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Numbft 1 on your FeedbKk card
radios, you can customize your Evening Electronics Projects, by
equipment and economize at the Calvi n A. Graf and Richard S.
same time. However, the tcuow- Goss, as a good book for begin-
WELCOME NEWCOMERS ing warning applies to modifica- ning construction. It's easy to un-
tions as well as repa irs . derstand and use. No words are
The Spirit of Home-Brew brew is the spirit of creativity , wasted, but neither is it too
Almost e very day one 01 us Other people know this spirit in Beware of Repairs sparse . Look lor it in " U nc le
in the editor ial ollice rece ives a other ways, such as in building a Repairing your equipment is an- Wayne's Bookshelf" in this issue.
call Iro m an amateur rad io opera- house, tastefully disguising left- other aspect of the home-brew, The 16 projects include modifica-
tor who ' s excited abou t some- overs, painting a picture, writing a do-it-yourself way of th inking. Be- tions for your telephone, an audio
th i ng he's home-brewing or book, or discovering a new way of fore you take the screwdriver to continuity and voltage tester, pi>
m odify ing , doing business. your new commercial ri g to ex- larity-sensing continuity tester us-
"It ma y not w ork as well as plore the possibility of repairing it ing LEDs, "probevolt," LED
a comm ercial transceive r, but I Modificatio ns yourself, read KB1 UM's cotumn vo ltage and polari ty indicator,
get more saustaction out of cper- are Home-Brew, Too! on " Fix or Ship?" in the June poweralert, a light-sensitive audio
ating it." How often have you bought a 1989 issue of 73. What if you blow oscillator, and more.
" Everytxxly told me it couldn' t piece of commercial equipment it (metaphorically speak ing , I Since then, I've come across
be done, but I'm doing it, and I that was absolutely perfect in ev- hope) and void your warranty? another book while prowling
want to send you an article on it as ery respect for your needs? What if, in spite of your best inten- around the bookshelves-First
soon as I' m finished testing it." Mod ificatio ns are popular. In tions. you not only fait to fix, but Book of Modem Electronics Fun
" It's just so much lun to use 1989, 73 published 26 articles on further damage, your rig? KB1 UM Projects. edited by Art Salsberg
something you 've PUI together modifications for existing equip- tells you how to decide what to do and published by Howard W .
yourself, You know it lns.de and ment, in addition to 78 horne-brew so that you can avoid trouble. Sams & Company. It has a good
out, and if you want to modify it, cons truction projects. See the Check the February, March, getting-started section as well as
you don't ha ve to gu ess about " 1989 Annual Index" in the De- and August 1989"Ask Kabooms " some useful electronics projects.
what' s inside ." cember 1989 issue lor a list. The for advice on troubleshooting To begin, you need a few tools,
Our callers are more than excit- Uniden modifications have been circuitry, knowing which co m po- some inexpensive parts, and a lit-
ed; olten their tone 01 voice con. some of the most popular this n ent to suspect first. and how to tle knowledge, beginning with
veys religious jOy in the art 01 ere- year. When you look over the go about reading schematics. safety precautions. Ham books
ating something that didn't exist " 1989 Annual Index," also note for beginners, such as Tune in the
belore. And wha t is more reli gious th at any updates (corrections, ad- Essential Tools World, have photos of compo-
than creativity-than being acre. ditional information, etc .) in fol- Have you ever wished that you nents to help you learn how to
ator , with at least a small "c"? lowing issues are referenced right knew at least a little bit about con- identify them, and descriptions of
Sure, the t ransceiver already below the article entry so that you struction techniques so that you their characteristics, properties,
e xisted b efore our caller bui lt can find them easily. could Change just one or two and uses . Fo r soldering, see
his-but his transceiver didn't. It's Many people inherit Of buy CB items on a device? A little change WB9ART's "Soldering Sideba r"
on e 01a kind . His transceive r is his equipmen t which they wish to can make a big difference. Maybe in the August 1988 issue. Check
baby, and he ' s proud of il. convert lor operation on the am a- you 'd prefer an LED to that annoy- "Tech Tips"for PC board fabrica-
Of course, sometimes hams do t eu r rad io bands. We receive ing buzzer. tion and other information on how
invent new equipment. such as a many requests for copies of CB- In the November " W elc om e to do things laster, easier, and
type 01 meter or relay or filter that to-te article s, the earliest in this Newcomers," I mentioned One better. .. .de Linda KA 1UKM OJ
didn't ex ist before. Or they use series dating back to May 1977
e xisti ng equipment and parts in (end an SAS E for a list). Apparent-
ways that no one else has done ly, the early CB-t0-10 articles are Glossary
belore . But whether a ham starts still useful . Which brings up a Am. teur Radio Bands You musthave an amateur radiooperator'S lieense to
from scratch or just slightly modi- point: If you have used the infor- operale on the ham bands. There are dttterent types of licenses with
fies his shiny, store-bought equip- mation a CB-to-1 0 article to modi- dIfferent privileges. The Novlcelicense requires minimal theory and Morse
ment to suit his needs, the fe elin g fy eq uipment, please write or call code at5 wpm, Privileges lor this license include operatin9 on si ~ ham
o f satisfaction is m uch the same. us about the results. bands-the 80. 40 , 15. 10, and 1.25 meter bands; and the 23 centimeter
Only the intensity varies, depend- Modifying used equipment is an band-in specific modes, such as VOiCe or CW (continuous wave.or Morse
ing on the person's perception of alternative to buying expensive -I
his accompl ish ment. new equipment. If you enjoy work- CB Citizen's Band; Ihe 11 meter band from 26.965-27.405 MHz. Anyone may
At bottom, the spi rit of home- ing with tools and the innards of operate CB wnhout a license as long as FCC regulations pertejntnqtc this
band are observed,

A Basic Tool Kit Components Parts or Devices in a Clrcuil. such as resistors and capacitors.
- Soldering ir()l1 kIt, includIng a desoldering 00viCe . Home-Qrew Oo-tt'yOYrsetf' Practiclng creatIvity.
- Mullimeter to measure voltage (in volts). currenl{in amperes), and resistance Junk Potentially valuable miscellany.
(in ohms, represented by Ol·
Modification You can modify a home-brewed or commercial device, Modifica·
- IC (integrated circuit) extractor. nons range from very slight changes in existing equipment to massive
- Needle-flOS& pliers. overhauling.
- Diagonal wire-<;un,ng pliers. PC Board Pnnted cirCUIt board
- Blade and PhIllips screwdrivers,
Rep8ir A repair may sometimes be equivalent Co a modifIcation. especially by
«Set of nut drivers.
the manufacturer 01 new equipment lor which you have a warranty, Modifi-
- Wire stripper. cations usually void the warranty.
- A box lor storing junk; t.e.. valuable parts. components, and miscellaneous Repairs which make the rig better than il was before it broke down .
items from diverse sources. are certamly mo<lJIicatioros. Simple "re-pairs" (for e~ample. you re-
- If necessary: A hidIng place to keep your tools SO that family members will connect a spring to a plastiC part) only restore the equipmenlto its original
have 10 ask before borrowing. condition.
· If posarble: A Inend with experience and extras. such as an oscntoecope. a Rig A ham radio, or transceiver that both receives and sends; a separate
frequency counter, signalgenerator. etc. transmitter and receiver regarded as a unit.

2 73AmateurRadio - January,1990
JA N UARY 1990
WHODUNIT
PUBl!SHINGSTAFf
AMATEUR Issue #352

Wayne Green W2NSOIl


Jim Morrissen K6MH/l RADIO
EDITORiAl STAFF
Wayne Green W2NSOJl
JimMorrisselt K6 MH/l
BryanHasti1gs NS18
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Hope Currier
lillda Reneau KA1UKM
Joyce Sawtelle FEATURES 24 The Portal System DEPARTMENTS
Arnie JMnson HIBAC Greenhorn 's way 10 ex plore ham 62 Aboye Ind Beyond
David CowhigWA1LBP 9 The King and Us radio's most fasci nat ing on-line n Adlndex
Mike BryceWB8VGE King Husse in VE6JY I vis its the foru m! N4 RVE 48 Ask Kl boom
MicIIael Geier KB1UM Ca nad ia n West. 66 Blrter 'n' Buy
. .. . ... ... McGregor. VE6VIP 30 The Spectrum Probe 88 de K6U H
Jim Gray W1Xun Handheld spectrum analyzer that 71 DealefOirectory
Chuck HoughtonWB61GP won't COSt you megabucks . 46 OX
Dr. Marc l ea'ieY WA3,o\JR HOME·BREW ................ ..... N4RVE 17 h edback Index
AfVjy MacAlister WA5ZJB 83 Him Help
Joe MoenKIOV 10 Poor Man's Service Monitor 35 PC Q50 Tutor 17 Ham Profiles
BillPasternakWA6ITF A must fo r se rious FM e xpe ri- Puts the F UN back into studyi ng for 78 Hamsats
you r ha m hcensc KA ITGA 54 Homing !n
Mss~ W7XU menters. . N6MWS
69 Index: 1190
ADVERTISING STAFF 18 The 1 lA Meter Serendipity 36 ICOM 12GAT HT 80 LenefS
Antenna 1.2 G Hz o perati o n o n an HT ! 4 Neyer SlY Die
EdVertlin
. . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . WB6IGP 74 New Products
Jim BaJ KAlTGA Convert you r Bearcat sca nner an- sa Packet Ti lk
lisa Niemela tenna into a real hot-shot on 220 88 Propagation
Donna DiRusso MHz KA I LCC 52 QRP
1..003-52S-4201 6 QRX
22 Painless PCBs 64 RTTY l oop
1-«lO-225-5083
How do you desig n a printed ci rcuit 82 73 lntemationa l
PRODUCTION STAFF board from a schematic" Read this 80 Special EYents
for some handy pointers. 86 Uncle Wly ne' s
William HeydoIph
Book"""
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Susan Allen
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26 Continuity Beeper
59 Updates
2 Welcome Newcome~
linda Drew Build this proj ect fo r continu ity
Viki VanVa!en checking convenience... W9 DTW fn:DBACK ...
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Dale Williams 41 Color SSTV for the Atarl ST, II', like beln, Ihcre -
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73 Ama teur Radio • January, 1990 3


Number 2 on your FftdbKk c:.rd
buying beller video equipment in case
th is gets popular.
I can talk about the time when we
came " thal close" to losing amateur
radio. I ....as there. SO I know 'fI'hat hap-
pened. I can talk about how hamming
....as lilly years ago-which you proba-
bly already know . I can talk about new
ham technologies 'NIlieh can be deve1-
oped . I can lalk about educalion. wel-
NEVER SA Y DIE la re. drugs, the China mess. how to
save amateur rad io. entrepren8lJrial-
Ism, culling college costs, no-ecce.
Wayne Green W2NSOIl how rrscrccomacters got started , how
Radio Shack saved IBM , why IBM is
now in trouble , how Tex as Inst ruments
b lew $800 million and Ih re.... a....ay
billions , ho.... Ih e Incentive l icensing
disaster happened. the tatesl in low
HoHum- Thewayit lookSto me is that the ham po rt Lambada CDs and ca sse ttes. magnetic field developments, comm u-

No Growth Again
club ne.... steuers I read renect ou r They'll sell like erazy in a 'ew monlhs. niCating 'Nil h the dead and wilh alien
grassroots. The message is clear: W e And I'll bet Sherry's how-IO video will civilizations , EMP, ho.... life started .
Judging from 99% of the ham really don 't care. I' m gelling the same be t he best seuee or her SO -+- videos. how the mind works. the old RnY
club newsletters I read, there' s at- message loud and clear Irom 90% 01 The dance is graatfun, real easy to days, how hams started cellular radio.
most zero interest in doing any- the ham industry, so all this controver- learn , and if' s the closest thing to tha how repeaters gol organiZed, how to
thing abou t preserving our hobby . sy over no-code is just wheel-spinning. sex act on the dance floor. The kid s (01 clean upour bands, how to pol K1MAN
Fine . if that's the way you really Mu ch ado over nolhing , 10 coin a all ages) will love il . and KV4FV out of the }amming busi-
want it . ThOugh I'll sure miss arne- phrase . NCKOde will only have some Nope. no hamming. I' m going back ness. etc. WIlat' 1I yoo have?
meaning if we' re going 10 do some- in mid-February 10 Munich and then Wilh some encouragement I'll build
teur radio, I've got enough other
thing about crononnc amateur radio. driving to Vienna. c rekow and Prague. up a library of video talkS which you 'll
interests to keep me busy. like
I hope to meet ham groups then. May· be able to use 10 further discourage
this last weekend . lor instance. Munich be you can help? kids from coming 10 your club meet-
whe n Sherry and I zipped over to One result of having a couple 01 I'll be in london lor the Thanksgivi ng ings.
Munich on a quick business trip. darned good assistants is that I have a long 'N99kend_In Jan uary if's CES in
Unless you're deaf, dumb and little more treedom to Iravel-at sea et Las Vegas, the annual ham skiing bash Killer Blanket s II
blind. you know thai the FCC li- on .... eekeocs . On the last 'ew week- in Aspen (9· 16th), men Cannes l or a Dr. Ross Aday KU61 , in his presenta-
cense counts are a disaster. For ends I' ve bee n able to get a....ay and music conference at the end of the t iOn at the 1989 ARRl SW Division
insta nce , during the first nine give talks at the Hun t sville and month. Convention on the effects 011cMr ener-
months of 1988 there were 3 1.000 l ouisville hamtests. go 10 los Angeles n l be in lA March 9-1 3th lor a mu- gy 60 Hz magneliC foelds on our bodies.
lor a Kenwood ne.... prod uct unveiling sic cooterence, if lhere are any clubs had an interesting co m ment to make
license re ne wals , Du ring t he
and I even went on a scubaodiving who need an exhausted old ham about the pres s: " .. .wnsn the press
same pe riod in 1989 we had says that this is cont roversial, ....hat it
Caribbean trip . I' ll put the story otmat speaker . MObile (ALI April5-6th for my
3,300. That 's only a 90% drop in Irip on the 73 BBS. in case you're inter- Drum submarine r8lJnion . Dayton the really means is that the reporter is too
renewals. so what's to worry? We ested in diving. II would take up 100 261h. May 29-June 2 Nashville for 8f)- uneducated and too slupid to under-
need new hams. nOI those old much room in 73. even though I know other music conferen ce. Chicago June stand what he has been told."
worn out retreads, right? you'd enjoy my adventure. 3-5th for CES. That' s about al' I've gol The November ConSUmfjf Reports
Afl er all, Novice Enhancement and So what about Munich? Wall , a cou- on my 1990 dance card so far . devoted two pages to discussing the
the enormous push by ham clubs to ple ....eek s ago there ....as a story on There's a la ntaslic scuba trip to a dangers o. using electric blankets-
license newcomers has been fantasti- PBS radio aboul lhe new dance craze virgin reef in the Bahamas coming in and four pages to raling comforters to
cally success'ul. I know t hat's true be- in Europe. the lambada. I noted this July if you' re inlo divi ng. I'm hearing use instead. In case you cIon 't read CR
ca use tread n in another ham maga- ue.
for m y .... Sherry, who produces Irom more and more ham divers inler- (tsk), one of their lop recommendations
zine-and they wouldn 't print it il is nc....-e-cance videos. A week later she ested in my organizing combo diving! is the L.L. Bean "S406KK at $84. They
weren 't true, But where have all these saw the Lambada on a TV news report ham visits to the rarer Caribbean Is- also gave good grades 10 Springs Per-
new hams gone? and decide<! iI was gelling time to pro- lands. Are you game? Want to cope l ormance Jewellone Solids at $33.
The FCC figures shoW us w,th an duce a video . .....Ih pileups? They found that goose down lill,ng was
actua l grOwl h of 0. 1% . We ll heck . Kalhy. the star 01 her vcees. had With all that travel I won 't have time no warmer than syol helie-filling. only a
that's a bummer. but I' ve been reading never heard of the lambada-and 10 gel to many hamlesls-and even whole 101more expensive, That's good
abou t the proposed new ARRl no- worse. was unable to even find a dance fewe r ham club meet ings. II your club news 'or allergy-prone people like me.
cod e licen se-just wait' II tha i hils' teacher ....ho knew how to do it. Well. would like to have me speak, here's By now. u nless you are truly insulal·
Su re . li k e the same deal d id in n's popular in Europe , so let's go over how .... e can do II. I have a coupl e of ed from the real 'NOrid by fUnCIlOOal
Canada , where in ten years they've at- and video tape some people daf'lCing it 8mm video cameras here, so if )'Olin ill ileracy (yoo can read. bul you don ',
uectee less than 100takers. We're big- so Kathywill be able 10 do a video. write down some questions that you'd bol her). you've been readmg an in-
ger , maybe we can pull in a Ihousand I gol in touch with some publish ing like to have me answer or lop ics you'd creasing number of articles on the dan-
new hams in ten years. trlends in Munich and the next day we like me to talk about, I'll get logether 0'
gers magnetic fields-such as in the
They tried a similar no-cede license were on our way. We arrived Saturday ....ith Jim Morrisselt K6MH and we'll Oct. 31s1 Business Week.
In Bntaln , too. Otdn't do much tor them afternoon and had our video done be- video my answers . We 'll l hen copy the I also recently read an inl eresting
emee. Maybe n's time to give up and fore midnight. We even found a dozen 8m m to VHS l or you and send you lhe art icle on eKper,ments ....ith animals
sell our gear 'or what we can Wh ite Ihe lambada CDs i n t he local record tape. I cIon 't know how long it'll be- which have been oriented a....ay from
selling is good. stor es! could easily run an hour. the Earth 's magnetic field , with some
No-code really worked in Japan. but The Lambada is a rmxture 0' dirty The video quality won 't be all that startling results to their oeveicceenr
eVefyOne knows they 're smarter and dancing, the samba, bossa nova. tan- grea t- and I'm nOI about to spend even with as little as five degrees 011
much harder work ing tha n ....e are . go, cna cna and a few other Braz ilian $3 ,000 more 10 buy hNo new HigtHl the north-south axis.
The y h ave a treme nd ous nationa l dances. I intervie....ed a Brazihan dance cameras SO you'll get broadcast quali- Gellin g ba ck to Ross. he 's right
pride-someth ing we used 10 have and teacher in Munich and was prom ised ty, But it'll be pretty good. II should be about the press-a distressingly high
us old t imers stili remember With nos- an article 'or my music maqazme on it. interesting meeting entertainment for percentage 0' reporters are woefully
talgia , They' re working hard lor Japan When I saw how enthusiaslically the you. Beller than some guy Irom Publ ic uneducated. This put me in mind 01 the
and .... e'ra 'NOfking half-heartedly for otherwise slaid Germans ....entlor the ServiCe. hams who meet me and start out by
ourS4!'lves-as long as 'NOfk doesn't in- dance. I knew it would be big in Ameri- Send me S20 and your list 01 topics . saying. " Well. I cIon't always agree
terfere too much W'I h our pe rso nal ca . I ....enl along to help Sherry do a That'll cover the blank tape . pack ing ,
tives. Pass me anothe r siK-pack. video. but I ended up deciding to im- mailing , with a little left lor eventually Continued on page 68
4 73Amateur Radio . January, 1990
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g etting a w e lcom e surprise Brando under any of his many Ham of the Year Awa rd , The
Double Dayton from Pac ific Tetepho ne. Word is
that the c o mp a n y wi ll s oo n
causrans. and if you have a vivid
recollection of the con tact, Peter
Westlink Report , 28197 Robin Av-
enue , Saugus CA 9 1350.
Ja pan Ham-Fa ir '89 t urn ed change the service lor amateur Manso would like to hear from
out to be o ne of t he largest ama-
teur radio gat herings ever held .
autopatc hes I rom commerci al
rates to residential rates. The ex-
you. Write him at PO Box 668,
Truro MA 02666. Also, see the
Fuji DU Line
Approximately 58.000 attendees act date for the change is un- classified ads in the November is- The Japan Amateur Rad io
from 14 nations visited this mas- known, and it applies to Pacific sue 01 OST, page 180, for more league (JARll has announced
sive ham conventio n, held Aug ust Telephone customers only. II your information. termination 01 the operation 01
25-27 at the New Hall of the Inter- autopatch is on General Tele- Amateur Satellite JA5-1JFUJI-
national Trad e Cen ler in Tokyo, OSCAR 12 effective November
Japan. The list of dignitaries in-
phone, you will ha ve to wait a
while longer to see how they re- Instant Track 5 beca use of low power genera-
cl uded IARU Presid ent Richard
Baldwin Wl AU and Chinese Ra-
spo nd to the Pa c Tel policy
change.
Delayed tion.
Japan plans to launch its sec-
dio Sports Assoc iation Vice-Presi- DeUveries of the new Instant ond amateur satellite, JA5-1B, in
dent C heng Ping eZl CP. Track program f ntcrmet ton
IE·land Changes Irom Pro j ect O SCAR w ere
February 1990. To help publ icize
the event , the JAAl recently

SP Now Mobile Canad a shOUld have its re-


v ised amateur radio l icensing
scheduled to beg in on 1 Novem-
ber, but they've been delayed . If
placed special events station
8J6JSB into operation on all of the
Polish amateu rs are now al- struct ure in place within a year. you ordered it before that date , HF bands . it's operational from
lowed t o operate mobile, it was AU indicalions are that things are you will eventually receive a Ilyer 1400- 2000 UTe weekday s ,
announced at the recent SP OX on schedu le with the DOC Regu- with informatio n about the pro- 1400-2200 UTC on Saturdays,
Convention in Warsaw. Eventual- lations. The syllabus and question gram . They were assembling the and 1000-2200 on Sundays and
ly, mobile operation will be a nor- banks are expected to be ready in ma iling in los Altos Hills, Cal ifor- holidays.
mal part of SP licensing proce- March 01 1990 . The new regula- nia, on the day the area was hit by
dures, but right now Polish ham s
mu st have a license endorsement
tions will be prom ulgated l or sev-
eral monthS before implementa-
the 7.1 magnitude earthquake .
Shipment is now being resumed.
Extra
to use the new privileges. Packet tion of the restructured Canadian Quake Acllvity
is also expected soon, with a new
SP Packet organizat ion officially
Amateur Service takes effect in
September.
Anenlion All WD6BPT at the St. Judes Hos-
formed during the OX gathering . Parents, Teachers pital and Rehabilitation Center
in Fullerton, Cal ilornia, was acti-

OSCAR 13 Micronesia and Students vated foll owing las t month ' s
Northern Cal ifornia earthquake.
On October 12 , the United The nominating period is now
SuUers Second Hit Stat es and the Federated States open l or the 1990 Westlink Re-
The station came on at the re-
quest of the National Di saster
OSCAR 13 was again put off- of Micronesia (V63) entered int o port Young Ham 01 the Year, Medical System . Manning the sta-
a Th ird Party t raffi c agreement The award, widely supported by lion, WA60PSand N6FSl spent a
li mits to genera l ham use on Oc-
c o ve ri ng amateur radio , The industry, is given annually to a ra- day obtaining the status of hospi-
tober 29. AMSAT-Dl in Germany
sent an urgent notice to all satel- agree ment permits hams in bot h dio amateur, 18 years of age or tals in the affected area lor the
nations to relay personal mes- younger, who best epitomizes tne NOMS coordination center in Min-
lite users that apparently solar ra-
sages on behalf of the citizenry. In accomplishments 01 youth in ama- nesota and the national head-
oreucn has aga in corrupted the In-
addition , the agreement stipu- teur radio as related to community quarters 01 the Red Cross.
ternal Housekeeping Computer
on the satellite. A-C-1 3 had the lates that when public telecommu- and amateur radio service on a
nications are not available, as in a local. regional, or national level ;
same problem a few weeks ago
and was down lor almost a week. d isaster, communications relating promotion of international good- Out 01 Data
to the satetv of lile and property will through amateur radio; pro- Zenith has dumped out 01 the
Graham Ratcliff VKSAGR in Aus-
tralia will attempt to re-start the may be handled by amateur oper- motion 01 high ethical and moral PC market . The last 01 the truly
ators in the two countries . Com- values through amateur radio ; ed- " domestic" US manufacturers 01
computer. He will keep everyone
posted on the condition of the mercial messages are prohibited . ucation through and/or with ama- home el ectronic s ha s quieted
bird. teur radio, or any combination 01 speculatio n that it was backing
In a related matter, Ross Forbe s
WB6GFJ of Project OSCAR in-
Brando the foregoing.
To qualify. a candida te mu st
out of the consumer market by
selling its computer division to the
forms us tha t the North American One 01 the nati on ' s leading hold a valid FCC Novice class or Groupe Bull 01France. The com-
DCE Gateway now funct ions on authors is look ing t o ham rad io higher amateur license, be a resi- pany says it will now concen trate
incoming traffic only. Some of the l o r help in his next book. Peter dent of the United States, and at- on home entertainment and allled
Manso is the author of Mailer, His tend an acc redited learning insti- market s.
gear was destroyed during the re-
Life and Times and other best- tution. Letters of nomination are
cent San Franci sco eart hquake.
The equ ipment will soon be re-
placed .
sellers. Manso has won counuess
awards lor his work, and now he
due no later than 1 May 1990 and
must be detailed , accurate , and Thanx. ••
has undertaken to write about one contain substantiating data to any . , . to all those who cont ributed
of the world 's best known actors, and all claims made. The 1990 to thi s month' s QRX. They are:
Autopatch Marlon Branda . award presentation will take place Westlink Repor1, JARL, AMSAT-
Phone Rates Brande, an amateur radio ope r-
ator, held several causrans over
at the ARRl National Convention
in Kansas Ci ty in June 1990. Send
NA , CRRl, ARRl, GB2AS, JRR l ,
Telex, and Broadcast Television
Calilornla hams who ow n au- the years, including WA6RBU and nominations and substant iating Maqaztne . Keep your photos and
topatc h repeaters may soon be F00GJ. If you have ever worked documentation to 1990 Young news items roUing into QRX !

6 73AmateurRadio . January, 1990


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The King and Us


King Hussein VE6JYl and the royal family visit Alberta, Canada.
by Ken McGregor an d Victor Post VE 6VIP

W he n Victor Post VE6V! P heard that


King Hussein lY I was o n his way to
Albe rta . he quickly got a g roup of Canad ian
Victo r VE6V IP. officia l photog rapher fo r
royal tours , d rove his c a r throughout t he
lo ur wi t h hi s Kenwood TS ·......OS at th e
king w ith the fram ed permit giving him
the ca llsig n VE6/J Y I. Victo r Post VE6VIP
then presented the kin g with his fra med QSL
ha ms to ge th er to o rganize a welco mi ng ktng's di sposal. Whe n the king . q ueen , a nd ca rd and the Yaesu handhe ld , conm bured
receptio n. with the ap proval of t he C hie f prince went fo r a wal k at Lake Louise , the by the loc a l hams a nd Alfa Co mm unications.
king took adva ntage of VE6VIP' s mobile As King Hussein received rhe HT , VE6PA ' s
un it. Le n Kochan VE6lEN . ne t co ntroller in vo ice came over the speake r, welcoming
Edmonton, had a pile-u p as soo n as the king hi m 10 t he ai r, us ing hi s new Ca nad ian
said " 73 " into the m ic rophone . Amateurs callsign.
from all over the country tried 10 catch a word Afte r takeoff. Kin g H usse in QSOcd Cana -
with him . AI this time , the king operated d ian hams o n 20 meier USB.
under Post's ca llsig n a nd his Jordani a n ca ll- King Hussei n 's visit d id more to rejuve nate
sign. loc al inte rest in ama te ur radio tha n any othe r
Two days later, King H ussein att ended event in recent histo ry . VE6VIP a nd the
th e reception held in his hono r. He shoo k amateu rs o f Albe rta thank His Maj esty , King
the hand o f every a ma teur who atte nded . Hu ssein VE6 /J Y I , for his pa rtic ipation in the
Paul Neufeld. Calgary regional d irector of reception , a nd fo r pu bl icly a ffi rm ing hi s
C om mu nic atio ns Ca nada . pre se nte d th e inte rest in amateu r radio .m

Photo A. Kin!!. Hussein VE6/J YI tries our his


new FT-4JJ.

o f Prot ocol and t he Pre mi e r of Alberta.


At VE6VIP 's request. Ra y Flal. reg iona l
director of Communicatio ns Canada in Ed-
monton, assigned the king the Canadia n ea ll-
s ign VE6!JY I .
VE6VIP , Norm wanho VE6V W . a nd oth-
ers , contacted loca l amateurs who could at-
te nd Ihe reception . Soo n they had invuarion s
and name tags printed up. acco mmodatio ns
rese rved at the Palliser Hotel in Calgary , and
a buffet arranged fo r the reception. VE6 VIP
made a nd framed a I I " x 14 " QSL print o f
M orraine Lake , s u pe ri m posed w ith t he
king's call leiters, then made 8 " x 10" copies
fo r atte ndees o f the rece ptio n .

Roll Out the Red Car pel


King Hu ssein arrived on October 13 , 1989 . Photo B. Victor POSI VE6V/P 's memorable QSL to KinK Hussein.
73 Amateur Radio • Ja nua ry. 1990 9

Number 5 on rour h edbKk caf'd

Poor Man's Service Monitor


FM experimeters take note!
by Will iam D. Crow l N6MWS

a ma teurs . By co nnec ting a counter o n the While this dev ice is certai nly no com plete
Demod Tone output, yo u can ea sily see if service mon itor, it goes a long way towa rd
your to ne encoder is on frequency . An oscil- givi ng the average amate ur an idea of what is
losco pe connected to the Dcmod Audio out- going o n with his rig o r a ny other transmitter
put will allow you to vie w the actual recov- he ca res to listen to on the air,
e re d audio before the audio pro ce ss ing Since 99 % o f the c ircuitry was al ready
c irc uits in the sca nner gel in the way. If there, I incl uded a re mote co ntrol sto p/sta rt
yo u' re c u r io us about how di g ita l pag ing sign al for a tape recorder. T his output allows
wor ks or what tha t fu nny racket you he ar on you 10 el iminate the dead ai r you would ord i-
some obscure frequency is. this is the tool for narily hea r during a net or p re paredness drill
t he job. Likewise if you want to add a DT M F recorded for later analysis.
o r subaudible to ne encoder to a n o lder rad io , In th is p roject , I em phasize sim plic ity and
low cost. A fte r study ing the ou tpu t fro m the
demodulator IC in my sca nner. it became
Photo A. Inside details of the Poor Man '5
pla in that the signals it produced we re n' t
Service Monitor, Note the dean modular
layout. -- -- quite commercial test equi pment q uality.c-bo t
a re fine for the home e xpe rimenter.
-- T h is two-chip des ign uses the LM 324 op

A commun ications service monitor? For


those of you not fam iliar w ith th is
dev ice . it is the stoc k-in-trade lest instru ment Photo B. From panel of the Poor Man's
amp IC becau se of its lo w co st a nd availabili-
ty. In fact , ( bought every thi ng fo r this pro-
ject , except the panel me ters , at Rad io Shack .
for commercial radio se rv ice tec hnicians. Service Monitor, The optimum full-scale (T wo good construction aids a rc the National
and I'm fortu nate enough to have access to ranges for the Frequency Error and Devia-
one at work . The most com plete monitor tion meters are 10 kH:. (5 kH:. ofeither side of
incl ude s a p reci sion RF generato r wi th an centerf requency), and 0-6kH:. , respectively.
output ancnuato r. a spectrum analyzer. an
oscilloscope. a wel l-instrumented scanni ng
receiver, a nd a wanrnct er. all in one portab le but we re afraid to try because you couldn't
instrument ha rd ly larger tha n an ordinary OS~ te st it.
c illoscope . F M pac kctcc rs can a lso usc th is te ster to
A se rvice monitor is al so extremel y cx pe n- o ptim ize the aud io le vel output from the T NC
sive, and u 's rare for the average amateur goi ng to the transceiver. usu all y adj ustable
club. lei alo ne the individual amateur. 10 have by a trim-pot on the T NC . (f th is d ri ve is too
access to one. Even in my case, access is low , the signal devia tion is unnecessarily
limited , a nd l never ha ve a s much time wi th lo w, reduc ing thro ughput. Tf the T NC dri ve
the instrument as I wou ld like. There fore , I to the rig is too h igh, the deviat ion will e ithe r
built the Poor Man 's Service M o nito r. e xceed the lega l c hanncl limits a nd interfere
with adjace nt cha nne ls, o r the rig 's limi ter
Practical Uses will distort the ovcrdeviatcd signal . also
While ( knew tha t the prec is io n RF genera - reduci ng th roughpu t. The ma rk and space
tor and spectru m analyze r were beyond my d eviation sho uld not exceed 3 lh kHz .
home-brew sk ills and budget , the well-i nst ru - Repeater owners will al so find this use ful
mented sca nn ing rece iver wasn ' t. I a lready for simila r reasons -to maximize tho: NB FM
had an oscilloscope, a freque nc y counter, and voice s ignal dev iation withou t going out of
a wide cove rage sca nne r. Usi ng a few op c hannel , and ensure that the signal is centered
a mps a nd a pa ir o f a nalog panel meters , l r ight o n freque ncy . In fact , a ny ha m who
decided it should be poss ible to build the transmits o n FM , suc h as HT and mobile c ps,
frequency e rro r and de v iat ion meters the p ro- ca n usc thi s tester to ma ximize their o utp ut
fessio na l service techn ic ia n uses to set u p the sig na l and make su re that signal is properly Photo C. From top to bottom: scanner,
t ransmtucrs he se rv ices. centered. TPMSM, oscilloscope, and frequency coun-
This d evice , togethe r wi th an oscilloscope ter, The Poor Man's Service Monilor is test-
and a fr eq uency counte r, will allow yo u to Circ uit Descrtptio n ing me output of/lie author 's handheld. Note
mak e a ll kind s of rad io system tests that ordi- Afl er c o ns idera ble e xpe r ime n ta t io n, I the JJ7M F signal 011 the oscilloscope (the N T
narily are beyond the capabilit ies o f mo st c ame u p with the c ircuit show n in F ig ure I , feeds a dummy load) .

