the radio.

Solution:  I placed a call to ACE Communications and told them about
  the "off-center" frequency problem.  As my radio was under warranty,
  they instructed me to ship it to them for calibration.

  I sent the unit via UPS on a Friday, and not expecting to see it
  again for at least 2 weeks, went on with life.  The following
  Wednesday, I was shocked to get a call from the wife, who informed
  me that a package had just arrived from ACE Communications!

  Upon arriving home, I immediately checked my radio and was again
  shocked.  In addition to the "off-center" frequency problem having
  been fixed, the squelch now operated perfectly!  It was now
  operating like a whole different radio!

Conclusion:  For those that may be experiencing the same problems I had
  with my AR-1000 -- take advantage of your warranty and send it in
  for a "checkup" to the fine folks at ACE!  And, in my opinion, the
  people at ACE were superb in both service and turnaround time.


Larry Zielasko
--------------------------------
INTERNET: [e-mail]

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Date: 4 Mar 91 14:47:12 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!en.ecn.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (George Goble)
Subject: bad shortwave blackout
To: [e-mail]

recent reports indicate that this week is declining or steady
solar activity.. around 8:50AM (local, est), 1350 GMT, today,
3/4/91, there was an HF blackout.. nothin'  5-30 Mhz! Background
noise was normal.  Heard a couple of "local" hams on 40m talking
about the same thing.  Things were pretty much back to normal
in 15 mins or so, with the higher freqs coming back first.
Location: Lafayette, In. AM BC (670 Khz) from Chicago, WMAQ
seemed to be unaffected though.

--ghg

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Date: 1 Mar 91 03:47:03 GMT
From: snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!helps!bongo![e-mail]  (Julian Macassey)
Subject: Doldrums
To: [e-mail]

    I wonder if anyone has noticed the dearth of articles since we went
to the wonderful rec.radio.splut distribution. Used to be I whiled
away precious hours reading about Morris building character. And oh
the fun I had reading how if you turn on a walkie-talkie on a plane
it will go down in flames.

    For days I have seen only a few dull articles. Yes Esmerelda, I am
subscribed to rec.radio.everything.including.lawyers and I am aliased.
Was the new splut system supposed to improve the quality? Maybe we
should be told.




--
Julian Macassey, n6are  [e-mail]  ucla-an!denwa!bongo!julian
742 1/2 North Hayworth Avenue Hollywood CA 90046-7142 voice [phone]

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Date: 4 Mar 91 17:57:40 GMT
From: chiton![e-mail]  (Richard Currier)
Subject: Doldrums
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Julian Macassey) writes:
>    I wonder if anyone has noticed the dearth of articles since we went
>to the wonderful rec.radio.splut distribution. Used to be I whiled
>away precious hours reading about Morris building character. And oh
>the fun I had reading how if you turn on a walkie-talkie on a plane
>it will go down in flames.

Looks like the net gods of boredom have struck. I have never seen a group die
so fast as this one. I saw no need to split up the group in the first place
and still don't see why it was done.
>
>    For days I have seen only a few dull articles. Yes Esmerelda, I am
>subscribed to rec.radio.everything.including.lawyers and I am aliased.
>Was the new splut system supposed to improve the quality? Maybe we
>should be told.

I think it was supposed to get rid of the code/no-code, YS (young snots)/OF
flame wars. The problem is those were the only posts worth reading. What the
group needs is some really outrageous statements in the "misc" sub-group. How
about.."Packet BBS's sysops SHOULD be held responsible for all traffic that
passes through their systems. The amateur spectrum is wasted on computer dweebs
avoiding phone charges. Hold their digital feet to the fire and drive them off
the air." How about that. That should get some fires started.....

    AA6PN


    AA6PN
>
>
>
>
>--
>Julian Macassey, n6are  [e-mail]  ucla-an!denwa!bongo!julian
>742 1/2 North Hayworth Avenue Hollywood CA 90046-7142 voice [phone]


--
    richard currier        marine physical lab    u.c. san diego
    [e-mail]
    619-534-1730

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Date: 4 Mar 91 22:45:10 GMT
From: lib![e-mail]  (Jay Maynard)
Subject: Doldrums
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Julian Macassey) writes:
>    I wonder if anyone has noticed the dearth of articles since we went
>to the wonderful rec.radio.splut distribution. Used to be I whiled
>away precious hours reading about Morris building character. And oh
>the fun I had reading how if you turn on a walkie-talkie on a plane
>it will go down in flames.

What dearth? The total of all of the groups seems to be about the same as
before, with possibly a slight falling off due to those of us who had
no-code rammed down our throats finally digesting it. (An anti-code comment
deserves an anti-no-code reply.) In particular, rec.radio.amateur.* has
more postings in it than my other favorite recreational group, rec.aviation,
and that matches the previous set as well.

