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73 Amateur Radio Today – July 1980<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The Rites of Spring<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Dayton does it again …… N1AUI WB8BTH KA1HY 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Step at a Time: Designing Your Own Ham Gear<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– part II …… W4RNL 36<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top-banding the DX-60B<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– put a classic rig on a classic band …… WB1ASL 44<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forward into the Past!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– a solid-state restoration project for a vintage BC receiver …… W5JJ 48<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADDSCAN<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– now you can be two places at once …… WB9FSC 52<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flat Cells are No Fun!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– build a battery status monitor …… WA3ENK 56<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Plus Goes Minus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– a 555-based negative power supply …… Minchow 58<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depolarize that Power Supply!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– positive or negative grounds won’t bother you anymore …… AA6C 60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transform Noisy Fluorescents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– “temporary” solution …… W2OLU 64<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Radio Detectors -a Backward Glance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– pulling rf from the ether was (and is) no easy trick …… WSJJ 66<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheathe Thyself<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– a cheap trick to pull on old rubber duckies …… WA8WTE 70<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB to 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– part XXVI: the Cobra 132 …… WA1UQC 72<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FT-227 Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– more mods for the Fox-tango set …… WA1GPO 74<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“That’s the Way It Was”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

…… K2VGV 78<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All About Coordinated Universal Time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– GMT has become UTC but the reasons for using it are as valid as ever …… WA7NEV 80<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t Be a dB Dummy!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– use a pocket calculator to deal with decibels …… McMahan 82<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sweet Sounding Probe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

…… W7BBX 84<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silence is Golden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– reassemble noisy transformers to eliminate hum …… Powell 91<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the ’80s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Radio Shack and Macrotronics make computerized operation a reality …… K3PUR 92<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Multi-media Bench Tester<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– this audio\/visual device will test your diodes SCRs transistors and more …… WD4KFF 106<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB to 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– part XXVII : new life for SSB CB rigs …… N6SD 108<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Build the ZL Paddle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– brass with class …… ZL2GA 118<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeater Time-out Warning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– put time on your side (relatively speaking) …… KA6A 120<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB to 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– part XXVIII double your channels in SSB conversions …… WB2EQG 122<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ham Economics: Selling Used Gear<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– be wily …… K5CA 124<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Final Solution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– make life easy for your filaments …… W4ANL 125<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NMX Relay Deceiver<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– pull in those 24-v relays with a mere 12 V …… W9NMX 128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Needs SSB?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– using your FT-101 on 10m AM …… K6JS 130<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like to See My Etchings?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– chemical technique keeps your property at home …… W6OJJ 132<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Low-life Antenna<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– tune in on the life below 500 kHz …… AB5S 134<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Don Nobles Descramblers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

-listen to what you’re not supposed to hear …… WA4PYQ 148<\/p>\n\n\n