73 Amateur Radio Today – October 1984
Issue Contents:
Find Fault with Your Coax
– Is your cable really doing its job? Find out with this elegant detective method …… K4IPV 10
The Aussie Parasol Beam
– What has twelve corners three bands and uses 140 feet of wire? Hint: It’s not a quad …… W6TYH 20
The Incredible Broadband Bowtie
– Truly designed for solid-state finals this 75m antenna features 50 Ohms at the feed-and less than 1.5:l swr across the band …… KC3HW 26
RX for Ailing Antennas
– Maximize your system’s performance with this easy-to-construct noise bridge. It’s just what the doctor ordered …… K41PV 28
Ryan’s Vertical Ecstasy
– Warning: Graphic description of vertical antenna array patterns. Explicit CoCo language. May incite construction frenzy …… WB5LLM 32
Try Low and Behold
– Here’s a shock: You’ve been wasting money on towers and poles. W1GV explains why low antennas may outperform high-altitude aluminum …… W1GV/4 38
A No-holes Barred Beam
– What to do when the lease says “no antennas”: Turn your entire house into a broadside dipole …… WA4WDL 44
Another Eggbeater
– Don’t be a VHF weakling. Pump up your performance with this simple 2m omni …… WD5DNL 48
A Tree-mendous Vertical
– Build an 80m DX-getter that really grows on you …… KS4B 62
When Darkness Calls
– On 160m success means diligent planning. These tips on gray-line propagation are your key to Top Band DXCC …… VE7BS 66
73 Amateur Radio Today – October 1984
