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".141 JUNE 1972 _
FEATURES• CONTENTS
2 Amat eur Radio Newspeqe 1 7 Six Ele me n ts o n T we nty Meters VE 3GEJ
6 Re peat er Up d at e E liminate QRM .
6 Social Event s 21 Slo w Sca n Televi sio n G5 ZT
7 H ot Gear Basics.
7 Wit h the FCC 2 7 Beaming the Ve rt ical Antenna W6AJ E
8 Never Say D ie W2NS DI1 O n the low ba nds .
10 MA RS 36 Active F ilter Design an d Use K3PUR
11 New Pr od ucts All ki nds o f f ilter s Pa rt I .
11 Novice Co lum n 45 Antenna Pa rt y W0 BMW
12 SST V Scene Si mp li fied e rec t io n .
12 50 MH zBand 5 1 Radio Ast ronomy for A mateurs (Pa rt II ) W4 Z BE
13 Microwaves Projects for a mateu rs to tackle .
13 Letter s 6 1 Pat entin g Your Invent ion Henry Hunter
16 Cavea t Emptor Wh y not . _ . w hy?
160 Propagati on 6 7 20 dB "Bea ms K1CL L
160 A dver t ise r Index Design a nd co nst r uct ion o f VH F ant e n nas.
STA FF 75 Convertin g the Progress Line WB9CXE
Edlt o. -Publ i.n... F M featur ette .
Wayne Green W2NSD /1 85 Phasin g Mult iband Ve rti cals K0WF
Awn"n l Editor T e n thru e ighty meters.
ErocfaikolK 1NUN 89 Ham TV a nd Public Se rvice . ....... .. .... ..... . • •W9JER
Technical Edit or
. PR .: t he name o f the game .
Ed "Wffib W4FQM / l 93 Modif ied Suction Cup Ant enn a WZEE4
Assista nt Publ ish",.
. Not too modified .
vve rte Gr imes WABULU / I 97 300 MHz Frequency Sca ler K20AW
E xtend s freque ncy co u nters to VH F.
Auoc:ill te Editors
J ,m Ky le K!iJKX 101 73 Revi ews the Savoy Antenna W4FQM/1
Mik e Frye WBBL BP Two and three band w it h vacu u m t ra ps.
BIll T urner W A0A B I
J im we« W B6 BH I 109 Care a nd Feeding of Tape WA6PIR
Harry Si mpson W5SCFIA 5SCF RT TY teat uret te .
Dave Ingra m K4TWJ 111 Cir cuits, Cir cu it s, Circ u its Staff
WTW Ed it or A nd mo re circ u its .
Dave Mann K2AGZ 115 RTTY F il ters W5EZM
Technical C o nsu lt a n t
E lliptic fu ncti on filt ers.
B,II H o isIngto n K rc u, 123 Step On the Klutz! K1YSD
Adve,tioi nll Ma nillgeFl
Bob Manning rides aga in.
Lin G reen 129 Trouble Shoo ting F or t he Novice WA80lK
John M ,ner You don 't have to se nd it back .
An Oi'K IO' 13 3 LowCostC D Ign it ion W1KNI
Roger Btock It has adva ntages.
P,oduchon 139 Lightning! W2FEZ
P h Ili p PrIce lts ca use a nd c ure .
G raph ,eslPhotogl'aphy 145 73 Tests the Regen cy Amplif ier . . .. . ..•. .... .. W4FQM/1
Donna A. Lavoie 2m amp lif ier fo r FM is a beaut !
Com po5lt,on
R ulh......ry 0 ...... "
S h ell y Steon

Su bsc. , p t ,ons
Oorolhy G ibso n

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TORN~
Lo uis R. H uber h' lUU
A classic demon stra tion of a moni-
loring service's ca pa bility in an emer-
gen cy occu rred Apri l 5 . 19 72 . when ;1
torna do struck Vancouve r. Washin g-
to n. Six peo ple wen.' killed ou tr ight.
with hundred s su ffe ring injuries. $(l. 2
million dolla rs d amage was d on e by
demolit ion of a school. a su perma rke t.
a bo wling alley and porti on s of other
bu ild ings.
The tornado struck a t 12:49 P.M ..
PST. NAMS ( Nort h west Ama teur
Monitoring Service ) received rh..' first
news of the disaster when K?SUX
mobile c hec ke d in with Mo nito r Con-
tro l (W7 DF L Taco ma) as 2: 18 P.M.
"l'm on my way to Ked Cross head-
qu arters: ' h e said. Th at is also th ..,
me ding place for the Clark County
Amat eur R"H.l io Club . K7SUX con te m-
pla ted putt ing th e d ub sta tio n o n the
air; ho wever , it was o u t of o rder and
he con tinued to do wh at he could as a
m o b il e . Later the club sta tion
IW7AIA ) d id get o n th e air with a
tr an sc eiv er b roug h t d own by
WA 7MQC .
With the first raw news o f the
disaster from K7SUX . NAMS' cog-
whe els jumped a bit - wo nderme nt at
fi rst , than castin g a bo ut as to wha t
best to do . WA 7NV F and W7 ZF in
Por tl a nd . Oreg on ( a cro ss th e
Colum bia River from Van ccuver l
were well aware of the vicio us wind
because o f to rn-off shin gles and o ther
debris flyin g a bo u t. Th ey were o n the
a ir along with W7 UY. Sea ttle. and
Monito r Co n trol W7DFL.
A local contro l sta tion was se t up
o n 3 960 k l tz . with NA,\IS kee pin g o n
as usual o n 3 970.
About this time WA7 KKC. Vanco u-
ver. was d riving in the torn ad o -s truck
area . He had to deto ur aroun d the
devast ated area to reach his ho me and
so he kn ew a lmost precisely th e lim its
o f the devastat ion . "1'1 1 take it and go
down 10 3960,' said WA 7KK C. as
soon as he got o n the air. This was <It
~:40 P.M.. less than tw o ho urs afte r
L I
C> CRI IS
t he " ki ller wind" struck . Bill
Tuomin en WA 7 KKC, has been a Ii·
ce nse d ama te ur o nly a li ttle ove r two
ye ars. His performance in th is in-
sta nce. and fo r the nex t th ree d ays.
leave s no do u b t as to h is pro-
Ilciency - it was tops!
WA 7KCC's so n. Mont y . was home
o n vaca tion fro m college. He spread
ou t a map o f the city a nd circled the
devastat ed area. " Give us ad d resses:'
said WA 7 KKC fo r health and welfare
inq uiries were already comi ng in, "and
we' ll sec if th ey're in the di saster area .
T ha t's th e bes t we can do right now ."
Bi ll es t ima tes th at some where
aro und 1.0 00 inquiries were hand led
tha t same day o ver h is sta tio n and
o thers in Van couve r. Some thing le ss
than that during the nex t day , plu s a
fe w stragglers o n the third a nd fourth
days after th e di saster. Th ere were
proba bly ~ ,OOO o r mort' suc h calls.
Telephone se rvice was destro yed in
th e d evastated area and remai ned ou t
locall y u n til mid-afternoon Friday.
although so me tele phones go t in to
o pe ra tion sligh tly before th en . In-
co mi ng long-dis tance culls were mel
by a reco rde d an nounce me n t du ring
th is pe riod so a ma te ur rad io was the
o nly way relat ives had fo r fi nd ing ou t
ho w their k in had far ed .
WA7K KC was o n the air co nrin u-
o usly u n til 6:30 P.'\1.. a stre tc h of
fo ur ja mpacked hours. lie then d rove
over to the Red Cross head q uarters.
By th is time W7AIA . the Clark Cou n-
ty Amat eur Radio Club sta tio n. was
o n the air by me an s o f WAn H.)("s
transceiver . Bill mann..-d till' city map
a t the cl ub statio n, c hec king o u t
add resses o ne hy one as they came in.
Mid-eveni ng brought so me phone-
pat ch act ivity through other Van-
couver ham sta tio ns; W7 EEA. wlro is
to tall y blind , han dled a n um ber of
the m wit h grea t efficie ncy o n 3950
k Hz. WA70 AS. Sally . an XYL. with
other Vancouver hams had t wo -meter
gear in operation for Vanco uver area
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Monthly Han
opera tio n - es pecially with mo biles.
The latter includ ed K7S UX. W7 SNY.
K7SUQ and o thers.
. T he IliO biles we re used fo r various
chon's, checki ng ou t d eta ils and pro-
vidi ng co m mu n ica tion where need ed
by the Red Cross n ews.
Alth o ugh NAMS ceases operation
at 5: 45 P.M. daily . the 3960 kH z
NA\ tS eme rgency ope ra tion kep t
right on througho ut the nigh t and into
the next mo rn ing until a bo u t ~ : OO
A.M . Two nets. Col um bia Basin and
Northwest Eyebank , which normally
usc 3 960 k Hz . graciously moved to
o ther frequencies so NA~IS co uld
con ti nue its work uninterrup ted .
Fro m other po int s in th e Paci fic
Northwest and West. health and wel-
fare inqu iries originate d through a
large nu m ber o f ham sta tions who go t
in to uch wit h th eir lo ca l Red Cro ss
offices. where such inqu iries are
placed.
The coopera tion of all NA\t S mem-
bers and non-members proves the re li-
abili ty of th is kind o f service and the
efficie ncy wit h which hams ca n mobi-
lize 10 perform eme rgency comm uni-
cat io ns.
HAM OPERATORS
AID TANKER
Two ham rad io opera tors who es-
tab lished commu nica tions with the
Milit ary Sealift Comma nd's USNS
CU SSIlIu l a fte r the shi p's system failed
have been comme nded by Marin e
Transport Lines. Inc.. ope ra to rs of the
tanka . Joh n Previrera WB ~ B A R ,
Bron x. N.Y.. an d Willi am Taylor
WA J II RO Tho rt on , Pu .. answered
Cossato t Ca pta in Finn Bjomey's call
for assistance . and est abli shed a co n-
nection with th e co mpany's ho me
o ffice in New York Ci ty. T he ta n ke r
was d irec ted to Trin id ad fo r repairs.
R eprinted from the stilitary Sealift
Comma nd Xe wslrtter,
lW S of the World
BYNOAA
Sl K RADIOTELESCOPE
Scien tists o f th e Co mmerce Depart-
ment's Nat io nal Oceanic and Arme s-
pheric Administra t ion have developed
a radi o telesco pe array which o bserves
radio stars and upper atmo sphere d is-
co ntin uities simu ltaneo usly.
Moreo ver, the inst rumen t is so
eco no mica l, with a hard wan: cost o f
approx ima tely $ 100 0, that it shou ld
bring import an t new radio astro nomi-
cal and io nospheric studies within t he
reach o f unive rsities and private re-
sea rche rs.Jargc and sma ll.
The presen t NOAA array consists
of 16 sma ll zigzag antennas with a
signa l-combiner. Co nceived fo r the
pu rpose of studying small-scale irregu-
larities of the io nosphere, it was d e-
signe d a nd developed by Dr. Cliffo rd
L. Rufen ach . Dr. Will ard ~L Cro nyn
and Kerry Nea l. o f NOAA ' s Space
Environmental Labo ratory , Bo uld er.
Co lorado.
" Rad io astronomical ob servations
a t frequencies less than 100 Mll z
n o rma ll y r e q uire huge an tenna
arrays," Rufen ach said . " The p ro to-
type telescope array which we built
allows us to ex am ine the ionosphere
at many diffe rent radio frequencies
simu ltaneo usly ,"
The new NOAA radio telesco pe
design re presen ts an ad vance in o bser-
va tiona l fl exibilit y. Each eleme n t is
triangular in shape with a wire zigzag-
ging from the narrow to p to the broad
base. A rad io wave co ming down o ver
the triangle is picked up by an a ppro p-
na te length o f the zigzag wire whose
active portion is ab o u t one-third of
the radio wavelength. Different wave-
length s may be picked up by d iffere nt
len gths o f wire simu ltaneo usly . The
present array can receive radio wave-
len gth s be tween 3 an d 12 me ters.
Absorbed radio ene rgy travels up
the zigzag wire o f the elemen t in to a
line that ca rries it along with the
signals fro m the o ther 15 ele me nts.
into a cen tral signal combiner tha t
amplifies t he o utpu t of the arr ay.
Large-scale disturbances occu rring
in the io nosphere have long been
interesting to scientists because they
affect the Quality and, a t times. the
feasibili ty of radio communica tions
o n earth . Such io nospheric dist ur-
banccs can cause short-wave fad eo ut
and signa l distorti ons. A fai rl y regular
fl u ctuation in the io no sphere 's elec-
tron de nsit y result s fro m atmo spheric
tides prod uced by th e sun and the
moon . Erra tic ionospheric di stu r-
ba nces can be CUUSI.· u by me teors.
solar nares, and magn e tic sto rms.
Small-scull' io nospheric irrcgulari tes
are o fte n rela ted to the larger-scale
upheava ls, but th e exact relation ship
is not a lway s cle ar. These sma ll-scale
fluct uations in elec tron densit y a ffec t
tra ns-ionospheric radi o commu nica-
tio ns from sa telli tes to ea rt h . Th is is
particu larly signific an t in the equa-
to rial an d polar regions where scin til-
lati o n at su per-h igh freq ue ncies (1.5
10 6 GHz) arc so met imes h arm ful to
co mmunicatio n channels.
Defining "small-scale" as any ir-
regu larity less than about 2 kilometers
in size, Rufcna ch says: " We wanted to
loo k simultaneo usl y at th e various
dimensi ons invo lved in sma ll-sca le ir-
regularities. We first set ou t to de sign
a sma ll scale pro to type radio tele-
sco pe. O ur init ial observa tio ns with
this l o-elemen t a rray haw been very
promising."
The prototype rad io telescope is
located in th e moun ta ins beh ind the
front range of the Co lorado Rockies
to avo id radio and television in te rfer-
ence.
The broad-band multi-frequen cy
rad io telesco pe also offers a tech nique
that should find future applications in
solar radi o a ~ t ron om y and in terplan et-
r-;; iii; ==::; =; ;;; ••••~ K9 I XB.
ary scin tillation studies.
IVA 9WY Y in commu nicatio ns trailer
during emergency test.
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73 MAGAZINE
73 HILTON?
Lee Wilkinson WA4QXc. was the
first guest a t th e new mo tel in Tennes-
see. Each roo m has inde pe nden t beam
ante nnas. a full kil owatt o n each
band . and long-term guests can usc
FM han d held uni ts while visit ing.
Stop .by fo r a visit bu t kee p yo ur
came ras rea dy : we move fast.
RED CROSS TEST
The Elkhart Red Cross AR C held
an eme rgenc y test o f its cormnu nica-
t io n facilit ies o n March 26. Making
use o f th e K9HDH clu b re peater,
several mo biles were direc ted to
specia l ass ignme n ts while base sta tio ns
were o n han dy call via 94 direct to
relay messages to hf ne ts. The emcr-
gency ce nter was a specially prepared
trailer that the dub set u p for Fie ld
Day , 1971. W9FJA an d WA 9WYY
co o r.d ina ted the projects. Participan ts
wer e . mobi le s K9SRI. K9 AD'F .
WB9 BFU, WA8CEN. KQFUP; ba ses
WA 9 R NT , K 9FAP ; headquarte rs
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h'9FJA keeping track of mobile's lo-
catio " during emergency test.
 GOOD NEIGHBOR HAMS 2ND WORLDWIDE
SST V
CONTEST
RESULTS
Spo nso red by cq elJe ll"onica Magazine. 5- 13 Feb-
ruary 19 72 .
A 8 C 0
W9N T P IlO 40 63 "60
PA eLAM 75 60 SO 6 .750
VE3GMT 8. 40 51 6 ,315
16CGE IlO SO 3B 4 .940
W4MS 60 30 53 4 .770
G5Z T 75 40 41 4 .7 15
F6AXT 6S 40 39 4 .095
W5PPP SO SO 40 4000
12 KBW IlO SO 30 3 .900
K9BTU 40 30 4S 3 _150
F9XY 4S 30 24 , .800
ISBNT 4S 30 24 1.BOO
SO 30

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Hat' are the hams wh o founded th e SIRA tSociedad lntemacionat de Radio SM 0BUQ 4' 40 "
17 1.445
'l ROL 55 30 1,360
Aficionados) Oil Dec. 4 . /971. in Miami. Florida. They also elected a W1JKF 2. 20 27 1.21 5
provisional Board i ll order 10 elaborate tile Articles and By-taws. Seated left EA4 0 T 40 20 20 1.Z00
fa right are: WN 4J 'QII Orlando Marl in . Treasurer: Jl K ] CJD German W5QKR 30 '0 aa 1.1 20
SV 1CG 3. 20 15 82.
Ordonez , Delegate: IIK3CAIJ Heman ,Ifelo. Secretary : h'A4ZZG Rafael ,II. WB2MEX 2. 30 15 82.
Estevez , President; I1'B4TElJ Tony Urbi:u. Delegate: and lIe :!IP Hector K4TWJ 2. 20 18 810
Patino , Delegate. Standing felt to right: CO:!AH Gel/am Rguez.. IIIX4PXA VKSMF 40 40 '0 800
W7FEN 15 '0 30 7SO
Marra 1::.\"/ ('1 '1.':: , COl t '/:,." Puh/io Mahhmudo, Il'8 4SA'C Alberto Co r a, SWL ISCG 4S 20
f;dgar Bueno. YN I .. I L O Adrian lispinosa. CO,n;l1 Tomas M U fl O Z, WIJ 4JSS WB60MF 15 '0 "
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tak en by 111'1 HI Fernando Henriq ue. The SIRA welcomes an)" radio FOSOO 20 20 8 320
amateur 1\'110 wishes to iotn their Society.. vtaiting ad dress is S IR A. 1'.0. Box K61V 15 10 12 300
WB6ZYE '0 10 15 300
71, Miami Int ernatio nal A irp ort, .lliumi FL JJ J.lS. G3ZGO 15 m
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C- Contacts
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WARNING!
Here is a partial group of l.atin and A merican hams who attended the
Annual Luncheon. Th ey usually m e et and IUI/ ch th e last S unday of the year
since 19" 8. Th ere were 6-/ persons at the last o ne. /10 111.\' f rom VEl, C02-J .
R. )'1'5. JUS. nc: II}\]. T/ 2. II'J. I~ '-/. KP-/ , )'X I , L U3 and TGQ were at the
luncheon. Picture was taken by II'IJ-/SXC. Release hy Rafael M. Estevez
W...l 4Z Z G. 1',0. Btlx 24-/2./lialeuh Fl. 330 12.

