Antennas!

30 A Visit to Antenna Specialists 92 The 9-Element Duoband OX

- Wa yne tours the test ra nge W2NSD /l Attention-Getter
34 Secrets of Guyed Towers - w hen y ou c all, th ey l isten K4FK. N40G
- pu t ' em up and k eep ' em t here. . . .. WB 3BQO 96 Here's a "Twist"
40 Death-Defying PL Mod for the KDK 2015 - an OS CAR antenn a with a d iff erence . . . . K4TWI
- no t f o r t he squeam ish W8GQL 98 A Fortified 2m Whip
44 Feed-Horn Mounting Made Easy -won 't bend in t he br eeze. .. . . W9AMM
- solut io n to a pesky problem . . . . . WB8DQT 100 Ageless Wonder: the Collinear Beam
48 Antenna Tuning Joy Revisited - sure beats a d ipo le. . W1FK
- remem ber t he Tektroni x 1908 7 W9 CGI 102 .Th re e Baluns for a Buck ""-
52 Modern Solid-State Equipment Design: - go find y ou rself a junked TV.. .. ','" .-. W6SlQ
A Better Way 104 So You Want to Raise a Tow er
- so rry, tube fa ns W4RNL - d o it saf ely, do it rig ht. . . WA7DP X
58 Shorten ed Antennas for 75 and 80 118 The Revofutionerv-Organi c Ante n na
- de signs whic h fit yo ur QT H W4AEO - p ro du ct o f NASA resear c h. . . . Gaddie
66 Build This Simple 220 Yagi 126 DDRR Dipole for VHF
- 3 elements. 6 d B. .. N8AJA - experim ent!. . . .. W6 VX
68 Beware o f the Dreaded Phantom 132 Tennamatic: An.Auto-Tuning Mobile
Ground Antenna System
- exo rc ise th ose ant enna gremlins - w ork s all of 40 and 75 W6TWW
. ............... . . . . . . . . . WA2SUT1NN NflZV8 140 Add Solid-State Braking to the T'X
70 A Close Encounter With Voyager I - a worth while im p rov ement WB2DTY
- t he W6 V IO sto rv. . . . ... K6PG X 144 Compact Beams for 20 or 15
72 GIANT Wire Antennas - bu ild t hese when you r q ua d su es the
- imp ress the nei ghbo rs. . . . WD8CBJ du st W8HXR
78 ~ Microcomputer RTTY . .. a Software 150 "Weeping Willow" Vertical f ~r 40
TU - go o ut on a limb and bui ld o ne WA60YS
- use yo u r 8080 and ve ry little e lse .. .. N1AW 154 Marine-Band Acti vity
84 IJld Baudot Hard Copy For Your SWTPC - a co m p lete g u ide . . ..... WA2KBZ
-c- no isv. but cheap K4H8 G

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NEVER SAY DIE
by Wayne Green
editorial
DAYTON
Despi te th e rapid gr owt h of
the Atlant a Hamfest ival, Dayton
pu lls 'em in in great er numbers
every ti me. It 's gott en so big
t hat it is d i ff ic ult t o s ee
everyone th ere. No, it 's im possi-
bl e. Whe th er th ey have 15,000 or
20,000 in attendance is irrele-
vant - it 's too muc h to hand le.
I had not rea lly int ended to
get to Dayton this t ime, fee ling
that I would do better to spend
t he fo ur da ys invo lved workin g
on Insta nt Software and a new
publ ishi ng pro jec t. But I bega n
to wave r j ust a bit whe n t hey
called up and wanted t o know
w here th ey could reac h Jean
Shep herd K20 RS in o rde r to get
him to en te rta in at t he banq uet.
Then the y ask ed if I would be
avai lab le to spe ak on the micro-
co mput er fo rum . . . and I gave
in.
Shep was outs t andi ng, as
usua l. I t hink t hey had well over
1,500 at t he banquet, an d he had
t hem in st itches . The banqu et
was ni c e . . . g r il l ed ho ck ey
pucks, I t hink . I wa sn' t sur e. Th e
potato wa s go od, which is mor e
t ha n I can say for a lot of rest au -
ran ts . . . and t he co mpany wa s
f ine. Most of the enterta inment
was a bor e .. . so me local gro up
singing and dancing .. . unfor -
tunately none of them were
si ngers or dan cers. That wen t
on incredib ly lon g . The Me was
excellent ... he introd uced t he
two hu ndred or so peop le at the
head t ab le in a minute and a
half, makin g so me very enter-
ta ining co mments as he we nt
alo ng.
The Dayt on crew has been at
it for years and the y are cer-
tai nly professi o na l ab ou t it.
There are few gl itches in the
Ham vention .
The crowds seemed to be
down a bit thi s year- no one
kn ows wh y. I heard rum ors t hat
they c locked in 14,000, co m-
pared to 19,000 last year . The
aisles we re easier to tr averse.
Other late r repor ts put att en-
dance at 17,000. Big dea l ...
that 's numbers. I talked with ex-
( '\
hib itor s, and sal es we re t he t he ham ind ustry th at th ey
best eve r, no matter how many m igh t do better to jo in the EIA
were th ere. Som e dea lers went rat her t han f ritter arou nd wi th
home with over $50,000 in sales ARMA . It was noted th at only
fo r th e t hree days. on e h am m a n u f ac t u re r i s
Des pi t e to ne-term d eliv ery presently a member of EIA, and
de lays promised by Drake, I that one adm itt ed d iscoveri ng
understand that dealers we re t he membershi p w it h som e sur-
reall y loaded up w ith Drake ge ar prise, a so rt of bonu s for thei r
fo r the show .. . whi ch brought CB affiliation.
pri ces dow n to per hap s $5 o r I do n't think I helpe d t hat pro j-
$10 over cost o n the big gear. ect as much as I mig ht have
W h i le t h i s is ha rd o n t he when I rem inded everyone th at
dealers, it is a bo na nza for the we had hea rd t his sa me story
rest of us. All HTs were se ll ing te n yea rs ago when Bob Waters
we ll, t oo. I don 't thi nk a sing le lured th e ham industry aw ay
dealer went home with an H T in fr om a ha m manu factur er's as-
his tru ck . Th e show ing of t he soc iati on a nd into th e EIA. The
first pro tot ype of t he new Yaesu ha m indust ry was in the same
prog rammable HT help ed con- division as t he ~ B industr y, and
vi nce dealers t hat long -term t hus w hen it caITfe' to any co n-
stocks o f the mo re t radi ti o nal fli ct s between t he two (and
HTs wo uld not be prudent. It 's th er e we re beau ts, li ke 220
gett ing time to liquidate HT MH z), mon ey talked and the
cryst al stocks. ... ham industry seemed to get a
Swan showed "t hel r new li ne "oeat ea r.
of tr an sc ei vers a nd wow ed The cos ts of jo ini ng t he EIA
everyo ne . The ir m tc roproce s- are not insi gn if ic ant. It would
sor-con t ro lled un it s w ill be in cost 73 about $2,000 per yea r to
short supp ly fo r a long time . The belon g, wit h few (if any) bene fi ts
Japan ese are goi ng to have to ... 'whi ch I could pin down . And
wo rk a litt le ha rder to keep t hei r th en, if any spec ial proj ect s for
large share of th e US mark et. lobbying came up , th e co st of
But lo ng after t he new ham t hem wou ld be on top of the tw o
gear and t he acres upon acres t ho u. Som eda y, I'd like to have a
of f lea ma rket fade into fuzzy gen era l ide a o f how mu ch Hy-
memory, the Jean Sheph erd en- Gain and Johnson put into th e
t ertainment at the banqu et will pot to ge t more CB channel s on
live on in mem ory. Long afte r ele ven meters and th e 220 MHz
the old ri g we bought off a f lea band for CB. Both of t hose pro j-
mark et t ruck tha t c hilly Satur - ects we re bummers, in cide ntal-
da y has bee n auct ioned o ff at a Iy. The elev en meter exp an sion
loca l ham fest, we'll rememb er proje ct res ulted in the ser io us
Shep an~ his pro blems wit h t he woun d ing of CB an d co st th e in-
Texas kilowatt on 7182 kHz du st ry bil lions. It san k Hy-Gain .
back in the '30s. "Doesn 't tha t It was noted t hat ARMA had
son ofa gun ever sleep?" not bee n able to decide on any-
th ing and fol low it throug h wi th
ARMA su ccess. The effort to stave off
The most recent meeting of FCC act ion s on linear amp li -
the Amateur Rad io Man uf ac- f iers was an abject fa il ure. I fee l
t urer 's Association cam e the that thi s tot al def eat w a s
ni ght before the Dayton Ham- primaril y du e to t he lac k of sup-
venti o n and was spa rsely at- port of ARMA by some of t he
te nded, con sider ing t hat almost large r f irms in t he ha m ind ust ry,
250 f irm s ru n ad s in any one th e back -stabbin g (to pu t it
mont h in the ham magazin es. poli tel y) by the ARRL, and t he
A representative f rom th e lack of st ro ng leadership in
Elect roni c Ind ustri es Associa- ARMA to put together a pro -
ti on wa s there to tr y to con vin ce gram with w hic h to figh t the
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Arbor MJ 48106.
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FCC and win . possible for us to do t he same, t rac to rs franti c to fi nis h ca n-
One of the more serio us pro b- thus forc ing deale rs to sell im- t racts on t ime or by manu fac-
lems fac ing any indu stry ass o- ported equipment whi ch has t urers being pressured by cu s-
ciation is the see m ing pref - more features and costs less . ta mers for delivery .
erence for the deat h of amateur There have been some strong I doubt if they are having
radio ove r accom mod ation be- moves t o turn th is around. Swan nearly as m uc h gove rnment
tween t he US manufacture rs has sto pped im por t ing t heir harassm ent in Japa n . . . a nd
an d im port ers of Ja pa nes e equip ment and is now maki ng thi s means t hat they can be
(called " fo reign" ) equipment . I everyt hing here in the US. Their mo re co mpet it ive w it h us. If you
can underst and the emo tions new li ne of t ransceivers is go ing read much about Jap an, yo u
invo lved, particularly when yo u to have a stro ng effect o n the know t hat work ers take their
c ons ider t h a t som ewhe re market, fo r they are taking ad- jo bs very serio us ly and are
arou nd 70 % of t he ham gear be- vantage of mi cro computer tech - ded icated to the ir employers.
ing sold is being import ed from nol ogy . But other US rnanutac- The exc esse s of man y industri-
J apa n . I've heard rep eated turers have been complacent, al ists of a hundred years ago
c laims that the Japanese are telli ng dea lers that they are so spawned a st rong union move-
sel ling this ham gear at a loss busy wi t h ot her thi ngs that ham ment in the US, and some of the
here in ord er to des troy the US gear w ill be six month s o r mo re ramificatio ns of t hat have not
manu fa ct urers. I'd sure like to back -ordered. And one majo r been helpful in making us com-
see som e proo f of t his co nten- fi rm whi ch has been making a pet lti ve wit h ot her coun tr ies.
tio n. big dea l out of ham s buying The st rong union posit ion s in
On the surface of it , the hig h Ame rica n has some very c learly Engl and have been a powerfu l
sales of Japanese equ ipment indent if iable Japanese parts in fac to r in keeping th at count ry
seems to be the result of a lot of it s new rig. f ro m bei ng s er io us ly co m -
adve rtis ing , exce llent desi g n, Some of the. US pro blems un- petiti ve with much of the wor ld.
good mar keting, and factors doubtedly co uld be c ured if we In the mi cr ocomputer field,
such as th is . The Japanese co uld get t he govern ment out of no other country has been able
have some unfair advantages , the ac t. I talked wit h one ma nu- to provide any ser io us compet i-
I'll admit , in t hat they have fact urer recen t ly who had had tion fo r t he US. You can bet that
abo ut 400,000 hams in Japan as hi s plant c losed down by OSHA t he Japa nese mi cro com puter
a market t hat is virtually clos ed beca use t hey f o un d a fire ma kers have been over here, slz-
to ou r man ufactu rers . With escape support co lumn which ing up t he market, but t hey
about double t he ma rket for was painted. It seems that they haven't been ab le to do muc h
ham gea r, they can aff ord to co uld not inspect the co lumn about it. Between our techn o-
s pend more on design and run for any possible cracks . . . so lo gi c al ad van c es and the
l a r g e r pr o du ct ion run s . everyo ne had to be sent home do llar/yen situ ati on, US fi rms
w hic h mean s lower cost s. until the paint could be removed are getting in to better posi tion s
Then th ere is the matt er of from the fire escape co lumn . to give the Japanese a run for
Japanese productiv ity vs. tha t OSHA seem s to be the cause the ir mo ney. Where we are not
of the US. A recent arti c le in For- of the recent semiconductor . bei ng held bac k by uni on re-
tune po inted out th at th e US has pla nt shutd own w hich ca used st ric tio ns on modernization and
been down towa rd t he bott om in credi ble consterna tion in t he excessive government regu la-
of t he list in wor ker produc ti vity entire elect ron ics industry. The t io n, we can r a ~ e l l wi th im-
improvement s. The Ja panese early est imates are th at much ports .
have been building new and over 510 bi llion was los t as a Well, getti ng back to ARMA ,
more aut o mated pla nts, while result of t his unne cessary ac- t he suggesti on was made that
ou r u nio ns and government ti on. Som e 20¢ chips were being instead of trying to represent
have been mak ing it almo st im- bi d up to 55.00 and more by con ... - ..the indus try , getti ng involved
with battles w ith t he FCC, or try-
ing to help o ur WARC pos ition,
CB TO 10 it be made more of a soci al club
Many readers have writt en or ca lled t o ask abou t obtain - . . . perhaps w it h an indust ry
ing back iss ues w hich co nta in art icl es in our " CB to 10" f ri ends hip di nner du ring th e
series . Fo r everyo ne's in format ion, t he issues whic h have - more imp ortant hamfests and
t hus fa r featured " CB to 10" articles are li st ed below. con ventio ns. If the group is
1977- May-Part l -uBandplan and Crystallnfo rma- afraid to tackle anything more
tion " meaninq ful th an that , t hen let's
1977-J ul -Part II- " Co nversion Data" have d inner meet ings and eat.
Part 1I 1- " Convert ing t he TRC-47" Tha t's bett er tha n pro trac ted
Part IV- " Jo hnso n 123A Mod " meeti ngs hassli ng over bylaws,
Part V-"Co nverti ng t he Hy-Gain 6708 " dues, and elect ions, w hich are
1977-Dec -Part Vl- "Antenna Sugge stio ns" j ust an enorm ous was te of time
Part VII-"Convert a TRC-l 1" and o f li ttl e inte rest.
1978- Feb-Part VIII-"The Pub !icom I" There is one point of history
1978- J ul- " How Abo ut SSB CB Conversio ns?" tha t I wo uld lik e to clarify sinc e
1978- Aug- Part IX- " A Pair of Rad io Shack Rigs " it seems to alread y be in the pro -
1978- Sep-Part X- " Realistic's Mini 23" cess of being rewritten . It was
Part XI - " Hy-Gain's PLL Rigs" ment io ned at the ARMA meet-
1978- 0 cf - Part XII-"Co nvert a Kraco PLL Rig" ing tha t t he op inion abou t trying
1978- Nov-Part XIII- "The Lafayett e Telsat SSB· to do something to help t he
75" ama te u r radi o po s it io n a t
Part XIV- "A Realist ic PLL Rig " WARC was abo ut evenly split. I
Part XV- "A Realist ic HT"
mi ght remin d ARMA th at the
1979-J an- Part XVI-"A CW Convers io n" motion to tackle t his project
Part XVII- " SBE and Pace Rigs" was made by Tom Gentr y of
1979- May- Part XVIII- " Severa! PLL Rigs" Icom - it was carried wi th one
1979-Jun - Part XIX- "Lalayette SSB Rigs" and onl y one negati ve vote.
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MEMORIES
I was reading my March issu e
of 73 an d not iced yo ur story of
th e t ri p we t ook to Europe in Oc-
to ber, 1963.1 always fe lt th at t he
idea of t he Institut e of Amate ur
Radio was a very good one and
tha t hams ge tting tok no w ha ms
th roug h group to urs to ot her
co untries was an exce lle nt way
of pro mo ti ng amateur radio.
I am a hol der of a lifet ime
subscript ion to 73 (yes, I was
one of t he lucky ones w ho sub-
scribed in M iami bac k in '61 or
'62), and t have fo ll owed yo u
throu gh your ed itorials. Many
t im es I starte d to write and t el l
yo u how m uc h Anna and I en-
joyed t he tr ip, but somehow I
never go t aro und to it.
Do yo u reme mber yo ur minia-
t ure grey hou nd j um pi ng off t he
bed and break ing its leg? Or An-
no ra Todd ye lli ng th at she wa nt-
ed to get o ff at "Arts and
Meters" unde rground station in
Pari s? Was n' t t he can ne llo ni
go od at th e restaurant in Rome
w here we wen t w ith you one
evening and ate in t he ope n-ai r
sec tion? Do you re me m ber
w hen o ne of th e single guys had
to dou ble up in th e roo m w it h
t he gal in the red coat and her
husband? I ca n't remember her
name, but in a crowd we wou ld
al l say , " Fo llow t he ga l in the
got to Paris . The Rome restau-
rant was the Tres Scalini and it
is still there and supe rb. I often
look at the slides and relive that
fantastic trip.-Wayne.
Somehow I was prope lled to
open th e Ma rch copy of 73 and I
read Never Say Die.
My husb and has bee n dead a
year and I had not opened any of
his ham magazines unt il today .
As one of th e XYLs o n th at 1963
t rip to Europe, I wan t to thank
yo u fo r ren ew ing all th ose won -
derfu l mem ories.
It wou ld be wonde rfu l to be in
con tact w ith t he trave l group
aga in.
Annora Todd
222 W. Hawthorne St.
Aurora MO 65605
SC HO LARSHIPS
Hi g h-school grad uates who
plan to ente r co lle ge this fa ll
and who are licensed amateurs
may be elig ib le for one of the
$250 sc ho lars hips offe red by
t he Atlanta Radio Club . If yo u
qua l ify , w r ite t o t he ARC
Sc ho larsh ip Fund, PO Box
77171, At lanta GA 30357.
Philip J. Latta W4GTS
Marietta GA
offe r, for a reasonable fee, to
W PIX ship what they w ish from Ogden
to whereve r t hey may desire.
My bac kgrou nd co ns is ts of
Fro m t ime to t ime, you men-
t ion your televisio n care er. Wi th th irtee n yea rs in elec troni cs,
the last 6 months of w hich have
this in mind, I th ought you might
be interest ed in the accompany- been as a qua lity control in-
ing picture wh ich shows a spector in t he same fie ld. I
young (1948) Wayne Green , hai r co uld, mo st likely, even inspect
the item they wis h to bid on,
and al l, be hind a WPIX RCA· TK
g iven enough lead time. Not on-
10 camera.
I bel ieve t he man at t he piano ly wi ll all the hams o ut th ere
is Sigm und Spaeth , wh o had a benef it , but maybe I'l l f ina lly be
prog ra m cal led "The T une able to jo in the f rate rnity.
Detect ive." If I s hou ld thrive at this, I sha ll
de f ini tely make it a busin ess
I am su re your 10 5 5 t o TV was
a ga in for amateurs. - an d we'll all be nef it because
the n I' ll be able to afford to
Oti s Freeman
adve rt ise in yo ur supe rb mag-
W PIX, Inc.
azine . Unt il then, I shal l have to
New York City NY
rely on your largess to print t his
in yo ur next Lett ers col umn. If
Thanks, Otis! Sure, I remember
anyone out there is interest ed,
Dr. Spae th and his program.
please have t hem incl ude an
and little things like the night I
did the Woody Woodpe cker ca ll. SASE .
for him on camera. I remember .. Thomas W. New bery
the Gloria Swanson show, too, 610 North Lib erty St.
with Zasu Pitts and a lot of other Ogd en UT 84404
old-time stars. Those were fan-

red coa t."
We ll, I 've f i na lly gotte n
aro un d to t ellin g you (afte r all
th ese yea rs) how good I t hink
yo ur idea was and how great
t he trip was. I have go ne ma ny
pl ace s s ince th en, but never
had o ne-te nt h th e fun we all d id
o n t hat mom ent ou s t rip to
Eur op e by 73 ham s. If that t rip
co uld eve r be d upli cat ed and it
leaked o ut how m uc h fu n it was
and how inter est ing it was to
meet hams fr om ot he r cou n-
t ries, yo u wo uld have to for m a
fu ll -t ime travel age ncy.
I have recently reti red from
practi cin g dentistry, and Anna
and I moved here to t he mo un-
tai ns of western Nor t h Caro lina
fro m Mi am i, Florid a. Goo d luck,
Way ne, and keep up t he good
work.
Lam on L. W hiddon K4MH Y
Boone NC
It was January, 196 1, and you
were Ufe Subscri b er # 1. I
rem ember it well! The Italian
greyhound was na m ed Peti te
Chienne because tha t's what
I
A BSURDITY
I feel tha t th e idea of eac h ITU
coun try havlnq one vote each at
WARC is absurd.
Althoug h some people have
expressed discontent at t he
very idea of one coun try havi ng
more say th an anot her, ci ting it
undem ocr at ic, I see it as just
the oppos ite. I see it unde mo -
crat ic whe n a han dful of radi o
users have t he sa me vote as
mi ll ions. Th is is tot all y unrea-
so nable for the mi ll ions of radi o
users, since t he mo re operato rs
th ere are, the mor e air space is
requ ired .
The o nly truly fai r way on
wh ic h to base votes is on rad io
popu lat io n. Becau se it is not go-
ing to change, I fee l th e US
sho uld drop out of the ITU.
Ma ny countries play th e ITU
game during co nfe rences and
t hen disregard th e dec isions
made afterwards, anyway.
Will iam D. Matteo WB 21VI
Toms River NJ
tastic times. The hair? Heck, my
father has more hair than f ncr -
. .. so did his father, right up un-
til he died . . . but then they
didn't ha ve the aggravation of
my first wife. -Wayne.
SURPLUS
I j ust read an art ic le in one of stations may pa rt icipate. One of
the back issues of 73.The issue,
Feb., '78, had an art icl e by
J am es C. Chapel W9 HDA, en-
tit led " Surp lus Adven t ures-
pou nd foo lish !" He d idn 't fee l
he co uld trust a company to
ship a signal generator to him
fro m a govern me nt surp lus out -
let. We ll, th is definitely po ints
out a need of ha ms.
I want to become a ha m but
su ffer from a pecu niary def i-
ciency. Since I work at t he
Ogde n depot, w hich is a maj or
electron ics s urp lus out le t in
Utah , I t hin k I can benefit all
t hose out there w ho wish to pur-
chase th is eq uipme nt and who
do not wis h to suffer ex pense-
wise in th e process! In short, I
HOT CHIHUAHUA
I am ret urn ing to the front iers
of Texas again, th is t ime back·
pack ing in the ar id wilderness
mo un tains of the Ch ihuah uan
Desert, Please publ ish th e par-
t ic ula rs of th e exped it ion so
that more experime nta l NBVM
the fol lowin g moun ta in ranges
w ill be se lected for a base camp
above the desert fl oor whe re
temperatu res will be mo re
to lera b le w h i le o pe ra t i ng:
Ch isos, Davis, Glass, Guada-
lupe, Chris tmas , Solitario, or
Caba llo Muerta.
We will carry in all water,
radi os, a sol ar array, food, and
shel te r. We wi ll be ope rat ing
Sunday, Jul y 1, t hrough Sat ur-
day, Ju ly 7, w it h a two-Watt out-
put t ransce iver in NBVM, SSB,
and CW modes on all HF bands.
In addi t io n, we will carry a Tern-
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Watts). There are a few VHF
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I looking West _
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Mi ke Davis WD6FFV of Tor,
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ing of Apr il 25th , Mike happen-
ed across a QSO betwee n
so meo ne on a fishin g boat off
th e coast of Jam aica and som e-
o ne in New Zealand . Con di-
ti on s between th e cr aft (later
iden tif ied as t he f ishing vessel
Carmen) and ZL·!and we re poor
at best , and th e informat io n ex-
ch ange d show ed that an emer-
gen cy existed . When th o se
aboard the Carm en, ident if ied
as t he boat 's ow ner Leonard
Hutchinson and crew members
Da vi d Dal qui st and Se rg io
Perez, again sent out a " May-
day " call, Mi ke responded , ob-
t ain ed their lat itude and lon gi-
tud e, and phon ed t his info rma-
t io n to the Long Beach Coast
Guard station , wh ich in turn
rela yed sa me to Miami. The sit -
uation was th is: The Carmen
was so me 60 mi les off the
co as t of Jamai ca . It had been
severely ba ttered by high w inds
and rough sea s and was ta king
on water. Those aboard knew
t hat th e c raft would sink; t hey
n eed ed i mm ed i at e re scu e .
Mi ke spent t he next 45 minutes
rel aying informati on betw een
th e Coast Guard and the stri ck -
en Carmen unti l the sign al from
t he vessel di sappeared due to
changes in propagation. It was
at tha t t ime t hat a W5 in New
DATLAs 210X
D CUSHCRAFT ATB-34
alw ays one and the same. In Cus hcraft. Th e array is rota ted
_
t his case it took yea rs. Dur ing by an Al liance ro tor. Sho rtly ,
its t ran si t io n from an ocean two dipoles (one for 75/80 and
liner to a tourist att raction and anot her for 40 meters) will give
hotel, the origi nal wireless room the ship's station 80- through
Mexico acquired the Carmen' s had been dismantled. Nat e's 2-meter capability (six mete rs
signal and cont inued th e rela y idea wa s to restore thi s room to excluded).
betwee n the Mia m i Coa st as close to its original state as Something very apropos hap-
Guard and th e Carmen. poss ible and t hen add a perma - pene d the evening that the sta -
As a result of Mike 's quick nent amateur stat ion . tion ope ned. After th e initi al
think ing , t he Coas t Guard d is- On Ap ri l 22, 1979, Nate' s ce remo ny was co nc luded , it
patc hed a rescu e plane whi ch dream ca me true. On th at eve- was time to place the s tatio n o n
dropped a pump, res cue raft , ning, Sharon and I att ended a the a ir. One of th ose prese nt
and mari ne Coast Guard radi o. s p ecia l in vit a tion al p ress wa s fa med DXer Don Wa ll ace
La ter, the cutter Sh erman took preview o f what had been ac - W6AM . Whe n his turn came,
t he stricken 75' Carmen in to w co mpl is hed by Nate and th e Don c ont acted a sta tio n in
and brought it back to Monteg o Assoc iat ed Radio Amateurs of New Zeala nd. As the aso pro-
Long Bea ch . On the top deck of gre ssed , it was learned that the
Bay, Jamaica . A spokesma n fo r
the illustriou s Queen , the wire- ZL had been o ne of th e wireless
the Coast Guard credited the
su ccess of the rescue t o Mike's less ro om had indeed been re- operators who served on the
stored. Amid the relics of times Queen Mary du ring World Wa r
quick thinking and positive ac-
gone by was nestled neatly, in a II. I remember t he ZL say ing ,
tion . Because he maintained his
spec ial pane l a rra ng em ent, " Don, if you are where I t hin k
cool , t hree men who m ight have
so me of today's most sop his- yo u are, t he n I preceded you
drow ned are alive today. They
have a 13-year-old ama t eur t icated amateur equi pment on som e 30 yea rs ago and had my
rad io op er at or in Torr an ce, indefin it e loan f rom suc h we ll- feet in the sa me spot th at yo urs
know n firms as Yaesu , Trio- are now ." All of us ga thered
Ca lifornia, to thank fo r thi s.
Kenwood , Swa n, DenTr o n, and around the TS-820's spea ker
THE " HAIL ·TO·THE·QUEEN" ot hers. What abo ut an te nnas? beame d w ith deli ght. If th e QSO
DEPARTMENT Nea tl y built into one of the had been planned -a nd it was
Na te Bri ghtman K60 SC is an - Qu een's stacks and r i s ing not - noth ing co uld have been
ot her amateur we ca n all ta ke above it st ands a t riband beam
pride in. He is a ham wh o had a and a tw o-mete r Ringo from Con tinued on page 170
dream and per sever ed fo r
tw elve years to see it come tru e.
Than ks to Nate, amateur rad io
is now operat ional in f ull view of
t he general pub lic o n a day-to-
day basi s aboard one of so uth -
e r n Calif or nia 's m o s t r e -
nowned t ouri st att ract ions: the
Queen Mary ocean li ner now
permanen tl y docked in Long
Beach harbor.
Nate is a member of the
Associated Radio Amateur s of
Lo ng Beac h, California . Twelve
years ago, when t he Queen
Mary made he r last sea voyage
from Engl an d to her final hom e
in Lon g Beach, Nat e and his
cl ub t hou ght th at it would be fit-
t ing to have an ope rat io nal ama -
teur stati on on the tr ip. Nat e
s pearheade d th e dr ive and suc-
ce eded. It was at t hat t ime th at A very happ y Na te Brightman K60SC (ce n ter) chats with Roy Neal
th e idea of a perma nent sta tion K6DUE (left) and WA61TF durin g a break in the filmin g of " The
came to him. Having an idea World of A ma teur Radio " aboard the Que en Mary. (Photo by
and maki ng it co me t rue are not KH6IA F)
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IOSCAR Orbits coune,vofAMJ

orbit num ber (fro m the OSCA R 8 c ha rt) and th e next t hirte en or bits
for t hat day . List t he t ime of t he fi rst orbi t. Eac h successive orbit is
t hen 103 min ut es later. The cha rt g ives t he longi t ude of th e day's
fi rst ascend ing equatorial cro ssi ng. Add 26 ° for each succeed ing
The li st ed dat a tells you the ti me and place t hat OSCA R 7 and o rbit. To lind t he t ime OSCAR 8 passes t he No rth Pole, add 26
OSCA R 8 cross t he eq uator in an ascending orbit for the fi rst time m inutes to the ti me it cros ses the equator. OSCAR 8 will cross th e
eac h day. To calcu late succes sive OSCAR 7 orbi ts, make a list of im aginary San Francisco-to-Norfo lk line about 11 minutes afte r
th e fi rst orbit number and the next twelve orbi ts fo r that day. Lis t crossi ng th e equato r. Mode A: 145.85-.95 MHz uplink, 29.4-29.50
the time of the fi rst orbi t. Each s uccessi ve orb it is 115 minutes MHz down lin k, beac on at 29.40 MHz . Mode J: 145.90-146.00 MHz
later (two ho urs less five minu tes). The chart gives th e longitude of up lin k, 435.20-435.10 MHz do wnl in k, beacon on 435.090 MHz.
t he day's fi rst ascending (northbou nd) equatorial crossing. Add OSC AR 7 Orbital lnl orma lion OSC AR 80rtJital lnforma!ion
29 0 for each succeed ing orbit. Whe n OSCAR is asce nding on t he Orb it Date Time long itude OrtJit Date Time l ong itude
other side of th e wo rld fr om you, it wil l descend over you. To f ind (J uly) (GMn of Eq. (J uly) (GMT) of Eq.
Cro " ing ' W Crossing ' W
th e equatorial descending long it ude, subtract 166 0 from t he 21 15 1 1 00 21;39 69 .3 6723J b ll 1 004 5:35 56.3
asce nd ing lo ng it ude. To f ind t he t ime OSCA R 7 passes t he Nort h 2 1164 qrp 2 0 115 :56 82.9 67 42Ab n 2 0050:46 57. 6
21176 3 001 5 :16 67 .8 6756 Abn 3 0055:56 56.9
Pol e, add 29 m inu te s t o t he t ime it passes the equator. You sho uld 21 189 X 4 0 109 :33 81.3 6770X 4 010 1:06 802
be able t o hear OSCAR 7 w hen it is w ith in 45 deg rees of yo u. The 2 1201 5 0008:53 66, 2 6784Abll 5 0 106: 17 61.5
212 14 6 0103;10 79.8 679 8Abll 6 0111 :27 62.9
eas iest way to determin e if OSCA R is above t he horizon (and thu s 21226 7 00 02;3 1 64.6 68 12Jbn 7 0116:37 64. 2
w ithin range) at your locat io n is t o take a g lobe and dr aw a c irc le 21239 8 00 56:48 78,2 6826Jb n 8 0 121:48 65.5
w it h a rad ius of 2450 mil es (4000 kilomet ers) fro m yo ur QTH. If 21252 Qrp 9 0 151:0 4 91 .8 68 40Abn 9 0126:58 66.8
21264 10 00 50:25 76.7 685 4Abn 10 0132:08 68 .1
OSCAR passes abo ve th at c irc le, yo u sho uld be ab le to hear it. If it 2 12 77X 11 014 4:42 90 .3 6868X 11 0137 :18 69.4
passes right overh ead , you sho uld hea r it for abo ut 24 mi nut es 21289 12 0044:02 75. 1 6882Abn 12
13
0 142: 29
000 4:25
70.7
46.2
2 1302 13 0 138:19 88 .7 6895Abn
tota l. OSCA R 7 w ill pass an im ag inary line drawn from San Fran- 2 1314 14 0037:39 73.6 6909 J b n 14 0009:35 47.5
c isco to Norfo lk abou t 12 m inutes aft er passi ng t he eq uator. Ad d 2 1327 15 013 1:56 87.1 6923J b n 15 001 4:46 48.8
2 1339Q rp 16 003 1:16 72.0 693 7Abn 16 001 9 :56 SO.1
about a m inut e fo r ea ch 200 mil es that you live nort h of t his li ne. If 21352 17 0125:33 85.6 6951A bn 17 0025:06 51.4
OSCAR pass es 15 ° east or wes t of you, add ano the r minute; at 30 0, 21364 X 18 0024:54 70.4 '965X 18 0030:16 52.7
three mi nu tes; at 45 0 , ten minutes. Mode A: 145.85-.95 MHz upl ink , 2 1377 19 0 119: 11 84 .o 6979Abll 19 0035:26 54 ,1
21389 20 00 18:3 1 68.' 6993Abll 2Q 0040:36 56"
29.4·29.5 M Hz down lin k, beacon at 29.502 MHz . Mode B: 2 140 2 21 0 112:48 82.5 7007 J bn 21 0045:46 56.7
432.125-.175 M Hz up link, 145.975·.925 MHz dow nli nk, beacon at 2 1414 22 001 2;08 67.3 702 1J bn 22 0050:56 sac
2 142 7Qrp 23 0 106 :25 80.' 7035Abn 23 0056:07 59.3
145.972 MHz. 2 1439 24 0Cl05:45 68.' 7Q49Ab n 24 0 101:17 80.'
21452X 25 01 00 :02 79.' 7063X 25 0106 :27 61 .9
214 65 26 0 154:19 92.9 7077A bll 26 0 11 1:37 63.2
OSCAR 8 calculati on s are similar to th ose' fo r OSCAR 7, wi t h 2 1477 27 0053:40 77.8 709 1Abn 27 0 116:47 84.5
some im portant except ions. Inst ead of ma king 13 orbits each da y, 21 490 28 01 47;56 9 1.4 7105Jb n 28 0 121: 57 65.8
21502 29 004 7;17 76 .2 71 1gJ bn 29 0 127:0 7 67 .1
OSCAR 8 makes 14 orbits du ring eac h 24-hour period . The o rb ital 30 0 141;34 68..
21515q rp 68' 7133 Abn 30 0 132:17
period of OSCAR 8 is therefo re some what shorter: 103 min utes. 21527 31 0040;54 74. 7 71 47Abn 31 0 13 7:27 69.8

$28. Th is is bi nary 0 · 01010 · 00. 01010 (R), since " 4" is the upper-
That is, FIGS Baudot co de cas e Baudot " R" .
I RTTY Loop Program 1.
Continu ed on page 166

Marc I. Leavey. M. D. WA3AJR

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C02 6 0 002D FF F OB SFF CARPI AGE 00800 0061'" ac FC B HIe 0
as an index to ret rieve th e data, 00270 0021; 00 FOB O. O. C fi ET Ufl N 00310 C0 70 E4 Fe B S B4 P
representing t he Bau dot repre- 00230 003 l CO FCB O. O. 0 0032 0 007 1 t'.t& HE ' H4 G:
CG2~ 0 0 0 34 CO FCB O. O ~ 0 ccsao e.07 :: ;,3 Fe B SAS R
sentat ion of tha t ASCII code. 00 3 0 0 003 7 00 FCE O. O. 0 cosec 0073 DO t"CB $00 5
The encoding used represe nts 00 3 10 0(;3;' CO FCB O. O. 0 «;3 5 C 00 7 4 S.t& Fe B $54 T
00 320 0030 00 FCE C. O. 0 0066 e 00 7 5 Hi FCB
t he Baudot case as t he Most U O U
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Lett ers and " 0" for Figures. and oc;35G C042 44 F CB CC8~ 0 co- a DC FCB ~ DC X
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003 70 0 04 4 43 F CB @ IO 0 071. e4 F CB SC4 Z
itself. Thus, ASCII " R" , w hich
has a value of 552, is fo und at
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«;4 40 0 0 4 11 FF FCB >H CCH O c ca a 25 FCB i 2 5 . SS.lo. iBS 1-PC
w hich, in binary, is 10101000. ((; 4 50 0 0 40 13 FCB s re coas c 0 03 6 U. F CB S2 A. SE O. iOO " " AS
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or LTRS · Baudot code01010 (R).
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table, would be represented by 005 4 0 00 5 5 04 F'C E Continued on page 166
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IContests _ The CW Co unty Hu nte rs Net

Robert Baker WB2GFE
15 Windsor Dr .
Atco NJ 08004
COLOMBIAN INDEPE ND ENCE
DAY CO NTEST
Starts: 0001 GMT
Saturday, July 14
Ends : 2359 GMT
Sunday, July 15
The purpose of thi s co ntest is
to commemorate the Colom-
bia n 169th independ enc e ann i-
versa ry and to promo te and in-
crease DX act ivity of HK radio
amateurs. Entr y c lassif icat ions
inc lude: si ngle operato r/s ingle
ban d , s ing le o pe ra tor/m ulti-
ban d, mu lt i-operator/mu lt ibandl
one rig. Use all amateur bands
80 t hrough 10 m et ers on phone,
SSB, or CWo Only one contact
per band w ith t he same statio n
w i ll be pe rm itted. No c ros sba nd
or crossmode contacts. Club
sta t io ns ca n on ly ta ke part as
multi -o perat or/muIt iband/sing le
tr ansmi tt er. A mi ni mum of 50
QSOs m ust be shown in logs
w hen app lying for any award.
EXCHANGE:
RS(T) and QSO num ber fr o m
001.
SCOR ING:
Eac h QSO w ith an HK sta tion
scores 5 points, each station in
anot her cont inent co unts 3
poin ts, a stat ion in a OX coun try
count s 2 poin ts, and stat io ns in
t he same c ountry cou nt 1 poi nt.
Th e m ul t i pli er is t he to ta l num-
ber of d iffe rent co un tries
worked on eac h ba nd. T he tota l
score w il l be t he sum of QSO
poi nts on each band mu lt ipl ied
by t he sum o f different cou n-
tr ies wo rked on eac h band.
ENTRIES AND AWARDS:
Logs must show al l t im es in
GMT; keep separate logs for
eac h ban d and ente r th e cou n-
tr y o nly t he fi rst ti me it is con -
tacted. Each entry m us t be ac-
compan ied by a su m mary sheet
listing al l scoring in fo. The logs
not su mmar ized accordi ng to
t he above ment ione d ins tr u c -
t ions will be used on ly as c heck
logs. Awards incl ude a si lve r
plate fo r the w or ld w inner, ce r-
t ificates for cont inental wi n-
ne rs, and w inners in each class-
ifi c ati on. Vio latio n of the regu-
latio ns o f amateur rad io in the
co untry of the contestant or the
rules of the contest, taking
c redi t for inc orrect QSOs or
m ul tip liers, or duplicate con -
t acts i n excess o f 2% of the
t otal ma de w i ll be deemed suffi-
cient cause for disqua l if ication.
The LCRA Contest Awards
Com m ittee decisions shall be
final. A ll logs m ust be ma iled to :
LCRA -Concurso Independen-
c ia, cIa Contes t Co m m ittee
Manager, Apartado Postal 584,
Bogota, Colo mbia, SA . All en-
t ries must be post marked no
lat er than September 30.
CW COUNTY HUNTERS
CONT EST
Starts: 0000 GMT July 28
inv ites al l amateurs to par t ic i-
pat e in the 1979 contest. All
mobi le and portab le ope ra tion
i n less active coun ties is we l-
come an d encouraged. Genera l
ca ll is "CO CH ." Stations may
be worked on ce on each band
and again if t he stat ion has
changed c ount ies. Portable or
mobile stations changing coun -
t ies duri ng the contes t may
rep eat contacts fo r OSO points.
Stat io ns o n co unty l ines give
and rec ei ve only one number
pe r OSO , but each county is
val id for a mu ltipl ier. Suggested
freque nc ies are 3575, 7055,
21070, 'and 28070. It is requested
t hat only por table or mobil e
ca tegory stations ca ll CQ or
QRZ on 40 m eters below 7055
and on 20 m eters below 14070
w it h all sta tions sp reading out
above those frequenc ies.
EXCHANGE:
OSO num be r, catego ry (por -
tab le = P, mobi le = M), RST,
state/prov ince/coun t ry, and US
county.
SCORING :
OSOs wit h fixed stat ions are
1 po in t ; por tab le or mobi le sta-
t ions are 3 po ints. M ul tiply the
nu mber o f QSO po ints times the
number o f US co unties worked.
Mobiles and po rtab les calcu -
lat e t heir score on t he basis of
to tal contacts wit hin a state.
AWARDS:
Cert if ica tes w il l be awarded
i n three categories: Fixed -
highest fixed or f ixed portab le
sta tion in each state, province,
and co unt ry w it h 1,000 o r mo re
po ints; Portab le -h ighest sta-
t ion in eac h state operat ing por- ..
tab le from a coun ty w hic h is not
Logs m ust show category,
da telti me i n G MT, station
worked, exc hanges, band , OSO
po ints, ' loc at ion, and c lai med
sco re. Al l entr ies w it h 100 or
mor e OSOs m us t i ncl ude a
checksheet of coun ties worked
or be disqual if ied from rec ei v-
ing awards. Enclose a large
SASE if res ults are desired.
Logs mu st be postmarked by
September 1 and sent to: CW
Co unty Hunt ers Net , c/o Jeffrey
P. Bech ner W~S E, 673 Bruc e
Street, Fon d du Lac WI 54935.
RHOD E tSLAN D oso PARTY
Co ntest Periods: 1700 GMT
Saturday, Jut y 28 to 0500 GMT
Sunday, July 29
1300 GMT Sunday, July 29 to
0100 GMT Mon day, Jut y 30
This contes t is sponso red by
the Eas t Bay Amateur W ireless
Assoc iat ion. RI stat ions wo rk
other RI stations and the rest of
t he wo rld . Ot hers wo rk RI only .
T h e sa me s t a ti o n may b e
worked once pe r band and
mode. No repea ter con tacts are
allowed . .
EXCHANGE:
RS(T), QTH = RI co unty or
state , province, or co untry for
others.
SCORING:
RI s tations score 2 po ints per
OSO; RI Nov ice and Tec h sta-
ti o ns score 5 poi nts per OSO.
Others score 2 points per RI
QSO and 5 points per QSO with
RI No vices or Tec hnic ian s. RI
Novices and Fecfifrtctana s ign
w it h I N or IT to designa te
li c e n s e c lass. R I stations
multi ply tota l QSO po ints by the
[lumber of RI co unties , states,
provinces, an d DX co untries

June 30·July r-
Calendar
Seven-Land aso Party
hi s normal po int o f operat ion
with 1,00 0 o r m ore poin ts ;
Mobi le -h ig hest mobile in eac h
state operating from 3 or more
worked . Others m ul tipl y to ta l
OSO points by the number o f RI
co un t ies worked (5 max.). All
stat ions score 10 po ints for
July 4 ARRL Straight Key Night counties w ith a mi nim um of 10 - 'tlSO wit h m ulti -op stat ion op -
July 14-15 ARRL IARU Rad io sport Com pe ti ti on QSOs per cou nty. erated by clu b members, N 1RL
Colombian Independ en c e Day Contest Troph ies will be awarded t o FREQUENCIES:
July 28·30 CW County Hunters Contest t he highest sing le-ope rato r sta - CW - 1810, 3550, 3710, 7050,
Rhode Island aso Party tion in t he US in categor ies P 14050, 21050 , 21110, 2805 0,
New Jersey 050 Party and M. The awards co mmittee 28110.
Aug4 DAFG 10 Meter Contest wi ll issu e addit ional awards
Aug 4·5 ARRL UHF Contest where deemed appropriate. Continued on page 168
Aug 25-26 All Asian DX Contest -CW
Sept8' DAFG Short Contest-VHF
Sept8·9
Sept 9*
Sept 14·15
ARRL VHF 050 Party
DAFG Short Conte st -SW
Kentucky 050 Party
Results
Sept 15·16 Scandinavian A c tivity -CW RESULTS OF TH E COLOMBIAN INDEPENDEN CE DAY
Sept 15-17 Washington State 050 Party CONTEST 1978
Sept 22-23 Scandinavian Activity -Phone AWARDS
Sept 29-30 Delta 050 Party Wor ld Wi nne r of t he Con test -UK2GKW
Oct 13·14 ARRL CD Party-CW
Continental W inner s of th e Contest:
Oct 20-21 A RRL CD Party -Phone
North Ame rica K5UR
Nov 3-4 AR RL Sweepstakes -CW
South Americ a HK4DF
Nov 10·11 CO·WE Contest Af rica
Nov 11 OK DX Con tes t
Asia 9K2FX
Nov 17-18 ARRL Sweepstakes -Phone
Ocean ia
Nov 24* DAFG Short Con test-SW
Europe UK2GKW
Nov 25* DAFG Short Con test -VHF
Dec 1-2 ARRL 160 Meter Contest Multi-Ope rator/Multiband /One Rig Highest Scori ng St ation
Dec 1-3 North Carolina aso Party - UK2GKW
Dec 8-9 ARRL 10 Meter Contest Single OperatorlS ingle Band -9K2FX
* = described in last is su e Si ng le Operator/M ultiband -HK4DF

19
 Microcomputer
Interfa cing _
Christopher A. Titus
David G. Larsen
Pet er R. Ron y
Jonathan A. Titu s
SAMPLE·AND·HOLD DEVICES
Sample-and-h o ld (S/H) de-
vices o r sa mple-and-hold arnpli-
trere (SHA) are ana log c ircuit
elements t hat are th e ana log
equivalent of t he digital latch.
They are used w hen we wi sh to
sample an anal og sig nal and
t hen hold it ste ady at a par-
t ic ular poi nt 50 t hat a vol tage of
interest may be measured or
used elsew here in a system.
The operati o n of an ideal sam-
ple-and-hold device is sh own in
Fig. 1. In t his example, th e S/H
outpu t follows , o r tracks, the in-
put duri ng the sample period
and th en holds the lates t analog
voltage w hen it swi tc hes to th e
ho ld mode. In t he f igu re, the in-
put and out put volta ge lines are
offset slightly for clarity.
Sample-and-hold devices are
wid ely used in conj unc t ion w it h
d ig ita l·to-analog and analog-to-
digital co nverters . For exa mp le,
th ey may be used to:
• Hold an ana log si gna l steady
Fig. 1. Inputs and output l or an
id eal samp le-and-hold device.
Both the s ample and ho ld
modes of opera tion are sho wn.
INSTAUM( NT
Ot,lTPUT
l FROM0J0,PIJTUl1
L _-,JLC".-"f>E A"'" t FRQI<,!
Fig, 2. Bloc k diagram for a
t yp ical samp le-and-ho ld micro -
com p uter in terface ci rc ui t. The
instrume nt su pplies the PEAK
inpu t pulse to the flip-flop. The
SAMPLE pulse from th e com-
pu ter p resets the flip -fl op to
logic 1.
20
so tha t an AID co nversion may
be perfo rmed ;
• Simu lta neously sample many
analog input s fo r lat er meas ure-
ment (req uires one SIH device
per anal og input);
• Degli tc h a D/A co nverter's
output to elimi nate outp ut vo lt-
age spik es or settl ing tr an-
sients; and
• Di st r ibut e o ne DIA co n-
ve rt e r's o u t p u t t o se ve ra l
po ints , where analog voltages
mus t be co nstant ly mainta ined.
The seco nd and fo urt h uses
li sted abo ve are beco ming less
impo rta nt t han they were two or
t hree years ago. It is probab ly
less expensiv e now to dedicate
an AID converter to each input
to be measured and to have o ne
DIA con vert er per output, de-
pend ing up on t he specific ap-
pli cati on.
The most com mon use of
sample-and-ho ld devices is to
sa mple and ho ld an analog sig-
na l at a part icular poin t while it
is measur ed wit h an AID con-
vert er. A sam ple-and-hold de -
vice is pa rti cularly use fu l in
sit uat ions in whic h a DAC and a
co mparato r are being used in
con j unc t ion wi th microcomp ut-
er software to create an AID
co nverter.' When a sa mple-and-
ho ld device is used prior to t he
in put of t he unk nown sig nal to
t he co mpa rator (or an AID con -
verter mod ule if one is used), t he
digitization may proceed to give
an accu rate rep resentation of
th e unknown voltage. For exam-
ple, in Fig. 2 we pro vide a bloc k
di agram fo r a typical sampl e-
and-ho ld computer interf ace
t hat perm its yo u to meas ure t he
peak voltage from an instru-
ment. We have ass umed here
t hat t he inst rument provides a
pos it ive c loc k pu lse , ca lled
PEAK, w hen t he peak max imum
is reach ed. The SAMPLE pulse
f rom the co mp uter allows th e
S/H modul e to sa mple the un-
TO A I O
know n signal from the ins tr u-
m e n t. W he n t h e pea k is
rea c hed , t he PEA K s igna l
,,"
0'""'"
INSTRU~ENT} TI ~E
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acquisition
time
The lime requ ir ed to go fr om the hold state to the tracki ng
state , in wh ich the outpu t rem ai ns within a 0.01 % range o f
the inpu t. Th is m ay also be ca lled t he se tt ling ti me w hen
aperture
time
t he S/H device is already i n the sample mod e. The acqui si-
ti on tim e is gene rall y a few microseconds . See Fi g. 4.
The ti me perio d requi red by the device t o go from the sam-
pie m ode i nt o th e hold mode once the hold comm an d has
been rec eived. The apertu re t ime is gene rally a fe w
na nosec onds. See Fig . 5.
droop rate, The rate of discharge o f the samp le-and -hold cap ac itor.
decay rate The rate is a function of switch leakage current and the
cur rent requ i red by o ther circ uit elemen t s connec ted to
the c apa cit or. It is exp ress ed as millivolts per second . See
Fig. 6.
gain error, The variation o f the obs erved outpu t from the e xpec ted
linearity output over the enti re sa mp le-and-ho ld oevtce's out pu t
volta ge rang e. It i s u su all y expressed as a perc entage, say
0.01 % . See Fig . 6.
off set The difference between t he input and the output volta ges
of the devic e w hen th e input is grou nd. It is usu ally ex"
press ed as mi l livo lts . The of fs et may b e adjus ted to zero
usi ng exte rnal c omponent s, but it w ill ge nerally chang e
w ith tim e and tem peratu re. See F ig. 4 .
sl ew rate The max i mum rate o f c hange for the outpu t, e xpressed as
volts per secon d. It is a l imit ati on i mp osed by the c harging
rate of th e c apac itors and the ac tu al sle w ra te s at the
o perati ona l am pli fi ers present in the StH c ircu i t. See Fig .
4.
Table 1. So m e important c oncepts associated with sa mple-
and-hold devices.
clock s a logic 0 into the out put from the fi rst device. The sec-
of the f lip-fl o p, fo rcing th e S/H ond S/H device takes lo nger t o
device into the ho ld mode . Fig. 3 ac quire t he volt age presented
shows the t im ing diag ram t hat by t he first de vic e, but since a
would be generat ed by the inter- larger ca pac itor is used, it s
face c irc uit show n in Fig. 2. d roop rate will be mu ch low er.
Again , th e S/H outp ut and the For furt her detai ls, the reader is
instrum ent o ut put have been referred to reference 2.
offset for clarity. Now- ettner a The re are a number of co m-
slow ramp AID converter or a merc ially availab le sa mple-and-
fast successive app roxi mati on hold devi ces which elimi nate
AID co nverte r can be used to t he need for..you to co nst ruct
provide th e cor rect value for th e your ow n. Th€1oll owing mo d-
peak vol tage s in ce t he S/H ule s are represe ntative of t hose
device w ill main tain t he volta ge available:
un ti l it can be digi ti zed. Analog Devices, Inc. , Nor -
Sample-and-ho ld devic es-ar e wo od , Mas sa chu sett s 02062-
not id eal, and there are so me SHA-5, general pu rpose , $47;
term s that will help yo u better SHA-1A, gen eral purpo se, $150.
understand their limitat io ns Burr-Brown, Tucson , Ari zona
and uses. These are listed in 85 734 -SH C80K P; low cost ,
Table 1, which is keyed to Figs. $34; SHM60 , high speed , $104.
4, 5, and 6. As ca n be ob served ; Dat el, Inc., Cant on, Mass-
t here are importan t limitat ions ac h usetts 0202 1-SHM -LM 2,
to th e ca pabili t ies of S/H oe-
vices. Those de vice s that have Continued on page 77
sho rt ac q ui siti on t im es use
small ca pac ito rs and t hus t he
vo ltage d roop rat e will be large.
The use of larger capac ito rs .lr I ACTUAL HOLD POINT
APERTURE TIME
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means t hat t he acqu isit ion tim e
w ill be longer; but the vo ltage
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droo p w ill be less. When high : VALUE
acq uis it ion speeds and long , SETTLI NG
ho ld t imes are req uired in an ap - SA MPL E i TI ME
pl icat io n, t wo S/H mo dule s may
be used : The fi rst qui ckly ac-
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Fig. 5. Representati on of the
quires t he analog signa l at the
point o f interest and t he second
aperture tim e and the sett li ng
time. (Courtesy of A nalog De-
acquires and holds the outpu t vices, tnc» All right s reserved.)
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RECEIVER FROM NATIONAL
RADIO
Nat io na l Radio now offe rs
the lates t vers io n of its Mode l
HRO-BOO high prec ision/perfor -
m a n ce sol id -state gene ra l-
cove rage co mmun ications re-
ceive r, conce ived fo r appl ica-
ti ons requiring w ide frequency
coverage , high sta bility, sen -
sit ivity, a nd se lectivity. The fr e-
quen cy stab ility of t his pro fes -
sional receiver, over t he tem -
perature range of 0 0 to 50 0 C.,
will dr ift less th an o ne part in
one milli o n, and, under norm al
ope rat in g co ndi t io ns, it ca n be
expected to d rift les s than one
part in one hundred m illio n. The
receiver's fi ne-tun e mode, us-
i ng the Mode l 602 plug -in
modu le, permi t s tu ning to a
f ract ion of 1 Hz w it hout any
loss of stab ility .
The HRO-BOO was orig inally
designed and built to th e exact-
ing req uireme nts of th e Int ern a-
ti o n al Marit im e Stan dards.
W it h i t s ve rsat i le plug- i n
modul es and accessories, th e
Mo d el HR O-BOO beco mes a
custom receiver des igned to
meet users' spec if ic needs at
t he lowest cos t. The manu fac-
turer st ates, "The HRO-BOO is
unm at ch ed in perf o rmance and
versati lity in its price range."
Th e receiver's exce llent rf
sele cti vit y from 16 kHz to 30
MHz is achi eved by a buil t-in
tun abl e prese lector . Depend-
The As tro 150 from Swan.
ing upon the plu g-in module
select ed , the receiver w ill
operate at any fr equency be-
tween 10 kHz and 30 MHz in any
of t he f oll o w ing receptio n
modes : AM, CW, SSB, FSK, and
FAX.
The basic appl ications of th e
HRO-BOO incl ude: com merc ia l
comm uni c ati on , shi p-to-sh ip,
s h ip -to-s ho re, gr ound-to-ai r,
fre q uency/time meas uring , pro -
cess control, labor af or y in-
st rume nta tio n, m ilit ary, para-
m il itary, intern ati o nal mon it or-
ing, li m nology , etc.
The HRO-600 meets applica-
ble mili t ary sta ndards as to
shock and vibra tion, has an
ope rat ing t em perature range
f rom 20 0 to + 55 0 C., measures.
5%" hi gh x 17" wide x 15 % "
deep, and is prov isioned for
se lf-s upporti ng rack mo unti ng.
Th e approx im ate weig ht is 40
lbs., availab le f rom stock, FOB
factory. ~ - -
For add it iona l informat ion,
w rite or ca ll Ro bert Reeves,
Sales Manage r, Nationa/ Radio
Com pany, Inc., 89 Washington
St., Melrose MA 02176; phone
(617)-662-7700. Reader Service
numb er N23.
Natio nal Radio 's latest version of the HRO-600.
SWAN 'S ASTRO 150
TRAN SCEIVER
Swa n Elec t ronics Corpora-
t io n has anno unced its newest
ent ry into t he amateu r rad io
ma rket w it h th e int rod uction of
t he Astr a 150 t ransce ive r,
fea t uring m icroprocessor con -
trol and memory.
' The new so lid -sate tra ns -
ce iver, w it h its mi cr oprocessor
control , prov ides mor e t han
100,000 d igi ta l-co nt rolled f re-
q uenc ies a nd var ia b le rate
sca nning (VRS). VRS is a
dram atic new..met hod of t unin g
wh ic h prov id€S'ease and ac-
cu racy and works in co nj unc -
tion with ha nd-h e ld micro -
phone scan nin g. W ith micro-
phone "up " and "dow n" pus h-
button s, th e Astra 150 ca n be
t uned in accurate 100-Hz steps
o r at a f ixed rate sc an. VRS is a
supp leme nt t o t heAst ro 150's
conven t io nal tu ni ng knob s.
Th e com pac t new rad io also
has additional feat ures w hic h
in clu de 235 Watts input pow er,
f ull and se mi break- in CW, nar-
rowband CW fi lt er, expanded
fre quency coverag e, and micro-
proce ssor -contro lled fr equ en-
cy memory.
 The Ast ra 150 will be so ld
th rough Swa n's worldwi de net-
wo rk of dealers. For f urt her in-
form at ion , co ntact Gary Pierce
at Swan Electronics Corpore -
ti on, 305 Airp ort Road, Ocean-
si de CA 92054; phone (714)-757·
7525. Reader Service number
54 4.
METZ COMMUNICATION'S
AMATEUR ANTENNAS
Metl Comm unicati on Cor-
porat ion has broad expe rience
in prod ucin g mob ile -type an-
t en nas. Ho we ver , u ntil re-
ce nt ly, th e co mpany has con-
ce ntr ated its sales efforts in
the comm erc ial land mobi le
and marin e radi o market s.
No w Metz has ente red th e
a mat eu r ma rk etp la c e w ith
m o bil e a n te n n a s f or t h e
tn-rneter, 2-mete r, and zo-om
bands. I inst alled and operated
th e 2-mete r version, t he Mobile
2, in prepara t io n for thi s review .
The com merci al heritage of
the Metz amat eur ant ennas is
read ily apparent. Instead of the
usual plastic t ube to protect
th e base loadi ng coil from t he
w ea the r, th e Me t z coi l is
hou sed i ns ide a mac hi ned
sta inless steel cylinder. This
cylind er, in t urn, is fil led wit h
epoxy to completely encap-
sulat e t he co il . .. no more wor-
ries about a leaky base coi I.
The tapered sta inless steel
Whip is held in place by a metal
ferrul e that is (w ou ld yo u
beli eve?) go ld-plate d t o prevent
corros ion. Overall , the con-
st ruc tio n of t he Metz Mob il e 2
is so rugged t hat it wi ll prob-
ably st ill be goin g st rong when
yo u and I are lon g gone.
The Mobile 2 is designed to
operate as a ha lf-waveleng th
ante nna on th e z-meter band .
This design makes the ant enna
a bit short er t han t he more
famil iar 5/8-wavelengt h 2-mete r
antennas. I consider t he re-
du ced lengt h a plus; in my
c ase, it made th e difference
bet ween being abl e to mount
th e ante nna on the ca r roof (t he
b e st l o c ation) and b ein g
relegated to t he tr unk li p (for
fe ar of bas h ing th e w hip
again st t he garage door ).
In operat ion, the Mo bile 2 Is a
breeze. When cut for lowes t swr
in t he cente r of the 2-meter
band, it' s pos sible to operate
f rom 144-148 MHz wi th an swr
of 2.5:1 or better. Of cou rse, if
yo u wo rk primarily in one end of
t he band or another, yo u can
optimize th e perform ance fo r
t hat portion of t he spect rum.
I found th e Met z to be equal
to or bett er t han my 5lB-wave
antenna in every respe ct. Add i-
t i o n a lly , th e co mp l e tel y
weat herproo f design of th e
Mobile 2 means t hat leaking
and co ndensat ion aroun d t he
co il are never go ing to be a
prob lem; you get full perf or-
man c e e ve n i n t he w or st
weat her. The Mob ile 2 is rated
at 200 Watts for t hos e who
need th e ext ra punch of a linear
am pli fi er. Several mounti ng
sty les are availa ble in additi on
to t he exce llent mag neti c
mount I used.
For t hose who demand quali -
ty const ruction in everyt hing
they ow n, t he Metz antennas
are going to be to ugh to beat.
Me tz Commu nica tio n Corpo ra-
ti on, Corner Routes 11 and 11C,
Laconia N H 03246. Reader Ser-
vice number M100.
Jeff DeTray WB8BTH/1
Assis tan t Publisher
A NEW CONSUMMATE
DIGITAL VOLKSMETER
Non- Linear Sys te ms ' new
Mode l LM-353 31f2 -digit di gi ta l
Volk smeter w as designed to in-
c lu de numer ou s a dv anc ed Mode l LM-353 dig ital Volksm et er fro m Non-Line ar Sys tems.
state-of-t he-art features . Th e
LM·353 is packaged in a small
1.9-inch·high by 2.l-inc h-wide from dist rib utors in J uly. Non - group, w it h its rugged con -
by a-Inc h-deep attractive plas- Lin ear Systems, tnc., PO Box N, struction and air dielectric (no
ti c case. It weig hs only 9.2 Dei Ma r CA 92014; phone (714)- liquid coolants), now inc ludes
ounces. 755- 1134 . Reade r Se rvice 2-, 5-, and to-w att loads with
Basic functions include ae number N22. fix ed inpu t co nnectors, and 25-,
and de vo lts , Ohms , and ac and 50·, 100 -, 150· , 30 0· , a n d
de mil liamperes. Fu ll -sc al e NEW 300·WATI DRY RF LOAD 500/600-Watt loads with Qui ck-
ranges are 1, 10, 100, and 1000 RESISTOR Change connecto rs.
vol ts, 1, 10, 100, 1000, and The new Bird mo del 8173 The use of Bird QC Quick-
10,000 kil ohms, and 1, 10, 100, TER MALl NE@d ry hig h-pow er Change connect ors offe rs un-
and 1000 milli amperes. coax ial load is design ed fo r surpassed f lexibility; a choic e
In additio n, a low -Ohm s ca- 50-Ohm rt-Hne and system ter- of any common rf connecto r
pabil ity is present whic h pro- mi nati on during design , test, eit her at the t ime of order or in
vides f o r in-c i rc u it te st of and alignment. At 300 Watt s the field eliminat es adapters
resistive component s. It is par- conti n u ou s du t y , it co rn- and degradati o n of per f or -
ti cularl y useful for in-cir cu it pl ement s t he presen t Bird Dry mance. _
test of resist ors shunt ed by Loads group rangi ng fro m 2 Avail ab le fr o m"'-a ird Ele c-
se micondu ctor d evic es be - Watt s t hrough 600 Watts. The tron ic Corpo ration, 30303 Au-
caus e t he low com plian ce volt -
age provid ed does not t urn on
t he semiconductor.
The low-Ohms f unct ion adds
other capabilities to t he meter.
It can be used to increase the
se nsi t i vity of t h e volt a g e
ranges by a factor of 10. It pro-
vides a o.t-kuonm resi stance
range having 100 mi lliohm reso-
lut ion. In addit ion, the milli am-
peres f unct ion is enhanced in
t wo ways. First, a .t -muuam-
pere rang e is available. Sec-
ond, the vol tage dro p across
t he int ernal current shunt is
reduced by a fact or of 10.
Measurements f rom 100 nano -
amperes to 100 milli ampere s
can be made in t his mo de.
The LM·353 utilizes an LCD
di spla y. Replaceable AAA-size
batteries all ow up to 100 hou rs
of operat ion . Sta nda rd feat ures
inclu de auto pola rity, deci mal
locat ion, input overload pro tec-
tio n, and autom at ic zeroi ng.
Opti on s in cl ude a t ilt -sta nd
case for bench use and a panel-
mo unt f lang e case for inst alla -
tion int o eq uipment. A 45-kV
hi gh-voltage probe and leat her
ca rry ing case are also avail-
able.
The com plete NLS d igita l
Volksmeter lin e is so ld th rough
a worldw ide network of leading
electron ic d istributors . The
Model LM-353 wi ll be availab le Amateur mobile an tennas from Metz.
23

