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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
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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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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
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 !
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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
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low cost. A fte r study ing the ou tpu t fro m the
demodulator IC in my sca nner. it became
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pla in that the signals it produced we re n' t
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layout. -- -- quite commercial test equi pment q uality.c-bo t
a re fine for the home e xpe rimenter.
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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-
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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.
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drop across this diode will prevent the meter
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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
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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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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
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ready there. If you have no use for this cir-
cuit. fee l free 10 eliminate Q2 . Q 3. and asso-
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1N914 small signal diode
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First evaluate the scanner you want to usc lkO 5% CF resistor
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3
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R l0.R26 .R27
R8
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compare the pinout from the Moto rol a data , 12kCl 5% CF resistor · 29SJ25Oval R2S
R24
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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
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ha s the Motorola IC o r a foreign made clone, ,
3 0.01 IJ.F 50 WV OC capacitor 2n- l065
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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
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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.
•
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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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
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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
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even wit h the largest Mini-Deluxe handheld transceivers.
capacity banerics. Slip it O nly slightly larger than the Micro-
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except between IWO RF Enterp" s" .
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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-
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ICOM use s a TNC C08Ki al co nnector for the
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.....,.;n. you ... notM:. an-
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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-
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not to touch the face of the crystal
with your fingers. Reassemble the
PRESELECTOR·PREAMP
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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 :
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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
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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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as the ones making 'l-stnrts at
the mall, several affordable digi-
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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novels? My library has over 6,000 using and see if I can gel in touch with
~;O.ATIC
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,
ANTENNA MATCHER ®
F D A A LL B .B .B . R AD IO S tsk again. Yes, you have to work at it to but our beloVed governmenl has al-
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be educated. You also have to work at
it if you want to be successful. The
ready invested hundreds 01 millions in
the project Wit h any encouragement
AT LEAST FIVE YEARS I prizes lor both are well worth the effort. 1"11 start a magazine to help this new
************************ My trips in recent weeks have given communicaliOns f>eId develop.
. ...
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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
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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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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
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lor the seductiveness of drugs. early drunk? Oh well. we' re lal king SOCial
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<)'de' . Did you see the Richa rd Pryor movie
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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-
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to cope w ilh tne e no rmous money
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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
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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-
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house service leaturing ICO M and y ...esu
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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-
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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
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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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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
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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 "
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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?
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we think of when we need to bu ild
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On coming 10 grips with sex? Oh hor·
ro-s. I can hea r the religious groups
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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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educational medium such as in terac-
uve compact d iscs (COl), bu t th at's
We see all kinds 0I 1iideo prog rams
showing us how exciting crime can be .
• _lhCompeny " .33 "~1SefS who have contflbuled 10 me N. down the pike_ jt's 100 expensive nght Yes , the criminals get killed , but we
269 Hustler, Inc. I1Of'I8llndUSIfy """*"y Conwnotlee i NIAC). now, We might find a ....ay 10 delie!op realize that in real lile most cti mmals
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How many school geography cccrs- Dartmouth teaching French.
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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 ,
unteers, many staying up all operators the spoUtght they 're
der 12 free . Features include over night, pinpointed a nd commu- looking for ,
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 .
nological University ARA (MTU· reuecie ... it handled continu- When the news bureau calls
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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above dates to celebrate the uni- communications throughout show them the best of ham ra-
versity'S Winter Carnival. Sug- the nights and days following dio. Ftgure out a way to quietly
JANUARY 17 gested freq uencies: CW- l.805, the San Francisco earthquake. air your frustrations about the
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-
University of Pennsylvania ARC p hon e- 1.850, 3.875, 7 .2 50 , tier quake, derstand t hat a steady carrier
will operate on the above date 14.250,21 .375,28.450; packe t- "Condor uses the lower end could very well cost a life. Let
from 1600-2000 in celebration of 145.01 . Alumni especially eoco ur- of the 220 MHz ham band to the ne ws media see ham radio
connect lts repeaters . Under the way it usually Is when it
Benjamin Frankl in's bir1hday and aged to call . For certificate, send very suspicious and unusual comes to Ufe-saving and public
the 2S01h yea r of the university, OSL and large SASE to WBYY circumstencee. the FCC recent- service communications.
wtucn was founded by Franklin . Amateur Radio Club, Wadsworth ly ruled that the use of this Gordon West WB6NOA
14.250 MHz. For commemorative Hall, Houghton M149931. s pectrum of frequency (220- Cosa MssaCA
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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:
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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 ,.
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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
88 73 Amateur Radio • January, 1990
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