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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 94 04:30:28 PDT
From: Ham-Homebrew Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Ham-Homebrew Digest V94 #300
To: Ham-Homebrew
Ham-Homebrew Digest Tue, 11 Oct 94 Volume 94 : Issue 300
Today's Topics:
can square wave oscil (4046) be used for vfo/bfo's ?
cordless phone reciev (2 msgs)
does anyone have the phone number for heathkit? (2 msgs)
does anyone know anything about the HM-2102 swr meter?
FOR SALE : DEAD YAESU FT-747 (FOR PARTS?)
Fractional turns on toroids?
HELP!!! How to Record on a Digital Format "Unattended"?
Help with Plotter
INDUCTANCE MEASURING
Lead-Acid Charger (2 msgs)
More on Using 49MHz for Data
Need 71488A for Atlas HF
Radar Gun (K-Band)
Suggestions on Lemon Powered QRP rig
Using a 74HC4046 be used for an LO in a receiver?
Where can I mailorder parts on the Internet? (2 msgs)
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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 18:17:07 GMT
From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman)
Subject: can square wave oscil (4046) be used for vfo/bfo's ?
In article <3786fj$ki7@ionews.io.org> mike@io.org (Mike Stramba) writes:
>Can a square wave oscillator, such as the oscillator in a 4046 pll be used
>either as a bfo or vfo?
>
>If not, is this because of the many harmonics generated by a square wave?
>
>Specifically I'm trying to build a direct conversion receiver using the 4046
>and a 1596 mixer.
Diode ring mixers work *best* with high level squarewave drive. The
diodes are shifted through their non-linear region quickly which produces
fewer distortion products. The harmonics of a squarewave are all the
odd order products starting with the 3rd harmonic of the fundamental.
That puts them far enough away that a relatively simple post-mixer
filter can handle them.
The 1596, though is an easily crunched mixer. It doesn't like high
level drive. You might be better served with a diode ring mixer.
Gary
--
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Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
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Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | |
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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 94 23:40:00 -0500
From: ulis.fleming@woodybbs.com (Ulis Fleming)
Subject: cordless phone reciev
Fl> Does anyone know where there might be a schematic/parts list, or
Fl> article, about building a receiver for standard (non-digital) cordless
Fl> phone transmissions? I think they're somewhere in the 49 Mhz range,
Fl> identified by 1-10 channels. Anyone Help?
Fl> Thanks,
Fl> John Fleming, N9NDH
Most of the Flemings I know could careless about ham radio, scanners,
etc. We must be the odd balls in the clan.
-73 Ulis Fleming WB3LUI
PS-The cordless phones use 46 MHZ for the base unit (both sides heard)
and 49 MHZ for the handset (one side heard)
... WB3LUI @ WB3V.MD.USA.NA
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
--- PCB15.1/2-GEcho 1.02
* Origin: BORDERTECH BBS, HAMPSTEAD,MD *USA* 410.239.4247 (1:261/1355)
------------------------------
Date: 9 Oct 1994 16:59:27 -0500
From: fd@wwa.com (Glen L. Roberts)
Subject: cordless phone reciev
Ulis Fleming (ulis.fleming@woodybbs.com) wrote:
: Fl> Does anyone know where there might be a schematic/parts list, or
: Fl> article, about building a receiver for standard (non-digital) cordless
: Fl> phone transmissions? I think they're somewhere in the 49 Mhz range,
: Fl> identified by 1-10 channels. Anyone Help?
: Fl> Thanks,
: Fl> John Fleming, N9NDH
: Most of the Flemings I know could careless about ham radio, scanners,
: etc. We must be the odd balls in the clan.
: -73 Ulis Fleming WB3LUI
: PS-The cordless phones use 46 MHZ for the base unit (both sides heard)
: and 49 MHZ for the handset (one side heard)
So, the Digital Wiretap Act outlawed the monitoring of Cordless Phone
Calls? Same as Cellular Now?
SEC. 202. CORDLESS TELEPHONES.
(a) Definitions.--Section 2510 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ", but such term does not
include" and all that follows through "base unit"; and
(2) in paragraph (12), by striking subparagraph (A) and
redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively.
