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 ,

10 a f antastic rad io my grand·

fat her in littleton, New Hamp-
Shire had.. ,with a shortwave
band on it! Wow! There were all
those foreign broadca st sta-
tions...and a myriad of hams. I
was a rely-poly kid, but t he taml-
ly still had trouble tearing me
away from the twen ty-meter
ham band to eat.

W2NSD/1
It was at just t his Jun cture
tha t some hend dumped a box
of radio parts in my lap one Sun-
day at church. Most of t he parts

NEVER SAY DIE were brand new and In their orig.

inal cartons, so I couldn't just
throw them away. Oh, I tried to
editorial by Wayne Green sell t hem to the local radio re-
pai rman (now gone the way of
the ice man), but he sneered at
HOOKED My first exposure to amateur Like a time bomb ticking the parts as entroues. Popular
You know, alter over forty radio must have made a strong away, that experience lay hid- Mechanics had a radio con-
years 01 hamming I still don't impression, because after 50 den, waiting for the spark of pu- struction project each month,
know exactly what it is that years I still remember it. Yep, berty to set it 011. By 14, I was al- many 01 them using parts Just
grabs the interest of a teenager sonny, I was a shaver of ten and ready lamiliar with the excite- like those in my collection, so I
and turns him f rom a normal rot- while visiting t he best friends of ment of the police calls at the pu t t oc etner a radio in an ol d ci·
te n kid into a raving elec t ronic my grandparent s In Bethlehem , top of the broadcas t radio dia l. gar box ...and unfort unately it
maniac. I'm to ld by the dodder- New Ha mpshire, I met Har ry Then all it took was an exposure worked. I was hooked.
ing grey·bearded old·timers w ho Stevenson W1CUN. His mother,
have taken over most of the ham along with Johnny Macauley,
clubs in the country that young- ran the Valley View Inn. That
ste rs are exposed to the whole 55 HOME·BREW II CONTEST 55
was back in t he heyday of hotels
world on t elevision and thus fi nd in Bet hlehem. . .3O ho tels and Between now and October 1, we'll be looking for articles oe-
mne exci t ing about talking to 100 rooming houses, the bill· scribing Ihe best home-brew projects in the land fo r under
wei rd places. board at t he en try to town said. $50. All usef ul projects will be published in 73, and the cre am
Hmmm. I'm not convinced. Harry was silting t here racont- 01 the crop will share $500 in cash prizes. Top prize in the con-
No, amateur rad io didn't ereou- cally talking on a 75m rig . ..a lest is 5250, with $100 going to the second place project and
ally die off. It was killed with one breadboard construction with a $50 10 each of three honorable mentions. These prizes are
brew back in 1963. Before that it big copper tube finat coil. He over and above the payment that all authors receive for nav-
had been growing at 11% per didn't pay a lot of atlention to ing their articles published in 73.
year lor 17 years, ri ght on up the visi ting kid. It didn't occur to
Contest Rule s
through the evo lut ion of televi- me, at ten, that I m ight ever be
sion. TV never even slowed it able t o unde rstand the w izardry 1. All entries must be received by October 1, 1982. To enter,
down. of that mass o f wires and tubes. write an article describing your best ncme.erew construction
project. and submit the article to 73 Magazme. Any co nstrue-
non article received before the October 1deadline is automat-
ically entered in the contest . Any entries tor the lirst Horne-
HOME,BREW CONTEST WINNERS brew Contest which meelthe $50 requirement lor Heme-brew
e tst place, $250 prize: " Smart Sque lch lor Slnqle-Sldeband II will be automatically entered, II you haven't written for 73
Receivers" by Fra nk Reid W9MKV and David Link W9 YAN, batore, please send an SASE l or a copy of our aut hor ' s guide.
both of Bloomington IN. 2. The total cost 01 the project must not exceed 550, even il all
. 2nd place, $100 prize: "Six-Meter Double-Sideband QRP parts are purchased new. Be sure to include a detailed parts
'rransmttter" by Larry Jack KL7GLK 01 Annapolis MD. list. with prices.
• Honorable mention, $50 each: " MS·1 Function Circuit" by 3. All parts used in the project must be available to the aver-
Mike Strange WA2BHB, Pine Hill NJ, "Sptattometer" by age radio amateur or electronics experimenter, To be on the
Penn Clower W 1BG, Andover MA, and " Weather Converter sale side, include sources for any unusual components.
for Your two- Meter Rig" by Paul Danzer N11l, Norwalk CT. 4. Projects will be judged by the 73 technical stafl on the ba-
We're sure you have heard it said tha t "hams are not build- sis of usetufoess. reproducibility, economy of design, and
ing anymo re; they're just appliance operators." Well, 73's clarity 01 presentation. The decision of the judges is linaL
Home-brew Contest proves t hat rumor to be baloney. We were 5. All projects must be original,l.e., not previously published
literally buried with entries. The winning projects show that elsewhere.
hams are not only building, but that they are still innovating, 6. All rights to articles purchased for publication become the
100. property of 73 Magazme.
Our edi torial stall burned the midnight oil in early April, Send your entries to:
choosing live f inali st s from more t han 100 entries. The wtn-
Heme- Brew II Contest
ners were t hen picked by th ree of 73's veteran home-brewers:
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issues of 73. In the meantime, keep your soldering iron
hot -73 is having another contest. This time there will be a Winners will be announced in the December, 1982, issue of
$50 limit for the project's parts, 73. Have fun!

6 73 Magazine. June, 1982

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Engineer. MOforo la
1501 Ed Bluestem Blvd
Austin TX 78711
Build This Digital Vfo
- a microprocessor makes it simple
Ed. Note: The MC680ST2l2 microprocessor rc used in thi s proj ect must be ordered directly f rom Mol orola. Send a money order only (no
checks) f or $11.50, payable 10 Motarolll, l o: Ti m Ahren s, Mol orota, 3501 Ed Bluest ein Blvd., Au stin TX 78721 , Attention: Mall Stop l ·2787.
T his a rticle describes a
m rc r o p r oc e sso r-c o n-
tro lled vfo wh ich ma y be
used as a remote vfo fo r ex-
ist ing st ations o r incorpo-
rated into new rad io-system
design s. The vfo features
ten battery -hacked -up
memories. keypad entry of
frequency. up/down scan-
ning, a real -time clock. plus
a liquid c rysta l displav.
As a remote, the vfo
tu nes f rom 5 to b M Hz in
12 73 Magazine · June, 1982
100-H z incremen ts and is d i-
rectl y com pat ib le wi t h ra-
d ios wh ich use a 5-t0-5,5-
MHz i n t ern al v fo (e .g .,
FT·1 01, FT-10l, etc.). If us-
ing one of t hese radio s, on ly
small modifications within
the radio are req u ir ed to al-
low the remote vfo to
change bands at t he touch
of a finger!
M icropro cessor Select ion
Th e vfo is d esign ed a·
rou nd M otorol a's M C6805T2
mi croprocessor. Within thi s
mu lti-f un c t ion c hi p (now
called a m icr o comput in g
un it - MCU- because o f
all the integrated f unctions
on boa rd ), I/O plays a very
important pa rt . This is the
portion of the Meu which
does the actua l commu ni-
cating w ith sw it ches, LED s,
b ell s, and whis t les . The
M Cb80 5T2 M CU used in
t hi s pro ject (we w il l refer t o
it as t he " T2") has a smal l
am ou nt o f RAM, ROM (2.5
K bytes), a t im er, p arall el
I/O li nes, and one o ther fea-
ture t hat m ak es it ideal in
the radio environment -a
bu ilt-in frequency synthe-
sizer. A block diagram of
the synthesizer is shown in
Fig.1(a); Fig.1(b) is a bl ock
dia gram of t he entire v fo.
The vco signa l w h ich is
fed bac k into the T2 may
ha ve an am p lit ud e as low
as one-h alf volt and be as
f ast as 16 M Hz . With exter-
nal prescal in g, th e vco fr e-
qu ency m ay be consider-
ably higher. H ow ever, any
ex terna l p resca ling wi ll
m ul t ip ly the step size by
the p rescaling factor.
In addition to its on-chip
synthesizer, t he T2 contai ns
enough RO M to hold all the
softw are need ed f or the vfo
co nt rol progra m . In fact,
t he T2 w ith t he vfo program
in RO M is av ail ab le fr om
any Motor ol a d istr ibutor .
A n alternat iv e to the T2 is
the M C68 70 5P3 MP U. The
P3 is very sim ila r to the T2
except t hat it requi res an
externa l synthesizer and it
co ntains on-board EPRO M
ins t ead of ROM . T h e
EPROM on t he P3 is use r-
p rog ram mab le . so yo u
should u se t he P3 if you
need a cont ro l program
o t her th an th e o ne av ail -
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Using th e Vfo Fig. 1(a). Block diagram o f synthesizer on MC6805T2 MCV chip.
Up on p o w e r-u p , t he
MCU read s t he last-ente red
freque nc y from the RAM IY 'O H Eo• • eo
foll owed using the "down"
o n board a battery-backed- ke y. vee F([ O• • CO
up MC146818 clock c hip, To se t the tim e, press
e nte rs it into the synthesiz- " r e c a l l" f ollow e d b y HYlO."O OI$ PL . ·
e r, a nd d isp lays it. If power- " me mory." At thi s time, th e
ing up from a "dea d" sys- di spl a y will show EEEEEE , .. .. EA
tem (no ba tte ry backu p),
garbage will be both d is-
played a nd e nte red into the
si gni fying that th e t ime ma y
now be e ntered . Enter the
time in 24-hou r fo rmat, a nd
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placed into the clock c hip's
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ke yboard . When th e d is-
play shows the frequen cy
desired, dep res s " e nte r"
a nd the Pll syste m will be
set up. By e nte ring the fre-
qu en cy in thi s manne r. it is
a lso sto red in RAM so that
if a power failure sho uld oc-
cur, th e correct freque ncy
will be read from the bat-
tery-backed-up syste m and
the Pl l restored .
If the displayed freque n-
cy is to be store d into mem-
ory for la te r recall , press
" me mo ry" foll owed by a
digit, 0-9. To re tr ieve a pre-
viously stored frequ e ncy,
press " reca ll" fo llowed by
the desired d igit. All of
these me mories have bat-
tery back up.
If yo u wa nt to move up in
fr eq uency, press a nd hold
the " up" bu tton. If yo u
wan t to go up fast , press
a nd hold the "fast" button
at th e sa me time . The fre-
quency will go up until it
rea ches XX .999.9, a t wh ich
t ime it will roll ove r to
XX 000.0. To make the sys-
tem go down in frequen cy,
the same proced ure may be
regist ers a nd time-keepi ng
will comme nce. Whe n "e n-
ter" is depressed , the fre-
quency th a t was on the d is-
p la y befo re se tt ing th e
clock wil l be restored to the
d isplay. The actua l Pll sys-
tems are not disturbed by
e nte ring into e it he r th is
mode o r the time-di spl ay
mode .
To di splay the time with
an update every second ,
press " reca ll" foll owed by
"e nte r," You may exit thi s
mode by press ing any ke y,
whic h will retu rn th e d is-
pla y to the previou s fre-
quency.
As you ca n see, the com-
bination of the M( 680ST2
M( U and the MC14681 8
clock c hip provides the ra-
dio desi gne r with ca pa bili-
t ies th at far surpass th e pre-
vio usly ac ce pta ble meth-
od s of frequ en cy co ntro l.
The 6818 may be omitted ,
but th e c loc k featur e ,
sto red freque ncies, a nd the
battery bac kup of them wil l
al so be de leted .
Vfo Circuit Design
The rf ci rcu itry I used is
Fig. 1(b). Block. diagra m of entire m icropro cessor-controlfed
vio.
give n in Fig . 2, whil e the rn lng network, 1QO-Hz step-
MCU a nd its peripheral s are ping increments may be re-
shown in Fig . 3. a lized . The output of t he
summing netwo rk is use d as
As the MCU 's minim um a n "offse t" voltage to shift
ste p is 1 kHz, some method the freq uency o f the vfo .
o f ref inem ent must be in- Because the frequ en cy wil l
co rpora ted because 1 kHz be lo cked (basically to it-
is not a deq uate resoluti on se lf), c ha nging the main vco
in th e HF band s. By using frequency would achieve
four of the I/O lines from nothing. There a re, how-
the MCU fo r a voltage-sum - eve r, t w o m eth o d s of
PARTS AVAILABILITY
The varactor d iodes (0 2 and 0 3) and mo st 0 1the integrated
ci rcuit s used in this project are Motoro la devices and are
available from Motorola d istributo rs. In many part s 01 the
co unt ry, Hamilton-Avnet Electronic s is a source l or t hese
parts. Excluding the LCD unit , a set of ICs for this project
should co st between $45 a nd $70, depend ing o n wh ich m icro-
processo r you select for your version.
The MD108 double-balanced m ixer is available for $12 cc et-
paid from A NZAC, 180 Cambridge St., Burlington MA 01803. A
good selection of co ils and forms can be fou nd at AA DIOKI T,
Box 411S, Greenville NH 03048.
Parts, as well as ci rc uit boards, are also availab le from con-
....erercn Dynamics, 2218 Old Midd lef ield Way, Suite N, Moun-
ta in View CA 94043. Their ....ersron uses a double-sid ed PC
board and an LED rath er tha n LCD frequ enc y di splay. W rite to
them lor more deta ils .
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changin g the frequen c y a l com me rcia l transcei vers mod ificat ions in t he fil ters The di splay po rtion o f
wh ich would not affect the u se th is m e t hod . In fac t. sho u ld be m ad e . From th is. t he sys te m u se s the
PLl system its elf ; Shift the Ieo m 's IC-73 0 use s th is it ma y be see n that almost M C145000 mul t ipl exed
referen ce frequ en cy. or u se met hod to generate 1O-H z a ny freq uen cy m ay be gen- LCD driver a nd an 8-d igit
an a uxiliary va riable c rys tal steps ! Fig. 4, a spect ru m an- e rated fro m t he vfo by sim- LCD, a lt ho u g h on ly s ix
osc illator (vxo) and t hen a lyze r photo, s ho ws the ac- ply c ha ng ing the vxo c rvs- d igits a re used.
mix t he two f requ en cies to- tu al vto ou tpu t. ta I. Th e M C145000 req u ire s a
gether . Th e 1 8 .3 6 0 -M H z vx o to tal of fo ur line s -power,
The f irst method w a s c ryst a l (Y4) was c hosen be- Th e M CU a nd Clock Circu it grou nd , cl ock, a nd da ta .
tried init ially. but d ue to the c a use I had one; it is a A vers ion of the MC6805T2 This me ans tha t the d isplay
low frequen cy of th e crys- 146.88-MH z t ra nsm it c rys- is ava ilable from Motorola may be lo cated away from
ta l, I could not pull th e o s- ta l for a n HT·144 . Either of wh ic h al ready cont a ins in the main PC bo ard . Th is
c ill ator f ar en ou gh o ff fre- two c rysta ls ma y be u sed in ROM t he program ne ces- ma kes for a lo t ea sie r con-
q uen c y t o pr o v ide th e t he osci llat o r. An 18.360- sa ry to f unction a s a vt o. st ruc t io n o f t he tot a l p ro j-
lQO- Hz shift and st ill have MHz or an 1 8 .860 -M Hz Th is part is c all ed an ec t! Since thi s is digital d a t a
prov isions for RIT. So the c rysta l may be selected by MC6805T2L2. The L2 sign i- o n two o f the line s, use no
sec ond method, of a n a uxil- a ju m per a nd a pul lup/pull· f ies a s p ec if ic program m ore t ha n a bout a foot o f
iary vxo. was tried . The down re s istor on pin 27 of w it h in a ce ra mic pa rt, in c a b le . Cu rr e n t c o ns u m p-
mai n v co t unes f rom 12.36 IC1 (see Fig . 3). Th e vco this c a se, the v fo so ftwa re . t io n is q u ite low w ith t his
to 13.36 MHz and is t hen mu st be adj us ted fo r t he The MCV is used to gat her CM O S d e v ice - about 75
m ixed w ith 18 .36 M Hz fr om crys ta l you c hoose , data fr om t he ke ybo ard and microamperes. As d ata is
th e vxo to pro vide t he nec- If a d ifferent freq uency exec u te any fun ct ion which sh if t e d in t o the 14 5000 ,
ess a ry 5-to-6-M H z s ig na l. range is to be co ve red by is " c a lle d up ." The lines every 8 bits will shift ove r
Thi s method of sh ift ing t he vfo . t he fr eq uency of used fo r I/O a re re p re se nt ed o ne c ha ra c ter from left to
through lOQ-Hz ste ps may t he vxo cryst a l mu st be by PAo-PA7 , PBo-P H7, a nd right. Even if o nly the right-
see m a bit c ru de, but sever- c ha nged , and appropria te PCo-PC2 . Port A is u sed for hand-most d igit is to be
14 73 Magazine . June, 1982
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Allhough designed for the MC6805T2, the vi a sott ware was programming 0 1 the MC68705P3. Fig. C is a sc hemat ic tor the
given th e ca pabil ity of using the MC68705P3 as a host MCU. programmer.
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Fhat's a pretty strong claim considering th e
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.et's look at some of th e feat ures ...
- KOK continues the tradition of being the ultimate in VHF FMmob ile
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iotrwere which makes all these new features possible. Plug in modules
Ire used for CTesS tone and diode matrix duplexing.
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_ Good aud io with the famous KDK audio output capability of 1.5
.wtts • .• you can't blowout our audio ICI
-RF power is a good, clean no spurious signal of 25 warn on high and
i watts (adjustable) on low.
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It 1 uv input. Better than .2 uv et 12 db SINAD. Squelch sensitivity
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Image ratio better than 70db. Double superhetrodyne. Transmitter uses
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c ha nged, all 6 digits mu st The Real-Time Clock also contains 50 bytes o f Fig. 5. D isp lay codes of LCD
be present to the 145000 (48 CMOS RAM This makes readout.
bit s worth)_Fig. 5 is a chart The MC146818 is a new the device an excellent
wh ich re lates bits to dig it device wh ich not onl y ha s a c hoice, since data in the
se gments. real-time clock in it, but RAM may eas ily be sa ved in In fa ct , b y u s ing an
a power-down cond ition. MC14069 inverter as a crys-
tal osci ll a tor at 32.768 kHz,
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eration c irc u it on c hip using a 4.194-MHz crystal
whic h requi res only a c rys- on the 6818 ! As with most
tal , resisto r, and two sma ll parts of this type, the fa ster
ca pacito rs to generate not the clock, the more c urrent
on ly th e time clock source, requ ired.
but a lso a clock signal fo r
The MC146818 may be
the rest of the system if de-
se t up in a 12f24-hour type
sired . If the c rysta l mode is
mode, plu s alarm s which
not chosen, the 6818 may
may be set to interrupt at
be driven with an external
a ny time, includ ing every
frequen cy o f 4_195 MHz ,
hour, minute, o r second . As
1 .048 MHz , o r 32.768 kHz .
shown in Fig. 6. there are 14
An internal register tells th e
regi sters required to se t up
6818 which frequen cy it is
thi s data, a nd the e nti re
on. [ have found that the
memory map looks like 64
6818 d raw s less powe r
RAM loca tio ns.
when operat ing at the low-
Fig. 4. Vfo output disp layed on soectrum analyzer. est freq ue ncy - 32.768 kHz. Although the MC146818
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clock output pin w hose 'fre- the b atteries from t he rest .,.
q uency is a derivat ive o f o f t he syste m and doesn't l.:.j~111 -

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nal re gister which controls
t he freque ncy of the SQW
pin can no t o nly c ha nge the
frequency of t he pin , but it
may al so turn it off . By se t-
ting th e fre q ue ncy o f t he
SQ W to so me rela ti vel y
high frequency (it is not
re all y t hat impo rta nt) and
providing some ex ternal fil -
tering, when the clock is on.
t he output of t he filter
repre sents a " o ne" co nd i-
tion, and when off , re pre-
se nts a " ze ro" condit ion!
This provide s a n extra I/O
pin .
Power Supply
To supply the MC146818
with voltage both when the
main system is off and on,
there need to be a few sma rts
involved . See Fig, 7. The
trick required is to use D6 to
initially ra ise the 5 volts
from IC7 o ne diod e drop
higher (.7 V), the n drop th e
su p p ly voltage (Vcc) to
bot h MCU and 6818 by sep-
arate diodes {0 4 a nd on
This ensu re s that both pa rts
20 73 Magazine· June, 1982
back into t hem w hen the
main vee is o n. If you a re
usin g mead s. a re sistor of
approp riate va lue c o u ld
repla ce the diode to a llow
cha rging during on time.
The va lue o f thi s resistor is
o f littl e conseq ue nce to the
6818 when t he m a in power
is off because t he cu rrent
consumption of the 6818 is
so lo w.
In add it ion to the volta ge
d ifferentia l. there is a not he r
con sid eration regarding the
chip e nable (CE) line of the
6816 , When the sys tem is
po wer ed down (m ain pow-
er). the CE line of t he 6818
shou ld be b rou ght high to
e nsu re that the pa rt is dese-
le c ted . Th is is easily accom-
plishe d by using a tra nsistor
(Q5 in Fig. 3) in the classica l
inverter sty le . The ba se is
t ied t o the M CU Vc c
{t hro ug h a n appropriate re-
sistor). a nd t he collector re-
sistor is t ied to the 6818
vee. W hen the sy stem is o n.
the collector is low, e n-
abling the 6818. but it goes
Fig. 7. Power supply. The regulat ed 12 V dc which d ri ves this
supply can often be der ived from yo ur tra nsce iver. O ther-
wise, a simp le 12·V-dc, l -A source should be construc ted.
.ev
high when the sys te m gets
turned off . , '" I'--
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Be cause I/O line s a re so • ,
va luabl e . eac h o ne com- I'J
m on ly is g iven more t ha n I'--
o ne f un ction. O f cou rse. "
every effo rt has been m ade "
to keep the nu m be r of line s I"-
requi red to a m inimum (by tho res
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but the re ar e inst a nces D&U ~
where large numbers o f I/O ( . ....(~ "LL """'S ...( IlISH.C
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pi ns a re required . For in- "ESET~
sta nce, t he 4 x 4 key pad re-
q u ire s e ight li nes just to de- Fig. B. M Hz-cou nter option.
code t he proper ke y. Yes. a
two-to-fou r decoder co u ld case, I c hose to " m u lt ip lex"
have been p lac ed extern al t he data line s fo r the cl o ck
to the MCU wh ich would o n t he sa m e I/O lines as
free up two ad d it iona l lines, tho se requir ed for th e
b u t it a lso wou ld have re- keyboa rd .
q u ired an e xterna l d evice to The wa y the so ft wa re
perfo rm t hat function. The works. im m ed ia te ly after a
system designer mu st m ake key is re lea sed . e.g.. t he
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Fig. 9(a). This circuit provides automatic bandswirching for I
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the FT·70? Afternative connect io ns ma y be required for the I

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FT-107 o r o ther radios. Be sure to p lace the FT·lO? band-
switch in the unused position when this hardware is con- 1 I , lI£"U.cn
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nected.
Fig. 11. M ode switc hing for rigs wh ich d ispla y actua l
ADDRESS DATA co mplete . While in the operat ing freq uency (not carrier freq uenc y).
S03 $80 tim e-di splay mod e. once
$07 $40 eve ry seco nd a n interru pt is
$1 0 $20
generated. As soon as the ."
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$14 $10
$18
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MCU recogn izes this inter-
ru pt, the MCU read s the .
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time from the 6818 and dis- •• ON 'A"H
$24
$28
$02
$01 plays it. As soon as that " 2~

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eccee
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$29 S03 data is read . the MCU is re- I
All ot her loc at io ns are $00. configu red for a keyboard
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$ denotes hexadecimal notation.

Fig. 9(b). This program m ust

entry . The rest of the one-
seco nd pe riod, the MCU is
wa iti ng for a button to be ill
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0
,." ,.". ..
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be burned into the 74LS470
PROM of bandswirching cir-
pu sh ed . The amou nt of r---
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cuit.
time req uired to read the
time (< 50 J.ls) is the onl y ... I
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tion reg ister s in the M CU

are set up to talk to the
time that depressing a key
could possib ly d isturb the
actual data read , But since I
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6818. Data is then trans- any ke y depression would ~...:'~~~~~ 8010"~

ferred to the 6816'5 RAM . be greater th an 20 ms. the stT " 'T AOIO flf'E Tu.. E FOIl ..'0 ~~, ~,o..
As soon as the data tran sfer incorrect frequen cy wou ld TtJRoo 000 "" ."0 rU NE FO" nAT NOTE
TU"N Of F AND AO, UST "A O F O" SA "E P il e ..
is com plete. the MCU is re- be disp layed, then immedi- uSE AS REQ UIRED

configu red for inputs from ate ly jump out of the time-
the ke yboard. The actual Fig. 12. Adding R IT and fine tu ning to the vto. M ost o f these
display mode and red isplay
transfer time is so short components mo unt on the main circ uit board.
the last frequen c y.
« 300 J.ls) that no matter
how hard the operator tries. Band and Mode Switching b and tran scei ver , so me te m wh ich MHz segme nt it
he cannot hit another key For the vfo to be used method mu st be prov ided is o n. This funct ion is imp le-
bef ore the data transfer is co nve nie nt ly with a multi- to tell the external Pll svs- mented as fo llows.
22 73 Magazine . June, 1962
 Whenever the f requen cy Fig . 10 show s a block dia- MODE DISPLAY VFO PURPOSE
is sent to t he on-board syn- gram o f this radio. (PC2.1,O) FREQUENCY
t hesi zer, t he two m ost sig- The v f o prov ides t he ac- 000 3.‫סס‬OO 5.‫סס‬OO INVERTED 8O-20M
nificant di gits (M Hz) are tual frequen cy select io n, 3.9999 5.9999 AUTO REV ON 20
sent seria l ly to the data p in with the displ ay present ing 14 .‫סס‬OO 5.9999 MHZ NOT SENT
(PCO). If o pera t ing on 5 th e operato r with the ca r- 14.9999 5.‫סס‬OO PC2 1 = 80
MHz . the seq u en c e o f rier frequency . If yo u are 0 =20
events is: (1) set up the upgrading a standa rd radio 001 XX.OOOO 5.5000 FT107 MODE
Sob-M Hz syn the size r. ( 2) suc h as Heath o r Coll ins XX.5000 5.‫סס‬OO MHZ SENT
pulse t he SQW p in of t he where there was an analog 0 10 XX.OOOO 5.9999 INVERTED
6818 (resets the exte rnal m ethod o f readout, there XX.9999 5 .‫סס‬OO MHZ SENT
cou nter). (3) set the cl ock will be no problem in con-
ena ble pin (allows clock version . But if you ar e
101 xx.oooo 5.‫סס‬OO NORMAL
XX.9999 5.9999 MHZ SENT
line to inc remen t counter), al rea dy u smg a d igit al
(4) send out five pul ses (for readout t hat d ispl ays not 110 3.‫סס‬OO 5.9999 BO-2OM
5 MH z), (5) clea r the clock the ca rr ier frequency, but 3.9999 5 .‫סס‬OO AUTO REV ON 20
14.CKX>O 5 .‫סס‬OO MHZ NOT SENT
enable pin. and (b) conti nue the ac t ua l " talk frequen-
14.9999 5.9999 PC21=80
w ith program . cy," t he n an addi t ional
0 =20
m od if ica t io n m ust be made
The c ircuit f or a sim ple
to t he syst em . Th is mod w ill Ta ble 1. Vfo o p tions. M CV 110 pins PCO, PO, and PCl are
decod ing schem e using t he shift the reference oscilla- strapped to 1 (+ 5 V] or 0 (gro u nd), depending on the vfo
MC14S18 du al-BCD count-
to r by 1.5 kH z, eit her up or mode yo u select.
er is show n in Fig. 8. O ne
u se for t he ou tpu ts from t he
counter is to prov ide au to-
mat ic bandswitc hing. Parts List Y4 18.36 or 18.86 MHz
Component Value(Q) Ouantity RYl Relay (RIT) 1
Refer ences w ere made Rl ,8.14 47 3 C1 ,2.7,10,11 .13.43, .1 " F 17
earl ier to bandswitching o n R2,35 22' 2 44.14,15,16,18.26,
an H -107 or H -707. Fig. 9(a) R11 ,16,29 100' 3 27,45,46,49
shows how it m ay be ac- R4 5.6k 1 C3,04 300 pF 2
compli shed . By taking the R. 910 1 C5 200 pF 1
outputs o f the binary de- R7,15 600 2 C6 .47 " F 1
R9 270 1 C8 65 pF 1
coder o f Fig. 8 and runn ing
Rl0 SOk pot (sma ll) 1 C9 91 pF 1
them into a 74LS470 Pro- R12,1 3,15,26, 15' 7 C12,20,24,28,3O 1000 pF 5
grammable Read O n ly 27,28,30 C17,19 82 pF 2
Memory (PROM), ce rt ain R17,R33 1k 2 C21 10 pF 1
com b inat io ns of frequen- R18 750 1 C22 20 pF 1
cies may be t urn ed into R19 68 1 C23 12 pF 1
level s w hi ch may d rive cir- R20 56 1 C25,31 150 p F 2
cu itry to change band s. The R21 82k 1 C29,32 470 pF 2
PROM mu st b e p r o - R22 39' 1 C33,47,48 1,F 3
R23 20' 1 C34,36 10-40 var. 2
gramm ed as per Fig. 9(b).
R24,31 ,39, 10' 12 C3. 50 pF 1
Un like older transceiver s,
44-51 ,3 C37 39 pF 1
the FT-107 and 707 do not R32 4.7k 1 C38 .47 " F 1
u se a b and switch wh ich R34 1 C39 ·1 0-40 pF 1
200'
runs the ent ire depth o f the R36 56' 1 040 °39 pF 1
rig. The actual sw itc h is on- R37 3.6k 1 C41,42 2,F 2
ly a double-pole type which R38 1.8k 1 C50 10 ",F 1
sw itc hes rel ays within t he R40,41 ,42 5k pot 3 01 2N5484 1
radio . By p lacing this sw itc h (2 pa nel, 1 PCB) 02.3,5,6 2N2222 4
in an unused po si tion and R5 27' 1 04 2N3006 1
R43 10 meg 1 01,4,5,6 1N914 4
addi ng appropriate d river s.
R53 300 1 02 MV104 1
t he rem o te v fo ca n sw itch
R58 2.2k 1 03 MV830 1
band s. too ! 11 1 07,9 1N4002 2
150 "H
I o rigi nal ly u sed this v fo
with a sim ple home-brew
L2 1-2 " H
(13 turns 1t28 V. ·
1 IC10
ICl
lM358
• MC6805T2 or ,
1

form) 68705P3
transc eiver t hat ope ra te s L3,4 2 IC2 MC146818P 1
6.8 "H
on both 80 and 20 m eter s.
w it h no exte rna l hete ro-
d yne osci ll ator. Th is si ngle-
.,
L5,6 1.8 "H
MD108
double-balanced
2
1
1C3
104
1C5
MC1 45000P
GE Display
MC14518P
1
1
1
convers ion rad io provides m ixer 1C6 • MC1451SSP 1
an excel lent "sim ple" radio, Yl 4.096 MHz 1 ICl MC7805 1
w ith the T2 con t roll in g Y2 4.194 MHz 1 ICS,9 MC78 LOS 2
everyt hing, incl uding the Y3 '2.048 MHz 1 "ce notes MC68705P3 option.
bandswitching of t he filter s.
73 Magazine . June,1982 23

down. depending on which
sid eband you are on . By
tap p ing off the m ode
sw it c h in t he rig, the f re-
quency may be s hift ed a u-
tomatically.
Fig. 11 gives an example
of how this ma y be ac-
comp lished . In thi s dia-
gra m, a voltage d ivider is
swi tched , depending on
what mode the radio is in .
Fig. 14. Displa y PC board (foil side).
24 73Magazine . June, 1982
Fig. 13. Main vfo PC board (foil side).
O f c o u rse, an add itional
position o n the sw it c h m ay
be used for CW, AM, etc .
This mod mus t be made if
using the vfo as a compan-
ion for an other digital rig
which uses a 5-t0-6-MHz
vfo .
KIT
In almost every rig that
I've owned, receiver in-
c re rne n tal tun ing (RIl) wa s
a mu st for operating con-
ven ience, Th is vto p rovides
t he u ser wit h not on ly a RIT
control. but al so a f ine-
tuning ad just ment f or st a-
tion s between t he l QO.Hz
re so lut ion of the vfo . The
foil pattern fo r all RIT com-
ponen ts wit h the exception
of the pane l control s is on
the PC board, inclu d ing the
•
relay u sed to switc h it in
and o ut. Fig. 1 2 illu stra tes
ho w the RIT is imp le -
mented , (Tha nks to Yae su
for their design]
Construction a nd
Align men t
I re commend that the
vco be built first. This is the
m o st d ifficult po rt ion of the
vfo, and t he re st comes
easi ly o nce th is is com-
pleted . Aft e r the vco is
built, c hec k its frequ ency
ra nge by turn ing t he slu g in
c o il L2. It s houl d encom-
pass the 12.36-1 3.36-MHz
range requi red . Aft e r this
ha s been built , b uild the
re s t of the rf se ct ion
(18-M Hz vxo a nd f ilte rs).
O nly a fte r you have 5 to 6
MHz com ing o u t o f the fil-
ter stage shou ld you pr o-
ceed with the d igital se c-
tion. Depending o n which
p arts you are using (12 or
P3), sel e ct the appropri ate
ju m pe rs a nd insta ll the re st
o f the p arts. The 681 8 fre-
 -- I C>.
Oy,
Cl8 Cl6 RII -------------
r• ,,
R36 o~ Q ,, , • ,,
"8
RI~ '~ 3 ,
R35 C20
r C@3
er03
, 02.
025
rc I ,
e21 RI4 Cl 5 RI , -.. "
t .a crs
e22 C46 . 12 _ _ o. f R.:: 5.! ~ pC~3_3 _
I I e43 --
C32 RF OUT C23 0 tr:
~
032
0'
rcrc
N~ ~ ~ IL....-
a: a: a: a: ---------
I •0 33 Ne
C31 L4 , C4 4 • ---
L.6 C45 C41 ~ C7 C6
f - -.....----SOCKET TO
e,.
C30

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/

12 C53e 49 02
R5

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DISPLAY
AND

Q'c=:=J
C28 RI9 C24 fffI C5~
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e 37
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04
II
KEYBOARD

D' • •• :L:.---;'T BAT T ERY

RIB ~~~ I ~ CI 2 01 Y2~ 0"
, 1'29 "
e33
s ac e27
RS C13
IElDO'
Rt RZ

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CIOC C3 : 1C5,
R6 02 C4
RT ~J
era I
C9 } BCD
09 " LI
}DUTPUTS

- + NC - NO CONNECT ION
R45 THRU R51 DOTTED L1 NES- JUMPERED FOR MC6805T2
Fig. 15. Component pfacement, main board.

quency m ay be adj usted by
placing a counter on pin 21 .
Trimmer (36 should be ad-
justed to read 4 .1 9430 8
MHz . If you ca nnot bring it
exactly on f requency. some
adjustment of fixed capaci-
tor C37 may be requi red .
erlv built a nd t ha t there is a layouts for the vfo and modes o f the v fo syst em .
feed back frequency back display, respecti vely . Figs. Th e m odes are select ed by
to the PLl. Also, c heck for 14 and 16 show component st rapp ing I/O pins PCO, PC1 .
the o bvious so lder sho rt. placem ent. and PC2 to eit her + 5 V o r
Figs. 13 and 15 a re t he PC Tab le 1 lists t he ava ila ble ground t hrough 15k resis-

the
If you are usi ng the P3.
freque ncy of t he • 1. • •I -.::-

~'~llj~ It.
MC 1 45155 m ay be o b-
se rved o n pin 15 of t he part.
Adj ust C39 f or 2.048 MHz .
If using t he n , use a low-
capacitance probe on p in 5 rca
of the MCU and adjust C34
for 4.096 M Hz . If, upon • III
power-up, the unit appea rs
dead. it is time to borrow an
I •
° R3 4
..f U· • ., 0
oscilloscope to do some
checki ng. First. check t he
-
jumpers and powe r sup-
pl ies. Next. check to see TO KEYPAD
tha t t he osci llators are
fu nctioning pro perl y. CC C CRRRR
43 2 1432 1
If the u nit seem s to
operate properly but the Fig. 16. Component placement, display board. Driver chip fits under display unit, on the
vco will not track . be sure same side of the board. Display unit is elevated above the board by segments of high-
that the loop filter is prop- profife IC sockets (see photos).
73 Magazine • J une, 1982 25
 •

Displa y board. The liqu id crystal d isplay (LCD) un it plugs

into a home-brew socket com posed of pieces o f two 40-pin Display board. Th is view sho ws ho w the display driver 1C
IC sockets. mounts beneath the LCD unit.

tors. In the first co lum n of
the table, a 0 indicates the
pin is connec ted to ground,
wh ile a 1 mean s the pin is
connec ted to + 5 V. The
tabl e shows the ava ilable
modes vs. the frequ encie s
produced . Also incl uded
a re the purpose s be hind
eac h mode . The mode is
re ad at re se t t ime o n PeO,
PC1 , a nd PC2.
Gelli ng the Parts
Ap proxi mate costs o f the
high-va lue item s of the proj-
ec t a re:
e M C680 5T 2l 2 - $1 2.0 0 -
15.00
• MC68 705P3 - $50.00 (no t
need ed if the 1 2 is used)
e MC1451 55 - $7.32 (not
needed if the T2 is used )
• MC146818 -$10.00
e MC145000 - $124 9
• 8-d igit LCO - S26AO
The MC6805T2 conta in-
ing the program used for
this project is a n evaluation
pa rt und er t he nu mbe r
MC6805T2L2 (ceramic case)
and is ava ila b le from any
Mo toro la d istributor, as is
the MC68705P3, the a lter-
na tive MPU.
The liq uid crysta l d isplay
(G E part LX0690 7R09) is
ava il a b le from a ny G E dis-
tr ibutor (Ham ilton Avnet,
e tc .).
My heartiest thanks go to
Helge Granbe rg and Mike
Pe nd le y, who provided me
wi th some necessary rf
savvy, and Ulrich Ro hd e,
who gave me some insights
into PLl syste m design .•

Take it from Il!a1Derd •• •

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- part II: some practical ideas
I n part I, I tal ked about
the idea o f e me rge ncy
com mu nicat ions a ft e r a
nuclea r attack and the
bene fits the Amateur Se r-
vice might provide. In th is
pa rt , we 'll talk about
specific steps that each of
us can take. First, though,
le t's set the stage:
Imagine this situa tio n fo r
a moment: The most incom-
peten t of o perators wa lked
into your shac k an d fo r a
, " 0 4/0 BUE COPPER
" U P " u" BEfI or
IE .. OS TO " ''' ''' "~",-~r
CO....{CTOll
Fig. 1. Recommended ground connections at tower base.
30 73 Magazine· J une, 1982
Surviving the
Unthinkable
fra ctio n of a n inst ant con-
nected your re ce iver's an-
te nna termina ls to a high-
vo ltage d ist ribution line .
The resu lt was a 4O-kY,
l ,()(X).Amp shock to the in-
put of your receiver. There
wouldn't be very much left
of you r sensitive input cir-
cuits, to say the least.
This sounds like a n im-
possi ble situation I o nly
wish that it were truly im-
poss ib le. But in to dav's c rt-
. .. Tt .... . FEtO CA8Lt
u tectors a re use less . For ex-
4"0"f "~ G"Ou "O OJ'
sis-orie nte d world, the situ-
a tion is indeed wit hin the
re alm of possibility . The
4o-kY shock is what c ivil-de-
fense experts say wou ld be
the re sult of a nuclear blast
in the vicinity of most a ny
piece of unshielded wire, in-
cluding telephone wires,
power lines, antennas, and
feed lines . The phe no me no n
is common ly re fe rred to as
a nuclea r e lectro magnetic
pulse (EM P o r NEMP).
This kind of pu lse is so ex-
treme in a mpli tude that
ma ny norm al lightning pro-
ample, a typical lightning
pulse has about a l OQ-mi-
crosecond du ration, with a
Smicrosecond rise to Its
pea k. A high-altitude EMP
pul se c a n be expected to
have a t -rnicrosecond dura-
t ion a nd a lO-na nose co nd
rise to its pe ak. That's no t
e nough time fo r ma ny com-
mo n ligh tn ing a rrestors to
work.
In the fo llowi ng pages
we'll ta lk about some of the
EM P protective measures
EA"'H which should be taken on
" IT
your equipment. Without
protection, sensitive semi-
conductors would be most
likely to fail and put you
o ut of bus iness when your
se rvices ma y be ne ede d
most.
•
But. first. why should we
eve n be co nce rned a bo ut
protect ion ? After al l, any
nucle a r exchange see ms to
be so outrageou sly inco m-
petent on the part of world
leaders that it seems that it
never could happen . Unfor-
tunately, however, we've
see n in the last few years
that many imp robab le
th ings such as revolu tions,
hosta ge taki ng. etc., have
actua lly occ urred ,
Even though we a ll hope
a nd pray that a nucle ar ex-
c hange does not occur, let
us not underestimate the
devastating and paralyzing
effects of su c h an ex -
c ha nge. Simply imagine, for
a moment, a world with
hundreds of millions of US
and Russi a n citizens killed
an d tens of millions more
severely a nd unt re a tab ly
burned , near dea th, a nd
starving . Maj or ci ties, with
thei r so phisticated hosp i-
tals, pol ice, telephone com-
munication syste ms, rad io
and television stat ions ,
transportation, food dis-
tribution networks, finan-
cial centers, and manufac-
turing centers all eliminat-
ed -gone-not much us-
able left, a nd most like ly
t o o ra d io a c t ive to a p-
pro ac h for many years to
come . The sit u at io n might
be reminiscent of th e Cam -
bodian experience of re-
cent yea rs, where a ruthless
and irresponsib le leader-
ship evacu ated the ci ties
and forced an entire coun-
try into an unn ecessary d i-
saster. Im agi ne that sit ua-
t ion in your com mu nity,
among your friends-per-
haps w o rl dw ide !
How ever, even in the
wo rst of d isaste rs, th ere w il l
be some survivors . If not us,
t hen our fri ends o r rel a-
t ives. Perh aps o ur child ren
or gra ndc hild re n w ill b e
amo ng t hose f ortunate sur-
v ivors. The re also w il l b e
some amate ur radi o ope ra-
tors . Pe rha ps t he best th ing
t hat we c an do f or t hese
people f aced w ith a co m-
plete ly unknow n and hos-
til e environment is to en-
sure t hat t hey have eve ry
poss ib le assistance avail-
able t o help t hem th ro ug h
the crisis.
In comm unications, t hat
assi st ance means that in a
wo rld w he re t he estab-
li shed pu bl ic syste m is no
l o ng er ava i l ab le, t he
techn ical prepa rat ions o f
am at eur radi o ope rators
may m ake the difference
between li f e and death f or
coun tless hund reds of tho u-
sands. It could be t he fi na l
foothold in t hei r st ruggle
fo r surviva l. A fte r all, ass is-
t ance du ri ng disaste rs is
one of our key eleme nts,
and a just ification f or an
Amateur Rad io Se rv ice. O n-
ly amateu r radi o ope rators
ca n supply an organized
commu nicat io n syst e m
from al mos t every com m u-
nity in t his count ry . O nly
amate u r rad io o pe rato rs
can supply this syst em with
a substantia l portion o f t he
survivi ng equip me nt easil y
made ope rat ional after t he
shoc k of a nucl ear expl o-
sion . Citize ns Band eq uip-
ment f or t he m ost part
wou ld be rendered t otal ly
usel ess by its unprotected
relia nce o n sem ico nd uc-
to rs and its tendency f or
CP c LAR~O
-
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,
I
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E AC TiO N T I "' E GAS GAP S
I • I ' OR EOU I VALE" T l
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/ •1 I.
I CO A X'AL CAB LE SH IE L D
WEL D I I
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3 IN CH M 'NIMUM D ' AM ErE II
COUNTEIIP_O~"~'__ ,.------jT'rI 'rIT~
cnouso -
EA RT H
Fig. 2. Suggested use o f gas gaps in an antenna balun. No te that this approach uses a thick.-
wall conduit around the coax.
t otal di sorganizat ion eve n
in t imes when t here IS no
AT R ECE IH R
.. NE L PENE TR ATI ON
C ri S IS.
The job of amat eur rad io
rc
ANTE NNA - - j ---
eq u i p ment pro t ect io n is
easy once we realize t hat it
,,71 J I--CO N VEN 'EN CE BOX
does not need to be diffi- O, OOE
4~ 0
B RID GE SER,ES
f CC PROTEC TOR.
OR EO U ' VA LE NT
cult o r com p lex. M ost any
t echni c al o r no n-t echn ical
op erato r ca n acc omplish
some EMP protec ti on on
Rf GA SKET A.. O BOLTE O
short noti ce, w ith a ve ry COV ER
sma l l ou tlay of m oney . The SH IE LDED EN CLOS
objective is to safely b ypass
Fig. 3. Coaxial tee protectors used in a receiver circuit.
your eq uip me nt and any in-
com ing connectio ns w hen
they ar e presented w ith an AT T R AN SMI T TE R OU TP UT OR AT AN TENN A
EMP signa l composed of 40
to 50 kV and current in t he
o rder o f 1 ,000 A mperes. -
It is interesti ng to note f iS CHE R C UST OM
COMMU N' CA T IO NS
that mu ch o f t he EMP pro- I f C Cl GAS GAP
SER IES 230 OR
tective eq u ipme nt avai l- 33 0 PROTEcT OR
011 EQU IVAL E NT
ab le tod ay has been de-
SH IEL DE D
sig ned sinc e our cou ntry E" C L OSU RE
sto p ped t estin g n uc le ar
w eapo ns. As a resul t, non e Fig. 4. Coaxial tee protectors sho wn in a transm itter circuit.
of it has received the o nly
t r ue test of r e l i a bil it y
- o n-th e-j o b t est in g - al- sto re d i n a t h or oughl y locat io n 30 to 200 m il es
thou gh EM P sim ulators are sealed and shielded b ox. from t hei r com mu nity, de-
used. The bo x should ha ve no pe nd ing o n the nature o f
holes wher e any kind o f t hreat to that com mu nity,
Becau se o f t he lack of
ene rgy ca n get in and the equi pment should lik e-
w idespread t est ing c ap a-
should have a sk in m ade of wise be moved to a location
bilities, t he onl y reall y prov-
18- t o 26-gauge metal to 30 to 200 mil es f rom t he
en m ethod o f protection is
prov ide m agnet ic shield ing com m unity.
al so t he sim p lest. Under
for the equ ipment inside .
t his approach, all equi p- Keep in mind when stor-
m ent t o b e pr o t e ct e d Since t he civ i l-defe nse ing your equipm ent t hat
shou ld b e d isco nnected planners expect to ha ve power supp lies also should
from all ext ernal w ires and A me ric ans m oved to a safe be shiel ded and stored with
73 Magazine. J une,1 982 31
 •

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,
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-
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CO " .. NOD" I,VElH _ .. 0

H UE "
0".'"

