From wang!elf.wang.com!ucsd.edu!info-hams-relay Mon Apr 8 19:48:26 1991 remote from tosspot Received: by tosspot (1.64/waf) via UUCP; Mon, 08 Apr 91 21:38:30 EST for lee Received: from somewhere by elf.wang.com id aa26859; Mon, 8 Apr 91 19:48:25 GMT Received: from ucsd.edu by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-shadow-mx) id AA20327; Mon, 8 Apr 91 15:27:43 -0400 Received: by ucsd.edu; id AA02690 sendmail 5.64/UCSD-2.1-sun Sun, 7 Apr 91 04:30:17 -0700 for nixbur!schroeder.pad Received: by ucsd.edu; id AA02686 sendmail 5.64/UCSD-2.1-sun Sun, 7 Apr 91 04:30:15 -0700 for /usr/lib/sendmail -oc -odb -oQ/var/spool/lqueue -oi -finfo-hams-relay info-hams-list Message-Id: <9104071130.AA02686@ucsd.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 91 04:30:13 PDT From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup Reply-To: Info-Hams@ucsd.edu Subject: Info-Hams Digest V91 #277 To: Info-Hams@ucsd.edu Info-Hams Digest Sun, 7 Apr 91 Volume 91 : Issue 277 Today's Topics: DX BULLETIN 16 ARLD016 SPECIAL BULLETIN 7 ARLX007 WANTED: info/hardware on Low Power TeleVision Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 7 Apr 91 01:25:09 GMT From: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!gws@ucbvax.berkeley.edu Subject: DX BULLETIN 16 ARLD016 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu ============================================================== | Relayed from packet radio via | | N8EMR's Ham BBS, 614-895-2553 1200/2400/9600/V.32/PEP/MNP5 | ============================================================== DX BULLETIN 16 ARLD016 FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS NEWINGTON CT APRIL 5, 1991 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS THANKS TO PAUL, KB1BE AND THE CONNECTICUT DX ASSOCIATION FOR THE FOLLOWING DX INFORMATION. BANGLADESH, S2. JIM SMITH, VK9NS, IS OPERATING SSB ONLY AS A BASIC DEMONSTRATION FOR THE S2 OFFICIALS FOR A THREE DAY PERIOD. FRIDAY IS HIS LAST DAY OF OPERATION. FREQUENCIES ARE 14155, 21255 AND 28455 KHZ, LISTENING UP. UNFORTUNATELY, CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN POOR AND JIM IS LIMITED TO 30 WATTS WITH A VERTICAL ANTENNA. HE HAS BEEN WORKED IN EUROPE, ASIA AND THE SOUTHERN AREAS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. TRY 21255 KHZ AROUND 1100 UTC FOR STATESIDE. REMEMBER, THE LAST DAY OF OPERATION IS APRIL 5. COMOROS, D6. FRANK TUREK, DL7FT, WILL OPERATE D68FT FROM APRIL 5 TO 12. TRY 14030, 18075, 21030, 24898 AND 28030 KHZ. LISTEN UP 3 TO 5 KHZ ON CW. ON SSB, TRY 14190 TO 14195, 18125, 21290 TO 21295, 24930 AND 28490 TO 28495 KHZ, LISTENING UP 5 TO 15 KHZ. QSL TO W-1000, BERLIN 19, GERMANY. MADAGASCAR, 5R. FRANK, DL7FT, WILL ALSO TRY TO OPERATE AS 5R8FT FROM APRIL 15 TO 25. SAME FREQUENCIES AND QSL COUTE AS ABOVE. WALLIS ISLAND, FW. RON, ZL1AMO, WILL SIGN FW0BX FROM APRIL 10 TO 24 ON ALL BANDS, CW AND SSB, WITH SOME RTTY. VK2BEX WILL JOIN RON ON THE ISLAND FROM APRIL 17 TO 24 AND WILL SIGN FW0/VK2BEX OR A FW0 CALL SIGN ON 160 THROUGH 10 METERS, ALSO ON CW, SSB AND RTTY. QSL TO BOTH OPERATORS VIA BOX 195, KILLARS, NSW, 2071, AUSTRALIA. -73- -- Gary W. Sanders (gws@n8emr or ...!osu-cis!n8emr!gws), 72277,1325 N8EMR @ W8CQK (ip addr) 44.70.0.1 [Ohio AMPR address coordinator] HAM BBS (1200/2400/9600/V.32/PEP/MNP=L5) 614-895-2553 Voice: 614-895-2552 (eves/weekends) ------------------------------ Date: 7 Apr 91 01:24:27 GMT From: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!gws@ucbvax.berkeley.edu Subject: SPECIAL BULLETIN 7 ARLX007 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu ============================================================== | Relayed from packet radio via | | N8EMR's Ham BBS, 614-895-2553 1200/2400/9600/V.32/PEP/MNP5 | ============================================================== SPECIAL BULLETIN 7 ARLX007 FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS NEWINGTON CT APRIL 5, 1991 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS THE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LIFTED OFF AT 1423 UTC WITH AN ALL HAM-LICENSED CREW AND SAREX ABOARD. LISTEN FOR KEPLERIAN ELEMENTS ON GODDARD ARC FREQUENCIES OF 3860, 7185, 14295 AND 21395 KHZ. THEY WILL ALSO RETRANSMIT SCHOOL QSOS ON APRIL 6 AT 1514, 1652, 1832 AND 2023 UTC, AND ON APRIL 9 AT 1317 UTC. -73- -- Gary W. Sanders (gws@n8emr or ...!osu-cis!n8emr!gws), 72277,1325 