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QST 1999 ARTICLES
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December 1999
ANTENNA: Whips, Tubes and Wires: Building a 10-Meter L Antenna 52-54
DOCTOR: Cleaning Aluminum antennas, PSK31 compatible laptops, 49-50
DOCTOR: QRP & single CMOS logic chip, "Shunt-fed" tower, description 50-50
HINTS: Two Hints for the VA2ERY "Clothesline" Antenna 64-65
HINTS: Regarding Save-A-Battery--Save $40, by KE3FL 65-65
INFO: The HF-FM Link (Find a repeater link to 10 meters & wrk the...)51-51
INFO: Latitude and Longitude the Easy Way 55-55
INFO: Never Pay Airline Overweight Charges! Well, Almost Never 73-74
INFO: How Are You Controlling Your Repeater? 81-82
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 77 & Section News: 109 FD: 98 65+77+98+109
POWER: Portable AC/DC Power from Cutting Edge Enterprises 63-63
PROJECT: A PIC SWR Meter 40-43
REVIEW: The Yaesu FT-2600M VHF FM Mobile Transceiver 57-59
REVIEW: The Kenwood CS-4125 20 MHz Dual Trace Oscilloscope 60-62
REVIEW: APRS Engineering's MIM Module 62-63
SAFTEY: Protable-Generator Saftey 67-67
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (A Crossword of "Funders and Units") 56-56
TECH: A PSK31 Tuning Aid 35-37
TECH: A Direct Frequency Entry Keypad for ICOM Transceivers 38-39
TECH: Bubbles in the Ozone Layer 44-46
December 1999
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November 1999
HINTS: TS-570 Battery replacement, More SOLAR K.I.S.S. 75-75
HINTS: Quick VHF Mountaintop Antenna Setup, Tower Section Alignment 76-76
HINTS: Polarized Glasses and LCDs, More on Rewinding 24-V Relays 76-76
HISTORY: "Build It and They Will COme" Radio TV Museam, Bowie MD 31-32
HISTORY: Radio History Society, Radio TV Museam 301-390-1020 31-32
HISTORY: Keeping Tracj of OSCAR: A Short History Amateur Radio's Race 65-66
INFO: Grand Opening of On the Short Waves: www.ontheshortwaves.com 49-49
INFO: Improved Clearspeech Speaker (DSP) amcom@digisys.com 49-49
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 82 and Section News: 107 82+107
MOBILE: HamWeb: A New Approach to Mobile Data Services 33-36
OTHER OP: An Automated Meteor-Scatter Station (Not just for BIG guns!) 46-49
PROJECT: FolksRTTY II: For RTTY, AMTOR and PACTOR, Part 2 37-41
PROJECT: The DSP-10: All-Mode 2-m TXR Using DSP IF & PC-Controlled, P3 42-45
PROJECT: A Tracking Signal Generator for Use with a Spectrum Analyzer 50-52
PROJECT: PTTSound (Put your computer's sound card to work- RTTY, PSK31 60-61
REVIEW: Patcomm PC-9000 HF Plus 6-Meter Tranceiver (birdies) $800 68-71
REVIEW: The High Sierra HS-1500 HF/6-Meter Mobile Antenna $300 72-73
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Homebrewr's fantasia) 67-67
TEACHING: Radio Waves and the Ionosphere 62-64
November 1999
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October 1999
ANTENNA: Simple Offset Feeding of Wire-Element Beams 45-46
ANTENNA: 17-15-12 and Simple (rotatabe dipole) 54-56
DOCTOR: S unit, Cage Dipole antenna, Sat Doppler, On Glass Antenna 47-48
HINTS: Lamp-Life Gemlins (from KE3FL), Mobile Power Connections 64-64
HINTS: Universally Useful "GOOP", More H-T VOX Hints 65-65
HISTORY: The Smell of Radio 49-49
INFO: Regeneration and Crystal Control (HomeBrew Regen RX) 28-31
INFO: Life on the PTT, YL becomes a ham - story 50-51
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 74 and Section News: 97 74+97
PROJECT: The DSP-10: All-Mode 2-m TXR Using DSP IF & PC-Controlled, P2 33-40
PROJECT: FolksRTTY II: For RTTY, AMTOR and PACTOR, Part 1 41-44
REVIEW: The ICOM IC-2800H Dual-Band FM Tranceiver 57-60
REVIEW: The ADI AR-147 VHF FM Mobile Tranceiver 60-62
REVIEW: Tower Jack Tower Tools 62-63
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (bit-wranglers, digital electronics) 52-52
TECH: Using the MFJ-259 SWR Analyzer to Find a Short Circuit in Coax 66-66
TECH: EUFORT is Really Ufer - grounding methods around concrete 66-66
TECH: Free Energy Concentrator (Use AM broadcast RF as power!) 66-67
October 1999
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September 1999
ANTENNA: The Simple Sixer (6-m dipole)
ARES: Emergency Communication 24-24
ARES: The Case for Plain-Language Message Handling 83-83
HINTS: Mods to Yaesu FT101-update, Proper method for app of tape 79-79
HINTS: A Simple Temp Sensor for Cooling Fan Control, 79-79
HINTS: An External-Amplifier Control Circuit Fot The IC-706 MK 2 80-80
INFO: Rescuing Watery Rigs 24-24
INFO: The Universal Licensing System: The Bare Esentials 85-86
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 84 and Section News: 115 84+115
NTS: Golden Anniversary: A Look at 50 Years of the National Trf Sys 50-53
PROJECT: The DSP-10: All-Mode 2-m TXR Using DSP IF & PC-Controlled, P1 33-41
PROJECT: Beyond the QUICK (some QSK circuits for Separate Rx & Tx's) 42-45
PROJECT: An FT-1000 TTL/RS232 Level Translator (MAX232CPE) 46-47
REVIEW: The Yaesu FT-90R Dual-Band FM Mobile Transceiver 73-76
REVIEW: The Alinco DR-M03SX 10-Meter FM Mobile Transceiver 76-77
REVIEW: Mscan SSTV Software 78-78
SAT: Satellite Roundup 93-93
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! CrossWord 61-61
September 1999
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August 1999
DOCTOR: RFI in-line filetrs, Cable TC coax, RFI to computer speakers 49-50
DOCTOR: Ground causes a hum?, 49-50
HINTS: Fooling the circuit tester (Check this one!) 64-65
HINTS: Longer Dial-Lamp Life (KE3FL), Now U C it... Restoring LCDs 64-65
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 76 and Section News: 101 92+121
PROJECT: Adapting the Astatic D-104 Mic for Use with Modern TXCVRS 34-36
PROJECT: A PIC16F48-Based CW Decoder 37-40
PROJECT: An Intelligent DTMF Remote Controller 41-44
PROJECT: "Key with Vintage" CW Paddles (from a cork!) 45-46
QRP: Milliwatting: A Radio Frontier You Can Explore (QRPp) 53-54
REVIEW: The Kenwood TH-D7A Dual-band HT w.tapr.org/tapr/html/sigf.html 58-62
REVIEW: The Kenwood TH-D7A Street $440, PacTerm 98 Kantronics Host 62-63
REVIEW: Mode Terminal Program, $80 256-381-6100, www.cssincorp.com 62-63
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Autumn & Winter Contesting...) 55-55
TECH: A Needle in an RF Haystack (use DSP to find hidden signals) 51-52
TECH: Hey Elmer, What's a Trunked Radio System? 56-57
TECH: Using the Autek RF-1 with the Three Meter Method (Find R+jX) 66-67
TECH: An 80-Meter Receiving Antenna Using a Rotary Dipole (30/40 m) 56-57
August 1999
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July 1999
ANTENNA: A Five-Element, 2-Meter Yagi for $20 34-37
ANTENNA: An Indoor Loop for Satellite Work 55-55
DOCTOR: 3-antennas same tower, Common mode, skin effect 50-51
HINTS: LCDs use retarder film, cable label, clean up ol' smokey 64-65
HINTS: extra hands-doorbell switch, cleaning relay contacts. 64-65
PROJECT: The DWM-4: A Microprocessor Controlled Multichannel Wattmeter 42-46
PROJECT: Give your Station a "Factory Face Lift" 47-49
PROJECT: The Poor Man's Paddle 53-54
REVIEW: ICOM IC-706MKIIG HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver ($1400 street) 57-61
REVIEW: The AOR AR7000B Wide Range Communications Receiver 61-63
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (A tower project is a difficult ...) 56-56
TEACHING: Help Your Child Earn a Ticket 32-33
TECH: Surface Mount Technology-- You CAN Work with it! (Part 4) 36-41
July 1999
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June 1999
ANTENNA: A Simple 50-ohm Feed for W8JK Beams 41-42
ANTENNA: ASimple Killer Antenna 56-57
FOX: A Doppler Radio-Direction Finder (Part - 2) 37-40
HINTS: & Kinks: Simplified Antenna Current Monitoring (more info) 75-76
INFO: Correspondence: Stereo Code 24-25
INFO: RF Safety at Field Day 48-51
INFO: How to Choose and Use a Portable Power Generator 59-61
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
PROJECT: The QUICK: QRP Under Integrated Control from the Keyer 43-47
REVIEW: The Yaesu FT-100 MF/HF/VHF/UHF All-Mode Transceiver 67-72
REVIEW: Hamtronics R139 Weather Satellite Receiver 72-74
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Field Day Crossword) 58-58
TECH: Testing Matching and Loading Networks at Full Power 77-78
TECH: Surface Mount Technology-- You CAN Work with it! (Part 3) 34-36
UHF/VHF: The Little Satellite that Could (www.erols.com/hheidt/) 92-92
June 1999
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May 1999
ARES: Emergency Communication: Shifting Needs of Served Agencies 32-34
FOX: The 1998 IARU World Championships (ARDF) 28-31
FOX: A Doppler Radio-Direction Finder 35-40
FIX: Hint & Kinks - A New Life for Your FT-101 (New finals) 68-69
INFO: Thanks for the Memories: Why Logging is Important! 57-59
INFO: New Prod: Man-Pack HF Radio Carrier cee-cruzio.com 831-4260115 83-83
INFO: New Product: The Coleman "Ultimite" Portable Generator 90-90
INFO: Beacon web site: www.airnav.com/navaids/ 54-54
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 82 and Section News: 101 82+101
MODES: PSK31 -- Has RTTY's Replacement Arrived? 41-44
PROJECT: The MFJ-9420D (D=Delux) (Some good cw mods to the SSB rig) 45-47
REVIEW: The Kenwood TS-570s(G) HF/6-Meter Transceiver ($2070/1400) 61-63
REVIEW: The Yaesu VX-5R Tri-band H-T (full pwr, $429/350) 64-66
REVIEW: The ICOM IC-Q7A Dual-band H-T (~300mW $239/205) 66-67
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (on-the-air savior-faire) 60-60
TECH: Surface Mount Technology-- You CAN Work with it! (Part 2) 48-50
TECH: A Box Too Far? (Distance measurement to the repeater) 51-52
UHF/VHF: VHF FM Portable in Japan 55-56
May 1999
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April 1999
ANTENNA: Two on 10 (Two element 10-meter beam) 67-69
BOOK: Joe Carr's Circuit Toolkit (Analog circuits, 256 pgs) Sams 51-51
BOOK: Joe Carr's Circuit Toolkit 317-298-5789 www.hwsams.com 51-51
DX: How's DX? - Do-It-Yourself Propagation Predictions 93-94
FIX: DIY Ham Radio Repair (Good reading, do it!) 64-66
FOOL: The Smoketron (Field-repairable solid-state components) 59-60
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 89 and Section News: 105 89+105
MODES: The "New" HF Digital Modes (Feld-Hell, MT-Hell, PSK-31) 50-51
POWER: Which Battery Should You Use in Your Equipment? (Li-Ion) 40-42
PROJECT: A broadband HF Amplifier Using Low-Cost Power MOSFETs, Part 2 43-46
PROJECT: The QRP Buddy (A test box to battle Murphy) 47-49
PROJECT: The Crystal Radio Dec 1997: Crystal-Receiver Improvements 80-80
REVIEW: Maha-Rexon RL-501, RL-115 & RL-112 maharexon@maha-comm.com 72-75
REVIEW: Hi-Res Comunications Collins -2 Video (Abt HF Tranceivers) 77-78
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Whats' the word? Word Up!) 63-63
TEACHING: A brief Guid to Phase-Locked Loops 70-71
TECH: Surface Mount Technology-- You CAN Work with it! 33-39
TECH: Electrical Safety, Battery Power Source Add-Ons 81-82
April 1999
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March 1999
ANTENNA: W2DU balum (Walt Maxwell) New Ham Companion 52-52
CLASSIC: The Collins Collectors Association 31-33
HINTS: & Kinks: Beware of Wireless Phone-Jack Systems (RFI) 76-76
HINTS: & Kinks: Revisions to Simplified Antenna Current Monitoring 77-77
HINTS: & Kinks: Speaker-Mike Modifications (more helpful info) 77-77
INFO: Salvaging Waterlogged Gear 54-55
INFO: Contest Fun for Everyone 57-58
INFO: Part 76: Cable Regulations & the Amateur - Part 2 83-84
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 80 and Section News: 109 80+109
NEW: Vintage Radio Kit (Tubes) www.mnsinc.com/bry/vintage.htm 75-75
NEW: Alpha Delta (Titanic Key $150) 606-598-2029 75-75
NEW: HAMCO Catalog (Hidden Antennas) 75-75
NEW: HAMCO Ste F239193, Round-bottm Rd Cincinatti OH 45244-3026 75-75
OUTSIDE: Hamming From an Igloo 28-30
PROJECT: A broadband HF Amplifier Using Low-Cost Power MOSFETs, Part 1 40-43
PROJECT: A Binaural I-Q Receiver 44-48
PROJECT: PIC Development on a Shoestring 49-51
REVIEW: The Alinco DR-140TQ 2-Meter FM Mobile Transceiver (basic) 71-72
REVIEW: The Ten-Tec RX-320 PC Radio 73-75
SAT: Meet the Multifaceted SUNSAT! (Amateur Satellites) 90-90
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (pick the question) 56-56
UHF/VHF: Microwave Help (the US amateur Bands, Manufacturers etc) 85-87
March 1999
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February 1999
ANTENNA: A Briefcase-Portable HF/VHF Antenna 41-43
ANTENNA: The W7DE Balloon Erection Scheme 54-54
BALLOON: Ham Radio Ballooning to Near Space 47-50
HINTS: Longer Lamp Life, IC Sockets, 6146B Substitution 69-70
INFO: Lamp replacement with LED www.ddp-leds.com 24-24
INFO: QSL Certificates (roll your own) 57-58
INFO: PIC Microcontroller Reflectr majordomo@qth.net subscribe ham pic 89
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: -- and Section News: 93 92+121
PROJECT: An RF Current Probe for Amateur Use (simple to build) 1N34's 34-34
PROJECT: A Synthesized 2-Meter FM Receiver with PC Control 35-40
REVIEW: Japan Radio Company NRD-545 DSP Receiver $2000+400+130 62-64
REVIEW: The TiePie Engineering uScope $120 64-67
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (head-scratching problems) 59-59
TEACHING: TECH: Second-Harmonic-Optimized Low-Pass Filters 44-46
TEACHING: TECH: An Introduction to Op Amps 55-56
TECH: Comments on a "Voice Balancing Audio Peak Clipper" 71-72
UHF/VHF: Leonids Fireballs (Nov 16, 1999 2300 Z - nodal time) 83-84
February 1999
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January 1999
ANTENNA: Rotator Magic! 34-40
ANTENNA: Roll Your Own Dipole (A variable length Dipole on rolls) 50-51
HINTS: A use for Junk-Box Crystals/Simplified Antenna Current Monitor 61-62
INFO: Hot Keyboards ona Cold Weekend! (ARRL RTTY Roundup) 52-53
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 72 and Section News: 93 72+93
PROJECT: An MC-80 and MC-85 Microphone Modification 33-33
PROJECT: A 13.8-V, 40-A Switching Power Supply Part-2 41-44
REVIEW: The ICOM IC-2100H 2-Meter FM Mobile Transceiver 55-57
REVIEW: Alinco DJ-280T, Pryme PR-222/PR-52 Handheld Transceivers 57-60
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge!
TEACHING: Getting More Voltage Out of a Regulator IC (7805 up to 9V) 45/65
TECH: Calculating Wire Lengths for Winding Toroids, UPS power Sup 63-65
January 1999
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QST 1998 ARTICLES
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December 1998
ANTENNA: MFJ's Portable 6-Meter J-Pole 41-41
ANTENNA: An Inexpensive Az-E1 Rotator System 42-46
ANTENNA: The Doctor is IN, Antenna Tuners, G5RV info 52-53
BOOK: The Microcontroller Beginner's Handbook 59-59
BOOK: AERIALS III 71-71
DX: Test Your Knowledge! A Challenging quiz for the DXer/wannabe 60-60
INFO: Low Power, Crummy Antenna (LPCA) - good ideas! 57-59
INFO: New Radio Electronics Catalog From NEMAL http://www.nemal.com 59-59
INFO: Soldering Iron Control, Strain Relief 4 Nylon connectors 62-62
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 83 and Section News: 115 92+121
PROJECT: FREQ-Mite-- A programmable Morse Code Frequency Readout 34-36
PROJECT: A 13.8-V, 40-A Switching Power Supply 37-41
PROJECT: An Easy DTMF Switch 55-56
REVIEW: The Kenwood VC-H1 Interactive Visual Communicator 65-67
REVIEW: The M2 6M7JHV 6-Meter Yagi Antenna 67-69
REVIEW: PC Electronics TC70-10 70cm ATV Transceiver 69-71
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge!
