
            North Shore Repeater Association              An ARRL
                N E W S L E T T E R                 Special Services Club

               *Electronic edition*

           Winter Edition - December 1993

             Editor: Ken Smith AA1DR

      [This Newsletter is printed on recycled electrons]

Mail: 505 Paradise Rd., Suite 115 Swampscott, MA  01907
Packet: AA1DR @ K1UGM.MA   Internet: ken.smith@channel1.com

                    SPECIAL NOTICE

Bring your whole family to the NSRA Christmas Party.

When: Monday, December 13 at 6:30 pm.

Where: Cy Tenny Club in West Peabody

Contact Ken Smith AA1DR for more info (617-581-9812)

See page 1 for more details.

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Inside this issue

Ni-Cads can be dangerous - Here is a real life example of how exposed
battery contacts could cause a tragedy

Motorola files suit - One of the largest communications companies in the
world files a lawsuit claiming infringement of copyrights.

Amateur radio on cable TV- Members ready a video tape to air on public
access channels.

Packet...an endless beta test - Is packet becoming less reliable?

Instant temporary license - The FCC is planning on implementing an
'instant' license so new hams can operate immediately.

Alkaline chargers, the TRUTH - Informative report reveals why you might
want to save your money.

Novices get entire 220 band - The FCC has proposed expand Novice
privileges on the 220 band.

*This issue also includes an application for membership for you to
 print.

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What is the NSRA?

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The North Shore Repeater Association is a 24 year old non-profit Amateur
Radio (Ham Radio) Organization based on the North Shore of Boston,
Massachusetts.

We currently have just under 300 members and own and operate 4 amateur
radio repeaters and a packet radio Node. (see TRUSTEES section for
frequencies and locations)

If you would like to recieve a hard copy (looks A LOT nicer!) of the 
NSRA Newsletter (12 pgs) or if you would like more information about 
the NSRA, contact Ken Smith AA1DR

Phone 617-581-9812     Internet: ken.smith@channel1.com
Packet: AA1DR @ K1UGM.MA.USA
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NSRA Christmas Party ....Don't miss it!

MENU

Fresh Garden salad
Spaghetti with meat sauce
Meatballs
Garlic bread
Coffee

On December 13th the NSRA will hold the annual Christmas Party and
Spaghetti Supper. This is a great time for all so bring along the whole
family.

Supper will be served at 6:30PM and the cost is $4 per person paid at the
door. The desert will be pot luck so donations of desserts would be
greatly appreciated.

The regular meeting will begin as usual at 8:00PM. Following the regular
business meeting will be the NSRA Annual Christmas Gift Exchange. Bring a
gift valued between $2 - $5 and we'll show you how we swap gifts in an
unusual way.

If you plan to attend, please call Ken Smith AA1DR at 617-581-9812 so we
are sure to prepare enough food.

See you there!

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Club officers

President:
Eric Cottrell WB1HBU
617-599-8572

Vice President:
Dave Crawford KA1LSJ
508-745-8183

Director:
Ken Smith AA1DR
617-581-9812

Secretary:
Joe Carty KA1EXZ
508-744-1514

Treasurer:
John Graves WB1EHL
508-526-1400


Trustees

145.09 Node
Dave Carnevale KA1USI
508-927-5875

145.47 Danvers
Mark Hannon KA1LQX
508-774-5534

224.38 Danvers
Tabitha Carty N1IEQ
508-744-1514

442.80 Danvers
Herb Ryan W1KVQ
508-468-2780

146.88 Salem
Chuck Bergman KA1KFQ

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The NSRA Sunday Night NET

Be sure to check into the NSRA NET for the latest news and comments from
other members. It is an informal net where you can ask questions,
disseminate news, and list ham radio items that you have for sale. You do
not have to be a member to participate.

Usually there is a topic of discussion chosen near the beginning of the
net so check in early to suggest an interesting topic. The NSRA Net
features NEWSLINE, a 10 minute recorded amateur radio news update.
Newsline is heard weekly all over the country.... and now including
145.47 on Sunday nights at 8:30!

When: Sunday nights at 8:30pm
Where: 145.47 Danvers Repeater

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Have you renewed?

If you have not already replied to the renewal notice, please use the
form near the end of this 'electronic edition' to renew your membership
in the NSRA. We hope to make this a year to remember and your support
will help make that possible.

