--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 188 HAM TECH Ref: F3E00000 Date: 03/08/98 From: RUSS WUERTZ Time: 07:23am \/To: MICHAEL STRATES (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: MFJ TNC.... I'm just finding that out myself. All of the commands are in the firmware of the TNC modem. CTR-C and others. I used the term from PLC4C without any initialization string at all that I programmed myself. I just use RESET that the TNC modem firmware has. Its not possible to say what a TNC will NOT do. I can only say what it will do. It may surprise me and say EH: ? because that is programmed in the firmware and no one told me! I used to work on office copiers. There was once a Remington electrostatic copier that always made a copy of the ROLLERS near the feed roller! I changed everything in that copier, and it STILL did that! Ther only one that ever did and its still doing it. "Except maybe sometimes when some other tech works on it." Thanx --- QuickBBS 2.76a Ovr * Origin: The Bear's Cave Titusville FL 407-383-9372 V34/VFC/H16 (1:374/73) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 188 HAM TECH Ref: F3E00001 Date: 03/09/98 From: JOHN MUDD Time: 09:41pm \/To: MICHAEL STRATES (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: License MS> What more can I say, Its a sad sign of the times.... MS> 73's. And to you. John --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: The Politically Incorrect! (1:106/1010) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 188 HAM TECH Ref: F3E00002 Date: 03/09/98 From: MICHAEL WARNER Time: 09:49pm \/To: RUSS WUERTZ (Read 0 times) Subj: VSWR Hey, live long and prosper. Thanks for the reply. 73, Mike KC0BMC --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: NCC-1701 ENTERPRISE Platteville, CO 970-785-0217 (1:104/769) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 188 HAM TECH Ref: F3E00003 Date: 03/09/98 From: MICHAEL WARNER Time: 09:59pm \/To: IVY IVERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: VSWR - VOLTAGE STANDING W Your response is above all my expectations! I have printed it out, and will study it over and over until I do understand it. Time is what there is not enough of. You have taken from your meager share of time, and given it to me. Much thanks KB9QPM, 73 Mike KC0BMC --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: NCC-1701 ENTERPRISE Platteville, CO 970-785-0217 (1:104/769) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 188 HAM TECH Ref: F3E00004 Date: 03/04/98 From: BRENDAN KEYPORT Time: 11:32pm \/To: MICHAEL STRATES (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: RFI On 03/04/98 / 23:31:41, Brendan Keyport was babbling to Michael Strates about: RFI MS> Does that mean it is accepting interference, but its undesired operation is MS> acrash? 8-).. Gotta love your FCC! exactly. One of the wierder rules, IMO.. FCC should require that the devices protect themselves better, and that devices don't interefere. not allow 'em o be sloppy like it's written now.. PoohBear Wuz Here, B Keyport, N7UIE --- MacKennel 2.6 * Origin: QSA, Tacoma, NA, Earth USR DS v34+ x2 (1:138/201.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 188 HAM TECH Ref: F3E00005 Date: 03/04/98 From: BRENDAN KEYPORT Time: 11:35pm \/To: JOHN STANLEY (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: RFI On 03/04/98 / 23:34:11, Brendan Keyport was babbling to John Stanley about: RFI JS> I think it's actually the controller that I am interfering with, not the JS> Playstation directly. I wonder if placing my neighbor in a suit of rmour JS> would shields the controller? ;) If it's the control pad itself, maybe getting a couple of those clip on ferrite beads would clean it up? PoohBear Wuz Here, B Keyport, N7UIE --- MacKennel 2.6 * Origin: QSA, Tacoma, NA, Earth USR DS v34+ x2 (1:138/201.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 188 HAM TECH Ref: F3E00006 Date: 03/04/98 From: HOLGER GRANHOLM Time: 10:53am \/To: MICHAEL STRATES (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: License Hi Michael, In a message dated 02-28-98, Michael Strates said to John Mudd: MS>I always thought that the whole idea of packet was to stem away from MS>the Internet, stem away from that out-of-control TCP/IP network. Well, at least here in Europe and I suspect also USA packet came long before the public version of Internet. 73 de Sam, OH0NC ___ * MR/2 2.26 * If at first you don't succeed, work for Microsoft. --- PCBoard (R) v15.22 (OS/2) 2 * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 188 HAM TECH Ref: F3E00007 Date: 03/04/98 From: HOLGER GRANHOLM Time: 10:53am \/To: JOHN MUDD (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: License Hi John, In a message dated 03-02-98, John Mudd said to Michael Strates: JM>2 hrs a day free. I bet I don't get on but once or twice a week. JM>Came back to Fido-Net and found a whole lot better group as a whole. Yeah, the moderated conferences of FidoNet are much nicer than any Usenet groups. 