Article: 99148 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "JOHN D" References: <1qdue.3806$dN.2230@trnddc04> Subject: Re: NC-190 RF coil slug stuck Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:13:26 GMT I ended up removing 2 IF coils and drilling out and replacing the slugs.I used super glue to immobilize some of the coil windings and stop the forms >from turning. Thanks for the toothpick & glue idea. I'll try that next time. Article: 99149 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "AAA RF Products" Subject: FS: Tube Sockets Message-ID: Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:06:25 -0700 For Sale Tube Sockets, unlimited quantities available: # 02-685--------8 pin, Ceramic, for KT88/6550/EL34A------ $2.50 each # 02-674--------4 pin, Ceramic, for 300B/2A3/811-----------$2.50 each # 02-675--------5 pin, Ceramic, for 807/FU-7----------------$2.50 each # 02-676--------6 pin, Ceramic -------------------------------$2.75 each # 02-678--------7 pin, Ceramic for 813/FU-13---------------$6.00 each # 02-702--------Ceramic Cap for 807/6146B-----------------$1.25 each email: sales@aaarfproducts.com call: 949 481 3154 fax: 949 388 5448 or mail: AAA RF Products, 949 Calle Amanecer, san Clemente, CA 92673 Article: 99150 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: Chris Subject: Re: TMC GPT 750 FA References: <4MWdnaPlvq15piHfRVn-2w@look.ca> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:06:32 -0400 If you have a 1956 Handbook you can see the complete station in the TMC ad. I think it's the most beautiful shack ever and probably one of main reasons I got interested in ham radio back then. Great Stuff Keth! Too bad I'm in the southern tip of the US 73, Chris VE3NGW/W4 Florida http://www.ckradio.net Keith Densmore wrote: >If someone is interested in a real shipanchor... >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4675&item=5784470037 > >Keith, ve3ts > > > > Article: 99151 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors Message-ID: <42BCBCB0.2EC61B4C@sympatico.ca> From: "M. Kassay" Subject: Heathkit manuals Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:08:48 -0400 For Sale... ORIGINAL Heathkit MANUALS Prices INCLUDE shipping Heath GR-110 vhf scanner $12 US Heath HWA-202-1 pwr supply $11 US Heath IM-18 VTVM $11 US Heath IM-5228 VTVM $11 US Heath SB-300 receiver $13 US Heath HD-1426 field strength meter $10 US Heath HD-1416 code oscillator $10 US Heath IM-11 VTVM $10 US Heath HM-11 swr - pwr meter $11 US Heath HW-17 2m transceiver $13 US Heath HWA-17-2 FM adapter $9 US Heath HOA-5404-1 Panadapter module $14 US Heath HWA-2036-3 power supply $12 US Heath HW-2036 2m rig $13 US Heath HO-5404 monitor scope $15 US Heath HM-15 swr/pwr meter $10 US Heath DX-60b transmitter $14 US Heath HD-1982 micorder mic $8 US Heath HD-1234 ant switch $8 US Heath GD-1019 thermometer $9 US Heath M-1 multimter $9 US Heath SBA-104-1 noise blkr $9 US Heath AC-1 antenna coupler $13 US Heath ID-1590 wind speed/dir $12 US Heath GR-17 am/fm radio $9 US Heath AA-18 amp $9 US Heath OI-1154 aircraft clock $9 US Heath HS-24 speaker $9 US Heath ID-5001 weather 'operation' w/ fold outs $17 US For further info, pls send me an Email. 73 Mike Article: 99152 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Brian Goldsmith" References: Subject: Re:AR88 and variants. Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:42:43 GMT "barry jones" wrote after spending the best part of the week changing all the micamolds/paper caps in this particular ar88 i find i now need a big (tuning) knob to complete the job anybody have one they could spare? the radio by the way now works with good sensitivity down to 30mhz!! now to tackle the ar88lf and the grey (navy?)ar88d **** AR88 is identical to AR88D (with some small variations-see below),the 88 was intended for rack mounting,the D stands for "Desk" and indicates the addition of a cabinet.If the receiver is marked 88D then it originally came with the desk cabinet from which it has become seperated. If what you refer to as an 88D is originally grey in colour,it will most likely not be an AR88D.You would have to ID all the control knobs,their layout and their nomenaclature .There were some variants of AR88 which had an additional front panel control,these were part of DR89 Diversity Communications Receiver There are several variations of the 88 family,some are :- AR88,AR88D,AR88F,AR88LF,CR88,CR88A,CR88B,CR91,CR91A and so on without mentioning some of the military equivalents (or sub variants of their own type!!) The CR prefix refers to "Component Radio" as in "CR88A is a sub component of DR89A Diversity Communications Receiver". Let me know the front panel layout and frequency coverage,I'll look it up if I can (a picture on alt.binaries.radio will let everyone have a look).And,sorry,I can't help you with the knob. Brian Goldsmith. Article: 99153 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: Gregg Subject: Re: FS: Tube Sockets Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:13:15 -0700 References: Message-ID: <42bce7d8$1_1@dowco.com> Hi, What is your minimum $ for Canadian orders? Thanks, -- Gregg "t3h g33k" http://geek.scorpiorising.ca *Ratings are for transistors, tubes have guidelines* Article: 99154 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: Winlink 2000 QRM Subject: Winlink and QRM Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:51:49 GMT Winlink and QRM - read info here: http://www.zerobeat.net/bandgrab.shtml Article: 99155 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "AAA RF Products" References: <42bce7d8$1_1@dowco.com> Subject: Re: FS: Tube Sockets Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:11:59 -0700 No minimum order. No handling charges. We accept Visa, MasterCard, & PayPal. Prices are in US$, FOB San Clemente, California "Gregg" wrote in message news:42bce7d8$1_1@dowco.com... > Hi, > > What is your minimum $ for Canadian orders? > > Thanks, > > > -- > Gregg "t3h g33k" > http://geek.scorpiorising.ca > *Ratings are for transistors, tubes have guidelines* Article: 99156 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Travis Jordan" References: Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 17:01:19 GMT Winlink 2000 QRM wrote: > Winlink and QRM - read info here: Sorry, but this sounds like the same complaint that the AM'ers had about SSB when it first started up on HF. I can certainly see the utility in the application. Article: 99157 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "helmsman@mindspring.com" Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Message-ID: References: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:26:10 GMT "Travis Jordan" wrote: >Winlink 2000 QRM wrote: >> Winlink and QRM - read info here: > >Sorry, but this sounds like the same complaint that the AM'ers had about >SSB when it first started up on HF. I can certainly see the utility in >the application. > Put it on the garage door frequencies! Article: 99158 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "xpyttl" References: Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:38:06 -0400 "Travis Jordan" wrote in message news:z5gve.204849$JA.54611@fe01.news.easynews.com... > > Sorry, but this sounds like the same complaint that the AM'ers had about > SSB when it first started up on HF. I can certainly see the utility in > the application. Not exactly. On HF, it is fairly unusual that you can hear both sides of a conversation, unlike VHF where if I can hear one station, I can usually hear the other. So when I want to call someone, I listen first. Hearing nothing, I send QRL? (or on phone, "is this frequency in use"). If the station I can't hear gets my QRL, he sends C and I go off looking for another frequency. Very few, if any, digis actually listen first. Even if they did, they don't have a way to say "Is this frequency in use" and understand the response. And even if they could, they really don't have the opportunity to change