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Local Volunteer Examiner Exams
From the KY1N Memorial List, Chick  KC1OX  Editor  (KC1OX @ WB1DSW.NH)

December
P 11  Marlboro        MA  Bob       KD1GG   508-485-7006
  11  Braintree       MA  Philip    K1UPY   617-329-6446
  11  Brewster        MA  Henry     KZ1V    508-255-2818
  11  Falmouth        MA  Geoffrey  KA1IOR  508-548-0969
  11  Nashua          NH  Jim       WW1Y    603-673-7395
  12  Gloucester      MA  Rick      WZ1B    508-283-2278
  18  Melrose         MA  Scott     WB1F    617-322-7654
  22  Cambridge   MIT MA  Nick      KA1MQX  617-253-3776
January
   3  Cambridge Lotus MA  Bob       N1KDA   617-593-1955
P  5  Acton\Boxboro   MA  Dave      K1MBO   508-263-3712
   8  Falmouth        MA  Geoffrey  KA1IOR  508-548-0969
   9  Gloucester      MA  Rick      WZ1B    508-283-2278
  12  Billerica       MA  Bruce     W1LUS   508-851-2886
  15  Melrose         MA  Scott     WB1F    617-322-7654
  19  Cambridge   MIT MA  Nick      KA1MQX  617-253-3776
  20  Salem           NH  Denise    -----   603-434-4490
          "P = PREREGISTRATION  MANDATORY = P"
          please check with the contact person
             as some dates are tentative

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Amateur Radio - Use it or lose it!

Recently the Chief Field Engineer of the FCC, Vince Kajunski, gave a talk
at the October NSRA meeting. In this talk he deplored the lack of use and
experimentation on the allocated ham bands. The HF bands are pretty well
used but the world above 2 meters suffers a lack of activity.

Historically, the ham has always pioneered the higher frequencies. We
were first to operate below 200 meters. We were the first to operate the
VHF and higher frequencies above 10 meters. We explored the region from
300 MHz to 1000 MHz. All of this before 1940.

Since that time ham experimentation has dropped significantly. We Leave
this to the commercial interests. We seem to have become a group of users
depending upon Kenwood, Icom, Yaesu, etc. to provide us with equipment.
And even if equipment is available, we don't use it to its fullest extent.

In your circle of friends, how many take advantage of 220, 900, 1296 and
other SHF bands? How many have experimented with microwave? What about
laser communications?

We seem to have been taken up with the computer revolution. Packet, Amtor
and Pactor seem to occupy our interests. These techniques are equally
applicable to 220, 440 and 1296. Lets populate these frequencies. If
there is a sufficient interest, I will start assembling a 1296 repeater
for experimentation. Equipment is available.

The commercial interests are breathing down our neck. They took half of
the 220 band, they want 900 MHz and they are sniffing at 1296 to say
nothing of the satellite frequencies.

In summary, lets try to become more active on the least used bands.

Use it or lose it!!

-Herb Ryan W1KVQ

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Technician Class instructor needed

Would you like to help amateur radio and the NSRA grow? Can you
communicate clearly? Do you have one night a week free? We would really
like to hear from you.

The NSRA will again be sponsoring a Novice/Tech class and we are in need
of a person to teach the class. You will have plenty of help from others
in the NSRA, including myself. I would teach the class again but I don't
have free nights anymore.

Last year was my first time teaching a class and it was great fun. I
helped some really nice people get their license and it's a great
feeling. Even better than that, I made new friends and to this day have
kept close contact and watched them become great amateur radio operators.

I will be there for whoever takes on this task and I have had people
volunteer to assist the instructor.

We have all the materials needed to run the class and you do not have to
be a rocket scientist to teach a class. The material is designed to guide
the teacher as well as the students.

Please contact Ken Smith at 617-581-9812.

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Ni-Cads can be dangerous!

By Skip Douglas, KA9DDN

This is a very serious warning to all users of Alinco HT's, especially
those using DJ-180 and DJ-580 models.  The warning is also for all other
users of rechargeable battery powered equipment.  Please carefully read
and understand the contents of this article.

The charging terminals on the batteries used on at least the two Alinco
HT models listed above present a SERIOUS DANGER.  The terminals are NOT
diode-protected against external short circuits.  The manual provided
with your Alinco radio points this out, but definitely without enough
emphasis and description of possible consequences.

