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QST 2004 ARTICLES
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December 2004
ANTENNA: Building a Medium-Gain, Wide-Band, 2 Meter Yagi 33-37
ANTENNA: Surviving in Suburbia, how I learned... to love simple antenna 47-48
ANTENNA: The FARApole, protable HF ant for 6 through 20 m, for toting 52-54
ANTENNA: Spi-Ro AS-2 All-Band Antenna, Spi-Ro Antenna $65 800-728-7594 55-55
ANTENNA: The Ubiquitous PL-259 56-56
ANTENNA: The "TENNA-TUNE": Simple Control/SWR Indicator 4 Screwdrvr Ant 59-59
REVIEW: Emtron DX-1d HF Linear Amplifier, Australia, P: 612-92110988 61-63
REVIEW: A Survey of 2 Meter/70 Centimeter Diplexers 63-67
SOFTWARE Programming for the Pocket PC 38-42
STORY: The Christmas Tree, by K9YNF Wayne C. Long 44-46
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #
UHF/VHF: A Water Cooled Amplifier for 23 cm 28-32
December 2004
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November 2004
ANTENNA: Achieving Near Perfection with the Imperfect Rhombic 28-32
ANTENNA: Antenna Mounts for all Occasions 56-58
ANTENNA: Coaxial RF Connectors for Microwaves 92-94
BOOK: Antennas From The Ground Up, Vol 2, L.B. Cebik MFJ-3307 $20 41-41
BOOK: Build your Own Low-Power Transmitters #9458 $42 [ARRL] 41-41
DOCTOR: Ground and Ground, baluns, motor-boating, dipoles & 450 ohm LL 54-55
HINTS: Surface-Mount Tweezers, USB-RS232, Tunning A Wire J-pole(KE3FL)65-65
INTERNET: Internet Killed teh Radio Ham? [HamBlog] 88-88
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
PROJECT: A 12 V dc Boost Regulator for Battery Operation 37-41
PROJECT: Head on Down to 60 60-60
PRODUCTS: MFJ USB to PC Serial or Parallel Port Adapters, TX switch [MFJ] 101
REVIEW: ICOM IC-2200H 2 Meter FM Transceiver [ICOM] 66-68
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-897D & FT-857D MF/HF/VHF/UHF All-Mode Transceiver TXR 68-71
SAT: An Economical Satellite Station 33-36
SHORTAKE: SGC SG-211 Automatic Antenna Tuner [Links] 59-59
SHORTAKE: Powerport 73 Portable Power Supply [Links] 63-63
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #22--Stubs 61-62
TECH: A Multiband VFO Using the AD-9830 Evaluation Board 72-74
November 2004
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October 2004
ANTENNA: On the Quest for an Ideal Antenna Tuner 35-39
ANTENNA: A 10/17 Meter Hanging Loop Antenna 42-45
ANTENNA: An SWR Indicator for the MFJ-902 Antenna Tuner (Project) 58-60
ARES: A Pocket APRS Transmitter, in ALTOIDS tin! 40-41
DOCTOR: Ferrite core FT-50-75 & Balun questions 56-57
HINTS: Kenwood TS-850(S) Battery Replacement, Improvements to the 2- 66-67
HINTS: Meter CU LOOP. A Parts Holder for Tower Work, Cure Elusive TVI 66-67
PROJECT: A High Quality Speaker System for the Ham Shack 28-34
PROJECT: An SWR Indicator for the MFJ-902 Antenna Tuner 58-60
PRODUCTS: Searchable ONline CQ Magazine Archive [Link] 75-75
REVIEW: The Elecraft XV144 2 Meter Transverter Kit [Link] 68-71
REVIEW: WaveNode WN-1 Station Monitoring System [Link] 71-74
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #21: The L-Network 62-63
October 2004
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September 2004
ANTENNA: Using Simple Antennas for ISS Contacts 34-36
ANTENNA: A 6 Meter Halo 37-39
ANTENNA: HF Antennas 101, Here are 10 tips every ham should know 56-56
ANTENNA: Short Takes: DX Engineering Radial Plate [Link] 57-57
ARES: Public Service: Winlink for ARES-Part II 74-75
ARRL: Bandwidth band plans proposed [Link] Fire Tips [Link] ?
ECHO: Amateur Satellites: Echo in Orbit: 435.3 dwn/145.920 up Analog 80-80
ECHO: Amateur Satellites: Echo in Orbit: 435.15dwn/145.860 up Digitl 80-80
HISTORY: W1AW Vintage/AM Station Ready for Visitors 41-43
NEW: Transmit/Receive Microprocessor Controlled Sequencer [Link] 53-53
PROJECT: The Hapirat - An Audio and computer Control Panel 28-33
PROJECT: Improved Amplifier Interfaceing for the Yaesu Mark V FT-1000MP 51-53
REVIEW: A New Generation of Balanced Antenna Tuners: MFJ-974(H) 60-66
REVIEW: Palstar AT4K & AT1500BAL; E.F. Johnson Matchbox 63-66
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #20: The Differential Amplifier 54-55
TECH: A Simple Well-balanced Crystal Oscillator 67-67
September 2004
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August 2004
ANTENNA: The Single Band G5RV (VE3JKC makes one for 17 meters) 39-40
ANTENNA: A Compact Low frequency Loop Stick Antenna (LF) 41-44
ANTENNA: Yo-Yo-Vee Portable Antenna, 1, 2, or 3 [Yo-Yo-Vee] 57-57
ANTENNA: Array Solutions OptiBeam Antennas, rotators, & controller [AS] 57-57
ANTENNA: QHTenna 2 Meter and 70 cm Turnstiles [Click Here] 60-60
DOCTOR: is IN: estimating tree height, Parts lookup, Meter water, 53-54
DOCTOR: Monitoring modulation output with Oscilloscope 54-54
HINTS: Microphone holder (magnet), circuit board prep, install ground 62-62
HINTS: rods, quiet fan, mic A-B switch, Be careful w TV RX screens 62-63
HISTORY: OLD RADIO: Heathkit [The rest of the story] 86-87
INFO: Fun With QSK (full break-in) (spice up next CW QSO qith QSK) 61-61
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
NEWS: HAM Radio-carrying Rocket makes it to Margin of Space 72-72
PROJECT: The Code Player (portable CW practice w microcontroller) 28-31
PROJECT: Homebrweing a Desk Microphone (N1LGI frying pan handle mic) 37-38
PROJECT: An RF Driven On-Air Indicator, useful accessory for the shack. 56-57
REVIEW: SHORT TAKES, MixW RigExpert rig interface USB digital modes [R]55-55
REVIEW: ICOM IC-7800 HF and 6 Meter Transceiver, $10,600. 64-70
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #19: Current Sources 58-59
TEACHING: Mentoring in the On-Line World (ARRLs ed programs use mentors) 52-52
TECH: QST Product Reviews--In Depth, In English (how/what/why...) 32-36
UHF/VHF: What to Expect on 6 (Summer=soradic E, magic at other times) 49-51
August 2004
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July 2004
ANTENNA: Copper Loops for 222 AND 440 mhZ 58-62
ARES: Taking Emergency Communications Training to the Next Level #3 80-82
HINTS: CO Detector RFI, Key Paddle Hold-down (stop it moving) 65-65
HINTS: Taming Computer Power Supply Noise, Easy Power Switch Guard 65-66
HINTS: Alkaline vs Heavy Duty Batts, Save "Fogged" Plastic, H2O proof 66-66
HUMOR: OLD RADIO, Push to Talk & the Pacent Relay, Museums 88-89
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
PROJECT: The NUE Key--An Electronic Touch Sensor Paddle 28-31
PROJECT: A CTCSS Tone Encoder with Morse Code Readout 32-34
PROJECT: Remote DC Power Through Your Coax 35-37
PRODUCTS: Programmable Battery Analyzer from CADEX 42-42
PRODUCTS: W4RT Announces Controller for Motorized Antennas W4RT 42-42
PRODUCTS: Sounds Sweet Speaker, $99 Sweet 57-57
REVIEW: WiNRADiO G303i Shortwave Receiver, card for computer WinRadio 67-70
REVIEW: Kenwood TH-K2AT 2 Meter Handheld Transceiver Kenwood 70-72
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #18: Frequency Response 63-64
TECH: About FM, learn its fundamentals to demystify FM behavior 38-42
UHF/VHF: The IF Rig, using a transverter on ICOM IC-756, TT562"6N2", K2 90-91
July 2004
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June 2004
ANTENNA: A 75 foot Top Loaded Vertical ANtenna (for 160 & 80 M) 35-39
ANTENNA: A Q&D Multiband Antenna 58-59
ANTENNA: Notes on Modeling LPDAS in MiniNEC (L.B.Cebik/W4RNL) 72-73
ARES: Taking Emergency Communication Training to the Next Level-Prt2 85-86
HINTS: A Protable Shack (In a cooler, QRP) 64-65
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
PROJECT: Give That Drake Receiver a New Lease on Life (Crystal Elim) 28-34
PROJECT: The Ten-Tec 6 Meter Transverter on 12 or 17 Meters 40-44
REVIEW: Two from Kenwood-TS-480SAT & TS-480HX HF+50 MHz Transceivers 66-71
SOFTWARE: CircuitMaker Student Version (SHORT TAKES) 60-60
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #17: The Phase-Shift Oscillator 62-63
June 2004
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May 2004
ANTENNA: Shortened End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna for 80 Meters 28-30
ANTENNA: A Rugged Broadband Tri-Band VHF-UHF Base Antenna 39-41
ANTENNA: The Diploe Dilemma (successful QSO from wilderness...) 46-50
HINTS: Using Linear Potentiometers for Audio Applications 70-70
HISTORY: The Halli-Twins (Hallicrafters SX-146 RX & HT-46 TX) 54-54
HISTORY: The ARRL at 90 55-59
HISTORY: OLD RADIO: Greenkeys--A Roundup of RTTY 94-95
INFO: Byonics TinyTrak3 GPS Position Encoder [Link] 62-62
PROJECT: A Delux HF Receiver Multicontroller (Multiple RXers & Antennas)31-38
PROJECT: The Smart Keyer Lite 42-45
PROJECT: A Data to PC Interface (or...New Life for an Old Mouse) 67-68
REVIEW: Automatic Antenna Tuners--A Sample of the Field (AATASF) 71-76
REVIEW: (AATASF) LDG RT-11 and Z-100 [Home Page] $209 & $149 72-74
REVIEW: (AATASF) MFJ-991 [Home Page] $360 & $360 75-76
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #16: Switchmode Regulators--Part 2 65-66
UHF/VHF: Microwavelengths: Noise in Microwave Receivers 89-90
May 2004
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April 2004
ANTENNA: The Skinny On Antennas (W6BNB gives us the basics) 28-31
ANTENNA: A Half-Square for 80 and 160 Meters (A good antenna for 160) 32-33
ANTENNA: Open Wire Feed Line--A Second Look 34-36
ANTENNA: The "C Pole"--A Ground Independent Vertical Antenna (20...10m) 37-39
ANTENNA: Dollars and Decibels (Better antenna vs more power...) 40-42
ANTENNA: A 3-Band No Trap Dipole for 40, 16, and 6 Meters 43-44
ANTENNA: HELP DESK: Antenna and Tower Safety 62-62
ANTENNA: SHORT TAKES: Arrow Antenna CB 148/450 Corner Beam 63-63
ANTENNA: SHORT TAKES: Wonder Pole Telescoping Poles (up to 40') [Links] 64-64
ANTENNA: A 6 Meter Moxon Antenna (...novel 2 element antenna...) 65-69
ANTENNA: Questions and Answers About Lightning Protection 70-70
ANTENNA: THE WORLD ABOVE 50 MHz: VHF Aerials 96-98
ARES: Mid-Atlantic Amateur Radio Club Traffic Net Certificate Program 90
ARES: NTS Methods and Practices Guidelines 90-91
FUN: ESE--A New Frontier (...Earth-Sun-Earth communication...) ;-) 53-55
HINTS: Mount Panel Controls Properly, An Easy HomeBrew Burglar Alarm 73-74
HINTS: Sand Paint Smooth Before Lettering and Decals, More on Labels 74-74
HINTS: Cleaning Antenna Wire (salt & Vinegar cleans copper!) 74-74
HISTORY: From Whence Came WAS, WAC and DXCC? (...fascinating history..) 48-52
HISTORY: OLD RADIO: hallicrafters HT-4, to War and Home Again 94-95
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
NEW: Sherrill Arborist Supply, Big Shot Sling 150' up! [Links] 31-31
NEW: The Z-100 Autotuner from LDG Electronics $149 [Links] 31-31
NEW: Z Antenna Systems Compact Loop Antennas [Links] 31-31
NEW: New Low Power Auto Tuner from SGC - SG-211, $180 [Links] 31-31
REVIEW: Elecraft KX1, An Ultra-Portable Multiband CW Transceiver Kit E 75-78
REVIEW: The Yaesu FT-7800R Dual Band FM Transceiver 78-81
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #15: Switchmode Regulators--Part 1 71-72
TECH: Extended-Range Measurements, Power factor, non-unity fixes 82-83
TECH: A PSK Switch Box 83-83
April 2004
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March 2004
ANTENNA: Adventures with Indoor Antennas, W4KVS 28-30
ANTENNA: The Classic Multiband Dipole Antenna 65-65
ANTENNA: Par Electronics SM-50 6-Meter Stressed Moxon Antenna [Links] 66-66
ARES: The Amateur Storm Chaser 49-51
HINTS: Better Feedline-loss Measurements with Antenna Analyzers 67-68
HISTORY: Once Upon a Califonia Hilltop, rptr pioneer Art Gentry W6MEP 52-55
