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y now most of yo u have heard the same
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editorial by Wayne Green
Editorial Offices.
PI... 51"" GETTING ORIENTED issue of 73, pointing out that il thing but a big plus which would
Pelerbo<oullh NH 03458 A trip to Korea, Taiwan, Hong our ham clubs did not get busy force more inventing and
P!'lone: 1!103-92~7J , 924-387. Kong , Guam, and Japan in OC- and get the amateur radio ranks pioneering on us.
Advectislng Offices. tober helped put things into growing again (growth had II you, the readers of 73
sobering perspective as lar as stopped for a six-year period at Magazine, make it your busi-
p "", St,"t ness to see that your ham club
Pele<lX>roullh NH l)3.t511 the US leadership i n tec hnology that time as a result of the FCC
Phone: 603·924·7138, 924-7139 is concerned. Oh, the evidence handling of the so-caned "ln- gets busy and starts filling up
was the re without the trip - on centtve li censing" proposalS), tho se Novice classes with high
Circulation Offices, my wrist in th e form of a digital the US domi nance 01 the elec- school kids, we'll start having
watc h with built -in calcula tor tro nic indust ry world wide cou ld some good techni cians and en-
Pine SI'Nt be lost within t wenty years. I gineers flowing into our elec-
Peterborougn NH 03458 from Japan, two or three more
Phone: 603-924 ·7296 caste calculators always at missed my guess; we lost it tronics industry within ten
hand, a Sansui hi-f system at within ten years. years. We want to get the kids at
Subscription Rates home, Icom, Kenwood, Tem po, If amateur radio had been this time of their lives and infect
In 11\1I Un ited SI.'ee end PoasessiOns: and Yaesu ham gear at every permitted to continue to grow at them with one ot the most vtru-
One YNr(12 Iss.-) $18.00 turn, Hitachi and Sanyo televi- the rate it had established dur- lent of viruses ... amateur ra-
T'/WO Years 124 i _ ,) S30.00 sions, VTR systems made in .re- ing the years after WWII until dio. If you get their attention at
Three Yurs (36 ;HultS) SotS.OO pan, etc. Even my new recharge- 1963, at which time it was pro- 14 and 15 years of age. you 'll
Ulet'me subscription S2.a.OO
able pencil sharpener says posed that we go back to the have most of them lor lite.
Elsewherel Sanyo. pre-war Class A and Class B li- But we need a 20% growth
CAnede-add 12,00 pel' y......n less While traveling through the censing system and all growth rate or better. not a puny 1t %
~id "'llh U.S. <;",nency. Orient visiting consumer elec- stopped, we would today have that we had for the years prior to
tronic shows in Seoul , Osaka, we ll over 1,500,000 l icensed 1963 and the licensing debacle.
All olhe. fO'eign -One y..' only- Taipei, and Hong Kong, I got the amateurs and I sincerely believe We have to catch up so we can
526 ,00 payable in U.S . e .....eney that the US would be making eventually get back our high
th.ough a U.S bank, lS .... tace maUl. full brunt of the com petition the
US faces from thi s area. It is no 80% of the elec tronic equtp- t ech no lo g y industries, Thi s
To subscr ibe. wonder tha t these countries ment i nstead o f Japan and t heir means th at your club must find
have taken over 80-90% of the o tt-shore workshops in Hong some way to get into the nearby
renew or chonge Kong, etc. high schools and put on demon-
production of high t echnology
an address. electronics equipment being l et's look at the situation strations of the wonders of
W"'e to 73 W~e~'''', S...llSe,ipt,on sold in our country . . . they're carefully and think about it. amateur radio _.. repeaters,
Oe~"ment, PO 80. 931 , Farming. ahead of us in just about every Statistics (ARRL) show that satellite communications, DX-
dille NY 11737. FOI" ,.,,,,,,,,,.,Is and ing, emergency service ... the
<;henges of add.en. include tIW Old- field except computers and mi- about 50% of the new licensees
dlen IebeI lrom }'OU' ITlO$t 'Kenl crowaves. are either 14 or 15 years old. We dozens 01 facets of our hobby
,u.,. of 13. FOI" g,1t IlUl)KnptfOna, ,n- Can anything be done to re- also know that about 80% 01 which have made it one of the
elude)'Ol.l' ""me end add'_ as well verse this worsening situation? these newcomers to amateur most important in the world.
es lhose of gill .ec,p,ents, Post-
maste.; Send fo.m '3S7g 10 73
I think it can, and I think that radio get involved enough with With only about 30% of the
W., gu me , S ...bselipt,on S.lVlees, you , the readers of 73 Magazine, electronics so they choose it for licensed amateurs belonging to
P O. 80. 931 , Fe,mingdale NY 11737. can have a profound effect on their career. This means that If clubs, we need to have some
the position of the US in etec- our ham growth had not been vigorous club promotions. It 's
Subscript ion tronrcs over the next few years. I brought to a halt in 1963 by the been some time since I have run
don't think this is a si tuation FCC failure t o immediately dis- articles in 73 on how t o build up
problem or which can be helped by setting m iss th e "incentive licensing" clubs, so perhaps it is time fo r
quest ion. up trade barrie rs. I do th ink it is proposals, we mig ht expect to you to write about this aspect of
high time the US did get vigor- have 166,000 new hams j ust in the hobby. There are some rete-
W. ite 10 73 Meglline, sccecncncn
Depertmen" PO 80' 93 1, Ferming. ously to work to break down the 1980. This would also resul t in t tvety simple rules for oro-
(181" NY 11737 Plee,. include en ad· one-way Japanese trade barri- abou t 133,000 of these new peo- moting club growth which I can
d.",.lebel. ers . , , in essence, forcing them ple entering the electronics in- pass on .. _such as making
73 Wegllm" (ISSN 0096-go10l is pub- to fight us on more equal terms. dustry within about five years. sure that your club meetings are
lished monthly by 73, Inc .• PIne Sl'e'll.
Pete.bOrough NH 03"se, Se<;ond
My visits to the electronic Now, look here, don't come fun to attend. That may sound
el&u postege is ~id al PelerbOrough shows and Japanese electronic whining to me about how too simple an idea, but unfor-
NH OJ,658 end el add,t~1 ....il'''G firms had me in cont act with crowded the ham bands would tunately, I have been to far too
off~s. Cop'fJighl eel 1979 by 73, I"'C. Asian amateurs at every turn. be with 2,000,000 or more hams many club meetings which were
All rights .eserved. No pert of this
publi<;ellon ....y be 'ep.inleCI 01" other-
While this was no surprise, it trying to use them. W€ have so anything but fun. long battles
"'iSe 'ep«)ClV<;Od ""thOu' ",nil"" peI'- did back up what I have been damned many UHF and micro- over buying paint to spruce up
million from Ille pubhshe< . M,crof,lm writing in my editorials for many wave bands that we aren't even the clubhouse will not bring the
Edition _ University M,<; .o f,lm, Ann years . Byron Kretzman W2JTP using and so many techniques membership back to the next
ArbO< 10'1 148106.
recently dropped me a letter for getting more use out of the meeting.
remi nding me of an editorial I low bands that I don't th in k a big Let me provide some basic
published in the June, 1969, ham population would be any- rules for getting clubs to grow. I
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package written by C. E. Ohme, the su b routine is called. You do
Microcomputer requires 865 bytes of read-only
memory (AOM) and 24 bytes of
not want to ad d t he carry fro m
some previous operation into
LXI II
II.OA O THE C REGI STlR W)TH THE
IN UMbER O f" s - u r r b YTl S TO I:U:: ADDED.
ILO AD REG IS T ER P k lR H iliTH THE
are to be ad ded, in this case,
three. Register pai r H is then
loaded wi th the memo ry ad-
g ram g iven in Fig. 1; the mstruc-
tl on ADCM in Fig. 1 is replaced
by S8 8 M in Fig . 2. Note t hat the
)ACC I MlllORY k DDRE S S il HliU. ON E OF THE d ress where t he other 24·bit con ten t of t he integer eccumu -
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the three memory loc at io ns
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used for th is storage is as- reg ister pair D, wi t h the result of
AOCM I AtlO THE O THER ARGUi[.'lT TO 1 T
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sign ed the symbolic address the subtraction stored in t he in-
I N'( O I I NCR El'l E:~ T O'lE 11El10RY ADDR E SS A.'1IO IACC (Integer ACCumulator). It teger accumulator.
I N'( K I TH E:'l IN CRENl:'H THE O THER . should be noted that it is always In the next column, we shall
lICR C 10 ECR L." 'lE:H THE. b YTE CO lNT I ,oj C possibl e to use a group of con- discuss integer multiplication
,I N 1- I IF THE COUiT I S NON -ZERO . secutive bytes in memory t o and division subroutines. A sub-
AOOAGN IP E RFORt1 THE ADDI TJ O:-l Ilo GAJ N create a mu lti-byte eccumute- seq uent column will describe
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tor, which c ont ains o ne of the
o pe rands and in which the final
the application of these subrou-
tines to the smoothing or IiIter·
Fig . 1. resu lt o f an ar ithmetic or logical ing of data acq uired from an
ope rat ion is stored . anaroq- tc-dtqt ta r conve rte r
The next instruct ion that the (ADe).
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I P E.R I'"O R:1 THE SUbTRAC TIO N AGAIN
I would li ke to get i n to uc h
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•
RET IO TIl l:.RWIS £> RET URN fROM THE S Ul:>ROUTl~E
with anyone who had had expe-
rie nce getting a computer (OSI Larry Herbert WB 3HEX
C1P, 4K) set up and running on 2315A 14th Street
Fig. 2. the ham bands sending and reo Ft. Eustis VA 23604
21
ly acrid odor which seemed to a good smoke detector ala rm.
Don't put it o ff _. . it may save
Leaky Lines_ _~ be wafting in from the radio
shack, about thirty feet down
the hall. I went to investigate
and found the room blanketed
you r li fe and the lives of your
loved ones.
•••
Dave Mann K2AGZ suggest that he use Hungarian in a vast, impenetrable cloud of If you have a st rong stomach
3 Daniel Lane Zither Player. It doesn't matter yellowish smoke. and can withstand disgusting
Kinnelon NJ 07405 that he's not of Magyar descent. The first thing I did was reach things, go down to 14.195 when
You can't have everything. for the convenient ctrcuf t- a rare DX operation is WOrking
Ouarters, Dimes, & Nickels breaker switch, just ins ide the split. I always tho ug ht that this
Phlu key phonetics are back
... Pints, Quarts, & Gallons ... doorway. Then I sl am med t he freq uen cy was ofl li mits for us,
wi th us again. For a brief while n but I was amazed to learn tha t it
April, May, & June", Jacks, door shut, went into the ba th,
appea red that the forces of Ali a, room, sa t urated a towel in cold is a gat hering place, not only for
Bravo, Cha rlie, and Delta had Queens, & Kings -al l friends of
mine, all instant ly rec ogn izable wat er, an d draped it over my a fl ock of sel f-appoi nted rnon f-
prevailed; one heard the pre- mo uth and nose, I took a very tors, but for one of the foulest -
ferred phonetics and only occa- on t he ham bands. So are Ugly
Lover, Hot Little Hand s, and deep breath, opened the door, mouthed groups of morons a nd
sio nally ran into those of the
Red Hot Electrons, not to men- ran over to the wi ndows and id iot s I've ever had the d isp lea-
humorou s (or not so humorous)
tion one of t he most well known threw t hem open (it was a Chilly sure of running into.
variety. But now they are all over
of all , Never say Die, who, I'm night and they had been The usual procedure followed
the place. The bands are full of
told, has something to do with closed), and turned on the ex- w hen DXpeditions operate sp lit
Hot Water Bottles, Soggy Ten-
this magazine. haust fan. I then reclosed the frequency Is for the operator to
nis Sneakers. Aunt Maggie's
We not only apply phonetics door and waited for about two announce his listening frequen-
Drawers, Jersey's Ugliest Quad,
to our caustans. but to many hours before venturing back in· cies. He will invariably do this,
Mississippi Pea Picker, and
things. Who has not heard a to the shack'. and for people to insist upon
Always Going Zigzag (you see,
thousand guys calling, "CO, CO, The surface of my operating calling him on his transmit fre-
I'm in there, too).
CO Dog x-Ray," and what ham desk was covered with an ugly, quency is bad enough, but for
I must confess that I like this dark brown tum of goop, vile,
is not familiar with Heathkit's fifteen or t wenty big mo uths t o
sort of thing. Granted, such fri- smell ing and extremely vis-
Hot Water series of eq uipment? feel t hat it is their preroga tive
volities shouldn't be used on cous, l ike mol ten tar. Evident ly,
Sometimes It's not very flatter- not only t o inform ot hers tha t
MA RS or RACES, where a cer-
ing; some AM enthusiasts sti ll all the po tting compoun d of a they are out of the US phone
t ain decorum and protocol must
ref er to s id eba nd as Slo p tra nsformer had melted and run band , but to call them vil e
be observed, bu t w hat's w ro ng
Bucket. And w ho among us has o ut thro ugh the apertures in t he names in th e bargain, is reall y
wi t h injecti ng a bit of informali -
not sometimes said of another bottom of my prop p it ch rotator too much. This gen erally occa-
ty where it isn't out of place? sions a reto rt by either t he of-
service, Criminal Band , Chicken control. But the worst o f it had
Some callsigns dely all ef-
Band, or Children's Band? been due to the burn-up of some fending station or by t he other
forts, however, As a wordsmith
Once in a while you will hear selenium diodes. The gas gen- filth peddler and the result is
of somewhat lengthy experi-
someone use trick phonetics to erated from these is noxious pretty chaotic.
ence, especially in the pop song enough to be used in the Cali - The OX station is not both-
field, Ithink that I'm pretty good clarify his name. I suppose that
almost all the Floyds have used fornia lethal death chamber! ered by the carrier throwers, the
at devising fairly clever
Funny Uttle Old Yellow Dog, I had been under the distinct tuner-uppers, and the occa-
phonetics. But when somebody
and all the Bobs spell out Bro- impression that this device was sional excitable aso seeker
hits me with those oe. Zs, and
ken Old Bottles. adequately protected against who forgets to flip his band-
Xs, I generally shrug my
short-circuit damage. It was switch ... he is listening up the
shoulders and give up. Good Please, I beg you , don't infer
designed with a power main band for callers. A ll these guys
ones seem to come eoontene- that just because I've done a ut- do is make it impossible for the
ous ly. The very first time 1 ever tie bragging here about my fa- fuse and with the appropriate
interlocks and so forth. It ran on station being recognized by the
worked To ny W2100, it didn't cility with phonetics, I'm ready,
110 V ac and its sole function OX operator.
take five seconds lor me to Willing, and able to dig one up Most of their voices are reo-
best ow upo n him the sobriquet, f or you, Don't as k me to ass ume was t o provide 36 V dc t o run t he
motor and to swi tch from clock- oq nfzabte by their fri ends and
Ita ly's Oi lies t Olive, W het her he t he bu rden, .. I've got enough
wise to counterclockwise rot a- associa tes. In all good con-
approved or not is an entirely troubles of my own. I once had
tion , , , a very simple device ln - sc ience, t hey should be told to
d ifferent ma tter. I never prom- the temerity (and stupidity) to knock it off. And their friends
ised hi m a rose garden! But it's offer to help someone select a deed. But its power supply con-
tained selenium diodes, and need no t t ake t he trouble to be
a heckuva lot easier to remem- name for a forthcoming blessed
these are not to be taken lightly. tac tful or diplomatic about tel l-
ber than India Oscar Oscar, isn't event, and I got into the middle
ing them. They are perfectly
it? And as for Ida Oboe Oboe, of a horrendous family argu- A tragedy was averted. But I aware of the trouble they cause,
forget it! ment that is still going on. The am chilled by the realization and if they persist in these sorts
On Christmas Day of 1964 or mother's family is sore because that I frequently used to leave of carryings-on, they ought to
1965, I've forgotten which, and they think the kid should have all my gear running on standby have their heads handed to
I'm lar too lazy to pull the ap- been named alter a maternal overnight, and if this malfunc- them.
propriate logbook from the drs- grandfather, and the father's tion had occurred while tne tern-
reputable looking pile of rubble family is sore because he was ily was asleep, we might all There's absolutely no excuse
in the bottom of the shack named after a wealthy uncle have been asphyxiated in our for it, and the sooner they are
closet to find out, I hooked up who promptly changed his will beds! exposed and give n what they
w ith a g uy who signed We Broke in favor of t he kid, thus cutting At nine o'clock on the very deserve, t he better. Imbeci les
4 Plat e Glass Windows. OSB them out of their ant icipat ed be- next morni ng, I drove ove r t o my who do this sort of thing de-
was c losing in fast, and we lost quests ... the kid got it all ! In handy-dandy lo cal ha rdwa re se rve no co ns ide ra t ion, be-
eac h ot her very quick ly, I point o f fact, he isn't even store and pu rchased a number cause th ey give none t o ot hers,
haven't heard him since, but I known by the name I helped to of smoke de tector alarms. One and t he very las t thing their
guarantee that I'l l know him at select, Every bo dy calls him of them was promptly installed fri ends should provide them
once if ever I hook up with him Red, since his hair is the color in the radio room. and others with is anonymity. This only en-
again. How in the world could of a ripe tomato. are placed in strategic loca- ables them to continue the mis-
anyone ever forget We Broke 4 But I resolved that I would tions all over the house. I do not behavior.
Plate Glass Windows? But I never get inveigled into such a intend to run the risk of a recur- I had occasion, even though I
don't think I'd be able to situation again, and I am just as rence. did not need it, to listen t o the
remember Whiskey Bravo 4 adamantly determined to avoid Every radio shack should be most recent operation on Mount
Papa Golf Whiskey. helping with callsign phonetics. equipped with certain basic Athos, and despite the fact that
I'll admit that there are times So please don't ask me for any items. We have been aware of I am a guy who's been around
when it can get confusing. I help . , , as I say. I've got enough the necessity of a dependable and who's been exposed to
u s~ to work a certain Horses , troubles of my own. fire extinguisher, a dummy load , some pretty filt hy ta lk in my day,
Ponies, & Zebras, I am now ac- ••• certain test equipment, and so I was appalled at the f oul talk
q ua ~ n ted wi th Horses, Zebras, & A serious note: Some weeks forth. But every ham should th at I heard. II's an intolerable
Pon ies. The latter happens t o be ago, while si lting in the living ma ke sure tha t he adds to t his
a musi cian, and I've decided to roo m, I became awa re of a fa int- li st of fun da menta l necess it ies Continued on page 156
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by a mi crocomputer. the desk microphone and the
Upo n inspection, the mosl toucntone kit provide the sa me
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+400 kHz, +1 M Hz,and +1 .6 er. Its large-character, brig ht· field o r bench usage. were previou sly on ly a CW oper-
MHz. c larity , 0.5-inc h-hig h 9-dlgit LED c o at -ettecuvery pri ced o p- ator's fantasy.
arra y - with automati c ze ro tion s inclu de a t o-ho ur re o For serio us contest enthu-
It won 't take an observer long
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apart into two pieces: the con- readabi li ty at a dist ance and at well as an audio multiplier th at the mo st f lex ible automatic
trol head and the ma in unit. w ide viewing ang les, even un. al lows up to OJ)Q1-Hz reso lu- serial number generator on the
W it h an o ptional connect ing der hi gh ambient li ght condi- tion, and a 25-dB preamplifier market. For VH F Dxer s, it offers
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Two i nput c hannels a re pro- tro l. mode for precise moonbounce,
located as muc h as 15 feet
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apart. This a llows g reat flexibili-
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The m icrophone contains a quency spect rum. High·vi sibi li. ly suit ed for measurin g, trou- be in structed as to how long to
vo lu me and sque lch control , ty indicator lights for "St andby," blesh ooting , ca li bra t ion, and transmit any selected me ssage
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The 5-Irf meter is digital, using Ho used in a com pact, hig h- At last, a comput erized etec-
LEOs instead of the usual, im pa ct-res istant portab le cabi- tronrc keyer Is ava ilable that Conrinu«J on page 147
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audio amplifier o r perha ps ha ve nearl y as plea sing a
as the fi lter-power a mp lifie r quali ty as trad it iona l side- listening 10 NBVM
fo r a si mp le re ce ive r. At ba nd modes. As a result, I II you do not o wn a frequ ency compandor, It still is possi ble
o ne tim e, VBC was invest i- found it more diffic ult to t o listen to t he ga ng on NBVM . The resu lts will depend on the
gat ing the possibility of pro- fully compre hend the ot her rec eiver you use and yo ur ability t o comprehend less t han
vid ing hybrid c hips fo r such Ideal audio. The t wo for mants of speec h lying bet ween 1000
sta t ions. Any NBVM test
and 2500 Hz are Inverted Into t he spect ru m ly ing between 600
a rece ive r. If yo u experi- sho uld consider the facto rs and 2100 Hz. In the c ase of the narrow frequency compres-
ment with digitall y-based of opera to r fatig ue and en- si on, usable speech will be found between 600 and 1600 Hz.
voice communications, the joyment. l ike any ne w sys- By tuning you r rece iver 10 the opposite sideband, It Is pes-
fr e qu en c y c o m p a n d o r tem , it takes time to ad just sible to listen t o t hese two trans lated lorman ts. Tune slo wly; a
mig ht offe r so me interest- to NBVM. 2O-Hz d ifference in frequen cy c an be enough t o make t he si g.
ing possibil ities. Commer- nat unintellig ib le. If your rece iver has a tunable passband fil-
cia l owners a re using the A Commercial Gold Mine! ter, it may be possible to eli mi nate the fi rst formant, below 600
3000 to combi ne voi ce and Technologi ca l break - Hz. It is in the o t her sideband and acts as QRM when you are
data informa t io n on t he throug hs a re not a n ev- trying to tune in the 6O().to-21()().Hz segment. The 21()().Hz
same telepho ne line. mode is not too d ifficult to eavesdrop o n. The 16OlJ.Hz mode
eryday occ urre nce in ama-
requires you to have a good receiver and sharp ears. Remem -
A more practi cal ham teur radio . No matter what ber, use the o pposit e s ideband.
use of the 3000 co uld be as the result is for the a rt of The best result s for receiving NBVM obv iously occur when
an auxiliary filte r. Front- com munica tio ns, politics is you have a frequency compandor.lf possibl e, establ ish con-
panel switches a llow the us- sure to be involved . NBVM tact on conventional s ideband first . carefu lly tune your
e r to select this option for is no exception . The ci rcum- receiver for the most natural sounding audio. If the transmit-
re ce ive only. The high qual- sta nces surro und ing its ro le ting stencn is using an amplitude compandor and you have
ity of t he filte rs make them in the amateu r world has an expander, ad just the receiver af gain (volume) so that no
useful fo r nO!l-"NBVM use. bot h c urre nt a nd hi storical difference in the aud io o ut put level is heard when you switch
Howe ver, t hey a re not spe- implicat ions. the expander in and o ut. Then set the volume on your NBVM
un it to a pleasant level. If the signal seems t o blank out the ex-
cifica lly mea nt for this, a nd l o ng before t he first
pander, redu ce the drive.
provide a compromise in a ma te ur test of NBVM, the Now go to t he frequency-eompanded mode. It will be possi -
th is respe ct. The a lte rna te syste m received ca refu l ble to copy a co mpressed signal using ei t her the 1600- or
functions do e nhance the sc rut iny by the FCC. VBe. in 2100-Hz fitter in yo ur expander, but the best resu lts occur
Mode l 3(x)()'s va lue, bu t coope ra tio n with Stanford when your mode matches the transmitted signal. It may be
the y sho uld not be consid- Unive rsity a nd the FCC , necessary to ma ke slight adjustments in frequency. This Is
e re d w he n eval uat ing tested NBVM as a possible best accompl ished using RIT, a separate vto, or a receiv-
NBVM. means to red uce the size of er/t ransmi tter pai r. It is essential to be able t o tune w ithin 20
Pound fo r po un d, the c ha nnels needed fo r com- or 30 Hz of the ot her steucn'e freq uency. Older receivers and
VBe Baseband Transce iver mercia l VHF comm unica- some o f t he new syn thesized rigs may present pro blems.
is proba bly not one of the Readjust the rf and at g ain cont rols o n yo ur receiver to cb-
tio n. In th is scena rio, the
ta ln t he bes t so unding audio . It may be necessa ry t o turn off
bett er e lec t ro n ic b u ys present FM land mobil e sys-
the agc if t here Is a st rong sig na l on an adjacent c hannel. The
avail able . The Mod el 3000 tem s would be replaced by i-I filt er ing in di ffe rent rig s ca n Influence the quality of t he
costs $349 .00 . A ci rcu it SS B us ing narrow b an d NBVM. Rem em ber th at a frequ ency-companded syst em will
board c o nf ig u ra t io n is vo ice m odulation . Th is not otter th e sa me Intelli g ibilit y found on conventiona l SSB.
ava ila ble for $279.00. The wo uld all ow be tween three Exper imentat io n is the name of the game.
early model tested at 73 ha s a nd six times the c urren t Fo llowing are some frequ enc ies where NBVM act ivity is
poor qu ality switc hes whic h number of users . cen tered . The number of users is very small, so don 't be sur-
do not e nha nce the un it' s Co nf lict ing reports were prised if t here Isn't m uc h activity.
val ue. The later versio n us- presented to the Co mmis- 80 meters
es better pa rts, and as a sione rs. The o ne referred to 3.850 MHZ, Wed nesdays at ססoo UTC (Tuesda y night). Th is net
resul t, it look s and handles in the QST articles sup- meets prior to the East Coast AM SAT net on the same tre-
better. The a mpl itude com- ported th e NBVM cla ims quency .
pandor is centered a round a n d s u gg e s t e d f u rt he r 40 meters
a n NE571 IC whic h has a st udy . A second repor t 7.175 MHz, Satu rdays at 0030 UTC (Friday night ). This Is an In-
si ngle u nit price of about raised a number of q ues- fo rmal net 01eastern stallons.
$5.00. The major reason fo r tions about the effective-
20 meters
the $349.00 price tag lies in ness of SSB/N BVM. It sa id
14.210 MHz- Internat ional calling frequ ency for NBVM.
the freq ue ncy-com pa nd or there wa s a need fo r fa r
14.235-1 4.242 MHz- Stateside NBVM QSOs c an somet imes
circ uitry. The overall dollar greater frequency stabil ity
be found between Ihese frequencies.
va lue of the 3000 is a sub- and t hat ma ny intermed
je c tive ma tter. I don't think problems may occ ur if a 15 meters
the price is right to encour- na rrow c ha nnel scheme is 21 .302 MHz-Several OX NBVM stat ions have reported us ing
a ge widesp read amateur used. Alth ough the re port this frequency.
use. did not to ta lly dismiss the
Another subjective a rea idea of SSB/N BVM, it raised
is the eval uation of the a number of objections. tem is not the final version . It shou ld be stresse d that
NBVM so und . I am certain- The industry re action to VBC is devel oping a p ilot this is a substantial im-
Iy not a high-fid e lity freak , NBVM has been cool. at c a rrie r system that will provement over what is
b ut the frequen cy-com- best. automatica lly take ca re of avai lable now, but it is not
panded speech does no t The cu rre nt NBVM svs- frequency and gain control. read ily applicable to HF
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amateur use . League staff had seen or e rators we contacted said the case of SSB, though, its
Ca ref u l re a d er s wi ll test ed a prototype. When they ha d fou nd an advan- cle ar superiority over AM
remember tha t VBC has a tests were finall y conduct- tage to usi ng NBVM under conv inced t he skept ics; the
system patent fo r parts of ed, the ina bility to ac hieve certai n conditions. Another be ne f its o bvio usly ou t-
the NBVM system. At least the claimed benefits a p- point to remember is that weighed the costs . Afte r
o ne ma jor corporation d is- parently left the ARRl in a t he spectrum-savi ng fre- ou r te sts, we at 73 do not
pu te d t he cla im that corner. No W1AW tests quency-compa nded mode bel ie ve t ha t NBVM, as ap-
Harr is's frequency compan- have been cond ucted fo r is useful o nly when the sta- plied in t he VBC Mode l
dar design was original. It is the membership, an d the tions at both e nds of the 3000, offe rs that same
easy to sympathize with l e ague has turned its atten- QSO a re equipped fo r clear superio rity over our
VBC in its David vs. Goliath tion to othe r spectrum- NBVM present modes of commu-
battle with the FCC and the saving techniques . Reception of frequency- nication.
big corporations, but the Despite the lack of in- companded signals on an Mo re experimentation
stakes are high. An FCC fo l- dependent supporting evi- ordinary receiver is possi- with re d uc e d-ba nd w id t h
low-up grant totalled dence, ads are appearing ble, as outlined in the ac- techniques is needed . Also ,
S54,OOO, while production which claim that NBVM is companying " Liste ning to it's important that ideas be
of 25 units a week for ama- the " mo st important in- NBVM" box, but the pro- shared among experiment-
teur use means a gross of novation in amateur rad io cess is cumbersome and the e rs. If you a re having suc-
S455,OOO a year if all the since SSB." Even though no fidelity is quite poor. A suc- cess with any reduced-
units are sold . The private concrete numbers showing cessful contact between an bandwidth system, includ-
land mobile industry repre- the actual benefits to an HF NBVM station and a non- ing VBe's Model 3000, be
sents a potential market on amateur user are available, NBVM station is a n ex- sure to document your
the order of S12 billion if we are assured that the sys- tremely unwieldy method wo rk, w rite it up, and send it
the FM gear currently in use tem is bound to succeed . of commu nication . It 's to us for publication in 73.
is re pla ced . Obviously, VBC Conflicting re ports are giv-doubtfu l that amateurs l e t's all work together to
is very interested in being en about the numbe r of without NBVM will have deve lop a viab le sys-
the sale supplier of NBVM Model 3OO0s ow ned by muc h interest in pa r- tem .•
ha rd ware. hams . It is clear that ma nyticipating in NBVM testing .
