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Info-Hams Digest            Sat, 13 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  912

Today's Topics:
                   #338 SOLVING THE IMPOSSIBLE 1/2
                       Bul337-Why Packet Radio?
      Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 07 August
          faisyn20.zip - Electronic Filter Synthesis Program
                    Installation in Nissan pickup?
                  RB 336 EMA /Volunteer Partnership
                    RB338 EMA Assistance Available
                       RFI to a smoke detector
                      What does "beverage" mean?
                  Which code learning method?  Why?

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Date: 14 Aug 94 03:45:03 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: #338 SOLVING THE IMPOSSIBLE 1/2
To: [e-mail]

Bid: $RACESBUL.339
Subject: #338 SOLVING THE IMPOSSIBLE 1/2


From: W6WWW@KD6XZ.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
To  : RACES@ALLUS

TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO:    ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
INFO:    ALL AMATEURS U.S     (@USA: INFORMATION), CAP, MARS.
FROM:    CA GOVERNORS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
    ([e-mail])  PH: 916-262-1600, 2800 Meadowview Rd.,
    Sacramento, CA  95832. Landline BBS, 916-262-1657 (Open
    to all). Internet [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Bulletin 339  MGT - Solving the Impossible 1/2
Release date: August 15, l994

    Experience can be a very hard teacher at times. One such
experience that leaves a lasting impression on emergency
personnel is that there is never sufficient communications
capability in a major disaster situation, especially in the
earliest stages. As a result, forward looking government
emergency response agencies have learned to use trained volunteer
communicators to supplement their full time resources from the
onset of the situation, just as they do volunteer fire and law
enforcement personnel.

    However, a major principal involved in this process is
that the effectiveness of the communicators is in direct
proportion to how well they have been trained by and integrated
as part of the parent government agency. The emergency
communications reserve cannot be "created and then left to
flounder". Its key personnel (the radio officer and assistants)
must be thoroughly familiar with the day-to-day affairs of the
agency. They are similar to other employees, albeit unpaid, in
that they must know IN ADVANCE what is expected of them and how
things are to be done.  In an emergency there will be no time or
personnel to bring them up to date on agency procedures,
processes and expectations.  Ideally, the only difference between
the unpaid volunteer and the paid staff is the volunteer's unpaid
status and the intermittent nature of their utilization.

    Although unpaid communicators are an expense to the
parent agency (in that their familiarization and supervision
involves both time, energy, space and equipment) in literally
thousands of major emergencies the cost of insuring an effective
reserve for the next major emergency is minuscule when compared
to their often priceless contributions to an effective emergency
response. They have made a hero of the emergency management
agency in countless situations with selfless dedication to
providing communications that was otherwise considered to be
"impossible".
EOM (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)


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Date: 14 Aug 94 03:43:48 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Bul337-Why Packet Radio?
To: [e-mail]

Bid : $RACESBUL.337
Subject: Bul337-Why Packet Radio?


From: W6WWW@KD6XZ.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
To  : RACES@ALLUS

TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO:    ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
INFO:    ALL AMATEURS U.S   (@USA: INFORMATION); CAP, MARS
FROM:    CA GOVERNORS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
         ([e-mail])         Ph: 916-262-1600
         2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA  95832
         Landline BBS  Open to All: 916-262-1657

RACESBUL.337    SUBJECT: TEC - Why Packet Radio?
RELEASE DATE: August 1, 1994

    QUESTION: Is it important, or necessary, to have packet
radio?
    RESPONSE: Yes, with packet radio (digital data) you can
access a world of data you may never achieve in any other way.
For that reason, it is recommended that every EOC and/or
communications center have a packet radio terminal, which
consists of a radio, a terminal node controller, and a digital
communications terminal (computer) and printer. Once the unit is
operational and accessible to a local bulletin board system
(BBS), it can be left on all the time so that any traffic
addressed to RACES will be automatically transmitted to
unattended government terminals. A licensed Amateur Radio
operator does not have to be in attendance to RECEIVE traffic.