HISTORY: The MICAMOLD XTR-1 Transmitter and a Real 1940s Stattion 86-87
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
MOBILE: Three Flags Mobiling--From ALCAN to Yucatan, Part 2 (DC power) 46-48
NEW: Guywire Operated Antenna Trolly System (New Products) 101
NEWS: ARRL Board Seeks Major FCC License Restructuring 42-45
NEWS: Organization' Comments Augment Alarm over BPL 75-75
NEWS: Amateur Satellites: Echo to Launch this Month! 95-95
PROJECT: Build a Puff-and-sip Key (cw with your mouth) 31-32
PROJECT: ICOM and SGC--A Perfect Match (IC-706 & SG-237 tuner) 33-37
PROJECT: Rescaling and Customizing Meter Faces 59-61
REVIEW: Ten-Tec Titan III HF Linear Amplifier, 1500W $3565 70-72
REVIEW: Kenwood TM-271A 2 Meter FM Transceiver 72-74
SAT: An Integrated AO-40 Antenna System 38-41
SOFTWARE Getting On-line with Linux 92-92
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #14--Optocouplers 62-63
TECH: The A&A Engineering 5 A Smart Battery Charger [Links] 58-58
TECH: HELP DESK Schematic Symbols 64-64
UHF/VHF: VHF on the ARRL Web (pg 84 = Clint/W3ARS) [Links] 83-85
mmWave: Microwave Low Noise Amplifier--Part 2 90-91
March 2004
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February 2004
ANTENNA: Power and Antenna Gain on 60 Meters (..Hw much pwr can U use?) 36-42
ANTENNA: A Mobile Antenna Base with Internal Capacitive Matching 43-46
ATV: Digital Slow-Scan Television (ur radio & computer in ur shack) 47-51
HINTS: A Pyrite Crystal Radio, Old-Fashion RF Ammeter 4 Ladder Line 74-75
HISTORY: A Historic Receiver from a Radio Pioneer--Fred Schnell 33-35
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
MOBILE: Three Flags Mobiling, from ALCAN to Yucatan, part 1 55-57
NEWS: BPL: 9, 84
PROJECT: Homebrewing--Surface Mount Style 28-30
REVIEW: Elecraft KPA 100: A 100W Upgrade for your E K2 HF Transceiver 76-80
REVIEW: AOR ARD9800 Digital HF Voice Modem 80-81
SOFTWARE PSKMeter (SHORT TAKES) card & software 66-66
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #13--Attenuators 69-70
TEACHING: Do you do Zulu? 67-68
TECH: The Well Adjusted Ham (..calibrate your SSB transceiver) 31-32
TECH: Elecraft XG1 Receiver Test Oscillator/S-Meter Calibrator [Link] 68-68
TECH: An Automatic Audio Volume Leveler (...help ur AGC...) 71-73
TECH: Electrovoice 66x Mics, Emergency Power, AC RMS vs Db VOM scale 82-83
February 2004
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January 2004
BOOK: Instruments of Amplification, H. Peter Fredericks AC7ZL 96-96
DOCTOR: Bringing wires through your car's firewall 52-
DOCTOR: Software for drawing a schematic [Links] -53
DIGITAL: Zen and the Casual RTTY Contester 50-51
HINTS: A Window-line support, Increase Lamp Life, Tower Footing Hints 63-64
HISTORY: "...And We Had Crystals" (WW II) 43-45
HISTORY: Seeing Things: A Short History of Panoramic Reception 46-47
HISTORY: OLD RADIO: Home Brew, The Omnigraph for CW practice 90-91
INFO: The Challenge of Being a Little Pistol (...snag some big DX...)48-49
INFO: Amateur Radio Glossary 60-60
mmWave: The Microwave Low Noise Amplifier--Part 1 87-88
PROJECT: The Incredible Saga of a DX-100 Restoration Run Amok 28-32
PROJECT: Restoring a Homebrew Transmitter 33-35
PROJECT: Remote Your Morse Key Using an RF Link 36-37
PROJECT: Could You Use a Low Power AC Wattmeter? 56-59
PRODUCTS: The Super Frequency List on CD-ROM Klingenfuss 71-71
REVIEW: Ten-Tec Orion Model 565 HF Transceiver (TOTL $3300-3600) 65-70
REVIEW: SGC ADSP2 Add-on Audio DSP ($180) SGC 70-71
SOFTWARE SHORT TAKES: MultiPSK 55-55
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio, Experiment #312--Field Effect Transistors 61-62
TECH: More on the "St Louis Switcher" 72-73
January 2004
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QST 2003 ARTICLES
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December 2003
HINTS: & Kinks: More on Aviation Headsets (July 2003) 57-57
HINTS: MIC Gain on the Radioshack HTX-100, Reseal Corrogated Boxes 57-58
HISTORY: OLD RADIO - Microphones 75-76
INFO: Your Uncle's Meters (Old Uncle Sam's meters) 33-37
INFO: DSWK Replacement PIC Chip for Small Wonder Radios, $9 37-37
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
KITS: New Radio Kits from Kenneke Communications 91-91
NEW: Products: 20 MHz Arbitrary Waveform Generator, $450 StepperIR 63-63
NEW: Products: Software Defined Transceiver from FlexRadio Systems 63-63
POWER: Emergency Power at W1ZR 41-44
PROJECT: A Homebrew Condenser Microphone 28-32
PROJECT: The PicoKeyer--An Ultra Low Power CW Memory Keyer 38-40
PROJECT: Front Panel Layout--Another Approach 54-54
QRP: POWER - Homebrew QRP (tubes) 80-80
REVIEW: Fluidmotion SteppIR SmallR Vertical Antenna, $60 59-61
REVIEW: Heil Pro-Set Plus Headset with Boom Microphone 61-63
SOFTWARE Pieper Morse Decoding Software with Audio-Spacing 37-37
SOFTWARE Global Overlay Mapper 53-53
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio - Experiment #11--Comparators 55-56
December 2003
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November 2003
ANTENNA: The Plumber's Half-Square (146MHz) 38-41
ANTENNA: Two Bands from One Diploe (HF & 6meters) 46-47
ANTENNA: STRAYS: Whistle-free mobile vertical antenna (K3KR) 107
HISTORY: Hams Redeem Old Transmitter at Fountain of Youth 56-58
INFO: Web Page for Real Time HF: salsawares.com/propagation 64-64
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
PROJECT: The Simple Superhet, easy to build 31-37
PROJECT: Exercise and Ham Radio--Why Not? 54-55
PROJECT: An FT-817 Compact Fast Charger 69-70
REVIEW: ICOM IC-703 Plus HF and 6 Meter QRP Transceiver $750 [ICOM] 76-78
REVIEW: QST Compares: 222MHz FM Transceivers from ADI, Alinco and Kenwood 79
REVIEW: 222MHz: ADI AR-247, Alinco DR-235T, Kenwood TM-331A 79-83
SAT: AO-40 for Us Appliance Operators (OSCAR 40 satellite is easy) 48-50
SOFTWARE: Short Takes: Amateur Contact Log 71-71
SPACE: Two Anniversaries for Ham Radio in Space 59-60
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio: Experiment #10--Using SCRs Hands-on-Site 72-73
TECH: The Dangers of Cathode Keying, Be Careful! 28-30
TECH: The 2003 ARRL Frequency Measuring Test 65-65
UHF/VHF: MICORWAVELENGTHS: 24 GHz, Transverters etc 98-99
November 2003
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October 2003
ANTENNA: Designing a Shortened Antenna, loading coils can be used... 28-32
ANTENNA: HINTS & KINKS
ARES: PUBLIC SERVICE: APRS and Search and Rescue--Part 2 81-83
HINTS: Build a Parallel-Wire Dipole (Antenna) 64-65
HISTORY: OLD RADIO: Old Radio Magazines 90-91
INFO: Soldering My Way To 17, ...homebrew phone. 43-45
INFO: A Contest Primer 48-51
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
PROJECT: Upgrading the Heathkit HP-23 Power Supply 58-61
QRP: QRP POWER: The Venerable HW-8 89-89
REVIEW: SHORT TAKES: Oak Hills Research WM-2 QRP Wattmeter $90 [OHR] 57
REVIEW: ICOM IC-208H Dual-Band FM Transceiver, mobile, $330 [ICOM] 66-69
REVIEW: Yaesu VX-2R Miniature Dual-Band Handheld Transciever [Yaesu] 69-71
REVIEW: MFJ-267 Dry Dummy Load with SWR/Wattmeter [MFJ] 71-72
SOFTWARE TELPAC--Winlink 2000's New Telnet Packet Bridge 39-42
SOFTWARE Introduccing...Logbook of The World...to confirm contacts 46-47
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio: Experiment #9--Designing Drivers 62-63
TECH: The Ins and Outs of a Sound Card, the speaker icon in the ... 33-35
TECH: Digital Radio Mondiale, Shortwave listening may never be the...37-38
TECH: Improved Accuracy in Antenna Tuner Evaluation 73-74
TIPS: RV Radio, Thousands of hams .. operating from motor home... 52-54
October 2003
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September 2003
ANTENNA: An Easy to Build, Dual-Band Collinear Antenna 28-29
ANTENNA: QRP POWER: Atlanticon 2003, PAC-12 Vertical Antenna [Click] 83-83
ARES: Public Service: APRS and Search and Rescue 75-77
BPL: "BPL is a Pandora's Box of Unprecedented Proportions," ARRL 63-63
HINTS: Kenwood TS-850 Automatic Antenna Tuner Modification 56-56
HINTS: Will it Fit? (Circuit board in your enclosure) 57-57
PROJECT: An Easier Way to Build PC Board Enclosures 50-52
REVIEW: Maldol HVU-8 Base-Station Antenna (80-6m) $350 [Click Here] 55-55
REVIEW: Yaesu VXA-700 Spirit 2 Meter Handheld Transceiver, $420 [Click]67-69
REVIEW: QST Reviews Two All-Mode Handheld Receivers, ICOM IC-R10, 69-71
REVIEW: QST Reviews Two All-Mode Handheld Receivers, Yaesu VR-500 71-72
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #8--The Linear Regulator 53-54
TECH: Understanding and Testing Capacito ESR 30-32
TECH: Amplifier Care and Maintenance 33-37
TECH: Solid-State Those Pilot Lamps 38-39
TECH: Technical Correspondence: RE "The St Louis Switcher" 73-74
September 2003
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August 2003
ANTENNA: A Dipole Curtain for 15 and 10 Meters 34-38
ANTENNA: Optimum Radio Ground Systems 39-42
FIX: Integrated Timer, Hands-on-Radio, Jun 2003 QST Pg 59 set/reset 83
FIX: The Protector, R13=10kOhm missing (Jun 2003 QST Fig 1 Pg 56) 83
FREQUENCY 60 Meters: Frequently Asked Questions 44-46
HINTS: A PIC Programmer for All Computers 61-62
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 92-92
PROJECT: A "Clamped-Bandwidth" Gyrator Audio Filter 55-57
QRP: Two groups in one: NorCal & NJQRP = AmQRP 84-84
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-857 MF/HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver, 100W, $850 63-67
REVIEW: ICOM IC-R5 Hand-held Receiver AM, FM, WFM 150kHz-1.3GHz, $200 67-68
SHORT: MixW, one-stop shopping for amateur radio digital operating 58-58
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio: Experiment #7 -- Voltage Multipliers 59-60
August 2003
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July 2003
ANTENNA: Put a Big DIsh on AO-40--"The EZ BUD" 28-32
ANTENNA: Self-Supporting Tower and Antenna Installation 33-37
ANTENNA: MALDOL HVU-8 HF/VHF/UHF Compact Antenna $350 37-37
ANTENNA: Short Takes: Buddipole Portable Antenna $195 86-86
ARES: Tactical Communications Bridge (Link Communications) $500 37-37
ARES: PROJECT: An Automatic COR Circuit--Which Radio was That? 54-55
ARES: Public Service: What's in Your Call-Out Bag? (Go-kit) 73-75
ARRL: Observing the Official Observers 47-49
ARRL: US Amateur Bands (Help Desk) 50-50
HINTS: Hang Wires from Trees Flexibly, Aviation Headsets & Ham gear 59-59
HINTS: Battery Charging Supplies, Home Brew Rubber Duck, 6M antenna 60-60
HISTORY: Old Radio: A Spy Radio RS-6, RR-6 83-84
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 80pts, pg 75 75-75
PROJECT: Delayed Turnoff Fan Control 38-40
QRP: Hot Rodding the NorCal NC-40A (2W to 4W) 85-85
REVIEW: Short Takes: Electronic Snap Circuits 56-56
REVIEW: ICOM IC-703 HF Transceiver $680 61-64
REVIEW: Alinco DR-620T VHF/UHF FM Transciver $340 65-67
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #6--Rectifiers and Zener References 57-58
July 2003
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June 2003
ANTENNA: Small Yagi, 10-M Vertical Dipole (The Doctor is IN) 52-53
EMI/RFI: The Doctor is IN, TV RFI explained, 10 m Vertical dipole 52-53
HINTS: A Yaesu VX-5R To Kenwood VC-H1 Interface, "X-ray" a PC board 61-62
PROJECT: An Affordable Az-El Positioner for Small Antennas 28-34
PROJECT: The FARA HF Project (complete 30W amplifier) 35-39
PROJECT: The Protector (a power supply monitor for your rig) 55-58
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-2800M 2-Meter FM Transceiver $160 63-65