Model8173 Termaline from Bird.
rora Road, Cleveland (Solon) OH
44139. Reader Service numb er
B10.
CDE INTRODUCES TWO NEW
ANTENNA ROTOR SYTEMS
Two new model s of high-
performa nce ante nna ro to r sys-
t ems, th e Ham IVTM and the
CD-45, have been int roduced by
Co rne ll-Du bilier Elec tr ic Co r-
porati on , Newa rk NJ.
The new Ham IV is desig ned
for large comm un ication ante n-
na a rrays up to 15,0 sq. ft. wind
load area whe n towe r-mounted.
Hi ghli gh ts of t he Ham IV in-
cl ude power braking, mach ined
New antenna rotor systems from CDE.
24
stee l drive gears, dual t rans-
fo rmer ci rcuit ry , a nd ot he r
design featur es t hat make it
" the eng ineered cho ice " for
serious co mm unicators.
The new CD-45 accom mo-
dates anten na arrays up to 8.5
sq. ft. w ind load area w hen
mo unted in a towe r and fea-
tures a profess io nally-sty led
co nt rol uni t, ill um inat ed me-
tered reado ut, a ll-stee l drive
co mponents, auto mat ic d is k
brak ing, and more.
Both the Ham IV and t he
CD-45 ope rate at safe low-volt -
age co ntrol levels w it h reliabl e
snap-action rotati onal co ntrols
for acc urate, troubl e-free opera-
ti on.
For mo re informat ion, wr ite
Leonard Saba l, Corne ll-Dubi/ier
Elec tric Corp oration, subsidiary
of Federal Pacific Electric Cor-
poratio n, 150 Avenue L, Newark
NJ 0710 1; phone (201)-589-7500.
Reader Service number C143.
ANTECK MT-1 MOBILE
ANTENNA
Improved condit io ns on the
HF DX bands has st irred in-
c reased interest in mo b ile
ope rat io n on t hose freq uencies
by many ama te urs. In mobi le
ope ration, the antenna is even
more im portant t han it is in
f ixed inst all ati o ns. For one
t hi ng, if you 've got an ineffi cient
ante nna at hom e, you ca n al-
ways help to make up for its
shor tco mi ngs by running mo re
power. However, wh ile the re are
a handfu l of mobil e kilowatts
aro und, mos t amate urs have to
be sat isf ied w ith the out put
f rom th eir t ransceiver, usuall y
in the 100·Watt range.
So, for effe ctive mobi le op-
erat ion , an eff icie nt antenna is
of prime import ance. It shou ld
also be easy to instal l and t une,
weat herproo f, and allow band
changes w itho ut havin g to
change coils. The new Anteck
MT-1 certa inly meet s those re-
qu irements and, whe n_ prope rly
in st alled and tuned , sho uld pro-
vide a high deg ree of perfo r-
mance on the HF bands.
The frequency cove rage of
t he MT-1 is 3.5 to 30 MHz, mak-
ing it perfect for use on MA RS
and ot her non-amate ur f requen-
c ies (in add ition t o t he 10
t hr ou gh 80 · me te r amateur
bands). It s powe r han dli ng
capabi lity is 750 Watts PEP. The
MT·1 co nsists of three ma in
assemb lies: mast or base sec-
t io n, loading co il, and w hl p, The
overa ll length of t he mas t sec-
ti on and lo adin g co il is 60 inch-
es and t he dia meter is approx-
imately 1 in ch . The tota l ant en-
na length is 116 inc hes at 3.5
MHz and 92% inc hes at 30 MHz.
The antenna is center-loaded on
all freq uencies except 29 to 30
MHz, w here it wo rks as a quar-
t er-wave vert ical.
Properly moun ted and t uned,
the MT-1 w i l l d isplay the
vsw r/ba ndw idth show n in Table
1.
The loadi ng co il is t uned from
the base of th e anten na, usin g a
non -induct ive plastic rod w hic h
is 'att ached to t he base of t he
w h ip asse mb ly and ex tends
dow n into th e bott om mast sec-
Band Vswr
80 meters Less th an 1.2
40 meters Less than 1.2
20 meters Less than 1.2
15 meters Less than 1.5
10 meters Less than 1.2
Table 1. 'From resonan t fr eque ncy.
tio n. The ante nna co mes wit h a
handy c hart th at correlates the
numbe rs on th e antenna's tu n-
ing scale to freque ncy . To set
th e ante nna fo r a part icu lar f re-
que ncy, loosen the knu rled nut
in t he slot in th e base secti o n
fo ur turns and push t he tunin g
rod to the mi ddle of th e base
t ube so that th e t uning rod w ill
move f reely wit hout bind ing .
Then set t he t op of t he nylon
co lla r to the position called for
on t he t uning chart for t he fre-
quency in use and retig hte n t he
kn urled nut. That 's all there is to
t uning the Anteck MT-1.
The MT-1 mo bile antenna is
manuf actured ent irely in th e
United States usi ng o nly t he
best -qual ity military-st andard
materials and com ponent s. Its
th ree-piece modul ar construc-
t io n (base sect io n, loadin g coil,
whip asse m bly) makes fo r ease
of repair or replacement if dam-
aged . There is a 90-day war-
ranty . Factory service is avail-
ab le.
The net price for th e MT-1
mo bil e ante nna is $119.95.
Anteck, Inc ., 239 Cedar Street,
Box 543, Jerome ID 83338; (208)-
324-3400. Reader Service num-
ber A80.
Morgan W. Godwin W4WFl
Brattleboro VT
MICRONTA 12-VDC a-AM P
POWER SUPPLY
Now ava ilab le fro m Rad io
Shac k is a new power s upply
t hat co nverts.sjandard 120 V ac
hou se curre nt to 12 V de at up
to 8 Amps outp ut f or powerin g
high -power auto sou nd equip-
ment , mobil e CB t ransceivers,
and amate ur radio equ ip ment at
hom e.
The Micronta 12-volt 8-Amp
powe r supply includ es a heavy-
d ut y t ransf ormer and 35-Amp
bri dge rectifi er for hand ling
hi gh current dema nd dev ices.
Filte red o ut put red uces " hum,"
and rippl e is less t han 2 volts
peak-to-peak wi th a f ull 8-Amp
lo a d , acco rd i ng to Radi o
Shack.
A built -in manuall y reset-
tab le c ircuit breaker protects
t he su pp ly and your eq uipment
f rom damage. An LED in dicates
power on.
Man u fac t u re d i n Rad i o
Shack 's own USA fact ory, t he
power supp ly is housed in a
metal cab inet w it h rub ber f eet.
8 ize-3-3/4" x 8" x 5-5/8" .
The Mi c ronta 12-volt 8-Amp
powe r supp ly is avail abl e ex-
c lus ive ly fr om pa rtic ipati ng
Continued on page 174
Bandwidth
to 1 25 kHz·
to 1 50 kHz·
to 1 300 k Hz *
to 1 150 k Hz *
to 1 500 kHz·
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IDX - -- -
Chuck Stuart N5KC
51 15 Menefee Drive
Dallas TX 75227
NOVICE CORNER
This month we want to pass
a long a little aSL ad vice th at is
aimed no t o nly at t he new-
come r but to a lot of t he old-
tim ers as we ll.
If yo u wo rk a stat io n, such as
a DXped it io n, several tim es on
different mo des at di ff erent
t im es, please do not place a
card for ea ch co ntact in an
envelope addressed to the QSL
manag er and in cl ude only one
SASE.
Because th er e a re o ft en
sever al logbooks invo lved and
sev e ra l dif f er e nt peopl e or
groups ha ndlin g t he OSLing
c hor es, you wi ll sta nd a much
better cha nce of getting a fast
return if yo u inc lude a separate
SASE for each QSL card . If the
ex tra ex pense is to o much to
bear, then you real ly don 't need
the extra ca rds.
While we are on aS Li ng, we
wi ll rem ind yo u again to always
use GMT/UTC t ime on yo ur ca rd
inclu di ng t he date, be sure th at
yo ur ca ll appears plai nl y o n th e
report sid e of your QSL, and to
always in cl u d e a se lf -a d-
dressed , st amped enve lope
w hen se nding a card to a QSL
man ager. When send ing a card
overseas, either direct or to a
fore ign QSL manager, include a
self-add ressed envelo pe alo ng
wi th a do lla r bill , fore ig n mint
stamps, or suffi ci ent IRCs to
prepa y the return postage.
CARI BE OX ASSOCIATIO N'S
PLANS
T he Caribe OX Asso ciation's
Al e x Kasevlch W1C DC i s
pre sentl y in th e process of
engineering a la rge DXpedition
to so me rar e pl ace on t he
globe. All interested person s
wh o fee l t hey meet t he re-
qu ire ments li sted should apply
fo r an int ervi ew. The ti me win -
dow fo r t his advent ure is Au g-
ust , 1980; exact dat es will be
made available w hen govern-
ment leg ali ti es and lo gi sti cs
pe rm it.
They have a large seaplane
wi t h a pilot and a co- pllot at
the ir dis posal. A large manu-
fa ctu rer of ama teur equip ment
has endorsed the ir intentions
by th e loan of some top-of-the -
li ne ham gear ,
All persons wh o app ly must
hold a current amateu r radio
l i c e n s e, General c la s s o r
higher; they mu st al so have a
doct or 's endorsement indlcat -
ing th at th ey have no phys ical
restri cti on s th at could be af-
fe ct ed by ext reme heat, sun,
hu mi d it y , s ea/a i r s ic k ness,
26
possib le physi cal ex haus t io n,
and in sect bites. All members
sha l I be pro f ic ient CWISS B
con test-styl e operato rs a nd
must have a secondary ab ili ty
to contribute to t he expedition
in t he fo ll owing categories: 2
persons w it h so me param edi c
t raini ng; 1 doc to r; 2 cooks; 1
navigator; 1 antenna spec ialist;
1 electron ics (solid -sta te) tech -
nician; 1 mech an ic , gasoline
generator maint en ance.
All members of t he expedi -
tion mu st be able to swim and
have so me climbing ab ili ty.
The se requ ir em en ts have
been mad e not to d iscourage
anyone f rom tak ing part , but to
ensure t he sa fety of all mem-
bers and mak e t he DXped ition
a su cce ss. It mu st also be
c learl y und er st ood w i t h all
members tha t th ere is always
the poss ib i li t y of h i dd en
da nge rs in pulling off a tr ip of
t his mag nit ude. I'm sure all of
you w il l have vario us q uestion s
about this subjec t , and th ey
will be ans wered in th e best in -
terest of all pa rt ies concern ed.
Please send you r reply with
yo ur rem ark s, phone number,
and best time to contact you to :
The Caribe DX Ass oc iat ion , cia
Al ex M. Kasevich W1CDC, PO
Box 93, East Glast onbury CT
06025.
HEARD ON THE BAND
T hat 4W2AA being heard
f ro m t ime to time appears to be
12YOwho tra vel s to Yeme n on a
regu l a r alth ough i nf req uent
bas is . QSL to 12MVS.
GJ2 LU is the officia l QSL
manager for an y Isl e of Je rsey
stati ons.
PY1RO is t he fi rst OX station
ever to make WAS on 160 me-
t ers .
A recent artic le in t he Rus-
sian Radio mag azin e notes a
dec is ion by th e USSR State
Comm is sion on Radio Frequen-
ci es to allow amateur activity
bet ween 1850 kHz and 1950
kHz. A lth ou gh no date was
g ive n, it see ms definite that
yo u sh ou ld be hea ring t he Rus-
sians on 160 met ers any day .
An yone wa nti ng t o learn
more ab ou t th e ac t ion on 160
meters sh o uld dr op a note t o
W1 BB alon g w it h an SASE and
request a copy of St u's very in-
fo rmative bu llet in .
The Af rican swin g by N6VA
a nd WA6V NR nett ed so me 3000
contacts from C5AB X/C5AB2
and 2200 from 16W8. They had a
5T5 perm it, but t ime and funds
ran o ut before t hey go t t o
Ma uritania. QSL to 48 Sout h
Chestnut St reet , Ventura CA
93001.
Slim has been pulling ove r-
t ime la tely w hat w it h th e good
band co nd itions and c heap air-
line rat es. If yo u wo rked any of
t he fo llowing, then know that
you have met Sl im him se lf:
6818, J1A , 701 AA, 9N 1AB ,
BY1US A, C R9C B, XZ2BC ,
KL8AA, and, of cou rse, VRmM
f rom Ma lde n Island. Bein g the
bashfu l so rt , Slim genera ll y
prefers CW, but o n occa sion he
can be found on t he phon e
bands. If you hear t he gene rat or
whine, yo u know it 's Slim .
SV9J 1 on Crete has a weekly
sc hed ule w it h W2TDO on Tue s-
days at 2100Z on 14288 kH z.
Ll oyd and Iris Co lvin, o f
YASME DX fame, repor t that
wit h th e end of the ir rece nt
Wes t Ind ies sw ing , the y have
he ld 104 d ifferent calls ig ns ,
vis ited 135 co unt rie s, and ha ve
mad e ove r 500,000 aso s. Th ey
have a QSL file of over 250,000
a lp ha betized cards, probab ly
t he larg est co llection in th e
wo rld. Guin ness Book of World
Records is miss ing out.
A station has been wor ked
o n f ift een sign ing HV2VO an d
g iving his name as Brother Ed-
mund. Said to QSL via I ~ G PY .
Thi s co ul d be t he Vati can
Ob servato ry station we men -
ti oned a few mon ths back.
T hose EJ pref ixes heard ove r
the May 18/20 weeken d were
spec ia l ca lls issued for ope ra-
tio n by severa l GI stat io ns fro m
In i sh m urr ay Is land. OSL t o
GI4FUM.
VR6HI wa s number 100 on
160 met ers for PY1RO.
VP8S U fro m Sou th Geo rg ia
ca n us ually be f ou nd with
WA2JUQ in a list- type opera-
t io n ever y T uesday/Wedne s-
da y / Friday on 14 24 0 !<-H z.
around 0100Z. QSL to G3RCA.
A ft e r m u ch w a i t i ng , t he
nece ssary docume ntatio n was
f o rw a rde d to AR R L Head-
qu arte rs and t hey are no w ac-
cep ti ng HZ1 BS/8Z4 cards- f ~r
DXCC cred it.
For so me time now , rum or s
have been thick concern ing an
up comin g Fra nz Joseph Lan d
effort by so me of t he UAJUK
ty pes. Alo ng t hi s li ne, UA10E
advised W4 0 RT t hat t he re
wo uld be so met hing co ming
th is J ul y . UK 1ZAA adv ised
KH6G I t hat UK1PAA was t he
o nly stat io n on FJL and it wa s
crysta l co nt ro ll ed o n 14030
kHz. Lis ten for Franz Joseph
Land to be activated . .. so me -
day _.. maybe.
9N18MK was tr ue blue . QSL
to hi s ho me call JA8BMK.
YU2DX ret urn ed hom e f ro m
the Sudan w here he was doing
so me educatio nal work in th e
elect roni c field. A radio c lub
has been organ ized in Khar-
toum and t he cl ub call is
6T1YP. 8 0t h 6T1YP and 6U1DX
can be QSLed to YU2DX. Ot her
new ca lls being heard out of t he
Sudan lately are ST2 FF and
ST2MM.
U~ CR was Leo UA3CR, part
of a seven -ma n skiing team
head ed for the North Pole.
U~C R count s fo r t he RAEM
award .
That linear shipped to Father
Dave CEmAE sh ould be in use
now and t he signal shou ld be
much im prov ed. CE@AE ca n
o fte n be found on the various
OX net s su ch as th e Fami ly
Hou r on 14225 kHz at 1500Z or
the Afrikaner Net, 21358 kHz
fro m 18302. Oversea s comme r-
cia l interference has forced the
Afr ikan er Net to move up from
its no rma l 21355-kHz sp ot.
4U1UN has moved its loca-
t io n to th e 48th fl oor of the
S ec r e ta r iat a t UN Head-
q uart ers in NYC. They st ill have
o nly d ipoles and a vert ical , but
th ey are wo rk ing on permissi on
t o ins tall a beam .
3B BOA has been inact ive
most o f thi s ye ar tr yin g to clean
up the backl og of some 20,000
ca rds recei ved as t he res ult of
so me of hi s recent operations.
Th e VR6HI o perati on fro m
Pit ca irn Island by 2L1A MO and
ZL1A OI produ ced an almost un-
beli evabl e QSO tot al of better
t han 33,000 contac ts sp read
out over six bands. Th e few est
co nt acts came on 160 meters
with 170, and t he most , 10,885,
we re made on 10 met ers. During
t his same pe riod , VR6BJ and
VR6DX f rom the Yank ee Trader
ma d e 753 a nd 1100 QSOs
respecti vely. 193 of VR6BJ's
co ntacts we re on Rny. Th ese
three operations sho uld have
dropped vrts'we t! down on the
needed list.
New off ic ers fo r th e Mile- Hi
OX Club are Roge r Preece
W B~R TZ -P re side nt , 8 0b
Pierce WB~OG J -V P, and Joe
Ha rt W B~ HA D-Secretary /
Tre asu rer.
SV 1JG expe ct s to be on
Rh odes in t he Dod ec an ese
g roup th i s s um mer s ig ning
SV1JG/SV5. Under the new call
a lloca tio n sc he me there in
Greece, SV5 is Doden canese
an d SV9 is Crete . This was
done no do ubt to aid the
deserving DXer in his never-end -
ing se arch for a new o ne.
Several VE type s are working
on the necessary permission to
activate Sable Island during Ju -
ly o r Aug ust. They have authori -
zati on fro m th e DOC but were
awaiting ot her required docu-
ments before fi rm ing up the de-
tails .
As this colu mn is being wr it -
te n, t he YVfJJAA DXpedit ion is go-
ing hot and heavy g ivi ng out a
new one to de serving DXers all
over th e wo rld. W hile we reali ze
the OX bands are c ro wded
th ese days, it seems a little
ridi cu lou s to spread the ca lling
stat ion s out ove r a forty kH z
sectio n of the ban d. Li st ening
f rom 14200 kHz to 14240 kHz
mak es tha t sec tion of th e ba nd
useless fo r any nor mal OX ac-
t ivity and ce rta inly do es littl e to
 enha nce our image among t he
s izable se gment of o ur fell ow
ama te urs w ho somehow fai l to
see th e need to bring t he nor -
ma l day-to -d ay ac t iviti es o f
amateur radi o suc h as sked s,
en t s, SSTV, etc., to a sc reec h-
ing halt whi le we deservi ng
o nes st rive to exc hange signal
reports wit h a te mp o rar y sta-
t io n located on an un inh abit ed
is la nd cove red so lid w ith birds
and th eir nat ur al residue. How
a nyo ne coul d fail to under-
stand t his and sta rt co mpla in-
ing abo ut those DXers is cer-
ta inly beyond 'us. Transmitti ng
be low th e A mer ica n p hon e
band and li sten ing up is t he o n-
ly way for many OX stat io ns to
be able to mak e any co ntact s
wit h USA stat io ns, but it see ms
that list enin g over, at most , a
f ifteen or twen ty kH z po rtion of
t he band sho uld be suff ic ient.
How do yo u feel abo ut t his
pract ice?
St i ll no thin g hea rd f rom
Chin a but a few phonies. A
usually reliab le so urce from
Euro pe rep or t s that one of the
eastern Eurpe an countri es w ill
be send ing a team of radio
te ch ni ci an s to help t he Chinese
d eve lo p k no w l edg e i n t hat
area. So me amo ng t his team
wil l be a m at eur s re ad y to
demon st rate the fin er points of
amat eur ra dio should t he o p-
portun it y a ris e. The so u rce
se em s rat her d efi n i t e t hat
so met hing w il l be heard thi s
fall.
There ar e serio us d i scu s-
sio ns go ing on bet ween so me
of t he bigges t of t he big-g un-
type DXers co ncern ing a co n-
ce ntra ted effort thi s sum mer to
wi pe Mt. Ath as (SY) from th e
face of th e mo st needed lists.
Mor e infqrmat io n will co me as
plans gel.
If yo u t hink som e excit ing
t im es can 't be expe ri enced in
ama teur rad io, then you ob-
vio us ly we re not in on t he re-
ce nt 1S1D X o pera tion f ro m
Spratly. The initial landing was
p la nn ed for A mboyn a Cay .
W hen th e Spr at ly c rew go t
clo se, th ey co uld see th at t here
were peop le o n t he is lan d and
th ey caut iously cam e ins ide
t he reef to a point some 300
yards offshor e. Throu gh binoc-
ul ars it was easy to det ec t
m ilitar y pe rs o n nel in bl ac k
uniform s gro uped aro un d w hat
ap peared to be weapo ns . On e
o f t he mi li ta ry types bega n
signalin g wit h sem ap hore si g-
nals, but unfor tu nat ely no one
in t he c rew un derstood the
sign als. As t he c rew moved in
closer, t he mes sage beca me
so mew hat clearer as fou r wa rn-
ing sho ts were fired ac ross
th eir bow . Feelin g at t his po in t
t hey wer e not wa nted and see-
ing t hat t hey co uld eas ily be
blown out of th e water w it h lit-
t le effort, th e little group aga in
headed o ut to sea.
Aft er thi s init ial prob lem , t he
gro up ret urned to Brune i, re-
grou ped, and dec ided to make
anot her run , but thi s t ime to
Pearson Reef, loca ted so me
eigh ty mil es nor th east of Am-
boyna Cay and ho pef ull y less
inh abited since it had an ele va-
tion of only th ree feet above
high tide . The approa ch to
Pear so n Reef s how ed how
w hen it ra ins, it pou rs. Not only
was t he sma ll reef occupi ed,
but t here were bui ld ings and
sm all c raft aro un d. For tun at e-
ly, the g rou p had selected a
t hi rd alternate, w hic h they now
headed f or. It was f ro m th is
spo t , Barqu e Can ada Reef, a
sand bar so me 150 feet in
lengt h, t hat th e mu ch -delayed ,
c o nst a nt l y-in-d a ng e r 1S1OX
operat io n f ina lly took place.
Mos t of t he six ty ho urs sta y
on Barqu e Canada Reef w as
sp ent op er ating , ofte n wit h
mor e t ha n one statlon on t he
air. Ten, fifteen, and twenty net-
ted so me 13,300 co ntacts with
about half co ming on fifteen.
Phone seemed to result in a
hig her aSO/hou r rate, so t he
co nc entrat ion on th is mod e
res u l ted i n a 77 % /2 3 %
phone /C\IV split. For ty perce nt
o f the co ntacts we re w it h
Japan, t hlrt y-t lve perce nt were
with stat esi de, f ift een percent
were wi t h Europ e, and t he re-
mainder were scattered aro und
t he wo rld .
aSL t o Harry Mead , Box 85,
Ro und Co rne rs, 2158 Aust ra lia.
Ex penses we re excess ive d ue
to t he prob lems and any f inan-
c ia l aid ca n go to K2TJ or via
t he N o rt he rn Ca li fo rn ia OX
Foundat io n.
The rece nt volc anic ac t ivity
on St. Vincent Island in the
West Indi es found VP2SQ pro-
vid ing emergen cy com munica-
tions for t he local au thorities.
He i s repor ted as having phon e-
patched Prime Min ister Cato to
oth er isl ands w hen the re was a
need fo r q uick com m unica-
t io ns. It is t his typ e use of
amat eur radio that we have
been t ry in g to demo nst rate to
t he Th ird-World nati ons preced -
ing WA Re 79.
Rubi n WA6A HF an d his XYL
Ferne have had to cur tai l t heir
YAS ME QSLin g eff o rts on t he
reco mme nda t ion of the ir doc-
t or. Alt ho ug h g ivi ng u p t he
YASM E effort , the y w ill co n-
ti nu e to handl e ca rds for those
stat ions th ey are QSL man-
agers fOL
Some EP st at ions are again
being heard on a so met ime
ba sis, although t he sit uat io n is
far f ro m being sett led in Iran .
That 9N1YU being worked a
few mon t hs back is repor ted by
HS1ABD to be a t rue-blue type
used by a Yug oslav mo untai n-
eering g rou p in th e Mt. Everes t
area.
S2BTF co nt in ues t o show
from Ban gladesh on t he we ek-
Father Ma rshall D. Moran, S.J., Kathmandu, Nep al, bett er known
around the wo rld as 9N 1M M. Fa ther Moran has bee n a reg ul ar tix-
ture on the OX ban ds since 196 1.
ends wo rking a list -type ope ra- pho ne number of you r closest
tio n. Look for him on 14226 kHz FCC mon itor ing statio n. Keep
Saturdays from 1300Z and Sun - them advised of the "wood-
da ys f rom 1200Z. aSL Peter via peeker's " acti vity and so meday
Bo x 108 in Dacca. t he " wood pecker" w ill vanis h.
9N1MM has bee n keeping a Som e cl aim th at If we had
fair ly regul ar sc hed ule aro und reacted immediately t wo years
14243 kHz after 0100Z. QSL to ago, he wo uld now be only a bad
Ed Blaszczyk N7EB, 12802 Su n memo ry.
Va lley Drive, Sun City AZ 85351. A co uple of mo nth s bac k we
Ed has been ha nd ling Fath er ment ioned th e possibility of a
M o ra n ' s QSL du t i es s ince .Swed is h gro up op er at ing f ro m
9N1MM f irst ca me on t he a ir in Alb ania. The exp ect ed ca llsign
1961. Ed, w ho has also held t he was me nt io ned as being ZA5T.
ca l ls W3 KVQ , W 2 KV, a nd Late wor d on t hi.s.2.Eerati on has
KX6EB, asks th at we rem ind bee n zilch, but if anyth ing new
t hose need ing a 9N1MM QSL to develops , we wi ll certainly pas s
please en ?lose an SASE. It it alo ng.
makes th e Job much easte r. ..
As we have often ment ioned Those new Pacific area pre-
it's usuall y eas ie r an d cheaper "fixe s stil l seem to be caus tnq
to ju st enclose a dollar bill tro uble. It was sure easier .to
(green stamp) with your QSL remember when KM6 wa s Mid -
wh en a direct ai rmail repl y is re- way , KW6 was Waite.. et~. To
quired tha n to go t hrough t he ~e l p you l e~ rn !he new desiqna-
h as sl e o f b uy i n g IR Cs Of _t lons, we w ill list them again:
fo reig n min t sta mps. We a lso KH 1 Bake r, Cant o n , a nd
m ent i o ned th at t here we re Howl and
si tua tions w hen it was best na t KH2 Gu am
to en close mo ney w it h a QSL KH3 John st on
goin g overseas. A letter fr om KH 4 Midway
Mansur A P2MQ brings up a KH 5 Kingm an if K suff ix,
ca se in poin t. Incom ing mail is 'P al myr a if not
of te n c hec ked by th e Paki st ani KH6 H awaii
post al aut ho rit ies, an d since KH7 Kure
t he im portati o n of f oreig n cur- KH8 American Samoa
rency is ill egal in Pakistan, t his KH9 Wak e
oft en lea ds to emba rras si ng KHIJ North ern Marian as
c irc ums tances for t he amateur
to who m s uch ma il is ad - UK0YAH i s being worke d
dressed . It is alw ays best to aroun d 14050 kH z after 18ooZ.
fo llow th e QSL in s tru c ti o ns We mention t his as a remi nder
given by t he OX station. In the t hat Sov iet Sib erian st at io ns
f ut ure, do not send _g reen whose suffix begin s with a Y
stamps to Pakistan. are locat ed in Ta na Tuva in rare
There is a report th at th e Zone 23.
number of com pla int s to t he Th e Br uss el s Millenni u m
FCC co nce rn in g the Russian Awa rd is avai lab le to anyo ne
" wood pecker" have risen sha rp- wo rkin g te n of the OS pref ixes
ly. 1t is som et imes a bit trustrat - on at least two bands. Send log
ing to repo rt suc h interference da ta and t hree IRCs to Bru ssels
and realize t hat t he person o n Mil lenniu m Aw ard, PB 1000,
t he ot her end has never heard of 8· 1040, Brussel s, Bel gium .
th e " wood pecke r." Check last
month 's co lumn for t he tet e- Continued on page 172
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 A Visit to Antenna Specialists
Way ne Green W2NSD I J
Editor/Publisher
~e sci e nce of rneasur-
T i ng an t e nn a per-
fo rma nce as part of t he
design process has come a
lon g way in the last twen ty
yea rs. A rece nt vis it to th e
A ntenna Specialists t est
site in no rt heastern O hio
broug ht bac k memor ies of
my past v isits t o other such
sites . . . and t he enormous
changes in t est eq uip men t
a nd pro cedu r e s w h ic h
have co me abou t.
Let me tell yo u abou t my
v isit to Anten na Specia l-
ist s' tes t site.
Sherry and I were met at
th e Cleveland airport by AI
Dolgosh K8 EU R, who led
us o ut t o the' test site, over
an ho ur' s d ri ve away. There
w e m e t Dick Lea ch
W A3 HS E/W B8ZAA, T o m
Baker K8MMM, and Rick
Davis K8DOC, the t est sit e
team . The lab was set up in
a t rai ler wi th a reference
d ipol e nea rby. The test an-
tennas we re set up on a
platform a coupl e hun dr ed
f eet awa y.
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- W ayne tours the test range
This is the t ra ile r w ith
t he laboratory eq uipment
fo r running the antenna
fi el d st rength t ests . The
tower to th e left is f or a
ham st at io n in t he hou se to
t he rea r of t he t railer. It's
nice t o have a ham l iv ing
right th ere t o wa t ch o ut f or
t he test lab eq u ipment.
Was it o nly a l ittle over
twent y years ago that I
visited a top ma nuf ac t u rer
of h a m a n ten nas and
wa tc hed t hem run tests o n
a long two-meter beam,
measu ring the s i g n a l
stre ngth eve ry f ew degrees
and wri ting down the f ig-
u res? Tod ay , th is is all
aut o mat i c. T o d ay, they
can run tests in a few
minutes that used to take
days, th us m aki ng it possi-
b le to design m uch more
effective antennas. W hen
yo u can mak e a sma ll
change in th e ante nna de-
sign and meas ure the re-
sults of t hat chan ge qui ck-
ly, it is rel at ivel y sim ple to
explore many mor e vari-
ab les fo r o pt im um pe r-
formance.
W it h mod ern equ ipme nt
at a test site, it is possibl e
to measur e t he vert ic al and
horizonta l radiat ion cha r- You 're l o o k ing at an
acte ristics of an antenn a as
well as t he f requ ency re-
enormo us Tnvest me nt in
test equ ipment. Th is gear is
sponse-ali in a few min- m ade just for labs of t his
nat ure and allows t he auto-
utes.
m at ic testing of t he anten-
nas, comp lete wit h the
grap hing system on t he
right.
This is a small tower
rig ht beside t he mobile lab .
It is designed f o r mountin g
the transmitting antenna
f o r the tests. Notice tha t Here To m is showi ng t he
th is anten na ca n be rai sed reference antenna which
and lowe red to get t he op- he set up by the receiving
t imum ver t ic al pa tte rn of p latfor m. This is a sim pl e
rad iation . reference d ip o le.

The tests this day we re
goi ng to be run on the
Ante n na Sp e c ialists 44-
e lem ent beam .
Th is is the me c ha nism
which is used to ho ld up
t he a ntenna to be tested
and to turn it in t ime w ith
t he graph in the la b. The
t ilti ng gears a llow t he
a nte nna to be b roug ht
d own for m oun tin g o r
c ha nges. The who le mec h-
a nism is o n t he trac k and
can be m oved tow ard or
away from t he la b.
Tha t' s Tom on the left in
ba ck, Alan th e right in
ba ck, Rick o n th e left in
front, and Dic k o n th e right
in front.
The tes t p latform is be-
ing ro ta te d so th a t the
othe r two 11-elem e nt yagi
anten nas c a n be mounted
on the boo m. The rotating
is a ll do ne remote ly from
the trail er .
" ,
AI Do lgosh K8EUR, who
organized ever ything fo r
us.
Rick Dav is K8DOC, wh o
is lu c ky enough to live a t
th is extreme ly low- noi se
tes t site, complete with his
ham rig and a good be am .
To m Baker K8MMM.
Dick , AI, and Tom get
the be am onto t he boom
a nd tighten ed in p lac e for
the te st s.
He re's t he beam a ll set
up a nd rar ing to go, about
300 feet from t he so urce
site .
Dick run s t he a nte nna ar-
This is the pa ttern draw n by the chart recorder for the
44-element a rray on 146 MHz w it h t he co mparison from a
reference dipole (do tte d fin e).
ray throug h a co mp lete ro-
tation, watc hing t he pe n o n
t he c ha rt as it traces th e
patte rn of th e bea m.
He re yo u se e t he f in-
ished pattern of th e array.
How a bo ut all that gain !
And yo u surel y can nul l out
th e int erf er e nce with that
inc redibl e front-to-back
ratio.
Over to th e right of th e
test p latform I found th e se
tra c ks. The y a re for rotat-
ing cars to measure the
ra di a t ion p-a-tte r ns of
mob ile ante nnas mounted
on d iffe rent parts of dif-
fere nt ca rs. They dri ve t he
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This is the same array, but measured at 148 MHz . Not a lot One m o re run was made with the array o n 144 MHz to
of dif ference- certainl y non e that yo u would ever notice make sure that it wa s capable o f working over the en t ire
in use. 2m band. It takes a lot of careful design to make a high-
gain array su ch as this work o ver a four-megahertz band-
ca r with the te st antenna After t he t est , A I had the width with as little lo ss as th is o ne shows .
onto th e t racks and th en 44-e lem en t array boxed u p
rota te th e who l e w orks to and sh ipped to the 73 lab . du e to some seriou s d e lays o u t o ne wha le o f a signal,
get t he pattern . It' s q u ite a It t o o k l o nge r t han we in gett ing a pro m ised as you can see from the
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 Secrets of G uyed Towers
- put 'em up and keep 'em there

Trade real estate for securi ty.

Peter Carr WB3BQO Who a mo ng us can t rut h-
329 Little A venue full y say th a t on t hose long
Ridgway PA J5853 w int er d ays we ha ve n' t
spent a m o m ent or two
t hink ing how gre at it wou ld
hu nd red f eet above
gro u nd? Drea ms? _W e ll,
maybe. But it' s sure t hat
whateve r yo ur ide a of t he
" ult imate" a nte nna a rray,
th e lar ger c hun k of re al
est ate requ ired to acco m-
mod ate t he guy -a nc ho r
suppo rts.
In planning to e rect a

T he re is an o ld saying
among ham s that " if it
sta ys up, it's too sma ll."
be to have a five-e lem e nt ,
40-mete r beam in t he ba ck-
ya rd, fed with 2 kW, a nd a
it's got to be held up by
so me t h ing.
tower , th er e a re some de ci-
sions and com pro mises to
Since the best an tenna be mad e. O ne must be
fa rm sta rts w ith t he sup- .. reali stic a bo ut what will
po rt equ ipment, let' s loo k ado rn the to p of t he tower
at t he best a ntenna sup- and the wors t case of wind
port: the gu ye d tower. A load ing that c an be a n-
tower is like a c hain, in that ti c ip ated . Th e a nte nna
it is on ly a s stro ng a s th e ' load mu st be added to the
weake st link . Se lf-support- wind loa d ing to dete rmine
ing towers a re linked to the tota l loa d e nviro nme nt
Mo t he r Ea rth at o ne in which t he towe r will be
point-the base. Guye d oper a t ing . Mos t antenna
tower s, on the other hand, ma Mufac t u re rs pub l ish
have fo ur support points load fig ures as pa rt of th e ir
over w hich to spread th e adve rt isin g, o r w ill furni sh
loa d - three an chors a nd data on reque st. The same
t he tow er ba se. The pe na l- goes fo r to we r makers, a nd
ty for th is added str en gth is th ey a lso ha ve data a bo ut

?
This is a commercial CA TV to wer. The di sh at t he left is a
microwave recei ving antenna. Moun ted below it is a "star
mount" anti-torqu e guy wire/fra me system. The to wer
height is 500 feet. Fig. 1.

34

Here is a commercial tower anchor and "e veo lete." No te
the len gth o f guy wire faced throu gh the turnbuckles to
preve nt loosening.
wind and ice conditions
througho ut t he co untry to
help in f igu r ing th e
o perat ing load.
As a rule of thumb, a n-
cho rs sho uld be placed o ut
from the towe r base a
d istance of bet wee n o ne-
hal f and two-t hirds t he
tow e r heigh t. For a hun-
dred-foo t tower, this means
the d istance fro m base to
each a nch or will be from
fifty to seventy-five feet.
'Since t his d istan ce de ter-
mines th e a ngle of th e guys
at the tow er, it represents a
co mp romise betwe en the
idea l o ne-foot -up fo r o ne-
foot -ou t, or guy angle of
for t y five d egrees, a nd
some even sharper guy
angle wh ich conserves real
esta te. These co nside ra-
tio ns outline t he pract ical
limits of tow e r height.
O t he r fa c to rs w hic h
limit tower height are: sur-
ro u ndi ng o b jec ts l ike
houses a nd t rees, sloping
t e rra in, lo c al b u ild ing
codes, a nd neighbors. Each
s ho uld be t ak en int o
careful considerati on since
tow ers are no less expen-
sive to ta ke dow n t ha n to
put up.
Since th e load of a towe r
is in tw o parts, it is best to
look at eac h in choosi ng a
brand and model of towe r.
The side load is the fo rce
which is suppo rted by th e
a nc ho rs a nd guy lines. The
ve rtica l load is supported
by th e towe r a nd base
alone . Most towers are
trian gularl y sha ped, a nd
the wider t he spread be-
tween the vertica l legs and
t he la rger in d iameter t hey
are, t he greate r t he ve rtica l
load they will hol d. Know-
ing the antenna load ing fig-
ures and the weather co ndi-
tions for your area, it is
possible to have a towe r
manu factu rer recomm end
t he pro per size tower for
yo ur needs.
Two last co nsideratio ns
should be figured into the
cho ice o f height s. How far
will t he rig be from th e
a nte nna , and what will th e
ca ble loss be, co mpa red to
t he be nefit o f a d de d
height ? In add it ion, who
will se rvice the array? It
seems t hat th e num ber of
voluntee r climb ers varies
inversely with the heig ht of
t he wor k!
Pla nning the act ual con -
struction is the next step in
t he process. Survey th e
•
f
\
\ '
\
The bottom two guys sho wn here are atta c hed to the an-
c hor plate and to the "star mou nt" ius: belo w the
microwave d ish.
land for the locat io ns of tam ped d irt. These be ll an-
t he base and a nchors. Let's chors hold a larger load
say you come up wit h a since t hey a re bigger at the
layou t similar to t he on e in bottom and deeper in the
Fig.1 . gro u nd t ha n t he sc rew
In this " he licopter" view type. _
of th e p roject, we see t hat . The toweroase a lso is
the anc hors are laid o ut chosen aft er conside ring
120 degrees ap art and that t he type of so il at the co n-
two of th em are upwind of. struct ion site. Since the
t he t owe r · b a s e. Th is '
base has to support o nly
sp rea ds the worst of t he the ve rtica l load, it doesn't
wind load ing between two have to be vet». de e p. It
anchors. s h o u ld be dow n far
The typ e of so il wi ll" : eno ugh, however, so that
dete rmin e what type of an- frost will not ca use it to
cho r sho uld be used. There shift po sit ion . Ma nufac-
are screw-ty pe units which tu rers' recomm endations
don 't need a ho le but are sho uld be fo llowed here so
screwe d into the undis- t hat-. a f irm foo t ing is
turbed ear th. These are okay assured.
fo r sma ller syste ms with Fina lly, make a list of the
light loading and with fir m req uired too ls and gear for
to slight ly-roc ky soi l. The the act ual job. Try to ob-
other type is t he bell an- tain the services of some-
cho r which requ ires t hat a one w ho has done similar
hol e be d ug. The bell - wo rk before, and re ly o n
sha pe d bottom of th is type his ex per ience. If no hams
of anc hor is attac hed to a are a rou nd to fill th e bill,
long rod which stic ks out t ry t he lo c al power or
of th e gro und after the an- tele pho ne company. Their
chor is placed in t he hol e. c on str u c t i o n c r ew s
When the bell is struck with rou t ine ly han dle projects
a heavy bar, the ancho r simila r to th is, and prob-
will spre ad out and d ig into a bly will kno w whe re you
th e sides of th e ho le. The ca n o bt ain the ropes, guyl
ho le is th en bac kfilled us- jac ks, st ra in dy na m o m e-
ing small rocks and we ll- ters, and clim bing eq uip-
35
Guy wires and preformed wrap-on grips are sho wn at the
to wer end. Note that the bolt ac ts as an axle for the grip.
The height is 375 feet.
ment you will need .
Befo re getting into the
act ual nuts and bo lts of
hangi ng up the tower, it's
good to di scuss va riou s
aspects of safe ty o n the
job . Adva nce planning o n
pape r of eac h ste p in the
pro cess will a llow eac h
membe r of the crew to
fa milia rize himself wit h
th e sequ en ces involved .
The Dill tower base rests on a large flat rock two feet
down and buried in small rock s and well-tamped dirt.
36
Line up e nough people to
do the job, and don 't forget
that at leas t o ne should be
exper ienced . All climbing
too ls and sma ll hand too ls
sho u ld be in f irst -cl ass
sha pe. Hardhats are a must
for the ground crew, and
no one sho uld be closer
tha n twe nty feet to the
tow er base fo r any reason
other than to attac h gear to
A Dill tower in CA TV service is pictured here. The tower is
100 feet tall, in 10 foot sec tions weighing abo ut 60
pounds each . The sections are 11 inches on a side .
the rop es going up the tow er base (whic h is in the
tower. The auxiliary leg, ground) and lay ou t the guy
which sometimes is used to wires down t he length of
hold t he weight of a tow e r the th ree-section asse mb ly,
section as it is placed on ove r t he bas e, and st ra ight
already erec ted sections, out beyond . With on e man
shou ld be inspected care- ho lding down -on the bot-
full y. The co mbined we ight tom to make it dig into the
of the leg a nd section ca n ground, and th ree more
do conside ra ble damag e pulling at the guy wires,
and injury if they fa ll. ' . have the remain ing people
When everyt hing need- lift th e top of the tower and
ed is on hand , t he anc hors raise it over thei r heads. As
a re dug in , and the they walk towa rd -the base
necessary personnel have ... - raising the tow er above
been lined up, it is t ime to the m, the guy wire att en-
pick a day to com plet e the dants will steady the towe r
job. Weather is the main side-to-side whi le at the
consider ation her e since to sam e tim e he lping to pull
be sa fe th e en t ire job the t'?wer vertic al.
should be co mpleted in When this move is co m-
one day. The Flight Service ple ted , the towe r shou ld be
Center at the local airpo rt st and ing on th e grou nd
is an exce llent so urce of next to the base stabilized
weather infor matio n, and by t he guy wi res . Next, lift
the ir for e.casts of wind co n- the tow e r o nto the base
ditions a re espec ia l ly and install t he three bot-
good . tom bo lts. Attac h the guy
On th e mor ning of t he wires to t he ir respect ive
big day, begin by bo lt ing an chors, and, using a spi rit
the first three secti ons of level, a plumb bob , or
tower "t o ge t he r o n th e ot he r sight ing line, snug up
ground. Attac h to the to p the guys until th e towe r is
of t he asse mbly three guy exactly ve rt ica l. This oper-
wires whi ch have been cut ation is important since
to ro ug hly th e co rre ct when later sections a re in-
length. Set t he bott o m of stall ed , the tower will be
the assemb ly next to the put into a bind if it is not
The anchor rod holds three guys using preformed grips .
The rod is six feet long and is burie d nearly fi ve feet
down.
exact ly v ert ical.
T he cl imbing people are
now sen t a loft , a nd th e aux-
ilia ry le g (or st iff -leg ),
pulleys, a nd han d ropes a re
made rea dy to raise the
next to wer sectio n. Since it
is v ery har d for a pe rson to
ge t good lift ing lev erage
while le a ning bac k in a line
be lt , t he groun d c re w
sho uld raise eac h sec tion
while t he climb ing cre w
stead ies it a nd gu ides its
place ment ato p the last
se c t io n ere cted .
Re me mbe r th at du ring
th is o pe ra tio n those o n t he
gro und sho uld not sta nd
near the tower base, or in
an a rea w here dropped
too ls or pa rts mig ht fall.
Continue adding tow e r
sectio ns and guy wire se ts
unt il the tower is co mp lete.
Since t he last sect io n nor-
mally is bu ilt to acce pt a n
antenna rotat or and mast,
t hese item s are mo re ea sily
installed before t hat se c-
ti on is raised.
Ha v in g a lig ne d t h e
tow e r each tim e tha t a se t
of wires wa s install ed , the
co mplete un it shou ld be
pre tt y close to ve rti ca l. By
s igh t ing up war d a lo n g
eac h leg of th e tower, a ny
This is a p art l y installed p reformed grip . No tools are need-
ed, a nd it may be rem o ved fo r re-tensioning of the guys
and easil y reapp lied.
ben ds will be seen eas ily This is suff icie nt to pro tec t are rotated o n a tower, t he
a nd can be removed by ad- the tower, a lt ho ugh light- torq ue will cause tw isting
just ing te nsion on the ap- n ing p rote c t io n a t t he of t he stru c ture . Wh ile this
pro priat e guy w ire. shack end of t he do wn- do es no t affec t the life of
Now t hat the towe r is lead s st ill sho u ld be used . the tower, it does affec t
straight, th e next step is to In the eve nt tha t light s a re th e aiming a cc urac y of
equalize t he te nsion on req uired , or a ny sou rce of VHF d irectional.a rrays d ur-
eac h se t of guy wires. A co mm ercia l pow er is used ing w indy cond itions. The
devi ce called a st ra in dy na- a t t he tow e r, th e ground cu re is to inst all a noth e r
mom eter is used to read system shou ld be t ied into guy syste m by bo lt ing to
ten sio n o n a ca ble. If t his is t he ne utr al of th e elect ric . .. the towe r a len gth of pipe
no t av a ila b le, th e o n ly line. or angle iron about six fee t
recourse is to pull each guy W he n very la rge a rray s long , as per Fig. 2.
wire slig htly out of line a nd
fee l th e te nsion by han d.
Sight ing up each guy wire
from a nc ho r to wa rd th e
tower a nd jud ging t he sag
is anothe r meth od, but it is
not as reliab le d ue to the
va rying len gt hs of t he lines.
The a im is that eac h guy
wire sho u ld ca rry th e sa me
strain as every ot her.
The tower is now com-
plete a nd ready to acce pt
a nte nn as an d downl ead s.
Eve n t ho ugh it is ground-
moun te d a nd is attac hed
to guy w ires and anchors
which a lso a re at earth
gro und pote nt ia l, it st ill is
wise to e lectrically ground
the tower. Mos t commer-
cia l installations use a six-
foo t gro und rod at eac h
to we r leg, d riven as clo se
to t he base as possible. Cuy w ir es and grip a re atta ched to a tow er leg.
37
 Since t his guy system
carr ies o nly th e twisting
lo ad applied to th e t ow er,
it need not be as heavi ly
co nstruc te d as t he ma in
sys te m . Sc rew-ty pe an -
chors and num ber te n
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Death-Defying PL Mod
for the KDK 2015
- not for the sq ueamish

No more cli pping.

Autho r's No te: Since th is artic le wa s writt en, KDK has improved their "fix" by adding additional RC filters between the NOR gate and the
base of the output tra nsistor.

T his art icle is not fo r t he

t im id soul. It t ak es con -
siderab le courage to t ake a
brand new rig and cut th e
circu it foil and drill holes in
the PC boards. This sta te-
ment is not intended t o
scare you off, b ut to f or e-
wa rn you. The resul t s, ho w-
eve r, are w ell w o rth t he ef-
fort.
A prerequi site for outlin-
ing any solut ion is to first
define t he probl em. Th e
bas ic com pl aint w it h th e
ori gin al KDK PL is th at it
- - -- - - ----- - - -- ----- -- - -,
PS BOAR D
may or may not act ivate a
given repeater, and when it
does, there are complaints
of t he PL being aud ib le and
cli pping with modul at ion.
Investi gation of t he ex-
isting PL circuit reveals a
CM O S 2-input NOR gate
chi p (MC14001) co nnected
as a square-wave oscillator
as shown in Fig. 1. They
co uld n' t have pl anned it
worse. The f ast ri se and f all
time of the square wave
produces many harmonics
of t he 1Oo-Hz f undame nta l
."
COl'll'lEC TOR
at 200, 300, etc., account- eve r, sho uld stay wh ile we
in g f o r t he audi b le co m- di scuss how t o linearize
p laint. t he 'exist ing CM O S d ig ita l
To make matt ers wo rse, gate fo r analog operation
the square wave is di ff eren- . to generate a sine wave.
t iated by t he .01-uF co u- A ny digital logi c-invert-
pii n g c ap ac i t o r to t he ing element (NAND o r NOR
speec h amp lif ier, prod uc- gat e or in ver tesj.prod uces a
ing na rr ow p u lses fro m high-le ve l o ut put w ith a
eac h edg e of t he sq uare low-level input and v ice
wave (p u lse rno d ul ati on ., versa . Th e input swi t ching
ye t). Thi s has to be a terr i- -·t hresho ld f or a CMOS log ic
ble shoc k t o the pr eamp ele m ent is approxima te ly
and is pr ob ably th e reaso n 45% of th e supply vol tage
w hy th e repeater d oes not (9 vo lts in t he KDK). Wh en
rec ognize t he PL. A tte m pts - t he inp ut signal passes
t o activate t he repeater by throug h t he thresho ld (4
inc reas ing t he PL level f ur- volts), t he output swi t ch es.

I th er agg ravat e t he audib le It is at t hi s switc hi ng level

pro b le m . th at t he gat e is operating in
'"
II t he linear reg io n. A f eed-
The offi cia l " f ix" avail- ba ck " resist o r conn ected
'" I able as a modificati o n kit fr om output back to input,
1
I" from th e US di stri bu tor of as show n in Fig. 2, linearizes

". R2~~,
i""' -'-r"-
t he KDK un it s leaves much t he gat e since a hi gh out-
to be desired , since it sirn- p ut f ed back t o t he input
P2 R21 ,l / ply adds a 0.1-uF shunt ca- wou ld te nd to d riv e t he
C-',,": --' J
_ ___ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ - l pac itor f ro m t he base of o ut put low, w hi ch w hen
SEl - CAl
Q 3 to ground to dr ast icall y fed back to th e in put tend s
COl'lNECTOR slo w up t he rise and f all t o drive t he ou tput hi gh,
times, making it a triangu- w hiIC h . .. et c . Th e gat e
PLl BOARD BOARDT~
Iar wave . f inally co mp ro m ises itself
- - -- - --~ - __, r - - - --- - - - - - --,
I I I The ul t im at e so lut io n, of with both input and o utput
I 1 P17i co urse, is to c hange t he PL f loa t i n g at t h e 4-v o l t
~
C2
'I
P2l
I eoe AF
I 1) .•,
IpI 4 CBO
signal t o a sine w ave. Thi s sw itc hing th resho ld level.
: IP~ OUTI "T'CBI iswhere the timid souls can This circuit conf igura-
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 1 ~
1L m 1
~
leave to pu rc hase t heir t ion lends itself very w ell
ME-3. Th e hard y and co ur a- f o r a We in bridge sine-
Fig. 1. Existing KD K PL circ u it. ge o u s in dividuals , how- w ave oscill at or (som etim es

40
 ca lled a tw in-T) by sim pl y
di vidin g t he f eed bac k resis-
t o r into two parts and add-
in g t he o th er necessary RC
consta nts as show n in Fig.
3. The basic frequ en cy of
oscil lat io n is give n as F =
1/(2nRCl, but t his is no t ex-
ac t and may vary co nsider-
ab ly. A word o f c aut io n
here: Th e capacit o rs mu st
be a good quality ce rami c
o r mi c a with good t emper-
ature sta bility, and the re-
sistors must be 100 part-per-
mi ll io n t emper ature-co ef-
fi cient units. O ne such cir-
cu it co nst ruc ted wi th min-
iatur e pl astic cap acitors
c h a nge d f r equ en c y b y
50 % w hen sprayed w ith
Q u i ck Fr eeze c i rc ui t
coo ler.
The fin al circuit desig n
and KDK modific at ion s are
shown in Fig. 4. Note th at
th e sec o nd ga t e i s no
lo nger used . The IC pad of
p in 11 o n t he circu it board
is st ill utilized , how ever, so
th e le gs of the chip (pins
11,1 2, and 13)were cu t and
a jumper added to c o nnec t
circu it bo ard pad 10 to 11
to co m plete t he pat h t o t he
ou tp u t t ra nsi sto r . T h e
legend for t he va rio us ci r-
cuit modifi cations appea rs
bel ow th e schematic. Th e
0.15-uF c apacitor ac ross
th e 287-0 hm resistor and
1k pot w as req uired t o
e lim inate a " sec o nd a ry
high -fr eq uency oscill at ion.
Th e value of t hi s cap acit or,
although not crit ica l, will
have som e effect o n fr e-
q ue ncy .
The m ajor prob lem en-
co unte red w as getti ng t he
PS board ou t fa r enoug h to
work on it. There are a few
wi res from th e PS board
wh ich are ro uted und er th e
Pll boa rd . This p ro bl em is
solved by rem ov in g t he
fo ur Pl l mo unti ng screws
and t il t ing t he boar d f or -
w ar d t owa rds th e front
panel. A pi ece of maskin g
tape w ill hol d thi s boar d in
th e up rig ht posit io n.
Th e seco nd problem is
cau se d by th e c h o ke
m oun t ed o n t he rear plate
and t he grou nd wire from
t he pow er inpu t co nnec tor.
These leads are very sho rt
and m ak e it im po ssib le to
move th e PS board . It m ay
be possibl e to unsold er t he
cho ke leads; howe ver, I
c ho se t o unm ou nt th e
cho ke, leavin g it attached
to t he board . Th is is ac com-
plished by gent ly rem ov in g
t he r ear id en tifi c ati on
plate by lifting with a sma ll
screw d r iver (st ick y back ) to
expose t he cho ke-mo unt-
ing sc rew s. The ground
w ire ca n easi ly be un-
so ldered at t he power in-
put connector.
Th e t ransceive r is th en
positio ned o n its side and
t he PS boa rd sepa rat ed as
f ar as possible from t he
chassis with al l o t her w ir es
st ill con nec te d . No t an
id eal work sit ua t io n, but
tolerabl e.
The followi ng is a com-
plet e step-by-step p ro ce-
dure for making t he mod ifi-
cat ion. Refer to th e PSboa rd
l ayou t d iagram on page 12
o f th e KDK m anu al to
locat e the various points
referenced .
1 . U nsol de r t he two
shielded aud io c ab les f ro m
the PS boa rd, cut t hem to a
length suff icient for splic-
ing , and cover t he sp lic es
w it h shr ink tubi ng. Thi s
d isco nnec ts th e Pl, output
and co m p letes t he m icro-
phon e cable ro uting t o t he
SE L-CAL co n nec tor and
speec h am plif ier.
2. Cut the legs of p ins
11, 12, and 13 o n IC2.
3. So ld e r a j u m p e r
acro ss pa ds 10 and 11 o n
rear of board .
4. Cut ci rc uit foil be-
tw een P1 and j un cti on of
R1 9 and C10.
5. Cut ci rc ui t f o il be-
twe en P2 and R18 potent i-
o mete r.
6. Repl ace R16 470k re-
sistor w ith a 16.9k resist or .
7. Rep l ace R1 7 33k re-
sistor w it h a 14 .3k resist or .
8. Rep lace R1 8 50k pot
wi t h a 5k pot.
9. Replace C9 .033-uF ca-
paci tor w it h a .15-uF capaci-
tor.
10. Repl ace C10 .068-uF
,
capaci tor with a .15-uF ca- -s v
paci tor.
11. Repi ace C11 .00-uF ca-
pacitor with a .22-uF capaci -
tor.
12. Repl ac e th e co mb i- Fig. 2.
nation of R20 4.7k and R21
470-0 hm resistors w ith a
sin gle 5k m in iatu re potenti-
o mete r (ab out th e siz e of a
t ransistor). Moun t t his pot
w ith on e end in t he R21
r
ground pad, th e other end c c
in t he R20 pad wh ich con-
nect s to t he em itter of Q 3,
and th e ro tor in eit her of Fig. 3.
t he two pads at t he jun e'
ti on of R20, R21, and C11. wh en t he bottom cov er is
13. Drill a hol e t hro ugh moun t ed .
the gro und p la ne at th e 1 5. Dr ill two more ho l es
edge of t he PC bo ard in line in the open area fo r moun t-
with R16 and next to th e ing th e 287-0 hm resistor
ni c ad battery . Mount t he next t o t he 1k po t. M ount
.33-uF capa ci to r from th e the resistor in th e hol es and
jun ction of R18 pot and bend one lead over and
R16 resist o r to th e gr ound- so lde r it t o th e ope n pot
p l ane hol e. lead .
14. Posit ion th e 1k po t
16. Dr ill ano t her ho le in
next to t he ni cad battery
t he op en area next to t he
suc h t hat th e rotor and on e
287-0 hm resistor hol e and
end ar e over th e ground
also anot her hole throu gh
pl ane and t he oth er end is
t h e g ro u nd p la ne f o r
over th e ope n area (no
mo unting th e-45-uF bypa ss
gro und pla ne). M ark t he
poi nts, dr ill t he hol es, and capacit or across th e 187-
moun t t he pot. M ak e su re O hm 1k pot comb ination.
th e speaker cl ears t he PQt 1 7. Connec t a w ir e fr o m
rIP'
."
---::.-----~'~~~-------~~-l
1 Rl 3 I
'0 ',: I CZ QJ J
I r:v
Fl'ft
I·n ~ •
'r- +_-'-----.---{~ A20- 21 CII" II'L ) SPLICE
cio . 5 1( 2 2' l OUT
~~8 15 / I ~
FReD LEVEL I
I
'"
16.9 1(
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r - - - - -.J
• •
r r
• I •
2:87 t
I
I~ I
OSCILL ATOR
CONTR OL I SEL - CAL
CONNECTOR
I
- - - - - - - -- - --- ---~
Fig. 4. Modified KDK PL circuit.
41
 the jun ction of the ,15-uF " M O D IN" term inal u nder

KLM
bypass and t he 287-0hm re- norma l mod ul at ion and ad-
sistor to P2_ ju sting the PL " LEV EL" fo r
1 B. Con nec t a jumper 10% of th is va lue . Fin al
wi re from P1 to th e pin 9 tweak i ng m ay requ ir e o n-

MAKES end of R16.

19. Co nnec t a w ire f ro m
" PL O UT" (o pen end of
the-a ir t ests with assist an ce
fro m another operator.
Thi s m od if icati on has
•
40 C11) to P2 " M O D IN" o n
the PLL board (t ermi nal
w it h gr een wi re).
Adju stment is best ac-
been in use f o r several
months w it h excell ent re-
su l ts. Temp e rat u re st a-
bility is very good ( ± 0.2

EASY! co mp lished with a sco pe

and co u nte r; ho w ever , it
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Hz) w he n sp rayed w it h
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 Feed-Horn Mounting Made Easy
Dr. Ralp h E. Taggart WB8DQ T
602 S. Jefferson
M ason 1\4148854
U nt il you know a little
bit about th e subject ,
Photo A. This is a feed-hom assembl y for use at th e
1.7-GH z satell ite frequen c y.
44
- solution to a pesky problem
. M ore on microwaves.
t he ante nna port ion of a
microwave proje ct seems
q uite sim ple. Th e mo st d if-
fic ul t aspec t is bu ild ing o r
fi nd ing a dis h -or so it
seems! No matter how you
acqui re the dis h, how ever ,
yo u wil l discover th at you r
prob le ms have j ust begun.
Nex t yo u mu st f i nd a a di sh and co nst ruct ed a
suita b le f eed , and if thi s . horn , you in evitabl y en-
search lead s you in t o th e cou nte r t he real p ro b-
lit erature, yo u w il l di scover lem -how to.~t t he darn
t hat t hat subject can be th ing mo un t ed! 1 have
qu ite comp lex indeed . been wo rking on antenna s
In th e fin al analysis, o ne in the l ow mi crowave re-
of t he sim p lest and mo st -..gio n (S-band ) for t he past
eff ect ive feeds in the low- two yea rs now, in co nju nc-
fr equen c y e nd o f the t io n w it h a series of pro-
mic rowave region is t he ject s invol vin g the GO ES
ho r n feed . Rec ta ng u la r weather sate ll ites . Th ese
horn fee ds are superior, In - 'satell ites transmit pict ures
the sense tha t t he illumina- on a fr equ ency of 1691
t ion pattern can be co n- MHz, and thus 1was fo rced
t roll ed w ith some preci - to dea l with the fee d- horn
sia n. Th eir main dr awback mo untin g pro ble m. Th e an-
is t ha t th ey are mech an- swer to it has p rov ed to be
ica lly un w iel dy. quite sim p le and effecti ve
Desp ite th eir red uced il- and sho uld be app licab le
luminat ion efficie ncy, cy- to sim ilar situations invo lv-
lin dri c al f eed horns are ing operati ons on 1 296,
quite pop ul ar in t hat t hey 2304, and 3300 M Hz .
ca n be ' c o nst r u c t ed of The key po int in any
met al p ip e, tubin g, or ca ns. m ou nting scheme i s t o
A number of art icles have avoid o bscu ring ·t he ope n
ap pe ared in the am at eur end of the horn with met al
literat u re desc r ib ing t he in any form . An y me t al will
co nst ruc t io n of ho rn-f eed serve to shi el d out a ce r-
syst em s. They are q ui t e tain po rt ion of th e received
no n-c riti cal in use- par- rf , all of w hic h wi ll be
ticu la rly in recei vin g ap- focused into the mout h of
pli ca tions. t he horn in a we ll- desi gned
system . The two most com-
Horn Mounting m on mounting schem e s
O nce you have obtain ed are shown in Fig. 1 . On e of
 these is exc e lle nt bu t large-
ly imp rac tica l, while t he
second is ve ry inelegant
and somew hat ineffi cient.
The first invol ves the use
o f e it he r t hree or four
spide r-arm assemblies run-
ning from the ho rn to th e
pe rip hery of t he dish . The
a rms do not imp e de t he rf
front re flected fro m the
d ish su rface into t he ho rn,
a nd t he y can be ma de ev e n
of me ta l for, a lt hou gh they
do int e rcept t he wave fro nt
as it a rrives at the d ish,
the ir a rea is qu ite sma ll
compa red to t he a rea of a
typical d ish ; t he gain
reduct ion is not me asur-
abl e.
Thi s does , how e v er ,
highlight why obstru ct ions
to th e horn are so c rit ica l.
All the rf energy ref lected by
the dish surface mu st pass
into the rel ative ly sma ll
op e n ing re pr e s e n t e d
by the mo ut h of t he ho rn.
Any met al obstru ction her e
ca n ca nc e l out a good
per cen tag e of th e ga in!
The prima ry disad va n-
tag e o f th e spider-a rm
system is the diffi cu lty in
fa brica ting it. O ne mu st
ha ve co nsid era b le m e-
c h a n ic a l in g e n u it y to
dev ise fa stenings to secur e
the arms to the ho rn an d to
the edge of the dish . The
a rms mu st be of e qua l
len gth, provide rigid sup-
po rt, a nd mu st ho ld the
ho rn at th e pro per focal
le ngth for the d ish in use
while a lso perm ittin g rota-
t ion of th e horn to ma tch
po la r iza t io n w it h t he
tr an smi tt ed signal. Since
t he prec ise position of a
par ticu lar feed horn re la-
tive to a pa rticular d ish at a
given freq ue ncy can be
d et ermined o nly a p prox-
imat e ly at first , one is in for
a co ns ide ra ble pe riod of
ti nke ring to get ev e rything
righ t.
The second a pproac h is
to use a supp ort rod at the
center of th e d ish-u suall y
fa b ricated of plum bin g
tubing a nd f itti ngs-w it h
a n o ffset to a cco mmodate
t he horn rad ius, as shown
in Fig. l (b). The ho rn is SPI DER ARt.!
SUPPOR T
cla mped to the tubing us-
ing la rge hos e clamps or
some oth er sys te m . It is an ~ ORN
e asy sy stem to a dj us t,
since th e horn c a n be
rA )
moved up or down the
t ube fo r focus ing prior to Fig. 1. Two common metho ds used 10 mount c ylindrical
bei ng cla mped in place. feed horns. (A) shows the use of spi der-arm support rods -
The ma jor d isad va ntage is an e fficient sys tem , but d ifficult to constru ct; and (B)
tha t t he tub e do es absorb shows the use of a support pipe, o ffse t to accep t the horn.
rf com ing in fro m the d ish This s ystem is easy 10 const ruct b ut is unsightl y and so me-
surfa ce. Also, the syste m what inefficient.
looks terrible!
Figs. 2 a nd 3 show a mov ed both up and down info rmat io n re q uired, but a
mu ch be tte r syste m. The the pipe to o pt imize fo cu s few poi nts are wo rth di s-
ho rn is m o unt ed to a a nd rotated to ma tch po- cussing. First, t he mo unting
sq uare of u nc la d G-l0 la rization. Once t he proper pla te mu st be attac hed to
boa rd materi al (no copper) orientat ion is ac hieved , the the PVC mast using nylon
us ing four sma ll meta l ma st is loc ke d into pla ce mo unti ng bra ck ets and
b racke ts o uts ide of the with on e or more hose ha rdwa re. If you use metal
ho rn. The G-l 0 sq ua re is cl amps. here, you will e lim ina te
just slightl y large r than the most of the advantages of
outside d iamet er of the If th e ma st is quite long t his pa rti cular mounting
ho rn , a n d t h e ho rn or the fe ed horn is he avy , sc heme. The bra ckets and
bra c kets atta ch wit hin the the asse mb ly can be gu yed ha rdwa re can be obtai ned
co rner areas that extend with da cron lines run from fro m ho b by sho ps that
beyon d t he e dge of t he th e co rne rs of the G-l0 ca rry supp lies for radi o-
horn . mounting plate to screw- co nt ro lled ai rpla nes .
Ot he r mater ial s may be eye a nd t urnb uc kle asse m-
used for the mounting blies attac he d to t he rim of . The PVC tub ing is c ut
sq ua re if t hey pass a simp le t he d ish. a bo ut fou r inch es sho rte r
test. Simp ly hold a shee t of t ha n t he f o c a.~n g th of t he
Construction dis h. This per mit s th e foca l
t he ma ter ia l a c ro ss the
mo ut h of the ho rn a nd The d iagrams in Figs. 2 po int to fa ll abo ut 2 inch es
obse rve th e ind ic a t e d and 3 provide most of the (5 e m) into the ho rn while
s ign a l s t re ngt h on the
receiver. If ther e is no
noticeab le dr op in t he
signa l level , yo u a re getting
mi nimal attenu at ion and
the ma teri al ma y be used .
Most p lastics a ppe a r to
wo rk f ine, but be sure to
chec k th em out a nyway, as
t he compo sitio n of a few
plastics o r their add it ives
ca n somet imes show unex-
pected rf absorpt io n at
some f requen cie s in t he
m icrowave regio n.
The moun t ing squa re is
attac he d to a mast o f PVC
plumbi ng tub ing (d on't use
meta l!) that hold s the ho rn
at the proper fo cal po int .
The ma st is mounted to t he
ce nte r of the d ish by slid ing
it ove r a stub o f meta l pipe
se c ure d to t he center of Pho to B. Pictured here is a 10-foot (1.3 m) dis h, co mp lete
the d ish wit h a pair of pipe- with horn feed , used for GOES satellite reception. W ith a
mou nt ing fla nges. The PVC sma ll dish in the 4- to 6-foot range, and depen ding on its
mast is slit whe re it slides weight, the horn ma y no t require guying. W ith a larger dish
ove r t he pipe, a nd the e n- o f the sort shown here, the long mast do es need dacron
tire mast asse mb ly ca n be guys.
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Fig. 2. (1): feed horn; (2): metal mounting brackets; (3): 6-32
pan-head berdwe re: (4): G-10 fiberglass mounting plate; (5):
n ylon mounting brackets; (6): 4-40 nylon hardware; (7):
PVC pipe mast. (A) General view of the relationship of the
cy lindrical feed horn, mou ntin g plate, and PVC mast. (B)
Detail showing the attac hment o f the horn to the plate
using m etal brackets and 6-32 hardware. Use pan-head
screws with the heads inside the horn to minimize metal
protrusions into the cavit y. (C) Detail of the attachment of
the mounting plate to the PVC mast using nylon brack ets
and hardware. (D) End view o f the horn, looking toward
the dish, showing the relationshi p o f the metal mounting
brackets to the co rners of the sq uare G-10 mounting plate.
Fig. 3. (1): horn; (2): G-10 plate; (3): PVC pipe mast; (4): hose
clamp; (5): steel pipe stub; (6): pip e mount ing flanges; (7):
dish surface . (A ) The genera l relation ship of the horn
mounting-plate, PVC mast, pipe stu b, and the pipe ffanges
use d to secu re the mast to the ce nte r o f the dish. (B) Deta il
showing the attachment of the mast to the dish surface .
Two pipe flanges, one on either side of the dish ce nte r, are
used to pro vide rigidit y. A pip e stub, which ma y be up to
1/3 of the dish focal leng th, is used to pro vide support to
the mast. PVC and stee l pipe siz es sho uld be chos en so
that the stee l pipe is a slide-fit in the PVC pipe. The PVC
mast is slit at the dish end and tightened do wn with o ne or
more ho se clamps.

st ill perm itting abo ut th e
same di stan ce fo r down-
wa rd movem ent of the as-
se m b l y i f requ i re d for
fo cusing. Th e fo llowing as-
sem bly seq uenc e sho u ld
be followed:
(1) Mou nt the ny lo n
mou nt ing br acket s to the
end of the PVC mast. D oin g
th is f irst lets yo u get p li er s
or f inge rs down inside th e
m ast to ti ghten the hard-
ware!
(2) T he m ou n t e d
brackets t hen c an be used
as a guide f o r marki ng th e
G-l0 plate which can be
d ri lled t hen and mou nted
t o th e e n d of th e
m as t - aga in, use ny lo n
hardware !
(3) The br ack et s (alu m i-
num, bra ss, o r ot her met al
i s O K ) th en may be
mounted to t he horn and
t he horn at tached t o the
p late. In mounting the ho rn
br ackets, be sure to use
pan-hea d screw s with th e
heads inside th e horn and
t he nu t s o uts i de . T his
m inim izes me ta l pr otru-
sio ns into th e horn w hi ch
co ul d dis t o rt th e wav e-
fronts in t he w aveg uid e
horn assemb ly .
(4) The ent ire assemb ly is
pl ace d over th e pi pe st ub ,
its positi on opt im ized, a nd
then everyth ing is tightened
up with hose cl amps.
If guy ing IS required, it
can be inst al led now. In th e
case of an antenna used f or
su p p o rt of a sate l lit e
gro und statio n, th e guy ing
system can perform a fine-
t un i ng f un ct ion in t he
a l i g n me n t depa rt m en t.
Large di shes (8-10 feet o r
large r) are qu ite critic a l in
orientat ion, and it oft en is
possib le fi rst to ho rse the
d ish in t o th e best possible
o rientation, and th en to
use th e guy ad j ust ments to
sh if t t he horn positi on
l aterally as req u ired to
pea k the signal level. If
l arge d isp laceme nts of th e
horn are requ ir ed (more
t han an inch or so), it
means t hat th e dish wa s
not aligned properly. The
ho rn sho ul d be centered
(g uy l i nes of pr ec i sel y
eq ua l lengt h) and th e alig n-
ment of th e d ish alt ered to
bring up the signal. You
then ca n f in e-tun e t he ca se, it is not even neces-
al ignment wit h t he guy sary t hat the pl at e cove r
cab les. t he e n t i r e ' ..9.1?eni ng t o
Since th e pipe attached t he ho rn . I hav e b u i l t
to th e d ish can provi de seve ral f eed assembl ie s
some rig id ity to th e PVC wh ere th e plate was sim ply
mast, it is useful to know - .. a w ide strip across the
how lo ng th e pipe can be op ening of the horn . In
w ithout abso rb ing sig nifi- mak ing an inspe ctio n of
cant rf. Thi s is dependent o ne GO ESsat ell it e inst alla-
upon di sh foca l length . _ . t ion, however, I di scovered
Genera lly, if the pip e is a nice wasps' nest in the
ab o ut on e-thi rd of t he feed horn I I suppose tha t if
foca l lengt h, it will not af- a bird decided to use t he
feet t he sig nal level. Thi s is ho rn for its spring nest ing
because th e ho rn ob scures ritual , it might resu lt in
t he ce nte r of the di sh and some" pu zzli ng signal-leve l
t he co nv ergi ng wavefro nt anom alies! It probabl y is
from ot her areas of the best to seal up t he horn - if
d ish wil l not in ter sect t he on ly to excl ude t he local
pip e as it w ou ld if t he pipe w ild lifel
were m uch lo nger. Thi s mounting scheme
If desired, you can run a has been used in a numbe r
bead of si l i c o ne sea l of GO ES sat ellit e gro und
arou nd th e edge of t he statio n inst all at ions, w it h
horn w here it attaches to ant ennas ranging from 3 to
the G-l0 p late, t o prov id e 10 f eet in diameter, with
so me w eather-sealing. Th is exce l le nt resul t s in al l
is usuall y most im portant c ases . Cy l i nd r i c a l f eed
w it h a nten nas used fo r horn s a re certain ly simple
po int-to-point ground ser- to con stru ct, and t hey pro-
vice, as t he ho rn is not li ke- v ide fi ne resu lt s. I thi nk
lv t o pick up w ater o r snow you w i ll f ind t hat t his
w hen pointed up in th e air moun tin g syst em w il l mak e
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 Antenna Tuning Joy Revisited
Da ve Brown W9CG I
RR 5, Box 39
Noblesville IN 46060
I n t he M ay, 19 78, issue of
73 M agazin e th ere wa s
an excell ent art icl e by D ick
Sa nde r K 5QY e nti t l e d
" M ake Antenn a Tuning A
Joy ." Th e ar t icle desc ri bed
th e mod i fi c ati on o f a
Tektroni x 190 B consta nt-
amplit ude sine wa ve gener-
ator. It is my inte ntion in
th is f ollow-up art icle t o
add t o D ick's co m ments
and ideas and give a few
basic det ail s t hat he lef t
o ut o n t he generator it self .
I can testi fy to t he long-
ter m worth of hi s un it,
becau se I di d the sam e
modif ic ati on 2 years ago . It
has proven to be w ort h at
least a hundred t imes t he
tim e spen t on it . Wh en I
say I d id th e same modifi-
ca t io n, like any ham, I have
to a d d a n i mp o r t a n t
w ord - almost. It is add i-
ti o nal in form ation and
some of th e w ays I did
thin gs as a V HF ham th at I
believe w il l be of addi-
t ional valu e to readers.
To ke ep thi s as short and
to t he poin t as pos sib le, I' ll
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- remember the Tektronix 190B?
Amp lif ying K5Q Y.
f irst cover th e addi t ion al
spe c if ica t io ns yo u m a y
f ind of int erest. W e both
st arted off w it h t he 190 B.
This un it wi ll ru n on 10 5 t o
125, o r 210 to 250 V ac,
w it h a ve ry slight w iring
change sim ila r t o Heath-
kit'" eq u ip me nt (c ha nge
jum pers, etc.). Furth er, it
runs f ine o n 50 t o 400 Hz.
The latter part may no t
seem im porta nt, bu t I have
fo und th at I ca n use par t of
an old 6 m et er AM mobil e
po wer pack un it t hat w as
design ed t o put o ut aro und
250 V dc. If yo u t ake o ut o r
disconn ect the de po rt ion
(m ine w as sho t and burn ed
up, anyw ay), you get, f ro m
t he ac po rt ion, abo ut 230 V
ac and 360 Hz, in my case.
The 190 B req ui res abo ut
100 W o n 120 V ac, 60 Hz,
but th e pow er pack o nly
warms to th e touch after
abo ut 30 m inu t es of use.
Just a th ou ght f o r t ho se of
you w ho reall y mu st be
po rtab le and d e o nly .
The gear is quite com-
pact and por t ab le co m-
pare d to som e of th e ol de r
t ube-ty pe bench or rack-
moun t ed eq u ip m ent . It
me asur es on ly 9-3/4" w ide,
13 ';\ " high, and 11 " deep.
It s all -alumin um all oy co n-
st ruc t io n gives it a total ever bu ilt fo r ante nna
weig ht of on ly 24 po unds, w ork, rem ember: Yo u are
so it is no surplus boat an- radiating! U se the mini-
cha r. . mum on-air tim e you need
The fr equency in di c a- ' fo r antenna prun ing and
tion spec if ica t io n for t he tr y t o p ick non -peak hours
di al read out is quite good
at 2% . Thi s is ni ce, even if
yo u use t he gene rato r on ly
in yo ur 10caL'!.:;;"espec ia lly
on V HF.
The ori gin al o up ut met er
as a gene rato r, bu t in - read t he o ut put peak-to-
valuab le if yo u modi fy it,- pea k vo lt s at that fu nny-
as Di ck and I did, in to an lo o k in g c o nne cto r y o u r
antenn a br idge. unit w ill co me with ' and is
Th e o utp ut ampl itud e is accur at e on ly to-± 10 % of
conti nu ou sly var iab le over_ . fu ll sc ale. This is rea ll y no
a 40-mV-to-10-V peak-to- pro bl em in t he modif ied
peak range. Look ing into a ver sion, as the abso lut e
50-O hm l oad, you have 5 value of fo rwa rd power
vo lts peak (ti mes .707 f or (vo ltage) is not import ant
rms vo lts). Sq ua re t ha t as lo ng as it will drive t he
resul t over a 50-O hm lo ad, swr m eter to fu ll sca le in
and ind eed yo u have an th e f o rw ard mode. Di ck
output of about 250 m W . men ti on s. chang ing to a
Th is brin gs o ut th e o nly p lain vo lt met er w it h a dif-
point I qu estion in Di ck 's fe re nt sca le from t he origi-
article. I am a QRP pow er nal and using a char t sup-
a
nut and VHF/UH F ham . I pl ied by him in th e art icl e
often have worked ano t her to ca lc ula t e vswr. I w ent
ham 63 mi les aw ay w it h o n- on e better, I thin k, and it is
Iy 16.5 m W o n 6 met er CW o by tot al acc ident t hat we
That's no great f eat , but it we re wo rki ng t ow ard th e
all sta rt ed by acc ide nt same general ends at nearly
and has co nt inued using t he same ti me. I found t he
the same setup: my t rans- met er for t he Heath V HF
mitter cou ple d t o a lig ht w attm eter (HW-2102) to be
bu lb d um my lo ad in t he a gr eat rep lacement in t he
basem ent! A ll I am d rivi ng $1 5 range, as it has a direct
at is, w hile th is m ay be th e read ing sca le for sw r. Yo u
hand iest device you have can ign o re t he power out-
put sc ale s! I used t he
b ridge basic ally ou t of t he
Heath wattmeter, but have
co nst r ucted Di ck ' s, too,
and either seems to be fin e
for my V HF w ork. If yo u
are HF inclined, stay with
D ick ' s resistiv e ve rsio n.
The Heath met er has a
w hi te-o n-black scale th at is
both very attracti ve and
easy to read ou t in th e
bright sunlig ht .
If yo u co nte m plate op er-
at ing at t he stock upper
li m it of 50 M Hz , f or 6
meter w ork, by all means
use an N-ty pe (50-O hm)
pa nel-mount fe male co n-
nect or to repl ace t he we ird
li t tl e o ut put co nnec tor on
the front panel of th e 190B.
Dick used a UHF-t yp e co n-
nector here, whi ch is f ine at
H F f requ en ci es. U n f o r-
tuna t el y, du e t o t he huge
dem and crea ted by t he CB
market, some UHF connec-
tors are show ing up that
are UHF in sty le and name
o nly . Som e are O K at CB
freq uenci es and usele ss at
50 MH z and up . Some
wou ld be junk at dc! W hy
h a v e you r w or st sw r
" lu m p" bui lt r ight into
you r test eq uipme nt ? Th e
extr a cos t f or th e N con -
nect or is w orth it .
If you are unfo rtunate
e nough t o get th e at -
te nuator th at p lu gs into
that same w eird little co n-
nector on th e pane l, do not
get any ide as about usin g it
for any ki nd of ac curate
read ings on antennas or
any ot her load wi th reac-
tan ce. A s yo u do t he ba nd-
w andering tric k to pru ne
a n a n te n na , as Di c k
de scribes, t he output im-
pedance of th e attenuat o r
w and ers all over, and right
on t he specifi c at ion sheet
it st ates t he f o ll ow ing in-
form ation : O ut put ampli-
t ude is co nst a nt ± 5%
from 30 to 50 MH z, if th e
load capac it ance does not
exceed 10 pF o n th e 10-V
range . Thi s can be a fi xed
C, or th e ante nna reac-
ta nce! In th e 1-V-t o-.5-V
ran ge, it improves by a l-
lowi ng 50 pF for th e same
± 5% . Furth er, it is state d
t hat al l chang es wi l l be
re lated to, and depend ent
o n, t he load cap ac it ance,
t he length of cab les (mo re
on that l at er), t he vo l tage
range in use, and th e fr e-
qu ency .
The se fa cts are pri maril y
f o r those of you wh o may
want to use t he gene rato r
as a generat or wi th t he at-
tenuator. Di ck co me s right
off the gener at or at t he
strange l itt l e p lu g you
replac e w ith t he N fitt ing,
and so d id I. Speak ing of
t he at tenuator , and to fu r-
ther indu ce you to go buy a
190B, con sider th e fo l low-
ing.
It 's an o ld flea-m ark et
sales t rick, but th e tru t h is
tha t yo u don't w ant th e at-
te nuator unle ss you int end
to outboard th e brid ge in a
bo x, and swap back and
forth be tween it and th e at-
te nuator as th e attenu at or
rep la cement ac cessory . So,
why let someone run th e
price up o n yo u by saying
he is offering mo re, or
something t he unit w on't
work witho ut? On t he oth er
hand, if he do esn't have an
atte nuator to sell w ith it,
you ma y succ eed in driving
down the price by screa m-
ing t hat you mus t have
one !
Fa ir ? It a l l d e pe nds
w hich side of t he f1ea-
market tabl e you are stand-
in g on at th e tim e, and I
have spent 18 ye ars o n o ne
side or the other. " Caveat
emptor," no d oub t, has a
seller's coro llary, too, and
rightl y so. Th e o nly good
deal is w here bo th par t ies
feel the y hav e a b ar -
gain-50 ba rgai n away !
Before w e get away fr om
the specifi cat ion s o n th e
st ock 190B, th ere is o ne
more t hing you sho u l d
know. If you are work ing
w it h wid eband o r multi-
band ante nnas (l og peri od -
ics, d isco nes, t rap dipol es
or ve rticals , et c .), yo u
shou ld kn ow t hat th ere is
no spec if ication made f o r
t he harm oni c co ntent of
t he 190 B! I heard of a case
w here it was typ ica lly less
th an 5% , but that wa s a
new unit in perfect shape .
If you are going to use
yo ur un it serio usly, t hen it
woul d pay t o at least spo t
chec k it at yo ur points o f
int er est. Eve n a simp le
chec k o n a sho rt w ave /
all band-t yp e receiver will
give you a good idea of
where t he un it is at. For in-
sta nce , set the gener at or
up o n 7 M Hz into a 50-O hm
resistor , w ith enough leads
to rad iat e a li ttle, and d rive
th e generator up t o w here
the 5-meter reads 56 t o 59
de pe ndi ng o n t he lin eari ty
of yo ur particu lar receiv-
er's agc syste m . Tuning t he
recei ver to 14, 21, 28 MH z,
e tc ., sh o u l d pro du c e
readings in t he rang e of 51
or at lea st as low as th e
m ete r r ead s, with t he
recei ver inp ut term in al s
sho rt ed by a 50-Ohm resi s-
t o r (o r prope r load to
mat ch rece ive r input irn-
ped ance).
As for t he un it you are
loo k ing for, I assume you
are not rich enough to see
Tektroni x for a new one
(and I doubt if th ey st ill
eve n bu ild it), and the used
gear c ata log prices are st il l .
qu ite hig h and are aimed at
th e sm all business user.
Thi s leav es t he ham f ests/
fl ea markets. I mention thi s
becau se the u nit is easy to -
ope n up so yo u can lo o k at
t he co ndi t io n inside. Yo u
ca n plan on cl eani ng up a
lit tl e d ust, b ut bew ar e of
any t hing t hat resem b l es
saltwate r co rrosion (w hite,
cha l ky, l um py ), ext re me
rust, o r mi ssin g, bent, or
battered shie lds or co vers .
You wa nt a pie ce of test
eq u ip me nt, not j unk.
I got a rea l barg ain on
mine -fu ll y working and
intact, for $20, from a man
who kne w not what he had!
I spr ayed over th e slight-
Iy-sc rat ched case wi t h a
f o rest green by Rust-o-
leum, which is great for
eq u ipm ent yo u want nev er
to rust or corrode. Besides,
th is is a nice m atc h for the
Heath met er, whic h has a
bla ck f ac e and g ree n
plasti c bez el, and it co n-
tr ast ed ni c el y with the
bru shed-aluminu m pane l.
M y next modificat ion
w ill obv io usly be to get
higher f req uency opera-
ti on o ut of thi s wond er of
wonders . Even if I get a
sudden interest in the low
ba nds and get m y Ad -
va nced license, I don't rea l-
Iy need t he .35- to .75- and
.75- to 1.7-MH z ba nds. The
21- to 50-M Hz band o n my
unit does m ake it usab le o n
6 meters, but a bit of coi l
adj ustment may be re-
q uir ed o n so me yo u m ight
pur chase. If yo u have to
juggle, my suggest io n is to
mo ve the wh ol e band up
by 1 M Hz and rech eck t he
t rac king. Use t he al lb and
rece iver aga in to a lig n t he
tr ack ing by ad ju sting C o n
th e hi gh end and L o n the
low end until th e dial track-
ing is as clo se as possib le.
Th ' · f
at wr ap s up my way 0
attacking t he 190B and
ach i ev ing t he joy D ic k
m ention ed in his title. I got
my first exposure to t his in-
strum ent at wo rk and
kn ow it is a good one. I k ick
m yself fo r not seeing t he
. fu ll LC imped ance bridge
Di ck goes on to mention ,
but you ca n bet '-am work-
109 o n trym g It soon . If
- an y~ne has .any ideas ?n
putting t he higher bands 10-
to thi s gea r (at least 2
me ters), please wr ite it up
or co nt ac t m e.
I prom ised to c o v er
mor e o n th e capaci ta nce
effe cts , c ab les, etc ., and I
le ft it fo r last bec ause it
reall y does not pert ain o nly
to t he 190B. D ick tou ched
b r ief l y on u sing th e
m o d i fied gen e r ator to
c hec k old coaxia l cab le. A
lot o f bridge, swr, and
lo ading problem s can be
elim ina te d o r minimized
by using t he sam e gene ra l
te chn iqu es. By using a new
pi ece of RG-8 foa m, co m-
merci al grade and qual ity
(not t he CB-grade j unk ),
and cutt ing it to V2 wave-
lengt h o r eve n 1 wave-
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 Modern
Solid-State Equipment Design:
A Better Way
- sorry, tube fan s

L. B. Cebik W4RNL
5105 Holston Hills Road
Knoxv ille TN 3 7914
reader, th ey im pl y t ha t
eq u ipm ent de sign usin g
t ransistors o r FETs shou ld
para llel t u be eq uipme nt .
In many wa ys, espec ia lly
for t he amateur, thi s infer-
cip les are not f o r th e eng i-
neer or the comm ercial
manuf actu rer; they are f or
t he hom e bu ilder. They ca ll
f or so me changes in th e
w ay we t hink about bui ld -
way s of do ing things for
th e ha m co nstructor.
Changing an o ld w ay of
t hin kin g is probabl y t he
hardest t hing for any of us
to do , but if yo u th ink

