73 Amateur Radio Today – December 1981 With Index
Issue Contents:
Cold Comfort
– an HT to the rescue at fifteen below …… KA1D 12
Review: The Rex Bassett TLM-2 Mobile Mount
– banish your fear of flying …… KAlLR 18
Update Your CW Music Keyboard
– play it again Sam …… K5KL 20
Review: The Kenwood TR-7730 Transceiver
– Let’s get small …… KA1LR 26
Joe Ham: The Consumer
– do you fit the mold? …… N6AVU 32
Bob Cooper: Profile of a Pioneer
…… N8RK 38
Satellite Channel Guide
– part III …… WESTSAT 44
Satellite Television Glossary
– part I …… Satellite Television Handbook …… Staff 46
TVRO Receivers: The Inside Story
– Satellite Central part II …… Gibson 54
Review: The Ace Portable Synthesized VHF Receiver
– for those times when listening is enough …… W8FX 68
Beginner’s Guide to Antennas
– not just for Novices …… N1II 74
Review: The Daiwa Infrared Wireless Microphone
– is the mike cable obsolete? …… K4TWJ 82
What’s It All About ASCII
– RTTY technology update …… W4RI WB4APR 90
Review: The Radio Shack Pro-2002 Scanner
– a look at the Shack’s latest …… N3BAH 96
An Easy L-meter
– you’ll need a frequency counter …… W5JJ 100
Review: A Quad for Two Meters
– the Palomar portable power picker-upper …… W8FX 104
“Chopstick” Helical for 432
– satisfies your Phase III appetite …… 9M2CR 116
The Code Pet
– a Morse tutorial for Commodore’s computer …… AA0G 126
No More Two-tone Sidetone
– modify your AEA keyer …… KA1LR 128
Monodes
– harbinger of a new age …… Corner 130
Breaking the Decibel Logjam
– how to cope with nothingness …… Sara 136
Less Drain Is Your Gain!
– power saving mods for the Wilson II and IV …… KA3W 138
A Positive Supply with a Negative Chip
– one Way to solve the parts problem …… K9MLD 142
73 Amateur Radio Today – December 1981 With Index