73 Amateur Radio Today – June 1980
Issue Contents:
One Step at a Time: Designing Your Own Ham Gear
– part I …… W4RNL 28
Down with Interpolation
– a digital display for the Triton and others …… W4FQ 36
Hooray! An AFSk Auto IDer!
– a clean and and legal ending for RTTY transmissions …… K3IJ 42
Let’s QSY to .52
– ah technology …… WB2RVA 44
Five Test Equipment Bargains from Heath
– the 5280 series features plenty of measuring power per dollar …… W2QFC 46
The Phoenix Fix
– an alarming analog-to-digital conversion for out-of-time clock-radios …… WA3AJR 48
QRQ QRS- By the Numbers!
– a digital CMOS code-speed indicator …… W7BBX 50
Adding a Scanner to Your 2m Rig
– here’s a method that works with many scanner/transceiver combos …… WA8HEB 54
Digital Transistor Checker
– a “hands-on” project …… W4QBU/pY2ZBG 56
CB to 10
– part XXV: using those surplus 40-channel boards …… AF8B 58
The Stolen Rig Retriever
– built-in gadget automatically sends your call with every transmission …… WB6KBM 60
Constructing QRP Dummy Loads
– useful and inexpensive …… W1OLP 64
The IC-211 Cookbook
– mods and tweaks to improve performance …… K3VGX 68
Talk a Hike
– backpacking with an HW-8 …… K4FD 74
Tuning Antenna-mounted Preamps
– do it without additional wiring …… Staff 78
PC Artwork Made Easy
– lift layouts from the page with transparent contact paper …… W3HIK 80
Electronic Dice -a Family Pleaser
– Las Ve gas look out! …… W7BBX 82
Fun with Foozle
…… W7BBX 84
The Demise of Component Stores
– parts places are past their prime …… VE3FLE 88
Priority Frequency Power-up for the FT-227R
– the right place every time …… WA1AUM 90
Computerize Your Contest Paper-work
– two BASIC programs do it all …… WA8WIA 94
Emulate an Elephant
– but let your micro bear the burden …… VE6BB 98
Prefix Challenge
– try this while you’re waiting for the band to open up …… AG6P 104
Check Chirp with a Choke
– get 599 every time with this quick fix …… WA2MEL/6 111
Reawaken that Sleeping Rx
– first steps in receiver alignment …… Sara 112
Rubber Thumbs and Pilot Lamps
– if you’re all thumbs enlighten yourself! …… K3MPJ 114
Tempo S1 2-meter Portable
– 800 channels to go! …… WB9HRV 118
A Proper Pedestal for PCBs
– handy holder eases circuit board construction and repair …… Staff 120
Surplus Treasures
– assemble a quality ham station for less than $200 …… K1VIC/2 122
Listen in Secrecy with a Giant Inductive Loop
– monitor your rig anywhere in the house -without wires …… ZL2AMJ 124
Those Hamtronics Kits… How Can You Use Them?
– an in-depth look at some electronic bargains …… WA4PYQ 130
10 Meters for the SB-221
– add the “missing” band …… WA2KSM 134
Another Place Another Time
– working the paranormal band …… Anon 136
Who Needs a $40 Soldering Iron?
– here’s why you may want to invest in one …… Staff 144
Outboard Power for the 820
– it’s easy to connect a second set of ears to the Kenwood transceiver …… KL7GRF/6 146
CB to 6
– convert a 49 MHz HT into something …… W9CGI 148
Digital Boat Anchor
– using pencil paper and a frequency counter for receiver readout …… WB1ASL 152
73 Amateur Radio Today – June 1980