10 73AmateurRadio . J anuary, 1990


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• Depend able Solid-State Tra nsmit Semiconductor Linear Databook and Elec- (CTCSS) tone signaling. This is very handy
and Receive Switch ing; Feather- tronic Design With Off~ The-Shelf Integrated for lu ning and te sting subaud ihle tone
Touch Controls Circuits. by Meikin and Thackray.) encoders (see sideba r). You can connect
• All Crystal-Controlled Digital CKT I found the meters at a local electronics either a freq uency cou nter or an oscilloscope
Frequency Synthesizers
• Heavy-Duty Detachable Microphone junk shop. The best meters have a full scale to this out put.
• Easy - to -See Dig ital Reado ut defl ection current of between 100 ~A and I U2A , a comparator, buffers the scan signal
• 4 Watts RF Po wer Output rnA. Meters with cu rre nt ratings outside of from the demodulator Ie. This signal causes
• 5 Watts In put Power that range have high cu rrent requirements or QI to shunt the aud io from U IA to ground
• Vari able Sq uelch Ra nge Control prob lems with response speed . through current limiting resistor RIO when
• Public Address Capability
The detail s of the actual circu it are pretty the receiver squelches. If this weren 't done ,
Order Today! Comes with flexible simple . VIA , a buffer amplifier. estab lishes the frequency deviat ion meter wou ld be ham-
magnetic-mount antenna. mounting
bracke t, hookup connector. 12V lighter the proper DC offset for the rest of the down- mered ag ainst the stop whenever carrie r was
socket adaptor and 9O-day ltd. faetOl)' stream am plifiers . It is also a first o rder low- not present.
warranty. pass active filter with an fc (corne r frequen-
cy ) of about 400 kHz. (All frequencies abo ve Deviation M et er Drf ver Circ uitry
Mfr. List Price ''175.00 the corner freque ncy are attenuated by the U2B is a simplified , active full-wave recti-

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fier. This circuit has the advantage of elimi-
natin g the 0 .6V forward drop characteristic
of silicon recti fiers. When a positive voltage
band FM demodulator IC . (See the Motorola is present at U2-6, it passes around the ampll-
Cred it card customers can order by Data Sheet for the MC3357 and MC3359 fier to U2- 12. U2B amplifies and inverts a
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the maximum gai n with a 12V DC supply was
limited to th ree times the input sig nal.
To keep the pos itive and negative peaks the
same amplitude, the choice of resisto r values
for R IO , RH . R12. and R25 are critical.
W05 K.nium a.- N/"'" F :&, MN SS"1 .... 94 V I B is also a low-pass acti ve filter, but its Don 't make any substitutions unless you
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average DC output of the demodu lator IC . If U2D must buffer and ampli fy the rectified
I ~ D ~D'7'-iD ~ O I the carrie r signal goes higher (or lower) than modul ation signal to a level that will drive a
the des ired freq uency , the DC output of U IB meter movement.
does also . Diode 02 provide s O.6V of ' 'quiet" offset
II "'" II
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Thi s signal is referenced to a bias signal
generated by V Ie. The frequency erro r me-
ter will move to the left or right of center if the
in the modulation meter signal. If the re-
ce ived signal is just a little noi sy , the voltage
drop across this diode will prevent the meter
I """" """" <llAA>.' I transmitte r freque ncy is nor centered on the from interpreti ng the noise as modu lation.
1- I selected channel. Use VRI to ze ro adj ust the
frequ ency error meter and VR3 to calibrate
Cal ibrate th e fre que nc y deviat ion meter
with VR2 .
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U2C is a third o rder, low-pass acti ve filter
with an fc of about 350 Hz. The output of
Recorder Remote C ircu itry
Transistor Q2, an inverte r. gives Q3 the
this filter is used to mon itor subaudible or proper polarity for ope rating a tape recorder

12 73 Amateur Radio • January, 1990


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~ r OYlilI the scanner free fo r othe r uses when not used
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lilA u lC as a test receive r. Ir s best to connect the
receive aud io to the tip, scan signal 10 the
ring , a nd g ro und to the s ha nk. Make the co n-
nection to the sca nne r o nly with power off. to
ce TO RII "
TO 5COI'£ OUT
pre vent damage from rhe momentary sho n
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1 I '" I buill my prototype on a small ca rd for
di gital projects and mounted all my pa n s o n
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inserts into an Ie soc ket to allow compo nents
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to be easily mou nted to that sockel.) I high ly
fOCI '.1 ' "" TO 1.12 -6 recommend this a pproac h for t w o reasons.
First , if yo u use the interleaved powe r and
g rou nd traces that pa ss down the midd le of
'" eac h IC pin partcm. you ca n ma ke so lde r
1I1~ Il'
bridges for power and ground con nections. If
yo u make all the JXlwer and ground counce-
lio ns before you wi re the circu it. you' Il ha ve
"' a neat. easy-to- troubleshoot de vice with " cry
lo w impedance JXm 'e r and g round cur mcc-

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tions. This helps a 101 wit h noi se immun ity .
TOUH
, something to co ns ide r with a tra nsmitter op-
1m e rat ing nea rby . [ Don ' t forger to include a
." 22 '
couple of 0 .0 1 l-IF powe r-to-grou nd bypass
0-01 ' C&
TO 1.12-9 capacitors . too.)
Second . mounting the pans o n headers
TO 1.1 2-10
makes the projec t modular a nd easier to con-
srruct over a period of lime . You ca n build
each modu le in an eveni ng. afte r the kids go
to bed. wit hout lea ving a nyt hing hangi ng ,
Figure 2. Pa rts placement for the Monitor. Not sho wn o n the schematic arc the powe r
Com il1lt.·" "1l /1<1,~ " 77
re mote control inpul. When Q3 is conduct-
ing. the tape recorder will record . When it' s Parts List for the Poor Man 's Service Monitor
o pe n, the tape recorder wi ll stop. This part of Qt y. Descript ion Part Numbe r Desig . Pr ice Ea. Ellt. Price
the circuit was a "gimm ie": almost all of the 2 l M 324 Quad Op-Amp IC , .29 258
circuitry req uired 10 implemem it was al- , 78 12 12vdc 3 lerminal reg
276-1711
276- tn l
Ul-U2
1.19 1.19
ready there. If you have no use for this cir-
cuit. fee l free 10 eliminate Q2 . Q 3. and asso-
3
2
2N4401 NPN transi stor (TQ-92)
1N914 small signal diode
276-2058
276- 1122
0 1-03
Ot-02
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98
94
ciated resistors. 3
4
lQkO 15turn potentiOmeter
10kO 5% CF resrstor
' 271-343
27 1·1335
VR1-VR3
Rl-R2.R 17-R I8
1.49
.39
",.39
Construction
4 2.2kO 5% CF resistor 271· 1325 R3-R5.R2 1 39 39
First evaluate the scanner you want to usc lkO 5% CF resistor
as your test receiver. Almost all curre ntly ,
3
33OkO 5% CF resistor
27 1·1321
' 29 SJ25Ovat
R l0.R26 .R27
R8
39 39

produced lo w cost narrowband FM receive rs , 1MCl 5% CF resistor 271_1356 R'


.08
39
.40
39
usc the Motorola M C3357 or MC33591 C for 3 4.7kO 5% CF resister 271-1330 R6·R7,R13 .39 .39
the lo w IF and demodulator circuit . Occa - 2 47QkO 5% CF resislor 271-1354 R19,R20 39 39
sio nally it's hard to identify this IC since the
part numbe r is d isgu ised by O rien tal man u- ,
3 22kO 5% CF resistor
rooec
271· t339 R t4 .R22·R23 .39 39

factu rers . Usually the 3357 o r 3359 will be a , 5% CF resistor


9 1kO 5% CF res istor
271· t347
' 29SJ25Oval
R15
Rll
.39 39
4.
ponion o f the pan number e ve n if the MC is , · 29SJ25OvaJ R12
.09

rot . In ex treme ca ses you may have 10 eithe r , 8.2kCl5% CF resistor 09 40

compare the pinout from the Moto rol a data , 12kCl 5% CF resistor · 29SJ25Oval R2S
R24
08 4.

sheet to the schematic o f you r scanner, or , 47kO 5% CF resistor 27 1·1342 .39 .39

look for a 455 kHz ceramic filter ncar a likely , 4.7 pF so WV DC cer. capacitor
1.0 IJ.F 35 WVDC tant ocapacitor
272· t20
272-1434
C,
C2
39
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39
."
IC . to find Ihe righ t device. If you r scanne r
ha s the Motorola IC o r a foreign made clone, ,
3 0.01 IJ.F 50 WV OC capacitor 2n- l065
• • JE403
C~7. Bypass .59
9.95
1.18
9.95
you do n't e ve n need a sche matic of you r , Digital project perfooard
Delu xe p4"oject box 270-272 8 8.49 8.49
sca nner 10 do thi s project. You need o nly 10 2 Panel mount BNC jack 278-105 1.39 2,78
bring three s ignals from the sca nne r. a nd all
three arc av ailable o n the demodulator chip. ,
2 Panel mount \'0. stereo jack
500-0-500 mlcroanvnet er 3'12 "
274-250
· 54 1.MS·OUA-5H5
2.19 2.19
t700
If yo u have the MC3357 (I6-pin) chip. the , O- tO milliammeter 3", " ·541 ·MS-OMA~1 0 16 00
Ground ,$can .andAudioarepi ns 15 , 13 ,and
9 . respectively . For the MC3359 (1 8 -pin) IC , Notes on parts list:
t. All part num bers refer to Rad io Shack catalog part numbers unless otherwi se specified,
these pi ns arc i7. l5 ,and 10.
2. • Indicates pa rt available Irom Mouser Electron ics. 1·800-346-6873,
I brought al l three sig nals OUIof my sca nne r
w ith a iii " stereo jack and buih a cable to 3. '. roeceree part available lrom Jameco Elect ronics, 415-592-8097.

73A mateurRadio • January . 1990 15



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Wisconsin , Indiana, and Michi-
gan, will be lound tuned to WCBR
92.7 on the radio dial, listening to
the " Mi ke Jackson Outdoors
There are no "average" hams! Show:' Not many of his nsteners
know that in addition to being an
WB2MGP's classroom 10 talk to authority on saucers in the Kanka-
her new friends on the 146.88 kee River, walleyes in Petite Lake,
repea ter and on the local 220 grouse hunting and a myriad of
repealers. The local hams have other sporting facts, " Mike Jack-
given her the nickname " Iggy" son," (real name is Orrin Brand
because they love to hear KB21GY K9KEJ) is a man 01 many talents
on the air each morning. and trades.
Mary is also a fr equent operator Orrin got his first amateur radio
in the "CO All Schools Net" run license at age 12. While attending
by Gordon West WB6NOA and high school, he often demonstrat- Orrin Brand K9KEJ.
Carole Perry every Tuesday and ed electronics and elemenlary
Thursday at 17:30 UTe on 28 .306 amateur radio stations at science own fi rm, Brand Communica-
• MHz. Joe N6CRX, one 01 the West fairs. Orrin, who has his BA de- tions, specializing in consumer
Coast net controls, has often com- gree in joumausm and communi- and industrial accounts.
plimented Mary on her enthusi- cations, has been involved in ra- Orrin loves to fly , and has nown
Mary 5eferaj KB2IGY. asm and her fine operating proce- d io, film , and theatre in many aircraft within the Arctic Circle. He
dure. She is a great role model for ways since the 60s, includ ing is also a professional photogra-
Tune In To " Iggy" the other students in the ham ra- stage and screen acting and com- pher who exhibits and sells his
Mary Seferaj K82IGY, 13 years dio program. edy-writing , and as a radio an- own prints once or twice a year
old, is in the 8th grade at Interme- Mary wants to be a pediatrician rourcer. news director and an- and voraciously reads three news-
diate School 72 in Slaten Island, when she grows up. Right now, chorman. papers a day and two books a
New York. Mary visits the ham ra- her other interests include playing In 1973 he returned to Chicago week.
dio classes 01 Carole Perry soccer and bicycle racing. to take over a family-owned print- Orrin has two daugh ters, Melis-
WB2MGP. her former teacher, 10 ing business and at the same time sa and Stephanie, aged 19 and
tell the youngsters in the program Mega-Talented Ham started an advertising business. 21 . He and his wile Charlotte and
whallun they have to look forward Six o'clock on Sunday morn- All during this period he wrote pro- thei r seven-year-old daughter
10 when they get their licenses. ings may find some folks still fast lifically lor outdoors publications. Debbie live in BuffalO Grove, illi-
Every morning at 7 a.m . asleep, but devotees of hunting, Since 1980 he has been in mar- nois. (Biography by Angelo
Mary goes to the hamshack in fishing and camping in Illinois, keting and advertising with his Polvere KA9CSO.) FJJ

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The 1 Meter
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by John M.C. Wilson KAI LCC

ra iny Saturday aft ernoon while I was ground . it covered all the local area as well as
O TIC
practicing code. it occurred to me that
it wou ld be handy to have a 11,4 meter anten na
planes: and a whip antenna mounting. ad-
j ustable with a set screw . The tall plastic
hou sing from wh ich the whip protruded sug-
quiet ing a repeater 65 miles away . A friend
generous ly loaned me an SW R/ Powcr Meter,
for simplex operat ion arou nd town . Since I gested a loadi ng coil. as did the rather impres- and to my surprise the SWR was 1. 1: 1 at
live near Pack Monad noc k mountain, atop sive 25 to 512 MHz cove rage me ntioned on mid-range in the frequency.
which sits the ce ntral node for the New En g- the data sheet. The construction project was a lot of fun
land 220 MHz Network . a rubber duck and and cost me nothing . so I call it the serendipi-
150 mW gets me into all six New Engl and tyantcnna.
states and New York! In fact , I can copy the "The construction Look... and Price Can Deceive
Pack repeater with no antenna at all ! Simplex
operation, bowever. was mo re conducive to project was a lot of fun There is an unhappy ending to the story .
leisurel y rag-chews . Some time later I bought a very fine and
As usual. I was short of funds for radio and cost me imp re ssive co mmerc ial a nt enn a w ith a
projects. so I began to th ink about a home- claimed 5.5 dB gain and mounted it in exactly
built ant enna . I suddenly remembe red that
nothing . . . " the same position as the tiny ground plane. It
the re was an old Bearcat monitoring ant enna would not cover all the local area and would
in the attic that might be mod ified for my not even trigger the repeate r 65 miles away .
purpose. I stopped the code prac... ice (not a T he Mod Sadly I took it down and replaced it with my
difficult decision) and happily went to work The first step was to remove the loading home-built . and explained to the XYL that I
on the project . co il. Since the coil was cemented inside the had blown a lot of money. Is there anyone ou t
plastic tube. I had to saw it open near one end. there who need s a commercial I '.4 mete r an-
•tavor a ble Features of t he Bearcar I then removed the coil. and soldered a short tenna? OJ
The monitoring antenna had the follow ing length of the coil wire 10 the connect ion
qual ities that made it suitable for the purpose : coming out of the 50 -239 Iype connecto r. John M.e. Wilson KA ILCC is a recently re-
a very rugged base plate and mast clamp: I rea ssembled the now-shortened plastic tired aeronautical engineer. He became in-
very good quality aluminum tubi ng ground lube and antenna holder. using press fitting terested in two-wa y radio ....n en a rank crew
r -- -- - - -- - - - - -- - -, and cement. member in the Canadian army. John has bun
The whip antenna was next cut to 12* ~ , an amll1eur since / 983. His address is now
but th is measurement had to be taken from RR 2. Box 368. Peterborough NH 03458.
the bottom of the plastic suppo rt because
there was nothing to prevent radiation
from the sho n piece of wire taken from
the old loading coil and other hardware .
W ith a tube cutter, I the n trim med the
ground planes to 13 1" ", and replaced
.~.
1
their plastic ends. Next the tubes were
squeezed between two steel rods in a vise
and flattened nea r the mounting area.
Bending them to 45 degrees was compar-
at ively easy . and structurally they re-
mained very strong.
The assembled antenna seemed very
small in comparison to the one I started
with . since most of the original was left
"" on my workbench! I mou nted it on seve r-
allengths of TV tubing and it seemed to ••
Figure I. The Bearcat as a wideband monitoring work very well . When finally installed
antenna . . . over the hou se at 40 feet above the Figu re 2 .. .. and as a good-gain /. 25m antenna!

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Versatile 2m/70cm mobile transceiver. Price Class: $800-$825

ence charts. Fort unately, after an evening set-


M ost of us have seen the kind of mobile
ham radio installation that's safe to op-
erete onty when the vehicle is parked. You can
ting up my prelerred memories, offsets, and
scan ranges, I can now activate most of the
use a radio that 's mounted under the passen- complex personalized programming very eas-
ger's side 01 the dash, or in the grove box, or ily. I still keep a few photocop ie s of th e refer-
down near the floor, but tt's hardly user-friend- ence sheets in the car for inevitable future
ly . Keeping your head down for long periods of reprogramming.
time while driving can be downright un-
healthy! Impressive Enginee ri ng
We can blame the automakers for this. If The FT-47oo RH is realty two rigs in one box.
they had more engineers and fewer stylists The nominal 13.6 VDC feed is common to both
designing their dashboards, your car woul d bands, and the received audio lrom both ra-
come with a standardized equipment bay in dios goes through a single speaker circuit.
the center of the dash. After all, automotive There are two lIying coaxial leads, with an N
radio and stereo units already lit standard socket for 7OCm, and an M (SQ.239or " UHF'
cutouts. Imagine the convenience of simply type) socke t fo r 2m. You ca n also get an op-
racking and stacking your ham rig, cellphone, tion al du ple xer that will let you use a single
FAX machine, navigation and countermea- feedline and a dual-band antenna. The panel
sures gear, ashtray, cotfeemaker, or flower- display is symmetric with the two bands. The
pot, just the way you want them, under a BANO switch selects one as primary, and the
sliding wood veneer cover. Perhaps the PhOto A. Control head and main unit ready for other as secondary. When the pri mary band is
Japanese electronics companies will influ- installalion. Note dummy front panel with re- 70cm, key p resses trigg er a high tone; on 2m
ence the Japanese car companies. In the mote connector. they trigge r a low beep . You can set the step
meantime I, and a lot 01 other hams, want to size independently for each band (5 , 10, 12.5,
operate mobile, and we want 10 operate safely sections. An arrow on the orange LCD display 20, or 25 kHZ). Half cttne memories, including
and conveniently. clearty indicates the selected band. the " c all" channel , are IUlly programmable,
The FT-4700AH has a high contrast display wit h parameters like separate receive and
An Elegant Solution with big numbers and a two-level backl ight. tran sm it frequencies (fo r odd splits), and op-
Over the years, various radio rnanutactur- The dimmed display is easy to read during the tional CTCSS tones. Other me mories store
ers have brought out models with remote con- day, unless it's in direct sunlight. It has a sepa- simplex channel data, or repeater offsets, and
trols or detachable front panels. These radios rate 5-meter/output bar graph for each band, lour hOld subband scan range boundaries.
don't go far enough to meet my desires: I as well as offset, tone squelch, and " b usy" Unlike many older radio s, th is model lets you
wanted full, flexible 2m and 70Cm coverage in indicators. Surrounding the display wind ow choose a frequency via a memory selection,
a package tha t doesn't req uire two hand s to are lifteen con trols, mostly p ush-bullons. tap a button. and tu ne from that memory as
operate and doesn't crowd the front seat. Be- If you've used an FT-2 3A or MK II FT-290A, though already in dial mode.
sides, as a Yank whO has spent a lot 01 time you 'll find the basic functions of the FT- My unit came with one tone squelch board.
working in England, I have mobile rig require- 4700AH fairly obvious. Some 01 the lancier You'll need a second board 10rCTCSS on the
ments that are a bit more complicated than the features had me slavishly following the de- second band. The lOW power switch is com-
average ham's. The ICOM IC-9oo was pretty tailed key seq uences on the supptied reter- man to both transmitt ers, meaning that you
tempting until I worked out the actual can't run low power on one band and
cost and discovered that I would have to high power on the other. The main unit
bUy a 440 MHz unit for stateside use, has a neat sink with an integral lan, and
and a separate 430 MHz unit for UK the manual makes a point about ensur-
use. ing amp le air flow for the lan , particular.
En ter the Yaesu FT-47ooAH. It cov- ly when running full power. Five-minute
ers the lutl 430-450 MHz range at 40 50 wall tr ansmissions cause only slight
wens. in addition 10 50 walls on 2m , and heating, even under the car seat .
the front panel can be detached and The connection between the front
mounted where I c an reach it while driv- panel and the main box is a t o-teet
ing. The radio has all the expected lea- shie lded cable w ith a m iniature six-pin
lures: ten memories on each band, uex- data plug. This cab le is fine for hiding
ible scanning modes, and low power (5 the mai n box under the seat, bu t is on
wall) capability. Dual-band receive is the short side for trunk mounting. If you
standard, with a balance control that wanted to build an extension, the hard-
sets the relative audio levels from the PhOto B. FT4700R.'-I installation in British Sierra XR4x4. The est part would be finding connectors to
two sources. Crcssbeno duplex opera- control head can go almost anywhere, and a stnp of Velcro'" m atch. Tw o o f the cond uctors are
lion is also possible, and a single button lets you detach it quickly for security. The right angle mike grounded, one feeds regulated svone to
toggles between two separate transmit connector is home-brewed. the f ro nt pane l , and one carries
20 73AmateurRadio . January,l990
amplified microphone aud io. The filth conduc- ventent becau se the mike cable obscures the
tor brings speaker audio to the microphone forward view when the head is visor-mounted.
connector for packet or speaker-mike use. In contrast, the IC-900190 1 control heads have
This leaves one conductor for all the control no microphone connector.
functions, including PIT! A second microphone jack on the main
FT-4700RH boll, or on an inlme boll on the ISHORT lWAVE I
RADIO MANUAL I
Smart Front Panel remote cable, would simplify the microphone
The FT-4700RH is a very intelligent radio, connection in many installations. I expect that
and much of this resides in two large SMOs I will build some sort of inline boll eventually,
behind the front panel display. Multiplelling although the job will be complicaled by the
switch settings or memorized frequency val- fact that the front panel actua lly contains a few
ues onto a bi-directional serial line isn't all that stages of microphone amplification . Further-
uncommon in modern ham equipment. How- more, since the PTT funct ion is activated by a
ever , you won't find a lot of gear that translates digital code on the serial 110 line, and not a
analog control sellings (vOlume, squelCh, and simple closure to ground, it will probably be
balance) onto a serial line as the FT-4700RH necessary to hook up a logic analyzer in order
does. Call me old-fashioned, but for me the to scope out the PIT code . If Yaesu really
Yaesu 's knobs are more natural than sliders wants to capitalize on its design, it will market
or " up/down" switches, even if level changes an interface boll that permits exte rnal comput-
sometimes seem stepped rather than smooth. er control in lieu of the front panel.
Yaesu supplies a dummy front panel to cov- My FT-4700RH currently rides in a British sim ple. high-
er the hole left by removing the smart one . Ford Sierra XR4ll4 , a close relat ive of the performance old -
This has been sold as an opt ion in the past, but Merkur XR4RTI sedan imported into the US. time shortwave radios!
All of the secrets are
was supplied as standard with my unit. You Current versions of this model have a dash- her e: the circuit diagrams,
often don' t need to separa te the front panel board inset which houses a digital clock , and pa rts layout. coli specifications, con -
from the rest of the rig-even left in one piece this space just happens to accommodate the struction details. operation hints. an d
the FT-4700RH is very compact. If the front control head , with the help of a couple of rub- m u ch more!
This Is a compilation of sh or twave
panel is mounted separately, coun t on fitti ng ber feet and a strip of Velcro"' . The installation construction articles fr om "Short Wave
an exte rnal speaker, too, as aud io that em- looks good, and can be concealed quickly Crqft" magazines publ ished In the 20's &
anates from under the seat will not be very whe n nece ssary. The controls are within inch- 30's. Ir s wall-t o-wall "how-to."
satisfying , Surprisingly , I found no trace of RF es of the steering wheel, and the display is at Included a rc ci r cuit diagrams , photo -
graphs, and design secre ts of all short -
feedback on either band, even at high power the same height as the speedometer and tach . wave r eceiver s bctng m anufactur ed in
sellings . Only an aerospace head s-up display would be 19 3 4 including some o f the most fa -
closer to the forward line of sight. The hand mous: SW -3. the SW -5 Ihrill Box ". t he
Ideas for Improvement mike would be convenient to grab, too, except de Forest KR-I . the H amm url and
"Corne t Pro". and m any more.
The FT-4700RH is just a bit shy of perfect for thai U.K. Jaw prohibits the use of such mikes in Also In cluded ts a new chapter show -
me. There are a few things I wish Yaesu had
done differently . Fo r in stance , t he PO WER
vehicles.
I use a small boom mike, with a PIT switch
tng how you can u se transistors 10 re-
p lace h ar d -to -Ilnd vacuum tubes. You'll
even see uie ctrcun that was lashed
I
switch is sprung softly; a firmer switch would on the gearshift , and a cable that runs up to
toge ther on a tab le top one night using
prevent accidental turnoff when pushing the the mike jack on the cont rol head. This results Ju n k box parts. a hair curler and a lliga-
nearby lOW or 011.1 switches. in a very unsightly loop of microphone cable tor clips. Attached 10 an an- L
The BANO switch is too far away from the jutting out f rom the middle of the dash . I t en na strung across the ba se- 1l"1
tuni ng knob; it should be where the lOW and scoured suppliers on both sides of the pond to ment ceiling and a 9 volt b at - - ..
tery. Signals started popping
DIM switche s are located to allow band switch- find a low-profile rignl-angle eight-pin mike In llke crazy. In a couple of
ing and tuning without excessive hand move- plug , found none, and was forced 10 fashion minu t es an u rgent m essage
ment. Likewise, the DlMR (dial/memory) and my own , using parts from other plugs. II dress- from a ship's captain off Se-
CAll buttons should be closer to the knob. In es neatly and disconnects instantly, since it aute over 1500 m iles away
was heard asking for a navrga-
my opinion , the DIM and l OW switches just has no threaded ring . This aids fast remova ls, tor to hel p him through shallow water!
don't get used enough to rate such big but- helpful when I want to hide the controller be- These small r egenerative receivers
tons. look forward to the day when an owner fore parking in a bad neighborhood . Unfortu- are ex tremely simple. h u t d o t hey ever
will be able to c ustomize his control panel by nately, the sill-wire control cable is not a quick perform! This Is a m ust book for the
experimenter. t he survivalist w ho Is
assigning functions to the buttons he finds disconnect, some thing that the ICOM fiber op- concer ned about ba sic communi cation .
most comfortable.
With the variety of step sizes provided, I was
tic mobiles do provide , shortwave listeners. ham radio opera -
tors who collect old receivers, and j u st
I
surprised that there is no 15 kHz step opt ion . Conclusions about anyone inter est ed In old-time
The set deals well with the normal British 25 The FT-4700RH is a terrific radio! I can actu - ra d io .
Great book ! Fun to read! One of the
I
kHz channelization, but when the next guy up ally drive it and the car at the same lime with- best old -time ra d io books to t urn up in
the band is operating between channels, only out scaring other motorists, let alone the pee- y ears. Heavily illustrated! Order a copy I
12.5 kHz away, there is some breakthrough. pte riding with me. The controls are easy to today! 8 1/2 x I I p aperback 260 pages
I only $1 5. 70 post paid!
With 15 kHz spacing. the signal on the adja- reach, there's no need to switch on the autopi-
cent channel has to be way off frequency, or lot wh ile checking th e frequency, and my
rLi;;d;ay';-Eled'rk"ali;;';s'
wildly over-deviating , to cause a problem on
receive. The supplied microphone on the U,S .
front -seat passengers don't have to share
their knee room with a sharp-cornered boll .
I PO Box 12 -WG9, Bradley IL 60915 I
spec model had a DTMF pad and the usual The rig is inconspicuous, reliable, versatile , I ...J <"lass
r-- Endo5<'d Is $1 ,00. Sr nd "'.. a =p)' of
U nd«ay's El«,ll1("alllooka ("a talO/ol \,a fjrst
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" upfdown" step switches; a band c hange and loud. It'll be burglarproof, too, as soon as I
switch on the mike would be a very useful can devise a quick disconnect for the fronl
I I'> a",.. _ __ _ _ _ I
addition . panel, and some form of dual-band stealth I Addre ss _ ---- I
My major g ripe is a mailer of convenience,
aesthetics, and human engineering. Although
the control head seems like a natural place to
antenna. DJ

contact Bill Mick K3RVN/G0EZZ at P.O, BOll


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connect the microphone, and traditionally 565 MHS, APO NY 09210-5361. Photos by
things have been done this way , I find it mcon- Susann Mick N2HLK.
73AmateurRadio • January,1990 21
- Numb« 9 on your Feedblek e.rd

Painless PCBs
Sheds light on the black art of
designing a PC board diagram
from a schematic.
by Larry R. Antonuk WB9RRT