Although suc h pa rticipa-
of the units a re being tested Relerenees
NBVM Is Dead and the by non-amateur users. The t io n was suggested in the Baldwin, "Dawn of a New Era?" -
ARRl Slew It? a pp roac h by those people Septembe r, 1978, issue of QST, September, 1978.
It is easy to see ho w comme rcia lly in v ol ve d QS T, there is little useful in- Harris and Cleveland, "A Base-
NBVM differs from earlier with NBVM is character- fo r ma tion w hic h no n- band Communications System,
a mate u r ra d io deve lop- NBVM stations can gather
ize d by a lack of o rgan iza- Part I,"QST, November, 1978.
men ts like SSB a nd FM re- tio n, poor tec hnica l docu-by listenin g to freq uen cy- DeMaw, " Narrow Band Voice
pe a ter s . The Ame rican Modulation," The Radio Ama-
mentation, and, in some companded signa ls.
teur's Handbook, 1979 edition.
Rad io Relay Le ague 's in- cases, evas io n. It wo uld be shortsighted
volvement (or lack of it !) in Alt ho ug h ea rly NBVM si mp ly to d ism iss a te ch- Operato rs Manual, NBVM Base-
th e s e p revious b reak - band Transceiver VBC Model
pu blicity urged us to exer-nology tha t promi se s more
3000, VBC Inc.
throughs prov ides a n inter- cise the ham tr adi tion of ex-
efficient use of the am ateur
esting comparison to their Wil mo tte and l usi gnan, "Spec-
perimen tat ion , Model 3000ba nds. Howe ver, it is e q ua l-
trum-Efficient Technology for
NBVM affi liation. It was ow ne rs a re cautioned by ly shortsighted to jump a t Voice Communica tions," UHF
clea r in t he begi nning t ha t VBC no t to "attach impro- the first new tec hnique to Task Force Report, Fed eral
the AR RL wou ld be the ma- vised ci rcuitry a nywhere on
come a long an d begin pro- Communications Commission,
jo r backer of NBVM. Early the printed wiri ng board ."moting it as the most impor- February, 1978.
publ icity st ressed that this tant innova tion since single
Despite the appl iance o pe r- Spence and Hi g gi nbo t ham,
was an experimenta l sys- ator's a pproach take n by sideband . This te nds to "U HF Task Force Presentation
te m that could be built and VBC, the re is am ate ur in-discou rage exploration of on Spectrum Eff icient Teen-
tested by amateu rs. The vo lvement in base ban d other promising methods nology tor Voice Oommuntca-
muc h awaited QST " tec h- com mu nic atio ns expe ri- suc h as digitalized speec h, uons.'' Memo randum to th e
ni c a l" info rmation tar- mentation. At le ast one time multip lexing, and syn- Commissioners, Federal Com-
nished those claims. Since ha m has built an NBVM chronous detection . munications Commission, Feb-
ruary, 1978.
then, the Newington-based unit based on digital filters , Regard less of the meth-
spokesmen for ham radio and there a re severa l de- ods used to ac hieve a sav- Tall, " Sp e c t r u m -Eff i c i en t
Technolog y," Industrial Com -
h a ve quietly dropped signs bei ng tested that don't
ings in spectrum, the advan-
munications, February 3, 1978.
NBVM. re ly on single-source chips.tages of reduced band-
Rumors abound concern- width, power savings, and Harris and Cleveland, " Eff icient
Conclusions Bandwidth Communication Us-
ing the league's involve- signal -to-noise ratio im -
ing Audio Signal ProceSSing,"
ment. It is clear that the ini- During our on-the-air provement must be weighed Modern Design &. Concepts for
tial support was based on a testing with other amateur against the increased com- RF Communications. MF
VBC demonstration tape stations equipped with the plexity, loss in fidelity , and through Microwaves, 1979 Elec-
which was not necessarily VBC Model 3000, we did higher cost. When SSB was tro Professional Program , April,
the most unbiased source. not encounter a single situ- introduced, most amateu rs 1979.
The QST articles and the ation in which NBVM was were skeptical of the new Baldwin, "Another Opportunity
Handbook chapter were superior to o rdinary SSB, mode, much as the y a re for the Amateur Radio service,"
published before the although a few of the op- now skeptical of NBVM. In QST, March, 1978.
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sitive to the line freq uency . they are sti ll too cost ly fo r ride o n top of the signa l. signa l would be present. If
You don' t see man y of ho me use . If you a re ex- Need less to say, a wea k you don't b lock o ut the dc
these cou nters a nymo re; per imenting with ci rcu itry signa l can foo l you. com pone nt, the counter in-
they a re cheap ies, but, for o n the ben c h, such as with The sec ret o f success is pu t stage may be biased o n
a t ime, He wle tt-Pack ard an osci llator c irc u it, you to be sure you have e noug h so hard tha t it won't co unt
and severa l surp lus dea lers may find the counter causes signal! On most counte rs, yo ur s ig n a l. Thi s is
offe red un its that derived drift when it is connected thi s is a le vel a bove 50 to e sp e ci all y imp or t an t as
t he ir cloc k timebase (deter- direc t ly to the circu it. In 100 mV rms. If you a ren't mo st service/ho bby g rade
mines the accu racy of yo ur th is c a se, coup le yo u r sure, inc rease the signa l (the o nes in the plasti c
counter) from th e po wer counte r to the outpu t of le vel to the cou nter by c ases) co u nte rs a re af-
line . These units are o nly the c irc u it with a smal l co up li ng bette r to the fec te d by de o ffset.
about ± 0.033% accurate va lue capacito r/ resi stor sou rce. If yo u a re meas ur- An are a th at mu st be e x-
when powe red from a wa ll combination (I found that ing a tra ns mitter and us ing plored is the re la tion be-
o utlet, a nd acc uracy is a 5-pF/100-0 hm co mb ina- a w hip a nte nna on yo ur tween co unters and radi o
z ilch if t he un it is powered tion is okay at VHF fre- cou nte r, mo ve t he wh ip t ra ns m itters. Usua lly, the
fro m a generator or in- quencies). O r, if your fre- c loser to the feed li ne o r o pe ra t ing fr equ en c y is
verter in the field . Need less q uency is below about 60 tran smi tter a ntenna . If yo u measured by sa m pling off
to say, if you have o ne of M Hz and your cou nte r has are ex per iment ing wit h a a s igna l in a low-powered
these units, power it off the a 1-meg input im pe da nce, ci rc u it, try a no ther p ick up stage in t he t ra nsm itter,
ac li ne o r bu ild a c rysta l- use a x10 osc illoscope point and compa re read- whic h is run in the CW
c o nt ro lle d cloc k ge nerator probe . Yo u' ll lose sensitivi- ings. You will fi nd that in- (t une-up) mod e. Since it
for it. ty, but you' ll m ak e a big c reas ing the signa l beyond us ua lly isn't pr a cti c a l to do
The signa l you apply to gain in stabi lity. The ide a a certa in point de te rmine d th is wit h exist ing tran s-
you r counte r is importa nt, he re is to coup le your c ir- by the counter will cause mitters, you mu st do the
too . In fact, I cou ld write a cuit as loosel y as possibl e no further c hange in your ne xt best t hing a nd use a
book on the sub ject. But to the cou nter (a du mmy readin gs. whip anten na on the cou nt-
I' ll c o ve r o nly t he mos t im- load) to re d uc e d rifty read- I can't e m phas ize too e r. This works well, bu t
portant areas t hat will af- ings. Coax ca b le be com e s a
st ro ngly ho w im po rta nt noise p ic kup can be a pr o b-
fe c t you in t his article. lo a d as t he freque ncy goes yo ur minim um sig na l le vel le m with high- impeda nce
up, so t ry to avoid using is; it p lays a big factor in
The type of signa l is very inputs . Th is prob lem shows
cab le between your oscil- the accu racy of your mea-
impo rtant. If you feed you r as ra ndo m cou nti ng with
lator and t he cou nter. In- su re ments! The sig na l le vel
counter a sig na l that is no signal, a nd t he cu re is to
stead, put the coupling mu st not be too great o r
va rying in a mp li tu de, or t ie a 1-mH rf c hoke across
ca p/res istor between the yo u w ill damage the fro nt-
co ntains some FM, you will the inpu t. W ith lo w-i m pe-
ci rcuit and your cou nter's e nd ci rc u it ry in yo u r
get a cha ng ing, often inac- dance inpu ts, t his is no
input cable. Lucki ly, this co unte r. This is very easy
curate reading , Tha t is p rob le m , howeve r. In
type of stab ility proble m
be ca use your counter me a- to do aro und transmi tters ope ration, t he counter/
doesn't come up often, but (mo re to foll o w).
sures or cou nts t he nu m- wh ip is placed near the
you should be aware of it.
ber of cycles in your un- Id e all y , t he o w ner's tra ns mitte r or its an te nna,
known signal in a given The a mp lit ude of your m anu al will spe ll o ut the if possi b le, a nd th e fre-
le ngth of t ime. The t ime is s igna l is impo rtant, too. It ma ximum signa l voltage to qu en c y is read off the
ca lled " ga te t ime" a nd is mu st no t be too low o r a pp ly to you r co unte r. You counter display when the
usuall y 1 second, 0.1 sec- your cou nter wilI count o n- sho uld f ind t ha t it is tra ns m itte r is ke ye d . This is
ond , and so on. Som e ly part of it, o r worse, noise related to frequency; 120 easy an d conven ient to do.
c o u nt e rs even ha v e a o n it, a nd give a fa lse volts ac, 60 Hz , and o n Ho we ver, so me o ne is su re
10-second gate time for reading. At the same time, do wn to 20 volts at 30 M Hz to co nnec t the counte r
audio signa l mea su rement. the s igna l must no t be too is a typ ica l spec. [f yo u direct ly to t he tra nsmitte r.
The point is, yo ur ac- great or you'l l run t he risk a re n't sure ho w mu ch the Don't!
curacy depends upon the of d a m aging t he input of ma ximum le vel is, use 10 Let me illu str ate w hat
stabilit y of yo ur signal to be you r cou nter. Si nce a sick vo lts rm s as a rul e of ha p pen s: Severa l yea rs ago
mea sured ! If your are counte r generally m ust be t hu mb . Also , a ny dc o ffset I was a n NCO in an in-
me asu ring t he freque ncy sent to t he fac tory, fixed, in th at s igna l m ust be st rument shop at an Army
of a transmi tter, you mu st and re turne d , you 'll be sav- tol er ated ; mo st coun ters post. O ne of t he troops
use th e CW position . No ing yourse lf a lo t of troub le are limi te d to a bout 100 co nnec ted a counter to a 1
AM, FM, or SSB a llowed. if yo u pa y attent ion to t he volts d c plu s the signal kW line a r and tr a nsc e ive r
Mod ulation ca uses changes leve l of the sig nal you ap- pe a k va lue. Check your u nde r rep a ir. Whe n he
in the signa l a nd a shifty ply to your counter! manu al for any info on d c pr e sse d t he m ike button,
reading on your cou nter. Weak signa l ca n be q u ite offsets; if t here is no men- bo t h the linear and t he
Al so, play it sa fe and use a a p robl e m, first in t he fact t ion tha t t he counter will counte r went up in a big
dummy loa d on your trans- t hat you must be awa re of ta ke dc voltages, put a 0.1 clou d o f smo ke. Need less
mitter to prevent QRM. I it . Most co u nte rs wi l l uF c a pac itor in series with to say, that was a very ex-
might add t ha t there a re display a frequenc y higher the input le ad whene ve r pensive a c ci de nt ! And the
special counters with t ha n t he t rue freq ue n- you me asure signa ls a t the Fort Hua c huc a instr ume nt
phas e locked loops t hat cy- if t hey re ad at a ll. Thi s co llector of a trans isto r, la b lo st a budd ing (but
will track FM signals, bu t is d ue to no ise sp ikes t hat o r a nyp lace e lse d e-pl us m isgu ide d) t e c hni cian !
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Never make the costly mis- your timebase switch for have them , and better yet, sitive. Also, the osci llato r
take this guy did. And one longer gate time, which ma ny ha ve a method fo r circ uit used in conjunct io n
more t hing: Use a d ummy gives you more numbers. e ve n g reater accuracy wit h it is, as well. If you use
lo ad whenever poss ible . Genera lly, a 'l-second gate - period measurement. In the cou nter at a different
After yo u have power time will provide opt imum this mode, you measure te mpe ratu re tha n what is
and a signa l to be mea- accuracy in you r measure- freq uency in terms of ca libra ted at (hopefully 25°
sured, you a re set to rea d ments. Also, most no n- period, then convert fro m Cl, e rror wi ll c reep into
the freq uenc y off the dis- sw itchable counte rs have time back to frequency. If yo ur re ad ings. The a mount
play. To get the most ac- this gate t ime bu ilt in, so you r frequency is stab le, of e rro r ca n be as hi gh as 20
c urate read ing, yo u mu st you are all set. Howeve r, you can push out your ac- ppm, enoug h to affect you r
ta ke fu ll advantage of all this hold s true on ly fo r rf c uracy at least to 0.001 % . readin gs. And t he effects
d igits yo u have. Try to fill signa ls. If yo u are measur- If you have a counter-ti mer of t he e rror rea lly show up
up as mu ch of the di spl ay in g aud io or othe r low- wi th pe riod measu rement, when yo u are measu ring
as p o ssi b le ; a reado ut freq uency signa ls, you wi ll use it for speedy, acc urate low freq ue nc ies. Also, at
of, say, 60.0000 MHz is run into trou ble w ith a measurements of frequen- VHF freq uen cies, the error
much more accu rate t ha n t -second gate t ime . Why? cies be low 10 kHz . ca n th row yo u off . So t he
0060.00 MHz. Remember Suppose you a re measur- As an interest ing side- best thin g for yo u to do is
th at t he larger the num be r, ing 100 Hz. With a 'l -sec- Iight, I worked with an ope rate yo ur co unte r as
the more accurate your and gate t ime, you will interest in g a pp licat ion of close to 25° C as possib le. 1
readi ng w ill be . This is measu re "100". In real ity, ti me-period counters sev- might add that the mor e ex-
because yo u wil l have sev- you wi ll see read ings like e ra l yea rs ago . Digita l p en si ve co u nte rs have
era l for ms of e rror in the "099" , "100", "101", "100" , watc hes must be ca librat- tem perature-co mpensated
two rig ht-most digits; there and so on . This is the res ult ed afte r they a re assem- osc illa to rs (medi um-co st
isa ± 1 count e rror (or ± 1j of t he ± 1 count error men- bled. The watch is placed units) or tempe ra ture-con -
in th e right-most d ig it, and tioned earlier. That is a ove r an e lect rosta t ic t rolle d ovens (high-priced
any errors in you r timebase + 1 %e rro r! If you can live p ick up and e nerg ized . The units). The ove n-controlled
wi ll show up in th is a nd the with 1 %, fi ne! But if yo u " no is e" f rom t he LE D co unte rs a re no rmally left
next d ig it. So, if you refer a re fussy lik e me, yo u' ll d isplay (LCD watch in my plugged in with the oven
to t he freq uency ill ustra- sw itch yo ur counter to the case) is p icked up a nd and osci llator left runn ing
tio n just made, t he errors 1O-se con d t imebase posi - counted. It is th en at all ti mes, 50 acc uracy is
wo u ld show up in th e 1 k tion a nd read "100.0" Hz measu red on a pe riod o ptim ized. Rega rd less of
and 100 Hz pos itions, a nd a nd get a n error of on ly counter and converted to what ty pe of counter yo u
that is better than hav ing 0.1% . Of course, if you numbe rs showing % dev ia- ow n, it shou ld be turned o n
you r e rro rs show up in the don't ha ve a 10-se co nd tion from the cor rec t fre- for at least a half hour
100k and 10k pos itions. To timebase pos ition, you a re quency. The ope rato r ad- before use. This will allow
fill up t he d isplay, just set st uck. But mo re co unters just s the watc h so t hat t he the interna l te mperatu re to
read ing is 00. And the re- rise a nd stab ilize, allow ing
su lt is a ve ry accu rate th e best accuracy. If you
s quere-w eve Input Signal s and Your Cou nte r own a battery co unte r, thi s
watc h! This idea isn' t new;
Th is is one section that deserves special mention and
I be lieve it was used with is n't poss ible, of course,
that is why it is in a section of it s own . Sooner or later, most bu t using it at room te m-
counter users try to measure square-wave signals with a
ana log watc hes, but it is
st ill simp le and c lever. And perature will st ill give you
coun ter. The result is error in the readings, with a display of the best accu racy.
double the correct frequency being t yp ical. There are sever- fas t, too . We built a unit
al reasons for this, the most important being the fac t that lik e t his in 1973 thin king You shou ld know th at
most counters will trigger on both the positive and negative the id ea was o rigi na l, bu t it t he c rystal in your co unter
edge of each half cycle of the waveform, effectively giving a wasn't. is also sub ject to aging.
readi ng of double the correct value. Now t hat yo u have a That mean s t hat with time
Also, the harmonic-rich signal can cause ring ing in your good ide a of how to get th e and use its frequenc y will
cab les and, in some cases ringing in your input circuitry. The mo st acc uracy ou t of you r d rift. Also, c ha nges in th e
counter may trigger on t hese " rings" and give you a com- co u nte r and ha ve rea d osc illato r com po nents will
pletely false reading. about t he p itfa lls mo st probab ly result in the sa me
The solutions to these problems are fairly simple and cou nters ha ve, le t' s con- effect, in e ven greate r
straightforward . If your problem is cable ringing , connect ce ntrate on othe r areas magnitude. 50, if you are
(terminate) t he counter end of t he cable with a SO-7S·0hm that a ffect th e pe rfo r- go ing to b e m akin g a
resist or. The value is to match the characteristic impedance mance of yo ur counter. highl y-a ccu rate mea sure-
of the cable. Or use t he low-impedance input (often VHF Fi rst , the ope ra ti ng ment. cal ib rate the cou nter
prescaler inpu t) on your counter for best results. If the o n a frequ enc y sta nda rd
temperature yo ur co unte r
resistor drags down your signal too much, eliminate or
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frequencies this will often be the case, try to " so ft en" the should be used as close to o ut turning it off if the
edges of the wavefo rm you are measuring by using a xl0 t he te mperature it was co u nte r is ac- powered ).
scope probe between the counter inp ut and your signal. Thi s ca librated at as poss ib le. This o ne step ca n often
simple step will often wor k with high-impedance cou nter in- Why? The crysta l used to "buy" yo u a n ext ra 20 Hz
puts and TI L level signals . Try it! genera te the clock or t ime- of accu racy or 50. It's an
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methods o f c a li b ra t ing stack their equipment, and on you o r into a live p iece multi p lexed d isplays and
cou nte rs u sin g t he TV that may mean the co unte r of equipment. If the t he noise they ge nerate can
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Se arch o f the Ulti ma te ceive r or transmitter. The recheck its accuracy, as wall !
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I ca n't thi nk of a better use cou nter case warms up . Try trimmer se tti ngs . Use a x10 you r time to use the sug-
for a TV. Pi ck a show you not to do t hisI probe, o r set the counter's ges t ions I ha ve made and
hate fo r best accu racy . There are a number of attenuator for x10 if it has to avo id the p itfall s I have
Note t hat it must be a Jive mi scell aneou s h int s fo r one, whe n me asuring la rge mentioned . By d o ing so,
network shawl yo u to remember in using signals over a few volts . you should be able to get
Surprisingly, the place in your co u nter. First, place And keep the counter dis- lon g er life a nd be tte r
whi ch you keep your the co unte r in a place play away from sensitive acc u racy fro m yo ur
counter can affe ct a c- where it can easily be seen, pie ces of equipme nt. cou nter. .
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DX with a Difference:
the Utility Stations
- when the ham bands get frustrating, give SWLing a try
ti me. Gander, Newfound- KSF70 Oakland, Calif. 2980,551 9,8903,13344 05- 10 & 35-40
JMA Tokyo, Ja pan 2980,5519, 8903, 13344 10-1 5 & 40-45
land, and New York aero-
- - Hong Kong 2980, 5519, 8903,13344 15-20 & 45-50
radio share four common
KVM 70 Honolu lu, Haw aii 2980,5519,8903,13344 20-25 & 50-55
freq uen cies. Each signs o n K1S70 AnChor age, Alask a 2980,5519, 8903, 13344 25-30 & 55-60
im me dia te ly a fte r the
othe r signs off. (See Tab le Table 2. Aviatio n weather fo r Atlantic and Pacific areas.
2.)
In add it io n to th e easy Aga in, th ese are just some tions . So me of the more the military c oas ta l traffic.
ca tc hes, som e Africa n of thei r broadc as ts, but if readily he ard are CUl, The Guard regularly sched-
bro adcasts may be heard you stay tuned, you may Li sb on , Portugal ; DAN , ules broadcasts on 2670
on 8896 and 11279 kHz - he a r others at diff erent Germa n Federal Republ ic; kHz . Depending o n loca-
a nd try listening on 5561, t imes . W Sl , Ne w Yo r k; IAR . tion, you may hear weather
8819. or 1001 7 for a broad- Gett ing back to strict ly Rome, Ital y; WCC, Chat- a dv iso ries. incl ud ing ice
cast from Asia . These a re aeronautica l stations, we ha m, Mass; GK E, Great Br it- cond itions. Someti mes ves--
by no mea ns all the fre- find that most lo ng-ha ul in- ai n; and VCS, Ha lifax, N.S.. sel o pera tors a re told of
quencies used. but if fate is te rnational ai r traff ic is sti ll Canada. naval operations in specif-
kind, you ma y he ar Singe- cond ucted o n th e high fr e-- The CW band on 8 MHz ic ge ogr aphi c al area s .
pore o r Beiru t and a host of quenc ies . Airports, aircraft. is perhaps th e most a ctive. (li sten then for the Navy
ot hers. a nd beacons all ca n be Some times these sta t ions on 6723 kHz.)
O ne othe r fac t is that heard within ce rta in ban ds. will se nd marker tran s-
So me o f th e popular
most o f these stations will Some o f these stati on s, mi ssion s . Th ese mark er s
Co ast Gu ard frequencies
Q SL if a pproac hed polite- suc h as Sa n Juan o n 8945 take two or three re cogniz-
are 6506, 8710, 8765, and
ly a nd return postage is in- a nd Piarc o Tr inid ad o n able form s.
13113 kHz . Other types of
cluded w ith your report. 8847, have been known to l ook fir st for the V coas ta l stati on markers in-
Somet imes it is advisa ble QS l us ua lly by the pre-- m arker. A typi cal e xchange cl u d e the p op ular CQ
to include a prepa red fo rm pa id-form c a rd met hod . might give 3 Vs fo llowed when actua lly looking fo r a
QSl so that someone at the listen espec ially in t he by the ca ll of the stat ion. ca ll and t he simp le DE ide n-
station can simply fill in a bands 6525 -6765 a nd Som et ime s a c ha in of ca lls tification ma rker. The
few blanks, sign the card, 8815-9040 kHz fo r this ai r m ight be he ard . In this DE marker is used fo r t ra ns-
a nd drop it in the mail . traffic . case, several sta t ion s a re mitter ad ju stm ents and
It may be he lpful to in- hooked e lect ro nic a lly to a so meti mes is used inte r-
clu de return postage fro m The Coastal Stations master operator. human o r c hangea b ly as a V ma rke r.
th e cou nt ry he ard back to Co as ta l sta t io ns also a re o t he rw ise, a nd seve ra l O ft e n the CQ marker will
you. US sta mps a re not e ither comme rc ia l o r mil- tran smitter s are be ing sa y QSX and give reference
va li d for thi s purpose in itary. The co mme rc ial sta- keyed at once, on different to the band being tuned by
most co un tries . All is not tion s ma y relay tel ephone frequenci es. Usually, each the station for responding
lost fo r the QS l hunte rs, co m mu nic a ti o ns , t el e - frequen cy is licensed with c a lls. Some of the popular
howe ver. George Ro bert- grams, weathe r, o r othe r in- a d ifferent assi gned c a ll. It c oasta ls like WSl gen erate
son is a gentleman who fo rmat ion for the shi ps in is done this way so that sta- so much QRM on the re--
conducts a DX stamp ser- t he me rc ha nt fl e e ts, o r tion s with tra ff ic ma y tune turn c a lls that you would
vice fo r hams a nd SWls. even to pleasu re vessels into t he best signa l re-- so meti mes th ink the y are
For an SASE , George will still in harbor. Whereas ceiva ble for band co nd i- rare DX in a contest!
send you a listing of prices m a n y s ta tio ns of an tions . Often a V marker by
a nd countries fo r which he ae ronautical na ture use the same basic sta t ion may FPTP or Else
stocks stamps. His add ress pho ne only, the coasta l sta- be he ard o n seve ra l band s Ourf inal c a tegory of sta-
is DX Sta mp Se rvice, 7661 tio ns use phone and CW a t onc e. This also makes tion s a re those in the fix ed
Roder Parkwa y, O nta rio, fairl y e q u a lly . Lik e u s for more use of our radi o point -to -p oint se rv ic e .
Ne w York 1451 9. Tell him ham s, th eir bands have spect rum a nd is one of the These sta tions off er a real
th at 73 Maga z in e sent you. been divided into se pa ra te reason s that commercial variety of li stening and are
Whil e on the subject of CW and phone segm ents. interests will be attempting sometime s c ha lle nging be-
wea t he r broa dcasts , I The phone usage ma y be to sec ure more and more ca use it may be difficult
might mentio n that the US ei ther AM o r SSB. For CW, fr equ en ci es at f u t u re just to be a ble to co py suc h
Coast Guard a lso tra nsm its expec t speeds of 15 wpm World Adm inis trat ive Ra- a feed . These util ity sta-
b roadcasts of about 10 and up. Try list en ing in the d io Confe rences. Many of tions, as t he nam e impl ies ,
minutes duration several bands 63 45-6495 , 8 459- the coastal co m me rc ia l are d ire c ting t he ir trans-
times daily. The station at 8705 , a nd 1 2690·1 30 70 sta t ions will Q Sl if the missions to one particul ar
Portsmouth. Vi rginia. has kHz. For phone tra ns mis- pr epared-form ca rd meth- re cei ving site.
been known to use 6505, sions, t he best bets a re od is use d . These sta tions are oper-
8765 , a nd 13113 kHz (a p-- 6515-6525, 872 5-1181 5, a nd The military al so has its a ted by c ommerc ia l, aero-
proxi mate), and you should 13170-13200 kHz . sha re of the c oasta l sta- n a u t ica l, o r militar y
list e n a round 0400, 1130, Th e e n ti re w orld is tions . In the United States, s o u rces . (Eve n sp ies, 1
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Selected Air Bases kHz Newark, New Jersey U7101, beacon stat ions, a nd, per-
Andrews -Forrestville, Maryland 6756,13247 whic h was founded over 50 ha ps most important for
Clark -Manila, Philippines 8993,11226 yea rs ago and c urre nt ly th e se rious utility DXer,
Mac Dill -Florida 8989,8993 de votes fo ur of its 36 pages stat ion add resses. Present
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(Note: Above fr eq uencies mostly SSB , but some AM may be used
util ity DXi ng. The NNRC pre pa id.
yet on all frequencies. Some other USAF frequencies in general
Bulletin ofte n contai ns in- Anot he r refe re nce aid
worldwide use inc lude 6738, 6753,1 1179,13201 , and 1801 9.)
fo rmat ion on ot he r util ity (for those who ca n affo rd
Table 3. Aeronautical calling frequencies, USAF. referen ce wo rks a nd iden- it) is the IT U's In te rnati on al
tifies man y of t he popu lar- Freque ncy List. The list is in
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o ur recept ion re ports, but ing fo r these stations in th e fr equ en c y, mod e , t yp e, cost is a modest $1500.00,
legall y they ca n't sto p you ran ge of 10-13 MHz. call , and, whe n ava ilable, or mor e by the tim e yo u
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Help Is Nearby Ano t he r o rga n izatio n large books a re d ivided in-
Some of t he inte rna-
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A s a result of my article
publ ished in the April,
1977, issue of 73 ("CW f o r
t hat I was into ham RTTY.
