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73-Magazine-10-October-1991 Neophite PDF
73-Magazine-10-October-1991 Neophite PDF
73-Magazine-10-October-1991 Neophite PDF
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schools. I am a professiOnaJ muSiCian, the amount of IJS8bIe radio frequency on the amateur bands. I have been an
ing passed the written portion of the amateur radio operator lor 15 years
working on my second albu m (sorry. space available lot profrt making. Once
but a's roell , not ragtlnle) . and also do our ham bands are gone, they're gone now. I am 28 years old, and have a
I do not ob,iect to the possibility of family. Since my job and my lamily take
some studio engineering. And I've al- for good .. ,and lor nothing .
paying a tee lor an amateur radio li- up a tot of l ime , I usually try 10 get on
ways loved ham radio! Now at least We need 10 100II at our ham bands as
cense . In teet. I agree with the idea 0 1 the radio on Ihe weel<ends when I can .
when 19o on the road, I can l ake my HT a valuable. disappearing national re-
paying SS a year for the t o-veer li- But it seems to me every weekend
with me and possib ly make some source, jusl as we look at our national
cense. I sent cards to that effect to the there's another con test .
Iriends , if they will condescend to tcrests. As hams, we have 10 slop
representatives and senators listed in Now, don't get me wrong; I have
speak with a " no-coder." telling ourselves how valuable we are,
your July editorial. not hing ag ainst contes ts , I'm su re
OK , nowlhatl'm fini shed blowing my how important our mission is, and start
I applaud your efforts to locus ham they' re an exciting aspect ct me hobby.
own horn , I can get to the heart of the telling the government how valuable
radio on lun , talking , and tinkering, Af· BUI why should a few people's enjoy·
maner. I really enjoy your column and I public frequency space is to the nation.
ter all. this is supposed to be a hobby, ment ruin it lor everybody else? I'm not
think that you ar e a posi tive force for We need to make it known to anyone
right? I think it is still possible l or inno- saying do away with contests. blIllimil
the entire amateur community. You' re who will listen thai we love our radios
a really good wriler , and I enjoy your veuco to come l rom hobbyists , since them to a certain portion of each ama--
the way some pe ople l o ve the ir
most big companies tend to stille cre- leur band . JUSl Iook at the contest sec-
style. And your sense of humor. campers or motorcycles or COins or
ativity in the name of con lormity and tion of each amataur publicalion and
You'll hear Irom me again. For now guns. We need 10 make our ease for
order. h may take a 101 of money 10 iI's packed. Everyliltledubhas itS own
I'm stuck in VHF and UHF land, blIl I our right 10 kHj) what we enjoy.
deve'op and market things. blIl ideas contest weel<enct. Before long, there
win make it to HF one day. II your ears We need to cease being a bunch of
can stand inS!tllmenlal rodo; guitar mu-
come to those who have the time and won't be standard ham radio contacts,
inlerest. emergency cha sing , council meeting .
sic, 1'1 send you a copy of my last al- ju risdiction disputing pol itical idiots just one long 365--days.a-year conIest.
bum, Guitar Salad. Hopefully, n be W.E. Bennen N7IVM, Bellevue WA who do nothing blIl set up ago gratify· I ask that any ham who is tired of being
able to elmer some ot my musician This tuna you've really done it. There ing repealer councils and radio s0ci- intenered with to please drop the FCC
lriends. Keep up the good work, and ate probably hams allover the U .S.A. eties, then spend any remaining time a note and VOiCe your opinion. Maybe
NEVER SAY DIEI who are foaming at the mouth! License tryil"lQ 10 lind someone to take 10 court. together we can all use our radios
lees! We naed to become a unified group of again.
Sid Lynch KC4ZVJ, Jacksonville FL I Seriously, I have always ten that the hobby-loving individuals who will enec-
would like to home-brew a 2 meter FM Danie/-Please don't bug th e FCC.
decision to eliminate lees was a coteo - tively let the wond know how much we
transceiver base station. Ideally, the This is not a situa tion where they covld
tial weapon to be used against amateur appreciate the lillie reserves of public
rig will have repeat er offset, digital Ire- or would do anything---41xcepI gel even
radio . My only reservation is whether il frequency space we now have . ...
quency readout, and tone encode ca- more disgusted wifh ham operators
is possible to get the lees where they We are nol on a mission from God . who come crying 10 them eva/)' time
pability. shou ld be , into that sect ion cnne FCC We need our nat ional parks, and we
I'm having a great deal 0 1 difficulty they don 'f like something. Why don 'l
which is concerned with our affairs . I need ou r inter nal ional Irequencies
locating construction articles or plans )'OU try writing .I cINr .",;l COflStrtJCtive
don't want a free ride , but I wou ld like ... not because we are an asset 10 the letter fO the organiZatiOnS wtIo sponsor
for such a rig. It seems that most c0n- my "tere'' to help keep my " bus" on nation. blIl because the frequencies
struction article s locus on HF.QRP- 1M con tests? 11wy are the 0tI9:S wtIo
thetOlld are an asset to the publ ic, an asset too can change the con/est rules. Your
CW rigs. Is there a reason lor this , '
valuable to leave entirely to business idea has merit. JV$l make SIX$' )'OU rJj.
given the growth of the no-code Tech George C, Fennell N3EQE, But~ PA
interests.
class that cannot legally operate such On the ham front in Butler County. t'8cI your erter0' in a positive way-and
I, asa ham, am not an indispensable
things are really cookin 'll am pleased toward the ploplfl authority. ..• David
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73 Amateur Radio roaey » OCtober, 1991 7
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the
radio builder has
" great days: ' there
recent years of a revival in home
constructio n among radio hams .
This has been shown by the popu-
was a huge electronic scrap yard larity of the G-QRP Club and its
left over from World War II. and linlejoumal , SPRAT. The club has
hams could buy cheap parts and always leaned heavily towards the
equipment just waiting 10 be modi- use of home-built equipment , and
fied for amateur radio use. They SPRAT has grown into an informal
were good days: I remember well a constructor' s magazine . Perhaps
local rad io surplus store in my
small home town in the north of , part of its popularity is due to the
number of simple construction
England which had items that even projects that have been published in
a schoolboy could afford 10 buy . SPRAT. Many amateur radio con-
The store has now long since gone, structors in the UK have found
and so have those bargain surplus their first radio project in its pages.
items. I proffer all this cheerful informa-
But my belief is that times have Photo. The Sudden receiver. tion because I edit SPRAT, and for
never been better for the ham who many years I have tried to include
wants 10 bu ild his own equipment. projects suitable for the beginner.
The world is full of electronics; from life- kitchen table- and cleared away after use. In the past. SPRAT has contained many
saving equipment to noveltyjunk. it is around Components have never been cheaper: com- simple HF bands transmitter circuits which
us all the time . Smaller compone nts, safer pare the price of electronic parts 30 years ago can be built in an evening with a few parts.
voltages and clea ner techniques mean that and now, and then compare average incomes. These give the experience of working on an
equipment ca n be buill on a tray on the It is cheaper, easier and more convenient to amateur band with a few watts of home-gen-
build electronic equipment than ever before. I erated RF.[Ed. Note: Those in the U.S. can
suspect that motivation. rather than means, is j oin the G-QRP d ub and receive SPRA T for
why more of it is not done. S121year from Lukc Dodds W5HKA ar2852
There may not be the surplus items we used Oak Forest, Grapevine TX 76051. Oversees
to fi nd, but there is another kind of surplus readers can obrain more information directly
these days. It is what I call the "scraps from from the author.]
the rich man' s table. " Modern technology Recently there have bee n requests to
has produced many specialized components provide a very simple receiver circuit for the
and items for a particular job. If they are for amateur bands capable of being built by a
consumer applications, the high sales volume first-timer and yet able to yield reasonable
ofte n means that cheap. and sometimes clev- results on the amateur bands. The Sudden
er, devices can be found. These may not be Receiver was the result of this request.
for applications directly related 10 amateur
radio, but that is the joy of the new surplus The Sudden Conception
market. The fun is taking cheaply produced The name "Sudden" has nothi ng to do
devices designed for special appl ications, and with the speed and ease of building this lillie
making them fit what we want to build. That radio (even though it is simple and easy to
is real amateur radio in action! build); rather. it is the name of the town
In the UK there have been indications in where it was conceived. I live in Rochdale. a
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town in the northwest o f Eng land. in an a rea originally des igned fo r cellula r radio applica - one small, 8- pin DIP package. All the mai n
called Sudden. Sudden was once a village in tions , but has found its way into ma ny ama- worki ngs of a d irect conversion receiver un-
its own right, and has a fine. stone-built teur radio circuits. The internal workings and der one roof!
Chu rch of England church where I serve. I pinouts are shown in Figure I . It is indeed a
am the Vicar ofSudden. who jusl happened to useful device: a balanced mixer, RF oscilla- C ircu it DrtaiLs
design a s imple rad io receiver. tor, and voltage regulator all wrapped up in The circuit of the Sudden is shown in Fig-
The Sudden could be described as a ge neric ure 2. It is a simple receive r havi ng only two
NE602 d irect conversion receiver. It uses r- active devices and three inductors . The input
that fine and useful chip, plus the ever-popu-
lar LM386 audio c hip. Anotber requirement
•• - -. •• comes via a sim ple atrenuator, the judicious
use of which is essential . especially on the 40
o f the design was to avoid the use of hand - - -" mete r version in the UK. TImJC 1.2.3 fonn
wound coils, a common source of problems ~--,
" a bandpass filter . The band chart table gives
for beginners , and incorporate commercial r; , values fo r the appropriate TOKO coils . The
inductors. The final design used a ran ge of ,
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across each band . Once the fillers have been
peaked with the coil cores , there is no fu rther
TOKO prefix. is BKXN-K.} These have a
range of inductance values useful for short- -- "
L u u Vl need of adjustment duri ng operation.
C7 couples the signal into one port of the
wave applications. NE602 . The mixe r is operated s ingle-ended.
The NE602 is a fine e xa mple o f the kind of Figure 3. Walkman -J)p e headphones can be which is a compromise in fa vor of s im plic ity.
"rich-men's scraps" we have today . It was used without changing the plug. A s imila r design, the Neophite (QST , Fe bru -
ary 1988). used a balanced configuration. In
practice I have fou nd that the results with th is
c ircuit d id not wa rrant the extra complexity in
obtaining a ba lanced input a nd output.
The oscillator portion of the NE602 is
around pins 6 and 7. Looking at the c ircuit, if
it is turned sideways, e xpe rienced construc-
to rs will recogn ize the popular paralle l tuned
- ( 1- Co lpitts oscillato r. T uning is by means of T3
with v el and C lO. The prototype rece ivers
used a surplus va riabl e c apac itor whic h has
three gangs of ap proximate values: 10 pF +
,. JO pF + 20 pF . It may be possible to find a
s imila r capacitor (see the Pa rts List), or you
'"I can use a single section variable capacitor. It
is essential to use a good quali ty a ir-s paced
I tM386 capacitor. The va lues o n the ba nd c hart sho w
the va lues for CIO when using the prototype
va riab le capacitor. W ith othe r capacitors ,
some ex perime ntat ion will be required. The
kit version of the Sudden uses the values a nd
the capacitor from the table.
The single-ended output is coupled via C I I
to a volume control , then into the L M386
audio amplifie r. The LM386 is configured in
as a 200 times gain amplifier with a simple
Zoebel filter R5/C17 on the output. The au-
dio output will drive a small spea ke r. oot is
designed for head phone reception. A pair of
watkrnen-rype headphones are adequate for
the receiver (see Figure 3). II saves family
a rguments if you are using in-house teenager
headphones on the receiver-
Figures 4(a) and (b) show the layout of the
receiver. The receiver fits onto a primed c ir-
cuit board measuring 2· x 2· . The board
shown here has been extended to mount the
three-gang variable capacitor used in the pro-
totype receivers. This portion ca n be c ut
away to give a smalle r size with the variable
Figure 4. (aJ Pans layout for the Sudden Receiver and (b) rhefoil diagram. capacitor mounted remotely from the board.
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Parts List Finish in~ T ouches qui re a little more work. I have obtained
Resistors
Rl
R2
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potentiometer
resistor
The casing and hardwa re
for the Sudden is a matter of
surprisingly good res ults by simply peak ing
Tl and T2 on signals in the band. The best
R3 1.8k resistor ind iv idual taste. The main method is to feed a signal source into RI and
R, 4.7k potentiometer tuning capacitor docs requ ire adjust T1 and 1'2 several times. Begin in the
R5 15 ohm resistor a ve rn ier dri ve fo r best re - ce nterof the ba nd and peak T I and T2 for best
R' 22 ohm resistor sults . The input atrenuatcr po- output. The n repeat this operation at either
AU resistors are II. Watt tentiometer, RI , must ha ve a end of the band, ending fina lly by agai n re-
Capacitors linea r track a nd ca n be in the peaking in the center.
Cl-C6 See the Table
value range of 50 to 2 .2k The receive r does ha ve a conventional 50
C7 100 pF capacitor
ohms. Sturdy wiri ng is re-
CS o hms input impedance. It is advisable with
0.01 llF capacitor
C9,C12,Ct3,C16,C17 0.1 IlF capacitor
qu ired for good mechanical such a simple receive r to attempt to matc h the
CW See the Table stability between VC I and the antenna 10 the receiver. A good operating
Cll 1.0 IlF135V tantalum capacitor board. procedu re is to turn up the audio gai n co ntrol,
CH 10 IlF/16V tantalum capacitor Tuning up the receive r is R4, to the poi nt whe re the internal noise of
C15 100 llFI25Velectrolytic capacitor very simple. A sig nal genera- the LM386 just becomes a nuisa nce and then
Coils, lea and Misc. tor or other low le vel signal use the attenuator, R I, as the main gai n co n-
T1 ,T2,T3 Seethe Table source is helpful, but it ca n be trol. Th is is a s imp le receiver, and hitting it
IC' NE602
tuned up with band signals . with too much signal will bring out its worst
IC2 LM386
SW, The first step is to get the os- traits.
SPSTswitch
VC, Variable tuning capacitor (three
cillator on to the band. This The Sudden is capable of very surpris ing
sections: 10pF, lOpF and 20pF) may be done by connecting a results for its simplicity. The morning that I
see the Table and the note below. signal ge nerator to C7 and ad- am typing this text, a Sudden builder tele-
justing the core on T3 unt il the phoned me 10 say he had been liste ning to
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~f'6 ter and to apply voltage to the amplifier chain
"'
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stage is free running for the sake of stability•
• . t;,~
:' .. but the carrier oscillator in the balanced mod-
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ulator is normally off. This stage is switched
on during transmit periods and for sporting
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The transmitter is constructed on three sep-
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that they will fit in a Radio Shack cabinet. The
etching pattern and the parts placement guide
•
Figure 2. The VFO board. are provided in Figures 5-7 . The pans place-
ment diagrams are viewed from the compo-
onboard oscillator . A very respectable signal needs to beamplified. The next two stages are nent side. If you use double-sided PC boards
ca n be developed with one of these. simple class A broadband amplifiers. The for the balanced modulator or the amplifier.