REVIEW: NCS-3240 Multi-Switcher $280, pwr: $13 66-67
REVIEW: MFJ-461 Pocket CW Reader $80 67-68
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #5-The Integrated Timer 59-60
TECH: The Transverter--An Introduction to a Useful Device 40-42
TECH: More on the Ribbon J-Pole Antenna 69-70
June 2003
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May 2003
ANTENNA: A Small Portable Dipole for Field Use (uses Hamstick antennas) 33-34
ANTENNA: The Black Widow--A Portable 15 Meter Beam 35-39
ANTENNA: A VHF/UHF Discone Antenna (144, 222, 440 MHz) 40-41
BOOK: The North Georgia QRP Club Compendium Volume 1 39-39
HINTS: Ground-Rod Installation, Inexpensive & Easy, cure worn labels 61-62
HISTORY: Old Radio: The National NC-183D 88-89
INTERNET: From Ether to Ethernet (wired networks) 28-32
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 77 (138 points) 77-77
PROJECT: A Modern GDO--The "Gate" Dip Oscillator 54-58
QRP: The RockMite (QRP Power) 86-87
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-897 MF/HF/UHF All-Mode Transceiver ($950-base) 63-67
REVIEW: SteppIR 3-element Yagi Antenna (14-50 MHz @ $1100) 67-69
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #4--Active Filters 59-60
May 2003
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April 2003
ANTENNA: My Antenna is a Compromise--and It Works! 59-61
HINTS: A Push-Button Memory Antenna Tuner for $2, key amp, Help HF RX 65-66
HISTORY: Proving the QRP Equation: 1W + RI = 1000 W + FL 55-56
NEW: ADSP2 From SGC - DSP module for SGC SG-2020 rig 98-98
NEW: Noise-Canceling Speaker From GAP Antenna Products ~$??? 98-98
QRP: The RockMite--A Simple Transceiver for 40 or 20 Meters 35-38
QRP: POWER The Sierra--a QRP Success Story ~215 - 369 (0-6 bands) 89-90
REVIEW: Ten-Tec Argonaut V MF/HF Transceiver Model 516 ~$800 67-71
REVIEW: RIGblaster Pro TX/computer I/O ~$300 71-72
SOFTWARE Beginners' Computer Programming for Ham Radio, Part 3... 39-44
SOFTWARE Short Takes: SkySweeper sound-card PC signal analysis/decoding 62-462
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio Experiment #3--Basic Operatinal Ampilfiers 63-64
TECH: High Speed Multimedia Radio (Data, voice, & video...) 28-34
YL: News A Very Special YL (Helen Cloutier Schmock) SK-2002 91-91
April 2003
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March 2003
ANTENNA: Work OSCAR 40 with Cardboard Box Antennas! 57-62
DIGITAL: Digital Audio Broadcasting Has Arrived--the Story of WOR 28-31
DOCTOR: Additive RF Exposure Calculations, Key clicks explained 55-56
HINTS: & Kinks: An Improved Resistor, termination roll ur own 66-67
INFO: The ARRL Field Organization Something for Everyone 50-54
INFO: MICROWAVELENGTHS: Making Those Microwave QSOs 82-83
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 79 79-79
PROGRAM: Beginners' Computer Programming for Ham Radio Part 2 36-42
PROJECT: Of Mics and Men, inexpensive piezoelectric crystal + some work 32-35
REVIEW: ICOM IC-2720H Dual-Band FM Transceiver, mobile $480 [ICOM] 68-70
REVIEW: Alinco DJ-S40T UHF Handheld Transceiver alinco.com, $90 70-72
SOFTWARE AALog (Short Takes) $49 W: [dxsoft.com Home Page] 63-63
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio, Experiment #2--The Emitter-Follower Amplifier 64-65
March 2003
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February 2003
ANTENNA: Portable in Paradise: Cruse Ship DXing (. N6TST Tarvel Mount) 28-31
ANTENNA: The DBJ-1: A VHF-UHF Dual-Band J-Pole 38-40
INTERNET: VoIP and Amateur Radio 44-47
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
PROJECT: Add Remote Control to Your ICOM Transceiver 41-43
PROJECT: The Load Shedder 61-63
REVIEW: Short Takes: Zapchecker (RF meter) 60-60
REVIEW: Short Takes: Gregoire TR-2000 Communications Headset 64-64
REVIEW: QST Reviews Five High-Power Antenna Tuners, ATR-30, MFJ-986 69-76
REVIEW: 5 High-Power Antenna Tuners, AT1500CV, Ten-Tec 238A, HFT-1500 69-76
SOFTWARE Beginner's Computer Programming for Ham Radio 32-37
TEACHING: Hands-On Radio: Exoeriment #1-The Common-Emmiter Amplifier 65-66
TECH: Optimizing the Heathkit HW-101, SB100-102 Transceivers 77-78
TECH: More on Another, Cheaper Automatically "Safe" Charger 78-78
February 2003
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January 2003
BOOK: The Low Frequency Experimenter's Handbook, www.arrl.org/shop 105
DOCTOR: Coax questinos, burial, moisture. Balun 1:1 or 1:4 how tell? 53-54
HINTS: Battery-Charger Polarity Plpus or Minus?, 61-61
HINTS: A Handy way to install insulators on loop antennas 61-61
HINTS: More on saving parts from PC boards, Pb safety first! 61-62
HINTS: Using SWR to measure line losses, More on Homebrew labels 62-62
HISTORY: Amateur Radio and the Rise of SSB 45-47
HISTORY: Vibroplex--The Company and its Classic Key 48-49
HISTORY: Harold Collins and his Wonderful 75A-1 50-52
HISTORY: Vintage QRP 83-84
HISTORY: OLD RADIO, Saving History 86-87
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
PROJECT: A Compact 100-W Z-Match Antenna Tuner 28-30
PROJECT: A 222 MHz Transverter for the Yaesu FT-817 31-38
PROJECT: - Figure A Simple Power Measurement, Simple RF Detector 38-38
PROJECT: The Two Tube Tuna Tin Transmitter (T5) 39-42
PROJECT: Restoring a Heathkit (HW-12 SSB transceiver) 56-58
PROJECT: Hands On radio, Let's Get Started. Equipment you'll need. 59-61
REVIEW: ICOM IC-T90A Triband Handheld Transceiver 63-65
REVIEW: Peet Ultimeter 2100 Weather Station 66-68
SOFTWARE TRX-Manager for rig control 55-55
UHF/VHF: Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away! (Using them to scatter/relay sigs) 88-89
January 2003
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QST 2002 ARTICLES
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December 2002
ANTENNA: The Gamma Match--An Overview 35-38
ANTENNA: Try Copper for 2 Meters -- The Cu Loop 46-48
ANTENNA: The Gamma Match--An Overview 35-38
DOCTOR: VCR Parts for Spectrum Analyzer (www.arrl.org/tis) 60-60
HINTS: Circuitworks Tools for Circuit Repair (www.hosfelt.com) 64-64
KE3FL: Field Day listing: 1B-1 Op Battery 5 5 1 250 MDC 105
PROJECT: The EQ5+ Microphone Equalizer 39-45
QRP: Build the "No Excuses" QRP Transceiver 28-34
QRP: Testing, Testing... (test equipment) 88-88
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-8900R Quad Band FM Transceiver ($450) 65-68
REVIEW: RadioShack HTX-420 Dual-Band Handhelp Transceiver ($270) 69-70
REVIEW: MFJ-890 DX Beacon Monitor ($100) 70-71
SAT: OSCAR 40 on 24 GHz 55-56
TECH: Linked Repeater Systems: The Missing Links 49-51
TECH: Another Cheaper Automatically "safe" Charger (by KE3FL) 72-73
TIPS Panel Layout with Microsoft PwerPoint 61-62
December 2002
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November 2002
ARES: Short Takes, Honda EU2000i Generator 61-61
DOCTOR: TX requires high impedance mic 59-59
EME: The Journey to EME on 24 GHz 43-47
FOX: The N0GSG DSP Radio Direction Finder 28-33
INFO: Low Power, Great Signals (Microwavelengths) 90-91
INTERNET: A Ham Radio Public Utility HF Station (Internet remote on air) 39-42
PROJECT: A High Performance, Low COst 1.8 to 54 MHz Low Pass Filter 34-38
PROJECT: The Rotormapic (rotator direction on a map!) 62-66
QRP: QRP POWER: My Mistress, the FT-817 (Yaesu) 92-93
REVIEW: ACOM 1000 HF + 6-Meter Linear Amplifier 70-72
REVIEW: Alinco DJ-296T 222 MHz VHF FM Transceiver 72-73
REVIEW: Palstar R30 Shortwave Receiver 74-75
SOFTWARE ACE-HF "propagation-prediction software for the rest of us!" 67-
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge!
November 2002
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October 2002
ANTENNA: An Inexpensive External GPS Antenna 36-39
DOCTOR: Switching Power Supply, LM2596, J-Pole Antenna Equations 57-58
HINTS: Using Surplus Meters, Making a Ameter/Voltmeter 63-64
HISTORY: Ham TV in 1930
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
PROJECT: The Triple-Play Transmit-Receive Switch 60-62
REVIEW: The Yaesu VX-7R Handheld Transceiver 65-67
REVIEW: Force 12 Sigma-5 Five-Band Vertical Dipole Antenna 67-68
SOFTWARE Linux, Software Radio and the Radio Amateur 33-35
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge!
WRKBENCH: The ARRL Frequency Measuring Tests, What the Heck is Zero Beat?51-54
October 2002
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September 2002
ANTENNA: A Very Small Array (SETI League antenna tests) 28-30
ANTENNA: Practical High Performance HF Log Periodic Antennas 31-37
HINTS: Rotating Pegboard Storage, Soldering-Iron Controller 55-56
PROJECT: Build a Badger (CW light/sound ID card) 49-51
QSL: SHORT TAKES: GOwin 52-52
REVIEW: The Kenwood UT-20 1.2 GHz Module for the TS-2000 57-59
REVIEW: M2 23CM22EZA 1.2 GHz Antenna 59-61
REVIEW: ICOM PS-125 Power Supply (switcher, ~50mV noise w 20A load) 62-62
SOFTWARE SHORT TAKES: NuMorse Professional version 1.30 54-54
SUN: Understanding Solar Indices 38-
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge!
September 2002
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August 2002
ANTENNA: An Horizontal Loop for 80-Meter DX 30-35
ANTENNA: Lightning Protection for the Amateur Station, Part-3 53-55
BATTERY: The Doctor is in: 12V Sealed Lead Acid charging basics 52
HINTS: Use a Drip Loop to Keep Water Out, by KE3FL 56
HISTORY: The 1937 Haynes RSR Clipper 77
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
PROJECT: The "No Fibbin'" RF Field Strength Meter 28-29
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark-V Field HF Transceiver, $2400 59-61
REVIEW: Low-Pass Filter Roundup: Gold Line 1089, 1089S, Vecronics 62-64
SOFTWARE The Doctor is In: Radio Designer: Serenade freeware 51
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge!
August 2002
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July 2002
ANTENNA: A Simple and Portable HF Vertical Travel Antenna 28-31
ANTENNA: K8SYL's 75 and 10-Meter Dipole 32-34
ANTENNA: The N4GG Array (nearly invisible wire antenna) 35-39
ANTENNA: The K4VX Linear-Loaded Dipole for 7 MHz 40-42
ANTENNA: Lightning Protection for the Amateur Station, Part-2 48-52
HINTS: Improve Audio, Making an LED Audible, TM-D700 Mike Extension 53-54
HISTORY The Harvey-Wells Bandmaster 78-78
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 68 (78) Section News: 97 68+97
REVIEW: ICOM IC-V8000 VHF FM Transceiver 55-56
REVIEW: QST Compares HF/VHF Wattmeters 57-60
July 2002
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June 2002
ANTENNA: The NVIS- A Low Antenna for Regional Communications (ARES! HF) 28-30
ANTENNA: Lightning Protection for the Amateur Station, Part-1 56-59
ANTENNA: Tri-Band H-T Antenna from MALDOL $50, CA 800-962-2611 56-59
ANTENNA: Aluminum-Foil Antennas: The "Catfish" Yagi -Tech Correspondence 69
ERROR: May QST 2002 pp65-68 What Can You Do with A Dip Meter? eq fix 69
HINTS: More on the ASTATIC D-104 (microphone) circuits to use it 61-62
HISTORY: The First Field Day 44-45
HISTORY: OLD RADIO: "The Fight of the Century" 85
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: and Section News: 97 97
PROJECT: The EZ-Tuner, Part 3-advice on how to build this amazing tuner 33-36
QRP: Lust at First Sight - Yaesu FT-817 HF/50/144/430 MHz Txer 84
REVIEW: WIRES: The New Vertex Standard Repeater Interlink 55
REVIEW: Alinco DJ-596T Dual-Band FM/Digital Hand-Held Transceiver $302 63-67
REVIEW: MFJ-1275 Sound Card Radio Interface 67
SAT: Satellite DXing "To Go" 40-43
SOFTWARE Introduction to Winlink 2000 (links V/UHF packet networks) 31-32
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge!
