SBARC-list June 2000

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MEMORIES!
by Dennis Schwendtner 11 Jun '00

11 Jun '00

Subject: As seen in an ARRL Letter... This should bring back memories... ======================= HAMS REMEMBER BIG BAND LEADER "TEX" BENEKE, K0HWY, SK Big band singer and saxophonist Gordon L. "Tex" Beneke, K0HWY, of Santa Ana, California, died at a rest home in Costa Mesa May 30, reportedly of respiratory arrest. He was 86. Beneke took over the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1946 after Miller's death during World War II, and he continued to capitalize on the Miller sound throughout his career. He later broke with the Miller estate and formed his own band, billing it as "Tex Beneke and His Orchestra: Playing the Music Made Famous by Glenn Miller." A native of Forth Worth, Texas, Beneke joined Miller's orchestra in 1938. His southern-style vocals helped make hits out of Miller's "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," among others. Fred Mason, W5SLT, recalls that Beneke operated 10 meters from his hotel room during his travels around the country, using a wire hanging out the window. Mason also remembers running phone patches in the early 1950s, so Beneke could talk with his parents in Fort Worth. Tim La Marca, N6RNK--a younger-generation big band leader--says he met Beneke in the early 1990s--first on the air and later in person. A mutual acquaintance had told Beneke about the young musician, so Beneke gave him a call on the local repeater. "Imagine my surprise when one evening, just as I was about to turn off my radio, there was a voice I had not heard on the repeater before." A few months later, La Marca got to meet Beneke when his band was performing in Pasadena. "After the performance, we went backstage to meet Tex--one of the highlights of my life," he said. "You can't mention the Big Band Era without the name of Tex Beneke coming to mind," La Marca said. "Even though his key is silent, we still have the recordings of his wonderful music to remember him by." Curiously, Beneke's role was omitted from the movie, "The Glenn Miller Story." Beneke himself appeared in films such as "Sun Valley Serenade" in 1941 and "Orchestra Wives" in 1942. ***** Remember, an out of tune piano makes noise, not music! ***** call, (805) 966-7060 . E-MAIL: dennis(a)rain.org . *** Bye from the Paradise Playground of the Pacific Beaches. *** Dennis Schwendtner *** WB6OBB *** *** http://www.rain.org/~dennis *** *** Schwendtner Piano and Service *** WB6OBB repeater web-site ***

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ARRL Newsletter
by Marvin 09 Jun '00

09 Jun '00

* C'mon clubs, strut your stuff! Think you belong to the best ARRL-affiliated or Special Service Club anywhere? Ready to go up against any club to compare the variety of ham radio activities and community service your club can muster? Then what are you waiting for? Let's hear about it! See http://www.arrl.org/field/club/club-awards/ for details. It's not every day that a club can exercise bragging rights and earn a cash award. But wait! There's more! We'll spread the word about your exceptional club far and wide, so other clubs can get motivated. Not yet affiliated with ARRL? Point your browser to http://www.arrl.org/field/club/#affiliation. Be part of the vibrant movement to insure the future of Amateur Radio. Thousands of ARRL-affiliated clubs know they are making a difference!--Mary Lau, N7IAL

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Interesting propagation ahead...
by Jay Hennigan 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

NOAA's Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colorado USA, detected a major solar flare yesterday (June 6, 2000). They are predicting a strong geomagnetic storm aimed at Earth from this event on Thursday and Friday. For a full story, see http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s439.htm SEC forecasters are predicting activity in Earth's magnetic field to increase over the next few days. Strong geomagnetic storm levels (Category G3 on the NOAA Space Weather Scales) are expected on June 8-9. -- Jay Hennigan - Network Administration - jay(a)west.net NetLojix Communications, Inc. NASDAQ: NETX - http://www.netlojix.com/ WestNet: Connecting you to the planet. 805 884-6323

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ARDF World Championship Technical Specs.
by Marvin 06 Jun '00

06 Jun '00

Technical Specifications 144MHz(2Meters) a) Frequency (hidden transmitters):144.50MHz Beacon (MO): 144.75MHz b) Frequency stability: better than 50ppm c) Power:4W(PEP) d) Antenna: cross dipole, horizontal polarization e) Mode:A2A,Keyed carrier modulated by AF tone 3.5MHz(80Meters) a) Frequency (hidden transmitters):3550KHz Beacon (MO) 3660KHz b) Frequency stability: better than 50ppm c) Output RF power:>=2W d) Antenna:5-7 meters above ground level, ground wire:3 meters Terrain Information The contest field is low hill area, covered by pan (somewhere) and bamboo wood (somewhere) . Some places are difficult to run across. The use of track-shoes is permitted.