STANDARD
COMMUNICATIONS
IS OKAY !
The instruction book let tha t comes
wi th the n ew S R-CI 4h t ran sce ivers is
the fi rst tha t we have seen which
recommends the usc of 146.52 fo r
simplex o peration ... hoora y ! It did
not coo l our en th usiasm to sc:e 73 and
several 73 ho o ks given as prime refer
en ces on usi ng F ~ 1.
73AGA I N
Readers will no doubt be whelmed
to hear that a " q uie t" sno wmo bile
engine has been announced by the
Out board Mar ine Cor p, This d andy
has a so un d o utp ut of " o nly" 73 dB
at 50 feet di stance wh en ru nning full
throulc ' Isn't that somewh ere in the
range o f so u nd that ca n cause perman-
cn r damage to the ear'! [Thank s to Reprinted from the Old Timers Hul-
K 9,HGX) tetin.
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TVI ESCALATION
R eprtntrd from the Pad , tear's Cheese
Bits
The fo llowi ng is cx rrac rcd from a
complainr fi led in Comm on Pleas
Court of Philadel phia again st one o f
ou r du b members.
Fo r a pe riod in excess of th ree
ye a rs, defen dan ts ha w systema tic ally
hara ssed an d pe rsecuted p laintiffs
w ith o ut reaso nable C:.lUSt' o r ju sti fica-
tion as fo llows:
Since l Y66 d efend ant has ope rated
a wi rele ss radi o set a t his resid en ce
whic h inte rfere d w ith the- p icture a nd
voice o n p laint iff's tel evisio n se t.
Plaint iff's co mplai n ts ove r t h is in ter-
fen.. nee w ith t he ir quid enjoyme n t of
the television set in their h ome has
cause d d c fcndu nrs t o e ngage in a
course of co nd uct. vilifica tio n an d
h ar assment , in te nded to cause pla in-
ti ffs to mo ve fro m t heir resid en ce .
S inn.' 1966 d c fcnd an t ha s engaged
in the un lice nse d a nd u nuu t ho rized
salt: a nd repair o f wi reless radio re-
cci ve rs a nd tele vision se ts a t h is resi-
d e nce , th e re b y causing. t he com mo n
d r ivewa y t o be fille d wi t h au tomo biles
so th a t pla intiffs we re denied t he right
o f en trance and d e pa r ture.
In th e summe r of 19(16. a ttempted
to ente r pl a intiff s reside nce and
claims t o have aut hority under F.C.C.
rcguta tious to search thei r re sidence t o
re mo ve th e th ermo sta t from pl a intiff' s
re frigerato r a nd a ir con di tio 111.'r be-
C:.lUSt.' th ey in terfered wi t h th e r ece p-
t ion o f his wireless ra d io se ts .
Defcndu nr often takes pictures of
plai n ti ffs w ith a camera to confuse.
in t imi date a nd ha ra ss them . S ince this
t ime defen dants h ave cursed p la in tiffs
o n many occasio ns a mi ad d ressed lo ud
a nd abusive la nguage and threats at
the m.
Si nce I W16. defenda nts h ave con-
sta n tly- and repeatedly ba nged o n th e
pa r ty wa ll of thei r home . slummed t he
d o o r, as wel l as bange d on pia no ke y s.
thereby in ter fering w it h pl a intiff s
quid cnjoymcnr of t he ir home.
Since 19 61{ , d efe ndan ts have calle d
plaintiffs Foul a nd vile name s a ll m a ny
occasions.
In t he fall of 19 ()(l . defen dan t
a t te mpted to strike p lain tiff J o se p h ine
- with a moto r ve hicle o n se ve ra l
occas io ns. De fendan t a tte mp ted to
p u sh a baby coach in to J collisi on
wi th a mo tor vehic le be in g opera te d
by pla in tiff J oh n -
E ve ry summe r since 1966. d efen-
da nts repea te dly a nd co ns tantly ho sed
the com mo n pave me n t fro m th e fro n t
doors t o the st reet wi t h grea t and
e xcessive amoun ts o f wa ter causi ng
pl aint iffs t o get th e ir shoes wc t in
o rde r to leave o r retu rn t o th eir h orne.
Since 196 (1, wh enever d efcn dun ts
dumped t he wa ter from th ei r porta bl e
swi m m ing pool, t he y would c ause the
wate r t o fl o od pl a intiff' s lawn .
Defenda n ts te a se d a nd hara ssed
pl a intiff's fa the r (now deceased)
whene ver he wa s ou ts ide tending to
th e la wn Of s h ru bbe ry by sic cing the ir
d og o n h im a nd b y calling him na me s ,
Since 19 M). d efend a nts con sta ntl y
honk t he ho rn of t heir car to harass
pl a intiffs. The y opera te t he ir c a r a t
grea t spee d a nd screech to a ha lt in
fro n t of p lain ti ffs h o m e a nd bl ow t he
horn lo udly a nd rep ea tedly. T hey
fo llow pla inti ffs in th e ir auto whe n-
eve r plain tiffs le ave t he ir h o m e .
O n Sun day, J u ly 6 , I %Y , defen-
d ants had a lawn p arty wh e re in defen-
d a n ts and their g ues ts amu sed -th em-
selves b y t h ro wing fire cra ck ers a t a n d
aga inst pla in tif fs re sid en ce , t hereby
interfering with pla in t if fs qu iet enjoy-
mc nt o f th eir h o me and ca using them
t o beco me fearfu l and app reh en sive.
On t h is o c ca sio n. the d efend an ts sa id
" I wish thi s wa s a bomb ." On e o f th e
defend an t's g uests sa id " I w ish th ey
would come out. I co u ld tak e ca re o f
them and make it lo o k like In a cci-
d e nt. "
De fend ants ha ve often e x p ressed
their in tent ion and d esire t o fra m e
plainti ffs and have them arre sted . In
J ul y 19 6 0 d e fendants fa lse ly acc use d
p lai n t iffs o f havin g st o le n th ei r ca t
an d caused a pol iceman to sea rc h t he ir
home a nd ga rage for th e c a t.
De fe nd a n ts o pera te a n electri c gaso-
line ge nera tor in thei r ga ra ge whi c h
e mi ts n oxi o u s f ume s wh ich seep into
plain tiff's h ome .
All o f t he a bo ve specified ac tio ns o f
th e d efend ants haw caused pl a inti f fs
to beco me nervous. upse t a nd ill. to
lose sleep a nd peace o f mind , t o spe n d
substantial su ms o f m oney for cou nsel
tees. a ll wi t hout reasona ble a nd pro-
ba ble cause .
Where fo re . p laintiffs bring th is uc-
tion in the natu re o f a Bi ll o f Pea ce
an d p ray the Court t o :
a.Enjo !n d efendants fro m fu rt h er
hara ssmen t o r persecu tion o f the
pluin tflffs . from tre spa ssing upon or
d ama gin g p lain tiff's propert y a nd
fro m th rea te n in g or assau lt ing pla in-
t iffs.
b. Dire ct t ha t d e fen d ants pay t he
costs of t hi s su it.
c. G ran t such othe r relief as ma y
appea r p rope r to th e Cou r t u nder the
circ u ms ran ees.
Yo u sec w ha t a T VI co m p la in t can
lead t o. Afte r y ou fi n ish la ughing
a bo u t th e c harges, co nsider seve ra l
th in gs :
I . An att orney wi ll haw to bt'
re t aine d t o d efend the su it (approxi-
m atel y S15 ( 0 ).
'.:! . It c o uld ha ve been y o u.
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TECHNICAL AID
GROUP
T he Te c hnica l Aid Grou p is a band
of volun teers who o ffe r their servic e s
to those who a rc befuddled wit h
tro ub les. Wh e n mak ing a req uest ,
p lease usc an SASE. For mo re mem-
bers with t heir s pe cia lity a reas and
information o n jo ining t h e T AG , sec
Ma rch '72 73.
Alle n Ho chst et ler , WA4H NX , 15 24
Valencia St .. Clearwa ter F L 335 1(1.
All en is a b le to help anyone w ith HF
tra nsmi tter an d re ceiver p roblems ,
solid s ta te matter s, and ICs . Allen is
also a ble to locate need ed parts.
Ple a se do not fo rget t o inclu d e an
SASE when wri t ing t o TAG m embers ,
as the y are strictly volunteers a nd it is
not fair to ma ke th em s pe n d lots of
postage mone y wh en t hey a nswer lo ts
of q uest io ns.
In Memorium - James R. Lightfoot ,
WA1KRN
Wo rd wa s re ceived on ECA RS
March .:!Oth o f the sud d en p assing o f
one o f the found ers o f ECARS , J im
Ligh tfoot. Jim had a ma ssi ve c o ro na ry
a t tac k a t the age o f 35. He will be
mi sse d grea tl y by all his fr ie nd s. J im ,
a lo ng with the late K I LTO and
WA JGAL, wa s o ne o f the origi nal
triu mvi rate tha t got ECARS sta rted
o ne wi ntry day a few years b ack .
T he p re ss of h is job as ge n era l
manage r o f WBZ in Boston became
to o grea t to co n tin ue ed it ing a nd
pu blis hi ng th e l-:C'A R S Monit or a s well
as mai n ta ining all th e ECA RS m em-
ber sh ip record s. I-Ie did c o n t inue
p ri n t ing and m ai ling the Monito r. It
was o n ly w hen WA 1KR N be came
President of Fire stone Conununica-
tio ns an d moved to the New Yo rk
Ci t y area tha t h e h ad to seve r fully his
working con nect io ns w ith t he se rvice.
b u t he c o n t in u ed to be as a ctive as
possible o n the air a nd to su p po r t t he
service in e ve ry wa y possible.
Jim just re ce ntly m oved to San
D iego to t ak e over a broad cast sta tion
t he re , and it wa s in California that he
pa sse d away .
 Circle June l Oth and I Ith o n yo ur
1- -_. _ ~ calendar. TIle Atlanta Ama te ur Radio
Club will hold its annua l hamfest on
~REPEATER UPDATE , <
the Mal l at the Len ox Squ are Sho p-
ping Cente r. A banquet will be held
I Saturday night , June 10th. Main
j
pri zes inclu de your choice o f a Drake
TR-4 transce iver with AC Supply o r a
RCA Home Ste reo Center. A Regen cy
FM WEST, the First Ann ual West- HR-2A will also be given along with
CA WA6ZQO MonterllY :sT-97
o the r fi ne prizes. Expert s o n Tele type,
(formerly K6L V) ern Amateur FM Con ference. will be
CO K0PHF (Delete) hel d in conj unct io n with the Cali- FM , DX and many o ther subjects will
CT WAlOHR Ellington 04-64
forni a Amateu r Relay Coun cil mee t- be present. For further informa tion
CT KI lle Avon 28 -88 contact W4JM, J ames G und ry, 2498
22 1.02-224.02 ing o n J une 2-3. Friday nigh t's
CT K1TBA Hartford 22 1.86-224.86 cha mpagne party an d th e Saturday Echo Drive , N.E., Atlanta , Geo rgia ,
CT WA1JTB Bridl/llport .295 - .895
technical talk s and exhibits guaran tee 30345.
CT KlIGF
GA K4SEX
Groton
Newnan
07 -67
19-79 an excellent program . Satu rd ay 's ba n-
• ••
IL WA9EAE Oak lawn 18 46-.. que t, a scrumptio us affa ir, will be
IN WA9HRK (Delete)
followed by door prize announce-
IN K9LEH Ind ia napo lis 16-76
Soon to be K9LPW ments and individual rep eater movies
LA ShrllVoporl and ta lks. The co nfere nce will be held
LA Shreveport
at the Trop icana Lodge , 406 1 N.
MA WA 1LEM Waltham
NJ K2TYV!2 Denv ille Black stone, Fresno . Motel reservations
NM W5SRW Las Cruces mu st be made before May 20, and
NY K2AVP Valha lla
specify you are attendi ng FM West.
NY W2FWG NYC Con tact WB60SH for mo re informs -
NY WA2UWS gcrre tion .
NY WB2SEQ}2 Yonkers
NY WA2KEC NYC There are also 10 ope n PM repeaters
OH WA2NVT Whiteface MI.
OH K8ALB Toledo
and 3 pro pose d with in a 150 -mile
OH To ledo radi us of L.A .
OH Toledo Of the 20 operating rep eaters in
fA WA3KUV (Delete)
fA W3ZLQ Erie 34-94 South ern Cali fornia , onl y two are on
standa rd 600 kHz spaci ng and stand-
TN WA4JSX Nashville
19-94
145 .75- 449.65 ard channe ls. All the others are on
•••
TN WB40FW Nashville 16-88 The 1972 Ja ckson Am at eur Radio
TN WB40ES Nashville 28-76 channel pairs that most li ke ly arc
Club hamfest will be held J uly 29 and
52.920-52.525 unique to this area.
449.45-448.45 30, 1972 . All events will be held
There are rumors of a Repeater
TN W4RFR Nashville 34-94 inside the Heid elburg Ho tel in down-
TN WA4YND Nashville 146.70-147.70 Owner's Council of so me so rt being
town Jackson MS. The banq uet begins
TN WA4TDA Nashville 10 - 64 form ed , bu t at present , no such organi-
at 7:3 0 P.M . on Sunday , July 29. The
(formo rly W4A VI zatio n ex ists. It should be pointed out
TN WB4EKI Nashville PL 114.8 Hz 40-700 price will be S6 per perso n. The
that if we don 't organ ize soon, there
TN WB40EY Gallatin 146.04-147.18 harnfest begins at 8:30 A.M. Su nday,
TX W5NEC (Delete) will be at least eleven other repeaters
July 30, in the Victory Room. A
TX WA5VTO Austin (Delete UHF)Add 34-9~ to co nsider in the near futu re.
TX WA5YZO Austin 449.1-444.1 TEMPO I with ac su pp ly is the I1 rst
Interesting activities have been oc-
WI mAIO Sturgeon Bay T 1.95 16-76 p ri ze . Writ e to Charles Rogers
CANADA curring o n WB 6ZDl , the Palisades
WA 6FII . P.O. Bo x 837 1. Jack son MS
Nova Scotia Am at eur Radio Club's Rep ea ter. The
VE1JB New (;Iasgow 46-94 39204 fo r marc informati on .
PARC Repeater operates o n 146.61
Thank s to W3ZLO, K9DKW , in , 147.33 out, and has ap proxima tely •••
IVA IOJX , NERA, V EI SH, IVA8ZID , 300 hams populating it. Apparently
K 2IX N, 1V5ZBC, K4IKV , IVN6LQQ , this conce ntratio n of hams attrac ted MASSACHUSETTS
1V 9RSV , IVB4EKI, IVA 2ROJ, the FCC to monit or ZDl since in the AMATEUR RADIO WEEK
IV 2 LOY , IVBQDMQ , 1V9HTK , past few week s the re have been several Operating times are from 000 I
1V5EZM . cita tio ns handed o ut fo r im pro per GMT J une II to 24 00 GMT on June
identification (n ot signing the call, 17. Massach usetts a mateurs must
CALIFORN IA FM SCENE urea , i.e. 76) and out of band opera- work 16 o ther Mass. ama teurs. The
Bob Greenberg WB 6INR /6 tion . The la tter was the sec ondary rest o f New England State ama te urs
The FM scene in Los Angeles ha s violation in both cases so far, with must wo rk 8 Mass. a ma teurs. All other
gained a certain deg ree of infam y, du e Technician class li cen sees being re- ama te urs in the U.S. m ust work 5
to the rapid , unorganized growth of peated out o f their band segme n t. At Mass. amateurs. DX , incl uding KL &
FM in the last few years. It is well pre sent , the FCC ha s not replied to KH mu st work 2 Mass. amateurs. An y
known that the So uthern California the cited 'a ma teurs' lette rs. Each o ne band and mode mav be used. All
area has had numerous problem s with sim ply sta ted they were only tran smit: sta tio ns participating will exch ange
desen sitization , simu ltaneous freq uen- ring in their assigned band , o n 146.61 signa l rep ort. Cou nty, and Sta te. Logs
cy use by different modes, inte rmod u- MH z. Has anything similar happened mu st show da te, time , and frequen cy
larion . e tc. in o ther part s of the co untry? More of co ntact. Applican ts must include a
Acco rding to a survey d one in on this next time. No. 10 size (business size ) self-
Novem ber , 197 1, by Jack WA 6JXG , Information abou t the rest of the -addressed sta mped envelope (DX en-
there are at presen t the following West Coast ha s been non-ex isten t so close o ne IRC) With ap plicat ion w hich
rep eaters in L.A. : 4 o pe n FM, 3 closed fa r, and co ntribu tions would be wel- must be rece ived no later th an July
FM, 2 AM , I RTIY , plus an addi- co rne d . Please mail them to Bob 3 1, 197 2. Su bmit applica tions to
tional 8 o thers pro posed (plus in- Gr e enb e rg, 16705 Dalton Ave. , Will iam Holliday , WA I EZA , 22 Trud y
numera ble remote ba se statio ns ). Gardena , CA 90247. Terrace , Canton ~I A 0202 1.
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. .. ,- -- ~
prese n ted by the Xu...hvil le IT,\') A RC
J une .1 8 rFat hcr's Day ) a t Lo ck Two
WITH -- .... .. - ~
<J{f.~. , ~IJi~
~ - - . . .....,.
Park . t wo miles no rth o f O pry land
USA. F lea market. refreshmen ts and
THE ....,'". ....:Y·!i>./tJ.Wi
..
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mo re. Prize d ra wi ng will be held a t
I :30 P.M. T alk-in call is K4 CPO o n
FCC t """:.
I...::, '.:',-i,
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75 m and F ~ l 14 6 .94 . Fo r more info r-
mation write Music Ci ty Ham fcs t. The f ollowing FCC Bulletin appeared
P.O . Box 8085. ~ a sh \' il1e T :-': 37~07 _ ill Florida Skip.
Federal Co mrrwnicattons Comm ission
••• Field Engineering Bureau
BLillet in
The Nin t h Ann ual Pen n - Cen tral " Manufact urers of audio d evices fo r
Hamfest will be held by the Milt on home use d o n ot d esign such equ ip-
and Willia ms po rt clubs on Sund ay . ment t o opera te in t he pre sence o f
J une a th . st ar t ing at I ~ :OO noon at s t rong ra d io signals fro m nearby radio
the Union Township Volunteer Fire o r sh o r twa ve sta t io ns. Strong radio
Grou nds o n Ro ute 15 in Win field PA . signals which cau se interference t o
Bring your own lu nch o r use the s nac k aud io d evices require that special
bar. T here arc ind o o r and o u tdoo r t rea tmen t be give n t o the a udio d evice
facilit ies fo r a ucti on . con test , and receiving the in terfere nce . The Co m-
swap ping. Ga te registration is $ 2. 50 mission can no t give any p rotecti on to
( XYL and child ren free! an d park ing audio devices from in te rfe ring signals .
is f ree . Talk -in frequencies: 3 94 0. The o nly 'cu re' is by treatmen t o f the
50. 4. 146 .94 0 ~ meter F M. For more au d io dev ice receiving t he in terfe r-
information . writ e to Pau l Mit ch ence.
W3LX N. RD ~ . Milto n PA 1784 7 . " You shou ld, there fo re , co n tac t t he
dealer or manufactu rer of you r audio
••• d evice (or t ele p ho ne co mp any for
telephone interferen ce) for assist an ce.
AKRON . O HIO .- T he Goodyear The st a te o f t he e lectronics art is su ch
Amateur Radio Club will h o ld it s 5 th t ha t it is po ssible t o ma nufa cture
Ann ual Ham fest Picn ic o n J u ne 18 a t 'cu st o m built' aud io d evices ; th at is.
Goo dyear Wingfo o t La ke Park east of ·t o install in the co mp le te sh iel d ing
Akron . I mile wes t of Suffiel d . O h io and special c ircu its to rej ect n earl y a ll
o n Co u n ty Rd 87 nea r Ohio Ric 4 3 ty pes of unwan ted signals. Cost o f
En tertainment , swa p-a nd-shop , p rize suc h specia l design an d circu it ry
award s, and good fellowsh ip. Ref resh- would n ecessit ate an in crea se in t he
ments. display s. h uge Ilea ma rket. p rice o f th e d evices.
Ho urs: 10 A .M. to 6 P. ~I. Family
" Pe rhaps less than o ne p ercent o f
ad missio n $ 2 prepa id . $ 2_5 0 a t gate.
the t otal nu m ber au d io dev ices in
For details, tick ets and map wri te
o perat io n today will ever be loca ted
Euge ne J . Cooke K80RL 3 0 79
Ro se bay Blvd .. Norto n OH 44 ~ 03 . ne ar en o ugh to any kind o f radio
s ta t io n so that th e device wou ld re-
s po nd to u nd esired radio signa ls,
••• which it is n ot design ed to receive
when in th e st ron g fi eld of a n earby
The Kansas Nebraska Rad io Club s tat io n. If it does, it needs ad dit ional
will hold it s ann ual h amfest o n A ugu st fil tering o r sh ielding, o r bo th . Man u-
6 at th e Moo se C lu b a t Concord ia. fac tu rers belie ve it unfa ir to bu rden a n
Kan sas. Regis tra t io n wi ll sta r t at e n t ire p opul ation wit h th e add it ion al
0900. AU amate urs are welcome . cost of speci al ci rc ui ts and design
Lin from Pan Issues :
Mfr., Model. Ser. No . Owner
HOT GEAR aem. SR46A, No .446100
Reg.• HR ·2, No .04'{)3505
So,..-, FM3601 , No.1003
Coil., 75A4, No .804
WA1 EMU
WA56NM
WB2ARM
W0MGl
GE, Portable, No .l04 1218 K2AOO
C o ll ins 6 25 1 t ra nsverter. SIN cen.. 75SE-B, No.15640 CoI.St .U.
107 28, sto le n from t he Michigan State Coli, 21S3. No.12000 CoI.St .U.
CoII.,516Fl .No .1649 Col.St.U.
University ARC on Ma rch 22 . Co ntact
Simp. Mod ·A , No.35457 W2PWG
Electrical Engin ee ring Dep t., MS U, S8 E S8·33 No.103906 WA5JGU
East Lansing , MI. o r MS U Dep t. o f Heath HW22A No.907 ·1835 W18DX
Pu bli c Safety (5 17-3 55-2 221) . Nat'l HROSO No.280019 WA50QF
aem.. SRl60 No.416000·
108039 K9YVA
WA9EYL.
WRL D u o -B a n d er 8 4 S I N Drakll T R3 No .3a58
60 10 AT 30 2 s to len from p ark ed car in
cen..KWM 2A No 13815 ARRL. HO
M. Godwin
Po r tla nd O R on Fe b . 15 , 197 2. Ge rald Coli.. 31284 No .59920
Dimmitt WA6 FCY-WA 7MMD . 7 10 ccn., 30L.l No. 40084
Coll. MPL No . 44507
Eas t Ave . K*S, Lancaster CA 9353 4 . Coli. MM 1 (mo b. mike)
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inasmuch as the n u m ber o f d evices
a ffec ted is small. There fo re . in rh c less
t han o ne percen t o f t he instances
where in terfere nce is caused by in...u f·
fl cicn t rej ect io n of st ro ng unwa nted
sign als by the d evices, ma ny mu nufu c-
t urers. d ea lers and serviceme n have
worked ou t pro ced ures and procc...ses
for interference elimi nat io n in such
speci fic cases. The st atemen t of a
sa le...ma n or d ea ler th at he sells a good
quality d evice , is not enough . Pe rsons
recei ving interferen ce mu st full y re-
cognize the sit uat ion invo lved . The
a ud io device may be an excellen t o ne
in performing t he task it was d esign ed
to d o . Regard less of the q uality o f the
dev ice . sp ecial treatment o f it fo r
rejection o f s tro ng unwanted sign als is
esse n tial in so me lo ca lities.
" R F in terference to t ransisto rized
aud io amp lif iers can be eliminated in
mo st cases by connecting ca paci tors
o r bo th ca paci tors an d RF ch o kes
d irect ly from base to grou nd o f the
in p ut t ra nsisto r. If the au dio am pli fie r
Is part of a stereo system, then this
has to be d one o n both ch an nels. In
in terference cases o f th is nat ure the
volu me co n t rol is in th e in put circu it,
conseq uen tly , it h as no effect on t he
RF in terfe re nce ,"
ERRATUM
Mr . A Prose Walker has adv ised u s
t ha t several of the fig ures in his speech
(reported last month o n pages 85
through 8 9 ) were in correc t. On page
86 , the path lo sses sho u ld have been
app roxima tely 17 6 d B a t 4 3 5 MH z
and 166 d'S a t 146 MH z. Thus the
syste m in the examp le would have less
ca paci ty a nd /o r sign al to n oise ratio
tha n ind icated . Ho wever , vario us
co mb ina t io ns o f ground t o sa tellite
eq uipme n t ch aracterist ics can be
ass u m e d. e ac h g iving d ifferent
cap abilit ies fo r an overa ll system
design . Needless t o say . th e ex amp le
u sed was not in te nded to be u sed in a
hardware pro posal fo r a sy stem .
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2/72 Standard SRC·806M
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DAYTON!
The Ha mve n rio n is hands down the
biggest ha m eve nt of the ye a r. The
o nly re al criticism I can make of it is
that it shou ld ru n fo r two o r three
day s msrcud o f one single d ay . The re
isjust to o m u ch to do.
If you have a ny in te res t in bu ilding
o r b uy ing eq uip men t t hen yo u ca n' t
pass lip th e flea mark et. I wou ld
estima te th ai t here were a co up le o f
hundred " boo th s" set u p in th e park -
in g. lo t with e normous p iles of ham
gear ... from the m o st sophistica ted
slo w sca n and F .\! gear righ t on bac k
to Wo rld War I mili ta ry su rplus. To ns
u p on to n s of part s ... equip-
ment ... s t uf f'. They had more there
tha n t he Allied ca tal og. I spe n t a n
h o ur browsing t hrough th e pla ce a nd
wished I had several more h o urs a nd a
p ick u p truck ... pl u s u n limite d cash .
The man ufa cturers' exh ibi ts were
lavish . There was no wa y t o see th em
in less t ha n a cou ple of hours ... and
to d o that you would h ave to sk ip a
lot o f inte rest ing things. Man y ne w
ite ms were bein g shown th ere fo r the
first t ime . To m Litty KM{AD had a
TJlL Co m m unica t io ns booth und
sho we d his new 2 20 Mll z t ran scei ver
wh ich should be o ut in Jul y in quan-
tit y . se lling ,'o r about 52 20. lit' a lso
had hi-, su per b lin e of so lid st a te
amplifiers for 146 .\H1 z. 2 20 Mllz a nd
4 50 .\lll l. These items are bei ng me r-
chandi-ed by Henry Radi o unde r t he
name of Te m po and a re bu ilt in
Califo rn ia.
Ed Clegg wa s there with h is new
:::20 tran scei ver , al so due ou t in July
in pro duction runs. H ·fe rs also lo o ked
longingly a t the 27 A Clegg unit o n
d isp la y . Drake su rprised eve ry o ne
with th e ir new :::2 0 t ran sceiv e r. m ad e
by the sa me fo lks who make the
Marke r Lu xury 2m rig.
The re were so ma ny new things
t hat the re is no way t o reme m be r all
of th em. J&R Electronics w e re sh o w-
in g the ir new slow sc an monitor ...
sho uld be a winner. Robot was wow-
in g them wit h their s lo w sc an gea r a nd
sho wing what can be done . Slow sc a n
was rea lly big a t Dayto n ... it look ed
like about 500 ac t ive slo w sc a nne rs a t
t he forum to me ... a nd the o rders
for ou r upcoming slo w sc a n book
poured in,
T he fo ru ms ra n all day long a nd I
wa nted to see a nd hear eve ry o ne of
•
ginning to sh o w now too ... I did see
dozens of th em. They ' re ju st ge tting
sta rted. Oh . by the way , watch o u t for
the Standard 145 , . , thi s is t he
Japanese model and is sta rt lin gly d if-
ferent from the 146 ... di fferent
transmitter in particular. It u-e s I ~
MH z crys tals. in case any one trie s to
fo ol yo u. The 146 u ses 8 :"lH z c ry-
stals. like the 826. We had a 145 here
EDI TORIA L BY WA YN E GREEN
at 73 for a few days and were unable
to tweak it on ch annel because th e rig
t hem ... but h ad to mi ss virtually all had so many outputs that th e coun te r
since I had to stop by the 73 booth
cou ldn ' t decid e which was the o ne to
now an d then , . , see the o ther ex-
co un t. I d o n ' t sec an y way tha t un it
h ib its ... try and sel l a few ads
can me et Fer specifications. I guess
(almo st i mpossible in the h uh-
the y d on't ca re a bou t sp urio us ou tpu t
bub ) . .. a nd pu t in a fe w words fo r
lila I is almost as strong as the in-
se ve ral o f the fo rums w hen I ma naged
tend ed o utput in Ja pan . We ca re.
to get, to the m at an appropria te time ,
Be ware .
I tried to make the Midca rs foru m.
but got th ere ear ly a nd la te . , . I MIDWEST FM SYMPOSIUM
wanted to try and let th em know that On the eve ning befo re t he Dayton
I in te n ded to co nvince repeater groups Hamv enrio n a special FM Symposium
to se t u p a down link to 72 55 kHz fo r wa s held at the Im pe rial Motel.
eme rgen cies so th e two meter repeat- Though there w as little time to' pass
e rs cou ld work 7 ~55 sim p lex when th e word a bout the meeting , represen-
wider a rea e me rge ncy co verage is t ati ves o f 4 6 midwestern re pe at ers
n eeded . I just got o ne o f the li ttle were present. along with a bou t 300
J ust in side ba nd tran sceive rs a nd h ope FMers.
to have a c ha nce t o se t it u p wit h ou r 1111.' main topic fo r th e e vening was
repea te r tWA I KGOI for this se rvice , the plans for o rgan izing a se rio us
o pera led b y a ~ 300 Hz tone burst to e ffort to save the ~ ~O MHz band from
make the d own link til' in . th e EIA and a handful of greedy
' 1 h ad my slides o f J o rd an a lo ng, hut manufacturers. The main a p proach to
d idn't se e m y sel f on th e progra m so I hold ing the band' Is t o usc it . .. " USE
wa sn 't su re wh en to d rop in o n the IT OR LOSE IT "
DX forum th ey see med busy when This Sy mposium wa s a follo w-u p
[ we nt by and I missed sho wing 011 the ~:)JlC in Shrewbury (~a ss .) in
fhe1ll. O h well , ['II have a new set o f Fe bruary where re p resenta tives o f
slides of Jordan in a few week s My over 50 eas tern repea ter associa tions
o thers are two years o ld now. Time agreed t o se t up ~~O MH z repeaters as
Ilies. so o n as practically pos...ible . With in
So me of t he co mpanie s tha t d idn't day s of that meeting the firs t ~20
tu m up as e xh ib itors were intere sting repeaters were se t up a nd operating,
for their a bsence . There ha s been coo rdina te d by F2BOfWI. K4GGI/I
some my ste ry a bo ut whether R pt and WA I KEC the co m mi t tee for
magazine was s ti ll in business or not. eastern U.S. coo rd ina t ion .
The last issue I've seen o r heard about The repeater representatives at
was February . They didn't show a t Dayton also agree d 100"k to get on
Da yton , .. b ut a good friend of mine 2~0 as soon as possible , This leaves
d id show there sport ing a disk jocke y only th e southwestern a n d western
magazin e jus I being s ta r te d by the parts of the co un try st ill nor co m mi t-
ers t w llile publi sher of Rpt ... and he ted to going 2 ~0 im me d ia te ly . Ho pe-
sai d t ha t Rpr wa s on ice . 1 think I full y the repeater groups in these areas
mentioned th a t special inte re st ham will get together a t F resno in J u ne and
m agazines haw a w ay o f never making put their repea te rs o n the line 10 back
it. the project t o save l~O , Ca lifornia
There was no Dycomm ex hibit needs 220 more t ha n any other part
ei ther! When you consider th a t th is of the co u n try. so perhaps t h is w ill be
was the biggest F M event in the an ad ded ind ucemen t.
co un t ry th is seems very significant. Conside rable equip ment is co m ing
Incidentally , 73 will no lo nge r accept along fo r 220. Ed Clegg sh owed his
advertising from Dycomm. ne w 2~O tra nsceiver a t the Sympo-
Judging from the number of Motor- siu m. This unit ha s a great many
o la HT- 2 ~0 's I sa w a t Da yton , the interesting features and sho uld be in
Motorola co m p any must have added production by July and se ll fo r under
a t least o ne more assem bly line , It S300.
looke d lik e thousands of th e litt le Bob Bo oth W3PS , co u nse l for the
beasties , th o ugh it probab ly w asn 't ARRL. was prese n t a nd spoke about
a ny more t h an 500 o r so . They were the need for coopera tio n be t wee n all
in pockets a nd hanging from belts groups if th e ban d is to be saved . Both
every where . Th e S tand ard 146 is be- ARRL and 73 are working for the
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 same goals and work ing in th e same
d irections ... now if o n ly CQ and
Ha m Radio would lend a hand!
The Midwestern Symposium was
ce rtainly fun _. _and a success.
73 PROTECTS YOU
Some o f the FM u n its th at we have
checked ou t have n ot been wri tten up
in 7 3 ... and this is no acciden t. They
just d on 't pass mu ster . When we ru n
into rigs that are n o t up to sn u ff we
not on ly refu se to run articles o n
t hem, but we generally re fu se to
accept ads fo r them, unlesss the prob-
lems are marginal. You ma y be su re
that when we do write about a rig that
we have checked it and we like it.
A reader recently wrote, in . regard-
ing one of t he transceivers that 73 has
NOT advertised . "Ha ve had much
trouble. The receiver desensed 100%
by nearby low power transmitter.
Factory insta lled trap cured that prob-
lem lntermod tremendous. Local taxi
and sherif f's repeater cause full scale
deflection of signal strength meter.
local 2m repea ler desenses receiver.
Sensitivity changes with vibration.
Squ elch much too touchy ; meter im-
possible to read at night in the car;
insuf ficient audio fo r mobile opera-
tion; channel numbers difficult to
read; cover scre ws strip easily ; etc. ",
This ch ap h as a Sonar 230 I that he
lik es an d a Standard 14 6 he t hink s is
" great." From all t hose d ese nsing
pro blems you migh t ex pect this cha p
to be in New York City . . . he is in
Nevada .
WHOM TO WRITE
If you are u ptigh t over th e idea of
turning o u r desp erately needed :!:!O
MHz band in to a screamin g me ss of
C Bers ... if I may put th e case to y ou
factu all y and unemotionally ... th en
why nol drop a lin e giving your
thoughts to one or two o f th e mem-
bers of the Electronic s Ind ust ries
Asso ciation Ex ecu tive Commitee?
You migh t write to th e Chairman
of the Ex ecutive Commi ttee , Richard
Horn er. E. F. .Jo h nso n Company.
Waseca MN 5609 3. Or y o u might get
in to uch with And y Andro s. the pre si -
dent o f fl y-Gain Electron ics. lin coln
N86 H50 1. If they ca n' t stop the drive
to take away this band, a t least they
can pu ll th eir company o u t o f the EIA
and stop fu rnish ing the mon ey which
is being used to lobby for it in
Washingt on .
CONTROVERSIAL FM 'ER
T he o t her day Carl Lin deman
Wl t\1 LM, NBC's VP of sp orts, was
flying across the country . T R-22 in
hand , talking thro ugh various repeat-
ers. With him wa s con t rovers ial sp o rts-
writer Howard Cosell . Ho ward ' s in te r-
est in th e pro ce ed ings qu ickly rose to
where he spen t mo st of the trip
arguing heatedl y with ama teu r radio
sports fan s as they p assed o ver them.
I can just see a dozen or so ama-
teurs across the co un t ry ru shing in to
th e kit ch en a n d t elling th eir
wives ... "Hey , I j ust , talked with
Howard Cosell! " And I know what
the wives sa id, to o . "Who' s he?"
Fellows, I know just how it feel s. A
few week s ago King Hu ssein ca lled me
on 20m and we ta lked fo r a wh ile.
After I signed I wa s busti ng to tell
so me o ne abou t it and a t that pa rticu-
lar time the b aby sit ter arrived so I
casually men tioned to her that I had
ju st fini shed talking with King
Hussein. She h ad never h eard o f
him . . . o r Jordan . I'm n ot sure she
has eve r heard o f Israel.
K20RS NOMINATED !
Jean Sheperd K:!ORS, frequ ently
heard through the repeaters around
New Y o r k . . . par t i cu la r ly
WA2S UR ... via his Te mpo FM P
transceiver, and hear d ni ghtl y t hrough
WaR , has been n o mina ted fo r an
Emmy award this yea r. Jean Sheph erd
and Jane Fond a were the nominee s
for the Most In terest ing New Perform-
er o n television for 19 71 . If you h ave
any fri ends who se vo te coun ts toward
the Emmy, nudge them re Shep .
Shep wa s the featu re spea ker at the
FM Symposium in Shrew sbury in
February . The array o f walk ie talk it's
th ere got to hi m. and he h as bee n an
act ive F Mt'r ever since, usua lly talking
fro m his office high up in the WO R
buildi ng o n Broadway .
MORE TWO METER FM CHANNELS
The FCC d oes not have any in ten-
tion o f giving us th e green light for
re peating Tech s above 14 7 ,1H z.
Though t heir rules are qui re explicit
and it would be e xceedingly d ifficult
to interpret them as p rohib iting a
repea ter f rom ret ra nsm itting Techs
above 14 7 . it is o bvio us ly easier to
avoid a fight t h an to go a fte r o ne .. .
so most re peaters have been avoiding
th e 147 MH z ra nge .
The 14 0 - 14 7 seg me n t is F UL L in
man y parts of th e co un try a nd th e
pre ssu re is mounting for more F'-1
repeater chan nels. where to go? Once
gea r is availa ble in qu an tity for :!:!O
MHz t h at is the obvious band fo r
fu rthe r repea ter expansion . . . but it
will be q ui te a wh ile befo re th e
manufacturers are a ble to supply us
with en o ugh :!:!O gea r to ma ke t ha t
ban d reall y u seful for everyone . In t he
mean time we mu st h ave more FM
ch an nels ... an d t hey mu st be o n Iwo
meters. T he answer is o bvious . . .
they. will hav e to co me out of th e
145 -146 MHz segme nt .
But won 't we get into a big fight
with the A'-' c ps d own th ere '? We
sta rte d in a bove 146 MH z because t he
AMers di dn 't© ClarkWardOrange
use that part of t he
band . If we start moving down a ren't
we li able to ge t a big war sta rted'? I
doubt it.
I've bee n t uning the lower tw o MHz
o f the band fo r some month s n ow and
I hav e so far beard ex actly o ne ( I) A'I
sta tio n o n the Zm band from up
around the New Hamp sh ire a rea. On e
weekend I tun ed the band in New
Yo rk and all I heard t h ere was o ne ( I )
AM sta tio n a il weekend! Eit her I
ma naged to listen at all the wrong
times and missed hearing all the AM
activity o r else all those chaps have
moved up in to th e FM hand . I suspect
t he latter. Who wou ld st ick with A"
o n ::!m wh en FM is so very mu ch
better'!
If my su rvey is correct. t hen we d o
have so me channels availa ble fo r FM
wh ich will not in con venien ce a ny
other o ps. I sugges t th at instead o f
using th ose con fo u nded spli n te r chan-
n els in the 14ti range t hat we sta rt
u sing stand ard ch an nels in t he 14 5
segme n t.
If we sta rt easily, o pen ing up abo u t
six FM repeate r chan ne ls, th en.' sh o u ld
be a min imu m of blo od shed . I su ggest
that th e repeater in put be high and
the o u tpu t low, wi th t he fo llowing
cha n nel s used .
145.71 - 145. 11 145.S0· 145.:!0
145.74 - 145.14 145.83 - 145.23
145.77 - 145. 17 145 .86 - 145 .26
Thi s syste m will leave the hottom
100 k Hz o f the band o pe n fo r AM
o pera tion . .. side ba n d , whatever. It
will a lso leave the su rplu s crystal
chan nel of 14 5 .3 5 o pe n ... as well as
the 145 .9 146 .0 for sa te llite input.
I realize tha i th is is probably im-
p ractical in Lo s Angeles. but perhaps
it will wo rk elsewhere . Any co m-
rnenrs" An y ta kers'!
60 0 k Hz Uber A lles
The u n iversa l change in the easte rn
part o f t he co u n l ry to 60 0 kH z
repeater spaci ng was n o t acco mp lished
without so me d ifficult ies. Th e wond er
o f it was tha t the batt les we rt' so few
and fa r be tween.
Some of th e skirmish es h ave recent-
ly been se t tled . Fo r instance t here was
the litt le ma tter of WA I KF X on ~lt .
Snow on 31 -91. This repea ter, oper-
a red by Gordon Pugh W ~ GHR , had
bee n o n 31 ~ 88 fo r some years and
the n sudde nly appeare d on 3 1-? I
earl y th is sp ri ng . . . not lon g afte r the
Mt. Gre ytock repeater shi fted fro m
04 - 91 to 3 1- 9 1. T hus there were
t wo clo sely s paced an d fu r-reaching
repeaters both o n 31 -9 1. Th e resu lt
wa s an incred ible mess and th e hardest
o f hard feelings.
Many repea ter peo ple h ave been
severely critica l of Pugh fo r jamming
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W2 NSO/ l con tinued
the Grey lock re peater and ha ve been
ope nly hostile to the attemp ts o f Pugh
to fo rm a repea ter o rganizatio n in
view of his lack of cooperatio n o n
3 1-91. Pugh was the instigator of the
North East Repeater Associatio n and
became its fi rst presiden t.
Appa ren tly t he pressures grew to
where something had to give ... and
Pugh gave. WA I KFX would go o ff
3 1-9 1 a nd would mo ve to some o ther
open channe l. possibly 0 1-61, since
tha t seeme d open fo r th at are a.
It sho uld he poin ted out tha t
WA 1KFX, tho ugh it has been on the
air for several years, is remo tely
enough loca ted in Vermont so it has
seen litt le use. It has been off the air
entire ly for the last few mo nth s. so
the sudden appearance o n 3 1-9 1 was
quite a shock to the K I FFK groups,
whic h n um ber close to 200 .
KFX is reacha ble in Apri l o nly on
skis and the first reports are th at Pugh
did fo llow through with his agreement
to turn off the repea ter, but that he
bro ke a leg on his way back do wn the
mountain. The Grey lock group wishes
him a spee dy recovery.
Ano ther hassle was ove r 146.76
around the Lo ng Island- Con necti cut
area, with WA2UlE o n 16-76 and
Bridgeport WA I KGK on 22 - 76 .
Power and feelings had esca lated
abou t evenly and the grievan ces were
ma ny an d strong . .. UlE was there
first by abou t ten years ... KGK had
more users and a wider range .. . and
so it went. The solu tion came when
the two prin ci ples finally sat down at
the bargaining ta ble and worked it
out. Ul E would stay o n 76 ... KGK
wo uld move to 10 - 70 .. . the Ul E
crew wo uld guarantee to move heaven
and earth to get the RTTY' ops o n
Long Island to change fro m 70 to
146.55 as an RTTY simplex chan-
nel ... and this' is not simp le because
it means coming up against Byro n
Kretzman W2JTP and occupying his
"private" channel. The Staten Island
group agreed to mo ve WA 2Y ZZ off
70 R TTY to make roo m for
KGK ... an d so it went. KIABR in
Rhode Island will probably mo ve
fro m 10- 70 to 0 1-6 1, thus giving
KCK more elbow room.
On e other sore point was solved
too , with the WA3BKO Philad elphia
group agreei ng to ge t the higher
powered base statio ns to stop using 28
an d use the 16- 76 Philly machine,
thus permitting WA 2YYQ on Staten
Island to mo ve fro m 25~88 to
28 -88.
Things are really falling into place
for universal eas tern 600 kHz spacing.
... Wayne
Military
Affiliate
Red;o
System
New Chie f MARS Army , A3ZL H, is
off from the starting gate faster than a
spee ding bull et! Inn ovatio ns already
announce d are plans fo r updating the
week ly WAR Broa dcasts. a new SIC
439-2 Co mmun ications Manual and
new carpets for the office! Chee!
Sou the rn New England has a new
RAIT ne t on 4035 kHz at 190 1Z
Sundays. A3NFS won the First Army
Com ma nder's Annual MAR S Tro ph y.
A I VF B is new Maine Army Mars
Direc tor. MARS Direc to r. A very
well-attended Spring meeting was held
at Natick, Mass. As most such mee t-
ings, it included a "happy hour."
Fifth Army MARS called it by a
diffe ren t name at their four-s ta te con-
ve n ti on in Fort Le aven wo rth .
Kan s a s - "A ttitude Adjustment
Ho ur!"
Delaware MAR S held t heir seml-
annual meeting in Dover, comple te
with Crab Imperial, Crepes Suze tte
and a Swap-Sho p. Their first tw o
me te r repeater should be in opera tio n
soon (in 148.0 1, ou t 143.99- as are
mo st MARS Army installations). A
"did you know" item: Office of Civi l
Defense has hired Systems Develo p-
ment Corp. to make a study of
RACES. Wonde r whom they will ask
for o pinions? Armed Forces Day
cross-ba nd operatio n was greater than
ever, with NSS, NPC, AIR and WAR
rep o rt ing hundreds of co ntacts with
hams thro ugho ut the world. Yo ur
QSL cards and certi fica tes will be
mailed soon.
Air Force MARS is undergo ing a
geographical reo rganizatio n . Details
have not bee n officia lly announced,
bu t a relia ble source' informs us that
there will be three major divisions.
each bein g divide d into several smaller
groups of states. The new Air Force
MARS manual is bein g· distri buted an d
one important change is noted : AF
statio ns are n ow allowed to cross sta te
lines with VHF repea te rs as long as
operation is within th e same region .
Third Army 's Fifteen th Annual
MARS Conference was attende d by
more than 700 members and guests!
They too had an " Attitude Adjus t-
me nt Ho ur," a portion of the activ i-
ties which can only inc rease in popu-
larity as t ime progresses. Congratu la-
tio ns to Director Hal Mulkey for the
fi nest co nference ever. Assistan t Chief
MARS Army Joe Ziglinski was a
welcome guest. Congra tulations to
AD4DQQ, honored at the Conference
as Third Army 's Operato r o f the
mo nth . In passing, Third Army's old-
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est VHF repeater, on Brasstown Bald
is now in its l Bth veor! This repeater
was utilized to bring immedia te hel p
during a recen t tragic occurrence. A
camper-trailer went through ;1 guard
rail into Lake Har twell in South
Carolina. A4AZT,, witnessing the acci-
den t, called through the repeater into
At lanta reaching AA4Y BT, who
alerted the South Carolina Highway
Pa trol. Although help arrived within a
ma tt er of minu tes. it was too la te.
Fifth Army Directo r Roland Belk
has been on th e road for mo n ths
attending Sta te mee tings throughout
the area. One of the largest was the
Texas meeting at San Antonio. Still
upcoming: I o wa , 3-4 June ,
Minneso ta 8-9 July and Illinois on 31
July-I August. AD0N IC was named
Fifth Army Operator of the month,
and AA5 WHN is new Training Officer
of Fi fth Army. New Manual REG.
1054 , is being distributed to mem-
bers.
The Texas RATT Net has gone to
170 Hz shift - a growing natio nal
trend . If you have been using
WBR/70, Miami WX, to adjust your
printer, etc., don' t ,~ e su rprised when
they go to 100 wp m on I July.
Lo uisiana has a new VHF emergency
communication plan , under whic h the
2 and 6 meter MARS repea ters are
tied together to cover a large part of
their area. Meetings in that state were
held in Shreve port and Alexandria.
Misso uri State MA RS meeting is being
held in Lebanon, with VHF repea ters
high on the agenda. A new Missouri
repeater is in operation m the Cape
Giradeau area - your ed itor accesses
it often, but perhaps th ey don't
answer AR 's.
AA6 TOV has been appointed
Director of Research & Develo pment,
Southern Californ;a Army MAR S.
That group's very fine Monthly Signal,
edited by AA6GJY , has ju st fi n ished a
fine series on the Apollo program, and
is now fea turing a first-perso n account
of th e sinking of the USS Milwaukee
in 19 17 , a story to ld by AA6LJ . In
addit ion to the Usual 148 .01 -143.99
repeaters, the Southern Califo rn ia
group has repeaters on 143.41 5 in,
148.650 ou t. Also, while we are fool-
ing around with those 2 meter fre-
quencies, they already have nets going
on 432 an d 1296 MHz ! The Arizona
MARS meeti ng will be held in Tucson
in conjunction with: the Old Pueblo
Rad io Club Hamfest.
This co lumn is designed to keep
you info rme d of ma tters MAR S. If
yo u ha ve info rma tio n that should be.
included , or if you wou ld like to
beco me a mem ber of o ne of the th ree
MAR S p rograms, contact Harry
Simpson, A4SC F, P.O. Bo x 270 15,
Memp his TN 38127. ZKJ ~ wh ich is
MARS-esc for Q RT.
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er amp lifie rs. Write to TR IV' Semicon-
ductors. J.l520 A viation Blvd.. Lawn-
dale Crt 90260 and ask fo r CT-l ~ ~ - 71
and CT-l 13 -71.
COROLE SS 24 HOUR CLOC K
Traffi c men and Dxers wh o need to
wat ch the time in tw o time zo nes will
want to bu y th is :!4 hour clock w ith a
second hour hand fo r kee pin g t ime in
local time, Greenwich time , EST,
Alaska is a rare sta te fo r mo st
peo ple. not j us t Novices. In fac t there
are o nly a bou t I. ~ OO hams in Alaska,
nu mber o f hams in the en tire U.S.
Alt ho ugh it lo o ks hopeless fo r the
Novice to find an Alaskan ham. m uc h
less an Alaskan Novice ham. th ere is a
way . On most wee k nigh ts at about
0700 GMT. there is a Novice Net that
is based in Alaska on ~ 1.~~5 MH z.
Active sta tions in the net inclu de
WL7HH ). WL7H ET . and WL7I1JR .
Alt ho ugh it may seem unlikely th at
you migh t get in to Alaska at that
hour. keep listening. This is the kind
of act ivity for wh ich many top DXe rs
look . Tu ne the frequency a t the time
that the station is normall y o n. a nd
keep d oing this until the mo me n t
comes that you work the rare o ne. He
may be booming in due to frea k
conditio ns or he ma y be very weak in
the noi se. But keep try ing. He's in
there waiting for you .
EDT. o r any o the r time . The beau ty
o f this clock is that it will run fo r
almo st two yea rs on a sta nda rd Ceize
Ilash light battery . This handsome
clo ck will look beau tifu l in you r sh uc k
and it w ill help you mee t your nets
and ske d s. It is on ly $2 9 .5 0 from
Tempus Instruments. Villa l talia Cen-
ter Suite 594, 7200 W. A lameda A l'e..
Denver CO 80226.
NEW SSB /CW XCVR
Hall icrafters has a ne w sideband
tran sceiver that deserves investiga tion
if you're looking for a new o r second
rig. The FPM-3 00 featu res all solid -
state construction wit h o nly two
t u b e s and modular cons truct io n
th rougho u t. Th e rig ru ns a cool 1 50
wa rts PEP o r 180 wa tts CWo Yo u w ill
sound m uch stronger o n sideband.
however. because there is an Ie speech
compressor fo r emphasizing audio
p unc h. Full coverage of all band s and
buil t-in ac and d c power sup plies
co mp leme n t the rig fo r a grea t fi xed
o r mo bile signal. Hatlicraft ers Co.. 600
Hicks Rd.. R olling Meado ws IL
60008. © ClarkWardOrange
AMSAT ACTIVITIES
Mik e Frye WB8LBP
640 Dauvitte Dr.
Day ton 0 1145429
The Rad io Am ateur Satell ite Cor-
po rat ion (AMSAT) was formed in
19 69 to p rovide ama te u r sa telli tes and
space ex pe rime n ts for the ama teur
se rv ice. Mem b er ship cu rren tly
n u mbers 4 60 . including o ver 40 mcm-
be r socie ties, and is world wide with
a ma te u rs from some thirty coun tries
re presen te d.
AMSAT is cu rren tly ac tive in
pre paring for the launch of A~I SAT·
OSCAR..c (A-o-e). sche d u led to go
lip in J uly . 19 71 . A-O-C will featu re a
~4 cha nnel ~I o rse code telemet ry
sys te m d evelo ped by W5CAY : the
4 3~ -14 fi ~lHz ten watt linea r tran s-
lator developed by DHZC and
DJ 5KQ in Marburg . Germa ny: the
two -ten meter linear tran slator bu ilt
by W4R UD . WA4DG U. and K3JTE .
the 35 fun ct ion comma nd system
provided by WA I-Project Au stralis.
and the instru me n ta t io n converte r
provided by W3GEY. A-O-C project
manager. CODESTORE . a Morse mes-
sage sto rage uni t was develo ped fo r
sto ring e me rgency messages, opera-
tiona I in formation on the sa tel lite and
orbital informa tion fo r repeate d tran s-
missio n to the grou nd over th e sa rcl-
lite 's telemet ry syste ms .
When A-O-C is read y fo r launch ing
it will ride piggy back o n NASA' s ITO
S·D meteo ro logical sa tellite in to a
pla nn ed 1500 km po lar orb it.
AMSAT has also su b mitted a p ro-
posal to NASA to pro vi de for amateur
experiments aboard the ATS-G Appli-
cat ions Techno logy Satellite sc hed-
uled for 197 5. The space wou ld be
pu t to good use with a SYN CART
(SYXCluonous Amateu r R adio Tran s-
lator) e xpe rime n t. AMSAT will pro-
vide NASA with a 146 -4 3 5 ~ l lI z 10
watt line ar translato r for in tegration
into the ATS-G package . The sa te llite
will be pla ced in a geostationary
(synchronous) o rbit. Ir will con ta in a
3 0 foot parabolic refl ector whi ch is
availab le fo r the SYNCART ex pe ri-
ment. This will ena ble ama teurs fo r
the fi rst time to use a sy nc hro nous
sate llite o n a more o r less regular ba sis
wit h modest ama te ur eq ui pment.
The SYNCART package is designed
for eme rgency com mu nca tions. ed uca-
tional training and ex per ime n ts wit h
sma ll terminal mul tiple -access com-
munications.
A~ ISAT members a t the NASA
Godd ard Space night cen ter and many
o ther manned flight ce n te rs have been
assisting with these projects. Dr . Owen
Garriott. one of. the as trona u ts in
training for ' SKY LA H. has indicated
his su ppo rt. Dr. Garriott happen s to
be W5 LFL and a member of AMSAT .

The 50 MHz Band
As of this writing then.' has bee n no
furth er word on the VPS RS Dx pedi-
tion planned by WolG DS, bu t knowing
Bob's ability 10 ge t things done it
would be safe to assume th ai every-
thing will come off as sche duled.
Webst er defines a hobby as
pursuit o u tside o ne's regu lar occ upa-
tion enjoyed for rela xation ." Public
service aspec ts aside. ama teur radi o is
supposed to be f un . It therefo re hI:-
hooves each of us 10 a....oid doing
things wh ich depri ve o thers of their
pleasu re . Do you call a rare o r OX
sta t ion every time h e s tops tran smit-
ting'! Do you inqui re if the frequency
IS in usc be ro n: calling CQ or tun ing
up? Do you o wn an d USE a d umm y
load . even o n VHF? »0 you make
transmissions so long th e band fo lds
before you co mplete o ne schange" Do
you ca ll CQ so long t he p ro spective
co n tac t ge ts tired o f wait ing and loo ks
elsewhere? We h ave all ex perienced
signals ~O, 30 o r 40 kH z wid e obli -
terating a goodly segme n t o f th e ban d .
A mal fu nc tio n can hap pen to an yon e,
bu t all to o often th e cause is Fred
ta lking 10 Harvey d own t h e blo ck
with h is Band Bu rner VI (or the
matching linear ) crank ed into sa tu ra-
tio n . . . just li ke th e last t ime th e
ba nd wa s o pe n. QR M fr om o ther
stat ions in QSO and t un ing up, e rc ..
has become as co mmo n as o n t he
lower ba nds. Bu t it need not be so.
Rarel y , even during th e widest open-
ings. do cs o ne hea r act ivity a bove
50 .2. With 4 Mll z uvuilublc . doesn ' t it
see m a h it ridicu lo us to congre ga te in
t he fi rst 50 k llz? Would it no t be
reasonab le to assume th at all wo uld
pro fi t if we were to make be tter usc
o f th e ba nd d uring openings'?
A report has been received 10 t he
effec t that WA5 lfNK wo rked CE4CP
? n "far~h ~~ th. n tis 10 my k nowledge
IS the fir st Chilean con tac t since Urlv.
CE 3QG . was act ive seve ral years ag~.
XE I PY remai ns active wi t h seve ra l
sta t ions repo rting con tacts du ring the
past month . Bob WAOTXV . is looking
fo r sca tte r and /or groundwave con-
tac ts o n Su nday mo rn ings from 0500
to 0800 CST.
The comment in th e March issue
relative to t he lac k of ac tivity in
Kent ucky reall y stirred up a h o rn ets'
nest. T o ny WA4JQS, informs us th at
he and Ken WB4 UQC. are act ive from
Some rse t. Both arc wo rk ing o n lincars
wi t h 3 500Zs. T his indust rious pair
will be ope ra t ing from a fire to wer a t
1590 fl a bove sea level d uring th e
VH F con tes t and will be happy 10
make selleduk's o n 39M) k Hz. Ab o
a d d H am p WB4SB U a nd Don
WA4V IR of Jdl T own ,lIld Fort
Cllnpbdl to lill' list of ac tive ~ t.lt io ns
in Kentul·ky .
SSTV SCENE
Slow scan acti vit y h.IS s ta rted ro
pick up o n ten me ters wit h mo st o f
t he act ivit y ce n te red o n 2S.hSO ~l ll z
Saturd ay mornings and Sun day a fter-
noon . A fa ir amo un t or act ivi t y from
" 3 Europe: a nd Afri ca t here abo.
A fe w mon ths ago I noticed Denso n
Elec t ronics' la rge ad in 73. So I
chec ked into them ami fou nd a real
gold mine of fas l and slow scan T V
g.ood ies. Zoo m lens. ru rrcnts. p rojec-
t io n TV systems and much more. The
video tape recorders really caught my
eye. Some we re u nde r S400! Wh at
possib ilit ies ! Video tape those ATV
QSO' s . o r ma ke lip programs 10 feed
when you're not usi ng the came ra.
Cou pled with an on-off timer and T V.
you cou ld work up a sys tem to tape
favo rite TV programs fo r la ter view-
ing. Our d a y of dreams is ra pidly
a pproaching.
L~:::---":':-c--=-=------",
Those su ffering TVI would do we ll
to t ry the ban dp ass filt er desi gn hy
WA5S:VD/ 6 descri bed in t he Janu ary
19 70 Issue of 73. Severa l o f th ese a re
in use in th is area and nrc d o ing a
go od joh of red ucing T VI o n th e lo cal
cha nnel 2, t he callsi gn o f whi ch is a
very ap pro priat e KTV I.
. Doc WA7 FL B, re ports a ve ry quiet
wmter, wh ich is probably j u st as wel l.
Doc has had unren nu diffi cult ies bU I
pro mises to be ba ck in full operatio n
sho rt ly . K9 SDF is recove ring from
d o uble hip surgery and e xpe cts to he
out o f the ho spit al an d on han d fo r all
o f the spring open ings. V ery good
pla nning. Ga bc! Larr y Phan r W~lRV F ,
works the nigh tshirt o n h meters,
seldo m ge tti ng o n befo re mid n ight.
You late night types wou ld d o well to
turn yo ur beams in t he general dircc-
tion of 51. Lo u is in t he ea rly mo rn ing
hours .
It see ms that not many 6 meter
~a ms are aw are t hat man y T V ma nu-
fac rurcrs will supp ly high pass filte rs
a t no cha rge: o r fo r a small h and li ng
charge. I wo uld be pleased to send a
copy o f a list of manufucturcrs ad-
dresses co llected over a period of
years to anyone sending an SAS l: to
my ho me add ress. Th is list i~ not
comple te in that many "house and
!mporkd brand s art' not included. hut
It does cover a good eros,...sec tion of
t he more popu lar brands. Pe rhaps I
am leavin g my sel f o pen for mo re th an
I ~an hand le . hut I will a lso offer
~"lsta n.ce to anyone who n eed s help
III ge t tm g on th e ai r, louri ng TV I. or
any o t he r pro blem . as long a~ it
pertains to 50 ~ lJ l z opl'ralion. I can't
gua rantee an yth ing ot he r Ih an a ,i n-
cere: e ffort. Sl'e you on (I .
Bilf TUrl/ n h'..! " A Hf
.5 Cltes/lII11 Court
. St . Pt' l n.~ M O (l./.1'76
© ClarkWardOrange
,
have a very interesting picture for
the column this month . T h is was
reco rded by \nA B\\', and photo-
graphed (and described to mc j by
WO SMQT about t wo years ago , Notice
first the skewed lines running from
t he bor rom lef t 10 the to p righ t of the
pictu re. Here the play hack recorder
was running slightly faster than the
reco rd ing tape rec order. t im... the lines
"lcun" toward t he righ t. If t he p lay-
bac k recorder h ad been slowe r t han
t he record ing recorder, till.' lines
would be skewed fro m the top righ t
to till' bottom left . If t he two tape
reco rd e rs were runn ing at th e same
speed t he lines would be vert ical. an d
n<.> t no ticeable. except fo r fo ur very
slight "hu mp s" at t he very to p of t ill'
picture. It is th ose fo ur "humps' ( flO
cy cles d ivid ed h y fo u r t tha t makes th e
skewe d lines. TIle picture starts c rrat i-
ca lly on the righ t top . A perf e ct SST V
picture starts th e fir st lin e two t h ird s
of the way across t he fop . (Th e b la n k
period is t he vert ical re-t racc .) No tice
the tex t ure o f the hair. and th e white
o f the co llar this is evidence o f a
high quality gray sculc. There is a
sligh t ligh t re fl ect ion in th e ce n ter o f
th e left eye. showing th e defi nition a
120 line slow sca n pictu re is capable
o f prod ucing. Now remem ber . a ce r-
tain amou nt o f qu ality is lo st each
time a pic tu re is re p roduce i. thus the
o rigina l image o n t he sc reen was bet-
ter than t he pho to and t he photo
better than the magazine pictu re . So
the: magazine pic ture: is I hird rail' to
the original viewed on the screen.
. R.oho t Research is busy these.' days.
F hci r SS T V d irecto ry is in the works
an d should be available wry soon . If
you haven' t sen t them a po-t card yet
telling of your SSTV ucrivitv better
do :-.0 righ t away or you may get left
out . They are also publishing a short
SS T V newsle tt er which is usually
available from au thorized distributors.
~ t is refreshing to set' a com pany
II1 t~rested in just mo re than selling
t he ir product, and Ro bol is as gu ng-ho
on slow Sl'an as we are.
Tlult fl'llow with t he: h igh coun lry
tot al o n SSTV is Gl' nl' WSYEK . who
has 4 4 coun tril's confi rmed . Close
hl'hind him is Eddie W4 MS . with 40,
an d WA C/SSTV. WS UUS and a l.'Ou pk
 Microwaves
Tho se amateu rs wo rk ing a t the
•

h ighe r mi c rowave freq ue ncies will be 1

glad 10 k now th at t he Na tion al Bu reau
o f Standard s f Bo ulder CO ) ca n now •
measure frequencies on the o rde r o f
~5 tcruh ertz (or S5,OOO GH1) t o an that yo u pri nt V I
accuracy o f a bo u t t 10 parts pe r bil-
lio n. The ap pa ratus use d as a mix er K IND WORDS No Block + No Mann ing + No
fo r these measureme n ts uses a m icro- Wit h so mu ch co mp u ter ta lk now in te rest = No ME!!!
sco pic version of the ca t-whiske r intere sting hams - and yo u r in te rest Cal Enn-rso n
d iode. Shade s o f 192 3' in vario us usages o f "73," have you If you want humor. read CQ. Their
AT&T has proposed tha t the land eve r noticed how eve nly this co mes A pril Foo l sur vey article was a laugh
mobile telephone service be moved out as a binary number : 10 0 10 01? and a half
from 50, 150 and 450 M Hz t o 85 0 All'X ll lldN S h'wllrl W lTD
Mll z so that mo re chan nels ma y he Ca mden ME EUR OPEAN TOUR
accommoda ted . The FCC has rcspo n- Haven 't noticed.
ded by o pen ing a new band fro m 8 06 "Th ree so li d week s wit h Wayn e
t.o 88 1. MHz. to be used exclusively Green'! " All I can say is Y UK !!!
lor mobi le com mu nicatio ns. If th is n. M. Ca ssel ma n WA0GSY
plan is implemented . there is go ing 10 I have bee n in the ARRL for the
Conwav 51Irin" !'l K5
be qui te a hau l of VHF su rp lus FM last yea r b ut Q ST just d oesn 't cu t it
Three so lid week s with D. M.
. "
gear on the market from people evacu- fo r me . No t enough article s that are Casselman? Double Y UK .'!!
ating to rb e new band . Watch th i... really for a begin ne r lik e me , so I've
colu mn fo r more info , o r see March had to go out and bu y 73 o ff the
stand. Yo u r " General Class Licen se PLATE PLIGHT
72 Micro waves. T here is so much to say a bou t
An added note : Moto rola objec ts to Study" is a help for my ne x t ste p th e Ap ril issue I'll try to keep my self
the AT&T plan , a nd in stead as ked for which I'm su n: is goi ng to come o u t
down to a few choice wo rd s so as not
another band at 90 0 MHz ; no f. CC o n the passing side. Keep u p the good to take to o much of you r time . Th is
action o n this p roposal is kn own of a t work . Guys like me need a mag like issue was so great that a few o f us go t
this time . 73 .
Earl Baeh WN0A VU toge ther j us t to sit and p ra ise it last
Ne w Micro wave Products evening! Y ou reall y h it the to p with
Microwave Sent!co nd uctor Co rp. ,\ Iinlleapo lis !\I N
this issue!
(f\.1SC) has sco o pe d the bipo la r ind us- r o u keep up th e Rood work , Earl. Wa tch for so me fire from Neb raska
try aga in by announcing a 5 wa tt Ham radio needs guy s like you. in th e nex t yea r or so about license
(ou tput po wer) device at 4 .0 G Hz. At plates : seems the legislatu re here said
$4 00 apiece , I sincere ly d ou b t you o r any o ne who wanted special plates
I will put one o n the ham band s so o n, Please accept my co ngratu la tio ns
could pay a $50 fee and many people
but don ' t forget that the 2 N38 66 was fo r you r co nsisten t production o f a d id . Then they sa w amateu rs with call
over $ 100 just ten or so yea rs ago . p u blica tion that co n tains usefu l, au th- plates and learned that the ha ms paid
Base and emitter Iinewidths o f o ne orita tive articles. These articles are o nly abou t $2. Peo ple go t m ad and
micron allo w minimal parasitic reac- written so they are ea sily u nderstood wro te their congressme n. No w we
ranee while still providing maximu m without regard to the comp le xity o f wai t! I lik e Alaska's syste m for ama-
power gain at 4 GH z for th e MSC their su bjec t matter. teu r plates if rumors are correc t :
4005. F. W.H arland
$ I .0 0 total cost if veh icle has mo bile
Last month's mention o f arsen ic Abing ton PA
eq ui p me n t regularly installed in it.
tra nsisto rs has led some ama teu rs to This could encou rage some grow th in
commen t that . 15 GH z is a p retty hi gh I have enjoyed you r magazin e for the rank s if nothing else will.
frequency to be foo ling around with so me time now. I find it more in te r-
G. Wa~'nt' Heck WB9HJM/0 -i\0TUB
transisto rs. While I must ad mit th at 15 est ing than Q ST. I am in terested in
7·-1-0 1 Sou th 3 :1 5 1.
GH z is the "state-of-the-art as far as yo ur IC applica tions articles. Ho w
Omaha ~B 611 147
bipolar tran sistors are co nce rned . I about a feature article o n SSTV which
fee l I must mention that there are sum ma rizes the d cvelo pm en ts to d a te
com me rciall y available FET's· th at for so meo ne who kn ows ve ry little I wan t to tell yo u about a bu m deal
have cu to ff frequen cies (FT ) o f 4 0 about SSTV , we arc abou t to get from the Mich igan
Gf lz. Now , th at's really moving! J).n.. id A. Boll man n legislature . Mich igan amateurs were
Jim Weir WB6BIII Be thlehem PA able to get thei r call letters o n their
P.O . Bo x 232 33 Coming. auto plates for $2. 00 over the regular
San Diego CA 9 2 123 cost of plates. This isn' t any th ing new
of o thers have WAC o n SSTV also, ...ANO A RASBERRY ! but wha t is new is that so me group
and Bi ll XW8AX ha s le ft La os and ha s p ushed a bill th ro ugh the Senate
ret urned to th e U.S. Bu t a las . .. there Cripes! Just shelled o u t one bu ck (Marc h 16, 197 2 ) boosting the fee to
are some 4 X4 's o n S5TV ha nging fo r yo u r April issue ! It's a ca talogue $ 25 . The bill is Substitu te Senate Bill
aro u nd 1 4 . ~ J O . ... not a maga zine! You lost a lon g- 240, ' I believe . By chance , o ne ham
Well. su mme r is here . and ma y all -stand ing reader"! WH EN you elim ina- (W8AQA Saginaw ) found it o u t and
yo ur ha mfests give Ro bot gear a s ted the jokes. WI YS D, and W:.! NSD / I the resu lt is angry mu ttering all over
prizes. fu n ny co m me n ts and went all FM it Michigan . If it can happen here it can
was Baaaaa!!! Bu t turn ing 73 into a happen in o ther sta tes. We kn ow
Dave Ingram K4T1"J (' B'ers have been stu m ping fo r their
R te. II . 8 0x 49 9, Eastwood Vii. 5 ON, ca talo gue. phooey ! I can get f ree
BirminghamAl. 35 21 0 ca talo gues and©broch ures.
ClarkWardOrange [co n tinued overleaf]

