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Info-Hams Digest            Sun, 26 Jun 94       Volume 94 : Issue  709

Today's Topics:
                        AEA IsoLoop - Opinion
                Amateur Radio Newsline #880  24 Jun 94
                      Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #164
                  ShareWare 'Super Morse' available?
                 What causes pitch shift in receiver?

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Date: 26 Jun 1994 23:14:10 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!news1.digex.net!digex.net![e-mail]
Subject: AEA IsoLoop - Opinion
To: [e-mail]

In article <2uktp2$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (DGoodman) wrote:
> In article <[e-mail]>,
> [e-mail] (John Welch) writes:
>
> >Perhaps the loop advocates are unwilling
> >to admit they might have been somewhat mislead by the advertising
> claim ?
>
> Not in the least.  I've had both Butternut and AP-8 verticals at this
> location (ground mounted), and neither came anywhere close to the
> performance of the Isoloop.
>
> Danny Goodman

Nobody mentioned the relative field strength compared to dipoles. I've
had impressive results. 3 - 6 db down, so either the Isoloop is highly
efficient or the dipoles are not truly resonant and efficient (AEA's
claims). I'll keep my Isoloop...

Andy N3LCW

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 17:50:58 MDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #880  24 Jun 94
To: [e-mail]

The electronic publication of the Amateur Radio Newsline is distributed
with the permission of Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, President and Editor of
Newsline.  The text version is edited from the original scripts and
transcribed from the audio reports by Dale Cary, WD0AKO, and is first
published in The Radio & Electronics Round Table on the Genie Online
System.

If you have any comment, suggestion, or news item you would like to submit,
send them via E-Mail to [e-mail] or [e-mail].
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press your fax-send button.

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NEWSLINE RADIO - CBBS EDITION #130 - POSTED 06/16/94

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[880]

   Newsline report number 880 for release on Friday, June 24 1994
 to follow.

                    The following is a QST

   Postal authorities could be called to investigate the alleged
 California ham radio testing scam.  Accusations are surfacing
 that some hams may have bought their licenses by mail!  This story
 and more on Newsline report number 880 coming your way right now!

(*****
             FRAUD SUSPECTED IN CAL VE TESTING SCAM

   Charges of mail fraud could be levied against one or more of
 the Volunteer Examiners and several license applicants currently
 under government scrutiny in the ongoing California ham radio
 testing fraud probe.  Newsline has learned that the FCC has
 interviewed a number of individuals in other parts of the country
 whose examination paperwork seems to indicate that they came to
 California to be tested by several of the suspect VE teams.
 According to usually reliable sources, at least one applicant
 clams to have driven over 2000 miles round trip in one weekend,
 just to be tested in Los Angeles.  Another was found to be a
 resident of a South Eastern state.
   Word is that the FCC does not believe that the examination
 sessions in question ever took place.  That they were created on
 paper and are therefore fraudulent.  And under the vigilant eye of
 Personal Radio Branch Chief John B. Johnston, W3BE, the commission
 is hard at work building evidence to make the charges stick.
   The June 19th edition of the Westlink Report ham radio
 newsletter contains what it claims are quotes from the letters
 sent by Johnston to those suspected of complicity.  It alleges
 that numerous testing sessions the VE's claimed to have sponsored
 never actually took place.  That in some sessions that were held
 the applicants had access to the answer key for the test being
 given to them and most important.  Most important, the FCC says
 that it had its own investigator listening in on the telephone
 when an informant cut a deal with one of the suspect Volunteer
 Examiners.  A cash deal to purchase a ham license without the
 informant having to take a test.
   If Johnston can prove that people purchased government licenses
 without having attended a test session, and if the United States
 Postal Service was used to convey payment, then the Postal
 Inspector can be brought into the case.  Under his purview,
 charges of mail fraud can be brought against those who sold the
 bogus licenses and those who bought them.
   The bottom line is that mail fraud is a criminal offense that
 carries heavy fines and mandatory jail time.  The governments hard
 nosed approach to dealing with those it suspects of wrong doing in
 the California VE investigation seems to indicate that the
 government is prepared to take these cases all the way.

