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F o r some time now, th er e  ob Wilder W N VH

has been an ever-grow Route 4, 230-Z
  ox
 heodore AL 36582
ing concern over the outcome
of the ten meter band. The
ham use of th e band has
dropped over th e past several
years due to sunspot activity
to a point where ot her ser
vices, mainly Citizens Band,
feel that t he frequencies

C to 1
could be pu t to better use. I
remember when 1 used to
work into Europe daily with
five Watts and a dipole on CW
and AM and even into ZL
and VK land after I got up a

  eg l  lternative
3 element  plumber 's de
light beam.
The sunspot cycle, though
probably no t as good as t he
one back in th e late 1940's, is
about   open t he band up
again Many groups  r pr s -
ently getting ready for better
act ivity on ten with th e estab
- - part I: bandplan and crystal info
lishment of nets an d even
new repeaters.
The above is the whole
idea behind this article: an
easy way to get back on 10
meters with low power with fut ure. Now is th e t ime to idea of gett ing low power gest s ome s ta nd ard blocks of
a small outlay of cash. drag o ut t hat old 11 meter rig transceivers to wo rk is to cha nnels (frequencies) that
and conve rt it to 10 meters establis h some simple ground cou ld be used to increase the
When the FCC a nn ou nc ed
on crystal co n tr o lled channels rules. If every person con effectiveness of these low
that they were increasing the
t ha t cou ld b ec om e s ta ndard ve rting a CB rig for 10 meters powered ri gs . With both the
Citizens
nels Band
to the c urfrom
re nt 423 chan
0 chan all over the country. picks frequencies at ran dom, Novice a nd Tec hni cian class
The first th ing t hat has t o very little acti vity will result. license holders on 10 meter
nels effective January 1,
be done to make the whole I would like to t herefore sug- CW it can be seen that there
1977 the prices started to
drop on the 23 channel units. Con verted Te n Met er Frequ encies
If indications here apply to O rigina l Novi ce /Tech AM Phon e   Ph on e
t he country as a whole, a lot C ha n ne l Fr equen cy (MHz ) Frequency (MHz) Freque n cy (MHz ) Frequ en c y (MHz)

of hams started picking up

1 26.965 28.005 * 28 .705 28.505
these c he ap rigs with the idea 2 26.975 28.0 15 * 28.715 28.5 15
of first going on CB in th eir 3 26.985 28.025 * 28 .725 28.525
cars to keep track of t raf fi c,
and second ly , so med ay co n
•
5
27.005
27.015
28.045 *
28.05 5 ·
28.7 45
28 .755
28.545
28 .555
6 27 .025 28.065 * 28.765 28.565
verting the CB rig for use on
7 27 .035 28.0 75 * 28.775 28.575
ot he r bands, namely 10 8 27 .055 28.095 · 28 .795 28.595
meters. 9 27.065 28. 105 28.805 28.605
Also, there seems t o be a 10 27 .075 28.115 28.8 15 28.615
11 27 .085 28.125 28.825 28.625
large influx of former CBers 12 27 .105 28 .145 28.8 45 28.645
giving up the ranks of CB and 13 27 .1 15 28 .155 28.855 28.655
going on to amateur radio. 1. 27. 125 28. 165 28.865 28.665
Over 80 of th e new hams in 15 27.135 28. 175 28.875 28.675
16 27. 155 28.195 28.895 28.695
t he Mobile, Alabama, a rea are
17 27. 165 28.205   28.905 28.705**
former CBers who wanted to 18 27.175 28.2 15 28 .9 15 28 .715**
get away from the QRM on 19 27. 185 28.225 * 28.925 28.725**
11 meters. Most of these 20 27 .205 28.2 45 * 28 .945 28 .745 **
21 27.2 15 28 .255* 28.955 28.755 - 
former CBers still have their
22 27.225 28.265 * 28.965 28 .765**
old CB rigs stored away in 23 27.255 28 .295* 28.995 28.795**
their junk boxes. T hey have
picked up the ha m habit of ig 1 NOTES:   >= Channels 1 through 1 and channels 17 through 23 in t he CW s egment are
never throwing away any not authorized at this time for Novice or Technici an class use >= Channels 17 through 23 in

thing that might be usable the SS s egment are t he same frequencies as channe l s] through 6 and channel 8 o f the M
some time in the fa r distant segment

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28 .505 MH z Output Used To Show Example of Crystal Frequency PART II

Transmit Crystal Frequency Transceive Crystal Frequency ORIGINAL CRYSTAL FREQUENCIES FOR CB OPERATION
 Both Transmit and Recetvel
Crystal Crystal Frequency Channel Numbers
F 28 .505 MH z F · 5010 23 .495 M H z  MHz

  14 .25250 M Hz F   50 10 33.515 MH z
A 23 .290 1·2·3-4
 £ 23.3 4 0 5 -6·7-8
3 9 .50 1666 7 M Hz F  l 0000 18 .50 5 M Hz
.z 23.39 0 9-10-11-12
4 7 .12 6250 MH z F   5995 34 .500 MH z 23 .440 13-14·15·16
F   6200 3 4. 705 M Hz 23 .49 0 17 -18- 19·20
F   10 6 35 39 .1 40 MH z 23.5 4 0 2 1·22 -23
F - £ 45 6 8 37 .6 00 1-4
12.52450 M Hz 37 .6 50 5-8
37.700 9- 12
.E.. pll 12.418 33 M Hz 37 .7 5 0 13-16
F - 1 0 70 0 3 7 .800 17-20
3 5 .935 M Hz
37.850 2 1-23
Receiye Crystal Frequency
c 11.70 5 1-4
11 .755 5-8
11.80 5 9 -12
F - 265 28 .2 40 MH z F · 455 28 .050 M Hz
11.855 13-16
F   4 55 28 .9 60 MH z F · 13 65 27 .140 M Hz
11 .90 5 17-20
F   1650 30.155 MHz F - 1650 26.855 MH z
11 .955 2 1-23
F   1680 30 .18 5 M Hz F - 1750 2 6.755 MH z
F - 1755 26.750 MH z F · 2 3 10 2 6.195 MH z
o 8. 159 1-4
8. 20 9 5-8
F - 3580 2 4.925 M Hz F   4 00 0 32 .505 M Hz
8 .259 9 -12
F   4 30 0 32 .8 05 MH z F   4 2 24 3 2.73 0 M Hz
8 .3 09 13-16
F - 4455 2 4.05 0 MH z F • 55 00 23.005 M Hz 8 . 35 9 17 ·2 0
F   6000 34 .5 05 M Hz F • 60 0 0 22.5 05 M H z
8 .409 2 1-23
F · 6 500 22.0 05 MH z F   66 8 5 35 . 19 0 M Hz
E 1 1.740 1-4
F   7500 36.005 M H z F   8000 36.505 MH z
11 .79 0 5-8
F - 100 00 18 . 50 5 M Hz F   10700 39 .205 M H z
11 .84 0 9 -12
F - 20 63 5 7 .870 M H z F • 23505 5 .000 M Hz
11. 8 90 13 ·1 6
3 1955 - F 3.450 M Hz F   4 55
2 14.025 MH z 11 .94 0 17 -20
f   45 5 1 1.99 0 2 1-23
2 14.480 M Hz F   4 55 F 1 4.95 0 See Note 1
3 9.350 M H z 14.960 See Not e 2
F - 4 55 14 .970 See N ote 3
4 7 .0 12 5 M H z F   16 50
14 .99 0 See Not e 4
2 15 .0775 M H z
F   1640 G 10. 5 9 5 See No te 4
3 10 .04 8333 M Hz 10. 6 15 See N ote 3
10. 62 5 See Not e 2

 ig   2. NOTE: Wit h th is many different i f combin  tion s being H  LSB) 10.
7 63 5
.4585 See
See Not
Not ee 1
1
used it is necessary that exact spec ificati ons o f th e t r nsceiver 7.46 8 5 See No t e 2
to be converted arek nown 7 .4785 See Note 3
7. 4 98 5 See Not e 4
USB) 7.46 15 See Not e 1
must be a block of channels are fai rl y broad. To fu lfil l t he 7.47 15 See Not e 2
that t hey can use when they requ irement of being channel 7. 48 15 See Not e 3
7.5015 See Note 4
conve rt a CB rig to CW opera se lectab le without being tun
J 1 1.0 03 5 See Not e 1
tion. There is unwr it ten use able by the ope rator, most 11.01 35 See No te 2
of SS B only on t he low fre CB ri gs o n the market today 11 .0 23 5 See No te 3
quency end of the 10 meter wi   give close to 4 Watts 1 1.04 3 5 See Not e 4
ou tput at both ex t re mes of K 7.4225 See Not e 1
pho ne band, so t he SS B CB
7.4325 See Not e 2
rigs th at are converted should frequency, that is, at chan 7.4425 See Note 3
ll
have a block and, of co urse, ne and cha nnel 23. 7 .46 25 See No te 4
the bulk of the converted CB Afte r revi ewing t he cryst al L 11 .27 5 Transmit  T X }
req uirem en ts of ove r 1200 11 . 73 0 Heceive  A X
rigs being inexpens ive AM
M 10 .1 4 0 SeeNo te 4
rigs , wil l need t hei r channel differe nt CB transceivers, I
1 0.16 0 See Note 3
allocations. Fi g. 1 lists a  was able to arri ve at th e 10.1 70 See Note 2
three of th e groups o f 23 co mmon configu ra tio n for 10 .1 80 See No te 1
channe ls th at could be used. both transmit and receive N 7.80 15 L S8
cryst al s. Every tr ansceiver re 7 .7985 A M and USB
The very nature of th e
7 .3 43 5 A X Oscillator
basic CB transceiver makes viewed fell into on e of the
o 7 .8025 All Frequencies
this ty pe unit o ne of the co nfigurations shown in Fig.
simplest to co nvert to ten 2, where F indicates the quency. Th is type of trans possibility of building a si m-
meter operation . In th e case o ut p ut frequency desired. ce iv e r can be modified f or use ple VFO to replace th e
of o ther ty pes of low po wer The frequency co mbina on 10 met ers, bu t the ex· crysta ls in the transmitter and
surplus eq u ip men t th at has tions sho wn in Fi g. 2 are fo r pense would probably be rece iv er sections of t his ty pe
been avai lable in th e past, the CB tr ansceivers that use a mo re than buying or b uil ding of transceiver would so lve th e
tunab le stages have been fa ir- single crysta l fo r each trans a si mple 10 meter transmitter problem of th e large numbe rs
ly na rro w, but in the case of mit chann el and another and simple con ve rte r for use of crysta ls needed.
the CB rig, th e tun ed sta ges crystal fo r eac h received fre- with an existing receiver. Th e Th er e a re two other

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PART I 1000B, or th e Pace 10QOM

sho uld prove fi ne choices for
See Part I II fo r Crystal Formula
conversion to 10 meter SS B
Manufacturer Model Numbers Shift T x /R X Main OSC
In each of t hese, t he ori gi nal
B & K (Co br a) 19 , 2 1 2 9 L F A 7.8025 MH z crystal is the
B & K (Cob ra) 130 ,1 31 & 132 LSB N H C only crystal that needs to be
USB N I C changed. It seems logical t hat
8 & K (c o bra 138 & 139 0 J D
8 & K (Co bra) 132A & 1328 L SB N H C a multipl e deck crystal
USB N I C switch/socket pac kage cou ld
Pace 123A M G B be used. This arrangement
Pa ce (SS81 10008 , l 000M 0 K would allow several 23 chan
Pace
Midland
CB·143, CB-144
13-8808 , 13 ·885 LSB
M
N
G
H
,
B
C
nel arr angements over t he 1
me ter SS B segment. For ex
USB N I C
Midlan d 13-895 0 J 0 ample: Selection of th e lower
Realist ic TA C -238 , TRC-40 , TR C-49 M G B end frequencies of 28503
Rob y n T ·1238 L F A
kHz, 285 05 k Hz 28507 kHz,
Robyn T·12 3C, K-123 M G B
AMGT ·VII and 28 51 0 kHz would require
R oy ce 1-602 M G B only 4 cr yst al s for a tota l of
92 channe ls betwee n 28503
PART II I kHz and 28 8 kHz.
CONVERSION FACTORS FOR 1 0 M E T ER O P ER AT IO N Th ere are several linear
amplifie rs on t he mar ket to
From Part I L o w t Frequency fo r Channell (see Fig. 1) day which are smaller t han
Key Letter Sequence 28.005 MHz 28.505 MHz 28.705 M H l most CB t ransceivers and
L F A L   1 0.235 M H l TX L   9.735 M H l TX L 9.5 3 5 MH z TX have output of 50 to 100
L   10.69 0 MH z AX L -10.190 MH z AX L=9 .990 MH z AX Wat ts. Of cou rse, most of
(Frequency groups A & F r em ai n t he same) these un its are rated as 3 to
TX ' 38 24 0 - Freq . of l ow end . 30 MH z ha m amplifie rs
AX   38240 - Freq. of l ow end + 4 55 k Hz
H=8498 .5 kH z H=899 .5 kHz H 9198. 5 kH z
which actually on ly wor k
NHC L S8
( Frequency groups N & C remain the same) well be tw e en 26 and 3 MH z.
H ' L ow end frequency minus 19506.5 k H z These small am plifiers co uld
N IC US8 /A M 1=8501 .5 k H l 1 9001. 5 kH z 1=9 201.5 kH z be used to increase the mo
( Frequency gr o u p s N & C r emain th e same)
bile or fixed capability of th e
0 ' L owen d f requency minus 19162.5 kH z
MG B B-38640 kH z 0 =39140 kH z 8   3934 0 kH z converted tr ansceiver.
(Frequency groups M & G remain the same) The final t y pe of CB trans
+ 10 40 kH z + 1540 kH z + 1 74 0 k Hz ceiver th at can be modi fied
T he a bo ve is t he frequency   8 must be raised f o r for 10 meters is th e PLL
each frequency grou p f or o perat io n in the 10 meter
band .
ty pe. Th ese are mo re expen
OK   0  8842 .5 kH z 0 =9342 .5 kH z 0 = 9542.5 kH z s ive t han t he ot her t wo types
{ Frequency groups K & E remain the same} fo r several reasons. The PL L
0 = L ow end frequency minu s 19162.5 kH z is the easiest t o modify by
the CB er for o peration on
  gi 3. NOTES: 1 = Channels 1, 5, 9, 13 17 an d 21, 2 = Channels 2 6 70 14 18, and 2 2 3 = frequencies other th a n the 23
Channels 3, 7, 1  1 5, an d 79. 4 = Channels 4, 8, 12, 16,   and 23 or 40 ch annels for which th e
uni t wa s built. This type of
groups of transceivers avail- plete schematic and parts   st The crystal combinatio ns unit is th e easiest fo r the
able on the market at th e for th e unit from th e manu listed in Fig. 3 are examples manufacturer to convert t o
present th a t could be mod fa cturer or on e of th e CB of some that will be encoun 4 channel operat io n. This

ified . siFirst
synthe zed uni se is tuse
of tsth ewhich he
combinations of a small num 
ber of crystals to obtain all of
the tr ansmit and receive fre
quen cies desired. The second
class of transceiver avail able is
the phase locked loop or
PLL type that uses ver y few
crystals and digital frequency
gen eration to o bta in the fre
quenci es needed.
The co mbinations used for
service p e books on the
market tylisting your t rans
ceiver . Though the synthe
sized t ype is cheaper to mod
ify th an th e ty p e using crys
tals for each frequency, there
could be problems in obtain
ing the necessary in formation
to determine th e crysta ls
need ed .
In Fig. 3, I have listed
several of th e more co mmon
synthesized units available
televen
ere d when in g to
m etert ryCB sh ift an
transceiver
to the 1 meter band. I have
found that the simplest way
to ca lc ula te th e frequ encies
need ed is to use o nly channel
1 to determin e a si m ple for
mula. Once a fo r mu la is ob
tained , each crystal frequ ency
can be fo und. The be st way
to se lec t which oscill at or yo u
want t o shift is to sele ct t he
one th at requires th e lea st
ease
reaso nis,t ha
oft co
t huisrse,
ty pet he
of major
trans
ceiver len ds itself to mod ifi ca
tion t o th e 1 meter ham
band .
I have selected 8 different
models of PLL t ransceivers
that are avai lable to show
what can be do ne to mo dify
this ty pe of t ransceiver fo r 10
met er use. Fi g. 4 lists t he PL L
tran sceiver s and the crystals
that are presently used for

th e synthe si zed units are al
most without limit. When
co nver tin g a transceiver of
th is t ype, it would be of
necessity t o o btain a com-
and crystal d at a necessary to
convert the uni ts to 1
meters. Fig. 3 is divided in t o
3 parts for ease of under
standing.
number of cry stals to make
up the greatest number of
frequenci es.
Th e Cobra 13 8 , Cobra
1 39, Midland 13-89 5, Pace
ge neration of t he necessary
signals fo r 11 mete r CB oper
ation.
By ref erring t o t he original
frequ encies of th e CB t rans-

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Manufacturer Model Crystal Fr equency Oscilla to r Use little or no knowl edge of

Pace CB·1 66
so li d st a te devices.
10  2 40 MH z A ll Frequencies Reference
T eaberr y Stalker One 44 73 MH z AM OSC   RX
There are several th ings
13  1325 MH z   8 esc - RX tha t must be taken into ac-
7  8025 MH z USB Ca rr i er O SC count before you at t empt
7  7 97 5 MH z L SB Carr ier OSC conversion of an y CB trans
10  0 0 MH z RE F esc ceiver for operation o n the 10
T eaberry Sta lk e r Tw o Same as t he S ta l ke r One
Sta ndard H orizon 29 10 24 MHz REF esc meter band. Ma inly these can
5 5 75 M H z Tr a nsm it be grouped in to a few simple
  E SBE· 26 C B
Palomar Digicom 100 10  8
12  2 03
40 M
MHH zz A SB
U ll FrRE F esc
equencies Ref erence questi on s:
1. How much do I want
12  80 0 M H z AM   S8 REF esc
10  7 M H z AM  L S 8 Car ri e r esc to spend if I have t o buy a
10  6 9 7 MH z LSB Carri er es c new or used CB transceiver?
Royce   ·601 Ie 14 M Hz RE F esc 2 . Does th e CB transceiver
10  6 95 M H z 10 MH z OSC
I presently ha ve lend itself to
36  3 8 M Hz 3 7 M H z OSC
Realistic T RC·57 13  1325 MH z 13 M Hz OSC
easy and cheap c on version?
44   73 M Hz A M R X OSC 3. How much el ectronics
7  8025 M Hz LSB OS C knowledge do I have to solve
7  7975 MH z USB esc the pr oblems I will encou n-
10  00 0 M Hz PL L RE F esc ter?
Ag 4. Do I feel that 10
me ters is worth a ll th e effort
celvers as list ed in Fig. 1, t ransceiver, it will beco me a th e processes are simple. In to con vert a C8 rig to that
various shifts in oscilla to r fre matter o f experimentation to the case of th e PLL circuit, band ?
quencies   an be o btai ned. d etermine th e exact fre the problems that can be en If all of these q uestions
The intent of th is article is qu encies needed. I recom countered in d igital develop can be answered in such a
not to give a s tep-by-step men d th at an yone attempt ing ment of th e fre quencies way to ind icate that your
co nversion o f CB tr ansceivers to co nve rt a PLL transce iv er needed are best solved by the nex t project is to be the
t o 10 met ers, bu t instead bec om e very famil iar with more expert in the ham co nve rsi o n of a CB trans
only to tell what ca n be d on e PLL circuits in general. In t he ranks. The co nversi on of a ceiver fo r 1 meters, then get
wi t h the available units on type o f transceiver requ iring PLL tr ansceiver is no t a pr o started before th e band starts
t he market. o n ly c ry s tal changes to ject that should be ta ckled by to open up for some rare
ln t he case of th e PLL ch ange th e o utput frequen cy, th e new ham o r o ne with   .-

I n th e old days, service

techni cians did a lot of
speaker co ne recen t ering to
Harry   MilJer
  42n d St
Sarasota FL 33 580

clear up an noying ratt les,

which was at th e ti me a tedi
ous bu t possible job.
Current speakers generally  ave
make sp ea kers thr ow -away,
due t o t hei r modern design,
so th ey re   go or no go
devices. T here is, however, a

Your   ld  peakers
possible cure if th e rattl e is
due to an off-eenter voice coil
and it s  a fast repair.
Remo ve the speaker. Hold
it close to your ear and
gently, with fingerti ps, alter
nately press and release t he
cone abou t an inch from the
rim toward th e voice coil and
listen for s cr at chy s ou nd .
Rotate th e speaker while do
- - how to remove the beehive
ing this. If th e speaker is
capable of this fast cure, yo u
will find th e no ise li mi ted to
one poi nt on th e circumfer Then use a heavy rubber mal where th e scrat ch was heard . wall op . In effect, yo u are
ence. Carefully note t ha t let to st r ike th e magnet end a Don t get ove r ambitious with recentering a misaligned voice
point. Lay speaker on a solid sh ar p blo w o r two at a point pounding. A few li gh te r raps co il. Result is usually a d e ar
f lat surface, w ith magn et up . directl y op po si te t o point are far bett e r tha n one hef t y up o f th e ratt le. -

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Alan S. Kaul W6RCL at u p to 13.8 vol ts  easi ly

9731   ~ d v nu
obtainable from th e cigarette
Chatsworrh CA 91311
ligh te r in you r car o r fro m a
sma ll ac su pply). The rig has a
built -i n squelch circ ui t, bu t is
not equipped wit h an rf
tu ning indicat or or receiver
Sm e rer.
Whe n th e Citizens Band
was created in t he 1950's, the

CB    
early ri gs used 23 pairs of
crystals to t une bo t h transmit
and receive on all 23 chan
nels. Converting on e of those
rigs to 10 phon e would cost a

  Legal  ltern tive small fo rt une to crysta l up,

but I was p rep ared to pay it
until Norm Lefco urt W6 1RT
mentioned th at th e newer CB
rigs use crvstalple x, re placing
th e old 46 crystals wi t h 14
new crystals an d still covering
all 23 ch ann els. Norm point

  part II : conversion data ed ou t t ha t by replacing the

six master oscilla tor rocks, I
co uld cove r 23 frequencies
simplex on t he 10 met er band

H OW abo ut a brand ne w
DX t ransceiver th at s
rock stable, plugs into yo ur
cigarette lighter, an d tunes 23
frequenci es on 10 phone for
less than 30?   f course ,
there are a couple of draw
backs - power ou tput 4
Watts, and an emission ty pe
the sideband guys call An
cient Mod ul ation - but those
problems are hardly wor t h
menti on in g. Just ask any old-
timer who worked th e peak
of th e ' 46 -' 48 suns po t cycle.
You can do wonders wit h just
a few Watts on 10 phone, and
th e technical specs on the
 29. 95 transceiver make it a
superior performer t o wha t
was avai lable in 194 6.
For several years, I've been
watching th e want ads an d
goi ng to swap meets in search
of th e perfect junk C8 r ig. I
had plans for pickin g up one
for ju st a few dollars, chang
ing a few crystals and 
presto - getting on ten phon e
quick and dirty. I never really
found wha t I wanted for a
cheap enough pri ce (CB SSB
was always to o expcnsivel]
and I soo n lost interest. And
besides, I was busy getting
on to tw o meter FM plus I
d id n't wan t to give up work
ing the low bands on CW or
SS B. All of that was before
162
t he FCC approved 40 channel
C8 for use after January 1,
1977. Wh en a lot of manu
t wice the pr ice. There are 2
ICs, 12 diodes, and 1 5 t ransis
tors in a double conve rs ion
fa cture rs started dumping receiver and AM transmitt er
th eir o lde r mo del 23 channel con figuration. The manufac
sets on t he market at bargain t urer claims 0.5 microvol t
prices, I got reinterested in sensitivity at a 10 dB signal
recycling a CB radio up onto plus noise to noise ratio. Po w
10 phone. 1 wat che d th e ads er ou t pu t from the 2SC799 rf
and fi nally bo ught a J. C. ampli fi er is lis ted at 4 Wa t ts
Pen ney t ransce ive r model and the spec sheet advertises
981 ·6201.  tis a quali ty piece 90   mod ulation. Loaded, the
of gear that usua lly se   s for tr an smitt er draws 1.4 Amps
M a t e r Qs.cillato r
10 Meter Cha n ne l Fr eq ue nc y IMHz) Fr eq ue n cy
1 28 . 76 39 395
2 28 77
3 28 78
• 28 80
28 .8 1 39.445
6 28 .82
7 28 .83
8 28 85
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12 28.90
13 28 9 1 39 545
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17 28 .96 39.595
18 28.97
28 98
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Tobie 1.   requencycoverage o f the  29.95 OX transceiver
wit h just a littl e twe aking of a
few L  circuits. W6I RT,
WA6QPL, K6JUA, others and
1 al l started working on the
co nvers ion. K6HY, K6LJL
and WB 6QKF he lped with
advice.
 t sounds pretty easy, bu t
there was a pro bl em - de
ciding on which f requencies
on 10 phon e to use. The
phone portion of t he band is
gigantic when compared to
the othe r HF ba nds, and we
wanted to pick a segment
where t here would be some
activi ty . We d idn 't want to
cause difficulties for oth er
services, yet at the same time
we wanted to stay near t he
low en d so t hat retuni ng fro m
the CB frequencies would not
req uire a rewinding of coils.
Afte r an a wf ul l ot of disc us
sing on th e landline and t wo
meter FM , we de cided to stay
away from bo t h th e very to p
end of th e 10 phone segment
(because of OSCAR ) and
from t he very bo t to m end,
too (because of the SSB DX
activity just a bo ve 28.5) . We
fina ll y sett led on a sta rting
fre qu en cy of 28.76 MH z for
channel one, with th e ot her
22 channels t uning upward
from t he re. The decision was
based on two practical con 
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ence of the   10-10 club net and fou r receive (10. 180, oscillator crystals to see h ow mum band noise. Transmit
on 28.8 (our channel 4) c ou ld 10. 170,10 .160, and 10 .1 4Q ). the eight channels work. But. ting is a li tt le more compli
telt us very quickl y when the On transmi t. the ri g mixes th e even tually, we b oth plan to cated . bu t n ot impossib le. If
band is open, and second, mas ter oscilla to r wit h th e be out fi tt ed wi th al l six you d on't have a voltme ter,
because many home QTH rigs tra nsmi t crystal (37. 600 rni crystals and fu ll 23 channel use some kind of relative
only t une a si ngle 500 k Hz nus 10.635 is 26.9 65 - CB 10 meter co ve rage. Our new power outp ut indicato r (an
portion of t he 10 meter band, channel one). On receive, th e c ha n n e l designat io ns and swr bridge, a li gh t bulb, etc .).
choosing a frequency outside rece ive cr ystals arc th e first i·f crystal freq uencies are spelled Peak the coils in the transmit
that segment would mean conversion fre qu en cy and the ou t in Table 1. Tho se are the stage starting with the master
having to do wi th ou t a very second i-f o perates at 455 frequencies we are using osci lla to r . You don't ha ve to
important piece of test gear  kHz. Image problems are mi n (a long with about 30 other peak th e coil fo r th e transmit
the station receiver. imized by the do uble conver guys in Southern California ). crysta ls, because they sti ll put
The first 23 CB channe ls sion i-ts. When you crystal up . use the ou t in the 10 .6 00 MHz range.
start at 26 .9 6 5 and end at same frequencies so we 'll all Peak each succeeding output
27.255. Channels 1, 2, and 3 The Conversion have so me o ne else to talk to. stage for maximum indicator
are 10 kHz apart. bu t there To begin with , you need We will co nt inue the CB reading. If you have a volt
new master oscill ator crystals. channel designations (that ou t
areand
3 204.kHz between
Channels channels
4 , 5, 6, and The J. c. Penney rig uses six saves changing the dial) so meter.ofconnect
put it to thedriver
t he tr ansmit
7 are ten kHz apart, bu t - if yo u want to be able to tha t o ur lowest frequenc y is stage, then peak the lower
between 7 and 8 there is tune all 23 channels o n 10 channel one and our highest stages for maximum reading.
another jump of 20 kHz. The phone, you have to replace all is channel 23. Then peak the final with
cycle keeps repeating itself six. If you only want four After changing crystals some kind of power ou t put
every fourth channel until frequencie s, replace only one (and a word o f warning the re indicator. The funny thing
channel 22, which is 10 kHz master oscillator crystal; if most master oscillator abou t the CB rigs we bought
higher than channel 21 b ut you want to tune eight, reo crystals arc wire type and is th at they all came wi th full
30 kHz lo wer t han 23. place two , etc. No t all of the must be soldered in; BE and com plete tu nc-up in
The J. C. Penney r ig that I crvstalplex r igs use the same CA RE FUll ), hoo k the r ig up structions even though
bought and W61RT's Pub master oscilla to r frequencies to a 12 V dc supply and a CBe rs aren' t su pposed to eve n
licom #1 use six master oscil - some operate in the 16 suitable dummy load ante n touc h th em with a sc rew
or ry s tals (37. 600, We
la t
37.650, c 37.700, 37.750, MHz range
check the freque be sure
- soncies to
in your na.
sections foun d twe
worked hell receiver
enough d ri ver.
Ante nnas: Most of the CB
37.800, and 37.850), fou r rig be fore y ou go o ut and b uy so th at t u ni ng up on ly re rad ios are designed for 50
transmit crystals (10.635. new ro cks. Both Norm and I quired peaking the rf and fi rst Ohm ou tput and most of th e
10.625 ,10.615, and 10.595), are just replacing two mast er mixer stage coils for max i- CB antennas sold are vertical-

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Iy p olar ized. Polarizati on
pr obably won 't ma ke a ny dif
ference on th e real lon g hau l
ski p, bu t for wo rking ground
wave wit h ot hers in your
area, it makes more sense to
insta ll a vertical a nt e nna.
Th at 's w ha t t he mo b iles are
using anyway , and a ro of t op
groundplane for th e ho me
QTH is o nly 8 feet tal l. Af t er
seei ng what so me of t hose
vo-vos on 11 me ter s are us
ing, I wo uld say it wo n' t t a ke
an aw f ul lot to be ab le to get
o ut .
Th e   29.95 tra nsceiver is a
good club project. If yo u
can 't find on e o n t he market,
hit th e s wap m eets an d check
th e ads in t he local pa pers ;
yo u m ay even be able to get a
better price by buyi ng on e
fr o m a disgruntled CBer who
gave up tr y ing to punch
th ro ugh the QRM . If yo u are
big on modifi ca tions, I'd like
to hea r about t he m (or see
th e m in pr in t in case I wan t
t o tr y one of t he m). Here are
a few I ha ve in mi nd : A sm all
VFQ that will fit inside th e
t ra nsceiver case an d plug in to
o ne o f the ma st er oscilla to r
crysta l sockets; a low cos t
linear am p lifier ca pable of 15
to 20 Watts out put ; an a lte r
nate conversion for six meters
or o ne for the low power OX
guys who wa nt to work 15
CW ; a slider for receiver
an d / or transmi tt e r of fse t tun
ing; a BFO ; a side band adapt
er ; or mayb e a t ran sceivlng
converter to ot he r bands.
Loo k fo r me on 10 ph on e.
I'll be lis teni n g o n channel 4
28.80 MH z. If I hoo k up
wit h some bo dy, I'll QSY up
o r d own to co ntinue th e con
tac t. If 28.80 is busy, I'll
hang out on channel 3
(28.78). Ho w a bo ut y ou ? If
we all use the same   chan
nels, it'll make it a lo t easier
to wo rk 10 ph on e. If yo u
hea r me on th ou gh, d on't give
me any of t hat   . . . Breaker,
Breaker, t his is your old g ood
buddy , go t time for a 10-7
. . . ?  baloney. I hea rd all of
t ha t I could st a nd wh il e I was
wai ting fo r my crystals to
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Marthew T Lewis V E7CHl
Operations Department
TRIUMF - UBC
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Vancouver Be V6 T I W5
- - part  
W it h th e slow do w n in
t he CB bo om an d t he
recen t expansion to 40 c han
n e ls , t he CB eq uip ment
ma n u factu rers have been
caught of f guard wit h t hou
sands of 23 c ha nnel ra di os in
ware h ou se s. Th e se are being
du m pe d on th e market at
very low prices. I ve seen
a dv er ti se me nt s as lo w as
  39.95 for a 23 channel AM
rig. A very good one can be
had for well u nd er 1 00 .0 0.
Most o f these radios are
very easily converted to te n
meters at a cost o f under
forty dollars.
Firs t , f or those o f y ou n ot
fam iliar with t he way these
cry st al syn thesized rigs o per
ate , a few basics, t hen I will
go int o specific d et ails o f t he
conversio n of a Radi o Shack
TR C 4 7, a very com mo n AM
  SS B rig.
Th e re are t wo basic 23
channel sy n thesizer sch e mes,
the 14 crysta l an d t h e 12
crystal. First th e 14 crystal
type, th e mo re common.
Th e 14 crys tal radios
usu ally have a single c onv er
s io n r ec ei ve r with an i-f of
45 5 kHz. Th e c ry st als a re in
three groups which I will call
g ro up A, g ro up Bt, an d Br. In
my examp le, I will use th e
fo l l o w n cryst al f re 
quencies: gro u p A - 16.465,
G rp A l Gr p Bt
16 .4 6 5
16 .5 15
16.565
16 .6 15
16 .6 6 5
16 .71 5
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converting the TRC-47
16 . 5 1 5, 16.565,
16 .66 5 , 16.715 ; group Bt 
10 . 500 , 10.510,
16.61 5,
10.520,
10 . 5 4 0 ; gro up Br - 10 .955,
10.965, 10.975 ,10 .995.
In o pe ratio n, o ne crys tal
fro m gro up A is used, an d
on e fro m grou p Bt on trans
mit and one fro m Br on
receive. F or exam ple, on
channel 1 (26.965 MH z) on
transmit, 16 .4 6 5 and 10.500
are m ix ed to ge t th e operat
ing frequency, and on receive
16.465 an d 10.955 are mixed
to get 27.420 MHz, which
conveniently jus t h ap p en s to
be 4 55 k Hz ab ov e the opera t
ing freque ncy of 2 6.965. So
if we a dd 1.735 MHz to each
crystal in group A, we ca n get
frequencies in th e range of
2 8.700 to 28 .990 MHz , wit h
c ha n ne l 9 workin g ou t to
28.800, t he AM calling fre
quency. How abou t th at ?
So, with a 14 cryst al AM
rig, all t hat ha s to be done t o
pu t it on ten is to change six
crysta ls and re tu ne so me
coi ls. With mini mal test
equipment, a VTVM, signal
generator  that ol d V FO), a
wattmeter or swr bridge,
an d a dummy load, t he whole
job ca n be done in under on e
hour.
T he mos t di ffic ul t part of
th e lob is figu r in g o ut w ha t
crysta ls to o r der. Table 1 is a
10.5 00 10 .5 1 0
26 .9 65 · 0 1 26. 975-02
27. 0 15 -0 5 27. 025-0 6
27.0 65 -09 27.075 -1 0
2 7.1 15- 13 2 7.1 25 -14
27 . 1 65 - 17 27.175- 18
27.2 15-2 1 27.225-22
  ble   PEP ou t o f mine on 28.600
chart o f t he co mm o n hetero
dy ne sc he me a nd c ha nn e l
frequen ci e s. N ot i ce th e
10  1 0 -20 -10 k Hz spaci ng o f
t he c ha nnels.
Not e th e channel marked
  is in dica te d b y th e do t o n
th e di al be tween 22 a nd 23
an d o n some radios can be
had by just installing a
jumper or clipping o ne . S ome
other radios would require
major me c hanical modifica
tions to the channel switch to
ge t it.
Whe n yo u decide what
frequencies on ten meters
yo u want, on t he 10- 10-20- 10
spacing pa tt er n , just su b tract
2 6.965 fr o m t he lowest o ne
an d a dd th is result to t he
fre q uency of eac h crysta l in
grou p A, o rde r th e ne w
c rys ta ls fr om yo ur favorite
p urv eyo r o f qu a rt z, wait fo r
t he post o ffice , wait fo r t he
po st office some more, and ,
whe n th ey c om e , get ou t th e
old t ru st y so ldering iro n an d
sw izzle sticks, and s o on y ou 'l l
be on ten .
Now, for t he 12 crystal
rigs. These are cheaper to
convert, as only 2 have to be
changed. The receivers in
t hese are usually better
because t h ey a re d ual c on ve r
sio n. T he hete rodyn ing
sche me here is simi la r to th e
14 cr ys ta l ty pe b u t t here ar e
1 0 .520 10 .5 40
27. 005-0 4
26. 98 5 -03
27 . 0 35 · 07 27.0 55-08
2 7.085- 11 2 7 .1 0 5  1 2
27. 1 35 - 15 27 . 15 5 ·1 6
27 . 1 85 - 19 2 7.205·20
27.235- 0 • 27.255-23
o n ly 6 gro up A an d 4 gro up B
crystals, an d 2 i-f crystals.
Table 2 is an exam p le from
a Sanyo T A -9 23 w hi ch I st ill
use o n 11 meters.
In this type of radio, on e
c ry st al f ro m g ro up A a nd o ne
from group B are used for
both transmit an d receive an d
are mixed to form a produc t
in th e 38 MHz ran ge w hi ch is
r un t hr ou gh a bandpass filte r
at th is frequency.
An example for channel
09 27.065 MH : Grp A =
23.390; Grp B = 14.950; A  
B = 38.340 MHz.
On transmit th is 38.34
MH z is mi xed wit h 11 .275 to
get t he o perating frequen cy
of 27 .0 65 , run through a
band pass filter at 27 MH z,
amplified, a nd m od ul at ed . O n
receive, he 38.34 te d
into th e tfirst mixer istoinjec
ge t  he
Rx f irs t i-f at 11.275, which
is then mixed with th e
  .730 to ge t t he s ec on d i-f
of 45 5 k Hz. Simple, isn't it?
All t h at h as t o b e d on e h er e is
to lower th e 11 MHz crys tals
by t he amount you want t o
go u p in operating frequency.
Fo r example, to make chan
nel 09 come ou t on 28.800
lower t he m by 1.735 MHz
=
MHz a ndthtehe TRx
making x i-f 9.54 0
i-f cryst al =
9.995 MHz, ret un e t he a ppro
pria te coi ls, an d you're o n th e
air o n te n .
Now, down t o t he rea l
n itty-gritty of one t ha t I have
had o n th e air o n SS B for
several mo n t h s no w, in use
bo t h at home and in th e car.
Th e on e I picked is a Radio
Shack T RC-47, about th e
s am e size as an Ic om IC-22. It
has a very good crystal filter
centered at 11.2735 MHz
which gives about 50 dB
unwanted sideband suppres
sion. The TRC-48 uses t he
sa me filter an d osci llator PC
board, so conver sion da ta fo r
it is identica l to t he TR C-47.
The T RC-4 8 is sligh tl y larger
an d fan cier  i t has an   5
me t er , PA, and swltc hable
no ise b lanker) an d m or e
expensive. They arc bo t h
rate d at 4 Watts r f o ut p ut o n
AM an d 12 Watt s PEP o n
SSB. I am getting 10 Wa tt s
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MHz. Th a t  s o n ly 10 d B
do w n fro m t he typi c al SS B
exc ite r which h as at best 10 0
Wa tt s ou t p ut , mo st of th em
mo re like 70 or 80 on ten
meters. So wha t if I m 1 o r 2
  S units do w n; it makes u p
for all th e m ob ile noise from
my ow n a nd o t he r c ars o n th e
road. If I ca n h ea r t he m in
t he car, I ca n wo rk t he m.
No w , h o w t o do it to i t.
Ste p 1: Getting th e ra di o 
new o r used?
I f yo u have a bit of test
equi pment yo u ca n p robably
get a bette r deal on a used
radio, bu t check it ou t first
Check rf output on AM. If
below 2. 5 W or above 5.5 W
when o perate d on 13.5 V dc
or t he ac line if a ba se st ati o n,
fo rget it an d go o n to th e
ne xt o ne. On SS B t he out put
sho u ld indic at e 8- 16 Wa tt s
when yo u wh ist le into th e
mike . Chec k o u t th e receiver
o n an a nt e nna. F ind a few . do n e ?
st r o ng loc al sig na ls an d ma ke
sure th e y disa p pear wh en
switching to th e ne x t ch anne l
on ei t he r si de. Th ey s ho u ld
be way d ow n w hen s wi tc hing write me en clos ing a co py o f
side b a nds if SSB.
Next, ta ke t he covers o ff
and h ave a go o d lo ok ins ide
for mo dific ation s. If yo u see
any , p ut t he cov ers back o n
and fo rget it , u nle ss it is q uite wait.
o bviou s tha t t h e mo ds will
no t af fec t o perat io n of t he
radio in t he ma n ne r in whi ch
it was d esigned to o pe ra te. As
far as du st, dir t , an d sm ud ges
go, th ey can ea sily be clea ne d
u p, so do n t let t ha t bo t her
yo u. Lo o k fo r a ds in th e
ne wspap er o r in th e local
wee kly  uy and Sell Bargain
over p rice as m os t sellers are
n ot fir m o n as ki ng pr ice, a nd , ca n t figure it out, as k on e o f
after all , i t s a b uyer s m ar ket
now for 23 c ha nne l rad ios,
es pecially for SS B. Mak e a
call to th e local police t o
ma ke sure i t s not ho t. F or a
new ra dio, sh o p a ro u nd at a
few stores. Again , i t s a
buye rs ma rket, a nd eve n at
the chain stores yo u ca n ge t
quite a goo d deal. So make an
o ffer; t he y mig ht jus t ta ke it.
Step 2 : Figur ing it ou t
If at all po ss ib le , ge t t he
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Group A: 23 . 29 0
Group B: 14 .95 0
Tx l-f: 11.27 5
Rx i-f : 1 1.73 0
se rvice m an u al  Th is will te ll
yo u all yo u eve r wanted to
kn ow , bu t were a f ra id to a sk .
Fo r th e Rad io S ha ck rad ios ,
it ca n be o rd e re d fr o m th e
st o re (t hey r e everywhere just
like Mac Don ald s) if t he y
d on  t have an ex tr a o ne in
stock. It  s well w orth t h e tw o
bucks. Mo st ra dios ha ve a
sc hematic d iagram in th e
ow ner s manual, an d som e
even have o ne glu ed insi de
th e t op cover. Th is ma y   all
yo u ne ed , bu t t he service
manua l gives c om pl ete align
m e nt info rmation an d a
d escription of circ u it opera
tion which can he lp a lot .
Step 3 : Plotting an d Schem 
ing - just what has to be
Whi ch cr ys t als t o ch ange ?
De t e r m i n e th e ty pe of
sy nt hesizer an d d o th e ar it h·
metic . If y o u have trou ble,
t he sc hem at ic a nd existing
eq u an d
rysta
cSAS E,l anfr d I encies
will be glado ne to
help yo u. Nex t, o rd e r th e
ne w crys ta ls an d wait, a nd
Wh at ab o u t t u n ing on
SS B? All th e SSB rigs hav e a
cla rifi er co nt ro l whic h will
mo ve th e receiver   o r - ab o ut
1 k Hz. On man y o f t he r igs it
al so mo ves th e tran smitt e r
t he sa me amou nt . Don  t
worry if it do e sn  t move th e
T x ; it  sWhat so it
e asy at obo futix itmovi
will. ng
m or e th a n 1 k Hz? If y o u
t he un scrupu lou s CB service
me n w ho adve rt ize in t he
personal co lumn o f t he loc a l
ne wsp ap er h ow t o pu t in a
sli de r. This will give yo u
a bo u t a 20 k Hz spread o n
ea ch c ha n nel. Fo llo w all
signa l path s o n th e sc he ma tic
Group A : 23 .330
Group :   14 .91 0
Group B1 : 14 .90 7
  O u: 11.27 5
23. 3 40 23 .390 23 .440
14 .9 60 14 .970 14 .99 0
Tabl e
so yo u can fi gu re o u t wh ich
ci rcu it s will nee d re tu ning.
Step 4 : Th e Mod Squad At
ta ck s
F or th e T RC -4 7 (a nd -48 ),
which uses sort o f a cross
be t ween th e 12 and 14
crysta l sy nt hesizers, th e exist
ing c rysta ls ar e sho wn in
Table 3.
In t h is sche me , o ne crys ta l
f ro m grou p A is a lways use d,
o ne fr om group Bu fo r AM
an d US B, an d on e fr om gr o u p
B1 for LSB o nly. Th e 1 1.275
is used for AM T x and for
USB. Th e 1 l .272 is used fo r
LS B, and th e 11 .7 30 fo r AM
Rx o n ly.
C h a n ge the gr ou p A
c ry sta ls t o : 24 .865, 24 .91 5,
24.965, 25.015, 25.06 5, and
2 5. 11 5 MH z. Th e clari fi er
co n tr o l is a fair ly large vari
able ca pa cit or of t wo sec
tio ns, wit h a f ix ed c ap ac ito r
in pa r all el wi t h eac h sec t io n .
Clip th ese t wo fix ed ca paci 
to rs o u t o f the circuit . Th is
no w gives yo u m or e ra ng e on
th e cl a rifier, a bout · t o   4
kH z. See ing as h ow no b od y
uses LSB on te n me t er s,
rem ove th e tw o resist o rs   o n rec eive, as th e Rx au dio
K which bias th e di od es fo r
swi tc hing t he BF O c ry sta ls
and sho rt t he d iod e fo r th e
USB BFO crystal (11.275).
By do ing t his, w he n yo u
mo ve t he m od e switc h to
LSB th e ra d io stays o n USB,
b ut yo u get a d o wn ward f re
qu e ncy sh if t o f ab o ut 3 k l lz ,
You n ow h ave tw o 5 k Hz
wide ba n d s wit h a 2 k Hz
o verla p for e ac h o f th e 2 3
ch annels. Now ret un e th e
b an d pa ss filt ers at 38 an d 27
MHz t o 3 9. 6 and 28 .6 MHz,
pea k th e rec e ive r fro n t e n d,
pe ak t he transm it t er driv er
a n d fin al coils. Do n ot ad just
an y o f th e p ot s in th e trans
m it t er unl ess yo u ha ve access
23 .380 23 .43 0 23 .4 80
14 .920 14 .9 30 14.950
14 .917 14 .927 14.9 47
  O 1: 11.272 Ax 2 nd mix er t or AM on ly 1 1.730
Table 3
3 .49 0 2 3.5 40
t o an d can use a spectr um
a na lyzer, as t h is will affect
dri ve level an d bias a nd will
af fec t inter mo dulation distor
ti on jus t as mu ch if n ot mo re
th an it will affec t po wer out
put. T he extra on e or t wo dB
y ou c an get , jus t isn t wo r th
the t rouble.
St ep 5 : Th e Smok e T es t
G et in co ntac t wit h a loc al
h am wh o can work ten me-
t ers, an d arrange a sked to
make sur e that it is wo rking
on th e f requen cy yo u th ink it
is, an d whil e he is tr ans
m ittin g o n a k no w n fre
q ue n cy , ma k e su r e yo u ca n
tu n e h im in wh er e yo u t hink
he sho u ld be . Th en an d o n ly
then , tr y o u t t he tr an sm it t e r
to see if he ca n hear yo u.
Also have hi m t u nc u p and
d ow n t he ban d to ma k e su re
yo u a re o nly t ran smitti ng in
o ne place an d t he rad io ha s
rea so na bly go o d au d io q ua li
ty. If y ou wan t t o use an
exte rnal speak er on it , be
care fu l h ow far yo u advan ce
th e au d io ga in, as t hes e rigs
have muc h mo re au d io t ha n
yo u will p ro bably ever nee d
o ut p u t is a lso th e AM mo du 
lat or. It will give yo u up t o 5
Wa tt s o f a ud io, en ou g h to
wa ke th e sile nt key s. Th ey
usually ha ve resi st o rs in series
with t he in ternal spea ke r to
p revent th e vo ice coi l fro m
smo king at a n ea rly a ge.
Step 6 : Operating it, CO CO
10 CO 10 CQ 10 -10, etc .
G en e rall y ac ce p te d calling
fre quen cies are 28 .600 USB
an d 28 .800 AM, and ac t ivity
seems to be ce n te red a bo ut
th e se, bu t it s be st to check
w it h a local who is a ct iv e on
te n t o m ak e s ur e first. Th ere
ma y be a loc a l ne t or cl ub
using so me o t he r freq uency
23 .5 30 23.580
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th at yo u may want . On many
of t he se rad ios th e squelch
co n trol works very well, SO
it s easy t o m on it or a specific
f re qu en cy for calls, a nd have
t hin gs quiet when there is no
signal present, just like tw o
m et er FM. Lo cal coverage,
b ot h m obile an d fix ed, seems
to be about th e same as two
meter simp lex op e ration, but
more fun when it opens up ,
which is g et ti ng to be more
often no w that t he s un sp ot
cycle is on t he upswing again.
Some Notes o n An tennae for
Ten .
For mobile operation I use
on e of th e fou r foot long to p
l oa de d fibe rglass whi ps wi t h
12 turns rem oved fro m th e
to p of th e co il. Th is makes it
reso na te nicely at a bo ut 28.6
MH z. It s o nly a bo ut 1.5 dB
down from a ful l q uart er
wave, a nd it s a lo t easier to
fit into th e garage.
At home I use a Radio
Shack 5/8 wave ground plan e
for 11m wit h the ca p ac it y hat
re moved, bu t everything else
exact ly as it comes ou t of th e
box an d asse mb led fo llowing
th e d ire ct ion s. Rem o vin g t he
t op hat (3 wires) m ak es it
reson at e at a bo u t 28.5 MHz
with an swr of less than
1.4 :1, no t bad for an antenn a
which ta k es only about 15
minu te s to assemble and
erect.
What About Crystals ?
Th ey ca n be h ad from any
o f th e m anufacturers adver
tising in the ma gazine else
where, or yo u just may have
some in your junk box.
Cana dian s can order fro m
Lesmith Ltd ., PO Bo x 703,
Oakville, Ont., at a pr ice of
six dollars per cr ystal. De
livery of crystals should take
4-6 weeks.
  est of luck, and h op e t o
hea r you on ten . If yo u have
any t ro u ble be su re an d dr o p
me a line, and I will tr y to
help yo u out, •