T he topic of etchi ng ci rcuit boards has


been thoroughly covered in recent ama-
teur literature . Whethe r by use of resist pe n,
Of all the things that you can do to ensure a
successful board , this is the most important.
First and foremost. breadboardin g lets you
four. you' ll be done just as quickly if you put
the dry-transfe rs right on the board and skip
the photocopy step.
d ry transfer, photocopier, Dremeltool. pos i- check for errors in the circ uit diagram. Even For anything even a bit more complex. it's
tive res ist. negative resist , o r whate ve r , each if you got the schematic from someone w ho best to go .....ith the TEC·200 process. Photo
author co nsiders his method to be God's s.....ears it's co rrect. you might be interpreting resist methods are ideal. as long as your
gift to the electronic hobbyist. O ne th ing all something differently than he did. If it' s a brother-in-law at the print shop lets you use
of these anicles have in common. however . magazine article , it will be at least a month the copy camera for free. Until then. or until
is the assumptio n thai you have access 10 a before any error corrections arc published. you sta rt design ing 92- c hip . fou r-laye r
perfectl y designed . flat-black , came ra-ready There 's nothing .....orse than discovering that boards. the photocopier proce ss is just fine.
layout for the board. In other words. some- you made an absolutely correct printed cir- For d iscussion. let's assume we' re design-
one has already take n the time to develop the cuit board from an absolutely w rong scbe- ing a two-chip c ircuit using TEC·200 film.
circuit schematic diagram into a workable PC malic.
hoard layout . and they were kind enough to Developing the Layout
include a copy of it with the article. The overall objective of this stage is simply
But what if the proj ect you wa nt to build to get from the sche matic and/or breadboard
doesn't co me with a PCB layout? Or what if
" ... the photocopier to a complete full size mockup of the board.
you want to mod ify an existing layout? What method is the all-around using dry-transfer (rub on) circuit compo-
if you actually (shudder) designed the circuit nents.
yourself! Is there an easy way to get from the best . . . " The first step is to sketch the board . Any
schematic stage to the PCB stage? type of paper is usable. but tracing vellum is
The answer to this question. like so many best. You can put the paper w ith different size
others. is " Yes! Sort of ...•• The best way to Second. breadboarding the circuit lets you grids on it behind the vellum. and they .....ill
learn to develop a printed circuit design is to test your compo nents. No use soldering a bad show through. Work in pencil. starting with
DO IT. Then do another one. The more you IC into your new board . the ICs . It's usually easier to produce a
do. the easier they'll get. Third. you can check out the use of the " component side" vie...... so visualize the
There are a few guidelines most hobby- circuit in its actual application. Is this mike board as if you were looking at it from above.
ists use. however . ..... hethcr they' re aw are preamp all it's cracked up 10 be? If you use it Plan on having grou nd running around the
of them or not. If follo.....cd, these guidelines for a .....cck on a breadboard, you might decide outside ofthe board. and run the V + and V -
.....ill make the process clearer. more enjoy- to scuttle the whole project . Or even make an paths . Next .....ork with the signal paths. Don'[
able. and more likely to produee a high-quali- improvement or t.....o. .....orry about the relative sizes of resistors and
ty PCB. Finally. the very act of plugging those parts capacitors. just sketch them in place . If you
in on the breadboard ..... iII give you a feel for can't make all of the connections without
Decide on the Project ho..... the completed circuit w illlook . crossing paths. simply sketch in jumpers.
This may seem a little backw ards , but fo r Treat them as real components so you don 't
the first coup le of attempts at PCB design, it's Decide on the Process forget them.
best to chose a project that' s not too compli- Obviously. you need to decide on the type At this point you should have a very ugly
cated. Just because you've al.....ays .....anted a of resist method you are going to use. While representation of your future circuit board . If
I to 1000 MHz/trip le conversion/multi-mode all of the above-mentioned processes have the board is fai rly complex. it may be .....orth
receiver docsn ' t mean that no..... 's the time to their strong points. the photocopier method is resketching a lime or r.....o. to make it cleaner.
stan . Instead , pick a small audio or logic the all-around best for the casual experi- If it's a simple board you can move 10 the next
circuit-mike preamp, logic probe, battery menter. TEC-200 film is .....ithout a doubt the step.
charger. Something w ith one or two ICs that best invention to hit the market since the IC
youcan fini sh in a reasonable amount of time. socket. Using a photocopier. you can make Laytng Down The Pads
Like.....lse. stay a.....ay from RF circuits. espe- iron-on resist patterns .....ith this product. (See Run do.....n to Radio Shack and gel a new
cially those that use stripline components. Tech Tips in the April 1989 issue and " PCBs package of dry transfers. Take your vellum
Save the tricky stuff fo r later. from TEC-200 Film." by K30F. in the Au- pad and put the O. I " grid in place. Grab a cup
gust 1987 issue.j of coffee . Now, before you do anything else,
Breadboard the Circuit Even if you usc TEC-200, you'll have to go through the process of your chosen resist
A breadboard is a circuit board , usually come up .....ith a design to photocopy. The technique in your head. Do it again . Make
made of phenolic or similar material. that has d ry-transfer process .....orks .....ell. but only if sure that you kno..... whether you need a posi-
a grid of holes . Components are mounted you're positive that you need only one board . tive , a negative, a mirror image. or w hat. I
in the holes and .....ired together temporarily, Of course, if you' re only building a 7805 have seen projects .....ith components soldered
usually with hookup wire. regulator circuit with a total parts count of Continued on page 24
22 73 Amateur Radio • January, 1990
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0010 the foi l side of the board-don't skip

73 Review by Steven K. Roberts N4RVE


this step!
For our T EC -200 process we need to work
from the foi l side layout, so we need to re-
verse the component side we just made. If
you used tracing vellum, j ust flip it over and

The Portal System trace ove r the paths . If you used regu lar pa-
per, hold the sheet on a w indow and use the
w indow as a light table.
Once you have the polished foil side sketch
in front of you , you can go 10 work . U sing the
Now you can easily explore ham radio 's 0 .1 - grid. place the rub-on IC outlines in
place near the middle of the board, making
most fascinating on-line forum! sure there 's ample room between them.
Again, if you start i n the m iddle and work
out , you can always make the board larger.
Not so in reverse.

A mateur rad io thrives on information .


There is so much going on technically,
socially, and politically with this complex hob-
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~ o ~L. 0. no' '0 'l'SL1 (00".<""")
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" . .. start in the middle
"."", D' P" ne'pl. 0' Op••• ' ,on ["0 1100' '0"1
by that those who don't make some effort to '"boo [.o ".<"Q.]
COot . . """" '" ","ot., ' 0 •• ("oll. e,j_)
and work out . . . ..
keep up are soon in a bit of a log. ("Just C~"" .... on . "... rt (eo".< "",,)
,.,,_D •• v'<>o ft • • • • •. ; , " "

exactly whallS packet?" a ham asked me at a ".,1'


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4' • • "/.,........ (eo""",,,,,,,,1
\<....... lING (0:011. . "",,]
trade show last week, leaning close so his •• ,
., _ll""'''' ,_., (",,""'..""1 Rub down the power and ground path s,
friend wouldn 't hear the embarrassing cues- ,n, (..,n ••"",,) then start on the components. Now the size is
•• , ....._......... D'~ •• ' va, •• ,. (0:0".",,""1
. . "" TV. ""'" c.'.b.ot,. . (o:o".<"on)
tion .) Magazines help tremendously, for they _. fo <o""•• f,,. In'o on <>tol C.ll. (oOIl.«,,,n) critical. The resistors. etc .• can be measured,
are an edited, packaged collection of articles and the measurements transferred to the lay -
and graphics coupled with ads from the ven- Screen capture of the rec .ham-radio menu. ou t. You may usc a pair of dividers or a
dors who keep our technology alive . Bul whal compass to transfer the dimensions. Or you
if you wanl quick answers to your questions, understep those 01 intelligence). This is the can rub down one pad and hold the part above
feellhe urge to argue about ro-cooe. need the information home for millions worklwide, and it. eyeballing the location of the second pad.
latest Kepterian elements from AM$AT or OX some 01 them are hams. Active hams. whatever work s best for you. Continue thi s
forecasts from the MUF diviners, or just want Inevitably, this makes it a lively playground. process unt il the w hole board is in place .
10 hang around and socialize wi th others? To As you can see from the screen capt ure
some extent , we have our own networking shown in the figure , the topics range from the A Few Pointers
technology for those, but neither real-time on- public perception of ham radio to technical A straight line is indeed the shortest dis-
the-a ir nets nor the packet system have details of specific rigs. Other topics found tance between two pads, but it' s not the pretti-
evolved to the point where they are depend- among the 86 active discussions present on est . All of your components, and all of the
able sources of geographically diverse mtor- 9/13189 included: " KA90's TCPIIP software coppe r paths, shou ld be running either verti-
mation. available!", "SOLAR ACTIVITY NR 35", " In- cally or horizontally. T hat's what the vellum
terference on 2454 MHz", "Double ducky up- pad grid is fo r .
En ter Dataspace date" , "Poor PRQ.34 squelch circuit" , ..Any- Make use of large "ground plane" areas
Online, there are two major categories of one need Macau (XX9)?", and " Transmitting running around the perimeter of the board
ham radio information resources. First, there music for ATV ." and coming right into the active circuit area.
are forums such as CompuServe's HAMNET Mark the areas off with rub-on paths, and fill
and GEnie's RT (radio roundtable), offering The Portal System them in w ith ink . Likew ise, use large areas
moderated bulletin-board and conlerencing There are many sites that carry Usenet for the V + points. This practice helps reduce
systems. They carry ongoing discussions as newsteeos. most of them in closed academic feedback and noise. makes your acid go far-
well as a growing library of downloadable soft- and corporate UNIX environments . But ther, and gives you some space to correct
ware , captured online conferences, reference there's a way to get there from your own PC thing s if you forget an A + or A - wire.
material, reviews, and so on. via TELENET: the Portal System. Portal is a Pay close attention to the points where
The other class of ham-related online con- very user-friendly. brisk on line service that wires leave and enter the board . For some
lerencing is rec.hem-raorc, part of the Usenet provides E-mail, conferencing, and a number reason, it ' s very easy to omit pads here.
(a complex linkage of some 20 ,000 academic, of other services ... with terminal emulator Use large enough paths for the job-power
corporate, and private computer systems support to make the online session brisk. It runs arc wider than signal runs. Don't run
around the workl). Unmoderated, freewheel- has a friendly " local" community, but I'm at- paths too close together -this causes cros stalk
ing , and not even pretending to otler archives, tracted 10 it primarily for the public-access and high voltage arcing . Pads should be the
rec .ham-radio is one of the most dynamic on- Usenet and internet (E-mail) gateway. Best of correct size for their component s.
going discussion forums within the ham com- all, it only costs a flat rate of $10/month plus
Finishin~ Touches
munity. any communication charges (TELENET or di-
It's a bit hard to expla in the network culture- rect dial to Cupertino, CAl. Once the layout is finished. think about
asking you to imagine 20 years ' evolution 01 To sign on to Portal. use your modem to call future expansion. Add a few pads to the pow-
packet doesn 't quite give you the picture. Data- (408) 725-0561 . or make a voice call to (408) er and signal points in case you ever want to
space is a com plex, multilayered not-land 973-9111 for more information and an esn- tap off for another circuit. Decide where the
peopled by ghosts, strangers, wizards, and mate of local charges. To get on the GEnie holes should be for mount ing the board, and
the alter egos of those you know. It' s a place network, use your modem to call (800) 638- put pads there to act as center pu nch po in ts.
with intricate behavioral protocols, obscure 8369, hit HHH when connected,then respond Get some rub-on letters. and mark the power
symbology intended to increase bandwidth or to the U# = prompt with XJM11878,GENIE. connections. sw itch connections, even the
soften harsh words, and harsh " flaming" of On both systems, my electronic ma il address ICs. Make it pretty . Remember, each time it
those who overstep the bounds of decency (or is WORDY. See you in Dataspace! III gets easier and easier! m
24 73AmateurRadio - January,1990
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put will be positiv e. If the difference polarity


is reversed , the output voltage is reve rsed .
Most comparators are very sensitive, and it
only tak es a few millivolt s difference to
produce a maximum output voltage swing .
Note that it' s the voltage difference be-
(ween the two inputs. and not the voltage
from ground (common mode) that's impor-
tant . There is a limit on Ihe common mode
ra nge , but that' s not important right now .

C irc uit Details


Again referri ng 10 Figure I , the invert ing
mper of U2A (pin 2) is biased to about 45
milli volts by R5 and R7 . Thi s voltage is
greater than the non inverting input (25 mill i-

, ,

Audible C ontin uity T est ers


• e


The obviou s adva ntage to such a
tester is the instanta neous ind ication of
continuity (beep) whe n the probes make
contact. You don' t need to hold the
probes on the contacts while yoo tum to
look at an ohmmeter . Usi ng the latter. I Photo A. WYDnv's audible continuity checker
have been fru strated when the probes
wou ld slip off the contact as I turned to look at
the meter.
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ity tester is that you can check for unwa nted Battery power is co mrolled by a CMOS
ci rcuit path s. I usuall y d rag the test probe (complimentary FET) array (U 1 C[).IOO7).
along the sock et o r component pins as I look When C2 is discha rged (by momenta rily
for the intended point. If a short or unwanted touching a test lead to ON) . the P I- 13 will
connect ion e xists . I will hear a beep indicat- drive the N2 gate to 9V . N2 then drives P3
ing continuity . on. and supplies power through pin 12. the
This method is ab o useful for tracing ci r- main ci rcuit.
cuit paths . Ju st put one probe on a counce- Photo B. Speaker side ofme continuity check- If the beeper isn' t used for a while . C2 will
tion , then drag the other probe arou nd the er board . slowly charge. At some voltage. the PI will
board until you hear a beep. This can be start to reduce conduction and allow P2
a real hel p on two-sided boards or to conduct. As P2 conducts, the current
boards with hidden traces. through R2 increases the charging o f
C2 . thereby caus ing pos itive feedback
Circuit Onnic'" and a very rapid po\\er tum-off.
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<U2. LM393) detects the continuity and arc nonco nducting , so battery current
generates an audible tone . Comparators
ge nerate output voltages which com-
, will he only a few mic roam ps. Each
time you make a continuity test . the
pare two inputs . If the minus (inverting) " keep alive" ci rcuit di scharges C2
input is negat ive with reference to the with the rectified curre nt through C l
plus (noninveni ng) inpu t, then the out- Photo C. Component side 0/the continuity checker board. from the output signal.
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go through an awkward keystroke more to build the MFJ Grandmaster. F A X: 60 1·3 2 3 ·655 1 Jndud.· "' h
sequence. It just takes m ore hardware _. knobs
That ' s why matching speed w ith a to turn, buttons to p ress. LEOs to s how MFJ . . . making quality affordable
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73 Review by Sleven K. Roberts N4RVE

Smith Design
1324 Harris Road

The Spect rum Probe Dresher PA 19025


To Order: (2 15) 643-6340
Price Class: $200
(Call for possible qualification
Inexpensive and portable spectrum analyzer. lor special introd uctory offer.)

here's nothing quite like the frequency arcing or mtetmutents, or otherwise peer into
T domain for reveal ing what's going on in a
system. Down in the slow-moving mechanical
rate. 11 you repeat Ihis quickly in synchrony
with the scope trace, you have a spectrum
plot, with horizontal displacement indicating
a signal environment that looks like cluller on
a time-domain scope.
world , Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analyzers frequency and vertical indicating amplitude. Using the unit is simple. A walt transformer
are used to determine the resonance charac- Put an antenna on it, and you have a snapshot (supp lied) plugs into one spur of a split cabte,
teristic s of structures and to help predict fail- of the electromagnetic spectrum. and the ctner plugs into the BNC vertical inpul
ures. In RF systems, high-performance spec- The problem is that most spectrum analyz- of your scope . Set the vertical attenuation to
trum analyzers instantly spot harmonics and ers are expensive-$ 10-$40,OOO from the 50 mV/div, the sweep to 0.5 ms/div, and sync
spuriou s noise. All of this is impossible with major instrument vendors. Isn 'l there a way to negative. The resulting display is logarithmic
trusty time-domain instruments like cscmo- hang someth ing on the front of a cheap oscil- in amplitude, with a range of about 50 dB. II
scopes. loscope to produce the same effect? you touch your finger to tne tip, you see a
A spectrum analyzer is simple in concept. display of AM, Iow-band VHF, TV channels
Just imagi ne sweeping the center frequency A Sp ec t ru m Pl o t -Che ap 2-6, and about half the FM broadcast band.
of a fil ter upwards from a low value, displaying Indeed there is. A new p roduct from Smith Transmit on HF nearby, and Ihe display goes
the amplitude of the s ignal that passes Design looks like a tat scope probe, but actual- crazy. The probe presents a very small lOad 10
through it on a scope that sweeps al the same ly works as a 1-100 MHz spectrum analyzer. It the circu it under tesl-:lnly 10pF, comparable
lacks the features that make the expensive 10 a standard scope probe.
one s a delight to use. There are no cursors to This tool isn't 01 the highesl quality, bu t it' s
give you digital indication of a peak's Irequen- very useful. The evaluation unit was dead on
cy , nor are there controls of any kind other

NOW than those on the scope. Determining fre-


quency with accuracy involves a bit 01 guess-

YOU CAN work and interpola tion (delayed sweep


helps)-but still, it's a spectrum plot . This can

REACH UP TO be incredibly useful it you're trying 10 track


down digital noise, spot strange and unwel-

100 KM WITH A come harmonics, detect impulse energy like

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TI>e ne"'Sl Sy5tems. paramele rs, t",n-ons. t>aressmenl . The Smith Design spectrum analyzer probe.
and co"nle,me as" res bemg "sed b~ a nd agains t c able.
' {OINEOI UIIIY .."eless. and satelMe Operalors. Ne.. orog,nal inlorma·
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PHO'E LINE n .n BuoId Salelol' Syslems Uncle< S600 S12 .95 My arrival, bul the problem turned out to be triv-
:1I'S28 or 6ISU SC.ambl'''lI~''' '-'onlhly U' .9S1yf ial-an intermittent short in the connection to
-MAn MODUS 10 Sllmple S3 SC' 3mllllng Nt ... Y.. r 1 (::'00 ptges)
S22.95 . FREE New FallCalalog' the female 3.5mm powe r soc ke t. The Spec-
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trum Probe's connectors, product packaging.
•MIY IlIOIE UIEO and general construction techniques appear
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ten-c-but in euteirness. this is not pretending
10 be a Hewlett-Packard , It's very well worth its
MEGATRONICS modest price!
i n t e r n a t ional
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1001 il you have a lairly casual but recurring
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A"tl""'as\V~st
on my nex t bicycle trip (along with the creetec
handheld scope) to help sniff out Iogic-gener.
ateo noise problems and ether reekeqe .
I\.... ~·R ""--..-,' llNK6 ROl :l7.1_8U5 There 's certainly enough of that to keep the
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30 73 Amateur Radio • January,1990
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RM-SOA 37 SO 5',. X 19 X 121':1 SO
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RM·12M 9 12 5'1. X 19 X 8'1.. 16
RM -35M 2S 35 5'1.. X 19 x 12'-1 38
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FIS-7B 5 7 4x71':1 x 10"- 10
RS- l0A 7.5 10 4 x 7';" x 10'14 11
RS- .2A 9 12 4'I1 x 8 x 9 13
RS-12B 9 12 4 X 7',1) x 10lio 13
RS-20. 16 20 5 x 9 X 10'" 16
RS-35A 2S 35 sxu xu
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RS-12M 9 12 41':1 x 8 x 9 13
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RS-20M 16 20 5x9x10"" 16
RS-35M 2S 35 s x 11 x 11
RS-SOM 37 SO s xtav x u ""
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The HUS o perates
under your call wi t h
litt le as 29 mA from an
o p tionaI Il KA-2 1·1. OX
simple commands in ternally mourned 4.H
like Send o r W ri te a von. 120 mAh, ~ICAD
mes sage. Kill a message ba ttery.
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32 73AmateurRadio . January, 1990
ruroducing the only The an of Low Power
compact lIT designed for Consumption. With only 46 rnA
you-Heath's new 2-meter required for RX squelched, and 1200
and 450 ....IHz Micro-Deluxe rnA for full 5 watts TX o utput, these
handheld transceivers. new handhelds arc the most efficient
Built designs available. A nine-step
with a battery saver defaults to 22 rnA in
receiver receive, hut life can be further
sensitivity extended, approaching o nly 10 rnA
of O. 1;8 jJ.V average RX current squelched.
for 12 us The art of 5 Watts Power. With
SINAD, the the oplional12V, 600 mAlh battery-
micro-sized pack. the HW2P and HW4P offer full
H\\;'2P or HW4P 5 watts OUI in High. 3.5 watts in
measures a n Medium and 300 mW in LO\v. The
unbelie vable 7.2 V battery-packs (400 mAlh, 700
4-3/8"H x mAih. 1200 mAJh) offer 2 watts in
2-1 /16"'" x 1-1 /4"D. High. 1 watt in .... ted ium. and 300 mW
Battery-packs hinge in Low. The 7.2 V, 700 mAih battery
onto the back of the is included standa rd with the HTs,
unit so the HT retains Full line of HT's. Also new are
the same basic form . the Heath 2-meler and 450 ~ IHz
even wit h the largest Mini-Deluxe handheld transceivers.
capacity banerics. Slip it O nly slightly larger than the Micro-
into your pocket or hook Deluxe HTs , with all the same
it on your belt - no more exciting features.
hassles with bent d ips or Discover the art of small talk, ca ll
tangles with car seatbelts. your authori zed Heath dealer about
Heath's new micro-HTs w ill the complete line of Heath HT's a nd
go anywhere you do. Heathkit station accessories today.
The an of Easy Operation.
Ente r frequencies d irectly from Burgh.rdt Am Center,
the full-function keyboa rd or watestown SO
Del••al1l Amaleur Supply,
QSY from the displayed frequency New castle, DE
via the rotary frequency selector. N. Dlmded Am Radio D. pot,
Scan between two frequencies, N, Olmsted, OH
Scan 1 Mhz o r scan :.111 Portland Rad io Supply,
Portland. OR
except between IWO RF Enterp" s" .
frequencies, Scan favorite Merriliekl. MN
me mory channels (useful Ross Distributing,
for te mporarily lock ing out a Preston, 10
busy channel), scan first ten RU EI.e1ranl" ,
HaminOll.OH
memory channels, last ten or Ttln Towers,
all twenty. All scanning Plano, TX
modes support either Pause The Hamsenee ,
Evansville, IN
Scan (stop on active channel VHF Communlul ions,
then resume) or Busy Scan Jamestown, NY
(slap on active channel a nd
hold), One button Call
channel is a quick way to gel
10 your favorite repeater o r
simplex freque ncy,

H re2P sbou-n actua l size. For your free Heathkit


calalog, call
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Be st to s ta rt with.
Best to stay w ith .
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Numbeor 13 on your FeedbKkcard

73 Review by Jim Bail KAITGA

PC QSO Tutor aso Software


2GB Partridge Way
Kennel Square PA 19348
Tel. (215) 347-2109
Learning is easier when you're having fun. Price Class: $30

S O you've decided to get your ticket or to


upgrade? Do you own or have access to
an IBM or clone? If you answer yes 10 both
weak in. You can also select a sample test like
the one you will take with the Vo lunteer Exam-
iner (my favorite of all the options). The pro-
mentioned sample test option. Each night at-
ter work I take at least three separate tests
(each takes about 15 minutes) and record
questions, then make the learning fun-bool gram keeps a running score displayed on the my score in each category. In short order my
up PC aso Tutor. screen, and, with the stroke of a key, it dis- weakest areas become apparent. I simply
OSO Tutor works on any IBM or clone with plays a breakdown of your score by category. focu s my studies on those areas, then dri ll
256K of memory or more. The screens loo k myself on all of the category pools.
good on either a color Of monochrome monitor. How 10 Use II
The Tutor is menu-driven, so you don't need Thumbs Up
What is aso Tutor? to be a whiz to get around. Pop it in , boot it up, asc Tutor's random generation of ques-
It is an MS·DOS program that includes all of and start your session. The program then tions is more than acceptable. Besides a few
the questions in the question pool for the li- so rts its questions and displays a randomly misspelled words, t he question pool is free
cense class for which you are studying. In its selected question just as it would appear on from distracting errors. It would be nice, now-
simplest form , it serves as a computerized the FCC exam. It tells you immediately ever. if the program would record test scores
deck of flash cards, but to leave it at that would whether your answer is right or wrong, and automatically. asc Software plans to add this
not do it justice. tells you the correct response . On some of the function in future versions, but for now you
aso Tutor takes advantage of the comput- questions you have the option of gelling an have 10 manually track your progress.
er's ability to sort the questions in a variety of explanation of the answer a fter you have aso Tutor is available for all of the classes,
useful ways. The questions are organized into made your choice. each with a second disk that includes sene-
categories that match the chapters in the aso Tutor is NOT a replacement for the manes for the questions that deal with them.
equivalent AA AL study guide, such as Signals license manual. It does, however, serve as All of the license class programs operate in
and Emissions, Electrical Principles, etc. a trem endous complement. I fou nd that by the same patte rn .
When you start a session, you can choose to paying close attention to the questions I Do I recommend the aso Tutor? Heartily,
be tested in only selected categories, all cate- missed, I was drawn to the manual lor yes! It realty motivated me, and it' s a great way
gories, or " auto-w eighted," in wh ich the Tutor a stronger understanding . to test my progress. The learning is a natural
drills you on the categories it sees you are One great example of this is the previously by-product of the lun I am haVing! III

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Number 1. on your Feedbllck",1'd

73 Review by C. L. Houghton WB61GP


ICOM America, Inc .
2380-116thAve. N.E.
Bellevue WA 98004
(206)454-7619
Price Class: $530

ICOM 12GAT HT
Get on a band where there 's still elbow room.

12 •
GHz in a hand-held? There are still
parts of the country where VHF and
UHF repealer allocations are unccncesreo.
the 23 ern operation with 2 meters lor path
loss perfo rmance. Both N61ZW and I used
IC-Q2ATs lor the 2 meter comparisons.
but nOI QUI here in Southern California! Also , Because microwaves often sutter greater
there are advantages 10 hand-held operation path attenuation-especially with organiC
on this band over the lower frequencies-read material (e·9· trees) in the path-than lower
on to find out about them! frequency energy, we weren't surprised at
its reduced range. Wh en the path on two me-
Initial Impressions ters was noisy, contact on 1200 MHz was im-
I was struck by the simple and convenient possible. Additionally, when we tried a path
control layout. II you're familiar with ICOM three miles distant. below tree level (semi-line-
products, you 'll likely be able 10 operate the ol·Sight). contact was not readable on 1200
12GAT right oct of the box . On the lop panel MHz using Ihe rubber duck antenna. (Anten.
are full frequency-setting rocker switches, es- nas were lim ited to the rubber duck lor all
pecially handy since I like to use my HT on my lests.) Also . rapid movement gave a very no-
bell or in a lop coat pocket. The display panel tic eable mutlipath nutte r to the received
and volume and SQuelch conlrols are also con- signal.
veniently mounted on top. Tochanqe frequen- Since microwaves are smaller than two me-
cy on the other HTs.1 had to dismount the HT ter waves , would they more easily pass
to look at the fronl panel. through small apertures? We found this to be
The unit is about 1 inch shorter than an the case. When using a repeater situated
IC-Q4 equipped with an 8.4 volt battery pack. about six mi les Irom both of our locations, it
All 01 my questions were answered by the well did not mailer il we were inside a car or in our
written instruction ocokiet that came with the respective shacks: The results were excellent
rad io. quality. We were able to make contact through
a variety 01 structures I previously thOught
Operating the 12GAT impossible to penetrate. Revertin g 10 2 meters center gave me a pleasant surprise . With
The transceiver has two power levels: 1 for comparison proved the 12GAT better in many different disk drives and other data pro-
Wall, and 0 .1 Watt. Operating with a 13 '0'011 radiating out of the inside 01 cars and other cessors, all generating AFI , this had been dif-
battery package won 't increase the power out- confined spaces, giving a good accounting of ficult for my 2 meter HT , taking il to intermod
put because the internal power modute won 't itsell over shOrt paths. city. There was no such interface problem with
outpul more than one Wall. On the two units I the IC·12GAT.
was given for rest evaluation , both measured IMD?-What IM D1
To properly get into the repeater from inside
rated power output to within 0.2 dB across the We used the WA6ZST 1200 MHz repeater the building, I had to hold the antenna very
entire 1200 MHz band Irom 1243 MHz to 1300 lor the tests. To my surprise, I was able to steady once I located the " sweet zone"
MHz. The radio's specifications guarantee op- access this same repeater from my work providing a good path to the repeater. 1found
eration from 1260 MHz to 1300 MHz, but it will iccancn in downtown San Diego. normally a this spot through trial keying up and checking
actually operate down to 1243 MHz before the shielded location. Signal reports using the my return. This "sweet spot" or antenna
synthesizer unlocks. repeater were very good despite being shield- orientation was a very small defined posi-
ed by the building and by a 200 loot hilltop in tion, and I found many 01 them within a 2 foot
Field Tests the path to the repeater. radius. There were many very small peaks
N61ZW and I made several tests comparing Operating this HT in a very large computer and nulls as I made a vertical movement to
find the best spot. A slight movement would
make my signat unreadable. Holding still
provided very good quality on a aso for 20
minutes.