The signals from the sideband generator final amplifier transistor is the well-known be sure to rout out a spacearound each hole on
and VFO are amplified and fed into a diode- 2N3553. In my unit. however. I use an inex- the component side. I do this carefully with a
ring mixer module. U3. The jumble of fre- pensive alternative. an RCA 4013 that I pur- I,i;" drill bit. Single-sided material should
quencies that emerge go through a 28 MHz chase from my friendly local parts merchant work just fine for these boards. however.
three-pole bandpass fille r and a very nice 50 in single lOIS for 89 cents each. II performs One may wonder why a single board is
mV 28 MHz signal results. From here it only equally well . and I appreciate the price more not used for this project . Briefly. I have
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ing apart the turns of L1 will also work .
no 0', '.~, n Make sure thai all of the parts coming off of
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OPtlOl<AL A"p\' lftER
The Balanced Modulator/Mixer
The balanced mod ulator/mixer board is the
easiest to build and the least c ritical, except
fo r the bandpass filter. Simply populate the
board with pa ris. T he spacing I have used for
" -"-.J, "
..
SPOT
J:\ " TR.NS "It/REC"'E the pads on the board may not match your
\ "' junk box parts , but I enco urage you to use
what you ha ve . Notice, however, that the
values fo r the fixed capacitors in the bandpass
fi ller are rathe r specific . This stage is the
most unforgiving of mista kes , and these val-
ues must not be changed casually . If yo u hav e
. •
FIgure 4. The J walt amplifier and switching board. no 4 .7 pF capacitor. then try a 5 pF. Like-
wise. a 10 pF might be substituted for the
found that sepa rating these stages greatly in- 10.7 pF un it, but beyond that ty pe of substitu-
c reases interstage isolation . Grounding is en- T heVFO tion, you may s ig nifica ntl y affect the per-
hanced and a g reate r overall stability can be T he VFO is the si ngle most impo rta nt part formance of the filter.
achieved. of the transmitte r. If care is not taken to Note that there is a 6 dB pad (composed of
I recommend that you build the trans mitter observe basic construction rules, the VFO RIO, ll ,and 12) at the output of the balanced
in stages and get eac h stage running properly will drift and you will be very unhappy with modulator. This helps to achieve a good 50
before you proceed to the next. Some hi nts the rig. T his PC board must be single-sided . ohm load fo r the balanced modulato r, and the
for construction of the various modules are as Using doub le-s ided board ncar the freque ncy same input impedance fo r the following am-
follows: determining co mpo ne nts of the VFO will in- plifier stage. Originally , I designed the trans-
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mitter with such a pad at the end of the band- fier board is underneath because all the ad-
pass filte r, but found that the circuit was j ustable compo nents are on the other board . Debugging and Tune-up
stable enoug h without it. Also, I wanted the 6 You might conside r making a cabinet of PC Viewed and constructed in mod ules, th is
dB back! You may find that a pad at the end of boa rd material. It is drilled and cut easily, but rig can be assembled swiftly. Each modul e
the ba lanced modulator is not needed, and plenty strong. If you ca n find a supply, you should be constructed and tested before mov-
gain the energy otherwise lost heating the will save money on expensive cabinets. Done ing on to the next. That way, a problem can be
resistors. well , they can be lacq uered or painted , and eliminated before it arises.
The boards fit nicely into a Radio Shack rival even the most profess ionally prepared It is probably best to assemble this rig with
cabinet. I double-dec ked the balanced mod u- cabinets in appearance . I also used a sheet of access to a 35 MHz scope and frequency
lato r/ mixer and amplifier boards on either single-sided board as a false bottom in the counter, if possible. If you are so lucky , your
side ofa 100m by IOcm PC boa rd . The ampl i- cabinet. It helps establish a good ground plane . construction time will be drastically reduced .
20 73 AmateurRadioToday . October, 1991
I. TwIST TWO
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OIff U I NT tol.O!OS
TOGHHt • . 1TS HU...... L TO The tricky pan of the rig is the bandpass
m
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, "
.14;"' __(.
filte r. The jumble of products from m ixing
the balanced modulator and VFO frequencies
are all present at its input. and you must
I . w'lOD T..( • . _ ~ , • ••OUIOD t'OIOOIO t"[ preselect the 28 MHz energy, pole by pole.
~ TU. " S. ). SOl.O( . 1"0 _ til ( OlD . '.
~,~
~ . .~
Sta n first at the top of L2 and rotate the
trimmer unti l you find a peak of 28 MHz
..
'0"
0' .. .,
.,
4. . )
• ,
wavefo rm . Repeat th is process at each pole .
I have not tried this without a scope, and
would expect this to be a rather frustrating
pan of the assembly if done by ea r through
Figure 8. Base diagrams , all bottom view. the station receiver. Adjust the filter without
voltage applied to the amplifier stages.
Being able 10 see a signal on the scope and Th e rest of the circuit is broadba nded and
adj ust the stage in ques tion is a big help in a not adjustb le except for the low pass fil ter .
sideband project where you are concerned
about speech waveform. If you do not have a
scope , do not despair. You can probably ad-
. Final adjustment is made by tweaking every
trimmer in the un it for maximum output on a
wattmeter and spreading or compressing the
j ust the transmitter a little at a lime with the Figure 9. Windin g tne fa) bifiJar transf ormer, turns on the coils in the low pass filte r for
aid of the station recei ver. its Scmerer, and a and the (b) trift/ar transfo rmer. greatest output. Take care that you do not
sharp ear. I have adjusted RF stages th is way.
and whi le time-consuming. it can be done .
Construct the VFO and confi rm thai it os-
cillates at 6.5 MHz or so . Check this by
placing the scope probe o n pin 7 of Ie 1.
Con fi rm that the crystal oscillator. Q I , and
its assoc iated components, are running, by
placing the probe at pin 1 of Ie I. Twea k the
output o f the crystal oscillator with its trim-
mer capacitor . Before addi ng amplifier Q2.
check to see that the prod uct of the VFO
freq uency and the crystal oscillator is at 11.5
MHz o r thereabouts. If the counter cannot
" sit still" on a frequency , the desired product
is not dominant. Tweak. the Ie's trinuner for
maximum output at 11.5 MHz . Adding am-
plifie r Q2 and tweaki ng its trimme r will fur-
the r preselect 11 M Hz and am plify it to abou t
3 volts peak-to-peak .
If you have no scope, you wi ll have to find
the oscillator's signal in the station receiver. KantronicsWeat hernode
Make sure you have the receiver' s antenna
lead close to the oscillator for adequate pick
up. Adj us t the same controls mentioned
above for a peak S-meter reading .
C2 sets the VFO's bandsp read at about 200
kHz. I chose 28.500 to 28.100 MH z. but This is not a TNC
adding a tum or two to LI will lower the VFO
frequency to the Novice ponion of the band . 1l"is device gaU e 5 wooUe data at ycu station CIld
Eliminating C2 will greatly increase the total makes it available to others via CI1 external TNC CIld a
bandspread . Local Pad<et _ _ Merrt>ers of 1te Pad<et LAN
Next determine that the ba lanced modula-
tor carrier oscillator, 04, will run. It is nor-
ccn si1llIY ask for tables of teroeanee, wild dnlc-
tion or wild speed. The Ka IbOl'lics WeathernOOe
mally off except during spot and transmit
periods. so you wi ll need to tempora rily ap- then provides this data with the conveni€n::e of a
ply voltage to it through its supply line resis- ""Ibox ard wiltl1te speed of 1te
tor, R9 . Peak its output. Plug in a micro- most actvanced technology available.
phone , adj ust the audio gai n (trimpot R21)
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holl er . You should hear your best Donald EPROM whdl provides temperatu"e sensing, ard
Duck vo ice at 11 MH z, double-sideband . with the weathervane and rain gauge options, can
View the sideband carrier on the scope or
listen to you r signal n you r station receiver
gWIY wOO speed, _ data ard"""
and adjust the carrier balance trimmers (Cn
and 24) potentiometer for the greatest carrier Tbe KnJ is easily adapted to ~
suppression. Even at maximum suppressio n, instaIatiot IS CIld may be ren 'd.t:iy ace: S5 ad
you will still hea r a loud carrier in your sta- with password protection CIld P OJi a r' 1led bY
tion receiver. Adjusted properly , though, it the sysop to ycu neIwotk's requi"ements.
will be undetectable by other stations. I have
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UPS C,O, O, AOO1-4,OO PER ORDER R4 ,7,28,35 47 ohms
CIRCLE 115 ON REAOER SERVICE CARO R18,4 1,39 toc cnms
R10,12 150 ohms
R2,6,9, 13,29,34,43,45 470 ohms
NOW YOU CAN USE R21 1000 0hms
ll-lAT 75 OHM HARD UNE R37 ,38 1000ohms, 1/2 wall
R33 1500 ohms
Yee, tIwd LOW LOSS MmI-f1gId, 112 inch, co-«ldaJ ... bIe ,
R3 ,5,1 4,23,30 2200 ohms
uMd by Ille ... bIe TV COnIpclllM ...n now ~ "ully uMd
1or~lng VHF end UHF ...... ~. ats 3300 ohms
1"- HIGH QUALITY, LOW COElT connecwr. &ncI UMaf R26,44 ,46 4700 ohms
Ma\t:hlng T!1I....mrm.., .... eepecially deelgnedlor HeY R20,24 zzkcnms
oor.eclIon 110 Ihe A.L.UMINUt,l ah8IlcIed _ tIwd ...n be A1 ,8 ,22,25 t ook cnme
obtained (-....ti..- lor the ukIng ) frt>m !he local cable
COfI1pt1ny. R27 lk ohm trimpot
UHF _ _ connectort: R15 100 ohmtrimpot
Male: Hl.O-7S-UHF·t,l (PL-2S9typ") ... , lUllS ...
Femele: HlC-7S-UHF-F ( SO-23e type 1 •• , 6.i6 ... L1 24 turns, T-50-6 to roid
L2 ,3,4 13turns, I-37-6
u.- Mlltchlng T~: 8 turns, T-50-6 toriod
14+148 Mhz: LMT-14e-7:5-52-UHF 24.i6 ... L5,6
222-226 Mhz: LMT·223-7:5-62-lJHF 23.i6 ...
430 4lD Mhz: LMT-432-7:5-62-UHF 22.i6 ... T 1,4 Primary 33 turns; sec. 3 turns over drain end, T-50-2 toroid
4--4O--46D Mhz: lMT-4045-7:5-62-UIiF 22.1ll5 ...
T2 Primary 18 bifilar turns; sec. 3 turns over center of primary, 1 -37-6 toroid
Add ' .50 S&H 1* connedof f $3.OD S&H 1* LMT T3 Primary 20 turns; sec . 3 turns over trimmer end, 1·37-6 toroid
(1m..... IMldenD -.id 6.2:6"' ..... tu.) T5 10 trifilar turns, FT-37-43 toroid
A NT-Ventures T6,7,8 10 bifilar tu rns , FT·37-43toroid
P.O. Box 776
McHenry , IL 60050 01 ,3 1N914 or other small signal diode
B t 5 -344-1 702 04 ,5 Schottky diode preferable , but 1N914 OK
De a le, Inq ui,;... inviled ,
02 6V, 400 mW zene r diode
CIRCLE 18 ON READER SERVICE CARD
Y1 ,2 11 M Hz crystal
HR-2510 HR-2600l
t/ie same features as tlTe
U2
U3
741 single op amp
SBL- l d iode-ring mixer module
Parts su ppli ers: Tanner Electronics, 1301 West aennne Rd. , Suite 105, Carrollton TX 75006. Tel.
(214) 242-8702. Con tact Jim Tanner regarding availability 01kits. Radiokit, P.O. Box 973, Pelham
ClHPSWITCHv
4773 Sonoma Hwy. Suite 132
NH 03076. Tel. (603) 635-2235. Circuit Specialists, P.O. Box 3047, SCottsdale AZ. 85271 ·3047.
Tel. (800) 528-1417. Blank PC boards are available from FA R Circuits, 18N640 Field Court,
Santa Rosa, CA 95409-4269 Dundee IL 60118. VFO board-$4.50: balanced mod ulatorfmixer-$7; and amplifier board-$7;
Writ e Or caU (7 07) S3 9 -0 S12 for free In fo rmatio n
u a n llt . k u availab le o., a lu In ulru w elcome shipping-$ 1.50 per order.
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about transceivers. For additional ass istance. PI'10538 W-A U",d.,. ao CII. ..... .. her C8 "'Obile $78.98
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Buy th" tinest Uniden radar detectors I ra ", CElteday, SATElllT500-A Grund'" I l>ortwa"e 'ec ,., S679.95
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~,.quancy rall9l: 2~S • . lI S · I 7., ace-s 12. l otI·lIse M HZ.
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a n external spea ker microphone ....ith cli p SM45 for the 800 M Hz. band and 100 c ha nnels, Order Ihe ...$0. AI" '" Sca" DIrectOry .. _ S1'.95
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munication s capability, but most depa rtme nts are Priority co"trol a _ •• rch/_ca" • AC/DC A60-A Magnet mount mobile leanne' anrenna 134.95
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package deal on l he RELM UC102 oee wattt ranscewer. 1I••••• norhln" _xcl"d.d In r,,_ ~f~ IIH. und. USA.....·A M. g mount VHF ant. wi 12' c.b1e, S39.95
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pack IOf only $79.95. II you w. nt even more power. II you do not need the 800 MHz. band. a slmlls.. model Add S18.00 Ih",P1"l1 Pe. rad", and " .00 per anrenne
ord&rthe RELM UC202 lWOw. 1t transceiverlor$1 14,95 e.lled Ihe BC 210X l T·A il available lor $ 178 .95. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE
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1e ct-.reI e 25 Wan T,.,,_-'- cr-
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BendS: 29-5'. I ' 8,' 7• . • 011·512. 1106·956 "'Hz
• 10'\:> ....Ct\lrge tor ""I 10 bolIng. All ......r, ... t>;ecI 1o
. .....bolll)'. aeoeplanc;. and ......IIocallOO. PrIces. taflTlS.nd
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The RElM RH256 NB is the updat ed version of the The U... ".n MR8 t oo 1UfV8lIls.nce sca nner i. dotlerenl
from all ot her scanners ()r;glnally desig ned IOf ont~
apecdocaloons I" aubjeCI 10 d\anga * .II' O.. t ".hce. All
pncesa" ,,, U.S. doIIa .... OuIo1S1OCklle......... bII pls.c.edon
papu lar RELM RH2 56 B si xleen-channel VHF land DackO<'der 'u1om.tC.~ or SQu.........1 product ... batlluled
ligance agencies, l ire d~rtmen ts and publiC salely unleu CEI II ," SI' UCIac1 _",enlly. ,1, $5.00 a<:ld,llOO.1hand-
mobile transceiver, The rad io tech n ieian ma intain- ut-e. th l$ sca nner oHers a br eaklhrough of n_ and ~ng 'ee ...11 bII Ch. rged tor . 1 orders wllh a merch.nd'se
ing your radio syst em ca n slore up to te rrecceocee enhance<ll ealures. SClIn speed i. almostloo channels. lol.al Un<llf S50 00. Sh''''''OInlS ara F,O.B. CEl war.house in
wunoc t an ext ernal p rog ramm ing to ol. All rad io s per second. You gel l ou r digil readoul paSilhedeclma l Ann AJbO&'. M,cIl ogan. No COO's. NOI .._ a _ tor typ0-
com e w ith C TC SS tone and scann ing ca pabili ties. DOlnl Complete cover.ge 01 800 MHz. band wtlen graphical "'0<1.
