73 Amateur Radio Today – September 1981
Issue Contents:
10 000 Contacts from Easter Island
– four Minnesotans make a dream come true …… K4ESQ 12
A Very “Special” Weekend
– hams help New York’s Special Olympics run smoothly …… WB2CMB 22
Getting Ready for the Real Thing
– emergency preparedness that works …… WA3REY 26
Review: The FRG-7700 General-coverage Receiver
– a first-rate rig for the shortwave bands …… KA1LR 30
Two Meters Getting A Little Boring?
– maybe you need to try crossband DXing …… WA3REY 34
A Lot of Hot Air
– keeping balloons aloft …… WB6JBI 38
Review: The DS2050 KSR RTTY Terminal
– top performance at a bottom price from HAL …… KA1LR 42
Review: The Welz SIP-300 Swr and Power Meter
– a little digging for this meter is worth the effort …… KA1LR 46
Free PR for Ham Radio!
– how to cooperate with the news media …… WD4NEK 50
Tricking-out the FT-9011/902
– some competition mods from the Fox-tango racing team …… W4ZCB N4ML 54
That They Might Communicate
– one group’s efforts to get the vision and hearing-impaired into hamming …… K7NZA 66
A Cost-effective Approach to OSCAR
– sources and suggestions for getting started …… KA5EIM 70
DX Program Roundup
– for the SWL with DXitis …… Peterson 84
TRS-80: Your Electronic Brasspounder
– automated CW for Level I owners …… N0AGX 90
Phase III and Beyond
– the down-to-earth satellite service …… N8RK 96
Review: You Can Scan with the Iscan
– memory scanning for the TR-9000 …… WB8BTH 100
73 Amateur Radio Today – September 1981