(b) Penalty.--Section 2511 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) in subsection (4)(b)(i) by inserting "a cordless
telephone communication that is transmitted between the
cordless telephone handset and the base unit," after
"cellular telephone communication,"; and
(2) in subsection (4)(b)(ii) by inserting "a cordless
telephone communication that is transmitted between the
cordless telephone handset and the base unit," after
"cellular telephone communication,".
--
-------------------------------------
Glen L. Roberts, Editor, Full Disclosure
Host Full Disclosure Live (WWCR 5,065 khz - Sundays 7pm central)
email fd@sashimi.wwa.com for catalog on privacy & surveillance.
KEVIN MITNICK DISGUISE KIT: From your fax: (708) 356-9646 doc #903
email for uuencoded .TIF of T-Shirt Honoring the FBI
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 16:44:14 GMT
From: Mike Lyon <mlyon@rahul.net>
Subject: does anyone have the phone number for heathkit?
i heard that heathkit still sells parts for there products. if anyone out
there has the phone number for them it would be appreciated if you could
e-mail it to me or just post it.
thank you,
mlyon@rahul.net
--
Mike Lyon <mlyon@rahul.net>
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Date: 11 Oct 1994 00:11:47 GMT
From: aswNS@newhamp.hampshire.edu (Albert S Woodhull)
Subject: does anyone have the phone number for heathkit?
Mike Lyon (mlyon@rahul.net) wrote:
: i heard that heathkit still sells parts for there products. if anyone out
The phone number was 616-925-5899 as of July 1994.
73, Al N1AW
Albert S. Woodhull, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
awoodhull@hamp.hampshire.edu
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 01:30:22 GMT
From: Mike Lyon <mlyon@rahul.net>
Subject: does anyone know anything about the HM-2102 swr meter?
i recently purchased a heathkit hm-2102 swr meter. i would like to know
how to calibrate it and what the knob that says "pull to set swr sens."
means. i can't figure out how to measure forward/reflected power with it
so basicall i want to figure out how to align it. also if anyone out
there knows what bands this thing will work on that will also be
apprecciated.
thank you,
mlyon@rahul.net
--
Mike Lyon <mlyon@rahul.net>
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 17:19:46 GMT
From: rossi@VFL.Paramax.COM (Pete Rossi)
Subject: FOR SALE : DEAD YAESU FT-747 (FOR PARTS?)
I friend of mine has a dead Yaesu FT-747 HF transceiver that was damaged in
shipment (UPS). I have not seen the radio but I was told that the top was
slightly dented and the front panel looks like someone removed it with a
crowbar. The basic radio carcass looks to be in reasonable shape but the
front panel is pretty much a gonner. Yaesu wants over $400 to repair it.
Fortunately it was insured. UPS paid the claim and returned the dead radio.
Anybody want it? Probably has lots of good parts. Make an offer.
I will pass the info along.
=================================================================
Pete Rossi - WA3NNA rossi@vfl.paramax.COM
Unisys Corporation - Government Systems Group
Valley Forge Engineering Center - Paoli, Pennsylvania
=================================================================
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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 22:26:18 GMT
From: alanb@hpnmarb.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Subject: Fractional turns on toroids?
Mike Czuhajewski (Mike.Czuhajewski@hambbs.wb3ffv.ampr.org) wrote:
: The June 1994 issue of QST had an article, "Inexpensive Interference
: Filters", where the author specified fractional turns on toroidal
: cores. (Specifically, he gave tap points at fractional turns.) ...
Since I was the author of the article, I'll answer the question.
I don't have the article in front of me, but I don't recall listing
fractional turns for the main windings. I agree that it is not possible
to achieve a fractional turn: So long as the two wire ends are connected
through the rest of the circuit, the turn is effectively completed anyway.
I did list fractional turns for the coil tap points. You can think of
the tapped coils as RF autotransformers. The exact tap location
definitely affects the impedance ratio.
AL N1AL
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Date: 10 Oct 1994 12:09:00 GMT
From: Ken Terry <ken_terry@macmail.eng.gulfaero.com>
Subject: HELP!!! How to Record on a Digital Format "Unattended"?