M ost book s and arti-

cl es o n so lid-st ate
design f or rf st ress the par-
ence is wron g and accounts
often for w hy we never get
some piece of equipment
ing up a fairly c om p lex
p iece of rf equ ipment. In
thi s revi ew of the sim ila r-
th rou gh th ese ideas , and
t hen ta ke a loo k at some of
t he pr oj ect s-that have ap-
alle ls between t ransistor! to work . iti es and d iffer ences be- peal ed to yo u (t ran smit-
FET c irc uit ry and t ube c ir- In t his art icle, I w ant to tw een vac uum t ube s and ters, vtos: receiver s, and
. cuit ry . These para ll els are c o m pa re o l d-st y l e tu b e tr ansistor s, all of th e ide as I th e li ke), yo u w il l be in a
ac cu rate enough as fa r as techniques with some tried give w ill be commo np lace. po si ti o n t o m ak e the
th ey go , but th ey also are and p rove n principles f o r But wh en set next to each change. No lo nger need
mi sleading. To t he average tr an sist or s. T he se p rin- ot her, th ey suggest new you bel ieve that you can
never get a bun ch of t ran-
sistors to do w hat t he orig-
in al aut hor got th em to do.
By some sim ple red esign
wo rk. you can have confi-
dence t hat yo u can do it ,
1.00.:- and m ayb e do it bet-
ter.
Designing with Vacuum
Tubes
Th e design of rf equ ip-
men t using vacuu m tubes
has changed l ittle in t he
past forty years. Perh aps
th e m aj o r change - o utside
L 71 8
of im proved t ube co nst ruc-
t io n and im proved ind ivid-
Fig. 1. Simp lified block diagram of a tu be-type recei ver, adap ted fr om th e R-48 and dra wn ual circuits- has been t he
to sho w th e meth ods o f sw itc hing rf-tu ned c ir cu it s fo r eac h stage pr ior to th e m ixer, i-f, introduction into amateur
and af stages. Note that a 6-p o /e, 6-pos it io n switc h is required to acco mp l ish band gear of th e heterodyne vf o
changes. Alth ou gh th e method of mixing frequ enci es to reach the i-f di ffers among manu- syste m of fr equ ency co n-
fac turers, the rel at ionship o f band cha nging to th e vario us stages is common to almost all t rol. Th e 5- t o 5.5-MH z vfo
of th em. In this late mo de l tube-t ype recei ver, some so lid-state devi ces have been intro- heter odyned to th e ham
du ced. Tun ed ci rc uits have not been term inat ed because o f complexities in th e fu ll band of cho ice has el im-
sc hemat ic of th is D rake receiver. in at ed mo st of th e prob-

52
lem s inher ent in th e band-
sw itc hing vfo or th e vfo
mul ti pli ed to fr eq uency.
The inst abil ity of vfos re-
quired to cover a ten-to-
one f reque ncy spread, as
we ll as inst a bil it ie s int ro-
d uced by switc hing tune d
c irc uits, he ld bac k single
sideba nd and serious com-
munication o n VHF fre-
quencies for m any years.
Likew ise, when we used
freque ncy mul t ipl ie rs, we
a lso mul tipli ed a ny flaws in
the vfo.
Othe r th an t his, equip-
men t design has c ha nged
lilli e . To illustr ate th is fac t,
le t us loo k at Fig. 1, a sim-
plifie d d iag ra m of a
stra ightfo rwa rd re ce iver .
In t he diag ra m, I have
show n m ost of the sw itc h-
ing c irc uits, but o m itted
othe r ci rcuit d e t ail s. In
both amateu r gea r a nd
co m me rcia lly-made gea r,
this ba sic system design
has be en sta nda rd . With
vac uum tubes, there are
good re a son s fo r thi s sta n-
dardi z a tion .
No t ice th a t most of t he
sw itc hi ng invo lve s the re-
pl ace men t of one freq ue n-
cy-determ ining circu it for
a no t he r. To swit c h ba nds
re quire s th e exc ha nge of
several tuned circuits, as
we ll a s a c ha nge o f
crystals. Here are some of
t he bas ic reaso ns fo r wo rk-
ing out t he sys tem design
in th is way:
1 . T he sy stem permits
t he le a st number of tubes,
which is desirable beca us e,
(a) tubes a re large- they
take up sp a ce ; a nd (b)
t ubes are heat generators,
and this sys tem m inimizes
he a t.
2. Tub e s, b ei ng hi g h-
im pe dance device s (high
especia lly whe n compa red
to the fre q ue ncy-dete rm in-
ing circ uits assoc iated with
th em), usu a lly re q uire littl e
attent ion to perfect matc h-
ing , a nd a re , t he refo re,
reli able fo r a give n bia sing
arrangement over a large
frequ en cy spread.
3. Tubes a re lar ge com-
""JB
Fig. 2. Simplified block diagram of a re cent commerciall y-manufactured so lid-s ta te ham-
band re ceiver. No te the sim ilarities to Figs. 1 and 3: All use single de vices in the critical rf
circuits and switc h-tuned circuits. Problem s of lead length and switch ex pense are sol ved
in this desig n b y the use o f a diode switching system. The switc h handles de, and all rf re-
ma ins on the print ed circu it board. This, plus the use of a high-imp edance device, the
MOS H T, m inim izes some problems of multiband o peration, but not all. Compare th is to
Fig. 4 in which the rf circu its ar e optimized for one band. This diagram, with modifica-
tion s fo r simplicity, is based on the Heath HR-1 680. Both the HR-1680 and the Drake R-4B
of Fig. 1 are fine receivers in their respecti ve price classes, but their design philosophies
ma y no t be best for the ham builder.
pa red with tun e d c irc uits cu its a re sw itc hed wit h t he de r these condit ions often
a nd sw itc hes (especia lly a t tradit io nal ba ndsw itc hing strains the imaginati on and
low power le ve ls), t hu s a rra nge me nt. th e ex pe rime nte r's pa -
making it m ore economical Fig. 3 show s a simplif ied tience.
of s pace a nd cost to switc h d ia g ram of a p iec e of 2. Othe r m ater ials of the
tun ed circu its. equ ipme nt tak en from a re- sys tem of circuits may not
4. Tube s a re inher ent ly ce n t h a m p ub licatio n . be ava ila b le, and the am a-
expensive; for recei ver s, Notice that it, too, uses the te u r d e sign er subst itutes
five tub es ca n cost five
time s as much as one five-
position switc h sectio n.
ve ry sa m e sy st em o f
switc hing and design.
Unl ess one is an engi-
-'-
wh at he ha s o n ha nd . He
ma y use surp lus or ju nk
box co il fo rms o r to ro ids
5. Tube s, as they co me ne e r or ha s access to se lect of dubi ou s fe rrite or iron
into th e hands of either the c o mpo ne nts, c irc uit design content. Wh at th is m ay do
com me rcia l ma nufact ure r of this o rde r is di ff icu lt to" to circuit Q is anyone's
o r t he buil din g amate ur, repli ca te . Among th e rea- guess . Ca pac itor q ua lity is
a re reli abl y sim ila r, va rying so ns for the diffi cul tie s we a not her overloo ked prob-
we ll within a 20 per ce nt fa ce in m ak ing a comp lex le m, one agg ravated by the
range in cha racteri stics circuit wo rk just as some - un ce rtain histor y of the
withi n types. a rt icl e cla ims are t hes e: sho rt le ad parts in the junk
6. M ost mode rn tub es 1. Transisto rs may vary bo x.
have input and output ca- great ly in characteri stics 3. Th ose w ho attem pt to
pacitances which ar e sma ll fro m a des ign ce nter . This r e pr o d u c e equip me nt
eno ug h to pre se nt no de- prob lem is agg ravated by show n in a rti cles an d
sign problems in the 3- to the fa ct that ha ms ge ne r- books often lack t he test
30-MHz ra nge (unlike the a lly have access to cu lls, equ ipm ent necessary to
o ld ' 24 a nd ' 27, so popula r hobby ist-gra de devices, o r pe rfo rm the right meas ure-
around 1930). surplu s, any of wh ich may ments so as to f ind out
Fig. 2 shows a simp lif ied vary by a n even g reate r ex- what in a circuit may not
diagra m of a rel a tive ly re- te nt. Fo r th is re aso n, t he be wo rk ing co rrec t ly .
cent p ie ce of ha m gear. a mateu r des igne r mu st do Among ou r co mmo n bu ild-
The di a gr a m ha s b e en his ow n se lectio n fr om ing pr a c tice s a re these: tap-
d raw n to brin g o ut the simi- among t he b a t c hes o f pin g co ils ju st as specified
lar iti es betwe en tube a nd 2o-cent t ra ns istors he has in t he a rt icle, rather th a n
transisto rized gea r co mme r- o n han d, a nd he mu st be dete rmi ning the a ctu al im-
cia lly ava ila b le. Note t hat w illing to rewo rk bias a nd peda nce to be ma tched; a s-
the switching arrangement drive circuits to make the sumi ng tha t t he bia s c ir-
is not ma teri a lly d iffe ren t dev ice wo rk as it did in th e c uitry of a tran sistor pro-
fro m th at of Fig. 1 . Sing le or igina l. To expect a com - vides the correct param-
solid-st ate devi ce s are use d plex g ro up of t ransi stors to ete rs, rath er than measur-
at each stage, a nd the fre - per form rel iab ly over a ing actual currents drawn;
quency-d et erminin g c i r- w ide freque ncy range un- and as sum ing that pro per
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 and t heir assoc iated bias-
ing resistors may cost a
ni ck el o r less api ece . Prin-
cipl e: I t i s b ett er to
". substi tu te sma ll , inexpen-
sive co mponents for big ex-
pensi ve o nes where ver cir-
cuit reliabilit y can be main -
tained or imp rove d.
From t hese points of com-
parison and their associat-
ed principles, you ca n see a
des ig n phil osophy begin-
ning to eme rge. Since it is
Fig. 3. A ma teur receiver (simplified b lock di agram), adap ted fro m t he 1974 Ha ndbook. of te n (t hou gh not al ways )
This part icu lar unit was originally built in two p ieces: a basic recei ver fro m th e CA302BA necessary to tweak a cir-
amp throu gh the af bo ard, and a co nverter section fo r all the H F bands. Note t he att empt cu it up fo r an ind iv id ual
to use high-impedan ce devices- M OSFETs and /F ETs- to minim ize p roblems w it h freq uency band , and since
sw itc hing-tu ned c ircuits. Even so, a long five-sect io n ceram ic switch is required. A mo ng the nece ssary com ponents
th e positive design featu res o f this recei ver are the pr o vision of avc vo ltage to the fi rst rf are c heap (and for other
stage, upward co nve rsio n to minimize b ird ies, and switc hed b fos. Front end co m- reaso ns whi ch will become
promises would have been further minimized through the use of separate converters l or obvious in a fe w more
each band. par agraph s), it is better f or
drive l evel s are p resent have correspo nding com- 3. While MOSFETs are th e ham to bu ild rf systems
from sta ge to st age, rat her mon cat hode/emitter/source ve ry hi gh input imped ance of c irc u its f or on e band at a
than m easuring rf vo l ta ge. amp lifiers, co mmon gri d/ devi ces, transistor s espe- tim e, and t hen t o sw itch
Add up all th ese condi- base/gate amp lifiers, and cia lly, and to some ext ent them in and o ut as needed,
t ions and pr acti ce s, plu s co mmo n plate/ coll ec t or/ J FETs, will have low er im- rat her th an to use the tried
perh ap s a dozen others d rain (cathod e/ emit t e r/ pedances w hich req uire at- and tru e (for tubes but not
pec u liar to certa in kinds of source fo llower) a m p l i- te nt io n to matc hing. Th ere nec essari ly for transistors)
buil ders, and it is li ttl e f iers. Knowing thi s mu ch is are, of course, many mo re method of switch ing fre-
wo nde r t hat t he amateur important in det ermining wide -ra nge c irc u it"s for qu en cy-det erm ining com -
w ho tries to build a recei v- th e detai ls of individu al c ir- FETs than for t ransist ors, pon en ts. Not on ly ca n t his
er designed l ike one in Figs. cuits. Howeve r, transistors wh ich require little atten- method assu re better c ir-
2 and 3 has littl e lu ck mak- also have sign if ic ant dif- ti on to matching . Prin ciple: cu lt reliabili iY: but it can
ing it work . f erences from tub es, dif- For transisto rs, at least , also sim p lify th e process of
Now , it is not reasonab le ferences which ar e very im- mat ching to the indiv idu al b u il ding, pr ovid e opera-
to beli ev e t hat eve ry ham portant in th e deve lop- dev ice is still.best. ti on al equi pm ent before
builder will spe nd t he ment of a design phi l oso- 4 . Transistors, especiall y th e ent ire unit is func-
money it tak es to o bt ain p hy f or co mp lex piec es of in t he hobbyi st clas s avai l- ti o nal , and save m on ey for
selec t co m po ne nts o r to eq u ipment . A s we did w ith ab le to most ham bu ilding, t he bu ilde r.
set up c o m p le te t e st vacuum tubes, let us set w il l v ary in char act eristi cs
fa ci lities. Nor sho u ld we the m ou t togeth er: and req uire attent ion - -to' Some Examples
expec t t hat in the near 1 . Tr ansi stors and FETs opera t ing l evels . Prin ciple: Let us lo ok at a co up le
f ut u re, ci rc ui t rel i ability are ve ry sma ll and ta ke up Bias le ve ls for transistors of examp les of t his design
w ill in cr ease to m ak e eve ry little space o n a cha ssis or may need to be f idd led philosop hy and see how
w ide- range rf syste m easil y circ uit board. A bout fifty w ith, and ma y not wo rk th ey work o ut in p ractic e.
rep eat ed . Do es th is doom of them mi ght f il l t he space co nsis te ntl y across w ide First; go back t o th e rece iv-
the ama te ur bu ilder to taken up by one m iniat ure freq uenc y excursions . ers of Figs. 1 , 2, and 3. Fig. 4
fa ilu re? No, no t if w e tub e and it s socket. Prin ci- 5. T ransistor s and most shows how th e rece ive r can
change some parts of ou r p le: Unless we are inte rest- FETs are cheap; t o buy be desig ned using t he pr in-
de sign philosophy . ed in the greatest degree of t hem f ive f or a doll ar is not cipl es above.
microminiaturiz at ion , it un comm on, and even spec- T he revised receiver em-
Some Useful Things to reall y doe s not matter ho w ified ty pes like the popu lar ploys convert ers for each
Remember about Transis- many transistors we use, so 40673 or MPF 102 cos t band except 80 m eters.
tors long as each is used we ll. under a dollar. Prin ciple: Thi s is a sc heme used ex-
Tran sistors and FETs re- 2. Tran sisto rs and FE Ts The number of tran sistors ten sivel y and , w ith t he ex-
sembl e tubes in th ese two create littl e heat at low and FETs in low po w er ception of sepa rate con-
ma in w ays: First, they may powers , i.e., und er a W at t. stages ;s not likel y to make ve rte rs, goes as fa r ba ck as
be operated Class A, A B, B, Principle: No matter ho w a ham project too costl y to t he D rak e 2 serie s of tube-
or C (p lus som e ot her w ays many low power stages we bu ild. type recei vers. The i-f fre -
to w hi c h ex pe r ime nt e rs use, heat w ill pro bab l y no t 7. Co m pa red to oth er qu en c y is a matter of
h a v e g iv en n ew c la ss be a factor in eit her the c o m p o n e n t s, su c h a s cho ice in accord with the
names); second, any el e- stable operation of a circuit sw it ches, coi ls, and capaci- design o bject ives, and can
ment may serve as the com- o r in the lifeti m e of th e cir- t or s, trans istors and FETs be a f unc t io n of up or
mon element, so t hat we cuit. are smal l and inexpensive, d own c o n ve rsi o n. The

54
main design featu res to
note are these:
1. No dev ice operate s at
more than one frequency
o r band, thu s allowing fo r
op timi zat ion of all par am-
et ers. Am ong th ese are
gain , band width, oscillator-
ou tput leve l, sta bility, a nd
ave action. For each con-
verter, bias va lues, cou-
p l ing c a p a c it o rs, L C
values, a nd the ave vo lt-
age-divider network ca n be
juggled e ither to provid e
equal gain for all ba nds or
to emp hasize or de-empha-
s ize some ban ds. (Max-
imum gain for 80 and 40
meters usually mean s more
noise than signa l.) The re-
mainder of the circuit is
standa rd, in the se nse that
alm ost a ll receivers op-
e rat e i-f a nd de te c t or
sta ges at on e frequ en cy.
2. No te the sw it ching
system . Co nve rte rs which
are not in use are not
powered, t hus elim inating
some pote nt ial b irdi e s.
Sw itc hing, ho weve r, re-
q uires o nly a t hree -po le
swit ch , one eac h for anten-
na input, converter outpu t,
a nd Vee . Moreove r, by us-
ing shiel ded signal leads
(and shield ing t he pow er
lead is no t a bad ide a) and
min i m al in ter- se c ti on
shie lding of the swit ch, the
entire sw itching network
ca n be mad e ve ry co m-
pact . In some receivers us-
ing simila r schemes, I have
seen retained the cla ssic
lon g switc h, running from
fron t to rea r on the chassi s.
It is qu ite unnecessary.
3 . Th e ave syst em
emp loys res isto r-divid e r
sections to limit o r expand
volt age excursions so that
the ave action is controlled
fo r ea ch band . Man y re-
ce ivers of this design o mit
ave to the converters, rely-
ing upon the basic receiver
se ctions to do t he job .
Given the ga in of th e co n-
vert er sections, overlo ad-
ing can become a prob lem .
Tailo ring the ave action to
each converter so lves t he
problem . Ave vo ltage can
be switched or not, de-
'"
+ 12 \1
Fig. 4. Block diagram of a receiver most closely meeting the design principles enumerated
in t he article. In general, this is part of WA1 jZCs receiver in the 1978 Handbook, wi th
so me alterat ion s. Un like the original, ave is shown for th e rf amp lifier. My persona l
choice calls for different circuitry, but this design is readil y ava ilable fo r study by the pro-
spective home builder. Note th e simplified sw itc hing of rf circuitry. The or igin ator in fact
optimized con verter design for each band using j Ff Ts in a gro unded-gate circuit (excep t
on 80, where he omits the rf amplifier) and a 2N4124 cr ystal oscilla to r. H is co mmentary is
worth repeating: "Separate co nverters were inco rporated to elim inate th e need for com-
plicated bandsw it ch ing, and also to permit opt im izatio n of circu it valu es fo r each band
o f in terest. The system used in this receiver calls for switc hi ng of only de and SO-O hm cir-
cuitr y. Low-impedance switching elimi nates problem s caused b y long swi tch leads.
Swi tc hing at high impedance points, w hich is the usual techniq ue in multiba nd receivers,
ca n impair the qualit y o f the tun ed circu its and mak es isolatio n of critical circuits more
d ifficult. " [See pp . 280-2B1 .) Although so me of these problems can be o vercom e b y the
di ode-switching tech niques of Fig. 2, op tim iz ing performance and being able to assure
full frequenc y range repeatabilit y with hom e constru ction techniques require adoption
of something similar to the design philosoph y of this rec eiver.
pend ing on circu it design; expe rimentat io n w ith - a dev ices wh ich just might
it shou ld be swit ched out pair o f g ro u nded grid make o ne or more of the m
unless the converter, when amplifi ers in cascade, or a good performe r.
not in use, shows an open with casca de circuits, is 5. The ma in-"Iim itat io n
circuit to the ave vo lta ge. worthwhile. Moreove r, one o n th is design philosophy is
Othe rwise, it will load t he can try pus h-pull circuits, that it does not produ ce
ave system . A com pact since t he usua l mechani cal the mo st compact eq uip-
fo urt h pol e o n t he ba nd- prob lems of band changing - rrie nt po ssibl e . Fo r su b-
switc h so lves t his poten tial with balanced LC circu its miniature gear, perhap s
pro blem. are not present. I am oft en anot he r method ofdesign
4. Unl ike ma ny hand- am azed at t he lack of ex- sho uld be used, but for
book designs, t he re is no p erim en t al i n g e n u i t y . home station use, miniatur-
need to make e ac h co n- which appears in rf de signs izati on is not the idea l
ve rte r ide nt ica l. Single- in the ham jou rna ls, de- situati on. The two main
e nde d rf stages op erate spite t he large number of p hys ic a l co ns ide ra t io ns
we ll on a ll HF freq uenc ies po ssible c ircuits ava ilab le shou ld be expe rim e ntal
with MOSFET devices, but for use, and the va riety of f lexib il.i t v and a c c e ss i-
cr
'"
.J-
.4--I
-lf.../ stc
r
Fig. 5. Simp lified schematic diag ram of a vfo capab le of driving tube-type transmitters.
Note that LC combinations are swit ched by 51A and 51B, wh il e t he inp ut to Q3 is tuned
by sw itching a capac itor ac ross a fixed coil w it h S1 C. From th e ARRL Hand book .
55

Fig. 6. Block diagram o f mixing vfo for tube-type transmitters. Individual circuits are
similar to those of Fig. 5. Buffers are untuned. Mixers are FETs with about - 4 vo lts
grid/gate block. No te especi ally the simp li fica tion of switching, which allows a single
waf er to be used rath er th an the 8 " sw itc h used in the original of Fig. 5. N ot ice also that
eith er mixer-amplifier sect ion ma y be removed for ad/ustment or experimen tation
witho u t disabling th e vfo co mp lete ly. To taf cost o f th e " extra" m ixer-oscillator-b u f fer-
amp lifier devi ces was un der $2.00.
bility, an d o pe rating ease.
The mech ani cal size of
easily rea d d ig ita l- o r
mecha nica l-readout sys-
tems is still the main fac tor
l imit ing mini aturi zati on .
Wit hin the size limits of
most convenient readouts
for m ain stati on use, there
is plenty of room f or t he
board s for each co nve rter.
In fac t, many of th e im-
ported t ransceive rs, w hen
mobil e use is not inten ded
by t he o pe rator, appea r to
be excess ive ly compact
both f or o pe rati ng ease
and fo r ma inte na nce co n-
venie nce. Heat is a co n-
stant wo rry wit h the m.
The a ma teu r designer,
therefor e, might we ll take
a page f rom th e notebook s
of hom e compute r designs.
W ithin wh ate ver case one
uses, develop a main fram e
with plug-in units a t eve ry
stage, along with space f or
future, more compl ex cir-
c uits . Wit h ca refu l atten-
tion to routing rf pa th s, yo u
can use plug-in ci rc ui t
bo ar d s o r plug-in pe rf-
boards . Shield ing be twee n
most boards is a must. The
adva ntage of this system is
that re p la cem en t circ uits
can be developed inde pen-
den t ly a nd t ried in t he
receiver, withou t lo sing the
receiver from service for
lon g a nd withou t mech an-
ical a lte ratio n to th e basi c
uni t. Thi s not only ensures
an o pe rat ive rec eiver at all
56
ing for the am ateu r non-
e ngineer possib le, bu t also
ma kes it fu n. What yo u
learn f rom trying new bias
va lues and schemes , or
src
., ,J,
l' f ro m trying different LC
va lues, wi ll soon give you
co nfidence that yo u can
make a lmo st a ny t hi ng
wo rk.
building, a nd tha t is to give
yo u my per son al preju-
di c e s a bo u t w ha t t est
eq uip me nt t he ham build-
e r ought to h a v e. A
VTVM with regular a nd rf
probes is essentia l- prefe r-
a b ly on e t hat has a rang e of
a bo ut a volt and a half
for reading pa rtia l vo lts.
My trusty Hea th kit has
t imes, but a lso e liminates ca n be e lim inate d . Tu ned stood me in good stead for
f ut u re mech an ica l costs ci rcuit and bias va lues man y years . A grid-di p
fo r new ve rsio ns. You r have been o ptimized for meter for testi ng LC cir-
equipment will be as up to eac h ban d. Since t he trans- cuits or fo r a signal source
da te as yo ur la test ex- mi tt er wit h which th e vfo is is als o ve ry useful. A YOM
per iments, however old th e used su pp lies not o nly t he fo r cu rre nt read ings is
case may get. twe lve vo lts, b u t a lso needed, but it need not be
Th e se ad va ntages ac- bloc ked grid-key ing vo lt- a n expen sive mod el. Be-
crue no t just to receiver age, the mixer s a re keyed. yo nd t hat, t he rest is up to
design, but a lso to trans- Because of the transm itter you . O scill o scope s, fr e-
mitter stages as well. Fig. 5 design , more output was qu ency counters, imped-
shows an 80/40 met er vfo requ ired on 80 th an 40, a a nc e brid ges, a nd th e like
that appeared in the ARRL pro b lem easily so lved us- a re all useful , but with
Handb ook fo r seve ral years. ing this sc he me . If I ever th em I noiicethat I do not
Notice that the tun ed cir- use th e vfo with a no the r have to clean off my finger-
cu i ts in t he v f o a r e rig, eq ua liz ing the vfo o ut- pr ints nearl y as o fte n as
switc hed . Note, too, t ha t pu t will be no pro b lem I do with othe r pieces of
the inpu t circu it to the either . Des p ite t he fad test gear. Finally, station
po wer amplifie r is c ha nged that the vfo uses an o ld operati ng meters fo r swr,
f ro m 40 to 80 me ters by the ARC-5 t un ing capacito r, powe r o utp ut.san d d ummy
addition of a ca pacitor . the entire un it fits in a 4 x 5 loads are useful only fo r
Neit her of t hese sc hem es is x 6 case. Obvious ly, littl e I s some proj ec ts. An al l-wave
optim al, a nd t he ir correc- lo st to co mpac tness by the HF receiver, how ever inex-
tio n is hinted a t by th e use of the design p rinc iples pensive and inexact in dial
des ign itself . The o ut put e nume rated her e. read ing, can help a grea t
filters a re switc hed in th eir The purpose of this a rti- de al , es pec ially in testing
entirety. Wh y not the en- cle is not to get you to thlngs like het erod yne os-
t ire pow er t rain? bu ild wh at I have built. In- cillators. For me, however,
Fig. 6 shows a simplif ied stead, it is designed to e n- the big thr ee are th e VTVM
d iagra m of th e revi sed sys- courage yo u to build wh at (and rf prob e), t he gdo. a nd
tem buil t f or a ten-Watt you wa nt, by showing th a t t he YOM.
sta nd by rig using tubes. th ere are some basic prin- The pr incipl es I have
The 5- to 5.5-MHz osc illa- cip les' w hich take t he give n ca n be expressed in
tor run s a ll the time . Sepa- sca riness o ut of complex rf ma ny ways. I welcome ad-
rate m ixe r, buffe r, a nd equipment that appea rs in d itions to the list, a nd new
a mplif ier stages give 80 t he ha m jou rna ls. The basic ideas to im prove my own
and 40 me ter output. They idea to get rid of is that you tec hniques. Hopefully, the
a re b u ilt o n sepa rate have to ma ke a t ricky de- ones give n here are enoug h
bo a rds a nd requi re only a vice l ike a t ra ns isto r to enco urage yo u to make
thre e-p ol e swi tc h, on e operate a ll the way from 80 th e mo ve from bu ilding
eac h f o r vfo input, a mpli- o r 160 up to ten me te rs. st a t i o n accesso r ies to
f ier ou t put, a nd power. If Doin g yo u r wor k o ne band b uild ing yo ur e ntire sta-
one desires sepa rate out- a t a t ime a nd buildin g you r tion. Then you ca n use t ha t
put jack s f or each band, equip me nt on e secti on at a com mercia l rig as your
one pole of th e bandswitch tim e not onl y makes build- standby. •
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G. E. Smith W4A EO
1816 Brevard Place
Camden SC 29020

Shortened Antennas for 75 and 80

- designs which fit your QTH

Siopers exposed.

uring 1975 a nd 1976, I milled to work t his porti on

D t e st e d va rio us 75
met er anten nas wi th sev-
era l ZLs and VKs. This band
is ge ne ra lly open f ro m
t here to t he United States
during t he early morn ings
(local US t ime ) aro u nd
1000 to 1200Z , 1 have been
trying to determi ne if there
is ' a ny par ticu la r 75 m
a nten na best su ited for t his
7- to 8-multiho p 800o-mile-
plus path, The re a re usu al-
ly a num be r of US hams
worki ng th e ZLs a nd VKs
o n SSB bet ween 3775 a nd
3850 kHz. The ZLs are per-
of th e band. As the VKs'
highes t freq ue ncy end is
3700, th ey gene ra lly tra ns-
mit SSB be twee n 3680 to
3 6 9 5; t he refo re , sp li t
ope rat ion must be used
wit h t hem.
75m a nten nas tes ted
here during 1975-76 were:
several dipoles at various
he ights (40 to 70 fe et) ;
thr ee de lta loop s; a tWO-A
hor izon ta l q ua d at 70 feet;
two 'h -As in phase, co l-
linear at 70 ft. (broadside to
NZ); severa l Y.- a nd 'h -A
ve rtica ls; a 3-eleme nt yag i
at 60 fee t; and three hori-
zo ntal mon o band dip ol e
log pe riod ics (DLP), on e
3-ele me nt, o ne <\-el ement;- ·
a nd one 5-element, all at 60
feet.
At t imes , I have had as
ma ny as 3 o r 4 75m ante n-
nas up at the same tim e fo r
m akin g direct comp ari son s
bet wee n t he va rious ty pes.
During the tests, the best
re por ts fro m the ZLs and
VKs have been with th e log
periodics and the yagi . As
all of my antennas are sup-
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ported by pine tree s, the
m aximum height abov e
ground for th e horiz on ta l
antennas is limited to 60 to
70 ft., or a pproximate ly o n-
ly Y. Aa bove ground at 3.8
MHz. These are, of cou rse,
fixed-wire beams.
At t imes, the yagi or t he
log pe riod ic would be re-
por ted as mu ch as 10 dB
better th an some of t he
ot he r types be ing tested.
The yagi and th e LPs were
a ll beamed wes t o r SW.
The log periodics and
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LOADING STU B

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Fig. l ea). Coil-loaded shortened V,-A dip ol e. Fig. l (b). Stub -loaded shortened V,-A dipole.
58
the yagi, although produc-
ing the best reports from
" Dow n Under," are quite
large, requiring a width of
approximately 150 feet
and a boom length of at
least 100 feet. The general
design of the 5-element
monoband log periodic is
given in refer ence 1, Fig . 6,
reference 2, Fig. 2, and
reference 3, Fig. 4. The
dimensions for the fre-
quency range 3.8-4.0 MHz
are given by reference 2,
Table 1 . This LP was sup-
ported at about 60 feet by
8 pines.
As an antenna of this size
is generally impractical for
the average ham on a city
lot , during 1977 I tested
75m antennas requiring
less space but still giving
some gain and more direc-
tivity than the usual 75 or
80m dipole or inverted vee
when limited to a height of
only sixty to seventy feet.
These are described in the
following .
Shortened Dipole Slopers
During the tests with the
ZLs and VKs, it was noted
that W2GO, one of the
more consistent early
morning DXers, uses a dipole was then suspended
single shortened (66-foot)
dipole as a sloper to the
west with very good re-
ports.
Shortened dipoles using
off-center loading coils
were well covered by Jerry
Hall K1 PLP (QST, Sept.,
1975 , page 28). By use of
two 40-J.lH loading coil s, the
75m dipole was shortened
to 66 feet. This is the type
used by W2GO for his short-
ened 75m centerfed 'h -A
sloper, which requires
only a single 60- to 70-foot
pole, tower, or tree support.
It is sufficiently compact to
be used on a small lot. This
was the type which I
selected as being the most
simple and compact anten-
na requiring minimum
space.
As I did not have a pair of
loading coils as specified in
the QST article and did not
wish to take time to wind
them, I used instead two
lengths of 300-Q TV Iine as
loading stubs for the
shortened dipole. See Fig.
1(b). As a sta rt, I used
30-foot stubs which reso-
nated the shortened 68-
foot dipole at approxi-
mately 3.5 MHz . Resonance
can be determ ined by a
GDO or by running an swr.
Next, the stubs were ea ch
pruned about 6 inches and
the resonan ce was again
checked, and then a nothe r
6 inches were removed and
the frequency checked .
This procedure was contin-
ued until the dipol e reso-
nated at 3.8 MHz . A total
of 3.5 feet had been re-
moved from e a c h stub,
making them each 26 .5
feet in length . The se load-
ed the dipole to the desired
center frequency, 3.8 MHz.
An swr was then run to
determine the usable band-
width of the shortened
stub-loaded dipole, illus -
trated in Table 1 . It will be
noted that the bandwidth
is quite narrow but usable
± 100 kHz covering the DX
portion of the 80m phone
band.
This shortened or loaded
as a sloper (Fig. 2) from the
top of a 70-foot tree and
sloped SW for tests with
the ZLs. Although the over-
all length of the sloper was
on lv 68 feet, it worked su r-
pris ingly well, considering
its simplicity and ease of
construction. It was fed
with 72-Q twinlead con-
nected via a 1:1 balun to a
buried coax to the shack.
For a dipole-type sloper
to be effective for DX, or
rather to have a fairly low
angle of radiation , it
should form an angle of at
least 60° to ground. 70° to
80° would probably be bet-
ter. It, no doubt, acts as a
1h-A. vertical or sem iv e r-
tical. Being centerfed, the
necessity of an elaborate
ground radial system as re-
quired with a 14 -, Y2 -, or
basefed vertical is prob-
ably not as im po rt a nt.
None was used during
LIG HT NING SPIKE
I F M ET A.L MA ST
OR TOWER
72Sl. TWIN L £AD FEED ER
OR 1: 1 B A LUN AND COA X
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GO· OR
MORE
Fig. 2. Shortened Y'- Adipole sloper, stub-loaded.
these tests. If the slope
angle is less than 60°, say
45°, it will probably have
more horizontal polariza-
tion and high er angleradia-
tion and would become
more like a low horizontal
dipole with the major
radi ation lobe at 90° or
straight up. In this con-
figuration , it would QO
doubt show an irnprove- "
ment with nearby stations
up to a few hundred miles,
but DX operation would
suffer.
A second sloper using an
old Hy-Gain 40/75 trap
dipol e (overall length about
110 feet) also was tried,
suspe nde d from a 100-foot
tree and aimed SW. This
sloper seemed slightly bet-
ter than the original 68-foot
stub-load ed sloper. This
was no doubt due to greater
overall ' rad ia t ing length,
more effective height, and
an angle of about 70° . It
had the ad vantage of also
being usable on 40, though
no exten sive tests have
been made with it on this
band .
Phased Siopers - Endfire
Array
As above slopers gave
fair results considering their
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simplicity and ease of con -
struction, it was decided to
tr y a 3-element phased
sloper (all elem ents driven)
in a log periodic, endfire
sloper array configuration.
This was constructed by us-
ing a nylon'"1ine catenary
stretched between two high
pines separated by about
200 feet and oriented to
give a beam at about 225°.
The higher, rear tree was
about 75 feet in _beight and
th e forward tree was about
60 feet high .
As the use of stub-loaders
was not desirable due to
complications in suspend-
ing the stubs so that they
woul.d com e off at about
90° with . respect to the
slope r elements, it was
decided to use end loading
instead of stubs. This was
accomplished by folding
about 25% of each element
end to the rear and securing
them to the top and bottom
c ate na ries, as illustrated in
Fig. 3(a).
As it was desired to op-
erate this beam centered on
3800 kHz , it was adjusted
so that the longest rear ele-
ment, #1, resonated at 3.7
MHz, #2 at 3.8 MHz , and
th e short forward element,
#3, at 3.9 MHz . The easiest
59

- - SEAM
TUNED
F EEDER
' -- - - - - - - - "' 200' - - - - - - - - - -
Fig. 3(a). Log periodic ph ased slopes , end-loaded .
way t o adj ust t hi s is to cut
eac h eleme nt sl ight ly lo ng-
er t han its requir ed fre q uen-
cy . Th en pu t te m po rary
jumpers across th e cente r
in su l ato r s (fee d p oints).
Secure t he ends of each ele-
ment (folded bac k port ion)
to t he c ate naries and th en
raise th e array to it s norm al
suspend ed hei ght . At t hi s
poin t, t he 2-w ire ce nter
fe ede r is not used .
Next , check reson ance of
each of the three elements
sepa rately by hol d in g t he
GOO near th e hori zon tal
sectio n at t he bottom of
th e caten ary, and prun i ng
the e nds as necessary to
t he t hree fr equ encies, 3.7,
3.8, and 3.9 M Hz , as m en-
ti o ned ab ov e. This mu st b e
do ne w it h t he array sus-
pended at its fi na l locati o n
d ue to va riations of res-
o na nce de pe nd i ng o n t he
he ig ht of t h e t h ree
ele ments above gro u nd .
Th ese th ree fre quenc ie s
we re selected so t hat t he
co mp leted antenna wou ld
be center ed o n approx-
im at el y 3800 kHz, and also
to allow t he arr ay t o oper-
ate as a log peri od ic.
On ce t he three ele me nts
are tun ed, th e array ca n be
lowered, t he jumpers ac ross
t he t hree center insulators
rem oved, and th e 2-w ire
o pen f eed er o r phasing l ine
co nnec te d as shown in
Fig. 3(a). No te t he t rans-
pos it io n req uired f or t he ar-
ray to ' perf orm as a log
peri odi c o r an end f ire array.
Each elem ent mu st be ou t
of ph ase w it h it s neighbo r,
as required of any l o g
60
period ic. The co nstr uction
of t he f eedline is presented
by th e art icles in ref eren ces
1,2, 3,4, and 6, covering log
periodic w ire beam con-
struc t io n, and w ill not be
rep eated here.
A large array of t his ty pe
f or 75, even though using
on ly 3 ele men ts, must be
assem bled and t uned o n
site f or its par t icul ar sur-
roundings and height above
gro und. Table 2 is ove rall
swr co verin g 3.5 to 4.0 M H z,
after adding th e cent e r
feeder to t he array. It then
cen te re d o n abo ut 3.7.
H ow ev er, as t he sw r at 3.8
w as o nly 1.25:1, no f urt he r
changes we re m ad e since
t he b eam was u sab le be-
tw een 3.6 to 3.9 M Hz .
A l t ho u gh t his p hased -
slo per log pe riod ic was o n-
ly tested f or abo ut o ne
w eek , it appea red to have
gai n an d d i rec ti vi t y as
hoped . D ur in g one of t he
t est s on 3808 kH z, Bob
Tann er l UBT advised t hat
it was abo ut the sam e as
t he 3-elem ent horizo nt al
ya gi at 60 f eet w hic h I was
u sing at t he same t im e.
Th e m ai n advantage of
the above ph ased sloper is
t hat onl y t w o t ree s or
masts are requ ired, as com -
pared to 6 o r 8 necessary to
sup port t he 3-ele me nt yag i
o r an eq uival ent 3- to 5-ele-
m ent D LP. Fu rt her , th e
ph ased arr ay, bei ng p ri-
m aril y ve rt ic ally po larized ,
sho u ld have a l ow er angle
of radi ati on . Si nce t h e
radiatin g e le me nts are
se m ive rt i ca l di p o l e s
( cent erf edJ, a g rou nd
70' WOOD POL E
Ofl T REE
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130 '
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META L
MAS T
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!-- - - - -- -- «zoe' - - - - - - - - - - -
Fig. 3(b). Yagi ph ased sie per, end-loaded.
scree n or co unte rpo ise was equa l to th e larger delta
not u sed du ri ng the t est s. loo p s, 2-1. hor izo nt al q uad,
A ltho ug h t he l ength re- ve rt ica ls, etc., w hich w e re
qu ir es ab out 200 fee t of tested t he n ve rsus t he l arge
m ast spaci ng, it s w idth is 75m yag i and/or lo g period-
less t ha n 1 foot , co mpa red ic (horizo ntal d ipole-t ype)
w it h t he 15O-foot width of a bea ms . Th e l at t e r did
75m d ip o le lo g p er iodic or ave rage o ut about 10 d B
yag i. bet ter t han t he mo re simple
For those who p ref er ant en nas, in cl udi ng th e
ya gis, th e same 3-elem ent slo pe rs.
sloper c ou ld, no do ubt, be Conside ring the sim pl ic i-
arra nged as a 3-elem ent ty and ease of bu ild ing t he
yag i by delet ing t he open lo aded slo per , and t he f act
wire ce nt er fe ede r, del et- t hat o nly one sup po rt is re-
ing the ce nte r insul ato rs qu ired as against 6 to 8 to
f ro m ele me nts #1 and #3, support my large beam s, it
and f eed ing th e cent er of i s b e l iev ed th e loaded
#2 elem ent directl y w it h slo pe r is t he least expe nsive
72-Q tw i nlea d or , b etter 75m OX antenna and about
st ill, w it h an open t uned th e o n l v ' <.o.ne su i t ed
Iin e. See Fig. 3(b). f o r a ci ty l ot exce p t, possi-
T he arr ay w ou ld t he n be- bly, a single "h - or lf2 -A ve r-
co me a y agi w it h #2 t he t ica l, w hic h can be qu it e
dr i v en e l eme n t , # 1 ' a- ex p e n sive if a · 6 0 - or
parasitic refl ector , and #3 a 120-f oot tower o r m ast is
par asitic d irector. The yag i u sed and th e req uired 60
sl o pe r array w o u l d , n o f eet or m o re "o f gro und
doub t, have a mo re na rro w . rad ial system bu ri ed . The
b and w idt h (possi b l y n o l atter m ay also be a pr ob-
more t ha n ± 50 kHz) t ha n lem o n a c ity lo t.
t he ban dw id t h of t he log D ur i n g t he te st s, t he
periodi c config urat io n. I large bea ms w o uld show as
have not t ested t he slo pe r much as 15-dB in crease
array as a v agi , but, on ovet some of the m or e sim-
prev ious tests co mp aring a p le ante nnas, but t hese d if -
3-elem e n t h or izo n ta l fere nces w o uld vary f ro m
m o noban d DL P wi th an day to day. The 1MB gain
eq uiva le nt 3-element yagi, over the more simp le anten-
a greate r ban dwidth was nas was m o re the average.
given by t he log pe riodic. Co m p ar in g t he si m pl e
sloper w it h t he delta lo op s,
Test Results t he type w it h apex topside
Shortened loaded slopers- requires o nly o ne hi gh sup-
From the tests made w ith po rt but needs ab ou t 120
l Ls and VKs on t hese 75m fe et of space for th e lower
ante nnas, and also f rom hor i z o nt a l sec t i o n. Th e
comparing notes w ith the type w it h th e horizon tal
prev io us tests w it h lL1 BK0 section up and apex down
during 1975-76, it app eared re quir e s t w o su p p o rt s
that th e single sho rte ned spaced at abo ut 1 20 f eet.
lo ad ed-dipol e slop er was Co mparing it with the
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Tab le 1. Sho rtened di po le sloper.
horizont al 2-1. quad , t he lat-
ter requires four suppo rts
arra nged in a square w ith
abo ut 130-foot separat io n,
har d ly su ited for a c ity lot.
The del t a loop s and quads
also requi re mo re w ire.
75m ph ased vert ica ls are
also impract ical in a sma ll
spac e.
Th erefore, th e si m p le
l o ad ed-d i po l e slo pe r is
recomm ended as a good
all -a round and inexpensive
OX ante nna if one does not
have an open space of
abo ut 150 x 150 fee t f or a
large beam to pro v id e gain.
Furt her, th e latter, requi ring
6 to 8 suppor ts, also re-
q uires co nsiderably more
w ire, insulator s, et c., and a
great deal mor e effort and
labor!
For anyone not interest-
ed in 75m DX, a sho rte ned
or loaded slo per used as a
high-angl e radi ator, ei th er
as a sloper at abo ut 45° or
as a lo w dipole at about V-
A o r at approximately 60
feet above gro und, will be a
good ave rage sho rt-ha u l
ante nna fo r several hun-
dred miles.
O ne suggest io n would be
to have two anchor pos ts
for t he botto m end, one to
provide a slope angle of at
least 60° f or low-angl e DX,
and t he ot her to give about
a 45° slope for general
short-haul comm unication.
The 3-e le rne n t ph ased
slo pe r -
Altho ugh t his is a more
e laborate beam, havin g
gai n, it is not gener all y
suited for a city lo t , since
t wo ma sts wi th a 200-foot
sepa rat io n are requ ired . It
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does have an adv antage in
th at very little w idth is re-
qui red, but it does requ ire
conside rably mo re w ire, in-
sulato rs , a nd l ab or to
assemble. It d id appear to
be abo ut neck and neck
wi t h the yagi (also bei ng
used at th e same ti me) from
t he ZL and VK repor ts. It
may have been ju st a bit
noisier on reception due to
being mor e nearl y ver tical-
ly po la rized. How ever, I did
not have time to determine
this fo r sure. It did make a
goo d showing " dow n un-
der" when co mpared d i-
rectl y w ith th e yagi being
used t hen.
A 3-element w ide-spaced
ho rizo nta l l o g pe riodi c
beamed west was set up
lat er, whi ch Bob Ta nner
ZL2BT advi sed wa s t he best
ante nna t ested here ove r
th e past 3 years.
I mi ght add th at , when
com paring the va rious 75m
ante nnas during t his perio d,
if the Z L or VK repor ted a 1
or 2 S-unit o r 5- t01 0-dB in-
c rease o r diffe rence be-
tween tw o ante nnas, the
same difference on recep-
t ion of th eir signal w o uld
ge ne r a l ly be noted , as
wou l d be expected .
O n this multi hop 75m
pa t h, t here is genera lly less
QS B t han o n t he higher
band s. W hen t here is fa d-
in g, it is u su all y sl ow,
un like rap id QSB on 20.
For th e inform at io n of
t hose w ho do not w ork 75m
D X, t he VK and Z L sig-
n a l s gen e r a ll y h av e a
slow bu i ldup a bout 1 5
minute s b e f o r e su n u p,
wh e n t hey peak . T hey
rem ain peaked for 15 to 30
a.,
z.0 -
s
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0
a.e
Table 2. Log periodic as in Fig. 3(a).
m inutes, and th en st art a
decli ne fo r 30 minute s to 1
hour afte r sun up, l o c al
t im e.
As yet, I have not deter-
mined if the sunrise peak is
d ue to " gray line" pro paga-
t ion o r possibl y du e to a
change in ioniza tio n of the
F-Iayer, causing less attenu-
at ion at t his end or po ssibl y
in the last hop (received at
thi s end ), t hus givi ng th e 5-
to 10-dB signa l inc rease
whi ch is gene rall y noted at
sunup.
It is doubt ful tha t " gray
lin e" aff ec ts t he US-N Z
path sinc e th ey are in to t al
dar kn ess ap pro achin g mid-
night (sun up here in the
east). " Gray lin e" might af-
fe ct th e W-VK pat h since
sun up here is about sun-
down in certai n parts of '
Austra lia.
To get more firsthand in-
fo rma tion on this, I am now
(as of thi s w rit ing) in th e pro- -
cess of pu tti ng up two bev -
erage receivi ng antennas,
one N-S and o ne E-W . These
are 2-w ire reversible-direc-
ti on bever ages, each 520
feet in length , f o r use o n
160, 80, and 40. Som e ve ry
exce lle nt data, suggest io ns,
and m aterial have bee n
made avai lab le to me by
Paul W6PYK fo r th is test,
fo r w hic h I am very gra te-
ful. I had pr evi ou sly tested
severa l sim ple single-w ire
bever a ges, reslst o r-te rm i-
nated, to im pro ve SIN .
The beverage pr o j ect
wa s sta rted here o rig inal-
ly to try to improve recep-
ti on w h ic h is extremely
poor, espec ia lly o n 75, at
this QT H. Thi s is du e to
very poor ground condu c-
,,
f R E QU E ~C Y
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»> ->
.s ' .0
ti vity, ext reme ly high no ise
lev el (bot h QR N and man-
m ad e) on 75, and th e
f ac t that it is su rrounded
by high pine t rees (60 to 90
feet) except to t he N E and
E. They extend for severa l
mil es to t he SW and W .
For thi s reason, there is
littl e open space for ver-
ti cals, since trees higher
than a V- -A vert ica l wou ld
surrou nd it. There would be
some t rees sepa rated f rom
them by less than 50 fe et,
very "t hick in t he di rect io n
of th e Z Ls and V Ks. Th e
t w o sing le- wi re sl o pe rs
whi ch we re teste d we re
suspended f ro m t rees in
ope n areas, although th ere
we re tr ees withi n about
100 feet to th e Wan d SW.
For th ose who may be-
Come int erested in 75m DX,
there are som e very good
sugg estions o n propaga-
tion , " gra y lin e," 75 m
ant ennas, receivers, a li st of
75m DXers, beverage ante n-
nas, etc ., presented in John
Devoldere ON 4UN 's ham
book 80 M eter DXing, pu b-
lished in 1977. He incl udes
a very comple te li st of 86
p revi ou sly-publi shed a r-
ti cl es in th e vario us ham
publi c ati on s covering th ese
sub jects.
Other Suggested Sloper
Designs
In add it io n to t he short-
ened loaded slo per and th e
3-element phased slope r de-
scri bed above , th e fo ll ow-
in g are severa l suggested
slo pers and phased slo pers.
I have no t ac t ua lly tri ed
th ese, but they are d e-
scribed briefl y for anyone
wishing to experiment or
61
 * 1 { 4~ ELE ME N TS GROUNDED
AT TOP OF MAST
~
)
(w ith t he co ax sheat h be of interest, as pe r Fig. 4(a).
grounded to the tower ne ar Th e two ).\ -A e le me nt s
130' - - -
t he feed poi nt). I ha ve spaced v, A wo u ld be

l'~"~~:"
worked several on 75 who gro unded topsi de, as me n-

I have re por ted good results t ioned above. The two bo t-

with this ty pe of inver ted tom e nds (vo ltage loop )

~
slo per. wou ld be vo ltage-fed with a
I70' fi Theore tic ally, th is shou ld 'h -A o pe n p ha sin g lin e

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~ RADIATORS be a good an te nna, since feeding the en d s, so th e

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t he c urre nt loo p of th e 'I.-A two 'I. -Arad iato rs will be in
slo per is tops ide and ge ne r- ph ase . The V, -A phasi ng
a lly in the clear. The tower line is cu rre nt-fed, slight ly
- '''"' pro vide s a gro und plan e or off center dir e ctl y wit h the
a)
ac ts as a reflector, whic h coax o r with a 1:1 ba lun . Fo r
shou ld give so me directiv- 3.8-MHz o pe ration, the two
"lOTE , t1Y flF Sf10UL O ity. Howeve r, t his type ap- 'I. -A slope rs wo u ld be ap -
_ 4b l _~_
114 ), lAG 4" ) OR 112 >' ( F IG 8£ AT LEAST 10' ABOVE
PHA5£O SUlPtRS GROUND T O CLE AR pears to be tricky (and they pro xima te ly 61.5 feet a nd
PEOPL E AND ANI MAL S
( VOLTAGE LOOP ) e ithe r wo rk o r they do n't). th e 2-wire open p hasi ng
( 1/2 ~
126 .8' AT 3.8 Mliz
FEEDER)
No dou bt the ).\ wave leng th fee dli ne a p p rox im ate ly
and the a ngle between the 12 6.8 fee t long. This beam
10' Slue If>-'\c-'-~"-.,+-L--L-l.-'-<>/I sloper and the tow er are require s two 70-foot towe rs
MA ST S
, I criti cal, probab ly affec ting sp a ce d a bo ut 1 30 feet
CENTER I S CURRENT LOOP. BALUN WI LL
the imped an ce at the to p apa rt a nd o riented broad-
BE SE VERAL FEE T FROM CENTER feed poin t, wh ich is prob- side to t he desired dir e c-
a bly lo w. Poss ibly a matc h- t ion . A few w ire refle ctors
ing ne twork between the be twe en t he towers mi ght
coax a nd t he feed point improve th e lo be in the
I NSUL ATU! FROM lIlAST
wou ld he lp, or possib ly the desired d irect ion.
to p of th e ).\-A e le me nt Th is a rray wo u ld be
could be grou nded di rectly simil ar to the broads ide or
to th e towe rs a nd th e lo wer side-by-side ph ased slo pe rs
e nd vo lta ge fed at th e bo t- described below, exc e pt
tom w ith a tuner or a 1;.4 MA !'I-Aslo pe rs would be used
tuned line used to vo ltage in pla ce of t he 'h-A shor t-
fH D - SLID E ALONG FEEDER o r e nd fee d, similar to t he ened d ipoles-.See Fig. 4(b).
AW.I.Y F RO '" CENT ER UNTI L
BE S T SWR I S O BT AI NED
o ld Ze pp . Using vo ltage
feed at the bo ttom also v,-A phased-sloper or ver-
saves th e length of coax tical-dipole a rrays-
from bottom t o top ' of If a mast at least 130 feet
Fig. 4.(a) !'I-A phased slo pets. (b) v,-A shortened phased towe r. high is avai la ble, it co uld be
slopers. I h a v e on e f rie n d , used to sup po rt a fu ll 'h-A
YV5DLT, who pu t up two of p hased sloper - o r vertica l
who is int erested in antenn a 74.9 fe e t of RG-8/AU or RG- these 14 -.\ inverter slopess dipol e e ndf ire a rray . The
desig n. S8/AU (VF = 78%). (topfed). o ne for 75 a nd o ne e lem ents wo uld th en be a
I ha ve no t tri ed t his for 40. He sa id th e 75 fu ll 'h A (no end loadin g re-
Multidire ction al slopers- 4-d irectiona l sloper, but it wo rked with no prob lem , qu ire d), thus be ing mo re
If the re is sufficient op en so u n ds in t e re stin g for whe reas the 40m refused to effi cie nt and having grea te r
area arou nd a single high anyone havi ng the room work. I have no ted that effective he ight.
mast or t ree , 3 o r 4 of t he a nd need ing a lobe in mo re about 25% of those using Ano the r adva ntage of
sho rte ned 75 m dipole tha n one di rectio n. If a the V. -Aslo per have gotten greater height wo uld be t he
slope rs cou ld be used fo r mas t at le ast 130 feet in t he m to work; th e re st ha d poss ibility of having the
several directions as per he ight is avai lab le, fu ll V' -A proble ms o r becam e d is- three eleme nts near or ex-
KH HQ 's 40 m fo ur-d ire c- slopi ng d ipo le s cou ld be couraged if th ey d id no t ac tly ve rtica l, so the a rray
tion slope r desc ribed in t he used without lo ad ing a nd work right away. wo u Id th en become a 3-ele-
ARR L Antenna Book (Figs. wo uld no doubt be mo re ef- Po ssib ly t hose u sing ment ve rtica l (dipole) log
8-12 , p ag e 20 0, 1 3th f ective . T he dim en sions these successfu Ily ca n give period ic or 3-eleme nt ver-
e dit io n). Acco rding to his wo uld then be a bo ut dou- so me suggestions. Also, t he t ical vag! (whicheve r co n-
measurem ent s, the forw ard bl e those g iv en fo r estima ted a ngle of rad ia- figur atio n is pref err ed) as
ga in was about 4 dB a nd KHH Q's 40m switc hable t ion, H-plan e pattern, e tc., was desc ribe d above unde r
fro nt-to-back up to 20 dB. sloper. wou ld be inter e st ing. " Phase d Siopers - Endfire
Note t hat the coax to the Array."
re lay box must be just over !'I-A s/opers- Dual !'I-Aph ased s/opers- With the shortened di-
3/8 A. At 3.8 MHz, th is Not having a to we r, I Possibly, using two of po le s lo pe r o r mul ti-
len gth wo uId be a pprox- have been una ble to test a these side by side, in phase, elem en t slope r a rray s, the
imate ly 63.4 feet of RG-8/U V. -A inver ted slo pe r fed by spaced V, A broadside to lo ade d e le me nts probably
or RG-58/U (VF = 66%), o r coax at th e to p of the to wer the desired direction, might re du ce e ff ic ie nc y about

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50% , as t he sho rtened radi -
at ing portion is on ly app rox-
imately V. A. Th eir V. -A
rad iat ing po rti on shou ld be
abo ut t he same as t he ver-
tical radi at ing po rtio n of a
Bru ce array .
The end-loaded slo per ar-
ray might be co nsidered as
a 3-elem ent end f ire array,
as opposed to a 3-eleme nt
Bru ce array w h ic h is a bi -
di rectio nal , broadsid e one
using 1;4 -A radi at in g ele-
ments in phase spaced 1,4A.
The 3-element endfire arr ay
wou ld be un idi rectiona l
and sho u ld give greater
gai n. Th e Bruce wou ld ,
however , proba b ly have a
great er null t o t he sides
(180 °).
If a sin gle high mast is
ava ilable, it co uld also be
used as th e center support
fo r 3 or 4 separate phased
endf ire arrays, thus provid-
ing 3 o r 4 separat e beam
head ing s or separate select-
ab le lobes at 1 20° fo r 3 ar-
rays or 90° f or 4, f o r beam-
in g N, E, S, or W .
Granger, Try lo n, and Hy-
C ain m anufact ur e co rnrn er-
cial or mil itary f ixed-wi re
mo no po l e and vert i c a l
di pol e log pe riodic wire
beam array s of th ese types
for frequ ency ranges 2.5-32,
3.0-32, 4.0-32, and 6.0-32
M Hz. Th ese are rec om-
mend ed f or lo ng-haul HF
circ uits. See th e Hy-Gai n
com me rcia l ca ta log E,
1969.
Incid ent all y, if any hams
are interested, t hese com-
me rcia l wire beams are gen -
erally in the $20,000 to
$50,000 cla ss. Howe ver, t his
do es incl ude an 100- to
240-foot stee l to wer. A 3- to
5-eleme nt vert ica l (mon o-
band) di pol e log periodi c
for 75m c an genera lly be
ham-bu ilt f o r $100.00 or
less for wi re, insul at o rs,
etc., less tower an d coax.
Broadside or side-by-side
shortened s/opers-
A n o t he r su g ges te d
phased slo per co uld be t he
u se of two shorte ned
78-f oo t V, -A (loaded] sloper
d ipo les sus pend ed fr om
two 70-foot masts spaced
y, A (approxi mately 130
feet at 3.8 M Hz). See Fig.
4(b). Th e two slopers wo ul d
be op erated in pha se w it h
130 fe et of separation . A
V, -A tun ed f eed er/ph asin g
li ne wou ld be required fo r
feeding and ph asing t he
two slo pers, simi lar to t he
dual V. -A phased slope rs
desc rib ed abo ve in Fig.
4(a)
Better st ill, if th e tw o
phased slopers could be a
f u ll Y, A (req uiri ng t w o
nO-fo ot masts), they should
giv e about maxim um gai n to
broad sid e for an array o f
this type. I bel ieve I have
heard of so me ham using
this ty pe of beam.
Th er e are, no doubt,
m any p hased -sloper-a rray
co mb inatio ns w hich can be
designed . I agai n w ish to
point ou t th at I have only
bui lt and teste d th e loaded
slo per of Fig. 2 and t he
3-e l em e nt (end -load ed)
phased slo per of Fig. 3(a).
I wou ld ap preciate hear-
ing from anyo ne w ho is us-
ing or has t r ied any ph ased-
slo per array s or has any sug-
gestion s alo ng thi s lin e.•
References
1. 73 Magaz ;ne, Aug ., 1973,
" Sing le Band Log-Per iodic An-
tennas, " pa rt I, G. E. Smith
W4AEO.
2. 73 Mag azine , Sept., 1973, op.
ctt., part II.
3. 73 Magazine, Ma rch , 1975,
" Yes, I've Built Sixteen Log
Pe ri o d i c A nt en nas !" , G. E.
Smi th W4 AEO.
4. Ham Radio, Sept. , 1972; May,
1973; Aug. , 1973; Sept ., 1973;
May , 1974; Oct., 1974; May,
1975, G. E. Sm it h W4A EO.
5. Com m un ic a ti on s New s ,
Ju ne, 1974, " Designing Log ·
Periodic Beam A nt ennas by t he
Grap hic Met hod," G. E. Smi t h
W4A EO.
6. 05 T, Apr., 1977, "Ouad Log-
Per io d ic Fi xed -Beam Anten -
nas, " G. E. Sm it h W4A EO.

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The co mp leted 22O-MHz beam.
expensive, double-figu re-
dB gain HF antenna, t ry an-
o t her article, bec ause this
construction' project wo n't'
help you at all-es pecia lly
if yo u w ant an HF sky hook.
How ever, if t he idea of a
$5.00, 3-ele me nt yag i w ith '
abo ut 6 dB of gai n fo r 220
MHz suits y ou, then read
o n.
W hen th e June, 1978 ,
issue of 220 No tes (vo lume
1, number 4) arr ive d at my
doorst ep, I was new to 220
M Hz; in fact, the ink o n m y
Tec h t icket was st ill moist!
So the b lurb t itled " Yo ur
Own Lit tl e 220 Beam " on
page o ne ca pt ured my im-
medi ate inter est. A ltho ug h
22 0 Notes in clud ed a
m arvelou s ske t ch of th e
ante nna (which t hey ada pt-
e d fr om C. N . Zornes
W9 TA L), t he new sl etter
contained no instruct ions
f o r assem bl y . Fig . 1 i s
redrawn fr om 220 Notes
and shows antenna dimen-
sions,
To bu il d\'\'9T A L's bea m,
I pu rc hased a GEC-52 co n-
ica l TV anten na, made by
RM S Ele ctroni cs, 50 Austin
Pla ce, Bro nx NY 104 62, f or
f ive bu ck s fr om a lo cal
radi o-el ectr oni cs store. I
chose th is mode l bec au se
of t he cheap p rice , but any
t elevisio n anten na will do .
A nother ro ute is to buy a
boom and 1/8 " or 3/8"
alum inum rod s separately.
S.tep 1: Afte r tak in g t he
TV ant enna f ro m th e ship-
ping carton , remove the
ele ment s (secured to plas-
t ic hubs with pop rivet s) by
d ri lling ou t t he rivet s with a
bit sli ght ly l arge r th an t he
head . Now you have sev-
eral alum inum elements of
va r i o us l en gth s a nd a
boom.
Ste p 2: Measu re t he
length of yo ur boom . It
mu st be at least 30 inc hes.
The mast-cum-boom sup-
plied w ith t he GEC-52 is
31 V, inc hes long . If yo ur
boom exceeds t hree fee t, I
recomm end shorte ning it

66

to 30 inc hes. A hacksaw o r
saber saw w il l do t he job.
Now m ark a ~-inch point
in from either end; mark
another ~ -inch point on
t he other side, i.e., d irectl y
be hind it. You will be drill-
ing throug h these points, so
ma ke sure t hey line up!
M ake sim ilar m arks 19 'h
in ch es in front of the first
two. Measure t he d iameter
of your elements, add 1/16
of an inc h, and d rill hol es
in each of t he f our ma rk s.
The dri ll bit w ill not slip if
you f irst pu nch ho l es in t he
bo om w ith a l arge nail.
Step 3: Make marks mid-
w ay between t he ho les you
drill ed for the refl ect or ele-
ment. Th ese are perp en-
dicular to and 1f4 diamete r
aw ay from t he origin al
hol es. St ove bolts w il l d rop
through t hese poi nts to
se cu r e the ref l ector .
Rep eat thi s procedure for
th e di rector. Onc e th e
spo ts are marked , d rive a
large na il th rou gh t hem
and wiggle it aro und to
ream out t he aperture.
Step 4: Tim e to cut you r
el ements . Measure and cut
o ne ele ment 27-1/8 in che s
lo ng - t his is the refl ec to r.
M easure a nd cut anothe r
24-1/8 inches lo ng - t his is
th e director. Measure and
cut two elements eac h 12
inches lon g - t hese are t he
driven elements.
Step 5: Crimp the open
end s of the refl ect o r and
director and one open end
of eac h driven element
w ith pliers to pre vent water
from enter ing and rusting
them . If the cr imped ends
are roug h, a fi le o r sand -
paper wi II smooth the m
off . Locate t he m idpoint of
each el ement (13-9/16 inch-
es for t he reflector; 12-1/16
in ches f or t he di rector) and
pun ch a hole, using th e nail
fr om Step 3, to allow a bo lt
to pass through it.
Step 6: Take a 4-in ch
piece of 2" x 4" and bo re a
hole in it as shown in Fig. 2,
to accom modate the boom .
Use a smaller bore (or large
bit) to dr ill hol es in the sides
of the 2" x 4". Th ese hol es
shou ld be Yo of an inch to 1
inch deep and und er no cir-
cum stance sho u ld they in-
tersect wi th th e boom
bore.
Set a driven ele ment in
each of th e two side holes
(m a k e sure it i s sn u g
aga in st t he ba c k ) and
screw a 1 lh -in ch wood
screw into t he top of th e 2"
x 4" abo ut 1;2" from the
edge. The screw wi ll secure
t he ele me nt and wi ll lat er
serve as a conductor be-
tween t he coax and ele-
men t. Slide the 2" x 4" o n
the boom so that t he ele-
ments' centers are 10 1;2
in ches from th e midd le of
th e ref lectors' holes.
Step 7: You 're in the
home st ret ch ... f i n a l
assem bly b egi ns he re .
Plac e th e ref lector (remem-
ber that's the longer ele-
ment) in the large ho les
near the rear of the boom .
A lig n t he ho les in the boom
and refl ect or so t hat t hey
mat ch . Set a flat was her
ove r th e topside hol e and
d rop in a bo lt. Tight en t he
bo lt with a lock was her and
nu t on t he underbelly. Re-
peat th is for th e director.
Strip 1 'h inches of the
coa x's outer covering off
the end . Twist t he shield ing
braid into a " w ire" and
remove the plastic insu-
la tor from ar o u nd the
center condu ctor. The to-
tal dis ta nc e between t he
split in the co ax t o t he end
of each d riven element is
12'h in ch es. M easu re t he
length from o ne screw in
t he 2" x 4" to t he t ip of t he
co rre spondi ng driven ele-
me nt. Subtract th is size
fro m 12 'h inches and wrap
all but t he difference of the
twisted c o ax i a l braid
aro und the head of t he
wood screw. Drive the
screw as deep ly as possible
int o t he 2" x 4" . Repeat this
part of Step 7 fo r the re-
maining sc rew an d the
cable's c ente r co nduc t or.
I w rapped silver d uc t
tape around t he 2" x 4" t o
iso la te it f ro m t he nasty
M ic higan wi nters and t o in-
c reas e t he beam ' s l ife.
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volume 1, number 4, June, 1978, page 1.
Bat htub caul ki ng is ano th - 2 ' x 4 ",4 " W0 0 0 8 LOCK
er solution.
Results
In preliminary test s t he
yagi performed ad m irably,
My fi rst sim pl ex conta ct
was with Tom WB8GVC in
Detro it (a dista nce o f
abo ut f ifteen mi les), and
th e ant enna was only t en Fig. 2. Sketch of wood block
fe et above grou nd l evel. holding driven elements.
When I taped t he beam o n
a twenty-foot makeshift I p u rpose ly neg lected
mast (and had my father VHF /U HF an te nna t heo ry
and Tom WD80TN take in this art icle. If you' re
t u rns p lay i ng ro t or), .1 c u r i o u s a bo u t why i t
ra ised t he W R8AOK re- w o rk s.ithen consu lt o ne of
peater in Livon ia, M ich - these f i ne books : VHF
iga n. WR8AOK sits forty- A nte nna Haiiabook from
five mi les f ro m my ho me 73 Magazine for $4.95 or
QT H -not bad for a ten- The Rad io A mateur's VHF
Watt Mid land 1 3-509 rig _ Man ual fr o m t he A RRL for
and a tw enty-f ive-f oot run .. $4.00. I fe lt t he underly in g
of RG-58/U . In the low t heory was too mu ch to
power position (o ne Wa tt), t ackle here and m a ny
I f ull-quiet ed the W R8AEF hams , li ke myse lf, are more
ma chine in Mt. Clem ens, - - co ncern ed with putting out
Mic higan, a six-mi le ha ul. a good signal. Any co m-
A ll in all , I've been irn- me nts, quest ion s, o r ob jec-
pressed with th e resul t s of tions you have o n this f ine,
W9TAL 's desig n. &-dB, n O-MHz antenna at
For max im u m resul t s, the m inimal cost of f ive
moun t t he bea m as hi gh up buc ks will be answe red
as po ssibl e- or, at l east pro v ide d, of cou rse, t hat
above surro undi ng trees- yo u enclose an SASE .
away from other metal lic As for me, I' m heading
objects, and use RG-8/U back t o t he rad io ... " Q RZ
coa xia l ca ble to mi nim i ze rare DX from N8AJA in
transmission li ne loss. Ro sevill e, Mich igan ." •
Parts List
TV antenna (GEe-52) or6 % ' of 1/8" or 3/8" aluminum rods and 30"
boom
4" piece of 2" x 4" wood
saber saw or hacksaw with blade
2 wo od screws (1" long)
2 stove bolt s (11/2 " long) and lock and flat was hers
wood bore and drill bits
elec tric drill
RG-8/U coax wi t h 1 PL-259
rosin core solder and sold ering iron
67
A lexander MacLean WA2SUTINNN6ZVB
18 Indian Spring Trail
Denville NJ 07834
Beware of the
Dreaded Phantom Ground
he a rt ic le by Joh n
T Cra nsto n WB2DYU/2 in
th e Mar ch , '78, issue of 73
(" 1 Need A Co nt a c t !" )
bro ug ht back man y u n-
pleasant memories of past
sta tion operat ion and more
tha n too ma ny of how it
works now. I, too, have a
long history of inventing
the non-radi ant anten na .
However , a few o f the rules
of thumb (or burne d fin-
ge rs, if you wi ll) a rrived at
may be of hel p to othe r
ham s sta rt ing ou t.
If yo u do n't read too
muc h th eory, it is harde r to
bu ild a n a nt enna that will
not work tha n to bui ld on e
that wo rks.
From th e descri ptio n of
what Cra nston has, th e re
seem to be a few o ld
friends: On e of my favor-
ites is th e phan tom ground .
All t he bo o ks say that yo u
sho uld ground th e equip-
m e n t , par t ic ul a rl y t he
tr ansm itte r, to avoid all
so rts of tro ub les. Usually
th is lead s to a ll sorts of
tr ou bles just like the o nes
yo u wa nte d to avoid, like
TVI a nd rf burns whe n yo u
to uc hed th e rig.
68
- exorcise those antenna gremlins
Avoidi ng the non-radiant anten na,
So wha t happ ened ? Well,
t he grou nd was a lways
shown in a p ict ure-book
statio n. The re was all t hat
beautif ul gear, all hoo ked
up toget her with a heavy
co ppe r braid ground bu s to
a c o nve n ie nt ly lo cated
gro und . It is the " co nve-
nie ntly loca ted" that kills
y o u. When ' they s ay
grou nd, they mea n grou nd,
as in nice wet ea rth. To
wor k, th e d irect eart h co n-
nectio n mu st be qui t e
close to your eq u ipment
and connec ted with a so lid
hun k of metal.
Many ham s have som e
heavy co ppe r wate r p ipe
t hat goes right through the
base me nt sha ck and into
the gro und . Now t hat is a
reason a ble gro und. If you
do n' t have -t hat, yo u don 't
have a grou nd . The furt he r
away from that yo u are,
the less ground yo u have.
If yo ur shack is on t he
first floor, or mor e prob-
ably the seco nd floo r or a t-
tic, yo u don 't have a ny
ground at all . W hat yo u do
have is a hunk of fa r too
thin w i re drape d a ll
through t he hou se to a
wate r pip e a nd maybe a job witho ut tro ub le.
long run of that to th e
gro und. For rf purposes,
Mo st rigs a re coax-fe d
th ese days, so th e bas ics
yo u a ren't even connected will be fo r tha t type of out-
to th e grou nd . W hat you r put. The coax-fed an ten-
tra nsmi tter sees is what nas, dipole, beam, q uad,
loo ks like anot he r hu nk of etc., will work fine wit hout
a nte nna. That, added to t he earth ground . Here yo u
you r nomina l ant enn a, -.. may want a ba lun or other
resu lts in almost as good a mat c hing dev ice to go
radiator as yo u r sto re- fro m unbalanced line to
bo ught dum my load . bal an ced, bu t it sho u ld not
I have t ried a number of - . be c rit ica l.
d iffe re nt co nf igura t ions of If you can do it, th e attic
this basi c c irc u it and ca n shack is the ideal locat ion
recomme nd it fo r tune-up fo r t he roof-mounted 'a n-
purposes. It also is very im- tenna. A simple mast wit h a
press ive to sho w visitors sma ll bea m o r q uad wi ll do
how you ca n light a sm all nice ly. From th ere it will be
neo n bulb with yo ur no se a sho rt coax run to th e rig.
when you key t he rig. So far , so good. What
Let 's get back to prac- about th a t d ipo le you
t ica l for a b it. There is no wa nted to have? It doesn' t
suc h thing as a lon g grou nd ma tt er th at the rig is in t he
unless yo u can run so me- a tt ic, but it usuall y hap-
thi ng the dia meter of a pe ns t hat whe n yo u have
sewer pip e from the rig to met t he co nd itio n t ha t
the gro und . I do n't ' t hink yo ur rig is nowhere near a
that will work well , either. goo d ground, it pro ba bly is
So, forg et the ground. situated whe re you can't
Build an anten na that will have a goo d a n te n na .
wor k without the gro und . Somehow t he la nds cape
This is not as hard as it h a s bee n ca ref u lly a r-
so unds. Witho ut th e false ran ged so that th e re is no
gro und to give t roub le, po ssib ility of str inging a
man y a nte nnas will do th e dip ol e , inv ert ed V, o r
any t hing resembl in g t he
a ntenn as show n in t he
book.
Now w hat? Th is is w here
t he all -ti me easy antenna
comes into its own- the
c lass ic r a n d o m - l e n gt h
ante nna. W hat th is is is a
lon g piece of wi re. You
ma ke it as lon g and as hig h
as you c an. Nom inally, you
wa nt it mo re th an 1f4 w av e-
len gth lon g. It w ou ld be
nice if it was in a str aight
lin e, but it is quite accom-
mod atin g to being bent in-
to odd shapes. It w o u ld like
to be fr ee and cl ear o f
ot her o bjec t s, parti cu larl y
meta l o nes.
With a li ttl e t hought, it is
alm ost im possibl e t o not
be ab le to meet t he re-
qu i rem en t s o f t h is antenna,
bu t t here are a f ew li ttle
hitch es.
It ru ns from yo ur t rans-
mi tt er to whe re it e nds .
Th at means t here w ill be
radi at i o n i n t he shac k;
how ever, t his sho u ld no t be
w hat is usuall y th ough t of
as rf in t he shac k, i.e.,
bu rned fi ngers w hen yo u
touch t he rig. It ju st has to
be hoo ked up ri ght. M ost
rig s have a 50-O hm o ut put.
Th e random is high im -
ped anc e. Yo u have to use
an antenna t uner. This ca n
be as simp le as a coax ja ck ,
a va ri ab le capacitor (wi th
insul ated shaft), a coil and
a f ew cli p lead s, or a f ancy
st ore- bo ught t uner. A short
ru n of coax f rom th e rig to
t he t uner and t he anten na
go es fro m there to t he
great o utd oo rs. It works
quit e w el l.
It's har d to m iss, but
yo u' re not home fr ee yet.
The book s stil l say to
g r o und eve ry t hi n g t o -
gether. Th is is how you get
all t ha t rf in t he shac k, pl us
assorte d rf bu rns and m in or
jo l ts.
You st ill will have yo ur
phanto m gro und probl em .
It w asn't until I got rid o f
both the gro u nd and co n-
nec t ing th e va riou s c hass is
t oget her t hat my set up got
t amed .
Don 't co nnect anythin g
t o anythi ng else t hat yo u
do n't have to. They f igh t
wi th each other. Th is w il l
leave yo u w it h only one
problem.
There m ay be potent ia l
d ifference s betw een t he
va rio us chassis. If you are
ho ldi ng o nt o o ne and reach
f or another, you may get
bitten . Thi s is no t p leasant ,
so lea rn not to do t hat any
m or e . D on ' t gr ab two
pie ces of gear w hen both
are li ve (or plu gged in). This
is a small pri ce t o pay f or a
re lia b le attic syste m. It
may no t happ en t hat your
pa rt ic ula r gear does t hat .
Some of mi ne does and
so me doe sn' t.
Of co u rse, y o u are go ing
to g ro u nd yo u r ante nna
when not in use ... o r are
yo u? You w ill have t he
same p ro ble m t ryi ng to
gro und your ante nna to a
p hant o m grou nd as your
t ransm i tt er had work ing
with it.
A nte n na groundi ng is
su p po sed to serve two pur-
pose s. It is f ondl y bel ieve d
th at it w ill p ro tec t your rig
from a d ir ect li ght nin g hi t .
Lots of luck. Even wi t h
th e usual textbook ham
ground setu p, tha t is asking
a lot. A d irect li ght ning hit
w il l go to gro und , but it is
pr o bab ly goi ng t o take
eve ry t hing alo ng t he path
w it h it. I don ' t k now if t he
usu a l a nte nna , lead-in, a nd
gro und ing set up is go ing to
st ay put f or t ha t , not to
mention any gear co nnect-
ed t o it. Th e best yo u usual -
ly hop e for, and th e usual
case, is protect ion aga inst
t he sta tic charge buildup
fro m a nearby elec t ric al
st o rm. W hi le th is is not
usuall y bi g eno ugh t o t urn
yo ur ante nn a into a bstract
art w ork, i t is ofte n big
eno ugh to pu t a w all op ing
charge int o th e f ron t end of
any rig t hat's t here.
Here t he so lution is sim-
ple. It is no t so m uch a
d irect eart h gro und you
need as a chassis gro und
co n ne c t io n . A ny o f t he
antenna sw itc hing arrange-
m e n ts ca n u su all y be
V" Reader Service -see page 21'
hooked up to short t he th ~
ant enna lead direct ly t o A •
CIi ASSI S GROUN D EAR f ... GR OUND
t he gro und of th e coax co n- SY"'BOl SY MBOL
nect o r (ch assis gro und). Fig. 1. Schemati c ground
I haven't seen it m en- s ym bols.
t io ned in yea rs, but th ere
wa s a t ime w hen m any elec t r ical safety w hen you
schematics made a di stin c- are no t ope rat ing .
ti o n b et w e e n c h as s is
gro und and eart h ground. Th e key is t o go by t he
Ther e are d ifferent sche- book as f ar as you can and
mati c sym bo ls f or eac h. onl y m ake such modific a-
Th e f am il iar gro und sy m- ti o ns as yo u have to f or
bol , Fig. l (a), is t he one f or yo u r p art icul ar c irc u m-
chassis ground . Fig. l(b) is sta nc es. Th en do as m uch
th e sy mbo l for e a r t h as you c an t o restor e non-
groun d . ope rat ing safety.
If yo u r shac k loc at ion is I hop e th ese tw o par-
suc h t hat yo u c an' t get a t ic u lar tec hn iq ues, t he use
good eart h gro und f o r an- of a t uned ra ndom -lengt h
te nn a g ro u n di n g , t he ante nna and t he avoidance
chassis gro und w ill st ill of a phantom gro und , w il l
w or k a lot better t han leav- hel p solve a few prob lems
ing yo ur rig there to get f or th os e wh o are j ust
hit. beg inning o r no t able to
It also doesn't cost m uch use a m ore co nve nt iona l
to ru n a gro und w ire to co nfi gu rat io n.
yo ur shac k and t ry it f or rf It d rove me nuts fo r
purposes. Then if you have qui t e so me t ime un til I got
t ro ub le w it h o perat ing, re- t he hang of it. It 's not t he
move it w hen yo u use yo ur best , but it w ill be rei iab le
rig and reconn ect it ju st f or when properl y app lied .•
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 A Close Encounter With Voyager I
- the W6VIO story

V oyager II is next.

