73 Amateur Radio Today – June 1963
Issue Contents:
Instant 220
– The AN/dMQ-2 is a snap to put on 220 …… W2TQS 8
More Selectivity for the RT-91/aRC-2
– Great transceiver covers 40-80 …… W6BJI 11
PE-97A? What’s That?
– 12V in 250V @ 100 mA out. Just right for Two’er etc …… W4DWU 14
Bandspreading the BC-348
– Curing one of the few drawbacks of this great surplus receiver ……W5EUL 18
Lazy Man’s Coil Evaluator
– Nice little piece of test gear you’ll want to build. 73 kit …… W0QWY 20
Converting the BC-230 & BC-430
– Inexpensive surplus rig which can easily cover 160-10M …… W5EHC 24
Ecdysiasm
– RT45/aRQ-1 demonstrates stripping for fun and profit …… W4WKM 30
A Beginner’s Receiver
– BC-453 plus converter product detector etc …… K6JHJ 32
Power Tuning
– Motorizing receivers with surplus drive units …… Ives 40
Beam Rotor
– Putting one of those surplus motors to work …… K1SDR 43
CW Monitor
– One transistor ten minute construction job. 73 kit naturally …… WA2WFW 44
Antenna Relay Unit
– Uses BC-442 unit from ARC-5 …… W4WKM 46
Function of the Loading Coil
– In mobile antennas …… W9GCQ 52
Propagation Charts
– What bands to where when… Maybe …… Nelson 54
More Selectivity for the Two’er
– Nice rig but you have to admit that it could use some selectivity …… K6CJN 56
The ART-26 TV Transmitter
– Don’t forget to subscribe to the ATV Bulletin $1 per six issues …… K6MIO 58
Special Surplus Section
– Thirty-three solid pages of surplus bargains. Have fun …… W2NSD 65
A Bargain Receiver for 220
– The R-48/tRC-8. Easy conversion …… K3IUV 100
Three for the ARC
– You didn’t think we’d pass up some ARC-5 conversions did you? …… W7ATK 102
The ARC-5’s
– Did you? …… W4WKM 104
Still Another 2 Meter Conversion
– ARC-3 transmitter …… W4WKM 106
73 Amateur Radio Today – June 1963