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 FEBRUARY, 1974 VOL 3D, NO.2

The Radio Amateur's ~ournal

FEATURES
STAFF THE LOW PROFILE QUAD ANTENNA
John P. Tys ke wic z , WIHXU 24
EDITORIAL
RICHARD A. ROSS, K2M GA RADIO COMMUNICATION IN PRIMITIVE NEW
Editor GUINEA Mill Mann, W9PRH 27
ALAN M. DORHOFFER, K2EEK
M anag ing Editor RESULTS OF THE 1973 CQ WORLD WIDE
WILFRED M. SCHERER , W2AEF WPX SSB CONTEST Bernie Welch, WBIMZ 31
Techn ical Co nsultant
CQ REVIEWS: THE TEN-TEC MODEL 315 RECEIVER
EILEEN LUCEY Wilfred M . Scherer, W2AEF 35
Ed itor ial Assista nt
CONTRIBUTORS ANNO UNCING THE CQ WORLD WIDE
FRANK ANZA LONE, WI WY W PX SSB CONTEST 38
Contest Chairman
OSCAR NEWS & ORB ITAL DATA
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Contest Co nsultant
GEORGE JA COB S, W3 ASK QRP: QRP CONTEST RESULTS
Propaga tion Editor Adrian Weiss , KBEEG 42
A. EDWARD HOPPER, W2GT
USA ·CA Director SSTV : DESIGNING WITH TRANSI STORS
JERRY HAGEN, WA6GLD Cop thorne MacDonald, W.dO RX 44
OX Editor
NOVICE: HOW TO CA LL CQ
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Almost unnoticed in th e ope ning remarks of a Eitherwa y the objec t will be to close o ff thi s mu ch-
recent address by A. Prose Walk er. W4BW. Chief abused pipe-line to a high er grade license by un-
of the Amat eur and CB Division of FCC. was a qu alified individuals. The Conditiona l Class License
hint of a major re-vam p ing o f the amateur licensing will con tinue as the fu nctional eq ual of the Gen-
structu re as it now exists. The event was the SA ROC eral class, for people legitimatel y unable to be
show in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 4. Prose's tested in perso n at an FCC office.
statement, " 1 wo uld prefer to discuss some of the Fro m where we sit, it lo oks as though we'll be
new aspects of amateur radio which will be com- wrestli ng with as many as seven different ama teur
ing along in the next year or so, such as a proposal licen ses be fore man y more years go by. Each of
for re-stru cturing th e ama teur license classes and these licenses will be tail ored to a specific purpose,
privileges...." was plainly overshado wed by a well- and each witt provide a very si mple and natural
document ed discourse on some of th e philosophy progression to the next higher class licen se. If our
behi nd the repeater rules of Docket 18803. But we prognosis is co rrect here' s wha t it's going to look
feel that the futu re structure of ama teur licenses is like, from top to bottom :
a subjec t wort hy of closer examination. Amateur Sxtra-c.w. : 20 w.p.m. code. Extra
We, at CQ. have been aware for several mon ths Theory . All ama teu r privileges.
of im pendi ng changes in amateur licensing. but Amateu r Extra-Phone: 10 w.p.m. code, Extra
have not been at liberty to share our information Theory. All amateu r phone privileges, Ge neral/
with our readers until FCC made the first move. Advanced c.w, privileges.
The purpose of this editorial is to simply tell you Advanced: 10 w.p.m. code, Advanced Theo ry.
what's likely to come, and give you a littl e more All cu rre nt Advanced class privileges.
time in which to develop you r ow n though ts. Generanconamonat: 10 w.p.m. code, General
The information tha t we present here is no t Theory. All cu rren t Genera l Class privileges.
necessarily the gospel. Between now and the Technician: 5 w.p.m. code, General Theory. All
time a Notice of Pro posed Rul emaking is actually present Technicianpr ivileges plus th ose new ones
released - whenever that may be - ma nysignifica nt ment ioned above.
chan ges may well be made, bu t here' s what's likely Novice: 5 w.p.m . code , Novice Theory. All
t o be proposed. present Novice privileges.
To begin with, amateur radio will be o ffered Com m u nicato r: No code, Novice Theory. Lim-
for the first time, a co de-free beginner class (pro b- ited phone privileges above 220 mll z.
ably called Communicator Class) license with oper- As you can see, only o ne elemen t of an exam-
ating privileges in the v. h.f. or u.h. C. regions, prob- ination need be st udied at anyone time in order to
ably beginning at 220 mHz. Such a lice nse will open progress to th e next higher license class. Either
the door to thousands of newcomers, who will be you'll be studyi ng code or theory, bu t never both at
offered a chance to join the ama teur fraterni ty on the same time. and quite obviously you can stop
a legal ground-floor level rath er than become Citi- any time you've reached your desired level of o per-
zen's Band anarchists. Hopefully, th ey won't be- atingprivileges, with the exception of th e Co mmun-
come amateur radio anarchist s. icator and Novice Licenses which will be nonrenew-
Next, we expec t that holders o f th e Technician able, (license term for the Co mmunica tor still to be
Class li cen se will be au tho rized to o perate c.w. o n det ermined).
the Novice bands, and perhaps phone o n at least Ju st when the Commission will complete its
part of 10 meters. A redu ct ion of the General preparatory work o n this re-shu ffling of the license
Class code speed requiremen t from 13 to 10 w.p.m. structure is uncertain . Comments filed in advance
also seems likely at th is time, enabling a somewhat with the Commission mayor may not have a sig-
smoot her transition from the Technician to General nifica nt effec t on the eventual form of the Proposed
Class license. Mail-order licensing will be shake n Rul emaking, but bear in mind that yo ur com men ts
up too , we feel, with so me new and mu ch more carry as mu ch weight as anyone's at this point, if
stringen t supervision of such examinations required . they 're thoughtful and intended to inform and
This might well take the form of examination-by- assist rather than vent steam.
co mmittee, or examination by an authorized clu b. 73, Dick, K 2MGA

February, 1974 • CQ • 5
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166 Novat o Dr. received a ft er explaining the sit uatio n to you . I
Vacavill e. CA 95 68 8 fully ex pec ted a barrage of co rrespondence prior to
New Additions receiving m y refund , but I was cer ta inly wrong.
Editor, CQ: Tom Workman, wnqHQO
It isn 't often that I take the time and effort 10 Denver, CO
write a letter of congratulations and approval , but
I find that I must now do so. I have subscribed to Happiness Is ...
CQ. QST, a n d 73 for a few years now, and I have Editor, CQ :
to admit that you ha ve t op position - hands down ! I just had to drop you a line telling you how
While I fully su p port the League I have all owed m y much I e njoyed . "Happiness Is Visiting A Ham. "
m embership to expire due to my di senchantment Such honest y in reporting is refreshing es pecia l-
with QST. It h as become more a nd more reports o f ly in view o f Wat ergate a nd the gasoline nonsense!
club acrivitiesand less arttcles and items of ham news Congra t ulations to George , WB2AQC.
interest. I admit that this is personal interest, but Jerry Macari, WA2KDB
after all, that 's what sells o ne maga zine to o ne guy Flushing, NY
but not to another. As for 73. whil e 1 in no w ay
support Green and his editorial policies (I think Towering Success
he's St %@-!) , good writers and ex pe ri m e nt ers d o Editor, CQ :
find their way into the mag from time to time. I believe the following item may be o f interest
As for CQ. while ( have always found it to be to your readers.
the most interesting and the easiest t o read, I have On October 28, 1973, four years o f litigation
only recently begun t o appreciate it fully . Three were terminated when Judge Alexander Kramer -of
things cont r ib u t e t o my newfound interest in CQ. the Su f fo lk Cou n t y District Cour t dismissed two
a n d none should dilute the effect o f the o th ers. For charges against WA2BV U brought b y Islip T own-
abo u t 4 years now I have been a m ember o f QRP ship for th e erection a nd repair o f a 7 0 foot trans-
AR C 1 and a subsc r iber t o the MILLIWATT. 1 am a mitring tower wi t hou t a special permit from th e
proponent o f the QRP philo soph y (I have a Heath T own Cou nc il. The att orney for WA2 BYU w as
HW·7 for travelin g and ca m ping) and I am ex t reme- W20XR .
ly pleased t o see Adrian Wei.s s 's colu m n QRP. I al- Reuben E. Gross,
so subscrib ed to Popular Electronics (I think that Atty. at Law
was Iheone!) when Herb Brier was writing the Ham Stat e n Island, NY
Shack co lu m n for them. I enjoyed it very much-
but I let it expire when Herb left. I haven 't been a
novice for several years, but I am alwa ys interested
in what is going on in that domain . I think we all
Announcements
have a great deal of basics to learn (or remember) ,
and I plan t o be a regular reader of Herb 's new Whitewater, Wisconsin
column NOVI C E S HAC K. Last , but not least , The T ri-Co un ry ARC Mid -winter Swapfest is
while I thin k o f m yself as an all -around ham , I do March 17.9:00 a .m. t o 5:00 p.m. at the National

February, 1974 • CQ • 7
 Gua r d Armory , Wh itewa t er. $ 1, a dva nce , $ 1. 50 at
th e door (add it io na l $ 1. res erv es o ne display t able.)
Adva nce tickets eligib le for s pecial prize, t alk-in
o n .94 . Refreshments, fr ee par kin g, everything in-
d oors. For t icke ts a nd det ails , Dan Servais, WA9
AJW, Rt. 4, Box 309, Elkhorn, WI 5312 I. Tel:
(404) 723·2227. S.A.S.E.
Muskegon, Michigan
The Great Lakes AR RL Division Fift h Annual
Hamfest will be h eld March 22 -23, 1974 in Muske-
gon. Michigan. Friday even ing at Ra mada In n , Sat-
urday meeting at Mwkegon Community College,
Sa tur day evening, more activities at th e Ra mada
Inn. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m ., Friday.
Parking free for 1500 cars. For tickets, in for ma-
t io n , reservat io ns , MAARC Box 69 1, Muskegon,
MI 49443 . Conve nt ion Coordinator Hank Riekels,
WA8GVK, (6 16) 722·1378 days, an d (6 16) 744·
14 0 0 , nights.
Flushing, New York
T he Ha ll of Science o f th e City of New Yo rk,
Inc., in cooperation with t he America n Radio Re-
la y League, wi ll conduct an a mateur ra dio licensing
cou rse . Address : I llt h St . & 4 Sth Ave., Flushi ng
Meadow, Coro na Park. NY. Course conduc ted o n
Sa turdays, begi nning Feb. 2, 1974, 10 a. m. to no on.
Regist ratio n fee: $8.00. Wri te t o Hall of Science to
regist e r : P.D.B. 10 32 , Flush ing NY 11 3 52, o r call:
(2 12) 699·9400.
Arlington Heights, Illinois
T h e Fores t View A RC Hamfest is Su nday. Feb .
3, 19 74 , at Fo rest View Hi gh School, 2 12 1 S . Gee-
ber t Rd ., Arli ng ton Hts., fro m 8 a. m . t o 5 p .m.
Fea t ures in clude fr ee par king, all ind oor facilit ies,
foo d andrefreshm ent sta n d, manufacturer's d ispl a y,
a nd brand n ew Dr a ke TR·2 2 for do or pri ze. Bring
gea r to swa p, se ll, o r auction . Tal k·in o n 146.94.
Adv . re gistrati on , $ 1. 50. $2. 00 at th e d o or . For ad-
vance reservations or info , writ e: Ton y Mazzeffi,
WB9GFC, 4 90 Easy s i., Des Plain es, I L 600 16.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
The Cuya hoga Fa lls Radio Club proudl y a n-
nounces it s Club Auct ion t o be held Friday, Fe b .
NO-STRING DIAL 22, 1974 at th e Un ited Electronics In stitute Bldg.
Address: 12 2 5 Ople n Ave., Cuya hoga Falls. Hrs :
No .trings: ..0 p lAt. y.. no bocll 10.... no fliM'y 7 p .m. to II p .m. Fl yers bearin g more d et ail s are
Oll.mbly. Th. No. 1003 7 i. a .turdy medtonico lly available fro m WA8ZGL, Tom Ca rro ll. P.O. Box
.no in••,.d " O.lion.d fO( Ap plicotiorl" d ial 01-
•_ bly wh;cft com pl.t.ly .limino t• • th<t onOlOy· 106, Cuyahoga Falls, O H 44222 .
onus of .triftv ·d' i....., poiftt. n , "'iMino t . . a ll
indico tOf' . tvtt., Of' wobble an d p,OV'id • • politi... Detroit, Michigan
potnt., tro l an d ,.,.Iobility. Th. pointef' it Stolen equipment: Regency H R-2A z- metee
dr i......, poIiti y b y a fluibl. b ut _ . l o . tic xcvr, Seria l No. 04-05632. This xcvr is believed to
...oI d.d tiI. ar dri ......, rocll which ca nnot loIi p, b'.ak
Of' fa ll oft a p ull. y. Th. tiI.a r.d fl• • ibl. rock have been stolen fro m WBsNSU's h o m e QTH o n
rid • • ift a mlAti-IoIOf • • ",vct.d o luminvM dIonne!. Dece mber 12t h . Any info, please con tact J o Anne
Thi, til irde r· lib . ..,ud.d p iece p ro.. idllt "'echo.... E. Moore, WB8NSU, 1 12 Seward Number 307. De-
k al ' itilid ity to the a bl y. F"",iIhed compl.l.
with po,," t,im b 1 and f1••ibl e couplintil for troit, MI 48202.
O\,Itp lll tftaft. St. Joseph, Michigan
Btossomland Amateur Radio Assn . announces
"Spring-Thing" 74 Swa p-shop and auction o n Mar.
16t h. Time: 9-5, se t u p times : 7:30-9. It will be
h eld at St. J ose ph High School. Ta lk-i n: W8MAI/8,
JAMES MILLEN 22·82.94 simplex. Tickets are $ 1 adva nce. $ 1.50 at
th e door. More info from BARA, P.O . Box 175.
St. Joseph 4 9 0 8 5.
MFG. CO., INC. Vero Beach, Florida
The T reasure Coast Hamfest spo nsored by the
MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY Vero Beach Ama teur Radio Club a nd St. Lucie Re-
MALDEN peat er Assn., will be h eld March 9· 10, 1974. It w ill
b e held at th e Vero Beac h Co m mu nity Center.
MASSACHUSETTS For info, writ e P.O. Box 3088, Beach Statio n. Vero
Beach , FL 32960.
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February, 1974 • CQ • 9
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BY CHARLES J. SCHAUERS,*
W6QLV

T o the ham with a problem , it

is the biggest thing in his life! In
his crisis, his problem is more im-
portant than anyone else's - and
th is is as it should be if it is to be
5 ELEM EN T YAG I 9 EL EME NT YAG I solved. However, there are those who can-
GA IN : 16 db. not explain their problem to som eo ne else
GAIN : 12 db.
ex plicitly enough to elicit the right kind of
Model: MY-144·5 Model : MY-1 44 -9
help especiall y by mail, Q&A tries to help
Matching sy stem inco rpo ra te s a 200 Ohm these hams but not all questions can be an-
folded dipole with a 4 to 1 coa xia l balun. swered ; we sim ply don 't know it all.
Element length is adju stable for cri ti c a l One of the biggest problems facing hams
with old equipment is obtaining the neces-
tun i ng . sary electro-mechanical parts, especially
ceramic switches a nd switch secti ons. Many
VERTICAL GROUND PLANE ...
with special custom f eatures f or
of these were manufactured to a manu-
facturer's specifications and they are not a
standard item in read y su pply. N either arc
150 to 170 MH z, dial mechanisms.
Gain: 3.4 db. com pared to 1/4 Some m anufacturers carry up to a 7 year
supply of spares, but many do not. So when
wa ve ground plane. Power Rated:
you buy an old used set make sure that
1 KW AM; 2 KW P,E.P. SSB , all electro-mechanical parts such as relays,
Frequency Range: 144-148 MHz. switches etc., are available for repl acement.
with spec ial cu st om f eatures for No parts lasts fire ver! Try not to buy a set
150-170 MHz.. VSWR: 1.5/1 or wh en you know that the manufacturer is
better at resonan ce. out of business.
I Believe it or not, we still receive ques-
DIPLOMAT· 2 tions o n equipment m anufactured as early
Model: DI-2 as 1946! I would like to hear from hams
who are still using the old Centra l Elec-
DIPLOMAT SPECIAL
tronics line.
Model: DI-2A
6146 YS 6146W
For detailed spec ificat ion s, see "I just acq uired a foreign made trans-
your auth orized Mo sl ey Dealer ceiver that uses 6146's in the fin al. The set
or wr ite Dept. 21 2 , • , works fine, but I understand that if I use
the 6146W it would work better. How
about this?"
*c / o CQ , 14 Vanderventer Ave.• Port Washing-
ton, N. Y. 11050

10 • CQ • February, 1974
 19711
Still the
performance
leader.
We intend
to keep it:
that waH.

February , 1974 • CQ • 11
 In Barr y Electronics (512 Broadway, N.
Y., N. Y. 100(2 ) Green Sheet, you'll find
that the 6146 sells for $4.40 and for the
6l46W the price is $7.70. Quite a d iffer-
ence. The "W" is a premium tube and can
stand a lot of punishment, i.e., higher cur-
rent for longer periods without going fl at.
I've used both and recommend the "W" .

Solid State Tube Replacements

"Can you recomme nd a solid state tube
repl acement for the following tubes? For
example : 5U4, 866, 872 A and the 816.
Where can I obtain the replacements?"
Yes. In order : use the ST-14, ST-7A,
ST-1O and the ST-II, all obtainable from
International Rect ifier, Semiconductor Div.
233 Ka nsas si., EI Segundo, Calif. 90245.
The numbers given are their catalog num-
bers. Full instructions accompany th e re-
placements.

160 Me te r Operations
" I'm a relative newcomer to ha m radio
and I'd li ke to know why I do not hea r
mo re 160 meter o peratio n."
At one time 160 meter operation was
ver y popular but over the years it has because
o f va rious restric tions, d ropped off. O ne of
your electronics the ma in reaso ns is being able to insta ll an
buying guide efficient 160 mete r antenna in a sma ll
for precision made amou nt of space. But 160 is still alive and
rad io crystals so me of the most mode rn transceivers cover
and electronic the band .
equipment
Scope Problem
" I have a surplus scope o n which I
~
'~RNATlaNAL ca nnot get any vertical pattern positioning.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'~II What do I check?"
First check the vertical amplifier tube r s )
International and com po nents. Next chec k to see th at the
Crystal Mfg. Co., Inc. lead s to the C RT deflection plates a rc so lid.
10 N. Lee. Oklahoma City. Ok. 73102 Then check the low voltage power supply.
Next, check the ve rt ical positioning control.

Eico 753 Drift

P le a se Print NAME " ( bought a used Eico 753 transceiver.
It has a terr ible frequency drift. Can you
ADD RESS
please suggest what I must look for to cor-
rect the condition?"
Look at the circuit di agram of your sci. You
CITY will find th at the set has a v.f.o. p-c board. On
t his board are two transistors with other
STATE Z IP
components. C :t:1 and C:u arc precision rc-
sistors-one m ay be defect ive. Next check
I111111111111111111111111111 C R , the 20 volt Zener diode. Check to make

12 • co • February, 1974
 the buck passing
stops here!
No more buck passing-trad ing or shopping once
you acquire a Hustler two-meter colinear. It is the
ultimate in mobile antenna performance-electrical
and mechanical-the answer to your search for effec-
tive power gain-transmitting and receivingl
SPECI FI CA TIONS
5.2 gain co m pared to 1/4 wave ground plane
Frequency coveraqe - 143 to 14 9 MHz
SWR at resonance- 1.2: 1 or better
Bandwidth for 6 MHz· 1.5: 1 or better
Power Rating - 200 watts FM
Radiator - 85" consisting of 1/4 wave lower section,
phasing transformer and 5 /8 wave upper sect io n

MOD EL CGT-144- Easy- no holes to drill inst al -

lation with trunk lip mount on side or edge of trunk
lid . 180 degree swivel ball for optimized vertical po-
sitioning of antenna. Stainless steel radiator. Includes
17' Mil SPEC RG-58/U coax with all connectors
attached. Antenna is removable from mount.
PRICE: $37.95
, MODEL CG-144- An tenna supplied with 3/ 8"-24
base to fit all standard mobile ball mounts (mount or
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It's 100% stain less steel, rugged
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February, 1974 • CQ • 13
 sure th at C31 is a 150 volt N470pf. If th e
parts mentioned check okay then suspect
with resistors R 12. and RI 2S. G ood luck!

Knight G·696 R.F. Generator

Professionally Engineered " I have a Knight G-696 r.f. generator
which worked fine since 1970 and then sud-
" B EA M E D· POWE R"
denl y 1 had trouble controlling the o utput.
" BA LA N CE O-PATTER N " I checked the tran sistors, switches, etc ., but
yet when I m anipulate the o utput co ntrol I
" PERFECT·M ATC H " have 'ro ugh' spots. Could this be the output
control?"
Antenna Systems Before yo u replace the output control
( pot) VR 1 (5K ), check the 470 ohm re-
sisto r in series with it, but 1 sus pect the pot.
TV Tuner Cleaner For Ham Gear
"Can I usc TV tuner cleaner in my trans-
ceiver safely?"
TV aeroso l cleaner is used to clean switch
contacts, etc" in electro nic equipment but it
must be used carefully. If your set is eq uip-
ped with a fan, also clean th e ai r filter if
o ne is provided. Always use the spray in
suc h a way th at the dirt, ctc., flushed away
docs not enter contact areas . It is wise to usc
a "catch pad" under a part a nd spray down.
The pad can be a lintIess rag or faci al
tissue.
Old Ham Manuals
Q&A receives man y requests fo r old ham
The design , craftsmanship and eq uipme nt manuals and instruct ion books.
technical excellence of Telrex - Here is a source th at ma y be able to help
Com mu nica ti on A nten nas. you ge t the m anual ( 1945 / 1965 a nd older ) .
Write AI McMillan. Hobby Industries, Box
have made them t he stanaard of 864, Counc il Blulfs. Iowa 5450 I. He ma y
comparison thro ugho ut t he world!
Every Telrex antenna model is also be able to suggest wh ere yo u can get
engi neered, precision machined, th at "anc ient" part you have been looking
tuned and matched, then calibrated for. Do not send any money, but query AI
fo r easy and correct assembly at first.
your site fo r repet it io n of our
specifications witho ut 'cut a nd Yeasu FTDX-4001S00 Mike Gain
try' and endless experimentation.
"My audio o utput from m ike a nd patch
"the- -Line" d ro pped off. so 1 replaced th e 12AX7 tube,
but th is d id not help. A ny suggestio ns?"
with a "MATERIAL" difference! Yes. C hec k the two capacitors in the
cathode circuits of the tub e (C 2"" a nd C 2"' ) .
Al so, Rotator·Selsyn·lndicator C hec k R :!nu , the resistor in series with the
Systems, Inverled·V·Kits, first 12AX7 gr id. Then chec k R 2 " a nd
"Baluns,' Towers, " Bertha" Masts,
12·Conductor Control Cable R2',2 feed ing the plat es with low voltage,
._- - ...;.!!.'nd co-ex, SEND FOR PL·73 these co uld have changed value. When you
have done all of this a nd not been success-
ful, then chec k each of the remaining com -
SYSTEMS
SINCE 1921 re~abora'ories ponent s a ssoc ia te d with th e p re amp ,
especially the mike gain pot V R".
<,- ASBURy PAR K, NEW JERSEY 077 12, U.S.A
--". 73, C huck, W6QLV

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a relati ve AF power ind icator, fu ll popularity will be o bvious. Features
solid state VFO, rece iver offset tuning meter , te lesc o p ing
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Tempo is exc lusive distributo r to r a
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•
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- -
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The Tem po 6N2 amplifier combines watts . Co mme rci al, typ e-ac ce p te d
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February,1974 • CQ • 17
I
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Sensitivity better than 0.3
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Current dra in 15 MA Rx
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The Ultimate F.M. Transceiver
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• 10 pol e, 13 KH z cry stal filter
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SWAN ELECTRONICS Equi pmen t : Major cho ice of the Baja Ama teu r Radio Racing
Fellowship operators who manned the communications network for the 1973 Baja 1000
Off-Road Race fro m Ensenada to La Paz, B.C. , Mexi co. More th an 50% of the operators
used SWAN gear. Am ong other units , a SWAN SS-200 compl etely solid-state 5-band
transceiver and two FM-2XA 2·meter transceivers were in action at the finish line.
Official s and part icipant s ag reed t hat com - Driver Carl Ad ams (Wi nner o f th e " Mini-
munication s , for the gru elling 875 mi le Pickup " c lass) - "We got correct ans wers
co urse, wa s the be st in the h ist o ry o f off-road every time we asked . . . and we went out to
racing . Here are a few o f th eir co m ments : win ... With out com munications , it'd be a
Valor Smith (Pit-Crew Chie f for the " Baj a big gu ess."
Bug " class w inner) - " W e've had nin e en-
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radio communi cation s were very good . lem with the SWAN FM-2XA .. . Commun i-
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sr-c 826MA Rear panel test jacks for complete

Tx an d Ax metering a nd d iscriminator
output for crystal netting; Input for
external tone burst and Touchtones:
Provision for external speaker.
Conservative 10 Watt transm itter
with an effective IDC circu it to main-
tain narrow band deviation (± 5KHz)
for tod ay's repeaters; Automatic
cu rrent Cont rol and fina l protect ion
agai nst high VSWR.
Provision for front panel select-
able " Private Channel " tone coded
squelch (CTCSS) on both receive and
transmit.
Tr ipl e tun ed receiver " He lic al .
Resonators" for maxim um intermod-
uletion interferen ce rejection.
Built-in speaker.
Th e hea rt of a q ualit y radi o- a
commercial grade receiver featurin g
Front-end MOS-FETS and a highly
selective 9 section cera mic I. F. filter
-n e ce s s ary for lod ay's act ive 2
Meter band; Reserve audio for noisy
environments.
:-,:::::. Individual " Netting" capacitors on
both Tx and Rx crystals; 12 channel
provis ion with pop ular c hanne ls
94/94, 34 /9 4, 16 /7 6 and 52/ 52

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included; Easy access to crystal deck
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STANDARD 's "ASTROPOINT" system PC boards used thro ug hout, backed by
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February, 1974 • CQ • 23
Q V ADS should be hea rd and not seen. the total driven element wire length is cal-
After viewing a real live 20 meter cubical culated from :
quad for the first time, I could not understand 1192
L (feet)
wh y such an ante nna using I;" X long ele- I ( mHz)
ments looks so huge! This first encounter T he reflecto r should be about 4 % longer.
with a full-sized qu ad was sufficient to post- To facili tate tu nin g, two adjustable sho rting
pone my trip to the friendl y bamboo pole bars are used per element, each made of
supplier. two F ahnestock clips strapped together with
While experimenters have succeeded in copper fl ashing for a total cente r-to-center
reducing the size of yagi ante nnas with some spacing of 3 1/2".
sacrifice of performance, the qu ad antenna
has not received simi lar atte ntion. Sp ide r Construction
M y a pproach to reducing quad size was to A well-equipped shop is necessary to
ret ain the v.. X horizontal portion of the duplicate the spiders exactly as shown in
quad eleme nt while' red uc ing the dimension fi g. 3, but the result will be a n extremely
of the vertical portion. Conventional think- durable spide r which will make asse mbly

The Low Pr
Quad Anten
BY JOHN P. TYSKEWICZ,· WIHXU

ing indica tes th at it can' t be do ne, but our of the LP quad sim ple and accu rate. Lack-
experiments prove otherwise. T he Low ing access to suc h a workshop, however, the
Profil e Quad elements described here mea- build er can improvise with plates, muffler
sure a ro und V. Xin height. quad hardware. T he critical dimension is
Various approaches to low profile design the 26° angle above and below the horizon-
were tried at 145 mH z unde r co ntrolled tal ce nter-line. This 52 ° spreader angle
conditons, using a conve ntio na l 2-eleme nt should be closely adhered to in orde r to be
quad as a re ference. H elicoidal, loop, stub, able to accom modate the v.. A ho rizontal sec-
zig-zag a nd folded vertical sections were tions across the top and bottom of th e quad
tried . Wi th the bette r sections comparati ve element.
measure me nts indicat ed pe rform ance nearly In the absence of welding equipment, the
ident ical to the reference quad. From the builder can fab ricate the parts by hand and
mechani cal and performance sta ndpoints using scrap plywood for a jig, precisely
the 3-wire folded vertical section seemed loc ate the parts usi ng na ils. The local weld-
most suitable for use o n the h.f. bands, as ing sho p should then be ab le to tack the
well as being adaptable to tri-band use. The parts in place a nd fi nish the job with con-
trip to the bamboo works was fi na lly made. tinous welds (c.w.) .
As shown in fig. I , the 3-wire section is A boom length of 8' was used . Wider
actua lly com prised of :v. A of wire folded spacing mi ght yield better overall perfor-
back o n itself twice yielding V. A physical mance. Use standard boom-to-m ast hard-
spaci ng between the two horizontal v.. X ware.
port ions. Why the use o f a total dri ven ele- Driven and Reflector Elements
ment wire length of I v.. A yields proper Figure I shows the 18 ft . 4 in. X 9 ft.
resonance is beyond the scope of this di vcn eleme nt. The bamboo spreaders were
autho r's investigati on . N evertheless, in the spiral wrapped with glossy fini sh PVC elec-
configurat ion shown, it is resonant a nd it trical ta pe, one 3;"" X 66' roll per spreader.
works quite well. F urther work with this At the butt end, black friction tape used to
quad design will no doubt establish the build up a uniform diameter to m ake a good
"why" o f it. As determined by experiment, seat within the a ngle iron. As the spreader
*77 W. Euclid si., Hart ford, Conn. 06 1t 2 pole diamete rs will vary, the builder will have

24 • CQ • Februa ry, 197 4

 •

18' 4"
"I
~ Saddl e c l amps See Fig . 2 ............. '1 4 s t randed

Bamboo , F.G .• e tc.

Movable
s preade rs l a' 3" 10ng _
s ho rti ng bars
2 Fahnes tock c l ips ~ 1 8c o p pe r we l d ~
on 3. 5 i n. c.c ,
~ _.,..rseeFi9 . 3 f', S'
~r 9'

(9 9
i nsu la tors Jumpe r .....
11. 5 ft RG·ll.then
any length of RG·8
"\
<
...
.
Fig. l-Driver element construction for the LP Quod .

to form his own spreader and saddle clamps, egg insulator, drawn firmly and wrapped .
hence no detailed dimensions. Pass sa fety Leave several inches of extra wire to make
wire th rough the oute r cross-arm clamp and the jumper and connectio n to the # 14 top
hole 10 prevent acci denta l clamp slippage. element wire. Do not rely on the saddle
The spider-spreader assembly is laid flat clamps for electrical continuity. With the
On the ground and wire stringing begun. guage stick in place, the other two parallel
T rying to do the job with on e continuous # 18 wires are then strung. Don't forget to
piece o f wire is quite hopeless. Besides, we install the movable shorting bar. Wi th a tilt-
are using two different sizes of wire. A over lower the shorting bars are more ac-
guagc stick 9 ft. 2 in. long, is bulted be- cessable as sho wn. If necessary the shorting
tween the inner side of the saddle clamp bars a nd jumpers can be interchanged.
a t the top spreader a nd the lower egg in- Tra nsfer the guage stiek to the opposite
sulator wire wrap joint. The # 18 copper- side and repeat the wire stringing.
weld wire is passed around the saddle Next, the # 14 wire horizontal secti ons
clamp's lower 10-32 machine screw and are faste ned at one end a round the other
fastened. It is then threaded through the saddle clamp screw, pu lled up taut, wire

r 18 ' 10" ,
~
' " 11 4 stranded

Bamboo, F. G., etc .

Moyabl e spreade rs 10'6 " long
sho rt ing bars
2 Fahnestock cl ips
on3 . 5 t n. c .c , ' 18 co pperwel (1 ,
~ ~see Fig. 3 9'
~ ~
~
. -' L

I........-J umper
6· 32 ,
~ 0
10- )2

Oi •• t o fi t ' (~. - -
3/ 4" ... 20 GA .
U
0 5.S. saddle c lamps 8 req' d •
,

Fig. 2- Co nstruction of LP Q ua d re fle ctor a nd saddle clam ps.

February, 1974 • CQ • 25
 Spider- sp reader c lamp 3/ 4 " wi de
ZO GA 16 pcsreq'd / 3/4"L x 1/ 4" di a. M. S.

1/ 8" angl e iron •

~"1 1 " xl " x I 2 " L

Iron pipemacn i ned t o

1.865" 0 . 0. x 6"L
C\/ 26' ..:.
1'"1/ 2" x 3/4" M. S. CW

e:
:o- ,L--
3/1 6" x 13/1 6" holes
--
_ - -_-------
- -.......... - -1.