Special Features
The 12GAT has 20 memory channels and
a priOrity call channel. All 38 subaudible tones
(CTCSS tones) can be programmed with
ease, withOut a chart, because the display
reads the tone frequency instead of a tone
number, This is a nice feature not found even
on the IC.(lxAT series radios. Additionally.
you can equip the HT with an optional UT-40
tone squelch un it to allow it to lunction as
a tone-activated pager. Again. you can sa-
36 73AmateurRadio . January, 1990
DIGITAL VIDEO STABIUZER
REMOVES All VIDEO COpy PROTECTION
lect the tone you wish 10 respond to. This
capability, combined with the battery saver GET RF not
option tha t reduces power consumption to 24 FOR THE NINETIES '.:-,',.
-'" \
rnA, greatly extends its operating time on a 00 '
single charge.
ICOM use s a TNC C08Ki al co nnector for the
antenna on this rad io. This appears to be a Wh il. ..atch i n g 'anta l FEATURES
.....,.;n. you ... notM:. an-
thread-on version ottne BNC connector, but is noying p . fi o d i c color
e Easy 10use and a snap to
rated for use up to 12,000 MHz (12 GHz) with Inslall
dafl<en ing , colO! shift. un-
e TMo be'st and molt eJ«;~ ·
litt le loss. A very important factor at these fre-
quencies!
You can operate the IC-l 2G AT using all
SUNDAY. JAN. 28. 1990
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Number 15 on your Fe-edbaek eard

Color SSTV for the


Atari ST Part II
Cheapskate 's way into the fascinating world of color SSTV.
by John W. Langner WB20SZ

I n Pan I, we went into a liu le bit of the


history and the basics of slow-sca n televi-
s io n, a nd desc ri bed ho w to bui ld a low cost "
no<
h '
.. '
/l r
.
~ .,.
vertical sync of the Ro bot formals .
See Figure 12. The lone generator pro-
duces a crysta l cont rolled. phase cohe re nt
"I h u" ~ .
SSTV inte rface fo r the Ata ri ST . In Part II , ~
IQ'_
, H, ,n• . . si ne wave a nd requires no adjustment . U4
I .. , r . .. . .
I sho w you how to build a high perform - a nd US a rc a programmable divide-by-e
a nce interface for a still-modest amount cou nte r. U6. U7 , and Rio-R l 2 produce an
o f money . approximatio n o f a s ine wave . The output
frequ e ncy is 250,OOO!(256-n l, where n is
Upgr ading the data fro m the co mpute r . Wh en the IwO
Figu re 8 shows the statio n co nfiguratio n most s ig nificant bits a re o nes , the to ne
for the hi gh performance interface . T he generator is turned off. When in tra nsmit
prog ram a lso s upports this interface , wh ich mode. the relay ( K I ) turns o n the transmitter
con nects 10 the MIDI port (see the block a nd substitutes the to ne ge nerato r for the
d iag ra m in Figure 9) . MIDI sta nds fo r Mu si- Pho to C. Atari ST SST V images. m icropho ne.
ca l Instrume nt D ig ital Inte rface . a
sta nda rd for connecting computers Adj ust me nt
and el ectro n ic mu sic a l instru - The demodulato r mu st be adj ust-
ments. T he MIDI port is simply a ed to produ ce the prope r ma pping
serial inte rface similar to a n RS - o f freque ncy 10 voltage. Many co n-
232 modem po rt . Ho we ve r. MIDI st ruc tio n articles s im ply inst ruct
is permanently c o nfig ured for 8 you to whip out you r audio signal
bits pe r c ha racter. no parity. o ne- gene rator. d ig ital freque ncy coun-
stop bit, and 31 250 baud . II a lso ter, d ig ital voltmeter, ctc., and fid-
uses a current loo p rather than a dle with the pot s until it' s right.
bipola r voltage . A MIDI port is Many hams don 't have all thi s fa n-
a vailable as an o ptio n for mosl cy lest equipment. however, so I
home co mputers. II is sta ndard wrote a program called HPIT EST .
e quipment o n the Atari ST . During adjustment, the o utput from
Th e de mod ulato r co nve rts the the tone ge ne rator is connected [ 0
received audio to a video s ignal of0 the de modulator input. The co m-
volts (blac k) 10 5 volts (white), and Photo D . Hig h-pe rfo rma nce interface layout. puter sweeps the tone generator
a positi ve T'l'Lcccmpat iblc sync output across the range of about
signal . I loo k th is pa rt fro m an ea rlie r des ign suitable." Figures I I and 12 conta in the 1000 to 2400 Hz and plots the o utput o n the
in " Co lo r Com pute r SST V , ,. by K6AE P and rest o f the high pe rforma nce inte rface . The screen.
WB8DQT, Parts I a nd II , in Ihe Nove mber computer sends bytes 10 the inte rface through
and December 191H issues o f 73. "These a rti- J I at the desired pixel sampli ng rare . Eac h S i ~na l AnalJZcl'"
cles arc a lso in the ESF re print booklet 103 lime the UA RT (U2) receives a byte . it com- Some people can tune in RTTY and pac ket
(for the add ress , sec refere nce 4 at the e nd of mands the AID co nve rte r (U3) to begin a s ig nals ve ry accuratel y by ca r, but most. my-
thi s article) . conve rs io n. A video signal o f 0 to 5 volts is self included. can't do this. T uning does n't
I wa s not pleased with the perfo rma nce and conve rted to a n e ight-bit numbe r in the ra nge seem 10 be as c r itical fo r SSTV , but a visua l
made some modifications . First . the lo w-pass oro 10 255 . "The UA RT converts this to se rial tu ning aid still helps. The optional signal ana-
filter had a cur-o ff freque ncy o f about 250 form and sends the sample val ue 10 the com- lyzer/tuning indic ator (see Figure 13) has a
Hz . so deta ils were lost. I tinke red with co m- put e r th roug h 12 . 20-segment LED d isplay, each segme nt cor-
po nent values to gel a fai rly flat response out Note the j um pe r connected to the least responding to a freque ncy ra nge of about 70
t o abo ut 900 H z (s ee W 9 NT P a nd significant bit (p in 26) of U2 . In the c urre nt o r80 Hz .
WB8DQT' s Slow-Scan Television Hand- versio n. thi s bit is used fo r the sync s igna l "The HPITEST program has another o ption
book . Chapte r I publi shed by 73 in 1975) and from the de modulator. I pla n in a future fo r calibrating this d isplay . While the com-
a sha rp cut-off above that. Seco nd. the AC vers ion 10 t ry using the full 8 bits to re pre - pule r is ra pid ly cycling the lo ne genera tor
coupli ng in the sy nc circuit d id no t acc ura tely sent a to ne in the range of I (X)() to 2400 betwe e n 1200 . 1500. a nd 230 0 Hz , t he
prese rve the le ngth of ve rtical sync pu lses. so Hz, and perfo rm sy nc de tection in software . pot s a re use r-adjusted 10 pos itio n the d ots in
I made it De-coupled . The modified sche- T h is would allow au tomatic compensa - the desi red localions. A properly tuned sig na l
matic is in Figure 10. O ther SST V demodula- tio n fo r slightly misnmcd s igna ls. and de- appears as a big blu r in the 1500 to 2300 Hz
to rs with com pat ible outpu ts wo uld also be cod ing o f the fo rmat info r mation in t he ra nge (de pe nd ing o n t he pa rticu la r pic-
73 Amateur Radio • J a nua ry. 1990 41

lure) . and as a separate sync dot at But, its few limitation s and
1200 H z . annoya nces are enough to en-
- """ courage freque nt users to up-
O bta ining Softwa re grade 10 me most recent full

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A free demo version of the soft-
ware , with slighlly reduced function-
ality, is ava ilable from Asari Micro-
version. The full version is in-
cluded with the kit from A&A
Engi neering (see Table 4) .
iJ:j]'lljJl till
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" KC5FW. 17/06 Happy Hollow, San
Antonio 1X 78232 (send formaned
Conclusion
Thi s approach is nO! a state
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disk and $2 ), and from AS7VR (Atm i
S T Users on Radio) . GEERAERT
of the art system, but it' s a
great way to try a new mode of
<
Michel , W. Elsscnotlann 21, B-8460 communication with very lit-
Koks ijde, BELGIUM (send two disks tle investment. The total cost
Figure 8. Station tayaur using the high -performance interface. and three IRes. One d isk will be for the low-cost system, fea-
returned to you ). tured in Part I. is only about
Thi s version can send and receive S10 for the interface (depend-
(born color and black & white) . load ing on what's in the junkbox)
pictu res from files. print , manipulate and demo version of the soft -
images. and ge nerate test patterns. wa re . See the add ress fo r

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Fo r more information on

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tio ns fo r Atari compu ters.
tunc in to the nets and sub-
Figure 9. 810(:1.: diagram of high scribe to the pub licat ions in
performance interface. the sidebar listed in Part I.

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SSIV, .. anicle bv K6AEP and WB8D QT. Pans I and II, in the , ,I'
November-and December /984 issues of73. This is the demodulatorfor ,L."" ~'" .J
,
the high -perfo rmance interface.

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performance interface.
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Figure 12. Schematic contain ing IOlle generation fo r the high perfor- Figure /3. Visual signal tuning aid. 0) shows the schematic, and b) is a
mance interface. diagram ofthe LED display.
42 73AmafeurRadio . January. 1990
Re ferences Clearview Drive. Cedar Falls IA
'Sud ing, Robert W0LMD. "8 506 13. $ 10 plus $ 1 post age .)
and 12 second single-frame color Suding formats are not common- Simply The Finest In
SSTV." The Best of A5-Slow ly used now. Batteru Charg ing Equipment
Sea" Television , page 34 . -Schick , Martin K. KA4IWG.
(Rep rint bookl et num be r 103 "Color SSTV and the Atari Com- Quality . . . By Desiqn
from ESF Copy Services, 40 11 puter.': QST, August 1985. IJJ
• il<Jtomlticaly erases meIl'O")'
inlrapld~IJE:SMlY Nicad
ballery \(lID 1~ Wlls
• GreilIIy "' ..... ¥> batlsy We
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Table 4.
• 0Iaf9n.l fadoos. SIl'OIY re-
OIl]9I¥11 the Cbger Never ••
ootdaled
Parts List for High Performance Interface • FlOflt ~ RoI.rf SWItch
(ell;cluding demodulalor and power supply) seects ~ to three doIlefent
USlf mertatIIt SOCl<tte:l ~ GMS 403
C l ,C5 1 IJF electrolytic .~ """'" (3 I'fo!r.... SIoIsI

C2,C3 20 pF mica
• Full THlee Year Warranty
C4 0 .OO51JF mylar • ProYen 8 Year Old Des91
C6-C9
0 1-04
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0.1 IJF disc (5 V to ground)
1N4148
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-.ts . -alo' • Nocall l2"

RapId bul ~ char'Jl! l;yClll


Jl ,J2 5--pin DIN fema le soc ket • il<Jtomalic Shutot1 - nt!1'llf

J3,J4 mike connector of your choice GMS403 O'm~oes tenees


I1l1l1 _ V....l
K1 5V DPDT relay
01 2N2222 • NEW PRODUCT ·
Rl,R3, R4
R2
2200
1k
sere iii LU" tJne P1MJl GMS 40J
except rt can accorrrnor:!;l1e up 10
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R6 ,Rl0,R13 10 k AmUIU ' .s t U •• n u • •
R7 22M II \'OIl OWII a GMS 403. 'I eatI
ea5' ly be user lJWadell 10 a
RS 22 k GMS 40J A by Ofder'"lI 0lIf GMS403A
R9 2.2k Modo.Oe ExleflSolOfl K,I (U Prooram SlOts!
Rll 20k
R12 39k (fi] Control Product. Unlimited, Inc.
R14 5k pot
U1 6N1380ptoisolator 5 Somerset 01" Coatesville, PA 19320 (2 15) 3 83-ii
6 3~9ii5;;;;:.
U2 AY·5--1Ql3A UARl or COM B017P
(pin compatible but does not
requi re - 12V)
U3 ADC0804 AiD converter
U4-U6.Ul0 74HC16 14bitcoun ier
U7 74HC86 quad exclusive OR
US 74HCOO quad NAND gale
U9 74HC04 hell; inverter
Y1 4 MHz crystal
Misc. Items: cabinet
power cord
power switch
IC soc kets
prototype board
5--pin DIN cables (RS 42-2151)

A pair of kits, for the SSTV circu it and a visual voltmeter , are
available from A & A Engineering, 2521 W . La Palma, Unit K,
Anaheim CA 92801 ; PH : (714) 952-2114. The visual voltmeter is
used for the tun ing indicator:

Both circuit bo ards only


116811Sg.PCB $24 .95
Both kits wI circu it boards and program
,f168116g.KIT $124.95
Boards tested an d assembled and program
.t'1681169-ASY $149 _95

Program only
1168-PGM $25.00

Complete kits include PC boards, all components, DIN connec-


tors, and software . They do not include cabinets, microphone
connectors, or cables. The kit requires only a + 12V supply. so
most people can use their transceiver power supplies.

CIIlClf 31:1 Ol'rlItUOfR SERVlCf CUD

73AmateurRadio • January, 1990 43


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i I
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200 warts RF power output; has a l6-second runni ng hear and be heard .. . Like
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- Ox aarc
Suggested Frequencies
TransmltlReceive
ew
Hams Around the World 5SB RTTY
160 none 182511835 + none
Bob Winfl W5KNE que nt c p e- euo ns by LA500 and 80175 3695/3800 + 3505/3525+ none
<;f,ORZ DX LA 1VC . wh o si g n e d 3 Y5DO and 40 705517200 + 700517025+ none
PO Box 832205 3Y1VC , re spe cuve ty . during l h e 30 none 101051101 25 + none
RichardS(}fl TX 75083 19705, did flOl complelely satisfy the 20 14145114200 + 14005/14025 + 14088114090 +
need erttter .
New OX Column! 17 none 18070118080+ none
The announcements of OXpeditions
15 2 1195/21300+ 2 1005121025 + 2 1088121090+
Greetings trc m your new OX editor. 10 Bouvet Island by Club Bouvat and
Wrrtlng aboullhe OX scene is not new m e Leg ion of Ind ianapol is uxers iere
12 none 24905124925 + none
to me , as r have been editing a weekly tast yea r were welcome indeed, Club 10 28295/28450 + 28005/28025 + 28088128090 +
OX bulletin, ORZ OX, since 1983. I' ve Bouvel , represented by Eina r LA1EE ,
oeee an active DXe r since 1976. I've xeere LA2GV . a nd Erling LA6VM , was
worked 291 cou ntries, all CO zones. sched uled to activate lhe island during ateur rad io expedition include me Na- An Adventure 10 Visit
and I've participated in several OXpe- this past Christm a9lNew Vear season, t i o n al Geograph i c Society and The 1.387 nautical mile voyege to
d'liof'ls ar'ld contes t operatiOns. but since Ih is colu mn is being written in numerous universities . lhe island will be aboard the Deep Sal·
My OX operations include VK9YW October, the outcome of thair opera- The amateur radio group plans to vage 101 Capelo wn, Republic 01 South
and XE0KNE in 1987.1 was one of the l ion is not known. land 12 radio operators and operale Africa . Deep Salvage I, a maintenance
eperarcrs at CY9DXX in 1988 and seven stations during a 10-12 day stay and salvage vessel , is 184 teet Ioog
CveDxx In 1989. My other hobby is Com ing Soon on the island. Tha list of operalors in- and 31 1eet wide .
photography, and I enjoy showing my In late September, the Legio n ol lndi- cludes Tom N9AZD. Rusty WooAT, The five-ano-a-hall day voyage to the
OXpeodil io n slides at OX gathering s anapolis OXers announced l heir own B ill KA9 A ND . M ik e W9SU (e xp e- island is scheduled 10 begin on Janu-
around the country. I' m looking for- Bouvat Island DXpedltion, scheduled d i l ion d ireclor ) , Jay WB9L TY , ary 25, with arrival on January 31 , The
ward 10 edit ing this column, and I'm to begin opereuon on February 2. M i k e N E 9 0 , Chip K7JA , M ik e nexl day , the landing tea m will ieave in
open 10 suggestions aboul the content . 1990 , Th is announcemenl culm inated WA9NPM, AI WB90PN, Jim WB9CEP , small inflatable crall to go ashore,
Whal would you like 10 5oo? almosl 2 yea rs of development, ptan- Brian KA90IH , Mike W9RE, and Martti Bouvet Island is one of the mosl lsc-
ning. and negotialions. The Salurday OH2BH. retee and inhospitabl e islands in the
Bouvetilia nd DXped lt lon Even ing Post Sociely and the Saturday All operations lrom tha island will be world. High cliffs surround most 01 «s
Ahar almost a decade of silence. Evening Pos l Magazineof Indianapolis cond ucted wilh the call-sign 3YIB, coa stli ne, and an e xlensive gl acier
Bouvet Island had climbed to the top of is partially sponsoring and organizing During amateur rSdio maritime mo- covers the plateau at its highesl point.
ItIe most-wanted list for the majority ot Ihe effort. The toter cost of the expedi- b ile operations , the call·sign 3VeBlMM Gus W4BP D, in the October 1967 is-
OXer s. The fIrst o peration , by Gu s tion . expected to be a round $120.000. Region 1 will be used. OSLs will be sue of 73 Magazimt. described l he is-
Brown ing W4BPD as LH4C in 1962, is lunded by private corporate in teresls handled by WA9VGY. la nd as resembling .. . . .8 very large
d id lillie 10 whel the voracious appetite and landing leam members. Partici- See l he table for suggesled frequen- chocolate cake with white lrosting on
Of DXers a rou nd the wo rld. Subse- pants in this combinalion sci enllficlam- cies in transm it/receive l ormat. its top side " DI

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March 23, 24, 25,1990


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boxes (call ed the " graticule")
The Tech Answer Man very powerfut troubleshoot ing painted on the screen. If your ver-
tool . Undoubtedly, you 've seen tical input is set for 2 volts per
Michael Geier KB1UM The battery'S own internal resis- other references to scopes, too . division, and the beam cenects 3
7 Simpson Court t ance (everyt hi ng has so me) But with all those knobs and dials. divisions when you connect your
S. Burlington VT 05403 forces the voltage down, because they must be very hard to use, input signal, then you have mea-
it is significant compared to the right? And they must cost a tor- sured 6 volts! it's that simple . If a
Z Matching , O'scopes, very low load resist ance. Try tune, too. They're for laboratory square wave signal requires 4
and Other Matters drawing a circuit with a battery , a scientists, not for you, right? boxes for an entire cycle (Irom left
A few words before delving into resistor in series with it, and then Han! Don't believe it. The truth to right), and your sweep speed is
this month's topic. Folks have another in series with that. The is, scopes are easy to use, and set to 3 milliseconds per division,
been writing in, and I'd like to ask first resistor is the baltery's inter- you can probably find a decent then the wave has a period of 12
a favor regarding correspon- nal resistance, and the second is one lor little money at the next milliseconds. To get the Irequen-
dence: Please DON'T send a self- the load . If the first is one ohm and hamfest. But what the heck does a cy, just divide 1 by the period. In
addressed stamped envelope in the second is 100 ohms, you can scope really do? this case, the answer is about 83
expectation 01 a reply. Although I see that there won' t be much A sco pe is a fast elec t roni c cycles per second. II's important
occasionally do try to help via re- voltage drop across the one ohm graphing machine. It displays a to note that , in general, scopes do
turn mail, it's usually not possible. resistor . II, however, the load is 1h simple graph of voltage over a pe- not offer the precision and accura-
I'll do my best to get topical leiters ohm, then the one ohm resistor riod 01 time. Th e spo t on the cy associated with fr eq uen cy
into the column. will cut the voltage going to the screen sweeps Irom left to right, counters and digital mullimeters.
This month's column locuses load down quite a bit. over and over again, and moves The scopes typically have error
on troubleshooting modern solid So, if the source resistance is u p and down in rel ation to a specs ranging from ±3% en up to
state gear. Along with that goes greater than the load resistance, changing voltage coming from the ± 10%. But they allow measure-
some background on basic elec- the voltage across the load wilt circuit being tested . II's just like ment within complex waveforms,
tronics and test equipment. I can't drop, even though the cu rrent will the X and Y coordi nates of a paper somet hing no other instrument
be of much help with tube rigs and be at maximum. But what about graph, only faster. can offer.
amplifiers, tuners, feedlines, etc. the other way around? If the load Your scope lets you eavesdrop
Also, I'm not the one to contact resistance is higher than the on any point in a circuit. WOrking Picking One
regarding antenna matters. as I'm source, the voltage will be fine but without one is like painting blind- Scopes come in many varieties
no expert on skyhcoks and (gasp!) and price levels. Although some
don't even like the things. Please laboratory instruments (especially
refer antenna questions to 73. those with digital storage capabili-
ties) can cost thousands of dal-
Matchmaker, Matchmaker lars, there .are plenty of low-cost
Howard WB 0JWN wrote asking
" Power (wa t ts) is units Irom which to choose. The
that I discuss impedance match- the product of current (amps) first step, as with any equipment
ing and efficient power transfer. purchase, is to ev al uate yo ur
Why does a matched impedance and voltage. " needs.
result in the greatest efficiency? The most important price deter-
Lots of arcane math will prove minant is bandwidth. How fast will
the point, but iI's easier to explain the signals you want to display or
using common sense and a basic measure be? The bandwidth is
understanding of Ohm's law . specified in megahertz (MHZ). A
When we talk of power transter, not all the current available Irom folded-it can be done, but it' s low-cost unit may have only a 5
we mean it in the literal sense: the source will be flowing into the hard . Detailed interpretatio n of MHz bandwi dth , whi ch can be
transfer of watts. not volls or amps load. Either condrtron results in the scope's display is an acquired quite limiting in radio work. With
alone . Power (wails) is the less than optimum transfer 01 skill , but gelling fa miliar w it h such a unit. you wouldn't, for ex-
product of current (amps) and watts from the source to the load. the basics of scope ope ration ample, be able to see the 10.7
voltage. If you have, say, ten watts W he n the resista n ces a re should n't take mo re than an MHz IF signal in an FM receiver.
01 power, it could be 5 volts at 2 matched, however , t he voltage evening or two. Nor would you be able to see the
amps, 20 volts at 'h amp , or 1 volt drops across the source and load The controls on most scopes output of a 10 meter rig. A better
at 10 amps. Any way you suce it. resistances will be equal. The are grouped according to their choice would be a 25 or 40 MHz
iI's still 10 watts . maximum current that can flow, functiOns. Near the screen, you bandwid th , which wo uld cover
Since power is amps times without dropping more voltage at will find adjustments for bright· most frequencies 01 i nte rest.
volts, the maximum power will be the source than at the load , will be ness and focus. Near the input Such scopes can be had new for
trans ferred when the maximum flowing. In other words, the most jacks (where you connect the sig- around $500.
current flowing through the load walls will be t ransferred . AC nals to be displayed) are controls Many mid-priced scopes have
coincides with the maximum impedance, 01 course , is a more which size the veneer motions to dual trace capability. This func-
voltage across it . If you've ever complicated phenomenon, but make them fit the screen. Another tion lets you view two signals at
played with a battery or a power the basic idea is the same: to max- group 01 controls sets the time it once so that you can examine the
supply. you know that there is a imize the voltage across, and cur- tak es fo r th e beam to sweep relationships between them. It's
timit to what it can deliver. Alter rent llowing through, the load . ac ross the screen . Alo ng wit h very handy for working on circuits
all , it is a finite source of energy, That's why a 50 ohm transmitter these are adjustments for the trig- which involv e feed back loops
so it's got to give up at some point. output delivers the most power to ger, which makes the beam begin be cau se you can see c auses
When you try to pull too much cur- a 50 ohm antenna, and a 600 ohm sweeping at a consi stent point and results at the same time. For
rent from it by connecting it to a mike works poorly into a 50,000 alo ng th e inp ut wave form , t o mu ch g e nera l trou b l e sh oot -
load with a very low resistance, its ohm mike input. provide a stable display. ing work, though, you can do with-
voltage begins to drop , even while Whew! Compared to that. the You can use your scope for out it.
it's giving all the current it can. next topic will be easy. measurement as well as simple Nearly all modem scopes have

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triggered sweep . That is , the y general electronics magazines. a sco pe as you would a televi- take that rig i n du ring bruta l
withhold the sweep until triggered They are all solid state (exce pt, 01 sion set. weather , o r get another radi o
by the incoming signal. It's a very course, for th e cathode ray tube) . Expect to pay $50-$300 for a more suited to your climate.
important function; avoid the old- If you can afford a new one , buy it. good used scope, depending on
er " recurrent" type scopes which That way yo u'll be guaranteed its capabilities. It's helpful to know Dear Kaboom.
req uire manual sweep synchro- years of trouble-free ope ration. Af- the appro ximate value of a new , My Yaesu FT-757GX was re-
nization. ter all, if your scope quits, you similar model, so read the ads be- cently repaired, after experienc-
Advanced scopes off er a de- won 't have a scope with which to fore you go. You don't want to pay ing a problem with sideband se-
layed sweep functi on . This lets fix it! $300 for a 20 MHz unit when you lection. Now I get a terrible SWR
you pick any point on the incom- You can find good scopes at could get a bra nd new one for on 10 meters in my car, even
ing waveform and expand it to hamfests , but be careful. Avoid $350. though other rigs connected to the
liII the screen, even if it is not old tube unit s. Most of them are Now. Jet's look at some etters. same antenna show a 1:1 match!
the point from whi ch the sweep more than 20 years old, and they The '757 works fine in the shack,
was triggered . It ' s very useful are likely to have problems. l ook Dear Kaboom, and I can cure the mobile problem
lor video and digita l work, but has instead for a smaller solid state I just installed an fCOM fC-228H by adding lots of coax to the an-
lillie use for most radio appl ica- scope . If at all possible. lind an 2 meter rig in my car. The manual tenna system. But it used to work.
tions, where the signal is very electrical outlet and plug it in. The says " never use or store at a tem- What gives ?
repetitive. trace should be well focused , and perature below + 14 degrees F. "I Signed,
Very advanc ed scopes have the sweep should be stra ight and live in Vermont, so I'm worried. Myst ery Box
d igital lu nct ions like wav eform clean when the vertical input con- Will this rig survi ve th e win -
storage and numerical measure- trol is turned to its least sensitive ter? Signed. Dear Mystery,
ment. With such un its, you can pos ition . Try turning the sweep .rr" This is an obscure one, all right.
" g rab" a signal , exam ine it , speed down in th e millisecond I'd guess that something in the
perform precise measurements range and touching the input con- Dear Brrrr, rig' s output filler lor 10 meters is
of voltage and lime on any part nector with a screwdriver or piece M anu fa cturer s go 10 great broken, and the unlucky combina-
of it, and even, in some cases, of wire . You should see an AC lengths to present their produc ts tion of its inco rrect reacta nce and
save it on a computer disk! Such wav eform that loo ks somewhat in th e best possible light . So, the length of your mobile co ax is
instruments are generally ou t like a emeweve, alth ough it may when they inform you of a limita- doi ng you in. If it used to work and
of our price range, and most of have various wiggles in it. At least tion, you'd best believe it! Low- now doe sn't, it' s golla be broken.
t he t im e we don 't need them you'll know that the vertical ampli- temperature limitation s are usuat- Send it back to Yaesu and tell
anyway . fiers are working. Iy the result of cha racteristics of them it started when you got it
If you do wi nd up ha ving to some of the materia ls used in the back.
Making the Buy fix your scope, be especially care- radio. The problem could be as Have a tech question? Send it off
There are lots of mid-priced ful, as very high voltages are used simple as brittle plastic , or as seri- to " Dear Kaboom " at the above
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Number II on your FftdbKk e,reI select be tween only H O '-.
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two crystals. If you opt ~. 12

lor a selector switch,


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just make th e connec- • " J
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Low Power Operation short as possibte. T"O U O

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'T'HO

Mik.e Bryce WB8VGE will provide a nice peak in output In Figure 1, see the
T
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2225 Mayflower NW power. The PA transistor is quite three points mark ed Figure 2. Alternative low-pa ss filter lor greater
Massillon OH 44646 common. You can get by with just X, Y, and Z (abo ve
attenuation of harmonics.
abou t anythin g, provided you and to th e lower left of
Thirty Meter keep somewhat close to the speci- 2N4036). Depending on how you crystal, and a wattmeter. Turn the
QRP Transmitter ncaucos of the 2N3553. A 2N3866 configure these three points, op- receiver on, tuned to the crystal's
Thirty meters is a grand band will work as wett, as will most PA eratiOn will be slightly differen!. By frequency . After checking your
lor working QRP. In fact. I was on t ransistors from defunct CBs. connecting points X and Z, the os- work, apply power to the transmit-
30 meters the other night working The resistor across the a-te rn cillator will be keyed along wi th ter, With the output terminated in-
quite a lew stations with 3 walls link 0 1 T1 swamps the input 10 the the final. Connect points X and Y, to a dummy load, key the transmit-
from the Argosy. I also worked a PA transistor. Depending on the and the oscillator will run aU the ter. Tune the trimmer capacitor in
station running 1 watt, crystal con- final you decide to use, you may time. Use these points if you have the oscillator for the best concoct
trolled. He had such a fine-sound- not have to use R1. Or you might a chirpy crystal (i.e. a crystal Ihat maximum power and good sound-
ing signal, I decided to give the 30 just want to increase the value a doesn't key on and off rapidly) or ing tone. Depending on the crvs-
meier band a crack with a home- littl e, II th e final runs away, you want to operate a direct conver- tal, final transistor chosen, and
brew transmitter. can reduce the value of R1 to set- sion receiver from the oscillator. the supply voltage, you should be
Tracking down a good, worK- tle the finat down. This little circuit should work up to able to get anywhere from 1 to
able 30 meter transmitter turned Two output filters are shown, 10 meters, at which point it would almost 3 watts of RF out 01 the
oul to be rather easy . I wanted One is a simple, single stage cir- be best 10 leave the oscillator run- transmitter. Tune the VXO , Notice
something simple, easy to tune, cuit, and the ot her is a dual filte r ning all the time and j ust key the t he fr eq u enc y change as you
and req uiring no special parts. (see Figure 2). I used the dual filte r final. Otherwise, connect point Z move the VXO capacitor.
The result is shown in Figure 1. for better harmonic attenuation. to X for normal operation. That's about all there is to
Only three active devices are Remember that just because RF The DC switch transistor sup- it! You 'll find thirty meters a
used. As a matter of fact, you power is low, it doesn't give you plies 12 volts to the final and to the great band for working QRP . I
might have seen the basic sche- the right to send out a dirty signal. relay con trol. Ne xt month we' ll use myYaesu FRG-7 receiver and
matic before. It is a well thought- The crystal should be an AT cut, disc uss th e relay co ntro l. Th e the tran smitter for 30 meters.
out circuit. Not much can go HC25U case style, 30 pF loading transmitter will key by taking the While the FRG·? is no gleaming
wrong. type. This wilt allow for maximum KEY line (lower right 01 schematic) bandit on 30, the setup works
let's take a closer look . The os- amount of VXO swing. You could, and pulling it 10 ground. The 0.1 quite wel1.
cillator is crystal comrcuec. A van- 01 course, use the older FT-243 ~F caps add a bit of shaping to the To " spot" the transmitter so t
able capacitor and coil form a style of crystal, but you won't get CW envelope, to hel p avoid key coul d find the frequency on the
simple network to "warp" the much, if any, VXOswi ng out of the clicks. FRG·7, I connected a momentary
crystal's frequency a bit. Depend- crystal. I bought my 10.100 MHz I built my version on copper- DPST switch between points X
ing on the crystal, you should be crystal from Crystek Crystals, PO coated Radio Shack perfboard . and Y. You want to wire the switch
abte to get about 2 to 4 kHz worth Box 06135, Ft, Myers, Florida, You can change some values and to remove power from the PA
of frequency spread . I've had 33906-6 135; (800)-237-3061 . still end up with a working unit. while supplying it to the oscillator,
some rocks that really moved for The VXO can only raise , not You can use a 9.1 volt zener diode A diode, 1N4001 , in place of the
me, and others that were, well, lower , the fre quency. The 10.1 in place of th e 8 volt unit, and al- jumper between points X and Y,
" roc k solid ," MHz rock should give control up most any N PN transistor lor the with a simple $ PST switch, should
to 10,104 or so . A second crystal. oscillator. The DC switch should work as well . At least, as long as
The Oscillator a bit higher, would give almost be capable of handling the current you keep the VCC from the PA
The oscillator transis tor is a 100 percent coverage of the most for th e final, and the 2N4036 does when you operate the spot switch.
2N2222 (what else!). Notice the 8 popula r frequ encies, I on ly had a very good job. Don 't use a leaky, Th is wiJlturn on the osci llator with-
'0'011 zener diode on the base of the one roc k, and therefore did not out of spec junk box device for the out turning on the linal. Therefore ,
transistor. This supplies a regulat- worry about frequency SwitChing, 2N4036. you can find the crystal's frequen-
ed voltage for the oscillator, The You could use a rotary switch and cy without causing QRM on the
60 pF trimmer across T1 tunes the select between different crystals, Tuning Up band.
circui t 10 resonance. This trimmer or as 1wi ll do later, use a relay and This requires only a receiver, a Next month I'll have QSK and
stdetone circuits working on a 30

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Customizing Surplus Crystals

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send the schematic, PCB loil dia-
gram , and parts placement dia-
gram to me so the rest 01 us can
Figure t. Schematic lor the 30m QRP transmitter. benefit. Grinding acrystaJ, howev-
52 73 Amateur Radio • January, 1990
er, may be the fastest way to go. slightly on the crystal.
The war surplus crysta ls in the FT·
243 cases can be found just about
Clean the crystal wi th some al-
cohol and pat it dry, being careful
HIGH PERFORMANCE
anywhere. Prces ra nge fro m nick·
ers and dimes to dollars. If you find
not to touch the face of the crystal
with your fingers. Reassemble the
PRESELECTOR·PREAMP
an FT-243 rock close to the fre- crystal into the holder. Inse rt the The solution to most interference, intermod, and desense
quency but lower than what you crystal into your oscillator test Cir- problems in repeater systems.
wanted , you 're in luck! Grind ing cuit and measure the frequency. If - 40 to 1000 Mhz tuned to your frequency
crystals raises their frequency. too low, take it apart and repeat - 5 large reucer resonators
- Very high rejection
You ca n easily find what you the grinding operation, then lest it - t ow noise-high overload resistance
need to custom-make those sur- again . Using this m eth od , you -8 db gain-ullimale rejection }80 db
plus crystals. You 'll need an abra- srouio be able to gel with in a few - GaAs ret option (above 200 Mhz)
sive, such as cornet cleanse r or cycles of what you want. -c eet aluminum enclosure
baking sod a: a frequ ency counter If you overshoot and grind off Typical reJf1Ction: - N, BNC, and 50239 connector options
too much, you can slow the crystal ± 600Khz @ 145 Mhz : 28db
or general coverage receiver :
± 1.6 MhZ @ 220 MhZ:40db (44db GaAs) ±20 Mhz @ 800 Mhz: 65db
some alcohol and Q-tips; a sheet down by ru nning a number 2 pen- ± 5 Mhz @45OMhz:5Odb(6OdbGaAs) ± 20 Mhz @95OMhz:7Odb
of glass: and a lest circuit to check cil across us face. Don't over do it!
the freq uency of the crystal . Too much lead and you 'll ruin Ihe
Check the frequen cy of the cry stal.
crystal first. Make sure you wash Grinding your own crystals can - Up to 8 EPROM programmed messages
your hands to rem ove exc ess be a lot 01 fun. Now there 's no °Adjustable audiO, speed & interval timer NEW
body oil. After you determine the reason for not bu ild ing the 30 me- 0" 10 over voce inhIbit" Model
frequency of the crystal, re move Ier transm itter in th is month's - l ow power oplion 1[)..2B
- Modular design
the three sc rews holding the case QRPcolumn .
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together, and open it up. TTL levels
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The crystal looks like a piece of -see:2.7 _ 2.6_ 0.7"
fro sted g lass . Re move it very Still looking for mods for the The to-28 provides required station identlficalion without Iroublesome
carefully. Next , take a piece of third ed ition o f t he Hot Water diode programming. The " 10 over voice inhibit" circuitry allows IOf cour-
gla ss and lay it flat on the lable. Handbook, especially for the HW- teous operation by not allowing an 10 until the next squelch closing.
Pour about half a teaspoon of the 9 . If you're modifying the HW·9,
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Radio Direction Finding


Joe Moell, PE, K00V out ret uning . Ant enna s do not
POBox 2508 have to be resonant for prope r
Fullerton CA 92633 RDF operation.
The SuperDF VHF antenna set,
Secrets of with 18-'12 " whips spaced 22-'12 "
Success on Six apart , is spec ified to work down to
Last month I told you why 6 me- 50 MHz. It works fine on 2 meters,
ters is an excellent band for but it doesn' t generate enough OF
T-hunts. Surplus equipment is in- tone on 6 meters. I couldn't get
expensive. You may already have good bearings with it, so I bui lt
a scanner that covers the band. another an tenna unit especially
I showed how to build a simple for 6, with longer elements spaced
loop antenna, as used successful- 48" apart. It worked much better.
ly by several hu nters in tne month- If you wish to build a 6 meter
ly hunts on 50.3 MHz FM spon- antenna set for your SuperDF,
sored by the Southern California K6BMG cautions you to be sure to
Photo A. You can get good 6 meter T-hunt performance and work some
Six Meter Club (SCSMC). This use a metal boo m between the DX with a full-size quad, if you have a vehic le big enough.
month I' ll tell you about "secret whips tor good performance. Th e
weapons" that advanced e-me ter SuperDF performs best on verti- SuperDF hunters. John Wendt
hunters use . cally potarized FM signals. The re- WA6 BFH an d Merrils Scheffer Shrink Your Quad
ceiver must be tuned exactly to N6PON have won several 6 meter A full -size quad on 6m? The ele-
The SuperDF on Six the hider's frequency to prevent hunts usi ng a lull-size , 2-element ments are ove r 4-11, ' on a side.
The Super OF by BMG Elec- RDF errors d ue to receiv er IF/dis- quad in the back of a pickup truck. That 's too big and heavy for me!
tronics, revie wed in Homing In crimina tor respo nse characte r- Merrils drives, and John sits in Fortunately , n' s po s sib le to
last November, has the advan- istics. the truck bed to turn the quad " s hrink" a q uad si gnificantly
tage of be ing a very wideband sys- (see PhOto A). Rain makes hu nt- while maintaining good directivity.
tem. Connected to an extended Quads on Six in g t h is wa y un c omfortabl e , WA60PS and I have had our
range FM scanner, such as the Over the years, 6 meter hunt ers though, so now they usually ope r- share of wins with the antenna
Regency MX-7000, it can hunt using quads have done better, ate w ith t he quad o n a m ast shewn in Photo B. It is an adapta-
over a wide frequency range with- on average , than loop and through the roof of a large van. tion of a shru nken quad design for
2-meter on-foot hunts (see Moell
and Curlee, Transmitter Hunting:
Rad io Direction Finding Simpli-
fied, TAB Books 12701 , pp. 173-
176 . A va i la ble f rom ueere
Wayne' s Bookshelf]. Capacitive
loading tech niques result in a
quad with element dimensions 0n-
ly about hall as large as t he
WA6BFH quad .

