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 EDITORIAL BY WAYNE GREEN
ARR L BANDP LAN HOTLINE MAIL
A good deal of the mail in rece nt
T h e recently released ARRL
weeks has been comp lime nting the job
Official Bandplan for the 450 MHz
73 has been doing with the bi-week ly
ba nd has st irred up quite a contro- Hotline re po rt. To tell the truth the
versy.
newsletter is fu n for us at 73 to write
Critics of the "plan" say t ha t it was and publish. The t wo month long
put t oget he r with too little knowledge deadline for 73 is so.restrlctive that
of the pro blems invo lved in all oc at ing
little real news can be consi de red - it
cha nnels in that band. Some critics
takes almost two mo nths, when every-
EDITOR/PUBLISHER say flat out that pol itics were involved
Wayne Green W2NSD!1 thing works smoothly, for something
much more than common sense. to get from a writer to the readers of
BUSINESS MANAGER T he ARRL plan calls for 450
Virginia Londner Green 73 Magazine and that kills news of
repeaters to have thei r inputs on the most DXpeditions and emergencies.
EDITORS high end of the band from 445-450
Alex Barvicks WB4RVH While the readership of the Hotline
John Burnett
MHz. " I nsane," say repeater operators is a lot smaller than 73, numbering
in the major metropolitan areas. They about 4000 subscribers plus nearly a
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Lynn Panc iera-Fraser point out that the signals and inter- thousand ham club bulletin editors,
PRODUCTION
mod from commercial repeaters just the event ual circulation of news is
Bob Drew above the 450 band all fall with in th is substantial since a great many of those
Nancy Estle segment of the band and putting the editors reprint material from Hotline
Cathy Greenwood amateur repeater inputs there is just to help flesh out their club bulletins
Bill Heydolph asking for troubles which are insol-
Neal Kandel and make them a bit more up to the
Bob Sawyer
vable. minute. Also, when you consider that
Rod Tulonen By putting the repeater inp uts in the large part of the readership paid
Barbara Walker the 4 40-445 MHz part of the band out $8 for a year of Hotl ine, so we
PRI NTER you get away from most of these know they are really active and en th u-
Biff Mahoney inte rieri ng intermod pro ducts. siastic hams. . .the kind it is enjoya ble
ADVER TIS ING It is be ing pointed out that many to write for.
Bill Edwards WB6BED!1 repeat er groups have tried the repeat er
Karen Hebert In the mid-November issue we had
outpu ts on the lower segment and news reports on a wide variety o f
COMPTROL LE R have come to grief as a resu lt.
Knud E. M. Kelter KV4GG/l items. There was the WB6JPI 15 kHz
Freq uency coordi nators also are plan for permitting splinter repeaters
MARKETING ala rmed ove r the AA R L proposal
David A. Behnke to work with little or no interference
because it would put the 450 repeater to or from the 30 kHz repeaters
Sun Epste in
inputs right on the second harmonics adjacent to them - sheer genius,
CIRCULAliON of the 224 MHz re pe ate r output
Barbara Block obviously . This was the scheme
Doroth y Gibson second harmonics. This alone, without adopted by the first WRG splinter
Diane Cro phear considering the co mmercial repeater channel repeaters authorized by the
TRANSPORT A TlON intermod problems, should be enough SCRA at the San Diego convention-
Bill Barry to scuttle the input-high scheme, they all reported in this issue of Hotl ine.
Paul Krulis feel. Second harmonic output can be Looking West editor Pasternak had
Jeff Riley kept down, but there is no way to a great story about PARC in L.A.
ASSOCIATES completely eliminate it . ..and this
Schley Cox WN9LHO finding a thief and getting him
means coordinators will have to allo- arrested when he turned up on the
Tom DiBiase WBSKlD
Terr y Fox WB4JFI
cate 220 MHz repeaters so they won't repeater. He had another about a
Mike Frye WB8lBP interfere with 450 repeaters! Or tower law in L.A. being defeated by
Dave Ingram K4TWI should all of t he 220 repeaters be the hams. The moonbounce gang
Joe Kasser G3ZCZ inverted just so the AR R L 450 band- made it again, with deta ils in
Bill Pasternak WA2HVK!6 plan can be accepted?
Jo hn Schultz W2EEY Ho t li ne. . .using a portable sta t ion, no
Waller Scott K8DlZ Some standard ization is needed less! OX news fea t ured stories on t he
Peter A. Stark K20AW si nce about half of the 450 MHz gang going to Navassa, t he ZM7 opera-
Bill Turner WA0ABI repeat ers are lo w in and half are high tio n, VP8MS on Sou t h Geo rgia,
DRAFTING in. It wou ld seem that the League Trinidade and Chad. ..p lus a good
T. M. Graham W8FKW went off halt-cocked on this one and possible new country, Hutt River
Bill Morello more data should be gathered before
l ynn Malo Province.
Wayne Peeler K4M VK a plan is pushed on repeater groups. 73's propagation expert has a
Experienced repeater designers feel special sunspot and DX report - the
l",eTior decoration by that any objective review of the evi-
'/enderson's Creative Work
latest Walker news on the coming
dence can onl y result in the EastlWest restructuring of the rules - petitions
Coast plan be ing accepted instead of for RTTY code changes, for six meter
the Texas Plan - low in/high out. ContInued on Page 11 7

2 73 MAGAZINE
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MCMLXXV Monthly Ham
wit h the engi nee ring department of

OSCAR 7 KICLL the State University and is writing

regularly for one of its more esoteric
publ ications. He is still inventing and
BUSY IN THE
IN ORBIT PHILLIPINES
buildi ng and hopes to find time to
write up his latest creations. Pilar sen t
alo ng some color photos of Bill and
th ey do see m to show that he has
Aft er th e usu al series o f delays t hey ma naged a little time in the sun In
finall y got every thi ng working at once spite of his heavy schedu le.
and booted Oscar 7 into orbit o n Bill Hoisin gton K1CLL, o ne of t he
November 15t h. While you still can't ham frate rnity 's most origina l and
pick up a hand transceiver and talk to prolific writers, is busy with a number
someone over Oscar, the techniques of of projects in Rizal, Phil ippines. His
lovely wife, Pilar, who is trying to
making contact via satellite are getting
keep up w ith Bill's paperwork , writes
better known and a lot of amateurs
are having a real ball using it . In
that not only does Bill have some
addit ion to a series o f articles in 73 on
backers to produce so me of h is " brain
children" but t hat he is connected
how to fi nd and use Oscars 6 and 7,
you' ll find lat e info in the Amsat
colu mn in t he new spages.

Licence Manual
For Handicapped
Planned
W1GVW/4 plans to pu blish a
license manual f or handicapped per-
sons who are interested in becoming
licensed amateurs. If you are a handi-
capped, deaf, or bli nd ham, or have • ••
wo rked wit h one, please send informa-
t ion conce rni ng your experie nce, and
pic tures if you have t hem to : Ted
Edwards Wl GVW/4, Virginia Theo- Bill on the slope of the extinct volcano
logical Seminary , Alexandria VA Mt. Makiling with a coconut grove behind
22304. him an d a pile of jack fruit at h is fee t. Bill and PiLar Hoisington.
Well -known cali o n t he OX bands is A fo rmer ship's "Sparks" , Leo has
that of F8EM. been regu larly on th e bands since the
F8EM Near his QT H at COGNAC - where
t he best brandy comes from ! - is a
sma ll river aptly named " l 'antenne".
twenties, and is a great believer in
home -brew gea r.
Photos by G3KPO

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4 73 MAGAZINE
News of the World 73 MAGAZINE
Bill Pasternak WA2HVK/6 use able from downtown San Diego.
Associa te 73
Not bad for a portable system.

They Took Ah, but I said that there were two

people responsibl e for the success of
WR6 FM; someone had to app ly fo r
the licen se, do all the paperwork and

Their Repeater hope it would be accepted by the

FCC. That job fell on the shou lde rs of
Fred Oeeg K6AEH who is also
licensee of WR6ABB . About six

With Them! months ago Fred an nounce d that he

had app lied fo r a special repeater call '
sign and permission to operate a port-
Every two minutes
while the t ioned faultlessly for the three days of able repeater at the convent ion. It
machine was keyed on, the voice of the convention; a tribute to the exper- took a cou ple o f months of nail biting
Bella Romain WA2CZU cou ld be tise of WA6KLA. This is the same but it finally came and P.A.R .C. was
heard over the city of San Diego repeat er th at Neil had used earlier this on it's way .
proclaim ing: "This is a special events year to provide commu nication fo r From all th is you might get t he idea
repeater station WR6FM San Diego, the Baja 500 auto race South of the that P.A .R.C. is a rather "together"
sponsored by the Palisades Amateur Border. At least this time he had 110 active o rganizat io n. You would be
Radio Club of Culver City" . Bella was Vac to run it off. Receive antenna was right. Lets face it, how many clubs
some 3,000 miles away, but her beau- a Ringo atop a 2CY pole outside the take their repeater with them to an
ti ful vo ice and nat ural speaking talent hotel room and t ransmitti ng was event such as th is? P.A. R.C. does and
would be a part of P.A.R .C.'s partici - accomplished with a Y. wave whip S . A. A .D.C. is next. Hmmmmm,
pation in the Southwestern Division clipped to a cab inet in the room. WR7FM?
Convention held November 1, 2 and Th ou~ the system was effectively at Do P.A.R.C. people have more fun ?
3rd 1974 at San Diego's fantastic ground level, it cou ld be accessed Let the pictures speak for themselves.
To wn and Country Hotel. from about the time San Diego was
Not o nly did the P.A . R.C. co ntln- line-ot-siqht from the freeway and
gent arrive with t hei r own repeater some amateurs told me t hat it was
operati ng on 146.01-146.61 , the same
channel as their Hollywood Hills
based home system WR6ABB. but not Some of the PARe con tm gen t pose out-
to be outdone by the many organiza- side the PARC hospitality motor home
tio ns t ha t sponsored " Hospit alit y provided by Earl WB6M UQ who is standi ng
Roo ms: ' P.A.R.C, showe d up with a on the extreme JeEr.
"Mobi le Hosp it ality Motor Ho me "
t h a n k s to "Uncle" Earl Surad
WB6MUQ_ Located in the hotel park-
ing lot near the entrance, it was the
first stop for many e nroute to the
fest ivit ies. It also served as talk-in for
anyone who might venture onto
.01 -.61 and found as many users as Neil McKie WA6KLA and Fred Deeg
the convention's own .34 ·.94 system. holdin g the special te mporary license fa
-
With close to 2400 amateurs in etten- WR 6FM.
dance, many others beside the
P.A.R .C. peop le found it of value.
Credit for the success of WR6 FM
.. ~ -. "U ncle Earl " WB6MUQ and Carl
WA6JOW relax (parry?) inside PARC hospj·
tal meter home between con vention events.
must be given to two individuals well
known in FM circles out here . Strap-
ping together a MDCOM 3D, a Motrae,
some control circuits and my Norelco
Carry Corder was t he hand iwor k of
Neil McKie WA6KLA. There are t imes
when I think Neil knows more about
Motorola radios and wh at they are
capable of doing than the peop le that • .q •
designed them. While WR6FM was
nothing pretty to look at, it tunc-
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t ; ,III " , ', " 0 1,' "a,'",,',,' r". lI, i' a,'id.;" I~ 'j,,~ It may n ot look like much , bu t thanks to Fred K6A EH, his wife Marsha WA6CUF
d""a l<'d b" /I.,. aalho, '0 II,. 1',-IIl(' R,-po'a"" the genius of Neil WA 6KLA it o u t performed an d LaITy K6YUI enjoy a last cup of coffee
}',,,,d. the . 34-. 94 ralkin machine. before the ride back to L.A.

JANUARY 1975 5
 W.allerScoll K8Dl Z
7318 Hollywood Drive
W.,t Ch.,t.r OH 45069

One o f the most use fu l pieces of

test eq u ip me nt arou nd the shack is
the multimeter . In the last couple of
years the expensive dig ital versio n of
t he mu ltimeter has come down in
price to where some ha ms can affo rd
t o invest in o ne and measure their
vo ltages, curre nts, and resistances
mu ch more accu rately than ever
b e for e . Tho se wh o wou ld be
interested in bui lding their own d igital
mult imeter, either for fu n o r fi nancial
necessity, will be pleased with t he 3%
digit Analog to Digital Converter set
o f ICs rece ntl y int roduced by TRW MXJ .5 bcoadband UHF power am p.
Siuconix . This pair of ICs for ms t he prco-amp t yp ical inpu t b ias curren t; The monol ithic LDll1 ana log pro-
heart of a 3 ~ digit mult imete r when an input imp edance of greater than cessor contai ns a bipolar comparato r,
combined with a clock oscillator, 7- 1,000 Megohms; autozeroing; and a a bipolar integrat ing amp lifi er, two
segment displays, disp lay dri vers, single referen ce voltage requ irement. MOS FET inp ut unity gain amp lifie rs,
power supply, and a switc h selected External user-selec ted components several P·c hannel ana log switches and
voltage d ivider to deter mine the ra nge allow selection of two different vol- the necessary level shifting drivers to
of measurement. tage ranges (2.000 V and 200.0 mV). allow the analog and digital processors
The Siliconix LD 11OILD 111 AID T his is the basic full scale range of the to be directly interfaced. All ampli-
converter set offers high pe rformance mu ltimeter. T he range selector switch fiers are internally compensated.
and versat ility wit h a mi n imu m of and its voltage d ividers allow up to 5 T he PMOS LDll 0 sy nchro nous
external c ircuit ry. The set cons ists of decades of vo ltage measurement (200 digita l processo r combines t he count-
a monolith ic P-ehan nel MOS digital mV to 2000 V). Also, a wide ran ge of ing sto rage, and dat a multip lexing
processor ( LD1 10l and a monol it hic sampl ing rates can be selected (1 /3 to fu nc t ions with the rando m logic
b ip o la r ·P MOS ana log processor 12 samp les per second) to accomodate necessary to control the quantitized
(LD111l. The fea tu res of the AID a variety of applications. Fig. 1 shows charge-balancing function of the
converter set include an accuracy of the functional block diagram of the analog processor. Seventeen static
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and polarity information. Ni ne push- an interlace format : 1,3,2,4. wi th an accumulat ion of qua nti tized
pull outpu t bu ffers (capable of driv ing The conversio n techn ique is a fo rm charges whose num ber equals t he BCD
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Fig. 2 shows a schematic of a DVM A reli able and accurate DVM circuit The 3814 is just the major portion
using the LDllQ1111. With the addi - must be insensitive to long term of the voltmeter logic. The analog
tion of some current shunts and a changes of supply voltage, t ime base, portion of the circuit is constructed
c u rrent source the DVM could and passive and active component using separate linear lC's . Fig. 4 shows
become a DM M. values. 1t must be able t o reject 60 Hz a DVM circuit usi ng the 3814 . Ra nge
The 3Y:! digit AID se t of res is li ne noise. Dual slope integratio n selectio n circuitry and power supplies
availab le f ro m Sil iconix for $40.85 in achieves a high degree of accu racy by are req uired in addition to t he corn-
single quantities (LO l l OCJ - $18.35, causing the effect of changes in these ponents shown. The DVM can be built
LD111CJ - 522 .50). An application parameters to cancel. wit h a total of 7 IC.s. Cost in single
note (AN74 ·1) and a design aid One method of dual slope integra- quantities is $16.50 for the 3814DC.
(OA74·1) are available to aid in the tion involves integrating a current A new line of rf power modules
p roper design of a DMM using these d irec tly related to the unknown from T AW Semiconductors is
circuits. A comp lete PC layou t and vo ltage for a f ixed period of time, des igned specifica lly fo r UHF hand·
parts list is included. foll owed by the integratio n of a sta n- held tran sceivers. Th e MX 1.5 dev ice
F airch i ld Semicon ducto r has da rd refe rence current until t he inte- ope rates from a 7.5 V battery in the
develo ped a si licon gate device that grator output returns to zero. The 400-512 MHz ran ge. Rated output is
contains most of the logic required for amount of time required to null the 1.5 W. (See table 1).
a 4% digit DVM. All necessary BCD integrator is directly proportional to These broadband power amplifiers
counters, latches, and the display mul- the ratio of unknown to reference have 50 Ohm input and output impe-
t ip lex ing logic is on the chip . In current and therefore, to the dances and are stable under all oper-
add ition , t he co ntrol signals necessary unknown vo ltage. Since the same ating conditions of vo ltage and d rive,
f or dua l slope integrat ion are system powe r supply, t ime base, and a nd pr o vide exce llent harmonic
gen erated by the 38 14 DC device. The compone nts are used fo r integrating suppression. A series of 4 modu les is
BCD ou tpu ts can d irectly dr ive a BCD the k now n and unknown cu rrents, available fo r UH F and a 25 W modu le
t o 7-segme nt decoder. Zero suppres- t he ir absolu te values are not for the 2m band has just been intro-
sion is generated on chip by feeding ex t remely critical. Fig. 3 shows the duced . The 7.5 to 25 W devices are
bac k the digit select output. Outputs block diagram of the 3814DC DVM packaged in a case similar to the
are also provided for indicati ng ove r- logic array. MX1.5 except a ttance is added to the
range a nd u nderrange. A unique TA BL E 1
feat ure o f t he 3814 DC is the incorpor-
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 back o f the case to allow bo lt on growi ng one for the past few months.
mounting to a heat sink . Keep in mind that when SCRA started
Harmo nic suppression in excess of two years ago, they had more than
30 dB and th e capabi li ty to wi t hstand enough repeaters to fil l every cha nnel
infin ite SW R are common to all between 146 MHz to 148 MHz and a
modules. Use of these modules in a couple of machines to spare. For
small FM rig would have several example, WR6AB E, the most active
advantages ove r a d iscrete amp li- repeater in Los Angeles with 500 plus
fier. Among them wou ld be improved member users in the Mount Wilson
reliability, small size fo r the amount Repeater Association, operates on a
of gain avilab!e. and a much faster no n-stan dard allocation o f 147.43 5 in
design process. Further info is avail - - 146.4 0 out. (This du e to technical Dick Flanagan W60LD. ~CRA chairperson
able from TRW RF Semi conductors, problems caused by its loca tion atop leadin g a big meeting.
14520 Avia tion Blvd., Lawndale,
Califo rnia 90260.
73 fo r now !
Mt. Wilson.) Two years ago most of us
thought that the growth of two meter
FM wou ld peak by now and t he
"..
present nu mber of systems would
suffice. Were we ever wrong. At the
mome nt th ere is no o ne who will even
-,.
Many people besides the 46 repeater owners
venture a guess as to whe n the peak sho_ d interest in this SCRA meeting.
will be reached. Daily there are a
nu mber of new users o n most of the
systems I operate. The need for mo re
repeaters in Southern California is a
~@@J;I!R!J real one and providing space for t hem
is of top p riority. Faced wit h this, th e
SCRA vo te d to open the tertiary 15
West
Bill Pasternak WA2HVKI6
kHz split-split channels for immediate
occ upancy.
.. .and they continued way in to the evening.

14725 Titus St. #4 Ho wever, un like t he Northeast modificati on to th e au dio and squelc h
Panorama City CA 91402 some years ago , the SCRA has no circuits for p roper operat ion with the
inten tion of letting thi ngs get out of reduced receive r bandwit h the IC-2F,
Suppose you are an area coo rdin- the ir control. A set o f specific para- TR-22 and HR·2 were all but useless
ating group faced with a growi ng list mete rs will be fo ll owed in these allo- o n the syste m. The deviation peak s of
of requests for co-ord inated channel cations. First , before even approach- bo th . 19-.79 and .22-.8 2 played havoc
pairs o n 2 meters from those wanting ing the SCRA for sanction and assign- wi th the three afo reme ntioned radios
to put their systems int o ope ration. ment, t hose proposing the new syste m even in t he prime coverage area of
You have a major problem since all mu st first o btain the conse nt of the ZWP. Aside from co nverted com-
available 30 kHz allocations between repeaters operating 15 kHz above and mercial Motorola, G. E. and RCA
146 MHz to 148 MHz are assigned and be lo w the chan nel pair they intend to radios, the o nly thin g that worked
operat ing as well as having a nu mber occupy. Second. split-split channels well out of the box was the Sonar
of simplex channels co-ordinated to will be assigned only in areas geogra- 360 1 wit h a rece ive r in it that was
active repeaters. Your list keeps qrow- phically suited to the particular way ahead of anything else in its day
ing but yo u have no place to put the system and the terrain will be used as in the select ivity department. (Some
newco me rs. You real ize t hat you mu st shie ld ing between areas. Put mo re of th e new equip ment around today
act soon if you don 't want those simply, .20 5 - 805 for example will still does not co me facto ry eq uipped
waiting to go ahead on their own and be assigned as many mi les from . 17 - as selectively shar p as the 360 1, b ut
" ju mp" an already assigned chan nel .79 and .22 - .82 as possi ble wi t h as one mu st remember that the 3601 was
pair . You have but o ne alternative; many mou ntai ns between sites as bu ilt right in the area where ZWP and
open up and assign to those waiting possible . Th ird, all split-split assign' other tertiary sp lit machi nes were
th e split-split 15 kHz separation me nts wi lt be tempo rary and existing comin g to pass. In fact, their factory
channels. 30 kHz systems will be given the ri ght was but three miles airline from our
On November 2, 1974, at their to challenge the new tertiary system site, but whether that had anything to
meeti ng in San Diego, this was but shou ld interference between systems do with the receiver design I wou ld
o ne of the pressing prob lems that occu r. The SCRA inte nds to keep a not venture to say.) Th e majority o f
faced the Sout he r n Californ ia close eye on the opera tio n of the o ur users eve nt ually rep laced the wide
Repeater Association. They had to split-split's and intends to do everv - filte rs with much narrower cou nter-
find and clear at least two 30 k Hz thing with in thei r power to minimize parts and solved the problem, but that
channel pai rs fo r amate u rs in Mex ico any co-c hannel pro blems t hat t he new created still a nothe r probl em. Many of
to use for wide coverage systems. assignments may cause. the radios had no frequency netting
They were being petit ioned for recog- Actually , to the other systems the capaci tors o n th e receive crystals and
nitio n and voti ng priv ileges by user problems occ uri ng may well be wit h the ult ra nar row filters many
groups. There was that Devia tion mi nimal wi th respect to t he many FM crysta ls that were thought accu rate
Standard to establish for 220 MHz users in the Southland . If any problem were fou nd to be a couple kHz high o r
now that the many assigned alloca- occurs it will probably be to the user low with no way to adjust the m back
t io ns were coming to life. And muc h wi th the amateur ty pe transceiver on cha nnel. It was either modi fy the
more right in the middle of an arne- with its rather broad rece iver. At the equip ment further to insta ll netting
teur co nventio n that had turned same time I had WA2ZWP New York capacitors or purchase High Accuracy
reco rd attendance . Ho w would yo u on .205-.80 5 I owned an IC-2F, - High Stability crystals and pay the
have li ked to be chairpe rson fo r this TR·22, HR·2 and an RCA CMCT·6 0 pr ice. Fo r a while I felt I was su ppo rt-
one? as vario us mobile and fixed stations. ing Inte rnatio nal sinqte-handedlv.
The problem of more repeaters Without installation of super-narrow The sy nthesized learn 230 radios
than cha nnels available has been a filters in the receiver s and fu rther face still another prob lem. Th ey are

J ANUARY 1975 9
designed around a 30 k Hz separation "standard ARRL plan" t hat doe s not receiver to contend with.
_ 600 kHz split and operate that or invert the splits. Now, while this proposal does not
simplex, that's it . Many of the 230's T his proposal submitted to the solve the split -split problem for the IC
in and around L.A. have been modi- SCRA Technical Committee for 230 owne r, and in fact somewhat
,fied for crystal control on the non- evaluation is based on solid evidence comp licates it for him, it has the
standard ABE system, but the pro- of its viabi lity . The input to the potential to solve it for the rest of us.
liferation of ternsrvs. should this WR6AB E repeater is 147.435, techni- If you are interested in receiving a two
occur, will necessitate major moditica cally a split-split channel. Abou t a page copy of this pro posal, or wish to
tion to the synthesized frequency year ago, another mach ine, WR6AAB comment on it, you can send a SAS E
determining element of the trans- came on the air with its 147.500 to the Mt. Wilson Repeater Associa-
ceiver. These are beautiful radios, but output. lnitieltv, some interference tion, P.O. Box 10193 , Glendale,
t heir purpose will be defeated if every- did exist, bu t Burt Weine r K60 QK, Califo rnia 91209. I too am interest ed
time a spli t-split channel is to be used owner o f WR6A BE, an d Dave Cor- In you r comments.
a set of crystals has to be plugged in. siglia WA6TWF, owner of WR6AAB , A lot more transpired at this SCRA
Will today's more selective receivers were able to solve the problem in meeting, but to the rest of the
be adequate? Wi ll all not only those short orde r a nd wit hout effecting t he co u ntry, t he decision to activ ate t he
wishing to use a split-split repeater, use rs of the t wo systems. It was solved tertiary channels hol ds th e most sig-
modify their radios? Remember that a by working with two people and two nificance. Next month we will con-
split-split is only that in relation to repeaters, not a couple hundred tinue with this report and if any of
t he repeaters either side and it can mo biles. Even t hough th e t wo t he split-split's get o n the air by that
cause the use r receive problems on repeaters were on respective moun- time we will let you know how things
existing channels; your receiver's tains line-of-sight to one another, are going.
selectivity curve is the same on either there was but one transmitter and one de WA2HVK /6
channel. Even if you don't operate the
split-split you may st ill need the new kHz spaci ng for repeater use. It costs
filter installed. Finally , how many of
these systems will eventually come on ~'rNAVElIN(J about $400 and seems to be ideal for
both local working and OSCAR use.
the air and will this add to the .., -;?I- Whe n are th ey go ing to import it to
overcrowdi ng? To the latter I say yes, .., vI:") t he USA?
at least for the foreseeable future. As Turning from Japan to Eu rope, I'd
to the rest, only time will tell. like to update your list of t wo meter
Wh ile on t he topic of split-spl it repeaters. Each of th e ten chan nels is
systems, one . of the most forward Joe Kasser G3ZCZ coded as follows:
looking proposals to date has been 1701 East West Highway, Apt. 205 CH. NR INPUT OUTPUT
brought forth by the Mt. Wilson Silver Spring MD 209 10
RD 145.000 145.600
Repeater Assoc iatio n. As proposed by In t h is month's co lumn I'd li ke to Rl 145.025 145.625
Bo b T ho rn berg WB6J PI, its President,
pass on some details about operations R2 145.050 145.650
and Russ Soloman WA6DUC, the A3 145.075 145.675
in Japan, as presented by JABMWO .
official spokesperson fo r MWRA, it R4 145.100 145.700
would invert t he sp li t-split allocations; There is no recip rocal ope rating aqree-
R5 14 5.1 25 14 5.725
ie: high in - low out bet ween 146 to ment between Japan and other R6 145.150 145 .750
147 MHz and low in - high out countries. That means that foreigners R7 145.175 145.n5
be tween 14 7 to 148 MHz . Eventually, can not get operator licences. How- R8 145.200 145.8lX)
afte r all allocations were filled, you eve r they ca n get perm its to operate A9 145.225 14 5,825
wo uld wind up with alternate repeater club stations. If you are going to T he repeaters are located as follows:
inputs and outputs every 15 kHz. Japan the people to contact are the
ENGLAND
Here is the logic to the idea. 11 is far Tokyo International Ama teur Radio
easie r to keep one signal o n a given Cambridge A'
As soci at io n (T IA RA) at 22-5 A7
cha nne l fro m inte rfering with its La,,",,"
Ovama-Cho, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo 15 1. ISRAEL
neighbors 15 kHz either side than it is
If you are already in Japan, call
to keep a coup le hundred mobiles on Jeru ..... m A7
466-6003 in Tokyo .
cha nnel and deviating pro perly . A 10 SWEOEN
W mobile near a repeate r outpu t The f requencies available for use in
Japan are different to those in use in 8oI1nas A2 8ora, A'
frequency will cause a lot less havoc Ga!livare A2 GOlebo,g
the USA. On top band they can only '2
t han two repeaters will to each other. HuskY" ... A' Kalma, A'
Also it is t hen only t he individual use 1907. 5 to 191 2.5 k Hz CW, on Kiru ... A' Malmo A7
repeater t hat will have to "filter" for 80m they are allowed 3.5 to 3.525 Naujo A2 SkeUeflN R.
an ultra-selective receiver since most kHz CW and 3.525 to 3.575 kHz S(ocltholm·2 A5 Slockholm·3 R'
of the time the use rs receiver will be pho ne. On 40 m t hey have 7.0 to 7.03 U_ R' LIpp...I, R'
seeing a 30 kHz slot. The re might be kHz CW and 7.03 to 7. 1 kHz phone. Falun R' Helsingbo,g R2
Ka,lshoM R' Mell.,.ud R.
some problem if two mobiles are On two meters FM is very big on
operating on adjacent channels within Stockholm·' R2 Su ndwall R'
simplex, repeaters not being legal. The Yn"d R'
close proximity of one another, but
ma in fr equencies in use being 144.48 DENMAR K
that shouldn't happen too o ften .
for calli ng and 144 .36 fo r inter-island Aalbo<g R2 8ornl'K)lm R2
Couple this with proper geographic
spacing and use of terrain for shielding OX chasing. Their FM channels have Kobenh.... n R6 Lysnel A6
and it could make fo r a viable split- 40 kHz spacing. E'bjerg A2 RingsTed R2

split sys tem. At least it's worth both Yaesu is advertising a new rig in Do you know t hat o n t he 18th of
consideration and experimentation . In Japan and in Europe. It is called the August 197 3 all ama teur radio activity
fact, one of the new split-split systems FT-220 and is a two meter rig not a in the country of Af!tlanistan was
has an no unced its inten tion to t ry just 220 rig. It covers 2 MHz of t he band ended by t heir gove rnment. That
that. T he SCRA had adopted t he with SS B and CWo It even has 600 me ans th at YA ca lls are no longer

10 73 MA GAZINE
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heard on th e air. Little seems to have give a rag chewer t he idea to get o ut find a 6 146 B amplifie r t ube .
been published abou t this happening t hat list of CW abbreviations and see if If you don't have earphones, get
in t he amateu r radio press, and with a the length of his transmissions could some good ones before the contest.
fr eq u e nc y allocations conference be cu t withou t cutting the content. Many o f t he conventional navy -type
co ming up in the near fu ture, one T he fast break -in ty pe ex ch anges phones, even wit h rubber pads, get
would think t hat someone would have might pro mote a more conversationa l very uncomfor table after 24 h ou rs o f
raised a shout or two . Singapore lost like exchange on the CW band s in- operating. Consider the stereo listen-
t he two meter band, France has pu t stead o f the rat her sti lted, rigid ex - er's ty pe if you can match t he impe-
mili tary stations in th e two meter cha nges we now suffe r. dance be twee n th e ph ones and your
band , boy we are loosi ng our VHF Want to add some to y our code recewer.
frequenc ies slowly while t he ham speed? Du ring contests I'm always If you have a TVI problem then
worl d looks forwa rd to gai ning new amazed that th e weigh ts on my bug Quie t hours wo n't he lp you much
HF f req uenc ies. Is that our future, seem to get pushed up to th e ma ch ine dur ing a contest . You need to tak e
only HF operations and no VHF gun chatter po sit ion , and eve n mo re advan tage of 15m whether there's a
activity ? This possible futu re makes amazed that t he cps on t he other end big Saturday game on or not. Consider
ou r use of VH F and UH F imperative seem to copy it so lid with very few t he use of a tu ne r. a TVI filter, or
at t he p resen t t ime, part icu larly with repeats. better sh ie ld ing to keep peace in th e
the OSCAR spacecraf t. By the time Here are a few general contest worl d.
t hat this appears in print t here should operating hints. F irst, be modest. If Get some rest before the contest.
be two amateu r bu ilt spacecraft in you do your best and should happen You' ll need it . Ma ny of the m run fo r
orb it, both useable as commu n ic ation to wi n someth ing in the contest, 24 hou rs out of a possible 30. That
relays. shuffle your feet , smile a li ttle, an d leaves a little time for a nap, church
Does anybody have any QSL say. " Aw shucks. " and a few pit stops. Cajole so mebody
bureau lables t hat they don't want? After you get your attitude in into br inging you food in you r s hack
These are th e labe ls th at a re affixed to shape, ma ke sure your equip ment is during the contest. Pro mise to take
QSL cards when they pass t h rough the ready. The antenna wo rk sho uld be t he t rash o ut for a week.
outgoing bureau x overseas. I' m pu t- done in the warm months. Roofs and The major contests are listed in
t ing toget her an exhibi t of amateu r poles are bad enough without a cove r- advance in the rad io magazines. Check
rad io in postage stamps and labels and ing of ice. A lo t of co ntest ope rators and see if th ere is any Novice activity
cou ld use some mo re lab els. Talk ing spe nd pa rt of their summ ers carefully planned , sen d for th e log sheets and
of phila tely , first day covers of the tu ning the new antenna knowing that any special operating aids t hat might
launch o f AMSAT·QSCAR 7 are still the big test won't come until the ice go with t he contest. Remember to
availab le from Amsat, Box 27, Wash· sto rms do . But your ante nna should read th e current rules very carefully.
ington DC 20044 fo r $1 and an SASE be desig ned so th at you can get to the Contest ru les change fro m year to
(busi ness si ze ::1 01 . connections (or get them to you) and year so don't look them up in an old
• . .G3ZCZ check t hem in nearly any kind of back issue. Fo llow th e ru les to the
weather. Check ropes, pull eys and letter.
guys too. Keep a copy o f t he contest log
The time to find a col d solder joint with your regular log. Most contests
in t he rig is before th e co ntest , not genera te some QS L activity. During a
d uring. Inspect your rig fo r loo se rece nt contest I wo rke d 48 states,
co nnectio ns and tu bes and p tuq.in including KH6, KL7, Delaware and
devices. Treat yourself to a few spare Wyoming.
tubes if you ca n afford th em. Satu r- Like th e ma n said, " It may even do
day nigh t is not the ti me to try and you so me good ."

Schley Cox WN9L HO

2 19 Kilgore A venue
Muncie IN 47305
Contest opera t ing is a lot like the
"good for what ails you " snake oil
elixir once sold by the t raveling QSL CONTEST
medic ine show hu cksters.. .it may n ot
hurt you and it even may do you
some good.
Any contest involving some CW
ac tivity - and th at's mo st of them -
will have some activi ty on t he low end
Arnold Go ld man, our
win ne r th is month, has
WA20AK
THE STATION WITH ~ B ~RK
of the Novice bands. There are also used a photo of his lovely
some contests designed for Novice YL assista nt op "c hewi ng
operators, tak ing p lace o nly in the the ru g" . Arno ld wins a
Novice ba nds. free year's subsc rip tio n
You say you're not interested in to 73. Keep sen ding you r
contests? Well , they may not hurt cards. You could be a
yo u . Wo rking a contest improves win ne r. Ma il to 73, QSL
operating skill . The ex tremely abbrev- Co ntest, Peterboro ugh,
iated contest messaqe exchange could NH 03 458.

12 JANUARY 1975
 stamp collecting - and these shou ld
turn out to be real collector's items.
T he first thou sa nd will have t he
h id eous purple amateur radi o stamp . ~
on them, t he second thousand wi ll use I
the Progress in Electronics stamp.
Se nd sr or five IRC's for the cover,
pl us a SAS E : 10 envelope for
return ...or o ne extra IRC if no
postage for the return. Send to Amset. ----. ,-
t

Box 27, WaShington DC 20002.

JOIN AMSAT
OSCAR 7 UP
T he Radio Ama teur Satellite Cor-
Once OSCAR 7 is in orbit and the poration (A MS AT) is a non -croftt.
onboard batteries have had time to tax-exempt o rganization founded in W60AL. K 3JTE and WA 4DG U in tront of
charge (about two days) , the oper- the greater Washi ngton, D.C. area five the Delta vehicle gantry at lhe NASA
ating schedule below is expected to be years ago. It is a me mbership o rga niza- western test range. tempos. Ca.
the one OSCAR 7 w ill use. tio n open to a ll radi o amateurs a nd
Sun.• Tues., Fri. ... two-ten meter interested non-amateurs. AMSAT's
repeater on : uplink - 145.85-145.95; satellite programs are supported
downlink - 29.4-29.5; beacon - 29.5. entirely from donations. membership
Mon., Thurs., Sat. . . .432-145 MHz dues, a nd grants.
r ep e a t er on: upl ink J o in AMSAT . Learn mo re a bout
432 . 125·432 . 175 ; down link how you can participate wit h the
145.925-145.975; beacon - 145.98. exciting AMSAT OSCAR 6 communi-
Wed. . . . Recharge mode. special use cat io ns satel lite, and w ith OSCAR 7
by arrangement o nly. which p romises t o be even better.
Rece ive the quarterly AMSAT News-
OSCAR 7 letter w ith the la test information o n
FIRST OAY COVER this new ham radio fron tier. Fo r
Amsat has made arrangements for membership in fo rma t io n . write the
2000 first day covers to be made Membership Committee, AMSAT , Marie Marr (A MSA T aerospace technician)
available for ama teurs inte rested in P.O . Box 27 . Washi noton . D.C. 20044 . and Jan King W3GE Y A-D·B project
manager prepare AMSAT-DSCAR B (or solar
simulation test.

OSCAR 6
Orbital Information
Orbit Date Time l ongit ude
1"".1 {GMT of E ~ .
Crossing oW
10110 1 0104.6 64.6
10122 2 0004.5 49.6
10135 3 0059.5 63.3
101 48 4 0 154.4 77.0
10 160 5 0054.3 62.0
10173 6 0149.3 75.7
10 185 7 0049.2 60. 7
10198 8 0144. 1 74. 5
10210 9 0044. 1 59.4
10223 10 0 139.0 73.2
10235 11 0038.9 58.2
10248 12 0 133.9 71.9
10260 13 0033.8 56.9
10273 14 0 128.7 70.6
10285 15 0028. 7 55.6
, 10298 16 0 123.6 69.3
10310 17 0023.5 54.3
10323 18 0 118.4 68.0
10335 19 0018.4 53.0
10348 20 0 113.3 66.8
10360 21 0013.2 5 1.7
10373 22 0108.2 65.5
10385 23 0008.1 50.5
10398 24 0103.0 64.2
10410 25 0003.0 49.2
10423 26 0057 .9 62.9
10436 27 0 152.8 76.6
10448 28 0052 .8 61.6 .
10461 29 0147.7 75.4
10473 30 0047.6 60.3
OSCAR 7 as it sits o n the Delta 104 Rockel beneath t he ITDS·G weat her salellite. 10486 31 0142.6 74 .1

JANUARY 1975 13
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covered was to Sioux City , Iowa.. . from Fred DEEG K6A EH, Marketing
over a thousand miles. Other states Manager for Yaesu, st ati ng t hat t he

50 MHz BAND wo rked incl uded Oh io, Michiga n,

Wisconsi n, Tennessee, and Indiana.
They never received less than a 5 ·8
sit uatio n wit h th e FT·620B had
remained status q uo since my initial
inquiry early last spring, April as I
report.. .not bad for the power level remember. At that time Fred had told
in use. George takes pleasure in point· me that there was but one prototype
ing out that it doesn't take fancy or in the country an d that the pla ns fo r
Bill T urner WA0ABI
Five Chest nut Cou rt ex pensive eq uipme nt to have fu n importat ion were st ill very much
working sk ip, his expenditure for the unsettled wit h plans (at t ha t timer to
St. Peters MO 63376
HA·460 was all of $40. introduce it to the American market
Several weeks ago I received a letter in the Fall. While there may be a few
From Ray K5ZMS/S, " I f you want from a company in northern Illinois in the country brought back by
to see Heath put another 6 meter sse stating they were specializing in 6 individuals, general distribution plans
transceiver on the market, you had meter gear and rec itin g all of t he items are no t set at t his t ime. You will read
better heed what Mr. J .E. Sh afer in stock. Included in t hi s list was th e it here as soon as th ey beco me avail-
K8DCE, Communications Prod uct Yaesu FT-6 20B. I immediately wro te ab le.
Manager of Heath, says. In a letter to the gentlemen and inquired about this I understand W1 HOQ is back at the
me recently he stated that customer particular item ... 1 am still waiting on helm with Bill Smith running for
correspondence is their best aid in the reply. It jus t so happened t hat in d irect or. . . (i f you can't say anyt hi ng
planning new products! Get the hint? the same mai l I had rece ived a letter nice, don' t say anything). . •.WA0ABI
He said also th at they have been
co nsidering a new 6 meter SSB trans-
ceiver. but as yet no decision has been
arrived at. So, get on the ball and help
them make a positive decision for 6
meters. Drop them one of your OS Ls
HAM HELP
and tell them that you want to see
such a product of theirs back on t he Th is co lumn is fo r t hose needing to give you that add ed bit o f con-
market. Write to Mr. J. E. Shafer. help in obtaining thei r ama teur radi o fidence.
Communications Products Mgr., license. 73 would appreciate amateurs and
Heath Company, Benton Harbor, If you are interested, send 73 your clubs lo oking this list ove r and help ing
Michigan 4902 2." I note in the most name , address and phone number. whoeve r they can. Do you reme mber
recent Heath catalog an Electronic Don 't be bash fu l - rem ember, it's when you needed he lp?
Engineers Wanted colum n requesting always easier whe n you have so meone
applications for , among other things, AI Bauer
"Communications Products Design 141 Hawthorne Ave. 306
Engineer - BSEE with 2-5 years in Lennie Fekula
Central Islip NY 11 722
solid state circu its, SSB and F M Rd 1
modes, VHF and digita l logic." A Hicke ry PA 15340
little read ing be tween the lines yie lds Telephone 41 2-3 56-73 16
a very pleasing possibil ity. Ama teur Radio License Classes are
J . E. Keezer
Harold W0LF H writes from Algona, 25 E Elm sr, Box 395 being started. Instructors needed. All
Iowa to say he has picked up a pair of Central Islip NY 11 722 who are interested you ng, old , male,
E.F . Johnson 30 W, 48 MHz AM female, wri te Amateu r Classes SV Sta,
transceivers and plans t o modify them K. Baker Box 8 1, An dover MA 01 81 0 or call
for 6 mete rs. Anyone active on 6 AM 11 Scotc h Pine Drive 685·3910.
might want to drop Harold a line at Central Isli p NY 11 722
602 W. Nebraska and let him know John Stringos, J r.
about the local activity and perhaps 732 Princet on Blvd. BASIC PHYSICS
set up a schedule with him. Lowell MA 0 18 51
WB40SN told me during an open- MURPH Y' S LAW - If some th ing can
ing last Su nday t hat Octobe r had been Mrs. Shirley J ohnson go wrong, it wil l.
very poor in Florida. The only OX 46 East Tamarack St . PARK INSON'S LAW - Work expan ds
Central Islip NY 117 22 so as to fill the time available fo r its
was a midmonth contact with T12NA. completion.
Bob W4GOS confirmed the situation. Basil W. Po linchak Sr. WEL LER'S LAW Nothing is
The following evening the band was SV Sta Box 8 1 impossible for th e man who doesn't
open here to Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Andover MA 0 18 10 have to d o it h imself.
Nevada and Cal ifo rnia. Tuesday even- FINAG LE'S LAW - Once a jo b is
ing (10/29) W7VDZ was in running Tim J ohnso n fouled up, any th ing d on e to improve
5·8 with absolutely no evidence of 3965 Geist Road - Apt. E5 it makes it worse.
any other activity on the band. Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 McGURK'S LAW - Any improbable
George WA1PDY and his friend eve nt which wou ld create maximum
Mr. J ames H. Pru itt confusion if it did occu r. ..will occu r.
John WA 1SCG set up a portable R. R. # 4
station on a lookout t ower in t he Zel ma MO 63787
center of Cape Cod the first weekend CR YI'T OG R A' I
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Carl
in August. They ran an HA·460 from WP8QBCQW, RUT PH] FKXQ I'U
5806 11 4th N.E . wrorn. TI'lQLJ. RUT SrDH: S UII'
a car battery and fed the 8 W in to a
Ki rkla nd WA 98033 EFQB K VA 1.f.TZIl TI EPQR. I 'Ll .
pa ir o f 3 element Hilltoppers. The
beams were about 35 feet off the E. Karl
ground at the highest poi nt on the 63 Cra nberry S1. ·lllal{l JOJ dll l"'IlS pup lllal{l JOJ 1l{6!) 1l0A
Cape (250 teetl . The longest distance SUI" 1l Sll{mJ au aAPl{ 11'''' 110£ 'l ""l w a w a H
Central Islip NY 1172 2

14 73 MAGAZ INE
 New York 10024. The minimum
ord er there is $5.
Digi·K ey Corporatio n, P.O. 8 0x
126, T hief River Falls, Mn . 56701 , has
MP F102's for 44 cents each or 10 for
$3.8 0...a bargain o n a very useful
a n d un iver s al it e m . An ot h er
goodie ... 1 MFd to 100 MFd elect ro-
lvtics run 14to 19 cents each in s ingle
Jots dropping to 12 t o 15 ce nts in lo ts
o f 10.
Need a dual 5 amp power supply ?
One is fixed at 12 V, the o ther is
var iable fr om 0 to 42 V_ Everything is
included exce pt t he case a nd meter-
ing. Transformer, 2 bridge rectifie rs
and filter capac it o rs switch, line cord,
pil ot light. ..all the pieces for $22.50
Bi ll Turne r WA0A BI from Delta Electronics Co.. Box 1,
Assoc iat e 73 Lynn, Mass. 0 1903.
WA 0ABI

T h e la tes t issue o f " T HIS requ ired ) a nd t he c hi p is $5 .99. A

MONTH " , a f lye r publi shed by
Herbach & Rademan, 401 East Erie
wide range of LED alphanumerics a re
available too. T hese run from ,1 inc h PAST GOOFS
Avenue, Philadelp hia, Pa., 19134, has magnified to . 7 inch direct view.
a number of ite ms of interest fo r any Na turally red , green and yellow are W5LCT CORRECTION
conf irmed scr ounge. I wo uld imagine availa ble.
the lOY, inch reels of Y. inch record ing To d isgress for a moment, the I was greatly imp ressed with
tape won't last lo ng if au toma tic author has had occasion t o work wit h ingenu ity that Earl C. Dunn, Jr.
repeaters become a reality . These have some ora nge disc rete and seven seg- W5 LCT used in deriving his select ive
t he st a ndard hub, not the NAB type ments of late. These are not on the ca ll system as appeared in 73 Maga-
a nd are full of 1 mil polyester low market as yet but it won't be long. z ine October 1974, Page 51 . I was so
noise t ape a nd a re stated as havi ng Another innovation on the way is a imp ressed w ith the s imp lici ty of it
been used once or twice. The reels are discret e wi t h the d ie mou nted in the that I a m go ing to inco rporate it into
fiberglas a nd shou ld last forever. This ce nte r of a reflector; T he result is a a decoding system that I am building
is a bargain for t he reels alo ne, as is much brighter LED wit h the ac pear- now.
each reel will reco rd 12 hours at ance of a bright spot wit h a n equally In st udying the drawings, I found
15/16 ips or tw ice as long if the ta pe bright halo. . .most imp ressive. an error on page 54, Fig. 3. Pin 3 o f
is rep laced w it h .5 mil Mylar. If a Electronic Distributors, lnc., 4900 the 7402 shou ld be co nnected to pin
multitrack head is used the time be- N. Elston Ave., Chicago , 60630, has 12 of t he same IC. Without this
comes fa ntastic . Puttin g t hese to use several items t oo. How a bou t some con nect io n the c irc u it will not ecti-
isn't as compl icated as it m ight a t first horizontal mount PC coil forms a t 29 vate the relay .
seem. T he takeup and supp ly motors ce nt s each or fou r for S1 ? Th ese are I have drawn many lo gic circuits
of a ny three motor tape deck a re 7/ 32" diamater by 11/16" lo ng, come an d have fo und errors of t h is type
easily reposit ioned to accomodate t he equipped wit h fou r termi nals a nd a very easy t o make while copying a
larger reels , other decks can be mod- ferrite slug. For th ose devoted to ci rc uit for a friend .
if ied by the addition of two phono- pluq-in coil s there are 5/8" diameter I read 73 Magazine from cove r to
graph motors a nd a little hub fabric- by 1Y." forms wit h the mat ing socket cover and e njo y every word . Thank s
ation. The price is $3 each or 10 fo r for 29 cents or 4 for $ 1. The forms and keep those logic ci rc u its, as well
$20. The mi n imum order is $ 7.50. alone a re 19 ce nts or 4 for 60 cents. as others, coming.
Another goodie fr om the sa me Could y ou use a brand ne w UHF N. Blahos
source. . .a clock motor with outpu ts TV tuner for $3.95? These are si mila r WA3I UQ/NORON
at 1 RPH, 1 RP12H and 1 RP24H to t o the units used in the FM a nd
make a com b inat io n local and Zul u Repeater Handbook 420 converter. W20C CORRECT IO N
clock . Wit h ha rdwa re and cord , less 'Need cheap co mp onents ? How
hands and face , mad e by Ingraham, about resistors preformed for PC Hiqh-Low Frequency Monitor, Fig.
$3.50. boards for 'If.! ce nt each ? (200 for $1 ). 1. page 110, Nov. 74 issue of 73
Pol y Paks is adve rt ising the PCB for These a re assorted and o f the seve ral Magazine.
a 12 digit calcu lator, a first to my packages received t here we re perhaps R8, 6 .8 K resistor should be 4 .7 K
knowledge. Eve ryone who ha s been 3 0 va lues, these were al l popular and bottom end in sc he mat ic sho u ld
pu ttin g o ff building o ne may now values by the way, noth ing way out. connect to +5 V, n o t grou nd .
ha ve at it w it h reasonable assu ra nce of The quality is as goo d as you can buy ,
success. Also available a re the kev - many were 5%. JUL Y 74 CORRECTIO N
board, the c hip a nd DIP res istor net- Nee d some line cords... good There is a misprint on page 72, Fig.
works to match. The ch ip is t he ones. . .6 feet lon g, the sa me sou rce 4.
p opular Cal-Tech CT·5001 with has th em for 20 ce nts each (5 for $1) . It shou ld read :
decimal switcbab!e to 0,2 ,3 , o r 4 Asso rted slide switch es at 10 for $ 1. Note : Run Neutral of 220V to t rans-
p laces, leading zero b lanki ng, ove r- 250 solder lugs, 20 resist ors, 5·10-20 former's o nly if operat ing two 1 10V
flow, negative sign and c hain ceoebn- W types, 500 assorted rivets? All of u nbalanced primaries in se ries. Do not
ltv . T he PCB is $3.95, keyboard these items are availa ble fr om Bro oks fuse common tine.
$6.95, resis tor networks $1 eac h (two Radio & T V, 487 Columbus Avenu e, Ed Hartz K8V IR

JA NUA RY 1975 15
 Slow Scan's ou tstand ing item for
SSTV SCENE 1975, the Slow to Fast Scan co nver ter •
.... ,,
within comfortable reach of all home
brewers. Printe d circuit boards for
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assuring success to even the inex- " S' '''CG "Gu C TGR
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perienced ama te ur. Placing com-

ponents in the proper board ho les is on the PC board . His demo nstration
quite simp le and if each capacitor, tape revealed very good quality
resistor, transistor, etc., is checked pictu res which swung nicely fro m
briefly before installat io n, success is absolute bl ack to peak wh ite. I also
o bvious. The main PC board desi gners not iced the five step gray scale calibre-
at this time are W0LMD and W6MXV . tion display could be switched to mix
Possibly 197 5 will be the year Slow with any picture. Mike is producing
Scan will prove itse lf duri ng unfo r- PC boards and kits of th is unit and ,
Dave Ingram K4TWJ tu nate e me rgencies. li ke his monito r, they are top qu al ity.
Rte 11, Box 499 Eastwood Vii. 604 N. Watch for o ne or two new com- The glass boards. co mple te wi th gold
Birmingham AL 35210 carries to ente r the Slow Scan field, plated connector strip, are 35 dollars.
one possibly using an electrostatica lly A co mplete kit of pe-ts less cabinet,
Welcome to 1975 - the 50th Cen- deflected uni t . knobs and power cord is 175 dollars.
tennial Year of Televisi on . As you As usual, the Dayton Conventi on Wired and tested board s are also avail-
may have heard, either on the air or this Apri l should prove a gold mine of able fo r 235 dolla rs. Future plans
from previous SSTV Scene columns, I knowledge, so plan now to attend. include a complete camera with samp-
am plan ning a re-activation of 1925 I t hin k we may get Wayne Gree n ling adapter, through viewfinder and F
sty le telev ision as a nostalgic interest act ive again on Slow Scan - showing lens at a competitive price.
project. Th ese TV signals bear a ideas and making faces. FM may be
resemblance to the early amplitude fun but Slow Scan is sensational. He lp A Transistor
moonated subcarrier used in Slow Here's a helpful suggestion fo r
Scan TV, but receiving apparatus is W6MXV Sca n Converter Announced those of you with solid sta te moni-
much simp ler. Watch for more deta ils Mike Tallant W6MXV recently sent tors, eith er commercial o r home brew.
on t his as the yea r progresses. us a package of informati on on his Try co nnecting th e ca thode ray tube
Inflat ion is a majo r subject this year new Fast to Slow Scan converter filament transformer so it may be
with soaring prices on everything which has some outstanding features. switched independent of the solid
imaginable . Food is so expensive that This unit connects to any regu lar Fast state circuitry, like in Fig. 1. Th is
it's cheaper to eat money and even Sca n came ra and outputs direct ly with "sta ndby" and " operate" modifica-
c o mmerci al ham eq uip ment has Slow Scan TV. Abso lutely no modifi- t ion gives " insta nt on" capabil it ies
crunched the k ilo buck range. I ca tions to the camera are required. plus relieving any u nnecessary stra in
seriously believe the only item to drop The unit boasts black to white inver- on deflectio n transistors. Many Slow
in price th is year will be the MOS shift sio n capabili ties, part ial fra me scans, Scan monitors do not produce a raster
register . Bu lk production of these bu ilt in gray scale generator and more. when th ey are on and not receiving an
chips. and many popula r ICs, may The converter may be powered from SSTV si gnal. Thi s means the ca thode
place items like the SSTV Keyboard, 110 or 220 V mains, and 50 or 6 0 Hz ray tu be's electro n beam is deflecte d
the Fast to Slow Scan converter and operation is selected by one jumper to the edge of the screen. When this

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16 73 MAGAZ IN E
 happens, two deflection transistors are get bu sy at t he local ham club and the
THE VA LUE OF X IS ••.
cut off and the other two are co n- boy scouts, set u p code and license
ducti ng heavily. Naturally thi s condi- classes, b ring in new hams. Recru it! Why is the X skip ped over in all call
tion doesn't boost t ransistor life. My Wally Th ompson WB51UL areas when ca lls are assigned? Why
simple modification elim inates this d o esn't W3XAA fo ll ow W3WZZ
possible problem. LOEs instead o f W3YAA 7
I read with great interest the ite m Aonald Fields WN3WEE
Ramblings
o n p age 12 of the November 73 on X is for experimental stations only. . .
This month's pictures were snapped " Lo ng Delayed Ech oes." Th is little wayne.
o ff the mon itor by Gene W1V RK. understood phenomena h as been my EX PLAIN. PL EASE
The pictures of his son and daughter field of research for several years. I have noted yo ur attempts to
examplify the h igh resolution Using a General Electric P-7 self clean- imp rove the best ham radio magazine
obta ined on Slow Scan TV land ing tra nsmitter on 5 million meters, I
presently published in the U.S.A. I
Gene's superb p hotography) . too have heard echos.
The Slow Scan contest is happening read yo ur requests fo r con tr ib utions
Signals are initiated by send ing the
again next month, so plan to jo in in code seque nce BS at 60 wp m. The fro m your readers wit h some frustra-
t he actio n. Full details will appear in time period of the echoes can be t ion; 1 am a pr iest first. a ham radio
next month's column , predicted fr om the f ormu la ope rato r sec o nd !
. . •K4TWJ T.3.141 59A~~2 where T=time in seconds, Like ma ny other o f your readers (I
suspec t they are legio n) I too li ke to
build and to ex pe riment wit h the new
electronic wo nd ers t hat are being of-
fered in th e pages of you r great
magaz ine. One of the prob lems for
n many o f u s in ham radio who are not
actively engaged in th e field of elec-
r n tronics professionall y is that we d on 't
insist that yo u pr irl t BV know wha t all those li ttle bargain
gad gets ar el Today , I was rereading
A=angle of rad iation in Hours of the Novembe r, 1974 issue o f 73 Maga-
DESTROY ALL CLUES
Right Ascension, P=pu lse rate In z ine; you'd be surp rised , Wayne. at
Bauds/ Fortn ight, Oethe density in t he t hings o ne c an learn by just
Right now you have in your files quasars per cub ic parsec , and D=the readin g, rereading and reading aga in
hundreds or thousands of letters o n distance in li ght years. t he pages o f any given issue of 731On
you r courageous stand against the Using the graphical solution as sug· page 40 I found th at a rticle by
I RS. Befo re th ey get any sma rt ideas gested by Lunan, but substituti ng W2AOO ab out imp ressing yo ur
and suppoena those letters to use sem i-l ogarithmic circum-polar coor- friend s wit h a d igital wind di recti on
against the letter writers, wh y don't d inates, the results alw ays ap pea r to
indicator.
you cu t off any clues to their o rigin resemble the constellation of Taurus.
such as name and address? A com- I wa s much impressed [neve r mind
By the way , the Mono-Reproducer
ment to that effect in your wonderfu l was inc orporated in the receiv ing my friends)! I was all set to try it,
editorial would have many hams sleep- setup, and provided t he necessary gain then I realized I d idn't know what a
ing easie r at night. Big brother is still to receive t he weak echo retu rns. SN7404, SN7442 or even an LM309K
watching. Thanks for th e fine const ructio n are! I d id find what appeared to be
Clive Frazier K9FWF/4 articles. Who sa id all hams are correspond ing nu mbers liste d in the
All names are clip ped off letters with ap pliance operators?
ads in the back o f 73 .
IRS inf o to protect the writers so Henry Testa K8M UF That's t he whole trouble in a nut
there is no problem. I have a whole shell, Wayne! I d on 't really need a
file cabinet now devo ted to cases of FAN MAI L wind direction indicator to imp ress
IRS harrassment reports - and clip- any body ; what I do need is so meone
pings or letters with more will be Your present editorials are mo st ly to te ll me what all those "goodies" are
apprecia ted as this is developing into a dull and without life. I remember that are bein g adve rtized at such
fantastic book. I note that the I RS them from years back where y ou gave bargain prices in th e back of th e 73
ch ief now says he wants to stop every t hing and everybody hell. Magazine! If there are o t her readers in
persecuting Mafia - presumably to Kurt Bittma n WB2YVY the same state of the art as I. th en
free agents to do jo bs on citizens less there should be a great p otential for
able to fight back using the same NATIONAL CO NV ENTION
an artic le on just what all t hose
police state tactics granted to IRS to Please advise t he writer of "Conven- goodies are and what o ne can do wit h
get the Mafia. . .ed. tion Critique" on page 3 and 4 of the
them. Can you imagine all the sa les
October 74 issue of 73 Magazine th at
we app reciate h is comme nts very t hat wo uld acc rue to you r back page
RECRUIT RECRUIT RECRUIT
much . Further ad vise him th e 1976 advertize rs as a resu lt of it?
Thanks, Wayne, for reading one
I enjoyed WA1GFJ 's " Buy Buy Nati onal AR R L Convent ion is being
Buy" art icle in the Oc to ber 73 held in Den ver, Colorado at the Hilton more suggestion, and espec ial t han ks
because it states t he kind of t ruth we Hotel. His challenge to " Philly " to do for d o in g so me th ing about it !
hate to admit and rare ly sees in print. better is un nec essary . Th e AAAL has Fr. A.D. Gardiner W6LZJ
May I suggest however there is a o fficially picked De nver for the ' 76 Lo ng Beach , California
corollary which Gabe om itted - and convention.
tha t is: Recruit Recruit Recruitl Stop B.A. "Slats" Cou ncil K£)ATZ
and th ink , most of yo u bought rigs General Chairman OK, Father. Goo d suggestio n. We 'll
when you were new in ham rad io. So 1976 National ARAL Convention try to get some in fo on this. . . wayne.