TECH: The ICOM 765PRO-A Cure for the Rumble (low freq audio) 68-69
June 2002
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May 2002
ANTENNA: A 6-Meter Quad-Turnstile (omnidirectional, Horz polarized) 42-46
ANTENNA: One Stealthy Delta (In the trees) with SGC tuner 47-48
ANTENNA: Multiband Antennas for the FT-817 |BuildIt|mfj|mfj|enterprises|0| 59
HINTS: Coiling Wire or Rope without Kinks 70-71
HISTORY: OLD RADIO - Tube Lore 92
INFO: Long Lasting Contact Cleaner from GAIG Labs, Deoxit |BuildIt|caig|ca|ig|0| 34
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
PROJECT: The EZ-Tuner, Part 2-Peek under the hood & see... 28-34
PROJECT: The St Louis Switcher (inexpensive bench supply) 35-38
PROJECT: A Microphone Adapter for the IC-706 39-41
QRP: POWER Potpourii (Passive CW Filters) 95-96
REVIEW: ICOM IC-746PRO HF/VHF Transceiver 72-78
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Tests Test (About VE session) 69
TEACHING: MICROWAVELENGTHS (Why do mixers need filters?) 93-94
TECH: What Can You Do with a Dip Meter? (see June QST Pg 69) 65-68
May 2002
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April 2002
ANTENNA: A "One-Masted Sloop" for 40, 20, 15 and 10 Meters, sloping loop 44-46
ANTENNA: A Balanced, Everyday Approach to All-Band Bliss (LL & loop) 47-50
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 78 and Section News: 97 (70pts) 92+121
NEW: Professional Audio Tools from NTI, www.nt-instruments.com 91
NEW: The ZAP Checker www.zapchecker.com - RF field meter, $89 91
PUBLIC: A New Season for Public Service Honor Roll 77-78
PROJECT: AMRAD Low Frequency Upconverter (Use your HF transceiver...) 34-39
PROJECT: The EZ-Tuner (Part 1--Could this be one of the most versatile. 40-43
PROJECT: A Lightning Detector for the Shack 59-61
PROJECT: HINTS & KINKS: A DX-Beacon Clock, Knwd ts-570 filters psk31 63-64
QRP: QRP Power Vitage QRP 84
REVIEW: Short Takes: Electric Radio Antenna Tuning Meter 58
REVIEW: Alinco DJ-X2000 Wide Range Scanning Receiver ($835, st: $500) 65-69
TECH: Unexpected Long-Term resistance Increases in Resistors 70-71
TECH: RE: Get on 222 MHz with a Ten-Tec 1210 Transverter! 71
April 2002
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March 2002
ANTENNA: Taming the Trap Dipole (The Noise Bridge) 28-30
DIGITAL: A Quality Sound Card Interface for ICOM Rigs (Project) 31-37
DIGITAL: I-Link, the .WAV of the Future 38-42
DIGITAL: Enhance Your PSK31 Warbling Experience (Project) 52-54
HINTS: Reducing Hiss in the LM-386, Cure Audio Hum, A Solder-Spool Holder 57
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: (79) and Section News: 117 [KE3FL: 0] 97+117
QRP: Tropical Storm Barry Proves Minimalist Radio wrks in Emerg, Too 82-83
REVIEW: Ranger Communications RCI-5054DX 6-Meter Transceiver 71-74
REVIEW: Maha MH-C777 and MH-C777 PLUS Battery Chargers 75-76
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Traffic/Emergency/Communications X-word 56
TECH: Microwavelengths: Gunnplexers 96-97
March 2002
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February 2002
ANTENNA: A Portable Twin-Lead 20-Meter Dipole 36-37
APRS: Build an APRS Encoder Tracker 28-32
DOCTOR: [RF Safety Link] 60-60
DOCTOR: [RFI-Car Home Page] 60-60
DIGITAL: Digital Voice: An Update and Forcast 38-41
HINTS: A Compressin Capacitor for QRP Transmitters 67-68
HINTS: More on Determining Transistor ans Diode Leads with an Ohmmeter68-68
HINTS: More on Goo Removers, RS HTX202 & HTX404 battery replacement 68-69
HISTORY: OLD RADIO, Learning the Code 100/1
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 90(87) and Section News: 113 (4/87) 92+121
NEW: Alinco DJ-596 2/440 w digital voice, PSK31 30/40-M kits 107/7
PROGRAM: The Return of the Slide Rule Dial 33-35
PROJECT: A CW Generator and Audio Distribution System for Students 62-64
QRP: QRP Power, PSK31: HF Fun and Excitement (80-M Warbler kit) 103/4
REVIEW: ICOM IC-756PROII HF/6-Meter Transceiver 70-75
REVIEW: Yaesu FTV-1000 6-Meter Transverter 76-78
SOFTWARE UI-View (APRS computer maps) 66-66
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Filtering and Tuning 65-65
TECH: Stabilant 22 Contact Enhancer, DW Electrochecmicals 35-35
TECH: Matching Electrically Small Antennas (KM5KG RF Network Designr)79-81
February 2002
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January 2002
ANTENNA: Six Meters from Your Easy Chair (made from old lawn chair!) 33-34
ANTENNA: Six Meters from Your Easy Chair (made from old lawn chair!) 33-34
ARES: RADIOS TO GO: Prepared. A state of readiness 98-98
BOOK: The Hannibal Files (Fiction 1940 & 1960 plane crashes) 47-47
DIGITAL: Build Your Next Computer-ADIY Guide to Today's PC Technology 53-61
DOCTOR: RF Safety for High Power EME Stations, Bazooka Antennas 51-52
FM/RPT: The Drake TR-22: An FM Classic 48-50
FM/RPT: DIGITAL DIMENSION: Put a Repeater Controller in Your Computer 99-99
HELPDESK: The Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide 66-66
HINTS: Winter Antenna Hint, Raise your Push-up Mast Safely, ... 67-67
HINTS: Long Life for Push-up Masts, Add Safety & Comfort Tower Climbg 67-68
HINTS: Rotator Gear Protection, Stealthy Antenna Wire, 68-68
HINTS: Stealthy Ladderline, Measuring an Unknown Impedance, again! 69-69
HINTS: Guy Wire Saftey 69-69
HISTORY: The Age of the Autodyne (when regenerative receiver was king) 43-45
HISTORY: Never test a Transistor with an Ohmmeter (transistor in AmRad) 63-64
HISTORY: OLD RADIO: A 1927 TGTP Transmitter 96-97
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 87 and Section News: 117 87+117
MICROWAV: Microwavelengths, Q & A 94-95
MODES: Digital Voice: The Next New Mode? 28-32
PROJECT: A Compact, Direct-Digital VFO 35-38
QRP: New Products: Four-Band Module for the Elecraft K1 Transceiver 77-77
QRP PWR: The Elecraft K1 Transceiver Kit Elecraft 100/0
REVIEW: WiNRADIO WR-1550i Computer-Based Communications Receiver WinRd 70-73
REVIEW: Yaesu VL-1000 Quadra Linear Amplifier (1000W Transistors) 74-76
SOFTWARE Short Takes: Two from IZ8BLY: Stream and Vox Recorder 65-65
January 2002
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QST 2001 ARTICLES
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December 2001
EMI/RFI: Tracking RFI, Locate & Fix Power-Line Interference 68-69
EMI/RFI: Part 15 Devices (The World Above 50 MHz) 82-83
FIELDDAY: Results 2001 ARRL Field Day (KE3FL: 109) 99-110
HINTS: A POOR MAN's ANEMOMETER 59-60
HISTORY: Across Oceans of Time (Marconi) 45-47
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 79 and Section News: 123 79+123
POWER: Honey, They've Shrunk the Batteries! 31-35
PROJECT: A PC Keyboard Interface for the Kenwood D700 42-44
PROJECT: HINTS & KINKS: A Poor Man's Anemometer 59-60
REVIEW: Short Takes: RIGblaster Plus 56-56
REVIEW: SHORT TAKES: The Protector (RF-Power Protector) 58-58
REVIEW: Kenwood TH-F6A Triband FM Handheld Transceiver, RX: 0.1-1.3MHz 61-65
REVIEW: Cushcraft A627013S 6-Meter/2-Meter/70-Cm Yagi Antenna 65-67
RULES: How Amateurs Are Affected by Non-Part 97 Rules (Wash Mailbox) 86-87
SAT: Amateur Satellites: In the Beginning of Maateur Radio in Space 90-90
SOFTWARE WSJT: New Software for VHF meteor-Scatter Communication 36-41
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! "Board to Tears" 57-57
TECH: Some JavaScript to Foil Spammers! (KE3FL) 69-70
TECH: A Cure for Recurrent Insensitivity in GE Master II Repeaters 70-70
TECH: QRP Power, Mission Impossible? (SSB & how to balanced mic.) 92-93
December 2001
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November 2001
ANTENNA: A Protable 2-Element Triban Yagi 35-37
DOCTOR: http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/9505088.pdf - Watts It All Abt -50
EMI/RFI: ARRL Helps Clear the Air in Line Noise Cases, |BuildIt|rfi|ar|rl|2| 70-71
HINTS: A Battery-Saving Timer Circuit, More on Restoring Plastic 60-61
& KINKS: Windows on Radios & Gear, More on an Improved Connection to 61-61
HINTS: RG-6 CATV Coax (pk - KE3FL), Finding a Break in Multiconductor 61-62
& KINKS: Cable 62-62
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 78/73 & Section News: 107 78+107
MEM: A Moonbounce Odyssey 2001 38-43
PROJECT: Updating the W1FB 80-Meter "Sardine Sender" 54-56
REVIEW: ICOM IC-V8 2-Meter FM Handheld Transceiver 63-66
REVIEW: Super Antennas MP-1 Portable Travel Antenna (6 - 40m, 80m add) 66-69
SOFTWARE Short Takes: HamAlyzer 2.0 (www.HamAlyzer.com + audio card) 57-57
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! ..."draw" on your graphics expertise... 58-58
TECH: The HELP Desk: Q Signals (a nice list!) 53-53
November 2001
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October 2001
ANTENNA: An LPDA for 2 Meters Plus, high-perfomance 2-m ant with bonus 42-46
AUTHOR: Fame, Glory and $65 a Page - become a QSt Author! 54-55
BATTERY: The Micro M+ Charge Controller 28-31
DIGITAL: New Life for Old Laptops, new HDs more RAM etc 58-63
FEEDBACK: Update on the Pfeiffer Quad System, Sept 2001 Pg59 49-49
HINTS: Yaesu FT-920 Automatic-Tuner Tricks, online & GPS Grid-Squars 66-67
HINTS: More on Schematic Drawing Software - download URL (bad URL) 68-68
HISTORY: Old Radio: A 1927 Homebrew Receiver 99-99
INFO: Back to School, math class builds antenna & makes contacts 47-49
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 87/74 & Section News: 115 92+121
PROJECT: Uncle Albert's Touch Pad Keyer 32-38
QRP: How Much is Too Little? The Wilderness SST 94-95
REVIEW: Ten-Tec Model 526 6N2 Multimode VHF Transceiver, $700 70-74
REVIEW: Ranger Communications RCI-2970DX 10/12-Meter Transceiver 74-77
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Make me a Matchmaker, antenna matching 65-65
TECH: Regarding "A Simple Fixed Antenna For VHF/UHF Satellite Work" 78-79
YL: YL News: Questions Yield Universal Answers 102
October 2001
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September 2001
ANTENNA: The AMRAD Active LF Antenna (20kHz - 20MHz) 31-37
ANTENNA: Update on the Pfeiffer Quad System 59-61
BOOK: Short Range Wireless Communication $50 540-567-2000 LLH Tec Pu 95-95
CORRESPO: Correspondence, A Cautionary Tale (RF frm cloths dryer) 24-24
CORRESPO: Correspondence, Hazardous and Illegal use of Radar 25-25
HINTS: & KINKS: A Better Solder-Removal Tool, Monel Wire...Antenna 64-65
HINTS: & KINKS: Determining Transistor and Diode Leads with an Ohmmeter 65
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 86 and Section News: 119 86+119
PROJECT: The Digital Meter Supply 28-30
QRP: Radios To Go, Pick a Pack of HF (small HF QRP rigs) 99-99
REVIEW: Ten-Tec Model 416 Titan II HF Amplifier $3000 76-78
REVIEW: AOR TDF-370 DSP Multi-Media Terminal $330 78-80
SATs: OSCAR 40 on Mode U/S-No Excuses! 38-41
SOFTWARE PropMan 2000 (Propagation Resource Manager) 58-58
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (A crash of "symbols") 62-62
September 2001
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August 2001
ANTENNA: A Simple Fixed Antenna for VHF/UHF Satellite Work 38-41
ANTENNA: HINTS & KINKS - A 2-Meter Sleeve-Dipole Antenna (Mobile) 68-69
DIGITAL: PSK31 Audio Beacon (build this progarmmable single-chip... 28-33
HISTORY: Opening Lines: A Short History of Coaxial Cable 62-64
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 88 and Section News: 121 88+121
PROJECT: The WBR Receiver (Build this simple receiver and "bridge"... 34-37
QRP: QRP Power: A Pickup with Pizzazz (Mobile HF QRP) 102-3
QSL: The ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System/The Outgoing QSL Service 66-67
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-7100M Dual-Band FM Mobile Transceiver 70-73
REVIEW: Ameritron ALS-600 Solid State No Tune FET Amplifier 73-76
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (A component you need for a project... 65-65
