73 Amateur Radio Today – December 1965
Issue Contents:
Solid-state 432 Exciter
– Puts out 8 watts on 432 MHz. A ham scoop …… W9SEK 6
8058 Nuvistor Preamp for 432 MHz
– Complete plans and layouts …… I1L0V 10
UHF-vHF Dipper
– 50 to 500 MHz with no work …… WA1CCH 11
Transistorized FSM
– Printed circuit board available for this one …… W1JJL 14
Ham Christmas Gifts
– Ho ho ho! It’s that time again …… 16
RF Measurements
– Build a Q-meter and impedance bridge …… K5JKX 20
A New Two Meter Heterodyne Exciter
– Use a suppresser balanced mixer to get on two …… WA2JAM 28
Licensing in the Belgian Rallies
– A report on the 1964 rallies …… G3BID 24
A Regulated Solid-state Supply
– Here’s the supply for the 432 exciter on page 6 …… W9SEK 34
Transistor Twenty
– A tunable twenty meter converter …… Scott 38
Frame Your Awards
– A few hints on showing off your prizes …… W7OE 40
Lazy Man’s Phone CQ’er
– A voice controlled relay …… WA2MTB 42
The 1215 Transistor Superhet
– Part 1; The Mixer …… K1CLL 46
The Solid-state Slippery Six
– A transistorized heterodyne VFO …… K1CLL 50
A Crystal Controlled Front-end
– Put that old pre-selector to work …… K1QIM 52
Field Effect Transistor Primer
– Another ham scoop. FET’s are mighty useful …… WA6BSO 54
A Doll for Serifina
– Reminiscences of an old ship sparks …… W7IDF 66
Build a 4-1000A Socket
– The tubes can be cheap but the sockets! …… W7CSD 70
An Audio Frequency Standard
– Transistorized of course …… K8ERV 72
A Bumper Mount for “Impossible” Cars
– If one won’t do it why not use two? …… W7SMC 78
Gus Part 8
– Gus descends on Lebanon Egypt and the Seychelles …… W4BPD etc 84
Two Through Twenty Field Strength Meter
– Tunable and transistorized too …… W7OE 9
A Low-power Standby Transmitter
– AM on HF? …… W7CSD 104
The Full-wave Tripler Myth
– We don’t like to rush things …… W6LWE 100
The Three-in-one Birdcage Beam
– For 10 15 and 20 …… ZS3NZ 110
73 Amateur Radio Today – December 1965