(*****
                ARRL REPLIES TO VANITY CALL SIGN PLAN

   The ARRL has filed reply comments in the FCC's proposal to
 institute a vanity call sign program as outlined in PR Docket
 93-305.  The League says that the vast majority of the 109
 comments filed on the proposal favored it, with the major concerns
 being how to fairly administer it.
   In its reply comments the league said that the issue of cost
 already had been settled, in that amateurs themselves would pay
 for the privilege of selecting a call sign.  Regarding Silent Key
 call signs, the League said that by giving family members and
 clubs the first opportunity to apply for such call signs, well
 known and respected amateurs' call signs could be preserved.

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                          ARRL TO W5YI: NO

   The League says that a proposal by newsletter publisher and
 national VEC Fred Maia, W5YI of Dallas Texas to establish a
 "Vanity Call Sign Administration" program in the private sector,
 was not only not permitted within FCC's mandate from Congress, but
 would be cumbersome and bureaucratic, while adding no value for
 the applicant.  Instead, the League urged the Commission to
 proceed with a Report and Order on the "vanity" call sign
 proposal, incorporating the minor modifications suggested in the
 earlier ARRL comments.

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                       POWER REQUEST DENIED

   The FCC has affirmed the Chief, Private Radio Bureau's denial
 of a request by Dale Gagnon, KW1I for a waiver of the Commission's
 rules governing transmitter power standards in the Amateur
 Service.  Gagnon requested permission for his amateur station to
 transmit at power levels greater than the 1,500 watts authorized
 by the Commission's rules.
   Gagnon requested the need for higher power in order to engage
 in long-distance communications.  Gagnon also sought to avoid the
 cost of bringing his vintage transmitters into compliance.
   Affirming the Bureau's decision, the Commission said that
 Gagnon had not submitted any compelling arguments why his station
 should be given preferential treatment over other amateur stations
 operated by licensees of the same license class.  The Commission
 said also that there is no basis for permitting Gagnon's station
 to use greater power than other amateur stations, and to do
 otherwise, would be unfair to other amateur station licensees who
 must comply with the power requirement.

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                       THE LONG WAIT RETURNS

   The Amateur license application backlog is on the rise again
 at the FCC.  The latest figures released are based on numbers that
 are three months old but do show a definite trend. As of Feb 1 st,
 there were applications 8543 were pending while on Feb 28 there
 were 12,868 awaiting action.  This information is according to
 ARRL VEC Manager Bart Jahnke, KB9NM, who also says turnaround time
 in Gettysburg is hovering around the FCC's self imposed maximum of
 90 days.

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                             NEWSLINE

    Heres a quick update on the financial crunch facing Newsline.
 Dr. Norm Chalfin, K6PGX, who administers the Newsline Support
 Fund reports that he has received enough in the way of sponsorship
 so that Newsline can continue at least through the end of August,
 but after that the service will once again be in crisis mode.
 That is, looking for enough money to avoid having its telephones
 and electronic mail services turned off.  But the good news is
 that Newsline will not have to go bi-weekly over the summer since
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 next sixty days.
   For information on how to help keep Newsline on the air, please
 talk off the air to the person running this bulletin on your
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 envelope to Newsline in care of Dr. Norm Chalfin, K6PGX, Post
 Office Box 463, Pasadena, California 91102.

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                           SERA TO MEET

   A new ham television bandplan for the south eastern region of
 the United States could be on its way.  This, with word in the
 Repeater Journal that the SouthEastern Repeater Association Board
 of Directors will hold their annual Summer Board meeting July
 23-24 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
   Directors and Vice Directors from each of the eight member
 SERA states will take up a number of band planning questions
 including addressing the bandplan for ATV operations in the
 region.  Hams active and knowledgeable in the ham television mode
 have been invited to attend and participate in establishing a
 viable bandplan for the mode.  Another item on the agenda will be
 the possible expansion of the SERA 440 MHz bandplan.
   The SouthEastern Repeater Association is the nations second
 largest "regional umbrella" coordination body overseeing Amateur
 Radio relay communications bandplanning through member affiliates
 in Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
 Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia and Georgia.