JANUAAY 19 75 17
 WAHL QUICK
CHARGE IRON 160
Wah l has added a t hird iron to
their line, o ne with fast c harging
RISES AGAIN!
Nicads which w ill charge i n abo ut
o ne t h ird t he normal tim e ! A n One of the b ig m ovements in
h our o r two w ill b ring a weak iron
TINY TONE
rece nt m onths has b een th e resu r-
up to strength and four hou rs w ill gence of interest in 160 me te rs - ENCODER
bring it up to capacity from fu lly a nd one company in particular
d ischarged. Wahl Clipper, 2902 has been mak ing t h is easy for T he f ellows at Alpha have
Locu st , Sterling I L 6 1081. a ma teu rs: Dentro n Rad io , No rth bee n at it aga in w it h their mini a-
Olmstead , Oh io. The Denton 160 ture shoehorn, cramming all so rts
CANADIAN HAM REGS
Mete r T ransve rte r works with a ny of nice th in gs in to almost no t h-
T he Ca na d ia n Amateur Radio 80 m transceive r, 558, AM, or ing. Th is oscillator w ill ru n from
Federati on has out a completely CW, with 100 watts inp ut to t he 2Q.3 000 Hz, is set o n freq uency
new edition of their Rad io Regu - fina l 6146 tube. It w ill wor k w ith by a laser tr im med module a nd
lations Handb ook. This bo o k has as li ttl e as 5 watts drive. Th e dra ws a bou t 4 m A at 12 V. Note
th e regulations and guidel i nes for 160XV is very sim ple to u se , this o ne unit will go from sub-
all types of amateur operation requiri ng o nly two co n nec tio ns to audi ble to tone bu rs t t reque rc ies.
inc lud ing H'Tl Y, TV . remote con- you r existing station. The u nit Alp ha El ec tronic Services, 8431
trol, fax, repeaters, etc . Se nd for sells for $199.50. Monroe, Stanto n CA 90680 .
your copv . $ 4, to CAR F, Box Dentron also has a n a n te n na
356, Ki ngs to n Ontar io K7 L 4W2. tuner ava ilable wh ich w ill help MIDLAND RSVP
Canada . you lo ad up just about a nyth ing
and get a good signal out. The
PROGRAM
160AT tu ner se lls for $49.50. Mid la nd has a nnounced a pl an
Some ops are lo ading up th eir fo r co ntribu t ing $ 10 t o the
tower, t he ir 8 0m a nte n nas, and repeater group o f you r choice
eve n window sc ree ns wit h t his whe n y ou buy a Midland 2 m rig.
450 tuner. For fur th er info wr ite to
Dent rcn. 2 7587 Edgepar k Drive,
You get a n RSVP ca rd alo ng wi th
th e 13-500 (15 Watt 12 c ha nnel)
No rth Olmstead O H 44070. or the 13· 505 (30 Watt 12
Wi th th is setu p you ca n fin d c ha n ne l) rigs ($ 250 a nd $3 00
o u t for y ourself w hy so many o ld resp ecti vely). The card is returned
MOBILE t ime ops thin k th at 160m is o ne
of t he best pho ne ba nds we 've
to Mid land w he n a r ig is pur-
chased a nd they se nd a c heck to
ever had . the repeater you designate .

HAM TV EQUIPMENT

ANTENNA A p t r o n, of Bloom ington,

India na , has introduced a corn-
for mance, a l O W au ral/video
t ransmitter, a nd a c onverter for
p lete line of ham televisio n (fast usin g y ou r home tele vision set for
sca n) eq u ip me nt. This includes a moni toring a nd receiving. ..all
Vid ico n ca mera o f broadcast per- so li d sta te.
Antenna Specialists has
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a new o ne for 450 - wide-
band tuned for repeater
use a nd capable of ha nd -
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lin g 150 Wa tts. The
ASP-830 has a pa ir of 5/8
wave eleme nts in a vertica l
colinear design for a ga in
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of 5 dB. Ante nna •
Spec ialists , 1 243 5 Euclid ,
Cleve land O H 441 06 .

18 73 MA GA ZIN E
 1M VE:\I'ORT. IOWA announces their l O tH S W A P· N ·~ E LI , ads run free in
Fou rt h Annual Ham fest, Sunday, TRA DIO, a publ ic service pu blication
Febru ary 23, 1975, at the Mount Joy of Wichita Amateu r Radio Society,
A irport, north of 1-80 IBrady Street Box 439 1 Wichita Falls TX 76308 .
exit) on Highway 61 . Advance tickets,
$ 1.50; door, $2.00. For tic kets or FHO!\! Ul\I VERS IT Y-So und ·l C 15
information write K0HSC, 171 1 West W Woffers in unopened cartons. Retail
PRICE - $2 per 25 words for non-com- 15th St., Davenport, Iowa 52804. $169 each. Will sell at $1.00 each.
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RF NEWS

Ever heard of Project San-

GUEST guine? Or . . . HEMAC?

Did you know that live trees
can be operated as a high fre-
quencv antenna system?
Read o n !

EDITORIALS One of the most co nt ro versia l

technical projects is the U.S.
Navy 's Sanguine program. Basi-
cally, it depends o n an antenna
which is more or less square. Each
Does Ham Radio Have an Identity Crisis? side of the antenna is 40 to 80
m iles long. Even though it is
intended to be buried in the
Is it possible for hobbies - sincere efforts to improve the earth, naval planners are running
like humans - to have an identity hobby are described as being into opposition from residents
crisis? Does it seem reasonable idealistic. wherever they turn for site plan-
that Amateur Radio might be There are other symptoms, ning.
going through the same conflicts, but perhaps the point has been Claiming " e nv iro nme nta l" as
un certainties and insecurity made. And organizations, like in- well as other reasons, people all
experienced by people during dividuals, have to learn how to get over just don't want the thing
adolescence or middle age? beneath the symptoms to the near them. Practically speaking,
Why not? It's nothing to be underlying causes if answers to they do have some cause for
afraid of as long as it is dealt with the questions "who are we," concern, as the antenna location
candidly and competently. Let's "where are we going?" are to be could turn out to be a target for
look at some of the symptoms. found. enemy missiles.
Projection . . .shafting someone The prescription might include The rea son is that the
else for characteristics we all cooperation with GRS types antennas are part of a long range
share . One example is the attitude Ithere is one such story in "Oper- super-secure communications
towards GAS or citizen band ating NEWS"). Why not a field system. They are intended to con-
operations. Comment on the air exercise, a community project, vey messages to submerged sub-
has included put-downs of CB even a fraternal delegation to the marines anywhere in the world.
vocabulary and style . Is Amateur forthcoming convention? And we But the technical aspects of
Radio somehow supposed to feel can all benefit from a systematic the installations a re as interesting
better a bout itself. enhancing our program of skill development. as the proposed uses for the
image through ridicule? Listen to TOA will do its share through equipment . The carrier frequency
75 and 2 sometimes! articles and announcements of would be somewhere between 45
Defensiveness• • •usually about opportunities to continue our to 75 Hz! The rf would be trans-
an issue internal to ham radio. It training. The antidotes for mitted through the earth 's hori-
is often seen in attempts to ex- anxiety and cynicism abound .. . zontally polarized E field. Sub-
plain away limitations in know- there are appropriate channels marines, in tu rn, would be trailing
ledge or skill in order to offset through which our views and long wire (REALLY longO
elitism. There should be room for interests are presented . ..there are antennas. A great deal of the
a variety of gifts and interests individuals and clubs setting high antenna overall length would be
without feeling intimidated as an standards of community service. shielded in order to get the actual
"appliance operator", or being You can support the hobby, help receiving portion out and away
more interested in Phone than it through its identity crisis in a from the submarine's own electro-
CWo Instead of feeling hassled or dozen ways better than brooding magnetic noise field.
humbled why not do something and brawling on the bands. The operating ra nge of such
about developing updating pro- Where is Amateur Radio systems and at such frequencies is
grams for licensed operators. going? The soundest way to deal typically about 2,500 miles.
Anxiety.. .almost bordering with the question is to indentify Because the a nte nna s, even with
on paranoia, this feeling is usually the issues, evaluate our strengths their 40 to 80 mite length would
directed towards such issues as and weaknesses honestly, and be short, they must be insulated
U.S. frequency allocations, aggre- take positive, cooperative and from conductive earth. For th is
ssive special interest groups and corrective action. reason, planners are seeking sites
alleged competition in ham organ- Now. with large areas of rock shelf , like
izations. those which exist in Texas, Wis-
Cynicism . . .observed when The Editor
Th e On ta rio Amateur consin, Michigan and a few other
community service projects are P.O. B ox 334 sites.
discarded as mere ego-trips and Toronto . ant. •U8 2 5P 7 Overall output of the system

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will be o n the o rder of 10 mega - Monmout h area. " T he tota l t ime spe nt just over two
watts, based o n t he u se of a grid By c ha ngi ng t he p hase d iffer- hours. Ge tting the r ig bac k t o dry
of 100 amplifiers putting o u t 100 ence between the voltages driving land I fi n ished t he day fishing.
kilowatts each . Thus, even if the two trees, he was also able to T he a nte nna removed easily .
severa l transmitte rs were d isab led vary the ra dia tio n patter n. See ms li ke a practical way to
for any reaso n, the remaining But t he use of live t rees is no t b lend my t wo favorite hobbies,
ones could continue to power the the end of the story . Metal util ltv QR P a nd fishi ng. Th e rig used is a
a nte nna . po les. ..a nd a huma n body have b it expensive to u se p recariou sly ;
Actual m essages will be sent in also bee n u sed . T he problem wit h I a m aga in m odi fying my HW7
e nco ded form usi ng MSK (or min- a " p erso n antenna:' he says is whic h will eve ntually be my
imum shift keying). Navy experts that you cannot couple to the knock arou nd rig. Fu ture plans
fee l t hat jammi ng would be next belly. "You have to couple to ca ll for the HW7 to be my m ain
to im po ssible a nd probably o n ly ot her parts of th e body:' he says. p o rtable rig, a nd in particu lar
result in a slight delay of received Fat peop le, he has found, make m o b il e CW o r' 2 0 a nd 15, But I
messages. Two enemy jammers better antennas than slim ones. , . suspect a p o wer supp ly separate
would actua lly be required, each a nd t he pattern from the body is fro m a u to supp ly w ill be neces-
at twice th e power of a Sa ngui ne high ly d irectiona l. No expla natio n sary whi le in m otion.
system, to affect all operationa l for t hat o ne . . .yet. In su m mary my objective was
areas. Now let's get back to that Ed Bruening W8DTY met. I spaned easily 3 ,000 miles
tease r. . .u sing a pair of trees as a Reprinted f rom East Coast - West Coast. There is
Action 1HaRazine no dou b t in m y op in io n con sider-
p hased a nte nna . Box 187
Yep, it really works! The tec h- Grass Lake ;\11 49240 ably le ss power cou ld have been
niq ue of using a "hybrid electro- used w ith equa l success. More
ma gnetic a nte nna cou pler," or atte ntio n to the time a n d fre-
HEMAC, is credited to Kurt que ncv used is fa r m ore imp or-
Ikrat h , an antenna development ta nt t ha n power used. In all fair-
specialist working at Ft. Mo n- QR PP MOBI LE ness I shou ld report m ore stat ions
m ou th , N.J. failed t o respo nd to my ca ll t han
It all began when t he army did. Bu t t ha t is th e fun of it. At
realized it had difficulty getting ho me I expect all stat io ns to
Here is a report long overdue, come back as I have a n elabo ra te
HF signa ls o ut of jungle growth
as pro mised several mo nth s ago sta t io n wit h p lenty o f p ower. This
a nd heavily wooded areas. T he
o n Q RPP mob ile o n Ma nor Lake. just ma kes it more sport ing a nd
army rel ies a lot on wa lkie-ta lkies
I originally p lanned to use my that is what it is all abou t. In my
or back-pack radios which operate
ca noe and see what would case at least .
al lover t he HF spectrum, and
hap pen . For co nve nie nce the p lan
w h ic h u s e vertical (whip) BobWA3HBT
was slightly m o difi ed. T he boat
a nte nnas.
my 12' Star Craft Pra m outfitted Reprinted from t he
Well sir, Dr. Ikrath's H EMAC X -Mitter
with a 6HP MOTOR along with
solves the problem just da ndy . Penn Wireless Assn.
an elec tr ic m otor powe red by a 138 No . Bellevue A ve .
Essentiall y, HEM AC co nsists of a
12 vo lt a uto ba ttery was substi- Langhorne PA 19047
toroida l loadi ng loop a nd a n input
tuted. The antenna used, a hustler
matc hi ng network . It looks some-
thi ng like t his: mo b il e mounted to the bow with
20, a nd 1 5 mete r re sonato rs. The
rig a n Argona ut 5 watt input. O ne
ha nd key an astatic mobile micro- T HE
Toroidal
Loa d i n g Co 11
pho ne. T he plan was simp le, from PIRI REIS
my ca mp site o n Man or La ke,
"part of Pen n Manor Club" , I
MAPS
motored out to the middle of the
la ke dropped anchor and was As mem be rs of MA RCO a re
Matchin g Net vork ready to go. Usin g t he auto awa re, I a m a geophysicist a nd
• battery as power t he rig took t he ad m it of very littl e k no wledge of
load of the mobile antenna cartograp hy . In t he va riou s disci -
just fine. I started on 20 me te r p lines of geophysics vari ou s types
Coa x lea d t o
\ Trans mitt er. p ho ne a nd worked Texas, and
California in about 30 m in u tes o f
of ma p s mu st be u sed . I find
my self e mp loy ing topographic,
Or . Ikrath says: " Yo u can get operating. Then switchi ng to 15 geologica l and terrestria l ma gnet ic
rad iatio n out and over t he forest, meter p ho ne no contacts were map s, to na me a few, but the
a nd t he imp rovements have been made, bu t several stat io ns were mo st of t hese a re based upon the
measured at up to 22 dB over that heard. Goi ng t o 15 CW a littl e well known Mercato r proj ection.
of a comparable whip anten na , more success VIlaS had . One novice Seismology , at ti m es, req ui res a
particula rly in wet ju ngles. We've in Alabama just co uld n o t believe special type of no n-Mercato r pro-
used two trees, fo ur meters apart, it. On 20 CW 5 stat io ns were ject ion known as "ste reoqra p hic."
as an HF phased array in the Ft . worked w ith average re port 4 79. As a non-cart ograph er I am relay-

JANUAR Y 197 5 21
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ing items that have been told me . able to tra nslate t hem to a Merca- close ly to our present f igure.
I am not an authority! tor projection. The portio ns in- While it is possible that land
Science is discovering that cluding North a nd South America a n d sea explorations were
peoples of the past, and from we re very accurate, but the parts effected thousands of years ago
many parts of the world trave lled mo st inte resting to myself were and t hat these journeys were
extensively in exploration . T hey areas of Gree nland a nd Antarc- charted, I do have difficulties, in
charted t heir journeys and despite tica. the light of our present glacio-
c rude navigational equ ipment , Greenland, in th is map is com- logical k nowledge, in believing
produced excelle nt if no t accurate posed of th ree islands w ith a t hat these ear ly exp lorers f ou nd
maps. In the more "advanced" major fjord trending northeast- the polar regions comp letely
countries, especially in the Medi- southwest and a minor one trend- st rip ped of ice cover. It is possible
terra nean area, maps were confis- ing nort hwest-southeast. Fro m re- tha t some int ergl ac ia l stages
cated f ro m a n e nemy and co n- cent se ismic sou ndi ngs we know ex isted , even warmer than the
sidered as valuable booty . Some t hat bedrock is thousands of feet present one, when explorers en-
of t hese come down to the pre- below sea level in these areas. In co u nte re d a partial ice recession
sent a nd car toqreo hers are certain a reas of A nta rctica where a nd gave the opportu nity for t he
attempting solution of the various no la nd is shown o n t hese ancient c art ograp hers of those ages to
projections. maps, seismic studies of mine in extrapolate below the thinner ice
One of the c ommon projec- 19 5 5-19 56 shows land well below of the time, and determi ne the
tio ns used prior to and dur ing the sea level beneath the ic e of today . la nd profile as we a re doin g it by
m idd le ages is known as t he Later seismic su rveys t ha n mine seismic methods today . Some ice
"Portolano" projection. The demonstrated similar c onditions. cores taken at great depths in
name is of old It alia n derivat ion These findings of Captain Mallery A ntarct ica today have been dated
and the ma ps gave sa iling d irec- a nd myse lf were p resented at a to be hu nd re d s of tho usa nds of
tio ns, port lo cat ions, coasta l fea - Fo rum at Georgetown University , years o ld, which p recludes a corn-
tures and rhumb lines. These Washington, D.C. on August 26, plete absence of ice.
latter lines denoted compass head- 1956. The participants were
ings but other vec tors may have Capta in Mallery, a Mr. M. I. Reve re nd Daniel Lin ehan, S.J.
been designated. A la ti tud e and Walters, c arto p -ap her, a nd for- W1 HWK
lo ngitu de grid was not included, merly w it h the U.S. Hydrographic R ep rinted from the
although principal cities were Office, a nd myse lf . Medical Am ateur Radio Council
p o ints of project io n. The Pir! Reis P.O. B ox 22 9
Si nce t hat prese ntation , l\l anc hes ter CT 0 6 0 40
map s were of t he Porto lano type. several fict ional and pseudo-
Piri Reis lea . 1500 A.DJ was an sc ientific books have quoted a nd
admi ral of the Ottoma n Empire misqu o ted t his Fo ru m to further
a nd of a fam ily famous for its' t heir own t heses. One t heme that
navigators. He wrote extensively is recurrent, tries to prove the WHAT DO YOU CA LL ?
on the maps prior and current to existence of extra-terrestrial ex-
h is t ime . In 1 513, h e supposed ly p lorers photograp hi ng earth areas
compi led a map of t he world , and from U FOs during preglac ial
havi ng ha d a former sai lor of times, or at least a million y ea rs WHA T DO YOU CALL #I
Columbus in his employ utilized ago . Some of the books refer to Seems so simple doesn't it ?
some of Columbus' maps. Colum- me as the "noted cartographer" Appare ntly there ha s been a pro-
bus, in turn, is supposed to have who so lved the project io ns. As blem everywhere on what exac tly
used some of Re is' ma ps during stated above, this is quite inaccur- to call the "#', the symbol on the
his tra ns-Atla ntic voyages. Piri ate. lower right button of the 12
Reis copied from ma ny older In closing, I believe t hat ma ny button "Touchto ne" pad . Well
maps i nc l ud ing so me of of the Porto la no maps are q uite the people at Western Electric's
Alexander's (356-323 B.C.) and accurate and the ages ascribed Indianapo lis Works, who have
some thousa nds of years prior to them may be believed. Some may been producing the TT pads for
t ha t wa rr ior 's time. His 1 51 3 map fee l t hat t he beginni ng o f civiliza- yea rs say t he na me fo r t he # is
o f the world was lost, but re- tion in t he western hemisphere "number sign" . This was brought
cently, supposed parts of t h is began after 1492 A.D. We have to light recently when a rumor
work have bee n rediscovered . extensive evidence in South bega n sp reading indK:ating the
S hortly after Wo rld War II , the America , at le ast, t hat e ngineer- correct na me for # was "Octo-
U.S. Hyd ro 9'"aph ic Office found ing, medicine , surgery, the a rt s, thorp" - t his certa inly is not tr ue
in its' files some ancient maps etc . existed at least two millenia says AT&T, the parent organiza-
t hat bore little resemblance to previous to Columbus. 1492 was tion.
modern project io ns. A Captain no t t he year whe n the eart h was Of cou rse t he subject cou ld
Arlington H. Mallery, engineer proven not to be flat . Eratos- e nd there , a nd we cou ld all start
and cartographer, was c a ll ed in thenes had proven it to be a calling #, " num be r sign" . But
and he recognized them as Porto - sphere about the year 200 B.C . WA4JZX d id a littl e more
la no 's and possibly parts of t he a nd his co mp uted circu mfere nce rese arc h on t he ma tte r. A c heck
Pire Reis 1513 map . Mallery was o f the earth compares rather wit h about 25 universities and

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UC LA, University of Colorado,
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NC State, UNC, College of perma ne nt insta llatio n;
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 Michael R. Berge K7Q XL
60 19So. 118thPlace
Seattle WA 98 178

Using the WU. Desk Fax

Simple fax converter for ham use.

uring the last fe w years Western Union

D has su rplused hundreds of the ir Desk-
facsim ile machines, and ad s for th ese
Th e difficu lties with the light pipe
promp ted t he develop me nt of a solid state
modul ation inverter th at could simp ly be
machines have appea red in 73 Magazin e and connec ted to th e o utput of th e machine.
else where. When properl y converted, th ese Ano ther benefi t of the converter is that it
inexpensive units p rodu ce excellent over the can take a negative picture off the air and
air pictures o n the 6 m and high er bands change it into a posit ive picture.
where they are legal to use. Circuit Description
Several modifications to the machine, Th e modulated 2575 Hz vide o carrie r fre-
which are necessary for radio transmissi on , q ue ncy fro m the Desk-Fax is fed into a
were compi led by W7QCV from various forward-biased fu ll-wave rect ifier. The for-
sources a nd appeared in the May 1972 issue ward bias overcomes the diodes' barrier
o f QST (pp. 23- 26). po tent ial, e nabli ng the diodes to start con-
One of th e mo st desirable modific ations ductin g at lower signal levels. Input versus
described in the above article is th e u se of a o utp ut linearity is therefo re enhanced. T he
sho rt length of plast ic fiber o pt ic light p ipe o ut put of the rectifi er is fed through a
to convert the negat ive picture prod uced by simple RC fi lter Into a T-notch filter to
the machine into a positive pic ture. Unfor- redu ce the 5 150 Hz ripple componen t by
tunately, proper adjustment of the light pipe appro ximatel y 60d B. The time consta nt o f
can be very tricky a nd time consum ing. The the overall rectifier-fil ter is suc h tha t th e full
diameter of th e li ght pipe, its distan ce away reso lu tio n capabili ty of the machi ne is p re-
fro m the chopper wheel a nd the rigidity of served, an im portant consideration.
its mounting system ca n grea tly affec t the The de tec ted video is then fed into U1,
16dB null which is possible to sq ueeze o ut an op amp voltage su mmi ng circ uit u sed as
of th e arrangeme nt. If th e null is no t too an inverter. A f ixed negati ve voltage is
good, background burning o r diagonal lines ap plied to the invert ing input of Ul along
may appear in the pictu re. wi th the positive going video information.

JANUAR Y 19 75 25
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Interior view of converter.

This results in a possuve voltage at the current requirements for the converter are
output of Ul that swings toward OV as the +10V at 45mA and -10V at 10mA.
video input amplitude increases.
Output current from the inverter is used Construction and Adjustment
to operate the null indicator lamp circuit An audio oscillator and an oscilloscope
through driver transistor Q1. Inverter output should be used to adjust the null point of
is also fed through a 240K resistor and a the T-notch filter and the frequency of the
silicon r~verse voltage blocking diode to the 2400Hz oscillator. The adjustment of the
balanced modulator, arranged as a current T-notch filter is critical, as the depth of null
controlled attenuator. Output from U2, con- influences the purity of the carrier output
nected as a low d istortion 2400Hz sine wave waveform of the converter. Component
generator, is also applied through a T-pad to tolerances in the T-notch filter should be
the balanced modulator. Modulator output tight. About 45dB of attenuation at 5150Hz
voltage is amplified by U3. should be easily obtained without adjust-
Although the video carrier frequency of ment but obtaining the desired 55dB to
the Desk-Fax is on 2575Hz, 2400Hz was 60dB null may require a very slight change
chosen as the new carrier frequency. This in the value of one or two components.
new lower frequency can pass with little Input and output leads of the T-notch filter
attenuation through the narrow audio band- should be disconnected from the rest of the
width filters in some of the more modern converter circuitry during its adjustment.
pieces of equipment used on the VHF bands. The 2400Hz oscillator is easily put on
The power supply is conventional. The frequency by changing slightly the value of

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 OV wh il e mainta ining its waveform purity,
an d th e nu ll indicato r lamp will extingu is h.
T he ba lanced mod ulato r tra nsfo rmers are
very susceptible to hum pickup fro m the
power supply transformer. Connect the
scope to the output of the converter with
the sweep set at 20Hz and position the
po wer transformer in the ca bine t so th at no
ripple is see n super imposed o n the 2400 Hz
Side view of converter. carrier before bolti ng everythi ng do wn. Also
either o ne of its two frequency determining keep the completed converter o ne or two
capacitors. feet from the Desk-Fax, as the mo to rs in it
Ad just the 250n osci llator amp litude produce terrifi c magne tic f ields.
co ntrol pot for 2.7V r rns on p in 6 of U2. Calectro 0 1-728 tran sfo rmers were used
With no signal input to the converter, +4.5V for T1 through T 3 because they were fo u nd
dc should be on pin 6 o f U1, and a pure sine to have a very good electrical center tap . A
wave of about O.75V rrns should be on p in 6 10V, 20mA lamp can be used in place of the
of U3. LED a nd 330n resistor if desired. Don 't try
As shown in Fig. 2 and 3, increasi ng the buildi ng the unit wit ho ut the rf by passing.
amplitude of a 2575 Hz sine wave signal Even a small amo unt of rf in the converter
applied to the converter input from OV to will kill the 2400Hz o scillator.
about 1.2V rrns will cau se the 2400Hz Make sure the stylu s in the Desk-Fax will
carr ier o utput of U3 to smoothly decrease to ma tch the fine reproductio n capab il ity of

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 Fig. 3A. Fig. 3B.

Fig. 3C. Fig. 3D.

As described in the text , photos A through C show that exceJIent waveform purity is maintained as
the converter 's 2400 Hz video carrier output falls toward OV with increasing 2575 Hz signal input.
Photo D shows 2400 Hz carrier modulated by video information.

the u nit. WA7LMO fou nd th at a length of PAR TS LIST

.2mm diameter guitar wire, ava ilable from All resistors 1/ 2 watt, 5% carbon unless otherwise
any music store, will yield hundreds of indicated.
excellent lo ng wearing styli, R1, R2 20,OOOQ, 2 % film
R3 250n, trimmer potent iometer
R4 l SOOQ
Operation of th e Converter
RS 22Q
To use the converter for transmitting sto p RG, Rll, R12 1000Q
th e dru m of the fax machine, rotate the R7, R1G, R17, R 19 .1O,OOOQ
d rum so the exc ite r lamp shi nes o n th e R8 7S0,OOOQ
R9 2500n, linea r-taper potentiometer Cont.
whi test area of the picture and simply adjust
th e machine's transmit gain pot (P2) until
2~
the null indica tor lamp just extingu ishes, If
used for receivin g a negati ve pictu re off the 0
i'
air, th e signal shou ld be fairly strong with no
Q5B. Adjust the receiver gain control so the
•
~ 0 , P>k
null indicator lamp fl ickers vigorously, or ~> 0 ,
dur ing periods of u ninter ru pted to ne the I
lam p just goes out. i• 0 •
Thanks go to WA7EHE for his rapidity in
<Iz
building a converter for his own station, o r\
in O. 2
which grea tly a ided critical over t he air
evaluation of the performance of the unit,
and to WA7QQI for his photographic en- 0 1 02 0 3 04 ce 06 07 0 8
CONVERTE R SlG/'oAl.. OUTP\l T - VOLTS R.. S
largernen ts.
, , , K7QXL Fig. 2. Converter input-output linearity.

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 K7QXL Parts List co ntinued.

Rl0 18[2 0 9. 010 10V.s ~ 1 watt, 5% Zener d iode

R13 , R1 5 noon, 2 % film {two 11oon. 2% (1 N4740A)
resistors in series) LED Li ght-emi ttin g diode. 1500 f lo (Radio
R 14 550n. 2% film (220f2, 2 % i n series with Shack 2 76·026 )
330Q. 2% resist er] 11 10V. l Q-l4m A lamp (Syl van ia 10AS o r
R1 8 620[2
equiv.I
R 20 9 1 ,00 0[2 12 1OV. 20m A pilot lamp lif LED and A 23 are
R 21 24 0,0 0 0[2
not used!
R2 2 4700n Q1 2 N1304 N PN germa niu m swi tc hi ng transis-
R23 330[2 tor (Radio Shac k 2 76· 20 Cl )
R24, R 25 S loon. 1 watt _ RECT. 100 PI V. 1 Amp, fu ll-wave br idge rec ti-
Cl . 00 1 /IF , 5% poly slV , e ne (Mallory SX210) f ier (Motorola MOA920·3 1
C2 .01 JiF, 5% p oly styrene (Mallory SX110) RFC1, RFC2, RFC3, RFC4 1.5 /lH c hoke (0,3
C3 1.0 J1F . 50 volt p aper, non-polarized ferrite beads)
C4 .1 Ji F, my la r 51, 5 2 OPOT min iatu re t o ggle switch
C5. cs, C7 .0 2 JiF . 5% p oly styrene (two ma llory 53 5P5T m iniature toggl e switc h
SX 1 10 .01 JlF. 5% capac itors in para lle l) T1. T 2, T3 SOOn ct to 1 OO On ct minia tu re
C8, C9, C l 0 , Cl 1, C12, C 13 .001 /IF, iooov transisto r driver transfo rmer [Calect ro 01·7 28 re-
di sc ce ra m ic com me nded )
C14, C15 1000J,.LF, 2 5V electrolytic T4 117V primary. 2S .2 V c t seco ndary power
C16. C1 7 500 u F. 15 V elec trolytic c transformer
01, 02, 03, 04, 0 5. 06 1 N270 germa n iu m U1. U2 . U3 741 operatio nal am p lifier
d io de too no t substit ute) Cabinet 13.34c m X 7.62cm X1 4 .92cm( Radio
•
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Ho\IV to ,n
•
e ate ne
Be it Oscar 7, Oscar 6, or the weather satellites ...

it h the curre nt interest in OSCAR are no t terribly sharp so t hat a pointing error
W communications sate lli tes as well as
the vario us weather sate llites, to day 's arna-
of a few degrees is not li ke ly to produce a ny
noticeable effect on either a rece ived or
teu r often faces the need fo r reliab le infer- transmitted signal. Very little equip ment is
mation o n the subject of sate ll ite tracki ng. required . A world glo be is necessary for
Although a precise mathematical treatment ge ne ra ting aiming information for the
of th e subject c ould quickl y drive most of us various gcosy ncronous sate llites while so me
out of business, there are a num ber of quite polar coord inate grap h paper, so me clear
simple approaches t hat ca n be used by acetate plastic sheets, and a compass for
amate urs to produce re liab le tracking data. drawi ng circles will be adequate for the near
Much of the simplificatio n is achieved polar o rbits of th e OSCA R repeaters and the
because a mateur a nte nnas in th e VH F region ESSA and NOAA weather sate ll ites.
Before ge tt ing into th e details of tracking
it is worthwhil e to devote a li tt le space to
the subject of sate lli te or bits in ge neral. Any
body in orbit, be it nat ural or artific ial,
traces a path in space arou nd the body it is
.- . orbit ing. In the case of an art ifi c ial sate ll ite,
the nature of the o rbit depends up on the
spee d and direction of the sate lli te when it is
" injected" into its orbit by the rocket
booster. Once establis hed, the nature of t he
orbit is fixed and remains virtually un-
cha nged. An orbit is effecte d by the almost
immeasurable drag of res idua l at mos phere at
th e orbital alt it ude or by th e gravita tional
forces of the sun a nd moon, but these forces
are not large e no ugh to exert any really
, perceptable cha nge wit hi n the operational
lifetim e of a sate llite . An or bit has two
princip al parameters, the al t it ude of the
orbita l path above the ear th 's surface and
the incl ination of th e orbit to the ea rt h's
Jan King W3GE Y AMSA T·OSCAR·B Project equator. The alt itude of the satell ite is
Manager and Marie Marr, AMSA T'S Aero- usually expressed by noti ng the apogee or
space Technician, with the spacecraf t . high point in the o rbit a nd its perigee or low

JANUAR Y 197 5 31
 ,

Anten~a 0 Great Circle Arc Distance

Elevation I ) Statute Miles Kilometers
90 o o
80 550 890
70 1170 1880
60 1800 2880
IA ) (8) Ie) 50 2420 3880
40 3040 4880
30 3660 5880
Fig. 1. Representative orbital pa ths wi th varying 4280 6880
20
inclinations. A shows an equatorial orbit (inclina- 4900 7880
10
tion 0° ) in which the path of the sa tellite is over
the equator at alb times. B shows a polar orbit
o 5520 8880
(i nclina tion = 90 ) where the sa tellite crosses
both poles o n eac h revobutio n and crosses the TA BLE 1. An tenna elevation angle [or geosyn-
equator at an angle of 90 . C shows a near polar chronous satellites as a function of great circle
orbit characteristic of NOAA, ESSA, and OSCAR distance from the receiving station to the satelJite
sateJJites. sub-point
poin t. Vi rtu all y all of the o rbits we will be
concerned with will be circular o r nearl y so bo th fac tors must be ta ken into considera-
(apogee = perigee) and we will treat the tion in deter mining t he satellite sub-point.
mecha nics of t he orbit as if the o rbit were
precise ly circ ular. Th is is a far cry from the Geosyncronous Satellites
early days of th e space program where it was The or bits of the various geosyncronous
suffic ient just to get a satellite in to orbit, sate llites are the most elegant o rbits but the
even one with wide ly differing apogee a nd easiest to visua lize and use. Such satell ites
perigee values. have equa to rial o rbits and are located at an
Fig. 1 sho ws seve ral ex tre mes in orbital altitu de of slightly more than 22,000 statute
incli nat ions. Fi g. 1A shows an eq uato rial mi les. At th at altitude an o rbit al period is
orbit (inclination 0°) where the o rb ital path precisely 24 hou rs (1440 minutes). Since the
lies above the equator at all ti mes. 1B shows dire ction of th e movement of the satellite in
a polar o rbit (inclination 90°) where the its o rbit is the same as the direction of
sate llite passes over the poles du ring every rotation of the earth, the sate ll ite maintains
revo lution, crossing the equator at an inclin- the sa me position over t he eq uator at all
ation of 90° . The orb its of OSCA R and times. Since the positi on of the satelli te with
weather sate lli tes arc nearly po lar, co ming respect to the earth does not change (hence
with in 10° of the poles o n eac h o rbit. the term geosyn cronous), the position of the
T he position of the sa te lli te at any time is sate ll ite in the sky when viewed from the
a function of its position along it s orbital earth is also consta nt. Reception of su ch
track and the position of the earth beneath sate lli tes is merely a matter of determining
it. When referrin g to sate ll ite position we the p rop er antenna bearing and elevation.
wi ll be ta lking abo ut the sa telli te sub-point, Once achieved, ante nna alignment need not
that portion of the earth directly under t he be alte red unless the sa tellite is purposely
satellite at any particular time. The period of moved to another positi on using an internal
the satell ite in its orbit (t he time req uired re a ct ion syste m. Such geosyncro no us
fo r o ne revo lutio n of the earth) is directl y sate ll ites are ideal for communications use
proportio nal to its orbita l altit ude . A si nce a nte nna bearings need not be changed.
weather satellite at an alt itude of 800 Unfo rtun ately, no a mateur geosyncronous
nautical miles may require 115 minu tes to co mmunications satellites are in our imme-
complete an orbit, while the moon, our diate future. The ATS satell ites (135.6 MH Z)
natura l sate lli te, at an alt itude of 240,000 and the SMS/GOES satellites (1691 MH z) do
miles requires some 28 days to co mplete one transmit weather pictures and o ther facsi-
revolution of the earth . The motion of the mi le data and are thus of interest to weather
satellite in its orbit and the revol utio n of the sate ll ite e nt husiasts. In additio n to WE FAX
ear th benea th the sate ll ite (360°/ day or relay , the ATS satell ites (ATS-1 and ATS-3)
15°/ ho ur) are co mplete ly independe nt so are used as ex perime ntal repeaters gi ving

32 73 MAGAZINE
 hemisphere wide radio coverage with all the ./
convenience of full quieti ng FM . A few
evenings spent list ening to rou nd tab les fro m
one side of the Pacific to ano ther will make
the local repeater look like small potatoes! A
worl d glo be and t he data in Ta ble 1 are all
you need to compu te you r proper anten na
orie ntation. The fo llowi ng data sho w the
posit io n (over the equator) of the three "0

geosy ncro no us sate ll ites of likely interest to

amateurs :
90 >
ATS- l 149°W
0 I
ATS-3 70 W ..>

SMS·l 75°W
Ma rk your own lo catio n on the globe a nd
the position of the sate lli te(s) of interest to
you . Using a piece of st ring or the edge of a
piece of paper, ma rk the grea t circle distance
(shortest distance measured o n the su rface
of the globe) between your station and t he
sate llites yo u wish to rece ive. The direction
of t he great c irc le arc represents your desired
antenna bearin g. Using the gl obe mil eage Fig. 2. Sample sa tellite track plotted from data in
scale as a gui de, note the great circle distan ce Ta ble 2.
and refer to Ta ble 1 to inte rpolate the orde r to ma intain fu ll quieting signals the
ante nna elevatio n. The examples in Ta ble 1A ante nna elevation shou ld be 5° or better.
sho w AT5-1 and 3 anten na ai ming data for Some stations in western Europe will just be
two statio n locati ons as an example. Check ab le to receive AT 5-3. The US pla ns to place
them out o n yo ur globe and then try yo ur ano ther SMS satelli te over the eastern Pacific
own. whil e the USSR has plan s for a si milar
In this case, a sta tion in Lan sin g, Michigan sate ll ite ove r t he Indian Ocean and Jap an
could receive signals fro m both sate ll ites will place another over the Western Pacif ic.
since t hey are both above the local horizo n. For those in terested in constructing suitable
Ante nna bearing an d elevation would have S band converters, th e next few years should
to be changed, ho wever, in swi tc hi ng fr om provide sta tio ns in any part of the world,
one to the ot her. The hypothetical Fair- aside fro m the highest polar latitudes, with
banks sta tio n wo u ld have ATS-l above the recepti on potential fro m at least o ne of t he
local horizon and would be in business there, SMS style me teorological satellites.
but that station would be out of luck with Tracking Polar Orbiting Sate ll ites
ATS-3, wh ich would be be low the ho rizon The first step is to plot a reference orbital
to the SE. Generally speaki ng, if the grea t track. Ta ke a piece of t he polar coordi nate
circle distan ce between the sate ll ite subpo int paper. Such a pie ce of gra ph paper ca n be
on the equator and th e potential receiving used as a pola r map projection and we wil l
statio n is grea ter th an 5500 statu te miles use it as such in describing th e t rack ing
(8900 km) the satell ite wi ll be below the proced ure. Wi th the grap h paper in its
ho rizon and will no t be usable . Generally, in normal orie ntatio n you will note that the
TABLE 1A
Antenna Antenna
Satellite Station Location Bearing Distance Elevation

~~:
A TS -1 Lansing, M ich. SW 460 0 mi .
A TS-3 La nsi nq. M ich. SS E 2900 mi.
ATS·1 Fairba nks. Ak . S 4 500 mi .
AT5-3 Fairbanks, Ak . SE 590 0 mi.

JANUAR Y 1975 33
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radial lines o n the paper correspond to

increments of longitude in a polar pro jectio n
and the concentric circles can represent
increments of lati tu de. If t he 00 li ne (facing
upward) is arbit rar ily chose n to represent 00
of lo ngit ude, yo u can trace arou nd t he paper
in a cloc kwise directi on noting the calibra-
tion of the lines in 0 West longitu de. In a
similar fashion, if the center of the paper is
0N '80 20'
chose n to re prese nt90 latitud e (the north
pole), success ive conce ntr ic circ les can be
\
'0'
lab eled as 80, 70, 60,50, 40,30,20, 10 and
finally 00 latitude (t he equato r). Turn the
o
,.0C
w-\.....\O
paper arou nd so that 0 faces downward
toward you and lab el th e graph paper as
shown in Fi g. 2. T hese coordinate s will be
used to plo t a refere nce orbital track. Once
the labeling is completed, consu lt Table 2
which shows the satellite sub-po int pl otted

Minutes After . ow
Equatorial
• 0 • 0 IOOW -
58
90'111 8 0'111' row 60'111
-:
~w

Crossing Latitude ( N) LonQltude ( W)

o 0
Fig. 3. Station location (46 N, 85 W), antenna
0 0 0 elevatio n circles, and an tenna bearing lines wit h a
2 6 2 superimposed orbital plo t.
4 12 3.5
6 18 5.5
8 24 8 at two minute intervals following an
10 30.5 10 equatorial crossing. Using a pencil and con-
12 37 13 sult ing th e grap h cal ibratio ns, transfer the
14 42.5 15 sub-point da ta in Ta ble 2 to the graph. You
16 49 18.5
shou ld get a plo t essentially ide ntical to that
18 54 22
20 60 27 of Fig. 2. When you are sure that all the data
22 65 32 points are acc urately p laced, ink in the 2
24 71 44 minute poi nts and the connecting track.
26 76 62 Place a piece of clear aceta te p lastic over t he
28 78 86 samp le plot and tra nsfer the points and the
30 78 115
32 75 140 track to the clear plastic sheet. So me small
34 70 154 felt tip pens will wo rk well for thi s step as
36 65 164 will india in k. The ink should be indel ible to
38 59 170 preven t smea ring. Before re moving the
40 53 174
42 47 178 plastic, mark the position of the graph
44 41 181 center poin t. Put t he acetate sheet aside
46 35 183.5 until we are read y for a sample tracking
48 28 186 exe rcise.
50 22.5 188 T he next step is to prepare a "map" that
52 16 190
54 11 192 will enable you to convert satell ite position
56 5 193.5 da ta to bea ring an d elevatio n figures for
58 ·2 195.5 yo ur ante nna. If we view th e pol ar coor-
dinate paper as a map, the calibra tion of the
TABLE 2. Data for ploUing the reference paper is rather inconvenient for stations in
orbital track with intervals of 2 minutes. The track
shoul d be plotted on a piece of polar c oor dinate
the Uni te d States, primarily because US
graph paper an d th en tra nsferred to a clear aceta te locations would fa ll o n o ne side of t he paper
sheet. where the latitu de ci rcles do no t exte nd all

34 73 MAGAZIN E
the way to the equator. Examine your trusty coordinates on the paper. Take a compass
globe an d determine the nearest 10° incre- and with the po int on the center of the
ment of longitu de to your lo catio n. In my paper (t he pole), adjust it so the pencil point
case, since my QTH is located near 8SoW, I rests 36° out fro m t he cente r. T ransfer the
chose 80° as the nearest point. Ta ki ng po int of the compass to the spo t re pre-
ano ther piece of t he polar coordi nate paper, senting your QTH and use t he compass to
arbitrarily label the radial line directly facing inscribe a circle with a radius of 36°. This
downward with th is value. Although my circle represents the maximum satellite sub-
0W
exam ple is 80 (used in the following point dista nce you cou ld expect receptio n
exa mple) yo urs is likely to be some other since it is equivale nt to an ante nna elevatio n
value. With that referen ce line esta blished, of 0° . Usin g the data in Table 3 re peat the
label the remaining 10° increme nts of lati- process wit h a series of smaller conce nt ric
tu de from 0·180° Wand from 0·180° E. The circles. Fig. 3 shows circles representi ng 0,
concentric circles of latitude are labeled the 10, 20, 30, 40, SO, 60 and 70° of antenna
same way they were in Fig. 2 . When you are elevation. You can draw a circle for 80° if
fi nis hed you shou ld have a layout sim ilar to you wis h, but it is qu ite small. At an ante nna
th at of Fig. 3 exce pt t hat it is "custo mized" elevation of 9 0° the a nte nna is pointing
fo r yo ur location. Next, locate you r pos it ion straight u p so the ce nter po int represen ts
o n this "map" and place a point there . This this elevation, whic h you will only use when
has been done for Fig. 3 (again, my loca- the satellite passes directly overhead .
tion). Once your QTH has been located, the The only thing that needs to be added to
next step is to add a plo t that ca n be our map now is a series of li nes to indicate
converted to ante nna elevatio n angle . The ante nna bearin g o r direct ion. Using a straight
req uired ante nna e levation a ngle for any edge, dra w a line fro m t he pole , thro ugh
give n sate ll ite is a funct ion of the distance of your QTH and out the bottom of the largest
the sate ll ite sub-point and the altitude of the (0°) circle. This is our north-south reference
satellite in its orbit. Since the altitudes of line. A line at right angles to this and passing
the weather satellites and OSCA R satellites through your QTH will be the east-west line.
all cluster near 800 nau ti cal miles because of Two ad ditio nal lines, each passing through
th e desired orbita l geo metry fo r weather the ce nte r, ca n be added fo r NE-SW a nd
sate ll ite serv ice, it is possible to calcu late SE-NW. You r com pleted map sho uld
distances from the receiving stations that resemble that of Fig. 3 except that every-
re present various antenna elevation angles. thing would be centered on your QTH. In
These data are summarized in Table 3 for an addition to preparing your own map, you
orbita l alti tude of 800 nautical miles . The might wish to duplicate the one in Fig. 3 so
distance here is plotted in degrees since thi s yo u ca n follow the track ing examp le . For
can be de te rmi ned directl y fr o m the polar the purpose of Fig. 3 I locate d my QT H at
0W
46°N and 8SoW wit h 80 representing the
Antenna Great Circle lower center radius.
Elevati~n A« Believe it or not we are now ready to use
Angle ( ) Distance (0) all of this "stuff" in an actual tracking
90 o exerc ise . The source for ou r data will be the
80 2 sate ll ite equato rial crossing data broa dcas t
70 4 by W1 AW. Th e W1 AW bulletins incl ude
60 6
50 8.5 satell ite crossings for both operational
40 11.5 weather satellites and OSCAR satellites.
30 15. 5 Let's take a typical example. Wl AW
20 20 announces t hat NOAA 3 will cross t he
10 27 0
o eq ua to r at l S00Z at 100 E. T he eq ua tor ial
36
crossings are always no rth bo u nd - ie ., the
satellite leaves the southern he misphere and
TABLE 3. Antenna elevation angle as a tunc-
tion ot great circle arc distance [or a setetlite in an enters the northern hemisphere - and our
800 nautical mile orbit. track ing times will be referenced to this