CW 1/1 6 " dt e .
3 "~

CW
Aluminumboom
: ~~~~
c lham
O:l~pe '~safor
f e ty 26'..::
wire

Z" 0 .0 .-16GA.- 8 ft . L
L.----- 1 0" ---- ~

Note :
CW" Cont inuous wel d

Fig. 3- Construction of spiders and sprea de r clamps.

wrapped and the pigta ils over the saddle Initial tuning is made with the shorting
clamps soldered. bars one foot from the top on both cle-
T he 18 ft . 10 in . X 9 fl. reflector element, ments. Raise the antenna, apply low power,
shown in fi g. 3, IS assembled in the same and take a V.S.W.r. curve. From the fre-
manner, mrnus the egg insul ators. The quency of lo west V.S.W.f. o n the curve.
no rm al power input here at WI HX U is determine the desired freq uency shi ft. Mo v-
500 watts d.e . and the bamboo spreader ing both shorting bars eq ual increments
insu lation a ppea rs to be adequate. However a nd in same direct ion will effect a frequenc y
a 2000 w.p.e.p. signal probably could use change of approxima tely 15 kHz per inch.
the egg ins ulators o r at least fiber glass To lower the frequenc y move the bars
sprea de rs. towards the top: to rai se the freq uency,
move bars downward . Adj ust the d riven
Feeding and Adjustment
eleme nt only; raise antenna and repeat the
The input im pedance is m ade to o rder plot of v.w.s.r. until the desired point has
fo r RG - I I / U : a rou nd 75 ohms . Ho wever been reached.
m y undergroun d coax installation uses the The reflector is tuned for maximum for-
mo re com mon 50 o hm RG-8/ U so it had ward gain or best front-t o-back ratio by
to do . If o pera tio n is confi ned eithe r to the pointing the beam at a short dipole an tenna
phone band o r c .w. po rtio n, the v.s.w.r. is in th e attic 40 fl. from the qu ad. T he trans-
acceptable wh en centered in th at working mission line from the dipole termina tes in a
portion . By simply inserting a \4,\ match- diode and 0-1 rna meter in the shack.
ing section of RG - I I/ U , 11.5 ft. long be- The reflector will tunc quite broadly, and
twee n the driven elemen t and the 50 ohm so me corrective adjustme nts may be neces-
feed li ne o ne can ex pect a v.s.w.r, curve as sary to the driven element as both elements
per fig. 4 . Of uscfull interest is the 50 kHz approach optimu m resonance. Finally, so l-
shift between wet and d ry conditio ns, so der the shorting bars in place. (T ha nk
tunc up fo r you r preva iling WX. heaven for tilt-over towers).
J -=--r----.- r--, A glance through our log book clearly
indicates that thi s Low Profile quad o ut-

-- -
Dry performs the previously-used 2-element
Wet wide spaced yagi in percentage of contacts
I (j • 1 14.3 and signal reports, and it sure looks real
Fi g. 4- V.s.w.r. curves of lP Quad. pret~! •

26 • CQ • Feb rua ry, 1974

 Radio Communica t io n s
In Primitive New Guinea
BY MILT MANN, * W9PRH

A RECENT occurrence indicates that most in altitu de, not much more tha n a single mile
of the world's radio amateurs are extraordi- of th is road is hard-surfaced.
narily mean, cruel, and heartless. Before Ships provide good service between coastal
thinking yourself to be apart from this group, ports a nd up the long Sepik and Fly Rivers.
consider the following question : When was But N ew Gui nea is the wo rld 's second largest
the last time you gave a decent meal to the island. The ma jority of its population li ve
little man inside yo ur receiver who works high in the mountainous in terior, generall y
so hard to make himself heard when you above the altitu des reached by malaria-earry-
turn up the volume? ing mosquitos, a nd far beyond the range of
Perhaps you're even more thoughtless than navigable waterways.
some of the primitive cannibals of the West- During dayl ight hours aircra ft of every
ern District o f New Guinea. Not long ago description move large quantities of goods
a government patrol, returning to check the and people between sho rt grass stri ps, jungle
condition of the first radio receiver that had rivers, isolated helicopter pads, corrugated
been left in one remote village, found it was runways left over from World War Two, a nd
entirely stuffed with rotting food . Local can- the modern airports that adjoin most Dis-
nibals explained that they had been attempt- trict Centers.
ing to feed the little man they heard inside But aircraft operations are far too expen-
the box! sive to serve as a form of day to day com-
Happen ings like this arc common in New munications for the average citi zen. It has
Guinea, one of the mos t primitive regions of tak en the penetrating power of radio to pro-
the world . Though resident foreigners often vide the first conti nuous commun ication s
joke that their definition of "primitive" is link between the people of N ew Guinea and
the total lack of tele vision, the truth is th at the unknown world surrounding them .
New Guinea's valle ys are so deep, its moun- M any forms of rad io communication are
tains so high, and its bush so impenetrable, used in the Territory. Mission radio networks
th at since the beginning o f history most allow dail y meetings between missionaries at
tribes wh o li ve in its interior have never even
seen the people of an adjace nt village. Gov-
ernment patrol s have touched most areas in
recent yea rs , but unknow n, sto ne-age tribes
cont inu e to pop up periodicall y, and some
tribes o f cannibals and headhunters retain
their traditional way of life agai nst the pres-
sure of government opposition.
Communica tio ns is one o f the most basic
... and most severe . . . problems of the Ter-
ritory of Papua and New Guinea. Highway
construct ion is phenomonally difficult. The
terrain is rugged and geologically unstable.
Only a few int ertown roads exist. The best of A problem peculiar to N ew Gu inea is one of la n-
these, called the Highlands H ighway, spans guage. Natives ore so isolated that e a ch villag e
has its own language. Over 750 different lan-
about 350 miles. Averaging over 5,000 feet
guages are spoken . . . not dia lects. but complete
· P.O. Box 413 , Evanston, III. 60204 languag e s.

February, 1974 • CO • 27
 of Port Moresby, the n broadcast in E nglish
early each morn ing to the nine outlying sta-
tions. The sta ff of each station transl ates
these programs into the languages most im-
portant in its own listening a rea. Some skilled
announcers may work with more than half
a dozen languages. Rad io Daru cleverly ar-
ranges for reside nt st udents at a nearby high-
schoo l to translate items of interest into each
of the 27 languages spoken in their home
areas within the surro unding Western Dis-
trict.
New Gui nea's major language is Melane-
sia n P idgin, often referred to as Pidg in
Na tive woma n disc jockey p lo ys the top 100 on English. Devised to commu nicate with early
th e New G uin ea "Hit Pa ra de ." foreign traders who touched New Guinea's
sho res since centuries ago, it is a conglome-
remote outposts. Supply boat s give advance rati on of English. Malay, German, C hinese.
no tice of their impending arriva l to villages Mel an esian . Poly ne sian . and P o rtu gese
far upriver. Aircraft ca n be called from a l- words, as well as some from Ne w G uinea's
mo st an ywhere in emergencies. The Weather trad itional languages. Having its own rules
Bureau gathers up-to-the-minute data for air- of gra mma r and sentence str ucture, it has
craft c rews who frequentl y dcpart amidst become an indcpendent language in its o wn
un stable tropical weather. Radio amat eurs right and ma y eventually be adop ted as the
chat with their friend s in the Territory and T erritory's legal language.
abroad. And the Australian Broadcasting In itially unintelligible to most E nglish
Co mpany provides world news and enter- speaking people, Pidgin's sim ple basics and
tainment programs primaril y for the many extremely colorful ex press ions can be readily
Australian expatriates working in the T erri- learned . It is the predom inant language
tory. broadcast by D .LE.S. sta tions in the northe rn
The nine statio ns in the expanding radio part of the Territory, particularly over the
network o f the Administrat ion 's Department higher powered transmitters of Radio Rabaul ,
of In fo rm a tio n and E xt en sion Se rv ices Rad io Wcwak , a nd Radio Bouga inville. Not
(D.LE.S.), a rc the most unique and inte rest- o nly news, but man y popular progra ms ,
ing for a va riety of reasons. incl uding N ew G uinea's own mus ica l H it
Other th an sta tion man agers and a few Parade, are broadcast in Pidgin.
officials, who arc Australian , these nine sta- Examples of P idgin include the slogans
tions a rc staffed entirely by nat ives of Papua used for identificati on by some D. LE.S. sta-
a nd N ew G uinea. Their formal education tions, Radio Mount Hagen. in the de nsely
varies from nothing up. Yet, they appear to populated Western Hig hla nds District, is
be doing a highl y acceptabl e job. called, "Nek Be long Tarangau", literall y
A statio n manager ex plained, "Equipme nt
and o peratio n is as simple as possible to
ach ieve the fastest pract ical turnover to a
totall y ind igenous sta ff." Th e mo st serio us
problem he foresaw was the in ability of most
New Guinea natives to make decisions. "I
ask a native disc jockey, 'Wh at will yo u play
to night?' He replies, 'I'll let you know to-
morrow.' "
D .LE.S. sta tions arc specificall y directed
to the native listening audience. Within this
audience more than 700 languages a re spok-
en . These are not just d ialects, but unre lated
tongues! To accommoda te such di versity, Missio nary use s surplus WW II crank g enerator to
programs o f gene ra l interest are prepared in power a n ancient 8C-130 6 tra nsmitter/receiver to
studios located near thc Territory's ca pito l maintain do ily skeds with o the r missio na ries .

28 • CQ • February , 1974
"The Neck t hat Belongs to the Eagle", o r, in
other words, "T he Vo ice of the Eagle."
Radio Rabaul's sloga n is, "Stes in Bo lo ng
Yumi", wh ich if pronounced properly is ob-
viously, "The St ation that Belongs to You and
Me: '
Radio D aru uses the call letters VL8B D
and transmits o n the frequency of 3305 kHz
in the 90 meter sho rt-wave band. Radio
Wewak, VL9CD, transmits on 3335 k Hz.
These arc th e two statio ns nearest the Indo -
nesian border which d ivides the Island o f
New Guinea in half. A government offici al
Missionary VK9 BN pro vide s essentia l ccmmunicc-
rel ated that some yea rs ago, when Austral ia tions to the outside world via a ma teur radio from
anticipated potential troubl es across th is bor- Madang, New Guinea .
der, the power levels o f these two statio ns
were increased from the conventional 250 of nat ion al awa reness. Almost every com-
walls to more than 10,000 watts, presumably munity has its local government cou nci l and
for the bro adcast o f propaganda if it had members arc elected from the d ist ricts to
been deemed desirable. Rad io Rabaul, VL- convene in parliament in Port Moresb y. An
9 BR, also ru ns 10,000 walls because it serves Australi an official observed that, "Political
d istant residents on a number of w idel y sca t- changes arc coming about so rapidl y that in
tered isla nds. It is a t 3385 k Hz. The ot her some cases the man who today serves as
stations, all in either the 90 or 120 meter president o f a government council was in re-
bands, operate a t muc h lower power levels cent mernor ythe spear-carrying was leader of
and a rc not o ften rece ived outside of the his savage tribe ." In the course of this transi-
Territory. tion some unusual laws have been made. For
Most D .L E.S. sla tions o perate from 0700 instance, prior to his initial election a candi-
to 1200 G M T , which is late evening local d ate for parilamcnt can be interviewed over
time. A few stations also arc o n the ai r from the rad io station that serves his d istric t. But
2000 to 2200 G M T. At 2200 G M T the centra l o nce e lected, his voice cannot be heard on the
station of the D epa rtm ent of Info rmation and rad io for apparent fear that he m ight take
Ex te nsion Services begins transmissions. On ad va ntage of his political position,
a frequenc y o f 1 1.880 mH z, it not o nly pro- One very bright young member of parli-
vides the local stations with programs to be ament, Ebia Olewal e, pointed out an example
rebroadcast later in the d ay, but it also gives of the difficulty this can create : After te ach-
advance warning of pending events and ing school for eleven yea rs in Port Moresb y,
otherwise serves in lieu o f a telephone line Olewale, who is fluent in at least hal f-a -d ozen
between network cont rol and its stations. la ngua ges, retu rned to hi s home in the South
Under its United Nations trusteeship, New Fly Electorate o f the Western D istrict to
Guinea is beginning to emerge into a form enter politics. Though permitted to express
his viewpoints over Radio D a ru, he also man-
aged to carry his initial campaign to the
voters personall y. It took two continuous
months o f canoe ing thro ugh the swa mps and
jungle streams o f the vast, wet area, but he
estimates tha t he m anaged to talk with 78 %
of his 30,000 constituents. now, as an elected
official ru nning for ree lec tion, he will be forc -
ed to follow the canoe route exclusively as
he can no longer be heard o ve r the air.
After thinking briefl y of the peace a nd
quiet that such a law might create in America,
we asked Olewale how people in his d istrict
came to o wn radio rece ivers.
A native New Guinean announcer on Ra dio He estima ted that there were a total of
Robe u!. 700 radio s in the district. Most we re solid-

February ,1974 • CQ • 29
state receivers importee. [rom Japan or China. Radio Bougain ville fulfilled this demand in
Some were bought through local trading typical fas hion by recording more tha n 500
stores with mone y earned from the sale of selections in a three mo nth period of visiting
crocodile skins or wood carvings, which are villages.
among the few products of the a rea. Others, T he majority of othe r requests are fo r im-
at the request of local government councils, port ed country a nd western songs. In fact,
were given by the government to villages Slim Dusty, who is one of many Aus tralian
without adequa te monetary resources. country and weste rn crooners, has become
G overn ment patrols, who sometimes track sort of a hero to New G uinea's rad io listen-
through th e bush for months a t a stretch, ing audience . H e periodically risks his life
bring the radios in, present them to a chief, in the hands of his fa natic fa ns by making
and teach a few people in each village the person al tours of the Territory. Marches and
technique of opera ting them. Olewa le said music fro m other Pacific Islands are also
th at o ne of the most serious problems in his freq uently aired .
district was the sho rtage of trading stores, T he people of Papu a a nd New G uinea
resulting in a large percentage of ra dios being seem to have develo ped a rare respect for
out o f service at any given time due to the the ir radio broadcast services. Listen ers write
d ifficulty of obtaining batteries. In New letters to their local station as if they we re
G uinea's central mountains where coffee and writing to a helpful big brother. Lette rs a re
other commercial crops are grown, and near o ften intensely personal, yet they are always
town s, where salaried jobs can be o btained, directed to the sta tio n itself ... a nd never to
man y people own person al radios. any ind ividual worki ng fo r the station. One
N ew G uinea's Government Admin istration letter acc used a neighbo r o f murdering the
is concerned with the distribution of rad ios writer's sister. A nother accused a promi ne nt
becau se w ithin the T erri tory, rad io se rves politician of intentionally commiti ng perjury.
man y purposes other tha n simple en terta in- T his type of letter is frequently read over
ment. Before elections, for instance, radio the air, all names incl uded. To remain neu-
d iscussions ex plain the functions of go vern- tral, the stat ions avo id editorializi ng such
ment, po tential goals of the electio n, a nd the matters, but the accused is always given the
list of cand idates . T he n, as polli ng teams opportun ity to reply over the a ir. As a res ult
wa lk fro m village to village ac ross the coun- of the favorable image in wh ich most natives
try, radio announcements give adva nce notice hold D.LE.S. stations, these airings the m-
of their a rrival to those who should be pre- selves freque ntly seem to settle the contro-
pared to vote o n eac h following day. And versies they have exposed .
proceedings of loca l government council A not her unique example of this respect
meetings arc frequently broadcast with in was demonstrated when a native announcer
their o wn distric t. arrived at his studio to sign on at th e be-
Paul Cox, Manager o f Radio Rabaul , re- gin ning of the daily schedule. He had been
lat ed another use : Each station sends record- out drinki ng most of the previous night.
ing patrols out to remote areas of its audi- Though he believed tha t he was cohere nt. he
ence. One of the ir present concerns is to dec ided that it wou ld be unthinkable to risk
record village story-te llers relating "storis embarrassi ng the station. He the refore re-
bolon g 01 tumbuna," literally, stories th at be- fused to speak, causing the loss of the first
lon g to all ancestors, or "traditional stories." hour of broadcast time.
After pl aying them back o n the air for every- Lo ss of respect wou ld be a severe blow to
one in the district to hear, they a re fil ed as a D.LE.S. station. Such occurrences are rare .
a perman ent cu ltura l reco rd which mi ght Ten years ago restl ess natives of Bougainvill e
o therwise have been lost in New G uinea's Islan d, who are so blac k that they refer to
rapidl y chan ging societies. o the r Mel anesians as "redskins", attacked
F or a ll the ed uca tion disseminated by the local rad io station as bei ng a " propaganda
D.LE.S. sta tio ns, musical programm ing still machine" du ring their campaign fo r separate
produces the largest response from the listen- independence. Station au thorities readily
ing audi ence. Rad io Rabaul has received agreed that they were committed to showing
thousands of requests pe r month for specific the views o f the Government Administra tio n,
tunes. th ou gh the total popul at ion o f its basic but they insisted th at they had also presented
listening area is less th an 80,000. About 40 % opposing views in all fairness.
o f each statio n's requests are for loca l tunes. [Continl/edon page 79]

30 • CQ • February, 1974
Results of the 1973 CQ
World Wide WPX SSB
Contest
BY BERNIE WELCH,* W81MZ

T HIS 16th annual event reiterates the

made a few modifications and conti nued
the activi ty up to da te.
fact t~at s.s.b. and WPX have come a long
Th~ general co ~ se nsus is that ( mildly
way. Since 1957. With practically everyone
s~eakIn g) wortd-wide propagation condi-
havl~g s.s.b. capabilities, the contest activity
nons were not up to normal during the '73
has Increased the international popularity
weekend. It was a definite challenge for
of the WPX program. The contest, origin-
?,any, especially on 28 mHz, and 2 1 mH z
ally known
. as the SSB OX Contest ' was
In some a reas. Although the ave rage scores
o rga nized by Bob Adam s, W3SW, then CQ
are not as high as in so me past years in-
SSB Colum n Edi tor with the help of a crew
dividual perserverance brough t home a' cer-
o f world-wide sidewinders (as they were
tificate to a number of unexpected winners.
known ) . There have been some changes
It rea ll y doesn't ta ke a giant score to come
In the ru les over the yea rs, the main one
o ut On top in this event, which is an ex-
?eing the cha nge to WPX for a multiplier cellent reason for always submitt ing your
In 1959. And if you participated in the
co ntest log regardless o f the size o f the
first contest, you'll remember the big win-
score. The total number of logs received
ner that year was C N8 M M operated by
from the USA this year was disappointing.
Eva and Alex. Prefix competition is the " na me of the
The contest was continued by Irv and game" in this one. Alt hough eac h prefix is
Dorothy Strauber, K2HEA /K2MGE when
equally im porta nt, how about those unique
they took over the Sideband colum n in 1961.
good ies like : CQ6, 4 M5, C II, KZlI, TE2,
The column was phased out in 1964 a nd the
SQ5, XX7, err. ZX7, VA6, 4L3, Ell, JD I ,
Co ntest Com mittee picked up the program ,
PA6, TGlI, and 4J9, to mention a few that
· 7735 Redbank Ln.. Dayton, Ohio 45424 added extra excitem ent to the com petition?
Also a number of semi-ra re DX cou ntries
including 4W I , A5 1, C29, JY6, VQ9, and
ZB2 kept the pile-ups in full force.
The Call KZlIWPX added a new one to
the WPX list. Some of the othe r KZ5 's
felt that th is gave Je rry an unfair advantage
but we don't sec it that way. The KZ5 pre-
fix has its own m ultiplier value, equal to
a KZlI. This was a legal call ass igned to
KZ5JF fo r the contest pe riod by the Co-
ordinator of Civil Rad io in the Canal Zone.
After placing 2nd in the '72 contest, the Brazilian The fi rst winne r of the new Joe ( M r.
OX Club Station PY7BDX came through with the WPX ) Hiller, W40PM Memorial Award,
highest score in this year's contest and picked up don ated by Jerry H agen, W A6GLD, is
the top world honors in the multi-operator, single
none other than W 2PV operated by D ave
xmitt e r category due to the persistant efforts of
(l to R , to nd; ng ) PY7AVY. PY7AKW. PY7AUR,
Donnelly, WB2SQN, in the all band class.
PY7AOJ, PY7AZQ; (, itting ) PY7AEW, PY72AH, There is a single ba nd awa rd , also a
PY7APS . How about trying fo r a specia l CO Memorial fo r W40PM . This one donated by
award in the ne xt o ne? the V irginia Century Club of which Joe

February, 1974 • CQ • 31
 participated in several in the past, I know
TROPHY WINNERS
the planning and work involved as well as
WORLD-5ingle Operator, Single Band. the adverse o perating conditions Ihat so me.
J ack Reic hert, W3ZKH Trophy. Won by:
Victor M an uel Ramos Pereira, CQ6LF times exist, An yway. if we had such an
(14 m H z). awa rd. I feel sure that VP2MYA would
have pick ed up the honor. Another award
WORLD-5ingle Operator, All Band.
D on M urray, K4FMA T rophy. Won by: we don't have is fo r the neatest, most com-
Franklyn Brooker, 9Y4VU. plete, ex tra-readable su perior log received.
WORLD- M ulti-o perato r, Single Xmtr. Regardless, I feel specia l mention is in
T ed Thorpe, Z L2AWJ Memorial, awarded o rder a nd do hereby acclaim the log of
by Don M iller, W 9WN V. Won by: Statio n UK 3NAA the best in this category foll owed
P Y7BDX. (Oprs: PY7A EW. PY7AKW, closely by the DK400 entries. Believe me.
PY7AOJ , PY7APR, PY7APS. PY7A UR, the Contes t Committee reall y appreciates
PY7AZQ, PY7ZAH.) the extra effo rts.
W ORLD - M ulti-operato r, M ulti Xmtr. It was interes ting to hear the 10/1 0 C lub
C h uck Swa in . K 7LM U Memorial. award- mem bers exc hangi ng numbers in conjunc-
ed by D on Miller, W9WNV. Won by: tion with contest contacts o n 10 meters. The
S ta tion WA3HR V. (Op rs: K 3EST, W 3- purpose of th is internationa l group of over
AZD, W A 3I AQ.)
8.0 00 members is to keep 10 meters active
CANADA-5ingle O perator. Single Band. a nd they secm to be doing a pretty good
Gene Krehbiel. V E 6TP T rop hy. Won by: job. and not jus t d uring the contest,
Alan R . Leith, VEIAL (1 4 mH z).
U .S.A .-S in gl e Operator, All Band. Now is the lime to request yo ur '74 con -
Charles "Joe" Hiller. W40PM Memorial. test log form s and summ a ry sheets from the
awa rded by Jerry Hagen, W A 6GLD. W on CQ o ffice. Please send SASE or IRC·s. The
by: Sta tio n W2P V. (Op: David Donnelly. next o ne is coming up on the last weeke nd
WB2SQN .) in March.
U.S.A.-5ingle Operator, Single Band (14 T o the m an y sta tio ns th at expressed the ir
m H z). C har les "Joe" Hiller. W40PM appreciati on in receiving th eir '72 certifi-
Memorial. awarded by The Virgin ia Cen- cates at a n early date, I sa y th ank you. not
tury C lu b. Wo n by: S tatio n W 3SS (Op: o nly just for myself, but fro m my da ugh te r
Walter Rakitsky, WA3LRO. ) Irene Welch who handled tha t end of the
WPX co ntes t paperwork. We ho pe to be
was the founder. W 3SS o pe rated by W alter able to do a repeat job for you '7 3 w in ners.
Rak itsky, WA 3LRO was the winner. Well . th at wraps it up for thi s year.
J wish we had a special award for high Than ks to all wh o helped make th is one a
sco ring Contest Expeditions tha t go espe- success. H ope to work ya in the next one.
cially fo r th e WPX. H aving perso nall y 73 Bernie, W 81MZ

TOP SCORES 14 MHz G3 ZX X 130.720

lA2BAY 72.35 4
SINGLE O PERATOR CQ6LF 1,138.047 X EI LLS 72.206
ALL BANDS UA9 BB 9 12.163 K61 AN 60.342
9Y4\,U 1,198,832 D UIGI M 882,255 D UIlM G 872.025 3.8 MHz
LU5H FI 1,130.268 KS6 D H 873 .120 EA4L H 746.5 44 YU3 APR 191 .860
TE2CF 1.075.464 W2P\, 744,430 W3SS 685,260 Ut 8LAG 187.856
V K4VU 99 7,338 9H5D 738,990 VK2 APK 536. 182 G 4AYLI A 11 9.196
VQ9R 91 7.144 EA 8C R 737 .264 7 MHz OH I XX 10 1.916
CX Il M 89 1.660 UD6 H B 730.900 Dl 2YA 197.6 16 UW31N 99.084
SINGLE OPERATOR ZL4BO 187.884 U P2E R 92.664
SING LE BAND MULTI·OPERATOR
28 MHz 2 1 MHz Single Transmitter
C R60Z 98.550 XX7 1K .472.1 15 PY7 BDX 3,286,287 4 M5 BPG 2.598.884
LU2 DEK 62.532 VK9 RY 343.826 41 9B 2.985.004 4L3Z 1.642.560
PYI MB 60.724 WB6EIV 282.681 VP2 MYA 2.792 .720 Z X7AA D 1,589.1 24
W3AZD 23.0 16 K7RSC 74.520 Multi Transm itter
W4SY Ll5 2 1.060 I3M A U 63,382 WA3 H RV ..1,731,750 YUIlRS 950.3 00
XW8ES 20.790 W5RTQ 58.420 KAI CQ ...... 1,040.01 9 SV IGA 555 .537

32 • CO • Feb rua ry, 19 74

 VE6MC 14 16.184 123 68 JH 3FYW
.... 2,492 44 28
I
U.S.A. TOP SCORES
VE7BEF 14 49,685 237 95 JA3WKG
Canal Zo ne
JH3RGU .... 615 19 15
400 18 10
Single Ope rator KlOWPX
• JH2lUF
529,064 1255 164 JH3PHV
(Opr. KZ5JF)
.. 144
70
9 8
6 5
All Band ..............w2PV ................... .......744.430 C oeta R iCA
JA3BUB/3
JA 3YJ~
.. 27
3
3 3
1 1
28 mHz ..............w3AZD ........ ................ 23.016 TE2CF
11 2WX ..
A 1,075.464 1848 234 JAIKS
75,460 400 77 JA2PJC
....
14 181.475 438 175
128.5 01 374 151
21 mHz .............WB6E1V ......................282.68 1
14 mHz ..............W3SS ..........................685.260 Dom inica n R ep u blic
JA2HGA
JAOSC
56.700 226 81 JAlAAT
.... 16.416 113 72
14.204 100 67
7 mHz ..............K61AN ..........................60.342
HIBle A
Guatemala JA6CM .... 6.992
6,02 6
78 46
66 46
3.8 mHz ..............K9CUY ........ ................25,840 TGOAA 14 271,60Z BOO 158 JA6YV
JAIAS .... 4,070
2, 574
55 37
40 33
Multi Operator XElHR
•
M exico JH 3BJN
170.316 534114 JA90r .. 390 19 13
6 3 2
Single Xmtr. ..........W1YK ......................782.400
Mu lti Xmtr. ..........WA3H RV .............. 1.731.750
XEIlLS 7 72.206 214
Africa
79 JA2BAY
JA2 KFO ....
7 72,354 175 93
1,620 28 15
JA7 HYS 900 16 15
Angola

Number groups after ClII letter WA6AHF .... 39.360 182 80

CR6CN
CR602 •
28
21
285.957 521 189 KA7MS 14
98.550 264 135
2,744 34 28
7,B66 75 46
J ord a n
denotes: Band, Store, a SO' s and W60KK 26 ,78 8 147 74 CR6HT JY6FC A 3.696 38 33
Prefjl(8s. Bold listi ngs Ire certlfi - W6ED 28 15,456 97 69 CQ6LF 14 1,138.047 1272 309 K orea
eate wi nners. W86EJV
WA6BVY ..
21 282.68 1 722 147
8,932 107 29 EABCR
C a n llry lallind
A 737.264 95B 236
HMIAJ 14 19,057 269 59
L ao s
K6SVL 14 228, 459 638 161
•
SINGLE OPE R AT OR
North Ame rica
United States
K6JAN 7
....
60,342 215 89
(Opr. WB6VII ) CR71I
XX71K
M o za m biq u e
•
XW8Er
536.404 610 292 XW8ES 28
21 472,115 687235
• 9.540 117 60
20.790 409 45

....• 35.8 54 119 91

W68H Leb a n on
WIGYE
WI WY
WIPLJ
10,488
1.100
560
72
24
15
69 W6APW
22 W6PAA 3.8
14
1,3 44 17 16
11.904 73 62
CR7FR

VQ9R
14 321,408 524 216
Seyc hellel lao
A 917. 144 1253 217
005BA
0 05HJ 14• 490,536 689 216
4.294 53 38
KIHVV
WUJMP
21
....
14
7. 540 69 58 W7ATY
86 . 879 249 163 K7UWT ..• 80.972 265 124 Sout h Afric ll HS4AGZ
•
Thlliland
623,616 1350 256
WAINRV 56 .1 60 19711 7 K7RSC 21
576
74, 520
16
312
16
90 I S6I E
• 344,410 597202
Y e m en
WAIPHF 24 3 3 WA7RRR 7
.... 20.720 137 74 Asia
Afgh a nil t a n
4W!AF
• 454.034 672 226
W1PV
•.. (Opr . WB2 SQN)
K7HTZ
744,430 873 302 W7YTN
W5QQQ/ 7
12.540
9 ,000
81
68
55
50 YAIOS
• 51.555 198 105 U.S.S.R.
A l ia t ic
..•
Bhut a n
W2GKZ
WA1EAH .... 26.7 30 110 90
15.183 94 63
3.8 23, 968 137 56 A51 PN 14 16.717 142 73 UA9YE
UW9EE
123,246 659 123
9,936 80 54
W2MB
W2lEJ .... 8, 924
7,939
53 46 WA8NYB
59 49 WB8EUN ....• 115.878
65,608
288 186
202 139 EP2NH
EP2RB
21
14
Iran
55.692 256102
UW9CR 21
....
UA9BB 14 912.163 1174 311
88.320 258 128 UA900
595 33 17
K6SE12 6.996 54 44
K2BQO 28 9,600 89 60
W8KOD
W8GIO .... 41.650
39, 750
162 119
140 106 J a pan UA90S ..
109.809 325 147
59.000 234 118
WB21WH 14
K2DTQ 7
2,240
5,17 0
37
73
35
47
WB8EEJ
W8Cl .. 8, 176
320
68
12
56
10
JA3AA
JA7AQR ....• 129,183 367 149 UA9 MT
20,770 135 67 UA9QDX 7
1.829 31 31
36.234 135 66
W81MI 28 87 8,7B4 83 48 UW9TZ 3.8 4,424 38 28
K3CR
•.. 25.365 133 95 WB8EAS 21
(Opr. WA3J1H ) K81 0E
10,002
860 20
66
20
JA2AIR
JA71BJ
....
•• 5,808 51 33 UA9U BH • • 3.650 42 25
W3YHR
W3AID 28
12,925 84 55 W8TWA
23,016 133 84 WB8FWQ
14
7 ..
161.310 360 190
10.26 0
682
57 54
42 31
JAIANA
JA7 ARW ..
2.262
1,869
38 26 UAOFBI
35 21 UAOMI
34 23
....• 190,452 1031 118
33,184 373 68
W3SS 14 685,260 758324
IJAI BUI
JA60KB 28
....
1,1 50 UAOCAH
12.400 109 62 UKQCAX .. 29.945 466 53
7.004 159 34
W3GN .. (Opr. WA3lRO) WA9NPM
374,358 589 258 W9lTD ..• 106, 639 217 169 JA9AG 8.90 4 80 56 RAOUBG 28 1,005 67 15

WA3ENM .. (O pr. WAllKX) W91Y

192 8 8 W9YRA
14 ....
3,570 42
352,500._614
34
250
JH 3GCN
JH2NWF .... 3.201 47 33 UAOAAl 3.B
943 24 23
5.512 51 26
W3CRE 3.8 24,332 132 72 WB9EBO
..
30. 186 148
19,402 10.
106
89
JA3ElU
JA6XFM .... 216 10 9
119 7 7 UG6GAF
14•
A r m e n ia
261,252 563164
66.267 21 6 III
37 90 6 5 UG6JJ
....• 41
WB9EAQ 4,21 8 JA4EB U
K4YfQ 225,144 395 212 K9CUY 3.8
K4KII 201.960 411 204
25,840 164 76 JA6BSM 21
JAIElY .... 45.045 196105
32, 148 160 94 UD6HB
A zerb a ij a n
• 730.9001 012249
K40D
.... 61.570 191 131 KOUTX
....• 51,094 200 118 JA2JAB
.. 9.02 0 82 55 G eo r ata
W4 :~OS
W4WRY
W4KMS ....
29,5 74 136 93 WOH BH
19, 596 98 71 WBOFlM
18,225 102 75 WOIUB ....
46.846 178 118
10.309 III 61
8,788 81 52
JH 2EVl 6,5 12 58 44 UF6HK
• 154.435 397 151

WA4YNP
K4PR .. 4,290
50.
49 39 WAOEM S
18 18 WAOTKJ 28
3,864
5,512
50 42
62 53
WB4WHE/ 4 9 3 3 WOFWN 21 12 2 2
WA4DRU 28 9, 116 73 53 KOSGJ
W4WSF 14
W4EEO .. 413,664 562278 WBOFlT
2,63 5 31 31
14 .. 50,570 206 130
10.220 93 70

WA5IWC
WA5STI ..• 88,7 40 278 142
53,872 224 112
KL7GOO
KL7AII 21 •
Al a ska
69,030 391 59
150 22
WB5HAE .... (Opr . K9STH)
12.736 94 64
KL7EWP 14
9.900
10, 728 107 36
W5QAM
W50B .... 12,276
7,987
92 66
72 49
B t"rrn u d a
WAIPND/YP9
W5KZN
W4SYL / 5 28
W5RTQ 21
6, 468 68 44
21,060 125 78
58,420 217 127
VP9AD ..•123.760 449 104
23.50 1 1'6 71
VP9GO 14 309.876 643 196
W5BJA
WA 5AlB
14.... 104,082 363 166
41 ,082 182 123 C anada
W5NOP
WA5RTG 7 ....
26.433 117 99
35,526 161 93
VElHX
VElAl • 117.320
14 325.128
381 164
582228
WA5SDT
WB5DIZ
K5Pfl 3.8
31.668 147 87
7.592 60 52
20.436 122 78
CI!ADV
VE3C8Y
VE3BBN
•
3.8
168,610
14 102. 952
76,728
508 130
308 136
210 92
DU1JMG relaxing after a successful weekend of con-

W6BJB ....A 93,096 305 108

VE4RP
VE5RA •
14
44,654
4, 646
227
50
83
46
test operating. He scored 3rd highest world-wide on
14 mHz. Wonder if Jose's 2048A Hy-Gain antenna at
K6SDR
W6KYA
58,558 320 67
41.961 206 71
YE6SB
VE6MP ..• 42,58 3
28,4 16
166
165
97
74 127 feet above ground helped an y?

February, 19 74 • CQ • 33
 lta l y Y UKo,l avia
13PRK
12SVA ..
A 358.001 668 257 YU2RAM
133.875 390 175 rusn 21
154 105
A
21.596 83 67
27,930

13MAU 21 62.382 203 13-4 YU2DS I. ..

