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Today's Topics:
1. DJ-G7T programming cable question (Alan P. Biddle)
2. Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
3. Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
4. Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question (Jack K.)
5. Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question (Alan P. Biddle)
6. Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question (Justin Pinnix)
7. Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question (David - KG4ZLB)
8. Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
9. Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question (David - KG4ZLB)
10. Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question (Steve Bluemel)
11. FS: Icom IC-W32A complete handheld satellite station
(n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
12. Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question (Bruce Bostwick)
13. Re: VU2MKP Silent Key (Clare Fowler)
14. Full Duplex HT's (Howard Kowall)
15. Re: Full Duplex HT's (Howard Kowall)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:07:11 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <E71E54DC2FEA4116A4336BC2681C04B9@xxxxxx>
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Hi,
In looking for a cost effective programming cable, I find that many
including the Alinco EWR-7 are listed on places like eBay as for "Alinco or
Icom." That strongly _suggests_ that the hardware is the same. I already
have the Alinco EDS-10 and a RT Systems Icom cable, so it looks as if I have
what I need. Google came up with a lot of good information, but I wasn't
able to find enough to determine whether they are in fact interchangeable.
Anybody have any definite knowledge?
73,
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:22:11 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4A2EB663.5000904@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Be adventurous. Plug it in and see if it works.
Alan P. Biddle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In looking for a cost effective programming cable, I find that many
> including the Alinco EWR-7 are listed on places like eBay as for "Alinco or
> Icom." That strongly _suggests_ that the hardware is the same. I already
> have the Alinco EDS-10 and a RT Systems Icom cable, so it looks as if I have
> what I need. Google came up with a lot of good information, but I wasn't
> able to find enough to determine whether they are in fact interchangeable.
> Anybody have any definite knowledge?
>
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:18:24 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4A2EC390.2090701@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Hi Tim.
Something that bugs me with e-groups in general is the number of people who
have a relatively simple question/problem
and give no indication that they have tried to solve it for themselves.
The questions that are basically ohms law, you know the things, "I need to
charge this battery, what size resistor do I
need and which side of the battery do I put it?"
Now be reasonable, that was in your Tech exam syllabus.
Tell me what you've tried to solve the problem and I'm more likely to help.
Don't expect me to be your Google operator!
As for the piggies, well.... piggies are generally simple minded beasts.
On-off keying and anything that cycles faster than every 3nS or so is beyond
most of them.
Most piggies can't even spell "satellite".
n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
> Hey Nigel,
>
> Thank you for posting that. As I read the original post just now (before
> I opened your response), I found myself thinking ... "um ... try it?" hihi
>
> Hope all is well with you. Did you see my post to the piggie reflector
> about including CW/SSB satellite contacts in the 10th Anniversary
> contest? No response, either on the reflector or off. That's a shame.
>
> 73,
>
> Tim - N3TL
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:13:19 -0600
From: "Jack K." <kd1pe.1@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>, <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <D72DE8FFEE6F400C895BB679AA4090C0@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Well said Nigel, I am about to discontinue monitoring this group because of
the plethora or "do it for me" questions... do the research first folks and
then ask what you can't figure out for yourselves... That is called
learning..
DE KD1PE
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "Amsat-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:18 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
> Hi Tim.
>
> Something that bugs me with e-groups in general is the number of people
> who have a relatively simple question/problem
> and give no indication that they have tried to solve it for themselves.
>
> The questions that are basically ohms law, you know the things, "I need to
> charge this battery, what size resistor do I
> need and which side of the battery do I put it?"
> Now be reasonable, that was in your Tech exam syllabus.
>
> Tell me what you've tried to solve the problem and I'm more likely to
> help. Don't expect me to be your Google operator!
>
> As for the piggies, well.... piggies are generally simple minded beasts.
> On-off keying and anything that cycles faster than every 3nS or so is
> beyond most of them.
> Most piggies can't even spell "satellite".
>
> n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
>> Hey Nigel,
>>
>> Thank you for posting that. As I read the original post just now (before
>> I opened your response), I found myself thinking ... "um ... try it?"
>> hihi
>>
>> Hope all is well with you. Did you see my post to the piggie reflector
>> about including CW/SSB satellite contacts in the 10th Anniversary
>> contest? No response, either on the reflector or off. That's a shame.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Tim - N3TL
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:23:02 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: "'Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF'" <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "'Jack K.'" <kd1pe.1@xxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <C79B316056BE48A2B481B02A569416C2@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Nigel,
>>Be adventurous. Plug it in and see if it works.
Will do, if I ever get the radio. They seem to be on back order in the US.
At least the manual is now on line.