WEB: New "TubeZone" Web Site from SVETLANA http://www.svetlana.com 64-64
December 1998
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November 1998
ANTENNA: A Rotatable 10 Meter Dipole 40-42
ANTENNA: The Second-Floor Solution 59-60
ANTENNA: Hints & Kinks: Tower Safety, sealing rotators 71-73
HISTORY: Zenith's "One-and-Only" Ham Receiver 47-49
INFO: HF Amplifiers versus Antennas- One Ham's Opinion 54-56
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 86 (PSHR) and Section News: 117 86+117
PROJECT: The Micro McElroy (catch speeders using CW keyboards) 35-39
PROJECT: Channel Watch: A multiple-Frequency Activity Monitor 43-46
REVIEW: QST Compares: Dual-Band FM Mobile Tranceivers, ICOM IC-207H 62-64
REVIEW: QST Compares: Kenwood TM-V7A, TM-G707A, Standard C510A + dock 64-67
REVIEW: QST Compares: Yaesu FT-8100R 67-68
REVIEW: The MFJ-224 2-Meter FM Analyzer 68-70
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (10 guaranteed brain busters) 61-61
TECH: Exploring 136 kHz 30-30
November 1998
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October 1998
ANTENNA: A Fox-Hunting DF Twin 'Tenna 41-44
ANTENNA: An Efficient Multiband Vertical for 160 through 20 Meters 45-49
ANTENNA: One Stealthy Wire 61-63
ARES: Keeping up with Disaster Communications Technology 87-87
ARRL: Members Only Web Site: www.arrl.org/members/ 30-31
ARRL: Contact the ARRL Web Extra on-line pub: awextra@arrl.org 30-31
DOCTOR: Parallel Dipoles, VHF marine radio frequancies, discone ant 59-60
DX: The Internet: A Tool for the DXer -- Part Two 90-91
FOX: Foc Hunting is Practical and Fun! (//members.aol.com/homingin) 68-69
HINTS: Magnetic Tuner Rings, Latching AC Relays 78-79
INFO: Welcome to Rentsville, DX (Apartment antennas) 66-67
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 89 and Section News: 119 92+121
PROJECT: A Battery-Voltage Indicator 50-51
REVIEW: SGC SG-2020 Transceiver ($625) (listed) 71-74
REVIEW: Alinco's Amazing Credit Card H-Ts 74-77
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Crossword Antennas & TX-line) 70-70
TECH: Using PIC Microcontrollers in Amateur radio projects 34-40
TECH: Unlicensed Devices and You: A Part-15 Primer 94-95
October 1998
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September 1998
ANTENNA: An Improved 1/3 Wavelength Dipole 41-45
ANTENNA: An Easy-Up and Easy-to-Store Field-Day Dipole (80/40) 78-79
ARES: Happenings: Hams Eat Smoke in Florida 56-57
ARRL: Members Only Web Page: http://www.arrl.org/members/ 58-58
COAX: See below under TECH: 75 Ohm coax 80-81
DOCTOR: Ground Plane Antenna for HF? Numbers stations 61-62
DX: The Internet: A Tool for the DXer -- Part 1 82-82
INFO: Ham Radio on Campus 64-64
INTERNET: Creating Your Own Wireless WWW Page 91-91
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 85 and Section News: 105 85+105
PACKET: A "Sharp" PC for Ultr-Portable Packet 65-66
PROJECT: A Versatile, High-Capacity Battery Power Source 33-36
PROJECT: A Spectrum Analyzer for the Radio Amateur -- Part 2 37-40
PROJECT: The HZX Headphone Adapter 67-97
QRP: See Review Below, Ten-Tec puts out 3 W 76-77
REVIEW: ICOM IC-746 MF/HF/VHF $2300, Ten-Tec T-Kit Model 1340 TX Kit 70-77
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (How well do you know HAM history?) 63-63
TECH: Replacing 50 ohm Coaxial Line with 75 ohm CATV Hardline 80-81
TECH: The World Above 50 MHz: The Hook Effects (Doppler) 86-87
September 1998
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August 1998
ANTENNA: Build A Portable Antenna 44-46
ATV: PC Electronics Transmitter 440Hz $440 - tomsmb@aol.com 43-43
INFO: Hints & Kinks - Mobile installations, fiberglass bodies 72-73
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 87 and Section News: 107 107
PEOPLE: Thanks, Barry (Goldwater) K7UGA 50-51
PEOPLE: Ham Radio's Friend in Congress: Senator Barry Goldwater, SK 76-76
PROJECT: A Spectrum Analyzer for the Radio Amateur 35-43
PROJECT: A PPT Repeater box you can build (PTT meny things!) 60-62
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-847 HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver (HF/6/2/&440) $2400 64-69
REVIEW: ICOM IC-T8A Multiband Hand-held Transceiver (6/2/440) $420 69-71
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! 63-63
TECH: NEW HAM COMPANION The Doctor is IN - dielectric constants, 52-52
TECH: " Male BNC installation, FM limiter, knife-edge diffraction 52-53
YL: YL's Gather at Dayton '98 - YLRL Web site: 95-95
YL: YLRL Web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~tenmtryl/ylrl 95-95
August 1998
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July 1998
ANTENNA: Wyoming Hams Corral City & County Antenna Restrictions 47-48
ANTENNA: The Clothesline Antenna (Interesting way to change bands!) 56-58
ANTENNA: Simple Antennas for 6 Meters (The World Above 50 MHz) 82-83
COMPUTER: The Line on Linux 89-89
DOCTOR: RF getting in electronic thermostats, negative keying circuit 54-55
DX: Fleshing out the new DXCC rules 85-86
EMI/RFI: Who's Responsible? The ABC's of RFI and FCC Rules (Q&A) 90-91
FM/RPT: Your Technician Accent---Part Deux! 81-81
HINTS: Protection for '723 Series Voltage Regulators 68-69
HINTS: A Mirage A1015G RF Keying Modification 69-69
HISTORY: Memories of a Toy Key 49-50
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
PROJECT: FAX480 and SSTV Interfaces and Software 32-35
PROJECT: A GPS-Based Frequency Standard 37-43
PROJECT: A Voice-Balancing Audio Peak Clipper 45-46
REVIEW: ICOM IC-PCR1000 Computer-controlled Communications Receiver 62-65
REVIEW: Agrelo Engineering DFjr Professional Radio Direction Finder 66-67
SOFTWARE HAMCALC Version 31: 200 Free electronic design programs 44-44
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (a crossword puzzle) 61-61
TEACHING: Converting between dBm, milliwatts and Watts 70-70
July 1998
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June 1998
ANTENNA: Directional Antennas for Field Day 30-34
ANTENNA: The Doctor is IN: Inverted-L, A simple RF sniffer 45-46
ANTENNA: Hints & Kinks: The Top-Loaded Delta Loop Revisited 45-46
INFO: Digital Dimension: Found in Space (APRS satellite tracking) 80-80
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 74 and Section News: 101 92+121
PROJECT: The OCR Receiver 35-38
PROJECT: Clean Up Your Signals with Band-Pass Filters, Part 2 39-42
PROJECT: Home-brewing in the Internet Age (rec.radio.amateur.homebrew) 49-50
PROJECT: Technical Correspondence: An HF Polarimeter, Unwanted Emission 61-62
QRP: QRP Field Day Survival Guide 28-29
REVIEW: Alinco DX-77T MF/HF Transceiver ($1059) 52-55
REVIEW: Autek Research RF5 VHF Analyst 56-58
SAT: "Secret" DX from the Fuji Satellites (Mode J, 2m up 70cm dwn) 79-79
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! ..vacuum-encapsulated heated valves... 51-51
UHF/VHF: Two-Meter Transatlantic Update 75-76
June 1998
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May 1998
ANTENNA: The V-Yagi: A Lightweight Rotatable Antenna for 40 Meters 38-40
BOOK: RadioScience Observing by Joseph J Carr K4IPV (Sams) $30 48-48
DX: Via The Bureau (A glimps inside the US incoming QSL b system) 61-61
GATEWAY A Conversation with... Steve Waterman, K4CJX 50-51
GATEWAY A Conversation with... http://home.earthlink.net/~WinLink/ 50-51
INFO: RealAudio http://www.real.com/ 77-77
INFO: Vacuum Tube Data Manual CD ROM //members.aol.com/EPSweb/vtdata 79-79
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 85 and Section News: 111 92+121
PACKET: Ham Radio on the High Iron (train ride & packet radio) 58-59
PROJECT: An Inexpensive, Remote-Base Station Controller .. Basic Stamp 33-37
PROJECT: A Rugged, Compact Attenuator (VHF Antenna) 41-43
PROJECT: Clean Up Your Signals with Band-Pass Filters 44-48
PROJECT: The Cube Tamer (AC/DC power cube filter) 55-57
REVIEW: Kachina 505DSP HF Transceiver (Computer only!) 63-69
REVIEW: Cherokee AH-50 6-Meter Hand-held Transceiver 69-70
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (How's Your Skyhook & feeder savvy?) 60-60
TECH: Hum Problems When Switching the K9AY Loops 73-73
May 1998
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April 1998
ANTENNA: A Low-Impact Antenna Support for School Demonstrations 75-76
ARES: The "MO" of MOUs Rick Palm K1CE 86-87
CW: High-Speed CW and Meteor Scatter - An Exciting VHF DX Medium 34-39
CW: CW POETRY? (Strays) bfrahm@colby.ixks.com - Bruce Frahm 65-65
DSP: A High-Performance, Single-Signal, Direct-Conversion RX w DSP 40-45
FM/RPT: SAFEX II: The MIR Space Station repeater 64-65
FM/RPT: Your Technician Accent...And What to do About it! 88-88
FUN: A Low-Cost, Broadband Mobile Antenna (April Fool's Day) 33-33
INFO: AMTRAK freq: www.trainweb.com/traking/amtrak/amtfreqw.html 60-60
INFO: AMTRAK freq: 160 - 162 MHz 60-60
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: -- and Section News: 111 --+111
PROJECT: A Zenith Goes Home (Fixing old radios) 51-53
PROJECT: Build Your Own Microphone Headset 61-63
REVIEW: QST Compares: Dual-band Hand-Held Transceivers ADI AT-600 67-68
REVIEW: Kenwood TH-G71A, Standard C510A, YAESU VX-1R 68-73
REVIEW: MFJ-1026 Delux Noise Canceling Signal Enhancer 73-74
RTTY: VolksRTTY - An Improved HamComm Interface <$40 + AMTOR 46-50
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! 66-66
TEACHING: VHF/UHF and Repeaters: The Basics 93-93
TECH: Antenna Ads in ARRL Publications (Policy & minimum info) 54-56
UHF/VHF: VHF/UHF Handbook $35 ARRL - good homebrewing info 39-39
April 1998
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March 1998
ANTENNA: Make Your Own "Rubber Duckies" (HT Antenna) 37-38
ANTENNA: Build Efficient, Short Vertical Antennas 39-44
ANTENNA: A Reduced-Size Half SLoper For 160 Meters 54-56
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 88 and Section News: 103 92+121
PROJECT: MikeMaster--A Microphone Preamplifier with Noise Gating... 33-36
REVIEW: Compact and Portable Antenna Roundup - Alpha Delta Outreach 72-73
REVIEW: Portable Antenna Roundup - Bilal Isotron 73-74
REVIEW: Portable Antenna Roundup - Force 12 ZR-3 Multiband Vertical 74-75
REVIEW: Portable Antenna Roundup - MFJ Model 1788 Super HI-Q Loop 75-76
REVIEW: Portable Antenna Roundup - Traffie Hex Beam II Protable Array 76-78
REVIEW: Palomar Model AN-7 (Antronic Multiwip) HF/VHF Mobile Antenna 78-79
TEACHING: Helping New Hams Get Started 46-49
TEACHING: Understanding UTC 57-57
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Reall, really high frequencies 58-58
TEACHING: Hints & Kinks: Return Loss, reflection Coeff, SWR Conversion 80-80
March 1998
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February 1998
ANTENNA: Hints & Kinks: Make Antenna Center Insulators From PVC caps 70-70
COMPUTER: Supercomputers in Your Shack: Build, Don't Buy 56-60
CORRECT: FCC RF-Exposure Table (three errors) 72-72
CORRECT: A Half-Square Array for 40 Meters - Tune-up correction 72-72
CORRECT: Build A Return Loss Bridge (R1-R3, not R1-R2 junction) 72-72
INTERNET: An Internet Ham Radio Receiver 48-51
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 83 and Section News: 101 83+101
PROJECT: Build Your Own Network Analyzer -- Part 2 35-39
PROJECT: A Simple CW Transmitter for 80 and 40 Meters 40-42
PROJECT: Build Your Own Code Keys! 54-55
REVIEW: Patcomm PC-16000 HF Transceiver $1650, 516-862-6512 62-66
REVIEW: Command Technologies Commander VHF 1200 6-Meter Linear Amp 62-66
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Meet our three-legged friend-transistor 61-61
TECH: Wire Size, Detect Meteor Shower, MWA Amps, Lightning 71-71
UHF/VHF: Microwaves in Your Backyard 43-46
February 1998
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January 1998
ANTENNA: A Half-Square Array for 40 Meters 46-49
ANTENNA: A 2-Meter Phased-Array Antenna 61-63
EMI/RFI: RFI TV Damage--Part 2 (Technical Correspondance) 80-81
HF: Globe Hopping--Digitally! (HF RTTY) 67-70
HF: The Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide 72-72
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: -- and Section News: 115 +115
MORSE: Hints & Kinks, A Morse Code Adapter for FM Transceivers 78-79
PROJECT: A PIC of an IDer (tips programming PICs) 36-38
PROJECT: Build Your Own Network Analyzer -- Part 1 39-45
REVIEW: ICOM IC-706MkII MF/HF/VHF Transceiver (160, - 6, & 2 meters) 73-77
RF Expo: FCC RF-Exposure Regulations--the Station Evaluation 50-55
SAT: AO-27: An FM Repeater in the Sky 64-65
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Radio Specifications) 66-66
January 1998
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QST 1997 ARTICLES
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December 1997
ARES: Public Service: Hospital Emergency Comm- Filling the Mission 83-84
INFO: The Digital Audio Radio Service (what's coming) 44-47
INFO: Which Solar Activity Measurement Should I Use? (Tech Corresp) 71-72
INFO: General Rules for All ARRL Contests 100-04
INTERNET: FM & Repeater: The Internet--Repeater Connection 90-90
INTERNET: The Reulatory Information Branch Web Page: http://www.arrl.org 92-92
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 85 (110) and Section News: 119 92+119
MOBILE: On the Road: The Joys of HF Mobile 51-54
PRODUCT: The Island Memory Kit, Add memory to keyers 414-847-2761 $20 35-35
PROJECT: A Computer Keyboard CW Encoder 32-35
PROJECT: The Triple Trickler (3 battery charger) 36-38
PROJECT: An Ultra-Simple Receiver For 6 Meters 39-41
PROJECT: The Crystal Radio (What's old is new again!) 56-57
PROJECT: Hints & Kinks: Rewinding Relays for 12V Operation 69-70
PROJECT: Paint Spray Heads as Knobs, & A Good Sidetone Oscillator 70-70
QRP: HF QRP "Foxhunting" (Winter weekday evening fun!) 58-59
REVIEW: QST Compares: Economy and No-Frills 2-Meter FM Hand-Held TXs 60-68
REVIEW: ADI AT-201, Alinco DJ-190T & DJ-S11T, ICOM IC-T2A 61-65
REVIEW: Kenwood TH-235A, Midland 73-030, & Standard C156 65-68
SK: Doug DeMaw, W1FB dies Sept 28 at age 71 frm leukemia 73-73
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Contacts & connectors) 55-55
TEACHING: Strays: Blast from the Past (Morse CW decoder table) 98-98
December 1997
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November 1997
ANTENNA: A Lox-Budget, Rotatable 17 Meter Loop (Cable TV cable) 35-35
ANTENNA: A Packable Antenna for 80 throught 2 Meters (Ol' Hustler) 43-44
ANTENNA: Beverage Antenna explained (New Ham Companion) 47-48
ANTENNA: A Fold-Over, All-Band Mobile Antenna (Hints & Kinks) 68-69
ANTENNA: Complex Transmission Line Characteristic Impedance- (Tech Cor) 70-71
INFO: Sporadic E- A Mystery Solved? Part 2 38-42
INFO: Wire size, diamater, & resistance/1000' (New Ham Companion) 47-47
INFO: Toning Down Alerts (EAS: A new tech 4 WX alerts & emergencies) 50-51
INFO: Ultra Simple WA1W Receiver Notes (Technical Coorespondence) 70-70
INTERNET: http://www.dx-is.com DX interlink to DX packet 88-88
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 84 (84 pts) Section News: 109 92+109
KE3FL: Field Day 1997 Pg 106, 1B-1 Op Battery 106
PROJECT: A MMIC Preamp for "DC to Daylight" 32-34
PROJECT: Audio Preamp with AGC and Feedback to Improve AM Fidelity 36-37
PROJECT: A Six-Channel Distribution Amplifier (audio distribution) 52-54
PROJECT: A Simple Microphone/TNC/SSTV Switch 55-57
REVIEW: Ten-Tec OMNI VI MF.HF Transceiver Model 564 ($2585) + pwrsup 58-61
REVIEW: SSB Electronic LT2S MK II 2-Meter Transverter ($890) 62-63
REVIEW: M2 2M12 Yagi Antenna 63-64
REVIEW: Drake TR270 FM Transceiver 64-67
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (batteries) Que #6 = + term = Anode! 49-49
November 1997
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October 1997
ANTENNA: Rugged Coil Forms and Weatherproof Enclosures 48-50
ANTENNA: A Portable Ground Plane for Mobile Antennas 69-71
ANTENNA: Hints & Kinks: An Extension Ladder Support for Small Antennas 80-81
CONTEST: An Average Op's Guide to Contesting Fun 57-60
DX: How's DX? - Now! (program NCDXF/IARU) .ncdxf.org/beacon.htm 46-47
DOC is in Q#5 about feed-line, use program TL web site see ARRL programs 62-62
FCC: What's New About the FCC's New RF-Exposure Regulations? 51-52
FIX: Homebrew Your Own Inductors (see Aug 97 pg 35) 83-83