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A e   fool
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tr ansceiver t uning on
check t his un it Radio underpriced CB tunits ma ny
were si a n is mo re ex o t ic a nd costs
sho wn in Fig 1 is a ve ry frequency output ex ce ed ed mad e ava ilab le wh en th e CB mor e to begin with , th e t ot al
common midpriced C unit 3.5 Watts and receiver se ns   man ufac ture rs be gan dump price ca n be mu ch higher.
Right? Wrong. Th i s pa rt icular t ivi ty was o n th e or der of 0 .5 ing 23 channel units to ma ke Ou r prim ary rea son fo r
E. F. Johnson Messenger mi cro vo lt s fo r 10 dB signal r oo m for th e 40 ch annel choos ing the 12 3A over o t he r
123A started out t ha t way plus noise/noise. Th at ain t mo dels. An am a teur with m od e ls was simple   we
bu t a few simple modifica bad . Wit h th e comi ng increase only b as ic skills should be ha d an ex tr a on e gathering
tions have turned it int o a 23 in sunspot activity  conver able to bu y an d co nvert a 23 dust on th e she f We co uld
c hannel crystal co ntro lled 10 sions suc h a s t his sho ul d be c hannel CB un it to 1 met er s have used pra ct ica ll y an y un it
meter am a te ur r ig. goo d fo r some very interest for less th an  8 0 - of co urse o n t he ma rke t, a nd so ca n
Wh en we wer e fi nished ing low po w er DX .
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  ig 3. Interior shot o f t h e
  tthe top
y o u. Ho we ver, let s go
through this particular co n-
version step-by-step, since
most conversions will differ
o nl y in minor details. If you
follow what we did h er e, you
should have no t rou bl e with
other makes or models.
The 123A is a single
conversion syn t hesize d uni t
using a channel frequency
minus 455 k Hz inp ut to t he
receiver mixer. Th is is acco m-
plished by mixing the output
from a high fr equ en cy oscil
lator with that of a low fre
que ncy oscillator and using
the difference frequency.
For exam ple, when th e
unit is t uned to C B chan nel l
  26.965 MH, I, t he high
frequency oscillator operates
at 32.700 MH z. The low
freq uency oscillator on chan
n e l l operates a t 6 .1 90 MHz.
The difference frequency is
2 6. 51 0 MHz, which is 0.455
MHz below the channel
freque ncy.
Wh e n the unit is switched
to th e tra nsmit mod e - st ill
o n chan nel 1 - the high
f r eque ncy oscillator co n-
t inues to operate at 32.700
MHz, bu t t he low f re qu en cy
oscillator has a 5. 735 MH z
crystal switched into the
circuit and the 6. 190 MH z
crystal is switched o ut. Th is
new difference frequency 
26.965 MH z same as the
chann el freq uency ) IS
simulta neously switched to
t he tra ns mi tt e r strip, and t he
receiver is muted.
While the 123A is a 23
channel u nit an d o nl y uses 14
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3A showing the transmitter strip
crystals in a   , each crystal
must co ntrol severa l channels.
If you start at the lowe r en d
of the band   channell) a nd
change channels all the way
to the to p   channel 2 3) , y ou
will find t hat t he high fre
quency crystals are switched
after four consecutive chan
nel s an d the low fr equency
crys tals are switched fo r each
channel and re peat every
fo urth channel. Table 1
should make t hat clearer.
We decided that since we
had to start so mewhere , a
f req ue ncy jum p of e xa ct ly 2
MHz wo ul d simplify ma tt e rs,
so that is what we used. It
would have been as good
from an operating sta ndpoint
to shift th e low frequency
crystals, bu t for eco nomy we
decided th at it made much
more sense t o change only six
crystals rather than eight.
  Another reason to use t he
higher oscillator for changes
is t hat low freq uency osc il-
lators are sometimes prett y
narr ow bande d. We didn t
want to have t o change any
t uni ng c ompon ents if we
didn t have t o do so.)
By referring to Table 1,
you can see that to raise
receiver an d transm itter
frequencies 2 MH z, yo u
simply raise the high fre
q uency oscillator 2 MHz. The
new di fference frequencies
  28.965, etc.) f all into the 10
met er phone band.
We or dered the new
crystals and pu t th e unit back
on the shelf until they ar
rived. When th e y finally got
Fig 4. Detail o f the oscillator synthesizer mixer tuning
adjustments and test points
in after severa l week s, we
to o k t he unit ou t of t he case
and began t he conversion.
Removing the crystal bank
it surrounds the channel
selector switch - in t he 1 23 A
is a relatively simple matter
of taking of f th e front panel
kno bs , th e four scre ws which
secure th e front panel t o t he
chassis, and t he two t iny
bol t s whi ch fasten t he crystal
bank t o t he channel selector
switc h. In Fig 2 you can see
one of th e nuts which holds
the crystal bank located at
t he l eft c en te r o f the p icture.
Wh en t he fiber PC which
holds t he crys tals is loose , it
is a si mple matter to remove
th e high f re q ue ncy oscill ator
crysta ls and replace the m
with th e new crys tals. Use a
good clean iron for t he job in
order to minimize damage to
the PC .
Whe n all of t he new
crystals are soldered in place
and the leads tr immed, reas
semb le th e whole mess a nd
you are ready to start tu n in g
Tuning can be ver y simple
if you have th e right equip
ment. If you don t , we would
suggest that you bo rrow it. In
this case t he right eq uipment
is a did dlestick and an rf
V  to t he diodes to the left of
Look at Fig. 3 . Slightly to
the right an d below ce nter
you ca n see two tiny t rans
formers. Below them yo u will
see on e ma rc. The lower
tra nsformer sitti ng all by
itself is T7 . Tr ansformer T 7
tu nes t he output o f the high
frequency oscillator.
Fig. 4   an expanded view
of T7 and its associated
components. Just to the right
of T8 and T9 is transistor
Q 14, the synthesizer mixer.
The output from the high
fre que nc y o scillato r is
coupled through T7 t o the
emitter of Q14. Wit h t he unit
in th e receive mode, connect
the rf probe to the emitter of
Q I4 an d tunc T7 for rruxi
mu m. The reading  hould be
somewhere between 0. 5 and
1.0 volt   rms of rf. After yo u
have t un ed T 7 for maximum,
switch through all of the
channels. If you are measur
ing th e rig ht ou t put, after
every four channels the redd
ing wi  mome nta rily dip as
you switch in another crystal.
When you t urn the channel
selector to the blank space
b etwee n cha nnels 22 a nd 23,
the reading should go to zilch
In this unit, as in many
others, the channel selector
switch has a cutout 10 pre
vent operation in this posi
tion. It used to be called
channel 22a, 27.235 Mll z,
which was illegal under the
old CB rules.)
After you are satisfied that
th e oscillator is working
pr ope rly , move t he rf probe
the filter capacitor directly
abo ve T7. The cathodes of
these two dio des arc con
nect ed , and t his is your ne xt
test point. Tunc T8 and T9
for ma xi mu m at this point.
You may have to go b ac k a nd
touch up T7 as you load it by
tuning T8 and T9.
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I f yo u get so mething
between 0. 3 and 0. 5 volts rf
at t his tes t po int, it is down 
hill a ll th e way f ro m h er e. If
not, go back and start over
agai n at T7 .
In Fig 3 yo u can see tw o
sma ll tra nsformers ab ove th e
channel sel ect or . These arc
TlO and T11. To t un e t he m ,
connect th e rf probe to the
colle ct o r of rf pr e-driver Q1 5
 in Fig. 3 Q15 is o bscured by
t he mike cord, b ut it is th e
first transistor in t he t rans
mi ller strip and is close to
Tl O { n . When th e probe is
co nnected, connect a dumm y
load to the rf o utput of the
unit an d key th e mike. The rf
output measured o n t he col
lect or o f Q 15 sho ul d be
several volts. If yo u ha ve it
mo ve t he prob e t o the ne xt
tr ansistor in th e tran smitte r
strip an d tune ea ch s ta ge for
max imum be for e going o n to
the next. By th is t ime, yo u
sho uld have a Watt or tw o of
rf at th e t ran smitt er s ou tput
and yo u can co m ple te tu n ing
wit h a wa tt met er if you have
one - and you either do or
have a fr iend wh o do cs.
Before yo u do any receiver
tun ing com pl e te the tran s-
 H   N N E L HF C RY S T
32 .700
2 32.700
3 32 .700
4 32.700
5 32.750
6 32.750
7 32.750
6 32.750
9 32.800
10 32.800
11 32.800
32 .800
12
13 32.850
32.850
14
15 32.850
16 3 2.850
17 32.9 00
18 32.900
19 32.900
20 32.900
  32.950
22 32.950
23 3 2.950
  b le 1. Sy nthesizer scheme
2 MHz is added to each frequenc y in the HF Crystal column  jumps a ro und a ll over t he
the Receive output and Transmitter outpu t also increase by 2 MHz  NOT :  l l frequencies in
MHz  do wn. Be seeing yo u on 10. •
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mi n er tuning. Wh en yo u a rc max imum output wh ich w ill 11· 10 m), it to the
couple
fini shed, yo u sho u ld ha ve 3 .0 all ow the wattmeter to sho w tran sce iver
an d t une for
Wat t s or more at 13.6 volts a slight kick up w ar d s o n max imum output or S -m et er
dc i n p u t . T r a n s f ormer s peaks. If t his p oi nt h ap pe ns reading.
T1 0 { f   may n ee d to be to be in exc ess of 5 Wat t s, Th e o ther way is to co n
stagger-tune d to opti mize fine . If it is less - a nd it nect th e unit t o an an tenna
o utput o n all c hannels. All prob ably wi ll be - tha t s whic h ex hibits a lo w vswr on
o t h e r t ra n smitter tuning ok a y to o . In an y event that 10 mete rs an d t une for maxi
should be done at or near th e point is where th e unit should mu m noise. No rmal precau
center of th e ban d  channel operate for cleanest, best tions a gai nst tuning to a n
12 or 13 ). Afte r yo u have modulated output. ima ge frequency should be
max imum output whistle int o Now yo u are ready to tu ne obs er ved . As a general rule, if
t he mike. T he wattmeter will t he receiver s ec ti on . Assum you tu ne to the first peak
pro ba bly kic k do wn. If yo u ing th a t t he uni t was working t hat you co me to fro m t he
have t uned to max imum , yo u pro perl y on CB freque ncies, original posi tions, yo u w  l l be
may be show ing as much as yo u have only two minor right on th e money t he first
5.0 Watts of o utpu t. The ad ju stment s t o make. time. Measure the output
123A wi ll usually n ot mod Loo k at Fig 3 aga in. freq u encies with a counter,
ulate that mu ch pow e r ful ly Direct ly below and parallel t o check it out with a friend
a nd t ra ns mi tter tuning should the transm itter st rip is th e a cro ss town, and yo u are on
be touched up a little. recei ver rf and i-f st ri p. Don t th e air. Total t ime involved ?
Between th e rf final ampli d i s t u r b a ny adjustm en t s A co uple of hou rs.
fier a nd t he o utput co nncc  except t hose of the t wo ca ns In ou r protot yp e unit, we
tion y ou can see tw o t uning closest to the rear o f t he not iced only o ne un u sual
coi ls. After the uni t has been cha ssi s. The can sitti ng by ite m . On c hannel a l Om   you
tu ned to ma x imum , inse rt a itself nea r th e modul ation have to ca ll them something),
diddlestick int o the co  l tran sformer is T1 th e r e- we have a relativel y strong
nearest the fin al am p lifier. ce iver rf input t uning. The rece ived signal present even
Using sho rt wh istles, t ur n t he n ex t can in th e li ne is the when the an t enna is no t
slug cloc kwise int o th e co  l mixer input tu ning, T2 . There co nnect ed . Since we have 22
until the wa ttmeter begins to are two easy ways of tuning o t her channel s to use, we
kick u p slightly on t he peaks. t hese t wo ca ns. decided to fo rget it and no t
Then go to th e las t t uning If you have a stable signal go loo king for spurs. Th e
coil a n d retune it for maxi so urce and ca n be certain th at same problem ma y o r may
mu m o utput . Do t his back it is o n fr eq uen cy, set it for n ot sho w up o n yo ur conver
a nd for t h un t  l yo u ha ve th e 29 .08 5 MH z ne w ch annel sron.
As ment ioned be for e, we
RE   EI VE RECE IV E TR  N SM IT TR NSMI T c h os e t hi s unit simply
L LF C RY S T L OU TPUT L F C RY S T L O UT PU T
because wc had it. If yo u
6 .19 0 2 6.510 5.735 26.965 have a no t her make or model ,
6 .1BO 26.520 5.725 26 .975 your co nver sion may be a
6 .17 0 26 .530 5. 71 5 26.985 littl e harder. If the cr y st a ls
6 .150 26 .550 5 .695 27 .005
are of th e plug-in t ype, th e
6 .190 26.560 5 .735 27 .015 co n versio n ma y be easier.
6 .18 0 26 .570 5 .725 27 .025 When yo u begin to tune th e
6.170 26.580 5.715 27.035 uni t ta ke it on e ste p at t he
6.150 26.600 5.695 2 7.055 ti me. Few if an y CB un it s will
5.735 2 7.065 oper at e at a ne w freq uen cy
6 .19 0 26.610
6 .18 0 26.620 5 .725 27.075 wit hout careful ret uning.
6 .17 0 26.630 5.715 27 .085 The 2 MHz ju mp seems to
6 .15 0 26.650 5.695 27 .105
be a goo d idea to us. Chen
27 .115
neli zat ion mean s t hat mobile
6 .190 26.660 5 .735
6 .18 0 26.670 5 .725 27 .125 operation is simple an d fiddle
6 .170 26.680 5 .715 27 .13 5 proof. As a su gges t io n, it
6 .150 26 .700 5.695 27. 15 5 seems t o us t ha t channel
1-10m  29.965 MHz) would
6 .19 0 26.7 10 5.735 2 7. 16 5
26.720 5 .725 27.175 be a goo d calli ng cha nnel. If
6 .180
6 .170 26.730 5 .7 15 27.1 85 every on e who makes a +2
6 .150 26.750 5 .695 27.205 MHz conver sion monitors thi s
c hannel as the band open s
6 .190 26 .760 5 .735 27.215
thi s summer an d fall, there
6 .180 26 .7 7 0 5 .725 27 .225
6 .150 26.800 5.695 27.255 shou ld be a good chance of
making contac t s. If everyone
band, t he chances go way
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Tommy M.  u rp  y   UK H schematic has a chart that

Route 1, B ox 3 A shows the crystals requi red to
Ethel MS 39 67
synthesize the uni t. Wha t you
want to do is to change the
smalles t nu mber of crystals
possibl e du e to the cost
factor. I decided to use the 4
crystals in the 14 M  z osc il·
later sec tion and leave the 23
MH z section alone as it

to  
contains
possible 6tocrystals.
change It maythe
be
 
only
offse t osci llator crystals, in
this case, 11.275 and 11 .730
MHz . I did not tr y this as I
belie ved that the coi ls in the
fron t end of the receiver and
in the transmitter would
probably tune the proper

- - part V: range without modification.

This proved correct. The i f
section mayor may not tu ne.
I  ll le ave that to someone else

  toh nce
c try oftogeth
blower
ing with the
the price
converting the Hv Gain 670B of a couple of crystals.
The crystal needed for the
Hy Gain is determined as
follows: Channel 1 is to  e
29.000 MH z. The 23 MHz
  osci ll ator fr equency is sub
s a result of the re cent itself ve ry handil y to co n- better than the older types tracted from 29.000 MHz.
A du mp of 23 channel
Ci tizens Ban d rad ios on the
ve rsio n to the 10 meter ham
band. The Hv r ange I is a 23
that use one crystal for
transm it and one for receive.
Then the offset osci ll ator
freq uency of 11.730 MHz is
market in anticipation of a channel, sy nthesize d, 4 Watt Wi t h the newer units you get added to that figure giving
big push for the new 40 output, AM radio. If you a lot more useable channels the required frequency, in
channel uni ts, there are many
23 chan nel uni ts at real choose
make suanother
re you getype
t oneradio
that for Looking
a lot less at
cost.
the sche ma t ic thisWcase 17.440
ith one MHz.
crystal then, I set
barga in prices. I paid   40.00 u se s crysta ls not ph ase that came with the radio, I my radio up on 6 channels
for the one I purchased, a locked loop. The newer types located the bandswitch and which came out th is way :
Hy-Gain 670B {Hv  r ange I). with the synt hesizer lend the oscillator crysta ls were
Cha nnel l 29.000 MHz
The radio th at I bought lends th emselves to conversion next to it. The Hy G ai n
Channel 5 29.050 MHz
Channel 9 29.100 MHz
Channe l 11 Meter, 1 ~ r 23 M Hz Old 14 MHz N_ MHz Channel 13 29.150 MHz
  Channel 18 29.210 MHz
1 26.9 65 29.   23.290 14 .95 17 .4 4 Cha nnel 22 29.260 MH z
2 26 .975 29 .010 23.2 9 14.960 17.450
3 26 .9 85 29 .020 23.290 14.970 17.4 6
I felt that 6 channels wer e
•s 27.005
27. 0 15
29 .040
29 .050
23.2 9
23.34
14.9 9
14 .950
17.4  O
17.44 enough to start off wi th. The
6 27 25 29 6 23.3 4 96
14..9 17.450 ot her channels will no longer
7 27.035 29 7 23 34 14 70 17.460 transmit after the coils have
•s 27.0 55
27.065
29
29.100
9 23 34
23.390
14.990
14.9 50
17.48
17.44
been retuned, thus any
possibility of transmission of
10 27.075 29 110 23 39 14 .96 17.450
11 27 85 29.120 23.390 14 .9 7 17.460 unwanted frequencies will  e
12 27. 1 5 29. 14 23.3 9 14 .99 17.480 av oided in case the channel
13 27.11 5 29. 15 23 .44 14  9 5 17.440

  
selector happens to get of f on
27 12 5 29 . 16 23.440 14  9 6 17.450
27. 13 5 29 .170 23.4 4 14 .9 70 17.460 a chan nel that is not set up
16 23 .4 4 14 .990 on 10 mete rs.

I.
27  1 55 29 .1 9 17 48
17 27 .165 29. 2 23 49 14 .950 17 44 In order to make it simple
27 175 29 .210 23  4 9 14.960 17.450 to keep track of what fre
27.185 29.220 23 .490 14.970 17 .460
quencies are combining to
 
20 27.205 29.240 23. 49 14 .990 17.480
form the desired frequencies,
21 27. 2 15 29 25 23.5 4 14 .95 17.440
22
23 27. 22 5
27. 255 29.260
29.290 23 .5
23 .54
4 14 96
14.990 17.450
17.480 I made up a chart ving all of
gi lved.
the f re quenci es invo
When you order a crysta l
 ig be sure and give all the in
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formati on on your radio
alo ng wit h t he freque nc y
wan ted. Th e Hy-Gain ta kes a
4342743 CS 26C 47 pF
(Internati on al Crystal Co .) .
Conversion
Aft er ta king t he covers
off, lo cate t he 14 MH z osci l-
lat o r sec tio n. Thi s is t he 4
  r ys ta ls grouped together
c impo rtant to tune L2 an d L3,
wi t h th eir des ignation pr in ted
pn th e chassis. Locate X7
(14.950 MHz) an d un solder .
Replace it wit h t he 17 .4 40
Mt Jz cr ystal. Tu ne L2 and L3
I
a  y J. MilleT
99 J 4 nd St .
Saraso ta  L  358
U
sing a ru b ber-type two
pronged plug, th e fe w
co mponents th a t make up
t his tester are mounted inside
th e plug. The hole in the en d
of t he plug th r ou gh which the
cor d en t e rs is used for th e
NE-2 neon bulb .
T wo sma   holes op p osite
each o th er are made near the
base of th e p lug for th e pr ob e
wires t o ex tend, a nd th e tw o
1OO k,
the plug cWat t resistors within
avi ty , being in series
with t he probe cords, prevent
shoc k . A piece of 5 /8 inc h
l.d. aluminum tu b ing   inc h
lon g placed over the bulb
end of the plug, with a 5 /8
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d ow n tw o full turn s. Also
tune L4 and L5 down tw o
full turns. By now yo u sho u ld
be seeing so me out pu t on a
wattmeter or use the m eter
on th e fr on t of th e radio.
Tune th e pre-d rivers, driver
and rf powe r am p lifier for
ma ximum ou t put, in my case
I easily go t 6 Wat t s.  t is
L4 and L5 in or d ow n in th e
co   so that th e sy nthesizer
will en d up wit h th e sum
(40. 73 0 MHz ) rat her t han t he
diffe ren ce as I did at first.
World s
 ontinuity  ester
- it   almost minute
inc o. d. clear p lastic lens
pre hssed int o the tu be, protects
the bulb and enha nces t he
ap pearance of t he mini scu le
tester. Make th e probe wires
long enough t o su it yo ur
needs . -
For th e re cei ver section,
th e coi ls to be tuned down
tw o tu rn s are L10 an d L1 1.
L12, L1 3, a nd L1 4 go only
a bou t on e turn down . Usi ng
an ex t er n al signal so urce on
29. 00 0 MHz, apply a si gnal
until th e S-m et er gives an
indication, th e n pea k the
coils for max imu m . Th e fina l
sensitivity was as good as th e
manufa cturer 's specifica tions
o n th e 27 MHz band .
' T h e p o s stbilf tt e s a re
nu mer ou s t ha t t hese con
ver ted un its ' can be pu t to.
mallest
SCHEMATIC
R1
I Probe.
Neon Bulb
Fig 2
Ine xpensive wal ki e-tal ki es can
be co nverted. How about
hidd en tr ans mitter hunts? CB
anten nas can be easi ly co n
ver te d by reducing th e length
a co uple of i nc he s. Th e rad io
on ly dr aws ab o ut 100 mils
when in a squel ched con di
tlo n, so it could be left on in
order to ca tc h ba nd ope nings
or loca l ca   s. So how about it
fell ows? Let s use all th at
space on 10 m et ers Will be
mo nito ring Channel 1
(29 .000 MH z) . see yo u on
10 1
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th ree beers an d a q uick radio

re   ir job A couple of tubes
la te r (whic h I scrounge d), I
had it going great on CB
chan nel 11. Th e radi o was
putti ng o ut 1 Watts A M i nt o
a wattmeter an d dummy
load.
That s on e of the reasons
tube
mos
(andt ostill
f theare ) sot ypes
po pwere
ular.
The y co uld be  tweake d for
more ou t pu t very easily. In

  to   this area, 29.000 MHz is

coming i nt o use for channel
1, since there is really no
establis he d ban d plan for t his
equipment. Let the   W boys

- - part VI: antenna suggestions use 28 t o 28 .5, of course;

SSB has 28.5 to 29; and let
th e A M activity start at
2 9.000 through 29.290. That

gives everyo ne a lo t of room.

Tom M M urphy  SU of lots and lo t s of lo w cost
RL 1,  ox 3 A commu nications eq uip me nt
 thel MS 39 67
- new and used Citizen s
Band t ra nsceive rs These
ra nge fro m old t ube t y pes to
radio, get it int o o perating
shape, and co nvert it to 10
meters. I was given a Joh nso n
Messenger 1 tube radi o by a
 g oo d bud dy who was a
Th e 2 meter ba nd is get
ting more a nd m or e c ro wd e d.
O nward and upward is th e
cry, bu t the cry I hear right
no w is my po ck et boo k. So,
let  s fall back and regro up
and have a whole bu nch of
f un in the process. T he Joh n
son has a 5-channel capacity,

O ne of t he be tter t hings
t o hap pen t o amateur
radio lately is the availability
mode rn solid state units.
Wa nt to be chea p? Just do
as I did - find a n old tube
h un g up o n his latest 40
c ha n nel play-pre tt y . Well,
s ort o f give n . it cost me
a bu ilt-in ac power supply,
and pu ts o ut 1 Watts wit h
no p ro bl em s. Th e co nversion
Photos by J a m . , C legg was about as simple as
s ti cki ng a cou ple of crystals
in. You just have t o t weak o n
t he rf stages, both receive an d
transm it, for opti mu m perfor
ma nce at 29 instead o f 27
MHz.
Checki ng w ith a number
of good bu dd ies in t he area
reveals a huge qu a nt ity of
t ube t ype rad ios. T hese are
just ideal for conversion to 10
meters. I ha ve a solid state rig
co nve rt e d to   in m y t ru ck ,
a nd it works like a champ.
Havi ng solid s ta te f or mo bil e
an d a c he ap t ub e set for base
use is th e way to go. The
people I want to talk to can
now get me on 10 meters
instead of 2. Because it s 
sparsely po p ulated, there s no
pro b lem li ke on 2. It was
hard to work 5SB on H F
witho ut the 2 meter radio
so un ding off. So, th is way, if
OX is ar ou nd, I can get a call
or g ive one to alert t he  good
guys. ,
W h a t about anten nas?
1 Watt s at 29.   MHz Well, t he re is a lo t of scrap

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lying aro und. This scra p is
good stu ff, and it can usua   y
be obtai ned for th e asking
I've seen many antennas
whose only prob lems were
t hat t he fel lows using th em
couldn 't ma ke them work,
shorted PL-259 , cu t coax t oo
short, etc. The la tt er may be
just fine for t his use becau se
t hat's what you have to do to
go up in freque ncy, of course
- generally cut off about 2
inches for 29 MHz.
The an tennas for mobile
use are of many types,
ranging from cbeapos to the
expensive, high quality items.
With base-loaded coils, I just
snip a couple of inches of f
th e whip , rat h er than
worrying about getting into
th e coil. Then tythe
center-loaded re are
pes; t he
again,
take a cou ple inches off.
On my t ruck I use a a-foot,
fiberglass, top-loaded antenna
(Radio Shack, new $9.95
with $4.95 mirror mount ),
which I got for no cost when
one of the fello ws was getting
t he swr down and tr immed it
off to o short. It started going
up on him, and tha t was it ; he
had to sc rap it and get a new
anten
me; it's That inwas
na.going my fine with
directi on
anyhow. Ther e s a rubber tip
over th e end; remove it, and
you will see the end of a wi re.
Carefully ta ke yo ur pock et 
knife, f  s h t he wire ou t , and
trim . Of cou rse, a   th e trim
ming is done while us in g the
10 meter radio in co nj unction
with an swr meter.
Th en t here 's the fu  
length  w hip, 10 2 inches
long, plus a 4-inch spring and
ball mount. If yo u like it
 w hipping around, trim a
cou ple and get talki ng As
you go do wn the street, you
will come to know t he height
of tree branches above th e
street.
Seri ousl y, t here's a world
of CB antennas ou t t here just
for the seeking, so pu t th e old
ham spirit to work and
scrou nge Bas e station an
ten nas are equall y as easy to
convert. Just a lit tle trimmi ng
is all it takes. They range
from the cheapies that have
no gain (actually a loss co m-
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pared to dipole ref erence), to
quarte r wav e, to t he big, lon g
ones, mo re th a n 19 feet , t hat
have several dB of gai n.
Agai n, I have a preference as
to type. I just don t like t he
big, long ones; they 're h ard to
handle and sure do catch t he
wind. Ho wever , if it s cheap,
so pricecoisuld
the that sure
behard
the to beat,
way to
go I use a c om pa ct a nt enna
called the Star duster. ' I
believe it sells new for about
$45.00. I spent a couple of
hours helping with an an
tenna erect ion and inquired,
  What are you going to do
with that old a nte nna ? I got
it free or, a t least, as a reward
for my help.
The advantage of a co m
pact ante n na is that it can be
easily mou nt ed on to p of th e
HF or whatever beam wit h-
o ut a lot of trouble, whereas
the lo ng ones would be just
about impossible. Of co urse,
the tr im mi ng ta kes pl ace
closer to t he gro und. I just
put the antenna o n a 20-foot
mast to ma ke adjustments,
and it changes very lit t le
when I finally pu t it way up
there.
Be am a nt e nnas? Well,
t here are uses, of cou rse. Say
there's one specific direction
you want; you c ould co nvert
and side mount t he beam.
Th e average CB beams are
just t oo big and unwieldy to
be practical fo r our use, un
less t hey're on to p of a t ower,
and the chances arc you al·
ready
have have a good HF beam.
a TH-6DXX, and 4I
w orki ng eleme nts on 10
meters, which are enough for
me. If it is difficult to make
c o n t a c t on th e vertical
polarized ground plane, then
we just switch to horizontal
on the existing HF beam.
Also, the ground plane works
very well in the omnidirec
tional pa tt ern, t o catch calls
from mobiles that may be in
any
banddirection,
openings.
of course,
and, With the
ground plane, I can hear sta
tions t hat I would otherwise
miss if I was using t he beam
and d id no t have it tu rned in
t heir d irect ion. The ground
plane is u p 85 feet, and t he
distances worked are amazing
- base to base, and base to
mob   e. If I want to talk to
my good budd y 60 miles
away, I just ring his number
(channel 1, 29 .0 00 MH z ), and
 e vy  duty   section
away we go.
There are a ll sorts of
go o dies to be found. I
honestly believe t ha t those
fellows must buy PL-259s by
th e bushel. Just sc rou nge, and
you can co me u p with all
sorts of radios, ant e nnas, swr
met ers, coax, plugs, co n-
snectors,
up p lies, micro phones,
external power
speakers,
coax switches, and a whole
raft of stuff.
I' m looking forward to
conversions of HTs to 10
met ers. They sure can do
everyt hi ng a 2 meter unit can
(using direc t frequencies),
and t hey're a whole bunch
cheaper.  t should   lots of
fun fo r hidden transmitte r
hunts, and , when the band
 t  
opens,
real kickI think would
to tal k from here toa
California on an HT  SSB CB
radios have co me down a lot
in price fo r t he 23-channel
models, but are still fairly
high. I believe th e y'll co me
down some mor e. How about
a co nversion t o 29 MH z for
23 channels of A M with
switch ing t o d rop it to the
28.5 MHz regi on for S5B? It s
sure going to be fun. So, start
scrounging •
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 O J 73
Seven  il OH 4 5 0 6 2
 
-- part VII: convert a TRe
lot of hams have bee n
talk i ng about con
verting CB rigs fo r 10 mete r
use. I've even see n band plans
f or u se w it h conve rt e d
sy nt hesiz ed r igs whi ch retain
t he sa me spaci ng as the CB
channe ls If yo u wo uld like to
avoid the wor k neede d to
co nvert a sy nt hesized rig, bu t
still want to join the group on
10 AM, tr y R adi o S ha ck 's
Realistic T RC-11 . It is a six
chan nel rig, which requires
very little effort to be pu t on
10.
Like most of us who have
to watc h o ur pennies, I like
to be able t o jus ti fy buying a
new rig Th e just ification I
needed grew ou t of t he
result s of ou r first Red Cro ss
simulate d emerge ncy te st of
1977. Ou r dr ill went we ll
but, d uri ng the debriefi ng, it
became apparent that in a
real emergency, ou r depen
de nce on 2 meter FMsimplex
chan nels might lead to prob
lems. We sent t hree field
teams out. Each te am used a
separa te simp lex fre q uency,
e ither 46 , 52 , or 94, for their
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to   and t ried it int o a d ummy
own commun ications. Th e
field cont ro l sta tions also
used our 14 6.3 7 /9 7 repeater
fo r relay to Red Cross head
qu arters.
Ou r l a t e r d is cu ssions
po int ed ou t t hat we should
avoid 94, beca use it is a re
peat er fre quen cy and mu tu al
interference co ul d arise. 52 is
a nationa ll y recognizcd Ire
q uency and c oul d be
crowded 46 is set aside by
th e Ohio Area Repeater
Council for s ta te wi de emer
gency use. All th e frequencies
we used had a p ot e nt ial for
severe inte r ference in t he case
of a rea l emergency, so we
talked a bo ut possible alte r-
nate fre q uencies. 10 met er
AM wi th a co n ve rte d CB rig
see med li ke a na tu ral.
Crystals
T he TR C-ll is a crystal
c ont rol l e d rig and uses
sepa rate c ry st al s for t ra ns mi t
and receive. Th e t ra ns mi tt er
uses fu ndame nta l frequency
crystals. To transmit on 29.3
MHz, get o ne c ut for 29.3.
T he receiver is single ca n-
version w it h a 45 5 kHz inter
media te frequency. Th e re
ceive crystal fre q ue nc y is 45 5
kHz less tha n the fr eque ncy
t o be rece ive d. To receive on
29. 3 MH l , get a crysta l c ut
for 28.845 MH z.
I o rdere d my set of
crys tals from Intern at ional
Crystal Mfg Co., 10 N. Lee,
O klaho ma City, O klahoma
73102. Th ey c ost   7.90 each.
  may be possible to get
th e m for less elsewhere, b ut ,
in t wo separately mailed
orders, t he c rystals have bee n
received within t wo weeks, so
t he service was wo rt h any
e xt ra cost. T heir ca talog
number for t ransm it crystals
f or the T RC·11 is 820308.
Fo r rece ive it is 82 03097 .
Specify cata log n um ber and
cry sta l fre que ncy when
or dering. 1 suggest s en di ng a
check when yo u or de r - it
will save time on processi ng
your o rder, a nd Inte rnational
pays the shipping if yo u do.
Ad just ing t he Crystal Oscil
lators
Don 't Th at's right , yo u
don t need to  o a thi ng to
t he oscil lator circuits. Th ey
are broadband enough that
t hey take of f with no prob
lems at 10 meters. Before I
received my crystals, I
wanted to see if I would need
to work on the osci llators.
The o nl y crys tal I had was a
spare fo r my He at hk it 5 B·30 1
het ero dy ning chain, and it
was at 29. 895, which is above
the 10 met er band . I did w an t
t o c he ck it ou t, so 1 j ump ered
th e crystal into the circuit
a ntenna.   worked wi th no
troub le, so I was sure it
would work in the band as
well.
Tuning f or Outpu t Power
Tu ning up for maxi mum
ou t put p ow er on 10 meters is
ve ry simple. Befo re I re tuned
fo r 10 , I wa nte d to c heck
ho w mu ch I was ge tting o n
CB cha nnel 9, which comes
wi th t h e rig. Befo re retunin g
channel 9 had 3 Watts, an d
29.3 MHz had about a
quarter of a wan. After
retuning for 29.3 MHz, I had
3 Watts there and 1.5 on
channel 9.
To pea k t he T RC-l1 fo r
10 met ers, sim ply adjust t he
se tt ings o f co ils LS and L6
for maximum outp ut , as
measured on a wattm eter. A  
coils are plain ly ma rked on
the printe d circu it board. L5
and L6 are very near the
coaxial connector towards
t he l ef t rear side of t he u ni t.
T hat 's all the work yo u
need to do to get t he TRC-11
going
isn on 10
 t it? Altmeters.
hough Simple,
I ha ve
no t tr ied it, I believe t he
Rea   stic T RC-9A should co n-
ver t just as easily as t he
TR e -l 1. The TRC-9 A is
listed as th e three-channel,
e c o nomy version of th e
T RC 11 . It uses the same
crystals, and th e schematics
are ncartv identical.
A nte nnas
As I mentioned earlier, my
m aj or use for this rig is as an
alternate frequency for emer
ge ncy use. I di d not want to
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pu t a per ma ne nt antenna on
my car, so I tried Ra di o
Shack's magnetic mount C B
anten na. mode l 21·940, an d
found th at it. too. is very
si mple to convert for 10
meter usc.
The swr is adjuste d by
decreasi ng t he len gth o f t he
whip, using th e cut-and-try
metho I p h y sically
shortened the length o f the
whip to abou t 73 em . O n my
u nit . minimum swr was ob
tai ned with 66.3 e m o f the
whi p exte nd ing above the to p
W it h th e ad di ti on of a
crys ta l ti mebase to
my digital clock, it began t o
keep time very a cc ura tely 
to about a second a month.
Unfortunately, my house
seems to have more than its
share of s ho rt powe r in terrup
t io ns an d blown fuses. An
accu ra te c lock is of no great
use if it mu st be re se t ever y
fe w days. Power line inde
pendence is a necessi ty for
electronic digital clocks.
None of t he ideas on bat
tery power for clocks cou ld
be adapted to mine without
cutting th e foil on the pri nted
circuit board in a t least a
cou ple of spots. Since I se em
always to mana ge to slit my
th umb a lo ng with the ci rc ui t
boa rd, I like to avoi d th is
ap proach if at all possible.
Th e circuit in Fig. 1
should work fo r just about all
clocks. without any modifica
tion to t heir circuitry. It
amounts to c onne ct ing a bat 
te ry in s eries with a resistor
across t he out p ut of the clock
supply.
Rl se rves tw o purposes.
First, it limits the cha rgi ng
current supplied to the bat
tery while th e clock is
plugged in. Second, when
power fa ils lim its t he dis
c harge cu r rent to abou t 5
mA. Th is cau ses t he clock
LEOs t o extin guish , and the
cloc k ru ns with no read ou t ,
c onsumi ng very   ttle power.
Depending on the cloc k, a
differen t value for R1 ma y be
needed. A little experimenta
t ion will det ermine an a ppro
priate value. Closing Sl will
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o f th e co llar whe re the set
screw is loca ted. I was ab le to
get th e swr down to 1.2 /1 .
Results
During o ur second Red
C r o s s d rill, T ed Whi te
WA 8WQC an d I tr ied ide nt i
cal mobile set ups using th e
TR C- l l and model 21-9 40
an te nna. Ou r re sult s indicated
nearly 10 0 perce nt usability
over a 5-mile path with
several hills a nd numerous
b ui ldi ngs. Line-of s ight paths
y ielded go od results at nearly
 attery
for Digital
- don't miss a second
allow th e read outs to fu nc
tion o n b at t e ry power, but
t he ba ttery won 't last lo ng
this way , so I used a momen
t ar y co n tact push-bu tt on.
B at te ry life seems to be
very l on g in t his circuit. After
several mo nths of   field test
ing,   t he ba tt e ry tes ts as good
as new. Th e trickle c harge
CLOC _ POW[A SuPPLy
12v OC  
 t J
e,
l _
 k Ohm see text; 8
  ig 1. R l -
momentary contact switch
doub le th is d istance.
T he o nly pr o blem we en
coun tered was caused by the
fac t th at I have a rather soft
mic rophon e voice. Using my
usual voice gave p oo r results.
because I was no t .drivin g the
m o d u l a t o r c i r c u i t har d
e n o ug h. Wi th a l i t t le
self-co ntro l. I find it is easy
e no ugh to speak a litt le
lou d er an d c lo ser to the mi ke
to ove rcome this problem.
If yo u are lo o king for a CB
rig t hat is easy to convert for
use on 10 met er s. and don  t
ackup
locks
current it dra ws see ms to do
no harm .
Upon p ower fail ure, my
tl mebase slows do wn from
35 79545 Hz to 35795 15 Hz.
This is a ch ange of about 10
parts pe r million and is
equivalent to abou t 5 minutes
per year, o r less th an on e
s ec ond per da y . Most fai lures
TO C LOC _ A  O   EeAsE
small 9 V battery; 51 -
want or need to co nvert a
23-channel syn thesized rig, I
suggest trying th e Realist ic
TRC·l1.
No ma tter wh at ty pe of rig
yo u co nv er t to 10, the mod el
2 1· 9 40 magnetic ante nn a
from Radio Shack is eas   y
con ve rted to fi ll yo ur need
for an antenna.
With such an easy way of
getting on 10 me te rs AM wit h
a co nverted CB rig available
to you, yo u no longer have a n
excuse to miss t he ac tion. See
you o n 10 -
Joseph W. L on g WA EJT
2 40 6 Maria   lvd
Bi ng h amlon N Y   9
last a few min ut es or a few
hou rs at most, so th is drift is
n o t reall y any problem.
Regulating t he voltage a t th e
timebasc co ul d eliminate even
thi s drift.
This kind o f p ro jec t is my
favori te - it uses onl y three
parts, tota l cost cou ld no t
exceed t wo do llars, it re qu ires
no  m o ds to exis t ing eq uip
men t, it giv es real improve
me nt , an d it can t fail to
wor k   Th er e is somet hi ng
awfu lly nice ab o ut pulling t he
plug on your digital clock,
plugging it in again and seeing
it still dis playing t he c or re ct
time. -
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Leland H Agard KSLUW K5SA
ROil te 5, B ox 7 35
S ta rk vi ll e MS   9759
he C  oo m is just
abo ut over. Th e sup
T
pliers are tryin g to unlo ad
wa re ho uses full of new
23-channel CB radios a t any
price th e mark et will pay. In
ma ny insta nces, the CB
antenna wil [ cost more than
th e radio - amazing bu t tru e.
I was in th e local Rad io
Shack stor e and noti ced th at
t he new Realistic Mini 23 CB
radio was selling fo r  29  9 5.
This had to be a bargain, as
thi s radio norm ally sold fo r
  10  _ 9 5. I thou gh t th is rad io
 m
8ft l in STRAND ED
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  to   T 12 for max imum voltage on
wo uld be an excellent candi
date for convert ing to ten
meter   M and, at th at price,
I cou ld but cher t he rad io all I
wanted to a nd still no t fee l
bad abo ut it. Let me say a t
this poi nt th at , alth ou gh I
thin k I made a goo d bu y f or
the am o unt of elect ronics I
was getti ng, I have fo un d ou t
t hat th ere are bett er deals to
be had. Th e used CB market
is virt ually non existent and
an en te r prising ham can find
a bro ken CB rig for  5. 00 or
less. At th ese prices, it will be
hard t o go wrong when pu r-
chasing a CB rig fo r co n
versWit ten tmeters.
ionh tonew wo meter rigs
  > 
I NNE R CONDUCTOR TO
/
COAX BRAID
FASTENE D TO
TOWER WITH
GROUND CLA MP
RG5 8 u COAX  
t.
costi ng  2 00.00 and mor e
and new CB rigs selling for
o ne ten th of t hat am ou n t, it
sho uld no t be lo ng be fo re ten
me ter AM is jus t as popul ar as
t wo meter F M_ All that is
needed is a little coordinatio n
to keep everyone on th e sam e
freque ncy.
Frequ en cy Conversion
Up on invest igating t he
sche ma t ic of th e Mini 23, ·1
no t iced that t he frequenc y
scheme for ob taining 23
channels was simp ly hetero
d ynin g an y o n e of six master
oscillator crystals against any
on e ofls eight
crysta localt he
to o btain oscillator
des1reCl
freq ue ncy. The local oscil
lator crystals ra nge fro m
10.1 50 MHz to 10.1 80 MHz
and 10. 59 5 MHz to 10 ,6  > 5
MHz in 10 kHz steps. T he
mast er oscillator fr eque ncies
ran ge fro m 37 .600 MHz to
37.8 50 MHz in 50 kHz steps.
In or d er to co me up with a
worka ble plan an d in ord er to
purchase th   ewest number of
crysta ls, uency
t he freq of thtoe cha
I decided nge
master
oscillato r by 2.0 3 5 MHz. Th is
puts channel 1 o n 29_000
MHz. Thi s is a nice round
nu mber, and it seems t ha t th e
higher frequen ci es formerly
were used for AM op e ra t ion.
T his is acco mplished very
easily by changi ng th e crys
ta ls as sho w n in T able 1. The
new crystals ca n be purchased
from Int ernati onal and other
m a nu factur ers for aro un d
  4.9 5 each. This p ut s th e rig
o n freq u en c y in th e ten m et er
band,
Trans mit t er Alignment
T he transm itt er secti on is
peaked up using a VTVM and
a wa tt meter and dumm y
load. The prob e of the VT VM
is con nected to th e base of
0 1 2 , and th e oscill at o r is
pea ked fo r maxim um o utp ut
by adjust ing Tl0 T11 and
th e VTVM_
T he dr iver is pea ked by
conn ec ting th e VTVM p robe
to the base of 01 4. On ce
again, key t he mik e and th en
adjust T1 3 for m aximum
vo ltage) and next ad just T1 4
fo r max imum voltage on t he
VTVM. Thi s peaks up the
driver sectio n. At thi s po int,
some rf ou t put sho uld a ppear
on the wattm ete r.
T une th e fi nal by a djusting
T1 5 an d T1 6 for fo ur Watts
o ut put on th e wat t m et er. Do
no t try to t une th e fin al fo r
maximum o ut put on t he
wattme te r. T he tran sisto r will
pu t ou t m ore th an seven
Watt s but in ord er to do so)
will p ull excessive co llector
current , a nd the tran sistor
will no t ho lif rrp to th is a buse.
Th e f inal tr ansisto r will o pen.
Ta ke my advice and tun e for
no mo re th an four Wa tt s out.
1 kno w beca use I learne d th e
hard way an d now am using a
replacem en t fi nal transisto r.
Receiver Alignm en t
Th e receiver can be aligned
by using a signa l source such
as you r regular statio n tr ans
mitter tuned to 29 .0 00 MHz
and fed in to a d ummy load or
an y ot h er su itable wea k signal
sourcc, such as a ncarb y ham
t ransm
T itti ng
he Mini do es29.000
23 on no t haMHz_
ve an
5-meter, so I connected the
VTVM probe to diod e D3,
which is the AM det ector. It
t hen becomes a simple matter
to t une T2 , T3, T 4, T 5, and
T6 fo r max imum voltage o n
t he VT VM_ Thi s co mpletes
th e co nversion, an d th e rig is
now ready to go on te n
meters.
Ante nnas
For mo bile use, I took a
used base-loaded mo bile CB
ante n na and simply st ar te d
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trimmin g th e wh ip un til I
reached an swr of 2: 1 while
o perating o n ten m et ers. On
th e whip I was using, I to o k a
littl e mor e th an two and a
half in ches of f. Th is will vary
wit h d i f f erent ty pes of
mobile a nt enn as, of cou rse,
and a goo d meth od is to
inser t the swr brid ge in line
middle of the group of fre
q uencies yo u a re using. In my
case, it worke d ou t t o be
eigh t fee t and o ne inch fo r
just a little below 29.000
MHz. Th e inn er conductor of
th e coa x fee dline is atta ched
to th e quar ter wavelength
r adia t o r, a nd th e braid of the
coa x is cla mpe d to the tower
Indeed, it seems t ha t gro u nd also a goo d proj ect fo r a
wave on this band is abo ut co uple of guys who just want
eq ual to line-of-sigh t pat h s o n a littl e privacy to discu s s t he
t wo me te rs. Thi s is a great stoc k market or whatever.
club project to bring a ll those For under $60.00, this is a
members back together o n good way to keep ten m eters
so me comm on gro un d. It is alive. See yo u on ten AM  •
Crystal From To

