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Info-Hams Digest            Fri,  4 Feb 94       Volume 94 : Issue  114

Today's Topics:
                      ((THANKS!!)) re 40m CW QRP
                        940 pll unlock problem
                        A code speed question
     Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 03 February
      Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 31 January
                         From Usenet to print
                            Johnson Radio
                        Ramsey FX Transceivers

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Date: 3 Feb 1994 16:46:04 GMT
From: hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!udel!news.sprintlink.net![e-mail]
Subject: ((THANKS!!)) re 40m CW QRP
To: [e-mail]

To all of you who responded to my original post seeking your experiences
on 40 meter QRP, many thanks! Your comments were much appreciated. I
tried to respond by e-mail individually, but I may have missed a few folks.
So thanks again, & 73.   -andy/k4adl

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Date: 3 Feb 94 18:15:47 GMT
From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!aries![e-mail]
Subject: 940 pll unlock problem
To: [e-mail]

Thanks for the email suggestions. I finally hung the scope on pll1, then
pll2, etc. I had to look at the scope for up to 5 min to catch a unlock...
kind of a long time for a fast oxidizer. The results were: CAR stayed up,
pll1 stayed up, but pll2 failed. The inputs to pll2 stayed up. Upon inspection
C68, a coupling cap in the vco of pll2, had a cracked solder connection. It
was hard to see, and hard to determine if it was cracked all the way around.
Anyway, resoldering the joint fixed the problem. I wonder if the often reported
cure of unpluging and pluging connectors results in an apparent cure due to the
mechanical flexing of the board. Someone complained about the phenolic boards.
Do they cause these cracked joints over time?
So I'm happy now.......for awhile.

Chuck Hawley
KE9UW

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 07:55:40 -0500
From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!psuvm!cunyvm!rohvm1![e-mail]
Subject: A code speed question
To: [e-mail]

In article <2ip1ip$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Elendir)
wrote:

>  I am learning the morse code, and occasionaly I try accelerated rates
> (15 wpm, e.g). And while I can get many letters, I find it impossible to
> write them down. So this is my question :
>  How can you achieve at the same time listening and writing of the letters
> at such speeds ? That seems a mistery to me.

Practice!

Actually, that was how I learned Morse...listen to fast transmissions,
write down as much as I could, and look for a pattern of letters I was
missing.  Then I'd concentrate on those for a while.  Pretty soon I was
getting them all, and at 15 wpm or so.  I ran into another writing block at
about 25-30 wpm that I've never overcome.  I can listen and comprehend at
35 - 40, but can't get it down on paper much beyond 25.

Hang in there-you'll get it with persistence.

--
73  de  John Taylor  W3ZID
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 14:06:31 MST
From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 03 February
To: [e-mail]

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                 DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACT

                                03 FEBRUARY, 1994

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                  (Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)


SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACT
------------------------------------------------------------

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 034, 02/03/94
10.7 FLUX=097.9  90-AVG=106        SSN=062      BKI=0223 3221  BAI=007
BGND-XRAY=A9.5     FLU1=8.2E+05  FLU10=1.2E+04  PKI=1233 3321  PAI=010
  BOU-DEV=000,014,019,021,035,015,015,009   DEV-AVG=016 NT     SWF=00:000
 XRAY-MAX= C1.5   @ 0418UT    XRAY-MIN= A7.5   @ 1633UT   XRAY-AVG= B1.6
NEUTN-MAX= +001%  @ 1955UT   NEUTN-MIN= -003%  @ 1700UT  NEUTN-AVG= -0.5%
  PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 2110UT     PCA-MIN= -0.3DB @ 1150UT    PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55349NT @ 1530UT   BOUTF-MIN=55328NT @ 2025UT  BOUTF-AVG=55340NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT  G7-AVG=+069,+000,+000
GOES6-MAX=P:+127NT@ 1726UT   GOES6-MIN=N:-064NT@ 0845UT  G6-AVG=+092,+030,-027
 FLUXFCST=STD:100,100,095;SESC:100,100,095 BAI/PAI-FCST=005,005,010/010,010,010
    KFCST=1112 2111 1112 2111  27DAY-AP=006,008   27DAY-KP=1113 3121 1233 3221
 WARNINGS=
   ALERTS=
!!END-DATA!!

NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 02 FEB 94 was  59.7.
      The Full Kp Indices for 02 FEB 94 are: 1o 2o 3+ 4o   5- 3- 2- 1o
      The 3-Hr Ap Indices for 02 FEB 94 are:   4   8  17  27  37  13   7   4


SYNOPSIS OF ACT
--------------------

             Solar activity was low. Three C-class flares were
       observed over the last 24 hours. One of these was from newly
       numbered Region 7666 (N17E51), a small C-type group. Region
       7663 (N12W48) also contributed a C-flare and showed some
       slow growth. The remainder of the disk was quiet and stable.

            Solar activity forecast:  solar activity is expected to be
       very low to low.

            The geomagnetic field was generally quiet to unsettled.
       Some periods of active conditions were observed at high
       latitudes between 0900-1800Z.

            Geophysical activity forecast:  the geomagnetic field is
       expected to be predominantly quiet to unsettled for the next
       three days. Possible effects from the filament disappearance
       of 01 February provide a slight chance for active conditions
       on the third day.

            Event probabilities 04 feb-06 feb

                             Class M    05/05/05
                             Class X    01/01/01
                             Proton     01/01/01
                             PCAF       Green

            Geomagnetic activity probabilities 04 feb-06 feb

                        A.  Middle Latitudes
                        Active                05/10/25
                        Minor Storm           05/05/10
                        Major-Severe Storm    01/01/05

                        B.  High Latitudes
                        Active                05/10/30
                        Minor Storm           05/05/10
                        Major-Severe Storm    01/01/05

            HF propagation conditions were normal over all regions.
       No changes are expected over the next 72 hours, through 06 Feb
       inclusive.


COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
========================================================

LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 03 FEBRUARY, 1994
-------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP
 0135 0135 0136                          110


POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 03 FEBRUARY, 1994
-----------------------------------------------------------
 BEGIN        MAX      END     LOCATION   TYPE   SIZE  DUR  II IV
     NO EVENTS OBSERVED


INFERRED CORONAL HOLES. LOCATIONS VALID AT 03/2400Z
---------------------------------------------------
               ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXT
      EAST   SOUTH  WEST   NORTH  CAR  TYPE  POL  AREA   OBSN
                 NO DAT


SUMMARY OF FLARE EVENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------

 Date   Begin  Max   End  Xray  Op Region  Locn    2695 MHz  8800 MHz  15.4 GHz
------  ----  ----  ----  ----  -- ------ ------  --------- --------- ---------
02 Feb: 1912  1935  2012  B4.0


REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------

                C   M   X     S   1   2   3   4   Total   (%)
               --  --  --    --  --  --  --  --    ---  ------
Uncorrellated: 0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    001  (100.0)

 Total Events: 001 optical and x-ray.


EVENTS WIT
----------------------------------------------------------------

 Date   Begin  Max   End  Xray  Op Region  Locn    Sweeps/Optical Observations
------  ----  ----  ----  ----  -- ------ ------   ---------------------------
                            NO EVENTS OBSERVED.

NOTES:
     All times are in Universal Time (UT).  Characters preceding begin, max,
     and end times are defined as:  B = Before,  U = Uncertain,  A = After.
     All times associated with x-ray flares (ex. flares which produce
     associated x-ray bursts) refer to the begin, max, and end times of the
     x-rays.  Flares which are not associated with x-ray signatures use the
     optical observations to determine the begin, max, and end times.

     Acronyms used to identify sweeps and optical phenomena include:

          II        = Type II Sweep Frequency Event
          III       = Type III Sweep
          IV        = Type IV Sweep
          V         = Type V Sweep
          Continuum = Continuum Radio Event
          Loop      = Loop Prominence System,
          Spray     = Limb Spray,
          Surge     = Bright Limb Surge,
          EPL       = Eruptive Prominence on the Limb.