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                      ATLANTIC DIVISION AWARDS

   The ARRL Atlantic Division "Amateur of the Year" for 1994 is
 Bob Bennett, W3WCQ, of Towson, Maryland.  Among his many
 contributions to Amateur Radio, Bennett, 58, co-anchors the
 "Answer Man Net" on the Baltimore Amateur TV Society repeater.
   After serving for nearly 10 years as the Atlantic Division
 representative to the ARRL UHF/VHF Advisory Committee, in 1993
 Bennett was named chairman of the new ARRL Spectrum Committee.
   The Division's Technical Achievement award was won jointly by
 Bill Ferguson, WA3BXW, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, and Charles
 "Jim" Smith, K3ATI, of Newportville, Pennsylvania.
   And the "Grand Ole Ham" is 94-year-old Dean Wallace, K2ANM, of
 Herkimer, New York. Dean was first licensed in 1919, as 8AAF.
   The awards were announced at the ARRL Atlantic Division
 Convention, held in conjunction with the Rochester (New York)
 Hamfest, on May 21, 1994.

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                          HOLLY TO SPEAK

   Rain Dial-Up producer Hap Holly, KC9RP, will make a rare
 personal appearance on July 7th at the American Council of the
 Blind convention in Chicago.  Holly's talk is titled "The
 Evolution of Amateur Radio Information services" and will be
 presented to the ACB's amateur radio gathering.  Haps talk will
 run about 30 minutes, so if you plan to be in the Chicago area or
 are attending the week-long convention, then stop by and take a
 listen to what KC9RP has to say.  And oh yes.  The admission to
 Hap's talk is free.

(*****
                          FRENCH ISLANDS

   On the international scene the rumor mills says the French
 government is going to be doing a lot of electronic updating on
 the French islands located in the Indian Ocean this summer. As a
 result, it is thought that there may be a lot of amateur radio
 activity because of the French amateurs involved in this
 upgrading.

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                          AUSTRIAN CALLS

   The Austrian Communications Authority has opened a block of
 special call signs for special operations there.  The 26 available
 calls are OE-A to OE-Zed, with the number assigned depending on
 the station's geographic location.  14 calls will be reserved for
 club stations of the Austrian national association, OVSV, with the
 remaining 12 available for others.

(*****
                           DX - 4U1ITU

   KB2R, will be active from 4U1ITU in Geneva, Switzerland
 during the IARU HF Championship Contest on July 9 and 10 and two
 days before.  This will be a single operator effort and the 4U1ITU
 station counts as a HQ multiplier for the contest.  Activity will
 be on 80-10 meters and possibly 160 meters.  The two days before
 the contest, Len will be active as time permits on 80-10 meters
 CW/SSB and on the WARC bands if antennas are available.  QSL the
 entire operation via WA2CJT, the bureau or direct.

(*****
                         DX -  MICRONESIA

   The DX NewsLetter reports that V63PA will stay on the island of
 Micronesia longer than expected.  He prefers 14.150 MHz around
 21:00 UTC during the weekend.  QSL via G6MDM.

(*****
                           CLOCK ON HOLD

   Great Britain's National Physical Laboratory has issued a
 notice that the 60KHz frequency and time reference transmitter at
 Rugby, will be closed down for essential maintenance between 12:00
 GMT on 4th July 1994 and 12:00 GMT 18th July 1994.  G1UXP who
 provided this information believes that the transmitter will be
 operational during the night hours in this period, but it will be
 off-air during the hours between 08:00 GMT and 16:00 GMT daily.

(*****
                        STU MEYER W2GHK, SK

   Some sad news to report.  Word that Stu Meyer, W2GHK, the
 former Chief Engineer and President of Hammerlund Radio
 Corporation became a silent key on Saturday evening, May 21st, of
 a heart attack.  Among his many accomplishments was his being the
 driving force behind Hammarlund's "DXpedition of the Month"
 campaign during the 1950's and 1960's.  He was a long-time member
 of the National Capitol DX Association, past president of NCDXA,
 and very active in NCDXA's DX operations of past years.  W2GHK was
 also very active in many areas of ham radio, sponsoring one of the
 CQWW trophies. He will be missed by many of us in ham radio.  In
 lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name can be made to
 the Radio Club of America or the QCWA.