JANU ARY 197 5 35

time. Take your map (for the sake of th is Although the WI AW bulletins give at least
discussio n use the one you made th at dupli- t hree crossings for any give n day, with a ny
cates Fig. 3) and place th e clea r ace tate shee t single crossi ng th e crossi ngs fo r the rest of
wit h our samp le t rack ove r the map. Place a t he day can be deter mined if yo u know the
thumbtack through the center of the sheet orbital period of the sate llite . Successive
and the center of the polar map. You should equatorial crossing times will be separated
now be able to rotate the transpare nt ove r- by t he or bital perio d. Successive eq uatorial
lay wit h t he track abo u t t he ce nte r of th e crossing lo cations will move westward alo ng
map. Ro tate t he ace ta te ove rlay until the 0 t he eq uator du e to th e ro tatio n of the earth
min ute t ime point of t he sample track is beneat h t he satell ite . The earth rota tes 1 s"
located on the equator at 100° E a nd you every 60 minutes (360° in 24 hours) or
should have so methi ng t hat corres ponds 0 .25° per mi nu te . Thus, 0.25° x t he satellite
exactly to Fig. 3. You no w have laying orbi tal period in minu tes wil l te ll you ho w
befo re you a co mple te rep resentati on of much furth er wes t th e sate ll ite will cross the
where the sate ll ite is going to be in t he first eq uator the nex t ti me it arrives. In the case
half of its orbit. Note that the satellite wi ll of NOAA 3, whose orbital period is 116.2
progress steadily northward after its mi nutes, the next equatorial crossing would
equatorial cross ing and will pass east of t he occur at 1656Z (1500 + 116 mi n.) at 71°W
Nor t h Po le at app rox ima te ly 28 minutes (1 16.2 x 0.25° = 2 9° whic h subtrac te d from
0
afte r its crossing time (1528Z). Also note 10 0 E gives 71 °E) . Table 5 shows represen-
that the earliest time that the satellite will tative crossing times and locations for the
pass within the 0° antenna elevation circle is entire day derived from the single piece of
approx imate ly 32 minu tes after equatorial data p resen ted in the bulleti n tra nsmission.
crossi ng (1532Z). If you use th e Fig. 3 map, th e orbital
T here is no point in li stening fo r the overlay, and t he sa mple data in Table 5 you
satellite before 15 32 Z for it will be be low wi ll be able to see how the day's passes
my horizon . Using the reference track as a relate to my station. The pass before the
guide, plot the direction and antenna eleva- refere nce example (129° E) wou ld cause t he
tio n for each of t he two min ute positio ns sate ll ite to be above th e hori zon to the east
during whic h the sate ll ite is wit hin range. bu t resu lts would probably not be ou tsta nd-
You shoul d get something li ke t he data in ing since it would barely reach 10° elevation.
Table 4. Note that the satellite will only be T he reference pass has already been dis-
within range from 15 32 until 1554Z. If you cussed. The pass after the reference pass
were to move t he anten na to t he positio ns wo uld cause t he satellite to co me ove r to the
ind icated at t he proper ti mes yo u woul d - no rth west of t he statio n and since it would
wonder of wonders! - be tracking the little get as high as 28° it wou ld be easily rece ived.
devil. The next pass (42"E) would be off to the
Ti me A fter nort h and quite low in the sky . Although the
Equatorial Time Antenna 0 Antenna sate llite migh t be a udible t hro ughou t the
Crossing Imin.I G.M.T. Elevation ( ) Bearing afte rnoo n as it ju st cu ts t he rece iving circle
32 1532 0 NN E (0° elevation) to t he nort h, t he next good
34 1534 8 NN E pass wou ld be at 1941 EST when the
36 1536 17 NN E satellite crosses the equator at 45°W. Note
38 1538 28 NE
40 1540 46 NE t hat t hese eve ni ng passes, in contrast to
42 1542 60 E th ose of th e morni ng, are characterized t he
44 1544 60 SE sate ll ite mov ing from sou t h to north. The
46 1546 41 S satellite wou ld first be audible approxi-
48 1548 24 S mately 8 minutes after the 1941 EST cross-
50 1550 14 S
52 1552 7 SSE ing and wou ld drop ou t at approxi mately
27.5 min utes after the crossing. T he 2137
TABLE 4. Example of an tenna trackin g data
for od satellite equatorial crossin<] a t 150 02 at
EST pass at 74° W wou ld be an excellen t o ne
100 E from the quthors QTH. The plot in Fig. 3 while the next one (2233.4 EST 103°W)
was used to derive this data. would be marginal. Once you feel you

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understand the use of the map and overlay, IIOE IOOE 90£

use your own map with the overlay and

calculate track ing data for yo ur own station
usi ng th e crossi ng data in Table 5. When yo u
can do this you are ready to take W1AW
data for any sate ll ite a nd generate track ing
info rmatio n. The reference track was made
up on the basis of a 116 minute orbit and
can be used with any of the operatio nal
wea the r sate ll ites (ESSA8, NO AA 2, NOAA
3, etc .) as well as the OSCA R sate ll ites th at
are lau nched "p iggy back" with NOAA!
IT OS launches. Should an OSCAR satell ite
or a weather satellite package be launched
that by mischance departs greatly from t his
track we can include a table in a fut ure issue
of 73 to permit you to make up a reference
track to fit its o rbital path as we ll as any
other supplimentary data you might need.
Just a few final notes are in order.
Reception from a sate llite is only possible
when the satell ite is above yo ur local
horizon - th at is, wit hin the 00 elevation
circle o n your own lo cal tracking map. Given Fig. 4. Polar projection with the author's QTH and
clutter on the hor izon, good results are several DX cities marked. Each location has a circle
around it representing the distance corresponding
usually obtainable only when the satellite is to a 0° antenna elevation angie. Two requirements
at least 50 above the horizon. DX work must be met for communication between any two
thro ugh an OSCAR satell ite dema nds that points using a satellite repeater. First the zero
the satell ite be above the ho ri zo n at bo th ele vatio n circles around the two points must
stat ions. T his occu rs quite freq uently within overlap or communica tion is not possible. The
greater the overlap the more opportunities there
will be for a successful contact. Secondly, both
Crossing Crossing stations must utilize a satellite pass that intersects
Time (E.S.T.) Lat itude the area of overlap between the two stations for it
is only when the satellite sub-point is within the
0019.0 115W zone of overlap that it is above the horizon at bo th
021 5.2 144W stations simu ltaneously. A little work... with the
04 11.4 173W orbital overlay will indicate what passes (in terms
0607.6 158 E of equatorial crossing point) may be used and how
0803.8 129E long the satellite would be in the "overlap" zone.
'1000.0 100E Since these circles represent zero elevation angle
o
1156.2 71E they are somewhat optimistic. Intersection of 5
13 52.4 42E circles would be more conservative but the zero
1548.6 13E eleva tio n circles can be used with fore sigh t and
1744. 8 16W plannin g for sp ecific contac ts.
1941 .0 4 5W
2137.2 74W the US and Canada but real lo ng haul DX
2233.4 103 W
requires some planning. Fig. 4 is a duplicate
TABLE 5. Equatorial crossing data for a single
of my track ing map but on this copy I have
day calculated from the reference crossing of drawn in the maximum "reception circles"
o
15 0 02 at 100 E. The crossing time was converted (00 elevation a ngles) for a num ber of cit ies
to EST and preceeding and succeeding crossings in various DX lo calities. On ly those locations
were calculated on the basis of a 116.2 minute (1
hour 56.2 minute) orbital period for NOAA 3.
with circles that intersect my own can be
With this orbital period the location of successive expected to produce satellite contacts
o
crossings will move westward 29 per orbit. The through an OSCAR package. The greater the
reference crossing data are marked with an asterisk. degree of overlap, the higher the satellite will

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be at both my location and that of the OX high in both your own "sky" and that of the
station and the longer the ti me available to OX statio n - this is not only provides a
esta blis h a contac t. Note tha t the circ les realist ic path but assures th at amp le time
aro und suc h widely separated poin ts as exis ts for a QSO. Where large ove rlap exists
Mexico City, San Juan, Anchorage, and you can probably count on run ning into
Reykjavik comfortably overlap the acquisi- stations with random operating but as the
tion circle around my ow n QT H an d th us overla p narrows you shou ld co nsider
offe r ready op po rtun ity for co mmu nication schedules du rin g specific passes if yo u are
reall y serio us about acc um ulating countries.
be twee n these points. The o uter part of the
T he infor matio n presented he re should
circle aro un d Lo ndon in te rsects my ow n b ut
permi t virtually any amate ur to handle the
th is one would be tight. It wou ld probably
task of satellite tracking. Shou ld satellites be
be best to calculate a specific pass where t he
launch ed that do not fi t the materi als
sate ll ite wou ld intersect th e area of overla p
described here , 73 will provide updated
an d arra nge a schedule with an active
materi als as requ ired. Alt hough we have
London station . At best t here wou ld be a
nicely sidestepped many aspects of spherical
few minutes where communication was
geometry and trig with a nu mber of simpli-
possible. The Moscow circle barely touches fy ing assu mptio ns t hat would make a mat he-
my own so communication with a station mati cal purist writhe in ago ny, t he tracking
th ere would probably not be possible wi t h- procedure descri bed here has o ne fea t ure
out a carefu lly arranged schedu le, a li ttle that transcends a ll t hose petty considera-
tropo bending, and some fast CWo T he tions - it works! You will get your antenna
preparation of such a map would provide po inte d in the right general direction at the
you with a realistic assessment of yo ur right t ime which certa inly beats swinging
OSCA R OX capa bi lit ies fro m yo ur o wn madl y arou nd tr ying to figure o ut where th e
QT H. Ge nerally spea king, you should look sate lli te is an d where its going next.
for areas where the satell ite is at least 10° . . .wR8 0 0 T

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limitation. Using the "if ya have 'em use em" points A' or B' (equal to the diode de
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coming basic engineering problems. Several is possible.
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Fig. 4. The scope circuit usmg the inexpensive
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inexpensive if pu rchased new, and the ce nter Many RATT monitors make use of a
tap of a 6.3 VAC supply ca n be pressed into scope drive r, some with additio nal tuned
serv ice q uite eas ily fro m the ju nk box to circuits to "shape n up" the cross pattern.
supply a slightly higher 3.1VAC for the There are some who prefer blink ing neons,
3A PI fila me nt, as shown in Fig. 3. This others like wiggle needles, but I prefer the
higher voltage won' t promote long life, but cross pattern because of a drifty receiver and
I've been using the same tube for over a year I li ke to o bserve the level of QRN and QSB.
with no apparent weakeni ng of emmissio n. After a time, one quickly learns if an S-3
The sche matic in Fig. 4, shows the ma jor RTTY QSO is "worth the paper" or whethe r
values for the use of this tube and th e pin o r not power lines (close by ) will destroy
connections and base diagram. copy becau se of excep tionally high no ise
levels. The scope shows this q uite well if it's
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Fig. 3. CRT power supply.
cross that looked more like an "X ." This was
No spec ial shields are required if relati ve traced to a commo n cathode resistor in th e
care is give n to CRT positio ning vs. stray scope driver c ircu its previously published .
magnetic fields. Sep arate them and the cross return s.

JAN UA RY 197 5 43
 FAMILIAR CORRECTLY WHAT MOST OF GOOD COMPROMISE
TUNED RTTY SHIFT US GET THE WHICH INDICATIS
ON SCOPE WITH FIRST TIME ON A NOISE AND QSB
GOOD BANDPASS HOME BREW SCOPE
INPUT CIRCUIT
Fig. S. Scope patterns.

Another tip to the wise is wiring the scope used with a crystal calibrator/BFa combina-
B+ to the extra contacts on an auto-start tion in the receiver. So, don't rush out and
relay. This cuts the "dot" during standby, buy a counter and an af generator to tune
and prevents premature phosphor burn. taro ids.
More sophisticated circuits can of course
lower anode voltage (to a dimmer setting) in Power Output
the absence of a signal. A very good fan can increase the duty
cycle of a transceiver rated for peak service
Transceiver Notes on instantaneous voice.
RATT need not be so difficult especially Most modern transceivers can not handle
in transceivers. In fact in some cases it's continuous loads for a great length of time.
much simpler. In my transceiver, an old The sweep tube amplifier runs hot and thus
SR-160, only one FSK keyer is required. On forced air cooling increases the duty cycle. I
20m (USB only) the received upper side have been operating RTTY at 90 watts input
band appears as a preversed signal to the TU (rated 125 watts) with two 120Q6s, for over
(but not on the air!). Because the i-f is a year with average key down times of 12
common to 80, 40, and 20m, shifting takes minutes on, 12 minutes off with no sign of
place on the 5.2 MHz common oscillator. soft tubes. SWR and antenna loading must
This guarantees that once set, the shift holds be good, of course. In many cases the power
on all bands. When no voltage appears on the output meter may not peak right at the plate
diode it still conducts slightly because of rf current dip (in all parts of the band) but
rectification thus lowering the frequency. tuning up at the dip is the best procedure
Therefore, a holding bias provided in the and provides the coolest operation. Neutrali-
Hoff circuit keeps everything steady. On zation adjustments on transceivers are a
receive, however, the diode bias mu st be band compromise and should be set to the
disconnected or permanently applied to RTTY portions of the band.
keep the receiver VFO (common to both Many of these notes will appear dis-
transmitter and receiver) from shifting the tasteful to the more discriminating RTTY
receive frequency. Experiments with shift enthusiast of the MLTT/L2, ST-6, and the
pot and polar relays, seriously compound WC1 variety. But for some, (and I've seen
the wiring problems and really are not worth 'em) it's the best we can do under the
the effort. circumstances. RTTY is really not so compli-
cated once the basics are understood, and
Tuning Standards fiddling around with a home brew device
Tuning toroids is easy if you follow the often allows new concepts to be explored in
many procedures and outlines available in detail. If you haven't joined the crowd yet,
current publications, but for the casual give it a whirl. And do it from the junk box
RTTY buff, the tuning fork serves and saves until you learn the basics.
money. Tuning forks are available from
Federal Signal Co., at $5 a piece and may be ... W3// U

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 Bill Hoisington Kl eLL
c/o 73 Magazine
Peterborough NH 03458

Miniboxing The
432er Receiver
he breadboard models of the 432'er but both are available from the outside of
T work fine, the circuit is completed and
sounds great on the air, components have
the minibox. Repairs or changes can be
made easily, and you can also take it right
been selected or fabricated , so it is now just out of the box with little work. See details
a question of how small can the miniboxes below.
be to package the whole job, what units to The average component density works
include in each box, and ease of construc- out at about four stages in a 2 x I!h. in. box
tion by the homebrewer. Good flexibility at present. So without jamming things too
and growth possibility should be retained, tightly and making construction difficult,
but this doesn't mean a box for every stage. each transistor and its associated compo-
Figure I shows the block diagram of the nents should fit into a space 2 x I!h. x % in.
third converter and the 135 kHz i-f strip. And they do, as you will see.
You could combine the 1.65 MHz i-f with While this model of the 432'er will not go
the 135 kHz strip but as an experimenter I into a camera case, it does look as though
like to have a broadband i-f and diode on the old familiar pre-war transceiver case 12
hand for all rf and antenna work. Because, as in. high will hold everything nicely, Includ-
you will see when you operate one, even a ing the battery.
good crystal local oscillator working in the Because it is really important that you
UHF region will get thrown out of the know what you are undertaking with this
narrow passband of the i-f with small chang- kind of work, I will quote from the RCA
es in the mixer and rf stages. "Transistor, Thyristor, and Diode Manual,"
Perhaps the 1.65 MHz section could be page 582 : "Circuits which work at UHF
included in the tunable 28 -30 MHz enclo- demand more than ordinary skill and experi-
sure. We'll see. In the meantime let's tackle ence in construction. Placement of compo-
the last converter and 135 kHz i-f strip, nent parts is quite critical and may require
which has the biggest components of the considerable experimentation. Unless the
receiver. builder has had considerable experience with
Those very small Japanese units have an broadband high frequency circuits he should
outside-threaded cup core that turns down not undertake the construction of such
over the i-f winding, which is on a separate units...
tiny piece of powdered iron core . I think So there you are. It is my hope that by
they are too small for practical work by the
average amateur builder. The cores and
M IKER I.F. I. F.
windings used here seem to me about the
limit on small size for now, with number 38 ".,
1.6 5
,.,
' 35
,.,
'" "
wire in them. The cup cores of old Miller
number 10C i-f transformers originally made O SC ILL ATOR

for tubes work almost like magic. The use of ".,

1. 785

two sides of a single copper-clad board to fit

things into a small minibox has worked out Fig. 1. Block diagram of the converter and 135
well. This makes for two layers of circuitry, kHz j·f stage.

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using my ex perience and by grving yo u all
possible details, even outlining some o f the T
t roubles you ca n get into , th at yo u will be
able to b uild them.
RCA describes some nice circuits, parts of
which are very useful and then says, "Home
construction of this circuit should not be
att emp ted unless the builder has had consi-
Fig. 2. Sub-miniature terminal pins.
derable experience in the winding of indue-
tive compo nents and has access to the jeweler's chuck for holding a number 76,
special equipment required." .020 drill in a regular ~ in . elect ric drill.
So we'll share our experience and give the Most of those little high-speed drills sold to
real lowdown on the eart hy details of hobbyists do not close tight on a number 76
winding and testing coils. Believe me , after drill.
47 yea rs (first license 2BA V in 1923) I still I use a regular % in. drill with a Variac to
don't always get it right the first time. slo w it down and clamp the small pieces of
board in a drill vise. The number 76 drill
Tools for Miniboxing the 432'er. comes in a little alum inum box with drill
Let's face some o f the fa cts of rniniaturi- numbers fro m 6 1 to 80 . You 'll be well
za tio n. You're going to need a few things advised to buy at least a half dozen of the
yo u may not have on hand , such as real number 7 6.
small tools, .021 pins for binding posts, .0 35 The pins I use for terminal strips are
figerglass boards, double-clad boards with call ed "bank pins" and are short, .021 in
copper o n both sides , 1/ 8thW or 1/lOthW diameter and hammer into the .0 20 holes
resistors, and real small capacitors like the tightly . Tin ned with solder and with wire
3fl6ths in . sq ua re o nes in stoc k a t Lafayette around them, the y will not come o ut (F ig.
Radio. You will need either e xcellent young 2) . If you know of any other low-cost
eyes o r assisted older o nes, like mine . I have method that is better, or smaller, please Jet
a pair of glasses that magnify a little and me know.
focus at about 14 in. and a second pair that Terminal stri ps can be made up as in Fig.
magnify abou t tw o times and fo cus at 9 in . I 3 , or in any o ther desired co nfiguratio n. I
find these to be su perior to any o ther type generally use three pins fo r the transistor
of magnifier s. with o ne to the left for a base input cou pling
The most special tool after glasses is the capacito r and one on the right with a bus
.02 1
PI N S
/ .0 3 5 FI8 ERGLA SS STRIP

"I /\
~
r-r- / .005 rl8ERGLASS STRIP

T
I.. ' ......-1:
a,
.'t
'f- \ I a' ffi
~ c
c 8 11

-V ;~
Ie:
FASTEN IN G NU T
1%

~f- /YREO

IIA' ~
12 /
,aa O H M ....

I. "/. - - - - - - - --·1
Fig. 3. Term in al strip layouts.

JANUARY 1975 47
 -
COPPER
For the two layer job described here you
1\ can use a double-clad laminate which has
copper on both sides, or you can bolt two
/ rl single-sided boards together back to back as
in Fig. 4. This has a tendency to fill up the
CONVERTER '1' 135 - KM z mini box better, which, in military circles, is
---..
CO IolPON(NfS
I. F. STR
"
OMPON(N TS

vi ------
called "volume density." Believe it or not,
the finished unit has some pretty large
empty spaces in it.
r-,
"
~ Low Frequency (-F Inductors
We have a good formula for these now,
/ '0 TT OIol already used in the breadboard 432'er recei-
0'
'1 "'NIB OX ver i-f sections, which works well on the air,
so that's the sort we will co ncen t rate on.
The big question is whether to use vari-
FIB( RGL ASS
OR GO OD
RAKE LITE
able inductance tuning or variable capaci-
tance tuning. Most commercially available
Fig. 4. Two -layer boards. small and midget transformers use an outside
wire from the collector because the collector threaded core which is then turned to
usually has at least three components attach- provide a linear motion of the cup core to
ed to it. Cement in place for wiring. After provide more, or less, cover over the wind-
wiring the components will hold it in place. ing. which increases or decreases the induc-
Be sure to insulate the strip from the tance. Some form of threading is used on the
baseboard so the heads of the terminal pins inside of the transformer can, but this is
don't short to the baseboard. generally not usable for experimental work,
as you can see if you take one apart.
Two Surfaces Instead of One Inside the For amateur use this whole question of i-f
Minibox strip, or strips, because we're using triple
Several methods are in favor today to conversion, is of considerable importance.
save space in enclosures, some going to the The usual 455 kHz i-f jobs fall right between
extreme of three layer printed circuits and the frequencies we would like best for
•
flatpacks with 30 devices inside, with an OD selectivity and image. The 135 kHz used
of \4 x 1/8 x 1/20 in. These are the little here seems about as low in frequency as is
"bugs" with 14 leads each. With LSI (Large practical for a low-cost i-f with good AM
Scale Integration) they claim they are put- voice bandwidth, and furnishes excellent
ting two and three hundred devices (transis- selectivity for the home brewer as well as
tors) in each flat pack . They are selling them good image rejection.
now, so it must be true, if you can believe it. Then your next i-f, going backward
These are all for logic work in computers toward the antenna, should be - as a rule of
and as far as I know have no applications for thumb - not less than 10 nor more than 20
rf work. times in frequency. as a compromise be-
Along with the three layer printed circuit- tween image and the use of too many
ry the flatpacks are placed on both sides of conversions. This would put you at 1.35
the board and the whole thing goes into a MHz but you shouldn't really use an i-f in
tray with an OD of only 0400 of an inch. the be band, so it is located just outside, on
This is outside the scope of amateur work, 1.65 MHz.
and calls for the "farthest out" chemicals, The next i-f should then be at 16.5 MHz,
materials, metals, and methods of testing. As so we stretched things a little again and put
amateurs we cannot go to that extent just it in the 28 to 30 MHz 10m band, which
yet. but we can put a whole station on UHF could get you into occasional trouble if you
complete with batteries into less than one had a 10m kilowatt neighbor, but makes for
cubic foot! a nice portable 10m receiver and is also one

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o f the popular i-f ou t pu t frequ encies for .... AN D -
VHF and UHF converters wh ich are o n the CO IL f O RM D R I L L C .... UC K

market.
Then the rfhead o n 4 32 MH z h as an image
some 60 0 MHz away, which is fine. So there
is the triple conversion and its frequency
\•
reasoning se t o ut for you.
Meanwhile , back at the coil winder, we are
wo rking with a little device th at does t he job
very economically . Shown in Fig. 5 is a jig
which will hold almo st any co il form for i-f Fig. 5. I-f winding aids.
use . The spool of wire in use is set o n the
... 12" o---.---v,,,""",--~--,-7>--,
floor suspe nded o n a I> in. dowel pushed '0
t hrough a card board box and the wire ro lls DIO DE
TE ST
PLANK,
off it nicely . Coun t the nu mber of tu rns
made around the coil for every turn of the
crank . It will generally be aro und 4 : I . This
. )Hr-r-~~
.,
13 5 K.... Z
.OS

makes it easy to count the to tal num ber of 0'

1.65 Iol.... Z
wire tu rns on the form . INPU T
<0O
Several days were devo ted to wind ing 13 5
kHz i-f conducto rs for the converter, the
1.785 k Hz oscillator coil, and the 1.65 MHz
i-f coils, tun ing th em up, and checking fo r Fig. 6 . Test jig, i-I coils.
gain and band wid th . Coil winding d ata is CUP CO R E~
EX AMPL E' 3 Pl .
7S TU RNS E...C....
NO. 3 8 O.S.L
shown at Fig. 10 (the final circuit).
u
A simp lified jig fo r testin g these coils is
shown in Fig. 6. For test signals I used a
Lafayette signal genera tor fo r the 1.6 5 and
1.785 MHz freq ue ncies, and my sine wave-
square wave genera tor for the 13 5 kHz. IMPRE GN...TED
P",P ER CORE
When read y to wind, a littl e coil wax melted USE TWO . SLIDES IN TO
CU P CORE.
onto the fo rm helps to hold th e wire in
place . Put a little more over the first winding Fig. 7. Cup core windings.
and a final touch of wax over the outer layer thread. If no t, be happ y with th e Arco
to hold everything in place in the co re. I also t rim mer No . 469 which varies from 130 pF
melted a little down into the core. Figure 7 to 80 0. Use a dipped mica where needed , as
shows wha t the coil and co re lo ok like wh en across Ll at 135 kH z, in case yo u don't
ready to put together. Two cores are used. qu it e reach 135 k Hz.
Insert the wound form int o o ne core, and The 1.785 MHz oscillato r coil was
then pu t the o ther co re ove r t he part of the che cked in a similar jig using th e actual
form that is outside the first core, taking osc illator circuit as in Fig. 10 .
care not to move or break the fine wires.
Make sure that the coil form is just twice the Packaging Notes
length of one of the cores. After testing the On t he average, if you are ready to build
core and coil assembly ca n be cemented in something small in a rninibo x, and more o r
place o n the circuit board. less perm anent, it pays to have all the
Using a moving cup core for tuning was compo nents checked first . At o ne time yo u
checked and dropped in favor of the mica could make changes after build ing so mething
compressio n trimm er, for mechanical rea- in a l Ox 12 x 3 in . chassis but it 's not as
sons. If you are a master machinist ( I am easy now, whe n yo u are packaging in small
no t ) you could possibly tu rn o ut a plastic rn inibo xes. Ho wever, the t wo-sided board in
holder with the thread needed which is the middle of a minibox (F ig. 4 ) does give
something like 11/l 6 ths diamete r and a 28 yo u go od acc ess to bo th working su rfaces

JA N UA RY 1975 49
 Fabricate the transistor terminal strip and
the + 12V bus strip (Fig. 3) and fasten them
u
down either by cementing or by the use of
extra pins and soldering to the baseboard.
The two sides of the double clad board
can be treated as two completely separate
Q OTT O M
assemblies, and tested separately also . Then
0'
M I N IQ O)( a single wire from L2 on the last 1.65 MHz
winding can go through a grommeted hole to
the other side and be soldered to the mixer
input.
The principle of a double i-f frequency
with a conversion in the middle is an
excellent one, allowing a lot more gain with
freedom from feedback of the input to
output variety. With the input on 1.65 MHz
u
and the output on 135 kHz, none of the
JZ
usual feedback possibilities are present.
Fig. 8. lJlustration of assembly, board and mini-
box. Oscillator Spurious
Yes, once again, trouble in the 1.785
for adjustment and tuning, and if you do
MHz oscillator. So we will try one thing at a
have to make a change anywhere it is
time and check each carefully. First of all we
possible to do it without dismounting the
should recognize that a modern device has
whole plank.
easily over 40 dB power gain at 1-2 MHz.
Small Components This means that one hundredth of a milli-
We're not going into microminiaturiza- watt at the input will result in 100 mW in
tion here, just miniboxing, so we will use the collector circuit which could result in a
ordinary 1/8W resistors and profit by lot of feedback. So what cuts down gain? To
Lafayette Radio's little imported ceramic cut it short, and save you time, the final
capacitors and electrolytics, as specified in oscillator circuit (Fig. 9) shows how the
the final circuit and layou t, Figs. 10 and I I . oscillator was tamed. The important items
The Arco mica trimmers are rather large were found to be L2, CI, C2 and R I. L2
but there does not seem to be anything must be small, like 2 turns. CI must be near
smaller available at a reasonable cost. The 200 or 300 pF, no higher. C2 is all right at
midget type 42 Arco trimmers are 3/8 wide .01, and Rl should not be over 470fl. The
x 3 /4 long, with the number 4215 running oscillator handles fine now, in fact so
from 210 pF to 700 maximum. smooth I was bothered by news reports
Assembly coming in from the Hall nighters" around
I used brass nuts soldered to the base- I 500 kHz as I was checking the range of
board to fasten it to the inside of the 1-2 MHz for operation at 1.785 MHz. I was
minibox as in Fig. 8. running an af amplifier and speaker after the
diode and voltmeter, and the fact that the
• combination shown in Fig. 6 and the diode
«e 3 "
test plank result in an excellent one transis-
tor regenerative set when RI is lowered or
L2 is decoupled to bring it out of the
C<
200-300 "' 00 oscillating condition into the regenerating
" aa
0'
detector mode, brought in these be stations.
- You may not realize it, but one of the
criterions for a smooth oscillator is that it
Fig. 9. Schematic of the final oscillator circuit. C1 should do just that, with less than necessary
200-300 pF; C2 .011JF; Rl 400U feedback.

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 M I XE R OSCILL A TO R
t N gl S OR 2 N 3 60 0 2N 360 0
1.6 5 M HZ TO t 3S KHZ 1. 7 85 N Hl

56 0 0

''0
+ 12 V
AR C O
~ :::' 4 69 •
L4i ll r
10
2ZK U
'l " ce

. '"1 U
' ' 00 '00 ca ~V AR e o 4 69
130- 8 0 0

" t e '''> "

• )' " ,
/'
0'
if "-
r
H

1,65 MH Z "
.0' Q'
I NPU T

22 00
TO -"
t o,
t3S- K HZ

"
I.r. ST RIP
" t o,
- - - OSC IL L ATO R INJECTION '- .

Fig. 10. Schematic of the third converter an d the 135 kHz i-t s tage. Ll , 225 turns. See also Fig. 7.
Two cores used, front to fr ont. L2, IS turns wound o ver Ll (inside the core ). LS, 2 5 turns in single
core. L4, 2 turns over L3 (inside core). LS, 2 turns over L3 (inside core). NOTE. The coupling of L4
to L3 is important. Reverse wires of L4 if no oscilla tion .

Just for a check , C I and C2 were in- band stages and diodes go ing into the o ther
creased to 10 flF each , and heavy self- half.
-quenching at audio frequencie s poured out The mixer used was an RCA 2N3600, but
of the speaker. any good NPN will do because in this section
I spent another half-da y o n it to make of the 43 2'er we're o nly dealing with I to 2
sure of everything fo r you , as in Fig. 9 . I MHz. You don't need a lot of gain, you
would say it is by far the be st oscilla to r I don't need hf capabilities, all you need is
have ever built fo r th e .5 to 5 MH z range, selectivity . smooth tuning. go od ave , and the
with lots o f reserve power, stability and no possibility of co nst ruction by the home-
trace of spurious radiation. brewer.
Inductor details. terminal pins, and as-
Third Converter and Oscillator Circuit sembly , h ave all been detailed , so just check
Refer to Fig. 10, schematic, and Fig. II , all values possible , and turn it o n . Being an
layout. This circuit works well in a closed experimental type, I fed a 1.65 MHz signal
minibox , using so far o nly o ne half the space into C I , tuned up the mixer collector coil to
available, with the t wo 135 kHz narrow- 135 kHz, connected a diode to the 15 turn
OSC ILL ATOR
TO 13 S - KH Z I,F.
2 N3 600,

AR C O 46 ~
130 TO BOO

zoo 01_ 1 "

INSUL ATED
TUBIN G
"
+
ONO

OSC I LLATOR INJEC TI ON 10 0 OH"lS

Fig. 1 J. Layout, third converter and oscillator, 1.785 MHz.

JANUARY 1975 51
winding L2, and sta rted in . As shown in Fig. I found only about a tenth of a volt out
10 there is no tuning at 1.6 5 MH z (in this of L2 in the mixer collector circuit, but that
sec tio n) so the image at t wice 13 5 kHz will was enough to tune up on and listen for
be just as stro ng, but that doesn't matter. spurio us radiation. When that winding is
Wh en the three tun ed circuits o f the broad- connecte d to the input base of the two-stage
band st rip o n 1.65 MH z are used in fron t 135 kHz i-f st rip you'll find plenty of signal
y ou will not pick up the image. At least it at the af connector output.
will be so far down it won't bother y o u. .. .Kl eLL

c/o 73 Magazine
Peterborough NH 03458

"'1"XThen chec king things over before the safely.

VV last att ack of seasonal madness (a Microwave transistors or the TI XMOS will
VHF Con test ) I took the unpre cedented step o nly stand about I mW.
of making so me measurem ents o n the sen d- The leakage power per hundred watts
receive coaxia l relays. The figures were that I measured :
measured at 432 MHz , but the 144 MHz num-
Dow-key (N co nne ctor , sh orting type)
bers can be ex pec ted to be only ten times Transmitter side (no rmal open ) - (2 6 dB) ;
better, and ten times better than crummy is Receiver side, shorting barrier - I /lW (80 to
not very go od. For the benefit of the 96 dB) (Varied) .
nonbof fin s, the isolation is given in power MA 7524 (ra ted 3 GHz) - 0.1 /lW (9 0 dB).
int o the receiver per hundred watt s of Thomp son products (Meshna) strip line type,
transmitter power. Figures for every thing round can , N co nnec to rs - 25 /lW.
matched an d terminated - with my luck Rotary type , BNC, 28V # 50 1 147 - I mW.
things would be mismatched in just the BNC, D-K type 315 - 10 mW.
wrong dire ction , but that 's more work to BNC, FXR type 318, terminating resis-
mea sure. tors - 10 mW.
How much leakage, applied repeatedly, Advan ce , N connectors, e xtra contacts
will harm a receiver? (standard ten meter relay except for connec-
Two watt s will cook some antenna coils. tors) - 25 mW.
A transistor like the 2N5 109 will tak e 2 5
'No te that the last o ne is still plenty
mW.
adequate for protection of a nuvistor or a
The 41 7 or a 6CW4 will probably stan d as
2N5109 o n 144 or 220 MHz in a matched
much .
A WE-41 6 I had kept cooking at around 10 coaxial syste m. The 2N5109, which is a two
watt transistor, will give 3 dB noise figure on
mW.
Crysta l mixers, su ch as the 1N21 E, can take 220 MH z if the bias is set up for 2 to 3 rnA
10 mW if the d e resistan ce is under son for (it's rated for 50) . Maybe that's what we
the mixer circuit. need for a reliab le rf stage?
The 2 N285 7 o r 2N 3478 will tak e 5 mW ...WIOOP

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0 107.530 75V; 0 to 315 150V: 0 10 l S0V ; 0 10 lS0 ,300V ;
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to 150 300 750 V ; 0 to 300V ; 0 to BOOV: 10 7S0V. a
C A RY MODEL 31 VIBRATING REED ELE CTROME-
METERS OF ALL TYPES TER : 1 mV 10 30V 10 10 ranges $50.00
E-H RESEARCH 140 A SWITCHING TIME METER :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. . 5 50.00
A SSO CI A T ED RESEAR CH 213 V IB ROG ROU ND FLUKE 821AR DC DIFFERENTIAL VO LT METE R: 0
ME GOHMM ET ER : With va ri e ty of me g oh m to 500V, 0.0 100 $1 95.00
ranges $75.00 FLUKE 9 10 A TRUE RMS VOLTMETER: 10 Hz to 7
ASSOCIATED RES EAR CH 259 VIB ROGRO UND: MHz . lOOMV 10 300V fs . ~ 100 accuracy $225.00
Sundar 10 Model 293 .. .. . .. $65.00 F XR B810A SWR METER: $35.00
ASSOCIATED RESEAR CH 293 VI B ROG RQUND: F XR B813A POWER METER AND MOUNT : . _ $35.00
l ig htweIg ht Instrument fo r m easurement of soil- GENERAL MICROWAVE 451 POWER METER : $35.00
res ista n ce and g round re sista n c e, GR 1800 VTVM : 0 .1 to l S0V full sc ale. DC· 800 MHz.
0- 1 10 11 00 .'1 000 ohms. $80.00 2":/0 , , .. . $50.00
BALLANTINE 300 VTVM : 1 mV 10 lODV . 10 Hz 10 150 GR 1803A AC VT VM: 1.5V to 150V $50. 00
KH z . , ... ,. , .. , ... _. . . . .. $25.00 GR 1932A DISTORTION METER : 50 Hz - 18 KHz.
BALLAN TINE 3 05 P EA K READING VTV M: ........................... ............. $ 125.00
Measures p.p, posrn-....e o r ne gative pea k values. 5 HP H18-340B NOISE FIGURE METER : A utom at-e
Hz to 500 KHz respo nse 1 mV to 1aoov w ith mi rror disp lay and measurem ent of IF o r RF amplifier
bac k scale . . .. . ... . . 595.00 noi se at 30 and 60 M Hz . O pe rates with external
BALLANTINE 310A VTVM: 100 uv 10 lOOV . Me as- norse sources for oth er bands $400.00
urements from 10 Hz 10 2 MHz. 3°0 accura cy to 1 HP 400DR VTV M : 10 Hz 10 4 M Hz. 1 m V 10 300V. 2 00
MHz. . . . . .. . . ... ..... $75.00 accuracy $65.00
BALLANTINE 310 A R VTV M : 100 ~V 10 100 verts. 10 HP 400HR VTVM : 10 Hz 10 4 MHz. 1 mV to 300V, 100
Hz to 2 MH z ............ $65.00 accur acy ,..... . $95.00
BALLANTINE 3 14 VTVM: 1 mV to lK V. 15 Hz 10 6 HP 4 10BR VT VM : Ra ckmo unt unrt 0 ·1 000V DC, o.zu
M Hz. less pro be ..... .. .. $75.00 10 500 meqonms. 0 · 30 0VAC . 20 Hz 10 700 MHz
BALLANTINE 316 R VTV M : Pe ak to peak. 0.05 Hz to :=: 3 00 ts $95.00
30 KHz .. .. .. ,.. . $ 35.00 HP 412A DC VTVM : 1 m V to 1 KV . 1 rmcroamp to lA.
~ I R D 61 50 WATTMETER : Direct reading 0-30/150 c an be used as DC amplifi er. 200 accuracy.. $ 195.00
watt range s. 30 to 500 MH z r ange. 50 11 . .. $ 95.00 HP 41 5A V$WR INDICATOR : , $25.00
BIRD6 154 WATTMETER : Direct reading 20 or 5 watts HP 4 16A RATIOMETER : Displays reno of forward a nd
(choice) . SOU. N(F) connector. Inc lud es m eter $6 5.00 re verse Signals ectomatceav . . . . . . . ... $ 125.00
B IRD 67 W A T T M ET E R : D ire ct read ing 0 10 HP 4 16B RATIOMETER : Later version of 416A. $ 395.00
25J1 00 .500W r ange s. sou DC connector. 30 to H P 428A CLIP-ON DC MILLIAMMETER : 3 mA to 1 A
500 MH z range . . . . . . . .. . .. . , .. ' . . . $ 150.00 ~ 3":'0 probe Incl uded . , $2 50.00
BIRD 694 WATTMETER : a 10 1OOOW orrect reading , 2 HP 500e TACHOMETRY : 180 RPM 10 6 .000 .000
1036 M Hz. SOU. N(F) connector , $ 195.00 RPM _. . .. $8 5.00
BOONTON 91 C R RF VT VM : 1m V 10 3V . 20 KHzto 1.2 ITE ( P H AZO A) 100A PHASE SENS ITIV E NULL
GHz . rackmount . . . .. ..... . . . ..... $225.00 METER : 30 Hz 10 10 KHz , 8 volts to 120V refer-
B ORG WARNER (S INGER) M401 SWR IN DIC ATO R : ence. Separates In-ph ase and q uadrature null vet-
.. . .. .. . .... . . , $95.00 taqes. 40 dB selec tivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $95 .00

CAUTION; THE SE INSTRUMENTS ARE SO LD AS-IS. WHILE EVERY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO

ASS URE COMPLETENESS AND TO DELI VER AN O PERATIONAL INSTRUMENT, TH ERE IS
NO WARRANTY IMPLIED OR STATED EXCEPT: " YOU MAY EXAMINE THE UNIT FOR TEN
DAYS AND , IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED, YOU MAY RETURN FO R FUL L C RED IT PAYING
ONLY THE FREIGHT CHARGES" . EVERY TECO INSTRUMENT IS CONSI DERED TO BE A
GENUINE BARGAIN, BUT THE BUYER SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO CO MPETENT TECHNI-
CAL TALEN TS TO MAKE THE PURCHASE PRACTICAL.
SEND FOR THE LATEST " BARGAIN HUNTER" BROCHURE - ITS FREE !

JANUARY 1975 55
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METERS OF ALL TYPES

Continued RECEI V ER S
KINTEL 202BR DC MICROVOlTMETER : FuU scale
ranges from 300~V · l000V ::,:: 3%. can be used as
lOdS ampuuer $35.00 AIL 130 PRECISION TEST RECEIVER : 30 MHz IF.
MARCONI TF-928 FM DEVIATION METER : 2()..100 O-BOdS precision atten uator $2 50.00
MH z, 0-12 KHz modulatio n , crystal GENERAL MICROW A VE 550 WWV REC EIVER:
sta ndardi zed $55.00 . . . ... ....... ..... ......... .. ........ .. .$125.00
MB MFG. CO. M1 VIBRATION METER: 5SO.00 HAMMARLUND SP600 RECEIVER : 560 KHz to 54
MB MFG . CO. M3 VIBRATION METER : $50 .00 MHz $225.00
ORION V-100M VTVM: Similar to HP 400H , like MIUTARY URM-7 RFI MEASURI NG SET: Measures
new $60.00 boradband and CW mtertererce . Frequency range
NARDA MODEL 440 SOLID STATE MICROWAVE is 20-400 MHz in two bands. Voltage range is 6J.1.V
POWER METER: Rechargeable batte ries .. $95.00 to 5V I MHz. Contains an impulse generator for
PRO 2778 STANDING WAVE INDICATOR: .. $75.00 no ise referen ce standard . := 10 % voltage
PRO 650 POWER METER: $40.00 accuracy $9 95.0 0
SIMPSON 604 RECORDING YOM: New units .$145.00 NEMS-CLARKE 1401 TELEMETRY RECEIVER: 2 15
SIMPSON 605 RECORDING YOM : New units .$160.00 to 260 MHz range. similar to 1400 e xcept later
SRI AEW EDGESCALE METER : 0 to 50 /100 /200 model $95.00
VDC ranges. 7" scale. 0.5% $25.00 NEMS-CLARKE 1412 RECEI VER: 215-260 MHz .
SRI AEW EOGESCALE METER : 0·250 VDC range. cryst al controll ed with de viati on meter. 1DO / SOD IF
7 " scale. 0.5% $20 .00 bandwidth $75.00
SRI CEW-7 EDGESCALE METER : 0 to 200 VDC. 7 " NEMS-CLARKE 1432 TEL EMET RY RECEIVER : 215
scale. 0.5% $20.00 to 260 MHz range , identica l to 1412 except uses
SRI JW-4A EDGESCALE METER: 0 to 1.5 /6 mVDC phase lock detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75.00
ranges. 4" sca le. 0.5% $30.00 NEMS-CLARKE 1455 RECEIV ER: 2 15-260 MHz,
SRI JW-4A EDGESCALE METER : 0 to 150 mVDC crystal controlled or internal VFO. 150 /300 IF
range, 4" scale. 0.5% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $20.00 bandwidth $125.00
SRI JW-4A EDGESCALE METER : 0 to 150 mADC POLARAD R RECEIVER BASIC UNIT : NIne plug-Ins
range , V2" scale. 0.5% $20 .00 cover 400-84.200 MHz range. AM. C WoFM. MeW
TRIO LABS VTVM: AC-DC Model 1mV to 300VAC. or pulse reception. IF bandwidth '3 MHz. video
3mV to 300VDC $65.00 bandwidth 2 MHz, sensitivity - 50 to - 90 dBm .
TRIO LABS 901-1 DC VTVM : 3mV 10 300 volts in 11 Requires plug-in to operate $350.00
ranges $40 .00 POLAR AD R SER IES RECEI VER PL UG·IN : Nine
WILTRON 321 PHASE & AMPLITUDE INDICATOR : plug-ins cover 400-84.200 MHz. Specify correct
Includes Iocaloscillatorslrom 2.5- 1000 MHz $ 1395.00 band $300.00
~ 4 .
STODDART NM-50A RFI RECEIVER : 375- 1000MHz
receiver. excellent units $595 .00

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BALLANTINE 300H VTVM : The 300H is a compact.
conservatively deSigned instrument for applica-
tions where high accuracy. low maintenance cost.
long life, freedom from power line disturbances and BALLANTINE 300 VTVM: The mod el 300 is a sensi-
simplicity of operation are of prime importance . Its tive . Wide band VTVM with a 100.000 to 1 voltage
basic accuracy of 2% of reading combined with range and accuracy of better than 2'% anywh ere on
calibration stability of 5000hours and high sensitiv- the scal e and at any frequency from 10Hz 10 150
ity of 30J.l.V in the null detector mode makes the KHz . Specifi c ranges allow measurement from
3DOH a versante laboratory tool. It is also usable as 1m V to 1DOV With an Input Impedance of O.SMO
a 40dB gain wide band amplifier. Voltage ran ge is shunted by 30 pF. The voltage ranges are log anth-
300J.l.V to 300V WIth frequency range from 10 Hz to mic and there ISa matching Oto 20 dB linear decibel
1 MHz, input impedance of 2Mn shunted by 15 or scale.
25 pF and - 10 to + 10 linear dB sca le . . ... $130.00 SpeCial whil e t hey last , $29.50

TECO a subsidiary of Tucker Electronics CO.

P.O. BOX 1050 1717 S. Jupiter Rd. GARLAND, TX . 75040
214-348-1560

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 •• MILIT ARY AN I U P M -3 3 RADAR TEST SET &
·1 • ANALYZER.
.' . "- .... -.c-- A general purpose test set designed lor depot testing of
--.
'. . . ' .....
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the overall system performance of a ra dar system. It
wil l check frequency of signal generators. local oscil-
lators, ma gnetrons . T f R and A IT boxes. It will m easure
pulsewidth, RF spectrum width and the Q of resonant
HP 434A CALORIMETRIC POWER METER : Just cavities. Built in 3 " C RT screen, direct frequency read-
co nnectto the Type '"N" input and read the power out. Also known as TS- 148/U P Spectrum A nalyzer.
from 1QmWto 10wansanywherelnlhelrequency Frequen cy range from 8470 to 9630 MHz. Tube com-
range from DC to 12.4 GHz. No external termma- plement includes (3) 6SJ7, ( 1) 6SA7, (3) 6SN 7GT, (1)
lions or detectors - readings directly in watts or 6Ae7. (1) 3 SP1 , (1 ) 884 . (1 ) 2X2A, (1 ) 5 R4GY, (1 )
dBW. 50 ohms input with internal calibrator circuit 6Y6G , (4) 99 1, ( 1) 2K25 and (1) t N238 c rystal rectifier.
and ~5% accuracy . (Accuracy at low end of fre- Supplied less accessories. An excellent valu e for the
quency range is as good as 0.5%). New price ex- parts alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0.00
ceeds $2000.00.
T ECO PRICE ''' '' '' '' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ,,'' '' ,, $695_00
MEASUREMENTS MODEL 95 (MILITARY VERSION
SG-3) STANDARD FM SIGNAL GENERATOR_
A super buy. Perfect tortne Ham uSing the220 MHz, 20r
6 meter bands. Freque ncy ran ge is 50 to 400 MHz in
three bands and a :: 0 .5% direct reading dial. Output
voltage is co ntinuously varia ble from 0.1 to l00,OOO,uV
into son. T he many features in these exce jent coeor-
to n instru m ents make this the T ECD bu y of th e
q uarter $375.00

MILIT ARY TS -537 /TSM CRYSTA L IM PEDANCE

METER
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W ith a frequency range from 75 to 1100 KHz in 6 ~---'1
ranges and measurement scales from 0 to 99 ,OOOU
and 12 10 110 nanotarads this portable, general pu r-
pose, test instrume nt is designed to measure equival-
....
ent electrical parameters of quartz crystals of the type
used for communications purposes. Provision is m ade
to me as ure directly the effective series-resonant and
• •
, • •
ant i-resonant res istances of a piezo-electric quartz
crystal in its holder. The load c apacitance is obtained
by applying dial markings to a c alibration chart. With
.. . ••
the static capacity measured by an external capacity
m easuring device and with the series-resonant and TEXTRONIX 105 SaUARE-WAVE GENERATOR :
ant i-resonant frequency measured by an external fre- From 25 Hz to 1 MH z a nd with a riseume of less
quency measuring device, the series capacitance and than 20nsec Into a te rminated 93 ohm cable - the
Inductanc e ca n be ca lc ulated. A rrucrcammete r indi - 105 w ill g enerate up to 15V and more than 15m A
cates the magnitude of osc nato n o f the oscillator tube peak-to-peak. Precision square waves over the
by me asuring its grid c urrent. Freq uency i s selected by complete range make the 105 a perfect instrum ent
a SWitch and a fine tuning control. Equipment can be for testing amplifiers and other test instruments.
bench or rack-m ounted $55.00 T he TEe D price m a kes it even better $75.00

DID YOU EVER need a scope, meter or power supply,

but really didn't need it all calibrated and checked out?
Well, TECO understands and saves you more money
than you could believe at the same time. TECO is just the
place to pick up that extra counter or generator ... or for
that matter anythi ng from a vacuum pump to a TV
monitor. AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PRICE AT TECO -
CHEAP.
CAUTION: THES E INSTRUMENTS AR E SOLD AS-IS, WHI LE EVERY ATIEMPT IS MADE TO
ASSURE COMPLETENESS AND TO DELIVER AN OPERATIONAL INSTRU MeNT. THERE IS
NO WARRANTY IMPLIED OR STATED EXCEPT: "YOU MAY EXAMINE THE UNIT FOR TEN
DAYS AND, IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED, YOU MAY RETURN FOR FULL CREDIT PAYING
ONLY Tl-I E FREIGHT CHARGES" , EVERY TECO INSTRU MENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A
GENUINE BARGAIN, BUT THE BUYER SHOULD HAVE ACC ESS TO COMPETENT TECHNI-
CAL TALENTS TO MAKE THE PURCHASE PRACTICAL
SEND FOR THE LATEST " BARGAIN HUNTER" BROCHURE - ITS FREE!

JA NUA RY 19 7 5 57
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PANORAMIC LP-1A SONIC SPECTRUM ANA-

ANALYZER'S AND L YZER : 20Hz to 22 ,5 KHz . quick-look wide range
log scan . cali brated C AT. high resolution . many
TEST SETS features
POLARAD K100 KLYSTRON TUBE TESTER : $100.00
. . .. .$450.00

POLARAD PJ·l PULSE JITTER TESTER : ... $125.00

ACTON 328 A PRE CISION PHASE METER: SolId POlARAD TSA SPECTRUM ANALYZER MAIN-
state units with ranges of 0-60 . 120. 180. 240 . and FRAME : Resolution 2·80 KHz . drsoersron 400 KHz
360 , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $95 .00 to 25 MHz, sensrnvrty 50 to 9 5 dbm , venabre
AD-YU 405 PRECISION PHASE METER : 1 Hz to 500 attenuat or. buut-m marker. Other pluq-ms available
KH z, direct indication of phase angle In degrees. ~ 1 1044 GHz From $150.00
degree accuracy .. .. .. . . . .. _$12 5.00 SINGER SSB--3B SINGLE SIDEBAND SPECTRUM
BUDENBERG 280H DEADWEIGHT TESTER : ANAL YZER: A compre ne nsrve ccmmumcenons
Hyd rauliC with range of 10 to 8000 P$IO. Pistons system ana lyzer With fiv e preset and one ccntmu-
are 1 /8 and 1 80 square rrc n In area Automatic o usly van able sweep widths . 21-/. v senSItiVIty SWitch
c hangeover trom low 10 high range. Accuracy to selectable 50 or 600 ohm Input Impedance and
~ O , 0 25D,o. .. . $395.00 resolution varrabte from 10 Hz to 3 KHz, Internal
BUDENBERG 283 DEADWEIGHT TESTER : markers and many features $1295.00
Hydraulic wIth range of 2000 to 50,000 PSIO . SINGER (TELESIGNAL) T A216B TEST SeT : Includes
Mot onz ed unit incorporating an overh ang piston mterconnectoq c able . . . . . .... .. $155.00
head o n a 0 .005 squ are Inch piston u mt. Accuracy SPRAGUe TCA-l CAPACITOR ANALYZER : . . $50.00
~ 0 . 05°0 , some weights $795.00 STELMA TDA-2 RTTY DISTORTION TEST SET : $20.00
DAVEN lOB TRANSMISSION MEASURING SET: VIDAR 720 FLUTTER ANALYZER : Seven o perating
... . .. .... . . ...... .. ... ... . . . .. .... .. .. .$295.00 frequencies from 3.125 KHz to 200 KHz . flutter
DAVEN 12B TRANSMISSION SET : $495.00 bandwidth from 312 Hz to 10 KHz . Built-in scope.
D&R FL-4 FLUTTER METER : Percent deviation and solid state unit . . .... .. . . . . . . . . $350.00
oercent nurter meter. Scope readout. Flutt er band-
wIdth 10 four ranges from 0.5 to 30 Hz. 30 to 300 Hz.
300 to 5000 Hz and DC to 5 KHz $250.00 FREQUENCY MEAS-
DONNER 2102 WAVE ANALYZER : 0·50 KHz unit $395.00
HP (BOONTON) 255A FILM GAGE : Used to measure URING EQUIPMENT
film thickness such as anodized alummum, gold
plate. etc $295.00 BECKMAN 7570 CONVERTER MAINFRAME :
HP (B OONTON) 275A TRANSISTOR TEST SET : Accepts 7570 senes converter plug-Ins 10 expand
Prec ise measurements of baSICtransistor parame t- bas ic range o f cou n te rs u smq heterodyne
ers plu s c h arac tensucs of d iod es and o th e r technique . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . $35.00
sermconductors .... . . .......... $295.00 BECKMAN 7571 PLUG-IN CONVERTER : 10 MHz to
HP 623B TEST SET WITH MILITARY KLYSTRON : 110 MHz $25.00
7175 to 7725 MHz range $395.00 CMC 786C DUAL PRESET COUNTER : $95 .00
HP 739AR FREQUENCY RESPONSE TEST SET : GERTSCH FM-3 FREQUENCY METER : Measures
Prov ides mea surement from 300 KHz 10 10 20· 1000 MHz with 0 .001 °/0 accuracy. generates
MH z . $250.00 over same freq uency $195.00
HICKOK 123A AUTOMATIC TUBE TESTER : Roll GERTSCH FM-4 FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER :
ch art unit performs over 1500 tube test s .. $125.00 Measures and generates SIgnals trom 500 MHz to
HICKOK 850 TRANSISTOR ANALYZER : In-CIrCUIt 12 .5 GHz . requ ires 400·1000 MHz dnvrnq
tester has SIX circ uit co nfig uratio ns. test s NPN OR source $295.00
PNP ,..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $75.00 GERTSCH FM-6 FREQUENCY METER : Measures
HICKOK 1890M TRANSISTOR TESTER : Measures and generales frequencies from 20 to 1000 MH z
m-cucurt Beta and Brn of transistors and leakage of With 0.001 °0 accuracy $695.00
out-ot-orcurttransrstors -=. 5°0 Beta measurement GERTSCH FM-7 DM-3 FREQUENCY METER:
accuracy . . . . . .. . $75.00 Includes deviation meter. measures and generates
MEASUREMENT 50S TRANSISTOR TESTER : $25 .00 signa ls from 20-1000 M Hz With 0 .001 ° 0
MILITARY UPM-6B Radar Test Set : For deck teshng accuracy $795.00
of Mark VIFF equipment . . $65 .00 HP 524B COUNTER : DC to 10 MH z. 6 dlg!t neon. 2
MILITARY UPM·12 SWR INDICATOR TEST SET: meters $95 .00
Used to make Impedanc e measurements In X-b and HP 524C COUNTER : DC to 10 MH z. 8 digit nixie $195 .00
wa veqc toe eq uromeru . . . . . . . . . . .., $1 50,00 HP 5240 COUNTER : DC to 10 MHz, 8 digit neon. $145.00
MILITARY UPM-17 SPECTRUM ANALYZER : Military HP 525B CONVERTER PLUG-fN : 110 MHz to 220
version of Lavere LA·18M. general purpose spec- MHz $75.00
trum analyzer c overs 10MHz to 16 GHz . . . ,$595.00 NORTHEASTERN 14-22C CONVERTER PLUG-IN :
MILITARY UPM-33 SPECTRUM ANALYZER : 8470 to Same as HP 525B $50.00
9630 MHz range . 10·30 Hz swee p. 50 KHz IF NORTHEASTERN MOOEl OF 52SC CONVERTER
banowrdtn . 80db sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $50 .00 PLUG-IN: $1 SO.OO

rsco a subsidiary of Tucker Elec trorucs CO.

