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F EBRUAR Y 1974 1

I RS
It took quite a bit to get my
attention, but now the I AS has defi-
nitely got my attention and. if you're
interested, I'll pass along some of the
fascinatng things that I've been find -
ing out about them. Some of the
stories are right out of the Nazi storm
trooper notebooks.
In addition to the tales of horror of
persecution by the I RS there are t he
sto ries of brave people who have been
standing up to these tyrants and win-
ning. I didn't realize that thousands
upon thousands of people have been
in revolt against the income tax ...
successfully! I'll be lo ok ing mo re and
more in to this phase and reporting
back to you .. . if you're interested.
I t hink that all of us are honest
enough to agree that we shou ld pay
O U f share of the cost of running o ur
town, ou r state an d our country. I
t hink most of us fee l t hat t hese thi ngs
are not being ru n very efficien tly at
present and are unhappy over the
whole situat ion. I've read some inter-
esti ng proposa ls for alternates t o th e
income tax. There are enough dit-
ferent id eas - some o f them very
good - o n better ways t o pay fo r the
services we nee d so I can sympath ize
with many of th e peop le who are in
revot against t he present system.
Ma ny people are quite angry about
cont inu ing tax lo op ho les which per -
mit people and businesses which you
might expect to be help ing to pay for
t he country to run to pay little or no
t axes. Did you know that the middle
income people pay over 80% of t he
income taxes? Did you know t hat
71.4% of the tax income of the
government for 1973 came from in-
come and social security taxes - out
of your paycheck? Corporation taxes
furnish only 16 .1% of receipts! T here
must be some better system than this!
I RS HARRASMENT
One of the "witnesses" in the
trurrced-uo case against 73 Magazine
called recently to tell a story of how
the I RS needlessly forced him to lose
a $25,000 business deal. Does he have
any recourse against the IAS special
agent for this lost income? Of course
not.
Briefly, this person sold a small
item to 73 Magazine several years ago
which the special agent decided he
would disallow as a business expense.
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EDITORIAL BY WAYNE GREEN
The purpose of the "witness" was to
prove that 73 Magazine did indeed
buy the item. 73's counsel offered to
stipulate that 73 did indeed purchase
the item so that it would be com-
pletely unnecessary for the "witness"
to testify. The special agent, apparent-
ly much more interested in having a
host of unneeded witnesses to impress
a jury and to carry out the Taxpayer
Compliance Program refused to accept
the stipulation or to let the witness
leave the country to make his business
deal. This shows the callous disregard
fo r the taxpayers that this special
age nt has.
Whether the item in question
should have been disallowed or not is
no t relevant to this witness and his
perso nal loss. It was just a small thing
t hat was used for decoration of the 73
Magazine waiting room and it was sold
when the ro om was redecorated . . .
sold fo r t he same price that was pa id
for it.
BEWARE D F TA X REFUNDS
One of t he things that can flag an
I RS aud it is a substantia l tax refund.
Since t here is virtually no way to go
t hrough an aud it wit hout it costing
you mo ney, it should be obvious t hat
an audit is t o be avoi ded li ke a swim
in t he rap ids of the Colorado River.
Th is is an interesting piece of news
for people who understate their de-
pendents o n their withholding as a
form of enforced savings. Then they
cla im t he right number of dependents
at t ax time and get the difference in
withholding tax. T hey also stand a big
chance of an audit which will lose
them everything they saved and more.
Just how much does the IAS take
away from you as a result of an audit?
The average for 1973 on taxpayer
audits was $796 each! Perhaps you
can see why an audit is to be avoided
if at all possible. Add to that $800
your cost in lost time at work and the
wear and tear on your ulcers .
The IRS can't audit all returns, of
course, so they pick out about two
million to get the works . If your
number comes up you are in for a big
headache. About $800 worth, on the
average. Of course the chances are
that you are a little above average in
income , so you 'll get hit even harder.
The average amateur should assay out
to about $926.
How do you win the go lden ante
award? Assumi ng that you are not
singled out by t he administration to
be screwed, or by a vindictive qover-
no r, o r by a business competi tor with
po litical pull, and you're not a lour-
nalist who nee ds the fea r of God put
in him, or a judge or other person
against whom t he IAS has a vendetta,
then all you have to worry about is
no t having the big IAS computer light
up tilt when your form is processed.
The computer is programmed to
balk when certain standards of deduc-
t ions are exceeded . If you overdo on
medical expenses, for instance, you 're
up for an audit. It makes no dit-
ference that your expenses were com-
pletely legitimate. The computer only
knows that you deducted more than
was set as "reasonable" by the IAS.
The I AS figures of what is reasonable
are very closely guarded for if they
were known the taxpayers could take
the limit of reasonable deductions and
save a whole lot of money.
Once your return has been rejected
by the computer you stand a good
chance of bei ng in for an audit and a
nice big bil1. Worse than that, once
you've been hit for an extra payment,
you are a pidgeon and you can expect
to have them looking to you for
continued big profits in t he fu tu re.
These are called "subsequent audits"
and are a goldmine fo r the I RS. In the
last few mo nths o f 19 72 t he IAS
pic ked up an average of almost $4000
eac h fro m 13 th ou san d people in t h is
group .
They also do a ro using business
with this group in going over th eir
back retu rns and figu re that t h is y ields
about $5000 per man hour spen t on
that.
Obviously it is extremely important
not to have your retu rn light up tilt .
One more statistic for you . . . in
1973 the people who asked for sub-
stantial refunds ended up paying an
average additional tax of $234! That's
right, not only didn't they get their
expected refund, they had to shell out
a bundle.
How can such a thing be, you are
asking? Very simple, your revenue
agent knows all the tricks with the tax
returns and you don't. He not only
makes this sort of extortion his
business. .. and his progress within the
I AS depends to a large degree on how
much he brings in . ..the rules he goes
by are unavailable to you . . .they're
secret. All else failing, he can blithely
disal low any deductions he wants, and
what are you going to do about it? If
you don't pay, he can come to your
house and take your car, your son 's
car, your watch, etc., and put them up
for public auction. You may even find
yourself ridiculed in the newspapers in
an ad for the sale of your confiscated
 property as one California chap did.
Don't make waves if you don't
want trouble with the IRS .
On the other hand , there is a
growing number of people who are
intentionally mak ing waves...and
with some success. _.revotttnq aga inst
the I AS.
TA X REVOLT
The people who have been leading
the way toward a revolt against the
IRS and the whole tax system have
worked out some interesting ways of
doing things. I' m not sure how well
t hey are getti ng away with it, bu t the
claims are t hat no one has yet gone to
prison t ha t has done it just righ t.
One of t he basics seems to be a
matter o f crossi ng out the perjury
sta teme nt on t he tax ret u rn . If you
stop and t hink about it, there shou ld
be a Miranda warning right there
above that perjury statement for it is
truly said that you are signing a ticket
to jail when you sign the tax form.
You already know that no two IRS
agents filling out the same tax form
come up with the same results. Several
newspapers have exposed this in tests,
much to the embarrassment of the
IRS. You also know that the I AS can
put almost anyone they want in jail
for fraud on the basis of their tax
returns, no matter how honest they
were.
When you sign that return you are
guaranteei ng t hat it is accurate and
complete and there is no possible way
for you to know t hat. ..so you are
lying whe n you sign it an d you are
imme diately up for grabs, if they want
you.
The tax revolt peop le cross out the
perjury statement en the return ,
thereby making the job of the I AS
extremely difficult if not impossible
when it comes to prosecuting them, if
it ever comes to that.
Another group has been trying to
make headway via the route of point·
ing out that it is unconstitutional for
the IRS, which is part of the executive
branch of the government, to confis-
cate property without going through
the judicial branch of the govern-
ment. . .with no court order, etc. The
fact that t he protesters appea r to be
clea rly righ t has not yet enabled t hem
to win. Chal k up one more to t he
incred ible power of the IRS...even
the United States Const it u tion has not
been able to stop t hem.
One of the majo r problems with
regard to tax revolt is t hat it depends
entirely upon little peop le and they
don't have the resources to put up
much of a fight . The big corporations
like the present system. . .after all,
they don't .have to pay much in taxes,
so why should they rock the boat?
The big load is on the middle inco me
FEBRUARY 1974
taxpayer and the sma ll businessman, Hish am writes t hat a new class for
the o nes that can't afford to fight. beginning hams will be starting in
January and a large number of vou nq-
sters are already signed up . . . so look
IRS & YOU? for more and mo re active hams in
If you've had any QRM from the Jordan.
I AS you might send along some de- Several U.S. amateurs have already
tails . .. we'll keep your name confi · packed up some unused gear and sent
dential. The best way to get this it along to the embassy in Washington
bunch of pirates to shape up is to put to be forwarded to the clubs in
the spotlight on them and expose Jordan. If you have any qood equip-
their methods. Let's back them down. ment that you want to offer to some
kids that will very much appreciate it ,
this is a good ro u te to go. T he address
MORE ? is: Embassy of Jordan, 23 19 Wyoming
The more research I do the mo re Ave., N.W., Washington DC. Let' s get
horrified I am at t he callous lengths t hese great kids some rigs, some reo
some IRS agen ts have go ne in harras- ceivers, and parts for bu ilding and
sing peo ple who we re un able to bu ck experime nti ng.
the ir raw power. If you'd like to here
more abou t this and t he ways peop le NON -HAM SCM ELECTED!
are figh ting back , just give me some A note from a reader ou t in Nevad a
encouragement. brings fasci nating news of the A AA L
and its election of Leo nard Norman as
MIDEAST TEN SION S SCM. Norman is the chap who ru ns
As lo ng as the mideast is as tense as the yearly Saroc ripoff.
it is, even though it is entirely safe to The FCC called up Norman, who
visit Jordan, it seems likely that many had a Conditional license, for re-exem
amateurs will want to wait for things in July 1972 and he failed both the
to coo l down in the neighboring General and Technician exams.
countries. Thus, reluctantly , it has Though AAAL HQ knew Norman had
been decided to delay o ur ham tour to failed both license tests they still ran
Jordan until fall , hoping that some him for SCM in the September etec-
solutions to the problems will have tion, where he beat out W7SJA by
been found by that time . only 17 votes.
During the war between Israel , When word of Norman losing his
Egypt and Syria there was little dis. license got to t he local League memo
t u rbance in Jordan. Amateur radio bersnip. Norman was finally fo rced to
continued without interruption, as d id resign. Norman appoi nted his bud dy
everything else. There was some ner- K7Z0K at SCM, th us fi nessing W7SJ A
vo usness becau se of the nearness of out of t he jo b.
the conflict, of course. It is interesting T his is all fact, back ed up by letters
that the border be tween Israel and from Walker testifyi ng t hat Norman
Jordan remained open throughout the had failed the exams, and from
war. Hu nto o n saying he knew that No rman
And, lest you forget what a tantas- had failed, but that since Norman had
tic experience you will have visiting not yet surrendered his license to the
Jordan, here is a photo of Martha FCC, he was still eligible to run for
Blackburn, the wife of Blackie SCM.
JY9BB, with lin (my wife) , eating at
the beautiful and clean restaurant at FCC LIMITATIONS
Karak with the head of the boy 's club A letter from a reader out in
and Hisham JY5HA . Arizona told about how he had gone
to a tot of trouble to direction find
and smoke out qui te a bu nch of illegal
CBers (are t here any legal ones left?)
an d tu rned their names, addresses,
psuedonyms and car license p late
numbers over to th e FCC. He sug
gested that o ther co ncerned amateurs
d o li kewise .
From New Mexi co anot he r reader
wrote to tell us that the ama teurs
th ere had also bec ome co nce rned with
We have some late news fro m inte rference to radi o commu nica tio ns
Amman ... it seems t hat th e repeater on the sheriff's frequencies. This con-
I brought over in June and helped set sisted of jammi ng, profane language
up has been popular and a second and attempts to misguide or confuse
repeater is being installed. Quite a few officers. When it was proposed to the
hand transceivers have been pur- FCC inspector, he told them they
chased, so activity will be increasing were spinning their wheels, and even if
there . (Contin ued on page 12)
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On Saturday. March 9 , 1974, the Club of Woodwa rd OK, is happy to VIRGINIA aso PARTY
Toledo Mobi le Radio A ssociation will annou nce its second annual wood -
hold it s 19th annual amateur radio ward Hamfest-Swapfest will be held
auctio n at th e Lucas Coun ty Hecrea- on March 30·31 , 1974. The event w it!
t ion Center in Maumee OH. For mo re be held at th e Woodward County
inf ormat ion contac t : Barry C. Leeper, Fairbuildin g in Woodward. For mo re
1811 Wellsley o-, To ledo OH 43606. information contact : T yl er L. Todd
WA5YQP , Hamfest Promo t ion Chair-
FOREST VIEW FEST
man, P. O. Box 893 . Woodward OK
Th e For est V iew ARC Hamfest w ill 73801.
be held on Sunday, February 3. at
Forest View High School, 2 121
Goebert Road, A rl ington Heights, Des M IOWINTER SWAP
Plaines I L, fr om 8 AM t o 5 PM. The Tri-County AR C Midwinter
Features include f ree parking, all in- Swap f est is March 10, 9 AM t o 5 PM ,
door facili ties, f ood and ref resh ment at the National Guard Armory , White-
stand, manufact urer 's display and a water WI. $ 1 advance, $1.50 at t he
brand new Drake TR ·22 for a door door (additional $1 reserves one d is-
The V irginia QSO Party , sponsored
prize. Bring gear t o swap , sell or play table). Advance tickets eligible
by the Sterli ng Park Amateur Radio
auction. Talk-in on .94. Advance for special prize. Talk -in on .94. Re- Club, will be held from 1800 GMT
registration $1 .50 or $2.00 at the freshments, free parki ng. everythi ng March 9, t o 0200 GMT March 11 ,
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 ORBITAL INf ORMATION

AMSAT Orbit Date

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Time longi tude of Eq.
(GMT! Crossing OW
48.3
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HELP
5927 0002.4

NEWS 5940
5953
5965
5978
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This column is for those need ing
he lp in obtaini ng their amateur radio
5990 6 0047.0 59.5 license.
6003 7 0 142.0 73.2
If you are interested, send 73 your
Mike Frye WBBLBP 60 15 8 0041 .9 58.2
640 Dauville Dr. 6028 9 0 136.8 7 1.9
name , address and phone nu mbe r.
Dayton OH 45429 6040 10 0036.8 56.9 Don't be bashfu l - remember, it 's
6053 11 01 3 1.7 70.6 always easie r when you have someone
6065 12 0031.6 55.6 to give you that added bit o f con-
AM5AT Exp ands OSCAR 6 Operating 6078 13 0 126.6 69.3 fide nce.
Sched ule
6090 14 0026.5 54.3 73 would appreciate amateurs and
6103 15 0 121.4 68.1 clubs looking this list over and helping
AMSAT has announced a change in 6115 16 0021.4 53.0 whoever they can. Do you remember
OSCAR 6's operating schedule. effec- 6128 17 01 16.3 66.8 when you needed help?
tive December 1 the new schedule is: 6140 18 0016.2 51 .8
Thursdays, Saturdays, Mondays (GMT 6153 0111.2 65.5 Ardeth Lawson
days) - Satellite repeater ON for com- 6 165 "
20 0011.1 50.5 1317 Scoville Ave.,
munications during south-to-north 6178 21 0106.0 64.2 Pom ona, California
passes only (same as presen t). These 6190 22 0006.0 64.2
91767
ascending node passes occur in the 6203 23 0 100.9 62.9
6215 24 0000.8 47.9
late afte rnoon and evenings. 6 228 25 0055.7 61.6 Davy Rinker
Tuesd ay s, Friday s, Sundays (GM T 6241 26 0 150.7 75.4 10961 S.W. 121st St.
days) - Beginning Dec. 2, the repeater 6253 27 0050.6 60.4 Miami fL 33156
will be ON during north-to-south 6266 28 0 145.5 74.1 251 ·6503
(local morning) passes, primarily for
use in educational demonstrations. Allen Reed
Telemetry data witl continue to be 808 Oliver SI.
taken on the reference orbits, i.e.. This month I am including a sum- Gastonia NC 18052
about 5-15 minutes after the first mary of the AMSAT·OSCAR 6 Users 867-6532
equatorial crossing of each Greenwich List, as a commemorative to the 1816
day. amateurs in 74 countries who made Eric Will ia ms
AMSAT is expecting greatly in - successful GSO's through OSCAR 6 410 Woodland Dr.
creasing temperatures d uring the next du ring t he first year of its operation. Sa nta Cruz CA 95066
408·353-3 142
four mo nths, and this new operating Th is list indicates the high interest and
schedu le is intended to prevent the ded icat ion of ama teurs throughout Thomas G. Valosin
ba ttery from overcharging and over- t he worl d who have worked lo ng and RD I. Warrior Way
heat ing durin g this critical period. hard in achieving their goal. Middleburgh NY 12122
518-8274800

Total USA, 737 (40%1

Rodney Patches
R.D. I, Boll. 78
Total Outside USA: 1079 (60%1 Lebanon PA 17042
Total Countries; 74 717-949-6552
Total Stations: 1816 -- 1025 confirmed

Ranking of AMSAT·OSCAR 6 Users by Cou ntry on a Per-Amateur Capita

Basis (As of Oct. 15, 1973 ). ~N"'VElING
0<::) ~
Rank Country Total Amateurs OSCAR 6 Percentage of ham s
Users using OSCAR 6
'.)<:) 0t;:)
1 New Zealand 4,641 70 1.5%
2 Australia 6,461 85 1.3% un
Joe Kasser
3 Finland 2,000 23 1.1 5%
4 France 7,500 1701 East ·West Highway, A p r. 2 05
81 1.1 %
5 Sweden 4,400 44 Sil ver Spring M D 209 10
1.0%
6 Czechoslovakia 2,070 20 0.97%
7 W_ Germany 20,380 168 0.82%
Th is month we shall take a look at
8 England 16,837 113 0.67% 2m FM activity along a narrow strip
9 Japan 14,576 90 0.61 % of road between Wash ington and
10 Canada 12,892 57 0.44% Cleveland OH. Leaving Washington
11 Italy 6.000 24 0.4% and driving up 1·70s the 31191 and
12 USA 282,850 737 0.26% 28/88 Washington area repeaters are
,3 USSR 15,085 30 0.20% easily workable. A few miles up the
,4 Argentina 17,500 22 0.13% ro ad the 13/73 mac h ine on a
T otal: 1564 mo u ntain i n Frederick MD is
(86% of all OSCA R users) available. It has an extremely wide
ran ge. The nex t repeater is the 34/94
...WB8LBP machine in Hagerstown. Now up to

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the Pennsy lva nia Turnp ike and along
it to Pittsb urgh. Stay on 94 or 52.
Alt hough snatches o f activi ty can be
heard o n 76, there does not appea r to
be anyth ing with in range. There is
activi ty o n 94 both from passersby
and from the locals. Also you never
kn ow, you may be warned of bac ku ps
well ahead of ti me and be able to get
off the rest ricted access highway in
t ime.
Pittsbu rgh has repeaters on 19/79,
28/88 and 37/97 . The majority o f the
users on the 37/9 7 mach ine are the
KDKA gang. And a friendly c rowd
t hey were when I wo rked them as I
passed through the area last Tha nks-
givi ng weekend. The city repeaters are
a bit spotty along the tu rn pike, b ut
ca n be .read llv wo rked fo r quite some
dista nce.
A li ttl e furth er alo ng the 25/8 5
repeater at Beaver Valley comes into
range. It has its best coverage between
ex its 3 and 4 in t he big city area and is
located near ex it 2. Crossing th e bor -
der into Ohio the 3 1/9 1 You ngstown
mach ine is heard at good strength as it
is a new o ne on 37/97. When I passed
through they were testing it , ru nning
abo ut 3 watts at a low site (o ne of t he
QT H's o f o ne of t he gro up's mem-
bers). It was workable fo r a good 30
miles. Just wait u nti l they get th at
th ing u p in th e air!
Cleveland has three repeate rs. The
16/76 machine is PL or tone co n-
tr o lled to avoid G RM from Detro it
MI. The 28/88 and 34/94 repeate rs
are o pen to anyone.
2m FM seems' to be great fo r
driv ing vacat ions o r trips of any k ind .
Most operators are very friend ly to
strangers and will ing to pass out help-
fu l an d useful info rma tion to
travelers. Some will even call u p you r
friends or relat ives o n t he landli ne and
inform them that you have arrived in
to wn and that you ca n be expected
shortly. Th ey will even dial up the
au topatch for you if the rep eater is so
equ ipped.
However, driving through the rush
hou r to wo rk in your home to wn and
listen ing to the repeater is anoth er
story. In ma ny p laces it is impossi ble
to get a wo rd in edgeways. What's the
matte r, more repeaters? At o ne time
one Detro it group figured o ut t hat the
nu mber o f use rs o n th eir repeate r was
such that everyone was entitled to ten
minutes a day an d any o ne exceeding
his allotment was gently remin ded of
that fact by the other use rs. After a
while the repeate r began to re ma in
id le wi th everybody liste ning ra the r
than tra nsmitti ng and QSO's between
two stations were kept short. Perhaps
that sort of time division usage may
come in to vogue.
What is the coverage of your local
repeater like? I'd very much li ke to
FEBRUA RY 19 74
hear from you so that I can pass on
the information to any p rospective
visitors to your area. Afte r a ll sp ring is
o n its way, and in sp ri ng a you ng
man's fancy is supposed to turn
t o ...
G3ZCZ
LEAKY LINES
David Man n K2AGZ
Daniel Lane
Kinnelon NH 07405
It need not even be stated, b ut
a lmost every single amate ur is aghast
at the prospect of th e un warranted
proposal to grant a significant po rtion
of o ne of o ur VHF bands to a group
of id lers and d illetantes who have
demonstrated little or no qu al ification
for its stewa rdship. This group, (wi th
so me excep tio ns, of cou rse, but not
many ), has demonstrated over and
ove r again th at it is un fi t to be
entrusted with so p recious a resource.
Their record of lawlessness and
irresponsibility is a gl aring matter of
public knowledge. It is perhaps
regrettable th at the few responsible
and conscientious ind ivid ua ls among
them must bea r the onus and st igma
brought about by the iniq uit ies and
mi sdeeds of the many. But the piain
truth is th at the 11 meter band which
they have been occu pying for some
fifteen yea rs, and wh ich was taken
away fro m amateurs in a sim ilar way
(and for similar reasons as those now
cited), is as rife wit h lawlessness as a
dark st ree t in any cri me -infested city
slu m.
The vio la tors far outn umber the
law-abidin g users, at least so far as
the ir noti ceable p resence on th e air is
concerned, and there is little reason to
sup pose tha t a mere transposition to
another band wo uld ca use any
si gnificant change, eithe r in attitude
of co ntempt toward regulations, or in
excessively poor operating practices.
Th e so le w or th wh il e
accomplish ment o f th is cha nge wo uld
be the elimi nation of t he skip
co nd ition wh ich contributes greatly to
th e most persistent violat io n catego ry.
But thi s wo uld cu t off only one
o ppo rtu nity to fl out th e regulat ions
which govern th e Citizens Band. There
would st ill remain many a reas open
for co nt inued infractio ns, and the re is
virtually no justification t o imagine
t ha t the y wo ul d stop t he i r
misbehavior. The re would sti ll be
antenne-he lqht infractions, use o f
unauthori zed V FOs (should crystal
control o peration be continued),
illega l use of li near amp lifiers in open
de f ia nce of p o w er limitations,
outrageo us disregard of identi ficat ion
requ ireme nts and p rocedu res, total
fl o ut ing of prescribed sta ndards of
d ecency in content and context of
comm un ications, and many othe r
perfectly o bvious violations wh ich are
now so widesp read in CB operations.
Any idea that these evi ls would
a utomat ica lly vanish with this
f re q u ency c ha nge, would be
un realistic indeed.
Th e most glarin g p roblem lies in th e
appa rent inability of the FCC to
po lice the presentl y alloca ted Citizens
Band , due to a lack o f fundi ng and a
shortage o f adequate manpower to do
the job. Unqu estio nably, th ere is good
reason t o think that there is as much
(or mo re) di re need of stiff
enfo rcement on th is band than on
almost any other slice of FCC
admin istered spectru m space. In fact,
the p ro blem of repeater vio lat ions on
CB has become exacerbated in d irect
proportion to t he CBe r's growin g
aware ness that t he Comm ission is
eit he r un able o r unwil ling to deal with
the m as severely as the regulati ons call
for. What, we'd like to kn ow, makes
t he FCC think that when this bedlam
shifts over to 220, it's going to get
better?
How, just for a f'rinsta nce, could
the Com mission emplo y sanct ions or
penalt ies against th ose n umb erless
statio ns which are being operated
without any licenses at al l? Th ere have
been vario us est imates conce rning
this, and appare ntly it ru ns into
astro nomical proportio ns. CB licenses
cos t a great dea l of money, and if they
ca n o perate clandestinely , why shou ld
the Comm ission expec t them to
comply with the law? Th is is
espec ially t rue in cases where illicit
use is t h e ru le .. .peop le using
ident ifyin g names like Pussy cat, the
Swamp Rat, the Rambling Red skin,
Alligato r Pete, and Sam the Man?
Th ey may be forced to stop their
DXing due to th e fo rced change to a
grou nd wave band, but they will find
some othe r way to operate illegall y,
fo r that is apparently the way th ey get
the ir "jollies." The move to 220 will
n ot fos te r a ny apprec iab le
imp rovement.
It an amateur operator, th rough
rep eated violations, is deemed by the
FCC to be an incorrig ible case, he is
su mma rily dep rived of his ticket, per-
haps fi ned , and may even face imp ris-
c nment. There is a record on file of
h is identity and h is whereabou ts.
Also, he is req uired to know and
unde rstand th e regulations, for th ere
is a body of questions relat ing to th is
subject matter in the exam wh ich he is
req uired to pass in order to obtai n his
(Contin ued on page 97)
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Dave Ingram K 4TWJ
Rte. II, Box 499, Eastwood Vii. 50N
Birmingham AL 35210
One of the biggest innovatio ns in
SSTV, the Direct Slow to Fast Scan
Digita l converter, is slowly but surely
approaching reality and 19 74 may be
t he year fo r it . Although this is a
many year project, it is growing in a
n u m b e r of steps , which has
accelerated its development, and there
is a possibility that a prototype may
be displayed at Dayton thi s April.
Basicall y the conversion process
consists of reading a digitalized copy
of the complete Slow Scan TV video
frame into computer memory ICs, and
then playing back the picture at a high
speed into a regular TV receiver.
Memory capacity requirements for
th is u nit are large, (between 100,000
and 200,000 bits) and previous
memory cost of 1 or 2 cents per b it
have made t his unit too expensive for
t he average ham ($2000). Recently,
however, these chips have begun to
show up on t he surp lus ma rket as
"seconds" at approx imately 5/ 100
ce nts per bi t, t hus lowering memory
cost to between $35 and $50. Addi ng
to this t he support ICs and addit ional
p arts gives an approximate ove rall cost
of $200. The scan converter will wo rk
somethi ng li ke t his: Th e first 8 second
SST V p ict ure will load t he memory
u nit, then during t he second 8 second
period t his will read out at Fast Scan
rates into a regular big, bri ght TV. A
f rame hold switch can be used for
contin ually reading a p ictu re out of
t he me mo ry wh ile the t ransmitt ing
statio n describes that particular
p ictu re. Succeeding phases of the scan
conve rte r will inclu de image
en hancement (averaging ou t the no ise
compo ne nt by integrating the
incomi ng video with the video already
received and stored), color SSTV
(color frames loaded sequentially into
memory , then played back all at once
into the home color TV set! plus some
other " st unts." Those present working
on the converter include W0LMB,
W9NT P and W6MXV. Our thanks to
W0LM D for the previous information.
The 'joint" Worldwide Slow Scan
contest is coming up on the 9th and
10th of this month (see following
rules fo r specific details) and activity
promises to be good . The contest is
scheduled a little earlier this year to
avoid conflict with other major
contests. Furth er, the U.S. is exempt
fro m video only contacts, h owever a
Slow Scan picture containing the call
sign , rep ort and OSO number mus t be
exchanged . Audio o nly co ntacts do
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not cou nt. Since th ese rul es we re
p ublished, it h as come to our
atte ntio n t hat a few o ther countries
also require id entifi cation o f SSTV
t ransmissio n on aud io (Aus t ralia is a
good example). Although I have no t
yet clea red this with Professor Fan ti,
I' m su re t hose countries will also be
exerro t from the SSTV on ly clause.
(Obviously we don' t want anyone
getti ng cltetlonsl) Remember I will be
tallyi ng U.S. logs and sending the
scores o n to Franco , so tha t we (73
Magazine) can issue ce rtificates to t he
top U.S.A. contenders. My dead line is
March 10 , so I will have time to mai l
the results on to Franco , whose
deadline is the 20th. I wish you all the
best of luck in the contest , and would
like to hear you r comments and
opinions when you send in your logs,
along with any pictures you might
lend fo r use in this column . Watch fo r
these "results and comments" in a few
mo nths!
Another weather satellite was
placed into sun sy nch ronous orbit
during November, and was due to
begin operation by mld -Januarv . The
sate llite is termed NOAA·3 and is
capa ble o f Auto ma tic Picture
Transmi ssio n, t hus hopefu lly replacing
the dying NOAA-2 satell ite. I
understa nd it will u se t he same
fre q u e nci e s as N OAA·2. More
informatio n on th is as it becomes
available.
RULES
Th e I t al ian Ma ga z ine C O
Hettronlca and 73 Magazine tak es
p leasu re in annou ncing th e 4th
Worldwid e Slow Scan Televi si on
Contest. Th e purp ose of thi s Contest
is to promo te increased interest in the
SSTV mode of operation as used by
Rad io Ama teu rs.
1) PERIOO OF CONTEST
Pa r t 1: 150 0-2200 GM T on
Feb ruary 9th, 1974.
Pa rt 2: 070 0-1400 GMT on
Feb ruary 10th, 1974 .
2) BANOS
All authorised freque ncies within
the 3.5·7.0·14.0-2 1.0 and 28.0 MHz
bands.
31 MESSAGES
Messages will consist of : Exchange
of pictures and also included are al
the call sign : bl report (RST) : 31 serial
number.
The serial number must start at 001
and is increased by one for each
successive contact during the period
of the Contest and the serial number
is irrespective of the Band(sJ used.
Exchange must be made exclusively
with the SSTV mode. Fo r the " W" are
accepted t he FCC Ru les.
4 1 EXCHANGE POINTS ANO
M U LTI PLI ER
a) Contact score 1 poin t per
contact o n the 3.5, 7.0, 14. 0, 28.0
MHz Band s. 2 points per contact on
the 28.0 MHz Band , can be utili zed on
each Ba nd. J n add ition to the AR RL
Cou ntries t he W call areas W0 to W9
and VE Call areas from VO to VE7.
The same Co nti nen ts and Cou nt ry
are only valid o nce o n each Band . The
same station can only be wo rked once
o n each ba nd (Max 5 contacts) during
Contest pe riod.
5} SCORING
Total exchange points mu ltiplied
by t he mul tiplier to tal.
61 SECTIONS
a) Entran ts t ransmi tting and
receiving video.
b) Entrants rece iving vi deo o nly.
Fo r t h is purp ose the same general
rules apply and the same sta tions
hea rd is valid o nce o nly on each Band.
A separate results ta ble will be
made for each of these two classes o f
entry.
71 LOGS
Logs should co ntai n: Date, Time of
contact (GMT), Band in u se, Call sign,
Report ( RSTl sent and rece ived . Serial
nu mbers sent and received, p oin ts.
multipliers and final sco re.
Although not essential, it wo uld be
apprecia ted jf entrants cou ld enclose a
cover sheet wit h a short description of
th e Sta tio n (With photo if possible)
together wit h any comments on the
Contest.
All ent rants are kind ly requested to
re p o r t on any ser ious Contest
irregularities, e.g. Exchanges in oth er
modes.
For entrants in t he b. Classificati on
it is only necessary to record the
message of the statio n heard .
Se nd U.S. logs to:
Dave Ingram K4TWJ
BI RU LES OF BE HAV IOR AN D
PENALISATION
The Logs must be compiled in
accorda nce wit h th e Rules listed in
sectio n 7 . Th e contacts must be made
by means o f the SST V mode and it is
no t permitted to use another mode of
transmission either before, durin g or
afte r the exchange of t he message by
Slow Scan Television .
During the Con test it is ex pected
t hat Amateu rs will observe t he
fu ndamental rules of cou rtesy and
good operating du ring contacts.
Failure to observe any of th e above
Rules will result in the exclu sion of
the ent ry from th e final resu lts and
any such Lo gs received will be
considered as check Logs.
All Logs received become th e
property of t he Edition CO and will
not be retu rn ed.
The decision of the organising
Commi ttee in any d isp ute will be final
an d any subsequ ent controversy
ca nnot be referred to th e Civ il Co urt .
K4TWJ
 • 15800 cornmet'ce pork d rive,
tromcs brook parX. ohio 44142
L-J:: orporatJ
 ship (at 52 .001 and receiving t he club
newsletter and ce rtificate should con-

50 MHz BAND tact the secretary , Ray mond J .

Schmidt WA9 FXT, 1450 Windsor
~ CONTEST~S~
Circle , Carpentersville IL 60110
Bill Turner WAQABI
Five Chestnut Court
Tom DiBiase WBBKZD
Sf. Peters MO 63376
708 6th A venue
WA 1EXN wo rked a short au rora S teubenville OH 43952
the 12t h of November, only 3'5 were
active during the 30 minute opening.
Art is look ing for scatter con- Fe b. 9 -1 0 Ten-Te n International
tacts - he remarks of having worked Net Contest
KBLEE and WB4YAB but ''Where Feb. 23-2S Vermont 050 Party
have all the scatter stations gone? Mar.9-10 Worldwide VHF
Hear K8MMM oc casionally on Activity
Sunday . KBBBN is consp icuous by his Apr. 12- 15 Cou nter Hunters sse
abse nce," Contest
Paul K 1TO L was active f rom Lewi s- Ap r. 20-22 Zero Dist rict QSO Party
ton, Maine during December before
retu rning to UCL A to fi nish u p his The boom 10 element clamp of the new
masters degree . His father (K1GPJ) KLM six meter antennas. The aluminum is THIS MONTH
aU 606 3-T832, the hardware stainless steel.
will be operating the SB-l10A and Ten-Ten
modified 58 -200 for a while (beard KLM Elec tro n ics, 1600 Decker International Net Contest
Paul working WB4V LH around 0345Z Avenue, San Martin CA 95046 manu- Starts OOOOZ Feb. 9 , ends 2400Z
the 12th). fac tu res two versions of the Oliver Feb. 10. Exchange name, QTH, and
Late November and early December Swan bandpass antenna desi gn. Avail- lOX or. Score 1 pt. for each member
b ro ught several openings t o the able in 8 and 1 1 eleme nt versio ns, contacted, 1 extra pt. if OX member,
Misso uri area. November 26th heard the se a n te n n as a re made of Y l-XYL, or Cha pter Head. A c orop ri-
and/or wo rked W1GAO, W5TDZ, 6063-T8 32 alumi num wit h st ainl ess ate awa rds . Logs go to Grace Du nlap
W B2 PSV , K2 LC K. K1 ZFE and steel hardwa re. The booms are 2 " in K5MRU , Contest Manager, Box 445,
WAl ILN. The last two were making d iame ter, th e eleme nts %", The fre- La Feria, Texas 78559 , and must be
t he most of new S8E S8·S0·s. The quency range is 4 9.5 to 52.5 with a received by Mar. 15 , 19 74 . SASE fo r
27t h worked WA4GM, the 29th max imum VSWR of 1.15:1. The resul ts.
WA1EXN, K2 LCK again plus others. impedance in both cases is 50n
December 9th worked WA0V PY. balanced . Other specifications are as
8 ruce in Sioux Falls, heard K2ZYX foUoINS :
(working WAS RBI) , W82DN E, Vermo nt 050 Party
WA2SAZ and o thers. Gain over isotro pic 8 e le. 11 ele. Fro m 2 100Z Feb . 23 to 0100Z
WB2K LD writes that he is back on Boom le ngt h 14.3 16.3 Feb . 25. Stations may be wo rked once
6m fo ll owing an abse nce o f five years. 3 dB po ints 18'3" 30' per band/mo de. Frequ enc ies are 3685,
0 0
Tom is ru nn ing a Swa n 250 with an Weigh t 24 21 39 09, 3932, 7060, 7290 , 14060,
FET preamp and five elements at 69S' Price, 12 1bs 27 1bs 14290, 14325, 2 1060, 2 137~. 281 00,
AMSL and monitors SO_1 10 dai ly Fo .O.B. San Martin 28600, 50260, 50360 , 14 4-1 44.5,
from 0730-0830 and 2 130-2300 F.O. B. San Martin $55.95 $89.95 145.8. Out-of-sta te stations score 3
local. Tom is looking for schedules, pts. per VT OSO and multip ly by
tropo or scatter. You may contact WAMHI total Vt. counties worked on each
him at RD No.1 Warrior Way, ba nd. Vermont stations score 1 p t. per
Middleburgh NY 121 22 . QSO and multiply by total A RRL
The Six Meter Inter natio nal Radio
Kl ub, "SMI RK," has bee n establ ished QSL sectio ns and cou nt ries worked. Ex-
change QSO nr.. RS/T an d ARRL
b y W5Q D8, K5 ZM S, K5H VC,
KSOOJ , WASC BT and KSWIB in an
CONTEST sect io n (Cou nty for Vermon t ). Send
logs wit h SAS E before Mar. 3 1 to
effort to increase band ac tivity. The Peter Kragh, W1AYK, 170 Summit
group plans to issue a membership AIoh, From Ave., Ramsey NJ 07446 .
certificate and publish a newsletter. ...W88KZD
Fo r details contact WSQDB.
Another club with similar aims is
"SPECM," the Society fo r t he Preser-
KH6HFJ Ronald Pitt' KH6H FJ . wins t he
vation and Encouragement of Six
QS L Contes t t his mon th . Pictu red on
Meters. As t h e name impli es, t he
o bjec t is to keep Six ac tive and t he right o f his card is t he Haleak ala
encou rage more hams to try ou r first Crater. On the left are the West Maui
love. The club ho ld s its mee t ings on Mountain s, th e Pacific Ocean and the
50. 12S at 9 pm Central time Sunday
evenings, in the event of a contest or Kealia Fish Pond where t he Humunu -
ba nd open ing the frequency is shifted kuhapuhaha love to swim. You too
to SO.150. All stations, AM, SS8, and can win a one year subscription to 731
FM are welcome to check in. At Send your QS L to: QS L Contest,
p resent the membersh ip includes hams
in Illi nois, Wisconsin, Michigan and 7 3 Magazine, Peterbo rough NH
Indi ana. Those interested in mem be r- 03458 .