FIX: The Cycle Master (Sept 97 pg 37-42) .arrl.org/notes.qst/ 83-83
HISTORY: MFJ: A Silver Anniversary Success Story 55-56
HUMOR: Dilbert comic :) 21-21
INFO: Sporadic E- A Mystery Solved? Part 1 39-41
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 94 and Section News: 117 92+121
METEOR: Catch a Falling Star, guide to meteor-scatter communication 63-67
PRODUCTS: BS-25 Automatic Batt Saver frm Oak Bay Tech 360-437-0718 45-45
PROGRAM: Improve CW Reception Using "Stereo" - DSP Blaster software 97-97
PROGRAM: DSP Blaster software, k6sti@n2.net 760-599-4962 $125 97-97
PROJECT: The 40M SLR- a Shielded-Loop Receiver 33-38
PROJECT: TiCK-2 - The Tiny CMOS Keyer 2 42-45
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-920 MF/HF/6 Meter Transceiver $2300 72-77
REVIEW: Drake SW1 77/8 Radio Shack DX-394 78/9 <$300 LW/MW/HF RX 77-79
October 1997
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September 1997
ANTENNA: Build A Return Loss Bridge 34-36
ANTENNA: The K9AY Terminated Loop- A Compact, Directional RX Antenna 43-46
ERROR: CW With Your H-T, C2 == 0.01uf 83-83
ERROR: A Remote Antenna Selector Switch, QST Aug 97 Pg 40-43 83-83
INFO: The NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Project 47-48
INFO: Getting Started with Slow Scan Television 53-56
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: -- and Section News: 121 121
PROJECT: The Cycle Master, freq control 37-42
PROJECT: The MRX-40 Mini Receiver 59-60
PROJECT: Hints & Kinks: A Simple Voice Keyer 80-80
REVIEW: A QST Roundup: Three Leagal-Limit Linear Amplifiers 72-76
REVIEW: Alpha/Power 91B (72-4), Ameritron AL-800H (74-5), 72-75
REVIEW: QRO Technologies HF-2500DX 75-76
REVIEW: Raibeam RB-206B Two-Element 6 Meter Beam 77-78
REVIEW: Timewave DSP-59Y Audio Noise Reduction Filter 78-79
SAT: A Phase 3D Jump Start, It's not too early to prepare... 57-58
September 1997
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August 1997
ANTENNA: A Remote Antenna Selector Switch [Fix: Sept QST p 83] 40-43
ANTENNA: New Ham Companion The Doctor is IN (Periscope antenna) 50-51
ARES: A Learning Experience (.. 1996 Simulated Emergency Test.) SET 47-49
CB: 26.96 - 27.23 MHz 9-09
FOX: Celestial Fox Hunts (... search-and-rescue satellite system) 44-46
KE3FL: SET reports: 48 & 49 and Section News: 103 48+103
NET: Radios in the Kitchen (... communter Net control...) 56-57
REVIEW: Cushcraft R7000 Multiband Vertical Antenna 59-60
REVIEW: A Portable Shortwave Receiver Roundup, Grundig YB-400 60-61
REVIEW: Panasonic RF-B45, Sangean ATS-909, Sony ICF-2010 62-64
REVIEW: Radio Shack Probe-Style Oscilloscope 65-66
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge (.. about Emergency Service ...) 58-58
TECH: Homebrew Your Own Inductors! (Fix Oct 97 pg 83) 33-35
TIPS: Hints & Kinks (... Reverse-a-probe, Mike-switch cures ...) 67-68
WX: An Easy Way to Copy the Weather Satellites 36-39
August 1997
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July 1997
ANTENNA: Loop Ant & Radials/counterpoises (The Dr is IN) 50-51
ANTENNA: Two for the Price of One, Add 6 meters to your existing dipole 56-57
BOOK: Build Your Own Intelligent Amateur Radio Transceiver- review 34-34
BOOK: Radio-Frequency Electronics Circuits and Applications OK 43-43
HISTORY: The Day the Army Invaded W4TLV (VHF) 48-49
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: -- and Section News: 105 105
MOBILE: Computer Control for Mobile Ham Radio Operation 44-47
PROJECT: A Parallel Port Adapter for JVFAX 35-39
PROJECT: My All-Purpose Voltage Booster (switching supply) 40-43
PROJECT: CW With Your H-T (Copy & DO IT!) [fix: Sept QST Pg 83] 53-54
PROJECT: Computer Control for IC-245 Transceivers (ICOM) 66-67
REVIEW: QST Compares: Dual-Band FM Hand-Held Transceivers 58-65
REVIEW: ALINCO DJ-G5TH $382 * ICOM IC-T7A $303 * IC-W32A $407 59-62
REVIEW: Standard C508A $287 * Yaesu FT-50R $347+ 62-65
TECH: Diode "Protection" & The SWR Analyzer & Transmission Lines 68-68
July 1997
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June 1997
ANTENNA: Try a Twelfth-Wave Transformer, coax 50 & 75 ohm 43-44
APRS: Position Reporting with APRS 60-63
BOOK: So What's New in the Newest ARRL Antenna Book? 36-38
EMI/RFI: Technical Correspondence: RF Chokes Choke Touch-Lamp RFI 74-74
INFO: Broadbanding the Arecibo Dish (Radio Telescope) 28-32
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 89/KG6TU Section News: 119 89+119
PROJECT: The Microwatter (10uW - 10nW) 3533-
PROJECT: High-Efficiency Class-E Power Amplifiers - Part 2 39-42
PROJECT: The 12 Volt Pup: A DC Generator You Can Build 45-48
PROJECT: Hints& Kinks: Build A Vacuum-Tube Product Detector 72-73
REVIEW: Ten-Tec Centaur Model 411 HF Linear Amplifier (600W) $750 66-68
REVIEW: AOR AR7030 Communications Receiver $1400 68-71
REVIEW: Radio Shack Model 21-527 Digital SWR/Pwr Meter HF-VHF $60 71-71
TEACHING: Let's Talk Transmission Lines (GOOD COPY KEEP!) 57-59
June 1997
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May 1997
ANTENNA: A Skyhook for the '90s (miniature blimp) 31-33
ANTENNA: Twister, a la ANtenna! Get VHF/UHF beam up in the air & twist 54-55
ANTENNA: The Bend Dipole (Evaluation with software) 56-57
ANTENNA: The Mini-Five Beam for 2-m attic installations! GOOD! 58-59
ANTENNA: In-Line Surge Protector from LYNICS 770-502-9827 71-71
ANTENNA: Tech Corresp: Modifying the "Slant-Wire Special" for More gain 74-75
BOOK: W6SAI HF Antenna Handbook, not highly analytical, ideas try 47-47
INFO: Reciprocal Licensing Agreements with the US 53-53
INFO: Time on Your Side Inexpensive, high-precision time services 61-62
INFO: Hints & Kinks, fast & Easy Printed Circut Boards 72-73
INFO: WWCR Mondays at 1000 UTC on 3.120 MHz - "Ham Radio & More" 78-78
INFO: The War of the Web Browsers: ..microsoft.com & ..netscape.com 91-91
KITS: JADE Prod, Curtis Keyer $40 - djade@hampstead.k1.nh.us 33-33
PROJECT: An Ultr Simple W1AW Receiver (regen RX) 34-35
PROJECT: A PIC-Based Digital Frequency Display 36-38
PROJECT: High-Efficiency Class-E Power Amplifiers - Part 1 39-42
REVIEW: ICOM IC-756 MF/HF/VHF Transiever 63-68
REVIEW: Japan Radio Co. NRD-535D HF Receiver 68-71
SAT: Get Ready for Phase 3D! Part 5- Everything but the kitchen si 28-30
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! A tricky test for homebrewers. 60-60
May 1997
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April 1997
ANTENNA: A 3-Band No-Tune APEX Loading Network for an 80-m Inverted-L 67-68
ANTENNA: AN-7 Slim 80-2M Mobile ant: Palomar 75353.2175@compuserve $250 71-71
HISTORY: Heathkit's 50th: The Green Turns to Gold 42-43
HUMOR: Tips on How to Break in New Coax 44-44
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 83 and Section News: 107 83+107
KITS: A Single-Board QRP SSB Transceiver for 20 or 75 Meters 29-33
KITS: TEN-TEC QRP CW Transceiver Kits 80/40/30/20 m sales@tentec.com 47-47
PROJECT: DTMF/LT Decoding Made Easy - control just about anything 34-36
PROJECT: The PortaPeater - record & playback msgs = 20sec long 37-39
REVIEW: TASCO Electronics TSC-70U Slow-Scan TV System 59-61
REVIEW: ICOM IC-R8500 Communications Receiver $2400 61-64
REVIEW: Tigertronics BayPac BP-2M Multimode Modem (small TNC) $70 64-65
REVIEW: Alpha Delta Communicatios Model Variable Responce Console $250 65-66
SAT: Get Ready for Phase 3D! Part 4- Conquering your fear 45-47
SAT: AMRAD-OSCAR 27 input: 145.850 output: 436.800 FM 51-51
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (rules & regs!) 57-57
TECH: Re-Exploring HF/VHF Digital & Image Mode on the Cheap 69-69
April 1997
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March 1997
ANTENNA: The ATL-10 Antenna Tuner & antenna 4 bands!, project 30-32
ANTENNA: Monopole Tower Antenna (Hints & Kinks) 78-79
ANTENNA: The Dual Rhomboid Revisited (The World Above 50 MHz) 89-90
APRS: APRS via Outer Space, not a how to 53-54
EMI/RFI: Tales of Power-Line Noise 33-35
INFO: Talking to the Town: A Zoning Ordinance Primer 87-88
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
NEW: Potting Compound is Electrical Insulator, Thermal Conductor 81-81
PACKET: Portable Packets (Turn palmtop compuet into packet station!) 52-52
PROJECT: A Relative-Indication Audible Meter Reader 36-39
REVIEW: ICOM IC-821H VHF/UHF Multimode Transceiver 70-73
REVIEW: QST Compares: Four High-Power Antenna Tuners, MFJ-989C 73-75
REVIEW: Nye-Viking MB-V-A, Tucker T-3000, N4XM XMatch 75-77
SAT: Get Ready for Phase 3D! Part 3- Conquering microphobia 42-45
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Something old, something new... 51-51
TECH: Check the Calibration of ur Maxwell Bridge wid Inductance Sim 80-81
WX: Weather Data To Go, EMWIN: rapid emergence of wx info netwrk 48-50
March 1997
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February 1997
ANTENNA: A Pocket-Size, Direct-Reading VHF SWR Meter, Project 33-36
ANTENNA: Wire Gain Antennas for 6 Meters 66-67
HISTORY: The Collins 45A- How Arthur Collins Met Robert Goddard 44-46
INFO: Are Radios More Expensive Today? (No) 47-48
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 90 and Section News: 111 92+121
NEW: New BIRD Wattmeter handles analog & digital RF measurements 87-87
PROJECT: Build a $60 Talking Repeater Controller 37-40
PROJECT: Speaker-Mike Mods to generate 1 1750-Hz Tone Burst 4 Europe 74-75
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-600 MF/HF Transceiver $1250 310-404-2700 68-71
REVIEW: Down East Microwave Model DEM 50-28CK 6 meter Transverter Kit 71-73
SAT: Get Ready for Phase 3D! Part 2- Setting up for 2m & 70cm 50-53
SOFTWARE See the Signals You Hear, Audio Spectrum Analyzer=computer 28-32
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (antenna brainbuster) 62-62
February 1997
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January 1997
ANTENNA: Broadband Matching for HF Mobile Whips (HINTS & KINKS) 81-82
INFO: Refurbishing "Boat-Anchors" (old OLD radios :-) 35-38
INFO: Long Live Cycle 23! 42-46
PROJECT: Junk-Box Converters for 6 and 2 Meters 32-34
PROJECT: The Radio Mailbox 39-41
REVIEW: Kenwood TS-570D HF Transceiver 73-77
REVIEW: SCS PTC-II Multimode Controller with PACTOR-II 77-79
REVIEW: Two Ultra-Accurate Clocks, Time Machine/Oregon Scientific 73-77
REVIEW: 2 Clocks... 800-853-8883, Zeit/Acron-Zeit 800-985-8463 73-77
RULES: The FCC's New RF-Exposure Regulations 47-49
SAT: Get Ready for Phase 3D! 28-31
TEACHING: Capacitor Basics 85-86
January 1997
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QST 1996 ARTICLES
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December 1996
ATV: Get on 440-MHz ATV! Part 3 41-42
EMI/RFI: Hunting AC Line Noise in an Amateur Radio 70-70
FEEDBACK: QST May 96 Fig 1 Pg 40 up left corn, chng: 9MHz8t to 9 MHz 15t 71-71
FEEDBACK: QST Oct 96 p72 OCFD wire dia not 0.0253 but 0.2053 cm #12 AWG 71-71
FEEDBACK: QST Sep 96 Fig 1 Pg 38 Add 0.01 uf bypass cap +/- sup terms 71-71
HISTORY: Hams Span the Atlantic on Shortwave! 28-31
INFO: SWL- Short Wave Listening- SINPO code for reporting 50-50
INTERNET: A New "Band" for Your Radio (Internet Phone & Repeaters) 37-40
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 83 and Section News: 115 92+121
PROJECT: Explore HF/VHF Digital and Image Modes on the Cheap 57-58
PROJECT: A Hand Stand For Two (Stand with power sup for HTs) 68-69
REVIEW: Multiband FM Mobile Transceivers, Alinco DR-605T, ... 60-61
REVIEW: ICOM IC-2710H, Standard C5900A, Yaesu FT-8000R 61-65
REVIEW: Timewave DSP-599zx Digital Signal Processor $379/good 61-65
REVIEW: NEW: The L/C Meter II from Almost All Digital Electronics 67-67
SAT: Father and Son Staellites- Using Sats to extend VHF horizons 51-52
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Electronic components 59-59
TECH: A Drift-Free VFO 32-36
TECH: Measuring Meter Resistance, A Constant-Current Source... 71-71
UHF/VHF: Decoding the Secrets of CTCSS (PL-Private Line, Motorola) 55-56
December 1996
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November 1996
ANTENNA: Recycling TV Antennas for 2-Meter Use 34-36
ANTENNA: Improved JADE POLE Antenna Kits for VHF/UHF 36-36
ANTENNA: Multiband Dipoles Compared 73-74
ATV: Get on 440-MHz ATV! part 2 37-42
ATV: Amateur Television--Texas Style 54-55
ERROR: Intermod--A Modern Urban Problem AUG 96 pp40-43 70-70
HISTORY: The FCC Grand Island Monitoring Station 45-48
INFO: ACARS: Packet for Airplanes 56-58
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
PROJECT: Build a Power Attenuator 31-33
REVIEW: QST Compares: 2-Meter Mobile Transceivers 60-68
REVIEW: ADI AR-146, Alinco DR-150T, ICOM IC-20000H, Kenwood TM261A 60-64
REVIEW: Radio Shack HTX-242, Ten-Tec T-kit 1220, Yaesu FT-3000M 64-68
SOFTWARE Finding Shareware, 860-594-0306, www.ami.com.au/bbs/local.html 57-57
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! on Propagation 53-53
TEACHING: Understanding Decibels (dB) without a Calculator 70-70
TECH: A Comparison of HF Digital Protocols--Revisited 71-72
November 1996
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October 1996
ANTENNA: The ABCs of CC&Rs (Covenants, Conditions, & Restrictions) 47-48
ANTENNA: Off-Center-Fed Dipole Comments, Part 2, 3 (fix QST Dec 96 p71) 72-73
DX: Breaking The Sound Barrier (how to get heard by DX) 60-62
INFO: RF Safety "It Seems to Us..." 09-09
INFO: CMOS Super Keyer II & III low current speaker 71-71
INFO: New FCC RF Safety Standards Include Amateur Radio 78-80
INTERNET: x
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 93 and Section News: 113 93+113
NEW: TD-4: LiTZ-Capable module by HAMTRONICS $49-kit 716-392-9430 69-69
PROJECT: The Gadget-an SWR Analyzer Add-On 33-35
PROJECT: Get on 440-MHz ATV! Part 1 36-40
PROJECT: A Homebrew, Light-Duty Metal Brake 41-43
REVIEW: MFJ Model 9406 6-Meter SSB Transceiver 63-65
REVIEW: Medium-Power 2-meter Amplifiers, Mirage B-5016G (160W) 66-67
REVIEW: 2-meter Amps, TE Systems 1412G (160W), Teletec DXP-V175 (180W) 67-68
REVIEW: 2-meter Amps, Tucker V-100W (100W) 68-68
REVIEW: AEA HALO-6 Antenna for 6 Meters 69-69
SOFTWARE Heavy-Duty HF Propagation Prediction/Analysis Software 28-30
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! How well do you understand Yagi ant? 59-59
October 1996
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September 1996
GPS: The Global Positioning System 56-58
HISTORY: The Wouff-Hong and the Rettysnitch: Lost Traditions? 59-60
INFO: Malibu 1996 Handi-Hams Radio Camp, 612-520-0515 MN 46-48
NEW: UV-resistant Dacron Rope, Wireman 803-895-4195 32-32
PARTS: Do U Need Vacuum Tubes? Bob AF6V, 4804 Huron Av SanDiego CA 92117 84
POWER: The Micro M- a Miniature Charge Controller 41-43
PROGRAM: Heavy-Duty HF Propagation-Prediction/Analysis Software 28-32
PROGRAM: Digital Dimension: DSP Emulation with your 486 28-32
REVIEW: Index Laboratories New QRP Plus Transceiver 68-71
REVIEW: Comet CA-HV HF/VHF Mobile Antenna 71-72
REVIEW: MFJ-906 6-Meter Antenna Tuner 72-73
REVIEW: Sigmatech DX Peeper DX PacketCluster CW Decoder 73-74
SOFTWARE ARRL Radio Designer versus Oscillators, Part 2 79-80
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge (Hw wl "grounded" is ur grounding savvy?" 61-61
TECH: The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program 33-35
TECH: SWR Analyzer Tips, Tricks and Techniques (Fix: QST Dec 96 p71) 36-40
September 1996
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August 1996
ANTENNA: The W3KH Quadrifilar Helix Antenna 30-34
ANTENNA: Install a House-Bracketed Tower the Right Way! 35-39
EMI/RFI: "Intermod" - A Modern Urban Problem (Also see NOV 96 ,pp70) 40-43
FM/RPT: The Case of the Crackly Noise 85-85
INFO: Measure Meter Resistance Accurately 71-71
INTERNET: There's No Place Like Home, spin your own little corner 59-62
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 84 and Section News: 103 92+121
REVIEW: The BayGen Freeplay Windup Radio 50-51
REVIEW: QST Compares: A Pair of "Six-Shooters"- Alinco DR-M06, Azden 63-65
REVIEW: A Pair of "Six-Shooters"- Azden PCS-7500H 6m FM Mobile Txers 63-65
SOFTWARE Brian Beezley, K6STI, RTTY 1.0 Radioteletype Program 66-67
TECH: In-Depth Look At IF-DSP, Kenwood's TS-780S (Advertisement) 22-23
TECH: Underground Radio 46-48
TECH: An Aeronautical Antenna Farm 55-58