Dr. No rman L. Chalfin K6PGX

lPL Amoteur Radio Club
4800 Oak Gro ve Dr.
J et Prop ul sion Labor ato ry
A ma t e u r Radi o Clu b
memb ers gave up lun ch
per iod s. many after-work
Pasadena CA 91103
hours, and w eekends d ur-
in g th e period f ro m March
1-11,1 979, to o perate t hei r
club stat ion W 6VIO in ce l-
ebr ation of th e cl ose ap-
Ga l il ea n sate lli t es, 10 ,
Euro pa , G an ym ede, an d
Callisto .
pr oach o f th e Vo yager I
D ick Piet y K6SV P o rgan-
space p rob e t o th e planet
ized and manag ed t he op -
Jupit er a n d it s f o u r
eratio n. He w as assisted by
Jim Lumsd en WA 6M YJ .
:::::::::: :: :::" ,,::" ' :: ' Jim mounted a Her cule an

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shack ready for the event.
. Equi pm ent, sto red in m any
locatio ns during th e refur-
bi shi ng. had to be returned
to t he shac k an d rein-
st alled in th e beautifully
a rra nge d she l ves a n d
decks.
Th e 1540 co nt ac ts ma de
in the various bands on
whi ch the op erati on was
mounted include:
10m ph on e 281
[ in cl u des a number o f
SSTV contacts)
10m CW 21
15 m pho ne 123
15m CW 164
20m pho ne 362
(in clud es many SSTV con-
tacts)
20m CW 1 57
Dick Piety K65VP at the 55 TV position. The image on the screen is o f Callist o, one of 40m CW 10
Jupiter's moons. 75m phone 1
70
One of the SSTV monitor vi ews o f th e W6VIO ID d uring A slow-s can im age of the great red spot o n Jup iter.
the Voyager I commemorative.
of the JPL ARC (in add it io n A rc ad ia, Ca l ifo rn ia, high
2m FM 348 gra phed t hat he w as re- to m yself ) who took part in sc ho o l st ude nt, 16 years
(includ e s che ck -in s t o c ord ing t he Jupiter images th e Voyager I comm em ora- old , who is co rnrnu nica-
v a r i o u s JPL/ G ol d st o n e * and send ing t hem to t he ti ve are: Di ck Piety K6SV P tions asso ci ate o n t he
nets run d u ring t he co m - loc al p ress as fast as he (c hai rma n o f t he commem- Sunf ire I pro ject ), George
memora ti v e) recei v ed t hem. A De nv er o ra t iv e ope rat io n), John Morr is W 6ABW, Jim Lum s-
220 M Hz FM 72 amate u r c o n t ac t ed t he Repa r WA6 LW D , Sta n d e n WA6MYJ (fa cili -
OSCA R 1 D enver Post . T hey call ed Sander N6MP, Ro n Z enone t i es c h a irma n fo r
There w ere 79 con tac ts K6SVP on t he pho ne to in- W6 T U Z , Wa rren Ape l W6V IOj, Mike G ri ffi n
outsid e t he U nited States. t erview hi m abo ut the op- K6GPK , M erv MacM edan N6 W U (president of t he
e rat io n . A co nt act w ith N6NO, Jim Lo n g t h o r n e JPL ARC ), and G lenn Berry
In t ere st in g si de l i g h t s F6KCP by W6V IO led to WA6K PW (off-la b m em - K6G H J (w ho organ ized t he
arose d uring th e com m em- f ive or six o t he r Frenc h be r), Bo b Gosl ine A E6S, r e c on str u cti o n of t he
ora tive . D i ck says h e am at eurs jo ini ng t he activ i- Ric h Soikkel e WD6ERI (an t rail er). •
" does n't be lieve" the co n- ty.
tact o n 2 me te rs w ho gave Th e p rom ised QS L ca rd,

ELDEN~
a K7 ca ll and said he was incl ud ing Jup ite r pi ctures
speaking fr o m Seattle . m ade b y Vo yag er I ' s
(Seattle to Pasadena on ca m eras, w as a m agnet to
2 m ?) M e r v MacMe da n
N6NO bega n a CW co nt ac t
pull in the c o nt ac ts. A ll N~~·' MH.
dbl
100 It .
dbl
100 m
who contacte d W6V IO

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9888 so 1.2 3.'
w it h a Spa nish ama te u r d ur i n g t h e M a rch 1-11 , 100 1.S 5.'
42$11t 200 2.' 8.5
w ho wou ld n' t let him go on 1979, p eri od wi ll rece ive 300 3.3 - - 10 .8
to o t hers . Merv exp l ained 400 38 12.5
QS Ls if they send an SASE

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to him in Spa nis h abo u t the 8214 . so 1.2 3.'
to W6VIO o r Q SL t hroug h 100 18 s.•
Vo yager c o m me mo ra t ive. thei r bu reau s. T he c ard 26c11t. 200 2.' S.5
300 3.3 10 .8
The Spani sh amateur want- also id entif ies the major 400 38 12 .5

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ed to " rag-c hew." Jim made d iscoveries about Jup iter 82 37 lOll 2.0 e.e
200 3.0 9.8
a co ntact o n SSTV wit h a and its moons made by t he 23cJ1t 400 ' .7 15.4
W ic hi ta Fall s, Texas, 900 7.8 25.'
Voyager I spacecraft in its
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amate ur who said he wa s lOll 2.0 6.6
c lose enco u nte r of the 200 3.0 ' .8
27$11t

reco rd ing t he p ictures f or
his hi gh schoo l class of
fo urteen-yea r-old s. Dave
Ing ram K4TWJ t e le-
' The JPL Amateur Radio Club
(operati ng on 220 wit h WR6APS
at La Can ada CAl and its af -
f i l i a t e d Go ldst one C lub
(operating on 220with WR6AZN
f ro m Ta bl e Moun tai n , nea r
Wrigh twood CA), are linked
toget her fo r a genera l amateur
radio news net on each Tues -
day at 8:00 pm PST and fo r an
AMSAT/OSCAR news net on
eac h Wed nes day at 8:00 pm
PST. The co mbined net covers
all of southern California .
4,,::
most spe ctac u la r k in d . ' 00 4.7 15 .4
900 7.8 256
Those w ho remember t he
Viki ng co m m e m o ra t i v e
No. 01 Con d. - 8
ca rd from N6V , operated AWG (in mm ) - 6-22, (1K30). [.76]:
2·18 , (16 l1.30 ), [1.19J
by the JPL club duri ng the
l and ings on Mars, c an ap-
preci at e t he b eau t y of
~r
~:::t
th ese ve ry spec ial QSLs. No. 01 Cond. - 8
From Jul y 6-15, 197 9, AWG (In mm) - 2-16 , (26l1.30), [1.52);
6-18. (16x3O). [1.17]
ther e wi ll b e a second
Jupiter fl y-by commemora-
ti ve fo r th e Voya ger /I MADISON ..-M35
Mission . It wi ll have a
so m ew ha t different ca rd. If ELECTRONICS SUPPLY, INC.
1508 McKINNEY. HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002
you missed out o n Vo yager
7131658·0288
I, t ry fo r Voya ger /I .
MASTERCHARGE • VISA
The ind ividual m embers

V Read er Serv ice - see page 21 1 71

Alan M. Christman WD8CBJ
Box 44
Granville WV 26534
H ave yo u eve r f ound
yo urself wa nti ng an
antenna th at was easy to
put up , had gain over a
d ipo le , wa s simp le to
match, a nd co uld work on
more tha n one band? The n
rea d o n. This art icle shows
how to design a nd bui ld
wire ant ennas w hic h are
longer than a hall wa ve-
len gth . These a nte nnas ma y
be o pe rated as dipol es o r
V-beams. By carelu l cho ice
01 leg len gt h, it is possible
to build a n a ntenna w hich
w ill w ork on several ama-
te ur ba nd s, bu t req uires o n-
ly a single leedli ne . The in-
put impedan ce is a bo ut 200
O hms and m ay eas ily be
matched to 50-O hm coax
with a 4:1 balun .
Background
One advantage 01 the
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3/2 WAVE
DIPOL E
Fig, 1. Antenna imp edance is de term ined by vo ltage and
cu rrent at the fee dpo int.
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G IA N T Wire Antennas
- impress the neighbors
hal l-wave d ipole is its lo w
leedpoint imp eda nce. The
reaso n for th is is show n in
the uppe r draw ing 01 Fig. 1.
This d rawing shows th e
stand ing wav es 01 vo lta ge
and current whi ch are pres-
ent o n a reson ant ante nna.
Fro m O hm's Law, the inpu t
impedance is eq ua l to t he
vo ltage divid ed by the cur-
ren t at th e leedpoint 01 th e
ante nna. For a half-wave
dipo le, the vo ltage at the
leedpoint is low a nd th e
c urre nt is high , wh ich gives
a low va lue 01 impedance
- typica lly, 50 to 70 O hm s.
Ma ny ham s use ha ll-
wave ante nnas, but it is also
poss ible to mak e a dip ole in
which each leg is mu ch
long er t han a qua rte r wave-
len gth. Fig. 1 also shows the
vo ltage and current d istri-
butions lor l -wa ve le ngth
lIT ~E EO
za V I I
POINT. V IS LOW ANO I IS MIG"
S O Z IS La ....
VOLTAGE
AT FEEO PO IlilT , v IS " IGM
AND I IS LO W
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C URR E NT
AT FEE D POI NT ,
V IS LOW , ANO
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a nd 3/2-wave le ngt h di pole s.
Not ice tha t the curren t in
the center 01 a lu ll-wave
antenna is low and th e vo lt-
age is high, resu lting in a
very high input impedance
on the order 0 1 sev eral
tho usa nd O hms . However ,
the 3/2-wavele ngt h an ten na
has a vo ltage minimu m at
it s cent er, sim i la r to th e
ha ll-wavelength dip ole . The
leed poi nt im p edan c e is
aga in re la t iv e ly lo w -
a ro und 100 Ohms or so .
At teh en d s 0 I ea c h
. . . '
di pole dr awn m Fig. 1 , the
current IS shown to be at a
. .
rnm rrn u m. va lue. a nd the . " end eII ec t" diImlntS
vo ltage IS m aximum . ThIS
makes good se nse II yo u
thiIn k a b o u t it
I .
Th e current
I Iowi ng at teen d 0 I a
' h
piec e of w ir e m ust be ze ro
bec au se it ha s no wh e re to
go . On the othe r han d , th e
voltage at the end 01 a wi re
easily can be q uite high.
The impor tan t po int to
re mem ber is that to get a
low va lue 01 inpu t imp ed-
a nce, th er.e must be a vo lt-
age minimum at the center
01 th e a nt e nna . In othe r
words, e a c h le g 01 t he
a nte nna must be a n odd
number of quarter w ave-
len gth s. For the ha ll-wave
dipole, each leg is Yo 01 a
wavele ng th , w hile lor the
3/2-wave le ngt h dip ole, eac h
le g is 'l\ 0 1 a wav e -
length . Eac h 0 1 t he se
a nte nnas ha s a voltag e
minimum at its cen t er, an d
eac h a lso has a low va lue
01 inpu t im pe da nce.
Determi ni ng the Correct
Ante nna Lengt h
Ta b le 1 shows th e lo r-
mul as to u se in or de r to
ca lc u la te the righ t len gth
lo r e a ch leg 01 the a nte nna
at th e Irequ ency 01 int er-
est, on ce you have chose n
how m any quarter wa ve-
le ngths you w;;rrt each le g
to be . No t ice t hat a
'l\ -wave le ngth leg is more
.
-.tha n 3 tim es as lo ng as a
Yo -wave le ngth leg. This is
b ecause th e 'In II ue nce 0 I
. . h es as
the numb er 01 qu ar te r
_. . .
wave le ngt hs m each leg m-
creases.
.T he antenna ma y also be
o rie nted as a V -beam rath-
e r t ha.~ a dipo le, il d ire c-
tivitv IS de sired . Ta ble 2
s ho ws the incl uded angle
(angle between t he two
legs 01 th e Vl lor severa l
di ff e r en t V- bea m leg
lengths, as we ll as th e ap-
proxim at e gain of eac h
co nli g urat io n.
For those 01 you with
lo ts 01 re a l es ta te, Ta ble 3
gives t he data required to
desig n a nd bui ld ante nna s
w hic h are truly giants. The
leedpoint im ped an c e 01
th ese mon sters is in th e
neigh borhood 01 t he 200-
Ohm va lue give n lor th e
antennas 01 Table 1 .
 Leg Length in Leg Length in Feet Leg Length in Included Angle Gain
Wavelengths (f in MH z) Wavelength s in Degrees in dB
1/4 234/1 11/4 60 5.3
3/4 73811 13/4 56 5 .8
5/4 12301t 1514 52 6.3
7/4 172211 17/4 48 6.8
9/4 22 14/1 19/4 . 46 7.2
11/4 2706/ 1 21/4 44 7.6
13/4 3 19811 23/4 42 8.0
1514 369011 ,25/4 40 8.4
17/4 4182/1 27/4 38 '8.8
19/4 46 74/1 29/4 37 9 .2
2 1/4 5166/1 31/4 36 9 .6
23/4 565 811 33/4 35 10.0
25/ 4 6150/1 3514 34 10.3
27/4 664211 37/4 33 10.5
29/4 71 34/1 39/4 32 10 ,7
3 1/4 762611 41/4 31 10.9
33/4 81 1811
3514 86 101t Table 2. Gain and included angle for V-beams.
37/ 4 91021t
39/4 95 9411 15 me ters . It has been my sc ribe d la rge ce nt e rfe d
41/4 1008611 exper ie nce t hat t he actu a l ante nnas whe re the len gth
43/4 1057811
leg len gths o n 80 meters of eac h leg is a n odd
Table 1. Determ ining th e co rrec t leg len gth. are some wha t shorter than number of quarter wave-
the fo rmula values, so a leg lengths. Multiband use of a
The fo rmulas shown in explained that multiband lengt h of 428 feet may single ante nna is poss ible
thes e ta bles will give leg operation was possible, 50
wo rk we ll on a ll bands by a jud icious cho ice of leg
leng ths which are approx- I got o ut my calculato r and fro m 80 to 15 meters. A leg len gth , a nd low-sta ndi ng
imate ly co rrec t, but these made a list of ante nna len gth of 362 feet should wav e ratios are achieved
va lues sho uld be used on ly lengt hs which wo uld be work on 40 and 20 me ters, bv -plac ing a 4:1 ba lun at
as sta rt ing poin ts. All an- reson an t in the ba nds I 330 feet o n 10 and 15 the fe ed poin t. These la rge
tenn as should be cut a lit- wan ted to ope rate (80 a nd meters, and 310 feet on 80 antennas show gain ove r a
tle bit long to a llow fo r 20 meters ). Then I looked and 15 mete rs. For reall y ' nor mal dipole and may be
t rimm ing t o t he exact thro ugh my list to see if a ny big anten nas, a leg len gth oriented in eit her stra ight-
length wh ich is required. of the numbe rs match ed. It of 710 fee t looks goo d o n line or V-be.q!!!.. conf igura-
The ac t ua l resonant fre- turned out that a %-wave-
40, 20, a nd 15 meters, 943 t ion. •
qu ency of any ante nna is leng th leg o n 80 mete rs wa s feet for 160 and 80 meters,
affect ed by factor s such as the sa me size as a 11/4- and 673 fee t for 160 a nd 20 Acknowledgemen t
heig ht above the ea rth and meters. Formulas and tables in this
wave lengt h leg on 20 me-
proximity to ot he r ob jects. te rs - a bo ut 190 feet in artic le were taken from 73
Conclu sion Dip ole a nd Long-Wire Anten-
length .
Multi band Use T his a rti cle ha s de- nas by Ed Noll W3FQJ.
This ante nna was built
Certa in leg len gth s will from #12 co ppe rweld wire
Leg Length in t eg Length in Feet
resonate on mo re th an one and fed thro ugh a W2AU Wave lengths (I in MHz)
ama te ur band , which can balun with a 4:1 imped - 45/4 110 70/1
be ve ry convenie nt. I used ance ratio . The swr was 47/4 1156211
to wor k in a sma ll co a l-min- below 2:1 ac ross t he whol e 49/4 1205411
ing tow n deep in the hills 20 mete r ba nd . On 80 5 1/4 125 46/1
and hollows of southern meters, the reson ant fre- 53/ 4 1'30381t
West Virginia. I lived in a q ue ncy was lower than I 5514 13530/1
mo bile ho me and had 340 had planned (3.7 MHz ver- 57/4 1402211
feet of RG-8 coax wh ich sus 3.9 MHz), but I st ill was 59/4 14514/1
ran from my ham shack u p 6 1/4 1500611
able to op er ate my Triton
63/4 154981t
the holl ow to a hillto p li on 75 meter phone with 6514 159901t
beh ind my tra iler. I bad ly the swr around 3:1. 67/4 1648211
needed an a nte nna which Other suita ble com bina- 69/4 16974/1
co uld cove r severa l ban ds tion s can be found by plug- 7114 17466/1
wit h a single feedline and ging desired freq uen cies of 73/4 1795811
which had some gain to operation into the various 7514 184 50/1
mak e up fo r t he cable eq uat ions and making a list 77 /4 1894211
losses. of the res ulting leg lengths. 79/4 1943 4/1
81/4 19926/1
While read ing Ed Noll' s For exa mple, a leg leng th
83/4 2041811
boo k, 73 Dipole and Lon g- of ab ou t 440 feet sho uld 85/4 20910/1
Wire A nten nas, I ca me reson at e on bo th 80 a nd 87/4 2 140211
ac rojs th e info rm atio n and 40 meters, while 428
given here as Tabl e 1. Ed fee t look s good fo r 20 an d Tab le 3. Leg lengths for very lo ng antennas.
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Bedf ord , Massachu sett s 01730 fo rnia 95051- LF·398, low cost
- SH703, low cost, $22. IC, $5.
ICorrections
It has been called to ou r at- In my arti cle " 12 Vo lts, 5
tent ion th at th e bread board A m ps , 3 Te rmi na ls " (Ap ri l,
shown o n page 51 o f our Jun e, 1979), t here was an error in t he
1979, issue is indeed Con t inen- sc hem at ic- t he ele ct ro l yt i c
ta l Sp eci alties Corporation 's cap sho uld be so mew here in t he
Model EXP-300 Experimentor
Proto-Board" ,
John C. Burnett
range of 250D-4000 u F at 30
vo lts or so, not 500 uF at 1000
vol ts. My power supply has two
100-uF, as-vot t caps in parall el ,
Managing Edito r
but it shou ld be em phas ized
In my art icle " Buil d th e $80 th at th is was a co mmerci ally-
Wo nd e r" (Novem be r, 1978), bu ilt supply (m inus th e reg -
t here was an error in t he input ulator w hich is w hat the art ic le
ampl ifi er shown in Fig . 6. The was in t ended to in t rod uce). The
co rrec te d po rtio n is s how n des ig ner of th e supply to ok a
below . shortc ut in t he ca p's value in
Howard M. Berlin W3HB orde r to ret ain th e small si ze of
Newar k DE the supply. I am reco mme ndi ng
t he 2500·4000 uF, 35-vo lt elec -
t rclytl c s to t hose who have
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been w rit ing, if t hey can get
alon g w it h t he ext ra spac e t hat
is required .
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Ag ai n, th e intended purpose
TO 74 00 of th e art icl e was to in trodu ce a
~o GATE
SO<MI TT very eff ective way to obt ain reg -
TRIGGER ulat ion of a power supply wit h a
minimum o f ex t ern a l part s
(one l), If an yone wa s to dupli-
ca te the c irc ui t show n, it does
Fig. 6 (partial), " Build the $80 work, and w ill ma ke an eff ecti ve
Wond er. " sup ply at a small cost as long
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Ref erences
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have t he received Mo rse char-
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and ASCII. On ce t ran sla ted, th e
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3A (des ign ed and built in th e
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Baudot. This un it used d iscret e
co m po nents and weighed so me
110 Ibs. lt s CW speed cap ab ility ..
range was 10-110 wp m , ma -
chi ne -se nt. Tw o-le vel Mor se-
keye d dc , or Morse-keyed audio
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Baud ot , and t hen to TTY copy. - -
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ren t loop int l.nll('C. Up to 9600 bau d
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3. Shei ngol d, D. H., Ana log -Digita l
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02062 , 1972.
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Microcomputer RTTY ... a Software TU
- use your 8080 and very little else

Count frequen cies, too.

A/bert S. Woodhull N 1A W
Enfield Road, RFD 2
Pelham MA 0/ 002
m i c rop ro ce ssor -ce nte red and runn ing in a few sec- half cycle. Fig. 2 shows a
RTTY te rm inal uni t. I am o nds. f lowcha rt, and Fig. 3 sho w s
w riting t his also to show an 8080 A program to d o
Counting Frequ en cie s
how easy it can be to t his. Tw o re gi st er s a re
With a Computer
repl ace har dw ar e w it h soft- used , o ne to hol d t he pre-
w are. A ppl icat io ns such as Th e co m p u t e r wo r k s v io us input, and o ne to
t he o ne I w ill describe re- with o nes and ze ros; co unt- cou nt up t he num ber of
quire o nly a f rac t io n of t he ing is a ver y sim ple t ask fo r t im es th e p'oll.!:a m loo ps
amou nt of mem or y t hat is it. A littl e b it o f exte rn al betw een changes in th e in-

M i c ro p ro ce sso rs a re needed t o do ca lc ula t io ns hardw are hel p is needed, put . Suppose, at t he sta rt -
no t ju st super ca lc u- wi th a high-leve l langu age how ever, to get t he Signa l ing t im e, t he inpu t sig nal
lators . They are general- suc h as BASIC. A nd, fo r t he f ro m t he outside world Into. -..from th e inver ter is in t he 0
purpo se e lectronic circuits expe ri me n te r, re placi ng the f o rm. th e co mp ute r re- ph ase o f th e sq uare wave.
w ait i ng on l y for pr o - gadget s w it h pr ograms has . quires. Fig. 1 shows an ade- The un used sev en bits wi ll
gra ms to tran sfo rm th em another great advant age. quat e arra ngement . An op- b e r e ad as o nes a nd
in to spec ia liz ed devices. In . No longer d o yo u need t o erat io nal am p lif ier circ u it 11111 110 will be sto red .
t his art icl e I w il l describe w orry about t he co nd iti on boosts t he input sign al toa - 'Unt il t he input changes to
how a co mputer ca n be of yo ur gear if a length y level. adequ ate to d ri ve a th e 1 phase, th e progra m
u se d a s a f re q u e nc y eq uipme nt mod ifi cation TTL Inv erter. Th e resu ltin g w il l lo op and t he co unte r,
co unter, and I w ill show doesn't w ork. Rew ind yo ur sq uare w ave IS app li ed t o w ill count . Eventu all y, a
how t he co unti ng pr ogram t ape ca ssette and you c an o ne bit of an Inpu t port of t im e w ill co me wh en t he in-
ca n become t he basis of a have t he old vers ion up t he com puter. On most put is read as 11111111 .
syste ms, t he other seve n When t his happens, t he
b i t s ca n Just be l e f t co u nt wi ll be d ispl ayed
f loating, but, if yo u are and a new cou nt sta rt ed . If
picky, yo u ca n t ie t hem to desired, a b it of program-
eit her gro und or + 5 vo l ts. ming co uld be don e to cal-
O n my home-b rew comp ~ t- cul at e th e frequ en cy in
er, I have a number of In- de cim al units from t he
put a nd output por t s. t hat binar y repr esent at ion o f
I 2o F
...
are Im p le me nted as Single t he d ur ati o n of a half cy -
bits for ap plicat io ns like c1 e, but, f or many pur-
t hi s, T h e t ra nsfo r m er poses, it is adeq uate to
Fig. 1. Inp ut in terface. The pot ;s used to adjust the gain of show n may not be neces- kno w wha t pattern o n th e
th e 741 amplifier un til it drives the 7404 TTL in verter to the sary, but m ay help In k eep- LED di sp lay co rrespo nds t o
poin t o f produ cin g a cl ean sq uare wave ou tp ut of th e mg 6D-cycl e Int erf erence a desir ed f requency.
same frequ enc y as th e input. 60- or 12O-c ycle hu m is th e out of t he syst em .
vill ain th at can make this difficult; th e transfo rmer may Th e ea si e st wa y t o Fo r a ty pi c al 8080A sys-
not always be necessar y. but sometimes elim inating the measure a ud io f requ en ci es tem with a 500-ns clock,
co mmo n gro und connection gets rid o f hum. is t o tim e t he duration of a th e in stru ction loop ju st

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 d iscussed wi ll require 14.5
I'sec. If yo u were t rying t o
measure the tones from an
AFSK generato r, t his co unt-
er w o u ld prod uce a cou nt
of 16 (00010000 in bin ary)
f o r a 2125-Hz input o r a
co unt of 1 5 (00001111) fo r
a 2295-H z inpu t. Th a t
mi ght be good f or some
pu rposes, but it obv io usly
is not very accurat e. The
way to make a timer more
acc urate is to time longer
interv al s. Th e co u nt i ng
t ime can be doubl ed by
t im ing who le cy cles of t he
i nput i ns te ad o f h alf
cyc les . T h is a l so wi l l
elimi nate inaccu racy due
to asym metry in t he sq uare
wave input . For t he 8080A
prog ram ill ust rat ed , t his
ca n be acc o mp lished by
cha nging t he JZ (j um p on
zero ) inst ruc t io n to J NC
(j um p o n no c arry). Foll ow-
ing a comparison opera-
ti o n, t he zero f lag is set
wh en t he num bers co m-
pared are equal , so in the
o rig inal version of th e pro'
gra m, th e loop is br o ken
w h e ne v e r t h e i n p ut
changes from 1 t o 0 or fr o m
o to 1. Th e ca rry f lag is set
wh en th e num ber in th e ac-
cumulator register is less
tha n t he co mpariso n num-
ber. Thu s, by using th e no-
carry' condition to stay in
th e loop, t he t imer ig no res
transiti o ns from 0 to 1 and
the count accum ulates un-
til a t ransition fro m 1 to 0
occurs .
A sec o nd way t o in-
crease acc uracy is to put
t he basic program in sid e a
l arger l oop th at c o u nts
d ow n a pre d e t erm i ned
num ber of cycles of t he in-
put signal. Figs. 4 and 5
sho w t he fl ow ch art and
p rog ram f o r thi s approach .
The inner l oo p agai n takes
14.5 usee, bu t now t he JNC
instruc ti o n is used to kee p
t he t imer going for t he en-
tire duration of an audio
c y c l e. Th e o u t er l o o p
causes t he inn er loo p t o be
repeat ed as man y t imes as
t he va lue ini t iall y lo ad ed
into regi st er D ca ll s f or.
W ith t his approa ch, st an-
d ard AFSK t o nes in th e
range of 2000 t o 3000 Hz
ca n be measured to th e
nearest 10 Hz o r so. This
w ill suff i ce for ad j usti ng an
A FSK generator o r cal i-
brating an osci llator to be
used in ad j usti ng a RTTY
d e m o d u l at o r. M ore ac -
curacy yet can be achie ved
by t im ing a larg er numb er
of cycles and acc umu lat-
ing t he count in a 16-b it
register pair. Stil l other
sof tware frill s co u ld t urn
th e co m put er into a f ancy
frequ ency met er ind eed ,
but t hat is not m y pr esent
goal. In stead, I w ou ld like
to show how th e basic t im-
ing p rog ram can be used to
bu ild a rad io tel etype t er-
minal un it w ith capabil iti es
no t usuall y fou nd in the
sim pl er ana lo g TU ci rcui ts.
The Software Ter minal
Unit
M y ho m e-b r ew co m -
puter decodes aud io sig-
nals from an aud io cassette
recorder by means of a sim-
ple cycl e tim er p rog ram
w hic h is st or ed in read-o nly
memor y . Com pa red to t he
p ro b l e m s of d e co di ng
over-t he-air RTTY sig nals, it
is tri v ial to decod e a t ape.
A fe w p rel im inary exper-
iment s sho we d me th at t he
simp le f requency m easur-
ing routines could work on
cl ear and st ro ng signals, so
I set out to def in e t he addi-
tio na l requirem ents f o r
RTTY.
Essen ti al fea t u re s fo r
RTTY are some ki nd of fil -
t ering t o mi nimize th e ef-
f ec ts of interf erences and
some k ind of tu ning in-
d ic at or . A nother f eat ure,
not ne cessary, but ve ry
desira bl e, is a sque lc h o r
mark-hold pr o vi si o n to
keep t he prin t er f ro m run-
nin g w ild when a usefu l sig-
na l is not presen t. Finally,
an easy way of t hrow ing in
a l o c a ll y-gener at ed li ne
feed or carriage return can
some times prevent loss of
pr int. Doi ng all t his in soft-
wa re is easy.
Th e fl ow ch ar t of Fig. 6
show s how all th ese provi-
sio ns are incl uded . Ent ry co unt ered. The TU pro-
and exit fro m the pr ogr am gram th en chec ks for t B
are t hro ugh a cont ro l sec- (con t rol B) o r tE charac ters,
tion w hich all ows a lo cal whic h cause exi ts t o eit her
A SCII key boa rd to d irect a RTTY transmit routine or
operatio ns. Nex t, a cycl e t he co nt ro l level of my
timer section determ ines monitor program . n , tN, or
th e f req uency of t he in- t R characte rs are sto red for
co m ing audio . D eci sion later ref erence; th ey sig-
routines cause execution ni f y Tun e (no pr inting),
t o b ranch , fi rst to d isplay Norm al (low ton e is m ark),
the current state on a tun- and Reve rse (high t o ne is
ing ind ic at or, and t hen t o mark).
ta k e appropri at e ac t io n. A Th e frequ ency measure-
"no ise counter" disables ment porti on of th e pr o-
th e pr inter when ever t he
sig n a l-to -no ise r a ti o
becomes low er t han the
p rep ro g ra mmed ac cept-
abl e li m i t. A " si g n a l
count er" take s over the
f unctions of a post-detec-
t ion l ow-pass f il te r, and t he
p roces sed data t hen d rives
th e pr in ter mag net through
an o utput po rt and ve ry
simple interface circuitry .
The deta ils can be seen
in t he program li st ing. In
my syste m, a surplus 8-b it
p a r all el - o u tpu t AS C I I
k eyboard has its data lines
co nnec te d t o on e inp ut
po rt and its st ro be lin e co n-
nec ted to another. Th e
co ntro l section of t he pro-
gram first exa mi nes the
stro be signal and skips t o, _
t he f req uency-meas u re - '.
ment sec t io n if no key is
d ep ressed . I f a key i s
pressed, a subrout ine in my
mo nitor pro gram is called
w hic h conve rts th e A SCI I Fig. 2. Flo w ch art for fre-
to Bau dot and drives t he quen cy m easurem en t b y
p rin t er . Th e su b ro ut ine cycl e timing. Note that this
check s f or co nt ro l charac- s im ple version tim es the
t ers and ret urns imm e- dur etion of a half c ycle o f
di at el y w hen one is en- input.
START MVI COO reset counter
IN AUDIO get input
MOV B,A store it
LOOP INR C increm ent counter
IN AUDIO get new input
CM P B compa re wit h first input
JZ LOOP if same repeat cycle
otherwise display count
MOV A,C
OUT DISPLAY
JM P START and do it all agai n
Fig. 3. An 8080 program that tim es half cycles o f audio ac-
co rd ing to the flo w char t of Fig. 2. The O ISPLA Y o u tput
port can be a row o f LEOs or 7-segment displa ys which
show the co unt in octal or hexadecima l. The meaning o f
th e co unt in real-tim e units will depend on th e clo ck fre-
qu enc y o f the processor.
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gram w orks Iike t he ro u- time . Thi s prob l e m i s
tin es descri bed in the fi rst solved by an ext ra loo p
part of t his art ic le, w it h w hic h ca use s th e co m pute r
two ref ine ment s. It doesn't to wait for t he cy cle in
matter t hat a simple co n-
pro gress to f inish bef or e
t inuous l y-c ycl ing rou tin e t he f oll owi ng f ive cy cles of
gives a sho rt co unt on it s aud io are t imed . The o t her
fir st cyc le . Fo r RT T Y ref inem ent is a more co m-
d eco d in g, a n acc ura te plic at ed nest in g of t he in-
count is neede d t he f irst ner and outer lo ops w hich
kee ps th e exec ution ti me
co ns ta nt re g ar dl ess of
wh ich branch is fo llow ed .
Th is is aide d by insert ing a
" no n se nse in str u c t io n"
(M OV B,B) int o o ne br anch
t o co mpensate for t he ex-
ec ut io n t ime of the DCR C
inst ructi on in t he ot her
bra nch .
A l l th e in f o r m a t i o n
needed to acc urate ly tun e
in a RTTY st at io n and d riv e
th e p rinter is in th e output
of t he f requ ency measure-
ment sect ion of t he pro-
gram . Wi t h an al og c ir-
cu rt rv , at t his point one
would use a com par ator to
decid e w het her a vo ltage
w as above o r below a
criterion level. H avin g a
L ESS co unt, no t a vo ltage, and
T HA'l" I ST
having t he power o f t he
micropro cessor m akes pos-
sible a six-way decision .
Try setting up co mpa rato rs
to do t hat at th e o ut put of
a ph ase-locked loo p! I use
t he vario us po ssible o ut-
co mes of this six-way de ci-
sio n to light up a row of
LEDs o n t he fro nt panel of
my co m pute r. As t he re-
ceive r is t uned acro ss a
Fig. 4. Flowchart for an ac- signal, th e li ght ap pea rs to
curate frequency-measure- move fr o m left to right as
m ent program that times the audio tone goes from
the duration of n who le l ow to hi gh . Fi g. 7 i l-
cycles of the input signal. lu st r a t e s t he patte r ns
STA RT MYI D,n set loop counter
MYIC,O reset timer counter
IN AUDIO get input
LOOP MOY B,A store it
IN R C increment timer
IN AUDIO get new input
CM P B compare with first input
JN C LOOP if equal to or greater than first repeat cycle
DCR D otherwise dec remen t cycle counter
JN Z LOOP and continue t iming another cycle
MOV A,C when done , retrieve the total count and show it
OUT DISP LAY
JMP START and do it a ll aga in
Fig. 5. The 8080 program co rrespond ing to th e fl o wch art o f Fig. 4. The co unt indicates the
duration o f n co m plete cy cl es of the au dio inp ut signal.
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Constant Location s In Assemb led listing
CRITl 044A
CRIT2 044F
CRIT3 0454
CRIT4 0459
CRIT5 045E
KBDSTB 0401
KBD 0408
KBDW 04El
PRINT 040A 04E8
MO NITOR 0429
AUDIO 0430 0433 043A
PRINTER 0479 04C E 04DC
LEDDI SP 0468 0480 0487 0499 04AO
Tab le 1. The above locations will probably have to be
changed to ma ke the TU program run o n a different
machine. The values for CRITl , CRIT2, CRIB, CRIT4, and
CRIT5 will depend on the clock frequency 01 the com-
puter being used. The o ther values listed are port num bers
or, in the case of PRINT and MONITOR, routines in the
autho r's ROM m o nitor.
o bse rve d . The effect ive- co u nte red . Va lid signals
ness of t he te chniq ue is dec reme nt th e same co unt-
du e to th e crite ria f or t he er. li m it s are p laced o n t he
co m pa risons having bee n m axim um a nd m inim um
chosen in suc h a wa y t hat a va lues the noise counte r
cl ear in di cation t hat t he can ho ld, and, after each
signa l is not t uned in exact- f re q ue ncy m easure m en t,
ly o n cent er is give n bef or e the noise-counter va lue is
the error is great eno ugh to co m pa red w it h an int er-
ca use inaccurate printin g. med iate crite rion.
Wi th pra ctice, it is also W he n the criterion is ex-
easy t o spo t shifts w hich cee de d, o peratio n of the
are too w ide, or stati on s pr inter is suppr esse d. W it h
tra n sm i tt i ng " u ps i de th e va lues given in th e
dow n." li sti ng, printing w ill pro -
The m ark-hold and low- cee d w hen a good signal is
pass fil t eri ng t ec hn iq ues I ·. decod ed o ne-t hird of t he
use are also examples of t i m e. W hen t he si g nal
sim ple soft ware impl emen- d ro ps o ut , t he prin t er is
t at ion of f unctions t hat sile nce d almost" im medi-
would be rel ati vel y co_mo . ately, but a f rac ti on o f a
plex w it h ana lo g ci rc uits. seco nd of stea dy m ar k
Each of t hese fe atu res uses to ne at t he beginning of a
a co unte r. The m ark-ho ld is t ra nsmissio n im med iate ly
co ntro lled by t he no ise enab le s t he pri nter.
cou nte r. This register is in-
cre me nte d w hen a to ne too The low-p ass fil te r also
hig h or too low t o be a uses a cou nter, w hic h I ca ll
valid RTTY sign al is en- t he signal co unte r. M ark
si gn a l s in c r em en t t h is
co unt er and space signals
decrement it. Th e counter
is lim ited to a mi ni mum
va lue of ze ro and a m ax-
im um va lue o f seve n. A
mark signa l is sent t o th e
pr inte r w hen t he va lue is
f ou r o r hi gher; ot herw ise, a
space sig nal is generated .
Th us, at any t ime, t he prin t-
er is give n a signa l COf-
responding t o t he m ajority
of t he eight p rev io us sam-
pl es o f aud io from the
re cei v er. Wi t hou t so me
fo rm of filteri ng o f t his ent port numbers fo r m y eati ng a d d ress es, b ut it hig h m ark lights to b link as
sort, the inform ation in key boa rd; t he o ne used sho uld be no ted t ha t a ma- t he audi o in p ut is ro cke d
80 % of t he re ceived signal he re initia tes a WA IT state jo r a nd cruc ia l d iffer en ce aroun d 2210 Hz .
is lost, since th e p rinter in t he 8080A whi ch is te r- between my com p ute r a nd
itse lf sa mple s o nly 20 % of m inated by th e fa lling edge most o thers is t he clock fre- Interlacing an d O peratio n
eac h bit. of th e keyb o ard st robe s ig- q ue ncy. My junk- bo x crys- A few pieces of ha rd-
The la st pa rt of t he na l. Th is al lows me to tal gives me a cl o ck peri od wa re ex te rna l to th e co m-
list ing isn 't rea lly pa rt of s imp lify t he co d ing used of 694 ns instead of t he pu t e r a re ne e d e d , o f
t he RTTY re ce iv ing ro utin e for getting keyboard inp u t usual 500 ns. The var io us course. A t t he in pu t , a ci r-
at a ll. Thi s is a s im p le lo o p in c as es like t his. crite ria cons ta nts w i ll nee d cu it s uc h as t he o ne a l-
t hat e nab les me to use t he It wou ld be c rue l to p re- to be reeva lu ated to suit re ad y d esc ribed in Fig. 1 is
ASCII keyboa rd for tran s- se nt a progra m list ing of the timi n g o f a no t he r ne eded to co nvert th e re-
mitti ng RTTY. It includ es a t his sort with out pointing syste m . This can be do ne c eive r a udi o to di gi tal
te st to re c o gni z e a tc o ut th e parts of th e p ro- expe rime nta lly by usin g a leve ls. It w ill he lp if a bit o f
cha rac te r as a co mmand to g ra m th at migh t need to be calib rated audio osc illa to r a ud io fi lte ring p reced es
leave th e t ran sm it ro ut ine cha nged to m ake it ru n o n (ca lib rate it w it h the tim e r this. Fig. 8 shows a sim ple
and retur n to the receive a no t he r system . Ta bl e 1 progam !) a nd t ryin g d if- filter wh ic h give s good re-
rou ti ne. It is no t a m ispri nt lists the instructio ns w hic h feren t va lues f or eac h su lts w he n fo llowe d by t he
t hat t he keybo a rd is ca lled are uni q ue t o m y own co m- cr iterion, usi ng t he t un ing re c o m m e nd e d 10 k-Ohm
by a diffe ren t po rt n u mber pute r. For t he mo st par t, ind ica to r to ch eck re sul ts. lo a d . The .05 -u F ca pa c ito r
her e t ha n t hat use d in t he patc hing the p rog ra m w ill For exam pl e, CRITERION 3 sho u ld be c ho se n to give a
co nt ro l section of th e pro- requ ire c ha ng ing o nly I/O sho u ld be a va lue t hat pe a k at arou nd 2200 Hz .
gram . I de code two d iffer- por t a ssignme nt s a nd rel o- ca uses t he low s pace a nd T he la s t ex te rn a l it e m

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w ill w iden the passband.
Selecting capacitors fro m
1'10 VALID '>--"'' - --,
R ~TY . / th e junk box is t he easiest
way to tun e the filter.

by ea r whe n t he a udio level

Fig. 6. Flowchart for complete TV program. Note th e 6-way partition of the data for driv-
ing th e tuning displ ay. The no ise co unter squelches the pri nter w hen there is too mu ch
noise present. The signal counter acts as a post-detection low-pass filter.
nee ded is a d rive r fo r t he
t e lep rinter lo op . Fig. 9
shows how I do it. A high-
vo lta ge tran sistor can be
used fo r th e switch if one is
ava ila ble. The piggy back
circ uit show n a llows th e
o 0
o STE.I,DY TONI':, TOO l.OW TO BE VALID MARK
is ade quate . T un in g is
simp ly a matter of watch-
ing the LED disp lay and
making corrections when
the low mark or high space
light s beg in to flash.
As I said at the sta rt, o ne
of th e ad va ntages o f soft-
ware is the ease of modifi -
cation . Just sitt ing down to
ty pe t his manuscrip t made
me think of four o r five
cha nges , a nd I just had to
t ry th em bef ore getti ng
back to the ty pew riter. I' m
sure anyo ne w ho tries t his
~? >--"''
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" will come up with ot he r
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-j changes. I intend to do
some expe riment ing with
d iff er e n t a m o u nts o f
avera gin g in-th e signa l
co u nt e r a nd di ffer ent
cri teria i n t he no i se
counter. It a lso wou ld be
'possible to add more co n-
t rol signal s to insta ntl y
mod ify t he c rite ria a nd
allow fo r diff e rerit shifts .
... .Enough informat ion is ex~
use of re lat ive ly lo w- allow determination of th e tracted to a llow th e ge n-
vol tag e " e xpe rim e n t e r prop er a ud io level. I usu al- eratio n of co nt rol signa ls
g ra b ba g" powe r t ran- Iy use a simp le au dio rno n- for af e. I wou ld e njoy hea r-
sisto rs to switc h the high- itor co nnected right at the ing f rom rea de rs who un-
vo ltage loop c urre nt. co mputer input por t. Wit h dertake so me of these im-
For initia l setu p, an oscil- this arrangement, I ca n tell provern ents . •
loscope is convenient to
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Fig. 9. A TTL-to-fiO-mA loop interface circu it. QJ and Q4
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Fig. 7. Some of th e po ssible co m binat io ns see n on the ro w pigg yback circu it is a useful one fo r switching high
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Tie a 6800 to a five-level Tele type TM.

SW TPC 6800 to a Baud ot co py , o r if yo u wa nt to use ne e d a ll eleve n bits whe n

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c hines , such as be ing slow, sta n d a rd SWTPC M P-S re ad y slo w .jfrm te r. it wi ll

I n a n e a rl ie r article
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just lon g stop bits . Trying
to copy t his w ay w o u ld not
a nd co m pat ib le w ith ham thi s board use s a n ACIA ·· work o n anything that was
ra d io ope rat io n . If y o u (6850 ) c hip, a nd th er e is no sent at near-syn ch ron ou s
wa nt c he a p (b u t s low) har d way to tell it t hat yo u do n't spee d . The pr o gram wo uld
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 Release Yourself
A broken tile, a rusty sword, the timeworn remnants of a medieval tapestry:
Nothing sparks the imagination more than these fragile reminders of an other
place, an other time, another way of life . . . nothing, that is, save the prospect
of living it. That's why Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio is fast becoming a national
fad among avid computer garners and computer professionals alike. Why not get
in on the fun today?
This superb simulation casts up to six lords and ladies as
competitors in a race for the rule of their respective 15th cen- I------'~m'----_l
tury Italian city-states.
Each player begins with 1.000 Florins, a smali parcel of
land, a suitable complement of serfs, and a prewritten
obituary and time of death. Life was short back then, so you'd Santa Paravia
better move quickly . . . from this point on you're on your
own. and Fiumaccio
HARVEST
• A trlldllmark 01 Tandy Corporation
The winter ended, the grain steward reports the minimum
grain amount necessary to feed your people; depending on
how much of your reserves were eaten by rats, you may need
to purchase additional grain. Underfeeding will cause many
serfs to die, and will also severel y lower the birth rate. If you
fared the winter well, you may be in a position to sell surplus
grain or to overfeed your people, w hich will cause a higher
birth rate and attract serfs from less fortunate neighboring
towns-something you should consider if you plan to purchase
additional land for farming.
You can also speculate in land and grain at this tim e. The
price may vary from year to year , but an average increase is
certain.
TAXES
You must now decide the levels of taxation for your com-
munity. As in real life , the consequences of your decisions are
far-reaching: Set th e customs tax too high, and busines ses will
suffer; a high income tax won't sit well with the wealthy; and 0043R Instant Software Inc .• Peterbo roug h NH 03458 USA S ee ,e..,.. 10' p' o gre m ", lorm . Mn

an overburdening sales tax has got to cut down receipts at your

markets . Experiment , and you're sur e to find a poli cy that will
work well with your present economy- but changes will sure-
ly be needed as your community grows .
You've also got to decide a policy for justice. Will you be
very fair (costs money, but is great for the economy) or
outrageous (taking bribes, selling justice to th e highest
bidder)? A lenient st ance will attract more ser fs, while
outrageous justice will soon ha ve them fleeing to more pleas-
ant surroundi ngs.
MAP PH ASE
The computer will now draw a detailed map of your area.
From this map you will be able to determine the adequacy of
your defenses , the ratio of wor kers to acreage, the number of
wool en mills and market places, and the size of your castle and
cathedral.
PUBLIC WORKS
Your treasury laden with the fruits of a year's labor, you can
now pu rchase a woolen mill or two, or inv est in more market
places. Maybe you'll decide to increase the size of your castle .
If you feel that more clergy support might ha sten your rise to
the throne, build another wing on your cathedral. If your land
ar ea has gro wn quickly, this might be the time to arm another
unit of serfs for your regions' defense. Your com puter will now
look back at what you've accomplished in the last year, and
decide if you merit a higher title.
OBITUARY
At thi s point, the computer will check to see if you' ve
reached "the fullnes s of time." If so, it will print the year and
caus e of your death, and your highest rank obtained.
Although the computer will no longer offer your turn , the
statistics of your reign will be kept in the comparison table un -
til the game's end. Since it's whoever reaches the throne first,
or achieves the highest title before death who wins ... you
could still wind up the winner. In an y case, you' re sure to end
the game a little wiser -and chomping at the bit to pla y
again.
Available for th e 16K level I and level II TRS-80 microcom-
puter. Order No. 0043R. $7.95. (See pg. 91 for order blonk)
Instant Software"lnc.
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liIa7S 0 3tS 3 2 7 F a sac on su GO axcx " A" accu m ul at o r (j u st like to SAVX (1680) to rest o re
a l 76 0 aras C6 ee SEND L DA B esea LClAD iJA'J DOT CHARACTER
arr re 3r87 CA ze 0 ""' B HE" SET EXT!lA 8 I TS TO iiA :'lK M IKB UG). The first th in g it in dex reg ister and " B" ac-
017 i10 aras r7 30 "0 57 ,. a ACIA · l SE'I D r r
01 7 9 0 asec 39 :-ITS do es (l ines 1150-1160) is re- cum u lato r and return .
j ect any lo w erca se ASCI I. Lookup (1710 ) does t he
1iI 1il U a-eo C6 ao xixr LOA B U0 J Next, it st ores th e ind ex act u a l c on v er si on a n d
ei ere arnr F7 311a c 5 7A S AC IA
ara ae J ,C2 C6 55 LOA 8 IS S 5 register and points th e in- st o res t he Baudo t c hara c-
ar s ae 3Fe 4 r7 J ~\l C STA S AC LA
dex register to t he st art o f ter in SEND + 1 . In li nes
il 134'a 3 f C7 39

TOTAL eaaons e ee a a
"" t he conversio n t ab le (l i nes 1 730-1 750, t he U AR T is
1210-1 220). test ed to see if it is read y
o pe rate eit her f rom m y ca use o f t he ea se o f re lo- In l inel 230, th e progr am for a new c haracte r. 1760-
ST-5 or th e co m puter, w ith- cating it. If you have a m ak es sure t hat we are 1 770 sends t he c haracter to
out doing any sw itching . b loc k-move program , only ta lking abo ut 7-bit ASCI I the UA RT . 1 7 8 0- 1 8 2 0
Similarly, t he in pu t is a t he m em ory loc at ions i n and then saves t he " B" ac- strobes t he UA RT to tel l it
resisto r i n t he loo p w hic h li nes 1130, 1210, and 1 220 cumu lator (l ine 1240). that t he c ha racter c an be
allows eithe r the keyboard have to be c hanged . From Th e te st in li ne 1260 is to sent .
or th e ST-5 in pu t to t he he re on , relat ive o r i ndexed see if t he PIA has been ini- So ftwa re to inpu t a c ha r-
add ressing is u sed . t ializ ed o r not. It does th is ac te r is li st ed in t he No-
co m pu te r.
The fi rst p art of t he pro - by c hec k ing t o see wh at is ve m ber arti cle and w i ll not ,
Co nstr uction gram (1040-1110) co nsist s st ore d i n LAST + 1 (l i ne be repeated here.
I am sorry to say t hat I of a lookup t ab le to co n- 1 510). If it sees a negati v e Th ese two pr ogr am s do
do not have a ni ce printed v ert Baudot t o ASC II. In va l ue ($ FF), it will' go not repre sent a co m p let e
c irc u it b oard to build t his t he ta bl e, t he co nversio n is thro ugh t he INT po rt ion sy st em f or RTTY o pe rat ion,
gadget o n. Mine is hand- acco m pl ished by p oin t ing (129 0-1340) w hic h w i l l ini- but rath er a set of sub-
wi red o n a pi ece o f vec tor- t he index regi st er at t he tia l ize t he PIA , cl ear t he rou tin es t o be inco rp o-
b oard w hic h is th e same st art o f t he tabl e and using last f lag, and pu t t he pri nt - rated in suc h a sy ste m . A
size as t he SW T PC I/O th e A SC I I character (6-bi t er in letters shift. com p le te system w o u ld
b oard s and has t he same form) as an offset. Line fee d If it sees a nonneg ati v e _n eed a software FI FO and
pl ug arrangeme nt. For no an d ca rriage re t urn are va lue, it wi ll j u mp arou nd some f orm of sense sw itc h
good reaso n, I pu t it on slo t han d led as exceptions. No this section. A ll th is me ans op er at ion , so you wou ld
3. othe r co ntro l c harac ters that, if you have reset t he automat ica lly switch fro m
are all o w ed (bel l migh t co mp u te r, yo u need to re- t he input program to t he
Program have b een usef ul ). store t he $FF in LA ST + 1~ " outp ut program w hen yo ur
Th e progra m to co nve rt Space is ha nd led as an Thi s is th e purpo se o f t he tr ansm itter is keyed.
ASC I I to Baudot (see l ist ing CIN T rou tin e. T he program li sted here
excep t ion bec au se so m e
1) is notew o rth y o nly be- mac hines are set up f o r un- Lines 1 350-14 70 c hec k c an be u sed to give hard
f or c arr iage re t urn, l i ne co py o n yo ur ex ist ing pro -
f eed , and sp ace. If it fi nd s gram ..·
th em , it subst it u t es v al ues The procedure f or find -
fo r th em so t hey ca n be in g t he correct p laces and
pri nted . Line 1472 rejec ts t he pa t ch in g p roc ed u res
all o t her co nt ro l c ha rac- we re o u tl ined i n my ea rli er
t ers. Lin e 1480 converts t he (M arc h, 1978) art icle.
charac te r ' to 6-bit A SCII , I w o u ld l ike to say t hat I
and t hen it is st ored t o be am no t sure how m uc h o f
sent lat er (1490). this is my ow n wo rk and
In s-btt ASC II , if t he h o w muc h wa s Doug
c ha racte r is less th an hex Schwab WA4ZV1 ' s. A ny-
20, it is a le tter o f th e how, thanks to Doug, and
alphabet, so we sho uld be t ha nks t o th e re peate r
in letter s shift . ga ng . •
If it is greater t h an hex
20, w e sho uld be in fig ures Re ference
shift. Line 1500 redu ces t he Mark J . Borgersen, " Baudot to
c haracter t o eit he r a hex 20 ASC II," 73 Mag azine, No vem-
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TRS-80· o ut w it h many of you r da ily househ o ld c alculat ion s. Save

Level II
FINANCIAL ASSISTANT Compute the figu res for a wide
var iet y 0 1 b us iness needs . Included ar e:
• Deprec iat ion - Th iS program le t s yo u li gUle deprecia-
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• Loan Amo rtiz at io n Sc hed ule - Merely ent er a few
essent ial fac tors, and you r I RS·80 w il l d isp lay a com -
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• 1% Forecastin g - Use t his si mp le pr ogram to
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l RS-SO UTilITY 1 Ever wonde r how so m e pro g ra mm e rs
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Included are :
• RENUM - No'N yo u ca n easily renumber any level II
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the li st in g .
• DUPll K- This program w ill let you d upli c ate any
BASIC, as se mb ler, or mactun e-tanqu aqe pr og ra m, verify
th e da ta, me rg e t wo o r mo re pr og ra m s in lo one data
bloc k, and ev en co py l evel I pro g ram s o n a l evel II
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Wit h nin e sec t ions fo r inco me and expenses an d th e oc-
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01 various nre ins ur anc e po li c ies. Find ou t the difference
in price between te rm and whol e l ife. Thi s pro gram c an
st or e and d is play up to six differ ent resu lts .
• Dat eb oo k- Rec ord al l tho se impor tan t d ates in you r
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ho lid ay s alrea dy inc luded.
All yo u need is TRS-80 Level II 16K. Order No. OO69 R $7.95
MODEL ROCKET A NALYZER A ND PRE·FLlGHT CH ECK
Lei you r TAS-BO help yo u enjoy the fast-g ro w ing hobb y of
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TRS-SO UTiliTY 2 l et Ins t an t Softw ar e ch an ge th e
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of f un to pl ay to boot.
Requ ires an 8K PET. Ord er No. 0074R $7.95.
MATH TUTOR II You r Apple co mpu ter c an g o beyon d
g am e playin g a nd be come a ma the m ati cs tut or fo r you r
c h ild re n. Using t he tec h niq ue of im med iate po si tiv e rein -
fo rc eme nt , you c an m ake math fun w ith
• Car Jump- Re inforc e the co nc ept of cal c u lat ing area
wh il e having fu n ma k ing your car j um p over the ra mps.
• Robot Duel - Prac ti ce fig ur ing vo lumes o f va rio us
con taine rs wh il e you r ro bo t li gh ts aga in st the co mput -
er 's m ech ani cal m an .
• Sub Aft ack - Ta ke t he mys tery o u t o f wo rk ing w ith
per ce nt ag es as your subm ar ine sne aks int o th e harbor
and dest ro ys the enemy fl eet .
All yo u need is Ap p lesoff II wi th yo ur App le II and 2OK.
Order No . 0098A $1.95.
• A trad e mark 0 1Tandy Cor po rat ion
• • A t rad ema rk of Appl e Com put e r Inc .
• • • A t rademar k o f Co mmo dore Business M ac hi nes Inc .
InstantSoftware CAVE EXPlORINGIYACHT/MEMO RY These thr ee pro-
g ra m s are not o n ly lun, but st im ulat ing a s w ell:
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Has It All. ••
RA M ROM PATR OlfTIE FIGH TER/KLI NGON CAP'
Buck Rogers never had n so go od . Eng age in extrarer-

TRS-80 '
Levell
KN IGHT'S QUEST/ROBO T CHASE/H ORSE RACE This
vari ed packag e 01 one-p layer games wil l give yo u hours
of f un.
• Knight' s Que st- Bat tl e demons 10 gain tr easure and
beco me a t uu-ne oc ec kni ght.
• Robot Chas e- Dest roy t he deadly robot s w it hout
elect rocu ting y oursel f.
• Horse Race - Plac e your bet and c heer yo ur horse to
I he finis h line .
These pr og ram s requ ire a T RS-8QLevel l 16K. Orde r No .
0003R $7.9 5.
SPACE T REK III Lei yo urs e ll go to the far end s of t he
sol ar sy stem - an d beyo nd. Thi s package inc lud es :
• Cave Expl o ring - Sea rc h for fab ulo us trea sures as
you ex plo re th e mag ic ca ve. For on e p layer.
• Yacht - A two player gam e o f strategy and chanc e.
The c omp uter ro ll s the di ce and keep s sco re.
• M em ory-Two play er s ca n pit t he ir memor ies in t his
p ro gram based on a po p ula r tele visi o n show. You 'll need
a TAS-80 w i th l eve l I a nd 16 K. Order No. 0010R $7.95.
CAR RACE/RAT TRAP/ANTIA IRCRAFT Enjo y these c ha l·
len g ing, tun -turec pro gra ms:
• Car Race - Yo u and a fri end c an race on a c ho ice 01
two t rac ks .
• Rat Trap - Tra p the rat in hi s maze wi t h your two c a ts.
For on e playe r.
• Antiairc rall - A im an d shoot dow n the enem y air-
p lane . Requ ires l evel 14K TRS-80. Ord er No _00 11R S7.95.
STATUS OF HO M EStA UT O EXPE NS ES Tw o Io nq -
await ed program s that have got to save you m o ney at
wo rk or in the hom e :
• Stat u s of Ho m es -This pr og ra m w ill all ow yo u t o
restr ia l war f are w i th :
• Ramro m Pat ro l- Destroy the Ramron s hips betore
th ey c apture you .
• Tie Fighter- Dest roy th e ene my Tie f ig hters and
beco m e a hero of t he rebellion.
• Kli ng o n Ca pture - You must captu re the Kil ngon shi p
intac t. It 's you and yo ur TAS·eo level II 16 K batt ling
ac ros s the ga la xy. Orde r No. 0028 R $7.95.
CA RDS This on e-pl ayer pac kage will let yo u p la y c ards
w ith yo ur TRS-80- talk about a poker face !
• Draw and Stud Pok er - These t wo prog ra ms w ill kee p
your gam e sh arp .
• No-Trump Bridge - Play th is popula r ga me wi th you r
co mpu ter and de velo p yo ur st rat egy.
Th is pac kag e's na m e sa ys it all . Req u ires a TRS-80 l evel
II 16K. Orde r No . 0063R $7.95.
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• Ste ll ar W ar s - Sh oot dow n th e Tie f igh ter s and

destroy Ih e Death St ar.
• Pl an et ary Land er- Land you r s pace c raft and pla nt
yo u r f lag acro ss t he solar sy stem .
These o ne -p laye r games req ui re a TAS-80 l eve l 14 K.
Ord er No . 00 31R $7.95.
DESTROY ALL SUB s/GUNBOATS/BOM BER Th is pack-
age of th ree pr ograms is f un to r t ne w hole tarn uy. Inctu d -
ed are:
• Destro y All Subs -H unt do wn en emy su bs w hit e
avoiding mines and to rpedoes. A c ne-pta yer game .
• Gu nboats - One or two pl aye rs ca n try to blow each
oth ers ships o ut of the w ater.
• Bom ber - Caref ull y re lease yo ur bo mb to des tro y th e
mo ving submarine. A o ne-pla yer game.
To enj oy th ese pr ogram s, you 'll need a TA S-SO Level 14K.
Order No. 0021 R $7.95.
FUN PACKAG E I Why ca ll it " Fun Packag e?" J udge fo r
your sel f ! T hi s ente rta in ing pac kage inc lude s:
• Rocket Pilot- F I Y i n g~ . t is e y -it's t he lan di ng that ' s
tou gh!
• Paper, Rock , s cre e . he tim e-ho nor ed game
j ust as you re m e ~\i' yed against yo ur TRS-SO.
• Hex I - J ust wh~}\:lu m aster this puzzle g am e, the
co mputer will increase th e di ff ic u lt y.
• Mis sil e Attac k - Use you r m issiles 10 pro te ct yo ur city
from j et attack .
Requir es a l evel I 16K TRS-80. Ord er No. 0037R $7.95.
DOODLES AND DISPLAYS I Here's a mi xed ba g o f pro-
gr ams t hat' s sur e to enterta in:
• Doodle Pad - Draw p ictu res and sav e the m o n
cass ette t apes.
• Symmetrl c s - Tu rn YOUr~ 80 Int o a kale idos cop e.
• Vid eo Di SPl aY - F O I ~ unc ing c urso r as your
TRS -SO dr aw s it s O~ es.
• M at h Curve s - t ose Geom etry lesso ns to li fe
as th e com puter dra s six d ifferent g eo m etr ic al c ur ves.
• Rug Patl ern s - A never ending str eam o f symmetrica l
patterns that' s su re to sp ark yo ur im ag in atio n.
All you'tt need is a 16K level I TRS-SO. Orde r No. 0030R
S7.95.
BUS INESS PA CKAGE I Keep t he boo ks fo r a sma ll
bu s in ess w it h your TRS-80 level 14 K. Th e si x prog rams
inc luded a re:
• Genera l Inl orma t io n - The inst ruc t io ns fo r us ing the
pac kag e.
• Fixed As sel Con l ro l- Thi s w ill give yOU a list of you r
fix ed as se ts and term depre ci at io n.
• Deta il Inp ut - Thi s pro g ram let s yo u c reate an d recor d
yo ur genera l iedg er o n tape fo r fa s t ac ces s.
• Month and Year to Date Mer ge - This program w ill
ta ke yo ur month ly ledger da ta an d g ive y ou a y ea r to d ate
ledg er.
• Prol i t and Los s - Wit h th is program yOU can qu ic kl y
get tria l ba lan c e a nd profit and loss st a tem en ts.
• Year End Balan c e - Th is pr og ram will co mbi ne all
you r data from t he pr of it and toss sta tements into a yea r
end ba la nc e sheet.
Wit h t his pac kage , you c an m ake you r TR5-80 a wor k ing
par tn er. Order No. 0013R S29.95.
BUSI NES S PACKAGE III Th is package c an ch a nge your
TRS·SOinto a I utl work ing part ner for a ny bu sin essman:
• Invento ry - Ma inta in a computer base d invento ry fo r a
con sta nt invento ry sys tem .
• Disc ou nt and Com m ission Perc entages - Let yo ur
co mp uter figu re o ut ma rk up an d d isc o unt c a lc ulat ion s ,
sa les tax and mo re. Thi s is a pe rfe ct tim e sav ing pa c kage
for any s mall bu s iness.
Fo r the T RS·80 l eve l I 4K. Ord er No . 0061R 57.95.
I
kee p t rac k of all th e ex pe nses invo l ved in buil d ing one
hou se o r an e ntire s ubd ivisio n . Bowling League
• Au to Exp enses- Find o ut exac l/yw ha t it co sts you to
d rive your ca r o r truc k . • . :t Statistics System
Thes e progra m s req uire a TRS·SO l evel 1 4K. Order No. Bowhng'RlItCOrds / Sta rtup
00 12R S7.95. Bowling Records I Weekly
HE X PAW NISHUT TlE CRAFT DOCK ING /SPA CE CHASEJ
SEA BATTLE T his lour-game pa c kag e is su re to provide
ho urs of f un fo r the w hole family.
• Hex Pawn - T urn your TRS-80 in to a model of arti ficia l
intellig enc e by playing a simple game.
• Shuttle Cra ft Doc king- La nd you r shuttle c raft o n the
sla rs hip- even t hrou g h vary ing g ravi ty fi el d s !
• Spa ce Chase - Seek out and des troy th e enemy d elt a
that' s h idden in th e star f ield .
• Sea Battl e - Yo u mu s t fi nd and de s troy Ih e enem y
fleet.
Th is package requ ir es a TRS-80 Leve l I 16K. Order No.
0041 R $7.95.
DEMO I Thi s pa ck age is j ust th e thin Q 10 Show your
fr ie nd s wh at your TRS·5O ca n do . Inc lud ed are:
• Co mpute r Com pos er - Com pose and play musi c us-
ing on ly a sta nda rd A M rad io .
• Horse Race-Place you r bet and c heer yo ur po ny to
0056 R .. .. • .. ....• .. • ... · _ .... o:>o>e ...... - _.. ... .....- - -
I he w inne r's circ le .
• E.S.P. Tes t you r po wers o f ext rasenso ry percept ion .
• H i·lolTie-Tae·Toe - Guess th e secr et number or get BOW i.I N.G lEAGUE STATISTICS SYSTEM Th is pac kage
th ree in a ro w. is t he an sw er to t he praye rs of harr ied bo w ling league
• Peta ls Arou nd the Rose - Can you fig ur e out the sc orekeeper s. The Bowling League Statistics Sys tem
w ill kee p a co mpute r ized li st of league da ta , te am d ata ,
secret beh in d the five d ice ?
• Slo t Machine - Turn y ou r co mp u ter tr ue a o ne-armed a nd data lor each bow le r. It is ext reme ly I lexible a nd has
a to ta l of 16 d ifferen t o ption s to let yo O-mod if y I na pro -
band it. These prog ram s requ ire a TRS·SO leve l 1 4K.
g ram to suit yo ur league' s ru les . The prog ra m is very
Orde r No . 0020 R $7.95.
eas y -1 0 use and has ex te nsi ve " bu il t in " aid s to help yo u
PERSONA L FINANCE I Let you r TRS·80 hand le all the alo ng . Requ ires TRS·80 l evel II 16K. Or der No. 0056R
l edious details th e next t ime yo u f igu re yo ur f inan c es: $24.95.
• Per son a l Fina nc e I - With th is p rog ra m yo u can c o n-
tro l yo ur incom in g an d o utgoin g ex penses .
• Checkbo ok- Yo ur TAS·SO c an ba la nce yo ur c hec k- Level I and II
book an d keep a detailed lis t o f expe nses l or lax t ime .
This ha nd y f inan cia l co ntr ol pac kage to r the ho m e re- BA CKGA MM ON/ KENO Why sit alone whe n yo u can pl ay
qu ires on ly a T RS·eo l eve l I 4K . Order No. 0027R $7.95. the se l asc inati ng g ames w ith you r TRS-SO?
• Bac kg am mo n - 'Play aga in s t the co mp ut er. Yo ur
Level II TR5-8Q wil l g ive yo u a steady ch all eng ing ga m e t hat's
sure to shar pen you r s k ills.
• Keno- Enj o y t his pop ul ar l as Veg as g amb ling gam e.
SPA CE TRE K IV Trade o r wage wa r on a pla netary s ca le. Guess the ri gh t numbers and wi n big.
Th is pack ag e inc ludes : Yo u'll need a T RS-SOl evel I or II. Order No . 0004R $7.95.
• St ellar War s- Engage and destroy T ie l igh ters in your
attac k o n th e Death Sta r. For one pl ayer. OI L TYCOON Avo id o il sp ills, blowouts and dr y wens as
• Pop u latio n Slmu lation-A tw o-ptaver gam e w he re you battle to bec om e t he wo rld's ric hest o il tyc oo n. Tw o
yo u cont ro l t he econ om y of tw o ne ig hbor ing plane ts . pl aye rs bec o me th e o wne rs of com peting o il co m pa nies
Yo u dec ide, gu ns or bu tt er, with yo ur TRS·80 l eve l II 16K. as t hey search for o il and co ntro l the ir c o mpanies . Re-
Ord er No. 0034R $7.95. Qu ires a TRS·SO4K Levell or II. Ord er No . 0023R $7.95.
DOODL ES AND DISPL.AYS II Wa it untll you r c h ildr en get BOWUNG Let your TRS-80 set up th e pins and keep
a ho ld of this pac kage: score. One p la yer can pic k u p spares and get stri kes . Fo r
t he TRS-80 l evel 14 K, Level II 16K. Orde r No , 0033 R $7.95.
• Doodle Pad - Draw pic t ure s a nd s ave th e m o n
c assett e ta pes.
AIR FLIG HT SI MULATION Tu rn yo ur TRS.ao into an a ir-
• Symme trie s - A n e lect ric ka le id os co pe I hat c hanges pla ne . You ca n pra c t ice tak eoffs and landings w ith the
from bl ac k to Whi te and ba~k a ain . It' s almost hy pnotic ! benefit 01 fu ll in st rume nt ati on. This cn e-crever simu la -
• Draw ing - like Doodle P ut lor the serious art ist. tion req ui res a T RS-80 Level l 4K, Level l! 16K . Order No .
Over 40 user comman ~ 0017 R $1.95.
• Random P l tl e~ - The compu te r do es the
dra wi ng , but t nos c hy fingers c an tamp er. GO l F/C ROSSO UT Have fun wit h these exc iting on e-
• M alh Curv es - B ng tho se Geo m et ry lessons t o li fe. pl ayer games. Inc lude d are:
Six d iffere nt geometr ic al curv es o n the screen o f you r • Go lf - Yo u w on 't ne ed a m as hie or cutter-cor a cad -
TRS-SO. d ie , lor Ihat m atter, to enj oy a c ha ll eng ing 18 ho les .
• Rug Pattern s - Yes, il do es des ig n rug pattern s and, • Crossout-Rem ove a ll but t he cen ter peg In th is puz-
w ith a cho ice o f use r o r com puter ccn tr ct it ca n do a zle a nd you r neighbors w ill c all you a gen ius .
wh o le lo t m or e. Yo u 'll need a TRS -ao Leve l 14K, l evel II 16K . Order No .
Fo r th e Level II 16K T RS·eo. Ord er No. 0042 R $7.95. 0009R $7.95.
HA M PACKAGE I Th is ve rsatile pack age le ts you solve
ma ny 0 1 the com monly enc o un te red pr ob lem s in erec.
tr on ics design _Wi th your Level l 4K o r Le vel II 16K TRS-
80, you have a cho ice of:
• Basic El ec tr on ic s wit h Vo lt age Divid er - So lve pr ob -
lem s invo lvin g Ohm 's Law , volt age d ivid er s , and RC ti me
c ons tants.
• Dipole and Yag i Antenn as-Des ig n antennas eas il y ,
w itho ut ted io us calculat ion s.
Th is is t he per fe ct packa ge fo r any ham or te chn ic ian .
Order No . 0007R $7.95.
BA SIC AND INTE RMEDIATE LUNA R LA NDE R Bring you r
lander in un d er m anual con trol. The Ba sic vers ion is fo r
beg inner s ; t he Int erm ed iate vers ion is mor e d iff icu lt wi th
a Choice o f la nd ing are as and rug ged terrain . Fo r o ne
player w it h a TRS-80 Leve l 14K, Le vel II 16K . Order No.
000 l R $7.95.
SPACE T REK II Protect t he q uadr ant fr o m the in vad ing
Klingon war sh ips . The Ente rp rise is eq uipped with
phasers, cnc tc n torped oe s, impulse powe r, and wa rp
dr ive. It's you alo ne and yo ur TRS-80 Level 14K, Level II
MOR TGAGE WIT H PREPAY MENT OPT ION /FINANC IER
These tw o prog rams w ill m ore tha n pay lor them selv es i f
you m ortga ge a ho me o r m ake I nvest m en ts
• Mo rtg age w it h Prepay ment Opti on~ C a l c u l a t e m o rt -
gag e paym ent sc hed ules and save mo ney w it h pre pay -
m ents.
• Fin ancie r- Calc u late which inve stme nt will pa y yo u
the mos t , f igu re a nn ua l depreciati o n , and co mp ute the
cos t of bo rrow ing , easily and qui ckly
All yo u need 10 bec om e a fi nan cia l wiz ar d w ith an 8K
PET. order No. 0006P $7.95.
CASINO I These two program s are so good, you ca n use
the m to ch ec k ou t and de bug your o wn g ambling svs.
tern !
• R ou l elt e - Pi c ~ you r number and pl ace yo ur be t wi th
t he comp ut er ver sio n o f t his ca s ino game. For o ne
play er.
• Blackjack- Try ou t t his ve rsio n o f the popular c ard
ga me before yo u go out and risk yo ur m o ney on your o w n
" surefi re" sys tem. For one p la yer.
Thi s pac kag e requires a PET With 8K . Order No. 0014P
M IMI C Tes t yo ur memory an d refle xes w ith th e five d if -
fere nt vers ion s 0 1 th is game. You must mat ch the se -
qu enc e and loca t ion o f sign als d is pl ayed by y our PET.
This one-pla yer pr og ram inc ludes o pt io na l sou nd effect s
w ilh the PET BK. Older No , 0039P $7.95.
PERSONAL WEIGHT CONTROUB IORHYTHMS Let yo ur
PET he lp t ake car e o f yo ur persona l healt h and sa tety:
• Per sona l Weight Co nt ro l- Yo ur PET wi ll not o nly
cal cul at e your ide a l weiq ht, bUI al so of fer a de ta iled d ie t
10 he lp co nt ro l your ca lor ic intake.
• Bior hythms - Find o ut whe re your c rit ic al day s are fo r
ph ysica l, em oti o na l, an d intell ec tual cyc les
You ' ll need o nly a PET wi th 8K memo ry. Ord er No . 0OO5P
$7.95.
BASEBALL M AN AGER Thi s pai r 0 1 prog ram s will let yo u
keep stati sti cs on eac h of yo ur play ers. Ob ta in balling ,
en-bas e, and l ield ing averages at tne touch 0 1 a linge r.
Data ca n be easil y sto red o n ca ss ett e tap e fo r later com-
pa ris on. A ll you need is a PET w il h 8K Order No . 006 2P
$14.95.

