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Tue Nov 12 01:36:43 EST 2019

 Sir if the MFJ - Deluxe Versa Tuner II  is still avaible I would be int rested in it
Michael
KEOTWK

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Today's Topics:

  1. Leixen 2m/70cm mobile for sale $15 (wv7t at aol.com)
  2. Re: Leixen 2m/70cm mobile for sale $15 (russell weeks)
  3. Items for Sale (MICHAEL DERBORT)
  4. 'Mercury Transit Party'? @ LBO is Cancelled. (Paul Signorelli)
  5. Open Letter to All Digital Mode Stakeholders (John Bloodgood)

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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 22:42:54 +0000 (UTC)
From: wv7t at aol.com
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Subject: [PPRAANet] Leixen 2m/70cm mobile for sale $15
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This radio does not have the features I need. Fully functional (I used it in my car will demonstrate)
Just $15.
Mike

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Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:46:12 -0700
From: russell weeks <scoutguy at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PPRAANet] Leixen 2m/70cm mobile for sale $15
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Hi Mike,

Do you still have this radio?  If so, I'd to get it to install in my truck.

Thanks,

Russ weeks
KE0BQI

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> This radio does not have the features I need. Fully functional (I used it
> in my car will demonstrate)
> Just $15.
> Mike
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 16:27:44 +0000
From: MICHAEL DERBORT <kc0elg at msn.com>
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Subject: [PPRAANet] Items for Sale
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Hello everyone, finally getting around to cleaning out my garage.  I have the following items for sale.  The only challenge is I am usually gone during the week and home on weekends.  So email me at kc0elg at arrl.net<mailto:kc0elg at arrl.net> if you are interested and we can coordinate a time.  Let me know if you want pictures of any of the items.

Items for Sale

Kenwood - TM-631A - Untested 144/220Mhz FM Dual Bander - $25.00
Radio Shack - Antenna Mast Chimney Mount - $15.00
Drake - TV-42-LP 100W Low Pass Filter Max 0 to 30mhz - $25.00
MFJ - Deluxe Versa Tuner II - MFJ-949E - $60.00
ICOM - Icom IC-U16 - $20.00
ICOM - SP-20 DESKTOP SPEAKER WITH AUDIO FILTERS - $50.00
Unknown - Ladder Line - 25 feet estimated - $20.00
Radio Shack - Field Strength / SWR Tester - $25.00
Realistic - TRC-414 Priority Circuit CB Radio With Microphone - Untested - $25.00
Idland - Vintage 1988 Midland CB Transceiver Model 77-805 - Untested - $10.00
Kantronics - All-Mode KAM - Untested - $37.50
Palomar Electronics - TX-50 Solid State Amplifier - 3-30Mhz - $25.00
Radio Shack - HTA 20 2M Power Amplifier - $30.00
Radio Shack - HTX-242 Two Meter Mobile Transceiver - $75.00
Diawa - CN-101L Cross Needle SWR & Power Meter 1.8 MHz - 150 MHz HF - $75.00
Unknown - Discone Antenna 25-1300 MHz RX & 50-1300 MHz TX with 50' Coax and replacement elements - $50.00
Wouxun - KG-UV3D - 144 / 440 MHz Hand Held Transceiver - 128 Memories - 1700 mAh Lithium-Ion Battery - $50.00

More items coming as I start cleaning out the closets.

73,

Michael Derbort
KC0ELG

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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 13:20:43 +0000
From: Paul Signorelli <w0rw1 at msn.com>
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Subject: [PPRAANet] 'Mercury Transit Party'? @ LBO is Cancelled.
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The 'Mercury Transit Party'  at the Las Brisas Observatory is Cancelled, 11 Nov. 2019.
The Transit in not cancelled but the viewing from LBO is.
The area is 'socked in' preventing us from seeing it directly.
You can watch it here:
https://mercurytransit.gsfc.nasa.gov/2019/
The top of Pikes Peak is now in the clear, You can go up there to view it.
The next transit visible from North America will be in May 2049.
If you are a Vet... Thanks for your service !!!
Paul  w0rw

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 01:28:46 +0000
From: John Bloodgood <johnbloodgood at hotmail.com>
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Subject: [PPRAANet] Open Letter to All Digital Mode Stakeholders
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Open Letter to All Digital Mode Stakeholders 

I have been in Washington with other concerned hams lobbying the FCC in defense of amateur digital modes and Winlink amateur radio email against the attacks of Dr. Ted Rappaport N9NB of NYU and his team. They are relentless in their big-bucks campaign to change Part 97 digital communications rules, to cripple many digital modes, their future development, and to remove radio email from the amateur bands. It?s truly sad.
Search for the latest from them on the FCC.gov/ecfs (electronic comment filing system) under the 16-239 proceeding (the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to remove the ancient 300 baud symbol rate from the rules). Here is a direct link: https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/1101131173138/DA-19-1130A1.pdf for the FCC Public Notice and request for comment. Their full petition is at https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10242392005642/NYU%20Wireless%20Petition%20...
The ARRL has published a news article about it here:
http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-asked-to-clarify-amateur-rules-governing-en...
NYU (Rappaport, et al) seeks a declaratory ruling that section 97.113(a)(4) of the Commission?s rules prohibits the transmission on amateur radio frequencies of ?effectively encrypted or encoded messages, including messages that cannot be readily decoded over- the-air for true meaning.? If enacted, it will have immediate and far reaching effects on amateur radio?s digital future (and all future development is in the digital realm, that?s obvious). Comments are now open. I urge you and any stakeholder in a digital mode or amateur radio development to read it and comment. Please forward this information to any stakeholder or group you might think of.
The facts are these: There is no such thing as ?effective encryption? and dynamic compression is not encryption, yet the opposition ignores this and continues to spread false information otherwise. State-of-the-art data compression is employed in many digital signals to optimize spectral efficiency. Further, Winlink messages sent over the air can be more conveniently read by any licensed amateur for the purpose of self-policing using our online ?Message Viewer? linked from the main page of winlink.org. There is no 'intent to obscure meaning'. Messages can be easily read for full meaning both on-air and on-line. Making all this moot is this: Over-the-air monitoring of Winlink PACTOR 1-3 signals by third party eavesdroppers have been demonstrated and documented using free software available for download from: https://p4dragon.com/en/Downloads.html

See the video at http://www.philsherrod.com/Winlink/Winlink_monitoring2.mp4 for proof. On-air copying of other modes only requires adequate software that can be developed using publicly documented technical details of the mode in question, as was done for the PACTOR software mentioned above. 
The petition should be dismissed because there is no need for the ruling demonstrated by the petitioners. The current rules are adequate to enable self-policing of digital modes on the amateur bands.
73,

Lor Kutchins, W3QA

President,

Amateur Radio Safety Foundation, Inc.

Winlink Development Team

John Bloodgood, KD0SFY

Emergency Coordinator & Public Information Officer 

Pikes Peak ARES (Region 2 District 2, Colorado ARES)

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