P.O. BOX 1050 1717 S. Jupiter Rd. GARLAND, TX. 75040
214-348·1 560

58 73 MAGAZINE
 SIGNAL GENERATOR
~.. ~;oeQ ­
ALFRED 620B SWEEP OSC ILLATOR : 0 .5 to
1.0GHz, N output at tomwatts
ALFRED 622BK SWeEP GENERATOR : Complete
$395.00 , . I '"
.. . ~ '-•.•. ,
unit covers 2·4 GHz range $395.00
ALFRED 6238 SWeEP GENERATOR: Complete
sw eeper cove rs 4-8 GHz range
ALFRED 6248 SWeEP GENERATOR : Complete
sweeper for 8-12.4 GHz range
$395.00

$395.00
'- I; ~.
HP 616A SIGNAL GENERATOR: Direct reading and
ALFRED 6258 SWEEP GENERATOR: Complete unit direct control from 1.8 to 4.2 G Hz. The HP 6 16A fea-
co vers 12.4 to 18.0 GHz $395.00 =
tures 1.5d B calibrated cu tout accuracy from - 7dBm
ALFRED 64 2K SWEEP GENERATOR : Complete 2-4 to - 127d Bm. The output is directly calibrated in mt-
GHz unit $795.00 crovolts and dBm with continuous monitoring. Simple
DATAPULSE MODEL 103M PULSE GENERATOR: =
operation, freq uency dial accuracy is 1% and stabi lity
10Hz 10 5MHz, van width 0.02 to 100j.l.Sec. 95 volt exceeds O.OO5% /QC change in ambient temperature.
o utput $125.00 C alibrated atte nuator is within ~ 1.5d B o ver e ntire o ut-
DUMONT 404 PULSE GENERATOR : ' ·100 KHz rep put band . 50 ohm imped ance unit has internal pulse
rate . 0.02 to 1OO~se c pu tsewidth . 3V into 600 modulation with rep rate variable from 40 Hz to 4 KH z.
o hms. O-SOdS attenuator ., , $65.00 variable pulsewidth (1 to 10~sec) and variable pulse
EH 1200 PULSE GENERATOR: 100Hz 10 20M Hz. delay (3 to 3 00 ~ sec ) . External modulating inpu1s in-
20V into 50U , 1.3ns rise at 20V, vari able pw . dual crease vers atility. New price e xceeds $2000.00. TE CO
pulse ,., $595,00 PRICE , $395.00
EH 121 PULSE GENERATOR: 10Hz to 10MHz. 4ns
rise ~ 50V into 50f! . Variable width with fixed 120ns
delay , . , . , . , , , ,, 1695.00 HP (BOONTON) 2070 UNIVERTER: Extends range of
FXR LnlA TEST OSCILLATOR : 950 to 2000 MHz. 202 series generators , $125.00
good buy , $175.00 HP (BOONTON) 207G UNIVERTER: Exte nds range
FXR S771B TEST OSCILLATOR : 1.9 - 4.0 GHz. $175.00 01202 series genera tors $175.00
FXR G772A SIGNAL GENERATOR : 3.95 to 8.2 GHz. HP 212AR PULSE GENERATOR : 60 Hz t05 K Hz $65.00
l o- l00mW output. internal square wave mod ula- HP 2 18A /219B DIGITAL DELAY GENERATOR
non. external pulse and FM $195.00 WITH DUAL PULSE PLUG-IN: Superb uni ts have
FXR Xn2A SIGNAL GENERATOR: 7·11 GHz. simi- many featu res , $375.00
tar to G772A , $395.00 HP (BOONTON) 230A POWER AMPLIFIER : 10MHz
GENERAL MICROWAVE 301 POWER SUPPLY : to 500 M Hz in 6 bands . 4.5 watts output. up to 15V
Powers GM C noise generators in 50 1 series $ 20.00 output into son ,, $595.00
GR 605B STANDARD SIGNAL GENERATOR : 9.5 HP 233A CARRIER TEST OSCILLATOR : 50 Hz to
KHz to 30 MHz $1 00.00 500 KHz, 3 watts into 600 ohms, tests loops over
GR 1201B UNIT POWER SUPPLY : Powers 1200 200 miles long $75.00
series G A o scillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00 HP (BOONTON) 240A SWEEP SIGNAL GENE·
GR 1208B UNIT OSCILLATOR : 65 to 500 MHz. re- RATOR : Designed for alignment of broadband
q uires unit power supply , ,, , $80.00 amplifiers . 4.5 to 120 MHz range. Output 11J.V 10
GR 1215B UNIT OSCILLATOR : SO to 250 MHz. re - O.3V , $395.00
qeres unit power supply $95.00 HP 616A SIGNAL GENERATOR: 1.8 GHz to 4 2
GR 1211B UNIT OSCILLATOR : 0.5 to 50 MHz. re- GHz $395.00
quires unit power supply , $95.00 HP 684C SWEEP GENERATOR: 4 to 8. 1 GHz ran ge,
GR 1218A UNIT OSCILLATOR : 900 MHz to 2 GHz. swee p rates 16 MH z to 160 MH z / sec in 9 steps.
requires unit power supply $125.00 10mw o utput. Bad BWO , , $395.00
GR 1390A RANDOM NOISE GENERATOR : 30 Hz - 5 HP 686A SWEEP OSCILLATOR: Electronic sweep
MHz , 1V output $95.00 with sweep rate from 32 MHz to 320Hz /sec in 9
HP (BOONTON) 203B UNIVERTER: Used with 202 or ste ps. 8.2 to 12.4 G Hz range $395.00
240 series generators to expand frequency to HP 686C SWEEP GENERATOR: Same as 68 4C ex-
100KHz · 25 MH z band $50.00 cept 8.2 MH z to 12.4 GHz unit , $395.00
HP 205AG AUDIO OSCILLATOR : 20 Hz to 20 HP938AMICROWAVE DOUBLER: 9to 131n. 18 t026
KHz , $250.00 GHz output at 10mW $995.00
HP 205AH HIGH POWER OSCILLATOR : 20 Hz to 20 HP (DYMEC) DY5731 HIGH POWER SIGNAL
KHz 5 watts output into 50. 200, 600, or 50000 . GENERATOR : x-Band. +24 to - 76d Bm .. , $4 95.00
Built-in attenuators. input and output meters. $275.00 HOLT AO-1 AUDIO OSCILLATOR : 20t0 20 KHz, less
HP (BOONTON) 207E UNIVERTER ; Extends range of than 0 .1 % distortion $125.00
202 series generator $125.00 JERROLD CM-6 PORTABLE CRYSTAL MARKER
HP (BOONTON) 207B UNIVERTER: Extends range of GENERATOR : Six cry stal markers between two
202 series generat ors $95.00 and 100 MHz. up to 20th harmonic $150.00

CAUTION : THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE SOLD AS-IS. WHILE EVER Y ATIEMPT IS MADE TO
ASSURE COM PLETEN ESS AND TO DELIVER AN OPERATIONAL INSTRUMENT. THERE IS
NO WARRANTY IMPLIED OR STATED EXCEPT: " YOU MAY EXAMINE THE UNIT FOR TEN
DAYS AND . IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED. YOU MAY RETURN FOR FULL CREDIT PAYING
ONLY THE FREIGHT CHARGES" . EVERY TECO INSTRUMENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A
GENUINE BARGAIN . BUT THE BUYER SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO COMPETENT TECHNI-
CAL TALENTS TO MAKE THE PURCHASE PRACTICAL.
SEND FOR THE LATEST " BARGAIN HUNTER" BROCHURE· ITS FREE!

JANUA RY 1975 59
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SIGNAL GENERATORS
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JERROLD 601 SWEEP FREQUENCY GENER ·
ATOR : 12·225 MHz. sou output. small porta-
ble $150.00 • -,. "
JERROLD 900A SWEEP GENERATOR : 500 KHz to HP 233A (MILITARY SG-7' B) CARRIER TEST OS-
120Q MHz. m any featu res $395.00 CILLATOR: A bargai n hunter's delight. The 233A
KAY MEGA-NODE SR VARIABLE NOISE chec ks carrier current systems and much more.
GENERATOR: 1·3000 MHz, son output. 0-2QdB This fine oscillator generates 3 watts output into
noise figure measurement , ::,: O. 25dB accuracy $75.00 GOO o hms over the frequency band trom SO Hz to
MAXON 1141A POWER OSCILLATO~: 200 to 2500 500 KHz making possible a variety of tests includ-
MHz. 5 to 40 Watts output $495.00 ing 100to 200 mile loop tests. A second 6V atGOOll
MEASUREMENTS 80 SIGNAL GENERATOR: output can be used simultaneously lor other tests.
Covers U HF from 2 to 400 MHz and 0 to 1O .OOO~V New price exceeds $700.00.
ca librated output $295.00 TECO price for this special $75.00
MEASUREMENTS 82 SIGNAL GENERATOR : 20 Hz
to 50 MHz , 0 to 50 V output. 0-50% Internal MILITARY UPM·4A TRANSPONDER TEST SET:
modulation $325.00 Three piece unit in single cabinet includes power sup-
MEASUREMENTS 84 TV SIGNAL GENERAL: 30 ply. simu lator uo t and oscilloscope display unit. The
MHz to 1000 MHz. 750hm. 0.1 ~ Vto 1V out put $275.00 UPM-4A performs many measurements on radar
MEASUREMENTS 88 FM SIGNAL GENERATOR , 88 equipment operating in the 9 25 to 1225MHz range in-
to 108 MHz. 0.1 to 1OO .OOO~ V output $150.00 cluding checks on decoding. receiver bandwidth and
MEASUREMENTS 188 FM SIGNAL GENERATOR: frequency. receiver sensitivity. pulse cou nting. pulse
88 to 108 MHz. 0.1 to 100.000~V Output ... $350.00 analysis and IFF target generators. This unit sold new
MEASUREMENTS 210A SIGNAL GENERATOR: 86 for nearly $5000 but at TE CO its co st is a low
to 108 MHz. FM generator with 0.5% dial accuracy . $175.00
son 0.1 to 100.000~ V output $125.00
MILITARY T5-382 AUDIO GENERATOR : 20 Hz to
MILITARY AN /UPM -'5 200 VOLT PULSE
200 KHz $65.00
GENERATOR.
POLAR AD HU-2A BASIC SIGNAL GENERATOR , A portable, gene ral purpose pulse generator set used
Req uires " G" series plug-in to operate ..... $350.00
for testing pulse amp lifiers and networks . and for mod·
POLAR AD G SERIES TUNING UNIT FOR HU-2A: 7
ulating oscillators in field and depot mamtenarce. II
units cover band from 18.0 go 39 .7 GHz. 10mW
generates single or double pu lses of vari able repetition
average power output. 0.1 % freq uency accuracy.
rate. width. amplitude. separation . delay and rise decay
attenuate- and wavemeter $300.00 each
time. The pulses may also be synChronized with oscn-
POLARAD KX-8 MICROWAVE SIGNAL SOURCE: lators or other instrument s. Output rep rate is externally
1.05to 10.75 GHz. 5 foot rack includes cabinet $995.00 or internally varia ble from 50 Hz 10 10KHz. pulsewidth
PRD903 SIGNAL GENERATOR: 7·11 GHz, CW , FM, variable fro m 0.5 to 1 OO~ seconds, ampli tude 0.002 to
pulse ·$195.00 200 vo lts and calibrated delay from 2 to 225jLsec . An
PRO 904 VHF-UHF NOISE GENERATOR : 30-1000 extraordinary value $50.00
MHz $250.00
RUTHERFORD B· 2A PULSE GENERATOR : 10Hz to TEKTRONIX 1121 AMPLIFIER : 5 Hz to 17f..1Hz. gain
100 KHz . variable parameters $45.00 of 100 $175.00
RUTHERFORD 8-7 PULSE GENERATOR : 20Hz to WEINSCHEL CF-1 AF SUBSTITUTION A TTEN-
2MHz. all variable parameters $125.00
UATOR: For use with square low detector ..$150.00
RUTHERFORD B·7B PULSE GENERATOR : 20Hz to
2MHz, late model of 8·7 $225.00 WEINSCHEL IN-' AUDIO LEVEL INDICATOR: For
RUTHERFORD 8 -14 PULSE GENERATOR : 20Hz to use lNith square low detector S50.00
2MHz. solid stale units $1 25.00
SIERRA 2158-470 POWER OS CILLATOR: 150 to MILITARY TEST EQUIPMENT is the biggest v alue lor
450 MHz. 50 watts output .$795.00 your money. Each military unit is ruggedized and con-
TMC TTG-2 TWO-TONE TEST GENERATOR : 25 structed of the highest quality parts. The U.S. govern-
Hz to 1 MHz $75.00 ment has put severe MIL·SPECS into each of their
TEKTRONIX 105 SQUARE WAVE GENERATOR : 25 purch ases assuring YOU an in strume nt now that bears
Hz to 1 MHz $75.00 the U.S.A. mark of quality and yet is usually less ex-
TEKTRONIX laOA TIME MARK GENERATOR: pensive. Examine the Military units carefully lor BEST
Excellent- units $1 95.00 BUYS - cal TECD tor your requirements thaI ca nnol be
WAVEFORMS 40 18 AuDIO OSCILLATOR : 10Hz to filled by this brochure. TECO has thousands of mstru-
100KHz .:!:3° 0. 4 decade bands With 20V unl oaded ments that. due to space limitations. are not sh own in
output ( 160mw). GOOU Impedance $125.00 this brochure.

TECO a subsidiary of Tucker Electronics CO.

P.O. BOX 1050 1717 S. Jupiter Rd. GARLAND, TX. 75040
214-348- 1560

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 OSCILLOSCOPES RECORDERS AND
AND RELATED
PRINTERS
INSTRUMENTS
DUMONT 304 OSCilLOSCOPE : DC to 3 00 KHz $75 .00 BRUSH RE361D-60 100 CHANNEL EVENT RECOR-
DUMONT 401 OSCILLOSCOPE : DC 10 500 KHz $125.00 DER: " as-is" $150.00
HP 185 SAMPLING OSCILLOSCOPE : DC to 1 CEC 5-119 OSCILLOGRAPH: Lig ht-beam recorde r
GHz $195.00 accepts up to 36 o r 50 galvanometers. 12" paper.
HP l100A DELAY LINE : 120nsec $75.00 16 paper speeds with magazine $495.00
EAI BAR CHART RECORDER: 40ch annels recording
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~.-.- - - 1 time 9. 18. 27 hours $150.00

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ESTERLINE ANGUS RECORDER : Different models
available
FAIRCHILD 321 -A OSCILLOSCOPE RECORD
$75.00

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CAMERA: Continuous mahan 3 5mm camera with

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.- magazin e and varia ble speeds $75.00

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- ,,-.• ' HP 560A DIGITAL PRINTER: Up 1011 columns capac-
l ty WIth plug -i n boards . 5 line /second p n n t
spe ed $250.00
HP 561 B DIGITAL PRINTER : Up to 8 colu mns. 5
line /second speed $225.00
L&N W RECORDER : 24 point po rtable recorder $525.00
RUSTRAK 12 0B DUAL CHANNEL RECORDER : 100
to 140 VAG, 0 to 5 amps $60.00
RUSTRAK 133 TEMPERATURE RECORDER : 15C
to 55°G 5 65.00
TEKTRONIX OSCILLOSCOPE PLUG-INS: Can be SANBORN 150 SERIES: All types amplifiers , record-
used with the 530 , 540 or 550 series oscillosco pes ers, pfuq-ms. Write for details P.U.R .
with eq ual perf ormance . TI RECTIWRITER: Dua l channel , lmA m ovem ent,
Model 53 / 54C dual trace 20 MHz unit $95 .00 multispeed $75.00
TEKTRONIX A PLUG-IN : DC - 20 MHz wrdeband
DC $40.00
TEKTRONIX B PLUG-IN: DC 20 MHz High ga in wide
band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50.00 SEND FOR YOUR NEW LEADER CATALOG.
TEKTRONIX C PLUG-IN: DC - 24 MHz Dual trace.
Same as Mod el CA except no algebraic add. $125.00
TEKTRONIX CA PLUG-IN: DC • 24 MH z dual
trace $150.00
TEKTRONIX E PLUG ·IN: D C - 60 KHz
dillere ntlal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75.00
TEKTRONIX G DIFFERENTIAL PLUG-IN : 50mV to
20 V fc m sensi tivity, DC to 20 MHz bw. 18ns
risetime $65.00
TEKTRONIX H SINGLE TRACE PLUG·IN : 50m V to
20V f c m sensitiv ity. DC to 15 M Hz bw , 23ns
nsetime $ 75.00 CALL OR WRITE FOR CATALOG
TEKTRONIX K SINGLE TRACE PLUG-IN : 50mV to
20V /cm sensitivity. DC to 30 MHz bw. t an s
nsenme 550.00
TEKTRONIX R PLUG-IN : Trans istor nseume .. $65.00
TEKTRONIX 82 DUAL TRACE PLUG·IN: For use with
585 scope, 10 m V to 5V fcm se nsitivity, DC to 80 •
MHz bw , 4ns rtsetlm e $395.00
TEKTRONIX 262 PROGRAMMER: Remotely prog-
ram the 6A 1A digital unit $250.0 0
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TEKTRONIX 517 OSCILLOSCOPE: DC to , GHz with
f> f>
power suootv $295.00 f>
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TEKTRONIX 535 OSCILLOSCOPE : DC 10 11 MHz
less plug-in $425.00
TEKTRONIX 536 OSCILLOSCOPE: DC to 15 MHz NEW RCA METERS AT SPECIAL TECO SAVINGS
less plug-in 5350.00

CAUTION: THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE SO LD AS-IS. WHILE EVERY ATIEMPT IS MADE TO

ASS URE CO MPLET ENES S AND TO DE LIVE R AN OPERATIONAL INSTR U MENT. THERE IS
NO WARRANTY IMPLIED O R STAT ED EXCEPT : "' YOU MAY EXAMINE THE UNI T FOR TEN
DAYS AND. IF YOU ARE NOT SATIS FIED. YOU MAY RETURN FOR FULL CREDIT PAY ING
O NLY THE F REIGHT CHARGES" . EVERY T ECO INSTRU MENT IS CO NSIDER ED TO B E A
GE N UINE BARGAIN. BUT TH E BU YER SHOULD HA VE ACCESS TO CO MP ET ENT TECHN I-
CAL TALENTS TO MAKE THE PU RC HAS E PRACTI CAL.
SEND FOR THE LATEST "' BARG AIN H UNTER "' BROCH URE - Irs FR EE!

JANUAR Y 19 75 61
 MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS
ALFORD 1128·PS AUTOMATIC IMPEDANCE BIDDLE 601235 STANDARD RESISTOR : NBS Type
PLOTTER : .$ 175.00 0.01 ohm . new . . . . . . .. .. $50.00
ALFORD arrs TRANSFEROMETER: 1.0103 .2 GHz GR 107 SERIES VARIABLE INDUCTOR: Specify 10-
band . l or us e with A MCI plotters $395.00 ductance range . . . . . . .. . . . . .. $30.00
ARRA COAXIAL VARIABLE ATTENUATORS: Many GR 219 SERIES CAPACITANCE BOX: 3 decades
models 10 c hoose from . N co nnecto rs.. . .. 5SO.00 with low loss mic a capacitors $20.00
BENDIX 634N RF LOAD : 150 Watts . _ $50.00 GR 544B MEGOHM BRIDGE : 0.1 - 1.000.000 meg-
BENDIX 636NC TERMINATION : 600 watts co ntmu- oh m range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $150.00
OUS. SO IL a to 36Hz range. N(F) co nnector . $95.00 GR 602 5ERIES RESISTOR BOX: $20.00
BIRD 883 TERMINATION : 1000 watts continuous. GR 716C CAPACITANCE BRIDGE: 100pfto 1.1m!.
5011 . l C connector . . . . . . . . . . _. . . . . . .. $95.00 0.1 0 0 accuracy $195.00
BIRD 888 TERMINATION : 1200 watts contmuous. GR 716P4 GUARD CIRCUIT : Used With 716C $75.00
5011, N(F) co nnector $105.00 GR 7220 PRECISION VARIABLE CAPACITOR : 255
BIRD 8221 TERMINATION : 500 watts contmuous. to 1100pl .. . $65.00
SOU . LC connector DC 10 2GHz bandwidth . $75.00 GR 722ME PRECISION VARIABLE CAPACITOR:
BIRD 8841 COAX TERMINATION : 1000 watts con- 10.5 to 105pF .. . $50.00
tinuous, 5011 . l C connector . . . .... .. $95 .00 GR 722N PRECISION VARIABLE CAPACITOR : 100
BIRD 8890 TERM INATION: 2500 watts co ntinuous. to 1100pF $50.00
50U . OC connector. includes BA-88 blower . $ 19 5.00 GR 740B CAPACITANCE BRIDGE: 5pF · 1001J.F, 60
DYMEC 2307A SERVO PROGRAMMER : ... .$295.00 Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . $95.00
DYMEC 2420A MEASUREMENT CONTROL UNIT : GR 1409 SERIES STANDARD CAPACITORS:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295.00 Specrtv c apacitance $25.00 to $50.00
DYMEC 2530A BINARY ( DECIM A L REGISTER: GR 1419 SERIES DECADE CAPACITOR : 3 decades
Includes 2532A digital comparator . . . . . . . ..$295.00 With low loss capacitors $120.00
DYMEC 2550A DUAL REGISTER : , . $200.00 GR 1432N 5 RESISTANCE DECADES : 0.1 o hm steps
DYMEC 2551A DUAL REGISTER : $200,00 to 11.111 ohms . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. $65.00
DYMEC 5207-1 V·F CONVERTER : $200.00 GR 1450TB DECADE AITENUATOR : lldB in steps
GR 723C VACUUM TUBE FORK : 100 Hz $25.00 01 O.ldS $175.00
GR 12068 UNIT AMPLIFIER : 20Hz-50KHz. 3 watts GR 1454A DECADE VOLTAGE DIVIDER : 10 Kohms
output. requires unit power supply .. ... $45.00 ranee 0.001 to 1 ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... $75.00
GR 1213C UNIT TIME FREOUENCY CALIBRATOR : GR 1481 SERIES TWO TERMINAL STANDARD IN·
1ppm day stability . .. . $45.00 DUCTOR ; : Specify Inductance $10.00
GR 1219A PULSE AMPLIFIER : . $70.00 GERTSCH CRB·2B COMPLEX RATIO BRIDGE :
GR 1231B AMPLIFIER AND NULL DETECTOR : 50 Se lf -conta ined umt mea sures co mple x voltage
Hz • 100 KHz . . . . . . .. .. $50.00 rauos of transformers, syncbors. resolvers, net-
HP 297 A DIAL SWEEP DRIVE : For use With 302. 310 works. etc $395 .00
and 312 analyzers. Connects to dial and swee ps GERTSCH CRT- 12AF COAXIAL RATIO TRANS-
from 64 revotcnons to 10 With shaft speed of 1 FORMER : 5 digit $35.00
RPM or 10 R PM $195.00 HP 803A VHF BRIDGE: 50-500 MH z, measures im-
HP 344A·78E MODULATOR : $10.00 pedance 2to 2000 ohm s magnitude $150.00
HP 344A-78G MODULATOR : $10.00 HONEYWEll RUBICON 1163 STANDARD CUR·
HP 750 SERIES CROSSGUIDE COUPLERS : Most RENT SHUNT : 0 .1 ohms. 15A . . $20.00
W I G sizes and values. specify ..... . ... $20.00 L&N 4360 CURRENT SHUNT : 0.1 o hm, 15A $20.00
HUGHES IGC-l0l IONIZATION GAUGE CONTROL : l&N 4390 SHUNT BO X: 0.07 5 10 7.5 amps in 7
. .. ... . .... .. .. ... . .. .. . ...... $95.00 ranges _..... 565_00
HUGHES VTW-30C STORED ENERGY WELDING l&N 5430 WHEATSTONE BRIDGE : 4 pl ace resist-
POWER SUPPLY: . $95.00 ance me as urement. fault finding type . $75.00
JERROLD TC-3 ELECTRONIC SWITCH : $45.00 l&N 7553 " K·3" POTENTIOMETER: l ike New $275.00
KROHN-HITE 310AB ELECTRONIC FILTER: 20Hz L&N 75 92 VOLT BOX : 37 .515 3 0 175
to 200KHz bp filter WIth adrustable bw and ct. $90.00 150 /300 750 vol ts . . $49.00
l&N 9835B DC INDICATING AMPLIFIER : C an be
used as null detector, direct reading indi ca tor o r
recording preamplifier ~2 51J.V to ~ tv $95.00 DID YOU EVER need a scope, meter, power supply or
RAYTHEON 60C WELDER : $100.00 other instru me nt but rea lly didn't need it cali brated and
SIERRA 185A-l000TERMINATION WAITMETER : 2 c hecked ou t? Did you ever get the urge to lake a piece
110 MHz, 0 to 300. 1000 Watts $225.00 of equi pment and make It shine with your ow n talents?
HP 340B NOISE FIGURE METER : Automatically Well. TECD understands and makes j ust such instru-
measures and displays IF or RF amplifier noise ments available at a fraction of the normal cost . TEe D
trq ure at 30 ro 60 MHz. Bandwidth 1 MHz With Input is just the place to pick up the extra frequency counter
from 60 to 10dSm. Powers HP 340 se ries or Signal generator...or for that matter anything from a
nOIse a enerators . . . . . . . . . .. . $395.00 vacuum pump to a TV monitor. THERE'S ONLY ONE
AMI 500 FM MONITOR DEVIATION CALIBRATOR: PRICE AT TECO-CHEAP.
.$39 5.00

rsco a subsi diary of Tucker Electronics CO.

P.O. BOX 1050 1717 S. Jupiter Rd. GARLAND. TX. 75040
214-348-1560

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POWER SUPPLIES & REGULATORS

ALFRED 602 SWEEP POWER SUPPLY: 100 to LAMBDA LT-2095M POWER SUPPLY : a to 32VDC at
- 2500V at 65mA . sweeps any portion of range. 2A :: 0. 1500. les s the n 1 mV nppl e and norse. re-
Also provides . 50 to 450 VOC at 20mA and 0 10 mote p ro g ra mm in g a n d se ns mq . overl o a d
- 2QOV DC at 1rnA .. . $250.00 protecnon $125.00
COLLINS 516E·2 28V POWER SUPPLY FOR LAMBDA 25 POWER SUPPLY : 200 ·32 SVDC at
KWM·2.: , . $45.00 100mA. ,. . ,., ., , ,. , $25.00
CML 1420 POWER INVERTER : 300V A outpu t from LAMBDA 28 POWER SUPPLY: 200 10 32 5VOC at
50 Hz 106KHz $295.00 100mA. $15.00
DRESSEN BARNES 32· 101 POWER SUPPLY : 0 to LAMBDA 29M POWER SUPPLY : 100-200VOC at
300V at 150mA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00 100mA .. . $25 .00
DRESSEN BARNES 03-500B POWER SUPPL V: PRO 812 UNIVERSAL KLYSTRON POWER SUP-
Dual 0 • 300V at 500mA . bias • filament . $65.00 PLY : Voltage o utputs 200 to - 3600V at 125 mA
ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS 219B POWER ~ 1°'0; 0 to = 1000V :: O , OS~ -o . 0 to ! 150V at 5mA
SUPPLY : 0 to 600V DC at l A $65 .00 and 6.3VAC rm s at 3A. Internal square wave .
FLUKE 301C PRECISION POWER SUPPLY : 1.02· pul se. sawtooth and sine wa ve mod ulation. Manv
1012V at 400mA , $225 .00 teatu res .. .. , ,.. .. . ..... ... .. . . . . . .$295.00
FLUKE 412BFl PRECISION POWER SUPPLY : SORENSEN 001 28 105-1.75 MODULAR INVERT-
Prototype u rn ts must be Internally adjusted over ER : Input voltage 28 VOC all OSA. output 115VAC
O-SOOV range , $25 .00 at 1.75A and 400Hz . . . . . . . . . . . .. . , $35 .00
GE ST-9A POWER SUPPLY : Dual 0 to 500 volts at SORENSEN 06-8 POWER SUPPLY : 5 to 9 VDC at
300mA , , ,, , , .. ,. $30 .00 8A , , ,, , ,. $80 .00
GR 1263A REGULATING POWER SUPPLY: Powers SORENSEN 012-4 POWER SUPPLY : 9 10 18 VDG at
Unit OSCillato rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $75 .00 4A , , $80 .00
HP 711A POWER SUPPLY : 0 to 50 0V DG at SORENSEN 012-15A POWER SUPPLY : 18-36VOC
100mA , $50.00 at 15A :: 0 .0 5 00 regul at io n . l mV ripp le .
HP 712B POWER SUPPLY: 0 to SOOvDC at 10mA, metered .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . .. $125.00
300 VDC bias at SOmA, 0 to 150VDG bias at Sm A. SORENSEN OR75-2 POWER SUPPLY: 0 to 75V DC
6.3 VAC at lOA , $175 .00 at 0-2A with 50mV requtatron and 5m V nppte $125.00
SORENSENT50-15 POWER SUPPLY: Oto 50V DG at
HP 717A KLYSTRON POWER SUPPLY: For use with
1. 5 amp s $75 .00
670 series sweepers ,, , , . . . . . $50 .00
SORENSEN VRSAC-751 AC VOLTAGE REFER-
HP 724BR STANDBY POWER SUPPLY : Automatic
ENCE SOURCE : 0 to 799.9VAC In 0 .1 volt steps,
solid state u rst provides up to 48 hours standby
240VA - SA capacity. :: 0.25° 0 c uto ut voltage acc u-
ope ratron . less batteries . . . , $150.00
racy . 1° 0 drstornon ,$250.00
KEPCO KR rM POWER SUPPLY : 0 - 500 VDC at
SORENSEN 300B POWER SUPPLY : 0 to 300 V at
600 mA , .. , ,,.,,, , , . , . $45.00
150m A ~ 0.3%. 5mV maximum npp!e two 6.3 VAG
KEPCO SC-36-2M POWER SUPPLY : 0 to 36V at 2A.
at SA outp uts. me tered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $95 .00
regulated , metered , , .. " $155.00
SORENSEN 500B POWER SUPPLY : 0-500 VOG
KEPCO 150 POWER SUPPLY: 0 -1 50 VDG at
150mA . . $35 .00
50mA , , $25.00
SORENSEN 500B8 POWER SUPPLY : 0-500 VDC at
KEPCO 2400B POWER SUPPl Y: Dual 0-600VDC at
500 mA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . _. . . . . . . . . .. $65 .00
300mA , , , , , $60.00
LAMBDA C280M POWER SUPPLY: 0 to 200vDC at
200 mA : 6.3V AC at15A metered , . . ,.,., .. $75 .00
SORENSEN 5608B POWER SUPPLY : 0 to 500 VDC
at 200mA :: 0. 5°0 nne/load regulation ,
VDC and 6.3 VAC at lOA
° to 150
, . . $95.00
LAMBDA C480M POWER SUPPLY: 0 to 200VDC at SORENSEN 600B POWER SUPPLY : 0 to 600 VDG at
400mA = 0.25 requtanon. 6.3V AC at 15A o utput. 500mA :: 0.25° 0 line and load regulation . a to 150
metered . . . . , , . . .. , .... , ... , , .. , . , .. , .. .. $80.00 VDC and 6.3 VAC and 15A bias outputs ... $125.00
LAMBDA C881M POWER SUPPLY : 125-325VDG at SORENSEN 1000 AC LINE REGULATOR : 1 KVA,
800mA. 6.3VAG at lOA, meters , $60.00 95- 135 V AC In p ut at 50 -70 Hz . 1 15 V AC
LAMBDA C-1581 POWER SUPPLY : 125·325v OC at o utput . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $90.00
1.5A. , , , , .. , , ,. $95 .00 SORENSEN 1000S AC VOLTAGE REGULATOR : 95
LAMBDA LA-15-08B POWER SUPPLY : 75 to to 135V, 50-70 Hz mput . Output is 11 5 VAG at 1000
330V DC at 1.5A ~ 0.05 % requtanon and 1 mV rip- VA rating ,.., $110.00
ple. remote programming, co n stant curre nt .$225.00 SORENSEN 5010 HV POWER SUPPLY : 1-10 KVOC
LAMBDA LA50-03BM POWER SUPPLY : 0·34VDC at at 8.0 mA :: 0.5°0 vol tage requtanon. small Size,
O-SA ~ O . 0 5°0 . 1mV nppfe. remote programm ing. new surplus . . . $ 595.00
metered . overlo ad protection . . . . . . . .. . . . .$125.00 TRYGON MS 15·5-QVS355 POWER SUPPLY : Oto 15
VDC at 0 -5A with o ve r voltage control. u nique rear
pane l co a rse a n d tren t pan el nne VO l ta g e
co ntrols , . ,. , .. , . . . . . . $100.00

CAUTION : TH ESE INSTRUMENTS ARE SO LD AS·IS. WHILE EVERY ATIEMPT IS MA DE TO

ASSURE COM PLETENESS AND TO DELIVER AN OPERATIONAL INSTRUMENT. THER E IS
NO WARRANTY IMPLIED OR STATED EXC EPT: " YOU MAY EXAMI NE THE UNIT FOR TEN
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Sam Kelly W6JTT
12811 Owen Street
Garden Grove CA 92645

The AN/GRR-5
Receiver

Unconverted ANIGRR-5 Receiver.

A n interesting arrival on the surplus

market is the AN /GRR-5 communica-
tions receiver. Its low price (around $50)
for filament rectification (CR 102 mounted
on the case). A copper oxider bridge rectifier
powers the ac transfer relay, and a high
and its wide coverage make it particularly vacuum rectifier is used for the B+.
attractive. The receiver tunes from 1.5 to 18 If the receiver doesn 't work when plugged
MHz in four bands. Other features include a into the ac line and the fuse is ok, check to
built in 200 kHz crystal calibrator and see if relay K-101 has pulled in. If it hasn't,
provision for presetting ten channels with an the trouble is most likely the copper oxide
ingenious mechanical channel selector. rectifier CR 101. This is prone to failure
As issued, it will operate from 115 Vac, from corrosion and can readily be replaced
6, 12 or 24 Vdc or from a dry battery pack. with a standard 1 Amp, 50 piv silicon bridge
The i-f is 455 kHz . The complete set consists rectifier assembly. Incidentally, carefully
of receiver R-174 and power supply PP-308 inspect the receiver before you purchase it.
mounted in cabinet assembly CY-615. It has The set is beautifully fungus proofed, but
served nicely at this station for RTTY the relays aren't. I have frequently found the
reception, and as a tuneable i·f for VHF armatures corroded to the point where they
experimentation. The preset detents are won't actuate. This brings us to the second
great for both applications as they facilitate failure mode.
quick monitoring. Transfer relay K-1-1 is the most common
Most of the receivers I have checked out victim of corrosion. This is an 11 pole
were in good condition. Circuit diagrams are double throw relay. In the event it is bad the
mounted under the bottom plates of the two only solution is to completely rewire the
units. To operate from the ac line simply power supply. Fig. 1 is the schematic of a
connect the line cord to pins A and D of the new supply built from existing components.
power input plug J-103. Changeover from de This power supply can also be used in the
to ac is automatic. To operate from 6, 12 or event you obtain a R-174 receiver without
24 Vdc it is necessary to switch to the the PP-308 power supply. The output of the
desired voltage and connect the positive lead supply is adequate enough to power addi-
to pin B of J-1 03 and the negative line to pin tional accessories such as 2nd i-f/ discrimin-
C of J-103. ator modules from R-257 or R-394
Unfortunately, the set has a couple of receivers' to provide FM reception. Removal
failure modes. These receivers were designed of unused components from the PP 308
in the early 1950's before the availability of .These modules are available {rom Fair Radio
silicon rectifiers. A selenium rectifier is used Sales, Lima Ohio.

64 73 MAGAZINE
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results in plenty of room to mount these supply, receiver rel ay K-l can be used to
modules, transfer th e antenna to the converte r. A
The meter sho wn in th e schemat ic per- short piece of RG-58 cab le is connec ted to
mits monitoring a nd adjus tme nt of the K-l with th e center co nducto r go ing to p in
filament voltage, monitorin g o f th e B+ and it B (cl ip the original wire going to that p in),
also functions as an 5 meter. In adjusting the and t he sh ield termin ated a t th e relay
•
fil ament vo ltage, start with the 10 o hm 25 W ground lug. A switch to ac tivate the relay is
resisto r set fo r maximum resistan ce, The t hen mou nted on the panel of the power
audio output selector should be set at the supp ly,
high position, Adju st th e slide r fo r 1 A Vdc , , ,W6)TT
under full load, This will result in about 1.5
V when the o utp ut se lec tor is in th e low
position.
The closed circuit jack was installed in
place of the speaker on/off switch, This
permits use of 8 ohm headph ones, or an
exte ntion speaker. The blast proof military
spea ker is great fo r listening to CW or
commu nicat ions traffic, but for short wave
liste ning it leaves something to be desi red, If
you have 600 o hm headph ones you c an
repl ace one of the jacks o n the receiver (J,1
or )-2) with a conve ntiona l pho ne jac k.
Other small modifications can improve the
operab ility. The twist type ante nna co nnec-
tor should be replaced wit h a BNC
connector if you are going to use the
receiver as a tuneabl e converter. If you ANIGRR-S converted with S meter and
mount th e converters in the rebuilt power conventional phone jack.

JANUARY 1975 65
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Using TTL a In

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hile taking stock of cash outlays
W already made on our (Echo Ama-
teur Radio Group) moon bounce, Tropo,
ligh tn ing hit here last month. It should have
co me to mind sooner, but it did not until I
got to the fre quency counter. I t hough t I
Oscar ins tallation being bu ilt at my QTH, it was going to need to al ign th ings. Then the
was no ted that a large portion of the to tal lights began to fl ash up in the grey matter
invest me nt was being used for the rep eater between my ears. If a frequ ency counter
fun ction described by me earl ier (73 were used as the decoder, th e same uniqu e
Magazi ne, November 72, p. 271} . It is our decoding of the incom ing tones co uld not
fi nal goal to be able to license a repea ter tha t o nly be done, but displayed in easy fashion.
complies with the new FCC rules and regula- I have already built the freq uency
tion s (alone a feat! ) and repeats out any- counter described by K20AW, presented last
thing it hears o n the EME, Tropo, or Oscar year in 73 Magazine, and between that and
link o nto a 2m FM transmi tter on some my job, I realize the availability of inexpen-
unused simplex freque ncy. The user can sive TTL ICs necessary to buil d a counter.
then return o r originate a call from his own For the K20AW model it req uires 32 TT L
home via his 2m FM transmitter to my QTH ICs, and would hardly see m to be cheaper -
and have it repeated o ut on the EM E, Tropo, it's no t. But then you do n't need 20 MHz
Oscar path. Money be ing what it is (scarcel], capability for openers. Secondly, you need
th is should exp lain the first reason why this display o nly o ne number for HI to nes and
construct ion project was dreamed up. o ne fo r LO to nes, if you desire th e d ispl ay at
all! The frequ ency counter (counters) you
Computer Thinking
Some better ty pe of "Tcuchtone decod - IND IS
62 I
ing was req uired if we were going to stay
63 2
within our limi te d budget and pro ve EME, 64 3
etc., need not cost an arm and a leg if done 66 A
on a group basis and then shared by using a 72 4
repeater to access the site. Since decodi ng by 73 5
any of LC, twin-T, active fi lters, or Ph ase 74 6
Locked Loops (PLL), require test eq ui pment 76 8
and tuning, none of them are easy or 82 7
particularly inexpensive. It was the cost of 83 8
eight PLL ICs that drove me to kee p 84 9
thin king and come up with the way used in 86 C
this art ic le . 92 *
Si nce decoding is generally done by some 93 0
ty pe of fi lte ring, and I had almost resign ed 94 n
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mysel f to it, t he test equ ipment was checked
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 Put together
t top-value
2-meter cka
Start with the Heathkit
HW-202 2-Meter FM Transceiver.
It's an all solid-state design th at you ca n build and comp letely
align without special instruments. And th is compact little beauty
gives y ou independent pushbutton selecti on of
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burst encod er for f ront p an el se lection of
four presettable tones. The HW-202 kit inc ludes
two crystals fo r set-up an d alignment and
si mplex operati on on 146.94; push-to-talk mike;
12-volt hook- up cable; heavy duty cli ps for use
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really need for this job never has to " co un t "

ove r 2000Hz by th e nature of the inpu t, and I
~
, ,," 1/10 SEC
really never over 200 Hz du e to th e count ing
'0 , CLOC I< INPUT
scheme I used. As can be seen in the logic
diagram in Fig. 1, the re is very close si milar-
ity be twee n the HI and LO tone gro ups, and
, - (o ATES INPU T 7 400

for this reason I will refer to the m as th e h i

cha nnel ( processes 1209Hz, 1336 Hz,
-{:»- , '0
-- LATC H FOR COUNT

1477 Hz, and 1633Hz) and the LO channel "'

FOR DIS Pl. AY

(processes 697 Hz, 770Hz, 8 52 Hz and -j)o-J>o-

94 1Hz).
- - '0
RE SET <DEL AYED)

Circ uit descr iption and functions:

I will cover the various functions in the
.,J.<:_u U_ RE SET PULS E

following manner :
• HI chan nel
- - - -
697 I 2 3 A
•
•
LO cha n nel
Clock ing and control
770 4 , 6 B

B>2 7 B 9 C
• HI and LO to digit decoder
94 I 0 ~ 0
• Pre-filters (to split groups) *
• Po wer su pplies
• HI channel Chart 2. Timing
The input to the HI channel is taken from
the HI pre-filter output and app lied to both cou nters in both channels are tied together,
inputs of one NAN D gate of an SN7400 pi ns 6, 7 and 10 are gro unde d, all pins o f 2
(IC 15, p ins 12 and 13 ). This shapes the and 3 are t ied together and to th e co llector
input sine wave to the square wave req uired of Ql fo r reset, all pi n 5s t ie together and to
by the TTL logic. From the output of this +5V and pin 14 is the input for all counters.
IC (pin 1 1) the sq uare wave is passed on to This wi ring is for the four HI and LO
o ne input of a second NAN D gate (l C15, p in chan nels o nly, a nd is correc t for t he';' by ten
10 ). Each time the inpu t here goes HI it half func tion they perform.
e nables the gate. The HI requ ired for the The point of all this can best be show n by
o ther input o f this gate (p in 9) is supplied by an example. If 1209Hz were placed on the
t he clock ing and control section and will be input to the SN7400 gate and it was gated
covered in th at sec tion. properl y, the prope r BCD code would
Assume for the mo men t th e HI is present appear o n the output line of th e second
from clo cking and control. This HI allows counter IC1 1. For 1209Hz, the 2 is the d igit
the tone applied to the gate (pi n 10) to be we are inte rested in. By pro per gating, this
passe d o ut of th e ou tput of this gate (p in 8) two is o n the BCD ou tput lines a t th e e nd of
and on to the first HI chan nel co un ter the "gated o n" o r count period. Th e gate is
(IC13). It is inverted from the input to this t hen shut off and the output used to control
gate, and in phase with the original input, IC9. Since the BCD is changing as the
bu t it does no t really matte r fo r o ur use. counter cou nts, we ca nnot use the BCD
Th e HI to ne ente rs th e fir st co unte r d irectl y to a decoder. O nly wh en th e BCD
(IC13, SN7490) o n pin 14. The IC is wired code is right for the nu mber represe nt ing the
as a ';' by 10. If you look a t the output at pin input can we use it. So meth ing is needed to
11 with a scope or coun ter you will, allow the BCD code to travel on only when
howeve r, see 1/1 00 of the input tone fre- we wa nt it to .
q ue ncy . T hi s is due to the gating used from Th is so mething is IC9 (SN7475). By
the clocking and control. From the output wiri ng this IC in the correct manner, it only
of this counter (IC13, pin 11 ) the signal is "transfers" the BCD input to the output
routed to a second counter, also wired as a whe n its clock, or latch, lines are H I. T his is
d ivide by 10. The second counte r (IC 1 1) p in 4 and 13 of eac h IC (one per cha nne l) .
input is on pi n 14. Pin s 1 and 12 of both T he clock con tro l supplies this HI o nly at

70 73 MAGAZINE
 th e proper time. When the HI is applied, the out puts you want to mo nitor. The extra pair
BCD is transferred to the ou tpu ts. From are used in th e clock ing and contro l section .
these outputs, the code is sent two ways if The ou tputs fro m pins 12 , 10, 8 and 6 are
you choose to ru n a d isplay . I suggest you now ready to go to sec tion D for fmal
do, as it is a great check of every thing to this decoding.
point as you build the decoder, and a terrific
tro ubleshooti ng aid in the future . LO Channel
The BCD code is applie d to a BCD I ment ioned the similarity of HI and LO
7-segment decoder that will depend on the cha nnels ea rlier so th at at th is point I can
type of disp lay you use. In my case, I used say th ey work identically . Note the differ-
SN7446s, as I used *Numitro ns fo r my e nce being the counti ng of information fro m
readouts. The blan king li ne (pi n 4) is tied the LO to ne p refil ter, and the use of
into the clock control, so th at o nly the different ou tput lines of th e decoder. IC8 in
transferred number is displayed. A' fiicker ' o rder to decode a 6, 7, 8 or 9 representing
in t he read out is normal and it tells yo u th e .6.97Hz, 2 70Hz, Jl. 52Hz or 2.4 1Hz. It should
clock control is runni ng. Th e board layou t also be said here , that if you are making
will vary somewha t depending o n your you r own pad s to be used o n the sendi ng
choice of readouts, but all the decoder end , center them on th e 50Hz po ints (i.e.
circuits remai n the same. 650Hz, 750 Hz, 1350Hz, e tc.) and it allo ws
The seco nd place th e BCD code is a pplied you a + 50Hz error in to nes befo re a mal-
is to ' a BCD to decima l decoder (lC7 , fu nctio n occ urs in the decoder. Thi s may
SN 74145 or 7445) . This IC takes th e BCD inte rest so me o f you , and I hope to have our
code present on four lines and converts it to co ntro l pad finished soon fo r a fo llow up
a si ngle o ut put LO at li ne 2 (p in 3) in the article to this. Th e fac t yo u can have a 50Hz
case of our 1209Hz example. The four used error in input to nes reall y is not leaving
outputs in each o f the HI and LO ch annel s yourse lf " wide open," as you still mu st have
are committed to +5V th ru 120 K resisto rs. two tones to actuate any thing. Any of y ou
These resistors ho ld the un comm itted collec- using our ty pe of pad, where the tones are
tors of the IC at a HI until th at particul ar all 50s ca n red uce th is to a + 10 cy cle
number is rece ived and decoded . In th e HI tole rance very ch eapl y , and I will include
channel, o nly when the num bers 2, 3, 4 o r 6 th is with the pad article. Other than the
rep resenting 1209Hz, 1336 Hz, H 77 Hz and changes me ntio ned, the LO channel is identi-
l 6.33Hz, is received, e ncoded to BCD by cal to th e HI cha nnel.
counting, tran sferred by th e latch and de - Clocking and Control
coded by th e decoder, will there be a LO at Th is is th e " brains" of th e system, jus t as
th e prop er decoder ou tp ut It will rem ain in any cou nter, so be carefu I to get things
there as long as the tone is being received . right here. In order to speed the ope ratio n of
Due to the decod ing used by sect ion D to dec oding by more "samp les " per seco nd,
get two decoded tones to rep resen t only o ne and to lessen th e parts required, a read il y
number, a TIL HI is needed from the available ti me base was u sed. Namely the
decoder output. I have added an invertor to power line frequen cy. If you ope rate from
the ou tp uts in the fo rm of IC6 (SN7404 ), to o ther th an 60Hz, you will have to modify
ge t them right side up. There are six inver- th e time base accord ingly. What you desire
to rs per IC, but o nly fo ur are used on th e as an output fro m the clock is a 10Hz
symetrically shape d squa re wave. Note, to
10 K 8
function p rop erl y , th e output mu st be 10Hz
2 N36 42
16 K T YPE I SN74 9 Z l~ and sv rnetrical , a nd th is is no t how TIL
''''. necessaril y works. For 60Hz, ru n a bridge
£QQ 10 P PS
rectifier from a tran sformer as I did, and
1/ 2W divide it by 12 in an SN749 2, IC1 6. This is a
IN 400l' S
sv rne tricat d ivision if the IC is wi red as I did
min e, and yo u have your clock rate very
Fig. 2 easil y .