TECH: Comments on: How to Maximize Your receiver's Effective Sel... 77-79
August 2001
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July 2001
ANTENNA: A Three Element Lightweight Monobander for 14 MHz 28-31
ANTENNA: The Miracle Whip: A Multiband QRP Antenna 32-35
ANTENNA: A Three-Element "Monobander" for 17-10 m--with Two Eles on 20! 36-41
ANTENNA: QRP-France with a "Junk Box Shorty Forty" Antenna 66-68
DOCTOR: is IN - Dipole, folded, bent, etc 64-65
DX: Tracking Down QSL Info for Chinese Stations 93-94
FIX: for QST June 2001, "Doctor is IN" Speaker switching in a car 31-31
HINTS &: Kinks - Vacuum-tube filament voltage, For a clean FIST, clean 71-71
HINTS &: Kinks - External keying for Icom IC-706 MKI, Multi-Diode clipr 72-72
HINTS &: Kinks - Finding lost parts, Greasing rotators, restor plastic 72-73
HISTORY: Fessenden Lost and Found (A radio pioneer, Reginald Fessenden) 49-52
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
MOBILE: From the Inbox - HF in Ford Explorer, Antenna & radio mounting 98-98
OldRadio: The Allure of Novice Stations, The Conar Twins 102/3
QRP: Antenna Time, 40 m Appalachian Trail dipole, NorCals BLTuner 100
REVIEW: The Kenwood TS-2000 All-Mode Multiband Transceiver $2200+ 74-81
REVIEW: The Video-Lynx 434 Micro ATV Transmitter (433.98MHz, 63mW) 81-81
SAT: Getting Started with AMSAT-OSCAR 40 42-45
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Satellite Answers, u pick the question) 70-70
July 2001
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June 2001
ANTENNA: Gain without Pain--A Beam Antenna for Field Day 44-47
ANTENNA: The Arkabsas Catfish Dipole 67-68
ANTENNA: Antenna and Tower Safety 91
ANTENNA: Antenna Aesthetics 97
DX: The Spot Grabber (Catch DX on local packet cluster) Project 28-35
HINTS: Hints & Kinks - A Radio/Data Interface Connection, 70
HINTS: Rubber Skirts for Small Knobs, More on Solar Power Tips 71
HINTS: A Two-Battery Solution for Mobiles, Engine Hoist Lifts Tower 71-72
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 88 and Section News: 115 92+121
PROJECT: Simple RF-Power Measurement (nanwatts to 100 W - homebrew) 38-43
REVIEW: Short Takes Heil Sound HS-706 Headset 66-66
REVIEW: Ten-Tec Jupiter HF Transceiver, Yaesu VR-5000 Comm Receiver 63-79
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! hamfest-season crossword 69-69
TECH: Some thoughts on the world's smallest code-practice oscillator 80
TECH: New DSP-10 Software Available, tracking down Neighborly RFI 80-81
June 2001
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May 2001
ARES: EMCOMM Operations in a Helecopter Environment 89-90
DOCTOR: What is phase? Moonbounce, digital recording using computer 62-62
HISTORY: OLD RADIO: Build Your Own 1920s Transmitter 100-1
HINTS: The Mathe is easy & Wall Warts, Kitchen RFI Source... 71-73
INFO: A Beginners Guide to Transmission-Line & Antenna-Tuner Modeling34-37
INFO: Working Split: What's the Secret? 63-64
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 91 and Section News: 121 92+121
PACKET: BEACONet (Use packet to identify VHF openings) 38-42
PROJECT: An Automatic Sealed-Lead-Acid Battery Charger 43-47
QRP: Rescaling the MRX-40 Receiver for 80 Meters 98-99
REVIEW: ICOM IC-910H VHF/UHF Mulitmode Transceiver 74-77
REVIEW: DB6NT MKU 10 G2 10-GHz Transverter Kit 78-80
SOFTWARE N4PY Pegasus Control Program, version 1.45 65-65
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Just a bit about bytes...) 69-69
UHF/VHF: Get on 222 MHz with a Ten-Tec 1210 Transverter 28-33
May 2001
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April 2001
ANTENNA: Laser Generated Antennas (April Fool!) 28-29
ANTENNA: The NJQRP Squirt (reduced size 80-m ant for small lots) 40-43
ANTENNA: The Care and Feeding of a Condo Antenna Farm 64-66
ATV: TV on 10 68-71
DIGITAL: Revisiting: Clean Up Your PSK31 Signal 83
EMI/RFI: The Saga of Unshielded Wires (RFI is RFI no matter ... era.. 61-62
FOX: The NVARC FoxFinder (Kit available, $60) 35-39
HISTORY: Winds Aloft (When Radio Free Europe Flew leaflet Baloons) 49-52
HISTORY: The Legacy of the Globe King 102/3
INFO: Safe Computing (on the web) 47-48
INFO: 2001 Super Frequency List CD-ROM 63
INFO: Internaltional Third-Party Traffic 67
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 113 92+113
QRP: Impressions of the Elecraft K2 Transceiver Elecraft 99
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-817 Multiband Multimode Transciever (QRP 160m-70cm) 75-80
REVIEW: MFJ-616 Speech Intelligibility Enhancer 81-82
STAMP: Bridge the Digital Divide--Basically (BASIC STAMP) 30-34
SOFTWARE Quickloop A Loop-Array Modeling Aid (loop data forNEC) 73
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Hw mny .. companies & radios u remember?)...72
April 2001
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March 2001
DIGITAL: The Warbler--A Simple PSK31 Transceiver for 80 Meters 37-41
FOX: A Simple TRF Receiver for Tracking RFI 32-36
HINTS &: Adding a Trickle-Charger mode to ... wall-transformer charger 58-58
HINTS &: Protecting Coax Connections (|BuildIt|w3ib|sr|ic|0|) 59-59
HISTORY: The Great Paper Chase (collecting old catalogs & ads) 42-43
HISTORY: Hallicrafters' Chevy, Buick and Cadillac 48-51
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 97 and Section News: 115 92+121
KITS: Classic Kits--Unbuilt or Rebuilt 28-31
KITS: Product Review: Elecraft K-1 QRP CW Transceiver Kit Elecraft 72-76
KITS: Product Review: Idiom Press Rotor-EZ with RS-232, Kit 77-79
MOBILE: RADIOS TO GO: The Quest for Power--Finale 107
QRP: QRP POWER: The Big Five (QRP clubs) 108
SAT: Tricks, Hints and Tips for the Portable Satellite Operator 55-57
SOFTWARE SHORT TAKES: DX4WIN/32, loging, awards, labels, control... 105
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! QSLs and awards ... 54-54
TEACHING: How to Maximize Your receiver's Effective Selectivity 44-47
March 2001
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February 2001
ANTENNA: Raise Your Tower Without Breaking Ground! (compuet simulator) 73-73
ANTENNA: More Hardline Connectors, More Schematic Drawinf software 78-78
BOOK: Grundig Satellit Radio Guide, $20 Universal Radio 41-41
BOOK: Antennas From The Ground Up, Vol 1, L.B. Cebik MFJ-3306 $20 41-41
DIGITAL: Clean Up Your PSK31 Signal 88-89
HISTORY: W3DST -- A Station Lost in Time, 1920-1941 105-6
INFO: Logikey K-3 Memory keyer 76-76
INFO: ChromaSound (computer sound-card DSP) 77-77
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: -- and Section News: 115 --+115
MOBILE: An HF Mobile Installation Step by Step 65-69
PROJECT: The World's Smallest Code-Practice Oscillator 39-41
QRP: Appalachian Award Fever, take it to the field & op! 107
REVIEW: ICOM IC-R3 Communications Receiver (video too!) 81-84
REVIEW: ICOM IC-PW1 Linear Amplifier (1KW) 85-87
SOFTWARE A Beginner's Guide to Modeling With NEC, Part 4: Loads, tx line31-35
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (basket of problem) 70-70
TEACHING: The Art of Soldering 72-72
TECH: How to Maximize Your Receiver's Effective Selectivity - Part 1 42-48
February 2001
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January 2001
ANTENNA: A Ground-Coupled Portable Antenna (10 - 40 meters) 28-32
ANTENNA: Hints: Modifications for "A $20 HF Mobile Antenna" 64-65
BOOK: A Family Affair: The R. L. Drake Story $30 859-635-6487 36-36
BOOK: Radio-Electronic Transmission Fundamentals $75 order: NP-34 48-48
BOOK: Radio-E " ISBN 1-884932-13-4, 770-449-6774 Noble Pub Co 48-48
DIGITAL: MFSK for the New Millennium 33-36
DIGITAL: The HF Digital "Tower of Babel" (dig comm types explained) 50-53
DIGITAL: Mobile Fun with PSK31! 58-59
DOCTOR: ...comes to HF antennas, how important is the elevation angle? 56-57
HISTORY: OLD RADIO - Collecting History, Jerome Haas, 3RQ 1915 91-91
INFO: Does Your Club Need a Web Site?54-55
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 82 and Section News: 113(no KE3FL) 82+113
MOBILE: Radios to go: The Quest for Power--Part 1 97-97
REVIEW: Alinco DR-135TP 2-Meter FN Mobile Transceiver (w TNC too!) 66-69
REVIEW: AOR DDS-2A External Local Generator for the Collins KWM-2 & S 69-72
SHORTTAKE:MFJ-434 Delux Voice Keyer, 61-61
SHORTTAKE:The Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide 62-62
SHORTTAKE:Hamtronics T301-2 2-Meter FM Transmitter 63-63
SOFTWARE Simulating Circuits and Systems with Serenade SV 37-43
SOFTWARE A Beginner's Guide to Modeling with NEC, Part 3 The Ins & Outs 44-48
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (All math questions!) 60-60
January 2001
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QST 2000 ARTICLES
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December 2000
ANTENNA: A Simple HF-Portable Antenna (multiband by linking...) 62-63
ARRL: Incoming QSL Bureau System 61-61
BANDS: Follow the Band Plans, Avoid the Wouff Hong 88-89
BOOK: TESLA: MASTER OF LIGHTNING $15 ISBN 0-7607-1005-8 37-37
BOOK: AC POWER INTERFERENCE MANUAL, $25, $4 ship ISBN 0-9653760-2-8 48-48
DIGITAL: MMTTY 1.58, does RTTY - software 60-60
FIELD DAY KE3FL: 150 pts, WA3OHI: 12 pts 109
HINTS: Keyer PTT Control for Super CMOS Keyers 65-65
HISTORY: Old Radio, The heathkit AT-1 90-90
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 84 and Section News: 121 84+121
KITS: K1 Two Band QRP Transciever From Elecraft, $270 Elecraft 44-44
PROJECT: The UniCounter- A Mulitpurpose Frequencey Counter/Elec Dial 33-37
PROJECT: Noise Canceling with Electret Condenser Microphones 38-39
QRP: QRP Transciever Kits: Six Reports from the Field 28-32
REVIEW: Patcomm PC-1600A HF Transciever, $1350 67-71
REVIEW: RadioShack HTX-252 2-Meter FM Mobile Transciever, $180 71-73
SOFTWARE A Beginner's Guide to Modeling with NEC, Part 2 The Ins & Outs 40-44
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! What makes Ham Radio Fun... 57-57
TECH: AM Broadcast and Spurious HF Signals, Fox Hunting with Spurs 74-75
December 2000
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November 2000
ANTENNA: Another Look At Tower Work 59-60
CONTESTS: Discover the Wonderful World of Contesting 43-44
CONTESTS: Coping with Cabrillo (contest file format) 45-47
CONTESTS: General Rules for ALL ARRL Contests + others 94-98
DIGITAL: The Leonids Meteor Shower Packet Experiment Q&A 83-83
HELPDESK: Relationships between fundamentals, harmonics, CATV, & TV... 50-50
INFO: Utilizing the Constant Bombardment of Cosmic Debris for... 28-32
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 76 (72) & Section News: 107 76+107
MOBILE: Radio Friendly/unfriendly vehicals 84-84
PROJECT: A Flexible Digital-Mode Interface (needs software) 39-42
PROJECT: An Inexoensive KISS-Mode TNC 53-56
QRP: The NorCal 40A -- An Instant Classic 88-88
REVIEW: Yaesu MARK-V FT-1000MP HF Transceiver ($4,200 list) 64-69
REVIEW: The NorCal SMK-1 QRP transceiver Kit ($34) 70-70
SOFTWARE A Beginner's Guide to Modeling with NEC 34-38
SOFTWARE SHORT TAKES - reviews: DXTelnet 4.7, Ham University 51-52
SOFTWARE SHORT TAKES - reviews: LogWindows 3.07.30, RITTY 4.0 57-58
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Are you an Amateur Radio bookworm?) 61-61
TIPS: Strengthen your Cushcraft D40 Rotatable Dipole, ARM-Holster 62-63
WRKBENCH: G5RV pattern, Aurora CW, SWR BW, Flicering displays 48-49
November 2000
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October 2000
ANTENNA: The Parasol: A 160-Meter Vertical Antenna with a Difference 43-49
ANTENNA: A 146- and 4450MHz J-Pole Antenna 50-53
ANTENNA: An Easily Constructed 30- and 40-Meter Trap Dipole Antenna 65-65
BOOK: Antennas, Tales and Technicals on CD-ROM by: L.B. Cebik 101
DOCTOR: TV Damage w 1.5 KW, reusing 24" dish, Lightning Trackers 60-60
FEEDBACK: Sept 2000 QST Pg 64: www.eds-inc.com, & Aug 2000 p 43: 53-53
