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73 Amateur Radio October, 19bO
Vol. I, No. I
1379 East 15th Street
3rooklyn 30, N. Y.
Table of Contents
....udio Booster Jim Kyle K5JKXib . 8
A three transi stor amplifier t hat hook s acros s the mike to give you m u r e talk power fur SSB or
A M without distortion.
Three Tubes, Five Watts, Six Meters . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . C apt. John J. Sury K8NIC/5 32
H o w to zet on Si x i n a hu rry.
Misc.: Staff:
Edltorie ! 4 editor-pub li sher ... .. . Wa yne Gre en W2 NSD
New Products 3 1, 41
Next Mo nt h ' ' ' 25 production mon"'ger . Da vid Fish
Po lic ies . . 25 e sscciete edi to r J im Kyle KSJKX
l ette rs 41
Subsc ript io ns 63 e ssocie te e d itor Don Smith W 3 UZN
H o m Bull eti ns 65
associ a te e dito r J im Morrissett W8BAJ / K2 0LK
H am C onven ti o n 52
Ad Ind e x " , 62 con t rib uting edito r J ohn Campbell W2ZGU
Te ch nice ! Broad ca st s 56
Ta ble of C on te nts . '~.~._._. .:-..:-..: co nfr ib ut inq editor
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apathy fr om the readers. This wa s obv iously
not t he co r rect app r oa ch.
After much stew ing over thi s problem I
think I h a ve a n an swer that will sa tis f y every-
..... de W2NSD one .. . even me. Un f or t u na tely , even with th e
t wenty-fou r year collection of rad io debris
around t h e sh a ck I don't have the neces sary
!'lnJ.JI' ull/{,-rsllllid t llol th is is Volumc I , .\'ulIlber 1 of equ i p men t to do th e job of test ing that I have
iJ. I t is NOT PCT!CI't-1"t i SII ' t 1'1T II 1/11)",<'110(' as yood us in mind. And an)' of you ch a ps with an inclina-
I'd like it to be. But , all thi,lgs couside red , a major miracle tion to do so meth in g h el p f ul f or u s all suit-
li as been worked and th is iSSIIl' I S i ll prillt. ably eq u ip ped? You'd need a pretty g ood
'scope, dummy loa d s for vari ous power levels ,
Feedback a n rf voltmet er, an ae amm eter, a KW Variac
for line volt age test s, an audi o oscill a tor , fr e-
If' c bulk have a 't'csted interest '" 'i 3 being os inter- quency meter, antenna t u ne r, etc. This would
es tillD as possible. Y o" ca n Irelp me keep Ill)' finnc r on enable you to run fairly good ch ecks on a
yuu r PIIlsc by sendina a postcard ct'cry month. list ing til e transmitter. The receiver tester would have to
articles in the order of your j"terest. I will pllbl ish results have different g ear.
of this montlily Sllr't'ey as (I" encolCragc)tJ'111 to t he authors , What I want is a thor ough t echnical li stin g
T ire top ollthor each mOll th 1(;1l get, in addition to till' of t he fac t s about t he equ ip ment. For a tran s-
complimen t. a check f rom lIS f or 50% of his original pay mitter we want to know the list price, weight,
m o rt. TIlliS you r vote each mOlltli uoiJJ serve to Jrdp me in s ize, tubes used, ba n ds cover ed , ac power on
the selection of ivtvre articles and 'will encou rage good s t a n dby , a e p ower under f u ll load, h eating
t ..ritcrs both 1n'th plaudits alld some extra eash t under fuJI load, inpu t t o final, ou t pu t p ower,
efficien cy, frequency st a b ili t y dur ing tran smit,
Writ ing For 73 drift during s t a nd by , a n ten na s wit ch in g pro-
visions, compa tibi lity with other comm ercial
N E of t he fi r s t m oves in planning the pub- gear, how well f u sed , how well the op er a t or
O licat ion of 73 wa s to get in touch with is protected from electrocution, ea se of ser-
vicing, TVI , ea se of tuni ng, ease of band-
past authors of h am articles and explain t o
them that t here was a n ew m agazi ne comi ng ch a nging, calibration of VFO (if any), r e-
a n d t hat it needed articles. To encou r age th em set a b ili t y of VFO, backlash of VFO dial, s pot-
we esta blished the firm po licy of paying for ting sw it ch , high voltage on st a n dby , h igh
a ll articles immediately upon a cceptance. This voltage under fu ll loa d , interlocked, overload
encouraged qui t e a f ew, a s yo u ca n sec in t h is rel ay or protection, 108 volt test, 132 v olt li ne
iss ue, and a s you wi ll see in t he s ubseq uent t est, au dio response, sh ip p ing weight, con nect-
Iss ues. ing wires su p plied , driving power required
(amplifiers) on variou s bands, etc.
There mu st be a lot more of you w it h in ter - Th en comes the object ive on -t he-ai r a ctivity
esting ideas to com mun icate. Na turall y we wi th the r ig for a cou ple of weeks t o g et th e
prefer tec hnical a nd con s t r uction a rticl es, b ut f eel of it . By thi s ti me t he writer s hou ld be
if it is in teresti n g and hammy we'll probably able to turn out qu ite a pi ece, li st ing t he st atis-
s hell out. One author ha s hustled us f or over tics and pointing u p the more posit ive a spect s
$ 1000 so f ar a nd shows n o s ig n of drying up of t he eq u ipment in a gene ra l commenta ry .
vet 'Ve n eed t h e sa me t rea tment f or r eceivers
and other ham items. Anyb ody interested? Th e
Sug gested Procedure pay is mi se rable. All t hose who do not vol -
u n teer take one step ba ck ward s.
If you're in doubt abou t whethe r we'll bu y
or not just sen d in a n outline and, if possible,
some pictures. we'll probably OK it. Try to Our Ad vertisers
get t he best pi ctures you ca n a n d type it u p It t akes a lot of personal in te rest in t he
double spaced (use a d ictiona ry) . hobb y for an adver tiser to ru n an ad in a
brand n ew ham magazine. He ha s to put a side
Laboratories Needed questions about what t his will cost h im in dol-
lars per thou s and r eaders a nd how much dup-
Reader s and ma nufact u rers both ex pect u s lica tion he is gettin g of reader sh i p in other
to run t he same old t ests on n ew equ ip ment and ham magazines. He a lready has hi s budget al-
write up pleasant little blurbs whi ch carefully located for a long time ahead and this mean s
s idestep t he obviou s shor tcom ing s of th e gear an extra u nexpected ex pen se wh ich may well
and repeat a lmost verbati m t he s pecifi cations bring li ttl e r et urn.
published in t he ad s. I h ave t r ied r u n n ing h on- Since it is ad ver t is ing revenues t ha t mak e
es t r eports on equipment in the past only to it possible for m agazi nes to btl publish ed we
meet m ountains of emotion from the manufac- all owe a lot of gratitude t o t he handful of
turers and their advertising agencies and (Continued on p.ge 25)
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The
Audio
Booster
Jim Kyle. KSJKXjb
11953 Cameo Place
G ranado H ill s, Co lif
H ow wou ld you like to have 100 percent Looking a t Fig'. 1, you'H see that a sig na"
modulation a t all times, instead of just coming from the microphone passes througl
on peaks? the input-bridge to the in put sides of both am-
Here's a gadget that hangs be tween your plifiers. Am plifier No. 1 boosts the sig-nal some
mike plug' and the tran smitter input that can 40 db, then rectifies it to produce a posit.ive
do just that f or you' . It's based on an unu sual control voltage. This cont rol voltage is app liec
telephone-repeater circuit developed for use to Amplifier No.2 to adjust its gain . W it h f
on a 26-mile intercom line. Addition of a gain- strong sig na l, represent ing an a ud io peak, t he
controlling channel produced The Audio gain of Am pli fi er No.2 can be red uced to zero
Booster. With a weak sig na l, however, Amplifier No
The original circuit wa s uniqu e in that it 2 can produce some 50 db gain.
amplified s ig n a ls passing in eit her direction The amplified output from No. 2 is returnee
over the line, a nd had only one set of terminals to the in put-bridge ci rcuit, fro m which it goes
which doub led a s in put and ou t p u t . This fea- on to t he t ransmitter. You can see t hat a
ture ha s been retained, in case your rig puts strong sig na l, or peak, will not be affected b)
an audio s ig n al ba ck int o t h e m icro ph on e. the presence of the Booster. Weaker sig na ls,
The quickest way to analyze circuit opera- or "valleys", though, will receive some 40 d1:
tion is to take a look at the block diagram, of boost. Since the d ynami c range of yo ur
Fig. 1, and the input-bridge sim pli fi ed sche- microphone 's output is probably only about 20
matic, Fig. 2, while reading the following para. to 25 db, thi s means that you have the ability
graphs. to turn s peech "inside out" amplitude-wise, it
you like. By adju stment of the limi ting thresh.
old control in the AGe line, however, you
' You don' t t-eaIly wan t to a d j us t it t hat wa y. thouah.
It wo uld wi pe out all a m p li tude variation. leaving on ly can keep the sig-na l right side up while re-
t he freque ncy compone nts to carry your voice, a nd t he ducing the dynamic range to only 3 01" 4 db if
result is completel y un tn telfigt ble ! you lik e.
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Fig. I. Bl ock d iagram of the Aud io Booste r a nd Fig. 2. ln put-brldq e circ uit, simplifi ed sch e-
its He-In to you r audio system. Operation is ma tic d iagra m. If all resistance are eq ual, the
el plained in the ted. bridge is balance d.
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To ns b , me rs; 12- Tro ns:sto r inters ta ge tronsfarm er. pr;mtlr y im _
11 - Tro ns;sto r input t r.:l ns fo rme r, p rimar y im- pedance 10 K. seco nd a ry im ped o nce . 16 meg
pedance .2 me g . seco nda ry impe d a nce 1 K (Sta nco r TA.32 0 1 e q uiva le nt)
(Sta nco r TA-47 with primol y and secondary T3- Tran sis tor interstage t ransforme r, p rima ry i m~
( co nections re ve rsed, o r e q ui va le nt ) pe dance 10 K, seconda ry impeda nce 200 ohm ,
(Sta nco l TA-34 o r e q uiva le nt)
The input-bridge circuit is the feature bor- approaching the limit of isolation in a practi-
rowed f rom the airfield int e r co m design. Fig. cal bridge circuit. If the line is non-reactive,
2 will p robably look fam iliar to you as a and if you provide a fine balance adjustment
W hea t s ton e br idge. The bridge, when balan ced , ( R 13 in F ig . 3) and take care in co nstruction
produces infi ni te isolation between te r mina ls to mi n im ize str ay coupli ng, a few more deci-
1 a nd 3 a nd term inals 2 a nd 4, and vice versa . bels may be sq ueezed out.
However, jf a signal is coupled across arm A The only thing to watch out for in construc-
on ly, it will show up at both sets of terminals. t ion of the Booster is stray coupling around
Conversely, a s ignal fed in at either pair of the br-idge. This may limit your usable gain
term in als will show up in arm A . a nd consequently the compression ratio of the
T herefore, arm A ca n be co n nected a cr oss gadget. Otherwise, co nstructio n is according-
a n a ud io lin e, a nd a ny s ig n a l appea r in g on t he to usual transistor practices. An LM B No. 143
line will s ho w up a t a ll f ou r te rm ina ls of t he box chassis provides plenty of room f or com-
b ridg-e . Let's hook 1 a n d 3 up to the input of ponents. Locki ng -t y pe potentiometers are rec-
a n amplifier, and 2 and 4 to the output' . Now, ommended, but they're expensive. H. H. Smith
any signal coming in on the line will go to the lock nuts for st a n d a r d volume controls work
amplifier input. After it has been amplified, just as well.
it will come back in to t he opposite and isolated To put the booster in operation, first hook it
br id g e t ermi nal s, and be ret urned to t he line a cros s the input of an amplifier connected to a
f ro m whe nce it came. S t ill, inpu t a n d ou t p ut of speaker. RI, the floor level control, should be
t he a mplifier a re isolat ed and osc illa t ion will a t mi n imum settin g- a nd the A Ge li ne s hould
not develop. be temporarily grounded to remove all control
Theoretically, there's no limit to the ampli- voltage from the boosting amplifier (connect
fication you can obtain with one of these. I n a jumper from the base end of R12 to the re-
practice, about 40 db . is the limit, since that's turn line).