JA N UA RY 1975 71
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(O BSE RV E MOUNTIN G
INS T RUC TIONS)
for us, and we didn't want any o utputs that
8V IJIl 400I 'S
lM309K
did no t represe nt a valid frequency inp ut.
~g~~c )111 IA",,, For this reason, the co unters do ind eed reset
right at the beginning of the count, A
"delay" introduced by passi ng the output of
IC5, pin 4, th rough two more inverters, IC5
(i n pin 5, o ut pin 6) and IC6 (in pin 3, o ut
Fig. 3 p in 4) keeps the false decoding of the zero
mentioned above from happening. Note, you
In parts A and B, a HI was req uired to invert twice. therefore no invers ion takes
turn o n th e count enable gates (s N7400). place, but you do slow dow n th e sig nal being
The 10Hz cloc k rate fro m th e cloc k co ntro l passed by what is called the TILs propaga-
may be appl ie d directl y to these two points tion delay. In th is case, abou t 8 to 15nsper
(IC15, pins 5 and 9), and it will allow the inverter. This LO is then ac coup led fro m
gates to cou nt for th e po rtion tha t the IC6 to pulse the tra nsisto r (Q1) off very
sq uare wave is HI. This is a sneaky way to briefl y, disab ling the co unt and reselli ng th e
aga in d ivide the input freq uency by ten, co unters. Ql is held o n to enab le the
since the gate o nly allows the counter to co u nters by a small bias applied through a
look at 1/10 of the incomi ng freq uency . 47K resisto r to +5V from the base. The
This shifts th e decode d or displ ayed digit combi nation of delay and t he pul se width of
o ne mo re place to th e righ t, and redu ces the reset pulse is the amo unt of incomi ng
both channel cou nters req uired by one . frequency that will be " missed." For those
Now that the gates have bee n turned on of you who worry about built in errors, the
to co unt, next you mu st do some th ing wi th to tal lo st time is le ss than .2ms ou t of a
what you have counted. In the center of Fig. 50ms count wi ndow . T his is no t enough to
1, the 10Hz is passed to o ne inverter of IC5 worry about or affect the significant digit
(sN7404) by attac hing it to pin 3 . As the you are trying to counl.
clock goes LO after a llowi ng a cou nting
period wit h its HI , we would like to tran sfer HI and LO Cha nnel Output To Single
th at co unt to the d is play and decoder. Th at Function
transfer req uires a HI ap plied to IC9 and 10, Th is has been described many places
pins 4 and 13 of both. We have a LO at the before and is quite commonly used even
clock inpu t poi nt, but afte r th e inverter it is with PLL type to ne decoders, so I will no t
now a HI. This is applied to th e fo u r pin s go into detail here. ' It uses sN7400 NAND
stated causing a "transfer." Your num bers gates. Wire the inputs in this manner: o ne to
are now decoded and d isplayed . a HI channel output and o ne to a LO
Now all that rema ins for the clock con- channel output. When these both go HI
tro l is to reset all the counters for th e next (afte r th e inve rters ), the output goes LO
co unt. Since, for this ty pe of decod er, we giv ing a one of sixteen numbe r possibility
want the output lines to rema in LO as lo ng the same as that se nt.
as the tones are present, we cannot reset the
cou nters anytime wh ile "transfer" is tak ing Prefiltering
place. In o rde r to kee p all of th is ve ry Here, too, any fi lter u sed for th e PLL
inexpensive and th e clock control simp le, decoders will work," or the LC type use d for
there is o nly one other ti me we can reset the RTTY if th ey have enough bandwidth when
counters. That is during the period whe n we retu ned to 563 to 1075Hz (LO), and 1075
are supposed to be cou nting. If it were done to 1767Hz (H I). Ju st remembe r to use o nly
immediately as th e latch line were return ing e no ugh amp litude to and from th e prefi lters
LO. the counters might "see " their reset or to make the input shapers in the first
zero positi on, and transfer this. Since we sN7400 work. Monitor pins 6 and 8. This
may la ter choose to decode other tha n the takes OV to +5V input levels, so rect ify the
fo ur num bers of th e HI and LO channels filte r o utputs to kee p minu s off th e sN 7400,
stated he re, zero might be a vali d comma nd but do not put any capacitors here . The

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ex planat ion why not is part ly o bvio us and I am no w re pea ting my call auto ma tica lly all
partly too lo ng to exp lain here, just take my over the base ment li ke a kid wit h a new to y
word and don't. Set the in put amplitude to - hi!
the filters until nice square waves are fo und General
at p ins 3 and 1 1, and at 6 and 8 if the cloc k With every th ing wired and runn ing the
is running. At pins 6 and 8 they will ap pear readouts shou ld both flicker on "zero" wit h
as bursts of square waves. I would offer no input and display as in Table I, when
so me of our prefil ter here, but it has stiffer tones are coming in. If you kno w the ton es,
requi re ments and the PLL type works just just arrange your readouts with the LO to
fine. the left and HI to the right. Remember, the
digi t shown represents th e "hund red s" of
Power Su pplies
cycle colu mn of the incoming fre quency.
Use any power su pply req uired by the With the clock li ne from clock control open
type of prefilter you use . The 741C op amp t he disp lays sho uld blank. By using the
IC runs nicely from +10V, wh ich can be displ ay s you ca n chec k th e gating and lo gic
gotte n fro m the bridge output of the sup ply by ap ply ing only o ne freque ncy at a time
shown, for +5V regulated by using a resistor from an audio generator to each input gate
a nd zener combi natio n . My +5V su p ply is without th e filte rs in place. In this case set
shown in Fig. 3, and is "borrowed " directly the ge nerato r to the 50Hz points to allow
fro m the re peater control article by K20AW for drift and read the readout in that
in March 1973, 73 Magazine . Any we ll cha n nel for the sig nificant digit (i.e. Ji for
regulated +5V sup ply capable of 900 mA·1 A 650Hz). My send ing pad is set up to send
works well in this application . Inciden tally, si ngle or dual tone for just this reaso n.
repeater owners, that repeater control Using the display. you can divide the
worked very well the first time I fired it up. syste m ju st as I did to describe it in o rde r to
lo calize difficu lties. Get the time base goi ng
first, then the sup ply , then the channels one
For at a time, th en the final decode rs and last,
FREQ. th e prefilters. Thi s way you can chec k it o ut
STABILITY as you go. My offer of you send ing an SASE
Depend on JAN Crystals . for help still goes, as I have not been totally
Our terce slock of quartz buried by mail fro m the last art ic le.
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2·METER FM for mo st Tr ansceiv ers ea . $3 .75 is quite preci se in opera tion with no tuning,
144·14 8 MHz - .002 5 Ta l.
Frequ en cy Standa rds
so re peater con trol shou ld be a natu ral for it.
100 KHz ( He 13 /U) 4 .50 Make sure your pads are o n frequency if
1000 KH z ( He 6 / U) 4.50
they are commercial tho ugh . If you use
A lmost all CB s et s . Tr . or Re c . 2.50
(CB SYnthesizer Cr y stal on request) th em instead of my pads yo u are rath er c lose
Any Amat eur Band in FT - 243 1.50 to the edge of ou r passbands in places (i.e.
{ S D-meter. $3 .00 - 160-m e t ar no t evett.l 4 /$ 5.00 697 Hz), so act accordingly! I am trying to
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N o de alers. plea se. wired and it to o k less than o ne afte rnoo n.
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Simplifying
Satellite DXing
Use this steerabl e antenna.

Q SCAR-6 was up , and once again it

caught me before I was ready . The
Swan-270 and an 80/40 dipole couldn't hear
both sides so we could mount an an tenna on
eac h e nd.
The Ham- M and assembly was mou nted
it. Fortunately , a 75A-3 became available on a 10 foot two inch mast tied to a piece of
locally, and attac hed to a 10 meter d ipo le wood 4 x 4 sunk 2Y> feet in to th e ground. A
ru nning due North-South five feet above the 25 foot tower would be bette r, th us the
hou se roof, I was able to hear OSCA R-6. Ham-M cou ld be mounted inside and the
With the 75A-3 and dipole combination we tower provide an add itio nal bear ing surface
encou ntered a lo t of QSB and signals were n't for sideways torq ue. (See Fig. 5.) This
very stro ng. Wha t co uld be done, and for mount has 360 degrees horizon tal ro tation
"peanuts?" and 180 degrees in azmuth (fro m horizontal
to vertical and o n over to horizon tal again.)
What Type of Antenna?
Since the QSB appeared to be due to Delta Loop Antenna
changes in polarization, an antenna had to The ante nna is des igned for 29.5 MHz
be selected t hat wo uld pick up both vert ical DRI v EN E LEM ENT ' OE TOTA L LENGTH _n -3411 0 6i"
and horizo ntal polarization. This eli minated L I 'L2 ' L 3 ' LD, U f , 4 2 1 i"

the d ipole and yagi - leaving quads, deltas ce

a n d com mercia l cross e d -polarization
antennas. The experience of W5 RK indi-
ca te d that for DX work th e del ta was better
than the qua d, so the de lta loop was chose n. B •

The original concept was to use a 4

ele me nt t wo-me ter q uad a nd a two ele me nt 1 4 BA LUN GA M M A MATCH

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ten me ter del ta loop. Becau se we had an B •
eleven element 2 meter beam we used that,
and built a 10 mete r 2 ele me nt delta lo op COAX
BALAN CED FEED
tGJ S ' 3 ,,,
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(about 7 d B gain) for receive.

RE FLE C TOR EL E ME NT - RE
The 5teerable Mount i.a

Lightning usually is bad luck, but this .,

ti me it served us well. We picked up a
CR C R ' ~Op F
li ghtning struck Ham-M ($30) and re pai re d it TOTA L L E NG T H' I ,0 5 ~ :...l S .IO,,, , SPACEO
'- 05~' 3 4fT 10,9 8'"
($7.50) to use as the horizo ntal rotator. T he
azmuth rotor was a TV rotor with the mast
C L OS E D L OOP LI 'L 2 -L 3 ' L R '
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TU NE O REFLE CTOR ( TU NE FOR

MIN IM UM PICKUP OFF REAR OF
fitti ng throu gh the rotor and ex tending on Fig. 1. Delta lo ops. BEAM )

JA N UA RY 1975 77
wit h a driven element and a reflector The reflector may be a cont inuous loop,
separated about 0.125 wavelength . The or it can be tuned with a stub. We used a
driven element is one wavele ngth and the co ntinuo us loo p wi thou t a tun ing stub. The
reflector is 1.05 wavele ngt hs. Radiation to tal length of the reflector is 1.05 wave-
impedance is about 70 OHM's, but I used a length (34 fee t 11 inches at 29.5 MH z).
52 OHM bala nced feedli ne . For o pti mu m
performance the delta should be mounted at Ion . I,n
F IR 8 00M _
least 3/4 wavelength (25 fee t) above ground. »<: 1/4,n. • I<n
PLEXIGL AS
(Fig. 1.) ......- ST R IPS

The six spreader arms are made of bam-

boo (or ca ne) poles, eac h 7Y, feet long. T he
wire loop is stru ng through ho les dr illed at DRILL FOR
EL EM EN T 6
r ·~ - ORIL L ST RIPS FOR
about 7 feet on each pole . Each set of three T IE WIR E so.e R OH D6RA SS
SCRE WS li n LG
poles is mou nted on an eq uilateral trian gle
of Y, inch (3/4 inch could be used) outdoor
or marine ply wood measu ring one foot on E LEMENT TOTAL L ENGTH ONE SID E c
DRIVE N 6f1 10 314 In 20 3 /4 ,n 142/31n
eac h side. REFLE C TOR 1 f l, 2 118 in 2 1 3 / 4 in 152/ 3,n
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Fig. 3. Two meter quad (WSZG).

The d rive n loop is o ne wavele ngth in to tal

le ngth (34 feet 1 inc h at 29.5 MHz) and fed
wit h a bala nced 52 Ohms using a quarter-
DRIVE N E L EM EN T DR IVEN EL E MEN T wave length balun. Seventy-two Ohm feed
HORIZON TAL POL ARIZ ATIO N VE RTIC AL POI. ARI Z ATION
wou ld be a better match, but I had o nly 52
Fig. 2. Delta mechanical construc tion. Ohm coax o n hand.
When th e de lta lo op is fed at the down
The delta boom is a four foot section of poi nt, it is horizontally polarized. When the
one inch galva nized water pipe wi th a pi pe fee d point is at o ne side o r th e o ther, the
flange at eac h end. The plywood triangles polariza tio n is vertical. (Fig. 2.)
are fastened to these flanges wi th bolts
instead of screws. T he ove rall separation of Two Meter Antenna
the driven and reflector elements is 0.125 I used an 11 element beam, vertically
wavelength (4 feet 3 inches). T he delta polarized, but I wo uld reco mme nd a fou r
boo m is mounted to the tra nsverse boom e le me nt quad. I plan to rep lace the beam
with U-bolts. (Fig. 2.) with a quad when I have time to build it.
Reflector and drive n eleme nts were made Fig. 3 shows the desi gn of a fo ur eleme nt
of # 18 plas tic coated stranded hoo k-u p wire quad . The spreader arms are made of )4" by
(separated zip cord might be better) . 1" plex iglass strips. Two holes are dri lled in
Stranded wire was used, rather than solid, the end of eac h plex iglass strip; o ne hole for
because it is more resistant to da mage by the the wire element and the outer hole for a tie
wind flexi ng the delta. Coated wire is pre- wi re. Ma ke th e botto m arm of th e driven
ferre d because we have a very high corros ion ele me nt 3" longer th an the other th ree arms
problem this close (13 miles) to the Gulf of (fo r attach ment of tuning box) . Each ele-
Mexico . ment is separated 18 inches fro m other
78 73 M A GA ZI N E
e leme nts. The bo o m is wood 1" x l " a nd -c- - , ,,-- ---' '' :-~h
five feet lo ng.
The two meter qu ad driv en elemen t is 6 r
I
feet 10% inc hes in total length, t he reflec to r TWO METER L..::':1.".n-J O£LTA
COOP
BEAM
7 fee t 2 7{8 inc hes, and t he d irec to rs are 6
r·I1E I6HT OF CE N TER OF
fee t 6 5{8 inc hes. RO TOR A BOVE TRAN S -
VERSE MA ST

Transverse Boom a nd Mounting

Fig. S. Torq ue mount .
The tran sve rse boom is a 1 Y, inch wa te r
p ipe (ac tua ll y a n o ld mast sectio n) wh ich is o n th e ten-fo ot pipe mas t. A be t te r mount is
mo un ted through th e e leva t io n rotator. Two given in Fig. 5 .
holes a re drilled at each e n d for th e U-bolts.
Delta Data
Wh en I have t ime the mou n t w ill be changed
to that in Fig. 5 becau se o f better balance. Design freque ncy = 29.5 MHz, ga in = 7 .4
Curre ntly t he elevat io n ro tor is mounted dB (at 0 .125A) .
on a Tee-e onnector and a short section of Spacing bet ween e le me n t: 0.1 25 A (4 feet
p ipe fo rming the ste m o f t he Tee is mo un ted 3.1 inches); 0 .08A = 52 Oh m ra d . resista nce ;
in th e Ham-M . The Ham-M is then mounted 0 .1 3A = 72 Oh m rad. resistance.
Height abo ve gro u nd = m inimum o f 3{4
ANT ENNA r - _ , F' XEO LooP (2 4 feet) .
-0 Ante n na match = e ither gamm a match , o r
LOOP TO ANT ENNA balan ced.
(C A N BE ROTATE D )
Quad Data
lOOP MA DE OF 1j'4 in COPPER 52 OHM COA X
TUBI NG Design fr equ ency = 2 meters ; Spacing
L ====.~, ROTARY LOOP
between eleme nts = 18 inc hes ; An te n na
' ====,
I IfB in
-
I- ~ FIXED LOOP
ma tc hi ng = ro ta ti ng lo op ; See Fig. 4.
Fig. 4 . Beam m atchin g, rota table (WSZG). _ ..WB5ASA

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ver the past year or two, I have been sto ry). I went to work, and a few hours later
O building a variety of ham projects
which use digi tal integrated circu its, usu all y
had the 60 ICs div ided u p into three piles:
1. 20 good 7400-series ICs.
the 7400-series TTL ICs advertised in almost 2.22 partially working 7400-series ICs.
every issue of 73 Magaz ine at bargain prices. 3. 18 other ICs, which were either com-
But being basically stingy, about a year ago I pletely dead, did stra nge th ings and could
tried to get these same ICs eve n cheaper, and no t be identified , o r else were ide ntified as
wou nd up getting a lesson in econom ics - be ing somet hing other t han a 7400·series
you pays for what you gets. TTL IC
What caught my eye was an ad fo r "20 The 22 partiall y wor king 7400-series ICs
unmarked ICs for on ly $1.98 - three were definitely identified as to what they
packages for $5." Wow - 60 ICs for $5 - we re, but usuall y had some defect such as an
that's less tha n a dime a piece! Now, I know open pin ; most of these were gates with one
that there are hu ndreds, perhaps thousands input no t worki ng, or fl ip fl ops with o ne
of di fferent ICs by now, and ident ify ing output not working. Thu s these ICs could be
these unmarked ICs would be hard - almost used in so me circuits as long as the non-
imp ossible. But the nice part of this adver- working pin was not needed.
tisement was that they were already partia lly The 18 dead, un identi fied, o r non-
presorted - yo u could buy a package of all 7400-series ICs included some wh ich were
digital, or all linear, or mi xed , and there was co mple tely open on all pins (maybe they
eve n an assortment of " ...all 7400-series were empty packages?), some wh ich did not
TT L. " Tha t was the cli ncher - after all, see m to do any thing in particul ar, some
there aren't that many different 7400-series which we could identify as to what they did
ICs, and since they are similar anyway, but could not find a type number for th em
right? My greed won o ut, and I ordered $5 in any of our catal ogs, and two wh ich were
worth. identified as Texas Ins truments DTL digital
When they arrived , identificat io n turned ICs.
out to be even easier than I thought, for I And so we wound up with 20 good ICs
soo n came up with some tricks (which we for $5, o r about 25¢ a piece. That seems like
shall descri be in a mo ment, in case you are a good buy, except that I found th at some
still te mpted after you finish reading this of the ICs, t hough perfectl y good, d idn't fit

JA NUAR Y 1975 81
into any of my immediate needs. For in- of identifying unmarked ICs was virtually
sta nce, the re were six 7474 Typ e D fli p t he o nly time we used it. To make su re that
flops, and five 7481 sixteen-bit me mories. the bu lbs do no t load down the IC under
T he re ma ining nine good ICs were all NAND test, each bu lb is dri ven by a Darl ington
gates of o ne kind or a not her. Pu t ano ther amp lifier, as shown in Fig. 1.
way, we found that buying this type of The last piece of equipment was a 5V
variety pack was a cha ncy jo b at best and , in regulated power supply .
my case, definitely not worth the time, The first job in identifying these ICs was
effort, an d mo ney . (Bu t yo u may want to to fi nd whic h pin is t he grou nd connect ion
compare my resu lts with an article entitled and which is the +5V pin . Most 14·pin
" Ide ntifyi ng Unmarked Surplus Digital ICs" 7400-series ICs use pin 7 fo r gro u nd and p in
in the September 19 72 issue of CQ 14 fo r +5V, while most 16·pin TIL ICs in
Magaz ine, page 44. I guess you have to be a t he 7400 family use pin 8 for ground and
born gambler.) pi n 16 fo r +5V. But there are a few
But, if you are still not discouraged, you 7400-series ICs which use other ground and
may be interested in t he t ric ks men tio ned power pins, and so I did n't wa nt to apply
earlier. I was lucky to have two pieces of power to the usual pins for fear of burning
equi p men t whic h made the jo b mu ch easier, out some of t he u nusua l ICs, whic h are
t hough you cou ld do with out the m. The usually the more expensive ones, too.
first is an IC test socket, wh ic h is simply a And so, I came up with the fo llowi ng
16-pin IC soc ket mo unted on a board , wit h procedure. I plugged the unknown IC into
two pin jacks co nnected to each IC pin . It is t he test socket, and then plugged the Digi--
then very easy to ma ke co nnectio ns to each Viewe r cl ip over the Ie. I also connected the
IC pin using ju mpers or test leads. Another Digi- Viewer ground lead to the ground side
dev ice whic h cou ld be used for th e same of the +5V power sup ply, but made no other
purpose is the IC test jig made by EL connections. Since the IC has neither a
Instruments and also by API. ground nor a +5V con nectio n at t his point,
The other dev ice is called a Digi-Viewer, t here can be no voltage on any pin, and
whic h was described in a Pop ular Electronics t herefore all lights o n th e Digi-Viewe r are
article so me years ago, and which is now off. Now take a test lead, connect one end
available in kit form fro m Southwest Tech ni- to the positive side of the +5V supply, and
cal Prod ucts. It is simply a box with 16 touch the other e nd to each pin of t he IC,
bulbs (mo unted in two rows of 8), a small one after another. When you connect +5V to
po wer su pp ly , and six tee n ampl if iers, wh ich an IC pin in this way no dest ructive curre nt
is con nected by a 16-wire flat cable to an can flow through any pin, since all pins are
API IC cl ip. This is a co nnec tor in th e fo rm fl o ating exce pt fo r the 22K base resisto rs in
of a cla mp, whic h sl ips over a DIP IC and the Digi-Viewer (remember, there is no
ma kes a co nnectio n- to all 14 or 16 pi ns of ground connec tion to t he IC as yet).
the IC at once . In this way t he box co nnects In te resting th ings happe n when you start
to an IC, and the 16 bu lbs t he n monitor the tou ch ing the +5V lead to the various input,
logic level of all the IC pins at the same time. o utput and po wer leads. The TT L inpu ts are
This device is suitable for digita l ICs o nly applied directly to emitters of NPN tran-
( RT L, DTL, or TT L), and th ou gh it lo o ks sis tors, so app ly ing +5V to the emitter
useful, we have fou nd that this particu lar job reverse-biases the base-emitter diode and no
current flows. As a result, no current gets
t hro ugh t he IC to the other pins, and all the
~VOLT lights o n the Digi-Viewer (except the o ne
!)OmA
Ie LAMP wh ich co n nects to the pin you are touching)
TEST
CLI P 22< remain dark. For the same reason, touching
an output pi n also re verse -biases some junc-
2N5 129 tions, and again all lights except one stay
OR OTHER
SMALL dar k. But touch th e +5V lead to th e IC
SIliCON TRANSISTOR
Fig. 1. ground pin or to the Vcc pin, and all the

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Digi-Viewer lights co n nec ted to ac t ive IC so rt; if it sta ys o n then yo u probably have a
pins go o n! Only defe c tive p in s or pin s wi th fl ip fl op of so me kind . So a t t h is point you
no co nnec tio n show a dark lamp. This is ca n star t to make all k inds of guesses abou t
becau se vari ous sne a k paths ex ist through wh at kind of an IC y ou have . ( But so me
fo rwar d bia sed d iodes a nd resistors with in k inds o f ou t pu ts - so-called ope n-co llecto r
the IC fro m th e Vee a nd ground pins to all out p u ts - a re hard to find since th ey do not
o f the normal input a nd o u tpu t pins. have any pullup. You find the se by trying a
So here we have a simple test to iden ti fy 1 K res is tor fro m sus pecte d ou tpu t p ins to
th e ground a nd +5V (V ee) pin s of the IC; we +5V .)
still don't k no w wh ich is which, but th at is Having thu s se p ara ted the input p ins fr om
easy . If we fi nd t hat th e live pin s are 7 a nd the o u tp u t pins, we simply co nnec t various
14, or e lse 8 a nd 16 for 16-pin ICs, t he n the c o mb inati o ns of grounds t o the input pins
answer is easy since these two connections a nd watch the outputs. We u se grounds,
are sta ndard . If the two live pin s are so me since as we mentioned earlier, a no-
other co mbi na tio n, just loo k through your connection to an input is the sa me as a high
TTL catalog un til you f ind so me th ing simi- o r ONE level ; hence we mu st ac tua lly
lar. In fact, th ere may be o nly o ne device ground a n input t o force it to a low o r
with the parti cular pai r of pins used for ZERO level. In some cases, ju st knowing
power and ground, in wh ich case you have whi ch are th e inpu t pins is enough to
just made an importa nt discovery . ide n tify th e IC; in o t her cases we have to do
The next ste p is t o find o u t whi ch o f the a little experimenting and guessing. Most
re mai ning p ins a re inpu t p ins and which are TTL gates are NAND gates, wh ose o utp u t
the ou tp ut pins. We sta rt by a pply ing full goe s high (lighti ng th e bul b) wh en ever any
t 5V powe r to th e IC, st ill ke ep ing th e one (or more) of the inputs is grounded;
Digi-Vi ewer co nnec te d . At th is po int, so me the se are very easy to spot a nd ide n tify .
of t he te ste r lamp s will light; so me o f t hese Inverters are a lso easy to fi nd since their
may be co nne cte d t o input pins a nd so me to o ut pu t goes high whenever the input is
output pins. An important characteri stic of grounded. NOR gates are hard er since you
TIL ICs is th at a ny input pin with no mu st ground both inputs before the o ut p ut
co n nec tio n t o it is assu me d to be a t a high goes high.
level (logical O NE, o r abou t +3 to +5V, Flip fl ops a re so me ti mes hard t o fi nd, but
enou gh to light its Digi-Viewer bulb ). Hence, with patient digging you can be 100%
e ve ry input pin will cause its associated bulb successfu l here to o. Most will toggle (t hou gh
to light, as will so me ou tpu ts. Ta ke a 330£2 not rel iably ) wh en yo u gro und and un-
resi stor a nd co nnec t from ground to each of ground their T input; this identifies the T
the se pins having a ' high ' level light ing a inpu t a nd a lso finds the two o u t pu ts. Then
bu lb . If the p in is a n input pin , t he 330£2 try to fi nd t he set a nd re set inpu ts; o nce you
re sistor will lo ad it down e nough to make have th ese you should be able to identify the
the light go o u t. On the o t he r h and , o u t pu t IC by leafing th rough y o ur TIL ca ta log.
pi ns a re ge ne ra lly 'active-pullup .' mean ing The hardest ICs to spot a re the compli-
that a n o n tran sisto r is used to make them cate d o ne s. Most ICs you get in the bargain
go positive. Hen ce a 330£2 resistor to grou nd bag are 551 (sma ll-sca le-integratio n) meaning
will not su bsta ntia lly c ha nge t he vo ltage, a nd t ha t they are simple ICs co n ta ining a t most a
the bulb will stay lit. couple of gates or flip flops. Don't e x pec t to
Th is test will u sually find all o f t he ICs find man y M51 (me d iu m-sc ale-inte gra tio n)
input pins, a nd a lso so me o f its o ut pu t pins. ICs, a nd give up o n LSI ( Large... ) ICs
For instance, as you ground the input pins altogether, since they u suall y come in larger
with t he resisto r, you may sud de n ly fin d o ne packages. I did ge t so me of th e 7481
of the da rk lights go ing o n - thi s mu st th en six tee n-b it memo ries, bu t failed to ge t a ny-
be an o u t pu t which comes o n when an input thing really useful like a decade counter, a
is gro u nded . If t he ligh t goes da rk aga in latch, decoder/driver or so met hi ng of th at
wtien you re move the 330£2 resistor, th en sort.
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The most co mmo nly encountered units reports, co py ing marine CW traffi c and
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R·511 19 0 - 550 k Hz of test equipment when wo rki ng with sur-
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 PI N B )>----~,......;l ground. Th is is the ca thode res is to r of th e
J- 6 0 3 last af stage. The receiver can now be
checked o ut. Headph ones are p lugged into
l OO P CO NTRO L the Tel jack s. A temporary tuning sha ft ca n
be made by pry ing the eraser o u t o f a pen cil
a nd forcing the metal sleeve over the tuning
PIN E 5 0K
spli ne.
J-6 03
Once the receiver is operating the dial
asse mbly ca n be installe d. The best approach
RF GA IN CONT RO L
is to o btai n a Jac kson planetary drive.
Remove th e hou sing from the tube compart-
AUDIO COUPLI NG
C636 ment, and discard it. Remove th e sh ie ld
35QpF fro m aro und the tuning capac ito r. Next
HI---f------, re move the triangular shaped plate from th e
PIN 5 OF IZAG
R 625 AUDI O
wo rm gear assembly, a nd the worm drive.
2 MEG T his requires dr iv ing o u t the small dr ift pin
IREM OVE) SOCK
with a punch. Th e plan etary dri ve is simp ly
REM OV E EXISTING WIRE
mounted o n th e l4 inc h shaft o f the tuning
capac ito r. The se t is the n mounted to a
standard panel as sho wn in th e photograph .
AUDIO GAI N CO N TROL Final conversion co nsists of the addition
>-__-='c:0.:;
on TO 80
of a spea ker, S meter, audio gain con trol and
--.-~
ante nna control switc h. The c ircu it modifi-
~.J"""o", "" ca tions for these addit ions are shown in Fig.
2. T he aud io gain contro l is esse ntial for two
.0 rea sons. First for the S meter to operate
SPEAKER
properly th e rf gain con tro l mu st be kept set
ilU010 OU T PU T at maximum, so provision mu st be included
to contro l th e volume. Secondly, by having
PIN ~ 14 1'1 7
( SECO N D loon
r- - - - PIN B o-IZ A6
AUDIO AMPLIF IER
separa te rf a nd af gain contro ls t he operator
-, can adjust fo r o ptimum signal to noi se.
"
'" Ta ble 1 Plug Co nnections

Power Input Pin Function

Connector
J-301 or J-602 A + Low V oltage 114 or 28V)
, B Ground
S ME TER Control
Connector
Fi g. 2.
J·302 or J-6 03 A Headph ones, 600 Ohm
t he other fo r 28 V inpu t Set the tap o n the B Loop relay ( L F receivers!
AF Cathode, VH F receivers
filament transformer for the desired voltage. c Ground
Alt hough ac ca n be used o n the filamen ts, o + Low Voltage
use of dc results in lo wer hum levels, and E Sens it ivity (rf gai n co ntro l)
permi ts o peration of th e ante nna switc h ing F Low Voltage from power
input co nnec tor
relay in the R·5 11 without any rewiring.
T he next step is to con nect the gain Accessory Unit
Connector
control fro m pin E of j·6 03 to gro und . Make J-303 o r J·606 A High voltage to receiver
sure th at there is a ju mp er b etwee n p ins A B Headph ones
and E of )·6 06 . This is the connector th at is C Ground
in the spot the dial used to occupy. On the o + Low Voltage
E + H igh voltage from
V HF receiver, the gain contro l is connected dy namotor
from pi n E of )-30 2 to gro und. In addit ion it No te : Co nsul t TM 522-22 for V HF se ts, AN 16-4 5-
is necessa ry to jumper pin B of )-302 to 122 for L F sets.

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Here's the power to get yo u from the fro nt panel is provid ed by R-1.
o ut on the 6 mete r ba nd with out The above conversio n is readily done in a
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ally sta ble. Here is a simple me thod that I
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90 73 MAGAZ I N E
 Elliott Kan ter W9KXJ
3242 W. H o1Jy wood A ve.
Chicago IL 60645

THEfT, THE HAM ana

HOW NOT TO BE A LOSER!

he new car pulled into the old-timer's what I mean - don't forget to lock the
T driveway, and a very youthful lad
hoppe d out .
car, first!"
The two hams entered the house and sat
"Hi, did you copy me ok on the way at the kitchen tab le. The old-timer b rough t
from the dealer?" out a pencil and paper along with two
steaming cups of coffee.
"Sure did, young fella, just how much
"Tommy, the first thing any ham should
gear have you got in that car?"
do when he installs his equipment anywhere
The lad opened the door wide, and the
is to record all of the serial numbers and put
old-timer noted a first-rate transceiver, pow-
this list away in a safe place, together with
er supply and swr bridge mounted beneath
the bill of sale fo r the eq uipment. Second,
the dashboa rd. "Tommy, you've done a real
let 's take a look at your auto insura nce
good job of installing your equipment, but
policy. Do you have it in the car?"
have you given any thought to protecting
"Yes, wait one and I'll get it."
I't'. "
While Tommy went for the policy, the
"What do you mean? I've fused all the
old-timer stoked his battered pipe an d wait-
lines and made sure that I installed ign ition
ed .
bypass capacitors."
"Here she is."
"Tommy, that's not the protection I had "Ok, let's look at the fine print - seems
in mind . I figure you've got maybe six like you are covered for property damage,
hu ndred dollars worth of ham gear in t he liability , collision and uni nsu red motor-
car - have you got that investment protec- ist . . . hmmm, that's in order . . . but le t's
ted?" take a lo ng look at your fire and theft
" I'm not sure . .. maybe I should install a policy . Guod! Just what I was hoping
burglar alarm or something . .. " fo r - you 've go t comprehensive."
"Tommy, it's that 'or something' that "What's that mean?"
you should pay attention to . With an invest - "Basically, Tom, that means anyth ing
ment as large as yours, you should do more firmly affixed or attached to the car as an
to protect it than just insta ll a burglar alarm accessory will be covered for fire o r theft. A
o r keep the do o rs lo cked. Co me on inside - lot of times people don't take the co mpre-
we'll have a cup of coffee and I'll explain hensive theft package, and when something

JANUA RY 1975 91
 •

happens the y find th at they were n't insu red th rough. I always lo ck my d oors and never
for th eir losses. It might not be a bad id ea leave the keys in th e car !"
for you and me to load up my Polaroid and "Tom, co me o n downstairs , I want to
take a rid e down to Mr. Jones' office, who is ,sho w you so me thing."
a notary public." They wen t down to the old-ti me r's work-
"Any special reason, old-timer?" sho p, where on top of a shelf was a bent
" Yes, one of the be st - now would be transceiver mount. The old-time r blew the
the best possible time to establish that th e dust off it and set it down on the bench.
equipment is reall y firmly mounted in yo ur "Tom, this is all I have left from the six
car." met er rig I used to have in my car. I locked
" Ok, I'm game , but why do we need a my do ors, and wasn 't away more than five
notary and a Polaroid ?" minutes, but when I returned, the vent
"What we will do is shoot a number o f window had been sp ru ng, and the rig, my car
photos o f the equipment installed in you r radio , and a jacket were go ne."
car in the presence o f Mr. Jones. He, in turn , " Ok, I'm sold, let 's go over to Mr. Jones'
willi note o n the back o f the ph oto t hat he office an d get it over with!"
observed the eq uip me nt mo unted in you r Theft of ama teu r radi o equipment and
car and will verify the serial numbers, and aud io accessories is o n the increase. In order
apply his seal over the whole works. This to protect your investment , record your
will establish proof that th e eq uip ment is seria l num bers, have p roo f o f installation ,
mounted in y our car a nd tha t t he serial and be su re you have insurance coverage -
numbers agree. In case of lo ss, this becomes either a comprehe nsive au to-t heft policy -
valuable proof for you when you su bmit a or may be o ne o f the homeowner's in surance
claim to your insurance com pa ny." p oli ci e s that cover personal belong-
"Old-timer, you're putting m e on. This ings . . . and always remember to lock your
seems lik e a lot o f unnecessary wo rk to go car and take t he keys wit h you . ,. , W9KXJ

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 Howard F. Burgess WSWGF
1801 Dorothy Stree t N.E.
Al buquerque NM

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rans,sfor
Build this tester, amplifier, oscillator, etc.

ra nsistors have been around lo ng problems but it is also an in teresting learning

T enough to become obsolete but t he
manufacturi ng processes still seem to be a
device fo r those who are just getti ng
acquainted with transistors. It can also be
bit unpredictable. A little study will show used as a transistor tester, a complete one
that two transistors carry ing the same num- stage amplifier, or as an osc illato r. With a
ber and both f rom the same man ufacturer, little care a nd atte ntio n it might be trained
can differ by as mu ch as 1000%. to do other chores around th e pl ace.
With this spread there is no end to the
variety o f uni ts you coul d ge t under a single How It Works
type num ber. To an old tube man th is is li ke The unit is really an in-cl rcuit tester. It is
putting the same nu mber on 6L6's and a tester to check the operation of a parti-
6 AQS's. cu lar transistor in a circu it similar to th e o ne
Wh il e variety can be th e spice of li fe it you pl an to use late r. When we built the
can certainly foul th ings up if you are tester we wanted itto be ve rsatile, bu t it also
planning to desi gn a new circuit or if you are had to be si mple. So we built it as a small
tryi ng to change a tra nsistor in an ol d one. patch panel type of substi tutio n board . With
You can design a circuit right by the book the patch system you can mock up or
and t hen fi nd that eve n though you pur- duplicate al most any circuit in a matter of
chased the correct ty pe of transisto r it will seco nds wit h o nly four va riable resi stors,
not work with your values. two capacitors and a handful of phone tip
I became a little tired of trying to o ut jacks.
guess the specs so I bu ilt a litt le gadget to do When a new circuit has been set o n the
the work for me . I call it the "second- tester and has been adjusted for the desired
guesser." It not only helps solve design operating characteristics, the curren t and

94 73 MAGAZINE
 BAT.
voltage can be read at any point in the
circuit by u si ng the tip packs. The resistor
values selected ca n be read from th e dial
settings. After correct current a nd com-
ponent values have been determined with • L

the mock-up, it is safe to assemble a firm

circ uit. This meth od can also save printed
c ircuit boards from man y of the hazards of

c
•

" T.

Fig. 1. M ost transistor circuits can be simplW ed to

one similar to this.

jacks make it possible to take voltage and

curre nt readings at a ny point in the c ircuit.
The re sistors A, B, C and L are variabl e and

~ •I 0' I
.,.• ,
- .I were selected to provide the most used
values. If special sizes of resista nce are
,>
, ,, needed they can be added with tip and clip
leads.
1 >
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,
The load L can be either the internal
resistor or it can be an ex ternal resi stor or
The meters can be any of a suitable range transformer plugged into the proper jacks.
that happen to be around. Adding the input and output co upling
ca pac ito rs makes the unit a co mplete one-
cut-a nd-t ry cha nging of parts. The same stage amplifie r for specia l tests o r experi-
method will wo rk to determine bias values ments. The connections to the tran sistor
whe n a replaceme nt tra nsistor mu st be in- under test are also brought o u t to t ip jac ks.
stalled in a piece of existing equip ment.
T his makes it possible to use various clip
Most transis tor circu its ca n be simplified
arra ngeme nts fo r the man y ty pes of tra n-
to o ne similar to th e o ne shown in Fig. 1.
sistor connections.
The o pe rat ing characteristics will be deter-
mined by the values of re sistors A, B, C and
••
the load L. Operation o f the circuit can also
be influenced by interacti on of resistor
•
values and t ran sistor charac teristics. ."
In so me circui ts A, B, C a nd L will all be
used, but in other cases o ne o r more resistors
may be missing. The proble m is to determ ine
.
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the values to use that give the results you • •

want fro m a particular transistor you plan to
use.
The circu it of the teste r is show n in Fig.
2, and it was designed aro und the basic
c ircuit of Fig. 1. T he tip jack s make it
possi ble fo r addit ional circu it eleme nts to be Fig. 2. The test er circuit sho wn here is d esjgned
added if they are needed. In add itio n th e around the basic circuit of Fig. 1.

JANUA RY 1975 95
 "

Construction
Construction is very simple. It can be
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built on anything from a piece of pressed \
wood to a metal chassis. I prefer the metal
chassis, as shown, because it provides for
better grounding. A good ground is some-
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times needed to prevent oscillations which

show up with high frequency transistors. It
was a temptation to make the entire unit
quite small. However with a larger chassis
the schematic can be drawn on the top. If Clips soldered to phone tips will hold almost
the schematic is in view at all times it is any transistor.
much easier for the operator to visualize the
Operation
circuit while the patches are being set up for
a new idea. Operation of the tester is simple. With the
Short patch cords or jumpers were made schematic spread on top it's like playing an
from flexible wire and phone tips. These electronic game. You need only a basic
cords are used to complete the circuit when circuit in mind and you are in business. We
external connections are not being used. don 't have enough space to cover all of the
Wire-wound variable resistors are used for possible circuits but the schematic in Fig. 3,
better stability and power rating. The knobs is a good starter.
are calibrated so that approximate resistance If this circuit is set up on the tester it can
values can be read directly. If an accurate be used to find the gain of a transistor as a
value of resistance is needed, the little common emitter amplifier. It will also show
jumpers can be removed and the resistance the effect on gain and current when dif-
read direct from the jacks with an ohmeter ferent values of resistance and supply voltage
or bridge. are used.
The chassis was given a coat of light- Many other test circuits can also be put
colored automotive touch-up paint from an together by referring to a transistor manual
aerosol can. The schematic was put on with or tex t,
a wick tip pen; however very narrow black In all of the schematics the numbered
tape can be used. If high frequency transis- circles represent tip jacks, and the curved
tors have a tendency to oscillate , it may be arrows between them indicate that a jumper
necessary to bypass the leads close to the is plugged in. The meters can be any of
transis tor with mica or ceramic capacitors. suitable range that happen to be handy. All
jumper connectors should be in place and
• OC. 1M the circuit complete, with the transistor,
before the supply voltage is connected.
• Always be sure that resistor A is at maxi-
., mu m resistance and that resistor B is at
minimum resistance before power is applied
• the first time for any new set up. With the
resistors in this position the currents will be
minimum. Increases in current should be

•
.. made slowly and monitored with the meters.
If the transistor being tested is a PNP,
connect the supply voltage positive to jack 7
" and the negative to jack 8. If the transistor is
. • NPN, connect the supply negative to jack 7
and the positive to jack 8. Base and collector
, D.C . IN currents can now be set to desired vaiues by
adjusting resistors A and B slowly. The gain
Fig. 3. A simple transistor test circuit. or beta will be the ratio of the base current

96 73 MAGAZINE
to the collector current. This is the dc gain BA T ,

fac to r. If the ac o r dyn amic gain of a •

transistor is needed the next circuit may be • 10 II

•
of help.
When the jumpers are placed as shown in
Fig. 4, the tester becomes a complete one-
.
stage resistance-coupled amplifier. It is use-
ful in find ing the values of resistance, voltage
and current to use with a particular transis- •,
•
tor and to find the ac gain of a transisto r- ••
"
.
circuit co mbination. A signal ca n be fed to
•
the input and compared with the output
signal while adjust ments are being made. It is
useful for finding the dynamic gain and for Fig. 5. Still a one sta ge am p lifier, but with a
checking out the "grab-bag" variety of tran- tran sformer output.
sisto rs. It is also nice to have when substitu-
tions must be made. of resisto rs A and X and also whether a
ju mper is placed between jacks 3 and 4.
Another capacitor can be placed in series
• with Cl to increase the frequency. Varia-
• • , I G t io ns of the circ uit can be used for both
•
, testin g and sorting co ntro lled recti fiers and
, •
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u niju nctions.
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Fig. 4. The tester is now a one s tage amp lifier.
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The circuit of Fig. 5, is almost the same
as the one in Fig. 4, except the load resistor
•
has been replaced with an output trans- •. C, ON "rl.

former. This can be used to simulate or

design audio output stages. F ig. 6. Unijunctions and even SCRs will operate in
With a little practice all sorts of amplifier this o ne.
and oscillator circuits can be arranged. How-
ever, in i ts present form the top frequency is
probably limited to a few megahertz. This This is a simple tester requi ring very few
could be increased somewhat with careful parts, but it is a very handy gadge t to have
layout and construction. around the shack. However, don't be misl ead
Those wh o are interested in other types by its si mpl ic ity . Any inge nious ham with a
of solid state devices such as SC R's and truckload of surplus can expand th is device
unijunctions will also find the gadget useful. into a monster with flashing lights, and
It can be used for unijunctions as shown in clicking relays even bu il t-in "se lf-
Fig. 6. This circuit will oscillate at a fre- destru ct. ..
quency determined by the co mbined value ... W5WGF

JANUARY 1975 97
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eo Ana ysis
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o TV •gnas
n order to produce pictures of high
I quality a slow scan camera must be care-
fully ad j usted so th at its aud io frequen cy
video range obtained during day to day
operations can be quite variab le when
light ing and subject mailer are consta ntly
out put match es the standa rds for slow scan be ing changed. Constant juggli ng of m onitor
picture transm ission . Synchronizing pu lses contrast and brightness controls can often
are t ransmitted as bursts of 1200 Hz wh ile make the display on your own mon itor
video inform at ion is transmitted by varying somewhat subjective in evaluation of video
th e audio subcarr ier from 1500 Hz for b lack quality since even a poorly adjusted camera
to 2300 Hz for wh ite . Frequency va lues can be made to yie ld passable pictures if
between th ese two lim its will be reproduced you 're willing to constantly p lay w it h t he
as varying shades of gray . monitor .
It is high ly desi rable to be able to An objective evaluation of the video
eva luate the video freq uency components frequency output of cameras can be had
of a slow scan sig nal, both for proper usi ng a spectrum analyser suc h as the one
adj ustment o f your own camera and to described by W0LMD (73 SSTV Handbook )
p rovide u sef u l re p or t s to othe r slow but that approach requires the constructio n
scanners on the status of their own camera of a separate unit strictly for video analysis .
systems. If the camera subca rrier does not The approach to be described here perm its
"sw ing" th rou gh th e enti re v ideo range rea l-time li ne by line ana lysis of the v ideo
wh en bot h blac k and pu re w hite va lues are excursions of t he SSTV sig nal usi ng th e
present in t he scene bei ng televised the norma l station monitor and as few as two
result will be a picture lacking in contrast additional components -would you be lieve
that w ill be either too da rk, too light, or just a switch .and a capacitor?
wa sh ed out. The w ide ava i labi lity of How It Works
frequ en cy counters makes it rel ativel y easy Add ition of the v ideo analysis mode to
to set up th e camera for prec isely 1200 Hz the SSTV mon itor is based on th e fact th at
output d uri ng sync pu lses but the actua l many of the commonly used monitors

JANUAR Y 197 5 99
 ,

employ a single sided video discrimi nator

circuit whose output is an amp litude "'----j(---+
,..-
10,F
25 V
" mod ulat ed" signa l whose amplitude is .-~",...+"
+ - - - --,
directly related to the audio f requency of
the signal at any moment in time . Since the CONTRAST
incoming SSTV signal has been lim ited prior
to t he disc ri m inator, the out put of t he
A
d iscrim inator is a faithful representation of
th e frequency excursions of th e in coming
signal t hat is independe nt of th e cont rast
•
and brig htness settings of t he monitor. A ll
that is required is to provide a convenient +15V
way of displaying the amplitude variations
in the output of the discriminator in order to
~ A

evaluate the slow scan signal. In princip le

all that is req uired is to fi rst break the
continu ity of t he v ideo signal at any I?-'- TI

convenient point so that the monitor trace

has a co nstant bri ghtness and second, to Q'
feed a samp le of the d iscrimi nator o ut put
int o the mon ito r vert ical amplifier after t he
normal ramp generator circuit has been
disabled . Fig. 1, shows the modif ications in
my own monitor (73 Magazine, August Fig. J. Modifications of the WB8DQT moni-
1973, p . 45,) to accomplish this. One ha lf of tor circuit to Incorporate video analysis. 5 1,
a DPOT switch and the lOmi capacitor are
a DPDT 'switch is used to disable t he video the o nly addiUonal compone nts req uired.
amplifier (Q3) in the ana lysis mode . The The remaining componen ts illustrated are
other side of the swi tch connects t he in put part of the original circuit and are include d
of t he vertica l def lection am plif ier t o th e to ena ble the circuit additions to be orien ted
.vertical ramp amplifier in the normal in relation to the entire circuit. S I A func-
tions to connect the o utput of the discrimin-
monitor mode but swi tches to a capacitor a to r to the inp u t o f the vertical de flection
co nnected to the video d iscrimi nator (L1) in amplifiers while SIB breaks video con tinuity
the analysis mode . In the no rmal " mo nito r" during analysis. M on the switch terminals
position the monitor operates normally indicates the norntimaJ monitor mode while
A indicates the new analysis mode.
while in the " analysis" mode the amplitude
variations in the discriminator output are and W4TB circuits (73 SSTV Hand boo k).
displayed on the vertica l axis of t he crt. A Monitors such as the WbMXV with its pulse
synched ho rizontal scan is maint ained cou nting di scrim in at o r and t h e Rob o t
du ring analysis . Since the d iscr imi nator is circuit with an " 5" shaped d iscrim inato r
t uned to 2300 Hz, th e baseline of th e respon se w ill not drive t he vert ic al am plifie r
disp lay represents thi s f req uency. A porti on directl y bu t thi s id ea can be in corporated if
of t he 1200 Hz hori zontal sy nc pulse w ill an add itional 2300 Hz t uned circu it is
appear at the beginning or end of t he co nnected to t he input limiter as ind icated
horizontal trace, dependi ng upo n how the in Fig. 2. Video conti nuity may be broke n at
monitor is triggered . The peak def lection any convenient point in any of these
during the sync pulse provides a 1200 Hz monitor circuits or the video contrast
reference level. Black, as 1500 Hz, will have co ntrol may be backed down to mi nimum
a peak value slightly less than t he 1200 Hz gain during analysis to yield a t race of
reference. co nstant brightness . This latter approac h is
Th is basic idea can be used in any not nearly as convenient as breaking video
monito r in cor por atin g a single sided co nt inuity with th e same switch used t o
discrimi nator. This incl udes t he WB8DQT, route th e di scrimin ator o utput into th e
Macdonald , W9LUO (QST, March 1970) vert ica l deflection ampli fiers.

100 73 MAGAZ IN E
Using the Video Analysis Mode 'A'
1200 til SYNC
Fig. 3 shows drawings of typical video 1500 Hz REFERENCE LEVel
8LACK LEVEL
displays from different types of slow scan 2300Hz+-, WHITE BASELINE
pictures . Depending upon where your BLACK LEVEL
15 00 Hz -- ~ SYNC REFERENCE
monitor triggers, a portion of the horizontal 1200Hz lEVEL
sync pulse envelope will be visible at the
beginning or end of the horizontal trace.
The amplitude of the sync pulse envelope
'0'
provides a 1200 Hz reference . 2300 Hz will
fall at or very near the baseline of the
display. In order to accurately analyze the
video signal the receiver tuning must be
Fig. 3. Typical CRT displays in the video
accurately set for proper carrier insertion. analysis mode. The two fixed reference
points are provided by the baseline (2300
Hz) and the peak deflection noted during
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the horizontal sync pulse interval. (A) shows
IO)lF IOyF a display from a well adjusted camera
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drawing. (B) shows a display where the
subcarrier does not swing the full video
range but rather is limited to excursions in
the white and mid-range gray region. If the
Fig. 2. Addition of a single-sided discrimin-
picture reproduced here were similar to that
ator to monitors of the W6MXV and Robot
in (A) then camera readjustment would be
type to provide a display signal to the
called for. A well adjusted camera on the
vertical deflection amplifier. The rest of the
other hand will produce such a display when
switching logic would be similar to that
scanning a portion of a picture that consists
illustrated in Fig. 1.
primarily of whites and grays.
Monitors such as the WB8DQT and WbMXV Wobbling sync pulses due to multipath
provide built in tuning indicators for this propagation will be clearly visible on the
purpose . The use of an outboard or add-on display as will any video transients . Highly
indicator of the type described by K7YZZ clipped video will often show some
(73 SSTV Handbook) is almost essential for transients in the zone between 1200 and
accurate results with monitors which do not 1500 Hz providing a visual indication of why
incorporate a tuning indicator. such signals may often sync erratically, par-
Since noise or QRM falling within the ticularly when noisy .
signal passband will also be displayed, The purpose of the video analysis
critical evaluations can only be made with modification is to provide a useful tool, not
relatively clean signals. It is also important to make everyone a video nitpicker. The
to realize that there are only a few cases wide variation in monitor brightness and
where we should expect a signal to shift contrast settings often enable a newcomer
completely from 1500 to 2300 Hz . These to SSTV to view a picture that is actually of
include station call signs (black letters on a very poor quality . The use of video analysis
white background and vice versa) and line as a tool will enable you to assess the
drawings . If the camera is properly adjusted performance of your own camera system as
and the lighting is reasonable, the signal well as providing constructive advice to
should swing through the entire video other operators regarding their own gear .
range . If it doesn't then some additional In summary, this simple modification will
adjustment is in order. Normal photographs enable you to view the line by line video
and well lighted live shots can normally be excursions of slow scan signals . The display
expected to hit 1500 and 2300 Hz at some is fascinating to watch so remember to
point in the picture but cannot be expected switch back and view the actual picture
to shift this much in every line- it depends every once in a while!
on the type of picture being transmitted . . .. WB8DQT

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Build this Teaneck NJ 07666

All-Band
VHF
Receiver
compact and inexpensive. However, after
R ity the VHF nut!
Unlike the HF operator whose equipment
may span four, five or even six bands in one
experimenting with some 703 rf amps, I
decided they were too finicky, too noisy and
box, the 50MHz and up man too often finds too difficult to stabilize. The junk box was
his shack full of metal enclosures, yards of well stocked with the 50¢ variety of plastic
coax, switches, etc., etc. Even the one VHF transistors, and, as they lent themselves
band operator now faces the dilemma of the quite well to experimentation, I began using
modern age; should his gear be compatible them.
with AM, FM, NBFM, CW or SSB? Based on these factors, the results of the
I, motivated by a desire to expand his design requirements were a receiver that;
coverage of the bands above 30MHz and • Covers any two MHz of 28, 50, 144,
prompted by the virtual non-existence of 220 and 432 with one bandswitch control.
commercially manufactured multi-band, • Receives AM, NBFM, CW and SSB.
multi-mode VHF gear, nobly embarked • Operates on 117 V AC and/or 12 VDC.
upon the lifetime project of a solid-state • Measures 28.58cm x 22.86cm x 13.97cm
station for 6 through 3/4m. Since receivers (11 y. x 9 x 5y,").
are more difficult than transmitters, and • Looks nice.
since you can't work what you can't hear • Doesn't break the budget.
anyway the receiver was done first.
J Circuitry
It was deemed necessary that the design The basic receiver is a double-conversion
criteria for the project follow three objec- superhet which tunes 28-30MHz. Four con-
tives. The first was receiver performance verters located above the main chassis permit
characteristics. Sensitivity should be good, reception on VHF.
noise low, high degree of immunity to The converters are nearly identical to
cross-modulation, overloading and spurious each other (Figs. 1, 2, 3 & 4), each contain-
responses; selectivity should be narrow ing a band-pass filter, two rf amplifiers, a
enough to prevent off-frequency stations mixer and an oscillator or oscillator chain.
from interfering, but wide enough to copy Grounded-gate amplifiers were used for the
NBFM and drifters. rf stages to afford stability without the need
The second objective was versatility. for neutralization. T.1. Tis-34s were used for
Since this was to be the receiver for all my all stages except the rf amps and mixer at
future endeavors on VHF, it had to work on 432, which are Motorola 2N5485s.
all popular modes on all the bands with a 10m was chosen as the tunable first i-f to
minimum of controls. Keeping mobile opera- keep down images, and with .21lV sensitivity
tion in mind, it had to be compact and it's a dandy little band to listen to when the
operate as well on 12V dc as it did on the ZLs come in on skip. A single grounded-gate
bench with 11OV. rf stage works well here, once again elimin-
The third consideration was cost. At first ating neutralization schemes.
I thought of using ICs, since they are The H.F.O. is a Vackar and tunes from

JANUARY 1975 105

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noise actuated and contains low-pass and Construction Notes

high-pass filters to prevent fal se triggering by Modul ar co nstru ctio n was employed
rf a nd/or audio signals. When noise is present th rou ghou t, as it loads itself to ease of
at the detector output, 031 , Fig. 8, biases testing and troublesh ooting. A sta nda rd
the fi rst audio transistor, 0 36, Fig. 9, o ut of 17.78cm x n.94cm x 5.08cm (7 x 11 x 2 ")
conductio n a nd mutes th e speaker. alu mi num chassis was divided into seven
The audio a mplifier is a quasi-cornple- co mpart ments by utilizing "e gg-crate" con-
mentary circuit operating at a bou t th ree structio n under th e c hassis, which effec ts
wat ts peak outpu t; it ru ns class AS and is excellent shielding and co ntrib utes to the
quite efficient if battery o peration is receivers lack o f b irdies.
intended.
Power for the receiver is obta ined fro m a Prin ted circuit board s measuring 5 .72cm
simple transformer rec tifier fil ter circuit x 7.62cm (2 ~ x 3 ") were used for the main
followed by a Zener referenced Darlington receiver. Lay out is generall y non-critical, but
pair, which provides 13 .6 V at 1A. Muting keeping component lead s as shor t as possible
during transmit is accomp lished by ground- is reco mmended, partic ularly above 445k Hz.
ing the base of 044 through the n oon The fro nt panel was c ut from heavy gauge
resistor, which turns off 045 and kills the alu mi num and attached to the main chassis
A+ to the au dio Amp. wit h spacers to allow adeq uate roo m for
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The VHF co nverters were built into
13.02c m x 5.12cm x 4.45cm (5- 1/8 x 214 x
1-3/4") miniboxes and bolted to an alumin •
urn plate, which was mounted above the • ••
ma in chassis. T his arra ngeme nt permits easy
•
accessabil ity to the converters for alignment,
cha nging crysta ls, e tc.
The co nve rters are fabr icated o n 11.43cm DECODER ENCOD ER
nero OF "S TENING TO THE CHA TTER ON THE CHANNELl THEN VS E S H ECT
x 5.08cm (4l-S x 2") PC boards; the o scillator CAH _ RECEIVE ONL Y THOSE CALLS IIEANT FOR YOU!