16 K again st the e nemy . Ord er No . 0002R $7.95.
El ECTRO N ICS I Th is pac kage wi ll no t on ly ca lc ul ate th e
compo nen t val ues fo r you , b ut w ill a lso dr aw a
schematic d iag ra m, 100. You 'll need a TRS-80 Level1 4K,
Leve l l! 16K to us e :
• Tuned Circuit s and Coil Wind ing - Des ig n tu ned ctr-
c uits w itho ut reso rt ing to cu mbersom e tab les and catc u-
la t ion s .
• 555 Timer Ci rc uits - Q u ic k l y design as tabl e or
monost aoje l im ing c irc ui ts usi ng t his po pu lar IC.
• L M S81 Pr eamp Des ign - Des ig n IC preamps witll til is
Iow-o ots e integ rated circuit.
Thi s pa c kag e will red uc e your designing tim e and let you
build th ose c irc uit s fas t. Order No. OOOBR $7.95.
SANTA PARAVIA A ND FIUMACCIO Bec om e the rule r of
a med ieval c ity -st ate as yo u struggle to c reate a
k ingdom. Up to s i x pla ye rs c a n com pete to see who w ill
bec o me the Kin g o r Queen fi rst. This prog ram requi res a
16K TRS-SOLevell s, II . Ord er No. 0043 R 57.95.
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QUBIC·4/GO·MOKU Play tw o an cie nt games on you r
modern PET. The tw o programs incl ude d are:
• Qubi c·4 - Play a mu lt i-d imensioned game of uc-tac-
toe.
• Go ·M oku - Li ne up fi ve 0 1 yo u r men w hi le blocking th e
PET's m oves .
rnese c oe player ga me s req uire8 Kof m em or y. Order No .
0038 P 57.95.
Apple "
$7.95.
CAS INO II Thi s c raps pr ogram is so goo d , it' s th e ne xt
be st thing to being in las Veg as o r Atlanti c City . Jt will
not on ly p la y th e gam e with yo u. but also w ill leac h yo u
how to p lay the odd s and ma ke the bes t bet s. A o ne
BOWLlNGfTRILOGY Enjoy two 0 1 America ·s tavortte
play er ga me , it req uires a PET BK. Order No. 0015P $7,95.
games tra ns fo rm ed into prog rams 101you r A pp le:
CH ECKERS/ BACCA RAT Play tw o o ld fa vor ite s w ith y our • Bow lin g-Up to l our pl ayers c an bo w l wh ile t he A pple
PET. sets up the p ins and kee ps sco re. Req uir es Appl es oft II .
• Checker s - l et y ou r PET be you r ever -read y o ppo ne nt • Trilog y - This program c an be an yt hing fro m a si mp le
in thi s computer-b ased ch ec ker s progr am gam e c t uc .tac .toe to an exerc ise in d ed uc t ive log ic . Fo r
• a acea rat -c vc u have both Casi no - and Blac kjac k- one play er.
st y le games In this reali stic prog ram Thi s tun-uueo pack ape r eq utre s an Ap ple wi th 20K. Orde r
Your PET with BK wi ll offer c ha llen g ing play any tim e you No . 0040A $7.95.
want. Order No. 0022 P $7.95.
TA NGl ElSUPERTRA P These two pro gram s req uire fast
ref lexes, an d a good ey e fo r ang les:
• Tangle - M ake yo ur oppo nent cra sh hi s line into an
ob stac le.
• Supert rap - Th is pro g ram Is a n advan c ed ver s ion 0 1
Ta ng le w it h man y us er cont ro l op t io ns.
Enjoy t hese exci ti ng and graphica ll y beautiful prog ram s.
Golf
FOl on e or two pla yers w it h a n 8K PET_Orde r No . 0029 P
$7.95.
DIGITAL CLOCK Don' t let your PET si t id le whe n yo u are
no t prog ram m ing, pu t it to w ork wi th these tw o unique
and us ef ul pr ograms:
• Dig ita l Cloc k - Turn YO ~T into a n ex tr em ely ac-
'". rate ttme.pte ca that ~ se to display local time,
ti m e in d istant zo ~ a sp lit ti m e clock for u p to
nine differen t spcr nts.
• Moving Sig n - L t the w or ld know w hat' s o n yo u r
mind. This prog ra m turn s you r PET into a fla shing
gra ph ic d is play t hat will pu t your message acro ss. Order
No . 0083P $7.95.

TREK·X Comman d t he Ent erpri se as you scour the quad-
ran t fo r ene my warsh ips. This pac kage not on ly ha s
sup erb graphic s , but also in c ludes prog ramming for op-
t ional sound ellects. A one-player game for t he PET 8K :
Order No. 0032P $7.95.
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PENN Y ARCAD E Enj oy t hi s tun -tined pa cka ge that 's as
muc.h fun as a rea l pen ny arcade - at a frac tio n 0 1 t he
c os t !
• Poetry- Co mpose f ree ver se poetr y on yo ur c orn-
oute r. oo,ap. Co" "o" "' 0,'."'" $oro",,,. ,,., ~'I? ' ._ ,' ~ .•~ , ~
• Trap- Co nt rol two m oving lin es at on ce and test yo ur
GOLF Ni tho ut leaving the comfo rt o f yourc-h8"ir, you c an
co o rd inatio n.
enjo y a co mput erized 18 ho les of go lf with a c o mple te
• Poker- Play fi ve car d draw po ker an d let your PET
cho ic e of "C11JtJs a nd shoo t ing angles . You need never
d eal and ke ep sc o re.
can cel th is ga m e bec a use of rain. On e o r tw o players c an
• Soli taire - Do n't bot her to dea l, let your PET ha nd le

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for ming flawlessly a nd giv-
ing no maintenance prob-
lem s. O rigina lly, the a nten -
na wa s up 77 fee t on a Rohn
tower. A move to a new
QTH in 1971 limited us to
mounting it on a te lescoping
TV mast at he ights between
12 and 20 feet (see Wa lker
c ided to try inte rla cin g a 1 5ing one 15 meter e leme nt
me te r yagi w ith t he 204 BA a nd p lac ing it ne a r the
o n th e Hy-Gain boom . Ac- bo om . The sw r o n 20 me-
co rdi ng to The ARR L An- ters immed iate ly ju mp ed
ten na Book , " It is ge ne ra llyto 1 .7 to 1 fro m 1 .3 to 1 .
accepte d th at interaction, Mo vin g th e 15 meter e le-
if any, is very minimal be- me nt a lo ng t~ bo om a nd
twee n ba nds w hic h are not rotatin g it in a nd o ut of t he
ha rm o nical ly rel at e d ." pla ne of t he 20 m eter
Wou ld this ho ld tr ue in e le me nts produced no fu r-

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the popular 20 4 BA
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exhibits the excellent perfor-
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sma ll close-spaced yagi a r-
ray. Fo r over a de cade, th e
a nd Maz z a g a t ti . " T h e
To we rless ' To we r: " 73
Magaz ine, Jun e, 1978). Even
at suc h low heigh ts, the 204
has pro ve n itse lf co mpe ti-
tive in pileup s.
W ith th e re cen t up turn
in t he sunspot cycl e, we de-
pract ice? O ur-empirical ex--.. th er c ha nge s. As so o n as
pe r im en t at ion has essen- the 1 5 me ter element was
tia lly valida ted th at qu o ta- pl ac e d with in a ya rd of the
tio n. The resul t ha s been a boom, t he swr climbed . We
much more versat ile anten- moved it fur the r aw ay , a nd
na, with no degradat ion in- . t he sw r return ed to norm a l.
20 m eter per form ance . We t ried the sa me expe ri-
We began by co nst ruc t- ment using a 10 meter ele-

Photo A. A most unorthodox 204BA. Nin e elements a nd Photo B. A vie w o f the "business end." The result is usu al-
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Fig. 1. Element spacing.
m e nt, a nd , in ter esti ng ly
enou gh, t his had no effec t
on t he 20 me te r swr. Bri ng-
ing a Hy-G ain DB10-1 5A
3-element t rap duobande r
cl ose t o t he 204 pr odu ced
a sim ilar ef f ect to t hat pro-
d uced by t he 15 met er ele-
m en t a lo ne. Ob vi o usl y ,
the re was some inte rac-
t io n. Wa s it suff icient to
red uce t he 20 meter eff i-
ciency?
W e t ested f or any 20m
deg rad at io n by moun tin g
t hree 15 m ele me nts o n t he
boom and t hen usin g t he
beam nor mall y on 20m
over a peri od of seve ra l
w eek s. Th e addi ti onal
ele men ts did not inc rease
the int e ract ion ove r that in-
t ro d uced by t he initi al ele-
ment, and w e co uld detect
no d iffer en ce in th e beam's
20 met er op erat io n. If th e
15 met er beam would f u nc-
ti on co rre c t ly, t here ap-
peared to be no reaso n wh y
we cou ld n' t inte rl ace it
w it h t he 204 BA . It w ou ld
be desirab le to pr ov id e an
ea si ly-adju st ed m at ching
system f o r each of t he
yagis, howeve r.
On e t hin g wh ich w e had
noti ced over the ye ars of
using the ante nna at ex-
tremel y low height s w as
how prof ound ly it s ca pac i-
t ive co u pling to t he bu ild-
ing wa s refl ect ed in imped-
an ce excu rsio ns du ring
ro t a t i on . M o st a n noy-
ing - rotate t he arr ay a f ew
degrees, and then retouch
th e t ransmi tter t uning. Th e
94
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a
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bette r th e antenna and
feed line are mat ched, the
less pro nou nced thi s effect
becomes.
20 Met er Modifi cat ions
Hy-Gain ' s bet a match is
a n ind uct ive " ha irp in" ty pe
of m at chin g dev ice. W e de-
c ided to repl ace it wi t h a
mo re easily adj usted gam-
ma mat ch . Comm erciall y
manu f a c tur e d c oa x i a l
c a p a c i t o r-s t y I e ga m m a
ma tc hes are mu ch easie r to
in st all and main tai n t han
are th ose wh ich requi re a
se pa ra t e a i r va riab le
ca pacitor in a wa te rproof
e n c l os u r e . Viki ng In -
st ru m e nts* a nd Gotham
A ntennas* * bot h market
suc h a gamma mat ch . We
settled o n t he Gotham un it
because it is a lowe r-Q
dev ic e, w hic h m akes ad-
ju stm en t easier and less
criti ca l. Add it iona lly, t he
Go t ham gamma m at ch is
mec hanically st ro nger and
doe sn't tend to f iJI w it h
w at er and sho rt o ut, as d id
two of o ur V ik ing match es.
Th e Hy-Gai n dr ive n ele-
ment is split at t he center
fo r u se w it h t he b et a
mat ch . We made it in to a
o ne-p i e ce el eme nt b y
w r a p p i ng h e a v y -d u t y
alu m inum fo il over t he
pla st ic ce nt er insu lat o rs
and o ut ov er t he eleme nt.
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Rd., Ch e s te r CT 06412.
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N .W . 2nd Ave., M iami FL 33 127
Pho to C. Desp ite using j ust one muffle r clam p pe r ele-
ment the re has been no d if ficu lt y mainta in ing alignment.
A n o h mm e te r c h e c k
showe d t hat o nce t h e
dri ven e lem ent halves w ere
installed in t he element-t o-
boom bracket, co nt in uity
wa s exc ell ent. The alum i-
num f oil shou ld be covered
w it h el ec t rica l ta pe and
w at erproo f ed by c oat ing
t he t ap e w it h a sealant
suc h a s a popu lar un cu red
silic o ne rubber com po und .
Fo r good m eas ure, we at-
tac hed a pie ce of coax
brai d between th e tw o ele-
men t hal ves as we i t. ' .
M ake sure you o btain
goo d co nt inuity bet we en
th e d ri ve n ele men t and t he
boom as w ell , if you pl an"
to att ac h yo u r f eed l ine
braid to t he bra cket w hic h
mou nts the ga mma mat ch
to th e boo m . Otherwi se, at-
ta ch t he br aid to t he ce nter
of t he d riven ele ment, no t
to its mou nt ing bracke t.
It's also a good idea to run
a bo lt throu gh th e gam ma
t ube itsel f fo r atta ching t he
coa x ce n te r con d u cto r
rat her th at rel y ing o n t he
U-bo lt as t he inst ru ct ions
suggest.
Th e lengt h of t he d ri ven
e le me nt w asn' t al te red
fr o m Hy-Gai n's CW specif i-
ca t ion . The beta match , be-
ing a n inductive device,
pr ob ab l y req u ires a slig ht
sho rte ning of t he dr iven
ele ment. O ur meth od of
mak ing th e dr ive n ele ment
into an el ectri call y o ne-
piec e element ef f ec t ive ly
len gthens it slig ht ly . Th ere-
fo re, resonance does not
no t i c eabl y c ha nge. O ne
add it io na l benefit occ urs
as' a result of t his co nver-
sio n. The 204BA w ill now
di spl ay better band wid th
chara cte rist ics a cross the
-
ent ire 20 met er ban d .
15 Mete r Construct io n
Fig. 1 shows t he spaci ng
of both set s of ele ments
alo ng t he bo om . W e had
o rigina lly con structed t he
ante nna w it h t he 20 meter
ref le cto r mo unted at o ne
end of t he boom , and t he
rem ai nder of t he ele me nts
space d according t o Hy-
Ga in' s in stru c ti on s. T his
left 2 inches of bo o m un-
used beyond the 20 meter
se co nd d irect o r. We chose
to mo un t t he 15 met er
third d irecto r in this a rea to
maximi z e its spac ing. If
yo u do n' t have roo m t o do
t his o n yo u r p ar t ic ul ar
204BA, you can move t hat
di rector inside of th e 20
met e r se c o nd di re c t o r
Element Length
Re flector 23' 5·1/2"
Driven Element 22' 6·112"
15t Director 21' 6-1/2"
2nd Director 21' ' ·3/8"
3rd Di rec tor 20' 8-114"
Fig. 2. 15 meter el ement
lengt hs.
 a w all t hic kness of .041 in- We have no w ay to mea-
ches, wh ile our 7/8-inc h sure t he fo rw ard gain o n 1 5
tubin g has a wa ll t hick ness met er s. Ho w ev e r, " if yo u
of .035 inches. Thi s co m- point it at 'em and give 'em
binati on produces a nicely a ca ll ... you usuall y get a
Fig. 3. Swr curve across the 15 mete r band . tel esc op ing assem bly . repl y." The fr on t-t o-b ack
ratio on 15 met ers runs
" Adj ust me nt abo ut 20 to 25 dB and t he
,.•
" The gamm a m atches are f ro nt-to-si de is just ab out
ad j usted in t he no rm al 40 dB .
" mann er, 20 meters f irst,
" and t hen 15. A good st art- Some Tho ughts
"
'.o,L-_ --- in g po int f or th e sho rt- We w ere so pleased with
in g st rap is a dis t ance of this pro ject t hat w e decid -
14 0 0 14 .0 5 14.10 14.15 14.20 14 ,2 5 "" 30 14 ,35
10 percent of t he total ed to t ry t o add 10 met ers
Fig. 4. Sw r cu rve across the 20 meter band. lengt h of t he d rive n e le- as w ell. Pred ict ab ly, t he in-
ment, out fr om t he center terac t ion was so bad tha t
w it ho ut affe c ti ng perfo r- w it h t he sadd les f rom yo ur of t he dr iven el em ent. we had to fo rego ou r at-
ma nce. muff ler cl am ps. Th e U-b o lt Preset in thi s f ashio n, both te m p t s to tr i b a nd th e
Th e boom o f ou r 1968 m ust be lon g eno ugh t o sectio ns di spl ayed an sw r 204B A . The 10 meter e le-
v inta ge 204 BA measures 26 co me up th ro ugh t he ele- o f less t han 1.8 t o 1 pri o r t o ments d idn't aff ect t he per-
f eet, 2 inches. We needed ment . We have had no any add it io nal ad jus t me nt. f orma nce on either 15 o r 20
to use it a ll if w e we re to t ro ub le w it h ele ments slip- Slid e t he co axi al capac it o r meters. We w ere j ust un-
mou nt 5 ele me nts. Also, we pin g o r o the rw ise co m ing pa rt of t he gam ma mat ch ab le to mak e th e 10 met er
had to loca t e some of t he out of alig nment, and t he in a nd out unti l lowest sw r sect io n perf orm as a beam .
1 5 meter eleme nts very arr ay has w it hstood w inds is ob tai ned . Th en move the O ne set of adju st me nts
clo se to existing 20 meter gusting to 56 mph . sho rti ng strap a half inch gave us a slight bit of
elements. For these rea- Each 1 5 met er ele ment is and read j ust th e coax ial ga i n- o ff th e refle c t or !
sons, we dispensed with co nstructed of two 12-f oot c apac itor. By alte rna t ing A not her set provid ed an
the usua l alu m inu m ele- length s of 3005 alum inum t hese ad j us t m e nts , yo u o m ni d irect i o na l p atte rn
me nt-ta-b oo m mo un tin g t ub ing. M ak e th e cent er of shou ld easily f ind a co m- wit h sig nal level s about
p lates such as t hose used eac h elem ent from a single bin at ion w hich y ie lds ' an ·t hree S-unit s under a d i-'
by W8ZCQ in hi s articl e, 1-inch diam ete r run. Cut a sw r of 1.2 to 1, or less. po le. In no case di d it make
" W o rk ing 1 5m w it h a 20m single run of 7/8-inc h tu b- It is idea l, of co urse, to any di f f erence w het her t he
Beam," 73 Magaz ine, Ju ne, ing int o two 6-foot lengt hs. ad just t he gam m a mat ches 10 mete r el ements w ere in-
1978. Th ese are inserted int o the w it h t he ante nna in its fina l sul at ed fr om t he boom or
Photo C shows how a sin- ends of th e cente r sec t io n. o perat ing po sition. M ost of no t. W e wo u ld ve ry much
gle 2-inch mu ff le r cla m p The end s of t he cente r sec- us c anno t acco m plis h th rs. ; l ike to hear f rom anyon e
can be used to mo unt each ti on sho uld be Xed w it h a W e have f ound i hatthe sw r "'w h o suc c essf u l l y a dd s
eleme nt. If you can't get h a c k saw so t h a t ho se changes on ly slight ly o nc e bo t h 10 and 1 5 mete r ele-
mu f fl er cl amps w ith a lon g cl amps ca n pul l it down t he ant enna is insta ll ed if it me nts to a 204 BA. That
U-bolt, yo u may have to use snug ly over th e end sec- has b ee n ca ref u l ly ad - would surely be a most im-
h a r d w a r e- st or e U-b ol t s tions. Our1 -inch t ub ing has ju sted eit her o n top of a - "pressive t ribande r!
ladder o r po inte d vert ical -
ly into t he air wi th it s Parts Availability
refl ector rest ing on t he I n coo p e ra t io n wi th
grou nd . C ot ham A nte nnas, w e are
off ering a complete kit to
Perf o rman ce inte rlace f ive 15 mete r
Figs. 3 and 4 show th e eleme nts w it h an existing
sw r curve s on t he 1 5 and 20 204 BA . Ele m e nt s, hard-
met er ba nds, respec t ively. w are, both gam ma m at ch -
It is qui te permi ssib le (a l- es, and inst ruc t ions are in-
th o ugh pu ri st s may di s- cl ude d . Plea se send an
agree) to use the gam ma SASE f or deta ils.•
mat ches t o " f udge" t he
resonant fr equ encies a bit, Bibliography
if desir ed . O u r mat ches 1. The A RRL Antenna Book,
1974 edition.
w ere ad j usted for low est
2. McC oy, Lewis G., "Why a
sw r at 21.125 and 14.025
Be am A nt e n na ?" , Q ST ,
M Hz . The 20 met er perfor- January, 1972.
mance rem ains, as far as 3. Orr, William1. , Beam Antenna
we ca n o bserve, absolutely Handb ook, 1976 editi on.
Photo D. White material o n the gamma mat ch es and ov er unchanged exc ept fo r th e 4. Umberger, Dan, "Working
the elec trical tape is C E Silicon e Seal. TM It al so protect s p reviously ment io ned ' im- 15m with a 20m Beam," 73
the alum inum foil on the 20 m eter driven element. pr ovem ent in ba ndw idth. Maga zine, June, 1978 .

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- an OSCAR antenna with a difference
Dave Ingram K4TWJ
Eastwood Village No . 1201 S.
RI. II. Box 499
Birmingham AL 352 10
I f yo u are on e of th e
man y am ate u rs wh o has
expe rie nced comm unica-
The Sp ectrum Internat ional 8XY/2M OSCAR antenna is mounted on a 3D-foo t pu sh-up
mast whi ch is tilted 30 degrees. This "sk yward tilt" b ypasses ele vation rotor needs.
96
Here's a "Twist"
Introducing the 8XY/2M.
t io n v ia o ur OSCA R o rbita l
sat ell it es, you know th e
cha llenge and enjoym ent
of satel lite o perat io ns. Th e
va rio us aspects of O SCAR
co m m u n ica ti o ns h a v e
somet hing to c at ch nearl y
eve ryone's f ancy: co nve-
nien t ope rating t ime s, or-
b ita l ca lc u l a t io ns a nd
t ra ck in g syst em s, d uplex
sty le ope rati ng , un ob-
trusive ante nna setup s, Jow
TVI level s, etc . A ma teu rs
with limi ted t ime ava ila b le
to e njoy on-the-ai r ope ra-
t ion s tru ly appreciate t he
pin p oin t-a c cur at e c o m -
mu n i c a t ion t imes sy n-
on ym ou s with sa te l li t e
passes. W hat else co ul d
one ask?
A s· w ith an y station set-
up , the a ntenna system
pl ays a major rol e in its per-
f orm anc e. Quite sim p ly,
it 's w hat's -«yp top" t hat
coun ts! A poor skyw ire can
underm i ne th e m o st
elaborate amateur set up,
while an effi cient antenna
can make a mediocre setup
perform like a million doll ars.
O SCA R setups "are no ex-
cep t ion to this rul e. If you
plan to fully enj oy OSCA R,
yo u' ll d efinitel y be ne f it
fr om using an antenna
designed fo r sa t e l li t e
ope rat ions. Such an anten-
na i s t he 8XY/2M 8-ele-
ment, 2-meter " Tw ist"
anten na d i st r ibu t ed by
Spectrum In tern ati on al.
I f ou nd t hat assemb li ng
th e 8XY/2M antenna was a
refreshing c hange fr om t he
usual tim e-con sumin g task
o f ri ggin g c la mp s a nd
measuring element mo unt-
ing l oc at ion s. Thi s gem
went throu gh smoothly in
an hour' s ti me, with heavy -
d uty bolts and wing nuts
mak ing hand -assem bl y a
snap. No t a single tool w as
requi red until transm ission
lines were conn ect ed to
the driven elements. Each
element of the S.1. "Twist"
is 1;4 -inch aluminum tubing
which is precut and capped
with color-coded tips to aid
assembly. The boom is also
predrilled and color-coded
to ensure quick, foolproof
assembly. All hardware for
the antenna is preassem-
bled, and an extra element-
mount is included in case
one becomes lost or
broken. The massive boom-
to-mast clamp could sup-
port a triband beam. Very
nice! I must admit that this
was the first time I've en-
joyed (sort of) constructing
an antenna.
The 8XY/2M antenna can
be fed four different ways
to obtain either vertical,
horizontal, right-hand cir-
cular, or left-hand circular
signal polarization . A
ready-to-install phasing
harness for circular
polarization is available
from Spectrum Interna-
tional, or you can fabricate
your own harness from
details supplied in various
antenna books. Since
didn't care to kill time
building a harness, I used
the S.1. unit -and I'm glad
I did .
If a fixed polarization is
desired, the harness can be
mounted at the antenna
proper. If various polariza-
tions are de sired (for
operating various modes of
OSCAR), two transmission
lines can be run from the
antenna's driven elements
and the phasing harness
placed at the operating
position. A coax switch can
then be used to select the
required polarization .
My Spectrum 8XY/2M
antenna replaced
2-month-old, 3-element ar-
ray previously used for
satellite work, and a signifi-
cant signal improvement
was realized. Suddenly, I
was able to easily access
the satellite and " st ay
into" the transponder for a
V" Read er Service -see page 21 1
longer period of time dur-
ing each pass. I also no-
I ticed that my signal wasn't
as prone to the heavy fades
which were apparently due
to polarization shifts dur -
ing passes. This gain alone
was worth the change to
Spectrum's 8XY/2M anten-
na, as it allowed me to suc-
cessfully operate slow scan
TV via satellite .
When OSCAR 8 was
placed in orbit, I decided
to remove a few director
elements from the 8XY/2M
to reduce my erp to this
new "bird. " This antenna
change worked very well,
but a couple of days later,
OSCAR 8 lost sensitivity
and I had to replace the re-
a moved elements. Hopeful-
ly this satellite problem is
merely an overloading situ-
ation which will soon be
rectified .
I truly feel that the
8XY/2M antenna was a
prime factor in my opera-
tions of successfully trans-
milling the first SSTV pic-
tures via OSCAR 8 during
orbit 102. Since I have only
one small TV rotor to use
with the 8XY/2M, I bent the
rotor -to-boom mast ap -
proximately thirty degrees.
This tilt allows the antenna
to " lo ok skyward," and
bypass elevation rotor re-
quirements.
In conclusion, I think
amateur satellite com-
munication and Spec-
trum's 8XY/2M are an ideal
combination which all
amateurs would thorough-
ly enjoy experiencing.
There's no better way of
renewing one 's interest in
amateur radio than by try-
ing a new aspect of com-
munication.
The 8XY/2M antenna is
available from Spectrum
I nternational , I nc., P.O.
Box 1084, Concord MA
01742. This 16-element
array (8 elements vertical ,
8 elements horizontal) is in
the $45 to $50 price class.•
97
 A Fortified 2m Whip
Donald A . Habeck W9AMM
5973 Sugarbush Lane
Greendale WI 53129
A re yo u in need of a
goo d 2 mete r mobile
ante nna? How abo ut an an-
tenna for you r base stat ion?
Or, d o yo u just plain have
Photo A. The coil protective co ver has been remo ved in
this pictu re to sho w detai ls o f th e base co il.
98
- won't bend in the breeze
the fe eling tha t your sta-
tion has become too com-
mercia lized and that a por-
tio n of you r se tup should
be ho me-brewed ? The n,
why not try t his anten na
project? In ac tua l checks,
it wa s fo und to com pare
favor ab ly wit h t he co m-
me rc iall y-m ad e ante nnas
tested . Whethe r yo u decide
to use the ante nna for mo-
bile o r ba se station ope ra-
tion , yo u' ll be pleasa ntly
surpri sed wit h its pe rfo r-
m an ce. Th e ante nna is easy
to co nstruc t a nd tune, a nd,
best of a ll, it' s inexpen sive.
Desig n
O ne unique fea ture of
this antenna is the' (on- , come in the container we
st ruc t io n of t he whip. It
used .
co ns ists of a 1/4" -d iameter
fibe rglass rod with a shield
of co ppe r braid . This de-
sign was se lected because
it provided rigidity to mini-
m ize d e fl e ctio n d ur in g"
high winds or mobi le op e r-
atio n. Resear ch has show n
th at deflection of the flim-
sy-type whip ca uses degra- ·
dation o f t he vertica lly po-
lari zed signa l. In so me in-
st ances , the eff iciency of a
SIB-wave ante nna actuall y
beco mes less effecti ve than
a 1/4-w ave ante nna.
The fiberglass rod is from
t he pe nna nt -topped -typ e
whip t hat is m ad e fo r
moun t in g o n bicy c le s .
Man y reta il st ores have
give n away th ese whips as
promotion a l ite ms. They
a lso are readil y ava ilable
f rom d epart me nt st o re s
a nd bicycle shops for ap-
proximate ly $1 .25.
The impedance match-
ing co il is 3 tu rns of no. 14
tinned copper w ire wound
o n a wood thr ead spoo l
fro m yo ur XYL's sewing
baske t. It is ta pped 1-1/B
tu rns f rom the grou nd end.
A small ceramic trimmer
capacitor acr oss the coil
pro vides a pr ec ise mat ch in
co njunct io n with the base
co il tap . The impeda nce
matching circ uit is prot ect-
ed f ro m the weathe r by e n-
clos ing it in an empty plas-
tic cont ainer. Fish foo d had
Const ructio n-and Assemb ly
Since no tricky co nstruc-
tion or specia l too ls are
nee d ed, n o pr ob lem s
sho uld be enco untered. The
fiber glass rod is prepa red
by d rilling the 1L16"-d iam-
ete r ho le from the bott om
as indicated in th e d iagram.
Anot he r 1 /1 6"- d i a me te r
ho le is d rilled on the side of
th e rod at po int A. This
sho uld be d rilled at a slight
a ngle towar ds the bo tto m
to mak e the routing of the
coil ta p w ire easier. The
depth of th is hole is o niy to
t he exte nt of meetin g with
the hol e previo usly drilled
from the bottom . When
d rilling th ese holes in the
fiberglass rod, it is impor-
ta nt to use a sharp dr ill and
not a llow the d rill to he at
up . It is best to c ut th e whi p
to prop er len gth aft e r t he
coil fo rm is sec u red in
place.
Prep are t he coi l fo rm
and o the r parts as ind i-
cated. Che ck th at t he hole
in th e spo ol is of th e pro pe r
diameter to permit the
spool to slide on the rod .
The notches filed into the
coil form prevent the coil
from slipping. The hole for
the coil tap is displaced 1/8
of a turn from the align -
ment of the bottom notch.
After the coil form is pre-
pared, feed the 20-AWG
tap wire through the tap-
wire hole and out the bot-
tom of the spool. SI ide the
form over the fiberglass
rod and carefu Ily route the
tap wire through the drilled
hole at point A and down-
ward through the rod, out
the bottom. Allow suffi-
cient length for the tap
wire to be soldered later in
the PL-259 connector. Ap-
ply epoxy glue to the ap-
propriate rod area, slide
the coil form into its proper
position on the rod, and
take up any slack in the top
wire. The final position of
the coil form should be
such that the tap-wire
holes in the spool and the
rod line up with each other
and the rod extends suffi-
ciently below the bottom
of the spool to accept the
UG-176 adapter. To hold
the tap wire securely in po-
sition, apply a small
amount of epoxy to the tap-
wire opening in the spool
and at the bottom of the
whip.
Two holes must be
drilled in the cover of the
coi I protector. A 1/4" hole
in the center wiII perm it it
to be slipped over the bot-
tom of the whip . With the
cover in position on the
whip, use the notch of the
coil form for determining
the position of the second
hole. This is a 1/8" hole and
should be drilled in the cor-
rect position to allow the
ground end of the coil wire
to pass through the cover
and be soldered to the
PL-259 connector. After
both holes are drilled in the
cover, epoxy the cover
(threads towards the coil
form) to the bottom of the
wood spool. Position the
feed through hole in the
cover so that the tap oc-
curs at 1-1/8 of a turn when
the coil is added.
With epoxy applied to
the bottom of the fiber -
glass rod, slide the UG-176
reducer onto the rod and
up against the container
cover. Check that none of
the other parts has slipped
from its proper position. At
this point of construction,
it is best to allow the epoxy
to harden before proceed-
ing.
After the epoxy hardens,
the UG-176 reducer can be
screwed into the PL-259
and the tap wire soldered
in the center pin. Measure
42 Y, inches from the top of
the coil form and cut the
whip to length.
The next step is to slide
the copper braid shield
over the fiberglass rod.
Tinned braid is recom-
mended . However, if this is
not readily available, the
shield from RG-8/U coax
cable will work fine. If the
braided shield is too snug
to readily slip over the rod,
the diameter of the shield
can be enlarged by squash-
ing the braid together a lit-
tle bit at a time. If the di-
ameter of the shield has to
be enlarged to any extent,
be sure to allow for the
shrinkage in length that
will occur. The braided
shield is slipped over the
full length of the rod down
to the coil form . The shield
can be snugged to the rod
by running your hand tight-
ly along the braid.
One end of the coi I is se-
cured by routing a 24"
piece of 14-AWG wire
through the hole in the
cover and soldering it to
the side of the PL-259 con-
nector. With the one end
secured, the 3-turn coil can
then be easily wound on
the form and soldered to
the whip shield. Solder the
tap wire 1-1/8 turns from
the coil bottom (ground)
and the trimmer capacitor
across the entire coil. Cut
off the braid shield so that
it extends 3/8" above the
top of the rod ; twist and
i §----COPPER BRAID
42 1/2 "
1. i"~~'1soLOER
COVE R FOR ) i
COIL PROTE C TI VE
CONTA I N ER
-COI L F ORM
DErA I L
(E MF>TY T H RE A D SPO OL)
8=
/ / ',
I
\
O:: =~
" - -~ /
'
Fig. 1. A rigid 2 meter antenna for base or mobile
operation.
solder. To protect the whip
from the weather, shrink
tubing, plastic electrical
tape, or a protective spray
can be used .
Mounting
For base station opera-
tion, I used a simple L-
shaped aluminum bracket
with an SO-239 connector,
RG-58 coax, and four19Y. ,,-
ground radials.
rangement is secured with
U-bolts to the mast above a
triband beam. For mobile
operation, the bracket de-
sign is dependent on the
type of car and individual
desires. For my mobile op-
eration, I mounted a sim-
pie bracket and connector
arrangement directly to
the luggage rack.
Tuning
The easiest method to
tune the antenna is with a
field -strength meter at a
distance of approximately
2 to 3 feet. With the anten-
na connected and the trans-
mitter keyed on an unused
simplex channel, adjust the
trimmer capacitor with a
T O W HI P
2 .5 - 13 pF _ 3 ' !I' 14
NPQ TR I MM ER TA P P E D
1 118 t F ROM
GNO E ND
!TAP - 20
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PL ' 2 5 9 COAX
CON NECTOR
SCHEMA TI C DIA GRAM
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Ff8ERGLA$S WHIP
DETAIL
HO L D CO IL
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H OLE "
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11 16 " HO LE
FOR TAP WIRE
i! "". j'
ML I
L I / 16 "- : " .
DRilLED HOL E
non -metallic screwdriver
for a peak field -strength in-
dication. The -y~r will be
minimum at this point. Nu -
merous antennas have been
built, and, on all occasions,
, yswrs of less than 1.2 to 1
were obtained. The anten-
na, of course, should be sit-
uated away from --all ob-
jects and as high off the
-ground as practical during
This ar- tuning procedures.
With a 5/16"-diameter
hole drilled in the bottom
of the plastic container to
accommodate the whip,
slide the container over the
whip and screw it into its
cover. If the container af-
fects the tuning of the
antenna, drill a hole in its
side and retune the anten-
na with the container in
position : With RTV, seal
the top opening of the con-
tainer, but not the bottom.
The hole in the cover will
help prevent any moisture
from accumulating.
Do you want to generate
conversation? Just men-
tion on your local repeater
the fact that you're using a
home-brew antenna .•
99
 Ageless Wonder: the Coll inear Beam
- sure beats a dipole

Good results for a few dolla rs.

Each elemen t is co nnect ed
to t he next by a phasi ng
C. Ste wart Gil/m or W1FK stu b so t hat all elements
Spencer Road o pera te in phase. The co l-
Higganum C T 06441 linear antenna is oft en
used at VH F and UH F in
vertical orientation, but at
is t he one- half wavelength
element. Col linea rs m ay
have as many as 6 ele-
me nts . Bec au se of mutual
co up li ng and in creasin gl y
unev en current di st ribu-
t io n ob ta ined as one add s
of the ele ments, w here a
ve ry high impeda nce ex-
ist s. In th e antenna s de-
scribed be low, feed oc curs
in t he ce nter o f an ele me nt
at a, rel ati vely low imped-
ance, high current point.

E v er since th e ready
ava ilab ili t y of alum i-
nu m tu bin g after t he sec-
o n d Wo rl d W a r , yag i
beams have been pop ul ar
w it h ham s. More recent ly,
quads have joine d as pop-
u lar an te nnas for t he H F
bands. These parasiti c ar-
ray antennas have a numb er
of att ractive featu res, in-
eludi ng high gai n, unid i-
rec t i onal rad i at i o n, and
rotat abili ty. Realizati on of
t heir fu ll potenti al, how -
eve r, requires rel atively ex-
pen sive su p po rt eq u i p-
ment, including tower and
ro tor .
I have enjoyed using co l-
linear w ire beams, whi ch
give reason abl y narro w
bidi rec ti o na l rad iat io n pat-
t ern s. Th ese a r ray s are
co m po sed of el ement s ar-
ranged in a st raig ht lin e.
Frequ ency
A B
21.2 MHz 11' 4"
14.15 MHz 16' 6 Y2 "
Table 1. Dimensions as measured for 15 and 20 meter co ll inears. A
ment; B = outer ele ments; C = match ing stubs.
100
H F it-i s o nly pr act ica l t o
erect horiz ontal coll inear
anten nas. Co lli nea r anten-
ele me nts, most hams have
b uil t co ll inears w it h 2 o r 3
ele me nts. H ighest ga in is
Thi s permi t s a goo d mat ch
to 300- o r 600-0 hm bal -
anc ed lines'; If one prefers,
nas hav e long been used in obtai ned if t he ante nna a 4:1, 6:1, or<n ratio ba lun
military appl icat ions, or.i n eleme nts are space d w it h m ay be in ser ted so t hat th e
any sit uation w here need 0.4 o r 0 .5 w ave lengt hs of ante nnas m ay be f ed d i-
exists f o r a rugged, d irec- space between th e ends-of.. rect ly with coa x. M y colli n-
ti ve HF antenn a whic h can t he ele me nt s, but t his in- ears are fed with bal anced
quick ly be erec te d and t rodu c es co nst r uc t io n li ne, and a balun is in-
wh ich c an d eliver good problems. Less gain but trod uced j ust outside t he
pe rfo rm an c e. Espec i al l y mu ch sim pl er design re- shack.
f or t he No vi ce o r fo r t he sul ts f rom separat ing ·[ he · I was no t abl e to find in-
ham o n a budget , th e co l- eleme nts o nly by use of an form at io n on t he imped-
linear sho u ld be co nsid- insulator. ances met w hen feed ing
ered because it is easy to I give design crite ria co ll i ne ars at c u r r e n t
const ruc t and it is inexpen- below for 3-e le men t 20 po in ts , so I pe rf or m ed
sive . . met er and s-el ement 1 5 measurements o n 3- and
Many a nte nna text s dis- ' met er co ll inears, each of 5-e lement co llinea rs sus-
cuss co ll inea r ante nna s,' w hi ch req uire s less spac e pended Y. to 1 w avelengt h
but f ew prov ide co m ple te to erec t t han an 80 met er abo ve gr o u nd . T he im-
design inf orm ati on. Part ic- d ip o le. I also give d at a o n pedances were measured on
ula rl y o mitted is info rrna-. im pedance cha racte ristics m y Boon t on 2sD-A " RX"
tion o n im pedanc es. Co llin- at and 'near resonance to meter. The impedance at
ea r antennas ma y use ele- aid in selecting a su itab le reson ance of t he 3-ele ment
me nts of varyin g electrical fe ed li ne. Many co ll inears ce nt erfed an t en na was
lengt h, bu t most co m mo n are f ed be tween t he ends fo u nd to be 372 O hms re-
s i st i v e; t he s-e l e me n t
Dimensions V2-wavelength in feed li ne ante nna showed an imped-
coax V = . 0.66 twinlead V = 0.82
ance at reso nance of 600
Ohm s. Each of th ese anten-
C
22' 7% " 9' 6" 15'4" 19' 0" nas oper ates across an en-
33' 1" 14' 3" 22' 11% " 28 '6" t ire ham band w ith vsw r of
less th an 1.5:1 ( ± 1 % of
= hal ves of cent er ele- design fr equ ency), usin g no
> m at chin g dev ice except a
x
properly chosen balun . The
transmi ssion lin e is cho sen
to be an in t egral number of
half wav el ength s. Of
cour se, a balanc ed line
tun er ma y be employed
and th e balun o m itted.
One can al so tap up and
down the transmission line
f or imp edance matching
purposes if this method is
desired .
It is wort h pointing o ut
that t he ve lo city of propa-
gation of elec t ro ma gnet ic
waves along transmission
lin es var ies w it h the dielec-
tric material used in con-
st ruct ing th e line o r cable.
This ve lo c ity fa ctor (V)
mu st be included in calcu-
latin g e le c t ric a l wave-
length in v arious types of
lines. For examp le, op en-
w ire line can be assumed
t o ha ve a vel ocity f ac tor of
nearly 1.0 (or perh ap s more
exactl y, 0.95 to 0.975). Thu s,
a w ave length in free space is
nearly the same as o ne
mea sured along open-wire
line. Th e co ax cab le usual-
ly used by ham s has a V of
0 .66, and mos t 300-0hm
pol yeth yl ene balan ced line
("twinl ead " ) has a · V of
0.82 . This mean s, for exam -
pl e, that a wa ve of 15
meters length in fr ee space
has a physical length in
coa x of about (0.66 X 1 5m)
= 10 met er s and a ph ysi cal
leng th in 300-0hm t w in-
lead of about (0.82 X 15m)
= 12 .3 meters. In the
design s b elow, I u se
300-0hm t winlead for th e
v.. -wa ve matching sec-
tions.
The 3-element collin ear
achieve s a gain of about
3.3 d ecibels over a sim ple
half-wa ve dipole and has a
beam width to the half-
power points (wh ere the
fi el d str ength vo l t age
drops to 0.707 of its ma x-
imum va lue) in th e hori-
zo nta l pl an e of about
± 18° . This is for a horizon-
tall y ori ented antenna, of
cour se, and the radi ation is
grea t est at right angle s t o
the axi s of th e arra y. The
5~el em ent ante nna achieves
a gain of about 5.3 decibels
and a beamwidth of about
±1 0 0 o r so . Each an-
tenna ' s ho riz onta l radia-
t io n pattern is bidirectional
wi t h minor side lobes. I
have design at ed t he cen-
terf ed ele me nt hal ves as
" A" in the dra wing (Fig. 1)
and in Tabl e 1, the pairs of
out er el em ents as " B", and
the matching sect ions as
"C", for th e case of t he 3-
o r 5-ele me nt centerfed col -
linear.
Construction Hi nts
A ll half-wa ve ele me nts
sho uld be of equal length
in a given ante nna. One
ca n erect th e centerfed ele-
ment and ad j ust it t o exac t
resonance, if desir ed , th en
add th e st ubs and outer
ele me nts. Velocity f actor
V w as found to be 0.95 f or
t he 3-el em ent co ll inear.
The 5-e le m ent collinea r
resonated slight ly higher
than the ca lc u late d fre-
qu enc y; ev ident ly a V of
0.95 overcorrects for end
effects. I found V here to
eq ual 0.975, and I give t he
actual de t erm ined dimen-
sions for eac h ante nna in
Table 1.
I used home-br ew nylon
insulators w hich are 2 to 3
inc hes long and cut out of
scrap. The y are light and
tough . On e cou ld al so use
Plexigla sTM or some other
mat erial or commerci all y-
mad e cerami c insulators.
The pha sing sec t i o ns
c ou ld be of op en-wi re line
(remem be r, then, V w o uld
be about 0.95), but I chose
300-0hm twin lead because
th e st u bs t end to blo w
around in high w inds and
ladder line might twi st up
and shor t. (A lso, I had a few
scrap pi ece s of 300-0 hm
twinl ead in the shack .)
The antenna ele ments
th em selv es I made of odds
and end s of #16 and #14
hard-dra wn cop pe r w ire,
but alm ost anything w ill do
here.
Care should be tak en to
fasten the pha sing stubs
to the in sulators so that
th ey do not fat igu e and
br eak off . So lde r th e stubs
V Reader
Fig. 1. Center led multi-element collinear wire beam. A =
14 wa vel ength (It.) = 246 (0.95)JIMHz; B = V, wa velen gth
(It.) = 492 (0.95)/f M Hz; C = 14 wavelength (ft.) = 246
(O.82)JIM Hz ·
closed at th e ends. I sus- center frequ en ci es of 14 .15
pended the co ll inea rs high M Hz f o r the 3-element and
in some m aple tre es using 21.2 MH z for th e 5-element
clothe sline pull ey s and ant enna. I use these collin-
lf4-inc h nylon lin e . O ne ha s e a rs for wo r king into
been up fo r two w inte rs Europe w it h m y Triton IV.
and has survived num erous The 15 m et er co l li near
ic e st orms and high w inds. w o u ld make a dandy an-
Y o u might w ish to silicone te nna for Novice DXin g. If
or wa x th e t winlead to on e has th e space for an 80
minimi ze swr change s dur - meter dipole, t hen 2 or 3
ing rain storms . I 'm not hour s invested in construc-
fus sy about these ante n- t io n and ere c tion of a
nas, ex cept that I make multi-el ement coll inear w ill
sure t hat I never erec t a n probably result in surprise
antenna near , over , or and ' p leasure t hat such a
under a power line. sim ple ante nna bring s such
In Table 1, I have given good results for only a f ew
ac t u a l dim en si on s for dollars. •
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- go find yourself a junked TV
Better than mail-order.
Editor's note: This article was written while the author was in Iran. He has since returned to the United Sta tes.
plann ed prior to leavi ng
hom e base.
Donald E. Liv ely W6SJQ
9 Wedg e wood Drive
Material Sel ection and
Millington NJ 07946
Preparation
The problem faci ng this
A ct ivat ing a n HF radio
stati on in areas of t he
world where hamming is
stat io n was that of acq uir-
ing a balun for a thr ee-
band d ipole a nd t hen a
not to o commo n ca lls f or a t hree-e le me nt beam . Ex-
certa in am ount o f improvi-
perim ents with a hom e-
satio n. This is pa rt icularly made ba lun in the US using
t rue if sta tio n logist ics the ferr ite co re of a de -
have not been carefully fu nct TV flyback t ra ns-
fo rmer had been q uite suc-
ces sful on 80 a nd 40 me-
te rs. It was decided , there-
fore, to see if th e sa me ap-
proach would do tor 20, 15,
and 10 . It figured t hat a
50 OHMS
Z UNBol.l core material able to ha n-
• ma lly mate d at t heir highly cess.
50 OHMS ----.:~F='J
9 01,1.- . W'RE SlIPPI..Y
COil.
Fig. 1. Fig. 2.
102
........
d ie the TV horizontal re- two core ha lves a re held
t race wit ho ut significa nt togethe r with a n e poxy
loss shou ld be fa irly good co mpo und. A very thin film
f or HF radio t ra nsm issio n. of stee l-filled epoxy is used
Ac t ua l m e a sur e m e n t s for th is purpo se - ho peful-
throu gh the finished ba lun ly this rninirnize s discon -
at 28 MHz and lower fre- tinui ties in the magneti c
qu en cies show less tha n ;;. circuitry of the core.
'h -dB atte nuat io n. Some further co re prepa-
ratio n is st ill need ed bef ore
Initia l Con struction putt ing wind ings in place.
Actu al const ruction wa s This includes rem oval of
sta rte d in t he fo llowing anv .sharp edges wit h a fine
fash ion. A burned-o ut fly- file o r abrasive clot h (to
back was obtained fro m a avo id scratc hing the en am-
TV se rvice shop, and a ll of eled wire). The last ste p of
t he windings, plus sea ling prepar ation is to place two
c o mpo u nds , w e r e r e- laye rs of plast ic o r glass
moved .' Afte r disassembly, ta pe ove r the co re- t his
two C-sha ped core halves gives a very smoot h sur-
re ma ined . These are nor- face for the winding pre-
p o li sh e d su rfa c e s and The ac tua l wind ing ca lls
cla mped togethe r to fo rm for co nsidera ble ca re if a
a solid O-shaped rectangle. low swr is to be rea lized .
To avo id any sh orted turn Co nside rable experimenta-
effects fro m t he clam ping tion too k place to get best
arrangem ent, and to m ake results - and two precau-
un o bstructed space for tions turn ed out to be im-
windin gs aro und the full portan t in getting good
core c irc um f erence, th e bal an ce a nd low loss: sym-
metri ca l placement of the
turns and uniform "turn
shape." The resul ts of this
ca re are u nifo rmly distr ib-
uted capacity wit hin and
between tu rns an d equa l
ind uct an ce fo r ea ch of th e
thr ee trifilar wind ings.
The wa y th e t ight and
unifor m turns a re achieved
is to employ a mod ifica-
t ion of the " bo b b in"
te chnique (see Fig. 2) used
on co m me rci a lly-wo u nd
toroids. For this appl ica-
tio n, start with a single
pi e ce o f a bo ut no . 20
gauge wi re a pp roxima te ly
18 inch es long . Thread th e
wire re pea ted ly thro ugh
the cor e ce nte r un til e ight
tu rns are in place. Dist rib-
ut e the t urns eve nly and
clip a ll but about two inch-
es on ea ch e nd o f t he wind-
in g. Re move th is te m-
por ary windi ng, st ra ighten
it, and measure its len gth .
This will be th e len gth of
th e pe rma ne nt wind ings.
Cut t hree le ngth s of no. 14
Formva r or sim ilarly in-
sulated co ppe r wire a nd
wind ea ch o ne aro und a D-
ce ll battery or simil ar ly
sized for m to create t he
" wire supp ly co il" for t he
fin ished ba lun.
Next, take o ne of these
co ils and "screw" it onto the
TV tran sforme r co re. Do
t his by spre ad ing the turns
a nd pla cing an e nd thro ugh
the ce nte r hol e, rot at ing
t he co il unt il it is all on the
core . Straighte n one e nd of
t he co il so t hat th e 2" ex-
cess exte nd s o ut from t he
core , t he n pre ss tight ly
against t he co re t his first
turn of the "wire suppl y
co il." Use yo ur thumb to
for ce e ac h tu rn of the
balun into sha pe against
th e co re. Form ea ch turn
d ia gon all y so t hat two
turns are placed o n ea ch
side. (De pe nd ing on whe re
you wis h to make yo ur co n-
nect ion to th e anten na and
t ra nsmissio n l ine, yo u may
sta rt and finish at a co rne r
or a side.)
Rep eat th e process for
each of th e next two wind-
ings. To kee p the t urns
t ight so th at t he ir fina l
spaci ng ca n be evenly posi-
t ioned, te mpo ra rily twist
the two e nds of eac h co il
to get he r. This will p revent
any unwi nd ing. Place a few
dro ps of S-minute ep oxy
glue at t he poi nt where
wind ings start. When t he
wind ings are firm ly se t a nd
evenly spaced , wire and
so lde r them as shown in
t he diagram of Fig. 1. Be
espec ially ca reful to make
the connect ions betw een
the windi ngs symm et rical
(to ens u re eq ua l induc-
ta nce and co upling). Fail-
ure to do th is will crea te a
poor swr a nd increase loss.
(An associate of mine has
run tests on several CO(11-
mercial ba luns and fou nd
th at inatten tion to thi s
matt er ac co unts fo r fai rly
wide va riat ions in perfor-
man ce, part ic ularly at th e
higher fr eq uenc les.)
Yo u ar e now ready to at-
tach the lead s o n t he balun
which co nnec t it to th e
fe edlin e and a n t e n na .
Mount a coax fitt ing at on e
co rne r, a nd for th e feed -
line, a nd t he flexible leads
(short lengt hs of co ax oute r
co nd uctor bra id) for the
di pole connection.
Fina l Adj ustments
With a sho rt length of
coax, connect the balun
through a n swr bridge to a
t ra nsmitte r with va riabl e
output carrier. Co nnect the
flexible lea ds to a d umm y
load , be ing careful to keep
them stra ight, symm etr ical,
a nd eve nly spaced. (Pieces
of RG-58 o uter cov ering can
be used to protect t he
le ads from t he wea ther a nd
to avoid sho rts du ring the
tests.) Ne xt , set th e rf
so urce o n 28 MHz and ap-
ply e no ugh power to get a
good reading o n th e swr
meter in t he forward direc-
tio n. (Run the powe r high
e no ugh to ensure t hat the
tran smitter output " looks
like" its tran smissio n-line
driv e im pe da nce-w it h
som e solid- state rigs, thi s
V Reader Se rvice-see page 211
may va ry at ve ry low power from a nearby lightn ing
sett ings.) st rike .) An a pp ropria te
Switch t he swr me te r to form to co ntain the epoxy
revers e a nd ob serve t he while it sets was made from
reflected power leve l- it the side s of a po lyet hylene
should read 1:1.2 or less. If d e t e rge n t b ott le . Th is
it' s highe r, remove th e rf material ca n be "we lded"
pow er and try eveni ng up using a soldering iron to
any irregularities in the melt a nd join edges of in-
w ind in gs o r sig nif i ca nt dividu al pieces to form the
spaces between adj acent desired shape of conta iner.
w ires in t he ind iv idual Inci de nta lly, t he 3 0 ~
tu rns, With ca reful d ress- cos t refers to th e wire- it
ing of th e turns and co n- has to be pu rch ased loca l-
necting leads, th is kind of ly. The e poxy is, of co urse,
pe rf o rma nc e c an be optiona l a nd is an added
realized . ex pe nse . The TV t ran s-
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 So You Want to Raise a Tower
- do it safely, do it right
A simple guide to an important su bje ct.
James Wyma WA7DPX
513 W. toi« SI.
S Doner or later every
ham has t he desire to
pu t up a towe r. The intent
yo u from so me of th e
prob lems yo u can have by
imp rope r inst all ati on of
Coso Grande AZ 85222
of this article is to save yo ur tower. These pro b-
lem s can resul t in loss of
you r tower and ant e nnas.,
loss of your ham shac k (a ..
/ fall ing towe r ca n do a
great d eal of rem odelin g
to yo ur shac k), a nd last,
but not least, loss of yOIH- '
or so meone e lse's life. The
/ fir st tw o losses ca n be co r-
/ rect ed; the t hird ca n't!
I First o ff, let's esta blish
I
some basics. The re are on-
ly two safe ways to e rect a
/ tower: with a crane or w ith
a gin-pole. If yo u have the
mon ey, the first is t he
ea siest. The seco nd meth-
od is th e'o ne used by those
of us w ho have mor e ti me
th an mo ney.
Assuming th at yo u have
decid ed o n the seco nd
method, you wil l have to
do so me towe r cl imbing.
There is one ve ry impor-
tan t principle involved in
tower clim bing. Simp ly
stated, it is: " If yo u a re
unabl e to stra p a safe ty
Photo A. belt on th e tower, let loose
104
with both hand s and lean
ba ck co mfo rta bly fo r a
sho rt nap, th~ keep both
yo ur feet on th e ground ."
If yo ur legs are sha king,
yo ur hands are white from
han ging o n, a nd a ll yo u
ca n think of is " I' m go ing
to d ie," th en YO.u. have no
business on a tow er!
Try the technique that I
use. Tell yourself that onc e
yo u have climbed mor e
than te n fee t, you probably
will be killed if you fa ll. If
you .. do n't like this a p-
proac h, yo u sho uld get
so meone e lse to do th e
cl imb ing.
On ce yo u have doubled
y o ur li fe insur an ce - or
found so me tower rigger to
do th e climbing-you now
have to de cide where to
put it. The ideal place is
right next to th e windo w in
yo u r shac k, bu t t his
doesn't a lways turn o ut to
be possib le . Co nside ra-
tions gove rning tower loca-
tion a re as fo llows:
1) The guy- line a nc ho rs
should be kept within your
property boundaries, if at
 TOWER >.--'--~.'-----"
Fig, 1, Diagram for 60' to wer and gu ys,
all po ssib le,
, 2) The anc hors sho uld
be at a dis ta nce of at least
two-thi rd s of th e tower
height aw ay from t he base
of t he , tower, and, p ref er-
ab ly , a distanc e eq ual to
th e tow er heig ht. Examp le:
A 60' tower shou ld have
guy supports at a distance
of 40' t o 60' from th e base,
Three guy lines are genera l-
ly used ,
3) The guy- line anchors
sho u ld be at 120 0 spacing
fr om eac h other. If av ail-
able, a surveyo r's tr an-
sit sho u ld be used to site
th eir l o c ati on s. Fi g, 1
demon str at es t his, Note
that it is not necessary to
have all t he anchors in a
circle (i.e, equal distance
f ro m t he base). This is
show n by po int A' of Fig, 1,
Every effo rt sho u ld be
m ade t o keep t he anc hors
as cl ose to 1 20 0 apa rt as
possib le . Th e more you
dev iate f ro m t hi s, t he more
v ulnerab le is t he tower to
twi sting torqu e.
4) Guy lines should not
be o bstr uc t ed by pow er
lines, t rees, or parts of any
bui ldi ng.
5) Be sure yo u r co m-
munity has no restrictions
on tower erection; obtai n a
buil d ing per mit if o ne is re-
q u ired ,
6) M ak e sure t here are
no buried wate r, gas, or
power lines in the areas
w here you p lan to d ig you r
ba se - a n d g u y -a n chor
hol es, Call th e utili t y co m-
pa nies; t hey w ill l oc at e
t he m for you fr ee of
charge,
7 ) If at all possible, at-
tac h th e tower to yo ur
ho use o r shac k. In mos t
cases, t his w ill classify it so
that your home-owner's in-
su ra nc e wi ll cove r i t.
Check w ith you r agent to
see if th is ap p lies to your
po licy, and, if it does not ,
ask him about a separate
li ab ility po licy, In most
areas, a tower is con-
sid e r e d a n a t t r ac t iv e
nuisance for juveniles, and
if a child is hurt o n yo ur
tower, you are at fa u lt
even th ou gh it is o n p riv at e
property, If your tow er
f alls o n a neighbor 's hou se,
more than " Gee, I'm sorrv
abo ut t hat !" is usuall y re-
qu ired to f ix t he d am age.
8) Deter m ine t hat t he
ground w here your base
and an chor s w ill be is solid
eno ugh to ho ld t hem in
p l ac e, Freshl y-exc ava te d
gro und sho uld be avoided.
(Q u ic k sa nd , m ud , a n d
eart hq u ak e f a ul t s a lso
sho uld be av o ide d.)
Now th at w e have th e
basics out of th e w ay, let 's
get started on pu tti ng this
t hing up. Th e tow er fo un-
datio n and t he guy ing are
t he two most importa nt
pa rts of your who le in-
st all at io n, Don't take sho rt
cuts in either of the se
areas, A few bu cks saved
o n chea p conc rete or
ju nky guy lines co uld co st
yo u t ho usand s of do lla rs in
t he lo ng run ,
The t y pe o f gro u nd
(clay, sand, sof t d irt , o r
w hateve r) and t he hei ght
of t he tower wi l l dete rm ine
how much concrete you
Pho to 8 , The base pfat e is anc hored to th e to wer foun da-
t io n with on e bo lt.
need fo r th e base and guy - part of t he tower in con-
li ne anchors , A ve ry good crete , W it h my syste m ,
place to get t his inf orm a- should yo u decide to move,
tio n is in the Rohn towe r t he b ase p l at e can be
catalog, You can probab ly taken w it h you , (Most peo-
obtai n a co py of it fr om pl e w ou ld rat her not ta ke a
Roh n or you r Ro hn dealer. ya rd of co ncret e w ith t hem
This w il l give yo u a l ot of to get the towe r section
va lua b le inf o rmat ion on ceme nt ed in it .)
how and w here to guy you r You w ill notice t hat th e
to w er and ho w bi g t o .base plate is held in pl ace
make yo ur hol es for co n- by on e 5{8" x 18" ga lva -
crete . Under no cir cum - nized bolt in th e cente r. If
sta nces shou ld the base o r you are un able-to f ind one
anc ho rs co nt ain less t han at you r hard w are st o re, t ry
1,4 yard of concrete. yo ur local power com -
The spec if ic informati o n, pa ny , Th ese bo lts are used
in this article "is pertinent 'q u i t e exte ns ive ly fo r
to m ost tow ers, but it is po we r-po le hardw are,
specifica lly re lated t o th e Afte r yo u have pou red
Rohn 25G tower. Th is is the concrete in your base
o ne of th e most pop ul ar - ho le and ta mped t he air
ham towers and t he o ne out of it , t he bo lt is in-
with w hich I ha ve t he most serte d , D on't wa it too lo ng
experience. to p ut t he bo l t in o r yo ur
In Photo B, you can see co ncret e won't hold it too
w hat I pr ef er f or th e tower wel l. It you are a pessim ist,
base, Note that t he co n- a 3" flat was her w el ded t o
cret e sticks up abov e t he end of th e bol t bef or e
grou nd level. Th is is ac- putt ing it in the co nc rete
com p lis hed by making a w ill ad d ho ld ing power,
fr am e o ut of 2 X 4s, wi t h Do not attempt to p ut
th e 4" side vert ic al. Th ere t he base pl ate in pl ace un-
are a number of reasons t il after t he co nc rete has
fo r do in g t his: loo ks, main - set. A lso, be ca reful not to
ta inabi lity(grass tr imm ing), bump your cement fo rm
and, m ost im po rt ant, level - w he n pouri ng the co n-
ing. If your base p late isn' t crete .
level, it wi ll be nea rly im- T w o -i nch pum p ro d s
possibl e to level t he tow er. we re in st alled to stop ca rs
Spea king of th e base f ro m r u rm i ng into t he
pl at e, it is a good invest- tower.
ment to mak e. At $40 to O nce th e base has cured
$45 per sect io n, it is a ve ry (at least a w eek, and
expensive practice to bury pr ef erably l on ger), th e
105

Photo C. Two ty pes of gu y-li ne supports are shown here.
tower can be bo lted to t he
base and se t in place .
Generall y. the first two
sections ca n be bo lted
to get her and set o n t he
base with o ut too much
trouble .
Next. let' s look at the
guy-line supports. Phot o C
shows two types of guy-
lin e suppo rts. At th e bot-
to m o f t he picture is a
Ro hn guy a ncho r. This
piece is ce mented into t he
ground with just a few
inches of shaf t a nd the eye
st icking out ab ov e the
ground. (See yo ur Rohn
ca t alog f or recommen ded
install ation of this device.)
Also in t he pict ure is a
po le wit h the lines at-
tac hed to it. In t his case. a
2"-d ia meter s o lid-stee l
pipe (a wel l pum p rod) is
used. If yo u check with a
loca l pum p re pair co m-
pan y. yo u will find th at
pieces o f rod that have
be en removed from we lls
are ava ilab le fo r a co uple
of bucks eac h. Don't tak e
106
yo ur Vo lkswagen ove r to
load up thr ee le ngths of
thi s pipe, howeve r. A 10'
piece of pump rod we ighs
over 300 pounds!
If yo u are una ble to find
the pum p rod. a piece o f
3" o r 4" pipe will do equa l-
ly we ll, wit h th e pipes filled
w ith conc re te fo r ext ra
strengt h. if des ired .
The use of the pole has
sev era l adva nta ges over
th e use of th e guy ancho r.
The ma in adva ntage is t hat
th e lines are above grou nd
so t hat peop le wo n't t rip
o n th em or ha ng them-
selves o n t hem.
The hole for th e ancho r
was 2' X 2' X 2 v,' deep .
This left lV, ' of pip e a bove
grou nd. and, in most cases,
t his is plenty. If a driveway
is crossed, you may need
to go higher th an that. If
so, I reco mmend yo u use
co nc re te-filled 4" p ipe
rath er than a pu mp rod. In
any case, to make sure
that they do n't move, the
pipes shou ld be placed in
Photo D. Guy lin es are attached to equali zer plate s, o ne
of w hi ch is we lded to the pu mp ro d.
the ho le befo re pou ring
the co ncrete. The pipe a lso
can be guyed wit h wire o r
rope attac hed to stakes in
th e gro und.
Bef o re c a ll ing yo u r
Red i-Mix compa ny fo r a
load of co ncrete , be sure
that you have eve ryt hing'
pre pa red. If th e d river
st ands around wh ile yo u
put t he pipe in the ground
and guy it, yo u'll find th at
you r bi ll will have a sub-
sta ntial cha rge for "sta nd- ..
by" on it.
Phot o D shows a close-
up of how the guy lines are
attac hed to t he pipe. The
pie ce of met al we lded -to· '
th e pipe is o ne of the
eq ua lize r plates in t he
Rohn EP-2534-3 package .
Wh en or d eri ng. get 5
EP-2534-3 packages . There
are 2 plates a nd hardware
in eac h kit. Three sets will
be use d a s sta nda rd
eq ua lizer plates, th ree of
t he rem aining fo ur plates
will be we lded to the pipes
a nd t he last plate always
can be used as a pap er
we ight.
Unless you are an ex-
t reme ly goo d w eld er. yo u
sho uld have t he plates put
on at yo ur loca l we lding
sho p. Te ll th e we lde r yo u
w a nt a very st ro ng we ld , to
ho ld gu y wires which will
hold up a tower.
A few more po ints and
tip s: (1 ) All of the hardware
shown co mes wi t h the
eq ual ize r plates , but, when
o rde ring. be sure you get
th e co rrect plate fo r t he
number of guys t hat you
will have . An EP-2534-3 is
for two o r three guys. An
EP-2534-5 is for fo ur o r five
guys. (2) When you se t t he
gu y- l in e pJ.Ee in t he
ground . be su re th at th e
eq ua lizer plate is faci ng
towa rd th e tower. It is ve ry
hard to rotate the pipe
once t he co nc rete has set.
(3) If yo u wa nt a litt le ext ra
safety. you can ' we ld a
12" X 12" plate to t he bo t-
tom of t he pu mp rod to
make it harder to pull o ut
of th e co nc rete .
O nce yo u have the base
and guy suppo rts po ured
in co ncrete, th e next t hing
is to sit back and take a
we ll-dese rved break while
the concrete cures. This
will give yo u time to ca tc h
up o n yo ur read ing of
th ose back issues of 73.
Afte r a cou ple of days. you
ca n sa nd t he rust of f your
guy pipes a nd spray th em
with Rust-o-Ieum, or some
other rust-inhibiting pai nt.
The silver pa int seems to
last the bes t of t he co lors
I've trie d.
Now that yo u a re we ll
rested and raring to go, w e
will st art pulling the towe r
up . We prev iou sly m en-
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Photo E. This is wh at a gin-po le looks like.
t ioned t he gin-po le. Photo
E sho ws a pic t ure o f t he
gin-pol e, f or those of yo u
w ho do n't kn ow w hat one
is. I t co nsists of an
alu minum pipe ab o ut 13 '
lon g, a cl am pin g devi ce,
and a pul ley at t he to p of
t he po le. (I f yo u kn ow
someone w ho works at a
radio shop, yo u may be
ab le t o borrow t heir gin-
po le.)
W h i le you are out
scrounging arou nd, you
also will need a good safe-
ty belt (not a Wor ld W ar I
surplus job). Remem ber,
your lif e li t erall y depends
o n the belt. If it goe s, you
go; if you r belt b reak s, you
w ill be in f o r a bi g le td own .
A not her need is good ro pe.
You w ill need a pi ece as
long as tw ice t he height of
t he to we r, plus abo ut 30' .
Before you get gun g-ho
to st art putting up th e
towe r, take a fe w m inutes
to inspect the tow er ' sec-
t io ns. If any of t he m ating
ends appear to be at al l
108
bent, chec k t o be sure th at
t he y w i l l m a t e with
anot her sect ion of tower.
If seve re damage is ev i-
de nt, turn in a cl aim to the
trucking com pa ny and re-
q uest repl acem en ts. W hile
you' re chec k ing out th e
towe r, locate th e m oun ti ng
hard w are. You w ill f ind a
p lug in o ne of t he l ow er
legs of t he tower. Pry it
out, t ilt t he leg, and catch
t he nuts and bolts as t hey
slide out. There sho uld be
tw o sizes of nuts a nd bo lts,
and t hree of eac h size. Be
sur e to co unt all th e hard-
wa re to m ake sure you' re
not sho rt , and then pl ace it
in t he po uch of yo ur safe t y
belt.
Tw o o t her t hings can be
don e t o ma ke t he towe r
sect io ns easie r ' to put
together. The firs t is to
tak e a 1 'h " piece of rod a
foot or so long and grind a
blu nt point o n it. Very
gent ly d rive t his int o t he
fe m a le ( l ower p ar t of
t ower) ends of t he tow er
Photo F. Clearing excess gal vaniz ing from the tower legs
will m ak e jo ining easier.
sections. (Don't get ca rr ied
away o r yo u w il l sp lit t he
tower legs open.) Photo F
shows t his be ing done. The
seco nd is to dr ive a d rift
pun ch th ro ugh each of th e
bo l t hol es in th e tower.
D rive t he pun ch in fro m
both sid es of t he ho les. The
reason f o r t hese steps is to
c l e a r o u t a n y excess
gal vani zin g t ha t may be
cl o gg ing th e ho les. (A ll
Ro hn towe rs are hot-
d ip ped galvanized after
th e y a r e assembled .)
Und er no circ umsta nces
sho ul d yo u use a d rill t o
ream out th e hol es.
You now are ready fo _.
sta rt pu t t in g up t he tow er
sect io ns. If yo u are doi ng
th e clim bing, be sure th at
you r ground man is reli a-
bl e. You r li f e l it era lly rests
in his hands. If you say
" w hoa" and he " let's go,"
yo u have a b ig pro bl em .
The m an on th e tow er
always ca lls the sho ts - he
is th e boss. If you ca n get
hol d of a pair of w alkie-
talk ies, it wi ll save you
fr om lary ngit is f rom ye ll-
ing to eac h ot her. And let
your ground man do as
rnu ci: of t he ph ysical work
as pos sib le.
The num ber one rule is
saf ety. Tow er w ork is no
pl a c e to b e ho r si n g
aro und . Bef ore yo u take
one f oo t off t he ground ,
ma ke t he f ollowin g po in t
emph a t i ca l l y cl e ar t o
eve r yone : I f a ny t h i n g
b reak s, co m es loose, o r
drops, don 't t ry to st op it o r
catch it. Sho u ld anything
go w ro ng, get your butt o ut
of t he w ay . A pi ece of
m an gl ed -u p t o w er c a n
e a sil y b e r e pl ac ed . A
mangled bo dy is not so
easily rep l ac"ea:-
Th e man on th e tower
sho u ld have t he fo l lowi ng
eq u ip me nt w it h him be-
fore he start s cli mbing:
(1) Safety be l t, boots, and
gloves. (2) Two .w renches
for eac h of th e tw o bo lt
sizes on the tower. (A rat ch-
et a nd so c k e t he l p a
lot .) (3) A d rift punch and
hamm er. These are used t o
help align t he bol t hol es.
(4) A U of t he nuts and bo lts
f or all of t he t owe r sec-
t io ns. (5) A small pulley
w hich can be used to ra ise
t he gin-pole fr o m o ne sec-
t io n of th e to w er to t he
next. (6) A work p latf orm ,
if used .
It em six is not a requ ire-
ment , but it c an m ake t he
tow er work a lot easier and
save a lot of we ar and tear
on your fee t and back. (See
Phot o C .) O nce again , I
wi sh to em phasize that
ve ry im po rta nt point: If
you ca n't rel ax wh ile doi ng
tow er w ork, stay o n th e
ground. Ther e is no w ay
Photo C. A work platform can make to w er erection much
easier.
th at yo u ca n ho ld o n w it h
one ha nd and w or k w it h
t he other. Tow er work re-
qu ires bot h hand s and all
of yo ur atte ntion .
Yo ur first jo b is to pl ace
th e gin-pole at t he to p of
t he fi rst sec t ion . Carry t he
po le up th e t ow er wi t h th e
po le in t he low ered posi-
ti on, or use t he sma ll
pu lley . O nce yo u have it in
place o n t he t ow er, you
can raise the pole. Be sure
to pla ce t he cl amp on a
to wer leg so that sections
can be pu ll ed up w ithout
o bst ruc tions bei ng in t he
w ay.
The cl am p sho u ld be po-
sit io ned so that it fa ces
awa y from th e t ow er. Th e
pu lley shou ld be rot at ed
so th at it f aces toward t he
inside of th e tower. Do not
use pliers to tighte n any of
t he cl am p screw s o n t he
gin-po le; hand-ti ght is suffi-
cie nt on al l t hree screws.
Photo H shows a p ictu re of
th e gin-pol e clam ped in
pl ace o n t he t ow er.
Whil e you are mounti ng
th e gin-po le, your grou nd
m an shou ld be tying t he
rope to th e next section of
t he tower. Th e ro pe sho uld
be t ied approximately tw o-
th ird s of t he way up th e
sectio n. If it is t ied too
hig h, yo u w ill have t rou ble
p l ac in g t he sec t i o ns i n
p lace. Phot o I sho ws how I
ti e t he rop e on. Yo u w ill
not ic e t hat t his is a sl ip
kn ot. M any people have
looked at thi s and said, " It
won't work ." I have used
t hi s k no t to send up over
500' of tower sec t io ns and
never has it come loose.
O nce you have t he t hird
section of tower in place,
t he fi rst set of guy lines
shou ld be attached . I per-
so nally rec om mend t hat if
you put up th irty f eet o r
more of towe r, it sho uld be
guyed . The Rohn catalog
giv es reco mm ended guying
heights for variou s tow er
height s. W hi le you are work-
ing on t he third sect io n of
tower, have your ground
man getting t he guy lines
ready. Each lin e should be
pr epa red as show n in
Photo J before it is sent up
to yo u. The loop sho ul d be
about three in c hes long,
and two ca ble clamps
(mi nimum) shoul d be used
at eac h loo p.
W hen you have th e gi n-
po le ready (yo u can d o t his
before mov ing the po le if
yo u wa nt) , hav e t he loo p
sent up to you o n t he gi n-
po le l ine. Each li ne sho u ld
be taken to the t urnbuck le
it attaches to and m ea-
sured to length before cut-
ting . The tur nbu ck l es
sho uld be screw ed to t he
maxi mu m o ut po sit ion
be fo re measuring. Do not
t ry to pu ll t he guy line
t ight wh en yo u are rneasu r-
Photo H. The gin -po le is cl amped in place at the top o f
the to wer.
ing it, but leave p lent y of gro und). .......
sl ack. Th e l in es can 't be Th e leve l man sho uld
tightened until all t hree not sta nd o n or ho ld o nt o
li nes are atta ched. t he t ower when he is level-
Leave a co uple of f eet 'Ing it . Each turnbu ck le
ext ra so t hat t he cab le should be t ightened until
clam ps ca n be f aste ned . th e tower is level ., Take at
Wh en yo u c ut th e gu y least two perpendicular
cable, be sure t o tap e both - re adings (90 0 from eac h
sides of t he cut with elec- other) o n each leg to en-
t rica l tap e bef o re yo u cut sure t hat t he t ower is level.
it. A sm all pa ir of bolt cut- Th e f irst set of guys is ve ry
te rs does a good job of cut- im po rt ant. If t he tower is
t ing t he cable . not proper ly level ed at t hi s
After th e f irst li ne is at- po int, you may never get it
t ached, have the second straigh t.
o ne pre par ed and sent up . If you t urn th e t urn-
Af te r all t hree guys are at- bu ck le all t he way in and
tac hed, t he tower ma n st ill need more tight en ing,
sho uld c o me dow n, be- t hen back it al l th e way
cause the next job is o ut, l oo sen th e c a b l e
easiest w hen do ne by al l cl am ps, pu ll th e cab le un-
h and s - p re ferab ly w i t h t il it is t ig ht, re-c1 am p, and
four me n. Have one man sta rt ti ghtening the t urn-
on each of the guy lines, buckl e again. W hen prop-
and t he f ourth man at th e erl y t ig hte ned , t he guy
tower, with a two-foot o r lines st il l sho u ld hav e a
lon ger level. It is best to fa ir amou nt of sla ck. You
use a l adder, so t hat t he . sho uld be abl e to shake
level ca n be pl aced on t he th e ca b le and have a sm all
middl e of th e second sec- amo unt of ripp le in it.
tio n o r higher (15' f rom t he If th e ca b les are too
109

Photo 1. A good knot to use whe n lifting tower sections.
tigh t, yo u sta nd a good
c ha nce o f lo s ing yo u r
tower. The theory is that of
the reed in the wind . A
reed will bend in t he wind
and not be broken , but a
rigid plan t will sna p off
be cau se it is una ble to
give . A pr op erl y-gu ye d
tower will have a small
amount of sway to it. And
remember th at if you put
up yo u r tower in wi nter,
you will need less slac k
than you wo uld in the sum-
mer!
Cont inue to put add i-
tion al sections of tower
and guy lines on until the
tow er is co mpleted . Add i-
ti onal secti ons of tower
are leveled in the same
mann er. The only exce p-
tion is that, rather th an us-
ing a level, the level man
should loo k up each leg of
the tow er. A sec tio n that is
not level will sta nd ou t
very noticeably. If you 're
not sure, have several peo-
ple sight up the tow er and
level unt il t he ge nera l con -
110
sensus is that it is st raight.
When a ll sections of
to wer have been install ed
a nd leve led, the turn-
buc kles shou ld be safety-
wired . Thi s prevents move-
ment of the lines from
work ing the tu rnbuckles
loose. The me thod I prefer
to use is the "f igure-8"
safety wiring. This ca n be
seen in Photo K.
Another feat ure yo u
may wa nt to add to yo ur
to we r is a skirt o n the bo t-
tom section. Remember,
your tow er is cl assif ied as
an "attractive nuisance."
The skirting I used can be
see n in Photo L. The best
way to make th is is to take
a section of tower to a
local air conditioning con-
tracto r a nd ask him to
make you a piece of metal
8' long to cov er the tower.
You can have him att ac h it
to th e to we r, or do it
yo urself. The best way to
attach it is to use pop
rivets . Be sure to leave
space at the top and bot-
, Photo /. The three-inch loop sho uld be prepared before
the guy line is lifted up to the tower.
tom of th e sec tio n so that ever, most peop le find it to
the mo unting bolts ca n be no advantage to have a
insta lled. 3-d B attenuator in their
The o nly rem ain ing pa rt fee dl ine.
of the job is the ante nna If you a re planning to
a nd feed line insta llation. buy a complete towe r, yo u
Since there are so many ca n buy a package t hat has
typ es of ante nnas and the, tow er, guy lines, t urn-
mountings, I will not at- buckl es, equalizer plates,
tempt to go into insta lla- and cab le clam ps . Th is
tion of them . If you inte nd co uld save you so me time
to use a rotor, contact a nd money. Check wit h
your Rohn dea ler. He prob- your Ro hn dea ler about
abl y ca n fix yo u up with a the package. towe r before
roto r moun t and th rust you buy all t he pieces in-
beari ngs that are made for divid ually .
the tower. , Be sure that the tower
Two words of ca utio n o n ' " yo u buy will handl e t he
feed lines : (1) The re seems wind loading and weight
to be qu ite a bit of un- for the antenn_a_ system
jac ket ed He liax" availa- that you plan to use. If you
ble th at has been removed - . plan to use the pump-rod
from comm ercia l service . guying technique , be sure
If you run ac ross any of it, to o rder two ext ra eq ualiz-
tak e it if it is given to yo u, ing plate kits. Also, check
pro ceed to you r nearest to see t hat there is suffi-
scrap me ta l yard , and se ll cie nt.guy line to meet your
it for t he va lue of the co p- guy ing needs. The pa ck-
per. Under no conditions ages are set up for t he
do you wa nt to use it on idea l guyi ng, but there is a
your tower. When you ve ry good chance that
p lace two d is s imil a r you r insta llation will need
metals together and place more cable.
th em in an ele ctro- I ho pe t hat t his article
magn etic fie ld, you have has given you some insight
created a fa ntastic TVI into the proper methods of
generato r. This is th e erec ting a tower. I claim
reason that it was removed neither to have covered
fro m co mme rcial service. every possible co ndition
And (2), watch for kinks in you may en counter no r
the o uter shie ld. If it is that t his is t he only way to
kinked , there is a 98% put up a tower. All I can
chan ce that the ca ble is say is that t hese are so me
ruined . If you need a good of the most acceptab le
attenuator, it is fine . How- met hods I've tried in 15
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 The Revol utionary Organic Antenna
- product of NASA research

Arm yourself!

