73 Amateur Radio Today – February 2003 Issue
Issue Contents:
Cheap & Easy Portable HF Vertical
– Try this medium-weight sturdy neat visually pleasing fun to use …… K8MKB 10
Troubleshooting Computer Power Supplies
– Rule # 1: Be careful …… W6WTU 14
Build This Simple SMT Station
– Dinner and a movie? How about pizza and a project? …… AA2JZ 23
How’s That Thing Really Work Anyway?
– Part 1: Receivers …… AA2JZ 25
Warblemania
– and other QRP afflictions …… NY9D 27
Breakdown in Cape Town
– The surprise activity on this little jaunt turns out to be not just on the air …… G3SWH 30
Hamfest Survival Guide
– So that you can live to ‘fest another day …… WB9YBM 33
Radio Comm in the French and Indian War
– Anything’s possible when the Military Radio Collectors Association holds its annual meet …… K0RMK 34
CQ Sooner Spring
– An emergency preparedness drill that was more than OK …… NB5N & Cox 36
Lifeline for Your Driftmaster
– How to stabilize a boat anchor …… W1TLZ 39
73 Amateur Radio Today – February 2003