GBPPR 'Zine

Issue #65

The Monthly Journal of the American Hacker

September 2009

"... grievous mental suffering inflicted upon Libellant by Libellee" Listed reason on the March 10, 1964 divorce papers between Stanley Ann Obama (Libellant) and Barack Hussein Obama (Libellee). I wonder if we can divorce the U.S. from our Barack Hussein Obama! LOL! Change!
Table of Contents Page 2 / Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS (Part 3) Translation and recent change implementation prodcedures for the ISPI interface under a #1A ESS. Page 18 / GBPPR Homebrew Radar Experiment: HighVoltage Power Supply Beginning experiment to construct all the parts for your own radar system. Page 31 / GBPPR Homebrew Radar Experiment: PulseForming Network Ideas to construct the main pulselength determining component in a radar system. Page 46 / Motorola Bag Phone RF Info RF power output and spectrum plot for an old Motorola bagstyle cellular phone. Page 47 / Bonus Heathkit H100 Ad Page 48 / The End Editorial and rants.

Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

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Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

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Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

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Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

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Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

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Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

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Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

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Intelligent Simplex Peripheral Interface / #1A ESS

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GBPPR Homebrew Radar Experiment

HighVoltage Power Supply
Overview One of the biggest experiments I've always wanted to work on is a homebrew radar system. No, not some pussy ultrasonic range finder using premade kits, but a true highpower pulse (and maybe Doppler) radar system. And I think it's now possible... This project will be continuously "in development." I have no idea if the final outcome will even work, but I'll try to make all the experiments public and fairlywell documented. The overall work will be done in a series of subsections over the next few months (or even years). If it all works great. If it doesn't... It'll look cool, and you'll have nice beacon to attract antiradiation missles. The first series of this radar project will be building fairly wellregulated and stable highvoltage power supply. This project will be mostly a tweaking of the "Simple 4 kVDC Power Supply" project from GBPPR 'Zine, Issue #47. Be sure to refer to that article for all the nittygritty details on using microwave oven highvoltage transformers in highvoltage power supply applications. This power supply's main rework will be the addition of a 0120 VAC Variac on the microwave oven transformer's primary input. The Variac will allow you to "regulate" the transformer's final output voltage between 01,900 VAC. Since the output current and voltage requirements for a radar system are surprisingly not too demanding, we can eliminate alot of the highvoltage filtering capacitors and easily beefup the diode bridge rectifier circuit. A conventional bridge rectifier circuit will be on the secondary output of the microwave oven transformer to give a maximum DC voltage output of around 2,500 volts (1,900 * 1.414). Regulating the transformer's primary input AC voltage to approximately 91 volts will give a final (unloaded) DC output of around 2,000 volts. Radar Block Diagram

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Pictures & Construction Notes

0.55 F / 2,300 VAC microwave oven voltagedoubling capacitor. First, we'll show a little tip to salvage 10 Megaohm resistors capable of operating at highvoltages (2+ kilovolts). Every highvoltage microwave oven capacitor should have an internal 10 Megaohm resistor across the leads to help drain the highvoltage charge when the AC power is off. We can salvage these resistors for use in highvoltage divider networks or for drain resistors in your own power supply circuits.

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Start by cutting the bottom off the capacitor with a hacksaw. The capacitor will leak its dielectric fluid, so be prepared. The fluid should be nontoxic, but be careful.

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Use a needlenose pliers to pull out the wrapped foil package which makes up the actual capacitor. It will be attached by its two leads, but should easily pull out with just a quick tug. You'll want to then begin peeling back the outside case of the capacitor. This should expose the resistor across the capacitor's two terminals. The resistor will be mounted on a ceramic substrate, so be careful removing it so it doesn't crack. You can clip or unsolder the leads, as necessary.