**  End of Daily Report  **

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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 20:07:58 MST
From: mvb.saic.com!connected.com!news.sprintlink.net!nic.hookup.net!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network
Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 31 January
To: [e-mail]

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                 DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACT

                                31 JANUARY, 1994

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                  (Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)


SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACT
-----------------------------------------------------------

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 031, 01/31/94
10.7 FLUX=097.6  90-AVG=106        SSN=081      BKI=2122 1202  BAI=005
BGND-XRAY=B1.4     FLU1=4.8E+05  FLU10=3.7E+04  PKI=2132 2223  PAI=007
  BOU-DEV=013,009,015,012,006,010,003,016   DEV-AVG=010 NT     SWF=00:000
 XRAY-MAX= B4.8   @ 0415UT    XRAY-MIN= B1.1   @ 0158UT   XRAY-AVG= B2.2
NEUTN-MAX= +002%  @ 2220UT   NEUTN-MIN= -002%  @ 2320UT  NEUTN-AVG= -0.1%
  PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 2045UT     PCA-MIN= -0.3DB @ 1400UT    PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55348NT @ 1220UT   BOUTF-MIN=55330NT @ 2237UT  BOUTF-AVG=55340NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT  G7-AVG=+064,+000,+000
GOES6-MAX=P:+117NT@ 1909UT   GOES6-MIN=N:-056NT@ 0751UT  G6-AVG=+086,+030,-026
 FLUXFCST=STD:100,100,100;SESC:100,100,100 BAI/PAI-FCST=010,010,005/012,012,010
    KFCST=2223 4322 2233 4321  27DAY-AP=006,005   27DAY-KP=1322 2110 1112 2212
 WARNINGS=
   ALERTS=
!!END-DATA!!

NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 30 JAN 94 was  53.0.
      The Full Kp Indices for 30 JAN 94 are: 3- 1- 2+ 3-   3- 3- 3- 2o
      The 3-Hr Ap Indices for 30 JAN 94 are:  11   3  10  11  12  12  11   7


SYNOPSIS OF ACT
--------------------

             Solar activity was very low. All regions on the
       disk were quiet and stable.

            Solar activity forecast:  solar activity is expected to be
       very low to low.

            The geomagnetic field was predominantly quiet to unsettled.

            Geophysical activity forecast:  the geomagnetic field is
       expected to be generally unsettled for the next two days and
       should be quiet to unsettled on the third day.

            Event probabilities 01 feb-03 feb

                             Class M    01/01/01
                             Class X    01/01/01
                             Proton     01/01/01
                             PCAF       Green

            Geomagnetic activity probabilities 01 feb-03 feb

                        A.  Middle Latitudes
                        Active                10/15/10
                        Minor Storm           05/05/05
                        Major-Severe Storm    01/01/01

                        B.  High Latitudes
                        Active                15/15/10
                        Minor Storm           10/10/05
                        Major-Severe Storm    05/05/01

            HF propagation conditions were normal over all regions.
       No changes are forseen over the next 72 hours.


COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
========================================================

REGIONS WIT
----------------------------------------------------------
NMBR LOCATION  LO  AREA  Z   LL   NN MAG TYPE
7659  S13W71  150  0000 AXX  00  001 ALPHA
7661  N10W55  134  0000 AXX  00  001 ALPHA
7662  S17W04  083  0060 DAO  06  014 BET
7663  N13W07  086  0000 AXX  00  001 ALPHA
7664  S13E41  038  0010 BXO  02  003 BET
7665  N04E53  026  0080 HSX  02  001 ALPHA
7660  S09W35  114                    PLAGE
REGIONS DUE TO RET
NMBR LAT
NONE


LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 31 JANUARY, 1994
------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP SWF
     NO EVENTS OBSERVED


POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 31 JANUARY, 1994
----------------------------------------------------------
 BEGIN        MAX      END     LOCATION   TYPE   SIZE  DUR  II IV
31/03111     0417     0507                 LDE   B4.8  116


INFERRED CORONAL HOLES: LOCATIONS VALID AT 31/2400Z
---------------------------------------------------
               ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXT
      EAST   SOUTH  WEST   NORTH  CAR  TYPE  POL  AREA   OBSN
60   S20W18 S28W26 S26W30 S14W22  111  ISO   POS   003 10830A
61   S40E88 S40E88 S30E34 S18E48  020  ISO   NEG   020 10830A


SUMMARY OF FLARE EVENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------

 Date   Begin  Max   End  Xray  Op Region  Locn    2695 MHz  8800 MHz  15.4 GHz
------  ----  ----  ----  ----  -- ------ ------  --------- --------- ---------
30 Jan: 0102  0110  0118  C3.2


REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------

                C   M   X     S   1   2   3   4   Total   (%)
               --  --  --    --  --  --  --  --    ---  ------
Uncorrellated: 1   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    001  (100.0)

 Total Events: 001 optical and x-ray.


