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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 93 04:11:53 PST
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Info-Hams Digest            Fri, 19 Nov 93       Volume 93 : Issue 1363

Today's Topics:
                     Amateur Radio Newsline #847
                     Amateur Radio Newsline #848
                   Gary bashing ---> crossed wires
                          HAM ftp mod sites?
                   How do I contact Yaesu? (2 msgs)
                Miss Manners in the Novice Sub-bands?
                            prefix hunters
                           Radio Shack HTs
                      Telescoping antenna on HT
                       TEN TEC OMNI V OWNERS!!!
                          XY0Z - DXCC Status
                    Ya gotta hand it to the FCC...

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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 93 19:03:17 GMT
From: tribune.usask.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!adec23![e-mail]
Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #847
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Karl Beckman) writes:

>Simple rule for all of us:
>If the separator looks like it is about to fall over, it's MM/DD/YY;
>if it already fell over, it's European DD.MM.YY; if someone's smart
>enough to use text for month name, he knows people get confused easily.

Looks like the US is trying to impose their rule on others. I am sorry,
but Canada uses DD/MM/YY format ...

-- Mark
 Look ma! no periods

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Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1993 23:21:18 MST
From: usc!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!nebulus!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #848
To: [e-mail]

                   Some Special Notes For This Week Only

Internet users: This item is e-mailed to rec.radio.info and posted by the
moderator on R.R.I. and rec.radio.amateur.misc.  There have been problems
reported about people getting this item in their mailbox who do not
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control of that, please contact your postmaster or the postmaster at the
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UU.NET so we are sorry of any delays.

RIME, Intelec and I-Link readers:  Due to a few BBS's choking on the
message length and spitting out duplicates of partial posts, we will begin
splitting up the NEWSLINE to at least 2 messages begining this week.

Since we have been forwarding NEWSLINE to these networks, Bill has received
quite a number of inquiries about other uses of this electronicly published
version.  For information about reposting NEWSLINE, please read the last
article in this week issue.

Due to the nature of this first story, we are also submitting this week's
NEWSLINE to the various Broadcast echoes and r.r.b.


The electronic edition of Amateur Radio Newsline is transcribed from source
material by Dale Cary.  Newsline is reprinted here courtesy of Bill
Pasternak, WA6ITF, Editor of Newsline.   Editorial comment should be
E-mailed to [e-mail] or [e-mail].  Voice or
FAX to [phone].


 NEWSLINE RADIO - CBBS EDITION #98 - POSTED 11/13/93

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    The following is late news about Amateur Radio for Radio
 Amateurs as prepared from NEWSLINE RADIO scripts by the staff of
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 *  our support fund administrator that the monies needed to     *
 *  pay the our monthly bills is still dangerously low.          *
 *     Yes, there are many sources of ham radio news, but for    *
 *  the past sixteen and a half years, nobody has been able to   *
 *  bring you this news as quickly and as accurately as          *
 *  Newsline. The ham magazines have a two to four month lead    *
 *  time.  The various ham radio newsletters are at least a      *
 *  week or two behind what's happening.  While the ARRL has a   *
 *  very fine audio news dissemination operation with it's W1AW  *
 *  Official Bulletin Station, it is primarily geared to high    *
 *  frequency operation.                                         *
 *     Only Newsline brings up to the minute ham radio news      *
 *  direct to you over your favorite repeater.  That means you   *
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 *  the street on your hand held radio.                          *
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                  REPEATER OWNER FINE QUESTIONED