frequency, since they need to call on the frequency that the remote robot is listening. It seems as if it would be very difficult to make these automated stations be friendly to other users. That being said, it looks as if Winlink 2000 is going to be come a significant part of our emergency response, which is one of the reasons we have access to these frequencies to begin with. We should be looking at reasonable solutions, perhaps developing new technologies to enable this sort of capability, rather than just flaming. Both the pro and con in this argument are absolutely unwilling to listen to/believe the other side. We amateurs need to get our act together and figure out how we can expand the use of a technology like Winlink 2000 without making these automated systems even more of a nuisance than they already are. .. Article: 99159 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: " Uncle Peter" References: <1qdue.3806$dN.2230@trnddc04> Subject: Re: NC-190 RF coil slug stuck Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:15:57 -0400 "JOHN D" wrote in message news:Gk1ve.834$xL1.355@trnddc08... > > I ended up removing 2 IF coils and drilling out and replacing the slugs.I > used super glue to immobilize some of the coil windings and stop the forms > from turning. > Thanks for the toothpick & glue idea. I'll try that next time. > > 90% of the time this is caused by worn tuning tools. Pete Article: 99160 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: David Stinson Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM References: Message-ID: <83jve.9167$jX6.1969@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:23:32 GMT xpyttl wrote: > That being said, it looks as if Winlink 2000 is going to be come a > significant part of our emergency response, which is one of the reasons we > have access to these frequencies to begin with. We should be looking at > reasonable solutions, perhaps developing new technologies to enable this > sort of capability, rather than just flaming. > > Both the pro and con in this argument are absolutely unwilling to listen > to/believe the other side. We amateurs need to get our act together and > figure out how we can expand the use of a technology like Winlink 2000 > without making these automated systems even more of a nuisance than they > already are. There's plenty of space. We just don't manage it worth a darn. If you listen to the ham bands, you'll find that the vast majority of our allocation is wasted. For instance: you could put every CW QSO during Sweepstakes into about 75 KC of spectrum and have lots of elbow room. For phone, probably 100-125 KCs would be a big plenty. People want their freqs to end in "5" or "0" and that is just poor spectrum management. Look at ten and six meters, even at the peak of the sunspot cycle; 90% of it is empty, wasted space. Every major city has 100+ repeater pairs allocated, twenty or thirty repeaters on the air and maybe *three* that get any sustained use. That's pitiful and a matter of *ego,* not communication. 75 meters is "crowded" only because of our 5-n-10 KC mindset. Our problem is ego and "we've always done it this way," not a lack of spectrum. We're going to either make room for new and enhanced modes or we're going to be swept aside like blacksmiths and locomotive boiler makers, guys. The times is passin' us by.... Article: 99161 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors Message-ID: <42BDC4FE.9050107@ix.netcom.com> From: David Stinson Subject: One Last Try Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:56:36 GMT Some time ago, I printed-out a shipping label for a Mr. Don Butterly of Abington, PA. I have no idea why...... none. This seems to happen to me more and more often.... Must be the old "Here After" disease- (symptom: you come down stairs, then stand in the kitchen thinking: "What am I here after??" Obviously, I was going to send him something. I thought I'd ask one more time before throwing the label away. Dave S. Article: 99162 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Woody" References: Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM /Nice long rant Message-ID: <7ckve.385$B82.126@trnddc04> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:41:23 GMT Well.... first things first, of course.. why are we always posting such discussion in all these groups for commerce? Second, and I quote.... "Whatchu talkin' 'bout Willis?" > If the station I can't hear gets my QRL, he sends C and I go off looking > for another frequency. I would normally bypass these things but I've been thinking about getting another HF rig lately....and I've been considering why I keep selling them off, trying to warrant a purchase again. I'm thinking it has to do with the words "purpose" and "use". So, I'm looking at getting back into it and doing something besides setting up a radio and just randomly playing with it or gluing the vfo on some nonsense gathering place. So here are my questions and observations for your perusal and general flaming. >From the original link posted: That the HISTORICALLY HIGH LEVEL OF INTERFERENCE BY PACTOR STATIONS to everyone else has demonstrated time and time again that even the operator-controlled Winlink Pactor stations don't care if a frequency is busy (because they can easily take it away), in their passion to get their email from the Internet, so they MUST NOT BE ALLOWED to mix with hams trying to COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER! Q: Someone please take a minute and point out a single coherent thought or plausible point in the above statement. Bearing in mind that tuning to any random freq can find people squawking over each other like the noise in a crowded room, or a CW freq sounding like my kid running down the "try me" aisle in the toy dept... When did it become impossible for my station to hear 2 other stations that can't hear each other? Next, from the original link posted. That ham radio is a HOBBY, not a quasi-commercial email "service" as Winlink provides, and that ham radio, from the very beginning, has always been mainly about hams communicating with other hams, and not about being used for unattended email gateways to the Internet, mostly for a few sailors, because the FCC Maritime Radio Frequencies were set aside for that purpose and are underused. Observation: If it serves a legitimate purpose and assists a single sailor, military or civilian, it serves a greater purpose than your latest blathering, contest, or quasi-award. The author can 'pucker up and plant one' on that statement. Again, if it is a ham station to ham station, WHERE is the plausible point?? ..... I think I hear a tiny voice yelling "ME, ME, ME... I shall rule the world!" Also from the original like posted: That all unattended wideband digital operations, of any type, MUST be confined to the current sub-bands for automatically controlled digital stations, and not allowed to use any frequency they wish just in order to avoid having to wait a short time for a clear frequency in the sub-bands. Observation: I think SHOULD is a better word. Also take the entire point and reverse it, maybe they feel the same way in a crowded band. Why can't YOU wait a short time for a clear frequency?? [I shall rule the world!!] Also, if you [and Winlink, and Amateur radio in general] wake up and smell the ALE, then you again have a moot point. If you've ever been on a radio, you realize that attended or unattended matters not; due to world dominators. The problem you're having is with courtesy, not digital ops. Good luck freeing the world of jerks and morons. [and from experience, a dense population infiltration such as the one in ham radio would be a good place to point yer scattergun when you start.] There's lots of people with lots of free time to build up their personal anger levels for whatever reason, then look for a [safe] place to vent frustrations. It's the same with the www. Also, if you paid any attention to Riley at any