Aaron Douglas, N9UBF, (my son) dealt with a nearly disastrous situation
on Saturday, October 30, 1993.  His Alinco DJ-180T handheld 2-Meter radio
was on his bed along with items from his school bag.  One of these items
was a common spiral-bound notebook.  Somehow the radio (or the notebook)
was moved around on the bed until the two charging terminals of the
battery were shorted by the wire spring which makes up the binding of the
notebook.  Within TEN SECONDS the battery case and the wire spring were
so hot that the paper of the notebook and the blanket surrounding it were
BURNING!!  The case of the battery pack was partially melted.  Just ask
Aaron to show it to you, and you will be astounded. Fortunately, Aaron
happened to be on the bed and noticed the smoke and small flame in time
to extinguish it and prevent much more serious consequences.  I am
absolutely positive that if this had happened with nobody around, my
family and I would be without a home today.

Think how serious this could be if the battery were inadvertently placed
in your pocket along with keys or change.  I guarantee you that you would
NOT be able to get the battery out fast enough to avoid a serious burn.
When Aaron took the battery outside to cool, he could barely hold on to
it, and this was after removing the short circuit.

I, as a result of our experience, highly recommend the purchase and use
of a soft case for the Alinco HT's.  A suitable case should be purchased
or made for any spare batteries you may have as well.  An alternate to
the use of a case is to NEVER place the radio or spare battery on any
surface other than something like a hard table which is clear of
conductive junk.


You probably are asking yourself: "How can a small low voltage battery
pack which we all use be so dangerous?"  It is because the type of
batteries used in most HT (and other portable equipment) battery packs is
a type called Nickel-Cadmium (commonly called Ni-Cad).  All Ni-Cad
batteries characteristically have a very low internal resistance.  This
means that the batteries can deliver extremely high levels of current
when externally short circuited. Actually, this characteristic is really
what makes Ni-Cad batteries so good for use in applications with a high
current requirement such as radio transmitters, motorized tools and toys,
etc.  We just need to be aware of the possible problems associated with
Ni-Cad batteries.

It just so happens that most Ni-Cad battery packs don't normally have
exposed charging terminals connected directly to the batteries like the
Alinco packs do.  The Yaesu FT-23/73 family, for example, uses an
internal diode to block current flow if the charging terminals are
externally shorted.  To test whether or not your HT battery pack charging
terminals are safe or not, use a volt meter to measure voltage at the
charging terminals of a fully charged battery pack.  If you read a
voltage, you have a dangerous situation like that described above.

CAUTION: Almost all Ni-Cad battery packs have exposed terminals when not
connected to the radio or other device they are intended to power.  Thus
all precautions outlined in this article apply to almost every Ni-Cad
battery pack which is separated from the device it goes into.

Be SAFE and Prosper....

-Skip   KA9DDN@WB9TYT

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W1FXX Silent Key

SALEM - November 3 - Alban (Al) V. Guenette, W1FXX, of Salem has become a
silent key.

Al was frequently found on the afternoon NET on 145.47 and was
affectionately known as 'Big Al'. He will be dearly missed.

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Motorola Files Infringement Suit

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- Motorola, Inc. said that it filed a lawsuit in U.S.
District Court in Los Angeles against two firms and three individuals for
infringement of various Motorola copyrights and trademarks and
misappropriation of Motorola secrets.

The complaint alleges that Communications Consultants Systems, a company
called "CCW", Harold Pick, Gerard Pick and Milton Bell, copied
copyrighted software to modify identification codes in Motorola two-way
radios that the defendants sold to others.  This enabled them to
illegally use the radio communications systems operated by either
Motorola or its legitimate customers without paying Motorola for that
use.  The modified radios were sold or rented as genuine Motorola
products.

The case centers principally on the unauthorized copying of proprietary
Motorola software designed to program individual customer two-way radios
and communications systems, related trade secrets and the trademarks used
by Motorola to identify the source of the products it markets and sells.
"This action is part of a program to enforce Motorola's intellectual
property rights against their unauthorized, illegal and misapplied use.
We continue to strive to protect the rights of our customers -- from
public safety agencies to small businesses -- who rely on the integrity
of their radio communications systems," says Anthony J.  Biell, manager
of software protection for Motorola's Land Mobile Products Sector.  "The
unauthorized use of Motorolas' proprietary software could compromise the
performance of our customer's systems.  In the case of public safety,
that could result in serious consequences."