Build the Sh runken Quad


Figure 1 shows ccnsmcuon de-
tails of the smaller quad . SChed-
ule 40 PVC pipe (thick wall) is suit-
able for the mast and boom . I used
~" wooden dowel ro d lor t he
spreaders and AWG 18 enamel-
covered solid wire for the ele-
ments on my experimental model.
However, fiberglass rod spread-
~ [ H(C Ttl ~
ers and copperweld wire would
SC>o( 'UT,C
make a much more rugged quad .
The capacitors are miniature pis-
ton trimmers. Don't use air vari-
ables because dirt and moisture
on them will upset the critiCal tun-
ing of the elements.
Cui a 22-%" PVC pipe for the
driven element half of the boom,
O ~, ~ [ ~ and a 26-11. " pipe lor the reflector
(If ..[ t<T
se-e....'c side. Drill holes at right angles for
t he s preade rs, being sure to
space th e ho l es so t h at the
spreaders are just touching inside
Figure' . Construction details for the 6 merer shrunken quad. See text for additional dimensions . the boom. The point of contact of
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secure the trimmer capacitors in- source should be in the clear,
side the ends of the boom. Orient away from large objects, such as
the capacitors so that they can be houses, trees, power lines, and
adj usted with a sc rewdriver from ot her vehicles.
below . Co mplete the assembly by A load ed antenna such as this
installing a 1 0 ~ extension on top, has a high Q. Its bandwidth for
with taut nylon fishi ng line sup- good directivity is qui te narrow.
1/ ports to keep the boom from flop- Tune the an tenna at t he exact
ping up and down along the road. hunt frequency. If you change the
Bolt the two boom pieces into hunt frequency more th an 100
the PVC cross fitti ng to allow dis- kHz , retune it. W ide spacing mini-
assembly for storage and tran s- m izes interaction between th e ere-
port. I secured everythi ng else mente. but can't eliminate it en-
with hot melt glue to allow furt her tirety.

- 1,
ex perimentation and cha nges ,
but two-part epoxy would be more
To tune the antenna, first re-
move the renecto- from the PVC
durable. Lace the loading wires cross and set it aside. Aim the an-
securely to the spreaders and tenna at the si gnal source and
tape the RG- Sa teeoune to the tune trimmer C1 for a peak on the
I mast and boom.
The balun mini mizes distortion
g-meter. Hand capacitance will
ettect the adj ustments, so over-
of the pattern by the teeonne. The t une if necessary an d always
Photo B. This shrunken quad finds 6 meter transmitters just as well as a
sleeve is a length of braid from an move your hand away to check
full-s ize quad. but it 's only half as large,
old piece of coax . Make a small results. Next, put t he reflector
spreaders is 1" from each end. cumference is 120 " and the re- cut in the coax jacket 37Y2 · from back on the quad, point the anten-
This gives 48- V. " element spac- lIector c ircumference is 123 " , the driven element end 10 ex pose na a way from the source, and
ing and proper balance when the Carefully distribute the wire be- th e braid . Connect t he added caref ully tune C2 for a null on the
two boom pieces are fitted into the tween the spreaders so that the sleeve to the coax braid at this s -meter. Turn the quad back to-
3/. " PVC slip-type cross fitting. four quarter-wavelength spans 01 point and smooth it out over the ward the source and repeak C1 ,
Cui the spreaders 43 " long for each element are equal in length. jacket . Cut it oH a quarter inch without removi ng the renector this
the driven element and 44 " tor the When the loops are strung. add from the driven element end, mak- time. Repeat the sequence as
reflector. Drill small holes in the the loading wires and capacitors ing sure it does not contact the necessary until no further im-
spreaders V. " from each end lor as shown. For ruggedness , drill RG-Sa fe edline shield a t that provement is seen.
the element wire. When assem- small holes in the ends of the point. Put tape over the ends of A coax switch and a whip anten-
bled, the driven ele men t wire cir- boo m for the load ing wires , and th e sleeve to keep It in pl ace and na sho uld be included in yo ur
prevent shorts . setup if you need to be able to
Even at the reduced size , this transmit. A quarter wave whip on
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mast through a veh icle side win- performance of the shrunken
dow. You would be inviting a ticket quad. Don't forget to include an
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The antenna as shown is for size 2-element quad, but it has
vertical pol arization . Thediamond more gain than a mobile Whip and
orie ntation prevents detuning much better sign al pickup than a
caused by interaction with th e ve- small loop. O n one recent hu nt , all
hicle's roof. For horizontal polar- the loop users strugg led to eke out
ization, rotate each element 90 enough signal to get an initial
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have a PC, the AIO board can op- only ran on a PC or similar com-
erate stand-alone. Just feed the puter). With its abili ty to accept
board a diet of clean and regulat- and use up to 512 Kb of RAMI
ed + 5 VDC and it is happy to do ROM, the DE-56 is truly the next-
Latest in Digital Hamming your bidd ing sans PC . (It also generation TNC .
need s a source of ± 12 VDC if you Pac -Comm demonstrated a
Brian Lloyd WB6RQN land . Germany, Netherlands, and want to use an RS-232 connec- new , very tiny TNC-2 wo rk-alike.
5712 Stillwell Road Swaden) . Au thors wrote and ucn.j Pac-Comm's new TNC is about
Rockville MD20851 presented 29 papers covering ev- Kantrorncs displayed two truly the same size and price as the
erything from applications to revolutionary devices: a radio de- Heathkit tiny TNC but it offers
Two Enlightening modems. The Rocky Mountain signed lor packet operation and a some significant advan tages over
Packet Conferences Packet Radio Associ at ion (RM. high-speed TNC. The radio, the the Heath prod uct. First, the Pee-
Last autumn I attended both the PRA) did a first-rate job in organiz- DVR2-2 , is a two channel crystal- Comm TNC comes stock with a
TCP/IP Interoperabilily Confer- ing the conference. controlled rig that operates on 2m 550 mAh battery pack that will let
ance (INTEROP 89) and the annu- and produces 2W of RF output. It it operate for many more hours
al ARRL Computer Networking New Commercial Products was designed from the ground up than the Heathkit TNC using its
Conference . What I have seen at The major packet manufactur- lor packet radio. In addition to its optional battery. Second, the Pac-
these two event leads me to be- ers , (e.g. AEA, DRSI , Kantrcnics, very high speed T/R switching, Comm TNC will support the KISS
lieve thai 1990 is likely 10 be a and Pac-Comm) showed signifi- the DVR2-2 has direct access to protocol necessary to use the
watershed year lor packet radio. cant new products that will raise the discriminator and the modula- TNC w ith the more advanced
INTEROP is an academic con- the performance 01 packet radio tor for optimum signal quality. It packet programs . If you are into
ference and commercial trade by at least an order of maqnitude . can be used without modification portable pac ket this will be a wet-
show oriented towards "internet- Bdale Ga rbee N3EUA had the with the 9600 bps modems that come product.
working " different types of com- new PK-186 packet switCh that are now available. The DVR2-2 is
puter systems. INTEAOP is signif. AEA will be releasing (probably housed in the same package as New Amateur-Built Radios
icanl l o packet radio because the by the time you read this) . The the KAM . The suggested retail Radios seemed to dominate the
ideas and tech niques displayed PK-186 is a high performance, price is $199.95, but I am sure that convention. It seems that packe-
there will ultimately trickle down to tour-pe rt packet switch . Each port it will be discounted by the mail teers have gollen the message-
amateur rad io. The path works of the PK-186 is capable of over order dealers. that the radio is just as important
both ways-experimentation in one megabit per second (1 Mbps) The new Kantronics TNC is as the TNC . aoete Garbee
amateur packet radio has had a throughput. Just the thing tor a called the DE-56 " Data Engine." N3EUA was there with the 10 GHz
sig nificant effect on the Internet. high-speed, mountaintop packet This is a three port (two radiol transceivers that he and Glen El-
(See the sidebar for a quick de- switch! modem ports and one computerl more NOON designed and built .
scription of the Internet.) DRSI was on hand showing term inal port), high speed TNC . Fresh exper imentation has
At this year 's INTEROP Ph il their Awesome I/O (AIO) board de- The radio ports are guaranteed to pushed the speed of these mi-
Karn KA9Q , Br ian Kantor signed by Mike Cheppoms K3MC. operate at 56 Kbps and probably crowave packet transceivers up to
WB6CY T, Mike Cheppon is The AID board is a four- to ten -port faster (my guess is th at they 10 Mbps. That's right: ten MIL-
K3MC, and Kevin Rowett N6RCE packet radio board designed to lit should work at speeds in excess LION bits per second, or about
attached the local area packet into an IBM-PC or clone. The AIO of 250 Kbps) . 10,000 times faster than our cur-
network in San Jose to the Inter- board is in many ways similar to At the heart of the DE·56 is a rent TNCs. These transceivers
net using the KA90 Net program the PK-186. The first four ports are NEC V-40 microprocessor . This are perfect lor a high speed pack-
and a couple of WA4DSY 56 Kilo- designed fo r high speed (> 1 means that the DE-56 is essential· et bac kbone.
baud modems. (See the October Mbps) operation. The optional six Iy an IBM-PC in a KAM-sized box Kevin Rowett N6RC E a lso
1989 issue of 73 for a description additional ports are designed for (no , it is not a PC but it can poten- talked about the high speed digital
of these mooems.j Th is demon- low speed (300, 1200, 9600 bps) tially run the much more powerful radios that he and Glen Elmo re
strated to the internet community operation. For people who do not packet software that , up to now, NOON have designed and tested .
the advances in ama teur packet These are comple te radios that
radio networking and allowed the operate at either 900 or 1,200
local packet community to get a The ARPANET/lnternel MHz. They will transmit cata at
taste of what " real" computer net- The Internet is the wore's first and largest packet switching com- speeds up to 500 Kbps . Unlike the
working is like. The results were puter network, consisting of over 20,000 computer systems. Activat- 10 Mbps/10 GHz point-to-point
so striking l hat they could very ed on September 1, 1969 as the ARPANET, this co llection of four t ransceive rs , t h e 900 MH z
quiCkly spoi l you. connected computers became the world's first packet switching transceivers are designed to oper-
computer network. Muc h of what is known about packet switching ate the same way we now operate:
The 8th Annu al ARRL Computer using omnidirectional antennas
has come from research done on and with the ARPANET (packet
Networitlng Conference with many people sharing a chan-
radio had its beginnings as part of the ARPA NET many years before
For amateur packet radio, this anyone even thought 01 AX.25 or a TN C). nel. Th e ap pearance of the PK-
event is always important. New In the early 1980' s l he ARPANET was split into two pieces known 186. the DE-56, and the Awesome
ideas and techniques are present- as the ARPANET and MILNET with the ARPANET conlinuing to 1/0 make these radios very practi-
ed in tne papers and most of the function as the experimental and academic network while the MIL- cal. Kevin and Glen are work ing
people who act ively work on the NET became the Department of Defense's non-classified opera- out how to get these radios avail-
development 01 packet radio teen- tional co mputer netwo rk. Also aro und that time TCP/IP was adopted able in kit form so that just about
nology are present to exchange as the network ing protocol standard. This rapidly growing collection anyone can build one.
ideas. of host computers and networks was then renamed as the " Inter-
Th is year the conference was net." What Next?
held on the grounds 01 the US Air Today the Intern et consists of more than 20,000 host computer The appearance of all this won-
Force Academy in Colorado systems connected by coax cable, fiber optic, telephone, and radio derf ul, hig h speed hard wa re
Springs. It was very well attended links. The people who maintain and operate the Internet have set makes it possible lor us to imple-
(143 pre-registered attendees) aside over 16,000,000 host addresses so that the amateur packet ment high speed networks. The
with people comi ng from 23 stales radio network can be interfaced to and become part 01 the Internet. big question now is whal do we
and seven other countries (Aus- Our network has the name AMPR (AMa teur Packet Radio). want to do with them? So lar there
tralia, Canada, Costa Rica. Eng- has been little or no change in am-
58 73 Amateur Radio • January, 1990
ateur packet radio operation since network to provide: digital voice,

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We still use TNCs at 1200 baud
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HAM SOFTWARE
PUBL IC DOMAI N AND SHAREWARE FOR COMPUTERS
equivalent 10 using spark 10 send my ideas and desires.
Morse code. Given this level 01
technology, the message switch-
But what services do YOU want
a high speed network to provide? -----
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the DE-56, and the Awesome will print Ihe ideas here (with cred-
110 make il possible to switch it to the Originator, of course) . I am
pac ket s reliably at these h igh sure that the hams who build the
data rates. So what do we do hardware and write the software
now? will be interested in new ideas,
Here are some of Ihe eppncet- and will see your wishes as a cnat-
ucns that I expect a high speed lenge. EII
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increase the current from the
Mike Bryce WB8VGE states transformer and diode bridge
Next, he cautio ns that the that there are some errors in the setup. Next. the unmarked resis-
October 1989
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" Tech Tips " you where you left off" when it project, a pulsed battery Charger. tor is 2200. The transistor should
First. let's get Bill Hickox 's cal/- comes back on. That depends on First, the blocking diode wasn 't la- be a 2N2222 or equal. Last, the
sign correct: He is K5BOZ (NOT the model, memo/}' in use, bane/}' beled. It can be a tN4001 or any 2.2kO resistor is shown as a trim-
KB50Z). Second, he writes that backup, etc. But the rig will tum diode rated at , amp or more. Of mer, which it is not. Use a 2.21cQ
the JCOM power supply is not " in- on, and you can proceed with nor- course, if you use the LM350 with resistor. and ignore the wiper con-
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CL Houghton WB61GP dard accurate to a lew parts in 10 ging , lead ing , or right on, com- by several companies, incl udi ng
San Diego Microwave Group to the 10th tor short term stability, pared to the phase of the received Hewlett Packard and Tracor. I use
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at 100 MHz , or a scant 10 Hz at 10 this is how calibration labs main- locally. Check out your jccat swap
Frequ ency Counte rs and GH z. Now we 're getting some- tain cali bration certifia ble to the meet- one of t hese just might
Accuracy where! nationa l Bureau of Standa rds. show up .
In many cases these days fr e- You can use only one plug-i n
quency measurement isn't cnti- unit at a time in the HP counter. All 5760 MHz World Record
cal . Synthesized radios tor HFI plug-ins derive their basic accura- On July 23, 1989 at 0 157 UTe ,
VHF/UHF operation are more cy from the counter's proportional " I have seen N6CA/6 and N6$NA/6 (CM94XM)
worked XE2G XQ/N6XQ (DL37CK)
t han accurate enough tor even oven-contro lled 10 MHz crystal used counters on 5760.1 MHz SSB, over a dis-
narro wb and work suc h as SS B oscillator. Frequency is multiplied
and CW . Even if you had a non- in each plug -in for use in down- selling for as little tan ce of 613.4 mi les from west of
synthesized rig for the above sub- converting to the basic counter, Sa nt a Barbara , Californ ia , to
spectra for which you needed to as $50 . . . " south of Guerrero Negro , Baja
check the frequency , counters Calibrating Your Co unter California , Mexico. Signals were
abound that give you more than Calibration of thi s umeoase os- 20 to 30 dB out of the noise with
enough acc uracy . A com mo n fre- cillator differs. When setting with Moral of the Story QS B, but Q5 99% of the time .
quency cou nter basic stability is 1 WWV we can only be sure of part Don't scoff at the older counters XE2G XQ/N6XQ was also worked
PPM (pa rt per mi llion}-which is in 10 to the 7th , or sli ghtly better. at Ilea markets-you just mig ht on 3456_1 MHz SSB at 0046Z with
150 Hz at 2 meters and 450 Hz at due to phase shifts in the atmo- want 10 pick one up. A direct cous- similar Signals . Both QSOs lasted
3t. meters. There are frequency sphere from trensmnter to receiv- in to the HP counter is the Systron more than 10 minutes. ThiS 3456
count ers avai lable, such as the er. Besides, the basic counter, it Down er counter. The ir older mod- QSO is a North American dueling
Digimax D-1200, which has eccu- ope rati ng properly (in calibration), els look a lot like the Hewlett Pack- record . Margaret N6SNA also
racy to 0.1 PPM , a fac tor of 10 has better accuracy tha n WWV ard 5245, Caution: Do not assume completed a contact on 3456.
better than the standard models. " as received." Obviously, we need the counter is accurate when its Equipment at both ends was
giving you 15 Hz at2 meters. a better methOd to calibrate it. internal counter is set to check its identical and primarily surplu s
This may be accurate enough Enter WWVB operatin g at 60 own refere nce. It will tie, lie, lie. an d n o m e - br e w by N6CA .
for VHF and below, but not so for kHz. At this low frequ ency, the low Remember that the master oscil- W7CNKIWA5TN Y designed the
microw ave SSB operation . At 10 pha se shi ft allow s the tran sfer- lator sets the umeoase. II the os- 3456 and 5760 antenna feeds. A n-
GH z t he above accuracy can ence of the standard at the trans- cillator is out of cali bration, every- ten nas at both ends were lour-foot
range as much as 10 kHz-unac- mi tter to remote receivers with thing else will be, too. A good dishes. Power at 5760 MHz was 4
ceptable when you consider that tremendous accuracy. You can quick check tsto use a 15OMHz or watts and 1.5 dB noise l igure re-
SSB signals are typically only 3 verity a part in 10 to the 9th in short 450 MHz HT to make a basic oper- ceivers. Power on 3456 MHz was
kHz wide. Even at 0.1 PPM , the order, and 1 in 10'Otakesjust over ational check. 1.5 walls and a 2.5 dB noise figure
error is still a hefty 1 kHz at 10 eight hours. That' s 1 Hz accuracy receiver. Elevation tor N6XQ was
GHz . at 10 GHz-now we're rea lly close Afford ab le 150 feet and about 1600 feet for
to the mark! I have seen used counters sell- N6CA .
Gening More On the Mark At these frequencies, the phase ing for as little as $50 and as much N6XQ's trip wasn 't easy. Four-
First, chec k these counters to difference between the loc al stan- as $250, Plug-ins in worki ng con- teen hours of rough roads to the
veri fy your accuracy by using da rd and the received 60 kHz ref- dition go for $25 for the 500 MHz firsllocat ion, then a six hour drive
WWV transmissions on 5, 10, 15 just to move 65 miles north to his
or 20 MHz . The best tnat you can final location . Radio conditio ns
set your time base crystal on fre- Table 1. were below normal. liaison on 2
quency with these frequencies is Available Frequency Counters meters was marginal, so part of
1 part in 10 to the 7th (0.1 PPM) or the attempt was assisted by 220
Dig imax D500 50 Hz to 5 12 MHz 1PPM
sligh tly better. Just what the doc- MHz FM from N6CA to XE2UZU
D510 SOHzto 1 GHz 1PPM
tor ordered to bring Ihe counter W6 UZL (280 miles), 28.885 MHz
D6 12 SOHztol .2GHz O.lPPM Proport ional oven
back 10 its original specifications ! trom XE2UZL to KH6HME on
Dl 200 10Hzto 1.2GHz 0 .1PPM Proport ional oven
See Table t for specs on Ihe rre- Mauna Loa Hawaii, and then to
Ramsey CT-70 2O Hz toSSO MHz 1PPM
quency counters available . XE2GXQ, Eventually a 2 meter li-
CT-90 10Hzto600MHz lPPM
Yo u ca n also increase yo ur aison was esta bli sh ed at 6 13
CT-125 10HzlO 1.2 GHz 1PPM
coun ter's accuracy by using an miles . 1296 SS B was 1 to 3 dB out
CT-90 10Hz l o 600 MHz O.lPPM With option ov-i
external frequency standard, or a 01 the noise with 20 dB antennas
Optoetect ronics 10 Hz to 2.2 GHz 1PPM
cmerent counter Ihan those listed and 10 watt s and 1 ca noise !igur!!
in Table 1. The Hewlett Packard receivers.
HP-5245 counter does not have These are the first amateur con-
the portabi lity of the counters list- tacts betwee n W. ~_ ico and the US
ed in Table 1, but it is a bench Table 2. on 3456 and 5760 MHz .
counter of high quality . This basic Plug-In Modules for HP-5245 Counters As always , I will be g lad to
50 MHz counter accepts plug-in HP·5253 50 MHz to 500 MHz answer all your questcos. Please
un its. extending its useful range HP-5254 300 to 3000 MHz submit an SASE with your ques-
to 18 GHz (see Table 2). The HP HP·5255 3 GHz 10 12.4 GHz tions for a quick response. 73 until
cou nter uses a very high quality HP·5256 8 GHz to 1a GHz next month ...
10 MHz internal frequency stan- de Chuck WB61GPIII
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73 AmateurRadio • January. 1990 63


why you use "RY" lor test-


Simple RY Generator Parts list
ing, I hear some of you say . P.-1 ~IO S"-dI , Cost
But just the same, if you lntegraled Circuit:
had a square wave genera- 555 Timer Chip 27&-1 723 $1.19
Amateur Radio Teletype tor, and set it for a freq uen- Reslslors:
(use poIentiomelers: adjust to euc' resIstance):
Marc f. Leavey, M.D., WAJAJR current , or a change in the level of cy 0145 Hz, you might just 50lXl pol 211-226 .69
6 Jenny Lane a current. find that you had created 50CXXl pol 211-211 .69
Baftimore MD 21208 In a rad io circuit, these same AY-in.a-box! C...... ilOl.
10llFTantaIunl 2n-1-436
c hanges in state are produced by
Thirteen Years of RTTY Loop Now-The Pulse p-
chang ing, most comm only, the 2.75 x61C porlChed 21&1395 1.79
From this column's beginning frequency of the rad io signal. Generator
lC eocket:
in the sum mer of 1977, some of Such a change of the base radio Wonde r of wonders , can 8-pin DIP .59
the items most requested ove r the freq uency is ca lled FSK-Fre· anybody guess what Fig- '------ - - -- -- - - - - '
years fo r "ATTY Loop " have quency Shill Key ing , while a ure 2 is? Here we used that ubiqui- pending upon the exaclfrequency
been the " one-night project" and change in the modulating aud io tous , cheap 555 timer chip to cre- rate . Thai is why I suggested you
the " simple but useful test equip. lone frequency is called AFSK- ate just the pulse generator we never put it over the airt But for
ment.' This month I try to address Audio Frequency Shift Keying. have been talking about. local testing and alignment , or to
both of these needs. Easily assembled on a perf- provide a frequency shilled signal
Finding a signal to tune up with Rate of Transmission board, th is one-Chi p p ro ject to set a demodulator , it can' t be
to help set your ATTY station, or When we encode the pulses should take about an hour to put beat!
just to 1001 around with , is some- that make up a TTY signal via FSK together once you have the parts.
times hard. While the ham bands or AFSK, and send them serially You can get all of the parts at your Above All, Have Fun with It
are normally replete with signals, down the line , we define a pulse local Radio Shack or by ma il (see II you have any requests for
that strong co ntinuous one you rate based on the maximum parts list). Feed ing it from a bat- simple, one-evening devices, or if
need is just never around when speed. That is, the shorter the tery, it shOuld last almost forever. you have solved any problems like
you need it . Wha t t he coun try pulses, the laster the potential The output of the chip, at pin 3, this yourself, please drop me a
needs is a good, five-dollar ATTY rate. While the actu al frequency of is at TTL level. The simplest way note at the above address or via
signal generator. the signal may vary , depending on to use it is to send this signal to the the elec tronic services detailed
While I wou ldn 't send the signal the characters being sent, an ide- AFSK generator (see the August below, and let me hear about it.
generated by this month's circuit alized frequency rate , based upon RTTY Loop lor a simple, one-chip On a related topic, many of you
out over the air, the signal is cer- the sbortest pulse, is etten used to AFSK generator), and obtain a have moved quite beyond making
tainly sufficient to tune up a re- express the data t ransmission continuous " RYRY" signal you RTTY pictures with characters
ceiveror demodulator. As for cost , rate. can use lor local testing . as we did years ago, into the realm
o f di gi ti zed v ideo t h at can
be tran smitted in file format over

~--R .1. ¥----l~ RTTY and packet , or BBS circuits.