and trim until a goo d match leg using a ground cla mp . Xl 37.600 M Hz 3 9.635 M Hz
is ob t ained. Th e fr equency T his syste m works q uite well X2 37.6 5 0 MH z 39.685 MH z
change of 2 MHz or so should and cuts the length of the X3 37.7 00 MH z 3 9.73 5 M Hz
X4 37 .750 MH z 39.7 85 M Hz
wo rk ou t ok ay wit h mo st sloper in half. X5 37 .8 00 MH z 39. 83 5 M Hz
mo bile whi ps tha t ar e base X6 37.8 50 MH z 39 .855 MH z
loaded . Resu lts
Fo r a base s ta ti on setup Th e te n mete r AM rigs Table
an y ex ist ing te n mete r a nte n compare very favo rably with
na could be used, even a t he tw o meter rigs. Th e cost
tr imm ed do wn CB gro un d is dr astically lower , but range
pla ne. I wa nted a n indepen see ms to be abo ut as goo d.
VOLUME
d en t rig a nd did no t want to Mobile-to   mo bile co ve ra ge is CONTROL

tie up my te n me ter bea m a b o ut t h r e e m iles, a nd

wit h the tittl e rig, so an ex tr a mobile-to -base c ov era ge is six
t en met er a nt e n na was a to seven m iles. With base [§ [§ [§[§[§ CRYSTAL
SWITCH
n T4 T5
must. I fi nally decided on the station-to-base stat ion co n T2   n

sloper- type anten na s ho w n in tac ts runnin g four Watts

Fig. 1. Thi s a n te n na is ea sy to
ins ta ll, is small, is ch eap to
b uild, and is ver t ica lly polar
ized for wo rk i ng mob iles. Th e
sloper should be cut for t he
ou t put and sloper ante nnas ATTAC H PROBE
FOR RCVR TUNING
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the p ath , co nsistent gro un d
wave c ov era ge of be tt er tha n
20 m i le s is main ta ined. Fig 2. Realistic Mini 23, b  tt view 

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Cliff Wigin ton, Sr   W SG
R FD 1, Box 20 8
  urnsville MS 38 83 3
p rt
A lmos t every late- model
CB rig o n the mar ket is
capable of op erating o n 10
with excellent sensit ivity and
output. No mod el req uires
very ext ensive c hanges to
modify. I picked an inexpen
sive and easily co nv er t ed rig
for my fi rst research run and
ach ieved som e rathe r gratify
ing result s. A li tt le fancy te le
phon e wor k go t m e in touc h
with Char lie Con n ers KliNG
in Nebraska, who I knew had
spent many h ou r s in d esign
work on PLL circuits. As it
turn ed o ut, Charlie has do ne
exte nsive wo rk o n 10 m et er
co nversio ns, and , witho ut his
advice and kno w ledge, my
co nversio n co u ld have bee n
very painful th e first t ime.
T he Hy- R an ge mod el
6 81A, I which I cho se f or
conversio n, can be m odified
finormsabowell
ut an
(be ttho
erurth an
andman
per
u
factur er 's specs], Is it phase
loc ked lo o p? Yo u be t - it
o nly requ ires the pu rch ase of
o ne cr yst a l instead of two,
fo ur, or possibly six o n so me
r igs, and th e receiver sensi
tivi ty is right o n wit h a lit tle
re a lig n m e n t . No ci rcuit
changes are necessary, and
ther e is no com prom ise o n
sensit ivity.
Do I have yo u int e rested ?
Get o ut your alignm en t to o l,
VT V M, and signa l ge nerato r
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  to  
XI:   Gain s
(necessary equ ipm en t ), and
set aside o ne ho ur of yo ur
da y 's sched ule.
Find ing yo ur way inside
sho uld be no pro blem. Loc at e
X10 l and rep lace it wit h a
new cry st al which is de ter
mined by the f orm ula : (N/2 )
+ 9. 51 0 MHz, where N = kHz
above CB cha nne l l (26.96 5)
th a t yo u wish to o pera te.
Fo r ex ample, su ppose we
mo ve up ex actly 2 MHz to
28. 96 5 for channel 1. Th en ,
28.965 - 26.965 = 200 0 kHz;
200 0 /2 = 1000 kHz or 1
MHz ; 10 00 kHz + 9.51 0 =
10.5 10 MHz for new crystal
f requency.
With the new cryst al in
sta lle d , se t the chan nel
sel ecto r t o channel l , attach a
VTV M to TP8 o n the PC
board (ju nc t ion of R114 an d
Rl1 5), and ad just T l0 1 for
1.5 V
criti calde and
± .1 vo
mult.stT his
be step is
do ne
car efully, as it allo ws th e vco
to opera t e withi n   cap tur e
ra nge of the PLL circ uitrv.
Th is accomplished, loosely
coupl e an acc u rate signa l
source to the a nt e nna jac k,
fl ick t he cha nnel selec tor to
chann el 11, and carefu lly
pea k T104 , T10 5, T1 0 6,
Ll l 2, and Ll 15 fo r maxi
mu m receive sensit ivity.
Next, a ttac h a power
meter and du mm y load to th e
output a nd key up th e trans-
  rigs
m itt er, Watch th e po wer
meter and tu ne T 102, T1 0 3,
L103, Ll 0 4, Ll 06, L10 9,
a nd L110 for m ax imum
po wer out put If th e power
o ut pu t exceeds 4 Wa tt s at
thi s po int, read just L11 0
co unt erclock wise u ntil it is 4
Wa tt s o r less. Th is last ste p
will assure an o ut p ut free of
s p ur i o u s radiat ion. Also,
reme mbe r that t hese adjus t
ments are i nt e racti ve and
sho u Id be gone over mo re
th an o nce fo r pea k perfor
mance.
And there you are It' s . .
fir st c lass 10 meter rig in
any bo dy s boo k - in abo ut
an ho ur.
Now yo u need an ant e nna
fo r the littl e jew el. Ther e is
o ne CB antenna o n the
mar ket th a t -wi   -o pe ra te   as
is 
1 SWfo n 10 with
th rou gh less th anmega
a full 2-to
h e r t z. Th e M400   S tar
du ster made by Ant enna
Specialists is a natu ral, the
o nly mo dification necessary
being to change th e co a x co n
nec tor fro m the CB r ig to the
10 met er rig. But, for the
ham w ho s go t to have everv
t hing jus t righ t, slip t he
capacita nce hat of f the top
rad iator , pru ne t he rad iator
t o 96   and t he three radia ls
t o 98 , and yo u have a fine
vertica l ant enna wh ich will
sho w unity gain with a goo d
di po le.
A mobile anten na presen ts
li tt le mor e d ifficul ty th an a
simp le re tuning. Most co m
mercially prod uce d mobi le
CB antenn as fall int o three
cate gor ies, and all ca n be
mod ified succe ssfully with
very littl e effor t. Qu arter
wave whi ps ar e sim ply p runed
to resonance wit h an swr
me te r in the line. Center- and
to p-loaded antennas usua lly
have an adjustable me tal whip
w h ic h r equ ir es a slight
sho rte ning.
Helica lly wo und antennas
may be carefu lly shor tened
a n d resealed against the
w ea t he r. T here 's no th ing
really difficul t abo ut the co n
version, and mo st can be
acco mp lishe d in 30 minutes
or so.
By th is poin t. yo u should
have u nd er $100 and a bout
an ho u r and a h al f wo r th of
time invested in a slic k 10
meter sta t ion . -
R eference
1. Hy-Gai n mo d el 6 8 2 u ses th e
same co nve rsion . Mode ls 26 80 ,
26 8 1, 26 8 2, an d 268 3 req uir e a
di ff erent c ryst al fo rmu la: Crystal
X 10 1 = N/ 3 + 11 .80 6 66 MHz, b ut
t une-up is exac tly t he sa m e. Se r
vice manu als (ve ry co m p rehen
sive are avai lable f ro m : Hy-G ain
Electro
 in o lnnics. 9 00 6Su
, Neb r4aska 850pe4,riofror St
  .,
5
eac h .
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JJ8D Windsorshjre Dr 
Rochester N Y 14624
T
h is tig make s a very
ve rs til a l l- m o d e
m ob ile t rans ceiver w he n
co nv e rted to 1 0 meters .
The pr ic e ha s co me d ow n
r emarka b ly f rom its or ig-
i na l offe r in g . It s b asic
spec ifications ar e : 23 c han
nels, all mode s US B lS B ,
AM), minimum 12 W PEP
o u tp u t, an i-f c rys ta l filte r,
an d   60 0 -H z fine -tune
ca p a b il it y. T he rig ha s 10
10
  ig 1. Te/sat 558-75 par ts location diagram  yo u  ll ne e d:
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p rt X the Lafayette   e sat 558
crystals , whic h ar e d iv ided
int o two group s for f re
quency sy nt he sis: a grou p
o f si x c ry st a ls in th e
24-MHz range w ith 50-kHz
spaci ng, a nd a g ro up of 4
c r ys ta ls fr om 1 4.910 MHz
to 1 4 .9 50 M Hz . A f t e r
c hecking th e block di a 
grams fo r t he differe nt
modes , I decided to re
pl a ce th e 24-MHz crystals .
Also , t h e 1 4 . 9 5 0 -M Hz
 
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c rys ta l s ho u ld be re p la c e d X205: 24 .865 M Hz
b y a 14 .9 4o-MH z c rystal in X2 06 : 24 .905 M Hz
o rde r to ge t ev en 1o-kHz X207: 24 .945 MHz
sp ac ing fro m c ha n ne l to X208, 24.985 MHz
c ha n ne l   orig inal ly 10-10 X209, 25 02 5 MH z
20  1 0 kH z), Eve r y c rys ta l o f X21 0 , 25 .065 MHz
th e fir st grou p yiel ds fo u r
cha nn e ls on 10 m et er s. No o peration is possib le on
28 .720 M Hz   b e t w e e n
The fo r mu la fx   fo p +
ch a nnel 22 an d 23) because
11 .2 7 5 M Hz - 1 4 .910
of th e switching a rrange
MH z , w he re fo p   re
ment .
qu i re d operating frequen
If yo u w an t to listen o c
cy in M Hz, gives th e fre
casio nally to OSCAR 7, just
qu en c y fo r th e crystals in
us e a 25 .835-MHz crystal
t he 24-M H z ran g e . Re me m 
fo r X210. Thu s, c ha nnel 23
b er : Ea c h o f t he s e crys ta ls re ce i ve s t he 29 .502·M Hz
give s fo u r o pe r at ing fre
be a c on , an d c ha nn el s 21
quen ctes.
a nd 22 re c e iv e 29 .480 MH z
Exampl e ; Th e fr e que n cy an d 29 .470 MH z , re s p e c
28 .50 0 M Hz sh a ll be o n t ively, in th e CW subband .
c hannel o ne , W hi ch c rystal   you p refe r th e 73
is necessary? f x   28 .500 Ma gazine band p la n   chan
MH z + 11 .275 MHz  ne l 1 at 28 .965 MHz ), yo u
14 .91 0 M Hz   24 .865 need to replace only th e
MH z . This crysta l replace s f ollowing cr ystals:
X205 a s s ho wn in th e part s
locat ion diag ra m, Fig. 1 . X205, 2 5 3 3 0 MHz
This c rystal is in ac t ion X206: 2 5. 38 0 M Hz
f ro m ch e nn   l t to 4 o n th e X207: 25.430 MHz
s e l e c t o r sw i t c h . X206 X208: 25 .480 M Hz
re sp on d s to c ha n ne ls 5-8; X209, 2 5. 53 0 M Hz
X207 t o c h a n n e l s 9-1 2; X21 0 , 25.580 MHz
X208 to 13 -16; X2 09 to
Crys ta l X204 remains un 
17-20; a nd X210 supp lies
ch a n ge d , so de lete s te p 1 in
21 , 22 , no o pe ration, a nd
th e follow ing instructions.
23 .
This set of crysta ls gives
  yo u want all 23 c ha n  yo u th e firs t 23 c hannels of
nels in a n unin te r rupted th e 73 b an d p la n .
o rder , all yo u do is ad d 40 Som e p ortions of the
k Hz to t h e p r e v i o u s transceiver must be
c rysta l s f reque nc y . re a lig ne d , h ut t he o nl y
Exam ple : Fo r 28 ,500 to co m pone nt s t ha t must he
2 8 . 7 3 0 -M Hz c o v e r a g e , ch a n ge d a re th e crysta ls. A
sa tisf a c t o ry a lig nment ca n
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be ach ieved usin g on ly a
wattmeter and a 10 m et er
tr a nscei ver. You s ho u ld
ha ve no p ro b lems if yo u
f o llow th e se instruction s.
1 . Rep l a ce X2 0 4 w i t h
14 .940-M Hz crys t al.
2. Repl ac e X205 throug h
X210 as re quired .
3. Set mode sw i tc h to USB .
4. Plu g in th e mi cropho ne
and turn th e rig on . Turn
t he sq uelc h f ull y co un te r
cl ockw ise.
5. Co n nec t a 10 meter
an te nna throug h t he watt
m et er.
6. Prov id e a st ro ng signal
on o ne of th e pl anned
operat ing f r eq ue nci e s.
7. If yo u hea r t he sig na l
a l r ead y, r o t a t e l2 0 1
c lo ck w ise unti l t he signa l
d i sa p p e a r s, a n d t h e n
c ou n t e rclo ck wi se until th e
sig na l return s. Co nt i n ue
o ne - h a l f t u rn co u n t e r
cl o c kw ise pas t t he po int of
ret urn of t he sig nal. Go to
ste p 9 if yo u w er e able t o
co m p le t e th i s step. If not ,
co n t i nue w it h ste p 8.
8. If yo u d on ' t hear t he 18. Ad ju st L12 th rough l 1 7 I found th i s co nv e rsion
signal, rot at e l 201 co unt er f o r best reference signa l ve ry ha n d y fo r stric t l y
clockw ise un t il yo u he ar it, rec ep tion . mo b i le use. For po rtab le o r
o r ch ec k th e f req ue n cy and 19 . Rem ove refe ren ce sig f ixed u se , h o w e v er ,
st rengt h of yo ur refe rence nal and repeat steps f 'l a nd rep l a c e m e n t o f X2 01
signal. Go ba ck to step 7. 18 fo r m ax im um n oi se. t h ro ug h X204 w it h a 14 .91 0-
9. Redu ce th e 10 me t er to -15.010 M H z vf o is fea si
Tha t ' s it   I f yo u fi nd it
refe ren ce signal ampli tu de b le and ce rta in ly wo rth 
co m pl i cated - t ry it . It ' s
un t il yo u bare ly hear it. whil e. This w i ll pro v id e a
r eall y no p ro b lem .
10. Adju st 1202, l 2 03 , and 100-kH z-wi de segment fo r
l2 0 4 fo r best rec ep t i on . The r et uni ng w as suc e ac h o f c r ys t a ls X20 5
Redu ce refere n ce signa l cessf u l if th er e is p ractical  t hr o ug h X2 10 .
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p rt
Rubert   roc how sky K flQL
3553 S it ssi«   err
Topeka KS 666
A grOw ing inte re st in CB·
t o  1 0 c o n v e r s io n s .
combined with a c lo se out
sale at Radio S ha ck re-
su lted in t he re ce nt p u r-
c h a s e o f a R e a l i s t ic
TR C 4 52 4D ch ann el CS. I
ha d e a rlie r o b ta in e d a
23 c hanneJ Royce set fo r
conversion . bu t felt th e
cost for crystals was no t
justified to obtain only 23
c hannels. I must ad m it to a
c e rt a in amount of blind
fa it h in t he TRC 452 pu r-
c hase bu t I fi g u re d a ri g
wit h on ly tw o c rysta ls ha d
to be both easie r a nd
cheaper to convert Th is
wa s l ate r f ou nd to be true
on both counts .
Alth ou gh I ha d read all
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XIV a Realistic
th e ea rl ie r conve rs io n ar -
t icles in 73 Magazine I ha d
not stud ie d t he m in g reat
detail   except for my pass-
in g i nt er es t i n th e Royce .
Another review of th e ar -
ticles showed l it tl e i nf o r-
mation on conversio n o f a
p hase -l o ck ed -l o o p   PLl)
rig. Th is m e a nt a g re at d e a l
o f s tu dy ing di gital freq ue n-
cy sy n thes is a nd m an y
ho u r s spen t in te c hnic al
d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h G e ne
Godsey K0BXJ an d o t he rs.
This a rticle is intended to
share th e i n f o r m a t i o n
gathered   a nd he lp ot he rs
co nverting th e PLl- t ype
rigs .
Crystal Control
W it h crys tal prices in-
creas ing an d integ ra te d ci r-
cu it p rices dec reasing, it
wa s only a matter of time
b ef or e s om eo ne came up
  rig
w it h a b e tt er wa y to sy n-
thesize t he necessa ry fre-
q uencies for CB. C rystal -
plex re d u c e d th e crysta l
count from 46 to 14   bu t
th e advent of the phase
lo cked lo o p red uced th e
co u n t to j us t 2 crysta ls in
mo st o f t he ne we r rig s . At
fir st gla nce, it m a y se e m
t h at th e se rig s a re n o
lon ger c rystal co ntrolle d,
but furthe r study s ho w s
that they ar e . Since th e
r e f e r e n c e f r e q u e n c y is
d eri v ed f rom a cr ystal
oscillato r  th e toler ance
a n d p r e c i s i o n o f th e
reference freq uency an d
th e o ut put f req ue nc y w ill
be t ha t o f a c rysta l.
Miller Circui ts
In orde r to unde rstand
  ll cir cuits   an un der
standing of mixer ci rcuits is
necessar y . In th e m o s t
basic t e r m s  a m ixer has
tw o in p ut freque ncies an d
fo u r output f requencie s.
Th e frequency we will be
interested in is ei the r t he
sum of th e o ri gi na l fre-
quencies o r t he difference
betwee n th e o rigi na l fre-
quencies . It is impor tant to
rem e m b e r that either th e
su m o r d iffe rence ma y be
use d   a nd t he y ma y be
used   i f f e r e n t ly in
se p a r a t e circuits within th e
fi g .
Even t h e s im pl e st single-
c on ve rs i on r ec ei v er in CB
will no rmally us e tw o mix-
er s tages to ar r ive at th e
desi red inte rmed ia te fre -
q uency It f of 455 kH z .
Two freque ncies ar e mixed
to a rrive at t he su m   an d
this signal, either 455 kHz
above or below the re-
ceived signal, will be mixed
with th e received signal to
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ar r ive a t 4 55 k Hz .
Du al -conv er sion re ceiv
er s u se an additional fre
quen c y c onversion sta ge
f or low er no ise an d le ss
di storti on of t he re c ei ve d
sig na l. Now we have two
i-ts. a nd we m ay h av e ad di 
t iona l a m p lifie rs for ea ch
i-f. The fi rst i f is no rmally
around 10 M Hz a nd m ay
be dete rmined by cl o se ex
a m i n a t io n o f t he sche
matic .
Ph ase Lo cked L o o p (P LL
Cir cuits
Mo st PL l c ircuits co nsist
o f 4 ma jor c o m p o n e n ts : a
ph a se de t e c t or , a filter
a m plifier. a voltage co n
tr o lled o scilla to r Ivcol, a nd
a li divi de r, pl us o th e r
su p p o rtin g c o m p o nent s .
Fig. l sho ws t he di a gr am o f
t hese co m ponen ts as used
in th e TRC-452.
The p ha se detecto r p ro 
du ce s a vo ltage propo r
ti on a l to th e ph a se diff e r
en ce o f tw o input sig na ls .
Th e lo w-pass filter (filter
am p ) integrates th e output
vo ltag e o f th e pha se dete c
to r an d al so filter s ha r 
m on i cs o f freque n cy c o m
ponent s given to th e p ha se
detecto r. Th en it p ro d u c e s
a continuous vo ltage co m
ponent in p ro po rt io n t o t he
ph a se diffe rence . The vf o
is an o sci llato r w ho se fre
quen c y is co nt ro lled by th e
vo lta g e a pp li ed to it. Th e
vco freq u en c y is fe d b a d
t o th e ph a se d e t e c t o r
th r ough th e l i divider .
(T he c o nstant. N  is given
by th
e So.
sw itc h.) c hath
n ne
e ol u tse
pul et cfre
tor
q ue n cy f ro m t he vco be 
co m e s N ti me s t he input
fre qu e ncy.
Th e re f eren c e di v id e r
ha s tw o sections : O n e is a
divide -b y -2 ci rcuit whic h
pr od u c e s 5.12 MH z ; th e
o t he r is a di vide-by-l024
ci rcuit wh ich produ ce s 10
kH z whi ch is appli ed to
on e input of the pha se
d et e ct or us
studied . All
e 10P.24 c ircuits
l l MHz as
th e re f er e n ce f reque nc y .
T he 5 .12-MHz o u tp ut f ro m
the ref er en c e di vider go es
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t h r o u g h a filter wh i ch
se lec ts t he h ar mo ni c pr o 
du c ed at 15 .36 MH z . The
vc o frequ en c y is mix ed
w ith thi s 15 .36-MHz sig na l,
goes th rough IC2 int e rface,
and is then divi d ed to 10
kHz by t he l IN divider .
Th is is a p p lied to th e ot he r
inp ut of th e p hase de te c
to r. The ph a se detec to r
detec t s t he diffe ren ce of
th e se tw o input sig n a ls a nd
produces a vo lta ge w h ic h
controls the vco frequ en 
cy . When the pha se of th e
tw o in p u t signals to th e
ph a se d e t e ct or is th e sa me .
th is lo o p is   lo ck e d.
As men ti oned earl ier .
th e output frequency f ro m
th e vco is N times th e input
fr eq u en cy. 10 kH z . By va ry
ing th e cons ta nt N th e ou t
p u t fr e q u e n c y c a n b e
va ried o n e 10 -kH z s te p at a
time . Th e co ns ta nt N is
co nt rol l ed by th e cha n ne l
sele cto r sw itc h (from 18 2
to 22 6 ).
An o th er o u t p u t of th e
10 .24-MHz re f eren ce o scil
lator , n o t s ho w n. is u se d to
mix with th e first i-f for th e
re c eiver. T he incom ing sig
n al f re q ue n cy (26 .965 MH z
fo r c h a n n e l l ) is mi xe d w ith
t he vc o outp ut fr eq u en cy
 1 7.18 MH z f or c ha n ne l l) ,
wh ich wi ll pr od u ce 9.785
MH z as th e first i-f. Th is
9.785 M Hz is th e n mixed
wi t h th e 10 ,24OoM Hz ou t 
put of the referen c e
osci lla to r to produ ce th e
455 kH z se c o nd i-f.
Al so no t sho w n is th e
tran sm it lo c a l oscillator ,
wh ic h is se t at 9.7 85 M Hz .
Th is signa l is m ixed w ith
t he v co o utpu t fr e qu e n cy
to p ro d uc e the tr an smi t
fre qu e n c y , 1 7 .18 MH z p lu s
9.785 M Hz equals 26 .965
MH z , whi ch is th e c hanne l
1 frequen cy .
No w t ha t w e ar e familiar
with P l l ci r cuit s, let s take
a look at th i s ci rcuit an d
se e wh at we c a n chang e to
pr o v id e th e ne w operating
f requen cy .
The first imp ulse is to
ch a ng e t h e 1 0 .24 M Hz
c ry st a l. Bu t to o m an y
- ve c
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TRC 45 2  
thin gs ar e depe nden t on
th is fre q uency . We a re u s
ing a di vide-by-1024 to p ro
v id e th e 1 00kH z r eferen ce
to th e ph a se d e t e ctor , so
a ny c hange in th e refer 
e n ce f requency w ill ad 
ve rsely affe ct o u r d iv id e r.
W e are a ls o usi ng a d ivide
bv z t o p r o d u c e t h e
15 .36 -MHz harmoni c
whi ch is m ixed w ith th e vco
o u tp u t.
By n o w, th in g s seem
pretty c o m p lic a te d. Any
c hange in th e 10,24-MHz
re f e r e n c e c h a n g e s t h e
ma t hem a t ica l re la ti o n 
sh ip s be tw e en q uite a fe w
co m p o n e nts . Th er e seems
to be no easy w ay t o
c hange th e freq ue nc y of
t his rig. But fu rthe r a nalysis
shows t ha t there is an easy
wa y . le t  s look a t th e wa y
t he v co c ha ng es frequen cy
agam .
10 .24 MHz is d iv ide d by
pr
10 24t toto oone
in pu d u ce
sidea 100k
of th Hze
ph as e de tecto r. If the c ha n 
nel se le c t o r sw it c h is se t to
c ha n ne l l , wh ich pr ogram s
t he div id er to di vide by
182 , th e n th e re su lt of mix 
ing t he vc o o u t p u t wit h t he
15 .36-MHz reference must
be 1 .82 M Hz to divide to
the 10 kHz needed fo r th e
o t h e r input to th e pha se
detector . Th e pha se d ete c 
c yr dwill
to
re nc e , ahig
if fedetect ny hf requen
o r lo w,
a nd ad jus t t he vc o u p or
d o wn u ntil th e mi xed o ut 
pu t is ex ac t ly 1 .82 MH z .
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T he key to th e whole fre
quency c ha ng e is t ied to
th e 15 .36-MH z re fer e n c e .
W e c a n t change th e refer 
e nc e di vid er , a nd we do n t
wa nt to d isable t he w ho le
re f er en c e d ivide r, as we
w o u ld k il l o u r 1 0-kHz
re f er e n c e to th e p hase
detector. l e t s disconnect
th e 15 .36-M Hz reference
from th e mixer a n d r ep l ac e
it with a ne w oscillator se t
fo r 1 6 .955 MH z . The vco
wi ll no w b e d riven h ig h e r
by th e pha se d etecto r until
th e d iffere nc e of 1 .8 2 M Hz
is reac hed. The ne w ve o
o ut p ut frequ en cy will be
16.9 55 MH z pl u s 1 .8 2 MHz ,
or 1 8 . 7 7 5 MH z . M ixing
18 .775 M Hz with th e 9.785
M Hz in t he t ra n smitter
gives us a n ew f re qu en cy
o f 28 .560 MH z for channel
1. which is right where we
want to be . Mix ing 18.775
M Hz with th e incoming
signa of .560 also
ke e psl o u r28fi rst receiv
M Hz er i-f
at 9 .785 MH z , rig ht w here
it wa s b ef or e . Eve rything
e lse c h ec ks o ut , an d a ll
t ha t w e c hanged wa s t he
frequency re f eren c e ap 
plied to t he mixe r.
This w o r k s w e ll in
theo ry, so let s see ho w it
wo rks in pr a cti ce . Fig. 2
shows th e schemati c for a
s imple crystal os cillator
cwith
i rc uno
it tuned c tircuit
an d o h e r s . This
a re
desc ribe d in  olid Sta te
D e s i g n fo r t h e   d io
A m a te ur ( A R R l ). Th is
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  ig 2. Oscillator used for
TRC 452.   resistors are 14 Watt.
oscillat or is u se d for fixed 
c h a n n e l o p e r a t i o n. Fo r
those wh o desire tuning
c a p a b i l i t y . a var i a b l e
crystal o sc il la to r m ay be
used.
Alt hough so me would
say th e osci llator output is
dirty . I prefer to think of it
as being rich in harmonic
content. Th e c ir cu it ry o f
th e TRC -452 is set up to us e
th e third h ar mo ni c o f 5.12
M Hz , so a 5 .6 5 1 ·M Hz
c rystal will give a usable
harmonic at 16 .955 MHz .
The combi natio n o f C3/L3
on the P l l b oa rd will filter
al l b ut t he desired frequen 
cy b ut it ma y be ne cessary
to change th e value of C3
to 30 pF t o p ea k t he filt er at
16 .955 MHz .
The first st ep in conver
sion is t o rem ove the
covers an d lo cate th e P l l
b o a rd. It wil l then be
necessary to remove th e
P l l board . In th e TRC -452,
th e P l l board and side
c o v e r a r e s o l d e r ed in
place . l o c a t e c o u p l i n g
c apaci to r C4 on th e P l l
board . Remove an d di s
card thi s cap acito r. Small
shie lded ca ble from th e
os c il lator is now inserted in
t he C4 hole nearest t he
edge of the board and
solde red in place . Reinsert
th e P ll bo ar d an d ta ck in
place . Be su re to co nnec t
all pins. as m os t of th e se
ar e used in c ircu its as well
as providing mounting
stabil ity .
Next. connect th e oscil
la t o r to a well-regu lated
supp ly a nd a pp ly p ow e r to
rig.t h Ath efrequency
bo oscillato r counter
a nd t he
should be c onnected to th e
output of th e 1st local
oscillator. At this p oi nt. th e
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f i ) e d ~ c h a n n e l operation of the
frequen cy counter will prob
ably no t show any output .
bu t do nt   be concerned .
Set th e c hannel selector
for c h a n n e l 20 . N ow
ca refully ad j ust l2 o n t he
Pl l bo a rd an d se t it fo r t he
midpoint of the range
w he re o sc il la ti on occurs .
Th e frequency c o u n t e r
s ho u ld indi c a t e 19 .115
MH z . Start with c ha n nel l
an d c h ec k all 40 c hannels.
If th e vco circuit , including
L2 . is functioni ng properly .
w e s h o u l d s h o w fre
q u e n c ie s s ta rt i ng w it h
18 .775 MHz fo r c hannel 1
an d following norm al CB
channel sp a c i n g up
thr ough 19 .21 5 f or c hannel
40 . If t he o sc il la to r d ro ps
out on either en d . slight
read justment of l2 may be
needed .
N ow p r o c e e d w i t h
receive r align ment. Co n-
ne c t a signa l gene rato r to
t he antenna jack a nd se t it
for 28.800 MHz with l -kHz
modulation . Turn th e c ha n
nel se lec to r to c ha n ne l 20.
Conne ct either an audio
VTVM or oscillos cope to
th e e xternal speake r jack .
Now adjust l201 for ma x
imu m output . Set t he c han
ne l se lector to c hannel 40
an d th e signal generato r to
29.000 M Hz . Adjust th e
pr imary of l202 (black
vinyl tu b e ) for maximum .
Set th e c hannel se lec to r to
channel 1 an d th e signal
g en er at or t o 28.560 MHz .
This t im e . a d ju st t he secon
darv o f L202 (red viny l fo r
m aximum . Se t up ag a in f or
c ha n nel 20 an d ad j ust L203
for maximum output. This
c o m p le t es th e re ceiver
alignment.
Transmitter al ignment is
th e fin al ste p in conver-
sion . For this. I de viated
slightly from th e pr ocedure
g i v e n in th e s er v i c e
m an ua l. C on ne ct either a
w a t tm e t er o r swr bridge to
t he ante nn a jack an d co n 
ne ct a dummy load . Again
us ing c ha n ne l 20, key t he
microp hone and ad just
L214 for maximum output .
This will br ing th e final into
r eson ance and prevent
d amage during extended
ke y-down periods . Now ad ·
just . in order . l208 . l209 .
l210 .1211 .l212 . a nd again
adjust l 214 . Th e se s ho u ld
al l be tu ne d fo r max imu m
outp ut. On t he la st adjust
m e n t of l2 1 4 . d e t u n e
slightly to extend th e life of
th e final tr an sistor. To
co mplete transmitter align
ment , m odul ate the
tr ansmitter with a l -kHz
signal at a level of 100
m illiv o lt s . a n d a d j u s t
VR207 t o s ho w 100
modu la t ion on th e oscil
loscope .
The rig is now se t up for
10 meters . a nd we mu st
give so me ser io u s c o n
side ra t io n to pla cement o f
th e os c illa to r within th e
rig . A d e q u a t e sh ielding
c a n no t be o ve r -emph a 
sized. and fo r this re as on I
c h o s e to m o u n t t he
oscil lato r o n th e t op c ov er
of th e Pl l board . Some
angl e stock and the rig
c o ve r will pro vide sa t isf a c
t or y shie lding from rf . The
sh ie ld e d lea d fr om th e
o sc i l l a t o r may be ru n
down . an d into. t he P l l
b ox b e t w e e n the tw o
p r i nted ci rcuit boards .
Since t he os ci l lator has its
ow n ze ne r diode for vo lt
ag e reg ulation . t he p ow er
le a d ma y be run to th e
switc he d   12 volts o n th e
on /off volume c ontrol.
Whether y ou c hoose to
co nv ert.a TRC-452 or som e
ot he r Pl.I -tvpe rig . th e
te c hnique pre sented here
sho uld a llow a quic k. ea sy
conversio n.
If th e v co refu se s to
drive up to th e frequen cy
needed , an alternative is to
repla ce th e tran smitter
c rys ta l with on e c u t for
1 1.38 0 M Hz . remove co u
pl ing capa citor C212 from
th e receiver , an d u se a
se pa ra te o scillator se t at
11 .835 MHz to feed into
th e receiv er mixe r. Trans
mitte r a nd re ce ive r a lign
me nt shou ld pro ce ed as
previou sly out lined .
Wel l, that s it. Replace
the cover s an d youre  se t
for a lot of a ctivity on 10
meter AM. Or if yo ure   like
me . you ca n start p lann in g
fo r m o re modifi cation s
and ac ce ssories . A linear
am p lifi er in th e 20- to
25-Wat t range wou ld be
nic e. A va ria ble c rystal
o s cillato r (vxo) ci rcuit
would allow shift ing ± 10
kHz to c o mpletely cover
this segment o f th e band .
The rf g ai n could be h ard 
wired to all ow using th e
co nt ro l f or th e vxo . Th e PA
f u n c t i o n c a n b e dis
ab led an d t he sw it ch u se d
to ap p ly a s ma ll a mo unt o f
sig na l f rom th e 9.785·M Hz
oscillator into t he receiver
to provide a be at frequen 
cy for SSB re ception . And
th e list go e s o n.
W ith out a doubt . the
TRC ·4 52 pr o ve d to be b oth
c he a p an d easy to conv ert.
T he c ry st al w as m y only ex
pe nse as th e junk box pro
v id ed all other pa rts.
One last word of warn
ing   1 0 meter fev er is c o n
t a g i o u s a n d qui c k l y
spread s On th e da y I co n
ve rte d my rig, I used 2
meter s to tell K0BXj to
listen for me o n 1 O. This im
m e d i a t e ly p ro d u c e d 2
ha ms talking back t o me on
10 me t er AM . On e ham
wh o listened go t curious
enough to visit me . an d
a b o ut 6 o thers wh o lis
tened o n 10 gave report s
a n d s ug g e s t i o n s o n 2
meter s. •
References
 CB 10 10 series, 73 Magazine 
May, Ju l y, December, 1977;
February, August, September ,
Oc tober, 1978 .
 eafistic TR C·45 Service Man -
ual   Radio Shack .
SoUd State Des ig n f or th e
Rad io  mat e ur  AAAL, 1977.
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T h e CB frequencies were
To mmy M Murphy KSUKH
RI. 1, Box 3   A rcccrut v expand  fr om
Ethel MS 39067
23 to  to channels to handle
th e inc reased number of chi
lens using the ban d. Since
many firm s bCC I Ole  w ell
of f   from th e sa le o f th e
23-c hJ n nel un it s, t he thought
WJS t ha t th e  g old mi ne wa s

going to  >tril.. e a ne w vein and

that th e n ew -tu- channcl unit s
would be th e holi est thin g
going. So, cvcrv c nc began
d um pi ng t h e 23'ch Jnnei unit s
a t very an r acu v c pr ices.
Ma ny b a r ns wer e q uick to
grab the oppor tu n ity of
gc u orne first etass co m
municatlon  gear at a good

  pri ce , an d th e CBers bo u ght

th em up also a t a fa   t rat e.
Now e nt e rs J pr oblem : So

- part xv a Realistic   rr unv

ch annel
so ld
tr ansceivers o f 2 3·
capacitv had be en
t ha t when th e
40- chJnn ei unit s ca m e ou t ,
t here ju   t WJ  no t the a nucl
pated demand for t hem, so
no w eve n au channel un its
can be fo un d at low prices.
Th o   c wh o did buy the new
-tu-channcl radios qu ickly
found o ut th a t the h igh
p owered  s kip-land bo ys
had be en up there for vcar s,

so th e additional 17 channels
were just a bout usele ss for
Photo b y J am e s Clegg th e purpose for which th e
Citizens Ban d Serv ice wa 
c.. ta bllshcd
The word i  appar  n t y
o ut that many manufa ct u rer..
now bel ieve that th e m arke t
is saturated, an d tT\J ny bar-
ga ins arc appearing in CB
gea r. T his is how I car ne to be
th e po   scssor of a coupl e of
wal kie-talkie u nits to co nvert
to 10 met er s. T he ra dio is a
3 - c h a n n e l , 2· Walt inp ut ,
l-wan output walkie- talk ie,
th e Realist ic TR C-1 80 . My
unit s ho wed an output of
s lightly m or e th an 1 .5 Watts
o n a wattm et er into a dummy
loa d, using fresh batteries.
T he unit normally sells for
  40.95; I pu rchased th ese at
  24.95 eac h, a lmo st a 50
sa vi ngs.
Spec ifica ti o ns sho w t ha t
th e un it has exce lle n t sensi
tivity  . 5 mV for 10 dB
5 N  N   n spuriou s
Walk ie-talkie using external anen na con nection to wa tt me ter an d dummy load. Unit showed  1 / emission d ow n -SO dB or
output o f over 1. 5 Watt s at 29.000 MHL. bett er. T he receiver dr a ws 25

