73 Amateur Radio Today – September 1980
Issue Contents:
In Profile: Dick Bash KL7IHP
– the father of The Final Exam speaks out …… N1AUI 40
That Mysterious Mode: 10 FM
– an examination of propagation phenomena …… WB2EQG 44
The World Above 430
– part II: next stop 1296 …… W9CGI 52
Bridge Over Troubled Audio
– another method for driving speakers …… K4IPV 56
Load a Lawn Chair
– even if you can’t carry a tune you can build this matchbox …… WB5PPV 60
The Penultimate CPO
– a non-discrete LSI device …… N6HI 62
Get Out and Vote
– a grass roots project for this election year …… WA9FDP/wR9ACD 64
A Wider Windom
– broadbanded sans transmatch …… WA4PYQ 68
RYRYRYRY
– an electronic torture test for RTTY systems …… Minchow 70
Goin’ Mobile
– equipment for air-conditioned gypsies …… KL7IPE/dA1SM DF7NM 76
Inside Radio Shack’s Digital Receiver
– SWLing with the DX-300 …… W4PGI 80
The Two-meter Monkey
– not just another linear …… KL7GLK 84
RTTY QSK
– break in to RTTY operation with a KOR …… CT1EM/pY1AQL 88
A Programmer’s Potpourri
– fifteen practical programs for hams …… K2OAW 90
CB to 10
– part XXIX: put that Hy-gain CB board to use …… W1BG 102
Old Receivers Never Die
– but occasionally they do get sick …… W4ANL 111
The Battery Minder
– a real turn-on for chargers …… K4GOK 112
Working in Wood
– tilt-over home-brew for $2 a foot …… WB3ICL 116
The Two-hour Audio Amp
– quick to construct easy to use …… K7HKL 118
Power X 2… Plus!
– an improved two-battery auto electrical system …… WA5TDT 122
The Little Thinker
– a quick puzzle project …… WB4RXB 126
A Conversion with Gusto
– throw your weight around on six …… WB2WIK 130
The Confidence Builder
– a CW speedometer …… WB4TYL 134
73 Amateur Radio Today – September 1980