-ARRL HQ

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Amateur Radio on Local Access Cable

A 3/4 inch video tape of "The New World of Amateur Radio" has been
obtained from the ARRL and is being edited to include the NSRA address
and a contact telephone number. We will be working with the local cable
carriers to have this tape aired on all local access channels in the
area. Ken Uloth, KA1TKZ, is doing the editing.

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***CONNECTED to Packet Radio

Packet - an endless beta test.

      By Ken Smith AA1DR

I have been using packet for a few years now. Packet has made it possible
for me to communicate with many people around the country right from my
PC. Recently, I have come to realize that packet is not as reliable as I
thought.

A perfect example of this is if you send out a multiple part bulletin.
You are guaranteed to be inundated with replies saying, "I got part 2, 4,
and 5 but never saw part 1 and 3". I guess this means that for every 5
bulletins I send out, only 3 will likely get to all the BBS's I intended.
That's 60%....not good. I now understand why I see people sending more
than one copy of a SALE bulletin out to USBBS. They are hoping that at
least one of them will get there.

And then there are the messages that I send to the Syracuse, New York,
area that take 9 days to get there. It's not like this all the time. Some
messages get there in under a day. The same goes for messages which must
travel to the west coast. I have seen messages go from here to there in a
day or so. Other times they take 2 weeks.

Something that has been happening more and more lately is dupes. I log
onto my home BBS to get my messages. "Look, a message from Andrew....and
another....and another." The problem is.....these are all copies of the
same message. Somewhere along the line the dupe checking process just
isn't working here. Yes, the "Message -ID" is the same on all of them so
it wasn't user error. At least the sudden flow of messages with no
message text have slowed down. I heard that may have been an FBB
configuration problem.

Aside from the message delays and quirks, something else happened which
really annoyed me. It started when a friend of mine, N1KWU, moved to
California. We wanted to keep in touch using packet, since we both have
packet capabilities. I would send him a message using his complete packet
address and would never hear back from him. After sending about 5 or 6
messages and not getting any response, I called him on the phone. It seem
that he hasn't seen a single message from me. I did get a message or two
from him but they were usually incomplete.

It wasn't until a few months later that I found the problem. In between
him and I there is a BBS that is attempting to "streamline" the packet
system. This system is using a combination of the J-Comm database and the
WP database. Each time it receives a private message to forward, it will
automatically look up the packet address using these databases and
replace the address that you put with the message. If the WP and J-Comm
info doesn't agree then the message is addressed to a BBS near the local
geographical area of the mailing address listed in J-Comm. Have I lost
you yet? You might be saying to yourself, "what's wrong with that?".

The big problem arises if you relocate and have to change your home BBS.
It doesn't take that long for the WP info to get updated but it does take
months for the J-Comm info, which is based on the FCC database, to get up
to date. Since this system will default to the J-Comm information, all
messages addressed to you will NOT go to the address that they were
originally sent to. They will get dumped on one of the major BBS's back
in the area of where you used to live. This is exactly what was happening
to all of the messages that I was sending to N1KWU in California.

Even after tracking the problem down, the SYSOP of the stream- lined" BBS
told me that,  "If [N1KWU] has moved, perhaps he needs to advise FCC of
that fact." and "this BBS will continue to forward any messages received
here for [N1KWU] to either WB1DSW in Kingston, NH or K1UGM in Boston,
MA."

I kindly asked him if he would update the packet address to the correct
one and was told, " If you like, I can set up the program here to refuse
messages to or from you so that they can go to other BBSs." Now what kind
of response was that? He can sit there and configure his system to not
accept messages from me, but he can't update a packet address? What is
this lately with unfriendly SYSOPS?

People like this have good intentions but they are creating more problems
than they realize. This idea about replacing the address on a message is
a waste of time and will not "streamline" or improve the packet system in
any way. To this day, I am still having problems getting mail back and
forth from my friend.

I could go on about the other little things but they are trivial compared
to.the what I have mentioned here. I think I will change the tagline at
the end of my packet messages to read

'Packet - an endless beta test'.