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EQU IPMENT FROM 73 GE~ER'\L ELECTRIC TPI,. 80 watt
The fol lowing list of gear unless 2m w ith PL, 5175. RCA Supercarfone
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(Continued from page 3)
he, as an FCC inspector, should walk
MOBILE DXing confirme d a n d Bo b K a pl a n
in and find the violator in the act, the
WA4WT G/M 4 is sixth wi th 150 con-
FCC would be powerless to do any- As if it isn't difficult enough to
thing. He said that the only way the rack up t he count ries, t here are a few fi rmed.
There's only about fourteen memo
interference could be stopped would masochists who are ma naging the feat
be fo r the state legislature to pass a while operati ng mobile - on the order bers of the Mo bile Ce ntury Club, so
law prohibit ing such operation and of ro win g the Channel with one arm maybe you'd better t hi nk about givi ng
t hen have t he lo ca l officers clean it t ied behind your back . that o ne a t ry? Yo u can get in fo a nd
up. awa rds fro m N.A.S. Fitch G3 FPK, 40
T he hands down leader of t he
The visit of another FCC inspecto r supe r -m o bit es IS Gle n Til lac k Eskdale Gardens, Purley , Su rrey, CR2
t o a local b ro adcast statio n to give W6 KZ L/M 6 , who 1EZ, England .
no w ha s 253
t hem a ci ta tio n for havin g a powe r c o u ntr ies c o nfirmed! G len cla ims tha t
meter 10% o ut of t o le rance (rea d ing t hese a re all ho nest contac ts, made RUSSI AN BOOTLEGGER S
h igh !) p rovided a n oppor tu nity t o wh ile he was in the car and using the A stri nger fo r t he Los An ge les
d isc uss th is ja mmi ng b usiness a t great- c ar a nte n na, not back ed up t o a 20 T ime s had a n in te resti ng story, se nt in
er le ngth . e lement beam o n a 200 foo t to we r o n by WB6 ZGF (and thanks. Dave) a bo ut
The answer give n was t ha t the FCC a mountai n overlook ing the ocean. the big rise in bo o t leg rad io stat io ns
has a signed contract with licensed Glen is also extreme ly active o n slow within the USSR these days. Ap-
stations and t hey intend to enforce it, scan te levision wi th one of t he parently the restrictions are so severe
but do not have a contract wi th worl d's better ' SS TV signals and no on getting ham licenses that ma ny
unlicensed people . This might explain fe w countries racked up on t hat youngsters who become interested in
the lack of aggressiveness with CB mode. He was one of the few to d rop radio turn to building rigs that inte r-
bootleggers. t ry ing to work a JA while I was active fere w it h aircraft c ommunicatio ns ,
Alas, for the days Of yore, when on slow scan from Navassa last year, rai lroad traffic information , and
amateurs looked up to the FCC as t hus getti ng one more o n the less th ings like that. The la rgest number
sitting on the right hand of God They wide-awake brethren. are set up as broadcast stations on the
seem to have changed their location. The number two man , world med ium and short wave bands w here
wide, in mobi le DXing is J acq ues they ru n disc jockey p rograms a nd
Bo isanf ray F3 DJ / M wi t h 22 Lcou n- talk shows.
ANOTH ER COLUMN ? t ries confi rmed . The radio o fficia ls a re abou t as
Is there anyone o u t t here who Ou r o ld frie nd Edgar Wagner effective as our FCC vs ca, which is
keeps up o n the latest solid state G3 BID/ M is hol d ing d own third p lace abou t as ineffective as is possib le. In
developmen ts? T he new gadgets a re wit h 205 confir me d . I wo nd e r if he is one area 115 ille gal b roadcasts we re
comi ng along so fa st t hese day s tha t it still mobilin g in his Ben tley? Edgar heard in o ne eve ning, Some of t he
isn ' t possible t o keep u p with them via would have a lot more if he d id n't illegal sta tio ns ha ve siz ab le audiences
articles. Pe rhaps a short mont hl y spend so much time too ling a rou nd in as a resul t of the boring programs o f
column in t he newspages wou ld bridge ot he r cou ntries - he must have the government stations. Th ere are no
t he gap. o perated from a cou ple dozen or more commercial broadcast sta tions in t he
If there are any engi neers out there mobile so far . If you ' re in to wines, USSR , of course.
who would like considerable fame , you' re good fo r an hour con tact with T he illegal operators c omplain that
some money and lots of free samples, Edgar. there is one and only o ne ham club
then let us hear from you . It is Eric Stoss DL6UH/M has 189 con- for the country and that it is almost
beneficial if you already know how to fi rmed , making him fo urth . Fred impossib le to get a lice nse if y ou are a
write. Hock WA3 HDU/M3 is fifth with 168 teenager.
(Continued on page 98)

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active part in getti ng t he new
WI Wfl9AB F Milwaukee 147.99·1 47.39
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t u nate circumstances led to its "le av-
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CT WR 1AAF Oxford 141.49·146.49
u, WR9AAF Chiclgo 146.34-146.94 a pledge to myself to try my best to
E•• "",ill. ~2.920-52.515 get both t he machine and th e Kings
"MDKS WA9Z FM
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448.1·449.1
146.Ql· 14ti.67
County Repeater Assoc iat ion going
M' WR8AB I a.hlemo 1 46. 1!- 1 46 ,~ again. When we put up the origi nal
He
He
WA4HUO A$h""ill.
WR4A BK Chlrtottl
146.n146.B2
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another repeater to us. Rath er, it was
He WR 4A BT Ch.rtotto 146.22-1 46.82
He
He
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WB 40 H Oo rhom
W4E HF flyetteville
WR4AB l Groe...boro
146.22-1 46.82
146.31·146,91
146.1 6-146,76
West assu ming an importan t respon sibility
to t h ose who had shown th e KCRA
He WR4ABP Grifton 146.1 6·146.76 support a nd had contributed th eir
He WR4A BY H. ndeno..ill. 146.114-146,64 Bill Pasternak WA2H VKI6 hard ea rned gree n stu ff to make
He WR4A8X lt~inglon 14lU 1-146 .91
14732 Blythe Street # 17
He WA4 BVW Mt. Pi,gah 14&.16·14&.7& WA2ZWP a reali ty. S ince man y of
222.34- 223.94 Panorama City CA t hese supporters were friends, I to ok
He WR4ACF Ral eigh 14&.04·1 4&. &4
He Wfl4AB F Shelby 14&.2B·14& .88
t his responsi bility perso na lly. Luckil y
"Visiti ng a large overc rowded sar- th ere were others back in New Yo rk
" WA42AT
He WR4ACA
PA WRJABZ
WIlmington
Wi n.to n·Solem
Cente' Point
146.22-146.82
146.04·146.64
141_66-141.06
dine can," I suppose t hat about sums who felt t he way I d id and refu sed to
PA WRJAC H Pittsburgh 146.22·146.82
up my personal fee lings about going let t he pro ject die. A new Kings
PA WRJABY Erie W1477 146_22-146.82 back to New York. Not th at I d isli ke Cou nty Repeater Associa tion was
PA WRJACA Erie 146.34·146.94 the p lace - far from it . It' s just that in
146_1!I·1 46_94 for med, mostly out of the members of
50 WR4ABM Llncaster 146.10-146.1n th e past year and a half we have t he old gro up and work was begu n on
TX WR5ABN Midllnd 146.16·146.16 beco me so accu stomed to t he sp read getti ng bo th a new site and a new
TX WR5ABZ Son Antonio 141.JO·141.18 out design o f Los Angel es that seei ng
TX Wfl5AC F Lulk;n 146.34-146.93 mach ine.
VA WB 40FS floonolo. 146.J8·146.98 t he way we used to live just about Under t he guiding hand of Lou
VA Wfl4ABU Lexington 146.01-1 46 61 gave me a case o f cla ustrophobia. Bu t, Belsk y K2VM R, the new trustee, Phil
" WA4ZAU
WA Wfl1 AC F
Nor/olio
Spok.""
146.19·146.19
146.2B-1 46_ 88 there were ma ny good times in t he
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Knoll WB 2VGK , and Abe Sc hwartz
WB2POR , a number of meet ings open
to all interested parti es were held last
sp ring and enough money was col-
lected to p urchase a dup lexer, anten na
and asso rted accesso ries. In th e in-
t eri m I had w ritten b oth Lou and Abe
threatening t o come to New York and
put up the machine myself if no o ne
else would do it. I didn't th ink they
would take my th reat literally, but in
part they did. Abe and Stu WA2JN F
had started building a solid state
rep eater from a Sonar han d held
tra nsceiver. Before they cou ld f inish
the job, Abe had to take a personne l
leave fro m t he gro up . Though t he u nit
wou ld rep eat, it had a tendency to
desense itself and lacked oth er refin e-
ments. I was vo lu nteered t o do wh at I
co uld to remedy the sit uat io n. When I
left NY, all t hat was left t o do was run
the coax and co nnect the cont rol
lines. I had hoped to fin ish the ent ire
job, but t ime and o bligat io ns would
not permit it. It 93ve me a perso nal
sense of satisfac tion t o know that I
had been o f some small amount of
hel p to a real nice group of people;
people I am proud to call friends.
Help in the fo rm of a repeater site
came from other u nexpected sources.
After looking vainly for several
months for a place to put the
machine, a nother friend ma de his
prese nce known. George Le Doux
K1T KJ (who owns seve ral rep eaters in
the Northeast includ ing WR2A AA)
offered to make space ava ilable for
the KCR A machine at his locat ion in
lower Manhattan. In ad di ti on, he a lso
offered to help with the necessary
pap erwork to get a license fo r t he
repeater. So, now there a re t wo VH F
rep eaters operat ing a bout 20 feet
from one an other wit hou t any inter-
feren ce t o eac h o ther. Accordi ng to
George t he secret of th is success is in
t he one meg sp lit t hat both mach ines
use. WR 1AAA is on 73/73 and the
KC RA uses 43/43 . When the KCRA
machine gets its license an d goes into
full time operation it will be open for
all to use. I have been asked to invite
visiti ng VHF FMers t o u se it. By the
t ime you read t h is, they shou ld be
"on the ai r."
Bac k East , I got a chance to say
hello to ma ny ol d friends and ma ke a
couple o f new ones. I operated a
number of different machin es incl ud-
ing WR2AAA {ex WA2S U Rl,
WR 2ACD (ex WA2KEC l and the
WA2UWC machine in New Jersey . On
every mach ine I used , I found t he
at mosp here wa rm and t he greetings
friend ly. I even go t a chance to pu ll a
"Wayne Green " and operate Subway
Mobi le usin g a Standard S RC146
while crossi ng the Manhattan Bridge
on the BMT "N" t rai n. You should
have seen some o f the startled looks
16
fro m fello w passengers when my back
pocket sta rted t o talk. " Ru bber
Duckie" antennas are a definite ad-
vantage if you ever decide to try you r
ha nd at this one.
Another high point of our t rip was
a visit to the town of Woodstock
about 90 miles north of New York
City. Sharon and I spent three delight-
ful days with our non-ham friends
Abby and Jim, just relaxing and tak -
ing in the scenery of this most oic-
turesq ute commu nity. It is best
known as an artist colony an d home
of the famo us Woodstock Rock
Festival a few years ago. Most lrnpor-
tant, though, it's the kind of place in
whic h you can stil l do your own thing
without having to expla in to o th ers
why yo u are doing it. Where else can
you s t for five hours over a couple of
cups of coffee in a restaurant and ju st
t alk . Th ey also have some o f th e f inest
galleries and craft shops t o be foun d
anywhe re, and only about 1% ho urs
f rom t he heart of Manhattan. If you
ever get the chance, visit Woodstock.
You won' t be sorry.
. . .WA2HVK/6
THE HAL MORSE KEYBOARD
Having tried out just about every
code typing device to be put on the
market , vve couldn 't pass up the
chance to have a go at the HAL unit .
To save some suspense, it is superb.
It is the easiest to use of any th at
vve've tried , and by a wide marg in over
some of them. The keyboard works
very smooth ly and posit ively.
One other keyboard that we've
used qu it e a bit recently was okay,
bu t some keys had t o be pushed hard,
others li ghtly , and you had to reme m-
be r whic h we re w hich to p reve nt
double letters bei ng sen t.
It doesn't tak e long to get used to
using t he keyboard. You do have to
listen to what you are ty p ing, for
there is no memory in t he unit and
t his means that you have to listen for
each character to be started before
you move your finger to another key.
The variation in length of the charac-
ters means that you have to wait quite
a while for the zero to be co mp leted
and the next character started , and
you have to be nimble when sending
an "e", for it is no sooner sta rt ed than
it has ended and . if you are not
attentive, you're send ing a st ring of
•
es.
The HAL unit was particularly
handy for the making of the 73 Morse
Code cassettes. We calibrated the code
speed on the basis of the length of an
" t", which seemed median and found
t hat the keyboard would send from
about 4.5 t o 30 wpm . We could
manage to type and keep up with it to
aro und 15 wpm, but had some p rob.
lems wit h pe rfect send ing above t hat
speed .
In order to not make any mistakes
on the cassette code courses we did
them at half tape speed (seven and
10.5 wpm) and then doubled t he tape
speed fo r making the cassettes.
One of the real pleasures of the
HA L unit is the inclusion of eight
special amateur keys to give such
comb inations as KN, SK , BT, CO, DX,
AR , AS and DE . The DE key also is
availa ble with your call so that if y ou
hold it down you get the works ...
DE W2NSD/1 ... in our case. It cer-
tainly makes calling CO easy, as well
as CO OX.
The philosophical argument over
whether it is better to send using a
straight key or a kever or a keyboa rd
is one t hat can go on fo r ever. Each
has its staunch adherents w ho are
emotionally t ied to their favo ri te.
Some CW me n feel t hat it is t he
abil ity to copy t hat is importa nt, not
how you send. For th at matter, any
way you do send wilt take ski ll and
practice. and t hat includes the key-
boards when you get up over 10wpm.
The HA L keyboard ha s outputs for
cathode keying a rig, for grid-block
key ing, and for tone output. It has a
built in mon itor speaker. The controls
vary the speed, the weight. the tone
and the volume . There is also a jack to
p lug in your hand key for t imes when
you want to send manually.
The HAL MKB-l is available for
5 175 in k it form and for 527 5 com-
plete. If you 're into CW, this is a way
to have a lot of fun for a reasonab le
pnce.
NEW FIL TER FOR HTs
Crysta l filters have reach ed a new
miniatu rit y in the Spectrum Int er-
na t ional XF- l02. This complete
crysta l filter is bu ilt into an HC·18 /U
crysta l can. It consists of a single 10 .7
MHz crystal with two resonators
plated o n it, thus forming a two pole
filte r. The bandwidth is only 14 kHz,
so with this filter added to your hand
transceiver you can be sure of avoid -
73 MAGAZIN E
ing spillover from the nex t cha nnel, so
often a misery with t hese small rigs.
Now how much do you thi nk t h is
remarkable filter costs? One would
expect it t o run around S20, but the
fact is it sells fo r only S8.50 rrom
Spectrum International, Box 1084,
Concord MA 01142.
Th e insertion loss is only t .5 dB, so
you'll hardly know it is in t he ci rcu it.
The shoulders are fairly steep on the
f ilter, wi t h the signal down 20 d B at
50 k Hz and BOdB at 80 kHz .
If you 're looking for an even
sharper filter there is the XM -107, a
fou r pole filter mounted in an HC·6t U
crysta l can . T h is one has the same 15
kH z passband , but is dow n 40 d B at
42 kHz , w hich is way , way d own
there.
We're loo k in g f or someone with
some good lab gear to t ry out one o f
these crysta l fi lters and come up wit h
good before and after bandpass curves
usi ng a Temp o F MH or a Standard
146 ... and volunteers? Write 73 and
tell u s ho w soon you 'll be able to
p rovide the story.
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The easily absorbed tex t is well
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circu its on almost every page. Much
material is presented th at has never
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Progressin g from basics t hrough the
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is well suited for self study as well as
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should be a welcome addition to t he
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OX ost, GUIOE
Now you can fill out all of your
QSL cards in the language of t he chap
you've worked ... well , in most o f
the languages. The K3C HP Guide giv es
t rans la t io ns i n t o 54 different
languages, and that reatly sho u ld ju st
about take care o f anyt hing.
The Guide includes not only the
basic QSL information in translation ,
but also such perso nal things as your
age and things like that.
T h e Gu ide is availa ble f rom
K3CHP, 69 13 Furman Pk y, Riverdale
M D 20840 fo r $3.9 5 or 30 I RCs.
FEBRU A RY 197 4
K ENTERPRISES PRESCALER cently int roduced a new series of 8
pin octal base plug in rectifiers. Th is
series designed " Mu lt i· Pu rpose Rect i-
fier" (MR P) can be programmed into
various rectif ier co nfigu ration:; such as
center-taps, bridges, vo ltage mu lti ·
plie rs, half wave elements, etc, by
simply wiring t he 8 pin sockets per
t he instructions.
A prescaler. In case you' re a little The " MPR" ser ies consists of four
beh ind cu rren t techn ol ogy like t he vo ltage types w ith each t ype cont ain-
rest of us, is a help ful li tt le p iece of ing 4 independent/e lect rically isolat ed
test equipment that divides by ten. diode elements. Basic peak reverse
The fac t is it is most useful for anyone voltages at 500, 1000 1500 and 2000
messing with the VH F or UH F bands. volts are available . Depending on the
You are no doubt aware that coun- type of recti f ier con figuration and
ters are so inexpensive and ubiqu itous device type being progra mmed recti-
t oday t hat frequen cy meters have fi ed cu rrent output cu rre nts from
been rendered virtuall y obsolete ... a 0.05 t o 3 0 amperes average are ob-
very sad development f or hams who t ainable.
have in vested in General Rad io freq Pric ing in 1 t o 4 qu antities is $4.85
meters (whic h used t o sell u sed for $7 .3 5, $9.60 and $12.25 for respec-
over $2000). One of t he limitations of tive M P R 10 5 (500V), MPR 110
most counters is that they cu t off ( 1000V), M RP11 5 11500V} and
somewhere in the 20-30 MHz range. MPR120 {2oooVI. For more infor-
Th is is d andy for the [ow band op , but ma tion, contact : Rectifier Com.
creates some problems for the chap ponents coro.. 11 12 Lousons Rd.,
who wants to put h is two meter r ig on Un ion N.J. 01083.
channel or who wants to try and help MINIATURE
f end o ff the ElA by p opul at ing 2 20 PULSE TONE ENCOOER
MH z.
T he prescaler is just the thin g for
extending the range o f a 3 0 M Hz
counter to 300 M Hz ... and K Ente r-
prises happens to have one of the
most reasonable and excellent work-
ing units yet available . You can also
sca le do wn to a low band receiver and
do a reaso nab le j ob of adjusti ng V H F
frequ encies. If you want to zero in on
146.19 you j ust tune you r receiver to
14,619 and you' re read y to go.
When t he crew at 73 Magazine were
setting up t he Clegg 220 M Hz repeater
recen tly t here was a problem . . . how
to get the repeater and the t rans-
ceivers to be used w ith it all exactly
on channel. Even with three d ifferent
coun ters on hand, plus two other
prescalers (which went t o abo ut 150
MHz ). noth ing worked way up there A lpha Electron ics Services has been
on 220 MHz . The x -Enterpri ses pre- at it aga in and has come up with an
scaler did the jo b and w orked ju st fin e
even smaller to ne bu rst o scill at or. This
w ith all three of the cou n ters (Hea th,
one- is small enough to fit inside an
Miida , and Rege ncy ). HT -220 and will provide any f requ en-
The PD·301 p rescater comes with cy from 20-3000 Hz, for a duration
built in power supply and pre- of from 0.1 -15 seconds. lt will even
amplifier. I t will read a hand trans-
provide a continuous tone if desired.
ceiver all t he way across the room, so
The size is 1W' x 15/1 6" x %". Up to
it is sensitive ... and t hat is one of t he
eight tones can be generated fro m one
pro blems many ops report wit h some
un it. For mo re in fo contact Alpha at
of the less ex pensive prescafers. Y ou
8431 Monro e, Stanto n CA 90680.
can't ask f or a much better price
T he AE -50 uses a plu g-in th ick film
eit her, f or at $55.50, th is is a real
hybrid module for fre quency deter-
barga in t oday .
mination instead of old fash ion ed
More inf o on the PD·301 and other
reeds or other mechanical systems.
K ·Enterprises gadgets is available f rom
Alpha also has an encoder-decoder
them at 1401 North Tucker, Shawnee
unit which will handle up t o six
OK 74801.
frequencies of tone, from 20-250 Hz.
MULTI -PURPOSE RECPFIER Th is will fit in most mobile units, b ut
T he Rectif ier Components Corpora- is a bit big for HTs. Ask about the
t ion of Union , New Jersey has re- SS ~B OJ~ 19U .
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Gus Browning W4BPO
Drawer " OX"
Cordova, SC 29039
Now with you r travelli ng curta il ed on
account of the gaso line situat io n I
would th ink t here is more interest in
working OX , but, if they start cutting
down your power line voltage you had
better get yourself some sort of a
transformer " arrangement " to boost
your line voltage back up to at least
enough to make t he rig work. Being
an o ld hand in t he electronic business
all my lif e I have had many occasio ns
t o eith er need more or maybe less
line vo ltage and th i s is no problem at
al l. Get one of t hose filament trans-
formers out of t he attic. If your rig
uses about a KW get one that will put
out about ten amps or so with the
filament voltage you need to boost
your line up to. Just put whatever
line vo ltage you have on its primary
and correctly polarize the fil am ent
vo lta ge in series wit h t he line voltage
th at goes t o you r ri g. O f course if you
need more vol tage you can use two
transformers or you can use two
(o r more) windings on the same trans-
formers as long as each winding will
put out the amperage your rig needs.
(will send anyone a drawing of all this
if t hey send me an sese.)
OX co ndi tions have been pretty
good considering t he low sunspot
count , all you have to do is d o a little
deeper d iggi ng and hu nt ing fo r t he
rare ones..T hey are in t here and they
are bei ng worked by the serious OX 'er .
T he pref i x chasers should be having a
real busy time tryinq.not to miss any
of the many FB prefixes that seem to
keep changing. Any kind of a big
celebration or special event brings out
man y new prefixes. th ese are usual ly a
" one sho t" deal, i f you miss t hem
y ou may never get another chance to
w ork th at prefix again. Some of the
prefixes t hat have been used in the
past few months include: ZY2, VA6,
SK~. HW3. VA l. 4Kl, XQ3. VA6,
CV 4, VA7, PT2, PT!, JX4, XG1, 3D6,
H A~ , XF4, XX6, JE 1, VA~, HG5,
EX5 , SY5, v ia. J Fl . IB3. OT9. OT~.
WPl, U 2, K EG, ZM2, KJ3. KJ7
and th e list keeps righ t on grow ing.
The prefix chasers are a bu sy lot and
they can alw ays keep busy if t hey
m ake up th eir mi nd t hat t hey do n't
w ant to m iss any prefi xes that pop-up.
Our good f riend who lives in Greece
near t he Mount Athas border has
been fairly busy and goes over to Mt .
Athas quite frequently where he op-
erates $Y5MA. He was W3AG back
in t he sta tes, he has moved over to
Greece now. His QSL manager is
18
W4KA w hose CBA is all O.K. He has their was around and knows t he r ight
been Quite active on both 20 and 40. " offi ci al" over there can t urn t his t rick
seems to like CW better than SSB. I am sure. They did it wi th Mount
I have received some wonderful Athos which looked a tot harder than
mail f rom readers of this column and The Royal O rder of T he Kn ights of
I would like to t hank t hem very m uc n. Malta set -up. H ow abou t i t IIRB ?
The respo nse regardi ng our new award You seem t o "know you r way arou nd"
The Super WTW, t he one that wi ll pretty we ll and you kn ow th e excit e-
really pr ov es who Works The Wo rld, ment on the bands wh en a brand new
the A WA RD th at calls t he various OX cou nt ry shows up.
places, " OX Areas" and doesn't use D oes anyone have a ci rcui t of a
the word countries any more. By the t ransistorized mu lti-vi brator that will
t ime you are read ing this I will have lock in on 5 and (by turning a swi tch)
the rules and OX Area lists made up also 10 kc from a sub-harmonic of a
and printed in the form of a " check 100kc crystal osc.? I have tried many
list" and entry form. I will be glad to and have had not much of a success so
send any of you t wo sets of forms on far. Would like it t o be for NPN (of
the recei pt o f 50c to cover p rin t ing & cou rse a FET wou ld be FB t oo) . Al l I
maili ng costs. You keep one set for have tri ed so f ar are very "tou chy" and
your records and mail m e one, we do n' t w ant t o st art osc. unless you
both can k eep these forms and use snap pow er o n and off qu ite a nr of
them as you work more OX from the t imes t o get t hem sta rted. A ny hel p.
Super WTW list. Of course we will anyone?
issue you a nice, pretty certificate if If you work one of t hese st ations
you Qualify and will have stickers that in Turkey and get his address be sure
can be attached to the certificate as to not mention the word radio o n any
you work more from the list. I can mail you send him. It seems th at all
definitely state that t he fellow who of t hese ham statio ns have no legal
has t he hi ghest score in ou r new Super license and are actually worki ng und er
WTW is t he one w ho has worked m ore cover. In fact it is a goo d idea t o not
and better OX t han anyo ne else in t he menti on th e w ord rad io in Quite a few
worl d , t hats why we cal l it T he Super countr ies, may be t hey are legal, but
Worked The World Award! Do not do not want to " rock t he boat" !
confuse it with our regular WTW award, In fact I know a few stations righ t
they are two completely different here in the U.S.A . that don 't want
awards and the rules are completely the fact that they are a ham adver-
different. tised. They would be blamed for
If you still need Old VS9K every street . cross-hatch, snow , o r
Kamaran Island (in t he Red sea, off even T V tro ubl e t hei r neighbors have !
the coast of Yemen about 3 miles or One fellow d ow n in M iami, Flor ida
so) you might keep your eyes and has up an "lnvlsable" antenna, it's
ears open for eit her (or both ), 4WI AF made of number 28 w ire and run s
and FL80M w ho may go t here at a from h is 28th. f loo r hotel room t o
moments notice almost any time, it is a building across the street. and he
possible they may at times also go to works FB OX and runs a KW. It's
other islands in the Red Sea. (ed.- really "Invisebte" that's a fact ! He
and how about a trip now and then to has been using it for a num ber of
South Yemen (t hat 's Old Aden.vS9- years.
land , remember them ?). As t o when I would like t o make up a listof
you wi ll hear any activ ity f ro m Ir aq, t he m ost needed cou nt ries, so how
your guess is as good as mine (m aybe abo ut sendi ng m e a list of the o nes
better). While w e are t alk ing about you need. I w ill tabul ate them all and
"rare ones" , h ow abo ut Cl ipperto n give the results in this colum n. It
Island, jus t a few hu ndred m iles ou t would be a sort of gu ide t o f ello ws
in t he Pacif ic fro m the west coast of making OXpedition plans and jus t
northern Mexico. I have as yet to migh t activate some of the pl aces you
hear a "ptau sable" explaination why it need. Send t he list directly here to
seems t o be "off limits" to hams, why me and while you are writi ng me you
is this anyhow ?, I wonder if t here might send along a few choice OX
is something " h idden" down t here? tidbits, but keep in mind that w hat I
May be o ne of t hese d ay s our Ole wr ite is not in print fo r abo ut 2
Buddy, Barry Goldwater w il l butto n months. You might also suggest any
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called T he Royal Order of the Knights spot cycle are about to start on it's
of Malta. ARR L once told me that it up-hill climb so things should be
had all the are-marks of being a new improving almost anytime now.
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and operate. Someone w ho k now s eo r
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FEBRUARY 1974 19
 Dave Ingram K4TWJ
UNDERSTANDING R te. 11, Box 4 99, Eastwood Vii. SON
Birm ingham AL 3 52 10

THE SLOW
SCAN 0/1 r 51011 ' SCI/I/ Editor toke s liS bv the lunul.
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MONITOR
O ft en prosp ective Slow Scanners shy
awa y from th e fascinating world o f
SST V under th e misconception that co mpli·
cate d video circuitry is utili zed. Oth er times,
Slow Scann ers would lik e t o build a monitor
of th eir o wn d esign, but are not abso lute ly
sure how t o go a bo ut it.
It is th e o bjective o f this article to
describ e th e simp le circ uit ry used, an d give
you eno ugh knowl edge of the basic monit or
so you can plan and/ or troubl e shoot a
typical unit , plus evalua te a monit or's
e ffec tive ness by its blo ck diagram o r
schema tic .
Scan monit ors are ba sically simp le, whil e
th e addit ional circuitry which mak es th em
more ela bo rate mak es th em mo re co rn p li-
cat e d. An ideal monitor might be e xpand-
abl e - sim ple circuitry and spacio usly laid
out , whi ch we can a d d ont o as de sired fo r
in creased performance.
Let's sta rt with the basic monitor, wh ich
we will divide into two sec t io ns for simp li-
cit y, and call the " fro nt end" and th e
" disp lay end." Since th e front end is th e
" busi ness e nd ," (a ctual Slow Sca n circ u it ry )
and th e rema inder is basically co nventi o nal
swe ep and h igh volt age circu itry, let's start
o ur discussion with th e fr ont a nd work back.
Later we will co nsid er "frills" and trouble-
sho ot ing tec h niqu es.
Monitor Front End
Figure I is th e block diagram of a typical
basic monitor. The Slo w Scan TV audio
signa l fir st ente rs a co nve ntio nal amplifier,
which also li mits the signal. This gives us a
high level, co nsta nt amp lit u de signal we can
run through so me fre q ue ncy sensit ive cir-
cuits, (discri mi nators ) and ret rieve th e sy nc
a nd video information.
The pulses a ppearing at the sy nc discrimi-
nat or out pu t are now amp lified, dete cted,
and se para te d (ve rtica l in teg rat o r) so they
ca n trigger t h e pro p er swee p circuits, eit her
in a n oscilloscope or a monitor. During this
sa me p eriod . the signal being fed t o th e
vid eo discriminato r ( whic h sho uld pass o n ly
1500 Hz to 230 0 Hz) is slo pe det ect ed :
high o utpu t fo r 23 00 li z, lo w (or zero ) for
1500 liz. Notice that any sy nc pulses (1200 II, )
mak in g it throu gh th e vid eo disc riminator
still will not be see n, as th ey wi ll not
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20 73 MAGA ZINE
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discriminators.
produce as mu ch voltage as even bla ck
frequency (1500 Hz). The voltage n ow
proportional to our received video frequen cy
is amplified, detect ed , ran through a low
pass filter (the last t h ing we need is "t rash"
in the vid eo ) an d t he n used to in te nsity
modulat e t he cat hode ray tube. Basicall y.
th is de scrib es t he "fro nt e nd" operatio n.
Now le t 's co nsider so me specifics . The
first bloc k th e limiter/amplifier. ma y be a ny
reasonably good a ud io amplifi er, from a o ne
o r two tube job to a ua7 09 int egrat ed circ uit
unit. All we are afte r is bo ostin g t he le vel
high e nough to use. Li miti ng is necessary so
vary ing levels will no t upset picture quality.
This is easiest accomplished with back-to-
back diodes. (I h ave t he di od es in fro nt o f
th e a m p lifie r becau se it is easie r to cl ip
before a mp li fica tio n. ) Nex t is t he sy nc dis-
c rimina tor, wh ich is a sha rply tun ed circ uit
for 1200 Hz. Figure 2 gives some ty pical
exa mples. Altho ugh you ca n use simp le
"loopstick" coil /capacitor tu ned circuits
here, to ro id al bandp ass filte rs have a high er
Q a nd bet te r selectivi ty . Na tu rally, t un a hle
lC bandpass filt ers (see 73 Slow Scan TV
Handb o o k ) would be even hett e r a nd t h ree
o r four pole filt er s wou ld be o ptimu m.
Resonan ce may be c hec ked on any of o ur
home brew circuits by co nnecting it as in Fig .
3, a nd shifti ng t he audio oscillator's output
frequency while compari ng on a YOM to
find th e effect ive ness an d sha ping factor of
the tun ed c ircu it. In order to a tta in th e
FEBRUAR Y 19 74
proper level of drive th rough t he tun ed
c ircuit. a va riable resis to r co u ld be used
Typical values are 0 to 500K. Once you've
o bta ined th e proper level, tak e the pot out ,
measure its resistance , fi nd repla ce it wit h a,
fixe d resist or o f this value. Follo win g the
sy nc d iscriminat or is a st raight fo rwa rd de
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a mp lifie r follo wed b y a sim p le diod e d etec-
sync amplifie r into d c pulses, fo r pulsing ou r
sweep sectio ns. The vertical pulses a re se pa-
,," rate d fr om th e ho rizontal in th e vertical
. in te gra to r, thu s o btaining se pa ra te horizon-
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tal an d vert ical pu lses. T he video discrimina-
tor may be a t uned circ uit wh ich is broad ly
reso na nt (I500 Hz to 23 00 Hz) but
In sync "peaked " at 23 00 Hz, so 1500 Hz gives low
output, a nd 230 0 Hz gives h igh ou t put.
Above 23 0 0 Hz this tuned circu it will drop
o ff in o u t pu t. This voltage is now amplified
in a simp le dc a mp lifier. The out put is t h en
rect ified (interstage t ra nsfo rmer probably
needed here) th en passed throu gh a simp le
lo-p ass filte r hefore being a pp lied to the
control grid o f t he crt (lo-pass filte r design
fo r t he c rt is cove red in de tail in the 73 Slow
Scan TV Hand ho ok) . Full wave rectification
wo uld be preferable fo r both th e vid eo a nd
sy nc detecto rs for ma ximum outp ut, and
less rip ple . I su ggest y ou co mpare the moni-
to r circ ui t you are co nside ring to the (t ypi-
cal) block diagram in Fig. 1 fo r act ual
circuit ry values.
Now assum ing you wou ld like to ex pa nd
a n ex ist ing monitor. yo u co uld add more
featu res as d esired . For ex a mp le , a 1200 Hz
hand pass filter might be ad de d between t he
limiter a nd th e sy nc discriminat or. If we
made th is a tunabl e fil ter, li ke in th e
W6 MXV mo nitor, we not o nly wou ld have a
very sharp filte r, fo r eli mi nati ng QRM , we
co uld also "move arou nd" slight ly in fre-
que ncy to a void QRM. A In-pass filt er co uld
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also be added o n th e ou t pu t of th e sy nc co nventio nal Slow Scan circuitry fro nt ends.