FEEDBACK: "A Wide-Range RF-Survey Meter" ferrite: RS 273-105 53-53
FUN: Decoding the Disneyland Telegraph (It was wrong!) 58-59
HINTS: Antennas: Simpke PVC Center Insulators, PVC ease installation 68-68
HINTS: Mod Kenwood MC-53 Mic, Repair old headsets, TS-850 VCO prob 69-69
KE3FL: PSHR: pg 84 (75) & Section News: pg 111 84,111
PROJECT: A Basic Stamp Morse Call-Sign Generator 40-42
QRP PWR: Power is No Substitute for Skill (Operating Tips) 92-92
REVIEW: Portable Power Station: by Ham Contac 67-67
REVIEW: The Grundig Satellit 800 Millennium receiver $500 74-76
REVIEW: RadioShack HTX-245 Dual-Band FM Handheld Transceiver, .7W out 76-78
REVIEW: West Mountain Radio RIGblaster Rig-to-Sound-Card Interface 78-80
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Take a "power-full" quz... (Power supps) 66-66
TECH: PSK31 on FM, 1.9 MHz Inverted-L Antenna, Schematics from PCBs 81-82
TECH: Defective Disks? (No not really!) 82-82
UHF/VHF: Microwave Bands: Use 'Em or Lose 'Em! 62-64
October 2000
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September 2000
ANTENNA: MBA The Mighty Big Antenna 28-29
ANTENNA: The Monster Loop (High-performance LF receiving loops...) 57-62
ATV: Amateur Television from Model Planes and Rockets 41-44
DOCTOR: DIN connectors, Artificial ground, PSK31, grounding, J-pole 59-60
FEEDBACK: July 2000, pp 38-44 (Verticals, Ground Systems...) fixes! 79-79
HINTS: DOX control Yaesu FT-847, Sweep-Tube replacements, screws? 68-69
HISTORY: The Ross Hull Story (One of the greatest VHF/UHF pioneers...) 45-47
HISTORY: 75, 50 AND 25 YEARS AGO (QST September 1950!) 100
INFO: THE HELP DESK: The ARRL Outgoing QSL Service 67-67
INFO: PRB-1: A Good Thing, but Still not a Panacea (Q & A) 87-87
KE3FL: PSHR: pg 81 (83) & Section News: pg 113 81,113
MOBILE: Mobile to the Max! 98-98
PROJECT: The OCR II Receiver 32-37
QRP PWR: Vitage QRP (HW-7) Web site: www.qsl.net/~nogaqrp 94-94
REVIEW: EZNEC 3.0 for Windows 66-66
REVIEW: MFJ-9340K QRP-Cub Transceiver Kit 74-76
REVIEW: Switching Power Supplies Revisited, Alinco DM-330MV, ... 76-78
REVIEW: Switching Power Supplies Revisited, Diamond GZV4000 78-79
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Tools cross word) 65-65
UHF/VHF: Grid Chasing: Fixed or Mobile? 30-31
September 2000
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August 2000
ANTENNA: The Doctor is IN: Quad and Delta loop antennas 56-56
ANTENNA: Basic Beams for 12 and 17 Meters 57-62
DIGITAL: The Doctor is IN: PSK31 2000, PC keyeing circuit 55-55
HISTORY: OLD RADIO: Vacation Time and Radio Museums 96-96
INFO: Ham Radio and the World's largest Fully-Steerable Antenna 28-29
INFO: Digital Television: Bigger, Wider, Sharper 38-41
INFO: WRC 2000 World Radiocommunication Conference 2000 51-54
INFO: SHORT TAKES: Arcron Zeit "Chrono" Wristwatch (uses: WWVB radio)63-63
INFO: HITS & KINKS: Heath SB-303 Modifications, QSK Muting circuits 67-68
KE3FL: PSHR: pg 83 (77) & Section News: pg 115 83,115
PROJECT: A Wide-Range RF-Survey Meter 42-44
PROJECT: Build An Indoor-Outdoor Thermometer for Your Shack 45-48
QRP PWR: A Wattmeter of Your Own 98-98
REVIEW: A QST Roundup: 2-Meter Handheld FM Transceivers, 69-73
REVIEW: Alinco DJ-195T, RadioShack HTX-200, Yaesu Vertex VX-150 69-73
REVIEW: AlphaMax and AlphaRemote for the Alpha 87A 73-74
SAT: UO-14: A User-Friendly "FM Repeater in the Sky" 64-65
TECH: CORRESPONDENCE: Calculating Wire Lengths for Winding Toroids 75-75
TECH: CORRESPONDENCE: What is SSB? 75-76
August 2000
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July 2000
ANTENNA: Flags, Pennants, & Other Ground-Independent Low-Band RX Ants 34-37
ANTENNA: Verticals, Ground Systems and Some History (See Sept Pg 79) 38-44
ANTENNA: A Tale of Cell Sites and Towering Heights 45-46
ANTENNA: Everything Works (UR enjoyment of Am Radio related to ur Ant) 47-50
ANTENNA: Linear Loading reduces antenna size 55-55
ANTENNA: The QRP Commando Stealth Dipole - http://www.qrparci.org 85-85
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 76 and Section News: 101 76+101
PROJECT: The Micromountaineer Revisited (QRP transceiver) 28-33
PROJECT: A Weather Station In Every Shack 80-80
REVIEW: ICOM IC-718 HF Transceiver 63-67
REVIEW: Yaesu FT-1500M 2-Meter FM Mobile Transceiver 67-69
SOFTWARE ProLog2K for Windows 58
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Turn up your "Jargon Power.") 59
TECH: Build a Simple SMD Workstation 56-57
TECH: THE HELP DESK: Characteristics of Commonly Used TX Lines 60
TECH: A Universal Logging Computer Interface 61-62
July 2000
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June 2000
ANTENNA: Having a Field Day with the Moxon Rectangle 38-42
ANTENNA: Launch your Field Day Antenna with a Flingshot 59-60
ANTENNA: Short Takes: Arrow II Satellite Antenna 64-64
ANTENNA: Hints & Kinks: Whip Antenna Storage for your Mobile 65-66
ANTENNA: Hints & Kinks: Silence that Whistling Antenna! 65-66
DIGITAL: A Panoramic Transceiving System for PSK31 (Schematic, kit) 31-37
DOCTOR: Through window coax, Wavelength, Coax life, etc 57-58
HINTS & : Weather Caps for Connectors, Garage-door opener Director 65-66
INFO: ARRL Grid Locator for North America (USA only) 63-63
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 88 and Section News: 111 88+111
PROJECT: Solving Sound Card Microphone Problems 61-61
REVIEW: ICOM IC-756PRO HF/6-Meter Transceiver ($3.0 - 3.6K) 67-73
REVIEW: Ten-Tec 1210 10-Meter to 2-Meter Transverter ($139/kit, $239) 73-74
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! (Cross Word Puzzle) 62-62
TECH: MFJ-259 SWR Analyzer and Coaxial Cable Shorts, TVI/RFI 75-75
TECH: Matching Low Impedance Antennas (with diff impedancs coax) 75-76
UHF/VHF: An 8-Watt, 2-Meter "Brickette" (Schematic, PC-board) 43-47
June 2000
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May 2000
ANTENNA: Build a Flagpole Antenna Booster 37-38
ANTENNA: A No-Tune 2-Meter Bandpass Filter 54-55
ANTENNA: A No-Tune 2-Meter Bandpass Filter 54-55
DIGITAL: PSK31 2000 42-45
DX: Operating in the UK: A Primer for US Hams 28-29
HINTS: A Fold-Down Mobile Antenna Mount 56-57
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 74 and Section News: 97 74+97
MORSE: Practice Morse Code with a Java Applet 48-50
PROJECT: Automatic Amplifier Selection ICOM IC-746, -736 and -706MKII 33-36
PROJECT: Improving the Hamtronics R139 VHF Weather-Satellite RX I/O 39-41
QRP: QRp Power, Ten-Tec, Heath Kit, Kenwood, & Yaesu older info 87-87
REVIEW: Kenwood TM-D700A Dual-Band FM Mobile Transceiver 60-64
REVIEW: ACOM 2000A HF Linear Amplifier 64-66
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge!
May 2000
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April 2000
ANTENNA: A $20 HF Mobile Antenna (a few hours, PVC & wire...) 33-35
ANTENNA: The W3RW 6- and 10-Meter Long Wire 46-48
ANTENNA: NE3Q's Antenna Fell From the Sky! (Kite antenna) 49-52
DOCTOR: DTMF, CTCSS?, CB Channels, 59-60
HELP: Glossary of Terms 66-66
HINTS: A Quick, Easy Mobile Radio Mount 68-69
HUMOR: Continuous PEP Metering the Easy Way (April Fools) 58
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 87 and Section News: 109 87+109
PROJECT: Add a Morse Readout to the AA4FB PIC SWR Meter 61-61
PROJECT: A Tool for Winding Small Toroidal Cores 63-64
PROJECT: Technical Correspondence, Some Tools and Tricks of the Hobby 78-79
QRP: QRP POWER, Three Cool Kits: Wilderness, Small Wonder, Red Hot 93-93
REVIEW: Multimode Communication Processor Roundup 70-73
REVIEW: KAM '98, PK232DSP, PTC-IIe, DXP38 70-73
REVIEW: RadioShack HTX-10 10-Meter Multimode Transceiver 73-75
REVIEW: The ICOM IC-T81A Quad-Band FM Hand-Held Transceiver 76-77
SAT: An Amateur Satellite Primer 36-41
SAT: Step Up to the 38,400 Bps Digital Satellites 42-45
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! "Ohms Law" 62-62
April 2000
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March 2000
ANTENNA: A Simple Antenna Flipper (for tower antennas) 60-61
DIGITAL: PSK31 on the Road! 55-56
INFO: MFJ Super Menu Driven Memory Keyer Model MFJ-493 59-59
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: 92 and Section News: 121 92+121
PROJECT: The QRSer: A CW Operating Aid (Solid-state brakes on fast cw) 33-36
PROJECT: A Simple Meter Tester 41-42
PROJECT: A Simple 10-Meter QRP Transmetter 43-46
PROJECT: The NB6M QRP Paddles 53-54
QRP: The Tuna Tin 2 Today (QRP on 40-meters, project) 37-40
REVIEW: Elecraft K2 HF Transceiver Kit Elecraft 69-74
REVIEW: The Alinco DJ-V5TH Dual-Band FM Hand-Held Transceiver 75-76
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! crossword of power & the circuitry 58-58
March 2000
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February 2000
ANTENNA: 2X3=6 A simple equation? Indeed! hr r 2 3-L Yagi designs 4 6m 34-36
ANTENNA: A Tower in the Attic 46-47
ANTENNA: A Beginner's Guide to Scaling Natural Skyhooks 51-53
ANTENNA: Lakeview Company TM-1 License Plate Mount 56-56
ANTENNA: Clothesline Antenna Support Clarifications, corrections 61-61
BOOKS: AM Radio Log 20th Ed, Klingenfuss 2000 Freq Guides 62-62
BOOKS: Joe Carr's Loop Antenna Handbook, most for RX 77-77
DOCTOR: Antenna, 40-meter dipole of 15 meters, use Capacitance Hats 50-50
DOCTOR: RF Safety: [Click Here] 49-49
DOCTOR: RF Safety: [Click Here] 49-49
HELP: The Help Desk Q Signals ARRL QN Signals 57-57
HINTS K: New Life For the Yaesu FT-200 (Replace 6JS6C's w 6146B's...) 60-61
HISTORY: A 75A-4 One Piece at a Time 28-30
PROJECT: A Repeater Controller Accessory: The RCA (remote control...) 37-45
PROJECT: A Keypad for the Yaesu FT-1000MP, Roll your own keypad... 54-55
QRP: Your QRP Elmer - good operating, DX, & pileup methods 90-90
REVIEW: Ten-Tec Pegasus HF Transceiver (NEEDS a PC!) $900 + 63-67
SOFTWARE: BeaconSee [Click] 59-59
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! The bigger they are... Antennas 58-58
February 2000
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January 2000
ANTENNA: The Doctor is IN, Windom Antenna: pg 56 55-56
ANTENNA: A Compact Two-Element, 2-Meter Beam 60-63
BOOK: NEW BOOKS, The RSGB Guid to EMC (also RFI) 101-01
COMPARE: QST Compares: Switching Power Supplies, Astron SS-30M 70-73
COMPARE: ICOM PS-85, Kenwood PS-40, MFJ-4225MV, Samlex SEC 1223 70-73
COMPARE: Yaesu FP-1023, 70-73
DIGITAL: Let's See you in Hellschreiber! 52-54
DDIGITAL Dimention, MT63: AN HF Panacea? 88-88
ESD: Hints & Kinks, A homebrew ESD Mat 52-54
HELP: The HELP Desk: Freq guide, VHF/UHF/EHF calling freqs, etc. 28-34
HISTORY: Amateur Radio: 100 Years of Discovery 28-34
KE3FL: Field Org Reports: and Section News: 109 109
LOFER: Short Takes, Palomar Engineers VLF Converter (Low Freq) 59-59
QRP: QRP POWER, and the internet 90-90
REVIEW: ICOM IC-R75 Communications Receiver 67-69
SOFTWARE: RadioCom 4.0 - multimode communications processor 66-66
TEACHING: Test Your Knowledge! Take a look at the ... "analog angle" 64-65
TECH: The 1999 Solar Eclipse and Amateur Radio 35-39
TECH: "Hot-Wiring" the kenwood TS-690S and TS-450S 40-43
TECH: An MX614 Packet Modem 44-46
TO GO: Radios To Go, mobile CW, KISS?, Unauthorized Withdrawals 87-87
VHF: World Above 50 MHz, Using 1/2-Inch 75ohm CATV Hardline 91-92
January 2000
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Elecraft
PO Box 69
Aptos CA 95001-0069
P: 831-662-8345
F: 831-662-0830
E: |BuildIt|sales|ele|craft|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: K1-$270, K2 HF Transceiver Kits
I: XV50, XV144, XV222 Transverter kits $350
I: XG1 Receiver Test Oscillator/S-Meter Calibrator
I: K2 All-band QRP HF Base Transceiver: $599
I: Elecraft KPA 100: 100W for your E K2 HF Transceiver $359
I: KX1 CW Transceiver: $279, +30m +$29, +padle +$69, +tuner +$79
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NOTES:
I: If a web address starts with a '.' then add "http://www" to it.
