73 Amateur Radio Today November – 1976 Issue
Issue Contents:
Cordless Iron Tips
– when you’re up against the Wahl …… K9POX 26
Bicycle Mobile
– cover feature …… WB4SNC 30
Build a Simple “Lab” Scope
– costs less than $70! …… K8JWR 32
Get on Six with Surplus
– the el cheapo RT-70 is a natural …… WA5HLE 40
The Beam Saver
– rotor memory system …… W6YUY 46
Updated Universal Frequency Generator
– extremely versatile test unit …… K3EZ 50
Who me? A Pioneer?
– some fantastic frontiers are wide open …… W5WGF 54
The Shirt Pocket Touchtone
– auto-patch from your HT or car …… K4TWJ 58
Put Your Name in Lights
– giant nixie message display …… W4LLR 60
Liquid Crystal Display Guide
– for low low low power consumption …… WB5DEP 62
Self-powered Mi ke Preamp
– when you need to SPEAK UP …… WA5KPG 65
See the World and Get Paid!
– merchant marine radio officers: part I …… Hargett 75
The Wind Counter
– the digital wind sock …… W9CGI 84
The S38 Is Not Dead!
– a tale of resurrection …… W6GXN 88
ID with a PROM
– and program it yourself …… W7JSN 90
The Amazing Inverted L
– antenna for 20 40 and 80m …… K8ANG 94
Battery Chargers Exposed
– more than you probably wanted to know …… W6GXN 98
How Do You Use ICs?
– part III …… WA2SUT/nNN0ZVB 106
Thirty Years of Ham RTTY
– from the Model 12 to the microprocessor …… W2NSD/l 110
Big Noise Burglar Alarm
– lights flashing horns blaring …… WA3SWS 114
Dandy Digital Dial Decoder
– to control whatever you want …… W9CGI 116
Weather Satellite Display Control
– integrating CRT and FAX displays …… WB8DQT 122
Ham Time-sharing is Here for You!
– via a repeater …… WB4YTU/ WA9GVK 134
The Soft Art of Programming
– part II …… Didday 140
OSCAR Orbits on Your Altair
– the software you’ve needed …… G3ZCZ 146
ASCII /baudot Converter for Your TVT
– series or parallel to boot …… Roloff 150
The Smoke Tester
– power supply checker outer …… W7RXV 159
The Coffee Flipper
– and executive decision maker …… WA3VXH 162
The Man Who Invented AC
– Tesla the greatest pioneer of them all! …… Goldman 164
Baudot to ASCII
– you want to learn programming? …… Borgerson 172
Baudot and BASIC
– an interpreter for a Baudot computer …… W5CUD Whipple 174
Toward a More Perfect Touchtone Decoder
– Ma’s system can be made to work well …… WA3VXH 178
Using a Wireless Broadcaster
– two good ham uses …… WA9VGS 184
The Quiet Spy
– amateur uncovers spy ring in U.S.! …… Matlack 188
The Benefits of Sidetone Monitoring
– and how to do it …… Staff 191
Paolo
…… W7IDF 258
73 Amateur Radio Today November – 1976 Issue