discriminato r thus making o ur sy nc prac ti- One e xample is the 'sco pe ada pte r which
cally noise and QRM free. (Again, specific ap peared in Jun e, 19 70 QS T. Note t ha t Fig.
circu its will be found in the Slow Scan TV 4 has its o wn horizontal and vertical sweep
Handbo ok, appx . pg. 46). A pulse sha ping circ uitry, and also the 'sco pe ada pte r -has its
integrated circuit co uld be added in series own vert ical sweep section (since this is not
with the o ut put of th e horizontal and in osc uloscpes) so we would skip ba ck to the
vertical "pulse" lines, thu s gaining perfe ct vertical trigger, when rigging these up, rather
syncing even when only "half a sync pulse" than having two sweep sections. The out-
is received. An example o f this is WB 8DQT's puts, horizontal and vertical, o f our "front
monitor which appeared in August, 1973 73 end" connec t through a va riable resistor, as
Magaz ine . A bandpass filter to pass 1500 Hz sho wn o n the input of Fig. 4. A typical high
to 2300 Hz could be placed on the o ut p ut o f volt age arra ngeme nt is sho wn in Fig. 5, and
the video discriminator to assure only 1500 ca n supply voltages to an electro magneti-
to 2300 Hz is applied to the video amplifier, call y deflected crt like the 5FP7. I have built
thus eli mina ting QRM to th e video. Again, so me 5 to 10 kV su pplies, and alway s used
these are "accesso ries," and not necessary any "junk" fly back I co uld find. They all
for perfect monitor operation . (However worked fine . . . so me had more output
they do help!) The output of our "front voltage than others, but we're not too particu-
end" now co nsists of horizontal, vertical, lar . .. just get so me high voltage on the
and inten sity voltages which we may use to accelerat or, and it'll work fine.
dri ve the "display end. " Basically , the above is th e the ory behind
aU Slow Scan monitors. Some are more
The Display End so phistica ted, but o ur outline still shows the
Figure 4 is a basic schema tic o f a "display main pa rts. Note that any of the fron t ends
end" o f a Slow Scan monitor (c irc uit from ma y be connecte d to this, or any other
WB 8DQT circuit in August 1973 73 Maga - t ypical display end provided we do it
zine ) and can be driven from any o f the through a variable resistor. Adjust it like

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overdriving will result in improper syncing
and underdriving will not produce sweep.
Monitor Operating Characteristics
Looking at the block diagram in Fig. I,
let's consider what sh ou ld be happening in a
typical monitor upon reception of a Slow
Scan signal. The input voltage to the moni-
tor will be too low to read (appx ..05V). The
limiter's output sho uld be high and probably
square wave (appx , 24V peak to peak, or at
least 12V as read on a v.o.m .) A pair of
phones between here and ground sho uld
blow your ears off with audio ; The output
of the sync amplifier will probably be low
(less than .5V) and best mea sured using an
oscilloscope. The output from the sy nc
dete ctor should be pulses at a 15 Hz rat e,
again measured on an oscillo scope. The
output of the vertical integrator sho uldssho w
a pulse every 8 seconds also. The output of
the video amplifier sho uld be approximately
OV with an input frequency of 1500 Hz;
however, this output shou ld increase (at
least above 15V) when the input frequen cy
swings to 2300 Hz. This indicates the reso-
nance of the video discriminator and the
slope detection increasing in output as the
input SSTV frequency increases. A lo-pass
filter will not affect this voltage, thus the
vid eo voltage should be apparent at the crt
control grid lead.
Moving now to the "display end" we find
the two transistors in the horizontal and
vertical sweep circu its (01 and 02) used as
"triggers," t hus the collector on each, of
these circuits (they are identical except for
time constants) will give some indication of
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pulses, on a vorn; the horizontal at a 15 Hz
rate (fast " jiggling" of meter pointer) and
the vertical with one every eight seconds.
The output of th e integrated circuits will
vary also when scan ning. Typical values are
+1 V to +12V (or vice versa - just so it
crosses through zero ). This voltage will be
used to bias th e co mp lime ntary transistors.
The co mp li me ntary transistor output circuit
(between emitters and ground) will then
vary between positive and negative supply
voltages, which in this particular case is
+1 2V. You can almo st visualize a raster
sweeping (on any monitor) by watching this
voltage on a vcm. Again, the horizontal
"j iggles" up and down at a 15 Hz rate o n a
vom, while the vertical kicks to approxi-
mately 12V and slowly decay s down to zero
in four seconds, at which t ime you can turn
th e meter over and see it start from zero and
go up to 4 V in the other direction. Should
you want to sweep th e monitor screen
vertically, merely pulse the input to the
vertical IC, which will cause the circu it to
sweep." Ditto the horizontal.
One of the best ways to assure lo ng,
relia ble use of Slow Scan gear is to rna ke
typical operating measurements, like pre-
viously outlined , and reco rd these on a
sch ematic . When future questions arise, we
have a known reference guide to then
consid er.
This article ha s tried to present , in simple
terms, a basic outline on SSTV, primarily
focused on the monitor. As you become
involved in Slow Scan you will see how th ese
principles may also be applied to the camera
and flying sp ot scanner. I sincere ly hope you
will find this information useful in future
experimentation of this outstanding mode.
... K4TWJ
73 MAGAZINE

INTEGRATED
CIRCUIT AUDIO
AMPLIFIERS
e are now several yea rs into the age
W o f in tegrated circuits. They are be-
ginning to appear very frequen tly in sche ma-
tics in amateur publications. One of the
commoner special pu rp ose circ uits is t he
audio am plifier. After all , every, receiver has
an audio stage, and there is no question th at
an IC stage requires less space than it s
discrete component amplifiers in terms o f
cost and performance . They are getting
cheaper and better all the time . . single silicon chip. T he " classical" configu ra-
Audio amplifier ICs are therefo re o f
interest· to the amate u r and experimenter .
This article discusses audio amplifier ICs in
general, presents so me comparative d ata on
some of th e commoner varieties, and pre-
sen ts some circ uits.
Audio amplifier ICs have a fairly wide
variety o f configurations and ca pabilities.
Comparisons are complicate d because each
typ e (even different types from t he same
manufacturer) see ms to have different types
o f informat ion specifie d o n its data shee t.
Table I atte mp ts t o summa rize the in form a-
tion from data shee ts for a number of
devices. Most values are dire ct from the d ata
sheet. An attempt has been made to convert
the sensitivity figures t o a co mmon basis
fro m the wide variety of systems used by
manufacturers. Table II list s so me other
audio am plifier ICs for which no d ata shee ts
are available .
It will be o bserve d th at ICs will d eliver
moderate powers o f 250 mW to 5W. T hese
powers are adequate for amateu r usage . (By
way of co mpariso n, my HQ-1 60 is rated at
I W audio o u t p ut. ) Usually they contain an
FEBRUARY 1974
Donald J . Kenn ey
P.O. Box 1668
Santa Monica CA 90406
inte rnal amplifier capable of considerable
gain. Most are matched t o low impedance
(4 - 16[1) lo ad s, but so me require matching
t ransfo rmers. T he higher po wer units will
require heat sin king. So far as I know, no
chi ps include built-in overload protection , a
fea t ure so me times built into Hi Fi ampli-
fiers.
Audio ICs are, like other integrated cir-
cuits, complete circuit su bsystems built on a
tio n co nsits of a differential amplifier feed-
ing a Class B final stage. The use o f a Class B
fina l is mandatory because th e major prob-
lem in integra te d circuit design is the dissipa-
tion o f internally generated heat. The Class
B circuit is not o nly three times as efficient
as the Class A co nfiguration, but also it
draws o nly a sma ll idling curren t at zero
drive whereas the Class A co nfigu ratio n mu st
act ually dissipate more power at zero drive
than at full o utp u t. This sit uatio n recom-
v+
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B
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Fig. 1. Basic audio IC. Rl an d R2 control voltage
gain . C1 is not req uired if a dual po wer supply is
use d (as is sho wn) bu t is required for sin gle supply
operatio n. For sin gle supply operation the n on -
-inverting input terminal m ust be biased above
groun d.
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mends against th e use of voltage regulator
ICs suc h as the UL723 as audio amplifiers .
Voltage regula tor ICs utili ze Class A ou t pu t
stages.
In addition to the input amplifier and
output stages, there will be an intermediate
phase inverter and possibly a low impedance
intermediate amplifier sta ge. The output
from th e latte r will be bro ught ou t to a
terminal so that the input amplifier may be
tre ated as an o pera tio nal amplifier whose
gain and freq ue ncy response may then be
con trolled by negative feedback in normal
o p-arn p fashion.
In additio n to the input , output , B+, and
ground terminals which ap pea r mandatory , a
number of o ther in te rnal points may be
brought o ut to extern al pins. The op-amp
output has already been mentioned. Both
the inverting and non-inverting differential
am plifier in pu ts may be b rought o ut to
terminals. Whether the latter is true depends
to so me extent upon ano ther problem. The
Class B final will . wh en driven , produce a
signal which varies ab out a voltage half way
between B+ and the most negative voltage
applied. If th e mo st negative voltage is
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ground , considerable biasing is required in-
te rn ally (or exte rn ally) to obta in a voltage
reference half way bet ween B+ and gro und.
The circuit can be co nsidera bly simplified by
the use o f a d ual po wer su pply - at th e cost
of requiring two power su pplies. Ope ratio nal
amplifiers generally req uire du al po wer sup-
plies. IC audio amplifiers o n t he o t he r hand
are design ed fo r co nsu mer product s and have
(generally) been designed fo r single supp ly
operation. This requires the use of a high
valu e capacitor in the o u tpu t circuit and
(often) o ther exte rnal biasing compo nen ts .
There are two spe cial problems in d ealing
with th ese ICs - po wer su p plies and feed-
back . We'll discu ss feedback first. Many of
these chips have gain capabililities wh ich
border on the fantastic . T he Amperex
TAA300 is speed to be able to deliver I W
out pu t give n 10mV into its in put irn-
pedance of 10K. This a moun ts to an 80 dB
po wer gain which is so mew ha t greater than
the differen ce bet ween its 1W o u tpu t and
the po wer o u t p ut o f the world's most
powerful broad cast t ransmitters. 80 d B is a
lot of gain to package in a TOS case . A little
" '-;. "
Counters . . . 300 MHz . . . $350.00
Oscil/ators
Marker Generators
Frequency Standards
Electronic Clocks
Write for Catalog
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2 1'45486

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400 - IUW
Fig. 2. Regula te d dual voltage power supply. Th e
2NS486s are cons tant current sources. Ql and Q2
are ine x pensive Si transistors - Just about an Y thin 9
..... ZEN ER

, f .Q2
4 .7K

will do, altho ugh some uni ts will regulate be tter

tha n o thers. Th e H EP 24 5 an d H EP 24 6 must be
hea tsunk using silicon grease.

analy sis will sho w that at higher audio to e nd up delivering a watt or so of i-f to the
frequencies (20 kHz o r so ), a few p F of amplifier o utput.
capacity back to a non-inverting input termi - Not all oscilla tions are caused by fe edback
nal is quite sufficie nt to kick th e amplifier throu gh the input stage. T hey may b e ca used
int o oscillat io n, Careful circuit lay out is by the po wer su p ply . An o utp u t of 1W in to
important. The o bvio us (a n d advisab le) alter- an sn load will genera te a 3 .2 V signal
nat ive o f reducing the gain is so mewhat alien drawing 280 m A . Tho se are rrns volts and
to the average ex perime nter. In th e world o f milliamperes. At the peak , 4 .5V at 36 0 rnA
ICs, ga in is cheap and the user is ex pected will be required o n each side o f ze ro. For a
to apply so me restraint in his design . single su pply, th e p eak vo ltage an d c urre n t
The amateur confro nte d with an oscilla t- will be 9V and 720 m A, 720 rnA may n o t
ing amplifier has several alternatives: sound very impressive , bu t it is more th an
I. Reduce the B+ voltage . two -third s o f a n a mpere. Sud de nly slap ping
2. Reduce the gain (t he dat a sheet will a 720 rnA load on a po wer sup ply imp ose s a
in dica te how ). load o n that power su pply, an d in t y pical
3. Em ploy negative fee dback to reduce usage , that load is being tu rned on and off
the gain. hundreds of time s a second . When a lo ad is
Oscill ations don't have to be ca used by imposed on a power supply, the o utput
audio fee dback. Most of the ch ips we are voltage d rop s. Depending o n the ty pe o f
discussing will opera te very well at seve ral s u p pl y, the transformer po wering it ,
hundred kll z, o r even up to a few do zen e tc ., - the voltage drop might b e n egligible
MHz. If a ' few pF can ca use feedb ack o r it might be catastrophic. A semico nducto r
problems at audio frequencies, it isn 't hard regulated supply can b e built with a n egli-
to imagin e what a fe w fra ctions of a pF can gible voltage drop . A fresh , large capacity
do at a co uple o f megahertz unless ste ps are battery will do well also . On the o ther hand ,
taken to limit the high frequency resp onse. an unregulated power supply, a low capacit y
The necessary bypass co mpo ne n ts (if any ) batt ery , o r an old, partially depleted b att ery
will be indi cated o n th e manufacturer's data will change voltage drastically . In a test , a
sheet. If the lC is to be used in a receiver, 750 rnA drain on a se miconducto r supply
one must not forget to put a low pass filter sho wed a drop from I I to 10 .5 V. On t he
betwee n the de tec tor and the l C if o ne is not ot h er hand , a 330 rnA lo ad o n a batt ery

FEBRU AR Y 19 74 27
which was (and is) normall y used to deliver th e Allie d/ Ra d io Shack quad pa ck (catal og
3 m A to a FET preamplifier , cu t the voltage 276-530 ) provides 24 tran sistors for $ 1.98,
fro m 5 t o U.5V. Attempting to operate an IC the driving tra nsis tors can be so cket mount-
audio am plifier from a power su pply lik e the ed , and regarde d as 84 fuses. The 2N54 86s
latt er would be hopeless. T he circ uit would are used as consta nt cu rren t sou rces fo r th e
simply cu t itself o ff whenever it sta rted to
delive r any appreciable powe r, resulting in a
thumpi ng low freque ncy oscillatio n kno wn
as " moto rboating.,. 2
OUTPUT
A regulated power su p ply is highly re -
co mme nde d fo r development of th e circ uit , e
HON-INV'fRTWG N'VT 4 OfFSET NlA.L
in whic h th e IC is to be run ~ even if it is
v-
event ua lly to be used with a battery , Figu re .IIL74 1

2 inclu des the sche ma tic for a satisfactory

po wer su pply . It does not include overload
pro tec tion excep t in th e sense th at t he
epoxy driving transistors will generally pop OfFSET NVL.L v+
be fore the o u t pu t t ransisto rs ex pire , Sin ce
INVERTING INPUT' O - - OUTPUT

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op-amp used as a dr iver for a high p ower ed outpu t st eqe,

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 Table I - Audio Amplifier Integrated Cilcu it Data
Amplifer Power Power Man ufacturer Inp ut Output Input for z ere Distortion Price
Tvpe Outpu t Supply /Source Im pedance Impedance Full Output Output (Perce ntage
(See Tab le II I) (Into 1I11 Eurra nt Dlstortionl
except CA3020) Ilrain Power)
Ilisctete 1.4W Single9 - 12V --/2 2K 1I & 16 11 'm V t2mA 10%l. lIW 6.95
Dp Amp .2 -.5W Dual !3-111 V Many/l ,3,4,6 56K 150- 4001l See Text 3-5mA Unknown .35«' up
CA3020 } .550W Single 3-9V RCA/3 1K (1I - 35 rnA 10%1.55W 2.99
CA30Z0A ) tW Single 3- 25V RC Al3 cr 200H (1 4-30 rnA 10%!l W 349
KD2115 ) .55W Single 3-9V RCAl4,5 50K I see ted
MC1454 1.4W Dual ! lIV MotolOla/3 3- 10K 0,411 Optional 11 - 20 mA 5%/1W 3.50
MCt554 1.lIW Dual t lI V Motolola!3 7- 10 K 0,211 for all three 11 -1 5rnA 5%/l .1 W 17 .10
HEP 593 See text Dual ±8V Motorola!manV 2l10 mV,155 mV 7.95
75 mV
MC1306 .2W Single 9-1 2V Motolola!3 High 0.511 3 mV 'rn A 1%1.2W 1.10
MF C4000P .25W Single 3- 12V Motorola!3 Modera te 15 mV 'mA 3%/.2W .99
TAA l fl O .aw Single 6-9V Arnpelex/2 16K HI 10 rn V 9 mA 3%!.5W 3.95
PA237 2W Single 9-27V G.E ./unk. 40 K .lI5H a mV 3- 15 rnA 5%/ZW unknow n
TT·1W tW Single 20V Westinghouse!l 50- 400K 0.311 140 mV 5- 10%ItW 1.98

Ta ble II _ Add,tional Audio ICs

Ide nt Ma nufactu rerl Powe, Price
ze ners. They require a 4 t o 5 V vol tage drop
So urce (See Tab le III ) fo r pro pe r opera t io n . They can be replaced
PA263 G EJ l lW 295
MF C9 0 20 Motoro la/3 'NI 2.50
wit h resistors selec ted to set ze ner c urre n t at
C6004 Mo to ro la/ 3 lW 2.90 5 mA or more a t ma xim u m load . T he ze ners
".
2W
C60 05 MOforol a/3 4 .3 5
C6006 Mot or o la/ 3 5 ,60 may have t o be repl aced with high er power
SE54 0 L Signe tic.17 Driv e' Un kn own
NE540L S ignellcsn,l O""er 2 ,50 u nits.
SL630 Ple sseyl3 Un known 5.35 If an overlo ad protected su pply is to be
S N7 600 l T ex as Inst / 3 lW Unknown
S N76003 Texas Inn /3 3W Un known used , th e c urre n t limit mu st be se t high
S N7 6 005 Te xas Inst /3 5W Unk nown
S N7 60 13 Te xas Inst /3 3W Un known e no ugh to perm it ma ximum power peak s to
SGS 4 San ke n ' W 2,50
pass. If th e a mplifie r is even t ua lly t o be ru n
Tab le I II _ Ie Suppli ers
from a batt ery sup ply , a large value cap aci-
(Numbe rs refer to " source·' In T abl es I .. nd III to r across the power lead s will h elp so me in
1. Polypa k,
P,O , Bo x 9 42R
Pile" d oes nOi incl u de po st aqe . 25% ex te ndi ng t he a mo un t of internal resista n ce
depo, it on C.O, D .' . No mlllim um o rd er.
Ly n nf ie ld MA 0 1940 Ofl"n (bu ! nOI dlwa y sl .oc toce s data wh ich ca n be t olerat ed in th e batte ry -
sheet> o n ICs.
th ereb y ex tending th e useful li fe of the
2. AI!;e dlRadio S hack , Nationwide 'ranchl>ed SIOfes - c heck
yo ur !e lep ho ne d.rectorv Ad".. rt ,ses
battery .
th at "ems from ;nd ustr 'al cdl a log m ay be O ne fi na l no te before we ge t into discus-
ordered ff Om loca l stor e s, wh lth wo uld
ma ke m ost ICs availahle Iro m rhern . sio n of th e in divid ual ICs. Audio amplifier
3. Circuit Speci alists A dd 35i fo r shipp,ng No mm'mum ICs are intended for speech reproduction.
80 ~ 3043 o rder. Somel ,mes inclu des data sheets.
scousoere AZ 85 257 They ind icate t hey Ca n SUl-lply ju st about
T his means th ey mu st handl e voice peak s
any semiconducto r Or IC, a nd therefore without disto rti on . Sine waves pack a lot
t hey ma y be a good so urce for S, gne lics,
Motor o la. elc.. Wh fCh are nol carrie d b y more energy than ty pical voice waves. When
Alli ed .
testing an amplifi er wit h a n a udio oscilla to r
4 . Allied Indu'trial Post age is nOl included. M' nimum orde r an d a sco pe , avoid driving th e amplifier for
2400 W. Wash lnglon Blvd is $ 5, wll h a $ 1 h and li ng cha rge on or·
Chic ago IL d ers up to$ 10 , T han ks to the nation w 'de any length of tim e at anyw he re near the
existence o f Allied lR adio S h ack stores.
sales t ax is requ ired in mOSl st a tes . D ata level a t which th e wave peaks sta rt t o be
sheets are no t in c luded , See 2 above for
an atrer natwe orderin g method .
clip ped, since it will probably b e d elivering
far more po wer than it was designed to
5, Lafa yette Corp . Postage not ," eluded , A dd 50,.. ha nd ling
1 11 Jericho Tu rnp ike cha, ge On orders of less than $5.00. deliver, and will sho rtly co rrec t that sit ua-
Svosset. L. I., NY 1 1791 P roba b ly will sh ,p UPS despite ex p lic it
requ est for p arc e l cos t. tio n by melt ing after which it will not
6 . H A L Devices Postage nOi ,nclu de d, add 75,.. Will st np
deliver any power at all.
Bo x 365H UPS u nless otherwise speci f ied
Urb ana IL 61801
T he Amplifiers in Table I.
7 S ,gn et lcs Cor p Si gneti cs supp lier s a re hard 10 cOm e b y
8 11 Ea st Arq ues Ave . A poli te tetter to t h is add ress m ay
Discrete. T h is is a fou r tran sistor, tran s-
Su nn yvale CA 9 4086 prod uce an indication o f who can sUl-lply fo rme r co uple d a m plifie r. It requires ab out
the CltC", t for y o u A ltern dflvely , try
SOu rCe 3 above six cu bic in ches of space. It was included to

FEBR U AR Y 1974 29
demonstrate that ICs are competit ive wit h
discrete amplifiers in all significant areas.
Op-A mp, We do not ordinarily think of
operational amplifiers as audio output
stages, primarily because their package dis -
sipations are rather low and t heir output
impedance is rather high . However, when
used with high impedance phones or t rans-
former coupled to low impedance pho nes
t hey will produce all the earphone volume
which co uld possibly be desired. Loudspeak-
er volume is marginal, b ut sa t isfactory for a
qu iet e nviro n me nt. T he am plifier o f Fig. 3a
has got to be about as si mp le as you ca n get :
two batteries, a pot, a n IC and h eadph ones.
It provides a comfortab le liste ning level o n I
m V input. Figure 3c shows the u se of an
op-arnp as a driver. Q I and Q2 are inexpe n-
sive epoxy transistors. The diodes a re silicon
computer types. The output transistors re-
quire heatsinks. R 1 and R2 cont rol gain - in
Fig. 3c it is set to 10 . The capacitor CI may
be required to cut a tendency toward high
frequency oscillation . Power output is more
than adequate and t he fidelity is excellent.
Frequency response is fla t fro m 5 Hz to
above 10 0 k Hz.
CA3020, CA3020A, KD2115. These are
three versio ns of t he sa me ch ip which is
nom inally a high power, wide ban d a m plifier.
The KD2 115 is sold in a package wit h
2-KD2114 a nd 2-KD2 1 16. The price is
$5 .90, which isn 't too bad since t he KD211 4
is the CA30 18 transistor array . T he KD2 1 16
seems to be the same as the CA3036 dual
darlington array . The CA3020 is somewhat
unusual. Among its peculiarities are an
optional emitter follower input stage which
permits a choice of input impedances; the
connection of the final emitters to exte rna l
contacts to allow emitter resisto rs to be
provided, and a h igh output imped an ce
which requires t ransformer coupli ng. Al-
t hough excellent for suc h uses as Q RP 4 0
and 80 meter tra nsm itte rs, etc., th is ch ip
wou ld no t be my choice fo r a receiver aud io
amplifier.
MC1454, MC1554, HEP5 93. Again th e
same chip in three differe nt guises . T he
MC1554 is the premium versio n, the
MCI454 the commercial version, a nd the
HEP593 is the experimenter's version . An
examination of the prices shows that
30
patience 10 waiti ng for a mail-ordered
MC 1454 instead of rushing down to th e
store to buy an HEP59 3 is well rewarde d .
The principal drawback of this IC is the
requirement for dual power supplies. If,
however, the equipme nt already h ad dua l
supplies and more power was required t han
t he 200 mW or so that can be coaxed ou t of
an op-arnp , this wou ld probably be the lC to
choose.
MC1306. T his is listed in some p laces as a
500 mW IC, a nd t he max imum package
dissipati on is eve n higher. Ho weve r, th e
harmonic distortion cu rve goes th rough a
righ t a ngle be n d a nd heads straigh t up
between 200 a nd 300 mW. With in its power
limitations, th is is an outstan ding bargain at
$ 1. ] O. The specs are very good . It seems an
excelle nt choice for portable equipme nt
(alt hough my own choice would be the
op-amp of Fig . 1a), a nd for receivers which
are generally used with earphones, but may
occasio nally be used with speakers when
demonstrating the radio to friends.
MFC4000P. This is intended for portable
rad ios. It is a four term inal deivce, whic h is
about as simple as you ca n get. In gene ra l,
o ne wo u ld be inclined to use it in t he sa me
so rts of app licatio ns as the MCI 30.61'. It has
a lot of gain, a nd (u nlike the MC1 3061') no
obvio us way to co nt ro l the gain . T his co uld
make it so mew hat hard to ta me.
TAA300. T his widely -available IC f re-
que nt ly appears in articles . It requires a heat
sink for maximum powe r output. It will
deliver e nough power for any reasonable
application. Certainly a better choice t ha n
the CA3020 for a receiver output stage, the
worst problem in using it will probab ly be
tha t of tryi ng to get anything like t he
pote ntia l se nsitivity out of it wit hout feed -
bac k proble ms.
PA237. This IC has ap pea red as t he
ou t pu t stage o f ma ny rece ivers in 73, QST,
and Ham Radi o during th e past tw o yea rs.
The specs a re excelle n t. T he grea tes t diffi-
culty is findi ng a su pplier. Yo u migh t t ry
your local GE dist ribu tor o r Circu it Special-
ists (see Table III ).
TT-l W. The specs on t his look fine a nd
t he price is certain ly moderate enough .
Kenney
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A SIMPLE S
GENERATOR
FOR MONITOR SCOPES
Sh ort lime ago I finished building a
A monitor sco pe for my SSB rig and I
found th at I need ed a 30 Hz sweep genera-
tor. It had to be a sawtooth wave, so that let
out using a 60 Hz sine wave . Not needing a
fancy generator I thought back to a simplex
experiment that I performed at college using
a neon bulb as a relax ation oscillat or for
producing a sawtoo th wave .
This is a simple circuit to understand if a
few basic facts are kn own abo ut neon bulb s.
First is its resistance . When the neon bulb is
not firing, the resistance is in the megohm
range. But wh en th e bulb is firing , h eavy
conductio n occurs which mean s that the
resistance is low. Second . there is a certain
HV
., .z
.3
NE·2
Co .0 5 MFO
AT 2KV
Fig. 1. Circuit diagram.
32
David Schmarder WA2HNJ
4 Pin wood Circle
Corning NY 14830
EEP
volt age th at these bulbs will fire at , usually
abou t 70 vo lts.
Referring to th e circu it diagram, R2 , R3
and CI is just a simple RC timing circuit.
The rate in which the co ndenser charges,
dep ends on the values of R2, R3 and C l.
However , when CI charges to a certain value
of voltage, the neon bulbs which are co n-
nect ed across it will fire and the condenser
will then discharge through the neon bu lb.
Then the co ndenser will start charging again
and the cycle starts over. and a sa wtoo th
wave is being ge nera ted.
R I is a pot which is used as a voltage
cont ro l fo r th e circuit. The top en d of the
po t is co nnec ted to a vo ltage so urce o f
abou t 500 vo lts. The po lar ity makes no
diffe rence . The value of this pot shou ld be at
least 500 Kn .
The n eon b ulbs are NE-2 type, or what
have you . For C I I used a .005 /IF with an
adequate vo ltage ra ting.
The larger th e sweep width you wan t t he
more neon bulbs should be placed in series . I
fo und that four bulbs in series gave me a
good sweep width .
This circuit I fo und was the simplest and
the cheapest th at could be built to produ ce
the sweep needed to make my monitor go .
. . .WA 2HNJ
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- ...
\
hose new repea ter regulatio ns remind
T me of a tim e in ham histo ry, another
time in wh ich we were give n the business by
new regulations. We didn 't ne ed them then ,
either.
On Octo ber 4, 19 38, the FCC adopted a
set o f new ama te ur regulations, effective
Decem ber I , 193 8. This was a complete
rewrite of Chapter XII. Of particular interest
to us were Parts 152.4 1 and 152.4 2. To quote
fro m QST, Decem ber 193 8, page 14 : "No
mo re modulated oscilla tors and raw ac in th e
5-me te r band . The requirement to use ade-
q uately-filte red de su pply, have stab le signa ls
and to avoid o ver-mo dulatio n and frequency
modulation is now exte nde d to 60 MH z. The
same rules now ap ply to t his band t hat have
previously ap plied be ing 30 MH z. QS T re-
cently took a poll of membership sentiment
o n t his questio n and found about 87% of the
replies in favor of thevcha nge, so we are su re
it will be generally acceptable. Simple tra ns-
ceive rs and self-excited osc illa to rs and other
e xperi me ntal appara tus may still be used
above 11 2 MH z."
The new regulations we re th e dire ct result
of the ARRL requesting a change o f ru les.
34
W. Njel Coward K2PMMI F8
clo 73 MAgazine
Peterborough NH 03458
The "poll of membership sentiment" men-
tio ned above was taken fro m QS L or post-
card mail retu rns in answer to the propo sal
( No. I ) made in t he J uly 193 8 issue of QS T,
o n page 26 . The poll was _.. en only to
me mbe rs of the League . Answers could no t
be qualified ; th ey had to be " Yes" or "No"
and they had to be received at A RRL
Headquarters by noon o f September 1,
193 8. It is interesting to note that the
A RRL request to change these rules was
ac te d u pon by the FCC on October 4, 19 38 !
Our S me ter band in those day s was S6 to
60 MHz, years later to become part of T V
Cha nnel 2 as we were shifted to 50-5 4 MHz
to form the 6 meter band. And these were
the pre-World War II depressio n yea rs. Like
most other teen-age hams of that era we had
no money to spend o n expensive communi-
cation receivers, high power tube s and parts
required to get us o n phone on the lower
frequency bands where the actio n was .
Ho wever, on 5 me ters we could use receiving
tubes and o ther pa rts scrounged from o ld
bro adcast radios. On 5 me ters we co uld talk
with our co ntemp o ra ries, o ther teenagers
with that same inexp licab le desire to build ,
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Motorola is catch ing up on the backlog and we've ga l t ho usand s But we were all having a ball o n 5 meters!
of them back in stock . 10/53,00 ·- 100/525.00 Receivers were simp le su per-regens with a
OOcn3LJO 40673'8 56, 76 , or a 6J5 as the dete ctor, followed by
THE MOST POPU LAA DUAL GAT E PROTECTED MOS FET two stages of audio . Transmitters were near-
around. Good to over 4 00 MHZ. We qot'm and vou get 'em
for only. . . . . . . 5/$6.00 ly all of the uncomplicated self-excited
" TNT" type , using 76's, 45 's, or I O's: later
OTHER FET'S the dual triod e 53 or the 6A6. Modulators
2N4220A N ·JFE T $2.0 7 were o f the Heising type, where we could
lN4221A N · JFET 2.03
2N4222 N-JFET
use a filter choke as a modulation choke.
1.70
2N4222A N · JFET 2.03 (Who could affo rd a modulation trans-
2N5454 N · JFET 2.00 fo rmer? ) And the antennas were something.
2N5592 N · JFET 2.00
2N5593 N ·JFET 2.00 Towers - hah! We used fence wire guyed
MFE3004 N · MOSFET 1.80 wood masts made from hand-cut 2 X 2's or
spliced bamboo rug poles. Trees, if handy,
RG-174/U
WE WENT T HROUG H 20 MILES OF IT LA ST TI ME!
were also utilized. We built our antennas out
We are au thorized Belden Distribu tors and new shipments
of cop per wire usually ; so me times we were
have come in Irom the factory. Split a 500' spool with a friend eve n able to scrou nge (? ) an 8-fo ot pie ce of
and save $$$$$ ~-i n c h copper pipe. Coax was so mething we
BELDEN NO. 82 16 101Y/$4.S0 - 500'/$17.85
read abou t. We used 2-inch spaced open wire
LED Readouts
,
m '
feeders with waxed wo od spreaders, delta-
mat ched to a vertical half-wave rad iator.
SIZE COLOR OECIMA L EACH SPEC IAL Twisted lamp cord was frequently used to
OPCOA SLA· l .33 Red Yes 2,95 4/$11 feed a " J" antenna. Antenna relays were
OPCOA S LA· l 1C .33 Green Yes 4.95 4/$1 6
OPCOA S LA·3H .70 Red Yes 4.50 4/$1 6 virtually nonexistent. A good many of us
A ll use 7447 Drivers. Specs included.
RF POWER TRANSISTORS
used two blade porcelain-base knife switches
We did it again · All brand new with standard m ar kings and
most were manufactured t his year. A major manufactu rer
stocke d by hardware sto res for antenna
dropped his RF power line and we bought his inventory. changeover. The more so phis ticated 5 meter
2N55S9 3 Walts Out $ 3.50
statio ns had two antennas, one for receiving
2N5590 10 Watts Out 6.00
2N5S91 25 Watts Out 12.00 and the other for transmitting. With this
2N6080 4 wens Out 5.00
2N6082 25 Walts Oul 10.00 arrangement we found we could work du-
2N6083 30 Wa tts Out 12.00
2N6084 40 Walls Out 15.00 plex! Here was the height of hamming!
AU are Silicon NPN and power output ra tings are good to
175 MHZ. Hurrv some Quantities are limited. Then the roof fell in on December I,
KEYSTONE PERF 1938 . Suddenly 5 meters became a vast,
BOARO . 'H>
G·l0 Glass Epo xy
<j> '<j> <j>- <j> $ almost emp ty, wasteland. Where was that
Perf Board 3/64" Thick. T ~·.· ~ 87%? We suspected they had never left 20
<j>'HH> $ and 75 meters in the first place. Too late we
N o. Size (in.1 Price realized that limiting that poll to ARRL
·· UNCLAD···
4229 2 x 4% $ .85 members was decidedly unfair. Right up to
4230 2x6 1.09
4231 4% x 6 1.55
our entry into World War II in December of
4232 17x 6 5. 75 1941, 5 meters rema ined unused for all
··COPPER CLAD O NE SIDE·····
4238 2 x 4% 1.35
practical purposes.
4239 2x 6 1.85 Will we see a similar fate result in repeater
424 0 4% x 6 3.20
4241 17 x 6 6.70 activity?
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For quick 'Il easy c o n tacts ,
A ve rt ical fo r 15 or 20 meter opera tion
is real easy and inexpensive to put
up. In a clear a nd ope n space, drive a
woo de n stake in the eart h for abou t o ne
foo t . T his is t he base for a T V pole which
has been loose ly attac hed to a second pole
with two " U" clamps (see Fig. I and Parts
List ). By sliding the seco nd pol e t rombone-
sty le, o ne ca n adjust the second pole from
the ground for late r t uning with an swr
meter. I set the h eight off the grou nd of th e
lower end of the vertical at three feet more
or less.
Now three lengths o f nylon line are
att ache d to th e up p er "U" cla mp an d the
vertica l is elevate d by lashing the TV pole to
the driven stake and fix ing the lengths of
nylon line to th e driven steady stakes. Your
vert ical is no w in the air a nd can be firme d
u p at t he base a nd with t he nylon guys.
Pick out your choice of opera tio n of
eit her 15 o r 20 mete rs a nd fix t he TV pole
len gth at a test length of 320 e m for 15
meters o r 4 70 e m for 20 mete rs. Put th e
third and last "U" clamp a t the base around
the wo oden sta ke an d the TV pole . A sho rt
length o f wire from the " U" c lamp to one
side o f the coax co nnecto r will co mple te the
vertical part of this antenna.
The Radial System
Yo ur quarter wave gro und pla ne vertical
will work best with a wire ra dia l syste m
which is quick a nd easy to make . For
FEBRUARY 1974
Al Lee KH6HDM
204 Makee Road
H onolulu HI 9681 5
insta nce, for 15 me te rs cut fo ur radial s 3 20
e m long and fix insula tors with co nnecting
ny lo n lin es. One end of th e nylon lin e is
attac hed to th e wo oden stake base of the
vertica l. A lead fro m each ra dia l is joined to
fix to th e o ther side of the coa x co nnec to r.
Each e nd o f th e radial is fanned o ut to 9 0°
a nd stak es sup po rt the o t he r end o f the
radial wires whi ch are att ached to th e
insula tors. Wire lengt h for 20 meter o pera-
ti on I found to be 4 70 e m.
Adjustment
With yo ur swr meter and a transmitted
signa l yo u can bring you r Quick 'N Easy
vert ica l quit e clo se to I: I by adju sting the
lengt h o f the vertica l eleme nt. Then tighten
t he " U" cla mps which hold the two poles
toge t he r.
Raising and lowe ring th e rad ial attac h-
men t at th e base of th e vertical will give a
goo d impedan ce rna tch with imp roved swr
reading. From th e tie do wn, th e radial s are
pa ralle l with th e gro u nd.
Modifications
There are several modifications wit h
whi ch you might experiment.
First, you could try subst it uting a water
pip e, spri nkler syste m, o r a rod driven in the
earth for the radial sys te m. Also , I've added
a base tuner to th is type o f groundi ng
syste m. Chic ke n wire st re tc hed from the
vertical base will ac t almo st as well as the
rad ial wi res. In yo ur shack, yo u co uld use a
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operating as a type o f comp ro mise o n both
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Encoder $8.95 band ,

• Compat ible wi th all sub-au d ible t o ne sy st ems su ch as Advantages

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• All a re powe re d b y 12 vee .
• Use on any tone freq uency 67 H l to 250 H z First, one builds this antenna in t he
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• A ll p a r ts inc lu ded exce p t reed a-nd r eed socket
• Post paid - Ca lif. resident s add 5 % sales ta x
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lengths, direction . height abo ve the ea rth
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vertica l elemen t. The placing o f th e antenna
long wire tuner with any o f these arrays.
With my long wire tuner I have worked both
15 and 20 meters with this vertical and a TV POLE
3 0 0 CM
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good water pipe ground. A variation here
with your long wire tun er might be th at you
could join to gether the cen te r, and th e braid
of the coax. so that the vertica ls , radials, and
the transmission line might act as a q uarter
wave for tuning in all of th e ama te u r bands.
All this can be worked and tuned against a STAKE
'OR CO A X TO
SHACK
ground o btained from a water pip e. '"'
Beautiful gain can be o btained by co n-
STA KE FOR
st ructing a seco nd antenna a correct distan ce WOODEN R ADIAL
STAKE
away for directional phasing. Tapped coils at
the base and in line traps co uld find you Fig. 1. Quick 'N Easy 15 or 20 m eter vertical made
enough research challenges to keep you off with two 3 00 em TV p oles and a gro und radial
that third stool in Joe's Bar for several system
months.
Parts List
TV po les ca n be easily fi tted into each
2 - 300 em TV pores.
o t her and guy ed so that a 40 and 80 meter 3 - " U" cla mps t o fi t across th e p oles.
vertical ca n be co nstructe d. I haven 't tr ied 5 - wooden st a kes.
this ye t. 1 - coax co nnector (suc h as HQ1 , Budw ig Manu-
factur ing Company, Bo x 97 , Ram on a CA 9 2065.
Comparison Price $2.951.
1 - roll . of ny lon line (#20 . Sears Roebuck &
I've had a chance to co mpare the Quick Company . Price $1.29).
'N Easy vertical with a commercial vertical 1 - 1500 c m of #12 or thereabouts w ire .
whi ch is 550 em hiah with 1000 em radials 8 - i nsu lat ors.