August 1996
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July 1996
ANTENNA: An Improved Multiband Trap Dipole Antenna 32-34
ANTENNA: The Doctor is IN, Calculating an Antenna's Wind Load 51-52
ANTENNA: The Droopy Loop (inexpensive, effective antenna!) 57-58
ARES: 1995 Simulated Emergency Test Results (SET '95) (We're #1) 46-48
FM/RPT: Traveling On Highway .52 (MFJ-8400 FM Rcvr kit) 86-86
HISTORY: A MARS Operator at Fort MacArthur 44-45
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 85 and Section News: 105 92+121
NEW: KD1PR's Call Sign Bumper Magnet 860-632-1070 @ $6.50 63-63
PACKET: Packet Volunteers in the Miami Olympic Clases Regatta 53-55
PROGRAM: K3BC's SSTV Becomes Truscan (via BBS: 860-594-0306) 66-67
REVIEW: AEA DSP-232 Multimode Data Controller 59-61
REVIEW: JPS NIR-12 Noise and Interference Reducer (DSP Filter) 61-63
SOFTWARE ARRL Radio Designer versus Oscillators, Part 1 68-69
TECH: The Radio Sky (background noise) Darrel Emerson #2 28-31
TECH: A Comparison of HF Digital Protocols 35-39
YL: Getting the Word Out on YL Writers 94-94
July 1996
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June 1996
EMI/RFI: Troubleshooting Electrical Noise 73-74
INFO: The Radio Sky, part 1 32-35
INFO: Transfer Relays- Overlooked bargins 36-37
INFO: Electrical Safety 38-40
INFO: The Writing Game 60-61
INFO: Copper-Wire Shunt Precaution, alanb@sr.hp.com 72-72
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 84 and Section News: 109 92+121
PROJECT: SMALL: A Surface-Mount Amplifier that's Little- and LOUD! 41-42, 68
PROJECT: A Simple LED SWR/Power Meter 53-54
PROJECT: The Mailbox Matching Box 57-59
QSL: Accessing the FCC Amateur Database on the Internet 55-56
REVIEW: (QRP) Low-Power Transceiver Kits You Can Build 45-50
REVIEW: (QRP) G-QPR Club CQ40, OHR-400, Gary Breed Transceiver (A&A) 45-50
REVIEW: (QRP) Green Mountain 20, NorCal 40A, Wilderness Radio Sierra 45-50
REVIEW: The-Tec T-Kit 1208 6-Meter Transverter 62-64
REVIEW: Radio Shack 22-168A Digital Multimeter 64-66
REVIEW: RF Applications Inc P-1500 Digital RF Power/VSWR Indicator 66-67
REVIEW: Azden HS-30 Headset 67-68
June 1996
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May 1996
ANTENNA: Improved Feed For The Off-Center-Fed Dipole 76-76
ARES: W4EHW at the National Hurricane Center, A 1996 "Wish List"... 87-87
ERROR: Real Author of "Measuring a Meter's Internal Resistance" 75-75
ERROR: ICOM IC-706 is NOT capable of Xband operation 75-75
ERROR: Build the Rotator Pal, R36 = 150 kohm + others errors fixed 75-75
INFO: How to Buy Military Surplus 63-65
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 88 and Section News: 119 88+119
MOBILE: CQ from KF5WT, Air Mobile 61-62
REVIEW: QST Compares: Tiny 2-Meter Hand-Held Transceivers 67-73
REVIEW: Alinco DJ-191, ICOM IC-T22A, Kenwood TH-22AT, Standard C108A & 67-73
REVIEW: C178A(sort of Dual Band), Yaesu FT-10R/A16 & FT-11R 67-73
SOFTWARE Explore Ham Radio's Software Bonanza 57-60
SOFTWARE Frequently Asked Questions About ARRL Radio Designed Reports 78-79
TECH: A High-Performance AGC/IF Subsystem (Fix QST Dec 96 p71) 39-44
TECH: New Life for Dentron MLA2500s 45-48
TECH: Computer Control for Ramsey's FX-146 & FX-440 Transceivers 49-52
May 1996
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April 1996
ARES: A Yosemite Search And Rescue, New Field Resourdes Manual 91-91
EMI/RFI: Electric Fence Interference- A case History 62-64
FM/RPT: A Microprocessor-Controlled Repeater Voting System: The RVS-8 38-43
HISTORY: The 811A: Grandfather of the Zero-Bias Revolution 51-53
Hints/Kin LF-VHF Rtn-Loss Bridge, A Min Parts ATU, Easy Tower Bracket 76-77
INFO: Clamp-On RF Current Meter, Palomar $125, 619-747-3343 CA 47-47
INFO: JBI Radio-PC Interface Kit, $30 800-524-8658 IL 47-47
INFO: Let's Just Listen for a Change, HF Broadcasters where are they 65-67
INFO: Another Stealth Antenna, $34 Hamco 303-795-9466 CO 67-67
INFO: Sierra QRP Transceiver Kit, $370/6bnds 415-494-3806 CA 67-67
INFO: VHF/UHF Vertical Antennas, Allan Telecom 214-631-0310 TX 67-67
INFO: Under the Microscope- The ARRL Lab's Expanded Test Result Rprt 75-75
MOBILE: Antenna, NCG Comet CA-HV two bands HF + 6 & 2, 714-630-4541 CA 43-43
MOBILE: Ham on Bikes 50-50
PROGRAM: Mathcad 6.0 A tool for the Amateur Experimenter 44-47
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-1000MP MF/HF Transceiver - good 68-73
REVIEW: MFJ-8621 Packet-Only Data Radio $200 total- 601-323-5869 MS 73-74
SAT: The Road Less Traveled, use the 1200-baud birds 58-61
SOFTWARE: RITTY 1.0 DSP Radioteletp syst, $100, Brian/K6STI 619-599-4962 64-64
STORY: How I Got a Black Eye with the FCC, cw test 54-54
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Troubleshooting Quotient test 57-57
TECH: Solar Power for Your Ham Station- It's easier than you think 33-37
TECH: A Case for Wide-Shift RTTY 78-79
TECH: Different Grounds for Different Shacks 80-81
VE: Zero to Technician in Two One-Day Sessions 31-32
VE: Ethics and Ham Radio Exams 97-97
April 1996
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March 1996
ANTENNA: A Very Low-Cost Tower 58&60
ARES: Need Cable? Think Cable TV (They throw away 300' 75 ohm stuff) 84-85
BOOK: The Handy HAMBOOK, by Gerald H. Wagman, K2EWA $12.50 GET-IT! 66-66
DESIGN: Gyrating with ARRL Radio Designer 67-68
DX: DX PacketClusters 54-57
INFO: A Worldwide Propagation Beacon Network 53&57
INFO: Excuse Me, May I Interrupt? (Computer IRQ info) 59-60
INFO: Hints & Kinks- Inexpensive Etching Tanks 80-80
INFO: Hints & Kinks- PVC-Pipe Wall Feedthrough 80-80
INFO: Hints & Kinks- HAM-M and Tailtistwer Rotator Modifications 80-80
INFO: Morse 2000-- A New Life for CW and the Disabled 91-91
PROJECT: Weekend DigiBrain (search: DigiVFO) 32-34
QRP: Low-Power Contesting 47-48
REVIEW: ICOM IC-706 MF/HF/VHF Transceiver (300 kHz - 200 MHz) $1560 61-66
TECH: Good Grounding, doesn't help RFI! Cure for Ford F-150 RFI 82-83
UHF/VHF: Transoceanic Ducting at VHF and Above 41-46
WX: JVFAX APT Adapter 35-40
March 1996
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February 1996
ANTENNA: Another Way to Stack VHF/UHF Yagis 32-34
ANTENNA: An In-Room, 80-Meter Transmitting Multiturn Loop Antenna 43-45
ANTENNA: Four Bands, Off Center 65-65
ANTENNA: Build A Quickie H-T Antenna Mount 66-66
ANTENNA: Chain Saw Required? (Bringing coax into the house) 67-68
ARES: A Community Warning System- Amateur Radio's Role 94-94
ARES: ARES- Change is Inevitable! 102
ARRL: We're At Your Service, phone & email 10-10
HISTORY: The W6VX Logs- An Autobiography 48-52
INFO: On-Air Conversation: Go Beyond the Basics 69-70
INFO: Voice-Activated TX, IC-Hole template, Slef-latching relays 80-81
INFO: High Performance T/R Switches, Advanced Design 800-669-2733 84-84
INTERNET: Surf the Ham Webs! http://www.arrl.org/ et el 62-64
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 98 and Section News: 14, 98 92+121
PROGRAM: Build the Rotator Pal, see May 1996 pg 75 for corrections 35-38
REVIEW: Kenwood TS-870S MF/HF Transceiver 71-75
REVIEW: MFJ-9420 20-Meter SSB Travel Radio 76-78
REVIEW: JPS ANC-4 Antenna Noise Canceller 78-79
SOFTWARE HTMORSE from Electrosoft $30 970-663-4777 68-68
TECH: DSP- An Intuitive Approach 39-42
TECH: SWR = forward/reverse Pwr ? 59-59
TECH: Direct-Conversion Receiver Noise-Figure 82-84
February 1996
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January 1996
ANTENNA: More WEWs for You (switchable, directional EWEs!) 32-34
ANTENNA: Radical Radiators and Weird Wires (strage antennas, ladder?) 61-63
ANTENNA: The Importance of Proper Tower and Mast Design 77-78
EMI/RFI: RFI From Sodium-Vapor Street Lights (& a fix) 78-78
HUMOR: Confessions of a Radio Guy 64-64
INFO: Remote Operation Comes Home (computer control ovr phone) 46-50
INFO: MAJOR ARRL Operating Events and Conventions-1996 65-66
INFO: One Wire Controls Switchable, Remote Loading Network 75-76
INFO: Does your Mic Have too much Bass? (use caps: .01 - .1 uf) 76-76
INFO: GE RF Light Bulbs OKAYED (for 1 yr by FCC) 81-81
INTERNET: MacARPS for WINDOWS: ftp.tapr.org/tapr/SIG/aprssig/upload 95-95
INTERNET: Newsgroup for Packet: listserv@tapr.org - Subscribe X ur-name 95-95
INTERNET: X= HFSIG, NETSIG, BBSSIG, TAPR-TNC, APRSSIG, DSP-93, TAPR-BB 95-95
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 93 and Section News: 113 92+121
PROJECT: An Automatic Antenna Tuner: The AT-11 (Kit $150 410-586-2177) 35-39
PROJECT: How to Measure Large Direct Currents with Common Meters 40-43
REVIEW: ICOM IC-775DSP MF/HF Transceiver (DSP in IF!, It's good) 67-72
REVIEW: MFJ-784B Tunable DSP Filter (good for CW & Data) 72-73
REVIEW: M2 EB-432 Eggbeater Antenna (2-meters, Circular Polarization) 74-74
SOFTWARE DCH Code Reader Prgm 901-362-6963 $10 DSP-based w realtime fft 50-50
TEACHING: An ARRL Radio Designer Voltage Probe Mystery: The 3dB Pad 9 dB?79-80
January 1996
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QST 1995 ARTICLES
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December 1995
ANTENNA: The Super Sloper (Dramatically improve front-to-bak of sloper) 32-35
ANTENNA: A Two-Element Vertical Parasitic Arry for 75 Meters 38-41
ANTENNA: "But I Never Agreed to THAT!" Covenants, conditions & restrict 47-48
ANTENNA: New Hampshire House Bill 379 53-53
ANTENNA: "No Coffee's" Mobile Antenna (for cars with no metal) 56-56
ANTENNA: HF Mobile Installation Tips 58-60
ANTENNA: Typical mobile antenna radiation patterns 3/4, 5/8, 1/2 WL 62-62
ANTENNA: Build a Lightweight 20-Meter Vertical 64-67
ANTENNA: Your Ham Antenna Companion, book from ARRL $ 68-684-67
ARRL: Check out the new web page: http://www.arrl.org/ 60-60
FIXES: The Offset Multiband Trapless Antenna QST OCT 95 pp 30-32 79-79
FIXES: The Four-Way DFer QST NOV 95 pp 29-35 79-79
INFO: Introducing: The AM Radio Network (1880-1900, 3885, 7290, 14286) 46
INFO: Wilderness Radio keyer/freq counter: 415-494-3806 $44.50 75-75
INFO: Controll 28-V coaxial relays with a 12-V power supply 76-77
INTERNET: Boatanchors (old radios-tubes) listproc@theporch.com .... 83-83
KE3FL: Public Service Field Org Reports: no & Section News: 125 92+125
NEW: New Ham, New Call: ARRL: 860-594-0300 15-15
NEW: keyer, conductive gel, rf pwr mtr, 1/2 WL HF dipole-ASA 31-31
PROJECT: DAS-DTMF Accessory Squelch (Easy on your ears & nerves) 25-31
PROJECT An Easy Path to Packet: the IMP (single-chip modem) 36-37
REVIEW: Alinco DX-70T Transceiver, HF & 6 meters 69-72
REVIEW: QST Compares: Pocket Morse Code Trainers 73-75
STORY: The Six-Volt Zenith 49-51
YL: Thoughts From an Amateur Radio Spouse, Faith R. Horlick (Jeff) 101
December 1995
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November 1995
ANTENNA: Broadband Transmitting Wire Antennas for 160 through 10 meters 22-23
ANTENNA: A Four-Band "Tree" Vertical 69-70
ANTENNA: A Reel-in Portable Antenna Idea 83-83
ATV: Airborne Amateur Television 71-74
CW: Confessions of a CW Hater 64-65
CW: The Nonrational Argument for CW 110--
EMI/RFI: The WATTS Award 54-58
EMI/RFI: The Great "woodpecker" Hunt of the '90's (a pager!) 85-86
FOX: The Four-Way DFer (PROJECT) (FIXES: DEC 95 pp 79) 29-35
FUSE: Pigtail Automotive Fuses: 800-543-4330, MCM Electronics 91-91
GPS: Poor Man's GPS 84-84
INFO: Environmentally Safe Contact cleaners 619-451-1799/CAIG CA 24
INFO: CAIG Labs 800-224-4123 16744 W Bernardo Dr San Diego CA 92127 24-24
INFO: AM Broadcast DXing 62-65
INFO: MFJ adds GPS Compatibility to the MFJ-1270C TNC 91-91
INTERNET: The Changing Face of Amateur Radio, Voice over Internet 68-68
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 105 and Section News: 133 92+121
K3PZN: Field Day 1995 results 124--
PROJECT: A Heads-Up Display for Kenwood MF/HF Transceivers 36-40
PROJECT: The AMSAFID: An Automatic Mic Swtchr Amp filtr Integratr Dist. 47-49
QRP: A Small High-Performance CW Transceiver (Kanga Kit $95) 41-46
REVIEW: QST Compares: Dual-band FM Mobile Transceivers 75-82
REVIEW: Alinco/DR-610T, ICOM/IC-2700H, ICOM/IC-2340H, Kenwood/TM-742A 75-82
REVIEW: Kenwood/TM-733A, Standard/C5718DA, Yaesu/FT-5200 & FT-8500 75-82
SOFTWARE Spurious Analysis 1.0 (Computer Aided Eng for Superhet Desg) 40-40
SOFTWARE "Antenna Table" Takes guesswork out of antenna work 58-58
TEACHING: Electronic Troubleshooting 87-88
TEACHING: ARRL Radio Designer as a Learning (& Just Plain Snooping) Tool 89-91
November 1995
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October 1995
ANTENNA: The Offset Multiband Trapless Antenna (OMTA) (FIXES: Dec 95) 30-32
ANTENNA: Twisted-Pair Controls Switchable, Remote Loading Network 42-43
ANTENNA: Build Your Own 2-Meter Beam! 63-64
ANTENNA: A Twonhouse Dipole 65-65
ANTENNA: QST Compares: Antenna-Modeling Software [EZNEC, NEC/Wires Yagi]72-74
ANTENNA: Checking the Performance of a questionable Beam Antenna 76-76
ANTENNA: Local Antenna Restrictions: The Role of the ARRL and YOU 93-94
ARES: The Monks of St. Marconi & the Unnoticed Disaster 90-91
EMI/RFI: FCC Plan Would "Privatize: RFI Resolution 80-81
FIX: "Super" Glue Cures Transformer Buzz 76-76
FIX: Fixes for 10/95 p79 Transmission Line Char. Impedance & loses 78-78
GPS: A Patch Antenna for the Global Positioning System 44-45
GPS: QST Compares: GPS-Compatible TNC's [PK-12, KPC-3, TINY-2 MK-2] 68-71
HISTORY: Propagation Pioneers: The ARRL-Bureau of Standards Experiment 46-49
HISTORY: The Way we Were: Amateur Radio in the 5o's 56-58
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
MODS: Hot-Rod Your ICOM IC-725- Series Transceiver -- Part 2 38-41
NEW: The Super Frequency List on CD-ROM (utility stations, WWV) 126
PACKET: Packet/Internet Radio Gateway Directory -- Part 2 99-99
PROJECT: The Revisited WD0O Timer AT K6TGA 75-75
UHF/VHF: VHF/UHF Mobile In A Late-Model Corvette 59-60
October 1995
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September 1995
ANTENNA: A Receiving Antenna that Rejects Local Noise (design) 33-36
ANTENNA: A K6STI Low-Noise Receiving Antenna for 80 and 160 Meters 37-41
ANTENNA: An Automatic, Remote Antenna-Tuning Controller 46-49
ANTENNA: California Mobi;e Antennas and the Moment of Truth (shoot-out) 68-69
ANTENNA: Adjusting HF YAGI Matches (point it up & lift it 5') 95
ANTENNA: Matching Small Shielded Receiving Loops 95-96
ARES: SET: A Keystone to Emergency Service 65
ARES: On Serving "Served" Agencies & Amateur Radio Assists ... 106-8
ARES: Op-Ed: The Future of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service 115
ARRL: Nine Hours at Headquarters, a glimps of life behind the scenes 76-78
FM/RPT: BEEP... What Did That Repeater Say? (good operating) 75
HISTORY: A Visit to The Hammonf Museum of Radio 29-32
HISTORY: Travel Highlights for Radio Buffs museums all over the US 81-83
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 108 and Section News: 129 92+129
MODS: Hot-Rod Your ICOM IC-725- Series Transceiver -- Part 1 42-45
NEW: SGC'S SG-500, 500W HF linear amp, 800-259-7331 $995 49
NEW: PAR Electronics 2-m Intermod Filters, 407-586-8278 <$70 101
PACKET: Packet/Internet Radio Gateway Directory 114
QRP: Hard-Core QRP, Ulta-low power HF hamming using mw & microwatts 66-67
REVIEW: Japan Radio Co JST-245 Transceiver ($2990) 86-92
SOFTWARE Transistor Modeling, Part 3: Constraints in Optimization... 99-101
TEACHING: More on Cylindrical Capacitors 96
TEST: Test Your Knowledge! How's your contest savvy? 74
UHF/VHF: Bricks to the Rescue (VHF power amps) 84-85
September 1995
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August 1995
ANTENNA: A Paint-Pole Antenna 60-61
ANTENNA: A Simple 2-Meter Bicycle/Motorcycle Mobile Antenna 69-70
ANTENNA: Transmission Line Characteristic Impedance & Losses(10/95 p78) 79-79
BOOK: The History of the Key, Louise Ramsey Moreau/W3WRE 89-89
CONTEST: The Casual Contester (how to do it better each time) 64+70
ERROR: Revisiting "A Smart Charger for Nickel-Cadmium Batteries" 78-79
HISTORY: Amateur Radio and World War II 40-44
HISTORY: How Do You Laugh On the Radio? (HO not HI!! see why!) 54-54
INFO: Searching for Life Among the Stars (Hams can help, 39) 37-39
INFO: Hamming It Up in a Retirement Center 45-46
INFO: Sony USA'a Top Ham, K1OKI (Mickey Schulhof) 47-48
INFO: The Ham Twilight Zone, One ham's strange... during his first y 55-57