CO OlDU"1
Fig. 7. Th is is a t ypical varistor ins tallation applied to a
fluores cent lighting circu it
I
I JY Ne T,o ..
."
I
G ~O" NO W' R[ ,
'0'
:/
Fig. 5. Suggested layout for communications room with 'J
remote operation of equ ipment.
./
,~ ~[. ,. "[ CO"OU' T
S,",-If ' ''CO '' '',O

. .. ,,' .. ~U:,':.'. " , ., .,. I," " .."'(

" oTE • SL H V( HE llE " NOlf I

' ":.'~ ,
,, [1A ~ OX'O [
"
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.
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[ OY' VA" [ IO '
0-

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Fig. 8. This is a suggested circ uit for fMP protection of a

,, ,
,,
.. J.phase, 4-wire motor using metal-oxide varistors (MO Vs)
connected between each hot wire and ground.
..,, ,: U AO S ~UT"
n"..,... ·,,,O
,
,
,,
C.ILl Ju .. eTlo"
."
...
,, , •
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7 , N£U
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....... 0
... -!! '"

.. . . - .. ,•
• 0
-";, u x,. « CO NDUtT
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o0 ;: .
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7 .. (T &< OX'O (
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, -
- •• [OU'v AU NT
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0
Fig. 9. Single-phase motor protection using MOVs between
, ," "
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...
, ,
, ,
,
,
hot wires and groun d.

N OT( 6
tion. a nd ante nnas should in anticipat io n o f a n attack .
Fig. 6. This is one recommended method o f protecting a be we ll grounded . Bu t a Fi rst, yo u sho uld o pe n the
telephone cable system against EMP transients. Note the sma rt operator wou ld keep master power switch at you r
heavy emphasis on shiefding. The numbered notes refer to a longwire and tuner stored se rvice e ntrance. Second .
detailed cons truction specifications. as if to be used for Field a ll ci rcuit b reakers should
Day for, in any e me rge ncy, be opened an d a ll cri tica l
your equ ipment becau se least o ne set of equipment the a nte n nas can be e xpect- equ ip ment sho uld be tu rned
t hey are just as susceptible (and likely more) should be ed to take the brunt o f the o ff o r di sconnected .
to an EMP tran sient signal held in re serve in the event effec ts a nd may nee d to be When the e q u ip me nt and
as is you r se nsitive tra ns- of a ny equi pment failu re. In re pla ced in the fast est tim e powe r are to be restored. all
m itt in g an d re c ei vi n g the id e al case, ham o pe ra- possible. ci rcu its sho uld be c hecked
eq uipment. A pub licly-re- tors sho uld have a re ser ve The De pa rtment o f De- for arc-overs or damage be-
leased 1970 Depa rtment o f available due to equipment fens e publ ication fMP Pro- fo re power is restored . Be
Defense publication sug- fa ilure c a used by every sue- te ctive Systems suggests su re to di sc onnect tel e-
gests that if equ ipment ceeding attack . severa l approa che s wh ich phone and c a ble television
must be used during a Go od grounds are very should be used if you' re go- connec tion s, be cause the
threat of nuclear attack. at important to EMP protec- ing to shut d own for a whil e advice indicates tha t there
32 73 Magazine · Ju ne, 1982
could be a prob lem w ith
any wire com ing in to you r
hom e . Si nce t he EMP
ene rgy in lon g over head
w ires ca n b e ext re me ly
hazardous, be sure peop le
stay away f ro m these wi res
dur ing a time of poss ib le at-
tack .
If you mu st have some
rad io eq uipm ent ope rati ng,
dig out your o ld t ube-type
eq uipment a nd use it.
Tubes are muc h less sensi-
t ive to hi gh-vo ltage shoc ks
and are more l ikely to re-
cover. It is felt that less
protective shie ldi ng is nec-
essary f or b roadcast receiv-
ers w ith lo opstic k antennas
or receiv ers with short an-
te nnas, incl uding two-mete r
equ ip ment. Aga in , how-
eve r, bec ause t here are so
man y unknowns, a w ise op-
erator wou ld most likely
co nsider any equipment in
f u ll use to be vu lnerab le.
M ore advanced EM P pro-
tect ive measu res which
allow more operating ve rsa-
ti lity also have been pub-
li shed under the name of
the De fense Civil Prepa red-
ness Agency and m ay be
obtai ned from t he Federal
Eme rge ncy Management
Age ncy in Washington, DC
(ask for publication TR-61-
B). These approaches to the
p roblem center around the
use of gas-gap arrestors,
meta l -oxi de varistor s
(MOVs), coaxial tee p ro-
tectors for antenna cab les,
and improved groundi ng.
Some of t heir suggestio ns
are d esc ribed here, so you
can sta rt on you r p rotection
ri ght away. The ap proac h
requires some expe nse and
wou ld be used if you wou ld
anticipate operating duri ng
a nuc lea r t hreat.
Im prov ed grou ndi ng of a
tower is extreme ly impor-
tan t for supplying a low-
im ped ance path to ground
f or EM P cu rrent. The sug-
gested way to acco mplish
t his is shown in Fig. 1 . Th e
towe r should be connected
to t he grou nd ro d s using 4/0
wire.
An alter native is to instal l
20 radials abou t 12 to 18
34 73 Magazine. June, 1982
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( ,)
LO A D
II ( ,) II
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r-
LOA D
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co, '-"-'
( ,)
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( ,) '" r">; ~R I NG CIRCU I T
L OA D
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Fig. 10. Various EMP protect ive circu its for several typical circuits.
inches below t he surface, a balun at the antenna feed- The amount of ti me that
using Y2 -inch copper tu b- poi nt. The best way t o pro- anyone gap arcs ove r IS a
ing. The app roach cou ld get te et a balu n is to provide factor to be cons ide red
very expensive at t oday' s " z ero reaction time" gas- when selecting t he gap.
coppe r p rices but would gap arrestors in pa ra llel A lmost any gap c an sust ain
provide an u ndisputab ly with al l balun capacitors a large number of low-cu r-
super grou nd for you r ver- and ind uc tors. Be sure to rent arc-overs, but only a
t ical. Be sure t o connect the have the breakdown volt- few ve ry-large-c urrent arc-
outs ide of you r antenna age of the gas gap h igher overs du ring its lif e. The
f eed cab le shie lds to the than that whi ch you would specification s for each gap
grou nd . A ny contro l cables expect unde r no rmal opera- should be consu lted if it is
goi ng up t he t ow er should tions. even un der unu sua lly also to hand le lightning-a t-
be sh ield ed in th readed h igh swr conditions. Gap s resting c ho res in add ition to
co ndu it so there is a perfect can have breakdown volt- EM P protect ion . A lso, most
cond uctive shie ld all along ages rang ing f rom 220 volts gaps cap ab le o f EM P pro-
t he l ine. to 30 kV and have c u rr ent tection are labeled as suc h.
A pa rticu larly sensitive ratin gs rang ing f rom 3,000 Th e c haracterist ic ca-
part of an an tenna c ircu it is Am ps on up. pac itance of each gap is o f
" OV ' S 10 JOULE
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C ASE
Fig. 12. Switching diodes may be used to protect very short
wires. Use 1N365J s and a O.l-jJ.F, S()()..volt capacitor.
considerab le importance in
rf ci rc uits since the inter-
electrode capacitance be-
tween gap e lectrodes can
cause additiona l capaci-
tance to be put into the ci r-
cuit along with the gas gap.
This capacitance ca n be on
the order of 2 to 15 pF or
more. depending on the
type of gap. The capaci-
tance can be reduced by
connect ing two gaps in
serie s. If you use that ap-
proach, be sure to put a
'l -megohrn or higher resist or
(about 1 Watt) across each
gap to equalize the voltage
between gaps . Keep in
mind. too, that co nnec t ing
two gaps in series roughly
doubles their breakdown
voltage. An example of the
use of gas gaps in an anten-
na balun is shown in Fig . 2.
At the tran smitter or re-
ceiver, you may use a gas
gap or tee protector as
shown in Fig. 3. The diode
shown here is a silicon type.
While this diode has a fast
react ion time, it may not be
able to sustain the needed
curre nt, and sho uld be pre-
ceded by a gas gap at a
point close r to the antenna .
Fig . 4 shows a ga s gap con-
nected in a transmitter cir-
cuit.
If you want to go fi rst
class and prepare the entire
shac k (Fig. 5), you could be
in fo r a very expens ive proj-
ect, whic h may not be nec-
essary if you can shut down
your equipment as di s-
cu ssed above. However, if
you wi sh to take that ste p,
the FEMA re commend s
that the shack should be
complerely encased in 18- to
2b-gauge galvanized sheet
metal! To provide com-
plete protection, the treat-
ment includes the door and
ventilat ion facilit ies. The
36 73 Magazine · June, 1982
Ie . u D'O
CI .CUIT
sheet meta l shou ld be fo ld-
ed at the sea ms a nd sol-
dered, wit h a st ri p of tinned-
meta l tape covering the
seam.
Telephone landline s
should be brought into the
sha ck via 50 to 300 feet of
cond uc tive condu it which
is welded to the enclosure
at the point of entry. The
line s sho uld be terminated
in ga s gaps, meta l-oxide
varistors, or both . Fig. 6
shows an exam p le. Even
you r light ing system shou ld
have MOV protec tion as
shown in Fig. 7.
Ac power supply line s
should have MQVs at all
critical points . FEMA
recommends that MQV rat-
ing s should exceed the
stored induc tive energy of
the preceding transformer
and also sho uld exceed the
no-load transfo rmer c ur-
rent . Typica l va ristors have
ra tin gs of 40 joules (some
are in the ran ge of 10 to 200
jou les) and sho uld be in-
stall ed at 40 joules per
phase of the ac line . Four
to-joule varistors connect-
ed in parallel will provide
the needed 4O-joule protec-
tion. Electrical distribution
boxes and co ntro l boxes, of
course, sho uld be thorough-
ly shie lded. FEMA recom-
mends that doors and open-
ings should be fitted with rf-
shielding gas kets a nd con-
duc tive epoxy.
Don 't fo rget the ventila-
tion sys te m, where all
motor wires and switches
should be thoroughly
shielded and protected
with MOVs. Some addition-
al circ uit protection ap-
proaches may be seen in
Figs. 8 through 12.
Of particular importance
is the emergency generator
to be used . All important
,
EMP Protect ion Equipment Sources
Some EMP protective devices are not easily o bt ained . I
have found that even a local distributor cannot always o btain
information about them. Following is an updated list of
sources . Those w ith asterisk s (") have expressed their inter-
est in selling the equipment by sending me information whe n I
specifica lly requested information about EMP protection.
· C. P. Clare Co. Gas gaps and ot her
3101 West Prall Avenue transient protector s
Chicago Il60645
Dale Electronics, Inc. Gas gaps and other
Box 609 t ransient protector s
Columbu s NE 68601
" Emerson and Cuming, Inc . Conductive ad hesives
869 Washington Street Rt gaskets
Canton MA 02021 Rf sh ielding
• Fischer Custom Coaxial tee protect ors
Commun ications
Box 581
Manhattan Beach CA 90266
General Electric Company Metal-oxide vari stor s
Electronic Comp. Sales (MOVS)
Operation
1 River Road
Schenectady NY 12306
Gene ral Semiconductor Gas gaps and other
Industries transient protectors
2001 W. Tenth Place
Tempe AZ 85281
" Joslyn Electronics Systems Gas gaps and other
6868 Cortona Drive transient suppressors
Goleta CA 93017
lectro Mag net ics Rf shields
6056 W . Jefferson Blvd.
los Angeles CA 90016
E. A. Lindgren and Al sh ields
Associates
4515 N. Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago Il60640
Ray Proof Corporation Rf shields
Keeler Avenue
Norwalk CT 06856
"Shielding Technology, Inc . Conductive adhesives
(Division of Chomerics)
970 New Durham Road
Edison NJ 08816
Technical W ire Products Al gaskets and shielding
129 Dermody Street
Cranlord NJ 07016
" Tec hnit (EMt Shielding RI gaskets and shieldi ng
Division)
320 North Nopal Street
Santa Barbara CA 93103
Topat ro n, Inc . Rt gaskets and shielding
Box 967
Costa Mesa CA 92627
Transtector Systems Transient suppressor s
532 Monterey Pass Road
Monterey Park CA 91754
wiring should have MOV Acknowledgement
protection. Shielded con- The basis for Figs. 1 through 6
ductors should be used for and 8 through 11 is EMP Pro-
best results and the shields tective Measures, Defense Civit
shou ld be grounded .• Preparedness Agen cy , 1976.
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A Split Personality
for the KDK FM2015R
A sim ple modification to
your KDK FM2015R
w ill give yo u t he capability
to rece ive on one frequency
sto red in memory and
transm it on another. Th is
modif ication gives you the
newer FM2016's capability
to operate w ith nonsten-
da rd offsets without an
additiona l cryst al. It re-
quires two diodes. a piece
o f w ire, no holes, and less
th an hal f an hour. The rig
m ay easi ly be returned to
o r igina l co n f igu ration
whenever desired.
A d ifferent form of th is
mod wa s described in som e
Amateur-Wholesa le Ele c-
tron ic s notes concemmg
Photo A.
40 73 Magazine • June. 1982
MARS-CAP modific ation,
so I c an't take credit f or the
o ri ginal id ea. I'll f ir st de--
scr ibe how the modif ica-
tio n fun ction s, then go
through a st ep-by-step mod-
if icat ion procedure.
The resulting fron t-p anel
performance is as f ollows:
Selec t Mode A . With the
memory-select swit ch at
OFF, you have simplex op-
eration on the di aled-in and
disp laye d frequ enc y , Se-
lec t ing memory posi t io n 2
wil l allow you t o receive on
the f requency stored there.
which is di splayed as usual.
When you transmit, ho w-
ever. the memory intern all y
shi fts to the frequen cy
st ored in channel 1. Thi s fre--
q uency is di splayed whil e
t ransmitting, and the dis-
play shifts back to your
channel 2 receive frequen-
cy when the m ic button is
released.
Channels 3 and 4 work
the same, with channel 4
funct ioning as the recei ve
ch annel, sw it c hing au t o-
mat ica lly to t he frequ ency
st o red in cha nne l 3 on
tra ns m it. If eit her channel 1
or 3 is selected. sim plex op-
era tion on t hose channel s is
the result. All t hat for on ly
two diodes!
Here's how it works : On
transmit in the unm od if ied
rig, a transmit osci llator is
Photo B.
,
diode-switched on b y + 9
volts from the front panel
MODE swi tc h. We locate
the w ire which runs to the
" A " o sc ill at or p o sit ion
(w hic h has no crystal in-
stalled) and run sw it ching
d iodes from there to two
places.
The fir st diod e goes to
the simplex crystal position,
act ivat ing it on t ransm it.
The second diode goes t o
one of the two me mory-
select lines (A@ and A1)
which se lect the mem ory
channel. In an unmodified
rig, t he same memory fre-
quency is used on both re-
ceive and transmit. If you
t ra ce out the sc hem ati c,
you will see that in the
ori ginal configuration when
memory position 2 is front-
panel selected, + 9 volts is
ro uted t hro ugh th is m em -
ory sw itc h t o m em or y-
select li ne A1. O r. if memory
posit ion 3 is select ed, AI)
is taken high. Memory posi-
t ion 1 requires both AI)
and A1 to be high, and posi-
tion 4 requ ires neither to
be high. If we mod ify t hi ngs
to ma ke AfJ high on t rans-
m it only, t hen memory po-
sit ion 4 on receive beco mes
3 on transmit. and 2 be-
comes 1 on transmit. This
sw itc hi n g is done with
d iodes to avoid interfering
w ith other fu nctions .
To p erf orm t his m od ,
remove both top and bot-
tom covers from t he ri g.
With the rig right side up,
locate the three crysta ls on
the transm itter board . (See
Photo A and ignore the
fourth cry sta l w hic h I in-
sta lled for anot her o ff set.I
A te r mi na l post c o r re-
spends to each crys ta l posi-
tion. A yellow wire is co n-
nect ed to t he f irst unu sed
crysta l position, w hic h is
th e f ourth o ne in fro m the
outsi de ed ge of t he boa rd .
The penci l in t he photo is
touchi ng thi s te rminal .
Note that thi s wire is co n-
nected to the " A " M ODE
sw i tc h pos ition a nd is
sw it ched to + 9 volts o n
t ra nsm it. Remove t he w ire
f rom thi s term in al post. You
w ill ru n two d iodes f rom
t hi s yellow wire, and you
will need to mecha nically
sec ure thi s junction some-
how . I slipped a piece of
spaghetti over t he termin al
and t ied t he wire/diodes t o
it. How ever you do it, t he
fi rst diode is so ldered f rom
t he yellow w ire to t he fi rst
crys tal position's terminal
(t he one with the brown
w ire). The diode points at
the brown wire (cathode to
brown wi re) and wil l ac t i-
va te th e si mp lex osc illato r
on t ra nsmit.
The se cond diode ' s
anode is al so so ldered to
the yellow wi re . At this
po i nt th e ye llow w i re
sho uld f orm a " f lying t ie
po int" w ith t he two d iode
anodes. Atta ch the cat hode
(point) of the second diode
to a length o f hookup wire.
Route t he free end of the
wi re toward the f ront of the
rad io to the co nt ro l board
and connect it to t he AI)
p ad . This control bo ard is
accessib le from t he bottom
of t he rad io and is located
near the front pa nel. See
Photo B. The pencil points
to pad AO. The wi re at-
t ached to the pad is t he one
I added fo r this mod .
The Af) and A1 p ad s are
designated as suc h o n the
c o m p o nen t sid e of the
b oard and have whit e!
brown (A O) and white!
black (A1) w ires attached to
t hem on t he component
side. This com plete s th e
modi f icatio n.
Verify that the rig w ill
operate now as described
earlier. Thi s mod is totally
" safe" in t hat the rig can't
b e h arm ed by inco rrect
front-pane l switc h setti ngs.
MODE switc h position s B
and C are still available for
nonstandard offset crystal s
if desired . The rig' s o pera-
tion in all ot her respects is
unaffec ted .
The on ly prob lem I en-
counte red wa s that the
sim plex tran smit oscillator
didn't function until t he
yellow wire and diod es
were isolated from the
fou rth oscillator te rminal as
I have descri bed . If you feel
lik e experi menti ng, leave
t he ye l low wi re con nected
and so lder the d iodes d i-
rectl y to the terminal. If it
w ork s (if the transm itter
puts out power), then you
win . If not. then isolate the
wire/diodes as I described .
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Building for Beginners
- happiness is a hot soldering iron
Paul M. Danzer NtII
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I ha ve auth or ed severa l
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o f ham s without ve ry mu ch
electro nic co nstruction ex-
per ience wou ld still like to
home-brew t hei r ow n.
Fo r this reason, I have
put together a set of sugges-
tio ns and hints whic h a n-
nOOll
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ccmmercieiiv-evedeb te resistors.
42 73 Magazine. June, 1982
swer t he mo st com monly
asked qu estions. The next
t im e y ou see a c ircu it o r
gadget described in 73 o r
el sewhe re, don 't be shy-
go a head a nd bui ld it !
You'll be de lighted with
the results.
Where Ca n I Get the Parts!
The most c ritical part o f
b u ild ing a n ythin g th e se
d ay s is obtai ni ng the parts.
Year s ago, the corner radio
store ca rried a lmost any-
thin g you wa nted , a nd if
you lived in a metropolitan
a rea you could always go
down to " ra d io row" where
the re was a cluster of suc h
" 00 11
11,0 0 0 11
stores. To d ay, you r best bet
is e ithe r the mail-order ads
in the ba ck of this mag azin e
o r the Rad io Shack c ha in of
stores . Rad io Shack c a rries
a line o f t he most com mon-
ly used p art s a nd has
stores scattered throughout
the country.
The mail-order advert is-
e rs in the back o f this maga-
zine usua ll y li st com mon
part s a nd p rices for immed i-
ate o rder. Mo st of them of-
fer c a ta lo gs, either free o r
fo r the po sta ge , a nd are
gea red up to ship you r
o rder within a day o r two
after receipt. They have
been advert ising for many
. ,. -
Fig. 2. IC pin locations.
•
yea rs, and the a cceptance
of the ir ad s by 73 on a
co nt in u ing bas is s hows
that they d eal fa irly with
thei r c ustomers.
Try to ta ke advantage of
the " two-fo r" offers. Even if
you have no immediate use
for the extra parts, keep
them a round and you will
proba bly find a use for
them in some futu re con-
struc tio n project.
Resistors and Capacito rs
Unless the magazine art i-
cle sta te s ot herwise, use
half-Watt resistors . They
are most commonly avail-
able, and if a higher watt-
age is nee d e d, the a rti-
cle w ill say so. If you are
sq ueezed for space, qu ar-
t er-Watt units ca n be
used-again , as long as
the a rt icle says no thing to
the contrary.
Don't worry about the
see m ingly oddball values
specified . Resistors general-
ly come with 20% , 10% ,
and 5% tol erance s. Using
10 k Ohm s as a n exam ple,
Fig. 1 shows the re la tio n-
ship be tween the sta nda rd
va lues a nd these toleranc-
es. Tod a y. most people use
10% values primari ly be-
cause they are the most
co m mo nly available. If the
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article does not say any-
thing else, you might stick to
10% . You can always use a
re sistor with a better
tolerance (10% instead of
20% , or 5% instead of
10% ). If you need 5% and
can find only 10%, buy a
handful of 10% resistors
and check them with an
ohmmeter to select one that
falls within + 5% of the
value required .
Capacitors have both a
value a nd a voltage rating .
You can always use a cap
tha t has a voltage ra ting
higher than the a mou nt
needed . For most capaci-
tors, you must stic k to the
value needed but you can
a lway s use the la rger-than-
specified electrolytic cap
when it is used for bypass-
ing or filtering a power sup-
ply voltage. Just be careful
to wire it in with the polari-
ty shown in the schematic.
Transistors a nd FE Ts
Generally, you will have
to sti ck to the type
specified in the article. Sub-
stitutes can be used a nd
you can pick a substitute by
looki ng at the subst itution
guide printed by a number
of supp liers an d d istri bu-
to rs. Radio Shack, GE, a nd
Motorola all have hobby
P'o<. --( 0
Fig. 3. Pin 1 transposition.
« 73 MagaZine • June, 1982
lines of transistors a nd sub-
stitution guides where you
can look up the device you
want; the guide will give
you their substitute num-
ber. When you do substi-
tute, be careful of the con-
nection s. Often a substitute
will be very close to the
original part electrically
but will have a different
mechanical package and/or
lead arrangement.
Integrated Circuits
Let's assume tha t the cir-
cu it you a re bu ilding uses a
very co m mo n a m p lif ier
kno wn as t he 741 . There a re
perhaps twenty ve rsio ns of
this ampl ifier, with twe nty
d iffe re nt part num ber s.
Eac h of the pa rt nu mbers
includes the d igits 741 , with
the rest of the digits telling
you the temperatu re range
and mechanical package.
For most uses we don't have
to be concerned about the
temperature range, but the
pin numbers for connecting
to the amplifier are very
much of interest . Compare
the pin numbers of the
amplifier as shown in the
schematic wi t h the pin
numbers of the actual part
yo u buy.
Occas iona lly, the article
will speci fy an am plifier
such as the 741 a nd show it
as a single a mplifier in an
8--pi n package. You m ight
be able to obta in o nly a
dual 741 or two 741 amplifi-
ers in a 14-pin package . This
is perfectly OK; just ignore
the se co nd amplifier.
Integrated circuits are
available most commonly
"" ,
in " in-line" pa ckages havi ng
8, 14, o r 16 pins. A round
dot us ua lly ma rks pin 1.
Sometimes a notch tells
you where pin 1 is, and oc-
casionally you have to cope
with a dot and two notches.
As Fig. 2 shows, the dot
takes precedence over the
notch, a nd if there is a
no tch at both ends of the
package, the larger notch
tells you where pin 1 is.
Unli ke tubes or transis-
to rs, t he man uf a ctu rer's
data shee ts usua lly picture
integrated circuits from the
top . Therefore, when you
a re wiring the m from the
unde rside, remember that
pin 1 is now o n the other
side of t he package as seen
from the bottom of the ci r-
cuit boa rd (Fig. 3).
Diodes
Power-supply-type di -
odes have both a current
rating and a voltage rating.
You can substitute any di-
ode which has a rating
equal to o r greater than the
o riginal numbers. Small sig-
na l d iodes used as switches
usua lly can be subst ituted
fo r at will. Most ham cir-
cuits use a maximum of 12
vo lts (so meti mes la bel ed
13.6 vo lts if the eq uipment
is for mo bile use) . The re-
fo re, if the ci rcuit ca lls fo r a
sma ll signa l silicon diode,
a lmost a ny o ther silicon
diode will do . Fig. 4 shows
the most common ma rkings
of the diode package .
" "' .,
c ,
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Fig. 5. Power-supply connections.
«
Zener d iodes, used in
vo ltage regu lators, have
both a voltage rati ng a nd a
power rat ing. You must use
the voltage rat ing called
fo r, but you can always use
a higher-power-rated diode.
Power Supply Connections
Fig. 5 shows a simple
2-transistor amplifier. With
todav's solid-state circuits,
usua ll y on ly one power-sup-
ply voltage is used a nd, as
shown in the figu re, you
simp ly tie the identica lly-
mark ed points togethe r a nd
connect the m to the volt-
age required . If the sc he-
mat ic does not show diffe r-
ent ly, t he powe r-supp ly
retu rn lead (in this case
the min us 9-volt lea d) is
tied back to a ll of the
grou nd terminals.
Jacks
Here you can substitute
at will. Just remember that
the most commonly used
jacks have one side ex-
posed a nd will connect to
the c hassis (ground) if they
a re not insulated by wash-
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 WIRE GAUG E DIAMETER
IN INCHES
... n M ES

ac
."-
""
Fig. 6. W ire siz es.
ers. If you need a two-con-
d uctor ja ck , and one lead is
not supposed to be ground-
ed. you will ei the r have to
mechan ically insulate the
outside of the jack from
ground o r get a three-con-
ductor jack where you use
the two inner co nd uc tors
and ignore th e third
(grounded) lead .
Cabl e
If the circuit yo u are
building is not used at VHF
and a piece of co ax is ca ll ed
for with a le ngth of 12 inch-
e s o r le ss. the coax is being
used mainly fo r its shie ld ing
capabil ity. You c a n safely
ignore the impedance and
pick a piece of coax on the
basis of being ab le to fit it
into your box mec hanical ly.
Wire
Unless use d fo r high-cu r-
ren t le ads. most so lid-s ta te
ci rcuits use just a few mi ll i-
am peres per sta ge . There-
fore , there is no re a so n to
tOl<"ft T 10 POSITIVE I/OU AGE SUf>!>I.Y
0 0 c.
: 0
0 0
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0 0 0 0
Fig. 7. Use o f p erfboard.
use w ire sizes larger than
number 22 or 24. As sho wn
in Fig. 6, the lower the num-
ber the larger the wire diam-
eter. Pick wire which is me-
cha nica lly co nve nie nt. Soft
pla stic insula tio n strips very
e a sily and convenientl y,
but if you have to solder a
number of them in close
proxim ity , the plasti c
tends to melt and burn.
generally making a rather
unsightly mess.
Printed Circuit Boards and
Breadboards
Some con str uction a rti-
cles provide e ither a PC-
board layo ut or a commer-
cia l sou rce for purc ha sing
the boa rd . If a layout is
give n, you can use the PC-
boa rd ki ts so ld by severa l
su pp lie rs to m ak e you r
ow n. Ho we ver, if no bo ard
is suggested, you a lways
can use a bread board-type
construc tio n to bu ild the
ci rc uit. Most ha ms have
one or more bre ad board
0 oj Co 0 .J 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0
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c ircuits , neatl y enclosed in
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form for man y ye a rs. Even
if yo ur construct ion does
not co me o ut very neat, the
flaw s will be hidden by the
e nclos u re you put th e
circuit in.
O ne of the simplest co n-
struc tio n technique s uses
perforated board su c h a s
that sold by Radio Shack.
Ve ctor. and o the rs. The ci r-
cuit is laid out just a s it a p-
pears on the sc hematic, and
every time a connection
must be made, a small met-
al term inal or clip is insert-
ed in a hole a nd the le ads
so lde red o nto the term ina l
[F ;g. 7.)
Alte rnative ly, ge ne ra l-
purpose PC boards a lso a re
co mme rcia lly avai la b le .
They are a rra nged in a fixed
pattern and. as sho wn by
the dotted re cta ngle , inte-
grated c ircuits plug in ad ja-
ce nt row s of holes (F ig. 8). A
bus-bar syste m of feed ing
ground a nd voltage is used ,
where one bus is co nne cted
to the su pply voltage and
jum pe red to the IC pin
where req uired Tran sistors
and other parts c a n be
mounted wher e c o nve-
nient. A se co nd bu s is used
Also co m mo nly a vai l-
able are sm a ll c a rr ie r
board s whi ch will a llo w you
to wire up one or two inte-
gr ated c ircu it s (Fig. 9 ).
Other parts are jumpered
from o ne terminal to wher-
ever required .
Ge n e ra ll y s pea ki ng .
socke ts o r molex'" pins are
a good ide a for mounting
integrated c irc uits . If you
do have a problem, yo u can
now unp lug t he IC a nd test
o r substitute without a mas-
sive and messy unso ldering
job.
Pla n It Ou t and Then Build
Take a care ful look a t
what parts are required and
make sure you ca n obtain
them . Plan the layout o f
parts and decide what you
are goi ng to en close the cir-
cu it in and where the jacks,
co nne cto rs, and contro ls
will be loc ated . Don 't hesi-
tate to ca ll fo r he lp. Otten
a n experienced ham in the
area ca n offer an immed i-
ate solut ion to you r un ique
proble m. But if this does
no t solve the problem , you
can d rop the author of the
article a note. En close an
SAS E, a nd help will proba-
bly be on its wa y quite
quickly.•

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46 73 Magazine • June, 1982
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Glenn tecobs KC7M
Poverty Flat AZ 85925
Coping with PC Boards
- it's not easy to be virtuous
IIA dmit it. You'd real ly
rather build it. Any
idiot can p lun k down a
charge card ."
"Well, yeah . "
"Glenn, if you bu ild it, it
will give you pride and ex-
perience, and you'll know
how to service it yoursel f ."
"Yeah, but " Red esigning It
"And it wouldn't cost
nearly as much, and no-
body would hav e one just
exactly like yours."
So, I'm building. And my
inner voice was right about
everyth ing it said. But the re
are a few th ings it didn't tell
me. I found out the hard
way, and I'm te lling you so
you don't have to " re- invent
t he whee l," like I had to.
I' m build ing. But so help
me, when I see t hose ful l-
page, ful l-color ads and a
to ll-free number and the
sign of the ye llow and
orange overlapping circles,
it's hard to keep at it. I
could have an y equipment I
want for ju st a phone ca ll
and twen ty " ea sy" pay-
ments. The path of virtue is
harder.
Design ing It
In the fi rst p lace, I don 't
know much about vacuum-
tube circuits and even less
about solid state . Fo r-
48 73Magazine. J une,1982
tunately, I don't have to.
The League ' publis hes Solid
State Design for the Radio
Amateur. It's a " co ok bo ok."
It shows three varieties of
any circu it you could
want-a l l pre-engineered
and tested
Now , even with a
cookbook, I can make mis-
takes . In fact. it's about
even odds t hat I w ill make a
mistake in a o ne-device
gadget. It is far beyond me
to put forty " stages" on a
board as big as a 73 cover
and hav e them al l work. I
decided to put eac h stage
on a separate board and
plug 'em all into edge con-
nectors . That way if (w hen !)
I make a mistake, I won't
have to tear everything up.
I mailed off! for some PC
board . It took three weeks
to get here . They didn't
send it unti l my check
cleared .
Whittling It
PCB is funny st u f f . I
cou ldn 't t race anything on
it. I couldn 't find any kind
of ca rbon paper that would
make a mark . Finally I
ru bbed yellow crayon on
the cop per and was able to
t race faint lines . I cut on the
lines and peeled up the un-
wanted foil in ltttle-bittv
strips with a point of a
knife. I t took half a day . But
it worked . I got a nice little
40m CW receiver for my
trouble.
Buy ing It
For my next project, I just
sent off for ready-made
c ust om boa rds.' They were
nice, neat, correct, beauti-
ful , and even had the parts
placement marked . They
worked perfect ly . I made a
mate for the last project.
But I wanted to do these
boards myself.
I se n t off for ferr ic
ch loride .' This time I called
up and told ' em my card
number and they had the
st uff de livered to my d oor
in about three day s.
Mixi ng It
The fer ri c c hloride is a
black , gritty powder. I
mixed it with hot w ater in a
plastic j ug. The water got
hotter. The powder that got
on my hands turned into a
brown goo al l by itself and
began to st ing. I went and
washed it off . When I cam e
back, the gri t I had spilt on
the floor had turned into a
nasty glop. That stuff ab-
sorbs water right out of the
air ! 1 wiped It up . The floor
is now permanently stained
sev eral shad es of brown,
black , green, and gray.
Etc hi ng It
Anyway, now I was ready
to begin . Or wa s I? I cu t out
a littl e p iece of the high-
priced board and drew a cir-
c u it on it in ink . I laid it in a
plasti c di sh and poured
some of the smelly brown
juic e over it. An hour later it
look ed gritty . Two hours
later it wa s covered with a
fine b la ck sed i m e n t. I
rinsed it in the sink and
every bit of cop per wa s
gone . The thing might still
make a banjo pick, but it
wou ld not make a c irc u it.
Resisti ng It
I cu t ou t another piece.
This time I drew my d esign
with a fel t marker. I b ap-
t ized it for two hours in the
ferric c hlo ride soup and,
behold l c- a printed circuit.
The rem aining foil wa s
rough and gritty-about
half eaten up. But it would
do. Now I kn ew for su re
what to do. Very caref u lly I
de signed the first board . I
f elt-mark ed it and laid it
away in the tobacco juice.
In the morning there wasn't
enough copper left on the
board to tel l wha t it was
su pp os e d to have been.
Next I tr ied c rayo n. I sup-
pose if c rayon were t he o n-
ly re sist in the world , we
might m ake a go of it, but
w e w ouldn 't like it. It
turned out rough and ugly.
By now I wa sn't trying to
make a ny particula r k ind of
board . I ju st wanted to see
what wou ld get me decent
resul ts,
Cursi ng It
Oh! I foun d a lu m p o f
etc ha nt I had m isse d be-
for e , I s te p ped o n it bare-
foo t a nd s tai ned my so le
brown . I sa id so me word s
t ha t sta ined my soul d ee p
pu rp le . Afte r I clea ned up
t he mess, I went to be d ,
di sgu sted ,
Dreaming It
Sud den ly I sa t up. I had
dozed o ff and d reamed I
was painting a pattern with
a tiny bru sh , That mimeo-
graph co rrec t io n fluid ! I
had a whole c as e of it!
Mimeog rap h c o rre c t io n
fl u id corre cts by dry ing into
a p lastic film . And it comes
with a hand y litt le b rush
built righ t into the bottl e
lid, I p ut o n my p an ts and
waddl ed o u t into t he d ark
to m y store. ' There it wa s,
ca rton s a nd ca rtons of it. I
b rought o ne in a nd anno int-
ed a little rec ta ngle o f cop-
per wi t h abst rac t des igns
and f looded it wit h the slop
from the jug ,
In the morning I rinsed
it o ff and sc ru b bed it clean
at the kitchen sink. Beauti-
ful My design w a s perfect-
ly preserved in glitteri ng
cop per.
Shari ng It
Finally I have found The
Wa y to do it. And I w ill
s ha re it wi th you . Ju st send
a dolla r and a dou ble-
stam ped SASE to G le n n's
Tra ding Po st a t Pov e rty
Fl a t, Arizo na 8592 5. I will
send you a bottl e o f ge n-u-
ine Army su rp lu s correction
f lu id co m p le te wi th a nice
litt le app li cator b rush b uilt
right into the lid . Gua ran-
teed to d e lig ht you Correct
you r ste nc ils. Paint you r
nai ls pu rple . Ma ke your
own P C boa rd s . (Who
knows, it may even remo ve
warts.) This is t he best stuff
since snake oil. You c a n
even see you r pencil lines
o n the foil through the
fluid .
Drilli ng II
By "n by I had t he f irst
boa rd re a d y for p a rts . Nea r-
ly re a d y fo r parts. Gatta
d rill it. All my drill s a re too
b ig. J wen t to a d o zen hard-
ware st ores with in a hu n-
d red mi le s. The sm a llest or-
d inary d ril l bi t is a six tee nt h
of an inch. It's po sitivel y
teensy. But t he com pone nts
ju st fell out of t he hol e s.
Even after I solde red the m .
The best I cou ld d o was
bend the leads over hard
af ter poking them th rough
the holes , Then they would
sta y in place long enou gh to
be so ld e red , But the holes
were so la rge it left a qua r-
ter-moon gap arou nd each
le a d . It did n't look neat. It
did n't look profess iona l. If t
ha d wanted a ventila ted
boa rd , I would have m a d e a
pattern of round ho les o n
pu rpose ,
" I need a sm a ller drill ,"
" No, You need sm a lle r
holes. O r, you need to be
le ss picky ,"
" All I want is a drill ha lf
t hat size : '
" T h e re ain 't any in
eastern Arizona . You need
som e t h ing else."
" If it drill s holes, a in't it a
drill bit' ''
" No t necessarily."
My wife broke a sewing-
machi ne needle a s I a rgued
with the in ne r voice.
" Ho ne y, get th is b roken
needle out fo r me, wil l you ,
please ?"
G rindi ng It
I d id . A br ok en -off
se wing - mac h in e n e e d le
looks a lot like a little-bittv
d ril l bi t. I ground a be vel on
t he no tche d sid e of it with a
w het stone a nd it lo o ked a
lot more like one. I c hucked
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the sha nk in to m y ha nd dril l You ca n re m o ve it with a
a nd fou nd it woul d go fingernai l. W hen you a re
t hroug h PCB like a hot kn ife sa tisfie d w it h you r patte rn,
throu gh b utter. It m ad e a a m ixt u re o f fer ric c hloride
ne at round hole with t he and water will etc h it fo r
fo il pu shed up a rou nd the you . Plain water will clea n
edge like t he rim of a mo o n it up, wi th a littl e scrubbing .
cra te r. And, the hol e wa s If you can't get t he size
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Bu t se wing-m a c h ine nee- made, you can make you r
d les come in differe nt size s own out of sewing-mac hine
and for a b uck at t he fr iend- needles .
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had a n a ssortment of drill Footnot ing It
b la nks ju st the right sizes
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fo r c o m p o ne nt lead s. league. Newingto n, Connecti -
cu t 06111.
Concluding II
You ca n ro ll you r o w n 2. There are a 101 of places . I gOl
printed ci rcuit b o ard s wit h- mine lrom Fair Radio Sales. Box
out spe nd ing a fort u ne on 1105, lima, Ohio 45802.
s pe ci a l su p p lie s a nd equip-
ment. 3. Again , there are seve ral
You c a n draw you r pat- so ur c es . Try Cir c u it Board
te rn right o n the coppe r Spec ia list s, Bo x 969, Pueblo,
Colorado 81002.
w ith an o rd ina ry pencil a nd
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You ca n pai nt d ire c tl y on M as s ac h u sell s 0190 4 . They
t he boa rd w ith mi meog ra p h may be out .
corre c tion flu id . You c a n
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T his is t he second part of
a two-part art icle on t he
1M
'Lite Receiver IV .* In the
f irst insta llment (May, 1982,
73), we described our philos-
ophy for design ing a home-
brew rece iv er tha t can be
easily duplicated. The 'Lite
Receiver IV is the culmina-
tion of that design philoso-
" lite Receiver IV is a trademark
of Martcomm, Inc.
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front panel of the 'Lite Receiver IV.
52 73 Magazine. June, 1982
'Lite Receiver IV
- the second half
phv. The receiver completes
the home-brew system
which started with our lo w
noise ampl ifier (February,
1982, 7Jl and easy-to-build
dow n converte r (Ma rch,
1982, 73 )
The f irst ' Lite Receiver IV
i n st al l m e n t covered the
70-M Hz bandpass filter/i-f
ampl ifier board and the vid-
eo demodulator board, Also
in cluded was an intercon-
nection diagram showing
how all o f the boards were
connected together. In th is
installment, we describe the
audio, automatic frequency
cont rol, and metering ci r-
cuits . For ease of building,
printed circuit board layo ut s
...
... ..-
"
.""
"". ...
' r
and parts l ist s are provided
A sou rce is prov ided for
etched and drilled printed
circuit boa rds for those not
wishing to " ro ll their own "
Dual Aud io Board
The aud io circuit pro-
vides for switch selection of
either b,8-M Hz or 6,2-M H.l
audio subcarriers from the
satellites. The circuit sho w n
in Fig, 1 is designed around
Motorola MCl ]SB audio de-
coder ICs; however , RCA
CA306S or National LM]ObS
ICs can be used as direct re-
p lacements The board (an
drive a small speaker and
has a front-panel audio-level
cont rol if t he speaker is used
-- --
. .
"-a
Top view of the lite Receiver 's du al aud io board.
or the aud io level from the
MC13SBs is sufficient to
drive most rf modulators.
Complete component co st ,
exclusive of the printed cir-
c u it board, sho u ld be
around $15.00,
Co nst ruction
The printed circuit board
and part s overlay, Fig . 2,
make construction simple.
We did not use sockets for
the ICs; however, there is no
reason not to use them with
the relatively low rf frequen -
cies involved. The coil s are
about $1.00 eac h from RCA
distributors.
When build ing, you must
decide on the options that
.-
 you want. If you do no t
p la n to use a spea ker b ut
need au d io o n ly to drive
you r rf modulator, then t he
lM386 and its a ssociated
components ca n be e limi -
n at e d . In t h at case , t he
fr ont-p a nel leve l con t rol
w ill not be need ed, b ut be
su re t o i n s t a l l th e two
Su k-O h m pr in te d c irc u it
bo a rd pots sin ce they co n-
tro l t he a m o u nt of a ud io
available from t he MC1 358s,
If the lM386 is not in-
sta lled , t he cen te r pole o f
51 is connec te d to a re ar-
pan e l jack for con nection
to your rf m odu la to r. If t he
lM386 is installed . then the
o u tput o f t he lM 386 is con-
ne cted to t he re ar-panel
jack fo r con nec tio n to a
spe a ke r o r to you r rf modu-
lator . We use the com p le te
c irc u it a s show n so that a
sma ll spea ker ca n be u sed
when we c a rry the re ce iver
out to the a ntenna to m ake
adj ustments .
If you decide t hat you
want the speaker drive capa-
bi lity , re p la c e the two
Snk -Obm PC boa rd p ot s
with 10k-0hm , q ua rter-Watt
re sistors. The 1 Ok-Ohrn re sis-
tors provide fixed atte nua-
tion of the audio le vel from
th e MC1 358s, The fron t-pan-
e l control is t hen used for
omitte d , adj ust t he 5Dk·
O h m po t for correc t m odu- PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS
lati on le ve l for yo ur rf Print ed circui t boards are available from Martcomm, Inc., PO
Box 74, Mobil e Al 36601 . The dual audio bo ard is $12.00 and
modu lator.
t he alcJmetering board is $15.00. Add $1.75 per order for fi rst
To tune t he 6.B--M Hz ci r-
class postage.
cuit , simp ly repe a t t he
above pro c edure w ith t he
signal genera to r set for 6 ,8
MH z and tune l3 a nd l 4 as
DUAL AUDIO BOARD
descr ibed .
Parts list
O ff- t he-a ir tune-up c an be
2 MC1 358 ICs. See te xt.
perfo rmed u sing the sa me 1 LM386 IC
pr o ced ure a s a bo ve. How- 17812 voltage reg ulator
e ver, video will have to be 2 sox-onm PC boa rd mou nt pot s. See t ext.
d e te cted by t he video d e- 1 t cs-onm POt. pan el mou nt . See text .
m odul ator board since the 1 1().Ohm , 'I.-Watt
aud io is a subcamer rid ing 2 220-0hm, 'I. ,Watt
on t he video signa l. If t he 2 tck-onm, 'I.-Watt. See te xt.
signal-ge ne ra to r tu ne-u p 2 4·pF silver mica
2 12-pF silver mica
met hod is used, it still wi ll
2 27-pF silver mica
be ne c e ssary to fine- tu ne
2 33·p F silver mica
o nce you ha ve a signal off 7 .01-uF disc ceramic
the air . Sim p ly ad just fo r 4 .047· o r .05-uF disc ceramic
best audio q ua lity. 1 .05·uF disc ceramic
If th e l M386 and a speak- 3 1·uF elect ro lyt ic
e r are u sed a ll the time, be 1 lO·uF elect ro lyt ic
su re to heat-sink t he voltage 1 1OD-uF electrolyt ic
reg u lator a nd t he lM386 , 1 SPDT switch, panel mo unt
2 coils, 11 and L3, t rans tormer-soundn-t, stock number
Thi s comp le tes the audio
1301 20, from RCA PM20Q sound board.
sec tion of t he rec eiver. 2 coils, L2 and L4, coil--discriminator, stock number 130121 ,
fro m RCA PM20Q sound board .
Afc/MelerinR Board 1 printed circuit board, smcte-eroeo. G-10, available from
The ate/metering bo ard Martco mm_Inc., PO Box 74, Mobil e AL 36601.
gives ate control for the mix-
,r"
~
no n
0"
" ."
~~
TO Mr
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_ _ _ _ ""OOll c U Ofl ,.

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C " " ~ ~ O T 11$£0
a u dio level for b o th the
l M386 a nd your rf mod u la-
nof I '.'
•
eee TEX T
• "" c " "....-1~' · ,t v
tor. I ,
.....! < '°1 1°'
Note t hat p ic o farad -size
1°47 ~
•
capacitors a re silver mica,
with all other capacitors ce- 1"'1. "
,I,
,
ramic or elect rolytic. ". .(
~.'