38 73 MAGAZINE
in its fu nctio ning position is simple, with
minimal effo rt, with no pulleys, cra n ks, ~ FASCINATING HOBBY!
climbing or o ther hazard s. VINTAGE RA DIO brings y ou the pioneer
Some arrays costing manyfold more than days of wireless and radio in pictures. The
t his simple an te n na are often out of reso- collector's bible , it opens the doors to a
nance plus other problems which redu ce the new hobby. Great browsing , too. Over
efficiency, causing T VI and o th er critica l 1,000 pictures, 263 pages. 188 7-1929 .
sit uatio ns. Solu tio ns and co rrect io ns to these
problems in more complica ted arrays tak e
instruments and experience which aren't
easy to co me by .
T his vertical depends o n its radials, with
no need for a particular t yp e o f gro u nd o r I
eart h and the radials bring a simple ground i
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clear, as th e ma ximal cu rren t at the base o f
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will defeat th is type o f installation in a Radio Collect or s Guide 3.95 0
Postage Pai d . C a li f o rn i a res i dents a d d 5 % T ax .
N am e _
Table I
St reet _
15m 20m
Vert. el. 320cm 470 cm C ity Sta te _ Zip _
Radial length 320cm 470 cm
Height of base
from ground 9 0 cm 120 cm
ENJOY THE OLD DAYS!
Four radials are used on each band.
boxed-in lo cation . For e xa mp le, I o nce
installed a store-bought vertical close to the lCOMMUNICATIONS
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and it works great.

So, be sure to put the Quick ' N Easy in
the clear. I' ve learned.
The measurements in Table I give you the
set of figures in my QTH with it s set of
circu mstances. You ma y need to try your
own measurements. So pick up cou rage and
be with it.
. .. KH6HDM
Circuit board wired & tested $75.00
With rack w/cabinet $115.00
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HW.202 SPECIFICATIONS-RECEIVER-Sensitivity: 12 dB
SINAO· (o r 15 dB of quieti ng) at .5.uv or less. Squelch
threshold : 0.3,uv o r less. Audio output: 2 W at less than 10 %
total harm oni c d ist orti on (T HO). Operating frequency ete-
billty:Belter th an ±.0015% . Image rejection : Greater than
55 dB. Spurious rejection: Greater than 60 dB . IF rejecUon:
Gre ater th an 75 dB. First IF frequency: 10.7 MHz ± 2 kHz .
Second IF frequency: 455 kHz (adj ustab le). Receiver band-
width: 22 kHz nominal. De.emphasls: -6 dB per octave
from 300 to 3000 Hz nominal. Modulation acceptance: 7.5
kHz minim um . TRANSMITTER - Power output: 10 watts
min imum . Spurious oulput: Bel ow -45 dB from carrier.
Stability: Better t han ±.00 15%. Oscillator frequency: 6
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Phase, adju stab le 0-7.5 kHz , w ith instantaneous limiting .
Duly cycle : 100% w ith 00 VSWR . High VSWR shutdown :
None. GENERAL - Speaker impedance: 4 ohms. Operat·
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sumption: Receiver (squelched) : Le ss than 200 mAoTran s-
mitter : Le ss th an 2.2 amperes. Operaling temperture
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·SINAO = Sig nal + +
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Control every thing in your shack [rommiles away via th e telephon e wires.

would you like to d ia l your ho me
H OW
p ho ne (fro m anywhere), cu t out the
ring, listen to what's going on in your'shack ,
turn your receiver or transmitter on or off,
etc .?
This article tells you how to build your
o wn automatic phone monitoring and re-
mote co ntro l sy stem. Basic items are a
ring-blocking, 2 kHz narrow band amplifier,
with simulated handset lift-off, and a pocket
beeper to carry with you away from hom e.
Just connect the red and green wires to the
input. Incoming and o utgo ing calls from
anywhere proceed as usual , until you call
from outside and actuate the pocket beeper.
This 2 kHz signal goes through th e amp lifier,
and turns o n an SCR (silicon co ntro lled
rectifier) which terminat es the line with
around 300n which causes central office to
prevent any bell ring, and make the co nnec-
tion. In effect, an elec tronic, non-mechani-
cal, handset-lift er.
With a high-gain mike and amplifier built
into the system, you can now listen in, even
to very minute sounds, in yo ur shack. Also,
with more af transformers connected In , or

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branched off, yo u can act uate , by different
beeper to nes, almo st any thing yo u want ,
including yo ur rig. So, start building.
Figure I , block diagram , sh ows the essen-
tials of the amp li fier , where the in pu t and
output circuit are the principal item s differ-
ing from "ra dio" work . The amplifier itself
is esse ntially the same as an i-f job, just on a
lower frequency. So lo w in fact that yo u can
listen to it if you wan t to , bein g o n 200 0 Hz.
The coils can be wound by the amate ur
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Vari ous additional telep hone circuits are
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up yo urself. The input and o utput circuits
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yo ur o wn cho ice, and not nec essarily the
same as the examples sho wn here.
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Tuned circuits are the bread and but-
ter, also th e main co urse, in radio work
Am ateur Net by the home-brewer. Before the days o f
crystal filters for everybody, so und waves in
metal, and the newer ceramic resonato rs , i-f
circuits for narrow band CW work were put
INC. on 50 kHz with expensive transformers using
Lit z (many strands o f enamelled wire fo rm-
ing one wire) wire and air-variable capacito rs
for tuning. They worked , but were large and
not low cost. Then came the era o f high
magnetic permeability mat erials, which, in
the shape o f a small cup-core, see Fig. 2,
about 1/ 2" cube with as little as thirty turns
o f wire, co uld be tun ed to 100 kH z. From
this work came the little 1/4 " 4 55 kH z i-f
ACT 10-H/l1U jobs produced in the many millions by t he
3 Band· l0 Channel FM "Nagasaki Hardware" co mpanies. Also,
Scanne, Aeceiur
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 sticking closer to home , "Cer rnag" cores,
and similar items with a magnetic per- HERE IS A FIST FULL
meability several thousand times greater of 2 METER POWER
than air became available. Figure 2 shows
size and shape of one of these, with a nice
little bobbin for winding th e co il included
by some suppliers.
This particular design does not have the
familiar i-f tuning slug but does allo w yo u to
wind up a tuned circuit for 2 kHz which is
the goal in this article . The la ck o f the
tuning slug can be o verco me by the use of
several fix ed capacito rs across the co il, the
value of these capaci to rs being determin ed
by the handy little item sho wn in Fig. 3
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13 5 kHz units can use up to 200 0 pF or
more, but at 2 kHz y ou need tuning capaci-
tors in the 50 ,000 to 100,000 ran ge .
I have seen, in day s gone by , varia ble
electrolitic capacit ors that co uld tun e tho se
values, even up to severa l Ji F, but doubt very
much if any are now available today . At any
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bobbin sho wn in Fig. 2, wind so me 240
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is not too important because y ou have to
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tors, using the ca pacity b o x of Fig. 3. You
CUP CORES
can , o f co urse, d o without th at it em but it FOUR COMMON
takes longe r and that b o x is very handy to PINS

have arou nd an ex perime n ter-bu il der's sh ack

anyway . The winding can be done by hand BAKELI TE OR F IBERGL ASS

using th e set up shown in Fig. 4 , which is the

FIBERGLASS PINS
way I did it , an d it is not too hard . Fasten a
hand drill in a vise o n t he edge o f the table ,
use a 2/5 6 bolt as in Fig. 4b, and wind . The
hand drill I have gives ab out fo ur turns o f
the ch uck to o ne turn o f t he cra nk, so that
makes co un ting easier. Afte r winding o n the
240 turns, wind t he secondary on top of
that , being sure to use different wire, or at
least be sure and ident ify the windings. You
ca n easily tell wi th an ohmmet er, but it's Fig. S. Tran sform er core m o unt (2 kHz am p l ifier ).
bett er to be sure first abo ut such things. I
used single silk-covered #38 for th e seco n- After windin g, insert th e bo bbin ca refu lly
dary.
into one o f the cup co res an d place th e o t her
.GTURN DRILL WIT H
half over it , takin g care to lin e up the co re
, RIG HT HAN D slo ts so that th e fo ur wires ca n be b rought
BOBBIN_~;;:_--;/
HOLD IN LEFT
HAND fi NGERS
easily ou t. Keeping the slo ts lined up (see
Fig . 5a) insert and tighten the 2/5 6 bolt and
nut through th e cen ter of t he cores . In case
you wish to ma ke a miniat ure job o u t of it ,
__lL_...c~~/L_~~ the transform er moun ting met hod sho wn in
Fig. 5 may help. Drill the pin h oles shown
o ne size smaller t han a co mmon pin , which
ma y call for an .020 h ole an d a number 76
drill , and hammer t hem carefu lly in to the
bakelite o r fib erglass sq uares using so ft so ap
for lubrica tion . You will prob ably have to
use a micrometer in this wo rk . Put a piece o f
insulation, such as 5 mil fib erglass under t he
2/56 J •
square plate to keep t he pin h eads from
BOLT
HAND DRILL touching th e co pper, if you use a co pper-
CHUCK
clad board to mo u nt them o n.
Figure 6 shows o ne of the tra nsfo rmer
Fig. 4. Hand win din g set-up (2 k Hz am p lifier ). circ uits with several fixed capacito rs fo r
tuning. Aft er fi nding t he co rrect value using
the method sho wn in Fig . 3, DO NOT rely
The number of t urns o n th e secon dary,
on the values prin ted on said capacito rs,
which will fee d the next base inpu t , can be
very impo rtant. I found ten turns to be
e no ugh for the intersta ge transformers, and ADD SMALL CAPS.
eighty tu rns for th e last transformer feeding / AS NEEDED
LI
the diode. T he numb er of these t u rns plus
5 .01
t he cou pling ca pacitor to the base, h ave a
large effec t on the gain, reduction o f self-
oscilla tio n caused by feed back, and rejection
o f the ringing voltage. A tenden cy towards
more co upling turns a nd less capacito r is Fig. 6 . Added capacitors fo r 2 k Hz t uning of
pro bably best. transformers.

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(FIXED) ACROSS TRANSFORMERS.
2 iU.L TRAN SISTORS ARE MOTOROLA HEP 55.
3 DIODE QUAD IS INT. REeT. NO.leOB4A-C .
Fig. 7. Schematic of 2 kHz amplifier.
unless they are high precision , high cost jo bs,
which is not necessary . Just use your signal
generator ca refully and watch your ae volt-
meter across the last seco nd ary, put th em all
o n the sa me frequ en cy , and chec k aft er all
three stages are workin g. DO NOT rely on
gue ss work for this item. With a selec tio n of
.0 0 I, .0 I, and possibly .02 or .05 ca pacito rs,
you will do alright. If you need so me o f
these in a hurry . you ca n find a selectio n at
one of the Radio Shack stores. You can, o f
cou rse, use a variety of loose capacito rs and
clip leads if yo u don 't want to make up the
box sho wn in Fig. 3.
The Circuit
Figure 7 sho ws the co mplete circuit
including the anti-ring input filt er , th e dc
power leads, and the scr o u t pu t sectio n, any
o f which yo u may or ma y not want.
Note the series 8 plus filtering to eac h
stage which is quite essen tial at these fre-
quencies. The total gain available with three
transistors is quite high but is kept down,
along with self-oscillatio n, and the band-
width sharpness is kept up , by the u se of
small secondaries on the in te rstage transfor-
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mers and careful choice o f base input capaci-
tors. Anti-ringing is greatly con tro lled by the
size of the base capacito rs, so watch this
point. Between about 1-5 mV at ttie input
gives 5 o r 6V at the output , with clean and
stable ampli ficatio n and no oscillation .
Do not be surprised if, on listening to the
output, you hear a two kHz tone without
the signal generator being co nnec ted ! Re-
member that you can tune in on the o u tp u t
o f a high gain i-f system with a suitable
receiver. Well, you can do just this here but
as the amp lifier is o n an audible freq uen cy
you will now be able to hear it dire ctly by
ear.
Due to th e large number of turns of small
wir e in t he collec to r circu it s, with
100 - 200.11 o f de resistance, do not expec t
too mu ch power in eac h stage. All we need
for · turning on the so lid state relay (scr)
(pick the right one in th e G .E. catalog,
2N8 77 is used here) is so me 4 - 5/1 OV and
not too many J.1A .
Low Frequency Signal Generator
A low cost sine wave/square wave genera-
tor running from 20 - 200 kH z was used
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TOTAL
lOOK ABOUT.12uF
5uF + .TUNE
IIF
, ---i F-+
,...- I --:::ti---J r-
L_
150
1'IOUF
+9V
LI- MILLER 9009, 180 TO 750 mH,
WITH ADDED nl~s
Fig. 8. Test oscillator - sig. - gen. 2 kHz.
here for the signal source, but if you don't
have one on hand you can use a 2 kHz
oscillator, an example of which is shown in
Fig. 8 . You will have to calibrate it from
some other lad's generator in this case.
Ll may be one of the cup cores shown in
Figs. 2 and 5, or you can use a Miller
adjustable inductor, #9009, 180 - 750 mH,
by adding some 80 turns as shown in Fig. 8.
Be sure and add them in the same direction
and connect them so they add. You can then
tune it with the adjustable core to match the
precise frequency of the amplifier. One
circuit is easier to tune than four!
I find about 5 - 6V ac (2000 Hz) at the
collector and about .1 V at the output tap
shown. I also used a variable attenuator,
audio type, to cut this down" to a few m V
for use as the amplifier gain grew towards
it's final figure. I should mention here that
you can plan on four stages if you like, to
give you more of everything you need, like
gain, narrower bandwidth, more ring rejec-
tion, etc., but this is up to you.
If you are going to do much of this low
frequency work you will probably have
considerable need for a "store-bought"
generator, which generally will have both
sine and square wave outputs and run from
20 - 20,000 Hz in frequency .
fnput Filter
If you wish to operate your decoder
without being troubled by the terrific
70 - 100V ac at 20 Hz plus some inductive
cut-off pulses much higher in voltage than
that (and in frequency components too!)
46
which come in with the ringing signal, I
found that three items were needed besides
good selectivity in the main amplifier. These
are, the Zener diode and bypass to hold
down the line-derived 10V de power supply
.1 for the amplifier ; the scr gate input filter and
0 UT
its turn-off resistor; and the input filter
+ being described .
The ring voltage is supposed to be 20 Hz ,
but just wait until you see that inductive
kick on a scope! It has a real bang to it and
it is hard to keep it from ringing the coils
and triggering the scr gate. One of the
biggest aids to cutting these pulses down to
size is the input filter shown in Fig. 7, the
main schematic. The use of capacitors that
"favor" 2 kHz and cut down 20 cycles is
seen, plus four diodes in between , in reverse
polarity pairs. You have to put this item
right up in the front end otherwise it would
cut down the 2 kHz also . As it is, some
reduction of the desired tone signal occurs,
but is not severe, whereas removing the
diodes does let the ring voltage kick off the
scr gate. If you do let one of those big ring
pulses hit the resonant 2 kHz coils, you'll
never be able to stop them ringing on pulses,
which you do not want. As it is, some of the
pulse does get through but greatly reduced
by the four diodes.
The 2 kHz, at a relatively low input level
of a few mV gets by those diodes with only
a little attenuation , and by integration
(steady addition and build up) through the
amplifier builds up to some 5 or 6V ac at the
third stage collector pin. Nothing stops you
from putting more sections in the input
filter if you want, but as shown the whole
circuit triggers every time on tone and never
triggers on the ring. What more could you
want?
The Zener Diode
The ring voltage , that 70V plus ac across
the line, acting on the quad automatic
polarity reversing switch, caused a build-up
in the line-derived amplifier B+ circuit from,
for example, IOV up to 15V. Then, when
that big cut-off pulse arrived on top of the
15V, the scr sometimes triggered . You
couldn't live with this , so a zener diode of
10V was installed across the plus I OV , and
also a large capacitor of 200 IlF . This did the
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job in fine style. The I OV sta ys at ten right
through the ring and that item was cured.
The large scr gate ca pacito r o f 1000 J.l F
was the final nail that held those ringing
pulses down from triggering the SCT. The
tone signal of course, hold s on for a time
determined by the finger o n the tone signal
oscillator, which may be miles away . The
total integration through the system, includ-
ing that 1000 J.lF job , is long eno ugh to keep
the pulses d own but allo w the de sired 2 kHz
through and build up the de o n the gate to
where it will trigger the scr. This takes a
certain number of milliseconds, as y ou will
see.
However, o nce you pu t that 1000 J.l F on
the gate you have to think about how y ou're
going to turn o ff the SC T when you want to.
Those smart little "controlled re ctifiers" are
nicely controlled as to turn-on , but not at all
so for the turn-off! Not o nly do es the gat e
lose control when the anode is latched o n.
but even a momentary break in the ano de
voltage will do no goo d if t he gat e is still
positive. With the scr ind icat ed and 1000 J.l F
across the gat e I fo u nd t ha t over 4 50n fo r
RI in Fig. 9 would discharge C I fast en ough
to cu t o ff the anode latch-up, while less than
lOOn would prove too low for a good de
trigger build up. 250n for R I does work
"de-lat ching" the scr nicely every time y ou
hang up the remote handset , wh ich causes a
reversal o f the input polarity of the line .
This causes a momentary drop to zero of the
scr anode, which is long eno ugh for RI to
discharge CI .
The SCR
These little wonders require a little get-
ting used to but are quite likeable devices
once you get th e hang o f them. They do
turn on every time the gate hits about 4/1 OV
positive, at quite a low number of /lA , and
they also turn o ff every tim e you b reak the
ano de ci rcuit for even a few mic roseconds.
That is, providing the gate is not left hanging
up o n positive de . Just be sure and use the
right scr for the job. The one in the
schematic is the G.E. 2N877.
The books on these marvels, and even the
spe cs included with the package , are in
themselves marvels of obscurantism (the
practi ce of pretending to let you know what
48
is going o n, but makin g sure that o nly the
initiated can ac tually ma ke any thing useful
o u t of what you are saying) and I o nly hope
y ou can wade thro ugh them and fi nd o ut
what they mean. In fairness to G.E., and
others to o, I should say that this is a very
common fault . A specialized branch of
semi conductor techniqu e such as silicon
controlled re ctifiers has to develop new
words in order to talk about so me thing
never before mad e. However, they do n ot
explain either the new word s o r the new
methods with any t hing like t he cla rity
needed by someone starting in to wo rk with
ser.
You will find th ings li ke gra phs with big
shaded areas indi cating "minimum tum o n
voltage from minus so and so C to plus so
and so C. " Don't worry about that one
unless you're going to take the amplifier to
Alaska and then down to the eq ua tor. In
plane s o r in space that's a different thin g.
Figure 9 shows the scr circuit I used
which works fine for the purp o se shown.
Once the scr is triggered it stays on, but
go od . The n on load shown lo o ks like t he
handset yo u did not lift o ff the crad le
(be cause you weren 't there) and central
office can't tell the differen ce so it
obligingly accepts the line termination
(nOn) cuts off the ringin g, and gives a busy
signal to anyo ne else that calls afterwards,
and let s yo u proceed w ith YQur re mo te
business as need ed by you r system. As
mentioned , you ca n also talk on the air, and
receive vo ice also .
Note that th e anode voltage mu st d rop o r
pass through zero level for the scr to tum
off. This o cc urs auto ma tically when you
hang up so that's tak en care of.
There is a slight question o f different
telephone companies having perhaps differ-
ent vo ltages and sensitivities to line termina-
tion resist ances, but I have been assu red that
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most of them are pretty well standardize d
on these points. The lin e I use is in northern
New England.
Power Supply
This ca n get a little t rick y . First o f a ll it is
perfectly po ssible to use the telephone line
as the po wer su pply because y o u can find a
nice 4 2V waiting for you acro ss the red and
green wires. However, as soon as th e con-
nection is made to the desired number and
eit her the line is term inated by the 220n
resist or , or the handset is picked up , the
polarity reverses with a bang. This is called
"tipping" by telep hone co mpanies. This in
it self is not to o bad as the diode quad switch
auto matically gives yo u plu s o n o ne o f it' s
de o utpu t wires, and a 4K resistor brings this
down to l OY, and the zener diode hold s it
there. However, there is o ne little fly in the
ointment, if the telephone company checks
this line and finds a resistance o f so me thing
lik e 5 to 10 thousand n across yo ur lin e and
a merry little 10 mils draining o ut o n a
ste ady state basis? I have been told that they
may have a slight aversion to this state o f
affa irs , so don 't say I didn't warn you. It just
means you might have to furnish your o wn
lOY . At a te nt h of a watt a 100 amp ere hour
charged battery would last 10 ,000 h ours ,
unl ess my arith metic fails me (which is quite
easy) . So that's abou t 400 days.
Also , mo st rep eaters have an ac line
arou nd any way. If you have to run one up
to a mountain , be prepared fo r a lot o f hard
wo rk. I did this for 1/ 2 mile u p th e last 1000
feet of elevatio n of a 3 000 fo oter in 19 50,
and I k now.
Bandwidth
On this parame ter depends the number of
tone code channels y ou can build into a
proposed system. Here are th e figures I
found fo r the finished unit exactly as shown
in Fig. 7 : 10 dB d own at 280 Hz (140 each
side o f ce n ter) , and 25 dB down at 600 Hz.
Granted , y ou are hemmed in o n the low
frequency side by the increasing size of the
tuned circuits, and on the high frequency
side by the inherent cu t-o ff of a normal
telephone vo ice circuit. However, y ou cou ld
get ten cha n nels in between 50 0 and 4000
Hz, with luck . Some lads go lower than 50 0
also , I und erstand. Fo r normal repeater work
you won't need that many anyway .
Talk Back
You can modulate th e lin e very easily, to
listen to a receiver o n the air, o r whatever
use you may wish. Figure 7 sho ws th e ea sy
way to do it by simply includ ing a
Lafayette , or similar, AR-1 76 transformer in
series with the line. This has ab out 62n ac
impedance o n the line side and 8S1 on th e
modulation side. This 8S1 is because my
favorit e small af amplifier at th e moment is
the Amperex TAA-300 , which has an 8n
transformerless outpu t impedan ce.
The bypass across the termination resistor
avoids audio lo ss when modulating . You can
use a medium power transistor for th e load
resistor and modulate it , but your power
supplies get more involved then . As sho wn in
Fig. 7 you can take the voltage for the af
amplifier right o ff of the termination resist or
because o f the isolation provid ed b y the
modulation transformer.
Overall System Use
The main body o f t he amplifier is o ne
thing, which is a good tuned job for tele-
phone work . The input and o utpu t circuits
are sho wn as a particular example o f o ne
particular system that can be made up using
this ampli fier. Fro m there on you can figure
o ut (if yo u're lucky) what system yo u may
need fo r your particular use.
For insta nce, y ou can use a power transis-
tor to key o n a single relay or a ste pping
relay. This transistor will not latch-up like
the scr and is thus easier to use in certain
cases. On the other hand it must be keyed
on all the time , whil e the scr does not
require this. Also the scr can be keyed and
you can talk o ve r the circuit. As mentioned ,
this article is essentially about a low cost
I - 4000 Hz tuned amplifier.
.. .K I e L L
Critical Supply Items
Cup Cores . Arnold Engineering Co., Marengo , IL or
Stackpo le Carbo n Co. , St. Marys St. , St. Marys,
PA .
SCR. G .E. No . 2N877 , Gerber Electronics, 85 2
Providence Highway, Dedham, MA.
Quad Recti fier Stack. No . 18DB4 A-e. Int er-
national Rectifier Co., 233 Kansa s s r., El Segundo ,
CA.
AR -176 , AF tra nsfo rmer. La fa yette Radio.
 Ralph J. Rom;g WA0KHV
Box 16 3
Assaria KS 67416

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T he new Heathkit GC-l 00 5 digital read-

o ut clock makes a nice addition to the
modern harnshack , since y ou can use it to
indicate 24 hour time , lo cal or GMT , and
can sy nchro nize it with WWV quite easily.
However, the read abil ity o f the face
leaves so me thing to be desired , since there is
only a narrow space betwe en the h ours and
minutes, and another space o f th e same
width between minutes and seco nds . That is,
an indicated time of 12 :34 plus 56 seconds
would be displayed : 12 34 56. What is
need ed , obviously, is so me me ans of se pa-
rating the hours and minute s from the
seco nds.
Emitting Diodes on a small pie ce of per-
forated fib erglass board and wiring them
into the low vo ltage B+ circuit , via a pair of
limiting resistors. This assembly was then
inserted into th e space between the display
tubes fo r the hours and the minutes.
The result was 12: 34 56 instead of 12 34
56.
The P200 I LED is ra ted by the manufac-
turer at a maximum curre nt o f 40 rnA , and
emits a reddish light at an intensity depend-
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LEO BOARD

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It would be a maj o r p roject , and probably I { I HEP I 2200.1\ 1/2 W I
I '\::: I P2001 I
somewhat doubtful o f success, to try to I I I
move the display tubes apart any appre ciable I I
2 200;\ 112 W
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dist ance to achieve this condition . I I P2 0 0 1
I I
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The problem can be so lved, or at least I
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improved upon, by attacking it from another
direction with a relatively simp le modifi ca- 24 vee
tion.
It was done in my shack by mounting a Fig. 1. Schema tic use d in ad ding th e LED's to th e
pair o f Motorola HEP ty pe P200 I Light clock.

50 73 MAGAZINE
 The LED board is
visible between the dis-
play tubes for the hours
and minutes. The resis-
tor board is visible at
the lower right hand
corner of the chassis,
directly underneath the
right side of the
seconds display tu be.

ing upon the amount of current p assmg dress. The positive leads can be simply run
through it. along the back of the top of the minute and
After experimenting with different values second display tubes and down to the floor
of limiting resistors I finally settled on a of the clock, where they are connected to
current of about 9 m A, flowing through a the resistors.
2.2 kn half watt resistor. This combination The resistors are mounted on a piece of
yields a light intensity approximately equal circuit board about 2.5 em by 2.5 em in size
to that of the numerals on the clock, which is secured to the same bolt which
although slightly redder in color, and is well holds down one end of the power transfor-
within the ratings of the LED. mer.
The LED's are mounted on a piece of From this point a single lead runs to the
perforated fiberglass circuit board approxi- Source of voltage, about +24 V de, which is
mately 2.5 cm long by 0.75 ern wide, and tapped by connecting directly to the ex-
are offset slightly so they assume a slanted posed positive lead of the 1200 J1F filter
attitude of about the same angle as the capacitor.
numerals. They are mounted vertically about Be Sure you connect to the right capaci-
0'.75 ern apart. tor, as 230V is present on the other one. If
The edges of the board were carefully in doubt, use a voltmeter.
shaved down with a small file until it could The ground lead from the LED board is
be pressed into place between the adjacent dressed with the positive leads until they
edges of the hour and minute display tubes. connect to the resistor board, at which point
A drop or two of epoxy glue was used to it separates and goes back along the top of
secure the board, once positioning was satis- the chassis to a ground ·po int. Any exposed
factory. Be sure to position the board so the ground point can be used, but I grounded
LED's are vertically centered with respect to the wire by connecting to the negative lead
the numerals. of the filter capacitor, since it is also
The cathode leads of the diodes are exposed and convenient to solder to.
connected together, and a single wire runs In use, the two LED's are lit at all times
from this point to ground . In addition, a the clock is in use, and form a double dot
lead runs from each diode's anode to its between hours and minutes. Their intensity
limiting resistor, both of which are mounted is approximately the same as the numerals,
on another piece of circuit board . but the color is slightly redder, although not
Since this is entirely a de circuit , there is enough to be objectionable.
nothing critical about the layout or lead ... WA\JKHV

FEBRUARY 1974 51

COOK A BETTER
C RCUIT BOARD
,. .one that fits YOUR parts!
o yo u saw a swell article in 73
S Magazine yo u would like to b uild'? Of
course . being consistent with today 's tech-
nology, most of these fine articles incor-
porate a print for an etched circu it board .
If you have never made your o wn board,
read on. If yo u have etched yo ur ow n, you
have then probably enco u ntere d th e fol-
'lowing d ifficulty - my parts WOll 't fi t the
au thor 's board #*@%¢$ @. So read on
anyway .
Over the past several years I have used
t he fo llowing procedure for alte ring circuit
boards o r even creating a completely new
layout. It 's ' simple, does not req uire any
special eq uipme n t and in many cases d e-
signing a new board takes li ttle o r no more
tim e t han using the one suggested , T he end
result is a project to be proud of, no
bunched up components, no messy lead
extensions and the darn th ing really lo oks
pro fessional.
Step # 1
Having selec ted a project, assem ble all
the components befo re you. Compare your
parts with the space allotted in t he author's
circuit board layout. Most layou ts provided
are fu ll size an d this comparison is simp ly a
matter of laying your pa rts o n t he d rawing.
Assum ing t here are o nly minor discrep-
52
Walt Pinner WB4MYL
7304 Lorenzo Lane
Lcuisviile K Y 40228
ancies, the original drawi ng may be altere d
befo re t he board is coated wit h the resist
pai nt (airplane dope, fingernail polish.
etc.). Ho wever, if many of your parts just
wo n't fit, as mine often do n't, then design
you r own boa rd as fo llows.
Step #2
Take a flat piece of styrofoam, available
everyw here nowadays (packing mate rial,
hobby or dime stores, or borrow the picnic
cooler lid). On the styrofoam lay a plain
sheet of paper. Using the schematic of your
project, build the circuit by inserting the
co mpone nt leads th rough th e paper and
into the styro foa m, in th e same manner
you woul d moun t parts o n th e board it sel f.
In most insta nces the physical placemen t
of the parts and the schematic layout will
be very similar. The major advantage of
this o peration is you may alter the size or
shape of the final board to fix a box you
already have o r fit a particu lar space
requirem ent.
Figu re I shows a flat schema tic ty pe
layou t which is not only neat, but should
you at some future date wish to modify it ,
all parts are accessible . Should you wish to
mi niaturize a circuit , the vertical mount ing
of pa rts may be utilized. As you are
construc ting yo ur circ uit, should an area of
73 MAG AZ IN E

Clf'CU t- *MlS
WITH l"£LT P!:N
lIAR!< sc.. ""'"'
WITH FELT PEN
Fig. 1. Typical lay out on styro foam and paper, as
described in Step #2 above.
the boa rd become ja mmed, at th is stage it
is a simple matter to remove the compo-
nents involved and reorient them to elimin-
ate the problem .
Step # 3
Now that yo u have simula ted the circuit
on the paper covered blo ck, usc a felt tip
pen to circle all the areas where part s are to
be soldered. Draw in the connecting foil
runs and any islands where leads from parts
not mounted o n the bo ard are to be
connected. Should fo il runs have to cross
merely break o ne run and mark it for a
jumper to be inst alled later. An alternate
but somewhat more co mplica ted method is
to etch the reverse side of the board to
supply these crossing foil runs.
Step # 4
Remove all the co mpo nents from the
board and, using a hobby knife o r razo r
blad e, cu t out all the marked islands and
foil runs, as though y ou were makin g a
template. As a matter o f fa ct you are
making a template . Take the paper tem-
plate and steam one side over boiling water
until it is limp, but not really wet. Imme-
diately lay th e template o n th e blan k
circuit board stoc k. Ste aming allo ws it to
lay flat and gives some degree of adhesio n.
Step # 5
Spray a light coating o f clear Krylon o r
similar material o n the template covered
stock. Common spray enamel may also be
used , but any notes you may have made o n
th e template will no longer be legibl e.
Allow 2 or 3 minutes for the paint to set
FEBRUARY 1974
and remove the template. Check over the
board for any unwanted spray or runs. If
any are noted they are easily removed with
the wood portion o f a broken pencil. Do
no t attempt to use so lvent, as a fine film
will remain and incomplete etching will
occur.
Once the paint has dried completely ,
about 30 minutes (or hurry it along with a
hair dryer) , etch your board with any of
the solutions commonly available at mail
order houses. I etch in a Pyrex glass dish ,
borro wed fro m the kitchen , and heated o n
t he range to abou t 150 • A co mb i na t io ~ of
0
heat a nd gentle rocking will cu t the etc hing
tim e by ab out 50%. Using su rplus board
which generally has rath er heavy co p per ,
takes about 20 to 30 minutes.
Step # 6
No w that your custo m board is etched ,
remove the remaining paint with a Brillo
pad and hot water. This clean-up takes
only seconds and leaves a nice shiny circuit
to go to work o n. In the interest of keeping
the board 's appearance new , before solder-
ing I give the co m plete board a light coat
of clear Krylon spray. No problem solder-
ing will be en countered as a result o f this
spray and should you desire to mark
connec tio ns, values, o r o ther identification
o n the bo ard with a felt pen , these will also
be protected .
There is really nothing sacred abo ut
circuit boards, and no o ne ever said yo u
must riddle it with holes for compo nent
mounting. I generally mount the parts o n
the foil side, eliminating all the drilling. It
looks just as neat and now you don't even
need a chassis. Several of my projects are
circuit boards laying flat as a base with a
front panel made from the same sto ck (no
need for hardware as the panel may be
so ldered in place) and a wrap-around cover
with front panel o verhang. Thin aluminum
covered with stic k-on vinyl make s an at-
tractive and inexpensive cabinet.
Well , that's the story. If you can sweet-
talk the XYL into letting you use her hair
dryer, range, dish , and nail polish, let's
make a board .
. .. WB4MYL
53
 Charles Townsen d WA4DCN
1440· 1 N o. Meridian Rd.
Tallahassee FL 32303

A VARIABLE Q AUDIO FILTER

he selectivity of modern amate ur re-
T ceivers has beco me quite good in re cen t
yea rs but there is still ro om for improve-
ment, especially with the bands as crowded
as the y are . The fo llo wing audio filt er was
designed and built to imp ro ve the selectivity
o f my Heath SB-303 , but ca n be used with
any re ceiver provided it is reasonably stable.
T he filter' s bandwidth a t -6 dB, fera ce n ter
freque ncy o f 1 kHz, is variable from ap-
proximately 40 0 Hz to less than 50 Hz. T he
e ntire unit is solid state. requires no bulky
L-C com pone nts, and is built as an external
rece iver accessory. Cost of the project using
all new components is abo ut $35 .
The Circ uit
The filte r is a tuned amplifie r usin g
inverse fee dback. Audio from the re ce ive r
enters through e mitter follo wer Q I and is
passed o n to amplifier Q3. which inverts the
signal's phase. Part o f this inverted signa l is
then fed back to twin-T network , R I , R2,
R3 and CI , C2, C3. The particular network
presents high imp edance to ground at all
frequencies excep t its resonant frequ en cy,
similar to a series tun ed L-C circ uit. T he
unatt enuated signal next enters emitter fol-
lo wer Q2, and witho ut fu rt her phase shift, is
added to the uninver ted inpu t at the base of
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signals feedi ng amplifier Q3, its net outp ut is
severely reduced. The degree of cancellatio n,
therefore the selectivity, can be controlJed
by the selling of R4 , whic h determin es the
amo unt o f inverte d signal reaching the base
o f Q3 . This pro ce ss occurs at all frequencies
e xce pt the chose n resonant fre quency. At
resonance no inverte d signal will be passed
by the twin-T network , allo wing the o riginal
in put signal to be amplified by Q3 . T he
filtered o u tput is then boosted by am plifiers
Q4 and Q5 to drive a small speake r or
phones.
Since it is possible to overdrive Q3. it is
necessary to have so me way to know when
the input level is correct. This is accom-
plished by sampling a portion of Q3's output
with meter amp lifier Q6 and rectifying it to
drive a I rnA meter. The meter is calibra ted
by t he selli ng of R5 so tha t 4 V Pop at th e
collector of Q3 read s 0.4 o n the meter. This
is just belo w the overdrive point o f the
tuned ampli fier.
Construction Not es
Mo st of the circu it (excl udi ng tra nsfor-
mers) was constru cted on Vectorboa rd using
press-fit terminals , but could be built o n a
PC board with the accompanying reductio n
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54 73 MAGAZIN E
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1000 Hz, in forma tion is given in the text to mo dify the freq uency to suit any need. Q1 through Q6
are GE-20 transistors, an d Q7 may be a GE- 14 or GE·28.

in size. The circuit board and o utpu t tra ns- o ut to be just wide eno ugh to mou nt all the
former were h oused in a 7 x 11 x 2 in ch co n tro ls, me ter, and a sma ll speaker. T he
chassis, whi ch was to o small to acco m- 150011 outp u t of the amp lifier was matched
modate th e power transformer too, so it was to the speaker by using a 70V line transfor-
mounted o u t board o n t he rear o f the chassis. mer co nnec te d at t he SW tap. T he heat sink
The front panel is a ra ck pa ne l, which turned fo r the regulator transistor in the power

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This vie w shows the assem bly on a piece of Vectorbaord. Th e size can be re duced considera bly
with miniature com ponen ts and denser packagin g.