This t ransceiver eve n ha s a priority tuocuco. Be prog r. mmed ....ith a pe rsonal com puter. Alpha nume riC M a ll o rder. t o ; Co mmunica tions E I&l;:t ron ics;-
sure t o o rd er o ne se l 01programm ing i nst ruc t ions. desip nation 01c hanne ll.•eparate speaker. backlit lCO Box 104 5 . An n Arbo r. M ich ig an 4 8 106 U ,S.A. Ad d
part P12 ~6N for $ 10, 0 0 a nd a serv ice manual, display and more, Toactivate the many uniQuele atur es $ 15,00 per red io lor U.P.S, groun" shipping a nd
pa rt SMRH256N fo r $2 4 .95 l o r the RH 2 5 6N B, A 01 the Uniden MR81 00 a c omputa r interla ce pr ogram is handling in t he co nti ne nt al U.S.A. F or Ca nad a,
60 Wall VH F 150-1 6 2 MHz. versi o n called the availa ble tor $19,9 5, Due to maeutactu re- e' terr itorial Pu erto R ic o. Haw aii , Alaska. or APO/F PO deli very,
RH606B is availa bl e fo r $4 2 9 .9 5 . A UHF 15 wal t. resl ricl ions, the M A8 100 is not avarrabre l or direcl sh ipping c harges are two lim es ccntm entar U.S,
16 ch an ne l si milar versio n 01 t his radio call ed the Ihipment from C El IO CA. OR, WA. "l V, 10 O. UT. rates. II you have a Discover. Visa Amer ica n Express
LMU1 5B-A is also ava ilable and cove r s 4 50·48 2 NEW! Range r'" RC12950·A3 o r Mast erCa rd, yo u may c all a nd place a creon ca rd
M Hz , lor only $ 3 39 .9 5 . An external p rog ra mm ing o rder. 5% surchar(J1lfo r bil ling t o Ame rican z xo-ess.
un it S PM2 fo r $49 .9 5 is needed l or programm ing List price 5 54 9 .9 5/ C E p ric e S 2 59.95/S PE C IAL
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List price S423 .33/ C E prlc. $ 289 .9 5/SPE C I A L
25 w.n Trenac-'- a
REl M's new LMV2548 B gives you up to 48 channels
Prlorltr
~.".,.ncy Co_age: 2a ססoo "' Hz. 10 2g. 6l1l1g "'HZ.
The Ranger RC 12950 M obile 10 Mete r Transceiver
has everyth ing you need l or am ateur radiO com-
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gram me r, YOUf radio t ec hnician c an reprogram th is
rad io in min ut es w ith t h e PMt OOA programmer lor
oulpu t on USB. l SB and CW modes. You gel a
no ise blanker, roge r beep. PA mode. m ike g ain,
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$99 ,9 5 w ithoul even o pe ning t he transce iver. A d ig ita l VFO, buill·in S/R F/ M O D/ SW R meter. Fre-
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detune the bandpass filter such that it is prese- TO GNO TO C" ~N D 02 exists. Go through the adj ustment procedure
lecting a different VFO/balanced modulato r / '_ SECONOUV W'NO'NG again, watc hing the wattmeter. You should
Cl\'E ~ "' DOLE OF TClfIO'O
product. I tried to avoid thi s possibility by have about a watt peak envelope power. In
choosing an IF far removed from 28 MHz . o ne version I had more, in a nother I had less .
While th is results in the necessi ty of a mixing T he spot fu nction is enabled by throw ing
scheme in the VFO c ircuitry , it made tuning S 1. It turns on the carrier oscillator a nd en-
TO C'A
t he bandpass filter easy . T he fi rst atte mpt at b) Tl
.~'''~~ V , 33 TU~ N S
abies you to tune the transmitter to your re-
th is circuit employed a 24 MHz IF a nd 4 .5 SECONDA~V, 3 TVl'NS ceiver's freq uency without ap plying a signal
' TA WOUNO THE SA" E w ~V)
MHz VFO. This sounded great in theory , but TO ~ 2 a' to the ante nna. Simply speak into the mike
I had practical problems differentiating be - and adjust the frequency until your voice
tween 24 and 28 MHz signals. A' TO CII ~NO u' sounds natural .
Beware of self-oscillatio n. Even these c J T3
broadband amplifie rs wi ll oscillate if over- , _ _ CENTEIlTAIl TO 02 On T he Air!
driven, or if a mi smatch occurs between -"'TI- B TO C~O Ten meters is wide open. After completi ng
20 TUIINS
stages . This will result in a waveform that . II , ,, ~IIT,
SECO N O A ~T , 3 Tu RNS the breadboard ve rsion of th is tra nsmitte r, I
looks like you have a carrier present in the was immediately rewa rded with an enjoyable
sig na l. You may look to the balanced modula- 1500 mile QSO o n the first call. I had the
to r fo r the problem, bUI you may re all y have d l T!)
same luck the ne xt day. I have a modest beam
a n amplifier oscillating . I have used ma ny anten na at a modest he ight. You will be pleas-
different bias ing a nd feedbac k schemes fo r antly surprised at what a watt will do o n 10
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73 Amateur Radio Today . octccer. 1991 27
Number 7 o n yourFeedbaek e. rd
Microprocessor Repeater
Controller, Part I
Add versatility to your repeater system.
by John Bednar WB3ESS
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at how many features I was able to pack into it! m " uo'o
Selecting the featu res required prudence , since u S E~ OYTPu TS
.wow '"
the memory of the 8749H is limited to 2K bytes
of EPROM. You could add external memory,
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but that would increase the size and cost of the NPT PH " , ..n," " .wOlD
AUO'" ,. " P' " '" ".,0 10 ,.
finished product. It would also produce RFI,
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and you would have to mount the controller in a aOA~O
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status of the function. interfere with conversation . digits! Finally, an internal timer clears the
For example, you could use output #9 to tum DTMF digit buffer if the user doesn't unkey
the PL on and off. If you don', like courtesy DTMF Features within three seconds of the last digit entered.
beeps, you can simply program the courtesy Continuing with more features, the repeater This timer will aid the control operator if errors
beep delay to zero, and it won't sound during controller can accept DTM F commands any- are made when commanding the repeater con-
non-link operation! The link monitor input puts time, even when sending CWoWhen entering a troller in the presence of other signals. If an
the repealer controller in the link mode via local command . the first digit must bevalid forat least error is made, the control operator simply waits
or external control. (The repealer controller and 200 ms. This is done to reduce the possibility of three seconds and then re-enters the command.
hardware in this anicle is optimized for a re- the controller being "triggered" by normal
peater with a single link. You can add multiple speech. Because of this delay, a short burst of Table 1. Repeater Controller Features
- steuoo 10 , time-out timer. DTMF touchtone
links, but you have to build more hardware. I the initial DTMF tone will be heard on the re- muting
will include this information with kit orders .) peater, but all remaining DTMF tones will be oNine outputs and two readable inputs for the
With this link monitor input, you can have an muted. user
external device like a Link Controller turn the Like the Link Controller, the repeater con- oprogrammable CW speed, hang-time, key·up
delay, and courtesy beep delay
link on when a remote user wants to link into troller DTMF commands can be executed im- oFour·digit commands with programmable pre-
your repeater from another freque ncy. In link mediately by placing a •' #" at the end of a com- fixes
mode (Iinkmon input low), the computer uses an mand string. This feature can be used to control - Programmable CW on/off read-back messages
alternate set of courtesy beeps to let your users the repeater in the presence of other signals, or - Programmable dual·priority level command
structure
know that a link is enabled. If a user unkeys from to string commands together. Normally, all - Oisable/enable repeater transm itters , link
the repeater frequency , a short double beep is DTMF tones are muted on the repeater and the transmitter, time-out timer, and OTMF decoder.
sent; however, if a user unkeys from the link link; however, by beginning a DTMF string - Autopatch and linking features
frequency, a dash-ty pe beep is heard on the re- witha " *, , all remaining DTMFtones are trans- - Direct connect outputs lor the link Controller
(uses commercial circuit boards and common
peater . This simple selection of the courtesy milled over the repeater and link frequencies parts)
beeps during linking operation instantly informs until the user unkeys. -M ultiple audio inputs and outputs with audio
the users where the signals are coming from. This is useful for sending DTMF tones to a gating
For additional fl exibility, the pitch of the remote Link Controller board or some other - Phone interlace, PL gating, and local speaker
output
courtesy tones can be varied by changing com- external device. No need to worry about the _All software, 110, and timers are contained in
ponents in the tone oscillator circuit (Ull ). Fi- initial burst of the " *,, digit mixing upa remote one chip!
nally, if a user keys the repeater during the coer- Link Controller. Every Link Controller is al-
30 73 Amateur Radio roaev » October, 1991
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o paraphrase an old song - .. look what is easy to wind up could be useful in a major metropolitan area
T they've done 10 my walkie, Mah. Wow,
this new Kenwood dual-bander is a true tech-
withVHFvolumeand
UHF squelch on one
like L.A ., where UHF activity is extensive. The
ng cannot simultaneously monitor two VHF
nical marvel. Slightly bigger than the single- control, with the situ- frequencies; I guess the UHF front end can't
band TH-2SAT. the new rig packs 2 meters ation reversed on the be tricked into receiving VHF .
and 440 in one handy package. OK, that 's not other! II' s not seri- Other noteworthy features include the
big news anymore. But this rig has more fea- ous, but it can be DTSS, or Dual Tone Squelch System. This
ture s than I ever imagined could exist in one co n f usi ng. S ince system allows you to monitor a busy repeate r
radio. That characteri stic is both its strongest squelch tends 10 be a without havin g to liste n to the chatter, yet be
and weakest po int. set-and-forget opera- called via a three-digit DTMF sequence . Also
tion, perhaps it would available is a paging function, which is some-
Firs t Impressions be ben er if the what simila r to the DTSS but provides for
The rad io feels solid and well made. Unlike s q ue lc h co n t rol s both personal and group codes and also dis-
the TH-25 , it has a nice , easy-to-operate PTT were small, recessed plays the calling station's 10 code. There is a
switch. Alilhe buttons are on the front and one knobs on the back of limitation to these features, which I'll discuss
side, making them easy to find . The LCD is the radio . Overall , later on.
big and shows lots of st uff , including two the rig feels l ike The LCD s-meter funct ions as a battery
s-meters. ton s of status ind icators , and both solid, professional level meter on transmit (a nice touch), and the
ope rating frequencies et once. As on most gear in your hand . It rig uses the batteries and most accessories
new rig s, the final zero is not displayed, and has a nice, inviting from the TH-25 and ' 26 series. It includes a
there is just a tiny digit for a final five. The quality to it- you just belt clip and two nifty covers. One Slips on the
display on this radio has a very low contrast. want 10 pick it up and bottom 01 the rig when you power it from the
You must look at it from just the right ang le to talk into it. external DC jack on top and have no batt ery
feel comfortable with it. The angle seems well connected. This arrangem ent makes for very
chosen for normal handheld use but , in my Pick a Feature, nice mobile ope ration, because all the cables
c vem eec-ut room , at lea st, hold ing it at the Any Feature exit from the same place and there is no ex-
" sweet spot " results in glare from the room Let' s see ... we 've posed connector on the bottom . In this config-
light, making it hard to read the numbers. As got 4 2 memories , uration, the ent ire rad io is about the size of a
on the new TH-27A, the display window is OTM F autod ialing , microphone!
convex and presents the highest point on the simultane ous re- The other cover slips over the keyboard,
face of the rig , making it a target for scratches. cei ve on VHF and protecting it from scrapes and damage. A flex-
The buttons are rubber or soft plastic, and Photo. The THo TlA, UHF (or on two UHF ible button is provided SO that you can operate
although many are small , they are ea sy to Kenwood's compact f r e q u e nc i e s at the FU NCTION key without removing the cov-
pu sh and wide ly spaced . The dual-band dUCk dual-bander. once!) , CTCSS , er. By the way, the keyboard is backl it along
ant enna is complelely rig id plastic on the low- OTMF pag ing and with the LCD, and the lights can be locked on,
er half , but flexible on the top half . calling, Automatic Band Change, dual LCD making the rig much easier to use in the car at
The power switch is a recessed rubber but - s-meters. a direct DC power jack on top of the night. Th e lig hts are all LEOs (thank good-
ton on the side , above the PTT and MONITOR rig, the ability to route the two bands' receive ness, no more incandescent bulbs), so you
buttons. Being used to the traditional rotary audio to separate speakers, crossban d du- don't have to feel guilty leavi ng them on for
switch on the volum e control, I wasn' t wild plex operation , and all the now-standard fea- long pe riods . Naturally, you won 't want to do
about this idea at firsl, but I have come to like tures like scanning, automatic and variable this when using batteries, because the battery
it. The button is quite stiff , making it un likely offsets, and so forth. ute will be signi ficantly shortened.
that it will be turned on by accident. Besides, Unusua l teatures inc l ude th e above-
you must hold it in for a significant fraction 01a mentioned ability to monitor two UHF frequen- Basics
second or it won't work, further reducing the cies at the same time . Note that I am not As delivered , the radio receives from
likelihood of accidental ope ration. referring to " priority" watch operation (Which 136.000 to 173 .995 MHz and 438.000 to
On top, there are dual concentric volume the rig also haS), but to actual tuff-nme simulta- 449 .990 MHz, and transmits lrom 144.000 to
and squelch con trols, one for each band . neous receiving . Apparently, the second UHF 147.995 and 438 .000 to 449 .990. Interesting-
The re' s an odd ity here, though: the main and frequency is monitored through the VHF front ly, Kenwood 's ads for the rig specify that it can
subbands volume controls can be swapped end , though, because the manual warns that receive 118-136 MHz AM (aircraft) after modi-
depending on which band you are transmit- in this mode the second frequency will exhibit fication, but there 's no mention of it in the
ting on, but the squelch controls stay fixed . It reduced sensitivity. But what the heck, it still manual.
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•
There is a mod which will enable aircraft RX , there seems to be no limi t to the hoops you
MY GAP crossband repeat, and even reception of ca n make this thin g jump through.