LETTERS continued
call letter plates for so me time. This
may the the state's way of shu tting
them up and a t the same time stop-
ping co mplain ts o f favorin g ceriain
groups, but I think it still is a bum
deal.
R, Dring KRYQC
1100 Ii., Hill Rd.
Flint l\tl 4U:;07
It seems like th e license plate issue is
lip again in different parts of th e
nation . How have other grou ps
worked to repeal this f orm of dis-
crimination against hams ? Please send
information to either/or bo th of th e
gentlemen above and send a copy to
73.
Amateurs all o ver the world mu st
have a quiet chuckle to themselves as
they watc h the goggle-box and any-
th ing to d o with rad io crops up - for
the TV-me n AL WA YS goof it! Here in
England we ge t all yo ur "Cops and
Robbers" films and I was rather idly
watching o ne recently wh en th e
stro ng ann of the law burst o pen the
d oor of the baddies' hideout. The
local police-inspector looked pu zzled
at what he saw inside the room . but
the kn ow-all FB I agen t explained
rather airly, " Aha, yes. that's a wry
high powered ma rine wire less trans-
mitter. "
No wonder the inspector lo oked
puzzled , fo r the came ra zoomed in on
a typical Novice se tu p. complete with
DX-40.
When will the film producers learn
to consult an am ateur?
Dunghill Byrne G:I KPO
Spa ld ing, England
A t our FM S ymp o sium in
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, une ham
walk ed around talking into a Minox
camera with toothpick antenna.
LJYCOMM D ISS ECT ED
After seeing your "Dycomm De-
mand" story in the April issue,1
thought I would sha re with you an
expe rie nce I have had with the good
folks at Dycomm .
December 21 . 1971 . I wrote J im
Penny a t Dycomm and ind ica ted our
CD group was in the process of
installing a rep ea ter and I wante d
information o n the Dycomm repeater.
We had been co nsid ering a Motorola
unit . Two months passed . we ha d o ur
mo ney in our hands. but no word
from Dycomm
I called Dyco mm the latter pa rt of
January , talked to the secretary who
an swered the phone . explained to her
the situation . and she said that Penny
was in a co nference with every body
else and co uld n' t be disturbed . She
ack no wledged receipt of my letter and
said that she would have him either
call me back or get a letter out to me
in the next da y's mai l. Two weeks
lat er. nothing.
A friend who is the owner o f a
nearby repea ter saw me a wee k later
and I tol d him of my unsu ccessful
attemp t to buy a re peater fro m
Dycom m (he had ordered a Dyco mm
mach ine ea rlier bu t had no t receive d
it) an d he said he wo uld be ta lking to
Pen ny in a few days and would
mention my plight, which he did . He
told me that Penn y was sorry as hell
and had misplaced my letter and
would I please by so kind as to drop
him an other letter . which I did . I sent
him a Xerox of the first letter to him
with a note at the bottom telling him
that I had also called him. To this date
I have nut heard from Dvconnn. We
have since bought a solid state GE
re pea ter ($700).
I though t you would be intereste d
in how one of your advertisers re-
sponds to req uests for informa tion.
Also I guess you are not the only one
who has trouble getting them to read
their mail.
~ all)f' withheld
No furth er ads will be accepted from
Dy comm for the R epeater Bulletin.
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A NOT H ER CHA NCE! OH , WOW!
You are pro bably wo nde ring why I
too k so long to renew so I'll te ll you . I
was considenng dropping you because
I did no t like your sideways format
and the fine print was too much strain
on my far sighted eyes , and also you
did not put your yearly index in the
Dec, 197 t issue. What I do like is your
construct ion art icles and al so you
keep me posted on what the o ther
mags do wrong. I get them all .
Pl ease pu sh for mo re activity on
220 MHz even if it is FM repea ters so
we don't lose it. I am a 2 meter AM
operator and also some 6 meter SSB. I
have also operated on 220 but there
wasn 't mu ch activity so I shelved it
temporarily . I de cided to give you
another cha nce so don 't disappoint
me with an y more cockeyed formats.
Joe "Iurph~' WA2F"EK
CB'ER INTO HAM ?
Readin g your J anuary issue , there is
a le tter from Ed Broo ks Jr. W3GAB.
Well I agree with him hi m 100% about
the EIA proposal to allocate 146 - 148
MHz to CD hobby opera tions. Wh y
get ano the r mess sta rted, If you give
them another one of o ur bands, they
may a t a later date wan t more . As the
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and they will take a mile . I know
several CBers who arc running against
eve ry regulation the FCC has put
forth . I have co nverte d a few o f them
to amateur radio . I showed them how
easy it was to ge t a Novice ticket. I
believe tha t if everyone who is a ham
would get toge the r wit h the CBers and
show the m how easy it is to become a
ham operator, there wou ldn ' t be a
need fo r the EIA pro posal at all.
William D S tee n WA 6HnM
This is where the local ham club plays
a role in building PR o With another
f ew hundred thousand hams our voice
would be much louder.
EU ROPE REV ISITED
Top Tour and Swissair vacation
plan as described in CQ for March may
indeed ap peal to some ama teu rs and
be a good undertaking. But, one
should carefully check what one is
ge tting and tota l all the costs involved
against other available p lans. The
Swissair ad in CQ makes reference to
" 1st Class Ho tels." So me of those
described under the plan are first class
but so me are definitely not. For in-
stance. the " ho tel" in Germany does
not fall under any o f the officially
establishe d categories of hotels of the
first , second , third or fourth class. It is
a so-called "Gasthaus" or in n. The
hotel in Zweisimmen. Switzerla nd is
officia lly listed as a hotel of the
second to fo urth class (depe nd ing o n
the roo m). The postal au thorit ies in
the co u ntries me n tioned who con trol
the issuance o f ama teur licenses, are
usually very friendly people , but the
idea of obtaining your " own special-
ized personalized callsign." as the ad
states. when native amateurs canno t
generally obtain such service is
stre tc hing things. Your personalized
call sign will usually be your W call
followed by the norma l coun try pre-
fix, such as W8XXX/D L. There are
o ther po ints one could men tio n such
as : wh at d oes one see of Europe
staying in insol ated spo ts? Ever d rive
around in Europe during the to urist
peak? Those 1-2 hou r "theoretical"
d rives to sigh ts o f in terest become
6-8 hour grinds. What is so DX'y
about signing W8 XXX/ DL? There will
be no pileups waiting to work you .
Name wit hheld
Visiting Europe during the slimmer
months can be a terrible grind. My
own preference is in Mayor in the
fall - September and October, when
the ho tels have rooms, there are seats
ill the restaurants, and weather is just
a bit 'cool, but not cold. I like th e
smaller hotels better than th e firs t
class Hilto n type sanitized and plastic
American type hotels. And who wants
to sit in a hotel room watching a
German-dubbed rerun of December
Bride?
 lm o n a 3-mo n th bu...inc...... tri p to
Kl." Y west . Drivin g across coun try I
wo rked in to ma ny FM repeaters and
du tifully used your " FCC Official"
log bo o k that I go t fro m the 73 boo th
a t Las Vegas.
On th e way d own the Florida Keys
my car with lo ts of an tenna s an d the
" FCC OFFIC IAL " was spo t ted by a
Cit izen Bande r at a service sta tion, He
passed the word down th e Keys that
th e FCC was comi ng, There was a mad
scramble to di sconnect li nea rs and
lo wer a n te nnas by the lo cal Cb'e rs.
This info was passed o n to me a fte r
I was he re a couple o f weeks.
Tom OR n W6 EIF/-t
Key west , Florida
Th ese log book s are available from
73 4/SI, They are designed to be used
as FA! mo bile logs. The cover was
designed to help keep fuzz off' the car.
the idea being to casualty teave the log
book on the dashbuard with th e ' 'FCC
OFFICIAL .. fac ing up wards. The CB
reaction is a side benefit, bu t one
certain ly worth pursuing.
CHAPIN REBUTTED
I wo uld like to com me n t o n yo u r
guest ed itoria l in Jan . 72 issue o f 73.
which inci den ta lly was a grea t way to
begin the new yea r. An excellen t
ed itio n (slim or otherwise").
Admitted ly, Mr. Chapin is well
in forme d o n the in ner workings of the
for me r IRE and A lEE . now IEEE and
h is argu me n ts o ffer mu ch for tho ught
with regard to the ARRL and its
obv iou s problems in the are a o f fi nan-
ces, membership & P.R .. b ut to struc-
ture th e A RRL in the m anner he
suggests is pure fo lly , I will agree that
every o rga niza tio n goes thro ugh a
cycle. begin ning with its embryonic
stage to its fina l plea fo r recognition .
and iron ically enough, tha t is where
the simi lari ty in our th in-ing also di es.
Forming a new or gan ization by t he
ac t of merging does not guarantee
con tin uit y of th e o ld o rganizatio n, it
is merely a way of saving face . in mo st
cases. it is the final plea fo r rec ogni-
tio n as men tioned ea rlier. On ce the
merger is com ple te the o ld o rga niza-
tion is gone forever. I wo uld like to
know how ~Ir. Cha pin is able to d raw
a paralle l bet ween the IRE & AlE E vs.
ARRL & WHOM? The ARRL simp ly
has no co mpetition. Ho w can you
draw a parallel be tw een the ARRL &
CW & RC & TFC & Non/TFC & OX &
er e." Any ran k SWL realize s that the
real p roblem ste ms from the fac t th at
ARRL sim ply has no competi tion.' I
know I repeated it , ma ybe by now it
has su nk in so me where between the
head phones. Sho w me an o rganiza-
tion o r co mpany with sole righ ts and
dist ributo rsh ip o f a product o r service
and I will show you an infe rio r pro-
duct or service !
You know it . I know it . and Mr.
Chapi n knows it along with 200,000
ot her a ma teu rs in the U.S. We live in a
cou ntry who se economy is based and
fo und ed on com pe tit ion, ye t we sit on
our tails for 50 years and le t ourselves Zealand , to ~lc~turdo Statio n. Al-
be led aroun d and dictated to by an though the pla nes had bee n able to
organization that claim... ~7 (if of ou r infonn ~lcMlITd o of their cha nge in
10 1. C'mon fello ws and YL's. wake up. plan , due to high lati tude co mmu nica-
we can d o be tte r than th is ! tio n in te rru p tio ns neither they nor
For my part . si nce all the dissension Me Murdo were able at th at time to
began 3 yea rs ago. and new o rgani- no tify New Zealand o r to req uest the
zat ions have cr o pped up (one 0 1 nee de d ligh ting at the airpo rt s th ere.
which is doing very well) and I 'm By working an ama teur circ uit wi th
proud to he a mem ber o f Nu Sigm a Palmer Sta tion you were perhaps t·ht'
Alp ha , amateu r rad io has never been o nly person in th e Un ited St ates in
mo re excit ing. Le t's face it. compe ti- radio commu nica tio n with Antarct ica
tion is fo od fo r th e soul, we a ll mu st a t that time . By relay th ro ugh Palmer.
have it. win o r lose. we do th e best we and the nce through you to the Office
ca n for ou r co lors.' I can think of of Po lar Programs, McMurdo St atio n
no thing more bo ring th an to boast was able to re po rt this o pera tional
that I belong to th e one and o n ly eme rgent.]. '. We were th en able to
maj o r ha m rad io o rganiza tion in th e telephone New Zealand authorities to
cou n try. We 've had 50 yea rs of this verify tha t the sit uatio n was know n to
d rudgery . and another 5 or 10 years the m and tha t the airport s were read y
wo uld parallel t he Chin ese wa te r tor- to receive the flights. Both plan es
ture. S9 let's let ARRL continue the landed safely,
way they wis h, let's d evelo p o ne o r Your p romp t and capable assistan ce
two more o rganiza tio ns an d with it provided a reassuring back up com m u-
develop some frie nd ly competi tion for nication capability fo r wh ich all con-
a c hange. It may uncover a few "d usty ce rned a re grate ful.
old rigs, so lid ify the p resent me mber- j oseph O. Fletcher
shi p o f ARRL and bring bac k so me of Head, National Sci.'m 'e F ou nd a tio n
the compe titive ...pint into an a rea W3i'<h ington DC
where i t has been hereto fo re v irtually
no n-existen t. MARKETING MAGIC?
Boh Linker WA9 Vm Reference the " thin 73" item at
Chicago H. p , I0 of th e December 1971 issue. Was
o ne o f the Massachusetts bandit s, by
I cannot agree with YOII more. It is any chance. my favo rite a na thema.
onty with competition that products Herb Gordon o f Woodchuck Hill? As
improve and progress is made. Any your files will di sclose I wrote yo u o n
company or organization that has a Oct. 2, 19 70, co ncern ing my effort s
monopoly stands only to protect its to induce that ind ivid ual to e ither ship
mo nopoly and great efforts are often me rchandise o rdered or refund my
made tn crush any smaller organize- paymen t for it.
tion that threatens to upset the status Ultimately I turned the ma tter o ver
quo. A bou t a decade ago, a small to my attorney and all no rmal legal
group organized til e In stitute of A ma- ste ps of a p rel iminary na ture we re
teur R ad io . T h is organizatio n taken . Gord on blithely ignored all
promised to make many reso unding correspondence (including mine). so
changes in our hobby: but this pro red we decided it would be rid iculous to
(() be such an earth-s haker that the spend a couple o f hundred dollars in
well established organization took eourt to re cover $99.95, th e amount of
great efforts 10 stop the competition.
What can be done now? Well. fo ra th e check I had sen t Go rdon . I pub li-
starr, a new organ ization is needed to cized h is performa nce via a co u ple of
offer services. pro duce some son of OT organizations to whi ch I belong. I
tnfonnation d isseminating system. and wo nder if he is still in business?
present ideas to its membership. The In any even t, I'm m inus the
resultant competition need no t be $99.9 5 - and the wattmeter,
vicious nor cruel. but may be do ne Further concernin g material in re-
with a keen eye 11) the o ther to see ce n t issues. You have ind icated ' an
what is being done so that it may interest in th e possibility o f introdu-
impro ve upon the latest offerings. The cing things o f a new nature which
consumer has the ability 10 vote for might have departmental aspects. So
the system he appro ves of mo st, and how would yo u lik e t o bankrupt the
that vote he casts is in the fo rm of th e o rganiza tio n via a thing that migh t be
dollar. Obviously th e organization en titled " \{ arketing Magic?" It would
that offers the most will win . That be concerned with the type o f ream-
which off ers nothing will stagnate. ing I to o k from Gordon. It would
report complain ts from amateurs who,
The follo wing tetter was received in fact or in fan cy , have been victim-
by Peter Lo velo ck 1V6AJZ , fo r his role ized by su p pliers. It would be based
in saving two Navy aircraft from upon letters se n t to 7 3 b y victims
disaster. such as WIGAA . It would co n ta in
I wish to thank you for the excel- nothing libelous. but would rather
len t assistance wh ich you , as a n am a- constitu te a factual and o bjec tive re-
teu r radio operator. gave the United cord that would , hopefully , d ifferen-
States antarct ic program o n February tiate be tween the su pplie rs who deal
28 . 19 72 . At tha t time two Un ited above the table and those who d on't.
States Navy LC- 130 aircraft had bee n Allo wing fo r m y undo u b ted b ias, I
forced by headwind s to turn back o n think so meth ing of this na ture wou ld
a fligh t from Ch ristch urc h, New (continued overleafl
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be a real service to all hams. But of
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I'd be d eligh ted to ed it such a
co lu mn. What d o you thin k?
AI Smi th WI GAA/K3ZMS
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There are a few cases where a
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nu t with any remarkable success.
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iterall y h undreds of a r t i~ Ies have been
L writte n over the past few years de-
scribi ng ante nna arrays ranging from di pole
simplici ty to full-size 40m q uads . Still, it
seems that mo st hams do not have as good
an antenna syste m as th ey would li ke to
have. There are tw o major reaso ns for this:
They don't have the room o r they d on ' t
have t he money . Well, he re is a high-gain
ante n na which was bu ilt in a 55 x 35 ft
back ya rd at a total ex pe nse o f abo u t $5
for an ten na wire plus so me left over hard-
ware from a 75m dipole.

Fig. 1. The general shape of the an tenna.

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Fig. 2. Spacing o f th e elem en ts on th e support wire.

Checki ng back over th e past two years eno ugh to reach easily fo r pru ning. With
of 20m o peration I discovered that 62% o f the guys which hold th e ele me nts in shape
all co ntac ts were with sta t io ns in Europe. atta ched to a fence at th e e dge o f th e y ard,
The remainder were mostly co n tac ts in the forces are d irected to th e side in st ead
Canada, South Am erica , a nd a sma ll co un- of downward s, thus putting less st ress o n
try to t he sou t h know n as t he U.S. t he suppo rti ng wire.
Alt hough J was working a fair number of Although I will explain t he metho d of
sta tio ns, th e re ports were usually . " You construction in consid erable detail here ,
have a go od signal here, but there is plenty the me chanical st ru ct u re is not ve ry critical
o f QRM on the frequency , 73 and hope t o a nd is o nly prese nted for the use of th ose
see you wh en th e ba nd is qu ieter. " Of wh o wish to du pli cat e my antenna exac tly.
course. t he ba nd has no t yet q u iete ned First , measure off a 52 ft le ngth of guy
down. Since I enjoy ragchewing mu ch WIfe, which will be th e su pporti ng ca ble.
more than th e quick " re po rt exchange " Slide six of th e st rain insulators onto th e
co n tac t, I decided to take stock o f what I wire and space them acco rding to th e
had in my junkbo x and build th e best PULLE Y ____
unidirectio nal a ntenna I co uld devise in th e
space availa ble.
My searc h co m plete, I came up with
two 33 ft TV masts, a few hundred fee t o f
guy wire, a nd a bo x of egg t ype st rai n
insu lators. Afte r purchasing 4 50 ft of
an te nna wire, a roll o f nylon clo t hes line,
and tw o sma ll pulleys, J had all th e parts
for my superbea m. Several months ago I
had the idea o f suspe nd ing a quad from a
wire boom. Closer exa mina t io n o f this id ea
sho wed th at if the sq ua re ele me nt co nfig-
urati on was to be used , tw o booms would
be required . if the diamond configuration
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fo rm th e sq uare shape necessary and th e
eleme nts th emselves would almost t ouch Ft.EXIBLE WIRE
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Suddenly while playing about with dif-

ferent ele me nt co nfigura t io ns, I realized
that th e m ost co mpac t sha pe with a I A
pe rimeter would be a triangl e. So I ca me
up with the an ten na shown in Fig. I . This
requires o nly o ne su ppo rt ing wire, and the
element sha pe ca n be adjusted so that th e
height above grou nd is about 7 ft. AI· Fig. 3. Details of m asts. Do not anchor guys to
though this so u nds low, it t u rns ou t t o be grou nd until the mast is vertica l. Th en tighten
just high eno ugh t o mow th e lawn , yet low guys as tension on the antenna is increased.

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 spacing sho wn in Fig. 2. The insulators I
used have the two holes drilled perpendic-
ular to each othe r, which makes them
excellent fo r supporting the elements of
this antenna. Electrical tape was used to
hold th em in position.
Second, set up the masts according to
the details of Fig . 3. The poles I used are
TV masts made to a length of about 33 ft
each by adding three lOft sections with
swaged ends and a 4 ft scrap of tubing to
be buried in the ground. A pulley is
attached to the top of the mast and 50ft
of flexible guy wire is pulled through it.
This will be used to lift the antenna into
position after the masts have been erected
and lower it for changes o r servicing. Two
guys attache d adjacent to the pulley are
use d to balance the tension on the support-
ing wire. In addition, two more guys are
attached halfway up the masts to hold
th em straight. The entire assembly is light
enough to be walk ed up into th e vertical
position and dropped into a 3- 5 ft hole.
Th e earth ca n the n be fille d in aro und the
mast and the guys temporarily an chored.
Next, measure the wire for the elements
according to th e table in Fig. 4 and insert
the wire in the insulato rs as sho wn in Fig.
5. Make sure you do not mix up the
elements at this point. Add two more
insulators to each element and spread the
wire out o n each side o f the boom so that
it will no t tangle when the antenna is being
lifted into place. The feedline should be
attached to the driven elemen t and taped
along the suppo rt wire to the end nearest
the shack. Any son coax will work well
(depending o n th e power you are running).
Incid entally . the loss in RG-8 is 0 .7 dB /lOO
E lement Length of W ire Needed
Reflec t or 71 '9 "
Dr iven E lemen t 70 '0"
F ir st D ir ector 6 8 '3 "
Second D ir ec t o r 6 6 '6 "
Thir d D ir ector 6 4 '9 "
F o urth D irecto r 6 3 '0 "
L engths are gi ven for a reso n a n t frequen cy of 14.170 MHz . If the frequency is
higher, the y should be sho rt e ned accordingly. IMP ORTANT : These lengths are
rou gh e st imates and sho ul d not be u sed without pruning with the a ntenna in
the air .
Fig. 4.
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ft . The loss in RG-5 8 is 1.7 dB /lOO ft. In
watts that means that 100W output from
the transmitter at the end of 100 ft of
RG-5 8 is only 68W at the antenna. But
with RG-8, IOOW at the transmitter means
83W at the antenna.
Next, attach the support wire ends to
the wire on pulleys of the masts and hoist
the antenna into the air. Atta ch nylon
clothesline or heavy string to the insulators
and pull the eleme nts into a triangular
shape. These guys should be attached as far
from the antenna as possible or even better
as high from the ground as possible . This is
to prevent the stra in of the guys from
pulling the support wire ou t of sha pe.
Now you are ready to prune the ele-
ments. This can be done by setting a field
strength met er in front o f the antenna and
trimm ing the elements for a maximum
readin g. If this is not possible , a reasonably
good approximation can be made by reson-
ating the elements to the frequencies
sho wn in Fig. 4 with a grid dip meter. To
be sure that the calibration of the grid
Resonant Frequency
13.8 MHz
14.17 MHz
14.60 M H z
14.90 MHz
1 5 .40 MHz
15.90 MHz
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elemen t, a co mm unicatio ns receiver can be
co nne cte d to th e ante nna which will pick
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imum rad iati on
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of th e few YEs co ming through at that
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SWR at Resonance 1.5 10 1.0 mall. Net $62.95 tim e. Receivi ng, his signals were also S9 . A
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la w Sca n? What is t hat, OM?"
S Yes, believe it or not , th at is th e
question I am aske d time and time again
when I have transmitt ed ama teu r tel evision
Slow Sca n pictures on 14 230 k Hz and
an nou nced the fact on SSB, only to find
some DL, OK, SM, and even W/K sta tio n
responding as if I had o nly t ran smitted a
ph one CW call. When I repl y that I am read y
fo r Slow Scan transmissio ns a nd ask , " Have
you t hat facility?", they ap pea r puzzled :
G5Z T a t his station.
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Harold Jones G5ZT
:3 Bircham View, Austincres
Egg Buckland, Plymouth
Devon, England
"Slow Scan ? Wh at is th at , OM " When I
ex plain th at I have been send ing Slow Scan
ama teu r tel evision pictures, th ey invariably
say so me th ing like this: " Sorry, OM , I did
not know that sound was Slo w Scan . I have
often hea rd it bu t th ought it was some
co m mercial RTTY o r high speed Morse - I
deliberat ely used the frequency for testing
and tuning-up purposes. Television on these
DX bands would be mo st interesting ...
please explain all abou t it and tell me how I
can get eq uip me n t goi ng and where I can get
the eq uip men t o r circuits."
Hence this article to ex plain in simple
terms what SSTV means and what equip-
ment is required. Mu ch ha s been written
abou t this su bject bu t it seems to m e that it
has been too tec h nical fo r man y uma tue rs.
T hey have just gi ven th e article a cu rso ry
glan ce and then forgotten all about it.
SSTV is a means wh ereby amateurs can
transmit and receive television pictures
world-wide using the normal na rrow band
wavelengths in the ama teu r bands of 80, 40,
20 , 15 and 10 meters.
All ama teu rs wiII und erstand the prin-
ciples o f co mme rcial broad cast television .
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cou ntry .
By using SSTV. television pictures can be
tra nsmitted using a bandwidth o f no more
than 2.5 kHz so that transmission is perfect-
ly possible in the 8 0 t o 10 m eter bands
where world-wide c o mmunicatio n is quite
normal. Not only is this possible , but ,
because of the narrow bandwidth used. it
easily co mplies wit h intern atio nal regula-
tions, co vering no wider a cha nnel tha n SSB
does and even less than that of AM or FM .

\V

,· 0
SSTV DX! Transmitted by W4LAS, the picture is
of h is niece. ~ECE I VE~

This must be tra nsmitte d and re ceived o n

MONITOR
VHF o r UIIF because o f the w ide band-
with - a n yt h ing from 2 MHz t o 6 Mll z
,· 0
INPUT
,
depending o n the country . To use a mini- TAPE
~ECO~DE~
mum of 2 MHz ba ndwidth for amate ur
te levison means that hams have to use the MONI TO~

4 3 2 MHz o r eve n higher freque ncy b and s, Fig. 1. Block diagram of interconnections for the
whi ch they do, but ac tivity is comparatively short-wave viewer and transmitter for television
low and communicati on is normally only a reception . .

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 The catho de ray tube is the special
\V long-persistence ty pe, usually P-7 p hosp hor.
The incoming signal is truly slow scan and,
VIOEO
TAPE OUT MIKE TRANSM ITTER unlike co mme rcial televisio n wh ich appears
INPUT
RECORDE R to be instantaneous due to th e high line and
frame ra te , appears to pain t the picture from
the to p left t o the bottom right of the
\V cat h o de ray t ube, taking a total o f eigh t

o OUT
M IKE
IN'"tJT
TRANSM ITTER
seconds to complete the picture on the tube.
That is why you have to use a P-7 phosphor.
FLY ING SPOT SCANNER
When this eigh t seco nd period reaches th e
botto m of the tube, the sy nc signal sta rts the
\V process over again. The norma l practice is to
LE NS
transmit each pic ture for three o r more
M IKE
CAMER A OUT INPUT TRANSMI T ree frames, enabling the rece iving amate ur to get
F 1.9
a full pic ture and tape record. Inten sity o f
the picture is fre quency - modulat ed ac-
Fig. 2. Block diagram of in tercon nections for the
cording to the standards already listed, i.e .
transmission of pictures.
fo r highest b righ t ness, 23 00 Hz , for bla ck ,
1500 Hz, a n d for line a nd fram e sy nc h ro ni-
The difference between amateur tele- zat ion by 1200 Hz blacker th an black pulses
vision on 4 32 MlI z , where objec ts ca n he at the line an d frame rat es. The b andwid th is
seen moving, and SSTV, is th at the picture thus limited to the normal voice grade
m ust be sta tic . Call signs, photographs of co mmunicatio n frequencies into the tra ns-
self, y l, xy l, fa mily. shack, cartoons and mitt er microphone socket fo r transm itting
writte n messages can be easily transmitted and into the receiver circuits for recept ion.
anywh ere in the world with surprisingly good Now don't think that this is 100 co mp lex
definition . But it is fascinating to contact a for you. I only co mme nced o perating in this
sta t io n 10,000 mil es (or even 50 miles) away m ode on April 22 , 1971 , and have already
and exchange a series o f pi ctures. had over 80 two-way television contac ts
To mak e this technically feasible o n a with Greece, Swe de n, Ital y , Alask a, U.S.A. ,
world-wide basis, a standard has been Puerto Rico , and Guadelo upe Island . I have
reac hed which all SST V a ma te urs u se , as received short -wave viewers' reports from
follows: Norway, Russia. Czechoslovakia . Singapore,
Number of lines 120 Austria and Australia. This sho uld prove to
Tim e per frame 8 seconds -
the d 0 'l.bt ~rs what a great deal of ac tivity
Modulati on ( white ) 2300 Hz Modulation FM
Modulation (black) 1500 Hz
Sync. 1200 Hz
Sync durati on
Horizontal 5 millisecond s
Vertical 30 milliseconds
Normally aft er tra nsmitting video signals,
the same frequen cy is used fo r sound to
announce the fac t that yo u are lo oking for
slo w sc an contacts. Alth ough technically it is
possibl e to use vision and sound simulta-
neously on either sideban d , I have not h eard
of this method in use yet. For reception of
the pictures, all that is necessary is for the
o utput from your communicatio n receiver
spea ker terminals to be fed into a cathode
ray assembly called the monit or. Typical logo used by SSTV hams .

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OFF CURING ",IDEO

I. Use a video tape recorder. Get an SSTV
ON'OR SPEECH amateur to make a video tape of your call
M'KE~o- \lI sign, photographs, etc. All you do is feed
LENS
recorder output into your transmitter
",IOEO
MIKE
CAMERA
INPUT
TRANSMITTER microphone socket.
F 1.9
2. Use a Flying Spot Scanner. With t his, you
can make up your own versio n of y our
call sign to feed int o the transmitter.
3 . Use a video camera. This is the ultimate
INPUT
TA""
\lI for SSTV. You can have a target stand in
RECORDER t- ....DEO
front of the camera o n which to place any
writing or photographs or you can tum
/
l .S. RECEIVER
vtOEO OR AUDIO
the camera on yourse lf, your shack, etc.
Camera output again is fed into the
V
transmitter as in the o ther methods.
VIDEO
l- The video signal is adjuste d to give the
same transmitter rf o utput level as y our
"

0
0 0 0
voice peaks, or just slightly lower, being
careful on SSB not to go beyond the
hlONITOR
specified carrier insertion levels or, if using
an AM or FM transmitter, the same levels. If,
Fig. 3. SSTV interconnections at G5ZT. for example, your SSB transmitter instruc-
tions say speech peaks of 150 m A, th en I
there is ; it is increasing daily . I understand would adjust the video level to aro und 100
that there are over 30 countries using SSTV rnA .
and that so me amateurs already have over 20 If you build your o wn equipment, see th e
C. to the ir credit. I predict that by 1975 the' appendix for numerous articles on equi p-
first DXjCCjSSTV certificate will have been ment. If you want to get on the air quickly
issued . by purchasing commercial equipment , there
I t is a pleasure to find the slow scan are three firms that I know o f producing
amateurs such a friendly bunch , with no equipment:
rush to get rid o f you for th e next QSO . R o bo t R esearch II/ C., 759 / COI/voy
Contact for an hour o r more is quite normal Court, SOl/ Diego CA 92 / 11. Came ra and
and the experts are always willing to give monit or.
you every assistance and advice . The most
po pular freq ue ncies in use are 3845 , 3740,
7050, 14 230, 2 1100, 21430 , 28 100 and
28600 kHz , the two main lo ng distance
frequencies being 14230 and 21430 kHz.
All you have to do is to tune your
receiver to the signal which sounds similar to
RTTY or high speed Morse with a noticeable
"pip" every eight seconds. If you hear the
stat ion on sound then that is the correct
tuning position to receive the pict ure.
A tape recorder is almost a "mu st," since
you should tape all signals. Then you can
play them back at leisure for chec king
purpo ses, proving reception to y our friends
or taking photographs of the pictures.
For• tra nsmitting • you can use any of the
following met hods to feed the pict ure into The ID picture of FG7XT, as received in England
your transm itter microphone socket : by G5ZT.

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SSTV station in 7 easy steps:
Just add a Robot monitor and camera and
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All popula r ham radio sets may be used wi th the Robot SSTV equipment and
absolutely no mod ifi cation is re quired. Pictu red above is a complete SSTV sta-
tion . The inset photo shows the back o f the Robot moni tor, w ith all connecting
cab les. To co nve rt your existing amateu r station to an SSTV sta tion:
Co nnec t the cab le su pplied with the Rob ot ca ble ® which is c onnecte d to the receiver
Model 80 camera to th e soc ket CD on the back by mean s of a " Y" conne cto r in th e speaker
of the Model 70 monitor. Power is th en sup- lead.
pli ed to th e ca me ra from the monito r and th e SSTV signals are connec ted to th e phone
video i mage from yo ur camera is displayed on line (0 to provid e two-way SSTV ex cha nge
the monitor. with othe r Robot SSTV sets connected to the
Ne xt, con nect the transmi tte r connecti ng c a- phon e line.
ble ® to the microph on e jack on you r trans- After these connec tio ns are made, the sta-
mitter or transceiver. Yo ur microphone ca ble tion is operated by swi tches on the monitor
now c onnec ts to the mic ropho ne jack provided front panel.
on the back of the Robot Monitor ®. That's all the re is to it. As you can see, abso-
Paone jack <D co nnects the signal fr om your lutely no modific ati on s of y ou r existing equi p-
camera o r rad io receive r to your tape recorde r ment are requ ired. All necessary cables are
so that it may be reco rded fo r later viewing included wi th yo ur Robot monitor and ca mera.
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. Plow man, J .A.• "S low-Scan Picture Transmitter."
This is how SM4AMM must look after receiving
TVI complaints.
L.E. Babcock; & Company, Inc.. P.O. Box
28/. A ct oll MA . SSB transceiver with SST V
add-on units. See 73 magazine May 71 .
E.K. Y. Video Vision Co.. Box /5. S to ck -
holm NJ. Monitors, monitor kit sets. See 7 3
magazine April 71.
It will take you no more than one hour
after receiving the ready-made eq uipme nt to
be on the air . .. as simple as th at ! Recep-
tion is remarkably good since even signals as
low as S3 will provide a picture and S7
signals will take a lot of QRM punishment.
Various simple cabling connections for the
viewer and transmitting amateur are shown
in Figs. I and 2.
The big advantage of taping all co ntacts is
that you can edit the tape, keeping the best
pict ures and sound reception as a permanent
record to photograph at your leisure . I used
a sta ndard Philips tape record er which cost
me $ 10 se condha nd , and I bought an ordi-
nary camera for $20. Having set up the
camera for correct aperture and focal length,
give the film an eight second time exposure
when the picture on the monitor starts at
the top . It will take eight seconds to reach
the bottom. The photographs in this article
were taken by this method . Times for lo ng
distan ce communication will be the same as
fo r phone co ntacts mainly ope rating on
142 30 k Hz or 2 1430 k Hz. It is j ust a
question of being on the air at the right time
to catch the DX - often 0300 GMT for me!
. . .G5ZT
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Appendix.
Macdonald. C. "A New Narrow-Band Im age Trans-
mission Sy stem," QST August and September,
1958.
Macd o nal d , C. "Slow-Scan Image Tran smission. A
Progress Report," QST A pr il. 196 O.
Macdo nald, C., "S.c.r. M. An im p roved system fo r
Slow-Scan Image T ransmissio n," QST January and
February 1961 .
The British Amateur Television Club . London.
1961 (out of print).
Macd onald. C.• "A Compact Slow-S can TV Moni-
tor." QST March. 1964.
Macdonald. c.. "A Slow-Scan Vidicon Camera."
QST June, July and August . 1965 .
Macdonald, C.• "Twent y-Meter Slow-Scan Te sts."
QST September, 196 6 .
Simpson, R. , "Narrow-Band TV Using Pseudo-
Random Do t Sca n," in Tech nical Co rrespo ndence,
QST Januar y, 196 7 .
Su lu, G.V . (Ed itor) . Amateur Te levision Issue,
SIRAN Journal of the Bangalore Amateur Radio
Club (South Ind ia Radio Amateurs New sreel) .
March, 1967.
Cohen. TJ., "An Economical Slow-Scan Television
Monitor," 73 July, 1967.
Hu tto n, L.L , " A Slow-Scan Television Picture
Generator," 73 October 19 6 7.
Anon.. FCC Proposal on Slow-Scan TV. QST
November. 1967.
Anon., AR RL Commen ts on fCC Pro posal on
Slow-Sca n TV , QS T February, 196 8 .
Anon., FCC Approval of Slow-Scan TV Docke t,
QS T September, 196 8.
Taggart. R.E., "Slow-Scan with Regular Vidicons,"
in Technical Correspondence, QST December.
1968.
Hu lto n, L.I ., "A Fast-Scan Vidicon in the Slow-
Scan TV Camera," 73 February 1969.
Watson, D.J . and Horne. S .~t.K. , "New Solid-State
Camera and Monitor for Slow-Scan Telcvi son, Ham
Radio Aprit, 1969.
Popki n-Clu rm an, J .R .• "A Simple Inex pensive FM
to AM Conver ter fo r Slow-Sca n TV and Facsimile;
73 J une. 1969 .
Hu tton , L.I., "A Slow-Scan Te levision Signal
Genera tor," 73 J uly, 196 7.
"liIler, D.C., "S low-Scan Television" CQ July and
August, 1969.
Taggart, R.E., "A Procedure for the Reception of
Slow-Scan Color Pictures Using Additive Syn-
thesis," 73 November. 1969.
Backman. A., "SSTV" 73 December, 1969.
Taggart, R .E., "S low-Scan Television," Ham Radio
December, 1969.
Cohen, T J., Har mon, D., and Veazey, D., "Samp-
ling Techniques," in, Taggart, R .E., "Slow-Scan
Television ," Ham Radio December. 196 9.
Bac kma n, A., "S low-Scan Television, Radio Com-
mu nicution "(R.S. G.B .) February, 19 7 1
73 MAGAZINE
Peter A. Lovelock W6AJZ
1330 California Avenue
Santa Monica CA 90403
t e
T he user of a ground plane or trap-
vertical type antenna experiences the
limitations of its omnidirectional character-
istics. Heavier QRM during reception and
reduced radiation in a desired direction are
inherent to this type of antenna, despite
the low vertical angle of propagation which
is favorable for DX work .
One classic solution is to utilize two
identical verticals , spaced %-wavelength a-
part, and phase driven with an appropriate
length of interconnecting feedline. Such
arrays will exhibit a cardioid or "figure-S"
horizontal pattern, dependent upon the
phasing-line length and feed point. This
arrangement is suitable only for single band
operation due to the phasing requirements,
and in the case of trap verticals may
involve the significant expense o f the dupli-
cate antenna. The directional pattern is
broad , fixed to the plane of the twin
antennas, and can only be reversed by
somewhat complex coaxial switching of
the phasing line.
The fact that verticals lend themselves
to the application of parasitic elements in
Vagi-type configurations, seems to have
been somewhat neglected . The purpose
here is not 'to give detailed construction of
JUNE 1972
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such an array, but rather to present some
ideas which I have found to accomplish
effective directional characteristics for my
commercial trap vertical. These are equally
applicable to any v,.-wave vertical, and may
be adapted to the needs and space avail-
ability of the individual. The final section
describes how such parasitic elements may
be fabri cated from readily available mater-
ials at very modest cost.
Vertical Reflector
The simplest application of a parasitic
element is a vertical reflector spaced 0.25
wavelengths from the ground plane driven
element. The photograph shows a 21 MHz
reflector used in conjunction with a popu-
lar trap vertical. Figure I illustrates the
arrangement of the reflector with a single
band ground plane antenna.
0.25 wavelength spacing between
elements is suggested for several reasons:
(a) It affords the optimum gain for a single
parasitic element. (b) The reflector length
is an electrical %-w3ve at this spacing to
achieve correct phase relationship. (c) The
base of the reflector should be connected
to the same electrical ground as the
antenna. This may be achieved by
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Fig. 1. Sim ple reflector for ground plane antenna.
connecting it directly to the end o f o ne
radial used with a groundplane. (If the
vertical antenna is ground mounted
without radials, a ~-wave wire should be
run from t he base of the reflector to the
antenna feedpoint ground.) (d) 0.25 wave
spacing has the minimum effect o n th e
antenna's radiation resistance, and thus
minimum change to feedline matc hing and
SWR.
If the base o f the reflector is o t herwise
insulated , the element may be made
non-functional by breaking the connec tio n
to the radial wire . This can be done by
inserting a switch, or remote operated
relay , close to the reflector base.
Directional or omnidirectional o peratio n
may then be selected at will.
True, the single, fixed position vertical
reflector is constrained to "beaming" in
one direction . But when so me added punch
to a particular part of the wo rld. is desired ,
th e 5 dB gain from this simple expedient is
well worth a fe w dollars for the aluminum
tubing used. The equivalent increase of x4
power would cost up to one hundred time s
as much.
Direct or elements may be added in-line
for improved gain and front-to-back ra tio .
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However, to achieve worthwhile results
directors must be spaced 0. 1 to 0.15
wavelengths from the antenna (and each
other) . T his requires that they be adjusted
to an elect rical length shorter than 0.2 5
(dependent o n ac tual spacing) for correc t
phasing. The additional elements and close
spacing will significantly reduce the anten-
na feed point impedance , requiring special
matching arrangements if SWR is to be
kep t Iow a n th e fee dline. T his is no t
conducive to switching o ut the parasitic
elements fo r o mnidirectional operation,
unless a complex relay system is acce pt-
able. For the 2-3 dB extra gain , the cost
and effo rt increases o ut o f proport ion , and
th e single refl ect or o ffers th e most for th e
RADIALS (4) least.
For those who desire it , formulas fo r
deriving t he pro per length to spacing o f
direct o rs are the same as those used for
horizo ntal Yagi-bearns, divided by 2.
Variable Directivity
While the single fixe d reflecto r provides
an easy method of fixed direction beaming,
the ability to vary directivity may be
ultimat ely desirable . Figure 2 depicts an
array utilizing four fixed directors arranged
around the vertical antenna at 90° inter-
vals. The eigh t-position switching system
sho wn operates relays at the base of each
refl ect or, so that one o r two reflectors are
ac tivated for a given switch position. This
effectively allows 360° rota tion in 4 5°
steps. Since the beam wid th with a single
reflect or, at Yz po wer points, is approxi-
mately 60° , the rotational capab ility is
pretty adequate.
A simpler version can be made using a
four position switch, and acco mplishing
elec trical "rotation" in 90° steps. Ho w ever
the difference in cost is just t hat of the
switch .Another meth od of beam rotatio n,
app licable to the 28 and 2 1 MHz bands, is
sho wn in Fig. 3 . Here the reflector (and if
desired , direct or) are mounted o n a rota-
table boom. The boom is attached to a
beari ng and brack et assembly , clamped to
the mast which supports the vertical anten-
na , and is at "ground" potential. The bo om
can be rotated by the "armstrong" meth-
od, and incorpora te a means of lo cking in a
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prescrib ed direction . Or a suitable motor
drive will permit remote o pera tion fro m
the shack .
The parasitic elements may be clamped
directly to the boom, in wh ich case the
permanent electrical co nnection will not
allo w for omnidirectional use of the an ten-
na. If the latter is desired, the parasitic
ele me nts must be insula ted fro m the boom
and connected by relay switching fo r beam
applicatio n. Detailed meth ods appear un-
der the co nstructio nal sectio n below .
A single boom may incorpora te parasitic
elements for both 28 a nd 2 1 MHz, eit he r
by using separate elements of the right
length and spacing or, alternatively by
using a method described under the
"Multi-Band" section that follo ws. In the
latt er case a compromise in spacing will be
necessary .
Multi-Band Applications
So far we have using
considered
parasitic elements basically for a single
ba nd . For those wh o have a favorite DX
band, this may prove adequa te. But for the
man who has a five band trap vertical, and
wants to benefit fro m DX on more than
one ba nd, the p roble ms multip ly .
If you have a lot of real estate, o r a very
large flat roof and complacent neighbors,
you can extend on the method of Fig. 2 .
All it takes is four more reflectors and
relays for each ba nd, suitably spaced from
the trap vertical. This is possible fo r 28
th rough 14 MH z. For lo wer f reque ncies,
full length ",-wave reflectors get to be big
and cumbersome, and a full 5-band array
wit h 20 asso rted elements is an unlikely
prospect fo r t he majority .
The situation can be compacted by
using a 318-wave reflector on the upper o f
two bands ; say 14 and 7 MH z. The
reflect or will be long on the higher
frequency band and display inductive
reactance . Th is may be adjuste d by
incorp o rating the co rrect value o f ca pacitve
react ance be tween th e base of the reflector
an d t he g roun dplane (radia l wire) .
Similarly, t h e reflector will be sho rt fo r the

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Fig. 3. Rotatable reflector fo r vertical an tenna.
lower frequency band , with capacitive
reactance which can be tuned with a series
induct ance.
T he 3/8t h wave reflecto r for 14/7 MHz
will be approxi ma tely 24 fee t high ;
probably the prac tical maximum for mo st
installations. However the princi ple can be
appli ed for 7 and 3.5 MH z wh ere space
permits, and strong enough material is used
for Ih e 50 foot height.
A 3/8 th wave reflector for 2 8 MH z can b e
resonated with a series indu ctance o n 14
Mll z. Since t he reflector length is a bo u t 12
ft , it ca n be resonat ed bot h o n 2 1 a nd 2 8
MH z wi th different va lues of series
capacitance, pe rmitti ng tri ba nd opera tio n
with a single parasit ic ele ment. Figure 4
illustrates the triband reflect or, using two
relays to insert the appropriate value s o f
ca pacitance or induc tance. Ornnidirection
is o btained by switc hing to one of the
bands not bein g used .
In all cases th e 3/8 th wavelengt h
reflec tor will require a comp romise in
spaci ng fro m the ante nna. 0 .2 5 wavelength
at the highes t freq ue ncy is reco mme nde d.
This will result in 0 .125 spaci ng at hal f
freq uency with inductive loading, and less
tha n o pt im u m gai n . About 3 to 4 dB gain
s ho u l d b e att ainable with careful
adjustment. In the case of the triband
version , spacing at 21 MH z will be about
0 .1 8 wavelength when th e reflector is
spa ced 8 feet fro m th e a n te nna for 0.25
JUNE 1972
wave spaci ng a t 2 8 MH z. A gain o f 5 dB
ca n be ac hieved o n both 28 and 21 MH z.
It sho uld be noted, however, th at the
closer spaci ng o n the lower bands will have
more effect on the ante nna im pedance,
matching, and tran smission line SWR .
For the lower frequency bands of 7 and
3.5 MH z, a more compact single reflector
may be constructed utili zing the same trap
principle appli ed to multi-band vertical
ante nnas. The reflect or is split int o two
sec tio ns, in sulated from each o ther. The
lower sect io n is made a resonan t length for
th e high er f req ue ncy ba nd ( 7 MH z) . A
parallel tuned circuit is connected between
the two sectio ns, and resonated to th e
higher frequency band to function as a
high impedance at thi s frequency . The
upper sec tio n is adjusted to a length that ,
in conjunction with the lower sectio n and
inductance o f the tuned circuit, will
function as a tun ed reflect or at the lower
frequ ency (3 .5 Mll z ).
Figu re 5 shows a t y pical tra p asse mb ly
which may be made from 2Jh in. diameter
sta ndard coil stoc k. The parallel ca pac ito r
is a mi ca type , rat ed at 2,500V. Re sonance
is accomplished by removing coil turns
whil e che cking with a grid-dip meter, until
the tuned circu it is adjust ed to the middle
of the 7 Mllz band .
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Appropriate values for a 7 MHz trap ,,

are: Capacitor - 50 pF. Inductance - 9
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microhe nrys. I .__- UPPER ELEMENT
I SECTION
Using Barker and Williamson ty pe I
3905-1 coil stock, approxima tely 18 turns I ,
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spaced 0.25 wavelength at the higher POlYSTYRENE
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OR EQU IVALENT
frequency (7 MHz), from the antenna. INSUl ATOR ROO

Construction icAA""'TUR
Previously I mentio ned that parasi tic
eleme nts could be in expen sively fabricated I
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from readily available material. My source HOSE CLAMP - ' , I
of such mate rial is the ' "do-it-yourself" L __ ...J
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aluminum rack of the better hardware 1 I
stores. Practically all such stores carry a I I
, I
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supply of aluminum tubing of various I I ' - - - LOWER ELEMENT
diameters and lengths; the larger the store, , I SECTION

the better the variety.