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to 15 0 rnA, depend ing on
squ elched or rec eived signal
co ndition, and th e trans
mitter uses 25 0 t o 500 rnA
Th e walkie-talkie comes with
CB channel 14 already in
stalled, plus a se t of AA
batteries. Checkout showed
that the unit was working
perfectly. Some plus features
includ e an earp ho ne jack, an
e xt e rn a l an t en na jack (t o use
a mobil e or base station
a nt e nna), a po wer jac k that
a   ows y ou to connect to a 12
V de so urce  s uc h as a ca r
ba tt e ry), a charger jac k fo r
re charging nic kel cadmium
ba tt eries without removing
them, an d a battery tes t
button with LED indi cator to
sho w the condition of th e
b at t erie s. Ther e is no guess
work o n the LED: If it lights,
the batteries are okay; if
th ey're n ot alright, there's
simply no light
T h e w alkie-t alkie was
eas ily conver te d to 10 meters
with jus t a substitution of
cr ystals an d th e retuning o f
the transmitt e r a nd receiver
New Products
from { i g 22 1
keys t he tra nsmiller.
Progr am ATTY ha s t w o
mod es : s e nd an d receive. In th e
rec eive mo de, th e mark an d
sp ac e tone s will be decoded
a n d th e res ulting text displayed
on the video monitor. Either
Smithe  s n ew H F B an /a m Dipole.
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stages. After looki ng at a
numbe r o f schematics on t he
general ru n of uni ts of this
natu re, th e majori ty have th e
basic 45 5 kHz i- f, so co nver
sion of m os t s ho ul d be fair ly
simple . I desig nated th e
channel   A posi tion to be
29.000 MHz, whic h calls for
th at frequency fo r th e trans
mitter, o f co urse, an d a
28.545 MHz c ry st al fo r t he
receiver. I st ill have tw o addi
tional c hannel s to a dd , wh en
t he need arises. The built-in
an t enna measures 39Y:o inches
long extended and has an
interna l loadi ng coi l. Rather
than messing with th e co i l, I
jus t reduced th e length o f t he
wh ip by almost 3 inc hes
(using a f ield strengt h meter
to find th e poin t of maxi 
mu m o ut pu t o f rf)   mak e it
resonant at 29 MHz. To
ensure tha t I returned eac h
t ime to the proper length, I
sim ply marked th e to p sec
tion by scr a tc hing o n th e
meta l rod.
Now, if we are go ing to be
a ble to utilize these barga in
wide Of narrow shift at 60 wpm
will work equa lly well. Both HF
an d VHF receptio n ar e ac cc m
mooateo. In th e send mode , all
Baudot charac ters and punc 
tuation may be sent from th e
keyboard. In addition , up to ten
program mable message mem 
ories (2550 c ha ra ct er s t ot al
low-powered tr a n sc ei ve r s o n
10 me ters fo r a w ho le b un ch
of fu n, f requency place ment
will to a gr eat e xte nt deter
mi ne t he usefulness. There
are a number o f band plans
aro u nd , with each o ne ex
to lling its ow n virtues. Yes, I
have one, too   It's q uite
simple, and, be st o f a ll , it is
using a section o f th e band
t hat is no t heav ily used a t th e
present. Loo king a t on e plan,
the propo sal calls for ( wha t I
ca   th e A M b an d) c ha nn e   restricted, but very sel do m d o
to s ta rt o nly   k Hz inside
(wha t I call th e S BB band) at
2 560 MHz, and, from t here ,
th e s pa cin g is in steps accord
ing to the orig inal CB chan
nels. Shades of 75 meters,
AM versus SSB, back in th e
old days I ca n ju st imagine
h o w t he se low-powered
radios will pl ay whe n the
ba nd opens up a little an d
that fu nn y   Donald Duck   mos t enjoyabl e. If we want to
st uf f s ta rt s c om i ng in. It ' ll be
just like th e HF bands bac k in
th e 19 60 s - on e big hassle,
th e n t he demise of AM.
Why no t avo id th e prob-
allow   brag tapes   pi ctures ,
etc., d irect from
t ur ethe keyboard.
A s p ec i al f ea allows send 
ing th e t im e a ut om at ic al ly at
th e press of a single key  
Aut oma tic FIGS (shift), LTRS
 u nshift). line feed, an d unshift 
on-space a re included . Reverse
screen image separat e s s en d 
ing from receiving text. On e key
a llows switching between send
an d receive. utorotrontcs . 5943
Pioneer Road . Hughson CA
95326; 209)-634-8888.
ALLBAND MINIATURE DIPOLE
Ant e nna s by Sm ilhe ha s
come up wit h a truly po rt ab le
all band miniature dipole com
p lete with its own carrying case
an d mast/hardware to mou nt
on a camera t ripod or 3 8  x 24
st u d. High pe rformance is ob
ta ined with t he HF Bantam
Dipole on 80-10 meters at its
normal 13 foot lengt h, or th e
same an tenna may be snort
ened to 7 fee t for 75-10 meter
co verage. Pola rization is qutck
ly inte rchangeable from non
zonta t to vertica l. No ground
system is necess ary. The HF
Ban ta m Dipole is ideal for
camping, traveling, mounta in
topping, ap artment living, or if
you're stuck with building code
rest rictions. Co ns truction is of
high q uality 6061 -TG aluminum
an d stainless steel hardware.
lem to begi n with an d p ut
these converted CB radios up
a ways in t he b an d? This way
eve ryone has lots of room  
do thei r ow n th i ng, an d if
t he sideband boys wa nt to
QSY to ta lk to th e A M Q R ?
fellows, well fine So, let's
s im p lify t hings an d be goo d
guys in th e process.
ON - 28 to 28.5 MHz
SSB - 28.5 to 29 MHz
AM - 29 to 29 . 290 MHz
I realize that ON is no t
yo u hear it above 28.5 MHz,
s im pl y b ec au se of good op e r
ators plus th er e is 50 0 kHz to
move around in. Th e SB bo y s
have a lo t of room a lso, and,
as a matter o f course, do no t
norm ally go above 29 MHz.
With a band th e size of 10
meters, there's roo m fo r all,
and QR P op eration with
these co n vert ed radios wi ll be
make it hard o n ourselves,
well t he n hardly a nyone
(beside s Quack, Quack) will
be able to ta lk See yo u on
char mel l , 29.000 MHz •
Dealer inquiries ar e invited .
U.S. patent pending
sheet .an
Send an
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Smithe antenna products to
Comm Center   Inc Laurel
Plaza   t e.   98  Laurel MD
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5· AND 11 ·ELEMENT HU STLER
2 METER VAGI ANTENNAS
Two models of th e new Star
Trac ke rTM series of Hu st le r 2
meter yag i a ntennas ha ve been
a n n o u n c e d by New .Ttoni c s
Corporation . Th ese 5· an d
1 1-element rotatable beam
antennas ar e comp letely
t unable from 144-148 MHz , with
a unique adj ustable matching
system for 1.5: 1 or be tt er swr .
At re s o nance , swr is typically
1.1:1. This syst em provides for
o pt im um e ne rg y transfer with·
out sacrificing gai n o r pattern
control.
High forward gains an d large
tront-to-b ac k ratios put Hustler
2 mete r yagis in an Ultra-high
pe rfo rmance catego ry. Half
power  3 dB) beam widths ar e
exceptionally na rrow. In add i
tion, e ac h model ca n be easily
mounted for vertical o r horizon
ta l polarization for station- to
station VHF OXwork.
The Star Tracker model ST-5
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3108 Brow Rood
Ne w Castle 1N 47J61
p art X VIII: several PLL rigs
R e ce ntly, many ha m s
ha ve been c onverting
CB radios to operation on
th e 10 meter ha m band .
With 4o-channel CBs be ing
so ld now, th e re a re ma ny
good u se d 23-channel un its
a vailabl e at ve ry reason
a b le pri ces. Some of th e se
uni ts will make ve ry hand y
10 met er AM phon e trans
c eivers, as they co ntain ex
cellent AM rec e ive r sec
tions as we ll as ef f icient
• un i ts co n ta ining t he P l. t 
• d is cu ss ed h er e. They ca n
Photo A An overall shot of the r
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Wh o called it  Ancient Model
4-Watt output t ransmitter
se c t io ns in a small package
ideal fo r mobi le us e . On e
of these units which m ay
be ea s ily (a few ho urs of
wo rk at mo st ) an d c he aply
(less th a n  10 fo r t he co n
ve r sion an d perhaps   40 to
S50 fo r th e radio) put on
te n meters is th e Midland
model 13-882 C.
A lthough th is article is
conce rned pr ima rily w ith
t he 13-882C, th e inf or m a-
with the case o ff.
tion ca n be ap p lied to the
f ol lo wi ng r ad io s w hi ch u se
th e PU-Q2A ph a se-lo cked 
loo p IC in t he same c ircuit
co n figuratio n:
Ge ne ral Mo tor   CBD  0;
H y - G a in - 26 8 0 , 268 1 ,
2683;
Kraco KCB 2310B
-2320B, -2330 B;
l afay et t e - H B-650 , -750,
-950, Mic ro-223A
laf a y e t t e - Co m -p ho ne
23A, Tel s at 10 50 ;
M idl a nd - 13 -830 , -8 57 B
-882C, -888
pso n-955;
B
Pearce-Sim - Tige r 23
MK   , Tiger 40A (40 ch .);
Tr u e t o n e - CY J-4732A-77,
MCC-44341l-67.
There ar e p robab ly mo re
02 A in t he a rrangeme nt
be r e c o g n iz e d by th e
numbers Pll-Q2A on th e
chip near th e f ron t of th e
rig, th re e c ryst a ls in th e
PT BM, 0 an
radio numbers
3 3dAOthX,e
PTB MO 
36AOX, PTBM0 3 7AO X, 0 '
PT BM039AOX on th e cit
cu it board . There ar e some
4D channel ra d ios using th e
rPll-Q2A (o n ly tw o
a n g e m einn ta differ
en t ar
crysta ls) whic h ca n no t be
put o n 10 m et er s by the
m et ho d desc ribed here , as
th e cry stal that ha s been
e liminated is th e cr ystal to
be c h a nge d in thi s modifi
c atio n. Also, it should be
n ot ed t ha t earlie r versions
of t he uni ts listed a bo ve d o
n ot use th e same circuitry.
The Kraco KCB -2330, for
examp le , uses a cr y st al syn
thesizer , and th e KCB-
2330A u se s a Pll-Q1A chip,
which is not equivalent to
t he Pl l-Q2A c hip .
Operat io n of the PLl.()2A
Th e vo ltage-co ntrolled
oscillato r Ivco), wh o se fre
quency is c o nt rolled by th e
Pll-Q2A c hip an d as so
ci ated ci rcuitry, provides
inje ction to the first re
ceiver m ixermi xan
tr a nsmitter to a.
erd stage
T he osci llato r op e rates at
10 .6 95 MH z above th e
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o pe ra ti ng f re qu en cy , or
37.660 to 37.950 M Hz fo r
operatio n on C B channels1
to 23.
Ou tp u t from th e vc o is
also mixed w it h th e th ir d
harmonic of th e 11.80666
M H z c ry sta l o s c i l l a t o r
[Q105)   35.420 M Hz , to
produ ce a difference fre
quen cy of 2.24 to 2.53
MHz , which is fe d into pi n
2 o f th e P Ll chip. 10.240
M H z e n e rg y from the
10 .240 M Hz reference /sec·
an d receiver mixer iniec-
tion oscillator is fe d into
th e IC at pin 3.
Inside th e IC, th e 10.240
M Hz signa l is divided by
10 24 to produc e a 10 .00
kH z reference signal. The
2.24 to 2.53 M Hz signal is
di vided by n, where n is a
n um be r d et er mi ne d b y t he
binar y co d in g from th e Photo B. Close-up of the channe l s witch area o fthe  ircuit board  sho wi ng the mo ific -
c hannel swit ch to pin s tion to provi  e 23 a  itional channels 320 kHz above the   normal 23 channels.
7-15 o f th e tC. See Table 1.
For channel 1, n is 224, w h il e m a in t ai n in g s t ab i li t y m et er s, the vco mu st be but , at   12.00 o r more for a
dividing th e difference fre a p p ro a ch i n g t h a t o f a mo v ed to ne ar 39 M H z an d replacem en t IC, I do n   t rec
quen cy at p in 2 by 224 . Th i s crystal oscillator. th e t ran smitter mu st be o m me n d taki ng c hances.
frequ en cy is co mpared to co m p lete ly realign ed . Th e Th is te m po ra ry m od if ic a
t h a t o f th e 1 0 .0 0 kH z Conversion to 10 Meters easiest way I hav e found to t io n ru n s the vee at max
refer ence sig n al. If th e out To co nv e rt th e r ad i o to do th i s is to use a d u m m y imum f r equency , unlocked
put o f th e n di v ider is le ss 10 met er s, th e 11 .80666 lo ad , wa tt mete r, or othe r from th e P l l an d over 
t ha n 1 0.00 kH z , t h e v o lt a ge MHz o scillat or mu st b e out pu t indi ca t or , f req ue n r i d e s t he t ra ns m i t t e r
at pi n 5 of th e PLl c hi p (t h e changed . The frequen cy re cy co u n te r, o r recei ver di sabl e l ine , a ll o wi ng t he
control voltage fo r t h e v co ) quired to gi ve chann el 1 a cove ring 27 to 29.5 M Hz t r ansm i tte r t o f un cti on .
is raised, ca u sing th e fr e  frequen cy of   F M Hz is: with so me ac c uracy and a Connect th e w attmeter an d
quen cy o f th e v co to in  cr y stal frequency signa l g enerator o r stea dy dumm y lo ad to t he tran s
crease. If , o n th e other (MHz) = (F +
8 .455V3 on -t h e -air si gn a l in t he m it t er . Co n ne c t t he fr e
hand, t he f re qu en cy o f th e o r 12.405 M Hz f or c hannel fo llow ing p ro cedur e. qu ency co u nt e r acco rding
n divider output is higher 1 at 28 .760 M H z, th e ch a n Wi th t he un it o ff , isolate t o i t s in s t r u c t i o n s t o
than 10.00 kH z , indicating nel 1 f or ma ny co nverted pins 5 an d 6 of th e PLL m on it o r t ransm itte d fr e
that th e v co is to o high in CBs no w in use, especially from th e ci rcuit bo a rd foil quency .
frequency, th e v oltag e at in th e Los A ngeles, Cal if o r (use sol de r wick t o rem ove Turn t he unit o n a nd key
pi n 5 drops , l ow er in g t he n ia , a re a . T he c r y s t a l t he sol de r). Pin 6 is a pr o th e tr ansm it t er. The f re
v ee ' s frequen cy . This ac sho uld be av ailab le fr om te c ti o n v o l t a ge w h ic h q ue n cy co u n te r sho u ld
tion , similar to that of a any of th e m ajor crystal drop s t o O if th e PLL f ai l s to r ea d so m e w he re a bo ve
thermostat , regulates th e m anufacturer s. When o r lock up  i e th e PlL can t 27.4 M Hz . Tun e th e slugs
frequency o f the vco . By dering , spec if y th e freq uen re gulat e th e vc o fr eq uency of T , L103, L104, T102,
changing the value o f n cy de sired and th e m od el f or so me reason ) an d d is T10 3, L106,   09, and L1l0
(t he job of th e channel of radi o yo u are co nver t abl es t he t ransm itte r. Pin 5 fo r m ax imum o ut put (t he
switch ) or th e frequency o f in g . The c rys t al m an ufac is th e cont ro l vo l tage t o nu m b er s are next t o th e
th e 11 .80666 M Hz osctlla t urers usually have info r t he vc o . Tem p or ari l y co n coils o n th e ci rc u it bo ard).
to r an d a dj us ti ng t h e slug mati on o n ho ld er t yp e, nect a ju m pe r w ir e f ro m Exer ci se ext reme cau ti o n
in th e v c o o s ci l la t or c o il (t o lo ad capaci ty , and other pi n 1  s v olt sup pl y to th e in tu ni ng, as th e slu gs are
set its tuning range). th e spe ci f ic at io ns fo r C B un it s IC) to th e f o il at p ins 5 and ve ry frag il e. Tu ne th e vc o
operating frequency of th e on file . If not , send a co py 6, w it hout connecting to osc i l l at or coil,  t t o t . until
v c o , an d t h e r e b y th e of th e o scillator schemati c the pins them selves . I t th e fr equency is about 300
operating frequency of th e along with th e o rder. probably wouldn  t hurt th e kH z higher an d r etune th e
entire ri g , ca n b e c ha ng ed , To get th e r ig up t o t en IC if th e p ins di d t ouch , above c oils f or ma ximum

Fig Fig 2 

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n Ch. Freq pi n: 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1S shown in Fig . 1 .

224 01 26.965 MHz 0 1 1 1 0 0   To move up 320 kHz re
225 02 26.915 MHz 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 quires a little more work
226 03 26 985 MHz 0 1  
an d is th e modification I
228 04 21 .005 MHz 0 1 1   1 0 0
have shown in th e photo
229 05 27.015 MHz 0 1 1   1 0 1
1   1  
graphs. Cu t th e foi l o n b ot h
230 06 27.025 MHz 0 1
231 07 21.035 MHz 0 1 1   1 1 1 sides of t he c on ne ct io n t o
233 08 27 .055 MHz 0 1 1   1   pm 7 to isolate it from
234 09 21 .065 MHz 0 1 1 1 0 1   ground. Then cu t th e foil to
235 10 27 .075 MHz 0 1 1 1 0 1   iso la te p ins 8, 9, and 10 as a
21.085 MHz 0 group from th e swit ch co n-
0 1 0
236 11 1   1 1 0
238 12 21 .105 MHz 1 t ac t a nd from th e thin strip
239 13 21.115 MHz 0 1 1   1 1 1 of foil go ing to on e en d of
240 14 21 .125 MHz 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 R103, th e se ries re sistor in
241 15 27 .135 MHz 0 1  
th e B-plus le a d to t he v co .
243 16 27 .155 MHz 0 1 1 1   1 1
 
Insta ll a jumper from this
24 4 17 21 .165 MHz 0 1
245 18 21 .115 MHz 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 en d of R103 to the 5-volt
246 19 27 .185 MHz 0 1 1 1   1 0 line at th e left-most ter
248 20 21.205 MHz 0 1   1   m inal of the c h a n n e l
249 21 21.215 MHz 0 1 1 1 1   1 switch or to th e point
250 22 27 .225 MHz 0 1 1 1 1   0 shown in th e photograph ,
253 23 21 .255 MHz 0 1 1 1 1 1   which is just on the other
255 27  see lext 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 side of a jumpe r from th e
Binary nu mber: 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
A 1 indicates 5 volts at pin; 0 indicates no vo ltage   terminal. If this jumper is
forgotten , th e v co won  t
Tabfe oscillate. Connect the
s wit ch as s ho wn in Fig . 2.
output. Repeat th e pro gling any component channel 1 on 28.760 MHz . After th e conversion has
c e dur e ,   w a l k i n g th e values.l On some units, th e blank been completed . affix a
transmitte r up to ab o ut 200 Co nnect the tr a nsceiver wi ll be anot he r c hannel 1, la b e l to it in an obvious
kHz above your highe st te n to th e signa l generat or o r b ut it's worth a try and, if it p lace stating that th e radio
m et er chan ne l (abou t 29.35 ot her signa l source . Set t he doesn t work o n you r rig, is n o t c a p ab l e of operation
MHz fo r channel 1 at chan ne l sw itch to c hannel yo u ca n a lways take th e on Citizens Band frequen
28.760 M Hz). Turn th e unit 12 a nd adjust the ge nerator jumper b ac k o ut . cies and that an amateur
of f   fo r output on t he s am e fre Each channel c a n be radio l ic ense is requi re d to
D is co nn ec t t he 5-volt q u e n c y . Adjust the rf moved up or down 320 kHz us e it. The label c ould save

Jumper w ire which wa s
te mp o rarily inst a ll e d from
pins 5 a nd 6 to pin 1 and
reconne ct the pins to the
fo il. Turn t he un it back o n,
a nd se t the chan nel switch
to c hannel 1. Adjust th e
trimmer capacitor next to
the c ry st al fo r t he p ro pe r
o ut p ut freq uency . Tu rn the
c hannel switch to channel
18 . Adjust a ll of th e coils
m en t ion e d except 11 01 ,
stages in th e receiver (T104
and L112) fo r ma xi mum re
ce ived signa l st rength on
t he S mete r. Alignment of
t he ot her re c eive r tu ning
a djustments should not be
necessary, as th e i-ts ar e on
the same frequency as
when th e unit worked a
coup le of M Hz lower.
Additional Channels
C h a n n e l 27 may
by performing on e of th e
following modificatio ns.  f
o ne o f t he se modificatio ns
is d on e , ea c h channel will
have tw o possib le frequen
cies, on e 320 kHz above
th e other . Thus, channel 1
in th e higher position will
be 30 kHz a bo v e t he lower
c hannel 23 an d 10 kHz
above th e lower ch a nnel
27. In o ther wor d s, th e 320
be kHz offset sw itch is se lect
a lot of embar rassmentor a
pink ticket from th e FCC in
the e ven t a passenge r
riding m your ca r says
so mething like   You have a
CB just like mine , picks
up th e m ic ro ph on e, a nd
yells   Bre a ke r 4  all over
th e world on 29.050 MHz .
My 13 -882C on te n
mete rs has provi de d quite
a few contacts, most ly with
stations on th e west coast.

th e vee co il for maximum
powe r o utput . (This is do ne
a t a higher-than-center fre
qu e ncy because th e power
o u tput d rops off faste r
a bove t he peak frequency
t ha n be low. Th is is normal
eve n o n 11 me ters an d
sh o uld not be t he cause of
any wo rries about chang
ing capacitor values , trim
m ing coils, et c . unless th e
co i l s j u s t r e f u s e to
re son at e . All three un its I
ha ve co nve rted have t uned
be au tifully with 4 to 5
Watt s o u tput withou t jug-
av a ilable in the b la nk posi
tion between c hannel 23
a nd c ha nn el 1 on th e dial
by i nsta ll ing a n i ns ul at ed
jumper w ire o n th e foil side
of th e circuit bo a rd be
twee n t he te rminal o n th e
far le ft of t he c hanne l
switch an d t he term inal on
th e far right of th e switch.
This modification will sup
p ly 5 volts to th e ve e an d to
IC pins 8 t hr o ug h 1 0 when
th e c hannel switc h is in th e
b lank posi tion . Channel 27
wi ll be 20 kHz above c ha n
ne l 23, or 29.070 M Hz for
ing between t wo d if fe re nt
bands of 23 channels (or 24
channels) each . The only
component required fo r
t he m odific a t io n IS an
SPOT switch, whic h may be
insta lled in th e front pane l
or, to p reserve the stock
appearance of th e radio,
th e function of an existing
switch ma y be changed .
To be able to move th e
23-cha nnel ba nd down 320
kHz, iso late pin 10 of th e
IC by c utting t he foil on th e
circ uit boar d arou nd it.
The n wire t he switch as
My da d (Dale K9HIS) also
ha s a 13 -882C on te n ,
and my brother (Larry
WB9BAQ) runs a 13-857B
(an 882C without th e no ise
b lanker or a nte nn a warn
ing li ght) mobile with a
t rimmed-down CB magnet 
mount antenna , working
mostly stations on th e west
coast and southeastern
U.S . What 4 or 5 Watts of
AM phone will do on a
clea r frequency gave me
q u i t e a surp rise . Wh o
called it Ancient Mode,
anyway? •

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CB to  
- part XXII: mor e talk power for the TRC 11

A ft e r replacing t he c rys Afte r in s p e c t i n g the 7 . Any e le c tr o lytic c a

Chris to p her Veal N   PN
tals with 10 met er crys ta ls, sc he mat ic, it wa s de cided p acit or SO to 1 50 u F a nd
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th e rec e iv e r was reali gned t hat t he mi crop ho ne am p l i a bo ve 1 5 vo lts s ho u ld
Louisville TN  
wi t h a sig na l ge n erat or . f ier gain (also t he au d io wo rk .

I f y o u ar e on e o f th e many
h am s who pur ch a sed a
Th e transmitte r w as t he n
adjust ed f or m ax imum o ut -
am p l if ie r gain) co u l d be i n
c re as e d by by passing   0
A few of the se ra d ios a re

Radi o Shac k TRC  11 CB pu t. O u r un it s had abo ut o n Q8 o r R44 on Q9 . A 1    bei ng

un it , th i s art i cl e will tell
y ou ho w t o i nc re ase it s
m o d u l a ti on c onsi de r a b ly .
An othe r ham an d I bought
d p.ur ot j RC 1 h w he n
Ra di o Sh ac k W d S sei l i n g
them out at half pric e . Th e
TR e  11 is a echannel.
  5
W at t , 12-v o l t transceiver .
4-1 /2 W atts output a nd
wo r ke d f i ne ov e r sho rt d i s
tance s, b ut th e mo d ulat io n
wa s v er y weak ev e n wh en
ye lling i n to t he m ic ro 
ph o ne . On a met er , t he
maximum m o d ul at io n w as
80 an d t he average wa s a
sm a l l 40 .
u r . 15-V e le c tro lyt ic was
t ried , b ut it os ci lla ted o n
Q9. O n Q8 , th ings look ed
go o d . The ca pa ci to r is SI m -
p ly pa ra lle le d with R40
 se e th e sc he ma t ic w ith th e
rad io). N ow th e max im u m
m od u l at io n w as st il l 80 ,
but th e av erage wa s now
Pat r ol ufrsed th e Civ i l Ai r
e quoenncy o f 26 .620
and I am sure th i s mo d if i 
ca t i on wo u ld ben efit th e se
ope rat o rs Lo ok f or us o n
28.9 a nd 29.0 MHz AM.
Thanks to W ayne W4TZ B
fo r tech ni cal assistance and
to Ed KB4 G H wh o helped
wi th on -the-air testi n g,.

v
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Frank Butscher 1t'6SZ S
68 w u o o r Way
San Jose CA 9  29
part XXIII the Sears Roadtalker 40
A f tec ttng al l thin gs ,
c ha n ge brin gs uv in to
th e fut ure , wh er e a ve n er  
able o ld n am e like Se a rs,
Roebuck a nd Co. is simpli
fi ed to Sear s, an d where
a ma te u r ra d io sports ne w
te rmm ol o gv suc h a s m icro
pr o ce s so r , ph a se lo c k e d
lo o p, et c. The h am b an d s
Ph ot o by Da ni el B. Smith J r. K6PRK have c ha nge d their ma k e
up in th e pa st 25 year s. The
AM he t er odvne al lev s o f 20
an d 40 meter s no w ri ng
sid e b atnhe
with
d anc adc o p ny atic
auh toom of
c o m puter ized CW IOe rs.
Eve n t he HI-m et er ba nd
(the one rev e red by most
h am s be ca u se o f its un c on 
gest ed s pe c trum, leisur el v
oper ating pace , an d su r-
prising ly low-power OX c a
pa b il ities) no w b ustle s wi th
ne w ac t ivity : ince ssa nt OX
be a cons , fully -quieted FM
sign a ls pa s sing through in
tc r c o n n n e n t a l re p e a t e rs.
th e dopp ler s hift of CW
tone s a s sa te ll it es whiz b y,
an d th e chatt er of c hannel
ized QRP rigs ri sing   a
c resc e nd o a s su ns po t a c
tivity mo ve s s te ad ily to
ward p ea k 21 an d be y on d .
Wh en Se ar s an d Roe
bu ck t o g e t h e r w e r e a
hou s ehold na m e in t he e ar 
ly fifties ( an d b ef or e   o p e r 
at ing on th e l  n-meter band
wa s a lot simpler. A ha m in
th os e d ays co uld af f o rd to
build his o w n ri gs, or he
Fig. 1.   OUom v ie \ o f t he Sears Ro dr a /l er W sho wing c o u ld m o d i fy , fo r hi s
co m p o nent l you r. need s. a wide v anetv of
  Seventy th ree Mar ch 1980
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WWI r su rplus hard wa r e.
Work ing all ov e r   urope 
o ne morn ing w ith 50-Wa ll s
AM wa s, a s remembered 2
ye a rs lat e r, qu ite a su r
pri se , a s we ll a s a very re 
wardi ng ex pe rience
Rece ntly , se v e ra l vur
crises a nd reward ing expe 
rie n ce s acco m panie d my
mo d ifica tion an d use o f ,1
40- ch an ne l ph ase-lor kr-d
loo p CB tr a nsceiver pu r
c h as e d fro m t ha t vene r
a bl e ol d co m panv. Scar s
In an ag e w he re b uild ing
f rom s cr a tc h is cost -p ro hib 
itive , th e Se a rs Roadtalker
40, m od e l 3826, AM-SS rig
was pu r chased ne w an d
s ight - u n s een fo r un d e r
 80
Upo. n open
0 0 d u ring a re c e n t sa le .
ing t he box , th e
m a nu a l a n d a c co m p an y in g
sc he m a t ic we re im m e d i
ate ly pe rused for t he el e c
trical details of conve rsion.
Als o, t he botto m cove r wa s
removed to examin e th e
physical p r oblem s c o n
cerned with th e c hange
o v r se e Fig. 1.
Th e   d o ghous e c o n
taining th e referen ce oscil 
lator is in t he u pp er ce n te r
of th e c h as s is This os cilla 
to r is th e ke y to th e co nv e r
sion. T he a rt ic le s li sted in
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problem . Fortunately , th e
,
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e r a t ing fr e q u e n c y fr o m
26 . 5 to 28 .510 , t he vc o
ha s to be in c re a se d by
1 .54 5 M Hz . To achiev e
t h is, th e X701 frequen cy
s hould be in cr ea se d fr om
12 .320 to 12 .835 MH z . This
increa se of .515 Hz is o ne
t hird t he vco f re q ue nc y in
c rea se req u ired. Th e re a 
so n for o nly t he 1/3 in
crea se is t ha t t he 3rd ha r
m on ic is mixed with t he
vc o .
So much f or th eo r y; no w
le t s d isc u ss th e ac t u a l co n 
v er sion d et ails. A 13 -M Hz
HC 1 8/U-style c rystal wa s
pu rchas ed a t a lo c a l su r
:  06   l  
Fi   Z. Se a rs Ro ad t a fk er 40. m od e   38 26. sim p l if i ed f u n ct io nal b l od.. d iagram.
large size . The c ryst a l sock c ov e r. Sinc e it wa s a tigh t ry inside wa s co mp l et el y
echt a allow e ck
a s yt hec rband fit, with
edc he
nges to y s t al der no sides-to-bottom
bond so l.
ing wa s a pplied robab ly to prse
cp overed a en
ev ling wax,
t par ts
wi d t h of o pe ratio n fo r a Thi s wo u ld faci lit at e easy m ove m e nt dur in g v ibra 
s ing le vc o -t une d ci r cu i t rem o val fo r futur e pe r t ion .
se tt ing. fo rm a n ce im p r o v e m e nt s Afte r secu ring a su it able
In o rder to un s o ld er t he w h ic h requ ire c ha ng es to a l i g n m e n t tool fo r th e
12.320 cr y st al. th e b o tto m th i s refe ren ce o s cillato r s mal l sq ua re hol e in th e
of th e d o ghouse ha s to be circuit . Th e se c ha ng es will s lugs . th e mo m en t of truth
unsold ered from th e sid e s. be di sc ussed la t er . h ad arri ve d It wa s time to
A so l d er wick was u se d The ne x t step wa s to re t une up on 10 meter s. With
with a 45 -W at t so ld er ing m o ve th e sea lin g w ax from th e c h an n el sele ctor se t o n
iron to remove t he so ld e r t he to p o f all t he t ra n s c ha n ne l 1, a three-foot
bo nd s . It w as ea s ier to u n fo rmer tuning s lu g s. Th is piece of a n te nn a wi re at 

rig p are tds ho

pl u st un to uth
see to ge t th e
10- met er
ba nd . W it h t hi s crysta l,
c ha n ne l 1 is 29 .005 M Hz . It
wa s de cided to tu ne the re
ce iver and transmitter to
c ha nne l 1 while hoping
th at the tu ned c ircuitry
wa s br oad ba nde d e no ug h
to c o v e r 40 c h a n n e l s
a bove , as we ll a s be lo w,
29 .00 5 MH z . As it turn s
o ut , t h is wa s a go o d c ho ic e
Th e a crtune-
of y stalup a nfrdeqsuoen
c kcy.
et
(sho wn in Fig . 1) a re taped
to th e ou t side of th e metal
d oghouse be c ause of its
e nld
so
dseof
r tthhee t hree
c irc udito g h
bo ar d
o use w c co
bya s scara t hehe d
m p lis
p ing waxe asoily
ut tached
ce t he an tenna
to nductor
n t e r co ja ck
. a nd 12-V
posts t o ga in e as y a c c e ss t o with th e chisel e nd of a d e powe r a pp lied, th e T702
t he bo tt o m c ov e r t ha n to s m a ll jew e ler s s cr e wd riv s lu g w a s t urned slo w l y
un screw the t hree d og  er . All transformer slugs cl o ck wise . In a bo u t a half
house flange atta chment s ho wn in Fig. 2. e xcept turn , a si de b an d sig n al wa s
screws . Th ese soft metal T1 0 3 a n d T 4 0 6 , w e r e heard sig ni n g a W 9 c al l. Pin
sc re ws were ce m en te d in cleaned . T701 , th e t an k -cir 2 o n IC701 wa s c hecked
p lace a nd I s t rip pe d th e cu it in du cto r (locat ed in with a H e a t h k i t   fr e 
Phillips head s lots while at t h e s m a l l PC vbo a r d  q uen cy coun te r. A stab le
te m pti ng to rem o ve th em . m ou n te d m et al e nclosu re 1 .28-M Hz f req ue nc y rea d
Afte r t he c rysta l an d to t he le ft o f th e re ference ou t w as ob s erved . Next,
so ck e t we re a d de d , th e osci ll ator d o gh o use - se e T102 w as t u r n ed cl o ck
ha d he m o st ea
do g ho
an d u sep owaswa
o ne st set in pl a ce
s soldered Fig.x 1),
wa t to th e st opling
a pp lied of wi
turnse,, th
a nd
e lein
ve le
l ossf the o ne
t ha nnoi se
to th e PC board . The d o g th e tran sf ormer. With th e w a s p eaked . T705 a nd n 0 2
h o u s e a s se m b l y wa s vco c o v er removed , it wa s w er e e asily noi se-peaked in
p re ssed into th e bot t om d iscove re d th at t h e c i rc u it - le ss than on e turn . That s it

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fo r receiver adjustment.
N ext, an inl ine, in exp en
sive CB po we rlvsw r m et e r
and du m my load we re at
ta c hed to t he rf output
co nn ector. T ransf or m e r s
we r e p e ak ed w it h th e r ig in
t he AM posi t io n on c han 
ne l l f o r m ax rf outp u t in
t he fo ll o w in g or de r: T703,
704, 402, 403, 404, 408, 407,
a nd 40 5. Th e rea son fo r t his
br o ken seque nc e is t ha t
T40 5 was no t eas il y 10-.
cated A lthough th e tr a ns
f ormer numbe rs are silk 
scr ee n pr inted o n t he to p
of th e PC bo a rd, t he p ar ts
ar e t ig htly p ackaged, m ak 
ing id en ti fic a ti on d i ff ic u lt
wi t h ou t bright lighting. The
n um b er s are mo re easi ly
read if a fl a shl i g h t is used
t o locate a nd decipher
t h em .
By th e time T40 5 was
peaked, th e power out pu t
read 5 Watts . Not bad.
W ith t he mo d e switc h in
the U SB position, a w hist le
was d irected i nto t he rni-
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c rophone . Th e w a tt m eter
read 7.5 W at ts . W it h th e
three -foot p iece of w ir e
co nnect ed to the an te n na
jack, a beat n ot e w as hea rd
in th e spea ker, in di c a ti n g
an A M sig na l. W I th t he
mode switch in AM , I H 7XJJ
was heard Shades o f th e
  48 su nspo t peak:   A ll yo u
need is a piece o f w ir e
han gi n g out of th e w in
do w Pro b a bl y , if th e
t hree -f oot wire w as
matc he d , I w o u ld ha ve
t ried to an swer hISCQ; in
stea d, I no t -so-ca lm ly co n
nec t ed u p to a tw o-el ement
bea m D X fever was c om 
m g on.
H e came ba c k w it h a Sib
signa l o n an FT-l 0 l . He w as
running 15-W a tt s o utp u t.
Th i s w as beginn ing to f eel
l ike th a t o ne sp ring morn 
ing 25 yea rs ago Th e nex t
contac t w as w it h a W l in
Bosto n o n AM . I th ought I
wo u ld tr y sideba nd. Bin go
A WB 4 in Sout h Caro li na
was hea rd . Ad justing th e
make ANDNOW. . .  
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f in e-tu ne o scilla to r brou gh t
hi m in nic e ly . He was most
inter ested in t hi s c on vert ed
rig f or a bl ind ham ac
qu ain ta n ce of his. I happil y
gav e hi m al l th e info I had
on t he rig and it s conver
sio n.
Befor e th e ba nd di ed
ab rupt ly at 7:45 pr n . m a ny
st at ions w ere heard wh il e
t he set w as chec ked w it h
o ther crysta ls. Th e lo west
12-M H z ro ck I had br ought
th e op er at in g f reque nc y
do w n to 28.255 wi th t he
same vc o setti ng as f or
29.005 . Wh en I sh ut o ff th e
l ig ht in th e shac k a nd se
cu red f or t he ni ght, I had
th e same go o d fee l ing I fe lt
o n t ha t spr ing m o rning in
t he early f i ft i e s.
O t he r i m p r o v em e n t s
have al so be en i mple 
m en te d Th e b e twe en 
chan ne l opera ti o n conve r
sio n is th e sim plest o f a l l
th e cha nges . Fir st, repl ac e
X702 (LSB Ref. Os c. c rystal
with a c rystal Id en t ic a l
w ith th e X701 t h at w as pr e 
v ious ly rep la ce d . X702 c an
be ne tted 5 kH z aw ay from
X701 wi th CT702. N ex t ,
* p ower will be ap p li ed t o
0 220 t h ro ug h R236 wh en
t he m o d e swi tc h is in th e
LSH pos it io n. Thi s diod e
w il l ke ep th e USB-AM o ff 
set c rys ta l, X201 , switc hed
on fo r al l mode s. The l SH
po siti on b e come s a sec o nd
set o f US H fr equenc ie s
p lac ed be tw een th o se set
b y X701 in t he US B-AM po 
sit i on. The tot al f re qu en cy
c hange by the fine tu ne
will be a pp roxi ma te ly 5
bulllln _ kH z. C u t th e gre en wi r e
co ming out of t he pl u g on
th e l eft si de o f th e m od e
se le c to r sw i tc h a bout one
i nc h fr om the plu g. (Th is
sw i tc h ca n be seen in Fig 1
to th e ri gh t o f th e refe rence
pne.. os ci lla to r d o gh ou se.) Str ip
a q u arter -in ch o f th e pl u g
e nd of th e green w ire and
co n nect it to t he or ange
w ire te rmin al next to it in
sid e th e p lug.
The next cha nge t o im 
p le me n t is fi n e-tune tr a ck 
ine o n tran smit Rem o ve
R702 and short ou t R711 ,
w hich co nnec ts t he bottom
end of t he fine -tune co n 
trol, RV701, t o g ro un d . Di s
connect t he red wi re from
th e to p end of th e f ine-tune
co nt ro l. Connect th e t op
en d o f t hi s co nt ro l to a
regu lated voltage so u rc e
t ha t is al w ays pr esent f or
a ll operat io na l mode s suc h
as reg ul at or bu s BB. This
bu s ca n be f ound in many
pl aces o n t he ci r cu it b oard .
The extra set of wi res
co m ing o ut o f t he tr an s
ceiver to th e b ottom l ef t of
Fig . l is t he 12-v ol t co n tr o l
fo r a relay th a t sw it c hes in
an BO Wa lt , so li d-state l in 
ear on t ran smi t. It sho u ld
be m enti o ned that A m er i
ca n Crystal Supply Co . has
a co n ve rsio n ki t wh i ch ex
p ands th e nu m ber o f c han
nel s.
Wh en th e b an d is o pe n,
CW signa ls are heard v ery
lo w i n th e b a ck ground .
Thi s oc c u rs beca use t he
im age re je c ti o n is no t q ui t e
as good as w i th yo u r T5-520
or FT- l 0 l rig s. This ba c k
gro un d ac t iv it y IS mu c h
l e ss o bjec t i onab le t ha n
no i se. W it h th e ranks of
QRP r ig o wners g rowi ng,
o ne o nl y has to m enti on
duri ng t he Q SO t ha t he/she
is runnin g QR P and y ou
w i ll be su rp r ised at th e W l
or W 2 b reaking in to as k
d et ai l s of y o u r rig
For t he p rice, t he sat is
f act io n o f successf u l l y
co m p le ti ng yo u r o w n co n
version, sha ring your c on 
v er si on de t ai l s wi th o t he rs
and reg ul arl y di scov erin g a
OX sta t io n on o ne or m or e
o f yo ur 40 c hannels and
w or k in g hi m stirs t he i ma g i
n ation and br in gs b ac k t he
pl easure of ha mmin g wi th
a n exc el lent l ow -cost rig.
Thi s, to m e, is we l l w o r t h it
in t h is age o f o ne grand
ham rig s.•
Re ferences
1. Welsh, CB to 10 - P art XII:
Co nvert a Kraco P l L Rig, 73
MagaZine October, 1978, pp.
254-255.
2. Cann, CB to t o - Pa rt XV I: A
CW Conve rsion, 73 Mag a ine  
January 1979, pp. 56·57.
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Charles W  Hopp esch W  UU V

27 Surfspray Drive
Merritt Island FL 32952

 
- part XXIV: Penney s SSB rig

W a nt a 10 -m et er r ig
th at is c he a p, e as y
to use , an d pr ovides up to
a nd t he Se a rs Roadtalk er 40
(934.38260700 ) ar e 40-chan
ne l AM/SSB t ransceivers us
ma n u a l if yo u do n t already
have it . T he metho ds de 
scribed for these sets ca n be
box behind the channe l
switc h {see Fig .l). It w ill be
necessa ry to remove th e
l.7-M Hz coverage? If so, ing t he s am e p ha se l oc ke d ap p lied to othe r Sears an d three screw s secur ing it to
re a d on an d see ho w you lo o p (PL l) ci rcuitry. The l . J .C . Pe nney sets w ith similar th e m a in PCB an d then to
ca n c hange a 4o-ch annel Pen ne y mode l has an excel circu its. You'll have to do unsolder th e sides of the
SSB C B into a co nvenie nt le n t i ns tr uc ti on m an ua l s o m e fig u rin g , t h o u g h , box from t he bottom of th e
mobi le pack a ge fo r jus t a whic h co ntains a good ex b eca us e of so m e circ ui t box . This is no p roblem
few bucks an d an h ou r' s pl a na t ion of how PL l cir c ha nges an d a diff er en t with th e ai d of a solder
time. c uits wo rk, as wel l as al ign sc he m a ti c nu m b er in g sys wick, Remove th e local
The l .C. Penney M od el m en t instruct ions. By a ll t em . The fo llowing conver oscillato r board fro m th e

no. 6246 (ca ta log 981-8378) me an s, t ry to obta in t h is sion

ho w ins to t ructio
c h a n gns
e in
thcl
e ud
40e ca
th en naend
w crep l ace X701 with
rystal.
AM/USB c ha n ne ls to te n PLL   djustments
. 7 0, me t er s, th r e e ways to do u 1. Refe r to Fig. 1 for co m 
Y t\
 

@J
 0
0
 
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b le t he nu mb e r of c ha n nels pone nt locations . A fre
q u en cy c ou n te r an d oscil 
[;]0 e T ~ 0 0
av ai lable, a nd t wo ways to
c hange t he fin e-tuning con loscope will make the job
  ~
 0 '
  l trol to sw ing th e t rans mi t easie r if prob lems deve lop,
H O  O
0 H
0
H OI freque nc y as we ll as t he bu t if yo u don t have t hese
TPS O
0 RTlo , T20 '
R T101 en o,

OC© O
P ~
re c ei ve fre q u e ncy. instruments, don t worry .

