[R-390] Re: Frequency assignments

[Jerry Boman]

Roy,
      Not sure about the frequency but if your within up to about 30 miles
of a wireless signal you can access tv thru the internet pretty easy. You
just need a PC, a wireless card for the PC, A wireless G or N router (N is
more powerful and will reach farther), and a simple bi-quad antenna like
sells on the bay for about 20 bucks. A Google search for DIY bi-quad will
turn up alot. Now hooking it all up to the 390A might be more into Red
Greens territory.
                       Jerry

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>   1. Re: OT (Tim  Shoppa)
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>   3. Frequency allocation web page (Roy Morgan)
>   4. Odd panel screws needed (Norm - WA3KEY)
>   5. Frequency assignments web site (Roy Morgan)
>   6. Re: OT: TTY Emulation (Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com)
>   7. RE: OT (Dave Faria)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:02:40 -0500
> From: "Tim  Shoppa" <tshoppa at wmata.com>
> Subject: Re: [R-390] OT
> To: "Barry" <n4buq at knology.net>, <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
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> N4BUQ writes:
> > You're going to run your R-390A from a cigarrette lighter plug?!  <grin>
>
> That's what the R-392 is for! Put two lighter plugs in series, plug into
> two different cars, don't let the cars touch, and you've got the 28V at 3
> amps you need. Driving two cars down the road to keep your 392 running
> mobile is a pain but if you put little towers on the top and stretch a 135
> foot dipole between them, you've got way of listening to the AM'ers on 75M.
>
> Tim N3QE
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:34:33 -0600
> From: "Tisha Hayes" <tisha.hayes at gmail.com>
> Subject: [R-390] OT
> To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
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> Radio Shack transmogrified itself from Allied into a consumer electronics
> store. There are still those remnants of their origins in the parts bins
> and
> connector assortments way in the dark, back corner of some stores. (do you
> notice how many Radio Shack stores in malls forgo even carrying those
> items?)
>
> I still frequent Radio Shack when I am traveling for business and need to
> find solder or some sort of connector to complete some missed detail during
> the commissioning phase on a communications site. Buying a $15 device to
> scavenge off some other component to get the job done saves me from being
> on-site for two or three more days, waiting on a supplier like Tessco or
> Talley to ship me the officially designated item. Years ago, most of the
> store employees were electronic hobbyists, today they are just consumer
> electronics sales-people, they would be perfectly happy working at the cell
> phone kiosk down at the other end of the mall. Everything about their
> approach today is based on how quickly they can sell the latest computer
> game, gizmo or universal television remote. Maybe you run across a store
> manager who remembers the good old days and you can have an intelligent
> conversation with.
>
> It would be great to haul in an R-390A and put it on the counter or a T-195
> transmitter on a roll around cart and point out a specific part that you
> need. Usually when I discuss the blasphemy of cutting a cord off of
> something I begin to wave my arms back and forth, speak rapidly about
> tin-foil hats and government mind control rays and the sales guy backs away
> quickly to hide behind their counter, looking for the quickest exit from
> the
> building if I turn violent.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:29:29 -0500
> From: Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [R-390] Frequency allocation web page
> To: R-390 List <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
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> On Jan 2, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Tisha Hayes wrote:
> > ... I still frequent Radio Shack when I am traveling for business
> > and need to find solder or some sort of connector to complete some
> > missed detail during the commissioning phase on a communications site.
>
> I was tempted to email Tisha to ask about what sorts of communications
> she installs or works on, but instead I went surfing for information
> about digital television.  (I still wonder if it will be useful to get
> one of those converter boxes so our "old" analog TV set can receive
> something off the air.)   I found a website that gives LOTS of
> information about frequency allocations of all sorts, including:
>
> -family radio
> -National Weather Service (NOAA)
> -Digital TV channels
> -marine VHF channels
> -BCB am clear channels
> -cable tv channels
>
> Anyway, with an R-390 of any sort and a converter or two,  you can
> surf to frequency regions you never knew existed!
>
> Here at K1LKY, there are two ECM receivers of very early sort - the
> APR-4Y.  They have tubes, and 30 mc IF and baseband video outputs and
> they tune up to about 1000 mc.  With that, I can listen in on most
> cable tv channels, it turns out.
>
> Sooo  many projects, soo little time.
>
> Roy
>
>
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
> 529 Cobb St.
> Groton NY, 13073
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:40:01 -0500
> From: Norm - WA3KEY <norm at wa3key.com>
> Subject: [R-390] Odd panel screws needed
> To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
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> Happy New Year to all on the list.  Today I have another odd
> request.  I am restoring a BC-1031C panoramic adapter and am in
> need of two replacement panel screws.  Photos are posted at:
>
>     www.wa3key.com/panel1.jpg
>     www.wa3key.com/panel2.jpg
>     www.wa3key.com/panel3.jpg
>
> The third photo shows the BC-1031C sitting atop an R-390A (the
> special panel screws have been temporarily replaced with standard
> hardware).
>
> The fastener is comprised of two parts.  A 7/16" hex head adapter
> with 5/16-24 male thread and 10-32 female thread, and a 10-32
> captive panel screw with a knurled 1/2" diameter straight-slot
> head with overall length of 1-1/4".
>
> If you have any of these oddities in your junk box, I need two to
> finish this project.  Please reply via direct e-mail since I
> subscribe to the list in digest form.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> 73 de Norm - WA3KEY
> norm at wa3key.com
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:04:28 -0500
> From: Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [R-390] Frequency assignments web site