57.510 258135
ISPLS
I.OAK ....
I. 23,735 160 101 YU3TKT 800 3' 20
..
17.098 \46 83 YUJAPR 3.8 191,860 510 18l
138CS
18DRX .. 9.120 90 60 YUI0 05
5,280 90 55
19.588 111 83
U.S.S.R . European
138" 3.8 21,900 \49 75
UA3YAQ A 92, 320 292 160
9H50
M a lta
A 738,990 1609 306 UA3JD
UAlGM .. ....
63 .360
38.05'
262 128
200 106
PAOlO
N cthcrla n d s
A 3.'30 62 '9 UK2M 8
UA3H 8
....
14,208
13,068
105 7.
91 66
PA6KM I' 18, 270 1.1 90 UA3X P
.. (Opr. PAOHTR) UA3WZ ..
7.406
..
4. 128
68 .6
60 . 8
PAQlYK 6.726 62 57 UZ3TC 4.005 6. .5
N o rwar
UA30AK 21 ..
2, 100 32 30

VQ9R stirred up plenty of o ctivity during what Carl LA2AD

LA5QK ..
It 53, 25 243 125 UA3D 8G
2,976 8' 32 UW3EH I.
1.600
....
87.318
42,640
30 25
.02 154
22. 130
I. 1,922 .5 31 UA6NF
sa id wa s his first contest and real fun. It was interest- LAll (Opr. l A2l 0 ) UA4AU ..
12.04 5 101 73
ing to note that many a log comment indicated the LASKO 7 3,996 5. 37 UA4CO 8,71 2 99 72
VQ9 prefi x was a new one for the WPX award . P ola n d
UV3GW
UY3FO
7 ..
39,690
5.19 4
153 105
59 . 9
SP4ClJ.
SP6AOI ....
A 134.577 376 171 UW31N 3.8
84.102 346 131 UW6lC ....
99,084
36,800
335138
189 92
Ul7GAl
UUJG
A
....
K a ~ a kh
340,156 789 182 G3SEM
95.892 456 131 G3Y8H
E n gl a nd
....
A 211,562 528 206
128. 355 341 199
SP5X M
SP7EBM .... 30,080 165 94 UA4UAZ
18.012 123 76 UW3RR ....
14,336
13,UO
102 6•
107 60
Ul7LAW
UK7GAA .. 9.700 70 50 G3HTA
2 2 1 G2FNK .... 126,776 325 18(
68.980 275 132
SP2BBD
SP9ABU ..
...
15.987 112 73 UA6 NB
14,707 110 77 UW3U H ..
12,540
..
12,420
100 57
89 5•
Ul7BAB I.
Ul70AF 3,8
45.551 170 101 G2AJB
23,400 93 52 GUYA .. 36.960 19( 110
12.240 98 68
SP5BB
SPBAWP ....
12. 512 10. 68 UAIAlN
10.736 91 61
5.258 63
9 ,9604
E st on ia
109 53

UJ2JGJ I.
T a d j ik
G3WJN
G3MSY
140,778 388 158 G4AlG
21
..
I'
24. 564 122 92
154.500 414 206
41,088 231 128
SP5CKM
SPIEIC
SP3001 .. 2.57( 38 33 UR2fQ
2.430 32 30 UR2RX
"
UR2QO
I. 40,320
7
3.8
1.998
30.744
252 112
5' 37
366 84
SPI AGE 28 18 3 2
T urkmcn
G3llll
G(ACQ ..7 130, 720 424 152
39.592 199 101 SP50l1 I ' .... 28. 800 1S2 96 K a lin in gra d
339 135 GUYL/A 3.8 119,196 401 154 SP5EMM 6.784 80 53 UA2EC A 63,726 219 129
UH8S0 A 136,485
Uzbck
G5AHE .. 31,680 189 90 SP9AOU
SpgEVP .... 4,386
4.0 17
53
60 39
43
UQ20N
L a t v ia
..A 72, 181 281 131
Ul8LAG 3.8 .... 187,856 286 118 F in la nd SP6DYO
SP5SIP .... 1.750
950
29
20
25
19
UQ2DY 40,248 198 104
UI8 LAF
UI8lAA
OH3Yl
60.976 161 74
29,370 104 55
OHIlW
A 264,084 ....
120,925
644236
469 115 SP8EMO .. 247
84
16 13
UQ2CR
UQ2fK
\4
..
3.8
3,01 0 69 35
35.700 180 85
SP8GEY 6 6
Eu rop e
OH 2f S
OH2BMC ....
25,458
6,413
1.9
68
87
53 5Q5l ....7 12,560 l3l '0
UQ2NU 4,602 58 39
L ith u a n ia
50
ON5MG I'
B chtiu m OH7 NW
151,905 419195 OH5TI
OH 70Q
....
5,750
4, 140
756
59
48
32
. 6 SP9f lY
45 SPI Bl E
21 SPIll ....
3.8
4,0 18
1,488
16.592
31 24
111 68" UP20U
UP2Pl I.
UP2ER 3.8
A 153.116 441 1&4
5,865 65 51
92,664 320 132
OH6lH 21 836 22 19 SP6l Q 2,040 37 30
LZIQR
Bul garia
A 148.925 524 185 OH28 MG "
49.600 224 100 OH7PB I'
468
....
4,410
15
63
13
.2
SP6FUJ
SP9DH .... 1, 768
1.288
38 26
26 23
UP2PB I " 8,526
M o ld avia
84 49
LZ2SC 3.8
l1 2KAD .. 1,456 30 26 OH51H 2,738 46 37 SP3ClC
SP9EH P ..
"
836
608
20 19
21 16
U05SA
U050 A8 .... 26 ,712
A 204,2 16 523 201
227 84
Czccho ,lovakia
OH28fX
OHIPG ....
1.025
280
33
1.
25
14 SP9E HW .. 420
36.
15 15 U05RO
U05S1 .. 14,1. 240170
160
.0
53
30
168 9 8 SP6Al 17 13
OKIAGQ A 150, 300 373 180 OH5PA
OK2BBI ....86,688 2991U OHl11 3.8 101,916 .. 317 149
70 .8 cr7lG A
P o rt u gal
97,680 419 148
U050AK
U05AP
I... 8. 680
2,450
177
.3
'0
35
OKI AHY ....72,352 279 136 OHtJP 6.720
Ukra inc
OK2SlI 71 ,540 255 140 OH2lU " 126 8 7 CTlQN 3.8 48,972 164 106
....30,115 181 95 F ra ncc UB5WE ....A 38693,265 741 255
OKI KZ
OKI KPU
OK3TIO
25. 317 ISO 97 F9MO
16.950 120 75 f 6AJ1.0 14 •
161. 600
2. 916
368 202 YOJAC
52 36 Y02AfB
R o m a n ia
....( 52 188
A 168.260
4,386 '8 . 3
UY50 0
UY5DJ
,414
3.502
237 138
'6 3'
OK2SEf "
OK3YAX ....10,560 8' 66
6,996 72 53 Gcrmany
Y060S
Y03JW 3.8
2. 940 55 35
10. 302 90 51
RB 5YAC
RS51CG ..
28 90
60
6 6
5 5
OKlTA 6, 390 53 '5 DK8fl
19, 926 1.8 81 OK400
A 475, 342....
284, 640
850 266
529 240 Scotland
UY5HI
UK5 1AA
21 5.586
.... 277.630
I.
54 . 2
76 1 254
OKlALC 21
OKIMP .. 2. 175 33 29 OL9PU ....
17,840 119 80 GM 5A10 A 30, 393 IS' 99 UT5RT 272, 108 825 236
OKIAYO 14 .. 24,882 193 87 OJ6TK 11 .765 108 85 Sicily UK5LAP .... 77. 469 362 147
OKIAJN
OK IOMM "
9.006 103 57 OllYA
220 10 10 Ol 2JO
....
8,400
5,566
80
58
56 lT9JT
'6 IT9fKS
A
14
717,885 1321 301
188,100 621 225
UB5LU
US500 .. 8,357
12. 245 155 79
108 61
58 46 OK50S 1.188 36 27 Spain UK5ZAA 1.943 . 8 29
OK2KR 7 5,2U UB5ND 7 11.656 88 52
86,028 333 134 OL8PC 21 36.080 147 11 0
OK28lQ 3,8
OK IAPJ ....81.928 324 133 OlBCM 1. 90.860 302 IS.
<A1Fl
EA4lH
A
14
572,853 1125 257
746, 544 1527 309 US5EDU 3.8.... 30,996 155 82
OK IAH!
OK2PEQ ....47,936 203 1I 2 OJ2Y.l
44, 440 2 14 110 OK50l 3.8
7 197.616
1.350
484 184
30 25
EA3KO 3.8 73,408 254 124
Sweden
UB51Al
UK5 1AE
26,520 149 78
6,586 71 37
OKI AAE
OKI AYU ....31,208 183 83 DA2EL
23,056 157 88
14 204, 289 472 197 SM5DJl A
SM5CS S .... 234. 123 562 217 ue28A
51,200 220 128 UC2Bf
Wh it c R u ..ia
..A 73,660 267 127
40 34
OKI IAE
OK I MM K ....14,87 4 120 67 OM28TO A
8,496 79 59 OM20EO ....
84,529
25,7 45
350 137
150 95
SM7AIl .... 21. 510 137 90 UC2WP
12,600 97 70 UC20 N .. 12,688
1.
3,060
158 52
OK3TOA
OK I ARH .... 7.854 88 51 OM20RN
4,4 72 58 43 DM4X MO ..
7,381
630
82
28
61
14
SM4C HM
SM4AIO
SM2COR .... 2,265 28 23 UC200 3.8
2,2 44 36 32
I. 736 40
20, 868 132
31
74
OK 28fX
OK5GY .... 2.040 38 30 OM20HO 3.8
1,248 45 26 DM2COJ ..
6,500
5. 546
70
70
50
47
SMOCGO
SM78BY .. 276
225
15
9
12
9
Ocean ia
A u st ra lia
OK3CAW
OK5PBC .... 336 18 12
131 19 9 G ibraltar SM 70MN 14 .... 12,888 115 72 VK4VU A 997. 338 1437 226
50,572 197 9.
OKIKRY 126 10 9 l82BL 1. 3,600 51 36 SM3YE 12.168 120 72 YKIAOP ..
A
G u ~rn lCy ( Cha n n cl b . )
SM40QE
SM7TV .... 8,643
3,460
169
65
. 3 YK4PJ
38 VK3SM 21
4,872 65 29
31,840 27. '0
OlSEY
025M[ ....
A
~nmark
104. 202 380 156
20. 566 148 91
cca n z 3.8 13,764 110 62
H u n lta rlj
SM 5CYC
SM78Gf .. 814
308
27
12
22 YK2APK I'
11
536,182 791 236
G ua m
OI8KU
OI 3PO .. 4.995 63 '5
920 22 20
HAl00CQ A
..
89, 17 322 141
(Opr. HA 5CQ) HB9 UD
Swit~crl and

•
704 18 16
KBCRM/KG6
28 11. 754 269 22
OIIRH 14 1.250 26 25 HA6NN 80,595 305 135 W a h" KG6JAR 21 41.208 .0. 3-4
Ol3SK 7 15. 680 98 70 HA.DOI/ 9 14 10.2 66 100 58 GWUMV 14 27. 000 20( 100 {Co m . 011 page 80]

34 • CO • February, 1974
CQ Reviews:
The Ten-Tee Model 315
Receiver
BY W ILFRED M . SCHERER,* W 2AEF

T HE Ten·Tee Model 31 5 is essentially the at fig. I. A number of other details ma y be

receiver section of the popular Argonaut found in the reference ; nevertheless, some of
Model 505 Solid-State SSB/CW T ra nseeiver.' these will be reviewed here. Dual-gate MOS·
It should be espec ially attractive to those de- FET's are used for the r.f. am plifier and
siring a full-fledged receiver to go a long with mixer. The sideband filter is a four-crystal
their home-b uilt low-power so lid-state trans- lattice type with a rated bandwidth of 2.5
mi tters. A lthough it is supplied for operation kH z a nd a 6/50·db shape factor of 1.7. A
from a 120 v.a.e. source, it also may be set single 9 mH z i.I. stage em ploys a bipol ar
up for opera tion fro m a 12-volt d.c. source transistor, wh ile the product detector is a n-
which together with the receiver's light other dual-gate MOSFET. There a re three low-
weigh t and relatively small size make it a n level a. f. stages followed by four transistors
ideal un it for emergency, vacation, portable, in a d.e. coupl ed complimentary output am-
field. bed-side o r arm-chair operation. It will plifier where both a.e. and d .e. feedback a re
a lso serve well as the regul ar home-station employed to ensure very low distortion a nd
un it or as a standby receiver. maintain stabilit y.
Perhaps the best way to initially describe The a.g.e. is audio-derived using a sepa ra te
what the 3 15 is all about is to give a ru ndow n a.f, am plifier and a voltage doubler. The rnut-
of its ma in features: single conversion with ing system has two transistors with circuitry
full coverage of the 80- 10 meter amateur that cuts off the a.f. feed during transmit;
bands; linear tun ing rate with 5 kHz calibra- however, it docs not preverit application of
tions (20 kHz on 28 mH z ) readable to at the sidetone signal from an external source
least 2.5 kH z; MOSFET r. I. sta ge a nd mixer ; such as a transm itter or an electronic keycr.
pe r me a bi lit y-tun ed t.i., pre selector a nd In the transmit position the muting disables
v.f.o.; upper- or low-sideband selection with the frequency-offset tun ing of the v.f.o.
9 mH z crystal fil te r; pulsed 100 kHz crystal The crystal calibrator output is in the fo rm
calibrato r; built-in speaker with up to I watt of pu lsed signals at a rate of about 3-pu!ses-
outp ut ; headphone/external-speaker jack; S- per-second . This makes identification easy.
meter; o ffset tun ing; sidcto ne-input jack ; In addition. the receiver gain is reduced by
T / R mute jack; b. f. o. and v.f.o. output jacks about 25 db when the calibrator is in usc,
for transceive o peration with an external minimizing interference from strong o n-the-
transm itter using the same conversion air signals. The calibrator circuitry is shown
scheme:" provisions fo r incorpo ratio n of two at fig. 2.
po sition c.w. filler : modular construction
with plug-in circuit boards.

De ta ils
A block diagram o f the receiver is shown ~
". Technical Consultant, CQ . - •

1"The Second Com ing of the Argonaut," CQ,

November 1971, p. 59. e _
:! Since the 315 provides v.f.o . and b.f,o. out·
pu ts, a horne-built companion transmitter should
not be to difficult to dream up. The v.f.o . output
at the local oscillator frequency is nominall y 50 The Ten-Tee Model 315 SSB/CW amateur com-
m v, B.f.o . output at 9 mHz is nom in ally 80 rnv. munications receiver.

Feb rua ry , 19 74 • CQ • 35
 ~
~
c
0
•• • •
- c~
~
•-
~"
O~
~ o
0
-
~
~

~ -
~

:gg ..... &. Q. ~

--
~~
z z
NN
",, ~e
,~

0
• - - --

Top interior view of the 315 receiver. The v.f.e.

section is in the box at upper center. The board at

--
~ OO
OON
~
"•
~
~
,
~
~
M
~
lower center contains the mixer, crystal fi lter and
~ ~ ",,- N bJ.o. The Conlro l/Power Supply board is at upper
u z
~ N ~" '" «
left. At upper right is the crystal cal ibrato r board
at the foreground of which is the comportment
with the d . amplifier and preselector-tuninq set-
up. Th e spea ke r at the left mounts in the top cover.

~
« e
0
~
~
M
~
N
«
-
« e
0
~
The b.f.o, employs a single crystal with its
frequency placed at the requ ired skirt of the
L......,.-
filt er th at provides "normal" sideband o per-
r --.., ation ( I.s.b. on 80 a nd 40 meters, u.s.b. on
-,
:J,
u v
~
~
M ~
0 I ; l co
r- ., ~ ;: I~
20,15 and 10) . For "reverse" sideband oper-
- « e
~
z ~~ ~
N ~
I I ;:: 1< at ion the frequ ency of the b.f.o, is placed at
N
""" «
I L __ J the opposite skirt of the filter by "tweeking"
.... ___ J the crystal by means of a capacitor inserted
by a transistor switch. The frequenc y of the
-
~

-
i!l « e0
«
~

~
0
~
~
~

«
v.f.o, is not likewi se shifted, so the receiver
must be returned by about 3 kHz when side-
bands a rc changed. Whcn the receiver is
used for transceive work with a companion
transmitter, provision s a re included to shift
-
~ 00
M ~ ~ O~ N
~N ~ ~
O~
~ !!l 0" ~ "-0 ~
z
the b.f.o.-crystal frequ ency to with in the
~ ~ - N
filter passba nd for c.w. tra nsmi ssions or
tuneup.
... The power supply employs silicon recti-
--
~
M fiers in a full-wave bridge. Voltage-supply
-
~ 0
~
~O

- ~ lines of + 7 and + 12 volts are held consta nt

~
~
u >
~ « N
«
by ind ividua l series regulator transistors con-
trolled by zener reference diodes.

'"
N
-" ~
- -"
~
~
M
C.W. Filter
"" -
~~
,
~-

- ~
Ii. ~
z
N The c.w, filter accessory is a mod ule that
is inserted in the a.I, section. It consists of
critically-ccupled doub le-tuned L I C circuits
peaked for a freque ncy of about 800 H z with
-
~
~ N
M
"• ~
O ~

",
~ -
M

~ !!l
~ -'" ~ e
~

N
z a ra ted 6 db bandpass of 300 Hz. The skirts
may be widened Or left narrow by cutting a n
M R IC bridging circuit in or out. A prea mpli-
~ N

~ !!l N ~
fier is incl uded on the module to make up for
~
~
~
0
e "'-v
~~
~
~ insertion loss.
~

-
8 N
Z
N

';( Fig. 1 - Block diagram for the Ten-Tee 315

.'i,- " Receiver.

36 • CQ • February, 1974
 C, C, Rz R. Ra
5-65pf ; I Z200pf
C.
4. 7K
IK 10K
Ca
R, l OOOpf 200pf
,L CS Rs Outpu t
lOOK y, ~ 0v' 1000pf 15K
Ra
C~
2200 pf r
,
A2739
OIA
-
\:::::,toz'
R,
A2739
oze
A2739
-F
470 +12v.

10K

Fig . 2- 100 KHz Crysta l Ca librator clr-

R7
150 r-
-
R9
•
CU Itry for the 3 1 S. Q IA is the oscillator - ISO -
tho t fe ed s a Schmitt trigger, Q U,-018' +12v.
wh ere a sq ua re wa ve is p roduce d. This RII R"
sig no l is then differentia ted into a sharp 47K 47K
spi ke by C6-R ., producing rich harmonics 0'
l N4870 or Defeat to
we II po st 30 mHz. Pulsed signals are ob- 2"2646 O.
R, z R. F. amp
to ined by effectively shorting the output .z E
220K A13@
w it h 04 which is switched on and off by
a un ijunction oscillato r, 0 ). When the ., RI3 ~O l a
cal ibrotor is turned on, 0 1, presents a C7 + 33K A2 739
la w impedance vic the "defeo t" line 2.2mf
ocrass the control gate of th e r.f . am p li- R, o Ca
fie r MOSFET, reducing the gai n of this 47 0.1 1
stc g eby about 25 db . -!.- -j,- - !.-
-
!.- ...

V.F.C. band of 28-30 mHz. Tuning is handled by a

T he v.f.o. functions over a number of d if- planeta ry drive with wh ich about 20 kHz is
Icrcnt segme nts wi thi n the 5-7 m Hz spectrum covered with one revolution o f the knob (80
as needed for each band . Exce pt for the 20- kHz on 28 m Hz ) . A skirt at the tuning knob
meter band, th e v.f.o. output frequency is is cal ibrated over a 100-kHz sp read in 5-kHz
do ubled or tripled to provide the mixer-in- inc rements spaced abo ut 5/16" apart. pro-
jection signa l required for producing the 9 viding interpolation down to a few kHz. On
mH z i.f. as described in reference 1. the 28-m Hz band, however, the di al calibra-
tions must be multiplied by four, making
Const ructio n each point indi cative of a 20-kHz increment
Five plug-in circuit boards. installed on an instead of 5 kHz. T he skirt may be sli pped
aluminum chassis. make up most of the on its shaft for in dexi ng agai nst the calibra-
model 315. T hese boards inco rpora te the tor signal. The S-meter is ca librated fro m S-4
following sec tio ns : Mixer/ Sideba nd Filter/ to S-9 + 40 db.
BFO ; l. F. Amplifier; A .F. Amplifier; C rys tal [Continued on page 76 ]
Cali bra tor; Co ntrol/ Power Supply. A wired-
in board conta ins the r.f. amplifier and is
insta lled in an a luminum cubicle along wit h
the preselector permeabil ity-tuning rack. The
v.f.o. and freq uency multipl ier are o n an-
o the r board in a metal box which includes
the v.f.o. bandswi tch. T he v.f.o.'s main-tun-
ing inductor, wit h its permeability-tuning
mec hanism, is supported in a 3/ 16"-thie k
extruded alu m inum fra me within the v.f.o.
enclosure. This ensures excellent mechanical •. .- - •
sturdiness that enhances the v.f.o. sta bility
and o pera tio n. Bottom interior view of the 315 Receiver. From left
A slide- rule di al indicates the 100-kHz to rig ht are the c.L amplifier a nd iJ. boa rd s, the
points over a 500-k Hz spread, except for the v.f.a . se ction (in foreground showing the inductor
28-m Hz band wh ere the 100-kHz po ints are within its e xtruded-meta l support) a nd the c.w.
o n a separate scale spread over the whole filter (fo r right).

Februa ry , 19 7 4 • CO • 37
cAnnouncing

THE CQ WORLD WIDE WPX SSB CONTEST

March 30-31, 1974

I Contest Period: Starts 0000 GM T Saturday. Each prefix may be counted onl y once
Ends: 2400 GM T Sunday. Only 30 hours of during the contest.
the 48 hour contest period permitted for VIll Sco rin~: I. Single Operator (a) All Band
Single Operator sta tions. The 18 hours of score, total QSO points from all bands mul-
non-operating time may be taken in up to 5 tiplied by the number of different Prefixes
periods an ytime during the contest, and must worked. (b) Single Band score, QSO points
be clearl y indicated on the log. Multi-oper- on that band multiplied by the numbe r of
ator sta tions may operate the full 48 hours. different Prefixes worked.
II Objectiv e: Object of the contest is for am- 2. Multi-Operated sta tions. Scoring in both
ateurs around the world to contact as many these categories is the sa me as the All Band
amateurs in o the r parts o f the world as pos- scoring for Single Operator.
sible during the contest period. 3. A station may be worked once on each
III Bands: All bands, 1.8 thru 28 mHz may band for QSO point credit. However, prefix
be used, but operation is confined to two-way credit can be taken only once regardless of
single side band only . the band.
IV Type of Competition: I. Single Operator IX Awa rds: Certificates will be awarded to
(a ) All Band, ( b) Sing le Band. 2. Multi-oper- the highest scoring station in each category
ator, All Band, only. (a) Single Transmitter, listed under Sec. I V .
(only one signal permit ted), (b) Multi-Trans- I. In every participating country.
mitte r, (one signal per band permitted). 2. In each ca ll area of the United Sta tes,
Canada and Australia.
V Exchange: Five fi gure serial nu mbe r, RS All scores will be publi shed . Howe ver to
report plus a progressive three digit contact be eligible for an awa rd. a Single Opera tor
number sta rting with 00 I for the firs t con- sta tion mu st show a minimum of 12 hours of
tact. (Continue to four digi ts if past a 1000) operation. Multi-o pera tor sta tions mus t show
Multi-Transmitter stations use separate num- a minimum of 24 hours.
bers for each band. A single band log is eligible for a single
VI Poin ts: I . Contacts between sta tions on band award only. If a log contains more than
different continents; count 3 points on the one band it will be judged as a n all band en-
14, 21 , and 28 01 Hz bands, and 6 points on try. unless specifi ed otherwise. However a 12
the 7, 3.5 and 1.8 mHz bands. hour minimum is required o n the single band.
2. Contacts between sta tions in the same In countries or sections where the return s
continent but not in the same country count justify, 2nd and 3rd place awards will be
1 point o n 14, 21 and 28 mHz, a nd 2 points made.
on 7, 3.5 and 1.8 mHz. (Exception: Contacts X Special Awa rds: I. WORLD--Single Op-
between d ifferent o rth American countries era tor, Single Band. A trophy do nated by
count 2 points on 14,21 and 28 mHz, and 4 Jack Reichert, W3ZKH .
points On 7, 3.5 and 1.8 mHz. T his a pplies to 2. WO RLD--Single Operator, All Band.
orth American countries only. ) A Trophy donated by Don Murray,
3. Contacts a rc permitted between sta tions K4FMA.
in the sa me country for the purpose of ob- 3. WO RLD-Mulli-operator, single tran s-
taining a Prefix multiplier, but have no QSO mitter. The Ted Thorpe, ZL2AWJ Memorial
point value. Award, donated by Don Miller, W9WNV.
VII Multiplier: The mulliplier is determined 4. WORLD-Mull i-operator, multi-trans-
by the number o f different prefixes worked. mitter, The Chuck Swain, K7LMU. Memo-
A "prefix" is con sidered to be the two rial Award. donated by Don Miller,
or three lelter/number combinations which W9WNV.
forms the fi rst part o f an amateur call. (W I, 5. CA NAD A-Single ope rato r, Single
W2, WA2, DLI, OJ. 4X4, 5A I etc. See Band. A Trophy donated by Ge ne K rehbiel,
WPX rules.) VE7DKS.

38 • CQ • February, 1974
 W ORLD·WIDE WPX SSB .....3.. ,
CA LL ",-_ , "g ""..
(UN .....,
CONTEST

Mdl _ .)
coumn
.Ja. .... .
_ A sample log she et a lready
filled out. Official log sheets
ca.
- are available from see
I lJ.1AL MJM&U PIU "'..,. _ QSO 1a -.11: .
"'-
"" "PIX (XII) below.

tion, the category of compe-

tit ion and the contestant's
name and mailing address in
BLOCK LEITERS.
Also a signed declara tion
that all contest rules and
re g ul ati on s for a ma t e u r
radio in the country of the
contestant, have been ob-
served .
7. Official log and sum-
mary sheets a rc avai lable
fro m CQ. A large sel f-
addressed envelope with
sufficien t postage o r IRC s
must acco mpany your re-
quest.
If official forms a re not
available yo u ca n make yo ur
own by following the at-
TOTAL ron-rn nus SHEBTL ....J_ .J
CQ POm! 1069 . rr . Peb . 1\lfI.lI tached sample, with 40 con-
tacts to the page.
6. USA-Single Opera to r, All Band. The (Daystrom Limited has mad e an Interna-
C harles "Joe" H iller, W40PM Memorial. tional Log Form wh ich is available to Ca-
Donated by Je rry H agen. WA 6GLD. nadi an amateurs. We will supply them with
7. USA-Single Operator, Single Band. Sum mary Sheets. W rite to: 1480 D un das
T he C harles "Joe" H iller, W40PM Memor- Highway East, Cooksville. Ontario.)
ial. Donated by the Virginia Centu ry Club. XIII D1SQUALIFICAn ON: Violation o f
XI Club Competition: No club awa rd is amateu r radio regulations in the country of
planned a t this time , howeve r one may be the contest ant, o r the ru les of the contest.
given if sufficient interest is shown. unsportsmanlike conduct; taking credit for
XII Log Instruclions: I . All times must be duplicate contacts; incorrect QSO's or incor-
in GMT. T he 18 hour non-operating periods rect prefixes will be deemed suffi cient cau se
must be clearly shown. for disqualification .
2. Usc a sepa ra te sheet for each band. Di squalificati on can also result in the dis-
3. P refi x multipliers should be ente red only qua lified ope ra to r(s) being barred from com-
the F IRST T IME they a rc contac ted. petition in all CQ contests fo r a period of up
4. Logs must be checked for duplicate con- to th ree years.
tac ts and prefix multipliers . Recopied logs Actions and dec isions of the CQ Contest
must be in their original form, with correc- Committee a rc official and fi nal.
tio ns clea rly indicated. X IV D eadline: All entries m ust be post-
5. A prefi x check list is not only desirable marked no later than Ma y I, 1974. In rare
but a must for proper contest operatio n. ( It isolated areas the deadline will be made more
is recommen ded th at yo u also send it along flexible.
with your contest log.) Logs go to : CQ WPX SSB Contest Com-
6. Each entry must be accompanied by a mi ttee, 14 Vandevn ter Avenue, Po rt Wash-
Summary Sheet listing all sco ring informa- ington, L.I.. N.Y. 11050.

Februa ry , 19 7 4 • CO • 39
 OSCAR News &
Orbital Data
BY GEORGE jACOBS,* W3ASK

O NOc to be r 15, the AM SAT-OSCA R 6 ed uca tional tool for buddi ng engineers a nd
amateur communication satellite success- sci entists in numerous primary and second-
fully completed its first yea r in space. a ry schools, and at colleges a nd universities
A fter its fi rst 4500 orbits, the satell ite's where the satellite has been used for first-
2-to-1O meter repeate r continues to function hand experience with spatial exper iments
norma ll y, a nd it is now ex pec ted to remain and o bservatio ns.
in ope ra tio n through most o f the new yea r A MSAT-OSCA R 6 is proof that radio
o r longe r. T he uplink to the satellite is the ama teurs arc capable of designing, buildi ng
passband be twee n 145.90 and 146.00 mHz, a nd o pe ra t ing lon g-life c o m m u n icat io n
wh ite the downlink is in the corresponding spacecraft th at can serve a useful purpose.
passba nd between 29.45 and 29.55 mHz. N ew communicatio n channels have been
Although operating a t a power outpu t o pened a nd scientific knowledge increased
less tha n origi nally intended, the 29.45 mHz in the true spirit a nd trad it ion of ama teur
beacon signal cont inues to provide useful radio.
telemet ry and codestore data. H a ppy Birthday AM SAT- OSCA R 6!
Ocea ns and contine nts have been spanned
by the sa telli te, wh ich makes possible com- Operating & O r b ita l Data
munication s over a range as great as 4600 T he A MSAT-OSCA R 6 sate llite con-
mites. The Radio Amat eur Satell ite Corp. tinues to orbit the earth every 11 5 m inutes.
(A MSAT ), manager for the project, re ports Wh en travell ing in a south-to-north d irec-
tha t 100,000 or more contacts have been tion, it c rosses the equator at an angle of
made through the satell ite's repeater by 10 2' and 28.75 ' o f longitude fu rthe r to the
ne arl y 2000 sta tions in at least 72 countries west On each pass. At the equator a nd in
during its fi rst year in space. About 40 % of the low-and-mid latitudes, the satellite should
these sta tio ns a re in the USA, 60 % over- pass "i n view" for communicatio ns during
seas. For countries such as An gola. Austria, portions of at least three orbits during the
Bermuda, Iceland, Irela nd, a nd several morni ng and three du ring the late afternoon
others, the AMSAT-OSCAR 6 satellite pro- and evening, for a total of six. On the mo re
vided th e first a nd so fa r only means for overhead passes, communicatio ns sho uld be
direct communicatio ns via a satellite. possible for up to 25 minu tes.
W hile man y stations arc using direction al On December 1, AM SAT expanded th e
an ten nas and e. r.p, o n the orde r of 100 satelli te's opera ting schedule. It is now ON
watts or more communications through the every Thu rsday , Saturday and M onday
sate lli te has been established with fixed (G MT days ) during the late afternoon a nd
amateur statio ns using as li tt le as 8 watts even ing south-to-north passes, and Tuesday ,
a nd a dipole ante nna, and fro m low power Friday and S unday ( GMT days ) during th e
mobile stations in cars, and aboard a ship mo rning north-to-soutli passes. The satellite
and an airplane. is normally O F F and not available fo r
I n addition to making space communi- com m unicatio ns o n W ednesd ay s (G MT) .
cation s a realit y fo r radio amateurs on a A MSAT urges that the weekday morning
regul a r basis throughout the world, dat a passes, because the y fall during school
from the sa telli te has also co ntributed sig- hours. be used by radio amateurs to demon-
nificantly to inc reasi ng scientific knowledge, stra te the sa tellite's potential for educat io nal
especially in the field of radio wave propa- purposes. If at all possible, a rra nge to set-
gation . It has also served as a valuable up equi pment at local sc hools, or invite
· Space Communications Editor. CQ. 1130 7
grou ps o f interested students to yo ur sta-
Clara Street, Silver Spring, Jl ID 20902 tio n. to wi tness fo r themselves satellite

40 • CO • February, 1974
 communications at work in their commune
ity. Remem ber to invite the local press a lso,
• since amateur radio can usc the publicity,
and send reports of these demonstra tions
• t- •

to A MSAT.' C heck with A R RL fo r litera-

ture and additio na l suggestio ns for demon- J •~J
strat ing th e satellite's educational potential.
Telemetry dat a continues to be trans- iJ
milled dail y in c.w . o n the beacon fre-
quency of 29.45 m Hz between 5 and 15 ..
•
~
minutes a fte r the satellite h as crossed the
equator on its initia l, or first orbit of the
day (G M T). Codestore data may be tra ns-
m itred in c.w. on the beacon frequenc y W3ASK (sea ted) during a rece nt visi t to PAOWlB's
following the telemetry transmission, a nd impressive ra dio a mateu r satellite e orth stotion a t
possibly at other times as well. Data copied Te r Aa r, Holl a nd th rough which hund reds of con-
during the telemetry transm ission periods tacts have been ma de via the AMSAT-OSCAR 6
sho uld be sent immediatel y to A MSAT." sa tellite. Behind Ge org e is Han k Ripet, O SCAR
Coo rdinato r for the Ne therla nds. William, the
Just prior to the telemetry transmission, as
chief ope rator, took the picture l
the sate llite crosses the equator in a south-
to-nort h direct io n o n its initial orbit, sel-
ected s ta t io ns tran s mit official bulleti n s crossing the equator a nd 176' furth er to
th rough the repeater, using s.s.b, on a down- the west: the 40th deg ree of north latitude
link frequency of abou t 29.49 mHz. These 44.4 minutes later an d 181 ' further west
bulletins include reports of special experi- a nd the 30th degree of north lati tude 47.7
ments and a ny changes in the satellite's min utes later a nd 185 ' further west. For
opera ti ng time, as well as updated orbi tal example, if the satellite crosses the equator
inform atio n. A MSAT urges that duri ng in a south-to-north direc tion at 240' west
OFF days, the satellite not be used for longitude at 1406 G M T , it will pass over th e
com mun icat io ns whil e the telemetry and U SA at the intersectio n of the 40th degree
special bulletin transm ission s arc in pro- of latitude and the 6 1st degree of west
gress . longitude at 14 50.4 GMT.
See "OSCA R-6 N ews" in Feb. 1973 CQ.
The following table shows the init ial, or
p.38 fo r a method to determine the o rb its
reference orb it. in a so u th-to-north direct ion ,
that w ill be w ithin co mm un ication range of
for the A MSAT·OSCA R 6 satellite for each
a specific QTH .
da y duri ng Jan uary, February, Ma rch and
Ap ril, 1974. To produce so uth-to- no rth or- Reference Orbits
bit al information for other tha n the referen- Equatorial Long, of
ced orbits, sim ply keep addi ng 115 minu tes sout h- Cross ing Equatorial
and 28.75 ' o f longitude for eac h succeed- North Time Crossing
ing orbit. South-to-north orbi ts tha t cross Orbit No. Date (GMT) (' W)
the equato r between a pproximately 30 ' and 5927 Fe b. 1 0002 48.3
5940 2 0057 62.0
130" west longitude will permit the satellite 5953 3 0152 75.8
to be used for co mmunications over large 5965 4 0052 60.7
areas o f the USA. These will Occur during 5978 5 0147 74 .5
the late aft ernoon and evening, local time. 5990 6 0047 59.5
6003 7 0142 73.2
Orbits travell ing over the United States 6015 8 0042 58.2
in a north -to-south direct ion will cro ss the 6028 9 01 37 7 1.9
equator in the south-to-north direction on 6040 10 0037 56.9
t h e opp o sit e si d e o f the w or l d be- 6053 11 0132 70.6
6065 12 0032 55.6
tween a pproxima tely 2 10' and 330 ' west 6078 13 0127 69.3
longitu de. These passes will occur during 6090 14 0027 54.3
the morning hou rs. local time. The sate llite 6103 15 0121 68.1
will pass over the USA, c rossing the 50th 6 115 16 0021 53.0
6128 17 0 116 66.8
degree o f north latitude 4 1 minutes after 6140 18 001 6 51.8
1.2A ~ t S A T , P.O . Bo x 27, Washington, D .C. 6153 19 0111 65.5
20044 . [Contillued 0 11 page 74 J