EVENTS WIT
----------------------------------------------------------------

 Date   Begin  Max   End  Xray  Op Region  Locn    Sweeps/Optical Observations
------  ----  ----  ----  ----  -- ------ ------   ---------------------------
30 Jan: 0102  0110  0118  C3.2                     III

NOTES:
     All times are in Universal Time (UT).  Characters preceding begin, max,
     and end times are defined as:  B = Before,  U = Uncertain,  A = After.
     All times associated with x-ray flares (ex. flares which produce
     associated x-ray bursts) refer to the begin, max, and end times of the
     x-rays.  Flares which are not associated with x-ray signatures use the
     optical observations to determine the begin, max, and end times.

     Acronyms used to identify sweeps and optical phenomena include:

          II        = Type II Sweep Frequency Event
          III       = Type III Sweep
          IV        = Type IV Sweep
          V         = Type V Sweep
          Continuum = Continuum Radio Event
          Loop      = Loop Prominence System,
          Spray     = Limb Spray,
          Surge     = Bright Limb Surge,
          EPL       = Eruptive Prominence on the Limb.


**  End of Daily Report  **

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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 15:58:39 PST
From: netcomsv!netcomsv!boo!drc![e-mail]
Subject: From Usenet to print
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Paul Blumstein) writes:

> So, I cleaned it up & resubmitted it.  It is on page 27 of the February
> issue.  Thanks to those that suggested that I publish it!

K00L! I didn't wite.. But I thought it was kinda neet.. Good going!

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 16:33:00 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!natinst.com!ornl![e-mail]
Subject: Johnson Radio
To: [e-mail]

I am looking for information concerning a Johnson model jph5141 radio, i'm not sure if the model number in correct or complete but it's all I have at the time .

any information would be greatly appreciated

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Date: 3 Feb 1994 05:37:43 GMT
From: koriel!newscast.West.Sun.COM!abyss.West.Sun.COM!sunspot![e-mail]
Subject: Ramsey FX Transceivers
To: [e-mail]

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes:
>[e-mail] (Dana Myers ) writes:
>> I had the experience of tinkering
>>with well-built, high-performance radios.  An FX-440, for example,
>>is de-sensed by anything transmitting below 440MHz.
>
>I too have a pile of modified commercial gear that I use. I can tell you
>horror stories about some of *those* rigs, too. As for desense on the
>FX-440, can't that be solved with an outboard bandpass filter?

I'm curious about your horror stories on modified commercial gear.  People
frequently use the term "convert" or "modify" when talking about commercial
land-mobile gear and ham radio.  Now, I know someone who moved a VHF-High Band
GE Mastr Exec II to 220Mhz, _that_ required modification.  However, I've
never had to actually modify any radios like that. I try to buy the radios on
the correct split, and then put them on frequency using the tuning instructions
in the service manual.

Of the radios I've tinkered with, all of the land-mobile gear was extremely
good.  If someone dinks heavily with the radio, sure, it may not work well,
but I've never had to dink heavily with one.  The closest I may have come was
swapping the capacitors in a Micor VHF High-band exciter to make it a low-split
exciter, but that used standard values from the service manual and works like a
charm.

Try sharing your horror stories where you tuned and operated land-mobile gear
in accordance with the service manual...

>>Well, I've pointed out three radios that are far superior to the
>>Ramsey FX-146, and I bought all of them for under the cost of one
>>Ramsey FX-146 and cabinet.
>
>Yup, me too. Sometimes, though, it's tough to find surplus commercial
>gear. And some of that gear requires a microscope and tweezers to work
>on. In both cases, the FX kits are a viable alternative.

Hmmm... not even my MCX100s require microscopes and tweezers.  As for availability,
call John Lansdale and ask for his price sheet.  He sells VHF Lo-band (for 6m)
Micors, complete with control group, for $75+shipping.