    There are some significant new developments in the case of New
 Jersey repeater owner Bill Krause WA2HDE.  He's the ham who was
 issued a five thousand dollar fine because the FCC says that his
 Manhattan, New York repeater transmitter was heard on a frequency
 in an aeronautical communications band.
    As we reported last week, the FCC claims that on August the
 30th, its New York City Field Office received a complaint from
 the Federal Aviation Administration about a signal on 243 MHz
 that had appeared on receivers at two airports over the previous
 five days.  Subsequent investigation by Engineer Alexander Zimney
 determined that the repeater was being operated by WA2HDE.  The
 commission says that it issued the Notice of Apparent Liability
 to Monetary Forfeiture -- the FCC's term for a fine -- because
 of the potential of interference to aircraft emergency
 communications.
    But there is something that the FCC's Zimney did not do.  He
 issued the fine before bothering to notify Krause that he might
 be in violation of Part 97 rules.  In other words, its possible
 that a commission employee in his apparent eagerness to please
 the FAA may have violated the federal governments own
 Administrative procedures Act.  Rules that specifically call for
 a Notice of Violation to be issued and time given for a response
 before any punitive action is taken except in truly egregious
 cases.  Note that the terms willful and malicious interference
 were not used by the FCC and therefore the incident cannot be
 legally interpreted as egregious.  This is extremely important as
 you will hear.
    To complicate matters even further, it turns out that Bill
 Krause is a person well known to the FCC.  William A. Krause is
 one of the nations most respected broadcast engineers.  He is the
 Chief Engineer of WABC AM, the clear-channel flagship station of
 the American Broadcasting Systems radio network.  His repeater is
 also well known in that it is dedicated to public service work
 and is a very popular spot for communications for these kind of
 events.
    The FCC said that it had no way to reach Krause when its
 engineers discovered that it was his radio system that was
 interfering with the air-band radio system on 243 MHz, but as the
 chief engineer of a radio station Krause must deal regularly with
 the New York City FCC Engineer Alexander Zimney.  Its a safe bet
 that Zimney has all the telephone and FAX numbers needed to
 contact Bill Krause sitting in the phone book on his desk.
    We can't end without mentioning what the technical problem
 was that lead Zimney to issue the five thousand dollar NAL.
 Newsline has learned that the transmitter in Krause's Spectrum
 Communications repeater had malfunctioned.  The result was a 700
 milliwatt spur that occurred only when the transmitter was key
 up.  That's right, 700 milliwatts and only in key up when the
 transmitter was not technically even on the air!
    By now you must realize that there would be absolutely no way
 for Bill Krause or anyone else to know that the transmitter was
 putting out a spur unless someone notified him of the problem.
 Zimney could have called Krause on the phone and asked that he
 assist in solving the problem.  Instead, the New York City FCC
 engineer acted in a way that has made him rather unpopular with
 the tri-state area's ham radio community.
    Meantime, Krause filed a reply to the NAL.  In it he says that
 at the time of the incident his repeater appeared to be operating
 normally.  He tells the FCC that he had no reason to believe
 that it was producing unwanted spurs outside of the 222 MHz
 amateur radio band.
    Nobody is saying that the unintentional interference by
 Krauses repeater transmitter to the 243 MHz aeronautical channel
 is insignificant, but there is a big question regarding the way
 in which the New York City FCC Field Office reacted to the
 situation and the level of the punitive action imposed.
    The next move is up to FCC Engineer Alexander Zimney.  We will
 keep you posted on this one.

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                 HAM ADMITS JAMMING THE BIG MAC

    Terry Van Sickle, WB5WXI has pleaded guilty in federal court
 to one count of willful and malicious interference to the two way
 radio system at a Dallas Texas Mc Donalds restaurant.  Van Sickle
 is the former WFAA television news photographer who the FBI
 questioned on August 22nd after they found him parked in his van
 near the fast food restaurant.  The FBI was attracted to the
 vehicle after its investigators noted a large number of antennas
 on it.
    As previously reported, the FBI interrogated Van Sickle and a
 friend for about three hours before releasing them.  At that time
 no charges had yet been brought.  Van Sickle even claimed his
 innocence by way of an article appearing in the September 30th
 issue of the Dallas Observer newspaper.  He even told the
 Observer that it is a common practice for electronic enthusiasts
 to talk to fast food restaurants over the radio relay food
 ordering systems.  He said that these same radio buffs regularly
 post the frequencies of fast-food restaurant radio systems on
 computer bulletin boards and that the frequencies used by the Mc
 Donald's was readily accessible to almost anyone.
    But on October the 27th that all changed when WB5WXI was
 charged by the government as being the source of the interfering
 signal.  At a hearing, Van Sickle admitted his guilt and entered
 into an settlement, apparently to avoid a lengthy trial.
    In the plea agreement, Van Sickle guaranteed to fully
 cooperate with any further investigation of the matter, to
 surrender all interest in the thousands of dollars worth of his
 two way radio equipment and computers that the government had
 ceased as evidence in the case, and on demand of the court to
 submit to interviews by the United States Attorneys office
 regarding his ability to satisfy any fines or restitution order
 that might be imposed.
    Van Sickle has been ordered back to court on January 12th,
 1994 for sentencing.  At that time he could face up to a year in
 prison, a fine of up to one-hundred thousand dollars or both.  In
 addition he can be ordered to pay restitution to the Mc Donalds
 for any damages and loss of income that his actions may have cost
 the company and could also face a civil suit if Mc Donalds eels
 that the compensation awarded it was insufficient.
    Finally, as is usually the case, the FCC will probably begin
 its own investigation of Van Sickle's activities.  If they find
 him in violation of their rules he could loose any radio licenses
 he now holds.  Van Sickle could also face thousands of dollars in
 additional fines as well.

