73 Amateur Radio Today – February 1987
Issue Contents:
Secrets of Silent Switching
– It’s time to say farewell to chattering sticky relays …… OA4KO/YV5 28
PC Infernos
– Ah the sweet smell of flaming phenolic! Before you throw out that burned PC board consider doing a little micro surgery …… WB4YOD 32
Shoestring Software
– Forty-five baud on a budget: This amazingly simple software will boot your Commodore up on RTTY in under an hour …… W9ODK 34
The Talking Teletype
– K9EI’s Basic RTTY-to-voice system turns your computer into an electronic mother-in-law …… K9EI 36
Micro Morse
– Finally a solution to the “how the heck do I connect my computer to my rig” problem. This interface fits just about any machine …… WB8DQT 40
You Too Can Be An SOB
– Join this elite society of ham radio operators …… K9AZG 44
Tap Tap Tap Clunk
– Yes it’s another VIC-to-teletype printer article! It’s still unbelievably cheap …… N1II 46
KOKO-the Kids’ Own Kode Oscillator
– Get the little ones started early in ham radio. (Hint: Tell them not to touch Daddy’s oscillator) …… K5JRN 48
Cosmic QRN
– As if you didn’t have enough to worry about you’ve now got to think about hidden messages lurking in the static! …… W6HDM 50
1986 15120-meter SSB Championship Results
…… KE7C 101
The new Top Band?
– ICOM’s 1.2-gHz IC-120 …… KT2B 20
If there only was a 40-meter version
– The Mirage/kLM 1.2-44 LBX 44-element 1.2-gHz yagi …… KT2B 21
On target
– Telex/hy-gain’s model 218S OSCAR antenna system …… NlEJF 22
Mellifluous Morse
– The R.A. Kent brass CW key …… KW1O 24
Hot it’s not
– Sony’s AIR-8 hand-held programmable scanner …… NlBLH 26
73 Amateur Radio Today – February 1987
