73 Amateur Radio Today – November 1981
Issue Contents:
The Satellite TV Challenge
– 73 magazine’s answer …… N8RK 14
Space Spinoffs for Amateur Radio
– the makings of a communications revolution …… WA1DCP W2IKQ 18
How Big A Dish?
– Satellite central part 1 …… Gibson 20
Satellite Channel Guide
– Part 1 …… WESTSAT 24
Satellite TV Receivers
– is there a better way? …… K4TWJ 26
Spread Spectrum
– a report from AMRAD …… WB3KDU 32
A Visit with SV0AY
– the road to paradise …… N1BEP 36
Review: Reviewing Daiwa’s New Meters
– fiddle free swr measurement …… KA1LR 40
Ham Shack Design for Beginners
– Novices take note …… N1II 42
SSTV Signal Analyzer
– simple and inexpensive even …… K7YZZ 46
More for Less
– this tune-up procedure gives more RTTY output less heat to dissipate …… WB4PWC 50
Review: Inside the Palomar Preamp
– big ears for your receiver …… W8FX 52
Review: Four New Books for the Experimenter
…… N8RK 54
CB to 10
– part XXXI simplified offsets …… WA7ZGP 57
An X-band Swept-signal Source
– one for the road …… W1SNN 60
Battery Check!
– do your nicads measure up? …… PS7ZAD 64
Review: Investigating Icom’s 730
– quite a rig …… K4TWJ 76
Review: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to DX
…… AG9V/1 80
Eyeball QSO with Radio RSA
…… Peterson 82
Review: Micronta’s New Multimeter
– an LCD DMM from T-rS …… K6UGT 92
Mods for the Clipperton-l
– smooth sailing ahead …… K4JW 94
The Traveling Ham’s Allband Antenna
– in this ultimate portable system? …… W3JIP 100
KIM’s Magic Fingers
– RTTY transmit program …… VE1AKL 112
AX-l90 Upgrade
– Collins components can make the difference …… VE7DLU 118
Extra Accuracy for Heathkit Clocks
– a synchronous solution …… N5AEN 124
The 160 Winners!
– W8LRL and W4CN take top honors …… KE7C 156
Cartography for Kerchunkers
– making repeater maps …… W4FXE 156
Ten-meter Lunch Hour
– ham radio for school kids …… WA8WTE 158
73 Amateur Radio Today – November 1981
