73 Amateur Radio Today – May 1965
Issue Contents:
432 MHz Converter
– Easy-to-build converter to get you on 70 cm …… K6MIO 6
A New Approach to Phasing
– Not all SSB transmitters use filters you know …… W8HXA 12
The Big Bomb
– Runs a gentleman’s gallon …… W0SYK 18
Two for Two
– Some antennas for our western hams …… W6TKA 22
The Trouble with Fred
– A fetching tale illustrated by K3SUK …… Margolis 26
A Versatile Oscilloscope
– Every ham needs a scope. This one does a lot but doesn’t cost it …… W0OPA 30
Constant Gain Audio System
– Pretty clever. Take a look …… Pullman 36
A Cool kW
– Another approach to the inexpensive power supply …… K5YWJ 38
Beer Can Cavities
– For use on two. Low noise transistor converter included …… WA2INM/1 40
Four-element Rhombus
– Yeah that’s right …… K2IRK 44
Power Decade Resistor
– Or is it “Decade Power Resistor?” …… Lyman 48
Improve Your GDO
– If it suffers from the common GDO maladies …… K5JKX 70
Six Meter Junk Box Station
– The title sounds vaguely familiar …… K3VLQ 54
Design of Log Periodic Antennas
– A 73 technical scoop …… VE3AHU 62
Gus: Part 1
– This is it: The beginning of Gus’ life and DXpeditions …… W4BPD 66
73-a-phone
– Yeah it’s a stupid title but what do you expect from an editor of S-9? …… K5JKX 70
The 1215’er
– Hoisington sure makes 1200 MHz easy to reach …… K1CLL 72
Total Boredom
– But not to read …… W71DF 80
Oscar III Highlights
– What happened …… K0CER 82
Davco DR-30
– Review of a remarkable new receiver …… WA1CCH 86
Litts Code Snitcher
– Code monitor-oscillator. Good to at least 16 wpm …… WA6UVS 90
73 Amateur Radio Today – May 1965