INFO: Back to Basics (shopping for ur 1st radio to put ur 1st ant... 67-68
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
NEW: "HAM ON BOARD" products PO Box 46, New Baltimore NY 12124 101
PROJECT: A Rock-Bending Receiver for 7 MHz 22-25
PROJECT: A CMOS Super Keyer 3 26-28
PROJECT: The Battery Sentry 29-32
PROJECT: Bring 'Em Back Alive! (Restoring vintage ham gear...) 49-52
PROJECT: Speaker-Mikes and Replacement Microphones 62-63
REVIEW: HAL Communications P38 HF Modem (AMTOR, PACTOR, CLOVER, RTTY) 71-73
REVIEW: Quantics W9GR DSP-3 Audio Filter $149/kit address only 73-75
SOFTWARE Broadband HF Antenna Matching with ARRL Radio Designer 33-36
SOFTWARE TX/RX Designer V 3.0 from Waypoint Software $200 719-598-9592 98-98
August 1995
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July 1995
ANTENNA: A Wideband 80-Meter Dipole 27-29
ANTENNA: A Practical Stealth Antenna (for QRP operation as well!) 58-60
ANTENNA: Build a Weatherproof PVC J-Pole Antenna (ladder Line & PVC) 62-64
ANTENNA: A Low-profile 10-Meter Antenna 65
INFO: The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting (nr Minneapolis St Paul) 24-26
INFO: Voice-Track- A Multifunctional. Talking Repeater Controller 2 33-36
INFO: Amateur Radio on the World Wide Web (WWW) Part 2- bldg blks 37-40
INFO: Radio Astronomy and the Radio Amateur 46-48
INFO: Ham Show on Broadcast Radio, 602-241-1510 PK 53
INFO: US Coast Guard Ceases CW Operation 54
INFO: Yaesu FT-11/41/51R ADMS-1 Programming Kit 71-72
INFO: Quick and Dirty Emergency Battery Holders 74
PROJECT: A Continuously Variable Bandwidth Audio Filter (using IC's) 30-32
REVIEW: QST Compares: Dual-Band Hand-Held FM Transceivers 66-71
SOFTWARE: Transistor Modeling with ARRL Radio Designer, Part 2 79-81
July 1995
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June 1995
ANTENNA: Five Bands, No Tuner (ladder-line-fed no tuner 40/20/17/12/10) -59
ANTENNA: Try A 2-Meter Flexi-J Antenna (J-pole) -71
EMI/RFI: Curing MH/HF Ceiling-Fan Noise 71-72
INFO: Amateur Radio on the World Wide Web (WWW) Part 1- Welcome... 24-26
INFO: Voice-Track- A Multifunctional. Talking Repeater Controller 1 27-32
INFO: Pocket Logbook (Electronic pocket organizers are good ... -52
INFO: Using the ARRL repeater Directory -62
PROJECT: An RF Srep Attenuator 33-34
PROJECT: A DTMF to RS-232-C Converter and HF-link Controller 35-37
PROJECT: Build the Stealth Antenna Tuning Indicator 38-39
PROJECT: Build a Super-Simple SWR Indicator (for QRP!) 40-41
REVIEW: Kenwood TM-255A 2-Meter Multimode Transceiver 66-69
REVIEW: Force 12 C-3 "Classic" Triband Yagi Antenna 69-70
SAT: Exploring the 9600-Baud PACSATs (new packet radio challenge) 63-65
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (repeaters & Packet Radio) -55
TECH: Measuring Feed-Line/Balun Loss From the Station end of the line -72
TCP/IP KISSes, POPs and Pings 56-59
TIPS: Travel Tips for Summertime VHF/UHF Fun 60-62
June 1995
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May 1995
ANTENNA: How to Evaluate Your Antenna Tuner--Part 2 33-37
ANTENNA: Recycle Those Rabbit Ears (How many pair do you have?) 72-73
ANTENNA: Keep bugs out of your antenna traps -84
ANTENNA: An Extended Gin Pole Raising Tall Masts 105-6
BOOK: The Electronic Pocket Reference (good stable info, volatile=out 83
CAT: 1995 Catalog, Cable X-PERTS- 708-506-1886, Fax: 1970 63
CONTEST: Let Your PC Do the Logging (Software review) 50-56
FM/RPT: Anatomy of a Repeater (FM Hamming wouldn't be the same without 69-71
INFO: APCO Project 25: Sweeping New Standards for Amateur Radio? 57-59
INFO: Not Just Another Pretty Dace on the Dial WWV (explained) 66
INFO: Hooked On Meteors! (Meteor Scatter Hamming wid small stuff) 74
INFO: Keeping Up With Hand-Helds (Keeping them safe ideas) 75
NEW: WEHN ALL ELSE FAILS T-Shirts, 800-413-1129, 909-987-1020 63
PACKET: "9600-Ready" Radios: Ready or Not? 24-29
PACKET: Packet Controller Has GPS Firmware, Adapter 107
PACKET: Super Packet Tricks (Packet Perspective) 109
PROJECT: Building a Digital Voice Recorder, S2=normally closed 29
PROJECT: Weekend DigiVFO, Jay Craswell/WB0VNE 30-32
QRP: A Solar-Powered Field Day 60-63
QRP: Low-Impact Amateur Radio (Make plenty of contacts on the HF..) 67-68
REVIEW: THE YEAR IN REVIEW 1994 39-46
REVIEW: Azden PCS-9600D 440-MHz Voice/Digital Transceiver 78-79
REVIEW: Autek Research Model RF-1 RF Analyst (SWR, Capacitance, Induct 79-81
REVIEW: MFJ-432 Voice Memory Keyer 81-83
SAT: Phase 3D: The Ultimate EasySat 21-23
SAT: Radio Tips: Amateur Satellite Frequencies and Modes 73
SOFTWARE: Math in a Box, Transistor Modeling, & a New Meeting Place 90-92
STORY: Pepper Hill's Flying Field Day 47-49
TEACHING: Power--What's It All About? 88-89
May 1995
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April 1995
ANTENNA: How to Evaluate Your Antenna Tuner- Part 1 30-34
ANTENNA: The Dodge Dipole (Not just another ordinary $22,000 antanne) 52-53
ANTENNA: Hints and Kinks: A Quick ANtenna for 223 MHz 72
ANTENNA: Technical Corr: Adjusting HF Yagi Matches (point it UP! works!) 74
ANTENNA: Technical Correspondence: Designing A Vertical J Antenna 74-75
ARES: Correspondence, An Expert Speaks Up 54
CW: Straight Key Night 1994 105
EMI/RFI: An HF Hum Interference Mystery Solved! 35-37
EMI/RFI: Hints and Kinks: Low-pass Filter Cures Touch-Lamp Interference 72
EMI/RFI: Hints and Kinks: Filter Caps cure electric toothbrush Inter 73
NEW: Low-Loss Coax (1.25", 0.68dB/100ft @ 450 MHz) 53
NEW: Personalized HAM Watch, 818-287-5004 CA 53
PACKET: Radio Tips: optimizing your Packet TNC
PROJECT: Building a Digital Voice Recorder for Less than $15 28-29
PROJECT: A Remote-Oscillator High-Frequency VFO (Simple to Build) 38-40
PROJECT: A User-Programmable IDer 56-58
PROJECT: Build the Camper's Portable Hamshack, KD7S 60-61
REVIEW: ICOM IC-736 and IC-738 Transceivers 67-71
SAT: Have You Tried RS-15 (2/10m) 87
SHACK: Hints and Kinks: A Base Station Ground Strip 73
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (CW, Antennas, Feed lines) 59
April 1995
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March 1995
ANTENNA: A "Rope Ladder" 2-Meter Quagi 25-27
ANTENNA: New Digital RF Field-Strength Meter, I.C. Eng: 818-345-1692 42
ANTENNA: Toroid Coupling Feeds Compact Transmitting Loop 72
ARES: Get Behind the Diamond, join ARRL field org 52-54
BEGINNER: Listen "Receiving" an education is always the best way 56-57
BEGINNER: HF DXing A Beginner's Primer (Auto Packet Reporting Syst-69) 66-69
BOOK: The VHF "How-To" Book-A Guide For All Amateurs (Not 4 beginners) 27
EMI/RFI: Light Dimmer Generating RF, fix- N-600 Lutron Elect Co = best 61
FOX: Getting Your Club Started In Transmitter Hunting 59-60
INFO: Put Your Pencil Away (Use your computer in the shack) 63-65
INFO: Radio Tips: The DC-to-Daylight Receiver? getting there! 65
INFO: An Audio Limiter For Use With DSP Filters 71
INFO: PIN Diode Information-FREE! Microsemi Corp Designer's Handbook 73
INFO: Cure 4 Stripped Screw Heads "ScrewGrab" 216-721-3700 Solder-It $6 73
INFO: Mobile Installations and Electromangnetic Compatibility 74-75
INFO: Whatever Happened to the A-1 Operator Club? 79
KITS: North Country Radio, 32 kits ATV 914-235-6611 38
KITS: Wet-transfer Decals 810-754-7539 38
PACKET: ICOM IC-2AT HT for Packet connections 62
PROJECT: An Audio Break-Out Box 28-29
PROJECT: Code Oscillator Kits 219-267-7519 $12 ($10/6 or more) 38
PROJECT: Try Building Your Own Equipment 39-42
PROJECT: Modeling a Direct-Conversion Receiver's Audio..ARRL Radio Designer76
QRP: Oklahoma QRP Newsletter 38
REVIEW: ICOM IC-820H VHF/UHF Multimode Transceiver 80-83
REVIEW: Azden AZ-61 6-Meter FM Hand-Held Transceiver 83-85
REVIEW: Dunestar Model 600 Multiband Bandpass Filter 85-86
TECH: A High-Performance Hybrid Frequency Synthesizer (Home-Brew) 30-38
YL: In Pursuit of Scholarships 117
March 1995
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February 1995
ANTENNA: Is the Ewe for You? (simple RX ant for 80 & 160-meter DXing) 31-33
ANTENNA: 40 Meters 40 Dollars (Use 2 40-m mobile whips as dipole) 51,57
ANTENNA: Feeding a Quad with Open-Wire Line instead of Coax 65-66
ANTENNA: The Lazy-V Arry - An Antenna to Consider (40-meters) 67-69
ARES: Hams at the New York City Marathon 27-30
ARES: A Van for ALL Reasons 40-42
ARES: Expanding Our Client Base 80-81
BOOK: Radio Receiver Projects You Can Build (fun 4 exper & gud 4 begin) 64
HISTORY: Remembering HUGO GERNSBACK (or an exciting introduction) 37-39
INFO: Radio Observations of Two Solar Eclipses 21-26
INFO: Interpreting QST's New Propagation Charts for Low Power & L an 34-36
INFO: A Ham's Tour of London 43-44
INFO: The Man from HI-Manuals (documentation for you boat ancho) 45-46
INFO: All About IOTA (Islands On The Air) 53
INFO: Living in a Reciprocal World (Foriegn HAM License) 53
INFO: How Many Hams? (Japan 1.3M, US 632K, Germany 64K, UK 62K etc) 89
LETTERS: QRM from a Scanner 47
NEW: Products: Universal Connectors, Larsen 206-944-7551/800-426-1656 26
NEW: Products: 2 Meter Repeater Monitor Receiver Kit MFJ/$70 33
NEW: Affordable Weather Satellite Receiver// Computer IO to scanners 99
PACKET: What is TAPR? (Tucson Am Pac Radio $15/yr) 55
PROJECT: An AGC Audio Preamp for All Seasons (for DSP's & TNC's) 58
PROJECT: An IC Amp for the ARRL Handbook RX Noise Bridge 66
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-900AT MF/HF Transceiver 59-64
SAFETY: Baby in the Shack! (CAUTION! Lrn 2 c ur hobby fm child's eye) 48-50
SAT: WISP program frm AMSSAT $50, OSCAR 27 tips u:145.85 D:436.8 90
February 1995
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QST 1995 ARTICLES
January 1995
ANTENNA: A Look at NVIS Techniques 39-42*
ANTENNA: Hints & Kinks, Easier adjustment for two-band coil loaded ant 43
ANTENNA: Getting the Most Out of Your T-Network Antenna Tuner 44-47*
ANTENNA: A Five-Element Quad Antenna for 2 Meters 67-69
ANTENNA: Gap Challenger DX-VIII Vertical Antenna 76-77
ANTENNA: A Vertical Monopole with Elevated Feed-A Full Length Radiator 78-79
ARRL: Club Spectrum, Invitation to Club Affiliation 115
BOOK: AERIALS II (Good but not as good as AERIALS) 34
INFO: The Hiram Percy Maxim 125th Birthday Memorial Celebration 26-28
INFO: The Meaning of OMIK (African American Ham club) 52-55
INFO: 1995 Your Guide to ARRL Membership Services 83-88
PACKET: Gateways: Amateur Radio Meets the Internet 58-59,69
PACKET: Packet on the High Iron (train ride & packet radio) 64-66
POWER: Strays: Solar Backpacking Source (QRP) 51
PROJECT: The WB2 "REMote" Link 29-34
PROJECT: Putting Your Uniden HR-2510 on VHF and UHF 35-38
PROJECT: Quick and Easy CW with your PC (see, hear & send CW...) 60-62
REVIEW: QST Compares: 2-Meter FM Mobile Transceivers 70-76
SOFTWARE: Free Software (New Products) BBS 203-666-0578 oak.oakland.edu 47
SOFTWARE: Free Software dir: bup/hamradio/arrl/infoserver or qst-binaries 47
TECH: Exploring RF, ARRL Radio Designer (software) 80-82
UHF/VHF: The World Above 50 MHz, Newsletters and Journals 107,8
January 1995
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QST 1994 ARTICLES
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DECEMBER 1994
ANTENNA: Build an HF Walking Stick Antenna (10 - 20, 30, 40 meters) 73-74
ANTENNA: A "Universal" VHF/UHF Antenna (..don't overlook the discone!) 75
ATV: SSTV An Inexpensive System Continues to Grow 22-24
ATV: An ATV Station for 915 MHz Part 2 - A Tunable ATV Downconvertr 28-32
HINTS: Plug-in bypass capacitor stops keying glitches 83
HINTS: More on Slingshot antenna installation 83
INFO: Lab Notes: Lightning Protection - Part 2 45-46
INFO: Exploring the Internet - Part 4 (Gopher, WWW, & Usenet News) 47-50
INFO: Monitoring the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet Impacts 51-52
INFO: QSL Cards? 64-66
KITS: Techsonic "Convertable" QRP Transmitter Kits 54
PROGRAM: ASAPS & CAPMAN: HF Porpagation-Perdiction Software (IBM PC) 79-81
PROJECT: A Quick Powerhouse, almost instant on 1.2 kW 2m power amp 33-37
PROJECT: A Simple, General-Purpose AF Amplifier 43-44
REVIEW: Watkins-Johnson HF-1000 General Coverage Receiver 76-79
SAT: The View from Above (OSCAR 18, 23, 25 sats) 68-70
STORY: A Christmas Card 55-57
TECH: Exploring Intermodulation Distortion in RF Switching... Diodes 25-27
TECH: Key Components of Modern Receiver Design, A Second Look 38-42
DECEMBER 1994
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QST 1994 ARTICLES
NOVEMBER 1994
ANTENNA: A Home-Brew Loop Tuning Capacitor 30-32
ANTENNA: Trap Dipole Antennas (create your own mulitband ant easy way) 72-73
ANTENNA: The Repeater Eater 74-76
ANTENNA: A Practical, Compact, Multiturn Transmitting Loop Ant for 80 m 87
ARES: Supporting Public Service Events - Part 2 96
ATV: An ATV Station for 915 MHz Part 1 - A miniature 1.5W ATV trans 23-29
BATTERY: A NiCd Never Forgets. Or Does It? 70-71
ERROR: An SWR Detector Audio Adapter July 94 Pg 24, C7 +5V error 88
ERROR: A Smart Charger For Nickel-Cadmium Batteries (150 Ohm R wrong plc)88
FIX: Repairing Heat-Cycling Failures in VHF/UHF Rig Output Modules 84-85
FIX: (Open up the brick & fix traces) 84-85
INFO: The NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Network - Part 2 49-51
INFO: Exploring the Internet - Part 3 52-54
INFO: Hams 'R Us Kids Net 69
NEW: PROGOLD Contact Cleaner/Enhancer, 800-CAIG-123, San Diego CA 41
NEW: VHF/UHF Antenna JS Electronics 49 Maplewd st Waterbury CT 06708 109
QRP: Just Enough Radio- The SP-750 Spider Junior 33-36
QRP: A Single-Board Superhet QRP Transceiver for 40 or 30 Meters 37-41
QRP: AN Experimantal 1/2-W CW Transmitter (very few parts!) 84-85
REVIEW: AEA SWR-121 HF Antenna Analyst 77-79
REVIEW: JPS SSTV-1 DSP Filter for Slow-Scan TV 79-81
REVIEW: MFJ-1796 Half-wave Vertical Antenna 82-83
STORY: The Wire Antenna (typical day in the life of a WA enthusiast) 55-56
NOVEMBER 1994
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OCTOBER 1994
ANTENNA: KD7IK's "Quad Lite" 20 meter quad 39-40
ARES: Supporting Public Service Events - Part 1 92-93
ATV: ATV: Not as Easy as it Looks, but Still Fun 95-96
BOOK: More about Cubical Quads, 34
BOOK: Build Your Own Shortwave Antennas, 2nd Ed (for SWLs, good) 74
BOOK: Joe Carr's Receiving Antenna Handbook (good but) 82
INFO: The NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Network - Part 1 31-33
INFO: Exploring the Internet - Part 2 43-45
INFO: The importance of Zero Beating 58,63
INFO: Lighting Protection - Part 1 81-82
KITS: Amateur Digital Signal Processing Kit Ready ($430) 100
New: VHF Power Amplifier 813-885-6091 30W/$149 85W/$249 38
PROJECT: A CW "Stamp" Identifier (CW IDer very small!) 41-42
PROJECT: Build a One-Watt Transmitter in a Kodak Film Box 64-66
QRP: What is QRP? (Wanting to try QRP, but had questins?) 46-48
REVIEW: QST Product Reviews: A Look Behind The Scenes (How they do it) 35-38
REVIEW: The R.L. Drake SW8 General-Coverage Receiver 68-70
REVIEW: Timewave Technologiy DSP-9+ and DSP-59+ Digital Sig Processors 70-73
SAT: RS-12 Worked All States WAS 67
SOFTWARE: Introducting ARRL Radio Designer: New Software for RF design 21-30
OCTOBER 1994
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SEPTEMBER 1994
ANTENNA: An Easy Dual-Band VHF/UHF Antenna (2-meter/440 J-Pole) 61-62
BOOK: So What's New in The ARRL Antenna Book? (software!) (YES!) 24-27
BOOK: Mastering Radio Freq Circuits Through Projects & Experiments (NO) 37
DIGITAL: Go Digital! modes are booming, no better time to start 67-69
DX: DX Antennas: Selecting the Height 98-99
HUMOR: Modern Classic Test: Yaecomwood T-Max All-Mode Transceiver 57-58
PROJECT: A Smart Charger For Nickel-Cadmium Batteries 40-42
REVIEW: QST Compares: 1200/9600 Bit/s Dual TNC's 77-79
REVIEW: QST Compares: Dual TNC's, PK-96, NB-96, KPC-9612 77-79
REVIEW: Kenwood TS-60S 6-Meter All-Mode Transceiver 80-81
SAT: On the Wings of a Dove: DOVE-OSCAR 17 telemetry 65-66
TEACHING: Exploring the Internet, Part I 43-45
TEACHING: Under the Hood VI: Lamps, Indicators and Displays 34-37
TEACHING: YL News: Mom, Morse & Language Skills 34-37
TECH: A Reevaluation of the Caron RF Impedance Bridge 28-31
TECH: Thermoelectric Power for QRP Transmitters (Peltier, Pel' tyay) 32-33
TECH: Nickel-Metal-Hydride Batteries in Amateur Radio Applications 38-39