And for those who seem not to have understood the post, nearly 5 decades of
amateur radio have taught me that there is never a time where it is
inappropriate to ask whether someone else has worked the same problem. More
often than I can count, doing so has kept the smoke in somebody's rig,
either mine or someone I helped. More often the latter.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:56:02 -0400
From: Justin Pinnix <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<e27ab1960906091456w2d4f8ahd6755088daa62858@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Well, there's a guy on eHam who responds to every question with "that's a
stupid question" or "go look it up". That just doubles the amount of noise
:-)
I'm all for experimenting as well, but randomly plugging unknown devices
together is a good way to blow something up. What if the programming cable
is putting out +-12v (EIA RS-232) but the radio only wants to see +5
(CMOS/TTL)?
73 de AJ4MJ
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>wrote:
> Hi Tim.
>
> Something that bugs me with e-groups in general is the number of people who
> have a relatively simple question/problem
> and give no indication that they have tried to solve it for themselves.
>
> The questions that are basically ohms law, you know the things, "I need to
> charge this battery, what size resistor do I
> need and which side of the battery do I put it?"
> Now be reasonable, that was in your Tech exam syllabus.
>
> Tell me what you've tried to solve the problem and I'm more likely to help.
> Don't expect me to be your Google operator!
>
> As for the piggies, well.... piggies are generally simple minded beasts.
> On-off keying and anything that cycles faster than every 3nS or so is
> beyond most of them.
> Most piggies can't even spell "satellite".
>
> n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
> > Hey Nigel,
> >
> > Thank you for posting that. As I read the original post just now (before
> > I opened your response), I found myself thinking ... "um ... try it?"
> hihi
> >
> > Hope all is well with you. Did you see my post to the piggie reflector
> > about including CW/SSB satellite contacts in the 10th Anniversary
> > contest? No response, either on the reflector or off. That's a shame.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Tim - N3TL
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:13:05 -0400
From: David - KG4ZLB <kg4zlb@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4A2EDE71.6080607@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Whether or not a question is raised after someone has actually tried to work
it out for themselves or not is immaterial.
If this reflector, which lets face it is concerned with some fairly high level
stuff in comparison to normal ham radio operations), is going to go the way of
responding to a perfectly reasonable question with the reply of "read the
******g manual", then newcomers and interested observers are going to beat a
hasty retreat thinking that AMSAT is elitist.
We must not be seen to be typical of the 'those that know' wanting to protect
their playground mentality.
I have asked some downright stupidly basic questions on here over the years
and have always been responded to with friendliness and professionalism even
though I have often had a mental picture of my "helpers" banging their heads
against a wall in frustration. But on the back of that I have been able to
help with other people's issues where the same question has arisen.
If questions offend then use a combination of filters and the delete key.
My 2 peso's worth.
David KG4ZLB
Justin Pinnix wrote:
> Well, there's a guy on eHam who responds to every question with "that's a
> stupid question" or "go look it up". That just doubles the amount of noise
> :-)
>
> I'm all for experimenting as well, but randomly plugging unknown devices
> together is a good way to blow something up. What if the programming cable
> is putting out +-12v (EIA RS-232) but the radio only wants to see +5
> (CMOS/TTL)?
>
> 73 de AJ4MJ
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
<nigel@xxxxx.xxx>wrote:
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:20:51 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: kg4zlb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4A2EE043.1000901@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Surely we should encourage people to think for themselves and at least try to
sort their own issues.
What are they going to do when the more experienced are no longer here.
Isn't "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and
you have fed him for a lifetime" relevent
here?
David - KG4ZLB wrote:
> Whether or not a question is raised after someone has actually tried to work
it out for themselves or not is immaterial.
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:24:34 -0400
From: David - KG4ZLB <kg4zlb@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4A2EE122.6010809@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
No, don't agree.
Man has to eat and will learn or be taught to fish or die!
If man can not program his radio and can not work it out for himself and
can't get a reply on a board such as this then he will go and maybe
never come back and that's another satellite operator we may have lost.
But he will still eat :-D
David
KG4ZLB
Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> Surely we should encourage people to think for themselves and at least
> try to sort their own issues.
> What are they going to do when the more experienced are no longer here.
>
> Isn't "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to
> fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime" relevent here?
>
>
> David - KG4ZLB wrote:
>
--
David
KG4ZLB
www.kg4zlb.com
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 22:31:47 +0000
From: "Steve Bluemel" <stevebluemel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: kg4zlb@xxxxx.xxxx AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<1576782188-1244586680-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-
829741483-@xxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xx.xxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain
Cheers to you David! You just talked me out of unsubscribing to this BB. I'm
licensed 2 years and still trying to figure out what the question is, let
alone the answer.