(*****
                           BROTHER STAIR

   For you hams who are also shortwave listeners, this from the
 shortwave BBS on GEnie.  A report that Brother Stair of the
 Overcomer Ministry has stated that he had been offered an
 opportunity for a 24 hour a day shortwave broadcast facility from
 -- and we quote -- "...from another part of the country." -- end
 quote.  This on his program aired on shortwave station WRNO on
 7355 Mhz.
   Brother Stair said he would not give the details after what
 happened with his radio ship the MV Fury.  Listeners of Brother
 Stair will remember the boarding of the radio ship by the FCC and
 the confiscation of its transmitting equipment.  This ended
 Brother Stair's planned broadcasting project off the coast of
 Belize.
   Dollars to donuts the FCC already knows more about Brother
 Stair's new broadcasting venture than he or the agency is letting
 on.  Its a good bet that the regulatory agency will be watching
 this one real close.

(*****
   And for this week, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
 You can write to us at:
                          NEWSLINE
                          Post Office Box 463
                          Pasadena, California
                          91102

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 14:51:42 -0600
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #164
To: [e-mail]

SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.164
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 164

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 164
BID: $OPDX.164
June 27, 1994
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 8/N/1

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, DF4RD, DL7VEE & DXNL,
K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster Group, N4ZR, WA4IUM, W5KNE & QRZ DX, W6RCL,
IK4MGP, RW3AH and 9V1YC for the following DX information.

3W, VIETNAM. Paul, AA2AV, and Mike, K1MR, are supposed to be currently
active from here until July 2nd, but there has not been any QSNs
reported. Paul, who is there for some research on Agent Orange, has
requested the callsign 3W3AV. They plan to be active mainly on 20 and
40 meters CW (possible activity between 1130-1230z and 2200-2400z).

4U1WB QSL ROUTE. Pete, N4ZR, wanted OPDX to mention that he is not the
manager for 4U1WB, other than for CQ WPX activity in May 1992 (the CW
portion). Manager for other operations continues to be KK4HD.

5H, TANZANIA. Andy, RW3AH, (Russian ARES Chief Co-ordinator) informs
OPDX that R3ARES/5H, the club station of HQ Russian ARES, has moved with
the Russian rescue team to Tanzania from their recent operation in former
Yugoslavia (R3ARES/YU). The rescue team from the Russian Ministry of
emergency situations is providing humanitarian UN aid for Rwanda
refugees in Tanzania. This station is only active daily during the
R_ARES Net on 14292 kHz at 0700z (sometimes at 1700z). QSL via RW3AH.

9N, NEPAL. Presently there are only three operators in 9N-land (9N1AA,
9N1HA AND 9N1RB). It is reported that only 9N1AA and 9N1HA have their
own station. 9N1AA's name is Satish, and he has worked SSB and RTTY in
the past, but has recently discovered the mode PACTOR. He has found it
to be an excellent mode for communication, but Satish is having a problem
working stateside stations and is looking for anybody that could help him
solve the problem. If you can help, leave a message in JA5TX's Mailbox,
Satish checks it daily.

9V, SINGAPORE. The station 9V1ARU of the Singapore Amateur Radio
Transmitting Society will be active in the upcoming IARU contest under
the "HQ" category as an official IARU region 3 member organization.
Operators will be 9V1YC, 9V1ZB and JE1JKL, plus additional society
members (callsigns not confirmed yet). The station is restricted by law
to only operate at 100W, so they hope stations will be looking for them.
This is the very first legal Singapore multi-op station in an
international contest. They are trying to encourage contesting amongst
the less active Singapore ham, in hopes that more local operators will
try the bigger contests. 9V1ARU will also be used to promote the upcoming
IARU region 3 conference to be held in Singapore this September.

BS, SCARBOROUGH REEF (HUANGYAN DAO), SOUTH CHINA SEA. After being delayed
for one day (due to the weather) the BS7H DXpedition hit the air waves on
June 25th. Several JA sourceshave stated the DXpedition was only active
from 0900 to 2300z and then went QRT. They made around 2000 QSOs in which
none of the contacts were made on CW because they did not bring a keyer.
  Last week New England Division Rep to the DXAC, Bill Shipp, KC1AG,
reported that DK9KX has withdrawn his petition for new country status
for Scarborough Reef. No reason was given, but information from KJ4VH
indicates that he (also Martti and others) are aware of this withdrawal
and they would proceed anyway with the first Scarborough Reef DXpedition.

CN, MOROCCO. Valentini, IK4JQO, will be signing CN2VA from August
6-22th. He will operate only SSB on 10-80 meters (especially 12-17
meters). He will also be active from Mogador Island (AF-065). QSL via
IK4JQO.

