73 Amateur Radio Today – October 1982
Issue Contents:
The Splattometer
– visual overmod warning …… W1BG 10
Digital Basics
– part II …… K4IPV 20
Dissertation Upon Roast Pig
– the ultimate in surplus? …… N6TO 28
Got an Apple? Want RTTY?
– try this hard-core interface …… WB6FBN/4 34
The Pleasures and Perils of Crankup Towers
– don’t lose your head! …… K4TWJ 40
The Incredible Antenna Mark 2
– a complete HF allbander in a very small space …… KL7ISA 44
The Amazing Beam reader
– point it with your Pet …… WA4NAG 46
Try the GHz Getter
– a marvelous microwave antenna you can build …… WA4WDL 50
The Multiband Vertical
– an aesthetically pleasing antenna with a punch …… W1GV/4 54
The Campbell J
– a little antenna that “can” …… W4YVY 60
Avoid an Electrical Nightmare
– sidestepping ground faults …… N4UH 64
Fine-tune Your IC-280
– 15-kHz step rate got you down? …… KS4B 68
A Gem of an RIT
– customizing the receive on the 56-104 …… KK5R 70
Protect Your Pass Transistors
– the crowbar connection …… K8JL 76
All Tied Up in Knots?
– the twisted tale of Thomas J. O’Harra …… KC7M 78
The Coax Matcher
– it may be all the tuner you need …… W9PJF 84
73 Amateur Radio Today – October 1982