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73 Amateur Radio Today – December 1982<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The Hangman’s 2-meter Collinear<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Make your tower do double duty. Drop this array from the top and get 6-dB gain …… W1GV\/4 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deep-six Squelch Tails<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Kerchunks take a dive with the addition of this audio delay …… WA2NYE 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Build Yourself A Paralyzed Beam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Go from east to west In less than a second with this 2-meter array. And put your rotator out to pasture …… WB2WIK 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taming the 2-meter Linear<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– It lives In the forest of spurious oscillations and answers to the call of the correct bias. Catch one for yourself …… VE3LMP 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Frugal Floppy Bazooka<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– This 2-meter antenna coils up into a small package but it shoots a straight signal …… N7BGZ 32<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking It Higher<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Raising a repeater’s antenna is the way to wider coverage right? Wrong …… W4MLE 36<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dial-a-frequency<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Let your fingers do the walking with this remote control. All you need is a spare telephone …… K1WGN 44<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improving God’s IDer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Put more flexibility the K2OAW circuit and save the advantages of the original …… K9XI 51<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bunesti Caper<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– The two British agents needed a power amp-fast. Could the American ham build one? …… W9PJF 56<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tube Returns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Move over ICs This receiver is easy to build cheap and works like a dream …… W1BC 64<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Program That Knows It All<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Repeater info third-party agreements you name it-this TRS-80 BASIC program knows it …… W8XW 72<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berserk Direction-finding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Zero In on transmitters in seconds with this TRS-80 program. It will tell you how to get there too …… WD8CBE 76<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shack from Scratch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Building a ham shack in a new home can be a breeze. Just plan ahead …… W2XQ 84<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winning the Coax War<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– The electrical length of feedline depends on its velocity factor. Don’t get caught short …… W9PJF 90<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red-hot and Ready to Go<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Anyone who has ever soldered knows that the cord gets in the way. Find freedom with this homebrew cordless iron …… W7RXV 101<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cutting Current to Size<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Measuring large ac currents can be difficult unless you know a trick or two. W7CRY explains how …… W7CRY 108<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Construct This All-american Audio Signal Generator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– The perfect project for starting a test bench or rounding one out …… WA2SUT 116<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maximum Modulation for CB Conversions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Many CB rigs lack the gain for full modulation. This preamp will help …… AJ0P 122<\/p>\n\n\n