Slowly advance RI toward maximum. At
~No ti c e
t hat Lot h input a nd output oC the amplifier ~OIlW point, u nless yo u're lucky a nd ha ve }It'I' -
mu st be Isolated f rom ground. T hi s means t hat trans-
Cormer coupling is a must when using this circuit. (Continu ed on pag e 46 J
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audi o input jack in the side of the cabinet. 100 % AM it is necessary t o run at a hi gh
T ests indicated r ath er high quality speech , negative voltage on t he s u pp r esso rs and very
even using s lope detection. In th e shifter inefficient ca rr ier cond it ions. A second t est
shown the oscillator frequency is 10.5 me and was run with th e s u p pr essor grid s ground ed .
out p ut is on 21 me. This in turn f eeds a 400 This of cou r se doubled th e input and t he
watt power a m plifie r . effic iency g iv ing abou t f our t imes a s mu ch car-
ri er power (with th e tu bes running cooler).
Side bands The measured audio voltage a t the output of
For amateur use NFl\I ha s been defined a s th e HQ-160 wa s exactly 2 volts. So it would
F:\l which takes up the sa me band width a s seem that t he FM ha s an efficiency modulated
conventional Al\L The Vari cap offers an un- AM s ys tem bea t by a ratio of 2 to 1. This a s-
u sual possibility in that the s ize of one side s u mes, of course, that the power s u p ply can
band may be greatly reduced . If the Varicap deliver the ex t r a power. If s uch is the ca se
is bias ed at t he knee of the curve, approxi- the a mplifier w ill p ut ou t twi ce a s mu ch tal k
mately four volts, a r eduction of 2 volts will power on FM a s it will on efficie ncy m odulat ed
rai se the capacity 50 % while an i ncr ea se of AM .
2 volts will decrea se th e capacity only about
On the Air Tests
10% . \Vith an a e s ig n a l it will be seen that
t he lower s ide band wiII be mu ch wider than On th e air tests have le ft nothing- bu t sa tis-
the upper s ide band; in fact, the upper side fa ction. Report s continually are r eceived " I
band almost di sappears. You might sa y we wouldn't have known it wa s FM if you hadn' t
have sing le s ide band FM, with ca r rie r . If the t old m e." Com pa r ison of AM and FlU sa me
bias is r educed t o less than 3 volts, s ide bands carri er level ha ve been j u st about a dead heat
approach the s a m e size. and with th e power upped, a s indi ca t ed above,
th e FM is way ahead.
Quantitative Tests One very peculiar r eport which ha s left the
The writer had never used Fl\I in ham radio w r iter pu zzled is tha t man y ham s who have
before, so it seem ed th at some t ests a s t o its r eceived other Fl\I s ig-na ls say that Fl\I by th is
method is much cleaner and eas ier to copy.
I N the past few years, s ince t he V HF opera- s ib ili ties of u aing a common drug-store variet y
tion s took deep roots, many manufacturers, of tubes to do a man s ize job in the VHF
together with some of the braver amateurs region. Making a page by page search in t he
embarked on a rather new idea of building and tube manuals for data and cu r ves on variou s
marketing converters for most fr equencies in inexpensive tubes, the 6US offe red favorabl e
t he a mat eur s pect r u m . Each one claimed bet- an swers and wa s given th e acid test by build-
ter perf ormance, m ore gadget s and a lower ing a 144 me converter arou nd them. S everal
pri ce. Some of the manufacturers incorporated circuit s and com pone n ts lay-outs were tried
ex pe nsive tubes, others u sed common tubes and eva lu a ted in th e frequen cy range of 50
with tricky dolled up circuits cla iming- r idi cu- me to 220 me a nd work ing model s bu ilt. Upon
lou aly low noi se figure t hat could only be completion of these models and opti mizing of
a chieved by parametric amplifiers or tunn el their circuits, reduction of components and
dicd es. miniaturization wa s und ertaken for si m p licit y,
The consensus of op in ion amon g many s pace sav ing' and r eduction in cost. As you
bret hen is that t he m ore tubes and gadgets will n oti ce, t here are n o su per fl uo us g imm icks,
t hat are s pla ttered in the circuit , th e better rf chokes or ex pe nsive f eed-tbru ca p a ci tors
th e performance. N othing is farth er from the that are almost universall y used in commer-
truth in t he majority of cases. Of course there cial gear. These items were completely ignored
are circuits with desirable gadgets that can by p roper parts lay-out and point to point
be found in many good converters whose s pecs wiring that is clean and s t r a ig ht forward.
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n t he drawing. It is held in pl ace by t wo grounded grid a m plifi er and the pe ntode sec-
-56 screws a nd soldered to t he ce nter of t he tion is used as a mixer. T he s igna l is fed
ube socket. T his also serves as a 100v re- through the var iable capacitor C l to a ta p on
ist ance grou nd pla te to wh ich all com ponents t he cathode co il Ll wh ich is slug tuned , a nd
et urning to grou nd are soldered. t he ampl ified signal a t the plate of L2 is in-
The m echan ica l difference in the 220 m c d uct ively cou pled by the close proximity of
onve r ter is t he add ition of a no t he r 3 / 16" t he co ils to t he g ri d of t he mix er. The g r id
loll' for an extr a coi l a nd s light juggling is cou pled to t he coi l by l a mmf ca pac it or and
f other parts to fi t the sa me t y pe of chass is. a test point sepa r ated by two 470K r esistors
'his ca n be seen in th e f u ll s ize dr awings. is pr-ovided for measuring osc ill ator inj ection,
a s will be exp la ined in " testing". Th e pl ate of
Circuits t he m ixe r is t u ned to l a mc t he if fr equency
a nd t he outp ut is link coupled fo r low im-
In describing the circuits let s start w ith pedan ce ou t p ut to the receiver . Incid ent a lly,
he hi g hes t freque ncy converter first , t he 220 t his 13 mc if coil is %" od C.T .C., t he same
rIC u nit. In this co nverter, as in all others, size form a s in all other converters.
he first tube, a GUS, performs two functions. The second 6US is a generator th at provides
SH I ELD DETAILS
three functi ons in one envelop e ; oscillator, was f ound that injection voltage of .6 to .8
tr-ipler and doubl er . The grid of the pentode volts at t he t est p oint measured with a Simp-
section and its screen is us ed a s a t h ird over- s on Mod el 260 Volt-O h mmeter was optimum.
tone crystal osci llator. The scr een is tu ned t o H igh er or lowe r inj ecti on brough t hig he r noise
s lig htl y higher t han th e crystal frequen cy of or lower sensitivity.
:34 .5 me. T he sign a l appeari ng at t he sc re en Although the author ha s built converters
ha s a h a r m on ic con t en t st ro ng enough so that be low 50 me, t he coil data is not g iven since
t he plate circui t can pick off t he third h a r- mo st commercia l receivers tun e up to 30 m e.
mo ni cs and is tuned t o 103.5 me. This ou t p ut However , th ose int erested in constr uct ing con-
is t hen ca paci t ivel y coupled t o th e grid of the verters below thi s range sh ou ld u se a grid
triod e sec t ion a n d t he p late of t h is t r iode is d ipper fo r r esonating the coils and pi ck ou t
tu ned to t he second h ar mon ic making i t r es o- the s ize and t y pe of coils a s a sta rte r from
n an t a t 207 me. This sign a l, beating wi th t he t he coil ch a rt given under the head ing of R es.
incom ing sig n a l of 220 me p r oduces an if fre- F'req.
q uency of 13 me . S ince the r eceiver tunes from
13 to 18 m e a cove r a ge of 220 to 225 me is Construction
ach ie ved.
Th e 108, 144, a nd 152 me conver ters use The construction of these converters is quite
%" ad coil form s in a ll circuits and the fir st sim ple and compone nts are in expens ive. How-
(i U 8 performs t he sa me function a s in th e ever, proper sequ en ce of parts placement is
220 me unit. However . the secon d 6U8 differs impo rtant for ease of a ssembly. Bear in m ind
in t h a t it is used a s a n oscillato r in t h e triod e th at a ll components excep t the coils a re placed
s ec t ion a nd a tt-ipler in t he pen tode sect ion , a nd so ldered in t hei r respective positio ns; then
a s s hown in t he sch ema t ic. ma ke u p t he coils f or t he d esired ba nd, secu r e
The 50 me and lower f requency converters them t o the chas sis a nd solder in the neces sary
differ from the above by isola t ion of the crys- parts to the coils.
t al oscill a to r onl y. The tri ode sect ion is us ed Step one. After the chas sis ha s been layed
a s t he s t r a ig h t through crystal oscilla tor out and drilled, fasten in the two sockets or ient-
oper ati ng on t he cr ysta l fundam ental fre- ing them a s shown. Next fa sten in the bra s s
quency, and t h e pentode section is tuned to sh ield solder in g it t o the cen ter lug and pins
t he oscill ator f requency and cont rolled by ad- 5 and 9 of the rf socket .
j usti ng t he core in the outpu t coil L5 fo r Step tw o. Fasten the antenna, if ou t p u t and
p rope r inj ection voltag e to t he mi xer, by sli g h t - power conn ectors into place a s s ho wn in t he
ly det u n in g it. F or best si g na l-to-no ise rati o photo and make th e necessary con nections to
and best sensit iv it y of all these converters it them.
Step th ree. Solder in the re si stors and capa- B + and notice if your r eceiver S-meter kicks
itors. up with addition al n ois e. If n ot , the oscillator
S tep f ou r. S ecure and solder in t he coils. is not wor king and t he osc. core s ho u ld be ad-
'his seque nce proved to be bes t for t he many j usted to s lig h tl y higher frequ ency. \Vhile ad-
onver-tet-s t ha t ha ve been buil t and elim inated j us t ing thi s core obser ve the S-meter for a
he scor ch ing of com p onents w it h the solder ing slig'ht s win g or liste n to yo ur s pea ker for an
ron or leavi ng col d solder j oint s in hard to increa se in noise, then leave t he core set a t
:et at places. t h is position. If the oscilla tor kicks out a
good sig na l t h e voltmeter at the te st point will
Tuning al so ind icat e a sli g ht r eadi ng. Now, obse r v ing
t he voltmet e r, t u ne t he trlple r coil L 5 f or the
Tuning of all conver ters is rather t y p ica l ; hi gh es t r eading. N ext, tune in a s ig na l on
.nly s lig h t deviations may be n eces sary on your receiver and peak the r est of the coi ls
orne fr equencies, and these w ill be a pparent for t he loud est s ig n a l. After all coils are
o t he bu ilde r . t uned , r et urn to t he tripler co il L5 a n d adju st
Let's st a rt t u n in g the mo s t popular one, the the inj ec t ion voltag e fo r .6 to .8 v olts. At
A4 me converter. If a grid d ipper is hand y, th is point th e s ig na l a p pea rs cleanest. During
.he en t ir e unit ca n be closely t u ned and t hen thi s ad justment it m ay be neces sary to s lig h t -
rea ked on t he a ir . H owever, to optim ize t he ly touch up on t h e mixer g r id coil L3. After thi s
rerform a n ce, a n oise gene r a tor s hould be is done a n d t he s ign a l is t u n ed in, t r y playing
tsed. A s suming tha t neither is on hand le t's with th e cathod e coil Lj and the s er ies an-
rt ar -t by set ti ng the cores in all coils about half t enna capaci tor C1, juggling them f or t h e best
vay: next, inser t t he n egati ve lead of your s ig nal-to-noise r ati o.