FEBRU AR Y 1974 55
supply was later found to be unn ece ssary.
The use o f poorly matched capacito rs in the
tw in-T net wo rk will! result in a low-Q filt er.
Capacitors should be 1% silver mica for CI,
C2, C3 , or th ey should be rnatched on a
bridge. Do not atte mpt to substitute ceramic
capacitors.
Calibration
A scope is best for making fin al adjust-
men ts but a VTVM will do . Disconnect the
power sup ply o ut put an d switch on th e ac.
Set th e out pu t voltage at + 15V dc . Rip ple
sho uld be less th an 6 m V POp. Reconne ct the
po wer sup ply and disconnect the selec tivity
control. Fee d in a I kHz tone from the
receive r or a genera tor and adjust the input
level co ntrol for 4V pop ou tp u t a t the
collector of Q3. Adjust the meter amplifier
to read 0.4 rn A o n the me te r . Preset th e t wo
pots in the ar ms of t he t win -T to 32K.
Reconnect the selectivity co ntro l, set it at
12 o'clock, and alterna tely tri m t he pots in
the twin-T for a peak at or near I kHz. In
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my filter the peak occ urred at 95 0 Hz as
measured o n a GR 11 91 freq uency counte r.
Advance the selectivity and repeak the
t win-T , retuning the receiver o r genera tor to
keep o n the nose of the filte r's selectivity
curve. Turning the selectiv ity control up all
o r'\
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FR EQ UEN CY IN KHz
Fig. 2. Graph showing the filter 's effect on the
bandwidth of a receiver wi th an internal 4 0 0 Hz
filter.
56
the way may res ult in a regenerative ho wl
due to excessive feedback in the circ uit
it self, even with no in put signal. This is
normal, and the selectivity is too nar-
ro w to be useful anyhow (40 Hz or less).
Under the right conditions the circuit will
narrow down to a ridiculo us II Hz at -6 dB.
When tu nin g th e twi n-T, you will prob ab-
ly find that the circu it will peak almost
any where near 1 kHz, whic h mayor may
, not be the point of best selectivity. T he re-
fore, rock the receiver or generator dial as
you tune for a peak in the outp ut. T here will
be o ne frequency which gives a significantly
larger output than any other. This frequency
is the one to adjust to.
Operation
Tunc in a signal in a noisy , crowded
portion o f a CW ba nd wit hout using the
filter. Set the filter's vo lume at 3 o ' clock and
the selectivity at abou t 12 o'clock . Now tum
up the input level on the filter and retune
the receiver until the desired signal suddenly
peaks up in the filte r an d reads 0.4 rnA on
the me ter. Set the selectivity as desired, 100
Hz (2 o'clock) being a good sta rting place.
While peake d o n a signal, switch off the
rece iver's speaker and listen o n the fi lter
instead . Tuning is quite sharp, peaking the
desired station and severely attenuating all
ot her noise and adjacent QR M. To resume
normal operatio n, reduce the filter's volume
BANDWIDTH' 4 OOHz
setting and switch the regular statio n speaker
F ILTER
BANDWIDTH ' 7 , H, back on. This syste m will allow for switching
fro m "norma l" to "sharp" selectivity with a
min imu m of effort .
EXCEEDS RECEI VER'S
CW FiLTER WIDT H
Some operators may prefer a diffe rent
- aoee frequency of filter responses, such as 900 Hz
inst ead of I k Hz. Or, perha ps filters fo r two
different frequencies are needed , as in RTTY
conversion. If this is the case , the values of
C I , C2, and C3 mu st be alte red using the
foll o win g method .
\, ., Let R3 equal 16K. R 1 an d R2 are th en
- 0 <0
t wice this value. C3 is calculated so that at
the frequen cy of resonance, its reactance
, equals R3, o r 16 Kn.
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C = 1/2rrfXc where Xc = 16 Kn , or more
simp ly C = 1/0 . 1f where C is in mi cro farads
and f is in Hz. C 1 and C2 are each half of the
value o f C3.
. ..WM DCN
73 MAGAZ IN E
ANOTHER BLOWN
FUSE INDICATOR
FOR LOW VOLTAGE
n the March '72 issu e of 73, W\l EDO
I d escribed a method o f using in cand escent
lamps to detect blo wn fuses in low-voltage
equip men t. Light emitting diodes can do the
same thing, using the circuit shown. T he
main ad vantages are small size, very lo w
indicato r curren t after the fuse blows, and
high reliabili ty . The d isadva n tage is cost.
Sin ce LE D' s haven 't been heard fro m
very mu ch in ham gear, a few words abo u t
their charac teris tics are in orde r befo re
lo oking a t the circuit ry.
Like rectifying diodes, LED's have a
nearly co nstan t fo rward voltage drop across
a wid e range of curre n ts (ty pically abo ut
1.2V). This means that an ex ternal resisto r is
necessary to con trol the curre n t when
opera ting from a constan t voltage sup ply.
The safe reverse voltage is genera lly o nly
about 3V. Light is emi tte d on ly wh en
forward curren t is ap pli ed , so po lari ty must
be observed . T he negative termin al is usually
marked with a wide lead , a color d o t , o r a
notch in the rim o f the case. I' ve fou nd that
3 mA will produce just abou t enough light
to see when lo oking closely at the LED ,
while 20 mA will make a bright eno ugh glow
to draw atten tion in a well-lit ro om . T he
ma ximum safe cu rren t is in th e range o f
50-100 mA. The operating cu rren t should
be ch ose n some whe re within th ese limits,
con sistent with th e needs of th e sit uation
and the ma ximum safe cu rrent und er blown
fuse conditions . No socket is used .
The voltage ac ross the series resistor is the
su p ply voltage less the LED fo rward drop, so
:- LED
+ -
- +
FROM + is read out from logic circuits. They will run
POWER MONITORED FUSE LOAD
SUPPLY _
Fig. 1. Blown f use indicator .
FEBRU ARV 1974
Joh n A . Carroll K6HKB /l
18 Ferguson Road
M alden MA 0 214 8
th e resistan ce is R = (E - 1.2V)jl and the
power dissipation is P = 12R . In an ac circuit,
a ca pacito r or inductor may be substit ute d,
with a reac ta nce equal to th e resistance given
ab ove.
The reverse d diode across the LED is
need ed in an ac circuit to short it during the
reverse h alf of the cycle and prevent reverse
voltage from ap pearin g across the LED .
While it isn 't necessary fo r de, it does se rve
as insuran ce in case the circ uit is initially
installed backwards. In the rare case of a de
sup ply o f unpredict able or changeable po-
larity, it would be possible to use another
LED for th e protective diode , so that eac h
wo uld protect the o ther and one would
always light , o r else place a single LED in a
4-diode rectifying bridge .
FR OM LOGIC
POWER SUPP LY
+
LED
""
SEE TEX T
Fig. 2. L ogic r eadout.
Most industrial electro n ics deal ers carry
suc h LED 's as the Monsanto MV50 or its
pan el-mounting equivalent the MV5020.
These are priced in the 75 ¢ to $ 1.5 0 range .
Almost any inex pensive red-emitting LED
sho uld work eq ually well . As for the reverse
pro t e c tion diod e, practically anything
sho uld be satis fac tory, though a small silicon
diode would have the smallest leakage. I
prefer th e 1N4 148 b ecause it 's availab le for
as little as 8¢.
Ano ther use fo r LED's worth ment ioning
dire ctly fro m a logic gate and ne ed no
special driver or po wer supply .
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Bud M ichaels WB2WY O
71 3 High Street
Victor NY 14564

BUILDING WITH
TEN -TEC MODULES
A 40/20 METER
QRP CW TRANSCEIVER

ha t's this - an other QRP trans- pa t ie nce to o pe ra te low power successfu lly.
W ceiver'! The magazines are full of
them these day s. What's the sudden interest
So , if yo u are jus t gett in g starte d in ham
radi o , o r if y our frus tra t io n level is low,
in flea -power o pera tio n? perha ps yo u had best leav e QRP alone for a
QRP has indeed mad e a strong co me bac k. wh ile.
And there are good rea sons. Simple but T en-Tee Cor po rat io n o f Sevierville , T en-
efficient transistor circ uits mak e po ssible nessee , offe rs a lin e o f so lid-sta te modules
co mpac t rigs that appeal to the traveler a nd
cam pe r. Stable vfo's are replacing th ose
o ld-t ime ro ckbound peanut whistles we used
a whil e back. ( Re me mbe r the 3V4 and a
handful of crys tals? For every ro ck you h ad ,
th ere were a dozen guys o n the sa me
fre q ue ncy. eac h running a gallon !)
And there is another rea son. More and
more fellows a re fin ding that y ou ('an
co m mu nica te wit h o nly a fe w watts. And
what's more , it 's fun an d challenging. When
the band is o pe n, and y ou get a 589 from
that OH in Helsinki, and y our input power is
o nly 2 W, well, wha t more is there to say ?
But QRP isn't fo r everyone, and be fore I
lead you astray , it's o nly fair to p oint ou t Complete QR P station in a box. Key, headph ones,
that th e calls-vs-con tac t ratio can be pretty an tenna an d logbook fi t in to deep cover on au thor's
low, especially during the cro wd ed evening transc eiver. Two lan tern ba t teries fi t alon gside lo ud-
hours. It takes skill , special te chniques a nd speaker, un der bottom panel.

60 73 MAGAZINE
that le ts yo u put to gether QRP CW tran s-
ce ivers cove ring 80 thro ugh I S me ters. Yo u
ca n buy their MR I kit wit h whic h you ca n
ma ke a 2W rig coveri ng 80, 40 , 20 or 15
me ters. O r you can buy their basic modules
a nd build a 5 walter for 4 0 and 20 meters.
Eit her tra nsceiver ca n be powered from 12 V
lan tern , moto rcy cle or auto ba tte ries. Of
cou rse, you can also buy these rigs alrea dy
• Tl - 1000 oh m t o 8 o h m rmnrature ou tp u t
built a nd in a hand some cabi ne t , but if you
like t o tailo r your rigs to your o wn particu-
lar sty le, the modul es are th e way to go .
For my ca mp ing trip s I chose to build a
5W transceiver t o cover 40 and 20 meters,
but th e general co nst ruc t io n tips a nd acces-
sories described h ere ca n be ap plied to the
o t h er rigs possible u sin g th e Ten-Tee
modules. M y rig features o ne-k nob band-
swit c hing, CW side to ne , a b uilt-in an ten na
tu ner a nd SW T bridge (a must fo r those
ra ndo m le ngt h ante n nas), dial lamp s for
n igh tt ime operatio n and a loudspeake r. In
a d dition , I selec te d a cabi ne t wit h enough
ro o m to house the batte ries, headphones,
key , logb oo k , scra tc h pad a nd o th er o dds
a nd e nds, tru ly giving me a "sta tio n in a
bo x. "
Circuit Description
A blo ck d iagram of th e transceiver is
shown in Fig. I . The re ceiver utilizes the
sy nchro dy ne principle , a lso kn own as dire ct
co nversio n. A b fo, o pera ti ng at th e receiving
freq ue ncy, b eats with th e in coming signa l in
a p ro duc t d ete cto r. The resu lta n t freq ue ncy
is a n audio signa l which is processed by a
high-ga in audio amplifier to d rive the lo ud-
speake r or head phones. A filter in the
PRODU CT AUOIO
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Rev
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PARTS LIST
Transceiver
M O D U L ES: (O rder from T en-Tee , tn c ., Sevierv ille
TN 37B62)
V Ol Oscilla to r
M X 1 M ix er
AA 1 Au d io Amp l if ier
A C6 20 meter d oubl e & sidetone osci llato r
T X 2 40/20 m eter tr ansmitter
transformer (R adi o Shac k N o.1380)
R1 - 220 o hm %W
R 2 - 33 00 ohm %W
R3 - 25,000 vo lu me con t ro l with on /off swi tc h
(Radio Shack No.0941
R4 - 6 .800 ohm %W
C l , C3, C4 - 365 pF vari ab le (R adi o Shack
N o.1344. Lafayette N o .110341
C2 - 560 pF mi ca
C5 - .22 IlF 3 5V
C6. C7 - . 1 IlF 35V
C8 - 82 pF m ica
Speake r - 2 " diamete r 8 ohm (R adi o Shac k
No.2451
Dial - R adi o Shack N o.3 88 (5"), Lafay ette
No.25660 14%")
Cabi ne t - Gle nwood Sales, 594 H agu e St. ,
R ochester N Y 14609
5 1 - 5 PST (part of R3 1
52 - Fi ve p ole, two p o smon rotary (M all ory
3 263J o r 4M2323 usabl e)
53 , 54 - DPDT rocker swi tc hes (R adi o Shac k
No.030 kit of two)
LMP1 , LMP2 - 6. 3V panel lamps, No.47
o u tp u t of the produ ct detector estab lish es
th e selec tivit y o f the receiver , which is
a ro u nd 2 kH z. The se nsit ivity of this simp le
receiver is surprisingly good , an d it ap pears
to be co mparable in perfo rma nce to medi-
u rn- p rice d co m mu nica tio ns receivers.
In the tra nsmi tter po rtio n, th e bfo fu nc-
tions as a vfo, and you tra nsrnif o n the sa me
fre q ue ncy you rece ive on . A buffer stage
isola tes the vfo fro m th e driver an d power
a mp lifie r. ( For 20-me ter o perat io n, a doub-
ler circ u it is switc he d in between th e buffer
.-J
--, a nd the drive r.) The o u t p u t co m prises a
push-pull power a mp li fie r feed ing a pi n et-
work
, de signed to work into 50- 75!J. loads.
The antenna tuner and swr bridge circuits
were taken fro m various articles in recent
magazines. The tuner com prises a tapp ed
t oroid coil an d a single 365 p F variable
ca paci tor. The swr bridge also u ses a t oroid
coil t o boost t he sensitivity t o provid e
ade qua te meter deflection at these low
po we r levels .
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Reference s to articles con tammg details
o f the sy nch ro dy ne principle , basic Ten-Tee
tran sceiv ers and th e o ther circuits are provi-
d ed at th e end of the article.
Construction
Connectio ns are made to so lder pins o n
the boards, which are coded for easy identi-
fica tio n. T he boards come packed with
spacers fo r mounting, aligning to ols ( whe re
requ ire d) and data shee ts giving the schema-
tic of the board and signal spec ificatio ns.
It is do ubtfu l t hat you will want to
duplicate my cabine t layout , so I won't go
into t he nitty-gritty details of chassis d imen-
sio ns. e tc . - the photos give you a good idea
of my particular constructio n . Placement of
boards with respect to o ne ano ther is not
critica l, bu t co mmo n sense sho uld be used to
prevent unnecessarily long lead s, especially
from the boards to th e ba ndswi tch. The vfo
bo ard must be mounted as rigidly as po ssib le
for frequency sta bility .
The variable capacito r that co mes moun-
ted o n th e VO I board o pens co u nterclock-
wise. If you couple it to a vernier dial of th e
typ e sho wn in th e photo s, the lower fre-
quencies will be at the right hand side, and
the higher frequencies at the left , contrary
to normal practic e . If you want the frequen-
cies to be in keeping with the "logical"
rotation o f th e kno b, this can be easily
Two fron t views of the transceiver, one showing battery compartmen t behin d loudspeaker panel. No te
how panel space is conserve d by placing SWR meter with in dial assem bly .
64
co rrec ted by su bstit u ting a 365 pF o r 4 0 5
pF capa cito r th at o pe ns clo ckwise.
A wire is wrapped arou nd th e MOSFET
lead s o n th e mi x er bo ard fo r prote cti on
against voltage spikes which may occur
dur ing co nstruc tio n. Be sure yo u leave this
wire in place while you construct the rig.
Remove the wire prior to opera tion, afte r all
soldering is co mplete .
In retrospect I fou nd the dial lam ps to be
a nonessential additio n. Howe ver, shou ld
you decide to use lights, keep in mind th ey
draw mo re curre nt than do es the receiver !
For th is reason I inclu de d an on /off swit ch
just fo r the ligh ts, to keep fro m de pleti ng
the lantern batteries.
I had never wound to roid coils before , so
it was an interesting learning ex perience
makin g the coils for the ante nna tu ner and
the swr bridge. It' s really very simple. Take a
short length of wire of th e size you will be
usin g for th e coil, and wrap o ne turn arou nd
the co re. Unwind the wire and flatten it o ut ,
then measu re its length. Multi ply th e length
by th e number of turns, and add a few
inches for safe ty. Place the toroid co re in the
center o f this length o f wire and begin
winding the turns, carefully forming each
turn around the core snugly by hand. When
you have wrapped one-half the number of
turn s, begin with the o the r end of the wire.
Be careful not to kink the wire. This
technique redu ces th e number o f twist s and
73 M A GAZ INE
turns on the wire , and makes the o verall job
easier. In th e case of the an te nna tune r , taps
are made to th e coil using stiff co p pe r wire
which is solde red to th e l l-p osition rotary
switch. T his p rovid es th e mechanical mount-
ing for th e coil.
The parts fo r th e swr bridge should be
laid o ut as sy mme trically as possible fo r
accurate results. The toroid transformer pro-
vides more th an su fficie n t drive fo r the
meter, which in my rig is a 500 jJA move-
ment. Once th e brid ge is built and wired in
pla ce, it mu st be nulled ; this is covered later
o n in the article.
Testing
Once WIfing I S comp lete, remove the
shorting wire from around the MO SFET.nn
the mixer board. Co nnec t th e battery and
ante nna and pla ce the band switch , to 40
meters. With the mode switch In RECEIV E,
turn th e unit on and peak the receive co ntro l
for best reception . Swit ch to 20 meter
operation and repeak the receive con trol;
yo u will notice it is a bit tou chy o n .i this
band , but you should have no problem in
getting good recep tion on 20 meters.
Sin ce you are probably itching to see
whether the transmitter sec tio n works, co n-
nect a 5 watt non-inductive load to th e
VOl (VFO)
SWR BRIDGE
ANT. TUNER
20M TRIM
40M TRI
SIDETONE
CONTROLS
Two views sho win g placement of Ten-Tee mo dules in th e author 's un it. Thumbn u t above external 1 2 V
jack is groun d term inal
FEBRUARY 1974
ante nna to serve as a dummy antenna and,
with the swr meter co n trol at mid range,
close the key and adjust the tune and lo ad
con tro ls for an ind icatio n o f rf on the meter.
If you get an indication , fin e and dandy.
Leave th e t ransmitter for now, and let 's
calibrate the little fellow.
Calibration
You can use a commu nicatio ns receiver
for calibratio n - o ne whose calibra tion you
ca n trust - or a signal generato r. The follow-
ing calib ratio n procedure is based o n using a
receiver.
Chec k th at the tuning capacitor o n the
vfo board is fully meshed wh en th e vern ier
dial pointer is at zero. Pla ce the transceiver
bandwit ch to 40 meters, then set the cali-
brating receiver' s dial to exactly 7.0 MHz
and turn on th e transceiver. Using th e plastic
alignment to ol that came with the vfo board,
care fully place it in th e metal can on the
board , down past the first slug (there are
t wo slugs - the top o ne is for 80-me ter use).
Slo wly adjust the bottom slug until you hear
the bfo signal in th e co mmu nicatio ns receiv-
er's speaker. You will be amazed at how
stro ng th e radiatio n o f this little oscillato r is!
Adjust th e slug for zero beat and mark the
dial face with a pencil.
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FROM
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XMTR
DE DIRECT TO ANTENNA
Fig. 3. Sch ematic of an tenna tuner.
PARTS LIST
Antenna Tuner
L 1 - 30 turns N o.20 ename led w ire over Am id on
T-1 30·2 toro id co re (A midon A ssocia tes, 12033
Otsego s r .. N . Hollywood C A 9 160 71. Taps every 3
or 4 turns. Space t urns evenl y .
S l - 11 p ositi on rotary switc h (M allo ry 4 M 21111)
C l - 36 5 pF varia ble (A adi o Shack N o.1344,
L af ay ette N o.ll034l
Now, by moving the calibrating receiver's
dial, a divisio n at a time (the increment is up
to y ou - I u sed every 10 kHz), and position-
ing the transceiver dial until you get a zero
beat in the calibra ting receiver, yo u can
mark the transceiver dial from 7.0 to 7.3
MHz. Repeat th is operatio n fo r th e 20-me ter
band, keeping in mind that the frequency
peak the coil with the transceiver set at
14..)50 MHz; t he setting will hold for the
CW po rtio n of the ba nd .
To null the swr bridge , use the dummy
load , and tune th e transmitter. Adjust t he
bridge for full-scale deflec tio n in FWD.
Switch t o REF an d adjust the trimmer
capacitor at the inp u t end of the bridge (C l)
for a null on the meter. Temporarily un-
solder the input and output to the bridge
and reverse the m, then null C2, with the
switch in FWD. (Don't lose any slee p if you
can't get a perfe ct null; reme mber you are
looking for relative fron t-to-back read ings.)
Power Supplies
The transceiver requires a 12V power
supply. Current drain in receive is abou t 30
rn A, and in tra nsmit , can run 480 rnA. You
can use a pair of 6V lantern batteries in
TI
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INPUT ;~ CI "# OUTPUT
FROM TO ANT.
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sprea d is one-half o f the 40-meter display
(you're doubling the fre quency, re me m-
ber?). If you are lazy , you can transfe r the "1 • RF C = Ce 1 04

calibratio n marks from the 40-meter dial to IBQI

RE ./ FWD
51
the 20-me te r dial, kee ping in mind that 7. 0 1 (METER] R3 ~~
will be 14.02 and so on.

Tuneup and Adjustment Fig. 4. Schematic of SWR bridge.

With the dummy lo ad in place , switch to

20 meters and tune the transmitter for PARTS LIST
ma ximum rf output using the TUN E and SWR Br idge
LO AD controls (make sure the anten na Tl - 6 0 turns No.3 0 enameled wi re over Amidon
tuner is out o f the circuit ). Don 't keep the T -68-2 toro id core . Cr o se wi nd the t urns . Prima ry
key down fo r p rolo nged periods o f time ; just is two turns N o.2 2 or 2 4 hook up wi re wound over
cente r of secondary .
e nough to ge t a reading. Adjust the trimmer
C l C2 - 1.5-7 p F cera mic trimme r ( Lafayette
capacit or nearest to the output transistors N o.68386 mi ca u sabl e)
on the transmitter b oard (TX2) for ma xi- A1 , A2 - 120 ohm Y2W
mum rf outpu t on the meter, maintaining CR1, C A2 - 1N 3 4 A or equivalent (Radio Shack
resonan ce with th e TUNE an d LOAD con- No. 8 21 for p ack of 10; se lect tw o t hat matc h th e
closest) .
t ro ls. Switch to 40 me ters and adju st the C3, C4 - .0 0 5 J1F disc type
TUNE an d LOAD contro ls for maximum rf C5 - 330 pF cera mic or silver m ica
o ut put, then adjust th e trimmer on T X2 AF C - 1 mH choke
farthest from th e output transistors fo r Sl - SPOT (U se OPOT Radio Shack rocker;
N o. 0 3 0 for kit of two)
maximum rf.
A3 - 25,000 ohm li near ta per con t ro l ( Radio
Switch back to 20 meters and adjus t the Shack No.0941
slu g in the coil o n the AC6 d ou bler b oard Mete r - 50 J1A to 1 m A movement (Lafayette 500
for maximu m rf o utput. For CW opera tio n, /lA N o. 5036 1 a good siz e)

66 73 MAGAZINE
 R-X NOISE BRIDGE
-.-•

Mo torcycle batteries make good portable powe:
supplies. Two 6 volt, 2 amplhour units such as thi:
can fit into case along with a small ba ttery charger
Care must be taken to keep batteries upright tc
prevent' acid spillage.
series or a 12V lantern battery and get
pretty good performance from t hem. But it
is highly reco mme nd ed that you use a power
source t hat presents a "stiffer" lo ad to t he
rig, such as an automobile battery or motor-
cycle storage battery. These sources will go a
long way in preven ting un wan ted deviatio ns
in supply voltage and th e possibility of
chirpy signals. You can buy two 6V 2
arnp/hr batteries for a sma ll Honda motor-
bike from Sea rs or Montgomery-Ward fo r
around $4 each. T he batteries are sma ll
enough to fit into the cover of the cabine t I
used, along with a small charger.
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 Operating Tips
MORE RANGE .•• You will learn very quickly that it takes a

with NO NOISE bit o f p atience and a slightly different

operating techniq ue t o be a successful Q RP
man. Experie nce has proven it's better to
~o\l. ~\.\. answer a CQ than to call one yourself. You
will usually do b etter wh en the band isn't
tIIO~\\.~ "l\\1S too cro wde d, and before the noise level gets
up . My best operating has been early mo m-
ing through late aft ernoons. And with so
many transceivers o n the air th ese days , if
you tune to th e high-frequency side of the
other fellow 's signal, y ou will establish the
CU STOM SYSTEMS correct freq uency offset so he will be able to
KITS' ACCESSORIES hear you without having t o re t une his
/ receiver.
On 20 meters, y ou may hear foreign
broadcast statio ns all over the band, regard-
less o f the position of the main tu ning dial.
ELIMINATE IG NITIO N NOI SE This is due to overloading of the simple
ELECTRO· SHIELD ~ receiver front end. and ca n be reduced bv
,..-,:;;;:~YO~U R ENGINE care fu lly pe aking the RECEIV E co ntrol. If
FROM t hey still lea k t hro ugh, and adjus ti ng the
ante nna tun er doesn't attenuate them in to
th e noise level , yo u ma y need a trap in the
antenna lead to the receiver. I've been able
t o peak up t he con tro ls so that whil e the
For BCI is st ill t he re, it is far e no ugh d own in dB
so as not to bother my o peratio n.
FREQ. One last co mme n t. Please use tact wh en
STABILITY you rece ive better signal reports fro m fel-
Depend on JAN Crystals .
Our large stock quartz
crystal materials a n d comp onents assures Fast
0' lo ws running 100 times the pow er you are,
t ha n you give them. They'll most lik ely call
Deli very Ir om us . you a liar whe n yo u repe at for t he third tim e
CRYSTAL SPECIALS that you are o nly running a few watts in put.
2·METER FM for most Tran sc eivers ea . $3 .75 It's just that they haven't learned yet that
144- 148 MH z - .002 5 T a l.
y ou can get o ut wit h you r little flea power
Frequen cy St andard s
10 0 KHz ( He 13 lU l 4.50 j ob almost as well as they can !
1000 KH z (He 6/ U) 4.50 A special th anks is in orde r to Mr. J ack
Almost all CB Set s . Tr . or Re c . 2.50
(e e Synthe si zer Cryst a l o n requ est)
Birchfield o f T en-Tee, Inc. , fo r his invaluable
An y Amateu r Band in FT -243 1.50 tec h nical assista nce, and to Mr. Cou rt Packer
(80·meter . $3 .00 - 160- me te r n ot ; p... .1d) 41 0r 5.00 for his photo graphy .
For 1st cla ss ma i l. a d d 20c p er c rys ta l. For
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N o deal ers . pl ea se . References
Equ ipment Report - Ten-Tee PM 2, J une 1970
QST (DeMaw)
Di v is i on 01 B ob Whan Direct Co nvetsion - November 1968 QST (Hay-
& So n El e ctr oni c s . In c . ward, Bingham)
2400 Crys ta l Dr ive
Fl. M yer s . Fl ori da Synchro dy ne De tectors, April 1969 QST (DeMaw)
33901 Antenna Tuner - Windowsill Vertica l, Jun e 1967
QS T (McCoy)
CRYSTALS Al l Phones
(813 ) 936-2397 SWR Bridge - QRP Console, September 197 0 QST
(De Maw)
Se n d 10e fo r ne w ca talog wi th 12 OSCi ll ator
ci rc uits an d li sts of tr eq u en ci es In sla ck Toro id Coils "The Whole o f the Doughnut" , June
1967 73 (Klein)

68 73 MAGAZINE
 Bob Banin gton W6JDD
1087 Hewitt Drive
San Carlos CA 94070

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Increase y our average talk-power with this simple device.

ike a "Mini- Linear" for u nder te n
L bucks? That would be almost some-
thi ng fo r nothing, now, wouldn't it? Of
course you can't build a li near for that price
bu t you ca n dramatically increase the effec-
tive ness of you r single sideba nd signal at low
cost , wit h a li tt le care fu l experime ntat io n,
How? With speech processin g - ca ll it pre-
amp lification with clipping, co m pression -
whatever yo u will, the name of th e ga me is
higher average level, increased in telligibil it y
of commu nica tio ns. There have bee n all
kinds of circuits publishe d fo r accomp lishi ng
t his . The secret though, whatever approach
you use, is to do p lenty of experimenting for
best results tailore d to y ou r part icu lar voice,
your microphone, yo ur exciter.
You can 't do this blind folded, any more
than y ou could expect to repair a co mp li-
cate d piece o f elec tronic gear with a wad o f
chewing gu m. But t he k ind of tools you
need are not t ha t diffi cult to come by . . .
and yo u may have so me of them already on
Where d o you star!'! Comb through th e
past two o r three years of articles in t he
various ham publications if you like. But if
you'd prefer to make it a little easie r on
yourself, an d inexpensive. play arou nd wit h
the circuit shown below. It has wo rked
won de rs wit h Swan's, S BE's and many o ther
t ra nsceive rs.
The basic circ uit is prett y simp le and
stra igh tfo rwa rd: the correct use an d adjust-
me nt of it, not ne cessaril y so. Here are the
guide ru les: whe n the unit is prope rly aidi ng
your average talk -power level. an rf b rid ge
on forward power o r a wattmeter will clearly
"ha ng up," like d elay ed A VC actio n o n the
"S " mete r reading of a strongly received
signa l. Your "Ch rist mas t ree" pattern on a
sco pe will demonstrat e th e difference, to o.
And a brother ham can co n fi rm th is o n his
"S" meter at a distant receiving p oint.
.,
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h and in the shack : a go od output meter (rf

t---, OR' 0.1 JlF
bridge or wa ttmeter); a mo nito r scope; and a
1M

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pair of good ears, prefe ra bly be lo nging to an eR'
unprejudiced frie nd in the ama teu r frater- ,
22
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nity. Better y et, ins tead of so mebo dy else's
.01 )IF
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unbiased ju dgme n t ! Fig. 1. W6 JDD's au dio preamp comp ressor .

