73 Amateur Radio Today – June 1969
Issue Contents:
New Ways of Generating Microwave Power
– New solid-state devices you should know about probably …… K3PBY 3
Modification of VHF Transmitters for CW Operation
– Moonbounce? Aurora? DX? You may need to use CW …… K1OYB 12
Mondo Hamme
– Read slowly this may be injurious to your health …… K1YSD 14
Straightforward SSB for 6 Meters
– Build this little beauty next week …… VE4RE 18
The 432’er Solid-state
– Bill Hoisington gets you on 432 the fast easy way …… K1CLL 24
Six Meter FET Converter
– You are not still using tubes in your converter? Reform …… W6RET 34
Compleat AVC
– Showing how much can really be done to improve AVC systems …… W8RHR 36
Leaky Lines
– Random thoughts by a random thinker …… K2AGZ 38
Field Day Fever
– Your Field Day should only work out as well …… VK4SS 40
A Field Day to Remember
– Field Day can be loads of fun; give it a try this year …… W8BVU 44
Sunspots? Who Need’s ’em for Six Meter DX?
– OK so you can work ’em without sunspots too …… K7ALE 48
DX Desk
– DX ramblings WTW news and other rot …… K2AGZ 54
Whipping Two Mobile
– Make your own whip for two meter mobile …… K6ZFV 58
Design of UHF Tuners Using Silicon Transistors
– Some good ideas for you UHF’ers …… Sir 60
Review of the Heathkit IT-28 Capacitor Checker
– Heath does it again as usual …… W0HMK 64
How to Convert Your Receiver for Six Meters
– Nice little converter for the 75A2 or any other receiver …… W8RHR 66
Forty Twenty and Two
– Nice simple vertical antenna using dielectric pipe unions! ……WA8IYL 70
Review of the Caringella Compressor/pre-amp
– We like it when readers review new equipment …… W2EEY 71
ATV Video Modulator
– One transistor is all it takes …… W6ORG 74
VHF FET More Of
– Pre-amps for 144 end 432 MHz like for ATV you know …… K6KTP 76
Simple Scope for RTTY Monitoring
– Good news for all you ‘ratts …… W6JTT 78
Curtain Roads Coat Hangers and Control Links
– VHF and UHF antennas from the closet …… K9STH 80
Facsimile and the Radio Amateur – Part 2
– Answers to questions about fax …… K6GKX 84
Extra Class License Study Course – Part 5
– We try to make it easy for you to get that ticket …… Staff 86
Soft Solder Construction of Cavities and Lines
– Makes those VHF machining jobs a cinch almost …… WA9VFG 102
Police Converter
– Enjoy the thrill of listening to police calls if it isn’t illegal …… K0VQV 104
The Neglected Mini Vee-beem
– Small and works like crazy on 10-15-20m. You read it here…… W0LBV 106
Modifying a Tube Converter for FET
– Makes a great improvement and doesn’t cost much…… W6OSA 114
A Variable Resistance VFO for 6 and 2
– Transistors PC board and tuned from afar. Also very stable …… K9ALD 124
VHF-band Scanner
– Watch the VHF bands with the ALA-10 …… WA8OIK 127
Simple Converter for Slow-scan TV and Facsimile
– Ridiculously simple if you want to know. Let’s get going …… W2LNP 130
Confessions of an Appliance Operator
– How to ad lib in spite of the state of the art …… W3ETQ 133
73 Amateur Radio Today – June 1969
