73 Amateur Radio Today – November 1980
Issue Contents:
VSWR… Automatically!
– simplify antenna matching with this tune-up aid …… WB0GWP 42
Welcome Back Barry!
– the Scottsdale RC’s most famous member …… K7NZA 52
Return to Shangri-la
– a visit with 9N1MM …… W1QMS 58
Direct Conversion lives!
– excitingly simple receiver project …… ZS6UP 64
Hams vs. Hurricane Allen
– 73 aids St. Lucia relief efforts …… N8RK 70
Tune In the Wind
– a do-it-yourself hot-wire anemometer …… VE7DKR 80
Direct Printing FAX
– get photographic-quality reproduction for 6 cents a copy …… WB8DQT 90
Breadboard Signal Generator
– sell your H-p stock once you build this project …… K3QKO 100
The Odd Couple
– CASEY/1 tackles OSCAR’s telemetry …… WA9LRI 110
PL Tones from a KIM-1
– a real time wasting project …… WD8CHH 112
A/d Converters Explained!
– another enigma unraveled …… WB4UHY 122
A Computer-controlled Talking Repeater
– Part II: microcomputer details …… WA6AXX 132
The Radio Spectrum at a Glance
– from VLF to UHF SWLing is fun …… WA4PYQ 142
Be Prepared!
– 30 meters for the FT-101B …… KB8NO 156
Automated Operating Comes of Age
– Microlog’s ATR-6800 …… K3CMY 170
New Weather Eye in the Sky
– a primer on NOAA’s TIROS …… WB8DQT 176
73 Amateur Radio Today – November 1980