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                           PHONE OUT

    This note to all of you who get the newscast by calling into
 our area code [phone] automatic telephone delivery
 number.  Please be advised that the equipment on that line will
 be down for maintenance from late on Tuesday November the 16th
 till about 01:00 Eastern Time on Monday November the 22nd.  For
 that six day period we ask that you call area code (213) 462-
 0008, [phone] or the regional newsfeed line serving your
 area.  We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during
 this short duration of service interruption to the 805 area code
 line that will last less than one week.

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                       VE TEST FEE INCREASE

    The cost of getting a ham license is going up in 1994.  The
 FCC has announced that effective January 1, 1994, the maximum
 allowable reimbursement fee for an amateur operator license
 examination will be $5.75.  That's up fifteen cents from the
 current $5.60.
    As before, volunteer examiners and volunteer examiner
 coordinators may charge examinees for out-of-pocket expenses
 incurred in preparing, processing, administering, or coordinating
 examinations for amateur operator licenses.  The amount of any
 such reimbursement fee from any one examinee for any one
 examination session, regardless of the number of elements
 administered, must not exceed the maximum allowable fee.  Where
 the VE and the VEC both wish to be reimbursed, they must
 jointly decide on a fair distribution of the fee.
    The ARRL VEC says that will begin charging $5.75 after the
 new FCC allowable fee becomes effective and other VEC's are
 expected to do the same.

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                       EARTHWINDS DELAYED

    Problems with its mooring assembly has delayed the launch of
 the ham radio equipped Earthwinds Hilton balloon from an airfield
 near Reno, Nevada.  Earthwinds was scheduled for a launch attempt
 on Saturday, November 6th at 14:00 UTC but bolts anchoring the
 craft failed as the top balloon was being filled with helium gas.
 It will now be at least six to eight weeks before another launch
 attempt will be made.
    By way of background, the manned balloon will carry 2-meter
 equipment for communicating with the Amateur Radio community and
 the ham operators aboard the Mir space station.  All
 communications will be conducted on 2-meters simplex, 145.55 MHz.
    Eathhwinds planners hope that the balloon will circumnavigate
 the globe at nearly 35,000 feet above and near the 45th parallel.
 Saturday's flight path would take the balloon from Reno, Nevada
 to New Mexico.
    If Earthwinds ever does make it into the air and on the air,
 QSL cards will go via Gordon West, WB6NOA.

 *****
                     DOVE RETURNS TO THE AIR

    After a long absence, the Dove OSCAR 17 satellite is back on
 the air.  It is presently sending packet telemetry and short text
 bulletins on 145.825 MHz FM. DOVE's transmissions can be copied
 by anyone with a 2-meter FM receiver and a standard packet radio
 TNC.  More work is required to get the satellite fully
 operational, but this is a major step in getting Dove fully back
 on line.

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                          RFE LAYOFFS

    Radio Free Europe will lay off more than half its employees
 and leave its Munich base by 1996.  The headquarters for the
 radio services that for decades given eastern Europeans
 uncensored news with a decidedly anti-Communist slant will move
 either to Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, or Washington,
 D.C..
    Getting down from the current annual budget of $210 million to
 the $75 million mandated by President Clinton also will mean
 closing the New York office and moving its research center out of
 Munich These are two  of the world's most expensive cities.
    Radio Liberty, which broadcasts to Russia and other former
 Soviet republics, will be unaffected by the cuts and
 consolidation given the continued political instability in the
 region.

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                          DX - LESOTHO

    In DX, prefix hunters should note that in commemoration of the
 27th anniversary of Lesotho independence, a special prefix will
 be used until mid November.  7P27LI will be on 14.010 to 14.025
 MHz, and on 21.010 to 21.025 MHz from 10:00 hours to 14:00 hours
 UTC.  QSL to Ray Shankweiler, Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho.

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                        POSTING NEWSLINE

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 Newsline by packet radio or other data postings.  Over the past
 month we have received numerous calls from individuals who have
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 practice or whatever.
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Date: 18 Nov 93 14:41:22 GMT
From: ogicse!emory!kd4nc!ke4zv![e-mail]
Subject: Gary bashing ---> crossed wires
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ben Coleman) writes:
>[e-mail] (Ed Hare - KA1CV) writes:
>> Yeah, but some of us well-known newsgroup types joined you in your
>> confusion. :-). I had just assumed that I missed the original
>> post, and when I saw Gary Coffman . . .
>
>I suspect it's because we're so used to seeing GC's posts end with a lone
>
>Gary
>
>at the bottom.  Usually, it's fairly distinctive, but in this case, the
>other Gary 'signed' the same way, and we all, Pavlovian-like, assumed it
>was GC.