FEBRU AR Y 1974 69
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Telephone: 704·254·9551 through a tape recorder . .. you'll know
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FM Schematic Digest This ty pe of circuit will perform with

almost any kind of an audio transistor at
voltages ra nging fro m two penlight cells to a
A CO L L ECT IO N O F
MOTOROLA SCHEMATICS sta ndard 9V tra nsistor battery . Germanium
Alignment, Crystal , and Techni cal Notes diodes are p referred to silicon diodes due to
operating ref'erence levels .
covering 1947·1960
One final word of caution. Always shield
136 pages 11 Y,' x 17" ppd S6.50 such a circuit well in a suitable minibox. An
S. Wolf rf choke and small bypass filter is desirab le
in the hot input mike lead. If you run a
Box 535
linear kee p an eye o n a scope fo r "fuzzing"
lexington, MA 02173 of t he pa ttern as an indicato r of rf leak age
into the unit. Circui ts like t his lend them-
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AN INTEGRATED
CIRCUIT
S L RECEIVER
any hams received their introducti on
M to radio t h rough listening t o the
international short wave listen ing (S WL)
bands. T he t hrill of sitting in your own
home listening to a broadcast by a sta tion in
a foreign land was only exceeded by the
realiza tion that one could become a ham and
conduct an international two-way conversa-
tion.
The trends to SSB and all ham band
transceivers increased the effec tiveness and
pleasure of hamming. However , the capa-
bility to browse the intern ational broadcast
bands is often missed. Building a simple
converter ahea d of a SS B receiver is no t
sufficient since the bro adcast stations use
AM.
In addition to the construction of a
receiver converting the SWL bands, I wanted
to build a receiver using integrated circuits
to the maximum exte n t possible. Design
objectives included: covera ge of the 9, 11 ,
and 15 MHz bands plus WWV at 10 and 15
MHz; Sufficient selectivity to adequately
separa te sign als o n the o ften crowded bands ;
good sensitivity without the use of an
ex ternal antenna; reasonable fidelity and
stability : and simplicity and low cos t.
FEBRUARY 1974
Gerald &y WIGQG
47 Rockspring Rd.
Stamford CT 06906
,
The receiver described in the following
sectio ns met these objectives and has pro-
vided many hours of pleasant listening to
stations in fo reign lands.
The Integrated Circuit
Upon review of the numerous analog of
ICs available, the Amperex TAD-IOO was
selec ted. This device provides all the active
components needed for a complete AM
broadcast receiver exce pt for the comple-
mentary pair audio o utput transistors. The
internal oscillator is only o perable to about
3 MHz but the mixer gives go od results to 27
MH z when driven by an exte rnal o scillator.
T he circ ui t of th e TAD-IOO is sho wn in
Fig. 1. Q I an d Q 2 comp rise a long-tailed-pair
mi xer and Q3 is a d c cou pled oscillator. In
the SWL receiver, Q3 is prevented from
oscillating and the external oscillato r injec-
tion is applied t o th e emitters of Q I and Q2.
An ex te rnal ceramic filter provides selec-
tivity be tween the mixer and i-f amplifier.
A three stage i-f, consisting of Q4, Q5,
and Q6 provides amplification. A de feed-
back circuit (pins 10 and I I are de connec-
ted ) aids st ability. Q7 is the AM detector
and Q8 a nd Q9 fo rm a long-tailed-p air audio
preamp lifier section. A Darlington circuit ,
Q10 an d Q II , drive a 2N4107 complernen-
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CD
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Fig. 1. Internal circuitry of the TAD-100.
ta ry pair to 0.7 watt au dio outp ut with a 6
volt su pply.
Ex te rn al circuitry provides 20 dB nega-
tive fe edback fro m the external audi o out-
put stage to the audio preamp to ensure
consistent performance and to reduce the
effec t of supply voltage fluctuations. The
age voltage derived from the emitter of the
detecto r co ntrols th e gain of the mixer
thro ugh an exte rn al d ecoupling network and
gives approximately 60 dB of age range .
The cerami c i-f fil ter has a 3 dB band-
width of 5 kHz and is 33 dB d own at +9
kHz. Ultimate attenuation is 90 dB. Audio
distortion is under 2% at 0.6 watts output.
Sen sitivity for a 10 dB signal-to-noise ratio is
just under I j1V into 50n at I MHz . This
figure will degrade so mewhat at the frequen-
cies covered by th e SWL receiver. The sensi-
tivity is quite adequate and signals from all
over the world are easily received that are
well ab ove th e no ise even though an external
antenna is not used.
Circuit
Figure 2 shows the circuit of th e SWL
receiver. Where possible , junk box or surplus
parts were used to hold down cost. The
valu es shown for the components in the
aud io and age circuits are the recommended
valu es from Arn perex's Report No. S-144. In
my receiver , su bstit u te values were often
used which close ly ap pro ximated re com-
mended values.
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A ferrite rod an te nna gives the receiver
some degree of portability. This also allows
an increased Q of th e coil to improve
sele ctivity. The ferrite rod was scrounged
from a transistor radio so its characterist ics
are unknown. Some experimentation with
the number of turns may be required to
achieve proper coverage with different rods.
If the receiver is used near a transmitter,
back-to-hack diodes should be connected
across Ll to prevent damage to the IC.
The receiver tunes from 9.3 to 18 MHz.
The elimination of bandswitching reduces
circuit complexity. An imported dial from
Allied Radio Shack serves as the main tuning
dial. Bandspread is a little marginal using this
approa ch but it takes only a few minutes to
develop the necessary skill.
C 1 is a surplus variable which has 3
sections of 50 pF per section. Only two
sections were used. Similar capacitors can be
substitu ted. CI A tunes the antenna circuit
while CI B tunes the high frequency oscilla-
tor. C2 is a trimmer which achieves tracking
between the antenna circuit and the oscilla-
tor.
The oscillator uses an RCA 40240 tr ansis-
tor. T his inexpensive unit has a high beta
and a high jt. Numerous oscillators have
been construc te d with this device and it
always performs flawl essly. To cover the
wide frequency range, a Hartley circuit was
designed. The tuning capacitor comprises
almost the entire tuned circuit capacitance
73 MAGAZINE
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• Synthesizer flexibility that offers choice of 600 KHz up or down, 1 Meg up or down, simplex,
frequency split, or any nonstandard split (programmable) all from a single function switch.
• Receiver Sensitivity of 0.35 My for 12 db SINAD on FM
• Dual power output of 20 watts or 5 watts across entire band
• Adjacent channel rejection 130 KHzl 100 db minimum
• Image spurious and intermodulation lElA) 80 db minimum
• 10 pole, 13 KHz crystal filter
• Receiver Superhet, single conversion
• Frequency stability of 0,0005%
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• Built-in touch tone pad
• Full LED Digital readout
• Built-in S Meter also serves as VSWR bridge, power output meter, battery indicator, deviation
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and thus permits the coverage of the wide
frequency range. The oscillator operates at
455 k Hz higher than the desired signal. This
places its harmonics within the range of an
aU ham-band receiver at critical points to
assist in receiver calibration.
A curious problem developed in the
initial receiver design. L2 approaches self-
resonance in the commercial FM band .
Harmonics from the oscillator were strong
enough to produce FM signals aU over the
dial. A simple low pass filter , consisting of
L3, L4, L5, L7 and C8, eliminates the
problem except for a few weak spurious
signals outside the SWL bands. My location
is within a few miles of some very high
power commercial FM stations. If your
location is less severe, the filter may not be
needed .
The signal input is applied to the base of
Q I and is mixed with the oscillator signal
applied to the emitters of Q I and Q2. The
455 kHz i-f signal is taken from the collector
of Q I and passed through the ceramic filter,
FLI. C26 must be a high quality bypass and
should be connected directly between pin II
and pin 7 of the T AD-lOa using short leads.
Some i-f instability was present using the
rrianufacturer's recommended circuit. This
was cured by using an additional bypass,
C 17, connected between pins 11 and 7 of
the i-f filter using short leads.
After i-f amplification and detection by
Q4, Q5 , Q6, and Q7, the audio and age
voltage are present at pin 8. R I, R2, and C4
comprise a decoupling network with the
proper age time constant. The age voltage is
fed back to the mixer through L2. Bypass
capacitor C13 is connected to the dc line
rather than grounded to avoid i-f feedback .
R5 and C 18 form a decoupling network to
prevent the 455 kHz i-f signal from entering
the audio stages.
The audio stages are fairly straight for-
ward. The RC networks are designed to
provide proper bias for the stages, to provide
negative feedback for improved stability,
and to limit the frequency response to about
12 kHz. Amperex recommends the use of a
potentiometer in parallel with a thermistor
for R 13. The author found no heating of
QI2 and QI3 under normal operating con-
ditions so the thermistor was eliminated.
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Parts List
C1A ,e Dual-section variable capacitor, 50 pF per
section.
C2 1.5-7 pF trimmer.
FL 1 Ceramic filter, Amperex part No. 8222410
42010.
L 1 11 turns no. 16 spaced over 2%" of a 5" x
1/4" ferrite rod.
L2 1 tum link wound over the cold end of L 1.
L3, L5 19 turns no. 24 close wound on %"
diameter form (use an old resistor 1 megohn or
larger!.
L4 Ohmite 2·144.
L6 27 turns no. 24 wound on 3/8" diameter
slug-tuned form.
L 7 4 turns no . 24 wound over the cold end of L6.
La 1 turn no . 24 wound over L7.
012, 13 2N4107 (consists of one each 2N4105
and 2N41061.
014 40240.
015 Any NPN transistor in TO ·5 can.
Sl On-off switch on R6.
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Also, the quiescent operating point of these
transistors did not appear to be critical so a
fixed resistor was substituted.
The power supply circuit is standard with
the exception of the filtered supply to the
oscillator. The audio stages draw fairly heavy
peak current causing the base-emitter im-
pedance of Q 15 to vary. This leads to
enough change in output voltage to cause
the oscillator frequency to vary if it is
connected to the same line. Thus, voltage for
the oscillator is taken from the zener diode,
D5, which is much steadier. QI5 is an
unmarked NPN junk box transistor. The
requirements are not critical and nearly
anything in a TO-5 can will suffice. If Q 15
does not overheat when testing the receiver,
it is probably good enough.
Construction
A homemade " L" shaped chassis and
panel was formed from an aluminum cookie
sheet. A surplus walnut cabinet from a small
stereo receiver housed the unit. The tuning
variable, CI, is mounted in the center of the
chassis. The TAD-lOa and its associated
parts are mounted on one side of CI, and
the oscillator and power supply are on the
other side. The ferrite rod antenna runs
parallel to the front panel on the rear lip of
the chassis.
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FEBRU AR Y 19 74 75
 Layout is not particularly critical but
good rf practice should be followed. Be sure
not to enclose the unit in a metal box or
signals will be prevented from reaching the
ferrite rod antenna .
The Amperex application note suggests
mounting the components on a printed
circuit board and the use of small transistor
radio parts. In the interest of simplicity,
direct wiring was used with components
physically larger than the recommended
parts . No unusual troubles were experienced.
The T AD-lOa is turned on its back with its
"legs" in the air. Connections are made
directly between the pins (use a minimum
amount of soldering iron heat and applica-
tion time) and several nearby terminal strips.
All ground connections should be made
as directly as possible to pin 7. This is
especially important for C26. CI3 should be
a small size ce ramic capacitor and is
mounted as close as possible to pins 8 and 9
of the TAD-lOa.
The ferrite rod is mounted several -inches
from other components to avoid feedback
problems. In my receiver, a short piece of
shielded cable connects 1.2 and the IC
circuitry. A small vertical shield is mounted
between the ferrite rod antenna and the
oscillator circuitry to prevent oscillator har-
monics from reaching the antenna circuit.
The oscillator and harmonic filter com-
ponents should be securely mounted. The
requirements are not too critical, however,
sin ce the received signals are AM. Several
hundred cycles of drift will not cause any
noticeable change in the received signal.
Testing and Calibration
All semiconductor devices are unforgiving
of wiring errors and it is always a good
practice to recheck your WIring job against
the schematic . Also inspect carefully for
so lder bridges between pins on the IC and
shorts between components. Apply power
and check for approximately 6 volts at the
emiller of Q 15. Some noise should be heard
from the speaker.
Calibration can best be accomplished at
night when plentiful signals are present on
the bands. The oscillator calibration is the
first task to be accomplished. Tune a ham
band receiver to 29 .265 MHz and place a
76
hookup wire antenna from the ham receiver
to a point near the SWL receiver. With the
plates of Cl fully meshed, tune the slug in
L6, L7, L8 until the third harmonic of the
oscillator is received by the ham receiver.
This corresponds to an incoming frequency
selling of the SWI. receiver of 9.3 MHz. If
no signal can be heard, check the polarity of
the windings on the oscillator coil. 1.6 and
1.7 must be phased properly or the circuit
will not oscillate.
Next, place your fingers on LI to de-Q
the circuit. As you tune up the dial, the 9
MHz shortwave band should be present over
the first 20% of the dial and WWV should be
heard at 10 MHz.
While listening to WWV at 10 MHz, adjust
the spacing of LI, by compressing or spread-
ing turns, until the signal strength is maxi-
mized. Continue tuning up the dial until, at
about the midpoint , the II MHz shortwave
band is received. Picking a strong, steady
signal, adjust C2 for a peak in signal
strength. This is only a temporary adjust-
ment of C2 to get it into the proper range.
Next tune further up the dial to the 15
MHz shortwave band. Finally, peak C2 on a
strong signal. The trimmers in FLI can now
be adjusted for the best sounding signal
quality. After rechecking these adjustments,
the receiver is properly tuned. The dial can
be calibrated using combinations of oscilla-
tor harmonics as received on the ham band
receiver, WWV signals, and received short-
wave signals.
Conclusions
The receiver performs remarkably well
considering its simplici ty . Sensitivity is more
than adequate to fill the dial with signals and
the ceramic i-f filter ensures good selectivity.
Not surprisingly, the lack of image rejection
on the higher frequencies is noticeable. A
very weak image on the 15 MHz WWV signal
can be received for instance. Within the SWL
bands, however. few problems exist.
The TAD-lOa is a remarkable device and
certainly should have broader applications.
For example , by using the internal oscillator
and tuning the input frequency to 1.5 -2
MHz, an excellent back end for a portable
two meter AM set could be constructed.
. .. W1GQG
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FINAL ASSEMBLY
AND FIRST
NIGHT ON
THE AIR
[with the 432'er)
t last into th e home-stretch with o nly a
A fe w trials and tribulations ahead. You
wo uldn't ex pect a complete station to go
together just like that would yo u? It almost
did , Nothing really se rious, b u t it might hit
you too, so here are the details.
My only 54 Mll z rock , left o ver from
dry-cell battery tube work o f ten y ears ago ,
has always had a big "w" in ked o n it. This is
my sy mbol fo r weak, and it was, Worse th an
that it d evelo ped a particula rly viru len t form
of nastiness, You co uld n't exactly call it
intermittent , it just fad ed awa y or would n't
come on at all .
I plugged in a good 53 MHz crystal and
the out put power ju mped as did th e exciter
mils as th e multiplier stages go t plenty of
drive. This was fine, but of course th e last
d oubler was now on 4 24 instead of o n 4 3 2
There re mained the tripler exciter, wh ich
sho wed an insufficient amou n t of driver, as
mentioned before . The obvious answer was
another rf stage, a " pre-dri ver " as it is called
in solid-sta te circles. There are fo u r rf stages
in th e shack now, so o ne was t ried out and
worked even better t ha n the d o ubler exciter
alone, like over 150 m W ou tp ut on the fina l.
All fo u r of these little planks are in use
however, so I had to throw another o ne
together for this pre-driver stage.
FEBRUARY 1974
Bill Hoisington KICLL
Far Over Farm
Peterborough NH 03158
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Figure I shows the d etails which by now
wit h t he use of lumped circuits constit u te
p rac tical ly a sta ndard schematic fo r 4 32
MH z. At least th ey all work well,
Now we. have a t riple r crystal exciter and
three rf stages, but we also have increased
drive and more o u t pu t.
Another knotty one , Or rather t wo to-
get her. When runnin g high gain lo w freq uen-
cy selective circuits, nuisan ce feedback is
easy to come by . T his is o ne you may well
encou n ter, so we'll wa rn you no w, and
furnish th e remedy also . The 135 i-f stri p
and uf were running fin e, but as soon as the
1.6 5 MH z i-f was plugged in , zilch ... S
meter dr op ped near ze ro, and t he d arnd est
lo w af rumble and wa rble you ever heard
came out of t he speaker wit h a hashed-u p
signal also. With separate batteries - fi ne -
but that's no sol ution . Inclusion of a lOon
resistor in th e plus batt ery lead to the B plus
bus in th e st rip did the j ob, excep t fo r th e
second part of the trouble which was the
resistance o f t he o uter cond uctor of some
old thin braided micro phone cable being
used to con nect t he two i-f strips. T he o u ter
conducto r ac tually measu red I/lOthn, so
beware o f that stuff. Eve n a good piece of
new RG-58 ca ble when used with co nnec to rs
whi ch were not ab solutely new and shiny
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Fig. 1. Pre-driver rf stage, 432'er.
caused trouble. I mean the connectors, of
course. A good short ground between the
two strips did the job right. When you want
smooth, trouble-tree operation of high gain
stages, you must take certain precautions.
There is something fascinating about a
good double-frequency i-f that handles well,
is free of feedback, has good ave, and
doesn't cost too much, so your buddy can
duplicate it and take it with him to another
mountain 100 miles away . That is, it's
fascinating once you get the bugs out of it.
Sorry, OM, but there's another i-f to
connect to that same battery. and yes, I
know, don't tell me, the same thing occurred
again. Low frequency burble and rumble,
when the ten meter receiver-tunable i-f was
plugged into the 1.65 MHz i-f strip, and also
into that one battery. This time the remedy
was soon applied with another lOOn resistor
doing its stuff in the B plus load. There was
a 100 /IF capacitor to ground already in the
strip from that bus.
Improving the I-F Stages
The i-f stages were originally built with
some five year-old PNP devices I had around,
and in the interests of battery compatibility,
it was thought best to change over to NPN
jobs. Improvements in burn-out and better
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well as less confusion in circuitry and bat-
tery polarity. A negative ground can now be
used throughout, and you can forget about
PNP transistors except possibly for high
power modulators later on.
No change in the coil windings was
needed, other than to lift the co llector
return from ground and bring it to the plus
12 volt bus. Figure 2 gives the final i-f circuit
which works like a charm.
DC Levels
When changing transistors in an i-f strip
or of course when making up a new one, it is
very important to set up the de levels on the
emitter and base of each device including the
diodes. I say diodes because once having
tried separate diodes for af and ave I'll never
go back to a single one again.
Referring to Fig. 2, the base de level of
QI is set by R2 and R8. These are not
critical but must be set properly. A balance
between R2 and R8 is important for proper
avc action. If R2 is too small too much
current will go through Q I. If R8 is too large
too much ave voltage will be lost in it. The
values shown work fine with 2N918's. A one
millimeter in the emitter lead of Q I should
drop from 6 or 8 mils to less than 100 /IA
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wit h almost any kind of a good signal at J I .
I use a little h omebrewed atte nuato r bo x as
in Fig. 3 with the La fayette signal generat or
on 13 5 kH z fo r those low signal level tests.
Do no t expect to be able to d o this o n the
higher freq uencies tho ugh . Those kind of
shielded generators are in the $300 to $400
range instead of the $30 to $40 one .
The two emitter pots in Fig. 2 are
practically standard items, SOOn or I K , with
limited resistors of 33 -0 100n, depe nding o n
just what devices you are using to kee p
maximum current below 10 mils (in most
receivers under test here ). Final good ,
smooth-working va lues are given in Fig. 2,
usin g the 2N9 18's I have at the mo men t in
th e 135 Hz i-f strip. These are higher
freque ncy devices than needed . 2N9 16's
would be just as good .
Once y ou get t hem adj usted to whe re you
want the m, you can of course go to o nly o ne
pot for th e i-f gain co ntrol.
Choice of Bandwidth and Gain Handling of
th e two I-F Strips
This has worked out fine . Each o f these
strips originally had a pot in each emi tter of
each stage and o ne for both stages togeth er.
In use on the air I find that the last t wo
stages which make up the narrow band h igh
selectivity strip o n 135 k Hz ca n be left alone
at a fixed gain, and the over-all gain can be
set by the pot which co n trols both the
emitte rs of the 1. 6 5 MHz st rip . This o ne also
serves to set for maximum the gain of that
strip wh en it is used alone . So much fo r i-f
The choice o f i-f bandwidth can be very
useful at time s. The narrow band i-f requires
careful tuning and can be subject to certain
crysta l and o ther oscilla tor drifts, not only
in yo ur rig but the other lad's as well, and
also with temperature changes and possible
voltage d ro ps. It is smooth and steady when
use d on the air, as you will see later, b ut
whe n it comes to making all sorts of antenna
and r f stage tests the re's nothing like a little
bandwidth. By " little" I mean a "good little
amount of it. " The 1.65 MHz st rip provides
j ust that with about I 00 kHz bandwidth. All
you have to do with the rig (as now put
together) is change over th e af plug from the
narrow ba nd to the broad band st rip, et
voila, instant ease of adjustme nt. There
happe ns to be an "S" me te r in this st rip also,
so all kinds of relative measurements can be
made on antennas, cables, rf, etc . The sharp
i-f rul es th e roo st th ough with the band
load ed (on 4 32 that 's more than o ne other
station l). And of co u rse when th e band
o pens it is an absolute must.
Installing the Two Low Noise Stages in the
Rack.
Just fo r security against feedback these
were mounted on a single copper-cla d base-
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gam. Fig. 3. 100:1 attenuator for i-f tests.

FEBRUAR Y 1974 79
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board on th e top shelf an d given the filter receiver pass band . After mounting every-
treatment in each plus 12 volt lead . A small thing o n th e carr ying rack shelves, b eginning
shield near the coil job removed a slight at th e bott om, with t he af and battery, th en
trace of rf feedback und er certain tuning the 135 kH z st rip ; next th e 1.65 MH z j ob;
conditions. The layout is sh own in Fig. 4 , tunabl e i-f mix er, an d local oscillator on the
with the main points for tuneup and adjust- third sh elf, and the two low noise rf st rips
ment being C I, C2 , C3 and C4. No bugs on top . Bonding was installed piece by piece,
showed up here. The manufacturer of these checking 0 11 that weak signal all the time, as
low noise devices, KMC Semi-Conductor, well as for tuning and handling. For this
Inc ., Long Valley, N.J ., sta tes that for the type o f bonding I use No. 12 solid co pper
b est noise figure use only a few mils, like 2 wire in pieces only 2 - 4 in. long between th e
or 3 . This was found to be true , although the cop pe r-clad baseboards on the shelves. While
gain goes up when 10 mils are used. Remem- some o f this bonding cut down the signal
ber though, gain we've already got , low-noise sligh tly due to elimina t ion of nuisance rf
is that illusive thing we're after. On this feedback , the ent ire job brought the signal
subject, the I m W test signal on just a dipole up and eli minated rem aining traces o f feed-
was st ill com in g in five miles away. back and hand capacity .
It is har d to draw the li ne be twee n a
Bonding collec tio n o f mi niboxes an d 100 lbs of iro n
This may sou nd like a low frequen cy ( I mean co ppe r o r alumi nu m) cla d co nst rue-
thing, but it goes for both high and low and "tion co st ing yo u-know-how-much . Wha t I'm
in between. On th e low frequ encies you can afte r, and I think most readers wou ld like
get that nasty af rumble with the S meter also, is to fina lly h ave a good battery-oper-
going toward zero witho ut any sign al ; on hf a te d , lo w-cost receiver that you hea r DX
you ca n get hand capacity when tuning with with on 432 that h and les well, no t too
a narrow band i-f; and o n UHF you can get touchy o r j u m py , an d still h as roo m fo r
mo st a nyt h ing. Like oscillation s in an rf im proveme n t and growth . Sound s li ke a
stage, rf tuning reaction o nto the crystal- pre tty big o rder, and it h as been ac tually
con trolled lo cal oscillator. (Ye p !) Don't for- tha t because - inclu d ing the t ra nsmitte r - it
get the frequ en cy multiplication for the 48 has tak en ove r three month s to build all the
MHz rock up to 432 is nine times, and a units, work out th e bugs, dra w up the
mere 300 cy cles can throw you o u t o f the circ u its an d layou ts, an d get every th ing

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of operation is obtained . Either the transmit-
ter or the receiver can be use d separa tely
wit h t heir own portable beam in the car o r
shack, or with a really big beam for serio us
mountain-topping. With th e latter the T-R is
righ t th ere ready to be used .
The tra nsmitter and receiver assem blies
have phono jacks across their tu rn-on
switches which allow cables and plugs fro m

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vhf CONVERTERS T O TRAN$"IITTER

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HE ARING the
WEAK ONES . ... Fig. 58. Rear view, TR switch ,

the T· R switc h t o turn th em on and off

alo ng with the ant enna cha ngeover. I haven 't
Very senS;I;~e crysta l controlled corwe-ters for ,ece,vIrl9 the VHF bands with seen any lo w-cost battery-operated relays as
vour present receiver 0' transceiver, ldeal lor OX, FM. Satelli te receouon or
for iust talking to the gang, All have built in supplies fo r operat ion from yet, but with the power avai lable fo r UHF
either 117 VAC 0,12 VDC, 10 Meter au tl' Ll! is standard. Be~,,',tuIlV. bui ll
afld carefully resred with modern e!.1u'pmm'lt . solid state at prese nt this can be omitted.
The use of two racks in the car is not so
50 CA, 50 - 52 MHI 574 ,95
144 CA, 144 - 148 MHI _ 51 4.95 handy , but th e units will soo n be boiled
220 CA, 220 ~ 225 MH z ••. . ... .• ......... 579,95
4 32 CA, 432 - 4 36 MHI $7495
down in size t o where they can go on one
rack. First and foremost is the circuit and its
JA N EL can also supply a 011,," Vd""W 0 1 '«ewmg et1l11,,,,,..m fo, "'duJI"..1 co mpo nents. When you have these and they
;lppltc;l fiofl 1. Wrll" or cdll for d el<Jds

A ll ,tems are POStpaid ;lnd lJUiN,mreed Pfe<tSe order d"ecl 0' W"fe fOf OU'
work well , th en you can plan how to put
f' .... Ci" afog them into little boxes. but not before.
ALSO - We nod< a lull hne 01 ile n~tlYe PR EAMP$'

Car-top Antenna Mounts fo r the 432'er

@ JB~ ~.~C~S~::A~~J::;;;es 'rete hone: 201 ·584·652 1

The first thing t o do is make a visit to
Sears & R oebu ck for a $8.9 5 car-t o p carrier.
They have one wit h wood cro ss bars whic h is
WHY FIGHT CRM & CRN ? just fine for m obile beam mo un ts, as well as
The NEW DE·101 lamily o f $igoal
for carrying big beams if you're the arnbi-

~ .-:::.!
Discriminators is designed to fighl
C RM and CRN fo' you without rig
mo dificatio ns. Each d iscrim inator 01,", tio us type . I generally positio n the two
un it consis ts of two 3 pole opera
t ional amp. filters stagger t uned fo r _ " _ _01
, ' tran sverse bars in the norm al fashio n on the
a flal 100 hz b andpass at 1,000 hl ,
A buller amp. is included for ear
car roof and then bolt on a 1 x 8 in. pla nk
phones, or a 3 W pwr amp . for an 8 o hm spkr. No aCljus tmems, fac to rv
tuned, p lug in installation , one yea, warranty, and 15 day return
run ning fore and aft for the beam mount
privilege.
which is hand-rotated from t he driver's
DE 101 For earphones onlV. 115 VAC . $29.95 + S2 stllp .
DE TOIA For Spk r& p hones, 115 VAC $39.95 + $2 snI p window. See Fig. 6 .
DE · lOIS For Spkr & phones 12 VDC . $29. 95 + $ 1 sn,p.
DE· TOIC For e¥poones only. T2 VDC S19.95 + $ 1 snI p . ......--T V MA$T
ALU MINU M TUBING
CS I W' red & tested DE·IOIC CIi'C'Jlt bd, $ 14.95 ppd .
CR·23 Walt A udio PWR A mp. fo , 8 ohm StJkf. 12 VDC /(/1 S8.95 ppd
Wli'ed & fested $ 10.95 ppd. _ _ NOTCH F' OR
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•
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tun ed ). $ 2 69 .9 5 up for ou r new s upe r ST RA P S -~ WOOD BAR OF'

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•
RA,'" GUTT ER -

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WINDOW
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for special purposes 7 to 150 MHz. ask

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Ffee l iterature upon reque st ,
SPECIAL DISCOUNT PRICES I Fig. 6A. Car-top antenna 'm oun t, 432'er. View from
rear of car.

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Te m p le T" rf...ce. Fl 336 17 The use of a beam an tenna on a car is to
• - • • • me a very mtrigumg affair. You will find

82 73 MAGAZINE
 ALUMINUM TU81NG
beam o n a mountain-top lo cation , better
carry along tnree small guy ropes for emerg-
U BOLTS
ency use, with a rotating collar. Those winds
come up in minutes, and they blow. In many
FORE ANO
ArT PLANK
places you don't need extra elevation , but
sometimes you will find yourself in a park-
ing lo t just enough down off t he top of the
hill to cause you troub le and will need that
Fig. 6B. V iew from righ t side of car. extra 10 ft of h eigh t. Mt. Cadillac is o ne o f
them, Do wn East in Maine .
that most of the time o n the main highways, Handy Beam Mounts and Fittings
the directio n of the beam stays pretty well
As usual the TV boys help us amateurs
put, and only changes over reasonable
out with mass-produced handy items such as
periods of time. For example , when coming
the I I> in. OD aluminum masting for $1.25
into a city from 30 to 40 miles out, you
per 5 ft or $2. 09 for lOft , plain . The $1 .25
keep the beam pointed mainly ahead for half
bit is for "gold anodized " whatever that might
an hour, and - then while you're going
mean . The new style plumbing lads also help
through o r around town, the signal is lo ud
with thei r black plastic PVC (polyvy nl-
enough almost any where you poin t th e,
chloride) pipe w hich fits just nice and snug
beam; as soon as you get ou t of town, you
inside the aluminum roasting.
point the beam astern and leave it that way
Figure 7 sh o ws a handy rig for portable
for ano ther lengt h of time. The advantages
work with the shelf racks, either transmitter
are great! The beam reduces flutter almost
or receiver o r both . The same antennas that
entirely with some 9/1 Oths of your power
plug into these mounts also plug into the
going toward the other lad and not bounding car-to p mount, as you will see.
aU over the scenery . There is 10 dB of gain
for a good 4 elmeent o n two for examp le,
I" wooo DOWELL HANDL E
and it can tell you where your friend's house
is if yo u want to dro p in fo r a visit and see
wha t h e loo ks like !
I have started out from Boston at 5 pm
on two meters with a 4 element beam, going
to Washington, D.C., and wound up near the
Bay Bridge in Maryland at 2 am with steady
QSO's one after the other all the way . Fig. 7A. Wood rack antenna-mount, front view.
Using a plug-in type of mast mount y ou
can run a 4 or 8 element beam on the car
and change to a much bigger one when you
ALUMINUM
get to your favo rite hill-top. You can also STRAP-«;
plug in beams for other bands, o r even two RACK

b ig "wh eels" stacked if you really want to • ,. •

excite comments.
Figure 6 shows details of the car mount,
almost all wood, and after the use of a can
of aluminum sp ray paint (do this off the car)
it looks fine .
You can use a good height above ground
like th e big truck trailers, but watch out for
places like t he Merrit t Parkway to ll booths.
They were not made for trucks. You have to
stop o ut on the side and cart your dime over
to the man o n foot.
When you use this moun t 'with a larger
Fig. 78. Side view.
Medium Size Beams for Portable and Car
Use wi th the 432'er
Two and three element designs (Figs. 8
and 9) are given to start you off po rtab le,
car, and in the sh ack. A high gain 14 element
job that you can install o n you r roof or
carry up the hills o n the car is shown in
Fig.IO.
Figure 8 shows the 2 element unit. This is

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TRA NSISTO RS
I . V S"CLOTHSUNE ALUWlNUtol USED FOR ELEMEHTS.
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handy for test use , h idden t ransmitter h un ts
CAPACITORS
G LA SS SEA L TANTALUMS• • • bV• ••• N EW by your club. and what have you . It 's also
. 47u f, 12/S1 . oo ••• ". 7uf, 10/ SI .00 •• • 6 .a...f, 8/ SI good for making up multi-element nat
ELECUO LYTiCS, COMPUT ER G RAD E, 6RAND N EW
72Ouf/ISO V, SI. 2S 36,CJOOyf/I SV, S2 .25 shaped beams whic h carry nicely on t he car.
12V, lI2A TRAN SFORME R SI .SO
Next comes the 3-eleme n t o ne, nat u rally,
I N3289. .. 2ooV/ l ooA SILICON RECT IFI ER •• _ S10.OO wit h Fig. 9 showing details. Don't forget you
MMS314 CLOC K CHIP WIT H SPECiFICATiO N S ;9 . 50 can ho ist one of t he se up 2 0 ft in th e air at a
7 SEGMENT LED REA DOUT . 7/10 in CHARACTER ••• s- .oc
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RED NARROw ANGLE HI _LUM LEO 'TOSL6 ....• • • • S .25
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co u ple o f 10 ft alum inum mas ts.
ALL ORDERS POSTPAID. MIN IMUM 53 U.S., SIS FOREIGN We t hen make a jump to a 14 eleme nt job
LATEST LI STS, 10 , STAMP • • . • .• PLEASE ADO INSURANCE because t he red cedar boom is still o nly l O ft
-
long.
-rRANSFORMERS The eleme nts are the sa me l /8th in .
225 VA.
II 1V, P,i. 60 e ve.
CUSTOM MANUFACTURIN G
FAST SERVICE
cc
4.;J
8 5" ,0
, cloth esline (alu minu m, that is) and th e tim e
_ Ipecifv II!C . volla!JII hetween 12 & 300V PO$t 0 " 8 lbs involved for build ing should run around half
_ ,petily sec. current between 20 & ,15 amp. . total E • I al l
lec's 225VA Mao Q UANTITY a day if you have all th e mat erial. The gain
_ 'PKdV mount _ add Sl 00 fa, eovm _ ~dd SI .00 la' each DSCOUNT appears to be over 15 dB and of co urse you
HOBBY F ORM ER M F G. T,' ,m983·1555 can always stac k up t wo o f them - altho ugh
P,O. 80X 222 _ PORT ART HUR, TEXAS 11640
th e car-to p carrying and mounti ng gets quite
QUAD OWNERS The perfec t ma rrioJge -
your revcrue tr i-h,md a bit mo re difficult.
qui'd and an " H & H RING TRANSFORMER" . Designed specif ically lor
quad\., {hi, ualun o ffers the conmum imp edance ma tch lJ\I'ng a sing le 50
oI1 m co·• • lt>edIo" e. First Mobile Tests
Now <lV.,ldble ,n th'ee new lr!tllWe'lIh t we<ltherp ,oof mode ls :
Wi th every t hing working (I hoped) the 14
• 2el~t
elem ent was mounted 10 ft from th e seco nd
_ boom,"s
flo o r po rch and pointed o ut alo ng the road
to th e so uth, plugged into th e tra nsmitter,
• 3 or .. eleml!f'lt
and the af gain ope ned up to give some
$24.95 pp modulation. The little 3 element beam was
installed 5 ft ove r th e car ro of o n the
H& H e ng ine
r.n.
e r ing h",. 68
ha nd-ro tat ed mo unt o f Fig. 6, plugged in to
""" "'IJ'''''''' I"'" .'iLl/d'" I .... ..J " j, la mirada. ('a 9116:1';' th e receiver, and away we went.
d ( "h" ( ; ,''',''''''
Sou nded good as the air conditio ner
Isol ated - Pad · Drill · Mill motors in the shac k ca me through th e af.
Prec iSIo n ctrcu te board construction
w it hOUt etching. F in hand drill , electric
Yes, it d oes get over 80 up here so me times,
drill . Simple. 'all, economical, sate.
Sil "!, , .2 0 , . 1 5, . 10 inc h d ia .
bu t the di fference is you run a heater first at
W ith r .. place.able esc dril l. 5 o r 6 am (when I start wr iti ng !) and t he n at
$6.95 ea .
Ca lif. rl!s,denl1 add 5 ')1, . II am you have to turn on the air condi-
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 14" REFLE CTOR
Then at last " CQ from WI SNN , Wal-
12" O>RECTOR
__= :: ~ 1/4 "
th am , Mass.," over 50 miles anyway . The
CE"ITER TO CE,.TER
receiver works well. So does the transmitter,
because we then had a nice QSO , my first on
• 432 for quit e a while. I did a lot of switching
back and forth between the tw o bandwidths
on the receiver, with the following results.
With the broad band i-f you can hear all the
13" RAOIAT OR
stations fine but with all of them being close
to 432, y ou can hear several at once,
Fig. 9A. 3-element portable beam , 432 MHz, top naturally enough.
view. SPACINGS IN INCHES

I 1/8"0 0 pvc
eooe
7
'" 1/'"
'fu!...~
101/2
12 1/4
10118
13 t
4
13 314
12
1/
10 7/ 8
8 107/8
12 1/4
12 r
2

PIPE MAST ~ _

13.7 11 2.15 12 12
" II II 11
" " " " "
" LE NGTHS IN INCHS

The enhance d shado w-effect of 432 as
compared to 2 mete rs was quite no ticeable ,
at least to yours truly with quite a fe w years
of 2 meter beam mobile work. An 8 el-
eme n t, 4 high by 2 wide, will be tried soon
on 4 32 o n the car. Possibly even a 4 b y 4
would be interesting o n 43 2 mobile. This one
will have to be se t back into th e middle o f
th e ca r roof, though. CUl with ideas o n that
one .
First Evening on the Air
All 1 can say, as in th e O lson and Johnson
shows, is " Wha t a night , what a night. " After
all, this all-so lid state rig has been some
months building, has a triple-conversion re-
ceiver, three amplifie rs in the transmitter
section, and had never been o n the air yet.
Would I even hear anyone?
I did. Up o n Monadn ock , with the 14
element on top of the car with a 5 ft
ex tensio n I started listening and calling, a
little early so it happened. After the usu al
radar signals, FM harmonics from out
Springfield , Mass. way, an d some o d d slop-
py-pulse jobs at ab out len cycles (a nyone
kn ow what they are? ) finally a go od CW
station came o n, peaking fine o n the beam,
pounding in , real good , " K3 EAV portable
on e," I didn't raise him . Evid ently doesn 't
listen for fan e.
2: 7 • r
:':'O"".GSECT,O.
1. 1 RED CED AR 00U 8 L ED
"-IOlES '
ALL [ L[ IIl[NTS lI S" ALUMINUM CLD T HSUNE .
MOON TI NG OETAILS AS IN :5 ELE MENT 8E AM.
Fig. 10. 14-element beam , 432 MHz.
At six miles thro ugh trees and small hills,
the signal was still plenty loud and sh owed
signs of going further , but the shadow
effec ts o f large hills prevented further tests
that da y. Also 1 wanted to get th e wh ole rig
in to the car with one o f those 14 element
jobs ready for an evening o n Pack Monad-
no ck Mountain, as it was Wednesday evening
which is 43 2 night on the East Coast at least.
The sha rpness o f th e 135 kHz st rip
sho wed up well, separating even hetero-
dyning statio ns. Yes, even QRM developed
on the band as the evening wore on . The rest
o f the log for the evening reads, K I BFA ,
Westford, Mass.; WIJIZ Harvard , Mass.,
WA 1JTK Nashua, N.II, and WI EUJ ,
Ty ngsboro, Mass. So the rig d oes work and
it's lots of fu n.
I'm not crowing, and I don 't intend to
kee p th em in th e rig fo rever, but " RCA
ty pe" 5¢ ph ono jacks and plugs are used
throughout th e rig, as well a l O-year-old
RG-58/U cable. Again, I'm not advo cating
their use , but it sho ws what can be done o n
432 if you really try .
. ..K IC Ll,

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TRANSISTOR
KEYING
CIRCUIT
n the last several years a nu mb er of Tra nsistor keying of t ra nsm itters
I excellent electronic key designs have
been presented to the amateur. Whet her
Tra nsistors offer an excllent way to key
the t ransmitter. They are extremely fast,
they have memories, dot insertio n, or a quiet, have no contact bounce and will
variety of other features, they all have been operate almost forever . Tra nsistors do have
second-rate in one respect. The ac tual keyi ng o ne practical drawback . They will not toler-
of a grid-blocked tra nsmitter is u nsa t isfac- ate vo ltages in excess of their "breakdown"
tory. voltage . In t he last few years many NPN
t ran sistors h ave bee n introd uce d whic h ca n
Relay keying of transmitters
key in excess of +350V at low cost. They
Most keys use a re lay for t ra nsmitter will perform ca tho de key ing flawlessly.
key ing. This allows a wide ran ge of voltages
of eit her polarity to be keyed. The re are
Grid block keyi ng ca nnot be do ne q u ite
many drawb acks to th is system, however.
as easily . The t ran sisto r used in this service is
Unless th e re lay is a h igh -s peed ty pe and is
nearly always a 2N398. This is an o ld
properly driven it may not follow eve n
ger maniu m tra nsistor, very leaky , a nd
moderate sending speeds wit hout bias. T he
capable of switching only about - IOOV. The
fact that the integrated circuit keys do not
leakage tends to cause backwave or
have a weight adjustment mea ns you ca nnot
incomplete cutoff of the final amplifier in
compensate for this relay problem.
some transmitters. If the key -up voltage of
Reed relays have been used to obtain
the t ra ns mitter is higher than - I aav seve ral
faster operation. Unfortunately t he co ntacts
2N398s must be "stacked" to p reve nt
of reed relays are delicate and te nd to weld
tra nsis tor b reak dow n. T he usual result of t he
togethe r or "stick" if a protection network
stacki ng pro ced ure is t he lo ss of several
is not co nnected across t hem. Th is net work
transistors at o ne t ime .
must be ta ilored to t he voltage and c urre n t
being key ed .
Eve n the ree d relay has co ntact bou nce. The 3N4888
This co ntact bounce can be overco me by Having gone through every problem
usi ng a merc ury wetted reed . However, the menti oned abo ve in a series of keys using
welding problem of dry ree d con tac ts re- t ubes, transisto rs, and finally integra ted
mains and in ad ditio n the wetted reed re lays circ uits, t he nee d for a high voltage PNP
must be operated vertically at all times. Of tra nsisto r for grid-b lock keyi ng was obvio us.
course all relays make a nnoyi ng clicking Silicon tra nsistors were desirable for their
noises. low leakage current. The cost of silico n

90 73 MAGAZ INE
tra nsistors capable o f withstanding a few
hun dred volts was very high - o n the o rder
o f $10 a piece. Then Bob Felton K7 WLX,
" d isco vere d" the 2N4888 . This is a silicon
PNP transistor in an epoxy case. It has
virtually no leak age and can wit hstand abo ut
- 300 V in t he proper circuit. Best o f all, it
costs only ab out $ 1, less than the relay it
outperforms!