For handy reference the fo llowing table
lists the sta ndard sizes of aluminu m stock
which are distribu ted for consumer use,
and are suitable for construction of
parasitic elements.
Type Outer Wall Length
DiameterThick ness
Solid ro d 3/8 in . 72 and 96 in.
Round tube5 /8 in . 0.093 in. 72 an d 96 in.
Round tube3 /4 in . 0.055 in. 72 an d 96 in.
Rou nd tube7 /8 in . 0.055 in. 72 and 96 in.
Round tube 1.0 in. 0.055 in. 72 and 96 in.
Round tube I 1/4 in . 0.055 in. 72 and 96 in.
Square
stock I x I in. 0.062 in . 72 and 96 in .
The 96 in . lengths are convenient fo r 28
MHz use. For other bands it will be
necessary to assemble elements from two
or more telescoping sections. Diameters
listed above that provide snug telesocping
fit s are as follows :
3/8 in. OD rod in to 5/S in. Ol) t ube
5/8 in. aD tube into 3/4 in . Ol) tu be
3/4 in. aD tube into 7/8 in. Ol) tube
Fig. 5. Trap assem bly.
the in ner sectio n afte r adjusting to th e
total req uired length .
Unfortunately the I and I ~ in . tu bing
do not fit snugly. Also you may not be
lucky in finding all t he mati ng sizes at your
local hardware store. In such cases
undersized inner sectio ns may be clam ped
to outer sec tio ns using the trick shown in
Fig. 6. I cu t a I I> in. length wise slot in o ne
si de of t he outer tubing. At the
te rmination of the slot the tubing is cut
crossw ise for half of its diameter. The slot
must be wid e enough t ha t t he resulting two
ears can be compresse d with a suitable size
hose clamp to securely grip the inner
section. The pho tograp h shows such an
assembly for a 15m reflect or, using I in.
an d % in . O f) t ubing.
The consumer-available hardw.are store
tubing is ma de of a relatively soft alloy.
1- 112 on
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CLAMP

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7/8 in. Ol) lube into I in. Ol) tube SCT
I assemble two telescoping sections by
cutting a I I> in . long, lengthwise slit in I in. DIA SEC TION 3/4 III. OIA SECTION

both walls of the larger dia mete r of the

In in. WIDE SLI T
mating tubing. A stainless steel hose clam p
aro und th e slitted end will securely cla mp Fig. 6. ~e tho d for j oining unmatched sections.

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Ty pical join t of unmatched sectio ns of tubing.
While co nvenient for elem ent s up to 2 0 ft
i n h ei ght , l onger length s are 110t
re c ommended with out guying. Three
telescoping sections o f 72 in. length s is
preferable to two o f 96 in. Tele scoping
rein forces and reduces top weight.
Referencing Fig. 3; the rotatable boom
can be const ructe d from a 96 in. length o f
1 x 1 in. square stock, joined to a 72 in .
length of the same sto ck with two short
sections o f 1 in . angle stock, bolted to the
square stock to make a reinforced joint.
Parasitic elements are made from 5/8 in .
lower and 3/8 in. upper sectio ns. The
elemen ts may be attached to th e boom by
drilling a snug fitting hole through both
sides o f the square stock. The element is
inserted through both holes and secured on
each side with a small diameter clamp . If
th e elemen t is to be insulated from th e
boom for switc hing purposes, a 2 in. length
of 3/8 in /D plastic hose o r tub ing sho uld
be slipped over the lower end of the
ele men t . The holes in the bo om will have
to be increased to accept th e larger diam-
eter o f the insulating sleeve .
Weath erproof housings for acc ommo-
dating re lays, coils and capacitors are also
available fro m yo ur neighborhood hard-
ware store . These are better kno wn as
"fre ezer bo xes," and are made from so ft
polyethelyne material. The sq uare Y2and I
pint sizes are most suitable for prote cting
antenna co mpone nts. The soft material
compresses under hardware, forming a na-
tural moisture-tight gaske t for mounting
and terminal screws.
Figure 7 illu strates a typ ical installation ,
with a DPDT rela y switching a reflector
tuning indu ctance o r capacitor. The mast
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Weatherpro of tuning box assem bly .
mounting clamp sho wn also serves as the
electrical connection to the reflector ele-
ment. The lid of the box is attached after
assembly and the jo int seale d with poly-
styrene cem ent. Alternatively the joint
may be covered with a couple of lay ers of
plastic insulating tape.
Conclusions
I said at the beginning that this was an
idea-provoking articl e. Obviously it re-
quires complemen tary imagination for the
individual to suit his own requirements.
The fell ow with a vertical mounted o n a
roof peak will be hard put to install
multiple reflectors. But a sho rt boom (even
of wood) will enable him to in stall a 28 or
21 MHz refl ector.
Some o f the techniques suggeste d may
be combined . For example, the 3/8 th wave
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reflector sho wn in Fig. 4 can be use d wit h
the rotat able bo om in Fig. 3 .
No fo rm ulas fo r element le ngths on
vario us ba nds have been in cluded , as th ese
are well covered in th e regula r ama te ur
rad io handbo oks which sh ould be in eve ry
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is included.
While the hardware sto re alumin um
st ock is suggested for most applica tio ns, it
mu st be em phasiz ed that for heights ex-
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conditions prevail, precauti onary measures
must be taken t o avoid collapse of the
rather soft alloy . If in doubt , str uctu ral
tubing of the 61 ST vartety , available from
large metal supply h ouses, is th e b est bet.
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References:
1. "T he Radio Amateur's Handbook" chap ter 14,
Antennas.
2. "The ARR L ,Antenna Book" chap ter Mu lti-
Element Directive Arrays.
3. "Radio Handbook" Editors and Engineers
Ltd., chapter High Frequ ency Antenna Arrays.
.4. "Beam Antenna Handbook" by William I.
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Figures I through 4 sho w sim ple fi lte rs
wit h s pe cific fun ctions. Digging back in to
filt er design th eory fo r a sho rt w hile will
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and th eir placement in th e filt er is d ete r-
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T he d esign of pa ssive filters is mo st ly
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( A)

(A)

x
x

x
-l w
x
( 8)
- lw

(8 )
6 00J\. 6 7.5 mH

60D J\.
600,1\.
33.7
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(C)

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sponse).
F ig. 2. High -p ass titter.

task of great complexity and more suited
to computer analysis. By utilizing a com-
plex plane with theore tica l compo nen t
values plo tte d in complex imp ed an ce fo rm,
a pole-zero plot of the filter is mad e.
Figures I A through 4 A show th e pole-zero
plots for four simple filte rs of differe nt
types. Since current /voltage no de values
are necessary to de termine the resulti ng
waveform, this design proce d ure do es not
lend itse lf to amateur filt er co nst ruc tion.
Alt hough ac tive filte rs d o away with
inductances, in orde r to sim ulate the de-
sired response, they must provide the same
basic parameters as the coils in the passive
fi lters. The main d iffere nce in opera tio n is
the ab ility to inc rease t he Q , or gain o f th e
act ive fi lter. In add itio n, th e act ive filt er
can be designed so that cha nging in put !
sta nd how filte r design is fitted to the
desired frequency response, we should be-
gin wit h basic passive fi lter t y pes.
l n the design of th e lo w- pass filter
sho wn in Fig . I , we begin by specify ing th e
desired para mete rs. If we desire a fil ter
with less tha n I dB atte nuation from 0 to 2
k Hz, and more tha n 20 dB atte nuation
above 7 k Hz, with 600n inpu t /output
impedan ces, we mus t first determine th e
bandwidth ratio:
7 k Hz _
y = 2 k Hz = 3 .)
The attenua tion ratio of Butt erworth
response filte rs is given as:
A =v I + w 2n

output impedances, as a resu lt of tuning

internal or external circuits, has little or no Where w= I radia n per second, any value of
effect on filter response. T o be tter u nd er- n, o r nu mbe r of poles, will give an atte n-

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 uation rati o equal to V 2. Nat urally , su bsti-
tuting o t he r values o f frequency for w will
provide a pa ssba nd atten ua tion fo r Butt er-
worth filt ers. By computing these vario us
frequen cies with different values o f ll , we
can o b tai n a simulated response shape for
filt ers with various numbers of poles. A
two-p ole Butterworth filter provides 0 .9 3
dB att enuation at 0 .7 of t he cu to ff fr e-
quency of 2 k Hz.
As th e frequ en cy co mpo nen t of ca
becomes higher, the attenuation increases.
Similarl y , as the number of poles increases,
so does the filter attenuation , thus creating
a sharper sto p-band cutoff. At 3 . 15 of the
cuto ff fre quen cy, the sto p-band atten ua-
tion o f a two-pole Bu tt erworth filte r ap-
proaches 20 dB . A reevaluation of th e
bandwidth ratios gives :
3 . 15
y; 0 .93 ; 3 .3 9
Sin ce this performan ce is bett er than
our specified ratio , all requirements can be
me t wit h a two-p o le Bu tt erworth d esign .
To preclude otherwise ne cessary co mpu ta-
tions involving resonant frequencies and
cutoff formulas, we ca n design by means of
a normalized prototype . A low-pass proto-
type is normalized for I n termination s and
a cu to ff o f I rad ian per second . From these
values, as sho wn in Fig. 5, the resistan ces /
impedances and cu to ff frequency must be
alt ered to fit ou r speci fica tio ns. By means
o f impedance scali ng, we ca n alter the
resistances to allow the filt er to operate
. bet ween termi nations of any value . Im ped -
ance scali ng do es not affect fi lte r respo nse,
and is ac complished by simply multipl ying
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Fig. 4. Bandstop filter .

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all resista nces by the desired imped an ce
va lue. 60 0n in this case . In order to adapt
the normalized cutoff freq uency to 2 k llz,
we e mp loy freq uency scaling. Freq uency
scaling lea ves all impeda nces u nc ha nged
but applies a co ns tan t to th e rea ctive
clements. In scaling the ind ucta nce to t he
• NEWEST
REVOLUTIONARY required filt er value , th e following for m u la
DESIGN BY is used :
W8FYR
Wh ere the pr imes
• LIGHTEST R'
L' = ( R ) ( wi w) L de no te values af-
3EL. 40M 46 LBS.
• COMPLETE t e r impeda nce
3EL. 20M 21 LBS.!"' r
3EL . 15M 15 LBS. WITH BALUN, sca ling.
MATCHING
STACKING J: DEVICE AND
Substitut ing the filte r values in th is
PLATE MOUNTS formula gives an ind uct a nce co ns ta n t of:
T MOUNT.
AVAILABLE
HANDLES (600) (I)
POWER FAR IN - (I) (2 IT X 2x I0 3 ) L
EXCESS
OF MAX.
LEGAL LIMITS. = 4 7 .71 Lx10· 3
This comp uted value is the inductance
1. ALL FIBERGLASS
constant in m illihenrys. Applying this con-
4. VSWR FLAT
EL. & BOOM. stant to the pro totype gives :
ACROSS 80%
PHONE·CW
2. EL 25 % TO BAND. (47.7x I0· 3 ) (1.41 4 ) = 67 .5 m il
30% SHORTER.
5. STURDY
CORROSION· In scaling th e ca pacit ance t o th e re-
3. NO TUNING FREE CON· quired fil ter valu e , t he follo w ing fo rmula is
NO ADJUSTING. STRUCTION.
used :
NO CORROSION - NO EROSION ,
THE ARRAYS THAT LAST
NEW LOWER PRICES C' = ( ~I) ( ~) C
MODEL 7MH2 · 2EL 40 METER Substituting the filter values in this
WAS $435.00, NOW $345.00 formula gives a capacita nce constant of :
MODEL 7MH3· 3EL 40 METER - (I) (I) C
WAS $665.00, NOW $525.00 (60 0 ) (2IT X 2x 10 3 )

MODEL 14MH4 · 4EL 20 METER = 0 .1 3CxlO'·

WAS $379.95, NOW $299.00
This co m pu te d value is the ca pa cita nce
MODEL 14MH5· 5EL 20 METER constan t in micro farad s. A ppl yi ng the con-
WAS $479.95, NOW $379.95 sta nt to t he pro toty pe gives:

MODEL 21MH5· 5EL 15 METER (0. 13xl 0'·) (1. 4 14) = 0 .184 pI'
WAS $339.95, NOW $269.95
The completed fil ter is shown In Fig.
ALL ARRAYS REDUCED ACCORDINGLY
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Highpass filt er design is sim plifie d t o th e
exte nt that the res po nse requirements can
be ap plied t o lo w-pa ss filt ers by inversion
134 WESTPARK RD .. DAYTON . O.
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change th e positio ns of th e inducto r a nd

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 capacitor ,in the low-pass filt er just com-
pleted , and replace th e ele ment values by
th eir reci procals, we have a protot ype fo r
the high-pass filter. By utilizing the same
specifications, t he lo w-pass respo nse ca n be
used as high-pass res po nse by allo wing th e
atte n ua tion to rem ain as is and treating th e
freq uencies as reciprocals. Figure 6 sho ws
the resulting proto type for specifications
similar to the lo w-pass filte r, and Fig. 2C FIBERGLASS
gives t he end val ues .
Normal bandpass filt ers are sy m me t rical SUPER-QUAD
TRI·
abo ut a cente r freq ue ncy . Figure 7 shows
the bandpass response with shape pa rarn-
BAND
eters. Once again the design process is Arra
simplified by u tilizing a suita ble lo w-pass THE STA ND A RD OF COMPARISON
design. If th e value o f Q is co rrect , th e 18 Y EA RS OF DEVELOPMENT AND
band widt h will be t he sa me for th e lo w- PR ODUCTION PLACES US NUMBER
pass and bandpass fi lter. T he req uired value ON E WOR L DWt D E. ORtGINATOR
of Q is given as O F FIB ERGL A SS CONSTRUCTION .
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Q = 1 ~1 0 =0.5
e 2x I 0 3 15·20, WAS 159.95. NOW $129.95
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we = Q - --;;-;~
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pro totype element values for this fi lter
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men ts. In designing t he h igh-pass filter , we
nee d o nly transform the values o f the low
and high-pass filte rs. The cuto ff fre que ncy
(the highes t freq ue ncy at which ma ximum $)3~ IT rnl~ E:~
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an in crease is necessary, t he insertion loss is
raised . Designing wit h active RC filt ers

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F ig. 5. L ow-pass filt er prototype.
the bandpass waveform. Similarly . the cu t-
off frequency of w e for the h igh-pass filter
becomes II o f t he ban d pass wavefor m. 'In
order to maximize the waveform at /0' we
need the least amount of attenuation at
this frequen cy. The sim p le bandpass of Fig.
3C will be recogni zed as nothing more tha n
a parallel resonant circuit at 10 , To increase
't he attenuation on either side of /0 (nar-
row the passba nd), we must either increase
the gain or the Q. When using RLC circu its,
we can only decrease R as far as possible
and increase Q to maximum. As the fre-
quen cy o f interest becomes lo wer , highe r
values of Q be come increasingly more
difficult to achieve.
In order to achieve a smaller ba ndwid th
in passive circ uits, we mu st increase the
number of fi lter sections used . When such
solves these prob lems by first of all re-
moving the inductance . This so lves the
problem of stray coil capacitance, low Q at
low frequencies, and mut ual co u pling be-
tween coils.
T he ba ndstop filter of Fig. 4 ca n also be
considere d as aco rn bination of t he lo w-
pass an d high-pass designs, with t he trans-
formation utilizing the reciprocals of the
bandwidth ratios used for the bandpass
design . If we rem o ve L2 and Cl from the
design of Fig. 4C, we are left with a
low-pass filter and a h igh-pass filte r. As
not ed , transfo rmations of an adequate
low-pass design are possible ; ho wever, to
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.707 F
.707 F IJ\.
F ig. 6. H igh -p ass filter prototype.

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f,
" poles and zeros in order to simulate t he
>d'
Fig. 7. Ban dpass response parameters.
preclude degradation of performance, ad-
ditiona l measures are sometimes necessary .
In the bandstop design we have paralleled a
high-pass and a low-pass filte r. Once the
input and ou t pu t ter minals of th ese filters
arc co mmo n, t he impeda nce value o f t he
original filters is no lo nger 60051 . Conse-
quently. the response shape of the filter is
nearly unrecognizable. To prohibit loading
of the circuit. each filter must have a high
impe dance in that portion of the circuit
which produces an overla p ping response
with t he o t he r filter. O t herw ise, th e best
response that cou ld be expected wou ld
appear like the dolled line in Fig. 4A .
Inserti ng a component presenting a high
impedance in the series branch of the input
or ou tp u t o f each net wo rk will serve to
separate the filt er responses. In the case of
the lo w-pass section, we already have an
inductor in the series branch of the input,
so another coil is added to the output
branch. In the high-pass section, the output
bra nc h is already coup led by a capacitor,
so we ad d a ca pacitor to th e series in put
branch.
Sin ce we will be working with amplifier
stages in the design of active filters, the
same requirements to asssure stable oper-
ation at needed gain are valid . Conse-
quen tly , the first para mete r to be specified
fo r an ac tive filte r sho uld be necessary
gain. Unfortunately, we cannot simply say
a gain of 10 dB is ne cessary between input
and output terminals, as we might be able
to do with a normal amplifier stage. Be-
cause we have remove d th e inductors from
th e passive network, we must substitute a
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me thod of obtaining complex values for
require d wavefor m. Phase shifts become
more important and feedback is necessary
to match impedance , stabilize the filter,
increase gain , or a co mbinatio n o f these. As
in the design of any circuit , tradeoffs must
be made fo r optimum operation . The
overall active ne twork exhibits a value of
sensitivity which affects its operation . Net-
works employing positive feedback are
subject to oscillation, which might be
created by element variations in a Q-
sensitive circuit. Negative feedback tends
to decrease the gain to un ity , b ut nearly
eli minates the Q sensitivity . Gain is direc tly
related to the input /output impedance
ratio. This level may be changed by ap-
propriate resistance ; however, the optimum
dc cu rre nt value must not be lowered in the
process. Choosing high-ga in tra nsisto rs
(minimum beta of 150 ) will allow max i-
mum circuit alteration to achieve the de-
sired response without making the circuit
un sta ble .
Figure 8 shows a two-pole active filter
incor porating positive feedback. In addi-
tion to t he fac t t hat C I provides positive
signal feedbac k to the first amplifier, it also
acts as a complex zero function without a
dire ct ground referen ce. Consequently, a
change in device parameters caused by
te mperatu re or impedance may allow this
" floa ting" zero func tio n to alter it s posi-
tion in t he frequency plane, thus d istorting
the desired filte r waveshape . If we consider
Amplifiers A I and A2 as transistor stages,
Fig. 8 would show them them connected in
a common emitter co nfiguratio n. Ho wever,
cha nging the o utpu t po ints of each stage to
the emitte r ' will provide a network wit h
unity gain , low Q and freedom from
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Fig. 8. Active filter with positive feedback.
43
 possible oscillatio n. In such a co nfigura-
tion, a large ratio of co mpo nent valu es will
be required and the so urce must be a
curren t amplifi er.
Figure 9 sho ws a high-gain opera tiona l
amplifier u tilizing a t win-tee netw ork to
provide negative feedback . This network
operates as a bandpass filter , thus requ iring IN
high Q a nd gain . The inherent high gain of
th e operatio nal amplifier allows th e filt er
shape, or Q, to remain insen sitive to
cha nges in amplifier level. T he require d
ratio of network va lues in th is design is
low, but the parameters are diffi cult to
adjust du e to the numb er o f elemen ts
required . Figure 10 shows the same type of
ac tive filter using tw o ope rational ampli-
fiers. This circuit incorporat es resistive
damping to preclude o pe ration as an oscil-
lat or. A minimum number of co mpo nen ts
are ne cessary and the filter adjusts easil y. A
co nstant-curre nt so urce assures freedom
from impedance loading which might af-
fect the filt er response.
An additional adva nt age of induct orless
RC networks is the possibility o f tempera-
ture co mpensation. A posit ive temperature
coefficient exhibited by a resistor can be
offset by a negative temperature co effi-
cient ca pacito r.
There is virt ua lly no co mpa riso n in
physical size bet ween the passive and active
networks. This becomes mo st eviden t when
co mparing low frequency filters using large
iron core inductors, to integrated circuit
networks. The small size is furth er en-
han ced d ue to the fac t tha t shieldi ng and
physical separation of compo nents to pre-
clude mutual co upli ng is o f minimum
importance in most active filter designs.
Component specificatio n problems are
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Fig. 9. Twin-tee network provides nega tive
feedback.
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" "
" "
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.v •
Fig. 10 . Resistive dam pin g m aintain s sta -
bility.
co nsiderably eased with out having to wor-
ry ab out coil probl ems. Depending o n th e
circuit ry chose n, Q and bandwidth are
vari ed by eit he r resistors o r capacito rs. The
tolerance of these compo nents is usually
within 10% and t he capaci tors sho uld have
reasonably go od th erm al stability . Active
netw or ks ut ilizing tran sist ors will require
biasing resistors in addition to the fre-
qu en cy co mpe nsa ti ng co mpo ne nts. Opera-
tional amp lifie rs will requ ire a minimum of
outboard components fo r frequ en cy co m-
pen sat ion . An overa ll co mpariso n of cost
between the passive and active netw ork s is
hard to make . At the lo wer frequencies,
the active net works are mu ch cheaper to
design and co nst ruct due to th e cost o f
heavy inductors used in th e LC circuits. At
the higher freq ue ncies, co st is somew ha t
dep endent on perfo rman ce, but there is
never a time when cost is pro hibitive .
Normally, co mpo nent costs fo r th e ac tive
filter mo re th an co mpe nsate for the pro b-
lems and labor requi red in design an d
constructio n of inductor filte rs.
Perfo rmance of th e ac tive filt ers su r-
passes th at of th e pa ssive netw orks at th e
low er fre qu en cies, and more th an eq uals
th em at the higher frequencies. all with th e
main adva ntage of doing away with th e
man y problems associated with induc to rs.
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Simplified Modern F ilter Design . Philip
R. Gcffc: Rider Publi shers
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Active Filters: The Road to High Q .
Joseph Mittl ema n; Electro nics. May 27 .
1968
Active Filters: Positi ve Results From
Negative Feedback . Gunn ar Hurtig ; Elec-
tronics. March 3 1, 1969
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First, scout around the community for a
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ano ther. The view is certa inly n ice fro m up
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Set t he po le so th e to p of th e sad d le is as
level as po ssible . T o acco m plish t his yo u can
eye ba ll it , usc a plumb bob o r a level. A 40
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for steps, and now you're ready to do so me
measu ring a nd lo ca t ing of co mpo nents o n
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Saddle Construction
To determine the le ng th of If-channe l
require d and how much overhang is needed,
one must fi rst de ter mi ne ho w fa r the drive
sha ft will be fro m th e pole. This w ill be
dependent up on th e rotator and mount
45
position . A piece of 4 o r 6 in . iron U-channel
may be utili zed fo r th e sadd le. Cut the end
on each side as sho wn in Fig. I , and then
bend the end down and weld as shown in
Fig. 2.
F ig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Obtain two narrow st u rdy p ulleys and a
steel rod for axles. Cut th e slo ts for the sled
and pulleys as sho wn in Fig. 3. Install
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the underside o f the Ll-ch annel . Drill a Y.z in.
hole near the center of th e U-channel for lag
screwing into the top of t he pole .
/
I o I Using I in . st rap iron , bend it to fit t he
F ig. 3.
Weld a short piece o f Y4 in . steel rod nex t
to the pull eys an d bend th em over t he
pulley s to preven t thc steel ca ble , whe n
r ;.
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0
p bearing on top o f the sled and over the hole
V both assemblies. Weld the outer race of the
0 beari ng to the sled so t hat when a load is
0
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Fig. 4. Saddle assem bly.
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installed, from jumping out o f th e pulley
grooves. Cut and weld a 16 in. piece of
U-channel to fit inside of the saddle as
show n in Fig. 4, so the center of the sled slot
is the same d istance from t he po le as the
cente r o f th e ro tato r drive assemb ly. The
ta per of th e po le may have to be considere d
so the drive sha ft will be perpendicu lar when
installed . Drill a 5/8 in . hole approxima tely
6 in . down from the top and another hole
approximately 14 in . fro m the top. Before
installing the saddle, make the sled to fit the
saddle-sled slo t without binding.
Sled Constr uction
The base of t he sled is co nst ru cted from
1/8 in. stee l approx ima te ly 7 in . long and
ap prox ima te ly as wide as t he D-channel. Cut
a 2 in . hole near the ce nter and bend the
front as shown in Fig. 5. Drill a 3/8 in. hole
in the cen ter at each end approximately Y.!:
in . from the edge.
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Fig. 5. Sled.
shape of the slo t in the sadd le as shown in
Fig. 6.. Weld this guide to the bottom o f the
sled as sho wn in Fig. 7. Be sure it is
positioned so the drive shaft will he vertical.
Visit a salvage yard and purchase a thrust
beari ng t hat will slip over a 1Y4 in . pipe. The
thrust bea ring is used to carry t he weight of
the ante nna system on t he saddle and not o n
the ro ta tor, plus allowing ease of ro tatio n.
The thrust bearing is not required if these
features are not desired . Positio n the thrust
so the drive shaft can be inserted through
placed on top of the bearing it will be free to
rota te . This completes t he sled co nstructio n.
Fig. 6. Guide.
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hinge poi nt duri ng ro tat io n a nd lo wering of
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an d cut after the d rive sha ft is te m po rarily h h
insta lle d . to m ak e it easie r to locat e the
exact posi tion for th e ho le. Th e dri ve shaft is
then pla ced through the hole of the bracket.
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Fiq . 8 . Hinqe assembly.
The bracket is positioned just be low the
hinge point and t hen lag screws arc used to when co mplete d . It is suggested that a
fast e n it t o the pol e . Th e h inge poin t can no t washe r be insta lle d to a llo w ease o f re m oval
he deter min ed u nt il the a nte n na height o f the lo we r dri ve shaft after the wel d ing
above the po le is know n . The an te nna height opera tion . Rem o val of one bolt will allow
above the po le can be l O ft or greate r the drive shaft to hinge on the other bolt.
depending upon weight and wind lo ad of the T wo bolts arc use d fo r added stre ngth.
an tenna. Th e hinge po in t will be a ppro xi- Th e up per d rive shaft is in sert ed t h ro ugh
ma tel y half way be tw een th e a n te n na and th e the sle d assembl y, winch insta lle d o n the
ground . The length of the lo wer po rtio n of pole, an d !4 in . steel ca ble run from the
the I Yz in . drive shaft is from the ro tator to winch up over the two pulleys on the sad d le
the hinge point and the upper portion from
and down to the grou nd, where it is attached
the hinge po int to th e antenna .
to the fron t o f the sle d . In se rt t he lo wer
Hinge Co nstruc t io n dri ve sha ft th rou gh t he ce n te r brac ket a nd
attac h th e o ther e nd o f the d rive shaft to th e
Cut two pie ces of I Yz in . pipe. 24 in. lo ng. rota tor. Ho ist the upper drive shaft so the
Drill a half-in ch hole . 3 in . from one end,
through ea ch piece. Drill ano ther ha lf-i nch
ho le . 9 in . fro m th e sa me e nd. T hese ho les
have t o be d rill ed acc u ra tely , so hal f-in ch
bolts ca n be inserte d th ro ugh bo th pieces. It
is suggested that when one hole is drilled
through each, they be bo lted to get her before
d rilli ng t he se co nd ho le . Th is will assure
align me n t of th e t w o pieces. Tw o simil a r
holes must be d rilled in t he lower dri ve shaft
and these must be dri lled accura te ly so <J II
three pieces can be bolte d toge ther as show n
in F ig. 8 .
Weld th e tw o pieces to th e up per portion
of the dri ve shaft o r bolt them t ogether if
desired . In either ca se, keep the lo w er Fig. 9.
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hin ge sect io n ca n be mated by inserti ng a
bolt. After drive shaft and sled are hoisted to
the o perati ng po sition , ins ta ll ce nter brac ket
an d mar k the pipe eve n with the to p o f the
thrust bearing. Lo wer upper section and
weld inne r race o f thrust bea rin g to the pipe
a small frac tio n o f a n inc h belo w th e ma rk ,
so the weight w ill be carried by th e bearing
and not th e rota to r when in operating
position . Attach an te n na and ro u te cable
do wn cen ter o f pipe and ou t of the hinge.
Pro vide sufficie n t slack in cable t o allow fo r
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more th an 360 of ante n na ro ta tio n. A
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lim it switch, if desired . Be sure to install a
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locati o ns wit hou t one spec k of tro uble .
Mo re rece nt ly a Cliff Dweller ante nna was
installed above th e TA-33 Tri-band Mosley
beam with excelle nt results. No guy wires
clu tter up the ya rd, an d antennas ca n be
lo wered and raised single-handedly , It is
suggested that a piece of st rap iron as sho wn
in Fig. 9 be welded to the pipe where th e
antenna attaches with If-clamps. This will
preve nt the anten na from rotating o n the
pipe o r slipp ing do wn t he pipe i f it should
loosen.
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 Ed. Note : The first half of this two -part
series contained figures numbered J - 4 .
lienee, in this section, wh ich is a logical
continua tion from Part I, the figures are
numbered sequentially from 5 to 8.
The radio spectru m extends up to about
40,000 MH z, and is grouped into seve n
classifi cations becau se of the vast differ-
ences throughout the total radio frequen cy
spectru m.
10 - 30 k Hz Very lo w freq .
30 - 300 kH z Low freq.
300 - 3000 kH z Medium freq.
3-30 MH z High freq .
30 -300 MHz Very high freq .
300 -3000 MH z Ultra high freq .
3-30 G Hz Superhigh freq .
If the ra dio spectru m were a ya rdstick,
th e first 10 in . would con tain 98% o f all
radio co mmu nica tio ns used fo r milit ary.
avia tion , radar. two-way radio, ship-to-
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and UHF television broad casting.
It would seem that the last 25 or 30 in .
of the yardst ick or 25 - 30,000 MH z would
be the bes t place for obse rving with the
radio telescope. But at frequencies above
3000 MH z it becomes a major problem to
reduce noise coming from the so urce in
space.
While the problem at superhigh frequen-
cies is atmospheric absorption, at lower
frequencies the ionosphere reduces the
signal level of waves passing through the
charged layer. In addition, this layer in the
upper atmosphere can cause signals at low
angles to skip back into space just as radio
signals on the reverse side are bounced
back towa rd th e earth .
The upper la yers of the atmo sphere
(Fig. 5) form thi ck layers or bands of
ionized particles when the se atoms are
excited by ultravi olet energy from the sun.
Obviously , while thick bands o f ionization
are formed during th e day this same upper
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The Rosett e nebula - a ra dio stellar source observed at the 10 em wavelength or about 3000 MHz .
The wh ite lines outline the radio contours and are superimposed on an optical telescope pho tograph of
the Rosette nebula. Numb ers alon g the base of the photograph are kn own as right ascension (RA ),
which together with the declina tion angle along the le ft side of the photograph give the astronomer
the exact position of the source on the celestial sphere. NGC·2237·46 located in th e lower right corner
indicates the ne w general catalog n umber of the source. This was a list o f optical star clusters, nebulae,
and galaxies compiled in 1888. The cataloging of so urces is a must in order to Jet astronomers locate
sources quickly . T his particular nebu la is relatively young and hot; no tice how the areas of in tense
radio energy correspond to areas of intense visual light. ( Natio nal R adio Astro nomy Obse rvatory.)

rather than an audio signal varying at an
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a meter movement. A change in voltage
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as th e needle of a voltme te r.
If th e variation s o f the pen fo llow ea ch
small cha nge of inp ut. the final product
will end up being a mass of confusion so
so me way must be used to smoo th out the
rat e o f pen movement. The exact rate
dep ends on the type of observatio n being
made . No rma ll y a capacito r and resis to r arc
placed in th e pen circuit to even out the
flu ct uations. (See Fig. 8 .)
An other impo rta nt stage in t he tele-
sco pe is th e no ise gen erator, which pro-
vide s a calibratio n source of a known
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Types of Radi o Telescopes
T elescopes may be eit he r of the radiom-
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The radio mete r is a simple single radio
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An inte rferome ter consists of two or
more an te nnas which are used in conjun c-
tion with eac h o ther. If two anten nas are
used t hey both fee d a single receiver.
The usc of two antennas as in Fig . 8
actually increases the effective aperture of
the telescope; thus much more resolutio n
can be built into a rece iver wi thou t making
it physically larger.
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Fig. 8 . En ergy from space arrives at telescope 2 first , causing a phase differential be tween the two
antennas; this "difference" is useful in de termining astronomical da ta .

An te nnas longer t han 20 mete rs a movab le an tenna

One of the most important fac to rs in
the performance of a telescope is the
antenna. The antenna of a dish type
teJescope does the exact same job as a
mirror of a refl ect ing-ty pe op tical tele-
scope. It gathers energy and fo cuses it to a
specific point.
Parabolic. T he dish is no t th e on ly
an te nna being used for radio astronomy ; in
man y cases th e dish is th e most inefficient
anten na which might be selec te d. For
exa mp le, because a dish nee ds to be at least
10 wavelengths in diameter, at wavele ngt hs
becomes almost impossible even for the
professional with unlimi ted funds.
The dish is a broadband device with a
rather flat gain curve over several mega-
hertz. It is impor tant to be broad banded
for most rad io ast rono my app lications. It
does no good to have a broad in terme diate
frequen cy if th e an te nna has a sha rp gain
response.
The higher in fre que ncy onc goes wit h
the same size dish antenna th e more
efficient th e ante nna will pe rform . This is
because t he highe r t he frequen cy the
sho rte r t he wave leng th: T he wave length (X)

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atmosp here is tran sparent to me dium a nd The Basic System

high radio frequencies d uring the night.
The io nosp here is not one solid layer
but co nsis ts of a series of layer s a t di fferent
he ight s above th e ea rth 's surface .
At a height of about 70 miles. the first
ionized la yer (E) exists. The seco nd laye r
consists of a single la yer of io ns dur ing t he
night bu t sp lits int o two se para te la yers
d uring t he day. T he ave rage he igh I of the F
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F ig. 6. Simplified d ata ga thering system consis ts
of a noise so urce, receivers an d antenna, and a
method for re cording t he incoming information.
Al mo st all rad io telescopes in usc today
consist of a n a ntenna, receiver, da ta
record er, and no ise gene rato r for calib ra-
ti on .
F igure 6 shows a block diagram of a
simple syste m.
The re ceiver o pe ra tes o n th e standard
supe rhe tero dy ne prin cip le not to o u nlike a
sta nda rd ho me television se t.
A n expa nded te lescope is diagrammed
in Fig. 7. No te t hat the various stages of
the rece iver portions are displa yed In
gre at er detail.
A signa l is induced into the an tenna and
is t ransferred t o t he inpu t of the rf
ampl ifier stage via a coa xial tra ns mission
line. T he rf am plifier is usuall y a broad-
RCVR band device with a low internal noise an d
10- 30 d B 01 overa ll ga in. T he rnost impor-
tan t func t io n of the rf am p lifie r is to
esta blish a low no ise level thro ughout th e
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RECORDER
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a mp lifie d alo ng w it h the des ired signa l in
eac h of th e succeed ing amplifier st ages of
• th e re ceiver.
The n ext stage after the rf amplifie r is
t he m ix er. This stage along with the osci l-
lat or co mb ine t o lo wer t he ou tput fre-
qu ency to th e int erme diat e freq ue ncy.
The oscilla tor is remove d in freq uency
fro m th e carrier frequency by a difference

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 o f t he intermedia te freque ncy. T he oscilla- rece iver output is a speaker or a dc
tor can he made to ope ra te either above or amplifier if the final output is to be a pen
be low the ca rrier frequency but always the re cord er.
d iffe re nce must be tha t of t he in termed iat e If a pen recorder is used a de amplifier is
fr equ e ncy . need ed to conve rt t h e sig nal t o a varying d e
This stc pdow n in fr equ en cy is th e h eart
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o f th e su pe rhe te ro dy ne p rinc ip le f o r it is
eas ier to att ai n h igh se nsit ivit y, se lec tivity , -
and stab ility a t th e lowe r fr equ en cies t han
a t th e h igher ones.
J ust as the rf amplifier de termines the
noise level of the entire receiver. the i-f
amplifier determines the sensitivity and
selectivity of the entire telesco pe. T h e i-f
amplifier is usua lly mad e u p o f a t least ~ o r
3 ampli fie rs ; an d 30 to 120 d B in tot al ga in
is t he norm , Th e ba nd wid t h d epen d s on
the ty pe o f signal t he o bse rve r wishes to
receive . If so me d iscrete narrow band signa l
is being received the bandpass of th e i- f
amplifier mus t also be na rrow, Such a
signa l might come from a spacecraft or
satellite .
Fo r natural rad io noise a wide bandpass
mu st be use d, on t he or de r of 3 ~6 MHz.
At lo we r freque ncies it is almost impossi ble
to fin d 3 Ml lz wi t h no o ther ma n-m ade
radi o signals wh ich wo u ld int erfere with
th e observa tion. As a co nseq ue nce, t he
rad io ast ronomer must be con ten t w it h This un ique receiver was designed and built at the
lon ly a few kilohertz of han d pass at fre- NRA O and is used for receiving spectral lines of
quencies below 100 MHz. elements which fall within the radio spectrum.
After the i-f stage has amp lified the The i-t amplifier is con tained within the rack on
the left. The i -t stage is the first stage inside the
signal and established the receiver's band- "shack It; this is because the rt amplifier and
pass, the signal is sent to the de tec tor stage , mixer stages are moun ted ou t at the antenna.
where the i-f is b lo cked h y a d io d e , leaving Several narrowband filters are located in the i-f
only th e varia tions whic h ap peared o n th e stage to allow for a very accura te determination
of frequency. The rack on the left con tains the
original fre que ncy.
digital switching system, a m emor y bank, and
A ft er th e detect or the sig nal is sent t o various power supplies. (Nat ional Radio Astron-
either an au dio frequency amp lifie r if th e omy Ohsc rva tor y.)