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Shields made of flashi ng copper separate the . E.., _ .... e -.. _ • SlIIl ....._

oscillator circuits from the remainder o f the . . . . .. 12 . .

co nverte r stages, o ne shie ld o n each side of

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Fi g. 11. tor 146 .94 MHz $ 3.95 All other freq : $7 .10_

On the 4 32 board it was necessary to add r7:':::C;;;::;:=;::--;

ECM Co,po rat ,on
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prevent osc illat ion. C F P ENTERPRISES
Alignme nt is not tric ky. Start at 455k Hz 866 RI D G E ROAD, LANSING NY 14882
a nd tu ne th e i-f fi lter and T3 for maximum No other amplifier even comes close
s-meter rea ding in th e AM mod e, T hen tune
the 5.5MHz converte r by loosely coup li ng a ALPHA 374 by ETO
Here is amateur radio 's o nly sta te-o r-t h e-a rt broad-
signal generator to the base of Q23. Next, band, tuU legal power li near amplifier.
• Instant Bandcha nge wit hout tune-up
dip L33 to 23 MHz and connect the signal • Self -contained desk -top cabinet I
genera tor to th e a nte nna input connec tor of • Eimac cera mic tubes (120 0 watts rate d
dissi carl on)
the receiver. With the ba ndsw itc h set to 10m Write today for complete details on t his exciti ng
tu ne the ge nerator to 28_5MHz and adjust new linear.
Office & Salesroom H ours b y A pp oin tment Onl y
L33 to receive it. Then peak u p the 28MHz 24·Hour Phone: 607-533-4297
stages. Se nd SAS E f o r M onthly Li stin g o f
Used Eq u ip m ent and Bargai n Goodies
Alig nment of the converters is easi ly done ~- -- -- -- - -- -- -- -- -- ----- - -- - -- - - -- -- -- - -~

JANUAR Y 1975 1 11
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by first tuning up the oscillator chains with a

wavemeter and then peaking all coils or
R-X NOISE BRIDGE capaci tors.

Performance
n.
........
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The sensitivity of the receiver was
measured with a calibrated Motorola
T-1034C FM signal generator. The 20db
quieting sensitivity was as follows:
28 MHz = O'-liN
50 MHz = O.Ij1V
• Learn the truth about your antenna. 145 MHz = O.Ij1V
• Find its resonant frequency . 432 MHz = 0.2j1V
• Find R and X ott -resonance . The 220MHz sensitivity was measured on
• Independent R & X dials greatly simplify an EICO 324 and was estimated to be
tuning beams, arrays.
0.15j1V.
• Compact, lightweight, battery operated.
• Simple to use . Self contained . The selectivity is about 10kHz at 60dB
• Broadband 1-100 MHz . which is all that is needed on VHF and is
• Free brochure on request. wide enough to follow the drifters (HA-460s
• Order direct . $39.95 PPD U .S. & Canada and the like) without having to constantly
(add sates tax in Calif.) re-tune.
The receiver exhibited no spurious
responses, birdies or images on 10, 6 or 2.
On 220 and 432 there are some very weak
TV images (possibly harmonics); these may,
however, be due to my lack of su itable
skyhooks on these two bands.
MORE RANGE .•• Extensive tests with locals on six have
failed to produce cross modulation or over-
with NO NOISE loading.
One word I'd like to add concerning the
vvc's in the H.F.O. When the rig was first
tested it used a single 25pF variable capaci-
tor to tune and was rock stable. Having the
desire to track, the vvc's were installed and a
few minutes of warm up drift resulted. If
frequency stability is essential, it would be
in the best interest of the reader to consider
another tuning method, such as ganged
capacitors.
CUSTOM SYSTEMS The author would like to thank Bud
KITS. ACCESSORIES
Weisberg K2YOF, for his advice and assis-
I tance, as well as encouragement, in getting
this bomb together.
Substitutions
ELIMINATE IGNITION NOISE The TIS-34s can be replaced by MPF-l 02s or
2N3819s. 2N5486s in the 432 front end will
ELECTRO . SHIELD~ improve the noise figure slighter. Most of the
YOUR ENGINE MPS2926s can be replaced by surplus NPN
FROM
silicon transistor with an FT above 100
MHz.
. ..WB2AGJ/2

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 Andrew M , Cohn K4ADL
4823 West Braddock Road

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Alexandria VA 223 11

maeur

a ecre
F ro m the de pths of exotic ju ngles to the
seam y city stree ts the o ld famili ar c ry
echoes through the nigh t, " How come we
ac tively recru ited into the ranks o f the
ama teur. The ARRL will be pressured to
move its headqu arters from Newington to
hams never get any recognition?" Manhattan.
To believe the majori ty , it would appear The agency will further require that at
tha t pu blic recognition of our hap py sport leas t 5QO,j; of a mate ur 's o n-the-air contacts be
would bring e ndless benefits. But whe n carried o n with members of a minority
architect Mie s van der Roh e first stated th at group. The FCC will point out that it is
"less is more," he could very well have been q u ite difficult to determine ethnic back-
tal king about ama teur rad io. ground from call letters and will take the
Do we really want or need all the init iative to reassign suc h call s for easy
reco gnitio n we've been beating th e d rums recognition.
fo r? May be so, bu t ju st fo r th e sake of some Th ese new call s would be sim ilar in a way
acade mic fu n le t's take a to ngue-in-c heek to current ci tizens band design ations - three
loo k at wh at might h appen if ama teur radio letters and four numbers : For example -
were to really enter the public spotl ight, BLK-2468 o r MEX-1357 or JEW-3691 or
keeping in min d the old p roverb : " He wh o even NDN-8485. Periodically, the agency
makes waves mu st face the turnin g tide ." would chec k log books to determine an
adeq ua te percentage of ethnic call s are con-
National Security ta ined therein .
As a result of the Wa tergate Affair, The Civ il Liberties Union will of co urse
microphones under 13 " in length will be object to th e assigning of ethnic calls, and
str ictly controlled by the govern ment. T he th e Supreme Cou rt will decide such calls are
a mateur wo uld submit an app lication for a u nco nstitutiona l and will recommend that
microph one permit, togeth er with cha racter amate urs listen carefu ll y for accents over the
refere nces fro m h is local constable, teac he r air in o rde r to establish contact with
a nd clergy . In addit io n, the A RRL would be min ority me mbers. The ARRL will percep-
asked to dro p th e wo rd "bug" fro m its tively observe this would be quite difficult
glossary of ama teu r te rms. using CW, and will offer 78rpm records
entitle d, "Sending and Receiving Morse
Civil Rights Code with an Ethnic Accent of your
It wi ll be no ted tha t amateur radio Choice."
o perato rs are represented by pre ciou s few Co mmunity Affairs Primetime Broadcasts
minori tie s. The appro pr iate gove rnme n t Amateur sta tio ns will now be included in
agency will require tha t such mino rit ies be the FCC's requ irement that television sta-

JA NUARY 1975 113

tions devote portions of prime time to local Manufacturers of tin cans and twine will
community coverage. Thu s, for a two hour cu riously note receip t of gove rn men t gran ts
primetime period each eve ning ama teu rs will fo r research a nd develop ment.
be required to limit their contacts to o the r Unemployment
hams within th eir co mmu nity . Citi zen s band Hard core un emplo yed perso.n s will. be
o perato rs will be politely asked to avo id recruited to work in electronic manufac-
working skip statio ns during this period. turing assemb ly lines. Thus, k its will no
The Spectrum Crisis longer be available for th e ama teur as all
The shri n king availabili ty of freque ncies eq uip ment must be factory-bu ilt to crea te
will cau se diffi cultie s for the amateu r. Ra- th ese ad dit ional position s. On the bright
tioning will go into effect whereby each side, however, th e resulting prod uct might
ama teur receives coupons permitting so be of such poor quality as to require th e
many hours of operating tim e each month. ama teur to complete ly rebuild the item from
Coupons may be accumulated for long scratc h.
periods of o peration such as DXped itions. Highwa y Safety
A share-the-frequen cy program will be Safety co uncils wi ll begin to look into
ado pted sim ilar to the sple ndi d system now ama teur mobile operation and its hazard s,
working on 40m ph one wherein Ll .S, ama - particularly the da ngers of worki ng a touc h-
teurs exist in perfect harmon y with foreign to ne pad wh ile driving. Reco gnizing the
broadcast stations. value of auto patc h, th e cou ncils will turn to
Nets will be heartily enco u raged to bring the teleph on e co mpanies for an adeq uate
together the greatest number of ama te urs o n solu tion.
o ne frequency. Citation s and fin es for Alread y we have word of a new tech-
mal icious interference will be dropped as nolo gy u nde r way to elimi nate the pro blem,
this practice rarely tak es place o n a clear and particularly to elim ina te the compl i-
frequency . cated, wasteful technology now in exi stence.

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Instead of touch tone pads and the cumber-
so me associated electron ics, teleph one com-
panie s will h ire multitudes of young lad ies to
personall y handle calls. One would simp ly
DATA
speak th e desired number into the micro -
phone and a pretty operator wou ld patch
SIGNAL
the call through: Alth ough the precise word- the latest in station accessories
ing hasn 't ye t been d ecided upon, these
lad ies might as k, to d etermine your nu mber,
so meth ing li ke, " Numbe r Pl ee-u ze! "
Pollution : Visual and Electromagnetic
The visual aspects of towers, beams and
moun tain top repeaters will now be dealt I
with by the govern men t's Environmental I

Protection Agency in its fight to rid our

nation of visual poilu tion. CRICKET 1 ELECTRONIC KEYER
The policy of in stalling underground A popularly.priced Ie keyer with more f ea tu r es
fo r your d ollar. Cricket I i s small in size and
power and teleph one ca bles will be extended designed for the beginner as well as the most
to th e a ma te u r service. EPA will require a dvanced operator. It provides fatigue·free send-
ing. Easy to co p y at all speeds. Turn o n it s
an ten nas o f all types to be installed beneath side and use as a straight key for ma n ual key -
the ground. FCC will correctly note that ing. AC/ DC.

suc h action may limit th e effec tiveness <If Shipping Weight 3 lbs, $49.95
commu nicat ions and will recomm end th e
establishment of a su bco mm ittee to deter-
mine the feasibility of forming a comm ission
to studv suita ble alternatives.
Reco gnizing th at a n u ndergrou nd an te n na
is fa r su perior to none at all, EPA will move
quickly to th e prob lem o f electro magne tic SPACE-MATI C 21-8
pollution. The Swrtchable Keyer. It' s up to etgtrt-keye rs-
In -one . Use the switches to make this your very
own personal ke yer, both today and tomorrow.
First, elect ro nic manu fac turers w il l be Add such features as dot dash memory or ad-
required to install d evices o n all transmitting just spa cing with the tum of a switch . Com-
plete ly perfect .
equipment to drasti cal ly reduce the power Sh. wI. 4 lbs. $119.50
o ut pu t. Am ateurs will be warned not to
remove these anti-poil u tion devices and w ill TOUCH·TONE DECODER
be requi red to su bmit th eir eq u ipme n t fo r A highly reliable twelve digit decoder with input
protection, and PLL circuitry for extremely
inspec tion on a regul ar basis. stable operation . Heavy duty output re lays ,
The task of inspect io n will be given to small size, plug-in ci r cu it boa rd . All t hese m ao
Io r f eat u r es at an U NBEATA B LE price.
local gas sta t ions already established as state Sh. wt. 1 lb.
veh ic le inspec tio n agencies. Service stat io n TID-12K Kit $114.50
o pe rators will welcome the responsib ility as TID-12 Touch·Tone Decoder $129.50
they will have precious little to keep busy
with otherwise. A st icker will be p laced on
the tr ansmitter with th e expirati on d ate Write today fo r complete d eta ils
noted th ereon. T ransmitters not passing the
test will be given a reje ction sticker requiring Data Signal, Inc.
the owner to re-in stall the an ti-poll u tio n Successor to Data Eng ineering , I nc.
device within ten d ays or else forfeit th e 221 2 Palmyra Road
right to tran sm it. Albany, Ga. 31701
The seco nd step in th e p rogram to reduce
the quantity of electro magnetic rad iation 912·435·1764
will tak e the form o f "contact pools."

JANUARY 1975 115

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Instead of eac h ama te ur operati ng his o wn

station, gro ups of a mate urs will be tra ns-
p orted (by car pool , natura ll y ) to the h ome
of a part icu lar h am. There, each will be give n
h is t u rn at th e eq uipmen t for a specified
time. Each a ma te u r will e n terta in th e o the rs
in h is home o n a rotating basi s.
The a nnual Field Day w ill also take o n a
new lo o k . Rath er th an each clu b o perat ing
its o wn sta t io n: a ll c lubs wit h in a c ity will
ba nd togeth er (no p un in te nded) a nd
operate as o ne station, using, of course, but
o ne sta t io n. QSTwill th en list fin al sco res by
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ci ties rather t ha n by stations.
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Model PO 301 is a 300 MHz prescaler designed to e~tl!nd the range of
your counter ten limei. This p ....scale. hllS it bu,lt-;n preamp with a Firs t you've heard th e bad news and now
5l!'r'ISlliYity of SO mV at 150 MHz, 100 mV at 260 MHz, 115 mV at 300
MHz. The 95H90sealer ,s rated at 320 MHl . To inwrl' enough drill!!' for fo r t he good news. I'm no t too su re wha t
all counters, a post amp. was byil t-ln, The preamp has a ~If contained
power supply regulated a t 5.2V ~ .08%. [Input 50 Ohms. Ou tput Hi Zl t h is has to do with any o f th e ab ove, but
All pt~alers ille shipped in .a 4" by 4" by 1'1,' cabinet. All are Wired Jap an ese ham eq u ipme nt h as now been
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 W2NSD from Page 2
po wer increases - st iff o p position to
Hiran t ry fo r grab of 4 50 hamban d by
I;lig Oil - Mexico says no Canadians
can get a ticket - CAR F e lection
results - latest FCC re peater and
Getty sburg report - new ru le inte r-
p retation re co nt ro l of re pea ters -
GREENBELT, MD - FEB 3 CBers get shaft in Detroit , in Jackson-
FM M inifest at the Goddard Space ville, in Des Moines a nd bad P R a lo t
Flight Center. Speaker, movie , p rizes, of places.
fre e re fresh me nt s. Time : 1PM. Ind ustry news includes the new
Midland repeater program - t he
OAK PAR K, MICH J A N, 12 results of the Genave move to d irect APPRECIATION" ,
Oak Park Amateur Radio Club's sales - the exciting growth of 160m-
six t h annual swap and shop at t he the reactio n to the OST November Not a fe w o f the 73 readers accept
Frost Junio r High School Cafetorium, editorial by indu stry - restrai nt of 73 for w hat it really is - a hobby
23261 Scotia, Oak Park, Mich igan. t ra de complaint lodged against OST - magaz ine for a bunch o f fe llows wit h
Crawford Amateur Radio Society vs relatively similar interest s, wit ho ut a
SOUT HF IEL D M'ICH
CO Magaz ine . lo t of p retentious. They reali ze that
J AN 19
Add t o that some late clu b even ts - the p ages o f 73 are wide o pe n t o
Sponsored by t he Southfiel d Ama- auctio ns - QSO parties - plus a anyone with id eas or so me t hi ng to say
teur Rad io Club, this is the largest Godbout ad for some of t he newest and that it d oesn' t have to filter
Swap & Shop in Michigan. Southfield and most fantastic computer ICs... throug-. a board of d irecto rs, general
High School, T en Mi le and Lahser t he first p lace ever advertised ! It is manager. and a whole hie ra rc hy
Rds., Southfield. Michigan. T ickets possi ble to build an $8000-type com- bef ore it ca n get into print. I n fact, no
are $1.50 each . Fo r info on tickets or puter wit h the se new and incredi ble o ne on the 73 staff has to even agree
tables write to Robert Younker, chips. with t he idea for it to get into print
24675 Lahser Rd ., Southfie ld , Ho tline is available - ma iled every T he art icles are written e ntire ly by
Michigan 48075 . Attn : Chas. A . other Fr iday by first class mai l (some t he rea ders, not by e ngineers in a
Tyrrell. subscribers have bee n getting it by $100.000 HQ lab, which means that
Satu rday!) - t he price is only $8 per most of ou r projects wo rk , even for
WEST ALLIS, WI SC, - JAN 25
year. Compare this to the similar , but the fellow with a test la b cons isti ng of
The West Allis Midw inter Swapfest much smaller report , done by type- little mo re t han a volt-ohm-meter.
is Satu rday, January 25, 1975 at writer , with abou t one hal f to o ne One result of this approach to
Waukesha Co unty Exposi tion Center t hird the news , and costing $1 2 pe r publ ishing t he magazine is that a great
located on Waukesha County T ru nk year. many o f t he readers have feelings
Highway FT, Southwest of Waukesha Readers with hot news of interest about 73. . .some love it , some hate it ,
Cou nty Airport. Doors open at 8 A.M . to really active ha ms are encouraged but few are uncom mi tted. Muc h of
Refreshme nts, breakfast and lunch, to send it t o Hotl ine , 73 Magazine, t he negat ive reaction c omes from
available. Ta lk-in o n 146.94 . Ra in o r Peterborough NH 03458 . News of people who have a need for an
sh ine . T ic ke ts $1 advance ; $ 1.50 at emergency operations, disasters, aut hority t o look up to so they won't
the door. Fo r details write WA9K R F, special club events, QSO parties, con- have the responsi bili ty of actually
458 2 South Ahmedi A venue, tests, certificates, newspaper clippings doing anything themse lves. They get
Milwa ukee , Wisconsi n 5 3 207 . a bout a ma teur radio o r ca, ind ust ry fu rio us w hen 73 points o ut that there
MANSFIELD, OH news, new p rod ucts, FCC petitions. are some ve ry good reasons for getting
FEB 7 DX news. thin gs like that. ..p lease after t he FCC.. .the y prefe r t o le t the
The In te rc ity Rad io Club annual send to Hotline. A R R L do t his a nd not to be
auction will be he ld Friday, Fe bru a ry .. WAYNE bothered . . .a f ter a ll , it's just a hobby.
7th at t he Naval Rese rve Tra in ing It is even wo rse w he n it turn s out that
Center at Ashland Road in Mansfield, the 73 readers we re the o nes which
brought abou t some major c hanges for
Ohio. Doors open at 6:00 P.M. Look,
swap, buy at 7:30 P.M . No flea fees
no r commissions c harge d. Auc tion at
]lnxpnnp the better.
The 73 rea de rs who e njoy the
8: 00 P.M. Eat s. Donat ion of tw o magazine and app reciat e the openness
dollars at t he door. Fo r more info rms- of th e pages t o t he m act a lot more
like good frie nds than paying cu s-
tion write KBJPF, 120 Homewood,
Mansfield, Ohio 44906. W2AOO tomers for a p roduct in t hat the y
wr ite pe rsona l a nd fr iendly letters.. .
WHEATON, ILL - FEB 9
T he Wheaton Community Radio
WINS $50 eve n if they happen to d isagree about
a n edito rial or a n ar tic le. They keep
Amateurs announce their 13th annual ,10 eye on t he papers and o ther ma ga-
mid -w! nter hamfest on Sunday, The winnt-'r o f lllf" VO\ .'001' zines an d se nd in clippi ngs t hat t he y
Februa ry 9 th at the Du Page Cou nty thi nk will be of inte rest . ..c1 ippings
award fo r November i~ W2.-\00 with
Fairground s, Wheaton, Illino is. Ho u rs a bout amateu r rad io . . . a bout
hi" Digilal Wind ludir-ator. Hunm-rs
are 8 A.M . to 5 P.M. Tickets are $ 1.50 UFOs CB . . . gravity expe ri -
ti l) were K20,\ W'" C('UnIN Update ments all sorts of oddball th ings
advance; 52.00 at the door. Free
coffee and donuts 9 :00 t o 9 :00 A.M. a nd WAttARI' Ba...il· Brid j::I" W2:\0 0 tha t they k now will interes t me...a nd
For inform atio n and advance tic ke ts r("(·(·iH·... S50 a a I'ri7,(·. Sr-nd in , -utlr a lot o f othe r readers. These cl ippings
se n d a stamped self addressed \'011' fo r vour fan lrih' arlid(· thi... are re ally app recia te d for it gives me
e nvelope to L.O . Shaw, W90K I, 433 lIluIIlh and t")roura j::t' lilt' aulhor to the fee ling t hat I have eyes almost
S. Villa Ave ., Villa Park , II I. 60181. ~T il t' aj::ain. everywhere.

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 It is trite to say that this is your them that everything is taken on two business when " incent ive licensing"
magazine... but this is true for it is meters a nd the new repeater must go almost stop ped sales of ham gear for a
written by you , the reader, with some up on 2 20 MHz or 450 MHz? few y ea rs... but since those dark days
seaso ning throw n in from my imagina- A talk with so me of the coordina- t he re have be en more and more ham
tion ... and a good deal of th at is, tors and a listening check in some of dealers opening up and doi ng very
aga in, just reader feedbac k . the major areas where this has well. Yes, National went bankrupt.
Let's suppose that you have a t ype. developed into a problem has brought but...that was from taking a bath on
writer just sort of sitting around out some factors which should be m il itary contracts, not ham gear...
getting dusty and you get the feeling considered. T he fact is that many of and they are getti ng bac k into
that it wou ld be fun to see your name the repeaters are being used very little business again. . .watch for them.
u p in ligh ts. .. well , in p rint. You sit and it is unfair to other groups want- Rumo r # 2: Hallicrafters is out of
d own at the typewriter, pu t in t he ing channels to tie up pairs of fre - t he ham business. Bunk! They
paper, and t hen you stare at it . And quencies for such limited use. changed owners again and they ha ve
stare. T he mind goes blank . You get A survey of repeater ac t ivit y in some new designs in the works so
up in d isgust, rip out the paper , and several areas seems to indicate that the watch for a new and expanded Halli·
go back to the hamshack a defeated overal l number of repeater users has crafters line.
writer. not noticeably incre ased during the Rumor = 3: Swan is going out o f
Ridiculous. T here are an infinite last year or so. It appears that larger the ham business. Bunk! J erry Ringer
nu mbe r of things to write abou t. You groups have in many cases broken up of Cubic , the parent com pa ny for
may be an FM'er who gets around on into sma ller groups and set u p their Swan and Sitlconlx (Ce arm of Swa n ).
the repeaters a lo t, so how about a own repeaters. It does not appear that says not just no, but hell no.
short article o n which repeaters are the sma lle r groups have been growing Rumor :;:4: SBE is giving up the
the most frie nd ly for vis it o rs, which much once they have been estab- ham business. Bunk, say s president
are a br upt with transcients, which lished . Dave Thompson and Adman Bud
chan nels a re the best for an amateur Commercial repeater users have had Bane, new gear is in e ngineering for
who may be going th ro ugh your area. to work out systems of sharing 1975.
Or perh ap s you know an amateur cha n nels a nd it appears t hat some- Ru mo r # 5: FM gear isn't selli ng
who really goes ou t of h is way to help th ing like this migh t be a possibility like it used to. Bunk, again! It is a fact
amateur radio ... how about an artic le for amateur repeater groups as an that the 22-up channel rigs are the big
about him, with some pictures? Not answer to the squeeze for spectrum sellers now that almost every area of
only will you reward him for his space. the country is blooming with new
interes t and work, but your artic le Take New York for instance - repeaters. It lo o ks like the prediction
will certai nly encou rage others to be there are repeaters allocated to every of 2000 U.S. repeaters by the end of
inspired to get busy and do some- known cha nnel and splinter channel t he year will be true. learn p robably
t hi ng. there - yet list e ning c hecks have c ould sell several times as many rigs if
Perhaps you are into contests. .. so shown that there are seldom more they could get them into the U.S. fast
how about an article suggesting im- than six or eight repeaters in use, even enoug,_ Clegg is going in high gear.
provements in c o ntest rules o r one during the heaviest usage hours of the The new Multi-2000 and KDK-144
encouraging others to join you in your day. If some syste m for c ha n ne l shar- rigs, just announced, are already back
fu n in working the contests? Certifi- ing could be worked ou t it would ordered. HT's are se lli ng un-
cates? Very littl e is writte n a bout permit more repeaters to be set up believably . .. it appears that virt ually
t he m and a lot of ama teurs wou ld be without a ny su bsta n t ia l sacrifice on every FMer wants to have an HT o n
interested in getting into certificate the part o f t he present users in the his belt o r in his hand at hamfests and
collecting if more were written about area. available for emergencies.
that part of the hobby. The fact is Time sharing of repea ter channels Rumor ;:-6: Crystals aren't selling
that just about every amateur is an will call for a basic change of attitude much now that there are so many
"expert" on something or has an on the part of some groups. Where in synthesized two meter rigs. The
in te resting story to tel l. t he past the tendency has been to get shortage of t hese sy nthesized ri gs and
The J apanese ham magazines are involved in repeater wars and herrass- the lower initial cost o f the crysta l rigs
fille d wi th pictures and stories of club ment, groups will have to think in has kept sales of the 22-up c ha n ne l
activity... and they are interesting. terms of cooperation and co nsid e ra- transceivers high. . .IC-22 - IC-21 -
Our clubs get into lots of fascinating t io n. Can this change be made? Con- TR -72 - etc. The rigs end up co sting
pro jects, but not one single person in sidering the volatile and infantile about the same as the synthesized
the club takes the interest to write up nature of some of the instigators of jobs, but the cost is sp read out since
the adventure and get it published! past repeater wars, one wonders if crystals are bought a few at a time.
I' ll say it aga in - 73 is your anything really is possible. Crystal ma nufacturers re po rt that
magazine - it is writte n by you - so 73 Magazine will welcome ideas sales are as heavy this year as last and
use it to help a ma te ur radio pro- along this line - and any information the problem is st ill in trying to keep
gress. .. to interest others... to give about c ooperat ing repeaters w hich up with the orders.
everyone more fun . And keep those have worked out a channel shari ng Rumor # 7: Hams are not buying
letters and clippings coming in . sy ste m. gea r because they are worried about
inflation. Utter rot. The fact is the
ARE SHA RED REPE ATER UGLY RUMORS UNTRUE reve rse ... most amateurs realize that
now is the best time to buy gear since
CH A NNELS A POSSI BILI T Y? prices can do nothing but go up. The
Rumor = 1: the ham business is
worst possible thing to hold on to is
going down hi ll. Bunk! Some ham
cash, the only thing that isn' t going to
As repeater coo rdi nati ng c o m- gear isn' t moving well , o f course...
inf late. The t ighter yo u hold money,
mittees find themselves running out of but most is in such short supply that
the more it shri nks.
cha nnels t o allocate, they are faced dealers a re crying fo r deliveries and
wit h the problems of what to suggest manufactu rers are fighti ng the battle Rumor#8: The antenna companies
to new repeater groups which are of parts and la bo r, not sales. Sure, a are in trouble. Bunk - in part. One of
looking for frequenc ies . Do they tell bunch o f dealers we nt o u t o f the the bigger companies has been having

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fina ncial difficult ies, but the rest seem fam ily could enjoy them for a long modif ications and improvements as
to be doing o kay. The only major time. I almost always bring back a big part of somet hing else.
gripe is not sales, but getting alum i- bag o f Bialy's from New Yo rk and Old timers spent yea rs bu il d ing
num.. .and that is getting more and freeze them for extended use - if you tube circui ts in their imaginat ion and
more difficult. KLM reports antenna haven 't tried Bialy's, then you've enj oying it. Then came t ransistors and
sales b oom ing a long. Wi lson's missed so me t hing very special. the c ircuits all c hanged completely
antennas are too . On the next trip to New York I and no longer made sense . Oscillators
The o nly soft spo ts in sales seem to tried to find the shopping ce nter and no longer looked like oscill ato rs. Mix-
be with those rigs which are well that bakery . It seemed to have dis- ers looked like Chinese wri ting. T hey
behind th e state o f the art. VHF appeared . I t ried every ex it belo w coul d n' t bu ild anymore . For a wh ile
ampl if iers are selling very well. Sur- New Haven and cou ld n' t find any- they made do by reading QST, which
plus test equipment is doing fantas- thing. One of these days - perhaps kept plugging away with tube circuits
tically .. .Tucker Electron ics reports the next time I'm driving throug, a throug, several years of transistor
that better q uality test gear is leadi ng blizzard - I' ll come across that phan- development. Eventually you nger
in sales... their Teco division reports tom superma rket, voices fi nally were able to make t hem-
ham gear doing very well. . .Yaesu selves heard , even in Newington, and
WHY AMATE U RS
leading. Atlas, in new headquarters, is QST reluctantly went solid state. It
DON'T BUI LD
work ing to cut down the back log of took a lot of pressure to get the old
orders. Oent ron reports 160m sales men at HQ to c hange, but they made
Through letters, contac ts on the a ir, it. Th is left old timers with no maga-
are e xt raord inary ... that interest in
and talking at club meeti ngs I hear t he zines publishing construction p rojects
160 is growing more rap idly than they
ever p resent chorus from old timers t hey cou ld un derstand. ..a nd t hey
can hand le . Interest in t he new Heath
t hat hams are not buildi ng anymore - translated this great and sad loss into a
rig. . .the 58·104 featured in t he full
certainly no t like they ' used to. And general feeling that no one was build-
color ads in the November issues of
what a shame, for building used to be
ham rags. . .is out of sight. ing anymore.
one of th e most exciting and impor- The old timers took heart rather
Watch for some equipment for the
tant aspects of the hobby. The new- late in t he 60's when George Grammar
160 kHz band, by the way . One of the
comers just can't appreciate amateur wro te in OST that t he reason CS T
major low band manufacturers is pre-
radio the way old tim ers did when publ ished so few solid state art icles
paring gear for this band where no
they buy all their equipment instead was that amateurs were tube oriented
licen se is ne eded . . . 160-190
of building it . and that he personally didn't believe
kHz...one watt...50 foot antennas.
Time after time I' ve tried to point that transistors were going to last,
OX up to 100 miles seems possible on
out to old timers that nothing cou ld considering all of t heir serious draw-
th is one and it may turn into a major
be further from the t ruth.. .t hat new- backs. Tubes would always be wit h us.
experimen ters delight.
comers are building a lo t more than
O~ George was r ig h t in on e
<f:::> the o ld timers ever did , , .just loo k at way ... transistors d idn't last very
the enormous number of pages of ads long. After only a few years they got
,
for parts in 73 Magazine and compare
r:<:::;~BR1'G~
A~GADOON
packed into little chips and appeared
that with parts ads in the glorious
U\- One night wile riVing back to bui lding days of the 19 30's... there is
as ICs, fu rther u psetting old timers
who no w fou nd t hemselves two steps
New Hampshire from New York, no co mpa riso n. beh ind instead o f just o ne.
where r'd bee n for a business meeting, As my grandmother used to say , " A Reco gnizin g the pro blem is irn por-
I was making my way through a man conv inced against his will is of tant for its solution, so I'm glad that
blizzard, stopping every few miles to the same opinion still." this flash of inspiration came along as
scrape the ice off my windshield so Virginia Wa5 reporting on a talk she it will help us to pull things toge ther.
t he wipers cou ld get a grip. It was had had with an old timer.. .he asked Being an old time r mysel f I ca n
te rrible cond it ions and I blessed my if we couldn't just put in an oc- empat hize. I fee l a lot more comfor-
two meter rig for the security it gave casional tube ar ticle fo r h im and o ther table with t ubes and love to get
my mind. old timers.. .that he didn't under-
together with other fogies and rerni-
I'd started without dinner and as stand solid state stuff.•.and suddenly nisce over 30's, 19's, 76's with slotted
the night grew later I worried that I there it was! Flash! Fo r the first time bases, and thi ngs like that . And re-
wou ld ru n out of p laces to buy a I realized what was causing all this member the 15E , ..what a fantastic
snack. Somewhere along in Connec- d ifficulty , I realized why old time rs little tube that was!
ticu t I suddenly came across an exi t are so comp lete ly convince d th at One o bvio us move to help t he
on the Thruway, Visibility was a hams are not build ing these days. sit uat io n will be for 73 to start pub-
minimum so I didn't know just where My first reaction was to marvel at lishing a few tube circuits. These will
I was. Not far from the exit was a big my own denseness. ..to wonder why I be good fo r old timers and give them
shopping center with a discount hadn't realized this a long time ago comfort. Th ey will also be good for a
house/su permarket. I went in and and done somet hing about it. T he lot of newcomers who need inexpen-
found a fantast ic bakery department whole thing was so obvious once I sive pro jects. .. and th ere are a whole
with incredibly del icious cook ies and thought about it. lot of junk boxes bristli ng with o ld
pastries. For years I have known that the tubes. Another approach will be to try
Back on t he thruway I was quickly readers of ham magazines li ke con- and publish some basic articles on
involved in fighting the storm, work- struction projects more than anything modern so lid state technology to help
my way th rough a couple of jacknifed else. I also realized tha t they enjoyed us o ld t ime rs get o riented so we can at
trucks at New Haven, and ta lking with reading these articles more as fiction least read modern const ructi o n pr o-
the wonderful group on the 01 ·6 1 than for the actual bu ild ing. A hun- jects a nd fo llow t hem.
repeater there. The more I ate of dred thousand amateurs would read a The next time you hear someone
those cookies the more I wanted to particularly good article and fantasize complaining about hams not building
stop back o n the next trip and load up building the unit described ...while like t hey used to, see if the shoe
- they were the best pastries I'd ever perhaps a couple hu ndred or so would doesn't fit.
eaten! I wa nted to bri ng back a big actually bu ild the project ...and fifty
bag of them and freeze them so my more would u se it with substantial , •. Wayne

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Subm itted by :
Michael Kresila
ACROSS DOWN
Box 57
Marion OH 43302 I. Unit of electric current flow. I. A unit of measurement of a wave-
4. A sinusoidal wave having a frequency length of light and other radiation .
that I~ an integral mul tiple of the 2. Soli ds whose bases or ends are similar
fundame ntal freq uen cy. polygons and wtr o,c sides are parallel-
10. A clip used 10 mak e easy con nec tio n, ograms.
located at the top of some radio tubes. 3. A metal p anel upo n wh ich is mounted
(2 word~) radio eq uipmen t.
\1. Elevated conductor for sending or 4. Also known as "hams."
receiving rad io waves. 6. Red uced In volume, deadening it
12. The measure of the d urat ion of an so und .
event. 7. Girls n ickna me.
13. A two-layer device that , above a cer- 8. The cavity formed In the positive
tain reverse voltage has a sudden r tse carbon electrode of an elec tric arc.
in current. (2 words) 9. The place or range of actio n.
16. Outside diameter. Abbr. 14. Ell ip tical.
17. A sou nd wave capable of exciting an 15 . Unil of electro mot ive fo rce or
a udi tory se nsation h aving p itch. pressure.
18. In a circle, me angle in clu de d withi n 19. A mea ns for indica ting the value to
an arc equal to me ra diu~ of the circle. which a control knob has been se t.
22. Interference to radio reception due to 20. Any short projection.
electrical disch arges. 2 1. A t ube in wh ich t he speed rather than
24. Having a level surface. th e num ber o f electro ns is co nt ro lled
2 5. Po wer line. Abb r. by t he in put signal.
28. An ins trume nt for ind icat ing the can- 23. A two-s tage triode amplifier.
duion of vacuum tubes. (2 words) 24. A wrre or set of wires supplying
30. Also called a diaphragm. energy from a sou rce to a load.
32. A con tinuous-wave, lo w-freq uen cy 26. Remains upright.
navigatio n system th at provides infer- 27 . A ty pe of oscillato r u sing electron
matio n over lo ng dis ta nces. coupling to th e output circu it , popular
34. One of t he end sections of a transisto r. wit h amateur radio operators.
35. A term sometimes applied to the 29. To move th e lever of a switch.
mid-range speaker In a three-way 31. Tha t q uality o f a thi ng which deter-
speaker system. mines ho w mu ch spac e it occupies.
36. A un it of fo rce, in th o mksa syste m. 33. Voic e-frequency uni t. Ab br.

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SE t L SH:U)I (w ith all fi lters) - IIAI\1J\.1 AR LUNil IlQ-17(lAC·VII I" reo 034 58 . Weyne G. ee n. sol e . ,oc khold e., Pe l e. ·
bo.o u gh NH 03 458. 8. Known bo nd hol derl , mort -
59 40 1 $500 including set spare tubes, celver. 160M t o 2M , Clock and I F gage... e nd o t he. <ecu rily hol ders o w n ing or
Also co llect atl ases, road maps, etc. noise immu nizer instal led $275 .00. holdin g 1 p a.cenl or more of toW I a m ount o f
bon d •• mOrtllil9'H or oth er sec ur ities Ilf the re a.e
WA6CPP, = 10, Wallace, California WA 30 BW (2 15) H02·929 3. Ralph none. to lIale) Name none l Signa tu. e and titl. of
95254. Conner. 149 Gladstone S1. Phila .• PA. edil or , p ublish a' , bu"nes. m anager, or o wne d
Way . . Gre e n. 11 . E"'ent a n d na lu . e of ci .culatio n.
19148. O() Av.rege No. c opies e iK: h issue <fll ring p re c eding
\\ \ .\TED: F oll o w ing parts of 12 m onth s. IV) Ac tu al n umber o f COp~s of si ngl.
AN / TNH ·2 T ap e R ec or d er
AM ·1634/ TN H·2B or AM ·125 1/ TN H.
For HamVacation in KG If issue publ is hed n ur l!St to filing da t., A. Tota l No .
cop~t p,inted INet Press R un) no
81,801. 8. Pa id ci.cu lation. l. Sal.. th'oulto
81.41 1 IV)

State co ndit io n and price. Richa rd

Leary , 9380 Larksp ur Drive. west-
Land Guantanamo Bay,Cuba ~Iert and e•• i.... street ~ndOI"S and counter
sale •. 2. Ma~ SUbscriptions IXI 85.234. IV I 86.103-
C. TOIII paid ci'cula tion lxl 85,2 34. IV) 86,103
Contact
minster, CA 92683. D. s-ee dIStribution by mai l. c. ,ier or ee.....
Charlie Hornebrook KG4CB or ....an•. 1. Sampl.., complimentarY,.nd Olhot. IrH
Ken Reuse KG4 FV cOPII!' IX) 160, IV) 152.2. Copiet di'ltribJted to
IIE:\T1 1 SlJ.30 1. superb condi t ion. U.S. Naval Station new1 "lIII!ntt, but not sold. E, TOlal d in.ibution
lSum of C "nd 01 IXI 85.39", IVI 86.255. F .
SSB/CW Filters - 51 70; 2-meter Box 12 Ofl;,;e u .... ten-eve•. unaccounted, spoil.d a lter
Gonser Comm-IIB - 565 ; l CS·5 He- fBP Q Norfolk. Va. 23593 P"nllng (Xl 2.011. IV) 1.546. G. To t" ISum of E
& F _ .... ould !!quat net p.ess .un . hown ,n A I (Xl
ce'ver WI AC su pp ly 1.5·1 2MC - 52 5. They '/I set up lodging an d inform 81.41 1, IVI 87,801. (S;gna tu.e of edi tor, PUb-
John WA7 L HG, 28 14 N. Park Ave.• you of travel routes,
lish... buiO~t manage •• Of o ....ner!. I certi fy thaI
the lla lemenlS made by me above are CONKt a nd
Tucson, A Z 8 57 19. (6 02 ) 62 3 -4 609. compl,te. S,gned, Walfne Green.

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122 73 M A GA Z I N E
 HERE IS A PILE OF GOODIES THAT WE THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW ABOUT • •. SOME ARE ONE OF A KIND, SO DON'T DELAY IF YOU
SEE SOMETHING YOU LIKE.

RADIOS
GENERAL ELECTRIC. VOICE COMMANDER Ills. Hi band tech specials
t hat need some work, wit h nicad $49.00
PT 300s . . . La band, 5 watt, 30-42 MHz un its. " Tech Specia ls" . Less
nicad & mic. $70.00
250 WAIT La Band Base . . . FSTR520BR. 30·40 MHz. Ideal for con -
version to 10 meters $170.00

TEST EQUIPMENT
HEWLETT PACKARD . 400C AC VTVM . Calibrated $80.00
BECKMAN /B ER KELEY 7 570 amplifier with 7571 & 7573 converters to
220 MHz. Unchecked . $75.00
BECKMAN 5580 Re ference Generator. Unchecked $75.00

ODDS & ENDS

H03BNC NICADS good condx out of code surplus 6 /$10.00
HT220 NICADS good used omni rapid charge uni ts $10.00
MULTIPLE PL HEADS for Motracs, less reeds $10·$20.00
BLOWER MOTORS for T44 series bases & repeaters . Origina l cost
$80 .00+ . Get a spare NOW only $5.00
PIT HANDSETS ... mint condx , turquoise only $7.00
H23BAM AC SUPPLIES , model NPN60 12A, mi nt condx $35.00
12VDC SUPPLY , ideal for use with, T33BAT mobiles wit h minor mod.
With print model NPN6034 $18.00
PERMAKAY FILTE RS ... good supply of wide band for Tracs $3.00
TR RELAYS . . . from.80D series radios . 12 VDC prox 60W rating at
150 MHz $4.00
P8270 REMOTE ... Desk top 2 wire con tro l uni t $45.00
Same as above but for part s only $19.00

TERMS OF SA L E: Sales to licensed Radio Amateurs f o r use on A m a t eu r f r eq s an i)' . A ll

prices FOB Oak Par k , I L Chec k wi th orde r, CO D or yo u ca n cha r g e to
your Ba nkAme r ica rd o r M a st e r Charge.
STORE HOURS: Mo n.-Th urs . 9 :30-6:00. Fri. 9:30-8:00. Sat. 9 :30·3:00 . Closed S u n. & Ho lid a ys
INQUIRIES WITHOUT ZIP CODE OR CA LL . . . NO ANSWER
WANTED: Good used FM & test equipment. No quantity too 1. , rEe or small. Finders f ees too.

JA NUAR Y 197 5 123

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For 1975
FREE UPON REQUESTI Write for
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PS 121 lA 2W 521.95 Private LIne, Channel Guard . Quiel Channel . etc .
- G la ss Epoxy PCB , s.l icon '.e"s'S1on, and tantalum eleetro -
lytic. used throughOut
PS 123 3.5A lOW 535.95 • Any miniature d UiIIl coil c o n t ac t le u reed may be used
(Moto. ola TLN6824A . TLN6709B - B ••m ea RF-20 l
PS 127 7A 25W 559.95 • P o .... ered by 12vdc (jIl3 m a
• Use on any tone freq uency 6 7Hz to 250H z
PS 1214 14A 75W $73.95 _ M i n ia t u r e in size 2 .51< .75 >< 1 .5 " high
. W ir ed a n d t ested , $14 ,9 5
. C o m p le t e less re ed (Ava ilab le in 33 t r ec s l or $17.50 e ll l
PS 1225 25A 150W $87.95 •
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STARTLING LEARNING BREAKTHROUGH

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•
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w hen you hear it explained on than by reading because you
NOVICE THEORY TAPES
th ese tapes. N ine yea r o ld c a n play a cassette tape over
c h ild re n h a ve used our cassette an d ove r in your spare ti m e -
co u rse t o bre e ze t hro ugh th ei r .-=:;)~ eve n wh ile yo u're d r ivi n g! You
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t heo ry a nd o ne of questions time you hear it.
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.-.-.•• e- -e solid fu ndamentals. These four
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a mateu rs, n o t being in the a ny mo re . Besides, t his way
tape busi ness. So we 're giving ONLY $13.95 yo u ' ll have a n understandi ng
you the complete set of four of the basks which wi ll be
tapes for the in credib ly low invaluable to you fo r the r e st
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124 73 MAGAZINE
 DATA SH EETS
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EVERY $10 ORDER -

• REDU CE YOU R PROJE CT COSTS

• MON EY-BACK GUAR AN T EE
• 24-HOUR SHIPMENT
• ALL TE STED A N D GUARANTEED
• TRANSI STOR S (NPN ):
2N3563 TYPE RF Am p & OK to 1 6 Hz !pi.INS IS) 6/$ 1.00
2N3565 TYPE Gen. Purpose High Gain lTO-92110S 6/$ 1.00
2N3567 TYPE High·Currenl AmplifierlSw 500 rnA 4/$ 1.00
2NJ866 TYPE RF Pwr Amp 1·2 W@l 00-S00 MHz $1.50
2N390J TYPE GP Amp & Sw to 100 rnA and 30 MHz 6/$1.00
2N3904 TYPE GP Amp & Sw to 100 rnA (TO·92/1 06) 5/$1.00 MODEL
2N39 19 TYPE RF Pwr Amp 3-5 W It 3-30 MHz '3.00
IN4214 TYPE Ultra- High Speed Switch 12 05 4/S1.00 WP·602 DUPLEXER
MPS6515 TYPE High·Gain Amplif ier hFE 250 3/$1.00
ASSOM. NPN GPTYPES, 2N3565, 2N364 1.etc. (l5) $2.00 Freq. Range : 50-54 MHz
. 2N4249 TYPE {PN Pl low-Nois8 Amp 1 JJA to 50 rnA 4/$1.00 Min, Freq. Spacing : 1.0 MHz
Max. Power Input
• FErs: (continuou s): 250 watts
N·C HANNEL (l OW· NOISEI:
2N409 1 TYPE RF Amp & S'o\'llch lTD·l a/ l OG) 3/$1.00 PRICE: $340.00
2N4416 TYPE RF Amplifier to 450 MHllTO·12) 2/S1 .00
2N5486 TYPE RF Amp to 450 MHz {plastic 2N44161 3/$1.00
El00 TYPE Lo w- Cost Audio Amplifier 4/$1.00 MODEL
ITE4868 TYPE utne- Low Noiu Audio Amp. 2/S1.OO
TlS74 TYPE High·Speed Switch 40n 3/$1.00 WP-639 DUPLEXER
Assort. RF & GP FET's. 2N5163, 2N5486, etc. 181 $2.00
Freq. Range: 14 4· 148 MHz
P·CHANNEl :
2N4360 TYPE Gen. Purpose Amp & Sw (T0·I061 3/$1,00 Min. Freq. Spaci ng: 0.5 MHz
E17 5 TYPE Hrq h-speed Swi tch 125n (T0 ·I 06} 3/$1.00 Max. Power Input
(continuous): 350 watts
JANUARY SPECIALS: PRICE: $525.00
2N3638 TYPE PN P TRANSISTO R GP Amp & Switch 5/S1.00
2N5163 TYPE N·CHANNE l FET GP Amp & Switch 4/$1.00
741 Freq. Compensated Op Amp (QIPfTO·5/MIN I·Q1PI 3/$1.00
I N91 4 or 1N41 48 TYPE GP DIOD E 100 Vll0 mA 15/$1 .00 MODEL
MM5316 Digital Alarm Clock·Snooze/AJarmmmer
Hrs, Mini. SKs - with SpecslSchema tics SI1 .95
WP-650 DUPLEXER
MM5736 6-Oigit 4- Function Calculator 18 PIN DI P S 3.95 Freq . Range : 220-225 M Hz
Mi n. Freq. Spac ing: 1.0 MHz
• LINEAR Ie's:
308 Micro·Power Op Amp (TO·5/MINI-0IPI $1.00 Max. Power Input
309KVol tage Regulator 5 V @ I A (T0-31 $1. 50 (continuou s): 350 watts
324 Quad 74 1 Ilp Amp, Com pensated (DI P) $1.90
380 2·5 Watt Audio Amplilier 34 dB (0 1P) $1.29 PRICE: $525.00
555X Timer I iJS·1 hr, Oil. pinout from 555 {DIP} s .85
709 Popular Op Amp lD IP/T0 ·51 $ .29
123 Voltage Reg ulator 3·30 V @1·250mA (DI P/T0·51 $ .58
739 Ouallow·Noise Audio PreamplOp Amp IOIP) $1 .00
1458 Dual 741 Op Amp IMINI·OI PI $ .65
2556 Dual 555 Timer I iJSK to I hou r (DI P) $1.55
MODEL
• DIODES:
1N3600 TY PE Hi·Speed Sw 75 V1200 rnA 6/$1.00
WP-663 DUPLEXER $290.00
l N3893 TYPE REC TI FIER Stud Mount 400 V/12 A 2/$1.00 Freq . Range: 420·450 MHz
lN4608 TYPE GP & Sw 80 V/400 rnA 6/$1.00 Min. Freq. Spacing : 3 MHz
1N749 ZENER 4.3 Volt (fl O%) 400 mW 4/$1.00
1N7 53 ZENE R 6.2 Volt (fl 0%}400 mW 4/$1.00 Max. Power Input
IN755 ZEN ER 7.5 Volt (f ll)%) 400 mW 4/$1.00 (continuou s): 250 watts
I N757 ZEN ER 9.1 Volt (f IO%) 4DO mW 4/St .00
I N758 ZENER 10 Volt (tl 0%) 400 mW 4/S1 .00 Special Prices lor Amateur Radio
lN965 ZENER IS Volt (11(1%) 400 mW 4/$1.00 Repe ater Ass ociat ion.
IN968 ZENER 20 Volt (tlO%I 400 mW 4/S1 .00
05 VARACTOR 5·5(] W Output . 30-250 MHz. 7·70 pF S5.00 In add ition to the above products, we
F7 VARACTOR 1·3 W Output il l 00·500 MHz. 5-30 pF Sl .00 also manufacture a complete line of
. MA IL NOW! FRE E DATA S HEE TS su pplillld Wit h _ry it"m from duplexers, bandpass cavities and notch
th i. ad . F RE E 739 o r 74 9 Low· Noise Dual Op Amp incl ud ed ($ 1.00 filters for the commercial 2-way radio
va lu,,) w it h every o rde r o f $1 0 or m ore. pos tma,ked p ,i o ' 10 2 / 28 17 5 .
industry. Most models are in stock.
OR DE R TOOAY - AII items su b jec t t o pri or sate and prices su b ject t o
c ha n ge withOUI nOlice.
ready for immediate shipment.
WR IT E F OR F REE CA TA LOG o fl e,ing hund . eds 0 1 sem iconductors CALL OR WRITE:
nOl list"": "e.lt. $end lOct stamp .
T ERMS : AI. o .ders must be p' e98 ,d . We pay postll9lt. $ 1.00 handl ing
c:ha'Qe on orders under i tO. Clllif. residents add 6' sell'S IU . WACOM
PRODUCTS, INC.
P. O. BOX 7307
ADVAELECTRONICS WACO, TEXAS 7671 0
WA COM ~ 1l00UC IS
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BOX 4181-5, WOOD SIDE, CA 94062
Tel . (4 1518 5 1·0455

125
JANUAR Y 1975
 ~PEtIAl
BAtK
I~~UE
O""ERI!v(J~
Now you can build up your ham library f or next to nothing!
PA CKA GE A 25 different issues (of our choice) for ONL Y
$5.00. That 's just 20i an issue - it costs us more
than that to print them! Choose from three
differen t categories:
Vintage : 1962·1965
Recent: 1966-1969
Very Recen t: 197()' 1973
PA CKAGE 8 A complete set of 12 issues for a particular year
fo r only $3.95. A t only 33r/ an issue, you 're stil/
saving a bundle. Choose any veerls) from
1963 · 1973. Should we run out of a particular
issue, you will receive a 50d credit.
Great Gift Idea! Why not send the hams on your list a
complete year of 735 in one of our
handsome red binders with gold and
black letter ing. Special holiday price,
$ 7.75. ( The regular price o f the binder
alone is $5.00!! Come to think of it,
why not give one to yourself?!
BACK ISSUE OFFERS
PACKAGE A ($5.00 EACH) PACKA GE B ($3.95)year )
o Vintage: 1962 - 1965 o year (s)
o Recent : 1966 - 1969 o with binders ($7.75 each) _ _
o Very Recent 1970 - 1973
Total Enclosed $

HURRY,WHILE OUR SUPPLY LASTS. ALL ORDERS ON A FIRST

COME, FI RST SERVED BASIS.
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 YOU WOULDN'T -GATEWAY--
START A LOG ELECTRONICS
8123·25 PAGE BOULEVARD
IN MARCHI...---" ST. LOUIS. MISSOURI 63130
13141 427·6116

THUMBWHEEL SWITCHES
STANDARD SIZE · 0.5 x 2.125 x 1.78
10 positi on decim al $3.00
10 position BCD & co m pl. $4.00
RIGHT NOW End Plates (per pair) $1.45
MINIATURE SIZE · 0.312 x 1.3 x 1.3
is the time to order your 10 p ositi on decimal $2.50
to cos. BCD & comp .$4.oo
10 p as. BCD o n ly $2 .75
End Plat es (per p aid $1.00
Divider Plates $1.25
Bl an k Body $ .30

All switches are black with white fig-

ures and snap-in front mounting.
call book
Don't wait u ntil 1975 is half over. Get 11 MFD - 10kV dc capacitor - 19 x
yo ur new Callbooks now and have a f ull
year of the most up-to-date QS L informa- 13 x 5. Ship wt. 90 Ibs. $25.00
t io n available anywhere.
Th e new 1975 U. S. Callbaok wi ll h ave 4 MFD - 10kV dc capacitor - 9 x 8 x
over 300,000 W & K listings. It will have
ca lls, lic en s e classes . names and a dd resses 4. Ship wt. 30 Ibs. $15.00
p lus the ma ny va l ua ble beck-u p ch arts a nd
refe re nces you have come to expect f rom 7.5 MFD - 7.5kV dc capacitor - 12 x
t he Callbaok.
Speci a l iz e In OX? T h en r ou ' re looking f or 8 x 5. Ship wt. 25 Ibs. $10.00
th e ne w, la rge r t ha n eve r 975 Foreign Call-
book w it h ov er 2 25 ,000 c a lls , n am es and GEAR HEAD MOTOR - 8 rpm -
add resses of amateurs outs ide of th e USA.
115V - 1/5 HP 3/4" dia. shaft -
United States new, 151bs. $10.00
Callbaok
All W & K listing s
c~1, $12.95
VAC UUM VARIABLE CONOEN·
._- SERS - UCSV·ll0 - 8 to 110 pF@
---
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--- 15kV, UXC-500 - 500pF - 15kV,
---- - VVC-60 - 60pF @20kV. Any type.
--
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$35.00
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._-- 450 0 HM Open Wire Antenna Line -
----- --
.- 100 It. $5.00
Foreign Radio
._ --
._-::-- DL·707 later style 7 segment LED
Amateur CaUbook
.-._- --
OX listings
$11.95 .-_._-,..
_--
_._--- readout, improved visability, same
specs., socket, size, etc. as MAN 1.
Order f r om yo ur f av o ri t e elect ron ics deal-
..-_" Special Price - $1.50 each
Lots of 10 - $1.35 each
r
a
er o r d irec t f ro m t he p u b l ishe r. A ll direct
o rde rs a dd 75¢ sh ipp i ng and ha ndling p er
Callbook.