CHALLENGER DX-VI some other non-ham bands. Nat urally, you're
not su pposed to do it , but also naturally, the Strike Up the Bands
L•• McCov. WIICP procedure is already floating around. When Managing two bands at once makes for
CQ Technical Editor will they ever learn that we hams don't like some interesting control requirements and
(March 90 Revl••) secrets kept from us in our expensive pur- possibilities. FOf instance , memory manage-
... ·could actually hear sig- chases? If they didn't want us to do the mod, ment can be handled in several ways:
nal. that were In the noise on they either should have made the advertised You can select a memory between zero and
the beam. In my comparlson.s aircraft band AX a standard feature or not nine with one key press and then rotate the
advertised the capability in the first place, luning control to get at the other 30. O r, you
between the base-Jed ~rtlcal
As on most 01 the new miniaturized walkies, can spl it them into VHF and UHF. Or, you can
and the GAP. the GAP con- the speaker is small and somewhat tinny , and select any memory with two key presses. Fi-
sistently outpetjormed the there 's not a great deal of audio output. It's not nally, there 's "page recall," in wh ich you can
base1ed qntenna. Most of my bad at home, but it can be hard to hear me rig have it search through four banks of 10 memo-
reports were appro:dmately in a noisy car or pickup truck. I can't fault ries each, looking for any memory with the
one s-unit better wllh the Kenwood here ; that 's just as good as it seems same digit you entered, as long as it's on the
GAP. One other surprise was to get fro m a speaker that small. The transm it same band. So, if you press " 4 ," it will find
that the GAP vertical was audio is crisp and clean, as is usual in Ken- memory 24 if it is on your selected main band .
quieter (less noise) than the wood rigs. The mik e is somewhere inside the (If it sounds co mplicated here , believe me, tt is
two base-Jed verticals. 1 would speaker cutout, but I can' t see it on thi s rad io. even worse in the manual . But more about that
It doesn't mailer; if Italk at th e spea ker hol e, it later. )
rate the GAP as a quality
transmits fine.
product, but even more Tidbits
Receiver sensitivity seems good, even out-
important a good performer." side the ham bands. The included dual-band I noticed several interesting operating char-
duck antenna is something of a compromise, acteristics, some of which I couldn't find in the
Richard Morrow. K5CNF especially on VHF, but the result is certainly manual. For instance, the output power level
73 Magazlnc adequate. Even so, the NOAA weather station sening (HIGH, MEDIUM or LOW) follows the
(October 90 Review) on 162.400 MHz comes in better than it does band. Thus, il you set lhe rig to lOW while
"another very good thing on my other HT with a single-band antenna. Iransmining on VHF, and then swap the
The selectivity is typical of Kenwood rigs, be- bands, the output indicator will revert to what-
about the GAP antenna Is that ing OK but not real sharp. It can be hard to tell ever it was on the other band, and will come
you don" have to tune 't. when you 're 5 kHz off. back 10 LOW when you swap back 10 your
Usually broadband antennas original band . It's a nice touch. Too bad the
are not very efficient. but this Renaissance Rad io indicator, which is only act ive for the main
one Is. 1/1 could have only I love high-tech toys and, up until now , I've band, is shown under the subband's frequen-
one antenna, I would de- always feh that the more featu res, the better. cy on the display, making it confusing.
finitely rather have thl. one. But this rig may finally have gone too far. No The scan speed is med ium, being quite a bit
The lack of lossy colis. and question about it, it does everything and then faster than that on older rigs, but nowhere
the coverage 0/ a very wide some. In tact, it has features I've never even near as last as some othe r HTs. Also, as on
part of 15 meters by an all thought of, some of which are slic k and useful, most rigs, the scan stops when the squelch
and others wh ich seem poi ntless to me. Let' s opens, which ge nerally is not on the center
band vertical, Impressed me
look at a few: frequency of th e transmilling statio n. Th is,
more than a little!" You can select which band will be heard combined with the rig 's only lair selectivi ty,
wh en you press the MONITOR button to open ca uses the scan to slop three times on each
Kurt N. Ste..ba the squelch , There are three options: main, station , with only th e second time being on the
Wodd..adlo Magazine sub or beth . You can change the sequence 01 right freque ncy. (II also makes the carrier-op-
(Februa." 91 Review) some of the keys, such as the CALUC SCAN erated scan stop mode useless for VFO scan,
key, so thai they perform different functiOns in because it will ireeze on the wrong frequency
"These guys have solved a
different orders. You can select CTCSS inde- and sound distorted.) It is a simple maner to
problem associated with eer- pendently on each band . In addition to the examine the output of the FM detector for DC
tleal•. That Is, an awful lot of usual VFO scan limits, you can set VFO tun ing bias and stop only when it is zeroed in on the
RF Is wallowing around and limits which will prevent you from tuning the right frequency . I wonder why nobody does it;
dropping Into the dirt instead VFO outside them. (Since you are already pro- it would be a great improvement.
of going outward bound. How tected from transmitting out of band, I can't The Slbattery met er displays have 10 steps
does It perform? Like a hot imagine why you'd want to do this.) You can each but, like the TH·25, they always move
kni/e through butter. I was select whether or not you want the rig to stay in groups of two, so they are really five-step
Just a barefoot boy answering keyed while you manually send DTMF, even if displays.
the CO callers. They Just kept you let go of the PTT. There's even a choice The radio can be used as a crossband re-
between two beeper sounds for the tone alert peater, but not without the modification .
coming back to me. POWI
function. You can reset the VFO and memo- Crossband repeat is something people actual-
POWI POWll om almast ries independently to default condition. You ly use now and tnen: I wonder why they didn' t
struck with disbelief mysel/. I can swap the main and subbands, and also make it standard.
mean, this Is a vertical. But select full-duplex crossband operation, listen- The battery saver and automatic power off
then, It'. a vertical with a big ing to one band while yo u talk on the other! mod es can be turned on and off but not adjust-
difference. I was indeed pleas- Using this feature, it is even possible to con- ed for their lime period s. Th e APO operates
ed. 1/ I were a whole lot verse telephone-style, continuously transmit- after 59 minutes, and there is no mention
younger and 1 had two 0/ ting while listening. (YOU'd better have a big of th e duty cyc le of the battery saver. In
those GAPs phased, I'd tell battery and wear gloves, though, because ge neral, it work s well and you should only
those contest hotshots to • . • continuous transmitting will drain it fast, and want 10 l urn it off for packet, DTSS or paging
the rig will gel quite hot.) You can select Irom opera tion.
look outl"
eight scanning modes. And on and on ... The tone alert starts a timer which shows
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44 73AmateurRadio Today . October, 1991
you how long it has been since the call was do is preset most of the functions once and
received . then memorize only the subset of commands
you will use on a daily basis. Apparently, this is
Making the Complex .. . Complex what many hams are doing. Here is a report
The problem is, the presentation of all these from Greg N4PSA in Miami, who has owned
wonderful features is truly intimidating. I fully his TH-77A for several months:
realize that having so much to offer results in "Having purchased the TH-77A in January
some hard choices regarding key press se- makes me the local Elmer, so I have been
quences and such, but the interface as well as helping folks out with their questions. One
the key labeting is confusing. For instance, overriding complaint from the '77 crowd is
there are the AL , S.CT, M.GT, S.DT, M.DT, about the manual. Actually, all of the func-
G.SEL, U.CHG and UXU keys . Do you really tions and features are described. but not
expect to remember what anyone of them clearly.
does? Belter mnemonics could have been " During the requisite learning stage of '77
helped. And the display shows ABC, DUP, DT, ownership, I saw that the paging function
CT, TKS.l, M, R,AL. C, anotherM and others. would not work through most of the local re-
There are various combinations of key peaters, since they mask transmitted DTMF
presses which seem to make no sense. For tones for security purposes. Although some
instance, to change memory banks, you press repeaters will pass the tones, they usually
the LAMP button along with a digit. Why the must be preceded by sequences which in-
LAMP button? And you press the M key and clude the # or • to disable the masking func-
then the MONITOR button (which normally tion. Unfortunately, the TH-77A does not allow
opens the squelch) to enter phone numbers those codes to be sent; it permits only the
into the DTMF memories . The SCAN key lets digits 0-9. This limitation makes the paging
you set codes in paging mode. And so on. I feature inoperable in most big cities, where it
know I can't remember sequences such would be most useful.
as these, because they have no discernable " After familiarizing myself with the rig and
patterns. all of its capabilities, I found that I really only
Some rigs have default settings which you used a small portion of the features. In the
select by holding a key while you turn the end, I left most of the options set up at the
power on. This rig has twentyofthem! Most of factory defaults. It sure would be nice to have
them are things you won't want to change very a wallet-sized function guide card. I do like the
often, if at all, but a few can get you into trouble rig, though. It's small , it's light, and when you
if you forget what they do. And, while some need to make changes, the flexibility to do so
have an indication on the display, some don't. is there ... but don't lose the manual!" 73 de
For instance, you can change the delay time N4PSA
before the dual-tone squelch system sends its
tones by holding the MHz key and turn ing the Get the Bug Spray
power on. Doing the operation twice causes Any radio this new and advanced is bound
two different beep tone sequences to sound to have a few bugs, and the TH-77A is no
as the extra delay apparently turns on and off. exception. Here are some I've found , or heard
But nothing shows on the display, so I have no about and verified:
idea what is actually happening, and the man- Kenwood 's ads show the upper VHF fre-
ual gives no hint either, because the meaning quency limit as 165 MHz. Although the radio
of the two tones is never discussed. actually tunes nearly to 174 MHz, the frequen-
cy synthesizer won't lock reliably above about
By the Book 168 MHz. You can tell when it's out of lock
And that brings us to the documentation . because the rig beeps about once per second.
Yes , it is fairly complete but, like so many of The first time it did that, I had no idea what it
these booklets, it is written in Jenglish and meant, because it isn't mentioned in the
contains such gems as " use of earphone manual.
causes no howling" ("to avoid howling, use Several people have reported problems
an earphone"); and my favorite, "During with losing all the memories if they let the
A.B.C . operation , being exchanging the battery get low enough to cause the display to
bands each other" (??? no idea). There are flash . Apparently, once it starts flashing, the
plenty more of these . It's hard enough trying to rig refuses to respond to the power switch, so
learn a complicated rig without struggling to you can't shut it off. Eventually, the memories
decipher incomprehensible language. get trashed. Naturally, there is an intemaltittn-
I don't mean to suggest that you can't learn um battery which is supposed to prevent this
to use the rig from this manual: you can . But it sort of thing, but something goes wrong and it
is dense reading and will take awhile. To its doesn't kick in under these circumstances.
credit, Kenwood has included a full set of Greg advises that the cure is simple: If the
schematics. But the microphone hookup dia- display flashes and you don't have other pow-
gram on page 8 of the manual shows a wire er available, remove the antenna (so you
with an arrow going nowhere. If you're a tech- won 't receive anything) and battery pack. and
nical type, you can probably figure this out let the pack sit for about 20 seconds. Then put
from the rest of the diagram. If not. good luck. the battery back on. It should have recovered
A rig this complex and difficult to use needs enough to let you turn the rig off.
a wallet-sized " cheat sheet" card. Most new There's an option which lets you send either
rigs include them , but this one does not. band out to an external speaker while listening
Tough as this rig is. there is a way you can to the other band on the internal one . If you
enjoy it without killing yourself. All you have to select this option but don't plug a speaker or
CIRCLE 172 ON RUDER SERVICE CARD
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73AmateurRadioToday • October, 1991 45
Number 9 on your Feedbeck u rd
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ranee of abou t 17 IlH each side of the center
tap-34 IlH total. It is tapped every two turns.
The shunt-tuning capacitor should have a
with the RF. and a tapped or rotary inductor ••• plate spacing of at least 0.05" for use with the
from the junction of both capacitors to I I usual 100 walt transceiver. The two wafer
ground. Obviously , this circuit works well. It switches are ceramic, single pole, ll-posi-
can transform a wide range of impedances to tion. with shorting contacts. I used a surplus
:J
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solid-state transceivers over a b road frequen-
cy ra nge, from 160 or 80 meters through 10
1m 140 pF tuning capacitor from a BC-61O tun-
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Howe ve r, a 100 pF capacitor should be suffi -
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~ r
The parts layo ut can be whatever the
Ho we ve r, it also has some disadvantages.
- . L.
II is a high-pass filler configuration and does
nothing to reduce the amount of harmonic
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'- I " - - 1\ -
builder prefers , though the logical arrange-
ment is to mount the wafer switches in a
horizontal line on the panel, with the capaci-
somewhat complicated in that both capacitors
must be insulated from the cabinet. Unde r
some impeda nce matchi ng conditio ns, the set
1" tor mounted between them , or slightly above
or below the wafer switches.
A mi niatu re DPDT toggle switch, rated 6
Figure J. Schematic for the low-pass amen-
screws in the control knobs can' 'bite " your ampe res at 120 VAC, is included fo r ease in
no tuner.
fi nge rs with R F. A lso , the cost of hig h quality inserting or bypassing the tune r in the tra ns-
va riable capacitors and the difficulty of fi nd- missio n line . This is no t requ ired. but it elimi-
ing them today is d iscouraging . tap of the ind uctor, it is possible to change the nates u nsc rewi ng and rescrewi ng a lot of
There is a si mp le way of el imi nat ing all circ uit fro m a T - to an L-circuit with a cho ice coaxial jumper cables whe n changing from
these d isadvantages wh ile retai ni ng the wide o f inductive or capacitive input. T his lets you usi ng the tu ne r to feeding the tra nsm ission
freque ncy ra nge and im ped ance matching use the tune r with low o r high imped ance line d irectly .
ability . This c ircui t is not ne w- it has been end-fed ante nnas, includi ng random wires.
used by a few hams fo r yea rs - but fo r some This fea tu re, impossible to ac hieve w ith the Finding the Parts
reason it has not rece ived the public ity in ham sta nda rd T ccirc uit , is hand y for Field Day , C hec k out yo u r ju nk. box. Ask loca l hams
literatu re that it d ese r ve s . and could be invaluable in e merge ncy opera- and at yo ur next ham clu b meeting. Scro unge
t ion with a makeshift ante nna . the fl ea markets at hamfe sts . These a re the
The C ircuit cheapest ways of gett ing the coil a nd capaci-
Sec F ig ure I . This lo w-pass ante nna tun er C o nstruction tor.
sc he mat ic reta ins a si m ple T -configuration . A shielded metal box o r an enclosu re made If a ll else fails , suitable air-wou nd indu c-
Now, howeve r, the c ircuit fo rms a low-pass o f p ri nted c ircuit board mate rial sho uld he tors are available from Surplus Sales of Ne-
filter that red uces ha rmonic e nergy falling in used . Howe ve r , th is tune r wi ll fun ct ion braska, 1315 Jones , Omaha NE 68102 . Suit-
the te levision channels by up to 20 d B. O nly equally we ll " in the open" o n a b readboa rd . able variable capacito rs are available fro m
one variable capacitor is used , a nd its rotor is Becau se this u nit is desig ned for the 3 -30 Fair Radio Sales, P. D. Box 1105, Lima OH
grounded . elimina ting the possibility of R F MHz ra nge, lead le ng ths a re rela tively unim- 45802. Rad io Shack and nume rous mai l or-
biting o ne's finge rs. A cente r-tapped indu c - portant. d er el ectronic pans dealers can supply a
to r is in series with the R F, a nd the cente r tap A si ngle length o f ai r-wound indu ctor metal enclosure, kno bs, wafe r switc hes and
is connected to the stato r of the shunt-tu n ing (Bar ke r & Willia mson or Ai rdux) with a total RF connec tors. Radiokit , P. D. Box 973, Pel-
capacito r. Bot h sections of the se r ies coil are inductance of 35 to 40 IlH, o r a pair oftappcd ham NH 03076 (603) 635-2235 is anot he r
tapped every two tu rns , and the taps are se- toroids (T106-2 or equivalent) will work good source of wafer switches, coils (B & W
lected by a pair of rotary wafer sw itches equally well in th is circuit. Both coil stock o r Airdux series) and large va riab le capacitors .
mounted directly to the grounded panel. toroid cores should be chosen with the power The capacitor plate spacing and the size of
level of you r rig in mind, of course. I use a the coil will depend on the amount of power
Theory of Operation Kenwood TS-440S " ba refoot, " so I c hose a you wish 10 run through the tuner. Fo r exam-
Selecting various coil taps with the rotary "50 wart. 80 meter" plug-in coil of the 5 ·pin ple : If you a re running unde r 100 warts try
switches and varying the setting of the vari- type common in the 1940sand 1950s, which I using Rad io kit coil # 1606T or 1608T (2-
able capacitor, much in the same way the found at a hamfest for SOC . It has an indue- diameter B & W Airdux) and variable capaci-
standard tuner is adjusted , cha nges tor 121140 (Millen) or #149-6-1
the operating frequency and Part s List (Ca rd we ll).
impedance transformation ratio. C1 100 to 150 pF variable capacitor, 0 .05" spaCing.