Gee, doesn't anyone read the cute little .sig file I put at the bottom
of my posts? With apologies to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, I've got a
new one today. :-)

Gary
--
Gary Coffman KE4ZV          | Where my job's going,  | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Destructive Testing Systems | I don't know. It might | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way             | wind up in Mexico.     | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |          -NAFTA Blues  |

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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 02:49:22 GMT
From: yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!mcrcim.mcgill.edu!sifon!Atlas.EETECH.McGill.CA![e-mail]
Subject: HAM ftp mod sites?
To: [e-mail]

Scott Whittle <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Does anyone know of any ham ftp sites.  I'm looking for mod files to be
>exact.

Sure do.

Your best bet will probably be ftp.cs.buffalo.edu:/pub/ham-radio/mods

For those still thinking about using ham.eetech.mcgill.ca, don't.
This site is closing PERMANENTLY on 19 November, 1993.  All the mods
which are available at the latter site have been moved to the former.

73

Bruno
--
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Bruno Hall | VE2HUM | old: [e-mail] | new: [e-mail]
New systems generate new problems -- Join the Flat Earth Society.

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Date: 18 Nov 1993 19:32:55 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!wrdis02.robins.af.mil![e-mail]
Subject: How do I contact Yaesu?
To: [e-mail]

Dean R Madsen ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I have a Yaesu FT-470 that has a terrible intermod problem and less than
: desirable squelch operation.  I need a phone number to contact Yaesu to
: investigate getting this repaired.  I found a list of manufacturers' phone
: numbers, but none of the ones listed for Yaesu were current.  Does anyone have
: a recent phone number for Yaesu U.S.A. ?

: Also, I believe I read that this intermod/squelch problem I am having is
: common in several lots of FT-470s.  Anyone have an easy way to remedy the
: problem?

: Thanks & 73,
: Dean Madsen - KE0WO
: [e-mail]

: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
: + Dean R Madsen, KE0WO                 +    Computer Engineering Major      +
: + Internet: [e-mail]        +      Iowa State Univeristy         +
: + AX25: KE0WO @ KE0WO.#NWIA.IA.USA.NA  +         Ames, Iowa                 +
: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I hate to be flip, but do you speak Japanese?  That's the ONLY way
you'll ever speak to a Yaesu engineer.

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Date: 18 Nov 93 18:09:52 GMT
From: ogicse!cs.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu![e-mail]
Subject: How do I contact Yaesu?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dean R
Madsen) writes:
> I have a Yaesu FT-470 that has a terrible intermod problem and less than
> desirable squelch operation.  I need a phone number to contact Yaesu to
> investigate getting this repaired.  I found a list of manufacturers' phone
> numbers, but none of the ones listed for Yaesu were current.  Does anyone
have
> a recent phone number for Yaesu U.S.A. ?
>
> Also, I believe I read that this intermod/squelch problem I am having is
> common in several lots of FT-470s.  Anyone have an easy way to remedy the
> problem?
>
> Thanks & 73,
> Dean Madsen - KE0WO
> [e-mail]
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> + Dean R Madsen, KE0WO                 +    Computer Engineering Major      +
> + Internet: [e-mail]        +      Iowa State Univeristy         +
> + AX25: KE0WO @ KE0WO.#NWIA.IA.USA.NA  +         Ames, Iowa                 +
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>
Try 800.255.9237...it was good last year to get to parts/repair.

--
Jeff Hite KF7SZ
Computing Center
U of Oregon
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 04:36:32 GMT
From: news.uiowa.edu!icaen![e-mail]
Subject: Miss Manners in the Novice Sub-bands?
To: [e-mail]

I've got a little question.  I was tuning across the 80-meter novice subband
tonight, and right at 3700kHz I noticed a QSO taking place at 20+ WPM.  It
was coming across S9+10 when everything else was coming across S6-7, and
that combined with the fact that they both sounded like 0 call-signs makes
me think that at least one of these guys might have been Iowans, and, at least
with *my* equipment, this was the only part of 80 that sounded like it was
reliably open at that time (I started hearing some other stations outside
the novice subbands later--I was just looking for code copy).
 Now, for my question.  (And, BTW, I'm not trying to condemn anybody's
practice, call anybody a lid, or anything else--I'm genuinely curious.)  What
is the correct etiquette for running high-speed code in the Novice subbands?
It wasn't anything big tonight, since even that area was uncrowded, but I'm
just curious...the novice subbands are supposedly "training bands" (anything
like training pants or training wheels? ;-) ;-) ;-) <- for the humour-impaired)
for lowly Novices/Techs like me.  If there's a big demand for them by novices/
techs, should higher-class licenses QSY?  *do* they QSY?