    Also, keyboard-to-keyboard communication is quite usable
in emergency and temporary communications systems where it can be
accomplished either direct or through no more than one mountain
top relay. A good volunteer communications unit can put such a
relay (digipeater) where none normally exists for the duration of
the emergency. A good communications unit is one that can
establish an emergency system that is never dependent upon
individuals or their call signs. The people may come and go but
the system must stay in place until demobilization. Just make
sure the system will remain intact for the duration of its need
and that it is not dependent on the presence of a particular
person.

    Packet radio has earned its highest praise during major
incidents like forest fires, earthquakes, floods, etc. California
State OES volunteers regularly issue one or more SITREPS
(situation reports) daily to all affected agencies and
jurisdictions. It is transmitted via the Amateur Radio packet
system to all packet Bulletin Boards in the Western United
States. Many fire departments, for example, rely on these
updates.

    Necessary to the overall formula for success is a state
emergency management agency committed to actively promoting,
using, and providing ongoing management and leadership in the
utilization of communications volunteers in government service.
Unfortunately, not all states support and participate in this
role. However, our experience proves that the cost is extremely
low for the benefits derived. Packet radio communications has
been just one of them.
EOM


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Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 22:43:18 MDT
From: lll-winken.llnl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 07 August
To: [e-mail]

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

                 DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY

                                 07 AUGUST, 1994

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

                  (Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)


SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY INDICES FOR 07 AUGUST, 1994
----------------------------------------------------------

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 219, 08/07/94
10.7 FLUX=075.8  90-AVG=079        SSN=018      BKI=1000 0111  BAI=001
BGND-XRAY=A1.9     FLU1=9.0E+05  FLU10=1.4E+04  PKI=0010 1111  PAI=003
  BOU-DEV=007,004,004,004,004,007,007,008   DEV-AVG=005 NT     SWF=00:000
 XRAY-MAX= B2.4   @ 2002UT    XRAY-MIN= A1.6   @ 0940UT   XRAY-AVG= A3.0
NEUTN-MAX= +003%  @ 1620UT   NEUTN-MIN= -002%  @ 1110UT  NEUTN-AVG= +0.5%
  PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 2100UT     PCA-MIN= -0.4DB @ 1610UT    PCA-AVG= +0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55230NT @ 1439UT   BOUTF-MIN=55199NT @ 1645UT  BOUTF-AVG=55220NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT  G7-AVG=+080,+000,+000
GOES6-MAX=P:+130NT@ 1930UT   GOES6-MIN=N:-026NT@ 2119UT  G6-AVG=+110,+029,-006
 FLUXFCST=STD:075,075,075;SESC:075,075,075 BAI/PAI-FCST=005,005,020/005,005,015
    KFCST=1122 3201 1222 3221  27DAY-AP=005,003   27DAY-KP=1100 2222 1100 1212
 WARNINGS=
   ALERTS=
!!END-DATA!!

NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 06 AUG 94 was  28.0.
      The Full Kp Indices for 06 AUG 94 are: 1o 2- 2o 2-   2- 2- 2- 1+
      The 3-Hr Ap Indices for 06 AUG 94 are:   4   6   9   7   6   7   7   5
      Greater than 2 MeV Electron Fluence for 07 AUG is: 6.1E+06


SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY
--------------------

             Solar activity was very low. Region 7762 (N05E04), a
       simple C-type group, is the only spotted region. The limbs were
       quiet.

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

            The geomagnetic field has been at quiet levels for the
       past 24 hours.

            Geophysical activity forecast:  the geomagnetic field is
       expected to persist at quiet levels for the next 2 days. A
       recurrent coronal hole-related disturbance is anticipated to
       begin on 10 August.

            Event probabilities 08 aug-10 aug

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

            Geomagnetic activity probabilities 08 aug-10 aug

                        A.  Middle Latitudes
                        Active                10/10/40
                        Minor Storm           05/05/20
                        Major-Severe Storm    01/01/10

                        B.  High Latitudes
                        Active                15/15/50
                        Minor Storm           10/10/30
                        Major-Severe Storm    01/01/10

            HF propagation conditions were normal over all regions.
       No changes are expected until about 10 or 11 August when a
       coronal-hole related disturbance should produce minor signal
       degradation for high latitude transpolar and transauroral
       paths.  Some upper-middle latitude paths may also be affected,
       particularly on night-sector circuits.