\1/
.F IF DC
PR E- ONVERTE R DE TECTOR RECORDER
AM PL AMPLIFIER AMP L

NOISE
GEN

Fig. 7. Block diagram of a complete radio telescope system.

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spee d of ligh t (e) . . MH z, which would impo se serio us li mit a-
Collinear . T ho co llinea r ( pha sed array)
ante nna is defin ite ly an "up an d co ming"
an tenna. The nee d fo r phased-array an te n-
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to track high speed missiles at close range,
where it becomes impractical to t urn t he
antenna mechanically . Many satellite t rack-
ing antennas as we ll as the ABM radars are
of t he phased-array t yp e. Du ring th e 19 50s
and 19 60 s paraboli c (and parabo lic d eriva-
tive) an te nnas were used . The fir st rad ar
signals bounced off of t he mo on we re
made using a phased-array rada r ante nna.
Phased arrays like the parabolics are -
broadband antennas. Unlike the parabolic,
which must be built to close tolerances, the
phased array is not particularly critical.
Yagi Beams. Very h igh gains' can be ha d
with th is an te nna: however, it has o ne
serio us drawback : As th e eleme n ts are
ad de d to achieve more gain, th e freq ue ncy
resp on se is narro wed . Th is is no t a real
proble m at freq ue nc ies below 30 MHz :
howeve r, at VHF and highe r a yagi wit h
the same gain as a collinear or pa ra bolic
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If o ne specific narro wband signal were
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a yagi wo uld be a superior an ten na because
in terferen ce several megah ert z remo ved
wou ld be part iall y filte red o u t by th e
ine ffi cie ncy of t he yagis at t hose fre-
q uencies.
The yagi itself co nsists o f, one driven
cleme nt and seve ral parasitic elemen ts . A
longer eleme nt in back of t he di pole serves
as a re fle cto r: Shorte r elemen ts in front of
th e dr iven element serve as "directors."
H elix rl IJ reIJ IJQs. A quite popular anten-
na for telemet ry and wea t her sa telli te
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co mpro mise ante nna. For a given size and
cost th e heli x is sligh tly less efficient than
the o t he r an ten nas alrea dy descri bed . Ho w-
ever, it is ex t reme ly broadband ed and wi ll
receive signa ls po larized horizontal , verti-
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 In a yagi which is polarized vertical or
horizontal (depending on the position of
the dipole), a loss of 2 d B occu rs whe n a
signal is re ceived wh ic h is opposite in
polarity from the receivin g an te n na.
A helix overcomes this loss eve n if t he
antenna itself does not have as m u ch t o ta l
gain as the yagi.
Problems t he Amateur Can Work On
In this day of massive governme nt
spending what chance has th e ama teu r in
making a significant break thro ugh'! A ctu-
ally, the chances are fa irly goo d if the ha m
is willing to put forth some extra effor t.
thing to do with the famous red spot on
J u pit er?
2) lIo w an d why do sunspots usua lly
a ppear o n the su rface of th e su n a t abo ut
the same time that ultravio let ene rgy causes
cha nges in the ionosphere?
3) T he rad io o bservat io n of sun fla res.
These unk nowns still exist even though
jovian noise, general sun noise. and sun
fla res may be received with relatively
si m ple equipme nt; an d many books, ar ti-
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Much listening can be done with standa rd
ham gear; most communications receivers
that cover 15 meters are capable of
receiving noise from Jupiter and the sun
and of hearing genera l galactic noise.
Some of the unknowns are:
I ) Ho w d ocs t he plane t J upiter pro du ce
it s strong radio noise? Docs it ha ve so me -
no ise or the me cha nics of a solar flare . The
public libra ry in sec tion 522 has nume rous
books on astro nomy and radio astronomy.
Yo u as an in dividua l have the too ls and
m uch of th e k now ledge to again le t ham
rad io ma ke a meaningful con tribu t io n to
science and tech no logy.
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 Henry Hunter

Henry Hunter (the name is a nom de plume ) is a lawyer and registered patent attorney.
He holds degrees in both engineering and law and is a licensed amateur radio operator.
Requests for additional information cannot be answered by the author and shou ld be
addressed instead to a registered patent attorney or agent of the inquirer's own selection. See
the Directory of Registered Patent A ttorneys and Agents cited in the bibliogra phy
acco mpa nying this article.

ma teurs have co n trib u ted mu ch to t h e
A adva nce me n t o f t h e rad io a nd elec-
tronic a rts. No twithsta nding the d o minan ce
of resea rc h a nd d evelopment in recen t ye ars
by the tec h nica l a nd scien tific staffs of
insti t u t io ns, universities, a nd large corpo ra-
tio ns, t he in d ep enden t inven to r has no t
bec o me o bso le te o r even less effec tive . Large
orga niza t io ns have the adva ntage o f fund s
with wh ich to pu rchase eq uip me n t a nd t he
pooled tale nt requi red to u tilize such most
effectively . but tru e inve n tive ness - wh ich is
a mo re modest term for ge niu s - is bo rn,
no t bough t. Wh en God wishes man to
discover mo re - o r u tili ze o ne of - His wo n-
d ers. He does n o t fo rm a corpora tio n, float a
bo nd issue, or b uild -a la boratory . Inst ead a
child is born: a Marconi, a Morse , a Fleming,
a n Ediso n , o r a Tesla . Alt hough research
groups a nd large la b orat o ries will p robab ly
co n tinue to pou r fo rt h d iscoveries and inven-
tions, no t all men of inventive tal en t will
necessarily join their staffs, and ind ividual
inve nt ors in sma ll laboratories , base me nt
wo rk sh o ps, a nd un iversit y carrels will also
co nt in ue to co nce ive and discover a sign ifi-
ca nt pro po rt io n o f t h e invention s of the
fu t u re .
While large researc h o rga nizations an d
labo ra to ries u sually have patent counsel o n
th eir staffs o r o n retai ner, individual inve n t-
o rs a nd sma ller o rga nizatio ns usu ally d o n o t.
This arti cle is n ot inte nde d to serve that
need , h o wever , but merely to provi de so me
general o rientatio n a nd a nswers to certai n
co m mo n, ge ne ra l questio ns , and to poi nt o u t
th e necessit y of seeki ng co mpe ten t profes-
sio nal advice im mediately when needed .

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Is Your Invention Pat entable?
A United Sta tes p at en t may be ob tai ned
by an y person who has inve nted o r dis-
cove re d a ny new a nd usefu l art , ma ch in e,
manu fac ture , or co mposit ion o f matt er, or
any ne w an d u seful im prove men t th ere of,
not k now n or used by o thers in t his co untry
before h is inve n tio n o r discovery t here of,
and no t pa tente d or described in a ny pu bli-
catio n in this o r an y foreign co un try b efo re
his inven tio n or discove ry t hereof, or more
t ha n o ne ye ar prio r to his a pplica tio n .
Paten ts are no t gra nte d for inve n tio ns
th a t are use less or inope rable, for t he literary
co nte nt of prin ted ma tt er, or for met ho ds of
doi ng business. Paten ts may b e ob tai ne d,
ho wever, fo r designs and fo r ce rt ai n ty pes of
plant s.
Publi c use o r sale o f an invention in t his
co untry more t ha n one year be fo re fili ng a
pat ent app licatio n, w hether by or with the
conse nt of t he inven tor or by an o ther
person , perha ps a n indepen den t inve nto r of
th e same id ea , or per ha ps one who has take n
th e id ea wit hou t a ut hority, will bar the gra nt
of a pate nt. Additio nally, use o r pu blication
of t he inve ntio n in t his co u ntry, befo re a
pa te n t a pplica tio n h as bee n filed, ma y pre-
vent th e inve ntor fro m later ob tai ning
foreign patents. Since it usually t a kes seve ral
wee ks, at least , to prepare the dra wings a nd
specifications of a paten t applica tion, if an
inven tor wishes t o a pply fo r a pate nt o n h is
invention he is usuall y well advised t o
co nsu lt his pa te nt att orney as soo n as
possible a ft er first mak ing h is inve ntio n.
In order th at your patent a tt orney may
give you a n o pinio n as to t he p at enta bility
of your idea and th e probable costs of
preparin g a pate n t a pplication, it is u sually
necessary that a pre liminary searc h fi rst be
made on t he pat en ts previo usly issue d b y t he
Unite d St ates Paten t O ffice. T his searc h
usually takes t hree to fo ur weeks t o co m-
plete. O nly a registered paten t atto rney or
agent is qu alified to re nder a pro fessional
opinion as to t he pate ntability of an inve n-
t ion .
Will A Patent Guarantee a Profit?
A pate nt is a d ocum en t issue d by the
United St ates gra nti ng to an inven to r t he
righ t to excl ude all o ther perso ns wit h in t he
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Uni te d Sta tes from makin g, using and
selling h is inven tio n within t he scope o f t he
pa te n t cla ims for 17 years from t he d ate t he
pat ent issues. T he pate ntee can manufacture,
use, and sell his inve n tion wit h'in t h e Uni ted
Sta tes so long as h e d oes not infri nge on
so meo ne else 's pa te n t (alt hough he can a lso
do these th ings wit ho ut a pa te nt). He ca n
sue an d recover da mages and a n inj u nction
agai nst th ose who infringe his pa te nt. He can
also a ssign all o r part of his patent to o thers
or license o thers to ma nufactu re, use or sell
his inven t io n in all or cer tai n parts o f the
United St ates. These are t he usual ways in
whic h pa ten tees may pro fi t from thei r inven-
ti on . A pate n t is a ba dge o f t he inve nt ive
abi li ty of th e invent or an d may afford hi m a
measu re o f perso nal satisfactio n in addi tio n
to wh atever mone tary rewar d it may bring
to him.
The co mmercial va lue of a pate nt t o a
pa te ntee is ext reme ly di fficu lt to app raise.
Where t he inve nto r is " ahead of his t ime,"
t he invention may not ac hieve co mmercial
success for a co nsiderab le lengt h of ti me.
So met imes t he in vention may have its most
successful application in a fiel d o f u se quite
dissimilar fro m t ha t in w hic h t he inventor
first sough t to market it. So me ti mes, too,
due to high man u fa cturing costs, fir m ly
esta blishe d competitio n, fa ilu re of t he pu blic
to accept the inventio n, or for ot her re aso ns,
the inve n to r is una ble to re alize a ny fin an cial
rewa rd fro m his pate nt, no matter how
inge nio us a nd usefu l it may be.
The fin al t est o f co m mercia l value lies in
th e market place. Un til a pa te nt issues to t he
inve ntor, ho wever, or at least u n til a paten t
applicati on has bee n filed wit h t he Patent
Office , a n invento r who reve als his inve n tio n
to a p ro spective pu rchaser does so a t t he risk
of losing it . A n expressly confidentia l dis-
closure ca n reduce t his risk, bu t ma ny
manu fact u rers will refuse to examine an
inven tio n revealed to t hem in confide nce for
fear of su bse q ue nt cla ims aga inst t hem in t he
eve nt t ha t they, t hemse lves, have in ven ted or
are worki ng o n the same idea. On the ot her
han d , if one to whom an inven tor discloses
his in vention, eve n in confide nce, steals it,
the inventor's remedy in the co u rts may be
ex t reme ly expensive, time-co nsuming, a nd
uncert ain . If the inventio n is believed to
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have a ny subs ta ntia l va lue, it sho u ld he
wort h protect ing by the fili ng o f a pate n t
applicatio n at t he ea rliest possi ble d ate . The
filing o f a pate nt application esta b lishes with
the Pa te nt Offic e a date o f invention fo r t he
app lica nt and gives him so me pra ct ical pro-
tect ion for his claim of prio rity a nd excl u-
sive o wne rshi p o f his in venti on so that he
ca n thereaft er sta te t hat t here is a " Pat en t
Pend ing" o n his inve ntio n a nd reveal it t o
o t he rs with mo re sec urity. Co nsi dera tio n
sho uld also be give n by th e inventor t o t he
de sirabil it y o f filing fore ign a p plicat io ns in
th o se co un tries in wh ich the in vent ion may
ha ve co m mercia l value wit hin o ne year of
the Uni ted Stat es fi ling.
Th ere is no objective te st of the pe rsonal
value of a patent. For so me, th e p restige o f
havin g a pat ented inve n tio n ca n result in
advan cement or job sec urity. For o th ers,
personal sa tis fac t io n alon e may, or may n ot ,
be worth the ex pe nse o f see k ing a patent.
This is a n individua l matt er whic h th e
inventor alone ca n de cid e. A pat ent will ,
however, give your invention lega l prote c-
tion, a nd hence mak e it a more saleab le
co mmo dity . bu t it will not guara n tee a sa le
nor a profit.
Cos t of a Pa ten t
Fi rst of all, th ere is no gua rantee tha t t he
Pat e n t O ffi ce will gra n t yo u a pat ent o n
your idea . If y ou a pply for a pat ent , y our
patent a tto rney will pre pare a pa te n t a p p li-
catio n for you: a tech nical d ocument co n-
taining an o ath , a speci fica t io n p recisely and
fully d escribing y o ur invention in cer tain
form, a nd a n umb er of cla ims "stak ing o u t"
yo u r invention . In preparing and pro secut ing
your pat ent a p plica tio n y o ur pat ent a tto r-
ney is st riving t o o bta in the broad est po s-
sible clai ms for y our in vent ion , so as to
reduce th e risk o f so me o t her inventor
"inventing around " yo ur invention , and t o
give y ou th e st ro ngest possible patent. It
usually ta kes u pward s o f a month or six
weeks t o pro pe rly pre pa re t he app lica t io n.
T he Pat e nt Office, afte r a n e xte nsive search
of it s records, all ows th e claims o r, mo re
fr eq uen tl y , objec ts t o o ne o r more of th em
as claimin g to o mu ch . Yo ur pat ent a tto rney
may then respon d by am endment of t he
ap pli ca t io n a n d by argum ent. This is ca lled
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prosecutio n of the app licatio n . T his process
is repeated until the Patent Office decid es t o
take fi nal a ction. a t whi ch ti me it ma y e it he r
refu se to issue a patent a t all o r may issue a
gran t wit h o nly t hose cla ims wh ich it ha s
de cided to a llow. Your patent att orney may,
if yo u elect to d o so, appeal any rej ection
first to the Board of Appea ls of th e Pa te n t
Offi ce an d th en to eit he r th e Court of
Cus to ms and Pa te n t App ea ls or to the
Unit ed Stat es District Court.
There is an additi onal proceeding kn own
as a n inte rference in whic h a pate nt app lica-
tion ca n be come involved in the Patent
Office. This pro ceeding is held t o d etermine
wh ich o f two or more appli cants for pat ent ,
o r an app li can t a nd a)pate n tee who se pate nt
ha s been issu ed less th an o ne y ear, is e n ti tled
t o pa te n t ce rta in claims . While the prosec u-
t ion of a patent application may take from
six mo nt h s to seve ra l years, if a n application
becomes involved in a n interference pro ceed-
ing th e pro secution period may necessa rily
be e xte nde d a n additi onal yea r or more .
It is th us impossible to forete ll h ow
mu ch , in a ll, it will cost t o seek a patent o n a
part icular id ea . Howeve r, your patent attor-
ney ca n usually give y o u an estimat e, in
advan ce , of the cost o f prepa ring and fili ng a
pat ent appli cation o n yo u r invention . Also,
after the positio n of the Pat en t O ffi ce o n
your case is revealed by th e first " O ffice
Action ," if prosecutio n is nee de d h e will be
able to give an es t ima te o f th e cost o f
prepa rin g a n d fil in g a resp onse th ereto . The
cos t of f urther re sp onses to Office Acti ons
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va nce , aft er eac h O ffice Action is received .
These services, a nd th e cha rges therefo r, a re
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In times past in o rde r to make an one 50 o h m point, and pr o ceed . Here's wh at

ex te nde d ex pa nde d bea m w ith bo th vertica l
and ho rizo nta l spa cing great er than a ha lf
wave, I have go ne to great tro uble a nd
expe nde d lots o f time o n im ped ance mat ch -
ing lead s from ant enna ele me nts to a co m-
mon fifty ohm poin t, like with the 3 2
element s on tw o meters in th e following
pa ragrap h.
Two 50 o h m lead s from two 2-e1eme n t
yagis bro ugh t together makes :J 25 ohm
point , and t hen a coaxial qu arter wave
tra nsfo rme r is need ed to b rin g it back up to
fift y o h ms again. When t hese tw o y agis were
mat ch ed and p hased together, a no t he r fo ur
elemen ts had to be match ed , and th en go
through the whole affair again . I did this
eight times, plus a lot more like 4 and 4
(four times'), then 8 and 8 an d th en 16 and
16, an d finally got a beautifu l 32 elemen t
job with exciting gain , but heavy !
There were so darn many qu art er wave
transformers, pieces o f RG 8/ U, co nnecto rs,
etc., tha t I co uld n 't eve n ha ul my regular
mast u p wit h th is heavyweight o n to p. For
abo ut on e day and night I did get it up o n a
"jury-rig" o ut by t he barn and started
o perating an d working are as I never kn ew
happened .
I . The ca ble proved pa rticularly d ifficult
to ha nd le. It is q u ite stiff, and th e 300 o hm
wires ar e q u ite small and get cu t o ff easily .
This probabl y cou ld have been o verco me.
2. T he proh lem develops. Most TV ant en-
nas are d esigned for 300 o h m ca ble, so that
is no problem for t h e T V people, b ut mo st
amateurs need 50 ohms.
3. The problem gets worse. This new
cab le is design ed to be 300 o h ms und er
balan ced co nd itio ns. When n o ! bala n ced . it
no longer is 300 o hms beca use th ose two
wires are close to t he sh ield . And I certainly
wasn 't read y to put 4 32 mh z baluns o n 16
small ya gis (on ea ch onel} mu ch less o n 3 2
of them if a seco nd 32 eleme nt was need ed
for that last 3 db of gain .
4. It also looked now as th ough it would
need a balun for each ca b le at th e dist ri-
bution bo x end also . That did it. Crossing
off the use o f that nice new shielded 300
o h m ca ble (a nybody fo r 100 fee t at half
price") , I went to th e 50 o h m unba lan ced
lin e bo x you see d et ailed later in this article,
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yo ur time . In any Read a nd Do progra m it is
easy to make a fa lse sta rt with an idea th at FRO". OSC
look s fin e from a d istance but soo n bogs ~
d own in "details, details. " TO YAGI
NO. ;,
This is what ha ppened with the projected BI'lA SS
STRA P
use o f t he new 300 oh m sh ielde d ant enna BAI<[UTE
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cable. The idea here was to wire up six small
yagis with th is ca ble , jo in th em toge t her at Fig . 1 . S t r ap line rf d ist ri b u t io n b ox .

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whi ch not o nly did a fin e jo b, but remo ved
the limitation of having exa ctly six, no more
and no less, sma ll beams to ad d togeth er.
Several day s were lost on th at one. Be my
gue st.
A Right Way To Do It
The making up of big beam s of an
arb it rary numb er of ele me n ts by adding one
or more 2 e leme nt yagis at a ti me is
accomplished by th e use of a distribution
box . We will st art with th e sim ple strap lin e
type of unit a nd work on th e basic 2, 4 , a nd
8 eleme n ts first.
This stra p line rf d istribu t ion box is
sho wn in Fig . I . With this little gem you ca n
add o n an uneven numb er of 2 el eme nt yagis
if you wan t, and have th em mat ched and
phased properl y . I have ju st finished check-
ing this. Not tha t yo u would normally be
att racted by a co mbinati o n of 3, 5, o r 7
sma ll yagis, but th ere can be time s wh en it
might be co nven ient. This ca n co rne abo ut
on six or ten met ers wh en yo u have a
two-a ver-two and want t o add ano ther t wo,
as in Fig. 2.
In st ead of using two-ele me nt yagis, you
can in crea se yo ur t otal powe r by using more
than two ele me nts per y agi. Your inter-
ele me n t yagi spaci ng will change then, so
watch that it em . Some exa m ples will be
sho wn later. I just chec ke d again yeste rday
for ma ximum-gain in terspacing o n 4 32 wit h
the "standard" 2 eleme n t yagis descri bed
herein . Ma ximum gain side spac ing rad iato r
tip t o tip is 10 in ches. Verti cal spacing is
18%" , CC ( cent er to cen te r of ele me nts ).
This o ut lines th e useful capt u re area and
sho ws th e fallacy of th e hal f wa ve ty pe of
spacing, if yo u want to ge t t he max imum
gain fr om all that aluminum yo u bo ugh t, p ut
together, and are t ryin g to keep way up
th ere.
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to Get You Started
I have had goo d luck wit h alu minu m
clo th esline mat erial , es pecially for ind oor
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You ca n ma ke up lots of li nen-ba se o r
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The basic 2 ele men t desc ribed is inexpen-
sive, bu t no t "cheap," By t he tim e yo u' re all
do ne and ge t that st ill-far-a hea d 20 d b gain,
th ere will be lots of tim e and wo rk spe nt by
yo u.
T he joint bet ween th e cable, ce nter, CI
and its me chan ical support can be im proved
for o utside work. I have snarle d this it em o n
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bran ches and been o ff the air o n top of a
mountain more than o nce! One of th ose
little plast ic bo xes will do t he tri ck fo r an
enclosure.
The 3 DB Gain of the Second Yagi
Just finished the secon d o ne and ho ok ed
it up using the half wave distribution box [rf
that is) sho wn in Fig. 1. Wow, the old meter
sure clim bed ! Haven't ch ec ke d yet for su re
by the d istan ce method, but it looks like at
least 3 db , prov idi ng th e diode is in a po rtio n
of its curve wh ich is reasona bly li near.
Figs. 4a and 4b show t he ma ximum gain
spacings fo u nd, as ment io ned before.
Effect of Unequal Cable Length Feeding the
Small Yagis
Using th e te st set u p sho wn in Fig.5 , a
3 \1," cab le was added to ca ble no . 2 to check
the effect o n the phasing using un equal ca b le
lengths. It worked out exactly as it is
supposed to . ca using the placeme nt o f yagi
no . 2 to mo ve fo rwa rd several inches fo r
max imu m gain . The ad ded ca ble length
ca uses a delay , wh ich is co mpe nsa ted by
putting y agi no . 2 nearer the receiver. This
po ints up th e desirabilit y o f possibly slo tt ing
the boom bolt holes to all ow a final phase
tune-up . So far I do not intend to do this, as
I a m co un ting o n reasonably eq ual cable
lengths to put th e individual yagis in phase,
but it is interest ing to make it ch eck and be
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need it.
The "Parasitic" Colinear Effect
While tu ni ng u p a fo ur eleme n t job as in
Fig. 5 and co mpa ring gains with and without
yagi no . I plugged in, I found lhat the
presen ce a/on e of yagi no . 1, without being
attached to anything, ca used an increase
from 10 to 13 o n the meter dial , while
plugging it in again jumped the meter to l 5
or 16 , wh ere it sho u ld be for th e fu ll fo ur
elemen t syste m. Un plugging it an d removing
it from t he vicinity of th e test sta nd caused
the meter to register ten , which it sho u ld be
for th e test set-u p involved wh en using o nly
one yagi. So , fo r a gain chec k, rem o ve the
whole yagi, not just the plug !
This is the first time I have observed
parasitic effects from co li near type elements
ou t o n the side. Might be so me po ssibilities
th ere.
"Insertion loss" of the RF Distribution
Box.
Th is b usiness of insertion loss, a favo rite
term of precision e nginee rs, o nly becomes
imp ortant fo r you wh en it is large eno ugh to
be measured with your home-brew equip-
ment. Nat urall y eno ugh, wh en an engineer is
hand ed a ten or twenty page specificat ion
from a military age n cy, and it says "inser-
tion loss sha ll not be greater than 5 db ," he' s
got to get crac kin' o n acco u nt of a little ite m
called "Source Inspect ion " whe re so me Civil
Service lad fro m t he military agency
involved comes to t he plant trying to ship
so me o f th ose co nt rac te d ite ms and says,
"What a bo ut the insertion loss?"
With the four eleme n t beam being
worked on, th e insertion loss of the rf
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be found t o any great exactness because it is
so. small. As a matt er of fa ct, checking the 2
element beam with and without the distri-
bution box, at times it even sho ws a gain
with it. There is a possibility that it is acting
like a • secondary " cavity so me t im es used
with certain microw ave oscilla t ors t o sta bil-
ize and increase the total Q of the sys t em
and raise th e output. At any rate, it is
certain that good rf distribution boxes can
be made for amateur uhf a t low cost.
Six and Eight Elements
Just for fun I tri ed o ut th e gain from the
addition of only o ne 2 el ement yagi to a n
existing 4 element beam , and sure enough, it
had iots of gain.
A word of cau tio n for indoor , table-top
antenna work. If your receiving antenna is
too close , (example, on ly six feet) it is
possible that its main cone of rece pt ion (lO
db points in this case ) will be too narrow to
see the additional third yagi in question. In
this case you will not register the real gain
on th e met er.
Series Coupling Capacitors and the Strap
Line Resonator
The use of th e st rap line resonat or only a
quart er of an in ch from th e ground plan e
evide nt ly has a f urt he r advant age. Looking
at Fig. 1, series ca pacitors can be add ed
between th e st ra p lin e and th e ends o f eac h
cable center-co nd uct or. However. in all the
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Fig . 8 . Mounting detail , top v iew .
checks run so far , the se are not needed .
Theory says that when the cen ter-co nd uc to r
leaves th e co nfi nes of the coax ia l ca ble, as a t
the co n nec t io n t o th e st ra p, indu ctive rea ct-
an ce begins t o build up and requires th e use
of a series capacitor to ca ncel th e indu ct-
an ce. Evide n tly the di stan ce o f '!4 in ch is t o o
small to notice at 4 32 mhz. As yo u can see
in Figs. 1 and 7 the fo ur 50 ohm ind ividual
yagi ca bles are sold ered directly t o the st rap.
Basic 8 Element Beam
Fig. 6 sho ws the basic 8 ele men t beam
with the final spaci ngs of the elements and
yagis. 0 , th e spacing between radiators and
refle ctors, is a little co n troversial at present.
D i eq uals 21. inches, D2 eq uals 2V" and D3
and D4 eq ual 3 in ch es. This is pro bably due
t o th e Gamma mat ch capac ito rs, in whi ch
case one percenters ma y be called fo r. Will
see what th e an swer is with th e "Big Beam."
Mayb e a final tune-u p point of this kind will
give you that last db you 're lo oking for.
Fig. 7 is th e sc he ma tic o f th e 8 element ,
an d Fig . 8 sh o ws boo m mou nt in g deta il.
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" The gain of this basic 8 ele men t beam
looks very good . In the seco nd pa rt of this
"20 DB Beam " article care ful gain measure-
ments using the dist ance meth od will be
giv en.
The dipole ; 2 ele me n t : 8 ele me nt ; a 14
ele me n t yagi tuned u p for ma ximum gain;
designed at present will be me asured. Severa l
other co m binatio ns may be tr ied as well ,
such as f our 5 ele me n t yagis, fo ur 10
ele me nt yagis, e tc. A no ther 3 2 ele me nt ma y
add iti onal 3 db . This articl e may run in to
th ree parts, so j ust keep rea ding!
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n t he surplus co mmercial FM equipment designation . Table I will explain what each

I market, th e Genera l Elec t ric Progress
Line equipmen t has o ft en been overloo ke d
in favor of t he somewha t mo re pop ular, and
possibly mo re available Mo torola gear. The
lack of good co nversio n info rm ation basic
enough for the PM new comer, such as has
been availa ble o n t he Mo torola gear, has
undoubtedly contrib uted to t he lack of
in terest in GE equipme nt. I ho pe to provide
some basic info rm ati on to t he ham who has
o r may acquire a 150 MH z Progress Line
unit and wo uld li ke to use it o n 2 meters.
The Progress li ne has gone through the
usual adapta tio ns and imp rove me n ts right up
to th e pr esent fully transist orized models.
With the exce ption of the transistorized
versions, and so me later MTS combinatio ns,
they all con ta in similar and inte rcha ngeab le
transm itter and receive r st rips with all th e
sta ndard features incorporat ed that th e aver-
age ham would requ ire. Because it is mo re
likely that you will come upon o ne of the
ea rlier Progress Li ne units we will direct ou r
discu ssion toward them.
de signation mean s. While th e informatio n
given may not be an exact in terp reta tio n as
migh t come fro m the facto ry , it is ade qua te
Table 1
Station Combination Identification
F I RST LE TTE R - Cab inet Des ignatio n
M T r u nk mou nt
F Front mount
T Table top
W T ru n k mount mo b ile telep hone application
WT T abl e t op mob ile t elephon e app licatio n
SECON D LETTER · Power Supp ly Designat ion
A 6 volt vibrator
E 12 volt vib rator
A l E Dual vibrator type
T 12 volt transist or
U 24 volt
o 11 7 VAC cont in uous du ty
I 11 7 VAC i nte rmitte nt duty
NUMBE RS· Station Combination Series
3320-25W
36 40-50W
37 100W
38250W
Note : Other designations may be found from time
to time, but those included here are the most pre-
vale nt. Th is is not in te nded to be an all-i nclusive
list .

Equipment Identification E xample:

As a mea ns of describing the complete
unit GE employs a co mbina tio n nornencla-
MAlE - 36 X )(
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Control designatio n

ture which tells u s thre e things; th e typ e o f

housing or ap plica tion, th e ty pe o f power
l lR ecei ver bandwid th (W or NI
eries co m b inat ion
Power Supp ly
Cabinet designatio n
supply and its voltage, and fi nally, the series

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for our purposes and covers most statio n for mobile telephone serv ice are generally
combinations in the 144 to 174 Mllz band . distinctive by their somewhat longer cases,
One or two letters may follow the combina- usually 20 in ., required by the speciai
tions series number to indicate receiver accessory deck needed to make it opera te as
bandwidth and the type o f con tro l. Where a telephone. These unit s wil l have a designa-
the statio n is locally controlled, no designa- tion like IIITA-] ] -III o r 111/-] ] a nd are basi-
tion is used. call y MA /E-33 unit s which were manufac-
Unlike the Motorola designations, the G E tured to Western Electric speci fica tio ns. All
combination nomenclatures do not tell ex- the standard functions of a straight two-way
actly what kind o f transmitt er and receiver rad io are incorporated in these units and
strips are employed in a particular unit. In appear at th e 21 pin con trol cable jack .
most cases the strips are interchangeable, as Inside the unit the stri ps are connec ted
mention ed above, and you may actu ally find by a wiring harness that originates in the
most anyt hing inside the case. The o nly way power supply chassis and terminates in
to be sure is to loo k. Type numbers are seve ral color-eoded plug-ended branches and
found o n the top of the chassis along the the 2 1 pin con tro l cable jack . In ea rl y
rear edge and will lo ok something like : mobile telephone co mbinatio ns the VS I
4ET20A 1 R ev. B. A quick look at Table 2 Selector panel can be removed with out
will tell you just what eac h st rip is. In the affecting th e normal fun ctions. If the multi-
exa mple yo u will note that th e type number frequency deck is missing, single cha nnel, and
is followed by an add itio nal set of letters possibly two channel, o peratio n can be
indicating the particular revision of the ba sic accomplished by plugging th e crystals into
strip. GE, like all the other manufa cturers, the appropriate sockets on the transmitter
have a penchant for changing a resistor value and receiver stri ps. Ju st let the two plugs,
so me where along the line o r possibly adding the black and the blue o nes , which connec -
a capacitor to improve the performance. ted the Selecto r pane l and the mu ltifre-
Don't worry to o much about this because quency deck hang loose, as they will not
the stri ps are esse ntiall y the sa me regardless hinder the operation. Somed ay you may
o f the revisions. acquire a multifrequency deck and all you
It is possible that you may come across a will have to do is plug it in and do a bit o f
unit that was used originally as a mobil e minor retuning.
tel ephone. These sho uld not be confused All tube typ e 150 MH z Progress Line
with the later mobile telephone versions combinatio ns employ 4 ER25 model receiver
which were called "MTS M obiles." The strips with the su ffix A th ro ugh F. If yo urs
earlier Progress Line units which were used is an E or F, lo ok fo r a lot more work, as

Table 2
Transmitters
Frequency Range 144-1 52 MH z 152-174 MHz
Nominal Povver 1 Freq. 2 Freq . 1 Freq . 2 F req .
20- 25W 4ET 20 A 1 4ET 20A 11 4ET ?O A? 4ET 20A 12
40- 50W 4ET21 A 1 4ET21A 11 4ET21 A 2 4ET 21 A1 2
All tran smitters are cont inuously adju stable for 0 -1 5 kH z deviation for
narrow or wide band operation .
Receivers
Frequency Range 144-152 MH z 152-1 74 MH z
1 F req . 2 Freq . 1 F req . 2 Freq .
Na rrow Band 4ER 25A 1 4ER2 5A 11 4ER25A 2 4ER25A 12
Wide Band 4ER 2581 4ER 25811 4ER 258 2 4ER 2581 2
N arrow Band 1 4ER25C1 4ER 25C11 4ER 25C2 4ER 25C1 2
Wide Bend- 2 4ER 25D1 4ER25D11 4ER25D 2 4ER 25D12
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these are used in lat er du plex combinatio ns ste ps will bring the unit into the FM portion
and will require ex ternal mod ification to o f the 2 meter band.
provide squelc h and volume controls. You
can also expect to rewo rk or replace the Crystals
power supply as it will be delivering power For best results and ease of ordering,
to both the tra nsmitte r and receiver at the comme rcial standard crystals are th e easiest.
same time . You will also find that your All yo u have to d o is specify the type
Progress Line unit will have eit her a 4 ET20 number of the strip y ou are orde ri ng the
or 4ET2 1 tra nsmitter strip in it, even in the crysta ls for, the crys tal frequency, t he cha n-
duplex combinatio ns, alt hough the du plex nel frequency and whether yo u inte nd to use
versions utilize a du plexer which will have to it in an oven. Check you r favo rite crysta l
be replaced by an antenna relay or a TR catalog for th e specific info rmation they
switch . A rece nt ar ticle ( QST, June 19 7 I) requrre.
may help in co nve rting from duplex to The tra nsmi tters have a mu ltiplicatio n
simplex opera tion in the later MTS Progress fac to r of 24 , so just divid e the desired
Line units . operating frequency by 24 to determine the
Now let's get dow n to the business o f the crys tal frequ ency. The first oscillator crys ta l
act ual co nvers io n . More than likely y ou will frequ en cy for the re ceiver can be det ermin ed
find that yo ur unit will be for th e 152 to by subtrac ting 8 .700 MHz from th e channel
154 MH z portion of th e band. A few sim ple fre quency and dividing th e results by 12. If

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you are lucky the receiver will have the i-f
crystal in it ; if not, o rder one for 8.4 10
MH z. While you are waiting for you r crysta ls
to co me in the mail. you can start on the
nex t ste ps.
Receiver Conversion
To o btai n at least ra ted sensitiv ity ! it is
necessary to pad severa l places in the receiv-
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be turned a full 360 and will give the
im pression o f be ing fully peaked when
ac tually yo u are only passing through the
maximum capacitance point of th e trimmer.
You can approach th e padding in one o f two
ways : install a new capaci to r of the correc t
value at each point to be padded or get a
ha ndful of 4 p F capacitors and parallel the
e xisti ng capacit ors with them . The purists
among us will und oubtedly usc the first way ,
the rest o f us the second way . Eit her way
use go od qual ity 500 wvd c tu bular ceramics
0 trimmer be lo w th e o pening marked f B, th e
wit h _ 80 te mperature coe fficie nt.
In th e A and B models there are seven
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and D models. Start by removing th e st ri p
from the unit to facilitate handlin g as yo u
will be turning th e chass is o ver severa l times.
Refer to Fig. I to locate the coils that are to
be padded. Be su re to check Table 2 to
de termine if padding is necessary in the
receiver yo u have .
A quick inspe ction o f th e antenna trans-
form er and th e rf trimm er cans will tell y o u
wh at is required to rem o ve th em so the coils
can be reached . L1 will co me off with the
can and can be removed by takin g o u t the
three screws on the side of th e can near the
antenna input jack. Note th e position of the
screws in th e slo ts so that LJ can be repJaced
in esse nliallly the same place , alt ho ugh you
may want to slide it up or down for best
results as indicated ' by th e LIM·l meter
readin g when yo u tune up.
The can wh ich con tains th e second multi-
plier coils is far more difficuJt to rem ove and
care must be exercised to prevent damage to
the components insid e. When th e re ceiver
was man ufactured th e com ponen ts were
installe d in the lo ose ca n and then wir ed .
The can was positioned on th e cha ssis and
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the leads fed through to the bottom sid e and
soldered in place . Reversing this procedure,
while difficult , is probably better th an trying
to remove the can without unsoldering,
aJthough I have done it in this way. Remern-
ber to tag the leads. The following list
indicat es th e required padding capaci to r
values.
Existing
Coil Capacitor Value Change To
Antenna L1 10 pF IC21 14 pF
Transformer L2 6 pF (C4) 10 pF
---------------------
Rf Trimmer L 301
's 3 p F (C3091 7 pF
(see note L 302 9 pF (C306) 13 pF
below) L303 None 4 pF
---------------------
Mult;·2 L1 7 pF (C21 11 pF
Transformer L2 10 pF IC3 1 14 pF
N ote: In the C and D models L303 has been
eliminated. Ho wever. use the values given fo r
L3 03 for L3 02 in th ese receive rs.
If the receiver strip is eq uipped with a
receiver is capable o f two frequency o pera -
tion . How ever, upon inspec tio n y ou may
find that pin 3 o f the first oscillato r tube
. '
socke t had been perma nently so lde red to
ground , wh ich makes channel A operative
co ntinuo usly . Assuming y ou want tw o fre-
quency operation , unsolder pin 3 from
ground and ad d a short length o f hooku p
wire betwee n pin 3 and lug I of TB 15 (l ug I
is th e one w ith th e green braid covered wire
leading directly to it from the cable) . TB 15
is directly below the antenna transformer
(see Fig. I). If it is not already in place, ad d
a wire simila rly between pin 8 and lug 2 of
TBI5 . Leave both of the 0.02 uF disk
capacito rs in place on TB J5. Also so lder a
short piece o f ho o kup wire between pin s I
and 6 to co mplete th e plate circuit o f the
sec tio n o f th e osc illa to r. You sho uld now be
able to select channel A or B from th e
chann el selecto r switch o n th e control head.
If the co n trol head is not eq uipped with a
channe l selec to r switch one can be added
easily . Install an spdt toggl e switch in a
co nve nie nt location o n th e control head and
ground the co mmo n terminal. If th e co ntrol
cable lead s are marked . co nnec t wire # 12 to
o ne side of the sw itch for channe l A and
wire # 13 to the o p posite side for channel B.
If you -are ad apti ng a co n trol ca ble that is
not numbered , simply ri ng o ut for con ti-
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nuity between pins 4 (c hannel A) and 5
(c han nel B) of the 21 pin co ntrol cable plug
and connect the lo ose ends to the control
switch as described above .
All 4 ER25 type receivers can be con-
verte d to tw o frequency o pera tion by adding
a 39 K, ~W, 10% resistor and a 3 to 12 pF
ce ramic trimmer as shown in Fig . 3 and
making the changes described above for
frequen cy selectio n.
Tuning the Receiver
With the ap pro priate cry stals in their
sockets, apply power to the receiver and let
it warm up . Using a 20K o hms/volrvo rn
with a 2Y,- 3V de scale, ground the positive
lead to th e unit in th e GND test jack o n th e
power supply chassis. Insert the o ther lead
into th e OSC test jack . Tune the first
osc illator tank to maximum and then back
off o n the gentle slo pe side until you have a
reading o f about 1.35V. If you are using
commercial standard crystals cut specifically
for the un it , you will generally get the
greatest output from them at or very near
th e correc t frequency . Adjust the oscillato r
trimmer (fA o r fB ) for maximum meter
reading and then readjust the tank coil until
you again have about a 1.35V meter reading.
In multifrequency applica tions the osc illato r
mu st be tuned on the highest chan ne l
fre que ncy .
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Fig. 2A. Location of componen ts on transmi tter
chassis.
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Next, move the test lead to th e MULT
jack and tune the first multiplier coil, both
top and bottom alternately , for maximum
meter reading.
With the meter probe in the DISC jack,
connect a signal generator to the antenna
input jack and zero the ge nerator to the
discriminator. Move the meter probe to the
LIM- l ja ck and redu ce th e generator o u tp ut
to the lowest value that give s an indication
o n the meter. It is po ssible that you may not
get a reading at this time. If this is the case.
move the meter probe to the LIM-2 jack and
with maximum signal genera tor o utput, ad-
just the ant enna transform er top and bot-
tom, the tw o t rimmers o f the MU LTl-2
transformer and the tw o o r three rf trimme rs
for maximu m indication . Return the meter
lead to the LIM-l jack and repeat each o f
these ste ps. As the meter read ings increase
•
due to tuning , reduce the generator o utput
to the minimum ne eded to give an ind ica-
tion . Too mu ch signal will sa tura te the
limiters and give a po or indica tio n. Occasion-
ally move the me te r probe back to the DISC
jack and zero the generator as necessary .
Finally . with an ante nna co nnec ted to the
receiver, listen for an on-the-air signal and
adjust th e OSC-l trimmer so th at you get a
zero discriminato r reading. Rem ember that
the guy you hear may not be exactly on
frequency, but if someone else can hear him
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it's a goo d bet that he is at least clo se . You
can always touch it up a bit later on when
you find so meone kn own to be o n frequen-
cy or when yo u acq uire th at second ary
standard ;
It is worthwhile 10 go ba ck over all o f the
above adjustments while listening to a
steady. clea n signal that gives abo u t 0 .5 to
I .OV L1M-I read ing.
That's abou t all th ere is to getting your
receiver to work reasonably well. Adju st-
ment o f th e i-f, limiter and discriminator
sta ges will usually not be necessary and
sho uld be avoide d . If yo u must adjust th ese
stages get a co py of the approp riate ben ch
alig nme n t proced ure pu blishe d by GE, if
possi ble, before yo u atte mp t it. The co ils in
th ese stages are overcoupled and mu st be
loaded with th e proper load resistor to make
them critically co upled and th en tun ed In
th e pro pe r seq uence for good results.
Transmitter Conversion
Only one relatively simple change is
required to make th e 152 to 174 Mllz units
work in th e 2 meter band. The power
amp lifier plate co il (L11 3) must be replaced
with a new co il mad e up as sho wn in Fig.
2B. The coil shou ld be fab rica te d o f tinned
16-gage wire (0.08 in . diameter) wound I
1/3 turns at five turns per inch , to an
internal co il diam eter of 0.625 in . (5 /8 in .) ,
Rem ove the perforated cover from the
pow er amplifier housing, pull o u t th e 2E26
drive t ub e and th e PA tube so yo u ca n reach
the coil to wo rk o n it. Carefull y unsolder the
rf cho ke attached to th e bottom of the coil
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lo op. To make coil remo val and replacement
easier, remove th e nut holding th e PA plate
tuning capacitor and the two screws on
either side of it and slip the coil, capacito r
and th e stea tite posts ou t o f th e housing.
Unsolde r the large recetangular plate co il
and remo ve it from th e clips. It may be
possible to make yo ur new coil o u t o f th e
the ends of the coil in to the clips to the
approximat e positi on and so lde r one side.
Reinstall the ent ire assembly in to th e
housing. Adjust t he coil up o r d own unti l it
is even with the load co il by heating first o ne
sid e, the n th e other, and making slight
adjustments in th e coil height until the
co rrect position is reache d.
With the lo ad ing coil turn ed fu lly cou n-
tercloc kwise , adjust the new plate coil so
the re is 1/1 6 in . betwee n it and t he lo ad ing
coil. Sold er th e free end o f th e rf cho ke to
th e ce n te r bottom of th e front loop of th e
new co il. i.e , as you look into th e o pe n end
of th e PA housing. Be sure that in so lde ring
in the rf choke you have not shorted t he
plate coil. Recheck the coil turn spacing and
th e distan ce bet ween th e tw o coils, and if all
is well replace th e tubes, plate caps and th e
housing co ve r and proceed to tunin g up th e
transmit te r.
Tuning th e Transmitter
Tran smitter t un ing is basically a matter of
peaking and dipping th e va rio us stages and
should present no formidable problems.
With the proper crys tal in its socke t, ap ply
power and let the tr an smitter warm up. Fl ip
th e T UNE-OP ER ATE switch to t he tu ne
positio n and tu rn th e ANT COU PLING
co unt ro l fully clo ckwise (u nco up led ). The
transmitter mu st be in its case or resting o n a
metal plate while it is being tun ed o r it will
be detun ed when it is returned to th e case .
Connect th e unit to a d umm y load for the
initial tun eup pro cedures.
Plug th e positive meter lead into th e GN D
jack on th e power su pply and th e negative
lead into the MULT-I jack. The oscilla to r
and modulato r sta ges are working pro perly if
the reading is 1.5V o r more. Move the meter
lead to th e MULT-2 jack and tun e ZI OI for
maximum met er reading. Do not key th e
tran sm itter fo r longer than 30 seco nds at a
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For eac h of the fo llow ing steps th e
negat ive met er lead mu st be plugged in to the
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GN D jack and the positive lead into the
CAT H PA jack .
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to the o pe rate po sit ion and q uic kly red ip
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lo we r readin g canno t be o btained . Wh en the
minim um rea di ng is reach ed . re tu ne A NT
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T UNI NG fo r a peak . If the re is no indicatio n
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, . th e ANT COU PLI NG con t rol slight ly co un t-