{olt-Oh m meter into t he test j ack and th e pos i- In t he 220 mc co nverter t he t r i p le r coil L7
.ive lead to ch a ss is. S et the Volt-met er to its sh ou ld be peak ed fo r th e highest indication on
owest de rang e. Connect th e an t enna to the t he meter and left al one. T hen j u g gle for in-
nput a nd if out pu t t o you r r eceiver tu ned to jection voltage between th e d oubler coil L5,
l4 mc. Appl y power to t he conve rte r ; 150 volts (Continued on page 46)
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---_ .. 73 AMATEU R RA DI O 15
The Risky
Hobby
of Hamming
OME fol ks th ink t hat h ams are the world' s
S worst at hletes, but t he truth is that ama-
teur radio has put the daring young- man on
the flying trapeze in second place, The cause
for t he confusion may be that magazines usu-
ally picture a ham r eclining in a plush swivel
cha ir sur veying a tabl e full of gear, not gi v-
ing the slig h test hint that there is more t o the
game than meets the eye. H ow is the casual
reader t o know t ha t the limp-looking guy in
the photograph s pent half the day wrapped
around the weaving top of a IOO-foot tower
juggling a handful of 00015 and a fifteen
pound rotator in a gale wind? As a general
rule, it's safe to sa y that for every set of call
letters heard on the bands, somebody hu ffed
and puffed to t ie a long wire or install a beam
a ntenna.
" My X YL worries about extra pou nd s,"
sa ys one limber fe llow, "but all I ha ve to do
to stay t rim is run up a nd down my tower
a couple t imes a day."
H a ms can st ill buy life insurance, but there
are certainly lots less hazardous hobb ies. The
wildest game of tiddly-winks r esults in nothing
worse than a sore tiddling finger, but anybody
16 73 AMAnllD Dnll",\
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who takes an unchartered flight from a slop-
ing roof or slippery pole may end up in
enough plaster casts for an a r my to autograph.
Moat neighbors beat it to t he nearest win-
dow w hen "that electronic n ut next door" O n to p of th e t ower, Di d Pattie , W9VWJ, ....
sta rts sca ling hi s roof or t ower . The a ntics isn' t qu it e sure wh at he' ll do whe n t he 20 me ter
they see for f ree in hi s back ya r d beat t elevi- beam reach es his hei ght , but he'l l give it all
he's got. Thi s is just on e exam p le of t he "g reat
sion by a mile. A pai d hum an fl y won 't t ote sp ort" of a ma te ur radi o.
thirt y pound s of wobbling metal elements
t hrough t ree limbs and power lines without a W 9 EZA, Dan H oove r, of H il lsboro, Ill in ois, is
safety net below but a ha m will, and gladly. a t ypical ha m da re-devil. Repairi ng the lead-in
Of course, the same fellow would s hudder if wire of his a nte nna 40 feet up is nothing, but
offered a "risky" job like painting the house, he wouldn't th ink of doing a dangerous job
a nd his wife has long since given up the ... like fix ing the leaky roof.
perilous thought of getting him to fix the leaky
roof.
Compared t o a red -hot signal report f rom
F or mosa or Nepal, t he da nger of a compou nd
fr a cture is nothing, so without batting an
eye, am ateur r ad io op era tors scram ble over
r ooftops, sca le t owers, a nd shi nny up t ree
t r unks to get t heir an t enna s in t he best pos-
si ble places. An s we ri ng the call of the wild
blue yo nder, they can be s potted almost any-
where, anytime. I n fact, if you see some sky-
high object that is n' t a bird, plane, or an out-
of-orbit astronaunt, it's probably a ham. ml1l
Par t 2-so mething's ca ught! Jim , K9 RUH , Par t 3-Mike is making progress now, but he
a not he r Gary Ham , go es up t o see if he can has t o lea ve the be a n be hind. Whe n he gets to
help get his bu dd y untan g led. IWh o says ham s the t op of t he pole, he'll worry about th e en -
don 't g et exercise 7J
-,-- t enne . (This story ha s a happ y e nd ing as Mike
has worked a lot of OX since thi s sunn y d a y in
Ga ry.)
Tu b el e ss
El e ct ro ni c
Key
OW would you like t o try someth ing old,
H with a new twi st? H er e is an item t hat will
w hen terminal #4 is shor t ed to terminal
#3 (the key being pushed to select a dash),
stir t he imaginati on of many a cw ope r ator , de power will be passed through a set of nor-
who can't afford t o s ink a weeks wa g es int o mally closed contacts on relay K2 (the s pace
one of t hose "new f a ngled" g a dg ets ca lled an relay) directly to the coil of r elay KI (the
Electr onic Key. The offsp r ing of my junk box dash relay), energ izing relay Kt and charging
is shown in the photograph; a tubeless, t r a n- capacit or C3. when KI energizes, contacts on
aistor less E lectronic Key. H ow does it sound ? Kl apply de power to the coil of K2, energizing
I'll be t you can't di sti nguish it fr om one of K2 and charging ca pacitor C4. Another set of
those high price j obs! KI contacts close, keying the tran smitter.
T he key has its own built-in power su p ply, When K2 en ergizes, the de power is removed
and f orms the dot a nd da sh cha r a cters through from t erminal # 4 through action of another
the use of high impedance r elays operating in set of now open K2 contacts (assuming that
sim ple RC time constant circuits. The dots and the key is being held in the da sh position) .
da shes are self-com plet in g , and the s pa ces are DC power is t h us removed from Kl. H owever ,
automatically formed between t he characters. Kl does not r elea se Immed iately due to t he
If the component valu es shown in t he cir- charge held by ca pacitor C3. When the charge
cuit diagram arc u sed, the s peed range of t he
unit will be approximatel y 10 to 25 wpm. How-
ever , after reading the circuit analysis (wh ich
f ollows) it will become clear that a circuit of
this t ype can be mod ified to cover almost any
s peed r ange sim ply by cha nging the com-
pon ent values of t he RC t ime con stant, cha r -
acte r for ming circuits.
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Circuit Analysis -- ------ ------ 0
_.- _.- - --
Line power (115 v no cv ) is appli ed t o ter-
minals 1 & 2 on th e t erminal s t ri p . The conven-
tional lh wave rect ifier power s upply su pplies
approximately 90 v dc, whi ch drops to about
75 v de when t he unit is keyed. Terminals 3,
-
4, and 5 on the terminal st r ip are wired to
the key. T er minal 3 en erg izes t he D ASH re-
lay (K l), terminal 4 is t he common lead to
th e key, which s upplies B + power to termi nal s on capac itor C3 ha s fa llen below t he hold-in
3 or 5, depending upon the position of t he key, voltage of K l (the time r equired depend s upon
and terminal 5 energ izes the DOT relay (K3) . t he setting of PI), Kl de-energize s, breaking
The oper a t ion of both th e dot and da sh cir- the transmitter circuit and removing de power
cuits are sim ila r . In t he dot circuit, however, from the coil of relay K2 . Relay K2 does not
t he actual speed of K3 is controlled by th e po- relea se immediately, due to th e charge on
tentiometer a cross the r elay coil. The capacitor capacitor C4 (the time interval depends upon
(C5) in trod uces a slight amount of d elay help- the set t ing of P2). The set of K2 contact s in
in g to for m t he weigh t of t he dots. Otherwi se, se ri es with t erminal # 4 thu s prevents B +
t he operation of t he dot and da sh circu its are power fr om rea ching the coil of Kl until 04
identical; t hus , only t he oper a tion of the dash ha s falle n below th e hold-in voltage of coil K2.
circuit will be di scussed in detail. When K2 does de-energize, Kl immediately fires
Devid l. Ce ben iss W ITU W
165 Matt hews Street
RFD #2 , Bri stol, Conn.
aga in, a nd th e cycle is re peated, prov ided t he pa rallel w ith t he other se t of K2 contacts be-
key is hel d closed. cause t hey were a vai lable a nd we r e u sed to
Rela y K3 (the dot relay) operates in the help p rolong relay li f e.
sa me manner a s relay KI , in conjunction with The power supply, a s expla ined before, is a
relay K2, except for the di fferences pointed out conventional lh wave type. Although the cir-
earlier. cuit d iagram shows 2 filament tran sformers
Norm ally open contacts on bot h Kl and K 3 back-to-buck, a sing le isola t ion tran sformer
are wired in para llel acro ss te rm inals # 6 and m a y be used if one is a va ilable. If an isolatio n
#8, t o wh ich th e keyed circ uit is con nected. t r a ns forme r is used, the pilot ligh t should, of
I n some s peed ranges. capaci tor C5 does not course, be cha nge d to operate on 115 v a c.
control the actual weight (or leng t h ) of the Four factors s hould be pointed out when
dot character. The weight (or length) of the discussing the operation of thi s key. They are
dot character is controlled by the sh u n t ing ef - li sted a s f ollows:
fect of P 3, changing th e pull-in and drop-ou t 1. Due to the mechani cal and electrical
point of K3. limi tations of the relays. complete
T he ex tra set of contacts on K 2 (see te rmi- coverage of the " s peed ra nge" is not
na l #4) a r e not nece ssa ry, bu t were wired in (C ont inued on p"ge 56 )
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75 Ke nd a ll Ave .
Fra ming ha m. Mass.
Equ ipme nt
R :>.I Y s ur plus radio equipment--today, after where to st a r t the j ob. This article will id enti-
A some twelve years of seeing ads a nd read - fy t he p ower connectors of a few of the most
in g articles, even book s, on it, we fi nd is st ill usable and m ost easily obtained pieces. It will
with us. This articl e is written mainly to assist not show yo u h ow to complete ly convert a u nit,
th ose w ho wish to ex per iment w it h commer - bu t it will s a ve you many h our s of circuit
cially bui lt equ ip me nt. It is a well-known f act tracing by sh owing you where to apply volt-
that making changes in amateur commercially ages. Once you g et the unit operating then
built gear will materially affect the resale changes can be made t o adapt it t o your use.
value of the piece (as the author ha s found The first connector t o be sh own is that of
out the hard way) . a BC-603, an Fl\1 rec eiver built like the prover-
If you are the type of ham who thinks of bial brick battleship, designed to operate 20-
making changes in the construction or per- 27.9 rue. Articles in September and October
formance of a p iece of commer cia l gear , t hen, 1958 CQ tell you how to get thi s receiver up
t h is a r ti cle is f or you . If yo u d es ir e t h e sat is- to six mete r s AM , a formi dable ach ievement.
f a ction of s eeing a p iece of equ ipme nt desig n ed A p plyin g voltages to the p ower connector,
fo r a s pecified service r eva m ped into some- with no other changes , will get this receiver
thing that you , a s a h a m, can make good use operating in the ser v ice it wa s designed for.
of, then th is article is for you. If you are a Make the power su pp ly connections t o a J on es
newcomer and want to get on the air with a S -318CCT plug.
minimum of cabbage outlay, then thi s article
is for you. If you have r ead complicated ar-
t icles on converting su r plus gear a nd dec ided
t here was too mu ch work in volved, t hen t his
a r ticle is for you . If yo u have looked into a -I
unit a n d fo un d a maze of cables and m ulti-
contact u nidenti fi ed connectors and t hought "I I I I I I
can never figur e thi s out" then t h is article is
for you . If you are a .:\.f A R S member with un-
I I I I I
converted gear, then this article is for you .
Now that everyone is digging out p ieces of
gear bought years ago, or getting ready to
take off for t heir nea r est su r plus su pplier, or Next is t he conn ector on the rear of the
starting to r ea d mo re closely t he nu m erous HBM -3 a nd HBM-4 r eceiver s. Th e RB M-a cov-
s ur plus ads, let us consider one th ing . Most ers 2 to 20 me. while t he RBM -4 covel's 20 to
hams who have never converted an y gear h a ve 2000 kc. B ot h are su per hets and require on ly
refra ined probably because they don't know the addition of power su p p lies.
300-500 V. D.C.
o 1.4 V.O.C o
o o
o o 6.3 V.O.C.
o o o
o 1.4 V.O.C.
GROUND
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6.3 V.D.C.
Now comes t he BC-1306. This is a t r a ns- defunct B C-375 E , however, s u it a ble connectors
mitter and r eceiver hou sed in one unit covering can be obtained fr om F a ir Radi o Sales, 132
3800 to 6500 kc. p hone and cw . It r equires an South Main St., Lima, Oh io, and from Con-
exter na l d e power s u pp ly and no m odificati ons . necto r Cor p. of America, 137 Hamilton St.,
This un it has r ece nt ly appeared on the ' 8 U I'- N ew Haven, Conn. Al so worth nothing- is the
nlus market and the fo llowing- connector iden- fa ct that a 6/ 12/2 4 volt mobile s u p ply. PE-237,
t ifica t ion t og ether with a s uit a ble power s up- is available from the sa me Fair Rad io Sales
ply should be of interest to t hese who are and als o fr om T elernarine Comm u n ica t ions , 140
members of Army l\IAHS who have not tried ' Vest Broadway, N . Y. C.
it ye t. T he author u sed a connector f rom a (C ont inued on pag e 57)
RECTIF.IER STACKS
6.3 V. D.C.
110Y-AC.
