73 Amateur Radio Today – September 1962

73 Amateur Radio Today – September 1962

Issue Contents:

Synchronous Detection

– A breakthrough article reading signals 40 dB down in the noise …… K2TKN 6

73 Tests the Maverick Filter

– Really picks off those six meter Indians …… WA2INM 10

What’s a Vidicon?

– It is the amateur’s answer to live TV …… W2RWJ 12

Twin-cavity Two Meter Filter

– It’s what’s up front that counts. A thinking man’s filter …… W3TUZ 18

Treasures From the Junk Yard

– Car radios can be easily converted to 110 VAC …… W5VOH 22

Low-current Sliding Bias Modulator

– 40 watt transistor modulator …… VE7QL 24

How’s My What?

– Ken has a good answer for our June article on “How’s Your Ham Image?” …… W7IDF 28

Western Ham

– Sense of humor test. 10 points if tears come to your eyes …… Rodgers 32

Improved Grounded Grid Operation

– How to make your exciter load into the final about the same as into an antenna …… W6JAT 34

Rate-of-change Limiter Revisited

– Using crystal diodes in the noise limiter from the April 1961 issue of 73 …… K5JKX 36

Quad Mode Monitor

– Part 2. All band supermagnificent home built receiver …… W9DUT 42

73 Tests the Waters Universal Hybrid Coupler

– A very compelling article. You’ll probably be coupling after you read this …… K2CM 54

Propagation Charts

– W6AM complained that we left these out last month. Bet you never noticed …… K2IGY 60

Full Break-in Keying

– You can get along without it but there is nothing like it …… W4MLE 64

The Frequency Response Argument

– It’s what’s on top that counts. Keep the highs high …… W5SUC 68

Keying Surplus Transmitters

– Getting some code speed out of old relay controlled surplus rigs …… W4WKM 76

73 Amateur Radio Today – September 1962

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