0  0 0 . 0
Wit h th e s et t un ed to chan
n 03
6 00 0
T. 04
H o w To St ar t th e
Conver sion
nel 18 , adjust T702 to ob 
ta in a d c voltage across
OI T;l0l
R T ~
0
RH O
Frequency
1 . SelectSelection TP5 an d TP6 (ground) of 3.0
o T
0 O ~
~ D
RT I
0 th e st a rt ing fre
que nc y f or t he po rtion of
± 0.1 V and p ro c ee d to
Transmitter   lignment in
40 3
t he b an d yo u wis h t o use. s tr u ct i on s. b e low.
O T

0 My select io n wa s 28.5 10 2. If yo u wa nt to be more

O T  il
MH z be c a u s e I int en d ed to scie ntific an d c heck things
TP IO
w o rk s i d e b a n d an d as as you go a long, o r if step
HO o
0
T P9
m uc h OX as p os si bl e . one d idn t work, ge t o ut

P
RH 0 2
•

HOG T;l0
0 2. De rive t he new AM 
USB loca l-oscilla to r crystal
your freq ue nc y co u n ter
an d p roceed w it h step
O O RTO'
0 (X7 01) f requency. To th e t hree.
P rrc r
freque nc y yo u have ch o 
sen, ad d 11 .275, subtract
3. Check th e freque ncy
of t h e ne w c rystal by

1 .28, an d divide by 3. Ex m e a su ring it between t he

0  c
407
ample: (28,510+ 11 . 2 7 5  to p of trimme r CT702 an d
OH06
1 .28 )/ 3 = 12.835 MH z . t he c rystal box. It should
3. Rep lace X70 1 , Th is be ab o u t 1 2 ,8 3 5 M Hz .
  ig 1. Componen t location diagram c rystal is lo ca ted in a metal 4 , Check th e frequency

100 73   g zin   A pril, 1980

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from th e output o f th e
local-oscillator circuitry by
u n pl u gg i ng f r om th e boa rd
t he white wire lead ing to
t he m ai n printe d ci rcuit
bo ard, Th i s is on e of a p air,
t he o th e r o ne being w hi te
w it h a str ip e . Th is is t he
o u tp u t fr o m th e t riplet.
an d th e f requency output
at this po i n t shou ld be
about 38.505 MHz. Plug
t he w h it e w ire b ack on t he
board te rmi nal,
5. Connect an osci llo
scope to TP3 a nd TP4
(g round) and ad j us t T701
f or m ax im um am p litude .
b Now, with th e set
tuned to channel 18, adjust
T702 f o r a de output of 3,0
  0 ,1 V P5
(ground   across 1 a nd TP6
7. M ea su re t he f requen
cy across t he co llec to r o f
Q 708 a nd an y of th e metal
shiel ds on t he foil si de o f
the board . The frequency
should be about 39.995
M Hz fo r c hannel 18 if yo u
used an X701 freq uency of
12.8 35 M Hz (X701 x 3
1.49) . Th is compl etes PLL
a d ju s tme nt s a nd checks.
Transmitter Alignment
1 . A l i g n m e n t o f t he
t ransmitte r section is ac equipped, use an a ud io f re
co m p lished by attaching
an antenna to t he rig (a
104   piece of w ir e), and,
with the help of your HF   m ax im um p ow er o ut pu t.
SSB re c e i v e r tuned for
about 28720 M Hz, keying
th e rig (A M , channel18) and
listen ing fo r a wea k het er 
o dy ne w h is tl e . Adjust T70 3
and T704 f o r maximum
d e f l e c t i o n o f you r HF
re ce iv er  s S-meter. After
th is step, p lace a watt
met er and d ummy load on
th e rig an d ke y t he set
again. If no o u tp u t is seen,
go ba ck to t he wire anten 
na an d adjust T401 and
T402 f o r m a xi m um S m eter
read ing, again us in g yo u r
HF SSB rece iver to detect
t he pea k output posit io n.
Once an o u t put is seen on
th e wa ttme ter, fi n al adj ust
m en t of T401 -T408 ca n be
m ad e.
2 . T u rn R T 40 2 fu   is dest aned to prov id e a
co u n te r c l o c k w is e . W it h + 2-k Hz sw ing on receive
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Rrc<
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; i ~ 4 0 70 1 I To> ,
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,,  TO
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0 70 <
Fig 3. M od 8 - How to ob
  tain a ± 5-to-15  H /z swing:
Fig. 2. M od A - varacror cir cuit m odification:  a before  a before modification;  b 
modification;  b after modificarion . after modification.
th e function switch in SSB 
+ USB, ho ld your m ike next
to the sfdetone of your
keve r. use th e m ar ker to ne
f ro m yo u HF r eceiver, or,
if y o u r e r e a ll y w e  
SO . O f R   R E B R I O ~ E S
ONE . ,N 00   F QY
quency generator and ke y O R G   ~ E C T l   ~
P  N USEO
th e ri g . Readjust T703,
T704. an d T401 -T408 fo r Fig 4 Modifications to / 701 to obtain 20-kHz c hannel
spacmg.
3. C he ck t he set  s o u tp u t by vary in g
voltage th e control near t he socket
on each cha nn e l. On side across varactor D702
by w hich plugs i nt o th e main
ba nd. mine was about 7 means o f p ote ntio met er PCB Tape t he end going to
Watts. I f t he output f all s
RV701, A   8-V dc pote n t he soc ket. Solder the other
o ff to O Watts at either end ,
tial is ap plied to RV701 end to the f o il side o f the
readjust T702 very slightly
t o lock th e PL L (fine -tuning control) only PCB to th e R237 termination
du r i n g re ce i ve . D u r in g near e st t he edge of the PCB
transmit, + 8 V de is ap This is a + B V dc source
Modificati ons to th e
p lie d to th e v a r a c t o r which is on du ring both
Fin e-Tun in g Co ntrol
through a fixed resistance. t rans m it and receive.
Th is rig has an R IT b u t is R702 . This mod ificatio n
M od B - How to Ob tain a
fixe d on transm it . The R JT simply supplies + 8 V dc
+ 5-to-15-k Hz Swing
has a range o f   2 k Hz . The co ntin uo usly to RV701, t hus
Refer to Fig. 3.
M od A c hanges, b el o w , w ill enab ling it to functio n on
1 . Remove C741, t he
enab le t he t ransm it fre t ransmit as well as receive.
22-pF capacitor in pa ralle l
quency to a ls o be sh ifted
with CT701 .
+ 2 kH z . M od B wi ll give a
1. Cl ip t he w ire origi na t 2 Run a 4 length of
swing o f + 5 k Hz to + 1 5
ing from t he lo c a l o sc il lator c o a x (R C -174 /A ) f r o m
kH z. boar d w hich t er minates at w here C741 w as co n necte d
M od A - Varac to r Circuit G752 and R702. Tape both (center lead to ho le nearest
Ref er to Fig. 2 This CB rig ends, cryst al) th ro ug h a h ol e in
2. C li p t he w ire from ter t he side of t he oscil la to r
mi na l 1 o f t he fi ne-tuning can. So lder t he shield to
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the insi de o f th e ca n . Mod A, ste p 2, except t ap e
3. C lip t he w i re d e  both e nds .
sc ribed in Mo d A. ste p 1, 5. Rem o ve t he fine-tun
an d ta pe bo t h e nds. ing po t from th e fr o nt
4. Clip th e wire as In pa ne l.   e c r e f u l t he
cha n ne l indic at or dial is a t
ta ch ed to th e shaft with a
IC ' 0 '
sc rew. Pla ce ta pe ov e r th e
, co nt a c ts a nd sti ck it ou t o f
swing of a bo u t ± 8 kHz.
The am o u nt o f s wi ng ob
tainab le is now co ntrolled
by th e ca paci t ance of t he
RG-174/A c able. Removing
th e sh ie ld fro m t he ca b le
fro m t he en d ne a re st th e
va riable ca pacito r will in
crease th e swing u p to a
2. Run a no th e r wire fro m
the switch to t he co m mo n
le g of th e ch anne l se lec to r
switc h. Try th e fo il side of
t he b oa rd wh e re R722 is at 
ta c he d nearest to th e c ha n
ne l switch . With thi s switch
in th e on position , e ac h
c ha nne l will be 640 kHz

-tU tI:
t he way in side th e se t, o r
d i p a ll wires an d u se the
 
5 700
_-_  
,
p o t en t iomete r f or a n ot h er
pr o je c t.
6. Install a 5-50--p F (n omi 
n a il va ria b le ca pac it o r
 . w he re th e RV701 co nt ro l
wa s loc at ed . Co n ne ct th e
in ne r co ax lea d to th e in
ma xim u m of + 15 kHz .
H ow To In cr e a s e th e
Number of Channels /B an d.
width
Below ar e thre e ways to
incr e a se t he b andwidth of
yo u r t ran sc e iver. O ne in
vo lve s using the LSB sec
hig her in frequency than it
wa s origina lly.
Note o n th e Program 
m ab le Frequenc y Divider :
Pins 9-15 o n IC701 a re th e
in p u t s to th is d e vi c e .
Ene rg iz ing pin 15 ad ds 10
kHz to th e ba se fre que ncy .
Pi n 14 a dd s 20 kH z, pin

.
IC ' 0 1
su la t e d s ect io n o f th e ti on a nd the o t her two 13   4 0 kt l z, pin 12 - 80
  ca pa ci to r. The shi e ld is n ot ma ke use of un used pin 9 kHz, pin   kHz, pin
co nn ec te d to th e capac o f 1(7 0 1 . (Be ca reful. t ha t s 10 - 3 2 0 kHz, a nd pin 9 
ito r. a 40.00 c hip . 640 kHz . Thus, if c ha n ne l l
;510
 
,
,
.,
AOO 7. Adjust C17 01 so th at Method A is 28.505 MHz , en er gizing
. 'TcM the swing o b taine d with This m od i fication c ha ng pins 15 a nd 11 will yiel d a
th e pa ne l-mo unted capac  es th e channe l s pa cing frequ en cy of 28.505 + .010
it or is a bo u t + 5 k Hz. To fro m 10 kHz to 20 kHz , + .1 6 0 = 28 &75 MH z .
o b tain a gre ater de g re e o f thus al mo s t doubling th e Some ham s ha ve replaced
Fig. 5. 640-k Hz jump modi- swing, remo ve CT701 from ba ndwid th available . My th e c ha n ne l SWitc h with
fica tion :  a befo re;   b a f ter . th e b oard . This will yie ld a ri g cove rs 28.500 to 29.400 seve n sma ll switc hes a nd
. M Hz.
1 . C ut foil a s sh ow n in
 program in  th e d esir ed
freque n cy . This 1(701 c hip
Fi g. 4(a) a nd (b). This is is av ailab le from New
1
_   00
l do ne ea sily with a Dremel Tone Elec tr o nics Interna 
  to o l San d t he va rn ish fro m tio na l, PO B ox 1 7 3 8 ,
0205
t he foi l an d sol de r wire Blo om field N ] 0700 3, fo r
)
 

I
OI ~ ~T ~ b ri dges, as s ho wn in Fig.
4(c )
u nde r  10 . Sylvania 's ECC
1255 do e s no t wo rk . a nd
1 2. Pe rf or m t he Mod B the  e fr om Se ar s of l C
ure a swing, using th e inst ruc  Penn ey listed fo r aroun d
tio ns to o bt a in a swing of  40 when I c hecked,
---11
., ± 12 kHz. This w ill provide
e no ug h swing to cove r the
·M et hod C
Ch a ng e th e l SB lo c al-o s
.. ,., ga ps be tw ee n mo st of t he cilla to r c rysta l f or 40 m or e .
• .
 /

 
 4 c ha nne ls.
Method  
Refer to Fig. 6,
1 . Se lect th e p ort io n o f
Pin 9 of IC701 ca n a lso t he b an d yo u wish to c ov e r.
be u se d to ju m p ea ch c ha n Using th e lowe st frequen 
ne l 0inal
.640fre
Mque
Hz ncy
up from its c y, c a l c ul a t e the lSB
- orig , so th at
28.510 M Hz becom es 29.150
c rystal frequen c y by using
th e formula in ste p 2 o f th e

 
I
. MHz whe n this pin is ac
tivated . If th e rig will tune
28.510-- 28.950 with pin 9
c o n v e r s i o n instru c t ions .
Example: Add itional band 
widt h d esired , 28.960-29.400
 
' 20 1 swi tc he d off, it w  l l tune MHz . (28 .960 + 11 .275 
I 29.150-29.550 MHz with th e 1.28Y3 = 12 .985 MHz.
- - J, pin switched o n. 2. In st a ll t he ne w cry stal
0 .0 2
Ref er to Fig. 5. in pl a ce of X7 02 .
1 . Run a wire from un 3, Cu t t he red/bla ck wire
  used pin 9 of t he pr og ram  atta ch ed to P2 nea r the
*O IOOE
mable d ivide r to a fr ont  plug e nd .
coo p a nel- rn o u n t ed s w it c h . 4, Cut th e wire to Pl
/
 S ug ge s t io n: Rem o ve wires a bo u t V.   from t he plug ,
fr om t he AN l sw i tc h, 5 . Re m o v e C7 4 2 and
Fi g. 6. L  oscilla to r c rystal mod ific a ti o n f or 40 m or e:  a sol d e r t hem toge t he r, a nd ( T702, an d tie bo t h crys
befo re;  b after. use t he AN l switc h.) ta l s into the fin e-tuning

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Redesigned and new cabinetry, Watch
,, 2. W ith the set o n c han
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4 99 Emerson Court
Elyria OH 44 35
- part
T aroused
he Po ly Pa ks fl y er
cu
with t he ad my fo r  A riosity
4Q-
channel CB board co m 
plete with ch ann el selecto r
for only  1 4.88. 1 an d in a
rea sonable time UPS deliv
ered what pro ve d to be a
rather so p h i s t i c a t e d 40 
c h an n el PU CB se t minu s
th e ca se , speaker, micro
ph o ne , a nd vo lume an d
sq u elch co ntro ls.
A litt le ex a mi na tion a nd
resea rch rev ea led t ha t t his
is a ve ry ve rsat il e pr int ed
board, used in se vera l Hy
C a in u ni ts a nd se ve ra l
Kraco models. Wh at ap pe a r
to be missing p ar ts a re de
libe ra te o missions. T hese
part s a re on e s that fun ction
in so me other u nit than that
for which thi s board wa s in
tended ,
With a little work an d in
gen u ity , th is board ca n be
turn ed into a fully-func
t ioning a nd il l e g a l C B
tran s ceiver , an d , with a lit
tl e more work , it ca n be
come a neat lQ-meter rig.
A ll part n umber s ar e silk-
scree ned o n th e board. and
all w iring is attac hed to
nu m b er ed wire-wrap posts
o r t o nu m be red ho les in t he
bo ar d . My wiri ng inst ru c
t ion s wi ll d e no te w ire-wrap
po st s wi th a  P a nd a
n umber an d bo ar d ho les
wit h a n   H a nd a nu mb e r.
Only t he h oa rd m ou nt -
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xxv:using those surplus
40-channel boards
ing screws , the he a t sin kS
he an te n na c o n n e c t o r
t
shield. an d t he tw o di sc
c apacitors on t he bottom
of th e bo a rd go to c hassis
ground . All other g round 
ing points a re attached to
one of th e board grounds ,
C l C2 . C3 . or C4 . Board
grounds will be   BC an d
c hass is g rounds   CC . Go t
it? Heat up t he iron an d go
W iring
So lder a red lea d fo r
  12 V to Hl . So lde r a
bl a ck le ad for - 12 V to
H2. W ire th e c en t e r pin of
a n a nt e n na co nnec to r to
P58 a nd t he shield to CC .
Atta ch th e le a ds o f th e two
di sc caps o n t he bo ttom of
t he bo a rd to CG. Ins t all a
jumper from P9 to P20.
Wi re a power o n-off switch
b etween P20 an d P25. Wire
an o u t e r lu g of a 15 k
squ elch pot to P7 and th e
o ther tw o lugs to BG . Wire
a n o ut er lug of a SOk volume
control to P19. Wire the
center lug to P21 and th e re-
mai ning lug to BC .
W ire t he   te rmina l of a
Q l -mA S/rf me t er to H34
a nd th e - te r mina l to BG .
W ire one s pe a ke r lead to
P23 a nd attac h t he ot he r
spea ke r le ad to BG tempo r-
a rily. In actua l o pe ration.
th e spea ke r le ad is ro ute d
to BG t hrough th e PTT
sw it c h o n t he m ic rophon e .
A 5OQ O hm dyna mic mike
is used . This m ik e ha s a
DPDT PTT switc h t h at
o pens t he s pe a ker le ad as it
grounds th e PTT line . This
is necessa ry si nc e the mo d 
ulation transforme r is also
used as the a udi o output
t ransforme r, an d an un
ea rthly howl results if th e
speake r is no t disabled .
This mik e audio line go e s
to P22, t he PTT li ne to P13 .
a nd t he ne u t ra l to BC.
Tun e-Up
Tuning up th e rece ive re
q uire s a sig na l ge ne rator. a
VTV M, a nd a littl e patien ce.
The first ste p is to set the
vo ltage o n the Pl l. Chec k
you r wi ring a la st tim e , ap 
ply po we r, an d check for
smoke. If ev e rything is OK.
t urning th e vol um e a nd
sq u e l c h cont rols sh o u ld
p roduce noi se in t he spe a k-
er. S qu el ch r an ge c a n be
se t with th e on -boa rd po t ,
RV101 . Attach a VTVM
probe to the end of Rl13
n ea r e s t n Ol a nd the
ground to BC.
W ha t we ' re lo o k in g for
here is 1.5 V on chan nel l .
S ince t he swi tc h is n ot
ma rked. we hav e no ide a
wh e re c ha n ne l l is, so tu ne
Tl 01 f or 1 .5 V on the
VTV M a nd th en ro tate t he
c ha n ne l se lect or cl o ck 
w ise . The vo lt ag e s ho ul d
ri se an d abru ptly dr op . The
voltage drop indic a t e s tha t
yo u have ju st go ne from
cha n ne l 40 to c ha nne f T.
Reset T101 fo r 1 .5 V an d
re move t he VTVM,
Feed a 455-kHz signa l
t hrough a 01 c apaci to r to
t he e mi tt er of Q116 . an d
tune TlO9, n , an d Tl07
fo r highe st re ading on th e
S/rf meter . The S-meter
range may be adjusted
wi t h t he on -boa rd pot
TV1 03. Fe e d a 10.7-MHz
sig na l throug h a .01 ca p to
th
n e06b as
aned o11 Q l 15
f 12 f or athnd t un e
e high
est S me te r re ad in g. Set th e
c ha n ne l se lector to cha n-
n el 1 3 a nd fe e d a
27 ,11 5-MHl signa l int o th e
a nt e n na connecto r. Tu ne
n o s an d T1 04 fo r highest
S-me te r reading . You no w
can attach an antenna an d
check fo r   Big 1().4s  an d
othe r esotenca amongst
th e local C o o d Budd ies.
Set th e c ha n ne l se lec to r
to channel 13. a tt ac h a
1Q-Watt d um my lo ad , ke y
th e mike o r ground th e PTT
line . a nd adju st 110 3. 1104.
T102. Tl0 3 .l106.l109  and
11 10 fo r th e highe st S/rf
me t er read in g . Rf  rn t r
ran ge ma y be adju sted
wi t h th e o n-boa rd pot
RV10 4
10-Mete r Co nv ersion
Ge tting t he rig on 10 in
vo lves re p l acing c ry st al
Xl0 1 an d retu ning th e P U .
t he t ransmitte r. an d th e
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t ra nsm i tt e r tu ne-u p u n ti l
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  3 Freedom  rive
Collinsville C T Q
- part XXVI: the Cobra 132
he latest c hanges in
T th e FCC rule s whic h
pro hibited the sa le of ne w
23-c ha nn e l CB sets has
m ad e quite a few of t hese
sets a vailable at ve ry lo w
prices. This wa s be ca u se
t he manufacturers ha d to
un load thei r su rplus an d
also because CBe rs wanted
to move up to the new
4D-cha nnel model s.
1 have be e n reading with
i nt er es t all of the articl es in
7
of Magazine
CB se ts too n10con version
meter s, I
had a Cobra 132 on th e
sh elf whi ch was built by a
Japane se manufa cturer for
B   K. (The sa me m anufa c
turer built ve ry s imilar
radios for other c ompa
nies; th ey were th e Tram
11 _ ::i  
Fig   1. Swit ch d iagram.
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Oiamond-60 an d th e Brown ob je ct ive s in my conve r place th e X311 . 12 .8 MHz
ing lT D,) s ion, Numbe r on e wa s c rystal , a miniature SPOT
Wit h the 10-meter band good 10-meter SSB cove r tog gle switch a nd a 3-30 pF
be ing so op en in re c en t ag e, and I c hose 28.5 to trimmer capacitor must b e
month s, and t h e n um be r of 29,1 MHz. Next was to adde d. I will le ave it up to
Q RP st at ions I ha ve he ar d have co ntin uo us cove rage yo u as to where you wan t
with g reat s ig na ls many with th e vco . wit h e nough to mount th e switch . Once
we ll ov e r S 9 I de c ided o ve rl ap t o cove r the spa c t ha t is decided insta ll as
t ha t I would mo d ify th e ing ca used by t he for mer pe r th e switc h d iagram ,
Co b ra a nd ge t in on th e ac radio co n t ro l chan ne ls The next ste p is to e n
t ion from th e mobi le my whi ch were loc ated be  a bl e t he blank c h an nel be
se lf. tween se ve ra l of the or ig  tween 22 and n . With th e
Before you attempt this ina l 23 c hannel s, case off , pla ce th e se t up
mo d , I highly re commend sid e d own with th e c hannel
This c onversion is se t up sele ctor se t on this blank
that yo u ge t a Sa ms Photo
fac t. This will give you all for th e Co bra 132 mobile o r c hannel. If you loo k a t the
th e Co bra 135 ba se station back wafe r of th e channel
th e needed inform at i o n
radio, ea ch of which uses se le ct o r switch, you will
suc h a s part locat ions an d
th e late-version synthesizer, see the notched -o ut por 
a li gn me nt te st points an d
PA C-42 31 . With the very tion of th e switch. On my
procedures . The on e need 
cl os e simila rities of th e se t th e re is a purple wire
ed for this co nve rsio n is
Tram Diamond-60 an d th e from th e synthesize r bo a rd
CB 5 4. June, 19 74. Browning lT D , I am sure
T h er e we re s e v e ra l co nnected to th e switch
on e ca n use th e ba sics o f termin al that is supposed
this co nv e rs io n to modify to e nable th is c hanne l.
th e se set s up to 1 0 m et er s,
Tak e a sh or t piece of nO  1 8
a lso . wire an d solder one end to
.  8 scoc
TO 0 S D { OF . ,   ar t to be th e swi t c h t er mi na l. Wi th
e....sT... .. >OQI.{
The
c ha n gepd a res that have
li st ed in Tabl e th e o th er e nd of this wire,
for m a co nt ac t on th e
  1.
To insta ll th e new lo ca l cen ter, bottom p or ti on of
osci ll a to r c rysta ls that re- t h e c h a n n e l s e l ec t o r
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Crystals Remove Install Cha nnel Adju st Freq ue nc y

X301 15.965 MHz 17.300 MHz 1 C311 17.300 MHz
X302 16.015 MH z 17.350 MH z 5 C309 17.350 M Hz
X303 16.065 MHz 17.400 MHz 9 C307 17.400 M Hz
X304 16. 115 MHz 17.450 MHz 13 C305 17.450 M Hz
X305 16.165 MH z 17.500 MH z 17 C303 17.500 MHz
X306 16.215 MH z 17.550 M Hz 21 C302 17.550 M Hz
X3 11· 12.8 MHz 13.0 MHz = 28.5·28.8 MH z range
13.3 M Hz = 28.8 29.1 MH z range Table  

Table 1. Par ts to be changed  ( * - See text

swi tc h. C lue t his in pl ace
wi th a hot gl ue gun. Be
careful no t to ge t a ny gl ue
on the co ntact p or t io n o f
t he sw it ch. Th is m ay seem
a b it cru de, bu t it en able d
me to get an ex tr a 10 k Hz
of c o v erage t h at wo u ld
have bee n lost un l ess I
changed t he w ho le ch an
nel sw it c h.
O n t h e sy n t h es i z e r
bo ard , connect a sho rt be
tw een TP302 and TP303,
m od e sw it c h set to US B.
Co n n e c t a f r e q u e n c y
co un te r b etwe en TP303 and
TP304 . Ad ju st per Tab le 2.
Re mo ve th e fr eq u enc y
coun te r fr om b e t w e en
TP304 and TP303 and c o n
ne ct to TP309 and T P305 .
Set th e V o ic e Lock fo r
cente r fr eq u enc y . Select
the 13 .0 M H z osc i l l at o r
crystal and adjus t L301 cw
fo r t he prop er frequ ency.
Select t he 13.3 M Hz crystal
an d a dj ust t he 3-30 pF t ri m 
me r f or t he pr op er fr eq u en 
cy .
Rem o ve t he sho rt an d
t he f reque nc y c o u n te r .
Con nect up a dummv load
wa tt meter. Select channel
23, a ls o select t he lo w er
os c il l a t o r c ry s ta l, A M
m od e, and ad just T301
t hroug h no s fo r m a ximum
ou t o n t ra nsm it . Next , ad -
j ust T1 4, T1 5, L3 and C1 16
fo r m ax im u m rf o ut.
Select USB mo de, inject
10 -m V 2-to ne te st signal to
t he a ud io inp ut ; a nd adjust
L . is. ri. T2. rs 14 , TS.
T6, T1 6, and L8 fo r m axi
m um rf o u t p ut . A d j u st
R1 36 f or m ax im u m po we r
ou t , bu t o bserve pr o p er
line ar it y to pr event di s
to rt io n. Th is is t he A LC ad
ju st m en t ; you should hav e
ab ou t 8- t o 1 5-W a tt s PEP
o ut . T his co mpletes t he
tr ansm i tt er ad j ust me nt .
Ne xt , t une in a we a k
signa l so urce , N B o ff , and
ad ju st T7, T8, T9, T1 0, and
T1 1 f or max imum sens it ivi 
ty . Th e last adjustment is
fo r t he Vo ic e Lo c k ra nge ,
Adjust R331 and R326 al
m ost m ax imum cl ock wi se.
A d j ust R329 a lm o st m ax
i m u m co un t er cloc k w ise.
Do n' t go to o fa r o r so me in
sta b il it y will occu r. This
wi l give you ab ou t a 15-to
20-k Hz range, w hi ch al l ow s
t o t a l o v e rlap b e t w e en
ch a nnels .
W e ll , th a t s abou t i t fo r
th e co nv e rsio n. I am sure
t he re are seve ral ot he r
w ay s as f ar as cry stal selec
ti o n goes. b ut t h is o ne
w or k ed fo r m e. Th e anten
na I u se is a base-loaded
t ru nk- m o u n t CB ant enna
th at is retuned fo r 28.6.
Coo d l uc k w it h yo ur con
vers io n; ho pe to w or k you
Q RP mobile on 10. 73. •

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5864 Carnegie S 
San Diego CA 92122
- part XXVII: new life for SSB CB rigs
T his a rticle will de scribe
the co nversio n o f three
40-ch an n e l. ph a se -lo ck ed
lo op SS B transce ive r s to 1
met er s. The three rigs a re
th e Midland model 79-893  quen cy to 5 kHz.
th e o rig ina l model of th e
Presid en t Grant and the
Cob ra 138XlR . This conve r
sion a llows o pe ration on
almo st th e entire 1Q-meter
band   fro m 28.04 MHz to
29.70 MHz . Howe ve r   du e
to the Q o f the tu n ed ci r
c uits th e ou t put p ower a nd
Ph ot o A e M i dland  sho w ing the
the swi tc h is reading 8 5 . wh ich is an op erati ng fr eq uen c y o f 28.50 M H z  th e re we r e t he t ime s I
108   agazine · July  1980
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receiver sensitivity a re ma x
imiz ed o nly over a r an ge of
a bo u t 6 00 kHz . This conver
sio n a lso allows dire ct re ad 
o u t of th e o perat ing fre
Mo st C B conve rs ion s
co ns is t of changing so me
c rysta ls  retuning t he rig
a nd modifyi ng the cl a rifi er
so th at it c hanges th e tran s-
mitte r as well a s t he re
ce ive r freq uency . Wh en I
first co nv erted my M idland  ficult whi le dr iving an d   in
this is how I di d it  bu t I
Photos by   ardaBradsher
swi tc h in pl a ce o f th e rotar y swi tc h No ti c e th at
so o n became d iss at i sfied
with th e results.
A Discu ssio n o f the
Cha nge s
The first problem is try
ing to tune a ra nge of 1
kHz with the c larifier.  tc a n
be do ne  b ut usua lly the fre
quen cies a re sp read ou t on
o ne en d of the ra nge a nd
bu n ched up at the other
e nd . This makes tuning d if
so me c as es   frequen cy in-
s ta bility ca n be c aused. In
o ne ca s e I kn ow of   fre
quency modul at i on wa s
n ot iced a t so me se tti ngs of
th e clarifier. To avoi d thi s
prob lem   1 rewir ed th e l SB
circuitry so t ha t it operated
in th e USB mode but wa s
offset from the normal USB
frequency by 5 kHz. This
a llows me to tu n e th e rig in
5- kHz ste ps ins te a d o f
1 -k Hz ste ps whi ch re
duce s th e t u ni ng r an ge
n ee d ed by th e cla ri fier to 5
k Hz. You lose th e abil ity to
o pe ra te in lS B  bu t in the
ye a r I have u se d my rig  I
ha ve heard o n ly o ne l SB
signal on 10 met er s an d I
d idn  t really wa nt to ta lk to
him a nyw ay .
The sec o nd p ro bl em was
t he limited frequ en cy ran g e
a llowed by the   Q chan nel
selecto r sw itc h plus th e
missi ng c hanne ls that wer e
se t aside fo r rad io co nt ro l
o pe ration. The re we re to o
ma ny s ta t ion s I co u ld n t
becaus th
co n tact o ut of e myeytuning
slightly we re
ra nge in on e of th e ra d io
c o n t r o l c ha n ne ls . Th en
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w anted to QSY up 10 kHz
to a void QRM , but I didn 't
know w he t her I w as goi ng
up 10 kHz o r 20 kHz. Wo rse
ye t, I co go dofrom
u ld hing w n 20c ha
kHz
when switc n
ne l 23 to c ha n ne l 24. I ma de
up a ch a rt of freq u en cies
vs. c hannels. bu t it was di f
ficult to re ad wh ile d riving
along th e f reeway at 55.
Clearly, there had to be a
better wa y. an d I think I
fou nd it. By replacing th e
4O-ch annel selector switch
with a binary-coded deci
m a l (BCD ) thumbwheel
switc h,e liminat
were t he a b ov e and,
ed
p ro blas
emas
bonus. if the c rysta l fre
qu en ci es a re selected ri ght,
t he swi tc h rea ds o ut t he ac 
tual op e ra t ing fre qu e ncy.
Anothe r c ha nge I made
was to re p la c e a zener
diode voltage-regulator c ir
cu it with a 723 voltage reg
ulat or. This wa s t o p re ve nt
a slight frequen cy shift
ca u se d by th e input voltage
c ha ngi ng. This c h a nge was
made only on th e Midland,
a s the ot he r tw o ri gs did no t
exhib it t he pr o bl em . It
wou ld be a good ide a to
c heck your rig ou t in yo u r
ca r to see if you have a
prob lem before maki ng this
change . It m ay n ot be need 
ed.
The last change I made
wa s to inc rease th e output
power . After ab o uton te n
mo nt h s of o perating 10
meters, I fo und the ou tput
po wer to be less t ha n 5
Watts . By di sa b lin g t he
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pruning th e output coils. I
was ab le to inc rease th e
output power to 10 Watt s.
Understanding t he P ha se
locked Loop Circuit
To underst a nd ho w thi s
co nversion wo rks. you mu st
fir st u nd er st a nd ho w a
phase-locked loop frequen
cy synthesize r works . Fig . 1
is a block d ia gr am of a sim
ple phase-locked loop . Two
frequen ci e s enter th e ph a se
detector : th e referen ce fre
quency , FR . an d t he out put
frequen cy, FQ. The output
of t he p ha se detector is t he
su m (FR + F a) a nd d if
ference  F R- Fa ) of th e two
inputs. W he n t he two inp ut
fre qu en cie s a re eq ua l. FR
- F a = 0 an d t he output
of the pha se detecto r co n
tains a dc component. The
low -pass fil ter reje cts th e
sum fr eq u en cy an d pa sses
th e d c co mponent. The d c
component in t ur n controls
t he v o l t a g e- c o n t ro l l e d
oscill ator (vco) o utput fre
quen cy to ke e p it th e sa me
as th e input fr eq uency, FR·
For exa mp le. if Fa t ries to
inc rease a bove FR , th e d c
compone nt c hanges in such
a wa y as to dec rease F a ; if
F a trie s t o d ec re as e b el ow
FR , the dc co m p o n en t
c ha nges in suc h a way a s to
increa se FQ. The preceding
expl anation is fo r a ve ry
simple phase-lo cked loop
w he re F a =FR . lf you need
Fa to be g reate r tha n FR ,
t he n th e c ircui t of Fi g. 2 ca n
be used .
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~ Q U I [ .. n .
• \osc,uaToA
• •
OUT.UT
.A f O U l :
• •
0
  . ... . R
c c c c
c
9  0 . ..,
CO .
.aSS
<llUII
Fig  3. Block d iagram o f the M idland 79-- 893, Preside nt
Grant, and Co b ra 138XLR pha se lo cked l oo p
The o utpu t frequency of
t he c ircuit sho w n in Fig . 2 is
N tim e s FR . o r F a = NFR ·
The counte r di vide s Fa by
N , FO I N = N FRI N = FR.
Therefore , t he tw o inputs to
the ph a se detector a re t he
sa me f requen cy just a s they
were in th e previous expla
nation . In all other respe ct s,
t he t wo ph ase-locked loop s
ar e th e sa me . By adding th e
divide-bv-N c o unte r in th e
fe edback loo p, the pha se
locked loo p is ma de mu ch
mo re ve rsa tile . For a given
refer en ce frequen c y, t he
o ut pu t ca n be a ny multiple
wit hi n re a son . Also, if N ca n
be cha nged, t he n t he ou t
pu t c a n be c hanged , in
steps equal to FR . For a
mo r e d et ai le d e xp la na t ion
of P l l theory, se e refer
ence s 1 an d 2.
ph a
forThe
t hese thse-locked
re e rigs is aloo p
bit
m or e com pli ca te d . Th e
block di agram for this Pl l
is sho wn in Fig. 3.
T he frequencies shown
are ge ne rated fo r USB
chan ne l 1 ope ra t ion o n th e
CB ba nd . The ope ration of
this phase-l ocked loop is a s
follows . Th e 10 .24-MHz
output of th e refe rence os
ci ll at or is divided by 1024
to give a reference fre
quency of 10 kHz into th e
ph a se detector. For chan nel
1 o pe rat ion in t he CB ba nd,
O la
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dthe p rogramma
ivides by 91. Si ble t heunter
nc e co o ut
put of t he co u nte r must be
10 kH z (the same as FR   the
input to th e c ounte r is 910
kHz . The c rystal oscilla to r
is fixed at a freq uency of
33.8575 MHz . Therefore ,
the v co output fr equency is
34.7675 M Hz, o r 910 kHz
higher. For tran smitting, the
34.76 75 MHz is mixed with
7.8025 MHz to ge t t he
26.965-MHz
put. For rece ch an nel t 1
iving, heo in
ut
c o m ing 26 .965 M Hz is
mixe d with th e 34.7675
MHz to ge t the d iffe rence
frequency of 7.8025 MHz,
which is th e re c e ive r i- f.
To c hange c ha n ne ls, th e
pr o g r am m a bl e c o u n t e r
di visor mu st be c hanged .
Sinc e th e output of th e
co unte r is a lways 10 kHz,
the c hannel se p a ration will
b e 1 0 kHz. For example, for
c ha nne l 2 operat ion, t he
p r o g r a m m ab le co unte r
div ide s by 92. This forces
t he inp ut of t he counte r to
be 920 kHz; th us t he ou t pu t
of t he vc o mu st be 34.7775
MHz, or 920 kHz greater
than the c rysta l os cillator.
This ra ises t he op er at ing
frequency to 26.975 MHz ,
or an increa se of 10 kHz .
The control input to th e
prog r am m ab le co u nter
m us t be a bina ry-c od ed
deci ma l  BCD) va lu e equal
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f or c h a nne l 1 th rough BCD

135 f or c ha n ne l 40. The se
le ct or sw itc h ski ps ov e r
BCD 94. 99. 104, 109. and
11 4. I t al so skips ov e r BCD
11 8 a nd 119, b ut it the n re
inser ts the m af t er BCD 1 20.
A close exa m ina t io n of a
fre qu e ncy a llocatio n ch a rt
for the CB band w ill show
wh ic h fr e q u en ci e s t hese
rep re s en t.
To ge t all t he frequency
ch a nne ls, a nd to ge t t he m
in t he co rrect o rder, I re
pl ace d t he 4D-channel se
lec t or swi tc h with a 3-digit
BCD thum bwh e el swi tc h.
The switches I selected ar e
ba c k- lig hted whic h is ve ry
ha n dy fo r night o peratio n. I
bo ugh t my sw itc h es fr om
MHz El e c tr o n ic s, 2111 W.
Ca me lbac k Road, Pho e nix
AZ 850 15 , They sold fo r
 2.00 a s ec tion, at t he time ,
an d yo u wi ll ne e d 3 sec
ti o ns. T he lam ps a re 5 V, +
so wi re t he m in se ries an d
us e + 12 V fo r lam p excita
tio n. Ma ke su re t he s witch
Ph oto B  This s ho ws th e p lacement of th e 723 voltage regulator in th e Midland   es yo u use are of the 10
position BCD type .
T hese ri gs sta rt at BC D 91
to t he n umbe r yo u wa n t to [8(2 ' ) X OJ + (4 (2' ) X 1] + Fig. 5 with so me ex a mp les fo r t he l ow es t c hannel, bu t
d ivide by. In BCD, it takes 4 [2(2 ') X 0] + (1  2 ' ) X 1] = of input s, the re is no rea s on w hy yo u
inputs to represent eac h o + 4 + 0 + 1 = 5. Sin ce eac h bit of t he have to st a rt there , In fact,
decimal number. Each of There ar e 10 inputs to th e le a s t s igni f i c a nt d i g i t if you sta rt at BCD 50 fo r
these 4 inputs represents p r o g r a m m ab le c o u n te r . change s th e f reque ncy by 28.50 M Hz, t hen th e BCD
some powe r of 2. Fig. 4 ex These input s re pr esent tw o 1 0 k Hz , t he tota l range of switch w ill re a d the actua l
plains how t he BCD values de cima l digits t ha t range frequencies t ha t ca n be ope rating f requency . The
represen t the decimal num from 0 thro ugh 9 an d on e switched is al most 4 MHz. right-ha nd sw itch c hanges
be rs a through 9. To find th e digit that ranges from 0 We need a range of on ly 1.7 t he o perating freq ue nc y in
equivalent d e c im a l value throug h 3. Thu s, t he range MH z for 10-meter op e ra 1D-k Hz steps f ro m 0 to 90
from t he BCD va lu e, simply of th e divisor is from 0 to tion . kH z; t he m iddle sw itch
ad d toget he r t he val ue s 399. In th is rig, y ou neve r For no rmal CB band op changes t he ope rating fre
that th e 1 s represent (a 1 is want to divide by less than eration. th e 4D-position se q uency in 1OQ-kHz steps
 4 .7 V i nt o a pin , an d a a is 4, so th e a ctu a l range is lector switch prov ides th e fr om 0 to 90 0 kHz; th e left

0.0 into a pin).

pie,Vdecimal 5 haFor
s aexam-
BCD from
pu t po4rtion
to 399 . Theprogr
of th e BCDamin BCD input s from BCD 091 ha nd switc h c ha nge s the
number of 0101 . This yield s ma b le counter is sho wn in
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c •   • I. • 1 0 0 1   =

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o1 0, o o
c c c •
c c •  
 
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•
0 .4 •
0 ._ •
c a • o  r •

 
 
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Fig 4. BCD t o -d ecimal conversion fo r 1 d igi t coun ter

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o pe r a t i ng f re q ue nc y in
1  OoMHz steps fro m 28 MHz
to 29 M Hz . The le ft-h an d
switc h is restricted to t h is
ran ge be cause t ha t is all
th a t is ne eded for f O rneter
operation . In fact , all th e
ev e n number pos itions o n
th e le ft-ha nd switch will

give a n o pe r at in g freq ue n-
cy fro m 28.0 MHz to 28.99
MHz an d all th e od d nu m 
ber pos it ions w ill give a n
op e rating frequen cy from
29.00 M Hz to 29.99 MHz .
Th is is because only t he
least si gnificant bit of this
switc h is wired u p.
To c hange in 5-kHz st e ps,
a t wo -p os ition s wi tc h is re
quired to switch between
t he tw o c rys ta l oscil lato rs.
Since there will be no LSB
op e ration a ft e r t he ri g is
modif ied, you can use the
mode swi tc h to give t he
5 k Hz steps . After th e co n
ve rsio n, th e AM p osition
wi ll give AM o perat ion in
100kHz steps . The USB po si-
tio n wi ll g ive USB o pe ration
in 1Q.kHz s te ps a nd t he LSB Ph ot o C This view o f th e M id land s ho ws t he p l e ment o f th e d iod e s for th e L58  n d AM
pos ition will give USB op c han ge s The a rr o ws po int to the d iode s ad de d.
e ration in 1D-kHz steps, bu t
5 kHz below th e USB fre a lmo s t th e sa me. p r e s e t t a b l e c ha n n e l 9 conversio n, yo u will nee d a
quencie s. The Midland a lso ha s an sw i tc h . Th e f r e q u e n c y c o py of t he ma intenance
e n c lo s e d m e t a l bo x t o range o f th e newer G ra nt ma nu a l or Sa ms Photo
To a c c o m p li s h t hi s , shield th e P l l cir c uitry, ca n no t be extended be fect   fo r yo u r rig. T he Sams
c ha nge t he LSB c rystal to wherea s th e other two have c ause th e PLL IC ha s built   i n Photof a ct for ea ch of the
11 .934167 MHz , c hange th e safeguards to preve nt this . I three rigs is avail ab le.
only a meta l strip o n th e PC
USB cr y sta l to 11 .935833 board for a shield . The f ront ca n no t be c erta in that th e
MHz , a nd t he AM c ry st al t o panels a nd swi tc hes a re m a n u f a c t u r e r will no t
11 .933333 M Hz . The crysta l al so different for all thr ee change the oth er rigs in th e
os cillators ar e f ol lo we d b y o f th e rigs. Th e M idland wa s sa me wa y . Make sure th e
a freq uency tr tpl e r. t he only rig modified to pu t rig you get fo r conv e rsion
th e switc h o n th e fron t u se s a UPD858 in t he p ha se
The Differen ce s in th e Rigs
pane l. O n th e o the r tw o locked loop .
T he ci r cu it bo ar d s fo r all
rigs, t he switc h was mount-
three of these rigs a re m ad e Ci rc u it D et a ils o f th e  
e d e xte rnal to th e rig. If y ou
by t he Unide n Co mp a ny. Chang es Fig. 6 a Original regulator
The PC bo ar d la yout is iden ha ve to
wish a Grant 138XLR
mountorthe sw itc ha ondn Before a tt em pt in g t h is  i rcuit.
ti ca l fo r t he Pre sid e nt G rant
th e fro nt panel , be su re the
an d th e Cobra 1 38X LR , bu t
switch cl ear s everything
they ma y n ot u se t he sa me t
be fore cutt ing an y ho les. I
components. The Midland ,
•••
ha ve not don e thi s a nd do
ha s a differe nt PC board   f{
no t know if it will fit, but
layout , b ut t he sc he m atic s
f or t he t hr ee rigs ar e id e n t i-
th e re sh o ul d be no prob
•
  .. •
le m. , . - 2
.- 5

ca l exce pt f or a fe w m inor II .
  1110  
• ~ H
d ifferences . Th e compo- A ft er I ha d converted th e
ne nt referen ce de s igna to rs Grant, I found th at th e ne w  -,  .
fo r th e G r an t a nd t he er G ra nts on the ma rket d o .-, • .00 ._ .-
,
1 38X LR a re t he s am e, bu t in not use th e UPD858 IC in   0  

...   OUTS A [ 00   T ><[ TO 5

th e Midlan d t he y a re nu m
b e re d d iffe ren tly ev en
th o ug h t he sc he mat ics a re
th e phase- locked lo o p. This
ne w model ca n be ident i  •
f ie d by th e fact t ha t it has a Fig  6 b   The 7 23 regu lat or circuit.

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P ho to D, Arrows point to th e tw o coils L28 an d L29) in th e President Grant in which the
turns were spread apart. /n the Midland, the turns o f L5 an d L6 should be spread in the
s am e wa y.
I will first describe th e auencv of your rig does no t
changes for th e Midland, ch
then I will de scribe those vo ang
ltagee in
with varying
your i np ut
instaJlation,
fo r the G rant and the this change is n ot n eeded.
138XlR . The a ctual circuit
changes for all three rigs Remove 03 2 (CZ092) an d
ar e the same, bu t the man R106 (56-0hm, 1 W) shown
ner in which they ar e ac in Fig . 6(a). Add th e 723 volt
c om pl is he d a nd th e refer
age-regulator circuit shown
ence de signators ar e differ in Fig . 6(b). Mount th e parts
on a small pie ce of perfo r
en t for th e Midland.
ated epoxy bo a rd an d at 
MIDLAND 79-893 tach to the PC board with
 ON V E  ON short jumper wires . My reg
vo lt ag e Regul at or Cha nge ula tor is s us pe nd ed a bo ve
Note:   the operating fr th e chassis by th e leads a nd
1 0000.
r Remove 033 (152473)
insulated with b lack e lectri
ca l tape .
Clarifier Cha nge
Remove 0 2 4 (152473 )
a nd save it fo r late r use. lift
t he en d of R61   OD Ohms)
that c o nn ec t s t o t h e + 9  2 V
bus that originates at 03 9 .
Connect th e loose en d of
R61 to th e   9  2 V bus that
originates at pin 6 of th e
723 regulator just added . If
th e regulator wasn t added ,
connect the loose en d of
R61 to th e + 9.2-V bus that
originates at 03 2 .
Output Power Change
fo r th e lS B position ,
11.935833 MHz fo r t he USB
po si t i o n, an d 11 .933333
MHz for the AM position.
The Mid land uses so lder
lead s o n th e cry stals ,
wh er ea s the o ther two rigs
us e plug-in crystals.
The crysta ls a re available
from Jan Crystal Co.. 2400
Crystal Drive, Fort Myers Fl
33901 . O rder th e CB-type
cry st al s wit h a tolerance of
+ 0 . 0 0 25 . They we re
priced at   3.50 each for
fewer t han 10, o r   3.25 each
for 10 o r more, in t he 1978
c a t a l o g n u m b e r e d 21 .
O r d e r t he HC-18 - t y p e
holder for th e Midland
79-893 an d the HC-2S-typ e
ho lder for th e President
and Cob
Grant ra 138Xth
W he n ordering, include l R.
e
following i nf or ma ti on o n
th e rig: m a nuf a c t ur er ' s
name , model , crystal fre
q uency, ho lde r type, a nd a
copy of Fig . 7 to ensu re that
th e crystal is cu t properly.
N o t e t h a t th e Sams
Photofect fo r Midland uses
the sa me refere nc e desig
na tors for par ts inside th e
P  an d pa rts on t he chas
sis. To avo id th e confusion
of this duplication , th e
Midland ma intena nc e ma n-
ual adds SOD to ea ch of th e
reference desig nato rs in t he
p hase-l ocked l oo p. I will
follow this pract ice also, so
ea c h of the parts refe rred to
in the phase-locked loop
w ill be num b er e d betwee n
501 an d 599.
The P l L is enclosed in-
side a shielded box whic h
mus t be removed from th e
PC bo a rd be fore the crys
tals c an b e r ep lac ed . Mark
a nd re move the wires from
th e shie lded bo x feed
throughs . Unsolder th e

 
.'
  66
O
~ L
VD
 
r and save it for la te r use.
Spread th e t urns of l5 an d
sh ielded box tabs from t he
bottom of the PC board .
0  0 0 , '
•
4 0 ~
)lSC l6 apart. T he spreading dis The tabs m us t be complete
 I
  L,w
i   e ·'.  .
  ' .
 1 - - . OU T
tance is no t critical. Re-
move on e turn from l7 .
ly clean of so lder an d flux
before th e box can be re
moved. Once the box is
Pha se-Lock ed lo op Change
0
 . To a c c o m p lish t hese
free . th e wires to th e
4D position swi tc h can be

changes , you will ne ed new

crystals. The frequencies re d i s c o n nUse
switch. d from
e c t ethese wiresthtoe
Fig. 7 Cr vstst-oscntesor sc hematic. quired ar e 11.934167 MHz co n nect to the new switch.