Breakdown voltages •

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many transmitters, it is possibl e to ex te nd
the b reakd o wn to over - 300 V. This is
because o f the fac t that the voltage at which
a transistor breaks d own is dependent up on ,•
the circuit into wh ich it is placed . If a
voltage is ap plied bet ween the collec to r and
emi tte r o f a t ra nsisto r while the base lead is
left unconnected , the breakdo wn voltage is
called BVceo . If the base is th en shorted to
the emit ter and voltage is ap plied between
collector and emit te r the breakd own voltage
is called BVces. T he fac t of impo rtance to us
is that BVces is always higher tha n BVceo . lt
may b e as much as twice as high fo r so me
transistors. For the ten 2N4888 tran sistors I
have tested BVces ranged from - 27 S to
- 3S0 V, qu it e sufficien t to key any
t ransmit ter in my experie nce.
In a practical circuit the base o f t he
2N48 88 will be sho rte d to th e emit te r b y a
seco nd transisto r to achieve the higher
BVces rating. T he keying would be inverte d -- - - - - -
by this two-transistor circuit so a th ird I Teletron CODE 73
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The 2N4888 in transistor keys
Figure I shows t he three-tra nsis to r circuit
as it wou ld be co nnected to a PNP t ransistor
key . The original key circuit is immaterial,
usually consisting of 2N107 or 2N404
transistors. The base of Q I is connected in
place of the relay keying transisto r or the
2N398.
AU three new transistors are silicon. Q 1
and 02 were 2N3638, but MPS3638,
2N4125, 2N3702, 2N3703, or similar
transistors should work just as well. Q3 is
the 2N4888. Resistor values are not critical
and the circuit works with the usual power
supply voltages found in keys of this type.
To prevent inadvertent application of
positive voltages to the 2N4888, a silicon
power diode was placed in series with the
collector. To prevent current surges from
fusing the 2N4888, a 220n resistor is also
placed in series with the collector.
The ac switch of the key should have two
sections. The added section, labeled SI B,
shorts the 2N4888 collector when the power
switch is turned off. This protects the
transistor if the transmitter is left o n and the
key is turned off. Remember, unless the
2N4888 has its base an d emitte r shorted by
02 t he breakdown voltage will be on ly
BVceo. In such a case if the key -up voltage
of the transmitter exceeds - 150 Y t he
2N4888 could be damaged . Sl B prevents
this possibility .
Before usi ng the key, measure the voltage
between the base and emitter of 03 with
key power turned on, but not operating the
key lever. The voltage should be less than a
few tenths of a volt . Next, with a VTVM,
measure the key -up voltage of the
transmitter. Since this may depend upon
"spotting" or tune positions be sure to look
for such differences. If the highest voltage
does not exceed - 250 Y plug in the key and
start enjoying transistor keying.
If your voltage lies between - 250 and
-325Y it is a good idea to buy several
2N4888 transistors and test them to find
one having highest breakdown voltage.
Figure 2 shows a test setup which can be
used to test BYceo and BYces. The test
should be performed carefully as follows to
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2N4888.
prevent damage to the transistor : power
supply voltage should be raised slowly while
watching the microammeter like a hawk.
The moment a microampere or two is
indicated on the meter, read the VTYM and
remove the test voltage. High voltage
transistors have different failure modes than
the low voltage types and appreciable
current should not be allowed to flow.
Adapting Ie keys with the 2N4888
Figure 3 shows the 2N4888 in a simple
integrated circuit key, the "Micro-TO"
described in the August 1967 issue of QST.
Common IC's such as those used in the
Micro-TO require +3.6V. The PN P nature of
thc 2N4888 demands negative voltages.
These conflicting requireme nts can be
satisfied without adding another power
supply by changing the grou nd reference
terminal of the whole Micro-TO circuit.
All points which were originally grounded
(including the key lever, power supply
transformer center tap , and filter capacito rs)
are bussed together and lifted from chassis
ground . This becomes the -3.6V terminal
for powering the new circuitry. All points
which were formerly +3 .6V are grounded to
the chassis. Since the ground terminals and
+3.6Y terminals of the circuit are probably
buss wires on a printed circuit or perforated
board the change requires moving only a few
wires. After this change the integrated
circuits are, in effect. "standing on their
heads." They don't know the difference,
however, and operate just as before. The
PNP transistors see the - 3 .6 V they require
so everyone is happy . Total cost of the
conversion is held to about $2 .50 by this
trick .
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Fo ur 0 .00 I IlF bypass capacito rs are used wit h a PlY of about 400Y co uld be
in the Micro-TO . Two are u sed to by pass the su bstit u ted for th e I N4004 .
ac line , two bypass th e key lever co ntacts. Testing pro cedure fo r both key and
These bypass capacitors should be e x clud ed transmitter are the same as was describ ed fo r
from the ground change: they remain the tra nsis to r key modifi cation .
between their respective wires and grou nd in Othe r ty pes of IC keys can use th e
order to prevent stray rf from ente ri ng the 2N4 888 by cha nging th e grou nd referen ce as
key. was d one here with th e Micro-TO . My
No te that Fig. 3 d oes not sho w all of t he in tegra ted iambimatic key ( II KEY) uses this
Micro-TO circuitry, just th e power sup ply ide ntical tec hnique and cir cu it.
a n d p o wer co nnections o f the lCs,
Interconnect ing .wires between portions o f Finding the 2N4888
the circuit were not change d in any way The 2N4888 is a Fairchild resis tor and
from the original schema tic . may be hard to find . A letter to Fairchild
QI is a silico n NPN transistor. Almo st Marketing Services, Bo x 1058 , Mountain
anyt hing will work h ere , the 2N3 392-93-94 Vie w, Califo rn ia , ask ing fo r th eir "Fairchild
series, 2N3 704-QS -Q6 series, 2N S183, and Stocking Dis tribu to rs List " will give yo u a
2N70 6 being suitable t ypes which are very so urce fo r their tra nsistors and integrated
inexpensive. Q2 is a silico n PNP , 2N363 8 or cir cuits.
equivalent types discu essed in the tra nsistor
key adaptation. Resistors are not critical and Results
anything wit hin 20% o f the ind icated valu es I've used two homebrew transmitters, an
will be fine . Apache , and an SBIOI with fo ur d ifferent
Th e prote ctive diode , resist or , and switch keys using the 2 N4 88 8 . Results have been
are used in the IC key mo difica tio n ju st as uniformly successful. Transisto r keying is
they were used in the tra nsisto r key quick and fla wless - a definite improvement
modification . Again , any silicon power diode over the clicke ty-clack of relay s.
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USING A SE VEN -SEGM ENT

READOUT WITH
A NIXIE DRIVE R
uri ng the construction of an e lec tronic
D clo ck o r frequency counter, the type
of readout e mp loyed can be a deciding
merals of the Nix ie tubes. Therefore it was
necessary to come up with a proper diode
matri x th at wo uld interfa ce the SN 7441
fact or in the o vera ll price of the unit. The a nd SI'-733.
LED (Light Emitt ing Diode ) type of seven We were fo rtu nate enough to find some
segme nt readout is quite a bit more expen- computer boards o n the surp lus market that
sive th an th o se o f the "Nixie" type. The contained o ver 300 glass bead type of silicon
driver integrated circu it fo r the LED read out switching diod es. These boards sold for less
generally is more expensive than the driver than $ 1 each. The silicon diodes were
for the " Nixie " tubes. Most o f the LED pressed into service and worked very well
readouts are low voltage devices (appro xim- without a single failure . The voltage across
ately 5 V) and work with a lo w voltage type
of driver such as the Texas Instruments
SN74471 C.
One o f the better deals we have dis-
covered is the SI'- 733 readout which is
manufa ctured by Sperry Rand. The SI'-733
is used by Heathkit in their new IC-2008A
calculator and sells for about $7 .35 through
Heathkit outlets. Of c ourse these are in-
tended for replacement use in the calcula-
tors. The SI'-733 co nta ins three com ple te
readouts in a single fl at enclosure . Therefore ,
the price per readout comes to $2 .45 each.
The SI'-73 3 is a seven seg me n t d evice ;
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SN7447 which is a low voltage seven seg- r '- ,..j i NO"S.

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through a 2 2,000 n !hW cu rre n t lim iting A
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patible with a "high voltage" Nix ie driver 8'
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su ch as the SN 744 1. The SN 7441 was
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with a 200V potential on the SP-733's.
Another garden variety of silicon diode that
may be used are those that are sold by Radio
Shack in packs of SO. These are untested and
should be checked before placing them in
Here's the book for every ham who the matrix. We found that usually one out of
wants 0 design and build a digital the 50 would be shorted or open.
repeater control system (or who Figure I illustrates the printed board
wants to just think about doing construction. OUf boards measure 5 x 7.5
that). Contains sections on repeat- em and could have been made such smaller
ers, basic logic functions, logic cir- by standing the diodes on end. Use double
cuit design, control systems, sup- sided PC board stock (copper plated on both
port circuits, mobile installations, sides) and follow the Fig . I pattern. The
solid lines indicate top side conductor lines
touch tone, plus a special section on
and the dotted indicate bottom conductors.
a "mini" repeater control system. The easiest way to drill the double sided
224 pages. board so that the holes match after etching
Hardcover $7.00 Paperback $5.00 is to hold the board up to a lamp so that the
bottom lines show through the board . Mark
r----------------------- your drill hole positions with a pencil and
: 73 Magazine, Peterborough NH 03458 then drill. Figure 2 illustrates the SP-733
I Enclosed is $ . Please send _ Dhard- segment pin connections.
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p rivileges in the fi rst place.
On the othe r hand , CBers are not
required to do anyth ing more than to
fil e an application plus th e req uired
fee . In many cases it has been sh own
that these applicat ions have been and
are being falsif ied . It has been a very
co mmo n practice for persons to sign
for o th ers. often offspring wh ose in-
sufficient years would disqualify
them A person who signs such a false
application is guilty of a serious
c rime ; t hat of attesting to untru e
sta teme nts, to wit: that he (the signa-
t o r) is ap p lying fo r operating
p rivileges, when in reality he is fili ng
fo r an individual who is not eligible.
Throujjl this means an out-and-out
examp le of lawless behavior on the
part of his parent or othe r adult is the
juvenile's init ial imp ression regard ing
the relat ive unimportance of observing
the commu nicatio n laws and obey ing
t hem. Thi s is a compelli ng impression
which often molds and sets his
conduct from that time forward . If
the adult in question has been able to
falsify the applicatio n document with
such ease, why shou ld the rec ipient of
the license view legal operating
regulations with any respect?
This lamentable cond ition wh ich
has always infecte d the Citizens Band,
is a direc t outgrowth of the FCC's
utter failure to u nderstand that they
must insist upon more tha n just the
me re filing of an application, with
a bso lute ly no furth er q uali fying
crite ria. Though it is ent ire ly possib le
fo r admi nistrative miscalcu latio ns to
occu r whe n new mo des o r serv ices are
first inaugu rated, to fait t o take
forceful corrective measures when the
e rror is discovered, is a monumental
dereliction of responsibility. CB, with
all its evils and problems, is the
creature o f the FCC, and they ca nnot
bla me anyone for th e mess but
themselves. Why th en, should we
ama teu rs be made to pay for the
mistake? We paid dearly once, with
the loss of one of our bands. Are we
expected to pay all over again, simply
because the FC C r e f us es to
acknowl edge t hat CB has been a
mise rable fiasco? Why d on't they
move th e CBers to some body else's
band, rather than to yet another ham
band?
A long time ago this co rrespondent
suggested in the pages of this
magaz ine that if the FCC was truly
in t ere sted in some constructive
suggestio ns, one o f the very best
wo uld be the granting of CW privileges
somewhe re o n the HF ba nds for the
Technicians so that those who might
desire to u pgrad e thei r tickets would
be afforded an opportunity to do so
with more ease. The Commission
evidently recognized no me rit in this
FEBRUA RY 1973
proposal although it was no secret
that many Techs were far more
i n t ere s t e d i n be com i n g
commu nicators th an in being bu ilders
and ex pe r im e n te rs, (for which
purp ose the Tech class was originally
established). As it now stands, Tec hs
have to struggle in o rder to get enough
code under their belts to hand le the
req uired speed and facility .
At one point an ill-advised proposal
was made which would have granted
Techs p ho ne privileges only in th e 28
MHz ba nd, but no CW was included .
LEAKY LI NES o pposed th is on the
basis th at such a free gran t, with no
code exam invo lved, would amount to
an unconscionable breach of faith
with those who had been forced to
accept the validity of the ince ntive
l icensi ng pri nciple, whic h had
previously been piously p ushed by
both the FCC and th e A RR L, under
the pretext that it was altogether
p roper for amateurs to justify their
privilege by conti nuing to advance
the ir skills under pain of (again.. .it
seems to rear its head as a solution for
ev~ry p ro blem. . 1 under pain, as I
sa id , ~ f a lo s s o f operating
.trequencies ! Most hams were so
t h o r o u ghly brainwashed and so
battered from pillar to post, that they
finally concu rred and accepted the
d octr ine of incentive licensing. Fine!
But at the time when it was proposed
that this hank y-panky about giving
the Techs a back-doo r ent rance into
p rivileges on 29.5-29.7 MHz, most of
us were o f th e opinio n tha t such a
grant wo uld have been an abrogation
of the incentive licensing princip le,
and wou ld have afforded unfair
preferential favor to th e d isadvantage
of all who had been forced into
working hard enough to upgrade.
Literally hordes of Technicians
wrote indignant protests to this
magazine, accusing th is write r of
p rejudice, unfa irness and a score of
other selfish motives. It was claimed
that the article was aimed solely at
slamming the door o f equal
opp ortunity in the fa ces o f
Technicians. Well , of course, that door
has always been possible to open.
Th ousands o f Techs had successfu lly
u pgraded their license th ro ugh the
o rdinary p rocess o f study ing th eir
code and theory, then going to an
FCC exami ning point and passing the
test . We s i m p ly happen ed
to feel strongl y that any Tech wh o
rea ll y felt the desire to ex tend his
opera ting privileges could easily d o so
by exerting himself to tha t limite d
extent, and if he was unwilling to
exert th is sma ll effort, he certainly did
not deserve p referential treatment. We
termed the proposal " giving a lollipop
to a kid at the barber shop ."
I can state confi den tly th at if the
FCC had o ffered CW privileges only to
the Techs. either as a shared proposi-
tion with the Novices, or on some
othe r segment of the HF bands, there
are not many hams who wou ld have
o bjected to it. It has always seemed
incomp rehensible to this writer that
the FCC has not seen fit to provide
some CW space for the express pur-
pose o f a iding Techs wh o wished to
upgrade themselves by part icip ating in
o n-the-air CW operation. The p resent
CW privilege they are assigned simp ly
has an insuffic ient number of CW
operators to be consid ered adequate.
Having fa iled to perceive any
valid ity in adopting th is and other
re a so n a b le plans t h a t wou ld
effectively improve and consolidate
the amateur service, one wonders by
what manner of "double-th ink" the
FCC finds merit in a p roposal to hand
CB ano the r port ion of the spectrum
o n a silver p latter, wh ich it will
undoubtedly destroy, just as they
destroyed their present band. There is
not a scint ill a of reasonable evidence
to show that a relocation to the 220
MHz band would ca use them to mend
the ir ways and begin to observe
regul at io ns wh ich t hey have never
bef ore heeded. . .d o not observe
now...and are no t even remote ly
taking serio usly.
Another crit icism ca n be levelled.
In a cou ntry in which financial profit
is the name of the game, it wou ld be
extremel y na ive to imagine tha t such a
p roposal could grow ou t of the sale
idea t hat i t wou ld really be
meritorious fro m the aspect of valid
need. We all know whose brainstorm
th is proposal was.. .there is no doubt
that i t wa s s pawned by the
m a n u f ac t u rer s of elect ronic
equipment, who stand to reap millions
in windfall profits, should t he
p roposa l be app roved. The very
mo ment it becomes okayed, sales of
new equ ipment will begin to burgeon,
and the eno rmo us sales figu res which
ensue are likely to make the o ld CB
business look like penny-ante stuff! In
order to avo id being misunderstood,
let's get th is clear, at least . I certainly
do not begrudge manufacturers their
right to bu ild and se ll gear. But it
seems that in this case it was the main
object in proposi ng th e cha nge. And
while th e economic aim may be
perfectly acceptab le, I thin k the loss
of an ama teu r band is mum to o h igh a
price for us to be forced to pay! If
this change were motivated primarily
fo r the purpose of improving and
benefiti ng th e rad io spect rum, th en
secondarily, fo r assisting the elec-
tronics ind ustry to reap a harvest,
then the p ro posa l migh t be viewed as
acceptable by some. But the move is
advantageo us to ma nufacturers and
the CBers alone. Th e amateurs stand
(Continued on page 98)
97
 (Con tinued (rom page 97) But never, from th e outset, was a
(Continued (rom page 12)
o nly to lose stili ano the r slice o f hobby-type operation envisio ned o r
frequency. And what will we gain? co nte mplate d. Amateur radio has
Precisely nothinq ! ex iste d for that pu rpose, and it has
FCC HEARING REPORT " But listen ," say the proponen ts of always been availab le for those who
Copies o f t he three page report the grab . " This partic u lar band is not wer e i n te rested fro m a hobby
made to the FCC Commissioners o n even being used." They try to argue s ta ndpoi nt . T o c ha nge ou r
the need fo r rep eal of th e repeate r that th e idle freq uencies should be fundamental understand ing now, and
regulations are avai lable from 73 re-assigned to people who will make take the pos itio n that radio
Magazi ne , Pe t er b o r o u gh NH better use of th em. We once made an commu nica tio ns are two
03458 . .. send sese. Many amateurs analogy.. .supposing you are storing hobbies. .. o ne, a group of tec hnically
who are no t well informed on the you r win te r overcoat in a cedar c loset. minded devotees of an ongoi ng
seriousness of the impact of the new All of a sudden, in the middle of July, science, who are vitally concerned
regulations would do well to read th is some guy waltzes in and takes your with being a part of its growth. . .and
repo rt and see why it is so important overcoat away, using as justification two, a g roup of unconcerned
that these regs be changed . the argume nt th at you aren 't using it. dilletantes whose only purpose is to
You'd surely feel a sense of outrage. contact one another in a sort of
And rightly so! This rat ionale is as surrogate wireless telephone system,
CONGRESS REPORT cockeyed as it can be. The coat is without the slightest inclination to
There are still copies of the Con- stored in the closet to be used at some probe into the theoretical and the
gress Newsletter - a report written fo r later time, when conditions warraant. public service aspects of the thing, is
you to send along to your Senator or Simila rly, the 220 MHz band seems an abrogation of a concept which has
Congressma n, together with a covering likely to become more important to earned the respect and confidence of
letter, aski ng for his influence in amateurs in the future because of the all thou~tful people, throu~out the
helping amateur rad io fight off the rapid growth of VHF repeater tech- world . No matter how the FCC seeks
new restrictive regulations and the niques. It could easily become one of to rationalize th is projected change, it
assau lts on our 220 and 450 MHz ham rad io's most val uable assets. like can never explain away the ho rrid
bands. th e overcoat in the closet , it will serve inconsistency embodied in the very
its purpose in due course. It would be character and nature of the idea. On
73 VS IRS a tragic error to hand it over without a the one hand it licenses a service
Th e first of a series of newsletters struggle to opportu nists who will which has always risen to every
covering this inte resting development make it a shambles, and to entre- c ha llenge, and has justified its
is in pri nt and availab le if you send a preneu rs who will profit by the mis- existe nce b y pa rt icipa ti ng in
sase. If there is enough inte rest in the use. thousands o f public service activities.
While I'm o n the su bject of On the other hand it has created a
inside d ope o n the IAS and the whole
repeaters, a haunting th ought races mare's nest . ..a Pand ora's Box of atro-
t ax situation, thi s series o f letters will
through my head. Could it possibly be cious ho rro rs, which has never abided
eventua lly be put into bo ok form.
that the FCC, an tic ipating th e by th e conce pts wh ich gave it life, has
Looking into the admi nistration of
th e IAS has turned out to be abo ut advancing repeater technology, and created p ro blems of its own, and
realizing that sooner o r later it must which constitutes an insolu ble mess so
like turning over an innoce nt looking
log and find ing all so rts of scrambl ing inevitably become indispensable to vi le t hat nobod y can dec id e what can
220 MH z, has chose n to implement its be do ne to clea r it up! Th en they have
maggots a nd black beetl es scurryi ng
idiotic and totally ill ogical position the unutterable gall to suggest that
aro und.
vis-a-v is th e Docket wh ich pertains to this ca ncer mu st be allowed to spread
repeaters, in order to c reate t he to anothe r part of th e spectrum.
fundame ntal st ructure within whose Citizens Band has been a failure o n
SUPERLICENsm f ramework it can mai ntai n the 27 MHz. Wherever they chose to put
A note from WA5CON suggests condit io n of d isuse on that band? In it, it will continue to be a fiasco,
some sort of special amateu r call this manner the Commission could unless they stiffen the req uiremen ts
prefix for cos who have managed to almost guaran tee that when the and begin to en force some adult re-
pass all FCC exams. Tic ket collectors proper time came along , and it sponsibility o nto the shou lders of
will have a tou gh job keep ing up with decided to reassign 220 to another these freeloadi ng parasi tes who have
this c hap who now has first ph one service, it could poi nt to the fact that corrupted it. Th ev must be made
with radar endorsement, first te le- amateu rs are not utilizing it, and that accou n table, finally, fo r their
graph wit h radar , six month s mar itime therefore it would be a justifiable undisc iplined excesses. But this can
service endorsement, aircraft tele- re a ssignment. In these days of never happen so lo ng as a na ive
graph, and ama teu r ext ra class. With elaborcete fi nagling on the part of Federal Commu nications Commi ssion
all those licenses on the wall is there govern ment agencies and bu reaus, and co ntinues to believe i n t he
any room for QSL cards? And howdo all sorts of conspiracies and coverups. preposterous notion that the present
you decide which band to use when th is sort of a cabalistic arrangement form of loose criteria in I icensing and
you have a spare moment between would not be as bizarre and arcane as operational regulations and
tests? it appears on the surface. We could enforcement should be maintained.
very easily find ourselves right smack It's a ce rtainty that this proposal
dab in the middle of our own little represents a giant step backward for
Wate rgate. the world of amateur radio. And every
WANTS TO BU Y
All types o f m ilitary elecuo nM:s eq u ip- I' m perfectly wi lling to grant the ham should be awa re o f his or her
ment and parts. Can collect for t:3sh offer. fact that in the beginning, back in the solemn obligation to make known to
4 0's when it was first proposed, CB the Co mmission exactly how he or she
- - - - - -- - sounded li ke a reaso nably good idea. feels about the matter. Thi s one issue
SPACE ELECTRO NICS d,visi a n a t
MILITAR Y ELECTR ONI CS COR P. And I' m further wi lli ng to agree that is probably the most important single
- - - - - -- - there are many legitimate users of that piece of legislative action an amateur
service who need and deserve a band can take, providing h is hobby mea ns
76 8rOOkslde Or""e. Uppeor Sadd l. R""OI'f
New J... wy 07458 f 12011 32 7-1640 of frequencies in whic h to operate. any thi ng at all to him.
73 de K2AGZ

98 73 MAGAZINE
 don' t e ver
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ins i st that y o u pr in t ev
RE: DECEMBER COVER
The December cover with Linda
makes an attractive presentation to
the public as well as to us "old
timers." Such an idea put in to a
monthly calendar wou ld increase the
DXing. You all are to be com-
plimented for an attractive cover do ne
in fine taste.
Art Grt"enlt',lf WA I EQI
Montpelier VT
NO MORE COVER-UPS
You 've done it aga in - a terrific
cover and a terrific package of art ic les
and ads!
l'rn gamel She's a beautiful gal and
what is behind the box is most
tantatyzi ng! Here's my $3, and if you
only get $1 of it you 'lt be a millio n-
aire over night. In some future issue
you might tell us just how close to a
million you came!
tun Al lhrigh l W6SLF
MOR E ON T H E COVER
Your November 73 cover is in very
poor taste, but does indicate the
mentality of the S t aff of 73 .
Although I am not in ag reement
with Mr. Walker in many instances,
amateur magaz ines are not the place
for your kind of politics.
Jo Wood W IA YG
I do wonder where you think the place
is for amateur radio p olitics if n ot in
the ham magazines? Perhaps you are
used to letting the government trod
you into the ground and wish to just
give up without a figh t, whether you
are right or not. Thank heavens not all
amateurs are that willing to knuckle
under.
. . .wayne
MORE OFF THE COV ER
Enclosed is the $3 I'm willing to
pay to see what's behind the PACK -
AGE . A lso , I hope it helps build up
your anti-IRS fund. If needed I' ll pay
newsstand prices for your magazine
just to keep you going. Keep up the
good work.
A I B. Cap lan K4A V<)/3
D D EC EN TRY BO F FO
IBravo! Now that's a magazi ne
cover.
Bob Wier WBt'lI ,I\IC/5
Fort Wort h TX
FEBRUARY 1974
o -i' r
b I appreciated your ra m blin g dis-
n keep u p the fight . I also apprec iated
n keeping IU S posted on the latest.
D IG ITA L IC ART ICL ES
WANTED
How about some articles on digital
lC's and thei r basic operations? Maybe
ho w cou nters work , how to use a
d iode memory ,for generating code for
an automatic ident if ie r (T he ARRL
FM and Repeater Ha nd boo k is poor in
th is area). Also, maybe an article on
c ap tu re area, antenna gain, a nd how
t hey're related (I haven 't been able to
f ind anything o n th is). Maybe a n
article on regu lated po we r supplies
(trans istor) t oo .
Keep up the good work on the
maqazme.
Jim Ku(·... i .~ WA91)YH
South Ik-nd I N 4-6628
A DD ITIONA L CALCU LATOR
A RT IC L ES WANT ED
Enjoyed very mu ch t he article in
the December issue o n Calculators. I
would like more articles on the same
subject, e. g., c hec king ou t a machine,
how t o tell if it is defective, e tc.
jo We...thci mcr WB6KlJC
GOO D WORK
Keep the presses rolling, your maga-
zine is not o nly good readi ng but has
convi nced several frie nds to pu t down
the CB rig and start readi ng the li cense
manual. Keep up t he good work .
"l ike Mekow ...ki \VA I<),\ 1K/ 3
Arnold I\IA
CONGR ESS PAPER
Please send me the Congress Pape r.
I will forward them to my Senator, as
soon as I receive them.
Hopeful ly a large percentage o f t he
amateurs w il l do t he same.
You have a very fine magazine,
keep up the fine articles. Lots of luck
t o Wayne in his battle with t he IRS.
David W. J llbb WA 7KAI
CSers T A KE NOT E
The FCC does take ac tion on t ips
agai nst CBers. I have been listeni ng
and lo gging about 15 -3 0 m inutes a
day on 1 1m since February 1973.
Recently I identified by "handle"
[pseu do nv rn) , address, auto lic ense
n u m ber and name 3 1 good o ld CBe rs.
I se nt my info rm ation to the Com-
mission and have since hea rd from
t hem. Guess where their mobile en-
forceme nt un it is going t o strike soon?
Joe Schlat ter K4F1vf / i
1'111:"'011 AZ
IR S/FCC
K EEP U P THE FIGH T
sertelon o n the perils of the IRS -
you r work in fight ing the FCC and in
Lewis I.. I\h um
Ro,..;('\' i ll.~ i\lN
we goofed again
LO G-PERI ODIC UPDATE
There is one item rega rd ing the
cons t ruction o f L-Ps (Septem be r 73)
which should be stressed . T his is t he
importance of transposing between
t he e lements to ma ke it an e nd-fire
array.
T his is accomp fished by e ither of
two methods: 1. "Criss-Cross" o r
" ro ll over" the t wo -wi re center fe ede r,
between e lements (180 ' phase re-
versal) , o r, 2. Alternately transpose
t he feed to the eleme nts.
I have illustrated both methods in
my articles but h ave evidently failed
to stress the importance of this.
I have rec e ived two le tters stat ing
t ha t t he writers h ad constructed L·Ps
but did no t get a ny forward gain, or
rather there appeared to be no for-
ward lobe. One writer who put up a
vertical mono-pole L-P sa id it was
bi-directional off the sides with no
gain off the fro nt. T his, of course,
occurs if t he t ra nspo siti o n is no t made
since the array is not then an e nd-f ir
L·P, bu t is a bi-d irectional broadside
a rray since a ll e lements are then in
phase.
In the case o f a horizontal (d ipo le
type) L-P, maximum radiation wou ld
be straight up and stra ight down (in to
the ground) if the elements are in
phase or are non-transposed . T here
wou ld be no forwa rd lobe, nor wou ld
there be any ga in except straight up.
Under t his condit io n the antenna is
not a Loa-Periodic but is mere ly t he
old "fish bone" antenna.
F. L Sm ith W4AEO
Lamden SC
and again . . .
CA LCU LATO R CO R R ECT IO NS
Here a re some corrections to my
December 73 Calculator article:
p. 98, 2 nd col., line 25 : $.010 should
be $0.10.
p. 102. 2 nd col., line 8 : 0.00 1 seco nd
shou ld be 0 .000 1 second.
p . 102, 2 nd cot.. line 28: 552.85957
should be 552.861277.
p . 105 : In the two tables, the le fth a nd
colu mn has a number of dup lications.
Whenever two consecutive lines have
t he same text in column 1, c ross out
the tex t in this column on the second
line of each pair.
p . 106, 2nd col.. li ne 4 : should read,
" . . . is 2.718055, whereas it is sup-
posed t o be 2.71828 18.
Pe lt... A. S tark K20 A W
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W h il e lV" try to reproduce all of t h e i niarma t i a n t h ai should be T1f'('(If' d by an experien ced ('(J/lsttll c/(Jr,
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U .S. nom magarines, Circuits should be ori(·n fed toward amateur radio and experirnen tarion ratller
than indu strial o r computer tectmotoev, Submit circuit witll all parts l 'olIlCS on it , a verv brief
explanation of tile circuit and an y additional parts infonnahon required , give tile source and a note of
permission to reprint from tile copyrigllt holder, if any , and the reward for a published circuit will be a
choice of a 73 baa/I . Send ~'ollr circuits to 73 Circuits Poee, 73 Jlagazine . Peterborough .-v /I 030158 .

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power of your rig. Transistors 0 1 and 02 are
HEP-54. The diodes are IN456 or HEP-158.
An audio power amplifier with push pull output
using a single transistor in the final stage may be
obtained with this simple circuit. Only abou t 50
mW is available from this amplifier, but the gain is
flat up to 30 kHz. Both 01 and 02 sho uld be
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many local signals. With the components shown
rhis receiver will tune from about 90 to 150 MHz.
It may be used o n other freq uencies by changing
th e inductor and capacitor Q1 is a GE·9 o r HEP-2.

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in the inverted mode, but in an oscillator a gain BFO. The frequency of oscillation may be tailor-
of only 1 or 2 is needed and this circuit provides ed to your needs by simply choosing the proper
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without an expensive transformer. Th e gain of th e
stage as sho wn is 1SO, bu t this may be adjusted by
changin g th e value of th e 22K feedback resist or.
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response from 10Hz to 220 kHz . Circuit B was developed fr om circuit A by replacing th e emitter
resistor in A with Q3 and addin g an em itter follo wer to red uce loading. The input im pedance is fu r ther
increased by th e components shown by the dashed line. A ll transistors are 2N2188, S K3005, GE·9 or
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conversion receiver teeruree FET t ront end for high sensitivity.
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lOw cross modulation. Panel meter shows re lative power output
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Freq, range: 144-148MHz. Antenna Impedance: 50 ohms
SAVE $40.
Ch ennels: 12 Rae, senslllvll, :
Power output: 10 watts 0.5 p.V lor 20 db quieti ng.
Eml.slon : F3 AF outpul : 1 watt.
Mo:. devlallon: + 15k Hz. hlec1I...lty:
"oeL'system : Phase
Osc. freq. renge: 6MHz band
Operetlng voltage/power:
Transmit : 13.8V fri 1.9A approx.
::!: 12.5 kHz fa 6db.
Flllef: Ceramic type

Crystals supplied:
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8 .U TER IES 2'lG . ).·u Aod'w ll"_ lnol ........OOdl
C H A RG ER "'_ 10!>905 ,<><:I" do <1
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(Records Only) RESOLU TIO N 5~5 1 , ne ' HOR . RESOLUT ION soo".....
VE RT f RED 60 H, IEI AI
This is a portable system and comes with HDR f RED 15. 150 H / l EI A I
rec o rd e r, came ra and c ha rger. Camera in- VID EO OUTPU T l a p P. 10; ohm, ""~",",,od
""1'0 IlU,JMI NA lIO N )()Iu .
c ludes built-in Microp hone and Zoom lens. VIEWFINDE R 1 ',~ I '" CRT ..... .....,' ...'1
Rec ord ing time is 20 mi nutes o n 5" ta pe. LE N S 5 1 , oom F 2
SHI PPI NG WT 35 ' h\
n LIST: $1595
Recordin g is bot h video and audio .
OUR PRICE (NEW) $550.0
RECHAR GEAB L E BATTER IE S N...... 10' Poru Pak 5 36.00 a" " EXPERIMENTER S DELIG H T - " sed "SI$ .-epa,,""le. Physoc~IV
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not beal 10 hell. b"1 , e'1,,'''n9 ..,"'" wOlk,
COLO R A DAPTERS - limitO<l number ""ailable. w,ll work w'fh alma. t
Problem' and plOb. ble c.","" listed wi lh elOCh
an v 81 .., k and While VTR to co nve rt 10 NTSC mach,,,,",
colo r. f6C",d playb.>ck d0('5 nOl ,mpai r monochrome
".... $450 ,00 ea. p~ PARTS ....i1able a l nN' !I've_a" p"celi. th,OU41' .....
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NEW NAME BRAND VIDEO TAPES 1400 II ( 1 hr .l ..... y 'llUm,lv
....;tolable. \/,upp ,ng wl_1 1bs. S29 .00 NCh
as~' •
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1200 II . ('I, h r,l S19.00 each
CONDITIONS O F SALE' QUANT ITY OISCOUNT on ord... 01 mo.-e than 10 mach'''''''
NEW EQUIPMENT sold new. a, is. DEALER INQUIRIES - ar. '""'100 lor ••1. of new equ ,pment.