Th is c aused me to wond er
if I was mis sing something.
running micros or discrete
logic gear for the genera-
tio n a n d reception of
d emand monitor/con trol-
ler (m illion s of Watts) and
have it running a BASIC
t he 6800"), one o f t he let- I was . A large percentage Baudot . Furthermore, very program .
t ers I received assumed of the RTTY operators are few of t hese operators are In writing any prog ram,
totally dedi cated to signal M/l. BASIC, or whatever, I
reports and QSL c ards. th ink it necessa ry as a fi rst
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Most of them are hacking step to write out the pro-
APPRO' 13YOC
UNREGULATED away at the frontiers of gramm ing objectives, or a
micro computer applica - general de sc ription o f
tion s in general. So you what the program is to ac -
• • c o u ld learn quite a bit with comp lish . From the de-
a RTTY receiving set up, sc r i p t i o n, a flowc ha r t
~ USE
I .O A even if y ou d o not have a should b e dr awn n ext .
II ham license. From t he flowc ha rt, a pro-
ar c
12.6 y AC
Ma chine-language pro- gram can be w ritten. The
program must, of cou rse,
gramming is not as diffi cult
ad d ress spe ci f ic items of
~RO I,I ST·6 ~1TY TU
as it look s! In fact, i f you
Ib) I,I A ~' . -,~y
can program in BASI C, you hardware f or inpu t/output
SPACE " I' y PIN , . TO . ~ y ,yoe)
~S232 C PI N 1 TO ON O c an program in machine (I/O), so a brief description
), of my set u p follows:
language . There are two
",o a9 "
m ajor attributes of ma- 1. Old mode l ,WT Pe
chine language that make M6800 mainframe.
2. 16K of 21 L02 mem-
it immediately worthwhile:
TTl TO OOM- ory .
p UTER PIA.
er r 0, IN PUT
PLUG ON 1/6 l
'" ,
S<CNAl
IROI CATOR 1. It is more effi cient 3. One parallel inter-
l,I "'l ~.O O ~6011 in its usage of mem- face card (PI A) at lo-
ory sp ace because it cation 8000.
doesn't have to go 4. One serial inter-
2R2901
Ie) through a seri es of
• 2 "2222 (y ) face card (AClA) at lo-
---;). ,,::, . .aoo. "• ." ) lookup tables j u st to
...
,~ ~ao: cat io n 8004.
,e , "1 determine what you 5, MIKBUG has been
~OA PIN
TL FROI,I ,I
O I,l PUH~P IA. " ,;;; have co m m and ed it repl aced by SWTBUG.
• II 0 OUTPUT
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PINT ·G RO
to do .
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terface.
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grams with fant asti c
sp eed and accuracy.
sys te m , 16 l ines, 32
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characters.
No, I am not su ggest ing 8. 12-inch black and
ro 60"A
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should be junked . In fact, fied for compos ite
at my place of employ- video entry.
Fig. 1. Interface box with power supp ly. (a) Power sup p l y. ment, I have installed a 9. HAL 51-6 RTTY t er-
(b) Input sw itch ing. (c) Output sw itc hing. microcomputer as a plant minal unit {MODI
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the ASCII ke yboard the dela y s in th e " b it r
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via t he A CIA inter- timer" and maybe rel ocat-
face. ing the IRQ vec to r. ( ~~,';':''':':i ' .0 Ott ....
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2. Convert the incom- This brings up a nother I
ing AS C II c ha rac te r
to Baudot and sto re
po int: You m ight have to
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set fo r an M6800 chi p will 73 by T. H. Hun ter ca lled of thes e switches you ca n gins runmng. This mean s
not p roduce the same re- " Ba ck wa rd Branch t he exa mine (d isp lay contents that in a ddition to th e com-
su lts when input to an 8080 Easy Way" (Holiday, 1976, of) a ny memo ry add ress, puter, you mu st also have a
c hip . Howeve r, a ch ip pa ge 90). c hange t he contents there- terminal unit co nsisting of a
ca lled the Z-80 will proper- Machi ne code, when de- of, sta rt program execution keyboa rd that produces
ly execute all of the 8080 posited by hand , common- from the displayed ad- ASCII cha racte rs a nd a
instruction set, plus several ly utilizes one of two dress, examine the next se- display. If you have a video
more instructions that the methods, depending on the quential addres s, etc . disp lay , you must also
8080 cannot execute. configuration of the com- Co mputers similar to the have a di splay refresh
When writing machine puter. Computers simila r SWT Pe 6800 have no memory consi st ing of a
code for my SWTPC 6800, I to t he older model Imsa i switches fo r data entry. memory byte (usually less
make frequent use of two 8080 hav ing a complete Thei r front panel s usua lly than 8 bits) for each posi-
re fer e n c e listi ngs , the front pane l perm it d a ta en conta in only a power on- tion on t he sc reen that is to
Motorola M6800 Micro- try in bina ry fo rm a t by off sw itc h and a system be printed int o, plus logic
pro c essor Prog ramming ma nipul at io n of a row of reset button. This type of ci rcu itry to generate the
Manual, pages A-1 thro ugh toggle switc hes located o n co mpu te r ha s what is necessa ry t imin g, decod-
A-69, a nd a n a rt icle from th e front panel. By mean s ca lle d a " syste m moni tor" ing, and sync hronizing sig-
prog ra m sto red in perma- nal s. This disp lay refresh
nent memory (ROM). When co uld be acco mplis hed in-
ASCII " A" = 0100 000 1 (41 in hex) th e power is turned on or sid e t he compute r, bu t it
0100 0001 (ASCII " A" ) the reset button depressed, would use up a good b it of
Plus 0000 000 1 0000 0000 (hex 0100, start of decode t able)
the CPU's program counter the computer's time and
Equals 0000 0001 0100 0001 (hex 01 41) is a utomatica lly initialized mem o ry.
to th e beginni ng of this pro- The system monitor pro-
Fig. 3. gram a nd th e program be- gram establishes communi-
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yo ur c o m puter via the ke y- the stack. pro gra m at thei r point of How d oe s the co mputer
board a nd di spl a y. Inp ut is Lo ad c as se t te da ta use, you will a lso see se ve r- know the d ifference be-
in he xade cim al notat ion. th rou g h the control a l NO-D PS which, if ex- tween o p c odes a nd d ata ?
w hic h is a co nde nsed port. ec uted. ca use o nly the pro- It doesn't ! So. to avoid a
cousi n of b inary. Two he x Re co rd d ata o n cas- gra m c o unter to be incre- spectacul a r prog ram wipe-
dig it s ca n ex p res s any sette fro m specified me nte d . The se were pu t out. t he first byte in yo ur
num ber t hat you ca n write mem ory, e tc. there to re pla ce unne ce s- pro gra m had better be a
with e ight bina ry d igits. Severa l com pa nies no w sary code a nd could be va lid o p code fo llowed by
A system moni tor pro- offe r sys te m m o n it or use d a s ju m p-poi nt s to the num ber of byte s of
g ram co ntains s e ve r a l boards for S~100 systems, o the r rou t ines if you wa nt data that that pa rt icu lar op
sma ll programs (rout ines) wh ich great ly s im plifies to e xpand the program . We code re q u ire s. All subse-
t hat the designer t hinks the task of estab lis hing sta rt the program by typing q uent line s of c ode must
will be usef ul, suc h as: commun icat io n wit h a J 0008 (wit h 5WTBUG sys- follow the same gene ral
Exami ne (d isp la y) a c o m p u t e r o f the front tem monitor; a ll numbers pattern - op code fo l-
specified memory lo- panel type. in hex unle ss o therw ise lowed by enough data to
cation. stated). Re me mber that I sa tisfy the op c ode you
Cha nge the c o nte nts The RTTY Program spoke of an instru ction set have used . The fir st few
of t he displayed loca- Look ing at the program o r op code? At 0008. the op lines of c ode a re used as
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t ion . c o nta in ze ros . The se loca- byte. The program counter to se t the PIA for out put.
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location and start ex- pa rts of t he program as is pr oce ssed. t hereby keep- e rate a n interrupt request
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The Baudot conversion tight-hand keys, so these
works in the following man- are also de coded as
ner: The binary value of the ftgs/ltrs, respectively. My
ASCII character, plus the keyboard prints these with-
binary value of the start of out shift ing.
the decoding table, pro- At this point, I won't
duces addresses where we bore you further with a
have stored Baudot transla- line-bv-Hne explanation of
tions . See example in Fig. 3. the program . You should
Get on with the Best! Hex 0141 is the address get into machine-language
at which this program con- programming; it's great fun
tains the Baudot equiv- and unlimited in its ap-
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cod e. It wa s so perfect that
all of t hose with sorry f ists
w ould reall y m ess it up,
With all o f t he mean s avail-
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ping a small board with the display panels which can liability . But when Rs that the falling edge of a
system. The program was, d isplay a bout 30 cha rac- sta rted comi ng out as Ps, I must be at least 500 ns
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d rawbacks that I could to me, anyway. tion of the clock and diagrams.
find were that it still re- Enter the Dl-1416. Li- stretching of the E pulse, I According to Appnote
quired a termina l which tronix has done it agai n. determined that too much 9A fro m Litronix , systems
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o ne-t ime shot. specify the temporary storage and for power is turned off) -CQs. co mb inat io n automatical-
plasti c ve rsion . Much less the 8S-character keybo ard tests. QTHs. for example. ly upon power-up condi-
expensive. but good only buffer. You can type in up As the program is right tions . If for any reason the
o nce . On th e c e ra m ic to 85 c harac te rs. sit back. now. o nly what is typed co mp ute r does so met hing
types. be sure to keep the and drink your c o ff e e will be se nt out st range or just quits. turn
ad hesive paper over the while the cod e dribbles Almost any crystal be- the power off and back o n
qu artz lid. as it might start o ut. Additi onal memory tween' and 4 MHz can be again. This will reset eve ry-
to f orget if exposed to couId be added - up to 65 used. so the old junk box thing and start o ve r. A note
ultr a v iol et l ight . The thousand charac te rs. and can be used for some of the about the keyboard: The
MC6802 processor co n- that's what I call a big buf- components. look in an program is set up to rec-
tains an on-board clock fer. With only a little more o ld co lor TV set -the ognize any keyboard that
generation circuit and 128 memory. canned messages 3.58-MHz crystal works provides the ASCII code
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avail abl e from wholesale C AR reach the top of the buffer, displayed as an _ and an
houses for $20,00 and up. o SK the character you try to error (8 dots) will be an @ .
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genera ted by the use of th e space in the buffer to be and will not get se nt. Any the 1416 co mes from a
CNTRL key. A li st of them transmitted along with the received c ha ra cte r which litronix di stributor. All of
fo llo ws: co de, thereby making per- the computer cann ot the parts sho u ld tally to
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Microcomputers and Your
Satellite Station
- part 1: calculating orbital crossing data
computer and have been azines, AMSAT bu lleti ns, ming tasks when I had the
worki ng u p inn u me rabl e a nd othe r sou rces , bu t TRS-80 on line , was to
Dr. Ralph E. Toggort WB8DQT programs, some of which agai n you often a re faced develop a prog ram to pro-
602 S. Jefferson
invol ve th e satellite ope ra- with ca lcu lat ing c ross ings vi de o rb ita l c rossing data,
Mason M/48854
tion, for add it iona l passes, since given informa tion on a ny
There is little doubt th at most of these sources list single reference crossing.
ts P. "BY OR. RALPH E. TAGGART" 371l IF T-D THEN GOSUB 940:GOTO 2tl~
3S P."ENTER MONTH, DAY, AND YEAR OF REFERENCE CROSSING" 41l1l CLS: IN." ANOTHER SPACECRAFT"; R
4tl IN.L:IN.J:I~.K:GOSUB 9t!t!:D-W:Z -W:CLS 411l IF R-1 THEN CLS:GOTO ZS
4S IN. "REFERENCE ORBIT NUMBER"iN:X-N:CLS 421l END
se P."ENTER HR., MIN., SEC, OF REFERENCE CROSSING" Se~ DaZ:A"G:C-Y:N-X
SS IN.H:IN.M :tN.S:A -(6tl*H)+~+(S/6tl):G-A:CLS ses B-(T-1)-D: I-144.11*B:B-INT(I!P)"1
6.11 IN. "REFERENCE CROSSING POINT (DEG W)";C:Y-C:CLS SIll A"(B*P)-t
65 P."ENTER MONTH, DAY, YEAR FOR DISPLAY" 5 Z~ v- B* «P / 144 l'lP 368) : U ~ tNT (V !361l) : C ~V - (U*36tl)
1tl IN.L:IN.J:IN.Q:GOSUB 9tl/'l:T-W:CLS S3.11 D-T-l :N~N"B
7S IF (Q<K)+(T~D) THEN GOSUB 93t!:GOTO 65 S48 GOSUB 94':GOTO 1~1l
Fig. 1. TRS-BOprogram for computation o f satellite equatorial crossings. Given a single reference crossing, the program
permits the com p uter to displa y crossings for an y subseq uent day for a period o f up to two years from the date o f the
reference crossing.
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DATE: 1/2 4/78 NOAA 6 the new date. Just for the nie nt-forrn-for-user input to
ORB IT TI ME DEGREES W fun of it, enter 12/31/78 a co nve nie nt-fo rm-for-ma-
725 e e :6 : 7 157.8 - a projection of almost a chine processing. One ex-
725 1 2: 1: 16 186.6 year! Notice that for all in- ample is line SO, where you
7252 3:56: 26 215.4 tents and purposes you get input data on the hour (Hl,
7253 5:5 1:3 5 2U.2 the readout right away, re- minute (M), and seco nds (S)
725 4 7: 46: 45 fo r the refere nce c rossing.
7255 9: 41:55 '"
31 I .8
gardless of the length of the
pro jection. The progr a m It is most convenient in
725 6 11 :3 7: 4 B e.5 will ha ndle dates up to one terms of orbita l calcula-
725 7 13 : 3 2 :1 4 359 .3 full yea r beyond the year of tions to keep track of the
72 58 1 5 : 21 : 23 28 . I the reference c ros si ng, to c urre nt cross ing time in
725 9 17 :22 :3 3 56.9 ha nd le the c ross-year tran si- total minutes (A). The math-
726 e 19 : 17 : 43 85. 7 tion. You can demonstrate ematica l ro uti nes in the re-
726 1 21: 12:5 2 114.5 this by requesting a print- ma inder of line 50 simp ly
7262 23:8: 2 143. 3 out fo r a ny date in 1979. conve rt t he time to total
DO YOU WANT ANOTHER DAYS DATA (r-I S -~)? Remember, however, that minutes.
although the ma chine will A similar situation is en-
Fig. 2. Sample printout for 1124/78, given a referen ce c ru nc h the numbers for counte red in line 35. where
c rossing for NO AA 6 o n 1123/78 at 20:15:48, c ross ing the you, the period must be yo u input the month (l), day
equator at 100.23° W (assum ing a period of 115.16 known with some precision (J), and year (K) of the
minutes). for lo ng-te rm projections! refere nce crossing . The
The program also per- month a nd day are con-
Numeric Variables verted to the day of the
A The current crossing ti me i n mi nutes.
m its you to back up in t ime.
Try e nte ring a da te of year using the subrouti ne
B Scratchpad varia ble In the 500 block routines.
C The current cros sing point (degrees W). 1/23/78 fo r exam ple. The th at runs from line 900 to
D The current numerical day. computer will print o ut the 912. A numerica l day of the
E Rounded value for the crossing point used for displ ay. single orbit (num ber 7249) year is fa r more convenie nt
F Not used. that will start on the day of tha n attempting to keep
G Not used. the reference c ro ssing. Fo r track of days of a certain
H Hours-u sed for Input and display. the sake of your own edifi- month. A similar situation
I scratc nped variable In the 500 block rou tines. cation, you might type in a exists in line 70. where the
J Day of the month (used for input). date prior to the reference identical co nve rs io n is
K Year of the reference crossing dale. made for the desired day
l Month of the year (used for i nput).
c rossing. The com pute r will
M Minutes -used for input and d isplay. politely inform you that it for printout.
N Current orbit number. won't respond to tha t a nd line 75 checks to ensu re
o Not used. will give yo u a chance to re- that t he requested date is
P The orbi ta l period. quest another date! actually on or after the date
a The year of th e displ ay date.
O K-enoug h wit h imag- of t he refere nce c ross ing,
R Interact ive question repl ies. while line 80 updates t he
S Seconds - used fo r Input and display . ina ry data . Enter 0 whe n
yo u a re asked if you want desi red disp lay day num be r
T Display day number. (T) if the year of the display
U Scratch pad variable in the 500 bloc k rout ines. anothe r day's data (NO = 0).
V SCratch pad variable in the 500 bloc k rout ines. The computer will as k if date (Q) is the year follow-
W Output value from the date conversion subroutine. you want another space- ing the year for the
X Orb it number for the reference crossi ng. c raft. Enter 1 (YES) and plug reference c rossing date (K).
Y Reference orbi t crossing point (degrees W). in some actual crossing in- line 85 requires some ad-
Z Day number of the rererence crossi ng. formation as requested , ditional explanation . The
String Variables and you will be off a nd run- basic approach to co m-
AS The name of the spacecraft. ning with real data. puting orbita l data is
as Not used. iterative, in t hat the orbital
Program Notes period is simply added to
Fig. 3. Variable assignments in the o rbital crossing p ro- The fo llowing is not a n the time of th e last o rbit to
gram. exha ustive ana lysis of th e dete rm ine th e time of the
progra m struc tu re, but does next c ros sing, with a sim ilar
longitude (OW) = 360 - print out the di spla y shown provide sufficient Informe- approac h taken fo r the
(longitude °E). in Fig. 2, showing all of the tion fo r yo u to d ive into the c rossing point. If we are
let us assume a crossing passes for 1/24 /78 . program - in co mpany with pro jecting forwa rd in time
point of 100.23° Wand It ce rtainly beats messing your level I BAS IC user's beyond a few days, this re-
enter it. The co mpute r will with the ca lcu lato r, doesn't manual- if you are in- quires an increasingly great-
ask for the month, day, and it? Note that you are not terested in how it works. er interval for the com pute r
yea r for display. This is necessarily finished, for at With a few exceptions, to repeat these ca lculatio ns
entered in three parts, as the bottom of the listing lines 1-65 are devoted to in- again and again until it ar-
before. let's take the next you a re asked if you want teractive data input. A few rives at the day for pri ntout.
day -1 /24/78-and e nter 1, a nother day's printout. If mat hemat ica l ope ra t ions If the desired day for print-
then 24, a nd then 78. Quick you do, simply e nter 1 and are incl uded he re to con- out is mor e than 5 days
as a wink the computer will the computer will request vert data from a conve- beyond the refere nce c ross-
65 ~
mg day, line 85 bypasses bit day (D) with the day fo r 21 IN. " REFERENCE ORBIT DATA ON FILE (Y = 1 N =O)M; R
the iterative mode (which d ispla y (T). If D is sma lle r 22 CLS: IF R = 1 THEN 600
begins' with line 1(0) and than T, we have n't a rrived 600 AS = insert name of spacecraft
610 P= insert orbital period i n minutes
jumps to a moderately- yet, a nd the computer shuf-
620 L = _.. insert refere nce month
complicated mathematical fles back to 100 to compute 621 J = _.. insert reference day
routine in lines SOO through data fo r the next o rbit. If D 622 K = ... insert reference year
540 that will quickly derive is la rger than T, we have 623 GOSUB900:D=W:Z =W:
data for an arbitrary single gone through all the o rbits 630 N = .. . insert referen ce orbit number
orbit on the day prior to the of intere st and we a re shuf- 640 H = • . . insert referen ce orbit hour
day requested. O nce this fl e d off to 300 for a dd i- 641 M= insert reference orbit minute
ha s be en do ne , the machine tional display o pt ions. If , 642 S= insert reference orbit seconds
jumps back to line 100 to howe ver, D =T, we want to 643 A = (60*H) + M + (8/60) : G = A
begin the ite ra tive calcu la- disp la y the data a nd thus 650 C = ... Insert reference crossing po int (degrees W)
651 Y= C
tions lead ing up to the fi rst mo ve a lo ng to the dis play
660 GOTO 65
o rbit of the desi red day . ro utine s in the 200 block .
You cou ld leave out 85 lines 200 thro ugh 220 Fig. 4. Program mod ificat io ns for repeated use of data for
and the routines in the 500 convert the o rbita l c rossing a single reference crossing. Depending upon the accuracy
block, but if you did, you time in minutes back to of the period (P). the data in fines 620-622, 630-642, and
would require lots of time hours (H), minutes (M), and 650 should be updated every few weeks or mon ths with
for long-term projections . seconds (S) for display . line new crossing data to maintain accuracy. If you update for
With the program as writ- 230 ro unds o ut the c rossi ng a new satellite, you should then change th e data in fines
ten, for example, a o ne- poi nt to one de ci mal plac e 600 and 610 as w ell. Be sure to save th e mod if ied program
month projection requires (to make a more ple asing o n cassette so that you don 't lose the reference data.
just two seconds to sta rt d ispla y), a nd then 240 prints
cra nking out data. This two- o ut the d ata. Line 250 then
second de lay is all that is re- plished in 385. the ha ssl e of inp utti ng
sends the compu ter back to
quired for any project ion The 900 block is devoted refe re nce data at t he start
the ite rative routi ne to
beyond reference day + 5. to subrout ines, incl udi ng of a run . Fig. 4 shows the ad-
compute the next o rbit.
If we eliminate 85 so that conversions of d ate s to ditions req uire d to accom-
These display ro utine s will
we don't use the routines in numerica l days of the year plis h this. Be sure, however,
be repeated as long as the
the 500 block, a one-month and various printi ng ro u- to d um p the modified ve r-
orbits fall on the target day,
projection would require tines . As a guide to under- sion ba ck o n to cassette so
after which it q uits and goes
about 30 seconds to initiate standing the progra m o r that you don't lose the re f-
to the 300 block to give you
printout, and a one-year mak ing creative mod ifica- e rence data .
the option of a nothe r day.
projection would require t ions, Fig. 3 is prov ided to
If you take the option, the Summary
six minutes to initiate print- su m ma rize t he va ria b le
date for the new day is pro- Over a period of yea rs, I
assi gnme nts used in the
out. The ite rative approac h cessed a nd c hec ked, just as
program . have tended to concentrate
is the surest way to avoid it was a t the beginning. on the ge ostati onary weath-
missing a n o rb it, but does There a re a few new Program Modifications e r satellites primarily, to
take time over a long ha ul. wrinkles, how ever. line 370 Aside from inspirations a voi d the o rbit-com pu ta-
The iterative sequence is is a specia l ro ut ing de- that ma y co me to you, t ion ha ssle associated with
fai rly straightforward . Line signed to avoid missi ng the there are two ma jor mod ifi- pola r o rbiters. This progra m
100 adds the period to the first orbit when the new cations that you may find was deve lo ped to minimize
previous time to get the day is the one immediately desirable to make at one the strain of dealing with
new time and also updates following the day for which time or another. The pro- the new TIROS N satell ite
the orbit number by 1 . Line you have displayed data. gram as w ritten does not ac- that became operational in
110 checks the new time line 360 takes care of the com modate lea p yea rs (29 1978. The program is so use-
against 1440 -the tota l situation in w hich you inad- days in February as o p- ful t hat I could probably
minutes in a day-and, if ve rtently ask fo r a new day posed to the normal 28). For justify the pu rchase of the
required, corrects the time which is identica l with the use d uring a leap yea r, e ach TRS-80 fo r t ha t a lo ne. The
to the new day and updates day fo r which you have just number in li nes 903 through beauty of a compute r, of
the cu rrent day nu mbe r (D). rece ived d ata, and 385 912 should be inc reased by course, is tha t it is a ge nera l-
li ne 120 computes the in- catches situa tio ns where 1. Thus, for exa mple, line pu rpose p roble m-solv ing
c rement of longitude fo r a we must backtrack. If D is 906 would re ad: mac hine , and ne ed not be
single orbit and adds th is to la rger tha n t he ne w da y you 906 IF l = 6 THE N W = limited to anyone task.
the last crossing point to request (T), it me a ns tha t we 152+ I: RE T. Pa rt 11 of this mini-serie s
derive the crossing point fo r must backtrack in o ur ca l- Another mod ificatio n is will demonstrate how to
the new orbit. culations - a clumsy pro- useful if you will be work- use the TR5--80 to calculate
Line 130 compares this cess. The easiest approach ing prima ri ly with just a antenna bea rings for geo-
value with 360 degrees and is simply to re a ssign the single satellite. If you know stationary spacec raft. W hy
corrects it if required . lines refe re nce crossing values to t he period with some preci- no t try a mic rocomputer?
100 through 130 thus gener- the orbit number (N), time sion, you may want to work Even if you hate computers,
ate the data for a new o rbit; (A), c rossing point (C), and with a sing le referenc e you soon will wonder ho w
line s 140 th rough 160 sim- d a y (D), and start ove r c ross ing ov e r a period of you e ver got a long without
ply compa re the c urrent o r- a ga in - some t hing accom- weeks o r months and avoid o ne! .
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A Brasspounder Improves
Heath's H R-1680
- add a crystal CW filter, bfo, noise blanker, and more
.,..,
bipola r amplifier, the volt-
age gain of a stage with an
• un-bypassed emitter resis.
• I,
-/0" ,
on TO sP",,", 010 M~ _ II"
EC,H-o tor is approximat el y the
1
I· F INPUT
,, , se. ->04·1 I,I rat io o f the collector re sis·
,, NOISE ___.. oEll
tor to the emitter resistor:
• • , .u. ."
SMO WN
·OUT · ""
POSIT 'O N
i " OT[ ' USE COU f Ol'l
WIIl'NO
SID
Cein » R2/R1 . This relation·
ship holds over one or two
1 1- , .,TCMU- ' ''AU. DI'OT QI ....0 Ot-
2.. S904
decades (sometimes more)
assuming that the gain of
e . ~elrO~ ,- tl:~ _ .. .c Dose
,
... ... ~ U ' S TOIl ' _ 1I4 . [lIQpr "
the transistor ;s adequate
for the bandwidth of in-
,"Ow" ,"
-t,
,, ... w I OI
1" ... ,~,
terest. As an example, con-
sid er a phase-sp litter circuit
where R1 = R2 and the
,,,
-OU T·
P OSITION
I"
1- " OUT
,,
L: "
" S6A - lO I· 2
rILT E ~
),
"
".
"
..
oc
gain is unit y. In the emoti-
fier used in this article, R1
= 470 O hms and R2 =
'" 410 11
2200 O h ms . R2/R l
U TO S1O£ TO..r 001 M"·IIIIO ("" 2200/470 = 4.68 or 4.68 x
" 20 log 10 = .6 70 x 20 =
13.4 dB. Naturally, when
1 1 10% components are used
Fig. 1. Filter-blanker interface schematic diagram. the ap proxima tion suffers.