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The new crystals ca n no w
be sol de red in pl a ce . Put
the 11 .934167-MHz c rysta l
at X502. th e 11 .933333-MHz
c rysta l at X5 3 , an d t he
11 .935833-MHz crystal at
X504.
Remo ve R530 (1k Oh m)
from th e bott om of th e PLL
PC
not bo rd.edThis
bea us la teresi st or19will
r. Pin
th e 858 IC is g rounded on
th e PC bo a rd . This pin wi ll
be used, so it wi ll ha ve to be
isol at ed fr om ground. Us e a
sharp knife to c ut t he ci r-
cuitry between pin 19 a nd
ground , then ad d a 4.7k,
5 , I .{ W resist or a nd a
.Ol- uF capacito r in pa rallel
fro m pin 19 to ground . Add
a sho rt ju mp e r be t ween pin
19 an d th e s ol de r p ad t ha t
has the violet wire con
nected to it. This completes
the c ha nges to th e phase
lock ed lo op. It ca n now be
resoldered to the mai n PC
b oa rd a n d th e wiring recon
ne cted .
Front-Panel Change
Rem o ve th e kn ob s an d
t he four small sc rew s at th e
sides of t he pa nel an d re
mo ve t he panel. If you a re
ca re fu l. all th e work ca n be
ac co mplished without re
mo vin g t he wires. Re mo ve
th e 40 -posit io n c h an n e l-
selecto r switch from t he
ste el frame . You will need
to cu t a cleara nc e hole in
t he steel fra me fo r t he BCD
switc h, but mak e sure it
lines up with t he ho le in the
f ro nt p an el, an d do n 't cu t
co m p l e t e l y through th e
frame since it is needed for
support. Ca refully mark the
fro nt panel for th e size of
hole to fit yo ur switc hes .
The front pane l is made of
pl a stic with a thin sheet of
meta l glued to th e f ront . so
use ca u tion w hi le dril ling
and fi ling.
You will p roba bly ne ed
an indentation on th e righ t
hand side of th e hole in
order to be a ble to c ha ng e
pos itions o n t he right-hand
sw it c h se c tion . Tr y th e
switc h ou t befo re pe rma
nently attaching it to t he
panel. I used glue to hold
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my swi tc h in po sition. Make AM Change t he p hotograp h of the front
sure ev e ryt hi ng clears be Ad d th e r e m a r n i n g of th e rig (Photo A), you will
fo re g luing t he switc h in po 1 52473 diod e in ser ies with no t i c e some di ff er en ce s
sitio n. To allow cle a ran ce the b lue wire go ing to C541 t h a t h a v e n  t b e e n ex 
in th e back , I had to cu t on th e ph as e- lo ck ed lo o p plained . I will describe
some of th e PC bo a rd away shield. Att ac h t he cathode t he se c han ges briefly bu t
fro m the backs of the to C541 an d th e b lu e wire to will no t go int o detail since
sw it c he s . Leave e no u gh t he a no de . Rem ove th e th ey a re not require d to
p ri nted ci rc u it to so lde r th e ca t ho de of 04 3 fr om S403A mak e th e ri g o pe ra te on 10
wires to . Before remounting a nd co nnect it to C541. me ter s. The y a re ea sy to im
th e front panel. wire be Conne ct a wire between I I plement if you wish to in
tween the Pl L an d t he a nd D43 anode as shown in corporate them .
switc h as shown in Fi g. 8. Fig l 0 . The re ar e three toggle
This completes th e wir swi tc hes, o ne for t on e, on e
LSD Change ing c ha nges fo r th e Mid f or CB/PA, an d on e f or
Remove 050 (152473), la nd . Howeve r, if you study no ise b lanker on o r off . I
which is mounted on th e
und erside of th e mai n PC   st.
c sn
bo a rd, a nd rep lace it with a
piece of wir e. Save th e    .l
IS tH
,ca TO   1, Ol l
diode fo r la t er us e . Rem ove
th e re d wire betwee n I I a nd
  , .RO .. ..
(539 on th e PLL shield. m
S40' . u
Remove th e brow n wire be
t ween L2 a nd ( 5 42 o n the
PLL shield. Using two o f th e   ig 9. PLL wiring f or LSB 
diode s previou sly re moved ,
attach one anode to (539
and the other anode to
( 5 42 . Tie t he tw o cathodes . 
toget h er an d wire t he m to
L2. Do no t rem ove th e wires
t ha t go to t he mode switc h.
Fig. 9 shows t he detai ls of
 •
this change . Fig  10  PLL w iring f or AM_
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sho w here  rr ow  1 po in t s to L 13,  2 to L 12,  nd   3 to
w here j umper   Pl 1 wa s locat ed origin fly   38 ;s lo cat ed
between 12 and the shield
wired around each of t hese
switches to get a low tone .
e op e ration , a nd t he noise
b lan ke r o n all th e time . I
use one of the switches to
cont ro l a remote home-
b rew linear. Anothe r switch
is used to s witch b etween
the two c rystals to give th e
5-kHz steps. The othe r
sw itc h is to se lec t the inter
nal BCD swit ch or an exter
na l BCD switch mounted in
th e dash. r u se an external
BCD switc h most of the
ti me beca use th e r ig is
mounted in th e glove c om
partment.
PRESIDENT GRANT
AN D COBRA 13BXLR
CO NV ERSIO N
Clar ifier Change
Re m o v e 0 30  1 52473)
and save it for l at er use . lift
th e en d of R119  100 Ohms )
t ha t c onnects to t he + 9 .2-V
bus t ha t o riginates at 028.
Co n nect the lo o se e nd o f
R11 9 to the + 9 .2-V bus that
originate s at 044 .
Output Pow er Change
Remove 04 6  1 S2473)
a nd save it for la t er u se.
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Spread t he turns of L28 an d
L29 a pa rt. The sp reading
di stance is no t cr itica l. Re
move o ne turn f ro m UO .
Phase-Lo cked Lo op Change
Unplug th e original crys
ta ls from X3, X4, a nd X6 a nd
plug in th e new c rysta ls . X3
receive s th e 11.93533-M Hz
c rysta l. X4 receive s th e
11 .934167-MHz c rystal, an d
X6 receives th e 11 .933333
MHz c ry st a l. For informa
t ion o n ho w to or d er th e
new c rystals , se e the PLL
c ha nge fo r th e Mid land .
Remove 04 0 a nd s av e it
for l at er u se . Use a sha rp
knife to cu t t he prin te d cir
cu it betwee n p in 19 of IC7
a nd ground, th e n ad d a
4 .7 k -Oh m re s is t or a n d
.01-u F c apacito r in para llel
between pin 19 an d g round .
Remove both end s of th e
fla t wi re c able between th e
40 -p o s it i on c h a n n e l- se 
le c t or swi tc h a nd th e PLL.
Moun t t he BC D switch a nd
wi re it to th e P  as sho wn
in Fig. 8 .
LSB Ch an ge
Locate L12 a nd LB .   ft
th e lead nea rest th e m et a l
shield o f eac h of t hese
co ils. Lay ea c h of th e coils
on its side to expo se th e
hole s t he le ad s wer e re
mo ve d fro m. Using tw o o f
the diodes p revio us ly re
moved , solde r th e a node of
o ne int o o ne of th e exposed
hol e s an d th e a node of th e
ot h er into th e se co nd ex
po se d hol e . So ld er b ot h
catho de s to the exposed
le ad o f L1 2.
AM Change
  ft the ca t ho de of 03 8
an d b en d th e le ad ov e r to
to u ch the exposed lea d o f
LB . Remove jumper JP1 1.
It is located ne a r Cl48 an d
X6 . Replace JP11 w ith th e
re m ai ni ng d iode . Pla ce t he
cat hode toward th e fron t of
th e ri g. So lde r o ne e nd o f a
ju mper to th e ca t hode of
this di od e a nd so lde r t he
ot he r en d to L13 and the
cathode of 03 8 .
Th is co m pletes the w ir
ing c ha nges f or the Grant
and 138XLR.
R etun in g for 10 Meters
All that remain s is to re
tune to the lo-m ete r band .
Foll ow ing the instructions
s ho u ld all ow yo u to op
e ra te bet w e en 28.50 MHz
an d 29 .10 MHz . The fo llow
ing test equipment will be
re q u ire d for th e retuning: a
50-MHz frequency counte r,
a 12-V powe r su pp ly, a n rf
ge nerato r f or th e j Ome te r
band , a VTVM w ith a n rf
p robe , a l o-W rf powe r
meter , a nd a lG-W dummy
load . T o k ee p from blowing
yo u r fina l tran sistor, never
plug in t he mike u nless the
dumm y lo a d is co nnec te d
to the a ntenna co nnec t or .
This p ro ced u re a ss umes
that t he rig w as o p er at i ng
c o r re c t l y b e f o re t h e
c h an g es w e re made .
The al ign me nt procedure
f or a ll th re e ri gs is id en tical
exce pt fo r th e reference
d esignators. I will list th e
Midland reference desig
na to r in t he text of the pro
cedure, a nd th e ref er en ce
d esign at or s fo r the Grant
a nd 138XlR will immediate
ly foll o w in pa rentheses .
Alignment of Phase-Locked
Loop
Rem o ve the mike fro m
th e rig; set th e BC D s witch
to 850; se t th e cl a rifier to
the 10 o  clock posit ion; se t
th e mo
positi onde
. sw itc h to th e AM
No te The following edius t-
m n ts are to  o m ponents
within the shield 
1   Connec t t he rf p robe of
 he VTVM  0 TP502   TP6),
w hic h is the seco nd a ry of
l 509 [L2  . A djust L508   no
coi l exists) a nd L509  L24
fo r a maxim um indication
on th e VTVM. T he i nd ic a
tion ma y be less than 1 volt.
2) Co nnect th e dc input
of th e VTVM to TP501
 T P7 , w hich is p in 4 of
IC501  co llecto r of T R35 .
Adjust l507  l17) to obtain
2.0 V dc on th e VTVM. Se t
th e BCD switch to 87 0.
3) Connect th e rf p ro be of
th e VTVM to Local Ou t
 TP8) , t he seconda ry o f LS06
  L16). Adjust L506 [L16) fo r a
maximum indication on th e
VTVM .
4) Co nn ect th e f requen cy
co unter to loca l Ou t  T P8 .
Adj ust CT503  C T6 to ob
ta in 36.5000 MHz . Set t he
mode swit ch to t he lS B po
sition. Adjust CT502  CT 5)
to obtain 36 .5025 MHz . Se t
t he m od e switch to th e USB
p o si tion . Adjus t CT50 4
 CT 4) to o bt a in 36.5075
MHz .
For t he above adju st
ments , th e clarifier voi ce
lock ) po sition will affect th e
f reque nc y reading . Also ,
t he se tti ng of CT502  C TS ,
CT503 [ C H I and CT504
 C T4)wil l a ffec t t he range of
t he cl a rifier . You will n ee d
to check the r ange of th e
clar ifier after you have ad 
justed CT502  CT5) an d
CT504  CT 4) to e nsure t ha t
yo u ca n va ry th e frequency
more than 5 kHz a nd t ha t
th e ba nds overlap when
switching between USB an d
LSB . If t he cla rifier range is
inc or re ct . re a d just CT502
  CT5) an d CT504 [CT4) unti l
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it is co rrect. On mi ne, th e 10 t he A M po sition . Ad j us t the AM po si ti on . Co nnect f o r e i gn c o u n t r ie s in a

o  clock posi t io n o n th e CT2 (CT3) to obtai n 7.8000 t he rf wa tt mete r and du m  p e r i o d o f less than 8
cla rifie r w as th e best c hoice M H z or as close as is pos my l oa d to th e a nt e nna co n m on th s, w it h l ess t han 10
f or adju st in g CT502 (CT5) sible to 7.8 M Hz . nec t or . Wa tt s. I al w a y s recei ve
fo r a f re quency of 36.5025 go od re ports on t he a ud io
Alignment of th e Receiver 1) Key t he mi ke and ad
M Hz and CT50 4 (CT4) f or a qu a li ty of t he rig, and I
ju st T13 (L3 9l , no (L37I, L10
frequen cy of 36.5075 M Hz . Remove th e mike from so m e t i mes ge t si g na l
(U 2 , and L7 (U D) fo r a ma x
Decreasing th e value of t he ri g. Se t t he BCD switch rep or t s of S-9 o r greater, bu t
imum in d ic a ti on on th e
R132 (R116) sli g htly will to 870. Set th e m od e sw itch t his is rare.
wa tt mete r. A sharp stea dy
also increa se t he range of to l SB . Set th e sq ue lc h to wh i st le i nt o t he mike when O pe ra t in g Q RP can be
th e cla r ifier . mi n im um . Set th e rf gain to f ru st rating at t imes, b ut t he
in th e USB o r l SB po sitio n
A ll o f th e f ol l o wi n g ad m ax im um . co ntac ts yo u m ak e are
sho uld give an in dica ti o n o f
ju stments are to compo m o re e n j o y a b le , a nd
1) Connect an rf source to about 10 Watts on t he watt
nents mount ed on t he m a in op e rati ng wi th lo w po w er is
th e a nt e nna co n nec to r and m et er . If yo u ha ve a receiv
PC bo a rd . m or e o f a ch a ll e nge. Co n
ad j u st it to 28.70 M Hz . Ad er t h at w ill receive th e th ir d
ve rting a CB r ig to 10 m eters
Alignment o f the Carrier ju st th e signa l level to give harmoni c of th e output
is an inexpensive m et hod of
Oscillator an S-1 t o S-3 indic at io n o n si gnal, yo u ca n adjust L8
getti ng o n 10 mo bi l e. With
th e S-meter. A d j us t t he cla  - (l27) to minimi ze t he t hird
Remo ve t he mike from sunspots at t heir pea k, yo u
ifie r fo r a 1-k Hz bea t note . ha rmonic .
the rig . Set t he BCD sw itch ca n be assured of many
A d j us t T7 (L3I, T6 (L4l, TS This co mpletes t he ali g n
to 870 . Se t t he m o d e sw i tc h ho ur s of e njoya bl e Q RP op
(LS), 14 (LB , an d T3 (L7) f o r a ment. A ll t h at remai ns is t o
to the lS B or USB position . era t io n . CU on 10.•
ma x imum i nd ic a ti on o n t he co nnect an antenna to t he
1) Co nn ec t t h e rf p rob e of S-mete r. Re du ce t he rf sig rig and get an on -t he-a i r re References
1. Bo b M ars ha ll WB 6 FOC,
th e VTVM to TP2 (TP9) Ad  nal to keep t he indicatio n po rt.
  Pha s e- Locked Loops, Ham
ju st T8   no c o il exists) fo r a be lo w S- 5 on the S-mete r.
Results Rad io   July, 1978 , p. 54.
ma ximum in di c at i o n o f t he 2  Signetics  n log Data Man ·
VTVM . Alignment of th e I have o pera te d f o r over u l   Sig netics Corporation ,
2) Co nnect a f requency Transmitter a yea r m obile with a 102 Sunnyvale CA , 1977.
co unte r to TP2 (T P9) . A dj ust Con nec t t he mi ke to t he in ch w hi p and have had 3. David Gray WB8ZBA, A
cn (CT2) to obtain 7.8025 ri g . Set t he BCD sw it ch to hundreds of QSOs. I have z-Me te r Freque ncy Svn tn e 
M Hz . Set mode swit ch to 870. Set th e m o de s wi tch to w or ke d a ll state s a nd many slzer,  T August . 1978, p.   .
 

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- part XXVIII: double your channels
in SSB conversions
n t he co urse of co nv e rt
in g s ev e r a l diff er e n t
I
t yp es o f SS B CB ri gs fo r
1D-met er am at e ur u se, I ve
come u p with a sim p le, no-
cos t m od i f i cat i on w hi ch
wi l l dou  le th e nu m ber o f
channels av a ilable on these
rigs. The idea seems to be
a ppl ic able t o almost all
U T
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types of SS B CB transceiv delta-tune circu it found on sa me fre qu e ncy (c hannel)
e rs, wh ether th e y us e c rvs re gardle ss of t he side ba n d
m o st o f these rigs to swing
tal-plex o r synthesize d c ir + 2.5 kHz, yo u ll have just se lected , these rigs a ll s hi ft
cu its f or fr equen cy genera about co n ti n uo us coverag e an o t h e r os c illa to r so me 
ti on . Inste ad of ha v ing 23 o n 10 me ters. Sounds to o w he re in th e fr equen c y
(or 40) c han nels sp read at go o d to be true? Read on gene r at io n c hain by 3 kHz,
1D k Hz intervals, yo u ll wi nd b ut in t he oppos ite di rec
up wi t h 46   or 80) chan The seed of t he idea tio n. This exact ly cancels
nels a t a bo ut a 5 k Hz spac comes from th e fact t ha t  ll ou t t he f reque nc y s hift
ing. An d , if yo u modify th e to meter SSB activity is on caused by th e sideband
u pper sideband . Therefor e , change .
th e lower sideband func 
-   tion of th e transceive r w ill
Su ppose th a t we rewire
t h e s i de ba nd se l e c t or
ne v er be nee d ed a nd c a n be
deactivated at no ~ ~ Now switc h so t ha t t he carrier
osci lla t o r ran in uppe r side
the u p pe r a nd low er si de
b an d mo de at a ll t imes bu t
band signa ls a re gener at ed
left the oth er frequ ency
by o ne or mo r e carrier osc il
shifte rs intact. The n , switch
la t or s, se nt to a balanced
ing from USB to l SB st ill
mo d u lato r (gets rid o f th e
woul d give us a USB signal,
c arrie r , an d th en to a fi lter
bu t sh i ft ed in f reque ncy by
which se lects th e desi red
l I t ~ t l l T £ l I 3 kHz, prov iding a new se t
. ... I YS8 sid e ba nd a nd rejects th e
of 23 (or 40) c hanne ls offset
I other , unwanted , sideband .
I between th e o riginal c han
Sideband selectio n is a c
nels. Furth er , it is usu ally
comp lished by shifting t he
poss ible to re ad just th e
ca rrier osci llato r fre q uency
•,, in su c h a way as to pla ce US B freq ue ncy shifter up
• (or down ) in frequenc y a
•, th e desi red side ba nd inside
kHz or so an d th e l SB fre
o f the filt e r s b andp ass a nd
quen cy shifter down (o r up)
th e unwant ed si deband ou  
a kHz a lso, by means of th e
sid e of t he bandp a ss . See
buil t-in trimm er s. Thi s re
Fi g. 1.
su lts in a bo ut 5 k Hz spa cing
~
I
DES RED
US
I• be tw ee n the t wo se ts of
No te t ha t th e ca rrie r is
chan ne ls w ith prac tica lly
shifted by about 3 kHz, to
gap-f re e cove rage .
I_ -    pu t th e de sired sideband in
\1511   .
to th e filter s passb an d . This Then, dig i nt o th e delta
I \•
• means that th e signa l s ac  tune ci rcuit, modify it fo r
tu al freq u en cy will be shift ± 2 .5 k Hz swing, a nd rewire
iI,   . ed by the sa me am o unt , i e..
c ha nging si de ba n ds a lso
it (if ne cessar y) to m ak e t he
d e lt a   tu ne f u n ct io n o n
woul d mo ve yo u by 3 kHz. tra ns m it a s we ll as receive.
Fig To ke ep t he signal o n t he That s a ll, folks   .
July,   980
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T of thi s c onversio n will
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f igure th e pF load for the
cr ystals needed . The load
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Changing th ese cry stals is
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me t hods o f approac hing sia n because thei r fu n·
t his chassis. b ut c hang ing da me nt a l range is o nly 8
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The crystals required a re: nels to t he sy nthes ize r ci r
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Ac t ivating th e c h a n n e l
24 po sit ion can be accom 
_ODED E ~ TO   P E ~
p l ished by lo c a t ing th e
w hite wi re comi ng fro m th e
se lector switch an d going to
TR6. Us ing a piece of
hookup wi re. a s diagramed ,
or a s pare w ip e r f ro m an ol d
0   C ~ Y S T _ L ro ta ry switc h, so lde r it to
0
tioning, back o u t th e slug
o n T6 until th e c uc utt fires.
With TR6 oscill at ing. yo u
no w ca n pr o ceed with t he
tune -u p pro c e d u r e
Connect a signa l genera 
to r through a ,01-uF ca p ac i-
tor to th e ba se of TR17.
G round th e generat or to
c h as s is g round , no t th e
case . With t he se t o n c ha n
ne l t S, (23 if yo u ar e insta ll 
ing th e 15 -MHz c rys ta ls as
well ). inject a 29 .11 5-MHz
s ignal w it h 100 0 Hz , 30 %
mo d ulatio n (29.255 M Hz
for c ha n nel 23). Adjust T1 2,
T13, T14, an d 11 5 for max
tmurn recei ve r outpu t.
Key th e transm itter int o a
dumm y load with a watt
met er c o nn ec te d an d tu ne
T1 t hrough 1 9 fo r max imum
rf ou tput . The re lative o ut 
pu t fu n ction o f th e S- meter
ma y be us e d for th is initial
tune-up . T he n p ea k C24 an d
l 5 for maximum powe r out 
put. At t his po int , yo u

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t his termina l in suc h a wa y s hould have ab o ut 2- to 2.5
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that it m ak e s c o nta c t wit h Watt s o utput. The value of
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I I I I c u t in th e switch meets th e va ries g reatly . a nd it ma y be
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bo a rd . Ap p ly p ower to th e lQO-pF ce ra mic di sc. This
se t, an d wit h a fre quency will a ll ow th e co il to t une
co u ov e r its mid-range a nd in
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24 low c hannels w ill be ob an y fundam en tal c rystals
tained With the switc h in up to ab ou t l b M Hz . Do not
the up position , the up per attempt to use it on cry stals
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C8 to 1 Continued
- another way to join the fun on 29.6

mode . Actually. th e thing ho p ping, and there w er e ing a variable-capacitance

that go t me started oc 
John Sehriflg WB1EQG c urred on e Saturday after
P O  B  3  6 noon as I tuned abov e 29.5
  r d 7649 M H z l o o k i n g fo r a l o ca l
t o -m e t e r FM r e p e a t e r .
M u ch to my surpr ise  who
plenty of stati on s o n th e
si m p l e x frequen cy (29 .6
MH z ), to o . I noti c e d th at
th e c ombination of so me 
ti m e s terrifi c 1 0 -m e t er
propagat io n and th e QR M 
di o d e (vara ctor) in th e
o sc i lla to r tank ct rcuit.t-s By
apply ing a v ar y ing (audio)
vo ltage to th e v ar a ct or . it
might just be po ssible to
s h ift th e os ci ll a to r s fr e 

R
between
e c ently increa sing FM
a ctivity on 10 me t er s
29 .5 an d 29 .7
in the heck ev e r tunes up
this high on 10 mete rs,
anyhow?), th e re was plenty
a n d Q R N - s u p p r e s s in g
c haracteristics of FM wa s
quite int riguing - OX sig
quency a t an aud io ra te -
in other words , f requen cy
modulation luckily , this
MH z ha s led me to in o f a ct iv it y . In pa rticu la r , nal s o ft en s ou nd ed ju st a s m et ho d go t me o n FM in
ve stigate methods of get WR2ANW  s  l   meter-to-z c le a n a nd q uiet as local s. just a co up le of hour s, u s
ti ng on t hi s i nt e resting me te r c rossband li nk wa s Aft e r he ar ing a ll this , I ing on ly a few parts. He re  s
th o ug ht it wo u ld be nifty to how.
talk to t he boys on 29 .6 as Varactor s a re sm a ll di 
well as th e lo c al 2-meter o d e s wh o se c a p a c i t a n c e
gang vi a the cro s s band can be contro lled by an ex
repeate r link . (There ar e te rnally applied vo lt a ge ;
  e a si e r wa ys of gett ing o n they ar e u se d often th e se
2 meters , th o ug h  ) d ay s to repla ce variable
• I sa t d ow n to fig ur e o u t c a p a ci t o rs in tu nin g cir 
th e fa st e st a nd ea siest wa y c uits . M ost vara c t or s ar e
• o f getting o n j O me te r FM. rated f or t he ir n om i na l ca
Un fortuna te ly, th er e wa s pacitan ce a t ab out 4 V d c
,   L, ..   •
n o s u r p l us c o m m e ri c a l an d ar e ty p ically operated
Ilt: {;JO/<-
,,
t

lo w b a nd FM (3 0 t o SOMHz ) from 2 to 30 volts . Se e Fig. 1

, ge ar ar o u n d the s hack ;
Fig  1. Typ ical veractcr c haracteristic curve
 
1
•   ,  
s uc h g e ar w ou ld ha ve be e n
rel atively easy to convert
to 1 0 m eter s. Th e o n ly
piece of e q u i p men t that
co vered 1 0 m et er s wa s th e
main station HF tran sm it
te r , a filter -type SSB/CW
I rc
e xc ite r, a Harnma rlund HX 
l { SOA . Turning to th e   t ec h
C   CU T
for a ty p ica l varactor op 
erating c urve .
A simple ci r cuit u sing a
v ar e ctor to supply a volt 
ag e - c o n t r o l l e d c a p a c i 
t an ce is sho w n in Fig. 2.
Here. th e potentiomete r, R
app lies a d e co ntro l volt 
age to t he varactor , VC,
which dete rmine s its cap ac

r L
1 ni c a l library   f or so m e itance . Capa cito rs C1 an d
# ..... 0  
id e as yielded th e di stin c t C2 provide rf bypa ssing an d
p o s s ibility of FMing a dc blocking, while th e RFC
Fig 2. Basic varac to r circuit. tr ansmitter simp l y by hang - keeps rf en e rgy o u t of

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the power supp ly. Chang
ing t he applied dc voltage
sh ifts t he va r a c t o r  s
cap aci t an ce as pe r th e
curve in Fig. 1.
Now, if t he v a ra c to r cir
cuit were connected to th e
tuned lC circuit of an oscil
lator, then th e va ractor s
changing capacitance
would shift the oscillato r's
f r e q u e n c y a c e r t ai n
a mount, by addi ng o r sub
tract ing f ro m t he to ta l
t an k ci rcuit capaci tance .
l et's ta ke t hi s idea o ne s te p
fur ther. Suppose t ha t we
now a pply a n a ud io (ac)
vo ltage to th e va ra c to r ci r-
cu it at po int A of Fig. 2,
th rough t he coup ling ca
pacitor, C3. T he va rac to r
wo ul d then ch a ng e it s
capacitance in step with
th e applied a ud i o v o lt a ge .
With th e v aract o r co n 
nected to an oscillator 's
tank circuit, the oscillator's
f r e q u e n cy would o n c e
again be shifted, bu t thi s
time t he fr eq ue nc y shift
would be in step wit h th e
ap plie d audio vo ltag e .
Hen ce , we wou ld have fre
qu ency mo du lation of t he
osci llato r.
Yo u ma y wonde r w hy we
co ntin ue to ap ply de vo lt
a ge to t he va ra e to r a long
with t he a udi o vo ltage. A
loo k at Fig . 1 shows that
t he va ra e t or ' s vo ltage
capacitance c haracte ristic
is linear (st raight) o nly in
th e cente r of its cu rve.
That's t he p ar t of th e cu rve
which we want to us e for
o u r f re qu en cy m od ul at io n
scheme , swinging th e var
a c t o r's capacitance up 
ward an d downward f ro m
th e cente r of this li near
re g i o n with o u r a u d i o
( mo du la ti ng ) v o ltage , to
achieve li ne a r frequency
mo d u latio n. Th e a djust 
ab le dc bias is used to
pl ac e us at t he ce nter of
th e line ar p or tio n of th e
c urve .
My particu l ar rig a lready
ha s a va ra e to r in its vf o
tank ci rcuit (as shown in
Figs. 3 a nd 4 wh ich is
typical of vfo circuits . The
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va ra e tor ' s pu r pose ha s
nothing to d o wit h modu la
tion, though , an d is used for
sh ifting th e v fo  s f requency
by ab o u t 3 kHz to offset
SSB carrier-oscillator shift
wh en s witching from USB
to lSB . The va ractor al
ready has some de bias
v ol ta ge o n it, so le t 's se e
what happens when an
a ud io v ol ta ge is also ap
plied . Remembe r, t hough ,
t ha t this technique is ap
plicable to many different
kinds of t ransmi tt e rs or
tra nsce ive rs ol d o r ne w,
CW, AM, or SS B since th ey
a ll ha ve os c il lator(s) wh ich
ca n be freq ue nc y modu 
la t e d . The ba s ic ide a is to
ge t just a bit of audio
modu lated capacitance in
to a suitab le point of a
variable or crysta l-con
trolled oscillator tank cir
cuit in o r de r t o f re qu en cy 
modulate it. For example ,
since almost all SSB rigs
us e frequency heterodyn 
ing stages , conceivably an y
o scillator in th e chain (vfo
o r crysta l could be FMed
by th e va racto r ci rcuit. (If
yo u  re a Yaesu FT -101
owner , se e Reference 5.)
Fig. 4 shows t he actua l
va rac to r fr eq uency modu 
la to r ci rc uit used. Point B is
wh e re t he va ra c to r ci rcuit
is co n nected to t he v fo of
Fig . 3. The au di o signal is
applied at point A of th e
va ractor ci rcuit, Fig. 4, as
before . For a source of
audio , I fi rst used an inex
pensive cassette tape re
corder an d microphone .
The recorder s speaker out
pu t wa s connected to th e
varaetor circuit at point A
of Fig . 4. It wo rked How
ever, t he first few QSOs
revealed that the audio
qua lity was bassy an d m uf
fled . The a udio co upling
capacito r C3, th e n wa s
made sm a ller u nt il acce pt 
a b le a udio q uality result ed ;
th e final va lu e of C3 in my
particula r ap p lication wa s
270 pF.
Actually, some of th e
bassy audio quality res ults
from t he f ac t that most FM
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Fig.   Varac to r frequency modulato r circui t Varac to r pa rt
numbers: 1. Motorola HEP-R2503 20-pF nominaf capaci
tance ; 2. Motorola MV2205 or MV2209 (s w ing 15 to 60
pF j; 3. Motorofa MV839; 4. Amperex H4A  l N4885.
receivers have  de-empha ranee a t first an d then in
sis circuits built in, which creasing them if necessary .
roll of f th e audio frequen  Examina tion of your partic
cy response at th e hig h ular vf o ci rcuit should
en d . Such a ci rcuit is in
revea l w he re to attach t he
tended to co m p l e m e n t va racto r ci rcuit an d rough
(cance l out) th e oppos it e
ly ho w big C2 shou ld be .
kind of ci rc ui t built int o
Refe rences 1 th rough 4
FM t ra ns m i t te rs,   p r e show num er ou s diff eren t
e mp hasis, wh ich boos ts ty pe s of os c illa to rs a nd
t he hi gher audi o fr eq u en  similar method s o f FMing
c ies . This sc he me is used to th em . As a r ou gh gu ide in
en hance t he ov e rall sig na l- setti ng u p yo ur c ircuit,
to-noise ra tio of a n FM sys dete rmi ne ho w mu c h ± dc
tem by boosting t he highs vo ltage is ne e de d on t he
o n transmi t a nd cutt ing ve racto r to shift yo ur osci l-
them on receive. I do n t  lato r by p lus a nd min us 5
pretend tha t a suffic iently kHz; yo u ca n check th e fre
small value of coupling quency shift using a receiv
capacito r will produce ex er with a bf o a nd an ac
actly th e right amount of
cu rately calib rated dial.
pre-emphasis, bu t it does The value of de voltage
the jo b an d pr oduc e s thus determined will then
p le a sa nt a ud io quality on be ap p rox.imately th e peak
FM receive rs. leve l of a udio voltage
You'll also ha ve to de you 'll ne e d. One of th e
c id e w ha t va lu e to use fo r nice things about FM is
capac ito r C2 in Fig. 4. If t ha t pra c tica ll y no powe r
this capacito r is to o small , (only vo lt age ) is necessa ry
you wo n' t be a ble to ge t for t he fre q ue n cy module
e noug h deviation; if it s to o tor. I woun d up w it h pl en t y
large, yo u ll have too mu ch of de v ia t io n to s pa re.
devia t io n, a n d it m a y Alt ho u gh th i s la sh -u p
th row yo u r vfo wa y ou t of wo r ke d o n th e fi rst tr y, wh o
ca libration a nd/or load it wo u ld wan t a t ap e record
do w n excessive ly. I wo u ld e r pa tch co rd h an g ing o ut
suggest s ta rting ou t with of t he b ott om of t he ri g
sm a ll va lues of ca paci- perm an e nt ly? So, a wa y of
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Fig 5. Typ ical speech a m pl i fi e r c ircuit.
J --
usin g the ri g' s own built-in
s pe e c h am p l if i e r was
sought. A partial schematic
o f t he H a m m a r l u n d ' s
speec h amplifier appea rs
in f ig . 5 a long w it h t he ve ry
sim p le mo d ificatio n for
fM . O n c e a g a i n , th e
speech amplif ier circuit is
quite typical; usually only
a few volts of audio is
needed . The SPOT switch,
St . removes t he a ud io from
th e b al an ce d m od ul at or
an d applies it inst ea d to
th e vara ctor ci rc uit of fig.
4. Shie lded ca b le sh o uld be
used fo r this mo d ification,
to a void hu m a nd rf p ick
up . The be a uty of t his
c hange is tha t it in no way
alte rs t he o t he r fun ctions
of th e tr ansmi tt er .
O pe ration o n f M is sim
ple; Tu ne up th e rig in t he
CW mode , obse rvi ng the
max imum ra te d p late cu r
ren t limi t fo r continuous,
key-down op e ration. This is
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Fig.   grossly distorted ; b ac k off
li kely to be less t han th e
rat ed CW i nput a nd equa l
to the RTTY or SSTV ra t
ings, as we ce rta in ly do n 't
w an t t o o ve rstress th e final
am p lifier o r powe r supp ly.
After tu ne-up, flip Sl to FM
an d se t th e mi crophone
g a i n fo r th e d e s ir e d
amount of de viation. I hap
pen to use an outboard
s p e e c h p r o c e sso r (a f
c o m p r e ssor /c l ipper /low 
pa ss filter c ombination) in
tended for SSB use on FM ,
to o i t keeps th e averag e
deviation level (analogou s
to modulat ion percentage )
high , prevents o ve r-d e 
viation, a nd c rispens u p t he
a udio somewhat.
So me ques tions remai n,
th ou gh, a bout the o pera
tio n of a n FM tra nsmitter:
How mu c h deviation is per
missible, a nd how do yo u
co rrectly ad just you r FM
transmitter for it? We ll ,
most FM activity is limited
to ± 5 kHz deviation- so
ca lle d na rrowband FM.
First , you can roughly se t
you r deviation based on
signa l reports from ot h er
FM op e rators . Howe ve r ,
sin ce each FM receiver will
have so me wha t diff erent
t oleran ces t o o ver-de 
viated signa ls, you may ge t
inconsi stent observations.
Gene rally speakin g, your
au d io sh o uld sound about
as  lo u d (have as much
deviat ion) as most othe r
FM signals on th e air, bu t
no g reate r. Excessive de
viation will so u nd gross ly
).
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dis to rted a nd ca n cause
sp latte r.
For de v ia t ion adju st
o
j' ment purpose s, you also
  ca n useSet
nique: theFMdeviation
fo llowing te ch
us
ing an SSB rece iver, by tun
ing th e FM signa l for zero
beat , with no modulat ion
•~ •~ a pplied. Then, while li sten
-, ing to th e FM signal, modu 
l at e th e FM transmitter
,. ;
, normally and advan ce its
deviation c ontrol (micro
phone gain) until the si gnal
thus re ce iv ed become s
on the dev iation contro l
unti l t he signa l be come s
clea n agai n. Use th e widest
ava ila bl e se lect iv ity se t
ting on the SS B receiver for
ma king th is adj u stme nt.
For example , a 5-k Hz-wide
re ceiver would indi cate
roughly th e ± 5 kHz devia
tion limit.
For practice, you mi ght
try listening to FM signals
on th e air , to ge t an ide a o f
what a narr owband FM sig
nal so unds like on your pa r
ti cular SSB receiver; a re
peater output would prob
ably be a good bet to be
prope rly adju sted . Note ,
however, t ha t an FM signa l
th u s de tected will obviou s
ly no t be demo d u lated
prope r ly (it will p robab ly
sou nd garb led   bu t th e
o nset of d istortion caused
by excessive devia tion wi ll
be clea rly audible .
The theory be hind this
te chn ique is that the first
pair of FM sidebands of an
FM signal is indistinguis h
ab le from th e sidebands of
an AM signal. fM and AM
signa ls th us considered d if
fe r only in that the fM
sid e b a nd s a nd ca rrie r a re
90 ° ou t of ph a se with on e
another , whereas th e AM
sideband and ca r ri e r are in
ph a se with ea ch other . fur
ther , for narrowband fM ,
both th e fir st pa ir of fM
sideban ds a nd t he AM side
band s o ccu p y approxi 
m ately th e sam e band 
width when using eq u al
modu lating signa ls. By re
ceiving a n fM signa l on a n
SSB rece iver with its bfo
operating (vexalted-ca rrier 
reception), yo u ca n replace
th e f M signa l's 90 ° phase
shifted ca rrier with the bfo
carrier (which is n ot 90°
shifted). This provides an
 equivalent   AM signa l for
o ur adju stment purpo se s
What about th e recep
t io n of FM signals? Slope
detecti on in th e AM mode
works OK on mo st receiv
er s by t uni ng off to o ne
side of th e FM signa l; use
the broadca st selectivity
availab le . Ironically, th e
steeper th e sides of th e AM
receive r's se lec t ivit y char
acte r is tics ar e, th e harder it
is to slope-detect an fM
s ig n a l. U n fo r t u n a t e l y ,
s lope-detection doesn   t
provide any of th e fM re
c ep tio n a dv an ta ge s -
quieting an d impulse noise
reje ction , for e xa mp le. I
pre sently use tw o different
method s for tru e fM recep
tion .
First meth od : The ma in
station receiver here is a
Halli crafter s SX -101A. Th is
rece iver has a double-con
ver sion i-f st rip, w ith a first
i-f frequen cy of 1650 kHz .
Also at hand is a Ham 
ma r lund FM -50A VH f -FM
t ransceiver th at ha s a
l65Q-kHz se co nd i-f fre
qu e ncy. To use the SX
l Ol A as a tu neab le fro nt
e nd for the fM -50A 's FM i-f
strip, make these changes :
f irst, rem ove th e SX -101A's
second mixer tube   V5, a
6BA6) an d in se rt a short
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su lated w ir e i nto pi n 1 (gr id
circ uit) of the now e mpty
6BA6 socket. Then, co n
nec t th e o t he r en d of th e
wire to t he grid ci rcu it of
t he FM -50A's f irst 1650-k Hz
i-f am p lifier vi a a .05-uF
disc capa ci t o r. Remov in g
th e F M - 5 0 A 's r e c e i v e
crystal or mixer tube wi ll
d isable its f ro n t end.e See
Fig. 6.
Another such co m b i na 
t io n I 'v e used cons iste d of
a gene ral coverage rec ei v
er having a single -conver 
sion 455 -k Hz i-f st r ip , u sed
t o feed th e latte r ha lf of a
t ransisto r ized FM i-f st r ip ,
al so at 455 k Hz, from a
Jo hn so n   M o n o s c a n UH F
sca nner. In ad d itio n, nu
merous FM adapte r cir
c u i t s and ideas m ay be
fo u nd in Refere nces 1, 2,
an d 4. With a l i t t l e ex 
pe ri m e n t a t i o n , c o m p a r 
ab le hybri d arra ngements
w ith o t her sets m a y be
fo un d to be fea s ible .
Second method : Us e a
cry stal -contro lled con
ve rter (for exam ple, a V HF
En g i n e e rin g M o d e l RF·
28** or H am tr o n ic s M od el
C25-50***) to conve rt t he
10-met er signa ls dow n to
th e i-f freq uency o f th e FM
i-f strip yo u w an t t o u se; fo r
examp le , 10.7 M H z is a
commo n i-f f re qu e ncy. Just
a bout an y FM i-f st r ip is
usable l ik e this   l l t ha t
yo u hav e t o do is select a
co nverter c rystal t o m atc h
t he i-f frequency yo u need.
See Fig. 7. T he on ly t rick is
to select the right spot to
inject t he converter 's out 
put i nto the i-f st ri p . The
best po int seems to be ju s t
' A v a i l a bl e (u s ed j wr t b o u t
c ab inet, power t ransf -ier. or
c ry st al s fr om : s erene . Work·
shop, Box 393, Bethpage NY
1171 4, f or $14.95; a nice it em for
experimenters.
  vailable fr o m : V HF
Engineering , 320 Water St. ,
Bi nghamton
form, NY postage
$13.95 plus 13901, in
. kit
• • • Available from: Hamtronics ,
tnc., 65A Maul Rd., Hi lto n NY
14468, in ki t form, $25.50 plus
postage .
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befo re t he high i-f ba nd 
pa ss fi lter ; m o st o f th ese
fi lters hav e re la tiv el y lo w
in p u t impeda nces (a bo u t
500 to 10 00 O h ms ), making
co n nect io ns re la t ively un 
c r itical. Fig . 8 shows a co m
m on FM i-f st ri p co nf igu ra
t io n.
In case yo u ' re w o n der
ing, yes, Virg i n ia, 1 D- m et er
FM ope r a t i o n is c h an 
n eli zed. Th e f re q ue ncies
a re : n at iona l si m p le x 
29 .6 M H z (don't ca ll CQ
t hough ; Q R Z ed or   lis
t en in g o n the frequency   is
better ). Repea te r p airs ar e
- i n p u t/ o u t p u t, 29.52 /
29.62 , 29.54/29 .64, 29 .5 6/
29.66, and 29.58/29.68 M H z.
M o st are open m achines.
Caution : Don 't go b elow
29.5 M H z us i ng + 5 k Hz
FM beca use t he Friend ly
Candy C om pa ny doesn 't
a llow it - + 2.5 k Hz FM is
t he l i m it   d o w n be lo w .
l a t el y, I 'v e hea rd so m e
sim p l ex act ivity on f re
qu e nc ies be tween t he re
pe a te r o utp u ts, e.g ., 29.61 ,
29.63 M H z , et c.
Re su lt s : Ru n ni n g 75
W att s o u tp u t to a ve rtica l
ante n na an d using t he fi r st
r ece p t i o n m e t h o d ha s
yi e ld e d f in e res ul t s. I've
worked m ob iles a ll ov er
th e c o u n t r y w i t h fu l l
quieting a nd som e OX, too
T elli ng th e g uy at th e o t her
e nd that he's l istening to a
mo d i fied SS B exci te r gives
him somet hi ng to t hi n k
about, too.
Ad d it io na l a pp l icatio ns:
Th e re are so me ot he r im 
p o rt an t u ses f o r FM or
fr e qu ency-sh i ft c apabi lit y
in an H F tr an smitt er. Yo u
ca n ach ieve v er y clea n
f re q u e ncy- s h i f t k e y in g
(FSK) f o r r a d i o t e l e t y p e
(R T TY) o p e r a t i o n b y
feed i ng two d iscrete dc
vo ltag es to t he va racto r
c ircuit (o m it t he co u p ling
ca pacito r, C3), to g iv e yo u
t he p r o p e r f re q u e n c y
sh ifts. A lso, it w o u ld ap
pe a r that be tt e r slo w -scan
te le v isio n qua l i ty (SS TV ,
wh ic h u se s fr equ en c y
modu late d v ideo signals)
. •  
  CONVERTER
Fig. 7. 10-meter FM recep tion . Can be an y i-f frequency .)
ANTENNA
 '  PASS
  ig 8. Typical FM receiver block diagram.
co u ld be a ch i eved by, o nc e
ag ain, dir e ctl y FMin g t he
t ransm itte r, u si ng t he va r
ac to r fr e qu e nc y m odul at or
i nstead o f fe e d i ng t he
SSTV (o r RT T Y) s ig nals
t h ro u gh th e m ic roph on e in
p u t of th e tr a nsm itte r. In
bo t h t he RTT Y and SS TV
m od e s, n onlin e ar o pe ra
ti on , sp u r io us p ro d ucts,
a nd sp latte r may re su l t
un l ess: (a) yo u r ca rr ie r an d
u nw ant ed si deba nd su p
pr essi on is ve ry go o d, an d
(b) yo u r speec h am p l ifier,
ba la nc ed m o d ul at or , filte r,
a nd am p l i fi e r stages are
a m p l i tu d e- a nd phase 
li n ea r and d ist or ti o n-fr ee
(q u i te ra re ). D i re c t fr e 
q ue nc y m od ul a tio n of th e
ca rr ie r gets a round th e
p roble m of av o iding t he
speec h am pfif k-r, balanced
m o du l at or , a na rilter stages
e n t irely.
As a fina l t houg ht , th o se
o f yo u w it h 10- t o 6- o r
2-m e te r tr ansverters co u ld
eas i ly ge t on V HF-FM. A nd,
0
, . ..
S T ~
 r
VOU   E SOUElC H
 OO
.OR
LOW-Z   J EO TI ON P O INT
CON, ERTER OUTPUT
- - ; : : = , , ~ 7  H I TYPICAL,
BAND- ,.,
f iLTER
'
E TECTQfl
AUOJO
  '
o f course , t he id ea s in t h is
a rticle an d in t he refe rences
would b e ju st fine f o r ge t 
ti n g o n FM t ha t old V HF·
A M /C W r ig ly in g ar o u nd
th e shack.
1 wou ld we lcome yo u r
expe riences a nd co m m ents
on 10-m et er FM operat io n,
an d I'll answer qu estio ns if
you incl ud e a n SASE . CU l
on 29.6 FM .
References
1. The Radio Amateur  s Hand·
book, American R ad io Relay
League, 1976.
2. FM an d Repeaters f or the
Radio Am ateur , ARRL, 1972.
3. The Radio Amateur s VHF
Manua , ARRL, 1972.
4. Am ateur Ra di o Tech niques ,
Rad io Soc ie ty o f G re at Brita in ,
1978, p. 199, Se lt i ng N.B.F .M.
Deviation , o r ig i n a ll y fr o m
QST, December, 1972, article by
D. Collins K4GG I/1.
5.   VH F Transverters and the
FT -1 01, 73 Magazine July,
1978, p. 168.
6. Hint s & Kink s ,   Provid ing a
Tunable VHF ·F M Receive r,
ARRL , 1978, p. 108.
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by Walter R. Stringe r N8 BSG

ov ices. a nd Technicians, of which I am vertcd ) so th at, for a successfu l con ve rsion. I (P O Box 31500 , Phoenix, Arizona 85046) is

