73 Amateur Radio Today – October 1968
Issue Contents:
A Collection of Thoughts on Receiver Design
– Tips for the builder …… WB6BIH 6
3 Tube Super-het Short Wave Receiver
– Performs like six tube hearing aid …… W6ELJ 14
The MO Receiver
– This one will have you burning the midnight oil …… K5WYG 30
Project Facsimile Antarctic
– Morale booster in the cold Continent …… K6GKX 28
A High-performance Receiver for 2 Meters
– A VHFer’s dream receiver …… W2HUX 30
Ham Workshop
– The bare essentials to work on the gear …… W0PEM 38
New Life for an Old Circuit
– Reviving the Yackar VFO …… Thorpe 40
VHF RF Noise Suppression
– Mobile noise good tips for HF too …… K6ZFV 44
Reviewing the SR-400
– Hallicrafters la test transceiver is great …… W2NSD/1 48
FET Converter for 50 MHz
– 6 meter converter that works …… WB6YVT 52
Neutralization
– What’s neutralization all about …… K6EAW 56
Advanced Class License Theory Course – Part 7
– More on transmitters …… Staff 58
More on Receiver Blocking
– The Pro does a follow up on a previous article …… K6KA 72
Regenerative Detectors
– How they work …… W1EZT 76
The Q-q Meter
– The measurement and importance of “Q” …… WB6IBS 82
Save That Cordless
– An untapped source of parts for the shack …… W3GKP 88
2 Meter Ground Plane
– Never underestimate the ground plane …… WB6BIH 91
Improving Stability in Older Receivers
– Good tips on making them solid …… W6NIF 94
Care and Feeding of a Ham Club – Part 4
– Public opinion …… W5NQQ 98
6 Meter Ground Plane
– Novel construction idea …… W8JZY 102
VHF Monitor
– Keeping in touch with the group …… W4KAE 104
Simplified dB Leveling
– ALC-aGC Circuits …… W2DUD 106
FMing a VFO
– FM doesn’t have to be crystal …… WA6UFW 110
FET Pre-amplifiers
– Boosting receiver performance …… W2EEY/1 112
73 Amateur Radio Today – October 1968