73 Amateur Radio Today – January 1971
Issue Contents:
LX for Leisure
– A relaxed DXpedition to Luxembourg …… G3BID 18
Try DXing the World the Hard Way!
– Around the world in 90 frustrations …… K6KA 22
Split Phones – A DX Operating Aid
– You’ve got two ears? Why not use them both? …… GW8PG 30
Can Ham Radio Manufacturing Survive?
– Maybe …… Staff 35
Heath Tener Modification
– Bigger fuse …… K8JLK 45
Testing the RP Electronics Compressor
– Cheapest wav to double your power …… Staff 46
For the Love of a Ham
– Show this to a wife (your own preferably) …… WB6AOF 48
Duty Cycle Duty Factor
– It is your duty to read this …… W2OLU 50
Repeater Zero Beater
– An FM article? You bet! …… W1IRH 52
Getting Hep to ICs
– Pun intended …… K6MVH 56
Voices from the Past
– Ten thirty fifty years ago today …… Staff 62
Basics of Surplus FM
– Another FM article? What else? …… WB2AEB 64
A Parabolic Beam for 10 15 or 20 Meters
– Big …… WA2SJZ 66
The Galaxy PM 210
– Even more FM? Right! U.S. made too …… K2ULR 69
Lightning as it Affects Ham Radio
– It affects believe us it affects …… Patzsch 73
IC Receiver Accessory
– Our old friend Select-o-ject in I.C …… W2EEY 76
Inverted Attic Antennas
– TVI from the mystery neighbor …… W2SF 81
Double Balanced Mixers
– The heart of SSB …… K2PUR 86
A Quick and Permanent Tool Marker
– Tom Swift and his Electric Pencil …… K5JKX 91
There is a Santa …But!
– Think before you pray …… W6LJZ 92
A New Start from Washington
– An insider refutes QST December editorial …… W8GI 94
Amateur Study Guide Supplement
– Q & A special with no A’s …… Staff 98
73 Amateur Radio Today – January 1971