Tune-Up Procedure r ,tof ,

•
For tu ne-u p, it is neces- -ov
sa ry to have a signa l gene ra-
,r"
tor o r use a signa l o ff th e a ir.
If you r signa l generator ha s ... 220 11
0.,

modul ati on ca pa bi lity, e n-

ab le the m odu lat ion a nd thF
"
1 :.""", . .
'
tu ne t he ou tp ut of th e gen- I ,," o

e rator fo r 6 .2 MH z . Tune l1 < •

fo r maximum audio le vel
and l2 for best audio (which
probably wo n 't be ve ry " .... Ql:O
I OU
1000<I<... T011
PC r" co
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good because most signal-

.~
T n ..-
ge ne rato r modulatio n is
-'-
AM). If t he signal generator
is CW o nly, the n tu ne both
l1 an d l2 for ma xi m u m Fig. 1. D ual frequency aud io demodulato r and amplifier schema tic. "See text. All p F capaci-
q uieting. If the l M386 was re -s are silver mica. All others are d is c ceramic o r electro l ytic.
73 Magazine· June, 1982 53
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01°',01
.11.1
TTT

13 5 8

.05+ ILM386I
'0,'
ton
I -H!.
or
-H-
01 01 .0 '
.L Ll
TTT eacn '"
-H-
7815 1<' pF
-H- 33PFL:] i ~
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t

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Fig 1. PC board and parts layout for the dual audio board.

er loca l oscillator (vto) and the ate ci rcu itry, so o ne was

AfClMETERING BOARD p rov ides drive for a relative left over. We decided to pu t
Parts list signal-strength meter. it to use to drive the meter.
1 lM324 tc The 70-M Hz outp ut from
1 tk-Ohm PC board pol The signa l-st rengt h meter t he i-f filter amp is p icked
2 sk-cnrn PC board pols is not a necessity f or t he re- off t h roug h a coax ia l tee
t Sk-Ohm panel mount pol ceiver. Still, meters seem to
1 toe-ohm PC board pol coupled with a .01-uF capac-
impress people and we are itor. The rf is the n fed to a
2 1k-Ohm, 'I. -w ett
no exception. It does serve a voltage doubler composed
2 2.2k-Ohm, w-w eu
6 tce-cnrn '1,·Watt very usefu l pu rpose, how- of two 1N270 germanium di-
1 1 megohm, '/. ·Wa ll ever. The meter comes in odes . The d c from the volt-
3 .Ql ·uF disc ceramic handy for adjusting your age doubler goes to an op
1 .022-u F disc ceramic LNA and antenna, and it amp connected as a non-in-
2 l -uF electrolyt ic gives a relative indication of verting buffer. The op amp
1 47·uF electrolytic signal to noise for you r com- drives a Q-1 -mA relative sig-
2 lN27Q germanium d iodes plete system . nal-strengt h meter.
, a-l -mA meier
2 SPDT swit che s As ca n be seen from the
Afc Circuit
1 printed circuit board, single-sided, G·10, available from schematic in Fig. 3, there are
Mertcomrn. rnc., PO Bo x 74, Mobile AL 36601. four op am ps used on the The automatic f requency
board We needed t hree f or cont ro l Ia fc). like t he meter-
ing circ uit, is not an abso lute
, ~,.c OFF
necessity . But it su re is nice

,"'.
I ••c . ~e{
,[ ..." " ~¥ . -
Y'M O
• o ~o
pt .. OOut. ...O.

~"
to have it lock the vto onto a
transponder, as the vto does

~
l ~f...., + 0'
•,.
drift in frequency due to am-
bient temperature fluctua -
tion s.
." "" '" • ,,~
,~

• It was decided to provide'

07~ f
." • ~ "'-
". '0.
b ~nAO
' . fo r ate with normal or in-
..
l U 'Z_
,r-l' • ." 'f.'-.. verted video . There is no t

,"
."
v,J;' II.
./
". ,~ . •
•

r'"
m uc h in verted video on the
satel l ites, but occas iona lly
you d o run ac ross an " up-
,"
side-dow n " t ra ns po nde r .
A lso, on a single-conversion
."o. ,"
_". .. sy stem such as ou rs, it is
. ~o

•• "-'U Z_

" OO '
.
" • ") ,"zm • possible to tune in the im age
of a transponder. But if the

h'
' •
'''Z?Q

•
'. video switch is in the
" NO RM " video position, the

"' C · l
llOU D
I
'''000 ,.. ....
ate will " p ush" the image
signal away instead of lock-
' ''0'' " 'DEO
D( ..OD....L.T O.. 8 0 U D
ing onto it.
Refer to the schematic in
Fig. J. Afdmeter;ng board scbemetic. Fig. 3. At t he ate samp le
54 73 Mag azine. June, 1982
-_..

The 'Lite Receiver's afdmetering board.

point, AFC-2, w e are no t de- IC socke t for the l M324

tecting a peak or a null, b ut since tune-up of the board is Bottom view o f the dual audio board.
instead a de level which is do ne before the lM324 is in-
compa red to a ref erence sig- stalled . Do no t connect the board. Set the video switc h switc h the afc switch to the
nal at pin 3 of the l M324 tuning pot wiper to point to " NO RM" and the a te " O FF" position. With the afc
quad op a mp. The fir st up "W" o n the PC boa rd yet. switch to ;'O N." switc hed "O FF," se t the pin
amp in the cha in is wired a s W ith t he lM324 un - 2 voltage with R4 to the
a non-inverti ng volta ge com- Tune-Up plugge d, te st for + 15 volts same voltage as with the ate
p a ra to r . It s o u t p u t is Connect the tuning-pot at p in 4 of the l M324 socket . switch "O N." Now, remove
summed with the transpon- wiper to the vto at th is time. Tune in a transponder a nd power and plug or so lde r in
der t u ning pot voltage to Connect the AFC-1 and measure the voltage at pin 2 the l M 324. Co nnec t the
sup ply the tun ing vo ltage AFC-2 points to the video of the lM324 socket. Move tun ing-pot wiper to point
for t he vto in th e dow ncon- de modu la tor boa rd . Co n- the me ter probe to pin 3 on "W" on the a fe board, and
ve rter (mixer). A span pot, ne ct to the + 15 vo lts re gu- the socket. The n, using R1 , connect the afc boa rd ou t-
R2. and a zero pot. R3. a re la ted a nd de ground retu rn se t the pin 3 voltage to put (ma rked vtol to the vto.
provided to ca li brate the on the video demod ula to r equal the pin 2 volt age. Now Be sure to use coax o r well-
tr an sp on d er t u n i ng pot ,
since vtos have different
volt age-to-frequencv ra tio s.
The third op amp is used
as an inve rt ing buffer for in-
ve rted video. As ca n be seen
on the sc hematic. the video
nor mal/re verse switch is a
double-pole. doub le-throw
switc h. This switc h reve rses
the a fc action when yo u
switc h from norm al to in-
ve rted video. Al so, provisio n
was made to turn the afc off
but not c ha nge the tra n-
sponder tuni ng pot ca lib ra- TO sr
tion . R4 sets the a te re fer-
e nce leve l the sa me a s the
ate voltage of a prope rl y
I ~.
10K .J.. "
T
tuned transponde r when '0 '
the afc is switc hed o ff .
-+. -"IN'w--

•I
- F ROM AFC S WITC H
•'0
METE R
Construction o.
---i j-:-0 l
A printed circuit board + ' !l 1I
layou t and pa rts overl ay are FRO M \/10 [0 I" INU O( ZI
shown in Fig. 4. There is OE MOO BOARD - J. III
,01T FR OM
nothing c ri tica l a bout the I I'F "-
T .L
T ·o l 10 MH , AMP
const ruc tion of th is board .
lust use good so lde ring
technique a nd keep com-
\ FROM
AFC _ .
ponen ts fla t a ga inst t he
printed circuit board . Use an Fig. 4. PC board and pam layout for the a fe/meter ing board.
73 MagaZine • Ju ne,1 982 55
 ,

shielded cable to connect #24 close to the fu ll clock-

PLESSEY-AVANTEK PlfSSH ... nC R"no CI RCUl1S
the output of the ate board wise position of the tuning
~l"'0
~ l""
RF
RF "
p"'. ~,
, .~.
J.n ~l'"lJ ""-~/"CC ... . --p '.ll ~ l " Do>ub'~ 8
I n Sl'", ,·"n._
D~' l.U SU R~ ~ ' 10'
g, to the vto. (Usually, the v to pot
Sl'.ll "F " ".~, •.•\ Sl"'s " ... O<1 / "CO: "'" ' .• ' Sl.-'UI Xl. ' ",1 C'l s .• ~ will be remotelv mounted in Now, with a ().l-mA meter
Sl ' ' ' ) l_' ''na " -I' • Sf Sl'l,' VOC...Dr;._ _ '_'l Sl..... f " ' " ~ ."
!ol1'" " c c Con I tI "l'.... "'F " "'P • to Sl.. " F'" R, . . . " ..U I." the down co nve rte r. located co nnec ted to the meter out-
U lOll " F " ......OC J 71 Sl!OJ] " F " .... . " Sl.... F\I Rt>' • 0 " J."
at enn-nna.) The ate board put, tune in a t ransponder
output is controlling the and im p ress people.
voltage-cont rol led o scilla -
tor In t he mixer, so a ny st ray Rf Modulator
AMATEUR signa l or noise spi kes p icked W e have no t desc ribed
MICROWAVE DOWNCONVERTER u p by t he cab le wi ll result in th e rf modul ators t hat w e
the vto be ing " mod ulated" have t ried since we just
dod wi ll cause i t to change haven't fo und a c ircu it that
SPECIAL $17 9.95 f requency wi th very undesir-
''' Cl UOI'' C SIlIPPI H" IU. P.,,) VIS" ...vc '.''''SH k C'' '' '' "'~U~HI> we are hap p y wit h At p res-
a ble effects on the picture. ent, we are using the rf mod-
With the ate switch " O N" ulator in our RCA video ta pe
- - - dod the vid eo switch se t to
" NO RM," the tuning pot w ilt
p layers The rf modulator
therefore costs only four
act like a c ha nne l switch As times what the complete
t he tuning pot is rotated, th e 'l ite Receiver IV costs !
ate will try to hang onto a
transponder as long as possi- Co rrespo nde nce
ble; then . It w ill " ju mp" to Because of the co m p lexi-
OOT""T 1\I" lD ..... C ( "0" 100 O ""~ the nex t tran spo nder. Be- ty of t he ' l i te Receiver IV,
10· e n sV,>Tl" C ...'N
T u N£ S ,_ , G h , l~ " Ch ' . FUll 'rI ""
\"'RII ... .. r v
I'f RfORI,,, .. t £CUA. ~ ;;' ''' l lU Oil cause of the " ju m p," t he ef- we may no t have answered
PR<" "Pl 'F I~R 10· d~ ,- " I" 1,S d~ .. r
OUTPUT TU" ' .5 T\I U' .....NH S I TO b YOU " "o..n IlH UNOlO
fect is to " sw it ch" t ran spon- a ll you r questions. We' ll be
CALL (804) 4 8 9- 215 6 _w d ers! Fina lly, adjust t he zero gtad to try to answer any
pot, RJ, to set t ransponder q uestions that you m ight
ELECTRONIC HOBB Y INNOVATIONS #1 close to f ull counter- have if you in cl ud e a self-a d-
751 0 GRA NBV S T AEE T SU IT E 20 7 N OR F OL Il . VIRG IN IA 23505 clockwise position of the d ressed stamped envelope
turung pot Adju st the spa n and are patient in awaiting a
pol. R2. to set tran sponder reply.•

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J. Richdrd (hrtst'dn WA4(VP

600 Norlon DrIve
Sdhumd ilL 36571

S, r. (Mi tch) M Itchell, J,. WII40SR

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TVRO Transducer
- waveguide-to-coax transition

T ra ns-d uc-e r (tra ns-doc'.

sa r) n . Any d evice
through whic h the e nergy
syste m, wheth er o f the
sa me o r a d ifferent type .
tr an sd ucer, let' s look a t the
sate llite TV definition: the
giz mo that hooks the anten-
dccer is a se ct io n of wave-
gu id e 3/4 of a wavelength
deep w ith the back closed ,
of one power system may Now that you know the na horn to you r LNA . The \vaveguide is a trans-
be tran sm itted to a not her dictiona ry defi nition of a Simply stated, the trans- mission line and ha s a ve-
locity fac tor different from

.. - ". tha t o f free space . A signa l-

~
' p ickup pro be is insta lled 1{4
- e e-
I
wavelength from the bac k
r-r------- --+---------+.--
, - - -- - - -; (cl osed end) a nd 1/4 wave-
length from one side of the
,,, box . The 1{4-wavelength
I , ~. o
o
spa c ing ensures that any

L'----------t------,~---
o 4·C Hl energy that get s pa st
: the probe a nd is reflec ted
-, s loes ~NO 6 ~ C'"
from the back of t he box to
the bac k sid e of the probe
" A~ E '1110"
0 111 (;0.. .. [111
0 40 5 "U T '"A5S will be in p ha se with the sig-
nal a rr iving " he a d on ."
since 1/4 wavelength from
the probe to the ba ck of the
---- ---- - ---- ,~"'~-. box pl us 1/4 wavelength
-, , -

r-.
o - -,
from the back of the box
bac k to the pro be e q uals
:
I
I
20' ·
1/2 wave lengt h. The 1/2 -
o
o
wavelengt h spacing mini-
o
o
mizes pha se distortion and
o
signa l ca ncella tio n
COIIN eC f t:Jll' sp~c e ~
.... E , EAC" r.o.. "" H lln
e . AS S 011 (;0 0'0'[ 111
O. 'lL 4 [ ACH CO'"O[IIl 1I0 ,HoT '''G
Two Methods
MOLE S TO S u IT TYPE ... .
CO.... EC TO. TAP ro. A.40 THIIlH OS O ur tran sd ucer can be
built in one of two ways, If
yo u a re lu ck y a nd c a n find
so me 4-CH z copper wave-
guide, most of the work is
------...; 5 n"- al ready done for you . Just
I I

i ",-:g
cu t off a 2.5" section of the
waveguide. Take a scra p
3 / . · I--.-
TOP A/liO 60T TO Ol p ,eceS
eE "o 9 0' 0 " e . OKE " L' NES. , ..... CE5 P ' C" li P p "06e
piece of waveguide and c ut
, _ - - " AK E ' EAC H OAO B IIl ASS 0 111 (;OP P EIIl
II .KE 2.1110 .. OAO · SHEfT ' .A S S 0 111
COP P E III ONLT , "" LL HAVE 5 11" · HOLE .... KE n e TO " T AND SOLOEIIl TO
a piece to fit the bac k o f the
CE .. H IIl CO"Ol.>OO Ill 0' TYPE ....
AT LOC" T ION SHO WN
CONN EC TO. 2.5 " pie ce , So lde r the two
pieces to form a box with
Fig. 1. Parts dim ensions and bending instructions. o ne e nd o pen . Make su re
58 73 MagaZine • June , 1982
that no so ld e r gets inside
the box. Using the instruc-
tions below. prepare and in-
stall the l "·square piece,
the pro be. a nd the coax
connector. This waveguide
method was used to build
the transdu cer in th e photo .
If you ar e not luck y
e nough to have a friend
with a so urce of waveguide.
you will have to " be nd"
your own . The material
needed is .040" brass shim
stock o r sheet fl ashing co p-
per. Most large sheet-me tal
sho ps have sma ll sc ra ps of
suc h materi al th a ~ can be
purchased a t a ve ry reason-
able price.
C u t the 7 . 3~x l . 1 5 "
piece of material and bend
it to a U shape as shown in
Fig , 1. Cut two piece s 2.S "
X 2.8", (You pro ba b ly can
get th e sheet-me tal shop to
cut the materi al wi th their
shea r fo r good clea n edges .)
Bend the edges of the two
pieces 90 degrees as shown
inFig.l .
Drill one 2 . S~x 2 . 8"
piece as shown . This piece
wi ll be the botto m of the
box. so th at loo king into th e
front of the box. the probe
hole will be in the bottom
o n th e right-hand side. The
photo sho ws how the probe
is offset.
Thoro ughly c le a n all
' ".'
I
a a-
pieces in prepa ration for
solde ring . Assemble the
three pieces to fo rm the
box. and clamp or wire
them toge th er . If necessa ry.
slight ly be nd t he Ij-sha ped
p iece o utwa rd to ensure a
tight fi t when th e top a nd
bottom pieces are insta lled ,
Wit h a la rge so lde ring Iron
o r small pro pa ne torc h. so l-
der all seam s, Be sure that
no solder gets inside the
box . If any so lde r gets in-
side. clean It out; you want
a very smoot h surface in-
side th e box to minimi ze in-
te rf e re nc e with the si gnal
energy .
Installing the Probe
The 1 "<squ are connector
spacer (see drawing) must
be made from 1/8" brass o r
co ppe r. Drill a 1/2-inch ho le
in t he center of the 1"
p iece. Then, using the type
N ch ass is-co nnector moun t-
ing holes as a guide. drill
a nd tap the piece fo r 4-40
screws . Swea t-solder the
t v-sq ua re p late centered
over the Sn6" hole in the
bottom of the box (now.
tra nsducer!). Cut th e pickup
probe from .040" brass or
coppe r scra p to th e dimen-
sions shown in th e drawing.
Solde r th e probe to th e
cente r connector of the
type N connec tor. The d is-
ta nce from the connec tor
flan ge to the end of the
probe is 13/16",
•
I I
• --.'
,, •
•,
~ 'I
I
,
r"•
• n.. '
End vie w o f a transd ucer made from co pper waveguide,
No te the dean, smooth interio r,
Now install the connec-
tor to the waveguide. using
4-40 sc rews, makin g su re
that t he fl at side of t he
pro be is towa rd th e front of
the wa veguide .
Connecting to the Horn
Afte r construct ing your
transd ucer by the easy or
hard method, you still have
to mechanically connect it
to your antenna horn . Thi s
is where a WR-229 wave-
guide flan ge comes in real
hand y. If yo u don't hav e ac-
cess to a WR-229. you ca n
make o ne from 1/8" bra ss or
cop pe r. Mil d stee l also
could be used . but is m ore
difficult to solder. Refer to
Fig. 2 fo r the dimensions if
you have to make you r own .
Solder the flange flu sh to
the fron t of the tra nsducer.
•
,,
i'.".
Sand or file off any excess
solder for a smooth transi-
t ion from the flange to the
tran sd ucer. Drill mati ng
ho les in the fl a nge to mate
with the fla nge o n your
ho rn. We use ,141" hardline
coax fro m the transd ucer to
the lNA. This sma ll coax
can be bent eas ily so that
the lNA ca n be installed di-
rectly behind the transduc-
e'
Final Comment
We have hear d of seve ral
peopl e buildin g horn s a nd
transd ucers from doubl e-
sided pri nted circuit boa rd.
We have go ne the PC-board
route, but with very poor re-
sult s, Stick with the sheet
co ppe r or brass and you
shou ld get good result s
wit h a minimum of trou ble.
Good transdu cing!.

I , ". '

, '"
1

Fig. 2. WR-229 waveguide ffange dimensions, Flanges m a y

be purchased or made from sheet brass or copper 1/16"
thick or heavier. Whife not absolutely necessary, some
method must be used to ma te the transducer to the hom.
Solder the ffange flush with the transducer. Fig, 3. Th ree-D drawing of the transd ucer.
73 Magazine· J une, 1982 59

Stephen G ib~n
PO BOl 38386
Ho llywood (A 90038
The MTV Music Box
- Satellite Central, part VII
P art of the fun o f TV RO
expe ri menting is searc h-
ing for new signals. While
video is an easy mark , the
real go ld is so met imes hard-
er to fi nd, especia lly since
new services keep popping
up. The " v ideo record s" are
a good e xam ple . Slide by
transponder 11 on Satccm 3
(131 degree s west ). and
you 'l l find M usic Te levi sio n
(M TV). a cab le service fro m
Warner Amex.
Yo u may wonder why yo u
are seei ng ro ck gro u ps blast-
ing the ir brains out in near si-
lence . It's bec ause the audio
portion of MTV is not o n
you r typical TVRO receiver
outputs o f 6.8 or 6.2 M Hz .
In ste ad, different subcarrier
frequen cies were picked . Se-
curity? Perhaps
Rock and rol l m usic may
no t be you r cu p of tea, bu t
the MTV del ivery technique
may becom e popu lar and
worthy o f more in vestiga-
t io n since it is sent in stereo
And more im port ant. yo u
can experiment with a neat
60 73 Magazine· June, 1982
tr ick. that m ighty W arner
never thought o f !
Ste reo Trickery
Just hav ing two so u nd d e-
tec tors to get stereo isn't
eno ugh You need a d ecod-
er, to o D on 't bother with a
st ereo FM-d ecoder set up
becau se it won't work . MTV
co m b ines bot h c ha nn el s,
L + R, o n on e subca mer and
sends t he differe nce b e--
tween the channels, L r- R,
PhOfO A. Fronf view of the M usic Box.
on the other su bcarr ier.
You can hear t he su m
c hannel on a bb2-MHz su b-
ca rrier and th e difference on
5. 8 MH z. Al l you need to do
is a litt le add it io n and sub-
t raction with the electron-
ic s, and voila . , .t hev sepa-
rate into left and right ! If
you add the l + R signal to
the L - R signal, t he + Rand
t he - R ca ncel, leav in g- j ust
L, or 2l , if you want to be
te chn ica l abo ut it.
- the detected com po sit e vid-
,
likewise, if you sub tract
l + R from l -R, you get
ju st 2R. The secret to all the
add ition and subt rac t io n is a
" mat rix, " w hi ch is a short
and fan cy way of say ing two
op amps from Radio Shac k.
Before you rip the top off
yo u r rec e i v er a nd st a rt
tweaking. yo u shou ld co n-
sid er an o ption . W hy not
bu ild two more so u nd sec-
tions p lu s w hatever else is
necessary in a separate box,
sp aring you r receiver? Don't
worry if yo u are a No vice o r
your last project was an old
tube-type Selecto-I et . I' ve
fou nd an easy way f or you
to bu ild thi s gadget.
Simple Circuit De tai ls
The un it connects to yo ur
TVRO receiver at the sa me
place you r internal sound
subcarrier-d etec tor c irc uits
tap off . Refe rring to Fig. 1,
eo with aud io subcarri ers is
co up led t o two separate
su bcarrier so u nd detectors.
O ne detector is tu ned to
 6 .62 MH z and w ill gi ve you
an L + R output Th e o t her
detector is tuned to 5.8 MHz
II " ".
, ..
rc
and del ive rs an L - R o u t put. 662 "H,
'00
Eac h d etector o ut p ut feed s L..! _ ~~4
two o p am p s. I u sed a TL084
, RIGHT
100"
I
·V
because it is c heap (avail-
able at Radio Shack) and
"
' ~PU '
<01 "H,
Atl JUSUBl
' · f TU ~S
,
,- ,
- .., '00 '
1l(>&4

,-.
w orks rat her w ell . You get
ee j
,.s . .. ~, "
four am p lif iers in a single OI' T(, ·O ·

c hip . That su re beats the

'"" I ~
- •
6SN7 that so m e of yo u may ~.~" H'
• •.....c
.
remember.
- '2~
A portion o f the L + R de- 2A ·~6 10 0 •

tector ou tput f eeds the in-

ve rt ing inpu t of the top op ~~,::J11
~,

<-.--'
.'2~
" , -.
10UAOI
•
am p in the d iagram . T he ;r'
L'- R detector o ut p ut feeds
the non-inverting input As 1"2

in typ ica l o p am p fa sh ion, J. ,. '" J. , -' 2 ~

its output is jus t t he d iff er- :J: :J:

ence between t he tw o in-
puts. So mu ch for t he sub-
trac tio n part o f the m atrix .
Add ition is performed in t he
bottom o p am p by sum mi ng
the L + R and L - R detector
o utp uts into the invert in g in-
put. I solat io n is superb in
thi s co nf ig urat io n bec ause
the invertin g inp ut i s dr iv en
to w ard s ground .
An Evening Project
The subca me r-decode r
c irc u it s in May ' s edi tion o f
" Satell it e Cent ral" w ill work
very well . Yo u c an m ake a
PC board for two detectors
o r u se p erf -type v ec t o r-
board and hand-wire t he ci r-
cu it in record time. O r you
Fig 1. Two PM -2m sub carrier detecto rs and a TLnB4 op amp are all you need fa hear M TV sat-
e/{ite stereo.
hi-ft. to o . Get tw o RCA
M A A OO1 As f rom a lo c al
RCA distri butor. They run
about 15 bucks each. Yo u
m ay be soc ked w ith a $3.00
d ud c harge,
Modifica t ion o f t he PM -
2oo/M A AOOl A m odules i..
ve ry easy. W e sim p ly red uce
t he va lues of two ca pac itor..
so that w e c an tune hiRhf'r
t han 4.5 M H z and t hen add
tw o more ca pacitors to get
nettPr sound . Rf' ff' rr in g to
Fig. 2, rem o ve the T299 ca n
and c hange C290 (82 pF) to
')() p F Replace the can . The n
t he distortion spec s w ould
d rive any aud iop hi le back to
AM radio !
Last, solder a SOk PC-ty pe
m in i-po t f rom pm 6 o n t he
c h ip to a grou nd trac e. Th is
is a vo lum e co nt ro l t hat we
u se in t he m ixing proce.. s.
Yo u c an u se larger sha ft-
tvpe pots and m o unt them
on t hf' front p anel, but they
are l ik el y to get b umped la t.
,r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , ,
..
'P' I
1~ ! ..
~~ r - - -
,~ . ", , , ·n_o , ,, ,
, , , . - ..
er o n and will o n ly reduce
ste reo separa tion . So why
bother!
Depend ing o n you r TV RO
rec eive r, you may need an
in pu t ba nd pa ss filter t o cut
no ise f rom t he v id eo and ad-
jacent aud io sub camer. The
inp ut coil (T299) works p ret -
ty w el l. b u t a c hea p
10 7 -M H z FM i-f t ra nsform er
padded down to the proper
T2 ~ ~
.1
I
:
,
-, , . , ,tl ~ ~ ,~ ~

,,
I
c hange C29'l (68 p F) to 25 , ( "' oo; ~ ) 00 ......•
can even buy some dua l- , •
'. u,.,
so und-sec tion subcarrier PC pF. Now t he u nit tune.. f rom
,, c J , .-/.
• ,13
"'
boa rd s from o ne o f t he 7J
advert isers and ju st stuff 'n
'l5 to nearl y R MHz .
Next, solder a .Ol ·~ F ca- , I 0·1~~~·
-'- (, ...
•
.
/, '
/
••
. -JI
... , •,>--
,

...
,.,
,,~
) ~c

,..
so lder. p ac itor f rom pin 11 o n thf' I
But if you are in a ru sh CA 1065 I C t o a around I
I so ~n
x"" I
I
. .. R1B
"
(and w ho isn't. nowad ay s) or
If yo u a re jus t learn in g
about e lect ronic s, I suggest
t race. Th i.. se ts t he r1p ·p m ~
phesis to 75 j.l..ec m ing it rp-.-
sistor inside t he ch ip , Then
" u nn,.
' .... .. 0(1,
..
.L n o'
,, ~ •I' ~ _o
I
I
I
I r-
.. .
).. , &P
0 2 '0
--,
you t ake the lazy w ay and s ol de r it 'l -j.l F (or "0)
.L • ;r " I I 1>42 0 ' I

I ct'., I II ' 0. I
sim p ly buy two RCA XL-100
sou nd-section m od u les lik e
t ho se descri bed la st m onth .
ca p acito r f rom pin A o n th e
CAJ065 t o a spa re t race. If
vou d on't w e a " pa re trace .
"OH

" ? ~'
;--y---
, I
-,.
"''0
--l L
'0'
J
I

Se rv ic e me n c a l l th e m then c ut the t ract' fro m p in A "" '"

1111 I ".o e'02

"._I)..
PM-2OOs , These lit t le m od- o n t he CA3065 le ad ing o ut L , _ t _ ,,_ ,, _ _ o J
ules are co m p lete TV-set to the edge o f the board a nd
sou nd sect ions and sim p ly
f
solde r the cap ar-row th is
pl u g int o the p op ul ar
XL-l oo. O f cou rse, they are
tun ed t o 4.5 MH z (T V
t race cut . lust he sure the
cap is polari zed (end w i t h +
o n it) towa rds t he ch ip. Now
...
...
I
n Ol"
r --
,
I
- - - -1
I ('OO~
.on I
,
J
.-1>420e
"

sou nd). but we can tweak you have a d e-bloc ked o ut- ... _- -000---"I
I . ...

them to the fr eq uen c ies w e p ut t o your amp . W e don't Fig, 2. The RCA PM-200 U .W~ a CA306S quadra tu re FM -detec·
w ant . In f act. w e can m od ify u se the pream p inside t he tor Ie for 4.5-MHz audio. The few m o ds d iscussed in the text
t hem so that w e get pretty ch ip bec au se a qu ick lo o k at w ill make it perform very well as a stereo sound decoder.
73 MagaZine .. J une, 1982 61
• •
would soon be lost in the
never-ending wire jum ble
beh ind my pre amp. I used a
utility box and mounted
RCA jacks for all the outputs
to my stereo system . (See
Photo A .) The rf input wa s a
low ly phone jack since I be-
lieve in using everything in
the junk box. Use mini-coax
if you have some. The input
transformers can be so l-
dered to the bottom of the
PM-200s. The op amp wa s
mounted on an experiment-
er's bread board. A ll boards
Photo B. Clean out that junk box with this proiect since noth- were mounted on st andoffs .
ing is critical. For example, two l].l8-yolt transformers can The PM-200 al ready has a
be used instead of a single 24-36 volt. Even another op amp hole in it for 6-32 hardware.
likely will work. Be sure t o u se vo lt age
regulators to smoot h the rip--
frequency k no ck s out w hat a ry usua lly has a ce nter tap , pie. The op am ps won't see
little noise is left. Not all ripple when running from a
tran sformers are the sa me, Junk Box Jubilee bipolar supply, but the little
so a gdo or an rf gene rator I decid ed to take a strict ly PM-200s want pure de.
will separate the winne rs plain-vanill a a pproach since For the most part, con-
from the losers. The second- I knew my little M usic Box st ruct io n is not critical other
than the suggestion that you
use c o a x t o feed th e
WHVQUAD?
PM-200s. A lso, you shou ld
Back in the dark ages of stereo, David Haller of Oynaco was use 5% , y.-Watt resistors in
expenmentfnq with tecnmcues to eliminate t he so-called t he o p amp matrix (all l OOk).
"hole in the middle" between lett and right channel speakers
While the pots on t he detec-
-see Fig. 3(a). From that effort came a center-ch annel speak-
er which was Simply the left and righ t channels combined
t or s can be used to compen-
sate for tolerances, we do
(L + A) and played 6 dB softer. Then he went one better and
want the tune-up process to
suggested a single speaker behind the listener to add am-
be easy.
bience. Logic ally. this ambience channel would consis t of the
d ifference between t he ch annels, or L - A. Remember. we
Next, you should modify
st arted wit h only two channels from tape or d is k. Thi s was
your receiver. Find the loca-
revolutionary to audiophiles, but old hat to mctron-ctctc re
peop le who'd been doing it for yea rs wi th Cinemascope and
tion where the 6.2- and
3D. (Funny how simple technology doesn't cross-pollinate 6.B-MH z detectors co nnect.
now and then.) Th is is usually an em itter fol-
Anyway, Michael Gerzon in England im proved on the idea lower after video detect ion .
with the typical left· and nqht-Iront setup by feeding the dif· Tap in w ith a de-blocking ca-
terence [l, - AI to separate speakers located at " left-rear" and pacit or. Then run more m ini-
"nqht .rear" and out of phase-see Fig . 3(b). II sounded SO coax t o a BNC, type F, or
good that record people started record ing ambience with a
RCA jack that you mount on
reverse matrix setup. Then they tried discrete channels. and
.the rear o f th e receiver. Take
yo u had t ech no logy go mad with the consumer wondering
your choice. Use what you
which system to choose. So much lo r histo ry. Most stereo
record ings have some ambience imbedded in th em, so t his have. The signal is then
t echn iq ue is wo rt h t he extra ettort to t rack down an old ampu- patched to the Musi c Box
tier and two small speakers to fiddle wi t h quadraphonics. with still more coax .
A 5th Channel?
Tune-Up Hints
If th e trent speakers are widely separated, you can co nnect
There are two w ays to
a 5th channel to go between them . This will indeed reduce
separation but tends to fill the " hol e in the middle" ettect . Ctn-
make the Mu sic Box play.
ema sound processors use this techniq ue with an age to re- You c an simply set both 50k
store apparent separation. Since a signal that would appear pot s for min im um resistance
to be located at a point i n space between the speakers would (t hat's maxi m um volume)
have to be coming Irom both the left and right channels, we and tweak the input trans-
must assume that it is the sum of the channels, or L + A- see f ormers, th e T299 coils, and
Fig . 3(c). So feed another amp with the l + A output of the l299 co ils for sound. But
Music Box and place the speaker between lelt and right knowing which subcamer
speakers.
you are on may be a trick .
Add to that the possibility
62 73 Magazine· June, 1982
that you may have both de-
te ctors tuned to the same
carrier, and you' re sure to
see there must be a better
wa y.
Use a signal generator set
to 6.62 MHz. Feed it into the
unit. Put a scope on pin 9 of
the IC on the 6.62-MHz
board (l + R) and tune the
coils for maximum. Back the
generator down below limit-
ing and peak again. Do the
sam e proc edure for th e
other module (l - R), but set
the genera tor to 5.8 MHz.
If the generator can be
frequency-modu lated by an
int ern al oscill ator, set it to
+ 75-KH z dev iation and ad-
ju st the l299 coil s on each
m odule for the cleanest
w aveform . Depending on
the part i cular run of
PM-200s, you may need a re-
sist or across l299 to lower
its Q a small amount. A THO
analyzer is a better eyeball
if you have one. Without an
analyzer, you are stu ck w ith
having t o use your ear to
f ine-t une l299 for min imum
noise and d istortion.
While we're on the sub-
ject, don't expect the Music
Box to play very well if your
system has any sparklies.
And narrow ing the receiver
i-f bandpass doesn't count,
despite the picture improve-
ment you 'll likely see. It's
what you'll hear that really
co unts. The first time a
solid-color field is displayed
(wi der ca rri er deviat ion),
you' ll see and hear what
many c all t rizaies. the b ane
o f all " near threshold" sys-
tems. Even with music, noth-
ing beats a good lNA and a
large dish. Nothing.
At this point, you should
be able to connect every-
thing and hear pretty good
stereo: Use headphones to
verify. Some o f the musi c is
in mono, so don't worry if
your first blast o f sound is in
t he m iddle of your head . If
you u sed 5% o r better
resistors on the op amps,
you ma y be finished. Other-
wise, the two SOk pots ma y
need ad ju stment for max i-
mum separati on . Tweak
either pot for best aural
 c

k-,.-A
,
separation o r connec t the
Music Bo x outputs to the
...,.' spe a ke rs as shown in Fig . 4 .
Note that t he speakers o n
horizontal a nd ve rtical in- • the am p lifier's o ut p ut are
puts of a n oscilloscope . connected In pa ra lle l b ut
" I Without sweep, you can ad- ou t of phase . The l - R goes
just the detector pots for a o n the le ft rear a s you face
c , 45-degree a ngle trace on the Fig. 4. Hookup for q uadra- the ma in speak e rs. The R - L
CRT when mono IS being phonic sound. goes o n t he righ t rear. Since
k transm itt ed . Yo u'll see a
" b a ll o f ya rn" d isp la y when
stereo IS being sent. Of
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Tune In the World's Tinderbox
- SWUng from Cairo to Kuwait
T he assassinat ion of An-
w ar Sader. President of
Egypt, was simply the latest.
at that time. of a whole
se ries of " incidents" in this
conflic t-torn area , The wa r-
fare b etween I srael a nd
Egyp t a few yea rs ago, the
fi ghting between Iraq and
Ir an. the invasion of Afghan-
istan by the USSR, and the
ever-threate ned stabi lity of
Saud i Ara bia. Kuwa it. and
other Arab o il-p roducing
states a re al l pa rt of the tur-
bulent Midd le East scene.
For a clear-cut. direct. day-
by-day pictu re of this ex-
plosive part of the world.
li sten to you r shortw av e
radio. A l l th e count ries men-
tioned a bove. plus others,
have daily p rog rams in
English that can usually be
• •
AlG ER IA LIBYA
66 73 Magazine. June, 1982
heard well in North Amer-
ica . And you will find it in-
tere sting to co m pa re the dif-
ferent viewpoints of t hese
nations .
Rad io Cai ro fro m Egypt
usu ally ha s a pretty good
signal into North Am erica .
Its Engl ish programs can be
heard at 2215-234 5 CMT on
9805 kHz and at 02()(}{)330
CM T on 12.000 a nd 9 .465
kH z. A 25Q--kW and a 100-
kW tran smitter a re all the
statio n has . Its pr ograms a l-
ways open with the so und of
c h im e s (sou ndi ng suspi-
ciously like Big Ben in lon-
don) a nd t he wo rds fro m a
woma n an nou nce r: " This is
Cairo, t his is Ca iro." Fol-
lo win g this is a ten-m inute
news p rogram . The n comes
a regular pattern of musi c
TURKEY
EGYPT
I SAUDI
l
followed by a d iscussio n of
so me timely toprc. usually
related to the Middle East .
The music is M idd le Eastern,
remin iscent of Egyptian bel-
ly-danci ng scenes in o ld
movies. The mu sic goes o n
for a bout ten mi nutes a nd
then fo r 15 m inutes you hear
talk . Then back to the mu-
sic. and so on . This is the reg-
ular daily p rog ram fo rmat
Ho we ve r, lik e the good
broad ca sters t hey are, Radio
Cairo is not afraid to b re a k
out of the mold if the occa-
sion calls for it
If you had been liste n ing
to Rad io Ca iro on t he eve-
ning tha t Sad at was kill ed, as
I wa s, yo u would have been
in for a m ost interesti ng ex-
perience. As soon as the offi-
cial announcement of
IRAN
JORDA;'-
Nq
ARABIA
,
Sadat's deat h ha d been
made, Radio Cai ro di scard--
ed its regula r fo rmat and put
on a fa scinating p rog ram
about the late president
The y covered his rise to
fa me and h is accomp lish-
ments wh ile president, a nd
then switched to a report on
the background of his su c-
cesso r, Ho sni Mubarak .
To me . thi s wa s short-
wave rad io at its best . Suc h
ex pe riences give t he listener
the opportu nity to go to the
so urce s of major stories.
wherever in the world they
take place. and to get o n-
the-spot coverage that is
usually way a head o f you r
loca l radio o r TV new s
report .
Perhaps the most exten-
sive broadcasting job in the
Middle East is done by Isra-
el . Kol Israel , the voice of
Israel ' s Externa l Service,
beam s some six ho urs of
Engli sh-lang uage pr ogr am s
into North Ameri ca, many
of t hem very popula r with
regu la r listeners.
Broadcasting in Israel
goes back to the days when
the British ruled Palestine
under a l eague o f Na tions
mandate. They f orm ed the
Palestine Broadc ast ing Se r-
vice (PBS) b ack in 1936 and
put out programs in English,
Hebrew, and Arabic. The
present Kol Israel took its
bow on the first day of Isra-
el's independence, carry ing
Prime M inister David Ben-
Gu ria n's o rigi na l Decl ara-
tion of Ind e p end en c e
speech Jive on May 14, 1948.
from the Tel Aviv Municipa l
Museum . The Heb rew
broadcasting staff of the
PBS joined up with those
who had been broadcast-
ing for th e Jew ish under-
ground to f orm a nu cl eus for
t he o r iginal Ko l Is rael
organization .
In 1965, a Broadcasting
Authority law was enacted
that gave Kol Israel the
same status t hat is en joyed
in Great Brit ain by th e BBC
That is, it is admin iste red by
a Board o f Governors acting
as an independent body out-
Side of di rect government
control . The executive head
is the Director-General who
is appointed by t he govern-
ment for a f ive-yea r te rm .
About two-th irds o f t he Is-
rael Broadcast ing A u t hori-
ty's budget is revenue from
license fees of domestic lis-
teners and TV viewers. The
remainder comes from fees
charged advert isers for com-
me rcia ls on domestic rad io
and TV. The Externa l Ser-
vice also gets direct grants
from the government.
Kollsrael has a strong sig-
nal into North America With
fou r 300-kW t ransmitters
aimed at our shores. Broad-
casts in Engl ish can be heard
in the morn ings, afternoons,
and evenings. The last is t he
best t ime for reception, al-
though afternoons generally
also are good Mornings at
1200-1230 GMT are usu ally
not the best for reception .
In t he evenings, listen
from ‫סס‬oo to 0030 GM T,
01 00 to0130 GMT, and 0200
to 0225 GMT on one o f the
fol lowi ng frequencies :
15.583 k Hz , 11 .640 kHz , or
9.815 kHz. Also li sten f rom
0500 GMT to 0515 GMT on
15 105, 11 .960, 11 .638, o r
9.815 kH z.
In t he mornings at 1200,
try for Kol Israel program s
on 21.760, 21.495, or 17612
kHz . Sometimes the recep-
tion at this hou r is unusually
good, but it is problemati-
cal, unl ike t he o ther t imes of
broadcast.
Fro m 2000 to 2030 GM T
o n 12.025, 11.960, 9.815,
and 11 .638 k Hz, reception
is usually strong. So, too, is
it from 2230 to 2300 GMT
on 11.960, 11.638, and 9.815
kHz.
A ll Kol Israel programs
begin w it h a five-m inu t e
news summary and t hen go
into thei r regu lar program-
ming, which is different
each day.
Sundays. " Call ing All lis-
teners" is Radio Israel 's pop-
u lar OX program w hic h
gives up-to-date in form ation
on f requency changes for
stations in t he Midd le East
and also Kol Israel program
details for the week. This
program extends into Mon-
day GM T times (0100, 0200,
etc.).
M on da y s . " Pro g ram
Parade" gives forthcomi ng
program details, and then
comes " This land," which is
particularly aimed at people
interested in touring Is-
rael. Following this is " Spec-
tr um," w hich rev iew s Israeli
scie nt ific develo pm ents.
Tuesday . " Israel Mosa ic"
gives the listener interest-
ing facts about life in that
country. " Pop Sound " of-
fers music, and then comes
" Person ally Speaking," a
prog ram wit h guest
commentators.
Wednesdays . "Israel
Forum" is the big program
Want aSl Cards or Station Programs?
Here are the ad dresses of Midd le East broadca sters:
Radio Afgh anista n
PO Box 544
Kabul
Afghanistan
Voice of Islamic Republic
BOK 41-364 1
Tehran, Iran
Israel Broadcasti ng Auth ority
PO Box 1082
Jerusalem, Israel
Broadcasting Service of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Info rmat ion
Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Ar abi a
of t he day and offers the
listener some live ly discus-
sions about peop le and
politics .
Thursdays . " Time O ut "
offers inte rest ing f eature
sto ries about li fe in Israel.
Fridays . " M u si c fr om
Israel."
Saturdays . " I srae l This
Wef'k " is a review of cu rrent
events of t he past six days.
Compared to Israe l, th e
ot he-r Middl e East bro ad-
casters are, for the most
part, inferior. W hile some
have good signals, they are
not on the air very much and
their programming is, by
comparison to Kol Israel.
somewhat cr ude. However,
if you are no t li stening just
for en iovrne nt, as you mi ght
with the BBC or ot her West-
ern stat ions, but to get infor-
mation and various view-
points, these other Midd le
East stations do give
you t hat .
Rad io Kuwait IS an 10-
te resti ng stat ion to listen to.
This litt le coun try- abou t
t he size of Israel but wit h
on ly half as many
people-has some 15% of
the world's oil reserves Oil
pays fo r just abou t
eve ry th ing the re- free
medica l ca re, edu c atio n,
and socia l security. Best o f
all , t here are no ta xes!
Radi o Cairo
PO Box 1186
Cairo, Egy pt
Rad io Baghd ad
Iraqi Broadca sting
Salibiya
Baghdad, Iraq
Kuwait Broadcast ing
PO Box 397
Kuwait
UAE Radio
Dubai
PO Bo x 637
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Kuwa it as m ight be ex-
pec te d , has m od ern
Western technology work-
ing for it, and th is includes
shortwave transmitter s in
which there are fo ur 250-kW
and two 500-kw units. They
have a pretty good signa l in-
to t he US f rom 1800 to 2100
GMT every day . They use
only one f requency-11 .675
kHz- but t he equi pme nt is
good enough to m ake this
al most alw ays a good one
for receivers here in t hi s
count ry .
A typical program from
Kuw ait goes li ke t his:
-1800 GMT -Station Iden-
tification ; music (Arab
sty le);
-1 8 30 G M T - 15-mi nu te
talk on some cu rrent event
in the M iddl e East by young
lady;
- 1845 GMT - More m u sic;
- 1900 GM T - W est er n -
style music;
-1930 GMT -c- Review of
the week;
-2000 GM T - M u sic (A ra-
bi c); and
- 2030 GMT- Disc ussion
o f economics by a man .
liste ning to Radio Kuwait
is simila r to sticking w ith
Radio Cai ro . Ir s not easy to
stay gl ued to the recei ver on
stat ions li ke t hese un less
somet hing spec ial is hap-
pening in the area. Thi s, o f
co urse, is very likely th ese
73 MagaZine • June, 1982 67

