73 Amateur Radio Today – January 1990
Issue Contents:
The King and Us
– King Hussein VE6JY1 visits the Canadian West …… McGregor VE6VIP 9
Poor Man’s Service Monitor
– A must for serious FM experimenters …… N6MWS 10
The 1 1/4 Meter Serendipity Antenna
– Convert your Bearcat scanner antenna into a real hot-shot on 220 MHz …… KA1LCC 18
Painless PCBs
– How do you design a printed circuit board from a schematic? Read this for some handy pointers …… WB9RRT 22
Continuity Beeper
– Build this project for continuity checking convenience ……W9DTW 26
Color SSTV for the Atari ST Part II
– An even better (and still cheap) way to get on this exotic mode ……WB2OSZ 41
Yaesu FT-4700RH
– Versatile 2m/70cm mobile transceiver …… K3RVN/g0EZZ 20
The Portal System
– Greenhorn ‘s way to explore ham radio’s most fascinating on-line forum! …… N4RVE 24
The Spectrum Probe
– Handheld spectrum analyzer that won’t cost you megabucks …… N4RVE 30
PC QS0 Tutor
– Puts the FUN back into studying for your ham license …… KA1TGA 35
ICOM 12GAT HT
– 1.2 GHz operation on an HT! …… WB6IGP 36
73 Amateur Radio Today – January 1990