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Direct Reading
Capacity "M e te r
.. all th e variou s methods of capacity meas-
0 urement, the direct reading ca pacit y handle compares f a vor a bl y with most st a nd ar d
multi meters.
meter has the greatest appeal from the stand-
point of operating convenience a nd rapidity Ranges
of m ea s u r ement. The capacity meter is of
course a great help to those who have dif- Fou r bas ic ranges were provided, calibrated
ficulty remembering the myriad of color codes, at full s ca le by means of the built-in s t a nd a r d
a s well a s those of us who may have color capacitors of 100 mmfd, 1000 mmfd, .01 mfd ,
perception defic iencies. Equally useful is the and .1 mfd. By means of the built in st a nda r ds
ability to mea sure t he capacity of a leng t h of and the calibration con trol other ranges may
coax cab le to determine if there is a break be used to incr ea se the ease of meas urement.
close to the end whe re it is eas ily accessib le F or example, a cap acity which r ea d j ust off
for repa ir. Odd leng th s of antenna ca n al so sca le on one range would be s lig h tly above
be readily measured to enable ca lcula t ing the 1/ 10 sca le on the next range. I nst ea d , by re-
amount of series inductance needed for reso- adjusting the calibration cont rol, so the cali-
nan ce at lower than t he natural resonant fre- brating capacitor read % of full sca le, an un-
quency of the antenna. Many other odd jobs known capacitor j ust sfijrht l y la r g e r ca n be
ca n be quickly acco mp lis he d with t he aid of r ea dily determi ned , u sing a m ent a l mult iplier
a portable ca pa cit y meter, such a s measuring of two. Although the auth or's instrument ha s
st r a y wiring- capacitance, locating breaks close an appar ent r esidual capacity of about 0.8
to the s u r f ace in coils, breaks in line cords, mmfd, capacitora a s low a s 1 mm f d ca n be
etc. An oh mmet er will t ell you a cord or cable mea sured if thi s re sidual capacity is allowed
is open, but a capacity meter will tell you for and su btr acted fro m the indicated reading.
where.
T he instrument was tra nsi storized to add Accuracy
to the convenience of operatio n and eliminat e
the need for power cords, or waiting- for it Th e accuracy, a s well a s the cost of the in-
to warm up and settle down. Along thi s sa me st r u ment will depend mainly on the basic
line, the meter is large and easy to r ead ac- meter selected and the four st a nda r d or se-
curately, and the s ma ll case with a carrying lected capacitors. The trans istor s are f a ir ly
Use of a component board g reatly simplifies Inside view of t he capacity meter shows the
wiring. with connections made to the underside compact construction made possible by use of
of t he board. miniature compo nents.
inexpensive rf or if type PNP units. The mer- by the meter adju stment scr ew. T he error wa s
cu r y battery s hown in the photographs is not greatest near the center of the sca le.
really a necessity for any dry-cell type can be
used if it has enough voltage and can maintain Theory of Operation
a steady full scale reading on a ll operating
ranges. The multivibrator u sed in the circuit
is quite stable, hardly changing frequ ency The circuit operates by measuring th e
over wide s u p ply voltage variations, and in amount of charge which the ca p ac it or under
any case each range is normally calibrated by test receives by the application of a squa r e-
t he built-in stand a r ds bef ore use. T he a uthor wave from the multivibrator. A pair of diodes
obtained 1.0 % of full sca le accuracy on the in a s im ple r ectifier circuit enable a microam-
three higher ranges, and 3 to 4% of full sca le meter to be used a s the ind icator. Since the
accuracy on the 100 mmfd range. This does amount of charge on a ca pa citor , with a given
not me an that a very low capacity may be off voltage applied, is directly proportiona l to the
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advertisers that you see in these p ages. Mak e
thi s generosi ty w orth t he ir while .. . r ead the
ads carefu lly . . . se nd for m ore informat ion
Policies
on their -prod ucts . . . give them a boost . . .
ma ybe even d rop them a card of appreciat ion.
A nd w hen you wr ite to them be sure to tell Here are the basic policies which will
'em you saw it in 73. guide 73.
Coming Up Policy # 1 : W e are not ma d at anybody.
Naturall y we wa nted to put a lot of good ies
in t his fir st issue of 73. Bu t we were ca re f u l not Pelley # 2: Amateur Ra d io, in its dual rol e a s
to unba lan ce it at t he expe nse of future iss ues. a mean s of arous ing t he interest
H er e arc som e of the art icles sch ed u led for the of youngsters and providing the basic training
November issue that may be of interest to for entry into the field of elect r on ics, one of
~'O U : the largest and most promising fields we can
s ee a head, and a s one of the most impor t a n t
"VH F Receiver" This is a rat her com plete bas ic means of comm unications between the peoples
r eceiver t hat is designed to go wi th the B an- of the world on a peop le-to-peo ple basis inst ea d
tu.m: Converters des cribed in t h is is su e. It gives of through the press or government channels,
you eve rything you could a sk. T h is is quite is probably the most important hobby in the
an el aborate construction article, running to world today. we ca n keep it important by be-
five pag es, but you'll ha ve a heck of a job ing aware of what is going on in our hobby
fi ghting off t he urge to b uild when you see it. a nd by being technically up to date. 73 Maga-
zine is ded ica t ed to bringing into focu s the
"Four Hand Cryst a l Con ve r te rs" Th is is a f ron tiers of a mateu r r a di o. It will s t rive to
com bi nat ion p roduct r eport a nd construct ion br oad en the tech n ica l interest of the amateurs
article which shows how to use t he I n te r n a- and to encourage them to higher technica l at-
tional Crystal converters to good advantage. tainment s and abilities by mean s of t ech n ical
I n this package we find the 20-15-10-6 meter and construction arti cles wri tten by the best
converters a ll bu ilt into one band -switching ta lent available.
conver ter unit, complete w ith power s u p ply.
Policy # 3 : F ew t a lented wr it er s h ave con-
"An F lU VF O Excit e r" A BC-459 is convert ed t inued to b uck t he p re sen t syst em
in to an FM VFO for u se on 10, 6 a nd 2 meters, whereby they either receive nothing for their
us ing either na r row-band or wide-band Fl\I. efforts or else have to wa it fr om one to three
W it h more a nd more F lit! turning up in our ham years for m inimal pay. 73 ha s established t he
VHF ba nd s it is nice to have an exciter around pol icy of paying for a ll accepted articles with
t hat w ill generate a us able s ig na l for eit her im med ia t e cash. This seems to be bringing new
Fl\[ or AM type VHF r eceivers. li f e to t he field for we are receiv ing top notch
ar ticl es by some of t he best author s in the
" Not es On ~ lo b i le Power" H igh er power f rom hobby.
t he ca r using a n a lter nator and a t hree-pha se
power supply. Output is 520 volts at 500 rna. Polley # 4 : It is ou r inten tion, th e SEC per-
"S t op That Xoise" I n t his issue we have a mitting, t o open t he ownersh ip of
good tech nical a r ti cle on mod ulation . In No- A m a t eur Ra d io P u blis h in g , I nc., t o interested
ve mbe r we go into detail on the subject of amateurs so t hat the ownership of the maga-
noise li m iters a nd gi ve th e cir cuits of a ll t he zine ca n be w ides p read and t he m a gazine will
pop ular ty pes, complete with an in teresti ng be t r uly ow ned a nd ru n enti rely by licensed
d iscussion of the adva ntages a nd dis a dvan - h am s. 73 is being run under a very tight econ-
tages of each . omy until th e break-even point of 15,000 circu-
lation is r eached.
"$5 Frequ ency ) Ieter" T wo transistors are used
in a new t ype of circuit which will p r obab ly be Policy # 5 : \Ve intend to encourage and pro-
tu rni ng up in a commerc ia l un it very s hortly. m ot e t he p u blica t ion of b ulletin s
T h is w ill gi ve you a d irect read in g of a ny t o b ri ng specia lized opera ting news of the
fr eq uency in t he r an g es of 300 cps, 1 kc, :3 kc, many fa cets of amateur ra dio: V HF, RTT Y ,
10 kc , a nd 30 kc. If t h is a rtic le doesn't get you DX," Traffic H andling . TV, et c. The Club Bul -
to the work bench then you're an ou t and out letin of Mar-vin L ipt on VE 3DQX will be one
non-building type ham. of the firs t under thi s progra m. This publica-
T her e wiII be about ten ot her articles. \Ve t ion, which is s en t t o the editors of all known
don't want t o gi ve a way t he whole t hing ri gh t ham club bulletins to provide them with a
here. It w ill be a good iss ue a nd worth we ll m ean s of excha ngi ng id ea s, should be back in
over t he yea r ly s u bscr ipt ion price a ll by it sel f. bus iness t his fall.
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a sq u ad of sol diers was being drilled
at Niagara, during a thunder-
of the incident that any attempt was made to
revive him.
storm. Bayonets were fixed, and stood up in Every year, a p p rox ima tely 100 radio ham s
a row in the hands of the men. Suddenly, the di e through the ir hobby in the Un ited States
unexpected happened- a bolt of lightning a lon e, and man y ot hers t h rough ot her f orms
crackled down from the darkened sk ies, st r uck of el ectrical shock. 'V ere these people r eally
the bayonet held by the en d man, and rolled, dea d ? H ow many of them would be a li ve t oday
a blue flame, down the entire row, to that h eld if artificial respi ration had been st a rted a t
by the man at t he ot her end of the line. once and contin u ed un til rig or 1nOrtiR-t he
Every man in that row wa s knocked un- only unmi stakable s ig n of death- set in?
con scious for a wh ile, but the two men on Th e victim of electrical sh ock will look just
either end of the line fa iled to recover . Upon
a s "dead" a s a v ictim of drowning or of gas
examination, they s howed all recognized sig ns asp hyx iation-dead enoug h to convince even
of death . . . no breathing, no eye reflex, and doct ors and coroners. One drowning vi ctim in
no heartbeat. Ca na d a wa s indeed pronounced dead f our
The officer in charge thoug-ht that thi s would t imes by the same ph ysician, an d yet revived
provide a good opportunity for the men t o a f te r eig h t h ou r s of artificial res pir ation ap-
practice artifi cial respiration, and instructed plied by relatives a nd n eighbors who refu sed
t hem t o work over on e of t he bodies, then left to g ive up h ope. T od a y, some 30-odd yea rs
the field t o r eturn t o h eadquarters. A f ew later, that victim in st ill alive.
hours later, one of hi s men came running, The H ealth League of Canada became in-
breathless, t o announce t h a t the "body" they terested in the matter of r eviving apparently
had been practicing on was exhibiting a r e- drown ed per son s in 1938, u nder the leadership
markable reluctance to d ie, a nd wa s sitti ng up of the late Sir Frederick Ba nting, and wer e
and ins isting u pon the fa ct that he wa s a live imp r es sed by the s imila r it y between revival of
at the top of h is lungs. drown ing vi ctims and those of electrical sh ock.
This wa s one of the first in ti m at ion s th at T h e League collaborated with the late Will is
vi ctims of electrical shock may not n eces sarily Macf.achlan, of the Ont ario H ydro Commis-
be dead a t a ll, but may be r evived through sion, which bod y had been a ctivel y interested
immediat e and prolonged applicaticn of arti- in the matter s in ce 1917.
ficial respiration.
It wa s d iscover ed that while it still h eld
On May 20t h, 1927, a you n g' lineman work-
in g f or the hydro came into contact with tru e that r evi val depended upon immediat e
and prolonged application of artificial respira-
26,000 volts at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. H e
was uncon scious, and not breathing. However, tion in the case of both electrical shock and
he wa s lowered on the ground, and art ificial drowning victims, there were some important
re spiratio n wa s st a r ted by fellow emp loyees. differences.