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da ys. with the Midd le Ea st
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it makes sense to know
w here to find station s like
Radio Kuwait on your dial
a nd to c heck into th em from
t ime to t ime .
A re al d isap point men t is
Saudi Arabia. Here is one of
the la rges t Middle East
co unt ries, with a population
of 9,2YO.OOO and geogra ph-
ica lly a quar ter t he stze o f
the US. l ike Kuwait. It is oil-
rich Unli ke Kuwait. which
has a literacy rate o f ove r
60% . Saud i Arabia ha s a
rail' of only 15%,
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When you do tu ne t hem
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68 73 Magazine · June. 1982
Take command of your
scanner or s hort wave
to look and when to
listen with h elp from
MONITORING TIMES .
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II,.
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" d uring the t ime o f the Cru-
m an sav ing, " This is Radio
ledda h. the b roadc asti ng
service o f the Kingdom o f
Sa ud i Arabia " The program
that fol lows is a mixture of
M iddle Eastern musi c and
talk . the latter pr imarily ex-
pl aimn g po sit ions o n oil
prices, purc hases o f m odern
arms from the U S, e tc.
Aga in, while not the mo st
entertaining station to l isten
to, it could be of gre at in -
terest shou ld som e event
ta ke place in t hat p art o f
the worl d
A mu ch m ore intri gui ng
st at io n to li sten to is UAE
Radio in Dub ai. in t he
Un ited Arab Em irates, Here
is a little co u ntry that I had
never heard of before be-
comi ng a shortw ave rad io
li stener It has a popul ation
of le ss than a million people
and IS ro ughly the Sill" of
Maine, However, oil rev-
enues give the U A E one of
t he highest per ca pi ta gross
na tio nal produ cts In t he
w or ld Thi s little cou ntry
wa s a Brit ish protectorate
unti l 1971 anot her reaso n
-c
for it s o bscu ri ty.
From a broadca sting
st and po int, UAE Radio is a
ple a sa nt su rp rise. It has
three 3£Xl.kW tran .. miners
which seem to reac h us her e
in North Americ a ext remelv
wel l. Its Engli sh programs
can be hea rd twi ce daily, at
0330·-{)357 GM T o n 17.775
and 9.590 kHz , and from
1610-1650 GM T o n 21 ,695
and 17.710 kH z.
After sta t ion ident ifi ca-
t ion by a young lady who
so unds as though she has
been edu cated in l o ndo n,
England , UAE Rad io offers
not the news, as is the u su al
sho r t w ave broad c a st in g
techniq ue, but a f eature
story. Recent ly, for example,
it h a d an i n t e r es ti n g
15-m inute tal k o n the hi story
of t he trade of that geo-
grap hical area with China
sades. Follow ing this ca me
ten minutes of mu sic -not
Arabi c mu sic, but th e kind
we hear on US FM " bea un-
fu l music " stat io ns After
t his ca me the news
New s is d o ne in BBC
stvle . That is, fir st they gi ve
you the head lines, then the
det ailed stories, and then a
repeat of the headlines. You
ca n see the British influence
in their bro ad c ast ing. W ith
t he excep tion o f Israe l, UA E
Radio appears to be t he
most westernized of all the
Middle East stat io ns,
Another pleasant su rp rise
in Middlf' East sta t ions is
Radio Baghd ad from Iraq
This stat ion also has ve ry
good program s, and even
th ough it is reported to have
o n ly a sing le 250-kW trans-
mitter, It com es in w ith a
p re tty st rong signal to North
Americ a A typ ical program
starts w ith 15 minutes o f
news followed by abou t fi ve
m inutes o f mu si c (A rab
stvle). Next co m es <1 five-
minute editoria l (perhaps o n
the war wi t h Iran and why
they are f ight ing ), fol lowed
by mo re mu si c T he n
a noth e r t alk a n d m ore
rnu src.
•
\\'hile it m ay sound rat her
boring, the f act o f the m at-
ter is that th e talks are w ell
t hought out and very well
delive red It is good listen-
ing if you are at all interest-
ed in what is going o n in the
M idd le East
Iraq is not a large country
(<1 l ittle bigger than Califor-
nia in si ze and with a popu-
lanon of 12,OOO,(XXl l. but it
is one o f the key nations in
the area and. u nlike some,
has a pretty good record for
sta b ility. In o t her word s, it s
att it ud es and thinking w ill
be Im p o rt a n t in fu t ure
developments in the Middle
Ea st You c an hear Radio
B aghd ad eve ry day at
2130-2225 GM T o n 9745
kHz and at O.l<JO-0335 o n
21 .585 kHz .
The other co unt ries in the
area are an " i ffv" p ropo si-
ti o n as far as reception is
co nce rned. Iran, three t imes
t he size of Iraq in bo th po p-
ulation and area, ca n often
be heard at 1930-2030 GM T
o n 9022 k Hz . Program s are
not exactl y award winners.
hut you d o Ret the Iranian
point of view .
Afghan istan ca n usuall y
be heard at 1900-1930 GMT
o n 1 5,077 -hut not very
well. Al geria can som et imes
he heard at 21 £Xl.21 30 GM T
o n 25 700 or 15.21 5 kH z.
Some li steners have heard
Lebanon o n 11.790 o r 11860
kHz at OnO-03CX) GM T. OX-
ers haw caught add it io na l
Middle last cou ntries, but
no t w ith pr o gr am s in
English
H owever, for t hose of you
who w ant to keep up Wi th
w hat is gomg on in that part
of the world , you have a
pretty w ide c ho ice o f sta-
t ions WIth good signals and
f a irl y good p ro g ram s -
I srael , Egypt, UA E Rad io,
Kuwai t, a n d Ir aq , Thi s
asso rt m ent gives you a good
balance o f opinions. A f ter a
few months o f listening to
this array of programs, you' ll
be t he best-in formed guy or
girl on the bloc k about the
MiddlL' East. _
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Are You Ready for 900 MHz~
Thi s art ic le Is based on a paper given at the 27th Annual VHF Conference , Western Michigan University, Oct. 17, 1981, Kala mazoo MI.
S ince the proposa l and
decision to allocate the
902-928-MHz segment of
the UHF spectrum to the
Amateur Service; ' V HFI
UHF enthusiasts and experi-
me nters have wonde red
how best to util ize t his new
reso urc e and what equip-
me nt wou ld be needed to
communicate efficient ly on
it. This artic le will address
t hose topics and wi ll pro-
pose a b and pla n for t he
amateu r community based
on experience with other
V HF/UHF bands and prov-
en rad io-f requency desig n
techniques.
History
Recent use of t he fre-
q ue ncy spectrum from
902-928 M Hz in the Un ited
States has been for rad io-
f requency heati ng, i.e., t he
Indu st r ial , Scientif ic and
Medical (I SM ) service , Early
comme rcial and consu me r
m icrowave ovens used thi s
wave length, althoug h m ost
now have changed to 2450
M Hz f or im proved perfo r-
m ance at t his higher tre-
q uencv.' Most ISM heat ing
devices (typ ica lly magne-
tro ns) are tu ned to a ce nter
frequency of 915 M Hz and,
wit h the ir pulsed power op-
eration. generate consider-
able amounts of energy in
t he fo rm of side bands .
Thu s, guard bands of plus
and mi nus 13 megahertz
about t he ce nter frequency
were adopted to minimize
interference w ith services
in immed iate ly adjacent al-
locations.
74 73Magazine. June, 1982
Warning: The 915-M Hz
freq uency was o r iginally
chosen f or its heat ing ef-
f ect s on subs t ances with
high wa ter conte nt such as
f ood and, unfortunately ,
huma n flesh!
Th e ISM servic e w i l l
share t he new amateu r allo-
cation o n a seco ndary, non-
inte rfe rence basis as t he
pr oposal s now st and. Bot h
se rv ices w ill share the ba nd
w it h Govern me nt Radi ol o-
cat ion (rada r), whic h w il l
have pri mary sta tus (t his is
the case in m any UH F/mi-
crow ave amateur b and s). In
addit ion, other restricti on s
provide t hat t he new band
wil l not be ava ilab le to the
Am ateur Satel lite Service
and that it m ay be suscepti-
bl e to in terferenc e by A uto-
ma tic Ve hic le M on it ori ng
(AV M) sys te ms p en d i ng
cons ideration by the Feder-
al Co m mu nicat io ns Com-
mission. '
Propagation
The new UHF allocation
has shown in com me rcia l
land mo bil e tests t hat it be-
haves much as expected -
atte nuat io n by nat ural ob-
902.0 MHz-CW/SSB
902.6 MHz - FM volce/RPT
(mobile receive, RPT transmit)
906.0 MHz-ATV Channel A
912.0 MHz-ATV Channel B
918.0 MHz -ATV Channel C
924.0 MHz- FM voice/RPT
(mobile transmit, RPT receive)
927.4 MHz,
928.0 MHz - Control Links, Packet Tran smissi ons
The band plan proposed by W B4LNM in October, 1981, for
902-928 M Hz.
iects such as t rees and eart h
w il l be greate r than on 450
M Hz. neces sitat ing in -
creased effective rad iated
power. Ho wever, in urban
areas, because of the much
sho rte r wave leng th , it s
spec ular refl ect io n al lows
much bette r coverage in
areas fores ted by tal l build-
ings and t unnel structures.'
M uch researc h has al-
ready been accompli shed
by t he commercia l commu-
nit y in its quest to prolifer-
ate the ce l lu lar mo bil e ra-
d iote le phone services into
t he 825-to-890-M Hz area.
Severa l exce llent art icles
have ap peared document-
ing extensive tests that have
been per fo rmed in a var iety
of areas (mostly metropo li-
ta n) aro un d t h e United
States.t-?-' The operational
characteristics of amate ur
mobile FM voice should
para l lel t hese results quite
closely.
O ne area of concern in
using t he new 33-cent ime-
t er band for m obil e com-
m un ic ation is the rat e of
signa l c ance llation and ad-
d iti on (mobi le fl utter ). At
two meter s, the same phe-
nomenon t hat causes lost
words duri ng transmissio ns
w ill, at 900 M Hz, add a low-
f requency buzz to demod u-
lated audio. At speeds o f 30
to 60 m iles per hour, the fre-
quency of t his tone will be
app roximately 80 to 160 Hz
for a t ransm ission frequen-
c y of 915 MHz. Although
t his is not a prob lem fo r
voice intelligibility (it can
be f iltered out by appropri-
ate audio high-p ass fi lter-
ing). it does cause the pres-
ent conti nuous tone sub-
audib le sq u elc h (CTSS),
kno w n more popula rly by
it s trade name , Private
Line.' to malfunctio n by un-
squelchi ng a receiver when
there is actual ly no t rans-
mi tt ed CTSS tone. Thus, dif-
fe rent selective-signali ng
met hods , pe r hap s to ne
bu rst or dig ital squelc h
com posed o f a short du ra-
t ion seria l-bit stream at the
begi nn ing of eac h t ransm is-
sio n. woul d be requi red for
reli able operation .
Hardware
Equip ment for com m u-
nic ating at 900 MH z is an-
other area where t he com-
m erc ial com mu nicatio ns
se rvices are helpi ng al most
as m u ch as w hen t hey
d um ped t housa nd s of o ld
VHF high-b and transce iv-
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fore the new cellu lar rad ios
w i ll be ava ilable as surp lus,
the components and tec h-
nol ogy used in these t ra ns-
ce ivers wi ll be produced in
mass qu antities f o r t he
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73 M ag az in e • June.1 982 75
mob ile radiote leph one
users that are expected to
populate t he adja cent
commerc ia l band in the
next few yea rs , Sev eral
se m ico nd uc to r manuf ac-
turers a lre a d y are pro duc-
ing com po ne nts th at will
work well in a ma te u r tran s-
ceive rs."":"
For those wh o don't want
to build down to th e ba sics,
there are a lso hybrid power-
amp lifier modules tha t re-
quire little more than appli-
cat ion o f proper dri ve sig-
nal s, po we r-su p p ly volt-
ages, and heat sinking."
The se would be suita ble fo r
FM, PM, or CW operati on s,
and req uire only 250 mil li-
watts of inp ut e ne rgy for 7.5
or 20 Watts outpu t.
Receiver design s will be
of the sa me genera l supe r-
heterod yne style we are a c-
customed to, but with sig-
nific ant difference s in the
co nst ruct io n o f the rf am-
plifi e r a n d f irst mixer
stages. To e nha nce se le ct iv-
ity, sma ll cav ity resonators
o r helic al reson ators wi ll be
used for the ir low-los s char-
a cteri sti cs a nd th ei r physi-
cal size, whi ch will reac h
manageable proportion s at
th is wavel ength, G a llium
a rse n id e field -effec t tran sis-
tors, onc e e xpe ns ive d e-
v ices for co m m e rci a l and
mi litar y systems, will be
emp lo yed t o minimize
noi se figu res wh en used
ahe ad of Scho tt ky diode
do ub le- ba la nc e d m ixe rs
known for their inherent ex-
c e ll ent w id e dyn amic
range. The cost o f th ese
mi xer s c o nt in ues to d e-
c rease as they ar e used in
more a nd more co mm un i-
c at io n sys t e ms. Se ve ra l
m anufacturers a lre a dy o f-
fer , in sma ll qu antitie s, pre-
a ssem bled m ixer m odule s
th at work to 1 GH z fo r un -
der te n d o lla rs.
Build ing at 900 MHz will
introduce th e newcomer to
a di fferent att it ude towa rd
the compo ne nts he uses ,
The rule s here are, " the on-
ly good lead s a re no le a d s,"
a nd, "it may look like a ca-
pacitor to yo u but wh at
76 73 Magazine. June, 1982
does it loo k like to the cir-
cuit? " At this frequency, a
one-eighth-inch le ad of #22
AWe wire o n a 27o-picofa r-
a d dis c capacitor e xhibits
a n inductive re a c t a nc e
la rge r than the capa citive
reactance of the capacitor.
Th us, th e ca pac ito r at this
fre que ncy is a ctually acting
a s an inductor.
Chip capacitors, capaci-
tors with no leads at a ll, a re
frequent ly used where this
effect becomes a problem .
Although they a re re ason-
ably expensive, their price
can be expected to de-
c rease since the production
process for manufacturi ng
them is automated and they
a re now being used in the
co m p ute r ind ustry to help
digita l device s comply with
st ringe nt new ra di o fre -
quency inte rfe re nce regu la-
tion s.
One of t he toug hest
p roblem s to tackle wi ll be
that of freque ncy sta bility,
especially in mobi le and
portable equipment. Co n-
sider a typical transmitter
c r y s t a l of frequen cy
33.4074 MH z (902 MHz d i-
vided by 27), with a toler-
an ce of 0001 % over t he ex-
t rem es of tempe ratu re,
sho ck, and voltage . This
c rysta l could exhibit a drift
of 9 kHz at 902 MHz and
still be within spec ification.
If the new amateur band
were to follow the norma l
25 -k Hz channel spacing
and 1 3-kHz o cc u pied band -
width used on 450 MHz, it is
obvious that the communi-
cations system would suffe r
great degradation in both
ad ja cent channe l se le ct ivi-
ty and demodulation di stor-
tion if thi s c rysta l were
used .
Seve ral inge nio us ideas
have been proposed to alle-
v iate thi s stability problem ,
or at le ast to t ra nsfe r the
problem to a station capa-
ble of mainta ining an accu-
rate frequency standard . I J
If the mobile transmitters
were designed to operate in
fu ll duplex mode, the signa l
received from the repeater
(ass um ed to be stable and
a c curate) co uld be used a s
a refe rence to whic h the
mob ile transmitter could be
frequ e ncy-locked. Si nce
t he vast majority of ve hicu-
lar operation on t his band
will m o st certain ly be tied
to repeater systems, this
method re p resen ts a very
cost-e ffective solution . The
ba nd plan suggested la te r
in this article was d e ve l-
oped with this concept in
m ind .
Another positive aspect
of a fu ll duplex system is
that it will allow the opera-
tor to gain im m e d ia t e
know ledge of how well he
is communicating w ith the
ret ra nsmis s ion site, be-
ca use he wil l be able to li s-
ten to h is own signa l a s it is
ret ra nsmitted (perhaps at
reduced volume in the re-
ce ive r to p reve nt aud io
feedback ).
Anten nas for the 33-cm
band will be smal l e nough
to be built eas ily with sim-
ple ha nd tools and mo unt-
ed on ma sts no la rge r than
sma ll television a ntennas . A
fou rteen-element paras itic
vagi-uda a rray, whic h mag-
nifies a transmitte r's power
16 tim es, occupies a space
of on ly 6.5 by 28.5 inc hes.
Corner reflectors , which
ha ve never been widely
used by amateurs at lower
frequencie s, are easi ly co n-
struc ted and offer a decent
amount of gai n and fai rly
wide bandwidth . O f cou rse,
for t hose who can afford
the price (a nd hav e no
ne ighbors), a four-meter d i-
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about 27 dB gain and can
be used o n the h ighe r m i-
crowave bands as wel l.
Using It
Many different idea s,
a mateu r co nve ntio ns, and
technological factors were
co nsidered when attempt-
ing to formulate a ban d
plan that wou ld serve all
the needs of the a mateur
fr a ter nity, The followi ng
plan is the d ist il la te of
those co mponents .
One a spe ct of the ho b by
that a ppears to be in a
growth mode is that of fa st-
scan te lev isio n and com-
puter-generated video. On
the 70-centimeter band, the
wide, buzzing video car-
riers a re no t well received
(more accurately, not wel-
come) near the weak-signal
satellite downlink sub ba nd
fro m 4 35-438 MHz . Th is has
prompted ATV, in seve ral
me tro pol ita n areas of the
co u nt ry, to move to 23 em
in search of usab le spe c-
trum . Ho weve r, the expect-
ed allocation of 1260-1270
MHz to the amateur satel -
lite service, 1 coupled with
the re ce nt re m o va l of ama-
teur operating privileges
from 1215 to 1240 MHz for
mil itary navigational sate l-
lite syste m s (NAVST AR,
GP SSV as wel l a s the diffi-
culty of generating healthy
amounts of power at 23 ern .
makes this band less than
desirable for fa st-scan tele-
VI Sion .
I am proposing, there-
fo re , that three 6-MHz-wid e
st a nd a rd video channel s
(w ith multiplexed FM voic e
if des ired) be ce nte re d in
the proposed ba nd plan,
Since these three cha n nels
wou ld be broad cast stan-
dard video form at and fre -
quency spa c ing, on ly one
loca l o sc illator per down-
converter would be ne ed ed
to mix a ll three down to
contiguou s VHF o r UHF
broadcast c hannel s fo r di s-
play o n a sta nd a rd unmodi-
fied telev ision receiver ,
For the FM crowd, the
band plan p roposes 1 28
new FM chann e l pa irs
spaced at 25 kHz , with the
transmi ssion and reception
frequency d iffe re nc e (sp lit)
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front-end filte ring will pro- for weak-signal modes. SSB. ph as is has bee n plac ed o n Barton, G. A. Wagner, Communi·
vide good image rejection and CW, as is co m mon o n th e need for fast-scan tele- ca tions Magazine , March·Aprll,
a nd sensitivity. the lo we r VHF and UHF visio n t ra nsm issio n spec- 1974.
The portable equipment bands. This ~kHz swath trum since it appears that 6. "$orne Characteristics o f Mo-
bile Aadio Propagat ion at 836
receive band is placed at allows for many 3·kHz side- ATV mode has be e n
MHz in th e Philadelph ia Area,"
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O. M. Bla ck, O. O. Aed ud ink,
spectrum. causing the im- posphenc-scatter, mo on- g ions of the amateur spec- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
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thrown into the avion ics experiments. Initial e xperi- d iscu ssion o f the new UHF 7. " Examinatio n of the Feasibil-
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stead of the new cellular re- with little more than a re- buil d or buy equ ipment Operation at 950 MHz," FCC Re-
diotelephone band . Since turned 451·451 .30·MHz and operate th is frequen cy search Division Report R·7120.
the smaller mo b ile trans- commercial FM transceiver range no matter what your 8. Private Line: reg istered trace-
ceivers have le ss room for d riving a varactor doubler special inte re st is. With 26 mark of M otorola ccmmumca-
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Beterence," Motorola Semlcon-
The ATV repeate r-output t he other bands above 30 Relerences ductor Products, rn c., Phoenix,
spectrum is a lso lo c ated at MHz, this will provide plen- 1. Proceedings 01 the 1979 Ar izona.
the same e nd of the band as ty of weak-signal spectrum World Administrat ive Aad lo 10. " Af Commun icat ions Prod-
the FM voice re pe ate r so space fo r the foreseeable Conference. ucts," TAW AF Sem iconduc-
that the two types of re- future . 2. " M icrowave Ovens - Revclu - t ors, Lawndale, centcmte.
peaters can be easi ly co-lo- t lon In Cooking," O. R. McCon· 11 . Data Sheets , communlce-
cated . Po int-to-po int ser- Conclusio n nell, Electronics World , Au g ust, ucns Transistor Corporation,
vice for low-band repeater Te chniques and equ ip- 1970. tnc., San Ca rlos, California.
linking . packet-tra nsm is· 3. " Happenings" column, W . O. 12. Data Sh e e ts MHW8 20,
ment for the new am ateur
Clift, OST, September, 1981. MHW808, Motorola Semicon-
sion techniq ues, and radio- band from 902·92 6 MHz 4. Microwave Mobile communi- ductor Products, Inc ., Phoenix,
command systems would have been d iscussed . A ce tions , W . C. Jakes , Jr., W iley' Arizo na .
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the band . serve all users in the ama- (}.4 71-43720-4. To ugh Cry stal Standards." S. J.
Space has been reserved teur commun ity has been 5. "What Happens When 900 Lipoff, Microwave s Magazine,
at the lower end of the band proposed . Part icu lar em- MHz Takes to the HillS," F. A. Au g ust , 19n.

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Crime-Stoppers' Textbook
- rules of thumb for would-be gumshoes
Robert C Diefenbach
2401 Lauderdale Orive, Nf
....t/.,mt.,J C A JOJ4S
N o o ne seemed t o
notice the tan car tha t
stopped at the q u ie t corner
o nly long e no ug h to drop
o ff a tall , casual ly dressed
you ng man , As the c ar
drove unh urr iedl y away,
the you ng man began walk-
ing past the neat ly trimmed
ya rds lo o king - caref u lly
looking- at each house as
B. M. Cray II .
84 73 Magazine. June, 1982
he passed . No one seemed
to notice.
But the d river of the car
with amateu r rad io tags did
no t ic e. and a few m inut es
later also noticed the sa me
ta n ca r stopped in the
shade of a cl ump o f low
pin e tree s in a nearby
c hurc h park ing lot . The
ca r's hood was raised . Its
d ri v er, sta ndi ng in f ront
wit h o ne foot resting o n t he
bumper, was ma king some
u nseen adjustment to the
idling engi ne. He appeared
impatient as he glanced at
his wristwa tch.
Driving past the parking
lot. the ham noted the
dented left front fe nder on
the ta n car a nd the dr iver's
blonde ha ir a nd blue foo t-
ball-style jersey. And more .
By the tim e he pu ll ed hi s
car to a n ea sy sto p midway
down the next blo ck and
rea ched for th e m icro-
phone clipped to the da sh-
boa rd . he knew exactly
what he wo uld say to the
police dispatche r.
It took o nly mo me nts to
pla ce the ca ll throug h the
repe a ter pho ne patc h.
The di sp atcher's voice
wa s c risp. " Po lice e mer-
ge ncy,"
" I want to report a sus pi-
ciou s car a nd persons o n
Thom ason Drive . I suspect
the y a re planning a b ur-
gla ry."
" Stand by."
There was nothing re-
markable about this series
of tra nsmissions o r others
like it. hea rd infre quently
o n the a ma teur and busi-
ne ss rad io bands. exce pt
that they a re he ard ver y in-
frequentl y in propo rtion to
the potential c rimina l act iv-
ities witne ssed by dr ivers o f
rad io-equ ipped ve hicles .
law-en force me nt agencies
wish fervent ly tha t there
were more civilian rad io
exchanges like this one .
They need al l the help they
can get.
Ther e are o nly 2.1 full-
time law-enf orceme nt off i-
cers per 1000 US citizens,
a cc ording to th e la te st
•
figures relea sed by the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investiga-
tion . These men and wom-
en do thei r best in the
face of an alarming in-
c rease in serious c nme.
but they a re. as a gro up,
vast ly ove rworked. Since
1971 , property crimes (bur-
glary. la rcen y-th eft . a nd
motor-veh icle the ft) have
shot up 54 percent na tion-
ally . Violent c rimes (mur-
der. forcible rape, and ag-
gravated assault) have risen
60 percent. In just one year,
from 1979 to 1980. burglar-
ies and robberies rose 14
and 18 percent. re spe c-
tive ly.
As fede ral. state, and lo-
ca l gove rnme nts t ig hten
their be lts in the cu rre nt
wave of b udget and tax re-
visions. the re is not li ke ly to
be m uc h-if any-inc rease
in the nu m be r of p rofes-
sional crime fighters in
most jurisdictions. There is
a clea r and growing need
for appropriately -con -
tro lled civilian invo lve-
ment.
Specia l Agent Edward J.
Tul ly of the FB I points out
th at "t he re has been a ten-
dency fo r civilian s to for ge t
their respo nsibility for ef -
fective la w e nfo rceme nt.
Clearly, poli ce departments
cannot do the job a lone."
Tully is acting academic
dea n o f the FBI Institute in
Quantico. Virginia . where
police officers from cities
of all siz es a re trained
a longside federa l a nd state
agents a nd policemen and
-wo me n. " Citize ns with ac-
cess to mo bil e two-w ay
 rad ios, o r ham ra d io oper-
tors, can be of significa nt
assistanc e," he said .
Sa nfo rd H. Smith, a le a d-
ing national figure in public-
safety co m m u nica tio ns .
agree s wh o leh e ar t ed ly .
" The pre sent tre nd in our
country is toward s self-
help. Increased citizen in-
volve me nt in law e nforce-
ment is a natural part of
that trend ." Mr. Smith is
Director of Communic a-
tions fo r the c ity of Green s-
boro, North Ca ro lina. presi-
dent of the l a nd Mobil e
Com muni cations Council ,
and immed iate past-p resf-
dent of the Associated Pub-
lic Safety Co mmunica tio ns
Officers, Inc. " Whe n we
feel we hav e done so me-
thing for our commu nity
and our fell ow men, there is
a huge personal reward."
he adds.
When the FBI a nd a ny
o t he r law -en f or cemen t
agency solic it c ivilian hel p,
they are definitely not sug-
ge sting that the civil ians
" play pol iceman ." Tha t is
the very last thing author i-
ties want and is probab ly
the best way a civ ilian
could pick to become a
part of the problem instead
of the solution ! What is
wa nted and needed is re-
spo nsible. reliable observa-
tion a nd reportin g of poten-
tial or a ctual c rimin al activ-
it ie s, and NOT vigila ntism
or other una ut ho rized di-
rect involvement.
Professiona ls in la w-en-
for cem en t co m m u nica-
tion s c- v swom " offic e rs
and ci vilia ns a li ke-agree
that radio-equi pped volu n--
teer observers' reports a re
valuable. The y stress that
these reports a re more valu-
able when the observers
have been trained , even
minima lly, by their local
police departments.
The concept is e ndo rsed
by The Crime Prevention
Coalition , a group of a lmost
50 prestigious nati onal or-
gan ization s w ho se c o m-
bined efforts a re behind the
multim ill ion dollar " Ta ke a
Bite O ut o f Crime" adverti s-
Ing c a mpa ign. B.M. Gray II .
Director of Crime Preven-
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dri vers of two-wa y rad io-
eq uipped ve hicles could be
o ne of the most useful citi-
zen involvements in pre-
venting c ri mes. particularl y
street c rimes. from occ ur-
ring. Drivers whose rad io s
give the m the ab ility to no-
tify a nd communicate with
the pol ice witho ut leaving
t he ir ve h icl es- w he t he r
am ate ur radio hobbyists or
comm ercial drivers - c a n
be a def inite a sset."
Why the need for train-
ing? It so u n ds simple
en ough : If yo u se e so me-
th ing unu su al or suspiciou s.
ca ll the po lice . That's the
basic idea. a ll right. But
when is something unusu a l
o r suspicious? What should
be re ported . How should it
be re ported ? Po lice-direc t-
ed traini ng is the most rel i-
able source for a nswers spe-
cific to eac h community's
need s a nd re so urces.
Most police departments
are a nxious to work with Sanford H. Smith.
loca l citi zens who expres s
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letter to the off ice of the Suspicio us! dents-w ho a re obviously
Chie f of Po lice , volunteer- o ut of place where the y a re
Decidi ng what is unu sual
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e ither direc t ion: reporting
The a mount of tr ai ning inco ns e q ue nt ia l obse rva- of a ho use when there is no
tio ns or fail ing to report answer, and oc cupied c a rs
pol ic e department s ca n
pro vide - from informal a d- me an ingful ones. Detective o r tru cks parked in conc e a l-
vice t hrou g h cl ass room Jerry l aq ue nta KA4NlA of ment.
pre sen ta t ions- varie s wide- the Boc a Raton. Florida.
" But don't be guided o n-
ly, de pend ing upon the re- Po lic e Department bur- ly by a person's appea r-
sou rces avai la ble. Under- gla ry sq ua d , vo ic es th e an ce." c a ut io ns Sa nfo rd
sta ndab ly, mo st depart- o p inion of most law-en-
Smith. " It is a sub ject's a c-
ments will de vote more at- for c ement profe ssiona ls. tions that will usually tip off
tentio n to train ing requ e sts "We would far rat he r get a
a good observer." Persons
that represent bigge r poten- d oze n o r mo re false who se e m to be hiding. o r
tial payoffs -larger num- alarm s - ca lls re por t ing
sho wing nervousness w hile
b er s of rel iable radi o- what turn out to be ent irely lo it er in g, are h ig h on
e q uipped o bse rve rs on the innocent events-tha n risk Smith's list of significa nt
str ee ts. Se ve ra l ham rad io missing t he one c al l that observatio ns.
c lubs o r repeate r groups , o r does invo lve crime. If there
the owners of sev e ra l sma ll- is re a so nabl e doubt. call !" " Any so rt of vio le nce
er f irm s whi c h operate s ho u ld be re p or t e d
radi o -eq u ipped vehicl e s. Detect ive Jaque nta lists quick ly," add s David N.
ca n e ff ec tive ly combine these exa mple s among ob- Wise N8CNY, veteran c hief
their initia l contacts with se rva tio ns he thinks sho uld of the Michigan State Po-
the police . be reported : pe rsons - suc h lice Department's twenty-
73Magazine • June,1982 85

David N. Wise NBCNY.
seven comm unications dis-
patchi ng locations . "Wheth-
er it is as obviou sly c rimina l
as a ro bbe ry or on ly poten-
tially so- as in a st ree t-
corner sho ving matc h that
look s as if it could become
a fistfight-I et the police
know . But" he emphasizes,
" d o it fr om a s a f e
distan ce !" Exposing you r-
self to danger o r viola ting
the law yourse lf- for exam-
ple, follow ing a spe ed ing
ca r- isn't just foo lhardy. It
is dumb!
Pol ice dispatchers, par-
ticularly in sma lle r jurisdic-
tions, soon le arn whether
regular callers are reliable
observers o r mere ly bu sy-
bod ies. If you remember
the o ld ta le about crying
wolf. you will agree that it is
best not to get the latter
reputa tion .
What Sho uld Be Reported '
Public-safety co mmuni-
c a t io n s expert Sanford
88 73 MBg81ins • J une, 1982
Smith lists t hese fo ur com-
ponents of a n obse rvation
re port, in the o rder in which
they should be given to a
police dis patc he r.
• What is being reported?
Tell the d ispatc her imm ed i-
ately. A. robbery in pro-
gress? A suspic ious perso n
o r vehicle? An accident? A
fire? A potential suicide ?
Knowing what the basic
problem is, the d ispatc her
c a n decide what public-
safety resources may be
needed . Radio operators
sho u ld know that most
police depa rtments would
rather get several radio re-
ports of a serious traffi c ac-
cide nt than not receive any
because each passing rad io-
e q ui p p e d observe r as-
sumed someone else had
reported it.
• Where is it happening?
Give as a ccurate a location
as possible. Include street
names, nearby inte rse c-
tions, build ing numbers,
and eas ily-recogn ized
lan dm a rks.
• W ho and where are you?
The rad io o r tel e phone
li nk between you a nd the
police could somehow be
broken. Give the police d is-
pa tc he r your name, exact
loc a tion, and a way that he
or she can get back in touc h
with you if you are discon-
ne c ted . This is especially
importa nt in bigger cities
where seve ra l dispatchers
are on duty at a time . Ca ll-
ing back after disconnect-
ing, you may get another
dispatcher and have to start
your report all over again .
Ham radio ope rators ,
and others who c a n talk to
the pol ice directly through
re pe ate r phone-patch faci l-
itie s. a re not so easily re-
co ntacted if the patch
times out o r the connection
breaks some other way.
Hams should a sk for he lp
fro m a nother a mateu r mon-
itoring the frequency from
a lo ca tion with a te lephone,
a nd tha t te lephone number
sho uld be give n to t he
police dis patc he r. If no o ne
e lse is on frequency. think
of some other way the corn-
muni ca tions link mig ht be
re-est a blishe d if it breaks.
Be su re tha t you a nd the
po lice d e p art me nt both
unde rsta nd how th e reo
contac t will be made .
If the re port is being
made through a taxi. de-
livery se rvice, o r o ther bu si-
ness rad io dispatcher, that
business dispa tc her's phone
number should be given to
the police d ispatcher.
Some law-en fo rcement
agenc ies will insist on re-
co rd ing your identity -as
much to d iscou rage anony-
mous nuisance c a ll s as to
add to their record . Others
will ask your name, but
treat your report with equal
seriousnes s whether you
give it or not. While some
rad io o pe ra to rs may shrink
from getting involved in an
incident they observe by
identifying themselves ,
they should realize that by
giving their names they a re
assur ing the po lice that
they bel ieve in the accu r-
acy of their report.
• Wha t are the details?
Your eyes may fool you .
Si mply being a ble to see all
of the details tha t occur
du ring a n exciting, st ressful
eve nt can be difficult .
Under these circum stances
we a re all subject to a phys-
ical phenomenon called
tunnel vision . As we con-
centrate inte ntly on what is
going on in the ce nte r of
ou r visual field , we ac tua lly
lose a great percentage of
o ur peripheral- or side-
vision. Being aware that this
may happen to you will
help you prepare to o ve r-
come tunnel visio n by mak-
ing a conscious effort to
look around the ce ntra l ac-
tion for impo rta nt detai ls.
W hen de scrib ing per-
sons, follow thi s sta ndard
sequence. leave o ut any
item you do not know.
1 . Name
2. Sex
3. Ra ce
4. Age
5. Heigh t
6. Weight
7. Ha ir
8. Eyes
9. Co mp lexion
10. Physical characteristics:
marks, sca rs, li mp, etc.
11 . Clothi ng, from head to
foo t: hat, shirt. coat,
tro use rs, socks, shoes.
When describing vehi-
cles, sta rt with the color o r
colors, then give the make.
model, and as many give-
away markings -accessor-
ies, damage. e tc. - as you
can. The lice nse number or
any part of the number ca n
be very helpful to the
police. But stole n tags are
co mmo nly used by c rimi-
na ls, so an accurate descrip-
tion of the vehicl e itse lf is
just as important.
How Should It Be
Reported!
To be useful . reports
must be mad e c a lm ly,
clearly. and ob jectivel y.
That may not seem too dif -
ficult when yo u are descnb-
 , \
Legallssuas In Civilian Survelll.nce
Does a rad io operator step onto dangerous legal gro und by 1 •i . / )
making report s to the police? Can he or she be sued for • I
s lander? For false arrest? Not if the reports are accurate , ac- , , "
cording to Lew is J . Paper, former Ass oc iate Cou nse l of the •
Federal Co mmunications Commission, now in private prac-
lice In Washington, DC. " It would be diffic ult ," he says, " t o
" ,
.I •
conceive a s ituat ion where si mply reporting-accurately re- ,I
porting - what is observed could expose the observer t o any ,
lIabli llty." • t ' • , •
Attorney Paper recommends that as soon as possible after
making any direct or Ind irect verbal report to the police, radio-
equipped observers should make a personal written record of
'J
•
, I J" ,
""
. \
everything seen and said conc erni ng the event , and then save
the reco rd. If made while memo ry Is stili fre sh,thls document
f
can be very helpful later if you are ever ca lled as a witness in
•
I
any court act ion that ensues. Yo u can be su bpoenaed by
either the prosecut ion o r defense. Your record It self will prob-
ably never be called Into eviden ce. But if there Is - and there
frequently Is - a long de lay between the event and a tria l, It
will protect you aga inst a lessen ing or lo ss of memo ry that
co uld occur before you are asked to test ify.
" Altho ugh most states' s lander laws vary In detail, " says
Mr. Paper, " generally a Charge o f s lander must be based on re-
port ing Information wh ich the reporter knows or should have Dete ctive Jerry j aq uenra KA4 NfA
known was false. A written reco rd - by Its very exts-
tence-wlt l he lp minimize any risk that you will be accused of
Intentio nally lying." you can to a n injured per- Don't forget th e impo r-
Provided yo u have accurately reported yo ur observations, so n, yo u can be mor e help- tant don'ts: Don 't expose
according to Mr. Paper, you have no liability If the police are ful by be ing keeping a com- yo urself to dange r! Don 't
charged with false arrest after detaining someone as a resu lt munications line open be- play cop! In the process of
of your repo rt. " In making the arrest the law- enfo rcement
tween the police a nd what- try ing to assist t he pol ice,
agency assumes the responsib ilit y and any li abil ity for that
arrest," he says.
ever act ion you a re observ- don 't viola te a ny la ws
LIke every other authorit y cont act ed In con nec tion with this
mg. you rself .•
art ic le, Mr. Paper quickly and firmly point s ou t that vol unt eers
must remember that they can expose themse lves to li ability
for violations li ke trespass and assault by acting as If they
have powers which, without specific fegel authority, they
don't have! . 1/2-5lze (75M only 66')

Multi-Band (5, 4, 3 band5)

ing a m inor auto acc ide nt
on the freeway. But it is d if-
ficult when actu al c ri me o r
vio lence is co nce rned. even
police office rs have had d if-
ficulty ma king proper rad io
tra nsmissions under e mo-
tion ally st ressfu l circu m-
sta nces. Here are som e tips
fr om the expe rts :
• Think about what yo u
are going to say before you
transmit. Even if it mea ns a
sho rt delay, compose your
message mentally to be
sure it is acc urate, conc ise,
and in the seq ue nce that
will be th e most helpful to
the po lice d ispatcher.
• Keep yo ur t ra nsmissions
sho rt. Break frequent ly to
allow the person on the
other end to inte rrupt.
• Co nt ro l yo ur voi ce .
When excited o r upset,
many people tend to speak
SO/75M thru 10M
faster and to ra ise th e vo l-
Broadbanded - no trap, used
ume and pitch of their
voic es. The co mb ina t ion Price, stan at $82.50
ma kes for ha rd- to-co py
rad io transm iss ions. listen
to yo u rself . Kee p you r
voice as close to normal
as po ssible. THE MOR-GAIS HD DIPOLES are the
• Avoid sub jective words. most 'd,a nc~ . highest performance multl-balld Hf
Be specific in describ ing dipole antennas awallable Pal enl~ deSign prowldes
what you see. The d ispatch- lenctl! cne-nan 01 conwentlonal dipoles 50 Ohm
leed on all bands. no tuner or balun reqUired. Can
er doesn't know what you be Installed as mrerted VEE. Thousands in use
think "a bad fight" is or worldw ide. 22 models avarlable including two
what "a whole bunc h" of in- models engineered for optimum certemance lor the
jured motorists means. noYlce bindS. The Mor-Galn HOdipoles NIT series
ere the onl) ccmmercrat , ntellnas speciflcall,
• Spea k plain Engl ish l deslg~d 10 meet tilt operallOnal requireme nts of
leave the " te n-t his" and the noece license. Our I-,e.r . arr, n!) ISbacked bl'
" te n-that" and othe r sup- nurly 20 ,ears of HDdipole produclion e.peflence
po sed-to-be po lice ja rgo n
to the TV heros. The few for deta,1ed la-Pille brochure, e nte or phone
se conds yo u th ink you directly to MOR-GAIS. P.O. 80x 3Z9T.
might save by using jargon lea-,enworth.l\s. &&048, Tel (913) 682·]142.
is no t worth the ri sk o f
being misunderstood .
• Stay at your radio. Ex-
cept to render whatever aid
73 Magazine· June,1982 87

