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73 Amateur Radio Today – October 1962<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issue Contents:<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

VHF’ing with the Standard Coil Tuner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– The cheapest really hot VHF converter yet published …… W4WKM 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 Watts on 50 MHz in 50 Seconds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Starting with the Heath DX-20 …… K9STH 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 Meter SSB Exciter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Completely transistorized to boot …… W5FRC 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four Layer Semi-conductors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Self completing automatic bug and other adventures of these new gadgets …… K8AOE 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improved Base Clipper<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Eliminates all signals below a given adjustable amplitude …… Ives 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This May be the Cause of Your Chirp<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– If you’ve been chirpy lately …… K7MSL 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

73 Tries the Irving Preverter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Two and six meter pre-amplifier. Boyoboyoboy! …… Staff 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tone Modulated Crystal Standard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Standardizes you up to 225 MHz and you don’t need a BFO either …… W9DUT 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transmitter Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Big technical article for the month. Passably interesting or better …… K5JKX 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are You Being Lied To OM?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– SWR bridges can be big liars …… KZ5SW 42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Scrounge a Deluxe Junkbox<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Without having to work for a parts distributor …… K9AAI 44<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Local Net<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– 29 560 kHz.  Many other groups are using 52.525 MHz FM etc …… W4MLE 50<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modernizing the VF-1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Stabilizing this fleet-footed sprinter …… W2RHD 54<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobile Whip<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Har! …… Rodgers 60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Control Circuit for RTTY<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Why use ten switches when one will do? Laziness that’s why …… W0PHY 62<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sirnplescope Part 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Part 1 was back in September 1961. Great gadget …… K8AOE 63<\/p>\n\n\n\n

V-beam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– They stand up to the gales remarkably well …… G3BID 64<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metailic Rectifier Circuitry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Sort of a supplement to our article on power supplies in July ’61 …… K9MYZ 66<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagination<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– A call for the trial of new ideas …… W4API 70<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Use of the Amateur Bands<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Someone is always proposing a new division of the bands …… KZ5SW 72<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AN\/aRC-2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Stop writing in for this conversion here it is …… W4WKM 82<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FM Rejecting Stub<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– In case you don’t like FM birdies in your receiver …… W8HOA 90<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Converting the BC-652<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Inexpensive 2-6 MHz surplus receiver …… W1MEG 92<\/p>\n\n\n