Author's Note: To prevent possible adverse heating eff ects in the arm tissue, it Is Import ant that power Input to antenna described In
this artle la be limited to 10 mW.

Jam es C. Gadd ie
Russell T. Wolfram
A hum an a rm m ay be
made to act as an
antenna fo r a communica-
of copper foi l f ast ened t o a
strap and wr apped arou nd
t he w rist. A pparent ly, th e
A prototyp e ol~ e antenn a
co u p l er w as b u i l t a nd
f o und suitab le f o r both
(SR I Internatio nal)
Ames Resear ch Center t io ns syste m. It has been w rist strap can eff ic ie ntly send ing and receiving very-
Moffel Field CA 94035 done by using an energ y t ransfe r rad io-frequen cy " high-frequency signal s. Th e
co up le r made of two str ips energy to o r fro m t he arm . go al o f the developers is to
bu iId a bod y-w orn co m-
Reprinted from NASA Tech Briefs , Summer, 1978. munications svstern for the
deaf b lind , and it was with
t hi s pu rpose in m ind t hat
th e p ro totyp e u nit w as
W IRE LEADS TO
RFDEVICE e :::;~;:;;~i~:"'.'t~~ built and te st ed . Other
po t enti al appli cat ions for
th e compac t co up ler ' in-
/ / ".'/ ,; » >: ::..::.:~:.::-=:.:::c=:..:=;~,.:;;~~ cl ude body-w o rn two-way
/ / / local commu nications sys-
/ I / t em s for po lic e and as pa rt
1 / 1
o f a po rt abl e pe rson al
communi cation s system
If fI I"
I I I th at cou ld communi cate
\ \ I vi a sat ellite.
\ \ \ The co pper-f o il st rips of
\ \ \
, \
, .\ t he w r i st-str ap co u p le r
, " '-;=:::::::-o:::::~ shown in Fig. 1 are rec-
" " ',:---~ t angular, 5 in . (13 em) long
and Y, in. (1.3 em) w ide .
They are placed 7/16 in.
(1.1 em ) apa rt and are
f ast ened to t he underside
Fig. 1. W rist -strap coupler of rad io-fr equenc y energy consists o f two strips of coppe r of a wri st strap made o f an
fastened to an insu lating material. Wi res at th e midpoints o f the str ips lead to th e radio- e lec t ri ca l l y i n sul a t i n g
frequ en cy dev ice that can act as a transmitter or receiver . m at er ia l. A thin insulating

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strip is al so p lace d over the 150

st ra ps as a p rotec tive in
cover. Suc h an insu lato r "r
2.100
ca n be added to the wrist w
strap be cau se the co pper o
z
stri ps need not be in direct (!i 50
w
co ntact with t he skin for Q.

~
th e rf signal s to be co up led
to or from th e a rm. o~

o
=
100
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200 300
~

400
~

500
For connecting th e cou-
FREQUENCY (M Hz)
pler to a transceiver, or
receive- or transmit-onl y
100
unit, a sma ll w ire is at-
tach ed to t he edge of each ;;
co pper st rip a t a point w 50
~
eq uid ista nt from th e end s
of th e str ip. Eac h wire is "<
z
th en routed thr ough a hole :Jj
-c
0
in th e insul ating materi al it
to th e upper surfac e of th e
- 50 '-- ---"'-- ----'.,..- --,-'-,.- --,L,.- -'
str ap . In a d di t io n, a o 100 200 300 400 500
fas ten er mu st be attach ed FREQUENCY (MHz)
to the st rap so that it can
be pulled snu gly against Fig. 2. Electrical impedance characte ristic s o f the wrist-strap a nte nna coupler were
th e wrist. meas ured with a General Radio 1710 rl network anal yzer . Varying the widths 01 the co p-
Radio-freq uen cy energy per strips will prod uce somewha t different characteristics.
co up les to o r from th e a rm
t h ro u g h th e e lec t rica l teristics of the antenna are 170-MHz, 1O-mW tra nsmi t- na buil t with a 16- by 11- by
capac ity between t he ar m s how n in Fig. 2. Th e ter, was fou nd to be slight- 3-mm ferri t e co re a nd
a nd the copper strips. Elec- radiated f ie ld strength, ly greater th an th at from a driv en by t he sam e t rans-
trical imped an ce charac- with the strap driven by a well-designed loop a nte n- mitter..
V Reader Service- see page 21' 119
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- e xpe riment!

Seek ing selectivity.

Dave A Ik ins W6 VX
130 N. Westgate Ave.
Los Angeles CA 90049
rad iato r, deve lo ped by its
inve ntor, J .M. Boyer (with
pa te nt s ass igned to No rth-
rop ), ha s high se le ct ivity.
Becau se of th is, it a lso is a
T unin g c a n b e ano t he r
pro b lem whe re its use for
high -pow er t ransmissio n is
co nte m p lated. Very high
vo lt a ge a nd cu rre nt a re th e
freque ncy (no added ca-
pacita nce) a nd at a fixed
frequ e ncy. AlB c hecks with
th e s paced rings mounted
ve rt ica lly co m pa red ve ry

S elec t iv ity in an a"ntenna

is becom ing increasi ng-
ly im portant as th e bands
co mpres s u nde r t he load of
m o re and m ore st at io ns.
Rece ption is whe re th is is
mo st desira ble . Fron t-e nd
ov e rload, we have le a rned,
will ca use big pro b le ms to
a com m unicatio ns ci rcu it
whe n off-c ha nn el signa ls
a r e st r o n g. Dire c ti o n al -
type a nte nnas , of co urse,
a re the a nswe r unle ss we
need t o co ve r eve ryt hing
a rou nd us. The DDRR, or
d i r e c t ly d ri v e n r in g
= == == ==
COIL E D 114 l LINE
R ESONAN T A!lOVE 1481Mh
WITH IliN GS VERTIC AL,
...ULL S T HR OUGH R ING AXIS
lo w-n oi se de v ice . T h is
m ak es two good reaso ns
for its su p er i o r p erf or-
ma nce. (73 Magaz ine for
Au g ust a nd Se p te mbe r,
1976 , go es into deta il of its
d e si gn a nd a d v a nt age .
The re ha ve been m a ny
other art icles written about
it ov e r the yea rs.) Two
dr awbac ks a re no ted whe n
t he c hips a re d own. On e is
t he s ize of th e gro und
plan e fo r th e mo no pol e
des ign; the other is t he co st
of th e co nd uc to r mate ria l
fo r low-f re qu e nc y u se .
= --.l
M OUN T I NG AN D
COA X FEED
pri ce s of t he tra de-off for
high se lectivity .
we ll with tho se of a hor i-
zo nta l fo lded d ipol e at the
sa me hei ght a nd w ith the
What Is III sam e o r ien tati o n. Pretty
Bo y e r s u gge s ts t h e good f o r an ante nna o n ten
DDR R di pol e in his Se p- mete rs whi ch is 30 c m
tembe r (pa rt two) a rticle. " lo ng" and 84 c m in
This vers ion does witho ut di a m e te r (see 73 , Ap ril,
the big grou nd pla ne , a s 196 5, " Do ubte1-tu la," Pe ter
wou ld any di pole . So he re Love lock).
we ha ve a qu arter-w ave
o pe n tr a ns rn i ssio n l i n e The Two Meter DDRR
fo rme d into a shap e whic h Dipole
" le a ks" a nd ra di ates rf. I Ta m a ke th e tw o me te r
first buil t o ne of these for mod e l, I d ug out a n o ld
ten m eters and m ade it so 1;.4 -inc h t ub ing co i l f ro m a
it ope rated o n its hlgh e st : long-fo rgo tte n f inal a nd
a nnea led it in the fire p lace,
th en c lea ned a nd pol ished
the su rfa ce a ft e r st re tc hing
it betwe e n a ca r bumper
an d .a stout post. 33 inc he s
comes to a ha lf wave . This
is th e n fo ld ed o n a on e-
inch -di am et er ro d o r m an-
TUNI NG
drel at exa ct cente r. The
q uart e r -w a v e lin e is
for m ed o n a ca n to make a
......- ADJUST l
c irc u la r d ouble ring or
t ra nsmission l ine of about
5 inch e s d ia me te r. This will
r, re so nate abo ve th e 148
l - - --K \:--2\1: i MH z e nd of the band . I
",. '" :/ 1 ma de a sim ple tuning a r-
---------::::~., ,, ,I ra n gem e nt o f a 4-i nc h
GROUNO OUTER ,,
I ,
pie c e of #2 0 (0 .8 m m)

tliORI ZO NTAl POLA RIZ ATiON)

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, Te f lon TM-covere d flex ible
COA X FEED
w ire. Thi s is fo rm ed i nto a
U to slide into th e o pe n
Fig. 1. Two meter DDRR dipo le. e nd s o f the line. When
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2 meter b an d. See de t ai l B
in Fig. 1 .
A l engt h o f srna ll-dia rn-
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qu e ncy . Fig. 2. Two m et er DD RR d ip ol e anten na selec ti vit y.
W hi le vertica l pol ar iz a-
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I Social Events_ _
Listings in this column are
provi ded free of charge on a
space-availa b l e b asis . Th e
fo llowing info rmation shou ld be
included in every announce-
ment: sponso r, event, date,
tim e, plac e, city, state, admis -
sio n cha rge (if any), features,
tetk-tn freq uencies. and the
nam e of whom to contact for
further information. Announce-
ments m ust be received two
mo nth s prior to the month in
which the event tak es pla ce.
LOUISVILL E KY
JUN 29·JUL 1
The Louisvil le Area Comput-
er Club wi ll hold it s 4t h ann ua l
Oomputer f es t" 1979 fr o m
June 29 through July 1, 1979, at
t he Bl u e g ra ss Con v enti o n
Ce nte r, Lou is vil le, Ken t ucky.
Act iviti es inc lude a flea market,
se mi na rs, and ex po s it ion , as
well as activities fo r th e entire
fa mily . Seminar and expos it ion
ad missio n i s $4.00. Pre-req-
ist ered Ram ad a Inn g ue st s
($29.00, singl e; $34.00, doub le)
receive free admi ss ion. For ad-
vance mall information , write
Co mpu t erf est ' 79, Lou isvill e
Area Comp ut er Club, PO Box
70355, Loui svill e KY 40270, or
phone Tom Eubank, Chairman,
at (502)-895-1230.
BATESVILLE AR
JUN 30·JUL 1
The Arkansas Army MARS
meetin g will be held on June
3O-July 1, 1979, at the tndepen-
dence Co unty Fai rg ro unds,
Batesvill e, Arkansas. There will
be a fi sh fry on Saturda y and a
pancake breakfast on Sunda y.
Camping and motel rooms will
be availa ble. For further infor-
mation, cont act Robert Glines
W B5 KUI/A DN 2M H , Bo x 97,
Floral AR 72534, or phone (501)-
345-2880.
BELLEFO NTAINE OH
JUL 1
The Champaign Logan Ama-
t eur Radio Club, Inc., will hold
its ann ual hamfest on Sunday,
Jul y 1, 1979,at the Logan Cou n-
ty Fair groun ds, Sout h Mai n
St ree t a n d La k e Aven ue ,
Bell efon tai ne, Ohio. There wil l
be free admiss ion and door
prizes. Trun k and tab le sales
are $1.00, and there will also be
a bid tab le. Talk-in on 146.52.
For more informatio n, co ntact
John L. WentzW8HFK, Box 102,
Wes t Libert y OH 43357, or
Frank Knull W8J S, 402 Lafay-
ett e Ave., Urbana OH 43078.
DUNKIRK NY
JUL 1
The North western New York
130
Repeat er Assoc iati on and th e
Nort hern Chaut auqua Amate ur
Radio Club wi ll hold their Lake
Erie International Hamfest on
Sunday, .July 1, 1979, at th e
fairgrounds in Dunkir k, New
York. A large fl ea market area
and plenty of free parki ng wil l
be provided. Tickets are $4.00
at the gate or $3.00 in advance .
RV hookups are avai lable. For
information on advance sales
or for a map show ing easy
di rections fro m 1-90, writ e to
Dick Brinkerhoff WB2HEF, 123
5th St., Dunkirk NY 14048.
HARRISBURG PA
JUL 4
The Harrisburg RAC wil l hold
it s annual Firecracker Hamfest
on Wednesday, July 4, 1979, at
t he Shell svill e VFW picn ic
grounds, 1-81 nort h, Exit #27 or
#28, Racetr ack Exit , Harrisbu rg,
Pennsylvan ia. Look for the large
balloon . Admission is $3.00,
with no charg e for ta ilgating.
Table s wil l be available in the
pavilio n. Talk-in on .52/.52.
, prizes. Act ivities will begin at
WELLINGTON OH
JUL 7
The North ern Ohio Amateur
Radio Soci ety wi ll hold its sec-
ond annual NOARSFEST on
Sat urday, Ju ly 7, 1979, at the
Lorain County Fair grounds, one
mi le west of Rte. 58 on Rte. 18,
Welli ngt on, Ohi o. Adm issi on
tickets are $1.50 in advance and
$2.00 at th e gate and are good
for all prize draw ings. Children
under 12 are admitted free.
Gates open for the sellers and
dealers at 6:00 am and to the
public from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Indoor dea ler tables are $4.00
each by advance regi strati on.
Drawing-only ti cket s are avail -
able by mai l or at the gate fo r
$1.00 each. Flea market spaces
are $1.00 each. There will be
over 100 prizes, including a Den-
Tron HF-200 transceiver, a Ten-
Tee 509, a DenTron GLA·1000, a
Wilson Mark II, and an Opto-
electronics cou nter. There will
be plenty of food and free park-
ing. Featured wil l be a large in-
door exhibit hall for dea lers and
a huge blacktopped midway for
flea market and trunk sales .
There will be free camping out-
. side the gates on Friday night,
but no hookups. For advance
regist rati on, info rmati on, or
ticket s, write NOARSFEST, PO
Box 354, Lorain OH 44052.
INDIANAPOLIS IN
JUL 8
The Ind ianapoli s Amateur
Radio Assoc iation wi ll sponsor
th e Indianapoli s Hamfest on
Sunday, Jul y 8, 1979, at the
'.
Marion CountY Fairground s, on
the southeast corner of lndl-
anapoli s at the int ersecti on of
Interst ates 74 and 465, Indian-
apolis, Indiana. There will be
c o mme rc ial exhi bito rs and
deale r displays for a fee of
$30.00 per boot h. The co mmer-
cial building will be open from
12:00 noon until 9:00 pm on
Satur day and will reopen at 7:00
am on Sunday. Camper hookup
fac ili t ies are available on the
fairg rounds for overnight park·
ing if you arrive on saturday. A
food and drink vendor will have
a set up outsi de, while a profes-
sional caterer will have faci l-
ities inside. For more info rma-
tio n, write to the Indiana pol is
Hamfest , PO Box 1002, Indi an-
apolis IN 46206.
OAK CREEK WI
JUL 14
The South Milwaukee Ama-
t eur Radio Club will hold it s an-
nual Swapfest '79 on Satu rday,
July 14, 1979, at Ameri can
Leg io n Post #434, 932 7 S.
Shepard Avenue, Oak Creek,
Wisco nsin. Admiss ion is $2.00
and includes a happy hou r wit h
free beverages. Prizes include a
$100 first prize, a $50 second
prize, and a variety of other
7:00 am and continue unt il 5:00
pm. Parking, a picnic area, hot
and cold sandwiches, and liquid
refreshments will be available
on t he gr ounds . Overni gh t
ca mping is also available. Talk -
in on 146.94. More deta ils, in-
c luding a map, may be obta ined
from th e South Milwa ukee Ama-
teur Radio Club, Inc., Robert
Kastelic WB9TIK, Secreta ry,"PO·
Box 102, South Milwaukee WI
53172.
BEAVER PA
JUL 15
The Beaver Valley Amat eur
Radio Associ ation will hold its
2nd annual hamfest on Sunday,
Ju ly 15, 1979, from 9:00 am to
5:00 pm at Brady's Aun Park on
Ate. 51 west from Beaver, Penn-
sylvania. Shelters 12 and 17 will
be used. There will be free
space for vendo rs. Ticke ts are
$3.00. Talk-in on .52 and dire c-
tion s on 146.251.85. For informa-
tion, wri te WB3FKE, 3414 47th
Street , New Brighton PA 15066.
TERRE HAUTE IN
JUL 15
The 33rd annu al WVA RA
Hamfest will be held on Jul y 15,
1979, at th e Vigo County Fair-
grounds, one mil e south of 1-70
on US 41, Terre Haute , Indiana.
Overnight ca mping will be avai l-
able. There will be a free flea
market, a covered fle a market at
$2.00 for a 12' x 12' space with
so me t ables and ac avail able,
XYL bing o, food , refreshm ent s,
and valuable prizes. Advance
ti cket sales are $1.50 or 4 for
$5.00. Tickets at th e gate are
$2.00 or 3 for $5.00, w it h
chil dren under 12 free. Talk-in
on .25/.85 and .52. For ti ckets
and info rmation, send an SASE
to WVARA Hamfest, PO Box 81,
Terre Haute IN 47808.
ALLENTOWN PA
JUL 15
The Dela ware-Lehigh ARC,
Inc., th e BGYE, Inc., and the
Lehigh Valley ARC, Inc., will
hold their Ttl-Club Hamfest on
Ju ly 15, 1979, from 8:00 am to
4:00 pm at the Allentown Police
Academy pistol range on Le-
high Parkway South at Allen -
town, Pennsylvania. Admi ssion
is $2.00 for lookers and $4.00 for
sell ers. Talk-in on .341.94 and
.52.
WILK ES·BARRE PA
. JUL 15
The Broadcasters Amate ur
Radio Club wi ll hold its 2nd an-
nual hamfest on July 15, 1979,
from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at
Pocono Down s Racetr ack , Ate.
315, fo ur mil es north of Wilkes-
Barr e, Penn sylvania . Set up
begins at 8:00 am . Admiss ion is
$2.50, with no additi onal fee for
sell ers. XYLs and children are
free. The event is all indoors .
Talk-in on 147.66/.06 or 146.52.
For mo re inform ati on , wr ite
John Soha W3KU, 62 S. Frank-
lin St reet , Wilkes-B arre PA
18707, or phone (717)·823·3101.
CANTON OH
JUL 15
The fift h annual Hall of Fame
Hamf est wil l be held on Sunday,
July 15, 1979, at Stark County
Fair gr oun ds, Ca nto n, Ohi o.
Tickets are $2.50 in advance
and $3.00 at the gate. Mobile
check-in on .19/.79<>r .52/.52. For
i n f o rma t i on , co nt ac t Ma x
Lebo ld WA8SHP, 10877 Hazel-
view Ave., Allia nce OH 44601 .
GUANA JUATO MEX
JUL 19·21
The first annua l ARARM-
LMRE will be held in Guana-
[uato, Mexico, fro m July 19-21,
1979. Guanaju at o is loc ated
230 miles nort h of Mexico City.
Registration will be US $13.00.
A package wi ll be avail able fo r
US $40.00 and wi ll inc lude 2
banquet s, 1 d i nne r dan ce ,
sight -seeing, theater, and gift s.
Drawings will be held , wit h a
gra nd priz e being an SSTV
set up. A total of 500 pri zes will
be given away. The US $40.00
includes regi str ation . Hot els
are avail able with prices rang-
Ing from US $10.00 and up for a
double room. Engli sh-speaking
guides are availa ble from the
University of Guanaj uato . Talk-
In on 147.63/.03, 146.101.70, and
149.221.82. HF/SSB frequenc ies
wil l also be operating, and we
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 Tennamatic: An Auto-Tuning Mobile
Antenna System
- wor ks all of 40 and 75

Farewell to fading,

and 75 me ter ph one band s
B. F. Bro wn W6TWW wi th a vsw r no t exc eed ing
/24 / A rroy o Seco Dr. 1.15 to 1 ? W ith a Ten na-
Camp bell CA 95008 matic , you can conve rt a
hi gh-Q narr ow-band wi d th
use t ra nsce ive rs ha vin g st art talking, and th e Ten-
sol id-state fi nals and o b- namatic will tu ne yo ur m o-
tai n full output power o n bi le anten na syst em to
any f req uenc y in th e40 or . re son a nce automati ca ll y,
75 me t e r p ho ne ba nds ensur ing m aximum f ie ld

W o u l d y o u l i k e to
opera te yo ur mobi le
station over the en tire 40
mobile ant enna into a
w id e-ba ndw i d t h sys tem .
This means th at you ca n
w itho ut any manu al tuning
oper at io ns. Al l you have t o
st rengt h. Of co urse, if yo ur
tra nsce ive r has tub es in the
do i s sele ct fr equ en c y, fi nal, you w il rstill have to
ret u ne it wh en you QSY.
Specifi c a t i o ns for the
T e nnam atic are listed in
Tabl e1 .
History
About two yea rs ago , I
met Do n Johnson W6AA Q,
and I ad opted hi s " b ig DK "
mob ile a ntenna system . He
subseq ue nt ly descr ib ed it
in his October, 1976, 73
Magil zine a rt icle en titl ed
" Bu il d a Wei rd 2 Band M o-
bil e A nt enn a." Hi s antenna
neat ly so lved th e prob lem
of need ing t o change an-
te nna loadin g coils w he n
band -hop pin g be tween 40
and 75 m et er s. It a lso
proved to be an exception-
ally eff ic ient rad iator co m-
par ed to t he com merc ials,
but it wa s st ill limi t ed t o
only a few kH z of usab le
band w idth on each band ,
and I wa nted f ull ba nd
co verage .
The neat pa ckaging of the Tennamatic can be duplicated easil y, The co ntrol head, tuner T o obta i n fu l l band
co ver, and end p ieces are O.040-inch soft alum inum cu t in a paper c utter and folded in a coverage, I added a motor-
vise us ing woo d b locks. The c hassis is described in the text. driven ro ller indu ct o r at

132
t he ba se of the anten na TO ANT

and a contro l sw itc h at the

dri ve r's se a t, a llowing me J 270 n

c«
to QSY th e antenn a reso- 1/ 4 W

rl:)
± IO %
n an t f req ue n cy . T h is
20.710:
wor ke d bea utif u l ly fo r li4 .,.,
e to ... 1/ 4 111' 1/ 4 \11
ab ou t six months until I ran 1"1914 tlO % t lO'lro

off a fr eewa y o ne day

w hi l e watc hi ng a fiel d 47 0 n
st rengt h m eter as I w as '.' 1/ 4 W
:!: 5 ~.

p ea k i ng the a n te n na .
Luck il y, no dam age was 4 70 11
1/ 4 \II'
! 5 'li.
do ne, but the experienc e
co nv i nc ed me th at f or safe - ~ ":'::c
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1<:10 Kf b

ty 's sake I had to get out of

p '"
1/4 W
±IO %

t he loop. Thi s c oncl usio n
required m e to d esign a ser-
v o sy ste m.
De sign Requirem ents
I decided t hat t he t uner
would b e required t o tu ne
automatica ll y over all of
th e 40 and 75 m eter ph one
ba nds a n d u se easi l y-
obtain abl e part s. The pa rt s
cou nt w as to be min imi zed
to keep rel iab i li t y high,
comp licat ions ass ociate d
w ith li mi t sw it c hes were to
be avo ide d , and t he pow er
hand l i ng c apabi l ity had to
be at l east 350 W atts PEP.
It had to be easy to dup l i-
c ate, p resen t a pl ea sin g a p-
pearance, and t he contro l
head had to be c ap ab le of
being m o unted o n t he side
of an At la s and be v isuall y
compatible. Last of al l, the
serv o syst em had to be
un iquely sim ple, have a 3-
or 4-kHz dead ba nd so it
w o uld not hun t or ji tter
aro und in t he voice pa ss
band , pro v id e co ns ta nt
motor torque w hile t uni ng,
and ope rate reli abl y ov er a
pl us ten-t o-f ifteen-vo lt sup-
p ly vo ltage ran ge.
Th e Syst em
II.
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Fig. 1. Tuning unit scnernanc, The o u tp ut transi5to rs and motor are di scu ssed i n th e text.
The ja ck is a male chsssis-tvpe tones p lu g.
t uning unit also contai ns a
t oroidal impedance-match-
ing t ransfo rm er whi ch en-
sures a good im ped an ce
match bet wee n t he ant en-
na and coax ia l Iine. The
co n t ro l hea d h a s di -
rec t io n al in d i ca tor s, an
au t o matic / ma nu a l o p era -
ti on sw i t c h, a n a u t o -
matic/m anua l ind ic at o r, a
ma nu a l sl ew i n g sw i t c h,
and an im ped ance-m atch
sele cto r sw itc h. The un it s
are show n in t he photo-
graphs.
Th e Ci rc u i t
The c i rc uit whi ch I
design ed is depi cted in Fig.
1. To under st an d its opera-
t ion , it is be st to st art w it h
a n expla na t io n o f t he serv o
syst em and work ba ck-
w ard s to w ard t he i nput.
e •
I
I
sim p ly say that if t he inpu t
voltage (V in) is a p ositive
voltage betw een t he upper
and low er t hresho ld vo lt-
ages, t he o ut pu ts at both
co mpara tors w i l l be at sup -
pl y vol tage. If Vin ei t her
exc eeds th e upper thresh-
o l d v o ltage o r i s l e ss
po sit ive t han t he l ow er
t hresho ld vo lt age, o ne Qr
t he o t her co rnp ar ato rs
o utp ut w i ll be low . Th e
low-state o utp ut is ab ou t
o ne-ha lf vo lt po sitive.
Referring ba ck t o Fig. 1,
it w ill be seen t hat th e com-
pa rator o u tp u ts a re con -
'"' >-- ----'tf'-- > ,,-"-_
" Y "
n e c t ed t o d i ago n a l l y-
oppo site t ra nsistors. When
a co m pa ra tor switc hes o n
and it s o utpu t goes low, it
turn s on t he asso c iate d
t ran sist or s, resul ti ng in o ne
side of t he moto r being
cl amped to-ground w hi le
th e other side is clamped
to t he p o sit iv e su p p l y ,
t urn ing th e motor on. T he
upper com pa rato r driv es
t he motor in th e d irectio n
whi ch redu ces indu ct ance,
rai sin g the antenn a syste m
reson an t f requ ency. T he
[o w er comp a rat or d ri v es
t he m otor i n t he o ppos it e
di rection, inc reasing i nd uc -
t an ce and lowering t he an-
te n na. svst ern reso nan t f re-
qu en cy.
VI OUT
2:TO.ll

These desi gn require- The syste m t hat I selected

m en t s l ed to a sy ste m is k now n as a " b ang b ang" I N 3019

co nsist ing of tw o un its. servo syste m in aero spa ce

On e u nit is a co ntro l head circl es. It is eit he r off or o n , >,,-"-- Vl OUT
an d t he other is t he tuning in o ne di rec tion of ro tation
u ni t. T he tu n ing u nit co n- or t he o t he r and prov ides f ll O","

ta ins a phase detec tor and f u ll m oto r to rq ue w hen o n. PH ASE "IlET." >----4- ..
OET.
a s e rvo syste m whi ch Fig . 2 i s a si m p li f ied Circuit states
driv es a perm an ent-m ag- di agr am of th e servo. I t Yin < Vut : V1 o ut is high
net dc gear motor. Th e uses tw o LM 311N vo ltage Yin >Vu : V2 ou t Is high 5_6 ~

Yin > Vut : V1 o ut is low

m o to r t u rn s a roll e r i ndu c-
tor taken fr om a su rplu s
T 21/AR C-5 o r T22fA RC-5
co m m a nd t ra ns m it t e r. The
co m p ara t o r integ rated ci r-
cu its con nec te d as a w in-
dow com p ara t o r. Th e c i r-
cu it stat es li st ed in Fig. 2
Yi n <Vu : V2 o ut is low
Fig. 2. Window co mparator Fig. 3. Window co mparator
servo simp til ied d iagram. regulated-vo ltage divider.

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Fig. 4. The co ntrol head assembl y co nnects to the Jo nes-
t ype plug, Pl , thr ough 20 fee t of TV ro tator cab le. The
diodes are Rad io Shack part number 276-11 01.
Fig. 3 shows th e input cir-
cu it to the vo ltage com -
pa rato rs. Th e com parators
must operate w ith the ir in-
puts positive w it h respec t
to grou nd, m aking it ne e-
essary to ref erence t he
phase det ecto r to a point
above grou nd. Thi s ref er-
ence point is th e j unc t io n
of t h e t w o 470-0hm
resistors. Th e out put of th e
ph ase d etect or is c o n-
nect ed to V in and w ill be a
vo ltage w hic h will swing
posit ive or negative with
respect to the reference
po int, caus ing t he co m-
1RAISE
• - LowiR3~
COAX
CONNE CTOR
Fig. 5. Tuner un it w iri ng diagram.
t he a nte nna c irc uit t o act resonance. It co m pe n-
parator inputs to swing ground. Wh en the inpu t sates f or the indu c tive
frequ en cy is hi ghe r t han
above V ut or below Vl t. reactance in serted by th e
de pendi ng upon th e off fr e-
the ante nna system reso- tor oid al a n t e n na i m -
nant freq uency, t he p hase ped an c e-m atchin g tran s-
quency condition existing
at t he t ime. Th e vo ltage
de tector p roduces a d c f orm er. The redu ced ou t-
output vo lt age acro ss the
divider is ze ner regulated put f rom t he low sid e of
to hold the sw itc hi ngtwo 100k lo ad resistors t he phase detector c aused
th resho ld s co nstant. Th e
wh ic h i s positive with by th e t ri mp ot resul t s in
vo l tage d rop s ac ross t he
respect to t he sli d er on t he nee d fo r i nc re me nta l.
two 470-0hm resist ors set
tr impot . Conversely, if t he d o ~n w a rd QSY o n 75
th e wi dth of t he dead-
input f req uency is lower me t e rs w i t h pau ses t o
band to 3 kH z on 75 met ers
than th e ant enna syste m . allow th e serv o syste m to
and 4 kH z o n 40 me t ers.
reson ant f re q uency , t he catch u p. Even so, a QSY
ou t p ut dc v oltage is
The ph ase dete ctor co m- from 4000 kH z to 3800 kH z
negative.
pares t he ph ase rela t io n- takes less t han"30 seco nds.
ship be tween t he current Th e trimpot is adju sted Th e im ped an c e-m at ch -
f lowi ng in the ante nna cir-
in operatio n to cause the ing t ransformer is neces-
phase detector to find ex~ sary w ith the D K antenna
cuit and th e voltage from
-" because of its low input im-
ped ance at reson ance. The
ta ps are set at th e 10-0hm
poin t fo r 40 me ters and at
- ·t he 14-0hm point for 75

r meters. Th ese low inpu t im-

ped an ce va lues ar e ex-

,.
ce l lent ind i cat o rs of t he
low - lo ss c ha racte ris t ics
and hig h performa nce of
t he an tenna. Rel ay K1, a
Po ll e r and Br um f i eld
KT11 D 12 V dc 5-A mpe re
co ntac t re lay, selec ts th e
app ro pria te tap and is co n-
troll ed by a manu al switc h
on th e co nt ro l head .
Fi g . 4 depi ct s t he
sc hematic of th e co nt ro l

I- , •
head . A ll of t he switc hes,
d io de s, and 1 2 V dc in-
•
• dicator l amps are f ro m
Radi o Shac k. Switc h 51
p ro vid es fo r sw i tc hi ng th e
tun er into the automa tic or
m anual mode and is a
M ounting details of the roller inductor, gear motor, and shaft co up le r i llustra te the pu sh-on /pu sh-off sw itc h.
m echanical simp l ic it y of the unit. 53 prov id es capability to

134
ma nu all y slew t he tu ne r up loo ps an d w ill go " a pe " if T10 6 RED CORE

o r down in freque ncy . It is yo u un kn owingly bui ld in a r-- '''''~

, - -
a DP DT ce nt e r-off-type grou nd loop a s a result of a I
I
sw itc h. I have found tha t I circ u it ry c h a n ge . A lso, I
I
use it ra re ly in o pe rat io n, kee p so me s paci ng be- I

but it is nice to ha ve in ca se twee n the c o ntro l ca b le

yo u ne ed it. It is nee ded
d u ring the install a t ion ad-
justme nts. S2 o pera te s t he
a nten na- matc hi ng t ra ns -
former tap-se lector re lay .
No powe r on/off switch is
an d t he co axia l line, as rf IO.1!!
p ick up in t he c o ntro l ca b le '"
ca n lead to errat ic opera-
tion. The wiring d iagram is
sho wn in Fig. 5. The only
p recauti o n here is to note ".
lI ot TUR"' l

pr o vi d ed , as p o w er is the d irection of the a nte n-

ta ken direc t ly fro m t he
transcei v er. Th is preve nt s
inad v er t en tl y le a vin g
powe r o n t he t un er u nless ,
o f course , yo u forge t to
tu rn th e t ra nsc e ive r off
na w ir e as it goes t hrough
the hol e in th e to ro ida l
phase-sen sing tr ansf o rmer.
If it goes th ro ug h fr o m th e
l,
DETAIL OF METHOD OF TAPPING
wrong side of t he printe d COil. CRI'olP S LEEVE "'''0 S OL -
DER:. S LEEII E IS Q 2 51 n l O'l G
c ircu it board, the tu ne r will ID IS 3132 1n

wh e n you leave th e c a r. dri ve a way from r eso -

nance.
Const ruct io n
Fig. 6. Toro idal im pedance-m atching transformer de tails.
The pho tog ra phs of th e Ante nna-Mat ching No tes: Cut two wires 24 " long and wind in parallel for a
t uner reve al ho w sim ple Transformer bi fi/ar winding. Each wind ing is to have 14 turns. Taps and
t he unit is to d upl ica te . It is A T-10 6 re d to ro id a l wires 1 and 4 are to be 2" long. Wires 2 and 3 are to be
bu ilt o n a sta nda rd 2" x 4" core, o bta ine d fro m e ithe r twisted and so ldered and not to exceed V, " lo ng. All wire
x 8" a lum inum c hassis, C .R. Whitehouse or Am i- sho uld be A WC #18 enamel. Dip it in General Cement Red
and t he mo tor bracket, end d o n Asso c iates, both of Gl ypt and hang up to dr y before use .
pane ls, c ove r, a nd bottom wh ich adv e rt ise in se ve ra l
p lat e are eas ily co n- am ateu r m agazines, is t he other t ha n t he bi g DK, yo u Phase-Detector
s t r u c t e d in t he ho m e he ar t of t he t ran sfo rm er. mus t determ in e th e anten- Tr ansformer
wo rks ho p. Sev era l W6 s Fig. 6 pro vide s a ll neces- na i np ut i m ped anc e in Co nst ruc t io n det ail s of
have bui lt t he tune r a nd .sa ry de ta ils fo r co nst ruc- O hms at reso na nce wit h a n thi s t ra nsf o rme r a re d e-
ma de Plexiglas" covers ti on . The sleev e fo r secu r- ante nna noise bridge a nd pi cted in F.ig. 7. Wh e n
so th a t they ca n se e the ing t he taps is a mo del th e n dete rmine th e co rrec t wind ing t he tra nsfor me r,
roll er coil go into opera- airp la ne co pper gas line ta p position from Ta b le 2. be su re t hat the wires re-
t ion wh en they QSY. The o bta ine d fro m a hobby If yo u d o n't use th e DK, main paral lel to each o the r
layo ut I se lected resul ts in s ho p a nd c ut to le ngt h w ith you wil l s t il l ha ve t o -.. wi t ho ut an y crossovers .
minim um ante n na-c i rc u it a ha ck saw. Sho u ld you de- c ha nge lo ad ing co ils whe n Al so , c o un t eac h pass
wire le ngt h a nd shou ld be si re to use an ante nna cha nging ba nds . th roug h th e hol e a s a turn.
d u p lic ated as cl ose ly as
possi b le.
Do n' t ge t inn o va tive by
trying to re d uce co nd uc -
tors in th e control cable.
You ca n qu ick ly get into
tro uble beca use t he vo lt-
I
age comparators are sensi-
t ive to rf a nd to gro und
d
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STR I P [N AI,lE L
F R O ~ WIRES TO
3/ 9i n FROM
TO RO ID

4
Fig. 7. Phase-d ete ctor trans- I .',
former details . No te: Cut
two wires 12" lon g and
"
wind in parallel for bifilar
win d ing. Connect the op- The un der chassis view further illustrates the mechan ical as we ll as the electrica l simplici-
p osite ends together as t y of the unit. The toroidal antenna impedan ce-matching tran s former is hidde n by the
sho wn for center tap. ma so ni te clam ping pieces . The prop under the cha ssis is a ph otograp hic lens case.
135

This neat installation of the tuning unit in the left rear win-
dow of my statio n wagon permits a short lead-in fro m the
ball mou nt ou tsi de.
Rem em ber that it is im-
possi b le to w ind a ha lf t u rn
o n a toro id . Th is t ransform -
e r need not be dippe d in
Ge n e ral Cem ent Re d
Glypt, a lt ho ugh yo u may
do so if yo u wish.
G ear M o tor
The gea r mo tor w hich I
used a nd reco mmend is a
Magna-T or e! pe rma ne nt-
magnet 24 V dc mo tor with
a ty pe B gear reduction
unit. Operated in th e Te n-
nam at ie, t his m o t or w i ll
t urn th e rol ler ind uc tor a t
ap p rox ima te ly o ne revo lu -
tio n pe r seco nd. Th e m oto r
is manu fa c ture d by th e
H a n se n Manuf actu r i ng
Co ., Princeton , I ndi an a
47670 . It ma y also be o b-
tain ed from Ha rtfield, Ke n-
nan , a nd Freyta g, PO Box
328, Fremont CA 94536.
Th e moto r is expens ive at
a bo ut $2 1 .50 per co py ;
120·
- DI MENSIONS ARE IN INCHES -
136
how ev er , it is the sma lle st
a nd ne atest so lutio n to the
dr ive-mo to r prob lem a nd
well wo rth it.
Others who hav e built
th is tu ne r hav e f ou nd
va rious surp lus moto rs or
used wind o w c ran k- up
motors obtained from a uto
w reck i ng ya rds . T hes e
hi gh -curr en t m o t ors are
q u ite bu lky, do no t a llow
neat pa ckaging of the
system, and a lso req ui re
the additio n of rel ays to
th e out put of the t uner,
sinc e th e tra nsisto rs ca n
not dri ve the m dir e ctly.
Thes e sur p lus moto rs do
ha ve th e adva ntage of be-
ing c he ap, howeve r.
Shaft Coupler
The s haft coup le r mates
the gear motor dri ve sha ft
to t he thumbw hee l o n the
e nd of t he roller ind ucto r.
It is made o f alumi num
~/ 1 6
1 1/4
-'-----_~!'-L-L'.LLlV
JI
L" fl6REF
Fig. 8. Shaft coup ler.
Frequ enc y rang e: 75m -200 k Hz
40m - 300 k Hz
"Slewinq rate : 75m -6 kH z/se c.
40m - 40 k Hz/se c.
Min imum At: 75m - requires 3 kHz QSY to
activate tu ne r
anm -c-requt res 4 kH z QSY to
activat e t un er
Maximum At: 75m - 50 k Hz (OSY o f 200
kHz in four incre-
m ents of 50 kH z re-
quires less than 30
se co nds.)
40m -200 k Hz (OSY o f 200
k Hz requires tess
th an 5 second s.)
Vswr : ty pica l ly 1.15 to 1 o r better
a fter t uning co mpleted
Mod es: autom a ti c/manual
Input vo lt age: 10 to 15 V dc, neg ative
gr ou nd
Input c urre nt: 420 rnA at 13.8 V de w hi le
tu ning; 125 rnA at 13.8 V de
after t un ing co mp leted
Po w er ra t in g: 350 Wa tts PEP
Table 1. Tennamatic specifica tions. ' FuJI carr ier insert ed.
On SS B, the slew ing rate is slight ly slo wer d ue to speech
pauses.
turned out o n a la t he and is PNP powe r-ta b tr a nsisto rs,
simp ly bol te d w ith t hree part number 92C U2227 , o r
6-32 ma chine sc rew s to the Radi o Shac k PNP pow e r-
thum bw hee l. Fig. 8 · pro- tab tra nsist or s, part num-
v i des th e di m en si on a l ber 276 -1641 . Both type s
de ta ils. O ne of t he p hoto- a re rated at 35 Watts with
gra phs shows how it loo ks su itab le heatsm king . He at
when the mo to r a nd rol le r sink ing is not requi red in
co il are coupled together. this appl ication .
If you use the Pol y Pa ks
Printed Circuit Board -.. tra ns isto rs, bend th e tabs
Fig. 9 de pi cts th e pr inted at right an gle s to the bo dy
circ u it bo ard . Be sure t hat of th e tr ansisto rsto ensu re
yo u wa tc h t he po lari ty of that t hey cl e ar other co m-
the ph a se-de te c tor d iodes - . pon ents m oun ted on t he
whe n y o u insert t he m . boa rd . Make t he be nd
Also , it is a very good idea abo ut a qu ar te r inc h fro m
to use integr a ted ci rcui t t he body of the tra nsistor.
so c ke ts instead of so ld e r- Te st th e m ca re fu lly for
ing the int eg ra ted ci rc u its le ak age bef or e yo u so lde r
dir ect ly into t he bo ard . The th em becau se I have fou nd
f o ur ou tp ut tr an sistor s can t hat a bo ut 25% of t he m
be Po ly Pak s gre en- body a re too lea ky to wor k prop-
e rly in th is c irc uit. They
will ca use the di rectional
ind ic a tor lig hts to ligh t
eve n w hen t he syst em is at
reson an c e. I' v e h ad no
trouble with Radio Shac k
tran sistors.
The ph o to gr aph of t he
unde rside of th e c ha ss is
.ceo naorus
sho ws the p rinted c irc u it
board as insta lled in the
tuner. The t rim pot was
mou nted o n t he fo il side o f
the board be cause, wh en
t hree-q u a rte r-inc h s ta nd-
 o ff s f or su pporti ng th e
bo ard a re used, th e screw-

r
dri ver access hole in the
side of t he chassis fa ll s
m idway in th e side .
I h av e a few ext ra
pr i n t ed ci r c u i t b o a rd s
availa b le at $5.00 eac h fo r
th ose who pr ef er not to
m ake t heir own .

In stallation
M oun t t he t uning uni t as
clo se as po ssible to th e

base of your antenn a. Con-
nec t t he base of the anten-
na to t he tuning unit with
in sul at ed AWG #1 2 o r#14
w ire. Do not under a ny cir-
cumstances use coa x to
connect the antenna to the
tune r! M ake sure t ha t you
gro und t he tu ni ng unit to
t he c ar bo dy by m eans of
sheet metal screws or a
sho rt bo ndi ng st ra p. Use
50-O hm coaxial ca b le to
connec t t he tuning uni t to
your tra nsceiver. RG-58A/ U
is sat i sf ac t o ry, and th e
length is not crit ica l.
O ne photograph sho ws
how I mounted the tun er in
m y sta t io n wagon . Af ter
mount ing th e con t rol head
to t he t ransce iv er (I used
Vel cro" fa stening t ape),
co nnec t th e co ntrol head
po w er l ead t o th e t rans-
ceive r so t hat t he t rans-
ceive r power sw itc h w ill
co n t ro l ap p lic atio n of
powe r to you r Te nna mat ic.
change ba nds look ing for
resonance.
No w t hat yo u know
w here the ante nna syste m
resonances a re, yo u ca n
pro ceed t o raise t hem by
removing turns from the
loading coil , sho rte ning t he
w hips, or by a c om b inat io n
of both methods, If th e two
resonanc es are as low as
3900 kH z and 7150 kHz ap-
pro xim atel y, yo u m ay f ind
it be tte r to rem ove a tu rn
o r two fr om th e bottom of
th e lo ad ing co il and on e or
mor e tu rn s from t he top of
th e lo ad ing coil in or der to
m inimize t he amou nt t hat
must be tri mm ed off t he
w hip s. Remove tu rns only
"'---------,,~:
Fig. 9(a). PC board.
one at a t ime . Be sure to number of kHz per inch for
check t he reso nan t fre- eac h band. Thi s wi ll co m-
qu en cy o n eac h band af ter plete t he ante nna tu ni ng
each ad j ustment becau se proce dure.
t hey inte rac t , and it is
essentia l t hat yo u do not Tun er Tr impot Adju stment
go to o fa r. By th e t ime Th is ad j ustm en t is made
resonance is appro ach ing to cause t he tu ne r to tun e "
t he upper ba nd edg e on 75 fo r maximum f ie ld st re ngt h
and 40 meters, yo u sho ul d (co inc ident w ith minimum
hav e d et ermined th e vsw r). W hen ad j ust edon 40
num ber of kH z per in ch of meters, it w ill also be co r-
fr equ ency change yo u get rect o n 75 me ter s. Ad j ust
wi t h eac h inch cut off . The as fo llows: '-
kH z-per-in ch fi gure will be 1. M ak e sure your ve hi-
di fferent for each w hip . cle is at least fi f teen feet
After reaching 3995 k l-lz, _aw ay fro m o t her vehicles,
and 7295 kHz, ' cut off an trees , buil dings, or met allic
add it io nal inc rement fr o m objec ts .
eac h wh ip de term ined by 2. Turn t he trimpot full y
d iv id ing 30 k Hz by th e c o u n t e r c l o c k w i se , a n d

DK Antenn a Adjustm ent

A f ter in st allation of y ou r
Tennam ati c, your DK an-
t enn a (o r other antenna)
mu st be retuned to be reso-
n ant o n approxim atel y
4025 and 7325 kHz . For th is
adj ust ment, the ro lle r in-
ductor mu st be slew ed to
mini mum indu ctance using
t he m anual slew ing switc h.
Next, yo u mu st deter m ine
t he a ntenna resonan t fre -
q uency on both 75 and 40
me ter s usi ng yo ur v swr
br id ge or f ie l d-st rength
meter. Resona nce wi ll be
lower th an it wa s bef or e
the Te nnama tic was in- Fig.9(b). Compon ent lo cation s viewed thro ugh the foil side o f the board . W hen installing
sta l led . D on 't ov e rlo o k the LM3 11N integrated circuits, line up the do t on the IC with the dot shown on the
changing the imped an ce- o utline o f th e board. The T-44 ph ase-sen sing transformer may be glued to the board. The
m at ching tap wh en you four output transistors are mounted against the board.
137
 Ant enn a input Winding A Winding B Op eratin g Results mobi le signa l th at I fr e-
impedance turn number turn number quently have to co nv ince
With a yea r and a half of
3.13 7 op erat ing exp er ie nce, t he my c o ntact th at I am reall y
4.08 8 Tennama t ic has d emon- mobi le!
5.17 9 st rat ed tha t hig h-Q mobile Ther e is o ne thin g th at
6.38 10 anten nas ar e ext rem e l y th e Tenna mat i c c an no t
7.72 11 sensit iv e t o t he env iro n- co m pensate fo r. Th at is
9.18 12 ment arou nd t hem . For ex- another 75 o r 40 me ter
10.78 13 ample, a dense fog w ill mob il e parked up to twen -
12.5 14 lowe r t he antenna syste m ty f eet aw ay. Th e mutu al
14.34 1 resonant f requency on 75 co up li ng bet wee n ant en-
16.33 2 mete rs by as mu ch as 25 nas, refl ected signal, and
18.43 3 k Hz, but th e Ten nam at ic p hase shifts cause it to go
20.66 4 wi ll compen sate by ro ll ing " ape." So, if yo u bu ild one,
23.02 5 th e indu ctor to less indu c- d on 't proudl y t ry to dem-
25.51 6 t ance. I leave it in th e o nstrat e it when pa rked
28.13 7 auto ma t i c m od e at all near ano the r mobil e.
30.87 8 tim es w hile d riving, and, as
33.74 9 long as I am ta lk ing, it w ill Acknowle dgement
36.73 10 co m pe nsat e q ui ck ly f o r I wo u ld like to
39.86 11 t he detunin g c aused by a ck now ledge w it h m y
passing t ru ck s, cars, trees, t ha nks t he numerou s sug-
Tabl e 2. Tran sfo rmer tap s requi red fo r vario us ant enna in- fr ee w a y ov e r pas ses, ges t io ns m ad e by Do n
put im pedances to match 50-O hm co axi al li ne. br idges , and re sid enti al Johnson W 6A AQ as thi s
th en p reset it six tu rn s ind ic at or, tw eak th e t r im- power lin e drops as you project proceeded th rough
cl ock wi se. pot un ti l you ob serve max- d r ive und er t he m . T he t he breadboard , prot ot ype,
3.Turn o n yo ur t ranscei v- im um f ie ld stre ngth o r resul t is t hat most of t he f in al desig n, and evalua-
er. Place it in the tune m inimum vsw r. The Ten- ch arac t eri sti c mobile fad e, t io n ph ases. I also wi sh t o
mode with carr ier in sert ed namatic mu st be in th e which I no w reali ze is du e express m y grateful ap-
on t he 40 meter band . auto ma t ic mode fo r t his to antenna detu ning, is prec i a tio n for t he
4 . Whi l e wat chin g a ad justme nt. You r unit is el im inated . The resu1t is phot og ra phy p rov ided by
f ield-strength met er o r vsw r now ready to o perate . su c h a st ro n g st e a dy Jerr y Ful sto ne WA6EJV. •

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7879

TS-120S
ALL SOLID-STATE
HF TRANSCEIVER
What's uniqueaboul thePll circuit in the T8-12051 TS- 120S

A single-conversion Pl L (phase-locked 100f ) systemis employed in the
TS-120S. Onlyonecrystal isrequired,instead a aheterodyne crystal element
foreach band, re sulting in simplification of circuitry, andamarked improve-
ment in overa ll stability. Th e single-conversion PLL system also improves
the spurious characteristics during transmission an d reception, and ma kes
IF shift operation and mono-dial indication avai labl e on anymodel.
The veo frequency is obtained from the PLl circuit by synthesizing the
VFOand CARfrequencies and reference oscillating frequencies of 10 MHz
and 500 kHz supplied bythe counter. Bandswitching is accomplished by
changing thepreset valueofthepro grammabledivider inthePl l. Therefore,
when switching bands. the frequ ency (except, of course, the1-MHz and to-
MHz ord erdigits) remainsthesame. Thefrequencies foreachbandan dPLl
stage are shown in thetable.
FREQUENCY COMPOSITION OF THE TS -120S Pll SYSTEM
us a . u,.
lM •• ,.s
CWllll · ·· .. S U
c..m
CO....O" ..". .. ROCO"'O ...0 TRA" S""
First, MIX(3) mixes the CARand VFOfrequencies. using a double bal-
ancedmixer to reducespurioussignals.The output of MIX(3), after passing
through a bandpass filter (BPF3)isappliedtotheinputof MIX(1) on the 3.5
andl .O-MHz ban ds. On the14-MHz an d WWV bands, MIX(2)mixes theout-
put of MIX(3) with a lO-MHz signal from the counter-unit oscillator. On the
21 and 28-MHz bands, MIX (2) mixes the oulput 01MIX(3) wilh a 20-MHz
signal from a doubler connected to the counter-unit oscillator.
Theoutput 01 MIX(2)- cr MIX(1) onthe 3.5and l .O-MHzbands- ismixed
with the VCOoutput at MIX (1), providing output frequencies shown in the
table. Theoutput passes through a lowpass filter (LPF1) and is amplified,
andthe resulting digital signalisdivided byaprogrammabledivider, produc-
ing a 500-kHz output.
"Information" from the band switches is converted into BCDsignals in
the counter and the division ratio as sh own in the table is preset. Th e loop -
filter co nsists of trans istors mounted on the outsid e to minimi ze signals. A
Motorola MC4044P functions as the phase compa rator. Five veo circuits
with high -output transistors cover all of the bands.
If the output of thephase comparator unlocks, veooutput is switched
off to prevent emission at unwanted frequencies an d, atthe same time, the
digital display blanks to warn the operator.
What isthe concept of the TS-120Sdigital counter fordisplaying frequencies?
. The T5-1205 digital counter employs a VFOfrequencycountmg system:
First, the VFO frequ ency is mixed with a 5·MHz signal obtained from the
rererenceoscillato rchainandisconvertedto0.5to1MHz.Th issignal passes
through a lowpass filter, is amplified, buffered, and shaped into a digital
(squ are)wave, pa sses through au.t-seeond gate circuit , and is app liedto a
four-digit counter. The Si gnal is cou nted fro m10 Hz to100 kHz andis fedto
a presetcounter to derive the carrier output.
Th e lOO-kHz order digit presets at 5 to diS81 ay t~e _operating frequency
onthe 3.5. 28.5.'29.5. and WNV bands. andat tordlSpl'aj4ll1 7.0. 14 0. 21.0,
U'"
u . 28.0, and 29.0MHz. The1-MHz andlO-MH zorder digits aredetermined bya
.
· ·. .0 1 U . matrix operating with bandswitch information.
Thecounter outputs areswitchedbythemultiplexer and converted from
BCDto seven -se gment information by the decoder to light the fluorescent
displaytub es.Thelargedigitshave.goodluminousintensityand adarkfilter.
providmg fatigue-fre e viewing over long operating periods. The displaycan
beread easily, even in the car an d other sunlit locations.
The reference oscillator pro duces a 10-MHz signal and performs time-
base division, and generates gate pu lses, latch pulses, and-reset pulses,
wh ich are ap pliedtothe counter. The Pl l circuit produces lO-MHz an d500-
kHz outputs. The marker Circuit p-roduc es a 100-kHz Signal wh ich synchro-
nizes the 25-kHz multivibrator to obtain a marker signal as acc ura te as the
reference frequency.
The1/10 division at the first stage of the count-down chain utilizes low-
powe r Schottky TT L, and oth er divisions use CMOSICs for lowpower con-
sumption andminimum spuriousemission. WiththeIFshift circuit, the CAR
frequency is independent of both transmitting and receiving frequencies.
When theVFOfrequencyis counted,theoperatingfrequencyisindicated
as accuratelyasthereferenceoscillato rfrequency, providedthatthe10·MHz
reference is cali brated to WWV.
True operating frequencies are displayed accurate to three digits (100-
Hz order). regardless of CW transmitting and receiving frequencies or the
position of the ba nd switch or mode switch. When the VFO is tuned to the
extent that the l-MHz and lO-MHz orders are switched (beyond the band
edge), these digits are blank ed out.

FR EQUEN CIES FO REACHOANO AN OPl l STAGE

OAN O RANGE YCO MI X(1) INPUT MI X(I) OUTPUT

(M Hz) (MHz) (MHz) (MHz) OI VIOER RATI O OC8A
WWY 14.5-15.0. 23.33-23.83 24.33-24.83 I 1.0 1/2 11I 0
3.5 3.5- 4.8 12.33-12.83 14.33-t4.83 2.8 1/4 1 1 80
7 I 7.0- 7.5 15.83-16.33 I 14.33-14.83 1.5 1/3 1 I 81
14 14.0-14.5 22.83-23.33 I 24.33-24.83 1.5 1/3 I 1101
21 I 21.0-21.5 29.83-30.33 34.33-34.83 4.5 1/9 I o11 1
28 28.8-28.5 36.83-37.33 34.33-34.83 2.5 1/5 t 01 I
28.5 28.5-29.0 37.33-37.83 34.33-34.83 3.0 1/6 I 010
29 29.0-29.5 37.83-38.33 34.33-34.83 3.5 1/7 1 08 I
29.5 29.5-30.8 38.33-38.83 34.33-34.83 4.0 1/8 I 000
William Epperhan, Jr. WB2D TY
7 Sampson Street
Oyster Bay NY 11771
Add Solid-State Braking to the T 2X
T he T2X " Ta iltw iste r"
rotor by CDE is quite a
piec e of ma chi ne ry. It' s a
he avy-duty rotor ca pa b le of
turn ing an antenna system
with 26 square feet of wind
load, has a coast-down pre-
brake action, a nd has a
wedge bra ke system t hat
ke eps th e ro tor from slip-
ping when not in use. As an
a d de d saf e ty fe at u re ,
powe r is not del ivered to
the d ire ctional co ntro ls un-
til the wedge brake has
bee n re le ased .
In o rder to get the rotor
to tu rn, you mu st press the
brak e re lease switc h o n the
co nt ro l un it, hol d ing it
140
- a worthwhile improvement
Tam e yo ur Tailtwister.
dow n while pressing eithe r
the cloc kw ise or counter-
clockwise direct ion switch.
Once t he antenna reaches
its de st ina tion , the direc-
tio n switch mu st be re-
leased first, fo llowed by the
brake rel ease switc h after
the an ten na has coasted to
a stop. If yo u sho uld let go
of the br ake rel ease switc h
befo re rele asing th e direc-
t io n sw itc h, o r if both
switches are released simul-
taneously, the wedge brake
will imm ed iately e ngage,
bringing the syste m to an
ab rup t sto p, plac ing undue
st rain on the rotor, mast,
a nte nna syste m, an d the
towe r itsel f.
Holdi ng o nto the bra ke
re le ase switc h until t he
The c ircuit I de signed to ac -
ca mp iish th is consists of
four 1Cs, o ne op to isolator, a
rotor has had p lenty of time sma ll powe r supply, a nd a
to coast to a stop is mu c h so lid sta te rel ay. All the
easier in theory than in ac- parts, with the exception of
tua l prac tice . W hat this t he powe r t ra nsfo rme r,
means is that sooner or filter capacitor, and bridge
later you could have trou- rectifi er, are moun ted on a
bles, unless you can guaran- 5 v. " x 2 Y." perfboard using
tee th at the wedge brak e stand ard wire-wr a pping
won 't be constantly slam- tech niques. The entire c ir-
ming into the gears of a cuit fits in the'l'etor co nt ro l
moving rotor. unit, and no modifications
O ne so lution to this prob- to e ither the rotor or the
lem is to e lectroni ca lly outside appea rance of the
delay th e e ngage me nt of '" co ntrol unit are req uired .
the wedge brake for a sm a ll Th t h t J
. d f ' f h e power a te ro 0 , s
pe rio a time a te r .t e brake soIeno id t an d d itree-
rot or has sto ppe d turrung. . I ' . . it h d
tiona c irc u it rv IS SW I C e
by a Grayhill Solid Sta te
Rel a y, whi ch tak e s the
pla ce of the brak e re lease
sw it c h in th e o rig ina l
sc he mati c-see Figs. 1(a)
and 11b). The SSR is idea l fo r
this app lication fo r a num-
ber of reasons:
1 . Its ze ro voltage turn-on
and zero current turn-off
c ha rac te rist ics plu s it s
3000 -vol t-p er-rn ic rosecond
transient protection allow it
to switch a 110-V-ac indu c-
tive load at 4 Amps wit ho ut
the contact arcing fou nd in
a mech an ical rel ay.
2. It will switc h wit h 5 V dc
of c o nt ro l vo ltage an d
dr a w less t ha n 5 rnA of c ur-
rent, makin g it co mpati b le
with TTL.
3. It p hysica lly se pa rate s
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Fig. l(a). Detail of contro l unit (original versio n). All
resistor s l-\ Wa tt. " X" de notes wiring connectio n to the
contro l un it PC board.
t he di gital contro l c irc uit ry
fro m th e load by m ean s of
opto iso l at ion, protecti ng
th e logic from any sp ikes
that mig ht be ge nerat ed by
th e brake sole noid .
4. It s sma l l size (1 cubic
i nc h) e nabl es it to be
mou nted d irectl y o n th e
p erf bo ard , produci ng a
very co m pact mod if ic at io n
in t he rotor co nt ro l uni t.
The rest of th e circuitry
on th e pe rfb oard (Fig. 2)
det erm in es t he am o unt of
t ime th e 55R will rem ain
energi z ed. Wh en t he br ak e
release sw itc h (53) on t he
fr ont pa nel is cl o sed, the
reset (p in 4) o n t he N E555
tim er goes lo w , as does pi n
6 o n t he 7409, tu rni ng o n
t he 55 R, r e l easing t he
w edge bra ke, and app ly ing
p ower to t he ro tor' s d ir ec-
ti o na l co ntro l s. When t he
sw i t c h i s r el ea sed . th e
74121 (w hic h is trigge red
on t he neg at ive-goi ng edg e
of its input pul se) appl ies a
t hese co m po nents .
The input to t he d ig itia l
c i r c u i t r y i s p hys i ca l l y
sep arated f ro m t he roto r's
direction co nt ro l v o lt age
by an o ptoiso lato r (U5 )
w hose d iod e is wi red in
ser ies wi t h t he LED di rec-
ti o nal ind icator s on th e
co nt ro l unit - see Fig. 'l lb).
By th e way, the o pt oiso la-
tor drops t he tota l cu rre nt
in eac h d ir ectio na l LED by
onl y 1 rnA and t her efore
does not affec t th e origin al
brightn ess o f the i nd i-
cat ors. If eit her o ne of th e
ro to r's di rec t ion al con t ro ls
is pressed whil e t he wedg e
brake is release d , current
w il l flow thr ough the diod e
of the optoi sola tor. Thi s
c auses t he outp ut of th e
optoiso lator to go low (Fig .
2), resettin g th e NE555 and
keeping th e 55R energize d .
TO CO NNECTIO N
r < S5
r TO ROT OR
ow
uae
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'" TO ROT OR
TO R OTOR
BRAKE SOLEI<0>0
Fig. l (b). Detai l of con tro l unit (modified version). A ll
resistors v.l W att. "X" deno tes wiring co nnection to the
co ntrol unit PC board.
Releasing th e d irecti on al there is room t o mou n t t he
sw it c h t rigge rs t he 741 21 ~ -W a t t resist or s sep ara te -
wh ich pul ses t he N E555 ly on t he perf boa rd if y o u
and hold s t he 55R o n fo r d on ' t h av e a n e t w ork
ano t her f ive sec o nds. A s a han d y. It shou ld be noted -
resul t , it i s no l o n ger also 't hat I have connected
nec essary to hol d down th e t he prim ary of t he di gita l
brake rel ease sw itc h on ce logi c p ow er supply tr ans-
t he ci rcui t has been ene r- f orm er - Fig. 1(b)- before
gized . Th e wedge br ak e t he rot o r co ntro l unit
w il l no t engag e unless all " O f f/ O n 5wiiCiT' (51) so
three front p anel sw it c hes t hat power is suppl ied to
have rem ai ned open f o r t he I C s c o n t i n u o us l y .
five second s. Clos ing any. A lt ho ug h yo u m igh t pref er
o ne o f t he sw itc hes du rin g -10 m ak e t he conne ctio n
the five-second delay re- aft er th e sw itc h. t his wi ll
sets t he t im er and rep eat s ten d to ene rgi ze the br ak e
t he cycl e upo n release of so leno id as soo n as power
t he sw itc h. -Is app l i ed t o th e bo x.
In bui ld ing t his c irc uit, I Pow eri ng th e ICs co nstant-
u sed a 1 k resistor net w ork ly (t he digita l logi c draw s
in pl ace of mounting sep- co nsiderab ly less th an 100
arate pu ll -up resistors, bu t rnA) no t o nly prevents th is.
.,
-s
" .,. " .,
-s .,

l~frO't·
one-shot to t he N E555 , "
' 3 U I Il

w hic h i n t u rn goes hi gh at
" '0'
its ou t put . Th is keeps pin 6 a vs "
of th e 7409 lo w , al low ing ro
TO ANODE S -e
the 55 R to rem ain ener- OF RE O
DI R ECTIO N
ua
7 <11 2 1
gi z ed f or approxima te ly L E OS
(f iG I bl
IK

five mo re seco nd s. Th e
BRAKE
fi v e-second delay is det er- 53'\ REL EA SE
,;,S WITC H ., TO $$ R
PIN I .
m in ed by t he RC com bi na-
ti on of t he 3.3-m ego hm re-
s is t o r a nd t h e 1 - u F
ca p ac ito r on t he N E555 '---1"1 ' " P'-- - - - - - L - --- - :t:::;>'-t-t
and. ca n b e lengt hen ed or
sho rt ened by in c reasing or
dec reasing the va lu es o f Fig. 2. D ela y circuit. A ll resistors l-\ Watt. A ll capac itors m easur ed in u l,

14 1

Fig. 3. Po wer supp ly .
but also is bet ter for the ICs
in t he long run sinc e th ey are
not subje cted to surges
that accompany t he a p-
p lication of vo lt age to the
uni t.
When co nne c t ing t he
wire-wrap wire to the ssR
" co nt ro l" pi ns, use th e wire-
wrap too l to make th e co n-
nection, but make sur e you
so lde r th e wire to the pins.
Nor ma lly, so lder is not
necessary wit h t he wire-
wra ppi ng tec hnique, b ut
the pins on the rel ay are
round as opposed to the
square w ire-wr ap pi ns, so
so lde r shou ld be used to e n-
sure a solid co nnect io n.
Since a ll of the circu itry,
with the exce pt ion of the
power tran sformer, bridg e
rectifier , a nd 1000-uF filter
ca pac itor (Fig. 3), is built o n
the pe rfbo ard, the d igita l
logic can be checked fo r
any wi ri ng errors before
connect ing it to, or mount-
ing it in, t he rotor co nt ro l
unit. The 78 LOS vo ltage
regulator will han dle up to
3S vo lts on its inpu t (al-
though it runs mu ch cool e r
wit h th e 6.3-vo lt su pply
used in t his proj ect) so yo u
ca n temporari ly powe r the
pe rfboard wit h th e out put
of a standa rd 12-V-dc su p-
ply. Att ach a logic prob e or
vo ltmeter to pin 6 of the
7409 (since th e 7409 has a n
open co llec to r o utp ut, pin 6
must be co nnec ted to pin 1
of the ssRa nd pin 2 o n the
ssR mu st be co nnec ted to
~ /
I connect the m both to pin 2
+ S V de in orde r to get the
p ro p e r read ing s) . Yo u
shou ld get a high-level logic
state on the probe or a little
under S vo lts o n the vo lt-
me te r. Ground ing pin 1 or
pin 2 on the 7400 sho uld
c ha nge the reading to a
low-level logic sta te (unde r
1 vo lt on the vo ltme te r).
W he n yo u re mo ve t he
ground, the readi ng shou ld
stay low for a bo ut S'h sec-
onds before retu rning to its
original state .
If the circu it checks out
co rre ctly, d iscon nect the
lead s o n the brake release
switc h (53) a nd solder t hem
to the " load" pins o n the
ssR. Now yo u ca n moun t
the bo ard on t he bottom
side of the co ntro l unit's
chassis a nd hook up the
power supply as shown in
the sc he ma t ics in Figs. l (b)
a nd 3. Connect a lead from
one co ntact on the brake
release switc h to pin 2 of
the 7400 a nd a lead from
the ot he r c o ntact to
ground . Unsolder the lead s
f ro m co nnect io n points 2
and S on the co ntro l un it's
printed circu it board (the
board is numbered) a nd
wedge brake has bee n re-
leased). These could be
added quite simp ly if de-
sired - see Figs. l(a) and
l(b ) - using t hr ee 1 .5k
1,4 -W att resistors and t hree
HEPl 004 (1 N34A-type ) di-
odes. Altho ugh the d irec -
t ion ind ic ators are not real-
ly necessary, th e brake re-
lease LE D does ind icate
th e sta tus of th e wedge
brake a nd I wo u ld reco m-
me nd th at you install it if
yo u p lan to use the brake
delay circ uit. It sho u ld be a
simp le matter to mount the
ext ra com ponents o n t he
pe rfboard .
In all, the addi tion of a n
e lect ronic brak e delav cir-
cuit makes a good rotor
better a nd may save you
from the headache of roto r
troub les a t a la te r dat e.•
Parts Li st
ICs
1 SN7400 (U1)
1 SN7409 (U2)
1 SN74121 (U3)
1 NE555 (U4)
1 IL 1 or eq~~ opt o lsolatc r
(U5)
1 uA78L 05 s- vott vo ltage
regu lator

I!r_anl~n
(the cathode) on the o'p: " Resistors
toisolat o r (US). Con nect a 7 1k, 1f4-Watt , 10 %
._aleUI> ~.- )<. lead from pin 1 o n th e op- 1 10k , 1f4 -Watt , 19_°(0

Iupply_ " !/ -»',: to isola tor (US) to co nnec-

tion poin t 2 o n th e printe d- ·
1 3.3 megohm , 1f4 -Watt , 10%

,Ina.
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
NO MONKEY BUSINESS!
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circuit board. Connectio n
point 5 is not used . This
Capacitors
1
1
1000 uF, 35 vo lts
10 uF, 15 volt s
co mp letes the modifi cation
of the rotor co ntrol un it. 1 5 uF, 15 vo lt s
1 1uF,1 5 volts
Althou gh I made th is 1 .33 uF , 35 volts
mod ificatio n o n the Tail-
twister roto r, the schematic
fo r the co nt ro l u nit is ve ry
1
2
.1 uF, 35 vo lt s
.01·uF disc ceramic

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142 V Reader Service-see page 21 I

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 Compact Beams for 20 or 15
- build these when your quad bites the dust

light, neat, rugged .