I: If a web address just starts with a letter/number then add "http://" to it.
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FCC RF-Exposure
W: [RF Safety Page]
I: this site offers a calculator for you to use.
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FCC
I: FCC Comments - send your ham radio related comments to:
E: |BuildIt|hamcomm|f|cc|3|
I: RFI problems with consumer electronics
E: |BuildIt|callctr|nightwind|.fcc|3|
W: [FCC Page]
W: [FCC telephone interference bulletin]
W: [Phone Page]
I: Enforcement: 202-418-1184 Riley Hollingsworth: |BuildIt|rholling|f|cc|3|
I: or mail to: FCC 1270 Fairfield Rd Gettysburg PA 17325
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ARRL programs
I: http://oak.oakland.edu:8080/pub/hamradio/arrl/bbs/programs/
ARRL section news now at:
N: http://www.arrl.org/sections
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ARRL
Projects for the Ham Shack:
W: [Technical Information Service pages]
W: [The World Above 50 MHz]
@: You can be listed by sending your information to: |BuildIt|standings|ar|rl|2|
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Alinco
ATOC Amateur Distributing LLC
23 S High St
Covington OH 45318
P: 937-473-2840
F: 937-473-2862
@: |BuildIt|alinco|alin|co|0|
W: [Home Page]
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Lakeview Company
3620-9A Whitehall Rd
Anderson SC 29626
I: Antennas (HF Hamstick) and license plate mount $44.95
P: 864-226-6990
E: |BuildIt|hamstick|ham|stick|0|
W: [Home Page]
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Kenwood USA Corp
3975 Johns Creek Ct
Suwanee GA
P: 310-639-4200
F: 310-537-8235
W: [Home Page]
I: TM-271A 2 Meter FM Transceiver, $190 (03/2004)
I: TH-K2AT $150, PG4Y programmming cable $33
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Kanga US
3521 Spring Lake Dr.
Findly OH 45840
P: 419-423-5643
E: |BuildIt|kanga|brutus|.bright|1|
I: Kits
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MCM Electronics
650 Congress Park Dr
Centerville OH 45459-4072
P: 513-434-0031, or 800-543-4330
I: Pigtail Automotive Fuses
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CAIG Lab., Inc.
16744 West Bernardo Dr.
San Diego CA 92127
P: 800-224-4123 619-451-1799
I: Environmentally Safe Contact cleaners
I: deoxit- 50 pack individually wrapped, 3 wipes- $.75 each 37.50
I: k-d3w, Izabella
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ASTRON
9 AUTRY
IRVINE CA 92718
P: 714-458-7277 Power supplies.
P: METERS: 0-15 & 0-25, $18 EACH $36 + 3.14S&H = $39.14 TOTAL
P: 20A w meters: $129.95 no meters: $99.95 (MRC 301-470-4266)
I: schematic for RS 12A (no meter) FAX will be sent 5 min.
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Yaesu USA
17210 Edwards Rd.
Cerritos CA 90703
P: 562-404-2700
W: [Home Page]
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Ramsey Electronics, Inc.
793 Canning Parkway
Victor, New York 14564
P: 716-924-4560
I: Kits
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Oak Hills Research
div of Milestone Technologies
2460 S Moline Way
Aurora, CO 80014
P: 800-238-8205 or 303-752-3382
F: 303-745-6792
E: |BuildIt|qrp|oh|r|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: QRP transeiver kits (single band & five bander), QRP Wattmeter II
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Hamtronics Inc
65-F Moul Rd
Hilton NY
P: 716-392-9430 F: 716-392-9420
I: TD-4 "LiTZ-capable" selective calling module, kit: $49 or $79 built
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Tigertronics, Inc.
400 Daily Ln
P.O. Box 5210
Grants Pass OR 97527
P: 800-822-9722 541-474-6700
F: 474-6703
E: |BuildIt|? sales info ? |tiger|tronics|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: BayPac Multimode mini packet TNC
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Almost All Digital Electronics (AADE)
1412 Elm St SE
Auburn WA 98092
P: 206-351-9316
I: Inductance/Capacitance- L/C Meter II $80/kit $100/built + $4 SH
*
TEN-TEC
1185 Dolly Parton Pkwy
Sevierville TN 37862-3710
N: Ten Tec
P: 423-453-7172
F: 423-428-4483
E: |BuildIt|sales|ten|tec|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: QRP CW Transceiver Kits 80/40/30/20 m
I: Argonaut V Model 516 MF/HF TXR $800
I: Titan III HF Linear Amplifier, 1500W and $3565
*
Palomar
P.O. Box 46222
Escondido CA 92029
P: 619-747-3343
E: |BuildIt|75353.2175|compu|serve|0|
I: 80 to 2 meter mobile antenna $250
*
TASCO Electronics USA
Box 11106
Honolulu HI 96828
P: F: 808-524-7788
I: or mainland:
Wyman Research Inc.
8339 S. 850 W.
Waldron IN 46182
P: 317-525-6452 F: 4810
E: |BuildIt|w9ntpdon|ind|.tds|1|
I: TSC-70U Slow-Scan TV System
*
Alpha Delta Communications Inc.
Box 620
Manchester KY 40962
P: 606-598-2029 Fax: 4413
I: Communicatios Model Variable Responce Console $250
I: Tuned port speaker w amp/equalizer for great sound from Ham equipment!
*
Dynamic Electronics
PO Box 896
Hartselle AL 35640
P: 205-773-2758
F: 205-773-7295
W: [Home Page]
I: 125' wide-bandwidth 80 - 2 meter antenna $129 + $6 shipping
*
Cable X-PERTS
416 Diens Dr
Wheeling IL 60090
P: 800-828-3340
E: |BuildIt|exp|net|com|0|
W: [Home Page]
P: 708-506-1886, Fax: 1970
*
The Wireman
W: [Home Page]
*
Antenna Mart Quads
PO Box 699
Longanville GA 30249
P: 770-466-4353 FAX: 3095
I: Antennas Catalog $2 (Get $5 off first order)
*
Shirts & Caps Inc
38530 5TH Ave.
Zephyrhills FL 33540
P: 813-788-7026
W: [Home Page]
*
Handi-Hams
E: |BuildIt|wa0sgj|ju|no|0| ("Sister" Alverna O'Laughlin)
W: [Home Page]
*
lowfer: 1750-meter band, 160 - 190 kHz, 1W to finals & 15 max length of
antenna AND feed line for transmitter.
*
RELM Communications
7505 Technology Dr
West Melbourne FL 32904
P: 407-984-1414
I: Hand-Held scanners HS-100, HS-200 12/13 bands 100/200 channels
*
Star Bright
4041 SW 47th Ave
Daive FL 33314
P: 800-327-8583
F: 305-587-2813
I: Liquid Electrical Tape in black/red/green/white/clear 4 or 32 Oz cans
*
SSB Electronic USA
124 Cherrywood Dr
Mountaintop PA 18707
P: 717-868-5643
F: 717-868-6917
I: LT2S MK II 2-meter Transverter $890
*
M^2 Enterprises
7560 N Del Mar Ave
Fresno CA 93711
P: 209-432-9973
W: [Home Page]
I: 2-meter, 15 element beam $149
*
R.L. Drake Co
230 Industrial Dr
Franklin OH 45005
P: 513-746-4556
F: 513-743-4510
I: TR270 FM Transceiver $999
*
The Xtal Set Society
PO Box 3026
St Louis MO 63130
P: 314-725-1172
E: |BuildIt|xtalset|midnight|science|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: Book: Crystal set building and more $15.95 + 2.50 SH
*
George Murphy, VE3ERP
77 McKenzie St
Orillia ON L3V 6A6
I: HAMCALC Version ?? - $5 US check/money order
*
I: One-by-One special event callsign
E: ARRL
L: http://ncvec.spindle.net/html/show_all.cfm
*
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA)
2500 Wilson Blvd
Arlington VA 22205-3834
P: 703-907-7626
W: [Home Page]
I: RFI problems
SGC Inc*
SGC Inc
13737 SE 26th St
Bellevue WA 98005
P: 800-25973310
P: 425-746-6310
F: 425-746-6384
E: |BuildIt|sgc|sgc|world|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: (/products/SGC2020/2020update.htm)
I: Low power auto tuner SG-211 (4 yrs on 4 AA batts) $180
I: SG-211 Automatic Antenna Tuner $180
*
Maha Communications & Electronics Inc.
2841-B Saturn St.
Brea CA 92821
P: 800-376-9992
E: |BuildIt|maharexon|maha|-comm|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: Affordable HTs, RL-115: $190, 112: $140, 412: $155, 501: $240
I: HTs: RL-501HP $360, RL-112HP $220, RL-115HP $290 (See April 1999)
*
Morse Express
3140 S Peoria St, Unit K-156
Aurora CO 80014
P: 800-238-8205
E: |BuildIt|n1fn|Morse|X|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: LTA Keys/Paddles (LTA Company in Spain) $49 & up
*
JACE
PO Box 862
Bel Air MD 21014
P: 410-838-9415
I: IO Wizard Kit, computer IO made easy, board & Software $69
*
MFJ
PO Box 494
Misissippi State MS 39762
P: 800-647-1800
F: 601-323-6551
W: [Home Page]
I: Antennas From The Ground Up, Vol 1, by: L.B. Cebik, $20 MFJ-3306
I: Antennas From The Ground Up, Vol 2, by: L.B. Cebik, $20 MFJ-3307
I: MFJ-5429 USB to male RS-232 DB-9: $25
I: MFJ-5427 USB to Parallel printer adapter: $25
I:
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Cushcraft
48 Perimeter Rd
Manchester NH 03103
P: 603-627-7877
F: 603-627-1764
W: [Home Page]
*
Small Parts Inc
13980 NW 58th Ct
PO Box 4650
Miami Lakes FL 33014-0650
P: 305-557-7955 - Service: 305-558-1255
C: Catalog request: 800-423-9009
E: |BuildIt|smlparts|small|parts|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: polycarbon rod, UV resistant for making antennas, coil-supports
*
Phonex Customer Service
P: 800-437-0101
I: Wireless modems that MIGHT cause HF QRM
*
Bird Component Products
50 W Jefferson St
Franklyn IN 46131
P: 317-346-6600
F: 317-346-6601
E: |BuildIt|sales|bird-|components|4|
E: |BuildIt|info|bird-|components|4|
W: [Home Page]
I: New dummy loads DC-2.4GHz 1.3:1 SWR or lower
I: New RF attenuators as well
*
League of Young Radio Amateurs Web site
W: [Home Page]
I: young hams
*
Patcomm Corp
7 Flowerfield, Suite M100
St James NY 11780
P: 516-862-6512
F: 516-862-6529
E: |BuildIt|sales|pat|comm|2|
W: [Home Page]
I: Patcomm PC-9000 HF & 6-Meter rig, $800
*
High Sierra Antennas
PO Box 2389
Nevada City CA 95959
P: 888-273-3415
F: 530-273-7561
E: |BuildIt|heath|hs|antennas|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: HS-1500 HF/6-Meter Mobile Antenna $300
*
Cutting Edge Enterprises
1803 Mission St, Suite 546
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
P: 800-206-0115
F: 831-426-0115
E: |BuildIt|cee|cruzio|0|
*
Wilderness Radio
PO Box 734
Los Altos CA 94023-0734
P: 650-494-3806
E: |BuildIt|qrpbob|data|tamers|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: Sierra QRP kit, $215/no bands, $369/6 bands
I: each band module ~$31
*
Small Wonder Labs
80 East Robbins Ave
Newington CT 06111
E: |BuildIt|dave|smallwonder|labs|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: Kits $100, for PSK31 30, 40-meter Transceiver boards.