This wa s conti nued on t he floor of the In th e ca se of d r owni ng , victims have been
a mbulance wh ile h e was being tran sported to revived who have been under the wat er for pe-
the hospital, and al so on boards on top of a riod s of up to half an hour. I n th e case of elec-
cot at the hosp ital. Communication wa s estab- trical shock , 110 :w ch long pe 1-iod i.<J possible.
lished between the local doct or and consultant s Resuscitation mu st be st a r t ed a s immediate iu
in a large city, and it was not until 10 o'clock after the con t act a s possible. I t has been foun d
at night tha t the man was b reathing by h im- that wh ere artifi cial r es piration was star ted
self. within one m in ute of t he electrica l s hock , 90
In t h is case, eigh t h ou rs of a r t ificia l respira- per cen t of th e victims were r evived; where
tion were applied continuously until the vi c- there wa s a delay of six minutes, only 10 per
tim revived. This is the longest case of cent were revived . Vi ctims of electrical sh ock
r esuscitation fro m electrical sh ock on record . have been returned to life after a delay of t en
Th er e are m a n y in stan ces of su ch d ramatic mi n u t es , but the ch a nces of revival lowe I'
revival of v ictims of electrical shock , a nd yet with t he de lay.
only th is summe r, a man visiting Orillia, On- The outwa rd deathlike s ym p toms of drown-
ta rio, s t a ndi ng on the wet concrete su rrou nd - ing a nd electrical shock seem the sa me-no
ing a s wimm ing pool received 110 volts while breathing, no eye r eflex, a nd n o p erceptible
helping to in stall a PA system , and di ed. heartbeat. H owever, the inside s tor y is dif -
There is n o indica tion in th e newspaper r eport fere nt. Death ma y come throu gh a la reng ea l
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s pas m in drowni ng, and th e victim dies mg to note that in the entire experience of
through a sph yxin tl on-c-ct-, a s oft en occurs, t he t he Ontario H ydr o- E lect r ic P ower Com mis-
victim may seem dead , but the heart is s t ill sion no person ha s yet been s uccessf u lly r e-
beating, not no r mall y, bu t in a st ate of fr ibil- vived from elect rica l s hock t h rough the u se of
lation , detect a ble onl y with t he use of a n a mec ha nical r esuscita to r . T hese machines, of
electroca r diog raph, an indication tha t life is va ry ing kinds, have been of use in the case
s t ill a ctually present, alth ough the victim is of dr own ing- vict im s, hu t never in th e case of
often given up f or dead, and no atte mpt mad e elect rica l s hoc k.
to revive hi m. H ard and fa s t rules ca n not be la id down
With electrical shcck. the respiratory ne rve in electr ical shock - depend ing upon t he cir -
cent er is para lyzed . The cu r re nt in its pas- cumsta nces, 30 volt s ca n kill-c-or a s ha s been
sa ge through th e body da mages t he sens it ive s hown, a man can s u rv ive 26 ,000 volts.
nerve cells of t he resp iratory center. T hey T he main thing is that victims w ill look
become paralyzed and in sensitive both to the dead, and may remain so, if immed iate help is
accumu lation of carbon dioxid e and th e Jack not given-umi kept lip until rigo-r mo-rt is se ts
of oxygen in t he blood. No st im uli a re sent t o in . Th is is so important t ha t t he Ontario Hydro
the r espiratory m uscles, and breathing s t ops. insi s t s upon every me mber of its 17,000 work
Her e ag a in , are t he sy m ptoms of "death" force knowi ng how to a pp ly artificia l r espira-
which are appare nt in ca ses of drowning vic- t ion. All t ho se work ing directly with elec-
t ims-sym ptoms which have prevented at- trical a ppa r a t us must have r egular practice
tem pts a t revival which may well save the sessions , and the head office sta ff can take les-
victims' life. sons durin g vacat ion period s. They all have
The nerve cells tend to rec over if they have inst r uct ions not to cease until rigor mo rti s
an ad equate su pply of oxyge n. An a dequa te sets in . It is interesti ng t o note that in the
s u pply of oxygen depends not only upon ef - a nna ls of men , women a nd children who have
fective a rti ficia l resp iration, but al so u pon the been revived f rom d rowning or gas a sphyxia-
p resence of circul at ion-in ot her wor ds, the tio n, t he life sa ved ha s been due to the prompt
heart must be bea t ing. act io n of a H yd r o employee who ha s been in
I n some case s, where t he vict im ha s been the neighborhood at the time.
well grounded, and the cu rrent passes directl y A wife or fri end, coming int o the room a nd
to t he heart, revival ma y be im poss ible. How- fi nding th e ham prone on th e floor, looking
ever , a s in t he case of drowning, t he heart may extremely dead, is a pt to r un f or th e doctor, or
beat so gentl y, t ha t a doctor cannot pi ck up was t e tim e scr ea ming. Don't do t h is ! Death
th e beat with hi s s tet hoscope, and the vi ctim may rea lly come in the time it ta kes to r un
may yet be al ive. up stair s, look up the teleph one number, a nd
T his beat , in electrica l s hoc k, and although dial.
t he heart ma y have r ece ived t he current , may T a ke a stick, r emove all w ires touching the
yet be effective e noug h t o provide s uffic ient " body" - an d sta rt working! The ham you
circ ulation to provide oxygenated blood to the save may be your own!
nerve cells in the brain, but t he heart itself
needs oxygen. It is essential, th erefore, that Th e Schaefer Method
a rtificia l r es pira ti on be sta rted at once, in
orde r t hat su pplies of oxygen be mad e ava il- 1) Tu rn victim on stomach wi th head slig htly
able both t o t he heart a nd to th e nerve centers lower t ha n feet .
in t he brain . 2 ) Make s ur e mouth is clear for breathing.
Two method s of artificial respiration are :n Extend both urm s beyond head . Bend one
used by electrica l ut ilit ies com pa nies - the a t el bow and place victim 's cheek on back
Holg er- Ni elsen, w here t he operato r works of hand.
fac ing t he prone body of t he victim, and the 4) St ra dd le victi m and place hand s on victim's
Scha effer, where t he operator works a str ide back, fingers close t oget he r over th e lower
t he vic tim. Of th e two, the Schaeffer is con- ri bs.
si de red the most effective, fo r in cases of elec- 5 ) Keep ing your elbows st ra ig ht r ock forward
trical shock t he bl ood ha d a tendency to leave a nd br ing yo ur sho ulde rs ove r the heel of
the uppe r part of th e body, a nd concent r ate you r ha nds , bea ring dow n on t he vict im 's
around the a bdominal region . The Schaeffer back and lower ribs to ex pel a ir from t he
method is mo st effective in r ecir cu la ti ng t he lu ngs.
blood t o th e upper parts of the bod y more 6) Rock backward to an upright posit ion, r e-
swiftl y t ha n t he H olg er-Nielsen. m oving t he hand s witho ut a push. This per-
Once aga in, though, much depends upon cir- mits the a ir to enter t he lungs.
cumst a nces. If a ma n ha s been shocked while 7 ) A llow a bout t wo seconds for ea ch move, five
work ing on a pole, cha nces are t h a t the upper seconds per complete cycle (12 t o t he min-
pa r- t of hi s body will be burned too badly to ute) .
bea r handling-in whic h case the Schaeffer 8 ) Cont in ue without int er r u pt ic n to rhythm
method is employed. If t he r eve rse is t he case, until normal breathing is res umed or until
t hen t he H olger-Nielsen is used. It is int eres t - rigor mortis sets in. rnrn
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Propagation Charts
These cha rts are t o be used as a guide to ham band openings
for t he month of Octobe r, 1960 to t he various co unt ries list ed. I
will be interested to hear of yo ur result s in using these charts and
to know what ot he r areas yo u might wish included in future charts.
To H AVE r eliabl e com m un ications betwee n
any two points we mu st choose a f requency
O"",id A. Brown K21GY
t hat is low e nough to be r eflected from the 60 New York A venue
upper layers of th e ionos p h er e and yet n ot so West Hempstead, N. Y.
low that ionosp he ri c absorption makes it nec-
ess a ry to r un excessive power. T oo h igh a fre-
quency. one t hat is a bove the Ma xi mu m Usable
F r eq uency (l\1UF), will sk ip over the in t end ed chart s covering transm ission from eastern,
receiving point. cen t r a l, and wester-n United States to variou s
w e can predict the l\IUF by interpretation countr-ies. The bands listed are :\IUFg and a
of charts made by the National Bu reau of higher ba nd w ill not work for the time period
Sta n d a r ds' Centra l Ra dio Propa g a tion Labora- listed . Lower band s will work , but not nearly
tory. From t he se charts I h a ve made u p three a s wel l. Ti m es are Gl\l T, not local time. IIlIll
Adva nce Forecast : O cto ber 1960 Fa;" I, 7, 12, 17, 21 22, 262 7.
G ood : 2-6, 8-10, 13-16, 18-20, 28-3 1. Ba d : II , 2325.
New Products
Allied C atalog National 270
Th is is 0 little re d undant since All ied hes token a Somehow, down through the years, there seems t o
fu ll pe qe ed in this issue [bless their heart) to try have been a we lter of receivers that have hit the
to get this ceteloq int o your hand s. They don 't ctl rry market with much hoopla, only to di sappear from ell
every brand of equipment, but you will be herd put but the most edu cated of memories in a short time .
to d iscove r what obscure brand s they have om itted . This is particu larly true of the medium priced re-
This is, as fo r as we know, the most comple te radio ceivers. The specs on the 270 loo k mighty good.
parts and equ ipment catalog put out by any dis- This may well be 0 receive r thet will be with us for
tributor. Where e lse can you get 444 pages of int e r- o while. It looks g ood, has all of the features we
esting reading absolutely free? The ne w Knight-Kit need for ham communications, and is strictly a ham-
line of hom qeer is worth looking into else .. . like band (80 thru 61 receiver. If you want to have all
t heir 400 watt t ra nsmitter kit and 0 who le b unch of the Fects to mull over drop a line (mentioning t his
other items. But don 't tell 'e m you 're writing in refe re nce ) to Notiona l Radio Company, Melrose 76,
from this paragraph. point o ut that it was thei r ad Moss. The price tog read s $249.95 plus 7.98% more
that forced you to write . .. t heir ad in 73 on page 64. for a matching speaker.
73 AMATEU R RADIO 31
Capt. John J. Su ry KBNIC/5
139 Nebraska Re e d
Dye ss AFB, Texe s
tubes, five wa tts , s ix mete rs . A nd make up in sa vings 'w hen you price a cheap
T IlREE
this li'I '01 peanut whi st le re all y p uts out filter cho ke fo r t h e exec utive position usually
a bi r d ca ll : I've worked over 30 mile s with an occupied by a modulation transformer. No
in door halo ant enna plu s many fine DX ses- on e will ever n otice t he differ en ce a nyway, so
s ions when the band opened. \Vhich isn 't bad why fus s about it.
fo r a little h and f ul of stu ff wh ich knocks to- W h ile n ot much arti stic effort went into the
gether in a cou ple hou rs a nd won't even sli m layout, it is elect ron ica ll y O K and may be
down th a t b ig fat wa llet of yours t o w here im itated by you if you are in a r ubber st a m p
it will st op wearing out your ba ck pocket. mood, or if you' re not su r e enough of yo urse lf
Sim plici t y, si m plicity. An overtone oscilla- t o venture off t he beated paths. A 5" X 7" X
tor a nd power ampl ifier occupy one set of tube 2" aluminum chassis wa s u sed.
prongs with the nu mber 6CX8 above t hem . The oscill ator coil was made by w ind ing
There m a y b e a g ood pentode-tet.rode tube fi ve t urns of # 28 enamel coated wire on a
arou n d, bu t since I didn't have one I used a Ca mbridge (C TC ) s lu g tu ned coil fo r m type
GAU6 s peech amplifie r wi t h a 6AQ5 Rei sing LS5 (or equ iva lent ) . T he coil is sh u n ted w ith
modu lator. w hat you lose in modulation you a 5 mmfd ceram ic ca p a citor . L2 is five tu rns
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Phot ogn illh i'l t ak e n by S /Sgt. wilaon Dodson , Dy es s Ai r For ce Ba se.
of a B&W #3007 or Ail' Dux 516T coil ( %" hook- up wire. H old the loop close to L1 and
diameter, 16 turn s t o th e inch, #16 wire). adju st the sl ug f or maximum brightness. N ext
T he antenna coupler is one turn of solid hook- hold it near t he fina l coil and t une the fina l
up wire. tank and antenna trimmer f or maximum
Since there will be fa irly high vol tage on br-ightness. An rf wattmeter or field-strength
the choke lea ds it is prudent to grommetize the meter will al so tell you all you need. to know
feedt hrough hole. f or tun ing.
