From k4oj@tampabay.rr.com  Fri Feb  1 04:25:55 2002
From: k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White, K4OJ)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:25:55 -0800
Subject: [FLham] Re: ARLB009 President Bush addresses Florida ARES net
References: <20020131212647.7155.qmail@mailer.remote.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <015c01c1aad8$8b12af80$62f1a118@tampabay.rr.com>

EXCELLENT STUFF - TNX TO THE HAMS WHO MADE THIS DEMO POSSIBLE...TOO BAD
DUBYA  COULDN'T MAKE THE HAMBOREE!

Most excellent occasion...congrats Volusia ARES

My fellow hams - Let's Roll!

A good day!

K4OJ


What no VE session - and instantaneous vanity call of W5 for GWB :-)
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Subject: ARLB009 President Bush addresses Florida ARES net


> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB009
> ARLB009 President Bush addresses Florida ARES net
>
> ZCZC AG09
> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 9  ARLB009
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  January 31, 2002
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB QST ARL ARLB009
> ARLB009 President Bush addresses Florida ARES net
>
> President George W. Bush spoke January 31 via Amateur Radio to
> members of the Northern Florida Amateur Radio Emergency Service Net
> (NFAN). The president was in Florida to spotlight five volunteer
> groups--among them the Volusia County Amateur Radio Emergency
> Service (ARES)--for their value to the new Office of Homeland
> Security.
>
> ''I want to thank all the volunteers who help make sure that Florida
> is prepared for any kind of emergency,'' the president said in part,
> after checking in around 9:15 AM to a regular ARES net session. ''I
> want to thank you all for helping your communities be prepared.''
> Bush spoke on the net for about 30 seconds.
>
> Northern Florida ARRL Section Manager Rudy Hubbard, WA4PUP, said
> Bush spoke from a portable station set up at a Daytona Beach fire
> station. At the request of ARES Volusia County Emergency Coordinator
> Joette Barnett, KG4HPN, John Schmidt, AF4PU, and Clifford Fraser,
> KE4HIY, arranged to have the station ready as a demonstration of
> Amateur Radio's role in emergency preparedness and in the hope that
> Bush would be willing to address the 75-meter net.
>
> ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, said he was ''extremely gratified''
> that President Bush recognized the valuable service Amateur Radio
> operators provide in times of emergencies. ''I know that all hams in
> the United States stand ready to do their part in America's Homeland
> Security Program,'' Haynie commented. Haynie has said that defining
> Amateur Radio's role in homeland security would top his list of
> initiatives for his second term.
>
> Hubbard said a copy of proposed expanded Amateur Radio (PRB-1)
> antenna legislation was given to the President and to the
> president's brother, Florida Gov Jeb Bush, for possible introduction
> in next year's Florida legislative session. ''We Amateur Radio
> operators will volunteer however we're needed, and maybe it will be
> seen that we can greatly help the nation if we have the antennas we
> need,'' Hubbard commented. The proposed bill would seek to extend
> Florida's PRB-1 law to include private deed covenants, conditions
> and restrictions.
> NNNN
> /EX



From pwomble1@tampabay.rr.com  Mon Feb  4 01:49:17 2002
From: pwomble1@tampabay.rr.com (Paul Womble)
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 20:49:17 -0500
Subject: [FLham] Sale or Trade: Cushcraft R7 HF Vertical
Message-ID: <3C5DE89D.5AD41292@tampabay.rr.com>

I have a Cushcraft R7 HF vertical that is surplus to my needs.  It
covers all bands between 10m and 40m.  Manual included.

The antenna is in good condition.  This antenna was our primary Field
Day antenna last year and made most of the 600+ 5 watt qso's.

I'd prefer to sell this antenna, best offer over $100 takes it.  Trades
will be considered.  Don't ask me what I'm looking for...tell me what ya
got!

Please let me know if you have any questions about this antenna.  I can
deliver to the Orlando hamfest next Saturday.  It should break down for
UPS shipping...you cover the cost.

73
Paul K4FB


From ki4ru11@home.com  Sun Feb 10 22:27:08 2002
From: ki4ru11@home.com (Bob McCourt)
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 17:27:08 -0500
Subject: [FLham] KENWOOD 922 AMP FOR SALE
Message-ID: <3C66F3BC.9B406135@home.com>

Oscar's Email is above, Please reply to him only, not me and

please not the list. Be careful when you hit the reply
button, check it to make sure it's to Oscar. Thank you.


Hi Folk's,

I have a good friend in Oscar, K1IYD. He has recently moved
to Port Orange, FL and has a Kenwood 922 in very nice shape.

He's looking for $400.00!!! That's a steal at that price, he

needs to get it out of his Daughter's garage.......NOW He'd
prefer you pick it up as it's difficult for him to get about

these day's His email is OscarK1IYD@aol.com      If you need

his home phone he can email it to you.

PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME ABOUT THIS........Oscar is the Fella
you
need to work with.  OscarK1IYD@aol.com Thanks Folk's for
reading this.

73, Bob KI4RU

--
God Bless America and all our friends around the world !

Bob McCourt KI4RU  Need QSL Info Try Me
507 Highland Dr.   3 Databases
Eustis FL 32726    Lake County
25 Mi.NW of Orlando Ph:352-589-4078

Listen, Listen, then Listen again



From doc" <e.net@verizon.net  Fri Feb 15 23:41:45 2002
From: doc" <e.net@verizon.net (doc)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:41:45 -0500
Subject: [FLham] FCC OKs Limited Ultra-Wideband Technology
Message-ID: <037101c1b67a$549809c0$bce93d04@vz.dsl.genuity.net>

Heads up!  We have only 6-12 months to detect interference
and demand limits -- after that history suggests that efforts to
get modifications to the regs will come much harder.

Problem is we will need to know where, geographically, this
stuff is being operated so we have a fair shot at detecting
problems during the trial phase prior to widespread implementation.

"Since there is little "operational experience" with the technology,
however, the FCC said it would "err on the side of conservatism
in setting emission limits when there were unresolved interference
issues." The FCC also said it would "act vigorously to enforce the
rules and act quickly on any reports of interference." It will also
review its standards for UWB devices in the next six to twelve
months, in the interest of making the standards more flexible."

The FCC appears to have made this trial phase much easier on
the UWB vendors than on those who are now at risk of suffering
interference.  Hopefully the claims of the UWB folks are true
and there will be no interference ... "Trust, but verify."  Ronald
Reagan.

Thanks! & 73, doc KD4E  ARRL-WCF-SEC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

February 15, 2002
FCC OKs Limited Ultra-Wideband Technology

By  Matthew Carolan, eWEEK
New posts: 1

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday gave a conditional
go-ahead to companies seeking to market products employing ultra-wideband
(UWB) technology.

UWB operates by releasing many small bursts of radio signals at very high
speeds over a wide radio spectrum, rather than, as more established wireless
technologies do, issuing a protracted signal over a limited frequency range.

Proponents claim a variety of potential consumer, business and safety uses
for UWB, from virtually interference free, energy-efficient, super
high-speed voice and data transmission, to devices that could enhance public
safety with highly accurate imaging and location capabilities.

For example, law enforcement and rescue workers could use UWB to find people
trapped under debris or held hostage behind walls. Engineers could locate
structural defects in various edifices. And automobile companies could use
UWB for enhanced collision avoidance applications.

The FCC, in a written statement accompanying its "First Report and Order,"
agreed UWB has potential, and seemed to reject some claims that it could
create dangerous interference. "With appropriate technical standards, UWB
devices can operate using spectrum occupied by existing radio services
without causing interference, thereby permitting scarce spectrum resources
to be used more efficiently," the Commission said.

Since there is little "operational experience" with the technology, however,
the FCC said it would "err on the side of conservatism in setting emission
limits when there were unresolved interference issues." The FCC also said it
would "act vigorously to enforce the rules and act quickly on any reports of
interference." It will also review its standards for UWB devices in the next
six to twelve months, in the interest of making the standards more flexible.

"We're very pleased by today's decision, we went from being illegal to legal
today," said Jeff Ross, vice president for corporate development and
strategy at Time Domain, a Huntsville, Alabama company that has been
pitching UWB to the FCC since 1987.

Ross said his company is awaiting the final specifications accompanying
Thursday's FCC announcement before being able to discern all of the
implications for potential products, but, "based upon what they have put out
there today, I think it's a good positive step forward, it's going to allow
us to get some products to market." He said Time Domain expects to have a
chipset out in the next couple of months, and products from its partners out
"hopefully by the end of the year."

"The biggest thing this technology will be used for," said Ross, "is indoor,
short-range, high-data rate communications," such as Personal Area Networks
and Device Area Networks. At 100 Mbs per second, over short distance,
probably within a room, Ross said. "I think you'll see it first within the
consumer market."

UWB opponents however, particularly in the aviation industry, have charged
that new UWB devices could disrupt global positioning systems and other
airborne safety devices if operating in a frequency range under 6 Ghz, what
the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) labels the "safety-of-life
spectrum."

The FCC's decision Thursday allows some UWB technologies to fall below that
threshold.

"No level or amount of interference - no matter how weak, intermittent or
infrequent - is acceptable for aviation," said the ATA President and CEO
Carol Hallett in a prepared statement a few days before the FCC's decision.
"It is of paramount importance for the FCC to ensure that UWB technologies
avoid any interference with transmissions in restricted spectrum bands.
Anything else significantly threatens aviation safety - a risk too great to
impose on the public."