Fig. 3. First oscilla tor circuit o f receiver. A dd
dot ted wiring for two frequency o pera tion.
time until after the MUL T-4 pla t!' has been
t uned.
With th e meter lea d in th e MULT-3 jack ,
alte rn ately pea k Z I 0 2 and Z I03 for ma x i-
mu m met er readi ng . The bes t ,..'ay to tune
this stage is to tu rn th e adjusti ng screws in
abou t l,4 turn eac h alte rna tely , until th e
maxim um reading is rea ched . If a peak
ca nno t be o btained. co nnect the me ter to
the scree n (p in 6), using the 300 V scale, of
the 6 8 H6 seco nd multiplie r a nd t un e Z I0 2
fo r a slight dip in scree n volt age . It is
possib le to tu ne Z I 02 and Z I 03 to th e
wrong harm onic of th e crystal frequency . I f
this is suspecte d, turn bo th of th e adjusting
screws all the wa y o ut ( cou nte rclo ckwi se)
and retune to the first peak in the manner
noted above .
Next , plug th e meter int o th e MU LT-4
jack and alt erna tely t un e Z I0 4 a nd Z I 0 5 fo r
max im um met e r read ing . If this stage is
badly misali gned , pretuning can be acco m-
plished by tu ning Z I 04 for a sligh t d ip with
the me te r lea d pl ugged into th e MULT-3 test
jack.
No w move the me ter lead to th e PA
G RID test jack and alte rnate ly tun e MULT-4
PL AT E a nd PA G R ID con trols fo r a pea k
(MU LT-4 PL AT E on ly in ET-2 1 typ e tra ns-
mitte rs). A small volt age re adi ng will be
presen t at the start becau se o f the fixed bias
at th is point.
erclockwisc until a pea k ca n be seen. In-
crease th e ANT COU PLING u nt il th e meter
read s 1.4 V a nd agai n adju st the ANT
T UNI NG for max imu m ind icat io n . T he ANT
COU PLI NG sho uld now be in crea sed u nti l a
readin g o f 1.6V fo r ET-20 models a nd 1.5V
for ET-2 1 mod els is o bta ined.
Mo ve th e nega tive met er lead bac k to th e
PA G R ID jack a nd th e positive lead to t he
GN D jac k a nd retune MULT-4 PLAT E a nd
PA G RID for maximum indi cati on . Once
this is done , and wi th an ante nna co nnec te d,
ret u rn the meter leads to the CATH PA and
GN D jacks as in th e ste ps just above, and
adj ust the ANT T UN ING control for max i-
mum meter readi ng. The ANT CO UPLING
sho uld be readj ust ed to 1.5 or 1.6V .
T he tran smitt e r sho u ld n ow b e p u tt ing
o ut at le ast its rat ed powe r of about ~5 W .
Greater o ut put can be o btained by in creas-
ing t he ANT CO UPLING or replacing t he
6 146 fi nal wit h a 6 146 8 in th e ET-20
models. T he re is the danger of o ve rlo ad ing
the power supp ly, ho w ever, unless th e unit is
eq uippe d w ith a high power su p ply (t wo
tran sfo rm ers ) wh ich may be present , parti cu-
larl y . if the un it had o nc e bee n used as a
mobile telep ho ne . In th is case it may be
possib le to ob ta in up to 4 0 o r 4 5W fro m a
single 6 146 8 fina l. The mod ifica t ions d es-
c ribed above should resu lt in performa nc e at
least equal to the ma nu fact urer's ratin gs
assu mi ng all o f th e tub es are good . A gain
ante nna will help imm e nse ly and wit h a
goo d pream p ahead o f th e recei ver, se nsi tiv i-
ties as lo w as 0 . 1 to 0 .2 m V are poss ible .
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Most amateurs don't have the space for
rota tab le d irec tiona J ante nnas for the 40
meter band -not to mention 80 meters- yet
th ese are o ur most cro wded bands under
avera ge conditions. Some sor t o f direct ional
ante nna is of tremend ous value for sta teside
co n tac ts and almost a mu st fo r OX. Many
hams with limited space are using trapped
multi band verticals. With a decent ground
syste m, t hese are wonderful an te n nas, but
they aggravate the QRM pro ble m even more
with their o mnidirectio nal chara cteris tics.
The use o f two or more multiband
trapped verticals and the proper phas ing and
switch ing set up pro vides an inoffensive (to
t he neigh bors, I mean) and very effective
method o f obtaining directivity . This is
esse ntia l fo r o verco mi ng at least so me o f t he
QRM o n receiving, and fo r giving that ex tra
kick to your signal that can mean the
difference between a solid QSO and none at
all.
If you are presently using one trapped
vertical , you already have a lmost half the
syste m. I a m sure every d ed ica ted 40 meter
opera tor will take pleasure in hearing Radio
Moscow drop 20 to 30 db at the flip of a
switch.
Some Theory
Sin ce many handbooks barely ment ion
pha sed vert icals, a lit tie theory is in order.
For a n examp le, let's use two identical
vertica ls spaced o ne-ha lf wave length apart
(Fig. I) and driven equally and in phase . The
fields of the antennas are uniform in all
directions in the horizontal plane and look
like point so urces of circular waves as viewed
from above . Any point along the line W-E is
a half wave length further from one vertical
than the othe r. In o ther words, at any point
along the W-E line, th e two rad iated waves
are 180 0 out o f phase and cancel. At any
point al ong the N-S line (broadside) the

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BROADSIDE Pit.TTERNS
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F ig. 3 . Phased ve rtical radia t ion p a t t erns f or va rious spac ings.
waves are in phase and reinfo rce . T his the n is
a broadside array .
If the antennas in Fig. I were driven
180 0 o ut of phase, by fee ding o ne antenna
directly a nd inserting a 180 0 coa x d elay line
in th e o ther feeder , there would be rein-
forcement along the WoE line (e n dfire) a nd
cancellation on the W-S line. So b y using the
same antennas an d switching t he appropriate
length of coaxial cable in an d out of th e
feedline, we have a cho ice of two directions,
N-S or E-W.
If the verticals are spaced a qua rter wave
length apart ( Fig. 2 ) an d driven 90 0 out of
phase with the west lead ing, the pattern will
be a cardio d (heart-shape d) toward the east.
Broadsid e gain for half-wa ve spacing is 3 .86
db and 2 .3 db for endfire with side a t t en t ua-
lion aro u nd 20 db . A fro nt to back radiation
of up to 30 db can be achiev ed wit h q uarter
wave spacing for the cardiod pattern . Radia-
ti on patterns fo r various spacings are shown
in Fig . 3.
As with any multiband sys tem, there are
so me d isadvantages. Definite endfire-
bro adside patterns are o btaina ble with
eighth-wave, quarter-wave, an d half-wave
spacing. For fu ll-wave and th ree-quarter-
wave spacing, the pattern s are not so cut and
dri ed . A full-wave broadsid e pattern so me-
what resembles a 4-bladed prop eller, and the
full- wave endfire pa ttern fills in t he gaps
between the 4 lobes (or blades) . Even so,
this directivity can be used to advantage by
carefu l plo tting on a great circle map o r by
the use o f an "S" meter.
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Practical Design
The first step in setting up a p hased
verti cal sys te m is to dec ide on the spacing.
This will be deter mined by either physical
limitations (how big your ya rd or ro of top
is) o r by your choi ce o f ba nds. For exa mple,
if y ou enj oy 40 meter DXing, quarte r-wave
spacing for 4 0 meters will result in very
usuable eighth-wave an d half-wave patterns
for the 80 a nd 20 m eter ba nds respect-
ivel y . The antenna will be mo st effectiv e o n
4 0 because the quarter-wave spacing also
y ield s a cardiod patt ern o n t his ba nd . The
three-q uarter and fu ll-wave spacing resu lt in
the fo ur lo bed patterns on 15 and 10 m eter
bands.
T he seco nd ste p is decid ing in w hich
directi on to beam th e patterns. For instance ,
mounting th e vert ica ls o n t he N-E- S-W
plane will pu t a 4 0 met er cardiod pattern
towards Europe and another towards Austra-
lia an d New Zealand . T he broa dside pattern
will fa ll on Alaska an d South or Central
Am erica . Referen ce to a grea t circle chart
cent ered o n yo ur QTH will resolve this
problem.
Step t hree is tougher : the physical
mo unting of the two ra diators . As with any
verti cal an te nna, success or fa ilure lie s in the
ground syst e m. There are to o many hams
wh o curse th e verti cal anten na that they
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radial.
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do wn t he fo llowing spring because it did n' t
wor k. Almo st invariab ly , fu rt her Questioning
reveals a n inadequate ground syste m o r
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short range work. Having successfully used
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loo k like a gia nt spid er's lair. Measure and
cut each co nd uc to r to a q uarter-wa ve fo r
eac h band d esired , as shown in fig . 4. Tie
a nd solder t he anten na end to a lug and
you 've go t a mu lt iband radial. Three such
radia ls droo ping from the base of the vertical
make a very effective counterpoise. A roof
mo un t in the average location has the added
ad vantage of allowing you to mount the
radia tors well clear of near by o bjects, t hus
helping ma intain identica l rad iati on patterns.
Bear in mi nd that t he success o f th e phasin g
de pend s on t he words "ident ical p att erns."
If you are fo rt una te and li ve in a swamp, it
would , of course, be best to use buried
radials.
All directio nal and band switching can be
d on e from inside the shack. Ide ntical co ax

i
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COAX WAVE
CUTOF
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BAND fee ders o f the same lengt h are brought fro m
OF OPERATION
O£SlRE O the base of each antenna into the shack. The
lengt hs o f t h ese lines can be ign ored fo r the
pha sing line ca lculatio ns because th ey are
112 WAllE !)2 .l1.
COAX CABLE the sa me lengt h.
Phasing Lines
TO Fig. 5 illustra tes the basic e ndfire -broad-
X MTR

F ig . &. Basic broadside-endfi re switch ing. side arrange me n t using fu ll to one-eighth-

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w~ve spacing. Feeders F I and F2 are any WEST ANT. EAST ANT.

equal length needed to bring the feeders to \1/ \1/

the switching point. FS is shorted for broad-
side, and switched in the circuit fo r endfire.
Fig. 6 shows a cardio d pattern setup for two
directions. F5 in this case is one quarter- " "
wave long, and the antennas are spaced a
qua rter-wave length apart. If F5 is switched
out of both feed lines, the ant ennas are in ---- -T-----
phase and a broadside pattern results. I
I
The phasing line lengths can be calcu- I
lated fro m the fo rmula : 'o ne-quarter wave x
veloci ty fact or freq ue ncy. The velocity fac-
" I
I
1r>Zl
I
"0 L,J
tor for regular coax is .66, and for polyfoam I
it is .75. It is necessa ry to switch phasing "" 206'-0'680 I
I 10 l!ll2C
• 80
I _ _ ___
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lines F3, F4, and FS for each band. This
seems rather complicated at first glan ce, b ut -- - ----T - --
it can be done with two switches. The ~~~ 1m)
,,
switches can be mounted in a large minibox e e i' I •
,,
I e •
with coaxial connectors on the rear for all
~, ee
the phasing lines and antenna feeders . The
"40M II4A
"A
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va ".
'"
use of coaxial switches would be the best A re
approach although rather expensive. Excel-
8 0 , U .9. 80.
20M In A I~2
\ .
lent resu lts can be obtained with good
quality ceramic switches such as ones cur- FI 80 F2 ° EQUAL LENGTHS OF 02 .1\. ccsx CA BLE.
F3 8 F4 0114 WAVE TRANSFORMER OF 715,n. COAX CABLE.
rently available on the surplus market. If the FO* f'HA5I NG LI NES OF 152 .1\. ecce CABLE .

switch box is b uilt using coaxial con necto rs 51 SWITCH POSITIONS

I.ALL SAND BROADSIDE. 4. 40M EAST CARDIOO
for all t he phasing li nes, it might be wise to 2 . 80M END-FIRE . AND 20M ENO·FIRE.
3.40M WEST CARO IOO 0.1 5M END-F IRE.
purchase these surp lus also in ord er to keep AND 20M END-FIRE. a .1OM ENO-FIRE.

costs down . F ig. 7 . Swit chi ng a rran geme n t for 5 ban d

tra p p e d verticals.
Switch Bo x Construction
A practical example of a band switching
system evolves from Fig. 5 and 6. This is

shown in Fig. 7 . Two switches are used: a 5

position, 4 pole and a 6 position,S pole . If
the trapped verticals in your installation
cover 40 through 10 meters, o ne position
can be eliminated or te rminated in your
d ummy load for tu ne-up purpo ses. Keep
leads short and no prob lems with_high SWR
will be experienced.
To avoid confusion, bo t h ends of each
phasing lin e can be marked wit h adhesive
1/4 WAVE 02 .....
COAX CABL E tape and a ball point pen. The phasing lin es
" can the n be neatl y coiled an d stacked in a
box (or perhaps a wastebasket) un der the
operating tab le. A lo t of effort is involved in
a good antenna system. and this o ne is no
TO exception . I think you'll find, as I did , that
XMTR

F ig. 6 . Basic cercnce switching with quarter

the ret urns versus effort ratio is pretty high.
wave spacing. .. . KIlWF

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88 73 M A GA Z IN E

am radi o has, since its inception, been
H permitted and so me times tolerated by
the fe deral govern me n t primarily beca use o f
its valu e to the n ati on in ti mes of disaster.
As a co nseq ue nce of this, ha m ra dio clu bs
h ave freq ue ntly allied th emselves to t he
various Civil Defense programs around the
country. Like many of these clubs, t he
Marshall County Amateur Radio Club of
Ply mo uth , Indian a, has followed this route.
Unfortunately (?), no calamity appeared to
afford ou r club t he opportunity to make use
of our met iculous preparations. OU T energies
were cha n neled toward prepa ring fo r even ts
whose possibility of co ming abo ut were
remo te .
Co nseq ue n tl y, the clu b began lo oking for
a service-ty pe project to whi ch the club
could d evot e itself. Although so me members
p ut t he project descri bed here o n a par with
the above me ntioned ca lamity in terms of
actually reac hing fruition, the club d ecided
to give the project a try .
The motto that "amateur radio exists
because of t he service it renders," took on
real meaning for our club , . On September 6
JU N E 1972
Jerry Selenke W9JER
V ocation Central
Donaldson IN 46 51 3
• •
U IC ervlce
( La bor Day ), so me 15 ,0 00 people viewed
th e annua l Blueberry Par ad e in Plym outh ,
Indian a. Among th ese were 100 sh u t-in
nursing home pa tie nts . T he latter we rt: pro vi-
ded wit h th e televised coverage of the parade
through the courtesy of th e Ma rshall County
Amateur Radio Club.
Shortly afte r an article on h am TV
activity in this area appeared in the local
newspaper I was approached by the publici-
ty chairman for the parade . After consider-
able discussion wit h other act ive ham
TV'ers, Wayne Zehner WA9l NM and Bob
Newco mbe K9ZLMr , who co nfirmed that t he
projec t was wit h in th e realm of technical
capability even' wit h our h omeb rew and
so me ti mes downright cru de eq uip me nt, it
was d ecid ed to app ro ach the club with th e
idea . After th e qu esti on of legali t y was
solved, the clu b d ecid ed to give it a try and
p re parat ions began in earnest.
Since t he purchase of 432 MHz ante n nas
was beyond our fina ncial resou rces, an an-
tenna co nstruction fest was orga nized. These
antennas were bow-tie types with a solid
metal reflector constructed out of blocks of
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wood and aluminum salvaged from discarded

highway signs. To facilitate construction it
was decid ed to not use gain antennas at t he
receivin g end of the network with the
exceptio n of one nursi ng ho me whic h was
located ap proximately 5 miles from the
tran smitt ing si te . At th is lo ca tion a 16-
element coll inear coupled with a pream p was
installed . T he lack of gain at the rece iving
ends was offse t by a 10-ele ment vertica lly
polarized co llinear transmitting ante nna
(July 7 1 73 ) constructed by WA91 NM and
K9ZLM . Vertical polarization was manda-
tory since the nursing homes were scattered
at all points of th e compass.
WAY )NM began converting a surplus
ART-28 for an outboa rd on a Mo to rola T-44
st rip. Afte r exha ust ing the ex pletives in th e
English langauge. WA9 1NM found that th e
Motorola strip wouldn't develop eno ugh
d rive for the th eoretically ha lf-gallon
ART-28 . Due to a lack of test equipment
ope ra ting in the 430 MH z range, this fact
was discovered too late to allow time to start
over. It was decided to use an RCA CMU- IS
bare-foot. T he fa ct that it deve loped an
adequat e 20 W in a test ru n two weeks prior
to th e actua l para de proved this unit. to be Ten-element collinear transmit ting antennas con-
more tha n suffic ie nt to insure co mp lete ly structe d accordin g to description in th e July issue
of 73.

snow-free pictures at all 5 receiv mg lo ca-

W9JER asking for a video check from WA 9INM at
the business end of the in line and off th e air
monitors. WA9TZP, club president, is at left next
to the club TV idiot card.
tio ns.
After the ante nnas we re const ru cted, th e
only problem - equipmen t wise - was ob-
tai ning conve rte rs fo r each of the receiving
locatio ns. Somehow th e club managed to
scrape up a sufficient number o f ultraverters
of th e type America ns used to use before th e
FCC required manu facturers ma ke UHF
t un ers standa rd o n all T V sets . These ultra-
verters were slugged to tu ne 43 2 MHz and
used cha nnel 3 for the i-f.
On the test day everyt hing was set up as
closely as possible in the same ma nne r as it
wo uld be o n festival d ay . The 10-element
collinea r t ran smitti ng ante n na and trans-
mitter was set up on top o f th e 60 ft
Pl ym outh Building 'on Michigan St ree t next
to th e reviewing sta nd. The transmitti ng
ante nna was o n top o f a 30 ft po rta ble mast
which gave us a to tal of 90 ft . To achieve

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• mit ter, camera and all o ther related para-
~A91NM watches f or parade as W9JER pans local
cenery.
:h is height , it was necessary to ru n 400 ft of
RG -59 U vid eo line from lhe TV camera at
st reet level to the transmitter. In order to
•
overcome the li ne loss the target on the
ca mera had to be turned up to an undesir-
abl e level. Regardless of the negative effec t
this would have o n the camera wh en op-
erating continuously for at least 2 hours, the
v-i deo information portion of the signal rose
to almost o r equal level as the sy nc pulses
which made fo r considerable tearing of the
pict ure. Dick Basham K91LU solved t his
problem by procuring a video amp from our
lo cal telephon e company and his employer.
He also obta ined five combinatio n h eadset-
microphone se ts from th em which were used
fo r closed communica tio ns with the camera ,
tra nsm itte r site and camera spotters.
Reali zing th at the FCC might frown up on
duplication of services provided by commer-
cial concerns, it was necessary to use the
audio portio n of the tele cast from WT CA ,
th e lo cal radio station. The lo cal engineer
coo pe ra te d full y by se tting u p th e an-
nouncers' table directly across th e street
from our camera site. Each nursing home
was then provided with an F M radio, and in
effect had a d escription of each pa rade en try
as it passed, because the came raman was
plugge d into a porta ble radio and th us was
able to keep the camera o n the e ntry being
described by the radio announcer.
The day o f th e para de itsel f fi nally
arrived with - yo u guessed it - rain . How-
ever, since hams in ge neral have always been
JUN E 1972 OR ©3 ClarkWardOrange
am ply bl essed with o p tim ism, the club as-
sem ble d an d began se tti ng up the trans-
phe rnalia . Just wh en we began to lo se some
of that opti mism, Mother Nature coo pera ted
and the moisture ceased. Despite being a
little damp , every th ing worked, and the club
me mbers took up their statio ns; Dick
Basham K91 L U and Dale Schro m K9KRT.
tran smitt ers ; Bill Washburn WA 9TZP ( the
club president) as came ra spo tte r and public
rela ti ons ; Wayn e Zehne r WA91NM and Bob
Newco mbe K9Z LM as t roubleshoo ters;
Eve rett Eas terday WB 9GSI , Red Easterday
WB9AlIF, Carl Bovee W9DIIF , Mildred
Bovee K9ZLB . Clarence Shaffe r WA 9VRK
and F red Doss WA9VRV a t the various
nursing homes ; an d I was o n the camera .
For 10 purposes a test patte rn containing
WA 9I NM' s call lette rs und er whose call the
televising was conducte d - and who inci-
den tall y was the prime mover behind th e
wh ole project - was positioned so that it
could be sho t at 10 minute int ervals.
Amazingly , everything proceeded as
planned , with o nly o ne exce ption . The first
time J erry W9J ER , the ca merama n, t ried t o
zoo m in a we ll-e ndowed majore tte , he got
th e fu ll force o f 100V. Somehow there was
ac on the camera chassis. This coupled with
wet feet made for a "shocking experience."
Not wanting to interrup t the coverage,
WA9I NM , th e ch ief enginee r, declined to
reverse the ae plug . The tel evising co ntinued,
but the sit uatio n ease d as everything bega n
drying out .
About m idway throu gh the parade the
od or o f burning insulation permeated the
ca me ra platform. The thought o f a $ 1200
camera going up in smoke sent everyone
scurrying to ascertain the source o f the odor.
The problem was so lved by an untechnical
by stander wh o pointed out th e smo king
brakes of a horse-drawn wagon . It seems th at
the old time rs constructed their wago n
brakes o ut o f mate rial si milar to that used in
today 's wire in sulation. At least they sme lle d
th e same .
Aside from a brief light shower. the
remainder of the pa rade we nt off without a
hit ch and even the transmitte r did not blow
as ex pec te d, since a e MU- IS is not rated fo r
•
continuous du ty . As soon as the last parade
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tw o or more came ras, coverage to all nursing

h omes in the c oun ty, a TV repeate r so t ha t
mobile units co uld be utili zed , and (get th is)
televising in color, Fortunat ely , Mother
Natu re in te rr up te d t hese discussions before
t hey got ou t of hand by provid ing a drench-
in g do wnpour e xac tl y 15 minut es afte r the
pa rade c nded .
Besid es giving the small Ma rsha ll County
Amat eur Radio Club a project o n which to
wo rk together. the project - more im por-
ta n tly - provided so me of our sen io r citi-
zens wi t h a little happiness and a break in
t he dail y routine.
Each o f the nursing h omes mad e fo rma l A part of the audience viewing the parade at one of
com me nts to th e loca l newspaer, and a the nursing h omes.
rep resentative fro m th e National Nursi ng entry had disa ppeared down th e st ree t,
Ho me mann ed by WB 9GSI sen t in th e everyone ch ip ped in and began disassembling
fo llowi ng: " It was j ust fab ulo us! We we re so wh at to o ur mind was th e grea test thing that
glad we were inclu de d an d it gave our ever hap p ened to Marshall Coun ty. All re-
em ployees a chance to see the pa rad e a lso. ports fr om the nursing homes were su pe r-
The men coming in beforehand to set lative, not o nly from th e hams stationed
every t hing up gave the pa tien ts a great deal there, b ut also fro m the pa tie nts and staffs.
of enjoy me nt. If th e club eve r t ries t o do Even before th e eq uip ment was full y
this agai n, we ho pe they th ink o f us." di sassembled , talk turned to how we could
.. .W9J ER improve the syste m next y ear ... such as

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 John J. Schultz W2EEY
40 Rossie Street
Mystic CT 06355

fe w simple modifications to t he o rigi- time and , therefore, have more freedom in

A nal suc tion-eu p an te nna provide great-
ly simplified tuning. The modifications also
the pla cements o f th e t uning componen ts.
With the modificat ion , tuning becomes a
permit the anten na's tu ning network to be matter of simp ly tu ni ng a variab le capacitor
used as an ante nna coupler for random- instead of adjusting t wo co il tap positions.
lengt h single-wire an te nnas, th us fu rt her Ge ne rally a single coil ta p positio n need o nly
ex te nding t he versa tility of th e u n it as a be cha nged when cha nging ba nds.
simple, m ultiband , portable an te nna.
The o riginal suctio n-cup a nte n na consis-
ted of a surplus foldin g w hip an ten na ab out
lOft long with a loading co il at its base. It
was intended for quick set up, particularly on
an aut omobile , when ever a multiband an-
tenn a was desired for temporary o peratio n.
Ap parentl y, the idea was a ppealing to many
a ma te urs who wanted so me portable
ope ra ting ca pa bility whil e o n vacation or
some o t he r trip but didn 't want to install a
regu lar mobile a nten na insta llation. The l A'
whi p a nd coil were wired toge ther as sho wn
in Fig. I (A).
The main objection that was hea rd a bou t
the ante n na was the di fficult y involved in
fin ding the tw o correct coil tap positio ns,
parti cularl y when large freq ue ncy excursio ns
were ma de . Although a procedure was o u t-
lined for find ing the positions, many ama- -,
J
teurs appare ntly found th e pro cedure to o
tim e-consuming when they sim ply wanted to
-r
set u p for portable o pera tio n for a short J

period o f tim e. Various means were explored

to si mplify the tunin g o f the ant enna.
Details are given o n o ne method t ha t lends
itself to simp le modification of t he o riginal
ante nna and other methods are me n tio ne d
fo r the be nefit of those who might like to
construct a suction-cup an ten na for th e first
I.'
Fig. 1. The basic antenna load ing scheme (A ) a nd
th ree networ ks which were considered in order to
provi de simplified sin gle-band tuning (B).

JUN E 1972 AN 32
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Tuning Methods
There are several ways by which the co il
taps sho wn in Fig. I (A) can be replaced fo r
single band opera tion by a co n tinuous tu-
ning sche me. Some o f these possibilit ies are
illustrat ed in Fig. I (8). The simplest scheme
is probably t hat there a variable capacito r is
placed from th e coax center co nd uc tor to
ground and an extra inductor added to the
basic whip loading coil. The ex tra inductor
and the capacito r fo rm an " L" network
which can be tuned as desired to match t he
load ed whip . Although the sche me is gen-
erally simple fo r new const ruc tio n, since
only one indu ctor need be used which
co mbines the loading and " L" network
inducta nces, it does have a disadvantage in
that th e variable capacito r has to be fairly
large . In fact , several thousand mmf may be
required o n 80 meters for a 10ft whip.
Fixed capacitors can , of course , be paralleled
with a wide ra nge variable capacitor. An-
o t her possible scheme is to leave th e coil
ta ps as in Fig. I (A) but use a 100 - 200 mmf
va riable capacitor across th e en tire coil. Such
ted fro m t he frame or rotor). A screw is used
directly to attach t he lower whip b rac ket to
the cap acitor.
Since the middle brack et ca rries th e
mounting screw fo r o ne o f t he au to mobile
top carrier-type suction cu ps, a small flat
metal bra cke t abo ut I in . long is used to
offset the capa citor mounting from th e
bracket. Instead o f d epending solely upon
the bracket's elec t rical co ntac t to the whip ,
a No. 10 piece o f wire is also run from a
ground lug on th e lower mo unting hole on
the capacitor to th e terminal co nnec tio n at
the bottom of th e whip. The lower end o f
the loading coil is co nnecte d to o ne o f the
sta tor terminals o f th e ca pacitor. Abou t an 8
in . piece of wire with an alligato r clip is
con nected to the o ther stat or terminal in
order to effect bandswitching by shorting
out portions of th e loading coil.
. /- WHIP ANTENNA
INSULATING
GROUNO CLIP Sl. EEVE

a sche me will eli minate the need to cha nge

the uppe r co il tap for o peratio n over most of 2- 2-112
OIA Ll NK-
In- -;''
4 TURNS
one band but the capacitor is su bjec t to a INSIOE MA IN
COIl.
fairly high voltage gradient and ha s to be a
wide-spa ced typ e for any appreciable tr an s-
mitt er po wer. The bes t co mpromise sche me
seems to be that sho wn in the middle of Fig.
I ( 8). Li nk cou pling is used to cou ple to the
loadin g coil in order to elimina te t he tra ns- , ¥ ~ -70A
10 1fI , STOCK""""'" , COAX
mission line coil tap. The series capacitor LENGTH '2-112
TO 3 In. OIA,
modi fies the effec tive co il reac ta nce so that e-IO t. p.i. COIL
STOCK - AIR DUX
adj ust men t of the one co il tap left is o nly 2008, 2406, IPK.

neede d for bandswitching. A capacito r o f

250 - 325 mmf and medium spacing is suf-
fici ent fo r medium power transmitters.
METAL
BRACKETS
Modified Antenna Construction
Figure 2 sho ws how th e o riginal suctio n-
cup ante n na was mo dified . Note tha t the
ground en d of the load ing ind uc to r is ac tual-
ly at t he top of the ind uctor. As in the
o riginal, t he coil is suppo rted by tw o metal
brackets (h omemade of thin brass o r cop per WIRE STRAP TO
ROTOR CON NECTION
strap ) attached to th e lower whip sectio n.
An additional bracket is added to support
Fig. 2. Construction of the tuner components on
the variable capacito r (a Hamrnariund RMC
the lower section of th e whip . The suc tion cups,
ty pe un it). The capacitor ha s two thread ed attached to the top two metal bracke ts, are n ot
mount ing holes o n the bottom (n ot insula- sho wn.

94 © ClarkWardOrange 73 M A G A Z I N E
 The coaxial tra nsmission line co upling
link is mad e of a piece of standard coil stock
one diame ter smaller than that of t he load-
ing coil. It fits easily within t he top portion
of the loadi ng coil an d is cemented in place
by Duco ce me nt used be t ween the ribs of
the two differen t diam eter coil stocks . The
coa xial transmission lin e is tap ed to the whip
an te nna rod, as sho wn in Fig. 2, wit h the
inner con ductor con nected to the link coil
and th e shield to a lug on the upper whip
bracket. Care must be taken that the shield
of the transmission line is insulated from the
whip an tenna where it is taped to it for
mechanical suppo rt.
The fo regoing paragraphs were not in-
tended to provi de an extre mely detailed
description of the antenna's co nst ruction
but mainly to highlight those areas which
m ight require cla rification. The u se of com-
po nents of widely differen t manufactu re or
construction will yield the same results but
the same basic construction techniques
should be observed.
Adjustment
Proper adjustment of t he a ntenna re-
quires, at least initially, the use of an swr
meter placed in th e t ransmission line as near
to t he anten na as possib le. The capacitor I
sho uld be set at its mid-scale value. On any
selected frequency band , the ba nd coil tap
on t he loading inductor is then experi-
mentally determined to produce the lo west
swr. Varying the capacitor sett ing will then
allow operation with the same coil tap
positio n over a major portion of any lo w-fre-
quency a ma te u r band . Once the correct coil
tap posi t io n has b een found for a band, it is
not necessary to moni tor the t ransmission
lin e swr. Th e variable capacitor can simply
be adjusted for maxi mu m field-strength indi-
cation respo nse using the coil tap deter-
mined to be correct fo r mid-band o perat io n.
If desired, once the correct coil tap position
for a band has been determined , a pin and
jack arra ngement can be used for ba nd -
switching. Standard bana na-t y pe plugs and
jacks, fo r in st ance, are very su itable . The
jacks are solde re d o n th e coil at th e correct
m id-band position, as determi ne d by swr
measurements, and t he alligator clip shown
in Fig. 2 replaced by a bana na plug.
JUNE 1972 AN 33
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• Summary
T he suction-cup antenna can easily solve
the anten na problem for many te mporary or
porta ole opetating situations. With variable
tu ning, the basic antenna becomes even
more versatile and easy to adjust. A very
han dy featu re of t he modified an tenna is its
ability to serve also as an an te nna co upler.
For ins ta nce, if one is in a po rta ble sit uation
where it is possible to erect a long-wire
an tenna for greater efficiency, the tuning
network of the suction-cu p antenna can be
quickly converted into an anten na co up ler
for t he long-wire anten na. A shorting con-
nection (by means of clip-on leads) is made
fro m the ro tor termi nal of the va ria ble
capacitor to the upper (ground end) terminal
of the loading coil, thus forming a parallel
resonant circuit. The long-wire antenna
termin al is then tapped on th e main coil at a
point producing min imum swr in the coaxial
transmission line wit h the parallel resonant
Typjca] installation of the modified suction-cup circuit peaked for maximum transmitter
antenna. Placement of the tuning capacitor at the loading. Almost any random length of long-
bottom facilitates ease o f tuning. Use of a Mueller wire antenna can be easily tuned in this
63C insulated clip instead of the uninsulated type manner.
shown is preferred.
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his summer 73 Magazine is publi shing

T a t hree- pa~t article o n building an IC
freque ncy counter good up through the
IC's together will tak e a l SO Mll z signala nd
divide it d own to 1.5 Mll z.
The IC's ne ed a voltage between +5 and
VH F ran ge. That d esign has a built-in fre- about +5.3 volts. While you co uld build a
quency scaler, and is good through almost po wer supply, that o nly increases the cost.
300 Mllz. For those wh o have a low- The easiest way to provide power is with
freq uency coun ter and just need a scaler to fo ur 0 ce lls o r a 6-volt lantern battery ,
extend the range , here is a simple design which provides +6 vo lts. The I N400 I diod e,
whi ch ca n be built fo r abou t $20. o r ano ther silicon power diode , drops th is to
The heart o f the un it is a Fairchild about +5.3 volts. The scaler need s abo u t 150
1'6B9511905 9X divid e-by-l 0 scaler IC, which rnA, so a set of four () cells will la st ab out
costs abo ut $ 16 in unit quantities; we call it 10 o r 20 hours with intermittent use .
a 9 5H90 fo r sho rt, and it 's ICI in Fig. I , th e Figure 2 sho ws a printed circuit board
schema tic diagram. The o u tpu t of this IC is layout which can be used to mount the
fed into a 2N577 1 I'NP transistor which scaler, and Fig. 3 sho ws the parts placement
amplifies the o utput and provides a voltage o n the board . Leave the co pper border
cha nge. If y ou have a counter whic h will go around the board, to act as the ground
u p to abou t 15 MH z, th en th is part alo ne co nnec tio n fo r the boa rd. Use phone jacks
will extend your range to 150 MH z. But if o r rf connectors, and bypass the +6 volt
yo u have a slo wer cou nter, then yo u will lead . The p urpose is to let rf into the bo x
need IC2 as well. This is an inexpensive o nly via the input lead.
($ 1.30 o r so) SN7490N TT L decad e cou n t- In use, avo id o ver-driving the scaler. Start
er, which does a second div ision by 10. Both with a low input level, and feed in just

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Technical Editor
73 M agazin e
'TTThen you open the box of the
VV DGA-4075 y ou know instantly that
the new Savoy Basset Antenna is made of
full co mmercial grade parts. Quickly reading
through the instructions you find that n o
so ld ering is required during assembly . All
you need is a screwdriver, pliers, diagonal
cu tt ers and a tap e measure. In fa ct you don 't
eve n need end-insulators as the nylon su p-
port line su pplie d with th e an ten na works
per fec tly.
Savoy su pplies tw o very simple ch arts
that are u sed t o determine the length of the
two sections of wire. First y ou pick y our 40
meter ce n ter frequency to get th e " A" wire
eleme n t dimension. Then use that same
frequency o n the vertical side of the 80
me ter ch art. Where the 40 meter frequen cy
and 8 0 meter frequency intersect on the
char t give s you the seco nd dimension fo r the
wire sections. Now you have the tw o dimen-
sio ns for the wire on ea ch sid e o f the traps.
There is o nly one trap o n each leg. The wire
that Savoy su p plies with th e antenna is n ot
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the usual st ran ded typ e but the heavy duty
co p perweld so lid type . Also included is a
cen ter insulator that is a broadband balun.
The lead-in coax that co mes att ached to the
balun is a half wave length on 80 meters.
The feed line can eve n be pruned to make it
an exac t half wavelength at your spec ific 80
meter frequency . After shorting each wire
eleme n t the amo u nt shown by the frequency
chart, y ou simp ly place the wire end s into
the clamps on the traps and balun and
tighten down the set scre ws - and y o u don't
even have to st rip the wire! After you have
all of t he wire sections together , pu t a
sup po rt rop e through the cen ter insulator
and hoist it up to the su pp ort point. Find a
place to sec ure th e nylon support ropes at
the en ds and you are almost ready to go .
Once you run the RG-59 /U feed line into
the shack , th e only sold ering you have to d o
is to put on a PL-259 male coax plug along
with a UG-1 7 5/U redu cing adapter. That's
it ~ all y ou have to do now is fir e up th e rig
an d get on th e air.
101
When you wa~t In t he past I have ha d t he un pleasant
experience of trap fail ure on bot h d ipoles
an authoritatIVe, and verticals. This usu all y occu rred while
running a full KW on RTTY. Not only
up to date, wo uld the t rap go bu t usually t he final tu be.
complete, too , unless I happ ened to catch it very
quic kly . When yo u ope n the box in which
reference the DG A-407 5 was pack ed , you are im-
It's the CALLBOOK mediately aware that the trap s are qu ite a bit
larger than the tw o-inch typ es usually fo und
and MnOW it on mo st t rap di poles. The traps su pplied by

OU
\.t anda~teurs
x Editions lists
Savoy are a good four inches in diam eter and
are hermetically sealed in heavy , clear plasti c
The U. S. throu ghout con tainers. When the tra p coils are placed in
licensed ra dio other valuable the conta ine rs at the fac to ry the normal air
the world piuS man;"aps charts 8< is remo ved and replaced wit h helium. This
f eatures i n c\ u ~ lOg d to 'make your
prevents any chance o f mo isture getting into
t ables all deSlgneffcient and more
operating more e I t he tr aps and causing a breakd own or arc-
fun . ove r. The larger diameter trap co il d esign
PLUS allo ws the trap s to have a higher Q which
NeW this year! . tlon service of me.i ns tha t the overall anten na perfo rman ce
A special su~~t~~OK pius three is bett er.
one baslc . .C one issued every The Savoy DGA-4075 easily wit hstood a
service edit ions, keep you com-
three m onth~;O for less than half fu ll KW inp u t on RTTY and w; t ~ "., 1 SWR of
pletelY up-to- f ap~ rcha si ng four corn- 1.3 to I on 80 meters. In fact , I cra nke d the
of the cost 0 S as bef ore. '(au Heath S6-220 u p to prod uce a broadcast
P
lete CALLBOOK u stay better ty pe of KW and the antenna to ok it wit h no
n ey - yo
save mo problem. T he same thing was tried o n p hone
informed . Over 285.000 QTH's
in the U.S. edition on 40 me ters with eq ually excellen t results .
Com p lete for 197 2 U.S.
CALLBOOK subscrtpttcn In fact t he an te nna works so well 1 will
lu st $14.95 probably get the conve rsion kit Savoy offe rs
to convert it to be used on 20 meters as well .
All you do is add tw o more t ra ps and y ou
, have a high power tri-band trap dipole. Of
course Savoy offe rs a DGA 204075 right
from the fac tory if you want a tri-bander
fro m the start.
I am very happy to see Savoy o ffer an
ant enna of this quality and performan ce - it
C:' \iii' iI Ii' has been long o verdue for the ham who
wants to run high power on the lower
Over 1BO,OOO QTH's frequencies with o ne antenna. The assembly
in the OX edition
Complete for 1972 OX construc tions are clear and concise and
CALLB OOK su bsc r iPt ion 'i . . . ._ _
con tai n a number of exa mples o f how th e
lust $11.45 "p antenna can be installed in various co nfigura-
ox CALLBOOK for 1972 See your
(less service edi tions) f a v orite d ealer tions. Savoy even has reflector and dire cto r
$6.95 or Send toda y to kits , shoul d you want to make up a wire
( Mail o rde rs a dd 25c p er CA L L BOO K beam. The DGA-40 7 5 is a mere $49 .5 0 and
f or p o stage a nd handling)
the DGA-20407 5 only $79.50 . Other band

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I n additi o n to the many so lid state
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decade frequency divider that is guaranteed
to o pe rate up to 160 MH z. This means if
you want to measure your 2m FM rig's
frequency and have a co un ter that will read
up to 15 MHz, all y ou need is t he FS-1 60.
The prescaler will divid e y our 146.340 MHz
by ten and allow your counter to re aJ
14.340 MHz. In th e process of dividing you
will lo se the "o nes" or Hertz digit resolu-
tion . It is impossible to accurately se t a VHF
transmitter to within +10 Hz so you are no,
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counter, we have been a ble to read the
frequency of hand-held port abl es u p to a
few fe et away . Also , by placing the sca ler
and counter in the house po inting o ut th e
window to the driveway , we can ve ry easily
net the FM mobile rigs we have around .
Re ceiver cry stafs can be netted on the bench
by using a short piece o f coax as an rf
pickup by reading th e local osc illa tor fre-
quency in the 135 -1 36 MHz range. T his is
usu ally 10.7 MH z below t he desired receive
channel frequency .
The FS-1 60 is all so lid sta te with a two
stage discrete wide band input amplifie r and
. IC frequency dividers. The first IC is a high
speed divide-by-two th at feed s three more
flip-flops arranged in a divide-by-five co n-
figuration. A discrete voltage level t ransla tor
and buffer stage feed the signal to the
cou nt er aft er being divided by a final de-
cade. The power supply is voltage regulated
by an 1<; regulator co n trolling a series pass
transistor. Input and output j ac ks are o f th e
BNC sty le and there is a separate amplif ier
o utput jack provided. An ac power switch
and pilot lamp are also o n the front panel of
this nice little package . Other prescalers fo r
up to 500 MHz are also available . The
FS-160 sells fo r $ 129 .50 . Write t o Vanguard
Laboratories, 196-23 Jamaica Ave., Hollis
NY 11423
...W4FQM /1
73 MA G A Z I NE
CARE AND FEEDING OF TAPE
Don Royer WA6PIR
16387 Mandalay Dr.
En cino CA 91316
F o r th ose who wan t t o keep, sto re a nd
retrieve tape , th ere seems to be several
problems that are encounte red . Having h ad
the se sa me pro blems fo r severa l yea rs with
about 25 RITY picture tapes, a few tips
may be in order.
Of the two types o f pu nches, I prefer the
cha d ty pe. Eve n th ough the little c ha ds to
get in to thin gs, the tapes are easier to wind ,
store, and to feed into the TO. But th en,
most of the punches are the chad less ty pe ,
so I will try t o cover both sit ua tio ns .
There are several types o f co m m ercial
winders availab le. I h ave two o f the m - bot h
mot or driven . One is used for windi ng from
the TO o r reperf a nd the o t her for th e
necessary unwindin g. On a long tape , I pu t
the loose t a pe fr om the unw inder in a large
wast ebasket below t he TD and th en fo rget
it, as it co mes o ut fine. Ch ad less ta pes may
catch o n th emsel ves and require J bit of
wat ching. In th e abse nce of a win de r, you
can learn to wind th e tape in a figure eigh t
a bou t yo ur thu mb a nd little finger with the
st art a t the beginning of th e bundle . In this
way, the tape will not be tw isted and will
pull o ff t he tape bundle wit h but a littl e help
fr om yo u . To keep th e end s free a nd
windable , I usually pull about a foot of
• When running a lo ng tape on the air,
blan k tape from th e reper f at both ends. If
you are thinking of building a winder, try to
keep the ce n te r h ub a t le ast three inches in
diameter as t oo tightly wound tape resets
the chads in t he chadless ty pe back where
they were and will not permit it to run
pro perly in th e TO -, If yo u use the figure
eigh t wind , t uc k the free e nd int o th e bundle
loo p . With rolls fro m t he winde rs, I like t o
use a sm all bit of solder t o hold the roll
together. If yo u have trouble learning to
figure eigh t wind , ge t a local co mm erc ial
Te letype gal to show you th e simple te ch-
tuque.
Storage and retrieval are the real pr ob-
lems. I se parat e th e tapes into subjec ts a nd
store them in large pla stic bags wit h t en or
fift een tapes t o a hag. This keeps the tapes
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from dr y in g out and lets me find anyone
tape withou t too muc h tim e. T he title of the
material o n the tape, marked on the lead end
with a heavy marking pen, also helps to
spee d ide nti ficat ion . Maki ng and keepi ng a
list of th e ta pes in t he sa me orde r as sto red
also hel ps and can be used t o tel1the others
what you may have on hand that may be of
interest to the m. T he ma rki ng pens will also
write o n the plastic bags th a t can then be
stored in a drawer o r ca bi ne t.
Sometimes when making a tape o r reper-
fing , your supply roll will ru n out; or you
m ay have a break o r tear in a tape . T he
sim ple side tear problems a re easily fix ed
with a bit of Scot ch tape trimmed to the
edge of the ta pe. Otherwise, y o u may n eed a
splice or pat ch. These are no t the best
so lu tio ns, and yo u sh o uld make a co py tape
with th e repaired portion, but a fairly good
sp lice m ay be made wit h white glue to ad d a
fre sh roll to o ne t hat is ru nni ng out. Ove rlap
about an inch o r so. Be sure the glue is dry (I
use my lighter ca refully t o hasten drying) .
You can also pu nch a sh ort piece of tap e
with the same charac ters and splice a bad
spo t in the middle o f the tape . With the
chadless types, th ey may be merely run
togethe r in the TO to h old t he sp lice. But if
yo u wa nt to keep the t a pe fo r any time, ta ke
the time to make a new o ne.
do n't fo rget the n eed to ID at le ast every ten
min u tes. If you have th e narro w shift CW ID
facility , that is fine and will lo ck up mo st of
the machines. In the abse nce of th e narrow
shi ft (abo ut 10 0 cy cles), stop the TO a nd let
t he stead y mark to ne stay for a few sec onds,
then CW ID and repeat the st eady tone to
permit th e othe r fellow to hit his standby
sw itc h a nd not in terrupt his pri nt. When
ma kin g tapes, do mak e them as sh o rt as
possible and leave o u t all th ose lines across
the paper that are in so me brag tapes, the
"CW ID follows" bit an d simi la r u nnecessary
characters or la nguage.
So get all that tape o ff the fl oor, men.
You ma y even find somet hing y ou lost long
ago .
. .. WA6PlR
109
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T he fo llowing circuits h ave appeared in th e re fere nce d books. m agaz i nes, application no tes. etc.
While we t ry t o re produce all of t h e in forma tio n th at should be needed by an experienced cons tructor,
rea de rs ma y wan t t o avail th emselves o f t h e origina l SOflITeS ( o r peace ot mind.
Readers O TC req ues ted t o pass clone an)' in teres t ing circuits that tlre y discover in sou rces o ther Uw n
U,S . ham magaz ine s. Ci rc u its sh ould be oriented to w ard ama te u r radio and experimen ta tion ra ther
t h a n i n dus tria l or co m p u ter t ech n olo ev , S ub m it circu i t w it h all pa rts ['al ues o n it, a very brief
explana tion of the circui t and an y additional p arts informa tion req u ired , give th e source and a no te of
permission t o rep r in t from the copyrigh t holder, if any , an d th e r e w a rd for a published circui t will be a
c hoice of a 73 book . Send y o u r circuits t o 73 Circuits P oee, 73 M agaz i n e. Peteroo rouen N H 03458.