For the record, I'm not going to claim credit for the idea of the reorg;
that honor goes to Paul Flaherty, N9FZX. I merely saw the process through.

(For those who don't understand what rec.radio.splut implies: my home system
is named splut.conmicro.com.)

>    For days I have seen only a few dull articles. Yes Esmerelda, I am
>subscribed to rec.radio.everything.including.lawyers and I am aliased.
>Was the new splut system supposed to improve the quality? Maybe we
>should be told.

Well, that was the idea behind adding the .policy group, and I'm glad to
see a lot of the legal flamage moved there. I'm not going to claim credit
for all of that, either, though.

--
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
[e-mail]  | adequately be explained by stupidity.
  "You can even run GNUemacs under X-windows without paging if you allow
          about 32MB per user." -- Bill Davidsen  "Oink!" -- me

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Date: 4 Mar 91 15:54:34 GMT
From: usc!samsung!umich!vela.acs.oakland.edu!argo.acs.oakland.edu![e-mail]  (Steve Kuo)
Subject: Driving with a scanner in Michigan
To: [e-mail]

I have a question concerning having a scanner in a car in the
state of Michigan.

Section 750.508 of the Michigan Compiled Laws reads:
   Any person who shall equip a vehicle with radio receiving set
   that will receive signals ... ... unless such vehicle is used or
   owned by a peace officer or a bona fide amateur radio operator
   holding a conditional, general, advanced or extra class amateur
   license issued by the FCC ... ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
   punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not more than 1 year
   or by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by both ... ...

Reading this over, I am confused as to which amateur radio license
one must hold to equip a vehicle with scanner.  It is obvious that
a General class or above is allowed.  But what is meant by the word
conditional?  Does this allow Technician or Novice class?
Any law people out there that can help?

Steven D. Kuo
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA
"Go Green, Go MSU"

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Date: 5 Mar 91 02:24:36 GMT
From: usc!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!samsung!interlan.InterLan.COM!interlan.interlan.com![e-mail]  (Mike Yetsko)
Subject: Driving with a scanner in Michigan
To: [e-mail]

I'd say this law doesn't make sense anymore.  Conditional was an OLD class
that was roughly general, but you didn't travel to the FCC office for your
upgrade.  I think this was granted for long commutes, later changed to REAL
long commutes, and finally blown off totally.  The fact that it excludes
technicians would open it up for court challenge, as technician class
operators now have privlidges in bands that border law enforcement bands.
Novice operators at 10M, 220, and 1.2GHz aren't in the same boat, but that
STILL might open it to challenge, especially if some over zealous officer
tried to enforce it for a multi-band radio.

I'd challenge the law just because I think it's assinine and stupid anyway.

Mike Yetsko
N1DVJ

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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 91 01:53:20 MST
From: Ronald Claiborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help needed in Saudi
To: [e-mail]

Hello,

    I am a soldier in Saudi Arabia accessing my account by a SAT
uplink from Saudi.  Now that the war is over we want to try
experimenting with some of the military commo equipment that we
have access to.

    Can you suggest freqs, azm., times, etc... for moon bounce or
Oscar experiments?  The equipment I have access to is normally used
to access a military SAT and has freq. range of 225-400MHZ.

    Send reply to [e-mail]
Include To R. Claiborne in the subject line!

Thanks for any help....
-------

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Date: 5 Mar 91 02:44:01 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au![e-mail]  (John Horvath)
Subject: Looking for info on O'Neill Communications.
To: [e-mail]

Hello.

    I am looking for address/telephone details for a company who supplies
    a LAWN interface unit (local-area wireless network) that connects to
    the serial port of a PC.

    The name of the company is: O'Neill Communications (Princeton, NJ).

    An article in June 1990 Byte on wireless LANs mentioned this company
    but gave no further details on their whereabouts.

Thanks for any help.

John (VK3DWT).

(Sorry for the cross-posting)  :-)

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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1991 03:20:47 -0500
From: [e-mail] (CARY OLER)
Subject: MAJOR SOLAR FLARE ALERTS - VERY HIGH SOLAR ACTIVITY OCCURRING
To: [e-mail]

                        --  MAJOR SOLAR FLARE ALERT  --

                                MARCH 05, 1991

                   ** WARNING - VERY HIGH SOLAR ACTIVITY **
                              Flare Event Summary
                           Potential Impact Forecast


                                    --------


MAJOR ENERGETIC EVENT SUMMARY

     A very significant amount of major solar flaring has occurred over the
past 24 hours from a region just emerging around the eastern limb.  This
region is still very near the east limb, hence no detail in spot activity
can be discerned.  However, four large major flares have occurred over the
past 6 to 18 hours from the region coming into view.

     The first major flare peaked at an X-ray intensity of X7.  This very
strong X-class flare was optically uncorrelated.  It was associated with a
strong Type II sweep frequency event.  The estimated shock speed of the
Type II was 600 kilometers per second.  It was located near approximately
S23E90 (or slightly beyond the east limb).

