* QST 1999 ARTICLES * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * QST 1998 ARTICLES * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * QST 1997 ARTICLES * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * QST 1996 ARTICLES * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * QST 1995 ARTICLES * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * QST 1994 ARTICLES * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * QST 1993 ARTICLES * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * QST 1992 ARTICLES * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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. * FCC RF-Exposure I: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/rfsafety/ I: this site offers a calculator for you to use. * 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 * ARRL programs I: http://oak.oakland.edu:8080/pub/hamradio/arrl/bbs/programs/ * Alinco, Inc. 438 Amapola Ave, Ste 130 Torrance CA 90501 P: 310-618-8616 F: 310-618-8758 W: www.alinco.com * 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 * Kanga US 3521 Spring Lake Dr. Findly OH 45840 P: 419-423-5643 E: kanga@brutus.bright.net I: Kits * MCM Electronics 650 Congress Park Dr Centerville OH 45459-4072 P: 513-434-0031, or 800-543-4330 I: Pigtail Automotive Fuses * 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 * 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. * Yaesu USA 17210 Edwards Rd. Cerritos CA 90703 P: 310-404-2700 * Ramsey Electronics, Inc. 793 Canning Parkway Victor, New York 14564 P: 716-924-4560 I: Kits * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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! * 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 * 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 (?) * The Wireman W: www.thewireman.com * Antenna Mart Quads PO Box 699 Longanville GA 30249 P: 770-466-4353 FAX: 3095 I: Antennas Catalog $2 (Get $5 off first order) * Shirts & Caps Inc 38530 5TH Ave. Zephyrhills FL 33540 P: 813-788-7026 W: http://home.earthlink.net/~shirtsncaps/ * Handi-Hams E: wa0sgj@juno.com ("Sister" Alverna O'Laughlin) W: http://www.mtn.org/handiham/ * lowfer: 1750-meter band, 160 - 190 kHz, 1W to finals & 15 max length of antenna AND feed line for transmitter. * 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 * 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 * Ten Tec 1185 Dolly Parton Pkwy Sevierville TN 37862-3710 P: 423-453-7172 F: 423-4428-4483 ? * 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 * 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 * R.L. Drake Co 230 Industrial Dr Franklin OH 45005 P: 513-746-4556 F: 513-743-4510 I: TR270 FM Transceiver $999 * 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 * George Murphy, VE3ERP 77 McKenzie St Orillia ON L3V 6A6 I: HAMCALC Version 31 - $5 US check/money order * I: One-by-One special event callsign E: ARRL L: http://ncvec.spindle.net/html/show_all.cfm * Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA) 2500 Wilson Blvd Arlington VA 22205-3834 P: 703-907-7626 E: http://www.cemacity.org/ I: RFI problems * 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) * 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) * 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 * JACE PO Box 862 Bel Air MD 21014 P: 410-838-9415 I: IO Wizard Kit, computer IO made easy, board & Software $69 * MFJ PO Box 494 Misissippi State MS 39762 P: 800-647-1800 F: 601-323-6551 W: www.mfjenterprises.com * Cushcraft 48 Perimeter Rd Manchester NH 03103 P: 603-627-7877 F: 603-627-1764 W: www.cushcraft.com * 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 * Phonex Customer Service P: 800-437-0101 I: Wireless modems that MIGHT cause HF QRM * 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 * League of Young Radio Amateurs Web site W: http://excellweb.com/users/lyra/ I: young hams * 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 * 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 * Cutting Edge Enterprises 1803 Mission St, Suite 546 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 P: 800-206-0115 F: 831-426-0115 E: cee@cruzio.com * ========================== END OF THIS FILE ============================= * ***end***end*** *