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I 2S.f' You say y o u got a real berqein on an old
mot orcycle FM dg, only to find o u t it was 6 volt?
~ Fret no more. Below is a handy -dandy 12 volt to 6
.00 , volt converter unit, courtesy of K0 WR L, wh ich is
,J, "'" sui table for low an d medium po were d gear. The
• transistors should be m ounted in a suitable h eat
sin k . From Grid Leak, Pueblo, Colorado.
Beat freque ncy oscillator (cour tesy of Gerard
Piette, Ontarto, Canada). Place unit n ea r receiver
an d tu ne C2 until SSB a n d CW signals become
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are very lo w a nd the devices may be o perated fr om
a varie ty o f po wer sources. However, i t is necessary
to limit the current to an LED, since, like a n eon
lamp, it can be dam aged if permitted to draw ex-
cessive c urren t. The sim ple fo rm ula wilJ h elp to de-
term ine the correc t resistan ce value. Courtesy
Sprague Products Co. , L .E.D. Application Notes.
Typical 4 watt amplifier circuit applica tion of a
Motorola M FC40S0 silicon monoli thic fu nctional
circui t, a Class "A" au dio driver designed for
ddving Class ' A " PNP po wer outp ut stage applica-
tion s. Circuit cour tesy o f th e Mo torola Func tional
Circuit Handboo k.

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positive key voltage , reverse all polarities. (Thanks
to Alex Szablak, New Hartford NY.) .0 1 ~F

Microphone preamplifier. M ike output low ? Fix it SSTV ramp generators. This circuit will qwe an
with this one. This is for use with a ceramic or extremely linear ramp for SSTV m onitors,
crystal microphone or even a phone cartridge. cam eras, and flying spo t scanners. The voltage
Circuit courtesy Motorola HMA -33 Tips on Using varies from ::::::: -10 to +10. ·A po sitive going pulse
FETs. of +2 to +5 V amplitude resets the ramp for the
next sweep . (Th anks to WflLMD)

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," · 0. 1V ,,, FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION
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Sinc e everything fails at som e time o r another,
th ought should be given to wh at would happen to
no '" , , one o f those solid s tate transistorized rigs should
s
, " -0 !>V ,," the lin e operated 12V supply fail . Many times
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when a supply fails, the ou tput voltage rises to
much greater than 12 V . The results, as you c an
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imagine, are disastrous, as several people have
discovered. Therefore th e following circuit is r e-
•• com mende d to be used whenever operating from
AVC modification for better SBB reception with any non-battery supply .
the Collins 75A4 that le ts you leave the rf gain . 12 r - - ADb1E---'
wide o p en. It gives mu ch longer AVC tim e c o n- , VDC ' CIR CUI T :

stan t and prevents audio "pumping " on speech. ."'".

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Change Cl1 2 from 0.1 J1F to 1.5J.1Fmylar, 100V. L_____ _ __I

Th e zener sho uld be at least 1 Wand prefera bly

lOW.

Along these lines, the fo llo win g circui t can help to

greatly prolong th e life of filament type tubes in
appropriate se ts (H23, P33, MRT-9, etc.) when
operatin g from supplies o ther than dry batteries.
Some se ts ha ve two limiting resisto rs o r balast
tubes, o ne for receive an d one fo r transm it. In this
When testing a capaci tor, the light will blink case, two o f th ese diode sets must be used.
o nce or twice while the plates are loading and then
will remain o ff. If the capacitor is not good, the EXISTING TO t.sv
RESI STOR F ILAMENT TUBES
light will continu e to blink .
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capacitor 450V de, CR1 - IM36 1 1 diode (not
Cir cuit by Alan Tasker WAINYR, reprinted from
critical), S WL - ST toggle switch, F - !4A fu se.
WAIKHB M R A Newsletter.
From the Colorado/Wy om ing MA R S Newsletter.

V HF /U HF A ntenna Measureme nts

Frequ ency % wave % w ave % wave % w ave % wave

F ree Space Antenna Radia l Free Sp ace Antenna
50MH z 59. t : 55.5 " 66.1" 1 13 . 1" 1 11.0 "
50.5 58.5 55.0 65.6 11 6 .9 109.9
50. 5 58.5 55.0 65.6 11 6 .9 108 .8
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Tone-burst entry is becoming increasingly common as a requirement - repeaters in many parts of the
country now require anything from 18 00 Hz to 24 00 Hz for entry. The circuit above is for a
tone-burst generator to meet these requirements. Circuit courtesy of the Central Ohio Radio Club FM
News, September, 19 71 .

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. OUTPUT ou tp u t level countrol could be used . For a frequen-
,, cy of 1 kHz , R=330K a n d and C=470 pF.
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Th e Mo torola MC1458P, Nation al LM 1458,
Signe tics N558V an d Tl SN725 58P are all iden tical
• I I an d may be used above with n o m odification s. The
Fairchild J1A747 may also be used but leave the
~,
, offset null terminals open . Two 741's are also
112 le i suitable . If you use 70 9 's y ou may have to inclu de

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Th ere are several applica tions wh ere a good pure
sine wave is useful such as a two tone test device
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for sideband rigs, sen din g CW with a phone only
rig, etc. Th e Wien bridge circuit is on e of th e best
and simplest m eth ods o f getting a go od sine wave.
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AUOIO OU T
In m o st Wien br idge oscillator circuits usin g in te-
grated circuit op amps, very small values of R h ad 01 ,0 2 '" 1 N34 or ot her germa nium .
to be used in th e bridge beca use of th e low 0 1 ,02 = J1L914 o r equ ival ent .
imp edance inputs of these devices.
In th is circuit, the parallel branch o f th e bridge Circuit sho wn above provides a square wave ou tput
is connected from the inverting input to the outpu t from Q2 wh ose audio frequen cy is ch anged alter-
of one of the two op amps ; th us it sees a very h igh nately by action of muttivi bretor QI: Th e resulting
impedance . Th e amplitu de control is sho wn as a warbling no te provides an excellent b urglar alarm
bead thermistor; however a 10 K p ot co uld be or hidden transm itter signal. Circu it su bm it te d by
subs titu te d as sho wn or a ny o ther method o f J. F. Walker W6GNL.

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 A. C. S praggins W5EZM
Box 71 5 2
A ustin TX
ost newcomers to radio teletyp e en-
M cou n ter simila r typ es of p ro blems
which they experience d in si ngle-side band
and CW signal reception . One such problem
is that of selecting th e desired signal fro m
th e unw an ted noise in th e chan nel th rough
th e use o f suita ble filt ering.
The p urpose of this art icle is to provide
design informa tio n th at will enable the
average ama te u r to build a good se t of
channe l filt ers fo r RTTY at modest cost.
The filter to be described was chose n be-
Fig. 1. EIlip tical fun ction fil ter.
JU NE 1972
cause of its inherent sharp ness and ease of
t unin g. Other d esign co nfigu ra tio ns , such as
th e Butterworth and T ch ebycheff, have been
used success fully but perform less satisfac-
to rily th an th e ellip tic fu nctio n type wh en it
co mes to skirt stee pness.
The sharper skirt charac te ristic is readily
apparen t when th e two types are compared
as exhib ite d o n Graph I . Shape factor and
band wid th help to maximi ze th e signal-to-
noise ratio . The graph co mpare s the six -pole
Butterworth filt er described In R TTY
Fig. 2. Test jig for tuning filter elemen ts.
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 TABLE 1

Frequency C I , C2 C3 C4 U -5 L6 Rl, R3 R2
2 125 Hz .0 3 2 .072 3.3 88 1.6 7 150 200
2295 Hz .0 28 .04 7 3 .0 88 1.80 150 200
2550 H z .0 25 .04 7 3.2 88 1.24 150 200
297 5 Hz .0 17 .034 3 .5 88 0 .81 150 200
Capacitors ar e in mi crofarad s
Ind uc t o rs are in millih enrys
Resistors ar e in O hms

Journal , Novemhe r, I Y66 , with a fo ur-pole
e ll ip tic fun ction filter o f m odern d esign .
There arc basicall y two types o f te rmin al
un its in u se by ama teurs. One type e mp loys
a lin ear d iscrim inator while th e o ther u ses a
clipper o r limiter circ u it. A narrow-band
filter offers on ly about I dB imp ro ve me nt
o ver a b roadband filte r wh en used in a
d isc rim in at o r ty pe te rm inal u nit. If a term i-
nal unit uses a co mb inatio n of both a n FM
and a lin ear syste m, th en th e narr ow-band
fi lt er is the mo st desirable as th e linear
syste m is e nhance d by its usc.
A lin ear syste m works best o n sing le or
du al cha nnel copy wh en the signa l is ex hib it-
ing a slo w multi -path fad e . The limiter type
syste m responds be st to signal flutt er o r
qu ick , sh allo w fad ing to which th e limi t er
see ks to ma intain a co nsta n t leve l of o utpu t.
Co nstr uction of Broadband Filt ers
Fo r so me reason , there is not to o mu ch
spec ific informat ion availab le o n RT'I'Y fil-
ters for a ma te u r usc . Digit al an d othe r types
of act ive filt ers arc being d esigned fro m tim e
t o tim e b ut th eir co st and more invol ved
circ uit ry usu all y tend t o mak e a ma te u rs rely
o n th e si mp le passive ty pes of filte ring . The
art icle in R TTY Journ al pro vid ed th e im-
petu s for me to dupli cate the filt er se t
e m p loy ed in th e AN /FG C-l mil itary termi-
nal u nit. Sufficie nt t est equi pmen t was
ava ilab le to accurate ly measu re the res ponse
of the co nstru cte d filte rs wi th a net result of
remarkabl e ad here nce to the resp onse cu rves
provid ed . Th is was gratifying, to say the
least, as th ere were man y diffi cult co m p o-
nent valu es to "bridge ou t. " The filte rs were
co nstructed o n Vectorboard using 88 mH
torioid s in series to provide th e larg e ind uc-
tan ce s wh ich we re req uired . T he resulting
85 0 Hz broadband filte rs o ffered a go od
start to ward a resp ec tabl e termi nal unit. The
major drawback t o u sin g th e filte rs is th at
co nsidera ble o pe ra tio n today is o n narr ow
shifts of 170 Hz o r 4 2 5 Hz. For th is reason
t he co ns t ruc t io n of a new se t of narrow-
band fi lte rs was begun ..

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have heen cau sed by insuffi c ien t Q . The
pre di e ted response c u rves for the e llip tic
fun c tio n filt e rs are sh o wn i n G ra p h ~ . Th is
grap h has th e respo nse pl o tt ed for tw o filt e rs
wit h 85 0 li z se para tio n, name ly 2 125 li z
•md 29 75 Hz . Equa lly sha rp resp onse s were
o b t ain ed for th e 2295 Hz a n d 2 550 li z
filters . Also sh o wn o n G raph 2 are th e actual
cu rves o f th e co nstru cted filters. A freq ue n-
cy co u n te r an d ac volt m e ter were u sed to
accu rate ly plo t the re sponse s. As can be
seen, t h e actual filte r resp o nse s were sligh tly
narro wer th an th e pred icted resp on ses . T hi s
present s n o se rio us d ra w ba ck to th e syste m ,
h owever.
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find so meo ne wit h a calibra te d osc illator
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2,
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T he q ues tio n, " What's 'he' (meani ng
me !) doing in a 'ham' m agazine?" is
q uite o fte n as ked.
The an swer? Simple , reall y! Amateu rs
aren't all tran sistors, ant ennas and microfar-
ad s. They are real , h onest-to-go odness in d i-
vidu als. They 're in t erestin g, inventive , sin-
cere a nd ofttimes very fun ny peo ple!
Some amateurs are elec tro nic wizards,
o thers are d exterous with key , b ug an d mill
or have the uniqu e ability to co nverse
en dlessly on a myriad of su bjects and , of
course, as in o ther fields, some are klutzes.
Every ham po ssesses so m e o f these quali-
ties - o nly th e degre e of proficiency varies.
Wh en a ham blossoms for th, he becomes
an authority in that a rea in which he excels
and , as an autho rity, has a right to be hea rd
an d discussed .
Those of y o u who h ave fo llo we d my
lit erary gamboling from " In th e Begin nin g"
to " Bob, Bob , Bob bin ' a lo ng" k no w th at I
derive my ma te rial fro m pe rsona l experi-
ences, and my forte is that I'm a klutz!
My soldering iron either refuses to melt
the solder or sets fire to the wh ol e dam ned
bench, my ho t-me lt glue-gu n delights in
oozing glue o n to th e fl oor in a messy puddle
t o whi ch m y feet see m t o he irresistahly
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Box 66
W. Rye NH 038 9 1
d ra wn (on at least t wo sticky occasions I
t ho ught I was pa ralyzed). Right now - as
m ut e testi mo ny t o t h is fac t - there are two
shoes, an o ld sneaker, a nd o ne argyle soc k
st uc k to the flo or und er my work bench .
At t he ope rat ing position , m y e arp ho ne-
mic roph one always pre cedes m y t o ngu e into
the coffee cup and the lum ps on my
fo re head from ba ngi ng into d esk tops while
reachin g over for dro pped articl es are legen-
dary ,
On RTTY I say, " Hold u p - gon na
change ribbon!" I reach in my hand o nly to
retri eve it with " RG R OM" st am ped indel-
ibly o n m y thumbnail.
In public, so meon e seems always to be
just milliseco nds ahead of me either causing
spring-loaded do o rs to whomp me in to
se mi-consciousness, or they've just stopped
their dogs - leaving a meadow muffi n - in
the exac t spo t where I, in less th an 1.5
seco nds, will put my size 10 clodhopper.
Spray cans arc my particu lar nem esis. If
the can rat tles before my wrist a trophies an d
the nozzle doesn't clog, then I somehow
ma nage to reverse the spray head send ing
half a ca n of bla ck lacqu er or Raid up my
sleeve . I've go t a d o zen shirts with d azzlingly
colo re d right sleeves, my u nderar m lo o ks
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like the NB C peacock and I can exterminate
half the bugs in New England with a single
salute !
Those of you who use typewriters know
how easy it is to stick your fingers between
the keys, but have you ever gotten a digit
firmly st uck there? I have! Had to wrap that
50 Ib Remingt on up in a baby blanket,
fas te n a mock nursing bottle near the top,
and smuggle myself into the emergency
ro om - mumbling to interested onlookers
that the ' baby ' has colic.
Then , in the examining room when i
remove the blanket, exasperatingly jabbering
an unheard ex planatio n to a doctor, nurse
and several corpsmen - all of whom are
doubled up in helpless, convu lsive , hysterical
an d tea r-spilli ng laughter - as t o how it al;
h appened.
Okay. so you can send and receive 35
wpm o r build a heat-activated 2 KW SSB
transceiver no bigger than a match head.
Well, I'm a k ultz ! That's my specialty - pure
and simple . Who , then , is better qualified to
point o ut the absurdities in hamdom than 11
My warped sense o f humor only compli-
cates the sit uatio n. I'm not intentionally
sacrilegio us - it just happens. Example:
You 're familiar with the phrases, "right
'hand' man," "The "voice' of America ," that
police use 'leg' men , that reporters have a
'nose' fo r news. Fine. Now how about the
ham magazine that bills itself as an " Offi cial
Organ ?" I apo lo gize, but e very time I see or
hear that phrase , my crac ked psyche never
fails to conjure up a giggle-producing mental
picture. What's an "Official Organ?" The
hams' ambassado ria l stand-in stud with port-
folio . sash and badge perhaps?
Based o n the fo rego ing , I can assure you
that the next fe w pages will definitely not be
devoted to lab orious and so me what dubious
methods of co nverting your toaster, sump
pump and/or athletic supporter to 2m FM;
nor will it render any advice on CB rig
m odification (albeit , I do have some poi-
gnant - if some what improbable - sugges-
tions o n what could and should be done
with tho se over-mo dula ted , 23-channeled,
2 7 MH z miscreant s but I'm somewhat reluc-
tant abo ut openly diagramming them. The
last time these anatomically improbables
were expressed . they unintentionally in-
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fluenced a co ntortionist wh o, as a result , not
only filed a paternity suit, but billed me for
postpartum care and I became the unwilling
godfather to a cesarean Johnson Messenger
II. I don't know what the guy was complain-
ing about - what with the built-in mini-whip
he had a perfectly functional curb feeler,
paper-picker-upper and midget stabber.)
Neither will my latest literary faux pas
delve int o the realm o f 'gimmicks.' For, to
me, the only authentic "Automatic Nut
Starter" is the jerk who hands a microphone
to a Citizen Bander!
Before you jump to any erroneous con-
clusions , let me assure you that I have
nothing against CHers - per se - even
though it has been said that it would be
apropo s to define gross incompetence as a
herd (a mob has a leader) of Citizen Banders
armed with screw drivers. Anyhow , anyone
who's unfortunate enough to have his
tongue and co lo n joined so closely together
deserves understanding, not criticism ! I
won't comment on the quote uttered by o ne
learned gentleman who stated that a ham
was nothing more than a Citizen Bander who
had discovered a seco nd use for his fist! ...
ah, well.
This article will consider the inane object,
"Why does society view hams through trau-
matic and jaundiced eyes in much the same
way that would o bse rve an anti-social and
not-quite-housebroken hippopotamus?" The
klutz fact or see ms to o vershado w all else .
Experience has taught me, after having it
mentioned on several diverse occasions -
which re sulted in my being stepped on by
Gentle Ben, kissed by a yeti , tossed sum-
marily out o f a fri endship club , deliberately
run down by a Welcome Wagon and mugged
by a Good Humor Man wearing a peace
symbol - that you sh ould never voluntarily
admit that you are , indeed , a ham!
[Small aside : Rapid calculation with my
984 Magi Brain Calculator shows that hams
comprise only 1/I OOOth of the population.
This makes us a very minor ethnic group
whose acceptance by so ciety would be great-
ly advanced if there were more hams.]
Therefore, I block-letter crayoned a brief
note to the FCC urging "LOWER YOUR
REQUIREMENTS!" to which they replied ,
"UP YOUR FREQ!"
HU
73 MAGA ZINE
 Certain ly anyone who's been a radio
amateur for any length o f time is all too
familiar with the warning signs that precede
the announcement that you are unaccep-
table. Ho wever, for tho se who aren't famil -
iar, beware!
The first, most common and easiest to
recogn ize reac tion to hams by non- or
anti-hams is an apop lectic facia l co nto rtion-
istic loo k - or GAWK - of sheer horror.
Pict ure if you will Harry Greedy-Gut at a
buffet supper, one hand full of canapes, the
other clu tching co o kies. Spying some new
delicacy he gulps down the canapes and
reaches for the newest goodies, o nly to find
that he has inadve rtently swallowed some-
one's pocket watch . In frenzied horror he 'll
'drop his coo kies' and his expression w ill
reflect unbeli eving shock which will decre ase
only wit h the passing of time.
Chance observances like this are rare to
witness and are, for all practical purposes,
indescribable. The GAWK can, under ce rtain
controlled environmental circumstances -
and only for farniliarizational purposes - be
closely simulated .
You can , for instance , don a tri-colored
bea nie, reple te w ith propeller - grasp a fu ll
grown, mal odorous and rec ently agita ted
polecat by the tail, wave it over your head
an d, with a pu rp le popsicle st uck in your len
ea r, sto mp through the largest depart ment
sto re in town plucking a three-stringed swi-
nette and humming the first eight bars of '"
Wanna Be Loved By You!" - o r -
You can dash stark naked int o a meeting
of the lo cal D.A .R ., sc reaming "I'm a rein-
carnatio n of Paul Revere ! Wherc's my pot'!
The guy in the stee ple was a pyromaniac.
One if by land , two if by sea ; o ne lan te rn
two lanterns ; land-sea -air, hell! I do n't know
who or what's coming 'cause he burned
down the whole ruddy churc h !" Then,
slithering up to the chairwoman , whisper ,
"Ya know Jo hn Paul Jo nes was a Russky,
Ben Franklin was a bookmaker and Johnny
Appleseed was a litterbug . .. ..
It may well be that because I am the
titu lar head of a household co mprised exclu-
sively of ant i-hams I've become overly se nsi-
tize d - perhaps, as a klutz , I bring it o n
myself.
Gorgo , my XYL (Mi s s Vitriolic
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1939 -46), firmly believes that hams, left-
handed pitchers and o u t-of-State drivers are
all self-made men who (though perfect mo d-
els, providing someo ne wanted to mo ld an
idiot) quit work too soon and had noth ing
to work with except a su perabundance of
silly putty and chitli n's. That they would,
therefore , join the nearest and mo st readily
accessible chapter o f W.O.W . (Witless Old
Wino s - not a bad group , actually . They
send a bottle of Muscatel, a can of sterno o r
a jug of Aqua Velva with a slice of bread to a
friend o n Prohibitio n Repeal Day - it's
called a Win-O-Gram!)
Although my crumb-grabbing, curtain-
climbing jam-handed vidio t harmonics think
it 's great fu n to invade my shack and in my
absence steal pencils, paper and, in short,
give th e place the appearance of having been
hit by several Molotov Blivets, they , at the
tiniest flicker o n anyone of our mand atory
36 TV se ts, set up a screami ng wail of
"Daddy's doin' it again - he's screwin' up
Bozo" that can be heard for miles.
This disrespect is not the exclusive pro-
perty o f homo sapiens. It is shared, o n at
least a part-time basis, wit h the animal
kin gdo m. I'm not too sure about inanimate
objects yet , but I swear I've been karated by
do ors, tripped by tables and maliciously
attacked by the recliner frocker alth ough
Gorge say s that's foolish 'cause the recliner
and I are totally compatible since we're bot h
sligh tly o ff o ur rockers.
The Manning menagerie presently co nsists
of a Mynah bird, a poodle , two Siamese ca ts
and assorted fish, bugs, newts and . .. I
.
d unno . .. Just t hi ngs I.
•
While I am co nstan tly being bitt en by
bugs. hissed at by snakes, evisce rate d by
cats, spit at by fish and the object of
whatever it is ne wts do to show their
disdain , I'll discuss only the Bird an d the
Dog.
Do yo u know what a Mynah bird is? It is
supposedly a feathered creature incapable of
thought that can hear, remember and repeat
an unlimited amount of words or phrases . . .
sor t of a winged L.a .!
In reali ty it has o nly o ne re al att rib u te . It
can do wn an ounce o f water and fo od pell ets
and, in 24 hours, reproduce five tim es its
own weight in bilious bird du ng. It's go t the
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makin gs of a Vice Director. ( Here it is

again - campa ign slogan: "Being a Director's
nice - as fo r me, I'm for VI CE !)
My XYL's Mynah, Gus, is no t o nly a
dedicated and confirmed, but po sitively vin-
dictive, anti-ham .
After ten months o f listening to a ta pe
TELL EVERYONE repeat, " Hello there!" he remained unflinch-
WHO U-R ingly mute. Yet after only one visit from an
old Navy CW cro ny (strange individ ual
UR Call Letters in Red Molded Permanently in
Styrene, S"X20yJ,1 with at. Letters . Signs HVE Self- whose limited vocabulary consists mainly of
Stick Back ES L Stick t o Anything. 2 Signs for 15 fo ur-letter words which he ca n inter-
$4.95. Allow 3 Wks. for Delivery. SDCheck /M.O.
to : Impression Sign Co. change indefinitely and still rem ain in tellec-
7029 E uclid A ve. Cle veland O h io 44103
tually coheren t), Gus, that $70 fe at her-

l~d~~;c~et
covered fe rtilizer factory, selec te d and co m-
' - <; size fo r mitted to memory one foul unprintable
Se n d '=::/............. testing A C ·OC
suggestive phrase which d etails an actio n
$1. 50 fo r one . ~ 100 to 600 vo lts
Al so writ e f or ~ "1 singularly abusive to o ne's hat. He reserves it
qu a nt ity p r ices. , /8" x 5"
for my 'on the air' time.
PALMER TESTER
96 12 R ay t o wn R d . , K an sas C it y. MQ 6 4 134 "How," 1 o nce in frustration asked a
dim-witted relative, " do you stuff a Mynah
bird?" to which he predictabl y replied,
Orl qln ll r.u· s 1
"Dahh ... head first , I sup pose !"
1.11,1 Il~'''es yau U " - f or fCC f irst
.and SeCOII<I elln Iit",SM. I nc1...., UP-
On the o t her hand , Fred , o ur French
Oi le d .. lti pl e cl>ot u teHs ."d key
~dleal tlc dl "9rPllo . PLUS - ·Se l f ·S bl d, poodle, has developed not o nly a rather
~ l1 tt,. Tn t ." -- OfIlL ' : 59 .95 PostPll id
uniqu e and demonstrative method o f expres-
sing his feelings towards ham gear, but I
firmly suspect that he 's so meho w managed
to enlarge his storage capacity in order to
more dramatically emphasize his point.
By golly, if I ever catch that flaky looking
pop-eyed pansy in the act, I'm gonna
swooosh him with my C02 bottle , freezing
him in that three -legged position, and auc-
tion him off at the next Op-Art festival as a
frozen still life entitled, "Dog With Upraised
Leg, " o r " Coldcocked Canine Critic!" (He
might make a demonstrative hood ornament
fo r an Edsel.)
Wa nt ing to be perfectly objective, I must
admit that there is so me justification for
society's apprehension. For while the Joe
Normals are perfectly content to go from
womb to tomb without making a wave, Joe
Ham is busy fouling up the newl y-arrived
dishwasher in an attem pt to determine h ow
it works, dangling fro m the tippy-t op of
some elm tree with his pockets full of dikes,
vice grips, instruction manuals and a hip-
holstered walkie-talkie or, in general, doing '
something that appears unorthodox .
How do you explain that a ham is, first o f
all, a unique individual whose need to

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 communicate is but the end result of an
insatiable cu riosity, boundless imaginatio n
and an un inhibited necessity to ex press
himself?
A ham is really a sta te of mind . Like t he
man said , "The mind is like a parachute, it
functions best when open!"
It is inevitab le that with such an unlimit-
ed sphere of int erests what sometimes starts
•
o ut as normal and reasonable o fte n results in
a fiasco . Societ y never sees the success, o nly
the fiasco . To them it 's moronic - it's the
klutz factor !
I've often thought that , instead of the
diamond decal, hams o ught to adopt a more
ex pressive heraldic coat of arms consisting o f
a sprig o f mistle toe embroidered o n a fl ap-
ping coat-tail floating in a sea of Lavoris (for
Pucker Po wer) wit h a Latin inscription
meaning, Hit seemed like a good idea at the
time!"
Lemme cite two insta nces which , even
though reasonable at the tim e, even tually
turned me into a klutz !
Peek-A-B o o
Having a rather high-pitched voice (it's
possible I went from infancy to senility
without ever having go ne through puber-
ty - my voice has never changed and I never
had pimples - even an acne transplant didn't
take) I have long envied those operators t hat
come on like Gang Busters, so unding like Big
John , Captain Marvel and Boom-Boom
Bailey. Their dee p basso pro fund a vo ices
thunder in - even o n Sideband - lik e AM
Hi-Fi!
I've st udied acoustics incessa n tly, built a
triangular ro om, used a compressor and eve n
fed my voice through an am plifier with the
t reble retarded and the bass at maxim um
wit h the end result that I still sou nd lik e a
composite of Johnny Weismueller , Tiny T im
and Truman Capote!
In deference to Gus, my normal o perating
procedure is to use a set of cans with mike
attached, leaving my han ds free to pursue
my secondary avoca tio n of bending Barbie,
Ken and Skipper d olls into o bscene poses (I
have th e belter ones bronzed and mounted,
giving my ham shack the appeara nce of a
cross-sectio nal view of a house that - if
real - would require the services of a Mad-
am !)'
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One evening while in QSO with the head
of a disgru nted Amateur Rad io group called
MUSIC (Mad and/or Miserable Un til you
Shove I.C.) [it was a boot-leg QSO since, as
yo u kn o w, MUSI C isn't allowed o n the ham
bands . . . a pu n? So shoot me! J, su dde nly
my eyes ligh ted on a newly acquired 30
gallon green plastic trash can. Aha , I
thought , reme mbering some laws of acous-
tics, the perfect mini-studio!
Completely oblivious to everything, and
without a mo ment's hesitation, I pulled the
nash can over my head and shoulders and
began happily discussing my new so und
when .. . you guessed it ... a knock sound-
ed on the trash can.
There are many things th at a glib-tongued
ent husiast can rationally ex plain away -
lipstick on the collar - that yo u buy Play-
boy fo r the articles - that a 2 KW $ 1,000
amplifier is an absolute necessity . . . but
believe me, and I speak from experience,
there is no way y ou can coherently explain
to a tired, unimaginative (now jittery and
open-mouthe d) insurance salesman exactly
what you are doing talking to yourself all
alone in a weird little room with a huge trash
bucket jamme d over you r head! Ye t it
seeme d like a go od idea at the tim e!
Where Were You When .. .
Not lo ng ago, as you migh t surmise, I was
doing t wo t hings at t he same time. First ,
we'd had a new septic tank installed, and in
order to rem ove the old o ne it was necessary
to pump the conte nts of o ne into th e ot her.
I'd brought a '62 Rambler up clo se to the
ope ratio n. The little Briggs and Stratton
pu mp was chugging merrily away so I
installed a dc to ac inverter in the Rambler.
It appeared to work , so I climbed out and
st rategically placed myself between t he car
and the pump. Who om! The engine caugh t
fire!
Having learned t ha t in sit uatio ns li ke t his
panic is your worst enemy , [ calmly we nt
into hysteria and, with that inspired genius
th at at o ne time o r another has caused me to
be st ruck by lightning, removed a rand om
finger and put a gigantic elm t ree st u mp into
sub-orbital ARC, I unhesitatingly reached
for the only immediately available so urce of
liq uid (it seemed like a good idea at the
time !) .
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Besides accumulating in the hat and all
over my huge frame, the gigantic pinwheel
spray whirled up the side of the house,
under t he eaves, all over my lilac b ushes
(which, incidentally, have become the most
productive, yet strangest smelling, in ten
counties) , And, as a crow ning glory, the
spray ad hered to one leg of my 75 me ter
"V" (nee dless to say, I've received some o dd
remarks, on and off the air, about my
antenna) . It seems that my radiated power is
directly proportional to t he type of QSO .
Bull sessions seem to have a marked advan-
tage over no rmal o r net operatio ns.
I caught sight of Fred surreptitiously

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sion o n his face that seemed to say, "Haaa
Lists mort than 170 0 Items-pliers.
tweezers, wire strippers, vaceem sys~s . haaa haaa , I couldn't have done be tter
relay too ls, optical equipment, tool kits
,nd eases , Al so Includes lour pages of myself! " I grabbed the Huck Finn hat and
uH ful ~Tool Tips" to aid In too l selection .
taking as careful aim as I could through t hat
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weird rainbow, I let it fly.
Although I missed Fred, the hat passed
close by Gus' win dow, causing him to set u p
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new FREE CATALOG with pictures, schematics,
SPecifications and prices. The end result, aside from having to cut
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We d id however manage - 127 cans of
At that precise insta nt in time that 1 aerosol spray later (it was ac t ually 139 cans,
pointed the outlet hose in to the engine but 12 of t hem went up my sleeve) - with
compartme nt, I was ma de immediately and th e windows wide open, and on an excep-
quite dramatically aware that not only had I tionally windy day, to unload it. I see it
"done it again' but I was making a popular every now and again . They've painted it, but
chaos-describing phrase in to a 'living legend ' you can recogn ize it easily enough . Every-
and a real life Cecil B. DeMille specta cular ! where they park it, a tree gro ws!
Startled by the tragicomic results, I The point, if indeed there is a point, is
d ro pped the hose, and, in fetal fashion, t hat as a ham you may be unfairly singled
crouched - alternatively praying for the en- out as an o dd-ball, but if it weren't fo r all
gine or pu mp to die, an escape rou te, or at you odd-balls, t he rest of society wou ld still
the very least a po ncho or bum bershoo t! be thum ping din osau rs o n the head wit h
Luckily I discovered and grab bed an o ld blu nt instru men ts for their evening meal. Be
Huck Finn type straw hat which I inverted pro ud of your idiosyncrasies.
over my head for a modicum of protection . . .•K I YSD

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Sooner or later almost every piece of
amateur equipment needs repair. Trouble
shooting your equipment c~n be a very
interesting part of your hobby.
The power supply is a good place to learn
trouble shooting as the power supply must
be working properly before any other part
of the equipment can be checked.
The power supply may be an integral part
of a piece of equipment or outboard and
cab le connected. For the type of trouble
shooting to be described only the power
supply will be considered. It will make little
difference if it is integral or not. There will
be variations to the typical power supplies in
Fig. 1. The precautions, notes and sequence
will apply to almost any power supply.
An excellent tool for checking for inter-
mittents, broken wires and general probing
can be made from a piece of )4.. plastic rod
about 8" long. Sharpen one end with a
pencil sharpener.
If the power supply is an ac-dc (trans-
former less) type use an isolation transformer
to reduce the risk of serious shock. Any time
a power supply is worked on, the filter
capacitors should be discharged. Any time
the power is turned on then off the capac-
itors should be discharged. Don't trust your
life to a bleeder resistor. Remove any rings,
this can save you a badly burned finger.
Keep the bench clean and organizeo . ..
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Vernon Fit zpatrick WA80lK
McLain Park , M203
Hancock MI 49930
pencil and note pad are necessary on any
repair bench. Keep notes of any wires dis-
connected and any components removed.
The pad is also handy for noting voltages,
resistances and etc.
Low voltage diodes can be tested by
reading forward and reverse resistance. This
test cannot always be used on high voltage
diodes as the internal bias voltage of some
diodes exceed the test voltage of the
ohmeter and the diode will appear open
when it is actually ok.
The only test equipment required is a
vom and two sets of test leads. One set has
insulated alligator clips. The other set has
needle point tips. The needle point tips are
better than the duller type as the points will
pierce any resin flux or other material that
could prevent an accurate reading. This is
particularly important when working on
surplus equipment that has been treated
with moisture-fungus proofing.
The more elaborate test equipment will
speed and simplify trouble shooting bu t you
must understand the equipment to properly
interpret the readings. As an example, an
open secondary winding on a transformer
can have enough inductance to give nearly a
full voltage reading with a vtvm. A vom will
load the open winding enough to clearly
show it open .
The first step in any trouble shooting
should be a good visual inspection.
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The foll o wing key is designed to help you
fo llo w a lo gical seque nce rather than tak e
random test s and hope that you will luck
onto the defe ctive part. The key is based o n
th e assumption that a sy mpto m will indicate
the failure of certain parts. As an exampl e. if
we have a defective power supply and turn it
on and the pilot lamp lights it will be a waste
of time to c heck the fuse but we might well
check the rectifier tube or diodes. As you
follow th e key you will note that variou s
sy mpto ms will indicat e checks until we have
checked every part of the power su p ply right
down to wires. socke ts and plugs.
When using the key with a power su pply
that is not exactly the same as the sche matic
in Fig. I, a quick comparison to your
schematic will show the steps to follow. If
your supply docs not have a fuse just pass
over the fuse check steps and continue on. If
your supply has a three section filter capac-
itor and two chokes or resistors, make the
additional c he cks when you come to the
ste ps for checking the se components in the
key . Singular and plural o n all components
are interchangeable (where the key has
diodes, diode will apply and so on). It makes
no difference whether the pilot lamp is in
the secondary as shown or in the primary
circuit. The same steps and checks will apply
to a half wave power supply. The key can be
used for many low voltage supplies for
transistor circuits.
Some of the checks may appear long and
cumbersome. The filter ca paci to r checks are
an example. Frankly , it is difficult to check
capacitors with a vom. The capacitors are
expensive and difficult to replace , so it is
worth spending a little more time to be sure·
they are defective. We could reduce steps 15
and 19 to 'Test filter capacitors. Replace if
defective.' If you do not have a capacitor
tester the key would be of no value to you .
Every Novi ce has, or should have, a vom.
Experienced repairmen use a mental key .
This is why the TV repairman asks you ,
"what does it do?" He want s sy m pto ms so
he can use his mental key. As you gain
experience in trouble shoo ting you will
develop a mental key. If your key is good
enough and generously cross-referenced you
will be able to repair the 'tough ones'.
To use the key for trouble shooting
determine the primary sympto m. If the
power supply has more than one symptom
you might have to go through the key for
each symptom to locate all the defects. The
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Fig. 1. These are typical power supplies used in
Novice gear and were used for making the trouble
shooting key. Parts identification : A -Primary wind-
ing; B-Power swi tch ;C- Fuse; D -Power transform-
er; E-FiJament winding; F-Pilot lamp ; G c-Second-
ary winding; H-Rectifier tube; H -Diode; [- Fil ter
capaci tors ; K -Choke-coiJ type; L-Bleeder resistor;
M-Rectifier tube winding.
key will indicate the repair for each symp-
tom. The symp to m will have a number for a
check of a suspected co mpo nent o r co mpo-
nents. If the component is de fectiv e the key
will indi cate the repair. If the co mponent is
ok the key will indicate t he next check to
make to locate the defective part.
Key to Power Supply Trouble Shooting
Power supply works - but
Hum is present. Go to ) 5
Power supply overheat s
A. Power supply is overloaded. rem ove load .
If power sup ply is now ok go to, 21
B. Overheating is still present with no load.
Go to 20
Power sup ply does not work - pilot lamp is
known to be good Fuse blows. Go to 2 0
Rectifier tube o r diodes are know n to be
good. Go to I
Rectifier tube o r diodes are not know n to be
good. If check 2 is ok go to 17
1. The power sup ply is turned on and the
pilot lamp does not light. Go to 3
2. The power supply is turned on the the
pilot lamp lights. Go to 10
3. Check outlet to be sure power is available.
If no power, check house circu it. Power
available. Go to 4
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complete the troub le shooting. Observe all
precautions discussed at beginning of article.
17. Check transformer secondary winding at
tube plate pins or diode anodes for proper ae
voltage. If low replace transformer. If ok go
to 18
18. Check cathode of tube or diodes. Low or
no de voltage, replace tube or diodes. Diodes
should be checked individually as only one
may be defective. If ok go to 19
19. The filter capacitors can be checked
under ac tua l operat ing voltage. Remove all
load from t he power supply. The b leeder
resistor can be le ft in if you det ermin e t he
cur re nt flowi ng through it by ohms law.
unhook the wire going from the rectifier to
the filter components. Use the insulated
alligato r clips and MA meter. Connect - to
filte r circuit, + to the rectifier (reverse for
bias circuits). Turn the power supply on. for
t he average power supply the capacitor
leakage should not exceed 5-7 rnA. If the
b leeder resistor has been left in be su re to
subt ract the current going through it. If the
filte r circuit uses sepa rate capacitors and the
leak a ge is high check the capacitors indi-
vidua lly as only one may be defective. The
no loa d voltage of the power supply will be
higher than t he operati ng voltage but th is is
good for t esting the filter capacitors. If there
is no leak age t hrough t he capacitors and the
resista nce stayed high in 15 the capacitor is
p ro ba bly open or reduced capacity and
shou ld be replaced . The presence of hum
confirms t his.
This concludes the power-on trouble shoot-
mg.
20. Inspec t components for evidence of
ove rheating. Use the ohmeter to check for
shorts. Inspect tube sockets, cable plugs and
J sockets for cracks and 'burn paths' where it
could have arced over. Refer to 15 when
checki ng filter circuits for shorts.
A faulty transformer will not always show a
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the secondary windings. if the transformer
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21. A fau lt in t he eq u ipmen t is overloading
the power su p ply and causing it to ove rheat.
Repair defective eq uipment.
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835 Woburn Sr.
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udging from various co nst ructio n arti-