USED EQUIPMENT sold.os IS 'n good work'UQorde<. NO _"an tv

All "n," "lvd"C! P'IO' 10 " " p"", nl
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BEll & HOWEll Model 2966
Th is video reco rder wi ll record di rectly from a standard
TV set o r a TV camera. It will play back oY~ your
home TV set. Aud io may be dubbed onto th e
tape. A 7" reel (2400' ) will record 1 hr. No
home VTR unit und er $1000 can match
the qua lity and capab ilit ies of this uni t.
SPECIFICATIONS
RE SOLUT ION : 5 25 h n!". S... ndard T V Ot' CCTV 'IICOfdonll
VIDEO ' Inpu t an d.Jol. tpu t: 1.0 V Pop. 15 o hms. unb_l""ced.
Gu.ate, tha n 3. 0 MHz I,,,q. ' '''Ponse. 300 lin".
plo... Hor . , ••o lu lio n
AU 0 10 : Mi k" 0' 10"" ,"pu ts.. 60- 10 .000 Hz j,eq. ' -"'9"
POWER AEOU IAMENTS: 110 V AC. 95 wans
DIMENSIONS . 18 3/S" W. " 10 3/ 16 " H. K 15 11116 D.
WEIG HT , 601"'. LI ST PRI CE (1 972) $995.00
MAINTAINANCE
OUR PR ICE NEW $450.00
MANUAL $5.00 USED $250.00

COMMUNICATIONS UNLIMITED
All equ ipme nt so ld as is. 9519 MAIN STREET P.O. BOX 463
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Fo r catalog. send SASE. (313) 449-4367

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 MITS Presents
eNew908M ries
Handheld Calculator
•••8 Functions Mean a Handful of Features!

Memory

Multiplication _~

_Squaring
Division _ _--.:
--- ~
,_.... Reciprocals
Subtraction _ _
,...- Percentages
100% American Made
Chain & Mixed Operations
Special Readouts:
- Entry Overflow
-Negative Result Plus: ·Floating &
-Result Overflow
- Low Battery
Fixed Decimal
-8 Dig it Readout ·Algebraic Logic
(Alway s the most significant digits)
PRICES*$129.95 Assembled
-Bright Led Display $ 99.95 Kit
Full 1 Year Warranty
SIZE: 5-3/4" x 3-1/4 " X 1-1 /2 "
AC Adapter for 11 OVAC Operation $6.95
Carrying Case ( Ieatherettel $5.95
" Prices subject to change without notice .
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GEORGE WON'T LIE!

Thinking Deluxe? Clegg 27B Swan 700CX $569.95?

Don't believe it!

Standard SR-C14U $595.00?

Not on your cherry tree!
•
Collins KWMZA $1493.00?
Better call George No sir - CALL!

ELECTRONICS
FREQUENCV MODEL INPUT RANGE NOMINAL Po
IMH,) • 1.1 1.1
74
144 PA2 -12B
PAlO-4GB
PAlO-lOB
5-1 5
5-15
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40
70
PA2-70B 14 70
PA 10-140B 5·15 140
PA 21408 '4 140

The Hamtronics Crystal Bank $4.95 ea.

Now there is no chance of you ever having outdated crystals. Make a deposit in the
Hamtronics Crystal Bank today.
All you need is your sales slip and a crystal - get another crystal - no questions
asked!

The Hamtronics Exchange Program

We will exchange Bird wattmeter slugs (in good RAMTRONICS
condition) bought from Hamtronics (sales slip needed) 4033 BROWNSVILLE RO.,
for arwother slug that you may need in the future -
no charge. except for shipping. Your wattmeter can
TREVOSE, PA. 19047
never be outdated! (215) 357·1400. (215) 757·5300

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 •
ne Tbe BIRD'
Y AESU FT1 01 B includes
160m - at no extra charge!

• Ant it rip in put

•
only $649
• Sidetone out pu t
Get the BIRD from HAMTRONICS
• VFO (w arning lite) on or off
Y ES • Clarifier (wa rn ing litel on or off We have a comple te stock of all Bird
A u. No ise bla nke r o n insert card watt meters a nd slu gs o n hand . . .
V • 8 pole filter f or better rece pt io n immed iate d elive ry . Order a new BIRD
Ham-ma te wa ttmeter fo r o nly $ 79, but
A ma l~u ", and M...il im~ " I""n '"......., und lh~ .." rld h.. ~ d; ""o~~ .... d t h~ FTIOI '.
p lease specify if you wa nt t he 200 / 1000
. of l h~ "" ",. n,lin~ .;~n.l. .v.;" h~., a,p " ,in , ,h,
" ·n.'ili,, and ....li.bilit v. Manv wa tt m od el o r t he 200/200 0 watt m odel.
F'TIO L It '• • 11 h r. _A '\! . CVi. ~SR. R......iwT ..."" i'; vih 0,3 mi,·r" Mlt. IO.lR .,,,,,.1
10 noj... ro , in. 160 mrlr.. th,o "," 10 mr' ..... , Citi...,,', lUn d. WWV. 25 a.. tI 100 ke
• • lib'.'0,". 5 kr d ...ifi, r (0. Dr' or mohil . " 1"',"1;0 ". Th. bu ill -in "oj... ftl an k.r . , "
.ur... in·mol ;" " m"bi l"p".k I""rlMmanr' .. i,h minimum of ""i....,
Tnn ,mi llrr "uhHil ~ "ndr. m"o' . dv
SS B. 80 ..·.u. AM. 180
("(Indi'i"". i. ' ''I'''',b, P EP 260 ".•
n. f.\\'. I I; \' C . oppt. built· in. 12 V 1)(: fu...d 1"""
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FTIOIB, FrlOl p.t ch. FPIO!. .pra krT F\'Hll \' FO, FL 2 100 linrae. s.... vnue l"c.1
dealre f"e drm u and hr'''' h" .....
TEMPO
WORK ALL REPEATERS with the 2M FM AMPS
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MODEL DRI VE POWER OUTPUT POWER PRICE

1002-3 5-25 watts 100 135 watts $220
• 16 2+ channels, sim plex o r o ffs e t (60 0 kHz ) 1002-3 6 1-2.5wans 120,130 watts $235
f or repeaters 802 5-12 watts 70-90 watts $180
8028 1-2.5 watts 60-90 watts $195
• All m odula r construct ion 502 5-15 watts 35·55 watts $105
• Super hot MOSFET/h el ical coi l .4/lV recei ver 5028 1·2 .5 watts 45-50 watts $130
. A V AI L ABLE N OW! ... on ly $447.50
220 Amps also available

BAMTRONICS
A OIVISION OF TREVOSE ELECTRONI CS

4033 BROWNSVILLE ROAO , TREVOSE , PA. 19047 PHONES : (215) 357·1400/(215) 757 ·5300

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 The most popular three
band beam in the world!

iJlD TH3Mk3

INTERNATIONALLY RESPECTED for •

supenor performance
Superior const ruct io n an d perfo rmance make t he difference in Hy- Gain 's popular
3-e lement Thun derbird .
• Thunderbird 's " Hy-Q" t raps provide separate t raps fo r each ba nd. " Hy· Q" traps
are electro nically t uned at th e fac tory to perfo rm better at any f requency in the
b and- eith er p hone or CWoAnd you ca n t u ne t he antenna, using charts suppl ied
in t he manu al , to substan t ially ou tp erfo rm any other anten nas made.
• Thunderbird 's su p erio r co nst ruct ion inc lu d es a new, cast aluminum , tilt-head
un iversal boom-to-mast b racket that accommodates masts from 1114 " to 2Y2".
Allows easy ti ltin g for insta llation , mainte nance and tuning and p rovides mast
feed-thru for beam stacking.
Taper swaged , slotted t ubing on all elements allows easy ad ju stment and re-
adjustment. Tap er swaged to pe rmit larger dia mete r t ubm g w here it c ounts!
And less win d loadin g. Full circu mfere nce co m press ion clam ps are mech anicall y
and electrica lly super io r to sett-ta ppmq metal sc rews .
• Thunderbird's exclusive Beta Mat ch ac hieves balanced input , optimum match -
ing on all 3 b ands and provides DC g rou nd to eli min ate precipitation static.
• Up to 8 db gain
• 25 db f ro nt to b ac k rati o
• Power capab ili ty 1Kw AM , 2Kw PEP
• SWR less than 2:1
• Extra heavy gauge, machine formed , eleme nt to boo m brackets with plast ic
sleeves u sed o nly for insulation . Bracket desig n allows fu ll mechanical support.
Model 388 $154.95
Other tri~band beams to choose from :
• s-ereme nt Supe r Thund erbi rd TH6DXX Model 389 $189.95
• a-eleme nt Th underbird Jr. TH3JR Model 221 $109.95
• 2-ele me nt Th underb ird TH2Mk3 Model 390 $ 99.95
AVAILABLE FROM AMATEUR DEALERS THR O UGHOUT THE WO RLD

ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
iI,n Dept. CB .8601 Northeast Hi g hw ay Six . Li ncoln . NE 68507
402/464 -9151 Telex 48-6424
Distributed in Canada by: LECTRON RADIO SALES. LTD. 211 Hunter Street West. Peterboroug h , Ontario

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FEBRUARY 1974 111
 the most powerful antennas under the sun!

The Best Vertical There IS!

80 through 10 meters

iJln 18AVT/WB
New, from the inventors of wideband verticals.
Pack some pun ch ! All the omnidirectional performance of Hy-Gain 's
famous 14AVQlWB... plus 80 meter capability! Unrivaled performan ce .
rugged extra heavy duty construction . and the price you want.. .all in
one powerful package!

• Automati c switching on all five bands through the use of three

beefed-up Hy-Q traps .. . featuring extra large diameter coils for ex-
ceptional LIC ratio and extremely high Q.
• Recessed r oax connector furnished.
• Top loading coil and four element static hat.
• Constru cted of extra heavy wall high tensile aluminum.
• Hot performance all the way across the band wttf just one setting
(10 through 40).
• Hy-Q traps effectively isolate antenna sections for full 1/4 wave
resonance on all bands.
• No dissimilar metals to cause noise.
• SWR 2 :1 or less at band edges.
• Maximum legal power with low frequency drift.
• Exceedingly low radiation angle makes DX and long haul contacts
a cinch ... whether roof or ground mounted.
• Very low RF absorption from insulating materials.

The 18AVT/WB is constructed of extra heavy duty,

taper swaged. seamless aircraft aluminum with full
circumference , corrosion resistant compression
clamps at all tubing joints. This antenna is so rigid.
so rugged ... that its full 25' height may be mounted
using only a 12" double grip mast bracket. ..no guy
wires , no extra support.. .the 18AVT/WB just stands
up and dishes it out!

Order No. 386 $79.95

Get the strength . the performance and the price you want ... from the
man who sells the complete line of quality Hy-Gain equipment.

HY-GAIN ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

Dept. CB 8601 Northeast Highway Six Lincoln . NE 68507
402/464-9151 Telex 48-6424

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 iJln

All you need to know about

2 meter mobile antennas!
263 Special no-hole trun k lip mount. 3 db gain . 130-
174 MHz . 5/8 wave . 16 ' coa x. DC g r o u n d . Base
match ing coil for 52 ohm match . 17-7 ph stainless
steel wh ip.
264 High efficiency, verticall y polarized omnidirec-
tional roof top wh ip. 3 db gain. Base matching coil
for perfect 52 ohm match . DC ground. Coax and con-
nector furnished.
265 Special magnetic mount. 3 db gain . Performance
equal to permanent mounts. 12' coax and connector.
Base matching coil for 52 ohm match. 17-7 ph sta in-
less steel whip. DC ground .
Rugged , continuously loaded , flexible VHF portable
antennas. Completely insulated with vinyl coating .
Bend at all angles without cracking or breaking . Can-
not be accidentally shorted out.
263
723N With UHF connector.
269 With 5/16-32 base for Motorola HT; Johnson ;
RCA Personalfone ; Federal Sign & Signal ; and cer-
tain KAAR, Aerotron , Comco and Repco units.
723A With BNC co nnecto r. 264
260 Commercial duty, 1/4 wave, claw mount, roof
top whip . Precision tunable to any discrete frequency
108-470 MHz.
261 Same as above, with 18' coax and connector.
262 Magnetic mount whip, 108-470 MHz. 52 ohm
match. Complete with coa x and connector.

Write for details 265 723N

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ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
iI,n Dept ce . 860 1 No rt heast Highway Six. Lin co ln . NE 68507
402/464-91 51 Telex 48-6424
Distnbuted In Ca nada by· LECTRON RADI O SALES. L TD. 2 11 Hunter Street West. Peterboro ugh . On tario

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 The possibilities are virtually unlimited
and the prices are unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!

Start with the basics and pay as you go.

Write or call for details . . .

"your inspiration is our motivation"

VHF ENGINEERING
- DIV. of BROWNIAN ELECT. CORP.-
320 WATER ST. POB 1921 BINGHAMTON. NY 13902 607 -723-9574

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TOUCH TONE PADS

More features than any other pad including butlt-In
monitor speaker and latest Pha s e-Lo c k loop circuitry.
TTP·l Standa rd pad for portable trans c e ive r
mo unting.
TTp ·2 Standard pad in attractive case for h o m e o r
mobile use.
TIP-3 Min i-pad in attractive case for home or
mobile use.
TTp·4 Mini·pad for portable t ra ns c e ive r mou nting.
TIP.I, 2, 3 & 4, Sh. wt. 1 lb $44.50
TTP.IK, 2K, 3K & 4 K, Sh. wt. 1 lb $34.50

CRICKET 1
A popu larly priced Ie keyer with more f ea t u r es fo r
your dol lar. Cricket 1 is a sma ll size, so l id s tate keyer
designed for t he beginner as we ll as t h e most ad ·
vanced o p e r a tor . It provides the u ser with I a t tg u e-t ree
sending and its clean, crisp CW allows for easy ccpv-
i n g at a ll speeds. Turned o n its side, the Cricket can
be used as a straight key for manual keying.
CRICKET 1 Sh. Wt. 3 Ibs. $49.95

2-METER PREAMP
Specially made for both OLD and NEW receivers. T h e
smallest and most powerfu l preamp available. Pro-
vides 20 d S ga in at 2.5 N .F. to bring in t he weakest
signa ls. Sh. wt. 4 0%. $9.50 kit
$12.50 wired

Please include sufficient postage f o r s hi p ping.

DATA ENGINEERING INC.

Ravenswood Industrial Park, Springfield, Va. 22151
5554 Port Royal Road • 703·321·7171

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 Here is a SPECIA L DEAL for 6 and 10 meter fans • • •

,
RCA model CMFT-50
Covers 25 to 54 M
without coil ch anges!
Hz

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50 watts output .
transistorized re~elver. Standb po~er supply an
v:'lth transistor
Regularly $12 5.00 y drain is onl y 2 .2 amps.
d partly

- th is m onth only $100 .00 , wit

. h accesso ries.

We stili These
have a few 30 watt TPLs I f
are for use'In the two
e t for onl y $1 55.00
meter band . •

. T ERMS: All . DuPage FM I

Include ante n Items sold as is A
represented nas 0' crystals. Ii ccessories do n ot PO B , nc.
OX 1

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o •
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. n I 0' exchan eq ujp. rnent
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 LEO READOUTS OPCOA S lA-l Sim ila r t o MA N-l ..33" h igh. 20 m A per segme nt . With deci mal
point. Every one chec ked - all segme n ts ope rating. Red - $2.65 each , 6/$15 .00
Green - $3.50
.7 inch readouts .. . $5.55 each
CLOCK I.C., Nat ional MM5314, fo r 12 or 24 hou rs, 50 or 6 0 Hz, 4 or 6 dig its . Only $ 1 1 .9 5 each
LED - molded plast ic d ome sha p e wit h leads. .31 2 inc hes in diameter . Red - $ .35 each , 3 /$1.00
Green - $ .50 each , 6 /$1.00
KODAK REO Wratten Filters Perfec t fo r light filter over red LEOs. 4 " sq., .005 " thick .
$ .35 each. 3/$1.00
lM 309 Voltage Regulator IC. 5 volts at 1 Am p . ma x. current. 52.00 each
PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD 2 oz. co pper o n glass epoxy base, ep prox . 5" x 6 " . Your ch oice cop per
o n o ne or bot h sides. 3/$1 .25
ETCHANT FOR P.C. BOARDS Ammo niu m persulfate, 1 lb. of crystal s, just dissol ve in H20 . 5 1.25
IN 914 DIODES $.10 each , $1 .00 a dozen
PLUG·INS for Tektroni x scopes: 540.00 each. Typ e A, Wide-band; 0 , High-gain DC differential, 1
mv.lcm. ( Hickok); E, High -gain AC Different ial ; G, Wide -band Differential; K, Fast-rise ; Type P,
Fast -rise Mercury pulser test un it $ 25.00
HUGHES WS -4 Preampl ifier Plug-in $25.00
PLUG-INS for H·P 524 Counters. 526·A Video Am plifier, $40.00; 526-B Time Interval Unit . $25.00
FILAMENT TRANSFORMER, 6 .3 v , ct. @25am ps., 115 /230 v. 60 Hz pti . Herm sealed. Shpg. wt .
141 00. $4.00 each ,4/$ 14.00
SILICON RECTIFIER International Ree l. R - 21 0 -F, epoxy , 100 0 PIV, 2 amps . 5.4 0 each , 10/$ 3 .5O

Matrix Plug·Soard. Wired in 25 h orizontal & 24 ve rt ica l rows .

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Teletype Model 28 Tape Equipment. Tape reader LBXD &

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Empire Devices (Si nged NF-l0 5 Receiver with T- 2, T-3 , T-A Tuners, Exc . Co nd o $ 180 0 .0 0
Stoddart NM-20B Radio Interference & Field Intensity Rece iver , with po wer supply , lo op antennas,
cabl es. Exc . Co ndo $385.00
P.C. Board Edge Sockets. Am ph enol. 3116" contact sp acing. 6-eo ntacts,- wit h solder term inals . 25t!
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74 95 1.15 ut30 8 op sap TO- 5 2. 00
ca I"llic hael, CA Sacr_en to . CA
74L95 2. 00 U Ull comp. r a tor TO- 5 • . • . . • • • . • • • • • • • • 1. 75
9560 8 (9 16) 334 -21 61 u n 1 0 AGe lUIplifier ••.. • • • •••••••••• • • 2 .00
74121 1. 25
~E! !~K_GfJ..~~E..:..O !!.Lf. £OOD! ~ LH1 0 3 RF-IF amp epoxy TO-5... . • • • •••• • . 4 5
741 23 1. 50
SEND FOR FREE FLYER LISTING l00's OF 74154 2.3 0 LKJ09K 5V- l A power supp ly module TO- 3 •• 2 .00
HONEY·SAVING BARGAINS~ 74 161 2 . 00 ut390D quad op .Illp 2 .00
ut1 59 5 4-quad r a nt . u l t i p l i e r • .• .•••.. . . 2 .00
BRBYLOnl 14163
14193
2 .00
1. 50 8038 sine s qua r e tri.ngle function
ELECTROnlC:~ 74195 1. 00 gener.tor .. . . . • . . ..... . . . • • .. 4 .95

FEB RU A R Y 19 74 121
 It's High Time ...

. .. Amateurs had access to

a good, up-to-date used gear list.
For too long now, most used gear lists
have been made up no more than once a
month. Because used equipment stocks change daily,
most distributors "pad" their lists with prices of items which may
not be in stock, but which do come through fairly often. This is
not intended to mislead the customer, but does often result in
orders which can't be filled. These lists are actually lists of "what
it will cost you, if we happen to have it when you order".

NOW - we have put in a new Hewlett-Packard data processing

system, which will cure all of this.

When you write us for a used gear list, you will receive a list which
is current - as of the previous day's close of business!

Of course this means our list won't be as big as others, because it

won't be " padded " . Also, items listed will be subject to prior sale,
but you can be sure that we do have it the day we mail your list,
so don't be disappointed the next time you want to buy a used
item ...

Write for Our Used Gear List First!

Write our Ft. Worth store today for your list.

ED JUGE ELECTRONICS, INC.

3850S. FREEWAY 11181 HARRY HINES BLVD.
H. WORTH, TEX 76110 DALLAS, TEX 75229
Closed Sun. & Mon.

122 73 MAGAZ INE

 Bill GOOBOUT ELECTRONICS
BOX 2673, OAKLAND AIRPORT, CA 94614
lED 7 segment similar to Dl 704 pins same as MAN 4,.3 char
. . .. . . ... . . . .. .. .. . . . ...... .. .... ......... .. .. . ..$2.75 ea 10/$22.50
7 SEGMENT asse mbly 3 in 1 dip pac sim to MAN 33. Ideal for ca lcu lators. S
digits and mi nu s sign $7.95
11 digits and minu s sign $10.50
7 SEGMENT read outs 2 in 1 pac plus space. Ideal for clo cks. 6 digits for $5.95
CLOCKS ship ped with prints #5314 $9.50
#5316 alarm cloc k $13.50
CALCULATORS shipped with prints 5001 basi c 4 functi on $6.95
5002 4 fun ction/l ow power drain $7.95
50054 function w/memory register : $9.95
low no ise dual FETs. Ideal for stere o preamp si m to 2N5454 2/1.00
RF FETS sim to 2N4416 211.00
RF dual FETS $1.00
2N2907 5/$1.00
2N2222 ',' 5/$1 .00
Bipolar memory lx256 Bit 74200 $9.50
1000 Assorted Resistors, Capacitors, Diodes in cludin g ove r 100 TTL
DTL & Linear ICs on PC boards (i ncl ude postage fo r 4 Ibs.1 10.00
12V BA REGULATED power supply parts kit. Ideal for powe ring
FM rigs. Everything except the chassis .. . (include postage fo r S ibs.) 12.95
ICs, m ost TTL & LINEAR in stock - Send Stamp for FREE Catalog
CMOS DIGITAL L IN EA R
74COO
74C02
.60
.60
74C 195
5558
3. 15
100
lM370
lM371
1.25
1.25 R@pl""", HEP590
Feb. special for 73 readers only
74C04 85 C04001 .60 LM372 US
74Cl0 .60 C04002 60 lM374 2.00 555 t imers , $.85.
74C20 .60 C04009 1.00 lM382 1 75 4 194 adjustable du al
74C73 1.65 C040 10 1.00 741 T .4 5
74C74 1.25 C040 1 T 60 74 I M ini .45 HI/3 .95 trackin g regs. DIP $2.00
74C76 1.75 C040 12 60 CA30:l8 .75
74C107 1.7& C040 13 1.25 CA3065 .75
74C15 1 3.30 C040 16 1.25 CA3Ol.l6 .45
74C160 3.25 C04019 1.45 Buy 10 IC' s - 10% disco unt
14C161 3.25 C04023 .60
74C162 325 C04025 50 Buy 100 Ie 's - 20% di scount
14C1 63 3.25 C04035 3 .10
All IC's t ested a nd guara nteed
LINEAR VOLTAGE REGS
LM 309K 5V 1A REG 2.00
LM 320K NEG Reg available in 5V 12V & 15V 2.25
LM 340K POS Reg availab le in 6V 12V & 15V 2.25
LM 723 Adju stable precision reg 1.00
556 DUAL TIMERS •
1.60
TRANSISTOR GRAB BAG mixed NPN PNP 100 for 2.95
All ITEMS IN STOCK and will be shipped with in 24 working hours of receipt of order!
Include 50/ postage and handling on orders under $10.00, all others postpaid.
Sorry, NO C.O.D. 'soCALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ADD sales tax.
FEBRU AR Y 1974 123
 2048 BIT MOS MEMORY
MaS LSI random access memory #N EC 6003. All
inputs except clock are TTL compatible. 2048
word by 1 bit. 22 pin ceramic DIP. With specs.
$9.00 each, 2/$17.00

CALCULATOR KEYBOAROS VOLTAGE CONTROLLEO OSCILLATOR

Brand new keyboards for hand held calculators. Rare item. See Pop. Elect. Mag. Oct. 1973 for uses.
Two styles available. One for
TEX CAL In 14 pin DIP package.
5001-5002-5012 or MOSTE K 5010-5012. An- #B038C $9.95 each, 2/$18.00
other for use with GEN INSTR C500.
$8.00 each, 2/$15.00

CT 5005 CALCULATOR ON A CHIP

Single MOS chip with all logic required for 12 digit
4 function desk top calculator with extra storage
register for memory or constant. Multiplexed 7
segment outputs for LED. Incandescent, Fluor-
escent or Gas Discharge displays. Brand new and
bargain priced. With Specs.
$8.00 each, 2/$15.00
ASCII KEYBOAROS W/ENCOOER
From Raytheon, new or like new. 5 extra function
HP LEO OISPLAYS
buttons each side . Open faced, no cabinet.
Brand new Schematic provided. Price is postpaid world wide .
4-on ·strip LED $46.00
display . End butt
two strips and come
up with 8 digit
readout. An
unheard of SUPER
.. . -,.;;
.
VALLIE at $8.00
per strip of 4 digits. n 1'2'''1 rt
I fll rr:
Two strips 18 digitsl
$15.00. Another strip this one a clock readout. r r r'r t r t r.t t t t
The strip has 2 digits space ... 2 digits. Perfect 1111 I I I II I I
for readiRg hours & minutes.
S8.00 per strip. 2/$15.00
I I I I I I J I I· I I I
I I I I I I I I I I I 111
CMOS 4814 HEX INVERTER
I . JJ U I I I II 11111 ,
•• •
DIP with operation 3-18 Volts. Dual diode
protection against static charge destruction.
Dielectrically isolated complimentary MOS. 7400 SERIES IC,
$1.00 each, 12/$10.00
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _- ; Talk about bargains ... this is a whopper. Due to
quantity on meno, we are reducing this item to a
DUAL 16 BIT MEMORY new MESHNA MESHU GINA deal. About 100
devices, all marked and easily removed. With
Serial MOS by PHI LCO in TO-5 case. Brand new shrinking supplies and upward direction of prices.
with 2 page specs. this makes it well worth going into the salvage
#PLR 532 $1.00 each, 12/$1.00 business. This Super Mother Board can be stolen
1--- -1 for $6.00 each or 6 for $25.00. We also have these
in ST 600 series DTL. So give your choice .. .
PHONE PATCH KIT
7400 series or ST 600 series. Mix·N-Match if you
Includes all parts, instructions, cabinet. wish.
AM PATCH - $5.00 SSB PATCH - $9.00 #SAN $6.00 each, 6/$25.00

Poslage extra on above. MESHNA PO Bx 62 E. lynn Mass. 01904

124 73 MAGAZINE
 COMPLETE MEMORY SYSTEM
Measures 12 x 7 x 1 inches. Utilizes TTL
ICs. 10240 memory cores. 9 installed sense
amps, addressed as 1024 locations. I/O lines
include 9 data -in, 9 data-out, 10 address-in,
powering status and control. Only 40 sys-
tems on hand. Schematics included.
# DCU $150pp
8 TRACK STEREO TAPE OECK
With built-in stereo pre-amp, 115 volt drive
motor, channel indicator lamps. Unused.
original boxed, Jess cabinet. Customize your
stereo music center with one of these tape
decks.
#46 $14.00

AUTOMOBILE REVERB ~
llf
Brand new fully assembled, ready to install
in your car to give 3rd dimension concert
Info co OOOb
hall effect. Complete with instructions, rear
seat speaker, grill, wires, plugs. I~a.. [OooeOeo] J~
~
A1<I! URR-13
# 05 $7.00
URR-13 RECEIVER
Listen in to jet planes. Air Force 1. U·2 spy planes.
15 AMP BATTERY CHARGER FBI, etc. They use the frequency covered by this
receiver • . . 220 to 400 me. Possibilities of
Brand new G E transformer, 25 amp
covering the 220-450 me band by re-tuning.
full wave bridge. Output approximately Operates from regular 115 Volt 60 cycle. requires
15 volts up to 15 amps . Ideal battery only antenna and sp ea ke r. Tuneable through the
charger or DC source for general use . frequency. direct reading dial. Schema t ic and write
With instructions. assembled in minutes. up on this se t furnished .

PK-4 $7.50 Visually OK condition ... URR-13 - $50.00

RCA TO-XI TUNNEL DIODE

Original packaged, each factory marked,
with spec sheet .
$1.25 each, 5/$5.00.

TV POWER SUPPL Y &

TRANSPORT CIRCUIT
A complete assembled PC board, spares from
a video tape machine. Many many fine
components to be found. One section of the
board used as a 12 volt and 24 volt regulated
power supply. You add the transformer and
output will be 24 volts transistor regulated Used, look good, with schematic, receiver or
as well as another output of 12 volts transmitter. Frequency range 1.5 to 12 MC.
transistor regulated. 3 amps on the 12 volts Three bands, VFO or crystal, voice and
and 1 amp on the 24 volt section. Full CWo These sets Collins design, becoming
schematic of the complete board included.
These are unused and cost in excess of $200. scarce.
# B74-1 $6 or 3/$15 RCVR or XMTR $35.00

Postage extra on above MESHNA PO Bx 62 E. Lynn Mass. 01904

FEBRUARY 1974 125

 valel1tmne
7400 s .25 7440 .25 7496 1.00 TRANSISTOR S
740 1 .25 7442 1.10 74107 .60 NPN TO· 18 ge neral purpose
7402 .25 7446 1.35 74121 .60 silicon .15
7403 .25 7447 1.25 74122 .60 10 0r more. .10
7404 .3 0 7448 1.25 741 23 1.10 PN PTO ·1 8 general purpose
7405 .30 7450 .25 74125 .65 silicon .15
740 6 .50 7451 .2 5 74126 .65 10 or more, .10
7407 .50 7453 .25 74 141 1.25 2N2222 INPN I TO·18 .25
7408 .30 7454 .25 74151 1.10 10 or more, .20
7409 .30 7473 .50 74153 1.40 2N2907 IPN PI TO·1 8 .25
7410 .2 5 7474 .50 74154 1.70 10 or more, .20
7411 .30 747 5 1.00 741 57 1.40
74 13 .85 747 6 .65 74 164 2.00 UNTESTED on
7416 .50 7483 1. 25 74165 2.00
7417 .50 All ma rked units, dual in-li ne
7486 .50 74166 2.00
7420 .2 5 7489 3.25 74181 4.50 packages. 20/S1.00
7430 .25 7490 1.00 74 192 1.75
7432 .30 7492 1.00 74193 1.50 POWE RSUPPLY KIT PS 5·1
7437 .50 7493 .80 74195 1.1 5 5 volt 1 amp regulated power supply kit
7438 .50 7495 1.00 74200 9. 00 with p.c. board and instructio ns. Board
me asures 2"x6"; completed kit is 2" high.
Transformer has internal d . shield.
7 SEGMENT DISPLAYS $10.00
MAN3 $2 .00 4/$6. 00
co m. cat., .125 in. high WI RE WRAP SOC KETS
Man 4 $2.75 4/S8.00 14 pin s .50
com. cat., 2 in. high 16 pi n .60
MISSING SEG MENT/NO DE CIM AL POI NT 24 pi n 1.25
(ta ke your chances; no ch oice) 28 pi n 1.35
MAN 3 $.25 40 pin 1.80
MA N4 .50 wire-wrap socket pins .05
100 or more, .04
DISCRETE RED LEOS 1- 9 10+
MV10 TO ·18 $.25 .20 LEOS
MV5Dtiny .35 .30 LED lOR - Pack of 10 discrete red lens
MV5024 diffused .35 .30 LEO s, vario us MV5020·series types. S1.50
bright red lens .50 LE D lO C- Pack of 10 discrete clear lens
clear lens, fish ev e .50 LEOs, various MV5020-series types. $1.50
DISCRETE COLORED LEOS Applicatio n note included.
MV1 amber .50
MV5020 type , amber .50 RECTIFIERS & DIDOE S
MV2 TO·1 8 green .75 .70 lamp 50PIV silic on rectifier s .1 0
MV5222 green 1.00 3amp 400PIV silico n rectifier .25
MV5322 yell ow 2.00 FB50 lamp 50PI V bridge rect ifier .60
40429 triac 4amp 200PIV, brand new 1.00
JUNCTION HTs, rn-t acese 1- 9 10- 99 100+
N·C HANN EL : SIM ILARTO: 1N91 4, brand new $.10 .07 .0 5
NJ FlO 2N4416. MPF102 3/$1 .00
NJF 11 2N4091 ·93 4/61 .00 MEMORIES
NJF1 2 2N433841 4/$1 .00 MM1101 256·bi t static RAM S2.2 5
NJF1 3 2N 3089 3/$1.00 MM 5260 1024·bit dynamic RAM 6. 00
NJF1 4 2N4221 ·22 4/$1.00
P·CHA NNEL : %WATT RESISTORS
PJF 11 2N3382·86 all values listed are $.05; 10 or more, .04 ,
4/S 1.00
PJF 14 2N2608 4/$1.00 We have: 150n , 2.2 K, 2.7K, 10K, 12K, 18K, 47K, 220K
All FETs come with data sh eets. Please specify how many you want and of which values.

RGS ELECTRONICS (408) 247-0158

3650 Charles St., Suite K, Santa Clara, CA 95050
We sell many ICs and components not listed in this ad. Send a stamp for our free
flyer. TERMS OF SALE: All orders prepaid; we pay postage. $1.00 handling charge
on orders under $10.00. California residents add 5 % sales tax. Please include name,
address and zip code on all orders and flyer requests.

126 73 MAGAZINE
 SANKEN HYBRID
AUDIO POWER AMP
1 .95 Mfa.'. TYIN W.tt. Sa..
2 .95 o 51.1010Y 10 S • .••
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2 .50
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2 .10
2 .10
1 ,20
4 .90
1.20
2 .50 HI·F. 1 "
1.95
1.95
1 .95
1 .25
2 .50
2 .50
2 .65

L1TRONIX-OPCOA-MAN "7-SEGMENT"
Lm Readouts MR •• '

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fJ 707" (MAN·l) .3 3 Rad Y., 20 SN7447 2 ,7S 3 for S6.
o 704" (MAN.4) ,33 Rad Y.. 20 SN7448 2.75 3 for $6.
o SLA _l" (MAN·U .3 3 Red Y.. 20 SN7447 2 .7S 3 for $6.
o 5 I-A· I " (MAN-U .:U AM IlI0 20 SIlI7447 2 .25 3 for $5. R l' m o v e d t r o m new I'Quip-
m e ntl I n el u d e . p op u l • • 3 for
3 to.- S6_ 2 ~ 174 ' d o o r k n o b ' Ir. nai" .
3 for $1 ••
3 for $13.
3f... S , .

Poffer & Brumfield

o 10.pc. kit Same ... o ur fam ous Us k
41 6 b\lt 0/. lI qu ~. t op, f or KAPRELAYS $2.98
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Uld hookup in lo . ii_ p in p lu. _ln b.... eont.aeta m o vab le
CALCULATOR Ha m work...quipment of .all a-old ll... tl~ d .il v... at.t io n... y overl ay. w ilh a ilv u .,11.<I_
KEYBOARD t yp.... alarm o r IntrUSion mium o.id e m o v. bln. All cont .cta 10 am p 3 P OT . con
• y. te ms of all type•. d . t • •ll I1 VAC 22 11 0 ohm•. 17. 11 m• . 12 VOC 21 m il •
SWITCH KITS 1 6 8 otlm • . Si .. ; 2 ./,,"' ,. 1 11/ 1 6 .... Wt." ou . Ce otu pi n 0 12 VDe
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SOCKETS
O I . _P DIP . . ... S .45 TRANSISTORS
By RCA or " q u al
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Code: A- Ho ld Co"n, . C-- I PI'S Oulpul.
8-O ul ou l S trobe. D-BCD
LED MITY DIGIT "DeM'S" o I~MMSS1•• DIGITAL ALARM CLOCK
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your cho ic ... •.."is to.s. 3 IC '.. .nd Mo l.. x coneecto re
(th i. F.L I M I~ATE..<; SOLDERI NG YO UR IC'. I . -.I
booklet. INCLUDES P.C. £OGE CONNECTOR - FRI:I:I
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 PROPAGATION CH ART
READER SERVICE J.H. Nelson
Please either tear out this list of advertisers and send it Good (Open) Fair ( D) Poor (0)
in to 73 with as many boxes checked off as you would
like to see brochures , data sheets or catalogs . .. or
else make a copy and send that in. Include your zip
code, please. Send money directly to advertisers.
February 1974
SUN MON TUES WED THUR fRI SAT
ADVERTISER INDEX
1 2
o AAA Sa les 81 o Janel 82
o Ad iro ndac k 33
o Alexa nder 94
o Jefftronics 120
o Ju ge 122 3 4 5 ~[lJrm9
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o Meshna 124,125 10 11 ~ ~ @
AT V Resea rch 70
*o Babyl on 1 21 K Enterp rises 26
15 16
o CF P 70 o MFJ 38
o Ci rc uit Specs 105
o Com m. Sp ec. 38
o MITS
o Newtronics 9 lUI
18 19 20 21 ~ ~
o Com m. Unlimited 106 o Nurmi 35
o Corne ll 8 1
o Co ncord Com m. 63 o
o Palomar 67
Poly Paks 127
~ ~@~ 28
o Data Engineering 11 5 o Regency 42,43 EASTERN UNITED STATES TO:
o DuPa ge FM 116 o RGS 126
o Dynam ic Elec. 8 2
o ECM Corp 8 1
o Rohn 3 1
* R P Electronics 67
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