N one . ma y operate CW a nd other di gital

modes f ro m 28 .1 10 28.3 MH z. a nd CW and
SSB fro m 28.3 MH z to 28.5 MH z . All th e
repon ed activity on thi s ba nd lately made me
wa nt to ge t involved .
C R·To-IO
To successfu lly convert my Lafayette Tel
sal SSB-120 citize ns band tra nscei ver ov er to
10 m eter o pe ra tion, I ne eded to build a
vol tage-tuned va riable-frequency c ry s tal os
cillator (VXQ) thai co u ld be va ried over a 5
kHz range without los ing its crys ta l stab ility.
What I bui ll, howev er . might be useful to
a nyone who desires a VCXO (Voltage -C o n
trolled Cry sta l Oscillator ) . Th is mod helps
yo u get the most frequency swing poss ible
with a voltage tuning range of 0 .010 12.0
volts. In my ease . it led 10 continuous IO -me
t cr coverage .
On the am at eu r 10 met er band , on ly the
upper sideband is us ed for voice modulati on .
For CW ope ration. the AM mode co uld be
used to cause the transceiver to output a ca rr i
e r by keying the P1 T (push-to-talk) line and
not ap plyi ng any modulation via the micro
phone . The same offset c rys tal is used for
both USB and AM mo des in mo st, if not all ,
SSB CB radios (including the on e that I co n-
had to worry only about getting one crys tal
frequ ency changed and working properly .
T he Hit ch
The CB channels. how ev er , ha ve a spacing
of 10 kHz between them, and therefore the
transceiver s I LL (phase-locked loo p) circuit
switches in 10 k H l steps. All SSB radi o s have
a   fine-tunc or   cla rifie r control on them
for t un ing in received signa ls, and ther e are
co nversions to allow that circuit to work du r 
ing transmit as we ll. CD C ity International
PllolO A. The completed oscitkuor-buffer ne.\ ll(  d in
tll con verted CB transceiver,  11 frotll cen ter of the
 t he
. Tllpt Ihe ll om o f th board /0 pr  l. tlI sho rt
ili
R6
( A1 .
 
a very good source of CB -to-IO meter co n
ve rs io n i nf or mation. Also che ck with 73
 \ fagazine for thei r list of 35-40 anicl es on
CB -to- IO co nversions.
Fo r operation on th e ama teur 10 mete r
band , yo u ne ed co ntinuous frequency cov e r
age . a nd to get that . you need to make eac h
chan nel freq uency-agile to the tune of 10
kHz , plus fill in any   missing channels  .
Fortunately for me , the output of the oscilla
to r is doubled by the radio  s ci rcuitry, so eve n
if I could ge t onl y 5 kHz of to ta l o scillator
swi ng I cou ld cove r the e ntire 10 kj-l z-wide
c hannel. Now all I h ad to do was t ry to build a
crystal oscilla to r that cou ld be voltage-tuned
over a 5 kHz range.
T he Answer
Th e approach I used was to   b readboard  
an osc illato r ci r cuit. When I gOl ev erything
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work ing righ t (the frequency swing that I Crystals
des ired and suffi ci ent output level), I in I ordered two crystals of the same frequen
stalled it in the rad io for the final test. cy - a 32 pF load capacitance (which is what
F igure 1 is the schematic of the VCX O
mod . Figu re 2 shows the etching pattern of
the board. Th is can be   e tched   wit h a ruler Parts List
and an x - a o o knife , or with a Dremel tool Voltage-Tuned Crystal Oscillator
with a broken d rill bit used as a router (my 0  MPf·l02
method) . Figure 3 shows the pans placement 02 2N2222A
on the board. Notethat atthe four sides of the 0 MV-209
D2 lN4148
board are strips o f PC board soldered to join
XlAL 10.32625 MHz Crystal,
together the top and bottom ground planes of
10 p F L oad Capacilance
the double-sided printed circuit board . Photo L1 10   H
A sh ow s the completed oscillator-buffer in L2,L3.l4 100 IolH
s ta ll ed in the co nverted C B tra nsceiver . It C1.C2 0001 IolF
may be of
necessary to put electricaltape on the C3.C4 25 pF
bottom the circuit board to prevent it from C5.C7 .01 IolF
shorti ng any thing out. C6.C8 100 pF
It is always good to fi rst consult a reliable Rl ,R2 l 00kO 1/4 Watt
A3 3900 V. Walt
reference book when you are setting out to
make a mod. Even if you don t find exactly A 47kO V. Watt
AS 4.7kO V. Wall
whatyou are looki ng fo r, you mayfi nd some A6  7 v. Watt
thing that does most of what you want, there A7 50110
by making your j ob simple r. As my starti ng
point. I looked under   VXO circuits in the
1987 ARRL Handbook . ( I believe that every One 2Vz - • \ pece   1   o
one whoexperiments with RF circuits shou ld circuit board
own a recent copy of the ARRL Handbook .   Two 2Vz   •  4   pieces of double-sided
printedcircuit board
Included are practical examples of crystal
Two . . • • V  pieces of   o u ~ printecl
controlled oscillators that can be frequency
trimmed. circuit board
is commonly used), and a 10pF load capaci
tance . Bothwere HC-IS/V style holders with
wire leads from Marden Electronics Compa
ny , Inc . (PH : SOO-222-6093 . Even with 5
day .. rush shippi ng ,  the cost was pretty
reasonable , and I ve had good luck with crys
tals from them. As itturned out, und er identi
FET cal conditions. I got 300 Hz more swing from
NPN the 10 pF crystal (3.9 instead of 3.6 kHz) and.
verecoe Diode since it would oscillate higher in frequency. I
could tune it above and below the desired
center frequency. With a 32 pF crystal, all or
Coil most of my range would be below the desired
Coil center frequency. .
CapaCItor
T he R i ~ h l Varactor
Capacitor
Capacitor I useda veractor diode in series witha .001
Capacitor mF cap in place of whe re the trimmer cap
Resistor would go to make the oscillato r voltage
Resistor
tuned. A crystal will block DC, so the .001
Resistor
mFcap may seemunnecessary, but I prefer to
Resistor
Resistor use itanyway to prevent applyi ng DC tuning
Tuning voltage to the crystal.
Potentiometer, I tried several different varactor d iodes in
Linear Tapel the circuit to see which would give me the
u ~ pnnted most frequency swing over a 0 .0-12.0 volt
range. and the best was the varactor diode
that was used to modulate the 1.7-I.S MHz
RF carrier of an old Radio Shack cordless
phone base unit.

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A Motorola MV-209 varactor diode turned Capacitors C3 and C4 ar e in series with L I. the tuned RF transformer for the offset oscil
out to be almost as good . This is rated to up to the crysta l, C2 . and the varactor tuning lator stage.
30.0 volts maximum. Th e diode is reverse diode. Since in a series circuit the total You can tune the buffer stage output by
biased in operation. As the tuning voltage capacitance will not be any larger than the adding a trimmer cap. CTR IM. from the col 
increases so doe s its capacitance, which in smallest capacitance, C3 andC4 should be as lector of Q2 to ground, which will resonate
turn decreases the oscillator's frequency . If large as possible, which allows the varectcr with L4 . The same thing could be done with a
you wish to go up in frequency as you turn the diode to be the domi nant influence on the tr immer cap from the drain of Q l to grou nd,
fin e-tuning (o r clarifier) knob clockwise, you frequency of the oscillator. The other limita which will reson ate with L3. At 12.0 volts,
must wire the potentiometer up so that as you tion on the values of C3 and C4 is that, since Q I draws less than 0 .5 rnA . and Q2 draws 28
turn itthe tuning voltage to the va ractor diode any kind o f tr immer capacito r across the rnA.
decreases. crystal would limit the frequency swing o ft he The osctllatot's frequency output over the
I experimented with the value o f L l un oscillator. they together tune the crystal to the voltage tuning rang e is quite linear, as the
til I got the most frequency swing with desired ce nt e r frequency . When using the chan (Figure 4 ) shows. Your   f ine- ume o r
out losi ng the crystal stability (this is ob Co lpitts crystal oscillator, I prefer to keep clarifi er potentiometer must be a linear type.
vious when monitor ing the oscillato r s output both feedback capacitor values the same . al however, as using an audio taper type will
with a frequency count er , a s the oscillator though many other places specify that the cause all of you r range to be alone end o f the
frequency will suddenly take o ff). L l adds  b ot tom (source-ground) capacitor be 3 dial.
about 40 0 to 500 Hz additional frequency times the value of the  top (gate-source) Ultimately , with all of the experimenta
swmg . capacitor. tion . I was able to get 5.04 kHz o f frequency
The I N41 48 diode (02) limits the ampli swing out of the osc illator at the crystal's
tude of the RF at the gate of Q I . While this In Praise (If Buffers fundame nt al frequency .
does dec rease the output level of the oscilla I built a buffer stage to foll ow the oscilla
tor , it allows approximately I kHz more tor . When working with oscillators for RF, I Finis
swing than without it (3.9 instead of 2 .9 recommend always building a buffer stage . During my co nvers ionand troubleshooting

kHz). The
next cost of the
to nothin g. extra transistor
and you can useand n s is
thepabuf fe r Iline
tested the rig
keyed on in the with
and. AM mode with the PIap
no modulation T
Which Coi l? stage to really build up the level of your signal plied, measured all my frequencies on all my
The co il ( U ) in the source ci rcuit of Q I can and also to filter out unwanted harmonics. channels. A 10meter SSB on-the-air test with
be anything from 100 ~ H to I m j-l . A 5600 The buffer stage also serves as a constant load my converted unit showed the co nversion to
resistor there inplace of a coilwill result in an forthe oscillator. This way, all the oscillator be working fine.
output with much less harmonic content has to do is oscillate. which is very important So, there it is- a fun and cheap way to get a
(great. if you ar e intere sted in only the crys if you are trying 10 optimize it for something, channelized CBon 10meters. This band will
tal's fundament al frequency). Any coil with such as for maximum frequency swing. be hot over the next few years, so I hope this
in the above range will give a slightly better When I installed the oscilla to r in the radio. I mod will help you get in there and make good
frequency swing than the resistor . took out L4 and instead wired into the circuit use o f it fJ I

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D av e B rown W   C 
5,   ~ J9
No b lesvme IN 46060
- convert a 49-MHz HT i nt o s om et hi ng
D o yo u need an inex
p e n si ve m e a n s o f
co mm u nicatio ns? Whether
yo u h un t , fish, pu t up an t en
nas , go to h am f e st s, o r just
have a nee d n ow an d then
for a wir eless teleph on e , I
think I have jus t th e an swer
for you .
If y ou have ever o wned
o r liste ne d to th e t oy   va r   wire s, et c . The tr impot is a
e ty l00-mW CB handle
ta lkies, mo st o f wh ich w er e
o n c ha nnel 14, yo u pr ob
ably w ill ag re e th a t th ey ar e
worthl e ss for do ing mu ch o f
a ny t h in g including m on -
ito ring c hanne l 14 Well,
ew
gre a t n in things
p ened th e CB ha ve hap
handie
talkie 49-MH z ba nd .
I pu r ch ased from Radio
Shack a pa i r o f Arc he r
t ra n s c e i v e r s c a t a lo g
nu m be r 60-4001, with ba t
teries, for just u n de r  1 7.
T h a t w a s ju s t b e f o r e
Th an k sg iving, 1978 . Wh ile
th e se a re n ot kW tran smit
te rs (5O-mW rated ,   mile
range), at le ast th e y ar e
crys t al c o n tro lle d Th e
receiver s a re n o t multi-con
ve rsio n m as te r p ieces
Isuperregenerative d e te e-
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to rs), but the y a re m or e
than ad equate . Now fo r th e
ba d new s n d wh y I pe r
so na li ze d mine.
First of a ll, th e u nit ha s
no s qu e lc h. Being used to
t h e se re n e sile nc e o f
2-m eter FM, th e   blowing
noise co nt in ua lly grindi ng
fort h from t he sp ea ke r was
going to d ri ve me ban anas.
Next, to ad d to th e n oise
pr o bl em , t h e r e is n o
volu m e c o nt ro l . e ithe r
So me thi ng had to c ha n ge
a nd fa st. Ad d ing a sq uelc h
to ,a radio that ha s o n ly
thr ee tr ansist o rs and draw s
20 mA o n re ce ive see med a
b it mu ch then (b ut o pe n to
futur e th ought , so I ad d
e d th e next be st thing   wit h a # 50 or s ma lle r bit an d
vo lu me bo n trol. Le ss noise
is not no noise , bu t it beats
b un c h e s of noise h an d s
down . The next q ue st ion
wa s wh er e to pu t it.
  yo u ha ve no t lo o ked a t
th e se li tt l e rigs , by all
mean s do so . Th ey ar e
mu ch sma ller (5 Y4 x 2
11 /1 6  x 1-5/8 ) a nd lighter
(0.39 Ibs/1 77 g) than their
o l d e r , bu lk y , a n ti q u e
cb uuns o n c hannel 14 .  e l
shirt- pocket radio is h er e
The y ev e n use a 2·in ch
s pe a ke r/mic fo r re a sonabl e
qu ali ty so und . No t hi-fl. bu t
nice . Sm a ll is n i c e - b u t
c rowded . Ther e j ust wa s no t
a nyw he re to pu t a shaft
t yp e volu me co nt rol. rnirii a
t u re   su b -min iat u re or
o th er w ise. Therefore , th e
fol lowing co m p ro mise en 
s ue d .
I di d find a co rne r d ow n
u n de r t he b att e ry a nd fo a m
rub b er ba ttery pa d w he re 1
co u ld h ide a small screw
d river-ty pe , mul ti-turn pot.
  yo u use a Bo ur n s t ri m p ot ,
m od el 30 06 p· 1·50 1 (5 00 ·
O h m). a nd fol low th e drill
ing diagram in Fig. 1, it just
fit s ni ce l y. Start th e hol e
fi nish ve ry sl o wly wit h a # 25
(or so) bit to just clea r a
sm a ll -b lad e sc rewd river.
Use East ma n 9 10™ adhe
sive (very few d ro ps) to hold
th e p o t down in th e co rner
a s s ho w n f lus h with th e
ca s e side, front, a nd bo t
t om . Th is wil l leave th e
p o t ' s b ra ss ad j u s t m e n t
sc rew a lig ne d in th e hole
yo u d ri ll e d, s ticki ng o u t
about half the thickness of
t he case . This is fa r e no ug h
to re ac h e asil y fo r adj ust
m en t, bu t no t far e nough to
b um p ou t o f a dj us tme nt.
Follow th e instruction s in
Fig. 1, and you will do just
I fi th pa
fine
tw o . tr amodi
nsceived is exactly
er s in rt of
a n hour , incl ud ing ti m e
s pe nt fig uring o u t a pla ce to
p ut th e pot, h ow to rou te
mul ti-turn u nit, so you have
a nice s lo w c h an g e in
volume until yo u re a c h th e
level yo u want. Have a
frie nd move ou t about 100
fe e t w ith o ne uni t an d
tr an smit to yo u whi le you
th Yo be
adjust
q e po t. at uhow
uit e su rprised wi lllo w
•
yo u ca n go an d still no t
miss a ny ca lls.
Si nc e th e re isvi rtually no
on e else on 49 MHz ye t ,
yo u ca n instantly tell when
someo ne call s j ust by t he
s u d den lo w - l e v e l no is e
reduction . Howe v er , th e
so u nd le v e l is now d ow n f ar
e no ugh to make it hard to
und e r st an d ev ery w o rd
wit ho u t lit er ally holding the
radio up to yo u r e a r. Br e ak
ou t t he sc rewdrive r? N ot o n
your life Re ad o n.
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If t he code key o n t he HT
really p roduced A1 tele
graphy t he re might be a
be n efit to keeping its func
tio n a s is, bu t A2 is what
they mak e do with. It may
teach a few kids th e code ,
bu t fo r just abo ut a ny th ing
else, it is wo rthless. The key
s pe a ke r wire going to th e
NC co nt ac ts (when no male
plu g fr om the earphon e is
inserted) to co m ple te th e
s p e a k e r f unc t i on . Th e
ce n te r pin gets th e a ud io
wh en th e p lug is in serted . A
n ew wir e go e s fr om wh er e
t he p ink wire wa s , near th e
strength meter by h ol d ing c a n' t find th e lo ot to have a
th e rad io very stead y, an d h and ie -tal k ie a s we ll. I
ba cki ng off o n l2 a bit to h o p e th i s c an be th e
ge t t he 84 0-kHz inc rease in an swer to y ou r p er sona l
fr equency. Th e FCC su re ly iz ed radio ne ed s. Ge t a
wa s nice w he n it m ov e d pa ir, a nd ge t a friend o n.
the ne w CB HT s right next While on the 49-MHz CB
d oo r to 6 me ters (chuck le  ). band , they ha ve to use t he
Th at 's it - o ne ad justmen t bu ilt-in antenn a (it is nic e

is a s im pl e SPS T leaf switch PTT swi tc h, to th e jac k 's a nd o ne n ew c rys ta l of th e an d short). bu t o nc e t he

fo rmed by a lea f contact in
th e case a nd a co n ta c t o n
th e bo a rd . Fig. 1 includ es in
struc tio ns so yo u ca n fr ee it
up from its to ne fun ct ion
a nd pu t it to good use: to
short out th e vo lume-con
trol po t you just i nst al le d.
Voila We no w have a push
to-receive switc h for f ull
receiver vo lu me, w ith out
having to st a nd fo r th e fu ll 
vo lu me ra c ke t a ll the t ime   whil e working on a n te n na s
W hile I was a t it, I ad d e d
an ea rpho ne jack fo r pe r
so n a l liste ning with t he
transceive r cli p pe d do wn
on my belt. This ma y be
toug h unless yo u ha ve a
f emale c hass is- m o u nt min
iature ph on e plug close to
th e size of mi ne . I sto le
mine from a n ol d po ck et
BC -band rad io, so I ca n' t
really help you wit h p ar t
co m mo n sw itc hing p ole
(not th e c as e o r ground) to
rout e au d i o , du ring r e
ce ive, f rom th e ar e a of t he
PTT sw itc h to eith e r th e
s pe ak e r o r earpho ne . Th is
wa y t he spea ke r op e ra te s
no rmally un t il a n ea rphone
is p lu gg ed in.
Anoth er a d d it io n wa s a
tab-t yp e be lt hook to gi ve
ha nd s-off listening a b il ity
or trotti ng ar o un d h am 
fes ts . It really go es h an d-in
ha nd with th e e arphon e
m o d i f i c a t i o n . Be ve ry
ca ref u l wit h th e m ou n ting
h ardware a nd it s pl ace 
ment , o r y ou w ill e it he r
short o u t o r break th e PC
bo a rd wit h th e uni t a ll
closed up.
The re st of th e mod ifica 
tions really m ak e it a h am
KSS -T8B ty pe . I'm sure t ha t HT s a re mo v ed to 6 m eter s,
a ny of t he cr ystal m anufac  a S/8-wavel ength lo ad ed
tur e rs c a n fix yo u up if you an t en na , o r eve n a o ne- o r
se nd t he o ld c ryst a l a nd the tw o -st a ge t runk -m ounted
sc he matic along . PA, would be le ga l. Now
The re ar e ma n y like me le t' s se e , wh er e ca n I fit in
wh o ha ve ju mp ed a t t he a no t he r ja ck for th e a nten
n ew multi -m o d e sy nthe na co nn ect o r?
s ized rigs fo r 2-met er h om e If yo u ne ed an y he lp,
u s e , p r o b a b ly w it h a jus t se nd an SAS E, bu t thi s
c ry sta l ri g f or th e c a r one is so s imple it should
(unle ss yo u d ra g o ne rig be a ll d on e an d ru nning
back a nd forth), an d jus t before you know it. The
•
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sim ila r jacks I ha ve se e n in a m still wa it ing f or th e

st o res a re jus t to o de ep be pr oper c rysta l to arrive to
hind th e panel to fit. l oo k co m p le t e this one my self.
a round , an d yo u ' re sure to A big ( to o b ig, physically)
r   U TE  C
fi nd so methi ng if y ou wa nt c rys tal wa s tried o n 50.7 •
th e addition ba dly en o ugh MHz in its hu g e ca n-ty pe ••
(a nd I did ). hol de r (HC-6). T he rad i o
It is wired wi th t he pink tun ed right up using a fiel d - _ O lE A. U O . . . .   OVEO
f .O   S, _ . I
f S'O   1,
 1 Remove battery . , OOT
I'
I,
 2 Remove back cover screw. I,
 3 Squeeze lo p and bo tt o m 10 rem ove bac k cover.
, ,,
(4) Remove th e o ne s c rew ho lding t he bo ard in place.  
,-O  ,
 5 Remove and keep th e blue jumper, A-B.
(6) OrilllffiO ho le next to A.
  Solder new 6  leads inl o A and B and d re ss toward th e ba tt e ry
compartment . -
(8) Remove t he brow n lead at C and p la ce i n A   fo ld over and --_ ..
solde r t o A.
 9 Cu i and remove t h e f oi l shown.
(10) Use blue jumper fr o m B to sw i tc h pad X.
 J,
(11) G lu e t he po l in place and co n nect it to th e ad de d lea ds . .. . t   n T H   t ~ E S S I I O A T ~ Y   •• ,
Shorten t n e l ea d s as required. Connect so t h at resi st ance de ..... us  'Of fo p TO SCltE * H E R ~ [   0 ,'
c reases with clockwise rotation of th e po t sc rew. ... . CU E ~ [ 5 ........S   OT S 'DE TO
SCRE   [ O   H   ~ ~ [ I ...  
(12) Dress t h e f o am an d cardboard back over th e po t co n nections
13 Check lo r lead dress cl e ar ance, solder bridges, etc . • ••
(14) Tem po rar il y hook up ba tt e ry an d c heck ou t t ne un it I  I
1 5) Reve rse s teps 1 th rough 4 to re-ass emble.
 16 Push the code butt o n fo r full vo lume.
 lib , •

Fig 1. Volum e co ntrol an d  u sb t  receive m   s 

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50 .7 MH z wa s once more
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gamma-type ro d bui lt right
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ante nn a . We wou ld keep
th e regular cases as spare s
fo r th e first pair of radios .
an d bu ild some kind of
ing w it h en d caps?) around
t he radio, mo u nting th e
w ho le t h ing ri ght on th e an
tenna . We w ou ld t he n ad d
a resistor an d zener in
pla ce of the b at te ry a nd a
sm a ll se t o f r eed relays for
T-R sw itch-over. send ing
th e a u di o , switc h-over co n 
trol , an d power up an d
down a rotor-type cable . I
re ally th in k this us e m e e t s
th e le tt e r. b u t n o t t he spirit.
of t he FCC regulations on
  b uilt-in antenna s. so th e
FCC ca n rel ax 
We are going to 5 0 ]
MHz before we try this
pa rt. 50 m W - w o w Any
on e wh o ca n s ugge st a
means of A ke y ing a one
tr an sisto r rig like this
would find his co mmen t s
welcomed by me , an d if
yo u de c id e to join us on
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m ea ns d ro p me a le tt e r or
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yo u . At le a st it shouldn 't be
a dull y ea r o n 6 meter s. •

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JalTl€ l L Pilttenon D Al C KB  U
P 80 \ I  
AP O N t 09 130
W hy stop at 10 meters? KB5 LF s H y Cain co nve rs io n
w ill take you to VH F j us t as eas ily
ev(.ral ye ,H > of conve rt-
S
m g ell sets to te n meters
make s on e r e al l v a p p r ec i a te
th e built-in ability of t hese
little rigs. Those o i us wh o
are operati ng t horn no w on
singl  sid eb a nd or FM ca n
a tt e st to t hei r stab   ity, sens i-
tivitv . and c lean o utput It
WiI<; for these reason   I be-
ge n evpenmenting with th e
possibility of converting a
CB 10 s  x m eters. Since I had
sev eral Hv-Cain boards o n
ha nd , th at s whet I select ed
for conversion
M y b as ic c ri te ri a to r a
suc c ess f u l conver sion were:
a] Stmpttcuv -. The co n-
ve rsion sho u ld he no mo re
d ifficult th an to len m ete rs.
b) QU<l lity - T h e receive r
should ma i ntain Its original
sensuivitv/selectivitv. addi-
tionally . the tran smitter ou t -
pu t should be very c lean   to six m et ers A M . Sideband-
c) Co st-c l fi rmly believe
a co nve rs ion loses its appea l
w hen the p rice is to o hi gh or
....-hen e xo tic parts are used
and can  t be easilv obtained
Aftf r t he c on ve rs io n \v as
completed , I le i I tbat the cri-
rena had been me t The li t-
22 73  agazin e · February, 1985
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t le rig opt rates beau ti f ullv
o n six meters
M y objectives in writing
this ar ti cle i nclude:
a l Offering specific mfo r
rnat io n to co nvert the H v
C ain boa rd to six m eter s.
b) G iving en o ugh ge ne ra l
inf o rmation to allow yo u to
begin converting th e CB of
your choice
c ln crva sing th e use of
ou r six-mete r band.
I mu st te ll yo u in t he b e-
ginning t hat I wi ll no t d e-
sc ribe t he hook ups required
to make th e board operate
nor specifically detail FMing
t he rig , I ll just refer yo u now
to the ma ny exce llent 73 ar-
ti c l es that hav e d etailed thi s
part o f t he co nv e rs io n. You r
rnam obstacle to six- me ter
operation is moving t he ra
dt o from eleven meters AM
et s. ta ke no t e - I l l n ot
f or get y ou , eithe r You r can-
ve rsion ma y al so be surpns-
mglv simple .
Examine th e ba sic b lock
diag ram of Fig 1 . To move
any CB in frequency , t he
m a ste r f req ue ncy so urce
x
c rystal sy nt hesizer)
Ivco.
m ust be m ade to operate at
a n ew f re qu en cy . W e kn o w
f ro m ou r ten-meter conver
sions t hat we must increase
th e f requ e ncy . The q uestion
i s ho w muc h Keep in mind
t hat. generallv speaking. th e
m aster fr e qu e ncy sou rc e
Ivco . synthesizer) o f mos t
C Bs does no t ch ange fr e
qu e nc y be tween t ransmit
and receive. If we can de ter
mine th e c or rect vco fr e
q ue nc y to inject in to the
fi rst rece ive m ixer. we w i ll
also h a w fo u nd that this
same frequency is u sed fo r
t ransmit.
Refer agai n to Fig. 1 .
1 hree in c omin g frequencies
are sho w n. The f irst is an in
co ming o riginal CH fr equen
cy ; t he seco nd is a 1D meter
FM fr equency ; the third is a
new f requency in th e six-me
te r band . N ot e also t ha t
the se frequencies are in the
ce nt e r of t heir respec ti ve
bands, The f requencies gen
erated by ou r m as te r fre
quency source that mixes
with th e in c omin g signals is
also sho w n. Let  s examine
how the m aster frequ ency is
d et er m ined .
If we examine Fig 1 , we
see t hat a 27.185-M H I signa l
is am p lifie d by on e o r mor e
rf sta g es befo re it is m ixed
with the ma ster fr equency ,
Dur in g the mixin g process,
t he fi r st i- f fr eq u en cy is se
lected. In ou r case. t he f irst
j.f f requency is 10 69 5 M H z.
In almost eve ry case. t he re
ce iv e- mixer ci rcuitry selects
t he difference frequency .
O u r equ ati on :
For t t -m et er o pe ra t   o -
master fr equency
ing f re quency + fi=r stincom
i-f fr e
quen cy = 27.185 MH z +
10 .695 MH = 37 .880 MH z .
For  l u meter o peration
m aster fr equency = 29,600
M Hz + 10 ,695 M Hz =
40 295 M H z.
For e-rneter o peratio n 
master frequ ency = 52.525
MH z + 10.695 M Hz =
63,220 MH z.
The eq uation in a d if f er
en t io r m : mas te r freque nc y
- incoming fr equency =
fi r st i-f frequency ,
If your particular radio
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uses a different i-f frequen cy
(10.7 MHz , 7,8 MH z, et c I
change t he i-f fr eq uen cy in
t he fo rmula and crank ou t
th e new ma ster frequency .
During t he change t o 1 0 FM ,
t he Hv-Catn's vco frequen cy
w as increased about 2.5
MH z , an inc rea se of ap pr ox
ima tely 6% . Th is cha nge is
n o t ex c essive , There is
e no ugh adj ustment range in
th e ci rcui tr y to handle t his
increase in fr eq u ency. Ex
amining th e percent change
fr om 11 to 6 me ters, we f ind
t ha t increasing th e vco fre
qu ency from 37.880 M Hz to
63.220 MHz inv ol ves in
creasing th e freque nc y ap
prox imately 25 MHz . The
percent change in frequen
cy is app roxi mately 67  .
This is as king to o mu ch of
the ci rcuitry . Withou t ma jor
m odif ica t ion to t he vco cir
cuitry, it will n ot operate in
t he 6O-MHz region ,
An y t im e tw o frequencies
are inj ec te d into a m ixer,
many differen t frequencies
are p roduced in the output.
O f speci al imp o rta nc e are
t he sum and t he d ifference
fr equencies. The tuned p or 
t ion of t he mi xer's out p ut
will de termine wh i ch o f
these tw o fre qu encies is em
pha sized, As an ex ample , us
ing Fig, 1, 27.185 MHz and
37.880 M Hz are in je ct ed in
to the fi r st mi xer. The sum of
t hese tw o fr e qu enc ie s is
6506 5 M H z. The differen ce
is 10 ,695 MH z, the frequen
cy of interest. In our case,
th e mixer select s th e diff er
ence frequen cy . The reader
may verify the frequencies
used fo r 'l O me t er operat ion,
Not e t hat in both 1(} and
  -m et er op er at ion , th e
master frequency is higher
t han t he incomi ng frequen
cy; hence t he t er m high side
injec ti o n
There is ano t her f requen
cy that will mix with t he
37.88( } M Hz signal to pr o
du ce the 10 .695-M Hz ou t
put. In th is c as e, a 48.575
MHz signal mi xed with th e
37 880-M Hz signal w il l al so
p r o d u c e t he r e q u i r ed
10,695-MH z i-f out put. Thi s
frequ e nc y is cal led th e im
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age frequenc y and w ill be
detected if allowed to ent er
the m ixer. Fortunatel y, th e
de
p rosigners i nc o r po
per circuitry rated that
beginning
th e an te nna input and in th e
rf amplifier stagets to reje ct
t he im age freq uency. If you
desire, you can determine
t ha t t he image fr equency on
10 m eters falls withi n t he
e-rne te r band .
The pr oblem I had to
solv e w as on what fr equen
cy mu st th e m aster frequen
cy so ur c e o pe rate to receive
a 52.52 5- M Hz signal and
prod uce a 10.695-MHz out 
put. 1 rej ected using th e
63,220 -M Hz fre q ue nc y as
de scribed ab ov e . 1 elected
to run th e ma ster at 41 ,830
M Hz . Again, t he difference
f requency (52.525 M Hz 
41 830 M H z) gives us th e r e
qu ired o ut pu t from th e mix
er. Th is mixin g scheme is
called low side injection be
cause th e frequency of th e
master is lowe r t han t he in
co m ing f reque nc y , Using
41.830 MHz as t he ma ster
f requenc y will allow th e re
ceiv er t o al so dete ct a
31.135-M Hz signal (the im
age frequen cy) if o ur t un ed
c ircuitry at the in pu t w il l al
lo w it to pass. W e will cure
any i ma ge fr eque nc y inter
ference in th is conversion .
The modificatio n to 6 me
ter s of the Hy-Gain vc o is ex
act ly l ike th at required fo r
to met er operation (refer to
Fig. 2). O nly th e 11.8066
MH z crystal need be changed
and th e vc o retuned to oper-
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ate prop e rl y in the 42-M Hz
range. I 'l l br iefly de scribe its
operat ion and th en reco m -
e replacement fo r th e
mend a crvstal.
original
The 10 .240-M Hz osc illa-
to r is fed into pin 3 of t he
Pll0 2 A ch ip, It is i nt e rna ll y
d ivided by 1024 t o give us a
reference freq ue nc y of 10
kH z. Thi s means th at ou r
channel spaci ng will also be
10 k H z. N otice al so th at th e
10 .240-MHz signal is sent to
t he receiver sect io n an d
m ixed w ith the 1069 5-MHz
i-f. result ing in a second i-f
frequency of 455 kH z (10.695
- 10.240 = 455 kHz).
Th e vc o f requency of
37,660 MHz (CB channe l l is
fed to both the receiver and
tr an smitte r sections of the
radi o. Si nce we are dealing
with a Pl.L circuit, th i s fre-
qu ency mu st be fed back to
th e PlL02A chip and com-
pared w it h th e reference tre-
quency  1 0 kHz) to see if any
change in frequency is need-
ed. Since t he PLL 02A has an
uppe r li mi t (at pin 2) of ap-
proximate ly 3 M Hz. some
method of mixing the signal
down to less than 3 M Hz is
needed . This is th e reason
wh y the 11 .8Q60.-MHz o sctl-
lator/tr ip ler is in t he ci rcuit.
In Fig. 2 we see th e
11.8066-MHz f reque nc y b e-
ing t r ip led to 35.4198 MHz .
The t ripling oc c ur s w it hi n
t he circuitry associated w it h
Ql 05 . This f reque n cy is
mixed with the 37.660-M Hz
signal f ro m t he vc o. and th e
differen ce frequen cy of 2.24
~ O€ l £ T R
M ~ ,
M Hz is se lected by th e use
of the l ow -pass filte r (Cl0 8 ,
l101 , etc) . A m ixer buffer
(Q th efollow
l 0 3)
that s todoes
P  02A ensure
no t
load th e ci rcuitry and gives
ad d i t io n a l ga i n to th e
2.24- M Hz signal.
Ass uming th e v ee is o per-
at i ng ex act ly o n 37.660
M Hz , a signal of 2.24 M Hz
wi ll appear on pi n 2 of the
Pll02A. If th e prog ramming
pins (7 th rough 15) on th e
Pl102A are set to d iv id e b y
224. a l (} kH z signal (2.24
M Hz -;- 224 = .010 MHz)
w ill be generated. This is ex-
act ly th e sa me frequency as
t he reference , The sys te m is
said t o be  phase- lo ck ed. If
the vc o t ries to change fr e-
quency o r program mi ng to
th e PU02A changes. t he f re-
qu encies generated internal
to pins 2 and 3 w il l n o longer
be identical . The PlL02A
senses t hi s a nd changes its
out p ut volt age across t he
va racto r di od e (0 101) to
steer t he vc o to a co nd itio n
w here again bo t h signals in-
tema l to pi ns 2 and 3 are 10
kH z . For yo u t hat expert-
m en t, I have found that by
changing cr y stals an d retun-
ing the vco co il (TlOl), I
could lock the loop from
about 28 to 48 M Hz . No t
bad f or th i s li tt l e ci rcu it
1 wanted the mi d-band
f re q ue nc y t o be 52.525
M Hz . o ne of t he simplex
call ing fr equencies fo r 6 m e-
tc r s. I kn ew the vc o would
probab ly be capable o f
m ai nt ai ni ng l oc k over a
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pac i to r is ins ide t he ca n,
T ITO TRANS
n o s mu st be removed and
2H .. ..   .. .. t he c ap acitor lead s clippe d .
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t he c ap ac it or from it s seat
  t , , SS
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that th e lead s are tr immed
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so they do no t touch any
t h ing. Be caref u l u nso ld er
nee -,
, mg t he can o r you may da m
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L _.
--~ l bi t of surgery will be re
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th e pr i mary te rm inals on th e
fo il side o f t he board ,

54D--kHz rang e. Th er e fore. I W hen t he new c rys ta l Receiver Conversion A basic tune-up can no w
subt racted 270 k Hz from (13.1066 M Hz ) arrives. in be accompli shed using th e
Once aga in referring to
52.525 M Hz to gi ve a chan st a ll it in place o f th e recei ve r alignment in struc
Fig. 1, it is seen that on ce th e
nel 1 frequency of 52.255 11 .8066 cr y stal and begin tion s sup p li ed in th e Photo-
si gn al passes th e f irst mixer.
M Hz (Pl l 02A set to di v ide th e vc o alignm e nt. Access fa ct . Do n  t expec t th e re
we are i nt o th e i-f f requen
by 224). The high end f re to a f requency cou nt e r and ce iver to be ext remely sensi
cies, I m ig ht as we l l te ll yo u
qu enc y woul d be at least a go od osci llosco pe are re tive , as we have no t yet co r
now t hat no m od i f ic at ion s
52.795 M Hz . q u ired f or pr oper alig n me nt . rected t he m ajo ri t y o f th e in
are requ ired beyond t he in
If c han ne l 1 wa s to be I w on  t d etail t he vc o a li gn pu t ci rcuit. You w il l get
p ut to t he fi rst m ixer   In sim
52.255 M Hz . m y on ly prob ment pr ocedu re as th is is enough signal through to
pl e language. once t he de
le m w as to decide what cove red in t he Photofact sa tisfy your self that the re
sired signal is into the f irst i-f
cr ystal frequen cy wa s ne c and in many o f th e article s ce iv er is no w o n 6 met er s.
stage. t he r ad io couldn  t te ll
D on  t f or g et to use a mi d
es saryt risuc h that it b
en su is appea o f cain
wo rds ring u ti o73
n .may
A pfere
w yo u if t he original inc o mi ng
fi rst p led and wh
then f requenc y we re 27 M Hz o r
b a nd f requency fo r th e
t racte d f ro m t he vco fre ve nt pro bl e ms: alignment.
t he new 52-M Hz signa l,
q ue ncy. th e d i f f e re nce a) A ll osc illato rs must be The receiver conver sio n
would be 2 ,24 M HI. Using o n f requency. Fig 3 sho ws t he Hy-Cain fo r a d ifferent radio w il l
ou r l ow   st d e - tni e c t i o n b) On so m e of th e bo a rd s in p ut c ircu it ry fr o m th e an cl ose ly para llel t hi s d iscu s
scheme. 52.255 MH L minu s there are tw o po sitions o f tenna th rough the fir st and sio n. A fe w t ip s m ay save
th e vc o frequen cy should th e vc o co il slug that will o n ly rf amplifier stage (mi yo u som e t im e an d ef f ort:
equ al th e 10 .695 i-f frequen gi ve yo u a 1 .5 -v ol t r ea di ng , nu s a fe w p ar t s). If y ou are
a) Perf or m ance -test th e
cy . Wi th sc r a tc h pape r O n ly on e i s correct . If converting a d iffe rent CB, it
C Il p rior to conversion, Re
handy , a qu ic k calcu la t ion yo u  v e selec te d t he w rong w i ll pr obably surprise yo u to
co rd signal lev el s, Be su re
giv es us a channe l one v o o ne. t he vc o w i ll no t t rac k as f in d yo ur in pu t c irc u it ry
these  leve l s exi st after th e
f req uency of 4 .5  M Hz . If t he c hannels are adv a nced. ve ry sim i la r t o th e o ne
converston .
we no w sub t ract 2.24 M Hz O t her radios m ay ex hi b it show n. Di sregard fo r no w a ll
from 41 .560 M H z . we will this sam e problem. th e component s f ro m th e b) You will have to grid
hav e the osc illator frequen- c) Ensure that the vc o antenna connector through d ip th e transf ormer s to f ind
ev in tripled form , Th is su b do e s no t change frequency l109 . We will w or k with th e correct va lu e of c ap aci
traction yields 39.320 MHz. w he n th e t ransmitte r is t hese la te r . Ou r co n cern will tance fo r resonance.
D ividi ng th is by 3 yi el d s th e keyed . be with C154 and th e co il c) Examine th e gene ra l
co rre ct osc i ll at o r f req uency d ) Ensu re th at 1111 is set wh ic h is t he pr im ary of specificat io ns fo r t he tr an
of 13.106{ } M Hz . If you use fo r ma x imum . Mu ch o f t he t ransformer n 0 4 , A grid -dip sistor s in t he fr o nt end o f th e
ano ther division sc hem e or p er form ance depends on it . m et er w il l ve rify t hat t his receiver (Q 114 and Q1 15
elect to cover a different O ne l ast w or d o n Pl l ci r combina tion is reso nant in were qu e stioned in th i s
portion o f th e band , a ll n um - c uits ma y aid t hose o f yo u th e 11-met er ba nd . There is case). H y -Gain used tw o
bers mu st change accord wh o will convert a different enough tuning ra nge in th e tr ansistors wh i ch have a
ingly. An y o f the c rystal radio . If yo u follow th e lo w  p rima ry c o il to tu ne 10 me large bandwidth (Ft) and
manuf a ct u rer s can su pp ly side-in jection scheme. yo u te rs, b ut no t e nough to tune high cu rre nt gain (hi   If yo u
you wi th th e co rr ect c rystal will keep the vc o op e rat ing b m et ers. Cha nging C154 wi ll loo k these up in a t ran
if yo u specify t he mak el near th e o rigina l design f re fr o m 27 p F to 10 pF w il l le t sisto r ma nual. you wi ll see
mo del o f CB and t he o ldl qu e nc y . Thi s gre at ly simpli t his co mb i na t io n resonate in wha t I mean , Ex am ining sev
ne w c rys ta l fr equen ci es. fies t he co nversio n   t he 52-M Hz region . e ra l CB s ch em at ics di d no t
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S76
..., Stoll   .
.  now be install ed go ing from
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22<l or
H2
.1
r
reveal a problem here, bu t
it's worth c hecking.
d) An y time y ou modify
the capacitor values in a
tu ned ci rcuit to change the
resonant f reque nc y , t he va l
ue o f capacita nc e found is
only ap p roximate . You ma y
need to change the value
slightly in th e actual circuit.
Thi s is du e to the dynamic
loading effect when a circuit
is in op e ration.
Transmitter Conversion
Fig , 4 sho ws a block dia
gra m of the Hv-G a tn t ran s
mitt er se c tion. Also shown
ar e th e v co frequ en cies for
both an o riginal C Bfrequen
cy an d a ne w b-m eter fre
qu e ncy . S in ce t he vco is al
r eady o n freq u ency , a ll that
rem ains is to modify th e c ir
cui try fo llowing th e m ixer.
In th e c as e of th e CB fre
quen cy ge nera te d (26.965
MH z ). th e fi lt er (l103. l104 .
an d T102) selects t he differ
ence freque nc y (37.660
10 .695 = 26.965 MHz). After
co nversio n. l1 0 3, l 104. an d
T1 02 will se le ct th e sum fre
q uency (41 .560 + 10 69 5 =
52255 MHz )
Remo ve l1 0 3. l104 . an d
n 0 2 one at a time. Remem
ber which on e go es where so
th e re is no co n fusion whe n
t hey are reinstalled . The fol
low in g st e ps w ill a llow these
cans to se l e c t th e su m
freq uen cy :
a) Rem ov e (124 (1 00 pF).
Remove th e sm a ll ca p a c ito r
int e rna l to l 103 . Reinstall
l 103 and so lder a 33-pF ca 
p acito r across t he same pins
t he o riginal capacito r was
across. o n th e bottom (fo il
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stdel o f t he board. Be sure to
keep th e ca pac ito r l eads
very short. On th is can yo u
may simply place the 3J..
pF capacitor in the C 24
location.
b) Perform step 1 to L104 .
Inst all a 15-pF ca paci to r
ac ross t he proper te rminals
on th e foil sid e o f the bo ard.
c) Perform st e p 1 to n 0 2 .
Inst a ll a 15-pF capac itor a s
in ste ps 1 an d 2.
d) Remove ( 141 (68 p F).
Repl a ce C1 41 wi th a 39-pF
c apacito r. This is requi red to
en ha nc e th e impe d an ce
match into th e ba se of
Q Grid-dipping th e sec
ondary of n 0 2 shows th e
sec o ndary resonan t in th e
55-MHz re g io n (with th e
68-pF ca p).
Next rem ov e T1 03 . If yo u
gla nc e at th e schema tic. you
might wonder why. It wo uld
a p pe a r t h at since re sonating
capacitor C143 (100 pF) isex
ternal to th e can. on e might
just remove it a nd insta ll a
25-p F c ap in its pl ac e . This
will re so n a te th e ca n in th e
52-MHz re gion ; howeve r.
th e tran sformer turns ratio is
no w wrong. Exam ining th e
p rimary a n d s ec o n d a r y
windings of T103 revealed a
b-tu m p rimary an d a 1-turn
seco n da ry. I could have re
wou n d T103 , bu t I had no
wire t hat sm a ll. I used a
'A-inch co il for m using a n
B-turn primary an d a 2-tu rn
secondary . Grid-dip th e pri
mary to find t he amount of
ca pacitance needed to reso
nate at 52.5 M Hz in t he m id
dl e of th e co ils tuning range,
C1 46 (470 pF) is rem o ve d
next . This e n ha nc es t he im-
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IUI
p ed an ce m at ch a t th e ba se
of Q1 12 . Now we a re ready
to modify th e driver an d fi
nat circuitry.
Perform th e fo ll ow ing
ste ps:
a) Re m o ve R20 3 (56 0-
O hm resist or ).
b) Re mo ve C149 (220 pF).
c) Remo ve l106 .
d) Rem ov e C153 (62 pF) ,
e) In st a ll a 68 pF c apac i-
to r in pl ac e of C149 t hat yo u
have just re move d.
f) Examine l106 , We mu st
lo wer its inductance by re
movi ng 2 turns. It looks fac
tory formed . and it is. l o cate
th e low s ide of th e co il. Us
ing a sharp carpet k ni fe or
sim il a r instr ument, you ca n
cu t the wire leg loo se. The
wire can t he n be unw ound .
Rem ove 2 tu rns and fo rm a
new leg for t he co il. As a
guide, t he rea ctan ce of th e
co il should be 25 Ohms at
S2.5 MHz.
g) Re mo ve C151 (100 pF)
an d install a 22o-p F ca p in its
p lace.
h) Rem o ve 11 09 , Rem ove
en o ug h t u rns to give 33
Ohms of reactance at 52.5
MHz . Its inductance should
be .1 uH .
i R e m o v e R1 3 2 (4 7 k
O hms) an d C152 . Rep lace
C152 wit h a 1 5O-pF cap, Re
p lac e R1 32 with a 22- p F ca p.
j) Rem ove l110 Rem o ve
2 t urns. It s ho uld no w have
.1 u H inductance . Reinstall
l110 .
k) Re m o ve C602 on th e
foil side of t he bo a rd (if in
sta lle d), It' s a ttac hed be
tw ee n board ground a nd th e
an te nna side of l11 0 , Re
pl ac e it with a 25- pF c ap.
I Ad d itional f ilt er ing is
needed to d ou bl y e nsure a
cl ea n outpu t. A pi-filter will
poi nt 5A on t he circuit
bo a rd to th e a nt e nna termi
na l. In st all an a irwound coi l
simila r in size to l116 be
tween th e board  S outp ut
t en na c on ne ctor. I use d an
ext ra 11 16 off a broken Hy
Ga in b oa r d and r em oved a ll
b ut 3 t urns. If you fab ric at e
your o wn co il, t he induc
ta nc e shou ld still be .1 ul-i
Inst a ll tw o 25-pF ca p s. On e
should be installed from th e
center o f th e antenn a co n
nector to chassis ground.
The seco nd ca p sho u ld be
insta lle d from eit her p oi nt
5A o r 58 to chassis ground.
m) We are now almost
fini shed . Remove Q112 an d
replace it w ith Q113 . Obtain
a 25C1307 t rans is to r to us e
in th e final . T he or igi nal
Q 1 U (2SC1760) do e s no t
have enough gain in t he
50-MHz ra ng e . If you a re
conve rting a d ifferen t CB,
be su re to c he ck th e perfor
m ance o f t he transistors, Af 
t er compl eting the above
steps. your circuit should
loo k li ke Fig , 5. Notice I did
not sho w RU 9 , l105, l116,
l1 08, e t c. These rem ai n
u nch anged
You ca n now perform th e
alignment o f t he transmitter
using th e step s listed in th e
Ph otofact . As other a utho rs
have said, t he a lignment of
l103, l 10 4, a nd T1 0 2 is
critical
By using single-po le, sin
gle-throw switches to p ro
gram pin s 1 through 15 of
th e Pll02A , you c an e xp ect
at least 1-MHz band co ve r
ag e . My co nversion gave me
ab o ut 1  1 MHz. but th e re c
o m me nded vo ltages wer e
no t foll o w ed a t t he edges of
t he ba nd . The vc o . however ,
remained very stable ov er a
voltage range of .9 to 4.5
vo lts. Average t ran smitter
o u tput averaged 3 Watts
ac ross the band, an d its ou t
pu t is very clea n,
The standard FM te c h
niques ca n no w be a pp lied
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exact ly li ke th e conve rsions penci ls. I am SUf €' th e ci rcuit