Steve. KI6OQU
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message-----
From: David - KG4ZLB <kg4zlb@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:13:05
To: Amsat-BB<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
Whether or not a question is raised after someone has actually tried to work
it out for themselves or not is immaterial.
If this reflector, which lets face it is concerned with some fairly high level
stuff in comparison to normal ham radio operations), is going to go the way of
responding to a perfectly reasonable question with the reply of "read the
******g manual", then newcomers and interested observers are going to beat a
hasty retreat thinking that AMSAT is elitist.
We must not be seen to be typical of the 'those that know' wanting to protect
their playground mentality.
I have asked some downright stupidly basic questions on here over the years
and have always been responded to with friendliness and professionalism even
though I have often had a mental picture of my "helpers" banging their heads
against a wall in frustration. But on the back of that I have been able to
help with other people's issues where the same question has arisen.
If questions offend then use a combination of filters and the delete key.
My 2 peso's worth.
David KG4ZLB
Justin Pinnix wrote:
> Well, there's a guy on eHam who responds to every question with "that's a
> stupid question" or "go look it up". That just doubles the amount of noise
> :-)
>
> I'm all for experimenting as well, but randomly plugging unknown devices
> together is a good way to blow something up. What if the programming cable
> is putting out +-12v (EIA RS-232) but the radio only wants to see +5
> (CMOS/TTL)?
>
> 73 de AJ4MJ
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
<nigel@xxxxx.xxx>wrote:
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:32:10 +0000
From: n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] FS: Icom IC-W32A complete handheld satellite
station
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<060920092232.7201.4A2EE2EA0007EA1200001C2122243323629B0A02D2089B9A019C0
4040A0DBF049BCC02@xxx.xxx>
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I have for sale a complete, full-duplex-capable handheld FM satellite station,
including:
- Icom IC-W32A HT, with manual and OEM duck antenna
- Icom BP-170 battery case, holds 4 AA alkalines
- Batteries America BP-173X, 9.6V 1450 mAh pack
- Batteries America BP 171XH, 4.8V 2700 mAh pack
- MFJ Speaker mic for the W32A.
- Maldol stubby (2.5-inch) duck antenna with BNC connector
- MFJ-1717 duck antenna with BNC connector
- Pryme AL-800 telescoping whip antenna with BNC connector
- Batteries America Cigarette plug for W32A
I am not the first owner of the radio. I bought it from a commercial vendor
last August at the Huntsville hamfest. That vendor provided a 30-day, no-
questions-asked guarantee. The radio did and does work as new, with one
exception. When I operate it full duplex and use a Y adapter plug at the
earphone jack so I can hear myself and record the pass, I sometimes get audio
break up that suggests a loose connection or aged plug. This doesn?t occur if
I use the speaker mic, which has a headphone jack on the bottom that I can
plug the Y adapter into. Otherwise, the radio performs as new. Cosmetically,
it looks as close to NIB as I?ve ever seen in a used radio. I cannot see even
minor surface scratches in the display face, and there are no scuffs or marks
of any kind on the radio body or the battery packs. I?ll provide digital
photos upon request.
I picked up the battery packs, cigarette plug and speaker mic at Huntsville
last August, too. The original Icom NiCad battery pack wasn?t in great shape,
so I retired/recycled it.
I bought the AL-800 antenna before I picked up the Icom, and have used it for
multiple handheld satellite contacts. Allen, N5AFV, literally has made
thousands of handheld satellite contacts using this antenna. The MFJ duck is
capable of making satellite contacts, but it?s not as good as the AL-800.
I have more than $450 ? not retail, but what I actually paid ? invested in
this gear. Full retail price on the packs and other accessories would bring it
close to $500.
I am asking $300 (certified check or money order) for the entire package ($310
if you want to use PayPal because of its fees), with an additional $10 to
cover USPS Priority Mail shipping and insurance. I am not interested in
breaking the package up.
Why am I selling? After last weekend?s testing, I want to get a Kenwood TH-F6A
because of its versatility. With my other HT and my Diamond duplexer, I?ll
still be able to operate the FM satellites full duplex. I am still unemployed
(since late December), so something has to go if I want to pick up another
radio. That?s also the reason for the extra $10 for PayPal.
NOTE ? I am listing this gear exclusively here on the AMSAT-BB for 24 hours.
I?ll post to some other online sites if it?s not sold by 7 p.m., EDT (23:00
UTC) on June 10th.
Please contact me off the AMSAT-BB with any questions.
Thanks, and 73 to all,
Tim ? N3TL
------------------------------
Message: 12
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:47:32 -0500
From: Bruce Bostwick <lihan161051@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T programming cable question
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <6605918F-FD4C-488A-9F40-6F37CB208817@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
There is considerable value in making new members of the community
aware of common and sometimes very informative published resources,
however. There's a wealth of information in those that should very
well be tapped especially for technically complex questions.