February, 1974 • CQ • 41
 proven time and again that the very low
power signal, coupled with skill and deter-
rnination, can be almost as effective as the
high power signal.
A loo k at the results of the 1973 Annual
QRP ARC I QRP Contest should erase
some of the scepticism that some o f you
LOW·LOW POWER OPERATING might have experienced about trying out
BY ADRIAN WEISS,* K 8EEG QRPp a nd the ability of QRPp to "get
through."
The scoring syste m has a bu ilt-in "equa l-
izer" in the form of a set of power multi-
N EARLYevery prospect ive QRPp opera- pliers based roughtly on 3 db diffe rences in
tor faces the question; "Will I be able to power levels. Hence, 100 watt operation
work out with such low power, given QRM, multiplies by 1.5, 25 walt operation by a
QRN, and QRO competition?" This ques- 2 multiplier (3 db down), 5 walt opera tion
tion (and the unconscious scepticism it (another 4 db down ) by a 3 mult iplier,
expresses ) is a natural one, OUf American a nd 1 walt operation (another 4 db down )
culture has enthroned Brute Power, whether by a 4 mult iplier. So, sco ring is a fairly
in the form of a 450 horsepower V-8 engine, valid indica tor of compa rative results. Now
a Boeing 747, a Dick Butkas, or a linear to a n analysis of this yea r's results.
amplifier, None of us has escaped the un- If you check the score box, you will note
conscious assumption that it takes brute that the top six stations were using under
power (and the more of it, the better) to 5 watts output. Further, 18 of the top 25
accompli sh anything worth attempting. sta tions were QRPp. The number of QRPp
Ho pefully the current energy crisis will stations submitting logs (30 out of 5 3) at-
awaken A mericans to the fact that worth- tests to the growi ng popul arity of this "alter-
while things can be done without de pending na te lifestyle" among amateurs. Admittedly,
merel y upon power. the low power operator doesn't have the
Re mem ber th at this great count ry wasn't advantage of a power multipl ier in day-to-
bui lt with two-th ousand horsepower earth- day operation. But the point to be empha-
movers-just a mule or two, plus a sharp sized is th at, even if we take away the
axe and a determined pair of biceps did power multiplier and look o nly at the raw
the job. Well, QRPp operators have, for a sco re in numbers of co ntacts, the picture
long time, critically examined and rejected hardly cha nges.
that "American as apple pic" notion as in- The top three statio ns, all QRPp, each
valid . Their on-the-air experience has racked up a greater number of tot al con-
' 213 Forest Ave., Vermillion, SD 57069. tacts than any QRO slation with the excep-
tion o f W3RYV, whose tot al is still under
th at posted by the top QRPp operator
Power Po we r
K8BH G . Look at il from a nother angle.
Ca ll (Watts) Score Ca ll (Watts) Score Add the tot al QSO's reported by the top
OH 2BOR 9 11 571 OKI Kl 3 6 10 six QRPp sta tions, and compare tha t to
DJ4 SB 7 69 31 HB9~A 3 .9 580 the total number o f contacts posted by the
OJIZS 3 5320 OK I R 2 5 16
DJ31W 2 4872 W7LNG 9 490 top six QRO sta tions, a nd the QRPp gang
O K3B SA 9 3864 OLl N F 6 4 68
OKIARD 8 2 730 DK2TK/p 3 4 20 still comes out ahead 470-401 , with roughly
(SOATZ 8 2420 OK4E X 9 371 14.5% more contac ts th ai th e QRO gang!
OK 5MP 8 2 108 DT4 0EE 9 335
OJ7ST 9 2046 SP9 FSO 5 3 15 This little bit o f sta tistica l a nalysis should
IlEFC 9 1620 OM6TAH / A 9 3 12
G8PG 5. 1 15 60 DJ2KX 9 3 10 make the point qui te clear. A good QRPp
15MPN
WBOOAV
9 13 80
1184
WA 6GEN
OKIUY
8 300 operato r can offset a 3-10 db power d isad-
2 2 184
O KIFCA 2 117 6 DM 2CRJ 8 17 6 vantage. eve n in direct competit ion w ith
OH 2BO I 9 972 ISOB OO 8 168
PAQWX 3 880 SMOG BC / p 2 15 2 QRO sta tions. Of course, th is doesn't mean
IlMDQ 9 840 DM 2AHF 8 13 6 th at the QRO fellows a rc lids by a ny means
OK2PAW 6 83 2 DM 2CJFI
G3DNF 2 814 DT6TAF 9 III -they just lost Ihe ball game!
DM6VAH 9 763 DM 2AMF/p 8 96
G4BVS 5 7 52 O H3VJ I 53 Just to ease suspicio ns th ai I might be
DK3PN /p 3.8 6 80 DM4 JF 8 44 trying to pull the wool ove r somebody's

42 • CQ • Februa ry, 1974

 QRP ARC I Annual QRP Contest Resu lts
Call Q SO's Po wer Score Call QSO's Po we r Score Ca ll QSO's Power Score
K8B HG 95 2, 5 2 7846 WO I YP 32 I 5304 WB5BOT 29 2. 75 1234
K8EEG / 0 86 5 23 142 WA 8CNN 47 70 4 620 W3 HKS 20 75 1224
KOFRP/ 6 77 3 20 760 VE3B UL 32 5 3519 W 2WSS 14 5 1224
V E3KZ 57 .5 191 80 WB 8NTY 45 90 3399 WN 7T UY 30 15 1080
W B4 T NB 83 I 17000 WA4 LBO 41 4. 9 3 34 2 WN 2 RX L 22 60 8 58
W BODAV 72 3 15264 J EI KlN 30 10 2400 W4QN 13 20 630
W 3ARK 76 40 13271 W8GP 28 50 22 37 W A6BCN 15 3 576
K2MFY 52 3 12672 W oA V 28 25 2176 W4Z RJ 9 5 576
W3RYV 92 90 12042 WN 2EOO 28 15 2016 K I ~V 13 5 546
WA8VPD 49 5 10530 W A4CAO 32 40 1848 W8C K 14 40 405
WB2LYB 65 25 9176 VE2PJ 28 10 1823 K7LNS II 20 300
K9VCM 76 90 8910 WA8EOE 27 70 1809 W I EC H / 1 9 3 300
K6EIL/ 2 52 2 7812 W A2EXX 25 90/50 1739 K4GUS 5 5 180
WA3RJS 67 2.90 734 7 W80GQ P 26 70 16 20 WN6VZ V 10 2 180
W 2AXZ 38 3 70 50 K9 D OA 25 75 159 3 W 7 1B L 12 5,50 162
WA 3SQB 39 3 6840 G3V DW 68 10 1504 KH6E BQ 5 15 99
K I Q FD 39 3 683 1 W 5J LY 14 2 14 04 WB BKZD 3 75 36
W 4 KFB 36 3 6072 W50P 15 5 1386

eyes, let me note that previous QRP Con- applied at the right frequency, with the
tests can be subjected to sta tistica l analysis right timing, can walk awa y with a ra re
with the same results. T here must be some- DX station right in the middle of the biggest
thing to the claim that as power goes down, pile-up this side of Malpelo Island . I know,
skill must go up! because I've had it happen to me. Listen
Every year the length of the list of Q RPp to the granddaddy o f QRPp DX'rs, K40 CE ,
statio ns participati ng in Field Day increases, report his ex perience d uri ng the 1970 CQ
and totals are also o n the upswing as more WW DX Contest :
operators become more skilled at o perating " It was very unfortunate tha t I was only
Q RPp. C heck ou t the results of th e 1973 , ble to operate about 7 hours during the
event in QST. November, 1973, page 7 1, contest ... An yway , I'm obviously a Q RPp
and you' lI get the point. Field Day is prob- nut and I wan ted to show some of the DX
ably the roughest, toughest stateside con- gang th at kw's only cause unnecessary QRM
test of them all, and even with th e Q RM a nd a re absolutely unnecessary o n cw, Dur-
and QR O co mpetition. th e Q RPp ga ng does ing the 7 hours that I ope rated, I at no
a respect able job. During the 1973 affair, timc exceeded ten watts input. I o pera ted
I managed to work 272 stations in about o n 10, 15, and 20 meters using a fo ur ele-
16 hours, while ru nning Q RPp. I never me nt quad at 38 fl. I worked a total of 45
really expected that it could be done, eve n countries 1 a nd 21 zones ( and forgot to
though I've been in the game for qui te a work my own zone! ). Between 2348 a nd
wh ile. Of course, a full-size 8J K up to 50 0028, a total of 40 minutes, I worked all
ft . made a big diffe rence, but th at 's wh at conti nen ts." Don't let the four cle me nt quad
QRPp is all about -making that puny fr ighten yo u off. During the sa me contest,
signal heard by a ny mea ns possible shor t W4VNE, running I wall ou tp ut to a 120
of increasing powe r. ft. rando m e nd- fed wire, worked 25 coun-
tries and all continents! The effo rts of these
David vs. Goliath : OX Contests earl y DX pioneers are being imitated and
Four big weekends of tremendous QRPp matched today, both on s.s.b. and c.w.
challe nge lay ahead of us-the ARRL DX During th e 1973 DX contest, for example,
competition. Now, I know some of you K6GKU made 54 DX contacts while run -
must think I'm nuts for even suggesting ning 2.5 walls s.s. b. I worked 30 countries'
that the QR Pp o perato r gel into a rough- [Continued on page 70 ]
and-t umble fight with the DX e litists, their
California kw's, multi-element beams, and
t'The followi ng countries are li sted: AX, CEo
100 fl. lowers. But alas. the Philistines had CX, DL, EL, G , GM , HA, HB, HC , HI, I,
the sa me misgivings when Da vid strolled l A . lW, KH 6, KL7. KV4, KZ5, LA , LV , 12,
out to lock horns with G oliath . We all OA , OH, ON, PJ, PY, SM , SP, T I, V B5, V P,
know the resul ts of th at skirm ish ! V A , VE, VQ8, Y V , ZE, ZF. ZM , ZS. 7..S 3,
Actually, the re is no need to trembl e at 4Z4, 77..3, 9Y4.
' l A , D K, ZF, G 3, KV4, 4M 5, 9Y4, LV , ZS.
the thou ght of gelling caught in a pile-up CX, 'rr, 9Z4, YS I, C R6 , CV8. 6Y5, 4C5 , HW,
with a couple of hundred KW's. T he amazing VOl, OH, ZD3, KH6, KS6, V P2IC02, PJI ,
thing is, that, many times a Q RPp signal, OA , PY, CEo KZ5. VE.

February, 1974 • CO • 43
 BY COPTHORNE MACDONALD.* W~ORX

ATA-Amateur Television Association subject, but we can do very nicely by grasping

o nly a few key concepts. The fi rst transistors
ONS EX recentl y sent us a reminder tha t were low gai n germa nium units having high
ATA, formed in 1967 is still go ing stro ng and leakage. Doing a good design job with these
promoting interest in SSTV. UHF-Ama teur things did require a lot of equation juggling.
TV, Fa x, and weath er sa tellite reception. It is Today we ca n buy two or three high gai n. low
a non-profit association and publishes an Eng- leakage, silicon transistors for a doll a r. If we
lish la nguage magazine. ATA International, restrict ourselves to using onl y these high ga in,
every three months. A subscription is $5 in low leak age devices, the calculations become
US bills (so register the letter ) sent to : ATA greatl y simplified.
Treasurer, M. De Meyere. ON4N U, Hullekens- Figure I will be our sta r ting point. Fi gure
straat 7, 9831 DE URLE, Belgium, Europe. I ( A) shows the standa rd symbol for an N PN
A request to the above address will al so get tran sistor with base, emitter, and collecto r
you a free sample copy if you'd like one. leads marked. Figure I ( B) shows the sa me
Designing With Tra nsisto rs PN transistor, but with Cop's hand y "in-
nards" diagram instead of the symbol. This
The di screte transistor is a device that will diagra m is a useful model of how a transistor
be with us for a long time in spite of the rapid acts in a circuit. It tell s us nothing about the
growth of IC·s. Most IC's are created in the chemistry, and physics, and geometry of the
fi rst place beca use a particular fu nctiona l device: but frankl y don't need to get into a ll
"block" appears in a lot of de signe r's block tha t to be able to lise the da rned th ings. Let's
di agrams. T he cost of desig ning a new Ie is so start with the two diodes. The tra nsistor reall y
high that there has to be a mass mark et for the does contain two d iode ju nctions; o ne betwee n
device. It ce rtainly makes sense to use the IC's base and collector, and th e ot her between base
that ha ve a lready hit the ma rket, whe never and emittter. If yo u take an o hmmeter and check
possible , but there are few projects that can be a good tra nsistor yo u'll find them there. In fact,
bu ilt without at lea st a fe w transistors sprinkled the standa rd ohmmeter check to see if a tran-
amon g the DI Ps. sisto r is " pro bably OK" is to check these diodes
Designing with transistors is easy these days, for a rea sonabl y low forward re sistance a nd a
especially at the d .c, and audio frequencies high back resistance. Then o ne checks between
used in slo w-scan. Sure, lots of big thick books, collector and emitter to make sure that the
full of long equation s have bee n written on the ohmmeter indicates a high resistance when con-
· P.O. Box 483, Rochester, Minn. 55901. nected first with o ne polarit y. and then with
polarity reversed. The breakdown vo ltage of
these diodes sho ws up on the transistor dat a
Co ll ec to r sheet. The base-collector diode is back-biassed
te
dur ing norm al transistor o peratio n. HVeRo
or sometimes just VeRD is the symbol used to
tcec indicate th e breakdown volta ge of th is diode.
10 In the da ta given fo r the 2 N5828 we see that
Bd se l _ _ -i te
'" hF" E >( IB
I th is voltage is 50 vo lts. The base-emitter diode
is fo rward bia ssed in no rmal o peration , so in
amplifier circuits its breakdow n voltage is not
importa nt. It does co me into play however in
multivibrators a nd other digital circuits where
Emitter we intentionally back bias the base-emitter
(A) (e) diode to cut the tran sistor collecto r current off.
BVEBO is the highest sa fe back bias for thi s
Fig. l -(A) The sym bol for on NPN transistor. diode. The 2N5828 data shows thi s as only
(8) is a fu nctional model showing base-collector 5 volts which is typical for silicon transistors.
a nd ba se -emitter d iode s. and the constan t cu rre nt ( T hese diodes ac tua lly ac t like low power 6
g e ne ra tor that re sp o nd s to the current flowing or 6.5 volt Zeners having very sha rp knees.
th ro ugh the base-em itter d iode. Try one the ne xt time you need a Zener in

44 • CQ • February, 1974
this voltage range, but keep the cur re n t do wn to
a few mil s. )
If th e base is shorted to th e em itter, the
1. lHeg
co llec to r-e m itte r b reakdown voltage is the
sa me as HVCBO. If the base is left o pen. how- +O. 7v.
ever, or is con nec ted to a h igh imped an ce, the
m axim um collec tor-emitte r vo ltage should be
lim ited to th e rated BVe no . For the 2 N5828
thi s is 40 volts, o nly 80 % of th e Bvc no . Fig. 2-A sim ple circuit tha t ca uses the .action to
Another diode -connected pa ram eter to keep take p lace.
in the back of o ur minds is ICBO, the m ax i uirn
rated lea kage of the collecto r-ba se d iod e . This be? It depends on th e current ga in o f the tran-
curre nt is added to what ever base cu rre nt sisto r. Let us a ssume th at the tran sistor in
enters th rough th e base lead. Its effect is ne g- question is a 2N5828. The data for that type
ligibl e in 95 % o f the ci rcu its you 'll use, bu t says th at th e Beta m ay be an ywh ere from 400
you mi ght wan t to take it in to accou nt if yo u to 800. If it happen s to be 400, then the col-
a re using tran sisto rs in circu its h aving an 10 o f lector cu rre nt will be 10 ua X 400 = 4000
less than I microa mp. (Ch eck yo ur calc u lations ua, o r 4 milliamps. With a unit having a Beta
to see ho w m uch the co llecto r current cha nges o f 800, th e co ll ec to r cur ren t would be 8 ua.
if ICBO is added to the ex tern al Ia. ) A tran- Since th e base cu rren t is onl y a tiny fract ion
sisto r is mo re than a co uple o f diod es. of of the co llecto r cu rre nt. it is al so ve ry close to
course, and that ex tra so mething is indica ted be ing true th at IE = Ie.
by th e cur rent genera to r box co nnected bet wee n De sign ers since th e tim e o f Faraday have
co llector and em itter. In effect, whatever for- used th e co nventio n th at cu rren t flows from
ward bi as current we cause to flo w in th e base- the ( +) te rm inal o f the po wer su pply through
em itter dio de gets multiplied by th e cur rent th e externa l circuit ry and back into the (_)
ga in o f the tran sistor ( HFE o r Beta ) and this terminal. This wa s confusin g in th e d ays of
new multiplied cu r rent fl o ws in the co llecto r vac uu m tu bes because the tubes m ade us aware
circu it. th at th e electrons were actuall y flowing in the
F igure 2 sho ws a sim ple ci rcu it th at cau ses o pposite direction. The cu rre nt flIow arrows
thi s ac tio n to take place . Here we have in these di agram s follow the pl us-to-minus con-
grou nde d th e em itter. Th e base-emitter diode ven tio n, rather th an elec tron flo w. F eel free to
is forwar d biassed b y th e current flo win g th rough think either wa y. but if you dig into an y en-
the t .1 meg re sistor. A forward biassed silicon gine er iing books remember that th e a rro ws will
dio de will no rm all y h ave a voltage drop across it sho w plu s-to-minus current flo w.
of between 0.5 and 1.0 volts. Let's a ssume th at
th e vo ltage is 0.7 volts in this case. IB, th e base Designing Emitter Followers
cu rrent, will th us be th e voltage across th e resistor
The simplest. and o ne of the m o st usefu l
(1 1.3 vo lts) divided by 1.1 megohms, or abou t
tran sistor circu its is the em itter follower. It is
10 m icro amps. Wh at will the co llecto r current
th e first " bu ild ing bl ock" circuit that we'll look
a t. Emitter followers are vo ltage a m plifie rs
with a ga in o f almos t l - typicall y 0.98 plus.
Basic Data , 2N5B2B T h is m ay not sou nd too exciting. but at the
Pol a rit y: N PN sa me time they act as impedance tran sforme rs;
Co llecto r-base brea kdown vo ltage. BVCBO hi gh Z in a nd lo w Z out. The tran sfor mation
= 50 vo lts ra tio is equa l to th e tran sistor H FE, and un like
Co ll ec to r-em itter b reakdown voltage , BVCEO a wire wound transformer, thi s o ne goes down
= 40 volts to zero frequen cy! Slo w-scan gea r uses a lo t
Em itter- base b rea kdown vo ltage , BVEBO = o f high impedance circ ui try: photomultiplier
5 vo lts tu bes, and 8 seco nd sweep circuits to nam e a
Ma ximum co llec tor cu rre nt, Ic = 100 rn a.
M a ximu m total power d issipa tio n @ 25 ° C
= 360 milliwatts
M a x. d .c. curre nt ga in, hFE = 800
M in. d .c, cu rrent ga in, hFE = 400
I o I'
v
"' Vee

@ rc = 2 rn a. ..y
Ma x. co llecto r cutoff cu rrent. ICBo = 0 .05 -, ( 0

ua.
l\l in. gai n-ba nd width pro du ct , rr = 90 mH z
Max. gain -band wid th produ ct. rr = 350 mH z -L -L , 6-
l\l anufac tu re r: GE
Price: $0,34 each Fig. 3-An emiller follower output sta ge
coupled to the p re cedi ng stage.

February, 1974 • CQ • 45
 co u ple. Emitter fo llowers a llow the vo ltages
Emitter Follower Design d evel oped in the se hi gh Z ci rc u its to be cou pled
to lower impedance loads. They can be de-
· Vcc +V: c signed not to lo ad down the so u rc e that feeds
,, them. Usually one em itter follower will do
" - -
Z""""E I ZI N I
the trick , especially if a high Beta transistor
I ,,,- -
l OU T : Zl., OAD
-;
is used. Occasiona lly. two or more stages will
have to be cascaded. This is done if the nec-
Input I essa ry impe d an ce tr an sform ation r ati o is
VIN =VE ' c.t». vIE
'E
" •~
f
0" greater th an the H FE of one tran sistor.
A step-by-step design procedure appea rs in
the box . The order given fo r the steps is not
fix ed. If your input and output Z requ irements
are tight, you mi ght start with step 4C ) , for
1. Decide on emitter d.c. voltage, VE. (See example. Another possibili ty is th at you o nly
text) have a few parts on hand and want to come
2. Decide on the collector and emitter cur- up with the best performance you can. In this
rent. (See text). case you 'd " plug" the values into the appro-
VE priate ste ps and see how the numbers turn out.
3. Select R E: RE= Let's am plify so me o f th ese steps a bit. Se-
Ie
4. Select a transistor: lecting VE in step 1 may be dictated by input
a) VeEO rating should be appreciabl y or output bias constra ints. Figure 3 shows a n
g rea ter than Vee. emitter foll ower used as an output driver fol-
b) Rated power dissipation at 25 ° C shou ld lowing a transistor ga in stage. In thi s case the
be well above calculated dissipation, Po: VE will be de termined b y YIN-it will sim ply
Po = Ie ( Vee-VE) be 0 .7 vo lts lower th an the collector voltage
c) Calcu la te ZIN an d ZOUT to make sure o f the dr iver transistor. At othe r tim es you
that the y are satisfac to ry. (Include will want a speci fic VE and will need to de-
so urce and load Z ex ternal to the stage sign the input circui try to give a VI N of VE+
in parallel with the resistive loading 0.7 volts. When the d.c. bias conside rat ions a re
caused b y the bias resistors ). no t dictated by input o r output connections
ZI N = ZLOAD X h FE
(as is th e case with a.c. coupling) it is no rm al
ZS OU RCE to m ak e VE abou t half of Vee . This gives the
ZOUT = h FE
greatest possible output voltage swing without
clipping; th e peak-to-peak voltage can equal
5. Calculate the maxim um possible base
Ve e before clipping occurs.
current :
T he co llecto r/emitter current decision of step
Ie
18 M AX - ---,- - - - 2 d epends largel y upon the impedance of the
hFE MI N load being dri ven by the stage, a nd the necessary
6. a) If VIN is provided b y the previous peak -to-peak output am plitude. If th e stage is
stage , is that stage capable of supplying capacitively cou pled to an externa l load, find
18 MAX ? th e pea k- to- pea k c u r re n t re qui re d b y that
b) If the input is to be biassed by an R 1- load. To do this, divide the requ ired pea k-to-
R 2 type of network, proceed as follows: peak 'volta ge across th e load by its resistance.
1) The total resistan ce o f R 1 + R 2 If you mak e the d.c, current through RE equa l
sho uld be such th at th e current to thi s same current value, you will be on the
through the resistors is about ten safe side in most cases. T he pro blem here is
times the maximum expected [B that while an N PN emi tter follower can supply
MAX: lots of dri ve current in the posit ive direction,
RT =
R 1 + R2 the drive curre nt in the negat ive directio n is
Ve e su pplied by RE.
RT - - = -;c--,-,--,,--
- 10 IB MAX If high input Z is very important, sta rt with
2) Once RT has been decided upon, step 4 and work backwa rds th rough step 3 to
R 2 can be calcula ted : step 2. If the application is non-crit ica l, or if
VIN you just don 't know whe re to star t, a rbitrar-
R 2 = Vee X RT ily select a cu rrent of one or two millamps.
3) Calcu late R ,: If some thing doesn't work ou t down the line,
R 1 = RT - R2 you can always go back, plu g in anothe r va lue,
7. Check source and load characteristics for a nd try agai n.
the probability of parasitic oscillations, Ove r-voltage kills transistors instantly. In-
and de signs-in suppression measures if they ternal he atin g is the seco nd e nemy . Try to
a ppear necessary. (See text.)
(Co ntinued on page 72]

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5 R·46A €o m Xcv. 79 11.-100 Rece ive . n, D11' la l 500 Xc v,
... / AC supply $399
206 Cal ibralor 15
HA·26 206m VF O 39
55· 1V Band 5canne. 175
22'e' FM se"", 25 209
(;-208 ae n.c c.... Rec S89
G-2 09 Ham aec. 89
HA·t Keye,
HA ·5 VFO
59
49
T -60 Xmt'
T· I SO Xmt' "69 D1111l1500A Xcv.
w/AC supply 449
2 10 AC s upply
250 AC supply 39 "
FM-27A 2m FM
F M·27B 2m FM
289
319 GE N A VE
GTX·200 2m FM '189
HAMMA RLUN O
HO· t OOC: Rec e ive, $ 109
TR -I 06 €o m Xcv,
V-I07 VH F VF O
TR· I08 2m Xc~,
"" se e
5·30 5ilnal ia,
PM·2A T. ans ce ive. 19
.,"
011 AC su p.-use d
COLLIN S
75A-2 Rece ive . 5269
59
GlO BE/ GAL AXY/ WII. L
H ,bander 62 6& 2m
HO·I I DC Rece ive. 119
HO·l ICA Rece ive. 139
L AF AYET TE-
HA -225 Rece ive, 57'
" SB-34 T,ansce ive' 1269
SB2 ·LA L inea,
SB2·XC Ca librator
169
12
PM·2B T' ans.cei ve'
PM·3A Tr. ns ce ive, S<
TOP AZ
Xmtr (lIS-IS)S 39 HO ·I I CA C gee. 149 HA-250 Rece i~e ' 5B2-CW Codaplor 29
7SA ·4 (s e, .1171 3)
75A·4 ( se r , 1208 11 l7S
7SA·4 t se r.• 21 46)
'"
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6-2 " FO
(;al aKY 300 Xc~. 129
1'" HO· I I CA / VH F ge e . 189
HO -170 Rece l~e . 149
HO·17OC Re c e . ~ e ' 159
HA·800B Re c e ; ~ e '
MIIDA
"" 582 -M IC Mike
SB·14"1 2m FM Xcv, 149
9
C I OXD(; AC supply
for S.... n 240
TOP BAND SYSTEMS
$ 39
7SA·4 ... !V ZC mod . (; -300 DC s upply 39 SI GNAL /O NE
(;al l>:y V Xn. 225 HO-I1OAC g ee . 199 Dili pel 60 f.eq uency TBS-2ooo Linea, SI69
,f,c a l,ons (as · os) 250
HO · 17CA JVHF Rec . H9 couOle. $ 149 CX·7A Xcv. sws
755 · 1 Rece l ~ e ' 325 (;a ll>:y V Hk II H9 UNI METRICS
HO · '8GAX Rec . 359 SIN GER
755 ·3 Re c e l ~ e ' 449 (;al l>:y V Mk III 175 NATIONAl Unicorn 25 2m FM SIB9
HQ·2 1S Rece ive. 229 PR· I Pa nadaplor $ 79
7S5·3B Rece ive, 595 (;T -550 Xcv. 299 NC-98 Re ce l ~e. S 89 VARtTRO N1CS
(;T -55M Xcv. 349 5·200 Spea ke' IS NC· ISS Re ce ive. 109 STANDARD FM·IOBM AC supp ly
11. ·390 ge e (' k.ml . ) 595
AC-35 AC su pply 65 HX·SOA T,a ns ml1te.2 19 NC· 183 Re ce ive. 89 5R-(B26M 2m FM $1 79 .... / Amp. S 39
32S-3 T, ansmi lle. 695
DC-35 DC s upp ly 65 HEATHKIT NC·270 Re ce Ive. 125 5R -(85 lT 2m FM 269 PA·SM 2m FM amp. 49
30L-1 Linea, 395
625 -1 VHF coov. 595 AC-400 AC suppl y 75 G R-81 Rece ive. s 19 NC·300 Receive. 129 SR-(SA C ha'ie. 24
RV-I Remote VFO 49 WATE RS
KWM·I Xc v, 239 RX- I Rece ive. 129 HR0 -60 Re ce l~e ' 199 SWAN
VX -35 VOX 9 NTS-3 Speake, 12 300 1 Hybrid co"ple. S3 9
5 16F ·I AC s upply 75 SB·300 Rece ive . 209 260 T,a ns ce ive. S289 361 Codax Keye, 49 ,
SI6E -1 DC su pply 75 VX·35C VOX 15 SB-301 Rece ive, 229 HRO Speak", 12 400 T•• ns cei ver 159 337-SI A Q·m"lllplle'
K.... M-2 Xcv . 595 CAL· 35 Ca llb.ato. 9 5 B·303 Rece,ve. 289 XCU-303 Ca llb' al or IS 4 10 VF O 79
/ notc h f i lle .
KWM-2 ib la nke.
312B ·S PT O con s. 349
695 5C· 35 Speake.
DAC-35 DI K. console 69
12 SB-3 10 SWL ae c. 229
5 B-SOO 2m Kml.c onv.1 75
NC X-3 Xcv.
NCX·5 X c~.
169
299
VX ·I VOX
117B AC s uppl y
12
65 YAESU
FV -"I00s VF O
"
35 10 ·2 MOunl
Sl6F -2 AC s upply 129
69 SC-550 Speake'
Duo· Band e. Xcv -
19
99
SB-600 Spea ke.
HS ·24 5pu ke.
IS
9
NC X·5 Mk II Xcv. 329
NC XA AC su pply 75
350 Xcv. (ea,l y)
350 Xcv. ( la te )
249
269 SP·"I01 Spea ke'
FTd x-400 Xcv,
'"15
MP·I DC s upply
PM-2 AC s uppl y
119
95
Economy AC supply 39
Ecomony DC s upply 19
DX-3S T.a ns mme'
DX·40 T,a ns mllle.
34
39
200 T.a ns ce lve,
AC·200 AC s upply 69
21 9 350C Xcv. 299
SW-11 7C AC s " pply 65 F LdK-400 Xmtf '"
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CC -2 ca rry,n l cas e 60
COMM. TE CHNOLOGY
Rele cl or
Rele ct or AC s upply
6
4
DX-60 T.a ns mltle.
DX-(1)A Xm"
59
64
NCL·2000 Linea ,
NC X·SOO Xc~ .
349
2 19
St2 DC su pply
500 T,a ns ce ive'
69
319
F R·IOOB Rece ive.
FL-200B Xmt. '"
'"
AC·21 0 AC su pplyl DX-60B Xml' 69 AC-SOO AC s upp ly 75 500c: Tran sceiver 349
Maloum 6 RF s peec h Booste,
pr ocess or ("'lfed
for D.ake) .79
11.·530 (ne ... de mo) 70S" TX·, T,a ns mll(e.
HX· I O T'a ns mme. 169
99

OIG' TEC
Z-200A D' l. lal
Voh mele . S 59
GONS ET
Comm II €om
Co mm l iB 2m '""
HX -30 €om Xmtr
HW -7 QR P CW Xn ' 59
HW·32 20m Xc w
HW.)2A 20m Xc ~,
149

75
85
SAVE $50.
Z·200A (. ac k mounll 49
R. L. DRAKE
Comm IV €om
GC-t OS 2m Xcv.
€o m Lonea. II
"'
119 HW -I OO Xcv.
HW· IOI Xn '
239
H9
2A Rece l~e',
2AC Ca llb.a tor ,
S I~ 9 900A 2m Xcv.
901A AC su pply
"
' 99
39
HW· 16 Xc ~ ,
HW· 17A 2m Xcv.
89
109
2B Rece ive. ' 79 HW · 17·2 FM adaplor 25
2BQ Spk. /Q ·mu ll.
2BS Spea ke' ",
9 10A €o m Xc v,
91 1A AC su pply '"
39 SB ·'OO Xcv.
SB·IO I Xcv.
299
329
2NB nO IU blanke.
2NT T,aos m'lle. "
99
(;5B·20 1 Lonea'
HALLI CRAFTER5
SX-62A Rece ive. SI 59
'" 5B-I02 Xcv,
5 B-610 Sll nal mon o 69
5B-620 5c;ll nal ya. 11 9
369

11.-4 Re cei ve.

