73 Amateur Radio Today – July 1986
Issue Contents:
Dayton ’86
– Capture the excitement (and the exhaustion!) of the Dayton Hamvention in pictures …… Staff 16
How to Build A Great Ham Club
– Fatherly advice on how to strengthen even the wimpiest of groups …… W2NSD/1 26
Roll A RTTY Scope
– A project for the purist- this tuning indicator has a built-in CRT …… WA0MRG 28
Bozo And the B-hunt
– Light a fire under your repeater group! Send them off on a wild goose chase! …… WD6R 36
HAMS Against Drunk Driving
– How your club can aid in the fight against drunk drivers …… KB6HQS 38
The Piggy-bank Patch
– In this follow-up to “The Piggy-bank Repeater Project ” you’ll discover how to build an add-on autopatch for the original controller …… KT2B 40
Future Hams of America
– Find out what happens when 8 000 people are introduced to ham radio all at once! …… Azzalina 44
Publish Or Perish
– From what to put in to where to put it here’s your guide to publishing a club newsletter …… N1BLH 48
Genius Brings Home the Bacon
– Seven years later the Mobius antenna takes on a new twist …… Phenix 52
Administering the Novice Exam
– The simple steps to take when bringing a Novice into the fold …… WF6P 56
Troubleshooting With the DMM
– A step-by-step guide to tracking down rotten transistors and diodes using a digital multimeter …… Davidson 58
Kit Corner: the DSE Radio Direction Finder
– An introduction to the art of kit building …… Swain 64
C-64 S-s-s-tutter Fix
– This is a guaranteed sure-fire cure for key-bounce …… WA4BLC 70
73 Amateur Radio Today – July 1986