r In add illon to tlle.dml..100 lee, tllele will
SOCIAL EVENTS
l ls /mgs ." th IS coluMn
I,. . 0 1 c" arga 011"
.r.
spac..~." .t>I.
pto vid~
bu ,s.
Th. 101l0 .. Ing in fo rm . llon , hould ba 'fl'
cludtKJ in •• e"l . nnOllflc"m . ,,/: spon s or,
&'I'e"l, <1alft, t,m". piICI. cit y, sf. rll, a d m is-
sion c". ,ge (II any), 1"llu'I. , t.I ~ ·i" rre·
qUl ne,e s, and the ".m.. of ", hom 10 can·
leer lor fUff"., in/arm. lion. Anno"nCI-
m",, /s mus l be '''cai'lfld . 113 ~i1gUinll oy
tlte /" ' 1 o f'/'I.
month, two mort/hs proa, to
1/' 1 month '" ..IIieh,,,, ....nr I.U IS pilei.
SEASIDE OR
JU N4-t
TI'It Norm Coast RePN le< As sociation
and the Orevon Tu' latm Valley "' ~leu r
~ iO C IIJl) .... ,.. I'Iold their Oregon SI.,.
Ha m COny_lIon on J u ... . .e. 1962• • , lhe
SeilS'" CO"'Hmt,on eel'll $!', seaSId e OR.
Hour. If. 12:00 noon 10 !i:oo pm on Friday .
8:00 am to 9:30 pm Ofl S.'u'O'I " and 8:00
am to 2:00 pm on Sund ay. Reg'sl" t,on is
$5,00 per single , S1 00 per couple, and
S1.(IO lo r c h ild re n. Se mina'a will Includ e
rece ive ' des ign , cons t'ucllon, s a le llite
e .,lh ' l a t io n s , CO n l ftSIS, a nd man y
othe r, . Tna banquet spfta kftr will bft a
N"SA S pacft Shulll ft n u o naul and mee-
ter 0 1ce remonies will be Mel Ellis K7ADZ,
Vice Oirecto" ARRL No rlhwes l Division.
The benquet c os t is S12.SO pel" person.
Telk·in o n 146.52 ilond 115 15 ( - 6OOl. For
mo<e inlormilolion. wrile Doe Mc Lendon
W1GWC. PO eo_920, s.nlOot O R 97132.
s.t.H DI EGO Cot.
JU N-'"
T ~ san Diego COunty ..,."., _ ~ iO
Council ancI tile San [);ego compu ter Soci--
ety WIll Ilokl Ha mc:omo 82 on June 4-6,
1l182, a t lhe To wn & COuntry eoo-.tiOn
Ce nle<, San Olego CA. R"lllltrilion it S7.00
a nd tee Sat urda y evening banquet le a tur-
ing s peake r Roy Neal K6DUE is SI5.00.
The,e will be technica l sessions aU day Sat·
urday. ha m an d c omput ar boerne. man y
p,ll ftS and awards (including a ma in prile 01
a n Osborr", 1 compullJf). an "RR L lorum, a
ladl el ' IUncf>llon. Sunday morning break·
In " . a nd ham a nd compuler $oII$5iOns
every IlOur Tile lin;lll _ I on Sunday a l
1:00 pm will be a T.fIunt on 146.7$ MHz-
Telk·ln on .041,64, .151, 15. and 222,9011224.54.
For regIstratiOn lorms, wrile Hamcomp 82,
PO eo. 8 1S37, San Diego CA 92136
LOVELA NO CO
J UN 5
The No rthern Col ora do Ama t"" r Radio
Clu b WIU ho ld Its a nnu a l Superlest on
June 5, 1982. lro m 8:00 am 10 4:30 pm in
Ihe MCM Illen Build ing a l Ihe Larime r
Coun ty Fa"ground s, Lov" la nd CO, Adm is·
sion is $3.00 and will lnCludft a s wap lab1ft.
Therft will ee e .hibits, tectmrcer tal ks, a
eeee contest with prlles , a n aucl ion, a
s Wilop fes t, a nd dra win gs lor many priles ,
inciud ing a s ynlhe s il ad 2·meler ha nd-
held. S pe<:lal act ivitie s are p'anned lor
non·llams, espec ially lhe kid s . For furt her
HI lol m a llOn, con t ac t Gana a e lle m y
Wl»ORU . 3 124 Wfts t 611l S t'let Gr"",ley
00 80631.
ST PAUL IIIIIN
J UN 5
The Nort h A' 1Ill Repeller An oe lalion
WIll hold I s wapfest and e .pcnl liOn for ra·
d lo emat"urs ilond compuler l'lObtIylst s on
J une 5, 1982, at tl'ltl Mln nel oll Sta te Fa ir·
grou nd s , St. Paul "IN , Adml n ion Is 13.00
a nd free overn iohi pe ' klno fo' sell-(:on-
88 73 Magazine · June, 1982
1. lned campers will be a.a ilablt on J une
I th. The' e will be e xhibits , bOotlla, a""
pl lleS , Telk·in on 251.85 and .161. 76. Fo r
more , nlo rm. lion or rese rva tlonl, wl ite
Am. le u , Fa " , PO 60. 30051, St. P.u l MN
55175.
GRAND RAPIDS MI
JUN 5
The IndepenOe-nl Repea ter A5SOC I. lIoo
will I'IOld liS IIlnu. l Grand Rapids Fes tlv.1
Swap & Shop on Sal urd.y . J une 5, IIl62.
lrom 8:00 1m 10 3..00 pm ilIt the Klnlwood
Field HouM, jusl soulh 01 6Ot1l SI _ on
Ka lamazoo A..... ue. AdmiSSion is $3,00;
eig ht·lool tablft arft S7.00 or sa 00 \01 hal l·
5Ile There WIll be priZes ilond rfllres/lfnerltl.
For mewa inlormallOtl or dHler ~ .
lions, wrlle IRA Swap, 562 92nd Si reet S E,
a yl On C. nte l MI 19315 , o r c . 1I
(616~ 2926 .
OUELP H ONT CAN
JU N 5
The Gue lph Amate u r Ra d iO Club
(VE3ZMI will hoid Ihe 7th a n nua l Centr.1
Ontario Ama lftur Ra dio Fle a U a rkel on
Saturday , June 5, 1982, trcm 8.. 00 am to
1:00 pm a t " R ~ a l Ha ll,"' ~ Woodlawn
Ro ad Wesl, corne r o f Woodlawn and Ha n·
lon P.r~WlY (Hwy. 116), Guelph ON T. Ad·
milsion Is $2.oo.nd c hild'en 12 yearl old
Ind uf'l<lel will be admiUad h"",. Ven<Iorl'
aomiasiorl II .n a ddlliorlal $3.00 I nd •
Qu.nt lty 0 1 3' x 8 ' Iillbles are a v. i1l lll1 al
$5.00 e ac h. Ven<Iors wm be ad mlll.,;! from
6:00 1m on. There will be commat'Ci.1 d,.
p llya. lIlJrpluS du lers, compule< toll w.'e
.nd hardwar • . and indOor and O\Ilooor d ,..
pla ys. The re heshmenl concession WIll
open I t 12:00 noon. Fo r furth8'r infor ma·
lio n. conlac l Bob Lecomte VEBn E a l
(51g)-843-46 18 or Rocco Furlaro VE3HGZ
a l (519HI21-1 t 57,
FAIRBANKS AK
J UN 5
The A'cl lc R.dio Club of F. "ba nk s AK
will I'IOld I hamlest on June 5, 1962, al the
Kiwanil AG Ha n at lhe Tan.n. Valley Fa ir.
o rounc:t a. Tile Goon! will open a l 8 :00 . m
I nd lhera will be I SS.oo fee for a ll MIler• .
Featu,e. will inelude ooor pill " . I rallte ,
I le ft·loot.,;! key lor a code conlest. .nd
a n oIe··I. .... iOnad pot luc k dInner. The
Alaska OSL buleau will be tl\ele . 1 . e ll . s
an ARRL rlprlsentalin . For lurther in.or·
mallon. contlCI He<b W.lI s KL7JLF . PO
60. 182'5. F.irba nks AK 119 707.
C HELS EA MI
J UN'
The Chl iu a Swap and Sho p wlil be
h"ld o n S un d. y, June 6, 1982, at th e Chel ·
$ea FauOrounds, Chelse. MI , Gales will
ope n 101 te llers et 5:00 a m and 10' the pub-
lic lrom 8:00 am until 2:00 pm. Dona tIo n Is
S2.OO In I dv.nce o r S2.50.1 Ih" 0.1" . C llil.
dren u nder 12. nd non-Il.m SPOU,el WIll
be .dm ltted Iree. Tal ~- i n on 146,520 s im-
ple _ and 117855 (C hel se. ,ftpe a lerj. For
.,,,,,
mo<. 11'1.0, wnte 10 Wilham AUenDernd l
WB6HSN . 3132 Timbefline. Jac ~_ MI
MA NASSAS VA
J UN fI
Tl'>e Ole Vi, g lniilo Hams " ,.".teu r Rad iO
Club, lne., will I'IOICI IIle e iOhlll lnnUII M.
nassa, H. ml .SI on Sund.y, Ju ne 8. 1962,
• t till Pn ne.W, II I.mCounty Fl ug round s ,
Rou te 231, Ma na ssa s VA . AdmissIon Is
14.00 per person: Child ,,,n unde' 12 will be
admlffed Ir""" O.lea will open It 8:00 am.
be a $3.OD 11M for 1. llga tlng Ind Illellea
m. rI<e t spaces . Oal" will open . , 7:00 am
tor t.ilgat lng MtUp. FNlUles will Include
ladies' progrlm., c hl ld re n' s enlertl in,
ment. CW prollclency .wards, OSL bu r·
N US, load Ind lelrashmenls, .nd many
pliles. Ta l~ ~n on 1406.37/146.97 (W1CROj
and 11e.52. For Idd itlonll inlormatlon,
wrlle Jim Lascaris WA20EJ . 11053 Cam-
fie ld CI., M. n. asas VA 22110 .
MILTON PA
JUN e
The 1Ilh .nnu.1 Millo n Amate ur Ra d iO
Club ha mlesl will be held on Jun" 8, 1962,
fro m 6:00 am to 5:00 pm, r.in or sh ine, .1
the Alle nwood Flramen 'l Fa irg ro und s 10-
caltld on US 15,4 miles north 01 lnters la t.
80. Advanc. reg lsl r., 1on Is $2.50; a l IIlI
glle, $3.00; XYla.nd c hild ren will be ad-
m Illed Ir"",. There will be a lleill markel, an
. uc t ion, cont"t.. ca..1l door prllftS, and I
tree portlbles.nd moOH" FM cli nic. An In-
door . rllll will be ••aila llllas wllll . llood
.nd bftvellge • . Ta l~ · in on .3 71. 0 7,
,0000.625, .nd .52. For lurther Getail•. can-
t.CI Jerry WiIIl.mson WA3SXQ. 10 Old
f.rm L.ne, Millo n PA 17617, or een
(717)-712·3027.
ROME NY
J UN fI
The Rome Radio Club, Inc., will hold the
30th annua l Rome Ham Family Oay on Su n-
d.y, June6, 1l182,.t BIlck'sGrove, Oswego
Road, Rome NY. Fealur" wi,l lnclude door
pOles. ilon early bNnch, • bullet·style dIn-
ner, a Ilea ml rl<e t, educatiOnill a nd Kiano
lilie present.horlll, and O'VeI'OIOhl parl<intl
lor campetS, . . well III Ily-in c;apat>; lil....
Talk~n on ,281 11I and 145 55.
HUMBOLDT TN
JU N '
The HumbOldt Ama teul Radio Cl ub will
hold Its a nn ullh. mle st o n S unday, Ju ne
6, 1962, .1 a new loca tion: B"iley Pari<,
Nort ll 22nd Annue, Humboldl TN. Tlc k"l.
a,e $2.00 each , with no additional c n. rgft
lo r the flea markel, TMere will be prlles ,
li Oht lunch& s , and la d le l ' and children' s
ecuvrue e, Talk·ln on 118.3 7/.97. For more
information . cont. c t Ed Ho lmes WIIGW .
SOl Norlh 18tll Ave nue, Humbo ldl TN
""".
DEAL NJ
JU N fI
The Fort Monmoulh ARC. nd Haverlm
will Ilokl Ille Jersay $IlOIe Haml"1 a nd
Eteelronic s FIN MlrI<et on J une 6. 1982,
from !KlO .m 10 U lO pm iIII IrMI JltWi....
Com~nl ly Center. 100 Gr.nd Ave nue,
Deal NJ . Admi811000 ia $3.00 per pel"son:
KYLs and c hlldle n unOer 12 will be .dm it·
ted Iree, Ou tdoor la ilgaling Is $2.00 pel"
sp.ce and Ind oor aplce is SS,OO per fl.loot
la b re. Door prlzel and refreshmenl s will
be a.a ila b le , Ta lk·in on 117,045+ .8,
146.775 - .6, and 118.52.
MAYVILLE ND
J UN fI
The Goose Ri.er Amal"UI Rilld io Clu b
will I'IOId ils .nnUI' Ilamlasl on Sund . y,
June 6. 1962, al the City PIrI<, Ma yville NO,
In call of inclemanl weather, the lesl lyl.
ties will be held in lhe Miloyville Armory.
Reg istrltion beiin l al noon a nd t ill
c haroe is S1.00. All ' egis lranlS will be eli·
oible lor lhe many door p rizes, The g rand
pliZ" is a HllIlh~ ll SA2060 SUpel" Tuner .
Camping I.Cllil... WIll be .vallable lor
lhose wl'lO das lle 10 be.1 the ",sh. Talk·in
on .3 11.g 1. For lurther Inlorma tlon, plea. .
cont act Ma ry Carlson, RR 2. Bo. 17, HII-
Ion NO 58240 .
•
MI DLAND loll
JUN 12
Tile Cenl ral MOC h;gl n Amaleur Repeal·
e< Assoc iat ion wm Mold IIslllghth a nl>llll
hamlesl on June 12. 1962. Irom 8:00am 10
1:00 pm in lhe "GrN I HIlI~ 01 the Valley
Plaza Com plex. JlIat 011 US RI • . 10 in Uid--
' I nct loll. Ticket , a rl $3.00; Clllldrftn under
12 wlll be adm lffe<l hie . Ta lk·in on
l le fl7/.D7 and 145.52. For.dd lllon. 1tn lor·
,.".tlon, c ontacl C a rOl Ha tt W0600G . 4651
Ca rdinill' Oriv". U t. Plta,.nt MI 48858, or
cen (517).772.()363,
STATEN ISlAND NY
J UN 12
The Slal"n Ist. nd Amaleur R.d lo
As soc iahon will I'IOld ItS Ile a millrl<et on
June 12, 1l182, lrom 9:00 am 10 3:00 pm, at
All Saints Episcopal CIlu'Ch. Slalen Island
NY . To gel 10 lhe cl'luICh, tak e interst.le 278
10 the Vlc10ry Bou......d . ..t, proceed _Sl
on ViClory 6oulev.rd lor V. mile to Cryst.'
Avenue, and IlIrTl left on Cryal" Aven ue.
The<e will be no admossOon c h¥oe tor
tIlIyer's, a n OD per ~ c l\alge tor sellers
(bring your own la blnl, and I S1.00 ch¥ge
lor Ill8Clriclly, RefreatvnenlS will be •• a i ~
able, A raffle will beheld a t 1:00pm a nd lhe
....nner will h..... .. choic:e o llll icom IC-4A T
or a Beareal 20120. T llk~n on 146.52 . nd
146.281.88. For add,tion.1inlorm.tion, send
a n SASE to GlIOroe Rice , Jr. WAlAMJ, 480
J ewett Avenue, Slaten Island NV 10302
TORRIN GTON CT
J UN 12
1lIto CO Ama teur Rad iO Club 0 1 Torr ing-
ton CT will hold a ham radio Ilea market on
June 12, 1962, lrom i:OO am 10 5..OD pm OIl
the OIop-In GenIe<, wt Albarl Street . Tor-
ring ton CT. 1lIto admission 1_ 01 R OD In-
cludes • ctlance lor a door pril<I. A seller'l
indoor table is ss.oo MCI'l and Il llgating
~ Is S2.00 MCI'l. """1 will be • r. ffle
leaturing a personal mlefOCQmptltltf kIt IS
hrsl prtze , a port.bIe radiO ca.ssetla rec0rd-
er as second plinl. and .n U FJ cloc~ . s
Ihird priz&. Yoo ntoed not be present to win.
Talk·in on 146 .251.65, 117.811,21, and 146.52.
For fic kels, lable reserv.tions (belor&June
8, 1962), or more Inlorm. lion. contac t Se-
ba stlano Albanl KA 1FVM. 76 Pylhlan Ave-
nue, Torrinolon CT. or c.1I (203 ~ 489- 29<1 5:
Ron Brook KA 1AFN, 213 East Pearl Sireet ,
Torri nglon CT, or c. 1I (203)-"82·2761; or the
CO cce. PO eo. 1lIl2, Torling ton CT 06190,
GRANITE CITY IL
JU N 13
The 53rd year anniverllary ceIetlr.lion
and annual ham'" 1 of the Egyptian Rad io
Cl ull, Inc. (oY9AllJl, wlll be hIIId on Sunday,
June 13, 1962, . , thei< c lub grOUf\d$ near
Gr. nite City IL
QUEENS NY
J UN 13
The Ha ll 01SCience Amate ur Radio Club
WIll hold its a nnual indoor/outdoor. r..in-or·
s hine hamfesl o n Sunday , June 13, 1982,
from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, a f lhe municipal
p. rking lot. 80-25 126th Str8tll 11 bloe~ Irom
Ql,III8ns Bouleva'd), KIIW G. 'den s , QlIeIIIlS
NY . 5el1efS' don.tiOns I re $3,00, bu}'9fs '
donallons . re $2.00, and XYlll and c hild'en
will beadmrlted free. Tal ~ ·inon 145 520 For
.dchtiOnill inlormatlon, conlacl Thomas
00yIe KA20TB, 135-11 125t1l SI'eet, South
Ozone Park, o.-s NY 11120. or phone
(212). 7JlI.8881.
WILLOW SPRI NOS Il
J UN 13
The $1. MeIer Club o f Chicago, Inc., will
Mold ifs lSlh a nnu a l ARRL·alli hillled ham·
felt On Sundly , Juna 13, 1982,.t Sanla Fe
Park, 91S1 a nd Woll Road . Willow Spring s
IL (so ulhwe st 01 do wnt own Chicaooj. Ad·
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73 Magazine' June, 1982 89


va nce rll9,str at,on 'S $2.00; Oil the p Ie ,
13 00. There ..,II be. I." ge s ..a pper·, row .
d,spla ys. a n AFMARS meel' ng , re hear..
ment s. plenty 01 pa.rking spac:e . p'enic
grounds, and p<il" . ,nclud' ng .I"st pAle
01 a tolor TV . Talk·,n on 1~. ~ or ,3 7/,9 7
K90NoI./R For advenee h Cke ls. cont act
Vel Hell..,g 'tI..9ZWV . ~20 Sou lh 60Ih
COU f1 , Cicero IL 60650.
SANTA MARIA CA
JUN 13
The satenue Amate u r Radio Club ...,11
ho ld its a nnua l b a r·j).qls.. acteet on June
13. 1982. at Ille Un,on Oil pic nic g rounds.
lust SOUlh 0 1 Santa Ma ria CA. Ad m's s ion
's Iree tor the s.. apl""t; d 'n...... IK:ketS e 'e
S7,50 lor ~u lt • • nd 13.50 lor Child.1Itfl 6 to
12 years o f il9IIt; pl'lle h Cke lS ere Sl ,OO
each. S...a p tables ere S2.50 lor eech e rN,
Tt>e<e w,1I be P"leS, c oo te s ts, end •
Sa nt a -Ma ria ·$I yle ba, ·b·q . Ta ik·,n on
1 46 , ~ /,94, For tic kels or more in to rma ·
lion. wnte Sanla Ma rla S...apfest . PO Bo.
Z6 16, Orcu n CA 93455.
BELLEFOUNTAINE O H
J UN 13
The Champa.ign Log a n Amat e-u r Rad iO
Club. Inc _. a nn...al ham le s l a nd Ilea rna,·
ke l ...iIl be held on SUMay. J une 13. 1962.
OIl the Loga n COunly F. "ground$. Belle-
tounla,ne OH. TlC ke ls a,e Sl .50 ,n 8d-
va nee and $2.00 a t tile door. Tables are
13.00 in a dvance. Ga les ...ill open a l 7000
a m a nd pr ize dr a ...ings will be held IIt\'IItfY
hour slarling al 9:00 . m. The major pn zes
o f $200. Sl 00, a nd SSOwili bed n at 3;00
pm; you nee-d no! be prese ot tc in, T." ·
in o n 147,601.00 W8EBGIR For more In!or.
ma lion. lic kets . o r tables, co ntac t M. A.
IBud) Griswold W8JXM. PO Bo. 301, Urb.
na OH 430711
HUNTINGTON WV
JUNU
The T"'St. te Amaleur Rad 'o Ance ,. ·
hon will hold ils 20th a nnu a l Hunt 'nglOO
Ham fest on Sund.y . June 13. 1962, Irom
\1:00 am to 3 :00 pm .t Camden Pa rk. 0 11
Roule 60 Wes t. Hunt ingto n WV. Reg "t ra·
tlon isSJ.OO pe r pe'$On and Children unde r
12 will be admitted Ir...., Spa c e s are 13.00
e a ch lor Ihe Ilea market and 6·fOOl cern.
merci al deal er.' lable s ere $5.00 e a ch .
Selup lime is 6:00 am 10 9,00 a m , Over.
n,ghl splICe wHI be av.ilable for sell-con-
II-U'lltd RV s. Talk"n 00 146 .041.64 .nd
1 46.S2I.~_ For IU f1_ in lormaloon, send
a n SASE 10 TARA. ree., PO 80. 4100. Hun-
I,ngton WV 25729
SAGIN AW MI
JUNU
The Sag inew V.'1ey Amate-ur Radio A.
soeia tio n will hold its ne w Eleclronic HQb.
by E. po on Sund. y, June 13. 1982. a l
Bridg e po r1 High Sc hool, oft 1·75, e.it 144
we s t. Door s will open at 8:00 am , Adults '
I,cke ts a re SI.OO; kids will be admitted free
Trun k sale-s are $2.00 and ",II t",b1es are
~.OO. Fe",""es * ,11 include d'splays ....:l
dem o"stra hon. tor the """c>Ie family. maJOI'
pflZ"" lotallng S4OO.00, ....:l !IclufIy dr...
,ngs, Tillk..., on 147.24 ....:ll 46.!)2 tK8DAC).
For more ,nlormafoon, . - . .......... II(lnt. or
tICke ts, send en SASE 10 SVARAlEHE-82. 50
Dura nd Court. Seg,na.. MI 48602.
MON ROE MI
J UN 13
Thil ",nnu",1 Monroe Co unty Radi o Co m.
munica lioos Hamlest ...ill be hold on June
13, 1982. from 8000 am fO 3:00 pm a t the
Monroe Community Col lege. Ra,s,nville
Road. Mon roe MI. Ticke ts a re 12.00 a l the
gate. $1.50 in..,..ann,....:l XYU ....:l Chil-
dren ...11 llfI 8dfn,tted I,ee. Plen ty at liltlle
spKe and f.... parl"ng ...ill be ava'!alM
FeatUfed * ," be conleslS. &l,lC11Ont. ....:l
90 73Magszine . June, 1982
d,splay$. Talk·,n on 146. 131.13 .nd!)2. For
add,toonal '" 'ormation. contilCt F.ed lu I
woeHL PO 60. 982, Mon<oe MI 48161, or
c;.atl 131:)1.2Q.1088
AKRONOH
J UN 13
The 15th a nnua l Goodyea, ARC HlII1lfeSI
will be ho ld on Sunda y, J une 13. 1982. fro m
10:00 am 10 5:00 pm "'I Goodyear Wingfcol
La ke Pa'k. near SR224 and 43. e ast 01Akron
OH. Fa mily admisSion is 12.50 In advance
allCl $3.00 a t Ille !late . Flea markel spaces
outside a re S1,00 a nd dea lers ' tables in:side
the shelter Ife 15.00 ladvance r"""alions
a<e s uggested). There w,ll be picnic tibias.
a concession stand. and I.... par king avail-
able. Proze drilw,ngSwill be held tlvoughoul
the day ..,th grand prize dr. ..ings .t 4000
pm. Talk·in on 146.00&1.64, For ' Uf1 he< intor·
""'hon. edvanee sales !i(;kelS. • nd she-ller
Ilou.... reservaliOn S. send an SASE 10 Don
Rogers WA8SXJ, 16 1 S, Hawk ina A",,"ue.
Akro n OH 44313 ,
PHILA.DELPHIA Pol.
J UN 14
The Phil·Moo t Mobile Radio C lUb will
hosllhe .m.leur ,ad ,o segmenl 0 1the In-
terna t ional Con 'erenee on Communica-
tions on Mond. y. June 14. 1982,I. orn 7000
pm 10 10:00 pm • • 1 lhe Fra nk to n Plaza H0-
tel, 17lh and R_ SIreeta. Philadelph ia
PA. The ..,h ion is hee and .1I •• ee ama-
leu~ . 'e inv'led 10 a llend . For a ddit iona l
inlormat ion . contact J acob S. 'tI..01l& Ichek.
J r. AK21, 1228 Hea rt\oOtOOd Drive, CheffY
Hill NJ 08003. or ph o ne (603)·428·5924 ,
DUNELLEN NJ
J UN 19
The Ranta n Valley Rad io Clutl w,1I hold
ilS 11th .nnu.al n.m!esl and Ilea m&fk8ton
June 19. 1982. lrom 8:30 am to 4-00 pm al
Col umboa p ..... Dunellen NJ There .-ill be
door prlHS and a snack bel , Admission is
S3.00 'or selle<$ and $2.00 lor 1OoktQ. Tal.·
,n on 146.6251 025 (iQ.QW) ...:l 146.!)2 d;'
reel. For lu"_ ,nlormilliOn. ca'i Bob
KB2EF . 1 120 1~ 369-7038
PAYETTEID
J UN 19·20
The Voi ce o t Id a ho Am" e u' Radi o Club
a nd Ihe Treasufe Vallay Radio Associa ·
lio n will hol d the I,tlh annua l T,. .sure Val·
ley Ha mlesl on June 19-20. 1982, Irom9:oo
a m Satu' day to 3:00 pm Sund<ly a t the
M,fI+.dome. Pa yene 'D. Regi.U<ltiOn in-
cl udes bf. .klasl, d ,n"",. • nd pr'ze lick·
e! $. e nd 's $15.00 ln&<1vance e nd $20 .00.111
the door. Fu tur"" will Include s wap ta-
ble• . de.lers. transm,tter hUAl s, special
a chVI! ,es lor ladies a nd c hiid'en , ga mes.
contests, prlzea , a c QCktail Pilrty on Sun.
day , a p ic n ic and banquet on Sa turday ,
and a bllla klast on Sunday , Talk-In On
U7,8 41.24 t W B7 NS EI RI, U7 ,72/ . 12
IK70J IIR). • ee 1~ ,~. For more Inlorma·
lion . c ont a cl Samuel 'tI... Sower N700V,
1909 Granl Sir"!. Caldwe ll 10 83605. or
phQ... l208)--4~132.
MOORHEADMN
J UN 11-20
The ACE Radio C lub will hold its filSl
rJldIO a nd comp uler Ilea merket on J u ne
1 9~ 20, 19&2, beg inning .t 8 000 em <I t the
Moorhead Cenlenni al Arena. MQQfhead
MN Ta lk·ln on U6.970, FOr c om ple le de-
tailed in formation , .end an SASE 10 ACE.
PO Bo. 452, Moorhe ad MN 56560,
LANCASTER 0"
JUN 20
The Lancas ter . nd Fair/oaldCOunty Am-
at"" r Red 'O Clu b ~ II hold il. a nnu. 1u ...
<:a'ller H. ml"1 on J une 20. 1982. Irom
9oo.m to 500 pm al the Fa irl.eld COunty
F."g,ounds. Lancaster O H, Tickels ere
S2,OO ' n advaneeor $3,OOat lhe door. Fle a -
ma' ke! taDIe-s .. ,II be a va,lable or tII,ng
your o..n . Thefe ..,II be hourly dra~ngs,
ret fllshmenl e. a nd ple nl y ot I'ee park,ng
Ta lk·in on 141.031 ,63 01 1~.~. For .dd ,·
t'onal inlormahon or <ldv<l nce lickets .
w, ite 80. 3. Lan caSler OH . 3130,
CROWN POINT IN
JUN 20
The Lake County Amate Uf Radio C lub
w,1I hold its 10th a nnual Dad's Day Ham·
lesl 00 J u ne 20, 1982. a l the tnd usllia l Arts
Build,ng a l lhe Lake COun ly F." g round s,
Clow n Poi nl IN. Prilfl, will be leat ure<!
and ell......., ts ...i11 be held indo<lf8. Tick e ts
ar. $2.50. Talk·in on 1.7.&u.24 or .~. For
adv.nc. t iCket S. ma,1cheek to uke COu...
Iy ARC, eJO Willley Korol KA9FOC. 62. N,
Flensseleer Street . G.iffith IN 46319.
Mt LWAUKE E WI
JUL $. 11
The YL Internati onal Sing le Sideba nd·
er's (YlISS Bj 1982 Con venllon ...ill be held
on July 8-1" 1982. in Milwa ukee WI. Ac t iv"
tiea ...,11 Inc Iud<! the OX Roundup. the Sys·
terns Awa rds Banq uel on s.a lu. da y nig nt ,
<Ind. ma iO< door prile o f an ltom te-2A T.
Jean cn 'llenden WA2BGE will tell ill>Out
_ ree""t China t " p, Pre--c:onvenlion ec-
t'v,t ," ..ill begin July S, 1962. ..lIh goI l.
Ing. l is hing . and side trips planned. 0.
ta iled Informa tion may be obl ained by
send ing a n SASE (business s ize l to Su s
Mu n c hl 'tI..BOOC . PO Bo. 18 123, Milwa u·
kee WI 53216,
STATE COLLEGE PA
J UL 10
The N'lIany Amal"'" Radio Club Ham
flltS"..al w... be held on July 10. 1962, '.om
8 00 ..... 10 .000 pm,.1 lha HRfl.$i nge< pic-
nic grounds, Science Park ""-l tt>et-'
US 322 West and Ate 26 W I), Stale C0l-
lege Po\. Talk·in on 146.161.76, 1"625/.85,
and 1 46 ~ Feat",,,,, w.11 'nclude a Ilea
market . techn ical s essi o ns, nu mero us
prizes .nd contests. and "',,shmanl. ,
Tlcke ls are $3.00; lailgatlng and lables are
$5,00. Fo r more Information, contacl
Richard l. Sine KB3WN 1600 E. Brllneh
Road , State College PA 16801
OAIli CREEK WI
JULY 10
T"ha Sout h Mi""e""ee Amal_ Radio
Clutl ..,11 hold Its annuat swap'esl on Sat",·
day. July 10. 1962, lrom 7.-00 am 10 5000 pm
. 1 the American Legion PolIt 434, 9327
SOUlh $heplIrd Av«Iue, 08k Cfeek WI. Ad-
m ,ssiOn Is 12.00 and incl udes a happy Ilour
with Iree beverages. Pllzes Include a $100
lirsl prize and a $50 aeeond prize piuS e
va rie ly o f ot he r prizes to be a warded during
the day, P.rking, a picnic .raa, net a nd cold
sa ndwiches. liquid retlllsllmenls. a nd over·
night c . mping ..111 be avai l.bIe. Talk·in 00
146 ,901 More deta ils, inc lvdlng a ffilll), may
be obteoned Ifom lha Soulh M,,,,,,,..kee Am-
at_ Rad io O ub . PO 80. 102, SOUlf'l
M"....... ee WI 53172.
MILTON ONT CAN
J UL re
The Burl inglon Am.teu, Radio Club ..III
hold the 6th a n nua l Onta rio Hamfest o n
Salurday. July 10, 1982.•1the Millon Faif·
g ,ounds. Milto n, On tario. Adm is s io n Is
13.00 pe' person or $2.00 lor p"Hll9i St,e·
h on . Th"re wi ll be. tin m.fket, display$,
a n . uction, contesls, and p,lzes. camping
..ill be available a nd g rounds wHl open
Ffld.y nigh l tor . .fly campers_ For pr.
' . gla lr . lion . c o n l . e l M'k e CObb
VE3MWR, PO eo. 636 . Burlington L7R
3Y7. caf\ilda .
,
BOISSEVAIN MAN CAN
JU L 1(1.11
The 19th e nnu.al Int...nelional H..... '. .,
..lit be netd on J uly 1(1.11 . 1982. on the e.-
nad,an stele 0 1 Ille Inl...nationel Peace
Gafdens be...._ Ounsellh NO end Boi.
aeva ,n MAN In the canadian Pavilion . Ac ·
tlvitie...1II ' nc lude "ansm'''er hunts. m0-
bile Judging , CW .nd QLF contests. semi·
nars lo r OMs a nd YLa , Ilea markets, a ham
auc tion, a SalUlday night dance, a Sunday
morn ing break last , and lots 01 greet
pfilea . For more 'n'ormat ion , c oo t aet Bef'
nie Arclllld WOI MO, PO 60. 53. Epping
NO 58843. or Willi.m M. Shryock . Jr.
WDlIGRC, 322 EeSI 4th St reet. WillISton
NO !I8801.
RAPID CtTY SO
JU L 10.11
The Black Hill. ARC will I'IoId the annu·
a l SOUlh Dakot a Hamlest on July 1().11 .
1982, althe SurbeCk Center, SO School 0 1
Mine s and Technology, Rapid C ily SO.
Pre·re glstra tion Is S7,00: registration a l
Ihe door is $6.00. There will be a prize
dra ...lng for pr.'eg islrant s . lorum s, eee-
tests. a pic nic , a nd prilll$. Tables .f" Iree
101 lhe flea m. ,kel. Talk·in 00 .34o'.ioI
(WGBLK). f or 1...f1 he< in'OImal iOn. *nte
Black Hills ARC. eJO Rudy WBePWA. "822
caPItol , Repld City SO S7701.
MAPLE RIDGE BC CAN
JUL 1(1.11
The Map le Ridge ARC will ho ld its Ham·
test '82 o n J uly 1().11, 1982, atlhe Maple
R' dge F",i,ground s, ' ocat e<l 30 miles easl
01 Vancouver . M.ple Ridge ec. Regl.tra·
lion 10' ham s is S5.00; for ncn- hams ave'
12 yea.s old. S2 OO. There ..ill be tocc.
pr,zes. a s wa p" . hOP, d,splays , a bunny
hu nt . l<>d'es' .nd e n,Id' IItfl's programs. and
a ma,n prize d,a* ,ng ' or a KIItfl ..ood
TA-2500. camper spaces ..,II be a.",I.bIe
(some .. ,th eleC lroeal l'lOOk ups). Telk..n on
146.201.80. FOI more fA lormation and ree·
,slra hon, conteel Maple Rodge ARC. eo.
292, Map le Ridge BC V2X 7G2.
INDIANAPOLIS IN
JUL Y 11
The Ind ia na Stale Amateur RadiO CO'"
ve nt ion, In co njunc tion ...llh the Indl.nep.
oils Hamlesl a nd Compu ler Show. will ~
held on Sunday. Ju ly 11, 1982, at lhe Ma ....
on COunty Fa irgrounds al t!'le soutllN.Sl·
..., InteflllltCtiOn 0 1 1-74 end f.<tM. Get.
lOCket s are $4 ,00 e nd IItflt ,t le you to a ll K ·
IMt "". Inc lud Ing the jor pnze d .....ng
. nd Iloufly pr!z"". T e will ~ inside and
ou lside II". markels. . sep;orate eomOU1.
e r show and Ilea m.rket, a commerciel
vendors ' diaplay ar" a, technic.1 torum• .
c lub activities , and la d ies' pfogfam• .
There will be .etupe alle r 12:00 noon on
Salurday. July 101h. Secu. lly will be pro-
vided Saturday nlgllt a nd Sunday, end
campef hOOkUp lecllille. will be evailable
on the ground s. FOI IUf1ner InlQllTlation.
contact Ind ie neootls Hemlest, 80. 11086,
Indi e napoliS IN 46201 .
ALEXANDER NY
JU Ll1
The Gene see Rad iO Am.le-urS, tec., *i11
hold Ihe second a nnue l ARRL·.pp,oved
Batavia Ha mte . t on Sunday. July 11, 1i82,
trcm 7:00 am toS:OO pm at Aie. a nder Fir.
men's Grounds, Rle. 98 (nine miles $Qulh
0 1 B",tavla). AleIand"r NY. Regls"etion i.
S2.OO in a dva ne " , $3.00 at the gate, .nd
$1.00 lor t he II. . markel. Tt>e<e ..ill be
many po'ile a , e lergtl e.hibll ."a. O M end
YL program• . contests. p l""Iy 01 tood.
ove<night c emp'ng. a nd a DOeI anchor'
. uetiOn <It 3000 pm. Te lk~n on 4.7115.31
(W2RClQOf .~. For ..,....-.eel ickel• . ma k"
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P5-7 25A continuous duty power su ppl ~
$1699.00
299.00
P5-75 lSApo wer suppl ~ . 25Asurge 199.00
RV·] Remote VFO 195.00
RVaHS Remote VFO.•.• .•.•••• •. . . . . . . . . . TSA TV·300HP
MUK·] Mobile mounting kil •• . . . . . . . .. .••• 79.00 D ummy h),f( k
Ol·3oo 300w (llydummy load $26.95
Ol· l ooo 1~"" d.y dumm ~ load 5995
FA-l CooImg Ian for 01.·1000 .•.•.•••.•.• .. 29,00

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IIIIN -2100 I ~w. 160-lllm antenna tuner ..•• SJ49.00
8·1000 41 balun·MN 75/ MN-2700 ...•.•.• 29.95
[ Il u ipn w m prOlN"r",y
1549 200w anten na surge sh unt
](1(11 Replacement "" pin" eleme nt
RP-700 RfCl'Ivt. trOl1t·eod proledor
$24.95
S.OO
90.00
TVI f i l"-,, .
TV-42-lP 100w SO· 10m jow-pass filler $14.95
R·7A 0.30 MHz dig Rcvr/ NB/500 H.z htter $1649.00 TV-J300-IP Ikw 8(). IOm lo w· pass fi ll 29 95
~ C((, 5 IOTi(' s - TV-Joo-H P 300 oIlm hlgh·pass !lite 14.95
11II 5-] Spea ker. $39.00 TV-75-HP 15 ohm fugh.oass fille r , 17.95
FA·] Cooling fan •. •.•.•.•. •••.••.• .. .. . . . 29.00 Unl' fi /rl''' :
AUX·] Range pro gram board 45.00 IF-2 z.ounet ACli ne mter , ., ., ., $39,95
RR M·] Range receive mod ule •.•. • . . . . . . . . . 8. 50 IF-6 s.ounet AC nne fi lter " " " " " , 59,95
RT M·]. Range to nsceve module . • .• .• . .. .. 8.50 DMM Auto scale digital muitnneter , 95.95
WARe·] WARe band kit (HT M's) 205
SL-300 300 Hz CWfilter .•'. • . • . • . • . • . . . . . . . 59.95
Sl·5oo 500 Hz CWfilter 59,95 .-
Sl· looo 1 Khz RTTY niter. R·1A 59,95
Sl·l8oo 1.8 KHz SSB/ RTTYhlter 59,95
Sl·4ooo 4 kHz AMnner
Sl·6000 6 KHz AMhlter.
59.95
59.95
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1031 Enender tard seraee kit SO.OO ESR·24 Earlh stallOl1 receiver $145.00
Service ma nuals ea 35.00 SC/ ESR SlOg1eo converSlOll down converter 2SO.OO
1982 World Radlo /TV H.a ndbook 16.SO SPH-24 Splash proo' housmg 60,OO
CS·l 1533 Remote antenna SWi tch
1534 Ientrol console only '0. CS-l
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chec ks payable to BataVIa Haml0 51 , cia
Gram, Inc .. Bo. 572. Bat.vi. NY 14020
HARBOR S P RINGS ""I
J Ul 17
Tfle 51ra.' s "'ea Amllou' Rad,o Club",,1I
hold ils an" ual hamlel ! on July 17, 1982.
Irom !lOll am to • .00 pm li t the Hs ' bot
Spr,ngs H,gh 5<:I>0OI, HaftlOr Spr'''Os '-4 1
Oona'>Ona are $2 00 at !tie 000r and l able
~ ., 12.50. Doors "" II De oPen 81 8:00
am tor setups. Luncn * ,11 be se<'09d ',om
11:00 am ' 0 1:00 pm and '01,"1>"""" ..,II
be avaIlable duf'''O l!'le oay_ Thete ...,11 be
one maIn dOOr (l<_ and """,ief'P"Zes "",II
be a...... d4!d noutly. TI\e kl'loOl ~"'lI1oI
IS hee ror Mil-contall'lllll RVa la t,I$'I!I tOt iln
lW"""llt>1 ""V and many p1acltS or ,n ler"!
to YLs ,," '8 a,.,"'Dle ~'by Tal. -,n on
.521 .!l2 and 1.-; 0716 1 For more dOUIIS.
contact ',k 8«_ SlotnICk K88RE. 6JO
Ann St'eet Ha rtlQr SPn"ll1 "'" .91'*0. or call
(6161--52&-56 1.
EUGENE OR
JUl17·18
The La~ County "'am Fa" .. ,II be ....1d
on Jul y 17_18. 1982. at u,. OIegon N/l tl on-
al GUlII.d Armory, ~15 Cet'o lenn,al. E",..
gene OR. T,ck eta are SA 00 . .en and enll·
Ill' ll\e hol<le< 10 one a o,r. d ,_""ng llckat
free II purCllased DetOle JUI~ tst. Ooo<s
WIlt open a t 8 :00 am sa turlla~ al'\(l SUl'\(lav.
Feat ure s WIll Illclulle a s wap iIlId stlQp iIlt
$$.00 ill table , a 2,mel" DuMy lIun t. *Orn'
e n' s .cll"'l,es. a cn,ldren'l comer, c0m-
puter lIemo e. leclln'cal " n"na ... OCWA ,
a nll a grill"" pn'e 0 1iIln Icom 130 low·~""
eeeue ng. There wIll De an all-dilly .n .c ~
~r. tree pa'~lng tOl RVI lno llOCH<uPIJ ,
ill"" a Saturlla y potluC~ lupper 116:00 pm,
Talk·;n on .521.52. 1~. 28J . 68. 117 86126,
a "" 3,910 HF. For ad .ance tlc ~el •. send
a n SASE to Eun ic e Brow n WA7MOK. 2156
Corral Court. Spllngt, eld O R 97177, or
phone (503~71 1·79311,
WASHIN GTON MO
JU L Ia
The Zero Bealers Amat eur RadIo Club
WIll hold It s hamfe st on S u n d a ~ , J uly t8.
t982, at the Wa shongl on Fai rground s .
Wa s h.ngton MO , Ta l~· i n on t4 7,8I1,24, For
mO'e inlo, ma tion. conlact RIc h Noel'e
WAINU I. Rl e 3. to RiCh a rd O" .e,
Wa s hinglon MO 63090
BOWLING GR EEN
JU l 18
The 17l h iIlnnual Wood Coun ly Ha m-A·
Ra ma wIll be ""Id on Sunday, J uly 18.
1982. at tna Wood County Fa i'grounds,
Bowling Green 0 .... Ga les will open at to
am. wilh I,... a dm oasion iIlnd par ~ing
Tlle re will be dr a w,ngs tor pll,es: IIc ~el.
are $1 ,50 in lld.ance and $2.00 a l lhe gale,
T'un~ sale. spllee al'>ll lOOd woll be a.all·
able, Adnnce table ten lalS a'. $3.00 10
deale ,s OtIly. Salu.day selup a ..a"able un-
Iii 8;00 pm. K8T1 H liIllk,;n on 52 FOI mo<.
inlo 01 lIealer ,enlale . send an S ASE 10
WOOd County ARC. C/O S 1,000S. PO 80.
13. Luckey OH 13U3
CANTON OH
JUl18
TI'Ie TUK O RadIO Club (W8lXI al'>ll lila
can ton Amaleu, RadIO Clull (W8Al) wIll
hoI<l lhe 811\ annu.l Ha ll 0 1 Fame H.m lest
on July 18. 1962 . a l Ille N,m, s IlIUe n
Grange. ~I Euton 5l reel. l ou lsv llla
OH Ad m' n l()n III $2 .50 ,n advance, 13.00
a t lhe gale. ill"" c n'ldran uncle< 16 WIll be
a<lmllled h ee . Tlla!lea ma,kel * llI openal
9.00 am and acllv't,es * ,lI lnc luoe a w.'ds.
lorums. dealer • • and XYl prOll'ams Ta lk·
In on 1 ~. 1g,.79, 1~.52152. and 111,121 12
FOI 'eserva tlOnS and/OI ,nIOlmation. ceo-
92 73 Magazine · Ju ne, 1982
tsc t Bul Ch LetlOld WA8S HP, 10877 Ha ,el ,
v,e w A.enue . All iance 0'" 44601 . Or pnone
12 1 6~8 2 1 ·8 791
GRANO RAPIOS MN
J Ul 18
The Ra nge W,de Ha mfe Sl WIll be held
On July \8. 1982. from 10,00 am to 1.00 pm
a l Gunn Parll . H,ghway38. 6miles nOrlllol
Grall<1 Rap'ds MN Adm ,ss ,on a nd reoree
a ,e Iree. Bllng Ihe lam.ly fo ' a p,cn,c.
game e. ptl, e s. a nd lun. Par~ in g a nd camp.
g,ound. will be ava ila ble . Tal ll·;n on
1 ~.28I.88 a nd .52. FOI more inlormallon.
*" le Bob WOGAAF . 736 Crystal Sp"ng.
Road, G'i11'>ll Rap'ds MN 5!>1U. 01 UII
12 18)-326-2268 I"",e<u ngs l
POUG HKEEPSI E NY
JUL 24
Tna Mt Beacon Ama l.... ' Rad'O Club
", ,11 hoI<l ,15 annual ham leal on JUly 21,
1982. beglnn,ng a t 8;00 a m. a l lhe Arlong ,
Ion 5en1Q< "" g h SChool, f"oug hkeep.,e
NY Adm ,ssron ts $2 .00 lXY l s a nd Chlld'en
admItted tr l. ta,lgatl"'ll space I. $3.00
uocrcoes 1 h admISSIOn). a l'>ll • la Dle
.PllCfl IS $4 .00 (,ncludes 1 I'ee la ble and
lldmlSSlonl. Tl>ete ... rIt be tt>e Iree Ilea ma',
ke l laDIes IndOors. pa rl" "'ll door pllles. iIln
• UC lron st art'ng a t 2:00 p m. a nd rKIl food
a l'>ll Dev...age-s. Ta lk" n on 146.37/.97 and
146.52 . For lldd ll io nal ,nlorma llOn. ad·
v.nce I.c~ ets. 01 teglsl,.tlon. send .n
S ASE to WiIllt Colt er WAllCN . North H,"·
.,Ot! lall e Road. Wapp i"'llets Fa ilS NY
12590. 01 pllone (9 11 ~22fXi6J6
WEST FR IENDSH IP MD
JU l25
The Ball imOle Rad IO Amaleu r Te iev '·
s,on Soc'ely (BRATSI ...,lI l1old ils a nn" a l
BRATS Mary lal'\(l "'a m!esl on S unday , Ju·
ly 25. 1982. al the Howatd Counly Fa,,·
g, o undS. Rou le 114 e t Ro ute 32. adlacenl
10 Inle r. la le 70. abo ut 15 miles weSl 01
Balt imore. in west f rie ndSh ip MO. Indoor
lables with ac pc...er are $15,00 each :
without ac powe r, $ 10.00each, Indoor la ,l·
gatrng is $5 .00 per space: ouldoo, ta ilgat ·
,ng is $3.00 per space, Overn ighl AV hooll·
ups will be a vaua cre. Fo r more Inlorma·
lio n and ,ese,v afions. write to BRATS, PO
Bo. 5915. Balt,more MD 2 1208
CENTREVILLE 1011
J Ul25
The Ama leu' Ra<lIO Pub lic Se'vlce As·
soc,aUon of S1. Joseph Coun ty MI W'"
tIOkl ,I. Ilh annua l swap eoe SrKlp on July
~, 1982. a l Ihe S t. J oseph Co unly Fa,,-
grounds. ceolre v,lIe M!. Door. OPen at 8:00
am. Tick els a fl' $2.00 ,n adva nce and $3.00
al II'Ie gale. Indoor lables a 'e 52.00. Trunk
ule. are Itee . camp, ng ;s ava ,la ble Satue
day n,ght only lor $6.00. Talll·m on I ~ .52
Fo r mo<e InlOlmatlon. conlacl Denn••
Cutler NBOOU. 3051 Z Aven ue. V,ckesburg
MI4909 1.
WHE El INGWV
JU l 25
TI'Ie Tllple smes Rad IO Am .I....' CluD
WIll I>old 115 ( th a nnua l ham lest on StJn.
d.y. JUly~. 1982. f,om 9:00am 104 :oo p-m.
.1 Wheelr"'ll Pa rk. Wheeh"'ll WV " dm i. ·
SIOn'. 52. oo , ~ cll,ldren und... 12 WIll
be admmed eee Tna,e .. ill be maJOr
prll"S plu. door prlle. e"",y 15 mlnules, a
IS-m lnut" auct,on e ve<y t>ou. on ll'le hour;
hee paf ~'ng tor 1.000 c ars: relrestlments,
ARRUSWOTITSRA C boolhS; indoo< deal·
.. d'.p'.YS: a nd a tlea marke t There WIll
De setups II>e "'ght eete-e 01 a t 1:00 am
StJl'>llay mo<nlng , Talll-,n on 116.311.91 .nd
116.52. FOI lldvance oeal...- reg.s traIlOn.
e'ec mcal ouHel andlable requeSlS. s-ub-
m'SSIOn o t I,ee a ds 10I11'Ie clull'S ha ml" . I .
tssoe . a nd more info rm a l,o n , co ntact
TSRAC. Box 210. R0 2. Aden a OH 4300 1.
PITTS8 UR GH PA
AUG 1
Tile 451h a nn ua l Sou ln H,lls Brass
Pound e rs iIlnd "'olI ula lor s Ha mie SI * ,11 be
I'Ield on Aug uSI 1. 1982. Irom 10:00 a m 10
1:00 pm , a t Soutn Campus. COmmunny
College 0 1 Aileglleny COUn ly. Pllt s bu rgh
PA Ad mISSIo n .s $2.00 or 3 tOl 55.00
The ' e WIll be comPul"'. OSCAR. and ATV
demonslral,OtIs." *ell as. flea ma'ket
Ta' k·,n on 146.131 .73 .nd 1 ~ .52 For lu"
Il'Ier ,n IOlmallOn . conlac l And' ew l . PalO
WA3PS O. 1133 SCII.ultler Or ..... W".t
"'o me. te ad PA 15120,
ANGOlA IN
suo 1
Ttle SleuDen COunly Radoo Amaleur. ", II
!>old lhe 2(111 at\tIual F'" PICnOC .nd Ham-
leal on 5ufl<1ay, AuguSI 1. 1982. • ' ClooIled
Lake . Angol . IN Ad mo$SlOf1 '. $2.50. Thete
w,1I De pr".... pocnOC·Slyle SBC cllOCken. ,n-
SIde la DIeS 101 e <II'DltOls al'>ll.endO<s. and
O'fem'ghl camprng . lA lee w,1I be Charged
by counly park I Talk"n on 146.52 and
14781121
S AUK RAPIDS MN
AUG8
Tile St ClOud Rad'O cue *," tIOld 'IS
annual lIamleSI on Sunday . Augu SI 8 ,
1962. Irom 8 .3O.m to I 00 pm. al ''''' Saul.
RilPlds Mun,c ,pa l PiIlr ll. Sau k RapIdS MN
Talk·'n on 14631J94 FOI mo'e ,nlorma·
lIon. COnlacl M,ke lyncn . 21 IS-l sI sneer,
SI Cloud MN 56301, or call 16 1 2)·~ 1 ·229 1
TACOMA WA
AUG 14·15
The Ra llio Clu b ot Tacomill will hold
Hamla " 82 on Aug us l 11·15. 1982. al I he
Pac ilic l ulh e rs n Universi ly cam pus, Ta -
com . WA. Reg istr a lion is $5.00 aM tllnne r
i. $1 ,50, AClivllle s will Incl ude le c hn ical
semIn ar., a flea mar lle!, co mme rci a l
boothe. a n ARRL mee llng. a ,epeale, 10-
,um . a VHF twea~ a nd lune ch nic, pll,e.,
ra li le. , and. logger . ' D'eallia s l. Tal k·in
on 147.881,28, For more inl ormalion . c on-
tac t Grace Tell,,,1 AD7 S. 701 So . 12lJth. Ta,
co ma WA 98141 . Or phon" (206)·561·8341 ,
TIOGA CO UNTY PA
AUG 21
The Tioga Counly PA ARC 6t~ Ann ual
Ama le ur RadIO Ha mie SI wllillfl neld on Sal·
utday. Aug usl 2 1. 1982, l'om08OOIo 1600at
a ne w locauon a t 1.land Park. JUSI ot! US
Rle 15. BiO••bu,g PA Tl'Iete will be a uea
markel, rcco, nee campl"'ll. a n a UCllo n , an
HIT door pn"", e lC, Talk·,n on 191.19 and
52. For more ,n lOlmallQtl 01 ad. ance llc~'
ets, ..nle TIOga Co. ARC. PO SO. 56. "'a na--
Il8ld PA 16933. 01 contact Pa ul San<:lo
KC2 AZ. 606 ReytlOldS Sireet Elm"a NY
149010n IG;,7901 9frt',36
HAM HELP
I would appreciate hearing
from anyone who has made any
modification to the Kenwood
TR·7500 z-meter FM transceiver.
R. L Rabenstein W83JJG
2904 W, Pine Avenue
Altoona PA 16601
MARY SVillE OH
AUG 21·22
The UnIon Cou nty Amat e ur Rad 'o Club
w,11hoi d the Mary sv ilie Ha mfe SI On Satu r.
d ay aHern oo n a nd a ll da y Sunday, Augu sl
2 1·22. 1982. at Ihe lallg,ouM in Ma rys v,lle
Inea' ColumDu.> OH. Adm 'SSlOn IS $2 .00
in adva nce 0.- $3.00 all he lIale. Flea mat,
ke t space is 51.00. Food. Dever ag. .. and
Iree o . etnigh l ca mpIng, movIe•. a nd pop.
co,n * ill be ava, la Dle. F"al urel! on Sa lu"
da y nIght WIll be a free SQuaredilnce IWllh
a live bandl lo lrow-..d by is big country
bfe a klast a V;lllaDle a ll n'gh'- Door p'lles.
ladoes' programs, and .l RRL. FCC. and
"'A AS ,""",lings ",II be lealurf!<! on Sun-
day. Ta' "-.n on 146.52 and 141.991 .39. FOI
add,llonal rnlorma llon. .. II 1e UCARC .
13613 US 36. Marys v.lle OH 13GIO, 01 call
:5 13)--611·0168
AUGUSTA ME
SEP 10.12
Tile Aug us ta Eme<gency Amal....' Ra·
dio Un.1 "" 11 Ilokl tl'le ARRl ·a pp<oved
Nort llea SI Area Hamleat on Seplember
10-12. 1962. a l W,I'>llSOt F."gtounds. kJ.
c alf!<! jus t 011 Roule 17. 10 mIles ea.l 01
AuguSla ME. Fac illl.e s 100 c a mper. ...,11be
a. all able. ACl lvI\lea W'" 'nclude. Ilea
ma fl<el a nd tegularly Khedu led .pea k......
and demonstrS llOnS, as we ll •• II>e usual
e venl S. h lk·' n on 146.221.82 and J9IO,
ADRIAN MI
SEP 26
The Ad"an Amaleu, RadIO Club *, n
1I0id 11 5 IOlh annual hsm l"sl on SUndillY,
Seplem Der 26 . 1982. a l tl'le len.wee Coun·
Iy Fa " g ,o u nd s . Adria n M L Tal k·,n on
116 .311.91 (WllTOEI. For t,c lle lS, lillbie s .
a nd more inlOlmation. con lacl Ille Ad n . n
Amaleu r RadioClub. Inc .. PO 80. 26. Ad, ;·
a rt MI4922 l.
NEW LONDON NH
SEP 26
The 61h a nnuai Co nneclicul Va lley FM
ASSOCIation "'a mle s llFle a Market WIll be
held On Sunday. Seplember 26, 1982. from
9:00 am to 5:00 pm . at King R,dge S~o Are a,
Ne w London NH, Adull aomresrcn s a re
52,00. a tfea-market setup IS 55.00. a nd
ch ildren under 16 will be adm"I elI free ,
King Ridge will ha.e tne food conc es. ion
For more onformat io n. contact Fla nc is
Ca ll a han KA 1eW E. 80. 113. Easl Wa lling.
ford VT 05712,
C HICAGO tl
OCT 11
The Cnica go C,I"ens RadIO league W,II
hold lIS Ii'st a nnua l hamleat on Dc loDet 17.
1982. a l lhe NOIl t\ St>ore Am""cart legion
POSI. 6010 N Clark, ChICago n, h om 7:00
a m 10 1:00 pm. Due 10 llmltf!<! table apace.
lable rese<\lalions must be made ,n ..."lIng
10 Fred "'a, leu e KA9FUO 1851 W, enase.
ClIlCago u 6ll62ti
I am looking for informat ion
regarding the ser ial numbers on
vrorccrex units and the year 01
their manufacture.
Richard Ralldall K6ARE
1263 Lakehurst Rd.
livermore CA ~550
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HAM HELP
A wh ile back , Po ly Pak s wa s
selling a surplus keyboard , ml-
nus the keyt op s, made by C. P.
Clare and Co. for Burroughs
Corp. If anyone ha s oneol these
boards or ext ra kevewttcnes, I
would li ke 10 bUy th em.
Ralph Alellander WB50AH
Box 236
l elor. TX 79054
I recently purcha sed a Ham-
marlund Model SP-600 and a
Hammar lund HG-l 0 converter
(less hookup adapt er). I will pay
lor manuals or any infor mation,
copies, post age. etc ., regarding
Ihese two units and t heir co rn-
pati bllity. I am also in need 01an
adapter for the HC·1O.
C.L. Gantz, Jr.
515 E. Fulton 51.
lancaste r PA 17602
(717)-393-1262
I am in need 0 1a tu be-spec tft-
cation manual which covers re-
ceiving and tra nsmitt ing ty pes.
l a rry Scha d
Box 332
Aft o n IA 50830
I am in need of some donated
QSL cards.
Gary Mitchell KH8AC
PO Drawer 909
Pago Pago, American Samoa
96799
I am in need of schematics
and part s lists for t he power
supply and tape reader 0 1 an
NCR Model 400·500 Teletype'
(power supply schematic no.
095·0009500 and tape reader
Model GE 4APTR6 1GOO2, serial
no. 5628). Have cop ier or please
advise.
Also needed is a dial plate (or
co py) for t he Phi lco AM /SW
Model 41 ·250 rad io , Code 121 .
H. W. Wallmeier
700 W. 7
Washington MO 63090
Doe s anyone have informa-
tion o n the whereabouts of
VP6LX (April , 1963) o r
W2PCJ/KJ6 (August, 1963)1
George ceter KIEDA
524 6th 51.
Wil st Des Moines IA 50265
I need a schemat ic and menu-
at for a Gonset G1S1 FM Com-
municator,
Mar!( Aethemeyer
1531 Belmont
Kansas City MO &.4126
I need a schematic , and ser-
vice and upgrade informat ion
fo r the Sommerkamp FTdx·15O
transceiver.
Charles Wendler K2BOZ
58 South Airmont Ad.
Suflern NY 10901
w ith hams wh o have operated
w it h or are operating w ith a Hal-
lic ralters FPM300. I am Interest-
ed in troubleshooting an extst -
ing problem and in learni ng
about any mod ifications wh ich
can be done on this rig.
Neil F. Haeger WD6CVA
14402 Cartela Dr.
La Mirada CA 90638
I am looking for a model DD·
t c spectrcntcs f requency read-
out for my Collins 755-3 receiver.
A. E. Foltz W7JOO
PO Box 2126
5ecIona AZ 86336
I need the service manual for
the Clegg " 99' er" e-meter trans-
ceiver a long with any tntc rma-
t ion o n home-brewing a su itable
v10 and FMing the uni!. 1will pay
for postage and copying ,
Kevin Van Zullen KA9GWB
205 Lehman SI.
Berne IN 46711
, am looking fo r a schematic
for an SBE VHF power amplifier,
model SB-1 PA.
Lenno x Bodman K1NBG
29 MI. Vernon 5 1.
Gardiner ME 04345
I need a service manual and
schematic for a Phill ips Tele-
communications rece iver type
BX 925A109 N R BC 6380/S0502.
Mark A. O'Ornella. SAW
110 Barrack SI.
Kingston, Georgetown
Guyana
manuals, and crystal rntcrme-
ucn
for an ANNAG-52 rad io set
(T· 8 9 1I V AC· 52 and R·11461
VAG-52). I w ill pa y any reason-
able c harges for copying and
postage, o r will copy and return.
John Wilson KCl P
15 Kennedy Ad.
Cambridge MA 02138
I would like to hear from hams
who use the Exldy Sorcerer for
ham applications of any nature.
John Stover N9AMC
1521 Medora SI.
South Bend IN 46628
I would like to convert a model
1-636 Royce S$BlAM 23-channel
CB rad io for use on the to-meter
band. Any information on how to
do this wou ld be helpful.
Lyl. G. Plum WB7P XQ
3807 Ea.t Emile Zola
Phoenix AZ 85032
I need a sc hematic and
manual for a Hammarlund HQ
100 rece iver. A ll cost s w ill be
gladly paid.
Patrick J, Chivlnoton WBJIB
1478 Grace Ave.
Lakewood OH 44107
I need a schemat ic and any
technica l advice for keyboard
assembly 055-13-02·7QREV by
Incoterm Corp., particularly for
AnY. A ll reasonable expenses
refunded.
W. G. Matt G4KLP
2 London Bridge