Ken Smith

Packet: AA1DR @ K1UGM.MA.USA.NA
Internet: ken.smith@channel1.com

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Instant 'Temporary' License Proposed

The FCC has proposed temporary operating authority to unlicensed persons
who pass the examination for a new amateur operator license.

The temporary operating authority would begin when the exam is passed and
an application for a license is filed, and last until a full-term license
is received from the FCC (not more than 120 days).

The temporary operating authority would not be available to anyone whose
license has been revoked or suspended or who has been involved in other
enforcement proceedings before the FCC.  Under the proposal, the
Commission also would reserve the right to cancel such temporary
operating authority without a hearing if a need to do so arose.

Those operating under the proposed new rules would use call signs
determined by the initials of their name and by their mailing address.
The prefix for each such call sign would be WZ followed by a number
indicating the appropriate Volunteer Examiner Coordinator region.

The Commission said it believes this system ''would be useful to the
amateur community, yet practical to implement.'' The FCC also said it was
making the proposal ''to better serve new amateurs and to increase
productivity in the processing of license applications.''

The proposal, assigned PR Docket 93-267, was based on a petition for rule
making made in July by the Western Carolina Amateur Radio Society (WCARS)
VEC of Knoxville, Tennessee (RM-8288).

ARRL Headquarters

Editors note: If you are for or against this proposal, please contact the club
Director, Ken Smith. We will be preparing a response on behalf of the
NSRA and your input is requested.

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For Sale


For sale by Otto Persson, KB1EF, phone 508-744-7870

6 Commodore 64's with disk drive and monitors. All in working condition.

3 Commodore 128's. Two of these are in good shape and one would be good for parts.

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Alkaline Battery Chargers - The REAL Truth.

By Brett Miller N7OLQ


You may have seen the info-mercial on TV staring Dick Clarke, which
advertises a product called Super Charger, by Buddy L.  It claims that
this charger will recharge ordinary, alkaline batteries, such as
Eveready, Duracell etc.  The product is not related to Rayovac's new
rechargeable alkaline system.

I ordered the portable model 8001 in early July, and it arrived in late
October.  I have heard much debate over whether alkaline chemistry can be
recharged, and I was very skeptical about this product.  It cost around
$40.

Construction

The device is made in China.  It appears to be fairly well made.  It has
a switch on the side to select either Alkaline or NiCad charging.

I opened the unit up and found a 28-pin custom IC, that bears the name of
Buddy L.  There are some other common passive components and 4
transistors.  There are 4 LEDs on the unit to tell you when each battery
is finished charging. ON = charging,  SLOW BLINK = done, and FAST BLINK =
battery can't be  recharged

The charging scheme seems to be constant current at 14 mA.  No AC
component was observed on the DC output.

How does it work?

Test  #1

My first test was to take some slightly used AA Energizer batteries with
a starting no-load voltage of 1.4v.  I put these in a 2-cell flashlight
and ran it for 1 hour.  The resting no-load voltage was now 1.23v.  I put
them in the charger and charged them up.  One of cells stopped charging
after 30 minutes, while the other took over an hour.  The final no-load
voltage of the 2 "recharged" cells was 1.27v for one of the cells and
1.33v for the other.  Recharging the cells a second time did not raise
the voltage any.  In fact, it caused one of the cells to drop in
voltage.  The manual says that 1 hour in a flashlight is a pretty heavy
drain, but the batteries could last "0 to 2 times longer".  So maybe my
test was too tough for the charger.  I think the increased voltage after
the charge may be no more than the natural recovery process of the
batteries.

Test #2

I took 2 AA Energizer Alkaline batteries with an initial voltage of 1.59
v. each, and placed them in my Sony portable CD player.  The manual
states that the batteries should last 5-8 times as long if I recharge
them after each 1 hour of use. After 1 hour in the CD player they each
measured 1.39v. I also put another set of batteries in the CD player and
ran them for 1 hour.  This second set is my control set.  Instead of
recharging the control set, I just let them recover on their own, for the
same time as the other cells took to recharge.  I repeated this process
until the batteries were dead.

