73 Amateur Radio Today – June 1997
Issue Contents:
Getting a Taste of VHF
– Test drive the bands before you invest in the equipment …… VA3ACK 10
Horsetrading on the Ham Bands
– The FCC has approved buying selling and swapping hamgear via the traders’ nets …… WB2CQM 16
Build the Mag-glass
– Combine the best of the through-glass and the magnetic-mount antennas …… AH2AR/5 21
Maximize Your Transceiver’s Tuning Range!
– Computer control for the Ramsey transceiver kit …… WD8BNR 24
TV/vCR Tuner Applications (Part 3)
…… W6WTU 30
The NiCd Health Maintenance System
– Build this project to get maximum life out of your expensive NiCd batteries …… N4UAU 30
The Cobra Antenna
– It’s got a more powerful bite than the “Rattlesnake” …… W4JOH 40
The Calibrated Hula Hoop
– Keep your radiation within the new FCC limits …… W6YBT 50
LDG’s QRP Auto Tuner
– Your dreams come true -in a kit …… AC4HF 42
ICOM IC-r100 Communications Receiver
– It may look like a scanner but it is a serious communications receiver with scanning capability …… K4CHE 45
The Standard C108A
– It’s the smallest amateur HT available today …… WA3WGV 48
Communications Simplified Part 18
…… K2OAW 64
Make a Ten-to-one Probe
– Troubleshooting shouldn’t be so much trouble …… AD1B 67
73 Amateur Radio Today – June 1997
