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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
April 5, 2003
This week, read what you surfers out there have to say about last week's installment of Surfin'.
Last week's installment of Surfin' proved very popular and as a result, I received a lot of e-mail containing valuable information concerning on-line Amateur Radio equipment manuals. I will share that information with you this week.
For starters, if you were one of the early birds who read the column over the weekend and tried to hit Ken Grimm's "K4XL Boat Anchor Manual Archive (BAMA)" Web site, you did not have much success because of some extraneous alphanumerics in the URL published here, added by my editor [Yep, it was me, alright. Sorry. -- Editor]. The men who man the ARRL server fixed the problem Monday morning and you can now access the site successfully.
Kenneth Harker, WM5R, wrote that I forgot to mention his favorite ham radio equipment manufacturer: Elecraft. He said, "They have a ton of on-line documentation that goes well beyond their manuals." Just click on the 'Manual Downloads' link on their home page to access the on-line files.
 n addition to finding current ham radio equipment manufacturer's manuals on line, you can also find defunct manufacturer's manuals on line at sites like The Collins Collectors Association web site. |
Last week's column noted that accessing manuals on the SGC Web site required that you enter your name, address, etc., before access was possible. Well, Joe Wonoski, N1KHB, found a work-around for those who don't want to leave personal information: just hit the 'Index' link on the SGC home page and voila, the manuals are accessible without filling out a form.
Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, asked, "Any luck with Collins? I need a manual for a 30L-1." I suggested that he try The Collins Collectors Association Manuals Web page for downloadable on-line Collins manuals, including the 30L-1 linear amplifier. By the way, I featured The Collins Collectors Association Web site in the June 29, 2002 installment of Surfin': "The King is Dead, Long Live the King!".
Finally, Chris Pitzer, KC8QDU, wrote to remind me to mention the FCC ID Search Page, which we wrote about here this past November: Surfin': "Manuals for Nothin' and Your Searches for Free". The FCC site contains lots and lots of manuals that you may not be able to find anywhere else on-line.
Until next time, keep on surfin'.
Editor's note:
Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, resides in downtown Wolcott, Connecticut, and is a member
of the QQCC (QST
quarter century club), ie, he has been a QST writer for 25 years. Since getting his
ticket in 1969, Stan has sampled nearly every entrée in the Amateur Radio menu
(including a stint as Connecticut Section Manager), but he keeps coming back to
his favorite preoccupations: VHF and packet radio. As a result, he runs a
2-meter APRS digipeater and weather station (WA1LOU-15) from his hilltop
location in central Connecticut. Stan has been a long time advocate of using
computers with Amateur Radio and wrote programs to dupe contests and calculate
antenna bearings way back in 1978. Today, he is on the board of directors of
the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) and uses his Macintosh to surf the
Internet searching for that perfect ham radio web page. To contact Stan, send
e-mail to wa1lou@arrl.net.
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