point, you'd know that he already said APCO25 is fair game on the phone bands, so you are actually showing up on Saturday for the Friday night fights. Sorry you missed us, but thanks for coming out. And again from the link..... To stop this attempted takeover, *[ I WILL START MY OWN ]* EVERYONE ELSE needs to vote NOT to agree to the Winlink request, so ARRL does not get the wrong impression that the "majority" of hams want to sacrifice the frequencies they use for communicating, so that the less-than-1%, that are Winlink users, don't have to wait longer than 90 seconds to receive an email on HF or can't send picture attachments to the Internet. Q: STILL trying to understand why he keeps saying "stop hams from communicating so that hams can communicate!" and "I'm not gonna wait 90 seconds on a bunch just because they can't wait 90 seconds!" You know what... I think Winlink has something wrong....maybe... there're WITCHES!! Everyone chant and point at Winlink... "witch, witch, witch...." Come to think of it... that pesky ECHOLINK is still going on too! Where's my echolink pitch-fork? C'mon, let's get 'em! Bunch of internet-connected morons sucking up my drivel time... LET'S GET ON THE INTERNET AND COMPLAIN, ESPECIALLY IN ALL THE PLACES WE SHOULDN'T BE! Hahahaha.... this is too funny. [NOTE: If the author wants real results, he should get on Winlink and email his concerns to the Winlink users... that will complete his hypocritical circle and restore balance to the universe.] Also, IF THEY CONSIST OF LESS THAN 1%, HOW THE HECK ARE THEY IN YOUR WAY, BUBBA?? All you want is to have your 100%, right? Why can't people just understand that? It's a mad, mad, mad, world... Researching the author, I see he is a QRP fan.... leaving me to wonder.... WHY would he want to purposefully limit himself to barely enough power to communicate when he has available a perfectly good 50-100w radio market?? That will give him plenty of power to be heard and not too much to drown anyone out. I'm betting he operates QRP wherever he wishes, forcing others to WAIT while the do-good folks "give in" feeling sorry and letting the little guy have the time/freq.... what a power rush that must be. Then again, it could be that he's simply experimenting and enjoying the hobby in the fashion he CHOSE by right, etc.... Nah, couldn't be that. Before anyone jumps on that, be advised that I've already experienced the common orations on the post-nuclear advantages of QRP training. Here's a news-flash boys... after the smoke clears, your QRP station will either be lost in the new and improved noise floor, or be one of the new big-guns on the suddenly quiet bands.... so I still miss the point. But do I make a hole for you when I hear you? Yes, I do. [Refer to that courtesy thing mentioned above.] Also, if anyone wonders/cares, I have few "friends" on the local repeater too, since I only use it for communicating when a telephone isn't suitable, or whatever the rules suggest. Curse me for using simplex instead of the repeater most of the time! See, I had this stupid idea, that the repeater is only useful to me when the communication requirements exceed simplex range. I must be a fool. It seems that contacting my wife on the repeater [preceeded by paging tones to my alert monitor...OMG!!!] then making my contact, passing necessary info and clearing the frequency is just absurd to the local jaw-breakers who inevitably pounce on any break in the silence, almost demanding attention. How rude I am for not sitting in my hot car in a parking lot for an extra 15 minutes every time I need to tell someone something simple and move on. Don't get me wrong, I love to chat, ragchewing on a repeater [or HF] is no problem to me, but not every time I key a mic for goodness sakes! But, I digress... I had a bumper sticker one time.... "I love Jesus, it's his groupies I can't stand.", and I wish I could find an analogous "I love radio, it's the operators I can't stand." So, with my failure to "get it" along with my apparent stupidity, I now relinquish the floor to whomever. rb Article: 99163 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Woody" References: <83jve.9167$jX6.1969@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:50:47 GMT Wow, someone with a clue.... Thank you, David. A smart person once said that if the answer to any question is "Because that's the way we always do it.", then it's time to seriously consider changing the way you do it. rb Article: 99164 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors Subject: Re: One Last Try From: Ed References: <42BDC4FE.9050107@ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:19:16 GMT I find nothing at all in the National Ham Radio Callsign listing for ANY body named "Butterly". Maybe it wasn't ham radio related? On the other issue, I usually find it helpful to go back into the room where I was when I decided to do whatever it was I forgot. Standing in the room and thinking about what you were doing when you decided to do whatever it was you forgot more often than not brings it back to memory. good luck Ed Article: 99165 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Richard W. Solomon, W1KSZ" Subject: FA: WHIPPANY LAB's L'il Lulu 50 Mc XMTR Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:22:42 GMT Time to thin out the collection prior to the "Big Move". I have placed on e-Bay a MINT condition Whippany Lab's L'il LuLu 50 Mc Transmitter. This is a mint condition copy of an extremely rare "Boatanchor", although it's more like a "CanoeAnchor", it weighs but 16 pounds. Here's the link to it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5784980987&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ Article: 99166 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Jik Bombo" References: Subject: Re: VERY NICE HEATHKIT SB-220 AMPLIFIER, NO RESERVE Message-ID: <%Emve.89430$yV4.15511@okepread03> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 17:28:52 -0700 " You say "Do not send payment....I have sold it to someone else.." ?? "Bob Rinaldi" wrote in message news:stidneLsY_51NyDfRVn-oQ@comcast.com... > SB-220 > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5784931666&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 > > > Article: 99167 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors Subject: Re: One Last Try From: Larry W4CSC References: <42BDC4FE.9050107@ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:42:20 -0400 Ed wrote in news:Xns9680A6451AA3Fspectrumhogstarbandn@207.106.93.175: > On the other issue, I usually find it helpful to go back into the > room > where I was when I decided to do whatever it was I forgot. Standing > in the room and thinking about what you were doing when you decided to > do whatever it was you forgot more often than not brings it back to > memory. good luck > I'll be 60 in January...dammit. I turn around in my chair and things simply disappear. I used to get very upset about it, but now I just say, "It'll turn up someday." and carry on, if I can live without it. The intensive searching will never find it if it's hiding from me. I have to have my little cellphone, but that's easy to find after I get my neighbor to call it until I answer them. I found one of my combs, the other day. It had been "missing" for 3 weeks. I asked it how its vacation was, but got no answer....yet....