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

REGIONS WITH SUNSPOTS. LOCATIONS VALID AT 07/2400Z AUGUST
---------------------------------------------------------
NMBR LOCATION  LO  AREA  Z   LL   NN MAG TYPE
7762  N05E04  111  0100 CAO  08  008 BETA
7761  S05W81  196                    PLAGE
REGIONS DUE TO RETURN 08 AUGUST TO 10 AUGUST
NMBR LAT    LO
NONE


LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 07 AUGUST, 1994
-----------------------------------------------------
A.  ENERGETIC EVENTS:
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP
NONE


POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 07 AUGUST, 1994
---------------------------------------------------------
 BEGIN        MAX      END     LOCATION   TYPE   SIZE  DUR  II IV
     NO EVENTS OBSERVED


INFERRED CORONAL HOLES. LOCATIONS VALID AT 07/2400Z
---------------------------------------------------
               ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXTENSIONS
      EAST   SOUTH  WEST   NORTH  CAR  TYPE  POL  AREA   OBSN
                 NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS


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

 Date   Begin  Max   End  Xray  Op Region  Locn    2695 MHz  8800 MHz  15.4 GHz
------  ----  ----  ----  ----  -- ------ ------  --------- --------- ---------
06 Aug: 0533  0541  0547  B9.7  SF  7762  N03E28
        0733  0737  0740  B1.0
        1015  1019  1027  B1.1
        1219  1223  1227  B2.2  SF  7762  N05E27
        1240  1246  1253  B7.1  SF  7762  N05E27
        2056  2056  2108        SF  7762  N04E22
        2146  2152  2200  B2.4


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

                C   M   X     S   1   2   3   4   Total   (%)
               --  --  --    --  --  --  --  --    ---  ------
  Region 7762:  0   0   0     4   0   0   0   0    004  (57.1)
Uncorrellated: 0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    003  (42.9)

 Total Events: 007 optical and x-ray.


EVENTS WITH SWEEPS AND/OR OPTICAL PHENOMENA FOR THE LAST UTC DAY
----------------------------------------------------------------

 Date   Begin  Max   End  Xray  Op Region  Locn    Sweeps/Optical Observations
------  ----  ----  ----  ----  -- ------ ------   ---------------------------
06 Aug: 1219  1223  1227  B2.2  SF  7762  N05E27   Continuum

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: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 03:18:22 GMT
From: tron!sky700![e-mail]
Subject: faisyn20.zip - Electronic Filter Synthesis Program
To: [e-mail]

*****************************************************************
*                                                               *
*   INTRODUCING 'FAISYN' FILTER SYNTHESIS PROGRAM FOR MSDOS     *
*                                                               *
*****************************************************************

faisyn20.zip    Electronic Filter Synthesis Program

FAISYN is a low cost, effective alternative to expensive commercial
filter synthesis packages.  The program has be used to design lumped
element filters and diplexers from 10's of KHz to 1.5GHz and is the
result of many years experience in filter design.  Designers know
that filter design is often an iterative process.  Tedious number
grinding is sometimes required to optimize a design.  FAISYN eases
the burden by allowing the designer to quickly synthesize a variety
of circuits that can be simulated and compared using your favorite
circuit simulator (FAISYN currently supports PSPICE-TM Microsim,
MMICAD-TM Optotek and TOUCHSTONE-TM HP/EESOF circuit formats).

Special Requirements: None

Shareware.

Faisyn was developed by:

    Kevin  Faison
    Carriage House Engineering
    16 W. Pleasant Hill Rd.
    Owings Mills, MD 21117


You can get FAISYN20.ZIP from one of the following sources:

1. I just posted a UUENCODED version (2-parts) to comp.binaries.ibm.pc

2. I have just uploaded the program to the SIMTEL collection.  It
   should appear there, and on it's mirrors soon in /msdos/electric.

3. I tried to upload it to bode.ee.ualberta.ca, but for some reason
   it appears to be down today.  Look for it there soon.