77
t he sa me, a nd the diffe rent o rder to perfor m correct ly. R1. Details o n gai n c a lc u la- Mota-Toolw o r to score t he
pa rt n um bers re fle c t t he I used a ci rc uit that I foun d tion are shown in Fig. 2. fo il with a n x-actow knife
addit ional co ils, diodes , in Ama teur Radio Tech- Wi th the values indicated , a nd peel off the unwanted
e t c. . inclu de d in th e niques by the RSG B for the the first stage gain is ap- foil. ra ther than to do all
SBA-4Q1 -1 for use in the filter amplif ier. The ampli- proximately 13.4 dB (volt- the things invo lve d with
SBA-104A transceiver. I am fier has a gai n stage fo r in- age) and this re sults in uni- etching . I used a Moto-
sure that either one would put to the filte r and an ty gain through the filter- Toolan the board that I
work . Buy the cheaper emitter-follower output ampl ifier combination . built and it took less than
SBA·301·2 . (see Fig. 1). It does not use The nice thing about thi s an hour to produ ce a co m-
The crystal filter has any inductive com ponents, circuit is that there is pleted bfo.
some insertion loss w hich but it a llows fo r a proper no th ing to tune. The filter The crystal and the FET
must be made up, and it matc h into a nd o ut of the a nd its amplifie r are a re on t he component side
must be presented w ith the filter. The gain of the input mounted o n a piece of cop- of the board (Fig. 5) and
cor rect (2k Ohms) in put sta ge is set by selecti ng t he perclad boa rd using the holes are drilled for their
a nd o utput impedance in val ue of em itter re sistor boa rd fab ri cation me thod leads . All ot her co m po-
o ut line d in the bfo se c tio n. nents a re on the foil side
.., Rio
To o b ta in m a xi m um
a nd no hole s a re re q uire d .
Use a le fto ve r PCB pin
(He a th pa rt 432-1 21) for the
"' 1 cr
benefi t from the c rystal
filte r, the bfo ne ed s to pro-
13.8-vo lt co nne c t io n.
Th e completed bfo
~ Yl
-= " 1" vide a beat note of about boa rd is mounted to the
. " "I ,to J .....
750 Hz to be with in the
bandpass of the HR-1680's
AVO/REG board using 4-40
hardware and one v. -inch
..
cYOOM
o
_"' _Oltli
pad the USB-CW bfo dow n
to the correct freq uenc y.
The ne w bfo is built on a B
piece o f sing le-sided cop-
perclad board . The fo il pat-
tern sho w n (Fig. 4) shou ld
~:I-- co'" "," ....
. """"" " """'
be foll owed ra ther c lose ly
so the fini shed boa rd w ill
f it pr op erl y o nto t he
,
,---+--"_., ...
AU D/REG board . f or sma ll
'---_"'-"T - OOl G
one-of-a-kind PC boa rds, I
Fig. 5. Component lo cation. Note: cr ys tal and FET are find that it is faste r and Fig. 6. MODE switch ar-
mou nted o n the comp onent side. A fl remaining com- eas ie r to grind off the un- rangement. (a) Original wir·
po nents are mounted o n the fait side. wanted foi l wi th a Dremel ing. (b) After modifications.
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Y203 a nd Y204 d uring the
o rigina l assemb ly of t he
HR-1 680 . Connect a n in-
sulated wi re be tween t he
ground fo il o n the new
board to connector socket
pin 1 3 of t he AUD/REG
boa rd. Make sure that you
do no t get solder in the
spring c lips. Solde r a n in-
su lated wire to the junc-
tion of R251 and R252 a nd
so lde r the other e nd to the
output la nd of C5 of the
bfo boa rd.
Mode Switch Wi ring
Cha nges
The MODE sw itch must
be re w ire d so t hat the new
bfo will be energized w hen
the switc h is p la ced into
the CW positio n. Fig. 6
show s t he o rigi nal a nd
mod ified connect ions .
Remove al l connections
to the MODE switch ex-
cept fo r R6 (pin 4). Solde r
the end of R5 whi c h was
Photo C. Component-side view of AVD/REG board with new CW bfo board attached.
connected to pin 2 to the
adjacent g round lug. So l-
der the red wire (originally Noise Bla nker
path in the re cei ve r mu st SIDE TONE jack. Solder the
connected to pins 6 and 8)
be broken in order to insert inner conductor to the in- The SBA-104-1 noise
to pin 7 and co nne ct a
the crysta l filter and the s ide te rmi na l and the blanker is very effective
sho rt insulated jumpe r
noi se blanker. The best and shie ld to the ground ter- for so me types of noise,
from pin 7 to pin 1 . So lder
most convenient place to minal of the SIDETONE notably automotive igni-
the white-orange w ire to
brea k t he path is between jack. tion noise and other types
pin 6. Solder t he wh ite-
the o utput of the FRONT The SPARE jack is now of sho rt duration impu lse
green w ire to p in 2.
END board and the AUD/ i-f out and the SIDETONE noise . It does not do much
Secure a p iece of #20 or
REG board's input. ja c k is i·f input. Thi s good with l o n g-t er m
#22 stranded in su lated " grind ing" noise like sum-
change disables the side-
wi re about two feet lo ng. Disconnect t he shie lded to ne feature of the re ce iv- mer static and some types
Solder one end of the w ire c a b le with violet co lor er. If you wa nt to retain the of power line noise . Si nce
to pin 8 of t he MODE cod ing from pin s D1 and side to ne c a pa bility, you the HR·1680 does not have
switc h and d ress the wi re D2 of the AUD/REG board will have to inst a ll another any no ise limiter at al l, the
along the harne ss branch c hassis so c ke t. Dress the connector somewhere . My SBA-104·1 is a worthwhile
which conta ins the white- c a b le to the SPARE phono- sidetone come s from my improvement.
orange a nd the white-green type connector at the rear keyer and the loss d id not Build the noise blanker
wi res to t he AUD/REG of the re ce ive r. Solder the bother me. I a ssure you ac cording to Heath's in-
boa rd . Pull the free end of inner c o nd ucto r to the in- that the filter is wo rth a lit- st ruct io ns, ex cept change
the wire thro ugh the ven- s ide terminal of the phono t le trouble . the valu e of R3 from 33
tilation ho le whic h is connector and the sh ie ld to
a lmo st d ire ct ly un d e r the ground terminal.
Q201 . Thi s wire is the
13 .8-vo lt source fo r t he CW Di s connect the 10k Parts List
resi stor from the SID E· Cl-47-pF silver mica
bfo. Cut t he free end to
C2-15-60·pF ceramic trimmer (Erie 528 type)
leave about three inc hes TON E phono c o nnec t o r
C3 -33·pF silver mica
above the c hassis, a nd In- and either remove it C4 - 330·pF silver mica
sta ll a leftover PCB con- altogether or se c ure it so C5-1().p F silver mica or ceramic
nector (Heath part 432·120) that it does not short to C6,7 -.01 ceramic disc, 100 volts
or a pin removed from an anything. Cut a piece of the Rl-47k, y, Watt
old miniatu re tube soc ke t sh ie ld e d c a b le su pp lie d R2-330 Ohms, '/4 Watt
at the free e nd of the w ire . with the blanker kit (or RC- R3 -1.5k, Y. Wall
174/Uj long enough t o Ql-2N3819 or similar Junction FET
Break ing the I·f Signal Path reach from D1 and D2 of Yl -3395.7·kHz Heath part 404·549
The norma l i-f s igna l the AUD/REC board to the
BO
With the c rysta l fi lter
sw itched out and the
receiver in the WIDE posi-
tion, an 5-9 signal can be
hea rd over three or four
kHz. With the c ryst a l f ilter
switc hed in , the same
signal can be hea rd over
le ss t han one kHz and the
signal fa lls off sharp ly o ut-
side th e passba nd of the
filter . The aud io filter is
he lpfu l in eliminating some
of t he hig he r freque ncy
no ise that the crystal filter
passes.
The normal SSB filter is
always in the signa l path
and this helps im pro ve the
overall sha pe of the pass-
band of the receiver . With
the ci rc uit shown , t he
c rystal fi lter is properly ter-
minated and does not have
the " ringing" often asso-
c iated with sharp fitte rs, In
fact , at first I did not t hink
that it was working correct-
ly becau se the a udio was
so natu ral sounding. I pur-
Photo D. Interior view of filter-blanker cab inet. Note globs of sila stic rubber used to posely mismat ched the
secure connector to PCB. filter and the typica l " ring-
ing" was there. With the
Oh ms to 390 O hms. The tor at the rear of the se t . switc h the blanker out for new bto and using only the
390-0 hm re sistor is in- This connecto r goes direct- " init ia l" readings. w ider SSB filter, you can
cluded in the kit for use in ly to se ri es pass tran sistor To c he ck out the crysta l now actuall y zero-beat a
the SB-104A a nd is not Q201 , and care sho uld be filter , switc h out t he signal. This is extremely
ne eded in the HR-1680. I exerci sed when using it be- blanker, switch the MODE ha ndy at times.
c o uld not see that the c a use the fuse is a head of sw itc h to USB, a nd switch
560-0hm resisto r a nd the the regu lator. The blanker the FUNCT ION switch to Conclu sion
2.2-uH co il were needed in is normally connected to CAL. Find one of the Wi th the modifications
the HR-1680, so I left them 11 vo lts, so I used o ne of 100-k Hz c a libra t io n signa ls that I have outlined, t he
ou t. severa l ECC -140s (1Q-volt) (any band) and switch to HR-1 680 becomes a superb
Th e He ath ma n u a l zener s that I had as a sim- CW to see if the new bfo is CW rece iver which out-
d isc usses the inc rease in ple shu nt regulator. The operating. The beat note classes a lmo st every sec-
t he IMD (intermod ulation bla nker a nd c rys ta l filter will c ha nge p itch when the ondhand se t and is equal to
distortion) when the bla nk- work well with a t o-volt new bf o is switc he d in. many new and much more
e r is ins ta lled , a nd I no- supply. Switch in the crystal filter expensive sets.•
ticed that a whol e flock of and verify that it is work-
" b ird ies" fly across the dial Checkout ing. Switch to W IDE and
Bibliography
when the blanker is in the C o n n e c t the filter - USB a nd find a st ro ng CW Hawker, Pat , Amateur Radio
signa l path . When you real - blanker combination to the signa l o r use the spot func- Techniques , Radio Society of
ly need the blanker, a ll thi s HR-1680 using RC-58 coax tion on your trans mitter. Great Britain, Let chworth, Hert-
does not matter, but it is with phono-tvpe connec- Switch to NA R a nd peak lordshire, G.B., page 63, 1978.
not to be lived with when tors at each end . The the signa l on the audio Waters, Mort W2NZ, " Improv-
there is no noise . The best length of the c a ble s is not fi lter of t he HR -1660 . ing CW Recept ion on the SB-
sol ution is to switc h the c rit ica l. but they should Switch in the crysta l filter 303," OST, Ju ly, 1972.
blanker complete ly o ut of not be too lo ng. My c a ble s and sw itch to CW and ad- Fra nkel, S. Henry WB2DOP, " A
are a bout 20 inc hes each just the bfo trimmer for a New-Look Noise Blanker That
the ci rcu it when it is not be-
and I could not mea sure beat note wh ich is peaked Works," OST, January, 1977.
ing used . The ci rcui t di a-
Davis, AI WA2KOC, "Still More
gram reflects this switc h- any lo ss through the c a bles at the a ud io filter center
on the SBA-104-1 No ise Blank-
mg. a nd sw itc h ing arrange - frequ ency. You should now er," OST, Augu st , 1977.
men t. be able to switc h the filter Clarke, C. P. EI3CP, "variable-
Filter-Blanker Power Use Heath's instru cti ons and blanker in and out Bandw idth Filter s- Iri sh
13.8 volts is ava ila ble at for c he ck ing and ad justing wit ho ut cha ng ing the Syt le," Tec h nica l c orresoon-
the exte rn a l power c o nnec- the blanker, except just S-meter reading. oence. QST, March, 1978.
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ha nks to a new inte- mu ch. you a re in fo r a right! The vo ltme te r is easy is, as a result. quite sim ple .
T grated c irc u it . there
has been a dramatic drop
plea san t su rprise with thi s
o ne! The parts will cost
to build , too . The bulk of
the co m pone nts are on a
And PC boa rd layouts are
included to make this proj-
in the cost of the d igital a bou t S30.00 o r less. and a 24-p in Ie from Motoro la . ect as easy to build as a
voltmeter. If you have held kit is a vaila b le to sa ve you All you have to add to this simple ki t! .
off buying or building a th e effort o f rounding up c hip is a display circu it. a So how about the fea-
simp le dig ital vo lt me te r all o f the co m ponents. voltage refe ren ce , and tu res? This voltmeter has at
beca use the parts cost too Needl e ss to sa y, the price is power supp lies . The ci rcuit least all t he feat ures of
dig ita l panel me ter s o n the
mark et, and , in fact, more
feat u r es th an seve ra l
mete rs t hat se ll for at least
tw ice the pr ice ! You get
features suc h as auto-zero
(no mo re ze ro-adjust-
Hoor avl I, auto-polarity
with min us sign display,
a nd ove rra nge indication.
You have your choice of a
o to 199.9 mV range or 0 to
1.999 V range by simply
c ha nging one re sisto r. As
you just might have
guessed , t his meter has a
3%-dig it d ispl a y of 0 .33"
lEDs , an d backi ng t he
disp lay up is a voltmeter
chip wit h ± 0 .05% ac-
curacy. Of co urse , t he ac-
cu racy yo u get de pend s
up on how well yo u ca li-
brate your instrum en t, but
it can be da rn good! Inp ut
impeda nce is greater t ha n
1000 megohms, min im izin g
ci rcuit loading and m a king
The completed DVM. the design of input at-
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te nuators m uc h easier . In measure. No ise read on in- "Cl " ~ '
sho rt , t h is voltmeter IS
bu il t a round a terrific Ie
chip, and o ne that rep-
fe rio r mete rs ca uses jitter
in the re ad ings. The dua l-
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minus sign is d riven by Q6. set, it can be wired in an slt tve as t h is one . A poor ju m pers. You c a n use bare
eve ning by a moderately layout will re sult in noi se wire but be ca reful to
Co nst ru ct ion fast constructor . PC boards p ickup and , thu s, d imin- a llow a litt le clearance o n
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shouldn't take too long ground conne ctions are DVM con struction , fine ! w ire to tou ch any IC pi ns.
a nd , if you use a PC boa rd c ritical in a DVM as sen- You can design your own Ins tall t rimmer pot R5 on
layout, and it will work f ine the bo a rd . Follow s u it w it h
as long as you are careful t he re st o f t he res istors. but
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from the a utho r. ve n t th em from short-
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A good pl ace to start is ing aga in st the pin s of
LEADSTOD'SPLAY with the di splay board . Fig. IC2. When you fini sh w it h
4 shows t he front view of t he re sistors, install the
/ / / / / thi s board , which you c a n fi ve diodes. Diode DS is
wi re directly from thi s il - o pt io na l - it pr ovide s
lu stration . Ju st place t he re ve rse po larity protec t ion
boa rd in front of yo u so for t he DVM . It kills t he
that the row o f 8 hol e s power s u p p ly if the DVM is
a long the edge is to your imprope rly p o we re d , sa v-
left, then stic k in e ac h of ing the $1 5 DVM ch ip . If
the di splay s, so lder, and you want thi s f eature ,
trim the wire s. Next, a d d mount the diod e o n t he foil
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side of the boa rd between duplicated on the display ' A BIl'OGf
the "c" terminal and the boa rd. Inst a ll the resistors •
"5V" te rmin al. Do no t run in this o rder: c, d. e, a, b. f m OV"
the le a ds t hro ugh t hese and g. Leave extra le ad
holes, as wires will late r be length on each of these
co nnected he re. Inste ad , re sisto rs so they can be
so lder dire c tly to the fo il. positioned without touch- Fig. 7. DVM power supply.
Mak e sure th at the d iode ing . Add sho rt lengths
pol ar it ie s a re co rrect a nd of h o ok up w i re to input le a ds together and [0OPT ION AL
the n go on to the ca pac- t he holes ma rked "c" and the d isplay shou ld ligh t '"
itors. W he n you are done, "5V". These a re the power and re ad "000" with the
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the FET, Q1. No t ice ho w it cab le between the "c" a nd that you r o ve r r a n g e Fig. 8. Calibration setup.
is moun ted in the illustra- " f n" holes . This is the feature (blanked d isplay)
t ion . If you ha ve troub le signa l le a d . Finish up by and auto-ze ro feat ure, as b rate you r me ter agai nst
findin g a TI S-75, you may breaking t he tabs off t he IC well as t he rest of the unit it. Of course t he ac-
ge t it from S.D. Sa les of sockets a nd insert ing the a re worki ng prope rly . curacy you get fro m your
Dall a s, Te xa s. They call ICs. Fig. 6 shows IC p lace- Now you can ca librate mete r w il l be re fle cte d by
the m "FETS" by Te xa s In- ment. Be pat ient with IC2! your meter. Th e re a re the unit you cal ibrate
st ruments" and they have It may take severa l tries to severa l ways to do this and agai nst . Do not ca lib rate
sold at 5 for a $1.00. Add get all the pins in the one is shown in Fig. 8. The against any a nalog mete r,
tr ansisto rs Q2 through Q6, socket. best way is to use a com- even the best, if you expect
o rie nting t he m as shown. mercial mete r calib rato r, accuracy better than 1 to
Notice that the e mitter Calib ration suc h as the Datel, Fluke, 5% . The la st method is to
le a ds of t he se t ra nsisto rs After you have checked and other " low-c ost" un its . cali brate it against a mer-
a re bussed together. Finis h over your wiring, and have But these are com mercia l cury battery. If you build
up the boa rd by cutting up cor rected any p roblems, units and the cheapest is our kit, you can re turn it to
a piece of hoo ku p wi re into you a re all set to test your about $3oo.00! If you have us and we'l l ca lib rate it fo r
f ive o ne- inch pieces. Strip meter. Co nnect the supp ly access to one of these, a fee . So o ne way or
and t in each end, then leads to a source of fine! Just be su re that the anothe r, you can get your
so lder one each to the col- regulated 5 vo lts de . If you ca lib rato r is at le a st 5 times me ter ca librated!
le ctor pa ds of Q2 t hro ugh don't have a power supply more accurate than your The actua l ca lib ratio n
Q6. ha nd y, o r expec t to be meter is, or + 0 .01 % . proced ure is quite simp le.
Now it's time to insta ll needing o ne with t h is Nearly all comme rcial Remember, there is o nly
t he d isp lay boa rd and mete r, bu ild the simple one ca librators a re bette r t han one ad justme nt! If you are
clea n u p a few odds and of Fig. 7. Apply power and this. However, don't dis- us ing a comme rcial ca li-
en ds. The disp lay board you shou ld see a fla sh of pai r. There a re other ways brator, set it to 1 .99900
mou nts flu sh aga inst t ran- li gh t from the di spl ay and to cal ibrate your mete r. If vo lts, and adjust RS for a
sistors Q2 t hrough Q6. You then it should blank. This is you can get a hold of a re a d ing of 1.999 volts. If
ca n mou nt it wit h two normal with open-c ircu ited good 31,1i-d igit, o r better, you are calibrating aga inst
hom em ade " L" brackets, input leads. The n short the vo ltmeter you can call- a not her dig ita l mete r, ad-
or ju st e poxy it. We did
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Si m ply so lde r t he f ree
e nd of the w ire com ing
from Q2 to the ca thode of
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with a Voice ID
- low-cost design uses 8-track decks
involved with the bui lding 'lb-dig tt fun ction de coder pla yer deck .
and maintaining of these feeding an add ress field o f The fun cti on d e c od er
syste ms. gate s whi ch, in turn, drive u sed here is th e Data
Bob Heil K9EID Here is a vo ice iden- five relays that simply turn Signal TTD·226, but any
«n S. Main t if ication system u sin g o n o r off an 8-track tape- fun ction de c od er will
MorissolL 62257
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c uit rv. and such ea sy co n- Ol61T •
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sy stem s on the air today
st ruc ti o n p ractices that
any repeate r group can
build it with a minimum of
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We mounted the pl ayba c k Chassis Work board, incl udes a ll of the
he a d solid a nd e li mi nated The e nti re un it is bu ilt in- 7402 dev ices, fo u r tape-
ma ny prob lems. to tw o a lu minu m c hassis . player rel a ys, the b-second
•, One p la y er is pr o - O ne, 17" x 6" x 3", houses timer, a nd the ke yi ng re la y
gram me d fo r ID an- the e lectronic keying board, for the time machine. A
no un cem e nts. The other re gula ted supp lies, and re- zo-ot n edge connector in-
Fig, 4. p layer can be used for cl ub te rfac e s t he board to the
lays. The ot her, 17" x 12" x
t imer Ie t u rn ing on a reed me ssa ge s, a nno u ncements, 3", c o nta ins the tape play- ou tp u t te rminal strip
rel a y to grou nd the PTT and so on . We ha ve a third ers and associ ated 110-vol t mounted on the cha ssis
l ine. player t hat comes o n every switc hi ng . Nintee n-i nch and connects to the output
tenth time the CW iden- standard-rack front panels of the TTo.226 date signa l
Tape-Player Hardware tifier is called upon . This a re mou nted o n the front decoder board . A lot of
As with all re pe a te r produces a low level voice of each c ha ssis. The clock point-to-point wiring is
groups, our ca sh wa s in lD automatically. The other radio can be mounted on a done on the c irc uit board,
short supply, so the ac- tapes are acce ssed by she lf inside the repeater so that should you want
quisition of tape decks got tou chtonet pads only . ca binet. Proper shie ld ing different access codes at
to be expensive in the plan- Each message is about 6 to and sing le point rf ground- any time, you can sim p ly
ning stages. We ran across 8 se co nd s, average, with a ing sho uld, of course, be unsolder the various wire
an ad from Poly Pak s. piece of silve r foil sensing done to prevent any in- jumpers and re-connect at
however, for 6-track play- tape %" long at the end of terference. lE D indicators the desired spots. The relay
ers for $9.oo! They worked each message. Most of our are mounted on the front contacts a re hard-wired to
out g reat! It wa s in- tapes contain 15 different panel to show which pro- the edge connectors so
conceivable to use one of messages on a continuou s gram is on the left side of that 18-gauge wire can be
those players. with that loop. The sensing foi l sto ps the pane l, fo r the re gu la te d used to carry the c u rre nt.
head jumping up and the machine at the end of power supply. The relays are mounted
down, to select the various each. This e nsu res greater right on the PC board and
progra ms, so we used two tape life and g ives you PCB use the encased-type re-
pla yers a nd re moved a ll of much mo re p rogram The main add ress fie ld lays to keep contacts free of
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the tape d e ck s is a ve ry
sim ple proce ss of elimi na-
tion a fte r a ll of the un used
part s a re removed. The
moto rs are 110-vo lt a nd
a re wir e d with re g u lar
18-gau ge la m p cord. Prop-
e r bypa ss capaci tors are
u se d to m inim ize a ny
sp ikes o r ha sh injecte d into
the powe r lines. The pre-
a mp asse mblies rem a in
where they were o riginally
and are wired with + 12
volts dc fo r proper o pera-
tions. Two holes may be
d rilled o n the chassis bo t-
tom to give access to t he
a ud io le vel contro ls of the
pre amp ca rds .
Me n age Con le nt
The syste m de sc ribed
here ha s be en in use s ince The fron t view before rack-mo unting sho ws the Panaso nic RC 6800 Ta lking Clock Radio
November, 1977, on the used as the time mac hine. The stack on the rig ht consists of the logic control, au top atch,
Marissa (so uthweste rn Il- and two of the fou r tape machines.
lino is) 147.81 /147.21 repe at-
e r. Ed Bol ton WA3PU N c ut and a host of o the rs, giving ra dio station did seve ra l sta- ve ry popul ar system a nd
most of the voice tape s trave l, cl ub affiliation, fre- tion ID tapes, a lso. a llows visit ing o perato rs to
with some of his best imita- q uency, a nd o the r infor- Need less to say, the sys- ac q uire useful informat ion
tio ns of Amos ' n Andy, Jo hn mative messages. A lo ve ly- tem m akes the M arissa as well a s grea t e njoy ment
Wayne, Henry Kissinger, voiced lad y from a St . louis Mach ine (t he d oubl e M) a as they use it. .
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The Nearly Perfect W E-800
- add an on-board charger, a TT pad, and. • •
charge occurs often assembly is 5/8" high and don't try to cha rge them-
enough without trying. The fits neatly into t he space se lves . I g ro u nded the
H. R. Worthington KJOTW
/7 Fremont SI. Wilson can still be charged next to the diode matrix cha rger by so lde red it to a
Oxford MA 01540 as the designer intended , if board as in Photo B. I epox- nearby sh ield pa rt itio n.
desired . ied t he stack together and Cha rging cu rrent is pu t into
to the board; a ll heat sinks an unused termi na l of the
Charger: The voltage-
A s it comes from the
factory, the Wilson
WE-800's battery-charging
doubling circuit shown in
Fig. 1 and Photo A is
are down toward the board
so that they p rovide t he ir
EXT- INT-CHG sw itc h. Th is
term inal is at t he top-
own e lectrical insu lation . viewing the termi nals with
provisions are lacking in adapted from K5PA's arti-
A blob of silicone ru bber the chassis up right. When
that it cannot be used cle in the Apri l, 1978, Ham
p revents rattles. road tested, I found that
w hi le its nicads are being Radio, p. 36. It charges at
As indicated in Fig. 2, 1 t he o rigina l 140D-H z note
charged. My solution is an 45 mA anytime the rig is on
tapped 12 V from the EXT was gett ing into the 10w-
on-board charger with no external power. The 555 is
PWR jack so that, in t he le ve l audio ci rcui ts o n
switching or holes re- in the standard astable
INT position, t he nicads re ce ive and trans m it, so I
quired. A shutoff switch mode and the 7805 is the
co uld be added by be- standard current-limiting
lie ve rs in deep ly cycling circuit as found in the
nicads; there is space at the Motorola Linear I.C. Data
9-volt battery connectors Book. I built it on 1" x
at the rear panel. With the 1-3/4" vectorboard. If the
current consumption of transistors and 7805 are
the synthesizer, full dis- stacked as shown , the
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How to Make Your Own Crystal Filters
- requires considerable patience, but very few bucks
plica ted coupling net - crystals are dr iven from a trolled . The only exception
73 Magazine Staff works . low-impedan ce so urce by might be if one decides to
The c rysta l filter c ircu it the first-stage emitter - use o nly a single c rysta l to
of Fig. 1 has a number of fol lower . At the series- fo rm a simple CW filter .
resonant frequency of the Ho we ve r, even fo r CW
E v eryo ne knows t h at
goo d, htgh-frequ en cv
(3·9 Mhz) crysta l filters for
advantages. Fi rst of all , no
tu ned circu its are involved.