(c; -- Larry You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and you're outlined in chalk. Article: 99168 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: Edward Knobloch Subject: Re: One Last Try References: <42BDC4FE.9050107@ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 03:38:53 GMT Hi, Way off topic, but these boatanchors won't do us much good if we forget how to use them. On June 20, AP reported on a Dutch study of folic acid (one of the B vitamins). Taking 800 micrograms/day (twice the U.S. recommended daily dose) for a sample group of about 800 people 50 to 75 years old resulted in tests of memory equivalent to those 5-1/2 years younger, for the group given the folic acid instead of a placebo. The pills are cheap, about $4 a hundred at drugstore.com. 73, Ed Knobloch > > I'll be 60 in January...dammit. I turn around in my chair and things > simply disappear. I used to get very upset about it, but now I just say, > "It'll turn up someday." and carry on, if I can live without it. The > intensive searching will never find it if it's hiding from me. > > I have to have my little cellphone, but that's easy to find after I get my > neighbor to call it until I answer them. > > I found one of my combs, the other day. It had been "missing" for 3 weeks. > I asked it how its vacation was, but got no answer....yet....(c; > Article: 99169 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors Subject: Re: One Last Try From: Ed References: <42BDC4FE.9050107@ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 04:19:45 GMT > On June 20, AP reported on a Dutch study of folic acid > (one of the B vitamins). Taking 800 micrograms/day > (twice the U.S. recommended daily dose) > for a sample group of about 800 people 50 to 75 years old > resulted in tests of memory equivalent to those 5-1/2 years younger, > for the group given the folic acid instead of a placebo. I guess I'll get some, if I could remember to do so...... Ed be 60 in the January after Larry. Article: 99170 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: Steve Subject: Ajax A25 trawler set Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 10:52:31 GMT Can anyone help out with data on an Ajax A25 trawler radio? Searches come up with little information about this manufacturers sets, the only reference I can find being to an earlier set, the A20. Any information gratefully received. Tnx Steve G8ZQO email : mycallsign - at - qsl dot net Article: 99171 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: Odo Of Bayeux Subject: Re: Re: Winlink and QRM /Nice long rant Message-ID: References: <7ckve.385$B82.126@trnddc04> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:59:44 GMT On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:41:23 GMT, "Woody" wrote: >That the HISTORICALLY HIGH LEVEL OF INTERFERENCE BY PACTOR STATIONS to >everyone else has demonstrated time and time again that even the >operator-controlled Winlink Pactor stations don't care if a frequency is >busy (because they can easily take it away), in their passion to get their >email from the Internet, so they MUST NOT BE ALLOWED to mix with hams trying >to COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER! > >Q: Someone please take a minute and point out a single coherent thought or >plausible point in the above statement. It sounds like you have a severe case of "Comprehension Deficit," OM! >Bearing in mind that tuning to any >random freq can find people squawking over each other like the noise in a >crowded room, or a CW freq sounding like my kid running down the "try me" >aisle in the toy dept... When did it become impossible for my station to >hear 2 other stations that can't hear each other? Oh yeah... THAT was REALLY "coherent." LOL! If people got ON the radio 5% as much as they speculated about it, we would ALL be better off! Article: 99172 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Charlie Hugg" Subject: FS Collins 516F-2 Power Supplys Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 10:04:44 -0500 I have a very nice Collins 516F-2 Power Supply that has been gone through and modified by Bud Whitney, K7RMT. It has one of Bud's stickers on it dated July 19, 1997. It has been used only a few times since then. The SN is 14788. Mods include Solid State rectifiers, Power On/Off Relay, raised high voltage tube socket, some new capacitors, and other mods that are part of Bud's Power Supply Update. It works perfectly and looks great. It comes in a very good to excellent Collins Cabinet, your choice of Round or Winged.Price is $575 plus shippng from 79602. I have too many Power Supplys and need to part with this some of them. Also, I have for sale a stock Winged 516F-2 Power Supply in very good working condition for $350. Thanks, Charlie Hugg, K5MBX, CCA #307 Article: 99173 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: straydog Subject: Re: How big has Somerset, PA hamfest been in the past? Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:56:30 +0000 Message-ID: References: On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Galen Watts wrote: > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:25:27 -0400 > From: Galen Watts > To: straydog > Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap, rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors, > rec.radio.amateur.equipment, rec.radio.amateur.homebrew > Subject: Re: How big has Somerset, PA hamfest been in the past? > > straydog wrote: >> >> I think July 17, is the next Somerset PA hamfest and I've been thinking >> about going. Its a long drive from here (southern Delaware) and I was >> wondering how big and how good it has been in the past. Anyone got any >> recollections from the past? >> >> Art, w4pon > > They have pictures of last year's fest at > http://www.k3smt.org/hf2004/ > > -W8LNA > Thanks for the info... I had a look. W4PON Article: 99174 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Antonio Vernucci" Subject: Yaesu FR-DX400 (= Sommerkamp FR-DX500) Message-ID: <4%Dve.76477$75.3726155@news4.tin.it> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:12:48 GMT I recently got the subject receiver in good conditions. I have = re-checked everything (including tubes) and accurately tuned it. It works very well on all band up to 20 meters. On 15 meter and 10 = meters it works fine, but it is comparatively less sensitive. When = tuning trimmers and coils one can see a clear signal peak, so it does = not seem to be a problem bound to a resonating circuit off resonance. I measured that the signal injected by the conversion crystal oscillator = into the first mixer gets much lower on the higher frequency bands, but = I do not suspect a bad crystal as the problem is the same for the = 15-meter band and the four 10-meter segments. Could it be just a design problem? I wonder whether someone had a similar experience with that receiver. 73 Tony, I0JX Article: 99175 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "FDR" <_remove_spam_block_rzitka@hotmail.com> References: <90lrb1p949i59dv4la1bdm5lnid1tk74tq@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Pizza, New Great-Circle Plotting Program Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:07:37 GMT "K7JEB" wrote in message news:90lrb1p949i59dv4la1bdm5lnid1tk74tq@4ax.com... > > > A friend of mine, Jim Tonne, WB6BLD, has written a > much-improved, Windows version of a classic great-circle > plotting program and is providing it to the Amateur Radio > community FOR FREE. > > If you are a DX'er and need an antenna-bearing aid or just > like to poke around on the earth's geography, this program > will be of interest to you. > > It calculates the bearing and distance from a Home location > to a Target location anywhere in the world and displays this > result on both azimuthal (polar) and rectangular maps. Both > the Home and Target locations may be selected by mouse > designations on the rectangular world map or chosen from a > menu of cities, countries and callsign areas. So this tells you how to get from Home Depot to a Target store? Cool. Article: 99176 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: " Ron in Radio Heaven" Subject: Clough-Brengle web page updates Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:39:02 GMT http://cloughbrengle.homestead.com/ I've made some updates to the Clough-Brengle web page. There's a new addition to the collection and I added two photos of Clough-Brengle factories, one inside view and one outside view. I've got another new piece to finish cleaning up and then I take some shots of it, and there are 2 more that should be here in tomorrow's mail which will bring the collection to 15 pieces of Clough-Brengle equipment. There's also a C-B O-scope coming soon. Thanks to Lou deGonzague I also have a new 1940 C-B full line catalog that's by far the best of the nearly a dozen I already had. Check it out if you're interested. Ron Ron Lawrence, kc4yoy (Curmudgeon in training) POBox 3015 Matthews, NC 28106-3015 704-289-1166 (home) kc4yoy(at)carolina.rr.com Radio Collection Web Page, http://www.radioheaven.homestead.com Article: 99177 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors Message-ID: <42BF5A68.3AC679F4@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: One Last Try References: <42BDC4FE.9050107@ix.netcom.com> <5L-dnbPQqemQBCPfRVn-hw@gwi.net> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:46:31 GMT ttmal wrote: > > Get some what??????? Exactly! -- Former professional electron wrangler. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 99178 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Jik Bombo" References: <%Emve.89430$yV4.15511@okepread03> Subject: Re: VERY NICE HEATHKIT SB-220 AMPLIFIER, NO RESERVE Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:09:29 -0700 "Bob Rinaldi" wrote in message news:ONCdnVdM6uU5aiDfRVn-sA@comcast.com... > What are you asking me ? Because you said it? > > Bob > > > "Jik Bombo" wrote in message > news:%Emve.89430$yV4.15511@okepread03... >>" You say "Do not send payment....I have sold it to someone else.." >> >> ?? >> >> >> "Bob Rinaldi" wrote in message >> news:stidneLsY_51NyDfRVn-oQ@comcast.com... >>> SB-220 >>> >>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5784931666&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > Article: 99179 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Jik Bombo" References: <%Emve.89430$yV4.15511@okepread03> Subject: Re: VERY NICE HEATHKIT SB-220 AMPLIFIER, NO RESERVE Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:11:40 -0700 "Jik Bombo" wrote in message news:hdJve.89508$yV4.87043@okepread03... > > "Bob Rinaldi" wrote in message > news:ONCdnVdM6uU5aiDfRVn-sA@comcast.com... >> What are you asking me ? > > Because you said it? As in You say "Do not send payment....I have sold it to someone else.." Buyer hl4cgu ( 118) Jun-23-05 00:05 5780923496 What's up? > > > > > >> >> Bob >> >> >> "Jik Bombo" wrote in message >> news:%Emve.89430$yV4.15511@okepread03... >>>" You say "Do not send payment....I have sold it to someone else.." >>> >>> ?? >>> >>> >>> "Bob Rinaldi" wrote in message >>> news:stidneLsY_51NyDfRVn-oQ@comcast.com... >>>> SB-220 >>>> >>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5784931666&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > begin 666 iconNeg_16x16.gif M1TE&.#EA$ `0`*(``````/\```#_`/^9F:#H,4)IG8[%P-\ L07Y& IKN>?K>([7>]&`Q%\A:+1UE &CA6!HP@%<*:F(W+BT&I%DNL#O$@``#L` ` end begin 666 s.gif M1TE&.#EA`0`!`)'_`/___P```,# P ```"'Y! $```(`+ `````!``$```(" $5 $`.P`` ` end begin 666 iconTealStar_25x25.gif M1TE&.#EA&0`9`*(``/___S/_S#/,S #,S "9F0```/___P```"'Y! 44``8` M+ `````9`!D```--:+K<_C#*2:N]V)22W>Y,`00:;7YHX!X7Z2"-SH MH.LR5: H@9!7\@&%@D&O!21F?LVE113;.*=514%9]$DUWPDMU%69S^AT)0$` !.P`` ` end Article: 99186 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: Casual Fool Subject: Re: Yaesu FT-101e has CW sidetone on AM transmit Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:05:02 -0400 Message-ID: References: <42b35817.6787970@127.0.0.1> <42c05125.22976238@127.0.0.1> On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:20:01 GMT, whfkshfkshf@msn.com (Purr Plexed) wrote: > > I fixed it! A previous owner made a wiring mistake when he/she >installed the 6 kHz AM filter. There are two yellow wires that >connect to the mode wafer switch. One of them is for the AM filter. >The other yellow wire turns the CW side tone oscillator on when the >rig is in CW mode. A previous owner wired both yellow wires to the AM >tab on the mode switch. All is well now, and it works as it should. > >Thnx. > >-Purr Plexed no more... > > >On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 16:32:52 -0400, Casual Fool > wrote: > >>On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:13:18 GMT, whfkshfkshf@msn.com (Purr Plexed) >>wrote: >> >>> >>> I purchased a used Yaesu FT-101ee off of Ebay. When I transmit >>>with either a CW stright key or the microphone on AM the CW sidetone >>>comes out of the ft-101e speaker. Keying the CW key in CW mode does >>>not transmit. Whas there a mod for a Yaesu FT-101e that turned AM >>>mode in to sort of a code practice oscillator? >>> >>>KS4HY >>> >> >>Hi Purr Plexed, >> No, there wasn't a code practice mod for the >>FT-101, however, there was a mod that allowed you to install an AM >>filter in the CW slot, and its tricky to do if your not familiar with >>close space soldering, and part identification. First, take a look at >>your Crystal Filter Board, and see if there are two filters on the >>board. If there are, remove the FT-101 case, and take a look to see if >>someone has installed an AM filter. The AM filter would installed in >>the CW socket if its there. I have seen alot of problems such as yours >>from people not doing the mod correctly. If you do have an AM filter >>installed, the first thing to do is pull the board, and look at the >>back of the board. The board is in a plugin slot, and not hard to get >>out, just eyeball it, you'll see how to take it out.. If you see two >>.01 ceramic caps between the SSB and AM filter, remove them. It >>doesn't tell you this in the service manual, but you must do this. >>Now, here is the rest of the CORRECT way to check the mod to see if it >>was done right>> >> >>AM MOD FROM YAESU SERVICE MANUAL >> >> Install AM Filter in the CW filter position. Wire mode switch S2C >>as follows: >> >>1. Remove the jumper between pins 1 and 5 >> >>2. Remove the banded end of diode D1 from pin 5 and solder it to pin 4 >> >>3. Solder a jumper from pin 3 to pin 2 >> >>4. Remove the yellow wire at pin 9 of MJ-3 which goes to the heater >> switch SSB and solder it to pin 4 of S2C >> >>5. Remove the yellow wire from pin 4 of S2C and solder it to pin 5 of >> S2C >> >>6. Remove the red wire from pin 1 of S2C and solder it to pin 1 of >> mike connector J3* - SPECIAL NOTE.. I have done quite a few >> of these mods, and have found that on some Yaesu sets, the >> mike connector is not wired the same. The red wire should go to >> the GROUND lug of the mike connector. >> >> This completes the AM filter modification. The set will operate >>normal in the LSB and USB modes, and will use the SSB filter in the CW >>mode. The wide band AM filter will be switched into the circuit when >>the mode switch is placed in the AM position and the SSB filter will >>be switched out of the circuit. The only change from normal operation >>will be in the TUNE-CW modes. The mike pre-amp and amplifier stages >>will be turned on if the VOX switch is in the VOX position. Audio >>cannot be transmitted in the CW mode even though the VOX relay can be >>energized via the mike, but in the tune mode audio can be transmitted >>if the mike gain is turned up. >> >> I also presume you checked both relays and assured none of the >>points are stuck or dirty or sequence incorrectly. OH, BTW, BEFORE YOU >>PULL THE RELAY from the PA cage, MARK IT, as it only goes in one way, >>and there are NO GUIDE PINS TO LET YOU KNOW HOW TO PUT IT BACK IN, and >>it will plug in either way.. Oh, and not only mark the plastic cover, >>once you take off the plastic cover, mark the relay itself, as you >>could also plug the plastic cover on backwards. Plug it in wrong, and >>the instant you turn the set on, you'll let the smoke out of your set. >> >> In closing, I have scanned the whole Yaesu Service Manual into a .PDF >>(21 megs plus) document, and as soon as I can get over to a friends >>house with a fast connection I will up the manual to> http//mods.dk >>... BTW, all of the above material is provided for REFRENCE ONLY. If >>you choose