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Salvaging the original 4 kV power supply circuit. Remove the internal components, leaving the AC input socket, fuse, neon lamp, AC line filter, and power switch. We'll be adding a separate fuse to protect the output of the Variac. The BNC connector will be an optional "HighVoltage Test Point" for monitoring the power supply's DC output via a "divideby100" resistive network. It think the BNC connector should have been an isolated version to help keep a singlepoint ground.

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Mount the Variac to the frontpanel of the case. The little green blob on the Variac's AC input is a surgesuppression PTC resistor from an old computer/monitor switching power supply. This is used to limit the input current rush on power up. The blue series capacitorresistor network form a snubber to clamp any voltage spikes from the Variac's primary winding on power up or down.

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Install the highvoltage filtering capacitors. Shown here are two Aerovox 2 F, 2,000 WVDC capacitors I found at a hamfest. Several paralleled microwave oven capacitors will also work, but try to keep them all the same value. Be sure to take proper highvoltage contruction and mounting considerations into play when working around these capacitors. The AC output of the Variac connects to the terminal block shown on the top of the picture.

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Solidstate, highvoltage bridge rectifier circuit. The four diodes are HVPR1606, but you can also use the highvoltage diodes from a microwave oven's voltagedoubler circuit, if they're the same. Each of the highvoltage diodes has a 3,300 pF / 3 kV capacitor across it. These are to help suppress any switching transients. The red capacitor is a 8,200 pF / 3 kV, and is wired across the microwave oven transformer's secondary output. This is to also help suppress any highvoltage transients.

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Completed highvoltage power supply internal overview. A 10 ohm / 5 watt resistor was added in series from the bridge rectifier's positive DC output to help tame any current surges which could destroy the highvoltage diodes. The microwave oven transformer is mounted against a sheet of rubber gasket to dampen any vibrations. The transformer doesn't need any extra highvoltage isolation in this application.

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Completed highvoltage power supply internal overview. Alternate view. Note the 10 Megaohm resistor across one of the highvoltage filtering capacitors on the right. Also note the use of rubber grommets and zip ties to isolate and secure any wires carrying highvoltage. The highvoltage output is via the two isolated banana jacks on the upperright. A ferrite bead was slipped over the positive output wire. The output of the Variac is tapped, ran through a fuse, and sent to the banana jacks on the upperleft.

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Overview showing behind the frontpanel and the Variac wiring.

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Completed highvoltage power supply overview. The final DC output is adjustable from 0 to 2,500 VDC, but we'll only be using an output of 2,000 VDC for this radar project. The BNC jack provides a "divideby100" voltage test point. It should read "20 Volts" when the power supply is set to an output of 2,000 VDC.

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GBPPR Homebrew Radar Experiment

PulseForming Network
Overview The main component in a radar system that determines the RF pulse length is a passive circuit called the PulseForming Network (PFN). This circuit is essentially a lumpedcomponent inductor/capacitor version of a long piece of coaxial cable, in that is has a delay time and impedance. The number of inductor/capacitor sections in the pulseforming network determines the overall pulse length, usually a microsecond or so. The ratio of inductor/capacitors also sets the impedance of the PFN. The impedance will stay the same, regardless of the number of L/C sections, provided the inductors/capacitors maintain the same value. When operating, the PFN is charged to a highvoltage DC potential (we'll be using 2,000 volts) and is quickly discharged to ground using a thyratron or other type of highspeed trigger. Since the PFN is connected in series with the pulse transformer's primary, the discharge induces a large voltage spike equal to onehalf the charging voltage in the pulse transformer's primary windings. This voltage pulse is equal in length to the PFN's delay time. The voltage pulse is further steppedup via the pulse transformer's secondary winding and is finally applied to the magnetron's cathode. The PFN's impedance is also steppedup via the pulse transformer to help match the magnetron's operating impedance, which is usually around 1,200 ohms. Impedance matching helps to keep the transmitted RF pulse from being "deformed." Pulse transformer operation will be covered in better detail in an upcoming article. The PFN we'll be using is the most widely used version, the typeE pulseforming transmission line. This consists of a single ferrite core with a number of winding taps for the capacitors.