*
Red Hot Radio
P: 408-390-6805
F: 800-881-6120
E: |BuildIt|sales|redhot|radio|0|
W: [Home Page]
*
DX Contest Software, N3FJP
W: [Home Page]
*
ICOM America
2380 116TH Ane NE
Bellevue WA 98004
P: 425-454-8155
F: 425-454-1509
E: |BuildIt|75540.525|compu|serve|0|
W: [ICOM Home Page]
I: IC-7800: $10,600 (August 2004)
I: ICOM IC-2200H 2 Meter FM Transceiver: $230
*
Constants: [Constants Page]
*
The # 2416
*
PDI Inc (Plastic Dip International)
3760 Fowerfield Rd
PO Box 130
Circle Pines, MN 55014-0130
P: 763-785-2156, 800-969-5432
F: 763-785-2058
W: [Home Page]
I: in red, green, black, and white
I: At home improvement stores
*
FCC
The Universal Licensing System
W: [ULS Page]
I: To renew: uls page, uls filing, purpose: renewal
*
Heil Sound Ltd
5800 North Illinois
Fairview Heights IL 62208
P: 618-257-3000
E: |BuildIt|info|heil|sound|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: New hand mic July 2001 pg 73
I: Pro-Set Plus Headset with Boom Microphone: $189, Dec 2003 pg 61/2
*
Micro-mesh - KR-70
W: [Home Page]
P: 800-225-3006
I: for resoration of clear plastic windows, glasses, watch crystals, etc
I: see July 2001 Hints & Kinks, pg 72, 73.
*
Videolynx
19910 Bramble Bush Dr
Gaithersburg MD 20879
E: |BuildIt|videolynx|transmit|video|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: Video-Lynx 434 Micro ATV Tx $120 ($99) - see July 2001 pg 81
*
Pennsylvania DX Association
PO Box 100
York Haven PA 17370-0100
I: Third Call Area - Page 66 August 2001
*
D. W. Electrochemicals Ltd.
Betty Gordon, Marketing Manager
3-97 Newkirk Rd N
Richmond Hill, ON L4C-3G4, Canada
CANADA
P: 905-508-7500
F: 905-508-7502
E: |BuildIt|dwel|stabi|lant|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: Stabilant 22 Electronic Contact Enhancer
M: Popular Communications Oct 2001 Pg 55
*
Free download of computer clock to NIST time program(s)
W: [NIST Clock Page]
*
NCG
1275 N Grove St
Anaheim CA 92806
P: 800-962-2611
F: 714-630-7024
I: MALDOL, Tri-band HT Antenna, 144/220/440 MHz 14" whip $50
W: [Home Page]
*
W: [Serenade freeware Page]
I: Serenade freeware
*
Vertex Standard
10900 Walker St
Cypress CA 90630
W: [Home Page]
I: Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark-V
I: FT-7800R Dual Band FM Transceiver $280, YSK-7800 remote kit: $55
*
RFI Expert: Mike Martin/K3RFI
W: [Home Page]
*
Modular Spectrum Analyzer kit
W: [Home Page]
*
Vacuum tube
I: [specifications] web page.
*
Total Electronics
1216 NC Hwy 54, Sweps Rd
Box 158
Swepsonville NC 27359
P: & Fax: 336-229-5671
E: |BuildIt|KE4LGX|ya|hoo|0|
W: [Total Electronics]
W: [angelfire.com Total Electronics page]
I: New ham radio paint colors: Tektronics blue, Heathkit blue & gray, etc
*
West Mountain radio
18 Sheehan Ave
Norwalk CT 06854
P: 203-853-8080
W: [Home Page]
I:
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Gap Antenna Products
99 N Willow St
Fellsmere FL 32948
P: 772-571-9922
F: 772-571-9988
W: [Home Page]
I: Noise-Canceling Speaker 3x5x2" HWD, 12 - 28V - SSB, AM, FM DSP
*
SteppIR Antennas
14135 233rd Pl SE
Issaquah, WA 98027
P: 877.885.8700, 425.456.0200
F: 425.391.6031
E: |BuildIt|sales|step|pir|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: 3-element Yagi Antenna, 14-50 MHz
*
SunLight Energy Systems
955 Manchester Ave SW
North Lawrence OH 44666
P: 330.832.3114, 888.476.5279 (orders only)
W: [Home Page]
I: The Protector kit $30 + $4-ship (a power supply monitor for your rig)
*
New Communications Solutions
5363 Vally Mist Trace, Suite 101
Norcross, GA 30092
P: 888.883.5788
W: [Home Page]
I: NCS-3240 Multi-Switcher $280, power supply: $13
*
Link Communications, Inc.
1035 Cerise Rd
Billings, MT 59101
P: 800.610.4085
F: 406.245.4889
E: |BuildIt|info|comm|link|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: Tactical Communications Bridge $500
*
NCG Company
1275 N Grove St
Anaheim, CA 92806-2114
P: 800.962.2611
W: [Home Page]
I: MALDOL HVU-8 HF/VHF/UHF Complact Antenna $350
*
West Marine
P: 800.262.8464
W: [Home Page]
I: Good catalog & supplies of interest to hams
*
Spectro Wire & Cable
2208 Pole Rd
Moore OK 73153
P: 800.255.6371
E: |BuildIt|wire|ao|l|0|
W: [Home Page]
I: Heavy-duty wire, lugs, fittings, & tools
I: Anti-corrosion batt terminal chemical 4oz #50095 for $4
I: $25 minimum order
*
W3FF Antennas
2390 Templeton Dr
Redding, CA 96002
P: 530.226.8446
W: [Home Page]
I: Buddipole antenna $195, Mast: $40, Tripod: $70
*
American QRP Club
c/o Paul Maciel, AK1P
1749 Hudson Dr.
San Jose, CA 95124
W: [Home Page]
I: Yearly dues $20
I: Formerly NorCal & NJQRP clubs, now joined
*
CW teaching program LINKS:
PC: http://www.c2.com/~ward
PC: http://www.sdc.org/~finley/finley.morse.html
Palm: http://www.spectrum.uni-bielefeld.de/~gibbon/
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SCILUX
I: Laser-engraved call sign products
http://www.scilux.com
*
Hokushin Industry Comapny (Japan)
Distributed by:
NCG Companies
1275 North Grove St.
Anaheim, CA 92806
P: 714-630-4541
I: Maldol HVU-8 base-station antenna $350
*
Antenna/Feedline program: [Click Here]
*
Vertex Standard
10900 Walker St.
Cypress, CA 90630
P: 714-827-7600
F: 714-827-9100
L: [Vertex Standard's Home Page]
I: VXA-700 2-Meter HT cost: $420
*
NJ QRP Club's Website on CD for $10:
L: [Click Here]
I: PAC-12 Vertical Antenna plans are on the CD
*
Kenneke Communications, LLC
PO Box 3126
Albany OR 97321
P: 541-619-6490
L: [Kenneke Communications Radio Kits]
I: Three band SW Receiver, also AM, FM, SW, & Ham Transmitters
*
Norbert Pieper
Max-Planck Str 11, D-59399
Olfen
Germany
L: [Pieper Morse Decoding Software]
L: [Home Page]
I: Morse Decoding Software with Audio-Spacing
*
DSWK Chip
L: [DSWK replacement PIC Chip]
I: The DSWK is an upgrade for the Small Wonder Labs DSW and DSW-II stock PIC chip.
I: Uses PayPal
*
Global Overlay Mapper
L: [Global Overlay Mapper]
I: the Global Overlay Mapping System is packed full of features for all
I: Ham Radio enthusiasts
*
SteppIR Antennas
14135 233rd Pl SE
Issaquah, WA 98027
P: 877-885-8700 (toll free)
L: [SteppIR.com]
I: SmallR Vertical Antenna $450, Transceiver Interface: $60.
*
SteppIR Antennas (-Agilent-)
14135 233rd Pl SE
Issaquah, WA 98027
P: 800-452-4844 X7784 (toll free)
L: [SteppIR.com]
I: 20 MHz Arbitrary Waveform Generator, $450
*
FlexRadio
P: 512-250-5435
L: [Home Page]
I: SDR-1000 Software Defined Transceiver, $500
*
Schematic Drawing Software Links and Tutorial
usa.autodesk.com
expresspcb.com
circuitmaker.com
dcad.com
Everything You Need to Know about Designing a PCB Layout - Article by ourpcb.com
*
Klingenfuss Publications
Hagenloher Str 14, D-7207070
Tuebingen
Germany
P: 49-7071-62830
W: Klingenfuss.org
I: The 2004 Frequency List on CD-ROM: 25 Euros or $30 at The arrl Shop
*
Instruments of Amplification, by H. Peter Fredericks
I: Available at:
ARRL
225 Main St
Newington CT 06111
P: 888-277-5289
W: The arrl Shop
I: Order No: 9163 for ~$20
*
Par Electronics, Inc.
PO Box 645
Glenville NC 28736
P: 828-743-1338
F: 828-743-1219
W: [Home Page]
@: |BuildIt|w4op|par|electronics|0|
*
A&A Engineering
2521 W LaPalma, Unit K
Anaheim CA 92801
P: 714-952-2114
F: 714-952-3280
W: [Home Page]
I: 5A Smart Battery Charger: $140
*
Sherrill Arborist Supply
P: 800-525-8873
W: [Home Page]
I: Big Shot Sling 150' (to 200' with practice) $95 - $269 depending
*
LDG Electronics
1445 Parran Rd.
Saint Leonard MD 20685
P: 410-586-2177
F: 410-586-8475
W: [Home Page]
I: Z-100 tuner with external Balun: $149
*
Z Antenna Systems
P: 905-525-3189
W: [Home Page]
@: |BuildIt|np4b|ar|rl|1|
*
American Flag & Banner Co.
5220 Lardon Rd NE
Salem OR 97305
P: 800-707-3524
W: [Home Page]
I: 21' Wonderpole: $129, 40' = $250
*
Antenna Modeling Software: $40
W: [Home Page]
*
MULTIPSK Version 3.01 (May 2004)
I: Freeware BUT a $35 license fee is needed to access some features
W: [Home Page]
*
Byonics
8378 Granite Mountain Ln
Las Vegas NV 89129
I: TinyTrak3 GPS Position Encoder
I: TT3 Kit $30, with case: $36, built & tested board: $54
W: [Home Page]
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The End, done!
*
Cadex Electronics, Inc.
22000 Fraserwood Way
Richmand BC Canada
I: Programmable Battery Analyzer
P: 607-231-7777
F: 607-231-7755
W: [Home Page]
*
W4RT Electronics
3077-K Leeman Ferry Rd
Huntsville AL 35801
I: Programmable Battery Analyzer
F: 256-880-3866
@: |BuildIt|boss|rt|w4|0|
W: [Home Page]
*
Sounds Sweet
99 W Shore Dr
Carmel NY 10512
I: Sounds Sweet Speaker, $99
W: [Home Page]
*
WiNRADiO Communications
div of Rosetta Laboritories
15 Stamford Rd.
Oakland 3166 Australia
I: WR G303i Radio receiver card for comuter, $500 or
I: $600 for the professional demodulator version
P: 61-39568-2568
W: [Home Page]
*
UZ Tech
66 Cavell Ave
Etobicoke ON M8V 1P2, Canada
@: |BuildIt|mixw|sym|patico|1|
W: [Home Page]
I: RigExpert interface $219, Generic RX cable set: $12,
I: rig specific pre-wired cables: $45
*
DWM
P.O. Box 87
Hanover MI 49241
P: 517-563-2613
W: [Yo-Yo-Vee Home Page]
I: Yo-Yo-Vee: $40, 2-bands: $50 (Model 4), 3-bands: $60 (Model 6)
*
Array Solutions
P: 972-203-2008
W: [Home Page]
I: OptiBeam series of antenna from the
I: OB17-4 with 17 elements 40, 20, 15, & 10
I: to OB10-3W 10 element triband Yagi on 20, 17, & 15
I: Pro.Sis.Tel rotator for 12 to 42V
I: Controller RS232 port for PC
*
QHtenna
275 Davis School Rd
Martin GA 30557
P: 706-356-2662
W: http://www.qth.com/qhtenna/
I: 2-meter turnstile: $30, 70-cm turnstile: $20 (less 5 cents)
*
Civilian Space
W: [Civilian Space]
W: [Stratofox] tracking & recovery team
*
ARRL propsed Band Plan changes for digital radio
W: bandwidth.html - ARRL band plan 2004
*
Fire Tech Tips
W: FireTechTips.pdf - Fire Shelters Weaken Transmissions from HTs
*
Youth Net ".275 Youth Group"
I: 7.275 MHz Saturdays 21:00 EDT (0100 Z Sunday)
*
SETI - Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
W: [SETI League]
*
JWM Engineering Group
I: Model SEQ-1 tx/rx micro controlled sequencer
W: [Home Page]
W: [SEQ-1 page]
*
DX Engineering
PO Box 1491
Akron OH 44309
P: 800-777-0703 (1200-2030 UTC Monday-Friday)
W: [Home Page]
I: Radial Plate: ~$50, 1-3/4" saddle clamp & U-bolt ~$6
I: SO-239 Chassis mount socket ~$5, 20 additional nuts ~$5
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WaveNode
PO Box 111404
Campbell CA 95011
P: 408-933-8059
W: [Home Page]
I: WaveNode WN-1: ~$160, + two sensors: $200
I: Additional HF or UHF sensors: $45
*
CQ Communications
I: On-line searchable CQ magazines.
I: This is a subscription service, see:
W: [Subscribe]
*
Cutting Edge Enterprises
1717 Seventh St
Los Osos, CA 93402
P: 800-206-0115
W: [Home Page]
I: PowerPort 73: $77
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NOTE: If no email address is given try the author's call on QRZ.com
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