The crysta ls are simply par-
c rystals, the signa l voltage
will be developed a cross
recept ion , the ba ndwidth
provided by one c rysta l is
use in SSB exciters or ac- al leled, and from one to six the .001-uF capacitor and too sharp and provides un-
cessory CW fi lte rs for crysta ls can be used . de- drive the output amplifier. c o m fo rt a b le re c e p t ion .
t ransceivers are expensive. pending upon whether one At frequencie s other than Therefore, a contro lled
However. if one has a bit of wants to construct a simp le those where the c rysta ls ex- bandwidth of 200 to 500 Hz
test equipment and is short CW filter with a very sharp hibit series resonanc e, the should be used . Suc h a
on cash but long on pa- response or an SSB filter ca pa ci to r se rve s as a by- filter can be constructed
tience. it is possible to with a specific bandwidth . passing element and helps using at least two crystals
home-brew very good crys- The frequency spacing o f sha rpe n the skirts o f the space d in frequency by the
tal filters using relatively th e individual c rys t a ls filter response. So me slg- desired bandwidth and
si m p le circuitry and used is critical; thi s will be nalleak-through will occ ur ce nte re d on the i-f frequen-
without the need for com- cove red later in deta il. The because of stray c a pa c i- cy desired . For an SSB
tance across the c rys ta ls; filter, at le a st six c rysta ls
,-, - ,.1.- - - - - - r--r---·.. · Qv this is compensated for by
co upling so me signa l from
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useable bandwidth . Has so-zaacoonec-
tors. Mobile mountin g bracket.
weight un it.
ple of stout copper wires prono unced dip, so I knew 0 ·0 M~ ""-"S .",, "" CI - YA"' A r lOJi Cl'"0
emiSSIon . .. o r something. The first clerk just did they once sold such items
Neil Johnson W20L U So I acc u m ulated a ll the not u nde rstand what a .. . only they hadn't seen
JO Harwich Road pa rts fo r a new PA . Parts neutraliz in g ca pacitor was. any for yea rs . I ref used to
South Orleans MA 01662 we re a ll ready to go, except Th e n e xt g u y loo ked be insulted fo r a fou rth
for the neutralizing c a paci- at me as if I had been re- ti me and returned home to
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" 6- ~ 2 .. ACH INE SCR' '''SI~I
needed a re a brass nut and
bo lt, a few pie ces of sc ra p
LUCIH OIl
meta l, and a sma ll p iece of ~OLV 5TV " E NE _ ~~ : :
lucite or sim ilar insul a tion
app roxima te ly 5 inches - - - - _ 2 ~/4 _
long. " OU'I T' NG FOOT
swer is, of course, the FM, AM, SSB, RTTY, CW, or FT-250. It can be used with
Briti sh-made Europa-B two any mode that you have an any rig having a 12-volt
Joe Kasser G3ZCZ meter transverter. This unit exciter for on ten meters . heater c hain. A transformer
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conve rts both received and The Europa-B co mes in a is available for rigs with a
Silver Spring MD 20910
tran smitted signals on ten pa ckage only nine inche s 6.3-volt heater chain . In
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tal- controll ed osc ill ato r
with respect to th e WWV
e m issions. Since th e hu-
the rmo re, it does not re-
quir e a ny a d d it io ns o r
modifi cati on s to exist ing
is graduated in fine divi-
s ions. Genera l Hardw are
No. 616 is a n ideal ca n-
man ea r is unabl e to re- c ircu it ry. did ate for thi s role. It is
spo nd to a ud io ton es lower The sha ft of th e variabl e rel ativel y low in cost a nd
than 30 Hertz , we mu st ca paci to r, havin g to do graduated in fract ions of
• , , • co ncl ude th at th ere is a no- wi th shift ing th e c rysta l a n inch on o ne side and in
man 's-land, so to spea k, of osc illa tor frequ enc y, is fi t- hundredths o n the re verse.
so me 60 Her tz. To obtain ted with a fairl y long a rm Th e re w a s in suff ic ie nt
higher accu racy wi th re- made fro m so me kind of space on the chassis for th e
Fig. 1. Actual size of plastic spect to true zero beat, clea r p last ic. Near o ne e nd , enti re b-Inch ruler, so 1
arm in pro to type is 5/8 " some method mu st be em- a sma ll hole is d rilled . In chose to use the upper e nd
wide. 1/4" thick. and 4 " ployed to atta in this end . our pa rtic ular case, this was of the ruler, leaving the
lo ng. Most methods to obta in Yo inch in diamete r in first pa rt. zero to 3 inches,
order to fit the shaft of the ava ilable for other uses.
r.<IS r~I " " H
CApaclTOot SET t rimme r conde nse r in- Now to put the combina-
AT APP""" "AtEl<
n o'
volved . Adjacent thereto, t ion to work : With both
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at right angles, a small hole the receiver and frequen cy
3'50.'
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is d rilled so that a set screw standa rd suita bly warmed
ITO "uffE~
A" O 001
may be installed . Kindly up in the inte rests of
" u l Tl- ......,A"" no te that th is hole must be stability, the coa rse fre-
-y drilled undersized , and quency adjustment to zero
( ••
subsequently threaded for
the set screw . In our case, a
beat is made, preferably
with the ruler-del ineated
6/32 screw was used for this capacitor at the midpoint
T ~i~ ~ T,,€
. .E....E. " "' ''E. purpose. of the high accuracy rule r.
Next, I scribed a straight It then becomes a simple
line down the middle of the matter to move the marker
plastic a rm. This may be arm slow ly back and forth
lightly inked in o rder to over the ruler. If the fi rst
Fig. 2. Circuit o f W20L U. a crystal oscillator with vernier fo rm an indicator, or "cur- audible tone appears at 16
co ntrol for frequency variation. so r." This line sho uld ap- markers on one side of
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CB-to-10 FM
- best conversion yet?
W h il e in the final
stages of w riting this
a rtic le, we cou ld jus t heat
neli zed band comp lete with
repeater s. a national cal li ng
fre qu ency , be acons , and
manuf actu rers, so the FM
po rtio n of t he t u-meter
band from 29.0 to 29.7 MHz
ha s been e nti re ly o ver-
looked In the he -, te to make
ra pid co nve rsio ns of a m-
t he moans: "Not anot her long-di st an c e skip exi st s ha s long bee n occ upied by pli tud e-m odul a te d rad ios
C8-t0-10 conversion! When le ss than a rneg ah er tz a few hearty ind ivid ua ls to 28.965 MHz . This a rticle
will it end?" ab o ve th e pr op o s ed speci a lizi ng in surp lus com- will pre sent a simple meth-
t o-meier CB-t0-10 band . mercial 2-way FM c o nve r- od o f conve rting a phase-
But look again; this is C8- But wha t about e q uip- sio ns . loc ked loo p Ciuzens Ba nd
to-lO FM . Why not try men t for 10 FM ? The Yaesu ra dio to a state-of-the-a n
Man y wide band, tube -
so me thing different a s sug- FT -901 D and the newl y- f req uen c v-pro gr a m m a b Ie
type bo at a nc hors sti ll live
gested by Steve He rm a n introdu c ed C o m t ro n ix narrowband FM tran sc e ive r
o n. Wi thin the last few
WA7WYf in his a rticle, " Try FM-80 are the only ra d ios ha ving a 0 ,5 uV{20 dB
ye ar s, repea ters , remote
FM o n 29.6 MHz?" ! A c ha n- ava ila b le from a mateur q u ie t in g re ce iver and
bases, a nd beacons ha ve
S-Watt output power trans-
appea red a s ba nd occu-
mitter.
pancy ha s incre a sed . Un-
fo rtunate ly, 95% of this ac- The unit s c hosen fo r th is
tivity has fallen on the conve rsio n a re avai la b le
na tional ca lling freq uenc y fro m seve ra l manu fac turers
a t 29 6 MHz . Re cent ly, a but sha re the sa me printed
band plan ha s been ge n- c ircuit board . Fortunate ly,
e ral ly a ccepted by those these radios a re the $30 to
opera ting on the 10-me te r $40 " loss leaders" a t many
FM ba nd , The nat ion a l c a ll- discount hou ses, Re c en tly,
ing frequ ency at 29,6 MHz large qua ntities of Hy-C a in
is the pivotal simple x tre- PC bo ards for these trans-
quen c ~ . Another sim p le x ceive rs have come o n the
c ha nnel a t 29.5 MH z is in- surp lus ma rket'. ' . They of-
clud ed as a seco nda ry fer all the electronics for
direct c hanne l, a nd fo ur this c o nve rsio n minu s front-
repeater inputs fall at 29.52, pane l co ntro ls, e nclosure,
.54, .56, and .58 MHz . Thei r m icrophone, a nd spe a ke r.
respective o utputs a re 100 They are a vail a ble in the
kHz higher at 29,62 , ,64, .66, $5-to-$15 ran ge . A lis ting of
and .68 MHz . t he manufa ct u re rs an d
model nu m be rs a re in-
Front view of conve rted Lafayette rig. The CB channel You sa y, " Eno ugh ! I'm
cluded in Table 1.
sw itch has been replaced with a 10-position rotar y. A pair o f convinced to tr y 10 FM, but
7-segme nt LEOs ha ve been added for direct frequenc y reed- how do I ge t on the a ir?" Many CB c o nversio n a r-
out. Three toggle switc hes pro vide d ispla y on/o ff, sim- Until now, the c o nver..io n ticl e s apply to early, unob-
p lexirepeat, and add 10-kHz to o pe ra ting frequenc y. of CB radio s to jOmeter FM t a in able 2 3-c hannel
11 7
model s. An adva ntage of o pen position. The phase
thi s conve rsio n is the large detector compares the o ut-
nu mber of ra d ios fo u nd puts o f the two counter
ava ilable , The conversion is c ha nnels and provides a d c
basica lly th e same as o ut p ut which is propor-
desc ribed by Clay Walsh tion a l to the phase dit-
4
W1P1 • He gives an excel - ference of the d igita l input
lent set of instructions for signa ls . The phase d etector
converting these radios to is analogou s to a freq uenc y
AM operation, The addit ion discriminator in a n a na log
of an FM disc rim inator and c irc uit.
movement of a few w ires to
freque ncy- mod ula te t he During start-up operation
Pl l o sci llato r are all tha t is of the Pll Q101 , the volt-
ne eded to FM the radio . age-c ontrolled o scillator
(vee), is runn ing at so me
Phase-Locked Loop Fre- n o n -p h a s e- lo c k e d fr e -
quency Synthesizer qu en c y in the 40 -MH z
The following is a descrip- re gion . This signa l is mixed
tion for the existing Cit- w ith the 37.955-M Hz from
iz ens Ba nd programm ing. osc illa tor #1 a t Q102 (mixer
Under stan d ing th is o p - #1 ). Th e d iffe re nce fre -
e ration is not nece ssary to q uen cy (a pprox imate ly 2
accomplish the conversion, MHz ) is low-pass filtered
but may be helpful d uring and a m p lif ie d t o logi c
tu ne-up or trouble-shoot- leve ls by the Q103 stage.
ing. The hea rt of the CB The 2·MHz signa l is applied
t ransceiver , sho w n in a to the input of the divide-
block diagram in Fig . 1, is bv-N counter at pin 6 o f
the phase-locked loop fre- Pll02A (lC1 01). The fre-
quency synthe size r o r PU . quency is counted down by
It enables prec ise , m ult iple - the programmed divide-bv-
fre q uency genera tion a nd N ra tio, and the o utput of
can be aud io-modulated to this cou nter is fe d to the La fayette rig with bottom cover remo ved to show printed
produce high-qu alitv FM. inte rna l p ha se detector . circuit board moun ted. The speaker has been removed to
The co ntro l integrated This cou nted-down signal is make room.
ci rc u it (l C101) provides co m pa red in frequen cy a nd
three fun ctions. It contai ns phase with the 1D-kHz refer- the correct freq uency . The voltage would sho w up as
the frequ en cy divid er for e nce signa l. If the tw o de sig na l is filte red by a sid e ba nds on the ca rrier.
the ref eren ce oscill ator , a signa ls are not coinc ident, a pass ive , low-pass fil ter sec- This de e rror, plu s an o ffs e t
pro gr ammabl e frequ en cy d e e rro r signa l is ge nerated tion to re move the 10-k Hz voltage , is a pplied a s re-
di vide r, a nd the pha se-se n- at p in 5 o f IC101 by the com ponent on the o utput ve rse bia s to the va rac tor
sitive detector. The th ree pha se detec tor . This error of the phase detector. Any diode, 0 101 , whi ch is the
f un ct ion s of t he ch ip signa l w ill force the vco to rf le ak age on the d c control frequenc y-control e leme nt
operate a s fo llows . The
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of the volt age-controlled wi ll latch, causing the PLl frequency of 29 .6 MHz is output of the sy nt hesizer is
oscillator . Tr a n sf o r m er to lose lo ck, w h ic h also dis- shown for t he example. The mixed w ith a 10.695-MH z
T101 makes u p the induc- ab les the t rans m itter to p re- ex ist ing 1 1,B066 -MHz signal fro m osc illator #2
t ive pa rt o f t he vco pa rallel- vent ou t-of-ba nd t ransm is- crystal at o scillator #1 has (Q109). The difference fre-
resonant circu it and pro' sions . been rep laced with on e at quency is 29.6 M Hz. The
vide s coupl ing of the vco 12 .65167 MHz . The front - transmitter is enabled by
signal to the rest of the Tra nsceiver Descri ption panel chann e l se l e ct o r t he Pll " lo cked" output
t ra nsceiver. n01 is adju st- The transceiver has been switc h is set at channel 9. and key ed by a switch on
ed to keep the tun ing volt- de signed to obtain max- The output of t he voltage- t he mic rophone. H igh-lev el
age on t he va rac tor d iode. imum p erform ance at controlled osci llator in the amplitude modu lation is
as m easured at TPB. in the minimum co st. Fi g, 1 sho w s PLL is at 40 ,295 MHz . The app lied from the integrat ed
1 .5-t o-3.5-vo lt range across the f requen cy-generati on programming switch has a ci rc u it aud io ampl ifier to
the operati ng b and of in- schemes for the transmitter divid e-by rat io of 234 en- the d river and final tra ns-
te rest. If the voltage sw ings and the two rece ive r local te red t o t he PL l contro l, mitter transistors. The t rans-
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Parts List-Synthesizer Programmer into a 50Dhm load.
Th e receiver is a dua l-
Item Descript ion conver si on su p e r he te ro-
Cl O.Ol·uF disc ceramic dyne w ith intermediate f re-
C2,3 15-uF, 35 V dc tantal um, Mallory TDCl56M035GL or equivalent quencies o f 10.695 MHz
D1 l N270 germanium diode a nd 455 kHz . The recei ved
Dis. 1,2 r-secment common-cathode LED readout signa l at 29,6 MH z is mixed
IC l 74LS147 TTL 10-line·to·BCD decoder
74LS04 TTL hex inverter with the frequen cy-synthe-
IC2
IC3 74165 TTL brnary-to-ecn decoder size r output of 40.295 MH z
IC4 74LS46 TTL BCD-to-7-segment decoder at Q11 5, t he fi rst mixer, to
IC5 7605 a-oln monolithic, 5·V dc voltage regulator with g ive a difference frequency
small heat sink of 10.695 MH z, t he fir st i-f.
Rl·13 470.Qhm , w -watt composition resistor The output o f t h is stag e is
R14 10-0hm, 1-Walt composition resistor filt ered t o re move t he un-
R15 lk-Ohm, V. -Walt compositi on resistor w a nted sid eb and and ap-
R16 1.5k·Ohm , w -w ett composition resistor
plied to mixer #2, Q116,
51 a-pore. z-oeck, to-oostuon rotary switch, Grayhill
a lo ng with the 10.24-MHz
44D3S-Q2-2·AJN or equivalent (Rotate rear deck to facilitate
wiring.) signa l from osc il lator #3
S2-5 Miniature SPOT toggle switch, Alco MST·l050 or equivalent which w as previou sly men-
t io ned in the phase-lock ed
Parts L1st-455-kHz FM 1-' strip loop de scripti on . The di ffer-
Item Description enc e f req ue ncy is 455 kH z,
the second i-f . w h ic h is
C1 15·uF, 35 V de tantalum, Mallory TOC15SM035G L or equivalent
C2-5 0.47·uF monolithic, Centra lab CY20C474M or equ ivalent amplifi ed and di ode-detec t-
C6 O.OH},02 uF disc ceramic, selected for proper squelch action ed . The d etected o ut p ut is
C7 As required to resonate T1 to 455 kHz fed to the same audio am-
C8 22·pF disc ceramic plifier used for t ransm itter
C9, 10 O.OOl·uF ceramic mod ulation, but now the
Cll O.OO5-uF disc ceramic output is coupled to a loud-
C12·19 O.Ol-uF disc cerami c speaker.
C20 O.02-uF disc ceramic There are many acces-
C21 o.i-cr disc ceramic sory functions in t hese t rans-
01 ,2 lN270 germanium signal diode
ceivers, suc h as squelch,
IC1 LM3065 (National) limiter/discriminator, or MC1358P (Motorola)
limiter/discriminator, or CS063 (HEP) limiter/discriminator no ise limiter, noise blanker,
IC2 MC3403 (Motorola) quad op amp, or SK3594 (RCA) quad op rf gai n co nt ro ls, delta tu ne,
amp, or C6 129P (HEP) quad op amp and o t he rs. All u nits, no
01 2N3904 transistor or equivalent NPN switching type m atter who th e man u -
R1 51-Ohm, 1J2·Watt composition f acturer o r wh at the level of
R2, 3 5S0-0hm, V. -Watt composit ion so p hist ica t io n is, can be u p-
R4 1.8k-Ohm, 'I.-Watt compositi on dated to include these f u nc-
R5-8 2.2k-Ohm, V.-Watt composit ion tion s. A l l the printed c irc uit
R9 4.7k-Ohm, V.-Watt composition board s are identi cal , so the
Rl 0 8.2k-Ohm, V. -Watt composit ion
added func tion s can be
R11,12 12k-Ohm, V. W att compositi on
R13 15k-Ohm , V.·Watt composition wi red into exi stin g ho les on
R14 39k-Ohm, w -watt composition t he boa rd s and interfaced
R15 lOOk-Ohm, V. ·Watt composition to th e appropriate sw itc hes
R16 1 megohm, l/.·Watt composition and potentiom eters on t he
T1 4550kHz miniature i-f transformer f ront p anel. In FM opera-
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dete cti on , and noi se -ac- MHz), Thu s, Xl0l IS In- b) Monitor the vo ltage h) Repeat the above , tun -
tiva ted sque lch was devel- c reased from 11,8066 MH z between TP8 and gro u nd at ing for m aximum power
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FM rec ep t ion . Th e f in al or ,845 MHz , to 12 65167 R11 5. i) Che ck o ut p ut fre -
step was the evo lut io n of MHz . The tr ansceiver ca n c) Ad just n 01 to o btai n q ue ncy and power out at
f req ue ncy -p rog ra m m in g be o pe ra te d from 29 .5 1.5 vo lts . 29.5 MH z and 29 ,69 MH z
tec hniques, (cha nne l l ) to 29690 (c ha n- d) Set the frequ e ncy pro- (cha nne ls 1 and 16).
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Step 1. Change the Veo c han ne l9 w ithout c hanging (cha nne l 16). The voltage fre qu e nc y by a dj u sti n g
Offset Crystal t h e CB p ro gramm in g should be app rox imate ly 3 Cll Ol , a tri mme r capacitor
switch. volts . in the offset-osc illator c ir-
Crystal Selection
A crys tal in the 37.9-M Hz cuit.
Th e offset -crysta l fre- Transm itt er Alignme nt
range c a n also be used fo r Re ce iver Alig nment
quency is tripled and sub- a) Set the tr an smit fre-
tracted from the vco fre - the o ffs et crystal. A source quency to 29 .6 MHz . a) Set t he receiver fre-
quency . Thus, to ra ise the of such crys tals is o lder, b) Connec t the ou tpu t to q uency to 29.6 MHz .
vco operating frequency , c r v s t a I-sy nt h e s i z e d . a 5-Watt, 50-Ghm du m my b) Connect a 29.6-MHz
one can simply raise the off - 23-eha nne l CB sets . Ma ny load signal source to the input.
set-crystal frequency by 1/3 of them contai n six crystals c) Connect an oscillo- c) Adjust n04 and n05
of the vco frequency in- in the 37 .6-to-37 .9-M Hz scope o r re ce ive r tuned to fo r maximum signal.
crea se des ired looking range. This is an inexpen- 29.6 MHz to the junction of Alignment Hints
ahead to step 4, one c a n see sive sou rce for conversions Tl02 and C1 41 . Ca re should be taken In
that selecting the correct using the existing CB chan- d) Adjust l103, ll04, and tuning these miniatu re
off set crystal is Important . nel switch. n02 fo r maximum signal at tra nsformers . Make sure
If a crystal is special-or- Tu ne-U p 296 MHz . you have the correct size
dered , 1265167 MHz is rec- Install the new frequen- e) Monitor the signa l on non-metallic tuning tool
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s ho ws a pr og rammin g by-32 , -64, and -128 line s are No pu ll-up re sistor s a re the 74LS04 inverter (lC2) to
sc he me co ns is t ing o f fixed -programmed by con- needed on the di sconnect- get the signal back to the
s e pa ra te BCD -coded ne cting them to plus 5 V de. ed inputs si nce the y will true fo rm . These 4 line s pro-
switc hes for receive and The divide-by-256 line is bias themsel ves to a high gram t he divide-by-2, -4, -8,
transm it. A toggle switc h is disabled by leaving it open {off] state. and -16 inputs to the PU le.
incl uded to add 10 kHz to o r ground ing it. A d ivide-by W ith 52 in the repe a t 53 will add 10 kHz to the
either freq ue ncy. Ste e ring ra tio of 224 is en tered to the position, the 9-volt tr ans- operating frequen cy. It pro-
d iodes a re used to logica lly PlL c hip with no input fro m m itter ke y line in the tr an s- grams the least-signifi cant
O R the o ut put s of th e the progra mme r. The trans- ceiver is mo nitored at the d igit (pin 15) of the contro l
switc hes to the PLl input. A ceive r o pe ra tes a t 29.5 MHz jun ction o f R1 63 a nd 01 06. Ie.
key line in the transc eiv e r is at this no-input sett ing. This po int is clamped to the The p lu s 10-kH z line
se ns e d to a lternate be - 51 is the front-panel pro- 5-volt supply through Rl from the wipe r of 53 and
tween re ceive a nd tr ansmit gramming switc h. It is a and 01 to make the signa l the fou r inverted o utputs of
while in the repeat mode . It z-dec k. to-oosnron ro tary TTl-compatible. The si gna l ICl a re run to 1( 3 and IC4.
will be descr ibed in more switc h whic h wa s modified is a logic high in re ce ive a nd The se a re the z-segrnent dis-
detai l in the fo llow ing sec- by rotating the rear deck by a low in transmit. The logic play decode rs. IC3 is a
tion . Thi s is the simplest 180 deg rees . This was done low signa l to ICl will now binary to BCD decod er . Its
co mp le te frequen cy -cov - to make t he wiring easier. togg le be twe en the two mo st-signif ic ant d igit a p-
e rage sc he me, but has a few Two single-de ck switc hes wipers of 51. de ck A on re- pea rs o n pin 4 This o utput.
probl em s. The non -dire ct co uld be used if re pe ate r ce ive, and dec k B on tran s- when in the high sta te, is
frequency-readi ng switc h- splits of other than 100 kHz mit . Ea ch switc h position equ al to an e nte red cou nt
es, with eac h BCD digit a re desired . 52 is the si m- add s 20 kHz, t here fore a of 100 kHz o r more from
equaling 20 kHz, leads to ple x/repe at switch . In the l OQ-kHz c hange is intro- the programmer, o r 29.6
co nfusio n. Repeater op- simplex po sition . 5 volts is duced with the 5-position MH z a nd a bove. O nly two
erat ion is not automati c. a ppl ied to se ction F o f IC2. switching in the repeater segments of the most-sig-
Both switches have to be This inverts the 5-volt signa l mode. 100 kHz is subtra ct- nificant digit 7-segm e nt
set. to a TT L logic lo w a nd a p- ed o n transmit while receiv- readout need to be c ha nged
c) Co nst ruct the fr e - pl ies it to the selected input ing above 29.6 MHz and to go from a 5 to 6. These
quency p rog ramm ing of ICl through dec k A of 51 . added on transmit while a re segments a and e . The
board without LED read o ut. This 74LS147 is a H)-line-to- listening below 29.6 MHz. switching to accomp lish
This step can be accom- BCD dec oder w hic h re - The o utput of 1C1 is inve rt- this c hange is done by sec-
p lished by o m itt ing t he sponds to a low-l evel signa l ed from the true high logic tio n E o f IC2. the [east-sig-
re a do uts and 7-segment de- o n o ne of its inputs. A zero needed to prog ram the PlL nificant digit (0-9) is de-
coder c hips from ste p 4d . co nd it io n is decoded w hen Ie. The 4 output lines a re coded by the 74lS48. a
d) Construc t the fre quen- the 9-input lines a re high. ru n through 4 sect io ns of BCD -to -7-line de coder.
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Sin ce common-cathode spea ke r was unusabl e for state linear amplifiers to How a bo ut a CW Novi ce ri g
Z-segme nt readouts were mobil e work a nyway , du e good use in mobil e service using th e printed circ uit
used, pull-up resistors are to its direction ality. before the FCC took a dim boards? A zero-to-3G-MHz
needed on each segment view of the go ings-on at 11 general coverage receiver,
drive line to the displays . A Antennas, Amplifiers, meter s. These amplifi ers anyone?
OJ P resistor package con- and Such were all of excellent qu ali- Many tha nks to Denny
taining 13 resistors, with We placed many of t hese ty, a nd with the add it ion of Dittri ch WA1 VK S6 for t he
one s ide of each internally transcei vers in mobile se r- a low-pa ss sect ion on t he p rint e d cir cuit la you t s.
co nnected, could be used vic e , so ve rt ica l pol ar- output, met all the relevant Denny has co mbined the i-f
to save space on a printed ization is a ne cessi ty in our sp u rio us and harmoni c st ri p an d th e programm e r
c irc u it board. All of the local operating a rea. Any of specs. on one PC bo ard to save
logic is stati c, so there is no the CB antennas ca n be spac e a nd co st. The boa rd
digital no ise pickup in the used on 10 with so me judi- A Few Closing Comments is ava ilable for $7.00, which
receiver. Sw itc h 54 will d is- c ious pruning. A favorite of Since the spring of 1977, includes the pos tage. See
.able the display electron- ours is the Antenna Special- a pproximately 40 of th ese
.
IC S as a power-sa ving mea- ists' " Sta r Duster" se ries. It rigs ha ve bee n comp leted,
yo u on 29. 6 FM 1_
References
sure. is a 1;4 -wa ve verti cal ground- a nd we are just sc ratc hing 1. St eve Herman WA7WYF , " Try
IC5 is th e m onolithic plane type that resonates t he surface of conve rs ion FM on 29.6 MHz," 73 Mag azine,
a- ern. 5-vo lt vo ltage across the entire 1G-meter possibilities. Thi s is the first November, 1978, p. 184.
reg ula tor whic h powe rs this band by c hopp ing 6 inches tim e a mod ern so lid-state, 2. Surp lus Electro nics Corp .,
ci rc u it ry . It s ho u ld b e from the vertical radiator synt hesized tra nsce ive r ha s 7294 NW 54 St. , Miami FL 33166.
mounted on a sma ll heat and each of the ground- been a va ila ble for penn ies. 3. Pol y Paks, PO Box 942, South
sink. Resistor R2 is used for plane elements. Standard We hope this article will Lynnfield MA 01940.
dropp ing the unregulated 8-foot whips are used in the force a few dormant so lde r- 4. Clay Walsh W1 PI , " CB t o 10,
Part XII," 73 Magazine, October,
vo ltage to the regul ator to mobile installations. ing iron s out of retirem ent.
1978, pp. 254·255.
keep its power dissipation Five Watts of power was l et's get so me c lub pro- 5 . N a t i o nal Semicon d ucto r
down . The inte rna l spea ke r not adequ ate fo r mo bile [ects goin g using these rigs Corp., Lin ear Data Boo k, 1976,
in the transceiver was re- operation with o ur Ne w for e me rgency comm unica- pp . 10·1 38 and 10·1 39.
moved to make space for England hills, so we pu t t ion s. A split-s ite po rtab le 6. Dennis Dittric h WA1VKS ,
the two added printed cir- man y CB " trucke r special" repeater using a m icrowa ve RFD #3, Box 88, W illimant ic CT
cui t bo ards. The inte rna l 50- and 100-Watt, so lid- link looks like du ck sou p. 06226.
C I wish 10 have my name removed from the lis t o f subscfibers recei ving mail o ther
th an Ihe regular subscription to 73 Magazine.
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units or portable units on
ma kes the units convenient
desks . c a r seats , etc . to operate from a desk o r
Operating them as suc h is ca r seat because of its wide
diffi cult enough without base width and slanted
having them topple over
position. Anyone with even
o n thei r sides at t ime s due a very little know ledge of
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Fig. 1. The top shows how to change your r ig schema tic to the rest o f h is t ran smission , ry is no w fr ee t o remem ber
conform to the modifica tion, and the bo ttom shows wir- ne ver mi ssing a w ord . y ou r fa vorit e c ha nnel.