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HAM HELP
I am looking lor active Radio
Shack TRS-80 and Sinclair ZX-81
computer user's ne ls. I am inter-
ested in when these nels meet
and the trecuencree they meet
on. I am also interested in t he
locat io ns of the fo llowing air-
craft and marine beacons (all
frequen cies In kHz): A·320 ,
BNQ-396, BNU-396, COR·206,
EBY-391 , FR·355, GWF·262.
HMM ·410. tNE·521, LYI -41S ,
MF-371 . NO ·351 , 01 ·376,
PNA ·392. 00 ·401 , AD-4 10 ,
SL-288, TA·390, UNB-38B. VI-220,
XSD-278, and ZP-368.
Gary Payne KE6CZ
1347 E. Dakota
Fr••no CA 93704
I need a manual tor the
Bec kman-Berk ley model 7751
frequency coun t er a nd a
l~kHz, 115-V ac crysta l oven
for same. I am also looking for
the m anual for the 31284 Collins
speaker console. I wi ll purc hase
outright or copy and return
Bill Nell,en WB4APC
Rt 2, 80x 253E
Radcliff KY 40160
I would like to obtain a m otor-
d ivider PC board number 1A210r
a GXC5 military FA X uni t. A
schemat ic and/or manu al for
t hi s wou ld be ha nd y.
AI Clkas KA9GDL
2112 Stonehenge
Springfield IL 62702
I need sche ma tics or any in·
formation lor the Hamma rlund
H 0 110, H amm a rlu nd H 01 80,
and Hammarlu nd HXSOO t rans-
mitter. I also need inlormation
on the 'reietypee 28RO teletype
mach ine and t he Gonset G·50
e-meter Communicator, and in-
struct ions on how to convert the
Communicator to FM.
Tom Blessing
294 Helen Ave.
Xenia OH 45385
(513)-372·9341
I wou ld like to use my TR&80
Model I lor SSTV worx and
would like to get In contact with
anyone who has info rm at ion on
how to do this.
Dale Clartt N9APX
40194 N. Glendale
Zion IL 60099
I am looking for:
• the instruc tion booklet for us-
ing t he Johnson transceiver
tester
• information on how to convert
the Heathkit 5 B310 rece iver for
1~ and t s -met er band coverage
• information on how to modify
the Heat hkit 5 8 102 for more so-
phisticated operation
I will copy and return or for-
ward payment for the above.
Robert Ross VE3LPJ
4 Meadowlane Dr.
Brampton, ONT L6W 2R4
Canada
Is t here a reader of 73whocan
write an article about the Jape-
nese ra dio- In t ercept tr aining
program t hat took place at the
Eastern Signal Corps Train ing
Center in Ft. Monmouth NJ in
'944' Gordon E. Hopper
75 Kendall Ave.
Framingham MA 01701
I am interested in th e 1750-
meter band and would enjoy
hearing f rom someone who is(
w as us in g t his frequency. I a m
inte rested in learning about re-
ceiver convers ion and t ransmit-
ter desi gn, as well as activity on
th is band.
Rex Faulkner N4EYE
3413 Covington Dr.
Augusta GA 30909
An am ateur in th e Ivory Coast
is looking lor a RTTY prog ram
and interface to use with the
Atari 800 compute r. Can anyone
help me to help him ?
Fred Trick, Sr. K89UB
ZeUred Company
PO Box 265
North Manchester IN 46962
Wanted: Robo t Mo del 70
SSTV monitor, regardless of
condition.
Dante Ventrlere KA4JRE
17831 NW 81 Ave.
Hialeah Fl 33015
Wanted: amateur radio CSL
cards prior to 1930 for old-time
d isplay.
One Noon VE31AE
19 Honeysuckle Cr.
London, Ontario
Canada N5Y 4P3
I am loo king lor a schematic,
service manual , and co nnec-
tlons f or a M oto rol a Twin V
Trans-type CC 3006 6112-volt ra-
diophone, model W 43GGD-2. I
am also look ing f or inlormatlon
on the BC733F radio rece iver . I
w ill pay all costs for postage
and hand ling.
William Pence
800 Old Stage Rd.
Cave Junction OR 97523
I need a schematic or any
o t he r inf orm ation o n the model
3001600 d igital counter so ld by
Crescent W ire and Gable Co m.
pany, c irca 1976.
Harold Ma y
428 Phll llppa
Hinsda le IL 60521
I need a sc he m a ti c and
operat ing manual l or a Kn ight
KG·2100 de oscilloscope.
Joe Bische KA4HAG
3412 29th Sl W.
Bradenton FL 33505
Our club Is in d ire need of a
service manual for a Johnson
Thunderbolt l inear amplif ier,
catalog " 240-353.
Ronald Daly WB.ZNI
Hot Springs
Amateur Radio Club
Box 385
Hot Springs SO 57147
I need schematics fo r the
a-me te r Ed g ec o mm mob i le
radio s 25A and 3OOOA. I will pay
copy cos t s and post age.
Rudolph Fallang KA7DTA
717B SE 6th
College Place WA 99324
I am looking for a DG-5 digital
display and a O& 1A ec-cecon-
verter lor a Kenwood T5·5205.
Pl ea se etete condition and
price, including shipping.
John P. Iorio WD4MWH
5228 Longview Dr.
New Port Richey FL 33552
I am looking for a Vocallne
AT·30 420· M H z trans ce iver.
These units are very old, but I am
sure t hat one c an be found.
Allen Herrls
3047 Worden st,
Muskegon MI 49441
I am in need 01 a source for
st a inless spring rod in pieces
that are f ive teet long and no
more than 1/8" In d iameter.
Tape red rep la cement CB whips
are not Qu ite long enough.
Stan Hockman KA4DSK
838 Fl.ger Blvd.
lake Park FL 33403
I need a schematic diagram
for a Colli ns 651S aenerei-ccv-
erage receiver. I will pay for the
copies and postage.
Tom Korma nlk
14114 S1. Marylln,
Houston TX 77079
I am looking for a Hall icraft·
ere SX-73 o r 5X-73A receiver. I
wou ld like t o use the rece iver for
OXing the 540-16O().kHz broad-
cast band.
John CreQue
1121 Berdan Ave.
Toledo OH 43612
I am looki ng for a schematic
and service manual lor the mod·
el 33 Sideband Eng ineers trans-
cefver. ! wou ld also li ke some in-
formation o n how to convert this
rig for CVY use.
Ka Kanana
158 SW Oaklyn SL
Palm Bay FL 32905
I am returning home Irom Ger-
many to the Rome/Cartersville,
Georgia, area. Any jo b informa-
t ion for a F i rs t C l a ss Ba -
diotelephone and amateur Extra
c lass licensee comm encing in
August would be m ost ap-
preciated.
B. G. Echols, Jr.
WA2NYRJDA2EJ
University 01 Maryland
Jaeger K.s., Bldg. 26
APO New Yortt NY 09162
I wou ld like to get a Novice
license. Are t here any nearby
hams t hat could help me on my
days o ff? A n hour every ot her
weekend would be a great help.
Robert Good
Box 86
Overbrook KS 66524
(913)-665-7483
I need a service manual and
schemat ic d iagram for a
Motorola T41GGV series " Twin
V " transceiver. I wi ll pa y
reasonable copying costs or
copy and return.
Jeffrey Miller WD4SMA
2112 Nat,hoa Court
Falls Church VA 22043
I am looking for manuals and
specif i cat i on s h ee t s f or
Hallicrafters 5X1 01 and SX42
rece ivers. I w i ll bu y y o u r
o riginal s or pay for copyi ng.
Bob Allie
736 Pine Sl
Centra l Falls RI 02863
73 MagaZine • J une, 1982 95
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demodu lator c ircu it boa rds g iven here as Fig s. 2 and 3.

CORRECTIONS shown in ., 'U te Receiver IV: ' J . Richard Christian WA4CYP

M ay, 1982, are double-sided. The Mobile AL
fo il patterns lor th e component

Please note the fo llowing in-

formation:
• The coa ste r COlli near oe -
scribed in " Drool-Gain," an ar-
ticle in the May issue of 73, is
incorrectly shown in Fig. 3.
The 'I.-wave st ub should be
shorted at both ends, as de-
scribed in th e t ext.
• A complete ki t of parts for the
"Fun-Amp" feat ured in the
Ma y, 1982, issue is available
from Radiok it , Box 411 5,
Gre en vi l le NH 0 30 48 l or
$37.95.
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The printed c ircuit board lay-

out for "Home-Brew a TVRO
nownconverter.' M arc h, 1982,
s ho u ld have in c l ud ed both
sides. The top an d bottom of the
board shou ld be etched as
shown here in Fig s. 4 and 5.
Al so, the t hree coupling ca-
pacitors sho wn in the part s
placement diagram should be Fig. 3. Foil layout for top side of the demodula tor board.
5O-pF disc ce ramics, not the
.Ol ·uF ones shown .
S. F. Mitch ell WA40SR
Mobile Al

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 COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION

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BEYOND PHASE 1118
With the Phase IltB launch slill set for early July, there are now in-
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(We SpeakYour
t ies for amateur sat ell it es. It appears thai there may be two suc h
possibiliti es by the end of 1985. The fi rst of the se is a test fli ght o f a
vehicle designed tor launChing a new US defense satelli t e. The sec-
ond is a lest launch of a new Euro pean Space Agenc y (ESA) vehicl e
called Ariane 4.
In both cases, the available payload is enor mo us by amateur sat-
ellite st andards: 1200 pound s for the US lau nc h and 4400 pounds for
Language.)
t he ESA f light . Needless to say, AM SAT offici als on both stoes ot the Backed by ov er 54 years of experience. Harvey
At lantic are pursuing these unique opport unities. It has been sug- co ntinues to offe r the broadest selection and fi nest
gest ed that the t ime may be at hand for AM SAT to coordinate Its ac- serv ic e availab le fo r th e amate ur rad io co mmu nity .
ti vit ies with other amateur sp ace groups, in o rder t o make full use of This expe rience has tau gh t us that the ham need s
t he large payload s. It may we ll be a case of "use it or lose it ." special treatment and that is why Harvey has estab-
Iished a special division ded icated to the needs of
SPAC EW EEK: JULY 16-24 the U.S. and fore ign ham alike .
The week of J uly 16-24 marks t he 13t h anniver sary oftheApollo 11 One thing is fo r ce rtain. A ham wi ll never get the
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Spaceweek acti vities in each loca l area are organized by vofun- that,more than
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FUN!
John Edwards KI2U
78-56 86th S treet
Glenda le N Y 71385
lOGIC PUZZLES
Recently, on a day when 15 mete rs was dead and I had nothing
else to do,' pulled out my Dover Books cata logue and began thumb-
ing through its pages. For those of you not acquainted with this firm,
Dover is a company specializi ng in a ll types o f Qua lity paperback re-
prints priced from about one to live buck s. W ithin the pages o f t heir
cat alogue. you can fi nd books on subjects ranging from dying cloth
with crushed insects. 10 the complete engraving s of A lbrecht Durer.
They also have a selection of orc-tesntonec postcards thai can be
made into fantastic cst.e .
AI any rete. I'm plowing m y wa y t hrough th is catalog and what
should I see listed but a book by Hiram Percy MaKim. Yes, the Hiram
Percy Maxim. As I ment ioned in a column ba ck in 1980, amo ng
HP M's many accomplishments wa s an autobiography entit led AGe·
nius in the Fam ily (later made into the 1946 movie So Goes My Love.
sta rring Don Ameche and Myrna Loy). Well , it seems that Dover ha s
dusted off t his mighty tome and is ollering It to an anxious public for
the tantalizing sum 0 1 $1 .50.
If you're Int erested In ordering a copy (and should any real ham be
without one?), you'll l ind It on page 52 0 1 the 1981-82 cat alogue li sted
between The Handbook. of Pictoral Symbols and Obedien ce Train·
ing For Your Dog. To order, wr ite to Dover Pu blications, 180 Varick
Street (slig htly south 0 1 the FCC), New York NY 10014, and ask for
book 20948-2. Be sure to add Joe l or handling. I can hard ly wa it to
see the faces on the people at Dover when they su ddenly get a l ew
hundred requ ests for a book by Hiram Percy Max im.
Last January' s log ic puule in the Reader's Corner seems to have
struck a responsive Chord. In tact. s ince the puzzle appeared, I've re-
ceived over two dozen leiters asking l or more problems devoted to
logic and reasoning. Since FUN! always a im s t o please it s readers,
this month we're dedicating the entire column t o logic games. These
puzzles are by tar some 01 the most complex riddles ever published
In FUN! , so be sure to keep a glass of Ice wa ter or some other suit-
able refreshment nea rby. We don't wa nt to burn out any brains.
elEMENT 1- THE REPEATER COUNCIL
The Northern Sou t h Dak ota Repeater Council ha s a highly in-
volved system 0 1 repeater group representat ion. According to the
rules 0 1 the council, each repea te r is represented by four members,
but because 0 1 overla pping repeater c lub membershi ps the fo llow-
ing complications exist:
• Each person on the counci l is simultaneously the representative
0 1 tw o different repeater groups.
• Every pair of repeater clubs has one representative in common.
In this maze of conl lict ing allegiances, the NSDRC accomplishes
little In the way of frequency coord ination, which is n't unu sual l or a
group of this sort. Nevertheless , the co uncil's organizat ion presents
an interest ing puzzle. whi ch is: How man y repeater clubs are repre-
sented on the NSDRC and what are the tota l number of representa-
tive s?
ELEME NT 2- THE JA MMER
A recent murder case involved the homic ide 0 1 an alleged repe ater
jammer. In o ne o rder or anot her , six hams, Walt, J immy, John, Bob,
Nat, and Harvey, were the victi m, the murderer, the witness, the po-
liceman, the judge, and the hangman. Here are the tecta 0 1 th e case:
The victim had died instantly from the ettect of a erose-renee gun-
shot wound . The w ilness did not see the crime committed , but te en-
98 73Magazine. J une, 1982
•
tied to hearing an alterca tio n followed by a shot. Alter a lengthy trial,
t he murderer wa s convicted, sentenc ed to death, and hanged.
• Nat knew bot h the victim and the murderer.
er n court , the judge asked Walt t og ive his account 0 1 the shooting,
• Harvey wa s the last of the six to see J immy alive.
• The policeman testified that he picked up John near the place
where the body wa s l ound .
• Bob and Harvey never met.
What ro le did each ham p lay in this trag ic story?
ELEMENT 3-DXCC COUPLES
Many husbands and wives are avid bxers. One attemcon. Stan,
Frank, and Joe, along w ith their wives, whose names in random or-
der are: Susan, Wilma, and Diane, got t oget her t o co mpare their
DXCC totals.
• Diane, Wilma, Susan, and Frank have 206, 202, 200, and 194 coun-
t ries respectively.
• Stan and Joe have 198 and 196 coun t ries, but for so me t ime they
could n't tell wh o had made wh ich since they both had bad memories
and lost t hei r copy of OST.
• When the fellows f inally fou nd the OST, it turned out that two o f
the couples had the same tota l.
• Frank' s wile has more co unt ries than Stan's wife.
Wha ,is the name of each man's wife, and how many coun tries do
Stan and Joe have con firmed ?
elEMENT 4-CEN SORED MULTIPLICATION
The fo llowing example of mult iplication has bee n attacked by the
" Math Censor: ' He' s taken most 0 1 the d igit s in this problem and re-
placed them wit h x's. ft'e up to you to restore the problem to its cor-
rect form. (Note: The as. 5s, and 6s remain ing are not necessarily the
only digits 0 1 those val ues in the example.)
6"
" x
xxx
xxxx
x5x5
xx5x4x
Uncensor th ose digits !
ELEMENT 5- THE ORGANIZATION
Six hams: John, Ma ry, Carl, St an, Harry, and Dick, are the only
people interested in running l or the off ices o f pre sident, fi rst vice
president , and general manager of a cert ain nat ional o rganizat ion.
e Jotm won't be an o fficer unless Harry is president.
• Mary won't serve if she out ranks Cart.
• Mary won't serve w ith Dick under any condit ions.
• Carl won 't serve with both Harry and Dick.
• Carl won 't serve if Dick is president o r Mary is general manager.
• Stan won't serve with Carl or Harry unless he outranks them.
• Harry won 't be lirst vice president.
• Harry won't be general manager if Stan is an ot uc er.
• Harry won't serve w ith John unless Dick serve s too.
• Dick won't serve unless eit her he or Carl is president.
How ca n the three offices be f illed?
THE ANSWERS
Element 1:
The re are ten persons repre sent ing five repeat er groups.
Element 2:
Walt was the policeman, Jimmy the murderer, John the witness, Bob
the victim, Nat the judge. and Harvey the hangman .
Elemen t 3: Elemen t 3:
Stan is married to Diane, Frank is married to Wilma, and Joe is wed Twenty poi nts.
to Susan. Stan has 198 countries and Joe 196. Element 4.-
Element 4: Twenty po ints.
6 45 Element 5:
72 1 Twenly points.
6 45
1 2 90
Let's get logical.
4 5 15
4 6 5 04 5
1·20 po ints-Scatterbra in.
Elemen t 5:
21 -40 points-Utterly confused.
Carl is the president, Mary t he first vice president, and Harry the gen·
41-60 points-Aoom temperature 10.
eral manager.
61-80 cctn t s-c-ccmoc ter-nke.
81-100 po ints-Mr, Speck.
SCORING
Elemen t 1: The follow ing amateurs were missing from last month's list o f
Twenty points. those solving January's Reader's Co rner. Found 1 solution:
Elem ent 2: Ed Laro se KS5V, Jo hn Hut sc ttmfd KI9J , Bo b Kendall VE4ZH, and
Twenty po int s. Mar ien Kenda ll XYL·VE4ZH .

he places I he lower, the ele- Iy high noise level combine with

ments will hang over his neigh- amateurs pushed down from the
bor's yard. That neighbor, o f higher bands so conditions are

ox course ... is the one who has

Chad Harris VP2ML
Box 488 1
Santa Rosa CA 95402
COMBATIING THE SUMMER
DOLDRUMS
Doldrums. A state of inactivi-
ty , stagnation, or sl ump; a spell
of listlessness. What the bands
do in the summer. The pits.
Wha t do the enthusiasts of the
various bands do during t he
summe r doldrums?
The hi gh level of at mospheric
noise (ORN) rui ns the lo wer tre-
quencies for most ox. The
teo-meter specia list ctsccn-
nects the rig and spends the
summer nights sleeping, dream-
ing o f liv ing o n a mountain of
will not ice those copper wires in
their swimm ing pools.
T he aO ·meter enthusiast
split s his time between repair-
ing winter-damaged w ire aruen-
nas and c hecking the no isy sun-
rise and sunset openings for
some other masochistic DXer.
The picki ngs on th e band are
poor, There are t oo many leaves
on t he t rees to shoot the arrow
thro ugh the branc hes and haul
the antenna up anyway. Maybe
there's a baseball game on the
t ube.
The ec-meter DXer pace s o ff
never been very friendly si nce
that incident with the TV set. It
necttc. But it is possible to make
contacts ou t side your conn-
nent. Antenna work can wait un-
loo ks like another seaso n wi t h III the win ter proves tha t tne
the inverted vee. Maybe a rettec- beam reall y is 100 big and blows
tor elemen t hung bet ween that it over.
light posl and t he fence .. . Fi fteen meters flashe s wit h
Twe nty meters slays open, af- o ccasiona l excite men t ; it's
ter a fash ion , all summer. The probably the besl ba nd to watch
high absorpt ion and occas iona l- c arefully during the month. The
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copper plate. His days are uueo his imaginary z-eremeet mon o-
designing t he perfect ground bander in the back yard for the
and wo ndering if hi s neighbors fi ft eenth time. No matter where

