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TAPR APRS Special Interest Group Digest for Friday, March 07, 2003.
1. Re: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
2. RE: PRC-127A Bendix King radio
3. Setup of a KPC-9612 for mobile use
4. RE: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
5. Re: ANSR flight
6. RE: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
7. RE: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
8. RE: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
9. RE: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
10. RE: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
11. RE: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
12. RE: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
13. Easy Sat This week
14. Semi-OT: On-screen display ICs
15. Re: Semi-OT: On-screen display ICs
16. RE: Semi-OT: On-screen display ICs
17. RE: Semi-OT: On-screen display ICs
18. Re: Setup of a KPC-9612 for mobile use
19. Re: Tracking Satellites...
20. Well sorry for the confusion! (was Part97)
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Subject: Re: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
From: "Doug Graves" <res0pxse@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 23:08:20 -0600
X-Message-Number: 1
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB023
ARLB023 FCC makes housekeeping changes in Amateur Service rules
ZCZC AG23
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 23 ARLB023
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT March 6, 2003
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB023
ARLB023 FCC makes housekeeping changes in Amateur Service rules
The FCC made some minor changes in the Part 97 Amateur Service rules
as a result of decisions at past World Radiocommunication
Conferences. In a wide-ranging Report and Order released March 3
that affects several radio services, the FCC has removed 97.401(b)
and international footnote 5.120 from the Amateur Service rules.
The section references International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Resolution 640, which invited administrations to provide for the
needs of international disaster communications and for the needs of
emergency communications within their national regulations using
certain amateur bands. Resolution 640 was deleted at WRC-97, and
footnote 5.120 at WRC-2000.
"We do not think this will have an impact on the Amateur Service
emergency communications because Sections 97.111(a)(1) and 97.101(c)
of our Rules allow amateur stations to communicate with foreign
stations in disaster areas, making the provisions based on the
former ITU Resolution No. 640 unnecessary," the FCC said in the
RO&O in ET Docket 02-16.
Those sections permit transmissions necessary to exchange messages
with other stations in the amateur service, unless an administration
objects and require control operators at all times and on all
frequencies to give priority to stations providing emergency
communications.
NNNN
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Subject: RE: PRC-127A Bendix King radio
From: "Matthew Stennett" <wa4tkg@iwon.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 02:22:59 -0500 (EST)
X-Message-Number: 2
All I wanna' know is:
WHERE do I GET one?
(how much maybe,,,,o.k...POWER, 27VDC/AC?
that's all, really.
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Subject: Setup of a KPC-9612 for mobile use
From: "Matt Werner" <mwerner@duluth.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 02:42:58 -0600
X-Message-Number: 3
Hello all -
I'm trying to setup a KPC-9612 (not the plus version) for use in a vehicle
with only a GPS and radio attached.
I have installed KNET firmware v 7.0 in the TNC. This firmware offers the
GPSHEAD, BLT, LT, LTP, LTRACK, and GPSINIT commands (among others). Keep in
mind that this isn't the standard Kantronics firmware, but the KNET firmware
sold by Kantronics. I would think that if the commands are offered then
they work, although if I had documentation for this firmware, it's gone now.
I believe the KNET firmware kept the commands of the current firmware of the
time (whatever it was, 7.0?)
I am having a problem getting the TNC to send out data. I think it is
related to the TNC not getting or interpreting data from the GPS. The GPS
is a Garmin II+ with 2.07 firmware (before the city/state database).
I have the GPS connected to the TNC via a 6' DB9 serial cable, with a DB9 ->
DB25 adapter/gender changer, and a null modem adapter. I know the GPS cable
is good as I can receive NMEA sentences on it at the computer. I have also
tested the adapter/gender changer, null modem adapter, and the serial cable
seperately and know that they also work. I have two identical TNCs that
both perform the same way.
The baudrate is set to 4800,N,8,1, which is what the TNC sends out NMEA at
as well.
From a cold reset (putting on the J15 jumper), I have issued the following
commands to the GPS (after entering my callsign):
GPSHEAD 2 $GPRMC ($GPGGA is already in 1)
LTP 1 APRS v WIDE3-3
LTP 2 APRS v WIDE3-3
BLT 1 e 00:02:00
BLT 2 e 00:02:00
LTRACK 5 LT1 LT2 TIME
INT GPS
RESET
After the reset, the TNC appears to go into GPS mode, and will come out of
it if I send Ctrl-C three times.