109. Then , f or so m e un e x- The elec t ric al o perat ion
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of the switc h is ve ry simple . Start by wm ng up the c a b le harn e ss, working the re c e ive mode. Put t he
Th e Mem orizer ' s ph a se switc h: Con nect two sho rt toward the front of the re verse switch in e ithe r
lock loo p is contro lled by a jumper wires from the ter- printed ci rcuit board, unt il position and leave it. Put
c ryst a l that is se lec ted minals at one end to the you have fou r or fi ve inches the function switch to
e lect rica lly from six crys- terminal s a t the oth er o f loose w ire . Sho rte n simple x. Program one fre-
ta ls (X301-X30&) depend ing e nd - ma king sure to c ro ss these wires. if necessary, quency of your cho ice into
o n the pos ition of the 5 UP them a s shown in Fig . depending on where you the memory, and then man-
s w itc h, th e f un cti on 1- and so ld e r the ter- have decided to lo cate the ually dial up any different
switc h, a nd the T-R rela y. m inals at one end o nly. switch , and sold er the frequency , leaving the sec-
This modifi cation simp ly Ne xt, c ut a pa ir of wires ap- orange wire to one center ond freque ncy showing on
reverses the crystals se le c t- proximately 10 inc hes in terminal of the switc h. the readout. Now, turn the
e d fo r transm it a nd re- length and so lde r one each l ikewise , solder the function sw itch from
ce ive. It therefore reverses to the termina ls at the un- orange/white wire to the simplex to MEM. If the
all frequency combina- so ldered end . Now se t the other center terminal. It readout rema ins the same,
tions that ca n be selected, switc h aside for a moment, ma ke s no diffe ren ce w hich the reverse switch is in the
including any no n-st a n- and loc a te the re lay on the wire goes to which center norma l posit ion , but if the
dard repeate r pair that right re ar of the top pr inted te rmi na l. Now ta ke t he reado ut c hanges to the mem-
is prog rammed into the circ u it boa rd. Just to t he unu sed end s of th e two ory freq ue ncy, the switch
memory . Simp le x opera- rig ht of t he re lay a re new w ires prev ious ly so l- is in t he re verse posi tion .
t ion remain s unaffected . se ve ra l pins. two of which dered to the switch. cut Now you can cor rectly
Prior to wiring up the are ma rked Rx and Tx. them to the c o r r e c t labe l the switch . If you
modification, you sho uld Ea ch has two wires at- lengths, and solder one to wis h to reverse posit ions,
de c ide where to loca te the ta ched: Rx has an orange Rx and o ne to Tx. Again , simply re verse the switch
switc h. I mounted mine o n and o ra nge /w h it e w ire either wire to e ither pin . center terminal wires, or, if
the bottom c ove r jus t to whil e Tx has two orange The wiring is now com- you a re using a togg le
the right of the meter . In wire s, one marked with plete. sw it c h, s imply turn it
thi s locat ion it is out of pr inted numbers and one Next, you must deter- around .
sig ht a nd e asy to o pe ra te. with out . Un solder the mine which switc h position The modifi cation is now
The mod if icat ion is at de orange/white wire from Rx is normal and whi ch is complete. I think you will
leve l, so switc h and wire and the pla in orange wire re ver se . After br iefly find , as I have, that it
pla cem ent sho uld present (no numbers) from Tx. Pull c he ck ing your wiring, turn makes a good rig even bet-
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flop of IC1 , which turns off short o ut R3. tech nical crew ma y wa nt me ssage o n the 8-t rack
the RlY1, causing the e n- What this accomplishes eve rythi ng totally en- loop, ta pe wea r would be
tire tape system to stop is that if someone is talking closed, without access to excessive. By us ing seve ral
and begin counting those throug h the sys tem and the any functions o r the tapes.l mi nutes of tape, a va riety
ten pu lses produced by the logic brings u p the tape of messages can be used
CW identifier . message, the audio level of Tape Machine and the tape wear will be
This gives you a voice the tape will be 30 dB The tape deck used here greatly re d uce d .
identification once every below the user's own was pu rchased from Poly The system has been in
30 minutes, if the repeater audio. If someone releases Paks for $12 .95. These are use since the spring on the
remains in use . The length the system allowing the excellent units , built by massive Marissa, Illinois,
of the message is left up to COR to de-activate, the Motorola, which work very 81 /21 system and has been
you, since we use the se ns- tape message will come well. They have their own trouble free . The voices
ing foil to shut the tape through the system at full preamp audio boards with used to give the short
system off . deviation. level controls . idents were imitations of
I elected to remove all John Wayne, Amos and
CO R Controls Audio Level Co nstr uction of that head switching Andy, Henry Kissinger. and
One of the unique as- A simple method to solenoid bu sines s and many others . These voices
pects of this voice ident properly house the voice mounted the playback were done for the club by
system is that the audio fed ident system is to mount head so lid to the chassi s. Ed Bolton WA8PUN , host
from the tape head s is fed the tape player mechanism This ensures trouble-free of 3920 kHz each evening .
through R2 and R3 . A se t of and the small PC logic service and more reliable The voice idents add a
contacts of the COR are board in a 17" x 3" x 9" head alignment. lot of versatility to the re-
connected in such a man- chassis . Mount a 19" x 3" The tape can be a 3- or peater system and take
ner that should someone rack panel on the front of 4--minute loop with many some of the boredom out
be using the repeater the chassis . You have the different 5-second mes- of its operation . If you or
(meaning the COR would option of making a cutout sa ges. Use a piece of sens- your club are interested ,
be activated), both resis- in the front pane l so that ing foil at the end of each send a #10 SASE for infor-
tors are in series with the the tape cart ridge can be message. This will shut the mation on a complete kit
tape head . If the repeater is c hanged easi ly without re- system down as the foi l of pa rts available from
not in use (COR de-acti- moving the un it from the passes over the sense fin- Meleo, PO Box 26, Marissa
vated), the COR contacts rack. (In some systems, the ge rs. If you had only one IL 62257.•
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St. Clair near the US-Canad ia n EXCHANGE:
Contests
border. Operat ions will be from Messag es will consis t o f
2000 GMT January 19th t o 1500 AST, aso number, and the ste-
GMT January 20th using the non's contin ent.
callsig n AD8R. Operat in g fre- SCORING:
f,om~24 ENTRIES: quencies w il l p rinc ipa lly be Exchange poi nts are as fol-
One log s hould be kept for 7275 on sse plus 21380 if prc pa- lows: 80 and 40 meters = 1
counted separately. Multi-op- each mode. Each part icipant gation a llows. Also , 2-meter o p- point per OSO, 20 meters = 2
eratcrs may pa rticipate, but w ill note in his logs the cal1sign, erat ion w ill be o n 146.52, .55, points per OSO, 15 meters = 8
each prefix m ust be listed in the repo rt , and the sequential num. and .58. points per OSO, 10 meters = 12
log. Use all bands 80 th rough 10 ber o f the OSO. When contact s All aSLs will be acknowr- points per OSO. No points or
meters. The call should be are made with Lions or Leos, edged with an 8 x 10 certif icate multipliers are counted for con -
made as "CO TEST LION S." Par- th e name of the Li ons Club or commem orating this event. No tacts with one's own country.
ticipating lions or Leos should Leo Club contacted should be SASE necessary; just QSL to Only two-way AnY contact s
Identif y their clu b name. Onl y clearly identif ied in the log. Box 545, Sterling Heig hts MI are valid. Multipliers are given
one aso with the same station Confirmation of contacts will be 48078. for countries and continents
in eac h band will be counted. m ade by comparing the logs 01 worked . A multiplier is given
Phone an d CW are co unted sep- t he parti cipants. Participants NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA for each country worked on 20
arately as previously stated. should send their log sheets, RTTY FLASH CONTEST through 10 meters, but no coun -
SCORING: postmarked by air mail not later Operating Periods: try multipliers are g iven for 80-
SCore 1 point for asos within than 30 days after the contest, 1800 GMT January 19 to and 4O-meter cont acts. A sepa-
the same continent, 3 points be- t o: Lions Club of Rio de Janeiro 0200 GM T Janua ry 20 rate multlptler ma y be c laimed
tween d ifferent cont inents . ARPOADOR, Rua Souza Lima 1200 GMT to 2400 GMT for the same country if a enter-
SCore 1 extra bonus point for a #310, Apt. 802, Rio de Jane iro January 20 ent band is used (m ax . 3 t imes).
aso with a member 01 a Lions 22081 , Brazil, South America. The contest is sponsored by On ly count ries wh ich appear in
Club or leo Club and 5 extra Various medall ions, trophies, the IATG Rad ioc ommu ni ca - at least Sather contest logs w ill
bonus points for a aso w ith a nd cert ifica tes w ill be awarded trona and is open t o all RTTY be va lid as multipliers. The con-
a member of Aio de Janeiro winners in ea ch cl ass, etc. stat i on s o p e r a ti n g o n 80 tinents are also valid as mum-
A RPOADO R lions Club. Con- through 10 meters. The DXCC pliers. For contacts with North
tac ts between Brazil ian sta- FREEZE YOUR ARCTIC OFF list will be used tor count ry and South Ameri ca, the sender
tio ns and members of the EXPEDITION status except that the V ENO, and receiver will each be as-
Li o ns Clu b Rio de Ja nei ro On January 19th, the Ford Tin W/K, VK, PY, LU, JA , and UA0i9 signed 100 points as muttt-
ARPOADOR will count only 2 Ltzzy Club, No rt h M et ro Chap- call areas will be considered as pliers. 50 points will be as-
ex t ra points. Contacts between ter, will have the second annual separate count ries. Operating signed fo r each of the remain-
members of the ARPOADOR Freeze Your Arcti c Off Expedi- classes include single- or mult i- ing continent s as contacted. An
Club will not count any bonus t ion. The c lub will be o perating o perato r st ati ons using a sing le add it ional 100 points will be
poin ts. from the frozen wa stes of Lake transmitter and SWLs. given for each cont ac t with
North and South America on 15
or 10 mete rs. Final score is th e
totalaso poi nts tim es the nu m-
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20th. Send logs 10: Pro f. Franco Score 3 poi nts per aso Fa, Rapa FO, Marg uises Fa, pleasantries.
Fanti, Via A. Dallolio n 19, within the same continent and Gambier Fa, To uamo to u Fa, FREOUENCIES:
Bologna 40139, Italy. For SW ls 10 points per asa with another Terre Adelie FIFBSY. Kerguelen CW-up 60 kHz from low
only, the same station is valid continent. Multiplier is the nurn- FBSX. St. Paul et Amsterdam band edges.
only one time on all bands. ber of Frenc h units from the list FB8Z, I. Crozet F BSW . Phone -3910, 7280, 14280,
A WA RDS: below on each band . Final score 21380,28580.
Grand prizes are reserved for is total aso points times the CLASSIC RADIO EXCHANGE Novlcerf ecn - 3720, 7120,
the four fi rst pl ace w inners. total multipl ier. St arts: 2100 GMT Sunday , 21120,28120.
Consolation prizes along w ith EN TRI ES: January 27 U sten on the half ho ur to 20
medals and ce rtifica tes will l og s mus t be sent w ith a End s: 0400 GMT Monday. for coast-to-coas t OX an d o n the
also be awarded . Remember rec ap s heet; a ll mu lti pliers January 28 three-quarter ho ur on 15.
th at t his co ntest Is v a lid should be listed for c hec king on The contes t is sponsored by
to wards the fi nal standing of each band . Entries should be the Southeast ARC of Cleve- SCORING:
the 5 Continent World Champi- ma iled to REF French Contest, land, Ohio, and is open to all Add t he numbers of different
onship. sq. Truda ine 2, 75009 Paris. amateurs. The object Is to re- transmitters, re ceivers, and
France. store, operate, and enjoy older s tat eslp rovi n ceslcou nt ries
FRENCH UNITS: equipment with like-minded worked on each band. Multiply
FRENCH CON TEST
95 Frenc h departments (2 fig. hams. A classic radio is any by total number o f asos on all
CW
ures). DA 1/2 station of F forces bands. Multiply that total by the
St arts: ססoo GMT January 26 equipment built since t945 but
Ends: 2400 GMT January 27 in Dl. French overseas coun- at least 10 years old, an advan- classi c multiplier: t he total
tries- Mayotte FH , Reunion FR, t age but not required. The same years old of all t ransmitters and
Phone
rece ivers used with 3 QSOs
St arts: ססoo GMT February 23 Europa FRlE, J uan de Nova station may be worked wi th dif-
FRIJ , Glorieu ses FRIG, Tro me- ferent equipment combinations minimum pe r unit. For t rans -
Ends: 2400 GMT February 24
Th is contes t Is o pen to sm. lin FRIT, Gu yane FY, St. Pierre and o n eac h mode on eac h ce ivers, m ult ip ly the years o ld
gle·operator sta tions o nly and et Miquelon FP, Martin iq ue FM , band. General call is "CO CX" by t wo .
all contacts must be made w it h Guadeloupe FG. St. Mart in FG, o n CW and "ca Exc hange" on ENTRIES:
F re nc h co unt ries (see list St. Ba rt helemy FG, Clipperton phone. No n-contesta nt s may be Send logs, comments, anec-
below). Fa , New Caledonia F K , I. worked for c redit. dotes. etc., to: Stu Stephans
EXCHANG E: loyaute FK, Chesterfield FK, EXCHANGE: KBSJ , 1407 Hollywood Rd., San -
RS(T) and sequential aso Wallis FW, Futuna FW. New Name, RS(T), state/provincel dusky OH 44870. Include an
number. Hebrides YJ, I. du Vent Fa, l. country, receiver and transmit- SASE for copies of the Classic
SCORING: sous Ie Vent FO, I. Australes ter type, and other interesting Radio Newsletter and results.
145
secretary, or a notary public. Do aged to utilize th is no-cost ser- you might consider to bring uves and be the fir st in your
not send a SL cards. Have your vice to publicize your aw ard s worldwide recognition for your area to prOUdly possess the
verified list sent along with the program. As you know, thou- fraternity and help build your beautiful awards being soon-
$1.00 aw ard fee to: S. J. Knox sands of am ateurs join ou r club's treasury . sored by the editors of 73 Mag·
W82M AA , 212 Nort h Jerome ranks annually and mo st are not azine.
Avenue, Margat e, New Jersey aware of the variou s o perating As yo u know , J anuary 1st
08402. incent ives avai lable to them . It marks a new year. Those pu rsu- We now have a supply of 73
is the intent of thi s column to ing the 73 Aw ard s Program real- Magaz ine Awa rds Program
Checking my files, t find t hat share the many ac hievement ize all contac ts claimed lor t he booklets o n hand. Send for your
information about foreign OX programs the amateur com- 73 OX Country Club and the copy today. Be sure to enclose a
award programs outnumbers munity has to offer. Why not Worked All USA Awa rd are large SASE with your i nquiry.
that of the domestic t ype fo ur to research your local area. Per- based on a single calendar year. See you next month. Continue
one. Stateside c lubs, societies, haps your club doesn' t sponsor Get in on the ground floor and to climb the ladder of recocnt-
and o rga nizations are encour- an award . Maybe t his is an area pursue t hese operating incen- tion.
Corrections
- R33 should be mounted in sides of the PCB together with
holes directly above pins 13 and pieces of wire, using 4 pieces on
11 of U15. Note that the "Z:·w ire each side.
placement in Fig. 7 shows <There are two unused pads:
Please note t he fo llowing cor- missing ; t h e y sho u ld be "Z" wi res here -this is incor- One is to the right of U12·16 and
rect ions to "The MICRQSIZEA: C04510s. CD4029s ca n be used rect. the other is just above the left
Comput erized Frequency Con - if power-up reset to 0000 is not «The heat-sink tab s on U17 pad f or jumper 9.
tro l," which appeared in the Oc- requi red . and U18 are shown on w rong - All dr illed ho les are #65.
tober, 1979, issue. - C24 was li sted as .47; it side. In and out leads are cor- Some may need to be slightly
should be 47 ,.F. rect. enlarged to accommodate vart-
Parts List: -r t re values tor U17 and U18 ettons in cert ain co mponent
Fig. 7: leads.
-C35 was listed as C31- were interchanged .
-rnaddit ion to the above
there is no C31. - Make sure there is a good
problem, nine " Z" wires were ground between MICAOSIZER
- A46, R26, and A33 are m iss- Fig . 6: omitted. The correct layout is
ing ; th ey should be 10k, 'I. Watt. «The unmarked IC in t he and t ra n sc e i ve r; othe rw ise ,
shown here. some rough ness of t he CW note
- A40 was listed as 4.7k; it lower right-hand corner is U14.
should be 1.5k, '/. Watt. erne unmarked resi sto r be- may occur.
Additional notes:
- CA10 was listed twice . - R43 should be adjusted to
tween U16 and U15 is A34. - Jumoer U16-4 to U1G-12 on
give vf o injection at the same
- U1O, U11, U12, and U13 are -rne unmarked resistor be- the back side.
level as the int ernal vto. Too
much level will cause spurious
response problems.
Fred Studenberg W48F
• Tampa FL
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was for CB. And ditto several near a CSer cou ld have told
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come January, the industry es and these were fed by CBers low bands, we do run into more adaptable to compacting than
would be allowed by the FCC to and HFers, making recruitment signal packing than we like on others. Take the average OX
sell the new, cleaner 4{k:hannel of new hams easy . Then , when weekends and during contests, contact lor the purpose 0 1 get·
sets and then everything would CB went away, so did the re- but if you are even slightly ad- ting a new country ... the call-
be alright again. The manufac- cruits, and the result is that to- venturous, you know that we sign , report, and a confirmation
turers cheered each o ther up at day amateur radio newcomers have lots of open channels. are all that is needed. Now, ob-
meetings with plans for selting are few and our population is During much of the day and viously, that could be made a
the prices high at first in order agai n decreasing . . . and ham night, th e 2D-mete r band- at good deal more efficien t than it
to make up for the losses. Other dealers are hurting. least the Advanced portion of it is at present, list operations
firms kept telling each other Fortunately, I thi nk there are - has room for more signals. notwithstanding.
that it wasn't as bad as it some things which we can do to The General part is often filled It may be possible lor future
looked. I went to some of these get newcomers coming into am- with bunches of nets and pre- DXpeditions to conduct a two-
industry meetings and I have ateur radio again •. . and I think sents more of a problem in find· way contact with eager OXers,
tapes of the self-delusion which I have some ideas which will ing open channels. I defy you to all within two seconds per con-
was going on. bring amateurs back into build- find a time when 15 meters is tact. The bandwidth might be a
The manufacturers tried to ing gadgets and buying new open and you are unable to find bit more than we are using to-
get the FCC to move the dead- equipment. I will be discussing an empty channel . .. ditto ten day, but the goal is exchanging
line ahead so they could at least my plans fo r reviving amateur meters. Lo t s of 'em. information efficiently, and in
start selli ng their new sets dur- radio at th e January Aspen Ham But whe n we start t alki ng in this we want to take advantage
ing the Christmas rush, but the Industry Conference. I'll go into terms of getting more hams, we of every minute that the band is
FCC was not to be moved ..• more detai ls on this in future is- have to start thinking in terms ct open to a certain area. We can
nor were the CB sets. You could sues of 73. I can't do this eventually solving a crowded afford to expend frequency
now buy zs-cnanner sets for half alone ... but I can provide sup- band situation . To a large spectrum to buy time. If we are
their parts costs almost any- port for those who want to do degree, we can spread out our transmitting our causrans at a
where. I saw nice sets going for something. hamming, using the ott-hours speed of, say, one hundred
$10 and $20, and going begging. The FCC recently asked for for more interference-free con- words per minute, then it will
This was when I got started with comments on the proposed CB tacts. But if we are going t o take about one one-hundredth
the idea of hams buying them use 01900 MH z and I wrote up a thin k in te rms of doubling or o f a minute to send a callsign
and converting them fo r 10m lengt hy proposal for tha t band. I tripl ing (or more) the ham oopu- ... that's about a hatf second.
use. Unfortunately, only a few do thi nk th at it will be possible lation of our country, then we By automating these Oxpect-
thousand were converted. Pity; I to generate billions of dollars in have to start thinking in other tron contacts and contacts with
think hams missed out on a sales of CB equipment for this terms. rare countries, we could sal-
good and very inexpensive new band if it is established as I I do have some technical vage a good deal of the low end
band as a result. But this was at have proposed. I'll try to get my ideas which may forever change of 20 meters. This would provide
the bottom of the sunspot cycle proposal for this into 73 in the amateur radio. 1"11 be developing more channels and time lor
and ten was stinko, so the 10m near future for those interested these in conjunction with the hams to swap basic station in-
AM band did not catch on. in the concept. I have not pro- ham industry and I think you 'll formation . . . which seems to
January finally arrived and posed a service anything like like what I have in mind. l Ihink it take up a good deal of the ham
SUddenly the industry otscov- the present CB eleven-mete r may revolu tionize much o f our spectrum. Again, this could
ered that CB was no longer a mess. My idea is t o provide a operation. easily be automated and most
fad. The movies were forgotten communications service more Belore we get into serious of the station data communicat-
... the TV shows cancelled •.. like the one originally intended technical developments, I think ed within one second or two
even the hit CB songs were now by the FCC for CB. It would pro- we can look more carefully at with some encoding standards.
old ies and CB joined the hula vide personal communications amateur radio and the frequen- But what about the rag chew-
hoop in unpopularity. The great virtually anywhere at any time cies it requires. Of course, the ers, you may ask. Well, if we are
plans for making a killing on the wanted. It would interface with concept of frequency is decep- able to streamline the OX con-
new sets evaporated as prices the telephone, with computers, tive since we are actually talk- tacts, the hello-goodbye con-
skidded in a desperate effort to with beeper callers, etc. ing about a factor which might tacts, and contests, wouldn't
drum up sales. It didn't work and Well, I'm sort of sorry about be considered to be frequency x that leave a lot more time and
we then saw the major manu- the drop in imports, but not too time. II you look at amateur frequencies for rag chewing?
facturers folding up, one alter sorry. I do think that we should radio communications as using But, you may argue and I
the other. Pride collapsed. pester the hell out of our repre- a resource which is the product wouldn't blame you rag
Johnson suffered terribly, but sentatives in Washington to get of frequency channels and time chewers don't lalk about any-
their commercial radio sales rid of the capital gains tax so we ... what in computer terms is thing much anyway. Well ,
kept them in business. Hy-Gain will have investment money to called Mthroughput" . .. we can maybe you don't , but f do. The
disintegrated. with the ham end rebuild our high technology m- get a better grasp on what is fact is that I enjoy talking . I'm
of things being picked up by Tel- dustries. And we need to de this happening and what we may be not quite so good on listening,
ex ... and doing quite well, before we lose the last of them able to do to improve the sttua- but then neither are you. So I'll
thank you. . .. microwaves and microcom- non. put up with you t alk ing a lot as
Like mill ions of others, I have puters. There are sampl ing t e ch- long as you'll put up with me oo-
a CB set in my car, but I don't niques which remove about ing the same.
use it very much. It 's handy 80% or more of speech and you Ott, I enjoy OX contacts, too,
THAT BANDWIDTH PROBLEM
when there are traffic problems can't tell the difference. We may and I will get just as excited as
An eon or two ago we suf- eventually get into some sort of you when the day comes and
or I am gOing on a trip and want fered through a well-intentioned
to know if there are radar check- time multiplex system which my printer occasionally prints
effort by the FCC to fix up our would enable us to stack five to out a line to let me know that my
points ahead, but other than rules and permit some expen-
that it is just there in case of ten contacts all on one channel station has made another rare
mentation. But, as usual, there without serious interference be- OX contact. Perhaps I would
need. was more misery in the pro- tween them. like to have a bell which would
The greed of the industry posal than benefit, so amateurs announce every ten new coun-
brought about its collapse. un- overwhel mi ngly voted th e pro- Then there is the redundancy
of the Engl ish language. There tries contacted.
fortunately, this has had some posal down. Seriousness aside, I think we
effects upon amateur radio ... We do have some ham fre- are many techniques for com-
pacting Engl ish messages so are going to be able to accom-
and I've written about them quencies where we have coo- modate a lot more hams on our
recently. The CB craze also sup- gestion. Ask any Novice about they will take much less time to
transmit. But, speaking of re- bands if we start thinking more
ported the HF band sales of that. But, on the whole, we don't in terms of throughput and
ham gear, making hams have to have any serious problems with dundancy, how about the aver-
age ham contact? Think how automating those functions
wait to get equipment. Then, finding frequencies to use for which can best stand the gaff.
when CB sales ... and HF communications. We've built up much that could be compacted
sales , 100 ... faded away, hams something on the order of 4,000 with little, if any, loss of in-
bought a lot of HF equipment or more repeaters for VH F com- telligence. OBJECTIVE RADAR REVIEW
and this caused many ham deal- municat io ns ... with a bit of a We do have several different Last May, Judge Nesbitt of
ers to expand their business. tig ht fi t here and the re, but ac- basic types of ham communica- Miami apparently got fed up
Our ham clubs had set up crass- commodated overall. On the tions. Some are much more with the police assurances that
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radar evidence against a motor- the present use of rad ar is de- enough in the ir country or state a blast o f emotion, usually in
is t wa s u nimpeachable evi- feating th is c oncept. to offer their time ... usually for the wrong direction because
dence o f speed in g. He called in My thanks t o W2JTP for seno- one term. they have not been paying at-
both the proponents of radar ing in th is it em. One o f the resu lts of this was tention.
and the opponent s and heard that politicians of those days Senator Humphrey spoke on
nine days o f t estimony from SATELLITE TV FANS were not faced , immediately SALT and oil company orcuts.
engi neers. This is the f ir st -GOOD NEWS! upon being elected, with the In both cases. it was clear that
known t ime when both sides of Though many experimenters goal of getting reelected. This he had done a good deal 01 re-
th is field have had an oooortum- were not bothering t o get one, meant that they could be a lot search and had a very gooct un-
ty to put their evidence on the until recently the FCC required more objective and vote for derstanding of the situations. It
l ine. a license for rec eiving signals th ings which seemed in the best seems to me that this should be
The judge's op inion wa s from the TV satellite. The corn- interests of th eir consti tuents. the purpose of paying a sene-
clear: Police radar , as now used, mission moved recently to elim- Humphrey brought th is to tor .. . to get the facts on situa-
is unreliable and was not ad- inate this requirement, so the mind when one of the people tions and then represent us as
m issable in hi s court as evi- lid is off on receivi ng these present asked him how he was an expert and vote appropriate-
dence in speeding c ases. He signals. able to vote the way he thought ly. He should do that even if I am
went into considerable detail Consideri ng the popularity of best rather than follow popular sending him telegrams to do the
about this, ci tin g poor radar thi s we might call it a hob- emotions the way most sene- opposite. The time for my in put
equ ipmen t and poor o ffic er by I suspect we will be see- tors do. He said that he had run is when I have facts for him ...
tra ining as being the major ing better and better receivers for o ff ice because he wanted t o facts he has no way of getting
problems. He found that c ertain coming available for this ser- try to do something about the e lsewhere ... and when it
types of radar could be depend- vice ... and at lower and lower mess things were in and that comes time l or me to assess his
able if used by knowledgeable prices. I noticed an ad by Inter- since he didn 't rea lly care ability to see through the balon-
officers under li gh t traffic con. national Crystal (ICM) for a sat- whether he was reelec ted or ey and vote in the best interests
otttons. ellite rec eiver priced at $1995. It not, he was completely free to of those of us who elected him.
Testimony on the cos t o f does take a fair-sized di sh plus do what seemed best. The media .. . and I include
radar units surpri sed the judge a low noise receiver to pull in We get so swept up in the telev ision in particular ... are
(and me). He found that a $2,395 these signals. power of the vote that we tend out selling their proc:lucl. If you
lis t price unit could be had i n The rec eiver for the MDS sig- to forget that we have not yet are able t o get the facts through
quant ity for $375 .. . wit h the nals we published in the August decided to put all matters of all that emerdement, then you
man ufacturer sti ll maki ng a issue o f 73 created quite a publi c int erest t o a vote ... only are a surprising person. When I
gooct pro fit. That would mean a st ir ... and all sorts o f attacks the election 01 our reoresente- see acts of terrorism, I al so see
manufacturi ng cos t 01 around on us by the Common Carrier uves. Most of us are so busy money and power going to the
$100 _. . wh ich might exp lai n Association of Telec ommunica- with making a living, with prob- media, for they play to our emo-
why so many radar units are not tions (CCAT). They petitioned lems of loving , and with all the tions with their coverage. With-
dependabl e. It was found that the FCC to take away the ham other fact ors which make or ou t television and the press, I
perhaps 30% of the speeding licenses of everyone invol ved in break our day, that the rush of doubt if there could be terrorism
tickets go to the wrong per son , the publishing ... plu s asked major events is reduced to as we see it today. Terrorist
leading more and more people the FCC to go for crim inal ac- news - entertainment on televi- groups have studied our media
10 have less and less enthu- tio n and assorted fine s. I'll try to sia n or in the newspaper. and know how to take advan-
si asm for supporting our sys- publish th e publiCrecord on th is There is no practical way that tage of it to get the max imum
tem of police and justice. in fi ne print for those who enjoy all o f us ... or even most of play.