                                Table 1

                All batteries were from same mfg. lot

                              (recharge)        (self-recovery)
                           Super Charger set    Control Set
Fresh Batteries . . . . . . . .  1.59 v.        1.59 v.
After 1 Hr. in CD player. . . .  1.39 v.        1.37 v.
Recharge/self-recovery (55 min)  1.44 v.        1.43 v.
Second hour in CD player. . . .  1.30 v.        1.30 v.
Recharge/self-recovery (200min)  1.44 v.        1.40 v.
Third hour in CD player . . . .  1.27 v.        1.25 v.
Recharge/self-recovery.(20 min)  1.33 v.        1.33 v.
Fourth hour in CD player. . . .  1.26 v.        1.26 v.
Recharge/self-recovery.(120min)  1.35 v.        1.34 v.
Fifth hour in CD player . . . .  1.21 v.        1.18 v.
Recharge/self-recovery.(125min)  1.33 v.        1.31 v.
Sixth hour in CD player . . . .   25 min (died)  14 min (died)
Recharge/self-recovery.(120min)  1.30 v.        1.29 v.
last run in CD player . . . . .    8 min (died)   6 min (died)


The Bottom line

Send it back! As you can see, the charger made no real difference in how
long the batteries lasted.  Alkaline batteries normally go up in voltage
slightly when they are taken out of use (load removed).  It seems that
this Super Charger does nothing that the batteries won't do by
themselves.  Battery operated devices are normally used for portable
applications.  If you follow the manual, you would need to remove the
batteries every few hours (or every 15 minutes for some devices) and
recharge them!  The inconveniance of this makes using the Super Charger a
real waste of time (not to mention trying to keep track of how long you
run each battery operated device).  I did not test this for Nicads.  $40
for a NiCad charger is a bit steep.

Brett Miller N7OLQ

Packet: N7OLQ @ N6LDL.#NOCAL.CA.USA
Internet: brett@micromed.com

Editors note: Thank you Brett for saving many folks from wasting their hard earned
              money on stuff like this.

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Novices To Get Entire 220 Band

The FCC has acted to expand privileges for Novice class licensees on the
222-MHz band as well as to create a subband for ''weak signal'' work on
that band, in PR Docket 92-289, in response to petitions for rule making
from the ARRL.

The changes will allow Novice operation in the entire 222-225 MHz band;
Novices currently have access to 222.10-223.91 MHz.

In making its proposal to the FCC, the League said expanding Novice
privileges to include the entire 1.25 meter band made sense since Novices
already are permitted to use SSB and CW on portions of the HF bands, and
there was no reason why they should not be permitted to utilize those
same modes in the entirety of the 222-225 MHz band, where other licensees
use those modes.

The FCC agreed with the ARRL, saying that it was a good idea to let
Novices ''become proficient in a wider variety of amateur service
operations,'' and to give them ''more flexibility in selecting the mode
of transmission.''

At the same time, the FCC denied a proposal to allow Novices to be
licensees and control operators of repeaters on both the 222 and 1240 MHz
bands. The Commission had in fact proposed such privileges in its NPRM in
1992, but the ARRL argued against the idea, saying such privileges were
not justified by the technical proficiency demonstrated by Novices on
their examinations and that they would blur the distinctions between the
Novice and Technician class licenses.

The League also proposed that a ''weak signal'' segment be established at
the bottom end of the 222 MHz band, -- at 222.0 to 222.15 MHz, similar to
what previously existed at 222.00- 222.50 MHz.

The League said its proposal was in response to amateurs' loss in August
1991 of 2 MHz of the band (220-222 MHz) to the land mobile service and
that a weak-signal subband, which could not be enforced through voluntary
agreements or formalized band-planning by amateurs, was necessary to
allow amateurs to carry on experiments in propagation and operating
techniques.  The FCC agreed that this proposal had merit and acted
accordingly.

The new rules are not yet in effect.

-ARRL HQ

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145.47 Trustee Report

The repeater is running 65 watts from the top of the water tower in
Danvers. We have removed the receivers pre-selector for repairs. We added
a new pre-amp but it did not do a very good job, So we removed it. We are
looking into replacing the receiver to improve it's "Ears", that will
happen soon.

Thanks goes out to the Technical Committee for their fine work on all of
the machines. Special thanks to Bob KA1EUK for the use of his expertise
and his fancy gear. Also, thanks to Herb W1KVQ for his very loyal
leadership, and years of experience. As a long time Trustee of the
145.470 Repeater I am I am very proud of the work the Technical Committee
does.

