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Ham-Digital Digest Mon, 3 Apr 2000 Volume 2000 : Issue 94
Today's Topics:
$99 Modern TNC (LCD 800x600) (2 msgs)
Audio distortion with PTCII and Kenwood TS450 (2 msgs)
CDR VS MD. Opinion (2 msgs)
Digital Amateur Radio License (3 msgs)
FS: Astron Power Supply transformers
FT-2200 Cat possible?
ft 90 + 9k6
ICOM 746 and PK-232
Need Help
Need suggestions for PK-232 MBX on RTTY (8 msgs)
radio operator licences? (2 msgs)
Remote Sharing of a remote HF Ham Station
WFBB via Cable?
Yaesu FT767GX CAT Interface HELP (2 msgs)
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Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 09:43:33 -0500
From: "Steve Sampson" <ssampson@usa-site.net>
Subject: $99 Modern TNC (LCD 800x600)
"Rob Janssen" wrote in message
> And Netpliance is now forcing you to get the service, so by the time
> they are available at Circuit City you will most likely be asked to sign
> a contract before you can have it.
Currently only for those that order it via the Web. But you may be right.
I think the story may be, that the $99 offer will only be good through the
web, and Circuit City will never see another shipment :-)
> Of course this could be expected, and it is their rightful thing to do. It
> is a device that is sold below cost to use with a service that is supposed
> to bring them the revenue. When everyone buys it without the service they
> will soon be out of business.
The share holders already balked on the New York Times and other
articles about the hacking, and when share price fell, the company
quickly said the new devices can't be hacked. The stock rose a bit
after that.
Netpliance has a new developers page on their web site. They are giving
100 of these away to people who have a good development idea. They
also announced that they are committed to open-source, and want to move
into Linux in a real way.
> Netpliance also stated that they will modify the newly produced units so
> that the published modification is no longer possible. How they will do
> that is unclear, but it seems most likely that the IDE interface will go.
Actually the 16 Meg Flash is all I need for PeeWee Linux.
Reports from people who have got the new ones, are that they are identical
to the old ones. So the news release was mean't to coddle investors, but
since many investors now know the truth, some have complained to the SEC
about possible fraud. One only has to look at Transcrypt to see what
happens to companies that make false statements.
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/t/trii.ob.html
Netpliance reported that the modification would not
cost the company anything. Go figure...
The web page that follows the whole story, is at:
http://i-opener-linux.net/
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Date: 2 Apr 2000 20:41:56 GMT
From: nielsen@primenet.com (Bob Nielsen)
Subject: $99 Modern TNC (LCD 800x600)
On Sun, 2 Apr 2000 09:43:33 -0500, Steve Sampson wrote:
>"Rob Janssen" wrote in message
>> And Netpliance is now forcing you to get the service, so by the time
>> they are available at Circuit City you will most likely be asked to sign
>> a contract before you can have it.
>
>Currently only for those that order it via the Web. But you may be right.
>I think the story may be, that the $99 offer will only be good through the
>web, and Circuit City will never see another shipment :-)
I went into the local Circuit City just to take a look at it. The card
indicating the price said "contract required". I didn't investigate
further (they only had the demo, of course).
--
Bob Nielsen, N7XY (RN2) nielsen@primenet.com
Tucson, AZ DM42nh QRP-L #1985 SOC #77 http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 18:45:41 -0800
From: Chip Adams <chipa@eskimo.com>
Subject: Audio distortion with PTCII and Kenwood TS450
svcfish@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> For the past year I have been using a SCS PTC-II to do Pactor II email
> from my sailboat while cruising the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The
> PTC-II is connected to my Kenwood TS-450 via the auxillary port in
> the rear of the radio. It works great except for the fact that the
> radio totally distorts the broadcast audio when the cable from the
> PTC-II is plugged into the auxillary port. Since I use the radio on
> a daily basis for both digital and audio communications it is a bit
> of pain to keep removing and replugging the plug on a 2 to 3 times
> per day basis. The way the radio is installed on the boat the back
> of the radio is not very accesabile either but I manange.
>
> SCS is aware of the problem with the Kenwood TS-450 but has no
> knowledge of a fix. Does anyone know of one ?
>
> I may decide to replace the radio with a newer model, does anybody
> use a Kenwood TS-570D with a PTC-II or PTC-IIe ? Does it exhibit the
> same problem ?
>
> How about one of the newer Icoms or Yaesus ?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Marc Hall
> KC6OXP
> Aboard Crazy Fish
> Currently anchored off Zihuatenejo, Mexico
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
The TS-570D does not have that problem. Kenwood has a fix for the 450
(can't recall what it is, right now), but it might be easier to get the
570. I've used the 570 with the PTC-II--works great, and you can use
the 500 hz filter in the IF.
Chip, K7LR
chipa@eskimo.com
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Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 05:37:21 -0800
From: "Johnny Rico" <lawdog2@ibm.net>
Subject: Audio distortion with PTCII and Kenwood TS450
This is a known defect with the TS450 and TS850, and effects all TNCs.
There is a fix from Kenwood. I had the same problem with my TS850 and
To be continued in digest: hd_2000_94B
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