Jerrold A. Swank W8HXR

657 Willabar Drive
Washington Court House
OH 43160

M y tower is just 11 feet

from my neighbor's
property line. The further I
stay away from his televi-
sion antenna, the better,
lest., 1 cause him TVI. I,
therefore, have long want-
ed a 20 meter beam that,
while a monobander ,
would not have a spread
so long as to go outsid e my
yard .
1 do not like th e regular
20 meter quad, as it is too
big and floppy and some-
what unsightly, besides be-
ing easily damaged by the
wind. I did not want to buy
a triband beam, since I can-
not op erate 1 5 or 10 me-
ters . I have only a three-
band rig.
At one time, I had a 15
meter quad up for a couple

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of years, and it wo rked
f ine, bu t si nce I ca nno t
now wo rk 15, I wanted to
ma ke a 20 me ter be am out
o f m y quad .
Ev ery o ne to ld me t ha t
t hi s plan wou ld not wor k,
including o ne nati on all y-
know n ante nna ex pe rt on
q uads. Th ey sai d t hat bend -
ing back the ends of the
element s w o uld make it
act like a t ra nsmission li ne.
I co uld hav e used l oad-
i ng coi ls, but m o st of all I
d id not wan t to hav e to bu y
an expensive beam . I had
m y qua d put away and
al so had some part s o f
qu ad arms from a no t her
qu ad w hi ch I had on ce c ut
fr om 20 to 15 in m y O X
days. It wa s hea vier, bu t a
f ell o w ham had c u t it down
to 6 Y, f eet to m ake a CB
q uad . Thr ee of t he arm s
had bee n broken whe n it
fe l l w h i l e b ei ng take n
dow n af te r he becam e a
ham .
I dec ided to te lesco pe
o ne arm in t o a lar ger arm,
and fo und t ha t t hi s w ou ld
gi ve m e 11 feet per arm . [
put epoxy o n t he sm all er
a rms , o r sp rea de rs, an d put
t he m together. I w as t hus
ab le to m ak e fo ur good
arm s and st i l l have two
u sab le sh o r t sp rea d e rs
6 V. feet lon g, by inserting
a l um inu m t u b ing in o ne of
th e b est broken arm s. The
15 m ete r sp rea de rs we re
still a f u ll 8 feet long.
Th e reason I am te lling
y ou all o f t hi s is to m ake
y o u t hink abo ut w ays o f
getting m ateri al for y ou r
beam . It w ou ld be po ssib le
to use bamboo o r eve n
wooden a rms. If the a rms
are not hollow, yo u co uld
tape t he w ire to th e wood-
en arm s. I act uall y tried
t his at first with t he arms I
am usin g, and t hen dec ided
t o see if t he pro xim ity of
t he a l um i nu m sp i de r
wo uld c ha nge t he tun in g of
t he bea m eleme nts. [ found
t hat it m ad e no d iffe rence ,
so I rem o v ed th e ta ped
wire s a nd fed th e w ire s
t hrou gh t he cente r of t he
fib ergl ass tub ing.
I mi gh t m ent io n a few
boob y tr ap s I fo und as I
we nt along . The f irst wa s
t hat t he st ore d t ubi ng had
been stopped up by insect s
and egg sacs. I used a 5/8 A
tw o met er m o bi le w hip
wi t h th e ball rem ov ed to
pok e ou t so m e of the de-
bri s. I t he n pu t m y mou th
to the sm all end, ho ld in g
f ingers o ver t he ho l e whi ch
had been c ut fo r w ire i n th e
o ld q u ad , and blew .
This work ed with one
arm , but not with tw o oth-
er s. I tried pok ing wire
throug h, but the w ir e w as
no t stiff enou gh. I f i nall y
banged the large end o n
t he co ncrete f loor of m y
p at io, and f ina lly 8 co -
coon s fe ll o ut. I k now now
t hat I sho u ld ha ve cl eaned
ou t t he 15 me ter q u ad arms
b e f o re pu tti ng th e tw o
arms to get her. It w ou ld
h ave been easie r to hand le
t hem .
I t hen tri ed t o pu sh som e
#14 st ra nded w ir e through,
but it kept c at c hing o n th e
end of th e sma l le r i nside
ar m. I to o k so me # 18
ti nn ed w i re and pok ed it
t hro u gh f ro m th e sma ll end
of t he t ubi ng, and it d idn 't
buc k le as it d id w he n tr y ing
to f orce it th e othe ; wa y. I
ran it thr ou gh, tw isted t he
end to t he#14 Beld en 8000 ,
and pull ed it ba ck t hrou gh .
I put a length o f nyl on
t ub ing o ve r t he wi re to
keep it from b eing shorted
to the bolts wh i ch held th e
clam ps o n t he fib ergl ass
ar ms.
I had cut the wi re by f o r-
mula to 16'h fee t fo r t he
14,200 MHz . I t hu s had 5 'h
fe et left after reac hing the
en d of t he 11-f oot arm . Thi s
I had to b en d b ack . I put
o ne o f th e sho rt arm s into
t he spid er after p la c ing th e
other 11 -f oo t arm in t he
cl amps. Th is I u sed in th e
upper arm of t he spider.
T he low er arm of t he spider
was not used.
I co u ld hav e lef t t he up-
per arm unused and p u t
t he 6 'h -f oo t arm in t he
down wa rd positi on . Thi s I
r V ER TI CAL 6 ' F IBE R GLA SS SUPPOR T
.- IN SUL A TOR
· - 11' F IBUl GLASS
AR ~ WI TH BE L DE N
eeoc WI RE
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TOTAL SPR E AD OF A RMS 2 2 '
T OTAl. WIRE LE N GT H 33 ' FOR
DR IVE N EL E ~ E NT . ~ · 4 · FOOf
DIRECTO R.
1-- - 38' TOWE R
Fig. 1. Sm all light 20 meter beam .
dec ide d aga inst for two . and t he n t ied a k not eac h
reaso n s. I t wo u l d h av e sid e of th e ver t ica l arm s to
bro ug h t t he 5 Y, f eet of ex- keep t he rop e from sl ip-
cess w ire b ac k toward t he pi ng. I u sed a 6'tn ch length
meta l to w er, and by usin g of 7/8-inc h PVC pipe w ith
t he upw ard posit io n, it f ur- hol es d ri lled in t he ends f or
ni shed a supp o rt f o r t he, in su lato rs. I prob ab ly d id
ends of t he 'l I -foo t arm s. -';, o t need t he in su la to rs
They d id no t sag, but I f elt w ith abo u t 7 f eet o f ny lon
t hat they wo uld be sub ject rope and a f ib ergla ss sup-
to more w ind v ibra t ion if port , but habit m ade m e
t urn ed down. - use t hem . I wou ld probab ly
I p o u n d e d a 3-f o o t not u se th em aga in , so I
length of 1 Y,-inc h pipe in to su ggest yo u d on' t bother.
the ground and p laced t he I fas te ned a Kirk b alun
8-f oot boom with the at- to t he lower qu ad spider
ta c hed sp ide rs a nd ce nter a rm, an d it mad e a fine in-
T-f ixtu re in th e p ipe . This sta lla tion. H owever, after
gave me a position fo r a t- spe nd ing severa l ho urs try-
t a ching th e arm s a n d ing to f igu re o ut why th e
stringing the V. -i nch ny lon sw r w as abo u t 10:1 , I
ro pe supp orts . The pa tio o pe ned up th e ba lun and
was too sho rt , and the egg f o und t hat on e o f t he wi res,
c ra t e roof wa s so lo w t hat I afte r 20 yea rs o f use, had
co uld never have gotten f in ally bro ke n. I ju st pu t it
t he co m ple te d beam o ut. up w ithout a ba lu n. I t hink
Eve n i n t he ya rd I w as short a balu n m ig ht have help ed
of space, bu t I managed , in so me wa ys, bu t it seems
eve n with shrubs and t rees. to work w ell , any way. I had
I dr illed a V. -i nc h ho le in used a ho se clamp to at-
t he tops o f th e ve rt ical tac h t he b alu n to t he arm ,
arms and t hre aded V. -inc h and it wa s a neat job . If yo u
n y l o n rop e t h ro ug h . I use a ba l un, tr y t hi s.
pu l led eno ugh throu gh t o I used 31 fee t, 4 inches f or
reac h t he ends of the wi re, th e directo r, whi ch is 95%
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of th e 33-foot le ngth o f t he
driven element. I used a d i-
rector in stead o f a ref le c-
to r becau se it req u ires less
boom leng th fo r th e same
ga in and need ed less ext ra
w ire pu l led bac k towa rd
t he sup p or t. T here was
abou t 4 f eet , 8 in ch es to
pull b ac k o n each end .
I c heck ed the swr o n th e
gro und, a nd it wa s 2 Y2 :1
f ro m ab out 14.200 M Hz to
14.350 MHz, exc ep t that it
d ro pped t o 2:1 in t he are a
o f 14 .250 M Hz. I fig ured
t hat t his wo uld im pro ve
when it wa s up in t he air,
and it did . At t he hei gh t of
43 feet, it dropped t o 1 .5:1
at 14.250 M Hz and 2:1 at
14.350 and 14.200 M Hz .
I have no rotator y et, so I
STR AN DED WI RE
BE LDOI 8000 " 14
RG~ 9 U
Fig. 2. Schematic of one ele-
me nt.
F IB ER GLA SS
A RM S
800 M
Fig. 3. Clos eup of sp ider.
~ 14 E NA ME L E D WIRE T HRE A DE D I N SID E
FI BE R GLA S S ll RMS
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SECT IO"
Fig. 4. Schematic of 15
meter driven element.
TH E T U'I IN G srve
IS T URNE D DO WN 2 l /4 "
F I BER GLA SS
FOR "I EAT
APP EAR.6NC E - _ SPRE .aOER S
IB" F IBER Gl-I\.S S
Fig. 5. Closeu p of sp ider.
w an ted to fa ce t he bea m
SW. It needed t o be at -
tac hed to a mas t to ra ise it
abo ut 5 f eet above th e
38-fo o t towe r. I h ad 8 fee t
of 1 V, -i nch heav y wa ll alu-
minum t ub i ng, and I in sert-
ed a simil ar len gt h of 1 v. -
inc h steel t ub ing i nside to
m ake a st iff mast. I d ri lled
a hole and insert ed a meta l
screw t o hold t he tubing to-
get her.
I had pl ann ed t hat we
drill th e m ast for th e T-fi x-
tu re w he n it w as up in t he
ai r, bu t m y fri en d , Bill
Burn s W A8 IEj, w ho was
goi ng to rai se it for me,
wanted t o d ri ll it o n t he
gro u nd. I th ink he regretted
it w he n he c arr ied it to t he
towe r. I had told hi m t he
bea m we ig ht w as about 12
pounds, I t hought. I had
easily ca rr ied it on t he
gro und.
Wh il e he w as ca rryi ng it
up in on e arm and climbing
w it h t he o t her, he sto pped
COA X
to rest a co uple of ti mes,
and he said it w as m ore like
25 pound s w it h the at-
t ac hed m asti ng. I reco m-
m end th at y ou wait unti l it
is on th e tower an d drill it
befo re l ift in g t he m ast up
to the desired hei gh t . I let it
st ic k ou t 5 feet abov e t he
t o w er, w hic h gi v es me
e no ugh inside t he towe r to
attac h a rotator.
I l ater w ished I had done
one more t hi ng. I shou ld
h a ve s li p p ed th e w i r e
through a short p iece of Tef -
lon1M or nyl on tu bing as it
co mes ou t of th e end of the
f i be rglass arm. Thi s wo ul d
hel p pr event th e c hafi ng of
t he w ire by the sharp edge
o f t he tu bin g and might
keep th e w ire from break-
ing . It probab ly w i ll l ast at
least a co up le of ye ars,
tho ug h. Th ere is not m u ch
p ull on t he w ire, sin ce I did
not dra w it up ve ry tight , so
p erhaps it w ill l ast lo nger.
It makes a lo t neater ar-
ran gem en t t ha n a 20 m et er
qu ad , and up in th e ai r it
loo ks ni ce.
I used a qua rte r wave-
length of RG-59/U as a
matc hing sec t io n f ro m the
d riven ele ment to t he RG-
8/U c oax l ead-in . I gu essed
th at the bea m im pedan ce
wo u ld be abo ut 20 O hm s,
and thi s wou ld rai se it to 40
O hms . Thi s w o u ld giv e an
swr of 1 .25:1, so th e 1 .5:1
f in al me asur em en t w as not
fa r o ff .
When I got a chan ce t o
test it, I first c all ed CQ and
a Cal if o rni a st at io n came
b ac k and said th at I had a
" reall y st ro ng signal" in his
location . Next, I w en t in a
p ileu p and go t a reply,
af ter onl y two c al ls, fro m
P29 JS i n Pap ua , N ew
Guinea. He said I wa s 5 x 9.
It wa s a new country for
m e. Th e ban d · was going
ou t , so I we nt to bed .
T he next night I t ried to
ta l k to a fri end , Da le
WD8VTD in Jamesto wn,
O hio, abo u t 19 mi les away,
bu t he w as off t he side o f
my beam and we w ere
reall y weak . W hi le I was
li st enin g fo r him , H an s
SM6CVX ca lled m e .and
w anted to know my O hio
co unty . Wh en I to ld him
Fayette, he wanted a QSL
card. He gave m e 5 x 7 and
he was 5 x 8 her e. I gue ss
t hat my fro nt-to-hac k is
proba bly ab out 1 2-15 dB,' - .arrn, abou t 18 inc hes lon g.
so it see m s I ca n wo rk
Europe off t he back O K.
I usuall y wo rk 40 met ers
f ro m abo ut 0600 to 0900 _ str ip. I bol ted t his to th e
GM T, so I don't ge t o n 20
un t i l l a t e. Thus I work
m ostl y Pacif ic st at io ns.
Last ni gh t I c all ed H arr y to u c hing t he me ta l o f th e
VK 3XI and he ca me b ac k
on t he f i rst ca l l. He said th e dr ive n-ele m ent.
b and wa s go ing out and my
bea m must be pretty good,
as he w ould no t o therw ise
have been ab le to wo rk me.
H e was 5 x 7 here.
I am ru nni ng j ust a bo ut pie ce. This wire wa s not
800 Wa tts PEP, so I am
very pl eased w it h t he re- grou nded to t he boom . The
suit s. I think I could have
don e we ll w it h ju st a 1 5
m eter quad alo ne an d a
1 \I, -inc h boom , but I used
wh at I had . My 1 5 m eter
quad b oom was o nl y 1 V,
inc hes x 5 f eet lon g, so I
wa nted a long er boom.
The re is no reason why you
c an' t make your own beam
fro m scratc h w ith bam boo
or ev en 1 x 2 wood and a
plyw ood spider. The f act
t hat t he re is a support fo r
the arms, and t he sho rt-
ened length, bring up m any
po ssibilitie s for a l ight,
c he ap be am o r even a di -
pol e.
Th e d i rec tor is no t co n-
nected to t he boom . Th e
boo m is 8 feet lo ng and 2
in ch es i n di am e ter - a v ery
husky beam .
A f te r seein g m y 20 m eter
com p ac t bea m , K enn y
Lo ng W B8NGX wa nt ed a
15 meter li ke it , and I had
f o ur ar ms left, so I decid ed
to build on e f or him . I used
li gh tw ei gh t sp iders and a
b oo m f ro m a K ir k 1 5 me te r
qu ad, and of c our se, I
di d n' t need suc h a long
w ire. I o nly used about 22
f eet of w ire for a 1 5 meter
b eam , so I decided to
th read the w ir e just t o th e
end s o f t he arms and bend
t hem bac k an inc h, b o th to
hol d t hem t aut and to al-
low f or cor on a preven ti on .
I t hen h ad o n ly abo u t
1 foot,S inc hes.Ieft i n t he
ce n te r.
I pulled t his out along
anothe r sho rt f ibe rgl ass
See Fig. 5. Th en I fa st ened
th e wire t o the binding
p osts o n a sho rt fib ergl ass
arm and t hen adde d an-
other strip f or a sprea de r.
Thi s kept t he w i re fro m
spide r arm. T his was fo r the
For the d ir ector, I had
on ly abo ut 5 i nc hes lef t o n
each side. I used a short
piece of PVC tubing bol ted
to t he arm to hold thi s
b r o k e n , n o r wa s i t
b oom is 6 f eet long.
T he be am is a very li gh t ,
neat , and ru gged affai r. I
gu essed th at it weig hed
ab out 7 po und s. I carri ed it
over to Ken ny Lo ng's ho use
on the top of a ca r, not
eve n t ied down . We held it
down by hand, st ick ing o u r
arm s out th e windows. •
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WH EN ORDERING FROM 1094 BNC femal e .. . 1.10 a
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595 UG255 UH F fem ale to BN C male 3.49 a
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8
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.40 thru 10 meters.
• Wide band performance
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Model HM·4 . Has 5 / 16 " ·32 thread. Fils
Motorola HI's. te OM IC2 15 and Standar d
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Model HM-226 . Same. with TNC con nec -
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HM20 2mt r, 3db for ma rin e use . _ 39.00 b
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HM175 440M Hz 5db hole m oun t ant . 29.00 b
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•
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$59 9 • 1/ ' '? 'I, wa ve resonanceon all bands. l ow angle
reotanoe pattern . Taper swagged sea mless
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pression cternp s at tubing joints Weight :
8 .2 tos.
Model14AVOIWa . . $57 .00
F'NCO Model 18AVT/ W8
T h e most rugged 8 & 2 mete r b eam s we 've • Autom atic band switching
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A 2·2 10 ele, 2M d u a l p o lar ization 46 .50 e able L1 C ratio. Top loading coil. Across
the band performance with one Iu mish ed
A6 2 6&2 M ante nna o n o n e bo om 74.95 e sellin g lor each band 11 0 thru 401. True '/.
A6 ·5 5 e lement 8M beam, 11db . . . . .• 46 .50 e wave resonance on all bands. SWR 01 2 : 1
A6·3 3 ere 6M beam, 7d b gain 30.00 d or less a' band lOges. l ow ang!e radiation
pa tt er n . Extra heavy duty tapered swaged
A 1 'I. 220M Hz 10 ele, 13.8db 32.95 d seamle ss . aluminum tUbing with lull ctr-
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Low pro file magnetic antenna w ith ca ble
and co nnec tor. Tunable 108 -51 2 MHz. Fits all Hustler deluxe mob ile
mo unts . 3/ 8" x24 base. 5/ 8"
Can be co nv erted to gain antenna late r.
Wt.:3 Ibs. wave two meters. 3.4 db 9a<n .
SWR at reso nanc e : adj . to
Mod el ASP-69 4 $21.00
1.5 : 1 or bet te r. Bandw idth : 6
MHz . 2 : 1 or bette r SWR. 100
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BN86 Ferrite ba lun f or 80 -10;orrs $15.95 a
155 Ce n te r in s ula t o r l o r do u blet. 5.95 a
1 156 En d i n su l. l or doublet (p a ir) _ 3.95 a
18H T ... H yT o w er 80 · 10M ve rt ic al . . 239 .95*
18V Ec o n o my 80 t ru 10M ve rt ic al 24 .95 c
12AVQ 20-tt:lmtr tra p ve rt ic a l 39 .95 c
14AVQ 40·10 m t r tra p ve rt ic al. 57.00 d
16AVT/WB 80- 10mtr t ra p vert ic a l 79 .95 d

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2BDQ Trap dou b le t for80 & 40mtr

TH3 Mk ll l * 3 ere 20·10 tri ban de r .. 179.95*

TH6D XX *-6 ere 20·10 M tri ban de r. . 239.95 *
39 .95 d
5BOQ Tra p dou b le t fo r 80- 10 m t r s·. ~ .. 69 .95 e

AR2 2m eter Ring o b a se a n t $24.95 b 40M . Spac e rest ric ted or un- TH3 J r 3 ele t rib ande r (750W PEP) . . 129.95 e
ARX2 2m t r Ringo Ran ger base an t . . 39 .95 c lim ited , you get top signal reo HY QUAD * 2 ele qu ad 20-10 mtrs . 189.95 *
AR220 220M Hz Ringo base ant. 24.95 b 103B A 3 e lem en t 10Mtr beam 54 .95 e
po rts , co nsistent cont acts and
ARX220 220M Hz Rin go Ran ger. 39.95 c 153BA 3 eleme n t 15 m t r bea m . . 79 .95
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ARX450 UHF Rin go Ranger bse ant . 39.95 c
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Use one teedline . any length.
I 40 2BA . 2 ele m ent 40 mt r b eam 169 .95 *
AR6 6 meter Ringo base ant 36 .95 c 64B 4 elem en t 6 m et er be am 39.95
ARX2 K Adapts 2M Ringo to Ranger . 16.95 b
A147-4 4 ele 2M FM beam ant 24.95 b
Requires no swi tch ing or
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J 270 eoo l iberg la s s 2 M an ten na. _
20 3 3 elemen t 2 mete r ya g i .
39 .95 e
.. 15.95 b
SF-2 4· BTV
A147·1111 ele 2M FM beam 36.95 c 205 5 e le m en t 2 m et e r yag i. 17.95 c
A147·20T 10 e re 2M ver t/harz twis t. .. 62 .95 d 208 8 ele men t 2 m e t er yag i _. 25.95 c
A144-7 7 ele 2M CW/SS B bea m 26.95 c MOl Mobile mast . .... .. . .. . . . ...• $22.95 c 21414 e le ment 2 m e t er y ag i. 31 .95 d
A144·1111 ele 2M CW/SSB bea m 36.95d M02 Mob i le mast .. • .... . . . . .. .. ... 22.95 c
A144·10T 10 ele Tw is t OSCA R ant . . : 42.95 c RM10 10 Met er reson at o r . . . . . . .. ... • 6.95 b
A144·20T 20 ele Twi st OSCAR an t 62.95 d RM151 5 met er re son a t or 7.95 b
A220 ·77 ele 220MHz beam 26.95 c RM20 20 Mete r re so n at or 8.95 b
A220·11 11 ele220MHzbeam 34.95c RM40 40 M et er reso n at o r , 14.95 b
TA33 * 3 el t riband beam 2KW PEP . $169.95
A449-6 6 ele UH F FM beam
A449·11 11 ele UHF beam
24.95 c
34.95c
RM 75 75 M eter resonator
RM80 80 Meter reso n a t or
16.95 b
17.95 b *
TA33Jr 3el e triban d 1KW PE P 149.95 *
RM10S 10M resonat or 2KW PEP 11.95 b TA36 ... 6e le t ri b a nd 2KW PEP 269 .95 ...
A432·1111e1432MHzSSB/CWbeam 34.95c
RM 15S 15M reson at or 2KW PEP 12.95 b CL33 *3 ele C la s s ic 209 .95'"
AF M4D 144·148MH z Four Po le
AFM24D 220M Hz Fo ur Pole
69.95 c
64.95 c RM20S 20M resonator 2KW PEP 13.95 b CL36 *6 ele C la s s ic . . . . . . . . . . . .. 269 .95 ...
AFM 44D 435-450MHz Four Po le 64.95 c RM40S 40M resonat or 2KW PEP 16.95 b TA40KR 40mtr adpt fo r TA33/36 92.95 e
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x 24 s t ud 9.95 b
AT V4 40·10mtr tra p vertical 69.95 e SF2 20 3db 220MHi ant 'I, x24 stu d .. 11.95 b HAM tv Rot o r w it h co nt ro l b o x $14 9.95 f
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A50·3 3 e le me n t 8 m et er b eam 39 .95 d G6·144 2mt r base ant 6d b 79.95 d C045 M edium duty rot o r 119.95 I
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*
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5.95 a
16.95 a
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 uWeeping Willow"
Vertical for 40
- go out on a limb and build one

A vote for the bends.

A rt Pightling WA60 YS
240 Louisia na Pla ce
T he re are two thi ngs
which I look fo r in a
vertica l antenna: simplici-
Oxnard CA 93030 ty (no tra ps o r hat s) and
ava ila b ility of par ts. A
~ 3FT. 8 1N
BOLT 1'0 1'1
GROUNO POINT
qua rter-wave vertical fo r es, we get )./4 = 33'10" for a
fo rty meters fits bo th of center freq uency of 7.265
these crite ria, but it is oft~ ri " MHz. Any ce nte r freque n-
over loo ked when a nte nna cy ca n be chose n by plac-
con stru ction is co nte m- ing th at freq ue ncy in place
plated . of f in the formul a.
Th er e are als o two '
schools of antenna co n- Construction
st ruction: the oak (ma ke it Now let's get down to
so rigid and st rong tha t it bu sine ss. The aluminum
just ca nnot be destroyed tubing is av ailable loca lly
by wi nd , eart hq uakes , in 01.05t areas in concentric
snow, ice, or whatever) an d sizes fro m 2" to 3/8" . I had
the willow (able to be nd, a 3' X 1-1/2"-0 .d . piece of
flex, and ta ke all of th e tubing o n hand , so this was
above and spring back). the logical place to sta rt.
Since the "oak" method Now, all we need is 30'10"

"''' '' '\

. 10

• n
"

\ •- - -
BOLT rOR
-- ~5~b~~TOR
OF COAX
never did work for me, this more, Five 8' secti ons of
antenna is of the "willow" tubing we re used: 1-1/4",
co nfiguratio n. It is mad e of 1" , 3/4" ,1 /2" , and 3/8" o.d.
length s of co ncentric tub- Afte r slotting the ends with
6 fT. ing a nd ends in a whip. a hacksaw and cla mp ing
'00
To determin e how muc h the ends wit h hose cla mps,
t ub ing we will need, we I had 30' of tubing in 6' sec-
CO,,"CRETE
have to figure o ut how long t ions with a pproximat e ly 2'
a quarter wave is at forty of e ach inside the lower
B FT. GROUN O
",o 0 JUHC Tl ON meter s. Using )./4(feet) = tube . An 18" whip was
246/f (MHz) a nd then co n- clamped to the top, and
verting the frac tion of a the a lready-o n-ha nd 3' X
Fig. 1. Forty meter vertical . foot which remains to inch- 1-1/2" tub e was attach ed to
150
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t he bottom . N ow we have
eit her a v ery long t ro ut rod
o r a s l i g h t l y- o v e r s iz e
qu ar ter-wav e anten na fo r
forty meters.
Grou nd is an impo rt ant
part of a qua rter-w ave
ant enna, so grou nd mount-
in g w as c hose n. A pi ec e o f
redwood 3' X 4" x 1/2" wa s
found and pa i nte d to
match my fe n ce. H ol es
were d ri lled in approp riate
pl ace f o r U-bo lts t o hold
t he v ertic al to t he red -
wo od, and a tes t fi tting
showed th at the anten na
could be securely fa st en ed
to th e redwood . A co upl e
of large nail s w ere d riven
into t he bottom p art o f t he
redw ood m o un t to gi ve t he
co nc rete m ore t o g rab o n
to. A 24" -deep hol e was
dug in an in conspi cuous
corn er of my yard and fil led
w ith a DO-po und b ag of
c o n c re t e. T h e p repa re d
hun k o f red w ood was then
pl aced in th e we t co nc rete
and pr opp ed up so th at it
would be str aight when t he
co nc re te set. A bolt w as
pu t into th e botto m of t he
ante nna so t hat t he cente r
co nd uctor o f th e coax f eed
c o u l d b e conn ect ed .
A no t he r bolt was pla ced i n
t he red w o od m ount t o
serv e as a ju nctio n po in t
f or th e g ro un d system .
(Thi s b o l t mu st b e i n-
sul at ed from th e radiati ng
elem ent.)
The Ground System
Som e of us hav e a good
gro u nd (swa mp o r sa lt
m ar sh) and o th ers don ' t
(roc k or sand). M y worst-
case grou nd w as 120 #18
w i re rad ial s, each a li ttl e
more t han a q u arter-w av e-
l ength long, sp lay ed out
sunbu rst-sty le aro und t he
b ase of th e anten na. Th e
gro u nd sy st em whi ch I
wo und up wi th wa s three
rad ial s, six f eet lon g, ter-
m inati ng at 8' grou nd rod s.
T hese t hree rad ials w ere
joined at t he antenna b ase
on anothe r 8' ground rod . I
u sed #10 w ire to intercon-
nect t he ground rod s and
t he short ru n to t he bolt
w hi ch wa s pr e v i o u sl y
p la ced f o r ground co nnec-
tion on th e r ed w ood
m o un t. To be sur e, t he re
w as a d iffer en ce in vsw r
obtai nab le, but t he sim p ler
ground syste m w as sat is-
f actory fo r m y area.
Adjustmen t
Co nnect o ne foot or less
of 52-O hm co ax to t he
ant enn a, co nne cti ng t he
cent er cond uc t o r t o t he
ve rtic al ra di ator and t he
groun d braid t o th e grou nd
c o nnec t ion on th e red -
wood . Co nne ct the v sw r
m eter and th e tran sm itter.
Tak e a read in g at th e low
end of t he b and, o ne at t he
m iddl e, and o ne at th e top.
Thi s sho uld be en ou gh to
gi v e y o u a n id e a o f
w h et he r t o sh o r t e n o r
lengthen t he ele me nt. If
yo u hav e bu il t th e antenna
as descri bed, y o u wil l pr o b-
ab ly hav e to sho rte n. it a
bit. This is best at t he top
sec t i o ns . D o yo u r f i ne
tw eak ing w ith t he w hip.
You h ave to tak e t he ante n-
na do wn eac h t ime you
w ant t o ad j ust it, so, by all
m eans, t ake no t es to help
yo u m ake as f ew adju st-
me nt s as possib le. When
t his w as done, an sw r of 1 .2
t o 1 w as ob ta ined at 7.2&5
M H z and t he sw r did not go
above 1 .& to 1 in the f o rty
m eter b and . This was q uite
acc eptab le to m e. Th e sw r
on the t op end of fiftee n
meters wa s aro und 2 t o
1 - no t bad f o r a bo nu s
b and .
Th is ant enna ha s p er-
f o rmed w el l at t his Q TH
and w as used wh en I w as
net co nt ro l fo r t he i n-
f amous sw ap net. Using o n-
Iy an FT-101 " b aref o o t," I
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Hoff man Estates IL 60195
Ma rine-Band Activity
B et ween 16 0 me ters and
10 meters, we a mate urs
gene rally th in k in terms of
th e six HF amateur bands.
Th ere are, ho wever, a grea t
man y other serv ices o per at ingo ldest, kno wn as t he ma ri- to th e "spark s," a s ship op er- March, 1899, through t he
in those large gaps between
our ban ds. Most ham s are
awa re of som e of tho se other
users, such as shortwave
b ro ad ca ster s ( Vo ice of
America and Rad io Mo scow
are two examp les), if fo r no
o t her reaso n th an th e QRM
they ca use o n the 40 met er
pho ne band at nigh t!
A parti al list of the HF
hand popu lat io n woul d in-
clud e suc h services as land
mob ile (U.S. Corps of Engi-
nee rs, on 5,0 15 kHz, for
example), special indu strial,
o n 4,63 7.5 kHz (mi neral
explora tio n), fores t ry (in thest ill heard to day, a lthough
Frequency
500.0 kHz
2,182.0
4,134.3 (s hip T) }
4,428.7 (s hip R)
6,200.0 (ship T)}
6,506.4 (shi p R)
8,241.5 (s hip
8,765.4 (ship RI
T)} A3J
156.8 MHz
121.5 MHz
243.0 MHz
Table I. Emergency frequencies. *E.?.!.R.B. uses these frequencies - an automatic floating marine radio .
50S beacon.
154
- a complete guide
Tune in to the wor ld's to p tr affi c.
Pacific Nort hwest, primarily),
a nd, of co urse, th e military of
all nati on s.
(thankfully) less frequen t ly riski ng his life to save the
than in th e past. Th e famo us lives of many others.
ship d isast ers of the last seven Fro m the first rad io ca ll
But the re is one ot her decades elec tr ified th e public for help from t he Brit ish
major service, o ne of t he and brought a fle eting fam e ' Goodwin Sands light shi p in
tim e service ; that is th e su b- ator s were know n. famou s Titani~ r age d y a nd
ject of this artic le. Before th e 50S was the Morro Castle, who se
accepted, the mo st co mmo n smo lde ring hul k became a
Why is the marit ime (o r call for help was CQD , which tourist a tt ract io n whe n it
marine) service wort h listen- was made fa mo us in 190 9 by ... beached near Asbury Park,
ing to ? Because it usually Jack Binns, radio officer of New Jersey, bo ard wa lk in t he
pro vides t he most in teresting t he Brit ish ship Republic. His mid 1930s, to the Andrea
listening of the co mmu nica - hero ism saved most of t he Dorea and the oil ta nke r sink-
t ion s services (which excl ud es passengers of his doo med ings of toda y's TV news, the
th e broadcast service) and it ship, which had been ram med ? " tradition of th e radio o per-
is t he bu siest (an d therefo re
by the 5.5. Florida o ne day a tor 's staying at the key until
easiest to tune in ). Also, since
o ut of New York. Worki ng by t he last po ssible minute
it was t he first regular user of
cand lelight in t he Jan uar y (somet imes losing his life as a
rad io, ship rad io has an aura
cold, he remained at his key resu lt) has rema ined co nstant.
of ro man ce and ad venture.
fo r a continuous 36 -ho ur I re memb er following the
SOS and Mayd ay - cr ies shift. He delayed his escape terribl e events of the Te xas
for help across the sea - are fro m t he sin king ship un til he tower which san k off New
knew that help was at han d, Jersey in t he early 1960s,
f rom t he first Mayday signal
to the last anno unce me nt
Emission Service .
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A1, A2 (CW ) marine/air
A3, A3A , A3H, A3J (vo ice) marine/ai r
peared with all hands in t he
hor rified sight of the rescue
A3J (vo ice) ma rine (U.S. C.G.) ship. T here was a vio lent gale
A3J (voi ce) marine (U.S.C.G .)
and t her e was no way of
effect ing a rescue. Th e f re-
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kHz and 500 kHz for pho ne
F3 (voice) VH F ma rine (ch. 16) and CW, both easily heard o n
A3, A2 (vo ice/to ne) air/marine " an old Navy receiver. Th at
A3, A2 (voiceltone) air/mari ne" wa s my introduct ion to
Of course, these tragic
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2·M fiz freq uencie s
8A 8281.2 kHz 2,182 kHz
88 8284.4 kHz 2,638 kHz
12A 12,421.0 kHz 2,670 kHz versat io ns. I ofte n receive acc urate and u p to dat e as
128 12,424.5 kHz (U.S.C.G.) Ger many and Eng lish marine po ssib le, be ing derive d from a
12C 12,428.0 kHz 2,738 kHz
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16B 16,568.6 kHz
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16C 16,572.0 kHz CW, t elegram s, ship supp ly th e Int er nat io nal Teleco m mu-
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Table 3. HF ship-ship (plus limited coast) simplex channels. ship ar rival t imes can be man y FCC regu lat ions . T o
"Carrier freque ncies are listed; listen on USB. The above heard if o ne knows where to - this is added my own ex peri-
2-MHz frequencies are no t, strictly speaking, in the same liste n. ence in wor king with mari ne
category, but are often used for similar purpo ses. Now that I h ave (ho pe- radio as HF -SSB consultan t
full y ) aroused yo ur interest for a large Chicago-b ased
events ar e luc kily less co m- ta n ker s and fre ighters t alk ing and curio sity, yo u are pro b- co m pa ny and as an SWL.
mon t od ay, due to th e avail- to t he ir ho me po rts or arrang- ably wond ering wher e to Th e.. maritime ser vice is
ability of search plan es and ing fo r su pplies at t heir next liste n, so here is a fa irly co m- d ivided into several o pera-
f ast bo at s and th e fi ne job port, and interna t ional rad io plete guide to t he marine tion al categories, four major
d o ne by th e Coast G uard . V et telepho ne (p hone patch) co n- bands. The infor mat io n is as f r equ ency band s, and t wo
there are about tw o or th ree
Mayda y calls on 2,182 kHz in Pri mary Prim ary Secondary Sec ond ary
City coa st tra ns m it co ast receive c oas t t ran smit co as t rece ive
a week in the Gulf o f Mexico
Boston 2506 kHz 2406 kHz 2450 k Hz 2366 kHz
alo ne. M ost are p romp tl y
New Yo rk 2590 kHz 2198 kHz 2522 kHz 2126 kHz
sol ved by t he U.S. Co ast Miami 2514 kHz 2118 kHz 2490 kHz 2031.5 kHz
G uard o r near by ships with New Orlea ns 2598 kHz 2206 kHz 2482 kHz 2382 kHz
no loss of lif e. Ga lves ton 2530 kHz 2134 kHz 2450 kHz 2366 kHz
T he bu l k of t raffi c is more Sa n Fran c isc o 2506 kHz 2406 kHz 2450 kHz 2003 kHz
mundane by co mp ar ison, but San Pedro (LA.) 2566 kHz 2009 kHz 2466 kHz 2382 k Hz
st ill very inter esti ng. Some Seatt le 2522 kHz 2126 kHz 2482 kH z 2430 kHz
t ypical SSB traffic, h eard on Haw aii 2530 kHz 2134 kHz
Great Lakes 2514 kHz 2118 kHz 2550 kHz 2158 kHz
al mos t any day, wou ld in-
Missi ssippi 2782 kHz 2782 kHz
clude o i l well dr i ll in g ope r a-
(s im plex)
tio nal information, f ishing
f leet chatter , river tugboats, Table 4. 2-MHz marine operators.

V'" Reader Service - s ee p age 211 155

 Ship Ship European ch an nel s
Statio n Code transmit receive Channel # U.S. Co-user
U.S. channels frequency frequency GCN -Portishead, England 410 (see WOO)
KMI - Oak la nd 401 4063.0 4357.4 826 (see WOO)
416 4109.5 4403.9 1202 (see KMI)
417 4112.6 4407.0 1611 (see WOM)
804 8204.3 8728.2 PCH - Shevenigen, Holland 802 (seeWOM)
809 8219.8 8743.7 1215 (see WOM)
822 8260.1 8784.0 1626 (see WOO)
1201 12330.0 13100.8 ROME RADIO-Rome, Ital y 826 (WOO)
1202 12333.1 13103.9 1209 (WOM)
1602 16463.1 17236.0 1603 (KMI)
2214 22040.3 22636.3 (also Cypr us)
WLO-M ob ile WLO·4 4118.8 4413.2 SVA -At hinai, Greece 802 (WOM)
W LO·8 8284.9 8808.8 1232 (none)
WLO·13 12407.5 13178.3 1609 (WOM)
WLO·17 16584.0 17356.9 WLO·17 (WLO)
WOM- Ft. Lauderdale 403 4069.2 4363.6 Atlan tic channels
412 4097.1 4391.5 VRT- Bermuda 410 (WOO)
417 4112.6 4407.0 Caribbean channels
423 4131.2 4425.6 PLC-Cura cao, Ant illes 408 (WUQ)
802 8198.1 8722.0 1607 (WLO·17)
805 8207.4 8731.3 8PO-Barbados 4098.0 (?) 4396.6 (?)
810 8222.9 8746.8 (in process of cha nge) 8210.8 8744.8
825 8269.4 8793.3 Pacific cha nnels
831 8288.0 8811.9 KQM- Honolulu, Hawaii 418 (none)
1206 12345.5 13116.3 808 (WOO)
1208 12351.7 13122.5 1222 (none)
1209 12354.8 13125.6 1601 (WOM)
1215 12373.4 13144.2 KUQ- Pago Pago, Samoa 806 (none)
1223 12398.2 13169.0 1232 (none)
1601 16460.0 17232.9 UIS- Sydney. Australia 419 (WLO)
1609 16484.8 17257.7 (or other Austr alian station) 802 (WOM)
1610 16487.9 17260.8 1203 (KMI)
1611 16491.0 17263.9 1610 (WOM)
2215 22043.4 22639.4 VQJ- Honiara, Solomon 8204.4 (?), 8738.4 (?)
2216 22046.5 22642.5 Isla nds (in ch a nge)
2222 22065.1 22661.1 ZLW-Wellington , New 408 (KUQ)
WOO-New Yor k 410 4090.9 4385.3 Zealand 813 (none)
416 4109.5 4403.9 1209 (WOM)
422 4128.1 4422.5 P29-Papua, N.G. 605 (WOM)
811 8226.0 8749.9 9VG-Singapore 4078.8 '43'77.4
826 8272.5 8796.4 824 (WLO·8)
1203 12336.2 13107.0 1641 (WLO·17)
1210 12357.9 13128.7 Tok yo (JMC·?) 810 (WOM)
1605 16472.4 17245.3 .1.605 (WOO)
1626 16537.5 17310.4

Table 5. Selected high seas marine radiotelephone stations (frequencies are shared).

f undamental st at io n ty pes - enab li ng t he li stener to fi nd spersed in alternat ing sub-- ' main band which is exclu-
fixed (co ast ) and m o bi le th e t y pe of st at io n he wo uid band s t hroughout th e 2·26 sivel y p hon e. RTT Y and
(shi p) sta t io ns. li ke to hear. MH z portio n of the spectrum, special data are used a great
Of primary interes t to the The basi c operational p lus t he Y L F band s belo w deal, bu t are di ffi cul t f or
amateur or SWL are t he fre- division is that of radiotele- 500 k Hz (exclu sively CW mo st SWL s t o d ecod e.
quencies, of course, but a grap h (CW) and radi otel e- exce pt fo r so me weather An important fact to keep
sum mary of th e oth er infe r- pho ne (pho ne) o perat io ns. broadcasts and foreign broad- in mind, with regard to ship
mation will prove useful, These two divisio ns are inter- cast ing) and t he YH F·FM and shore stat ions, is that
mo st of their frequency
as sign men ts are du plex
Station locatio n Sta tion callsig ns Typical frequency " *. (act ually ha lf-d u plex, or two-
Azores CUG 6,393.5 kHz
Cuba CLQ 6,435.0 kHz
frequency simplex, at the
Dom inican Republic H IA 8,642.0 kHz ship station), with the two
England" (Port is head) GKI " 12,858.0 kHz sta tio ns transmitting and-
Halifax CFH 12,726, 8,697 kHz receiving o n different fre-
Greece SVA 12,689,1 2,858 kHz quencies. This is true of many
Italy IAR 8,670.0 kHz marine channels, from VLF
Jap an JOS 8,706.0 kHz to V HF. A n examp le, WOO
Philippines DlR 8,568.0 kHz 8·26 (WO O is " Oc ean Gate
U.S.A.- East WSL, WSC * * 6-, 8·, 12-MHz bands Radio " in New York), " is
U.S.A.-West KFS" , WNU 6,,8·, 12·MH z bands, 4,310 kHz give n below under " Reading
Hono lulu-CG NMO 9,050, 13,655 kHz th e Tabl es." The reason for
·Table 6. Selected CW shore stations. "Sister station of GCN (phone). **Also listen 420·5 00 t hi s du pl ex op eration is that
k Hz. ***Operate many freq uencies. See Table 8 for band lim its. the shore stations usually
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 Channel 828 8802.6 8278.7 1626 17310.4 16537.5
Designator Ship Rx Ship Tx 829 8805.7 8281.8 1627 17313.5 16540.6
401 4357.4 4063.0 830 8808.8 8284.9 1628 17316.6 16543 .7
402 4360.5 4066.1 831 8811 .9 8288.0 1629 17319.7 16546.8
403 4363.6 4069.2 832 Ship simplex 8291.1 (8A) 1630 17322.8 16549.9
404 4366.7 4072.3 833 Shi p simplex 8294.2 (8B) 1631 17325.9 16553.0
405 4369.8 4075.4 1201 13100.8 12330.0 1632 17329.0 16556.1
406 4372.9 4078.5 1202 13103.9 12333.1 1633 17332.1 16559.2
407 4376.0 4081.6 1203 13107.0 12336.2 1634 17335.2 16562.3
408 4379.1 4084.7 1204 13110.1 12339.3 1635 17338.3 16565.4
409 4382.2 4087 .8 1205 13113.2 12342.4 1636 17341.4 16568.5
410 4385.3 4090.9 1206 13116.3 12345.5 1637 17344.5 16571.6
411 4388.4 4094.0 1207 13119.4 12348.6 1638 17347.6 16574.7
412 439 1.5 4097.1 1208 13122.5 12351.7 1639 17350.7 16577.8
413 4394.6 4100.2 1209 13125.6 12354.8 1640 17353.8 16560.9
414 4397.7 4103.3 1210 13128.7 12357.9 1641 17356.9 16564.0
415 4400.8 4106.4 1211 13131.8 12361.0 1642 Ship simplex 16587.1 (16A)
416 4403.9 4109.5 1212 13134.9 12364.1 1643 Ship simp lex 16590.2 (16B)
417 4407.0 4112.6 1213 13138.0 12367.2 1644 Ship simp lex 16593.3 (16C)
418 4410.1 4116.7 . 1215 13144.2 12373.4 220 1 22596.0 22000.0
419 4413.2 4118.8 1216 13147.3 12376.5 2202 22599.1 22003.1
420 4416.3 4121.9 1217 13160.4 12379.6 2203 22602.2 22006.2
421 4419.4 (4C) 4125.0 (4A) 1218 13153.5 12382.7 2204 22605.3 22009.3
Ship sim plex 1219 13156.6 12385.8 2205 22608.4 22012.4
422 4422.5 4128.1 1220 13159.7 12388.9 2206 22611.5 22015.5
· 423 4425.6 4131.2 1221 13162 .8 12392.0 2207 22614.6 22018.6
424 4428.7 4134.3 1222 13165.9 12395.1 2208 22617.7 22021.7
425 4431.8 4137.4 1223 13169.0 12398.2 2209 22620.8 22024.8
426 4434.9 4140.5 1224 13172.1 12401.3 2210 22623.9 22027.9
427 Ship sim plex 4143.6 (4B) 1225 13175 .2 12404.4 2211 22627.0 22031.0
601 6506.4 6200.0 1226 13178.3 12407.5 2212 22630.1 22034.1
602 6509.5 6203.1 1227 13181 .4 12410.6 2213 22633.2 22037.2
603 6512.6 6206.2 1228 13184.5 12413.7 2214 22636.3 22040.3
604 6515.7 6209.3 1229 13187.6 12416.8 2215 22639.4 22043.4
605 6518.8 6212.4 1230 13190.7 12419.9 2216 22642 .5 22046.5
606 652 1.9 (6C) 6215.5 1231 13193.8 12423.0 2217 22645 .6 22049.6
607 Ship simp lex 6218.6 (6A) 1232 13196 .9 12426.1 2218 22648.7 22052.7
608 Ship simplex 6221.6 (6B) 1233 Ship simplex 12429.2 (12A) ·2219 22651.8 22055.8
801 8718.9 8195.0 1234 Ship simplex 12432.3 (12B) 2220 22654.9 22058.9
802 8722.0 8198.1 1235 Ship simplex 12435.4 (12C) 2221 22658.0 22062.0
803 8725.1 820 1.2 1601 17232.9 16460.0 2222 22661.1 . 22065.1
804 8728.2 8204.3 1602 17236.0 16463.1 2223 22664.2 ~2068.2
605 8731.3 8207.4 1603 17239.1 16466.2 2224 22667.3 22071.3
606 8734.4 8210.5 1604 17242 .2 16469.3 2225 22670.4 22074.4
807 8737.5 8213.6 1605 17245.3 16472.4 2226 22673 .5 22077.5
808 8740.6 8216.7 1606 17248.4 16475.5 2227- . 22676.6 22080.6
809 8743.7 8219.8 1607 17251 .5 16478.6 2228 22679.7 22083.7
810 8746.8 8222.9 1608 17254.6 16481.7 2229 22662 .8 22086.8
811 8749.9 8226 .0 1609 17257.7 16484.8 2230 22665.9 22089.9
812 8753.0 8229 .1 16 10 17260.8 16487.9 223 1 22689.0 22093.0
813 8756.1 8232.2 1611 17263.9 16491.0 2232 22692.1 22096.1
814 8759 .2 8235 .3 1612 17267.0 16494.1 2233 22695.2 22099.2
815 8762.3 8238.4 1613 17270.1 16497.2 2234 22698 .3 22102.3
816 8765.4 8241.5 1614 17273.2 16500.3 2235 22701.4 22105.4
817 8788.5 8244.6 1615 17276.3 16503.4 2236 22704.5 22108.5
818 8771.6 8247.7 1616 17279.4 16506.5 2237 22707.6 22111.6
819 8774.7 8250.8 1617 17282.5 16509.6 2238 22710.7 22114.7
820 8777.8 8253.9 1618 17285.6 16512.7 2239 227'1 3.8 22117.8
821 8780.9 8257.0 1619 17288.7 16515.8 2240 22716.9 22120.9
822 8784.0 8260.1 1620 17291.8 16518.9 2241 Ship simple x 22124.0 (22A)
823 8787.1 8263.2 1621 17294.9 16522.0 2242 Ship simp lex 22127.1 (22B)
824 8790.2 8266.3 1622 17298.0 16525.1 2243 Ship simplex 22130.2 (22C)
825 8793.3 8269.4 1623 17301.1 16528.2 2244 Ship sim plex 22133.3 (220 )
826 8796.4 8272.5 1624 17304.2 16531.3 2245 Ship simpl ex 22136.4 (22E)
827 8799.5 8275.6 1625 17307.3 16534.4
Table 7. lTV channels for m arine HF use.

have separate recei ve and
transmit sites to reduce inter-
a ct ion between o n-the-air
tr an smitte rs and receivers
mo nitoring o ther channels.
thus providing fo r a mo re
e ffi cien t system . It a lso he lps
to co mpe nsate for the ofte n
ineffici ent ship, yacht, or
boat antenna.
There are also a number of
simplex channels, such as
2, 1 82 kHz fo r calling a nd
Mayday use, and 4,1 25 k Hz
fo r sh ip-to-sh ip or limited
coast station usage.
Th e se f req ue ncies are
sprea d th ro ughou t th e ra nge
of 2-27 MHz, but th e mo st
useful for the average listener
are between 4 and 1 7 MHz,
pro vid ing high ac tivi ty both
day a nd nigh t and allo wing
both sides of the conv ersation
to be heard with on e receiver,
eve n far inl and . T ab le 3 lists
th ese simp lex cha nne ls by
number and frequency, while
Tab le 4 lists the mo st inter-
est ing duple x chann e ls by
band, station , and frequency.
Morse o peration is fo und
on the frequencies listed in
Tab les 6 and 8.
Altho ugh not t he main
purpose o f th is article, in the
interest of co mplet eness I
have included several tables
listing all the marin e bands
from V LF to V HF. One last

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 Assignable working frequencies
Limits for high·traffic ships Limits Ca lling frequencies Limits
(kHz) b) d) (kHz)

4,172.5 - - 4,177.5 4,178.5-- - 4,186.5

4,172.25 11 frequencies 4,178 17 freq uencies 4,187
spaced 0.5 spaced 0.5

6,258.75-- 6,266.25 6,267.75- -6,279.75

6,258.25 11 frequencies 6,267 17 frequenc ies 6,280.5
spaced 0.75 spaced 0.75

8,342-- 8,345 -- 8,355 6,357--c)- - 8, 373

8,341.75 8,356 17 frequencies 8,374
14 freq uencies spaced 1 spaced 1

12,504--12,513- -12,517.5 - -12,532.5 12,535.5 - - - 12,559.5

12,503.25 12,534 17 frequencies 12,581
20 freque ncies spaced 1.5 spaced 1.5

16,662--16,672- -16,684- - 16,690 - -16, 710 16, 714 --- 16,746

16,660.5 25 frequenc ies 16,712 17 frequ enci es 16,748
spaced 2 spaced 2

22,187--- - - - - ------- - - --- - - - - - -- 22,22 1 22,225 - - - 22,265

22,184.5 18 frequ encies 22,222.5 17 freq uenc ies 22,267.5
spaced 2 spaced 2.5

Assignable working frequencies (RTTY and data)

for low-traffic ships Limits
Ship stations, wide-ba nd teleg raph y,
Group A Group B facs imile, transm issi.?n syste ms:
4,187.5 -- 4,208 4,208.5 - - 4,229 4,142.5 - 4,162.5 kHz
84 frequencies 4,231 6,2 16.5 - 6,244.5 kHz
spaced 0.5 8,288 - . 8,328 kHz
12,431.5 - 12,479.5 kHz
6,281.25 -- 6,312 6,312.75-- 6,343.5 16,576 - 16,636.5 kHz
84 frequencies 6,345.5 22,112 - 22,160.5 kHz ._
spaced 0.75
Ship statio ns, oceanog raphic
8,3,75 8,416 8,417 - - 8,458
data transm ission:
84 frequ encies 8,459.5
spaced 1 4, 1 62. 5 ~· 4,166 kHz
6,244.5 - 6,248 kHz
12,562.5 - -1 2,624 12,625.5 -- 12,667 8,328 - 8,33 1.5 kHz
84 frequencies 12,689 12,479.5 - 12,483 kHz
spaced 1.5 16,636.5..- . 16,640 kHz
22,160.5 - 22,164 kHz
16,750 --1 6,832 16,834 - - 16,916
84 frequ encies 16,917.5
Ship sta tions, narrow-band direct-pr inti ng
spaced 2
te legrap h da ta transm ission systems :
22,270 - - 22,320 22,322.5 --22,370 4,166 - 4,172.25kHz
41 frequencies 22,374 6,248 - 6,258.25 kHz
spaced 2.5 8,331.5 - 8,341.75 kHz
12,483 - 12,503.25 kHz
16,640 - 16,660.5 kHz
Limit Calling frequencies Limit 22,164 - 22,184.5 kHz

25,070 25,073.5 - - - ------------ 25,081 25,082.5 Coast statio ns, wide-band and manual
6 frequencies spaced 1.5 telegraphy, facs imile , spec ial and data
transm ission systems and direct-printing
telegraph system:
4,231 - 4,361 kHz
6,345.5 - 6,514 kHz
Limit Wo rking frequencies Limit 8,459.5 - 8,728.5 kHz·
12,689 - 13,107.5 kHz
25,082.5 25,084 --- - ------ - ----- 25,106 .5 25,110 16,917.5 - 17,255 kHz
16 freq uencies spaced 1.5
22,374 - 22,624.5 kHz
"plus 8078.1- U.S . Navy, Va.

Table 8. Frequencies assignable to ship radio telegraph stations using the maritime mobile service bands bet ween 4 and 27.5 MHz.
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not e on the calls you will
hear is that the callsigns
fo l low the same general
assignmen ts as amateur calls
and a th ree-letter call is that
of a sho re station, while a
four-lett er or letter/number
combi nati on is usually th at of
a ship. Finally, in order to
help yo u read the tab les, th e
following sectio n explains t he
channel designation number-
ing system and summarizes
what information can be
fo und in the various tables.
Reading The Tables
Many of the freq uencies
listed have chann el designa-
tions after the freque ncy.
These refer to the band and
number of channels on a par-
ticular band. There fore, a
channel labeled "4 10" tells us
that it is a 4-M Hz channel,
and refers to a particular fre-
quency . Stating th e channel
as WOM 410, however, tells
us that t his is a 4-MHz chan-
nel of the Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, high seas station and
is registered as being 4090 .9
kHz (ship t ra nsmit}/438 5.3
kHz (ship receive). Thes e are
always half-duplex freq uen-
cies.

International U.S. channels

Channel Sh ip Coast Frequency (MHz) Function
designators stat ions stations Channel Ship Coast Intersh lp Ship.to-shore
c) 60 156.025 160.625 Dist ress, sa fety and calling (worldwi de)
01 156.050 160.650 16 156.800 156.800 YES YES
61 156.075 160.675 Intership safe ty (worldwide)
02 156.100 160.700 6 156.300 156.300 YES NO
62 156.125 160.725 Lia ison U.S. Coast Guard
03 156.150 160.750 22 157.100 157.100 YES YES
63 156.175 160.775 Naviga tional (worldwide)
04 156.200 160.800 13 156.650 156.650 YES YES
64 156.225 160.825 State control
05 156.250 160.850 17 156.850 156.850 NO YES
65 156.275 160.875 Commercial
06 e) 156.300 7 156.350 156.350 YES YES
66 156.325 160.925 8 156.400 NONE YES NO
07 156.350 160.950 9 156.450 156.450 YES YES
67 156.375 156.375 10 156.500 156.500 YES YES
08 156.400 11 156.550 156.550 YES YES
68 156.425 156.425 18 156.900 156.900 , Y ES Y ES
09 156.450 156.450 19 156.950 156.950 Y ES YES
69 156.475 156.475 67 156.375 NON E YES NO
10 156.500 156.500 77 156.875 NONE YES NO
70 156.525 79 156.975 156.975 YES YES
11 156.550 156.550 60 157.025 157.025 YES Y ES
71 156.575 156.575 68 157.425 NON E Y ES NO
12 156.600 156.600 Noncommerc ial
72 156.625 9 156.450 156.450 YES YES
13 156.650 156.650 68 156.425 156.425 YES YES
73 156.675 156.675 69 156.475 156,47(; NO YES
14 156.700 156.700 70 156.525 NO NE YES NO
74 156.725 156.725 71 156.575 156.575 NO YES
15 d) 156.750 156.750 72 156.625 NON E YES __NO
16 156.600 156.800 78 156.925 156.925 YES
17 d) 156.850 156.850 Public correspondenee (note : 4.6 MH z T/R)
77 156.875 24 157.200 161.800 NO YES
18 156.900 161.500 25 157.250 161.850 NO YES
78 156.925 161.525 26 157.300 161.900 NO YES
19 156.950 161.550 27 157.350 161.950 NO Y ES
79 156.975 161.575 28 157.400 162.000 NO YES
20 157.000 161.600 84 157.225 161.825 'NO YES
80 157.025 161.625 85 157.275 161.875 NO YES
21 157.050 161.650 86 157.325 161.925 NO Y ES
81 157.075 161.675 87 157.375 161.975 NO YES
22 157.100 161.700 Port operations
82 157.125 161.725 12 156.600 156.600 YES YES
23 157.150 161.750 14 156.700 156.700 YES YES
83 157.175 161.775 20 157.000 161.600 YES YES
24 157.200 161.600 65 156.275 156.275 YES YES
84 157.225 161.825 66 156.325 156.325 YES YES
25 157.250 161.850 73 156.675 156.675 YES YES
85 157.275 161.875 74 156.725 156.725 YES YES
26 157.300 161.900
86 157.325 161.925 Wea ther
27 157.350 161.950
Channel Frequency Usage
87 157.375 161.975
WXl 162.550 NOAA primary weather chan nel
28 157.400 162.000 NOAA seconda ry wea ther channel
WX2 162.400
c) 88 157.425 182.025 Ca nadian weather channel
WX3 161.650
(ITU c hann el 21)

Table 9. VHF.
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 Band (kHz) Co m ments 4060-4440 CW, Morse, RTTY- propag a - stat ions and their fre quencies.
14-160 VLF, Morse, sha red wi t h radio t ion like 75m There are two o the r typ es of
navig ati on and d irec t ion fin d- 6200-6524 Mo s tly CW with a fe w ship-t o- chan nel num bers: for HF
i ng ship and duplex 8S B cha nn els . ship-to-ship (a num ber and
255-265 VLF, Morse , sha red w it h rad io Pro pagati o n l ike 40m
letter co m binatio n), and fo r
nav igation an d direction find- 6194 -66 15 Voice , CW , man y high sea s
VHF-FM (a simple chan nel
in g ov erse as stat io ns at nig ht -
410 ± 5 Reserved for dir ect ion f ind ing propagat io n li ke 40m
num ber ). These are to be
415-525 MF-Iow , Morse-m ost co mmon 12330-13200 Voice. CW, many high seas found in Ta bles 3 and 9,
ship f requency band in earl y o ve rseas stat io n s du r in g day - resp ecti vely.
days - sti ll used for med ium p ropag a ti on like 20 m
ra nge to da y 16460-17360 Vo ice, CW, m an y hi gh seas In o rd er to find the emer-
500 " SOS" and call i ng o vers eas stations d uring day - gency fr eque ncies quickly,
1605-2650 Mo rse and voice- prima rily old p ro p ag at io n li k e 20 m they a re liste d se para te ly in
"ship-to -sho re" ba nd in "AM" 22000-22720 Vo ice , CW, RTT Y - p ro p ag at io n Tab le 1, fo llowe d by the
days; most ly being replac ed for like 15m ty pes of em ergenc y or pri -
sh ort range by VH F 25060-25110 M o s tl y CW- very lo ng da y t im e
or ity signa ls hear d on them in
3155-3400 Voice, Morse-les s com mo n in ran g e
Table 2_
U_S_ 156 _0-162_6 MHz V H F· FM , vo ic e, w ea t h er. 156 .8
3400-3600 In some part s o f wo rld , shared MHz for emergency calling -
wit h am ate ur s ervice 40 -mile ra n ge For those who have t rans-
ceive rs or rece ivers with spare
Table 10. Summary o f marine bands. bands, the variou s ban ds,
cha nnel break down sche mes,
For an other example, and voice as well as Morse
NM O-H o n o lul u All use AM VERS WOO 811 is on e of the o peration ar e to be found in
NM C- Pt. Reyes CA f re q u en ci es p lu s 8-MHz channels for New the rema ining tables.
NMN - Po rt sm o uth VA following: 4955, Yor k's (act ually locat ed in
NAM- Port s m o u th VA 6150,6662, 13360, New Jersey, near Atl antic That 's it. Pic k out where
NGR -Athen s , Greece 16445, 12 730 for CW and what yo u wan t to hear,
C ity) Ocean Gate Rad io
NPN- Guam (822 6.0T/8749 _9 R) . Table 4 tune, it in, and en joy th e-
NOT, N PO - S la ve s tat ions (for w eat her)
provides a Iisting of man y of e xcitement a nd fascinat ion of
Tab le 11_ High seas Na v y and Coa st Gua rd ste tiotis. the major worl d high _seas t he marine band s. •

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W2NSD/i
NEVER SAY DIE
editorial by Wayne Green
from page 6
th e bl ame, so I can und er sta nd
t he need to try to re vise t he on e
lon e vote ag ains t t he proj ect in-
to an even split. It wa s an am -
bit ious project whic h m ig ht
have managed to d ie o n it s ow n
acc ord withou t the j ugu lar be-
ing cut by Tenney . .. but t hat
we' ll not know for sure, and S0,
sho uld amate ur radi o lose f re-
qu encies at W ARe this fall, we
c ert ainly kn o w wh ere to poi n t
th e finger. My own evalua tion is
t hat t he proje c t to i n te res t
Afr ican count rie s in th e bene -
fits of amateur radio to thei r
peop le wo uld have wo rked, ju st
as it did in Jordan, and could
have ma de a decisive difference
at Geneva _.. perh ap s getti ng
some back ing for the US pro-
posa l for even more amateur
ban ds.
Futu re hi storia ns intere sted
in gett ing facts on thes e ARMA
meeting s shou ld co ntact me for
copies of t he tapes . It 's al l there
for anyo ne w ith th e co nst it ut ion
to listen t hro ugh .
FM STARTED IT
The Ja pan ese had no se rio us
foot hol d in the US wit h ham
gear until the adve nt of FM a nd
repeaters. I would li ke t o point
out that w hen I starte d pus hing
FM in 73 Magazine back in 1969,
I made sure th at every US manu -
fa ctu rer o f ham eq uip me nt
knew w hat I was do ing and the
im pact that I expected it to
have. Th ey ignored my predic-
t io ns, feeling t hat FM never
wou ld be a significant fac tor in
th e ham market.
Thi s rem ind ed me of my sim-
ilar fa ilure to inte rest the major
fi rms in getting in to sideband
back in 1955 when I saw th at
on e comi ng . I · t a lked wi th
Halli c raft ers , Hammar lu nd, Na-
ti o nal , etc ., ab ou t it and none of
t hem had any interest at th e
t ime . It took Central Electronic s
to get th ings moving and the big
f irms cam e alo ng w hen there
was no ot her cho ice.
By lea ving the FM field op en
to im por ts, the US indu st ry
made it possible fo r t hem to set
up im porti ng and ma rketing in
t his count ry on a large scale .. .
layin g th e foundatio n for the
70% pen et rat ion we see today.
If US manu fac turers wi ll be
ad venturou s an d tr y to lea d the
ma rke t in stead of fo ll ow it, t hey
can se ll eve ryt hing th ey can
make.
164
CANADIAN HIJI NKS
Having recei ved some sanc ti -
mon iou s lett ers from Can ada in
response to my critic isms of th e
ARRL pul li ng what appears to
be a co n jo b on t he Canad ians, I
had someone look into the state
of affairs of the sup posed incor -
pora ti o n of a Can adia n League
... and nothing co uld be fo und
filed wi th th e Canadi an govern-
me nt. Th is wo uld lead a naive
perso n li ke me to su sp ect that
all t hose promises of unty ing
the apron strings are the usua l
baloney.
In looking over the list of of-
fi cers fo r Canada, I see W2 H 0
listed as th eir vice president. I
dunno w hy Can adian s put so
muc h stock in ca rpet bag ge rs
and prefer to be ru n from t he US
instead of fro m Can ada. Per-
haps they are st ill too weak to
sta nd on t heir ow n? Yet , w hich
way is the mo ney flowing? Is it
g oing to Can ada o r f ro m
it . . . an d I 'm k id d ing t here,
becau se I know as we ll as yo u
whic h way th e mon ey goes _.
into t he bottom less pit down in
Connec t icut.
M EMBERSHIP DISASTER
Th e League officials we re
wearing very wor ried looks at
Dayton. It was diffi cult t o even
get th em to come fort h wit h a
wan smil e. It seems t hat the $18
fee has broug ht renewal s al -
most to a halt. Now ham s are
taking a qimlet-eyed look at
wh at t hey are bu yin g. The y see
a magazin e with few in terest-
ing ar ti cle s .. . they see a lot of
back-patt tnq new s w hic h is
stale befo re the y even get t he
ma gazine .. _and ads .
The director s have been t ry-
ing to get t he magazine beefed
up, but as t he edi tor com pla ined
at Dayton , hard ly an yon e wi ll
write fo r OS T anymore. They
ju st do n't have th e art icles - ex-
ce pt those from t he few staffers
who have not yet left the rnaqa-
ztne.
SUNSPOT M ADNESS
It has not been with a li ttl e
sm ug ness t hat we 've be e n
watching the sunspot cy cle to
see how well it wo uld corre-
spond w ith th e model predicted
by o ur residen t expert , Joh n
Nelso n ... part ic ularly as co m-
pared w it h th e predictions for
this cyc le by t he man y ot her ex-
perts in the field .
Probab ly on e o f the real
sleepers in the rad io publishi ng
fi eld ha s been John 's book, The
Propa gation Wiza rd' s Hand-
boo k ($6.95 fr om Rad io Book-
shop, Peterbor ou g h NH 03458).
Jo hn was virtually the onl y " ex-
pert " in the fi eld to have accu-
rate ly predicted t his cyc le as it
has evolve d-and his predic-
tio n w as way out in left fi eld . He
pred ic ted a very low suns pot
number for t his cycle , with the
appea rance of a very few large
spots instead of the myr iad of
small spots which have made
up the past cycles ... and he
has been absol utely right!
The Nelson book is now be-
ing or de red in larger num bers
by th e sc ienti st s at NASA and at
Boulder, wher e th e National
Bureau of St andards run s a
propagat ion labor at or y. N el-
so n's predi cti on s have been
rig ht on the nos e, w hile the
gov ern ment predictions have
been noticeably sho rt on ac-
c uracy.
There is nothing really new
abou t the Nelson syste m. He 's
been using it for abou t 30 years
and has desc ribed it in many ar-
t icl es down throug h the years.
Wh en I f irst ran into his concept
of the pl ane ts having an infl u-
ence on sunspots, some 25
yea rs ago, it made a lot of sense
to me. I met John w hen he was
giving a talk o n his system at a
Lo ng Island ham club. I wa s im-
pressed by his ca uti o us ,ap-
proac h and penchant for rigor-
ous attention to details. I noted
t h at on l y h i s p re d ic ti o ns
see med to stand up , while t hose
of the Bureau of Standards and
George Jac obs (VOA) wo ul d be
f re q uen tly ln. seri ou s ersor,
When Jo hn sa id cond it ions
we re go ing to st ink, that was
the time to take a vaca t io n.
When he sai d the y wo uld be hot,
yo u mad e su re yo ur antenna
was working rig ht. - - .
Oh , w hat va lue ar e t hese
long-range pred ictions? Jo hn
wrote an art ic le for 73 qui te
some t ime ago telli ng us w hat
we could expect from t he eleven
meter CB f requenc ies during
th is cycle . .. and his predi c-
ti o ns have been mo st accurate.
Since th is cyc le is unli ke any
othe r in histor y and was pre-
d icted by John thi s way, t he ef-
fec ts o n bot h the CB tr equ en-
ciea an d the ham bands have
been remark ably differen t from
past cycles. Knowing about thi s
ahead of t ime is val uable in
making rules and planning ac-
t ivit ies. Is it wo rt hw hile to put a
IHam Help
I woul d apprec iate it if
an yone co uld help me connect
a He athk it HG-10B vfo to my
Swan 500CX to be used as an
lot of develo pmen t ti me and
mo ney in to ten met er rep eat-
ers? That depend s on propaga-
t ion.
TURKEY CLUB
One cl ub and one c lub only
refused to cooperate w it h t he
ham c lub s in the greater St.
Louis area o n their recent ARCH
MARC H hamfest. Their excu se
was that as an ARRL c lub th ey
refused to support any amat eur
activit y where Wayn e Green
was go ing to talk.
When I hea rd about t his, I
wro te to t he c lub and offered to
co me to St. Lou is a da y early
a nd go t o a s pecia l c lu b
meet ing w here t he me mbers
co uld have an oppo rt unity to
face me w it h th eir beefs and
have an oppo rt un ity to fi nd o ut
th e truth of things the y believed
on t rust fro m the ARR L. The
c lub flat ly ref used to face me.
Fa ili ng in t hat , I tri ed to get a
meeting w it h the head of the
c lub and t his wa s agre ed upon .
Came t he t ime for t he meet-
ing , th e on ly time t his chap
co uld ma ke it , at 10:00 pm t he
night befor e the hamfest , and
the c hap did n't show up . I sat
and waited fo r almost an hou r,
bu t no messag e and no club
pres ident. I was worn o ut afte -r a
full day of television appear-
ances, meeting t he mayo r of SI.
Loui s, and oth er meetings.
When t he chap didn 't sho w, I
went to bed to get rested up for
the bus y hamfest on the da y to
come. I had to"b'e up very early
to set up our booth, get set for
my two major ta lk s t hat day , etc.
Sud denl y, the phone ran g .. .
ou r friend had finally gotten to
the hat er. He got angr y wh en I
said I wo uld n't get dressed
aga in and co me down to argue
wi t h hi m for an hour or so. I had
gone to a lot of troub le to make
the ti me availab le fo r him -
which was was ted -and I was
not about to stay up a good part
of th e nigh t and thus mak e my
talks the next day less enter-
taining j ust because he wa s un-
able to keep an appoint me nt.
Pfiooey.
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bit tack y. Each dat a bit must be cloc k ca n make a signific ant f rom about 900 kHz to 1.5 MHz. hexadecimal arithmet ic . Work
sent for exactly 22 ms. The t im- difference in th e delay. To fin d t he cons tant that is righ t t hrough t he example to be sure
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prox imate ly an eleven ms delay. the c lock spe ed is ro ug hl y " G" . Time , exactly, the interval, we can use th e program on t he

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 The Scanning Memorizers
FT-127RA
(220 MHz)

FT-227RB
(144 MHz)

FT-627RA
(50 MHz)

The FT-127 RA, FT-227RB and FT-627 RA, FM transceivers, allow scanning and expanded memory cove rage for the
demanding VHF FM operator. All feature up/down scanning capability with control from the micro phone; the scanner
will also search for a busy or clea r channel. Four memory channels are available - two for simplex, three for repeater
channel s,one for a split of up to 4 MHz.Other performance features are similar to those of the renowned FT-227R .

OPTIONAL EQUIP MENT

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FT-227RB) • Squelch Unit • FP-4 AC Power Supply

CPU-2500R/K 2M FMTransceiver
with Central Processing Unit
The age of computers has entered the amateur scene
wrth the announcement of the CPU-2500R/ K 2-mete r
FM tran sceiver. Controll ed by a 4-bit central processing
unit (CPU), the CPU-2500R/K contains a scanner, 4
memory cha nnels, manual or automatic tone burst, an
optional sub-audible tone sque lch, and 25 walls output.
The keyboard microphone allows two-tone input for
autopatch or control purposes, as well as remote pro-
gramming of dial or memory frequencies.
Autom atic ± 600 kHz repe ater split. or program a split up
to 4 MHz using the memory . Keyboard microphone
atows remote program ming of odd splits.
CPU scanner will search for a busy or clear channel,
upon your com mand.
Four memory channels for simplex or repeater use, plus
another memory channel for a split of up to 4 MHz.

.... c.. Available from C & A Electronics

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y" Reader Service -see page 211 167

air : Interf ace it. The data is co m-
ing o ut of bit 0 (the LSB) of the A
side of a PIA interf ace on port 7.
This TI L level signal represents
MA RK w it h a hig h and SPACE
w ith a low. If you have an Sl -6 or
equ ivalent, interfacing may be
accom plished easily , add ing
o nly o ne diode, as described
several mon th s ago for th e test
ge nerat o r. Oth er interfa c in g
schemes coul d incl ude an op to-
isol ato r o r reed re lay . Re-
mem ber, t hough, don 't all ow
t he loop voltag es access to t he
compute r or you will have a
sm o ki ng pil e of ex p ens i ve
" j unque."
If all goes we ll, when you load
t he program, adj ust the delay
co nst ant , and accomp lis h inter-
faci ng, any ch aract er st ruck o n
t he keyboard shou ld co me out
in Baudo t on t he ot her end.
IContests.
fr om page 19
Phon e-3920, 7260, 14300,
21360, 28600, 50.3, 145.1.
Use of FM simplex is enco ur-
aged but no repeater contacts
are allowed.
AWARDS:
A plaq ue to th e top RI and
non-RI sco rer, plus ce rt ifi ca tes
w ill be awarded to th e top scor-
ing st at io n in each RI coun ty,
st at e, pro vin ce, OX count ry,
the to p scoring Novice and
Tec hnic ian stat ion in each RI
co unty and st ate, and the ARC
in each st ate , province, and OX
country that submits th e high-
est agg regat e score with a m ini-
m um of 3 logs per cl ub.
EN TRIES:
Logs mu st show date/tim e in
GMT, call , exch ange , ban d, and
mode. On a separate sheet
show name, cal l, mailin g ad-
dress, club affi liatio n if any,
t otal QSO po int s, m ulti pli er
c laimed, and f inal score. Ent ries
must be postmarked no later
than August 31. Send logs and
summary to: East Bay Amateur
Wireless Assoc iation, PO Box
392, Warren RI 02885. Include
an SASE for results.
NEW JERSEY oso PARTY
Con test Periods:
2000 GMT Saturday, July 28 to
0700 GMT Sunday, July 29
1300 GMT Sunday, July 29 to
0200 GMT Monday, Jul y 30
Spo nsored by t he Eng lewood
Amateu r Radio Assoc iat io n, the
contest is open to all amateurs
worldw ide fo r the 20t h year.
Phone and CW are co nsidered
the same co ntest. A sta ti on may
be con tacted once o n each
ban d. Phone and CW are co n-
sidered separate band s, but CW
cont acts may not be made in
the phone segment s. NJ sta-
168
Ge nera l For mu la :
" Constant Delay" x " Co nsta nt Tim e" =
" New Delay" x " New Ti me"
Con stants fo r Mp·A Sys tem:
Constant Delay = $480 (1152 Decimal)
Constan t Time = 332 Seconds
Practica l Formul a:
1152 x 332
New Ti me = New Delay
An Example:
MP-A2 System Ti me = 234 Seconds
1 1 522~ 332 1634 = $666 New Delay
Fig . 1.
Now, o ne last hooker: If yo u are
using an MP-C " co ntro l inter-
face" (the one t hat was sup-
plied w it h t he computer if it had
an MP·A CPU board) and you
_ operators listed. Logs and co m-
t ions may wo rk ot her NJ sta-
t ions. General call is " CO NJ."
NJ st ati ons are req uested to
ident ify themselves by signi ng
" DE NJ ."
EXC HANG E:
oso number, RS(T), and eTH
(ARRL sect io n or co unt ry/NJ
county).
FRE QUENCIES:
1810, 3535, 3900, 7035, 7135,
7235, 14035, 14280 , 21 100,
21355, 28100, 28600, 50·50.5,
and 144·146.
Suggest phone act ivity on t he
even ho urs, 15 meters on t he
odd hours 1500 to 2100 GMT,
160 meters at 0500 GMT.
SC ORING:
Out -of-state statio ns mult iply
number of co mplete contacts
wi t h NJ st at ions t imes the num-
ber of NJ co unt ies wo rked (21
maxi mum). NJ st at ions sc ore 1
poi nt per W·K·VE·VO eso s, 3
points per OX OSO. Mult iply
tot al num ber of points ti mes t he
numb er of ARRL secti o ns (in-
c lu di n g N NJ a n d SNJ -7 5
max.). KP4, KH6, KL7, KZ5, etc.,
co unt as 3-poi nt OX contacts
and as sect ion mu lt ipliers.
A WARD S:
Certif icates wil l be awa rded
to t he f irst-place sta tion in eac h
NJ county, ARRL section , and
country. In add iti o n, a seco nd-
place certi fi cate will be award-
ed w hen fo ur or more logs are
rece ived. Novice and Techni -
c ian certif icates w ill also be
awa rded .
EN TRIES:
Logs must show GMT dat el
t ime, band, and emissio n, and
be rece ived not la te r th a n
August 25_ The co nta ct for each
clai med multiplier must be in-
dicated and numbered and a
ch eckli st of cont act s and mu lt i-
pliers should be inc luded. Mult i-
operato r sta t io ns should be
moni tor t o handl e serial data
th rough a PIA int erface on por t
1. Yes, I know we are do ing es-
sent ia lly the same t hin g on por t
7, but th at is t he problem . While
t he sys te m w ill suppo rt one
dela y loop, it wi ll not sup po rt
two runn ing at the same time .
The so luti o n is to take one of
the 110 st ruct ures out of a sof t-
wa re UART and int o a hard ware
UART, or ACIA. The easies t way
to do t hat is to use a serial MP-S
interface for co nt rol o n port 1.
Now, c haracters input dur ing an
out put are simply ignored. Not
an ideal solut io n, but adequate
for thi s simple program .
type in a character w hile one is Next month, we'll . . . no, I'm
send ing, you w ill get garbage. not going to te ll you ! There are
This is an unfortun ate result of few surprise s in life; let one of
t he softw are UART wr itt en into them be next month 's RTTY
the MiKBUGTM or SWTBUGTM Loo p.
noted and calts of particip at ing The awa rd will be endo rsed
ments should be sent to: Eng le-
wo od Amateur Rad io Assoc.,
PO Box 528, Englewood NJ
o nly o n t he request of t he ap pli -
ca nt and th e fo llowing endorse-
ment s are availa ble: all CW, all
SSB, a ll 3.5 MHz, all 28 MHz, all
07631. Novice, and fi ve-by-five, t he last
A size #10 SASE should be in- endorsement being for gai ning
c luded for resu lt s. St at io ns at least fi ve points on each of
planning acti ve part ic ipat ion in th e fi ve hig h frequency bands.
NJ are requested to advise t he
To c lai m the award, no QSL s
EA RA by Ju ly 7 of your in ten-
are required. However, full log
tio ns so that they can plan fo r
full cover age fro m al l counti es.
det ails show ing t he VK memb er
(or IM M + OTH) wo rked, t heir
Port able and mobil e operat ion,
RNARS nu mber, date, t ime, fre-
is enc ouraged.
quency, mode, plus an applica -
ENDEAVOUR AWARD ti o n fee of $1.50 Aust or 7 IRCs
Th e Royal Naval Amate ur are to be s en t ~t he Endeavour
Rad io Soci ety already sponsors Awa rd Custod ia n: R. Ba t y
tw o awards, the Mercury Awa rd VK5MD, 43, HM AS Austral ia
fo r contacti ng members of t he Road, Henl ey Beach Sout h, SA
Soc iety, and t he Ham pshi re 5022 Aust rali a. Please ensure
County Award, for cc ntactrnq., all c hecks are in Aust ra lian
amateurs in t he Englis h co unty currency and made payabl e to
of Hampshire. The Society now " R Bat y." Clearly state wha t en-
has great pleasure in ann ounc - do rsement s are cla imed. Cer-
ing a t hird awar d, called the t if icates to successf ul appli-
Endea vour Award, for co ntact - can ts will be forwa rded by air-
ing Soci ety membe rs residing in - mail as soo n as possibl e afte r
Australia. The ti tle of the award th e c laim has been checked.
li nk s the Royal Navy wi th Aus-
TESLA COMMEMORATIVE
t ralia and t he award is open to
all rad io amat eurs. AWARD
A very att ract ive award is be-
App li cants m ust es tab li sh
ing o ffe red by YU2EAB , t he
two-way amateur communica-
Go spic Amateur Radio Club, to
tions wi t h RNARS membe rs re-
co m memorate t he bi rth o f
sid ing in Aust ral ia. Points wil l
Niko la Testa. To obt ain t his
be awarded o n t he basis of one
award you must work t he spe-
po int per VK RNARS member cia l stat ion YU(])NT fo r 5 points
worked per band, aft er the com-
plus any other Gospic stat io n
mence ment date of January 1,
fo r one po int. Six points are
1979 . To qualify, the following is
needed fo r the award. No ban d
requi red:' for amate urs res id ing
or m o de rest rictions ex is t.
inside Aust ralia - 15 po ints ; for YUfJ NT w ill operate fro m Ju ly 7
a m a te u r s r e s i d i n g in s i d e thro ugh Jul y 17 from t he house
Ocean ia- 10 poi nts; for ama-
where Niko la Testa was born.
te urs residi ng o uts ide Ocean- Some of t he other statio ns to
ia-5 poi nts . loo k t or in Gospic incl ud e
In addition, f or am ateu rs
YU2C ET, YU2CGE, YU2CG G,
resid ing outside Oceani a, co n-
YU2CPJ, YU2CTK , YU2C UD,
tac ts wi t h VK RNA RS mem bers
YU2EA B, YU2RWI , YU2RWY,
o n the 3.5 MHz band w ill count
and YU2VE.
do uble poi nts. Fo r t he purpose s
of th is award, any RNA RS mari- No QSLs are necessary to ob-
time-mobi le member w hen lo- tain t he award; send only t he
cated inside Aust ralian waters usual log data along w it h 5 1RCs
may be counted as a VK mem- o r $2.00 to: YU2EAB, Box 55,
ber. 48000 Gos pic, Yugoslavia.
 '79 ARRL NATIONAL CONVENTION
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana Council of Amateur Radio Clubs
INVITES
YOU
July 20, 21, 22, 1979
TO
Grandeur on the Mississippi
Riverside Centropl ex
"The amateurs unique ability to enhance international Goodwill. "
Fais do-do, Jambalaya and Crawfish Pie,
Lo uisiana QSL co ntest. Sho w 15 Loui sian a '79 Co nventi on Q SL car-es
and attend fine tun in g fr ee. (Cards must be dated afte r Dec. '78)

SHOPPING, GREAT FOOD, PLUS ALL THESE CONVENT'ION EXTRAS!!!