I am trying to record unattended data from my icom while I am at work,
but regular audio tape does not give me the resolution I need. Either
DAT or minidisk was recommended. However, I cannot keep my computer on
all day to control the recorder due to afternoon lightening storms (my
icom runs on a battery very effeciently). If you have been able to
record unattended signals on a digital format, please let me know the
secret.
In advance->Thank you very much!!
Ken
ken_terry@macmail.eng.gulfaero.com
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Date: 10 Oct 94 19:53:26 GMT
From: dshalita@rogue.COM (David Shalita)
Subject: Help with Plotter
I was recently given an old HP-7475A Pen Plotter, to use, if
I could, for small homebrew printed circuit boards. This plotter
has an HP-IB interface and my PADS shareware IBM PC386 can only
drive plotters thru the RS-232C serial port. This plotter was on
an old Commodore Business Computer System.
I'm looking for any low cost solutions to my problem. Any suggestions?
I don't know if a used IEEE-488 card in my PC386 would solve anything?
Can't put a lot of money into this unit. I need to know if I have:
1. A working PLotter.
Yes it does complete the self test image.
2. My software(s) can really produce artwork with it.
Thanks and 73 de Dave, W6MIK
dshalita@rogue.com
--
Internet : dshalita@rogue.com
AMPR.ORG :lp.w6mik.ampr.org [44.16.0.29]
AMPR.ORG :w6mik.ampr.org [44.16.0.26]
7833 Cantaloupe Ave. Van Nuys, CA 91402
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Date: 10 Oct 94 08:50:38 GMT
From: claude@bauv111.bauv.unibw-muenchen.de (Claude Frantz)
Subject: INDUCTANCE MEASURING
pelt@vt.edu (Ranson J. Pelt) writes:
>QST
>Can anyone give me some advice on a good piece of equipment for measuring
>inductances. I have an LCR meter (LCR 195) which I purchased from Alpha
>Elec. several years ago. This meter works great for measuring capacitance
>but just doesn't get it for measuring small inductances (uh range).
In the HF area, you can use:
- a RF bridge
- a vector impedance meter
- a Q-meter
--
Claude F. (claude@bauv106.bauv.unibw-muenchen.de)
This message may contain opinions which are not shared by my employer.
The facts can speak for themselves.
------------------------------
Date: 9 Oct 1994 19:55:46 -0400
From: beau@enterprise.america.com (J. E. Winburn)
Subject: Lead-Acid Charger
I have used you idea for about 3 years now and it has worked fine.
My HF rig draws about 20 amps when in tx. I run my packet station
from this source also.
I have a voltmeter at the desk to monitor the battery condition.
I have never seen it below 12V. The battery I use is a deep cycle
Gel-cell. The charge is maintained by the "Battery Watch Dog"
charger described in the ARRL handbook. It can be left hooked to the
battery permanently. It will not overcharge the battery.
The apporox 1.5 amp charge rate seems to be sufficient.
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/
_/ _/
_/ Internet = beau@enterprise.america.com _/
_/ VHF Packet = kd4gfy@kb4t.#dabfl.fl.usa.na _/
_/ _/
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 19:21:52 GMT
From: mack@ncifcrf.gov (Joe Mack)
Subject: Lead-Acid Charger
In article <371ejt$8c5@snoopy.jh.org> ss@JH.Org (Steve Steinberg) writes:
>I want to build a battery charger for deep-cycle (marine) batteries.
Dear Steve
Do you want a battery cahrger or do you want to build one? For
a charger you don't need a regulated supply, just something that shuts
off at 13.5V or so. YOu can do this with a regular charger from anywhere,
by putting an SCR in the output. Connect the anode of the SCR to the old
output, the cathode of the SCR to the output, put a 14V zener from the
gate to earth and a 5k resistor from the anode to the gate. WHen the
battery goes above about 13V the SCR shuts off. Joe Mack NA3T, mack@ncifcrf.gov
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Date: 10 Oct 94 14:49:11 GMT
From: mack@mails.imed.COM
Subject: More on Using 49MHz for Data
Gentlemen:
Now that we have the specs out in the group (thanks much) it is
easier to design a solution for the requestor.