R'''IA Rece .~e ,
R-48 Rece.ve.
'"'" SX-7 1 Receive.
SX· lOO Rece l~e'
99
139
VF ·I VF O
HW·29A (S•• ·e.)
19
34
SPR-4 Rece ive .
SC -6 €om e eev.
'"
lOS
69
5X·IOI Mk II aec . 119
5X-IOI Mk Ill Rec. 139
HW ·30 (T...o' e.)
(;P -II DC supply
39
9
ces- r supply 12 5X-IOIA Rec e i ~ e, 169 VHF _I (Se neca ) 6 ·2 79
TR ·3 T'a ns c e lve.
AC-3 AC su pply
OC-3 DC sup ply
'" 65
5· 10Il Re ce ive,
5X·I I I Rece l ~ e,
5X-117 Re ce ive,
79
129
189
HP · I O DC su pply
HP-20 AC su pply
Hp -n AC s uppl y
24
24
45
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Purc has e a Ne w GE NAVE GT X·200 (5 249. 9 5- s ho wn abo ~e) or a

AMATEUR ELECTRONIC SUPPLY GT X· 2 ( 5 249 .9 5- 10 push-b utton chan ne ls ) fo r the Re zular price
with No Tra de and rou ' may take a 550 Cre d it tow ard s th e pu rc hase
4828 West Fond du Lac Ave. Milwauk.ee. Wis. 53216 of other ne w me rc h and is e 0 ' Your Ch o ic e . F o ll ow in a ar e some
po ssible sUllestions 0' o ther mer c han d is e you mizht c ons ider:
Ph one 14/4) 442-4200
HOURS: Hon & Fri 9 - 9 ; Tues . W~d & Thtlrs 9· 5:30; 5.( 9-.3 *GE NAV E PSI · IO AC power s upp ly 579 .' 5
* GE NAVE Ham P a k, P ortabl e b attery p ack with a nte nna 539.95
• G E NAVE T E- I Ton e En c oder 579.95
IMP ORTA NT! - P le as e Be Sure to send all l'1ail Order s and Inqu irie s
t o our l'1 i lwa uke e store. whose address is shown abo~e . The foll owin a • E xtr.a t ransm it or re ce i ve cry st.a ls 55 nch ( 146 .9 4 I'1 Hz incl uded )
Br a nc h stOles ar e se t up to hand le Walk- in bu s ine ss only. • ASP , C u shcra't . Gam, Hy- G.ain . Lar s e n Antenn a s
• B ird Ham- H.ate 43 52 wat tme ter 579.00
17929 E ucl id A ~ e . ; C l e ~ e l and . Oh io P hone (21 6) 4 86_ 7)) 0 • If you c an ' t t h ink of an r th in a- Phone u s or writ e
62 1 C ommonwe a lt h A ~ e . : Or land I', Fl orida Phone (lOS) 894- ) 2)8 for our · Co nden sed li s tin a o f Ama te ur Rad i o E qu i p men t~ •
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TR· 12 2m FM X c~r . 12~ d c . 23 ch 5199.95
TR·I l P orlable 2m FM Xcv, 219.95
A4 ·12 Rec.l Xmtr. Amplif ier 149.95
MMK· 22 Mobile Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 TII. · 72
4A · 10 10 wa n 2 me ter Ampl ifier . . . 49.95
A(· IO sup pl, for T R· 22/ AA·tO TR· n 39 .95 • TOP TRADES for you r lood c1un equip men t
Ed'" crys tals for TR·n . TR·n each 5.00 . ST AY· ON· T HE· AIR PLAN-Ena ble s you to ke ep your tr ade- ins
• until your ne w l ear ;lrr ive s « Lese no operat inl t ime !
05R·1 Oil ila lt y sy nthesi zed Rec eiver 2 195.00
Rack pa ne l adapt or for DSR· I 125.0 0 • PERSONAL SERYICE from fell o.... h ~ s .... ho unders tan d your
Ie Rece i ver S295.00 pro blems .
l AC ( " Iifrator for Ie ... ... ... ... . 18.75 • SAME DAY Se RYICE on mos t Order s and Inqu ir ie s from ou r
I CS Speaker rOf 2e . . ... .. . .. . .... 22.00 Centr all y l oca ted Modern F ac il it ie s
TII.·11
leQ Spea.ker / Q. mult iplier for I e .. . 49.00 • Top Notc h Ser vice De partment
2NB Noi se B lanker rOf' 2e .... .... . 26.95
R·4C Receiver 499 . 95 (!)If.eh4 .,(J.~ • l ARGE COMPLETE STOCK me ans Fast De li ver ies . United
4NB No ise Blank er 65 .00 Parc e l Serv ice a~ai t ab r e to mos t parIS of the country. -UPS
F il ten : 250. 500 c ycle; 1.5 . 6.0 kHt 50.0 0
Direct tra m this Ad Blue labe l (AIR) to the Wes t CO:ls t .
1'15·4 Speaker for TR·4 C. R·4C . 5W· 4A 22 .0 0 . G E C C R e ~ o l v in l Charl e Plan. Onl y 10% Down. lOW Mont hly
TR· 4C Tra n s c e i ~ er hx 80-10 Meter s . . 599 .95 P a yment s - for ex amp ly: S iD a month fin ances up to SlOO: $20
]4 P NB Nois e Bla nker 100. 00 up to S6 10. Wr ite for comple te inform ation and c red it appl ic ;lt ion .
RY·4C Remot e YFO for TR· 4C 11 0 .00
FF· I Cr yn al co nt . ada pt . for TR·4C 46 .9 5
AC· 4 AC sup ply for TR · 4C . T · 4X. . . . .
OC-4 t2vd c Supply for T R· 4C
99.95
125. 00 SAVE up to $100.
MM K· 3 Mobile Mount inl kit for T R-4C 6.9 5 If you purchas e any of the ne w "4erchandis e li sted below at
", .4C
MC· 4 Mobile Console for T R· 4C . . . . .. 69. 00

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the Rell ular P rice and \II'ithout a Tr ade-In, you may take th e
2NT CW Tr ans mitter 175. 00 " Bonus. " Cred it indicated be lo w tOlurd the purcha s e of
T· 4XC SSB Trans mitter 53 0.00 other merc handise (s uc h as power supplies , ant ennas
towers , microphone s , crys ta ls , linears , sccee ecriee , etc.!
l · 4B l inear Ampl ifier •..••••.... .. . 825. 00
MN · 4 Ant enna Ma tch Ne t....ork ... .. . .. 99.00 TR-22 2m FM S ID Bonus SPR·" Receiver S-40 Bonus
MN · 2000 Ante nna Match Net ork . . 195. 00 TR-72 2m FM $20 Bonus TR·"C Xcvr $SO Bonu s
...·4 RF Wa ltme ter (2·30 Mc) 6 1.95 R-"C Rece iver $-40 Bonus C·" Console $-40 Bonus
WY·4 RF Wall me ter nO·200 Mc ). . . . 73.5 0 T·" XC Xmrr $-40 Bonus l -" B linear S ioo Bonus
C· 4 Sta t ion Control Cons o le 395.00
SW·4A AM Short wave R ec e i ~ er (tube ). . 335.00
AL· 4 Loop Antenna - BC Band . .. . . . 29.00 SIX EZ ·WAYS TO PURCHASE
AN ·S Short W a ~ e outdoor ant enna . • . . • 8.80 L CASH
TY· 42 ·LP 100.... Lo.... -pass F ilter . . . . . 8.95 2. C.O D. (20% DEPOSI T)
T Y·I OOO·lP 1000w Lew- pa s s F ilte r 18 .75 3. MASTER CHARGE
TY· 300HP Hil h· pan F ilt er . . . . . . . . . . 6 .95 4. BANK AMER ICARD
LN· 4 L ine F i lter , 120v. 5 amp. . . . . . . . 8 .00 S. AMER ICAN EXPRESS
Cr ys t a ls for 2C , R·4C . SYf· 4A. T· 4XC 5.00 6 . GECC REYOL YING CHARGE
F ixed· Freque nc y Cr ystals . . . . . . . . . . . 7. 50
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729SRO Microph one with plu, . . . . . . . . 19 .95
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DC· P C OC P ower Cord . .. . . .. . .. .
TA -4 Transeet ve adaptor for SP R·4 ... 2S. 00
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SCC· 4 Cr yllal Ca libra tor . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. 00

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4828 West Fond du La c Ave . Milwaukee , Wis . 532 16 . Mu t• • Clla. , _ •
• DATE lnlt . ban k numbe r ( 4 dieill) .
Phone (4/ 4) 442·4200
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HOURS: Man & F ri 9 ·9 ; Tues . Wed & Th urs 9 ·5:30 ; Sat 9 · 3 I N;lrne : •
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17929 Eucl id A ~ e n u e ; Cle ve land Ohio

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t o our Milwaukee store . whos e address is shown abov e . The fol lowinl
Branc h stores are se t up t o handle Wa lk· in bus iness on ly.
Phone (2 16) 486-73] 0
• C ity & Stat e : •
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62 1 Commonwealt h Ave . : Or lando . Fl orid;l Phone (305) 894-]238 : 0 Se nd used gtal list :
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 THE WPX PROGRAM
MIXED
408- JA2HG A 412-W7HKI
409- W5SBX 413-1MX
4 1O- ZL2AH 414-SK4DM
411-W2FBF 415-F9RM
C.w.
1283-0H2DN 1285-UK3DAA
1284-0Z8WH 1286-UK5VAA
BY JERRY HAGEN,· WA6GLD SSB
77 1-JA2HGA 775-UK5VAA
772-J R ITS H 776-UK9AAN
Changing Fa ces 773-LUIBAR /W3 777-LU8FP
774-HS4AGZ
D UEto heavy bu siness responsibility in- VPX
curred by John , K4I1F, the DX Department is 61 -UB5·0795 62-DE-FI0/17052
changing hats. Effecti ve with this issue your
Assistant DX Editor will assume OX Editor WPNX
responsibilities with K4I1F becoming Assistant 64- WN2KU M
DX Editor. There will be N O cha nge in The M ired: F9RM-lI00, W4CRW-950, 16SF
Awards Programs. The WPX a nd CQ DX - 850, YUIAG. 10JX-800, G5GH-700,
Awards will co ntinue to be handled by WA6- W2FLD, W4HHN-650, WA6TAX. WA-
GLD while the WAZ Program will remain with 9VGY-600, K3SXQ-500, W5SBX, W2·
K4I1F. During the past six years John, K4I1F, FBF-450
has provided excellent reading as a DX Editor C .W.: DL7MQ-600. G5GH-550, WA3·
and established the First United States DX CSF-450, UK5VAA-400, 350-W5-
Advisory Co mm ittee. He provided excellent SBX, UK3DAA, OZ8WH
SSB: K2POA, DL90H-900, W3YH R-650,
analysis and commentary on controversial DX WB4S IJ. K2JFE-500, UK9AAN-450,
issues by airing the opinions of major DX W2SZ. WA2D HF-400, UK5VAA-350
clubs through the CQ DX committee. The VI'X: DE-FI0 / 17052-400, UB5-0795
WPX Award Program W<l S revitalized, the CQ 80 M eters: G2GM, F9RM
DX Aw ards established a nd the CQ DX Hall 40 Meters: F9RM
of Fame initiated under his leadership. The 20 M et ers: WB2FMK, F9RM
DX column hopes that the help and interest of /5 M et ers: WA2D HF, F9RM
DXers will continue to be as good as in the /0 M et ers: WA2EAH , F9 RM
pa st. We are always glad to receive co mments A frica : SM5·2735, F9RM
A sia : F9RM
a nd items o f interest to the DX Fraternit y for Europe: WA4EPM , G5GH, G30CA, UA9·
the DX column. MP, W5SBX, F9 RM
North America: F 9RM
Amateur Rad io Goodwill Oceallia: WA5ZWC, F9RM
For the past II yea rs the "Colegas Y Amigos" S Oll111 America: WA2EAH. F9RM
Radio Club of Southern California have been Co mplete rules for WPX, WPNX and
VPX may be found on pg. 67 of the Febru-
meeting with the Radio Club de Ensenad a, B. ary. 1972 issue of CQ. Application blanks
C .• Mexico to promo te good will amon g the and reprints of the rul es may be obtained by
se nd ing a bu siness s ize. se lf-ad d r essed
· P.O. Bo x 1271. Covina, California 91722 sta mped envelope to the WPX Award Man-
ager, P.O. Box 1271 . Covina, Ca 91722.
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border neigh bors. T his years meeting in was
held under the sunny skies and beside the
spa rkling " Bay Of All Saints" in Ensenada ,
Baj a Californ ia. Approximatel y 30 ama teu rs
from Southern Califo rnia traveled down the
coast whe re a Saturd ay morning gree ting was
given by the Repre sentative of the Ensenada
Mayor. Following the greeting. a motorcade
• proceeded to the " Ensena da Chi ldrens School
for De af and MUles" where donations of cloth-
The Southern California group presente d many ing and food were given for the stude nts. Fol -
useful supplies to the " Se mill a Chiquita" School. lo wing the presentation and a tour of the

50 • CO • February, 1974
 WPX HON OR ROLL
The WPX Honor Roll is based on confirmed current prefixes which are subm itted by sepa ra te
application in strict conformance with the CQ Master Prefix List. Scores a re based on the
current prefix total, reg ardless of an operators a ll-time prefix count.
MIXED
W 4LRN 1275 W8ROC 929 YU2DX 855 WAOK DI 790 J AI AG 730
F9 RM 105 3 ON4QX 916 W4 1C 850 WOAUB 785 WA6EPQ 713
VEaGCO 103 0 W6TCQ 904 W4BYU 824 K6DSR 789 P A OV B 706
W 8LY 986 YUIAG 896 WB4K ZG 820 S M7T V 752 W 6NJU : 706
W2NUT 982 KI S HN 893 W 9WH M 811 K2ZRO 751 W A2EAH ,700
W 3P VZ 970 DLIMD 892 G3DO 810 K8UDJ 750 W 9 ZTD ,700
WA6 MWG 962 W 4BQY 889 IOJX " 803 CT I L N 749 WAOCPX 693
DJ7 CX 960 W4W SF 877 K2AA C 783 W A 5LOB 749 W 8GM K 683
W4 CRW 948 16S F 862 W 6IS Q 803 PY4AP 735 WA6JV D 655
P A OSNG 94 3 W 9FD ,860 W 3GJY 797 KOBLT 733
CW
W 8 I~Y 975 VK3A HQ 809 DJ7CX 730 16SF 676 K2 ZRO 635
W 8KPL 955 W 9FD 802 KI SHN 715 WA6MWG 674 K ILWI 629
DLtQT 861 W B2FM K ~ .. 770 YU IAG 709 W 6JSQ ,666 W 8GMK 628
W2 HO 825 G2GM 749 K2AA C 686 S M6 BN X 652 W 3ARK 620
ON4QX 823 K7ABV 745 OK2DB 693 W4 IC 652 V E40X 600
W2AIW 813 W4BYU 744 V OIAW ,681 WA6JVD 647 OK2QX 600
SSB
W4NJF 11 00 K2POA 883 DLIMD 805 WA 5LOB 747 Z L3N S 685
F9RM 1000 HPIJ C 85 1 F2MO 780 KI SHN 737 YUIAG 684
CT I P K ,930 J8KDB 839 IT9JT 762 W 6RKP 72 5 18Y RK , 662
W 9DWQ 9 17 IOZV 827 W 3DJZ 761 G3DO 71 9 W B6I>XU 656
n l~90H 911 P Afl S NG 824 I4ZSQ 753 W 6TCQ 709 CR 7I K 613
10 AMU 909 W OYDB 819 W 41C 750 O KI MP 702 I4LCK 608

facility, th e Radio Club of E nsenada hosted a pleased to meet Jose, XE2M X who is a scho ol
a cock ta il fiesta co m plete with deliciou s hors teache r in Ense nada and an av id DXer. His fine
d'oeu vre. statio n ( shown in photo ) feeds a home built 2
The Radio C lub de Ensenada , fou nded in eleme nt tr iba nd q uad and a dipole o n 4 0
1963, has approximately ten members and meters. Jose has worked nearly 150 countries
meets weekly. T he Club Call is XE2EB C and as well as holding several nice DX awa rds. Of
the sta tion inclu des a c.w. rig plus a Swan course, a pplication fo rms for the C Q DX
Transceiver feedin g a tri-band yagi Or dipole. awards and WPX were left wit h XE2MX!
In May of 1973 the Club mem bers activated The meeting concluded with a brea kfast
the special prefix XF1EB C ope rating fro m "All sessio n o n Sunday morning a nd then the visito rs
Saints Island" which is located at the entrance began the scenic trip home.
to the fi ne Ensenada harbo r. Following the visit
to X E2EBC, a luncheon wa s held at the meeting Reciprocal License Notes
center and introd uctions of all a mateurs we re We have been requested to advise US ama-
made. Spec ial honors were acco rded to Duke, teurs who may be assigned by the U.S. Forces
W60 ZD and his XYL for their fi ne work in to Okinawa tha t o pera ting perm ission is no
organizing the meetin g and to Oscar, XE2DDP lon ger gove rned by th e U.S. as Okinawa and
for his efforts o n beh alf of the En sen ada Radio the Ryukyu Islands have reverted to Japan, Op-
Club. OXe" W6EIF and WA 6G LO we re eratio n privileges may be secured fo r amateurs

Sea ted a t the banquet table are (r-I) Duke,

W60 ZD, Rada lla, President al the XE2EBC Club
At the Radio Club de Ense na da Club ho use (l-r) and XYL Emma, and Blanca, XE21D, the only YL
W6EIF, XE2CMM, WA6GlD a nd XE2EBC mem- mem ber of Rad io Club d e Ensenoda. ( p h ot o by
bers e njoyed th e sunshine and fine ref re shme nts. W6E/Fi

February, 1974 • CQ • 51
 HERE IS A FIST FULL • XF1EBC
of 2 METER POWER
PARA RAD I O

This special Q SL was for th e Radio Cl ub de En-

senada's ex cursion to "All Sa ints Isla nd" in Ma y
of 1973.

resid ing in o n-base quarters. Applica tions for

Japan and Okinawa sho uld be add ressed to
SAF/ DCO-AM RS, A PO San Francisco, Ca.
96 525. Bob, W6U UX writes that Foreign
American Made Natio nals in Japan may operate a cl ub statio n
Quality at Import Price if properly autho rized. Bo b hopes formal re-
ciprocal licensing will be autho rized in the
fu ture.
M o d e l HRT-2 Pat, F08BW, writes that reci procal tickets
are issued for French Pol ynisia ; ho wever, ap-
5 Channel, Narrow Band plicatio ns must be processed 90 days prior to
planned o pera tio n. Pe rmission and F00 calls
2 .2 watt FM Transceiver are issued f rom Papeete and F08D R can pro-
vide information and applicatio n for ms.
T his light we ig ht, " take anywh ere"
transceiver has th e " Regency- type" Special Prefi x Act ivity
interior componentery to give you The PJ I activity in Decem ber was to ce le-
what oth ers are lo oking for in brate the 25th annive rsary of VE RONA ( PI
portabl e communi cati ons. You get a A RRL! ) . Special QSL's will be sent to a ll
statio ns worked and the Curacao Certifica te
heavyweight 2.2 wa tt signal ... or if will be issued free of charge ( no rmally $ 1) for
yo u want, fli p the HI/LO switch to stations working three PJ I's in Decem ber 1973.
1 watt and the rec eiver gives you A WPX Bargain! Applications to : VERONA,
0.7 uv sensitivity and 0.5 watts P.O. Box 383 . Curacao, Neth. A ntilles.
aud io. Both transmitter and rec eiver French amateur s were authorized usage o f
the HW Prefix be tween 15 November and 15
employ band- pass circuitry so that
power and sensitivity are mai ntain ed
across th e entire ban d. Get one The WAZ Program
to go. .. . only 00 5.5.B. WAZ
11 49 W20 VC 1150 K2IMY
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Every Purse Decembe r, 1972 issue. Co mplete rules for

~~
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regular WA Z may be fo und o n pages 64 -66
I. of the June, 1970 issue, A pplicat ion blanks
and reprint s of both sets o f ru les may be o b-
HR· 2MS HR-2 12 AR-2 tained by sending a self-addressed, stamped
8 Ch annel Transcan 12 Chann el·20 Walt Z Meier FM enve lo pe to A ssistant DX Edito r, P.O. Bo x
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S2 • CQ • Feb ruary, 1974

 E '& .
~~C!i-HR-2B gives
a lot to talk over

\
Jose, XE2MX, and Mike, WA6ISP, compa red their
English a nd Spanish a s they a re both lea rning a
second la ng ua ge.
Americ an Made Qua lity at Import Pric e
December to co mmemora te the 50th Anniver.-
sa ry of the F irst Amateur Trans-Atlantic QSO
bet ween France and the USA on Novembe r
28, 1923,
The CQ WW Co ntests produced their normal
Full 12 Channel. 15 Watts
sha re o f rare prefi xes with A4XFJ , CV I BP, with HI/LO power switch
C V3TZ, CV4C, OF8SA R, EL7 F, FG~ ZZlFS~ ,
IH 9AA (Zo ne 33! ) , JH 7BBK, KA6JT, XGIJ ,
XI IlX, 4C9AA and 9Z4 LO a ll being active. Here is everyth ing you need , at a price
Good D'X pedition activity by KG 6SW, VP1 · yo u li ke, for excell ent 2 meter FM
SYL, WB4NXR /VP 7, PJ 9GIW, FGM FA / FS~, performance. T he 12 transmit chann els
VP 2M . V P2 M OX , PJ 80X /PJ7. XV5A C , have individual trimmer capacitors
plus th e prefi xes a bo ve add ing to rnultiplyers
and CQ OX Award totals. for optimum workabili ty in point-
to-point repeater appl ications.
160 Meter News Operat e on 15 walls (minimum)
OUf 160 meter repo rt er WIBB reports m any or switch to 1 watt. 0.35 uv sensitivity
fi rst's in To p Ba nd o pe ratio n such as longest
distance for a 1.8 mHz QSO-JA7 AO and and 3 walls of audio output
VP8 KF ( 18.000 krn ) , l st W7 to Eu ro pe (W7· make for pleasant , reliable listening.
OZO to G 3YVU). a nd ac tiv ity f ro m Nauru And th e compact package is
(Con tillued 011 page 72] match ed by its price. $ 00
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1971 issue. Appl ication blanks and copies of
the rule s m ay be obta ined by sending a busi-
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OX Editor, P.O. Box 127 1, Covi na, Ca HII -'
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Fe b rua ry, 1974 • CO • S3

 Contest Calendar
BY F RANK ANZALON E .* WIWY

Worldwide SSTV Contest

Calendar of Events
1500-2200 GMT Saturda y, F ebrua ry 9
Feb. 2-3 A RRL D X Phone Contest 0700-1 400 GM T Su nday, February 10
Feb. 9-10 QCW A QSO Pa rt y
Feb. 9- 10 Wo rld wide SSTV Contest Last month's CALENDAR gave you the details.
Feb. 9- 10 Ten Ten Net QSO Party Logs go to: Prof. Franco F anti, Via A. D a llol io
Feb. 16- 17 A RRL D X C.W. Co ntest n. 19, 40139 Bologna, Italy and must be reo
Feb. 16·24 IARC Propag ation C W / RTTY ceived no later than March 20th.
Feb. 23·24 French Pho ne Co ntest
Feb. 23-24 YL·OM Pho ne Co ntest Ten Ten Net QSO Party
Feb. 23-25 Vermont QSO Party Sta rts: 0000 G M T Saturday, February 9
M ar. 2-3 A RRL DX Ph one Contest E nds: 2400 GM T Su nday, February 10
M ar. 9· 10 RSGB BER U C.W. Contest
Ma r. 9· 10 YL-OM C.W . Co ntest Action in this o ne will be o n 10 meters and
M ar. 9- 10 Wo rld wide V HF Activity o n s.s.b., and for the members of the Ten-Ten
M ar. 9 11 Virgi nia QSO Pa rt y Internatio nal Net. See last month's CALENDAR.
M ar. 16-17 ARR L D X C .W. Contest Logs go to: G race Dunl ap. K511l R U, Box 445,
M ar. 23-25 BART G RTTY Contest La Feria, Texas 78559 and must be received
M ar. 23-3 1 IARC Propagatio n Pho ne by March 15th.
!\Iar. 30.31 CQ WW WI'X SS B Contest
Apr. 12-15 Co unty H u nters SSB Contest IARC Propagation Contest
Apr. 20-22 Zero D ist rict QSO Party
M ay II Wo rld Telecomm. C.W. CW I RTTY : February 16 to 24
Conte st Pho ne : March 23 to M arch 3 1
M ay 18 World Te leco mm . Phone Starts: 000 1 GMT E nds: 2400 GMT
Co ntest "The Co ntest with a purpose" has th e sa me
June 2 M innesota QSO Part y rul es as last year. The dates have purposely
bee n planned to coi nc ide with major contests
in order to get a ma ximu m num ber of reports.
ARRL OX Contests Co ntacts wit h stations in o ther activities may
Phone : February 2-3 and Marc h 2-3 be sco red by supply ing the correct IARC zone
C.W .: February 16-17 and March 16-17 num ber.
Starts: 0001 G !\.1T Saturday Catcgo rles: Single band , all band, mo bile
Ends: 2359 GM T Sunday and s.w.l., si ngle operator onl y.
Excha nge : RS / RST plus yo ur C PR Zone.
Yo u sho uldn' t have any problems with this Scorlna: One point per co ntact, a nd a mu lti-
o ne . J ust g ive yo u r DX co ntac t a signa l report plier o f o ne for each Zone and IARC country
a nd your sla te or pro vince. The y in turn will worked o n each band . You may wo rk sta tions
g ive you a signa l report and three figures in- in yo ur o wn zone but for multiplier credit only.
dicati ng their power input. F ina l Score : T otal QSO points multiplied by
Last month's QST gave you all the details. sum of Zones and Co untries worked. If all
You r lo gs go to: A R RL Co m mu nications band, sli m from each ba nd .
D ept., 225 Main Street. Newington. Co nn. The sa me statio n may be worked as many
06111 times as desired, but contacts must last more
than 6 minutes or a fraction thereof. Each
QCWA QSO Party may be credited as a separate QSO, and m ust
Starts: 0000 G ~ T Saturday, February 9 be logged sepa ra tely.
E nds: 2400 GM T Sunday. Februa ry 10 U se separate log sheets for each band and
R ules have been streamlined and were mode, and note time in G M T o nly. Official log
covered in last month's C A LE N DAR . T his yea r sheets, C PR zone ma p and (A RC cou ntry list
your logs go to: Ke n H ed rick. W9 KO, 122 are available fro m K4ZA. It is recommended
East Slade St., Pa latin e, Ill .:60067 that you use official fo rms althoug h it is not
required . A fac simile with 40 contacts to the
• 14 She rwood Ro ad, Stamford. Co nn . 06905. page ma y be used.

S4 • CQ • Februa ry , 1974
 Awards: Certificates to the winners in each
Zone in each Ca tego ry.
Logs and all inquiries go to: L. M. Rundlett,
K4Z A. 2001 Eye Street, N .W., Washington,
D.C. 20006
YL· OM Conle sl
Phone : Feb. 23·24 C .W .: Ma r. 9 -10
Starts: 1800 GMT Satu rday
Ends: 1800 GMT Su nday
fls the YL's wo rking the OM's in this one.
All Bands may be used but cross-band or Net
contacts do not count.
Exchange: QSO no ., RS(T) and ARRL sec-
tion or country. (See QST for A RRL section
list)
Scoring: One point per QSO, m ultiplied by
Senator Barry Goldwate r, K7UGA /K3, receiving
the nu mber of A RRL sections and countries
the "Sarnoff Cita tion" from Fred lin k, the Presi-
worked. The sa me station may be worked once
dent of the Radio Club of America, at the QCWA
o nly rega rd less 01 the band.
and Radio Club of America meeting , at the Hotel
There is also a power multipli er of 1.25
Plaza, in New York.
fo r sta tio ns ru nn ing 150 watts o r less input.
(300 watts p.e.p, if on s.s.b.) Mu ltiply your final
score b y the abo ve facto r. Frequencies: 3685. 3909, 3932. 7060. 7265,
Pho ne and c.w. a re separate contests and 7290. 140 60. 14295, 14325, 21060. 21375,
require separate logs. 281 00. 28600, 50260. 50360, 144 /144.5, 145.8
Awards: Certificates to the highest scoring Awa rds: Certificates to highest scorers in
YL and OM in each State a nd VE call di strict each ARR L section and foreign country. Tro-
and in each country. There are a lso 4 Trophies ph ies to the Top scorer in Vermont and out-of-
fo r the Top YL and OM in each contest. and state station. Special certificates to the 2nd.
2nd and 3rd place certificates for the runner- 3rd a nd 4th places in Vermont. The "Worked
ups. Vermont" Award will be issued to those work-
Lo gs must be mailed by A pril 1st and re- ing 13 o ut o f the 14 Ve rmont counties. T here
ceived no later th an Ap ril 30th . T hey go to: is a special certificate fo r VT multi-operator
C h ristine Ha ycoc k, WB2YB A. 36 1 Rosevi lle sta tions.
Ave.• Newark. N. J. 07107 Include a s.a.s.e, whe n you send your log to:
Peter K ra gh. K2 U PD. ( WIAYK) 170 Summit
French Conle sl Ave. Ram sey. N .J. 07446. Mailing deadline is
Starts: 1400 GMT Saturday, February 23 Ma rch 3 1st.
Ends: 2200 GMT Sunday, February 24
This is the phone section. the c.w. portion RSGB BERU Conlesl
took place last month. R ules in details in last Start s: 1200 GMT Saturday. March 9
mon th's CALENDAR. Ends: 1200 GMTSu nday, l\l a rch 10
Logs go to: REF Att: Lucie n Aubry, F8TM, Eligibility for thi s o ne is limited to RSG B
rue M arceau 53, 9 1120 Pal a iseau. France . residents in th e Uni ted Kin gdo m and a mateurs
licensed to o pera te withi n the Br itish Common-
Vermonl QSO Pa rly wealth o r British M an da ted Ter r ito ries.
Starts : 2100 GMT Sa turday. February 23 It is requested that operation be confined to
Ends : 0100 GM T Monday, February 25 the lower 30 kHz 01 each band. 3.5 thru 28
Sponsored by the Central Vermont A RC mH z on c.w. only. (That little Tea Party
thi s part y offers an opportunity to wo rk some back in 1776 makes us ineligible. even if you
of the rare counties in th is co m pa ratively rare do hold an ext ra class license) .
sta te. The club plans to activate all areas. Exchange: J ust a signal report. no serial
Exchange: QSO nc. , RS (T) and QTH . number was ment ioned .
County for Vermont, ARRL section for others. gcortng: Each com pleted contact counts 5
Sco ring: For VT. 1 point per QSO multi- points. In addi tion a bonus of 20 poi nts may
plied by A RRL sections and . cou n tries worked. be claimed fo r the fi rst. second and third co n-
All o thers get 3 poi nts fo r each VT. station tacts with each Co m monwealth ca ll area. (A ll
wo rk ed multipli ed b y the numbe r of VT. coun- British Isles cou nts as one call area.)
ties worked O tl each band. Ent ries may be single or m ulti-band. with
T he same station may be worked on diff- separate log for each ba nd. T he separate band
ere nt bands and modes for QSO credit. Mobiles totals to be added and shown on the su mmary
in each new count y. sheet. M ulti-band entries are not eligible for

Fe bruary,1974 • CQ • SS
 i_

station meeting fo llowi ng criteria: 100 poi nts

Claimed Scores on 50 m Hz, 50 points on 144 mHz and 40
points On 220 mHz. .
1973 CO WW OX C.W. Co n test There is a Plaque for the C lub or organi-
The following are a fe w unoffici al cl aimed scores for zation having the highest aggrega te score.
the CQ W .W . O X C .W . Contest received a t press-
time. This listing is not intended to show winning therefore sta tio ns should indicate their club
scores, but ra t her t o show t ypical entries fr om dif- a ffi liatio n on thei r logs.
fe rent a reas. so don't be alar med if you ' re nOE listed !
Simrle O ~ra tor
Send your log with a s.a.s.e. to IIchycoo
7 mH z
All Band W 5WZQ 134.733
Park VHF ARS. WA 3N UL, P.O. Box 1062,
KH 6RS 2.7 12.388 W 6ITY 93.316 Hagerstown. Maryland 21740. Ma iling dead-
4C5AA 2. 422. 251 JAI CWZ 78.056
9 Z4AA 2.397.990 II SLB 72. 900
line is April 15th.
L U 5HFI 2.0 17.925 W 5EQT/ 0 18.52 5
KH 6IJ 1. 156.2 40
W IB PW 1.05 3.008 Virg in ia QSO Party
K6AHV 1.04 5.1 56 3.:5 MH z Starts: 1800 G M T Saturday. March 9
9LIJT 971.9 45 YVSAW 74.1 44
K4G SU 9 62.964 O KaCF Z 27. 542 Ends: 0200 G M T Monday, Ma rch 11
CS6AI 926.640 KI DI R 22.984 This yea r's party is again sponso red by th e
XU IAA 44.505 K5PFL 20.23 7
Sterling Pa rk AR C. T he same station may be
28 mHz
CX9BT 238 .098 1. 8 mHz worked o n each ba nd and mode, Virginians
OD5LX 11.692 KVO'Z 21.320 may work o ther in-sta te sta tions.
DL7AA 9.514
K ILW I 7.632 PA OHIP 4.1 00 Exchanger QSO no., RScr) and QTH . County
OKIAT P 2.596
W 4W SF 4.796 for Virginia sta tio ns; state. province or country
21 m Hz Multi·Operator for othe rs.
W4KFC 136.7 31 Single Tra n.mittf·r
KllDSR 1011.680 Sco ri n ~ : One point per QSO. VA. statio ns
9HIGH 101.640 G3W YX 2.231.455 multiply total QSO points by sum of states,
K4IQH M6.HMO waw JD 2.1 63. 424
AXaKX 84.168 V S6A W 862.389 provinces. cou ntries and VA. counties wo rked.
U mllz Out-of-sta te sta tions use VA. cou nties for their
W 4A A V 206.01 0 Mu lti-O per a t oe multiplier. (ma x. of 98)
W 9M Yn 183. 000 1\01 ulti-Tran sm itlrr
W A I"IM SR .1 14. 017 W2PV 2.389. 604 Frequencies: C.W. -60 kHz in from low end
VE.>\OO I 0 7.1 ~4 G3FXB/P 2.350.7~8 of each band. Phone--3930. 7230.14285.21375.
K2TQC 103.840 K6EBB 1.139.007
KIHVV 103.059 W3GM 1.07 0.415 28575. (C heck phone bands on even hours)
ZLIAHV 8 3.776 Awa rds: Ce rtificates to high scorers in eac h
st ate . pro vin ce. coun t r y a nd eac h V irgin ia
single band awards bu t you may request a count y. Special certi ficate to the Top o ut-of-
single band to be used for competitio n. sta te sco rer.
T he re is a lso a s.w.l. ca tegory with sco ring Indicate each new multiplier worked. A su m-
same as above. Hoth sta tions in a contact may mary sheet and chec k list is a lso requested with
be logged separate ly for credits. yo ur entry.
Awards: Rose Bowl T rophies to the winner Logs must be received no later than Apri l
and runner-up and to the leading UK station. 15th and go to: Don Wiles, W4IM L. 980 1
There is a Howl for the leading s.w.l. too. Lo mond D rive. Man assas, VA . 22 110
Ce rtificates to the leadin g UK and overseas
single ba nd entries o n each ba nd. and the U K Ed itor's Not es
a nd contine nta l leade rs on a ll bands. Complete rul es for thi s year's W PX SSB
Logs go 10: A. V. Da vies. G3MGL. 41 Contest a ppea r o n page 39. 0 changes from
Gai nsborough Road. T'ilgate, C rawley. Sussex previous yea rs. Rest periods. double QSO poi nts
RH 10 5LD. England. And mu st be received for contact s o n 40. 80 and 160, and counting
before Ma y 13th. th e mul tiplier o nly once, (no t o nce per band)
are features tha t have been ret ained .
Worldwide VHF Activi t y Stateside statio ns a re passing up a good thing
Star ts: 3 :00 P.M . Saturda y. March 9 if they a re not getting invol ved in thi s o ne . Wit h
Ends : 10:00 P.M. Sunday. March 10 the two special W40PM Memor ial Trophies
( Yo ur Local T ime ) available to USA statio ns only they do not have
Th is is the 4th annua l ac tivity spo nso red to compete o n a worldwide basis.
by the Itchycoo Pa rk VHF ARS. Act ivity will Co nd itio ns for the c.w. weekend of the Wo rld
take place on the 6, 2 and t 1;4 meter bands. Wide contest did not compare with the excellent
Excha nge: Call. county and state. . openin gs we experienced during the phone co n-
Scorfng : Total contacts X cou nties worked test. \V3ASK had originally predicted good o n
X sta tes worked. Saturd ay a nd fair on Sunday. but whe n he up-
Multi-band o peration is encouraged but each dated the forecast on D IA L-A-PR OP he warned
band sho uld be sco red sepa ra tely. of a possible disturbance midway on Sunday.
Mobile statio ns may be worked on each Sure eno ug h signals o n 10 and 15 sta rted to
count y change for 050 an d multiplier credit. fade late Sunday morning and by noon time
A wa rds: Ce rtificates will be awarded to each [Continued on page 72 ]

56 • CQ • February. 1974
 to call yo u is more of a ch all enge. Once yo u
have a potential customer, the longer you call.
the more likely he is to get tired of listening to
you and tune away, or to sta rt calling " CQ"
himself. Co nseq uently, a '·CQ" la sting longer
than two m inutes is usuall y self defeating; two
sho rter calls with a reasonable liste ning space
between them are likely to be more productive.
Worse than calling overlong "CO's," however,
is to mangle yo ur o wn call letters. Someone
tuning across a long "CQ" shortly before the
BY H E R B E R T S. BRIER, * W9EGQ sender runs do wn has no way of knowing how
long he has been braying. But the listener
kno ws insta ntly whether he ca n copy what he
T fiE fundamental reason for obtaining an hears. Because they are so fa milia r with th eir
amateur license is to communicate with other own call letters, many ama teurs unco nsc iously
am ateurs by radio. Two facts emerge when one speed up a nd run everything together when
ex amines how well different am ateurs achieve send ing them. thereby completely destroying
this goa l. One is the wide range of result s ob- the effectiveness of their "CQ's."
tained by different operators using sim ila r
equipment. The other is the impressive results "Horrible" Examples
obtained by so me operators using mediocre The fi rst ··CQ·· I heard o n the 40- mete r
equipment. T hus the trui sm . A successful ama- N o vice ba nd this morning was from a WN 3.
leur station is / 0 per cefll equipment and At least, the ope rator sent 3 oftener than 2.
90 per celli opera /o r . Ce rtainly the wo rld's best I never did deci pher the rest of the call letters
operator ca nno t work a no ther statio n if his in the dozen or so times I hea rd them. He was
signa l is too weak to make the journey. Con- sending a strong 25 w.p.m., and wha teve r came
versely, the stro ngest signal on the band will after the numeral was a jumb le of dots a nd
attract a lot o f attention in spite of a few dashes. A good rule is to call ··CQ" at the
ope rator deficiencies. Between these extremes, a pproxi mate speed at which you would like to
ho wever. there is a wide a rea in which operati ng be a nswered. Assuming the WN3 had been
sk ill is all important. sendi ng readable code, the odds in favor of his
getting an answer to such a fast call in a
Calling CO Novice band were not too good. A mo re-up-
Pa raphrasing amateur o perating manu al s, propriat e speed in the No vice bands is eight to
such as A Condensed M anual of R adio telegraph 10 w.p.m. Ten w.p.m. is a little fast for some
O perating Procedure and T echnique for th e Novices: nevertheless. they can usually de-
A mateur Service, ava ila ble from the Aero- ci phe r call letters at that speed after hearing
naut ical Center Am ateur Radio Club, Inc., them a couple of tim es. if the sending is good.
Postal Station 18. Oklahoma C ity, Okla . 73169 M y next "ho rrible" example was a W BS,
for about 50 cents, postpaid : " If W9EGQ de- who opened up wit h a "CQ" on a frequency
sires to communicate with any sta tion within already occupied by a num ber of other signals,
range. he may tran smit 'CQ CQ CQ DE W9- o ne of which was a "CQ:' When he stood by,
EGQ W9 EGQ W9EGQ K,' repeatin g the ano ther station on the same frequency im-
sequence up to three times (a 3 X3 X3 call . A media tel y sta rted calling him. Bur by the rime
5 X 2 X 3 seq uence is also often recommended.) he had sent the WBS call letters the first time.
To answer the CQ, WN 9ZZZ would tran smit,
"W9EGQ W9EGQ DE WN9ZZZ WN9ZZZ AR.'
to which W9EGQ would respond. ·WN9ZZZ
DE \V9 EGQ . . .ta nd the two ope ra to rs will
make a lte rna te tran smissions unt il they have'
exchanged the desired information," You would
not think that there was too much to mess up
in such a simple procedure, but rea d o n.
M an y ama teurs abuse the "CO" in three
wa ys: The y make them too long. then send
them poo rl y, and they use poor judgement
when the y send them. If yo u have an audible
signal and call on a reasonab ly clear frequency,
yo u will be quickl y hea rd, if there is anyone
a round to hear you. But enticing that listener lou, WN9JVR, has his equipment arrang ed fo r
convenient operation. You can read more about
· 385 Johnson St ., G ary, Indiana 46402 him in the te xt.