Example: Using five 10 H inductors and five 1,000 pF capacitors; you would have a PFN with a pulse width of 1 S and an impedance of 100 ohms.

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Pictures & Construction Notes

Parts for our homebrew pulseforming network. The main L/C components are a 10 mm diameter ferrite rod antenna from an old "autosetting" clock (CMAX CMA60100 or similar), and five 1,000 pF / 4 kV capacitors. The inductors will be wound on the ferrite rod using #22 enameled wire. The ferrite rod will be attached to an optional fiberglass base using two rubber grommets to isolate and secure it. The white square things are adhesivebacked cable tie mounts. Optional solderterminals will be used for holding one end of the capacitors. This is all a total hack, and I'm not even sure it's correct. I've never even seen a PFN in reallife. Seriously...

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Forming the inductors. To help secure the windings, wrap the ferrite rod with some doublesided sticky tape. Wind about 12 turns of #22 enameled wire to make a 10 H inductor. You may need to tweak the number of required turns, depending on the composition of the ferrite rod. Make the five inductor sections, as shown above, then secure the windings with some Qdope or other type of glue. Be sure to leave a little space on the ferrite rod to attach the grommets. The PFN will generate highcurrents, but only for a short time, so it pays to use heavier gauge wire.

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When finished, secure and wrap the inductors with a few turns of Teflon plumbers tape. Attach the ferrite rod to the base by wrapping zip ties around the grommets and attaching them to adhesivebacked mounting points on the base. Mounting the PFN on a separate base is optional, but should help to make it easier to swap out if you need to change the radar's pulse length.

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Completed pulseforming network. One lead of the highvoltage 1,000 pF capacitors is soldered to a terminal, the other is supported by the inductor windings. The highvoltage DC charging positive input is via the terminal on the lowerleft. The output is via any other terminal. The entire PFN assembly will be mounted on standoffs to allow for highvoltage isolation. A very detailed description of how pulseforming networks operation (and other radar operations) is available in the "U.S. Army Aviation Course Subcourse MM5005: Radar Transmitter" manual. This manual is available online at: http://www.tpub.com/content/armymunitions/mm50058/index.htm

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A Textbook of Radar (Pulled from Google Books, so it is missing a few pages.)

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Microwaves and Radar Electronics (Excerpt from Chapter 5 Pulse Circuits)

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Motorola Bag Phone RF Info

Overview Finally got a chance to look at an old Motorola bagstyle cellular phone on an IFR1200S service monitor. RF power output and a spectrum analyzer shot are shown before. The phone was in "test mode," with pin 21 on the DB25 tied to ground. The test frequency was 837.000 MHz. Enter 110400# on the keypad while in test mode to set the phone to that frequency. The phone's RF output power is set with the 12x# keypad entry. Where "x" is either 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4. Highest output power is with the "120#" option. The RF output seemed unstable while on the "124#" option, so stick with "123#" and pad down the RF power level with a resistive attenuator pad. Most commerical doublebalanced mixers needs a +7, +10, +13, or +17 dBm input LO signal, if you use the phone for this application.
Motorola Test Mode Command 120# 121# 122# 123# 124# 125# 126# 127# 128# 129# RF Output Power (Watts) 2.57 0.85 0.30 0.10 0.02 No RF Output No RF Output No RF Output No RF Output No RF Output RF Output Power (dBm) +34.1 +29.3 +24.8 +20.0 +13 No RF Output No RF Output No RF Output No RF Output No RF Output

Spectrum analyzer screen capture of a Motorola bagstyle cellular phone, in testmode, transmitting at 837 MHz. The horizontal setting is 20 kHz per division. Vertical is 10 dB per division. 46