The trick is in positioning a referral to those resources in such a
way that it doesn't feel like an "RTFM" brush-off, which in many
cases, it really isn't. I run into this a lot in tech support, and
the best positioning I've found is to give at least a gloss of the
subject matter in a reply, and then include "this is covered in more
detail at (insert resource here)". Sometimes the brief gloss of the
answer is all that's needed, but for the times when it's not,
following up with the resource referral leaves the person equipped to
gather more detail on it from that.
On Jun 9, 2009, at 5:13 PM, David - KG4ZLB wrote:
> Whether or not a question is raised after someone has actually tried
> to work it out for themselves or not is immaterial.
>
> If this reflector, which lets face it is concerned with some fairly
> high level stuff in comparison to normal ham radio operations), is
> going to go the way of responding to a perfectly reasonable question
> with the reply of "read the ******g manual", then newcomers and
> interested observers are going to beat a hasty retreat thinking that
> AMSAT is elitist.
>
> We must not be seen to be typical of the 'those that know' wanting
> to protect their playground mentality.
>
> I have asked some downright stupidly basic questions on here over
> the years and have always been responded to with friendliness and
> professionalism even though I have often had a mental picture of my
> "helpers" banging their heads against a wall in frustration. But on
> the back of that I have been able to help with other people's issues
> where the same question has arisen.
>
> If questions offend then use a combination of filters and the delete
> key.
>
> My 2 peso's worth.
>
> David KG4ZLB
>
>
>
> Justin Pinnix wrote:
>> Well, there's a guy on eHam who responds to every question with
>> "that's a
>> stupid question" or "go look it up". That just doubles the amount
>> of noise
>> :-)
>>
>> I'm all for experimenting as well, but randomly plugging unknown
>> devices
>> together is a good way to blow something up. What if the
>> programming cable
>> is putting out +-12v (EIA RS-232) but the radio only wants to see +5
>> (CMOS/TTL)?
>>
>> 73 de AJ4MJ
>
"Good, 'cause, you know, we want to report that the country's a lot
stranger than it was a year ago." -- Toby Ziegler
------------------------------
Message: 13
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:44:40 -0400
From: "Clare Fowler" <lcfowler@xxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VU2MKP Silent Key
To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <000201c9e96d$066a0bd0$4d9dfed8@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gopal Madhavan" <gopal.madhavan@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:22 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] VU2MKP Silent Key
>
>
> Being paralyzed from the neck down, he could only use his head and mouth
> to control his motorized wheel chair and it was a common sight for him to
> drive around the streets of Bangalore, visiting friends, going to
> restaurants
> and even shopping for radio components for his radio projects.
>
> He was an avid radio amateur, controlling the radio and associated
> equipment, all with plastic rods held in his mouth. He operated the
> computer also in this fashion and even made computer drawings on
>antenna designs etc which he shared with friends- my satellite antennae
>were home brewed from drawings he sent me.
>
> He was a keen DXer and had friends all over the world, on HF and
> satellites also. When AO 40 was operational he made several hundreds
>of contacts.
Since I worked a lot of DX on AO-40 I checked my log for VU2MKP
and confirmed I was one of the contacts he had made.
Due to the time difference and relative short mutual window I did not
work very many VU's. I had worked him on the 25/09/03
and he asked for a QSL via the Bureau. It took three years for the exchange
to be made. His nice card was filled out by hand.
Clare VE3NPC
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:58:56 -0500
From: "Howard Kowall" <hkowall@xxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Full Duplex HT's
To: "AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hello to all
Just a follow up to the posting of full duplex handhelds
Came across this ht,that a local ham ordered
He was not sure if it was full duplex or not
I will see if I can download a manual to see
Just for a point of interest.
I once had a VHF of a similar ht didn't work to good in the ham band
And not sure if theses are type approved or FCC approved
just a little head scratched for all of you out there
Howard
VE4ISP
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 22:00:47 -0500
From: "Howard Kowall" <hkowall@xxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Full Duplex HT's
To: "AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <006601c9e977$a73d4400$6701a8c0@xxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Sorry here is the Link
http://www.wouxun.com/Two-Way-Radio/KG-UVD1.htm
Howard
From: Howard Kowall
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:58 PM
Subject: Full Duplex HT's
Hello to all
Just a follow up to the posting of full duplex handhelds
Came across this ht,that a local ham ordered
He was not sure if it was full duplex or not
I will see if I can download a manual to see
Just for a point of interest.
I once had a VHF of a similar ht didn't work to good in the ham band
And not sure if theses are type approved or FCC approved
just a little head scratched for all of you out there
Howard
VE4ISP
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