FR/G, GLORIOSO ISLAND. "QRZ DX" mentioned that FR5ZQ will be active
during the months of July and August. This country is rated 17th on the
OPDX Most Wanted List for 1993.

HH, HAITI. For a short period of time (length was not given)there will
be some activity from N4MU/HH2 and W6RCL/HH2. They are both employed by
U.S. television news agencies and temporarily assigned to Port-Au-Prince,
Haiti. N4MU is running 100 W to a TS-50 and has concentrated on 15-40
meters, while W6RCL is running 100 W to an IC-725 and has a longwire
which loads from 160-10 meters. Both are SSB only operations, neither
of them brought a key or keyer. W6CRL was last heard on 14190 kHz around
0300z.

JOURNEY TO PETER I ISLAND: "CLOSE TO THE EDGE". This is a 30 minute
documentary on this dangerous and exciting DXpedition through the
Falkland Islands, the Drake Passage and onto Peter I Island. The video
shows enormous icebergs, animal and marine life, massive Antarctic storms
and how the DXpedition team was able to make almost 60,000 QSOs. The
documentary was produced professionally from 12 hours of videotape shot
by Terry Dubson, W6MHB. Those that are interested in this documentary
can contact: Jerry Branson, AA6BB, 93787 Dorsey Lane, Junction City,
OR 97448. There is a $25 donation (which includes shipping).

ZS, SOUTH AFRICA. ZS6IR plans to be active on SSB daily from 2000 to
0600z between 3780 and 3800 kHz and between 7045 and 7055 kHz. QSL via
DL4JZ (Note: The address of ZS6IR in the callbook is wrong).

FAX YOUR DX INFORMATION NOW! Faxing is available Monday/Wednesday/Friday
from 0430 to 2330z only. The number is 216-237-8208 and the FAX card is
sharing the same phone line as BARF-80 BBS using a data/fax/phone switch.

Excerpts and distribution of The OPDX Bulletin are granted as long as
KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receive credit. To contribute DX info, call BARF-80 BBS
online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 and leave a message with
the Sysop or send InterNet Mail to: [e-mail] or send
BitNet Mail to: aq474%cleveland.freenet@cunyvm or send PRODIGY Mail to:
DFJH48A or send a message via packet to KB8NW @ WA8BXN.OH.USA.NA

/EX

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Tedd Mirgliotta  KB8NW
InterNet: [e-mail]
Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 216/237-8208
"Totally devoted to Amateur Radio" - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 14.4k-300 baud

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Date: 26 Jun 1994 22:19:51 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!caen![e-mail]
Subject: ShareWare 'Super Morse' available?
To: [e-mail]

Thus spake [e-mail] (Rich Pinder):

>As I passed my first couple of written tests today I asked the examinor
>(sp?) what the best way to learn code was.  He said there was a shareware
>program for DOS pcs called 'Super Morse'.......
>
>Does anyone know an internet location to possible find this program??
>
    It's available from:

    oak.oakland.edu

    via anonymous ftp. The file is:

    /SimTel/msdos/hamradio/sm410.zip

    You might want to browse around in that directory a bit--there are a
number of other excellent ham related programs there as well--including a
very well written series of theory lessons covering all classes from novice
to extra (by K7OMA) in the files nov22.zip through ext21.zip. K7OMA's morse
program (mor21.zip) is also there, and is an excellent code practice
program--particularly if you intend to run it in a dos window under Windows
3.11 (where sm doesn't seem as "comfortable").

    Hope it helps!

    73 de Rick KE8HH

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 02:28:19 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!news.ans.net!sitka.wsipc.wednet.edu!egreen!egreen![e-mail]
Subject: What causes pitch shift in receiver?
To: [e-mail]

Normally pitch shift is caused by instability in the transmitter or
receiver.  Once the rig is warmed up, this usually stops.  You did not
hear drift in commercial signals because they transmit double-sideband
AM.  Hams usually use cw or SSB where you must carefully beat an inserted
carrier against the received signal to detect it.  Any drift will will
result in a marked changed of pitch.

If this is too technical, just remember that hams use much narrower band
signals which can dridt easier.

Keep on listening
73,
John
AE7P

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