E. fOI\ RAD IO AMATEUR

'4l1\\~I\E.E. ~c a D D
116 k INC. $5.00 minimum order. Visit us when in St. Louis.
6I\OC~\lI\E. Dept. B 925 Sherwood Drive Pfease include sufficient postage.
Lake Bluff, 111. 60044

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COMPUTER ! D A T A INPUT K EY BOA RD

HONEYWELL, 7 bit binary code. 56 keys,

alphanumeric & computer symbals. Built in
TTL decoder. Converts to ASCI \I with
Signetics 2526 chip. Factory cartons.
STK.NO.sS199 with data. 47.50 ea . 2/90.00

VICTOREEN Model 710, brand new factory packed

radiation meter. Sensing element is hermeticaly 'sealed
ionization chamber. Reads from 1 to 50 roentgens per
hour. Designed by U.S. for CD use. Battery operated.
With manual and instructions.
STK.NO .SS2C2 $5.95 ea. 2/1 0.00

DUAL VOLTAGE, HIGH CURRENT, POWER SUPPLY

This supply delivers a variable voltage, from 0 to 42 volts DC, @ 5.0 amps,
and a fixed voltage of 12 volts DC @ 5.0 amps. We supply switch , line co rd,
p'i1ot light, dual voltage transformer, variable autotransformer, 2 bridge rect-
iflersand computer grade filter capacitors. (m"t~rs~: cabinet not supplied).
STeCK NO.S5166 kit of parts $22.50 ea. 2/39.00
3 15 VOLT 0.1% PRECISION
REGULATORS ON ONE BOARD
E'oard ccntains 3 precision 15 volt regulators. 2 of the
regulators are rated @ 3.0 am~s. 0=0.1%. 1 he 3rd regulator
is rated @ 6.r. amps. @ 0.1 %. The output current of all 3
regulators rray be doubled , and regulation becomes 0.5%.
Regulators are short circuit proof, 2 of the regulators have
electrc nic crowbar over voltage protection. As upplied, all
plus terminals are tied together, but are easily separated so
that each supply is indeper.dant of the others. Brand new,
6Y" .. x6..
factory packaged , with ci rcrit diaqram and data sheet.
STOCI( NO.E5169 11.95 ea. 2/:: U 10
BURROUGHS SERIES C2S06 DECADE
COUNTER, WITH MEMORY
Th e C2 506 ser ies of decade c o u n t e rs consist of a 2 0 r-.,.~hz coun ter, a 4 b it strobed
latch , a d ecoder d r iver and a soc ke t fo r a B5755R o r sim i la r N IX IE t u b e, fo r eac h
d ig it. Th 6 co u nte r may be d riven from typ ica lDTL o r T TL circuit ry . Th e BCDou t -
puts serve as inp uts to t h e h:itc h ct rcutt, a nd are ava ilable ' on separate pins f o r use
in ex ternal log ic . The counters are available in 4 ,5 ,E,a nd 7 digit boards. Boards are
desig ned so t hat they may be ganged together so that greater nuber of digits than
t h ose show n may be obtained . The boards are complete counters in themselves, or
idea l e s blli ldi ng blucks for all types of counters, frequency counters, clocks,
DVMs t h er mo m e t e r s etc . Cu rrent distrib u tor p rices a re as f o llo w s: 4 d igit, $75.5 0
9 1 .0 0,5 d igi t , 110.00; 6 d igit, 14 2 . 5 0 ; 7 d igit, 16 7 .00. Now 10 t .1.. at ou r p rices.
S t k. No .S5134 , 4 dig it co unter. ..$29.5 0; Stk . N o .S 51 3 5 5 d igit co u n ter...$36. 0 0

Stk . No.S 5 136, 6 d igit counter...$42 .5 0; Stk . No.S5 137 7 digit coun ter...$49 .00

All c ounters come complete with tubes, spec sheets and data . Needs only a power
SUf,.<p ly tc become oueret tor.et .

HIGH POWER TRANSFORMER

M l N IMUM O R DE R S 5.00. 1n clud e post age , e x ce ss refunde d. New
ed iti on of ou r c a t a log now avai labl e.

Phon. (61n 388-4705

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 1975 CATALO G
VERADA-2 74 is an established business, serving New England for
eight years. Having grown each year to serve your needs better,
VERADA-274 knows that your satisfaction is the answer to its
su c cess. Because of that VERADA-2 74 is expanding its
MAIL- ORDER division to bring you even greater satisfaction and
service. In our 7975 catalogwe welcom e the chance to meet the many
new friends that read 73 Magazine.

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Our universal multiplex
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2 meter receive .... .. ... • .... .. . 3.75 each

2 meter transmit 3.75 each
La - VHF, hi VHF and UHF police. 3.75 each
CB transmit and receive 2.25 each
Specifv make o f se t, model #, frequency desir-
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14% digit nixie display

Fully multiplexed. T welve inch co nnect i ng
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J ANUARY 1975 131

 5" FULL RA NG E HIGH POWER
Used by several famous makers in systems with from 4 to 9
5PV10's per cabi net for high power handli ng and smalll size.
Th is configuration will give smooth respo nse from below 35
Hz to the u pp e r limits of audib le sou nd .

AAS's 5PC10 makes a powerful middler w he n built into its

own acoustic chamber within a la rger system.
By itself this amazing little spea ker is ideal for high power
auto systems.
ORD ER NO. 5PC10 $6.90 ea ch

T HE U LTI MATE A U TOMOBILE SPEA KE R

This superb coaxia l speaker is composed of
a 6x9 foam suspensio n woofer wit h 20
ounce magnet and a 3 inch cone tweeter
with crossover . This combination assures
smo o th response from below 45 Hz to over
16 k Hz and handles a whopping 20 WATTS
RMS CONTINUOUS and pea k power up to
50 watts.
ORDER # 6X 9C $1 5.0 0 EACH I N PAIRS

H. F., wid e range oval speaker with 10 oz

magnet and 1" voice coil for high sensitivity
a nd power handli ng ceoa bil itv . Hand les
music peaks up to 30 watts, 15 watts RMS
continuous. Wide range response 45 Hz to
12 kHz . Impedance 8 o hms . Full foam a ir
susp e nsio n.
1I69F1 0 6 X9 SPEAK ER $6.90

All AAS speakers are American-made and fully guara nteed for two years.
All Woofers and full range speakers have 4 layer voice coils wound on aluminu m bobbins to give them excellent heat dispersion
with light weight
Model Appti· Nominal Suspension Magnet Magnet Voice Free Air Response Continuous lmped. Price Each
Number cation Cone Material Weight Material Cone Resonance Range Power rating (ohms!
Oil . Oil. (wa tts RMS)

5PC10 Full
ran!Jl!
5" Treated
Cloth
10 oz. Ferrite
'" ]0.80 Hz 10-12k 25 S S 6.90

6FW10 Woofer 6" Treated

Cl oth
10 oz. Ferrite
'" 50.65 Hz 3&-3500 Hz '5 S 9 6.90

SW5 Woofer S" Treated

Paller
5 oz. Ferrite
'" 50·65 Hz 35·3500 Hz 15 6 9 5.90

l OW6.S Woofe r '0" Rubber 6.8 oz. Alnico V 1Yz" 20·25 Hz 25-2 500 Hz 35 6 $14.90
lOW20 Woofer 10" '",m 20 oz. Ferrite l W' 20.29 Hz 20·2500 Hz 50 6 922.90
69Fl0 Full
range
6x9" Foam 10 oz. Ferrite
'" 80.90 Hz 45012 kHz '5 S S 6.90

6le9C C"', 6x9/:r' Foaml 20 ozl Ferritel 16" 60-10 Hz 45-16 kHz 20 S S15.00
full range Paper 10 oz. Alnico V 1"/9/16"
5M1.5 Mi d·range 5" Impreg. 1.5 oz . Alnico V 9/16" NIA 600·1500 Hz 5 6 9 5.50
Paper
3T1 Cone 3" Imp reg. 1 oz. Alnico V 9/16" NIA 1400·1600 Hz 5 6 9 2.98
Tweeter Paper
31.53 Cone 2" Roll Edge .53 oz. Alnico V NIA 1400·1600 Hz 5 6 9 2. 00
Tweeter Paper
'03 Fl are Dome NIA Note 3 2.35 oz. Ferrite 9116" NIA 1800-20, 5 S 9 5.25
Tweeter 000 Hz
'OJ Flare Dome NIA Note 3 1.4 oz . Ferrite 3/4" NIA 1800-20, '0 S 9 6.50
Tweeter 000 Hz
AAS indicates the weight of the magnet itself. Magnetic structure adds a co nsidera ble amount to this figure.
N, '"

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1. N/A - not applicable
2. SM1 .5 is a closed back mid·range
3. FD2 and FD3 have vy nal surround to maximize dispersi on of high trequercres A.~ .-nlUST< 5YST["!S

132 73 MAGAZ INE

 Moderately Priced
A system designed fo r th ose beginn ing to tune their ears to the fin e sounds o f tooav's mu sic .
We have combined a 6" woofer, a 2" tweeter a nd a crossove r into a n exc eo uonanv efficient
sys te m for lo w power applications. Insta ll t hese into book shelf enclosures and enj oy the wide
frequency response a nd clear so u nd.
Specif icarlc ns:
Freq ue ncy response : 35 t o 16 ,0 00 Hz
Co nt inuous power rati ng: 1 5 watts rms
System im p eda nce : 8 ohms
Components: 6FW10, 3T53. and crossover capacitor.
Order Number : MP62 .,
SYSTEM PRICE : 58.90

Good Listening (our most popular system)

AAS offers thi s quality , high performance m atc he d system, to the build it yourselfer. When
installed in a sea led, acoust ic suspension cabinet t his combination will give preci se transients ,
clear midra nge a nd most imp ortant with todav's rock music, solid res'o nance free bass.
Specifications:
Frequ e ncy respo nse : 20 to 16 ,0 00 Hz
Cont inuous power ra ti ng: 35 watts rms
System impedance: 6-8 ohm s
Compone nts, woofer 1OW6.8, m idrange 5 Ml .5
T weete r 3T l a nd matched 3 way c rossover .
Order Number : G L1053
SYSTEM PRICE : 523.50

AAS High Power System

Ha ndles 100 watt transients and a co nti nuou s 50 rms wa tts of driving bass you ca n feel -
with ease, also includes a p owerful midrange pai r for c lea n cle ar voices a nd t he remarkable fla re
dome tweeter for crisp highs to 20 ,0 00 Hz. This system als o includes a n RCL c ros sover th at lets
you ad just th e m idrange and twee te r levels to matc h room acoustics . So if you have a super
receiver , e njoy high listening levels and have u nde rsta nd ing neighbors, this is the system for
you .
Specifications:
Frequ ency res po nse: 20 to 2 0,000 Hz
Continuous po wer ra t in g: 50 watts rms
System imp eda nce : 6 -8 o hm s
Co mpone nts, woofer 10W20 , midrange two 5PC10's fl:
T weeter FD7 a nd RCL crossover ne tw or k.
Order Number : HPS
SYSTEM PRICE : 547.50
Construct io n note : A sealed acou stic c hamber is
necessa ry to isola te the open back m iddl e rs and p revent interference w it h the woofer .

VERADA 214 STOCKS THE COMPLETE LINE OF AAS COMPON ENTS

SPEAKER GRILLE CLOTH
SPEAKER ENCLOSURE KITS
Ve ra da 2 14 o ff e rs gr ille cloth at $6.00/yard,
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y ou experts in the fie ld o f h ome brew, t his Remember, drapery or uph olstery m ateria l is
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enclosure kits cover ing the full range o f y our used as grill e c lo t h .
h igh fidelity requirements. Want a $300 syste m Choose from:
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an inexpe nsive bookshelf system at a pr ice Ok Brown # GCD B Lt . Brown # GCL B
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~ WARRANTY
Write f or o ur spec ial speaker enclosure tF~d1;;·ew Lou d speakers are guarantee d fo r two
catalog. years agai nst defects in materia l and work ma n-
ship in accorda nce wi t h t he Standa rd Electronic
Industry Asso c iat io n Warranty.

JANUAR Y 1975 133

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TUbe Sock.1S ero:: •. Special Putehase
40 Assoru d :t;J14 3 2f$l.oo POWER TUNEABLE VARA CTOR
I ndude ~ octal s. loctal s, 1 &9 p,n and o t hers. New go ld pla ted & .imil.... 10 MA 4 060 . usa in
::lKlTS 40 lube soet<.1S $1 .00 NPN MatelMd Transi.tor doublers . nd tr ipl. rs. Fully !J.IMlInteed. 01
Quad. In DIP Pac kage t e tu rn lor full refund. In str uc t io ns iro::fuded.
MIcro Switchn Motorola put 4 matched tra nsi$to rs in o ne of PTV each 54.00
AssOllmenl o f 5 dIfferent handy m IC ro th e handiest J)«:k,,98'1 w.·ve wan. Co....... with 5PTV 51$15.00
swilches . Usa them .. tamper . w it c ha. in alarm 'Pacs.
syst.ms. -tlM42501 ·' $.58 ...
-tlM S5 5 f or $ 1 .00 OTT
E... ~ i "...nt. ·. NPN Silic on
Special l Grut for TTL.witching aV ·CE5 30V, BV ·EBO
Spn. . . E..... VY SV•• nd h -Ia 3 0. Oata sheel up on request o n ly.
Stonp CaPS 10 diffe... nt spac ially made D. I.P. ICs. All nl
c ompa t ib le. Data sheet iro::lu<:fe.d for each type. =2N2501 4/ $1 .00
25uF • 4K V Por-=-lai n Termi nals 3 ~" ... 5" ...
10" . G. ea l for ph olo flash . user p ro jec ls. Th. See wh.lll your imaginat ion c" n do ... ith these.
l::!E XSP 8 8/ $1.00 Jumbo Red lad
e... pl oding ...ira game , etc. a.and new in bo ...... Lo n g body for
::wsc $ 10.00.ac h "I: XSf l 00 100 As:s! ·d/$10 .00
lesled.
Ar. you into lInl iQue .llClronic s 7 1958 mayo · 5 151 00
Very I)OpUlar h igh sPeed de hobby mo tor. Runs
_ ily o n a single dry cell. Or use high_ volta ge l ina p rojacts got y ou bo9lled down lor par IS'
for h igher speed. R _ sible ..." ... 3 132" sh alt . Just lor you : 2N11 3 - 224. CK1fil - '12i..
=1 98 6s.' .... 21S1.OO '1N396 _ 24«'. '1N385 - 164. 2 N15 !:> - 85d.
B49RT L IC 15d,lN34 3d.
E_te rnaHy th readed S1e el tubing 12'h"L_
31B" di a . SI. ndard size for co nstr uction of
!able la mps.
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50 As:s!'d Transi.tOl'1'
No lest . Super mi_lUre o f NPN $ - PNPs -
silicon - ge<manium p o ...... - s...;lc hing _
Hewlell Pacl<e..rd red LED wi lh ~ audio a nd more.
p lug- ,n l... ets 5IS 1.OO ~ :;112 4

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9 Volt Diod.
Art. y
Pins ~
Batt. ry ConMeto r Mo le _ pins, o na strip. maka any .ize Ie SOCk et .
When was Ih. laSltime y ou bu j,f t 4 d, odes in a package ...ith Just cut off lhe number o f connections you
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somel h ing a nd wound u p solder- commo n cal hode co n nec - need , solder in plac., a l'ld break off int.~on­
' ng 10 t he balle ..... lerm ina/s' In- tion a nd separate ~nodes. necl ing relainer st rip.
..Ieted connector wi l h ' ed 8< ~O L EX 1 001S1 .oo
blac k leads, Sloc k lIP no..... ~9336 2Oc! ea., 8/5 1.00
Fu "'" at an old fash ioned 1001 each choose
;;1182 TU 8lI.. 1IS1.00 from '
LadS .e d . 1&! each. 6/$1 .00, 1001$15.00.
l iSA. src-erc. Fig. a.. clear ; MOL 2110 A.• Fig.
d .• slo ·bIa; MO L 2 A. Fig. d., slo-blo ; AG C 1 A.
10 Ddf . D.ode Ar,eys F ig. d .. Slendard; AB C 3 A. F ig. e .• c e.. mic
bridu-o tube ; AB C SA, F,g. e .• cere mic tube ; SFE GA.
Oimp ' el ....nceI FIll. h .. 7IB" lo ng: SFE 1 '1, A, F ig. h . , 1 /8" long;
Tllfm ina ls m11 lri_eII SFE 9A. Fig. h .• 718" long ; SFE 30 A. Fig. h .•
We purchasad milliom so t ha t ..... ca n oller 6 5 ;TJ 142 1 0151 .00 118" lo ng.
10 BO'lb off list price.
~ 17 1 roo ••t·d insu lalad 51.6 5
::;117. 100 ..st·d uninsula lad $ 1 .25
Moer... T'lInsistor
IR C Po_ R_tor L..- th lln 0 .085" SQ....... e ...ith 11£1' long gold H.gh Po _ AUdio
5 0 wall. 40 o hms 4 'h _ % lro:: hes. p refect fo, leads . F or u se in micr o m odules. hybrid ci rcu, ts. T,.nlist ors
h igh p ower 5upplies. R.mOlled from equ ip ma n l. o r in and lighl weight and small Sil l' application 2N3055. NPN, 115 watts, .15 : 2N3113. NPN ,
SOd ea ., 3 /$1.00 such a s in ball o on and .ocket t' a nsm in e rs or 15 0 wall s, 1.65; 2N3189, PNP . 150 wans.
for secr et bugoging devices . New and guaranteed. 1.65; 2N6030. PNP , 200 wa llS. 2 .80. Oat.
Ma9nify inll Specs sim ila r 10 2 N2S01 NP N SIl ic on.
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3" dl am. 1%" t hic k fo< w;de a ngl e o ptlClII
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.heelS for a bov. o nly up on 'llQUast . Telted lind
9J"'lInteed.
appliclltio ns.. Makeo i'".a t floodli ght I.ns. o r •
fIOIIel pape, weight . Sh Wt. 1 lb .
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134 73 MAGAZINE
 D AVE N R F ATT E N U AT OR S H. ·Volta" Po_ Supply
A NO O E LA Y LINES '\1 SIMPL E KITS THA T ARE NOT TO YS
Dul '0 an over I"".nto",
T he co ... l, ue h o n and p'ecOllOn 0 1 I~ u"'U'S 01 lhese superb SUppliet, BUT ARE REAL TOOLS TO USE . . .
I .C eoPuo nal. T ke cau IS so"d bran, ..I"... plal.-:l """ can ofIe, imported
",,;Ih 11 01 Inl,U steer I halt ilnd har dw ar " B& 0 a" compact u nIts 10 ' ;I "e",
rl all e n ualO'S u" n g Da", n hIgh p rec iSI o n, low pflCI. Th is supply ceo-
ma tc h ed reS' UO, ne lwo,k l a nd rOla ", sWllc h es "," 01 a " o ll a ge dou bli ng
wll h gold co n lac lS. A& C ar e del a y lines co n- c ircuit w i, h Iw O 1 • 2 B
slnJcle d 0 1 s il" er plale d h ar d lin e co, • . All lu be s.. All c eramic lermi nal
un.n a'i co"..., IIIIl y s h illde d IWI remO"Id Sldel bo,,,ch, wll h lu g tyP' con·
10 ' p ho lo) and ha "e gold Inpul and OU Tput
conneclOo"S. We a'e including 2 lengthS of .. I...er
and lellon COl. ..... th "'I"'il co nnec lOrs for
n.cuom. and C/tPiIC'IOI
OUIllUI Frame ~ounded
POS.IIVI, b .. t can be 0 , •
Ne h unu.

A. ~ay ..... - l'"Cledanctl 75.0. 16 .1 NS

' o r a range of G- I.5NS. 1 W M.J ._ IIlf)UI.
"'Ps
iso/;Iled 5 KV and 10 K V
",m,nal, ar, fllt1l'I ll"e.
l'¥lul l IS V ec., 60 Hz,
0.1 a"...,. OutPUt 5 KV and
10 KV de t}l ,5"'8 tOlal
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::t:/AV E N A $ 10.00 load. Sh. WI. 10 Ibl. Siz l

JY..... 3" . 6". LO GI C PR OB E K IT
B. R f a ll enualor _ Impeda nc l 7 s D . 16 . l dB :;If>S HV $ 7 .50 A . O u r lo gic p , obe f um f, om the circuil under
It' pl fo r a ra n lll! 0 ' o-1. 5<lB. 2S0mW. test ",nd w ill indica te ' he p re sence 0' a hi gh.
::t:IAVE N B $1 0 .00 each A. 118 HP, 3600 RPM 11 5 VAC rncrc-. full low , IIo aling, or p ulse co ndItio n. The pulse
Induct ion--run blaIl beati ng. R",..lirle, Irom o ne <:alche, will in dicate a 200wS pul se by lighti flQ
C , Delay lIne - ''"Cleda nce 7511 16 l NS Sleps QI Ame,ica', l",rl"l'1 producers of high SPeed a led lor Yo second. Th.s easy 10 use p robe w~1
lor a , angll' 01 ().16.!iNS. I W. rna•. i'¥lu I. line printers. 3 18" Shall. Used lor grinder, make trouble shooll n'l dllliTal IC cucc ill .. lnap.
=CAV EN C $1 0 .00 uch buff.ng wheel, ese , Fanlastic hobby motor Kil includl!'5 9 seomK:On<ilCIOf1., l.ads w ldipl,
bef901in. Wei!jhl 8 Ibl . P.C. bOArd, CapacilOr, 3 resislorS, p robe lipe
D. Rf allenualO' - omp..wnce 7sn. 16 IdB :;1109 56.50 3M compl.,le ins,rUClions.
s leps ' o r ", .,nge 01 O·l5dB, 12 5 mW. -=t.og;c 5 12.00
::t:IAV E N 0 $ 1 0 .00 a ach B. Eagle Signa l Co., "",iable cyde IImer. ara M
new in foc t o ry cartO n, qualily rneoc:na ni,m wi lh
We' re sell ing these unin fo r littl e more Ihan sess io ns 20 RP M l I S vol l 6 0 H: mOlor , gear C IPH ER L OCK K IT
t he ir scrap " "Iu e and th e y must h OI'" cost Ir ai n , ma gnetic c lUIC h a nd 10 amp erecmc S, We designed Ih is c ip he r lock lor our alar m
hu ndred, o ,igina lly t ! COnlltCl1. syst e m but it got insta lled o n a frien d's mOlO"
:;J194 C yc le Ii...... $4.00 cycle instead. Now , he,e are many u sed on can
and mo,orCycles and one u ni T is o n a hi!jh
C. Po....r Supply school locker. This 5 push cipher lock is lhe
Handy basic po_ supply, 1 IS"oIlS itlf)ul aM

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mosl .lIeOlnl TTL lOCk ci,cuil we've seen yet .
• PUll OUI appro. , 18 "oilS dc al 1 a"'ll. AIIO
pun OUI a small 12V dc VOltage designed 10 run
A,.,., keyboard or array of n,,,,,,,,,lIy clo11ed Of
normally ceen push bullons w~1 work fi,.. .n
symphooic ho.... 8 u k lap . players. Contains Ihis limple bul "ery eneewe ci,cuil. Power
Irlnsformer, S diodes, 2 ~s and 2 rl!'5isTors. required SVDC regulaled @iI 4 0 MA. Kil in ·
=;J122 POWW IUPply $2.15 crcces IC's. reSlSlors, capacilors, keyboard a nd
A, U N IMA X SW ITC H - DP D T 15 a mp
125-2 50 vee. NOl ice Ih e unu sua lly high 1 5 a m p comp ll" in.true lio n s.
, a h ng o f Ih i. switc h . Can be use d to co ntrol cI:C L Kit _ Cipher Lo ck Kit - Complete $ 10.50
m ot o rs up 10 1 Y, h p . :I:ot: L N K - C ipher Lo ck Kil Ins Ke yboard -
~S 3/$1 .00 $4.50
::C L RR _ R eed Rel ay fo r l bo vi _ $ 1.00
B. Push on - push oil SPST switch wilh 4 "' . nd ::C L I NST _ Cipt.r Lodl , insltUCllOns only -
T' leads. U.S. """de I Lev llo n l . $1 .00
~OPO 35t ... 3/$1 .00 :1 2 NW33 - M,CI"o SwolCh Kayboerd only -
$6 .50
C. R Ol a<y SPST swilch w141 " leeds .. M black
..n d a lu .... num knob.
::C RS so.! .... 3/$ 1.00

O. Push -bun o n Iwitc h, SPS T momemar v N.E .

.... A 250V . -Y.A 125 V , These swuc bes a, . used in
a la,m sYSle"" and as reset switc h .. in counterl. POWE R AND O U T PUT T R A NS FO R MERS
•
::t:IPS 3/$1.00 151$ 3 .50 A. Mi nia lu re p o wer t,ansfor m e rs - perfec l si ze
for d igi lal d oc ks or ot h er solid u" te p ro iec lS.
E. SPOT mICrO-lOWe swilCh, U.S. made. 1.5/16" • 1·1/ S" • 1·5 /S" P.C. mQUnl. 1 15 V .
-=£SM $1 .18 .. , 61$ 5.00. GON inp..I, 16V 260mA OUlpUI.
::f'T A $ 1.35
F. OPDT mlCro-loggle.n abelove. SOL VENT WELDING KIT
=t=MT $ 1 .SSea.1Q{$12.oo 8. AudIO OUy>u1 or malchinj[ Iransformers. Our k,1 bonds acrylic , styrenes .nd other
P",n..ry 20DOU.. seo:onda<y 3.2H. 1 \',".1 '4 " . Plasticl IOgelher with a joinl as lIrO"'l as the
G. MlCro~r.de SWllch, SPOT. Y, am p U.S. made. 1" . original malerial. ThIS eaSY·lo...... kn includet:
::AT2K $ .85 . 1 oz. bottle melh ylene c hloride ( bonds
=G MS l lW 10 /$1 ,50
bel'" and SlrOr"l\lllr t han aceto ne)
C. Au dio ou tpu t Or malching "a ....' o rm er.
H. Mot o r·dll" ,n cam SWllch, 1 20 V. Y, R PM • P,pelle
Prima' y 25 o hm, OIl 4 00m A cc, seco ndary 4 . 3 cap illar y lUbeS
molar. 7 , egment c am assemb ly w il h mu lt iple
ohm , a t 4 wails RMS. • Metal scrap ing 1001 a nd sa ndpaper
contacts on eac h segme n t. Ma ny SeQUen tial ""AT4W 21$ 1.00
ccoreor ilwlicallons, • Full instrUCI ,on,
::HMC $4.50 . .. . 2/$1,50
"'SWK _ Complel e K'I _ $2.00
J. Adtustable pre'I$Ure 8C:!ualed mICrO IwilCh. :::MC o z _ 1 oz . Boltle Melhy le. . Chloride
Solid b,ass, chrome pla ' ed alf cylinde<. K....'led Only _ 51 .00
adruSll n'l nUl. $PST N.C. conl8C:U. ,
:;lA P $ 1.25 ••. 5155,00 •
K. SPS T slide s Wl lch by Slac kpol •. 4 a"...,
conlacn. 15 "' red and b lac k leads.
=KSS $.2 518 ,5/$1.00

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Fuws A t An O ld Fllh.oned lOll' ..c h
Cop pe, Clad Boarch Choose from ,
EPO.~ c opper cla d b oa rd 1 cent per 5Q "are inc h l i SA stc-tsc Fig a. Clear
per lecl fo r ho b bY '" order as moc h or u h I lie MO L 2/1 0 A FIg d . Sio-blo
011 y o,", need, none , ma lle, t ha n 2"' .6"'. MO L 2A Fig, d Slo·blo
Same new COWe<' clad u abO"e e "cePI pre AGC 1 A F ig d. Stand,,,d
d " lle d w l,h .. "ays ot O J,P , IC and 01 her holes, ABC 3A F Ig. e Ceramic lube
Mdl.e .. IP 0 1 P'P d"lIed a,eas Or .gnor., and use ABC SA fig.e, CeramI(: lube
011,1 blanl.. 12 cenn 10""" 1001 01.,10 SQU~e SFE 6 A f,g. h 118 " 10"'l
t.,,, $6 .00. SFE 1', A f.g. h . 1 'S" long
SFE 9 A FIg h , l ,'S" IO"'l
~N'o hesh Fe-'oc Ch1o<.oe etch "OU' o ... n boa,ds SFE 14A . FIll h 1 S "' long
SI ,90QUa'l SF E 30A f.g h

JANUARY 1975 135

 I

TEST EQU I PM ENT _ ~_ _--:-:---:""':":""_.....,

At la s t , h ere is i ndust ri a l q u ality la boratory test eq u ipme n t at p rices y ou ca n a ff ord. Most used
equip ment dealers se ll gear l i k e this, " r ec o n d it io ned ," f or hundreds o f dollars . O u r pol icy is t o sell i t
" as is" and let the pur chaser make any necessary repairs, thu s aff o r d i n g h imself v er y c o n si d er a b l e
savings. T herefore, we do not represent our equipment as working (though mu ch o f i t is) , and
c a li b ra t e d. What we do sa y is that the equipment is comp lete and o f reasonably good a ppe arance , w it h
p h y sic a l damage, if any . limite d to an occasional bro ken tusehot oer , pil ot lam p , etc . W e believe y o u
w ill be mo re than satisfied . Quantities are limite d so o r d er ea rly .
Boonton Mod. 110A Q·Meter. JG-ZOo MHz S20 Hewleu Pack,ud Mod. 415BR Sti nding 'MW indiu tor $40
Indum ilt Tnt Equipment Mod. I DOA Null Phi!ilemeter $35 Hewlel! Packard Mod. 43 01: MlCrOWllYe po"":!r meter $50
Mil hyac Mod. MV21 0.1:. VTVM 25mv to ltv $20 Hewlell Packard Mod. 43ol:R MicroWilYe power meter $50
Millinc Mod. MV188 R. F. VTVM and 0.1:. MilliVTVM $18 Hewlett Packard Mod. 491A Trayeling Wilye amplifier 540
Fluke Mo d. 800 Differential Voltmeter .... •. .. . .. . . . " $40 Hewlett Packard Mod. 492A TrilVehng wave amplifier S40
Fluke Mod. 801 Differential Voltmeter S40 Scott MicroWilve noise test system. type 123 Mkll l, full 6' tack Isee
Sprague Mod. LF·I " Transisimulnor" for lIStr e! rcuit design S21 accompan ying photograp hl $245
Non·linelt System Mod. 125E AC to DC Conwrter .. .• ...••.$20 Hewlett Packard Mod. 100B low freqoellC:y sta ndard $55
Non-lintlr Systems Mod. M24 Digital VoIt·Ohmmeter ...•• . . .$35 Krohn-Hite Push·bunon osdlltor•. 01 Hz 10 1DO kHz $34
Tektronix Mod. 121 Wide Band PrNmplifirr _ $18 Teleuonics Mod. T0258 tnt oscillat or, 20 lest frequ encies, 400 Hz
Tektronix Mod. 122 Low Level Preamplifier ...•...... ...• . .$18 - 10 kHz .• . ................. .. ......• ... ....... . .. .$25
Tektronix Mod. FMI22 Low Level Preamplifier $18 Hewlett PICkard Mod. 2020 oscillator, 2 Hz l o 10 kHz $28
Dumont Mod. 185 Elect ronic Switch & Square Wave Generato r .$19 Hew ett Packard Mod. 2001 oscillator, 6 He to 6300 Hz S22
TS433B! U Electronic Switch S20 Bo onto n Mod. 11 square Wilye gene ruor, 6 Hz to 1DO kHz S23
Sanborn RMS Volt/Amp Preamp wit h 151}.4oo power supply and Hewlett Pac kard Mod. 200T Preceiun telemetry oscillator, 2500 Hz
carryingcase . . . . . . . ..... . • • . ..... . .. •...... . _ $30 to 33 kHz _... . . . • . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . • .. • . . . • ..$29
Sanborn ae/de preamp w/power supply & carrying case _.$30 EIK tro-Mec hanical Research Mod. 43 sq uare WiM! ge nelit or, 6 Hz
Sanborn Mod. 350-1400 Logarithmic preamp $20 to 1 MHz .. ... .•... .. ...... ... . . .• .... . ....... . .. .•.$19
Genelll Radio Mod. 1263A I mpli. reg. pOwtt su pply. Provides Boonton Mod. 84 Sti ndard pulse ge ne rator .. . ....•• .. .. . _..$65
lellUla led outpuund 1kHz mod. lor G.R. unit osc. . . . ... ... •.$40 Lavoie L.~ Mod. LA593 pulse generator ... . . . .. .•.. . . . . . .$51
Powet Designs mod. 2D4·2 te;. power sup., 12D-20Dvdc, 400rna .$25 ElectroPulse Mod. 345DA Megacycle Pulse Generator $28
Philbtick Resea rc h Mod. SR400 dual reg. power supply, t 250 to 350 ElectroPulse Mod. 2125B Pulse gtlltrator • . • .. . ... ... . . ....$32
vdc at 400 rnA " $30 ElectroPtilse Mod. 3420B Pulse oscillator $30
Harvey Radio Labs Mod. 160PA Reg. power supply $16 Rutherford Electronics Mod. A·4 time delay generator $22
Philbrick Research Mod. RIOOB dual power supply, tJ OO vde ..$20 Dumont Mod. 404 pulse gelltfltor .... . . . .. . • _.•...•.. •. .540
Lambda Mod. lMFA~OVY·2361 Reg. Power Supply, 4 volts de, 3D Htwlen Packard Mod. 212A pulse ge nefll or . . • . • . . . . . . . . . • .$15
Amp _... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . •.. .. . .......$55 Rutherford Electronics Mod. 81 pulse ge neralor _. • . ..540
Lambda Mod. 28 u;, pOMr supply, 200-325 vdc, 100 rnA . ..• .$25 Teletronics Mod. PG200AA pulse ge nelltor ...•. . ...... . .. .$31
Lambda Mod. 29 re!J. pOMr supply . . ..•.. . . . • .... . . . . ..• .$25 Hewlett PKkard Mod. 450A amplifier, 20 or 40 dB !IIin $26
Hewlett Packard mod. 11 DB power sup., 0·300 or 40Dvdc, 6.3vac$35 Cubit: Mod. A·45 amplifier , gain xl , xl 0, xl 00 $25
Lambda C281 power supply. 125·325 vdc, 200 rnA $20 Brush Mo d. BL932 0.1:. amplifier $28
Lambda C1581MPower Supply, 125-325 vdc, 1.5Amp,and6.5vac. G e n e.r~1 Radio Mod. 1862C. Mego hmmeter, Like New, Working
30 Amp ...... . . . . .. .... . . ..... ... • • ...... . .........$35 condition With manual: . . .•. . ... . . ...••.... .. .. -.' 515
Singer Metrics Tuning Unit Mod. T5INF.112·M 1().15 KM HZ • .$18 Sorenson Mod. 1DOl LIRe Voltage rellUlator, 1OOUva IIllng . • . .$65
He-Metl Packard Mod. 610HM SHF Oscin-Ior, :',10 KMHZ 535 I:harles Engelhard Inc:. Mod. 31111 Calhodic Equipment Protection
Hewlett PKkard Mod. 610SM 5HF Oscillator, 2.6-4.0 KMHZ $35 I:~ntrollet •. . . ..•. ..• . . . . ~ ..... . ..• ..•....••.. .. .•• .$150
Polaqd Mod. RL·T R.F. Tuning Uni t. 951}.2040 MHz .. . • . . • ..$30 Ki lovolt Corp. G•• nt . Hi gh Voltage Tramformer. Prim.ry
Hewlett PKkard Mod. 11 1A Kl ystron power supply $30 105/115 /125 60 cy.cle, Sln~e phase. Output. 60,000 volts iii 2.5

A P he n o lic , p o tt in g
tube 1 ·5 / 16
1 l i S" 1.0. ~ S"
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Hewlen Peeka rd Mod. 4158 Sianding wave indcatc r

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G -F6210
KVA. Sh ock your fnends
app ro~ . 1 1'0"la,goJ' ... ersi on o f F . 2 5<: ea ,. S
10 ' $1.90. 1 0 0 f o ' $ 11.00.
$ 15
W oJ are off ering a
b, a nd new li ne o f
ine~ pe"s;",,, dec o ra·
long. T,an s itron . H =8050% OP.n fac.d m o de l o f G. 3 5<1 ea. , S fa ' to. c a bi ne ts f or
u sed them to p al $2.50. TOO for $1 2 .50. h o me p ro jeCt s . Now
la.ge d ' ode a r. a vs. You u"'" tne m t o ......'d c c us on Or J :;:;g053 ·5/S m od., n Corne r sa ... e' ""; t h o pen fee • . 35< YOU c ..n EA SILY
p ot c i.cu i" inlide . .::::pPT 35< ea . , 4 for $ 1. 00. e a. , S l or 52.50, 100 f or S 12.50. b u ild things that
look li k e th.V be-
B&C T ,nted p last ic N i~ i e w indo_ . K ills glare fo r t h at K Ho le n.U ne' . 1 · 1 / 4 " 1. 0 .• 1 ·7/ 16" 0. 0. ' im ~ 11 2"' long on th e man t"l ·
p ro· lo o k. 1·3 /4 " ~ 7" ' m in. #SPLA grev tint _ 5 f o r deep. T hese le've n.el g'o m m ets a'll u •• d 10 p,oteci pi.c . instead of the
$1.00. #SPLS ' igh t b lue - 5for $ 1. 0 0 . c able. pa..a d t h,ough wooden pan el s. #H N. 12<1 ea .. wo'k henc h. 00 vou
o Cab inet H a n dl a , M.. dll ftom stro ng h igh impa ct 1010r $ 1.00. re a ll v wan laGAAY
HAMMERT ONE
polvstv. ene . IS I.. c k) w ith m ou'l t ing Sc rews, Mounting l F.lt washe, • . H• •• ' . an Olh. , ha' d 10 f ind it .. m wi t h
many used in ell ty pe. of ge a, . 51S" d,a, ~ 3 / 16"' th ick digital c lo c k in you,
hOles 6 " o n c e n le • . #eH 65< . 2 f or $ 1 .00.
l i" ing ,oom ? All
with 1/ S ·h o l• . ~W. 5 fo ' 2(k . 3 0 fo r $1 .00. cabi n e ts a re c e o-
A&B N vl o n c a bi n et • M Fu . n it u 'e . epa i, k it wi t h im tru c too ns. Th is k il
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01': ",,- st'ucted hom wood

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We h a ... e JUSt bough l
h u n d,e d s o f Ihe...
brand n.w w ooden
ca•• yi ng Ca ses. They
clean, lOUgh , ruSi '
proof and an,acti ...e .
P , ol . cti... e ' u bbe,
feet a , e i"c1 uded . of
C Mold.d ' ubber f.et. You a nec h these w ,th a sm all shou ld be p • • hcr c ou . se. T h . p Ole n-
SC r...... th, o ugh th e cen t e r , or Pdp-r i... et the m t o .. n hal u ses fo, th ....
fa. a U kindS of p o.1
c ab in.ts a'. l im ' ted
a lumi num c hui s . ~R4 fo r 2S<I . 20 fo r $1 .0 0 abl .. eQu,pm ent.
on ly by yo ut
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D·J Pro tecti Ch ,ome Co.ners Hard t o find speak er d i .eC;Iion fi nd ing
i m a g in a t io n . Any _
.. no . .. mple c e ha'dware. We ca n m ak e the.e a ... ail . thing y ou would
gea, . ten e 'iui~mlln t. e tc . S m a lle , Si ze i. 1 :l·3 / 8 ha"e Onc e bui lt in a
able 10 y o u at a fraction of ha'dwar e store pric e . due
~ 9 ·518 ~ 4 ·5/ S wi th t e~ l ure d gree n lgold co... e r in g. min i bo ~. vou c . "
to Ihe I.. ,g .. numb.. , w .. pu'ch ..... and U'e in 0'" Own La rge, si zl! i. 13·7/S ~ 12 5/8 ~ 7- 112 with te~ru'a d nowaffo'd t o pU I in
s hO p. U se them t o p ,o t e c t a n d be ..u t ify all v o u ,
blu ../ ........... c o ...e rin,," Both h .....e st urdv st.er c la .p. a n d a p rofe •• ionai
c a b in e ts . hi"ges and wh il. p la st ic h endl ••. .::sP IC S mall e , Case loo ki n g encl osu.e .
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po JS ' bl .. app loc; a
E. H&J use 2 SC 'eWS and a llow 3 ,d fa c e '0 be Anrlcliv e Wa lnutl to on s I n r.rco ....... D ig
, emo ... a b le .
Aluminum Cabinet ' tal c loc k • . S V"' h e
o ~069 O"'e' 2 "' 1o' 3 4 "' n oek 5 0: ea, S t or $3. 25.
Ideal f or digilal croce•. st. ,eo a m p s. p •• amp ...t c .
. ' z . . .. Am p hfi.. , s .
10010,$2 2 ,00. D igital t he, m o·
S <mple assemblV aSSures easv acceSS. Fou, sc ,.w. me lers : F ,equenc y
E ~069 ·1 D o e n laced mOd .. 1 of O. 55<1 e a 8 10' Ih. o u gh ' u b be r fellt hold t h is ""at little c abi n.t c ou n Te , S; Switch
$ 3 . 5 0 . 100 10' $23.00. toge th., wi t hout un.igh tlV sc,._ .how,n g. panel • . T une' •. P,oJ '
F =6209 ap p 'o~ . 1 ~. · · Ca n be u.ed o n c .. b ,n . u w "h Oimen.i on. 9 ·3/SW ~ 6- 112 0 ~ 2 ·3/ 4H a mps . Po ......, . up
pl , eS ; E Q u ahz . ...
Io(l u a ' . CO,n. r,. 2(k ee. . 8 fo' 51 .<1 5 . 100 fo ' $8.00. Ord.r = Cabi"et A 57 .50 e a ch
a nd T' ansc ....... .

Write fo r more data on the cabinets o r see next montHs 73 Ma gazine for our ad.

136 73 MAGAZ INE

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"ElfAVERADA 214
2 14 P.O. 438 LOWEL L, MASS. 01852

FIR ST NA ME LAST NAME

STR EET ADDR ESS ROUTE BOX

CITY ST A T E ZIP

T DDA Y S DAT E
My order is: Minimum Order - $2.00
Paid i n Full
C.O. D. - Depo sit 10%
All orders co m p let ed w it h i n 48 h ours.
T eleph o ne orders acc ep te d from noon to 9 p .m.
4 On orders of $25 .00 or
more we will ship
FREE
Mon. t hru Fri. Ca ll : 161 71 1-458-3077

NA ME OF IT E M
HOW STOCK PRICE
T OTAL P R I CE
MA NY NO. DO L L CE N TS

T OT A L
TAX
POST.& IN S.

IMPORTANT: epersonal checks must be cleared before merchandise is sent and only cWays order. All
cash and COD orders are handled within 48 hours. Other correspondence should be written on a
separate piece of paper.
\ SPECIA L BONUS
RTE 495 CONNECTO R T O ATE 4 g S AND AT E 3 ....
, FREE MERCHANDISE & SHIPPING
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,, #I Yes - Choose any $1.00 ttem free with
DOWNTOWN every $10.00 worth of goods purchased.
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0 LOWELL
#2 Free s h ip ping on all $25.00 orders. U.S. and
, Canada only.
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equip men t. No charges.
U "'ERR ''''''' C $T
, Whe n i n the Ne w England area co m e i n and
• v isi t and l ook arou nd 7000 sq . F t .
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"' and see the
showroom thousa nds of items we a re
not a ble to i ncl u d e in o u r c a ta l o gu e s.
III
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•• V ERADA 214 A ll orders p a i d by money c-oer or ban k c h eck
........-. . •
f ill e d wi t h in 4 8 hours . O rde rs paid by personal
... E R RI ...... C "' "'VER
c h ec k f illed withi n 1 0 days. Money i m m edi a t e l y
R O uTE 110 retunded i f so l d out . We h ave a no back o r d e r
_ l A, W R e "'C E p o lic y o n a ll merchandise.

JA N UARY 1975 137

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
It means that GENAVE'S outstanding line of Amateur radios is
now available to you at new, inflation-beating prices. A glance
at the new prices confirms that the dealer's discount has been
entirely eliminated, to your benefit. The same fine radios that
you've seen in his shop may now be ordered on a Factory-
Direct basis. You pocket the savings. Warranty policies re-
main the same: if your new GTX fails within three months
of purchase, send it back. We'll fix it or replace it, fast.

Order TODAY-Orders will be processed

as they are received!

Standard crystal frequencies in stock @ $3.75 each:

1 \4 Meter 2 Meter 6 Meter
TX RX TX RX TX RX
222.30 223.50 146.01 146.34 52.25 52.38
222.34 223.90 146.10 146.52 52.525 52.525
222.38 223.94 146.12 146.61 52.70 52.60
223.14 223.98 146.16 146.70 52.76 52.64
223.26 224.74 146.19 146.72 52.82 52.68
223.30 224.86 146.22 146.76 52.88 52.72
223.34 224.90 146.25 146.79 52.92 52.79
223.50 224.94 146.28 146.82 52.96 52.80
146.34 146.85 53.15 53.05
146.52 146.88 53.25 53.08
146.94 146.94 53.68 53.16
Contad factory for prices on other crystal frequencies.

Made In U.S.A.
®
USE THIS HANDY ORDER FORM
TO HELP YOURSELF ~
TO GIANT SAVINGS!
General Aviation Electron ics, Inc.• 4141 Kingman Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46226-Area 317·546·1111
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GTX·600 6-Meler FM GTX.100 1'A·M el er FM

100 channels, 35 walls 100 channels, 12 walls
WAS $309.95 WAS $309.95
NOW NOW
$219 95 $219 95
(Incl. 52.525 MHz) (I ncl. 223.5 MHz)

GTX·200 2-Meler FM
100 channels, 30 walls

GTX-2 2-Meler FM
WAS $299.95 GTX-IO 2-Meler FM
10 channels, 30 walls NOW 10 chann els, 10 walls
WAS $299.95
NOW
$199 95 WAS $239.95
NOW
(Incl. 146.94 MHz )
$189 95 $169 95
(Incl . 146.94 MHz ) CLIP O UT AN D ORDER NOW! (Incl. 146.94 MHz )
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/ C"' n - ~ r® GENAVE, 4141 Kingman Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46226 73 I
I ~& ,dl HEY, GENAVE! Thanks for the nice prices! Please send me:
I D GTX~6DD @ $219.95 $ D Lambda/3D 2-M Base Antenna @ $59.95 $ I
I D GTX-2DD @ $199.95 $ _ D Lambda/6 2-M Trunk Antenna @ $29.95 $ I
D GTX-1DD @$219.95 $
I D GTX·2 @ $189.95 $ D TE-1 Tone Encoder Pad @$59.95 $ I
I D GTX-1D@$169.95$ D PSI-g Port. Power Package
(less batteries)
@ $29.95 $ I
DPS-1ACPowerSupply@$49.95$, _
I and the following standard crystals @ $3.75 each: . $ I
I Sub·Total $
Ind. residents add 4% sa les tax:
Cal. residents add 6% sales tax: TOTAL: $ _
I
I All orders shipped pest-paid with in continental U.S. For C.O.D., Include 20% Down. I
I NAME ' AMATEUR CALL I
I ADDRESS CITY STATE & ZIP I
Payment by: 0 Certified Check/ Money Order 0 Personal Check 0 C.O.D. I
II Note : Orders accompa nied by personal c hecks will requ ire about two weeks t o process.
0 20% Down Payment Encl osed . Charge Balance To: I
n BankAmericard # Expires I
I 0 Master Charge #
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Expires Interbank #
Prices and specificat ions sub ject t o change witho ut not ice .
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SPECIALISTS IN CCTV, VTR's, FM COMMUNICATIONS.

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SB·23 - 9 mile exit I.'\' ~I\'~(;--- ....... t

NB·23 - Barker Road exit - 1 block to N
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Store: 9519 Main ... ~.

Whitmore Lake MI
H~!< J.: t.l<
Hours - Noon - 6pm Tue - Sat ES C~I C AUO~<;
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Closed some Saturdays IJI'IIJ"lIH'~D;::::::"~

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We sell M·Tech, Midland, Larson, AIS, I~CII.S0,"':"' _

Hitachi, Motorola, Oak, Ampex and TOUI K)
many others
WE SERVICE Ampex, IVC, Sony, Panasonic,
Shibaden, Noretco and others
~~ VTR's and CCTV Equipment
We are an independent sales and service company. Our product loyalty
is from experience not sales franchise. Qualified, unbiased.
Consultation service available for video systems large and small.
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7400 $ . 18
7401 . 19
74182
74184
.8 9
2.30 Christmas SPECIALS LM300
LM301 H /N
LINEAR $ .7 9
.3 0
»
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-'"...
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7402
7403
.19 7475
. 19 7476
.7 5
.4 7
74185
74187
2.19
6 .00 - -- Digital LCD Watch
'-'
LM302H
LM304H
Voltage Follower
Negative Volt Reg 1 .10
.75
7404
7405
7406
.2 1 7480
.2 2 7482
.3 9 7483
.50
1.75
1.11
74190
74191
74192
1.50
1.50
1.35
;- \ -

Liquid Crystal DiSPlay

Constant on-Sh ock Proof
LM305H Positive Volt Reg
LM307H/N Op Amp (Super 741)
LM308H/N Micro Power Op Amp
1 .00
.3 5
.9 9
'" 7407 .3 9 7485 1.10 74193 1.35 •
8 -4 5 \ I
uses Field effect display LM309K 5 Volt R egulator/Amp 1 .25
7408 .2 5 7486 .4 4 74194 1.39 A ccuracy to 1 Minute-a · Year . LM31QH Improved Volt Follwer 1 .35
7409
7410
7411
.2 5 7488
. 19 7489
.2 9 7490
3 .00
2 .75
.79
74195
74196
74197
.95
1.25
.99
_
-' C·b 5 Year Warranty
Unassembled Kit
$149.959a
99.95ea
LM311 H/N Hi -perform von.cc-oo .
LM31SN Hi -Speed Op Amp
.8 9
2.00
7412
7413
.4 0 7491
.7 9 7492
1.29
.7 9
74198
74199
2.19
2.19
!R
USA MADE
California Res. Add 6 % Tax
LM320K
LM324N
To 3 Neg. Regulator
Quad 741 Op Amp
1.50
1.75
LM339 Quad Comparator 1.65
7416 .3 9 7493 .7 9 74200 6.95 CALCULATORS LM340K Positive Volt Regulator 1.89
7417
7418
.3 9 7494
.2 5 7495
.8 9
.8 9
CMOS : :---
5m8 -4 Fun ction 9V
6 Month Wan . R ed Led
$29.95
ea
LM370N
LM373N
A 6 C . Squelch Amp 1 .5 5
AM /FM $$ B Strip 3 .30
••
7420 .19 7496 .8 9 CD4001 $ .5 5 •••• SLBM -4 Fun ct ion Memory $53.00 LM380N 2 Watt Audio Power Amp 1 .15
7421
7423
7425
.3 5 7 4 10 0
.35 74107
.3 9 74121
1.50
.4 7
.55
CD4002 .55
CD4007 1 .25
CD4009 .8 5
--.
~
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••••
•
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5m ·20 -5 Function Memorv$39.95
LM555N Timer
LM565-LM566-LM567 Phase L .L. 2 .00ea
LM703H AF /IF Amp
. 75

.45
7426 .2 9 74122 .4 7 CD4010 .6 5 Constan t -9V -l Yr.W. ea
LM709H/N Op Amp .2 9
7427 .3 5 74123 .9 9 CD4011 .55 = TlME·Temp Display
7429 .4 0 74125 .6 0 CD4012 .5 5 - --
:/ ",, :: . ~ 6 d igit LED Displav
LM723H/N Voltage Regulator
LM741H/N Comp o O p Amp
.5 5
.3 0
7430 .2 2 7 4 12 6 . 79 CD4013 1.10 I , - Liquid Crystal Temp. D isplav LM747H/N Dual Compen.Op Amp .7 9
7432 .2 9 7 4 14 1 1.15 CD4016 1.25 1'-~ -
11 5 V olt-' Yr . Warr . $39.95 LM748N Freq . Adj. 741 .40
7437 .4574145 1.10 CD4017 2.50 LM1310P Stereo Demodulator 3 .50
7438 .3 9 74150 1.05 CD4019 1.25 IC sockets -Kit "om $29.95
LM1458N Dual Comp o Op Amp .6 5
7439 .5 0 74 1 5 1 .89 CD4020 1 .50 8 pin OIL .2 2 36 p in OIL 1.70 PROJECTS LM1556N 5 Times Faster 741 1 .85
7440 .1974153 1 .29 CD4023 .55 14 pin OIL .2 6 40 pin OIL 1 .90 8263 $ 7 .0 0
16 pin OIL .2 9 WIRE WRAP 8267 4 .00 LM2307P Current Controlled 05 Cil. 3 .15
7441 1.08 74154 1.25 CD4025 .55 LM3065N T .V .-FM Sound System .7 5
7442 .99 74155 1.19 CD4027 1.25 18 pin OIL .4 6 LEVEL 113 2513 12.00
LM3900N Quad Amp .5 0
7443 .9 9 74156 1.29 CD4030 .6 0 22 p in OIL .6 5 14 pin OIL .4 6 2518 7.00
LM3905N Precision Timer .65
7444 1.1074157 1 .29 MC3022 2,00 24 pin OIL .68 16 pin OIL .5 5 2524 6.00
28 p in 01 L .99 24 pin Oil 1.05 7805 2 .00 LM7522 Core Memory Sense Amp. 2 .50
7445 1.1074160 1.6574COO .35 LM7524 Core Memory Sense Amp. 1.50
7446 1·.10 74161 1.39 74C04 .6 9 Satisfaction Guaranteed. All Items 100% Tested LM7535 Core Memory Sense Amp . 1 .00
7447 1.10 74163 1.59 74C20 .6 5 $5.00 Min. Order - 15t Class Mail - No Charge LM75451 Dual Peripheral Driver .4 9
7448 1.1074164 1 .8974C173 2 .50 California Residents - Add 6% Sales Tax LM75452 Dual Periph eral Driver .49
7450 .24 74165 1.89 _ Wholesale Outlets - Write for Special Discounts LM75453 Dual ILM3511 .6 5
7451 .27 74166 1.65 8000 SERIES Write for FREE Catalog - Data Sheets .20t each
7453 .27 74170 3.00 8091 .59 L OS POWER SUPPLY KITS
7454 .3 9 74173 1.65 ~g~~ ,·3~ MV 10 5 /1 Variabl e Power Su p p ly
7459 .2 5 74174 1.85 8123 (59 MV 50 6 /1 5 to 25 Volt 1 Amp
7460 . 19 74175 1.85 8130 2 .19 MV 5024 5/1 Less Ch8ssi.S $19 .95...2er Kit
7470 .4 5 74176 .89 8200 2 .59 M 1 FIXED POWER SUPPLY
7472 .3 6 74177 .8 9 8210 3 .49 AN -1 .9 5 1 Amp . Specify one o f t h e
MAN -3 .95 ten available voltages plus
7473
.
43 74180 1 05
.
8223
8288
4 .00
1 15 P.O. BOX 822, BElMONT, CA 94002 MAN-4 1 .95 Plus Voltage: 5 -6 -12 -15-24

-.-.. 7474 .4 2 74181 3 .50 8520

20% tnsccunt for 100
Pieces Combined 7400
8826
1 :2 9
5 .00
8880 1.33 O~~~~~ (415) 592-8097
MAN-?
OL 33
D L747
1 .00
1.95
... ' , 0
M inus Voltage: 5 -6 -12·15 -24
Less . Chassi,S $16 .95 per Kit
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MICROPROCESSORS
lE U is ...... i"'i ..... il.~ 101 1"- t im t i.... . " VWh.... en ...,..-Iy ...... t ile 16 bi t miu opro •• kit . The IMaic kit inchHt. . 11 ,. uv
compo""" to b uild .. 16 bi t microptQ N . Opt ional .... ~ boat'dl .re n"illobl" " Uow i", PG'5ibl" .x~nsion o f It..- besic ~ .... to
m icrocomputer 01 m inic o mputer proportiona.

