73 Amateur Radio Today – February 1963
Issue Contents:
6M SSB
– Pros cons and the gear to do it with …… W2NSD 10
432 MHz Gallon
– Legal now …… K2TKN 14
Mountain Topping for Blood
– An old pro doesn’t answer ones …… K1CLL 20
Simplified 8JK Beams
– The twin-three really puts out a signal. Really …… W6WAW 24
Double Sideband
– DSB has some decided advantages you might as well read this and face it …… W3PHL 28
Crystal Oscillator
– How to get the stability required for moonbounce on 1296. It ain’t easy …… K2TKN 27
Stutterless VOX
– Help-p-p-ps to p-p-p-rev-v-vent sp-p-p-peach imp-p-p-pediments …… W0OPA 37
Ballast for the NC-300
– Dang things are always blowing out. Transistorized replacement …… K6GVB 38
Modules
– Pep talk on ham modulizing …… W5WGF 40
The RK-715B
– Great little inexpensive surplus tube bargain …… K6BIJ 44
The DX-40 with the SB-10
– Sideband for peanuts …… K0PGA 50
How to Build a Junkbox
– Take one pile of junk some boards nails …… Eslick 54
Mobile Alternators
– Converting six volt units to 12 volts plus general discussion …… W5VOH 56
73 Tests the Johnson Messengers
– Boy are they fun! …… Staff 60
Station Time Panel
– When a ham builds a clock he really builds a clock …… Ives 62
Remote Antenna Tuning Unit
– Particularly valuable for mobile applications …… W8HOA 68
Recipe for Cooked Ham
– ZZZzzzzzaaaaaap! …… W6NKE 70
Cartoon
– Ha ha I hope. Or did your sense of humor get shot off in the War? …… Rogers 72
A Hidden Lab
– Or how to get along with a fussy wife …… W3BNS 74
Like New RAX
– Surplus gem …… W7IDF 84
Precision Frequency Standard
– Another surplus gem. A real gem too. Great …… W4WKM 88
73 Amateur Radio Today – February 1963