> To: R-390 List <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
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>
> On Jan 2, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Tisha Hayes wrote:
> > I still frequent Radio Shack when I am traveling for business and
> > need to find solder or some sort of connector to complete some
> > missed detail during the commissioning phase on a communications site.
>
> I was tempted to email Tisha to find out what sort of communication
> sites she works on, but instead went surfing for information about
> digital TV technical information.  I am wondering if getting one of
> those converter boxes will let us watch anything interesting off the
> air with our "old" analog tv set.
>
> In my searches, I found a web site that gives LOTS of frequency
> assignments, including:
>
> -family radio
> -cable tv frequencies
> -digital tv broadcast channels
> -AM clear channel stations
> -marine VHF channels
> -NOAA weather service
> -cellphone bands
> -CB channels
>
> the site is:
> <http://www.tvtower.com/Commercial%20Television%20Frequencies.html>
>
> I was interested to know that cable frequencies fall below 1000 mc.  I
> have here an old ECM receiver (the APR-4Y) that tunes to that
> frequency, and has 30 mc and video detector outputs.  If I feed that
> to the R-390A or a tv set, I can listen to all sorts of things.
> 'Trouble is that we moved away from cable service two years ago.
>
> The site tells that wireless microphones operate on the frequencies of
> the new DTV broadcasts, and that trouble is going to appear for
> unsuspecting wireless mic users.
>
> Sooo many projects, sooo little time.
>
> Roy
>
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
> 529 Cobb St.
> Groton NY, 13073
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:13:23 EST
> From: Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com
> Subject: Re: [R-390] OT: TTY Emulation
> To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID: <d29.3a2b8359.368fb343 at wmconnect.com>
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> Jon,
>
> I did not realize that hyper term would not get down to 60 baud.
>
> I do not think older versions would get you down to that speed either.
>
> Sorry to send you down a dead end path.
>
> It looks like you will have to go one of the HAM programs that have been
> done
> with
> the extras those programs provide.
>
> Is there a TTY subject here on QTH? They may have more solutions.
>
> Roger AI4NI
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:47:54 -0600
> From: "Dave Faria" <Dave_Faria at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [R-390] OT
> To: <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
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> In the middle 70s I worked for radio shack part time.  I was an engineering
> student at UT Austin.  They did well enough that the job paid better than
> minimum wage plus 10% commission after an individual sales level was
> achieved.  Christmas was always good - $1k+ in the 70s part time.  I don't
> know what the corporate makeup is now but, back in the 70s it was mainly a
> Baptist group.  The store I worked in was a joint venture(franchised store)
> and the fellow who owned it later became one of the VPs.  I think he's dead
> now - Jerry McDaniel.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Barry
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 6:07 PM
> To: R-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [R-390] OT
>
> Funny page about Radio Shack.
>
> http://www.theonion.com/content/news/even_ceo_cant_figure_out_how
>
> Barry - N4BUQ
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:49:11 -0700
> From: george stringe <egnirts at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [R-390] OT
> To: Tisha Hayes <tisha.hayes at gmail.com>
> Cc: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
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> Actually when one reads the history of RadioShack, there is no mention
> of Allied Radio on Wikipedia or RadioShack sites.  A little further
> searching  finds that Tandy bought Allied Radio and Allied Electronics
> in 1970 but was forced by the federal court to divest itself of Allied
> Radio in 1973.  Allied Electronics was purchased in 1999 by
> Electrocomponents plc.  As a kid in the late 40's and 50's,  I always
> wore out my Allied catalogs.  Living in the Chicago area,  it was a
> treat to go downtown to the Allied store.
>
> Back in the 90's when I traveled the country installing various systems
> on contracts with numerous federal agencies,  it always amazed me how
> much we depended on RadioShack for pieces parts,  that and overnight
> UPS/FedEx.
>
> Cheers
>
> george
> wg0s
>
>
>
> Tisha Hayes wrote:
> > Radio Shack transmogrified itself from Allied into a consumer
> > electronics store. There are still those remnants of their origins in
> > the parts bins and connector assortments way in the dark, back corner
> > of some stores. (do you notice how many Radio Shack stores in malls
> > forgo even carrying those items?)
> >
> > I still frequent Radio Shack when I am traveling for business and need
> > to find solder or some sort of connector to complete some missed
> > detail during the commissioning phase on a communications site. Buying
> > a $15 device to scavenge off some other component to get the job done
> > saves me from being on-site for two or three more days, waiting on a
> > supplier like Tessco or Talley to ship me the officially designated
> > item. Years ago, most of the store employees were electronic
> > hobbyists, today they are just consumer electronics sales-people, they
> > would be perfectly happy working at the cell phone kiosk down at the
> > other end of the mall. Everything about their approach today is based
> > on how quickly they can sell the latest computer game, gizmo or
> > universal television remote. Maybe you run across a store manager who
> > remembers the good old days and you can have an intelligent
> > conversation with.
> >
> > It would be great to haul in an R-390A and put it on the counter or a
> > T-195 transmitter on a roll around cart and point out a specific part
> > that you need. Usually when I discuss the blasphemy of cutting a cord
> > off of something I begin to wave my arms back and forth, speak rapidly
> > about tin-foil hats and government mind control rays and the sales guy
> > backs away quickly to hide behind their counter, looking for the
> > quickest exit from the building if I turn violent.
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