Power S U}}]Jly. Surely you must have some- T he r ig is designed for a high impedance
thing around that will give 200-250 vdc @ 90 dynamic mi ke and will give plenty of pu nch
mao \Vit h 250 v you will have an input of 5 wi th most of t he inexpensive ones on the mar-
watts ( 20 rna) t o the PA sect ion of the 6CX 8. ket. Dit to cr yst a l mikes . Ju st about any type
This may go up to 25 ma wi th modulation. of antenna will load up easily. A halo is fine
Tuning is easy. You can a lways bu ild in for general ragchewi ng, a beam is better for
sever a l doll a rs worth of panel meters, but you DXing . Give t he rig a try a nd j oi n t he local
get the same end r esults by ma king a #49 gang on six meters, you 'll get a lot of f un
pilot lamp and solderi ng it to a %, " loop of out of it. mm
Ht-: good amateur-that is, the amateur who one with military knowledge knew it was im-
T is useful in caus ing progress in the field pregnable, because t here were sheer , 300-foot
he's in- h a s certain basic characterist ics that cliffs protecti ng it on three s ides, making at-
a re t he sa me, n o m atter what tha t field ma y be. t ack fro m th ose directi ons imp ossible. " Mad
He may he a n a mate ur in ra d io, elec t ronics, Anthony" , not knowin g a ny bette r, lead hi s
chemistry, pa inting, or anything else; to be men up t he P a llisades at night, an d cleaned
useful he must have a certain basic code- out the British.
the Code of the Amateur. The Amateur has to be Egocentric. That
is, nobody's going to pay him for all the hard
A Good Amateur is .. .
work he does, so he'd better enjoy what he's
1. Ignorant.
doing because it pleases him. All hi s work will,
2. Egocentric.
99.99 % of the t ime, yield nothing b ut discard-
3. Im p r a ctica l.
ed ma teria ls, a nd passed time. In t he course of
4. Dis r esp ectful of a uthority.
ten years, a n Amateu r m ay spe nd $10 ,000 on
5. Mater ialistic, or pragmatic - not
h is hobby, wind up with $2 worth of j u nk, a nd
idealist ic-theoretical.
nothing else . . . . except the self-satisfyi ng
6. I n con s ist ent.
fun he had doing it.
7. Illogical.
That, by the way, is on e of the ways in
8. Discontented.
which the Amateur is impractical and unfair.
9. Aggressive.
Amateurs happily tackle a research project
10. Unfair.
that ha s one chance in 10,000 of s ucceed ing ,
Everyone of those characteristics, you no s pen d ten years an d $10,000 on it. Obviously,
doubt noticed, is generally considered anti- t h is is econom ically unsou n d ; no prof ession a l
soc ial. The Good A mateur is anti -social; he's re search organ ization would cons ider so risky
egocentric, and enjoys h is own company, his a venture; it would be economic s uicide. For
own work, more than the best ch it-chat of the one thing, the Amateur in question may be a
cocktail-party group that is, of course, the $lOO,OOO-a-year executive in a major corpora-
highest ideal of the extrovert-social type. The tion; he's worth that to hi s company, because
Amateur is anti-social, in that he likes- of the extremely high level of judgment h e
actually en j oys !- t h ink in g ! He actually pre- has. T h a t high ability to j u dg e, to select be-
fers usi ng his brai ns to fl a p pin g h is jaw; he tween alternatives, is being app lied in hi s
normally t h inks bef o re open ing h is mouth. Th is hob by- t he $10,000 worth of mater ial h e in-
is, of course , a nt i-social, beca use it imposes t he vests in hi s hobby is n othing com pared to t he
necess it y of t h inking on t hose aro u nd h im - $1,000,000 worth of high ly trained j udgement
which naturally makes them very uncomfort- he's al so investing!
able. They're not used to it. But the Amateur can, of course, charge off
The Amateur is Ignorant ; this is nece ssary, all those expenses, all the investment of time,
because he wants to learn-and you can't learn effort, energy and money, to "Entertainment".
somet h in g you already know. The th ing that I t 's a h ead- Lwin-tni ls-you-lose set -u p ; if hi s
makes a n amateur's ignorance so useful, how- resea rc h does not yi eld the des ired result- it
ever, is that you ca n't lea r n if you already s t ill y ields ten years of fine entertainment.
think you k now, either. Th e old line about This is very un f ai r com petition f r om t he
"It a in't a ll t hem th ing s you do n't k now t hat viewpoint of the pr of ession al , who has to
causes trouble; it's t hem things you do know charge a ll t he time, effort, and money in vest ed
that ain't so." The Amateur is ignorant, and to "expenses" - he can't call it "entertain-
escapes that trouble. Throughout history, ama- ment". The Amateur's research project, in
teurs have been lousing things up for profes- other word s, can never wind up bankrupt-
sionals by doing what everyone who knew in the red-a net loss. The fun of doing it, not
anything about the business knew was impos- the result, is the main p roduct ; any workable
s ible .. . . until the a mateur, who did n't know r esu lt is, then, pure gravy-a bon us over and
any better, d id it. above the call of ente rta inment.
Like "Mad An thon y W a yne", du ring t he Time and t ime aga in in the hi st or y of Sci-
Re volution-the a mate ur soldier. H e attacked ence, the great b reak-throughs h ave been made
a perfectly im pr egn a ble B r iti sh position. A n y- by amate urs; the great breakthroughs always
.... ..
s t ate sem i-conduct or theoretical approaches. on ly their chemica ls, but their apparatu s a s
To be any good, a sol id -st a te semi -conducto r well. Ba ekland was by no m eans the first t o
mu st have very, very, VERY little impuri t y- wind up with a mess th at nothing k now n t o
"dopin g"- in it. The tun nel d iode resu lts fr om chemis t ry wo uld r emove,
dop ing t he germani um or s ilicon like cra zy. Baekla nd wa s simply the first t o be a Good
Do the w r on g t hing- that's wh a t works! A ma t eur about it; he was incons isten t . "I,"
I n t he early days, t he ham s got s ho r t -w a ve he dec ided , "am n o t sy n t hes izin g 1, z-alpha,
r adio g oing by doing wrong t hi ngs li ke taking be t aomic ron a fte r a ll. I'm s y nt hesizin g some-
the ca ref ully manufa ct ured t ubes right out t hi ng a s useful a s the fabl ed Universal Sol-
of t heir carefully cemented on bases, and ve n t- t he U n iversa l I nsolu ble! Since I can't
sol de ri ng the leads directly in to their circuits. get rid of the damn st uff . . . t here must be
The r eal m otto of t he amateur mu st be, so mebod y that wants a mater ial t hat s t u bbor n ,
" Never g ive a pro an even brea k! Be unfair!" so I'll sell it. " \ Vit h that in consis t ency of ap-
To be a Good Amateur, don 't compete w ith proac h, t h ings were ea sy, It wa s a sna p to
the p ros-do what no p r o wou ld ever th ink of r emove the a p para tu s fr om the m a ss of bake-
do ing. An d be egocentric-whatever project lite- the g lass wo uld break, or dissolve in
you pick, pick it because you like it, not be- hydrofluo r ic acid .
cause some body sa ys it is your duty. That way, Rem ember, too, that Bell wa s work ing to in-
you're playing t he head s-l-win-ta fl s-vou-los e ve nt t he "musical t eleeraph v-c-wbat we now
g ame; no matter whether your proj ect suc- k now a s ca rr ier -f requency telegraphy-when
ceed s or not, you'll ha ve had a hell of a lot he go t t he wrong r esult. H e wa s a Good Ama-
of fun! Tackle t he absolu tely impractical pro- teu r , a nd immediat ely d ecided he was invent-
j ects-the ones where you'll have no p ro com- in g a tele phone instead of a mu sical telegraph
petit ion . And always d is r ega r d Au th orities; T her e are lots of pa t ents to be gained by
of course t hey're s u r e it's im possible. If they seein g how bad a job you ca n do. The body-
wer en't th ey'd ha ve g one after it t hem selves. ca pa cita nce bu rgla r -ala r m, fo r instance, is t he
A t h ing ca n be econo m ica lly impossible f or wo r st possible approach t o a st a ble VFO ex-
professional r esearch-a nd be com plete ly prac- a ggerated and patented. A lmost anything th at
tical for th e h appy litt le a ma t eu r. Lord knows is ext reme ht one th in g or another ha s some
cli mbing Mt. Everes t is econo m ica lly impos- useful a ppl ication . Vide Bakelite. Transistors
s ibl e in an y profit-a nd-l oss s ense. what pos- te nd to be ver y t emperature-sensitive; they
s ible financial profit can be mad e up there '? mak e wonderful hig-h-se ns itivity t hermometer s
And the amateur doesn't have t o exp lain becau se of that. The H-C oscillator s s uch a s
why h is gadget works; to he ll with t heory ! t he m ul t ivibra t or are ho rri bly unstable . .
Be pragmatic; s imp ly us e it. Show that it wh ich makes them won de rfully u seful a s fre-
works, and let the r ed-h ot th eor et icians worry quency multipliers and / or divider s. Being in-
about w h y if they want to. herentl y un stable, t hey'll hap pily lock in with
Als o, be r eady and willin g- t o be comp letely t he frequency of a ny nea r by oscillator.
inconsistent at any mom ent. If, one day, while Each of the char a cte ri st ics I've listed a s nec-
working on a new idea fo r a t wo-me ter half- essa r y to the Good Amateur is cons idered anti-
k ilowatt rig, t ha t you've to ld everybody is socia l. Each of th em is . . . . in th e wrong'
goi ng to be a t wo-meter t r a ns m itter , sa id unit place, or wrong d egree. But be incon sistent
s hould s uddenly s t a r t r ising off the bench and about t hat , t oo; in t he ri gh t place, and right
floating up t oward the ceiling-be incons istent ! d eg r ee, each of t hem is t reme ndo usly useful.
Say, "I'm building an anti-grav ity m a chine," I d o not , f or instance, r ecommend disrespect
a nd if s omebod y protes t s that you s a id it wa s of Au thorities when th ey s a y " T he human
a rad io t r a ns m itter- why , poi n t out that it or g a n is m does not normally oper a t e well after
obviously is a n a n ti -gr a v ity ma chine, so, ob- bei ng connected t o a 2000 volt power s u p ply."
vi ously, that's what you were a ctually build- It is a lso necessary to respect a u t hor it ies in
ing. T ha t's common sense, is n 't it? \Vh y s hould an other sense ; they should be res pected just
you ca re that it consu m es a full gallon, and a s you s hould respect rattlesnakes, m ules '
peeps out wit h onl y 2 watt s on 2 ? It floats, hee ls , a nd dynamite. T hey fre quen tly have
does n't it '? powe r , and s ho uld be t reated accordingly.