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The Catholic church overlooking Ma in Street, Easler Island. Anten· Father Dave Reddy, O.F.M., CE.aAE. The Chifean flag has flown over
nas mark CEaAE. Father Dave for years .
73 MagaZine • June,1982 99
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CEaAE as most of the amateur popula tion sees(hears?)him. Fa ther
Dave's 5BWAS sits above the /ist of countries needed, the latter
always at hand.
band opens toward the sun in
the morning, olten very rapidly.
The mosl distant stations lade
rapidly as the MU F c limbs, but
the shorter path OX slays slrong
for hours. The sunrise and sun-
set hours at the OX locat ion re-
main the best bets.
Ten meters sullers badly from
the summer doldrums. Bu l the
changeable ionosphere does
give the band a lillie pizzazz
once in a while. 15 me ters pro-
vides a good predicto r 01
t o-met er band openings, As 15
meters shortens up (the more
distan t sta tions lose signal
st rength , t he closer stations im -
pr ove), 10 might be opening in
that direction. A rapid shorten-
ing of 15 sug gests tuning to 10
and trying a few cas. The fir st
few stations on th e newly open-
ing band ge t the best OX.
Six-meter tans are f inding F2
propagation scarce, but the at-
ways-exciting Ecskip keeps the
summer interesti ng . So lar flares
liven the band a couple 0 1limes
during t he summer, but the real
excnement awai ts the return 0 1
shorter days.
DX activity and the overall lev·
er of euecuveness 01 the bands
do indeed drop during the mid.
die 0 1the summer. The increase
in solar radiation during the
longer days increases the ab-
sorptive properties of the iono-
sphere much m ore than the re-
fractive ones. The signals aren't
escaping into space as they do
when the max imum usable tre-
quency is low. Our radio waves
are be ing absorbed by the same
ionosphere which permits long.
distance communication s in the
f irst place.
But a lew bright spots shine
through the murky band s. The
declin ing sunspot cycl e fla shes
100 73Magazine . June, 1982
w ith a fi ck leness which strikes
terror in many a propagation
forecaster. A sudden solar flare
can produce the most incred ible
tonc-p at n openings one night,
and drive the absorption so high
the nex t day that you can' t work
across the block. But tavorame
cond iti o ns as t he l1are just
starts make up for the c rummy
co nd itio ns the next day or t wo .
Take advantage of these nan-
sient gilts to the dedicated DXer
by checking t he bands at least
t wi ce a day. Monito r WWV on a
couple o f di llerent frequencies,
if possible, until you c an l ell
when conditions are a l ittle
st range, a littl e wi lder than ncr-
mal. Try some of th ose lon q-
pa th direc tions and t im es. Most
superb ban d c ond itions pass
unexploited because "everyone
know s t he band isn' t open
then! "
Another encouraging aspect
of the summer dold rums is t he
occasional cool breeze of good
cond iti ons. The level 01 absorp-
t io n varies daily an d frequently
drops low enough t o permit
some good DXing. Again, daily
or twice daily monitoring and
occasional transmitting ensure
catching these openings.
But during these months of
perfect weather, be tween the
occasional flashes of real ex -
c iternent on the bands, this wtn-
er's attention begins to wander.
I start to think how some 01 the
South A merican amateurs are
co nt end i ng with the winter
st orms, amateurs such as our 73
profile: CEfJ AE.
When a vis itor walks slowly
up the wide, dusty main street,
he looks toward the church
square, drawing attention from
the crumbling walls and rust -
stained roof 0 1t he church itself.
Bu t what is th at sticking up
above the roof of th e church? It
loo ks like ... it is ! A multib and
vertical, w ith radials strung out
just over the roo/ line. An RG·58
feed line runs 011 the back 0 1the
church and crosses over a long.
neglected garden to a tiny
house, overrun w ith vines and
ca ts. A garden gate hangs from
a strap o f rubber tire under a cot-
lapSing grape arbor. The person
who lives here has interests
other than garden ing .
Indeed, a telllale crackle from
the w indow o n your right hints
at the avocation o/ t he icnc-ume
resident: That smooth CW rad io
ates from the l ist 0 1 Father Dave
CEQAE, on Easter Island, in the
Pac ific.
Fat her Dave Reddy, O.F.M.,
landed o n th is remote rock,
thousa nds of miles tr orn any
ot her inhabited land, on the rec-
ommendation 01 Father Sebas-
tian. the former Catholi c priest
0 1 Easter Island. Fat her Sebas-
tian, w idely recognized as the
fathe r 01 modern arc heology on
Easter Island, as well as lather
of his fl ock, interviewed Fat her
Dave in the United States short-
ly before the forme r's death.
Soon tnereatter. Fat her Dave
embarked on the fulf illment of a
longti me drea m: ope ra ti ng ham
radio from the Sou th Pacific. He
left th e seminary in Buffalo,
New Yo rk, where he ha d be en
teach ing, for San tiago, Chile, to
lear n Spanish.
His arrival in Chile (t he coun.
t ry wh ic h con trols East er Island )
was un timely, t.ettrs t leader A I·
uenoe rode to power on the back
0 1 anti-American slogans, and
Fat her Dave could not get the
necessary permission t o as-
sume his ro le as the spiritual
leader 0 1 Easter Island .
Although the journey was net-
tner short nor straight, Fat her
Dave did finally arrive on Easter
Island , with built-in status as
one o f the leaders 0 1 the tiny is-
land. His predecessors in the
role 0 1 Pasto r 0 1 Isla de Pasqua
helped f orge a nucleus o f
" W ho's Who" on Easter Island
along with the Governor, Mayor,
and heads o f the small military
units o n the island. Father Dave
rapid ly forged another repute-
non as an active and congenial
amateur radio operator, CEQAE.
Today , Father Dave wel -
comes visitors w ith the same
Iriendly cheer so we ll known to
h is on. tne.air cont ac t s. Hi s
hearty laug h and ever-present
smile and good humor provide a
welcome touch 0 1 the States in
th is remote co rner of the world .
His l ong Is land twang, wh ich
strongly colors his Spanish, be-
t rays his New York he ritage. The
visitor suspects he wel comes
the c hance to speak English
other than " 59 100."
II is hard t o say whi ch of the
items I brought from the United
States Father Dave most appre-
c iated : the spark plugs and re-
placement gearsh ift knob for his
jeep, the diodes to repair a sel-
dom-used Co ll ins JOl t am pli-
fier, or the tw o big jars of chunky
pea nut butter. I suspect the tas t.
The food on Easter Isl an d is
m on ot o nous and ell pensive ,
and the passing of the plate at
the Sunday service permit s few
fuxunes.
The presence of amateu r ra -
dio visitors promised another
bright spot in the slow life on
Easter Island. Fat her Dave wet-
co rned t he asetsta nce c t the vts-
it ing amateurs in improving his
antenna f arm, heavily damaged
by the storms which sweep in
from the nort hwest. Spare parts
and tower-c limbing ability are
scarce in Easter Island, but the
gen erosity of his amateur vtsl-
tors and a Iitlle help from some
passersby left CEIJAE with a
credible set 0 1 skyhooks.
Fath er Dave divides his tim e
on th e Isla de Pasqua between
his church , DXi ng, and his Boy
Scout t ro op, one 01 two on Eas-
ter Island. On Chile's Constttu-
t tc n Da y, he org anized the
Scouts into t he parade, then
race d t o joi n the other island au-
thorities in the viewing stand.
The Scouts themselves quickly
joined the viewers at the side of
the pa rade route as soon as they
passed the view ing stand. There
simply aren't enough people on
the entire island to both have a
parade a nd have people wat cn -
ing it. Everyone serves double
duty.
A good time to work CElJAE is
during a contest. He lets few
pass with out at least a lew con-
tac ts. H e c laims a laissez 'a ire
att itude toward amateur rad io
contests, but his actions sua-
gest a more positive altitude to-
ward their period ic madness.
When his to-meter signal ap-
peared to be interfering with the
public address system in his
neighboring c hu rc h, Father
Dave wou ld hear none of any
suggestion that the vis iti ng am.
ateur c urt ail operat ions during
t he Sunday service . " Nonsense!
You go right ahead and operate.
I'll t urn off the church m ike and
ta lk louder." A nd he did !
W hile Father Dave often can
be found in contests, he admits
he prefers OXing t o contes ting.
Easter Island lies sout h of the
tropics , and the band conditions
are not as uniformly superb as in
t he West Indies or ot her m ore
northerly islands in t he Pacif ic .
So band openings to the heavy
amateur concen trations in the
Northern Hem isphere are short-
er and not as stro ng as those en -
joyed by his co mpeti tion in the
tropic s. And the abso lute lack of
any local contacts makes sen-
ous contesting d iffic ult. East er
Isl and is no place to go to win an
amateur radio cont es t, despite
the exira 20 dB the CEO callsig n
imparts.
" Besides," Father Dave re-
mind s his visitors, "Sunday is
my bu siest day. "
Father Dave shows some of
the signs of the hard-core DXer:
His greatest fear is that newon't
get on the Honor Roll before
East er Is land loses its status as
a separat e country.
Easter Island no long er a sep-
arate country fo r DXec? Father
Da ve ex plai ns, " Co nti nent a l
drift is sweeping Easter Isl and
toward main land Chile at the
rat e of 2 Inches per year. We'll
LETTERS
1 THE LAST TRAGEDY
1 dows below were boarded, the
Shortly after the art icle " Th e
Father 0 1 FM " (February, 1982)
appeared, I th ought I'd rook-see
for myself. Perhaps a l ew pic-
tures would be in o rder. Su re
wou ld be nice to add to th e c lub
histo ry (t he Major Arm strong
Memorial Rad io Club, Alpine,
NJ , on the site of the tower de-
scribed in his tat er experiments).
Several passes were made to
fi nd the location, and at last I
found it hiding ingloriously be.
hind a huge apartment, th e num-
ber, 1032, hidden under many
coats of paint and hard t o etsttn-
gu iSh.
There above me on the hill to
the east s he stood, em pty,
burned, and blackened, over-
grown w ith weeds and unattend -
ed fl ora, alone, abandoned, ut-
be w ithin 225 miles of Chile and
lose our status as a separate
coun try inonly 70miliion yea rs. I
ho pe I can work the last 47 coun-
tries I need before then."
How can you increase your
ch ances of work ing Father Dave
next time he shows up on 15 m e-
te rs? Maybe you should review
the ph onet ics for your callsign.
CHOOSING YOUR PHONETICS
(ThiS pa rt of the co lumn Is for
phone o perators only; we' ll get
to the CW c ro wd in another col-
umn.) Proper c hoice o f phonet-
ics can spell the difference be.
tween success a nd fa ilure in OX
pi leups. How do you choose the
mo st effective phonet ics fo r
your callsign?
Think about w hy you use pho-
net ics: The pu rpose is to reduce
ambigu ity . So many lett ers
sound the same in the English
language: b, d, e. t, p, g, c, v, a.
Even under perfect condit ions,
most OX stations co nf use state-
side ca lls. In the conf usion o f a
typical ph one pileup, these le t-
ters are impo ssible to tell apart.
So you turn t o pho netics.
You wan t the OX st ation to
recogni ze' (and come back to)
your callsign, and hopetutly be.
fore he comes bac k to someone
el se's. So you r phonetic call sign
should be unique, it should re-
d uce confusion, and it should be
terly destroyed. Tho ug h win-
door swung freely in t he winter
wind; a foreboding l eeling crept
over m e as I en tered.
Loca l vcu ths. it appeared,
had added their m ark to th e at-
read y s ic keni ng s ight. Pear-
fu lly I en t ered , as o ne would a n
unknown t omb, feeling t he evil
of such a deed , SlowlY,1 c li mbed
to the room where it all beg an,
up the m ain stairs wh ich , under
the paint removed by the heat,
showed a lovely balustrade-
the kind so m any are now rest or-
ing bac k t o th e wa y t hey used to
be.
II o nly it had had a ch ance, it
too coul d ha ve been rest ored as
have been the hom es o f many o f
America 's lesser heros, but the
shame of the Bronx has reached
a few miles north in to Yonkers.
easy to copy t hroug h the pileup.
Does your phonetic call meet
these object ives?
THE CH OIC ES
The fi rs t place to look for pho-
netics is the st andard list fo und
in any amateur ra dio handbook
or t raining manual . This st an-
dard list is rem arkably good, but
it doe s have a f ew problems for
nxe rs. On e example: After mak-
ing th ousands 0 1 contacts as
WA1SQB, I would like t o person-
ally thrott le the id iot wh o picked
" s ierra" l or S. Sierra is C. I still
hear sierra and writ e C. " Sugar"
gets t hrough as well as si erra,
withou t t he ambiguity,
Sho rt p h o n et i c s pu nc h
throug h pileups faste r than long
ones. The amateur wh o uses
short , punchy phone tics can get
his call in twi ce as olten as t he
ham wh o uses longer ones.
Guess wh o works more OX?
" Fox" is vastly preferable t o
" Florida," And the OX stat ion
can fa ll aslee p or, wor se, work
someone else, wh ile I st ruggle
w ith " W as hi ngt o n American
One Santiago Quebec Bolivia
Port a b l e V i cto ria Port ug a l
Nine."
Which brings us to another
possible source o f phonetics-
place nam e s. Place na m e s
m ake long phonetics. usually
There belo re m e wa s th e
room-the one with the t hree
window s-where it began . The
sounds of t hose words rang in
my head and lifted up in to the
sky a bo ve . O pen in to th e
1032 Warburton Ave" Yonkers, 8t present. For " then," see p. 5 1 of
the February, 1982, issue.
too long for pileup situations.
But t hey can be used to good ad-
van t age in poorer co ndit ions or
to confirm a callsign. A ll place
names share a common disad-
vantage as phonetic s, however.
Upon occasion they cause more
confusion than they elim inate !
Witness m y callsign above, and
th e OX stat ion an swers, " The
stat ion in Bolivia, stand by. The
Portuguese station, go ahead! "
One well known co ntest er
t urned t his problem Into an ad-
vantage. WA1KIO would often
break thro ugh p ileup s with
" W A 1KlOelaware," Ethica l DX-
ere Irown on such use of decep-
t ive phonetics, however, and
you wi ll Quick ly l ind t his prac-
tice leads to more harm than
good.
A fina l hunting ground for
possible phonetics: "cute" o r
c a tc hy phonetl c s . Such as
Black White veucw, or Whiskey
On e No Good. Or the famous
Cute Enema Sea shore. To pical
phonetics fa ll inlo th is same
c ategory. When the race horse
Sea ttle Slew won th e Trip le
Cro wn of ra cing, K7SS tried Se-
attle Slew for phonetics.
How do you choose the be st
phonetic from t his assortme nt?
We'll examine ho w you "tine-
t une" your individual phonetic
fo r your voice and station next
m ont h.
universe. Another tragedy in the
tale of Major Arm strong unfold-
ed before me and you.
And so th e las t tragedy in the
li fe o f Ma jor E. H. Arm strong
passed one cold December 16,
73 Magazine . June, 1982 101
1981, short ly after 8;00 am, car-
ried by the heat and smoke into
eternity.
God bless his memory.
Art Bonte W2ZYC
New Milford NJ
I SIX·METER NETS IN DC I This brings me to my next
The Metropolitan Communi·
cat io ns Network Radio Club of
the greater Washington (DC)
area operated a repeater on six
meters (52.250 MHz in; 53.250
MHz out). We would like t o have
repeater clu bs operating si x
m eters an ywhere a long the
eastern seaboard contact us to
establish some li nkage and ex-
change experiences. The six-
meter FM net meets Saturday at
1900 hours loc al time. We a lso
have a six -meter AM net which
meets Sundays at 0900 hours lo-
cal time on 50.4 MHz. Sunday at
1900 hours local time we have a
six-meter sideband nat which
meets on 50.125 MHz.
Robert Sporn WA3GGO
CorrespondIng Secretary
9927 Cottrell r erreee
Sliver Spri ng MD 20903
I W RITE FOR RIGHT HAMS I rigs? Most of the SSB and FM
As a regu lar reader 01your ex-
ce llent publication , I enjoy read-
ing your often-controversial ed i-
torial comments and the letters
paga, but I have now been
lorced to write on bahatl of the
large number 01 amateurs out -
side the US without wh om there
would be no OX. It seem s that all
your comments d o not take any
account of the very important in-
ternat iona l-co nta ct part 01 our
great hobby. Please bea r in
mind that you are no more a rep-
resenta tive of the radio arna-
teurs than is the editor 01 the
WaShington Post o r the London
Times of their respect ive reader-
ships, and please take us OX op-
erators into account.
I would also like to comment
on some aspects rai sed In your
Issue 01 March , 1982. Concern-
ing your promotion 01 a no-
Morse license, I am definitely
against this, espec ia lly as we in
Brita in have had a no-Morse
VHF lic ense for some years. As I
operate both in the US and at
home on both the VHF and HF
bands, I have noted that despite
the much larger number of US
amateurs, you have a much
smaller proportion 01 lids. Have
you ever listened to the l ondon
102 73 Magazine • June, 1982
repeaters? Also, the operat ing
st andards 01US amateurs to me
are much higher than the aver-
age, espec iall y on CW.I am sure
that t his di ff erence is a result ot
you r Novice system, that I would
li ke to see copied in the UK.
Subject 01emergency ccmmu nt-
cations, although no body ca n
tauu your suggestion lor e ne-
tlonet data network (internation-
al ?) lor trallic handling. I believe
that on ce main power supplies
have gone, as they certainly w ill
in a con flict, we will be back to
CWo I believe that we shou ld
propagate some return to basic,
but modern, tech nology i n
amateur rad io coupled w ith CW
operatin g so that in the t ina l
emergen cy we amateurs can
sa lvage some communications
trom the remains.
And y Hewitt G3SVDfW4
Tha tcham, Berkshire, England
I can see you've never tried our
repeaters in New York or Los An·
geles. J monitor the London re-
peaters when I'm there. .. no
comparison to the antics we are
able to generate. Andy, where
are we going to get a ll those CW
ham gear these da ys can coer-
ate from a car battery as well as
the ma ins. A large part of the
emergency gear is mobile and
hand·held equipment anyway. J
can jus t see us a/l sitting there
with a hand key sending mes o
sages via our handie·talkles.
Perhaps some forward·looking
firm will come out with a hand·
key kit to provide keys which will
screw on to our HTs in case of
emergency need. We could even
have the code printed on it for
those of use who have f orgotten
the ooae.s- w evne.
I A RIGHT HAM WRITES
I think that you ought to write
a couple 01 things about Nov-
Ices. I'm 12 yea rs old and I'm a
Novice. I see a lot 01 arti cles on
things pertaining to General
class hams but nothing about
us Novices . Thanks for your
t ime. I think your magazine Is
great!
Eric Farwell EF2XJI
Miam i Fl
Eric F., you are absolutely right !
Let's see some more articles to
help our Novices understand
more of what is going on. We
need to get them in terested in
simp le antennas and how they
work, introductions to some of
our more exciting a c tivities
such as traffic handling, SSTV,
ATV, RTTY, certificate hun ting,
contes ts, and so on.- Wayn e.
1 NO MORSE A NO NO
I am wr iting in di sagreement
1 One of th e most frustrat ing
wilh your leelings about CWoEv-
idently you don 't operate CWoI
operate CW and enjoy it. I am 14
and was first introduced to ham
radi o when I wa s 11. I was at ·
tracted to ham radio beca use of
CW; it seemed interesting . I wa s
not scared cu by CW when I wa s
a newcomer. I work lot s of CW. I
do a lso work 5SB and enjoy it,
too. CW is not (l or most) just
" t he us ual garbage of name, lo-
cat io n, si gnal st rength. . .' etc.,
as you statecl in an answer to a
leiter in the April, 1982, issue.
I'm a raccnewer and do most ly
t hat, though I do some OXing
and contesting. I don't just give
my name, QTH, etc. I ta lk about
my family, the day, sc hool, my
luture, electro nics , et c. CW Is
fu n and rewarding . CW is t he
root of ham radio. CW is what
makes ham rad io spec ia l. I am
comp letely against " no-code"
licenses; the last thing I want to
hear is ham rad io sound ing li ke
the Chicken Band (CB). So my
conclusi on is t hat CW is fun and
thoughts are expresseo on CWo
Eric Lassiter KA4KEQ
Danville VA
Hey, Eric L, I 'm glad you 've
found some chap s on CW who
will give you more than the usua l
dull ro utine. That's g;eat! Not
that J can in any way single ou t
CW for that crime. It's all too
prevalent on our repeaters, and
certa inl y no t unkno wn on our DX
bands. And f don ', kn ow of any·
I one who wants to have our ham
bands sounding even m ore like
CB than they do, so stop fretting
about that. Perhaps J put more
trust in the intelligence it takes
to understand radio theory than
I do in the skill it takes to copy
code. J do know that you would
be hard put to point out any of
the more seri ous offenders on
our bands as being good techni·
cian s. I tend to gravitate more
toward hams with techn ica l
ba ckgrounds, and to find them
the mos t sincere and te scmet.
ing of all hams. - Wayne.
NO CODE A YES YES
1 '
Sir, I s incerely app laud you tor
your edltcrta! in the March , 1982,
73 MagaZine. I find your logic in
a no-code ham ticket as being
beyond reproach and agree
wncre-neertenv wit h your com-
ments. Do not give up on t his, as
you wi ll prevai l.
experien ces I have had has been
wa nting to get a ham license
and to do expe rimentation in
communications. As a result of
this frustration, I turned to CB
radi o. Mo st everyone knows
there is a problem on 11 meters,
but fads have a way of fading
away, leaving only those that
are sincere . The only drawbacks
in my gett ing into ham wer e two
items, one a my th and the ot her
w hat now should be a legend, to
w it: you had to spend a lot 01
money on equipment. and code.
As has been evidenc ed, you can
get on the air in a respectable
man ner without having 10 sell
the wile and kid s.
The other ilem, code, is rhet-
oric used by the elitists to keep
it all t o themselves.
Self ish and unconcerned as
to the future o f ham rad io: " I had
to do it, so should you: ' atu-
tude s. If we wer e to use the log ic
many hams crctes s. we'd still
be in knickers unt il manhood ,
women wo uld not be able t o
vote (hmmm), and we would
have legal slaves . Trying to keep
cod e as a requirem ent is analo-
gous to keeping a person on a
respirator wh o has euuereo
"brain death ."
I cannot lor the life of me find
any logic in th e license require-
ments for code. 5 wpm, Novice,
CW o nly; Technic ian, CW and
phone o n so me VHF; 13 wpm tor
Genera l and Advancecl for...
phone privileges? like putting
the c art bet ore t he horse, bass
ackwards. In any case, code
sho uld be li ke blaCksmithing, an
art of an o utdated requirement .
Those who want it, do it ; those
who don't, won't. Code, like sav-
ing string, serves no uselul pur.
pose but you keep hanging on to it.
We need technical mnova-
ucns and exper imentation by
those who sincerely want it
wh ile, on the other hand, provid·
ing a hobby to many. t am trying
t o get o ur loc al Com munity Col.
lege to carry a non-credi t course
in the aspects 01 ham tech no l-
og y. So far no luc k, but I will con-
t inue 10 t ry. I teel that we as
America ns need to recapture
the reputat ion for being leaders
in technological advancements
rather than also- tans. To do this,
 we must t ake down our selt-lm-
posed barriers and " mot ivat e,
not fru st rate " (a good ant i-code
slogan) new blood inlo ham.
I'll learn the code In o rder to
upgrade, but I w ill then drop It
like a bad habit. I gu ess that
means some peo ple w ill label
me as a lid or ot her terms t hey
put on t hose w ho want to move
forw ard , not stay in t he past. II
people wou ld sit down and un-
emotionally ana lyze the no-code
proposals, using reality, and not
negatively specu late on wha t
wou ld happen, on ly positive
things could come about. For
those who cannot tcucw t he
rules and regu latio ns as set
do wn, wh at we need Is stronger
enforcement 01 t he rules, not
outdated recutrementa such as
cod e.
FCC has Its heart and hands
l ull in light of th e budget cuts,
etc. It need s help in enforce-
ment of t he rules. This could be
accompli shed by the use of
hams themselves. Testing co uld
be done on a local level by a
group o r club of hams. In my
case, I wou ld have to go to l on g
Beach, California, to upg rade.
This would cause me t o miss
tw o da ys of work. Or, glory be, I
co uld walt t o see II the 'ie ld 01·
tree w ill have enough money to
make a trip maybe 2·3 t imes a
year to come to where I live.
Using local hams to upgrade
luture hams would also Inst il l
pride. It wouldn't take lon g to
f ind out which groups are up-
grading really qualified hams,
as the proof is in the pudding.
Noth ing wro ng in taking p ride in
knowing that your pupils have
be e n pr oper l y s upervised ,
inst ructed, and motivated In th e
correct mel hods and kncwr-
edge. However, the c lout Is In
the hands of t he d iehards wh o
insi st on being outdated In put-
t ing po litical pressures on tho se
who can c hange the cod e re-
q uirement. Until t hese " c hosen"
pass away to that great sha ck In
t he skY, 1am afra id t hat the code
w ill rema in, reg rettably.
There are so many po sitive
aspect s to dropping t he code; If
only tho se w ho w ish t o ho ld o n
to the past would t ake a positive
view. let's move ahead and be-
come th e leaders of advance-
ments, not the sleeping g iants
that we are.
Frink J. Ward KA7lXT
Tempe AZ
Troublemaker. - Wa yne.
I
HANG HI Ol' VAGI
Even 1can remember the time
when one needed a yag i or a
quad to work OX, the thrill of
breaking a pileup, the scctrreu-
cation 01 dual vfo's, ta ll·ending,
and a ll the rest o f that gOOd
stuff. To the new breed of ham,
t his sounds li ke we ird talk in-
deed . The new OXer th inks
you're out of the band w hen he
hears about stacking uve-cver-
l ive on a 180-foot tower. Who
needs It? And he's right ! These
t ales of working OX w it h yag is
a nd amp l if iers s ound like
echoes of the past, li ke t he
mumblings 01 bearded Hon or
Ro llers about the gud cr da ys .
The new OXer knows where it's
at. ..you won' t f ind him staying
up half t he night in t he hope o f
catching a rare one wh ile the
rest of the world s leeps . He's
not go ing to spend hours calling
COOX In t he hope of f inding a
rare b ird. Hell no, he'll tune In to
a OX net, of which there are now
more t han thirty. He'll get In line
and w ork the rare ones without
any luss. " li ke a telephone
call," says o ne list-taker. " No
c use'n and scream'n."
We o ld goats have been taken
In by the manufacturers, i.e., we
were told It was necessary to
have a beam and an amplifier if
one wanted to be a successful
OXer, Well, It took me five years
to oteccver tbet all one needs to-
day Is a worry· free dipole and a
barefoot transceiver and you
c an work the world.
like an archaeological reuc, a
dinosaur c rying out for a mate, I
ca lled COOX today for twenty
minutes on 15 meters and not h·
Ing came back . There I was w ith
a fortune t ied up In ampilliers
and towers, yagi s at 150 feet,
and two-Inch hettex. Nothing
c ame ba ck , so I spun up the
band a nd t here t hey were,
twelve of t hem, a ll 5 and 9, and
all semi-rare: 068, Z07, EAa,
EA9 , 7Q7, 3V8, JW, a nd more, all
s itting like clay ducks in a
s hoo ting ga llery . One after
another they came bac k t o t he
sq ueaky ctt-rrequencv signals
w ith 4 and 3 rep orts . (T he
callsl gn s we re handed out by
t he control stat ion t o t he OX eta-
t ion. Reason: speed and etft-
ctency, 0 1 cou rse, o f cou rse!)
And wha t's more, everybod y
was ha ppy . The gud 01' ust
takers stood by for the indoor
dipoles and vertical s: Only on e
guy failed to get his report, and
he was using a mec-mcuntec
Hustler whip on his rig In the
basement. ..he said he would
wa lt for propagat ion , (Gud
man !)
We with the mile-high yagls
and maximum·llm lt amplillers
are anachronisms, Inc ong rul.
ties at th is point o f t ime. Down
wUl come those relics of the
past and up will go the trcutne-
Iree dipole o r vertical, and out
w ill go the amplifier. That stuff
be longs with chrome-laden,
6-lItre guulef autom obiles and
25-ce nt-a-gallon gas. Get wll h It,
OXers, you're showing your age !
Pileups are o n their way o ut, t he
wa y Individuality Is ou t and cr-
ganlzatio n Is In. CU o n the li sts.
Don N.wl.nd. VE3HGN
Colborne, Ont.rio, C.n.d.
You don 't have to be an old·
timer to remtlmbtlr the days
whtln men were men tlnd the en·
dorsement sticker belonged to
the strong and thtl quick. But
now the demand for OX i s way
ahttad of supply. A OL Cttn rttl,e
a hugtt to-metttr pileup on a
weekda y afternoon. Rere ones
who prefer to avoid the melee
turn to lists. What to do ? Try
contesting, where ttltl big sta·
tlon i s worth the trouble. There 's
stiff a place for your 8877s,
Oon.-WB8BTH.
I IT DOESN'T COMPUTE I you seem to prefer. We might
The basic reason for not reo
newlng my Subscription to 73
MagaZine Is because I leel that
Wayne Green Is using It to fur-
ther the use 01 computers and
assoc iated software tcr cc m mu-
nlcatlons between hams. Th is, I
fee l, reduces the human touch
Involved In everyday hamming .
Taking away the persona lity
the ham and ",placing It w ith
0'
machinery will Indeed make
everyone bored w ith the hobby.
Th is leads 10 reduced growth,
wh ic h is the opposite 0'
wh ich Wa yne I s tr y ing to
t hat
ach ieve.
We do need growth In o ur
hamming hobby. Th is w il l not be
deni ed. But to substitute com-
puters for the personal touch is
not go ing to hack It. Co ntesters,
OX hunters, coun ty hunters, and
rag-chewers thrive on the per-
sona l satisfact ion that comes
fro m doing it t hemse lves, From
learni ng a new la ng au ge -
Morse cod e-to bu ilding their
own crclecte. no metter new
simp le o r complex, each and
every ham has his goal within
Sight and obtainable. It only de-
pends on his ability and determi-
nation to do so.
Wayne professes that Invol ve-
ment with computers will revere-
ucnne the hobby. He Is abso-
lut ely correct. It will do what he
wants. It w ill have hams all over
the world making contests no
more complicated than picking
up the phone and d ialing across
the states. If that's what hams
want, then wh y are thtly epeno-
Ing their money on better anten-
nas, higher towers, new radios,
or any other gadget that they
thi nk will make their contacts
better or st ronger than anyone
else's? Why don't thtly spend il
on computers and ecttware and
take a ll the grief out of ham-
m ing?
Computer hamming w il l elimi-
na t e persona l sat isfact ion,
wh ich w ill In turn eliminate the
desire to be an amateur redlo
operator.
Jim Ory WD9ATJ
PI.lnfleld Il
By gofly, JIm, you are probebly
right! We j ust mey be able to
make It so amateur radio can be
enjoyed by people who heven't
the kllobucks to put up monster
beams and run 10,000 Watts, as
even be able to cut back on
those fun pileups which have
chased most of thtt DX opttra·
tors off the air from rare coun-
tries. But just maybe the nuts
who think a new country Is
worth gtlltlng killed for can be st-
phoned off Into ever more com-
plex automatic country working,
thus leavIng the bends more
ooen for getting to rea/ly know
some of the OX operators. You
know, the FCC was opposed to
letting computers Into amateur
radio, too. It apparently never
occurred to them that, like a
typewriter or a Teletype - mao
chine, there hes to be an opera·
tor. . . a Jive person... behind
each computer. The computer i s
just another means of communI-
cating, JJttle different from CW,
RTTY, and so on. It turned out
that thtt FCC chaps had vlrtue lly
no undarstandlng of the sltua·
tkm and were acting normtJl/y
.. .flghtlng any efforts by hams
to experiment and perhaps pro-
vide the world with some prog-
ress. Obvious ly, JIm, you 've
managed to arrive at your con-
v/cti ons without tak ing the time
to ask anyone Involved with
73Magazine· June,1982 103
computers about the real skin·
ny. Find out what you are talk ing
ab out f irst ... then think it
over. .. then, and only then , go
on record. Remember, Jim, that
when I write so mething' know '
will be fa ced with about 200,000
skep tics, each on e more inter-
ested in blowing a hole in my
reas oning than in agreeing with
me. . .so I have to be darned sure
I have the background to kno w
what I am writing about. Jim, I 'm
ready to stand up in fr ont of any
assemblage of hams and dis·
cuss Morse code, its pros and
cons. I've been at that for som e
thirty years now. . .and, as I've
said, i t has been quite a few
years since I've heard anything
new. Jim, you ha ven 't the Slight·
est idea of what computers may
d o t o hamming sin c e yo u
haven 't tried them ... and ap·
parently don 't kn ow anyone who
has .-Wayne.
1 THE GREAT GRATER
1 " c ut above ," if you will. The day
So Wayne the Grate (just a
sm all pun) ha s again taken up
the Holy Grail, thi s t ime in the
CONTESTS
Robert Baker WB2GFE
15 Winds or Dr.
A tco NJ ()8()()4
JEFF ERSON DAVIS DAY
OSO PARTY
Contest Period:
1500 to 2400 GMT June 5
The Pennyroya l Ama teur Ra-
d io Society is offering attractive
certi fic ates lor cont ac ts made
during t his year's annual event.
Su g g est ed fr eq uencie s are
3730, 3940, 7260, 1431 0, 21410,
and 28610. Request s for cert if i-
ca t es o r m ore Inform at ion
should be addressed to Penny-
royal Amateur Rad io Soc iety ,
PO Box 1077, Ho pkinsville KY
42240.
WO RLDWIDE SOUTH
AMERICA CW CONTEST
Starts: 1500 GMT June 12
Ends: 1500 GMT June 13
Sponsored by Elec tronica
Pop ular ma gaz ine of Rio de Ja-
neiro, Brazil, t his con tes t will be
held annua lly on th e second
104 73 Magaz ine. June, 1982
form o f abolish ing the code re-
q uirements for ham licenses.
I adm ire you for the courage
of your convictions, Wayne, but
there are more than a lew of us
out here wh o have strong oblec-
tions t o a no-code license, m y-
self included.
I am a newer ham (since 1977),
an electroni cs engineering t een-
niclan , own my own personal
co mputer, and am an act ive
member of the Tucson Amateur
Packet Radio Club. I only say
thi s in order to dispel any Idea
that I am of the "fraternity" that
dislikes the introduction of new
techno logy into ham radio .
When I received m y ham li-
cense in the mail, I fe lt some-
t hing that I'm sure no CB er ha s
fe lt when his permit arrived.
That feeling is a sense of ac-
compli shment. I earned thi s li·
cense. and it is that feeli ng that
binds me t oget her along with
the majority of other hams, A
that bond is gone is the day that
the Amateur Radio Service
ce ases to exist. All remaining
m ot ivating tact ors w ill be sen.
weekend of June. Use all bands
from 80 through 10 m eters on
CW only; cro ssbanc cont ac ts
are not valid. Onl y contacts be-
tween Sou th America n st ations
and stations on ot her conti-
nents are considered for seer-
ing. A st ation ma y be worked on-
Iy once on ea ch band . Ent ry
cl asses inc lud e single operatorl
single band or all ba nd s, an d
m uru-cceretorretnct e transmit-
ter (multi band o nl y).
EXCHANGE:
RST and co nsecuti ve a s o
number starting w ith 001.
SCORING:
Each a s o co un ts 2 points.
Contacts between South Ameri·
can stations count only as muf-
ncners. not as aso points. Fo r
South American st ations, the
multiplier is the numbe r of dif·
terent countries work ed on each
band. For ot he rs, the multiplier
is the num ber of d ifferent Sou th
Am erican pref ixes wo rked on
cent ered, and no longer will that I 'm real serious about s n
hams work for the " goocl o f am- th is. Oh, I do think that i t is high
ateur rad io." time to dump the code as a
means of keep ing enthusia sts
But that is not why I write this
out of the hobb y. ..and to su~
lett er. I enjoy your magazine
plan t i t with a techn ical exam
very much, Wayne, but a cou ple
which can't be tota lfy thwarted
of th ings disturb me, First of all,
by the Bashes and other cheat·
your " Holy Gra n" editoria ls tend
ing systems. 11 you read the li-
a bit toward ranting and raving . cense study manuals I put out,
That can't be good for t he blood
YOU 'll see what I th ink is best. ..
pressure or the digest ion . I also simple theory explana tions
have noticed t hat yo ur replies t o which anyone can understand.
the letters protesting your edito-
Fortu nately, f have reason and
ria l views are usua lly longer psychology on my side...and
than the leiters themselves. My
j ust an interest in getting things
psychologist friend has some in- improved, not an overwhelm ing
te resting thing s to say about
zeal. Zea lots are not open to al-
that. In short, take it easy, ternative ideas and get all em o-
Wayne. This would be a pretty
tiona lly in volved in what they
dull hobby someti m es if it were are do ing. en.
I don 't expect
not for cage-rattl ers like you, so Morse code to get dumped
t ry to rattle softer, so that you quickly. . .perhaps some experi-
may ratt le longer. ments with th is on 220 MHz , as'
Dave Barnhart W870BG proposed to the FCC about thir-
Glendale AZ teen years ago, to see if we can
make the Change from a filter of
Dave, I enjoyed your letter. But a very slight skill (code) to a not·
you should unders tand that no mucn-more-attncutt tech nical
matter how much the cages rat-
tle, rm sitting here grinn ing. My
tes t . . .with out the universal
chea/ing via Bash. My letter an·
blood p ressure is fine. . .I give s wers are long, at times, so I can
heart attacks, 'don 't get 'em. t'm clarify misconceptions.-Wayne.
happy th at I give the impress ion
eac h band. The fina l score is the in ea ch class and to the top
sum of aso points multiplied by scorer in each country. A sepa-
the sum of mu ltipliers. rate log for each worked band
A WA RDS & ENTRIES:
Certificates will be awarded
must be sent no later than Ju ly
31 st to WWSA Ma nager. PO Box
18003,20772 Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
to the th ree t op-sccrmc stations Brazil.
JUH 5
CALENOAR JettIll'8Ol'l Orris OSC Patty
JUH 12-13 AAAl VHF OSC Patty
JUH 12·13 World • ..,. South ArnIok:a cw
Cont..1
JUH 1..20 s.- SMI AK PIttY
JUH 2&-27 AAAl f'-kl O. t
JUl l CAAF c....cl8 o.t eon_I
JUL 10-11 IAAU A8d1osporl
JUL 11·1e InI_11on81 OAP Conl. .t
J UL l 1-1e • A5 M. " n l... Worklwld8 SSTV OK Cont.st
JUL 24-28 CW Cou nty' Hunt.... Cont..1
AUa r-e ARAL UH F Cont.'1
A UQ 14-1 5 Europun OK Cont. st_ CW
AUa 21·22 SAATO Worldwide ATTY Conl.st
AUa 21·22 A5 M. " . zl... FSTV UHF Con_I
SEP 11·12 ARAL VHF OSC PIttY
SEP 11·12 EwvpNn OX Cont..t- PhoM
SEP 1..20 WnNngIon Slsts OSC Patty
OCT 2·3 C8ll1omll1 OSC Patty
OCT 16-17 AACt ORP cw OSC Party
OCT 16-17 .........,..,.... QSO PIttY
HOY 6-7 ARAL S. ; tsk.. _CW
"lOY 13-1.. Ewcp sn OX ContNt-RTTY
"loy 20-21 ARAL S. . . .18..._PhoM
DEC 4-5 AAAL 180-11II_ ContNI
OEC 11·12 ARAL 10-11II_ Conl ..t
DEC 11 CAAF C• ...cl8 Cont..1
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Morocco
Sa lomo... Is, '"m 37,765
32.319
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67,032
C N8CO
C6 AOV
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Bahamas '"
200 21,488
17.062
aSL O F TH E MONTH : W8VFT
HI8G BG oc m. Rep_
'",., 16,640 Sometimes, the design of a aSL card can capitalize on the unusu-
O K1 M$M
H I6GB
Czec h.
Com . Rep '" 14,484 al aspects of your station . It worked for W8VFT and his wind-pow -
ered setup. In fact, as t he back of the ca rd explains, W8VFT's ent ire
WIVE Multl ·Dpoo, alo.
57,652 homestead is powered by th e w ind generator shown on the card !
N9N C
"0 ' 0 '" 42.38 7 If yo u would li ke t o enter our contest, put yo ur aSL card in an en-
VE2ZP
N4BAA
"«v '"'" ee.eeo velope and mail it alo ng wi t h your choice of a book from 73's Radio
W4 CN ". 35,441
25,488
Bookshop to 73 Magazine, Pine Street , Peterborough NH 03458, At ·
K F2 X
"' '" tention: OSt.ot the Mont h, Ent ries wh ich do not use an envelop e (the
OX M" III·Operalor Pos tal Service does occasionally damage c ards) and do not spec ify
22,184 a book will not be considered.
15 M PK It al y
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4OIBO- METER CO M B INED CO NTEST
- CI.lmed 5<:orel - SUMM ER SMIRK PARTY SCORING:
WN E Si ngi. Operator CONTEST Count 2 points f o r each
NlD F UT 1188 180.040 Starts: 0000 GMT June 19
KC4 0V
KBAKY
NBATR
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93 1

788
147,686
14 1,885
104.96 7
End s: 2400 GMT June 20
Sponsored by the Six-Meter
SMIRK con tact, 1 point fo r non-
SMIR K csos. Add aso poi nts
and multiply by number of ARRL
OH 735 100 .250
"'''" Internation a l Radio K l u b
(S MIRK). No c rossband co n-
sections, foreign states, provo
inces, and countries worked for
OX Si ngle Oper.to,
CNBCO Morocco 802 256.90B tact s, multi-operators. or partial final score.
H44S H $olomon Is 360 71,082 contac ts . Check logs or dupe
J AIELY Japan 196 26 .64 2
sheets are not needed. A WA RDS:
VK5BW AuSlra lia 170 17,384
8,54 4
Tr ophies fo r htqh-acore
OL8UI W. Germany 92
EXCHANGE: SMIRK in two div isions: US/Can·
WNE Mulll.Operalor SMIR K number an d A RRL ada and foreig n. Certifi cates for
205.076
N4BAA
KF2X "''"" 16 1,604
section, foreig n state, province,
prefectu re, or c ount ry. Count
high score in eac h ARRL section
and foreign state, province, ore-
OX Mull l·Operslo r ARRL sections in th e 48 US tecture. or country.
VE2ZP Que. 1271 249,996 states only; KH6 and KL7 count
234,136 ENTRIES:
15MPK Ila ly
'" as countries. Wash ington DC
counts as a section as well. Entries must be submitted on
73 Magazine a June, 1982 105
 RESULTS
1981 CALI FORNIA COO PA RTY
Spon.or«! by t he NOl1he," C.Kloml. Conl.,t Club
(C.II, cw a t , SSB a t, Muilipler. Sco,.)

Clllloml, 51ngll Opt

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N6TR
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283.347
N6BV
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215 ,180
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Alter a th ree-month hiatus, I was called upo n again to
K6AA 11.1I·51
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choose a winner for 73's monthly newsletter contest. As
KS6H (M -SI soc
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79, 100 usual, I put the task off until the last minute. This time, I was
luc ky; a " winner" jumped out at me. If you have an opportu-
nity to read this month's choice, The Log, published by t he
W DiEW D ,., Qu I 01 S,.te
Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, you'll see why.
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78,364
51,303
The NOA RS newsletter is not a one-man show. A rather im-
creestve-roo krnc masthead lists 25 names of officers, editors,
WA5 DJK
WB5 YXK
W 1GN R
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46.080
37.440
34.892
and committee chairmen . The theory t hat many hands, work·
ing together, make for a light load applies here. The Log's first
K7GM
'" '" "" " .522 page is rounded out by " Inside This Issue," a series of vi-
W3HDH
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read ing.
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NOARS editors KA8JRI and N8DNA make sure t hat t here is
OX To p Fly. something for everyone. They inc lude reports for award
$M30XC aa chasers, the contest crowd, DX hounds, traffic handlers, and
"o t
o aa
4.125
JA 10P
J R7TJ P
PY1N EZ
"o ea ae
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3.174
2.756
Novices. An historical series, " In the Beginning," will appeal
to all the readers. A more somber Log feat ure is the " Silent
LU6 EF
" "" at
2.440
zaos Key" section , which incorporates the aSL cards of dece ased
members as par t of a brief memorial.
In addition to t heir monthly newsletter, NOARS members
receive an annual membership roster and a ca lendar that has
the fall , 1981 , edition of the offi- log requests, and entries post - t he dates for c lub activities and operating events clearly
c ial SMIRK log . Sing le copies marked by July 11th, to Spencer marked. All this helps to convey the image o f a lively, enthu-
are available for an SASE and F. Ritc hie KA2 MHT/5, 5122 Saq- siast ic club. -N8RK.
photocop ies may be used. Send amore, San Anto nio TX 78242.

• WTC-Wo rk The Caribbean. solid walnu t plaque denoting

The basic award is issued for your accomplishment is even-
confi rmed contact with at least ab le for $20.00. (Overseas, add

AWARDS 20 countries in t he Ca ribbean

area as set f ort h by the WTC
cou nt ry li st. Gold seal: A gold
$3.00 postagelinsurance.)
• A-1-0pera tor's Certificate
of Merit. Issued free of cost by
seal is applied when 30 or more t he lA RS/Certi ficate Hunt ers
Bill Gosney KE7C ce rti fied by a local radio c lub confirmations are achieved. Club to amateurs observed drs-
Micro·BO, Inc. offici al, two l icensed ama- Aw ard app licat io n fee is $3.50 playing a high level of achieve-
2665 North Busby Road teu rs , or a notary public. o r 12 IRCs; overseas, add $1.00 ment In various areas of am a-
Oak Harbor WA 98277 Copies of you r cards will be ac- or 3 IRCs; go ld seal after teu r rad io. The award is also
cepted in l ieu of ce rtification. o rigin al application is $1.00 or issued upon recei pt of t hree
CERTIFICATE HUNTERS CLUB • WTP-Work The Pacific . Th e 3 IRCs. nominations from t hree d if-
All awards are Issued t o both basic aw ard is issued fo r con- . G ol d Seal Plaques . If fe rent amateurs i n t hree di ffer-
licensed amateurs and SWLs firmed contact wi t h at least 30 desired, p laqu es are ava ilable ent geographical locations. So,
on a heard basis. countries in t he Pacific area as f or t he WT P and WTC award if you feel that an amateur
Requests for band, mode, set fo rth by t he WT P count ry series. W hen requested at the should receive t h is honor, get
and power endorsements must list. Gold sea l: A gold sea l is t ime o f original application, out your pen and give us t he
be made at the time of your applied when 50 or mo re conur- yo ur awa rd is mounted on a detai ls in writing. You do not
orig ina l appl ication and must matrons are achieved. Aw ard waln ut-g rain 13" x 16" plaque, have t o be a member of t he
be correc t ly indicat ed o n your app lic at ion fee is $3.50 or 12 for $25.00. (Overseas, add $7.50 club or a holder of the awa rd t o
log extract. IRCs; overseas, add $1.00 o r 3 postage/insu rance.) When re- nominate.
A verified log should be sent IRCs; gold seal after origi nal quested after yo ur original ap- • County Awards. Issued in
in lieu o f Q5Ls. Have yo ur log application, $ 1.00 or 3 IRCs. plication, an engraved 4 x 6 multiple classes for the ditfer-
106 73 Magazine . June, 1982
ent numbers of counties con -
firmed, in 14 states. GCR apply;
fee is $3.50. The awards mea-
sure S V! x 11 n and are printed
H
on a fine cerc htone bond . Other
co unty awards will be made
available as demand require s.
_ 10 K and 20 K Awards. Issued
for confi rmed co nt act with 10 or
20 different locations o utside
the Unit ed States operat ing with
a W, K, or N prefix. Award fee is
$2.00 and band and mode en-
dorsements are available.
_ Work A-1s. Requires app li-
cant to work A-l operator certi fi -
ca te holders of any radi o organi-
zations issued for WAC , WAZ ,
WAS, WPX and DX{CC). All rules
are the same as they are for the
regular award . Award fee is
$2.00 and band and mode en-
dorsements are available.
For application s and addi-
ti onal i nfo r matio n , send an
SAS E t o the CHC Manager,
scott Douglas KB7SB, PO Box
46032, Los Angel es CA 90046.
WORKED ALL VE
Sponsored by the Nortown
Amateur Radio Club of wutcw-
dale, Ontario, the WVE Award
requires the applicant to work
two different st ations on two dif-
feren t bands in t he eight sec-
tions, VEl t hro ugh YES. All con-
tacts must have been made
from an area within a radius o t
150 miles of one point o n and af-
ter January 1, 1939.
A swo rn affidavit and certtft-
cat io n by a loca l rad io c lub o ff i-
cial must accompany your appli-
cat ion. Also, be sure to send all
sixteen QSL cards, two from
each sect ion, along with $1.00
and suff ic ient ret urn postage fo r
the return of your card s. Ad -
d ress your application to the
Nortown Amateur Radio cru b.
Box 146, St at io n A, WiUowdale,
Ont ario, Canada M2N 5S8.
The No rtown o rga n iza tio n
al so sponsors the WACAN
(Worked All Canada) Award.
Here the applicant mu st work
two different stations on two ott-
terent bands in each of the fol-
lowing twelve area s: VEl (PEl),
VEl (NS), VE2, VE3, VE4, VE5,
VE6, VE7, VY1 o r VE8, VOl , and
V0 2.
A ll contacts must have been
made on or after January 1,
1949, and a 150-mile rule ap-
plies, as mentioned for t he WVE
Award.
Send you r list of contacts and
QSL cards, with $1 .00 and suff i-
ci ent funds for the ret urn of your
confirmation c ards, t o the Nor-
town ARC.
TRAN S-CANADA AWARD
The Canadi an OX Association
writes t o tell us about their very
beautif ul award. To qualify, you
must work eac h of the eight VE
call areas, with five cont act s in
each area . In add ition to that,
another five st at ion s must be
worked in VOl and/o r V02; o ne
VEQ ma ritime mobile station
must be contacted . One of t he
five VE8 contacts required must
be from the Yukon Territ o ry and
o ne mu st be from o ne of the off-
sho re is lands of the Northwest
Territories. In short , a total of 46
co nt act s mu st be made to meet
the mi nimum requirements.
WAC 2-80 AWARD
Spo nso red by the Metro Ama-
teur Radio Club of Oownsview,
Ont ario, the Worked All Canada
2-80 Award was originated in
November, 1972. All co ntact s
and confirming cards must be
dat ed o n o r after that date.
To qualify, the applicant must
subm it a SL cards t o verify t wo-
way contact with one slat ion
possessing a two-letter call in
each of the twelve Canadian
sec tio ns . Are you wondering
what the 2-80 stands for?Well , it
means all cont act s must be
made with stations only with
two-letter call s, and these con-
tact s must be made o nly on 80
meters. Required sections in-
c lude VOl , V02, VEl (PEl), VEl
(NB), VEl (NS), VE2, VE3, VE4,
VE5, VE6, VE7, and YES. There
are no mode restrictions, but en-
dorsements will be granted at
the time of application s if all
con t act s were made o n a specif-
ic mode o f o perat ion.
Contacts must be made using
your own equipment from one
location or from within 150 miles
o f it and within the same sec-
tion .
To apply for this award, en-
close $2.00 and suffic ient post-
age for the return of your award
and the required co nfirmat io n
c ards . Address all your corre-
spondence to the Metro ARC,
PO Box 352, oownsvrew, Ontar-
io , Canada M3M 3A6.
ALL NOVA SCOTIA COUNTIES
The Nova Scotia Amateur Ha-
oro Assoc iation is proud t o an-
nounce the WANS Award, wh ich
requ ires the applicant to work
fi ft een of the eighteen co unt ies
in Nova Scotia, Canada, or four-
teen of the eighteen count ies
plus acontact with Sable Island .
There is no charge fo r this
award, but applicants are asked
to send QSL ca rds and log da ta
along with sufficient postage
fo r t heir safe ret urn . Address
you r application to Mrs. Chris-
tine Weeks VE1AKO, PO Box 47,
Rura l Rou te 1, Cleveland, Nova
Scot ia, Canada BOE l JO.
The Halifax Amateur Radio
Club also sponsors a Worked All
Nova Scotia Cou nties Award
which states that maritime provo
inces m ust contact seventeen
of the eig hteen counties in the
province, while at the same time
t hey must contact ten co unt ies
on a second band or series of
bands. In all cases, Sable Isl and
can be used as a substitute.
To qualify, all contac ts must
have been made on or after Jan-
uary 1, 1977, and t he application
should be sent directly to the
Hali fax ARC, PO Box 663, Ha li·
fax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J
2T3. There is no charge for this
award, but the applicant must
supply sufficient postage for
the safe return of con firmation
cards.
DIPLOMA OF THE
FRENCH.AMERICAS
From Quebec City, Canada,
comes word about t he French
Americas Award which requires
stations in Europe, A f r ic a ,
North, and South America to
wo rk at least two FPB stations,
two FY7 stations, and either an
FS7 or FM7 station. Applican ts
in Asia or Oceania must work
on ly a s ingle contact from the
areas of FPB, FY7, and FS7 o r
FM7.
There appear to be no da te re-
strictions, and applicants may
have their li st of co ntacts veri -
fied by a local radio club official
and sent, along with an awards
fee o f $1.00 or seven l ACs, to
Alex Desmeules VE2AFC, PO
Box 382, Quebec City 4, Canada. .
QUEBEC CITY AWARD
Speaking of Q uebec City,
Quebec, the loc al ama teur rad io
fratern it y sponsors t he Quebec
City Award fo r American and
Canadian stati on s which make
a minimum of five station con-
tacts In Quebec City.
You may address all corte-
sp ondence to the Radio Club of
Quebec, PO Box 332, Upper
Town, Quebec City, Quebec,
Canada. The award fee is $1.00
or seven IRCs.
WORKED ALL
SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCE
The Regina Amateur Radio
Association is pleased to an-
nounce the WASP Award whi ch
requires the app licant to accu -
mulate a total of 100 points to
qualify. Members of the Regina
organization co unt 10 points
each to a maximum of five con-
tacts made wi t h members o f the
group. Contacts with other Regi·
na amateurs score five point s,
while contacts with other s as-
katchewan amateurs co unt two
points. There must be a m ini-
mum of ten asos made. Send
your li st of co nt acts along wi th
yo ur co nfi rmed QSLs and $1 .00
t o RARA Club VE5NN , 2827 Ab-
bolt Road, Regina , Saskatcne-
wan, Canada S4N 2J9.
STONEHENGE USA
The Trl·City Amateur Radio
Club w ill operate a special event
st atio n Saturday, June 12, 1982,
from the replic a of Stonehenge
located near Maryhill, wasntnc-
t on. W7VPA will o perat e from
1600 to 0100 UTC on o r near the
fr eq uenc ies of 3.900, 14.290,
21.390,28.690, and 146.52. An at -
tractive certifi ca te wil l be
awarded . Send QSL info and
$1.00 t o W7VPA Spec ial Event,
PO Box 73, Richland WA 99352.
HOMEWOR K NET
Are you a teenager? Or still
think you are? Then the Ho me-
work Net is for you , operating on
7.250 phone eve ry Sat urday
from 2100 to 2200Z. It is de-
signed fo r, but not lim ited to,
t eenagers. This net is loo king
fo r young amateurs who wish to
make new cont act s with people
who have similar int erests. So
take a brea k from your horne-
work and join us on our informal
Homework Net-Dlane W D9DNQ
and Scott KCQN F.
WATERLOO DAYS
The N. E. Iowa Radio Amateur
Association will o perat e special
event station WflMG in ccmunc-
tion wi t h activities celebrat ing
My Waterloo Days, on June
12·13. Activi ty will take place
from Waterloo, Iowa, and will be
on 7.240, 14.290, and 21 .370.
Special informative commemo-
rative aSL c ard for SASE t o:
NEIRAA , PO Box 92, Waterloo IA
50704.
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
New! A to-meter Dungeon s
and Dragons Net at 28.720
73 Magazine . June, 1982 107
:!:DRM. Saturdays promptly at
15CMJ GMT. To save us time and
griel, please be ready w ith your
character, rank, dice , and a ll 0 1
the necessary Into. Net control
is KA9JOX. If you do n't hear any·
one at 28.720. c heck 28.820. If
still nothing is heard. the net has
bee n c anceled because of poor
turn out or ot her reasons an d w ill
resume the next week at th e
same time and place. If you w ish
to participate regularly. plea se
writ e me so you can get a
c hance to be a OM or net con-
trol. Address: Michael Fr o st
KA9JOX, Box 1008, Riverside Il
60546.
FORT DELAWARE
Fort Delaware, on Pea Patch
Island , Delaware, will be the site
0 1 a miru-expeditio n by Wilming·
to n area hams on the weekend
of J une 5 and 6, 1982.
This will be the f irst HF ama-
teur operation from the fort in
t he midd le ol the Delaware River
where, during th e Civil War,
many thousands o f Co nfederate
prisoners of war were held. The
fort is now a state park.
EQuipment w ill be limited to
one transceiver led by a sm all
generator carried to the island
by a sm all boat . Operations will
be in the Ge neral segments of
HAM HELP
We are happy to provide Ham
Help listings free, on a space-
available basis. We are nor hap-
py when we have to take time
away from other duties to cec-
pher cryp ric nares scrawled iI·
legibly on dog'eared post cards
and odd·sized scraps of paper.
Please type or print (neatly!),
double spaced, you r reques t on
an8'h "x 11 "sheetofpapera nd
use upper' and lowercase lerters
where appropriate. Also, please
make 8 "I " look like a " 1:' not
an " I," which could be an " el" or
an " eye," and so on, Hard as it
may be '0 believe, we are nOl te-
mttter with every piece of equip·
ment manufactured on Earth for
the last 50 years .' Thanks for
you r coop eration.
I am in te res ted in co rrespond-
ing with hams wh o have o r had
a ny late·m odel Hatucretter s
108 73 Magazine · June, 1982
the HF bands, daylight hour s
only, with each operator using
his own call and the Fort Dela-
wa re identi f ier. Members 0 1 the
In de pen den t Amateur Rad io
Group o f Delaware will be Rick
KBJPD, Allen KB3HZ, Dwight
N3ARU , Ned N3ARV, and Doug
N3A CU. Comm emorative OSl
cards will be issued t o contacts
su pplyin g SASEs.
For more information, con-
ta ct the Independent Amateur
Radio Group 01 Delaware, 400
Filth Ave., Millcreek, Wilming.
ton DE 19808.
NOARS AND USS COD
Once again, signals w ill be ra -
diating I rom th e submarine USS
Cod. Members 01 the Nort hern
Ohio Amateur Radio Society will
be operating from this pr oud
WWII warship dur ing the
m onths o f June, July, and Au·
gust , using the c all K8KRG .
The USS Cod is on per manent
display in Cleve land. Oh io . c oer-
aucns will begin on Memoria l
Day and run every weekend
(wi t h the except ion of Field Day
weekend) until labor Day .
An attract ive certi ficate w ill
be awarded for two-way con-
ta ct s from the ship upon receipt
0 1 aSl card and $.50 for post-
age. l ook lor operati ons in the
equipment , spe cifi cally the
SR2000 Hurricane t ransceiver,
HAlO vf o , and P2000 power sup-
plylspeaker. I am interes ted in
o peratio nal notes , rnodu tca -
nons reviews, and co mparisons,
I would also like t o obtain in-
fo rmation on the history of Hatn-
c raft ers equipment, particularly
ccst.t ssa. (I already have a copy
0 1 the Ham Radio art ic le, " The
Hamcratters Story" ,)
And does anyone have manu-
als and schematics lor a Heath ·
kit IG·72 audio generator and
AT·1 transmitter, Hall icraft ers
S38E receiver, and Eico 's 1078
ac power supply, 239 TVM, and
Model 3 15 signal genera tor?
Write belore sending.
Robert Gagne
143 Millville St.
Salem NH 03079
lower part 01 t he General bands,
10 th rough 80 meters, on the
weekends o f June 5·6, J ul y
17·18, and Aug ust 7-8; we will be
operaling eo-meter Novice ba nd
at 7.125. Send osts to Donald l.
Wi nner WDBRZG , 8927 Torrance
Ave.. Brooklyn OH 44144.
NORFOLK TRICENTENNIAl
The ci t y of Norlolk, Virg inia,
w ill be celebrati ng its mcenten-
mal th is year. As part of the
"Harbortest" c ele bra tion o n
June 11- 14, the Tidewater area
amateur clubs will jo in together
to operate a Harborfest-Tricen -
tenniat special event station .
Th e amat eur c all W4N V will be
used. an d special aSl certttr-
ca tes will be sent to all co nt acts
made who send a large (8 ~ x
10, SASE. The station will coer-
ate 24 hours each day in the 80-
through z-meter bands and will
work CW and SSB .
For further inf ormation ,
please co nt act Bill Verebe ly
KC4YX ,3101 Petre Road. c nese-
peake VA 23325.
LARGEST TRAIN ROBBER V
The libertyville and Munde-
lein Amateur Radi o Society
(LA MARS) will operate W9HOO
from Rondout, Illinois, near the
si te of the largest tr ain robbery
I would like t o hea r from any-
on e wh o served at th e Nava l Ra-
dio Station NSS, Ann apo lis M D,
from 1942 t o 1946.
Laurence E. Hoepfer N7BJT
Box 334
Columbia Falls MT 59912
I need a schemat ic fo r a Hick·
ok MOdel 19XD signal generato r.
Shennan Banks N4CXF
Rt.1 Youngs Mill Rd.
Kingston GA 30145
Has anyone interfaced an
Atari 400I80O to a rig for send ing
and receiving CW? Is software
available?
John S. Lee KA4EPR
12341 Dickinson Dr. W303
Coral Gables Fl 33146
I am in need of information
about t he WWII Navy Model
MBM rad io.
Tony Grogan WA4MRR
5 Rollingwood Dr.
Taylors SC 29687
I would like to contact anyone
who is using the Texa s tnst ru -
in United States history. Approx -
im ately three million dollars in
negotiable instrument s and [ew-
elry were co nf iscated during a
brief st opover and all partici-
pants were apprehended within
s i x m onths . Fr eque n cle a :
phone-7.260, 14.290, 21 .375;
CW- 7.125, 21 .150. Time: from
OOOOZ 12 June unt il OOOOZ 13
J une. Certificate l or a large
SASE to: KB9BR o r " Bi g Rob-
bery," Box 656, libertyville Il
60048.
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
SPECIAL EVENT STATION
WB3KUH will operate a spe·
eta! event station from Fo rt Me-
Henry, Ba lt imo re, Maryland -
the birt hplace 01 The Star·Span·
gled Banner- on June 12 and
13, 1982. Operation will com-
mence at 1600 GMT. Operation
w ill be w ith in t he f irst 25 kHz o f
the General and Advan ced
bands. Both SSB and CW will be
used . Novice opera tion is also
expec ted. Operat ion will be on
20, 15, 40, 2, and 6 meters.
Stations desiring a special
certi fi cate from the event sta-
tion can obtain one by sending
an SASE and their aso
numbe r
to Donald Oakjones WB3KU H,
1806 W illan n Road, Roseda le
Mo 21237.
ments TI·9914 home comp uter to
send an d receive Rny, CW, an d
SSTV.
,
Miguel Blnstok LU1DIU
PO Box 012592
Miami FL 33101
I would like to hear from o w n-
ers o f the code reader made by
Microcraft. I need data o n how
well it wo rks, ORM, etc.
Berand G. Kirschner WBIVCO
1440 Grand Ave. '11
St. Paul MN 55105
I wou ld like to " m arry" my
Johnson invader 20012000 w ith a
receiver that has a 5.Q.5.5-MHz
vfo so that I get transceiver-type
inform at ion. Can anyone help?
Arthur Ford W2HAE
552 Hillside Ct.
Melbourne Fl 32935
I need a copy of the sene-
rnat lc for a H alhc raft ers S-107
M ark II receiver , buill epproxt-
mately 1961 .
Sheldon Daltch WA4MZZ
Box 8091
Greenville NC 27634
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improve 73 and our other pubu-
cations. With our mountains to
cli mb, he could easily l ake oft
a bo u t fift y t o seventv-uve
pounds and gel in to lighting
t rim to help amateur radio gel
back into a growth mode. What
say t here, Harry? I know he 's al-
ways been a very big fan 0 1
mine, so let's see what happens.
WHAT'S THAT CLOUD?
Is that a nuclear blast c loud
rising over New Hampshire? No,
the work on our nuclear power
generator seems t o have been
ha lted . A clipping sent In from a
Nor t h Carolina paper (where
they put much stoce in these
things) gives us a hint. It seems
that there are more cigarettes
per person sold in New Hamp-
shi re than in any other state.
About 254.4 packs fo r every per-
son . . . including t he ki ds.
Now before yo u get th e idea
that my own effo rts t o ste m t he
tide of smok ing by not hiring
smo kers is totally mettecnve. I
should point out t hat New
Hampshire has a lower t all. on
crqarenes t han o ther states.
The result is t hat Massachu-
setts (called taxa cnu settsj oeo-
cte come up here in swarms to
buy cig arettes and nquor. both
of which are a bargain in New
Hampshire.
The gas stations along the
border do a land -office business
in cancerettes, helping substan-
tially to stamp o ut life in t he
grea t co mmon wealth just so ut h
of us. Liquor is sold in sta te li-
quor stores, thus giving us a cut
o f the actio n to wards lowering
taxes. Indeed. we are the lowest
taxes state, with no sales t ax
and no personal income tax.
The only serious problem we
have is t he air pollution along
the Massac husett s border from
all those cig arettes.
NO NEWS VS. GOO D NEWS
The recent purc hase of The
Daily News in New York brought
back memor ies 0 1 my first visit
to The News, ba ck in 1938.
When I visited The Ne ws along
wit h my hig h school class (we
often went on field trips to see
businesses), little could I have
imagined th at jn ten years I
would be working for WPIX , The
News' television station. Heck,
in those days television was a
new invent ion which was being
shown at the New York World's
Fa ir. The sets for receiving th e
few broadcast s were pro hibi-
124 73Magazin e . June, 1982
ttvely priced. In 1938, I was just
barely getting going in amateur
radio, having been involved for
about a year.
The Daify News plant was
modern then, with new high·
speed presses and row upon
row of Linotype machines. The
Lino type operators delighted
my c lassmates by ma king up
our names in type slugs and
to ssi ng th em t o us, burni ng ou r
hand s with the hot lead wh ile
t hey laug hed.
Hit ler was raising hel l i n
Europe and war was brewing.
Despite the barrage of props-
canoe. war was not real to us
and it never even occurred to me
that before long I might begoing
to war on a submarine in charge
of maintaining and operating all
of the complex electronic equip-
ment.
All er the war . .. and after co l-
lege ... having avo ided ent rap-
ment by large corporations (a
fat e sulfered by most co llege
gradua tes wh ic h dooms th em to
mediocrity of income for life), I
foun d myself in broadcasting .
First I tried rad io engineering
and announcing. Then, when a
spot opened at WPIX lor an en-
gineer, I made contact through
an old friend Bob Sullivan, who
worked as a feature writer for
The Sunday News.
Bob, a friend o f the family,
had Quite an influence on my
life. It was he who introduced
me t o c lassical mu sic wh en '
was about seven. He also was a
Gilbert and Sull ivan nut, wh ich I
beca me, too. I maybe got even
by exposing him to country and
western, wh ich took with him.
Befo re we could pu t W PIX
(channel 11) o n t he ai r, we had to
get some experience. In 1948,
there were no unemployed tele-
vision cameramen to hire. The
News rented studio space a lew
blocks from their 42nd street
skyscraper at Beeves Sound
Studios. Buzz Reeves is reason-
ably well know n today for his in-
credible co ntest sta t ion. I think
the y use th e call N2AA. Buzz
was one of t he wealthy hams I
talked wit h when I was looking
to st art 73 Magazine. Wisely, he
was not interested.
When the studios were f in-
ished in The Ne ws building, we
moved to there and finished get-
t ing ready to go on the air. We
learned to use the cameras, to
fix them while operating, to han-
dle the m ike booms, and to cope
wit h th e various unions wh ich
hav e a vtce- like co nt rol of New
Yor k. The inaugura l ceremonies
were in the lobby of t he building,
wit h me as the cameraman.
It didn't take long befo re I was
nosing around the to p floor of
t he skyscraper, looking for a
place lor a small ham station.
I found an unused room and
soon had permission to use it
and pu t an anten na on the root
of the building. I brought up m y
SCA·522, which was state-or-
the-art in t hose days. Imagine,
c rys tal con t rol! Twenty Wall s !
Then I put one of the Bill Ho ts-
ing to n (W2 BV) te -e tem ent
beams up and found myself wi th
a whale of a signal. I could work
anything from cent ral Connecti-
cu t on down almost to Phila-
delphia, including all of long
Island. I made tno usa ncs of con-
tact s. Hams are still bringing my
old New s buildi ng QS l ca rds to
namtest s to f lash at me.
Being young and fool ish (as
differentiated from old and toot-
ish), I wan ted t o put my beam in
the bes t possible locat ion on
the root of the building. I wanted
it out in the open so that I would
have a good signal in all cuec-
nons. Well, the only realty good
place for it was mounted on to p
of a parapet. I have to adm it that
I wa s a bit shaky about climbing
out on it to set up the rotator and
beam. I had to skinny out about
f ifty feet, w ith a 25-story drop on
one side and about si x stories
on th e ot her. Just to hel p mat-
ters, it wa s windy. It is alway s
windy on top o f a 37·tloor build-
ing.
My stin t ato p Th e News build·
ing had lasting repercussio ns. It
was w hile operatin g from this
aerie that I began wondering
w hat t ho se st range beadle-
beedle signals were on the high
end of the band. I started asking
aro und and was led to John Wil-
liams W2BFD out in Woodside,
Q ueens. Jo hn was p l ay i ng
around with radio Teletype>. Be-
ing an unrepentan t experiment-
er, I was Quickly hooked on
ATTY.
John wa s t he lather 01 ham
ATTY. He got a lot of us hooked
on it in the rate aes. My downfall,
if you like to think of it as that.
came when I wen t to work for
WX El , a television st ation in
Cleveland. I wa s hired on as a
television producer and director.
The y had a mimeo machine,
w hich wa s a fa irly rare item in
tho se days. Within a few days, I
ma naged to get the fi rst issue of
,
a RTTY Bulletin out for t he few
hundred ATTY experi menters. I
almost ruined the mimeo mao
chine in the process, but I was
started. The Bufletin grew into
Amateur Radio Frontiers and
kept going on almo st a monthly
basis until I became editor of CO
in J anuary, 1955.
The News has c hanged re-
markably li ttle in the last thirty
years, which probably is why it
wa s recently put up for sale. The
gradual c losing ot one New York
paper after another, oft en in th e
wake of st rikes, has kept the
p a pe rs fr o m maki ng m uch
money. That and union cpocei-
non kept The News from mod·
e rnizing t he ir equipment. I
wouldn't be su rprised if they still
had some of t hose old li notype
mac hines being used to set ho t
slugs 01 type. I should get ba ck
for a visi t and see if any of t he
o ld televi sio n c rew are st ill
there.
Bill Hoisington 's fire tow er
even t ually blew dow n in a st or m
and he found himself f ired from
the f irm he had worked w ith for
years. The main reason for let ·
ting him go seemed tobe t nat he
was getting too close to ret ire-
ment pensio n age. He went into
business wr iting a long series of
simple VHF and UH F const ruc-
tion projects for 73. He moved to
Pe terborough (as K1ell) t o
make th is si mpler. Following a
divorce and some serious ill
health , Bill moved to the Philip.
pines and got remarried . He
seems to be living happily ever
after th ere, still working on elm-
pie ho me VHF project s.
You know, one of the odd
things about operati ng from the
top of a skyscraper or a moun-
tain is that when the two-meter
band begins to open, it is the
st ations on t he ground wh ich
hear the skip signals f irst. I
would hear New York stations
working dow n into Vi rgi nia and
Nort h Caroli na fo r an hour o r
more without being able to hear
a whisper o f the southe rn
chaps. Then, when the OX was
starti ng to work on up into c on-
necticut, I would start hearin g
t hem and be able to make con-
te et. M y elevation had little
benefits for that type of cont act.
There are d rawbacks to sky.
scrapers and mountains.
Well, I hope that the new
owners of The Ne ws w ill moo-
ermze it and keep it go ing. I en-
joyed m y wo rking there and will
never forget the exci tement of
OXing from that spo t.
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~'FIL TERS"
Col li ns Mecha ni cal Fi lte r #526-9724-010 Model F455Z32F
455KHz at 3.2KHz Wide . $15.00
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At las Crys t al Fi l t ers
5. 52 -2. 7/8 5. 52MH z/2 . 7KHz wide 8 pole
5. 595-2 . 7/8/U 5.595MHz/2 . 7KH z wide 8 pole upper sideband
5. 595- . 500/4/CW 5.595MHz/ . 500KHz wide 4 pol e CW
5.595-2.7/LS8 5.595MH z/2 . 7KHz wide 8 po l e lower s i deband
5. 595-2 .7/USB 5. 595MH z/ 2.7KHz wide 8 pole upper s ideband
5.645-2 .7/8 5.645MHz/2 . 7KHz wide 8 pole Yo ur Choi ce
9.0SB/CW 9.0MHz/ B pol e s ideband and CW $12. 99
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Kokusai El ectri c Co . Mechani cal Fil t er #MF- 455- Zl - 21H
455KHz at Center Frequency of 453.5Kc Carri er Fr eq uency of 455Kc 2.36Kc Bandw idth
$15. 00
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Crystal Filters
Ni kko FX- 07BOOC 7. 811Hz 10.00
TEW FEC-I03-2 10. 6935 10. 00
Tyco/ CD 001019880 10. 7MHz 2 pole 15KHz Bw. Motorola #48D84396KOI
Th ru #48D84396K05 4. 00
Mot orola 4884863BOI 11.7MHz 2 pole 15KHz Bandwi dth 5. 00
PTl 5350C 12MHz 2 pol e 15KHz Bandwidth 5. 00
PTl 5426C 21.4 MHz 2 po l e 15KHz Bandwidth 5.00
CD AI0300 45MH z 2 po le 15KH z Bandwi dt h ( For Motorola
Commun ications equ i pment) 5.00
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Ceramic Fi lters
Murata BFB455B 455KHz $ 2.4D
CFM455 E 455KHz +- 5. 5KHz 6.65
CFM455D 455KHz +- 7KHz 6.65
CFR455E 455KHz +- 5. 5KHz 8. 00
CFU455E 455KHz +- 1. 5KHz 2. 90
CFU455G 455KHz +- 1KHz 2.90
CFW455D 455KHz +- 1KHz 2.90
CFW455H 455KH z +- 3KHz 4.35
SFB455D 455KHz 2. 40
SFEIO .7 10.7 MH z 2. 67
SFGIO .7MA 10. 7MHz 10. DO
Clevi te TO-O IA 455KHz 5.00
TO- 02A 455KHz 5. 00
Nippon LF-B4/ CFU4 55! 455KHz +- 1KHz 5.80
LF- B6/ CFU455H 455KHz +- 1KHz 5.8D
LF -C 18 455KHz 10. DO
Tok i n CF455A/BFU455K 455KHz +- 2KHz 4.80
Matsus hi r a EFC-L455K 455KHz 7. 0D
ROTRON MUFFIN FANS Model r~rk 4/MU2A I
These fans are new f actory boxed 11 5vac at 14watt s 50/60cps . Impedan ce Pro tected-F
CFM i s 88 at 50cps and 105 at 60cps . s 7.99
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SPECTRA PHYSICS INC. Model 088 HeNe Laser Tu bes .
Powe r output 1.6mw . Beam Oi a. . 75rJ1T1. Beam Oir . 2.7mr . BKv sta rting voltage
68K ohm lwat t ballast 1000vdc +- IOOvd c 3.7ma . TUBES ARE NEW $59 .99