It appears to me that Part 15 ONLY applies to the transmitter part
of the setup. Therefor, it is possible to greatly increase the range
by using a directional gain antenna.
My proposed solution is this:
1) build the transmitter to take advantage of the 100mW limit.
2) build a short loaded horizontally polarized dipole.
3) build (or buy) a 4 to 5 element Yagi. This should give about
10 db of gain and has the additional benefit of rejecting most
of the signals from other users of the band. It is possible to
buy a 6M beam and just tune it down to 49 MHz.
Remenber that Part 15 devices must ACCEPT all interference they may
encounter.
Ray
WD5IFS
mack@mails.imed.com
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Date: 10 Oct 94 09:44:42 EDT
From: landisj@drager.com (Joe Landis - Systems & Network Mgr)
Subject: Need 71488A for Atlas HF
In article <9410061508001081@takeone.com>, jacques.choquette@takeone.com (Jacques Choquette) writes:
> I recently purchased this fine rig - Atlas 210X - which came with the
> VOX and digital display external units. While using it for a special
> event station the display quit. Troubleshooting brought it down to the
> decoder chips. Problems is none of the electronic shops in town (Ottawa)
> or RF Parts in California could help me. The set was manufactured in
> 1977 ans it seems chips that old are hard/impossible to get. Sow
> ondering if anyone here could have some for sale or give me a place to
> call to get/order some. Required is quantity (2) 74188A or 74LS188
> chips. Thank you in advance for helping out, Jacques.
> Alsl available on packet VE3TSC @ VE3KYT.
Digi key stocks the Natl. 74S188 32x8 bipolar prom for $1.50. This will work.
Of course you're going to have to get the program, find a prom programmer for
this one, and burn the prom. Is Atlas still around? I'd try getting this one
thru them, if they are. Oh, Digikey is at 1-800-DIGIKEY.
Joe
--
Joe Landis - Systems and Network Manager - North American Drager - Telford, PA
landisj@drager.com - Ax25: AA3GN@WA3TSW.#EPA.PA.USA.NOAM - ampr: [44.80.8.153]
Counting the days til deer season! Politically correct sig not available.
------------------------------
Date: 10 Oct 1994 05:42:28 GMT
From: co722@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Wenk)
Subject: Radar Gun (K-Band)
This is being posted for a friend. I can answer as many questions as
I know the answers for, via E-mail.
---
For Sale
K-Band Radar *GUN* unit.
Operates on 24Ghz
(Some may be tempted to alter the radio to work in the ham-band, this
is why this has been cross posted to .homebrew and .equipment)
Runs off 12VDC (Comes with 12VDC Cigarette Lighter Plug)
This has been advertised on various newsgroups before, but the seller
lost their net access along with all prospective purchasers.
(2 or 3 were interested and bidding)
Their addresses have been lost along with the mailbox of the account
which was nuked.
If you are interested, simply reply here. I'm helping my friend sell
this unit.
*** Possible Items for Trade or Trade w/Cash ***
-Mobile scanner with 46mhz, VHF, UHF, 800 including Cel Tel, Etc.
-Dual Band 2m/440 Mobile radio with detachable faceplate.
*** Asking Price ***
$250 Cash (Repair shop lists this unit at $500)
Purchaser pays all s&h, No COD's.
^
^- Thus purchaser chooses options of shipper, insurance, etc.
"I've used this unit various times to clock different targets. It has
come in very handy for a friend who was clocking his high performace
car at the track. "
(You could acctually clock cars at a race with this if you bought an
easy to carry 12vdc power source)
*** All interested replies ***
Direct your replies to me via e-mail at:
br260@po.cwru.edu
If you have problems with the above address, you can send mail to:
root@b63062.cwru.edu (ONLY if the above address does not work)
If sending mail to the root address, make the subject of your
mail state: Pass this on to the old 'jbourne'
Thanks!
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Date: 10 Oct 1994 16:38:56 -0400
From: w4qo@peach.america.net (James C. Stafford)
Subject: Suggestions on Lemon Powered QRP rig
I posted this in the qrp mailing list the other day and have had some
good responses. Any ideas?