N8EMR @ W8CQK (ip addr) 44.70.0.1 [Ohio AMPR address coordinator] HAM BBS (1200/2400/9600/V.32/PEP/MNP=L5) 614-895-2553 Voice: 614-895-2552 (eves/weekends) ------------------------------ Date: 6 Apr 91 05:43:39 GMT From: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!uncle!jbm@ucbvax.berkeley.edu Subject: WANTED: info/hardware on Low Power TeleVision To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Sorry for the wide distribution, but I don't know where to get started. I am interested in setting up a "Low Power" television station. What I know so far is: LPTV was created when the FCC opened up TV translators to be able to create programming. There is some kind of lottery system because of high demmand. There once was a magazine called "LPTV". What I need to know: 1. Procedure and FCC law regarding LPTV. 2. Good sources for transmitters and amplifiers. My ideal would be to buy a station cheap from someone who already has one and is no longer interested. Please e-mail. John -- John Bly Milton IV, jbm@uncle.UUCP, n8emr!uncle!jbm@osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu (614) h:252-8544, w:785-1110; N8KSN, AMPR: 44.70.0.52; Don't FLAME, inform! ------------------------------ Date: 7 Apr 91 02:03:33 GMT From: usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bu.edu!transfer!lectroid!jjmhome!km3t@ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <11806.27f641a1@zeus.unomaha.edu>, <8819@gollum.twg.com>, <40583@netnews.upenn.edu>p Subject : Re: Codeless = worthless? (was Re: The first No-Code Ham is) In article <40583@netnews.upenn.edu>, depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff DePolo) writes: > In article <8819@gollum.twg.com> sawyer@twg.com (Bruce B. Sawyer) writes: > >Give me a break. Congratulations for NOT knowing something? If I'd come in > >by this back door route I sure wouldn't be out advertising it in public. Let > >the guy take his rightful place next to the mail-order Ph.D's. > > AA6KX > > No, you give us a break. I seriously hope that your comment was in jest, > but seeing no smilies, I'll assume it wasn't. > (supporting argument) > > Ramming CW down someone's throat for historical reasons doesn't wash. > Neither does the "I had to, so you have to" argument. CW has its > merits, just like any other mode. But considering a no-code tech > ham to be less of a ham than any other license holder due ONLY to the > fact that they didn't pass a code test is disgustingly childish. > > --- Jeff Jeff's right....this is ridiculous. This kind of attitude will only serve to alienate the new Technicians. I listen around the bands and hear the same sort of crap day in and day out. This is the kind of attitude that prevents people from even wanting to operate CW...... I, for one, love CW and it's my primary mode on HF....but there's a hell of a lot more to Ham Radio than CW. CW, as Jeff mentions, is merely ONE MODE out of many. It shouldn't be a prerequisite to making a contribution to this hobby. I've heard some of the new Codeless Techs on the air and they are no different than the old Techs who passed the 5 WPM code test. Let's face it, on-the-air VHF/UHF activity is stagnating in many places. The only time I hear any significant activity on FM (144,440 MHz) here in the Boston area is during commuting hours. Any other time I scan each band and hear scarce activity. The only activity I detect is usually on the "main" repeaters. And the same thing goes for the New York area, as I travel through there frequently and hear the same thing....nothing. This is only FM, of course; the situation is even worse on the SSB/CW portion of the VHF/UHF bands. How are we supposed to make a case for spectrum retention when we don't effectively use what we have? One good way to help promote activity is to get new people into the hobby, especially younger ones. The Codeless Technician license, in my opinion, is a decent method, perhaps not perfect, of accomplishing this goal. We all should welcome any and all new Hams with open arms....invite them to club meetings, activities, etc. Teach them the ropes, as it were. And many of them will even *want* to learn CW.....wait and see... -- Dave Pascoe | Internet: km3t@jjmhome.m2c.org or dhp1@gte.com KM3T | UUCP: km3t@jjmhome.UUCP ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest ******************************