February , 1974 • CQ • 57
 other, if they had used the more-important
halves o f th eir statio ns- thei r receivers- more
intelligently.
Normally, a lo w-power statio n with a so-so
anten na does bette r ca lling specific statio n s
tha n he does calling "CQ;' bu t it is no sma rter
never to call "CO" tha n to call them constantly.
You neve r know what that next ca ll will b ring.
Bill, WA9MOE, told me last week that, after
calling O DSLX, Leba non, unsuccessfull y for
months, a weak signal broke into a ragchew
he was h avin g with another statio n. It was
Dale Newlin, Mike Domazet, Rick Johnson, and OLSLX calling WA9M OE!
Mike Collins, sixth-grade members of the Salk
Elementary Schoo l Amateur Radio Club, 3001 Items From Here And There
W. 77th Ave., Merrillville, Ind. 4641 0, spen d a Joh n V. Smith, 1924 Dolphin Blvd., St.
lot of tim e in the assistant principal's office with- Petersburg, Fla. 33707, responding to ou r in-
out being in trouble. The assistont princi pal is vitation to anyone wit h ideas or information of
Richard Hardt, WA9SBR, club trustee and in- interest to Novices to write to the N OVICE
structo r. Th e club station, WB900W, is locate d SHACK. brings up a m a tter that ha s co nce rned
in his office. The boys already know the code many of us. Normall y, the Tech nicia n class
a nd shou ld soo n be joining the 38 licensed ama- license is used by mail, as th e Novice license
teu rs, includi ng three YL' s, that the club has is. However. a Novice or ot her a pplican t who
a lready turned out in its si x-year existence. appea rs at an FCC examination poin t for the
(Ph oto ta ke n and processed by the Salk Photog- General class exa minat ion and fails th e 13-
raphy Club.! w.p.rn. code test but does copy 25 consecu tive
letters witho ut error is permi tted to change h is
the WBS was back in business again. Getting a pplicatio n fo r a Ge ne ra l class license to an
no reply to the seco nd "CO" he called again, application for a Tech n icia n class license . He
and again , and again , with all of five seconds the n takes the Ge ne ra l class written examina-
between ca lls before he disappeared . A n in- tion. Upon passing it, th e a pplican t is issued a
teresting feature of his performance was that " no n-co nditiona l" Techni cian class license that
during it, a WN4, a WN~ , a WN9 (twice) ca n be conve rted into a G eneral class lice nse
and a WN2 called " CO" on the same fre- by his re turni ng a t a later date and pa ssing the
quency. Po ssibl y, not all of these operators l Lw.p.m . code test. T he o ption ce rt ainl y has
could have h eard each other, but there is little its adva ntages ; but. as W4ACG poi nt s o u t, it
doub t that so m e of them could have heard each is not an unmit igated b lessing fo r N o vices wit h
some time to go on thei r tickets wit h no equip-
ment or desire to operate above 50 m f-lz, the
pl ayground of the Technicia ns . Curre nt FC C
Tf ~ A'o1ERICA DISTRICTS regulatio ns prohibit sim u lta neo us ho ld ing bot h
AllARD a Novice and a Technicia n license : so acce pt-
ing the o ption brings one's Novice license to an
AIIArfW 'A£NC) STAT HAS Sl./I"'ITTfO abrupt end. O n the other hand. kno win g th at
SAn ~AcrO«T '1OeJoC 0 fWC).WJlf COIIlI"'UJflCJl l lO,IJS you have passed the written Genera l test a llows
ITH STATIOIII'S ~ Jill tfllll A 1CAJill1A"'O IHSTllCn you to concentrate o n the code be fo re you r
next trip to mecca. Let's hea r you r thou gh ts o n
rAO AWJlU IllIU"'If' u n
the subject.
Ama teu r licenses in India. In the text ac-
co mpanyi ng the pictu re of C . A. Nin an, VU2-
CA N ( Post Box I S, Poona I, India ) and hi s
wife in the Nove mbe r colu m n. Bill. W6DDB,
u nin tentio na lly downgraded the VU " General
Nov ice certificate chasers may like to get started class" license. Dr. N ina n repo rts that the Grade
with the " Te n American Districts Awa rd." Ma il II Ind ian lice nse is equ ival en t to o u r Novice
one QSL card (o r other proof of contact) from license. but the Grade I license requires passin g
each of the 10 U.S. ca ll area s to the LERC Ama - a J 2-w.p.m . code test and a test o n electronics
teur Radio Club, 2814 Empire Ave., Bu rba nk, and regulations. Our apologies to the VU 's a nd
Ca lif. 91504, to obta in it. Each card must con- thanks to D r. Nina n for correc ti ng us.
tain a signa l report and bear a postm a rk or a Louis Rem pe, WN9J VR . 720 N ort h ~I onroe
QSL bureau stomp or be accompanied by the Sr., Clinton, III . 61727, has enough eq uipme nt
e nvelo pe in which it was mailed. Also include
$1.00 to cover " ha ndling" charges. [Collli 1l ued 011 page 70 ]

58 • CQ • Fe b ruary, 1974
 ( LAST MINUTE FORECAST
Da Il·To-Dall Ccntditio". Ex~ct~d For
Februa rll,1974
Ra ti"g & F oreean Qualitll
P roPG Dat io" l " dez • •• • , . ( 4) (3) ( 2) (1)

Propagation Dat e
19-20
February
Above N ormat: 5-6 , 8, 10
Normal : I · ·L 7, 9, 11 ,
'
A
II
A
C D
BC
E
17-18 . 21,22, 25-28
B elow N ormal: 12-13. 16. C D EE
23 ·2 4
Disturbed : 14-15 D D E E
W h e re ex pected sig na l ql«11it y is :
BY GEORGE jACOBS.* W3ASK A - ~x c e ll('n t o peni n g , ex ceptio n ally s tron g. st ea d y
Signa ls .
B - Good o peni n g . m oderately stro ng s ignals wit h
W ITH day light savings time no w in use little fading and n o ise.
C- Fair openin g . !lig nals bet ween moderately st ro n g
throughout the yea r, begi nni ng with thi s mo nth a nd weak, w ith some fad ing and n o ise.
the C Q D X Propagatio n C harts will be given in D -Poor o peninz , !lignal!l w eak wit h eonside ra b le
f ad in g and no ise.
lo cal daylight time. Th e T ime zo nes used will E -No o peni n g ex pect ed.
no w be EDT, COT, MDT and PDT . No te th at th e
Cha rts are /10 / given in G M T, and 110 correction n ow TO USE T H IS FORECAST
1. Find propa gat ion index a ssociat ed w ith p a rtic-
is required to obtain local time. ular . band o pen fng- f rom P ropagatio n Charts a p-
T he Swiss Federal So lar Observa tory, the p ea rmg- o n t he fo llow in g p a Kes.
2 . W ith t he propagation itldez. u se t h e above table
world 's offici al keeper of sunspot reco rds, re ports to find the ex p ect ed s ig m ll quality a ssociat..-d wit h
a monthl y mean sun spot num ber o f 22 for Nov- the p articular open in g for a ny d a y o f t he m o nth.
Fo r exam nle, a l.1 o p ("ni nR's show n in the Charts w ith
em ber, 1973. This results in a ru nning smoothed a p ro pa g a ti o n Itl dex o f (-I) will be Rood o n F e b. 1.-1
sunspot number of 40. ce ntered o n May, 19 73. exc~'lIt ' nt on F e b. 5-6. etc. •
? ~o r u p da ted in fo rmation dia l Area Code 5 16-8 83-
A smoothed sunspot n um ber o f 26 is fo recast fo r " __3 for DIAL-A-PROP. or su bsc r-ibe to M AI L-A .
February, 1974, as the presen t cycle continues PROP. P.O. Bo x 86, N o rthpo rt. N.Y. 117GR.
10 decl ine slo wly to w ard s a mi ni mum .

OX Opening s hou.r o r two a fter su nrise. The band sho uld peak
Declining so lar activit y. co u pled with norma) aga in to wa rds Europe and the east be tween
seasona l changes in sho rtwav e propagation co n- N oon a nd 4 P. M . in the eastern half o f th e
ditions, is expected to resu lt in co nsiderably country and between Noo n and 2 P. M . in th e
few er 10 meter OX o pen ings dur ing Februa ry. west. To ward s Africa , p ropaga tion sho uld be
The band m ay occasiona lly o pe n to Europe and best ?etween 3 and 6 P.M . Best be t for lone path
the east from th e eastern half of the cou ntry be- ope ~ m~s fro m the weste rn states to Europe a nd
tween 10 A. M. a nd 1 P.M. Better conditions A fnca IS a n hour o r two a fte r su nr ise. Open ings
should exist towa rds Sout h America. with fai rly to wards th e sout h shou ld peak agai n during
regul ar openings possible be twee n 2 and '; P. M., the la te afternoon, with the band remaini n g
and occasiona lly as earl y as 10 A . M . The western o pen as late as 9 P .M . C heck un til M id n ight fo r
half of the cou nt ry is favored for o pen ings o penings to de ep SOUlh America a nd An tarctica.
toward Oceani a a nd A sia. with so me possible Evening o pe ni ngs to Oceani a, th e Far East an d
between 3 and 7 P .M . When condi tio ns are bet- Asia sho uld peak between 7 a nd 9 P. M . in th e
ter than no rm al so me o f these o pe nings ma y easte rn sta tes and 7 to t I P. M . in th e west.
exten d to th e east coast be tween 3 and 6 P. M. Fai rl y good 40 meter o pe ni ngs are forecast
F iftee n m ete rs loo ks good fo r wo rld-wide DX to man y a reas of th e wo rld du ri ng February.
propagatio n co nditions dur ing most of the da y- C heck between 8 P. M . a nd 2 A . M . for o pen ings
ligh t hours. The band shoul d o pen first to wards to Europe; between 8 P .M . and M id nigh t to-
Eu rope. A frica and th e east be tween 10 A. M . wa rds A fr ica : and be tween 9 P.M. a nd 4 A.M . fo r
and 2 P . M . O pe ni ngs to wa rds So u th Am erica o pe nings to wa rd s Sou th A meri ca . F rom th e \Vest
should be possib le th ro ugho u t th e da y. with Coast the band should o pen to Oceania. th e F a r
co ndit io ns peak ing betwee n 1 and 5 P.M. Ope n- East and Asia be tween 4 a nd 7 A , M .. with o pen-
ings to wa rds Oceania. th e Far East and Asia ings to Oceania often exte ndi ng towards th e
look best from the western ha lf o f the cou n try east coast be tween 5 a nd 8 A .M. local DST.
between 5 and 8 P .M ., with so me o pen ings e x- Eight y meter o pe n ings are fo re cast to so m e
tend ing eastward betwee n 5 and 8 P . M . local areas o f th e worl d du ring the hou rs o f darkness.
DST. The path to An ta rct ica sho uld peak between Best be t for Eu ro pe is be tween 9 a nd 11 P. M .
5 a nd 7 P.M . in th e wes tern half of th e co untry and from 9
On 20 met ers, loo k fo r a windo w of fairl y P.M . to J A.M . in the east. Co nd itio ns are not
good o penings in almost all d irections fo r an too good to A fr ica a nd the Middle E ast. bu t
check between 9 P .M. and Midn ight for an occa-
0 1 1307 Clara Street. Silver Springs. M d. 20902 sional o pe ning . Best bet for Lat in Am erica n

Feb rua ry, 19 74 • CO • S9

 H ow T o USE: Til E: DX PROI' AGATION C HARTS
one-hop li mit o f 2300 miles when conditions are
1. Usc C ha r t ennronrtete to sou r t ransm itter
good. On 80 meters, up to 250 miles during day-
loca tio n. T h e E astern USA Chart can be u sed in l bp light , and between 500 and 2300 miles at ni ght.
I, 2, 3, . , 8, KP. , KG. a nd KV4 call aeras in the On 40 meters, daytime skip should be possi ble
USA a n d adjacent ca ll a r eas in Cana da; t h e Central
U S A Chart in t h e 5, 9 a n d 0 a r eas ; the W e stern between 250 and 750 miles, extending to be-
USA C hart in t he 6 and 7 areas, a nd w ith somewhat tween 750 and 2300 miles during the evening
1l-'5s acc uracy in the K H 6 and KL7 a reas.
2. T h e predicted ti mn of open i n~ are found to about 10 P .M . , and between 1500 and 2300
u n d e r the a p propriate mete r band colu m n (10 miles un til sunri se. On 20 m eters, da ytime skip
th eouah 80 M t'h ' rt') fo r a par ticular DX region , as
s how n in t he le ft h a nd colum n of the Charts. A n - shou ld range between 750 and 2300 miles to
indicates 80 Meter o peni ngs. O pen i n ~ o n 160 about 4 P . M. Between 4 and 8 P . M. the skip is
m ete rs are likl'l y to occur durinR' those times when expected to lengthen to between 1500 and 2300
80 m e te r openin~ are s how n wit h a propagation
i,ldt'z o f (2). or h iR'he r. m iles, with the ba nd o ut by 9 P .M. o n most days.
3 . Th e propauation indt'z is the n umber tha t ap- On 15 meters, skip should range between 1300
pears i n ( ) a fter t he t ime of each predicted open-
inR'. The ind ex indi('att'S the n um ber o f do". du r in R' and 2300 miles dur ing most of the day to about
the m o n th o n whic h the o pen in R' is expected to take 6 P . M .. with the ba nd dead for short-skip afte r
place a s follows :
(-I) OpeninR' s ho u ld occur on mo r e than 22 days
that time. An occasio nal P -la yer sho rt-skip ope n-
(3 ) .. .. .. between 1-1 and 22 da)'s ing may be possible o n 10 meters during the
(2) .. .. .. between 7 and 13 days
(I) .. .. .. on IMlS than 7 d a)'ll afternoon hou rs. fo r dis ta nces between approx-
Re fe r to t he "La st :'.I in u t e Foreeasr" at t he beg-in- imately 1500 and 2300 miles. Some spo radic-E
ninR' o f th is P r o png n t lon colu mn for t h e actual o pe nings may a lso be possible o n this band , be-
dll t ,. o n wh ich a n o pl-'n inR' w ith a s peelfle n ro paz a-
t io n Index is likely to occur, a nd the signal uuahty twee n distan ces o f several hu nd red to about
tha t ca n lie (·x pt>Clt·d. 1300 miles.
-I . T imHl shown in the Charts arc in t h e 2 1-hour
~ystem , wh"n' 00 ill mid niR'ht; 12 is n oon : 0 1 is 1
A.M .• 13 Is 1 P.M., etc. A p p r o p r ia t e da ulight sa v i?lU V.h.f. Ionospheric Openings
t lme ill u sed, ?lot GMT . T o convert to GMT, add t o the
tim ee show n in the a p p ropriate Ch art 7 h ours in Best ch ances for io nospheric o peni ngs o n the
the PDT Zo ne, 6 In t h e )IDT Zone . 5 In t he CDT Zon e
and 4 in ES T :lo m ·. }o'o r ex ample , 14 in W a shington. v.h.f', band s ma y result from auro ra l activity
D.C. ill HI G!oIT a nd 20 in Los An R'c1es is 03 GMT. et c . expected during periods whe n h.f. co nditio ns
5. T h e c har-ta a r e hailed u pon a t r ansmitter power
o f 250 watts c .w. , o r 1 kw, p.e.p, on sideba n d , in to a rc below no r mal o r d isturbed. Such o penings
a di po lt.' a n t en na II q ua j-ter-wavelengt h a bove aro und o n 2 and 6 meters, usuall y cha rac terized by
on 1+\0 a n d so m ete ra, n h a lf-wa ve abo v e g rou n d o n
40 a n d 20 m e t e rs, lind n w avelrng-t h a bove R'rou n d on fl utter fadi ng a nd d isto rtion, result from the in-
15 a n d 10 met ers. For each 10 dh ~ai n a bove tht'lll' tense regions of ioni zation thai accompan y auro-
re fe re nce 1" v e!II, th e l1r OJlfl g rtt io JI inde x w ill increa se
by o m - le v el: (or r-n eh 10 d l. loss. it w ill lo w e r IJY ral displays. Aurora l-type o penings usually range
onto tev et. in d ista nce from a few hu nd red up to approx -
6. P rOllf\R'Rtio n Ilutll, co ntuined In t h e Chart s h n a ima tely 1300 miles. Check the " Last Minute
bee n flrt' IIf\r1'd f rom ha llie da ta publfshed by t h e
Ins t it u t e F o r 'retcc ommunlcat ton Sci ences ot t h e Forecast" a t the beginning of thi s column for
U.S. Dept, o f Co m merce, Houhler-, Colorndo. R0302 . those da ys during February that are expec ted
to be disturbed o r below no rm al.
openin gs is between 9 P. M . and 5 A .M . Fro m No signifi cant meteor sho wers are sched uled
weste rn sla tes the re is a chance fo r some good for February, so few. if a ny meteor-type iono-
o penings to Ocean ia betwee n 4 a nd 7 A. M ., with spheric o penings a re likel y to occur.
po ssibili ties in the eastern sta tes bet ween 4 and T his mon th's Pro pagation C harts conta in
8 A . M .• local DST. Co nditio ns to the Far East band ope ning pred ictions for major OX paths
are expected to be poorer, but with a n occasional for the period Februar y 15 through April 15.
o pening possible fro m western sta tes be tween 1974 , A sho rt-skip propagatio n forecast for
4 a nd 7 A.M . February a ppea red in last month's column . In-
Openings o n 160 meters will occur less fre- struc tions for the pro per use of these Charts
quently. but within the sa me time periods as appea r earlier in this column.
the o pen ings forecast for 80 me ters. A seasonal
inc rease in sta tic leve ls ma y be noticeable o n MAIL·A-PROP : 95 % + Aeeuracy
80 and 160 meters duri ng February. On Feb- Du rin g its first six months. the Mail-A-Pro p
ruary 9 the re is a special TransPacific Test per- "almost insta nt" subscribe r propagation service
iod sched uled for 160 meters between 1330 a nd has achieved an accuracy in excess of 95 %, and
1600 G M T ; with a simila r Test scheduled fo r has hit every majo r OX Co ntest held during this
Tra nsAt lantic sta tio ns o n Febru ary 10 between pe riod right o n the nose.
0500 and 0700 G M T . See page 66 of December Written in simple lan guage, thi s two -page
1973 CQ for add itiona l info rm ation about these weekly newsletter covers day-by-day the latest
160 meter Test periods. pro pagatio n data expected for an entire week
in adva nce {T uesday-to-T uesday }. It contai ns a
Short Skip Conditions description of propagatio n co nditio ns expected
O n 160 meters, no sign ifica nt skip expected eac h day in te rm s o f ab m oe no rm al , normal, be-
duri ng daylight. Up to at least 1300 miles lo w normal o r disturbed, Band o penings are de-
should be possible a t nigh t. extending up to a scribed as excellent, goo d, fai r o r poo r. Best

60 • CO • Feb ruary, 1974

times for openings each day are given for each Cen t ral NU 01J.l 1 (I ~ 07-08 (1~
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05· 07 1
each of the world's Continents. A sia
10· 11 ~ 1 ) I
In addition, Mail-A.Prop contains the latest
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South -
As ia
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18-20 (I
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20-22 (I )
spheric openings on the v.h.f. bands, and gen-
eral news co ncern ing h.f. propagation.
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08·10 2)
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06·08 1 ·
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A r)C'e ntinR, 14·16 ~2 ~2 ) 08·09 (2)
Ti me Zo ne: E D T (24-Hour Time) Ch ile & 16-17 I)
10-1 2
12-14 I)
22 ·04 ~2
09-11 ~ I)
1~.
04-07 1
Uru guay U ·1 6 (2) 14·16 I ~ 22-06
EASTERN USA TO: 16-1 8 (3) 16-1 7 (2
18· 19 (2) 17-19 (3)
'0 15 '0 40/80
M ete r«
19·20 (I ) 19-20 (~ ~
lIl d e r lf M et e rs stet ere 20·2 1 ~3
w est er-n 11-1 3 (1) 09-10 (1) 07-08 ( I) 18-19 (1 ) 21-23 2)
& Cent r n! 10- 11 (2) 08-10 ~3) 19-20 (2 ~ 23-02 (I )
E u ro Pt> 11-1 3 (3) 10·12 2) 20-0 1 ~3 McMurdo N il 15·17 (I) 1 1 8-2 0(l ~ 23-01 (I)
& N orth 13-14 (2) 12-1 3 (3) 0 1-03 2) Sou n d . 17-1 9 (2)
A f ri ca 14-15 (I ) 13-1 5 (4) 03-05 (I)
20-23 (2 0 1·05 (2~
A n tarctica 19-20 (1) 23-0 1 (I ) 05·07 (I
15-16 (3 ) 19-21 (1)0 07-09 (1)
1 6 ' 1 7 ~2 ) 21 -22 (2) 0
17-19 1) 22· 00 (3 )0
00-0 1 (2) 0 Time Zones: C D T & M D T (24-H o u r T ime)
0 1-03 (I).
N o rthe r n N il 09-10 (1) 07-08 (I) 18-20 11) CENTRAL USA TO:
E urope & 10·1 2 (2) OR-I0 (2) 20-03 2)
E uropea n 10 15 '0 -'0 / 80
U SSR
12·14 (I ) 10-13 (I)
13·16 (2~
03-04 (I)
2 1-02 (I ). M~t UB I M~ terB .u et ~ rB ,\ld e n
16-17 (I w est e r n & NU 09-10 tl) I 07-08 (I) 18-20 (I)
Eaeter n
M edl w r -
NU 09·1 0
19-11 (2
(ll 07-08 (I)
08-10 (2 )
19-2 1 (l)
2 1-23 (2)
Sou t h ern
Eu ro pe &
10- 14 2)
14-1 5 (I )
08-10 (2)
l Q-. 12 f l)
20-23 (2)
23 -0 1 (I I
r-anea n & N o rth 12-14 2) 0 1-03 (2
11·1 3 (1) 10-13 (I ) 23-00 (I ~ A fril"a
Midd le 13- 15 (2) 21·00 (I • 14 -15 (3) 03 -04 (1~
E R8 t 15- 16 (3) 15- 17 (2) 20-22 (I 0
16-17(2) 17· 18 (1) 22-01 (2)0
17-20 (I ) 01-02 (1) 0
w est e r n 11·14 (I) 09-11 (I) 07-08 (I) 19-21 (l) N o rthe rn NU 08-12 (I ) 08 -09 (I )
20-231'1
& Ct-ntral OR-I0 (2) 2 1-01 (2) & Central 09-11 (2) 23 -0 1 2
11·13 t3) E urope &: 11-13 (I ) 0 1-03 (1
Afr ica 13-15 4~ 10-13 (1) 01-03 (I)
Euro p ean 13-14 (2 ) 23 -02 (I ).
15-16 (2 13-1 5 (2) 23-02 (1) 0
16- 17 (I ) 15·16 (3 USSR 1-1-16 ( I)
1&-17 C "
17-18 (3 J
Eastern
Mt:'<lite r-
N il 09· 12 (I) 08 -13 (I ~
13-15 (2
20-2 1 III
21 ·23 2
18-19 (2 )
19·21 (1 )
raneo. n &:
Middlt'
15-18 (1 )
23 -01 (1)
23 ·00 (11
21-23 (I •
South
A fr ica
IJ.14(1) 09· 11 (I)
11-13 (2)
08-15 (I I
15-17 (2)
19-21 (I )
2 1-23 (2)
""",
W est &: 10-13 (I) 09-10 (I) 07-13 (I) 19-2 1 (I I
13·15 (3) 17-19 ~3 ) 23·01 (I) Ct-ntral 10-12 (2) 13-15 (2) 2 1-23(2
15-16 (2) 19-20 2) 22 -00 (1 )0 Afr icR 12-14 (3) 15- 17 (3) 23·02 (I
16- 17 (I ) 20-22 (I ) 1-1-15 (2) 17-19 (2) 22-0 1 (1 )0
Ea.,
A f rica
NU 09-11 (I)
11·14 (2)
13-1 5 t1 )
15-17 2)
20·23 (11
23-01 (2 • •
15-17 (1 ) 19-2 1 ( I)
° P r l..:i1ct t:'<l times o f 80 mete r open •rnga, O llenln/(s
•
o n 160
14· 16 (I ) 17-18 (3) 0 1-02 (I ) m ete r s a re R IIIO poMsiLle d urin g t h ose tt mee w h en 80
18·1 9 (2) m ete r openi ngs are s how n w it h a foreca st ratin g o f
19-20 (I) (2). o r better ,

Februa ry , 1974 • CQ • 61
Beet
Africa
Na 09-12 (I)
12-15 (2)
07-13 (I)
13·1 5 (2\
20-23 (I) W est &
Central
10-13 (I ) 08-10 (1)
10-12 (2)
05-07
07-09 2)
fl) 19-23
2 1·22 l '
f'j
15-16 (1) 15·16 (3 Africa 12-13 (3) 09-12 (I)
16-18 (2)
18-20 (1)
c 13-15 (2)
15-17 (1)
12·14 (2)
14-17 (3)
South
Afr ica
10-13 (I) 08·11 ( l ~
11-12 (2
08·14 (I)
1H 6 (2)
20023fl)
21·22 1)·
17·18 (2)
16-20 (I)
12·14 (3) 16·1 8 (3) Ea.! Na 09-11 (l) 07-09 (I) 19-21 (I)
14·1 5 (2) 18-19 (2) Africa 13-1 5 (1)
15-16 (I ) 11- 13l2)
19-20(1 ) 13-14 1) 15-17 (2)
00-02 (1 ) 17-l 8 (I)
CA:on t ral N il 09-11 (I) 07-08 (I) South re-is (I) 09-11 (I) 06-07 (1)
&: Sout h 19-21 (I)
06-08l11 19-22 ( I~
08·10 (2) 19-21 1 Africa 11-14 (2J 07-09 (2) 2 1·22 (I •
A sia 10-12 (I) 14-16 (t 09-14 (I)
2 0-22 (1) 14-18 (2)
South- Na 11·13 (l~ 07-08 (1) 06-08 (I I 18-19 (I)
eaat, 18· 20 (l 06-11 (2) 19-21 (I 00-02 (1)
As ia 11-13 (1)
18-22 (1)
Central
& Sou t h
N il 08-10 (I )
18-20 (I)
07-08 ~ l)
08-10 2)
06-08
20·22 1
PI
Fa r 17-1 9 (1) 15-17 (1) 07-08 (1) 03-05 PI Asia 10-1 2 (I!
E a st 17-1 9 (2) 08-10 (2) 05-07 2 17- 19 (I
19-21 (I) 10·12 (I) 07'O9(l~ 19-21 (2)
17-19 (1) 06-08 (l • 21-23 (1)
19-22 (2) Southeast 18-20 (1) 09-11 (I~ 08-09 (l)
22- 00 (I) Afl ia 03-05 (I !
16-1 8 (I 09-12 (2) 05·07 (2
South
P a c ific
&: New
Zealand
13·1 5 (l ~
15·17 (2
17-1 8 (1)
11- 13 1)
13·15 2 ~
15· 17 (I
17-20 (2)
1 07-08 (I)
08-10 (3)
10-1 2 (2)
12-1 9 (I)
23-o1 l1)
01 -02 2)
02·07 (3)
07·08 (2)
18-20 (2)
20-22 (I)
12-24 (1)
21 -22 (1)
22-00 (2)
00-02 (I )
07-09 ~1
06-08 l'
20·21 (l) 19-21 (2)
21-22 (3)
08-09
0 1-03 t •
III Far East Na 13-15 (I )
15·17 (2)
08-09\11
09-10 2
01-03 (1)
03-0 5 (2)
22·00 (2) 03·06 i2). 17-1 8 (3) 10·12 (1) 05·07 (3)
00-02 (1) 06-08 0 - 18-19 (2) 12- 14 (2) 07-08 (2)
Austral- 15-18 (1 ) 09 -11 (l ~ 07-08-{l) 02-05 (I) 19-20 (I) 14·1 6 (1) 08-09 (1)
a sia 14-17 (l 08- tO (3) 0 ,,-07 (3) 16-1 8 (2) 03·04 ~l)'
17-20 (2) 16-13 (2) 07-08 (2) 18-21 (3) 04-06 2)'
20-22 (I) 13·1 6 (1)
16-1 8 (2)
08-09
05·06
1111· 21 -23 (2)
23·0 1 (l)
06-08 (I)'

18-20 (I )
20· 22 (2)
06-07
07·08
(2) ·
(1 ).
South
Pacific
13-1 5 (I)
15- 17 (2)
11-1 5
UH7 (2
(11 07-09 (I )
09-12 (2)
20-22 (1)
22-23 (2)
22-02 (I) & New 17-l8 (I) 17· 19 (3) 12· 18 ~ l) 23·06 ~3)
N o rthe r n 10-14 (I) 08·09 (I ) 06- 07 (I) 19·20 (1) Zt·aland 19·21 (2)
21 -22 (I)
18-20 2)
20-21 (3)
06-08
08 ·09 (1
21
& Cent ral 14·1 6 (2! 09·11 (2) 07-08 (2) 20-21 (2
Sout h
Am er fca
16-17 (1 11-14
14·1 6
(3)
(4)
08-10 (4)
10-11 (3)
21·03(3
03 -05 (2
21 ·23 (4)
23 ·01 (3)
0 1-03 (2)
23-0
2
02-06 2 ' 1'1'
06-0R (I oil
16·1 7 (3) 11· 16(2) 05-07 (I
17-18
18-1 9
(2)
(1)
16-17 (3)
17-1 9 (4)
20-22 (1
22·04 (2) '
• 03·05 (I)
A ustral- I S-18 (I) 10·1 3 (I) 08·09 (I) 01 -03 (I
19·2 1 (3) 04 ·06 (1)' a sia 1!H7(1 ) 09 -12 (2) 03·04 (2
21 -23 (2) 17·18 (2) 12- 18 (I) 04 -06 ~3
23-01 (I) 18-20 ~3) 18-20 (2) 06-08 2
Br a z il. 12-14 (1) 08 -09 (l) 15-16 (2) 20-21 2) 20· 22 (3) 08-09 (I
Arwmtina. 14-15 (2) 09- 11(2) 16-17 (3) 20- 21
21·03 (II
(2 21 -22 (I ) 22-00 (2) 03 -05 (I •
Chilt· & 15-17 (1) 11-13 (1) 17-20 (4) 03-06 (1 Oo-O.j (I ) 05·07 (2 •
Uruguay 13·1 5 (2) 20-21 (3) 22-05 (I • 07·08 (I •
15·17 (3)
17-18(2)
2 1·22 (2)
22-02 (I )
N orthern 10-13 ~1) 07 -09 (I) 07·08
08-10
(1)
(3)
19-21
21·01 (3
(II
& Ct-ntraJ 13-1 5 2) 09-13(2)
18-20 (I ) 05·07 (1)
07-09 (2)
09-1 5 ( l)
South
Amertee
I S·16 (l) 13·1 5 (3)
15-16 (2)
16-1 8 (1)
10-1 6
16·17
17-20
20-21
(2)
I3)
4)
(3)
0 1·0 4 (2
04-07
2G-22 1 •
22·03 I2 •
(ll
Mc:Murdo Nil 14-17 (I~ 17-20 (I ) 23 -03 (l)
Sound.
Antarctic:a
17·19 (2
19-21 (I )
20-23 (2)
23-02 (1)
03-05 (2)
05-07 (I )
21·23
23 -03 (I)
(2) 03-0S ( I)'