TECH: Automotive Interference Problems: What the Manufacturers Say 51-56
SEPTEMBER 1994
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AUGUST 1994
ANTENNA: Two New Multiband Trap Dipoles 26-29
ANTENNA: The 160-Meter Sloper System at K3LR 36-38
ANTENNA: Tower Safety Tips 40-41
ANTENNA: El Dipolo Criollo, A dual-band HF antenna with a Caribbean Acc 58-60
ARES: Public Service: Disaster in Burlington (keep this one) 81-82
ERROR: An SWR Detector Audio Adapter July 94 Pg 24, C7 +5V error 69
FOX: Simple Equipment for HF Fox Hunting 33-35
INFO: Forward to the Past: Fixing Radios for Fun and Profit 42-45
INFO: QSLing Through a Manager 56-57
INFO: The World Above 50 MHz: Beacons on 144 MHz and Higher 84-86
KITS: Ten-Tec 2-mete amp, 1-5W in = 20-35W out 800-833-7373 35
LEAGLE: Landmark Legislation in NH, prohibits tax on ham antenna 39
MOBILE: Hints & Kinks: Mobile Radio Cut-Out 67
MODES: NAVTEX and Your Multimode TNC, monitor maritime & W1AW 52-55
NEW: RF-Shielded Boxes, Microwave Antenna, Satellite Magazine 35
NEW: Sound Enhancer, Digital Antenna Meter 47
PACKET: Summertime bits & pieces: Internet 87
POWER: Build a 12-V Junction Box 54-55
REVIEW: The MFJ-1786 High-Q Loop ANtenna for 10 to 30 MHz 62-64
REVIEW: JADE Products 160-Meter Twin-Lead Marconi Antenna 64-65
REVIEW: Ladder-Loc Center Insulator/Starin Relief for Ladder-Line Ant 65
SAT: How Low Can You Go? (Price! to reach a Satellite) 91
STORY: Wally and Mike: Packet to go, new DX & nab a pirate 48-49
TEACHING: Just Ask, ask good questions to get interesting QSO's 90
TECH: Direct Digital Synthesis- An Intuitive Introduction 30-32
TECH: The Cound of a Spark Transmitter 68-69
TIPS: Radio Tips: Wave Angles 57
TIPS: UHF and Microwave Equipment, Preamp & power amp, Antennas 60
AUGUST 1994
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July 1994
ANTENNA: A Modest Multiband Antenna 68-69
ANTENNA: A Gain Antenna for 28 MHz 70
ARES: 1993 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) Results 54-56
ARES: A Truly Worst "Worst-Case" Scenario 89-90
BOOK: DOS, UNIX, OS/2, WINDOWS, INTERNET for Dummies 41
BOOK: Sam and Erin go to a Hamfest, young coloring book 108
CW: A Pocket-Size, Talking Morse Code Practice Computer, (project) 26-28
FM/RPT: 144-MHz Sporadic E 37-41
FM/RPT: Regional Repeater Maps 51
FM/RPT: Crossband & Linked Repeaters: Potential in Emergencies, #2 107-8
INFO: Pacemakers, Interference and Amateur Radio 34-36
INFO: Remembering Silent Keys, Foundation for Amateur Radio 112
KITS: Ten-Tec Kits 615-453-7172, FAX: 428-4483 25
PROGRAM: Yaesu FT-990 Control Software, CT Version 9 25
PROGRAM: Propagation Prediction Software 45
PROJECT: An SWR Detector Audio Adapter (SWR into sound) Fix: 8/94-Pg69 24
PROJECT: The Null Steerer Revisited, improved interference fighter 29-33
PROJECT: Over-the-Keyboard Desk Top 75
PRODUCTS: Amateur Radio Mail Order Catalog-Vol 4, 800-825-8684, $16+3 61
PRODUCTS: HamCall CD-ROM, $50, 800-282-5628, Electronics Software info 62
REVIEW: ETO Alpha 89 Linear Power Amplifier 76-77
REVIEW: Radio Shack DSP Communications Noise Reduction System 78-79
REVIEW: Willco Electronics ICM-1024 Memory Replacement Brd, ICOM IC-751A 79
TEACHING: Such a Deal! Learning the art of flea-market salesmanship 73-74
TECH: Key Components of Modern Receiver Design, Part 3 42-45
TECH: Emmision Types, Bandwidth, Splatter & Spurs: Tech Standards 2 63-64
TECH: Understand Signal Strength 67
TECH: Improve RX for Kenwood TS-450S/AT, Silent full break-in ALPHA 87A 80
TECH: Diversity Reception, Reduced Freq drift Ten-Tec Scout 61
TECH: MOV's How to use them correctly 82-83
VE: Volunteer Examiners Mark a Decade of Service 57-61
July 1994
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June 1994
ANTENNA: Beginner's Boomers: Two Phased Vertical Arrays for 30 meters 37-40
ANTENNA: Simple, Effective, Elevated Ground-Plane Antennas (tower=ant) 45-46
ANTENNA: 8-Band Backpacker Special, portable antenna 80 - 12 meter 68-69
ARES: SATERN Rings Salvation Army (Team Emergency Radio Network) 87-88
BOOK: Just when Tom had Jean convinced that his friends were normal, 44
BOOK: 1: How to get started in QRP, 2: Morse code instruction manual 74
CW: Fast Code in Florida, 41.2 WPM with pen & paper, fastest: 75.2 40
CW: Getting More Replies to Your CW Calls 61
FM/RPT: Crossband & Linked Repeaters: Their Potential in Emergencies, #1 98
INFO: At the Tone... NIST Time Source 62-63
INFO: Be A Bone Yard PhD, buying your first (used) rig 64-67
PROGRAM: Amiga code-practice software 49
PROJECT: Inexpensive Interference Filters 32-36
PROJECT: An Automatic Temperature-Controlled Fan 41-42
PROJECT: Overvoltage Protection for AC Generators 43-44
REVIEW: Kantronics KAM Plus Multimode TNC with G-TOR 70-72
REVIEW: Nye Viking MB-V-A Antenna Tuner, 1500W continuous 72-73
STORY: Wall and Mike: Wally Meets the Internet 50-51
STORY: You Never Forget the First time... 58-59
TECH: Key Components of Modern Receiver Design, Part 2 27-31
VE: Credit for passing your Examination 106
June 1994
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May 1994
ANTENNA: A You Can Build: Compact Loop Antenna for 30 through 12 Meters 33-36
ANTENNA: Amateur Use of Telescoping Masts 41-45
BOOK: Amateur Radio Encyclopedia (Not very good) 49
BOOK: CQ 1994 Amateur Radio Almanc (Very Good! a wealth of info!) 53
DX: How's DX: Why are These Rocks Called Countries, Anyway? 97-99
FM/RPT: FM: A Wilderness VHF/UHF FM Protocal: Your Comments - Part 2 103-4
HISTORY: An Overview of Amateur Call Signs - Past and Present 54-59
INFO: Digital Audio Broadcasting 27-28
INFO: Interference in Reverse (how to handle it) 65
INFO: A PC Shopper's Guide 69-71
INFO: 1993 THE YEAR IN REVIEW 73-79
MOBILE: Making Your Mobile More Portable (Use one connector) 62-63
MOBILE: Tech Coorespondence: HF Mobiling: Mag Mounts and Grounding 88
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-840 MF/HF Transceiver 80-83
REVIEW: S & S Engineering ARK 40 CW QRP Transceiver Kit 83-85
TEACHING: Under the Hood V: Solid State Devices 46-48
TEACHING: Conquering the Code (some helpful hints) 64
TEACHING: But How Do I Use It? (understanding receiver controls) 66-68
TECH: Key Components of Modern Receiver Design, Part 1 29-32
TECH: A Calibrated Noise Source for Amateur Radio, July 94 Pg 83 fix 37-40, 29?
TECH: The World Above 50 MHz: Sporadic-E Maping 107-9
May 1994
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April 1994
ANTENNA: A Trigonal HF Beam, no rotator needed 32-34
ANTENNA: An Indestructible Dipole for 10 Meters 67-68
ANTENNA: The SWR Obsession, lowest SWR isn't necessary! 70-74
ANTENNA: Automatic Antenna Tuners for Wire Antennas, watch the efficiency 84
ANTENNA: Sniff! Sniff! I smell Line Noise! foldable antenna to do it 85
APRILFOOL:Disgital Signal Processing The Final Frontier 54-55
ARES: NTS Wide-Area VHF Net Attracts New Hams 95
ARRL: Behind the Diamond: John Nelson, W1GNC 90
ATV: Radioware SSTV Explorer 80-81
BANDS: The World Above 50 MHz, Limits of DX Tropo, Sporadic E & more 103
BOOK: Satellite Communications and DBS Systems 31
BOOK: What is Your TNC Doing? 31
BOOK: Reading Radio Fiction, books & magazine articals galore! 51-53
INFO: Operating Backpack Portable, QRP 21-25
INFO: Your Voices in Washington 47-50
INFO: Electromagnetic Fields and Your Health, bad or benign? 56-59
INFO: Do I Need a Linear Amplifier? (No not really!) 73-74
INFO: Noise filter?, RF sniffer meter, Cure RF from Fluorescent light 82
INFO: Where Am I? The grid-square question 86-88
PACKET: Packet Without Computers 64-65
PROJECT: Build Your Own Lowfer Transceiver, explor 1750-meter band 26-31
PROJECT: A Function Generator with a Frequency-Counter Digital Readout 35-39
PROJECT: The RingMaster Ring Detector, keeps hackers out of autopatch 40-41
PROJECT: The Elkhart COunty Tone Alert, DTMF decoder, SELCALL & LiTZ 43-46
REVIEW: ICOM IC-707 MF/HF Transceiver, minimal TSVR for $1100 75-78
REVIEW: Solder-It Soldering Kit, It works well $59 216-721-3700 (OH) 78-79
SOFTWARE: Free Antenna Software, The Ant Specialists OH 216-349-8400 46
SOFTWARE: MAC Software, Mac Ham 12-pack 904-272-0371 (FL) 59
SOFTWARE: PC DOS Software for Radio-Electronic sysnthesis & Analysis 85
VE: Question Pools-Update, General by July 1, 94, Adv & Extra nxt 111
YL: YL News: Falling in Love with QRP 113
April 1994
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March 1994
ANTENNA: The Pfeiffer Quad Antenna System (Shrink that quad!) 28-31
ANTENNA: On Center-Fed Multiband Dipoles (the G5RV) 34-36
ANTENNA: Maximum Bandwidth Monopole Antennas (Technical Correspondence) 80-81
ARRL: Behind the Diamond: QSL Service Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q 92
BANDS: Getting Started on the Magic Band (6 meters) 61-63
EMI/RFI: TVI, CATVI and VCRI 82-83
HISTORY: Radio Gear of Yesteryear (Spark, Arc & Alternator) 41-43, 57
HISTORY: A Mini-History of YL Operations 113
INFO: Cellular Radio and the Modern Amateur (cellular phone) 50-55
LEGAL: Appeals Court Sides with Minnesota Amateur; Antenna Victory... 91
NEW: Roof-Mount Towers (Glen Martin Eng MO 816-882-2734) 33
PACKET: Plug into PacTOR (with resource guide, AMTOR+Packet) 67-69
PAPER: QRP Wallpaper, QRPp low power award for contact > 100km 83
PROJECT: A Lead-Acid Battery Charger (Seald batteries, UPS etc) 25-27
PROJECT: An Over-the-Dash H-T Mount (run your HT from the car) 70
REVIEW: Dual-Band Hand-Held FM Transceivers (HT review) 71-77, 81
REVIEW: Alinc DJ-580T, ICOM IC-W21A, Kenwood TH-78A (HT review) 71-77, 81
REVIEW: Standard C558A, Yaesu FT-530 (HT review) 71-77, 81
SAT: PACSATs from an Apartment 65-66, 69
STORY: Wally and Mike: Changing Times 56-57
TEACHING: Under the Hood IV: Inductors 37-40
TEACHING: A Learning Experience (ARRl Audiovisual Lending Library) 112
TECH: Using a VU Meter for Phone-Patch Adjustment 32-33
TECH: Second Harmonic filtering, 4:1 balun and SWR increasing 64
VE: The FCC's New Form 610 (Exam Info) 106-107
March 1994
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February 1994
ARES: California's Burning 23-28
ANTENNA: Stacking Tribanders: A Super Station - Sorta 38-44
ANTENNA: Toppling Restrictive Tower Zoning Ordinances 49-53
BOOK: The Code Book: Amateur Radio CW Operating, review 53
DOCTOR: Test a Balun before using it 65
EMI/RFI: Real Fun Interference (RFI) (Phones & neighbors) 78-79
HINTS: Curing RFI in a Digital Voice Recorder 75
HINTS: Curing a Glitch in the N0HPK Low-cost Frequency Counter 75
INFO: P.R. Docket No. 93-305 (Pick Your Own Call Sign?) 84-86
KITS: Building Your Own Station Accessories 61-64
NEW: Home-brewer's Newsletter 77
NEW: HF and VHF/UHF Antennas (Vert HF monobanders $90) 91
PACKET: DXing with 2-Meter Packet Mail 66-68
PACKET: The Frustrations of "Live" Packet Operating 98
PROJECT: An Easy-to-Build 25-Watt MF/HF Amplifier (28V) 31-34
PROJECT: The QSOcorder (QSO digital recorder) 45-48
REVIEW: 2.4-GHz Satellite Downconverters, UEK-2000S, SHF-2400 69-71
REVIEW: JPS Communications NRF-7 and NF-60 DSP Audio Filters 71-73
SAT: Working Satellite RS-12 - The Ultimate Satellite Primer 58-60
TEACHING: Riding the Airwaves with Alpha and Zulu, book review 37
TECH: Revisiting the RF Ammeter 35-37
TECH: More on the Si8901/SD8901 (QRP note 1/4W to 50 ohm) 77
February 1994
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January 1994
ARES: Public Service Award Program 109
ANTENNA: Do you need an Antenna Tuner? 70-72
ARRL: Handy Reference Section, Guide to ARRL Services 97-101
ARRL: Handy Ref Section, Major ARRL Operating Events & Conventions 102-103
ARRL: Handy Ref Section, US Amateur Bands 104
ATV: An Inexpensive SSTV System 27-29
ATV: ATV: What is it, and What Can YLs Do with It? 27-29
BOOK: Mobile 2-way Radio Communications 59
CATALOG: Tejas RF Tech. POB 720331 Houston TX 77272-0331, 713-879-9300 81
FOX: A Cheap Way to Hunt Transmitters 65-66
HISTORY: Before Spark 57-59
INFO: Amateur Radio Postage Stamps 22-26
INFO: Where are the Novices? 52-53
INFO: Do Amateur Radio (and Yourself) a Favor 54-56
PACKET: Where's My Mail? 67-69
PACKET: Packet by Air 111
PROJECT: Uncle Albert's Unique Keyer 42-44
REVIEW: The Yaesu FRG-100 General-Coverage Receiver 73-75
REVIEW: The MFJ-8100 Shortwave Regenerative Receiver Kit 76
REVIEW: Heil Pro-Set Headset 77
RULES: The NEW "Business Rules" are Here! 95-96
TEACHING: Under the Hood III: Capacitors 45-48
TEACHING: Test Day 62-63
TECH: The Nearly Perfect Amplifier 30-34
TECH: Computer-Controlled Electronic Test Equipment, Part 2 35-41
TECH: Mother Nature's Radio (VLF radio in its infancy) 49-51
TECH: Ferrite Shield-Current Chokes for Vertical antenna cable 78
TECH: Large Antenna Coils, More on Electrical Protection Devices 80-81
January 1994
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QST 1993 ARTICLES
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December 1993
ARES: Heroics in the Heartland, Flood of '93 21-26
ANTENNA: The Lure of the Ladder Line 70-71
ANTENNA: The Doctor is IN: 2-meter 4-element Quad 76
ANTENNA: Hints and Kinks: Is Your Radio Equipment REALLY Grounded? 85
BANDS: Radio Tips: The Joys of FM Simplex 75
BOOK: LENK'S Digital Handbook: Design and Troubleshooting 55
BOOK: Circuit Encyclopedia and Trobuleshooting Guide, John D. Lenk, 121
BOOK: (continued) McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-07-037603-4, $59.50 121
DX: Eritrea: A Nation Reborn 27-31
FOX: An Automated Mobile Radio Direction-Finding System (RDF) 51-55
HISTORY: Gatti-Hallicrafters: The First Grand Ham DXpedition 59-63
INFO: Radio and Railfanning (160-62 MHz FM) 72-75
MOBILE: HF Mobiling- Taking it to the Streets 67-69
PACKET: Internet Gateways Expand the World of Packet Radio 105
REVIEW: The Ten-Tec Scout Model 555 MF/HF Transceiver 77-80
REVIEW: QST Compares: Packet TNCs 80-84
SAT: Lab Notes: Satellite-Tracking Software 89-90
STORY: A Cold Season 56-57
TECH: Taking the Mystery Out of Diode Double-Balanced Mixers 32-36
TECH: Measuring and Compensating Oscillator Frequency Drift 32-41
TECH: Computer-Controlled Electronic Test Equipment, Part 1 42-50
TECH: The Frequency and Deviation Conspiracy (2m FM) 66
December 1993
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November 1993
ARES: ARES and RACES: Two Flavors of Amateur Radio Emergency Ser 102-3
ARRL: The ARRL Wants YOU! (appointments, ORS, OES) 68-69
ANTENNA: An Update on Compact Transmitting Loops 37-40
AWARDS: Earn an ARRL Friendship Award 50-51
BOOK: HF Antennas for all Locations, Les Moxon, ARRL 34
BOOK: HAM Radio Horizons: The Book, Peter O'Dell, ARRL #1234 49
ERROR: A unified Approach to the Design of Crystal Ladder Filters 81
FD: Field Day 1993, WD3A, 4A 1249/2/14/4,550/MDC pg 124 114-25
HISTORY: The Coming of the Law 47-49
INFO: Amateur Radio aboard Space Shuttles: T+10 years and counting! 22-26
INFO: FM Autopatch: Use it or Lose it (self regulation needed) 107
NTS: Public Service, Operation Holidays III: Each One, Reach One 96-97
PACKET: Is High-Speed HF Packet Possible? 106
POWER: A 13.8-V, 5-A Regulated Power Supply 27-29
POWER: A Low-Voltage Disconnect (PROJECT) 31-34
POWER: I Wonder If... (Car power to radio disconnector) (PROJECT) 72-74
PROJECT: A Simple Two-Tone Audio Generator 35-36
PROJECT: An Accurate Dip Meter Using the MFJ-249 SWR Analyzer 45-46
PROJECT: 10-Minute ID Timer Revisited 82-83
REVIEW: MFJ-249 and MFJ-207 SWR Analyzers 75-77
REVIEW: Tejas RF Technology Backpacker II Model TRFT-550 1 band/cw RTX 78-80
REVIEW: SGC Inc Model SG-230 "Smartuner" Automatic Antenna Tuner 80-81
SAT: You Have a Date with OSCAR 21 70-71
STORY: Solder to Talk (fun) 52
TEACHING: Under the Hood II: Resistors 41-44
TEACHING: Remedial Radio 64
TEACHING: Troubleshooting Your Radio Equipment (KC3MX Harry) 65-66
November 1993
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October 1993
ARES: Using an Autopatch to Report an Accident 65
FOX: Stalking the Fox (RDF) 64-65
HISTORY: Yagi: The Man and his Antenna (Yagi-Uda) TECH 45-47
HUMOR: How to be a DXer 51-52
PROJECT: The SunSwitch (charing/protecting batteries) 24-27
PROJECT: TARR's Disgital Deviation Meter 31-38
PROJECT: Schematics at Your Fingertips (computer/Windows files) 39-40
PROJECT: Ramsey Electronics FX-146, 2-Meter transceiver Kit 73-74
PROJECT: Sense the right way to go With the Handi-Finder (RDF) 77-78