We are also looking for Control Operators for the 145.470 repeater. We
are searching for two or three members who agree to assist the Trustee in
the legal operation of the repeater. They will be required to act out
there duties any time they are using the repeater. All those interested
please contact KA1LQX (Mark) at 508 774-5534. Please do not call before
10am. I like to sleep in. Hi Hi.

73's  KA1LQX  Mark

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Adam N1QCA - New Activities Chairperson

Adam Seligman, N1QCA, has been appointed Activities Chairperson by
President Eric Cottrell, WB1HBU.

Adam has been very active in the NSRA since joining only a few months
ago. He has taken part in the recently revived Fox Hunts and is Net
Control for the Sunday evening NSRA Net on the Danvers repeater.

Adam has some great ideas about club events and he needs your help. If
you would like to help organize upcoming NSRA club events then please
call Adam at 617-598-4568.

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NSRA Resource List

Below is a list of  members who can help you with your questions. Their
specialties are listed below their names. If you would like to be added to
the NSRA Resource list, please call Ken AA1DR at 617-581-9812.

Eric Cottrell WB1HBU
Satellite, packet radio
Packet: WB1HBU @ K1UGM.MA
Internet: eac@world.std.com
CIS: 76327,515
Phone: days 617-926-4900 x258    eve 617-595-1986

Jim Cavanaugh KD1FW
NTS, RACES
Packet: KD1FW @ K1UGM.MA
Phone: 508-531-1934 after 5PM

Dick Calderone KX1N
Russian DX
Packet: KX1N @ K1UGM.MA
Phone: 508-774-2716

Ken Smith AA1DR
Packet and voice communications, PC configuration,
Direction finding, Technician Classes, NSRA Public relations
Packet: AA1DR @ K1UGM.MA
Internet: ken.smith@channel1.com
Phone: 617-581-9812

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Place Your Ad Here!

The NSRA newsletter is now accepting advertising! To help offset the cost
of production and distribution of this quarterly newsletter, and to
better serve our membership, we are now accepting business card sized
advertisements for the hard copy version of the newsletter.

The ads must be ham or electronic related or can be a professional ad
from a club member. This newsletter has over 300 readers, based mostly on
the North Shore. The North Shore Repeater Association is a nonprofit
organization with many goals and principles, one of which is "To
encourage participation in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
(RACES), the Civil Defense organizations and any other nonprofit services
where quality communications will result in benefits to the community and
amateur radio."

The cost of a single (3.5" x 2") ad is as follows:

       Single issue $15
One year (4 issues) $50

All our advertisers, who are not club members, will receive a copy of
each newsletter in which their ad appears.

For more information please contact Ken Smith at 617-581-9812

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S p r e a d  the word...

Explicit permission is granted to reproduce or distribute by electronic
or other means, in whole or in part, any material appearing herein
provided credit is given to the author and this publication including
issue date.

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MEETINGS

The NSRA meets on the second Monday of the month at the Cy Tenny
Club in West Peabody. Doors open at 7:00pm and the meeting starts at
8:00pm.

Come and see the faces behind the microphone, participate in our
prize raffle, and enjoy some refreshments and good conversation. As
always, you do not need to be a member nor a Ham to attend. Talk-In:
145.47 Danvers Repeater. See you there!

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         North Shore Repeater Association Application for membership

Date: __________              __ New  __ Renewal          ARRL member? Y N

Callsign: _________ Class: ___________     Year first licensed: _________

Name: _______________________________  Name on air:  _____________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________

City: _______________________  State: ___    Zip: ________

Phone (home): ___________________ (work): _________________

Your capabilities (bands, modes etc.):


Other hobbies and interests:


Referred by (if any): ____________________

Type of membership requested (check one):

 __ Full          __ Student (fulltime)          __ Associate (additional family member)

If Associate, callsign of the Full member in your houseold: _____________

If FULL or STUDENT, will you need a personal speed dial number assigned
to you? Y N

Full = $15     Student = $5     Associate = $1

New members add $5 one time initiation fee.

Amount enclosed:


         Please mail your check or money order to:

                                     NSRA Membership
                                     PO BOX 3724
                                     Peabody MA 01961-3724





This has been the North Shore Repeater Association Newsletter
Electronic Edition. Editor: Ken Smith  Packet: AA1DR @ K1UGM
Internet: ken.smith@channel1.com  Tel: 617-581-9812

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