A lways be willing to cha nge your p roject if The crackpot is t he bird who not only fa ils
someth ing better s lug s you alon g the way. to respect authority, bu t a lso fa il s to respect
Like Georg-e Baekland ; he wa s t r ying to syn- g ood j udgem en t .
t hes ize so me com plex organi c chem ical, when The Good A mat eur, of course, fulfill s t he
hi s chemical s in t he apparatu s clobbered, on ly useable d efinition of a Genius: "A Genius
t ur ned in to goo, and fina lly set into a solid is a cr ack pot who m ak es money a t it."
mess. Effor t s t o clea n hi s ap para tu s of t he Nat ura llv
. , .. becau se "makes m oney a t it "
st uff p roved tot a lly f uti le ; he could n't di ssolve is s im ply another wa y of s a y ing "has an idea
the mess in anythi ng he could fi nd; it just sa t which is econom ica lly sou nd and workable."
t here s neeri ng a t a ll hi s high-powe r solven ts, Remem ber t hat almost a n y cr a ck pot ca n g d
Of course, ot her chemists had had simila r a paten t ; it takes a ge niu s t o get one U1ul se ll
s a d acc ide n t s, and had ha d to t h row away not it! moo
13 A MATEUR RADIO 37
Testing
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Heath
Mohican
Do nald A. Sm ith. W3UZN
Assc ciete Ed itor
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Hage rstown, Mervle nd
Transistor
Communications Receiver
you ca n imagine the doubts which of a problem getting perfor mance up t o 80
P ERH APS
would build up in your m ind. if you were me. The way t he front end layout was designed
to take on the job of writing someth ing good hel ps t o kee p lead s s hor t . T he tra n si stors are
about a one h u nd r ed dollar "Communications" mo un ted on shie lds and t he band change switch
receiver. Ad d to th is, that i t is t ran sistorized is in stalled th rough t he se sh ields .
a nd you've had sou r experiences with previ- B y us ing adjustable coils in the front end,
ously available amateur tran sistor gear. plus trimmer capacitors, fa irly constant se nsi-
After the receiver had been a s sembled tivity across the dial is obtained. This elimi-
( Heath sells kits, you kn ow). which took me nates the "dead s pots " t h a t we all have ex pe-
about 30 hours, the r eceiver wa s ready f or rienced.
alignment. I foll owed the rather complete and w hat about select ivit y ? The figur es are
thorough instructions provided. Alignment re- 3 kc to the half power point (6 db down).
quires a s ig na l gen erator (like the H eath which is mad e p ossible by the u se of "trans-
SG-7) and a VTVM (lik e t he H ea t h V-7a) . filters". These little j obs are unusual in tha t
Once aligned, I antenna'd it with the whip they do the job of an if transformer, crystal
which comes with th e kit and st a r ted tunin g filter and coupling capacitor, but are n on e of
to d etermine the magnitude of the di saster. the se. They are somewhat sim ila r to a crystal
HMMM, Well, what do you know? H MMM. la ttice filter in t heir operation, though not a s
HMMMMMMMMM! Well I'll be darned ! By efficient. They g ive much better selecti vit y
George! H ey ! Thi s thing is rea lly som et h in g . t ha n could be ach ieved from st a nd a r d if tran s-
T he advertised specs of 2 micr ovolt s sens it ivit y for mers, are rugged and neve r need ad ju st-
(except on t he broadcast ban d ) , were f ou n d ment! ( T hough t hey h ave been u sed by t he
to be qu it e conservative, even on t he ten meter S ignal Corps, thi s is t he fi r st comme rcia l ap -
band where mo st r eceiver s are strangely qu iet. plica tion of t hem).
T h is li ttle bo x of parts hel d it s own r ight W hat's t he li n e up? 10 tra n sistors, 3 ge r -
alongside of receivers costing up to twice a s manium diodes, 2 compensating diodes and 1
much. Let's see what makes it tick. voltage regulating Zener diode are used. This
The biggest secret is probably in the fr ont gives an rf st a ge, a sep a r a te oscillator and
end. After all , if it doesn't have it up front, mixer, three if st a ges, a diode detector, an
it doesn't have it. Three tran si stors are used audio driver and a push-pull ou t pu t st a g e.
in th e front end. One f or r f amplifier, one A se p a r a te tran sistor is u sed f or the var iable
ea ch f or oscillator and mixer. These tran si s t ors BFO. Diodes are used f or automatic noi se
are n ot run of th e mill j obs, but are good at limiter and Ave.
frequen cies up to 100 me! Thus it's not much And that's not all! A Zener di ode is u sed
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course). Perhaps you have noticed how the iter, and BFO. These two sections are then
audio becomes di storted as soon a s the battery bolted to the main chass is and interconnected.
voltage begins to decrease a little in your tran- Tuning capacitors and front panel follow. N o
sist or portable. difficulty wa s experienced.
By usi ng- a pu sh-pull class B output stage
more than enough a udio is ava ilable. A 35 In Use
ohm (low impedance) phone jack is provided The GC-l'k wa s tested rather thor oughly
on the real' of the receiver chassis. The volume using th e built-in whip, the regular st a t ion
is considerably lower ' if high impedance ear- antenna s, and a t beach parties. I t pulls 'em
phones are used. in no matter how you use it. After several
Ordinary flashlight batteries of the "C" size week s of constant u se I was convinced that
a re used and t hey last up to 400 hours! Re- it did everything I wanted or expected it
placement costs you less than one dollar. Not t o do. The select ivit y and sensit ivit y were
bad eh? If you intend using the receiver most- fine, it worked well on SSB (though a product
ly for s hack operation an ac power su pp ly is detector would be somewha t easier t o use, of
available for $9.95 which fit s in the spa ce coursej cand it was a Kern for use with, my 6
provided for the battery case. and 2' meter converters. )
The s pri ng loaded pilot lamp s witch lets you
light up the dial s ' when need ed and conserves
Mechanical Aspects t he batteries f or more' impoi'tan t uses of the
amperes.
Steel con struction g ives excellent mechanical A close look at the photos will tell you all
and elect ri ca l s ta bili t y. The front end is built about th e controls on the receiver. It ha s about
on a sing le sheet of st eel, simplif ying to some everything you really need. . includin g the S-
extent thi s important part of the receiver. meter. Quite a bundle for t he low price and
The coil s, trimmers, band-switch, shields and one you'll have a ball with . if you give it a
tran sistors are built on thi s plate a s 8 sepa - t r y. moo
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( CAPAC ITY M ET ER from page 23) driven to s a t u r a tion , with the opposite ampli -
ca pa cit a nce, the sca le is linear and there is fier cut off by t he large p ositive bias devel oped
no need for ot he r t ha n f ull-scal e calibration. by t he ch a rge on t he coupli ng ca pacitor. The
Hence, a variable resisto r , R5 in Fig. 1, i s plus charge d rains off t oward the B - thru
used t o s h u nt a b it of ex t ra cu rrent around t he ba se hi a s r esi s t or, a nd at a bout - 0.1 volts
the meter, to allow f or battery aging- and a lso of ba se bias, the cut off tran sistor th en con -
to eliminate th e neces sity of se tt ing t he multi- ducts, a n d r egeneration qu ickly ca us es thi s
vibrator exactly on fr-eq ue ncy. t ran s istor t o become sa t u r a t ed , with the op-
By operating the MV at four fixed f requen- posite one cut off. T hi s p r ocess r e peats it self
cies, in decad es , t he r ang e of ope r atio n covers at a r ate gove rned mai nly by the base bi a s
pr act ica ll y a ll s ma ll color -code d ca pac itors. res is to rs , R 2 a nd R3 in Fig', 1, and the inter-
Th e frequ enci es u sed a r e 100 cy cles, 1 k e, 10 cou p li n g capa ci tors, Cl thru Cx. Th e r esult is
kc a nd 100 k c. m ore or les s a square-wa ve. A ca pacito r, Cx, is
T he MV, in Fig . 1, h a s three possible s t a t es connected across t he termina ls .II and J2
of nor mal opera tion. They a re : Ql co nd ucti ng with t he instrume nt tu rned on . \Vh en Ql
a nd Q2 cut off, or Q2 on a n d Ql cu t off or a is condu cting' a n d Q2 is cut off , Cx is cha r ged
tran s itiona l s ta t e wh ere both condu ct. Wh en t o pra ct ically the full battery voltage t h ru
t he power sw itch, SI, is first turned on either CR l. On the n ext half cycle Cx di sch arges
Ql or Q2 st a r t s to conduct mor e readily than t h ru CR 2 and the meter, 1\11, and recharges
the other due to in heren t circuit unbalance. again in the opposite pola rity, to t he su p-
D ue to t he r eg enera t ive a ction of t he cross ply potent ia l. T h e r esu lt is , of course, a
cou pled amplifier s on e or t he oth er soon is (Contin ued on page 50)
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~etters to the Editor llrit'fl y , m o r e power to you.
B y keep i ng- the tec hnica l level a bo ve t hat of t he
beg-inner, but below that oC the professiona l ( each oC
CAS I w h ich ha s his o w n s p ec ia liaed literature n ow J, the maga -
at z i ne s h o u ld be D s uccess, A Connat of technical articles
:\lY AGE r u t her than o C operati ng detuils s ho u ld have con siderable
neec me a nppeul . M ig h t I s u srg est , however , t h at you n e ve rth e le s s
Hotel Ext'culive:' ha ve a variety. C W a n d F S K r ig h t th rou a h t o sidebe nd
lind a nten nas . Althoug-h I'm n o t really a d e s k jockey. it
seems to me that i n t e llig e n t com pone n t and equipment
D l'8 r Lead er : m anufactur-ers w ould be m ost willing t o buy s pace in
J us t a n o t e to r e m in d you that we reti r ed a ir m a r s h a ll s the m a g , . . .
and ad rniruls tendi ng' ou r beds o C floweri ng concu b ines Ji m W 5 S U C
lind s cm-le t p a n de m on iu m s i n the C olden Su nset W('8t u f Ft. Huck cr-, A lubamn
the s mo~ hank-uh, whe r e WIlS I ? A n yhow d on't Ior a et
to enter our s u bsc r iptio n and bill u s when YOU get that Dear \Va )' n e.
mngaaine for a d u lt amat eurs printed a nd p a s sed b y the I am verv happy to hea r about 73 ::\Iagazi ne, li nd I
post office , the legio n o C dece nc y and Alexand e r King. want to wish you e ve r)" s uccess. Yo u r proposed editorial
H o pe you haven't r-e n e g -ed on the project, W n y n e. there's pol icy s ou nds li ke j us t what is needed in a h am radio
s o much R'ood h u r d wor k to be done, Meanwhile, hang' magazi ne. I r eattee tha t I a m p r oba b ly i n t he mi n o ri t y .
onto t he boat lind le t t he water s u p p o r t m oa t oC YOUI' hut I d on ' t li ke t o s ee h am rad io becomin g s o "com -
weta ht , m erciali zed ." Mos t b eg inn t ng- h ams t o day see m to b e
K en Cole W7I D F c once r n ed m ain ly with which factory built equi pment
Vashon. \\' a s hi n Kt o n to buy. Ma y be the)' s ho u ld n' t be blamed for this. a fter
T o: H e r r w av ne Gre-e n being s u b j ected t o a barragt> o f a d vert ts tn a, but some-
De a r w a y ne : body s ho u ld tell them that t his is a t echn tca l hobby, a nd
there wo n 't be m uch j us t i ficu t io n Co r our u se o f the
Wh a t H opp en ? H e r e I s it , IHltien tly wait.i n g- _f or the a ma teu r bands i f w e d egen ern t e i nto II bu n c h o C " c itizen's
njmea ra ncc of "n " . Pu t me on t he li s t to s t a r t w ith hand broadca s ters " w ho never b u ilt! lln y equipment , and
Vo l. I , No.1. I w ill t ake a ny lonR' -term s u bs d e a l )' O U have to se n d t he r ig back t o t he I uc t o r v Co r repa i rs. I
come up with, a s suming that you r or-ig-i'na l fig u res o f $:i hope 73 s e lls p 'ent y of adl'er~i sinR' s p a c e , but at the
a year; five fo r two years , e tc. Five years f or ten bucks"! sa m e time, if it can s teer hams i nto doing more ex -
I ' ll take it. H o w a bo u t fl "Lifetime" d ea l for. say. 25 peri menting' anrl c o ns t r uc t io n work, I'm a ll for i t . Pl eas e
bucks:' W e bot h gamb le---you be t t hat I d on' t live too n u t m e d o w n a s a ch arter s u bscri ber.
Ion g- a n d I bet th a t 7a d oe s . ( I a m du.m ned well s u r e I hope I h nvr- undc r a tood the fh-s t pnrap ruph o C your
t hut a ny a ood t echnioa l mu lit"azi ne w il l s u r v ive and mn ke te tt e r correct ly , w it h r~a ro l t o e rnphaaiz f n g- technic al
money. ] . . . and construction articles. and w ill be eagerl) awaiti ng
7:l es all that r ot. you r first i ssue. I might e ven whip up a few articles
Fritz H e r-vey W 9U U m ys elf for s-ou r- constderat ton . Lots of luck !