This makes it possible to tunc out Operation
Jl , J2 80-239 or other AF connector.
any reactance, bringing the SWR 11 35-40 IlH coil, center-tapped. Connect the low-pass antenna
down to I :I, keeping the trans- 81 DPDT toggle switch. tuner between the ante nna trans-
ceiver-and its owner-happy . 52,53 Single pole, l l-position ceramic wafer switch, shorting mission line and an SWR meter
Because one tap point on each contacts. which is connected to the output of
switch is connected to the center your transceiver. Set C I to half
Continut'd on ptlgt' 73
46 73 Amateur RadiO toasv » OCtober, 1991
Continued from page 45
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< 0,251JV (5.0-30 MHz) preamp on an IBM XT fAT or clone. lor amateur, marine. an d
AM (10 dB S+NIN) Optional software is avail- business radio se,.icing
<31JV (0.1-1.5 MHz) able from Drake for use Partial Listing of Popular Trans istors in Sloc/(
< 1.51JV (1.5-30 MHz) 9FR96 s 2.71 MRf"1946 $11,00 2SC I~9Mp $24.60
with the A8 (not available lV,
< ,81.lV (5.0-30 MHz) preamp on C0266U ,4.00 PT6619 lVI 2SC lI1S
for this evaluation). S." ~'I'''''I 110,00 Pl9U1 21 .00 2SC 2$IS JI .21
FM (12 dB SINAO) ECG340 HO RFl2C 21 .94) 1SC,6JO 2U S
< .51.lV (1.5-30 MHz) O n a warm summe r MRF1 34 16.00 S01229 12.00 2SC 2640 11.00
eve ni ng when the pop- MRF136 21.00 S0111l 12,00 1SC2641 17,70
Frequency Stabllity < ± 10 ppm (-10'-50'C) MRF131 24.00 S01218·1 16.11 25C 2642 2US
Frequency Accuracy < ± 100 H ~ (_10 '_50 'C) cor n (static c au sed by MRF13a 3500 SO HOl 29.94) 2SC2694 46.16
MRF1S0 68.1, SO H 2S 34.00 2SC 2695 3U5
Selectivity AM, LSB, USB, RnY, CW d ist ant thunder storms) MRFll 1 34S0 S0 1429·3 37.70 2SC2182 37.75
wa s popp ing heavily , I I,IRF172 6000 SRf2012 1315 2SC2183 , 985
6 kHz @-6 dB- <1 2kHz @-60 dB MRFH 4 80.00 SRf3662 28.50 2SC2819 2190
4 kH z @-6 dB- < BkHz @-60 dS li stened t o my requ ter MRF 201 ~ IS SRf3775 14.15 2SC2879.,p 49 SO
2.3 kH ~ @-6 dB- <4.5 kHz @-60 dB MRF2CS 1891 SRf3800 18,0 2SC294)4 liSO
nets with the AS. The AS MRf21 2 2040 2NI522 IUS 2scms 1~.'0
18 k H ~ @-6dB-<3.6 kHz@-60dB held its own very well, be- MRf 224 1111 , N35,3 3.00 25Cll0l 12.25
MRf231 J.10 2N3111 2.95 40l a 2 10.9'
5OO Hz@·6dB- 1.5 kHz@-60 dB ing less affected by the MRf 238 1600 2N3866 1.2, LOWNOISUIOURf
FM MR ~239 11.00 2N404a l1.9S MGF1302 1.95
static than my ICOM IC· MR ~240. A 17, l S 2N4421 1.25 MGF1402 11.9S
12 kHz @-6dB - < 25 kHz@-60dB MII~24, 32.00 2NS109 US MRF901 1.10
751A tra nsce iver. II was
Ultimate Selectivity >95dB MR ~ 2 4 1 24.16 2NS119 I.lS I,IRF911 6966 no
>60 dB(100 kHz- l .5 MHz not as quiet as the Ten-Tee MRf248 35,00 2N5589 19.95 NE2S1lI 15K114
Image Rejection MR~26 1 14 SO 2NSI91 14.SO NE41 111 3SK1241.S0
> SO dB(1.5-30 MHz) Corsair II, but then , these MRF262 13.00 2N5641 11.90 Ul09 1 U310 U S
pieces of equipment are of MRf 2' 4 14.00 2N>642 16.90 2N4416 1Jll0 I . ~
IF Rejection >SOdB(45 MHz) MRFl09 19.15 2N>641 lil.90 ourl'l/rMOQUlES
> loodB(SOkHz} a very different design and MRf l lO 29.00 2N594< 12. 00 1P"'"I" "<>i"'"I· '"
MRFl l 1 6850 2N,945 12.00 ... _ .OOl ..lod)
Dynamic Range > 90 dB (1.5 - 30 MHz @ 2Q kH~ spacing) purpose. I,IRf121 64.2' 2N5946 15.00 SAU4 ... u . 49.50
The choice of bandw idth MRf 412 2200 , N6Cl60 9.90 SIV6, ,, 43.50
3rd Order Intercept Point > + 5d Bm@20 kHzspacing MRf4 21 2400 2N6Cl81 1225 SAV7 ,.. 4,.50
> -20 dBm @5 k H~ spacing made it fairly easy to re- MRf4 22 16.00 2116062,3.4 14.15 SAVI2 ",., 21.50
MRf422.,. 81 ~ lN6Cl91 2000 SAvn 22' 59.75
IF. First 45 MHz; duce nearby signals, such MR ~ 433 12./5 2SB154 2.50 SAVll, .. ..w till.50
Second 50 kH z as those that abound on 75 MRH 50 11 so lscno no M47704L 1,1 li 49.90
MR~ 45l 16.00 /sClJ07 us M5771 0A 3!.1 0
AGe Attack time 1 ms and 40 me ters. Add t he MR F454 15 SO 2SCI129 u.as M, 7119N 4US
Release 2 sec (SlOW}-3oo ms (FAST) MRF45U 17.00 25C1945 H5 10157726'" 61.15
pa ssband fi lt eri ng , a nd MRF 4,~ 1\.25 2SCI94s. A 'PS M47121 , .. 69.~
Antenna Input 501500 ohms
you can just about eumt- MRF45SA
MRf 4S8
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20.00
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NotCh Filter Audio Type> 40 dB depth (500-5000 Hz)
nate any adjacent signals MRF471 6.15 2SCl9S1 1.21 MS/ 7J2l 35.70
Audio Output 2.5W@4ohms with < 10% distortion MRf 416 4.00 25el969 2.SO Ml l1 l 1", sus
as much as is possible. "RF~ 11 12 SO 2SCI 911 4.60 M51139C cn 5J.l6
Recorder Output JOOmV@4.7kohms l,lRf419 I ~ 00 2SC20ll 1.95 MS1141ll,l N 5900
3OOmV@ 4.7kohms Speaking of bandwidth , MRf4a S.,. 2175 2SC 20~ 3.50 M l n ~ 1 , ,,, 8US
Demod Output
< ±2 sec/month you should hear what a re- MRFU 2 1615 2sc<or~ 1.75 M51159 17.~
Clock Accuracy MRf4!l7 18.7' 2SC2094 21.80 1,1 51161 " .. 7660
Power Requirements 100112012001240 VAC (60 Hz) @40W al strong LSB signal on 75 MRFS1S 100 2SC 10!l1 26.00 1,1 57164 40< 74.00
MRf5» 3.50 2SClil97MP 62.00 M ~nI8M 10465
11-16VOC@2amps sounds like through the 6 l,lRH Sl 1,0 ISC10!l9 29 so 1,1 571961'1 MA 3HO
Size 13.1 "W x 5.2"0 x 13"0 kHz filter. Just like broad- MRf 5, 9 2.25 2SC l 16SC 1 90 M51191MA 3510
MR ~6CI1 210 ,SC2nl a.2~ 1,1 671051. M 41.90
Weight 13 10s. cast AM! Too bad t couldn't MRF629 no 2SC l237 a~o M67121 ' " lwl 0U 5
ll RF6JO HS 2s c n 8U 24.15 M677I S ,~ ,. 119.95
Accessories _VHF convener 35-55 and 108- 174 MH ~ locate the mike plug on the MRF'41 ee sc ISC2289 15.15 1,167142 109.8~
-Matching external speaker AB. MRF644 2].00 25C2290 14.15 MHW591 1l,00
MRf 64. 2600 2SC2290... 3!l.~ I,IHW592 4l.1 5
- sortwere package lor the IBMXTIAT MRF648 llOO 2SC21'2C $.40 MHW7IC,1.2. l 63,00
(clones) to allow enhanced operation A Few Comments MRF660 1400 2SC2m 31 2S llHW820-1 1300
I,IRf846 4400 2SC2509 10.15 MHW82Q·2 92.00
01 the A8 Aft er carefully evaluat- T RANSMITT I N G TUBE SPEC IALS
ing the Drake R8 receiver, I GErPENTA 1ECG PENTH A8$ fllllAC
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formance . Over the years more than a few 6GK6 EeG lUI 113 3UO 8930 IIIL 2auo
disappointing in depth and in its anal og opera- 6Hf5 ' GE tt.ss 133A 1995 3C XaQQAl 329.95
tion. I cannot understand why any manufac- piece s of Drake equipment have passed 6JS6C 'GE 'US S3:lC 89.9~ 3C X1200U .2450
6K05 'ECG 19.9~ 5194 42.91 3C X1 20001 44U O
turers produce receivers with manually oper- through my shack, and I still think you have to 6LH W !l5 6146B 1291 lCX1500U 624.50
go a very long way to beat the receivers of the 6l-Q6 'GE 19.95 3·500Z 9U S lCXJQOOU 69-4 so
ated notch controls today. My Datong ANF 6MJ66k\:'pPr 5995 4C X2S011 IUS 4CX2SO B ilI .aO
(Automatic Notch Control) knocked out tones R4 series. They were quiet, stable, selective , 1211YlANAT 11.7$ 4CX 3 ~A 14!1.SO 4CX3S01 19!1 .50
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the RS couic not-and with no manual control and sensitive, The R8 compares favorably n~ 'GE 20.15 40 1600B <65.SO l·500Z 14'-'5
with these older receivers, as few digital.type M2057 'GE 2H~ 4CX SQOOA 730.00 4-400c 159.9 5
input!
MATCHED & SELECTED TUBE &TRANSISTOR FINALS IN STOC K
The PASSBAND OFFSET was, as expect- receivers can. Tube Sockel Cap< a••il. Eima c Penl. 1 yr. lim, wly,
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The S-meter read as expected, and com- ground-up engineering and up-to-date digital
pared in accuracy to ot her receivers. control from the front panel. I am very pleased
The tone control lacks real BASSfTREBLE to see a quality HF receiver of American man- FAX 619-744-1943
authority. ufacture that should successfully compete on
The As is a natural for co mpute r co n- the world market ,
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an alog form , can be commanded via th e is the T8 transm itter to go with the R8? The
AS-232 port . Command information about world is waiting! III
73AmateurRadio Today. October, 1991 51
Number 12 on your Feedback card
tetns 128 bytes 01 dynamic RAM built PC boa rd , and would rathe r have
in. A6 and C1 reset U1 at power turn-on someone else do the work 01 making
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signel hun ts.
A toxbcx must incorporate station
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sponsor it s 2nd ann ~al Elect,onics Flea M.rket
extr•. For Flea M . r~ ..t i n/o c.1I F,.nk Grey W8T O, A Cert ifical.. w," be senl to SI.lion. wfIO propagalion and OAM allow ,W9VB.located in Ina
I,om 9 AM-3 PM at tile Camp M u rra ~ A,mory (e ,it
KC4TV, (61$}8~"T9l1 be_ n 6 Pl.l afl(\ 10 PM conts'" al leesl 10 Col umbus area Sl.tio~s, WeS! Towa' 01 l he Purdue Memoria l Union. os
122 W eot, ott Interstale 5 ). F r"e p.rking. PI.ques wil t)e . wa'rla<l1O the two st.tions mak· open to ca mpus "';ojlOrs at this evenl
Of'iy. T.I ~"n on 146 .19/.79. For H.mrast ;"10 _ita
Overnig ht ....rking $2. Admission $3. childre" un·
der 13 I'''''.
VE Tasllng.t 10 AM (wa lk-ins o~) ,
to Ham,.., C""t1anooge. PO So. 3377. Chal·
r.noog. TN37404. Forax hiMor infoc. IIBMba1'-
ing the most cont acts. E.ch.nge name. aTH and
s<gn.1 report . Send 05lS snd logs to A_ Dz-
OCT 19_20
Tal k·i n on 181 ,981, :>8. Call Ken Mo-k WJ.!tJQW. AT HE NS . G A T he Al hans RC w ill op e"le
,. G"9O'Y W"l4RMC, (B15) 629-7911 during ..onczylr WB2EIG . :In E••r Lotlfl""'... Ava.•
(206) 58'-6494 or write 10 tha _10 Clul> 01 C<>lumlw. OH43202. US"l. WM6KF to calebrat.. Alhens· most OfIU,,,Ja1 prop-
work hou rs, or (615) 89:1-BBB9 _ .
T..,.",... PO Sox " ' " . TKoma WA 984 11. arty OW'"". t"" ··T..... ThaI Owns ~ sell , " Oper._
OCT 27 ROBII'tS AFB. GA T"" Middle G&Of9I8 RA will lion w iil be in the Ge "",al portion. 01 tile 80-15
SELLERSVlt.LE. PA Th e AF H ill AAC will spon-
0'
<>pe' "'' K~ IE 1rom the M~sewn A.."ltion Irom t>ands and Novice 10 meter. For spec;"1 OSl,
EL PASO . TX The Int..,natio nal Hamfift sta w,"
be held al tna EI M.od. Shrine Temple Con yention
so,. Hamlesl at tha Pannsyt. an.. Nal ional Gu. n:l
1200Z-2000Zto ,emambe, and p'e""",e . .iation
history on tna 44lh Ann"a".ry ot tile b'eaking of
send OSL an<! No , 10 SASE 10 SI" Srncklafld
Ha l , 6331 Alat>ama SI., Sat.lrom8AM_5 PM, and Armo ry. PA FIle , 152. starting .t 0800. Sel-<ll' at WA.FVT. 355 s.g_ r cw.• Alhe"" G A _.
the sound barriar, Airpowa, 0' a"';.lion nolal>las
0600. Ad mission $4. Talk..n Of' 145 .310. 148.880. OCT2J_25
Sun. l«)m 8 AM_3 PM. Tickets $5 in advance , S6 ma1 be on Ille ai, lor 'his """nI . Freqoencles'
' . 6 .520 simple. , VE E.ams . Indoo' and OUldoo,
at the door, Tables $5. Tailgale spaces $5 a""h (SS B) 3944. 72>14. 1.244 , 21344, 28344; (CW) NEW YORK CITY . NY The "22 C,...."' ope,.I·
Flea Marl<et . ConlaC1 So b BuonflfJ/io WG3X. 36 1
VE Exam. bOth d a~ . AV p ar ~in9· Ta lk-i n on
146 .88 rape aler. DeWA B r a a~fas t. Conta'" cnn. ScIIooIHouH Ad.• $<>ud#Io1on PA 18964. (21$/
3644.7144 ,141 • • , 21144, and 29244 .aAMIOAN
. nd/o'
0'
ing WB2JKJ /rom the He t"" FlaOio CkJbol JHS
7:13-'016 ........ 1IlOO-2200.
parm oll,ng . Foo- . uni que OSl c. n:l carti/i- 22 will caleb'.la I"" l11h . OO_ry ot tile Club
HI"... N$LZ8. Sox 31628. EI Paao TX 79931. cale signed by World W., II Ace . nd GO<1 is My and l lleir o<:Iucational progr.m E OUCOM , Join
(f15)5B4-3a24. tIIAR ION . OH Tna Ma rkmARC wttl"'="<l rts 1~h C<>--PiIoI author eGen, Robert L, Secn. J , .. Ae- l ....m on 7 .238 !fom 1200-1330 UTC the<! on to
OCT20
annual Keart 01 on.,H.mlesllComputel Show l ired. OSl W11h SAS€ to O'.... Shlplen WL7AC Y. 21.395 l ill 2000 UTC, Wed . Ihru Thurs. For an
I""" 0800--1 500 houB al lhe Marion Counl~ Fair - PD Sox 1076, W. r.-RolN"". GA31U9B. awe oome OSl . nd surprise package. w' oIa 10 AC
CA MBRIDGE . MA A TAILGATE E ieC1fonics. g' o unds Col i,eum, Tickat, $.3.50 in ad. .nc e.