PROJECT: Printed-Circuit Board Circus Q/A kits & manufact listing 79-80
REVIEW: Premium Coax 800-433-9473 .7 - $1.50/ft 27
TEACHING: Mountaintop VHF Operating: A New Adventure! (Grid Square) 60-62
TEACHING: The FIRST Contest 66
TEACHING: SWR (good beginners information) 70
TEACHING: More on Coax-Cable Connector Installation 74
TEACHING: Ham Radio on $100 a Year 102
TECH: Inside the Grounded-Grid Linear Amplifier 28-30
TECH: The Earth Detunes My Antenna 41-44
TECH: Hams Test Antennas Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia 53-55
TECH: LOWfing on 1750 Meters 67-68
October 1993
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September 1993
ANTENNA: A Simple Broadband Dipole for 80 Meters 27-30 & 76
ANTENNA: The 1/3-Wavelength Multiband Dipole 33-35
BANDS: Annie Get Your Gunnplexer! (10-GHz, getting started) 68-70
DX: The 100 "Most-Needed" DXCC Countries 94-95
KITS: The Joy of Building 64-66
LIBRARY: ARRL Library Sets Promote Amateur Radio ($120/set) 110
PACKET: Deviations in Packet Radio (What's Deviation?) 105
PROJECT: A Long-Haul H-T Battary System 23-26
PROJECT: The Contest Card, Voice & CW IO for contest programs 31-32
REVIEW: Kenwood TS-50S MF/HF Transceiver (vry small 100W) 71-74
REVIEW: M2 Enterprises EB-144 Eggbeater Antenna (2 meters) 75-76
TEACHING: Under the Hood I (a look inside your rig) 36-38
TEACHING: First Contact and the Unpaid Debt 44
TEACHING: You CAN Copy 30 Words Per Minute! (PRACTICE!) 60
TEACHING: How Much Will it Cost? 61-63
TECH: Steel-Wool Baluns? (They don't make it! Test set-up) 77-78
VE: Exam Info, The Examination Process 107
September 1993
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August 1993
ANTENNA: The Effect of Continuous Guy Wires on Antenna Performance 22-24
ANTENNA: A High-Directivity Receiving Antenna for 3.8 MHz 31-34
ANTENNA: Salute the Centibel (they all add up!) 43-44
ANTENNA: Fundamentals of Radiation, Near Fields and More 68-69
BALLOON: Persistence Gets the Derelict 35-38
COAX: Coaxial Cables for VHF and UHF 86-87
FAX: Just the Fax (getting started & weather broadcast freqs) 48-51
HISTORY: Bringing Back the Good Old Days (built tub rig works) 39-40
HUMOR: Full Circle (New rig like the old, humor) 45-46
KITS: Kits Galore! (A listing of kit manufacturers) 70-71
MYSTERY: Long Delayed Echoes - A Ham Mystery! 57-58
PACKET: Packet Questions and Answers 90
PROJECT: A Dual-Range AC Voltage Current & Freq Monitor 25-30
PROJECT: Expanded Range DC & AC Voltmeters (some fixes) 69
REVIEW: Icom IC-737 MF/HF Transceiver 59-62
REVIEW: Lowe HF-150 LF/MF/HF Communications Receiver 62-64
SAT: Getting Started with RS-10 53-56
SAT: How to work the MIR Space Station on PACKET 65-67
STANDRD: A standard 12-volt Connector 50-51
TEACHING: Repeater Rules 88-89
August 1993
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July 1993
ANTENNA: Two 2-Meter Antennas (dipoles) 62-64
ANTENNA: Honey, I Shrunk the Antenna, mini loops, HF 34-35
PROJECT: A synchronous Detector for AM Transmissions 28-33
PROJECT: IROESON, An Infrared Optoelectronic Keyer 36-39
PROJECT: Ironing Out Your Own Printed-Circuit Boards (CPY) 42-44
POWER: Reverse-Polarity Protection for Your Gear (CPY) 40-41
REVIEW: MFJ 9017 18-MHz QRP CW Transceiver (CPY) 45-47
MOBILE: 10,500 Mile of Mobile CW On a motorcycle 21-25
MOBILE: Radio Tips, Mobile Grounding 64
QSL: The Fine Art of QSLing 66-69
July 1993
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June 1993
PROJECT: Home-Brewing a 10GHz SSB/CW Transverter, 29-31
ANTENNA: Small loop Antenna for 160 Meters, 32-34
ATV: Introduction to Amateur Television, #3 35-41
SAT: Phase 3D: A Satellite for All, #2 47-51
BBS: Your Information Connection: The ARRL BBS 60-62
EMI/RFI: Lab Notes, Curing Interference to Non-Radio Equipment 64-65
EMI/RFI: Tracking A defective Doorbell Transformer 75
HISTORY: The Rise of Frequency Modulation 42-45
REVIEW: Dual-Band Mobile FM Transceivers, Alinco DR-600T
REVIEW: ICOM IC-2410H, ICOM IC-3230H, Kenwood TM-732A, Standard
REVIEW: C5608DA, and Yaesu FT-5100 66-71
INFO: Correspondence: Beacon Fequ & power listing 52
INFO: Your Information Connection: The ARRL BBS 60-62
INFO: Technical Correspondence, Inductors, making your own 72-73
INFO: Hints & Kinks, half wave stub lengths 74-75
ERROR: Build it Yourself from QST, #3 June 1992 Pg 42-45 error 73
TEACHING: Op-Ed: Living in the Real Ham Radio World 81
ARES: Wide-Area ARES Message Switch 99
PACKET: Packet Perspective: PBBS Basics, #3 102
June 1993
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May 1993
ARES: Incorporating Amateur Radio in Local Emergency Plans 95-96
ANTENNA: A Disguised Flagpole Antenna 65
ATV: An Introduction to Amateur Television Part 2: The basic ATV 43-47
BOOK: The Easy Wire Antenna Handbook, so-so 51
FM/RPT: Universal CTCSS Bypass 101
FOX: Transmitter Hunting: Tracking Down the Fun Part 2 more stuff 56-59
HUMOR: Festing (Notes of a Hamologist) 48
INFO: Ant the Most Popular Frequency is... 61
INFO: Do You Need an Audio Filter? 62-63
INFO: Radio Tips: Lightning, Ionoshpere, Wrk Wrld 10M, Safe? 63, 66, 69
INFO: VHF/UHF Contesting 67-69
NEW: On-Glass 23cm antenna 206-944-7556, HF beam multbnd 408-988-2766 42
PACKET: What's New? PacTOR, NOS, Software, & How to 103
PROJECT: Home-Brewing a 10-GHz SSB/CW Transverter 21-28
PROJECT: Build the HANDI-Finder! (RDF-Radio Direction Finding) 35-38
PROJECT: Add Tracking Sidetone to your ICOM IC-765 Transceiver 39-42
PROJECT: Build A Quick PVC-Supported Quad for About $50, antenna 75
PROJECT: Expanded-Range DC and AC Voltmeters 77
QRT: ARK-40 kit $270 S&S Eng, Smithsburg MD: 301-416-0661 47
REVIEW: HAL Communications PCI-4000 CLOVER-II Data Controller 71-73
REVIEW: AlphaLab TriField Meter, EM energey meter 73-74
SAT: Phase 3D - A Satellite for All! Part 1, where we R today 49-51
STORY: Inspiration: N2OVA, Young boy fights cancer becomes ham, dies 52-55
TECH: Single-Conversion Microwave SSB/CW Transceivers 29-34
May 1993
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April 1993
ARES: Santa Cruz Case Study & K1CE's NTS Notes, What's Origination? 86-87
ANTENNA: Fighting Antenna Corrosion 24-26
ANTENNA: A Remotely Controlled Antenna Switch 32-35
ANTENNA: A Two-Element Duoband Beam, 17 & 12 meters, small & light! 36-37
ANTENNA: 7 dB for 7 Bucks, a 2-meter beam 54-55
ANTENNA: Radio Tips: The Monopole HF Dipole Antenna 64
ATV: An Introduction to Amateru Television, Part 1 19-23
FOX: Transmitter Hunting: Tracking Down the Fun Part 1 48-51
INFO: Big LEO's Global sat system offshoot of ham microsats 40-41
INFO: Scanning the VHF Aviation Band, 121.5=emergency, abt 122MHz 40-41
INFO: Rockets and Radio, Two hobbies that are perfect together 61-62
INFO: Lab Notes: Emergency Power Q & A 76-77
MOBILE: Don't Get Blown Away by Your Mobile Rig! Safty/Air-bag/Rig 38-39
NEW: 2-Meter Power Amp $259, 702-324-3289 39
PACKET: PBBS Basics, Part 2 93
PROJECT: A Multimode Phasing Exciter for 1 to 500 MHz, a transmitter 27-31
REVIEW: AEA DSP-2232 Multimode Communications Processor 65-66
REVIEW: ICOM IC-R7100 HF/VHF/UHV Communications Receiver 67-69
REVIEW: Terlin Outbacker JR8 HF Mobile Antenna 70
SAT: What's the Frequency? Some of the SATs & their Frequecies 94
STORY: Five Meters or Bust, young ham scrounges, days of innovation 46-47
TEACHING: Confessions of a Conversation Hunter, make it interesting 59
TEACHING: 1/4 VS 5/8 2-meter patterns, Glass mtd ant? 63
TECH: Hints & Kinks: Positive & Negative Keying - Simply 71-72
TECH: Sporadic-E Causes, Measure SSB/CW RX Sensitivity 73-75
YL: Getting Your Netsworth, CQ YL, The YL nets 95
April 1993
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March 1993
ANTENNA: The NRY (Broadside Collinear Arry, effect wire ant 80 to 10 m) 22-24
ANTENNA: An Easy, On-Glass Antenna with Multiband Capability, UHF/VHF 35-37
ANTENNA: Bicycle-Mobile Antennas, 2-meters 52-53
ANTENNA: Better than a Rubber Duck, Extend UR H-T range with these 56-57
ANTENNA: Bending Dipoles 57
ANTENNA: More on Elevated Radials 72
BANDS: Predictine Transatlantic 50-MHz F-Layer Propagation, When 6m ? 32-34
BANDS: Crossband-Repeater Operation, New dual banders do it 43-46
BOOK: The ART of Electronics, Good, Horowits & Hill, 914-937-9600 $55 67
CLASSIC: The Lure of Classic Radio, tube rigs in vogue, get with it! 39-42
INFO: The Day the Repeater "Broke", CTCSS what it is & hw it wrks 59-60
PACKET: PBBS Basics, Part 1 102
PAPER: The Paper Chase, all sorts of awards 54-55
PROJECT: Automatic RF Power Control for AMTOR Operation 25-27
PROJECT: Updating the HY-GAIN HDR-300 Rotator, delay auto breaking 68-69
PROJECT: Revisiting The 12-V Power Supply (see Nov QST 1992) 71-72
QRP: The Ugly Side of QRP, ugly weekender Aug 81 QST, & FAR circuits 85
REVIEW: SSB Electronic SP-70 Mast-Mount Preamplifier 63-64
REVIEW: Down East Microwave DEM432 No-Tune 432-MHz Transverter 64-66
REVIEW: Down East Microwave 432PA 432-MHz Amplifier Kit 66-67
SAT: K1CE's Secret OSCAR-20 Station, it's real easy, but don't tell 47-50
TEACHING: I Passed My Code! Now What?, It's all Greek to me! HELP! 61-62
TECH: Transmitter Power: What It Is, What It Does & How to Use It 28-31
TIPS: Radio Tips: Hamfest Shopping Technigues 60
March 1993
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February 1993
ANTENNA: A 2-Meter Coaxial Antenna (Coax type dipole) 76
HISTORY: Classic Rigs & Amplitude Modulation: Friendly, Nostalgic.. 43-46
INFO: What Rig Should I Buy? (Advice) 79-80
MOBILE: You Can Operate HF Mobile! 29-30
MODES: A New Standard for Amateur Radio Analog Facsimile, HF, VHF, UHF31-36
MODES: Beyond FM, Sample the excitement of VHF SSB and CW! 61-63
MODES: PacTOR: Better HF Data Communications for the Rest of Us? 98
PROGRAM: Adapting the NU1N Voice-Control Program to the Yaesu FT-747 GX 77-78
PROJECT: Evrythng U Alwys Wanted 2 knw Abt Hrdwr 4 Comp-Cntrllng Mod rad37-41
PROJECT: ICOM, Kenwood, Ten-Tec or Yaesu + easy build interface 4 each 37-41
PROJECT: W1AW at the Flick of a Switch (Kit) 56-57
REVIEW: ICOM IC-728 and IC-729 Transceivers 67-71
REVIEW: ICOM AT-160 Automatic Antenna Tuner 71
REVIEW: A&A Engineering ViewPort VGA Slow-Scan TV System 72-74
STARTING: Falling in Love With Ham Radio For Less Than $200 65-66
STORY: Endurance, Is geography the only DX dimension? (weird) 51-54
TECH: A High-Dynamic-Range MF/HF Receiver Front End (w preamp ON) 23-28
February 1993
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January 1993
ATV: Slow-Scan TV - It Isn't Expensive Anymore! 20-30
EMI/RFI: Curing RFI in the HAM IV Control Unit 51
EMI/RFI: Touch-Control-Lamp RFI 53-54
HISTORY: (ATV) The Beat of a Different Drum: The Cop MacDonald Story 31
INFO: Introducting METCON, a New Remote Control and Telemetry Syst 41-47
PRODUCT: Telephone RFI Filter, 201-581-3000 $18 AT&T 49
PROJECT: High-Performance, Single-Signal Direct-Conversion Reveivers 32-40
PROJECT: A $5 Headset Mike (easy-to-construct boom mic...) 48-49
PROJECT: 1 Watt in 30 watts out with Power MOSFETS at 80 meters 50-51
PROJECT: A Light-Operated Switch for Solar Panels 51
REVIEW: Ten-Tec Omni VI MF/HF Transceiver 65
STORY: A Good Day at Effingham (fun emergency story)
January 1993
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QST 1992 ARTICLES
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December 1992
ARES: ARES and NTS: Fun, Function, Fraternity 103-4
ANTENNA: More on Building A-Frame Masts (rope/line) 81-82
ANTENNA: The Impossible Dream Whip HF Mag Mount 40-41
ANTENNA: Limited Space Antennas, Lab Notes, Q & A 85-86
BANDS: The Mysterious 6-Meter Band (HF or VHF?) 59-62
BENCH: Choosing a Digital Frequency Counter 42-44/80
EMI/RFI: Filter and Protection Catalog 800-423-2666 84
FM/RPT: Spur! (2m RFI with Fire 460 MHz) 109-10
INFO: The Amateur Auxiliary: Myth Versus Reality 55-58
MODES: AM - A friendly, Nostalgic Mode 3.880/5, 7.290/5, 14.286 87
PACKET: Packet Radio Networking Basics: TCP/IP 111
POWER: Off the Grid and on the Sun (Solar Power) 45-51
PROJECT: A No-Tune Transverter for the 2304-MHz Band 33-39
PROJECT: An Inexpensive, Expanded-Range Analog Voltmeter 52-54
PROJECT: Personal Autopatch (VHF/UHF) 62
PRODUCTS: j-COM Computer/Radio Interface Cables 408-335-9120 110
QSL: Boxes $15/6 $3/each- Lee Finkel KY7M, Scottsdale AZ 51
REVIEW: Kenwood TS-950sDX MF/HF Transceiver 72-73
REVIEW: Maldol 28HSHB 3-element 10-Meter Beam 75-77
REVIEW: The HAL PCI-3000 Multimode HF Data Modem 77-80
SAT: Webersat - Step by step (see world frm outer space!) 63-66
STORY: Wally and Mike: Happy Holidays 70-71
TEACHING: Me? Teach a License Class? Sure, it's Fun! 67-69
December 1992
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November 1992
BOOK: Aerials, Kurt N. Sterba & Lil Paddle, 916-457-3655 41
BOOK: The Hidden Signals on Satellite TV, Harrington 614-866-4605 58
BOOK: Low Power Communications: Volume I - QRP Basics, 414-248-4845 88
BOOK: The Ham's Book of Knowledge, Ed Schneider, 602-585-6121 90
BOOK: The Modern Amateur's Mobile Handbook, Dave Ingram, Call MFJ 93
DX: An Introduction to Gray-Line DXing 80-82
FM/RPT: ZERO: An Alerting Device for Repeater Users 108-110
FOX: An Active Attenuator for Transmitter Hunting (RDF) 28-30, 95
HISTORY:
HUMOR: The Junk Box (You might NEED it!) 94-95
160m HF: 160 Meters: You Can Go Home Again! 91-93
INFO: Equipment Donations as Tax Deductions 79
INFO: W3USS: The Amateur Radio Voice of the US Senate 83-85
INFO: Field Day 1992 (KJ3M + KB3AEG!) 118-128
POWER: A 12-V, 15-A Power Supply (Project) 36-41
PROJECT: Remote Control Using Your H-T (of AC power) 31-35
PROJECT: A Dual-Radio Speaker (monitor two dadios one 1 speaker) 56-58
PROJECT: The Umbrella; the ultimate portable groundplane (2m ant) 64
PROJECT: A current-Sensing Transmit Indicator 66
STORY: Wally and Mike: Mildred's Exam 86-88
TEACHING: AMTOR in the Classroom 89-90
TECH: TEACHING: Why an Antenna Radiates 59-63
TECH: Calibrating the Signal Generator in the Sky (the sun) 42-44
TECH: Recent Advances in Shortwave Receiver Design 45-55
TECH: Dipoles Above Real Earth 67-68
VE:
November 1992
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October 1992
ANTENNA: Home-Brewing Large Antenna Coils 45-49
ATV: Smile - You're on Ham Radio 42-44
EMI/RFI: Interference Primer - Part 3, Telephone Interference 67-69
FM/RPT: It's LiTZ 82
HISTORY: The First Worked All Continents Award 38-41
HUMOR: Ham Cop 73
INFO: Are Hams Being Priced Out of the Market? (no) 76-78
POWER: Double Duty for Your Transceiver's Power Supply 50-53
PROJECT: An Audio-Noise-Based Voting Circuit (Repeater inputs) 24-26
PROJECT: An Active Audio CW Filter You Can Build 27-29
REGS: PRB-1: Seven Years Down the Road (antenna regulation) 35-37
REVIEW: QST Compares: 2-Meter Hand-Held FM Transceivers 54-62,95
STORY: Desert Wheels 79-82
TEACHING: A Quick Trip to the Top, 11 year old to extra in 1 yr 71-72
TECH: Measuring SSB/CW Receiver Sensitivity 30-34
TECH: More on Strengthening YAGI Elements 65-66
October 1992
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September 1992
ARES: Packaged Emergency Station (copy & save) 105
BOOK: US Repeater Mapbook: 1992-1993 Edition 818-843-4080 113
PACKET: Packet Radio Networking Basics: ROSE, Part 2 114
PROJECT: A 40-Meter Regenerative Receiver You Can Build (Tube) 35-39
PROJECT: Low-Cost Digital Signal Processing for the Radio Amateur 43-51
PROJECT: A Line Noise "Sniffer" That Works! 52-53
PROJECT: Modifying The CMOS Super Keyer II 86-87
PROJECT: Trap Construction Information For AL (W8NX) July 1992 Dipole 88
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-890 MF/HF Transceiver 79-83
REVIEW: Command Technologies Commander II 2-Meter Linear Amp 83-85
SAT: Working the EasySats (You can do it with what you have!) 30-34
STORY: Wally and Mike: The Flood 40-42
STORY: A World Apart (Medication for Moscow woman through HAM radio) 40-42
TECH: The Noise Bridge (What it is & how to use it for antenna wrk) 75-78
TECH: SWR and the Feed Line 88-89
September 1992
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August 1992
ANTENNA: A Plumber's Delight Dipole for 2 Meters 43-44
BBS: Landline BBSing (phone line BBSes for HAMS) 45-47
HUMOR: How to Build a Computer-Cheap? 48
POWER: More on NiCd and Gel Cells 65