>>The method to generate useful SS is either by DDS frequency hopping
>>or I/Q modulated carrier.  PLL approach to SS is doomed to relatively
>>few hops/second and/or considerable "bounce" in the desired frequency.
>
>Who said anything about *useful* ?  I said I want to *experiment*. Maybe
>I want to find these things out myself? If I wanted commercial grade SS
>I'd buy a pair of WaveLAN boards.

Well, you did say you wanted to experiment with SS.  I _assumed_ you meant
actual, working SS.  If you just want to generate a bunch of RF noise, have fun.
Somehow the response "who said anything about *useful* ?" took a chunk out of
your technical credibility.  I guess we're in a flame war :-).

How about actually building a working SS link?  How about looking at the
body of published material on such technology? Am I sensing just a tad
of NIH (Not-Invented-Here) attitude?

>>>It's a shame that the Amateur Experimental Service has turned into the
>>>Amateur Appliance Service.
>
>>It is a shame amateurs won't take advantage of readily available
>>high-quality surplus to use as a platform for experimentation and spend
>>considerable effort defending junk radios that don't even come up to the
>>performance standards of a Part 15 cordlesst telephone. :-)
>
>Ya, but you just backed up my point - it's not an experimental service
>any more...

Can you take a moment and explain how I've backed your point up?  If
you think that repeating ancient expirements to verify that they indeed
fail is advancing the state of the radio art, I guess I'm backing up your
point.  If you think taking a DDS synthesizer and integrating into a
UHF Micor to experiment with SS is operating an appliance, then, yes,
I'm backing up your point.

Buying some box of parts, soldering it together and asking for a radio
check on the local repeater is awfully close to appliance operating,
don't you think?

---
 * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ, DoD 466    | Views expressed here are    *
 * [phone]         | mine and do not necessarily    *
 * [e-mail]    | reflect those of my employer    *
 * This Extra supports the abolition of the 13 and 20 WPM tests *

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Date: 3 Feb 1994 17:18:04 GMT
From: koriel!newscast.West.Sun.COM!abyss.West.Sun.COM!pongo![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2ht0ia$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>ns.net
Subject : Using land-mobile gear (was Re: Ramsey FX Transceivers

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeff Liebermann) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dana Myers ) writes:
>>
>>It is a shame amateurs won't take advantage of readily available
>>high-quality surplus to use as a platform for experimentation and spend
>>considerable effort defending junk radios that don't even come up to the
>>performance standards of a Part 15 cordlesst telephone. :-)
>
>Ah, this brings back fond memories of the early 1960's.  The
>commercial services were replacing their wide band FM radios
>with narrow band FM boxes.  For a mere pittance, you could
>have a 60 lb block of sold iron, complete with a Carter Super
>Motor Dynamotor, Mallory synchronous vibrator power supply,
>loctal tubes, and persuader microphone.  (Ah, nostalgia).
>With a starter relay to the on-off switch and welding cable
>to the trunk, one could have a radio far superior to the typical
>"ham" AM (not FM) radio of the day.  "Goonie-birds" (Gonset
>Communicator I thru IV) were grossly inferior to the average
>commercial radio.  Why would anyone want a non-commercial radio?

I'm sure the recollections of 30 years ago are warm, nostalgic
memories, but they have nothing to do with the actual discussion.
My point is simply that one can take the $175 they'd spend to
buy a Ramsey kit, hunt around, and come up with a perfectly
useful radio.  The mention of boat-anchor wide-band FM radios
is misleading; sure Micors are kind of bulky, but Custom MVPs
are small and MCX100s are even smaller.  You can't criticize
the receiver performance, other than it often helps to add
a GaAsFET pre-amp to the radios which don't have a pre-amp.

As for learning, the service manuals go over the radio in
quite a bit of detail.  They don't explain how to build it,
but they do explain the theory quite well.  Everytime I say
this, Ramsey advocates change the subject.  Even John Ramsey
changed the subject when I made this comment.

--
 * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ, DoD 466    | Views expressed here are    *
 * [phone]         | mine and do not necessarily    *
 * [e-mail]    | reflect those of my employer    *
 * This Extra supports the abolition of the 13 and 20 WPM tests *

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 17:39:52 GMT
From: telesoft![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2igvqt$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>ry
Subject : Re: FCC Database Online For Calif.