Whi le there are quite a few high-
end, expensive packages, such

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as the ones making 'l-stnrts at
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ti zers are now ava ilable . Next
month we'll take a look at two of
them , neec-tc-neec. and see wha t
Fig ure 1. Basic TTY signal.
they can do. I am amazed at the
it would be hard to do it for less! Figure 1 is an attempt to dia- Now, one caveat: This is a 45 quality these little boards pro-
gram just such a case . Here, a Hz square wave . Perfect ATTY duce.
RTTY Fundamentals signal is alternating between an would have a stop pulse of 31 ms For now, don't forget to let me
Since many of you have ind ica'- " on" state and an " oil" stale on a rather than 22 ms (look at Figure hear from you by mail, or via Com-
ed a need lor more basic informa- pulse by pulse basis. We thus 1). That means this sign al is not puServe (ppn 75036,2501) or Del-
tion regarding the fundamentals have t he hig hest possi ble fre- perfect, and will tend to drill after phi (usern ame MARCWA3AJA). I
of An y , a litt le theory is in order quency bei ng sent overthe circuit. ten to twenty characters or so, de- read every comment! Ell
before we look at the circuit. You For the sake of argument, if th is is
may recall from some of our earli- a " standard" 60 wpm TTY sys-

er col umns thai a RTTY signa l is tem , each pulse is 22 milliseconds
really nothing more than a series (0.022 seconds) long.
of binary digits, changes in state if You can calculate the freq uen-
you will, with a maximum rate de- cy by finding the reciprocal of
termined by the speed of data
transmission.
0.022 sec/pulse , which would be
45.45 pulses/sec. Pulses/second
• n
" Changes in state" relers to is essentially the same as cycles 1
any change in the signal to repre- per second , which we call Hertz. rseee
sent two distinct signals. On a bi- That makes the frequency 45.45
5 55 u RV out:
3
nary circuit, these are nominally Hz, which , just to th row some
refe rred to as " 1" and " 0 •" " on"
and " 0 11," or "high" and "low."
more units at you, is also referred
to as 45.45 bauds. Keep that nu m-
~=
• I
The terms used really don't mat- ber in mind, we will need it later. I"
ter. Wha t's important is that the Before we leave Figure 1, no- /1
t wo s igna r re v el s are repre- tice one more thing. The regular
sentable . With a wired circui t, sequence of "on" and " off" puls-
these two levels are produced by es diagrammed for this exercise
the presence or absence of a cur- form two letters in the Murray, or Figure 2. Simple $5 RY generator. Very handy for tuning up your RTTY
rent , a change in the polarity 01 a Baudot, code : RY. Ah, so that' s station when you can't find any strong RY signals on the bands.
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U SU SUPER SAVINGS u sn ElIloCIronic pnces. saloslacllOl1 guaranteed' 18M, C.04,
PI"'. components. suppl_. and computet MAC. VGA Graphics. more CatakI'iJ $1.00
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se'ipfion to ou, c atalogs Ind ttlll" supple· 2525, MO' 9an C'ly LA 70381. BNB909
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450207. Gafland TX 75045 WE ALSO BUY S2ti.95. MCNISA/Ot$oOYef . NSABV EAPCOI
SURPlUS BNB749 7. PO Bo. '4 . Keller TX 76248--00'4 IB'7)
498-4242. Order Only I (800) 869-1208
Tum 'fOUl" oIcl ham Ind computer gear into cash now Sure, you <:an ....a~ tor • HAM RA DIO REPAIR ........ft . medals. Eo. BNB911
Mrntesl to try and dumpd, but you know you'M gel ill far mora realistic price il you have per.. lC8d. rell8blBS&f\'tCI . Robe<l Hall EIec·
ELECTRON ruBES: Aillypes & s,zes Trans--
il out where 100,000 Wive ham polenlial buyers can see it Ihan the lew hundred local TrOnICS. Box 2B0363. San F,anc,sco CA
94 128-0363,14(8) 729-8200 BNB75 1 m'ltIng. Receiving , M icrowa ~ e .. , large in-
hams who come by a fle a market lable. Checlc yo ur allie, garage. cellar and Closet ~ entorv - same day Shipping . Ask about our
shelves and gel ca sh lor yo u r ha m and compu ter ge ar before it' s too old to sell . You WANTED : Ham EQuipmen, and othe' prope'· 3-500Z special. Daily ElllClron>cs. PO Box
know you're rIOt goiing to use i' again, so wtly le ave illor YOIJr widow to throw out? ty The RadIO Club 01 Junior High S<;hOoI22 5029. Compton CA 90224 , {BOO) 346-6667 ,
T hat stuff i,n', !letting any )'OUngeor! NYC. Inc. , is a nonproo' orga"""at_. grant· BNB913
The 73 Flu Marllflf, Banef 'n' Buy. costs you peanuts (almosl)---(;Cmlls to abOut III 501{C)(3) stalus by "'" IRS, incorpor..led
LE T THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE your
35c. WOfd lor 'lOllCOmmeraal adsalld $1 ,00 . word tor c:ommerolIllId5. 000', plan """" the goal d using the theme d ham radIO ham radoo-.....ted s..... bus,ness Grants!
10 lul'll\e< and .nh.. nee lhe eduta'lQn of
ontelhng alongslor, . Use abbnM8110nS, cram It in. But be honest . Ther8 are plenty IOaIns 10 SSOO.OOO yearty . Free nlCOfdBd mes--
young paopla natill ,.. ode . Your prllflt'ly de-
of hams who love 10 Ii. things, so ,f " doesn't work, say so , sage' 707.....9-B600. {L(9) BNB914
na'lOI'Ior f,naflC,sl support would be greatly
Make yoUI list, ccunttne word s, includirlg your call. add ress and phone number. aW'llCiated and ackflOW\eOged w,th a ,eceipt WANTED RF JAMMING: Knowledge aod or
Include a check Of your credit card number and expleatlcn. It you're placing a lor youflS. d e d ~tibl e contribu tion, It you call equipment. Also highl y 5ens iti ~e hearing
oommercial ad , include an additiona l phone number, sepalate lrom your ad . or w'~e today it's not too la,e 10 get a 1989 ts. de~lCes: medical or su",elliance Eugene
This is a monthly magazine. not a daily newspaper, so ligure a couple months dBduction. It'l e-.sill' . laste r. and usually 0.11 . 300 Bent*ood Ave .• Johnsto*n PA
more profiI.ab6a to _ I I ,han to !III Most 15904 BNB9'5
before the action starts; then be prepared. II you get too many calls. you price(I it tow.
omportanl. 'fO'J1I helpoo'9 WfJle us at PO Bo.
")lOUdon' l get manyC8lls. too high . '052. New- Vort< NY 10002. Round the clod< HA....SWL-5C ANNER BOOKS. catalog $1 .
So gel busy. elow the dust 011, cheek e~VfY'lh""g out. make sure it $Ii. """"'" nght HoIhne: (516) 674-'lOn. BNB762 T..re. PO eo. 49315. We Geneva WI 53' 47.
and Maybe you can help make a ham newcomer<Y rehred old timer h appy WIth th at BNB9'6
INDIVIDUAL PHOTOFACT FOUlERS . '1 0
rig you're not using now, Or you m,ghl gel b usy on yourcomptlter a nd put logel her a
list 01 sm aUgea r/parts to se nd 10 those interested?
'0 ' 1400. $4,00, ,1 401 up , $6.00, Sam's COMMODORE 64 HAM PROGRAM S _ 16
d , s~ s'des over 200 Ham plDg,ams $16,95
boo ks. 5700 . Post paid Aile n Loeb. 414
Send your ads and p ayment to the Barter 'n' Buy, Forest Road, H ancock NH 03449 25~ stamp gets ...nusuel soft.. are catalog 0 1
Cllaslnu, lane, EUI Me.oow NY "554
afl(l get sel tot rile phont1 calls. BNB766 Ut,I'IIIlS. Gall'lllS. Adu~ and B"tosh O,s~s ,
Hom&-Spun So/r..-are. Boo '064-86. ESlIlfO
AYANTEK ATF 10 n s $'200. I,IMI(: ·s. PC . FL 33928 SNB917
OSla TO ORDER. Vanety of styles, cc*lts. p .]!i $69 90. W-4 $49 90. UV·31t«l22llo'«O bOard. SASE ' WA,31AC . 7 148 Montague 51.•
cerd SIOCl< . W48PO QSla. PO 0 . - OX. 1579 90. LOOKING FOR SOME1l-IING NOT PhIladelph18 PA 19135. BNBn1 NEEDED: " SUPERTERM" IIfIdIOf " TERMI-
Cordova SC 2903!l BN62fjQ LISTED?? CALL OR WRITE , WE HAVE NAL "0 PlUS" lor VIC·2O by Mocro Associ--
OVER 220 USED ITEMS in SIOC~, MENTION HAMLOG COMPUTER PROGRAM Full tea· al" Inc, Ad~,se Pnce : LTC Gene R Ple lne"
THE aX 'ERS MAGAZINE Up.to--date. ,nlor· tures. 17 module-s, A...to-Iogs. 7·band WASI CAP, 2032 Sa,nt Paul Avenue. Brono NY
A D . PRICES C ASH. FO B PRESTO N
mah"". interest ing. Compiled and ediled by OXCC Apple $ ' 9 95 IBM. CP/M. KAYPRO. 104ti1.(212)775-1706 BNe91 8
HOURS TUESDA Y- FRIDAY 9:00 TO 6:00 ,
Gus B,owning W4BPD . OXCC Honor Roll 9'00-2:00 P,,",, MONDAYS , CLOSED SAT· TANDY, CRB$24.95. 73-KA,AWH. PBlO1!>.
Cert,ticale 2.... Send /Of /(fIfI sample and Peabody Ml<Ol960 BNBT75 WANT EO: S20 REWARO lor a copy d manu-
URDAY & SUNDAY , ROSS DISTRIBUTING
s.ublIcription inIormatlOl'l 1Oday. PO Dra_ II lor RAYTAACK DX2000lIinNr ampIoher.
COMPANY. 78 SOUTH STATE. PRESTON LA MBDA AMATEUR RADIO a.U B 1 _
DX.CordovaSC2903!l BNB26t Charhe C'ablree WB9FCL (1011, 680_
10 63263. (2061852-0&30. BN8654 tlONl amaIeur 'adoo club lor gay and Iesboan 01711 BNB919
AlDEN SERVICE by tonne< laclory leChf>i. hams, 0n-aJr skeds. monIlIIy newslelle< . and
Cian. Fast turnaround PCS·300 NiCads WRITT EN EXA MS SUPEREASY. Memory
aids lrom psychologtslillng",eer cut study·
annual gathenng a' Oayton. PO Boo 248'0. WANTED: 10M FM eon""'''''
CBs. 8M FM
$36.9$. Soutt!e<n Tochnologon Amal".", R... Phlladelph,a PA 19130. BNB8 12 redoos , PO Bo. 5 '5. Millbury MA 01527,
d'O. Inc., 1071 5 SW 190 SI 19, Miami FL l ime 50%, Novice. Tech, Gen: $7 each , Ad· BNB9lO
33 1~7.(305)23B-3327, BNB262 ~anced. Extr. : $' 2l1ach . Moneyback gua ran· VtDED_LEARNtNG CW Your own p "~ lte
,... Bahr , o.pt ~. " 96 Citrus. Palmbay instructor, Includes subl,min al audIO tape , DOSSAT SATELLITE TRACKIN G PRO·
C SL CA RDS- Look good ...,th top Quality FL32905 BNB691 $39 9$. EKY Video ProOucI_ , PO Bo. IS. GRAM S39 95 IB...·PCsIcompalibles. gr-.pn.
pr'nI"'lI C ~ standard de I gus or fuIv Stoel<holm NJ 07460 , BNB835 ie$ and Iabular oulpul. fN/I'me and predoc·
t;U5tomiZed o;atd$ . Bene< t;¥ds . . - . mort! ROSS' $SSS NEW January SPE CIALS: t ,on mOd•• . roto, Conl,olle, IUppo, t .
,. 'urns to you. F,ee b,OCh...,e. $i1mp1as . VHF/U HF Mod uln lor 6lA to 23cm. Cetalog gMlSynch<onouI (Phase tV) tnlCkorog SIt..
KENWOOD TS".((IS!WAT $1169tKl. TS·
Sl-Imps apprec.a,ed Chester 0Sl..s. DepI A. tees $76<190. T5-950S5371990. ffi..36OOA TEC, PO 1143. Mefbouma FL 32902. (407)
676-6907 , BNB859
hte 50"*.,". PO eo.
37. Redmond W A
310 COmmeic..l. Emporia KS 66801 . $283.99 . H MC·1 $46 .90. TEN· TEC 562 98073,(206)866- 1040, BNB92 1
ON"" $'B,9 .90, 425 $249990. 561 $1249.90, SLEP SPECIAL S MILITARY USM·107 FRE· HOME BREW PROJE CT S UST S SAS E
SUPERFAST MORSE CODE SUPEREASY . tCOM IC-71l5 $2669,90, c.zae $799.90, IC· QUENCV CONTER. LATE MODEL SOltD WB2EUF. Boo 708. East Hamptoo NY 11937.
Subliminal ceseene $'0 LEARN MORSE 32AT $53990, IC· 900 $458 .99. U2AT STATE, o-SOOMHZ. EIGHT DIGIT REAQ. BNB922
CODE IN 1 HOUR Amaz'ng ..... super_y $255.99. ~AT S2ll699. YAESU FT·757GXII OUT. HIGH STABlltTY CRYSTAL OVEN
S989 .90. FT ·736R $1559 .90. FT ·411 OSCILLATOfI.SIZE 19 -W. 5 ' H 0 17·0.LAB RECf:I VING TUBES ' $'00 each SASE /Of
ttchnrque. $'0. Both $'7. Moneybtclc gulf-
53'990. FT.ell S29990 . FT"70 S434 90. QUAUTY/TESTEO . HAVE QUANTITY . . NA typI$ Guarani"'" AAen C.lAeQger.
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TELEX.j-fy-QAIN T2X 538990. 39SS1EX-14) $185.00. AOO $HtPPlNG. WRITE/PHONE 25' 5 ~1I. Hunts.... Al3S811
1196e-ua. Palmbay Fl. 32905 BNM31
S39B 90. 393S(TH5MKZ51 S5OoI ,90. 2185 BILL StEP 11041 524-1519. SLEP ELEC- BNB923
S8-2201221 OWNERS , 17 deta,1ed mods
-.moeh include , flO.-6 meter operation. QSK.
5259.90. 335S(V·25) S64 90. KAI'lTRONICS
KAM 5269.90. AMTOfISOfTN IC·2l) $49.99.
TRONICS COMPANY , HIGHWAY OT·44'. TEST EOUIPMENT Recondl!IOfled (guaran-
TO NC 28763 BNB865 teed). TerrlllC Prices. NBS Caiibfa lion a~aH·
• enhanced p,s, 50% rebate tor new mods KPC_2 $ ' 49.90, MiNI-R EADER $169.99. ALL
ANTtQUERAOIOS tcbee . wi' in9 diagrams. & able. Visa. M/C, Amex, COO. ElectrOllIC S...r.
submilled' 9 pa9es oI3-500Z ted info , $11 l. T,O , (LI MITED TiME OFFER) LOOKiNG
pos,paid.-Info , SASE . BOB KOZLAREK FOfI SOMETHING NOT LISTED?? CALL OR hte'a'ure. send 2 stamps to VRS(Sn. PO eo. ptU$, Inc., 4350 Tow n Plaza. Suite 203.
WA2S00. 69 Me "IlOl iai Place. Elmwood Park WRITE . Over 9004 hanHfIla'ad ~ems ,n slOCl< 54'. Gottsl"""" NH O3045/Of large list , Houston TX n045. (713) 728-97'B BNe924
NJ07"07. BNB681 lor 1I'l'IIfl8d_1hipo,.... ~ , "'e ro, ad Prtces SNBS74 MACINTOSH SOFTWARE: Send Ior.,to on
c ash. F.O ,B PRESTON HOURS TUE$- AlT IUTS lor most 1 f ~$ IS. Inc;Iude$ eoatng ham ..... progra"" ZCO Corpor...
YAGI BUILDE RS. 6061·T6tube Iraps Good
DAY-FRIOAY 9:00 TO 6'00. IHIO-2'00 P.M. sI'opPo'9. Loren Wallen KA7"""" . 6323 S.W. 1IOI'l. PO Boo 3720. N-..a NH 030II1 (603)
lor 1500 PEP. SASE /Of deoI_. No coIecI
MONDAYS. CLOSED SATURD AY & SUN· l OOlh . TaoomaWA 98499 BNB8B5 688-7200 , Fax 1603}688 8452. BNB92S
e.HS. Brown Engoooenng, Inc.. S50' SW ~Ih
DAY , ROSS DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, 7B
Co... rt. Holl ywood FL 33023 (305l 989_ LOW COST HAM GEAR. SASE lor ',ee list. VOx ACTUATED TRANSMITTER 49 MHz.
SOUTH STATE, PRESTON 10 83263. (208)
4658 BNB624 WA40 SO. 3037 Audrey Or., Gaslonia NC crystal con lrolied 6-' 5VOC. 1 mA Standby
B52-083O BNB709
2f1054 BNB890 Clfcuil Board Kil Only SUPER QUALI TY
H T · CL O N E BA TTER IE S : ICO M : BP5
550 PA CK ET DIG ICDM > 54 _ so U...are $3995 ppd Catalog $300, relundatlll M-
$0129$ . BP-3S (2XBP3 Wall Chg) $012 .95. SURPlUS CATAL OG. n pages. $2, 51.-. ......ced EIec""'lic Tech . 5111173. 5BOO-A N,
YAESU : FNB2 S20 ,50, FNBIOSIFNB1Z bMed PACKET lor IheCommodote 64 . SolI·
~ PO Boo 276. AlburgVTos.«o , BNB89 1 &-on. AmoIy Rd.•CIi8rlona He 28215. f7'04)
$45 SO. SANTEC: 142/«2 S2295. " lJ-OO.fT .... os PUblic domain and requores a "oodohn
lor tha C-M -.tIoch os prow:Iad by our kll WANTED: NA types d ElIloCIron TlIbeI Cal 54!t--268' . BNe926
REPAIR INSERTS"ICQM eP3S16 ,95.8P5
S22 .95 , BP71S $28 95 . KENWO : PB21 Boaord plugs dnCIIy .,10 e-tte pori or re-- toIlree 1 (8001 421-9397 or 1 (612) 429- BA TTER Y PA CK REBU ILD tN G : Wil y
$129$. PB20412S126 $19.95. TEMPO: SH5/ mole mounted .... cable. boIh tonneclOtS in- 9397 C & N EleClronicl, Harolcl Brems'lId1. tool a'ound-send your pac k lor FAST-
SIlflllS. $22 .95. YAESU : FN B9 $14,95. cluded. Powe' derived I,om compuler. Uses B,04 Egg Lake ROld , Hugo MN 55038 PROFESSIONAL SIl",;ce ' Prices include reo
FNB 10 $'B.95 , FN8414A $32 95. AlDEN' 79 ' 0 chip-no eiig nment r~u ire d. SWI'ch al· BNB900 ' rn pos'age l it pac k is not iis' ed. SIlnd i, tor
300 $1995. TELEPHONE I PAGER & COM. lows HF or VHF operation Order Kit ' 150$ lor it QUOlatll)fl/trlltl return! ICOM, BP2laP3
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MERCIAL PACKS-FREE CA TALOG Add $23, BPS 529. BP71BP8IBP70 536. TEN-
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S3$h1pplng1ofder. PA .. ~. VISA-INC '$2 TEC : 2991 $21 KENWOOD: PBZ1 $19,
Engo _, . og. 2521 W. laPaima. nt, Anllhaom Channel SOOIlCh 55.00 . Crystal 5500 SO'
TIIlIFa.- 18'4) &23--1'DOO. CUNARD ASSOCI- PBZ 1H $24 . PB2S/25H./26 $27 . YAESU '
CA 92801 . (714) 952-2114 . Me or VISA ee- VOl Pots 52OO1pp NA lor 524 95 plus 52.00
ATES. Dept. 7. R 0 6 Box 104.1ledlort:l PA FNB9 S22. FNB,O 526. FNBoI/4A S40. 2 Hour
cepled BNB732 SIH lAOANINO DlSTRI6UTOfIS. PO BOX
15522, BNB628 VHS Camcorde< PICk $39 RAZOR. CA M·
717,HtALEAH FL330 11(305)B84 B666
EAAlFLAS I-iM'I NOEA: Send pad< lor QUOle !
ROSS' SSSS USED Jan ...ary SPECIALS : HAM TRADER YELLOW SHEETS. In OU, BNB902
VtSA·M/C add $2. CUNARD. RD 6 , Box 104.
KENWOOD TS·940S $1599.90. R·50001 28th y<lar. Bu ~, Swap, Sell ham radio gea,.
DIGITAL AUTOMATIC DISPLAY S . Be B"" 'ord PA , 5522. TeVFa.- (8' 4) 623-7000
W.YK.fI8A , $749.90, MC·80 559.90. Be·'O Pubhshed twice a month. Ads Quickly ci'c...· specific . 45~ S AS E, GRANO SYSTEMS. BNB927
$35 ,90. TS·93OS $124990. ICOM U4AT lat•. no long watt for fIl$ljll •. Send bus~
S209.9O. IC-3AT $179.90. 1C-25IA S369 90. SlZI SASE lor &ample copy . $' 5 /Of Of" yaar
Dapt. A. PO eo.3377. Blaine WA 98230.
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JANUARY 4 , 1983 Contjnll~dfrom paK~ 4


.....,th you, bull enjoy your editorials." l ions. Even people behave entirely dil-
•* * • • • • • • • • • • • • * • • • • • * • • • * • Hmmm, ilthey don 't agree .....ith me ferently in a group (mob). How's this
A CURE WAS FOUND on something, is it their ignorance or work? How is this communicated? We
mine? Very Ie..... readers have enoug h do have some hints as to other commu-
FOR THESE DISEASES : conlidence to actually write to me niCations systems, we just have had a
when they disagree. cultural bias against investigating
'I. REPUCTED POWIlR-ITCH As one of the lounders 01 AmeriCan these things.
Mensa , I've talked with hUndreds 01 Another book , Vofces of Erermty by
people with outstanding brains. I can Estep, e xplained how she set up rudi-
2. KNOB-ITUS
assure you that a distressing number mentary communications with the spir-
of them are poorly educated and tha t it WOrld using a VHF radio and 8 tape
3. QRII-DEAPNESS
they don't let this Intertere .....ith their recorde r . A chap named Raud ive
wro(e a book OfIthis about twenty years
4. BUTTON-PHOBIA ability to hold strong opinions, no mat-
ter how-anQ. ago, but his resulls _en't nearly as
There 's a tendency to think 01 eooce- convincing . II seems tha t our " $ilerrI
5. SWITCH-CANKER
lion as ending when coe gets out 01 keys" mal' nol be as silent as we
thought. I' m going to set up a test sys-
6. SUPER TUNER-BLUES school. That may be true lor the j une-
tionally illiterate. Ho w man y book s tem which will be thousands 01 times
7. CROSS NEEDLI!-EYIlS have you read recenlty-other than more sensitive than the one Estep is

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novels? My library has over 6,000 using and see if I can gel in touch with

THE CURE IS: * bookS I've read-plu s I read about


1 ,500 magazines a year . The reason
I' m able to write on a wide variety 01
Mort Kahn W4KR and see wha t he
thinks now about Incentive Licensing,
whiCh he JlI,lt Ihrough when he was run-
• subjects with conlidence is because I ning the l eague 25 yeaft/; ago .
do my homework. By the way, I realize that communi·

MA COM 11 doesn't take a high 10 to be able to


read . All it takes is Ihe perseverance.
Does that sound fam Iliar? TSk, you
cations with the dead-particularly
with the oead 01 other solar systems

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is ridiculous . That's nul house fantasy,
didn't read Ray Croc 's book 0fI suc- right? Alas, I have it from two personal
cess. erect The McDonald's chap- sources that nol 0fI1y is this POSSIble,
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ready invested hundreds 01 millions in
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SMILE! YOU'RE ON TV scuba DXped itiOn.tlyou're into skiIng I


can' t understand w hy you haven' l
A OST e(lIIoria l by Dick Baldwin
stil'fed up controversy (Isk) by suggest·

~ On~ been joining our ham ski group in As-


pen lor the last fourt een years. We 'll be
ing the collection of otd ham gear to be
sent to Al rica to help develop more
$329 there January 9- 15th, HTs abl aze. We
have both intermedi ate and expert
hams there. Why controversy? Well.
Ihe cynical view is that Baldwin is just

. ...
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Designed and
buill in the USA
skier groups.
Having been getting senior cil izen
trying to get more action tor osrs
Honor Rolt add icts-whiCh, unfortu-

. r- Value + Quality
from over 25years
in ATV."W60 RG
d,scounts lor some five years now , I
obviously have an added impetus to
lea rn moreabou t the " next world." But
nately, is about all thaI would probably
happen.
Unless one h as act ually visit ed
this also ties in with amateu r radio. II Al rica it is dillicultto understand what
With our all in one box TC70-1 70cm ATV Trans- you 're interested in a very complete is and has been going on there-and
ceive r you can easily transmit and receive live action book on cosmolog y and the latest what this means lor the luture. Baldwin
color and sound video just like broadcast TV. Use thinking about there being alien ciyj. metltiOns that outside 01 South Alrica
any home TV camera or VCR by plugging the corn- lizations, dleck out The AnthropiC C0s- there are less than a thousand hams in
mological Principle by Tipler. It's an Al ri ca , and those are mostl y Eu -
posite video and audio into the front VHS 10 pin or e xhaus tively ret erencec scien ti lic ropeans. I wonder ilthere are even a
rearphonajacks. Add 70cm antenna, coax, 13.8 Vdc work. hundred Black hams in all of Al rlca.
and TV set and you are on the alr...it's that easy! The main reason SCientists give lor Hec k, k:lok how l ew we have here in
.,
being sure there aren't any other intelli- A~.
TC7G-1 has> 1 watt p.e.p. with one xtal on 439.25, 434.0 genl civilizatlOfls is that we haven 't The Black countries I've visited in
or426.25 MH z, runs on 12-1 4 Vdc@ .5A, and hot GaAsfet heard any radio signals Irom them . Alrica over a periOd 01 years are all
Hmmm. Isn't It a tad arrogant to as- running down-Ialling apart. The lack
downconverte r tun es w hole 420-450 MHz band do wn to
sume that we will never discover a bet- 01 education and communications has
cha . Shielded ca binet only 7x7x2 .5-. Tr ansmitters sold ter communications mediu m than ta- made it simple lor dicta tors to take over
only to licensed amateurs, for legal purposes , verified in the dio? Heck, even a laser beam would and plunder whal li llie lhere is to
latest Callbook or w ith copy of license sent with order. have a much wider bandwidth and be take-including as much lrom Ameri-
better locused than rad io signals . can banks as they can get to salt away
Call or write now for our complete ATV catalog There could be laser communicationS in Swiss accounts or spend on showy
including downconverters, transceivers, linear all over our galaxy and we'd never but useless projects. Now our bankS
know it. And il a teste r mediu m is dis- are at a loss-the monel' they 've lent
amps, and antennas for the 70, 33, & 23cm bands.
covered. radio would be about as use-- has bee n wasted , so the co untries
(6 1 6 ) 447-4565 mol Bam-5: 30 pm p et . Visa , MC, COO lui as smoke signals . have no way to pal' the interest, much
P.C. ELECTRONICS Ants and termites work both as indi- less pal' back the loans. There's not
viduals and as groups and thus have even a way to gel the money they need
2522 Paxson Ln A rcad ia CA 91006
some means 01 group communica - to deYelop their economies SO they can

68 73 Amateu r Radio • January,1990


start paying back the old loans-and careers, The cost is relatively low-
we have no assurance that further mon- teach ing materials l or cl asses . club
ey wouldn 't go the same route as the ham slatIOns and computers. II our
last hundred billion or so,J ust what this bankS had sent this type Of help to
massive bank stupidity is go ing to do to Africa instead 01 billions in cash, we'd
the world linancial system is still un- be seeing major ch anges there. And
• Issue #352
known . bu1 many ecooomisls are tern- the cost would have been peanuts by
lied that the tacaoe 01 possible repay- comparison.
ment may crac k. setting off a world Wou ld nus work? I know it would , 1N4001 43,52 Liberia 82
panic. because that's exactly what I did in 1N4148 43 LM324 10
We know American inve stors are Jordan and if sure worked there. There
2N2222 43, 52 LM393 ... ..•.•.... ..... . 26
getting very edgy about me conllnued are more Jordanian hams today in thaI
build up 01 our stock market. We 're My country than Black hams in all 01 2N3553 52 MC3357/3359 12,15
heari ng warnings that the Tokyo stock Africa. incl uding Sout h Alrica. This is 2N38 66 52 McGregor, Ken 9
market is inc redi bty over-expand ed the reason that Jordan is by far the 2N4036 52 Mi cronesia 6
and ripe tor a crash. Ever! a mini-panic most technologically advanced 01 all 30m trans mitte r 52 m icrowave p ropagation 36
COUld send it into a tree lall, building up the Arab countries .
555 tim er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 64 MIDI port 41
momentu m on margin calls Whic h As you can see. I tend. lor a change.
can't be met-l he same as happened to agree with Baldwin' s critics. sene- 6N 138 o ptotsorator . . . . . . .. 43 mobile operation 20·21,54
here In 192'9--30. Would that pull our ing ham gear to Alrica righl now. l l eel, 74HCOO 43 N4RVE. Steven K.
market down too? It easily could. would be a ....aste 01 time and money. It 74HC04 43 Roberts 24 ,30
74HC 161 43 N6MWS, William D.
74HC86 43 Crowl 10
"As you can see, I tend, for a change 78 12 regulator. . . . . . . . . . .. n network for packet . . . . . . .. 58
A & A Eng ineering 43 networks, computer; lor
to agree with Baldwin's critics." ADC0804 AID conve rte r . .. 43 hams 24
ante nna, 1 V. m vertical 18 New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . .. 82
With so lillie educatoon and ccmme- would just go the route olthe billions 01 antennas; smquads 54 OSCAR 13, AMSAT . . . .. 6, 78
nicatians in mosl Black Alrican coun- our dollars already shipped to AlriCa- ARPANE T 58 OSCAR 9, UoSAT 78
tries, there's no way for them to devel- wasted , Atari ST 41 oscilloscope use 48,50
op business. The local market is too II we can get one or two countries
a udi ble continuity
small to help businesses get started. started teaching their kids lhe tunda-
PacComm TNC 58
There are few educated people to start mentals 01 electronics. communica- checke r 26 PCB design 22
and run busmesses. The purpose 01 tions and computers, then we'll have a Au stralia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 82 PK·186 58
the bank loans was 10 break this circle need 'or collecting old ham gear and AY-5-1013A UART 43 Poland 6
01poverty. but ....iIt'lOut strong ccntrcts compu ters and shipping th e m 10 Be arcat modification . . . . . . 18 propagation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
(wh ich lhe dictators refused to allow). Alrica lor use by clubs. Un lil then.
Bo uvet Island OXpedition .. 46 p urpose of ham radio . . . . .. 88
tne money just evaporated-billions 01 let's cool our normal American gen-
our American hard earned dollars. erosity-let's leave that 10 our banks- Brande, Marlon 6 eso Software . . . . . . . . . . .. 35
Let' s not lorget just who had to earn all the same banks which don't want to talk Brazil 82 rad io direction finding , 6m . 54
th at money our banks have thrown With us when we need money can't breadboardi ng 20 RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 41
a.... ay. seem to l ind big enough shovels
Canada 6 RnY fundamentals . . . . . .. 64
What can be done to help Africa? I lor dictators ... and even our very good
don 't think there's anything that hams fr i end S in com m unis t co un t ri es.
C D4007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 RUDAK 78
can do to change things. Without edu- Incred ible, isn't it? c rystals, c usto mizing ... . 52·53 Smith Design 30
calIOn, there's no way 10 get better Crystek Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . 52 South Africa 82
Museum Progr. u
African leaders. The leaders know this .
so they' re nOI encouraging education As a Iilly·year member 01 Th e
CTCSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. n spectrum analyzer . . . . . . . . 30
League and legendary League sup-
Cycle 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 SSTV 41
since that would event uaUy lead to
their losing power. porter. I'm excited over the plans tor earthqua ke activity . . . . .. 6, 80 TEC·200 method 22
II we .... ant 10 blame anyone lor the the ARRL Amateur Radio Memorial freq uency count ers 62 TELENET 24
CatCh-22 in Africa .... e can dump 00 the Museum and Visitor Center. Th is re- home-brew 2 troubleshooting
coloni al powers who all had policies 01 cently fun ded m uur.muttcn project
HPITEST program 41,42 . .... .... . 10,26,30,48,50
keeping Ihe natives uneducated so seems to be progressing nicely. You
they could exploit their resources with- may be intere-sted in some ct me rlr lcom 12GAT 36 updates, corrections 59
out organized opposition . II worked mars I've heard . lcom America, Inc . .. . . . . .. 36 VE6IJY 1, King Hussein 9
line until the countries were suddenly The architects have been instructed impedance matching . . . . . . 48 VE6VIP 9
cut loose in the '60s. 10 work on a plan lor making the new Inst ant Track software 6 W1XU , Jim Gray 88
My approach >YOuld be to find one or building so it would look exactly like the
l NTERO P 89 58 W5KNE, Bob Winn . . . . . . .. 46
lWo 01 the 59 countries where there labled Hallicrafters Skyrider Diversity
seems some hope 01 d eveloping receiver , in hor'IOr 01 the Haltierahers Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6, 82 W9DTW, Dic k Fergus ... . . 26
educati on, Not all are being run b y Co mpan y, which so heavil y " e n- JAS· 1b 6 WA3AJR, Marc I.
despots-just most. I'd visit them and dowed" the League du ring its heyday . Juan Fernandez Islands Leavey, M.D 64
talk with the preSidents , explaining the A new art deco building like this could
DXpedition 82, 84 WB20SZ. John W.
imporlanoe 01 electronics and commu- attract national arreetco.
nications to the luture 01 their country Some 01 the directors tevcree mak- K00V. Joe Moel, PE 54 Langner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Then I' d exp lain that the on ly practical ing it look like the Neuoner HRO recelv- K3AVN/G0EZZ, Bill M ick . . 20 WB61GP, C.L.
way 10 cope with this is to develop na- er. but when it was lound that the only K5BDZ, Bill Hickox 59 Houghton 36, 62
tiv9 engineers and techn icians. The surviving museum-quali ty prototype K6MH , Jim Morrissett 88 WB6RQN , Brian Lloyd 58
best way to do this is 10 start teaching HRO would have to be plJrchased for
K9 KEJ, O rrin Brand . . . . . . . 17 WBBVGE, M ike Bryce 52
the lundamenta!s of electronics and a p r ett y pe n n y I rom Ihe te ureo
cornmcnfcauons in their elementary 73 Magazine Amat eur Rad io Memori· KA1LCC , John M.C . Wilson 18 WB9RRT, Larry A.
schools. al Museum, the di rec tors were dis- KA HGA, Jim Bail 35 Antonuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
By supporting Ihese fundamental suaded. Kantronics DE·56 58 West/ink award 6
courses with radio. electronic experi- Even with the delays in the design 01
KB1UM, MichaefGeier 48 Yaesu FT-47QORH 20
menting and compu ter ctubs. children the bui lding, the exhi bit acq uisuicn
would be encouraged to Iake a person. program i s said to be already well
KB 21GY , Mary Seferaj . . . . . 17 Yaesu USA 20
al interest and head toward technical ahead 01 plan. Despite a surprisingly Kenya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Zen ith 6
73 Amateur Radio • January,1 990 69
,,;gorous bidding war , the League is tronies, is it any wonder our source of
reported to have ma naged to get a set life for amateur radio has dried up? The
CONTINUOUS COVERAGE ANTENNAS onaoes crme activity on 3999 kHl for a last figures I saw showed our newcom-
FOil COMMEIlCIAL & AMATEUIl SEIlVICE 24·hour period in 1963-surely a his- er, had dropped 35% in the last three
tOl'ic treasure, and worth lar more than years. How dry can it get?
, the measily $50,000 asked. The Ame rican educatiOnal system
Model AC 1.8-30 1.8 to 30 MHz Another great exhibit is expected to has 'ailed our country massively. It's
• S'MlMax21 .1 41 CVEIICl()eIrom1.8loJO~ be a oomple te $8tol Don Milter's 1960s be en tak in g lon g er to t each l es s.
• Can bei'lstoiedinappo..... . l(JleIVSO n.sccce l ake OXpedltion log s. There is also changing amllingty just in my l ife·
• Ideal lOl' t:ommElfCiol services tor multi ee- 5175.00 said to be a large exh ibit of faked QSL tim e-and most of your s. The lack of
QU9flCY operation ""'; Ihoul the need fof SHlPPI'iG &. KANOlNG
antenna tuners or additional antennas ADO 5400 cards which have been submitted lor beec science education has made it
• HandleS 1 KW. 2 tt:# PEP leAS OXCC credit. Yes , Frank, yours are all possible lor America to lose its co n-
• Higher power models OYOibble on thMe. sumer electron ic industries. one after
special Ofdar. Conlod vou
Still in negotiation is a set of tapes the other.
deolaf 01 lIXtory
con t ai nin g a c ue- m onth ce rt ified But the situation i, far more serious
record of all activity on the 220 MHz tha n our tess 0 1 techrlology. Today
amateur bal'ld in the 30 largest Ameri- we 're awash in cri me and drug s-
can cit ies 'or February 1986, rumored we' re having to live with ethical situa-
to be an exhibit prepared by UPS to tions we don't understand, with our
demonstrate the almost tota l lack of Children living toget her, but not mar-
Model AC 3.5-30 3.5 to 30 MHz actu al amateur radIO activity on the ned-with a high percentage of 'attler·
• S'M? lea trloo 2:1 from 35 to 30 MHz
band . Since most of the tapes ar e less families- with divorce rates wIlich
• COi ......'eossemblBd. Bok.rII9ITninofOO WITh
$Tondard 50-239 connectoI' $184 .50 blank, there IS some question as to the are incredible-with lawyers rl,l nning
• Po.o.<al c~ 1 1CW · 2 KWPEP!CAS,Highef Sl~4 HANOlNG value 01 the exhibit to anyone other amok and polit iCian s stealing us blind
pow(lf modal is available on special order, ADO 5400 at every turn ,
than UPS.
• Designed lor 50 ohm reeouoe A ham attorney in Southern Califor- Ail lh is comes down to a lousy ecu-
• weather ccct boIun and balancing ~
nia has oHered a set of tO,OOO hours on cation al system. Kids who grow up to
Only 90 l. .ttllo
~ng~:;==:;";
I: audio cassettes of Southern Calilornia be cn minals must have gotten educat-