PROJECT: High-Performance Direct-Conversion Receivers 19-28
PROJECT: Control Your Transceiver by Voice 35-38
PROJECT: Substituting Parts 66-67
PROJECT: Mail Order Directory, Hart Pub CO 303-987-9442 81
REVIEW: Cushcraft R7 Multiband Vertical Antenna (~$400) 54-55
STORY: Wally and Mike: The Footrace 32-34
TEACHING: What's a Mixer? 39-42
August 1992
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July 1992
ANTENNA: Build a Space-Efficient Dipole for 40, 80 and 160 Meters 35-36
ATV: Amateu TV: Public Service Eye in the Sky 76-77
PROJECT: Build it yourself from QST, #4 mounting complete project 31-34
PROJECT: A Low-Cost PC Interface for ICOM Radios 37-38
REVIEW: Mid-Priced MF/HF Linear Amplifiers, Ameritron AL-82,
REVIEW: Commander HF-1250, Kenwood TL-922A, Ten-Tec Centurion 53-60
STORY: Wally & Mike: The Podunk Repeater Club 40-42
POWER: Basic Steps Toward Suppressing Power-Supply Surges 25-28
July 1992
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June 1992
PROJECT: Easy Computer Control & Bandwidth Switching with Knwd TR 23-26
PROJECT: The "Ugly Weekender" II: Adding a Junk-Box Receiver 27-30
PROJECT: Build it Yourself from QST #3 42-45
INFO: Getting Started in Digital Communications #4 AMTOR 34-41
INFO: The Case of the Clockwork Noise 51-52
INFO: How to Locate Manuals and Documentation 67-69
REVIEW: ETO Alpha 87A MF/HF Linear Amplifier 53-56
PACKET: Packet Radio Basics #10 More Networking Basics 79
June 1992
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May 1992
ANTENNA: Phased Driven Arrays for the Low Bands 49-52
ANTENNA: A Portable Antenna Support (Under the Car Tire Kind) 78-79
BOOK: Communications Receivers: The Vacuum Tube ERA: 1932-1981 64
BOOK: The Antenna Experimenter's Guide 96
MODES: Getting Started in Digital Communications, Part 3 (Relax!) 41-47
NEWS When You Turn on the News and it Turns on You! 53-55
PROJECT: An Inexpensive, Easy-to-Build ESD Probe, Electrostatic Dischrg 31-34
PROJECT: Build It Yourself from QST, Part 2 (here's how to build...) 35-39
REVIEW: Advanced Electronic Applications Fast-Scan Television System 56-58
REVIEW: RLA-70 Power Amp/Preamp & MPS-100 Power Supply 58-59
REVIEW: Cushcraft 13B2 2-Meter "Boomer" Yagi Antenna 59-60
REVIEW: Oak Hills Research 40-Meter QRP Transceiver Kit ($150) 60-62
STORY: An Inside Job at the 5-9 Club Repeater 63-64
May 1992
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April 1992
ANTENNA: A Five-Band, Two-Element Quad for 20 through 10 meters 52-53
BANDS: Wind Profiler Frequencies (Hams now share 449 MHz, how?) 22-24
INFO: Life on a Megacycle (Steve Roberts/N4RVE hightech HAM bicycle) 25-30
KITS: Build It Yourself from QST Part 1 (The how to's) 31-36
LAWS: How hams overturned New Jersry's restrictive "Scanner Law" 19-21
MODES: Getting Started in Digital Communications Part 2 (packet) 44-49
PROJECT: Flawless VOX Operation with the Smooth Voice Controller 37-43
REVIEW: Kenwood TS-450S & TS-690S Transceivers 67-71
REVIEW: Telex HY-GAIN 155CA 15-Meter Yagi Antenna 71-72
REVIEW: AEA-FAX HF-Facsimily Receiveing System 72-73
SOFTWARE How to locate Amateur Radio Software (Lab Notes) 59-60
TECH: Load-Tracking L Network 74
TECH: Eliminating AM-Broadcast Interference on 160 meters 75
TECH: Protect Your Tower Crank-up Motor from Moisture 75
TECH: Accurate Single-Layer-Solenoid Inductance Calculations 76-77
April 1992
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March 1992
ANTENNA: Notes on Wire-Antenna Construction 84-85
ANTENNA: Coax Waterproofer (STUFF, Cross Devices, NY 516-298-4517) 86
BANDS: What's So Special About HF? (UR missing a world of excitement) 45-48
BOOK: Troubleshooting Analog Circuits, Robert A Pease, National Semi 19
EMI/RFI: Interference Primer - Part 2 (Lab Notes) 81-83
HISTORY: The Final Days of Ham Spark (The REAL real radios!) 29-32
MOBILE: The Fold-Over Mobile Mount 43-44
MOBILE: New Products, Mobile Antennas 44
MODES: Getting Started in Digital Communications, Part 1 33-37
PACKET: A Packet Software Sampler 92
PROJECT: Lemonized QSO, Amateur communication using lemon (low) power. 18-19
PROJECT: Light Bulb Converts Power Supply into a Battery Charger 85
REVIEW: The Japan Radio Company JST-135HP MF/HF Transceiver 67-72
STORY: Chirps (A bird influences a person's determination to B a ham) 49-50
STORY: Morse Code: A Place in the Mind (CW) (Doctor finds ham) 33-37
TECH: Wind Profilers at 449 MHz (popular repeater freq!) 20-22
TECH: Eleven Years of Soradic E (continues to surprize amateurs!) 23-28
TECH: Do You Know Where Your CW Signal Is? (r u on freq?) 40-42
March 1992
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February 1992
ANTENNA: Try an Extended Double Zepp Antenna (Hints and Kinks) 75
BANDS: Getting Started on the Microwave Bands 35-39
BATTERY: Getting the Most Out of Nickel-Cadmium Batteries 40-45
EMI/RFI: Lab Notes, Interference Primer-Part 1 73-74
INFO: A Radio-Control Primer 18-22
NEW: Low-Cost Frequency Counter 29
PACKET: Packet Radio Basics-Part 9: Networking Basics 93
PROJECT: IROESK- an Infrared Optoelectronic Straight Key (works!) 30-34
REVIEW: Ameritron AL-811 MF/HF Linear Amplifier 61-62
REVIEW: CUSHCRAFT A50-6S 6-Meter Beam 62-63
REVIEW: Radio Shack HTX-100 & Ranger Communications RCI-2950 10-M mobl 63-67
REVIEW: Heil BM-10 & Telex Contester Headsets 67-69
February 1992
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January 1992
MOBILE: Going Mobile, Part 2 - selecting VHF/UHF ant etc 53-55
PROJECT: A Receiver Spectral Display Using DSP (Spectrum Analyzer) 23-29
PROJECT: A Field-Strength Meter with Decibel Display 33-37
PROJECT: The FET Charge Controller (monitor battery charge) 45-50
REVIEW: Ten Tec Argonaut II & Delta II MF/HF Transceivers 77-82
TECH: Use Your Transceiver as a DIP Meter (Hints & Kinks) 89
TECH: More on Line-Side Regulators (High-Voltage Power Supplies) 95-96
January 1992
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April 1982
ANTENNA: The 300-Ohm Ribbon J Antenna for 2 meters: A Critical Analysis 43-45
ANTENNA: This is the first J-Pole for 2 meters artical in QST 43-45
April 1982
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NOTES:
I: If a web address starts with a '.' then add "http://www" to it.
I: If a web address just starts with a letter/number then add "http://" to it.
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FCC RF-Exposure
I: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/rfsafety/
I: this site offers a calculator for you to use.
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FCC
I: FCC Comments - send your ham radio related comments to:
E: hamcomm@fcc.gov
I: RFI problems with consumer electronics
E: callctr@nightwind.fcc.gov
W: www.fcc.gov
I: FCC Interference Handbook:
W: www.fcc.gov/cib/
I: FCC's telephone interference bulletin
W: www.fcc.gov/cib/Publications/phone.html
I: Enforcement: 202-418-1184 Riley Hollingsworth: rholling@fcc.gov
I: or mail to: FCC 1270 Fairfield Rd Gettysburg PA 17325
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ARRL programs
I: http://oak.oakland.edu:8080/pub/hamradio/arrl/bbs/programs/
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Alinco, Inc.
438 Amapola Ave, Ste 130
Torrance CA 90501
P: 310-618-8616
F: 310-618-8758
W: www.alinco.com
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Kenwood Communications Corp
2201 E Domingues St
Long Beach, CA 90801
P: 310-639-5300
F: 310-537-8235
W: www.kenwood.net
ftp://ftp.kenwood.net & http://www.kenwood.net
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Kanga US
3521 Spring Lake Dr.
Findly OH 45840
P: 419-423-5643
E: kanga@brutus.bright.net
I: Kits
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MCM Electronics
650 Congress Park Dr
Centerville OH 45459-4072
P: 513-434-0031, or 800-543-4330
I: Pigtail Automotive Fuses
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CAIG Lab., Inc.
16744 West Bernardo Dr.
San Diego CA 92127
P: 800-224-4123 619-451-1799
I: Environmentally Safe Contact cleaners
I: deoxit- 50 pack individually wrapped, 3 wipes- $.75 each 37.50
I: k-d3w, Izabella
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ASTRON
9 AUTRY
IRVINE CA 92718
P: 714-458-7277 Power supplies.
P: METERS: 0-15 & 0-25, $18 EACH $36 + 3.14S&H = $39.14 TOTAL
P: 20A w meters: $129.95 no meters: $99.95 (MRC 301-470-4266)
I: schematic for RS 12A (no meter) FAX will be sent 5 min.
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Yaesu USA
17210 Edwards Rd.
Cerritos CA 90703
P: 310-404-2700
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Ramsey Electronics, Inc.
793 Canning Parkway
Victor, New York 14564
P: 716-924-4560
I: Kits
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Oak Hills Research
div of Milestone Technologies
2460 S Moline Way
Aurora, CO 80014
P: 800-238-8205 or 303-752-3382
F: 303-745-6792
E: qrp@ohr.com
W: www.ohr.com
I: QRP transeiver kits (single band & five bander), QRP Wattmeter II
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Hamtronics Inc
65-F Moul Rd
Hilton NY
P: 716-392-9430 F: 716-392-9420
I: TD-4 "LiTZ-capable" selective calling module, kit: $49 or $79 built
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Tigertronics, Inc.
400 Daily Ln
P.O. Box 5210
Grants Pass OR 97527
P: 800-822-9722 541-474-6700
F: 474-6703
E: ? sales info ? @tigertronics.com (www.tigertronics.com)
I: BayPac Multimode mini packet TNC
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Almost All Digital Electronics (AADE)
1412 Elm St SE
Auburn WA 98092
P: 206-351-9316
I: Inductance/Capacitance- L/C Meter II $80/kit $100/built + $4 SH
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TEN-TEC
1185 Dolly Parton Pkwy
Sevierville TN 37862-3710
P: 423-453-7172
F: 423-428-4483
E: sales@tentec.com
I: QRP CW Transceiver Kits 80/40/30/20 m
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Palomar
P.O. Box 46222
Escondido CA 92029
P: 619-747-3343
E: 75353.2175@compuserve.com
I: 80 to 2 meter mobile antenna $250
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TASCO Electronics USA
Box 11106
Honolulu HI 96828
P: F: 808-524-7788
I: or mainland:
Wyman Research Inc.
8339 S. 850 W.
Waldron IN 46182
P: 317-525-6452 F: 4810
E: w9ntpdon@ind.tds.net
I: TSC-70U Slow-Scan TV System
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Alpha Delta Communications Inc.
Box 620
Manchester KY 40962
P: 606-598-2029 Fax: 4413
I: Communicatios Model Variable Responce Console $250
I: Tuned port speaker w amp/equalizer for great sound from Ham equipment!
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Dynamic Electronics
PO Box 896
Hartselle AL 35640
P: 205-773-2758
F: 205-773-7295
W: http://www.hsv.tis.net/~dei
I: 125' wide-bandwidth 80 - 2 meter antenna $129 + $6 shipping
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Cable X-PERTS
416 Diens Dr
Wheeling IL 60090
P: 800-828-3340
E: exp@netcom.com
W: w.cablexperts.com
P: 708-506-1886, Fax: 1970 (?)
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The Wireman
W: www.thewireman.com
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Antenna Mart Quads
PO Box 699
Longanville GA 30249
P: 770-466-4353 FAX: 3095
I: Antennas Catalog $2 (Get $5 off first order)
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Shirts & Caps Inc
38530 5TH Ave.
Zephyrhills FL 33540
P: 813-788-7026
W: http://home.earthlink.net/~shirtsncaps/
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Handi-Hams
E: wa0sgj@juno.com ("Sister" Alverna O'Laughlin)
W: http://www.mtn.org/handiham/
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lowfer: 1750-meter band, 160 - 190 kHz, 1W to finals & 15 max length of
antenna AND feed line for transmitter.
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RELM Communications
7505 Technology Dr
West Melbourne FL 32904
P: 407-984-1414
I: Hand-Held scanners HS-100, HS-200 12/13 bands 100/200 channels
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Star Bright
4041 SW 47th Ave
Daive FL 33314
P: 800-327-8583
F: 305-587-2813
I: Liquid Electrical Tape in black/red/green/white/clear 4 or 32 Oz cans
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Ten Tec
1185 Dolly Parton Pkwy
Sevierville TN 37862-3710
P: 423-453-7172
F: 423-4428-4483 ?
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SSB Electronic USA
124 Cherrywood Dr
Mountaintop PA 18707
P: 717-868-5643
F: 717-868-6917
I: LT2S MK II 2-meter Transverter $890
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M^2 Enterprises
7560 N Del Mar Ave
Fresno CA 93711
P: 209-432-9973
W: www.m2inc.com
I: 2-meter, 15 element beam $149
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R.L. Drake Co
230 Industrial Dr
Franklin OH 45005
P: 513-746-4556
F: 513-743-4510
I: TR270 FM Transceiver $999
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The Xtal Set Society
PO Box 3026
St Louis MO 63130
P: 314-725-1172
E: xtalset@midnightscience.com
W: www.midnightscience.com
I: Book: Crystal set building and more $15.95 + 2.50 SH
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George Murphy, VE3ERP
77 McKenzie St
Orillia ON L3V 6A6
I: HAMCALC Version 31 - $5 US check/money order
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I: One-by-One special event callsign
E: ARRL
L: http://ncvec.spindle.net/html/show_all.cfm
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Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA)
2500 Wilson Blvd
Arlington VA 22205-3834
P: 703-907-7626
E: http://www.cemacity.org/
I: RFI problems
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SGC Inc
13737 SE 26th St
Bellevue WA 98005
P: 425-746-6310
E: sgc@sgcworld.com
W: www.sgcworld.com (/products/SGC2020/2020update.htm)
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Maha Communications & Electronics Inc.
2841-B Saturn St.
Brea CA 92821
P: 800-376-9992
E: maharexon@maha-comm.com
W: www.maha-comm.com
I: Affordable HTs, RL-115: $190, 112: $140, 412: $155, 501: $240
I: HTs: RL-501HP $360, RL-112HP $220, RL-115HP $290 (See April 1999)
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Morse Express
3140 S Peoria St, Unit K-156
Aurora CO 80014
P: 800-238-8205
E: n1fn@MorseX.com
W: www.MorseX.com
I: LTA Keys/Paddles (LTA Company in Spain) $49 & up
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JACE
PO Box 862
Bel Air MD 21014
P: 410-838-9415
I: IO Wizard Kit, computer IO made easy, board & Software $69
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MFJ
PO Box 494
Misissippi State MS 39762
P: 800-647-1800
F: 601-323-6551
W: www.mfjenterprises.com
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Cushcraft
48 Perimeter Rd
Manchester NH 03103
P: 603-627-7877
F: 603-627-1764
W: www.cushcraft.com
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Small Parts Inc
13980 NW 58th Ct
PO Box 4650
Miami Lakes FL 33014-0650
P: 305-557-7955 - Service: 305-558-1255
C: Catalog request: 800-423-9009
E: smlparts@smallparts.com
W: www.smallparts.com
I: polycarbon rod, UV resistant for making antennas, coil-supports
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Phonex Customer Service
P: 800-437-0101
I: Wireless modems that MIGHT cause HF QRM
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Bird Component Products
50 W Jefferson St
Franklyn IN 46131
P: 317-346-6600
F: 317-346-6601
E: sales@bird-electronic.com
W: www.bird-elecronic.com
I: New dummy loads DC-2.4GHz 1.3:1 SWR or lower
I: New RF attenuators as well
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League of Young Radio Amateurs Web site
W: http://excellweb.com/users/lyra/
I: young hams
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Patcomm Corp
7 Flowerfield, Suite M100
St James NY 11780
P: 516-862-6512
F: 516-862-6529
E: patcomm1@aol.com
I: Patcomm PC-9000 HF & 6-Meter rig, $800
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High Sierra Antennas
PO Box 2389
Nevada City CA 95959
P: 888-273-3415
F: 530-273-7561
E: heath@hsantennas.com
W: www.hsantennas.com/
I: HS-1500 HF/6-Meter Mobile Antenna $300
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Cutting Edge Enterprises
1803 Mission St, Suite 546
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
P: 800-206-0115
F: 831-426-0115
E: cee@cruzio.com
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