SPECIAL LADIES PROGRAMS QCWA BREAKFAST
LAS VEGAS NITE
OUTST ANDING SPEAKERS
LOTS OF ARRL FORUMS
SUNDAY LUNCHEON
ri OSPITALITY ROOMS COCKTAIL PARTIES
SATURDAY NITE WOUFF HONG
:HILDRENS ACTIVI TIES AND TOURS
IIIANY CONTESTS AND AWARDS
PRIZES SCENIC TOURS AVAILABLE
SUNDAY SERVICES
SUNDAY BRUNCH
LARGE EXHIBIT AREA WITH MANY NEW PRODUCTS
ARRL HEADQUARTERS AND FIELD PERSONNEL WILL BE HERE
ALL TOPPED OFF WITH A SUPER, SUPER SATURDAY BANQUET BASH
YOU 'LL COME ... Programs start Friday afternoon; Saturday, all day;
Sunday, all day. NO OTHER CONVENTION HAS EVER
SURPASSED OUR TREMENDOUS PROGRAMS!

A registration is required fo r admission to all ac ti vities (inc. ladies)

INFORMA TION: 79 ARRL Nation al Convention ,,'7

P.O. Box 891
Baton Rouge, LA 7082 1

V Reader Servi ce-see pa ge 211 169


I Looking West
fr om page 12
more fitting than this con tact.
Fate had been very kind indeed.
Th e station ope rates under
th e ca llsign W6RO-W6 " Ro Il-
ing Ocean" -as a tr ib ut e t o one
of the fou nd ing members of th e
c lub sponsoring t he ove rall
Queen Mary wi reless ope ration.
Amateurs wishing to operate
from the Queen Mary can do so
in one of t wo ways. Those living
in th e area and wishing to serve
as scheduled volunt eer opera-
tors ca n contact t he Associated
Radio Amateurs of Long Beach
and make their intention s and
availability known . However, if
you are plan ning a trip to Los
A nge les a nd w ou ld li k e t o
o perate t he stat ion, yo u ca n
take t he Quee n Mary to ur and,
wh en it gets to the wi reless
room , locate the operato r in
cha rge and exp lain your de-
sires. You w ill have to present
your or ig in al am at eu r li cense
and some ad d it ional identif ica-
t ion befor e yo u will be permitted
t o operate. Gu es t o per at ing
periods will be ap proximately
15 minutes in durati on .
Curren tl y, tw o mot ion pic-
tu res are in produc t io n whi c h in
part are bein g do ne aboard t he
Joe Rudi WA6PVA, baseba ll player with the CaUfornia Angels,
makes the firs t official QSO fro m W6RO. Lookin g on is Na te
Brightman K60SC, of the Associ at ed Radio Amateurs of Lon g
Beac h, the c lub which inst alled th e gear. (Photo by W6 VGO)
170
Queen. On e is t he ep ic f ilm
" Tita nic," schedu led fo r release
late ne xt year. The other hits
mu ch closer to hom e. In early
Sep te mber or thereabouts, th e
ARRL wil l be releasing it s new
fil m, " The Wo rld of Amateur
Radio, " produced by Emmy-
awa rd-w inning fil mmaker Dave
Bell W6AQ . Thanks to Nate and
his organ ization, Dave was abl e
to film th e na rrati on sequ ence s
(wh ich feature N BC News co rre-
s po nde nt Roy Nea l W6 DUE)
aboa rd t he Queen Mary .
Dave has made one request
of t he amateur co mmunity no w
tha t the news of the new film
has been made public. It wi ll be
several months before the f ilm
is read y fo r distr ibution. Pleas e
do not ca ll eith er Dave or th e
ARR L requ esting t he film until
it s avai lability has been an-
n ounced . The in itial prints are
destined for showi ng at th e
Wo rld Ad m i n is trat ive Radio
Co nference in Geneva in order
to underlin e th e attributes of
the w or ldwide amate ur servic e.
Event uall y, there w ill be enough
pr ints for all of u s to see, so it
is sugg ested th at you monitor
OST, HR Report, The Wes tl ink
Amate ur Radio New s, and t his
co lum n to f ind out t he avallablli-
ty dat e. Your cooperatio n in this
rega rd is deeply appreciate d.
THE " T H EY-WON'T-l ET-220-
DIE" DEPARTM ENT
Th e 220-SMA o f so ut hern
Cali fornia has gone on record
as being w i lling to take any ac -
ti on neces sar y to ensure that
th e 220-to-225 -M Hz am ate ur
band never fall s into the hand s
of mari ti me interest s. To sho w
that th ey really mean busi ness,
what is called a " WARe Acti on
Committee" was formed at t heir
April 22 meet in g, wit h Ray Von
Neum ann K6PUW as its chair-
man .
At present, a nu mb er of direc -
t ion s are be i ng cons idered,
although two tend to offer the
most prom ise of at least ma r-
ginal success. The 220-SMA
ma y well have hired a Washing -
to n-based att orney by the t ime
this reac hes pr int. Hi s job w ill
be to go into fede ral court and
eit her f i le a direct app eal on the
matt er or request an inj unct io n
barri ng th e use by our WARC
de le gati on of the porti on of the
US W ARC prop osa l dealing wit h
t he 216-to -225-M Hz spe ctrum . It
is th e 220-SMA's co ntent ion
A new triband addition to the Queen Mary. (Pho to by K H6IAF )
TV ac tor/co me dian Stu Gil/iam WD6FB U op era tes W6RO, the new
am a teur stati on ab oard th e Quee n Mary. (Pho to by W6VGQj
t hat both t he FCC and the mari-
time services ma y have vio la ted
th e Federal Admini strative Pro-
c edures Act in regard to th e
preparatio n of t hat port ion of
the documen t. On e law yer ex-
plained to me that if t he
220-SMA we re succ ess ful in ob-
tai nin g su ch an order, th en o ur
d el egati on w o uld be ba rred
f rom d iscu ssing or vot ing on
issues brought before WA Re
dea li ng wit h t hat spect rum.
Thi s co uld place the US in a
rather awk wa rd po sit ion at the
co nference later th is year, but
th e same le gal exp ert did say
th at he did not feel th e 220-SMA
could obtain suc h an orde r. I
t hus sus pec t t hat any leg al ac-
t ion w il l co me in t he fo rm of an
ap peal. On ly t ime will tell w here
t he 220-SM A w ill go it t hey
choose thi s route at all.
An ot her dire c t offensive ac-
t ion t hey are co ns id ering -o ne I
expect to see in itiated quic k-
ly- is fili ng a for mal Pet it ion for
Ru lemakin g w ith the FCC re-
qu esti ng th e imm edi ate tr ans-
fer of c urrently unu sed maritime
VH F spectrum to the amateur
se rvice . The feelin g is t hat t he
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need for this can be eas ily
document ed by showing t he
overall inactivity in current VH F
marit ime ope rations and the
curren t growth patterns in VHF
amateur act ivit y. Basicall y, the
220-SMA fee ls th at it is t ime to
stop be ing on t he defe ns ive and
becom e o utward and agg res -
sive in fig hting to save our spec-
trum . They hop e to rall y support
not only from 220-MHz spec -
t rum use rs , but also fro m the
ove rall amate ur co mmuni ty.
Alr eady , some wor ds of sup-
por t have been vo iced, suc h as
t he fol lowing sta te me nt issued
by the Jet Propulsion Labo ra-
tory' s Amateur Radio Clu b:
" The Jet Propulsion Labo ra-
tory's Amate ur Radio Club sup-
port s t he 220-SMA of so uthern
California in it s eff orts to keep
th e 220-t o-225-M Hz ban d an
amateur on e. To th is end we
have pledg ed our support." The
J PL ARC d id mo re t han j ust add
a bit of encouragement. The y
also prov ided the fa cilit ies and
hosted t he meeting.
THE " NAVY·TO·THE·RESCUE
- MAYBE" OEPART MENT
The 220-SMA sent copies of
it s si nce-denied Pet it io n for
Rec o ns i de rat i o n to several
go vernment agencies in addi -
t ion to the FCC. Among those
who rece ived co pies we re th e
nat ion's mi li tary branc hes . J ust
pr ior to th e April 22 meet ing at
JPL, th e 220·SMA d ropped w hat
might bes t be described as a
bo mbshel l. It had been co n-
tacted by the Chie f of Naval
Operations and had been to ld
t hat neither the Chief's office
nor t he Nava l Telecom muni ca -
ti on s Frequ ency Ma nageme nt
Grou p had ever been inform ed
IDX- - -
f rom page 27
The following info rmat io n
has been pro vided by OK3BG
on OK 3TAB /D2A . OK 3TAB is
Laci Toth w ho arrived in Ango la
in March. He wen t to Luanda on
a lo ng business t rip and was
abl e t o get on t he a ir almost im -
m ed i at e ly . Laci is us ing a
horn e-brew t ransceiver runn ing
200 Wa tts t o a t rlband quad.
Look for him aft er 1700Z aro und
21360 kHz or 14250 kHz. He
seld om stra ys far f rom these
freq u e nc ie s . QSL s h a v e
already been pr inte d and you
c an QS L v ia O K 3 ALE o r
th rough th e OK bu reau.
Ale x Kas evich W1CDC pass-
es along th e wo rd th at he is
planning an exte nded st ay on
Mon tser ra t beginn ing in
Augu st w hen he wi ll be sig ning
VP2M M . Look fo r hi m on CW
onl y in t he lower 25 kHz liste n-
172
of any proposed reallocation of
t he 216-to ·225-MHz spe ct ru m.
As it t urns out , th e Navy has a
rather vest ed in terest in th is
spec trum. It ope rates what is
know n as th e Spac e Surveil-
lanc e Syste ms Group , a nati o n-
w ide co mm unications netwo rk
that keeps t rack of al l spa ce
deb ris res ult ing fro m US space
operations. In fact, the Spa ce
Surveillan ce Systems Group
ut ilizes fre quencies from 2 16
throug h 233 MHz, accord ing to
an SM A-220 spo kesm an, and is
what is t ermed a " lo ng-term,
high -monet ary-invest ment nav-
al operat ton."
Needl ess to sa y, the Na vy is
more than just a bit upset over
find ing o ut th at it may be
evicted along wit h the amateur
service f ro m spe ctrum in whic h
it has a def inite interest. Ap-
parently, it is upset eno ug h to
have orde red the Telecomm u-
ni cations Frequen cy Manage-
ment Gro up to start a detailed
inves tigat ion of th e ma tter and
repo rt their f indin gs back to th e
Chief's off ice. What seems to
have irri t ated th em t he most
we re the off icia l statements
contained in t he WARC position
paper itself, rhetori c t hat sa id
t his proposed transition had
bee n c leared w ith the military
prio r to its inclusion. If t his is
t rue, t hen I wonder whose mili -
tary th e FCC and marit im e se r-
vic es cleared it wit h. Acco rd ing
to the Navy, it wasn't ou rs.
T HE " I·NEED·A·FOREIGN·COR·
RESPON DENT" DEPARTMENT
I s t he re an a mateu r i n
Geneva , Sw it zerland , who hap -
pens to read Looking West? If
so , I need your help. I need a
- tem ber, 1977, to Au gu st, 1978,-
ing up 5. OSL to his hom e ca ll
w it h an SAS E, of cou rse .
Th e 1978 annual report of the
Ho ng Kong Am ateu r Rad io
Transmitting Soci ety list s 56
f ull members, 3 1 as so c iate
members, an d s ix overs eas
members. W it h VS6 FE as pres i-
de nt , t he group has an act ive
2-meter repe ater and conducts
th e nightl y Cant onese Net on
14130 kHz . VS6GW runs t he
OSL bureau at Bo x 541, Hon g
Kong.
The Gilbert Islands become
independent on Jul y 10 w ith the
present KH1fVR1 pref ixes be-
ing repl aced by one new prefix.
Prefi x hu nters must be going
crazy the se da ys tr ying to keep
up.
14240 kHz and 142751280 kHz
are good area s to mon itor for
va rious li st-t yp e op erat io ns ,
ge nera lly aft er 2300Z.
Jo e Ely 7P8BI reports t hat
vo lunteer to act as a Loo king
West correspondent du ring the
World Administrati ve Rad io
Conference later t his year. Hi s
or her job would be to sni ff o ut
any news of w hat's happening
at th e conference in relat ion to
VH Ff UH F spec t rum matt er s,
wr ite sa me into a month ly sy n-
ops is, and fo rwa rd it to me for
inclu sion in this column. If you
have both the time an d in te rest ,
drop me a line at th e address
given at t he colum n's top and
we ca n go fro m t her e.
THE " BIG·CHANGE·ATW EST·
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Actually, there has been more
th an one c hange, but the one
t hat affects most West link ser-
vice users is t he d iscont inua nce
of th eir "Cassette Exchang e
Program ." Eff ect ive im med iate-
ly, t he cassette progr am has
been rep laced by an au tomated
telephone system that permi ts
tho se wishing to obta in th e
we ek ly newscas ts to simply dial
a telephone numbe r in order to
obtain t he in fo rma tion .
, There were two reason s for
Network Direct or Jim Hend er-
shot to make t his decis ion .
First, the Westlink News Ser-
vice has grown fa r larger tha n
he ever expected. This is a free,
nonprof it service, but he fo und
himself spendin g vir tua lly every
f ree mom ent d upli cati ng ta pes.
He co uld have gon e to a high-
speed du pli ca t ion hou se to
have t his wor k done, but it
would have meant going awa y
from the free aspect of the
op eration and possibl y charq -
in g upwar ds o f $100 or more an-
nually fo r the .servtce. This -he.
d id not want to do .
an yone needing a card for hi s
3D6 B L o pe ra t ion f ro m Se p-
or his present st int in Lesot ho
can QSL t o hi s new manager,
Ga ry Ya rus W B~M SZ , 921 N.
Clay Avenue, St . Loui s MO
63122.
The Mad River Rad io Club
managed over 4,000 co ntac ts
during t he AAR L CW DX Con -
t est f rom FG7AR /FS7 fo r a
s core of so me 3.4 m illi on
poi nts. All co nta cts from Ma rch
14 t o Mar c h 20 sho ul d be
QSL ed to K8 0C R. Ne i t he r
FG7AR rior hi s managers ha ve
records for co ntacts during t his
peri od .
The Sore r-T rac y A mateur
Rad io Club , VE2CBS - Prov -
ince of Quebec, w ill spo nsor a
DXpediti on t o Zon e 2 t h i s
month to aid th ose need ing th i s
rare zo ne to f ill ou t t heir WA Z
Aw ard .
The operati on wil l take place
the week of Ju ly 21- J ul y 28-
T hey p la n to op e ra t e a ll
a ma t eu r fr eq uen ci es usi ng
bot h CW and SSB.
Second , t here have been on -
go ing postal prob lems . Not a
week had gone by when a sub-
sc riber didn 't call to compla in
tha t his tap e had not arrived or
that it had arri ved too t at e to air
t hat week. Co nseq uent ly, Ji m
has dr oppe d the cassett e ex-
ch ang e system.
There has been a seco nd
big c ha nge at Westlink. Ala n
Kaul W6RC L, Bill Orenste in
KH61 AFf6, and I rece ntl y pro-
du ced a 20-m inute docum en-
tary entit led " The Peril to 220"
w hic h cov ered the many as-
pects of t he current sit uat ion in
t hat spec t rum. The response to
that special wa s so positive that
Jim asked us to co nt inue pro-
duc ing such programs on a
mon t hl y ba si s. We have acce pt-
ed t he ass ignme nt. In fact , c ur-
rently in produ ct ion are pro -
grams dealing wit h th e OSCA R
satel lites, DXing fro m DX li sts,
and handling ma licious inter-
ferenc e.
To accompli sh this , a second
Westli nk st udio is being as-
sembled at Bill 's offi c e i n
Ho ll ywood ; by mids umm er, we
sho uld be in full produ ct ion.
Dist ribution w ill also be via a
dia l-in telephone number. We
will al so be sett ing up anot her
telephone number so th at ama -
teurs can leave input for eit her
t he we ek ly newsca st or t he
mo nt hl y " magazi ne of th e air."
Th ose in te rested in obta ining
eit her or bot h of these serv ices
should contac!illm at t he Wes t-
link Radi o Network, 8331 Joan
La ne, Canoga Park CA 9 1402.
Jim no longer mu st limit t he ser-
vice to rep eat ers and bu ll etin
st at io ns, so t he s ervi c e is
ava ilable to ju st about any one.
As c lub Pu bli c Rel at ions
Dir e c t or Mar c el La p o l i c e
VE2EML, would say , " Au plaiai r
de vo us recon tr er sur les a ndes
du ra nt cette semai ne de DX-
ped it ion dans te no rd de la pro -
vin ce de Quebec." Rig ht o n,
Marcel.
That stat ion on d uring the
W PX co nt es t s ig ning H D1A
was a multi -m ulti operation by
K7CA, WA4 UAZ , K4ERO , an d
KA6CN S. H Dl is a speci a l
Ecu ad or pref ix and yo u ca n ob-
t ai n a QSL by dr op pi ng an
SA SE to W A4Q MQ.
That about covers it for t his
mont h. We ho pe some of t he
pr eced in g infor mat ion will he lp
yo u pick u p a f e w n e w
ones . In th e meanti me, we are
always looking for DX inf orm a-
ti o n and photo s. Photos ca n be
eit he r blac k and white or co lor .
We in part icul ar need inf orma-
t ion perta in ing to CW , SSTV,
OSC AR, VHF/U HF, and 160 me-
ters . Thanks as usual to the
West Coast DX Bulletin, U DXA
DX .Bull e ti n, a nd World radio
News fo r mu ch of th e pr ece d-
ing in f ormati on .
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es of the PULSE LED; pulse
t rains at repeti t io n rates up to
1.5 MHz keep the PULSE LED
fl ashing .
Th e LPK incl udes self-pro-
tect ing c irc uitry w hic h perm its
t he power leads t o be co n-
LPK logic probe from esc. nected in reverse or to as muc h
o ut pins. Simply rock th e IC o n
t he str aig ht ening saddl e to
align t he pins. Press t he too l
over t he rc t o pick it up , t hen
simpl y place t he t ool onto the
soc ket and depress t he plunge r
f or instant and acc urat e in ser-
t ion . Th e to ol feat ures heavy
205011 . Reader Service number
0 3.
FSK·1000 DEMODULATOR
FROM IRL
" This is not a sedan or a
truc k. This is a sports car. "

174
Th at' s how the engineers at iRL
des cri be their new FSK-1 000
de modu lat or .
The FSK-1000 is a new, so-
phisticated , two-ton e umttertess
de mo du lato r w h i c h offe rs
selecti vit y as narrow as 55
Hz in each o f its mat ched,
se le ct able-ba ndw idt h, ac t ive-
f ilt er ton e c hannels. Althou gh it
in clud es such " ext ras" as co n-
t inu ou s l y adjustab le sh ift ,
d ua l-mode a utostart, an d a
keyboard -activated switch , the
de signe rs i nsi st, "We don 't
want a fam ily sedan dres sed up
wit h mud fl ap s and rac coo n
ta ils. We wa nt t o g ive th e
serio us HF or VHF o pera to r a
TU with the best raw perfor-
mance availa ble anywhere."
The FSK·1000 has bot h high-
vo lt age current loo p and low -
vo lt age (RS·232 compat ib le )
ou tp uts to Interf ace readil y
w it h mechanica l teleprinters ,
co mp ute rs, or bo t h.
Recei ver t uni ng requires a
ca reful t ouch w it h th e narro w
filt ers switch ed in , but this
gi ves the ser io us operat or the
select ivity he needs w hen t he
aRM get s really bad .
Th e FSK·1000 ci rcu itry uti-
Iizes 48 operational amplifiers
(twenty FET types) and a host
of o t her devices. Co mp le te
det ails are available f rom iRL
deal ers or by wr iti ng ;RL, 700
Taylor Road, Columbus OH
43230. Reader Service number
127.
NEW RTTY TERMINAL
FROM HAL
H AL Commu ni c a ti on s is
proud to anno unce a new com-
pact and low-cost Rny ter-
minal- the DS2000 KSR. The
new term inal feat ures opera-
t io n with Baudot, ASCII, and
Morse codes (Mo rse recei ve op-
tiona l) and inc or porates ma ny
of t he feat ures of more expen-
sive termin als. A new 72-ch ar-
acter line by 24-li ne display fo r-
mat, two 32-character program-
mable " Here Is " messages,
and CW ident if ic at io n at t he
tou ch of a key simpli fy ope ra-
tion . A term inal-statu s line
ke eps the o perator aware of
dat a rat e, dat a code, and ot her
termin al co ndi tions . Text is
t ransm itted on e word at a ti me
and editi ng Is possib le any-
w here in t he li ne being com-
posed . All termi nal f unctions
are contro lled by a co mbi na-
ti on of a co ntro l key and a key
f rom t he top ro w of the key-
board . Oth er deluxe feat ures
such as unshl ft -on-space, sy n-
c hro no us i dle , key b oar d- :
ope rate d swi tch , and bot h OBF
and RY t est messag es are
avai lable at the st roke of a key.
Connect the DS2000 KSR to a
sta nda rd 18·120 rnA, 200 V de
(max imu m) c urrent loop for
Baud ot and ASCII o peratio n.
Morse output is acc om pl ished
v ia a t ran s istor sw itc h to
sta lled accordi ng to the manu-
fac turer's speci fi cat ions. This
inclu des an antenna with an
area of 6 squa re feet as well as 2
transmi ssion lin es. Those fig-
ures made me conf ident t hat a
48-foot er wit h the sort of ant en-
nas I planned to use shou ld be
alm o st inde stru ct ib le un d er
EMU er-ecoe
• typi cal New Engla nd wea t her
cond it io ns.
One of the thi ngs I lik e best
about th e No. 25 Fold-Over is
t he variety of mounting opt ions
th at are availa ble , co vering vir-
tu all y any situati on you're ever
like ly to face. In add iti on to t he
more or less standard sho rt
OS2000 RTTY term in al Ir om HAL. base sect ion for concr ete, th ere
is a hi nged versio n for mounti ng
in co nc rete, hi nged and non-
ground fo r keyi ng either " grid- pickup or van. In additi on , it hinged base plat es for use w ith
b lock " or " cathode" ci rc uit s. should be rugged, durabl e, and co nc rete, plu s moun ts for fl at
An optio nal Mo rse rec ei ve easy and ine xpensive to main - and peaked roofs. And , al so
board (MR2000) is avail abl e for tai n. And , of course, it should be available and especially handy
recept ion o f Morse code at aff ordable. for Field Day, are a single d rive-
rates fro m 1-175 wp m and is The more I stud ied the Rohn in base and a base plate fo r use
cus tom er inst all able allowing catalog, t he more I beca me co n- w it h dr ive rods. It you can 't guy,
pur chase at a ny time. An op- vinced that th e No. 25 Fold-Over or you simp ly prefer not t o,
tional 9-in ch di agonal measure was the answer. Whil e I had th ere are se veral si zes an d
video monitor is also avai lable. never ow ned a Rohn tow er, I type s of house- and eave-brac k-
The term in al weig hs 6 Ibs. (2.75 was qu ite fami lia r w it h those ets availa b le. In my own ca se, I
kg) net (10 Ibs/4.55 kg shipp ing) used by f riends and had been decided to in stal l t he tower at
and comes in an att ractive blue very favorab ly impress ed by th e rear of t he barn usin g a
an d be ig e cabinet. Contact what I had seen. I li ked the way house bracke t for support.
HAL Communications Corp., they sto od up to everyth in g In c hoosing a locat ion for th e
PO Box 365, Urba na IL 61801, from hurr icane w inds in my na- tower, care should be taken to
fo r further inf o rmat ion . t ive Fl or ida to severe New ensure that it w ill be well clea r
England ice storms . of trees, wi res , bui ld ing s, and
ROHN NO. 25 No. 25 towers utilize heavy- ot her objec ts, to permit a free
FOLD·OVER TOWER dut y 1 % -i nc h-d ia m et er #16- sw ing of the hinged porti on of
When an amateur thin ks of ga uge st eel t Ubing fo r si de rai ls the tower and ante nna. If guys
towers, c hances are tha t he in a 12Yz -in ch equil ateral tr i- are to be used, t he locati o n
thinks o f Rohn. And for good ang ular d esi gn w ith solid-steel should be suit able10r pl acin g
reason . Rohn has been building zig-zag cross pi eces, entirel y fou r guy anch o rs at th e app ro-
towers for a long t ime , providin g ele ctri call y-we lded and fa bri - priat e distan ces.
amateurs with a variety of top- cated by preci sion machines. The work begin s w ith the dig-
qua lit y models at a reaso nable There are 8 zig-zag steps per " -ging of a hole 30 inc hes squa re
price . t o-toot to wer sect ion. Design by approximately 36 inches
Recentl y, w hen I needed a and co nst ruction enables No. deep. Afte r sp readi ng a couple
new tower , my th ought s t urned 25 towers to be install ed at of inch es of gravel in t he bott om
natur all y enough to Roh n. Get- guyed heights up to 200 feet. of the ho le, attach t he-Base sec-
tin g out t heir catalog, l th umbed The tower's hot -di pped zinc tion to t he f irst 10-foo t secti on
thro ugh it to see jus t what the y ga lvaniz ing provides protectio n " "and set the assemb ly o n the
had to meet my particular re- from rust and co rrosio n. A m ini - gravel. Then spread another 3
quirements. Aft er a few minutes mum molten zinc coatin g of 2 inch es of gravel around th e legs
of brows ing , I decided that the o unces fo r every square foot of of the base. This allo ws t he
48-foot No. 25 Fold-Over was surface fuses perma nent ly to tower base legs to extend the
ju st what I was look ing fo r. the meta l, becoming an ac tual requ ired amo unt belo w t he base
Amo ng t he considerati ons I part of th e stee l so t hat it can- of th e co nc rete, thus allow ing
had in mind whil e ch oosing a not be separ ated. Also, th e tub- for drainage of moi sture int o th e
new tower was that it get my ular steel used In t he tow ers is gravel.
beams clear of adj acent bui ld- coated both inside and out to Befo re pourin g the conc rete ,
ings and trees but not be so t all provide prot ect io n against dete- coat t he base secti on over an
as to stand o ut prominentl y rio ra tion fr om cond en sati on area abou t 3 inch es above and 3
from it s su rroun dings. As a and moisture. If a gal vanized inch es below the space wher e
resul t , I co nc l uded that it su rface becom es sc ratc hed or the top of the con crete base will
shou ld be approximately 50 feet c hipped, t he' surroundi ng zinc be, using a water-proof asphalt -
high . And, since I prefer to keep actua lly " hea ls t he wo und" and type material. If the tower is
my feet f irm ly on the grou nd, it co nti nues to seal out corrosive sit uated near a bui lding, be sure
should fo ld over so tha t wo rk on elements . that t he base is set so th at two
the beam s and rotor could be Double-bolted join ts are used of the tower legs lie in a pl ane
done from t he ground o r, at to joi n tower sect ions for st urdi- perp endi cul ar to the wall of t he
mo st, w hi le standi ng o n a short ness and dependability . The No. bulldlnq. This w ill cause the
stepladder. 25's streng th allows it to be self - hinge axis to also be at righ t
I also fe lt it high ly desi rable supporti ng, prov ided a hou se angles to t he wall, and t he tower
that the tower be eas il y assem- bracket is used ; it can go 35 feet wi ll fol d cl ear of t he bui ld in g.
bled and d isa ssemb led by tw o above the bracket under normal With th e base set , po ur the con -
peop le. And th e likelih ood that I co nditi o ns. A 200-100t No. 25 cret e around it and check its
wo uld want to relocat e it within tower will w ithsta nd a 30-lb.-per- plumb with a carpenter' s level
t he forese eabl e f ut ure meant square-foo t wind load- equi va- on one or more of the legs of t he
that it should be readil y trans- lent to 86.6 mph true w ind to wer. The top of th e con crete
po rtable, preferably in a small veloc ity - w hen guyed and in - should be sli ghtl y c row ned to
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 prevent water acc umu lati on .
It' s a good idea to allow at
least t hree days fo r t he co n-
cre t e to harden befor e con t inu-
ing to erec t t he tower. An erec-
ti o n fi xt ure or gi n po le w ill make
the process eas ier and fa ster,
espec ially if yo u dec ide to add
o ne or two add it iona l 10-foot
se cti o ns, bringing the tot al
height to 58 or 68 fee t.
If yo u're doing a as-tooter like
m ine, you place the hinged sec-
t io n atop t he second to- root
sec t io n, ma kin g sure the ship-
ping -ta b bol t is c losed and t hat
the hinge is positio ned on t he
correc t si de of the t ower. Guy
wires (if used) are th en installed
on th e gu ying tab s near the
hinge poi nt. The next ste p is to
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w indows at t he higher eleva-
tions to Mid land , EI Paso, and
Car lsbad . For the NBVM OSOs,
we are carry ing a GE Microcas-
sett e recorder.
All radio systems will be pow -
ere d d irectly, w ithout the use of
a battery, f ro m a 72-ce ll so la r
a r r a y w h ic h w eig hs f o u r
po unds . Lim ited nigh t op era-
t io ns from dark to bed t ime w ill
be powered by a pal m-sized
ni cad batte ry. Anten nas will be
ha lf -w ave sl opers or qu arte r-
wav e radiators again st qu ar ter-
wav e co unterpoises, as most of
t hat area off ers a very poo r rf
gro und.
On-the-air ope rat ions w ill oc -
cur accordi ng to th e fol low ing
sc hedu le, begi nning as ear ly as
mid day Sunday; li sten for CO
NBVM f ro m K5SBU on NBVM ,
SSB, and CW o
0600C DT/1100UT 14,235 kHz
0700 C DT/ 1200 UT 7,195 kHz
0900 CDT /1400 UT 14,235 kHz
1000 CDTI1500UT 28,85 kHz
1100 CDT /1600 UT 21,385 kHz
1230 CDT/1730 UT 7,195 kH z
1500 CDTl 2000 UT 2 1,385 k Hz
1700 CDT /2200 UT 14,260 kHz
1900 CDT /OoOO UT 14,385 kH z
2oo0C DT /0100UT 21,385kHz
2100CDTl0200UT 14,260 kHz
The f irst Texas NB VM sta-
t ion , Bob W5G EL (W5Bn, will be
o n frequenc y to coordi nate , as
his t ime allows. We wo uld be
pleased to osa w ith any mode
and wi ll li st en ca refully for other
QRP stations an d OX station s.
All NB VM stat ions sho uld be
prepared to tape-record OSOs ;
send th e tap e wi t h your OS Lo If
176
ali gn and bolt to get her the two
pi ece s o f the boom (lever) sec-
t lon. The boo m is then attach ed
to th e hing ed sec t ion . Be sure
t he hin ge bolts are loosened
before you attempt to fo ld the
towe r over. If prac t ica l, a hou se-
or eave-brack et ma y be used at
the hinge po int in place of gu y
wires. The brac ket mu st be
plac ed w it hin 2 f eet of the
hi nge po in t.
The remain ing sect ions are
lift ed in to pla ce and in stall ed in
the usual manner. Next, t he
wi nc h and cab le mech ani sm is
bol ted t o th e leg of t he lower
towe r sect ion, ju st belo w the
clevis on th e boom . If an addi-
t io nal 10-100t tower sec t io n has
been pl aced belo w the hinge
sec t ion , an extra pulley must be
··-
. L:"1. :
.. ' '- ~ fac e, I could not prop erly evalu -
"' I ~ . :
1. :;c: u ~,. r ·.::: ',., ,,?- '.'
... 't ..... * his hopes for the ham fraternity
\.. , . ; 1. L
we can fi nd our tape of t he OSO ,
it will be rec or ded on t he blank
side of yo ur tape and return ed.
The signal from K5SB U w ill
be very weak, so tu ne s low ly.
Ten m inu tes afte r the sc hedule
time, if we do not have a OSO ,
we ma y OSY to th e ORP CW
ca lli ng frequency for t hat band
(60 kH z up from t he bott om of
each ba nd). aSL to add ress
below.
C. Richard Ho ffm an K5SBU
Box 1600
Corpus Christ i TX 78403
I WA YN E GREE N'S LAIR
I found this editori al, Wayn e
Green 's La;r (VHFER, Vol. 1, No .
5, September, 1963, Com aire
Electronics, Ell sworth Mil, wr it -
ten some time ago by Doug
DeMa w (Se n i o r T e c h n i c a l
Edit or , ARRL) and th ought yo u
m ight be inte res ted.
Wayne Green' s l air
The tr ip would not be comp lete
withou t a vis it to "7 3 Ac res " in
Peterborough, N.H. Never bef ore
have we been greeted with such
hospitality and fr iendlin ess. No
one shou ld sojourn thr oug h N.H.
w ithout meeti ng thi s dedicated
man, his wile, and his staff, w ho
have completely thr own them-
selves int o th e cau se for im-
proved amateu r radi o con ditio ns.
We enjo yed our overn igh t stay at
W2NSD. A personally prepared
waffle breakfast, by t he " Ed."
him self , w ith New Hampshire
pure map le syrup and all the t rim -
mi ngs and ga rnish ed with a
vigorous disc ussio n related to
the con trover sial matt ers of the
day (which are destined to affect
all ham radio operators ) was very
invig orating.
install ed j ust be lo w t he c levis
on th e boom . Finally, the ca ble
mus t be secu red wit h clamps
and a wire rope t himble to the
boo m c levi s and to the w inc h.
That's all th ere is to putti ng
up a Ro hn No. 25 Fold -Over
tower . The installati on lnstruc-
nons ar e quite s im ple and
st ra ig htforwar d. Foll ow them
and you 'll get yo ur tower up
quickly, eas ily, and, most impor-
tant of al l, saf ely!
On ce the hole is du g and t he
bas e as sem bly is installe d, two
peo ple can com plet e the job in
a mo rn ing or aft erno on, inc lud-
ing moun ting a rotor and beam .
Then yo u c an sit bac k and enjoy
operati ng, secure in the knowl-
edge that if yo u pu ll ro utine
For ma ny mo nths I have tried
to und erstand th is man Green 's
motives and his atta cks on oth er
pubnshers and orga nizatio ns,
but unt il I met this guy fa ce 10
ate his thou ght s. I am co nvinced
through seeing the resu lt s of his
pub lishi ng hou se eff orts, listen-
ing to his exp lanation 01 his con-
vict ions , and heari ng him relate
and it s futu re, that he is neither
vind icti ve nor radical. He be-
lieves i n wh at he is doi ng, and is
willing to fi ght for those wh o
share his beli efs.
Wayne 's empire includes a
mo unta intop locati on a few miles
distant from his ma in facili ty,
which is comp osed of numerous
sky wires, a farm house and a
magnificen t 125' tower supp ort-
ing 96 ele ments on 2 mete rs.
Alon g with all this, a mou ntai n 01
radio gear reposes in the " shack"
and is presently bein g assern-
bled into operat ing pos it ions of
one kW denomi nati on for all
bands. " ..
A ll in all, we were might y gla d
to mee t Way ne, hi s charming
XYL, and staff . They are truly a
I won derfu l gro up. Don' t mi ss
stop pi ng at Peter boroug h wh en
yo u are in that area.
I have been reading your mag -
azine si nce its begi nn ing , and I
even went on th e 73 t rip to
Europ e. I still t hi nk yo u are one
of the goo d guys.
Wm. Edw ards K8D NV
Bellaire MI
GUATEMALA '76
One of my fa vorite pastimes
is handling t raffic from the nets
as fast as I am ab le. Alth ough
the messages tha t are handl ed
are of the health and welfare
ty pe, the re is a cer tain amoun t
of satisfaction which one ga ins
in being able to del iver th e
mes sa ge in the least amount of
ti me. Unti l recently, t he prac -
tice did not app ear to o im por-
tant , but after several prod dings
by my fe llow ham s on vario us
nets , I agre ed to jot dow n the
details of the conta ct t hat to ok
place du ring th e Gua temala
ea rt hqua ke in 1976.
pr event at ive maint enance a
co uple of tim es a year and take
prom pt care of anything t hat
cro ps up between times, you' ll
have a set up th at should pro -
vide many years of reliab le se r-
vice.
Whil e the 48-fo ot No. 25 Fold-
Over tower proved ju st righ t for
me, it may not be what you
need. In t hat ca se, yo u should
check out t he ot her versions of
the No . 25, as well as the many
other mo del s ava ilable from
Rohn . For more informat ion,
w rite Unsrco-Rotm, a Division of
Unarco Ind ustries , tnc., 67 18
West Plank Ro ad, PO Box 2000,
Peoria IL 6 1656. Reade r Service
number U2.
Morgan W. Godwin W4WFL
Brattleboro VT
Without any dou bt , a major
part of the c red it for saving li ves
and or ga nizing the rescue effo rt
during the di sas ter is du e to
th at very f ine gro up of amateurs
th at ca rried th e gr eat est load in
and aro und Gua tema la City.
Our eff orts at the time we re
de vot ed to assisting wherever
we cou ld and fitti ng into any ci r-
c u mst a nce wh ere help wa s
needed . For a time, t he traffic
was picke d up from th e Inter-
st ate Net on sevent y-five in the
even t ng and relayed t o the
Guatema la Cit y stat io ns th e
f irst thing th e following morn-
ing . Man y net s we re utili zed t o
ens ure the most ex pediti ous
hand ling of th e traffic .
. Durin g thi "S-tim e, not very
many minutes passed w hen
th ere was a lack of t raffic. On
February 14, 1976, an am at eur
s t at i o n i n Pe ru, OA 4CYC,
c all ed. It seems that Maria
OA4C YC had tried for several
da ys to secu re in formation on
two siste rs in Gua temal a City
and had pro babl y monitored the
tra ffic being pass ed o n to the
Guatemala City stati on, TG9DF ,
whic h she was unabl e to hear.
After gaining o ur att ention and
the verif ication of ca llsigns,
Ma ria ask ed for our help.
Afte r t ryi ng for t he previo us
th ree da ys by tel eph one and
w ire serv ices, Mari a wanted to
kno w if it would be possible to
secure healt h an d we lfa re info r-
mati on on th e two sis ters who
were in Guatemal a City. On
sec uring the details from Mar ia
in Peru , t he informati on was re-
l a y ed im m e d i at el y t o Don
TG9DF . He reco g nized th e loc a-
t io n whe re th e two sis te rs we re,
or wo uld be, in the c ity and ind i-
ca ted t hat he wo uld try to reach
tha t point via t he local tete-
phon e system . In less th an f ive
m inut es, Don had the an swer
for Ma ria: "Th e two sis ters we re
no t inju red, were feel ing fine,
and we re wo rking ha rd."
That message was rela yed to
Dayt on QH and th en to OA4CYC
in Peru w ithin eleven m inutes of
the mom ent th e messag e was
 rece ived . Th i s w as ama t eu r
radi o in act io n, and a small ex-
am ple of t he rea l-life dra ma t hat
can occur .
Thi s short expe rience of m ine
wo uld not even have been in
pr int had it not been fo r my
f ri ends and fell ow amateu rs
who pointed out t hat t he bene-
fi ts afforded by amateur radi o
wo uld be fa r greater if th e st ory
was put in prin t.
Paul Weigert, Jr. W8TH
Centervill e OH
NEEDED LESSDN ?
-,
I had no co m plaints abo ut Bi ll
Past ern ak 's Looki ng West co l-
um n until now, but sinc e he
went over to the Int 'l HFers
He adquar ters and was bap -
ti zed , it seems to me th at he
may be needed more in th eir
Fox Tango News lett er t han in
73 . T he s e pe o p l e h a ve n ' t
c ha nged a bit - th e y sti ll
espouse and prom ot e illegal ,
scofflaw boot legg ing outside of
th e CB ba nd. But I gu ess even
Pasternak is no exception -
Californ ia is a veritable hotbed
o f ill ega l ac t ivity -m us t go
alo ng wit h t he kook phil oso-
Fra nkl y , I'm ho pin g t hat
WA Re '79 w ill give all our ham
bands to t he m ino rity countries.
I t mi ght t ea c h th e who l e
dam ned bun ch of us a much -
needed lesson!
William L. Harris KN9FOV
Lafayette IN
ASHAM ED
This isn't rea lly a letter to t he
ed itor , but I t hought you sho uld
know t ha t Stan Jo pek K2JOT
passed awa y on April 13, 1979.
Stan was 40 years o ld and in ex-
ce llent healt h, but he had a sud-
den fat al heart att ack. He leaves
his wife, Joan, and four teenag e
children. St an was very act ive
on six meters in t he past , and
was more acti ve recent ly on 2
FM as t he ow ner/o perat or of th e
.07/_67 repeater in Fredoni a NY.
As tr ag ic as Stan's sudd en
death was , subs eque nt event s
we re repulsive, and they were
t he reas on for th is lett er. One
day after his death, while t he
family and f rien ds we re at th e
funeral ho me, someone brok e
in to th e _07/.67 repea te r site and
sto le t he en tire mach ine and
ba ck up systems. T he tot al val ue
even in ama teur circ les knew its over t he muddy ground to t he
exact locati o n. It was loca ted in vehicle. The theft is being in-
a build ing along wit h several vest igated by th e Chautauqua
ot her co mmercial repeat ers and County Sh eriff 's Depar tm ent ,
t ra nsmi tt ers w hich we re much and any infor mati on sho uld be
more valuable, less traceable, forwarded to t hem at (716)-672-
an d mu ch more portable. Th ese 5151. The Spectrum 1000 serial
units were not touched. The number is 0219.
thieves were thorough . The y I fe el confident t hat a theft of
even searched out t he manuals this mag nitude and perfidy wil l
fo r the 2-meter gear and took be solved. I onl y hope that t he
t hem also; they pig-tail ed off t he perso ns respons ible are app re-
power lead s, too k the input t ags hended by the au tho rit ies rat her
fo r i dent i f ic at i o n, a nd eve n tha n mem ber s of the repeater
tap ed up th e leads to the sta nd- club. This is t he fi rst t ime I've
by batt eries. ever rea lly bee n as hamed of be-
A fo ur -w heel-dr ive veh ic le ing a ham.
was used , and at least two peo- Ron Warren WA 2LPB
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Lan d of t he Cults.
CB neighbors of min e are in
recei pt of several lett ers from
vari o u s p r i nt i ng ca l lbook s
(phon ey calls and f irst nam es
o nly, of co urse) and op erati ng
a SL car d bur eaus out of PO
boxes. For anyw here fro m two
to ten do llars, yo u can get a 2
Echo, 19 Whiskey , TCN66, or
of th e loss was over $3800.
What I f ind most repu lsi ve in
t his is tha t th e t heft had to have
been done by ham s. Th e .07/.67 1 85~191West Main Street . P.O. Bo x 8 8
Amsterdam . N .Y. 12010 Tel. (518) 842-835 0
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What I can't unde rsta nd is
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An ot her thi ng I fail to under- FLESH ER
sta nd is wh y the FCC ca n't
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I Social Events
fro m page 130
ho pe t o arran ge spec ial li-
censes for vis iti ng ham s who
may w is h to operate from XE1-
land during t heir sta y. There
w ill be a f lea market and
dem on strat ion s at the co nven-
ti on hal l. For more infor mat ion ,
con tac t t he Radio Club Leo n,
PO Box 12A, Leon, Guanaj uat o,
Mexi co.
ESSEX MT
JUL 21·22
The Int ernat io nal Glac ier-
Watert on Hamfest w ill be held
on Jul y 21·22, 1979, at t he Three
For ks Cam pground, ten mil es
east of Essex, Monta na, on US
Hi ghway 2. Regi stra ti on is at
9:00 am. Tal k-in on .52 and
.34/.94. For more inform ati on ,
w rit e Glacier-Waterton Ham-
fest , PO Box 2225, Missoula MT
59806.
EUGENE OR
JUL 21·22
The 4t h annual Lane County
Ham Fair will be held on Jul y
21-22, 1979, at the Oregon Na-
tiona l Guard Armor y, 2515 Cen-
tenn ial Blvd., Eugene, Oregon .
Registra ti on is $3.00, and an ex-
t ra dra win g ticket is given with
advance regi str ation . There w ill
be di spl ays, lectures, contests ,
sw apsho p, tr ansmitt er hunt,
and entertai nment. The fac ili-
t ies provid e plenty of free park-
ing for motor h ~ e s and trail-
ers.
For informati on and advance
reservati ons, phon e or write
Wanda or Earl Hemenway, 2366
Mad ison, Eugene OR 97405 at
(503)-485·5575.
PITISFIELD MA
JUL 21·22
The NoBARC Hamfest will be
held on July 21·22, 1979, at Cum-
mington Fairgrounds, Pitt sf ield,
Massach usett s. There will be
tech tal ks, demonstrati ons, and
dealer s. Flea market admiss ion
is $1.00. Advance registra tio n is
$3.00 si ngl e and $5.00 w it h
spouse, and $4.001$6.00 at the
gat e. Gates o pen at 5:00 pm on
Friday for free camping. Talk-in
on 146.31/.91. For reservati ons,
co ntact Tom Hamilton WA1VPX,
206 Californ ia Ave., Pitt sfield
MA 01201.
GOLDEN CO
JUL 22
The Rock y Mou nta in Radio
Leagu e, Inc., w il l hold it s Field
Demon stration Day and Swap-
fes t on Jul y 22, 19 79 , at
t he hom e of Karl Ramstett er
WAIllHJZ, which is loc ated on
Highway 93, Go lde n Gate Oan-
yo n Road. Th is is acc essible by
182
go ing one mil e nort h of t he ci ty
limits of Golden , t urning west-
w a rd off Highw ay 93 o nt o
Gold en Gat e Canyo n Road, pro-
ceedi ng for ap pro ximate ly 71/2
m iles, and makin g a righ t t urn
ac ross th e cattle guards. Signs
wi ll be posted for f urt her di rec-
tions. There w ill be derno nstr a-
ti ons, inc lud ing slow -scan TV
and co mput ers, doo r prizes, and
a potl uck lun ch, w it h soft drinks
and ice supplied by t he League.
It wo uld be ap prec iated if
everyo ne wo uld make his co n-
tr ibu t ion to t he pot lu ck lunc h by
bring ing his favori te dish and
help ing out t he League w it h any
s pa re bl an k et s and cha irs .
There wi ll be camping facili ties
avail able for campers, t raile rs,
mobile ho mes, etc ., o n Saturday
aft erno on befo re th e Fest. No
do gs , gun s, or mo tor bikes,
please.
MARSHALL MO
JUL 22
The Ind ian Foothil ls Amat eu r
Radio Club w ill hol d It s 4th an-
nual ham fest on J uly 22, 1979,
at the Sa l ine Co unt y Fa ir·
ground s , Ma rsh all , Mi sso uri.
Tickets are $2.00 each o r 3 for
$5.00 in advance; $2.50 at th e
doo r. Registration is at 8:00 am,
w it h lunc h at 11:30 pm (all yo u
ca n eat ) an d th e drawin g at 2:30
pm. Prizes include a Tempo Sl,
a DenTron Jr. Mon lto r't t uner,
and ma ny more. There wi ll be
f lea markets for t he OM and
XYL. There is no c harge fo r flea
ma rket table s t his year, but
reservati o ns ar e req uest ed .
There wi ll also be old and new
eq ui pment d is p lays, a 10-X
boo th, and ot her ac t ivit ies for
t he XYLs. Talk-in o n .52, .28/.88,
and 147_84/.24. For info rmat ion
and ti cket s, w rite Norm an Gi b-
bins W BmSZl, 692 No rth Ted,
Marshall MO 65340.
SHEBOYGA N WI
JUL 22
The ann ual Lakesho re Swap-
fe st and Bratw urst Fry will be
held on Sunday, July 22, 1979.
Events incl ude prizes , a f lea
market , an auct ion, and man-
ufacturers' di splays. Admission
is 51.00. Talk -in o n .66/.06. For
fu rthe r inf or mat io n, co ntact
WB9NRM at (414)-457·3203.
BELVIDERE IL
JUL 22
The Big Thun der Amateu r
Club w ill ho ld its annual ham-
fest o n Sund ay, J uly 22, 1979, at
the Boon e Count y Fair groun ds.
The fairgrounds are located one
mi le north of Belvidere on IL-76.
Ta lk-in on .52 simp lex. Do na-
t io ns are $2.00 at the door. Ad·
vance tickets are $1.50. For in-
form ation and tic kets , contac t
Mi ch ael Santucci W D9JGH, 862
Ivy Oaks Rd., Ca ledoni a IL
61011.
MACKS INN ID
JUL 27·29
WIMU (Wyo mi ng, Idaho, Mo n-
tana, and Utah) will ho ld it s 47t h
annual hamfest on July 27-29,
1979, at Macks In n, Ida ho .
Fe st i vit ie s in cl ud e z -m et er
hunts, OSCAR demon strat io ns,
ladi es' c raft s, and a repeate r
dt splay. The pre-regi st rat io n
prize will be a W ilson Mark II
ha ndle-talkie co m pl et e w it h
touchton e™ , battery pac k, and
charger. The grand prize is you r
choice of an Icom IC-211 or a
Ke nwoo d TS-520. Sat urd ay
night sp ecia l event s inc lu de
kids ' mov ies a nd an a dult
dance . For furth er informat io n,
contact Dave Hunti ng WB7FGV,
Box 662, KemmererWY 83101, or
call (307}-877-9440_
MOOSE JAW
SASKATC HEWA N CA N
JUL 27·29
Th e Moo se Jaw Am ate u r
Radi o Club w ill ho ld its 1979
Ham fest (Parti c ifest 79) o n Ju ly
27·29, 1979, at t he Saskat ch e-
wa n Techni cal Institute, 600
Saskatc hewa n St. W" Moo se
Jaw, Saskatc hew an, Canada.
Reg ist rat ion w ill be held on Fri-
day evening w ith a f ull day of
act ivit ies on Saturday culmi -
natin g in a banquet and dance.
Most of th e meetings and work-
shops wi l l be held on Sund ay.
Th er e w il l a lso be a busy
sc hedule fo r t he XYLs.
O KLA HOMA CITY OK
JUL 27-29
The Cent ra l Oklah om a Radio
A mateu rs w i ll sp on so r t h e
Oklahoma St ate ARRL Conven-
t lon and " Ha m Holiday" on Ju-Iy ...
27-29, 1979, at Li ncoln Plaza,
4445 Li ncoln Blvd., Okla homa
City, Okla homa. The prog ram
w ill include an ARRL forum and
te chn ica l ta lks on 1-G Hz
t ech niq ues, fast -scan TV for
rad io am ateu rs, NB VM, and
ot her subjects of c urrent in-
t erest. In add ition , a full pro-
gra m i s sc hed ule d fo r th e
lad ies. Pre-reqlst rat ion w ill be
$4.00 if received bef ore J uly 20.
After th at dat e, it w ill be $5.00.
A sy n t hes iz ed 800 -c hann e l
VHF t ransce iver wil l be awar d-
ed to encourage pre-req istr a-
t ion . The mai n aw ard w ill be a
TS-120V w it h pow er supp ly .
Adeq uate room s are available
for co mmerc ial exhib itors and
sw appers . Mail yo ur reg ist ra-
t lon to CORA, PO Box 14424,
Oklahoma Cit y OK 73113.
Unlimited parkin g space is
also available.
OLIVER BC CAN
JUL 28·29
The Okanagan internat io nal
Hamfest will be held on Jul y
28·29, 1979, at Gall agher Lake
KOA Karnpsl te, 8 miles nort h of
Oli ver, B.C., Canada. Regist ra-
t io n sta rts at 9:00 am Satu rday.
Ac ti viti es sta rt at 1:00 pm
Sat urday and co nt inue un t il
2:00 pm Sunday . Ladies may
bring t heir ho bbi es and items
f o r a w hite-ele p ha nt s a l e.
Feat ured w ill be prizes, a fl ea
ma rket , bunny hunt s, ente rt ain-
men t , a home-brew co ntest ,
and mo re. A potl uck lunc h w ill
be served Sunday at noon . Call -
in on 3800, .34/.94, and .76
si mplex. For informat ion, write
John Juu l-An dersen VE7DTX,
8802 Lakeview Dr., Vernon ,
B.C., Cana da V1 B 1W3, or Lata
Harvey VE7DKL, 584 Heat her
Rd., Pent lcto n, B.C., Canada
V2A 1W8.
BOWLING GREEN OH
J UL 29
The Wood County Ama teur
Rad io Club w ill ho ld its 15th an-
nual Woo d County Ham-a-Rama
o n July 29, 1979, at the Bowl ing
Green Fair groun ds, Bow lin g
Green, Ohio. Gat es will open at
10:00 am, w it h f ree admissio n
and parkin g. Dealer ta bles and
space are availa ble. Trunk sale
space and food will also be
availa b le. Ticket s are $1.50 in
advance and $2.00 at the door .
Prizes w il l be awarded. Talk -in
on .52 K8TIH . For informati on,
wr ite Wood County ARC, cIa
Eri c W i llma n, 14118 Bisho p
Road, Bowling Gr.lWn OH 43402.
NASHVILLE TN
JUL 29
The Rad io Amateur Trans-
. mill in g Soc iety (R.AT S.) of
Na s h v i ll e, Te n ne s se e, wi ll
sponsor the Nashvill e Ham fest
on Sunda y, J uly 29,_1.979, at t he
Nat ional Guard Armo ry o n Sid-
. co Drive, in Nashvill e, Te n-
ness ee. Tabl es, barga ins , and
refreshments are availab le, as
well as prizes. Admi ss io n is
$3.00. Ta lk-in o n .90/.30 . For
m ore in f o rma ti on, c o nt a ct
Richard Wagner K4MZE, 1015
Haber- Drive, Brentwood TN
37027, o r phone (615)-794-5356_
BALTIMORE MD
JUL 29
The Balti more Radio Am at eur
Television Societ y (BRATS) w ill
be holding t he annual BRATS
Maryland Hamfest on Sunday,
July 29, 1979, at the Howard
Count y Fai rgrounds, Rtes. 32
and 1.70, 15 m il es west o f
Balt im o re, Maryl and. The event ,
begi nning at 8:00 am rain or
shine, inclu des a giant f lea
market , indoo r and out doo r ex-
hibi t areas, top prizes, and ple n-
ty of good food and refresh-
mente. Tickets are $2.00, tail-
gat ing is $2.00, and table s are
$4.00 in adva nce, $5.00 at the
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82.75 1 2N5179 Trans istor
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t06 .850 l 1C91OC 650MHZ Prescater Divide by 516 15.95
123.5 l 1C83DC l GHZ Divide by 2481256 Prescarer 29.90
146.64 11C70OC 600MHZ Flip/Flop with reset 12.30
147.09 l1 C58DC ECl VCM 4.53
165.5 11C44DC Phase Frequ ency Detecto r (MC4044Pll ) 3.82
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2N3927 11.50 2N6084 13.20 PT3539B 3.00 4CX25OG 53.50 7360 10.60
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CAR FM MINI MIK E KIT
7 41 mini d Ip 12 / 52.00
CLOCK Bl -FET mini d Ip . 74 1 type 10 / $2 .00 A super hIgh perro -manc e FM
WIre le ss m ik e kil ' neosrmts a stabre
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RE 32 t6 , te rm in al c a rd 5 14 9.9 5
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Vi d eo / RF Mo d u la tor , VD ·1
, 14 .95
6 .9 5
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12 /24 ho ur c lock in a b eau- comple te k it , no ext-as n eed ed , an d ll.qnly ta kes 1· 2
Mul p lastic case teat ures 6 hours 10 assembte > Yo ur choice 0 1 c~ colo rs
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instructions. O p tio n a l dimm e r au to ma tic a ll y adju sts T he croc k tnars got It all ; 6 · 5" L EOS. 12 /2 4 hour, Cloc k WIt h 10 mm 10 tim er. 12 /2 4 hour.
dIsplay to amb+enl lig hl levet snoo ze . 24 hour alar m . 4 ye ar c al endar, battery OC-lO 27.9 5
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OM -1 cun mer eca c te r 2. 50 S Ize 5x 4x2 in ches 12V DC c ar c tGCk . DC -7 2 7.9 5
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mv at 150 mH z. Specify · 10 o r -+- 100 re no. all pa r ts. less c ase an d T-R re lay
PS- l B. 600 mHz erescare- 559.95 PA-l , 30 W pwr am p kil
PS - 1BK. 600 mHz oreecater kit 49.9 5 TR- l , AF sensed T-A relay ki t

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~~~. ~~~ss a;x ~~~ ~v ,- Sign al. Best unIt on the mal1tet !
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G rea' l or mc rutonnq baby's 'DOm 0'
as gene' al purpose ampl ilte , FUll 2
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one lor the highs. Eac h Channel IC Uselut l orlouch·lone decod.ng volts at 200 ma and + SV at 1 •
indiv idu ally adjusta ble. and c ov es tone burst de tectio n. FSK. etc. Can Amp. Excellen t load reg ulation,
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Complete kit . PS-3LT $6.95
WH ISPER LI GHT KIT
LED BlI NKY K IT An in te,estmg kit , small mike picks
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$49.95
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PREAMP Deskto p micr ophone wlc ryst al ete-
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Charger Mode l 239-020&001 Outpu t
CB SPECIAL MODEM CAB LE
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HyGain 40 c hanne l CB tr ans ceivers. Fit s m an y ot her 13 # 22 gao w i re DB-25p wit h
E. F. Joh nson S Meter m anufac turers ' un it s also. Squ elch po t/vol um e co nt ra il
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MTG hol es on each end 1·1f.4"' behind pan el . $6.50ea 10/$50.00
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MOTOROLA SRF 574
Meter 200 UA 2Y, " x 2'!z" Sq . mo unt s in 1()().up SB.50ea
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$4.00 ea 2 fo r $7.00 SPOT S2 00ea 3Il5.00 long S2.00ea
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51.00ea 6155.00
10.0-10 de Amps } POLYFOAM COAX-50 OH M Exce ll ent conCJ1Tio n -$4.95
21/.." x 3"
25-0.25 de Volt s Equal 10 RG174
E. F. Johnson $4.95/100' RECEIVER FRO NT ENDS
0-25 de Volts } 2 1/. " x 21/. " 40ch Selector Lo w Loss Made by EFJ
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CMOS 12 Vdc RELAY 12 Vdc RELAY Sma ll en ough to fit
RCA CD 4012 AE SPST Open Fram e SPST 35 Amp con tac ts - in yo ur watch-
Dual 4 in Nan d Gat e 5 Amp Conta ct s Open Frame 3.5 to 20 pF
6/$1.00 100/$10.00 M fg -Mag necraft Rugged, great for mobile use 5 to 30 pF
50/$6.00 1000/$80.00 $1.50 ea 4/$5.00
$4.50ea 5f$20 .00 $.75 ea., 2 for $1.25
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D Cell Nicad CRYSTAL FILT ERS
m fg . by G. E. 2.50 ea Coax Co nnectors 10.7 31Lead 2200 UF @ 16V
1.2 vo lts 3.5 amp hrs . UG·2731U BN C· F/UHF·M 2.50 Can Typ e Radial Leads
cat No . 41B004 AD08G5 UG-255/U BNC·M /UHF·F 3.00 $3.00 ea. .25 ea. 10/$2.00
UG·146A/U N·M /UHF·F 4.50
UG-83B/U N-F/UHF·M 4.50 White Porcel ain
Computer Grades CERA MIC IF FILTERS Egg Insulator
34,000 uf @5O Vde 3.00 ea UG· 175 RG·58 Ad apt. .20 'EFC L455K 1Y2 " x 1" 50¢ ea.
3" diam x 6 Y2 " high Ma llory UG-176 RG-59 Ad apt. .20 $3.50 ea . 3 fo r $1.25
GOLD PLATED CARD EDGE CONNECTORS
Double Row/Solder Eyelet ,156 22 pinslDo uble Row/Dipp ed So ld er
Doubl e Row/W ire W rap .100 .156 $2.08ea 10/$17.00
6 pins $1.10ea 10/$9.00
25 pi ns $3.49 ea 101$30.00
15 pins $1.55ea 10/$12.50
30 pins $3.96ea 10/$32.00
22 pins $2.08ea 101$17 .00 22 pi nslDouble Row/ Wire Wr ap
50 pi ns $5.43 ea 10/$45.00
43 pi ns $3.66ea 10/$30.00 .156 $2.44 ea 10/$19.00
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UG·l 095A/U $3.99 2N2857 $1.80 MPF4391 $ .75 or 10/ 6.50 high voltage rectifi ers SFMS
UG·58/U 3.29 2N2857JAN 2.45 MPF 112 .69 or 10/ 5.50 20K 20,OOOPI V
UG-30C/U 3.00 2N2947 17.00 MPF102 .43 or 10/ 3.50 20ma st .aa eacn
UG·27C/U 3.50 2N3375 7.00 40673 1.39 o r 10/10.00
PL·259 .50 2N3553 1.80 3N128 1.35 or 10/10.00 1500PIV 1 .5 AMPS
SO-239 .43 2N3818 6.00 2N5248 .60 or 10/ 4.50 RECTIFIERS 10/$1.50
UG-175 .36 2N3866 1.09 MPF131 .60 or 10/ 5.00
PL·258 2.99 2N3866JAN 2.70 2N4303 .45 or 10/ 3.50 MC4024P &
UG·l 06 .69 2N2866JA NTX 4.43 2N3958 2.95 ea ch MC4044P $3.25 each
UG·177 .69 2N3925 6.00 MFE2000 .90 or 10/ 8.00
UG·274/U 3.27 2N3948 2.00 MFE2001 .99 o r 10/ 8.00 HEP 1 70 2.5 Amps
UG·447/U 1.50 2N3950 26.25 MFE2008 4.20 or 10/36.00 1000PIV 10/$2.00 or 100/$14.50
UG·492 3.69 2N3960 4.70 MFE2009 4.80 or 10/39.00 POTIER & BRUM-
UG-3061U 3.00 2N4072 1.70 MFE3002 3.35 ea ch
FIELD 12VDC RELAYS
UG-646/U 3.29 2N4427 1.09 MMF ·5 5.00 each
4POT v-, 3 Amp s $2.95
UG·2608 /U 1.59 2N4877 2.57 MF E120 1.00 o r 10/ 8.50
SPOT 25 Amps $5.95
UG·l094/U .90 2N4957 3.50 2N3436 2.25 each
2POT 3 Am ps $1.99
UG·701/U 3.00 2N5108 3.90 2N4416 1.00 each
4POT 25 Amp s $6.99
UG-212C/U 3.00 2N5109 1.55 MFE131 1.05 ea ch
2N5179 .59 BRIDGES 24 AMPS
TUBES 2N5589 4.60 500PIV · ·~$2 . 9g each
3·5OOZ $90.00 2N5583 5.00 MICROWAVE DIODES
5728iT 160L 34.00 2N5590 6.30 l N210 $ 1.40 4CX250B/R SOCKETS
6146 5.09 2N5591 10_35 lN2 1C 1.05 AND CHIMNEYS NEW
6146A 5.99 2N6080 5.45 l N21WE 2.00 $14.95 per set (1 socket , 1
6146W 7.95 2N6081 8.80 l N238 1.05 chim ne y)
811A 12.95 2N6082 10.75 lN23C 1.05
811 9.95 2N6083 12.00 lN 23CR 2.00 B&W COILS
4CX2508 29.95 2N6084 13.20 l N23E 2.00 1206T $3.99
4CX250R 32.95 2N6095 10.35 l N23F 4.10 -t006T $7.99
6K0 6 4.99 2N6097 19.35 l N23W E 2.10
6LF6 4.99 MRF502 .69 lN25 3.03 FAIRCHILD REGULA-
6LQ6/6JE6 6.25 MRF8004 .75 l N121WE 4.00 TOR 78H05KC $6.99 eac h
8950 6.65 SS2548 .75 lN 286 5.00
2E26 6.00 40280 3.50 1N416E 5.00 TUBES
40281 10.90 lN446 8.00 61468 .. $6.50
38 28 5.00
4X150A 15.00 40282 11.90 1N3655A 4.00
6360/A 7.95 l N5153 15.00 MINIMU M ORDER $5.00
6939 5.95 TRIM MERS 5 -80pf 1N5711 1.20 M in imum Sh ippin g $1. in-
7289/2C39 4.95 45¢ ea ch or 10/3.50 surance 35¢ per $100. COD
45.00 or 100/25.00 cha rge s 85¢ to street ad dres s
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CHOKE [U252] 2.5mh TRANSISTORS dress as w e ship UPS an d P.O .
FERRITE BEADS
150ma 30MHz 40894 $ 2.50 Box #'5 ta ke up to 50 % longer
12/5.89 or
100/54.00 2/$1.00 MRF454/5688 LYCF 17.10 to delive r. We ac cept VISA or
Masterch ar ge. Pleas e li st
TORIDAL CORES TRIMMER CAPS complete card number and
T·37-6 611.00 small enough to LM566V VCO /FUNC- expiration dat e. Allow 10%
25/4.00, 50/6.00 fit in your wat ch TION GEN ERATOR extra for shipping of hea vy
3.5-11pf 75¢ eac h $.99 each items. We reserve the right to
100/10.00
or 10/$6.00 change pr ices without notice .
All items listed are subject to
1N914/1N4148
30/$1.00 or PISTON CAPS 1.2·10pf LM340T-5 & LM340T prior sale. Some item s listed
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Includ es a re print o f si x page co nstr uct io n artic le I ro m
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 plan to spe nd t he weekend at Advanced reg istrations are

Events---'-.,--_
I Social
from page 182
do or. Talk-in on .16/.76, .63/.03,
.52/.52, and 52.525. For lnt orm a-
ti on , con tact BRATS, PO Box
5915, Baltimore MD 21208.
IRVING TX
AUG 3·5
Encounte r ' 79, th e Texas
VHF·FM Soci ety's 1979 Surn-
mer Convention, will be held
August 3-5, 1979, at the Villa Inn,
Irving, Texas. Activities inc lude
a t ransmi tt er hunt, fl ea market,
FCC exams, manufacturers' ex-
hibits, hospitality roo m, and
several prog rams and forums .
Talk -in on 146.52 and repeaters
in t he area . Pre-regi stration is
$5.00 until Jul y 1. Registr at ion
at the do or is $6.00. For informa -
tion , w rite Encoun ter '79, PO
Box 3608, Arlington TX 76010.
FLA GSTAFF AZ
AUG 3·5
The Amate ur Radi o Counc il
of Arizona w ill hold it s annu al
Ft. Tuthill Hamfest on August
3·5, 1979, at Flagstaff, Ari zona .
Prizes include T8·520 trans-
ceivers, a m icrow ave oven, a
Wi lson Mark II HT, a Wilson
Syste m III trlband antenna, and
mo re . F ea t u re d w i l l be a
west ern . barbecue , tech ses·
stone , and exh ibi ts. Campin g
fa cilities are also availab le. Fo r
f urt her details o r info rmati on,
w rite Ft . Tuthill Ham fest , clo
8520 E. Edwards Ave., s cotts -
dale AZ 85253.
UTILE ROCK AR
AUG 4·5
The Cent ral Arkansas Radi o
Emergency Net (CAREN) Arna-
te ur Rad io Club will ho ld its
seco nd a nnual Ham -a-Ram a o n
Saturday and Sunday , Au gust
4-5, 1979, at t he Arkan sas Sta te
Fairgrounds, Little Rock, Arkan-
sas. There will be t wo mai n
prizes give n, as well as door
prizes. Featured will be forums,
dea lers' exhi bit s, a Saturd ay
night part y, and a large fle a
market. Talk-in on 146.34/.94.
For detai ls, send an SASE to
Morri s Middle to n AD5M, 19 Elm·
herst Dri ve, Littl e Ro ck AR
72209.
REND LAKE IL
AUG 5
The Shaw nee Amat eur Rad io
Association Hamfest will be
held on August 5, 1979, at Rend
Lake in sout hern Illinois . Com-
pl ete ca mp ing and rec reat io nal
fac ilities w il l be 'available, so
the lake and attend the ham fest
on Sunday. Family ac tivities are
planned . Hou rlydoor prize s w ill
be awarded. There w ill be no
charge to vendors. For inform a-
ti on , c o n t ac t W89E L P or
WB9SWG.
PITTSBURGH PA
AliG 5
The South Hills Brass Pound·
ers and Modu lators will hold its
42nd annual Pittsbu rgh Ham-
fes t on August 5, 1979, from
noo n unti l dusk at t heAlle gheny
County Co m m u nity College
so uth camp us on Rte. 885, 2
miles south of the Allegheny
Co u nty Airport and ap prox-
imately 15 mil es so uth east of
Pitt sb urgh, Pennsyl vania. Ad-
va nce regist rati o n is $1.50;
$2.00 at th e door. There will be a
larg e indoor air-con d it io ned
area for vendors and the f lea
ma rket , and a large paved sur-
face for the outd oor f lea mar ket.
There will also be pri zes and
food . Talk-in on 146.13/.73 and
.521.52. For inf ormati on and pre--
reg istrati on, w rite Bruce Bani s-
te r, 5954 Lepre cha un Dr., Beth el
Park PA 15102.
MT SINAI U NY
AUG 5
The Radio Centra l Amateur
Radio Club w ill hol d its . " Ham -
Centra l" on Sunday, August 5;
1979 (rain date is August 12,
1979), at the Mt. Sina i Elemen·
tary Schooi, Rte. 25A, Mt. Sinai ,
availab le at $3.00 per person
from R. J. Cutting W2KGI/4, 303
10th St., Atlanti c Beach, Florida
32233. Price at the door wn! be
$3.50.
A large indoo r swap area will
be featured, wi t h advance tab le
reservations available for $5.00
per tabl e per day from Robbie
Robert s KH6FM DIW4, 10557 At·
lantlc Blvd., #31, Jacks on vill e,
Flor ida 32211. Informat ion on
exhi bi tors ' booth s and space
are available fro m t he same ad-
dress .
Other features and programs
incl ude st atewi de organizat ion
meet ing s on suc h topic s as tra f-
fic nets and MARS, a micr opr o-
ce ssor semi nar, a solar power
demonst ratio n, a OX " pileup"
co nt est , a hidd en t ransmi tt er
hunt, an OSCAR forum , ARRL
for ums, emergency prepared-
ness program s, OX and contest
p rese nt at io ns, antenna and
techni cal seminars, and much
mo re.
More general in format io n
may be obtained from JHA , 911
Rio St. Jo hns Dr., Jacksonville
FL 32211 .
SALEM OH
AUG 5
The seco nd annual Salem
Area Harntest wi ll be held on
August 5, 1979, from 9:00 am to
3:00 pm at t he Kent State Salem
cam pus, Salem, Ohio . Tick ets
are $1.50 in advance and $2.00
at the door. -I.nsl,d e tab les are
$5.00 w it h space for your own

~~«, ~ Subscribers Long Isl and, New York . Admi s-

s io n for sellers is $3.00 per
tailgate space and $1.50 for
~°'4vO
buyer s, w ith XYL and c hild ren
under 12 free . Monies are to be "
From t ime to l ime 73 Magazine makes it s subs cr iber nets availab le used for Rad io Centra l and the
10 carerully·screened com pan ies and orga nizat ions who se produ ct s, St. Charles Ho spital Repeater.
services or information may be of interest to you. In every case. we mUSI ap- Doors will open at 7:00 am for
prove all organization s wishing to mail to our subscribers. In every case Ihey selle rs and 9:00 for ot hers. They
receive a nst of names and addresses only - no other infor mat ion we may have w ill cl ose at 4:00 pm. Featured .
is divulged . Each org aniza t io n ma y use the list on ly once and agrees never to w ill be antenna advic e with Art
make any perso nal or telep hone so licit ations fro m it . an d Ma deline Gr eenb erg, a
The overwhelm in g m ajorily of our subscribers apprec iate th is contro lled
use o f our mai li ng nsts-c-u helps them sho p conveni ently by mail fo r prod ucts and
Novice t able, great food , a CW
services they need, of ten at subst ant ial savings . A few people pref er their names not
co ntes t , a n ARRL t a b le, a
be used. It is to t hem we addr ess this message.
special event of a fly -in by t he
If you do not wis h to be a part of this serv ice . please co mpl ete the form Suff olk Co unty Pol ice Dept.
below . . your name will not be used in t hi s man ner for any reason . helico pter , and a Radi o Cent ral
tlf yo u asked us in th e past to remove yo ur name from ou r lis ts , t here is no Club t able. Talk-in on 146.52
need to repeat the requ est .) Please allow about six weeks for your request to ta ke ef - W A2U EC and 144.711145.31
fect K2V L. Fo r infor mat io n , call
Joan Lon gt in at (5 16~92 4-8438
0 1wish to have my name removed from t he list of subscrib ers rece iving mail ot her
or Rob in Goodman at (51 6~ 74 4·
than the reg ular subscription to 73 Magazine. 6260, o r w rite Radi o Cent ral,
" Ham-Cent ral," PO Box 680,
Miller Place NY 11764.
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Mrs.
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Please Print AUG 4·5
Add ress _ The Jac kso nvill e Hamfest
Associati on is plea sed to an-
Cit y s tate, Zip _
nounce the 1979 Jack son vill e
Hamfest and ARRL North Flor-
Mail t hi s form wit h your mai ling label from the lat est issue rcrtm out the inf or mat ion ida Section Convention to be
as it appears on the la bel) to: held on August 4·5, 1979, at the
Jacksonvi lle Beach Mu nicipal
73 Magazine Auditoriu m, Jacksonvill e, Flor-
Subscription Services Dept. ida . The loca t ion is j ust one
r.o. Box 93t block from t he beach, where
1- Farmingdale NY tt737 .... U.S. 90 meet s the sea.
table at $2.00. Flea market
space is $1.00. There w ill be ai r-
co nd i tio n i ng, a w hee lc hai r
ram p, free pa rki ng , refresh-
ment s, and prize s, con sisting of
an At las RX-1 10, TX·110, and a
PS·110. Talk-in on 146.52. For
deta il s, w rite Harry M ilh oan
WA8 FBS, 1128 West Stat e,
Salem OH 44460.
AMARILLO TX
AUG 10·12
T he Pa nh an dl e A m ate ur
Radio Club will hol d its sixt h an-
nualGolden Spread Hamfest
a nd Convention on Fr id ay ,
Sat urday, and Sunday, August
10·12, 1979, at Th e Inn of
Amar ill o, 601 Ama ril lo Blvd.
West, Amar illo, Texas. The to r-
mat co nsists of two full days of
exhi bits and trading , six tech·
ni cal sessions, programs for the
ladies, valuable door prizes ,
Arm y and Navy MARS meet-
ing s, A RES meeting , an ARRL
forum , and plent y of free park-
ing. Displ ays may be set up any
time af ter 1:00 pm o n Frida y,
August 10th, at a fee of $20.00
per tab le. For inf ormation, wr ite
Hamfe st, PO Box 10221, Ama-
rill o TX 79106, or phone Jay
Ledbett er WB5UBM at (806)-
376-6042 (nights and weekends)
or Chuck Passmore WB58 RC at
(806)·372·1631.

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