Peace es 73 de Doug N0YVW

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__  /|  | Douglas J Renze, N0YVW  |
\'o.O'  | [phone]         |             IN GOD WE TRUST
=(___)= | [e-mail]  |           All Others Pay Cash
   U    | [e-mail] |

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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 02:21:30 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!csd.unb.ca!garfield.csd.unbsj.ca![e-mail]
Subject: prefix hunters
To: [e-mail]

I havn't noticed this mentioned in the last few days, but if I'm repeating
somebody else, my appoligies.

For those of you who do some prefix hunting, effective December 1, Canada
will have a new prefix.  Currently VE1 represents Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
The new prefix will be for New Brunswick only.  The prefix will be VE9.  So
if you are dialing around down on HF and you hear VE9, don't be too surprised.

The change is not mandantory for existing amateurs, however, it seems as though
lots of people will be changing.

--
======================
Robert Ford  (VE1RKF)
[e-mail]
======================

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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 18:46:09 PST
From: news.kpc.com!amd!netcomsv!micromed![e-mail]
Subject: Radio Shack HTs
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Ken Smith) writes:

>
> To:GARY#KE4ZV.UUCP
>
> [e-mail]  typed this about Re: Radio Shack HTs
>
>
> G>>I have been told that it is made by Icom, but this was by an R.S.
> G>>salesdroid, so I could be wrong.
>
> G>Well they say "Made in Korea for Tandy Corp", so I don't think Icom
> G>is involved. I heard they were made by the same company that makes
> G>their scanners.
>
> I was told that they are made by Maxon. (or is it Maxxon?)
>
I know that Maxon did the FCC certification for the radio, but that may
or may not determine who designed, or manufactured the units.

Brett  N7OLQ

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[e-mail] (brett miller)

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Date: 18 Nov 93 14:45:14 GMT
From: ogicse!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex![e-mail]
Subject: Telescoping antenna on HT
To: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Alan Silverstein) writes:

>> The collapsed telescoping antenna won't be any worse than a duck.

>Yes it will.  It has a much worse SWR.  It just doesn't work as well.
>Try it side-by-side with a weak signal.  Whether or not the high SWR
>will hurt your rig is a different issue.

Maybe I should not have said "won't".  I should have said "might not".
In my case, the duck that came sith my Alinco DJ560 is roughly equal to
worse than my AEA telescopic antenna collapsed.  Your milage may vary.
About the only time I use the duck is if I am in a strong signal area
and need an attenuator.

David

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Date: 16 Nov 1993 16:40:00 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.uoregon.edu!fp2-st-affairs-17.uoregon.edu![e-mail]
Subject: TEN TEC OMNI V OWNERS!!!
To: [e-mail]

If you own or have owned an OMNI V, what are your opinions of the radio?The
only exposure I've had to it is through reviews I've read and based on
that, I'm contemplating buying a used one.

When I bring up the subject on the local repeater, I get some "questioning"
tones of voices. Something akin to, "you really want to buy a Ten Tec?" One
guy even told me, "Ten Tec isn't inexpensive, it's cheap!"

The Ten Tecs I've heard on the air sound very good. What have your
experiences been?

Thanks,
Steve/AA7FL

[e-mail]

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Date: 18 Nov 93 15:46:50 GMT
From: worldbank.org![e-mail]
Subject: XY0Z - DXCC Status
To: [e-mail]

 I was under the impression that cards for the XY0Z operations (Myanmar) were
okay for DXCC. However, a collegue of mine recently had his card rejected by
the DXCC Desk.

 Does anyone know whether paperwork was ever submitted for this operation, or
has anyone been successful in submitting this card for DXCC?


Thanks,  Darrell  (NR3Y).


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Date: 16 Nov 93 02:29:36 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram![e-mail]
Subject: Ya gotta hand it to the FCC...
To: [e-mail]

I've been looking at the output of a search on a callbook server,
and amongst other things I discovered that the FCC was active as
long ago as 1892!

Without prejudice to the people involved, look up N5VUR, N3JJF, N5ZFK,
KD4OOY and KD4NHD.  And yes, they all have the same name (I am looking
them up for a project of mine) but that is irrelevant, as my list was
for all people with that name.

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Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)    VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC     PGP 2.3
[e-mail]           ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave    available

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