--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 135 AMATEUR RADIO Ref: EGF00007 Date: 12/10/97 From: HANS BRAKOB Time: 10:59am \/To: ALL (Read 14 times) Subj: Callsign Trivia question To my knowledge, only one amateur was ever assigned an amateur callsign which contained no numerals, only letters. (This was an official government assignment, not a "self assigned" handle.) Who was this amateur? What was the call? Why was such an unusual call assigned to him? (Hint: This same amateur once held (jointly with another station) the record for the longest-distance HF communications.) 73, de Hans, K0HB ~~~ Net time, Mr. Net Police, please wave at me with more than one finger. ~~~ --- MsgToss 2.0d(beta) 02/21/93 * Origin: HAM>link< RBBS 612/HAM-0000 Saint Paul, MN [K0TG] (1:282/100) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 135 AMATEUR RADIO Ref: EGF00008 Date: 12/06/97 From: ANTON J. LAUKHIN Time: 11:07am \/To: BRUCE LEGRANDE (Read 13 times) Subj: Re: SCUBA ͵ello, Bruce! Bruce LeGrande <1:2003/0@fidonet.org> wrote: -> *** Replied via Netmail *** -> Anton J. Laukhin wrote in a message to ALL: AJL>> What is hobby like SCUBA?? I aready did get this reply. With best regards and wishes De Anton J. Laukhin *RV3DHC/RK3KPE* *CUL & 73's* ... Linux 2.1.45/ELF + AX25.Utils --- ifmail v2.11dev * Origin: -=RV3DHC Work Station=- (2:5095/5.7) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 135 AMATEUR RADIO Ref: EGF00009 Date: 12/10/97 From: MIKE WARD Time: 03:15am \/To: ALL RADIO AMATEURS (Read 12 times) Subj: ARLK096 Keplerian data SB KEP @ ARL $ARLK096 ARLK096 Keplerian data ZCZC SK96 QST de W1AW Keplerian Bulletin 96 ARLK096 From ARRL Headquarters Newington, CT December 9, 1997 To all radio amateurs SB KEP ARL ARLK096 ARLK096 Keplerian data Thanks to Con, W5BWF, for the following Keplerian data. Decode 2-line elsets with the following key: 1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ 2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM Sputnik Jr 1 24958U 97058C 97343.22579431 .00044238 00000-0 47939-3 0 397 2 24958 51.6608 285.5714 0006900 63.4898 296.6803 15.63064480 5557 AO-10 1 14129U 83058B 97343.34440422 -.00000166 00000-0 10000-3 0 5196 2 14129 26.4835 112.9452 6026597 174.7022 196.9683 2.05881473 80995 RS-10/11 1 18129U 87054A 97342.85638535 .00000028 00000-0 14324-4 0 4323 2 18129 82.9239 109.6307 0012915 93.4275 266.8362 13.72386663524199 UO-11 1 14781U 84021B 97342.95014058 .00000279 00000-0 54722-4 0 00301 2 14781 97.8541 317.3883 0011551 158.6914 201.4773 14.69631615736920 RS-12/13 1 21089U 91007A 97342.97861831 .00000019 00000-0 44537-5 0 00499 2 21089 82.9232 149.0292 0028966 168.0895 192.0952 13.74089253343160 UO-14 1 20437U 90005B 97343.16703567 .00000068 00000-0 43044-4 0 03369 2 20437 98.5062 60.9437 0012035 51.5998 308.6265 14.29986796411226 RS-15 1 23439U 94085A 97343.15450370 -.00000039 00000-0 10000-3 0 02684 2 23439 64.8178 229.9164 0145519 98.4844 263.2606 11.27528774121667 AO-16 1 20439U 90005D 97343.17602577 .00000078 00000-0 47039-4 0 01166 2 20439 98.5283 64.2936 0012352 54.1280 306.1048 14.30031596411244 RS-16 1 24744U 97010A 97343.21066397 .00006979 00000-0 22129-3 0 01271 2 24744 97.2630 244.9701 0006154 173.3407 186.7879 15.32993363042880 DO-17 1 20440U 90005E 97343.21439387 .00000069 00000-0 43245-4 0 01132 2 20440 98.5328 65.3166 0012510 53.2917 306.9427 14.30175317411289 WO-18 1 20441U 90005F 97343.21632344 .00000059 00000-0 39377-4 0 01300 2 20441 98.5305 65.1929 0012828 54.4015 305.8352 14.30141322411288 LO-19 1 20442U 90005G 97343.16940121 .00000070 00000-0 43518-4 0 01260 2 20442 98.5327 65.9158 0013468 54.1107 306.1331 14.30259382411305 FO-20 1 20480U 90013C 97342.83163681 .00000002 00000-0 81607-4 0 00201 2 20480 99.0674 271.7304 0540576 342.0851 16.1838 12.83241654367105 AO-21 1 21087U 91006A 