to 10 meters.
Several imp rovements can
be added to en hance th e ca
pab i li ty of yo ur conve rs io n:
a} The sta ndard be ll s and
whistles that have been used
with the l D- me t er conve r
sions (Delta-tune. scan, f re
ry presented here can be
improved.
Fo r t ho se o f yo u inte rest
ed in converting an SS B C B,
I rec om mend sta yi ng away
from t hose radios whose V( O
op e rates in t he 19-M H z
range. They can be modi 

quency p rogra mm i ng , wide fiedc.hbu

mo re di co n v er. sio n is
t th e
a udio f ilte r, etc. ). mu fficult Select
KPA51 WATI70CM ATVTRANSMITIER BOARD on e t hat op erates in t he
b) Rep eater o ffset m ay
• A PPLIC AT I ON S ' CoIdle  
po rtable TV cam . . a 10. ' ac es & Ol her puDhc S .,Mc e 3B- M Hz range an d utilizes a
e.ent s,  e m ol e VCA, elc. Rem ot e contr ol of R  a ifplan es O f ol>ols. Show h om e de serve some special m en
.  deo t ap es , co mp u l,, ' p,og rams, r  pe al SS TV 10 l oc al ~ T V e ' OX dep nd S on fa ir ly high f irst i-f. If you d o
sn l en nas and l e ai n I to 40 miles
t io n. I have disco ve red t hat
t h is, yo u ca n be reasonably
• FU   CO LO R VIOEO & SO U NO on or.e small 3.25.4 boa.d
by sw it c hing t ra nsmi t o ff ,
sure it wi ll conve rt. As a bo
• RU N S ON EXT ER NA L 13.8 vee al 300 rna su pply o. bfI 11ery set cr ystals. t could achieve
• TUNE D WI TH ONE CRYSTAL on 4 2 6 2 5. 4 34 O. or 4 39 25 mH I u p to 4() }- kH z offset w ith nus . t he SSB ge ne rating cir
cuitry prior to the transmit
• 2 A UDIO IN PUT S tor a low Z dynamoc an d lone 1e..-el .... d10   PUt lou t>d ,n mos t ou t p ro b lems. If yo u elect
portable color camer  VCRs. o r h o me c o m p u t , m i x e r will r e q u i r e n o
• A P P l I C ATl OIII IIIOT E S & schemahc supphO d lo r Iypocal   .Iern al connecl on ..
to insta ll t he offs et, p lease
mo di f ication .
P < : ~ 8 Q ' ' ' 9 - an< sySlem ape<at,on note t hat a 4OQ- kH z sp lit is
• PRI C E ON L Y S15 9 de l .. . e< I .1lI UPS   ,  a ce ,n lh e USA T echnoc . . n C i a
am at e, , , I , cense or h,ghe'  fKlu ,ed lo r p u chase and o pe.al,on,
no t po ssible a cr oss th e e n Comp letmg t his p roject
t ire ba nd If yo u e xc ee d th e co n f irmed my be li e f th at 50
WH AT IS R ECU IRE D FOR A CO MP LE TE OPE RA TI NG SYS TE M? A TV   ~ w  lh 8
TVC·2 or TVC·4 420-450 mH l tochan ,,13 downconv e.te., 70cm ant enM .an dcoa . f req ue ncy limns o n tra ns MH z is possib le from a CB. I
catJj e to 'eCe ,e. Packa ge up I ' KPA5 , ad d 12 to 14 vdc. anlenna. and any 1 \1
camera. VCR. or compute,   lh a <:<>mP<lSOte vldeo output Somllle. e l i m it or receive, t he vc o w i ll w i ll be happy to answer any
C A LL O A W A I TE F OA OU A CO M P\. £T E CA T A LO G & mo<e into Of ' atv
lo se lo ck . questions concerning th i s
downconverlers. a nt en n as , cemeeas. e le.. 0<   1>0  s on ,n y ou . area
TEAMS: VJaa. Master<:an1 or <:as/< only UPS CO O by l elephc)ne or m ,1   ~
I think yo u w ill find that conver sion if yo u will send
orders & pO$lal M () ........ 1Iy ahopped W.lh,n 2 days. ai l o e r checks musl deal belore m an y o th er u sed CBs oper an SAS E. I'll send my (P C om 
shc>me<>l. T.ansmini ll eQu.pmenl sold pnly 10 locensed amateu s   r .... ,n 19 M . ,
CallDOOl< Calo r ,ndu<le u'&S la . at e usin g th i s sa me sch eme. rne ndatton s on any other CB
(81 8) 4 47 -4 56 5 m -t 8a m -6 p m p st . M any are pr act ic al l y ide n co nversion to 6 m eter s if
t ical I hop e t h is art i cl e y ou will se nd me a c op y of
P.C. ELECTRONICS 2 5 2 2 P ax so n L an e
heat s up so me sol de ri ng the schematic . Let s use ou r
T o m W6 0 RG Mary a nn WB 6Y SS Ar c ad i a CA 9 1 0 0 6
iro ns and sharpens a few six-meter band .

USED EQUIP MENT

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  -7  TR •• • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • 7 ' . 50 MFJ
RV- 7 Yfo . • • • • • •• • • • •• • . • • •  . 00
R ~ A C - S - _ • •• • .• •• • • •• • 36'. 50 94_ - Tuner •••• • • • •• • . • • • • •
CWf·2 CW l l t . r • • • . • • • • •• • •
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1fT-12 00 2  H.T .   1]'.50 TEN-TEC
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KG ·l l 12 Monitor •• •• • •• •• •  .00 26) VFO - CorSllr •••• •• • • • • 125.0 0

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MON·F RI   A M ~ P I I • SAT ,AII·3PII

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Rob McKnight WB FHW

Dave Schmarder W HNJ
  8 Dewey   venue
Buffalo NY

CB Sets on Six

Th e band p ri ma ri ly u se d fo r local con- quency adjust t he oscillator to its proper

tacts is six meters.  t is uncrowded and frequency. The receiver is no w ready to
transmitters with very low power as well as operate.

receivers with modest selectivity are widely 3. Tune up a signal on six meters. In place
used.   ck of a simple station for six, of the present tuning capacitor, if it tunes
however, keeps many otherwise enthusiastic to o great a range, substitute one with a
operators away from this band Having to smaller capacitance or remove several plates
build a converter for the station s present from t he one in th e se t to give less frequency
receiver, and an entirely separate transmitter range. This, however, may no t be desired, as
for six is not very appealing to many one may wish to receive, for example, a
operators. This article has the answer to MARS frequency in which case he would
their p r ob le m It s s u bj ec t is th e conversion rather leave the original tuning capacitor
o f the ordina ry everyday CB se t to six- un touched This finishes the receiver
meter operation. Several advantages make it conversion.
worthwhile: I the s et a lr ea dy has th e basic The transmitter section of the transceiver
transmitter and receiver circuits and thus is is converted as follows:
easy to convert; 2 its transceiver type of There are tw o ways to convert the trans-
operation is conveni ent to local contacts; mitter :
an d 3. i t would make an ideal local vhf net   Leave the original oscillato r in the

monitor you were a CH er turned ham circuit and resonate its output coil to 50
and still ha d the ol d rig hanging around you rnhz. Insert a 5 a m h z o ve r to ne crystal in the
would have th e added bonus o f not having oscillator and you re finished. Overtone
to find a CB se t to convert in th e first place. crystals, however, are more expensive than 8
The major requirement is that yo u obtain mhz ones, and are usually no t used in
a CB set suitable for conversion. By suitable today s six meter rigs, On the other hand,
  mean that it s ho uld b e a tube type rig an d use of an overtone crystal requires on e less
not a transistor one Transistors in the receiver stage in th e completed rig.
work at 27 mhz but they ma y no t work at 2. The second method o f conversion an d
50 mh z . You would save yourself a lo t of
probably the most widely used is the us e o f
trouble by worki ng wi th tubes As fa r as te st
an 8 oscillator tripler stage and a
mh z
equipment goes, a vtvm and a grid dip meter
doubler stage. Refer to the c ir cu it d ia gr am
ar e v er y helpful
fo r details.  mportant  Be careful not to
Conversion leave ou t an y bypass capacitors or an y B
The receiver section of the transceiver is decoupling resistors, otherwise the unit may
converted in the following manner: fail to oscillate, or a stage may no t work
1. T une in to the CB band tune up the   properly An e xtr a tu be is required in this
cans an d get th e se t working satisfactorily circuit, that being th e doubler stage, wh ich ,
2. Resonate the r and mixer coils to 50 as indicated, can be a s ecti on of a 12AX7 or
mhz with the grid di p meter Since th e a section of a 6U8. I n a dd it io n L4 should be
oscillator usually runs above the if fre wound inside o f L for good coupling. Th e

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O S I U   TRIPl..ER OOUB I.ER FINA l.

6 8 H6 OR 6 AU6
2 5 MH , 1 2 12 A   1O R 1/ 26U 8
SOM Hz
12B1'7
  00'

; * , 21 ; :f 27 50 ;
[,.   -,
~
----  
30
U i. a --
-c- I   .l ;j-   S=:,- '0'
0  3 
00<
<
,  
t ao> 2 S  h
 ;:¥
B Mi lz ' ''' t 
iii t oo,
>00
,',
I, , -
MOO UI.ATOR

II
SP OT
1.  -  

,. •
,.
F ig. 1. C ir c ui t d iag ra m o f th e conver ter t ra nsm i t t e r us in g th e 8 m hz osci llat o r -tripler a nd th e
d o u b t e r stage . Co ils L 1, L 3 . L 4 were a lready in th e se t. L 2 w as o b t a i ne d from a n old T V
chassis. T hi s ci r cu i t diag ra m m ay seem a b it incom p lete. b u t s in ce e ve ry CB se t is di f f er ent
t he c irc u i t m u s t be b road e n o u g h to cover a ll m o d e ls. A s a resul t. s o m e ex pe r im e n tat io n w il i

be necessary to de t e rm in e th e p r oper coils to be us ed .

transmitter conversion is n o w c om pl et e . s ta ti on f or six meters. All that remains to be

Tu ne Up done is to hook up t h e a nt en n a and a mike. I
Procedure: I. Hook a No. 47 p il ot l am p might add that there is really no need to
have to switch th e beam from t he big six
on t he a nt en na j ac k or terminals.
  Set each co il for t he approximate
meter rig, t ha t is if yo u have o ne; th e set go t
frequency indicated on the circ ui t diagram. o ut q u it e well on a simple d ipole m ount ed
3. Make sure th e oscillator is functioning on a stick of board. The total cost of
p ro pe rl y. T his ca n be determined by lis converting th e rig was nothing, as all the
necessary extra parts were available from t he
tening to the signal in a nearby receiver. If shack ju nk b ox. So if yo u want to have so me
there is a spot switch on th e set it can be
used to listen to the oscillator in the fun on the band which is beco ming more
transceiver's receiver. po p ular every day, t ry this simple con
4. Pu t th e   probe of th e vtvm on th e version; you ll be glad yo u did
grid o f t he d ou bl er stage, an d tune Ll for . . . WB2FHW   WA2H NJ
maximum   indication on th e mete r (maxi
mu m pointer deflection). If an   probe is
no t available, pu t on e end of a I N34 or an oscillotortrnonitor
• ud i l. hMl. ho lI Io ..i hor
equivalent diode on the end o f th e vtvm s de 11 1

th. RF oJ .   1 cw tr ....  ,it t . r fro ,

(,
probe, an d touch the free en d o f th e diode 10.i..,
u ho I ..k.. a ,.ic....,
M . Otlly 10 0 k c. to n .. . . e.
.. t. 1000M
to th e circuit to be measured. • u n IN • • IJ-tritt .reel lo r cod.
p r . m e . 01 U l. k et i. . , oJ . .lid
5. Place th e   probe on the grid o f th e .t.tt. compo. . . nts .n d circ..its .
• . i d. in tun; , .., ( , t . d ; .., RF
final, and tune L2 for maxim um   indica . .a ll o r  r 4 powe r eire.. its .
• ,. t r . n .i d o r, 2 diode circ.. it .
tion.   '.   . ton• • dj.. . t . AA , e nc . n ,
I •• d. , a' .n t., { ,. , nw c ...... .   95 c_
6. Place the loading capacitor at mini
 .Ut.  
'U 
  , le h ,
• n ~j i. 16 cl• . , pp d .... a c.n.
mu m capacitance, and tun e th e plate tuning   i .. d . I..min..m, 3 . _ 2.3 _ 1.2   . e n d a d  - c k Ot m. e .
US - . I . ( , t ... , . nw M fw I  l M r . b y m a ll on l y
capacito r for maximum brilliance o f th e No.
Ja mes Research company ,d ep't: A R -M
4 7 pilot lam p previously hooked up. In 20 Willits R o ad , G le n C ov e, NY 11542
crease the loading by increasing th e capac
itance of the loading capacitor, an d then dip
the current using t he plate tu n ing capacitor.
7. I f a n o ve rt on e crystal is used instead of
V  I B R 0 P L EX
th e 8 mh z oscillator-tripier, t he t r an sm it te r ENJ O Y EASY,
RESTFUL KEYING
s ho uld be tuned by re sonating th e oscillator 5 2 0. 9 5 t o 543.95
THE VI IROPLEX
plate coil to 50 mhz. Th e rest of t he t un in g CO . , INC .
is done as described above. 833 Broadway ,
N .Y . , N .Y . 1 0 00 3
You now have a complete low power

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Ra y mo n d Barnum WA4 M FT

H e re is a plan to use CB
rigs on 10 fo r a wo rt h -
while purpose . If a large num
Homer GA   54 7

ber o f amateurs go fo r the

idea an d equi p t hemse lves
wit h a co nverted CB rig the
result could be a real feather
in t he ham s ca p.
My plan ca lls fo r t he co n 
vers io n of t he so-called

A t Last
 synthesized 23 channe l rigs
to operate with 23 c hannels
on 10. T hes e channels wou ld
have uses des ignated fo r t he m
as depicted in th e acco m
panying chart. Rag c hewing,
DX, an d rou tine ne t op era
ti o n would be possible w it h
this system, but th e re a l value
of it would be seen in a 1 m B a n d Plan
communications emergency .
Where th e Citize ns Ban d

could be expected
most useless
to be al
in a real e me r
gency du e to th e immense
numbers of un disci pline d o p
erators th at inha bi t its chan
nels, the training and disci
pline o f hams could be ex - requires     radio
pec ted to yie ld a very ef
fec tive local communications
system . Because of th e fairly
low expense involved (com
pared, say, to 23 channels of can be found by consulting t he receiver and t ransrr utu ng lar schematic and should give
coverage on th e six or tw o the schematic or by looking circ uits must be peaked for t he same r esul t, t hough I have

meter abands), therewho ld be

shouwou
quite few hams
provide t hemselves with t he
capabil ity to participate in
the system.
The rigs themse lves are al
most ideal for th is use; they
are small, light, all solid state,
and made to op erate on 12 to
14 V de. Most have noise
limiter circuits and are very
adeq uate receivers. Con
version for t he pl an presented
here can be accomplished in
one evening for around t hirty
dollars (the cost of six new
crystals). To make the con
version, o ne needs a sche
matic (usually supplied wi t h
the rig), a so ldering iron fo r
sma   work, and t he ability to
iden tify and work with basic
electronic components. Most
hams are so equipped.
The conversio n invo lves
changing 6 crystals in t he rig.
These crysta ls are in the 37
MH z range; each is to be
replace d by a crystal whose
frequency is exactly 2 MHz
higher. The exact frequenc ies
at
rig.the igi nal
T heorrep crysta ls can
lacements in t he
be best
ou sensi
t; my Radtivity an d Mini
io Shack power
23 no t tried
ficul ty, conit.tact
If yo
anuot have dif
her ham
ld
o rd er ed f rom a man uf actu rer req uired no ot her changes. who has had some successful
l ike In te rnat io nal Crystal. My ot her CB rig (Royal ex perience modify in g com
Once th e changes are made, Soun d Model 336) has a si mi me rci al gear. The detailed
con version of a variet y of
t hese rigs is be yo nd t he sco pe
Channel Fr equency Proposed Use of th is article,
1 28.965 Calli ng   Dis tress
The purpose of t h is art icle
2 28.975 Emergency T raffic is to pro pose a way in which
3 28.985 Emergency Traffic conve rt ed CB ri gs can be used
4 29.005 N on one of t he ham bands th at
5 29 .0 15 N
is apparently under-used and
s 29 .02 5 N
7 29.035 Local R ag Che w in danger o f being lost to
8 29.055 Loc al Rag Che w amateurs, The idea has po 
9 29 .06 5 Lo cal Rag Che w tential, bu t is obvious ly not
10 29.075 L ocal R ag Chew
com pletely worked ou t If
12
13
29.08 5
29.105
29. 1 15
Local or OX R ag Che w
L oc al or OX R ag Chew
Local or OX Rag Ch ew
you have ob jections to t his
pro po sal or suggestions o n
14 29. 125 Local or OX Rag Ch ew how a better system can be
15 29. 135 Local or O X Rag Che w set up , by a   means put t hem
  29 . 155 Local Of O X Rag Chew
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on paper and send them to
18 29. 175 L oc al or O X Rag Che w either t he e dit or or myself.
19 29. 185 Local or OX Rag Che w Certainly t he establishment
20 29.205 O X Only Short Co ntact of such a pub lic service or i-
21 29 .215 OX O n l y . Sho r t Contact ented co mmunications sys
22 29.225 O X Onl y, S hort C ontac t
23 29.255 OX Only Short Contact tem wou ld attract favorab le
press cove rage and t he ama
teur s use of the rf s pect rum
Table 1. Channels 7 through 79 c ou ld be p re em pted fo r wou ld be given added justifi 
emergency ne t traffic should the need   rise cation. -
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Dennis P. Bryan W 5 Q W Y I0
56   2 W  66 St
Ed ina MN 55 43 5

  SIX M E T E R

TRANSCEIVER
[rom   us ed Cl r

h e manufa cturer s of   tran sceivers Figure 1A is a blo ck di agram o f th e

have be en fl ooding th e market fo r Comstat 19 an d a t te s ts to its sim p li city . Th e
years an d as a result have cre ate d a mec ca of receiver sec tion co nsis ts of a 6BZ6 rf ampli 
used gear that can be bought for a song . Th e fier , 6 GH 8 oscill at o r /mixer 6 BJ 6 45 5 kH z
radio amat eur with a little inn ovation , i-f a mplifier, 6T 8 d et ect o r an d fir st audio
imagination an d b ench work can easily amplifier an d a 6A Q 5 as a udio ou t p u t . Th e
convert th ese CB transceivers in t o six meter 6AQ5 al so serves as th e m odulator when
rigs that will give a go od account of th em tran smittin g.
selves by an yb od y s stand ar ds.
Interest ed ? Well, h ere is on e wa y to do it Th e receiver osc ill at or freque nc y is d eter 
mined eith er by th e main tun in g ca pa ci t o r or
I chose ay ett e
Co mst at 19 as a stguin
- fir eau se
b eca pigit th
is ea sim
Lafp le rig b y a crystal, whi ch ev er m od e is selected. Th e
and se cond it is c heap. receiver osc illator tun es 45 5 kH z below th e

W5 Q W Y s con ver te d Co m stat 1 9.

M A R C H  9 7
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  DET-AUD
R F AM P CO NII AUD OUTPUt
f  8 6G H8 68 J6 n. MODULATOR

SPItIl

REO osc
;
GH
 

It F  M P cursvr I T AL os c  
l e ...  P

6 .8
  60\.8 12AX7..
.oe

 ig l riginal circuit 

in c oming signal to pr od u ce th e 45 5 kH z i-f. Generally speaking, th e m ore o f th ese

There is provision to select up to ni n e improvements th e basic en transceiver ha s,
receive and transmit crystal frequencie s. th e ea sier th e conversion jo b. F or ins tance if
Th e tr an smitt er co nsists o f th e tri od e the CB tran sceiv er ha s eit he r a 165 0 kH z i-f
sec tion of a 6 A W8 as an overt on e c rystal o r is d ouble conversion then it will on ly be
osc illa to r fo llowed by t he pentode sec tion as necessar y t o add a co nversion s ta ge t o ta ke
an rf a mplifier . Th e micr ophon e o utput is the 50 MH z signa l d own t o th e 27 MH z CB
amplified by the 12A X7 and modulat es th e frequ en cy and to co nvert th e tr an smitt er fo r
pentod e sec tion o f th e 6AW8 thru th e 50 MH z o utput.
6 AQ 5. Note that no antenn a rel ay is used .
Th e ant en n a is c onne ct ed to both th e C om st at 1 9 Modification
receiver rf amplifier and transmitter rf out The big drawba ck with th e Co ms t at 19
put at th e sa me tim e. is the si ngle i-f st a ge o perating at 45 5 kH z
which gives po or image reje ct i on even at en
As I said be fore , this is a simple and fr eq u encies. Th e fir st co nversion a tt e mpt
ch ea p but salvageable CB tran sceiv er . On co nsis te d of mer el y a d di ng a 6 U8 50 MHz rf
m ore e x pe nsive un its you ca n ex pec t to find a mplifier and mixer d own to 27 MH z.
suc h imp rove me n ts as d oubl e co nversio n, How ever th e image signal was abo ut half as
mu lt ipl e i-f st a ges o r a h igher (16 50 k Hz i-f st ro ng as th e pr im ar y signa l. Su ch pe rf o r
fr eq uen cy , m or e crysta l posit i on s an d relay ma n ce was t ot ally un ac cept able an d it was
send /r e ceive control t o name a few . de cided t o c han ge th e i-f frequen cy to 16 50

R F AMP I ST CONY 2 NO CONY I ST IF 2 .. 0 IF OE T, AUO

 2 6U8

,
12; 8 U8 6 GH8 12 BA 6 6 8J 6
 

REC OSC AUO OUTPUT MI C   P

I MODUL ATOR
12 6 GH 8 AQ 5 1241l1 A
SPIl R .  

I
Rf AMP Il TAL OSC
OUTP UT
2 6Awe 12 e s w e

  ig  J B. Mo d ifie d cir cu it  

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•
 
•
•

Top chassis view  Note th e location s o f the additional i f s tage   2BA6 an d transformer TK The AWB
was relocated on an aluminum plate in the upper right co rn er o f the chassis wh e re the original array o f
receive transmit c ry s tal s oc kets and switch used to be 

kHz. Thi s did the trick as th e image was n ow The transmitter lineup is basically the
ba rely perceptible   same that is an o ve rto ne oscillat or   no w
o per at ing at 50 Mllz fo llowed by a rf
Figure 1B is a blo ck dia gram o f th e
amplifier . The locati on o f the transmitter
converted Comstat 19  A 6U 8 rf amplifi er /
se c t io n was co mpletely changed to acc om m o-
mixer replaces the o rigin  l 6BZ 6 . Th e input
date sho rter rf leads bett er curren   paths 
an d output tuned ci rcuit s o f th e 6U 8 are
and make room for th e transmit /receive
stagger tu ned to give a nat r sponse between
r lay and out put t uned circuit .
50 0 a nd 5 1 0 MHz The o u tput o f th e 6U 8
co nv erter is 25  82 5 MHz fo r a 50  0   z
Destr uction
signal an d 26 325 MHz fo r a 51 0 MHz Th e first step in making the modificati on
signal. Th e 6GH 8 inje ct i on os c illator tune s
24  175 to 24  675 MHz to produ ce an i f is the rem oval o f parts o r sec t ions o f the
freque nc y of 1650 kH z over the range o f transceiver that will be c ha nged . Th e follow -
50 0 to 5 1 0 MHz  Using a commo n inje c- ing list will serve as a guide f or co mpo nent
removals. However it is recommended th at
tion os c illator fo r the first and second
the o riginal wiring diagram that came with
co nverto rs eliminates the nece ssity o f adding
the transceiver as well as Figs. 2 and 3 be
another tube. Note h owever that it only
studied th oroughly to mak e sure y ou u nder-
takes a swing o f 500 kH z o f th e osc illa to r to
stand exactly what must be rem oved be fore
tu ne 1   z o f th e six m eter b and  

beginning
Save all the components that are removed
Fo llowing the 6GH8 seco nd converter are
tw o kHz i f amplifier stages Th e
1650 as many o f them will be reused .
12BA6 i f am p lifier was added to ma k e up Remove .  
for the gain lo st when co nverting fr om th e 1. Bot h e nds o f all co m po ne n ts m ounted o n
45 5 kH z i f frequen cy   Th e rest o f th e th e 6 AW8 socket
r ceiver sectio n is left uncha nged . 2  Th e 6A W8 soc ket

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3. Th e PI  output co il capaci tors and brack  I. Enlarge t he o ld 6BZ6 socket hole to

et .
4 . The c rystal selector sw itc h and crystal
socket assembl y
5. T he wires to th e front panel XTAL/TUNE
switch.
6. The front panel cr y stal sockets.
7 . Both ends o f all components mounted on
th e 6BZ6 soc ke t up to th e 10  l
connected to pin 2 of th e 6GII8.
8 . The 6BZ6 so cket.
9. All of th e co mpo nen ts in th e re ceiver. and th e fr ont panel fo r th e 12BA6 first i f
oscillator tuned circuit up to the 2 j
capacitor that goes to pin 9 of th e 6GH8.
The main tuning control  V CT sho uld be
left mount ed .
10. i f tran sformers TI and T 2 should be
removed and the inside form and windings
discarded . The Miller tran sf ormers s ho uld be
inserted into the original can s and these in
turn remounted. The Miller transformers  re
just th e right size ca n and all   to
original cans . For what it is w or th this will
provide double shielding o n these tw o trans
formers.
Construction - Receiver Section
Refer to th e photogr aphs to help identify
the components and location s.
acce pt a nine pin shie ld base socke t for the
6 U8 . Orient the so c ke t so that pin s two and
three are c losest to the ante nna co ax so cket.
Drill holes to mount L an d L3. L2 should
be mounted close to pin 2 and L close to
pin 8 of th e 6U 8 .
2.   ke su re all underchassis co mponents
capaci to r
are moved o ut of th e way bef ore d oi ng th ese
next steps.
3. Drill a hole for a 7 pin soc ket betwe en TI
amplifier.
4. Drill a hole for th e additi onal i f trans-
form er  TX betw een V4 an d th e front
panel. This t r nsformer is easiest m ounted
by drilling one lar ge hole and using th e
special mountin g plate supplied with the
transformer.
fit into th e
Construction - Transmitter Section
I . Cu t a piece o f . I 6 cm th i ck aluminum to
co ver the rectangular space left from the
rem ov al o f the crystal socket asse mbly.
Mou n t the transmitter co mponents o n the
plate as s ho wn in the to p vie w ph ot ograph.
Holes are drill ed in th e plate to mount it to
the chassis in the same position that was

Bottom chassis view  Note the rocanons   ;2 C3 R Y 1 an d RFC I 2   s that are grouped around the
 AW socket near the le n en d o f the chassis 

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used t o mount th e o riginal crysta l socket th e o ther en d seve ral time s ar ound pi n 2 of
asse mbly. t he 6G H8.
2. Mo unt th e o u t p u t in d icator meter o n t he Th e I M[2 resistor in series with th e
fr ont panel. When makin g th e h ole where s po t switch limits th e oscillator o u t p u t
th e ol d ex te rnal receiver-tr an smitt er socke ts pr eventin g overloading th e receiver while
wer e mount ed ) m ak e sure it is hi gh e noug h spott ing . Diod e D I allows vo ltage to be

to allow th e slide switc h t o be reinstalled app lied to th e oscillator b u t n ot th e ampli

be lo w th e m et er. fi er while s po tt ing.
T h e o nly real imp ortan t thin g to ke ep in
m in d wh ile d oi n g th e wir ing is to ke ep all rf
Wiring lead s and bypa ss leads as sho rt as po ssible .
Th e he ater circ uits s ho uld be th e first No te th at th e seco ndary o f TI which was
circui ts rewir ed . It  s a l o t easie r t o d o b efore origina lly wir ed to V4 is rewired to the ne w
th e b ott om of th e chassis gets cluttered with first i-f amplifier - th e 12BA6 .
circuit co mpo nents. Th e he at er circuit
s ho wn in Fig. 2 s ho uld be fo llowed closely Operation

since t he or igina l wir in g did n ot fully agree Since mo st of the six met er act ivit y in
with th e diagr am supplied wit h th e set. th i s are a is co nf ined to th e first I MH z o f th e
T he origina l winding o n L5, L6 an d L7 b an d an d since o nly th e receiver o scillator is
mu st be removed an d re wo u nd per Figs. 2 t uned it was decid ed t o lim it th e tuning
and 3 . ra nge from 50. 0 to 5 1.0 Mllz.
Th e d c pow er so urce par ts fo r th e sen d T I , T X, and T2 are tu n ed f or m ax im um
receive relay are mounted o n sp are t er mi na l resp on se at th e i-f fr equen cy . L2, L3 an d L5
strip lugs in th e p ow er sup ply sec tion o f th e are tun ed for ma ximum even re spon se be
t ransceiver. tw ee n 5 0 0 and 5 1.0 MH z. I t was found that
Th e co nver ter osc illa to r injec ti o n signal is tu n ing L2 t ow ards 5 0 0 MHz an d L3
co u ple d t o th e 6U 8 by so ld e ri ng a n in sulated towa rd s 5 1.0 MHz gave t he best uniform
piece of ho o ku p wire to pi n 9 and t wisting sta ble o peration.

TO LI
I,
2
SA WS TW  Iz S AW8 001
FIG 3
VI - A
r -   - H- -- VI -S , rr
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RYI- 2

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2

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::   ~ -- - - --

  X T RFC3 1 _

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OF F   i
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sr - { V6 \ , V4 \

J7 f:;_ _ _ f_/_ z ~   >

GH8
,  l
AQ15

ST 8 S8 JS SAWS PT T IN IC

Fi g   2. Tr an s m i t ter fil am e nt   c o n t r ol

MA RCH 1974
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TO RYI -2 § 6US -A , 6 U8 -B
s
12 B A 6 6B J6
- -,,
FIG 2
a , Tt / : :: 2
TX t  Y 4 \

~ 4 ~
-   I
\  

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r , '
r - 
  ~ 1

00'

;  
2
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1
L

.001 20 K
 0

 
' ')'h
lOOK  INE
2.2K
I 6GH8lV38

,
IME G ,.

 
-
L1 r
2.20

Fig. 3. Receiver. Resistors ar e in ohms r W except : K=1000 M=Megohm. Capacitors are in

picofarads decimal values  r microfarads unless specified otherwise . Only parts not contained in the
original unit are listed. LI - 3 turns No. 22 insulated hook-up wire over th e cold en d o f L2 . L2 - 10
t urns No. 32 enameled, close wound,   in. slug tuned form Miller No. 4500 . L3 - 12 turns No . 32
enameled close wound,   in. slug tuned form Miller No . 4500. L4 - 2 turns No . 22 insulated hook-u p
wire over cold en d o f L3. L5 - 18 t ur ns N o. 26 enameled close wound,   in . slug tuned form (use
original form). L6 - 7 turns No. 26 enamel, close wound,   in. slug tuned form (use original form .
TI T2 TX - 1650 kH z i f tran sformer, Miller No. 1732. VC T - original main tuning capacitor.
CI - 5 to 25 fJJ l NPO Ceramic trimmer capacitor. LX - Original receiver oscillator plate coil   left
unchanged. TW - Twisted wire coupling capacitors.

Th e oscillator tuning range is set by ends o f t hese tw o wires ar e twisted tog et h er

adjusting Cl and L6 . Increasing the value of enough to obtain stable amplifier operation.
Cl will increase th e t un in g range obtainable Any excess wire mu st be trimmed of f after
by   v c r th e main t un in g c on tr ol . Once neutralizati on is c ompleted . A final test fo r
th e t un in g range has been set th e dial ca n be stability can be made by removing th e
marked and calibrated . Th e old markings ca n crystal from th e so cket and running th e
be removed by using a fine grade sandpaper. amplifier 25 pF capacitor thru its range. If
The new markings, in 20 0 kHz increments , th e amplifier goes into os cillation .t hen it is
were added using Datak dr y transfer decals. not properly neutralized .
Th e transmitter output is peaked by As a final t ouch , since th e transceiver had
adjusting the slug in L7 . Th e output circuit seen rough CB handling, t he f ro nt p anel was
is a conv enti on al Pi-tank an d is tuned fo r repainted and lett ered using Datak lett er sets
maximum output indication on MI. If M1 making control label changes as appropriate .
needle pins a suitable dropping resistor can Although th i s co n ve rsio n was mad e to a
be in se rt ed between Ml an d th e 56 K resis Corns ta t 19 th e general principles can be
tor . used on oth er CB tran sceivers. With a mini
Th e neutralizing capacitor  T W consists mu m o f cash outlay , depending on th e size
of two pieces o f insulated hook-up wire. Th e o f your junk box, you can end up with a
end of on e wire connects to pin 9 o f th e pr etty good signal on six meter s.
6A W8 . The end o f th e other wire conne ct s
to the junction o f RF C2 and L7 . Th e free .. .W5QWY

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85 S ta nf or d Ave nue
Sen te SU50na, C alifornia
A Quick
and Simple
Mobile  ig
 onversion   a
D
ISCUSSIO N still rages a b o u t th e Class D
c it iz en s b an d, and since we ai n t ma d a t
nobody we ar en t taking any sides  u t it s
true t h a t many persons are g et ti ng a n intro
duction to radio communication through
activity, and some of them are becomi ng hams.
Naturally, since ham-type operation is pro
hibited on 27 mc, they find they have an item
o f e qu ip me nt which is unusable in their ham
efforts.
Change of subject brieflv. w i t h sunspots
on th e rapid wane and the lo w expected some
time early in 1964, th e higher-frequency bands
are going to become as dead as th e V H F
regions are now. Th e DX chasers are going
to be forced to come down to 40 an d 80, thus
c ro wd in g t he rag-chew gang an d th e mobiles
to other bands.
Th e conversion procedure described here
provides one answer to both the situations
mentioned above. F or t he C Be r- tu rn ed -ham,
it s a wa y to use h is e xi st in g equipment. Fo r
th e m obi le er c ro wd ed off the high en d of 75,
it s a f ast wa y to get on another band which
won t be so crowded.
The starting point is a CB transceiver in
wo rkin g o rd er .  V e used an
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 r
itizens and Unit
KB.1, but similar principles apply to al l o f
them an d we ll take some time to show a fe w
direct applications to other rigs.
Like many other e B rigs, th e KB-1 is a
en superhet receiver combined with a 5-watt
plate-input transmitter. Power supply and
au dio are shared by both t r a nsmitter a nd re 
ceiver. Th e conversion to ham-band usage
consists of tw o steps: c on ve rt in g t he receiver,
an d converting th e tran smitter.
Before we s t a r t converting, though, let s
pick th e band we re going to use. In this con 
version, we re moving to 20 meters, on t he
assumption t hat 20 will be dead fo r DX with in
a year. Sim i lar p ro ce du re s w ou ld be used to
go to any other band desired.
The K B-1 rece iver is a double conversion
type, with a crystal -controlled-converter a s
sembly feeding a tunable   strip. This part
of th e conversion is s im pl ic it y i ts el f, since
In te rn ational makes converter boards fo r th e
KB - 1 coveri ng 20, 15, 10, an d 6 met er s i n
a d di t ion t o th e OB board. Ju st ge t t he re 
pl aceme nt board, remove th e original   u n
solderi ng seven c onne c tions , r e pla ce it with
th e ne w one, an d reconnect th e seven lea ds.
Int ern at ion al Receiver conver sion is no w complete.
The tran smitter board of the KB-1 consists
of one printed circu i t board , bearing a crystal ,
t wo coils, some resistors a nd ca paci tors , a nd
a 6A US tube. As s hipped fr o m t he factory,
t he board is pre-tuned fo r operation a t crystal
fr equency into a 52-ohm load a t a power
input of 5 watts.
F or most efficient operation, some surgery
wa s r eq ui red o n th e 20-meter board installed
he re . Values of tw o resistors a nd one capaci 
to r were changed, a nd three tu r ns wer e re 
mo ved from the p late wi nd in g of coil L2.
Power output was raised fro m less t ha n a
w a t t to about 1.5 watts a t th e sa me input,
and linearity of modulat ion wa s increased
greatly. Th e changes are shown in detail on
th e schema ti c diagram. Since they will prob-
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ably improve operat ion of th e 15, 10, an d 6

meter tran smitter boards a s well, let' s ex
amine th e r ea soning behind th e changes.
Capacitor C4 was increa se d in value to im 
prove th e Q of th e output tank ci rc ui t; i f an
antenna of other than 50 oh m s impedance is
used, it might be well to leave C4 unchanged .
The coil change increased output by mcreas
in g coil Q for the same amount of c p ~ i ~ n c e
Resistors R l an d R3 were both or-iginally
47 K o hm s, s in ce in CB service th e K B · l out
put stage is operated as a frequency d o u ~ l e r
In th is typ e of o pe ra ti on , h ig h bias {obtained
from large g ri d r es is to rs) is essential to ge t
an y kind of efficiency in th e doubling proces s.
However , when th e unit is operated straight .
through a crystal f req uen cy , b ot h re si stors
through over he California kilowatts .   ~ -
m ust be reduced to 15K ohms to in crease th e
ever when the activity drops off a bit this
tube's conduction angle an d th u s improve
unit' should give an effective to-mile working
power output.
radius, a de qu at e f or local m o b i l i ~ g .
On e other change is made in the trans Th e receiver, rated a t 0.2 microvolt sensr
m i tt er-board i nst all ati on. Originally, the blue
tivity, is on e of the h o t t ~ s t this writer has
lead of combination modulation-output trans
ever seen on 20. Its selectivity (10 kc a t   3
former T 1 s up pl ie d m od ul at ed B + to the final.
db ) could stand improvement, b ut when th e
Tests showed t h a t th e m is ma tc h i nt ro du ce d t o
band is r el at iv el y q u ie t this unit digs in and
th e t ra n sf o rm e r r esulted in less effective mod
pulls th e weak ones through. Even under
ulation than if Heising-type constant-current
marginal conditions, if th e sig na l is present
modulation were u sed. Th erefore, th e blue
a t al l this receiver will make Q5 copy ou t
lead is left di sconnected (tape the end to pre
of it. The squelch tak es a couple of micro
vent shorts) and the final B + (eyelet 5) is
v ol ts t o operat e, m aki ng it a bit of a luxury on
connected to the plate of th e 6AQ5 (brown
20 bu t when signals are strong enough to
lead to t r a n sformer). The re sulting modula
trigger it properly i t works just like th e
tion level i s a p pr o xi ma te ly 30 percent higher

than before, fo r the same audio input.
Physical installation of th e modified trans
rr.: .. tcr bo ard is a bit tricky. First remove the
speaker and the 6A US tube. Then, with
plenty of patience, remove th e four attach
nuts. A t this p o in t, u n so l de r the five connec
tions (eyelet 2 is blank) to the board an d lift
th e b oa rd f re e. In stall the ne w board, tight en
th e four nuts, and resolder th e five c on ne c
tions, being sure to modify th e final B + con
nection as d es cr ib ed a bo ve. Replace th e tube,
and finally mount th e speaker back in place.
This completes the conver sion, and you're
ready to go on t he a ir . Keep in mind t h a t 1
watts of output into the antenna isn't much
on 20 a t th e moment, an d don't expect to slam
lA u
book says.
arlier we said we'd show direct applica
tions of this gimmick to other CB rigs. The
modified KB-l transm itter board (designated
as unit D) is available from I n t e r n a t i ~ n a l
and may be used to replace th e tran smitter
section of an y CB rig which operates a t 250
300 volts on the plates. The receiver boards
are only a pplica ble to double-conversion super
hets with a s-mc tunable   though.
 f your CB rig u se s single conversion, or is
a s up er re ge n, th e be s t be t is. to r e t u n ~ t ~ e
front en d an d oscillator. USIng a gr-id-dip
meter, remove turns from th e appropriate
coils until th e si gnal-frequency ci rcuit s tune
to the ham band yo u w a n t and the oscillator
tank c ir cu it t un es to the ham frequency plus
lAu
th e amount of the if In other words, to tune
• 20 meters adjust si gnal-frequency ci rcui ts to
  -- • cover 14.2 to 14.35 mc an d th e o sc il la to r c ir 
,
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cuit   i f your   is 455 kc ) to conver 14.655
to 14.9 me.
Since th e CB rigs do not include circuitry,
an d addition of a BFO would play havoc with

 D: th e noise limiter and squelch, modification to

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  =,  
cover C' V bands or to receive SS B is not too
es c ....0   CAn,- ro   U
practical. However, for low-power AM use,
1+ n 8 f T
su ch a conversion makes a quick an d simple
Conversion to 20M: Change RI to 15K R3 to
15K C4 from 36 mmfd (not 5 as marked) fo mobile rig. The only thing l ac ki ng i s p o w e r 
51 mmfd, an d remove three turns from 12 an d we're working on that. Look for a later
primary. A 14.250 kc crydal will put you in th e a rt ic le o n a 50-watt outboard amplifier fo r the
AM part of th e phone band. c onve rte d c itiz ens bander. . • • K5JK.X / 6

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