--

********************************************************************
*  Tom Diviney                        [e-mail]   *
*  Westinghouse Electric Corp.            [phone]  voice       *
********************************************************************

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Date: 10 Aug 1994 10:07:36 -0700
From: enews.sgi.com!wdl1!ltis.loral.com![e-mail]
Subject: Installation in Nissan pickup?
To: [e-mail]

Does anyone have any hints on installing a 2m rig in a Nissan 4x2 pickup
particularly with regard to where the Electronic Control Unit and the
Electro Inject Harness are so that I can avoid running the antenna feed
near these points?  The preferred location for the rig itself is
under the existing radio in the center of the dash.

Thanks for any hints.

Howard
[e-mail]

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Date: 14 Aug 94 03:42:53 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RB 336 EMA /Volunteer Partnership
To: [e-mail]

Bid:$RACESBUL.336
Subject: RB 336 EMA /Volunteer Partnership


RACESBUL.336 OPS - EMA /Volunteer Partnership
RELEASE DATE: July 25, 1994

It takes an unusual volunteer to provide dedicated and competent
service to emergency management agencies, EMA. Such volunteers
must be ready to appear on short notice, stay at their assigned
post and duties until relieved, be willing and able to travel
where needed. They may even provide the necessary equipment at
their own expense.  They cannot be "amateurs" in the sense of
pursuing a hobby.  Instead they must devote a great deal of time
and energy to become as proficient as paid staff.  The agency they
work with must be able to depend upon their availability when
needed, their skill at assigned tasks, and their ability to mesh
into the overall disaster response exactly as is expected of paid
staff.  Fortunately there are people, ready, willing and able to
serve in such capacity.

Such a pool of qualified volunteers is a resource, the value of
which often becomes overwhelmingly evident when a major emergency
threatens to exceed the capabilities of paid staff and equipment.
Like any other resource, volunteers must receive adequate
training, needed facilities, and the attention and general upkeep
that is accorded any other resource. Recognition of the
contribution to the tasks at hand should be as professional as
anything else in the relationship. As with any staff, they respond
to honest reassurance that their work is recognized and respected;
however, their service will be quickly lost if they are merely
tolerated, or seen as a nuisance.

If the EMA makes a positive effort to integrate this nominally
"free" resource, allocate time, energy, and people to use it to
best advantage, provide its necessary resources, and develop it as
they do with any other resource, it develops a relations hip with
an open ended potential.  It also extends agency capabilities in
many directions while  providing satisfaction to the volunteers
for their time and efforts.
Bill Musladin, N6BTJ, retired Chief State Radio Officer.




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Date: 14 Aug 94 03:44:19 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RB338 EMA Assistance Available
To: [e-mail]

Bid: $RACESBUL.338
Subject: RB338 EMA Assistance Available


From: W6WWW@KD6XZ.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
To  : RACES@ALLUS

TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO:    ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
INFO:    ALL AMATEURS U.S   (@USA: INFORMATION); CAP, MARS
FROM:    CA GOVERNORS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
         ([e-mail])            Ph: 916-262-1600
         2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA  95832
         Landline BBS  Open to All: 916-262-1657

RACESBUL.338  SUBJECT: MGT - EMA Assistance Available
RELEASE DATE: August 8, 1994

    These bulletins serve multiple purposes both for the
civil defense or the emergency management agency and the program
participants.

    For the agency a major purpose is to assist it in the use
of emergency communications volunteers as unpaid staff. How to
best use them can be very satisfying. Having qualified extended
staff (albeit it unpaid) can provide astonishing benefits to the
agency and the community.
    Material and other assistance about this is available
upon request. Assistance includes on-site seminars for local
government, the emergency management agency and the program
participants. Materials range from policy and guideline
suggestions to actual emergency communications plan preparation
customized to the local needs. A particularly valuable resource
is the State OES manual "Establishing and Maintaining an
Emergency Communications Reserve", which is based on the
information bulletins to Emergency Management Agencies issued by
the Auxiliary Communications Service from l985-1993.  [Free to
California jurisdictions. Others may request a copy with a $12
check payable to the State of California. ]

For the program participants a major purpose is to discover how
to function as "unpaid staff" of the agency alongside the paid
staff; i.e., how to become an integral part of the agencies
day-to-day activity. How to benefit both the participant and the
agency by skills other than "just operating a radio", and the
unheralded rewards and deep sense of a worthwhile contribution
that ensue. With the expansion of Public Safety communications
systems there is a real need for augmentation of staff (albeit
unpaid) capable of providing maintenance and operation of these
systems during extended emergencies. The use of Public Safety
systems by program participants can range from augmenting 911
systems to the emergency installation, maintenance and operation
of local government radios.