The jUdge suggest ed some legal matters. The whole th ing u s ... c an lind o ut enough Do you th ink that the Ira nians
changes which, if imp lemented, is nonsense. about what is going on - and would have taken US hostages
might make rad ar evidenc e of CCAT ba cked up the petition recognize the myriad of contrib- if the whole thing would have
more value. He said that the to the FCC with a sui t in a fed- uting factors - to be sure of been known only to our qcvem-
width of the rad ar signal should eral court, which is a big pain in c omi ng up with the best solu- ment? No, they knew that this
be narrowed considerably. Pres- the .. . er ... neck. I sure hope tion to these problems on every would be on television all over
ent unit s run to as much as 24°, that this attempt at what I thi nk occasion. If we are realistic the wor ld . . . in spec ial editions
which means that officers o ften of as legal terrorism backfires abou t this, it is a tough job even o f t he papers . .. i n who le
have to ju st guess whi ch car and ends up with a clear state- for the people we've chosen to special issues of news maga-
they ar e t rying to read . ment by the courts that there look ou t etter these interests. zines. We are in a time of the
Engineers test if ied that beam- are no restrict ions on receiving But what do we do? We elect media and we are a pri soner of
widths could be brought down satell ite or MDS signals ... someone to office and then we it. Oh, I'm watching the damned
to around 2° without great ex- which I know has to be the case. try to put on the pressure t o get television news, too ... cursing
pen se. Th is m ight turn hundreds of him (or her) to vote according to myself as I do it. I wonder it it is
Next, the judge suggested it firms loose with receivers for our emotions or according to much different from going to
was time t o get rid o f th e these sig nals and really gi ve our own far-from -well-informed the arena in Rome to watch the
buzzers, whi ch were very unde- them trouble. understand ing of what is going Christians get exercised by the
pendable, and use direct read- The FCC action on the eater- on. lio ns.
lite reception appears to open Congressmen, ever vigilant to No, I don't have any alterna-
i ng system s. All of the gadget s
up the possibility for experi- pressures from the voters who tive to offer. I'm not in favor of
which have been added make
the systems less reliable. He menters to not only receive the will reelect them, bend in the censorship of the press, as
said poli ce should stop using signals, but also to relay them wInds of publ ic emotion, trying much as I think their freedom is
m oving radar, phase locked via cable t o friends on a non- to outsnou t each other to agree causing great changes in the
loo p dete ct or s, a ut omati c profit basis. with the largest group. As a re- world ... and not necessarily
speed locks, and beam inter- sult, we are in one hell o f a for the better.
rupters. With the moving radar, POLITICIANS ••• UGH! mess. But perhaps, if we look at the
it was test if ied that no matter The other ni ght, wh i le li st en- Heck, I see this to some ex- TV news and recognize that
how we ll tra ined an officer is, a ing to a ta lk by New Hamp- tent even in the world of arne- each of the networks is battling
cert ain percentage o f the tick- sh ire's Senator Humphrey . . . teur radio. I've been around long lor a tenth of a poi nt increa se in
ets handed out will be incorrec t. one o f those things one gets in- enough and been in a position the rating s, we will better under-
He recommended that police t o as a member of the Chamber to know, probably better than stand that we are being used by
departments set up their own of Commerce . . . I got to think· anyone else, what has hap. them to make money. They
tra ining and not depend upon ing about pol iticians. Some- pened in the past to mold the know exceedingly well how our
man ufacturers for t his . .. or where, in an article published way th ings are no w ... and to emotions work and they are
h ire a c on su lt ant. Officers recently, there was a descrip- see how present emotions are hard at it to produce the most
should be tra ined to understand tion 01 the politicians we had molding the way things are turn - reaction ... and are succeed-
how the equi pment works and ba ck during the formative years ing. I've watched the great mao ing. There is probably no way to
its l imitations. of our country. It seem s that i n jori ty 01 amateurs take litt le in- keep us from turning on the
The judge felt that our judi- those days we did not have pro- terest i n what is happening until news and wat ching i n grOWing
cial system will only work when fess ional pontlctane .. . just somethi ng comes along wh ich horror as they interview the
people are treated fairl y ... and peop le wh o were interested hits home . .. and then there is relative of a victim, wondering if
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we should give in to terrorism nsneo which contain the pr inted
and do what they want ..• not record of these talks, bu t I
realizing that it is the media haven't seen any sign that these
which is making the terrorism are ever opened by anyone.
work ... and ou r watching The key here may be that
which feeds the media. We are these talks are for free and there
the ones who agree to be ter- is the concept that free things
rorized. are not usually worth much.
Getting back to our represen- One of the same papers, pub-
tatives and the ir obsession with lished in a magazine as an arti-
getting reelected ... I wonder cle, would get maybe a thou-
sand times the recognition. I Chuck Mart in WA 1KPS, here
what changes it would make if
all senato rs and reps were al- suspect th at a lot of talent and seen wi th Jud y Waterm an, our
work ha s been virtually th rown bulk sales manager, and Sherry
lowed j ust one term in ollice.
Sure, we might lose some good away on papers for th e tecnnt- Smyt he, ou r exec uti ve vice
cal talks at compute r shows presi dent , is e njoying a
talen t, bu t It would make a big massive amount of southern
change in the type of people such as NCC and the Faires.
fried chicken, b iscuit s, gravy,
running for office and it might Well, gelling back to Bill , take Smithfield ham, and all the ttx-
free us from the entrenched in- a good look at him here ..• be-
fore the telephone implant in's at Aunt Fanny's Cabin in
terests which have been run-
ning things for so many years. which is c ert ain to be made. Bill Atlanta. This is a yearly cu-
spends about 26 hours a day on grimage during the Atlanta
We might even be able to cut
the phone. Bell, I understand, is Hamfestival .
down on government. The few
good people who would be lost planning on dedicating the new
to us would be more than com- wing of their Oakland office to
pensated for by the garbage Bill. But, if you want to know
which would get th row n out. what is going on in the micro-
Senator Humphrey was per- computer field, ask Bill. He's
haps a bit more c andid th an he better than any newsletter. And
should have been wh en he if you want any hard-to-find IC, Yep, there I am, speaking at
spoke so ccnternptucueiy of the you can bet that he ei ther has a the ARRL New England Conven-
great majorit y of congress . .. ton of the m or knows where tion ! The announced t opic was
but he sure is in a spot t o know. the y are. He's been buildi ng up m icroc omput er s, but this was a
a dealer network handli ng h is thi nly otscureeo stratagem to
ICs by virtue of his in fallibili ty i n While Chuck is out eating, th wart the general manager.
WAYNE'S PICTURE ALBUM finding sources. we see Eric Williams WA 1HON There have been years when the
Every now and then, I look When Bill gets together with hold down the Tufts Elec tron- manager had enough clout to
through some of the piles of pic- George Morrow and Tom Mul· ics exhibit at the Hamtesnvat. prevent 73 MagaZine from even
tures I've taken down through len, hold onto your intellectual That's Eric pulling out a pair of exhibiting at an ARRL conven-
the years and I suspect that stirrups. The ideas flow thick cry st als for an HT. Eri c, by the tion ... and for years there was
some readers may be interested and fast ... enough to supply a way, is one o f the regulars at no way that a c onvention com-
in seeing some of them. I'll try to dozen companies with oroo- the yearly Aspen ham industry mittee would be perm itted to
put a few into the magazine now ucts. conference. put me on the speaking pro-
and then, covering events which gram.
are recent . . . or long ago. In this case I am, in the pic-
ture, showi ng one o f the l Q-GH z
transceivers which I used t o
make the contacts with Chuck
Mart in WA1KPS (of Tufts Etec -
trontcs) with se ven diffe ren t
states. The fact is th at Chuck
did most of the work ... getting
the rigs to work and repairing
them every few days as they
would break down. It does look
as if it is going to be a while
before we have dependable
lQ-GHz communications.
While I did manage to talk a
good deal about microcomput·
ers and the state of that hobby, I
also was able to answer some
questions about W ARC and
overcome, at least perhaps fo r
Thi s Is a picture o f Bill God- the group pre sen t, some of the
bou t (Godbou t El e ctro n i c s) propaganda whi ch has been
whic h I snapped at NCC in New The NCe panel was chai red pain ting me as a "purveyor of
York last year. I th ink they by Portia Isaacson (left), now of doom," as it says in so many
conned Bill into attending NCC tnnovtstcn and EDS. Th is may direc to r n e w s l ett er s . I 'm
by getting him to participate in a soon be the largest mail-order pragmatic abou t WARC, feeli ng
panel discussion on the fu ture and direct mai l fi rm in the that a prude nt person would do
of personal compu ting. untortu- microcomputing industry. Next everything possible to achieve
nately, the several important to her is Richard Kuzm ack, who success there, rather than just
things that came through as a did much of the work of organiz- rely on luck.
result of this panel seem to ing the personal computing
have been lost in the rush 01 aspect of NCC. Then we see Bill SEPTEMBER WINNER
wind from many other talks and Godbout, opining. Next is Larry Another regular at Aspen is It pays to be honest! "centes-
discussions. I get the impres- Stein, then Les Soloman of Steve Murray K1KEC, here seen srons of a Teenage HFer" was
sion that revealing anything im- Popular Electronics , who came (wit h beard) t ak i ng a meal voted by our readers the most
portant at an NCC session is a up with the Altair name fo r MITS break du ri ng the VHF con tes t popul ar art icle in our Sept em-
sure way of keepin g it a secret .. . and for whom the Proces sor atop Pack Monadnock moun- ber issue, so aut hor Han s Peter
from the world. Yes, I know Tech SOL was named. And last, ta in, about three m iles fro m wi ll be receiving th at month's
abou t the m ighty vol umes pub- but least, me, on the right . downtown Peterborough. $1 00 bonus check.
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Dakota, Nevada, and Delaware. , need a schematic for a
If anyone would like to ex- Heath general coverage recerv-
Ham Help change cards, it would be ap-
preciated. I have a General
class license and can operate
er, the GR-91, with a 1961 copy-
right. The manual number is
1ffi95-492..Q1.1 also need to know
several months ago, a leiter would be especially valuable. on 1D-40 meters, CW or SSB. the specs on part /t4(}.396, the
was printed from Dick Jastrow, Although I am now inactive Paul Gonicberg N1APW band D antenna coil for the
a blind would-be ham in Cali- on the air, I am happy to hel p 265 Blackstone Blvd. same rig , if at all possible.
fornia (August, 1979, p. 168). He prospective hams if they ask Providence AI 02906 I will be glad to pay copying
asked fo r help in preparing for me. expenses and postage. Thanks
his exams in the code as well as Dick's address is Richard very much for any help.
I need t o borrow fo r a few Dr. Richard Sanchez
theory. Apparen tly, th ere were a Jastrow , l ong Beac h General
days t he o perating manual and 1805 Adeline
number of responses, but, in Ho s p ital , w a rd aOO· A, 2597
t he mai nte nance manual for a Hattiesburg MS 39401
moving f rom one hosp ital t o Redondo Avenue, l ong Beach
Dum ont scope, type 329. I will
another, mo st of these 'etters CA 90806, (714)· 427-9951, ext.
return it prom ptly with relm -
got losl. 247.
bursemen t f or po st age. I ne ed a sc hematic or manual
Bill Withrow W5BZY fo r a Hallicraflers model S-38. I
Dic k recent ly ans wered m y lloyd H. Yost K2YJP
211 N. 8th Avenue wi ll pay copying cos ts or copy
own tetter and request ed tn at I Telecommunications
Teague TX 75860 m yse lf.
w rite to see if some hams in t he Technology Center
l os Angeles area would rees- 1 Research Drive Chuck Bennett WB8GQW
t ablish cont act. I am sure that I need the follow ing states for Shelton CT 06484 5687 Nlke Drive
contact with blind amateurs my WAS award: Al aska, Nort h (203)-929·7341, Ext. 746 Hilliard OH 43026
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frampage 28 thai? Sounds like a labor union. would be sent to every country
Keep hounding the ARRL- 1) A "run tnroucn'' in which in the world over a very short
you going to harp on incentive they need it . . . even if a 10101it another police car closes on the period 01 lime . It coul d be
licenSing? After being a ham looks like ni tp icking from out si te while holdi ng a give n themed , -Peace Over All The
dropo ut for many years, I here in the boondocks. speedomete r readin g (Query: World Through Amateur Radio
studied up a b it and go t my Ex· Dave Hardaeker W7TO How do we know the test ing Fell owship."
tra class back in 1963, long Sheri dan WY veh icl e has been cbeckedj): Loren Carlberg WB5WDG
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tra was to be able to operate in a tion all hams not to jump to con- printed in the October, 1979 (p.
portion of at least a few bands elusions. Rad ar principles have I know tnet in Massachusetts 31), issue.
that would not be so full of sig- been well established, but the some foundation requirement is The two features that the
nals. I guessed right in both DC courts seem t o base deci- appropriate per a recent deci- author noted as "cc utd have
cases. sions on in trusion into the sion 01 the Supreme Judicial been left out" are, in my opinion,
So what's I he big ha ssle right s 01 privat e ci ti zens rather Court. most val uable. I th ink th at any
about? Too many fellows wan t- the n faulty radar. I do no t thi nk Dunc an Kreamer W1GAY serious amateur who has these
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qu it e will ing t o fight for just defense to a radar ticket. Vineyard Haven MA Continued on page 159
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ment) will have the option of reo and N60X and N6ZV each took
from P<JfJf! 16 5N0DOG is a good catch this quiring or not requiring CW pro- a handful on DXpeditions. You
winter on 40 and 80 meters, now ficiency above 30 MHz. Talk can send your unneeded books
with help from several of the that the Nigerian rainy season continues 01 an additional band to N6AR and help another arne-
standard list-takers. A51PN and has passed. Dave's company, at 24 MHz. 40 meters will prob· teur.
9N1MM were welcome guests TICAS (Falls Church VA), pur- ably not survive unscathed, with
on both 20 and 15. YllBGD still chased a ticket lor Kunle Finally, the ARRl Interna-
HF broadcast interests and
comes and goes and remains 5N2NAS to attend WARC in tional OX Competition takes
their megabucks at work.
difficult for those strapped to a Geneva last fall. place next month. As we write
A reminder to contesters:
Monday·Friday work schedule. Rick Dorsch plans to move to this, there is talk 01 changing
Your CO WW CW logs must be
New officers of the Iowa OX the Galapagos (HC8) late in the format of this long.running
postmarked by January 15 and
Association are: KflJSY, presi- 1980 or early in 1981. He is just activity again. An editorial in
should be mailed to the new CO
dent; WrNVP, vice president; back from a visit there. Rick OSTs September "Operat i ng
address: CO Publications, 76
K0lUZ. secretary-treasurer. The hails from Michigan but has News" column hinted at chang·
North Broadway, Hicksville NY
National Capitol OX Associa- been signing HC5EE from es to come, and the admmtstre-
11801. Do not enclose any cor-
tion also elected new leaders: Ecuador tor several years. The tors in Newington are toying
respondence, requests, etc. ,
N4MM, president; N4RA, vice last American visitor to the with a new to-mat more closely
with your logs. This goes lor
president/activities manager; Galapagos was Chod Harris related to the CO Worldwide
sending contest logs to any or-
VP2ML in early 1979. style, i.e., everybody works
W3GG. secretary; and AA4M, ganization.
treasurer. KH61J continues to recover everybody. This would drasu-
HS1ABD out ot Thailand op-
The next team going 10 Mac- from a stroke suffered in early cally alter the ARRL ccmceu-
erates on 40and 80 meters; now
quarie will include VK~H, 10 1979; radio operating is still dif- tion from the standpoint of OX·
is the time 01 the year to look lor
continue the work on the bands ficult for him. He has resumed ing, not to mention what it
him, on 7005 and 3795 at 1300Z
by VKflPK during 1979. P29JS his column in the Honolulu Star· would doto the contest aspects
and 2200Z. respectively.
has done yeoman service run- Bulletin. of the activity. It hardly seems
The East Germans begin us-
ning the 14240 slot lor Ihese possible they could pull oft a
As this is written (early ing new prefixes this month; the
and others, around 0930l. Change this late, considering
November), WARC continues cal1sign block is Y21A to Y99Z.
the time required to pass the
More operations from De- with little news coming out of Careful about sending money
word around the globe, but one
secheo appear doomed; Geneva. A press gag by secre- overseas, please. Especially go-
would be well advised to watch
KP4AM's try lor a /0 tire-up tor tary-General Mili has inspired ing to Alrica and the Himalayan
closely for news belore Febru-
the CO Phone Contest in Oc- the American representatives to countries, your dollar bills may
tober was thwarted by the US keep the news to themselves, end up in some bureaucrat's ''Y-
government and the signs are and the amateur radio press pocket instead of in the pocket Please send your input for
thaI no one will be allowed on suffers accordingly, not only in of the ham you just worked. this column to 73. Photos are
the rock for amateur radio pur- the US, but around the world. FR7BP has mentioned this, as especially welcome. The mate-
poses. YASME's hopes were The main item of interest has well as A51 PN. rial for this column came from
similarly dashed in October. been Article 41, concerning in- N6AR still collects old radio The DX Bulletin, Vernon CT,
Leaky Lines_ _----' these nuisances. The very reali- come up with the answers. If
zation that the possibility of so, I hope that they will consider
positive Identification exists investigating it and deve loping
might prove to be a deterrent, it to a practical level so that it
from page 22 be used to identify chronic man- and perhaps this would cause can be used .
crous interfe rers? It is sa id that them to think t w ice about ex-
situation, and that's the plain, such prints are as dependable posing themselves to discovery. After all, forty years ago, who
unvarnished truth. as fingerprints in establishing would have predicted the use of
••• individual identity, and if some I know very little about this radar to detect violators of the
Is there, I wonder, a oossrbm- means were devised to extrapo- branch of acoustical science, highway speed laws? Why not
ty that the relatively recent tech- late voice prints trom audio sig. but I imagine that there are voice prints to combat deliber-
niques of voice printing might nets. we could go a long way some amateurs who possess ate QRM?
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the necessary eq uipment i n loca l (Central) t ime at 3830 kHz
Looking West
their own area , with coorotna- every Sunday ni gh t.
t to n and technical support from I will be wa tching future
the state society, TIRS is a wide- issues of 73 for more on t hi s
open system, c arrier operated, subject. Thank you.
from page 8 you access it from the US side and any ham is invited and en- Ron Johnson WA5RON
of the border or have obtained a couraged to use it. TIRS had a 3524 Greystone #194
to travel through Baja; most Mexican amateur license to op- disaster communications ob- Austin TX 78731
listen to the advice and have the erate in Mexico. At present, no jective, and its readiness for
time of their lives amid the reciprocal licensing exists be- emergency use is best demon- Well, we cannot fulfill Ron's
splendor thai is Baja California. tween the US and Mexico, at- strated and practiced by fre- request to make the little-known
Some people don't listen and though it is hoped by amateurs quent recreational use. Tele- details about the famed CAC-
are lost in the wilderness. Each on both sides that someday it type signals, as well as voice, TUS Radio Network public un-
year, the local LA newspapers will. Meantime, to operate in are welcomed on the TIAS Ire- less there comes a day when
and TV stat ion s carry stories 01 Mex ico, you must pass a Mexi· cuency.u is not an "elit e group" CACTUS wants to go public .
vacationers who didn't follow can amateur exam, and Mexi- or by-subscript ioo-only system. They are a truly phenomenal or-
the ru les and found themselves can amateurs wishing to op- I had not thought in the past ganization, but they value their
lost in a territory they did not erate in the US must pass our that Texas was " west" enough privacy and we will always re-
know. Many have died before exam. Exceptions are madedur- t o catch your interest, but s ince spect that. Maybe some day,
would-be rescuers could l ind ing c erta in special events, su ch you asked for input on the inter- Ron . •.
them. as off-road rallies, but remem - tie subject, I am sending you TlRS, as you have already
Baja is not immune from the ber that these are exceptions this info about TIAS. If you l ike, learned, is quite public. Write to
rampages o f M other Nature rather than the rule. As already ru be glad to keep you posted Ron at the above address for
herself. Her annual ra infall stated, it is legal for US ama- o n future developments. more info rmation.
equa ls o r exceeds that o f teurs operating from US soil to I would enjoy reading about That's it this month on the
southern California, and in thi s talk with Mexican amateurs other su c ce ssful tntert te et- Nationtie project. If more input
type of area, il means that cern- th rough Mexican-based repeat- forts, either in your co lum n or as arrives before we write next
munities are easily cui off from ers. Many o f the systems that lie articles in good 01' 73 Magazine. month's column, we will in clude
one another. Overall communi- near the US-Mexican border are Why don't you d ig something up it. Meanwhile, it looks as if
cation in Baja is not the great- accessible from a vast portion o n the CACTUS network? I have things are beginning to take
est. It is for these reasons and of southern Cal ifornia . If you are enjoyed a aso or two on that shape.
others that the amateur com- planning a visit to southern system during trips west of EI Our closing story also comes
munity of Baja has undertaken California , especially the San Paso and have seen not one from an out -of-area amateur,
to tie the area together using Diego area, you might try saying techn ical publication on CAC- Jim Eagleson W86JNN of Wat-
many existing amateur repeat - hello o n one of the frequencies TUS, except for their user's sonville, California. Jim wrote to
ers . li sted previously, I suspect you manual. An article describing tell us about a new 23 em l inear
Phase one of the tnt ertte in- w ill find a warm welcome from the CACTUS hardware, co nt rol translator now in servi ce in
volves nve existing northern Ba- our neighbors to the south. c irc uit s, pictures of mountain- northern California. Jim writes:
ja repeat ers: .931.33 in Tijuana, Two final notes. Anyone inter- top sites, maps showing cov- " Projec t OSCAR, the northern
.34/.94 some 40 miles south of ested in contacting Alex about erage, would be very good. California group that put to-
Tijuana, .31/.91 in Mextca!t, the Baja intertie can do so Can 't you goad those fe llows in- gether the first OSCAR satel-
145.34/144.74 in Ensenada (re- through his Callbook add ress or t o letting go of t he soldering lites, just put a linear tra ns lato r
member that Mex ic an amateurs through l oo ki ng West. Also , we iron for a few minutes and sit- into service on Mt. Umun uhm in
have an advantage in that they will keep you posted on devel- t ing down to a typewriter? Sure- t he 23 cm band (1296). Addition-
are no t restricted by repeater opments in this Interne as t hey ly the network isn't considered ally, the N BC (Narrow Band
subbands as we are in the USA), occur. "sec ret " anymore, An article or Communicators) two-meter
and .37/.97, w hich si ts about Meanwhi le, stateside, we reo just a short description i n translator is nearly completed
8,000' above average terrai n and ceived a letter from Ron John- "looking West" would be nice, wit h only integ ration of moo-
can be worked from as far no rth so n WA5RO N which read s as Those of us working o n t he ules, si te evalua tions, duplexer
as Santa Barbara, California, follows: Texas Int erc ity Relay System tune-up, and re lated areas left
even t hough it' s better than 200 Dear Bi ll , would like to find out about t o do. It is an embryo system (as
miles sou th of the us-Mexfcan I always read you r interesti ng other systems being bui lt in is the 1296 system), but that's
border. What you are reading columns in 73 Magazine. I states surrounding Texas, par. where we all have to start. Some
about is not a dream. It already especially enjoyed the recent ticularly those who might be m- on-the-air tests will be run in a
exists, giving hand-held eaturat- October issue where you sue- terested i n linking to TIRS, It few weeks for the two-meter
ed coverage t hro ug ho ut north- gest "grOWing" regional, and you hear about anything like system. The 23 cm system has
ern Baja. eventually national, VHF mter- that within range, please let me been up for about three weeks."
Phase two invo lves linking tie systems by linking existing know or give them my address. More on this also as it
further south about 200 miles to repeaters on UHF. I, too, am in- Also note that we have a weekly develops. In the meantime, I
XE2ERD on 145.51144.9 and then terested in Interne and am par- meeting on 80 meters lSB for hope that Santa brought you
to Ced ros Island, where a new planning and d iscussion, 2130 your dream rig.
ticipating with others in a major
system will have to be estab- UHF linking project in Texas. I
lished using some form of "na- would like very much to join in
ture power," i.e., wind, solar,
etc. There is no place to j ust
" plug In " a repeater at that loca-
tion. Once accomplished, about
an information exchange pro-
gram with other intertie builders
around the country.
Since you quoted from the
Ham Help
31.1I of Baja will have linked co v- Texas VHF-FM Society News I am attempting to locate all summarize the ideas in a bulle-
erage and it won't end there. and W5OGz, you may already Ext ra class husband and wife tin and mail it to those eligible.
A lex also informed us that lo ng- be aware of our Texas Intercity teams. Any Extra who had a late Again, thanks to all including
range plans c all for link ing t o Relay System project. TIRS wil l Extra class s pouse is also e ligi. Chris AI6S , for helping me.
the Mexican mainland from eventually l ink VHF s implex or ble. Betty Baldo KB6P
someplace near Mazatlan and repeater ' uump" stations in mao We now have a nucleus of 3 Eton Court
that amateurs in Mexico City jor Texas c it ies. San Antonio names, so we can perhaps con- Berkeley CA 94705
are already at work creating and Austin are already connect- sider a name for the group, an
plans for a nationwide interlink. ed . Equipment is being installed occa sio na l news bulletin, a net,
What's truly amazing about the by l o c a l c l u b s in Dallas , a mini reunion in conjunction I need a schematic for a
Baja story is that what has thus Houston, and Beaumont at this with other ham gatherings, and, Heathkit model GA-91 receiver
far been accompl ished has t ime. Groups in other cities and perhaps, a c ha ritable donation. for use with our junior high
been the work of about s ix cen- towns have expressed interest Those who are qualified school amateur radio club.
cated amateurs. in linking up . This intertie sys- should drop me a line with your W. G. Schuchman W7YS
What about Americans using tem is a grass-roots effort, local thoughts regarding any activity 1400 N_ Wakonda Street
the interlink? Is it legal? Only if clubs or individuals providing that we should undertake. I will Flagstaff AZ. 86001
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st ant reference t o yourself. It model for the entire cl ub's i n- Experimentation" (September,
two features can, w ith l ittle seems that you are co nst antly spection and it was well re- 1979) is a n ice rapid l our
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The scann ing feature is great have suc h good ideas, maybe pu rist: 1) Cha nge the ou t put to menters to follow safety ru les
when applied 10 the sit uation o f you should try to get the pro- si nusoid al rather than square when they connect electri cal
wanting t o monitor an other posed IRL formed. wa ve for a more plea sant t one devices t o the bod y. Obta in a
repealer for import ant DX news In concl usion, I would li ke t o and less t iresome liste ning. 2) book on med ical e lectro nic s
or an emergency c hannel. The say that I s upport your maga- Input and out pu t c an be fed from yo ur lib rary; ne ver con nect
ham li stening 10 an acti ve zin e to t he h ill because it doe s throu gh a fad er (one-knob con- eq uipment to t he ac l ine , any of
repeater lor socia l rea sons can provide more artic les for the tro l) to t he speaker for ease of it. II you want to see your name
be sure of not missing what money than a ny ot her ha m mag- operation. i n lig hts, d o it w ith LEOs !
might be o f interest 10 him, o r azine . Th is art icle, like ma ny ot hers , Tha nks.
her, o n another usual ly Quiet reo Mark L. Parrish WoeD XM is what makes 73 g row while Mitch Coh en WB4R XB
peater. Aurora CO ot hers dwind le. Margate FL
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d ifficult y 01 c han ging bands or THAN K YOU
The foll owing information In regard to the Datong FL 1
c hannels in the mobi le mode.