08-11 (I ) Brazil.
A rKentina
11-13 (I)
13-15 (2)
08-09
09-11(2
(1l 10-15 (1)
1;;·16 (2)
19-2 1
21 -02
(1)
(2~
Chile & 15· 17 (I) 11-13 (3) 16-17(3) 02 -0-1 (I
UruKUay 13- 14 (2) 17· 19 (4) 23-03 (I)'
Time Zone: PDT (24-Hour Time) 14-17(3) 19-20 (3)
17·1S ~2) 20-23 (2)
WESTERN USA T O: IS-20 1) 23 -0 1 (1)
06·08 ( l ~
08-10 (2
In I Ii ~f) -'U/ 80
l'tl"t prs M ,.t" rll M ,.t " rll M et e rs McMurdo N il 13·1 6 (I) 17.20 (1) 23'03P
Sound. 16· 19 (2) 20-23 (2) 03 -05 2
' Vt"Ilt t"r n &
Sout he r n
N il 09 -13 (1) 07 -08 (1)
08-11 (2)
20-23 (l)
23 -01 (2) Antarctic 19-2 1 (1) 23 -03 (II OJ -07 I)
Euro pe &
Nort h
11·13 (1)
13-16 (I )
01·02
21 -23 I)'
P) 06-07 (1
07 -09 ~2
09·11 I)
Africa 23-0 1 ( l)
Ct-htraJ &
N o r tht"r n
N il 08·11 (I ) 07-08 (I )
08-10 (2)
20-22
22-2 3 ~2
(lJ
E u ro pe &. 10-1 2 (1) 23·00 1)
Eu ro pea n 12-1 3 (2) 21 -23 (l)'
USS R 13-1 5 (I ) CQ Country Chart
23 -0 1 (1) A two co lor wall-sized country chart is ava il-
a ble on poster sto ck a n d in large typ e for only
EaAtt'rn N il 09-12 ( I ) 08-12 (I ) 19-22 (I ) $ 1.25 per cop y po stpa id . Address request to:
l\I ~li w r- 12·14 (2) CQ DX Country Ch art, CQ Magazine. 14 Vander·
rah('an &. 14-1 6 (I ) v ent er Ave. , Port Washin gton, N. Y. 11050.
Mid d le Eaa' 23-01 (I)

62 • CO • Fe b r u a ry , 1974
 THE
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PROGRAM

Special Hono r Ro ll USA-CA HO NOR ROLL

All Cou nties 3000 1500 500
W 5HD K 133 W 5HDK 236 K6J VE/3 ,974
#109-Ben F. Relf, W5HDK, 10-13-73. K5VYT ..::::::::134 K6VYT 237 W 5HDK 975
# II O-Stephen H . Morris, WI AQE, 2500 K9D D A 238 OK2QX 976
W 5HDK 165 1000 13BLF 977
10-13-73. K5VYT .. ::::::::166 K6J V E / 3 315 DL6UR 978
#11 I-Walter E. Morris, K4ELK, 10-16-73. W A5YSC ...... 167 W 5HDK 316 WBOFRM 979
2000 K5VYT ,317 K5VYT 980
#11 2-Richard L. Brocaw, K5VYT, 11-6-73. W 5H DK 195 K9DDA 318 K9 DD A 981
K5VYT ..::::::::196 K9DA F 982

T HE February "Sto ry of The Month" as told

by Jim is:
it was probably easier for me to wo rk all coun-
tie s from that location than from a lmost an y
J . H, CARNETI, TG9UZ o ther location in the world.
(ALL CO U NT IES # 59, 6-7-7 1) " lowe tremendou s th an ks to all the mobiJ ers
who we nt out of their way to give me addi-
" I was originally licen sed in 1933 as W9UZC
tional co unties. There were so many of these
when my college Ph ysics Professor offered me
that I don't dare ment ion calls for fear of
a job. provided I obtain ed a license. Although
slighting so meo ne .
I did very little o perating during the next four.
"The XYL is also licensed as WB9IMH (ex
years, I wa s quite ac tive with the group from
TG9KE ). A so n, W5TDZ, al so a County
Southern Illinois U niversi ty in handling emer-
Hunter, lives in Albuquerque, New Mex ico.
gen cy traffi c duri ng the 193 7 Southern Illinois
"Af ter thirt y-two years with the same petro-
flood.
leum company, I am now retired as of N ovem-
"A fter grad ua ting from the Univers ity of
ber I, t972 , and ex pect to be quite act ive from
Illinois as a chemistry major in ] 938, ] tau ght
now on " .
high school che mistry, physics a nd mathem at ics
( As most of you know, onl y two sta tio ns
in Southern Illi nois fo r the next three years. I
outside the USA have received All Co un ties
changed jobs in 1941 and sta rted working in
the research la borat o ry of a petroleum com-
pan y in N ew York State, wh ere I became
W20IU. ,
"In 1949, I mo ved back to JIIinois and was
fortunate to get back my original ca ll. In the
1960s, I became very active in working DX
and a lso sta rted cou nty hunting although
County Huntin g did no t exist as an organized
activ ity at that time.
"In 1967. I was tran sferred to Gu atem ala
a nd became licen sed there a s TG9UZ. This was
quite an experie nce as there seemed to be no
end to the people who needed a confirmation
from T O land. It was also an excellent loc ation
to work the Stat es. With my beam pointed
North , I co uld hear a ny mobile that was op-
erating from any location in th e State s. Thus. -
· P.O . Bo x 73, Rochelle Park, N .J. 07662. Jim Cornett at TG9UZ in 1971.

February, 1974 • CQ • 63
 500, 1000, and 1500 endorsed All A- I.
Les Hamilton, K6JVE /3 qu alified for USA-
CA-IOOO endo rsed All SSB, All Mobiles and
USA-CA-500 endorsed All 14 SSB Mobiles.
Les Jeffery, W8WT added 3.9 endorsement
to his USA-CA-500 & 1000.
Mixed USA-CA-500 Award s went to :
Ing, J iri Pecek , OK2QX.
Venan zio Mior I3BLF, and
Bo b T horne, K9DAF.
Wilh eim Hutt, DL6UR qualified for USA-
CA-500 endorsed All A-I.
Will Wei sert, WB~FRM won USA-CA-5oo
endorsed All SSB, All Mobiles.

Awards
Worke d Yellow Th under Certificate. worked Yellow T hun der Certificate: T his cer-
tificat e is being mad e availab le by the Yellow
Plaques. Roy Needham, ZLI KG was issued Thunder Amateur Radio Club, Inc. o f centra l
# 52, 3-3-71 and Jim, T G9 UZ got #59, Wisconsin to ama teurs throughout the world.
6-7-7 1) . To earn th is certifica te you mu st work th e re-
quired number of Yellow Thunder ARC mem-
Awa rds Issued bers : Wisconsin stations work 15 o r more
That lucky number three was surpassed this YTARC members.
month when f our hit the All Counties mark! Non-Wisconsin stations work 10 or more
Ben Relf, W5HDK, who has given out man y YT·ARC members,
mobile countiees, waited until he had them Non-USA stations work 5 o r more YTAR C
ALL and found time for the necessary paper members.
work before sending for All Counties and USA· All contac ts mu st be made Ja nuary 1. J972
CA-3000 endorsed All SSB; and USA·CA-500, or later. Send a list o f the YTAR C members
1000 , 1500, 2000, a nd 2500 endorsed All SSB, worked along with the dates, times, ba nd and
All Mobiles. mode used . While we en courage exc hanging
Steve Morris, WIAQE also qualified for All QSL cards. QSL ca rds are not required for the
Counties. award. Send list along with $1.00 (USA sta-
Walt Morris, K4ELK, with fine help from tions ) or 5 IR Cs (No n-USA stations ) to Yel-
coopera tive mo biles acquired All Counties. low Thunde r Amateur Radio Club, Inc. C /O
Dick Brocaw, K5VYT wait ed until he had Kenneth A. Ebneter, K9GSC, 822 W aucna
them all a nd acqu ired All Counties and USA· Trail , Portage, Wisconsin 53901. When you r
CA-3 000 endo rsed All 20, All SSB. Al so USA- list has been verified with the YTARC mem -
CA-500 throu gh USA-CA-2500 endorsed All bers worked, you will receive a numbered cer-
20 , All SSB, All Mobiles. tificate along with a copy of Yellow T hunde r
Dr. Bill George, WA5YSC is still sticking in Smoke Signals. a nnouncing your winning the
there a nd won USA·CA-2500 endorsed All pri zed certificate. Endorsement stickers a re
SSB. availa ble for each add itional 5 YTAR C mem-
J im Round s, K9DDA was issued USA- CA- bers worked. Send you r list along with s.a.s.e.

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64 • CQ • February, 197 4
 o r IRC to K9GSC. A list of YTARC members Bridging the Gap Between Two World.
is available for s.a.s.e, or IR C from K9GSC .
Wo rked All Mass, Cities & Towns Awa rd
(WA!\ICAT ): Issued for confirmed contacts
with the 351 M assachusetts Cities and Towns
and issued in six cl asses: STRUCTURAL GLASS
Class DD: For 25 cities & towns in 3 coun- GEM·QUAD·
ties. This class to DX a nd VHF outside the
first ca ll area o nly. H igher classes require full A TWO EL EMU T '1 1IIlE cuss QUAO
contacts. un.JIA GUIC. ED 'DIlI£nER SIC·
.AL OlSCRIM1JlATlU II OIRECTIVITY
Cl ass D for 50 cities or towns in 5 counties. O. II. " . II Jll( TU S'
Class C for lOO.cities or towns in 8 co unties.
Cla ss B for 200 cities or towns in II counties.
Class A for 300 cities or towns in 14 counties.
Class AA for a ll 351 cities & towns. ,
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No date or time limit on COntac ts. Portables

count but nor mobiles. You may work cities! OTMfR n"" URU.

towns while portable or mobile. The QTH on

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munit y subdivisio ns count only for the cit yl .. _TV _ 11"'_. _ _ ..

town. (Example-Dorchester is part of Bosto n,
H ya nnis is part of Barnstable, et c. ) . The .--
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the va lidity of a location only if the inquiry

includes an s.a.s.e. All questions will be deter-
$107.00 s 60.00
m ined by the Publica tion # 90 of the Mass. -"._--
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Dept. of Public Works. Submit a pplica tion with

GC R list sho wing sta tio n. date. time, band, '---- - ----
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mode and Cities / To wns in alphabetica l orde r
of Cities & Towns. Fee for basic award is
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$ 1.00, seals for higher cla ss cost 101', except
no charge for higher cl ass seals a t time of ap-
plication for basic a wa rd. All awa rds and seals
free to H/P. Awards will be endorsed for band 'A FASCINATING HOBBY!
and mode. If a pplica tio n is made for an addi- VINTAGE R ADIO brings y o u t he pioneer
tional band or mod e, fee is 25c as an addit ional d ay s o f w ireless an d radi o in pictures. T he
certificate will be issu ed. All awards avai lable collector's bible , it open s th e d o o rs to a
to s.w.ls o n a " hea rd" basis. Ma ke checks or new h o b by . G reat b rowsing , too. O ver
Mone y orders pa yable to "Mass. Chapter 1,000 pictures, 263 pages. 1887-1929.
N.A .H .C." ( Na tional Awards H un ters C lub).
IRCs accepted o n a ratio of 10 to a dollar.
Awards Cus todia n: George J. Hayes, WJDOM ,
29 Belmont St ., North Quincy, Mass 02 17 I.
Ni.c.hino mi)'3 Leopo n A ward: The Nishinomiya
Am ateur Radio Club adopted the colo red pic-
ture of the leopon. th e first and onl y a nima l in
the wo rld th at was bo rn of a leopard father
and lion mother. This was in the Hanson Park
Zoo in ish inomi ya City, Japan. AVOID DE LAY ; SEN D TODAY
Then th ey spo nso red this awa rd with require- Mail check 10 Vintage Radio , Dep ' t. A,
ments qu ite difficult a nd although nearly 250 Box 2045, Palos Verdes Peninsula , CA.• 90274
a wards have bee n issued . none have been issued Vin tage Radio, ha rd cover $6.95 0
o verseas.
Vin tage Radio, hand boo k 4.95 0
Applican t mu st collect 22 QSLs to be ab le Rad io Collect ors Gui de 3.95 0
to spell Ni shinomiya Leopon Award with the Po st a ge Pa id . California restoe nt s add 5 % Tax.
last call letters of sta tio ns. They mu st include Na m e _
at least one QSL from Nishinomiya, Japa n or
S t reet _
its affi liated city, Spokane. Washington ( V .S.A.).
Letters required ma y be substituted by a QSL Ci ty St at e _ _ Zip _
with the leopon picture, regardless of the last
call letter of the QSL issued by the Ni shino- ENJOY THE OLD DAYS!
[CoflliIlUt'l/OIl page 70 ]

February, 1974 • CQ • 6S
 1

Out put 1 t I' Corrmon Vee(+)

Tr i gger 1 2 13 Out put 2

MATH'S Thre s hO l d 1
Con t ro l 1
,
3
' R2556
12
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Tri gge r 2
Th r e s ho l d 2
Dl s chuge 1 5 to Contro l 2
Re set 1 6 9 Di s charge 2
7 8 Re set 2

NOTES COIlITIOm Gnd

Fig. 2- Exar's new d ua l 555 timer chip.

MATH 'S NOTES) which is 20 times the speed o f

BY IRWIN MATH ,* WA2NDM the sta nda rd uA 74 1. Dpen loo p voltage gai n is
100,000 and maxi mu m out put current is 10
T .HlS month, 1 would like to clean up new
milli amperes. Write to Motorola fo r a data
sheet if you a re interested.
sem iconductor releases and the like that have There is a new voltage controlled oscill ato r
accumulated o ver the past couple of months (v.c.o. ) that has just been introduced by Texas
before they become "old releases:' Instruments that seems like a natural for arna-
LSI Computer Systems, 55 Central A venue !eur radio experimenters. This device. packaged
Farmingdale, N .Y., 11735 has introduced ~ In a 16 pin ~ip, consists of two wide range
series of time base generators utilizing CMOS TIL. ~om pat l bl e. self-start ing. free running
technology that will be of interest to our mu ltivibrators a nd out put buffer amplifiers as
counter builders. They have three devices the sho wn in figure 3. A n externa l t iming co m-
0 3600, 060, and 06, which produce s~uare ponent, capacito.r or fundamental crysta l. is
wave outputs of 10 pul ses/ second, I pules/ se- used ~o deter.mlOe the ce nter frequency of
cond and 1 pul se /minute respectively. The out- o peraucn, wh ile external vo ltage is fed into
puts have a 50 % duty cycle and will operate the chip to vary the frequency a round this
fro m 60 Hz all the way up to 2m Hz. Each unit center point. T ypical cente r frequency range is
is packeged in a TO-S case and has 4 leads. fro m 120 kHz to 85 m Hz and typical deviation
Hoo kup is shown in figure I. Cost for a ny unit range is - 35% to + 75% of center frequency.
is $4.75 in lo ts of 100 pieces. . St ab ilit y is typically .1% for a 10% cha nge
Exa r Int egrated Systems, 750 Palomar A ve- 10 po wer supply vo ltage while a cha nge in o p-
nue, Sunnyva le. Ca lifo rn ia 94086, has fo r us a era tmg tempera ture from 0 to 75°C re sults
dual 555 type time r whi ch, as shown in figure in o nly a 50 ppm shift. T he device o perates
2, pro vides two complete ly indepe ndent 555 ' from a 5 vo lt power supply.
timers in o ne 14 pin D IP package. Any 555 T his chip, called the SN74S124, sho uld be
da ta sheet ca n be used to find out abo ut the perfect fo r signa l generato rs, sweep gene rators,
versatility of this chip, a nd its uses are indeed phase locked loops, f.m. modulato rs and the
ma ny. Briefly, the XR,2556, as it is ca lled, is like.
fully compatible with TIL, DTL, and ECL , Ex t e r na l tri m
and works from any 4.5 to 20 volt power sup-
ply. Each 555 ca n supply up to 200 milli-
amperes to a n external load, and can be hooked
up to give time del a ys of from m icroseconds
to an hour. Cost for thi s gem is only $1.50 for
~ 5
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I

~
quantities of 100. 2;
VIN I 7 Ou tpu t
For o ur op-amp fans, Motorol a, P.O. Box 3I Oscill a to r
~0~2~, ~~?enix . A~izona , 85036, offers an 8 pin V."""" 6 1 / ' I
1
mini -dip operational a mplifie r called their Ena ble
1t5
~I C I74ISCPI whic.h is a uA 741 pin-for-pin 161 "Vee
"Vee
inte rch angeable device costing o nly S1.25 eac h
in t OO quantity. Minimum slew rate for thi s God
8: 19
I
God

chip is 10 micro volts per microsecond ( 150 V'N

1! I r-,
i to Ou tpu t
kHz for those who have not read the last three 14 1 Osc illato r Buffer
I 1
It l
" 5 Melville Lane, Great Neck, N .Y. 1\023. Ena ble , .... I
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h t e rna l tr i m
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Fig. 3-The SN7 45124 just introduced by Te xa s
Fig. I _ The hookup of a LSI d ivide r chip. In struments.

66 • CQ • Feb rua ry, 1974

 RCA 50
I nput 4Q637A
(so.) 8 - 60 18 30
V -l- 36
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Fig . 4-A doubler a s l , 20
8- 60 " ! ! 120
Out pu t
described in the text.
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You ca n get further informat ion from TI at increased to 100 amperes. The H C4 100 comes
P.O. Box 5012, Dallas, Texas, 75222. Incident- in an 8 lead TO-3 case and is ava ilable from
ally, cost is abou t $3 in lots of 100 . stock for $7.35 in 100 quantities. ,
A new pin diode des igned for v.h.f. and The 41024 is a TO-39 transisto r des igned
u.h.f. switch ing such as duplexe rs, antenna for u .h.I. amplifi er service. This NPN device
changeover controls, modu lators, etc., has been will produce a minimum of I watt output at
int rod uced recently by Hewlett Packard, 1501 I gHz with 5 db of gain and .3 walls outp ut at
Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, Califo rnia, 94304. 1.68 gHz. It is intended fo r use as a final,
This device, their HP 5082·3077 operates with driver and pre-driver as well as an oscillator.
low distortion from 100 mHz to I gHz (J 000 Cost for the 41024 is $4.80 in quantities of 100.
mH z) a nd exhibits only .3 pF of reverse bias A simila r lower frequency device has also
capacity. Since the unit will hand le 2.5 watts. been announced . The 40637A is an NPN TO-
it should be useful for small portable equip- 18 package that, in a multiplier chain of three
ment and "handy-talkies", Cost in lots of 1-99 doublers such as shown in figure 4, will pro-
is only $2.75 each. duce 100 milliwatts of output at 156 m Hz from
RCA has several new devices, of which we 5 milliwatts of drive at 13 m Hz. It should be
have been info rmed , that should he of interest. a natural for 6 and 2 meter f.m. Cost fo r these,
First of these is their HC4 100 which is a 2 in 100 quantit y, is $1 .30 each .
to 32 volt, 5 ampere ser ies voltage regulator. That about wraps it up for now. See you
Regulation is .2% typical at 5 ampe res output. next month.
With an external pass transistor, this can be 73, I rv, WA2NDM
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 the inside end of the motor. The gear costs
about $5.
!here are no gear shifts for the # 32-33
umts. You have to get out the screwdriver to
change their speeds. Almost all # 33 units are
found with 100 w.p.rn. gears, by the way, as
that is the standard speed for ' ASCII eight-
level code.
BY GORDON ELIOT WHITE*
There ~re more recent units made by Teletype
Co rpora tion, such as the # 35, #37, #38, and
so me other exotic items, all for use with co m.
puters a nd all eight-level machines, period. There
S INCE I receive qui te a few letters from may be some electronic five-level un its either
readers asking questions about RITY gear this heat-printers like the AN / A RC-96 which I de.
month I will outline some things in answ~r to scribed last fall or cathode ray tube display types,
the most commonly-asked queries. I am glad to but for mechan ical teleprinters the game is about
receive these questions and reader's leiters but ove r.
~ mjgh~ mention that occasionally I cannot' give There is one five-level impact printer bei ng
Immediate answers. either because I don't have built which combines impact printing with elec-
the information. or because my newspaper job !ronics in a compact little unit which might
has ~~ busy somewhere else. Also, I appreciate interest some amateurs. .M ade by Extel Co rpo ra.
recervmg a self-add ressed stamped envelope. tion, o f Chicago, it was designed by ex-Teletype
Several dozen inquiries a month begins to add employees (thus the name ) and although not
up in bo th postage and time. Another thing-it cheap, it is most attractive.
is surprising how man y people will forget a A solid-sta te circuit converts the incoming
return address, and those who give their call signal into parallel data which is fed to a
may no t realize tha t the Callbook is not an mat rix of subm inia ture so leno ids arranged so as
infall ible referen ce. It also adds to the time in- form a letter from a series of dots. T he elec-
volved in an answe r. tronics ca n handle speed changes by varying the
. One of the more modern RTfY page printers internal clock. i.e. an electronic gea r shift re-
I~ the Teletype Model 32. This is a lightweight. quiring only plugging in the a ppropria te crystal.
light-duty machine, sold for abou t $1,000 in The Extel is beginning to displace the old
the ASR version with tape punch and reader. Model 15 bangers with the press services, and
They are not found in surplus except from cable will eventuall y take over from the #28. There
companies or Western Un ion. Few # 32 ma- were a lot o f Extel s at the 1972 political ca n.
chines come with automatic carriage return /line ventions, tap-tapping away with their distinctive
feed, but Tel etype offers a mod kit to accorn - sound. For the energy-consciou s, the Extel is a
plish tha t cha nge. The kit is number 184 157, lot mo re efficient. It has no heavy-current dri ve
specification S-50413 , priced under $2. Installa- mo tor, only small mo tors used for adva ncing
tion is fairly complex, requiring d isassembly of the print head and the paper. In fact, the Extel
some of the stunt bar mechan ism. For non -over- is ideal for remote use where only battery power
line on the #32 you will need bar #183499. T his is availa ble. It can be bought for 12 volt d.c.
pro vides line feed when the machine receives opera tion.
a carriage return character. It is installed at the None of these have been seen in surplus. as
same time as the 1841 57 kit. far as I know.
The # 33 machin e is a n eight-level version The Model 28 rema ins, and will rem ain, I
of the # 32, and is about 98 percent identical feel. for years, the best bet for amateur RlTY
to its five-level brother. T he #33 is much used use. It is a very well built mec hanical unit, easy
in compu ter time-sharing, but is not practical to work on. reliable, exceedingly fl exible in the
for conversion to am ateur 5~level use unless you options offered , and it is easy to get parts for.
build an electronic 5:8 converter which is now There a re a dozen dealers who cater to amateur
possible with integrated circuit chips. #28 users. stocking used or surplus parts. and
T he # 32 is generall y found with gears for T eletype Corp. still makes new pa rts.
67 word per minute opera tion. For amate ur use You ca n get gear shifts, answerback un its.
it requires conversion to 60 speed, which can various types of readers, tape pun ches and other
be accompJished with the cha nge o f one part. accessories. For reference. J have covered the
the drive gea r-sprocket, This shou ld be changed #28 units in this space in May, 1967, p. 90,
to pa rt num ber 181 4 17. Installat ion is not at all (ta pe gea r) ; Jan. 1969, p. 90 (conversio n to
tricky, but it genera lly requires re mova l o f the the modern #35 style cabinet); Au gust, 197 1,
moto r to allow access to the gea r which is made p. 87 (gea r shifts): Feb. 1967, p. 92 (more gea r
of white nylo n and is found on a bracket at shifts) .
You can add auto orll f to the #28 rather
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re pe rf turn-on. print -non-print, elec trical le tters-
figs shift, no n-over tlne. lett ers sh ift o n bla nk,
letters shift o n space. etc. with considerable
room for imaginative work. It is, in effect, a IC-3CI RADIO RECEIVER
simple computer which can be programmed to 200·500 sec
& 1.5 - 18 Me. 8-Tu t.
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do several functions when instructed. You coul d, len1 U.-d. W.lh lUbes .nd Ov~molor
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I can imagine a number o f ways this compu ter f .0 _1. flY CIt, 0t0tN. VT .... S-. . . . f ..""" CU"," . ~
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Awards [from page 65) DX.e~. Then the high-school radio club grab.
miya ARC sta tion and its club members and bed him. He uses a Heathkit HW-16 transceiver
. '
can be substituted the same way by QSLs from exciting a 15-meter dipole. Operating 15 meters
Spokane, Washington, U.S.A. exclusivel y, he has worked 32 slates and six
The operating place of a Japanese applicant co untries. Ten crystals help him to be on or
should be within his prefecture, or within 150 near the right frequenc y at the right time . .•
miles for an overseas applicant. QSOs after February 16-17 a nd March 16-17 are the dates
1969 are valid. Send application, GCR list and of the c.w. hal ves of the annual ARRL OX
10 IRCs 10: NARC C / O Mr. Taichiro Kimura, contests. Try your luck on 10 a nd 15 meters.
JA3GII, 2-20 Kanbara, Ni shinomi ya, Hyogo- Assuming no late ru le changes, U.S. and Can-
pref. 662 Japan. ad ian amateurs send a signal report followed
by the 3-letter abbreviation of their state or
Notes province and receive a signa l report followed
by three more numbers.
Sad to report th at W7SUY, Erwin (Bud)
Send you r letters, pictures of yourself and
Beckman was involved in an automobile acci-
e quipm en t. a nd comments for the N OVIC E
dent while on a Count y Hunting trip to Mon-
SHACK to the address at the beginning o f the
!a~ a last October. Hi s mother was fa tally
column. 73, Herb, W9EGQ
Injured and Bud suffered a broken shoulder
and multiple fractures of one leg.
The Mobile Amateur Radio Awards Club, QRP [f ro m page 43]
Inc. sent out a special letter to all members
with thi s a nd additional data. in about ten hours operation in the c.w.
May I express my de epest sympathy and that se gme nt. So it c an be done! Give it a try.
of my readers.
How was your month? 73, Ed., W2GT QRPp Weekly QSO Party
There have been numerous suggestions
that we rejuven ate the old Milliwatt QRPp
Noviee Shack [from page 58] Net. Quite a few sta tio ns participated
to make a choice. The catalog includes a while it was in operation during the winter
Hallicra fte rs SX·IOI rece iver, a Heathkit HW- of '70-71 . I'll suggest a n alternative to the
16, 80,40, IS· meter Novice tran sceiver abetted net id ea, namely, a weekly QRPp QSO
by a Heathkit HG ·I O vari able freque ncy oscil-
party during which QRPp sta tio ns (and
lator, E. F. Johnson Vikin g Pacemaker and
Adventurer transmitters, and a small antenna QRO a like) can make calls on a se lec ted
farm . The latter sprouts a ground-mounted frequenc y a t a single time. C o nside ri ng
Hustler 4-BTV vertical with buried radials and propagat ion factors, the best combination
an 80-meter loading coil. plu s IS-meter dipole. follows. Session 1: 354 0 kHz, Mond a ys,
22 feet high, a nd another dipole for Navy 2000-2200 CST (T uesd ays, 0200-0400 GMT).
MA RS (Military Affiliate Radio System ), where Session 2: Saturd ays, 140 65 kHz, 1300-1500
Lou is known as N~B UU . Lou works all the CST (1800 -2 100 GMT). The o bjec ti ve o f thi s
Novice bands a nd has 45 states a nd seven
new a p proac h is to se t a t ime and place
forei gn countries besides a IS-w.p.m. code
certificate to show for h is efforts. . . . where QRPp fellows ca n be reasonabl y su re
Ed. Terpening, W4VCY, 838 Darlington Rd ., o f the o ppo rt uni ty o f working other QRPp
Tarpon Springs, Fla. 33589, now officiall y reo stations. Likewise , thc a bove frequencies
cogni zes girls! H is long-runn ing ama te ur radio a nd t imes ca n be used every d ay.
course is no lon ger restricted to male students . Procedures a rc info rmal. D on't be a f rai d
Th e cu rr e n t class has t wo YL membe rs. to call C Q QRPp, since it is likel y th at
Classes a re held o n Saturday. by the wa y. . . someone w ill be listenin g fo r you r c all. If
R e verend Le opold G e is sn e r , C a p uc h in,
everyone si ts a nd lis te ns. nothing will be
YN4LGS, C risto Rey Pastoral Cente r, 103 1
Douglas Ave., Racin e. Wise. 53402. had passed acco m p lished. QRO stations arc invited to
his Novice code test and was waiting fo r the take part a lso, and can be a great help in
written test to a rrive when he wrote to wel- doing the CQ QRPp calling. A note to
come the return of the NOVICE SHACK. Leo everyo ne. P opular rigs such as the PM 3A
admits that his technical knowledge is lim ited, a nd the HW·7 a re se t up so that the trans-
but he is in there trying. His Nicaraguan license mitt ing fre que ncy is up to 800 Hz a wa y
expired with 1973 .. . Don Osmund, WN9LWN , from the rece iving f req ue ncy. Hence, if yo u
533 Brainerd Ave., Libert yville. III. 60048, call C Q QRPp, be certa in that you tunc 1
made a number of excellent suggestions for
future NOVICE SUACK columns. for which I kHz on both sides of yo ur frequenc y. This
th ank him. Don sta rted as broadcast-band is important.

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 The sta nd ar d Q RPp calling frequencies QSL Information
th a t h a ve been used in the past are: C.W ., Any OX Station desiring a stateside QSL
3540, 7040, 14065, 21040 kHz. Usc these Manager may contac t W4KA, Leo Haijsman,
frequencies regu la rl y. OX QRPp statio ns 1044 S.E. 43 St., Cape Co ral, Fla. 33904.
shou ld note the 140 65 a nd 21040 fre- A 4XFJ - via K.cFCZ WB4 NXR/ VP 7- via
APZKS-via S MI CNS WB4 NXR
quencies. We invite all sta tio ns to listen for EL%DO- via WINGQ WB.aTAF/VP7- v ia
Q RPp signals on these frequencies, a nd if FGOZZ/FS 7- via F2QQ WB4NX R
FK tlAU- via IIPQ V UZAJW-via W A6NFC
you hear a CQ Q RPp, give the gu y a re- FPOAA - via W A2F BI XEZEIF- vla W 6EI F
FPOZZ- " ia W A2FBl XWtlDK- via W A6N F C
port at least. It will be a p preciated. I'd like "BOAIC- via HB9AI C ZD8J D-via F2JD
to hear from tho se who work the weekl y HD ON L-via HD 9NL ZF l F BI - via WA2FBt
HK 7DBA- via WAI QB H ZF l KXJ - via WAOKXJ
get-togethers, w ith details as to which sta- KA lB L-via KOSVW 3DZE R--via K.cFCZ
PJ 9GIW- via K4BAI " C5AA- via W2G1I K
tio ns were worked a nd heard so that we can SJ 9W L-via SS A Burea u 4C9AA- via W2GH K
m a ke so me evaluation of this approach. TAZqR- via W 5QPX "WID C- via G3SUW
T UZDV- via WA 6NF C 5U7A Z-vla CN8GG
There were qu ite a few QRPp sta tions on VK4AK / LH - via VK4A K WAZFBI /6Y 5- via
VPUtAH - via W4G SM WA2FBI
during the recent QRPp Contest, a nd we VPZMDX- vi. W4PRO WA OKXJ/ 6Y5- v ia
VP2MQB- via W 5MYA WAOKXJ
hope to be a b le to report results in th e VP2VAN- vi. K2FJ 8P6EU- v [. WI CER
next column. K eep the ca rds and su gges- ZFI GS/VP7- via w04n uq / ilHI - vi.
W R4N XR W A6MWG
tio ns comi ng. 73. Jerry, WA6GLO
73 , Ade, K 8EEG
SSTV [fro m page 46J
Contest Calendar [from page 56J kee p tran sistors dissipation down to v.z or less
the ba nds were in sad shape. So cha lk up ano ther of the maximu m rati ng at 25 degrees C.
one for G eorge . Regarding step 4c, use you r best guess as
Hope we had a good one for the 160 co nlest to what the minimum Beta will be under the
last month. Conditions have been good so far chosen o perating conditions. T he minimum
this season and there has been some good DX bel a for the 2N5828 is given by the manu.
act ivity. Be su re to send in yo ur logs. facrurer as 400 at a co ll ecto r current of 2 rna.
73 for now. Frank, W IWY Beta is so mewha t dependent o n collec to r cur.
rent. 400 is still a good num ber a t ten times
and o ne tenth of 2 milli amps. but it d rops at
OX [fro m page 53J hig her a nd lo wer cu rrents. At 50 milliamps a nd
' Island (J AI MCU /C21 -53 1.8 m Hz QSO·s ) . a t 10 microarnps, for example. the Beta might
The W IBB 160 Meter OX Bulle tin is issued 3 drop as low as 200. A nother th ing to kee p in
tim es a yea r and may be obtained by sendi ng mind is that the equations fo r Z in a nd Z o ut
an SASE to Stu. (36 Pleasant St., Winthrop, become inaccura te at lo w impedance levels.
Ma ss, 02 t 52). Stu also repo rts his marriage to Even with a very lo w sou rce resistance, the
Marguerit e, his longtim e neigh bor who has Z o ut will neve r dro p below a m inimum va lue
gracio usly allowed W IB B to ru n antenna wires characteristic of the pa rticula r transis tor type
over. under and thr ough her pro pert y for m any and collector current. This va lue m ight be 1
years. Well, . . . T hat a FB sta rt Stu, Con- or 2 ohms in a power transistor, and perhaps
gratulations! 25 ohms in a sma ll signal type . ,
A co mment o n 6 b ). This divider fixes the
Mt. Athas QSL's input vo ltage to the emitter follo wer. and thu s
QSO's for the second Mt. Athos OXpedition the out put volta ge too. We want a divide r
Apr il 2 1-April 25. 1973 will be QSL'ed direct th at is stiff enou gh so that it will nor be undul y
immediately by OLl C U, Box 585. 0 -7. Stull- loaded down by the tra nsisto r base current.
ga rt- t , West German y. SASE please. Onl y Since we are not sure wh at th e exac t tran sistor
cards beari ng imprint of a special Greek sta mp Beta will be, we wan t the voltage to remain
on the bac k are valuable for DXCC, ac cording abou t the sa me wit h any tran sistor having
to Felix, DL IC U. who has the o riginal logs. minimum Beta or above. T he len times maxi-
He can a lso QS L the last c.w. D'X pedition to mum base current rule is adequate in most
HV 3SJ. cases.
Most small signa l transistors these da ys have
California OX Convention gain bandwidth produ cts of 100 mHz o r more.
T he Ca lifo rnia DX Conve ntion will be held Th is mean s that th ey are ca pable o f oscill ating
in F resno, Cal ifornia on April 27 & 28. T his a t v.h .f. and u.h.I, fr eque ncies. When we de-
years affair will be spo nso red by the So uthern sign an a ud io am plifier we do n't inte nt ionally
Califo rn ia OX Club a nd will be headed by de sign a v.h.f. o scillator at the sa me time, bUI
F rank Cuevas. W6AOA. Inq uiries may be so metimes it ha ppens. T he ha rdwa re takes all
made to W6AOA or WA6GLO. the laws of nature into account, which is what

