73 Amateur Radio Today November – 1966
Issue Contents:
80 Watts on Two Meters
– A worthy successor to Bill’s 50 watts for 50 meters …… K1CLL 6
The Novice Class – Then and Now
– How it’s changed over the years …… W7OE 12
Tuning the RTTY Signal
– You can’t receive teletype if you can’t tune it …… W4EHU 16
A WWV Receiver for $5
– Convert a simple transistor set to receive 2.5 MHz …… W2DXH 20
Streamlined Transistor Modulators
– You can fully modulate without a transformer …… Thorpe 24
Ham TV Part 2
– The conclusion of this excellent article …… K3ADS 26
High-voltage Power Supplies
– An individualist’s thoughts on transceiver power …… K6ZGQ 30
VHF Antennas
– Useful hints from one of VHF’s most respected hams …… W6AJF 38
The Minican
– A soup can version of the Cantenna …… W6JTT 44
A Stable VFO for VHF or HF
– Simple inexpensive and effective. Transistorized of course …… K6RIL 46
The X-beam
– Two small V-beams give a Rhombic-like pattern …… W4TDI 50
Remove the Drudgery from Ham Radio
– Clever but facetious I think …… WA2IKL WA2ZCH 54
The Humidivox
– An original scheme to avoid certain FCC trouble …… WA2IKZ 58
A Disappearing Antenna
– Now you see it; now you don’t …… W6DFT 62
Custom Decals
– A real thriller …… W9SLM 66
A Simple C-r Bridge
– Every ham needs a capacitance-resistance bridge …… WB6AFN 68
Down Range – AFETR
– Life at missile-tracking stations doesn’t sound bad …… WA4NXC 70
The Second Requirement
– Are you getting full output from your transmitter? …… WB2HAL 72
Heath SB-400 Modification
– Use the SB-400 and SB-300 more effectively …… W4NJF K4ASU 74
The Heath GR-54 SWL Receiver
– It’s a nice inexpensive general-coverage receiver …… W3UZN 78
Healthy Ham Clubs
– Improve your club it’s not hard …… W6DDB 80
Gus: Part 17
– Gus continues his visit in the Indian Ocean islands …… W4BPD 94
Ham Microwave Propagation
– Important information for the ham interested in experimenting in our fascinating microwave bands …… WA6PZR 98
WTW Progress Report
– When are you going to join the growing list of WTW winners? …… W4BPD 106
73 Amateur Radio Today November – 1966