pozar@hoptoad.UUCP (02/24/87)
From: Gareth Howell <sun!seismo!mcvax!idec.stc.co.uk!howellg> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 87 09:34:16 GMT Subject: Re: Response to News > >Date: Fri, 6 Feb 87 15:56:23 cst >From: lll-crg!seismo!uiucdcs!clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger (Mike Berger) >Subject: Fido news letter > >This is in response to your comments about an exam-free amateur radio >license: > >Finally, I think that complaining about the morse code requirement is >a cop-out. The requirement may be obsolete and stupid, but it's >not insurmountable (or even difficult). The code test for a technician I don't think that the requirement for Morse proficiency is obsolete. It is still the case that Morse code is used widely on the hf bands, also we (radio amateurs that is) are often co-users of the hf bands; sharing with emergency and point-to-point communications. The reasoning behind the continued existence of the Morse test, I believe, is that it enables amateurs to understand the co-users of the band, and therefore either avoid interference, or in the case of emergency channels, alert the appropriate authorities. I view it in a similar vein as the requirement that all Air Traffic Control procedures take place in English. In the UK Morse is not required on VHF and UHF bands. I haven't passed the test yet, mainly because I am sufficiently occupied with VHF and UHF communications and haven't yet felt the need ,or had the money, for hf equipment. 73s Gareth -- Gareth Howell <howellg@idec.stc.co.uk> G6KVK @ IO91VX ICL Network Systems, Private Networks Business Centre London Road, Stevenage, Herts, England, SG1 1YB Tel:+44 (0)438 738294 howellg%idec%ukc@mcvax.uucp, idec!howellg@seismo.CSS.GOV -- Tim Pozar UUCP pozar@hoptoad.UUCP Fido 125/406 USNail KLOK-FM 77 Maiden Lane San Francisco CA 94108 terrorist cryptography DES drugs cipher secret decode NSA CIA NRO IRS coke crack pot LSD russian missile atom nuclear assassinate libyan RSA
Bob@hoptoad.UUCP (03/10/87)
Date: Mon 9 Mar 87 15:49 From: Bob Hartman, Net 1014 Node 1, Spark Software, Nashua NH To: All, Net 125 Node 406, KLOK-FM BBS, San Francisco CA Subj: 9600 bps modem article Well, it seems that Thom and I did not coordinate this too well. The article which appeared in this week's FidoNews was not the final one that I wrote. The only sections that were incorrect dealt with the Telebit TrailBlazer modem. In the article that was published, it mentions that this modem "raises DCD, then outputs the connect message", and that this is incompatible with SEAdog. The engineering department at Telebit heard of this, and sent me new firmware that changed that part of the modem, and with this new firmware, the modem did in fact work correctly with SEAdog. That of course also changes the answers to a couple of questions that are at the end of the article. In particular, the question about which modem should be bought if one had to be bought right now. The article states that the only viable contender is USR, but that is no longer true. The Telebit TrailBlazer will also work with SEAdog, and the next release of Opus will also have support for the CONNECT FAST message that the TrailBlazer generates. The parts of the article that deal with incompatibility with the Telebit TrailBlazer and current network software should be revised to read that the modems currently shipped exhibit these flaws, but new firmware is developed and has been tested and it does work with the current network software. Also left out of the article were network addresses for two of the vendors: USRobotics - Noah Gregoropolous 115/500 Telebit - Bruce Blain 132/101 Microcom - not reachable via FidoNet I am very sorry that the incorrect version of the article was sent out, but mistakes get made by everyone. - Bob -