---------------------------------------------------------------
I am helping a high school student - KC4ROW - do some work with various
"fruit" and "vegetable" batteries for a science fair project. We both
feel that it would enhance the exhibit part of the project to have a
Lemon Powered QSO. We can build up a little milli-watt rig such as the
fine article on page 18 of QST, March 1992, but what I'm looking for are
suggestions on a receiver we can use. Here are some discussion items:
1. A DC receiver that draws less than 10 ma, is there one? I think we can
generate 10 ma from a lemon juice battery. We can use an external audio
amp on "commerical" power.
2. A crystal set - Ok we could use an "external BFO", IE another
transmitter offset by 500 hz hidden nearby. Kinda seems like cheating
though, but we could power it from a lemon too.
3. An R-390 powered by an inverter and 3,000,000 lemons for 11 seconds!
Any ideas appreciated. I have quite a large supply of QRP magazines for
the past 5 years so you could refer me to one of those. Also, maybe we
could have some kind of "Lemon juice" challenge for the farthest QSO on
say 40 meters using only two lemons as power.
72/73, Jim Stafford, W4QO RadioActive Schools -
11395 West Road Using amateur radio as a tool to
Roswell, GA 30075 enhance the classroom experience
404-993-9500 in the North Georiga area.
Packet: w4qo@wa4bro.#atl.ga.usa.na Email: w4qo@america.net
----------------------------------------------------
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Date: 11 Oct 94 00:00:17 GMT
From: ka7oei@uugate.wa7slg.ampr.ORG
Subject: Using a 74HC4046 be used for an LO in a receiver?
I'm not sure that I would want to use the VCO in a 74HC4046 in a receiver
if you run it higher than several hundred KHz...
You'll likely have to be very careful to watch the phase noise of the oscillator
when you get into the MHz area... Much of it may depend on the loop bandwidth
and its possibly inherent ability to suppress that sort of noise. It all
depends on your particular application.
If you are over several hundred KHz, you may want to build a varactor-tuned
VCO and use the phase/frequency detect portion of the chip for that.
One possible lineup is to use a VCO, followed by a driver (to generate
a squarewave) to dump into, say, a 74HC4059 (as the divide-by-n) and
use the phase/frequency detector.
This sort of scheme will work well for frequencies up to about 10 MHz or
so with step sizes of 1 KHz or so. If you wanted smaller steps, you would
likely need a more complicated scheme... There are actually many possible
options...
As it turns out, a VCO on the 4046 is not particularly "phase quiet" at
higher frequencies... If you application is insensitive to phase noise
(i.e. some sort of simple, wide-bandwidth receiver) then it may be just fine.
If you need to have low incidental FM and/or narrow bandwidth, then the
phase noise issue becomes important...
<Clint>
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Date: 7 Oct 1994 23:51:15 GMT
From: s2202629@np.ac.sg (Teh Aik Wen)
Subject: Where can I mailorder parts on the Internet?
I'd like to know if there's anywhere on the net I can mailorder for
stuffs in the Radio Shack or Maplin catalog or any other major electronics
companies (Are they called that?)
I'd like to pickup a couple of stuffs, and would want to find out how
much it'd cost me and the things like that first, and if nothing else,
it'd save on time & postage sending it _there_ in the first place.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 00:06:19 GMT
From: jeffrey@kahuna.tmc.edu (Jeffrey Herman)
Subject: Where can I mailorder parts on the Internet?
s2202629@np.ac.sg (Teh Aik Wen) writes:
>I'd like to know if there's anywhere on the net I can mailorder for
>stuffs in the Radio Shack or Maplin catalog or any other major electronics
>companies (Are they called that?)
>
>I'd like to pickup a couple of stuffs, and would want to find out how
>much it'd cost me and the things like that first, and if nothing else,
>it'd save on time & postage sending it _there_ in the first place.
>
Teh - One ham company has internet access; the owner posted a
sale notice on r.r.a.misc and got flamed so badly that he
set up an email reflector to notify subscribers of upcoming
sales, prices, and such. Can't recall what company that was -
can someone help out?
I like the idea of shopping via internet. I'm surprised stores
haven't set up ftp sites so that you can view their catalog
items and prices.
73 from Warm and Sunny Hawaii,
Jeff NH6IL
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