Bonus

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Any Questions? Editorial and Rants Michael Moore sure hates capitalism! From: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/09/tomichaelmoorecapitalismisevil.html Just some data for if you run a piece on Michael Moore's new movie. Capitalism sure has been evil for Mike. For reference, Torch Lake is among the two or three most desirable places to live in Northern Michigan. Normally, Michael Moore says that Traverse City (96% White!) is his adopted hometown, or lies and says that he lives in Bellaire, like he has some kind of log cabin in the woods. Nope, his home is an expensive house on 150 ft. of lake frontage.
Property Information Owner Name(s): Property Address: Current Taxable Value: School District: Current Assessment: Current Homestead: Current Property Class: Last Year's Assessment: Last Year's Homestead: Last Year's Property Class: Lake Frontage: Waterfront Footage: Michael Moore & Kathleen Glynn Central Lake, MI 49622 $390,976 Bellaire $647,200 100% 40 Residential $647,200 100% 40 Residential Torch Lake 150.48 ft.

"Get me some fried chicken! Errr... Capitalism is bad!"

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Back on June 8th, Barack Obama promised to speed up the stimulus projects over the summer and to "create or save" 600,000 jobs. The AP reported: "President Barack Obama is promising to speed federal money into hundreds of public works projects this summer, vowing that 600,000 jobs will be created or saved." The U.S. lost 443,000 jobs in June. The U.S. lost 247,000 jobs in July. The U.S. lost 216,000 jobs in August. Instead of creating or saving 600,000 jobs this summer, the U.S. lost 935,000 instead. The unemployment rate is at 9.7%, the highest rate in 26 years. Thanks Barack.

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Wait... You mean the mainstream media can't be trusted? Public Trust in U.S. Media Eroding: Pew Study September 14, 2009 From: news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AFP) Public trust in the U.S. media is eroding and increasing numbers of Americans believe news coverage is inaccurate and biased, according to a study released on Monday. Just 29 percent of the 1,506 adults surveyed by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press between July 2226 said news organizations generally get the facts straight. Sixtythree percent said news stories are often inaccurate, up from 34 percent in a 1985 study, Pew said. Sixty percent of those polled said the press is biased, up from 45 percent in 1985. Just 26 percent in the latest survey said that news organizations are careful their reporting is not politically biased. Seventyfour percent said news organizations tend to favor one side in dealing with political and social issues. Eighteen percent said they deal fairly with all sides. Pew said Republicans tend to be more critical of the news media than Democrats although negative attitudes toward the news media were also increasing among Democrats. Fiftynine percent of those who identified themselves as Democrats said news organizations are often inaccurate, up from 43 percent just two years ago. Twothirds of the Democrats polled said the press tends to favor one side rather than to treat all sides fairly, up from 54 percent in 2007. Just 20 percent of those polled said news organizations are independent of powerful people and organizations and only 21 percent said they are willing to admit their mistakes. The poll found television remained the dominant news source for the public, with 71 percent saying they get most of their national and international news from television. Fortytwo percent said they get most of their news from the Internet compared with 33 percent who cited newspapers. Fiftynine percent rated news organizations as "highly professional," down from 66 percent two years ago and 72 percent in 1985. Sixtytwo percent of those polled said news organizations are being fair to the Obama administration while 23 percent said media coverage has been unfair. Forty percent said the major cable news outlets CNN, Fox News and MSNBC were their main source for national and international news with 22 percent saying they relied on CNN, 19 percent on Fox and six percent on MSNBC. Seventytwo percent of Republicans view Fox News positively compared with just 43 percent of Democrats. 56

Those polled were starkly divided along party lines when it came to the New York Times. Republicans viewed the Times negatively by a margin of 31 percent to 16 percent while Democrats viewed it positively by 39 percent to eight percent margin. Sixtyeight percent of those polled said it would be a major loss if large national newspapers like the Times, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal were to stop publishing. The survey had a margin of error of between plus or minus three percentage points.

Gee... I can't imagine why!

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