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repeater jamming atld profan ity . The ed to thalaome wnere, right? The easy
Board hasn't decided yet wIlat to do scapegoat is the tam ily-wIlat's gone
US ~"'" No 4A23 .473
aooutth is prospective exh ibit. With ex-
pletives deleted it is est imated this
wrong with the family? That comes
right back to education again. Families
could be edi ted down to about two today are the produ cts of our educa-
hours of drivel. tional system.
Editing is sliU being done on an ex- Our syst em provides re la ti vely
hibit 01 video intervieWs WIth the only cheap and government enforced baby-
two persons ever tried , convicted and Silting fOl' all kids over live, This made
put in prison for using obscene lan- the two-parent working family possible.
guage on CB . Both are Extra Class The increased earnings of two wage
CIRClE 53 ON REAOER SERVICE CARD hams, T hey ootn had i nt eres ti ng, earners first gave them oener houses.
though unprintable, views on the new ca rs and all the other things our educa-
AAAL mUS8lJm protect . Prison seems tional system has established as life
500,000 Radio Amateur like a partlCUlarty odd place to send goals. Naturally the prices for these
people to try and cure them of USing things increased, making it necessary
Call Signs at Your Fingertips bad language. for there to be two wage earners just in
Introduci ng Buckmaster's From Here The South ern California OX Associa- o rd er to maintain the sta t us qu o .
tion is said to have altered an audio Tough.
HamCall on CD·ROM
tape of the 100 largest OX pile ups in We hear at every tum that the drug
OvelSOO,OOOcall signs in the U.S history to the Museum as an eX Cit ing situation is one 01 education . So wIlat
al'ld possusions are available,
are we doil1Q about it? Not one ap-
searchable by call sign, name,
address. city. state , l ip code Of
license class Usiog CD-ROM optical
-- acquisition.
11 you have any ideas lor ama l8t.lr
radio memOl'abil ia wh ich might help
proach I've heard about so far has
claimed to worll. When are we 9OI09 to
disc lactmology and YOUI micro· the directors. you might send them to face up to th e fact met our p ublic
computer, yOl.l have instantaneous the A ARL Amateur Radio Memorial scncor system is not teaching kids the
access lo the Buckmaster HamCall Museum al Newington CT 06111- t ruth about drugs? We 're al so not
ca tebase . To Here copy to me . teaching much about ethics, getting
It's been suggested that since I'm along with people, cooperation and a
$499.95 per Package
plus Shipping tQuan ti t'" Umlltd l - --- not a League official it's IOcumbenl on
me to start an unoffiCial bui lding fund
depressingly long list. Our public edu-
cational system is a $100 billiOn eses-
HamCali onCD- AOM is a package cam paign to help pay tor the substan- ter-adinosaur.
that includes the CD·AOM data disc, tial cost overruns whiCh the Museum The bright side or this is that there
a Sony CDU·6100 exlernal CD-RO M project no.... seems certain to incur, It' s neve been a grow ing number of books
drive With interlace card lor IBM
something w hich should (must) be recently exposing the rottenness of our
PC/ATtypeoomputers," atld MS-DOS
CD-ROM extensions software . done, but it', only fair 10 point out that sys te m , E v e n t he educational

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Order h)· calling I-SIIII: 2S2-562S The Educa'ion Digest and to THE. ,
This is almost an o xymoron today. TecMical Horizons in EducafiOn.
S O N Y; I3UCKMASTER We in amateur radio in particular have
been the victims of the America n pub-
Okay, so the lime is gett,ng ripe for a
cl'lange. What can we do about II? By
"'NhitehalrRle, 3, Box56

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Mineral, Virginia 23117
703:894·57n
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- Rllqlllfe. 64Ol< RAM, herd disk driYfI aJld
lic educational system. The time was
when the average high school student
had more than enough sc ience ecoce-
tion to pass the Novice theory l est. To-
now we know bener than 10 f ight City
Hall. We can 't win a direct ccntronta-
non with a $100 billion a year qovem-
meet monster. No. but we can come in
MS-OOS 3.l or "'er ~ . day, With under 10% of our kids even f rom l eft f ietd betcre th e bloa ted,
being e xposed to the fundamentals of maleYolent monster wakes up to what
phYSICS. much tess electncity atld eee- IS golng on .

70 73 Amaleur Radio . January, 1990


Number 2S on your feedback urd
The weakness of any monster is its this inability to work fo r the long run
reseaeoce 10 change . Our m ilitary took which has macle It possible lor us 10 live
a terrible drubbing in Vielnam by reset-
ing the changes needed to meet l he
local crrc ums tenc es. You can see
W.lh a public educational system which
has grown 10 a $tOO billion a year gov-
e rnme nt operatio n. No weu-ecucetec
DJEAl JElR DIlRJECI OlRY
many examples o lhow new. innovalive
companies have sprung up and lop.
pled huge induSlries. The Swiss used
kid wou ld smoke c igarelles or Chew
tobacco . No educated kid wou ld be
stupid enough 10 gel hoolIed on herOin
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cou nl price$ on a" amateur prod\lc1s. Open 7
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NEW YORK

Western New YOf1<'s " nest ••rwlleur r..:loo


dea le. feat u, i "9 IC OM ~Larse".AE"'_
to have th e watch industry all to them- or cocai ne. Would kids even d rin k beer
days a week , Call OUr Bulletin Boa'd. A· TECH Hamtronic&-AstrOfi. New and used gear. e
selves. Alo ng ca me the di gil al watch if Ih ey really understood all th e pros ELEC TRONICS , 1033 Hollywood W.y, S...r_ am to 5 :30. Sal and Sun . by appointment
and put their whole country oul o f the and cons invotvOO? '->. CA 11505; '8 18)U5. 9203 .,8 1')U6_ VHF C O MMU NI CA TI O NS, 280 Tlffa"y
buSiness. II our educaliona l s ysl em leveled 22M FAX , (11I )UI-47" Modem/BSS. "' ve., Jam.slown NY 11701 , (1 16) 66__
By Ihe way . it was America that start- with kids it would e xplain that they 're SanDiego
8)4 5. Con;Ie ANder see-eenumber 1<'9 lor
more information ,
ed the digital walch busine ss I've still being manipulated by the alcohol tn- Hard 10 lind parts . sUrpfus elee1ronlCS. stan ·
da,d tine ilems, Hams, hobbyists. industrial Manhallan
gol a box 0 1 th e early Am erican digital dustry to thi nk th at it's grown-up 10 prole"ssionals -from nufs & bollS fo laser Manhaltan 's largest and only t>em and bus;.
wal ches. Then Japan came along and d nnk. Is it really? Or is il even more ltfc><lw.. .EIecln:>rMcdy speakong . GllIeway', fIfISS RadIO Store . Fllafuring MOTOROlA.
killed us With lower cost and far more grown-up 10 be able not to d rink. even go( ~' M-F 9-5 3O Sat. 9-5 GATEW"'Y ELEC- !COM. KENWOOD . YAESU . ...E.... SONY .
TRON ICS, 9222 CMup. .. . DrIve , San BIRD. TEN·TEC. elC. FuII SlOCk 01 ' adlOll and
innovativ e watches. They invented clr- when pushed by peers ? I used 10 reel
Di. fI'O C... 92123 ; (6 1I) 271-681l2 . accessorIes. Repa" lab"" premlS8!l. Open 7
ctes around us and pu t our watch ce rn- this p ressure. but onc e I figu red the days M _F. 9-630 pm: Saf & Sun. 10-5 pm .
panieS out of business . whole thing OUI I had no more problem We shlPworIdw"'" SARRY ELECTRONICS,
COLORADO 512 Broadway . New Yor1I NY 10012 ; 12 12)

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Hard 10 hnd parts. surplus fl!ectror" cs . stan-
dard line nems. Hams. hobby,sts. indusl" al
925-7000. F"'X (2 12) 92 5-7001 .

NORTH CAROLINA
" It 's difficult to get people to work for professlonal s_l,om nu ts & boll s to laser
d iodes ...Eleclronieally spe.ek lng. Galeway's Greenaboro
go( Itl M-F9-5 30 S.1 9-5 GATEWAY ELEC- to& ,rn, 10 7p .m. Closed Uondlly , !COM our
the long run. This takes education. " TRON ICS. 511S N . F""..... Blvd . n 2·8. fIPeCialty-Sales & Se<v!ce, Also (10 name a
lew): Tefl-Tee. Yaesu. KlIflWOOd. Benehe< .
De.w ... CO . 022 1; (31l3) 458 _5444 .
Sangean. B&W . MFJ. "'' fICO.
Cornel . Su,e.
Callbook s . Ameco. Frank N4"'ZM , Mae
DELAWARE 1(B4IMX F&M ELECTRONICS, 3521l Rock·
OiIay. our public educational system wilh iI. 1 don 'l drink and you 're nol g0- New C.stt. ingham R...t. Greensboro NC 274-07; II I I )
ISa horrible failure, Kids aren't learning ~3 7 .
ing to make me. FKlory aul t>orizrtd dealer ' Yae su . ICOM.
to read and write . they 're left wid e open Who, besides another drunk, likes a Ter'I- Tee. 1<01< . I<enwood, ...E.... I(antr""oc..
Santee , Fulilil'\e 01 ~SOn"". No sales fax OHIO
lor the seductiveness of drugs. early drunk? Oh well. we' re lal king SOCial
in Delawa' e . One mile 011 1·95, DEL"'W"'RE Colurnbua
sex. having illeglt,mate children, get· driFlking. not drunk-right? No. it's a ........ TEUR SUPPL Y, 11 Meadow Road ,
Central OhIO'S ful.ltne . ...thorll«! de. . for
tlng involved with cr ime, accepllng d i- mailer of degree, that's all , Even one New Cas tle DE 1972'0; (302)321-n21.
1(" ,WOOd.ICOM. Yaesu. Tefl- T-e. lnlo-T.ch.
vorce as a substitute for a more intelli- drink makes you a lillie bit drunk . You Japan RadOO. ...E.... C ushc.aft. H US"",. and
gent marriage system and so o n. I reduce your a bilily to thin k, 10 cooen- IDAHO Butternul. New and used equIpment on dIS'
play and ope,atlOnal i" OU' 400CI SQ. II . slore
oon 't have to tell you all that's gone nate. One drink and you are a worse P. esto" la rge SWL department too UNIVERS...L
wrong . You see o u r k ids hangi ng driver and thus more likely to kill or Ross WB7BYZ has the IafIJ"SI stock 0 1 _ ........ TEUR R ... DI O, 1280 "'Id a Drive .
feu. gear on \fie Int"""",,nI&In Wesl and lhe Reynoldllburg (Colurnbua) OH 43068; (I 14)
ar ound sh opp i ng ma lls . smok ing maim yoursen, your lamily , friendS and
best poces . Over 9 .000 .... m rel.alrtd gear '" 866-4287.
ercarenee . buying drugs. You see others, The drug aHeets your thin king. Slock. Call us tor '"all" YOU' ham /'I8eds today
them c ruising in pickupS and on motor- making you resista nt 10 reason. ROSSOISTRIBU TINGCo . , 76S . Sl ate, P_
slon 10 83263; (21l8)'52-11830 . PENNSYLVANIA
<)'de' . Did you see the Richa rd Pryor movie
TrevOM
We wonder if lhe plelhora 0 1 c rime where he talked about his d rug aocc-
"'uthonzrtd laclory saIn and seMce KEN-
programs on TV are an e xaggeralion . lion? Too bad-you mesee a powerlul. KANSAS WOOD. !COM, VAESU . feal uflng "'MER-
Then we rea d the statist ics o n drug hilarious an d terr ifying, account of how Wellington I T RON . B&W . M FJ . HYGA IN . KLM ,
smuggl ing and drug murders and we it is from the drug add ict 's side. We have 11' "'STRON . BUTTER NUT . EN· CUS HCR"'FT. HUSTLER, I("'NTRONICS.
know what we 're seeing is more reahly Our educational system should pre-
CO "' ''' . H EATHKIT . GORDON we
st. "'EA, VIBROPLEX . HElL. C"'LLBOOK . AARL
I<ANTRONICS. lASER COMPUTERS. MFJ. PUbllCatoons . and much more . H...MTRON-
IhaFl the luri d e reanees of f.clion pare our kids 10 cope With the pres- RADIO SH... CK. TEN ·TEC. VALOR ANTEN· ICS, INC., 4-0338rown1lville Road . Trevose
writers. sures Ihey 're going to experience- N...S '" ~. Small town IIIlfVlCe wl1h d.. P... 1904 1; (215)351- 1100. F...X (2 1S1355-
counl pnces. D...NOY S, 121lN. Washington , 8958 . S.les Order 1·800-426·2620 . Circle
W e se e our kids buyin g atcohot fro m the media- trom peers-from
Wellington . KS . '7152, (316) 326_83U . Re..:lerServlc. 371 lor rnore lnlo nnat ion.
and gelling k illed by Ihe thousands
rn car crashes. Those of u s in Ihe
COl.m l ry see empty SIX packs by the
c ri minal s. They should be better able
to cope w ilh tne e no rmous money
pressures pushing rcoecco. alcohol.
....
Circle Reader Sef'¥lCe 263 lor more ",forma·
TEXAS
Dallaa
roadside, thro wn out by teeo-ecera coca ine, crack. herem . uppers. down - MISSOURI In Dall as SlrlCe t96O, We leatull! Kenwood ,
sill'Flg in the ir cars drinking , We see ers, gambling and so on . St . Lo... l, ICOM, veesu . ... e .... Butte,nut, Flohn. ama-
Ihe lire marks whe re mev've chet- Okay already. there 's a problem, 50 Hard 10 find parts. surplus IIIec1ron ocs. stan- teu< publocations. and a fuM lIne 01 ecces-
_ _ . Factory authortzed KellWOOd Service
lenged each Ol her. We read about their what's Or. Green's sol ut ion? Well . I'm dard lor>e "ems, Hams. IlOtlbyISts . ondusI.....
prolesslOnals-from nuts'" bOIls to lase< Cerlle< ELECTRONIC CENTER , INC.. 2109
accidents and allend l he luneral ser- not one to bring up problems-even dlOdes.. .EIect' onlCally speakIng . Gateway' s Roas "'ve ., Dallas n: 15201 : (2 11) 961-
vices . W ho among us hasn 't axpen- suc h severe on es such as th ese-w ith· gOI It' M- F 9 -5 '30 Sat 9-5 G... TEW "'Y 1936.
erlCfld the loss of a Iriend through alec- out oH8fing a practical solution . It's g0- ELECTRONICS . 1123 Page Blvd ., St . Lou is Hou al O"
101 0 63130; 13141 427_6 111 . H. 'd to ',nd pans. surplus elect ronICS. stan-
hol?Veryfew , ing to taka one whale 01 a solution.
da<d lone l1ems Hams. I'lotlbytsls. ondusI,oaI
I say this is a failure of education-a We're lalking about eith er lixing or re- prolesslOnals-from nulS & bol ts 10 lase.
tailure of our pUblic schools to lea c h placing a p ublic educ ationat system NEW HAMPSHIRE
dIOdes .. e lectronocally speakIng, Gateway's
our c hildre n how to live in the world 0 1 whic h has been deleriorating lor over a 0 .., got II' M ~F 9_5 :30 Sal 9-5 G ... TEW ... Y
$ef'vlng lhe ham cornmuM y w;l h r>ew and ELECTRON ICS . 9810 Westp ar. Drive .
today . We have lhe Iransportation and hundred years-with te ntecjes in every
used equ.prnenl. We SlOCk and sernce lTIOS! Houslon TX 17063; (1 131 111-6575 .
co m m unica ti o ns 10 mak e anything part of our couFllry-a system support- ma,or - . "'EA. Aslron . BAW. Bencher.
Sou th wlOSI Houston
available we want . If we wa nt drugs ed by public l axes, both stale and tee- CUSI'Ieraft. Hust"'r. ICOM. I(enwood. I<LM .
FuM lone 01 EQulpmenf lind Accessooes. 1fI-
from Burm a . the y'lI get ha re an d no eret Th is is a Very Big City Hall. Larsen. MFJ. M" II9". V,bropl"x, bOOkS, '0-
house service leaturing ICO M and y ...esu
tOf$ . cabl" and conrl8C1OfS. BUSlflflSS hours
escalation of our war Of! drugs is going II we try 10 lig ht public education
Mo" .- Sat 10-5. Th ur Sday 10 -1 Closed
New equipmenl on dIsplay and OP"'atlOn&l'
10 stop!tlem. head Of! we 're going to be lighl lng ev- Sun .lHotldays . RIVENOELL ELE CTRON · (7 13) '79-7764 ; F lI (1 131 879-1341 1. MtS-
SION CO.... UNIC TI ONS . 11903 "'llel ·
Yes. we can eeocenre laws agamst ery branch of the federal government ICS . I Londondeny RNd, Derry NH 1l303I ;
Clod ine . Suite 500. Houston TIC 17012. Or·
drugs an d cut th eir g rowth by eurrune t- wh ich can be brought in to cta v. We 're 1603104- 5311 . ele Reader Servoca 380 lor men inf<>r'rullOfl.
ing the profits. but we 're still going to going to have con gress, the acmme-
have 10 do what we haven't ecoe-, tralion , the courts, right on down to Ihe
DEALERS: Your c o m pa ny name and message can contain up to 50 wordS for
teach kids lhe facts about drugs-why local boards of educahon in your town
as linle as S"20 yearly (prepai d ), or S2tO for six monlhs {prepaid). No menllon
they are 50 allfactive-and why they ready for m ayhem. I'm lalking FBI. of m a il-ord er business plene. Di rectory text and paymenl must reac h us 60
are so destructiv e , CtA, IRS, and every ol her initial combi- days in adva nce of publ icallon. For e xample , advertisi ng l or the Apr il ' 89
u's diHicutlto get people to work for nation you've ever heard of . That's one Issue must be In o u r hands by Fe b ruary ter . Ma il to 73 Am ateur RlJdio . Boll
the long ru n . Th is lakes oducalion. II's wtlopping City Hall l 278, Fore,1 A<wId , Ha nc ock , NH 03449.

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Guerrilla warfare m ight work-it's interactive video tape systems which
pretty successful around the world . But would wo,k with our present VCR s. In
Iha t's fighting the enemy fro m the the meanwhile t here's an enormo us
flanks and the back . It's better than market out there righl now tor ecuce-

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head on , bu t It's slow a nd painful. It hemal videos-a markel which is virtu-
Issue #352 also usually leads to frustrations wh ich ally untapped.
in tu rn bring terroriSm . The firstllideos should be aimed at
3S6 Aa. Communoeabans 7S • lCOM America •• . . . CV2,34 " No, What we need here is a sneaky aduhs 10 re-eeccete them . Until adults
1 AdvancedCompulerConl'ol .... 61 100 In1erconnec:t ~1l"Sl .. .. ., 6 7 new appr08ch-one which can be built decide that education feally is impor-
65 Advanced Electronic Appl,cahons 13 · 42 fSOl,OO Antenna . , ,. . 5I into a juggernaut before public educa- tant fa, their kids, the kids aren 't going
126 A8'0 Dal8 S ystems 59 245 Je-nsen Tools & AIIO\'1 .. 76 t ion realizes what's happening. Yes, to be motivated to bother learning. Oh,
88 AerospaceConsu/t,ng .. 51 272 Jun'. Electronics 83 we have just what we need in the tools we can suga r-coat theeducal ional sys-
to make this happen. 11 has the added lem" making dlun to Ieam. That'll help
194 AII EIeClronaCo<porat_ . :)9 92K~ . . 3S
benefit of appealing to the profit m0- and is long overdue. The slall$fy sys-
• .......,eur Electronics Suppty . 16· • Kenwood US A, Co<porat"", CV4 .5.7 "
tive, Il's capitalism at worlI , ftghting our tem of forcing kids (som etimes laugh-
288 Amat..... Racbo ScI'loal 37 2 LEB EnlltrP'*'S . . . 75
decayed SOCiali st publ ic educational ingly called '"studenls'") to sit through

'"• A "", r ~ ron ...


Amidon Associates
. . • . . 11
, 79
• L,ndsey Publications
2S Madison Electronic Supply ,
, .. , 2 1
, .. 79
system. Capitalism has outperformed
socialism and communism in ellery
endless drudgery imposed by indiffer·
ent and tn-preperec people we c all
5 Ante nnas WItS! _ _ 30 • Maggiore Ele<;lronH:s Lilli . 50 country of the world . There isn't one " teachers" has so deadened kids to
30oIl A/'Ilennas West ••..
." 381 Martll'lg FfllnCllise CofpofatlOn
101 r.la.>:com, 1nc
85
, 68 "
showcase for com mUflists or socialists
to point to w'th pride-and that certain-
the concept 01 educahon thai we haw
ou r WOfk cui out for us.
307 Anlennas West
90 ""tennas West . " 241 MediaU e l\Ol s . . 63" ly ioouoes OUf socialized public school There is a good deal oj anger al the
303 Antennas West _____ .. 65 " « Metro PnnT,ng 76 system. newly anived Asian kids who are run-
Cap italism has, on the other hand, a ning circles around gooct old·fashioned
89 Antennas WH I . . . .. 75 86 MFJ EnterpnS8S , .. , . . . , . . . 29
growing number of phenomenal sue- American kids, II you've watched TV,
302 Ant'mnas Wesl ... 76 162 Michigan Rad io . . . . , 51
cess stories such as America, Japan, you know Ihat the only real diHerence
348 MICrO Computer Concepts 76
236 Antennas West
271 Antoque RedIC) CIassIf>ed "es 295 MICro Control ~_ 57
Korea. Taiwan, Hong Kong. Singapore
and so on. The difference betWeen Tai-
between these Asian geniuses and our
OOIts is that their paren ts don 't la ke any
• Associated Radoo . sa • N ELit5I;ht n ....an and China is night and day. yet baloney. Their parents ha ve convinced
16 AstronCorpor.hon . .. 31 349 Naval Electronics . 73 these two halle exactly the same peo- their kids that educalion is important,
243 AXM. lne . • . . . . as ple- il's just the political system ....hich so l hey're making the best they can of
53 Bal1<er & Wilhamso n "
. .. 70
• Nemal ElectronICS , . "
• OkfamhomaComm Center ,., . .. , 85 is diNerenl.
Even the UK , wh ich was rapidly
our sick system-cane beating Ame ri-
can kids at every turn. So l irst we have
4' BarryElectron ics Cotpor alion .... 27 • Om81 ElectronICS M
sell.(jesl ructing under socialism" has 10 ed ucate Ihe pa rents. Sigh ! No , I
ol2 IWal Company .. _ 51 96 Oo\ando Hamca.non "6
been ma king incredible strides under didn't say Ih is was goi ng to be easy,
365 8uckmaste< ~ ~. • P C. Ele<:h...oics •. .•.. 56,68"
Thatcher' s management. jusllhat it was important and would be
7 8<JcI<ma.... Pu!Ihshlng • n- 1~ P.,;-Comm 51
Mor'lEly (pow er) is the driving force. very, lIery profilable . Money!
170 Buck maslflf Publishing . . . . , . 65 ' 17ll PacillC C-able Company, Inc. . 3S It' s why t he drug "war" is being Iost- American parents, I believe, are npe
• Bullernut Electronics . , , . 67 66 Periphe. . .. .. .. 79 indeed can 't be won . it's why people forthis educalional revolution. I believe
C & S Sales, IrIC. . .. , .... , 63 • Procomm I Digilre. . , . . . 83 are allowed to smoke tobacco in spite Ihey'll golorvideos on howtohelpttleir
• CB City lnternatiooal lIS 145 OSO SofIwatll ... 8S 01 ellerythi ng ....e kno.... about it_in kids succ eed. T hat' s one trail Ihat
Cleveland tMlnute of Electronocs spile 01 it killing 35.000 people a month hasn'l been com pletely beaten out 01
'"• COM B 00tecI Matl<el"'Q
67
12
31 Radio ArmIleu' Ca'bxllc .
6 Radiate!
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30
just bere in America. It's why we pu t up us-we still hope our kids wi. be able 10
with our kids killing each other with do bene, Ihan .... e haw. As we see
19 ISO Radio Wcn.. .
'"" Commputa Cotpora!\on
Com mun;ea tion Concepts. Inc. . . . 61 34 Ramsey Electronics ,
61
23 "
d,unk drilling , Money wHI defealllitru-
ism and good intentions ellery time.
them going fOf drugs, drink ing , sex,
cruising, petty theft, lying, and ignoring
Comm unk:ations El&clronics , ., 2S 14 Renaissar.ca D IOflmenf
'" 85 We're at a particularly serend ipitous schoo l, we know we 've let t h e m

