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73: Are there a lot of female hams
in the Soviet Union?
l.L.: Not so many- even less
than here. Most hams' girlfriends
tolerate their hobby until they get
married, and then completely reject
it.
There are exceptions, however.
'run UA3HR's XYL, Alia RA3AZ,
just got her ticket. She's very keen
on amateur radio and helped us
quite a bit to prepare lor this DXpedition.
73: Is Radio the best known jour.
nat lor amateur radio in the Soviet
Union?
L.L.: Yes.
73: Is there a journal devoted entirely
to amateur radio?
L.L.: Unfortunalely, no.
73: Is it hard to lind amateur radio
jou rna ls from t he w est i n
Moscow? For example, can you
buy 73 Magazine in Moscow?
L.l.: It's impossible to bUy it
HAMHELP
there. It's possi ble, however, to
subscribe to some Western journals.
73: Is OS Tavailable?
l.L.: We get it only by reproduclion.
As welt, it arrives late, and we
don'l get to spend much time with
it. We get this at the library. A lot of
hams also get a magazine by their
" personal route." IBlack market­
Ed}
73: Do you have any weU·known
people from diverse backgrounds
who are hams? We have from the
US, lor example, Barry Goldwater
K7UGA a well-known statesman,
and Marlin Branda F08GJ, a wellknown
movie actor, to name a
few .
l.l.: No, there are no such people
in the USSR. {There was, however,
Yuri Gagarin UAn o, the first
man in space-Ed.}
73: Do Soviet hams have microcomputers?
l.lo: Microcomputers are beccm-
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I am looking tor a manual or any
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Rocky Wilson KB5CXN
2516 Quil Ridge
Denton TX 76201
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Please communicate name, callsign,
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and time to:
David l. Dobbs K8NQN
6612 Pleasant Street
Cincinnati OH 45227
I am looking for the schematic
and alignment data lor the Haiticrefters
Models $-38 and $-76 receivers.
Atso any info 0fI converting
lhe Healh SB 650 frequency
display from Nixie tubes to lED
ing widespread here, especially
after the publication in Radio of
the detailed construction plans for
the Radio 86 RK. It's a co mputer
lor amateur radio purposes that
uses a Russian version of the mte!
8080 microprocessor. Many hams
have bum this computer.
73: There is a Russian version of
an Apple model called the Agat. Is
this popular among hams?
lolo: A few hams have ii , bUI it's
nol very popular, mainly because
it's so expensive. Another relatively
popular computer is the
Mikrosha, issued 10 induslry. The
E/eldronika VK-Q010 is a microcomputer
issued 10 scncce. but
it's lairly popular among hams,
too.
We have several computers at
home. For example, the Sinclair
ZX spectrum, lor which I have a lot
01 amateur radio programs for
satellite communications and HF
propagation. My son and I built
several computers, including the
Radio 86 RK. We also have the
E/ektronika 0010, and I recently
boughlthe Sharp DC-1276. It's a
displays. I will pay for copy and
mailing costs.
John A. Poplawski, Sr. WB2GFR
9 East 15th Stree-t
Bayonne- NJ 07002
WANTED: Schematic diagram
tor Regency model HR.J12 2 meter
radio. Wilt pay copyi ng costs.
Rick Thompson NOHKE
21757thPlace
Fridley MN 55432
I am desperately looking lor
schematics and services informahan
for the Macintosh Plus, especially
the power SUpplyfsweep
board.
Tom Cronick N5FOI
2010 W. 8th Street
Ode-ssa TX 79763
I need a schematiC/services in-
speci al pocket computer to calculate
orbits using Karl Meinzer's
DJ4ZC program.
73: Can you relate any specrncar­
Iy Russian ham jargon words?
l .l.: There's one I can think of.
We often address each other as
r oe Ishort for tcvansbcn, meaning
"comrade"- Ed.}
73: Well, we've arrived at the end
of the interview. One last question:
Do you lifld a big difference
between hams here and in the S0viet
Union?
l .l.: Yes, and this isa poinl I want
to emphasize. Ma ny amateurs
here have a great interest in the
latest developments in the hobby.
I encourage Soviet hams to begin
to focus more on the technical
side of amateur radio. We have
a lot of " sccnmen. veucn as
OX contesters, b ut we reall y
need to get more experimen ters,
more people interested in keeping
up with tne retest developmen
ts.fJI
Number38 onYIXl' Fftdb.ck u rd
Your Bulletin Board
fa for a Gemtronics Model GT-25
VHF Marine-Band transceiver.
Thanks.
Bob Raker WB8ZFF
2459 Ambassador Orlve
Cincinnati OH 45231
Need schematic or photocopy
01 manuals for the following:
Gonset 3--30 convener, Hamcrafter
S53A and 585 receiver.
Will gladly pay copyi ng and mailingcosts.
Cleve- Svetlik K8NZY
2545 Brainard Road
Cleveland OH 44124-4503
WANTED: Service manual afld
schematic !or YAESU FT-2F, 2
meter transceiver. Will pay lor duplication
and mailing
Frank Ivey
35 Mahon!a Cr.
Sierra Vista A.Z 85635
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