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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 04:30:28 PST
From: Ham-Homebrew Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Ham-Homebrew Digest V94 #80
To: Ham-Homebrew
Ham-Homebrew Digest Thu, 31 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 80
Today's Topics:
Building WWV time decoder
Ramsey kits
Semiconductor specs and equivalencies
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 22:04:28 GMT
From: hookup!news.kei.com!eff!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!ticipa!asic.sc.ti.com!news@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu
Subject: Building WWV time decoder
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
I know that WWV broadcasts the current time in a digital coded
format. I would like to find information on this format. Better
yet I would like to find a schematic for decoder circuit.
Any info leading me in the right direction would be helpful.
Thanks,
Clay Timmons KB5SXS e-mail: ctimmons@asic.sc.ti.com
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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 10:00:21 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Ramsey kits
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
In article <CnFwKq.AxM@ra.nrl.navy.mil> drumhell@claudette.nrl.navy.mil (David Drumheller) writes:
> I'm interested in getting on 440 mHz ... cheaply. So I would consider
>building a Ramsey kit. (They cost about $160.) Questions: How easy are
>they to build? Do they sell enclosures for them? How well to the radios
>perform? How much test equipment do I need to calibrate and tune the
>radio?
Oh, oh, here we go again. The Ramsey kit is fairly easy to build, and
yes they sell a cabinet. They don't perform that well, and you need
sophisticated equipment, at least a spectrum analyzer, to tune them
up properly. (Maximum output and cleanest output aren't even in the
same ballpark) It's not a horrible choice if you have access to the
right equipment. But you'd certainly come out cheaper, and have a higher
performance radio, if you convert ex-commercial surplus radios such
as Motorola or GE to amateur service. There'll be tons of those in
the upcoming Dayton fleamarket for $50 or less.
Gary
--
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Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 18:37:11 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ysu.edu!malgudi.oar.net!witch!ted!mjsilva@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Semiconductor specs and equivalencies
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
In article <CnEv9G.K9H@acsu.buffalo.edu>, John J Welch (jwelch@acsu.buffalo.edu) writes:
>Dear Net:
>
>This seems like the relevant area to post since it is likely to be
>read by both amateur and professional electronics people who work hands-on
>everyday with semiconductors of all sorts, if another group would be
>more appropriate, please email me.
>
>Question: Is there a resource which one can consult, preferably online, to
>get design specifications on semiconductor components and to determine
>equivalencies between components for purposes of substitution?
>
>I am familiar with semiconductor catalogs which list chips from each
>manufacturer, but this seems like an archaic way to go about searching.
>In addition to the awkwardness of thumbing through these tomes, it would
>seem too expensive to maintain libraries of these catalogs and keep them
>up to date.
>
>I am interested only from the perspective of a hobbiest trying to maximize
>the utility of his junk collection. There are several projects I would like
>to try, but years after the projects have been written up, parts numbers
>change, better substitutes come out, etc.
>
>
I don't have any knowledge of an online source, but one very good
reference for mystery parts are the NTE, ECG and SK
catalogs/cross-reference guides. These guides will cross-reference
just about any semi you have to an equivalent (or slightly superior)
device, and you can read the thumbnail specs on that device in the
guide. You soon learn some of the part numbers by heart (e.g. the
NTE 123A is your basic 2N3904/PN2222/etc). These guides cost $3-$4 and
are readily available. Of course, the more exotic the device the less
likely it is to be listed, but for hobby purposes we're generally
using more common, available devices anyway. Another point to be aware
of is that the equivalent devices may have slightly better specs than
the device you're looking up (higher voltage, higher gain, etc). This
might get you into trouble if you cross-reference desired part AAAA to
(e.g.) ECG part BBBB and find that the BBBB is also the cross for a
part CCCC, which you just happen to have. The CCCC may not be as
"good" as the AAAA, depending. Most of the time, though, you should
be OK.
BTW, I think some of these companies now have their cross-references on
disk also.
73, Mike, KK6GM
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