    One example of such an integrated emergency
communications program is illustrated by the publication "State
of California Governors Office of Emergency Services Emergency
Communications Reserve, the Auxiliary Communications Service".
How it is implemented and designed is set forth in the 1994 plan
of the same title distributed to California counties and State
and Federal agencies without charge. Others may request a copy
with a $11 check payable to the State of California. Mail to
Office of Emergency Services, ACS Program, Telecommunications
Branch, 2800 Meadowview Rd, Sacramento, Ca 95832. For more
information call or write: Stan Harter or Cary Mangum
916-262-1600.


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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 18:19:33 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: RFI to a smoke detector
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Gary Coffman) writes:


>The standard treatment would be a couple of 2.5mH chokes in series
>with the leads, and a .001 disc ceramic capacitor across the line.
>However, if these are the type that talk to each other via carrier
>current on the AC line so that all of them sound when one detects
>smoke, you can't do this.

The AC-powered/slaved detectors I have seen use a third signal wire to
interconnect units. No idea what the format is, but I suspect it is
really crude (raw 120vac?) & thus can be filtered.....
--
A host is a host from coast to [e-mail]
& no one will talk to a host that's close...........(v)301 56 LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

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Date: 12 Aug 1994 19:58:36 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!insosf1.infonet.net!news.i-link.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!larry.infi.net!@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: What does "beverage" mean?
To: [e-mail]

David Jenkins ([e-mail]) wrote:

: I have seen other references to "beverage" in this group, but my
: handy-dandy Random House shows only the usual definition for
: the word.  What does it mean in ham-ese?


A Beverage is a type of long-wire antenna, called a wave antenna because
of the specific type of interaction between the electromagnetic wave
travelling in space and the induced wave in the antenna.  Beverages
work extremely well at MF (160-meter country) because of the low reflection
angles that those frequencies have from the ionosphere.

See also the ARRL Antenna Book, which devotes a significant amount of
coverage to wave antennae.

(N.B. - I always thought it was spelled Beveridge, but that's not the
way it is in the ARRL book... oh, well, ya learn something new every day!)

--
73 de Mark
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Mark M. Plasket                [e-mail]
N4WQJ                          [e-mail]        (AMPRNet)
                               n4wqj @ wd4miz.va.usa.noam  (PBBS)
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 15:32:51 +0000
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!news.cac.psu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!demon!arkas.demon.co.uk![e-mail]
Subject: Which code learning method?  Why?
To: [e-mail]

I'm intrigued about the methods of testing CW proficiency in the US.  Is
there both receive and transmit testing?

In VK, we sit both.  The receive test is a straight copy-the-plain-language
test.  If you copy it with below maximum errors, then you pass.

73's de VK2ENG (in UK)

--
Michael J Dower
                                    'Quoth the raven, "Never more".'  ... Poe

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Date: 11 Aug 1994 15:28:16 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!wp-sp.nba.trw.com!gatekeeper.esl.com!m32003.esl.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <32bm8a$[e-mail]>, <32bot3$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Which code learning method?  Why?


> >    My exam used some variety of Farnsworth.
>
> The ARRL exams are as follows:
>
> 1A:  5 WPM at 16 WPM Farnsworth
> 1B:  13 WPM at 18 WPM Farnsworth
> 1C:  20 WPM at 22 or 23 WPM (can't remember)
>
> If you learn code Farnsworth, you'll have a easier time upgrading.

    Now for a newbie question.  What is "Farnsworth"?  I am very confused
as to how something can be 5WPM _and_ 16WPM at the same time.  I am
thinking
of getting a tech plus and looking into learning CW.

    How do I learn code Farnsworth?

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