OCT 18-19 of JHS:I:I. POSox 105:1. 1M... Yof"/< NY 10002. or
Compuler and Amaleu, Radio FLEA M AAKET. $4,50 at the door. Tables $7. Talk';" Of\ 146.52 FAX 0 10 us.t {$18)874-HOO.
CO~'0<:1 b~ the MIT Ele<:tron ics Res sa,ch a,mpla. Or lH,90I,30 'epeate r, Con laCl Da" GI LtIIER. T X HarYl$ 0' Upshu' County woll ope,.
Sociftty, Ille MIT Aa dio Sociftty. and lhe Herva'd ale Nsaz~ ;" conjunclion woh lhe 5>lth .nnual OCT 31 _NOV 1
Bum. N 8JAlF . 8 aa Rob l n.on. M. , lo n OH
Wire..... Club. wil be hfHd ('ain o r shin e) l rom 9 4JJM, (614)38:1-:1384. Easl Ta'88 Yamt>oree . Operation will be in the BREVARD, He T"" Transj'1VaniaCounty ARC will
AM-2 PM al Albany and Main St . F_ off-street Gent".1 port ion 01 I"" 40 and 20 me'a< phone """,ala W. EHV 10 caleb,a l" Halk>ween !rom lhe
parl< ing. Ta'lgal ing. Sellers S5 per space in ad- SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS subbands. and in the Novice 10 mete, phone sub- Dew's Courthou se ,n Trllflsyl\ianoa County .Oper.t-
.anee , sa.t I"" gata (,nc/ude$ 1 adm i&sion.) Sel· ban<!. Foo- a cert,Iica" send OSl and a 9x1 2 SASE ing houtS will I>a l«)m OCI. 3 1 aI 2100Z-OZOOZ
up at 7 AM, Mail reservalions belora OCI. 5th to NOV 2 _3
10 ICfJ5PAD. Ale. 2. So. II• • DIeM TX TU40. Nov, 1, Frequencies: (SSBl3.!l6O. 14.295 ,21 .365.
WIGS.!. . PO Sox 8:1 MIT SR.• Cam~ AI"l CHARLOTTE . NC T.... new Am.leu, Aadio Ed- 26.335 ,50.1 50,144.25; and 146.52 FM Simpje .
02 '31. For inl o call (fi T] :153_3776. Tal'-in on OCT 18_20
ucation Canla, al lha Discovery Place science VHF Packal, Kt«GC V fllCAVL.2.NC. For cer!rh·
1~6,52 & 449 .7251 444 .72 5_p l 2A_W1 XM ra· musaum will ""iet>rale its opening by ope,al ing UNION, KY The Northem Kenlut:ky ARC w ill op- cate , send a legai ojze or 9.12 SA SE to W4EHV.
pea'er f,om noo n (Eas'ern Time) No' , 2- ,"""", NO\I, 3 er.t.. K4CO 1400_2100Z I,om B'9 Bone liCk ErtI< HeffHfl. PO Sox 10, 5eppNre He 28774.
BE NSALEM, P A The Penn Wi,a less Assn. w ", The Mecklen burg AAS wdl ope rat e tile station as
sponsor the 3r<1ann ~al Tradef est '91 atl he Yezz; W4BFB , p'imarily on pnone in tile bonom 50 kHz
Athlali<: Fifljd on Ata . 5 13 (1 mile $OUlh 01 Ate . 132) 0' the General phone sutlbands on 75. 4O.nd 20
meta.. and . round 29.400 kHz, For OSL.nd Ce.--
trom 8 AM - 2 PM, Set-<ll' at 6 :30 AM. Outdoor
tifiesta. send OSL ca ,d a n<! 9x12 SASE w ~ h 2
taolgating. VE Ex am s. Adm" ''''n $3. $7 per car-
Ioad , ~"," 12 .nd \tfX»r f_ . Flea M.rket spaces
" nits of "Bt d ..,. posI.ga to R. 1ph Eull<ln k..
$5. Premium 0' mu" ipja spaces guar.nfao<:l by 60:11 CoellNl<Jge L.na. Charlotte He :lUI2 .
r,_,,,,,,
advance pa ym..nt. Fo' .d.ance sales. ,end
<:ha<;~s wl SA&. to P WA · ~ I . PO Sox
"" FlAT RATE S AMIGA, PCs.
75:1 _1202 .
mont w , ~ be operafi ng 25 kHz up trom l he bottom
ot the NO\Iice.nd G-.-al t>aMs to help ce+abr. ta CI28D $65 1541 & esoo, I t.U ). 2tU J,
Vermont's2OOlfi Birthday, ATTYIAMTOA8Ic, will 15 7 ) D RIVES $50 A3flOO & Comm, PCs
KAt.AMUOO. MI The $oo1hwesl M ich AflT
and t"" Kalamll.l'oo ARC will co-sponsor lhe 9th be in tha digital sutlbands. To wain a Speci al Pow cr Suppl y, lUOWoo. Main; S u i1 ~ . 7 $61). C'.omm Pri n"""" &
Bicenlennial Certil ical... send $1 and a SASE to Monilors $45. Figurc
annual Kalam azoo Hamlesl at lhe Kalamll.l'oo
Central High Sct>ooI. starling at 8 AM. Set -up . 16 Am ar. ", _10 BJce",.. tmI.,Projec '. PO So.
Heads & MOlors no!
included.
RapId CIty. 50 S1702
(6U5) 34!i-1\3JJ $ 15-$45 Part .
AI.l. OirechonS: US 131 10 M-43 . east to D' ake :100. G<a"'/e vll~ VT 0 5654. For eign Slations.
Ad.• than north 10 t"" ...,hool . F..... parking. A<!- send o nly SM .nd lAC 's 10<:0_ poeIaga We pay""h for u.ro Com rnodor< <qUi"""'"1 (fCg ami<"" 01 <:on<!nion).
.ance lic~81S $2. $3 al Ina doo', Tabla s $1"1. $4 OCT5 C IRCL E 33 ON READE R SERVIC E CARD
minimum, Send requests snd payment wolh SASE
baIore 0CI13 to GMy _trm KIJIJPL . 67332 OZA RK, AL Tha 0 .1e Counly ARES wil ope,ala
WD4 NXN I<1OOZ- 2300Z to commemorate Ille an-
3:1"d sr•• L . wron MI 491H>5. M .~ e c h ec ~s
payable to K.lamazoo H. mf...t. nual Clayban ~ Jambo,ee Arts and c,.n
Show
Operation w,Mbe in the 40. 20 and 15 meter Gan-
CENTRA LI A. IL The Cen/ ralls Wirales. Assn" aral HF subbands and the Novica 10 metar pnone
inc . and K.skas ~ia College RE A C .H . 000 wil band , For OSl osend cont act numtJe,.nd SA SE 10
co-sponsor a Hamlest al the Kas~aski.a College S~/.I E.... n/. WD4NXN. :108 Cher", La"".
Gymnasium, Shattuc Rd" beginning a16 AM , Set - OXMlr "lL 36360-28 11.
up Sf 7 AM. F'aa pa r ~ing . Flaa Market space w/ l
labia. $5, Admission/M.in P,i.a li<:~fl!• •, a 52 OCT 5_6
CAPE COD. tII A we-u will be oper ating !rom
een"alY WIt'eIeu AaIl.• Inc., Ham,..,
"""h Or 3iS5 . Mail ticket orde'S w<lh an SASE to
ADVERTISERS
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83 Acto S)'SIeIIIS _, __ • _ 79 ,2, COm......,;w....,Elearonic , ,. 23 • JoGllM Enterprises
285 JPS ConwnurIicaliorol
40 250l Rosi Oislrtluling ............ ...• 47
• Advanced Electron.: " pploeo'ionI ..•.. g' ,5 COmtalco " .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 65 67 71 ~""-Yi 13
2S3 AlabamI AIoIaleuI EJea'Ollic8 .... 65 12 ConnectSysl_ . . ..... . .. 1 • K-Comn! . .. . n '$3 SiIIeIileety .. " 81 '
117 AWlooElectronics 35' '46 CrHINe ConItoI F'rolU:tI 4.3 • KenUonicI, Inc _ 2, 36 ~ NeaoI 59
1~ AlEIecIsona Corpor_ 61 ese Oeke ReMarch .. _ , .. •.. .. 11 • Kenwood USA Corp • _. . ev4,5.6 !IS SeOlstil SoIWonI . . • • . • • . • • .• 59
• .........,~ _ __ 51 257 Oeke An " cI'l _ n 2301 l.enlJri Cornmori:aI:IOlIS •.••..•.. n 187 SesoonI.Inc 38
• ".,....... EIodrvna 5<lppy 39 " 155 09 ..... _ 47 41 Lri-COm n 2111 SincIIbI 6'
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5 AnlennasWesI 67 ' &5 EIaa,oOlic: Engio_ooy , 4.3 1« MoctoCcroltolSpec. . . . _. _ ... 57 12( T_ Ilug CelI;fter Anlema 7U
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• Antique Radio Classilutd . . 65 ,69 QlG Eleclrooics . ". , .. ". " 26 • Oklahoma Communication Cenler , . " 88 11 2 T'rne &Again 59
216 Artse; PutliOshing , . , ... ,. 69 1n Gap An1enn8 ProdllCl5 .. , «.45 • Omer EllIClronic• . , .. , .. , . " . " , . , (J 62 TNR . .. 69
• Associaled Radio , ,. 79 HI5 GeI·Tech ... , .. , . . . 47 102 ONV Se1e!>1 Bell ... __ .. .. . " .. 58 m Towr.send Electrcmiell :26
16 Aslroo Corporalloil 63 183 GaTE , .. " .. , , 4.3' 262 OvIbecker M!eMII Sale5 . _ . , . ,. $$I 22 Tri-E. . S3
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$3 Ilatlcer" W-...n __ 10 ,7 GlB Eleclr0nie5 _. . 55 1S2 Pac-Comm , 79 120 VanGorder1Ei9"_iooy 6SI
41 BanyElllCliO"ielCot-por*oon __ 19 72 GlanMertolEIOgI_OOY •. 26 178 PacifcCallle~Inc, 36 10<' V1SSluct)'~Inc , _. 58
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56 e..an- ~IQ 67" • IiamRadioDt f ,. 17 68 Pel"","- ...... _. __ 1$ 14 vt-FCommunicabOnI 81
1 ~ PuI*II. og 38' • ..... Radio Toy Slote 17 249 ~TecII 4.3 1 91 W & W ~ 1 1 49
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73Amateur Radio Today . October, 1991 73
this column in the las t lew ye ars, Read- " Maybe we should declare Tha nks-
ers(and aulhors) awareof such materi- giv ing weekend an HF digital 'Try a
al arealso inviled to keep me pos ted on New Band ' weekend , I say let's giv9 20
new developmen ts in the fiel d 01 pub- meters a little breathing room. With the
lished information. sunspot cycle declining. 7 and 10 MHz
Amateur Radio Teletype will become more and more valuabl e,
Try I New Bind propa gation-wise ."
Marc I. Leavey. M,D., WA,3AJR lowest common ceoommeior. Whatev- And tinally, a proposal. David Ovad As they say. Dave, " Use it or lose it!"
6JennyLane er we use, there should be some sore NP2H 01 Bl air stow n , New Jersey. O ur dear Wayne has been promoting
BallimoreMD21208 of standard. so when you want to find wr ite s Ih al . ". _ .in re ad ing 'R TTY wider band use tor yeafs. Maybe it's
the sta tion who said he would be on Loop ' in the August issue 01 73 , I find about time we listened to him.
Frequency Specification 14.074. there is an unambiguous un- myself In Nil agreement with William Mo re o n ta p lor ne~1 month, tn-
Boy . did I open a can of worms a lew derstanding of what tha t number Martin N7EU, I also have tound »me eluding more soft ware . and more
months ago! Last July I asked lor YOU' means AMTOR actiVIty on eilher 30 or 40 me- input from you aiL Keep me posled
opiniotls on specifying ATTY ttequen· Another opinion was proHered by Kit ters. I will sometime, call CO many on your digital activities. and let me
CI9S. KOhlmOQ$ W61S0 , who se work we urres on 30 meters especially. only to kno w wh at you Ihink of a d igital
To recap the problem. lor those who have en)oyed as well in these pages, find no one is on tile band, I know the Thanksgivin g Drop me a note at
may have come In late. lhe queshon Krt wntes, " t Suggest that you consider barId is open asl useit to log onto NIiA the traditional mail acc-ess above.
was raised as to whelhef the mark. the whal tne FCC monitoring stabon win (APLlNK) on 10.14(15. When I 00 find a or CompuServe (75036.2501) or Del-
space. or somewhere in between, bear (to) determine the answer. When I 050, the other person is as surprised phi ( M AACW A3 AJA) . I'll be us-
should be used 10 specity ttle frequen- am SfI",ng my frequency dose to a as I am to fInd aetl....ty. teningl ll'J
cy 01 a ATTY Signal. band edge. I always calculate the ex-
EdwIn R. Ranson K5EA of Mustang, treme limit 01 my transmitted sideband
OlIlahoma. Writes : " The questoan 01 In the direction of the band edge , then I
how to speclty an amateur HF dlQltaI set tile transmitter freq uency so ttlat
signal's frequency has been kicked there is at least a 1 kHz guard band
around at least as long as I have been beyond the limits 01 my signal.
on digital modes, and thaI's since " Il's Qbviou s, therelore, that with AF-
1966. Back then. it was prelty standard SK the operator should center the indi- Your Bulletin Board
to speclty the mark tone as the operat· cated frequency aboul4 kHz inside the
ing Irequency. but that was betore the tower band edge if the shift is down, w• .. n.ppy ro ~ Ham ~ 1Isr"'9S SO" ReI.• PSC I Bo. R-49BB. APO AE'
1rM"" .. ~ .... ~basc, To......eour
days 01 digItal readouts and frequency
counters becoming so common _ We
and vice versa il (he's] near the upper
band limit and shifting up. "
/DC INS.... _ ro ....". ItloII l'OO' bl"'9 is
fXJflWCt. pINY rype Of fNltIr l'OO' request
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Members of rhe Oragon Region RelaY'
were lucky 10 know our operating Ir.
quency within a k Hz (in those days, a
As il oct to be outdone. the August
199 1 issue of QSTcarries an article on
dHtty. ~ JPoIC"d. "" oIluII/8"" - .