     The second major flare began at 23:59 UT on 4 March, peaked at a class
M6.7/2B rating at 00:09 UT on 5 March, and ended at 00:28 UT on 5 March.
The location of this flare was S21E88.  No sweeps were observed.

     The third major flare began at 03:02 UT on 5 March, peaked at 03:12 UT
and ended at 03:43 UT on 5 March.  This flare was a powerful class X1.5/3N
(the largest area attained by a flare in well over a year).  Loops were
observed on the limb with this flare.  It was located at S19E89.  No sweeps
were observed although a coronal mass ejection is likely from this event.

    The last major flare so far began at 04:58 UT, peaked at 05:06 UT and
ended at 05:45 UT on 05 March.  This flare reached a powerful class M9.3
x-ray level, but was optically uncorrelated.  It was associated with a
strong 720 s.f.u. Tenflare and a 990 s.f.u. burst at 245 MHz.  No sweeps
were recorded from this event, although a coronal mass ejection (CME) is
likely from this event.


POTENTIAL TERRESTRIAL IMPACT FORECAST

     The region(s) responsible for this recent barrage of major flaring is
still not in view well enough to determine the spot and magnetic
complexity.  However, it is very clear that some very high magnetic
gradients exist in the region now rotating into view.  Hints of the activity
were noticed two days ago when M-class x-ray activity was being observed
without any optical counterparts.  It is now evident that this M-class
flare activity was most likely the result of the region now rotating into
view.  No significant activity was anticipated.  This region is a surprise.

     The major flaring which has occurred over the past 24 hours will not
have any terrestrial impacts aside from possible moderate to high intensity
SID's/SWF's and greater probabilities for VHF SID-induced signal
enhancements.

     PLEASE NOTE!!  If the region(s) responsible for this major flaring
continues to produce major flares over the coming week, potentially high
terrestrial impacts could occur.  Persons, organizations, and/or researchers
who might be affected by the major flaring should take note of this and pay
close attention for future major flare alerts and possible terrestrial
impacts (ie. magnetic storming) later this week.  It is possible that this
region could quite literally blow itself out before it begins to enter the
area capable of producing terrestrial impacts.  More will be known in the
next 24 to 48 hours as the region(s) present themselves for closer
examination.

     Major flaring WILL CONTINUE over the next 24 hours at least.  There is
not much of a threat at the present time for proton activity from the
flaring regions although it is quite probable that they are throwing out
protons.  The flaring regions are still too far east to produce any
significant proton activity.  This will change as the regions travel toward
the central solar meridian.  Proton activity could become a factor anytime
from about 08 or 09 March until the region(s) responsible rotate beyond the
west limb by about 18 or 19 March (a preliminary estimate).  The flare
centers should begin crossing the central meridian by about 12 March.

     Alerts and updates will be posted on a daily basis over the next
week or so unless the activity becomes less active.  The solar flux will
increase to near or above 250 by 18:00 UT on 05 March.

     Watch for further flare alerts and possible terrestrial impact
warnings.


**  End of Alert  **

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Date: 5 Mar 91 00:48:21 GMT
From: uhccux!munnari.oz.au!metro!otc![e-mail]  (Brendan Jones)
Subject: Radar band designations.  Help!
To: [e-mail]

I would like to know what are the old and new radar designations are and
what their exact frequency span is, ie the old bands are L, S, C, X, K etc
and the new bands are D, E, F, G, J, K etc but I do not have information
on what exact frequencies these bands cover.

If anyone can help me out I would appreciate a complete list of designations
(old and new) covering the frequencies 1 GHz to 100 GHz at least.

Email is probably best as the only newsgroup I read out of the above list is
sci.electronics.

Thanks in advance for any help!!

--
Brendan Jones  | ACSnet:  [e-mail]               | What does
R&D Contractor |   UUCP:  {uunet,mcvax}!otc.otca.oz.au!brendan | your
Services R&D   |  Phone:  [phone]     Fax:  [phone]    | company
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Date: 5 Mar 91 01:25:27 GMT
From: sun-barr!newstop!exodus!itlwrk.Eng.Sun.COM![e-mail]  (Todd Basche)
Subject: SONY 2010 or Grundig 500 SW Receiver Wanted
To: [e-mail]

HI,
I am looking for a short wave receiver , that is portable.  I have
looked at the Sony 2010 and the Grundig 500.  I have also heard that
the Sony 2001 is almost the same as the Sony 2010, is that the case ?
Does the 2001 have the synchronous detector, are the specs the same
overall ?
Does anyone out there have one of these they are looking to
sell ? (Now that the war is over)


 Thanks,
 Todd Basche alias [e-mail] 415-336-4821

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Date: Tue, 05 Mar 91 10:38:50 SET
From: angelo <[e-mail]>
Subject: subscription request
To: [e-mail]



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