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 "AMPLIFIERS"
AVANTEK LOW NO ISE AMP LIF IERS
Model s UTC2- 102M AP-20-T AL-45-0- 1 AK- IOOOM
Frequency Range 30 to 200MC 200 to 400MC 450 to BOOMe 500 t o 1000MC
Noise Fi gure 1.5dB 6.5dB 7dB 2.5dB
Voltage +15vdc +24vdc - 6vdc @ +12vdc +12vdc @ - 12vdc
Gain 29dB 30dB 30dB 25dB
Power Outpu t IdS Ga in +7dBm Id S Gain +20dBm IdS Ga in - 5dBm IdS Ga i n +8dBm
Pr ice $49. 99 $49 .99 $49.99 $69.99

Mini Ci rcuits Double Balanced Mixers

Hodel RAY-3
Very Hig h Level (+23dBm LO) 70KHz t o 200MHz LO, RF,DC to 200MHz IF
Convers i on L o s s ~ d B One Oc tave From Ban d Edge 6Typ ./7 .5Max . Total Range 6.5Typ . / BMax .
Isolation ,dB Lower Band Edge To Dne Decade Higher (LO- RF/LD- IF) 55Typ. /45M in . Mid. Range
(LO- RF/LO- IF) 40Typ . / 30Min. Upper Band Edge To One Octave Lower (LO- RF/LO- IF) 30Ty p'/
25Min .
Pr ice $24. 99
Model TSM- 3
St andard Level (+7dBm LO) .IMHz to 4001Hz LO, RF, DC to 400MHz IF
Conversi on Loss ,dB One Octave From Band Edge 5.3Typ. /7 .5Max . Total Range 6. 5Typ./8 . 5Max .
Isolation ,dB Lower Band Edge To One Decade Higher (LO-RF/LO-I F) 60Typ . /50Min . Mid . Ran ge
(LO- RF/LO- I F) 50Typ . /35Mi n. Upper Band Edge To One Octave Lower (LO- RF/LO- IF) 35TY P. /
25Mi n.
Price $1 1.99

Hew lett Packard linear Power Microwave RF Trans i st or HXTR5401 /3583IE

Co l lec to r Ba se Brakedown Voltage at Ic=1 00ua 35volt s mi n.
Col lec to r Emi tt er Brakedown Vol t age at Ic=500ua 30va lt s mi n.
Collector Cutoff Current at Vcb=15v lOQua max.
Forward Current Transfer. Ratio at Vce=15v ,Ic =15ma I5min,40typ,I25max
Transducer Power Gain at Vce=l Bv ,Ice=6Oma ,F=2GHz. 3dBmin ,4dBtyp
Maximum Avai lab le Gai n at Vce=lBv , Ic=6Oma ,F= lGHz/ F=2GHz 14d8 typ .8dB typ
Pri ce $29 .99

Mo torol a RF Power Ampl i fie r Modules

Model MHW6I2A MHW613A MHW7IO MHW720
Frequen cy Range 146 t o 147MHz 150 t o 174MHz 400 to 512MHz 40D to 470MH z
Voltage 12. 5vdc 12 .5vdc 12.5vdc 12. 5vdc
Out put Power 20wa t ts 30watts 13watts 20watts
Mi ni mum Gain 20dB 20dB I9.4d8 21dB
Ha nnoni cs - 3OdB - 30dB 4DdB 40dB
RF Input Power 400mw 500mw 250mw 250mw
Pr ice $57. 50 $59 .80 $57.50 $69 .OD

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"TRANSISTORS"
WATK INS JOH NSON WJ-M62 3. 7 t o 4. 26Hz Communi cat ion Ban d Double Ba lanc ed Mi xer $IOD. OO
SSB Conversion loss 4.9dB Typ. 6dB Max. fR 3.7 t o 4.26H z
5.5dB Typ . 6.5dB Max . fI DC to 1125MHz fL fR
f I 880MHz fL fR
SSB Noise Fiqure fR 3.7 to 4.2GHz
4.9dB Typ . 6dB Max . fl 30 to 1125MHz fL fR
5.5dB Typ . 6.5dB Max . f I 8BDMHz fL f R
Isolation
fL at R 30dB Mi n. 40dB Typ . fL 2.8 to 5.35GHz
fL at I 25dB Mi n. 30dB Typ. fL 4. 5 t o 5.35GHz
20dB Min. 30dB Typ. fL 3.6 t o 4.5GHz
15dB Min . 25dB Typ. f L 2.8 to 3.6GHz
Conversion Compression IdS Max . f R l evel +2dBm
Flatness . 2dB Peak to Peak Over any 40MHz Segment of fR=3 .7 to 4.26Hz
Third Order Input Intercept +lldBm fRl=4GHz fR2=4.01GHz Both at -5dBm fL=4 .5GHz
Group Time Delay . 5ns Typ . . 75ns Max . fR3 .7 to 4.2GHz fl 3480MHz @ +13dBm
VSWR L-Port 1.25 :1 Typ . 2.0 :1 fL 2.8 to 5.35GHz
R-Port 1.25 :1 Typ . 2.0:1 fR 3.7 t o 4.2GHz fL f R
1.4 :1 Typ . 2.0 :1 fR 3.7 to 4.2GHz fL fR
I - Port 1.5 :1 Typ . 2.0:1 fI= IOOMHz
1.3 : 1 Typ. 2.0 :1 f I=500MHz
1.8 :1 Typ. 2. 5: 1 fI =1 125MHz

SGS/ATES RF Transistors Motorola RF Trans istor

Type . BFQ85 BFW92 MRF901 2N6603
Collector Base V 20v 25v 25v 25v
Collector Emitter V 15v 15v 15v 15v
Emitter Base V 3v 2 .5v 3v 3v
Collector Current 40ma 25ma 30ma 30ma
Power Dissipat ion 200mw 190mw 375mw 400mw
HFE 40min . 200max . zontn. l SQmax . 3Om i n. 200max . 30mi n. 20Dma x.
FT 4GHZ min . 5GH z max . I .6GH z Typ . 4.5GHz t ypo 2GHz min .
Noise Fiqure IGHz 3dB Max . 500MHz 4dB Typ. IGH z 2d8 Typ. 2GHz 2.9dB Typ .
Price $1.50 $1.50 $2 .00 SIO .OO

Nati onal Semiconductor Variab le Voltage Regu lator Sale Il l!! !!!!
LM317K LM350K LM723G/ L LM7805/ 06/ 08/1 2/1 5/ 18/ 24
I. 2 to 37vdc I. 2 to 33vdc 2 to 37vdc 5, 6, B, 12 , 15 , lB ,24vdc
I. 5Amps 3Amps 150ma. lAmp
TO-3 TO- 3 TO- IOO/TO- 1I6 TO-220/TO- 3
$4 .50 $5 .75 $1.00 $1. 25 $1.17 $2. 00

P & B Sol id State Relays Type ECTIDB72

5VDC Tu rn On 120VAC Con t act 7Amps
20Amps on 1O"xlO"x .062" Al um . Heats i nk with
Sil ico n Greas e $5. 00
*May Be Other Brand Equi val ent

Toll Free Number

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 "MIXERS"
WATK INS JOHNSON WJ - M6 Doub le Balanced Mixe r
LO and RF 0.2 to 300MHz IF DC to 300MHz $21. DO
Conversion Loss (SSB) 6.5dB Max . I to 50MHz
B.5dB Max. . 2 to 300MHz WITH DATA SHEET
Noise Figure (SSB) same as above
B.5dB Max. 50 to 300MHz
Conve rs io n Compress i on .3dB Ty p.

$5.30

Ft Gain Ba ndwidth Product at Vce=8v . Ic= 10ma . GHz 4 Min. 6 Typ .

Vcbo 25v Vceo II v Vebo 3v Ie 5Oma . Pt . 250mw

UNElCO Rf Power and Linear Amplifler Capacitors

These are the famous capacitors used by all the RF Power and linear Amplifier manufacutures
and desc ribed in the Motoro la RF Data Book .
10pf 22pf 30pf 40pf WOp f 250pf I to lOpes . . 60< each
I3p f 25pf 32pf 43pf 120pf 820pf II t o 50pcs . .50< each
14pf 27pf 33pf 62pf 180pf 51 to 100pcs . . 40< each
20pf 27 . 5pf 34pf BOpf 200pf

NIPPON ELECTRIC COMPANY TUNNEL DIODES

I~OOEL IS2199 IS2200 $7 .50
Peak Pt . Current rna. Ip smtn. lOTyp . llmax . sntn. lOTyp. llmax .
Va l ley Pt. Current rna. Iv I. 2Typ . I. 5max . I. 2Typ . I. Smax .
Pea k Pt . Vo l tage my. Vp 95Typ . 120ma x. 75Typ . somax .
Projected Pea k Pt. Vo ltage my. Vpp Vf=Ip 4BOmin . 550Typ . 630max . 440m;n . 520Typ . 60Qmax .
Series Res . Ohms rS 2 .5Typ . 4max . 2Typ . 3max .
Termina l Cap . pf. Ct I. Hyp . 2max. 5Typ . Bmax .
Valley Pt . Voltage my . VV 370Typ . 350Typ .

FAIRCH I LD I DUMONT Osc i lloscope Probes Mode l 4290B

Input Impedan ce 10 meg .• Input Capac ity 6.5 to 12pf.. Divis io n Rat ion (Volts/Oiv Factor)
10: 1, Cab le Length 4Ft. • Freq uency Ra nge Over 100MHz .
These Probes wil l work on al l Te ktroni x. Hew lett Packard , and other Oscilloscopes.
PR IC E $45.00

MOTOROLA RF DATA BOO K

List all Motorol a RF Tran s i s tors / RF Power Amplifiers . Varactor Diodes and muc h much
more.
PRICE $7 . 50

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"SOCKETS AND CHIMNEYS"

EI MAC TUBE SOCKETS AND CHIMN EYS
SK110 Socket s POR SK626 Chimney s 7.70
SK406 Chimney 35 .00 SK630 Socket 45 .00
SK416 Chimney 22 .00 SK636B Chimney 26.40
SK500 Socket 330 .00 SK640 Socket 27 .50
SK506 Chimney 47 .00 SK646 Chimney 55.00
SK600 Socket 39 .50 SK7 11A Socket 192. 50
SK602 Socket 56 .00 SK740 Socket 66.00
SK606 Chimney B.80 SK770 Socket 66.00
SK607 Socke t 43. 00 SK800A Soc ket 150. 00
5K610 Soc ket 44 . 00 5K806 Chimney 30 .80
SK620 Socket 45 . 00 SK900 Socket 253.00
SK620A Socket 50.50 5K906 Chimney 44.00
JOHIISON TUB E SOCKETS
124-115-2/SK620A Socket $ 30 .00 124-113 Bypass Cap . $ 10.00
124-115/SK630A Socket 40.00 122-0275-001 Socket
(For 4-250A ,4-400A ,3-4001 , 10.00
3-5001) 2/$15 .00
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CH IP CAPAC !TORS
.8pf 10pf 100pf* 430pf
Ipf 12pf 1l0pf 470pf
I.lpf 15pf 120pf 510pf
1.4pf 18pf 130pf 560pf
1. 5pf 20pf 150pf 620pf
1.8pf 22pf 160pf 680pf
2.2pf 24pf 180pf 820pf
2.7pf 27pf 200pf 1000pf/ .00luf*
3.3pf 33pf 220pf* 1800pf/ .00 18uf
3.6pf 39pf 240pf 2700pf/ . 0027uf
3.9pf 47pf 270pf 10, OOOpf/. Ol uf
4.7pf 51pf 300pf 12 ,OOOpf/ .012uf
5.6pf 56pf 330pf 15,000pf/.015uf
s.ser 68pf 360pf 18 ,000pf/ .018uf
8.2pf 82pf 390pf
PRICES : 1 to 10 - . 99< 101 to 1000 . 60< * IS A SPECIAL PR ICE: 10 for $7. 50
11 to 50 - .90< 1001 & UP . 35< 100 for $65.00
51 to 100 - .80< 1000 for $350 .00
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WATKINS JOHNSON WJ-V907: Voltage Controlled Microwave Oscillator $110.00
Frequency range 3.6 to 4 .26Hz , Power Duput . Min . lOdBm t ypi cal, BdBm Gua ranteed.
Spurious output suppression Harmonic (nfol , min . 20dS typical . In-Band Non-Harmoni c, min .
GOdS typical . Residual FM , pk to pk , Max. 5KH z, pushing factor , Max. 8KHz/ V, Pulling fig ure
(1 .5 :1 VSWR) . Max. 60MHz , Tuning vol tage range +1 t o +1 5vol t s. Tuning current . Ma x. -O .lmA.
modulation sensi tiv ity ran ge . Max. 120 t o 30MHz/V . In put capacitance . Ma x. 100pf . Osc i l l at or
Bias +15 +-0. 05 vo lts @ 55mA . Max .

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 "TUBES"
TU BES PRI CE TUBES PR ICE TUB ES PRI CE
2E26 $ 4.69 572 1 $200.00 8462 $100 .00
2K28 100. 00 5768 85.00 8505A 73 .50
3B28 5.00 5836 100. 00 8533W 92 .00
3-500Z 102. 00 5837 100.00 8560A 55 .00
3- 1000Z/8164 300.00 5861/ EC55 110 .00 8560AS 57 .00
3CX 1000A/8283 200.00 5876A 15 .00 8608 34.00
3X2500A3 200.00 5SS I/6L6 5.00 8624 67 .20
4-65A/8 165 45 .00 5894/A 45 . 00 8637 38 .00
4- 125A/4021 58 .00 5894B 55 .00 B647 123 .00
4-250A/5022 68 .00 6080 10.00 B737/5894B 55 .10
4-400A/8438 71.00 6083 /AX9909 89.00 SS07 1000.00
4-400C/6775 80.00 6098/6AK6 14 .00 8873 260 .00
4-1000A/8 166 300 .00 6115/A 100 .00 8874 260 .00
4CS250R 69 .00 6146 6.00 8875 260 .00
4X150A/7034 30 .00 6146A 6.50 8877 533 .00
4X1500/7035 40.00 61468/8298A 7.50 8908 12 .00
4X I50G 50.00 6146W 14 .00 8916 1500.00
4X2508 30.00 6159 11. 00 8930/ X651Z 45.00
4CX250B/ 7203 45.00 6161 70.00 8950 10.00
4CX250 F/7204 45 .00 6291 125 .00
4CX250 FG/862 1 55 .00 6293 20 .00 6BK4C 5.00
4CX250 K/8245 100.00 6360 4.00 6DQ5 4.00
4CX250R17 580W 69 .00 6524 53 .00 6FW5 5.00
4CX300A 99.00 6550 7.00 6GE5 5.00
4CX350A/ 8321 100 . DO 6562/6794A 25 .00 6GJ5 5.00
4CX350FJ / 8904 100 .00 6693 110 .00 6HS5 5.00
4X500A 100. 00 68 16 58.00 6JB5/6HE5 5.00
4CX600J 300 .00 6832 22 .00 6JB6A 5.00
4C XIOOOA/8 168 300 .00 6883/ B032A/ 8552 7.00 6JM6 5.00
4CX1 500B/ 8660 300 .00 6884 46 .00 6J N6 5.00
4CX3000A/ 8169 300. 00 6897 11 0. 00 6JS6B 5.00
4CX 5000A/8170 400. 00 6900 35.00 6JT6A 5.00
4CX 100000/B Ill 500 .00 6907 55 .00 6K06 5.00
4CX 15000A/ 82BI 700 .00 6939 15.00 6K66/EL505 5.50
4E27 / A/5-1 23A/B 40. 00 7094 75.00 6KM6 5.00
4PR60A 100. 00 7l1l 17 .00 6KN6 5.00
4PR60B/ 8252 175 .00 72 11 60 .00 6LF6 6.00
KT88 15. 00 7289/3CXIOOA5 34 .00 6LQ6 6.00
OX362 35.00 7360 11. 00 6LU8 5.00
OX4 15 35. 00 7377 67 .00 6LX6 5.00
572 B/ TI60L 44 .00 7486 75.00 6ME6 5. 00
811 10 .00 7650 250 .00 12J B6A 6.00
BII A 13. 00 7843 58 .00 "\~E ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR
812A 15 .00 7B6B 4.00 TUBES NEW/USEO ECT ,.
813 38.00 7984 12 .00
4624 100. 00 8072 55 .00 WE BUY SELL OR TRAOE
4665 350.00 8121 50.00
5551A 100. 00 8122 B5 .00
5563A 77 . 00 8236 30 .00
5675 15. 00 8295/PU72 300 .00
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TEKTRO NIX OSCillOSCOPES PRICE MODEL su 50 MHz Bench Scope

MODel 453 Portabl. 50 MHz ...'11'1 a GA Dua l Trace S 650.50
Du al Tra ce S1200.oo MODel 543A 33 MHz Baneh Scope
MODel 45:»' Portable 60 MHr ...,11'1 a GA Dua l Trace S 415.50
Dua l Tra ce . S14OO.oo HEW l ETI PACKARD OSCillOSCOPES PRICE
MOOEl454 Portabla 150 MHr MODEl 1&OA Main Frame. S 61S.00
Oual Trace 51 100.00 MODEl1 &OE Mai n Fram• . S 750.00
MODEl454A Por1abl.1 5O MHr MODEl1 S1A Main Fram• . SHloo.oo
Dua l Tra ce S2ooo .oo MODEl1 S2A Main Frame. S 900 .00
MOOEl455 Portabl. 50 MHz MODEl113A Main Frame. S1000.OO
Dual Tra ce , S1800.00
MODEl1S0 SERIES PlU G·IN S
MOOEl475 Porta bl , 200 MHz 1801A Dual t-ece so MH Z S 495.00
Dual Tra ce , S2640.00 180JA D,ffere nl'al S 775.00
MODEL 475A Porlabl, 250 MHz
1804A Quad Tra ce 50 MHz S 795.00
QualTrace S2940.oo
1607A Dual T'a ce 50 MHZ S 375.00
MODEL 7514 Slorag. Oscillosc ope
181SA TOR/Sampler w,tl'l a 1816A DC 10 4
w 'l h a 7A1S A and a 7A1SAN· 11 Amp hf ,er
and a 7B5O TIme Base
OK, S1500.00
S3 500,00
1821A T,me Ba se &. Delay Genera t or S 495.00
MODel 51701 Stora ge Cu,.... rltc.r
w ,t h a 177 adapte r S3233 00 1822A T,me Ba se &. Delay Generat or S 525.00
MODel 51702 Cu,.. Tracer 1f!.31AD..ecI Acc ess600 MHz · S 200.00
w,t h a 177 adapter S2796.00 1840A T,meBa se&' Delay Generalo' • S 450.00
r.k l ronixl.b Carl M od. l ) S 316.00 184 1A T,meBase&. Delay Genera lof - S 675,00
'For 183A Only " " " "
TE l EOUIPMEN T MODel 01) OSCilloscope
MODEL 547 50 MHz a , nch Scop• . Dual Trace Po rt able 50 MHZ Wt!1l a V4 and S2A Plug·l n S1200.oo
W'th a 1A 1 Dual Trac e, S 722.50 DUM ONT MODEL 1062 Oscilloscope
W,lh a 1A2 Dual Trace S 637.50 Dual Trace 65 MHz portable, S 750.00
w un e 1A4 Quad Trace S 872.50 TEII;TRON IX
W,lh a 1AS D,I Ierent tal S 722.50 MODEL RMS6 5 Dual 8 eam O,cillo,cope
W't h a 1A6 D.l ferenl ,al S 612.50 10 MHZ w ,!h a 3A6 Dual Trace and a 3A72 Dual Tr ace S1107.5O
or wll h 1 0 1eac h ace... e S1 667 50 MODEL 549 Storage Os cUloscope
MODE L 545 30 M Hz a. nch Scope Bench 50 MHZ w,!n a CA Dual T.ace S1000.00
w't h a CA Dua l Trace MODEl 647A Oscilloscope
MODEL 545A 30 MHz B.nch Scope Bench 100 MH Z w,t n a 10A2 Du a' Trace
w't h a CA Dua l Trace S 437 50 and a 11B2AT,meBase S12OO.00
ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS
DEFECTIVE MATERIAL: All cl aims for defective material must be made within si xt y (60) da ys after rec eipt o f
parcel. All c lai m s must inc lude the defect ive materia l (for te sti ng purposes), our invoice number, and the date
o f purchase. Al l returns must be packed properly or it wil l void all warranties.
DELIVERY: Orders are normally sh ipped w ithin 48 hou rs aft er receipt o f c ustome r's order. If a part has to be
backorde red the customer is noti fied. Ou r normal shipping method is via First Class Mail or UPS depend ing on
size and weight 01 th e pa ck age. On test equipment it is by Air on ly, FOB shipping po int .
FOREIGN ORDERS: A ll foreign orders must be prepa id w ith cas hi er's c hec k or mo ney ord er made out in U.S.
Funds . We are sorry but C.O.D. is not available to foreign count ries and Letters of Cred it are not an acce ptable
form of pa yment either. Furt her informatio n is available on request.
HOURS: Monday thru Saturday: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
INSURANCE: Please inc lude 25¢ for ea ch add it iona l $100.00 over $100.00. Uni ted Parcel only .
ORDER FORMS: New order forms are incl uded w it h ea ch order for yo u r convenience. Add it iona l fo rms are
ava ilable on request .
POSTAGE: Minimum shipp ing and handl ing in the US, Canada , and MeXICOis $2.50 all other count ries is $5.00.
On foreign orders inc lud e 20 % shipping and hand ling .
PREPAID ORDERS: Order must be accompan ied by a c hec k.
PRICES: Prices are subject to c hange w it hout not ice.
RESTOCK CHARGE: If parts are returned to MHZ Elec tronic s du e 10 c ustomer err or, c ustomer will be held
respons ible lor all extra fees, w ill be c harged a 15 % restock ing fee , w it h the rema inder in credit only. All returns
must have approva l.
SALES TAX: Arizona must add 5 % sales tax , u nless a signed Arizon a resa le tax card is cu rrently on file with
MHZ Elec tron ic s. A ll orders placed by persons out side of Arizona. but delivered to persons in Arizona are sub-
je ct to the 5% sa les tax .
SHORTAGE OR DAMAGE: All c laims for shortages or damages must be made within 5 days after rece ipt of
parcel. Cla ims must Include our invoice number and the date o f purchase. Customers wh ich do not notify us
wi t hi n this time period wil l be held responsible for the entire order as we will consid er the order complete.
OU R 800 NUM BER IS STRICTLY FOR ORDE RS ONLY
NO INFORMATION WI LL BE GIV EN. ' ·800-528-0180.

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 FAIRCHILD VHF AND UHF PRESCALER CH IPS PRICE HEWLETT PACKARD
95H90oC 350 MC Pre sca le r divide by 10/11 $ 8.50 MI XERS MODELS 1051 4A 10514B
95H91DC 350MC Presca ler divide by 5/6 ' .50 Frequency Range 2M Hz to 500M C 2MHzlo
l lC90DC 650MC Pre sca ler divide by 10J l l 15.50 500MC
llC91 DC 650 MC Pre sca le r divide by 5/6 15.50 InpullOulpul Freq uency L & R 200KHz 10 200KHz to
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MC"02..1432" oua t TTL VOllage Con trol MICROWAVE SIG NAL SOURCE
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and low norse are 0 1prime conc ern . tnese sourc es utruze tu ndamen-
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PARALtEL TR IAC OUTPUT BOAA D B mecs.
eacn o:3n SwitCh 11OV, 6,1, l03ds. Ba on~ (PiN
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feQ uir~ , Ba only (PiN 101) $11 .95. Kit (PI N
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RS·232!HL INTERfACE B i ~ i, echonal , ,e·
qui'es % 12V, K ~ (poN 232,1,) 59.95.
RS -232/20m A INTER fACE B i ~irecllOnal. 2
passive oplo· isolated cin:u~s , Kit l PiN 7901,1, )
$14,95.
PROM Eraser
Will erase 25 PROMs in 15 minutes, Ultra,,;olet,
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Opens shon~ cells thaI wo n't noldach a,ge and
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an~ Instructions. No PC lloa rd $8, 95
160 Microcomputer
16 Crt 110, 2 MHz clock. 21< RAM. RO M Bread-
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Supp~ Kit $35.00 . Tiny Basic $30 .00.
Modem Kit $60.00
Stale of lhe art. or~. , answer. No tuning reces-
sev 103 compatible 300 baud, inexpensive
acou stic co up le, plans included
$17,00, Articie In JUM Rilliio ElectronicS
60 Hz Crystal Time Base Kit $4 .40
Conve rts dIgital clocils nem N:; hne ffllQuerq to
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Video Modulator Kit
Convert TV set into a hig h quality monito< WIO
affectIng u~ ge, Comp, kit wlfull instruc.
Multl·Yolt Computer Power Supply
8" Samp, ot 18v ,5 amp. 5v 1.5 amp, - ~v
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are ,egui.ted Bas ic Kit 535.95. ~ it with chassis
iI1ldail h3rdware$51. 95. Add $5 ,00 shipping. Kit
of hardware $1 6.00 . Woodgrain case $1 0 00
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Type-N-Talk by Votrax
le" to speech synthesize< w;thuniimitedvocabu·
lalY. bUlII'ln lext to speech algorithm, 70 to 100
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interface 5359 .00. Speecn IC 579. 95 .
1602 16K Dynamic RAM Kit $149.00
EJq::IaAjabIe 10 64K. Hi:lden refresh wldod<s ~ 10
4 MHz wino g stdeS. AddI. 15K RAM $25,00.
8-100 4-s101upansioo $ 9.95
Supe, MonitorYl.! SOu.ce ll$/ing $1 5,00
CQrnes wIfh 4K 01 low powBf RAM fully addr=· 01 a button.
ollle anywtIere in 64K with builf·in memory pre- Othef OIl board Opll(lns include Paraliellnpul and
teet and a eesserte larlertace Pll;Msoons have Output I'!lrfli with lull haodshalle TIley allow easy
and it fits neatly into the hardwood cabmet
connection of an ASCII keyboam to !he input port
RS 232 and 20 ma Currelll lOOll for teletype or
alongside the Super EH The board ncludes slots
for ~ to 6.K 01 EPROM 12700. 2756. 2716 or TI
other devicll are 00 boam and ~ you need more
memory rtere are two 8-100 s ets for state RAM
2716) and IS tully lIIICketed..EPROM can be used or video boards . Also a lK Super Moo~(>f version
fof !he mOMOI and Tony Basic 0' other purposes. 2 with I'IlIeo drrver for fUll capabolity display wlll1
A1K Supel ROM Monitor $19.95 is ilVililabie as an Tiny Basic and a \'ideo inteftlCe board Panlilel
on board option in 2700 EPROM whidl has been I/O P!lrts 59.85. RS 232 $4 .5G. m 20 ma H
preprogranmed wlll1 aprogram Ioade,jed~or aroj 51 ,95. $- 100 54.50. A 00 pin COIIIIeCIur set with
error chl!(;king mujtl Ille cassette fea~jw, it e ribbon cat e is available at $18 ,95 for easy coo·
software, (relocalabie cassette file) anott-.ef exclu- recton between lhe Super EH and the Supel
sM! from Ouest. It includes Ill\lister sase and Elpilllsion llo.anl,
rmdout, .lIiodI move capW ~ity and video graphics PIrover Supply KH for the oompIete system (see
B~ . only dove, w~h IJjlr1king cursor Break pomts can be M ulti-vo~ Poeer SuPP'l' beloW),
used wllh !he register save featufe 10 isolate pro-
Rockwell AIM 65 Computer
6S02 based Single t>oar~ WITh tull ASCII keyt>o a'~
and 20 COlumn trIefrna l pnnter, 20 Cha" alpha"o-
$9.95 menc display RO M monnor:. lully expandable
$A19 ,00, 4K Ye,~ion $A4 9, 00 4K Assemblel
SJ 5,OO 11K aasc Interpretfr $65.00
Special small pOOle' supply 5V 2A 24V .SA
a"em on hame $59.00. Mo lded p la5~c
enc losure 10 tit bolh AIM 65 and powe' supply
$52,50, AiM 65 'K in ca binet With powe, suplll\r
switch , fuse, co'~ assem , S~ 9,OO . 4K $579,00,
A65 40·5000AIM 65. 40 w'16K RAM and monllo'
$129S.00. RAM Board Kn (16K $1951 (32K,
521 51 V0640 V'deo Inlerface Kit $119.00. A&T
5149.00 , Com plete AI M ~ In thm b""tcase w~h
powe, sUPDI\' $518.00, Specl.1 Package Pnce 4K
AI M 11K Ba sic, powe' sup ply cabonet $629.00
AIM ~, kI MSY MSupe, E ~ 44 pm expan510n
boa ra, boarC wit ~ 3 oon_tofS 522 .95.
Super Color S-100 Video Kit $129.95
Expandable to 256 x 192 high resolution colo'
Elf II Adapter Kit $24.g5 graphics. &847 with all display modes computer
Plugs into ElfII providing Super E~ 44and 50 pin controlled, Memory mapped 1K RAM e. pand-
plus S-Ioo bus expansion, (With Super Ex· able to 6K. S·loo bus 1802 . 80fl(). 8085. lBO,
pansion) High and low address displays. state etc Dea lers: Send /(Ir excelle nl pricing-'margl n
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in dial or scanning mode. ,,", • Built-in Elutomatic or manual:tone bu~t: 1;,:,;,';':,
• Priority channel for checking · ·a . , fa~orite. .. . , Opffonai synthesized CTCSS~EricOde' and )f ..
frequency for activity while monitoring another. Encode/Decode boards available. ~;:, J
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• Unique VFO/Memory Split mode for covering
unusual repeater splits.
• Up/Down band scan plus memory scan for
busy or clear channel. scanning microphone
included in purchase price.
• Uthium memory backup battery with estimated
lifetime of five years. - _'. :'
• Optional YM-49 Speaker/Microphone and
YM -50 DTMF Encoding Microphone provide
maximum operating versatility.

FT·208R
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And don't forgetl Yaesu has • complete line
of VHF and UHF handheld and balte<y
portable transceivers using LCD display I!l
FM Handheld
2 Meters 1 FM Handheld
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FT-290R - 2 Meters
SSB/CW/FM Portable
FHi90R - 6 Meters
USB/CW/ AM/FM Portable

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YAESU ELECmONICS CORP, 6851 Walthall Way, Paramount, CA 90723 • (213) 633-4007
Eastern Service CIr.. 9812 Pnnceton-Gtendele Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45246 • (513) 874·31()()
Superior dynamic range, auto. antenna tuner, .
aSK, dual NB, 2 VFO's, general coverage receiver.
TS S 3 0 S _
The TS-93OS is • superlative. high per-
rorreence. all-soUd state. HF transceiver
keyed to the exacting requirements of the
DX and contest operator. It covers aU
Amateur bands from 160 through 10
mete.... and incorporates a 150 kHz to
30 MHz general c o ve r age receiver haYing
an excellent dynamic range.
Among Its other Important features are.
SSB slope tuning, CW VBT, IF notch filter.
CW pitch control. dual digital VFO's. CW
full break-in. automatic antenna tuner.
and a higher voltsge operated solid state
final amplifier. It Is available with or
without the AT·930 automatic antenna
tuner built-in.
TS-93OS FEATURES :
• 160-10 Mete.... with 150 kHz - 30 MHz
general coverage receiver.
Covers all Amateur frequencies from 160-10 memory as an independent VFO . (the
meters. tncludln~ new WARe. 30. 17. and
12 mete r bands. on SSB. CWoFSK. and AM. a t w IIll. o r as a fixed frequency. Internal
Features 150 k l-lz - 30 MHz ge neral cover-
age reretve r. Separate Amateur band
access ke ys a llow speedy band sek-ctt on.
UP/DOWN bandswttch changes In I-MHz
steps. A new. Innovative. quadrup le con-
version. digital PLL synthestzed circuit
-provide s superior frequency accuracy and
stability. plus greauy enhanced sejecuvny.
o Excellent reeeteer dynamic ..ange.
Receiver two-tone dynamic ra nge. 100 dB
typical 12 0 meters. 500 Hz CW bandwidth.
at sensmvny of 0 .25 u v. S IN 10 dB!.
p ro vide s the ultimate In rejection of
1M drstoruon.
• All solid state, 28 volt operated
final a m pUfi e r.
The Ilna! ampnner operates on 28 VDC for
lowest 1M distoruon. Power Input rated at
250 W o n SSB. CWoand FSK. and at
80 W o n AM. Final arnpltfler protection
circuli with cooung fan . SWRIPower
meier built-In .
o Automatic antenna tuner, built-In.
Available with AT-930 ante nna tuner b uilt- Tuneable. peak-type au d io filte r fo r CWo
in, or as an option . Covers Amate ur ba nds o AC power supply built-in.
80-10 meters. indudlng the new WARC
bands. Tu ning range automatically
pre-selected with band selection to nuru- • Fluorescent tube digital display.
mtze lu n in g Ume. "AUTO·THRU· switch o n Fluorescent lube d igital disp lay has analog
fro nt panel .
• CW full break-in.
type s ub-scale with 20-kHz s teps. Separate
2 d igit d isplay indicates RIT frequency s h ift.
CW full b reak-in c ircuit uses CMOS logrc Ie • RF speech processor.
plus ree d relay for maximum Ilcxtbtltty. RF clipper type proce sso r provtdes h ighe r
coupled with smooth, q uiet operauon . average "talk-power" p lus Improved Intelll-
SWltchable to semt-break-m. glbillty. Separate "IW and ·our fro nt
• Dual di&ital VFO'.. panel level controls.
lo-Hz step dual digital VFO's Include band • ODe year wlUTanty.
mrormeuon. Each VFO tunes conunuously The TS·930S carries a one year limited
from band to band. A large. heavy. flywheel warranty on parts and labor.
type knob Is used fo r Improved tu ning ease. Otbe.. features:
T. F. Set switch allows Ia st trans m it • SSB monitor c ircuit. 3 step RF attenua to r.
freq uency !>ettlnj:.( for split-freq u e ncy o pera - VOX, an d 100-kHz marke r.
ttons. A- B s wttch for e q ualtztng o ne VFO Optional accessories:
fre qu e n cy to the other. VFO "Lock " switch • AT -930 automatic an ten na tu n e r.
provided. RIT control fo r ±9.9 kHz receive • SP-930 external speaker wi th selectable
frequency s hIft. audio filters.
• Eight memory cbeneets. • YG--455C-1 1500 Hz) or YG--455CN·11250 HzJ
Stores both frequen cy and band mforma- phJ~-ln CW Itlters for 455-kHz IF.
Uon. VFO-MEMO ewnch allows use of each • YK-88C-1 (500 H7J CW plug-In Oller for
8.83-MHz IF.
Original memory freque ncy can be recalled • YK-88A-1 16 kHz) AM plug-In lllter fo r
8.83 - MHz IF.
Hattery memory back-up. estimated I yea r • MC·60 (S-8 ) d eluxe d es k mi croph o ne with
life. (Batt eries not Ke nwo od su ppltedl. UP/DOWN switch.
o Dual mode noise blanker ("pulse" 0 T L-92 2A llnea r a m purter.
or "woodpecker"), • S M-220 stanon monito r.
NB-1. with threshold control. for pulse-type • HC-10 d igital world clock.
noise. NB ·2 for longer duration • IiS-6. HS-5. H5-4 headphones.
"woodpecker" type noise.
More InfonnaUon on the T5-93DS Is
• SSB IF s l ope tuning.
Allows independent adjustment of the low available from all authorized dealers of
and/or hl,loth frequency slopes of the IF 'rrto-xenwooc Communicatio ns
passband. fo r best truerre rence rejection . 1111 West Wal n ut Street.
Compton, catuornta 90220
o CW VBT and pitch controls.
CW VBT (Variable Ba nd wid th Tu n in g)
control tu n e s o u t Inte rfering sl!,:na ls. CW
p itch controls s hifts IF pa ssba n d and s lmul·
taneously changes the p ilch o f th e beat
frequency. A -Narrow/wrde" niter
selector swncti is provided.
• IF notcb ruter.
loo-kHz IF notch circuit gives deep.
sharp. notch. better tha n -40 dB.
• Audio ruter built-ln.
12 0 . 2 2 0 . o r 240 VAC. switch selected Sp...rj{klJfion,. and prlt·..,. are
(operates o n AC o nly) . subjecllo change wllhl>ul nOlice or obligalion.