" 171 RF Enterp' ises

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Communicallons SpeclaliSIS, Inc . . , ... . 8 time in QUf histOry. For the first time we clown-bul .... e don't know just ....hat we
ComPutetS.lne should have ecoe. How did we fail
'"
15 Comtelco ",
50
115 RFConnec:t""' .
25.t Ross Dlstnbul.....
76
75
neve at hand the tools we need to come
in from left IieId a nd topple public edu-
12 COnnect S'(IIomIS · n cation. I'm not talking repairs, I'm talk- Ellery parent who's tried 10 deal ....,th
ing ou r taking no prisoners. I'm talking a kid on drugs, in jail, going off with Ihe
3 Contact E/lSI
• Con1fol P,oducts Unhmited .. 43" • Uncle Wayne 's BOOkshell .... 86 .87
93 S-COM IndUSfries 81
.,.
ou r gelling rid ctthe monster once and
tor all . but doing it so it never knows
Moonies, turning gay or suddenly preq-
nanl has asked whe,e they've failed.
306 CreativeControl P'od UCIS 81 332 Safell,teCily
....hal hi t it. They hear thai il isn't they wh o 've
3&lo D &S Sales M 382 $CO EleclfOflOCS . 37
SChools appa'ently hawn't taught failed , ifs the schools. Balone:y. We 'lI8
147 Dal.. ComlntemabonaJ 79 36 $c'ambIonQ News , 30 the basics 01 freedom in ages, so lew let our kids fail-afld we "ve lei o ur
• Dayton H _llOn . . 49 2« sonw.... Systems 61 kid s eve n neve a sense 0 1 what it school sysl em turn to pap.
• Delaware ,eur s..ppIy •. S5 250 $oItwate Syslems 63 means. I used 10 be feally angf)' at me Once we halle some videos leachmg
342 [);g<ma. .. 53 23 Some""" Electronics S5 ted era t l aws lorcing kids to go to parents how to parent we ',e going to
239 Digil al Rad oo SyslOm s Inc 47 • SonyCorporation 01 Ame' ica .. , .. 70 s ch OOl -mainly public school. I need videos lor the kids on how to kid .
1 14 E. H. Yost , . 73 5 \ SpectrumCommunic:atiON . 40 CO Uldn't see Ihe omereoce between They'll need videos not only on every
386 Elec1ronio; E"ll"""'ffiI 76 \83 Spectrum Inlernational 39 that and slallery. I still can 't. sub)ecl they've been short -ehanged Of!
01 course, I don't see the d ifference in school, they're going to need them
128 Elec1ronoca BOOk CIut> 19 • I~ Hamtes'l . ss between the d,aft and slavery elther- on the sub;ecls wh ich should be being
• Eng" ee .IllConsult,ng 15 1I Surplus s... Of Nebf . ss except that one is legal and the othe, taught in school and aren 't.
15 Fair RadIO Sales .. 47 8 7 TCE leba .
82 Franklin BeHe Publishefs .. 75 • Tropil;al HambOree "
32
isn' t. We still condone legaliZed slav.
ery 01 kids-and it' s the urst thing
Ca n kids of ten understand videos
on peer pressors? On personal ethics?
373 Gap Anlenna Products
~ O.U1h;er'sCoversPlus
43
81
• Universal Amalau, RadIO
79 Vangua,d lab$ .
".
n
we think of when we need to bu ild
up Ihe military . .. lei's round up the
On coming 10 grips with sex? Oh hor·
ro-s. I can hea r the religious groups
• GOTE ..
17 GUl Elec1ronocs . .
".
sa
• VHF Communications
191 W & W~Tes
60
57
slaves.
The IT\8in tool we ha.... immedialely
screaming at me thai sex should be
taught in the home-of in chu rch. Wetl,
72 GlMl Man,n Engineer-Ill aa 38 W9I NN Anl-.as . 61 allailable is video. W ith VCRs in mosl it isn't and it isn'l going to be in any
homes these days this is a simple and lulure now imaginable, scjet's stop us"
• GrapeVIne Group . . , 47 • Wheaton Hamlesl (WCRA) . . . . . . 37
profitable entry lor the New Education. ing Ihis as a way to worm money out of
326 GTI El&ctrooic• . . . . 76 105 W,fBun Company , , . . . 60
The next step is to use an interactive gullible parents.
• The Ham Cenler
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amateur experimen ters and sci- come IUlly operational. Experi-


entists around the world the use of ments by the RUDAK l eam in
a small , inexpensive, yet sophisti- Munich will continue.
cated educational spacecraft. Al- The on-board compu ter crash
Amateur Radio Via Satellite though U-O·g will be missed , of OSCAR 13 and the demise of
UoSAT.QSCAR 11 continues to U-0-9 remind us th at amateur
Andy MacA llister WASZIB mistic. Although it took a lew extra perform s imi lar duti e s and satellites are a lim ited resource .
14 71 4 Knighlsway Drive days to get transpo nder operation UoSATs 0 and E are scheduled Batteries tau. Solar panel output
Houston TX 77083 software loaded into the satellite's for launch with the Microsats. declines with age. Radiation dam-
com put er, the results were a great ages memory circuits, and orbits
OSCAR 9, 13 Troubles relief to satellite enrnusrasts. On False Alarm decay. The best lime to prepare
During the early morning hours Friday. October 13, DB20S de- On OCtober 14. OSCAR 13's lor sa telli te operation is NOW.
of October 9 , 1989, the on-board clared A-0 - 13 operational and Mode JL (2 meters or 23 cm up Those whO wait for the ultimate
computer (OBC) of AM SAT.oS- available for use. Although the and 70cm down) did not come on . geostationary hamsat will miss
CAA-13 crashed. Then, on Friday schedule did not include any Once again namsat enthusiasts years of exciting operation via the
the 13th, the Dow-Jones Industrial Mod e S (70 cm up and 13 cm became concerned. This time current flee t of spacecraft .
Average took a nearly 200 poi nt down) time. at least the satellite their fears were quickly calmed
drop and UoSAT.oSCAR 9 re-en- was worki ng. when Mode B (70 cm up and 2 AUOAK 2 Goes
tered the earth' s atmosphere- to the So viet Un ion
unsucce ssfully. II wa s not a fun Scheduled for launch in early
wee k. "RUDAK is a digital, packet radio 1990 , RS· 14 from t he Sov iet
O n OCtobe r 9. many operators Union will carry the latest and
d iscovered thai the workho rse transponder using four 23 cm most advanced version of the
satellite lor enthusi asts every-
where, OSC AR-13. was not on
uplink frequencies and a sing le RUDAK digital co mmunications
system into orbit. Through con-
schedule. Repealed attempts 10 70 cm do wnlink. " nections to the Soviet amateur
use it failed . AM SAT bulleti ns car- satellite program via Leo Labutin
ried th e bad news: Cease at- UAJeR , shOwn in Photo B (cour-
tempts to use OSCAR 13 unultur- Wh y? meters down) was activated when tesy W6ATC). the West Germans
Iher notice. What caused the crash? Will it expec ted . An unanno unced have constructed a RUDAK sys-
When OSCAA· 13's co mpu ter happen again? The malfunction schedule change was responsible tem on four circuit board s to be
crashed, th e sate llite automatical- could have occurred for anyone for the lack of Mode JL that day. mounted in the RS- 14 space-
ly switch ed 10 Mode L beacon with of several reason s. A few poss.ou- New experiments by DK1YQ in frame.
output on 435 MHz. l ater in the Ities incl ude high solar radiation , west Germany with RUDAK (Ger- Upli nk freque ncies include
day, Peter DBlOS, OSCAR 13's which may have introduced a sin- man acronym for Regenerative 435.005, 435.050. 435. 190, and
primary qround-contrcl station , gle-event upset in the processor Transponder for DigItal Amateur 4 35 . 1 50 MHz . The com mon
sent a RE SET comm and to t he circuit or a double error in the Communications) required the JL downlink will be 145.990 MHz.
satellite . It then switched to Mode memory. Garbled commands or transponder system to be off. While details 01 the system are oot
B transponder operation using the tr ansponder schedule changes RUDAK is a digital, packet radio yet available. it is known that up-
435 MHz uphnk rece iver and 2 m ay have cont ributed . Hams transponder using four 23 cm up. link baud rates will range from
meier transmitt er with the omnte- around the world are to be com- link frequencies and a single 70 1200 10 9600 bits pe r second, us-
recti onal down hnk antenna. All mended for honoring the ce ase- cm downlink. Due to un known ing AFSK (audio frequency shift
was not lost . The bird could at ope ration request , and allowing oroorems. the system has been keying) on FM and other modes.
least accept ground-control sig- designated ground-control st a- unusable since OSC A R- 13's The 70 cm uplink and 2 meter
nals, but the bulletins remained ti ons t he opportuni ty to try to launch. Further RUDAK testing in downlink freq uencies def ine a
the same : All operation through m ak e OSC AR-t3 a functioning late OCtober began to show re- Mode B system. The an al og
OSCAA-13 must end till further hamsat agai n. sults . Certain commands and solt- transponder also on board RS-14
notice. ware upload sequences worked is expected to be at least 90 kHz
Experienced satellite operators The Descent 01 U-C-9 after more than a year of failure. wide with a similar uplink/down-
monitoring the crisis were quite On October 16, through a Uni- While this is progress, it is still un- link configuration t o tha t 0 1
co nc erned. AM SAT-OSCAR-10 versity of Surrey announcement. certain it the experiment will be- RUDAK2. DI
ha s been uncontrollable for years Max Wh ite at the Royal Green-
du e to com puter memory failure, wich Observato ry reported that U-
whil e Ihe two UoSAT spacecra ft 0-9. the British sci entific amateur
were almost test due to software rad io sa te lli te, re -entered the
problems early in their life. There earth' s atmosphere on Friday the
were no obvious reasons for A.Q. 13th at 0752 UTC , some where
13's computer to fail. over the South Pacific . This satet-
Less than a day after going sr- lite had performed exceptionally
lent, the general beacon transmit- during its eight-year hte and near-
ted 400 baud PSK siqnats. The ly 45.000 orbits.
repeating message read DBlOS Launched OCtober 6 , 1981. on
TELEMETRY PR OGRAM V2 .0 board a Delta ro ck et from th e
VIA VK5AGR . Graham in Aus- Western Test Range in Vanden-
tralia, another designa ted ground- berg, California, U-O-9 was built
control station, had successfully to prom ot e great er in te res t in
loaded a sho rt routine into the space eng ineering and scie nce in
sa t e lli te's co m p ut e r . L at e r , schools, and to tes t novel tech-
DB20S loaded more software into nologies , Its downlin k frequencies
the satellite. The higtl-9ain down- ranged from 7 MHz through 10
link antenna was switched in and GHz . U.().g broadened the ama- From left to right: Valery UA3FH, Eugeny Labutin RA3APR. Leo Labutin
bulletins from AMSAT were opti- teur satellite program by giving UA3CR, and Nick UA3AIC.
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LETTERS
Ham Doings Around th e World From the Hamshack

Listings are free of charge as space permits. Pfease send us SF Earthquake 222 MHz) will be taken away
your Special Event two months in advance of the issue you from the hams and made even-
want it to appear in. For example. if you want it to appear in Less than an hour and a half able to commercial business in-
after the San Francisco ear-th- terests. The loss will be a major
fhe June issue, we should receive it by March 31. Provide a quake, I was lteten tng on the one to the brlll1ant and dedlcat-
clear, concise summary of the essen tial de tails about your amateur radio bands and I was eo h obbyls ts wh o built t he sys-
Special Event. very impressed by the rapid tem, but it wl11 be a n even
response from my fellow radio greater loss to the c1t1zens of
amateurs. There must have ca.Ufornla when the next eieee-
been at least thirty o r forty terstrtkes ."
DEC 31, 1989 OSL, send #10 SASE 10 W3KRB, controllers on various fre- Alan Ginsburg
SOUTH BEND IN A Hamlest J207 Waverly Road, Gladwyne quencies handUng tramc, an- Seal Beach CA
Swap & Shop will be held on Sun- PA 19035. ewermg questions as well as
they could, and taking phone [reprinted from the L .A. Times]
day. December 31 , 1981, al Cen-
numbers to tr y to enevtete Whe n the n ews media turns
tury Center, downtown on US 33 JAN 21 anxiety. Mos t of the queries
one-way between the Trustcorp to ham radiO for coverage of a
S OUTHFIELD MI The South- were from nonhams who had
Bank Building and the river. Ta- natural dlsaster, hams have a
field High SChool ARC is sponsor- managed. to get in touch with
bles: $5JS.h . Round: $1518x2.5-ft. golden opportunity to show
ing tnerr 24th Annual Swap & an amateur In their vicinity . As
off their preparedness . But the
Rectangular: $2O/S-ft . Wall Ioca- Stice at the Southlield High an ex-Naval and civilian radio Irresponsible ham can also
nons. Talk-in frequenc ies: 52-52, School. Doors open a t 6 AM lor crncer. I was very impressed wipe out this opportunity.
99-39,69-09,34-94, 145.29. For with the order the controllers During the San Franclsco
exhibitors. Open to the public at 8
more informalion, contac t Wayne ma naged to Im part, and the
AM to 3 PM. Admission, $4 . Chil- ea r th q u a ke , we had everyone
Werts K9/XU , 1889 Riverside
adherence to emergency pro-
dren 12 a nd under, tree. $12 for from national TV to the local
Drive. $outhBendJN46616orcall
cedure. cable network and the news-
one 8-ft. table, paid in advance. It's a good thing to know who
(2 19) 233-5307. papers looking over our encui-
350 tables . This is MiChigan 's y our neighborhood ham ts. I ders at my Costa Mesa station ,
largest Swap & Shop. Parking , h ope the media took the time to
pickmg up the unique capab1U-
JAN7&JAN13,1990 door prizes. All profits will support listen on the 15 and 20 meter ties of hams to stay on the a1r
Electro nic Schola rships and bands that Tuesday night. It
RIO de J ANEIRO, BRAZIL The after "the big one." But en this
South field's High School ARC . was incredible, Hams were ac-
1990 Hunting Lions in the Air Con- good PR was wiped out by a.
tive and wor kln g so quickly I
lest is a worldwide project spon- Contact Robert Younker, Sou th- ham letting his frustratlons
venture to say they were better
sored by the International Associ- field Senior High SChool, 24675 out on the air about the jam-
organized than the profession- mers and tuner-uppers . It 's
atic n of Lions Clubs and Lahser Road , Southfield M I al services. Thank you to all my
Coordina ted by the Rio de Janeiro 48034. (313) 746-8675. irresponsible to air our dirty
fellow hams . laundry!
Arpoador Lions Club of Brazil to Reg Baldock VE7 ABF Unquestionably , we 'll al -
promote international relations JAN27 Clearbrook BC Canada ways have those who make life
between ind ivid ua ls . Nonnons are ST . LOUIS MO The SI. Lo uis rough for us as we're handling
welcome to join , For complete Repeater Club wi ll sponsor the "Even before the shaking emergency communications or
rules, write CONTEST COMMIT· " Winte rIe s t" a t the Stratlord stopped , ham radio operators ehowtng off ham radio to the
rEE-HUNTING LIONS IN THE were establishing communica- news media. If we give In to
House jus t west of Interstate 270,
A IR, RiO de Janeiro Arpoador li- tion links with the san Fran- these lids, we give ham radio a
on Interstate 44. Free parking . Ad- cisco area. Hundreds of vol- black eye and these dtarupttve
ons Club, PO Box 2155, RiO de mission $1 per adult, children un-
Janeiro 2001 I , RJ ., BRAZIL ,
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Soutn Amencs. 6000 square fee t of indoor flea nicated information abou t When the cameras are run-
ma rke t; VE exams; refre s hme nts . need for e m er ge ncy services, ning and the tape Is rcllmg. I
JAN 13, FEB 24 8-ft . tables, $5 each. Advance damage reports, a nd handled don't let them catch on that a
APPLETON WI The Fox Cities reservations required. Talk-in on health a nd wellare Inquiries to tuner-upper or jammer has
146.311.91 . For more information , and from the area. clou ded. up the emergency co m-
ARC Winter Banquet will be at Ihe
" Th e major ham radio FM munications. I either QSY o r
Hoosevelt Jr. High School al8 PM call James Berger WA0FOK at
communication link between calmly talk over the QRM, and
on Ihe 13th. (314) 35J-n32. Northern and Southern Cali· everything sounds great to the
The Club will sponsor HAM · romte is the Condor system of n ews media. We portray most
FEST 1990 at Sabre Lanes , JAN 31-FEB 4 several linked repeaters. This ham radio communications as
Menasha, on Feb . 24th . Contact HOUGHTON MI Mic higa n Tech- system, built entirely by hams they really take place on the
Don Baker NB9J. 621 W.7th 51., at their own expense, is very airwaves .
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Kauka una WI 54J30. (414) 766-
ARC) will operate W8YY on the ous high-quality emergency and wants to visit your enecx .
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PHILADELPHIA PA N3KZ, the 3.550, 7,050, 14.050, 21.050; It did the same after the Wh it- occestoner ud that may not un-
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73 Amateur Radio • January, 1990 81


edited by G.G.G. AUSTRALIA
Ken Gott VK3AJU
Notes from FN42 South Africa From the SARL
3BA Lansdowne Road
HUGOI Even though you will be Bulletin compiled by ZS6AKV and
St. Kilda, Vic. 3183
reading this several months after ZS1VP , and submitted by ZS6ET,
Australia
Hurrica ne Hugo devastated many comes l he anno un cement that
islands in the Caribbean. ham re- Leroy Dale ZS6XJ has received Our Department of
aio operators are still providing live separate Worked All Brita in Tran sportation and Co m-
communications services for the Awards Group (WABAGl awards munications (DO TC) has
health and welfare of those is- for contacts on t he 6 metre announced that the ama-
lands. band. As the first South AfriCan teur service is now the pri- PhOto A. L-R, Claudio PY1DFF/CE0,
What makes people g ive up to claim one of the ir awards, the mary service on two of the SergioCE0ICD, Rosa ROJa CE0MTY, un-
their free time to spend hours, O x fo rd G rou p also awarded WARC bands , 18 .068- known.
days. and months at the radio ZS6XJ a ce rtifi cate in recognition 18.168 MHz and 24 .890-
helping others? Fo r those of you of o utst andi ng service s to the 24.990 MHz. Previously we could who holds eight separate licenced
helping your fellow man regard- WABAG . operate on these bands, provided callsiqns.
less of race, color, or creed. f New Zealand From Radio Swe- we avoided certain spot frequen - [And some USA hams just want
salute yo u. Keep up the good den. OX M EETING-A convention cies. one extra ca lisign.-CCC)
work! of SWLs and DXe rs will be held The DOTC has also eased re- Due to misca lculation, resu lts
near Auckland, New Zealand, dur- strictions on amateur use of the from the VK co ntest Ch am pi -
Roundup ing the Easter Holida y weekend lower half of the 50-54 MHz band. onship for 1988 have been re-
Brazil Fr om Felipe PY2VRX April 13 to 16, 1990 . The loc al Although most of the transm is- vised: VK50X and VK3AJU were
and Sergio PY2NTD comes a list b ranch of the N.Z. Rad io OX sions of a government TV service eq ual winners, each getting a duty
01 new amateu r radio beacons. League will host the convention at on this band have been sh ifted to inscribed plaque .
Th e three beacon canslqns and a beauti ful co ast al location 60 other spectra, its residual opera-
addresses are: PY2AMI, Box 31 , kilom eters no rt h of Au ckland. tions on VHF have caused severe
ZC 13 .4 70 , A mer ica na , Sao 1990 is a special year for New restrictions on amateur use of,
Paulo, Brazil: PT8AA, Box 149, Zeala nd. with celebr ations includ- specifically , t he 50-52 MHz
ZC 69 .900 , R io Branco, Ac re , ing 200 years of European settle- section.
Braz il; PT7ACC, Box 975, ZC ment and 150 years 0 1 nation - Government regulat ions in VK
BRAZIL
60.000 , scrtareza. Ceara, Brazil. hood . You c an writ e Doug la s allow amateurs to have mu ltiple
[Look for the frequency listings on Doull. Box 3011 , Auc kland , New callsigns. A recent WIA chec k 01 Carlos Vianna Carneiro P YtCC
the 73 BBS (603-525-4438, B-N- Zealand for further information. its records revealed one amateur Rua Alfonso Pena, 49fiOl
1).-CCC ) Rio - R.J. - Brazil
Japan From the JARL News : CEP20270
HAM FAIR '89, a three-day festi- Calendar for January JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS
val s ponso red b y JARL las t 1-New Year's Day, USA; Indepe ndence Day, Haiti, Sudan PY1DFF JCEe
August , was co nsidered a huge 2-New Year's Holiday, Scotland; St. Berchtold ' s Day, It took almost one year for Clau-
success agai n. HAM FAIR is rec- Switzerland dio R.S. Pinto PYl OFF to set up
ognized as the largest amateur ra- 4-lndependence Day, Burma; Martyrs' Day, Zaire an ope ration from Chilean Juan
dio eve nt in the world. 6-Feasl of the Ep iphany Fernandez Islands . A st ron g
Frank L. Striegl 7J1AAL was at 7-Ethiopian Xmas. Ethiopia. Egypt mood for adventures, plenty of fair
the IARU Region 3 meeting and 9-Martyrs' Day , Panama play, CWP Coordinator (Petropo-
dinner in late August as a repre- 10-Yukichi Fukuzawa. 1835 tis CW Group) and a deep radio
sentat ive of the Tokyo Internation- l 1-Annlversary Day, Albania amateur spi rit, this is our Claudio
al ARA. Frank reports that two 12-Mosweshwe, 1785; Revolution Day, Tanzania PYlOFF/CE0DX-peditioner,
Deputy Secretaries General 01the 13- Pongal Sankranti, Hindu Juan Fernandez Islands, 350
Chi nese Rad io Spo rts Associa - 14-- Albert Schweizer miles off Chi le's coast, in th e
tion , also present, had recently re- 15- Adult' s Day, Japan; Or. Mart in Luther King , Jr, 's Bi rthday, South Pacific Ocean, was always
ceived t heir (first) IN DIVIDUAL USA both a dream and a challenge 10
ca llsigns. This is a bi g ste p in Chi· 17-Benjamin Franklin, 1706 ; Anton Ohekov. 1860 Claudio, who named 1988 as
na, where there are only some 37 ' 8- Revolution Day, Tunisia J uan Fer nandez DX-pedilion
CLUB stations . The indi viduals 19-Paul Cezanne, 1839; Archbishop Makarios Name Day, year . helped by co mplete and pre-
are Mr . Cheng Ping BZ l CP and Cyprus; Epiphany, Julian Calendar cious information Irom Pagianoli-
Mr. Wang Xun BZ 1WX . 20-National Heroes Day. Gumeau-Beaau is friend CE3DEK, in Chile.
Liberia H . Wa lcott Benjam in 21-our lady of Altagricia. Dominican Republic : Death of Lenin. Landing at santiago de Chile
EL2BA , IARU Liaison Officer for USSR November 30 , and then flying to
the Liberia RAA, announces there 22-National Holiday, Australia Juan Fernandez Airport Decem-
are three new coun ties in Libe ria, 23-Hideki Yukawa, 190 7 ber 2 , br ought Claud i o t o
making the tot al thirteen . Th ey 24-Economic Liberation Day, Togo Robinson Crusoe Island aboard a
have mod ified their " W ork All 26-Anniversary 01 the Proclamation of the Republic, India small Cessna plane . On ly very
Liberia Award" Rules and Map of 27- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756; Lewis Carroll, 1832; skil lful pilots are allowed to do
Liberia. Contact lhe Liberia Radio Franz Kafka. 1883; Chinese New Year Tet (Vietnamese) these flights.
Am ateu r Assoc iation , PO Box 28-Jose Marti , Cuba Sa n Juan Baut ista v illage ,
98 7, Monrovia, Liberia. ,,-Martyrs' Day, Nepal Claudio's ope rating site , wa s a
(Liberia now lists six awards in 30-Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882; Vasanta Pachami, Hindu four km walk down mountains and
their program. Details on the 73 31-lndependence Day, Nauru a near three hour trip across Det
BBS.-CCC l Padre Bay,
82 73 Amateur Radio • January, 1990
Need sc hemalic diagram lor Ten. Tee Mod el 262G
pow8f supply. Woll pay copying and postage eess. Al so
need source lor service manual lor a Samet Model HT-
1200 2m HT. Thanks . Scott A. L.rrtin ~DV. 28579
County Road fI , Webster Wl54893.
Your Bulletin Board
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73 Amateur Radio • January, 1990 83
5H3'IW and Jon 9XSAA.1 also had
an eyeball aso with Roul5H3RB
in Dar es Salaam and Dick S79D
in the Seychelles.
I'm enjoying RTTY very much
and made more than 1300 con-
tacts in 1989, mostly on 10 and 15
meters, my favorite bands. I fin-
inished first for Kenya in the ARRl
RTTY Roundup in January 'S9. I
also entered the SARTG RnY
Contest and think I did fairty well.
I travel a great deal, but when
I'm home stateside hams can usu-
ally find me around 21.090 MHz
PhOto C. Extra ops that keep 5Z4BH's operation purrtect. between 1800 and 2100Z. Props
are almost always very good to the
PhOto B. Rod Hallen 5Z4BHI
lecticns. On this occasion we had states at that time . long path con-
KB7NK, Nairobi, Kenya.
hartebeest and ostrich. ditions on 20 meters to the West-
Dick gave a course to the senior ern and Central US have been
Single dipoles for 10/1 5/20(40 offici als of Kenya's Post and great around 1300 to 1400Z.
and 80 meters were raised , to- Telecommunications Corporation I've had many requests for 40
gether with a muttiband . The first responsible for Amateur Radio li- and 80 meter contacts. I live in a
KENYA
call, in spite of extremely bad con- censing. This co urse takes the townhouse and the antenna for
ditions, caused a heavy pile-up, Rod Hallen 5Z4BH reg ulati ons of the International those bands is a G5RV mverteo-v
splashing for 10kHz each side of Box 55 Telecommunications Union and with the peak about 12 meters
t he ca ll i ng frequen cy . About APO New York 09675 helps to apply them to domestic above the ground just below my
4,500 QSOs with 88 countries and communications requirements . Cushcraft A3. I've made many
5 continents rewarded our eHorts Many exciting events have hap- 01 course , if it also stresses the contacts with Europe, Asia, Africa
on this marvelous DX-pedition. pened since the tast time I wrote. advantages of Amateur Radio to and Australia on 40 meters. The
Electric power was available First, Dick Baldwin W1RU , the the government at the same time, SWR is high enough on 40 meters
only 8 hours a day, so batteries newly re-elected President of the that' s all right, too . to cause my T5-430S to cut its
helped furni sh some two extra IARU, spoke at our monthly meet· Dick feels the officials were power output to about 30 watts,
operating hours at night . There ing of the Radio Society of Kenya quite receptive. The RSK hopes but I still manage to get through .
was very heavy QRN due to the (RSK). We took him out to eat at for a Novice-type license to en- The SWR is way too high on 80
dampness and rainy weather. Nairobi's Carn ivore Restaurant, courage Kenyan nationals to be- meters, and I don 't have an anten-
Da ytime co ndi tio ns w ere ex - which must be the world's largest come hams. He strongly suggest- na tuner to correct the match. I did
tremely bad duri ng the operation Bar-B-Que . Every kind of meat ed that the RSK initiate a training make contact with Car10s TI2KD
from Robinson Crusoe Island in imaginable is sliced from the spit program for would-be hams. recently for my first North Amen.
the Juan Fernandez Islands from right at your table onto a red hot I have travered to 5RS, 3B8 , can 40 meter contact.
3-10 December 1988. Close to iron platter. Besides more usual S79, 5H3, T5 and 9X5 recently. I That's all from Kenya for now.
300 Brazilian stati on s were meat, there are usually exotic ee- operated from the QTH of Tom 73&8S. m
aSOed, a fine result! The place is
beautiful as paradi se must be ,
glorious nature all around , weath-
er prediction and lobster fishing
being the main activities, together
with a responsible ecological de-
." ...
west
~ ""
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fense of eu animal and nature's
species , rainbow colored flowers
anywhere by.
Claudio thanks all for the broth-
erty reception from Chilea n radio
amateur friends from CE3AA Ra-
d io Club , fro m CEf)CR C local
Robinson C rusoe 's members.
A very spe cial " H El l O ! " to
Sergio CE01CD and Rosa Rojas
CEtlMTY at that unforgettable
San Juan Baut ista Village on
Robinson Crusoe Island.
A former volca no island, Juan
Fernandez Islands were named
after the Spanish captai n who dis-
covered them in 1574.
All base support for this expedi-
tion was given by Petropolis CW
Group, by Rob PY1ROB , Baroni
PY1HBS, and Claudia PY1TCV.
Any information needed , write :
CWP , PO Box 90415, Petropo- Photo D. UPXA USSR Prefixes Award from the West Siberia OX Club, sent by Gennady Kolmakov UA9MA.
lis-A.J.-Brazil , CEP 25621 . These awards are 8 \7 " x 12" in size, very suitable for framing.

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I don ' t k now w hy h a m s do it ,
knock ing themselves out to build
and maintain, at their own expense,
code. naturally. High cost of health
insurance. II ligures. One or two em-
210Chateau Circle the most advanced and intricate, ers _Iforget what I asked.
Payson AZ 8554 f re a lly e xquisi te communica tions Then we got intOit , tossing (he ball
syst ems. Amaz ingly so phistica ted arou nd . I don't re member how, but it
From Bad to Better While bands above 20 mete rs repeater complexes with multiple in- started gelling really good. This net
HF band conditions are ex- will close shortly befo re or aher puts and outputs. Wide area nets. was really gelling off the ground l
And now super high speed packet The fee ling of exc itement from way
pected 10 be generally disturbed dark, the bands below 20 will be-
nodes. Why? Why do it? wnars the back in my teens. a pride 01 member-
for the first half cttbe month with gin 10 " shine. " Duri ng many
percentage 10 it? What makes Sam- ship in this family of unseen friends ,
poor conditions concentrated days 01 the m onth , you c an my run? What makes hams do this? started welling up . Only this time
betwee n about the 4th and t he make some rare contacts on the Now and the n, like when I was here I am a grown-up, with so me
14t h. Atm ospheric an d geologi. bands between 30 and 6 me- coming through Day to n a w hile ease , some l ang uage skills , and
c al upsets could occur in this pe- ters. m back , I catc h a glimpse of why it voila! A lot of the mike-fright was
nod as well. might be , just a little piece of a pic- gone. Something real easy started
On a day·by-day basis, ture, like a haunting scene from a happening . Real human beings
anything can happen.
• halt-remembered dream . started talk ing and listening. What
EASTERN UNITED STATES TO:
Gradually , th ings will Remember the great monolith th at did we talk about? Essentially we
was floating in spac e in the movie talked about just that ... we talked
improve from about the
2001? It remin ds me of that. Whe n about what do we talk about , we
15th toward the end of the
this great " thing" was about to un- hams. and why? We talked about
month, w ith good propa- leash its anciently-conceived pro- talk ing about what we really care
gation worldwide . gram , folks qo t the messag e : about, instead 01 OSO by numbe rs
Although propagation " Something wonderful is about 10 ('73' included).
this month is not general- happen! " That' s what the present People started coming out. Some
ly as good as it is in the sta te of ham radio feels like to me. hung bac k a little, holding on to thei r
sp ring and fall months, There was a glimmering of it when security " we" blankets, and their list
the peak of the sunspot I was a teen-ager. One summer a 01 standard messages. But it sound-
ham moved in up the streetlrom me ed like such lun, more people start-
Cycle 22 is rapidly
approach ing, and solar
fl ux lev e ls wi ll be very
h ig h. Because o f th is ,
CENTRAL UNITED SfAYES TO:
_ _ _ 40
.-_ , '0
and I actually got togo into his shack
and talk to California from this little
basement in Dayton, Ohio. Immedi-
atel y, I borrowed a paper-tape code
ed jumping 10 . Hey, these people are
really talk ing' Something ancient, or
timeless was in the air, or on the air
People were dropping th eir armor ,
Ionospheric distu rba n- sending m ach ine , practiced un- toss ing of1their hats, slipping out of
ces may be sudden and flinchingly IOf two weeks unlil FCC their shoes. It started leeling like a
frequent. Your best guide exam time over in Columbus and session around a campfire. Passing
w ill be WWV at 18 m in- went there andGOT IT! Hol y Smoke' it on to the next person became like
utes alter each hour. Over-
ionization can occur on
, . I was one 01these guys. II you don 't
kno w the thrill, well , you just don't
solemnly passing atong the " talking
stick" in a Native American council.
know it. One talks, others listen. I mean, real-
many days , causing sig-
This was something tantastc . But ly listen. When you have whole at-
nal ao so r p no n on t h e
Why? tentiOrl like that, you're either going
higher-lrequency bands. What was it atllor? And now, an- to run and hide, or relax into it and let
B e c a u s e of the lo w other 40 some years down the line, it draw Irom you wisdom you didn't
noise levels in the north- with dozens more really exquisite know was there . not something
e rn hemisphere 's winter, communications problems posed you knew before, the usual things
,
the 160 , 80 , an d 40 meter
bands w ill be quite ac- . and solved by hams, on thei r own
time, at their own expense, why?
yo u f i n d you rse lf saying , bul
thoughts you didn 't know and hadn't
tive during the hours of
darkness, and many DX
. Something wonderful is about to
happen. Or am I just dreaming ?
thought belore.
Here this was happening on my
records could fall , as long
as magnetic field activity
'. , Dayton Repeater
A p relude to it happened along
beloved, beleaguered, sort of nerdy
ham raoic. Wow! It took me back to a
fee ling I had in the Upper Ojai Valley
is quiet. about mid night o n a h illt o p in at the end 01 a g rueling 3 hours in a
Indiana. sweat lodge, stepping OUt into cool,
JANUARY 1990 ,.
W N ",,. '"' .w
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I'd been scanning 2-meter FM OIl clear air, under the stars. A Chant

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my little Yaesu HT and logged in bu ilt up, and rolled through the night,
1 2 3 4 5 • about 47 d ifferent repeaters . Wow! over and over:
F-P P P P P-F F-P Ham rad io heaven! You know the
We are an Old People
l eeling? But still the q uestion, why?
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The n on just about the lowest
We are a New People
We are the Same People
P P-F P P P P-F P-F channel l had logged in, lfound a net
Deeper than Before
in progress. People were checking
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 in, maybe a dozen , and at the inv rta- " OK, guys, line buSiness on all
P-F F-G G G-F G G G ton. I popped in with my call and that talkin ' stuff. I don't think there 's
joined the list. Nothing unusual. I much I can add 10 that. Anyway, I
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 wondered in hOw many other places galla run cause the XYL and the har-
G G G-F G-F G G G-F across Ame rica th is was happening. monic need a ride downtown . 73.
28 29 30 31 Alter a lew minutes crtormauues. see you later. Be Iookin' tor you OIl
the net control op asked for topics. down the log."
G G G G OK, let's see what comes up . Ncr .. . deK6MH BI
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