ATA officials were not immediately for comment on Thursday. However, they
have cited previous government practice, dating back to the Communications
Act of 1934, to place the burden of proof on those promoting new UWB
devices.

"We firmly take the position that the burden to demonstrate that a proposed
unlicensed device will not cause harmful interference to authorized aviation
technologies lies with the device proponent," said Hallet, in a prepared
statement.

Ross rebutted these concerns by comparing UWB technology to laptops and
handhelds in use today. "There are already billions of devices operating . .
. at 2000 times greater power than what they authorized for ultra-wideband
today," he said, "and with those billions of devices out in those bands, and
there haven't been any problems to the GPS system, there certainly can't be
any problem with ultra-wideband operating at 2000 times lower. It's almost
silly."

Ross charged that many alarms about UWB are being raised for competitive
reasons, but at the same time he downplayed UWB's potential to undercut
existing technologies. He said, for example, that GPS and UWB are actually
"complementary" location technologies.

And to those who think UWB will undercut Bluetooth, the emergent wireless
standard for data transmission, he argued that each would lead in totally
different directions for applications. At 100 Mbs per second, with
position-location and high spatial-capacity without interference for UWB,
compared to 720 Kbs for Bluetooth data transmission from laptops and other
devices, he said, "it would be like having a laser when all you need is a
pocketknife."

http://www.extremetech.com/article/0,3396,s=201&a=22863,00.asp


From na4ar@arrl.net  Sun Feb 17 22:24:25 2002
From: na4ar@arrl.net (Paul Toth-NA4AR)
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:24:25 -0500
Subject: [FLham] WCF 2 Meter SSB Net
Message-ID: <3C702D98.945AE220@tampabay.rr.com>

A reminder to join us tonight at 8:00 PM as the West Central Florida Section
2M SSB Net transmits from the "Big Stick" antenna at 1,030' HAAT in Central
Manatee Co.  The Net will meet on 144.230 USB (vertically polarized).  While
the 2M SSB Net is in progess, the K4WCF 145.43 repeater will be off the air.

73 de Paul-NA4AR


From doc" <e.net@verizon.net  Tue Feb 19 18:03:55 2002
From: doc" <e.net@verizon.net (doc)
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:03:55 -0500
Subject: [FLham] Fw: Florida Hazardous Weather Awareness Week
Message-ID: <034001c1b96f$cc4d2200$bce93d04@vz.dsl.genuity.net>

FYI

73, doc KD4E  ARRL-WCF-SEC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> This week is FLORIDA Hazardous Weather Awareness Week
> 
> Please visit...
> http://www.newsemergency.com/florida
> or...
> http://208.184.24.125/florida.htm
> 
> Please send these links to your family and
> friends throughout the state.



From doc" <e.net@verizon.net  Wed Feb 20 16:48:41 2002
From: doc" <e.net@verizon.net (doc)
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:48:41 -0500
Subject: [FLham] SWAP:  2m 9el Yagi & Rotatable 40-20-15-10 Dipole for Tri-Band
Message-ID: <016b01c1ba2e$73d538a0$bce93d04@vz.dsl.genuity.net>

I need a used tri-band band 20-15-20m beam, preferably a 
no-trap Force 12, but a clean and intact A3S or other trapped 
beam is also a consideration.

I'd like to swap for my M2 9 element 2m beam (optimized 
for the lower SSB portion of the band but easily trimmed 
for the FM portion if so desired) and my Cushcraft D4 
rotatable beam (40, 20, 15, 10m).

It would be nice to have them all but have to make choices!

Strongly prefer a swap here in central Florida to avoid 
shipping hassles and expense.

Thanks! & 73, doc KD4E 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



From Roger Borowski" <K9RB@arrl.net  Thu Feb 21 20:17:49 2002
From: Roger Borowski" <K9RB@arrl.net (Roger Borowski)
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:17:49 -0500
Subject: [FLham] antenna boom section piece needed....
Message-ID: <014d01c1bb14$d6193200$0200a8c0@rb>

Anyone have an "inner boom" 2" OD aluminum (section with the swaged end) =
from an old or crashed TH-6, TH-7, TH-11, or 204BA/CA HyGain antenna =
laying in their heap of available aluminum? I can use such a piece to =
repair an antenna and would be interested in making a deal or =
swap,....whatever? I'm in Orange Park / Clay County.=20
Thanks & 73, -=3DRog-K9RB=3D- K9RB@arrl.net=20


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From k4oj@tampabay.rr.com  Sun Feb 24 14:27:06 2002
From: k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White, K4OJ)
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 06:27:06 -0800
Subject: [FLham] WANTED Fiberglass mast
Message-ID: <001501c1bd3f$55f20c00$62f1a118@tampabay.rr.com>

Collapsible fiberglass mast wanted...


either MFJ 1910 or DK9SQ or W7NN



73,

Jim, K4OJ