to use any of it, you do so at your own risk. I take no >>responsibility if you blow your radio up.. Best 73 es gud luck OM.. >>Anthony, WB8MLA Hi Purr Plexed, Good Show OM!! Hopefully, you got a good deal on it off of Ebay because of the problem, and now you have a very nice radio.. You may want to now do a "brush up" alignment on the radio, which only consists of the ceramic trimmers on the bottom, to bring up the receive/xmit RF up due to component aginging over the years.. This procedure is explained adaquately in the owners manual. Just take your time, like you did with finding the AM mod problem, and you will have one nice radio albiet being made in the very early 70s... I have had four or five of these radios in the past, and they work really nice, considering the age... Again, be patient, and one day soon you will be able to download the Service Manual from mods.dk .. I have given my .PDF to my friend for upload, but, since Yaesu is still breathing, I think he will do it annonomously.... Anyway, congrats again! BTW, There also is a mod to replace the sweep tubes with 6146s.. If its not on mod.dk I will also scan this to a .PDF file.. and have my friend up it also.. The darn sweep tubes are nearly gone, and at the current market asking price, the conversion to 6146s while a little hard, is worth it.. Best 73 to you then! Anthony, WB8MLA near Cleveland, OH USA Article: 99187 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: Rich Subject: FT: Kenwood TH-79A DualBand HT Message-ID: <61i3c11kqh22niqgut12p939hpog8fheqd@4ax.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:59:08 -0400 FT: Kenwood TH-79A DualBand HT With belt clip and comes with Kenwood dual rapid charger. I may have exrtra battery. Have to look. Very nice shape. Looking to trade for an AM receiver. National 300 or 303 or another AM boatanchor receiver. Please reply email. ritchi50@optonline.net Article: 99188 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Dan/W4NTI" References: <11c2t5ar6q6ht38@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Message-ID: <3Mjwe.13222$pa3.6933@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:00:31 GMT "Joel Kolstad" wrote in message news:11c2t5ar6q6ht38@corp.supernews.com... > "xpyttl" wrote in message > news:jwhve.6227$B_3.4079@fe05.lga... >> Very few, if any, digis actually listen first. > > Yes, with "Winlink over Pactor III" being a very noticeable offender here, > in > that it happens to be so popular at the moment. > >> It seems as if it would be very difficult to make these >> automated stations be friendly to other users. > > SCAMP intends to address this, and it is a very important problem to be > "fixed." There are many people who dislike the idea of using any amateur > radio bands for linking Internet data/e-mail/etc. at all (my hypothesis is > that they must not have been all that thrilled with packetmail either, but > the > Internet is the straw that's breaking their backs), but of those who > aren't > 100% opposed to the idea to begin with, Winlink not presently using busy > detectors is a legitimate complaint. > >> Both the pro and con in this argument are absolutely unwilling to listen >> to/believe the other side. > > There's a lot of this going on, to be sure, but the fact that SCAMP is > making > slow and steady progress suggests that there are some level heads that > will > (hopefully) prevail. > > ---Joel Kolstad > > Put me down in the unconvinced column. I am against ANY un-attented digital system in any segement other than that set aside for its SOLE use. Dan/W4NTI Article: 99189 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Heriberto" Subject: JOHNSON PART Nš 520-9 8-76. CRYSTAL? HELP !! Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:58:39 -0300 Message-ID: <42c1e1e3_1@x-privat.org> Hi!! I have a part JoHnson Nro.520-9 8-76 it aparently a Crystal, but it has 3 pines, not 2 pines. Anyone how wich element it is? In top has write " T152.815" in the side "Johnson 520-9 8 -76 CAYM" Excusme my bad english- Very elemental-. Sorry Regards from Argentina Heriberto Article: 99190 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: Powerbook G4 Subject: Anyone with a Halli SR-150 Parts rig ??? Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:16:00 -0500 Message-ID: Looking for Y11 - 1651.7 kc XTAL. For the '150 USB BFO Circuit. Please don't make me order one from International Xtal !!!! Someone MUST have a dead 150 somewhere.... Thanks for the Read es 73's -Biz Article: 99191 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Cont58" Subject: FA: Rare Viking 6N2 Transmitter Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:19:29 -0400 Rare Viking 6N2 transmitter for Viking Ranger, Viking I or II and Valiant. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5785722516 Article: 99192 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:05:38 -0400 From: -ex- Subject: Re: Anyone with a Halli SR-150 Parts rig ??? References: Message-ID: Powerbook G4 wrote: > Looking for Y11 - 1651.7 kc XTAL. > > For the '150 USB BFO Circuit. > > Please don't make me order one from International Xtal !!!! Order one from that place in El Paso with no phone or current address :) -Bill Article: 99193 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Charlie Hugg" Subject: Free Tower Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:52:12 -0500 I have a nice antenna tower for the taking/down. It is very similar to a Rohn 25. I think that it is stronger and is built very much the same. It has a Hazer mounted on it that was made for the Rohn 25. It is currently in Amarillo, Texas. It also has a nice house bracket and a ten foot mast as well as a home brew Jenpole. It has 3 guy wires, although they are not needed. I want the Hazer, but the rest is free to someone who will take it down. Contact me via my e-mail or phone 325-677-3675 to make arrangements to take it down. Thanks, Charlie Hugg, K5MBX Article: 99194 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Heytubeguy" Subject: FA:Last Day:McMurdo Silver 5C(RARE),Sig Shifter.. Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:05:48 GMT A working, very rare, very good condition, Mc Murdo Silver 5C + a Meissner Signal Shifter + a complete set of coils: see at : http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZheytubeguy Tnx for looing: heytubeguy Article: 99195 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:24:33 -0400 From: -ex- Subject: Re: Connecting to Mouser? References: <-PSdnaetarkpIV_fRVn-3w@netnitco.net> Message-ID: <39d34$42c2bd34$4232bda1$24226@COQUI.NET> Eagle Creek wrote: > I can't get connected to Mouser electronics, Do they have a new > address? Or out of business? > > Googled this www.mouser.com/ - 20k - Jun 27, 2005 ......... > Nothing seems to work! > > I have an account with them, would like to order parts ......... > > Thanks > Works for me. Seems like its running slow, though. -Bill Article: 99196 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: The Old Man Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Message-ID: References: <11c2t5ar6q6ht38@corp.supernews.com> <3Mjwe.13222$pa3.6933@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:27:12 GMT On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:00:31 GMT, "Dan/W4NTI" wrote: >Put me down in the unconvinced column. I am against ANY un-attented digital >system in any segement other than that set aside for its SOLE use. But Dan THAT would make too much SENSE! (grin) The trouble is that the unattended robot train has already left the station. ARRL deliberately did this without carefully coinsidering the monster that they created and now that they persuaded the FCC to go along with it, the problem is too late to remedy. One can only hope that they will learn from this horrendous blunder. Looking at the latest proposal from this same committee, (segmenting by bandwidth only) I see only more stupidity being foisted on a majority by a small group in a smoke-filled