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael D. Maxfield) writes:
>I too was hoping for a little different implementation.  I noticed that
>you must exactly match the Licensee name  (MC DONALDS REST works whereas
>MC DONALDS does not work) as it is in the licensee field.

I tried it today and noticed you can use * as a wildcard.  So if you try
MC DONALDS* it will work.
--GaryM

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Date: 3 Feb 1994 13:01:07 -0500
From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!udel!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!news.clark.net![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <ah301-260194121225@129.228.248.39>, <2i8rnf$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>udel
Subject : Re: htx-202 or dj-162 ?

In article <[e-mail]>, James D. Cronin <[e-mail]> wrote:
>In article <2i8rnf$[e-mail]>,
>matt roberts <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>In article <ah301-260194121225@129.228.248.39>,
>>Jerry Sy <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>I have pretty much narrowed down my choice to these two 2m ht's.
>>
>>>I'd like to get comments and opinions from people in the net who
>>>have actually used both.
>>>currently, I am leaning towards the dj-162 because of its wide
>>>receive.
>>
>>The HTX202 is a good radio.  It comes with the CTCSS, DTMF squelch, and
>>it can store telephone numbers.  It has 14 memories, I think.

>I'll second the motion.  The HTX-202 is also more sensitive on receive
>than my ICOM-27H, of a late 70's or early 80's vintage.  And the price
>is right when Radio Shack runs one of their periodic "sales".

The radio is also free of intermod.  I hear a lot of complaints on the
air about intermod, but I never hear these from HTX202 owners.



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Date: 4 Feb 94 03:16:16 GMT
From: ogicse!emory!kd4nc!ke4zv![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2ip6he$[e-mail]>
Reply-To : [e-mail] (Gary Coffman)
Subject : Re: Help - your Vertical Ant. experences.

In article <2ip6he$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Terry Burge) writes:
>Just for the record, I will state it again. A ground plane antenna has higher
>gain than a vertical dipole. A quarter wave ground plane has a gain of some-
>where around 6 db over isotropic where a dipole has a gain of 2.14 db over
>isotropic at it's theoritical best. Gain in an antenna is directly related
>to it's RF pattern. I believe the reason a ground plane has more gain than
>a vertical dipole is because it has a more concentraited pattern like an
>elongated tear drop as opposed to the fat donut shape of a dipole.

Repeating false statements makes them no less false. A 1/4 wave vertical
over a *perfect* groundplane has *exactly* the same gain and pattern as
a 1/2 wave vertical. But alas, there are no perfect groundplanes in the
real world, so all real 1/4 wave verticals have less gain than 1/2 wave
verticals because of losses in the imperfect current mirror.

>    As to weather an R5 or R7 are vetical dipoles or half wave verticals,
>I am no expert on them. I have never used one. But from everything I have
>read about vertical antennas, they must have a ground plane to mimic the
>other have of the antenna. Some systems utilize the shield of the coax cut
>to a certain length to do this I believe...seems some VHF/UHF antennas lend
>themselves to this. Other than that, ground rods would help as would sea water
>too.

A 1/2 wave antenna, it doesn't matter if it's fed in the middle or from
the end, doesn't require a current mirror, so it doesn't require a groundplane
or any other connection to ground. It's a resonant structure by itself,
there is no "other half" required. On the other hand, a 1/4 wave vertical
is self-resonant at *twice* the design frequency in the absence of a current
mirroring groundplane. So it must have a groundplane to function as a 1/4
wave vertical antenna at the design frequency.

>    It is true that a half wave vertical has more gain than a 1/4 wave
>vertical.

What? You just stated otherwise above. Make up your mind.


>It is not true that a 5/8 wave vertical is the highest gain vertical.
>What it is is the best compromise for the gain and angle of radiation. As the
>vertical element, or any element for that matter, gets longer for a given
>wavelength the major lobe/lobes eminating from the antenna start skeewing(sp)
>towards the far end of the antenna. This is why long wire antennas several wave
>length long at a given frequency are directional antennas. And, why Rhombic
>antennas are a combination of this characteristic.

Well that's almost true anyway. The 5/8 wave vertical over real
ground has the best gain perpendicular to it's axis of any *simple*
vertical antenna.  Stacked and phased sections can have more gain
toward the horizon. Really long antennas develop minor lobes and
have their power directed in multiple undesired directions.

Gary
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