J cles wri tten in recent years, so lid-state
ignition systems are going t hro ugh a design
improvemen t stage wh ich bodes well for
their fin al acceptan ce in th e aut omotive
field . Single-t ransistor, special-co il and mul-
tiple-t ransistor, sta nda rd-coil circ uits ha ve
been aro u nd for ab out a decad e, chalking
up perfor ma nce records ranging from good
to miserable, wit h th e latter heavily ou t-
weighing t he fo rmer. For example, in my
case, a 2N 11 67 A transistor and special
400 : I coil wa s used for about 3 years with
coil failu re ending a fru strating series o f
ignition malfunctio ns due to point con tam-
ination and transistor charac teristic change.
A well known automotive parts supplier
in Chicago a fe w yea rs back was vending
ma ny brandso f transistor ignition syste ms
with glo wing p raise o f its " electronic pro-
mise." Today his cata log lists only a co u ple
of high-priced reliable units and it is
un like ly th at th is is du e to a sat urate d
market! Information gath ered from indi-
vidual users and garage r.epairmen point up

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R9 - 4 .7K
C 1 - . 1, 100V R 10 - 1801270 2 .W See text SCR 1 - SmaI1 100. V sen. gate
C2 - 1.0 IlF , 600V o il paper D1 - 1N914 like C 106 F2
C3 - .01 D2 - MPT28 SCR2 - 500 .V , 20 .A
C4 - .0 1, I k V D3 -IN914 F1 - 4.A
R1 - 68, 5.0W 04 - 200.V , 10.W zener 04,05 heatsink -
R2 - 4.7 K D5 - .7 5A, 400.V Birtcher #4AL-6-0-0
R3 - 2.2K 06 - 150.V, 10.W zene r 0 3 heatsink -
R4 - 220 D7 -Dl0 - .75A , 1 kV Fuse clip chassis
R5 - 680 0 1 - 2N l 132 4 x6x 2 w/botto m cover
R6 - 150K , 2.W 0 2 - 2N697 T1 - Core = Ferro x cube #K3-005-0 1-3E
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Fig. 1. Schematic dia gram of the impro ved Ja w-cost CD ignition .

the basi c fact that performance has been
less dependa ble than the simple Kett ering
system. Besid es, if it's more costly, why
bother? A set of points and plugs every
10,000 miles is no t too grea t a price to pay
fo r dependabilit y .
However, the search for improveme nt
has co ntinued and now a relative n ew-
co mer is in the spotlight, CD ignitio n. In
spite o f its greater co mplex ity, capacito r
discharge ignition offers much in th e way
o f improved all-weather starting and co n-
siderab le freedom from point problems. In
additio n, so-called "breakerless igniti on" is
more easily implemen ted with a CD cir cuit
and indeed manufactured systems may be
purchased ; but fo r no w they are to o
expensive fo r th e average motorist..
This paper details some interesting re-
sults of experi ments aimed at improved
re lia bility o f a CD syste m over a wid e range
o f temp erature, battery voltage, and igni-
tion point resistance. These very importa nt
fact ors have been lightly regarded or ig-
nored alto gether by so me designers. Cir-
cuitry for the unit shown in Fig. 1 has been
simpli fied consisten t with o ptimum perfo r-
mance and borrows some ideas found in
two recent reports. 1 ,2
Three objectives, listed in the order o f
their importance , were borne in mind
during development and tes t: depend a-
bility, perfo rmance, and cost. Concerning
the fi rst , wo rst-case design limits fo r tem-
perature, battery voltage, and point resis-
o
ta n ce were set at - 4 0 to +8S C (still-air
am bien t), 6- 16V, and 2 0 H" respectively.
This required silicon devices throughout,
opera t ed well belo w maximum ra tin gs. All
circ uit eleme nts are soldered in place - no

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T o simulate co ld weather start ing, all article with its complete t ransformer con-
parts were co oled to _ 40° C in a large struction plans. A toro id core was quic kly
Dewar flask, point resistance increased by a obtained and wound to specs. Altho ugh
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22 kSl resistor and with 6V input , a 1.5 cm lower co st switching tra nsistors were' used,
spark in air co uld be obtained, abou t 18 performance was exactly as described and a
kV . At the o th er extreme , fu ll spark energy major bottleneck resolved .
of about 35 kV was available at 400 pps, Circuit design fo llowed t ransmitter prac-
c
85 C at any voltage between 8 and 16V. tice, work ing from the output stage to-
CD ignition requires a so urce of high wards th e inp ut. A I,uF capacito r charged
voltage d e and this is ordinarily su pplie d by to about 350V and discharging int o t he
a de /d e co nverter. Much o f th e cost is righ t primary of a regu lar 12 V igniti on coil via
here, in switc hing transist ors and t rans- an SCR was chosen as the starting point. It
former. After experimenting for many was so o n discovered that inexpensive SCRs
weeks with overheated filament tran sfor- were lacking in gate sensitivity and trigger-
mers pressed into converter service for ing by a UJT was marginal, especially at
whi ch they were not designed , great elatio n _40 °C. A trigger diod e in a standard

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Fig. 4. Actual-size PC layout of board A.
circuit worked fine however, and was
incorporated. Its RC time constant takes
care of point bounce mentioned in pre-
vious papers. No-load B+ of 650V inadver-
tently applied to a 500V SCR was destruc-
tive and after the tears had dried,
, feedback
regulation of the high voltage was added.
An SCR latch connected across tile
output SCR gate assures only one correctly
timed ignition spark for each point open-
ing. Point resistance tolerance and latch
reset is controlled by a two-stage saturating
switch which has outperformed aU other
circuits tried. It consists of an NPN switch-
ing transistor that can pull the SCR anode
down to 0.2V at - 40 °C (worst case),
causing positive reset. Signal inversion,
current gain, and de level shifting is pro-
vided by a PNP input transistor. Rate of
point opening and closure , ranging from
very slow during starting in subzero weath-
er to 400 liz for a V-8 at 60 mph does not
and cannot upset proper operation .
Speaking of breaker points, it seems
that oil fumes leaking past the distributor
shaft upper bearing, creepage of cam lubri-
cant, ozone inside the cap, and just simple
oxidation of tungsten surfaces singly or
collectively brings on increasing electrical
resistance that can cause malfunction in an
electronic system. Without R I, this circuit
failed at 920 miles after initial installation,
using brand new points running essentially
"dry circuit." A single swipe across the
points with a book match cover got us
going again immediately, but it was a loss
of IQO% reliability. Current bleed via Rl of
fractional ampere has proved to be a
reliable solution during 22,000 miles of
failure-free driving to date. Apparently a
tiny arc at point opening time vaporizes
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whatever contaminant may be present.
preventing buildup. The higher energy level
in the high tension circuit requires clean,
film-free surfaces on rotor and inner cap
which is at it should be anyway .
There are some circuit details that,
when properly dealt with, will insure ut-
most dependability. (I) Q I must have low
emitter-collector leakage when heated to
100°C; (2) SCR I should fire with 3 rnA or
less gate current and stay latched up when
very cold, with 6V applied to R4; (3) Q3
should have a beta of at least 40 and be
provided with a small heatsink, as it must
dissipate 400 mW; (4) Q4 and Q5 must
have a moderate-size heats ink as they heat
to 100°C when all limits are high; (5)
surplus high-power SCRs are inexpensive
and a 20A unit will loaf along without
heatsinking; (6) D3 and D5 protect Q3
from transient pulses normally present on
the B+ line and 03 provides additional
safety for SCR 2 by way of brute-force
limiting via the zcners if Q3 should fail ; (7)
power zeners are also an excellent buy -use
"em; (8) procure a quality capacitor for
C3 -MI L-type oil paper in metal cans often
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Fig. S. Actual-size PC layout of board B.
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go fo r a quarte r apiece; (9) Murph y 's Law
being what it is, swit ch-back to standard
ignitio n can be provided for either by a
fo ur-pole double-t hrow toggle switch o r
re arrangeme nt of lead s o n th e Jones strip
with q uick-d isconnect termina ls.
Make the PC boards from I fl6 in .
single-clad stock . They are designed fo r
fa ce mounting of co mponents, which saves
lots of drilling. Wire up the large o ne ,
d eleting R I for now. Mount Q4 an d Q 5 on
their heatsink usi ng 6 in . long coded lead s.
If referen ce I is not availab le, w ind T I in
the foll o wi ng ma nner. Ob ta in th e specified
core and apply an even lay er of thi n
insu lati ng tape. Make a bobbin of strong
flat materia l such as plastic o r a tongue
depressor and notch th e e nds to a 6 in.
inner spacing. Once aro und is abou t a fo ot ,
so put on 50 ft of #26 Fo rmvar insulated
co pper wire . Wind all of this wi re o n the
core in 6 bank-winding sectio ns of 45 /50
turns per sec tion and scram ble wind wh ere
necessary to even th e lay ers . Leave a 1/ 8
in. gap between start and finish fo r insu -
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lating clearan ce. Ban k winding help s to
min imize potential diffe rences . alo ng the
winding. Cover w ith a sm o o th layer of
insulting tape. T hen put o n 20 turn s of
l-l-gage insulated co p per wire (4 ft ) evenly
spaced around t he co re, wit h e nds o pposite
the first layer lead s. Cente rtap this wind-
ing. Finally p ut o n 10 turns of 26-gage
wire , its ccntcrtap adja cent to the other,
interleaving th e s mall wire between the
heavy w ire.
Co nnect the tra nsfo rme r per schema tic,
then breadb oard th e enti re circu itry for
initial testing , using a spare o r borrowed
ignition co il. Provide a ~ in . sparkgap. Wire
a 22 H2 resistor between R2 and "points"
(touch resistor lead to grou nd) . Ap ply
input voltage and watch th e spa rks fl y!
A med ian valu e fo r RIO is about n on.
It can be opti mized if test eq uipmen t is
availab le . T he d e/d e conve rter efficiency is
maximi zed by use of the high est resist an ce
valu e at RJO ca using a 2 .8 A curre n t drain
at + 14V when the syste m is d elivering 400
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Packaging is the next order of business
befo re actual installation and road testing
gets under way. The photos show one
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to Dynamically test all ......;.::.;;;.;;."
arrangement using a 4 by 6 by 2 in . chassis
with bottom cover. It is a good idea to
make the unit drip-proof by sealing all
types of capacitors.
ope nings with silico ne rubbe r caulking a-
FREE vailable at most hardware stores. Centralize
INFORMATION the large heatsink so that metal st ra ps
across the chassis ends can secure the box
in place without interference . Don't forget
to install R I .
Under hood insta l1ation of the com-
pleted unit should be su ch that radiator fan
cooling air or incoming air in the case of
rear engined vehicles can flow across the
heatsink and there is protection from rain,
snow, and puddle splashing. Don't over-
ONLY $16.95 postpaid loo k inside mounting. Although the air is
Capacitance Range : .00025 - 1000 mfd. relatively calm, temperature extremes arc
Sensitivity: Over 200 MEGOHMS less and exposure to weather is avoided.
Dealer Inquiries Invited Annoying whine at 1 or 2 kHz of the usual
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difficulty .
Electrical co nnectio n requires tapping
value will cause excessive heating of Q4,
into the ignition switch circuit ahead of
Q5 and a te nde ncy to "squecgc"; too high
any ballast resistor, disconnecting the
a value will red u ce B+ so that high-speed
points capacitor and possibly adding leads
performance is poor. I BO -270n are ball-
to tie into the distributor and coil. Check
park limits.
out the connection schematic to see how
Mount the transforme r on its PC board
after comp letion of tests. Adjust lead dress, it's done .
the n coat generously with insulating This particular circuit lends itself well to
epoxy. securing T t in place at the same "breakerless" ignition experiments, either
time . Leave a center opening for passage of optical or magnetic . One breadboard test
a mounting bolt. After the epoxy has made use of a variation of blocking oscilla-
hardened, solder eac h lead to a PC ter mi na l tor, abrupt start-stop control being effect-
acco rding to the drawing. ed by a small perma nent magnet in prox-
imity to the oscillator toro id core. These ac
burst signals drove Q I , eliminating all
contact problems.
Acknowledgement is made fo r the many
he lpful suggestions and enthusiastic en-
couragement of my friend and colleague,
Mr. Daria Dorigo. His CD in a Corvair is
performing in excellent fashion .
.. .WIKNI -
Refere nces:
I. Unique CD Ignition System, Morris & Morton
Jan. '69, Electronic World. '
2. Hi~ Effi ciency DC/DC Converter, Levy &
BI3.lr, Feb. '69, Electronic World.

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 William E. H ood W2FEZ
116 West Park Street
Albion NY 14411
iko la Tes!a watched, elated, as the
N need le o n the ammeter pinn ed. The
room was filled wit h a roaring, crac kling
noise and th e sme ll of ozo ne permeated th e
air. The scientist walke d o u tside . High at op
his labo ratory, a metallic globe 'was alive
with a hissing blue comona . While he
watch ed , fascinated , a bolt o f ma n-made
ligh tning leaped fro m the glo be to the
ground . Seconds later, ano ther bolt leaped
out a little fa rt her than t he fi rst ; th en
anothe r struc k fart her still. T esla 's mach ine
even seemed to be drawing ligh tn ing from
the air aro und it.
Sudde nly the no ise sto ppe d . Silen ce
clo sed in like a cloak as ,
the machine went
dead . Tesla ru shed back in to his lab. His
mac hine was intact , but th ere was no power.
T he experiment had been te rmina ted by a
local power failure . Furiously he telephon ed
the power statio n dema nding an explan a-
tion .
" Yo u're not th e only o ne wh o wants an
ex pla natio n," th e voice o n the othe r end o f
the line retorted . " You've just mel te d the
wi ndings in th ree of our generators . It 'll be a
cold day in hell be fore we send any more
power o u t to yo u !"
It is doubtful that even this brilliant
scien tist fully realized the awesome magn i-
tude of power in volve d when he tr ied to
produce light ning, fo r alt hou gh it is usua lly
d issipated wit h comparative ly little damage,
a single stro ke o f ligh tning can co n tain as
mu ch ele ctrical ene rgy as tod ay 's average
family co nsu mes in a week . A sto rm o f
moderat e in te nsity ca n p rodu ce many times
the ene rgy of a nuclear bomb.
The ac tual amo un t of power in a ligh t-
ning st ro ke is the su bject of co nsiderable
disagreement in the engineering world . Some
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au tho rities say th at the voltage rep resen ted
by a lightning stro ke is in the neigh borho od
o f thirty million volt s. O th ers claim the
voltage can be as high as 900 th ousand volts
per foot. At that rat e, th e voltage of a
stroke. whic h ca n be as much as ten miles
long, would reach ast ro nomical magnitu des.
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The cu rrent, on' the ot her hand , is genera lly
agree d by the vari ous auth orities to range
from four th ousand to a quarter million
amperes. The durati on has been measured at
5 to 50 micro seconds.
The electrical cha rges t hat prod uce light-
ning are though t to be p rod uced by friction
between rapidly mo ving raind ro ps and the
su rro und ing air. Thunderhead s are k no wn to
con tain vertically moving air co lu mns wh ich
reac h velo cit ies in excess of 100 miles per
hou r. Raindrops and ice particles. moved
abo u t by th ese cu rre n ts, develop elect rical
cha rges. The Vertical movement accu mulates
these charges much in th e same manner as
the vertically moving belt in a Van de Graaff
gen erat or.
The turb ule nce wit hin a thu nderhead
develo ps a strong negative charge in t hat
region of t he cloud whe re th e te mperatu re is
be t wee n 0° and 3 2° F . A positively charged
zo ne develops in the upp er port ion o f the
clo ud , and the lower port ion o f t he cloud
con tains both positively and negatively
charged zones. Fro m this it can be easily
u nderstood wh y 65% of all the d ischarges
are within a clo ud o r betwee n clo uds.
Lightn ing st ro kes, eit he r with in or be-
tw een clo uds, o r fro m a cloud to th e ground ,
occur wh en the voltage be t wee n charges of
opposite polarity exceeds the breakdown
pote ntial of the interven ing air gap . T his
breakdown is o f a d ifferent natu re than th e
breakd own o f a small air gap . There app ears
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Negative charges generally accumulate in the r egion o f 30 to OaF. Positive charges accumulate in the
upper p ortion. Both positive and negative charges occur in the lower portion . The chara c ter istic anvil
top is caused by upper atmospheric winds.

t o exist a potential , the exac t magnitude o f
which is ye t to be determin ed . beyond
wh ich air bre ak s down a lit tle at a time .
As cha rges accu mu late in the lo wer por-
tion of a thund erhead, equal an d op posite
charges are produced by elect rostat ic attra c-
tion in th e ground and all ground ed objec ts
below. As th e potential passes th e break-
down level, " leade r stro kes" begin p robing
th eir way toward the o pposite charge .
Usua lly the lead ers sta rt fro m th e cloud , b ut
sometimes from th e gro un d . Ad van cing 50
to 60 yards a t a time , an d pausin g abou t 100
microsecond s between ste ps, th e lea der
works it s way t oward the op posite ch arge.
Then cu rren t flows, a sma ll stro ke dissi-
paring as mu ch as five kilowatt hours , and a
large st roke, ma ny times more .
A ligh tn ing discharge, like any elec tric
cu rrent , fo llows th e pa th of least resistan ce
wh ich is almost never a straigh t lin e . The
potential grad ient fro m a clo ud to th e
ground is co nsta n tly being distorted by th e
turbulen ce of th e at mosphere On th e
ground , mo isture , te mpe ra tu re , and the vary -
ing qua li ty of the gr ound itself play im por-
tan t ro les in determi ning the path of a
stroke . Wit h all these variab les, light ning h as
bee n observed t o d o some prett y st range
th ings. A neighbor of min e h ad h er h ou se
st ruck. The bolt travelled down a drainpip e,
followed th e elec t rica l wiring acro ss th e

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cellar into th e ba ck shed, then jumped to a
sink , scaring the tar o u t of her son who was
repairing his bicycle in the she d.
Some o f th e phenomena manifested by
lightning are so weird th at it becomes hard
to sep ara te fact from fiction . F or insta n ce,
ball ligh tn ing was lo ng th ought t o be an o ld
wives' ta le. Too ma ny c red ible observatio ns
by co mp ete n t personnel have been reported ,
however. to pass it o ff as a myth. Present
theories consider the phenomenon to con sist
of a sma ll, heavily cha rged mass o f io nized
a ir that become s separated from the pat h of
a st ro ke and then drift s al ong with natura l
air cu rre n ts until it e ith er dissipate s o r finds
a ground path where it discharges, so me -
ti me s with explosive viole nce . Shee t lig ht-
ning is thought by some to be merely
reflections of light ning discharges in a far-
awa y cloud . Others think it is the in stan-
taneou s discharge o f a large area o f atm o s-
phere , spreadi ng th e en ergy that would
otherwise be discharged in a stroke over a
wide area - a sort o f high-speed Auro ra
Borealis.
People have gone to great lengths over the
years to protect themselves from lightni ng ,
ranging from char ms and praye rs to mo re
scien tific ally sou nd met hods. When Mr.
Franklin invented th e lightning rod, all sorts
o f applications were tried . An early drawing
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depicts an umbre lla wit h a li ghtning rod o n
top and a con d ucto r t railing o ff along th e
grou nd . Good t hinking. but a very d angerous
device . Lightning rod s today are co n fin ed to
the t ops o f buildings.
Modern-day ligh t ning rod s are gene ra lly
poi nte d, not so mu ch to ma ke th em more
like ly to be h it as to prevent th e bu il d u p of
ch arges that would lead to a stroke . It is
generally known among those w ho wo rk
with h igh pote ntials t hat a po in t enco urages
co ro n<l; discharge . Wo rking o n that p rin ciple ,
th e point on a ligh tn ing ro d constan tly
ble eds o ff ac cumulating charges thus p re
venting their building up to a da ngerous
level.
In the comm u nications fie ld , lightn ing
protectio n varies d epend ing not o n ly o n th e
nature of service but o n the geograp hica l
lo cation as well . T his is because the frequen -
cy and severity of thu nderstorm s varies
throughout the co nti ne nt. Equ ip me nt tha t is
pro tec te d su fficie ntly o n th e west coast
wou ld go up like a R oman cand le in cen tra l
Kansas o r on the F lo rida peninsula . In t he
latter tw o areas, electricians do as much
business repairing lightn ing da mage as they
do putt ing in new in st allat ions. The Great
La kes region has 50% more thund erstorm
activity tha n t he New Engla nd coast. By
co n t ra st, so u th ern Alaska has perha ps o n ly
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one d ay of thun derstorm ac tivity in tw o
ye ars.
Prot ection req uire me n ts furth er depend
o n the amount of ex posed wire and o n th e
co nductivity of th e grou nd. It is much easier
to p ro tect equipme n t situa te d in a sa lt water
marsh than in d ry , sandy so il.
It should be reali zed that virtually noth- Fig. 3A. Wh en a capacitor is discha{ged, c urren t
ing ca n pro tect an an ten na or signal wire n ot only flo ws thro ugh the shorting pa th but
fro m a direc t stroke. Consideri ng th e t re- through all parts of the plates as well.
mend ous magnit ud e of curre n t involved, it is
easy to und erstand th at even a very heavy ground to th e poin t wh ere th e stro ke
grou nd co nd uc to r mi ght be vap ori zed . How- occ u rred. Th e magnitude of th ese su rges can
ever, p ro per pro tect ive eq uip men t pays fo r be as high as te n percen t o f th e cu rre nt in
itself, pro tecting equipment against a Iittle- the ligh tning stoke itself - as much as
publicized ph en om en o m kno wn as a ground severa l thousa nd amperes. If th e equip ment
surge. in you r shack were grounded at more than
In o rde r to better und erstand a ground one point, a ground su rge might find an
su rge, pictu re fo r th e momen t the plates o f a easier path th ro ugh t he interconnecting
charged capacitor. When a co nd uc to r is wires th an th rough the gro un d. In th at case ,
co nnected betwee n th e plat es to d ischa rge goodbye equipme nt. This one hid eo us
the ca pac ito r. cu rren t fl ows th rough th e th ought clearly illustrates the reason fo r o ne
co nduc to r from plat e to plate, and f ro m all and o nly one ground point in a well-prote c-
points on th e individual pla tes to th e CO ll - ted shac k.
ductor . Compa ring an elect ric cha rge in a Where remote co n tro l lines or o the r types
cloud and the ground below it to th e places of signal wires run long dis ta nces above
of a capacito r. and imagin ing th e path o f a ground , grou nd su rges fro m lightning are a
lightning disch arge as the shorti ng co nd uc- maj or problem. The rail roa ds, using un -
tor, it is easy to see that each tim e lightning shie lded signal lines running for miles at a
st rikes, cu rre nt fl o ws thro ugh th e path of stre tc h, ofte n go to great ext remes to p ro-
the stroke fro m t he grou nd to th e clo ud; tec t their d elicate and costly signal equ ip -
curren t also flows thro ugh th e grou nd fro m ment. Eac h line has a heavy-duty ligh tning
all su rrou nd ing po ints to th e point where ar rester co nnec ted to ground at th e point
ligh tnin g st rikes. where it ente rs a way side hou sing . Electronic
If lightning st ruck a poin t several hundred d evices such as carrier-cu rre nt tran smitt ers
yards fro m an ante n na tower, current wou ld and receivers are fur t he r p ro tect ed by high-
flo w down out of the tower and t hrough th e speed gas disch arge tubes on each terminal.

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Fig. 3B. Picturing the sky as a plate of a charged capaci tor and the gro und as the opposite plate , a
ligh tnin g stroke causes current surges to flow down out of nearby grounded objects, through the
ground, and alon g the path of the s troke to the sky.

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 Every ground terminal within the housing , as
well as a co nnectio n to the h ousing itself, is
bro ught to o ne co m mo n grou nd point called
the "prime ground terminal" whi ch is co n-
nected to ea rth grou nd through the lo west
resistan ce path po ssible . Railw ay sign alme n •
have to ld of stand ing inside a wayside CASH FOR EIMAC
h ousing duri ng a sto rm and seeing the or VARIAN TUBES
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rail roa d arreste r to blow o ff it s gla ss coveri ng
with a report lik e a gunsh o t.
Although telephone li nes o fte n run long
distances above groun d , man y types o f cab le
CASH FOR
are shielded , and su rges occ ur mai n ly in th e
shield where they harmlessly bleed off
ground .
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ground, th ereby h o ldi ng each side of th e li ne
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I ma ny variab les. Facto rs such as the amou nt
Lightning arrester at the base of a commercial
broadcasting tower (WADD, Brockport NY).
stock with a ball shape on the end is
con nected to the base of the tower and
positioned In close proximity to a similar
is generally sufficient, since the transmitti ng
equipment is quite rugged and of low im-
peda nce. About the worst that ge nera lly
hap pens is th at a breaker ope ns, putting th e
station off th e a ir until an engineer rese ts it.
There have been occasional colorful results
however. The engineer of one loca l station
to ld of a strike follo wing th e tran smission
lin e in to the bu ilding and maki ng a spec tacu-
lar display as it zipped around the base-
boards, finally grounding out via several
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 Ed Web b W4FQMil
Technica l Edi tor
f th e growing number of manufacturers
I of power amplifiers for 2 meters, only
two (as of this writing) are very conservative-
Iy rated o n the input and o utput ratings of
their amplifie rs. One is o n the west coast and
the other is Regency in Ind ian apolis,
Indiana. Rege ncy again has followed the
tradition started in the HR-2 /2A transceivers
of bei ng very conserva tive on power ratings.
They rate d the HR-2 at 10 watts. It p ut o u t
at least 12. They ra te d t he HR-2A at 15
watts. It puts o ut almost 18.
The ne w A R-2 is made in a matching size
and style to be a companion to the HR-2/ 2 A
tran sceiver. When yo u pick it Up . yo u wo uld
think it was made of lead . It 's heft y , yes, but
not from lead : copper is the name of the
heat sink material that is used. The A R-2 is
literally an amp lifier built on, o r almost in, a
huge co p per heat sink. Does it get ho t while
transmitting? Not wi th PTT o perat ion. With
10 watts input. Regency rates t he amp lifier
at 38 watts output - ours put out 44. With
15 watts input, the AR-2 put out 58 watts,
and with 17 watts input to it , out came a
full 67 watts. That kind of power o utp u t
co up led to your 3 d B gain anten na will let
you talk to the machine on the mountain
just about as far as vou can hear it. And
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output (key down for an hour) this AR-2
barely gets above ro o m temperature - that
big heat sink really does its job. Even the
collector out put tank circuit is construc ted
of heavy silver-pla te d co pper to b eller with-
stand the large rf circu lating currents that
are found in solid state amplifiers at these
freque ncies and power leve ls. The A R-2 uses
2 transistors in a Class C push-pull configura -
tion. The transistors used are of the balanced
emitter type with the new wide leads to
provide low inductance lead ru ns. The AR-2
amplifier ru ns between 60 to 70% ove rall
efficiency.
Installing t he A R-l is a oreeze. Just
connect f 2V tn it and plug in your antenna
to the amplifier. Placing a short coax jumper
between the transceiver and the amplifier
comp letes t he job. To t une the a mplifie r
input up (to co mpensate for the input
feed line lengths) it 's best to have a Bird
model 43 Thruline® or Model 4352
Harn-m~te® watt meter. This is placed be-
tween the anten na lead and t he AR-2. With
t he amp lifier ou t of its case, key th e
transceiver and tune everyt hing fo r max i-
mum rf output. The amplifier switches itself
in automatically when it senses watt or
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DIGITAL CLOCK KIT WIT H NIX IE DISPLAY
50 MEGAHERTZ LOW COST COUNTER
We 1'1 11 •• well 0 . "
He r. il I new item , 2 0.000 lut plus
featured because 0 1 ",,,,,,s In Ilock.
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OUr uw 01 OUr lar ge t!od< o f unused IIJ.plus n'"ies. the new 74 196 n,ce front pa nel WIt;' po laro.d .,IOt. We hllVe n""et seen an yone
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other kih, Reado ut is t o silt decades. ti me base is 1 second , 0.1 ' or use as wllh IImar OpllOn. May be Wif ed lor 12 Ot 24 hou r
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o Optional cr ys tal controlled time base plug-in conversion $23.50 INTEGRATED CIR CUI T SPECIALS
O Cover. blw Ol' blllCk anodized . • . • . . . . • • . , $ 4 .50 109 Operat ,onal Amplifier .50
111 Dual ComparliTor .50
141 Comp,"sated Operational Amplifier .50
BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRONIC CA LCULATOR S58 Dual 741 .95
FOR ONLY SlOB.OO r 723 Voltage R'9oI lator 1.25
S36 F.E.T . Operalione. Amplifier 4.75
A complete calculator k it, 595 Four Quatrant Multiplier 3.75
comple te with self con- 740 Po _ Driv.., fOf 100 watt AB amplifier 2.75
tai ned po wer su pp.y and 2 111 FM DetllCta< end Limiter 2.75
ca..e. Indispemible in the 555 Timer ,2 ,.Seconds to 1 hou•• Specia.! 1.25
hom e. office or school. Si m· 1103 1024 Bit Ram Memory , MOS 9.25
pie enough lor , ch ild t o 250 1 256 Bi t Ram Memory. MOS B.75
build. Some 0 1 the features 2513 Cha rKU!r Generator ROM 19.75
01 the calcu.at or ..e as fal · 7490 Decade Counter
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pl~ eiVot digill on •• ge 74 196 50 MHI Dividll by 10 Counter (PNI8uble) '25
sile _ segment dis· NE560 Ph_ Loclted Loop '.00
plays. • Full fu nc tion ce rn- 561 Ph_ Locked Loop ' .00
p1emant key~d features 562 Phese Locked Loop '.00
addition . subtraction. multi· 565 PhaloB LocIIecl Loop '.00
plication , division. ,Itemate 566 Function Ganarato rlTone Encoder 5.00
display. multipl iClltion by II 567 PLLlTone Decoder ' .00
constan t. clea r all, clear en t ry. an d deci m. po int se t. • Si"teen
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display key. • Leading n t08l SUppr1l1ed . Chai n operation • All
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a n d t .m.. . . . telf<Ontained
So ~iabIe .,d simple to bu ild. _ CWO malte this vu-... tM : If lor nickel cadmium battery _ ad\oer.
-..y . - you carlllOt suc:clled in 9!tting you r cae:ulator to tised in our M.cn at at $215.00 lif
function lII'operly after oompl~ing construe1ion. for a flat you 01 dared it 11 the hi.... lII'ioa
handling f.. o f $ 10.00. B and F will rltpCli, an d ship baclt your we will refund you the diffetanoa in
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of the assembler. barr;n91lf oss negli ~ Or the u.. of K id cora spacial putdl _ . we ClIn no w offer
IOldar in construction. this $ 299.00 list calcu lator at onl y
$175.00, makin g it the outs tanding
ca lcu lator bu y in the USA . Comes
SANKEN HYBRID AUD IO AMPLIFIERS co mplete with charger/power sup.
AND SUPPLY KIT ply and casa. Has eight digi l dis-
play. with 16 digit capacity. Unit is
We have tnltde a fortu nate only l ~H thick . e.i ly slips in pock.
pu rcha. o f Sank.. Audio et, You C8n ch.9! it by phone to
Amplf ier Hybrid Modulon. W,th BankAtnlll icard or M. 1IIl"CNrge.
t.... you can buIld your own os..yo Calculator . . . $175.00
••ho I mp lifien at ... than the
price of diSCttlW: components. KEYBOARDS
J ust add a poww supply. and iI
chaSSIS 10 act as a ' -t sink. Th. . keyboaods . , BYailable, •
iIIustrl1ld. 20 key oalcu lator key.
~:ll li T I '
Brand . - units. in o rigina '
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dinributor. Available in threa
si•• " 10 wett l RMS (20 watt l music po-rl. 25 waItS RMS 150
" ,•• a.'f~· 're!lf contllcts brought out to edge
conl"Mlo;l:or .
wens M.P.I and 50 watts RMS (1 00 watts M.P.) per channel.-20 a Touch T lItMl Keyboard • $ 9.50
pega manul.ct urers instruction book included . Sa<1kan amplifiers a Calcu.ator Keyboerd . $ 14.50
have prOYtld 10 SImple and reliable. t hat ttwy ara being uMd for CI Alphanumeric Keyboerd $29.00
indu stri,. applieations. such as _'<'0
ampli liers and wtde band
o 80 PAGE CATALOG - Fr.. *,th an y ord. or lind $0 .25
a.boratory amplif~.
CI 10 Wan RMS Amphher $ 4.75 ALL tTEMS (WH ER E WEIGHT IS NOT SPEC. FlED )
a 25 Watt RMS Amph"er $ 14.75
POSTAGE PAID IN THE U. S. A.
0 50 Wont RMS Amp Mier $22.50
CI Complete k,t for 100 watt u nl stareo ampllflar 1200 watt C HARGES W ELCOME '
music) includ ing two 50 watt Sanken hy brids. all paru. Pho ne on ehetV'" to 617 531 ·5774 Ot 6 11 532-2323.
instructions. and nice 1/16" lhiell b.ed< anodil ed I nd punched BankAmerica rd - M..tercharge. $1 0.00 minimum. No C.O.O:s
chIIssis . . • . •. • • • . . • . • . . . • . •. • . $88.00 plealoB.
CI Same for 50 wan r mS stereo amplil ier includes two 25 watt
Sankens. etc. $58.00 B.& F. ENTERPRISES
o Same 10. 20 w.n tInS stereo, inc s two 10 wan Sank en s. Pho ne (6 11) 532·2323
I1C. • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • . $30.00
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TO-5 and T O·1 8 mixed . Un tested , but sampl ing
DIGITAL COUNTER MODULE 30MC , ,' )
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" nu rni t ro n " di splay tube .... ,"' ,11i . '
Ten brand new (on car riers) dual -in -line JK flip - WIdecimal. 1" x 4 .5 " modu le .....' r~'ilI""
fl ops-L U3 21 w ith data sheet and two pages o f w ill mou n t o n 1" ce nters.
appli ca t io n notes d escr ib ing hooku ps for - d ivid e k it S I O.Y 5 wire d and tcvted S1J
by three thro ugh ten , a nd twelve. Also self LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS
co rre ct ing ring co un ter hoo kups, etc . NE565 Phase lock loo p. TO-5 $4 .25 ea.
10 LU321 W/d 't' S4.00
TTL dual-in-line NE566 Fu nctio n Ge nera tor, DI P (8 p in) $4.25 ea
7400,7 40 1, 7402, 7404 , 7405 , 74 10, NE567 Tone decoder , DIP (8 pinl. $4 .25 ea .
74 20, 74 30, 7440, 7447 7 segme nt decoder drive r $ 1.60
745 0,7451 ,7453" , ea .S. . 25 7418 1 A rit hmet ic Logic Un it, 24 pi n, DIP $6.50
744 1 BC D de coder drive r , . 1. 15 826 1 fas t ca rry for above $2.00
7442 BCD deco de r 1.1 5 8223256 bit b ipolar fi eld programmable.
7473 d ual JK f li p-flop 65 r ead -ont v memo ry $ 10 .00
74 74 d ua l type D FF , 50 85708 bi t 5 1, PO, shift register $2.50
7475 C111 ad latl.: h 1. 1.5
7476 d ua l J K ' ·T 65 LED Red Emitti ng Lam p 60
7480 p led full adde r 80
74RJ 4 b it fu ll adde r 1.60
All IC's are new a nd fully teste d - leads ar e pla t ed
74 ~6 quad e xclusive or ga te 65
7489 64 btl RAM _ 4 .00 with gold or solder . Orders for $5 or more will be
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7419 3 up/do wn bina ry co un te r 2 .00
74 195 unv.4 bi t S R 1.1 5
82 20 parity gcn / checke r 1.00
8200 4 bit magnitude co mpara tor 1.60
828 0 preset de cad e co un te r 1. 15
828 1 p rese t hi nar y coun ter 1.1 5
8520 25 MC divide by " N"
2.0 15 , " , . 2.00
7495 4 bit SHIFT REGISTER .. , 1.1 5
85 908 bit shift register _ 2.0 0
82 70 '" bit shift register 2 .0 0
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Ten (1 0) Tele dy ne TO-S 74 1 o pera tion al a mp li fie rs
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Complete wi t h 10 tubes. c he cked o u t.
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DM·J6 24V Po we r Supptv, Ex c . Used ..
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T ech n ica l Manual ...•.......•• $2.50
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..._ $5.95
IC-604 FM TRANSMmER 20 to Zl .9 Me.
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NEW• ••••••••••••••••••••• ••••• $12.50
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ACCESSORI ES FOR BC-645
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MOUN TING 101 PE· t0 1C Dynamo tor
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CO MPLETE SE T Of 11 CO NNEC TO RS
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IC-1206-C RECEIVER Aircraft Beacon Re· wit h batteries. Excel len t Us ed S16.95
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NATIONAL DEVICES
The MiNitron readout is a rmmature direct L M 370 AGC /SQue lch am p $ 4.85
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DIP with a sealed front lens. Size a nd appearance L M 309K 5V . 1 A regulator. 3 -lead TO -3 case .
is similar to LED readouts. The big difference is Easy to use . Recommended f or all TTL circu its
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MC 1550 Motoro la R F amp S1.80 T EXA S I NST RU M EN TS
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CA3028 A RCA RF amp $1 .77 other 7-segment displays $2.25
CA 3001 RCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $6.66 7400 gates $.35
MC 1306P Motorola Y, W aud io $ 1. 10 7441 NI X IE driver $ 1.95
MC 1350P High gain R F amp/I F amp .. $1. 15 7490 decade counter $1 .40
MC 1357P FM I F amp Quadratu re det . $2.25 7475 QU1ld latch $1.40
MC 1496 Hard to fin d Bal. Mod $3.2 5 7495 shift Reg $2.00
MF C9020 Motorola 2 -Wat t audio $2.50 7493 divide bv 16 $ 1.9 0
M FC 40 10 M ulti-purpose w ide band am p $1 .25 74121 monostabte $1.8 0
MFC80 40 Low n o ise pre amp $ 1.50 7473 dual fHp -I lop $ .85
MC 1303P D ual Stereo preamp $2.7 5
FM mu lti pl exer stereo demod $ 4.9 5 M OTO RO L A DIGITAL
MC I304P
M C724 Quad z-Inpur RTL Gate $ 1.00
FETs MC788P Oua l Buffer RTL $ 1.0 0
MPF102 JFET $ .60 MC789P Hex Invert er RT L $ 1.0 0
M PF 10 5/2N5459 JFET $ .96 MC790P Dua l J-K Flip-flop $2.0 0
M PF 107/ 2N 5486 JF ET V H F/ U H F $1.26 MC799P Dua l Buffer RTL $ 1.0 0
.MPF 12 1 Low-co st dual gate VH F R F .. $ .85 MC 101 3P 8 5 MH z Flip-I lop M ECL $3.25
M FE300 7 Due t-cere $ 1.9 8 MC 1027P 120 MH z Ffip-tlop MEC L $ 4.50
406 73 $ 1.7 5 MC 10 23 M EC L Clock driver $2.50
3N 140 Du al-gate $1 .95 MC4024 Dual VCD $3.0 0
3N 14 1 D uat-gate $ 1.8 5 MC4044 FreQ. Phase Det $ 3.0 0
T R AN SISTO RS & DIODES
M PS657 1 $.60
PLESSEY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS MPSA 12 NPN Darlington gain 20 K 90
GREAT FOR SSB RCVRS AND XMTRS 2N 706 packet of 4 $ 1.0 0
SL 6 10 to w no ise 150 M Hz RF good A Ge 2N2218 packet 01 2 $ 1.0 0
...... .. . ... . . ............ $ 5.65
lN400 1 packet 01 6 $1.0 0
SL6 12 to w distort ion I F goo d A GC $5.6 5
1N4002 pac ket 01 6 $ 1.0 0
SL62 1 AGC gener at or for SSB rev r s 5 8 .30 1N4004 pack et of 6 5 1.0 0
SL620 A GC gen . SL630 Audio $ 8.30
SL630 mu ltipu rpose audio amp . _ $5.3 5
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SL 640 top performing balanced m i x er $ 10.88
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TS -642/U x -b e oc test . 1 15 v , 60 Hz . Brand
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H o n e y w ell 3 12 1 Light -beam G a lv a n o m e t e r $6 0.
Belr d .Atomtc 240 Amplifier A nalyzer . ( not VARIABLE CAPACITORS
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T S ·35A x -b en c radar Test Set . 115 v , 60 Hz
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D el t a Desig n M K 9400 " D e l t a Gua rd " C o ntro l
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Philbrick R -300 regu latea pow er supply !;;30 .00
Rutherf ord B -2A P u lse G e n e ra t o r . . . . $70 .00
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Krohn-Hite UF ·10 1A Low -Disto r t io n Po w e r
Amp l ifier. 2 0 -20K H z $90.00
A . A .C . H -l0 K ·b and test set , 23 .5 -24 .5 G Hz
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oigitec Z D-2 10 A Digita l Voltmeter . 0 - 1, 10,
100,1000 v o l ts DC $95 .00
ALDEN Helix r ecorder m odel 3 19 A . 18" wide
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TS ·268 -C Crysta l Test Set. For mic rowave shaft ; 1/ 8 " d . i n n er shaft , Y." d . o u t e r sh aft . 1
diodes $7 .50 1/8" h . x 1% " w . x 3 3 / 8 " I. ove ral l. GOti each
HICKOK 288 -X FM -AM Signal Gen . $75 .UO 2for $ 1 .00
H ·P 526 ·C Pha se angle plug ·in for 524 c o u n t e r s.
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Northeastern Engi neeri ng 14 - 2 2 C 100- 2 20
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OLSON " 6 " Sf x .rn et e r Transcei ver $55 .0 0 z -secncns, Hammarlu nd HFD , 38 pf . per sec tio n .
UTICA 650 ·A S tx -m e t er Transceiver w i t h VFO 100 0 vdc spacing . l W ' h . x 1" w . x 3 5 / 8" I.
· _ $75 .00 o v er a l l ,., , . •.. .. . .. $1 .00

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lot of rep eat e r users d e pend on a
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the Sentry Route.
That's one of the reasons you ca n
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there (precisely there) when y o u' re
ready to use it. FM 'ers use the
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