73 Amateur Radio Today – November 1981

73 Amateur Radio Today – November 1981

Issue Contents:

The Satellite TV Challenge

– 73 magazine’s answer …… N8RK 14

Space Spinoffs for Amateur Radio

– the makings of a communications revolution …… WA1DCP W2IKQ 18

How Big A Dish?

– Satellite central part 1 …… Gibson 20

Satellite Channel Guide

– Part 1 …… WESTSAT 24

Satellite TV Receivers

– is there a better way? …… K4TWJ 26

Spread Spectrum

– a report from AMRAD …… WB3KDU 32

A Visit with SV0AY

– the road to paradise …… N1BEP 36

Review: Reviewing Daiwa’s New Meters

– fiddle free swr measurement …… KA1LR 40

Ham Shack Design for Beginners

– Novices take note …… N1II 42

SSTV Signal Analyzer

– simple and inexpensive even …… K7YZZ 46

More for Less

– this tune-up procedure gives more RTTY output less heat to dissipate …… WB4PWC 50

Review: Inside the Palomar Preamp

– big ears for your receiver …… W8FX 52

Review: Four New Books for the Experimenter

…… N8RK 54

CB to 10

– part XXXI simplified offsets …… WA7ZGP 57

An X-band Swept-signal Source

– one for the road …… W1SNN 60

Battery Check!

– do your nicads measure up? …… PS7ZAD 64

Review: Investigating Icom’s 730

– quite a rig …… K4TWJ 76

Review: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to DX

…… AG9V/1 80

Eyeball QSO with Radio RSA

…… Peterson 82

Review: Micronta’s New Multimeter

– an LCD DMM from T-rS …… K6UGT 92

Mods for the Clipperton-l

– smooth sailing ahead …… K4JW 94

The Traveling Ham’s Allband Antenna

– in this ultimate portable system? …… W3JIP 100

KIM’s Magic Fingers

– RTTY transmit program …… VE1AKL 112

AX-l90 Upgrade

– Collins components can make the difference …… VE7DLU 118

Extra Accuracy for Heathkit Clocks

– a synchronous solution …… N5AEN 124

The 160 Winners!

– W8LRL and W4CN take top honors …… KE7C 156

Cartography for Kerchunkers

– making repeater maps …… W4FXE 156

Ten-meter Lunch Hour

– ham radio for school kids …… WA8WTE 158

73 Amateur Radio Today – November 1981

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