Chilton. Wis co n si n R . V. McGraw \\' 2LYH
(POWER SUPPLY {rem pege 27) The change-over relay, which is a 6 volt dc
A circuit breaker device is u sed for power ty pe , ope rates on any of t he three input volt-
s upply protectio n when t he su pply is u sed on ages. This is a ccomplished with a miniature
t he 120 volt ac line. If a short should exist in powe r s upply t o furni sh t he proper voltage.
yo ur equ ipment , loading t he supply t oo hea vily, Loo king at the diagram you w ill see th a t a
it will cut out, r emoving the a c su pply voltage. s mall r ectifier, X'l., is connected to the 6 volt
T o reset it, sim ply press t he bot tom on t op of winding of th e power tran sfor mer, T l. On
t he cut-out. On de operat ion a fuse is u sed 120 volt ac operation , the 6 volt s ac is rect i-
in stead. The circ uit layout is not a t all cr iti- fied by X t and fil tered in to good de by R2 and
cal, t houg h t he wires from U H F jacks t o the C4 for t he relay. On 6 a nd 12 volt dc opera-
r elay should be kept shor t . t ion , even t ho ug h no filament voltages a r e fu r -
Notice that a ll ou t puts fr om t he supply, nished by th e power t r a nsfo rme r, Xt a nd its
( fi lament a nd B + volt age, a s well as r ela y ) , filter circuit is st ill r eceivi ng 6 volts a c, per-
a re br ought out of the su pply t h ro ugh the use mittin g opera ti on of t he relay on a ll three
of a 6 termi na l J ones socket . T er mina l #6 is in put voltages.
used to contr ol the B + - Antenna change over T he power su pply shown ha s been used in
re la y. If you desi re t o operate t he change over both 6 vo lt and 12 volt cars a nd i n a 12 volt
re lay fro m a loca t ion ot her t hen t he chassis a irplane! It has been used extensively on 120
of t he su pply it is only necessa r y to connect volts ac a s well. Neither the vibration of
a lea d from #6 through a s wit ch to ground. mobile operation, nor the consta nt changing
\V hen term inal #6 is g rou nded , the rel ay is fro m one input s upply voltage to another has
energized, operating the changeover. caused any trouble with the un it. lllllJ
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C 270 470 470 .00 1 .00 1 " " 8
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C 6 .001 .001 .00 1 .01 .01 " " 8
C 7 .00 1 .001 .001 .0 1 .01 " " 8
C 8 .00 1 .001 .00 1 .0 1 .01 " " 8
C 9 .00 1
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(CAPACITY METER from pag e 41J e pox y glass boa rd, using eyelets a nd j umper
WIres. U se of 100 volt r a ting capa citor s he lped
cu r r en t ind i ~ a t i o n on t h e mete r, the exact
cut down t h e size. The 9 volt merc ury ba t t er y
va lue .depen dIn g u pon t he su p p ly voltage, the
capacity of ex, a n d the rate at which thi s was mounted in a cli p fro m a cab inet la t ch.
T he CUITent dra in is in th e or der of 20 r na
charge and di scha r g e effect take s pl a ce.
and the r equ ired volt a g e slig htl y above 6 volts:
In order to protect t he meter fro m damage
d ue to sh or t ed capacitors, CR 3, a s ilicon diode so a 7.5 or 9.0 volt d r y battery could be su b-
st it u t ed if desired .
b iased in it s f orward conduction direction
wa s in cl uded . This lim its t he max imum voltag~ The ra nge s wit ch , S 2, sho uld be of the short-
acro ss the m et er to about 0.5 or 0.6 volts. Th e ing t yp e to prevent t he multivib r a t or from
st op ping when switch in g r a n ges , wh ich wou ld
m~te r movement itself wa s t hu s p r otect ed, but
sp ik es due to the capacitor charge caused r equ ir e turn ing t he power swit ch off t hen on
er r oneous r ea ding s when t he diode con d uct ed aga in . A si de f r om t h e usu al preca ut.icn s to ob-
prem a tu r el y. T o preven t t hi s , CI3 was in- ser ve pola r ity of the diodes and battery, t he
clu ded, a nd in addition C13 pr ovides dampi ng only critical wir ing is in the n eed for sho r t
wh ich f urther preven t s meter damage. d irect lea ds to J 2 fro m t he power switch, and
I n a ctu a l use, t he range swit ch is set t o a f rom t he p ower swit ch , S2, to CR I a n d CR2.
po sition which give s an on-scale reading . The The ca p ac ity of t h e lea d to t he st a n da r d 100
p ower swit ch is then s et to CA L I B RAT E and m mfd capacitor, C12, wa s about 3 m mfd in
R5 is set to g ive a readi ng of 100. T hen sw itc h th e au t h or s instr u ment, and was allowed for
back to ON, r ead the meter, an d use t he a p- in the select ion process. The stand a r d capaci-
propri a t e .m u lt ipli er ind icat ed on t he ra ng e t or s (C9-10-11-12) were mea sured on a n a c-
swit ch. Since leak y cap acitors wou ld g ive cu rate br idge, and were padded where neces-
er r oneous ind icati ons , a leak ag e tes t p osi t ion s ar y to obtain t h e correct valu e. All other
was incl ud ed on t he range s witch . F or t hi s capacitors can be whatever is on h an d in t h e
t est, Ql is cut off, Q2 con ducting, a n d the full ra nge required, eithe r paper or myl ar dielec-
bat tery voltage con nected a cr oss J1 and J 2. tric ty pe being s u it a ble. F or red uction of st r a y
An y indi ca ti on of cou r se mea n s a def ective ca pacity effect s a ground from the meter cir-
capacitor. cuit to t he case is qu it e es sential. Only t y pe
2N4 14 a nd 2N 247 t r an sistors have been tried
bu t sim ila r ty pes sho uld be sa ti sf a ct or y. Th~
Construction sili con diodes r ecommen ded f or CR3 wer e t he
least ex p en s ive available, a n d oth er type s
The entire circuit includin g the b at t ery a n d sh ould do a s well. U se of decals h elps improve
a 4 1/z inch p anel meter wa s buil t int o a 3 x 4 t he a p pearance an d operating convenie nce of
x 5 in ch LMB chas sis box. Most of t he com- t he unit , but if t he meter case is opened, u se
pone nt s were mou nted on a pi ece of 1/16 in ch ca re to avoid dust 0 1' other dam age. moo
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Jack for headset o ut put .
Built-in noise limiter. M icrophone: cryst al. ceramic or carbon
Spotting switc h for zero ing rece iver and 50-75 o hm o ut put (wil l match sta nda rd au t o
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trated in one sideba nd where most of it mu st
find it s way to the detector wh ich will then
g ive eve n more push to the lou dspeaker cone.
Wh ut ot her mean s m ight we fin d to narrow un its are t he heav iest t y pe of t he 3
sizes w hich we re forme r ly ava ila ble.
a nd int ensify our ra di o tele phone sign a ls ? ( F OB, Ga. via economica l motor frei g ht )
What a bout su p pressi ng t he aud io carr ier g en - $39.0 0.
er a ted by your vocal chor ds? S peech, wh en Mobile T'runsrn it ter . . . Uses 561 8 cr ys t a l
ana lyzed, cons ists of t he generation of a n oscilla t or into CBS - 55 16 a m plifie r .
au d ible t one which is am plitude, fr equency, Modern desig n. Only 7 lbs. net wt. in.
a nd phase mod ul ated, sim ult a neously, at a s yl- t cludi ng built-in enclosed in a lum inum
labic rate. T he sy lla bles t hemselves are s u b- cabinet (51) '' H x 8"W x 8" D) . Furnished
audio and if on ly their information were trans- w/crystal that doubles near 10 meter
mitted our radio t elephone signals could be band . Requires slig ht & ea sy modi fica- :
as narrow a s fa st telegraphy. Speech can be tions for 10 meter operation . A real deal.
re-bui lt around a mechanically-generated tone $13.95.
as is done by persons whose vocal chords do VHF Transm itter ... P e rfect f or 2 met er
a nd /o r 1 l,4 meter conversio n. Late,
not fun ction. T his sor t of speech is monoton- mode r n desi gn. Uses two 6201's into
ous, bu t perfec tly r ea dable. Th e mai n obs tacle single Ampe r ex 6360 t win tetrod e. Xmtr
with tra nsmitting on ly t he s yll a bic in fo r ma - onl y 4" x 4" X 11 " . Only 3 %. lbs. See
ti on a nd re-in serting t he a udi o t on e a t th e Sept. 1960 issue of " CQ" magazin e (Page
receiver is th e loss of un-voi ced soun ds : t he 82 & 83) for det ail ed conversion t o 2
hiss ing and clicking which con tributes to in- meter s. Get 20 wa tts on 2 mete r s with
tell igfbi lity, a nd requires a wider-ra nge au dio ease. T his is t he best va lue we have ever
system t ha n purely s yllabic modulation would ha d. F ur nished complete with Battery
allow. At any rate, here's a project t o con- pack and connection cable. $15.00 .
sider . The Whole Wide World or USA in t hird
Already with us is the multiple ch annel A :\I dimen sion. Beaut if ul colored plastic relief
maps. Self-framed . I dea l for Den or
tra nsmitte r wh ich can use a sing le carrier for Shack. Convers ion piece. Educational.
sever a l sim ulta neous communications. Present 28% " x 18 th " . . . $9.95 , 26 " x 41" .. .
band width req ui rements for t hese systems are $24.95, 42" x 60" . . . $49.95. (Sp ecify
qui t e reasonable. T he Kahn Al\I st ereo sys tem USA or World Map.)
for ex a mple, occupin g no more s pect r um t ha n Glas -Line. Non-Metalli c Guy Line-Per-
a single dual-sideband st a t ion mod ulating w it h fect fl exi ble insulator - Revolutionizes
simila r a ud io f requencies. Broadban d systems H am R ad io & TV An tenna S yst ems.
such a s Fl\f broadcasti ng a nd te levision, perm it ( E lim ina tes need f or Glass "Break-u p"
the use of subcarriers (as with Fl\1 multiplex- ins ula t or s. ) 100' Spool $3.75, 600' Reel s
ing or color t elevision) for a considerable $17.84.
quantity of useful information, and with no Brand X ew H & W ylodel 381 Til Switch.
increase in bandwidt h. A ma t eur s haven't P er f ect for SS B or CW Break-I n.
t Ma t ches 52-75 Ohm coaxial line. H and les
found much u se for these techn iques yet. P er-
f ull K\V. Switchab le Ba nd change for
ha ps some of the ha m f amilies could u se a optimum performance. 80-10 Met ers.
single tra nsmitter with cha n nels labelled " his" $60.00.
and " hers". New B & ' V Co nverter Transfor mer
Let us, first of a ll, concentr a te our in t elli- Model TT120'V. Rugged precision xfmr
ge nce- beari ng side ba nds int o as narrow a band for home-built P ower Supplies. 12 V. in-
as poss ible, a nd put a s much power a s possi ble pu t . 120 Watt s. 500 V. @ 200 Ma.
into thi s ba nd. This shou ld be done bef ore t he ( Br idge Rectifl er) , or 250 V. @ 200 Ma.
modulation transformer. The t ime is here (wind ing C.T.) or a com bina t ion of both
whe n, even w ith a single sideba nd , we must voltages using a max imum of 120 watts
do this to keep pace with t he competition. A s of current. $15.25.
present techniques become fully exploited, let Hamma rlund Receiver-s in stock HQ I 00C,
us thoroughly analyze any new idea s wh ich HQll 0C, H QI45C. Bra nd new. E xcellent
come along a nd even develop s yst ems of our trade-in s offered .
ow n. \Vith present commu nications s peeds in ! T housa nds of electron ic T UBE TYPE S
t he thousands-of -wol'ds-per-m inute rate ava il- I N S TOC K. S EN D US YO UR T UBE
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ba ndwid th for sim ply ta lking. T he CW opera tor
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Now, the AR C-5 tran smitter ser ies. Rea d n y
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