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Fw: From: "Fried Heyn(ARRL SW Director)" <wa6wzo@arrl.org>
by Donald L Milbury 03 Jun '00

03 Jun '00

An update from our ARRL Division Director FYI: 73, Don Milbury, W6YN ------------------------------------------------- From: "Fried Heyn(ARRL SW Director)" <wa6wzo(a)arrl.org> Our SB-1714 (CA "PRB-1") has passed the following votes: Senate Local Government Committee....................6 to 0 Senate Appropriations Committee........................13 to 0 California State Senate.........................................39 to 0 We still need to have it voted on by the California Assembly. Since Senator Brulte is the Minority Leader of the Senate, that should help us get the Governor to sign. We are still trying to get some wording changed, but the main thing is that we are getting 47 CFR 97.15 language into California law and the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved an appropriation for the State of California to study the Amateur Radio antenna problem and prepare a model ordinance (with help of the ARRL). 73/Fried(ô¿ô)KNOWLEDGE=POWER ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amateur Radio: If you're not having fun, you are not doing it right! http://www.qsl.net/arrlsb ARRL, Santa Barbara Section To subscribe: mailto:arrlsb-subscribe@egroups.com Internet Manager: AD6AD(a)arrl.net

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Virus Info
by Marvin 02 Jun '00

02 Jun '00

Quite a number of viruses have been written to exploit bugs in MS Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. The following, taken from the Heathkit listserver, seems like a good description and is worth passing around, especially the part about removing the associations to several file extensions. --------------------------------------- In regards to the large number of virus' that have been written over the last 18 months, notice that almost every one of them depend on the complete MicroSoft suite to function properly. For most of them (not ALL, though), the common tie is Outlook and the Visual Basic Script engine. Working at a University and administering a number of computers, I see this problem all the time. Our University Email folks are very aggressive towards these virus' and eliminate the bulk of these virus' before they enter the campus environment. But I've found the easiest method to prevent infections is to simply break the MicroSoft suite and remove Outlook (and Internet Explorer 5.0). I personally use Eudora and Netscape specifically because of this and COMPLETELY remove Outlook and Internet Explorer (or never install them). I then remove the file associations to several file extensions (VBS,VBE,WSF,WSH,JS and JSE). This prevents infected attachments from 'working' as Windows doesn't know how to execute the attachment. You may receive the virus, but it can do no harm. There is a small program from Cerberus named vf.exe at http://www.cerberus-infosec.co.uk/vf.exe that will remove these extensions from Windows. Takes about 30 seconds to run and the program is free. Obviously, if you are working in an intergated office environment that depends upon Outlook or you write software/macro's using the Visual Basic Script Engine this WILL NOT WORK FOR YOU. As always, the best protection is a good Anti-Virus package. I use Nortons Antivirus, enable the 'Atuomatic Update' feature and schedule updates weekly. ABOUT THE VIRUS... from http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.html Virus Description: Wscript.KakWorm VBS.KakWorm spreads using Microsoft Outlook Express. It attaches itself to all outgoing messages via the Signature feature of Outlook Express and Internet Explorer newsgroup reader. The worm utilizes a known Microsoft Outlook Express security hole so that a viral file is created on the system without having to run any attachment. Simply reading the received email message will cause the virus to be placed on the system. Microsoft has patched this security hole. The patch is available from Microsoft's website. If you have a patched version of Outlook Express, this worm will not work automatically. Also known as: VBS.Kak.Worm, Kagou-Anti-Krosoft Category: WORM Infection length: 4116 Bytes OUTLOOK PATCH INFO (I forgot where I got this info)... Severe Windows Security Bug and Fix This bug is quite bad, and has been known since last year. It became more of an issue after somebody figured out you could exploit it to propagate computer infections in the same manner as the ILOVEYOU worm, only with much more destructive results. Any PC running Internet Explorer 5.0 and/or Office 2000 can be attacked with e-mail attachments, even if the recipient does not open said attachments. You don't even have to be using Internet Explorer: just having it installed with default security settings makes you vulnerable . The techies among you can see the horror of the situation. Fortunately, a fix will patch the hole in under five minutes. Make sure all the Windows machines in your care apply the patch immediately. Incidentally, Microsoft has finally responded to this class of e-mail-delivered worms by redesigning how the Outlook e-mail client deals with attachments. PCWorld has the story. Bug: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032.asp Fix: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/iebuild/scriptlet/en/scriptlet.htm Outlook: http://www.officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/articles/out2ksecFileTypes.htm PCWorld: http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,16721,00.html <<< end of message >>>

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