97342.89685030 .00000094 00000-0 82657-4 0 08958 2 21087 82.9383 282.2559 0034738 138.3677 222.0133 13.74590460344155 UO-22 1 21575U 91050B 97343.21504420 .00000093 00000-0 45400-4 0 08403 2 21575 98.2791 37.3722 0008539 83.0326 277.1831 14.37102215335623 KO-23 1 22077U 92052B 97342.91525352 -.00000037 00000-0 10000-3 0 07132 2 22077 66.0844 139.3978 0001080 20.3868 339.7195 12.86305709250223 KO-25 1 22828U 93061F 97343.21317759 .00000067 00000-0 44287-4 0 5800 2 22828 98.5262 53.7824 0011241 71.8685 288.3714 14.28205484187196 IO-26 1 22826U 93061D 97343.22106911 .00000024 00000-0 26927-4 0 06046 2 22826 98.5294 53.6949 0010090 89.2106 271.0221 14.27858573219064 AO-27 1 22825U 93061C 97343.19604620 .00000037 00000-0 32523-4 0 06099 2 22825 98.5286 53.3780 0009522 84.9388 275.2875 14.27748168219043 FO-29 1 24278U 96046B 97343.07886903 .00000007 00000-0 40334-4 0 01284 2 24278 98.5196 0.2866 0352415 92.8842 271.2678 13.52636230064765 MO-30 1 24305U 96052B 97343.17998360 .00000204 00000-0 20364-3 0 01834 2 24305 82.9360 225.2632 0031802 78.4445 282.0269 13.73101499063075 Microsat 1 1 24291U 96050A 97343.19270969 .00030005 66235-5 28869-3 0 03532 2 24291 62.7888 272.8225 0434405 177.3186 183.0456 14.99769736069047 Mir 1 16609U 86017A 97343.49424098 .00007927 00000-0 97601-4 0 8373 2 16609 51.6561 284.3656 0007892 69.3811 290.7918 15.61248070674395 Keplerian bulletins are transmitted twice weekly from W1AW. The next scheduled transmission of these data will be Saturday, December 13, 1997, at 2330z on Baudot and AMTOR. NNNN --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: The Shack TOO * Mike Ward - Sysop * (716)288-5848 (1:2613/150) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 135 AMATEUR RADIO Ref: EGF00010 Date: 12/10/97 From: BRUCE LEGRANDE Time: 03:15pm \/To: DONALD BOWERS (Read 10 times) Subj: ADF Frequencies DONALD BOWERS wrote in a message to ALL: DB> short-short-short-long (repeats) Gosh, Don... Looks like a "V" to me :) Sincerely, Bruce - kb6lwn@juno.com - ck@saber.net --- WtrGate v0.93 Unreg * Origin: GreenTree Ground Station * CM88ps * 707-987-ISDN (1:2003/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 135 AMATEUR RADIO Ref: EGF00011 Date: 12/10/97 From: HOLGER GRANHOLM Time: 02:40pm \/To: IVY IVERSON (Read 7 times) Subj: Sat tracking pgms Hi Ivy, II->.......................................................... If his Inet II->address was short enough that I could fit it into the rather limited II->space which my ISP allows, he would have received E-mail from me some Do you know that you can put an Internet address as long as needed on the first line of the message body? In the To: field you can put anything you want, ie. "Santa Claus" as long as you present the correct address like this: (the hyphen line represents the start of message body) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To: any.longname@internet.service.provider.address Start message from this line............ and go on until you are finished. 73 de Sam, OH0NC * OLX 2.2 * Compiling...Linking...Dialing Copyright Lawyer... * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 135 AMATEUR RADIO Ref: EGF00012 Date: 12/10/97 From: HOLGER GRANHOLM Time: 02:40pm \/To: IVY IVERSON (Read 6 times) Subj: Logon vs Points -= Ivy Iverson was talking to Joe Brown =- II->There is one other option: Set up a point and connect to the nearest II->FidoNet BBS. A point can do almost everything that a networked BBS II->can do except have callers logon. They can send and receive mail II->packets, FREQ files, send crashmail, etc. Basically, three programs are II->needed to become a point: A mailer such as FrontDoor, a tosser and a II->point program, such as PowerPoint, which acts like an offline mail II->reader. Actually, there is one program that does all of the above functions. FDAPX112.ZIP = FrontDoor APX/w for Windows. Personally I like it! It does what I need to do as a point under my Boss node (my BBS). 