Batie Kit Inclu<Ms: PRI CE (bal'c k it! $349.50 A nil"bl. Opti onl
A printed cir cuit bo• • d~ (comp.,ibl" with 22 pi" "dll" con- 1 powe. s"pply compa"e"1 okll .
necIO'$ - no. supplied) 2 ",emory board #1 «.",pIOYl f lOl r . m l l
B m;c.oprocflOQ' c h ip . .I :3 m.mory board # 2 «. m p lo YI 1 101 uml end 5203 erHi ble
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on t h e working" end .pp lieelions 01 microproc....o . c hipo, refundable wit" pure"." 0 1 buie k il , . $ 5,00

10% OFF ON ORD ERS OV ER $25 .00

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PHONE (408) 659-4773

142 73 MAGA ZINE

IF 'YO U CAN SOLDER, YOU CAN
BUILD YOUR OWN
Clock Calendar
~@l!.mQ) ~'iJ't!\ 'iJ'~ ~'tl~'iJ'~~~o OIM~o has available a
CLOCK/CALENDAR kit containing over 120 separate electrical
components.
T he clear , si m p li fied instru ct ion s in cl ude step by
step construction procedures and ample illustrations
which will quickly take you through construction of
t his versat ile Clock /Calendar.
THE KIT FEATURES:
* DISPLAY OF DATE WITH MONTH AND DAY -
disp lays month and day automatically. t hrough
yea r, except for Febru ary 29.
* DISPLAY OF TIME ON 12 HOUR CYCLE - hours
and minutes d isplayed with A.M . and P.M.
indicators.
• A 24 HOUR ALARM OPTION - th is also in clud es a
sn ooze b utton w hich delays alarm an add ition al 10 PLEASE NOTE: These ki ts do not includ e cases.
minutes. T his kit w hen comp leted is a so ph ist icated device
* A 9 HOUR 59 MINUTE TIMING OPTION - this which offers many additional featu res due to its
allows ope ration of any p luggab Ie 600 watt, 120 flexibi lity, here are two examples of w hat can be
volt, 5 am p, 60 Hz elect rica l device suc h as a radio, don e w ith th is device;
room light, stereo or coffee pot. 1. You may set the timer to play your radi o for 15
* EASILY VISIBLE SPERRY® DISPLAY - this minu tes at bedtime, then the alarm allows you the
d isp lay is h igh ly visible in a we ll lighted room. option o f waking up to the radio in t he morn ing all
automat ically.
A n attractive case may be fabr icated of wood,
plexig las, meta l or whatever you feel would make an 2. Y ou may set the alarm to later start an appl iance
appropriate shew-case for your finished kit. which will opera te for the duration of the setting
on t he timer.
TO O RD ER:
Ord er Nu mber 01 ·12241 . BASIC CLOCK · Thi s kit d oes not includ e the 24 hour alarm opt ion or the 9 hour 59
minute app liance t imer op t ion. Pri ce $49.95.

Orde r Number 02·12241 . COMPLETE CLOCK : T his kit includes all available options. Price $65.00 .

SEND YOUR ORDER S T O :

SOLID STATE SYTEMS, INC.
P. O. BOX 6 17
CO LU MBI A . M ISSO UR I 6520 1

OR PHON E (TO L L F REE)

800-325·2981 - 800·325·2983

JA NUA RY 1975 143

 •

ANOTHER SELECTRONIC SPECIAL Miniature lever swit c h-mode l 29000 5/10' hole
For Th is I ssu e On ly mounting 1 9/32" behind panel 2 a mp silver
RAOIO RECEIVER R-392/URR contacts 3 P.S.T. 2P.S.T. 2 P.D .T.
Specify type 35<' 3/$1 .00
Freq . Range: SOO KC to 32 Me in 32 ba nds.
T y p es of Signals Receiv ed : CW. MeW, Vo ice ANOTHER TOROID INVERTER
(AM) a nd Freq. Sh ih Radio T eletyp e writ e r.
Typ e of Tunin g.Continuou s: Freq. Read Direct- Inpu t 27.5 V at 23 amps. Outpu t 1000 V at 500
ly o n Cou nter-Type Freq. Indic ato r. M et hod mAo 4 " ro u nd x 8W ' lo ng. 8 Ibs. Bot h inverters
of Calibratio n: Built-i n crystal Calibrator. Cal- operate on 12 VDC one half voltage output.S 14 .95
ibratio n Poi nts : Ever v tOO KC . Nominal Inpu t
Voltage: 28 Volts D C; wi ll op era te o n an input OIGITAL REAOOUTS SETS ..
o f 25 t o 30 V. Mak e your own cou nter , freq uency me ter,
PRICE : $195.00 F .O.B. Philadelphia. PA digit al voltme ter, read out s, etc . I nctudes ~ 6-8
Shipping Wt. SO JOO. (with schematic) 5031 m ixes wlsockets (,6" c haracter heigh t }, 1
tra nsformer. 1 p is board with socket.
With schematic, checked and guaranteed. Price : $ 12.95, 2/$ 20.00
1 Whip Antenna Sma ll 8 -5031 ni xi es no board wlsocket 4 /$ 5 .00
- less ant. base
1 Set Connecting Cables ANOTHER SP ECIAL
LARGE ALPHA NUMERIC REAOOUTS
1 Telegraph Key Two 8 79 71 tu bes in sockets , driver tra nsist o rs
a nd co mpo ne nts all o n o ne board - ca n be u sed
1 Head Set for clocks, cou nters. numerous other uses . .. .
Pr ice: S2 .00 a board , 3/$5 .00
1 Mike

We will i nclu de with every p urchase the fo llo w-

ing accessorie s fo r th e above rece iver - FREE

We have a few of the R·392/URR Receivers t hat

need m ino r repairs, good shape as is, p hysica lly
co mp lete. $125.00
TRIAO TRANSFORMER F· 22 11 5 volts, 60
Dealco Lamp Cartridges Red cycles 6.3V ct a t 20 a mps. S5.95
6V-40MA #39 Yellow 4 )( 1 50 D 28 volt filame nt $5.9 5.2/S10.oo
Specify color 25t! each or 4/$1 .00 White
MOOERN ALUMINUM BENCH RAC K C A B I N ET
ll Y, " H x 18" 0 x 1 9 " W . 8" pa nel openi ngs
w/r u bbe r feet a nd d isappearing han dle .
Allied control enclosed plug in relays Lt Blue Price: $ 7 .95 ea.
Mod·T·154 DC 12VDC
S.P.O.T. 4.P.O.T. AOJUSTABLE PRINTEO CARP BO X
D.P.D.T. 6.P.O.T. Fo r Rac k Moun t PRlCE $9 .95
Spec;fy type $1.00 each 6/$5.00 5" to 7Y." - 16 slides a nd sockets - inc lud es
30 dou b le contac t positio n edge co nnector type
Fibre Optic Light Guide
METERS - 1 3/ 4 square, 1 % hole mount - 1"
118" diameter 9" long with %" diameter brass ends
beh ind pan el. 0 - 2 5 m A FS. S2 .5O
$1.00 each 6/$5.00
SOCKETS
Mallory Sonalert model SC 628 Sockets for 4 )( 1 50 's - 2 sockets with
6·28 VDe input 3-14 MHz 2900 HZ chim ney, m ounte d o n aluminum chassis S7 .OO
2.00 each 3/$5 .00
T riad tran sform ers F·21 A 11 5 Volts 60 cycles
R-508 VHF RECEIVER 6.3 vc'r at 10 Amp s.
118·148 MHz , part o f AR C-60 aircraft radio Price : $4.95.
set. F ron t p ane l tu ning 11 8 -148 MHz . light· Oil Capacitor
we ight . corroect, 5" )( 6" )( 12". 28 V DC inp ut, 177 UFO - 1000 Volts $ 10 .00 2/$18.00
250V, SOmA, dy na mo tor. Price: $14.95
VU Volume Level .20 to + 3 $4.95
Al l p rices a re F.G.B. ou r wa rehouse, Philadel phi a, PA. All merc handise described accu rate ly t o t he
best of our knowledge. You r purc hase money refu nded if not satisf ied . Terms are cash . Minimum
o rder $5.00. All mercha ndise subject to pr ior sa le. R FE - Rem oved fr o m equipme nt.

1206 South Napa Street

~EIE(}TRONI(}~ Philadelphia, PA 19146

215-468·7891 215·468·4645

144 73 MAGAZ IN E
 MOTOROLA
MOTRACS: U43HHT 152-172 me . 30 watts output, solid state receiver. With accessories.
Single frequency $240 .00
Two frequency (if available) Tx $260.00
U63 HHT 152-172 me. 80 watts ou tpu t, solid state receiver . With accessories . Two
f r equency $350.00
(Motrae quantities are limited, first come, first served.}
MOTORCYCLE RADIOS: D33AAT 152-172 me, 10 watts output. solid state power
suppty . Front mou nt, less mike $ 40.00
T 33 AAT 152-172 mc,10 watts out;:>ut, so lid state power sup p ly, rear m ou nt with
head and cables . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 45.00
PORTABL ES : H21AAC·l % W output, dry battery supply (less battery) 30 to 50 me 25 .00
P31 AAC 5 watts output. dry battery supply (less battery) 30 to 50 mc $ 30.00
,
GENERA L EL ECT RIC
TPL's (TRANSISTORIZ ED PROGRESS LIN E). All T P L's have sol id state receiver a nd
exciter and have 3 o r 4 tubes in the transmitter.
100 1N8ttS output in the 30 to 50 me band, two frequency, with a NOISE
BLANKER . Less accessories . RE72J B3 . . . . . . . . . . . $300.00
Accessories for above $ 35.00
100 watts output in the 30 to 50 mc band,less accessories, T E72JA3 $225.00
Accessories for above $ 35.00
80 watts output in the 152·173 me band, less accessories . . . $200.00
Accessories for above .. • . . .. . . . . . .. . . $ 35.00

PROGR ESS L INES: 6 /12 volt vibrator supply .

MAlE 13N 30 watts output in 30 to 50 mc band, with accessorres for trunk
m o u nt , FUL LY NARROWBANDED $ 65.00
F A/ E 16 N 60 watts output in 30 to 50 me band, wit h accessories tor fro nt
mount, FULLY NARROWBANDED $ B5.00
MA/ E16 60 W output in 30 to 50 mc band, w/accessor ies for tru nk mou nt$l90 .00
MAl E 3 3 30 W output in 15 2· 1 72 mc band, w/accessor ies for tru nk mou nt $ 7 5 .00

PR O GR ESS LI NE S : 12 volt transistor power supply MT·42N 1 5 watts output in 450470

mc band, with accessories for trunk mount [narrowbandedl . . . . . $ 60.00
MT-13N 30 watts output in 30 to 50 me band, with accessories for trunk mount,
FU L LY NARROWBAN DED $ 100.00
MT-16N 60 watts output in 30 to 50 me ba nd, w it h accessories for tru nk mou nt,
FU L L Y NA RROWBAN DED $ 130.00

Quantities are limited on some items so send your check or money order today to

DU PAGE FM Inc.
P. O. Box 1, Lombard IL 60148, (3 12) 6 27-3540
TE RMS : All items sold as is. If not as represented return for exchange or refund lour option)
shipp ing c ha rged p repaid within 5 days of rece ipt . Illi nois reside nts mus t add 5% safes tax .
Perso nal checks must clear before shipme nt. All items sent shippi ng c ha rges collect u nless
otherwise agreed . Accessories do not include crystals, relay or anten nas .

JANUARY 1975 145

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A BC Comm ... mce ucos Communications Hdqtrs. Henry Radio Company Radi o Pro Shop
17541 15th N .E . 930 W. Washingto n St. 11240 West Olympic Blvd. Bon-Aire Sh. Ctr.
Sea ttle, WA 98155 San Diego , CA 9 2103 Los Angeles. CA 90064 AI. 8 . At- 422
Butler , PA 16 00 1
Acc;:essory Specialist Conley Radio Supply Hoosier Electronics, Inc.
At.l,Box 13 4 05 North 24 St. At. 25. Box 403 ROS$ Oistributill9 Co .
Rapid City . SO 57701 8 i11i ngs, MT 59101 Ter re Hau t e. INO 4 6608 112 So . First West
Preston, J D 83263
Ach r o nak R.c:lio Suppty • Craig Radio Howard Radio
185 W. Main St. 29 Sher burne Ave. 4 23 5 N. First Ru le Communicatton
Amste rdam NY 1201 0 Portsmouth. NH ro801 Abilene. T X 79603 PO Box 10 54
Laramie, WY 82070
Amate ur Elec:. Su pply CW Electronic Sales Co.
4828 Fond Ou lac: 14 0 1 Blak e St. Judge Electronics $electronics
Mil waukee, WI 53 216 Denver. CO 80202 3850 5 . Frwy . 2204 Del Paso Blvd .
FI. Worth. TX 76 110 Sacramento . CA 95825
Amateur Elec , Supply Douglas Electronics
17929 Euclid 111 8 So . Stap Jes Kass Electronics. Inc. Soquoia Stereo
a evela nd, Q H 44112 c:o,.pus Christi. TX 78404 2502 To w nsh ip Ad . 773 8th St.
Drexel Hill, PA 19026 Arcata CA 9552 1
Ama teur E lec. Supply Electronic Cent..., Inc.
621 Co mm o n'Mla l th 2929 N. Haskell Kensco Sales Sere Rose
Orlando, FL 38203 Dallas. T X 75204 46 Pearl St. 1465 Well s Stat io n
Quincy. MA 0 2169 Memph is, T ENN 38108
Amate ur R.dio Center, Inc. Elee:tronic [);st•• Inc. Sichel Equipment
2805 N.E. 2nd Ave. 1960 Peck St. K"us Radio, Inc. 245 E. Harris Ave .
Miami, Fl 33 137 Muskego, MI 49441 8400 N. Pioneer P kwy . So. San Fra nci sco . CA 94080
Peoria . ILL 6 16 14
Amateur Whsle. El ectronics Electronic Exchange Speetronics. Inc.
8817SW 129th Terr. 31 1 E. Walnu t St . 1009 Garfield
Miami, Fl 33165 N. Wales. PA 19454 LEC Electronics
PO Box 75 15 Oak Park. IL L 60304
Audio Land Electronic Radto Supply Pue blo West. CO 81007
Srepco
3 6633 S. Gratiot 23 15 10th Ave . So. 3 18 Leo
MI. Clemens. MI 48 043 Great Fa ll s, MT 59401 McGrath Electronics
85 15 Baseline Aoad Day to n.OH 45404
Barry Electronic:s Erickson Communications Lafayetle. CO 80026
Story Elec1ronic
5 12 BroadlMly 3501 Jarvis 441 Walnut
New York , NY 1001 2 Skokie, ILL 6 0076 M·Tron
281 1 Tele graph Road Wabash, IN O 46992
Bellaire Eleetrontc Supply M". Robert Foster Oa kla nd . CA 94609
Teletronics
5204 Bellaire Blvd. PO Box 19 8 4 175 San Fetipe Road
Bellaire, TX 77401 Tigeras, NM 87059 Mellen; Photo Labs.
San J ose, CA 95121
19 29 E . Bennett,
Bright Electroni<:s Gary Radio PO B Drawer B Texas Technical Products
6434 Colebridge Rd. N.W. &199 Clairemont Mesa Glensto ne 513 At. 2. Box 324·0
Atlanta, GA 30328 San Diego, CA 921 1 1 Spri ngfield . MO 65804 San Antonio. TX 78228
Buddy Sal" GDS Electronics M.J . Communic.tions Trimble Electronics
18552 Sherma n Way Box 691 - Aou te No . 1 1 J ac ksonville Hwy . 191 8 Mary Ellen
Reseda, CA 91335 Spoka ne. WA 99208 N. Little R ock , A R 7211 6 Pampa. T X 7 9065

Buddy Sal " Hellcomm Northern VA. Communic.tions Utah FM Sales

2445 Harbor Blvd. 585 1010"4 Ave. 729 N. Ed ison 1365 East 5360 South
Ventura, CA 93003 Riverside. CA 92507 Arli ngto n, VA 2 2 203 Salt Lake City UT 8411 7

Bur gh.rd! Amateur Center Hem Radio center Precision Radio Webst" Radio
P.O. Box 73 8342 Olive St. 7208 Prospect 2602 E. Ashlan
Wate rt own, SO 57201 St . Louis, MQ 6 31 3 2 Kansas City, MO 64 13 2 Fresno, CA 93726

C&A Electronics Ham Radio Outlet Portland Radio Supply Westcom Engin.ring
2529 E. Carson Street 999 Ho wa rd 1234 SW Sta rk P.O . Box 1020
Carson, CA 90745 Burli ngame, CA 940 10 Port land.O A 97205 Escondido. CA 92025

CFP Enterpr;.s Hamtrortics PrOlJ"eu Electronics Wilson Ektctronic::s

866 Aidge Ad . 4 033 Brownsville Ad . 825 Com merce 9:. P.O. Box 794
Lan sin g. NY 1488 2 Trevose. PA 19047 Longview, WA 98632 Henderson, NV 89015

COM EIBC"tronics Ham Shack R.E. Nebel LabOf"atory Yorks Radio

9CXJ Crain Hwy. SW 911 East Main 31 Whitehall Blvd . Court & Main
Glen 8urnie, MD 21061 Mesa . AZ 85203 Garden City, NY 11530 Houlton. ME 0473 0

Clayton Comm. Inc. HCJ Electronics Queen City Electronics Yucc. AS$Ociates
4 76 7 Clark, Howell Hwy . 82 14 East Sp ragJe 1583 McMakin Ave . 7606 Boeing, Su ite E
College Park, GA 30337 Spokane. WA 99206 Cirx: inna ti, O H 4 5231 EI Paso. T X 79925

Columbia Communications Henry Radio Company auement Electronics United Eleetronics

2617 West Fall s Ave 93 1 N. Euclid 5 1. PO Box 6 000 2 17 Second Ave. N
Kennewic k , WA 99336 Ana heim. CA 92801 San J o se. CA 95 150 Twin Falls. 10 8 3301

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RADIO RECEIVERS
COLLINS R·388!URR reeebet, military version of the S1J-3, tunes 500 kHz to 30.5 MHz, 19" rack mount, 115V!60 Hz . $375.00
COLLINS R·388A/URR receiver military version of the 51J-4, has switch for mechanical filters. tunes 500 kHz to 30.5 MHz, 19" rack
mount 115V!60 Hz • • • • • • • • • . • • . • . • . • . . . . • . . . • • . • • . •• . • . •. . . . . . $550.00
COLLINS R·3891URR VlF receber. tunes 15 kHz to 1500 kHz digital read-cut, 115V!60 Hz $485.00
R-J9Q1URR RECEIVER, tunes 500 kHz thN 30.5 MHz digital tuning, dual rf audio filters, 115V!60 Hz, 19" rack mccnt . $450.00
R·390AlURR RECEIVER, tunes 500 kHz thru 30.5 MHz, mechanical filters, 115V160 Hl19 " rack mount • . $595.00
HAMMARLUND SP-60OJX. tunes 540 kHz to 54 MHz in 6 bands, 115V!60 Hz, 19" rack mount . . . • . . • . • • . $375.00
MAMMARLUND SP·60OJX, VLF receiver 10 to 540 kHz in 6 bands, 115V!60 Hz, 19" rack mount , , . . . . . . $375.00
URR-13 RECEIVER, tuneable UHF 225-400 MHz, used to monitor military and satellite frequencies, 115V/60 Hz . $125.00
R·109/GRC, receiver 27 to 38.9 MHz FM, 28V, tuneable , . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 24 .50
8C-348 RECEIVER. tunes 20lJ.500 kHz and 1.5 to 18 MHz, 28 volt, easily converts to 115V/60 Hz by build ing a power supply 65.00
BENDIX MN·26C, radio compass receiver, 28V, 150 thru 1500 kHz . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18.50
ARN·14 omni receiver, t 08.1 to 135.9 MHz, synthesized, complete with mount and control head . • . . • . . . . .• $ 39.50
AN/GRC·9 trenseewer 1.8 to 12 MHz, CW, MCW, AM, 15 watts, ideal ORP on 160,80,40 mtrs -see March '70 "73 Magazine" 85.00.
ARN·5 g1idepath aircraft receiver 332·335 MHz, 28VDC, crystal controlled . . . . . . . . . S 9.50
BC·1206 Beacon receiver, tuneable 200-400 kHz. Ideal for VLF marine weather, 2aV . . ' . S 18.50
BC·733 receiver 108-fl0 MHz crystal controlled aircraft receiver, zav $ 7.50
NEMS-CLARKE 1455 telemetry receiver AMlFM, tuneable 215-260 MHz 115V/60 Hz $125.00
R·19ITRC-1 FM receiver, 7lJ.1DO MHz 115V/60 Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . . . . • . . . . • . $ 19.50
RT·594/ARC-38A. 2-20MHz, xcvr AMitw/SSB late military production of the Collins 618S-1 modified to SSB 1DOW' 28VOC $ 85.00
AN/PRC-6 Army handit talk;e 47 to 56 MHz, complete with antenna, less batteries . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . $ 21t.5o

TEST EnUIPMENT
TS-413/U SIGNAL GENERATOR 75 kHz to 40 MHz in 6 bands, precise calibration from 1 MHz crystal oscillator. Has % modulation
meter, CW or AM, 400/1000CPS variable 0-5o%, also If level meter B-1.0V, 115V/60 Hz . ldeaf for amateur, marine, aircraft or
hobbyist for alignment of reeebee, transmitten, transeelvers and kit building . • . . . . . • . . . . . • . . • . . . $ 95.00
SG·31U FM signal generator by Measurements Corp ., covers 50 MHz thtu 400 MHz in 3 bands, 01 to 100,000 MN calibrated output.
fully metered, a late military type generator for FM alignment in the amateur, marine and commercial field . 115V/60 Hz . . $375.00
MO 0 EL VO X·2 Technical Material Corp., variable frequency oscillator. Tuneable 2 thru 64 MHz, oven controlled, 115V/60 Hz 85.00
ELECTRO MODEL NF filtered de bench pOMr supply, metered lJ.50VDC and B-25 amps de. variable pot Size 9}SH x 14W)( 14L,
ideal power supply to run 12 or 28 volt equipment Filtered for transistor work $ 95.00
BALLANTINE 300 AC VTVM, 10 Hz to 150 kHz range, fMV to 100V in 5 ranges, logarithmic scale l -tOdB, accuracy 2% . $ 32.50
SG·341GPM-15 Loran test set. use to calibrate and test all Loran AlC receivers 115V/60 Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . • . $125.00
FREQUENCY COUNTER FR114/U 20 Hz - 1 MHz 6 digit Ni)(ie read·out.ldeal for low frequency or audio work . A scaler could be
designed to operate in higher ranges to cover amateur or commercial frequencies. A beautiful counter, goVI. Cost $3,800 .00 S 85.00
OSCILLOSCOPE PLUG ·INS, Tek type H, K,Lavoie LA545/·540, Hickok 1824, 1825, 1832. Each . . . . . . • . . . S 45.00
GERTSCH FM-5frequency divider, 19" rack mount 200 kc - 20 MHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 39.50
AN/PRM-l Radio interference and field intensity meter. Range 150 kHz - 25 MHz, sensitivity 1 MV . • . . . . . . . $185.00
GENERAL RADIO 650A impedance bridge. Direct reading for R.L.C . measurements . Has 1 kHz oscillator and detector . S 85.00
TS-33O!TSM crystal impedance meter range 1-15 MHz, lJ.9900 ohms, capacitance 12·110 MMF . . . . .• . . • • . $175.00
TS-382!U Audio oscillator lJ.200 kHz with 60 Ind 400 cycle reed frequency check point . $ 45.00
HP·524B frequency counter, base freq 10 Hz to 10 MHz, 6 wrtic:a1 read-out and 2 meters giving 8 digit read-out Extend range to 510
MHz with 525 series plultin . . . . . . . . .. . . . • • . . . . . . . . . • . $175.00
FREQUENCY CONVERTER PLUG ·INS for HP524, USM·26, FR·38 and Northeastern :
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Hp·525A 10-100MHz . . · $ 65.00
HP-525B 100-220 MHz • · $125.00
HP·525C 100·510 MHz • • • · $245.00
HP-526A Video amplifier • • · $ 85.00
HP-5268 Time interval plultin • • • · $ 65.00
HP-526C Period plultin · $ 65.00
HP 5618 digital recorder . • · $225.00
HP 206A audio signal generator 20 Hz to 20 kHz . · $145.00
HP 202A low frequeoc:y function generator, range 0.008 to 1,200 Hz in 5 decade ranges • • · $125.00
HP 650A oscillator, 10Hz to 10 MHz output 15MV or 3V into 600 ohms . · $ 85.00
GR 667A inductance bridge .1MHto 1HY, frequency range 60 Hz to 10 kHz accuracy .2% • • · $ 85.00
BOONTON 260A 0 METER 50KC to 50 MHz • • •• • · $115.00
HP430C POWER MOTOR, range 10 MHz to 40 GHz with appropriate mounts 19" rack mount · $ 39.50
HP 218AR digital relay generator with 2190 dual pulse unit . • · $245.00

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Military surplus airborne. ground IiIdio equipme nt,. test equipment,. receivers with prefixes ARC , ARN, ARM. APN. APX .
CU. GRC. VAC. URR, PAM, URe. SG. GPM. Send your surplus listi ngs today. We buy for usn or trade on new bOll ed
amateu r radio equipment We wa nt your su rplus equipme nt. Our 20th year in busi ness.

Hp·4000 VTVM . . . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . . •• • • • $ 69.50

BIRO 8833 1KW 50 ohm rf dummy load, type N connector • • • $ 85.00
UPM-13 CA LIBRATOR - pulse power . . . . .•• . . • • . $ 85.00
HP-421A VTVM. solid state . . . . • . . . . . . . . • • •• • ..• • . $125.00
SG·66/ARM-5 nmni signal generator use for aircraft t1 dio wOfk. same as ARC H·1 4 ••••••• • . $375.00
HP 3358 FM MONITOR has two panel meters to show carrier deviation and eereent of modulation with lamp to indicate peak
modulation. Ideal for FM broadcast statio n or commercial work . . . . • . . . . . . . $225.00
URM.120 Thtu-Line wattmeter in case with all plug·in elements. The best of watt meters $225.00

ATTENTION - LINEAR AMPLIFIER BUILDERS

BSW 850A pi-net inductor, designed for 80-1 0 meter amateur bands. Plate load impedance 2500-5000 ohms. used for si ngle and
parallel tubes series fe d circuits 813. 4-1 25, 4-400. 4·1000, rated d.c. 1 KW, new- boxed $ 66.75
BSW 852 pi-net induct or, designe d for 80-10 meter. plate load impedance 2000-4000 ohms. Used for sin{lle or parallel tubes, series or
shunt fed circuits, 3-400Z, 3-500Z. 3-1 OOOZ. 4C Xl OOOA etc.• rated de 1 KW, new-boxed . . . $ 66.75
Vacuum variable capacitor Jennings UCSl l(J.l 000MFO rated 5000 volts wth gear drive train and mounting bracket. Has shaft and
geari ng for manu al tuning, size 8W'lx 3"W x 3"H. Perfect spec's for KW linear • . . . . • . . . . . . • • . . • • • S 29.50
30 Am p Bifilar Ferrite Filament Choke for grounded gri d linear amplifiers, use with any tube or pair whe n total current is 30 amps
or less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 8.50
New fa ctory fresh Eirnac tubes, factory guaranteed 3-400Zl8163 $48.00; 3-500Z 548.00; 3·1 000Z/8164 5125.00; 4CX250B $44.00;
4X150A .S32.50; 4-65A $37.00; 4-250A S57.00; 4-4 00A $60.00; 4-400C $67.00. l et us qu ote you on other EimacNarian tubes.
Eimac tube sockets, SK51 0 for 3-1000Z. 4-1000A $15.00; SK410 fo r 3-400Z. 500l. $14.00; SK650 for 4Xl50A, 4CX250B, no
screen by-pass 513.50: SK620 for 4X150A, 4C X250B has screen by-pass $24.00; SK516 chimney for 3-1000Z 528.00; SK416
chimney for 3-400Z 3-500Z $14.00; SK626 chimney fo r 4X150A, 4CX2 50B ee., $4.00. 304Tl tube socket $10.00; 8873, 8874,
8875 t ube socket $5.00. Other socket and chim neys in stock - write.

572BfT160l tubes, fa ctory fresh , . . • , . , , , , , , , . , . . . . . • $ 18.50

811A tubes, factory fresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • , $ 9.50
BSW Protax antenna switches with automatic grou nding. rated 1000W D.C. VSNR to 150 MHz, silver plated conductors. Modef 375 6
position rear mounted SO-239 connector . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18.50
Model 376 5 position si de mounted SO·239 connectors , , $ 18.50
B&W model 331A " liner Dipper" gri d dip oscillator 2·230 MHz, uses 9V battery hand hel d, plug-i n coils . stainless steel case. size 7" x
21,4" x 2 ~". Solid state. latest 1975 models. save money , . $ 95.00

CV-1758/URR TMC model MSR·9 SSB conve rter designed for detecti on of SSB signals. Th e MSR (mode select or receiving) will also
improve reception of CW, MCW. AM and FSK signals. Works with all military and commercial receivers with 455KC IF. Size 19"W x
5~ H " x 13W'O; WT 26 Ibs. l ate Vietn am version ofthe CV·59 1A!URR conve rter . . , • . . • • • • . $125.00
IP-581APN·70 l oran indicator. Has 5CPI A tube. Ideal to make a modulation indicator or e'secpe •• • $ 18.50
Model 28 KSR teletype machine with keyboard $225.00

When you are buying, selling or t radi ng keep us in mind on you r surplus electronic needs.
We also stock new-boxed Clegg, Regencv, CushCraft. Drake. SWil n. Mosley. Hy-gain. CDR, B&W. Eimac, ASP, SBE. ee .
Before you buy. write us for low low low prices.

Send y our order today. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Imm ediate shipment
FOB Otto, N.C. Write or phone Bill Slep ( 704) 524-75 79.

Slep Electron.ics P.O. BOX 100 DEPT 73

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TEMPO SOLlD,STATE POWER AMPS

MODEL DRIV E POWE R OUTPU T POW ER PRICE
1202 5 -25 watts 100· 13 5 w a tts $228
120 2 8 ' -2 . 5 watts 120 -1 30 watts $239
8 02 5 -12 watts 7 0 ·9 0 w a tt s $190
8 02 8 1 ·2 .5 watts 8 0 -90 w a tt s $195
502 5 -15 watts 35 -55 w att s $110
502 8 ' -2 . 5 watts 4 5 -50 w att s $130
3 02 1 -2 . 5 watts 3 0 -35 watts $93
U.S . Made 15 2 1 watt 1 5 watts $59

And many more from SSE/Clegg/ICOM/ Kenwood/Tempo/Antenna Specialists/L arsen

Make ERICKSON your headquarters for all your FM needs .
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Extended hours: Days 9 - 4:30, Monday through Saturday,'
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008A MICROCOMPUT ER KI T "THE CUB E" Ful ly assembled subaudible tone
8008 CPU, 1024 x 8 memory ; memory is expand- generator for small handhe ld o r portab le F M radios.
able. Kit includes manual with schemati c, program- 9 - 16 volts ; no moving parts ; set anywhere between
ming instructio ns and suggest io ns; all f Cs and parts 98 & 240 Hz with a trim res isto r.
supplied except ca binet , fuses & hardware. Includes .5"x.6"x .7" 519.95
p.e. boa rd. 5375. 00 Set on freq uency by th e factory, S5.00 ex tra
MAN UAL ON LY, 525.00
008A-K ASCII KEYBOARD INPUT KIT
Inclu des keys, p.c. board, all ICs. power supply. PS 5-1 5v 1a regulated power su pply kit w ith p.c.
instruct ions, schematic. Intended to interface ON LY board & instructions. Board measures 2 " x 5", com-
with the RGS Electronics 008A Microcompu ter. pleted kit is 2" high. Transformer has internal r.f.
550.00 shield. 58.00
PS 25-1 0 to 25v 1a lab ty pe power supply with adjustable current
TTL limi ting ; remote sens ing & remo te prog ramm ing fo r voltage & current.
7400 5 .20 7485 $ 1.40 Instruct io ns included. All parts except chassis, rneterfs ], p.c. board .
7401 .20 7486 .50 Kit of parts w ith schemat ics $1 4 .9 5
7402 .20 74B9 2.90 P.C. bo ards available, No . 00 7 53.00 ea
7403 . .20 7490 .80 * We have b rand new 8038 function ge nerators. S5.25 ea
7404 .25 7492 .BO
7405 7493 BRAND NEW ALUM . ELECTROLYTIC CAPS, RA DIAL L EAD
.25 .60
7406 .45 7495 .60 IOwv 35wv 50wv
7407 .45 7496 .85 1mfd S . 10 S . 12 S .15
7408 .25 74 107 .50 2mfd . 10 .12
7409 .25 74 12 1 .60 5mfd . 10 .12
7410 .20 74 122 .60 10mfd . 11 . 13 . 16
741 I .30 74 123 1.10 30mfd .12 .20 .28
7413 .85 74125 .65 SOmfd .13
7416 .45 74 126 .65 100mfd .15 .30 .45
200m fd .20 .70
74 17 .45 74 141 1.25
500mfd .28 .75
7420 .20 74150 1.70 1000mfd . 50
7430 .20 7415 1 1.00
7432 .30 741 53 1.40 TRANSISTORS 1- 9 1ll+
7437 .50 74 154 1.70 2N2222 (NPNI TO- 18 5 .25 5 .20
7438 .50 74 157 1.40 2N2907 (PN PI TO-18 .25 .20
7440 .20 74 16 1 1. 50 TO-92 general purpose NPN & PNP transistors, beta> 100,
7442 1.10 74 163 1.70 breakdown > 4 0v 5 .08 each 55.95/1 00
7446 1.45 74164 2.00
7447 1.45 74 165 2.00
7448 1.45 74166 1.75 JUNCTION FETs, TO- 18
7450 .20 74174 2.20 N-CHANNE L : SIMI LA R TO :
7451 74175 2.20 NJ F10 2N44 16, MPF102 3/$ 1.00
.20
NJF 11 2N409 1-93 4 /$1.00
7453 .20 74176 1.60
NJF 12 2N43 38-4 1 4 /$1.00
7454 .20 74177 1.35 NJF13 2N3089 3/$1 .00
7473 .45 74 181 3.90 NJF14 2N42 21-22 4/$1.00
7474 .45 74 192 1.50 P-CH ANNEL
7475 .80 74193 1.45 PJF11 2N3382-86 4/$ 1.00
7476 .50 74195 1.00 PJF14 2N260B 4 /$1 .00
7483 1.10 74200 8.00 All FETs come with data sheets.

RGS ELECT RONICS

3650 Charles St., Suite K • Santa Clara, CA 95050 . (403247 -0 158)

We sell many ICs and components not lis ted in this ad. Send a stamp for our free fl yer. TERMS OF SA LE:
All orders prepaid; we pay pos tage. S1.00 handling charge on orders under S 10. OO. California reside nts please
include sales tax. Please include name, address and zip code on all orders and flyer requests. Prices subject to
change without no tice.

DISCOUNTS: 10% OFF ORDERS O VER S25.OO; 20% OFF ORD ERS O VER S250.00.

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7-Segment Readout C T I.I L SPECIAL

~ 12-PIN DIP Complementary Tr ans ist or
This l og i c faml1 y i s un i que in t hat
Three df gits with ri ght- hand decf ma 1 bot h NP Nand PNP t r ansistor s are
l ogi c. 25K Trimmer
PRINTED CIRCU IT BOARDTYPE
EACH $ .20 10 FOR $I.50
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Pl ugs i nto DIP sockets combi ned i n the s ame package . un-
Simil ar t o ( LiTRONIX) DL337 like TTL & OI L. t he ou tp u ts are Rectifiers

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Magnifi ed d ig i t appro xima t e ly . 1" cur rent sources (i n the high s ta te) VARO FULL-WAVE BRIDGES
Cat hode for each dig i t as wel l as si nk i ng c urre nt in the V5447 2A 400V $ .90
Segments are para llel fo r multiple low state. T he s e are brand n e w V5 647 2A 600V $1.10
operation un its , some of whi ch ar e mfsmar ke d
5-10 MA per segment w1t h Oll number s . MR810 Rect1f ier SOV lA $ . 10
EACH $3.00 4 (12 Di gi ts) $11.00 crt, 9956 dual 2-f nput
AND buffer S pecial 811: Hex Inverter
RCA Numitron CT L 9953 2-2-3-i nput TT L DIP Hex I nve rte r; pi n i nt e rc ha ngeab le wft h SN

2J - AND/OR gate 7404. Pa rts are bran d n ew and bra nded Signe t ics
EACH ...........• $ 5 .00 an d marked "811."
CTL 9952 dual 2-input

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NOR ga te EACH....... $ .30
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SPECI AL: 5 FOR $20.00 pm 10 FOR .•... 2.50
Data supplied; al l parts are dual -
DR2010 in-li ne . MI X OR MATCH. 5 FOR $1.00 SHEET 100 FOR . . .• 23.00
SUPPLIED 1000 FOR... $220.00

Potter & Brumfield ill

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MV50 Red Emitting s .20 Rig ht - hand decimal poi nt .
, 10- 4 MA @ 2V 10 FOR $1.25 Fla t - pack t ype case. Long
24 VOC (650
coi l) ... . $1.50
~ : opera ti ng l i f e . IC vol -
tage requiremen ts. I deal EACH $1.25
, ,• MV 5024 Red TO- 18 $ .35 f or poc ke t ca 1cu 1ato rs~ 10 OR MORE $1.00 EA
120 VAC {l0.5 MA High Dome 10 FOR $2.95
co il) .... $1.75 ~ ~AN 4 7-Segme nt , 0-9 plus l e t ters .
Rl gh t - hand decima l poi nt. Snaps in 14-
Power Supply SPECIAL! MVI 0B Visible Red
5-7MA@2V
$ .30
10 FOR $2 .50
,-, pin DIP socke t or Molex. IC voltage re -
qu i rements. Ide a 1 for des k or poc ke t
723 DIP va riab l e regulato r chip 1- 40Y , jC!
+ or - outpu t@ 150 MA I DA with ex t e r- cetcutatoes:
CMOS
na'l pass transis to r - - wft h diag rams f or
many app lica tio ns.
CD4001 I .75 CD4023 $ .75 '= EACH $2.75 10 OR MORE $2.50 EACH
10 FOR $8.95 C04002 .75 74C20 .75
EACH $1.00 CD4011 .75 74Cl60 3.25 CD-2 Cou nter Kit
C04012 . 75
~SPECIAL Thi s k i t provi des a hig hly sop hist icated displ ay
section modu le fo r clocks , co unters , or ot her nu-
Special 741 fully -compe nsa ted ope ra -
3-Amp Power Silicon Rectifiers merica l disp lay ne eds . T he unit is . 8" wi de and
4 3/8" long. A si n91e s -vot t power sou rce powers
t io nal amplifiers. 14- Pi n DIP (only). MARKED EPOXY AXIAL PACKAGE both t he ICs and the d is pl ay t ube . It ca n atta i n
Unmarked , t ested , guaranteed. Super
PRV PRICE PRV PR ICE t ypi cal count ra tes of up to 30 MH z and a lso has
Special ~ a lamp test , caus ing a ll 7 segme nts to l igh t . Kit
10 FOR $3 .00 100 ••.. .. $.10 800...... $ .30
EAC H $.35 i nc ludes a z-s t ded (with pla ted th r u hol es ) f i ber -
200 •.. .. . .15 1000. .. .. . 40
400•. . . .. .18 1200..... . SO glass pri nted c t rcui t board , a 7490 , a 7475 , a
5001 Calculator 600 ... .. . .23 1500••. .. . 65 7447, a OR2010 RCA Numi t r on disp lay tube , comple te
40 -Pi n ca lculator chip wi l l add, s ub- i nstruc tions , and enough MO LEX pi ns f or t he ICs ...
tract, mu ltiply , and div i de . 12-d igit DIODE ARRAY 10-1N914 s t l t ccn NOTE: boa rds can be supplied in a si ng le pa nel of
displ ay and calc ula te. Chain calcula - sig nal diodes i n 0 n e package . 20 up t o 10 digits (with a 1 1 interconnec ts) ; t here-
t t cns. Tru e credit bal anc e si9n out - leads spaced . 1" ; no comcn ccnnec- fo r e , when orderin9, pl ease specify wh et he r you
pu t. Automa t ic over-flow indica tio n. tions . wan t them i ns i ngle panels or i n one mu l tip le
Fixed decima l poi nt at 1, 2, 3 , or 4 .
Leading zero su ppression . Complete
data supplied with chip.
~~ EACH .. ... $.29
10 FOR $2.50
digit boa rd. Not specifying wi ll resu lt in s hip-
ping delay.
COMPLETE KIT ONLY $11.95
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ELECTROniCS Boards supplied separa tely @ $2.50 per digit.
High Quality PCB
Mounting IC Sockets 7400 I .25 74H51 I . 35 L I N E A R S
74HOO .35 7453 .20
8-PIN , 14-Pf n , 16- Pi n and 24-Pi n PCB 7401 .20 7454 . 25 NE540 70-Wat t power dri ver amp . .. . .. . . . ..•. $2.00
Precision t i me r .. . ......... . . . . ...... 1.50
.35 74154 • 35 NE555
mo unti ng ONLY - -no wire wr ap sockets. 74HOI Phase l ock loop DIP .. ....... ......... 3. 25
.35 NE560
1402 .35 74155
NE561 Phase l oc k l oop DIP .... .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 3.25
8-Pin ......... .... $ .22 7404 .28 7460 .20
NE565 Phase l ock l oop TO-5 ........ .. ....... 3 .25
74H04 .35 7417 1 .30 Func t i on ge nera tor TO- 5 .. . ........... 4 . 00
7405 .28 7472 . 40 NE566
14- Pi n .•... ... $ . 26 NE567 Tone decoder TO-5 . .... . . . . . . . • • . . . . . • 3 .00
7406 .70 74172 .SO Popu lar Op Amp DIP .. . . . . . . . . ... .•••.. .45
7408 .35 7413 .60 709
16- Pi n . . . . . . . • $ .30 710 Voltage comparato r DIP . . . . . . . . . . • . • • . .75
74H08 .35 74173 .75 . 40
.65 711 Dua l compa ra to r DIP •..... .. . . .. . .•••.
•
24- Pin .. . . . . . • $ .75 7410 .25 7474
Pr ec is ion vol tage regula tor OIP. . . . .. 1.00
7413 1. 25 74H7 4 .80 723
1. 40 741 Op amp TO-5 / MINI DiP . .. .• .. . .•. .. . ... .55
.40
... ..
• 40-Pin ... ...•••• $1.25 7417 7475 1. 50
.25 7476 . 60 747 Dual 741 op amp DIP •••.. . .. . . . .. ... . .
7420 Op Amp TO-5 ........... .. . . .. ......... 1. 00
745
All IC'S " and f ul l y- t es t ed .
Leads a re pl ated wi t h gol d or solder .
74L20 . 35 74L78 .80
.65 CA3018 2 Isolated t r ansis to rs an d a Oar li ng -
74H20 .35 7480
ton-connec t ed t r a ns t s tor pa i r .. . . . . 1. 00
Orders for $5 or more wi l l be shipped 74H22 .35 7483 1. 00
CA3026 Dua l differen t ia l amp ..••••• . .. . ..... 1. 00
prepaid . Add 55¢ for handling and 7430 .25 7489 4 .00
1. 00
postage for smaller orders: residents 1.20 CA3045 5 NPN t ran s i s t or a rra y •... . . . . . .. ....
74H30 .35 7490
LMIOO Posit ive DC r egu l a tor TO- 5 ... .. ... . .• 1. 00
of c alifornia add sales tax. IC orders 74L30 . 40 7492 .90 1. 25
ar e s hipped within a wor kdays--kits . 25 7493 1. 15 LHI05 Vo ltage reg ul ator ....................
7440 1. 25
are shipped wi t hi n 10 days of receipt .35 7495 1. 15 LM302 Op Amp vo l tage fol lowe r TO- 5 ... .. .. ..
74H40 2 . 00
l M308 Op Amp TO- 5 . . . . . . • • • • • • • • . . • . . . • • . . . .
of order. $10 mi ni mum on C.O.D. 's 7441 1.25 74L95 2.00
LM309H 5V 200 MA power supp ly TO-5 .......... 1. 00
(phone in). (916 ) 334-2161 7442 1.20 74107 .70
LM 309K 5V 1A powe r s upp ly modu l e TO-3 ....... 2.00
MA I L ORDERS: 7447 1. 50 74145 1. 20 1.75
4811 Myr tl e Ave . LM 311 Comp ar ator TO-5 ........... . ..........
P. O. Box 41727 7450 .25 74180 1. 25 2. 00
Sacramento. CA 1. 50 LM370 AGC ampli f i er ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. .
Sacramento. CA 74H50 .35 74193
l M380 2- Wat t Aud io M.p.. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . 1. 75
95841 95841 . 25 74 195 1. 00
MOHEY BACK GUARANTEE ON ALL GOODS !
7451
74L51 . 30
LH1 595 4- Quadr ant mu l t i pl i e r • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . . z. oo
HC1 536T Op M.p . .. . ...... .. . ............. .... 2.00
SE ND FOR FREE FLYER LI STI NG l Oa ' s OF
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SIMPLEST! FINEST! SMALLEST!
L~==':::::- 6·FUNCTION AC·DC
CALCULATOR KIT!
• Lightweight. pocket size
Extra large display
• • function' plus. minus,
timeS. percentage. constant
• Floating decimal
• Chain and Mix calculations
• True credit balance
• Simplified Indexing
• Mark up and Mark down
• Constant multiplication and
divisi on. AC adaptor Jack 8 -DIGIT "TEXAS INSTR UME NT"
inc lude l T. t k e yboard lKS1 4 9 BAS IC KI T tl7 -
W ith T. I calc ulator c h i p TM S Oi 2.stan d ard 4-fun c t ion .
The f ew e st p lll"ts i n e, kit . I m ag ine t he pc board o nl y l e n s .. Mic r o s w l t c h ( o n - oft ) 9' di I ' p.c. b o ard, c a s e,
hll.8 the e h l p, 4 r e ai s ton. t wo trlUl lllllt o U , two d ri ve r etudes di a&"ra m . $16.95 . - g t ANTE X arr a y; in·
le ', with the 9 dig it readout. S I M P LEI Y ou b et i t is.
tor atory, Kit Inc lu d es: a ttrac tive black ceae with re d
filter: Fl e x Key ( typ e 20SK- 66) 1 8 key keyboard that 6&8
meaeuree only 2 112 x 2" with 2 IIwitches, o ne for ON·
OFF, o ne f or K c onstant ; MAI N p c b o ard; readout
D IGIT MI NI CALCULATOR BASICS
board: f am ous Cal T e ch 5 03 0 ae-nre c al culat or ch ip; .50 .mall fits In 'ur pal mi " T h' e k
two 7 1S 49 1 Ie drivel"ll ; H ewlett P ac k ard 9 d igit arTa )'; _ E• • le.t ba.ies . roundl ey
ac jack ; 9 Volt b a ttery connector r e s is t ors ; two t r an - - Req u lr • • • pprOJl: . 6 more p.rto.. parts kits"
s i s tor s ; b a c k protec t ive plate; nece ulLI'Y wire plugs;
b'ltbdle n s, .UP n ine digi~n~('::dno ·ut:n~II~~e~ i f.n il case,
easy (nltructiOIUl. (Leu 9 volt Itandard Hb attery a nd
KIT NO. 5030 - 6 f t!
AC adapte r) I M AGIN E! o nly 2 11:z x 1 X 41J2 • 01Ll' , malll p c board . I k h u IP ex p c
.II w it c h e.ll perctont an d ' mill ey oard ( w i th t wo
2~ S N 7 5 4 9 1 drivers ' C;:O~t)" '.,
adaPte.r ia~k ,
'!,~L LED' MONSANTO READOUTS d lB.ltram ea cu ator cblp Wlt b
KIT NO: 5031 _ 4 fun . 0 $ 16 .9 5
MONSANTO CHAR. SALE Ou-ntJty u . e . CT50 31 h · ette n , l ame BI 5030 except
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cbip (M K50250)
M...N_ 0 MAN.64 .4 3 .50 3 for $ 9 . Beepin and audib le alarm! CLOCK ON THE CHIPS
• 0 MAN .7 .27 1.50 3 for. 3 . All foet abet unr e la rInlernal
allO e external
brig. bt-
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o MK50250 B EEPER O NLV S 8 50
_ M...N-a4 .35 LED matrix n e ll . control, The CT700 1 o CnOOl A la r m . nd D. t e . : $ 1 2 : 5 0

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THREE QUARTER 7 II r e q aullrarm
of e l , external triggerinll:
date o f the montb
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INCH DIGITS 3 'or $13 - elt a nd d irect drive t o LED SCRS
I
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OPCOA SLA·l
RIEFLIECTIVIl readouts , Bot h re q u ire m jrr-
imum curre nt drain and
! T RIA CS'
QUADRACS. '•

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SL"'-3H R'O
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LED R EADOUT v o lta... f ', h
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• 0 to 9 SLA -13 GREEN $2 SO 0 Red
SLA _14. G R E E N .
L ED r ead ou t s . 12 or 24
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5N7401 .1T SN7442 1 .15 M ol o n ZM04047, 11 6 ' vac
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o Clegg 83, 85
D Coa kit 122
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o Comm. Unltd. 140 o Regency 90
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o Oatak 29 o Rohn 98 EASTERN UNITED STATES TO:
o Data Sig. 11 5, 129 o Selectronics 144 GMT : 00 02 001 06 08 10 12 14 II II 20 22
o Delta 128 o Sentry 11 , ,
ALASKA
o Dentron 45 o Slep 148,149 AR Gf N TINA 1 1 B 1 1 1 1 ,. ,. ,. ,. ,.... ,.
o DuPage 145 o Solid State Surplus 153 AUSTRALIA I. 1B7B7Bl 13B l , . , .B ,.
D Ee M 111 o Solid State Systems 143 CANA L ZONf 7 7 7 7 7 1 1 ,. , .
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