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fI-' Council conton"" lheor dnve 101 runds. ro ec-
nate a tully opereloona! 2m repeal'" la 1tIe
k Hz was called a ·kc'). page 28. entitled "What Your Freq uen- as E.,.,.iI ro Sysop ro ''''' 73 BBS lH.m~ Kl'labarovsk Amaleur RadIO operal~ ol lila
SIG (2400 wild. 8 d;rl. tN/$, no PMltr. I slop $OYleI UnIOn . The lOlabar0V5k arN 01 lila
" I can tell you how the mili tary and cy Display Aeally Tells You" Covaring
bit (603) 52S-44JS) Use upper· .. nd Iower- SovIet UnIOn does not currently 1Ie........ Y' ..
the NTlA (the Federal Government's much 01 what we have brough t up, pe.ate<s , Please sand donahorlS to C/fegoI'I
c""'" IftIlefS ...""'" "PfJtOIK!IJ1•. AI5O. prml
equivalent of the FCC) specifies Ire- asked about . and speculated upon. IWmDers c.r.lully-ol 1, /0( •• ample. Col" be RegIotr R8I<ly Cou"C~ I"C.. PO eo. 25451.
quenetes. II is the center Irequency 01 this live-page article answers some misread as I""telfers , 011. 01_ fft6 "um- POll/and OR 9722541S I.
the occupied spectrum. For exarrcre. qu es tions, raises a l ew more, and ber 1. Tha".)'OU for roor rooperafoon.
I would like to be in conlact wllh other""....
fo r a voice upper Sideband SSB emis- nesnes out the topic nicely. It's good
The Comrnodof-'V>c-20 Ham Radio U$Ilf who enjQ)' On'90m9 rokl-plaYlng ga II
sion, the assigned trequency would be reading, and I recommend il to anyone Group has sollware 101 Had e. Sh ar"war. 01 you are inleresled in jo,,,,ng. wril. mil and
1,5 kHz above the (suppressed) carrier who is inte reste d. P\l~ >c (Iomalnham_rad io-r,,'al<!<l so""'a", ""- lefs set up a sked. Doug Brow" KC~RSL, RI.
frequency, since me signal occupies On the flip side, Kit is looking 'or Iy. Ail dish are on 511.0 - lormat. Oonations 10 4,80.538. Comm9fC8 GA 30529
tne spect rum bet ween t h e (sup- an "eleme nt ary ca rtrid ge and in- the hbrery are welcome. Wrile 10 Howard S
Baco" KC4C/O. 213 Hol/y Me , So Pirrsbulg WANTE D: A copy of lhe manu el tor tile
p ressed) carrier trequeocv and the car- terl ac e . . . to put a C-64 on ATTY ,
TN31J80, Healh S6-63O Stalian ceeeere. 80b SCh19g91
rier plus me highest modu lati on fre- AMTOA, and CW." He' s bee n running N 7BH. 2302266 St, E'" Roy WA 98SBIJ.
quency. (Vo ice band w idth is con- a Sinc lair ZX8 1 with softwa re by AF8J WANTED' Any ki nd 01 HF. UHF. 01 VHF
s idered 3.0 kHz wide .) So. if your carri- and a ho me-brew interlace, but l ind s it r8<l10 equ ipmenl that you no longer need, 1 woukl lika to purchase capies ar Popu/.r
er frequency is 14.300. the assigned SUbject to occasion al st ra nge triCks This is needed ta Ilelp gel a naw-detunct high E'l9ctronics end El9crf Oflics lIIusrrar9d mega-
op e rating tr eque nc y w o u ld be which he supposes are due to " AFI, SC hool ham club back an tha air, Please Ilelp zines wh>ch w8fa published between 1963
by donali"ll la ROfJer BaCOtl H.S. Ham Club and t 983; also scllemahcldata an a ~
14.301 5 . ForCW, FM, and AM modes, punChing the wrong key, or just the Modal 1-406 H·T 5W transceiV<lr (mallUtac-
WBMTM. c/o Dan GeIf9lfrnger NBN TL. 8623
the center of th a occupied spectrum is wh im s of nature." Prirtg/9 Or . Cr"C,""ar, OH 450231, Than k you Med Apr, 19 77). Thank you. R f', CassoJls
the carrier Irequency. so the assigned A related question comes from J ,R. KA.SJTX. PO Box II. Atoka OK 14S<'fj
frequency and the carrier Irequency Popkin-Clurm an VE7YT of Ganges, NEEDED: ~a nuaU scl>emal>C forEIC0369
would be one and Ihe same, B.C., who is anothar C-64 owner. He Sweep General(lf I woll pay for the " MOIl C I am reqllllSti"ll an crpeflllOl'S manual for
Chadwlc/l N4QTX. PO eo~ rJ8r, P.u.I",ell \l'Ie Yaesu FT-209flH 2............. I wlM pay COI)y
"The same method is used for all writes t hat he " rec ently acq uired a and postage costs , Thanl< you V.icenr. Lr;JpfJl
60018 (r06}J5B 360J
emission types, includIng FSK modes. Commodore 64. I have had a Kantron- NP4MZ. 60 Moor. St,-SJ. BrOOicly" NY
So, if you' mark is on 14.070, that ies UTU a number of years, but ha ve WANTEO, Sc;t>enuItoc for Orak. Model 2C Jf206.
puts your space on 14.06983 (WIth a never tried to use it until now. Receiver I.... pay COPY'''''ll and ma*'lll costs ,
170 Hz shitt, WIth a tow space Irequen- " I would greatly apprecial e It il you LoIny K.-ln KF88X. ol25 I '1911.1,..5_ Or. EROC. lila Environmental Radin Opera-
o.)'fOtI OH 45424. (5 13) 233-1148 l(lf's CoeIiIion. has started a nel on I ~ 330
cy), and your operahng frequency is will tell me how 10 m arry the Com- 101Hz......, Saturdilyall900Z, The EROC net
14.069915. What's the dIal read on mooore 64 and the UTU so I can use it My husband • In 1tIe ,.. Force ao 1 am is dasigll8d to plornole good". ~ Sin am-
your transceiver? Depends on Ihe for AMTO R. I am presently on AnY study>o"lQ 101 my NcMce lcense willie sta- ateurs and ro plOOllOle enwonmantaI ...._
scheme you are using, and, it you have using a 28KSA with an STSOOO." IIOIIed in \l'Ie Netherlarlds , I'm a cornpIele be- ness mrougtlthe friendly .......liM of 1<>poCa ,
a ATTY mode, the scheme the many. Segueinginto AMTO A. a Mr. Felsen- gonnar and would .spprecoate a '"ham radocl Tl'los oel also flandIes tralloc , ~pn "'WI
tecturer used. Confusmg? Not really 'eld from yorktown, New York, is look·
I*l pal" 10 help .... aIGng .Iotrs Suzarone
DtcI<.,..",. 32CSG. PSC 15 eo. 1 m . A.PO
a cause worthy (II amateur radIO'. lIM , II you
ara interested in helping \l'Ie EAOC do-acIIy .
for channelized operation . Figure it out ing lor some introductory texts and cur- AE09lf9 ..nte 1tIe neI rnanaoer. Greg BN>w N81..N.
once, program It in, (or order the nght rent newsletters on AMTOA. tlU M_Is c>>d Or . E_ Yr>sing M/ 48823.
ctyStal) and you're there . For atl these. I tum the lIoor open to P _ (II ...... eounuy chun;l'I deslr. . 10 Of eMf (5 17} 351-7785.
~e..-.eh ~ In Brazil and
" But lor the way _ amaleurs coer- you all. While I recee a number of sim-
ate. that method leaves something to ple cartridges and the li ke for the C64
,....iCO.
butitona"""''''' budgieI." you have WANTEO, $chemancs only. lor ~yGT
an older HF no g&1l'lenntl (lust. ear'! you r.lp? 550. and/or ~ suqJIy AC-4OO and RV550
be desired. Personally, I think it makes in years past,l have no idea if these are Contacl: P_ItfK:JlMIIem.e. NSWA oI5ro VFO . I ... pay lor COll'fIt"ll and poalage.
more sense to specify me marll Ir. stiD available. A company called Mi- FIll r9S4-RI 6. WicMoIFaII TX 76301. (8m SI~ Brz-osJ<a NZMHO. 21 WiIIlooo- St .
quency as lhe "operating" frequency, crolog , located hefe in Maryla nd, pr0- =- W~ HJ 07882
because thaI's something you can duced one such Oevice. I can find no
Any MIUTAAYIOOOKl_or ret..-.d Hams 1 am requesl"'ll an operal(lf·. manuIII lor
measure WIth a counter. Since there trace of Microlog at present. '"'Ihong inlormiltoon on _aloons in Ger- !he Yaesu FT-209RH 2 .... ter I'" pay copy-
are several different mOdulation As 10 le~ts. 1 really know of no single meny . (INqUanC• • equopmenI. Iocer.e . . anCIp"'·ageCOSlS. 1"hank'tOlJ. V_lopez
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.u,~.~W88VGE Hayward when dri'ten with a high gain FET
2225 .ua.rfloo-' NW in order to simplify the required chaoges. I
.uU$iNon OH U646 can now operate on 40 meters at n;ght, •
HW-9 Thump Suppressers
leat found to be impossible WIth the origt-
naldesign. See F'9U"e 2 .
, ~ ~
sold al the Daylon Hamvention in no ' drop·in replace ment ' lor the original /
lime. II you're lucky enough 10 have an Heath filler FL301. A hig h ga in FET from
up work on it.
0'
HW·9, ~ mighl as well do a little bit li~ the J308 'amily provides a direcl subs!i· ~W
.,u,.,
Me fOf 0301, ancl increases the IF gain. A
/
When the HW·9 goes to transmit, the
audio line is shorted 10 ground via 0303,
resulting in a rather loud thump. Jack Lau
sm all toroidal tra nsfor mer establi shed the
impedance match belween the FET and
the input of the CrySlal filter.
~ ,"
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KHGCP has a simple and easy h 10 sup-
press this thump . He just added a JFET in
"I can provide a limited numbero' cern-
plete pans kilS with step-by-step inst fUC-
."., -",., ...... ._,
UlO,OOO • " H• ' 2, H, '30 Hr
seroes wilh the audio nne. Instead ot tions 'or lhis conversion to llle HW·9 u~ fREOU ENC'
ground,ng the audio, he opens it up. A lot wtIo are in terested in improving the selec- Figure 2. The audIO FflPO'lS6 wrf/l ille KB fMJ crystal hiler- Clrcu,1
01 HW·9s have lack's thump suppresser tivity and AGC IUflCtion 01 theif trans-
inslalled, oeiver5. Keep in mind you 'U torIeit the abil- meters wdl slam the meter an the way over . The driver stage. Q4tl4 , uses inV8!'Se
Anolr- vertion oltlle thump suppress- ity to copy SSB with this modification. The Th is is a good indication 01 instability. It teedbackintllelormolR414 andC432 . To
8f c:omM from Paul Levesque Ke1"" . In- costolthekltis S26. Write me iI noee if you you lle ve a I'Mgh SWR on a.-.sonant.,.,.,.. reduce the drive, dectease tile value 01
stNd of using a JFET to open the audIO are lflIerllSled in more details. Should the na. but a good SWR into a dummy Ioed, R414. Go down in small amounts; you
.08, Paul used • "066 CMOS chip (_ demand el<Ceed my supply, orden; will be 'I'OU 'vegot instability problems, 100. don't wanl to reduce the dOve to tile point
Figure 1). This chip has _ a I swi\Che$ honored in the order received. " Wnte Paul S6Yeral fixes may tl&Ip 'I'OU calm down of reducing the power 0UlPUt· These " fix-
inside, By _'ng up the ditterent 5'IIntctles. Levesque KB 1IoU at 14 Wesley Slr_, your HW·9 . FlfSI. re 5~ the PAOOi'4'O- ee" should calm down the HW·9's trans-
he mul8ll1he auehl) while at the same time o.dllem MA 02026. 000', send )'OUl' let· nenl$ Il$ dose 10 the board as polIlllble. rnitllIf.
Cfeahng an opening in theaudio .08. This t_1O me : rou1e them to Paul lot the foIIer Excess lead length wiM cauw ptoblems.
eh,p also elilT\loates the Ihump Irom the moclllication. Also, eIlange0402 to a 2N4401 transis1or. Looking f or Trouble
HW·g 'saudlO , Seethe schematic for more Since lhe circuit seems to be quile sensi- Now, wha t aboutthe HW-9 lhal -MIl only
deta,ls C.lmi ng the Tl1Insmitter tive to traflsistor paramelers, more lhan put out one watt? Try insert,ng sn amme-
rve receivecI several Ieners and even one mighl have 10 be tried . In real stubborn ter in series with the supply IeacIs, If the
Bandwidth Impr'Oftmem eome phone calls abou1 tr ansmitter insta- cases. try changing C434 10 a slightly input current is e xcessive, -Mlh little AF
Paul has also improved the HW·9's e~· bility in the HW·9. There is realty no one smaller vslue. Chec k the temperature 01 being produced, you r bes1 bet is to start
cessive bandwidth, He writes: !ix, but rather seve rallixes that mig/llcure the PA's heatsi nks. Itone is realty hot, and Iool<:ing at diode 0407 tor lhe source ot the
" Perhaps the most annoying fault in Ihe the ins tability. Some HW-9s, like me one I the other is cold, you mighl have one delld lrou ble. 1t the diode goes blld, almost ail 01
Heath HW·9 is its e~cessive 3 kHz band- owned, exhibit no instability. I think some !inal transrstor. Th is makes the other one the power fro m me transmitter g08$ to
widlh and me desensitizing 01 the receiver cases of instability may be traced back to work harder, upsets the design ceree e- tr ansformer T404 , Nothing bad happens,
via AGC driven by strong signals in the how the rig was assembled. tars 0' the PA stage , and res ults in tr ans- bUI you 'll only see a walt or two on any 0'
passband, When there is instability, it seems io oc- miller instab ility. Both heat sinks should the bands.