room. Most of us are finding out what they did each time, only after the damage is done. WHERE is even the basic polling of radio amateurs? Did they ask amateurs in other countries that will be affected by this? Do 40m CW ops REALLY want to be HEMMED IN to the bottom 35 khZ? OK the rules don't SAY that will happen, but if you give the Mexican and VE SSB pests and the digital ops and MORE rope than they have already taken, 40m CW could become a thing of the past. YMMV The Old Man Article: 99197 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Jeff James" Subject: BC-610 Tank Coils Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:59:14 -0400 Hi Folks, Recently acquired a BC-610F..The colis are in sorry shape, and am in need of these specific units: C-388-C (3-5 - 4.5 MHz) C-390-C (5.7 - 8.0 Mhz) C-449-B (14.0 - 18 Mhz) Love to get the beast up and running..any help would be great! Thanks 73, Jeff W2NBC Article: 99198 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Jeff James" Subject: BC-610 Tank Coils Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:01:25 -0400 Hi Folks, Recently acquired a BC-610F..The coils are in sorry shape, and am in need of these specific units: C-388-C (3-5 - 4.5 MHz) C-390-C (5.7 - 8.0 Mhz) C-449-B (14.0 - 18 Mhz) Love to get the beast up and running..any help would be great! Thanks 73, Jeff W2NBC Article: 99199 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: Roy Lewallen Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:22:31 -0700 Message-ID: <11c6iaql7nofha8@corp.supernews.com> References: <11c2t5ar6q6ht38@corp.supernews.com> <3Mjwe.13222$pa3.6933@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> I assumed you contacted your ARRL division director to make your views known? That's the mechanism by which decisions they make get input from everyday amateurs, so those amateurs' views can be represented in the "smoke-filled room". After the ARRL's decision, how did your director explain to you how and why the decisions were made? Or do you just sit and grouse and not bother to make your views known to someone who can actually do something about it? P.S. If you identify yourself to your ARRL director only as "The Old Man", he's probably not going to pay much attention to you. And rightly so. Roy Lewallen, W7EL The Old Man wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:00:31 GMT, "Dan/W4NTI" > wrote: > > >>Put me down in the unconvinced column. I am against ANY un-attented digital >>system in any segement other than that set aside for its SOLE use. > > > But Dan THAT would make too much SENSE! (grin) > > The trouble is that the unattended robot train has already left the > station. > ARRL deliberately did this without carefully coinsidering the monster > that they created and now that they persuaded the FCC to go along > with it, the problem is too late to remedy. > > One can only hope that they will learn from this horrendous blunder. > Looking at the latest proposal from this same committee, (segmenting > by bandwidth only) I see only more stupidity being foisted on a > majority by a small group in a smoke-filled room. > > Most of us are finding out what they did each time, only after the > damage is done. > > WHERE is even the basic polling of radio amateurs? > Did they ask amateurs in other countries that will be affected > by this? > > Do 40m CW ops REALLY want to be HEMMED IN to the bottom 35 khZ? > OK the rules don't SAY that will happen, but if you give the > Mexican and VE SSB pests and the digital ops and MORE rope than > they have already taken, 40m CW could become a thing of the > past. > > YMMV > > The Old Man > Article: 99200 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Date: 30 Jun 2005 08:57:50 -0400 Message-ID: References: <3Mjwe.13222$pa3.6933@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> <11c6iaql7nofha8@corp.supernews.com> Roy Lewallen wrote: >I assumed you contacted your ARRL division director to make your views >known? That's the mechanism by which decisions they make get input from >everyday amateurs, so those amateurs' views can be represented in the >"smoke-filled room". >From my perspective, I can copy CW very well with a narrow filter, even with a large amount of QRM from a digital system. And, the digital system is probably not going to be able to deal with my interference half as well as I can deal with its. Since I am reading this on rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors, where it is crossposted, may I recommend the use of the audio filter on the Collins R-390A? It is frighteningly effective at getting rid of this trash. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." Article: 99201 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "xpyttl" References: <11c2t5ar6q6ht38@corp.supernews.com> <3Mjwe.13222$pa3.6933@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> <11c6iaql7nofha8@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Message-ID: Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:25:09 -0400 "Roy Lewallen" wrote in message news:11c6iaql7nofha8@corp.supernews.com... >I assumed you contacted your ARRL division director to make your views >known? Good answer, Roy. But I'm pretty sure that "The Old Man" isn't a League member, or if he is, he takes no part in his Section. He said: >> Most of us are finding out what they did each time, only after the damage >> is done. Certainly I heard about it well before hand, and expressed some concern, in this case to our vice-director who happened to be dealing with this particular issue. I got some additional feedback which reduced, but did not eliminate, my concerns. I suspect if "The Old Man" was on the radar of his section or division folks as someone who was reasonably active, he would have had plenty of opportunity for input early on. Most directors send out emails about stuff like this to anyone in their division they suspect is active. Actually, if I recall there was even a mention of this happening in QST well ahead of time, but there is a lot of stuff in QST and something like this is easy to miss. Most folks, though, would rather bitch than take a few minutes to educate their representatives. Kind of a shame, really, that so many folks can spend so much energy bitching, but are unwilling to spend even a little energy to make amateur radio better. .. Article: 99202 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Joel Kolstad" Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:16:28 -0700 Message-ID: <11c833vl4cc0a75@corp.supernews.com> References: <3Mjwe.13222$pa3.6933@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> <11c6iaql7nofha8@corp.supernews.com> "Scott Dorsey" wrote in message news:da0q8e$1uf$1@panix2.panix.com... > And, the digital system is probably not going to be able to deal with > my interference half as well as I can deal with its. A frequency-hopping spread spectrum system with a reasonable amount of error correction won't be bothered much at all by iCW, as a matter of fact. :-) Article: 99203 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "D. D. Todd" Subject: Re: Connecting to Mouser? Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:26:16 -0500 Message-ID: <11c86sdc6pa3f32@corp.supernews.com> References: <-PSdnaetarkpIV_fRVn-3w@netnitco.net> <1120062169.650956.228440@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Far from being out of business, their catalog is expanding by leaps and bounds! Last one I got rivalled Allied's biggest tome. Probably slow due to the volume of business. wrote in message news:1120062169.650956.228440@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > > I can't get connected to Mouser electronics > > Once last week (I think Monday the 20th) I had difficulty connecting in > the evening over the internet. Rather than call the order in over the > phone (a pain with 60 different parts in qty 1-3!), I waited till the > next day and it worked fine. > > It seems to me that it's just network connectivity issues. > > Tim. > Article: 99204 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "D. D. Todd" Subject: FA: Frequency Counter Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:28:02 -0500 Message-ID: <11c86vmoj6nbg58@corp.supernews.com> FA: Heathkit IM-2400 handheld frequency counter. Just came up on ebay. Article: 99205 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Date: 30 Jun 2005 12:31:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <11c6iaql7nofha8@corp.supernews.com> <11c833vl4cc0a75@corp.supernews.com> Joel Kolstad wrote: >"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message >news:da0q8e$1uf$1@panix2.panix.com... >> And, the digital system is probably not going to be able to deal with >> my interference half as well as I can deal with its. > >A frequency-hopping spread spectrum system with a reasonable amount of error >correction won't be bothered much at all by iCW, as a matter of fact. :-) Yes, but a frequency hopping system should recognize that this individual channel is currently not good, and stop using it! --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." Article: 99206 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Joel Kolstad" Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:25:27 -0700 Message-ID: <11c8l79pfoqh60b@corp.supernews.com> References: <11c6iaql7nofha8@corp.supernews.com> <11c833vl4cc0a75@corp.supernews.com> "Scott Dorsey" wrote in message news:da16pi$nvb$1@panix2.panix.com... > Joel Kolstad wrote: > >A frequency-hopping spread spectrum system with a reasonable amount of error > >correction won't be bothered much at all by iCW, as a matter of fact. :-) > Yes, but a frequency hopping system should recognize that this individual > channel is currently not good, and stop using it! If it can, certainly... but it's the standard "near-far" problem in that you may be able to hear the interferer (the FHSS system) but he can't hear you. :-( Article: 99207 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "Charlie Hugg" Subject: FA Boatanchors: B&W 370 SSB adpt,Drake TR4CWRIT, NCL2000 More Message-ID: Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:28:26 -0500 Please see my auctions ending soon for lots of great Boatanchors: B&W 370 SSB adpt, Drake TR4CWRIT, NCL2000, more Ten-Tec 961 PS, 705 mic, Drake RV4 VFO, etc http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZhugQ2daQ2dbug Thanks, Charlie Hugg, K5MBX Article: 99208 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: "K6XD TOM" Subject: WANTED VALLIANT KNOB AND SHIELD Message-ID: Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:04:12 GMT I need one of the small knobs for the Valliant no skirt just the plain 1 inch in diameter knob same as used on the 6N2. Also need the shield located under the chassis that covers one wafer of the band switch. Tom K6XD k6xd@cfl.rr.com Article: 99209 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors From: lager-no-spam@cotse.net.invalid Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:43:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <11c2t5ar6q6ht38@corp.supernews.com> <3Mjwe.13222$pa3.6933@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> Yet another one with an internet purchased diploma. Dr Ace... hahaha The redneck from Bloomington. What happened with you and Chris (N9GJC) anyway? Did he get sick of your lies to TRACY?? Everyone does know that your real name is Tracy dont they??? Check into this everyone. His name is NOT Ace, it is Tracy. But then again, if my parents gave me a name that was meant for a woman, I guess I would go by something else too. WH2T is another KK9L. You all know him. They guy from Danville Indiana that thinks he has a Ph.D too. WH2T the wannabe Ph.D and Jay Wright KK9L the other wannabe Ph.D that likes little boys and making illegal substances in Clayton Indiana. What is wrong with you people? Has ham radio really gotten this bad? Dan/W4NTI wrote: > "Joel Kolstad" wrote in message > news:11c2t5ar6q6ht38@corp.supernews.com... > > "xpyttl" wrote in message > > news:jwhve.6227$B_3.4079@fe05.lga... > >> Very few, if any, digis actually listen first. > > > > Yes, with "Winlink over Pactor III" being a very noticeable offender here, > > in > > that it happens to be so popular at the moment. > > > >> It seems as if it would be very difficult to make these > >> automated stations be friendly to other users. > > > > SCAMP intends to address this, and it is a very important problem to be > > "fixed." There are many people who dislike the idea of using any amateur > > radio bands for linking Internet data/e-mail/etc. at all (my hypothesis is > > that they must not have been all that thrilled with packetmail either, but > > the > > Internet is the straw that's breaking their backs), but of those who > > aren't > > 100% opposed to the idea to begin with, Winlink not presently using busy > > detectors is a legitimate complaint. > > > >> Both the pro and con in this argument are absolutely unwilling to listen > >> to/believe the other side. > > > > There's a lot of this going on, to be sure, but the fact that SCAMP is > > making > > slow and steady progress suggests that there are some level heads that > > will > > (hopefully) prevail. > > > > ---Joel Kolstad > > > > > Put me down in the unconvinced column. I am against ANY un-attented digital > system in any segement other than that set aside for its SOLE use. > > Dan/W4NTI Article: 99210 of rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors Message-ID: Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:44:55 -0400 (EDT) References: <11c2t5ar6q6ht38@corp.supernews.com> <3Mjwe.13222$pa3.6933@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Winlink and QRM From: Yet another one with an internet purchased diploma. Dr Ace... hahaha The redneck from Bloomington. What happened with you and Chris (N9GJC) anyway? Did he get sick of your lies to TRACY?? Everyone does know that your real name is Tracy dont they??? Check into this everyone. His name is NOT Ace, it is Tracy. But then again, if my parents gave me a name that was meant for a woman, I guess I would go by something else too. WH2T is another KK9L. You all know him. They guy from Danville Indiana that thinks he has a Ph.D too. WH2T the wannabe Ph.D and Jay Wright KK9L the other wannabe Ph.D that likes little boys and making illegal substances in Clayton Indiana. What is wrong with you people? Has ham radio really gotten this bad???????????? Dan/W4NTI wrote: > "Joel Kolstad" wrote in message > news:11c2t5ar6q6ht38@corp.supernews.com... > > "xpyttl" wrote in message > > news:jwhve.6227$B_3.4079@fe05.lga... > >> Very few, if any, digis actually listen first. > > > > Yes, with "Winlink over Pactor III" being a very noticeable offender here, > > in > > that it happens to be so popular at the moment. > > > >> It seems as if it would be very difficult to make these > >> automated stations be friendly to other users. > > > > SCAMP intends to address this, and it is a very important problem to be > > "fixed." There are many people who dislike the idea of using any amateur > > radio bands for linking Internet data/e-mail/etc. at all (my hypothesis is > > that they must not have been all that thrilled with packetmail either, but > > the > > Internet is the straw that's breaking their backs), but of those who > > aren't > > 100% opposed to the idea to begin with, Winlink not presently using busy > > detectors is a legitimate complaint. > > > >> Both the pro and con in this argument are absolutely unwilling to listen > >> to/believe the other side. > > > > There's a lot of this going on, to be sure, but the fact that SCAMP is > > making > > slow and steady progress suggests that there are some level heads that > > will > > (hopefully) prevail. > > > > ---Joel Kolstad > > > > > Put me down in the unconvinced column. I am against ANY un-attented digital > system in any segement other than that set aside for its SOLE use. > > Dan/W4NTI