As the author explains, it is like ma y be o f use t o EME enthu- filter review (Oc to ber, 1979): un-
etests.
a c hec klist in an arrcratt. Being
able 10 simply turn o ne kn ob
The 1980 Nautical Almanac is
I thought thai you might be
interested t o k now that your :~~~~~:::Yind~~et~~~~ w::~ee~:
now available and may be ob- mag azin e is o ne 01the most im- we were obliged to inc rease
and be in a s pec ific channel,
tained by writing t o: US Govern- portant rea son s I stu d ied for pri ces, effective J uly 16th, 1979,
rather than having to set an 0 11·
se t freq ue nc y by removing ment , clo Superintendent of and pa ssed the lest l or my ham to $199.95 from $179.95. Also,
Documents, Wash ington DC t icket. 0 t E .
one's eyes from the road , is a 20402. Ask for t he 1980 Nautica l a o ng tec t ro r nc s ' address
most valuable feat ure and adds After thinking about il for was shown in the review as the
to safe mobile operation with Almanac, #008-054-00079-7. The years - even to the exten t of place t o write for information .
c urrent price is $8.75, whic h m- s u bsc ri b i ng t o QST seve ra l Readers who do write w ill , o f
this radio.
eludes postage. Yo ur check years ag o-I had decided that course, receive respo nses or be
The progra mming o f the
diode boards Is quite prone t o should be made payable to "Su- the AARL and ham radio were directed to my office here at AR
errors, bu t not impossible. As a perlntendent of Document s." oul. Tec h nic a l Products. Anyone
A s you may know, " H.O. 214 Th en I saw a copy of your e lse seek ing information
matter of fact, Drak e offers t o
- Tabl es of Computed Al t it ude magazine on the stand. I read it should contact us directly.
sen d you a diode p lacement & Azim uth" is no longer evan-
chart to use as a guide In ptac- ab le. How ever , this se ries has and I subscribed to It because it Roger L. Moss, President
ing the diodes in the proper been replac ed wi th a newer ver- made the hobby look interest- AR Technical Products Corp.
spaces. ing.
ston , "Pub. No. 229-Sight Re- PO Box 62
Wallace B. Shapiro N2WS du ct ton Tables for Mar ine Navl- On September 19th, I took Birmingham MI 48012
North Woodmere NY gation ." Listed below are the and pa ssed my Technic ian ex- (313)-588·2288
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After reading many of these
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Radi o, May, 1979), either home T. I. Lundegard G3GJW
editorials, I have come to the These vo lumes are available brew o r commerc iall y built. Any Raynet Committee
basic conclusion that yo u are by w riting to: Defense Mapping information would be grateful ly clo Tebra x limfled
trying to hel p the League realize Agenc y, Office of Distribution apprec iated. 63 Borough High Street
it s m istakes. I personally do not Services, Attn : Code DDCP, Gene Smarte WB6TOV/l London $El 1NG
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mu st adm it that yo u take some pa yable to: "Treasurer of the
pretty good stabs at il. Un ited States." The vol u me Can an yone supply me with a
Many times you make com- pr ices also inc lude postage. Ra ynet (Rad io Amateur s ' schematic or tech manual for a
ments about the League cubu- Brian M_Manns K3VG X Emergenc y Network) i n the Dage tube-type TV camera,
cation, OST. I agree that eigh· Seven Valleys PA United King d om - s ponso red model 101-AF?
teen do llars a year is a bit much by the Rad io Society of Great I w ill g lad ly reimburse for
for a magazine that has ha lf the Britain-needs help. A Sym po- ph otocopies , but I would prefer
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u~ Amateur Radio 'al'" & "'rvice. We mechanical oompo n.nt< fnr comput people,
feature K. n..'ood. lCOM, Wil",,,. Vae,u. ment<, pow'« , uppli"" Bu~. ",II & trade all
audio people. ham, . 'obol bullde" peri·
Atla,. Trn-Tec .VHF En~in""'in~ & many
more. Sh•• ~r Rodio. III< .. 1378 So. IIa<rom
men,.", Opeo , i. daY' a ..·.. k. (;"I~" "Y t1f.<·
11001", C"''P ' ' 8 1 lJ.1.~ PIIjl' Dl.d. , Sl. I" ul,
Si J\l!er. etc. Ltc1roni< tto.oa"'" I."'..
popula' ma."'. HP. GR, FXR, E.,<;I . Sor-rn",n ,
hIT)' A .... (:Imdfll ~J 08104. S41-42Oll.
1423 Port Anaeles WA
A . ~ .. Non J _ CA 95128, 'I'l1l.-11ll3. MO 6Jllll. 417-6116. Mobile RFI ,hi.ldiog fOf .Iimination of ;g"i-
lioo aod alternatot noi"". Bonding Slraf'l_
New Casue OE Camden NJ Scranto n PA Component' for "do-it .yo ur"lr· ",ojec",
!COM, Ten-Tek , Swan. KIl K, NIlI. Tempo. X-ba"d 1& ot h., froqu. n,i..) M i "' O "' a ,, ~ 1C0M, Bird. Cu,hCrafl. VHF EtlIineerins . Plen t~ nf fret ad"ice. fAI" f"'lll""';og, 930
Wilson; Au'horiled deale" I milo off 1·95. No Compon....t< & Equipment. l abotato, y Grade An"nna Specialim, Ba, ker & William,o" I'ohrine D.i.., Po,t Ang"~' WA 9836! .
""I", lax. DeI.... ...,Am.t~u.Suppll , 71 M..... o.. T"'t I"mumen". Power Suppli... 1M', in CDE Rotalor, . H a m-K e ~ ,. Belden. W1AUI 457-0904.
Road.~.... C..,tlt m: 1" 20, 323-n28. 'toc k al aU tim"" BUY & SELL all popula' W2VS, Shure. R"8en c~ , (:ES Tou<b·Too.
mak..- HP, GR, FXR. ESI, 5o<en=, Sins..., pad,. Radio Amateur Callbooh LoRu~ EIt<.
Columbus GA fl C. u"lronic R"",.",h bin, 1423 f'IT)' Ave.. lro nin, 11 11 {;nrnd.·lo» St. , Scranton PA DEALERS
IiUoWOOI)-.. \' At~Sll _I}RAlit: Cl md... ~J 011 104. S41-41Oll. 18Sll9• .l4l-1 124. Your company name and message
Th. world', mo" faota'lie amaleu' <ho...·
room' You 8011a "'" it 10 belie>'e it! Rodio Syracuse Central NY Hous ton TX can contain up to 15 words fo r as
Wholt<llo, lOU Auhum A......... Columbu, w. d.al. "e trad., w< di«:ount, .... piea",! Experimenter', pa,adi",! EIe<uOIlic and me-- little as SJ50 yearly (prepaid), or
C;A 319116. ~1 _700ll. Ya.,;u, Ten-Te<. Cu'hcraft. Drake. Dentron. "hanical component< for comput<r propk, $15 per month (prepaid quarterly).
KI.!\.1. !\.lidland. M W. ICO !\.l, H\'gain, S.. an, audio pcople, ha m<, robo! build.., . C'-
Prestun 10 Am,-om. Telco. Mi rag•. PS I etc_ Comp~e pcr;mente". Open ,i . da~, a week. G.l....y IVo mention of mail-order business
Roo; WB7BYZ, has the larg'-"<l Stoo::k of Ama· 1."ay """'ice ,hop! Ibm-Do .... Rodlo (01) . U ••,mo;" 11"<. , 1I931 nu1l<ftlll, HOD<lon TX or area code permitted. Directory
I.ur G.ar ;0 the Int...mou"lain WC!>1 and th. Sle"", R.pai. Sh"p) 31116 t:rle Dl>d. t:a.t, 7706l,978-M75. text and payment must reach us 45
lkst Price,. Call me for all your ham n.e,l<. Slt1lCU"" ro; \ ' 11114, 446-21(16.
R.... Di<tribul;og. 78 So. Sute, Pr"'tOfl III San Antonio TX days in advance of publica/ion. For
83163 , S}'racuse--Rome--Utica NY Compl.l. 2 way «TVi« 'hop_Call Ott. WSfSP. example, advertising for the March
8S1-OllJO. f eaturing; V~u. ICn M, Prak•• Alia' , Pen- Sdhog Atla,. A>anit. Bird, H~-8ain, Standard issue must be in . our hands by
Troon. Ten.Te<. Swan. Tempo. KlM. Hy.. oommuoi"atioo" Gon..e, H<nry. Cu<hCraft.
Te rre Haute IN Gai". Mo , l. y, Wihon , la.«o, !\.l;dla nd Hu' tl... . ICOM, KDK . Kenwood. MH , Ny<.
Jonuary 15th. Mail to 73 Magazine,
Your ham headquart , loo::ated in Ihe heart of s.ou,h" .., Technicai P,oduct' . You ...on·t be Shu,.. Swan, Tempo. Va"," and ", her•. Apo Peterborough i\'II 03458. ATT.'''':
the mid".... II"' t"<:I"IOI'-"< , 111<. , 430 di'appointe<! with "'I uipm< nl/«f.i<c . Rodlo pliaR<:< & F-'! ulpm... t {:o. , 111<., 2317 V....,. Aline Coutu.
M..ot.u... ShuPP;OK C.o'~ r . P.O. 0... lOll!' Wu, ld. On~id. Counly Airpon·Termlul Jo<k<on Rood, Son An'o olo T X 7UIJ ,
To.... HlWt.l~ "ll(I1 ,lJ8-1456. 8uilding, Ori<kaoy Nl' 13424, lJ7_2I>n. 734-7793.
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Club w ill hold its 10th anmver- MARLBORO MA March 10-11 , 1980. The second a transmi tter hunt (Freedom
sary Swap 'n Shop on Sunday, FEB 24 workshop, entitled 8080·8085· Foundation Fox Hunters Sanc-
February 17, 1980, f rom 8:00 am The A l g o n q ui n Amateu r Z80 Microcomputer Interfacing, tion Number 80-1) and a f rost-
to 4:00 pm, at t he Churc hi ll High Radio Club w ill hold its Srd an- Design , and Software. will be bite t ai lgate section. Tables,
School , Livonia, M i ch i g a n . nual ham radi o flea market on held on March 12·14, 1980. The food, and free par ki ng will be
The re w ill be plenty of tables, Sunday, February 24, 1980, at t hird workshop, entitled TRS-80 available. Dealer inquiries are
door prizes, refresh ment s, and the Marlboro J r. High School Interfacing and Programming invi ted. Talk -In on 146.52,
free parking available, plus re- catetcrtum, just off Rte. 85 for Inst rument at io n and Con- 223.36/224.96, and 146.355/.955.
se rved table space of t z-toot No rt h , Mar lbo ro , Massachu - trol , w ill be nero on March 17-18, For information and advance
minimum . Talk-i n on 146.52. For setts. Admission will be 501l:. 1980. These programs will be tickets, write to DVARS, PO Box
fu rther information , send an The event w ill be held rai n, directed by Dr. Jonathan A. 426, New Castle DE 19720.
SASE to Neil Coffin WA8G WL, shine, or blizzard. Food will be Ti tus, Dr. Paul F i e l d , Dr .
cia livonia Amateur Radi o Club, available. Tables will be $5.00 i n Ch ristopher T i t us , and Mr. STERLING IL
PO Box 2111 , Livonia MI 48 150. advance or $7.50 at the door. David G. La rsen . These are MAR9
Talk-in on .0 11.61 and .52. For hands-on workshops wi th the The Ste rling-Rock Falls Arne-
GLASGOW KY more information or reserve- participants having the oppor- teur Radio Society will hold its
FEB 23 ttons. contact Charles D. Me. tunity to retain the equipment. 20t h annual hamfest on Sun-
The Mammoth Cave ARC w ill Carthy W1BK, 128 Forest Ave., For more info rmation, contact day, March 9, 1980, at the Ster-
Hudso n MA 01749, or phone Dr. Linda Leff el, CEC, Virginia ling High School field house,
ho ld its annual Glasgow swap-
(617)-562-5622. Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061 , or 1608 4th Ave ., Sterling, Illinois.
fest on Saturday, Febru ary 23,
phone (703)-961 -5241. Advance tickets are $1.50; door
1980, f rom 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at
the Glasgow Flea Market, so uth BLACKSBURG VA tickets are $2.00. Over $2,000
of Glasgow on Highway 31E. MARCH CH RISTIA NA DE worth of prizes w ill be given
There will be a large heated Virginia Polytechnic Inst it ut e MAR2 away. A large indoor fl ea market
building with plenty of f ree par k- and State Un ive rs ity Depart- The Delaware Valley Amateur wi ll be restricted to radio and
ing. Spaces are avai lable l or ment of Chemistry will hold Radio Society will hold its electronic items only. There wi ll
$3.00 each. There will be no t hree short co urses in Marc h, Winte r Fest and Computer be plenty of free pa rking, lots of
meetings or forums, just door 1980, a t the Virginia Tech cam- Show on Marc h 2, 1980, from bargains, and plenty of good
prizes, f ree colfee, and a large pus, Blacksburg , Virginia. The 10:00 am to 4:30 pm at Christ- food . Ta lk -in on . 2 51 .8 5
flea market. Admission is $2.00. fi rst workshop, entitled Digital iana Memo ria l Hall , Rte. 273 (WR9AER). For tickets, write
Talk-in on .34/.94. For additional Electronics fo r Instrumentation and Old Baltimore Pike, Christ- Don Van Sant WA9PBS, 1104
info rmat ion, c ontact WA 4JZO, and Automation, will be held on iana, Delaware. Events inc lude 5t h Avenue, Rock Falls IL61071.
121 Adairland Ct., Glasgow KY
42141.
LANCASTER PA
FEB 24
AUTOMATIC CW UNBEATEN SIX
The Lancaster Hamfest w ill
be held on February 24, 1980, at
COPIER BAND ANTENNA
THE JOYSTICK VFA
the Guernsey Pavilion, located IVa nable F' <>q , Antenna) cla,ms unbealen $Cooing"ve,
at the intersec tion of Rtes. 30 commercial and/or oonVe<1uonal antennae
and 896, east of Lanc aster, • Simple, rapid erecl ion • Not only 6-band but
CONTINUOUSO.S - 30 Mn z,. 'ncl Be ;; MARS . Omn,-
Pennsylvania. General aom!s- ~"ecl1""a l . Substan"" lly Ha rmome FREE . 1.000.000
sian is $3.00, except c hild ren miles pe r w.lt. untleaten lecord ' . Poor OTH's en nanced '
and XYLs . Doors w ill open at CLIFFDWELLE RS ANTENNA' . OU()TE trom CO Mag -
N o w you can copy the fas t CW s tat io ns. T h e It you a'e h'llh eno ugl1l!le a ntenna w,ll ope,ate (es p. at
8:00 am. A ll inside spaces are NE W o ro tess tooauv des ign e d DE-150 plu g s 15-20) as we ll as me well· known 3-e lemenl beam W'll1
available by advanc e rectst re- in t o a t , a n s c e ive r ' s ear p h o n e ia c k & a uto wl1 ,eh we oompa' ed ~ , TM IuSlswere 'ope ralional.
tion only and are $3.00 each f or nol theooetlCa l' We fond lhal il we can l1ea r em we
m at ica lly d isp la ys Mo,se c o d e as it is be ing ean wool< 'e m.
an a-toot space, which in c ludes re ce ive d. N ew characters a re entere d t rcrn
Earo System 3
a table. There wi ll be f ree tau- th e ri g ht and shih left g iv in g a cont inuou s SYSTEM 'A' $110.00 secl""'Seas,ly
' !;o W,P,E .P. &/0' Receiving only
gating in a specified area out· eas y t o ,ead d is p la y of the la t e s t code re assembled 10 make
side, if the weat her pe rmits. cetveo. $ 4 25 , SYSTEM 'J' $130.00 unot7' 6" tong
O ne yea' w a rran ty a n d 15 day return 500 W.P.E.P, &/or Impro""d Malchl"Q ATU
There will be a t wo-ho ur Dutch o FacIo , Receive A~ mad cost oncludl>d
p rivile ge . A d d $5 fo r sh ipp ing , VISA &
Count ry tour by an advance reg- Rusl1 Maste' eharge tVosa no
M C c ards w elcome . or ched or req uesl FREE I,ter. ture
ist rat io n of $4.00. Food wi ll be .... 073
served at the hamfest. Also, • PARTRIDGE ELECTRONICS LTD
t here are excellent rest aurant s
and accommodations in the
.#)u/pOTn'C..
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ELECTROnl<J'fl<.
8 Partridge Hou se.
Broadslairs. Kef'll. England.
G3CED Tel: 011 44084362 535 G3VFA
area. Talk-in on .011.61. Fo r in -
(2 0517 73· 2758 80~ 8 9 6 H arts el te . A L 356 40
formation, write Sercom, Bo x
6082, Ro hrersto wn PA 17603.
Vib~Keyer
room ho me in Victoria BC and
would like to visit the Dtsnev- and d isp lay it o n a normal TV
land area either at Easter break set.
or in July/Aug ust. Easter wou ld Chuck Bowers WA6GZZ
be preferred. 3326 Sawtelle Blvd., Apt. 31
"deluxe" Don Ankersen YE7DHG Los Angeles CA 90066
56500 4142 Hawkes Avenue
Victorla BC VSZ 3Z1 I wou ld like to establ ish a
/~
ham radi o c lub in my sc hool.
I'm looki ng for the following Our c hil dren are handicap ped
• Adjustable teweled bearings manuals : Nav$hips 92175, Mil· with langu age and heari ng
"1l<E OLDEST _
• renseeand contact scacna .. .. _TBlfI RADIO- A-12887, and documentation for problems and we have very
tully adjustable the M[).14 11GA and T·282D/G A lim it ed fu nds. An y u sea ble
• l arge, sOlid . COin StIver contact • utetene quarantee against unit s. Can anyone out there equ ip ment wh ich could be
poin ts manu tacturing defects . donat ed will be greatly appre-
help me? I w ill g ladly pay
• 2Vl lb. chrome ptat eo steel • RegIstered serial number. c iat ed.
reasonable pr ices. Thanks.
base rests on non-sk id reet . • Vibroplell @Qua litythrough-oul-
Charles T. Huth WBSNlM Robert Boykin WA2HUY
• Top par ts deslQned from our .'Standard" mccer wilh wrinkle 146 SChonhardt Street Industrial Arts Department
world famous linished cas iron base available Tiffin OH 44883 SChool lor language- and
Vibroplu;!) "' OrigmaL .. Ior S4950. Hearing.lmpaired Children
421 East 88th Street
Available at your dealers or through the tactorv. I de sperately need manuals
o r sc hematic d iagrams for the New York NY 10028
Send check, money order. or use your VIS A or
Master Charge We pay all shipping charges following equi pme nt: Gonset
except on orders outside the contmeotar U.S . G668. Central Electronic s lOA, A AnY AM$AT Informat ion
and K nightki t t u b e tes ter, net is being st arted on Tuesday
see your duler or write lor uternureon all our world famous line Ill: KG600B. nights (VoIednesday morning s.
The Vibropler Company. Inc. ..-V2. Jimmie A. Hall UTe) at 0230 UTC on 3620 MHZ.
P.O . 80x 7230 416 Fore 81. Portland. Maine 04112 820 Robert Ct. 60 wpm, 17Q-Hz shift. , will be
Carlisle OH 45005 NCS.
Dr call: 12071115·1110 Charles E. Martin AB4Y
PO Box 3370
I'm looking for either an orig· Bowling Green KY 42101
in al ma nual or a copy for a
Johnson model 24Q-122 vto. The
vfo w as usable wi th m a ny I need a schematic 0 1 a hig h·
Johnson rig s and the manua l seria l-n umbe r Dra ke SC-6, 6·
for my Advent urer whic h I am meter converter, or I will re-
using it on told how to get it produc e the manual and return.
hooked up, bu t I have no Inter- YOU'll know th e co rrect SC-6
PHUu .. £D. CO" . UUC' cto. . OR . cc ".HS ...DOlc ' D HuP matron on the vto it sel f. Even a by noting that it has 4 tr ansi s-
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n. .n sc hematic w oul d help. tors. The rf stag e Is a pai r of
" " uo ..ou " u u n >odd n . C.. ,"""• • 0. NOu 'C' AND I will pay a reasonable coov- cascode J·FETs. Thanks.
COG
CO"'ct H " ' NO" N
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_ "• ..- _ .. ' ,aD" ing f ee If req uired. Please ad· , Jack Ross W2NXC
..... .... . " .._ _ T C 'NA A S " . vise by c ard first. Thanks. 1244 Crim Road
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... . . . _ po , .,0 .0.331 9 A " _ , .
AU ~. * c '"C.U''' , . . . vt . ~ . >OOw _ __ , "' _ interested in contacting anyone
......* u....n _.A,..... .. u.. '.n""o . V.'U _
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••_ ...._ _ • ".... who has ope rated an amateur
n t C T. O_ ' I need a sc hematic and parts
li st for an Ovenaire 1-MHz oscil- station fr om a "deleted coun try"
I lat or, type 15- 10, used In Navy
frequency c o u nt e r AN/UR M-
as des ig nated o n the AAAl
DXCC list.
207, c irc a 196J.64. Gary Mitchell WA1GXE
I also need a sc hemat ic for a Box 1003
Conar 223 tube c hec ker and a Fairfield CT 06430
Motorola 025 scud-state Drs-
pat cher. I will copy and return.
JUST GETTING ON THE AIR? Marvin Moss W4UXJ
I w ould like t o get in t ouch
with any amateurs interes ted in
~@)U~®~~~ ~~:~~y
185-191 West Mam Street - PO 8 0)( 88
source for spare parts and ac-
cessories for this same model .
Thanks very much for any help .
I wou ld like to hea r fr om
anyone who has an y modif ica-
tions for a Swan 500. Thanks.
Am sterdam . N Y 12010 Tel (518) 842 -8350 Bob Freedman Hal Hansen N1APE
Jusl 5 minutes from N .Y. Thruway- Eail 27 686 Cragmont Avenue 8 Abenakl Trail
......, Ber1l.eley CA 94708 Littleton MA 01460
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. ........b l..t. _,..t.nd 1I...... m:.....58.85 " PO"I crate W,lh nansrt case. rTldnu~I~, and spares -
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An RCA 1861 video graphi" chip allows yoo 10 Ou ellclall . a 12 page monthly soIlware pubbca- SpeQaI ~ PlM'Ifsuppl)'torAIM 65aSSlm, in
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modulator to do g,aphics and galTllls There is a SCriptIon for $12.00 per year. with power supply SA85.0g. Moided plastic NiCad BaUery Flxer/Ctlarller Kil
enclosure 10 hi AIM 65 plus powef suppl)' $47.50. Opens shorted cells that won'l hold a cha,ge
Ipeaker Iystem included lor writing your own Tiny Basic Cassette $10.00, on ROM $38.00, and then charges lhem up, all in one kil w.llull
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written, The speakilf amplnier may also be used Maews Video Grl!lhlcs $3.50. Games and Music
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AIM65/l(I MNI M110 ExpansJ on Kit; 4 pa rallel S-100 Compuler BDards
Super Expansion Board with Cassene Interface $89 .95 and 2 serial ports plus 2 Intemallimers 539.00. 8KSlalic RAM Krt $135.00
th isIs lru~ an astounding value' This board has su ~rolltlnes allowi ng users 10 tilke advantage at PROM programmer lor 2716 $150,OO. 16K Static RAM KII 265.00
been deslgned to allow yoo 10 decide how yoo monitor functions simply by call ing ttern up . 24KStatic RAM KII 423,00
want it optioned. The SlIper Espl llSi on Board Improvementsand mjSjOMare easily done with Multl-voll Compuler Power Supply 32KSialic RAM Kit 47500
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teet and a Cil$lhe Inte rllce Provisions have running al the push at a butlon. afe,eg ulated . Krt $29.95. Kit with punched lrame 64K [lynamic RAM KII 470,00
bien made for all crnee options on the same Other on board opllons include Parall el Inpul 537.45, 54,00 shipping Woodgrain cue BKlI6K Eprom Ki1 (iess PROMS) $89.00
board and rt 1i1s neat~ Into the hard.wood cabinet and Oulpul Ports witll full IIandlhake They $10,00, $1 ,50 shipping, Video Interlace KiI 51 2t .OO
alongside the SuPIf EW.The board ,ncludes sets allow easyconnection 01 an ASCll lceyboa'd 10 the M01hertxlard $39. ExteMe, Boar<l $8.99
for up to 6K of EPR OM {2708, 2758, 2716 or Tl illpU! pon RS 232 II1II 20 ml CulTlnllOOll lor
2716) allll ,s IIIlly socketed . EPROMcan be used teletype or ottie, device are on board and II you PROM Eraser
for the mOllnor and nn~ BaSjc 0' other purposes need more memory lhere are two 8-100 slots lor Will e'ase 25 PROMs in 15 minutes, U ~ra Vld,o Modulator KII 58 .95
violet. assembled $37.50 Conven your TV set imo a high Quali!)' monitor
AIk SlIper ROMMonllor $19.95 is ilVallable as stiltic RAM or video boa'ds, Also a 1KSuper without affecting normal usage, COmplete kit
an on board option in 2708 EPROMwtlich has MOn4tor version 2 wllh video driverfor full capa- with full instructions.
been p,ep rogrammed wllh a program loaoor! billly dIsplaywithTInyBasic and avideo interface 60 Hz Crystal Time Base KII $4.40
ediiOr and error ched<iIlg mu~1 flte cassetle board. Paralill liD Ports 59.85, AS 232 $4.50, Convertsdigrtal docks trom ACline lrequency
readlwrite softwa re , (relocatible casselle !ile) m 20 ma liF 51 ,95, 8-100 $4.50. A50 ~ln 10 crystilt bme base, Outstilnd ing accuracy , Dlgllal Tlmp . Meter Kit $34.00
anolher exCIUSfoffl from OUesi. It indudes register conn.ctor u1 with ribbon callie is available ill Indoor and ouldOOf. Swrtches back arod forth,
save and readoul, ~IOO\ move capa~jjj1y arod $15,50 for easy connection between the Super 79lC Update Masler Manual $35.00 Beautiful. 50" LEO readouls. Nothing iike it
video g,aphics drivllr with blinking amor. Break EWand the Super Expansion Board . Corn\lIele Ie data sDeClor, 2500 PO maS!lr ret/!(· avaitable. Needs no addilional part s lorcom·
poi nts can be used with the registersave feature Power SlI~~1y Kll lor l!1e complete system (see ence guide. OYlIr 50,000 cross re1erences. Free piete. lull operation, Will measure - 100" to
to lsolale p,og,am blllls qUIckly, then f~l ow With MU~ i.v o~ Power Su pp ~) . update seMce through 1979 Domestic POS1il9l! +2OO"f, lenths of a deg ree, air or Ilqui~
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& Scanning Microphone
THE FT·707
"WAYFARER"
The introduction of the "WAYFARER" by Yaesu is the beginning of a new era in compact solid state
transceivers. The Fl·707 "WAYFARER" offers you a full 100 watts output on 80-10 meters and operates
SSB. CW, and AM modes. Don't let the small size fool you! Though it is not much larger than abook. this is a
full-featured transceiver which is ideally suited for your home station or as atraveling companion for mobile
or portable operation .
The receiver offers sensitivity of .25 uV/10 dB SN as well as adegree of selectivity prev iously unavailable in a
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optional crystal fiiters for 600 Hz or 350 Hz. Just look at these additional features:
FT·707 with Standard Features FT·707 with Optional FV-707DM
& Scanning Microphone
e Fast/slow AGC selection
e Advanced noise blanker e Choice of 2 rates of scan
e Built-in calibrator e Remote scanning from microphone
e WWVlJJY Band e Scans in 10 cycle steps
e Bright Digital Readout e Synthesized VFD
e Fixed crystal position e Selection of receiver/transmitter functions
e 2 auxiliary bands for future expansion from either front panel or external VFD
e Unique multi-color bar metering-monitors e "DMS" (Digital Memory Shift)
signal strength. power output, and ALC voltage.
Impressive as the "WAYFARER" is its versatility can be greatly increased by the addition of the FV-707DM
(optional). The FV-707DM, though only one inch high. allows the storage of 13 discrete frequencies and with
the use of "DMS" (Digital Memory Shift) each memory can be band-spread 500 KHz. These 500 KHz bands
may be remotely scanned from the microphone at the very smooth rate of 10 Hz steps.
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The Fl-707 "WAYFARER" is a truly unique rig .
See it today at your authorized Yaesu Dealer.
The radio. V
YAESU ELEcmONICS CORP., 6851 Walthall Way, Pe",mounl, CA 90723 • (213) 633-4007
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The TS-520SE Is an econo~al new vet-
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