73 de Sam, OH0NC * OLX 2.2 * Daddy! Let me push a(*$#!# NO CARRIER --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 2 * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 135 AMATEUR RADIO Ref: EGF00013 Date: 12/10/97 From: SEAN DENNIS Time: 08:36pm \/To: ALL (Read 6 times) Subj: A funny little thing... (Moderator: this is a little off-topic...) Hello, all! This doesn't really have to do with ham radio, but I thought you all might like it... I am a soldier in the US Army. I just got out of a two-week (solid!) field exercise (wargames)... I drive an officer around and I sometimes have to wait three, four, or even five hours with nothing to do... The US Army uses radios that are very programmable... kinda like my new 2 meter that I'm learning how to use. :) Anyhow, last week, at 2 AM (!), I was fiddling with the radio, seeing how high of a frequency I could get it to receive. I remembered a little something that was mentioned in a book about when you change from channel 6 to channel 7 on the TV you skip over the whole FM broadcast band... so, I decided to try a little experiment. I programmed 87.760 into the radio and voila! I got the local NBC affiliate's audio feed. :) I sat there the rest of the night listening to the news. Now *EVERYONE* is doing that... helps with the boredom! 73 DE KD5COL, { -=> Sean <=- } --- timEd 1.01 * Origin: Nighthawk BBS -- where the weird have a home... (1:395/11.86) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 135 AMATEUR RADIO Ref: EGF00014 Date: 12/10/97 From: SCOTT CHRISTENSEN Time: 06:00am \/To: IVY IVERSON (Read 6 times) Subj: RE: R. F. Burns! :-< Ivy Iverson writes in a message to Scott Christensen SC> Your stories about stations that didn't have a "Jesus stick" are SC> appalling. II> First time I've heard it called that... I always called it II> an "Idiot stick," because if you don't use it, you're an idiot! There are 2 reasons to call it a "Jesus stick" - or so I've been told: 1: it's what you say when you hit a live high voltage with it. 2: it's who you will see if you don't use it. II> No, you didn't find it, it found you first! :-<... So next II> time I'll bet you pull the coax straight, THEN key up the xmtr II> for a bit, unkey it and THEN feel for hot spots, won't you? How II> much power did you have on it, and which band? I would guess II> at least 50 W on 2 M. And was the break right at the connector? 110W at about 162 MHz. It was a disguise antenna on a federal vehicle. The break was about 2 feet from the base of the antenna - the coax/matching section had been folded to fit into the available space in the fender and had worn through. --- COUNTERPoint 2.3 * Origin: MacRefuge * 612-426-6687 * (1:282/24) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 135 AMATEUR RADIO Ref: EGF00015 Date: 12/10/97 From: JOE DELAHAYE Time: 10:26am \/To: BRUCE LEGRANDE (Read 6 times) Subj: Sat tracking info? -> be shown. To minimize this effect, press ENTER twice as the satellite -> approaches a point or time of interest; this will cause the map to be -> redrawn with current data. As an aside, the TDRS system is NOT used -> with such satellites! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -> -> I don't think that Ivy cares WHEN the vehilcles enter the range of the -> orbital tracking sats - but I could be wrong about that, too. :) Is there -> any use to having that data available when watching the Amateur Radio sats -> ??? TDRS sats are used while tracking Shuttles, as far as I know. They do help n showing wether a specific satelite is within LOS or AOS Joe --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: Lion's Den, Trenton, On * (613)392-8896 (1:249/303)