73 de Sam, OH0NC ___ * MR/2 2.26 * If you want it done right, forget Microsoft. --- PCBoard (R) v15.22 (OS/2) 2 * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 188 HAM TECH Ref: F3E00008 Date: 03/05/98 From: IVY IVERSON Time: 04:18pm \/To: JOHN STANLEY (Read 0 times) Subj: RFI -=> On 03-01-98 12:23, John Stanley said to Ivy Iverson,<=- -=>"About RFI...,"<=- -=> Wednesday, 25 February 1998 22:22:00, Ivy Iverson wrote to John Stanley JS> Greetings Ivy! Hi again, John; JS> > Cheap junk... JS> Could be right there! {Grin} II> 2) FILTERING: Get some ferrite doughnuts and run ALL leads into/out of JS> The controllers have the beads on as standard. Well, at least they spent a COUPLE of pennies on filtering... possibly because it was tearing up nearby TV's. :-/ JS> However, I did find a TX signal on 27.145MHz which is one of 5 JS> frequencies dedicated for radio controlled cars. I did located a JS> signal which was changing in pitch and sounded like botton press JS> signatures, this could have been controller codes from a radi JS> controlled vehicle but they tend to change pitches rather than big step JS> bursts. It could be a proportional controller, such as throttle or steering for a toy car (or a joystick). There are many ways of encoding proportional controlers, and one is by changing a frequency. Remember the old remote control TVs that used ultrasonic tones rather than infra-red or radio signals, (and you could activate them by jangling a ring of keys)? Those tones were detected by a frequency discrimnator just like used in an FM radio, (though a much lower frequency - just above hearing). A positive output activated one function, and a negative voltage activated a different function. If they had sensed the voltage level and polarity instead of just the polarity, they would have had a proportional controller. I suggest that you check for 27.145 when he has the thing turned on, then have him turn it off and see if the signal is still there. Does he have a wireless (not hard-wired) joystick or other controller with it? It could also be a wireless computer mouse or any of a dozen other kinds of remote-control devices. Or it could be an internal frequency of the playstation, used by it's microprocessor. (Yes, it is a computer, and computers are FAMOUS as noise generators!) JS> If this is the TX of the Playstaion then there will be nothing JS> I can do about it as it shouldn't be TXing on that frequency anyway. Suggestion: Keep an exact log of ALL your transmissions, and have the owner of "the thing" keep a log of EXACTLY when he gets the QRM, (Synchronize watches/clocks). Then compare the logs. That will quickly tell if you or someone/thing else is the culpret. II> Another 10 feet wouldn't make a noticable difference. JS> Well, it's a good excuse to get the antenna a little higher! :) JS> Thankyou for the advice. My pleasure. Good luck! JS> I am going to get him to bring the *thing* JS> round here to see if it has anything to do with location. Unlikely, but possible. JS> 73, 51 to you and your family (My "family" consists of 2 cats, a next-door neighbor and a bunch of friends from both Hamming and my BBS). :-} 73 DE KB9QPM Ivy ... HAM (n) 3. Acronym for Help Another Member. -- Ŀ SysOp: Ivy's WALL BBS - 6 Networks 920-457-9255 IMHO: 5 WPM for EVERYONE. KB9QPM/AE as of 11/19/97 :->> Happy New Year to All! May the band always be open! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- TriToss (tm) 1.03 - (Unregistered) * Origin: Ivy's WALL BBS - Sheboygan, WI 920-457-9255 (1:154/170) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 188 HAM TECH Ref: F3E00009 Date: 03/05/98 From: IVY IVERSON Time: 10:11pm \/To: ROB DENNIS (Read 0 times) Subj: Testing... -=> On 03-04-98 00:56, Rob Dennis said to Ivy Iverson,<=- -=>"About Testing......,"<=- Hi, Rob; RD>>> I just got this mess cleaned up from a viral infuction picked up from RD>>> a demo version of some software off a CDROM. Lesson learned. Next ... RD> It was a demo of a 3d space flight sim a friend got from a local RD> company. It was garbage as the exe files were all infected and so RD> infected my system. RD> So far as we have been able to figure it is the system the game was RD> written on that had the critter in it to start with or the system used RD> to burn the CDROM. Rather suspect the burner system as the discs were RD> home-made,not professional silver colored mastered. Ah! A basement production facility. I wouldn't trust one of those outfits as far aas I could throw the house! Are you sure that it wasn't a trojen, (what APPEARS to be a useful program which is actually just designed to infect other people's computers)? RD> Rather stupid of someone NOT to scan a system they were writing RD> software on or burning CDROMs from. RD> They have since stopped giving the demos away. GOOD! RD> Smart move on their part as it could have cost them a bit in terms of RD> bad rep for software. Not to mention possible lawsuits! (That's a FEDERAL crime!) RD> I now load any suspect stuff into a backup system so it can be RD> checked before I let it near this one I'm on now. RD> Once restoring this mess was enough. (5 gigs worth of stuff! ) WOW! Hopefully none of your backups got infected! 73 DE KB9QPM Ivy ... Are computer viruses cybernetic organisms? ... Virus check complete. All viruses functioning normally. -- Ŀ SysOp: Ivy's WALL BBS - 6 Networks 920-457-9255 IMHO: 5 WPM for EVERYONE. KB9QPM/AE as of 11/19/97 :->> Happy New Year to All! May the band always be open! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- TriToss (tm) 1.03 - (Unregistered) * Origin: Ivy's WALL BBS - Sheboygan, WI 920-457-9255 (1:154/170)