"I've been quite successful with the 400 CUf mostly on the 15 ancl1 0 meter bands. be COm!or1ab ly warm after a he minute Some of t he modifications you may
Hz, 3-pole crys tallilter suggested by Was Adju sting the drive sbove 3 watts on 10 OSO. have done to improve the S6nsitivity 0' the
HW·9' s receiver call lor replacing the
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arrow is in the gate lead in the middle. regulat ing eleme nts. Their diagram
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P-channel FETs have outward-poi nt-
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The Tech Answer Man them pointing inward. ing down in the reverse direction at a
In MO$FETs (which have no actual preset vol tage. Their essential charac-
MichaefGeier KB1UM used as a re ference . Thus, a PNP tran- junction between the gate and other teristics are the breakdown or "zener"
% 73 Magazine Sistor can be used in a positive-voltage leads), the gate isshowrl asa line seoa- voltage and the power dissipahon ca-
Forest Rd. circuit, with its base being pulled lower rate from and parallel 10 the one which pabilities. Nearly all lhe voltages can
Hancock NH 03449 (less posilive) Ihan ils emitter; that's joins the other leads. No maner wI1a.t be had in generic parts, so it is usually
the same thing as rtegative , as far as kind of FET you are working with , the not too hard 10 StJbstitute zeners,
More Parts the transistor is concerned, and it will important thing 10 remember is that, as Small-signal switching diodes typi-
last month, we were d iscussing tum an. with bipolar parts, you cannot replace a cally are of the l N914 or lN4148 vari--
parts and how to manage them . lei's Oops , I digressed a bit there , buI for P type with an N type or vice versa. ety. They are pretty much all in ler-
finish if up : a reason , If you wanl to replace a bipo- Also, you can 't sybs!itute JFETs and changeable. Some Io¥o' IlOis<I switching
lar transistor with one with a different MOSFETs lor each Olher. diodes are used in transceivers ,
Keep Chlppin' AW l y parl number (whiCh is very often the Power FETs are similar to normal lhougtI. ff you replace one with a stan-
Along wilh digital chips , analog or case because there are so many kinds , MOSFETs, only they are bigger and dard diode, it probably will sti" work ,
"unear" ICs also abound . For in- and you can't get many of them) , you can handle much larger amounts of buI the circuit's pertormance may be
stance, most walkies lOday make use must first narrow your choice to a part power, just like bipolar power transis- degraded due 10 noise generaled in
of the LM386 chip lor lheir audio oulpul WIth the same polarity. You just can't tors . They have the same basic cneeec- the cheaper part. Manufacturers only
sections. In some, a " real" LM386 is replace an NPN with a PNP. By the terist iCS as the smaller MO$FETs. spend extra for the lQw-noise diodes
used. while in others, smaller Yer$ions way. the vast majority of transistors They are just starting to find their way when they have to, so it pays to re-
and ewtece-mcum ch ips w ith the used today are NPN. PNPs, whiCh are into our gear, but they are greal parts place such a part with another low-
same internal con struction are em- ha,der to make, are used only when and seldom fail unless badly ever- noise one.
pIoyed . As with the digital chips, the really necessary, such as in push-pull stressed . Their part numbers are very Varactordiodes are not really diodes
ammended part numbers may obscure (complementary) ampliliers and low· dillJ>rent, and may be something like in the rectilying sense, but lhey have
the generic lype. For instance, Ihe loss voltage regulators. " IAF511:' II in doubt, look at the dia- two leads, hence the name, They are
KenW'OOd TH-nA dual-band walkie us- Besides polarity, the most important gram. Needless to say, you can't re- really voItage-variabie capacitors and
es the NJM386BM , while the Yaesu specs for bipolar transistors are cutoff place an FET with a bipolar, or a bipolar should be replaced wit h exact part
FT -411 has the NJM386D. The Ken- trequel'lCy, gain, power dissipalion and with an FET. Their characteristics are numbers or parts with the same capac-
W'OOd also uses a couple of TC4066BF voltage breakdown r ating. Whe w , just 100 different. itance and sensitivity charaderistics.
chips, whiCh are just common 4066B that' s a 101:! This would seem to suggest There are some other, obscure kinds " Ho t carri e," and other exotic
analog switches, although they may be that it would be impossible to cross a at Iransistors. One that comes to mind diodes are sometimes used in mi xers
surface-mount mini chips (I haven 't Iransistor to another part but. in prac- is the unijunction transiSlor. This thing and the front ends 0 1 receivers. espe-
opened the rig 10 lind oUI). lice, it's done all the time. First. decide has a diagram that looks like a bipolar cially in the VHF·and-up range. For
Also lound are plenty 01 op amps. what the l ransistor is doing. If lt's in an part, e xcept that the base comes in at correct circuit performance, it is impor-
These, too , often have common num- audio amp and is not part 0 1 a comple- an angle. Unijunctions are used prt- tant to replace t hem with the same
bers embedded in their designators . In mentary pair (in other words, it doesn't marily as poise generators and oscilla- types.
any case, any time you waot to replace have an opposite-polarity transistor toes. but they are rare. I haven 't seen
a chip with one you think is essentially co nnected on top of or be lo w il), one 10, a long lime , Home-brewing
the same, be sure to compare the chances are that any similar paet of If you' re buil ding something from
schematics lor the pinou ts lirst. Even if simil ar power-h andling Characterist ics Look it Up scratch, you may have great leeway in
the chips do tum out to be lunctionally will do the job . If it is part of a pair, you A great way to find a transistor sub-- selecting which parts you'll use . In fact,
i d e nt ic al , t h e re ca n be dlt terent can still replace it with another kind of stitute that will work is 10 get a trensis- if you have a well-slocke<! " junk box:'
pinouts, particularly when packag e part as long as you rep lace its mate lor substi tutio n book which lisl s the you may find you rself designing your
types are different. wit h the new part 's mate. If you con't. "generic" Am erican pa rts, such a s circuit to use what you havel This tech-
you are likely to wind up with mis- tho se by GE or RCA. Then, look up the nique can save lots 01 time and money,
What Has Three l e g s and Am plilles? matched pa rts, which will cause signal part you want to replace and see what but your gadget may not be easily re-
While there are lots 01 chips in ocr distortion, uneven curren t distribut ion, the generic replacemen t is. Now, look p rodu cible by others, because Ihose
gear, many other semiconductors are overheating and p rematu re part failure up the part you have available. If it is special parts you 've been squirreling
used as well. Obviously, one of the of either your new part or the old male. replaced by the same generic, il will away since 1957 may have gone out of
most important is the transistor. Per· probably worx. Even il it isn' t, you can style. Especially i f you want your
haps no other celegory of part has as By t he Numbers look at the specs on the generics end device p ublished , it pays to use as
many types as does the three-legged A tew words about Japanese uanste- see if they are similar, Beware, though: many standard parts as possible, and
beast. I can 't begin to cover them all tor part numbers: most parts start with I have lound errors in these books. In a to avoid u navailab le ones like the
here, but I'll try to touch on the major either 2N, 2$A, 2$B, 2$C or 2SD. few cases, a large heat-sinked power plague,
kinds. 2SAs and 2SBs are PNP, wh ile 2SCs transistor was crossed to a tiny, milli-
Bipolar, or " common," NPN and and 2$Ds are NPN. Many teens have watt-level part, In such a case, com- Playing t he Sta ndards
PNP transistors are still the most often been m~tified by parts with numbers mon sense must prevail: don't try the So just wI1a.t constitutes '·standard"
used. They can be found in just abo!Jt like " C94 S." II pays to kno w that the replacemenl if you don' t like smokel parts? Well, 2N3904 and 2N3906 tran -
any part of a rad io's Circuitry, Irom the manufacturers often leave the 2S des- sistors are about the most common
fron t end to the audio amp . Nearly all ignator off the part to save space. So, a WalkIng on Two Legs kind available in Ihe USA. uute tor
voltage regulalors, RF output stages C94S is actually a 2$C94S, whiCh is a Two·legged semiconduc tors are l N914 and 1N4148 switching diodes
and esc-ere audio output amps are very common part A number whiCh u su all y much easier to substi tu te . and 1N4000 series powel" rectifiers .
made from bipolar transistors. The starts WIth a " 3" signifies an FET, Nearly all the two legged beasts you ff you're designing a digital circuit
standard three-legged diagram with will encounler are rectifying diodes. that doesn'l have 10 operate faster than
the diagonal leads and the arrow is the FET s The ones that go bad ate usually found a few megahertz, consider using 4()0().
giveaway. Illhe arrow points oul, the The FET (rl9kl Effect Transistor) is in power StJpplies. In a normal. linear. series CMOS parts. They use very linle
part is NPN ; II it po,,"ts in , il is PNP. an entirety different kind 01 transistor. It regulated AC power supply, just aboul power, do not require regulated power
What does this mean? It relers 10 the uses the ' ·Iield effect" 10 regulate elec- any ecce at high enough voltage and supplies, and ate very available. All in
polarity properties at the intemat semi- tron flow through an internal channel. curren1 capacity will work fine. A corn- all, they ate much easier to work with
conducting layers, and the shorthand Its leads have dIfferent names; Gate, mon number would be lN4002. By the than are TTl and LSTTl chips.
gives you a clue as to whiCh polaritIes Source and Drain (instead of Base , way. those four.fegged bridge diodes In OJ) amps, the noOn and no074
must be applied to make the cevce Emitter, and Collector). can be replaced with standard diodes are common, as ate the 1458 and simi-
turn on. To make an NPN transiSlor The gate is 8r'181ogouS to a bipolar wired to emulate them. again as long lat numbers. In YOItage regulalOfS, the
turn an, lhe base (whiCh is the " P" in part 's base , while the drain is like the as the voltage and current ratings are three-terminal NatiOnal parts, such as
NPN) musl be posltive WIth rescect to coeectce. and the source is like the adequate, the lM317 and the l M340, are virlual
tne ermtter. TolumonaPNP, the base emmee. In some FETs, the drain and In switching SYpplies and regulators, standards.
must be negative WIth respect to lhe source may be interchanged while, in high-speed diodes are used and the Well , I promised the addresses 01
emitter. Note that il doesn'l matter others, that is not possible. The ea. regutar types jusl woo 't wol1l. . Your various parts sources bet, alas, I'm out
what the "actual" polarity (WIth respect grams look different, too. StJbstltUtion book should cover moS1 of at space again. nt have !hem all for you
to cirCUIt ground) is : only the emItter is In JFETs ijunction FETs), the leads these things . nelll month. See you then. III
PROPAGATION
David Cassidy N 1GPH Jim Gray WIXU
Freedom
By the time you read this , things will new job after th e ne xt eleChon?
hopefully have calmed in the Soviet The freedom we exercise every time Jim Gray WJ XU
210 Chateau Circle high pressure areas to remain over
Union. As I write this . the right wing we lire up the 01 ' rig is me same tree-
coup is less than 24 hours old. Gor- dom that allows some to hang out on 75 Payson AZ8554 J large segments of the U .S . will pre-
becnev is under house arrest and has melars avery night and tell dirty jokes vail. VHF/U HFers should be sure to
yet to su rtace. Yeltsln is defying the with their friends. The freedom that al- October is expected to be a very look l or tropospheri c ducting alon g
order to vacat e his crecee, has called lows me to trade iii recipe lor allredo good m onth l or propagat ion o n weather fronts .
lor a general st rike, and a warrant has sauce over packet is the same treeoom short-path . long-path, and interme- Keep a sharp lookout for some
been issued for his arrest. Tanks sur- that allO'Ns those screwballs on 14 .313 diate-path distan ces to OX loca - pretty harsh geophysical ettects on
round the Kremlin. and the world is to tie up that end of the 20 meter band tions. Although the solar flux conti n- t he days indicated as p oor. My
waili ng 10 see me response from the with their endless banality, bigotry and
u es t o sl o w ly d e cli n e, w ith g uess is that the 18th, 19th, and 20th
several republics that have rec ently bull. Every time we hit Ihal posMo-lalk
tried to declare their indepe ndence SWItch. we are taking advantage of occasional spurts to higher levels, w ill be most critical this month . Bat-
from the Scvet Union. freedom . the inellorabte red uction in sunspots ten down the hatches on those days,
As I watch the events '" the Sovtet As we all learned in high school so- is going to take its toll. end look for us again in November.
Union unfold before me on my televi- cial stlJdl8S class, freedom carries with Early carcoess w ill tend to cause See you then . deW1XU III
sion, one word keeps comIng 10 mind: It responSIbility. Have you ever realty the b an d s higher than 14
F..-n. pondered what that means to us as MHz to close shortly before
The people of the Sovtet Union have, amallltJr radio operators? Every time EASTERN UNITED STATES TO:
or after dar1l., while the bands
for the first lime in their long and tragic we tr811$fT1it, 'Wit are giving evidence to below 14 MHz w ill begin to
history, been setVed up a smalf taste how well we are handling the responsi-
Irom the plate of freedom . Witlthey be bility of some very powel1ul frlledom. come alive for OX. Because
happy with the memory of this brief Are we e xercising that freecfom re- o f g ood oppor tu ni ti es f or
period of openness, or wIll they stand
up en masse and declare to the power
sponSIbly. thereby guar anteeing it lor
the next generation, or are we taking
grayfine OX (along the p ath
of darkness). you can often
HAWAII
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brokers of their society thaI they refuse advantage of that freedom to serve ou r make some e xcenent OX en-
to go back to the old ways 0 1 repres- own ego? tacts shortly berore or after
sion. lear and dictatorship?
By the time you read this the events
I'm not advocating that all co mmuni-
calion on the amateur bands needs to
dark and dawn , local time .
Morning and attamocn OX • ,
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will probably have run their course and be dulL I love to get into intelligent dis- 20 20 20 20 ~I
w ill be great , however, Irom
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the outcome will be apparent For now, cussions of politics and religion, as "'0' 20 :Ill :Ill .."• ..". 20
watching this giant nahon struggle with long as they don't tleeay into name 14 - 30 MHz. 20 ·'" ... .,. .,. ""
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itself from the comfort of my living calling and hurt feelings. t've listened The best days for propaga-
room, alii can th ink of is that one word : in on-and participated in-some peet- tion will be more numerous CENTRAL UNITED STATES TO:
Freedom. ty lively OSOs about such top;cs as the than usu al , WIth the really
Depending on how mlJCh of it you Gulf War, no-code, Presidenl Bush's p oo r d ays concentr at ed
have, freedom means dlHerenl things domestic policies (or lack thereof), the around the 17th throug h the
to dlHerent people. It can mean the recession , the homeless. Islamoc fun-
22nd of the month. The ap-
freedom to speak your mind and crili- damentalism ... the l ist is endl ess.
cizethegovernment , WIthout the risk of Each of these conversations was a pended chart w ill show you
being fhro wn in prison . It can mean the heated debate, conducted by people G ood (G), Fair (F) , and Poor
right to publish or purchase a copy of WIth strongly held ideas and opinions, (P) days , and those marked
Penthouse-cor a copy of the Bible (in yet they all respected the responsibility w ith t wo letters s ho wi ng
the U.S ., the same article of the cons ti- that the treedom of speech demands. trends toward better or poor-
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- :Ill 1'0 20 .". 'Ii, "", ."
tution covers both). 11 can mean the They had respect for the fact that they er conditions . - ',,, ";; 211 - -
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right 10 worship God in your own way, were choosing to exercise their free- Those olyou who enjoy OX
whatever your concept of God hap- dom in a public place .
pens to be. It can mean Ihe righ t to Whenever you transmit on an HF
on top band (160 meters), WESTERN UNITED STATES TO:
work for a fair wage. and tha t you will band , there is the likely possibility Ihal 80-75 mete rs , an d 40- 30
meters. will reall y enjoy OCto-
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not be judged by the color of your skin, you are being monitored by people in
the religion you subscribe to, or your several countries . Each of these coun- ber. During that season, the
ge_. trie$ is diHerenl , wilh a diHerent con- QRN levels decrease in the
Freedom to a struggling larmer in a cept Of freedom, yet most of these Northern Hemispehre due 10
third wor1d country may consist solely countries have a say in whether or not fewer storms. There are few-
of beIng able 10 prov;de food and shel- you and I, as radio amateurs. will be er storms because of lower
tar lor his lamity . allo\oled to cont inue to a xercise this
sun angles and less a tmo-
Here in the U""ed sretee. we enjoy freedom v;a radio waves. Are we show-
an abundant supply of freedom . Our i09. by our actions. that the free ex- spheric healing and vertical
laws of free speech and expression go change 01 ideas , educational opportu- mi xin g . Stor m fr on t s m ay
so far as to allow us to taka tha symbol nil ies , and in t ern a tional good will tend to be slower moving. but
of our treedom , the flag. and publicly cnereo by amateur radio is worth more the te ndency l or prolonged
Oastroy it in protest. We can stand in to a developing nalion than a short-
front ot the residence of our president wave broadcast allocation?
and shout at him all day long We can We do not have a right to the Ire-
assemble by the hundreds of t hou - quencies we occupy. Amateur radio is OCTOBER 1991
ww
sands in fronl of the Capi tol bui lding
and express our oUlrage. Every few
a privilege, not a right. II is a privilege
that we. as a nation, have bestowed '"' MO"
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