73 Amateur Radio Today – June 1978
Issue Contents:
Happiness Is Being A Ham Manufacturer
– 73 visits Cushcraft …… W2NSD/l 30
Extended Double Zepp
– old-timer’s delight still works …… W6TYH 34
New Dipole Feeder
– tuned feeders yet! …… AA6AX 38
The Cliff-dweller’s Delight
– how to operate from an apartment …… WA2UVC 40
Wait Till You Try 16 Elements!
– 15dB gain on 2m is a real kick …… WA8FCA 42
Working 15m With A 20m Beam
– by adding three more elements …… W8ZCQ 46
A Better Feedthrough For Cables
– the $2 solution …… WA8FCA 50
Resurrecting The Beverage Antenna
– try this 55-year old low-noise low band antenna …… W5USM 52
How To Hang A Longwire
– without a catastrophe …… W5GN 58
The “German” Quad
– six bands with one antenna …… WD4CPK/dF3TJ 60
Mobile In Disguise
– the invisible 3/8 wave 2m antenna …… K9MLD 62
Better Than A Quad?
– try a delta loop …… WA4NWW 64
The Perverted Double Vee Antenna
– double your pleasure from 40m through 10m …… W5VSR 66
Creeping Crud Got Your Signal?
– pollution is slowly destroying your system …… K4TWJ 72
Towering Low Band Antennas
– berserk mathematician figures impedance …… K3OQF 74
The 80 Meter Pile Crusher
– the ultimate vertical? …… W2OZH 76
Phased Verticals For Easy DX
– and under $20 …… W1ZY/lA0BP 82
Modernize The Matchbox
– increased capability for a classic coupler …… W8FX/4 84
The Miserly Magnetic Antenna
– make this sausage-can magnetic mount …… W2AZD 86
The 75m DX Chaser Antenna
– the 5/8 wave works on 75m as well as 2m …… N4VD 88
The Invisible Allband Antenna
– works DX too …… WA4FYZ 92
Who Says Verticals Don’t Work?
– the four-band phased-vertical bomber …… W2LFJ 96
Low-cost Keyboard-iI
– software for the April keyboard …… Eaton 100
Computerized Loop Antenna Design
– in BASIC …… WB2IPD 108
Hey! Wail For Me!
– slowing computers to reading speed …… WA3MWM 111
Morrow’s Marvelous Monitor
– reviewing the Morrow front panel …… Eigsti 114
Enjoy All Bands With A Remote Tuner
– motorized marvel …… KL7AE 118
New Use For CB Antennas
– converting ’em for ham use …… WA2KBI /jY9KS 122
Confessions Of A Vertical Fanatic
– careful he’s looking for converts …… KH6HDM 134
Novice Guide To Phased Antennas
– part I …… W8HXR 136
The 21-element Brown Bomber
– 2m beam with sadistically strong signal …… W9CGI 140
The Towerless “Tower”
– new grounded-rotor design …… K4FK N4OG 146
The Two Hour Two Meter Beam
– simple five-element loop yagi …… WB9TNW 154
Now Try 1296 MHz
– simple discone antenna …… WA4WDL WB4LJM 158
The OSCAR Boppers
– turnstile antennas for 145 MHz and 432 MHz …… G3ZCZ/w3 160
Cushcraft Does It Again!
– their new tri-bander is a winner …… K1OPQ 166
The S-meter Bender
– W7DND’s magic antenna …… W8HXR 170
Amazingly Simple Log Periodic Antenna
– an 8-lb mini LP for 20m …… K1QAR 174
Disguised Birdhouse Vertical
– give the bird s a hot foot with this secret antenna …… K5LUW 178
73 Amateur Radio Today – June 1978