If I look at LT after it's been sitting with the GPS talking to it, I would
think that I'm supposed to see data in the LT 1 and LT 2 buffers, although
issuing the command LT gives me:
LT
1
2
3
4
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could try?
Thanks much!
- Matt
KB0KQA
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Subject: RE: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
From: "John Chamberlain" <chamber@cord.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:16:42 -0600
X-Message-Number: 4
On Thursday, March 06, 2003 8:22 PM, Peter "Dakota"Summerhawk wrote:
>I have looked all over the net for some sort of confirmation of this, no
>info that I have found has confirmed this, can you end a link?
Peter,
I rec'd this bulletin (below) from ARRL yesterday. Maybe this addresses your
question. Eventually the full story will be posted to www.arrl.org.
John, AC5CV
Waco, TX
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SB QST @ ARL $ARLB023
ARLB023 FCC makes housekeeping changes in Amateur Service rules
ZCZC AG23
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 23 ARLB023
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT March 6, 2003
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB023
ARLB023 FCC makes housekeeping changes in Amateur Service rules
The FCC made some minor changes in the Part 97 Amateur Service rules
as a result of decisions at past World Radiocommunication
Conferences. In a wide-ranging Report and Order released March 3
that affects several radio services, the FCC has removed 97.401(b)
and international footnote 5.120 from the Amateur Service rules.
The section references International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Resolution 640, which invited administrations to provide for the
needs of international disaster communications and for the needs of
emergency communications within their national regulations using
certain amateur bands. Resolution 640 was deleted at WRC-97, and
footnote 5.120 at WRC-2000.
"We do not think this will have an impact on the Amateur Service
emergency communications because Sections 97.111(a)(1) and 97.101(c)
of our Rules allow amateur stations to communicate with foreign
stations in disaster areas, making the provisions based on the
former ITU Resolution No. 640 unnecessary," the FCC said in the
RO&O in ET Docket 02-16.
Those sections permit transmissions necessary to exchange messages
with other stations in the amateur service, unless an administration
objects and require control operators at all times and on all
frequencies to give priority to stations providing emergency
communications.
NNNN
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Subject: Re: ANSR flight
From: "Mark Conner" <n9xtn@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:37:52 -0600
X-Message-Number: 5
Glen,
The ANSR-11 flight was originally scheduled for the 1st, but was postponed
due to weather. They may not have had a chance to update their site yet.
If you (and others) would like to subscribe to a low-traffic list for
balloon flight announcements, try:
http://grous.yahoo.com/group/BalloonSked
This list has maybe a few e-mails per week, and is limited to flight
announcements and schedule changes.
BTW, the weekend of the 15th may be a big day for amateur radio ballooning.
There may be five flights in the air at once:
NSTAR: near Omaha NE
HABITAT: near Kansas City KS
Traveler: Hutchinson KS
ES-OS: near Boulder CO
EOSS: northeast of Colorado Springs CO
NSTAR is expecting to operate SSTV (Robot 36) on 147.585 MHz, Traveler will
have ATV on 434.00 MHz (cable 59), and EOSS will have ATV on 426.25 MHz.
73 de Mark N9XTN
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Subject: RE: FCC Deletes para in Part 97
From: "Mike Yetsko" <myetsko@insydesw.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:30:16 -0500
X-Message-Number: 6
On Thursday, March 06, 2003 8:22 PM, Peter "Dakota"Summerhawk wrote:
>I have looked all over the net for some sort of confirmation of this, no
>info that I have found has confirmed this, can you end a link?
It's there, but people just don't seem to be able to communicate where
very well. (Isn't that strange for HAMs?)
Anyway, go to the ARRL page. Then click on "News/Bulletins" in the
squares ner the top at the bottom of the bar.
Then click on ARRL Bulletins, then 'General/Special Bulletins. That
will bring you the W1AW page. Currently it's the second entry.
Titled ARLB023.
It is NOT just 'on the ARRL page' as some people have posted. Geesh!
Mike
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