72 • CQ • Februa ry, 1974

C~ft
FM 2 METER ANTENNAS

FROM THE WO RLD 'S LEADING

MANUfACTURER OF VHF /UHF
COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS
(A ) FM RINGO 3 .7 5 db GAIN : Th e most
popular - high perf o rman ce , bc lf -wc ve fM
o nt enna . Give s pea k ga in , and efficiency ,
in ston t a sse m b ly a nd in sta llatio n .
AR-2 100 w o tts 135 -1 75 MHz s12.50
AR·2 5 500 watts 135 · 175 MH z 17.50
AR·6 100 wat ts 50 ·54 MHz 18.50
( B) 4 POLE : A f o ur d ipo le arra y wi th m o un' ,
ing bo oms a nd co a x h arn e ss 5 2 o h m feed
u p to 9 db g a in .
AFM ·4D 1000 wa tt s 146·148 $42.50
AfM -24D 1000 watts 220-225 40.50
AFM·440 1000 wat ts 43 5 ·450 38.50
(e) FM MOBilE 3 db GA IN : f ib e rg la ss ;il
wo ve p rofess io nal mo b ile a n le nna fo r roof
o r t ru n k m ou n t . Superior st re ng th . p o w e r
ha nd ling c nd p erformance .
AM-147 146- 17 5 MHz m o b ile $ 2 6 .9 5
( 0 ) 11 ElEMENT YA GI S 13 .2 db GAIN : The
sta ndard o f co m po riso n in VHF co m m u n i-
ca t io ns, no w cu t for 2 m ete r FM a nd
ve rtical po la riza tion .
A 147 -11 1000 w o tt s 146·1 4 8 MHz $17 .95
A449-11 10 0 0 w ot t s 440 -4 50 M Hz 13.95
(O l POWER PACK 16 db GAIN : A 22 e le-
men t, h igh pe rfor m a nce, ve rtical ly po lariz e d
FM arra y, co m p le t e _ith a ll bc rdwc re ,
mou nt ing b o om , harness and 2 a nten nas .
A147.22 10 0 0 _otis 146 ·14 8 M Hz $49 .50

(E) 4 ELEMENT YAGI 9 db GAIN : A special

side mou n t 4 ele me n t FM yog i ca n b e f ix e d
or rotated- good ga in a nd d irecti vi ty .
A144-4 1000 _atts 146· 14 8 M Hz $ 9 .95

(F) FM TWiST 12.4 db GAIN : A C u sh Cra ft

e xclu sive - it' s twc a nte n nas in o ne . Ho r i·
zon ta l e le me nts cu t 0 1 14 4 .5 M Hz , ve rtical
e lem ents cu i 01 14 7 M Hz , t _ o fe e d lines.
A147 -20T 1000 _atl5 14 5 & 14 7 M Hz $39 .50

February,1974 • CO • 73
we poor mortals aspire to, but never even 6591 26 0039 57.4
come close to doing. V.h.f. oscillations in an 6604 27 0134 71.2
audio or d.c. amplifier distort the signal, change 6616 28 0034 56.1
the d.c, bias, and change the low frequency 6629 29 0129 69.9
gain. Since they are sometimes tough to tra ck 6641 30 0029 54.9
6654 31 0123 68.6
down, prevention is generally better than cure. 6666 Apr. 1 0023 53.6
The biggest danger of oscillation occurs when 6679 2 0118 67.3
we have high Q Land C paths to ground at 6691 3 00 18 52.3
v.h.f. frequencies in all three transistor leads. 6704 4 0113 66.0
In an emitter follower the collecto r goes to 6716 5 0013 51.0
ground via th e Vee bypass capacitor. If the 6729 6 0108 64.7
emitter drives a capacitive load, or several 6741 7 0008 49.7
6754 8 0103 63.5
inches or feet of wire, this is a second high 6766 9 0003 48.5
Q path. If there are also long leads or appre- 6779 10 0058 62.2
ciable C to ground in the base circuit, or 6792 11 0153 75.9
coupling between input or output; watch out! 6804 12 0053 60.9
My usual preventative and cura tive measures 6817 13 0148 74.6
are: I. Putting a 100 to 500 ohm resistor in 6829 14 0048 59.6
series with the collector lead, clo se to the tran- 6842 15 0142 73.4
sistor. 2. Or, putting a lK resistor in series 6854 16 0042 58.3
6867 17 01 37 72.1
with the base lead near the transistor. 3. Or, 6879 18 0037 57.1
putting ferrite beads on the transisitor leads, 6892 19 0132 70.8
particularly the emitter lead. The resistors 6904 20 0032 55.8
genera ll y work more reliably than the ferrite 6917 21 0127 69 .5
beads, and I generally save the beads for high 6929 22 0027 54.5
current sit uations where the voltage drop across 6942 23 0122 68.2
the resistors would be excessive. 6954 24 0022 53.2
Next month we'll work out some practical 6967 25 0117 66.9
6979 26 0017 51.9
examples. 'Til then- 6992 27 0117 65.7
Vy 73. Cop, W~ORX 7004 28 0012 50.6
7017 29 0106 64.4
Oscar News [from page 4 1)
7029 30 0006 49.4
6165 20 0011 50.5 Computerized Orbital Dota Ava ilable
6178 21 0106 64.2 Orbital information necessary for com-
61 90 22 0006 49.2
6203 23 OlDl 62.9 municating through the AMSAT·OSCAR 6
6215 24 0001 47.9 satellite can be calculated from the data
6228 25 0056 61.6 given in the above tables, but there's a much
6241 26 0151 75.4 easier way to do it.
6253 27 0051 60.4
6266 28 0146 74.1 T ha nks to Will iam Johnston, WB5 CBC,
6278 Mar. 1 0046 59.1 who has been able to utilize a conveni-
6291 2 0140 72.8 entl y available computer program, what
6303 3 0040 57.8 may well be the ultimate in OSCAR orbital
6316 4 0135 71.5
6328 5 0035 56.5 dat a is now available for the small invest-
634 1 6 0130 70.3 ment of $2.50 and a large self-addressed
6353 7 0030 55.2 stamped envelope. ( For sta tions in Ca nada
6366 8 0125 69.0 and Mexico, the cost is $3.20, airmail post-
6378 9 0025 54.0
6391 10 0120 67.7 age paid, and for all other countries it is
6403 11 0020 52.7 $3.50, which also includes postage for air-
6416 12 0115 66.4 mail delivery.) .
6428 13 0015 51.4 The computer print-out, tailor-made for
6441 14 0110 65.1
6453 15 0010 50.1 your own e xact location, covers a 21-day
6466 16 0104 63.8 period. For every two m inutes th at the
6478 17 0004 48.8 satellite will be w ithin communications range
6491 18 0059 62.6 of your QTH, it shows the azimuth, eleva-
6504 19 0154 76.3
6516 20 0054 61.3 tion and range to the satellite.
6529 21 0149 75.0 Since the satellite's orbital cycle repeats
6541 22 0049 60.0 itself every 263-orbits (almost exactly 2 1-
6554 23 0144 73.7 days) , with onl y minor corrections (3.6
6566 24 0044 58.7
6579 25 0139 72.4 minutes later and 0.9 degrees o f longitude

74 • CQ • February, 1974
•

February, 1974 • CO • 75
further west ), the computer print-out can
be used to locate AMSAT-OSCAR 6, fo r Beacon signals o n 29.50, 435.1 and 2304.1 mHz.
as long as it remains ope rative. Morse and Teleprinter telemetry encoders.
H ere's a o ne o rbi t sam ple of what the
p r int-ou t data lo oks like , centered on CODESTORE, for storing and forwarding c.w,
W 3ASK's QTH messages, similar to AMSAT-OSCAR 6.
W3ASK 3 AUG 73 (215) ORBIT 3650 Experiment Control Logic fo r selecting the
GMT AZ EL R spacecraft operating modes, and protecting the
H M 5 OEG OEG KM satellite against excessive battery drai n.
4 :06:35 254 0 4545
4:08:35 264 2 4 360 An input solar power-battery charger regulator
4:10: 35 276 3 4283 for properly charging the batt eries fro m the
4: 12 :35 288 2 4319 sola r arrays, and to pre vent overcharging and
4 :14: 35 299 1 4463 battery damage.
4:16:35 309 -I 4704
To receive yo ur personalized, perpetual A special a rticle dealing excl usively with
o rbita l print-out se nd the following to the AMSAT -OSCA R 7 sa tellite will appear
W illiam Johnston, WB5CB C, 1808 Po mona sho rtly in CQ , in eno ugh time prior to its
Drive, Las C ruces, N.M . 8800 1. launch so that radio amateurs thro ughout
I. Name and mailing address the world ca n prepare for it. •
2. Latitude (i ndicate North or South ) and
Longitude (East or West ) , as accurately as CQ Reviews: Ten-Tee ijrom page 37)
possible in degrees, minutes and seconds
3. Altitude above sea level ( indic ate feet or A five-posi tion switch o n the panel se-
meters) lects th e modes of ope ration which a re: Re-
4. A se lf-addressed stamped envelope, 9" by verse Sideband ; CW- I (c.w. filter in sha rper
12", or larger. with enough postage for a position ) ; CW-2 (c.w, filter in broader po-
weight of 6 ou nces. T he envelope is not re-
quired for stations ou tside the USA. sitio n); Normal Side ba nd; Calibra tor. When
5. Send the appropriate payment ($2 .50 in th e calibra tor is engaged, the receive r is set
USA; $3.20 in Canada and Mexico and up for the normal sideband only. T he calib ra-
$3.50 elsewhere) in US, Canadian or Mexi- tion also ho lds fo r the c.w, m odes.
can fund s, by either personal check, money
o rder or intern at io nal bank draft. The fro nt and rear panels and the bottom
W ha t can be easier for locating the and top covers of th e set are a lumi num, while
AM SAT -OSC AR 6 satellite! th e end pieces of the box are plastic. T he top
and sides have a wood-grain fin ish . A 2 \1"-
Plans Finalizing For AMSAT-OSCAR 7 d iameter speaker is mounted in the top cover.
A rra nge me nts have bee n completed with The Pho nes/ Speaker jack is a standa rd-s ize
N ASA for the launch o f wh at is expected type at the re ar wh ere th e othe r connec tors
to be the next r ad io ama teur comm unica- are phono jacks. The line cord is attached.
tions sate llite. It will pro bably take place
du ring th e late spring or early sum mer Operation and Performance
m onths. Com ponents developed by radio Measurements o n the model 3 15 pro-
ama teurs in Ge rma ny, Australia, Canada duced the fo llowing results: Sensitivity-
and th e United Sta tes are now being as- 0 .25 pv at 3.5 mHz and 0.55 pv at 4 mH z for
sembled in fi nalized form, and the satellite 10 d b S +N/ N, 0 .25 pv o r less o n the o ther
will SOon begin the usu al severe pre-launch ba nds;' Im age R ejection- 68, 68, 75 , 82 , 59
testing period . O nce successfully o pe ra ting d b o n the 3.5, 7, 14 , 21 , 28 mH z ba nds re-
in orbit it will be called A MSAT-OSCA R 7. spec tively; I.F . Signal R ejection- 66, 36, 4 8,
Br iefly, it is planned to have the following 54, 55 d b o n above respective bands; U n-
components aboard the sate llite : wanted-Sideband S uppression-30 db at 1
kHz ; Overall Bandwidth ( incl udi ng Lf. and
A 43 2 mHz (432.125 to 432.1 75 mHz pass-
band ) to 2 meter ( 145.975 to 145.925 mHz 3 On th e three highest band s ou r read ings
passband ) inverted lin ear re peater on the o rder were so mewha t be tter than tho se stated; how-
of 10 watts PEP output, ever. the figure of 0.25 uv or less has been given.
inasmuch as measurements can vary by 1~ 2 d b
A 2 meter ( 145.85 to 149.95 mHz passband ) ( pa rticularly in the lo w-micro vol t reg ion). de-
to 10 meter repeater (29.40 to 29.50 m Hz pending o n th e diffe re nce in ou tpu t-level ac-
passband ) . Sim ila r to the re peater presentl y cu racy be twee n d iffere nt signal generators. the
operating in AMSAT·OSCAR 6, but with 2 exact receiver-input imepd an ce a nd the method
watt s o ut pu t PEP. o f ma tch ing thereto .

76 • CQ • February, 1974
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a.f. sections): For s.s.b. nominally 350-3000

H z at 6 db, with CW-I (sharp) 700-990 Hz
at 6 db peaking at 825 Hz and with 500-1825
H z bandwidth at 30 db, CW-2 (broad ) 700-
875 Hz at 6 db peaking at 750 Hz and with
625-2725 bandwidth at 30 db.
A .G .C.- (7 mHz band)-5 db a.f. out-
put change with r.f . input change of 80 db
(10-100,000 pv), somewhat flatter on the
higher bands, a.g.c, threshold varied from
band to band due to changes in band gain
as may be noted from the S-meter readings
whic h follow; S-Me/er (input signal requi red
for stated meter reading on the above respec-
tive bands)-13, 8, 2, 2, 3 pv for S-4, 25, 19,
4.5,4.5,8 pv for S-9 32, 22, 7, 7, II pv for S-9
+ 40 db; r.f. intermodulation-beller than
the run-o f-the-mill vacu um-tube and solid-
state jobs, requiring two test signals 55 db
above I pv (or 560 pv signals) to produce a
I pv 3rd-order I.M . product (also indicative
of better cross-modulation and desensitizing
cha racteristics" .
A·f output with 1000 Hz into 8 ohms was
I wall with 1.6 % distortion; but, with d.
signals above 1000 pv the distortion rose
quite a bit at the l-watt level. However, this
situation can be avoided by reducing the d.
ga in wh ich m ight normall y be done, anyway,
with st rong signals.

Frequency Sta bility

After a 15-30-minute warmup drift of
200-600 Hz (depending on the band) the
frequency stability of the receiver held to
within the manufacturer's rating of 100 Hz
or less per hour. Vibration tests indicated no
adverse afTects on the frequency. The cali-
bration linearity was qui te good, holding to
within 2 kHz wh en calibratio n was made at
the nearest 100·kHz point. No change in
frequency was found on an y band with line-
voltage variations of -+- 10%.

On-The-Air Re sults
Wi th on-the-air operation the receiver
shaped up well in accordance with the fore-
going measurements. During the recent CQ
WW Phone and CW Contests and while using
a 4-foot test lead as an antenna for the set,
we were not only able to copy all the OX
statio ns the "locals" were working, but also
were able to do so with no more difficulty
from exceptionally strong ad jacent-channel
.. See "Receiver Signal Handling Capabilities," 5See "Antenna Sense," Q & A Co lumn. CQ .
CQ. Jan . and Feb. 1970, p p. 39 & 5 1 respectively. Marc h 1969. p. 87.

78 • CQ • Februa ry, 1974

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Rad ia In Ne w Guin ea' [from page 30J

Since then thc statio n's policy has been to You don't have to wait for
increasingly localize the content of its broad-
cast day. Keith J ackson, Station Manager,
Solid State SSB tomorrow
said that the statio n now programs a very TEN· TEe has it today!
high percentage of local news, frequent inter-
views with local personalities, and a great
deal of local music. Local government coun-
cils are regularl y queried for their program- .• ~
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ming suggestions. Though the recent opening '. '
of the nearb y Bougainvlle Cop per Mine, the -
largest ind ustri al project in the Territory,
created ad d itio na l fric tions between the ad - T RIT ON I $519.00
ministration and the Islanders. Radio Bou- T RITON II $606.00
gainville now seems to be firmly back in their
good graces. From 100 to 200 watts of portable or fixed
But perhaps the attitude in wh ich the sta- station power. From 5 to 50 watts of battery
power.
tions are accepted is best illustrated by an
incident that occurred in a spa rsely populated
area along the Gulf of Papua . . . Also Genave, Gladding. Standard, Regency,
ICOM, Hy-Gain, Galaxy, Hallierafters, Mag-
At 6:30 each evening all D. LE.S. stations num 6, Mar-Gain, E-Z Way Towers, Mosley
broadcast serv ice messages. These arc mes- and SB E.
sages from District Co mm issioners, police,
hospitals. and other authori ties, directed to
LOU GOLDSTEIN, K4LAN
individual people whose location is unknown P.O. Box 3561
or could not be contacted in any other way, Pensacola, Fla. 32506
th ere bei ng lillie inter-city telephone service
in New Guinea.
O ne night a message req uested that a par-
ticula r na tive appea r in Port Moresby, the
Capitol, as soon as possible. It instructed him
to request a voucher for an airline ticket fro m
any Gove rnment officer he could reach.
MODEL315 RECEIVER
As it happened, the man was on a fishing
expedition far from his village. He had no
rad io and he was unknown in the area. Dur-
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ing a chance meeting with some local people :
the y recalled his name from the broadcast <) <) :~:
~

and passed on the message. Days later the

fisherman reached a Government outpost. He A new generation that
embodies the latest echniques in solid state
related his sto ry 10 the officer. Though he art. Unique features make operating more pleas-
had no form of identification a nd the officer ant and effective.
had not heard the radio request, he promptly
issued the vo uc her with the comment th at,
*
Covers 80 thru 10. WWV. Sensitivity less than
uv. Tuned MOSfET rf amplifier and mixer.
Permeability turned front end and YfO. Direct
" If yo u sa y it was a nnounced on the radi o frequency readout. Drift less than 100 Hz.
it must be true." 9 MHz crystal lallice if amplifier. 2.5 kHz band
width; 1.7 shape factor. Automatic sideband
Amazingly, o ve r the years virtua lly a ll selection, reversible. AGe. less than 2% audio
service messages have eventuall y reached the distortion. Built-in speaker. "S" -meter. Af and
RF gain controls. Pulsed crystal calibrator. 115
persons to whom the y were directed. VAC operat ion. Pl ug-in circu it boards.
In the words of John Smeeton, Manager of R.c.iver Mod.1 315 229.00
Radio Daru a nd one o f the most res pected 150 Hz CW filter !Mod.1 235) 14.95
old-timers in the Territory. "We must never See and hnr it at your dealer or write
lor additi onal inlormati on.
be wrong . .. both the people and the adm in-
Write for details.
istrat ion believe in us . . . the degree of con-
fidence in our stations is our most valuable T E N - T E C, IIlC.
asse t:' _ SEVIERVILLE, TEflINES$[[ "112

February, 1974 • CQ • 79
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KAIDX 489.041 1299 133 UK3AAC 336.603 941 219

JHIYOT 113.148 324126 UK3NAA 274.02S 65821 8
so YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR JA2YA B 70.6 07 275 121 UK5EAQ 250.879 692 211
678 20 1
UK5MAG 246.627

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E urope UK4WAC 217. 4S7 595 219
I6FLD 751, 298 1251 323 UK4WAB 214.1 10 565 183
SK5AL 554,130 1100 262 UK 5QAU 158,424 514 184
SPSPWK 412.160 777 256 UK51CD 123,025 404 185
LET'S COMPARE COSTS OE6HIG 348.742 839 254 UK2GAZ 121.920 422 160

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G3RCV 341,690 745 235 UK 3YAB 11 5,938 350 171
OX ENGINEERING RF SPEECH PROCESSOR SP6PZ B 307,476 687 219 UK2GCF 106.950 370 150
LZ2KPO 299,490 796 201 UK2WAF 95.403 373 147
YU2CBM 297,450 771 225 UK3AAY 90 .882 346 153
DM3QO 290,3 18 645 233 UK5GAB 87,080 300 140

50 EACH
EIlAA
LA1K
SP9KRT
YUIINO
246, 566
181,598
141,670
616
659
538
123,420 520 165
226
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UK2WWW
UK2LAK
UK2 PAO
UK2 1AO
78,680 317
78.020 237
72,009 301
62.250 298
140
166
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125
HA3KHA 118,944 387 168 UK5VAA 58,295 228 131
SK6CF 108. 717 34 1 167 UK2GAR 57, 584 246 118
OHUG 68.453 300 127 UK4WAK 24, 570 156 90
G3EKW 52, 51 5 266 135 UK3GAA 7,280 107 56
CM4AXE/A 41.788 271 124 UK6HBV 3, 124 56 44
SP9PRO 23,996 14 1 89
OK2KWl 14,628 102 69 M ULTI-OP ERAT OR
Oceania Mu lti-Transm itte r
KH6GMP 664,674 1459 141 WA3HRY 1,731 ,750 1448375
KAlCQ 1,040.019 2641 211
• Each wi ll give you 6- 10 db average Sout h A m er ica YUlJRS 950,300 1457 325
power increase PY7BOX 3, 286,287 2627 423 SVIGA 555,537 1311 281
4M5BPG 2,598,884 2207 284 YA6NQ 90.582 425 93
• Each one maint ains your signal quality WB81BM/8 64.856 237 134
ZX7AAD 1.589,124 1850 302
• But just look at the prices! PY3CKZ 349,968 678 184 SKlAQ 34,608 169 103
PYI MO 190,51 2 480 144
FOR BEST OX YOU NEED ALL THREE PYI BQK 17, 287 105 59 Ou r t h a nks t o the f o llow ing
st at ions wh o s ubm itte d t he i
Models are available fo r Collins 3 25 • logs f o r c hec k ing purposes :
U .S.S.R.
and KWM-2. Send for free data sheet C E3EZ, CR7 RM, D M 2DGO ,
and name of nea rest dealer. Club Stations DM 2F GN, OM 2 YL O , HA 2
A l ia K RB. HA4YF , HA5KFA, O HS
THE DXENGINEERING RF SPEECH PROCESSOR $79.50 419B 2,985.004 2397 358 SK, O H 5YX, OK I A W R, OZ 6
POSTPAID CALIF. RESIDENTS ADD 5 % SALES TAX
UKOAAB 438,346 940 214 RT. SMICXE , S MOB OS, SP6
UK9CAE 292,383 573 189 KKE , S P9 U H , UA3DAO
DX Engineel'ing UK.OAAC 180,661 469 169 U A3 FT, UA 3 1E, UA 3NG
24 5 5 Chico Avenue Sout h EI Monte , Ca lif. 91733 UK6 QAA 1,794 28 23 UA 3 R R. U A 6 N X . UA6 PG
E urope UAOA BC, U K2A A S, U K2RA X,
4L3Z 1,64 2, 560 2093 354 U K3 LAC. U K3 MA X. U K3TAA
UK6LAZ 795,678 1174 303 UK4HB U, U K5lA S, U Q2AS
WPX Results (from page 34] UK51AZ 507. 773 1092251 UQ 2H O , U T 5 H P, U V ~ O N
UK3SAB 395.826 1025 222 U W 6CV, U Y 5 EM , U Y 5Z T
H a w a ii Netherlands A n t illes UK2PAf 340,632 769 228 VE I A IH, WA2AU B .
K5CIT/KH6 PJ9JT A 160.923 504 97
14 211.1 22 731 146
P eru STATION OPERATORS
N a uru OA4AKL A 98,900 221 115 Multi-Operator Single Transmitte r
C29ED A 393,684 1238 106 OA4AHA 14 9.776 83 47 DM3QO: DM 2 DT O, D M3 XHF. EI1M: EI 2BB , EI2 CA, Ef7 CC,
GAGNer 3.8 9.472 48 37 EI 9V. G3EKW: G2FUB, G3 V U I, G3WFV, G3Y UT, G3ZU V
N ew Z ea la n d QA4AGR " 3.780 31 27 G4A FJ , G4 AN S. G3RCV: G3VLX, G3 W V P, G3XMD, G3YQG ,
ZUSKX A 182,700 422 145
ZllAGO " 27.0 11 109 59 Trinid ad G3ZAY , G3ZE N, G3Z RJ . GM4AXE/A: GM4AFF, G M 4B FX
Zl2GJ 14 69,100 251 100 9Y4VU A 1.198.8321490248 GM BFTJ . HA3KNA: HA3JNG, HA3N A, HA 3 N S. 16FLD
lUBO 7 187,884 352 102 16 PLN . JA2YA8 : JA2 BY, JA2D DD, JA2DGD, JA 2 EV , JA2 HO
Urugua16 JA2H ZA , JA2J SF, J H2AC L JD IYAA: G ro up. JH IYDT: JH l
P a pua CXIJM A 891. 0 1366 210 AGH & 5 Oprs . KICPF & K I CSJ . K4ZA & WA 6QAU , WB4
VK9RY 21 343,826 1407 82 CX9BT 3.8 1,880 25 20 SPG. KA IDX: KA2B W, KABVR, WA5 I1S. KH6GMP & KH6
GQW. LAIK: LAIBP, LAI FR, LA2RR , LA4 CQ, LA 5M K.
Phil tppin es Venezuela LZ2KPD: 2 Oprs . OE6HZG: 3 Oprs. OH2AG: O H2 KQ, OH 2LU .
DUIGJM A 882,255 1811 165 YV51Z A 5,917 54 43 OK2KWL: OK2BG R, OK2 BNG, O K2 B NX. PYIBQK & PYI CH P
DUlJMG 14 872,025 1125 275 YV3XY 14 303.934 600 174 PYI D B E. PYlMO & PYI HU , PY3CKZ & PY3 CEN , PY3C GP
Samoa ( A merican) M ULTI-OP E R AT OR PY7BDX : PY7A EW, PY7AKW, PY7AOJ, PY7A PR, PY7APS,
KS6DH A 873.1 20 1656 170 PY7AUR, PY7AZQ, PY7ZAH . SK5AL; K2 lZQ , SM 5BGK,
S ingle Tran smitter SM 5BUT, S MOGM . SK6CF: SM6C KU , SM 6EBQ, SM 6 FYJ .
U ni ted States SP5PWK: SP5 BSV, SP5DZf & 2 Op rs. SP6PZB: SP6 FA F,
S o u th America WlYK 782,400 941 300 SP6· 5039 . SP9KRT: Spg ZW , S pg·223 6 & C lu b. SP9PRO:
Argent ina KI CPF 52 1,400 712 257 SP9 EWO, SP9FOW, Spg ·23 5 1. VE3BMV & VE3A BN . VE
LU5Hfi A 1,130,2681481 261 W6KG 269,127 647 153 AN /6 & VE6GS, VE6l B . VP2MYA: W 5M YA & W 5Q B M . WIYK:
LU2DEK 28 62,532 266 81 WA6GlD 199,187 525 139 WA IJ LD & WAI PID. W3YXM: WA 2Z RG, WA3JVG, W A3M N N.
W3YXM 153.426 344182 WA3 Q IA, WA 3QYM , WA 3TAC. W6KG & W 6 DO D. W6VPZ:
B razil WB6JOO 140,481 431 121
PYoDA
PY5YC ....• 29, 719 207
26,196 137
101 WAOETC
74 WB5AEH
101,916
71,808
284149
312 136
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WA 3SVN . WA6GlD & WA6DGQ. WABUUY & WB BIAY .
WA9JCO & WA9A KT. WAOETC & WBOAAM . WB5AEH
PY8JO
PYI BOU .. 21.1 20
9,342
112
65
88 WA91CO
54 WA8UUY
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51 ,460
210 129
205 124
WA5AWF, WB 5FFIO. WB6JOD: K6QJZ. W 6K HS. W 6SMW.
WA6H CL, W A60 HO , WB 6 IFO . WB6RW O, W B6RWU , WA7
PYlMB 28 60,724 232 94 WB9GI T 49,590 220 11 4 UHE. WB9GIT & WB9EBP. YUlINO : Clu b . YU2CBM : YU 2
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5,98 6
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56
86 W6VPZ
41 K4ZA
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199 100
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PY3APH 14
PY2FDO .. 336,960 609
2.336 38 32
195 WA3QWA 2,024
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71 44
PY7G V. 4M5BPG: F5QQ , K5lWL/YV6, YV 5B PG.
Multi-Operator Multi Transmitter
Chile VP2MYA 2, 792. 720 3950 280 KAICQ: KA lIW. KA 2A I, KA2AS, KA 2 B l, KA2PJ . SKI A Q :
CE5GO A 58,612 244 82 VE3BMV 518,178 878201 SMICJ V. SM 1CX E. SVIGA & SVIEN . VA6NQ: VE 6AGV. VE 6.
CE8AO 28 10, 442 82 46 YE6AN /6 40,661 224 73 A M U, VE6A YU. V E6J D. WA3HRV & K3EST . WA 3AZD, WA3·
IAQ. WBBJBM /B: WB BDQP, WB8 1RL, W BBJJA. W B8J OZ,
Colom b ia A sia WB8J PA, WN BM QC, WN BMQ D , W NBOOB , W N BPKK. YUl
HK3CPW 28 12, 240 106 40 JDlYAA 535,262 1654 91 JRS: Cl u b Grou p .

80 • CQ • February, 1974
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RUBBER ADDRESS STAMPS. Free catalog. 45 WANTED: Dow-Key 6dc or IIOac Coaxial Relays.
type st y les. Ja ckson's. Box 443F, Frankl in Park Advise condition, price. WI BB, Stewart S. Perry,
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Kea rney , NB 6 B8 4 7 . or SB2 20 linear in warranty . Ra dio WAOGYX ,
(8 16) 25 2 -2 43 4 , 1422 So. Pea r l, Independence,
CA PAC ITORS WANTE D : corn p u ter-a races, 'r an ta - MO .
l u m s, Mvrar s, Discs. Write for top cash offer. Nation -
al E lectronic Supply, Dept. Cl, 7231 · B Garden 1919 -1 9 3 I Rad io Scnernat res and Service Da ta
Grove Blvd. , Garden Grove, CA 9 2 6 4 1. Ph one : where avai lable, S2 .00 each. Cecil Bounds, Pine
(213) 597 -7010 or (714) B9 3 ·2 9 0 0 . Springs Rte., Carlsbad, NM 88 2 2 0 .

FOR SALE: Excellent condition, 7 months old DAYTON HAMVENTION expands to three days
Heath DX60B, 560. Hammarlund HQII OC, 5115. April 2 6 , 21, 28 , 1974 at HARA ARENA and
WA6 NZO, 32 2 8 N. Alder Ave., Merced, CA 9 5 34 0 . Exhibition Center. Brochures mailed March 15th.
Write for information if you have not attended the
WANT: Collins Kwm-2 with ec, or com plete s-nne. last two year s. P.O. Box 44, Dayton, OH 45401_
Als030 L-I or 305-1 linear. Must be good and priced
right. Richard scnar«, 417 North Ferry, Ottumwa SURPLUS TEST EQUIPMENT, VHF and micro-
I A 5 2 5 0 1 . Ph. (5 15 ) 6 8 2 -5 7 4 1 . ' wave gear : bulletins: D. Edsall, 2843 St. Paut,
Baltimore, MD 21 218 .
YAESU FL2500-2KW. P. E . P. Linear 160 M.-IOM .
5200.00. Paul W. H acz ela, 8 Ya le PL , Armonk , NY "r N 'r earty 30's QS T t y p e transmitter wit h 40 meter
10 5 0 4. (91 4) 273-906 7 . coil 210 tu b e en o 500 V p o w er su p p ly wi t h a n te n na
key. Works we l l. Se ll f or 550 . B o x 8352 , Sava n-
WA NTE D: W ireless gear , o l d receivers, m sc. parts. na h , GA 31402 .
ca ta logs, etc. , regard less of condi tion. Horvath,
522 Third St., San Rafael, CA 94901. WAN TED : Any informa tion on Western E lect ric
Micro-wave transmitting, receiving and monitoring
Speaking French? I am interested to find teachers, equipment used in Be ll TelephoneSystems in 1950 ' s.-
students or individuals not necessarily fluent in Cecil Bounds, Pine Springs Rte., Carlsbad, NM 8 8 220
French willing to speak French on Ham Bands,
with high school students. Catalina Radio ClUb, COLLINS FOR SALE: Complete S·Line purchased
3645 E. Pima, Tucson, AZ 85716. new December, 1972. Very, very mint concx: 155-
3C, 32 5-3 A, 516F-2 , 312B-4, 30L-I, SM·3 mtc.
SIDEWA LK SALE·Every first Saturday-now i n its Rec. includes 2 0 0 H Z filter and MARS xtats. Cost
four th year. Turn your sur p lus e lectronics into cash t o d ay over 54,000 . Will sell com plete package for
at the Sou thwest's leading ham store-it's FREE! 52 ,950 .00. R.O. Lions, K6ZWG f1, 326 Morris
Electronics Center, Inc., Da llas, TX 75204 . Ave. So., Renton, WA 98055.

SAFETY B E L T S Tower C li mbi ng, Ny lon ( new ) , WA N TED: Urgen tly n eed several heavy b r o n ze
L an y a rd / sn ap ( used ), 523 .50. Li nk:, Rt. I l l , Mon- weat he rproof Ty pe CWS-60041 RF monito r cases
r o e, CT . 06468. used w i t h N av y Mode l VG· l shi p b oa r d ra dio eq ut p -
ment so ld as sur p lus by D ayto n Air cr aft Produc ts,
QS L CA R DS p rin ted on S u per-Hig h Gloss Card Fort Lauderda le, FL, ear ly 1960 's. Bob Kn u tson,
Stock fro m 58.95 /1,000. Fu ll-color catalogue an d Box 2 4 3 , Austin, MN 55912 .
samples; 51 .00 . Lijon Graphics, Box 4 8 , East
Longmeadow, "M A 0102 8. FCC type test answers genera l advanced extra 510
specify. DixieTec, Box 1135 2, Savannah, GA 31402.
TREASURE COAST HAM FEST March 9-lU. Spon-
sors Vero Beach Amateur Radio Club, Inc. and St. ACTIVE HAMS - Monthly mailer of recond itioned
Lucie Repeater Associa tion, Community Center, and new equipment specials. Sell-Buy.Trade. Write:
Vero Beach, FL 32960 . Free continental break· Associated Radio, 80) 2 Conser, Overland Park, KS
fast. First prize 8 0 -10 transceiver. Dozens of others. 66204.
Speaker . Swappers row. Tickets and information,
write Ike Roach , K4 QM , Box 30 8 8, Vero Beach, p.C.'s. Need a project for winter? Send a S.A.S.E.
FL 3 2960 . for list of available boards. SEMTRONICS, Charles
R. Sempir 2k, Rt. 3, Box I , B el la ir e, OH 43906.
SELL : Co llins 7 5 5- 3 B , $600 . H all icr aft ers HT-44
w /PS,5225. HT-45 linear w /PS, 5300. Jo h nson KW CHESS! CHESS! CH E SS ! Net meets 3.92 11 m c
ma tc hbox , 515. All mi nt w /manuats. Swan 260 Sun 1100 : Mon 1930. SASE for d e t a il s. K2SYJ.
tran sc ei ver, needs D C PS wo r k , 5225. W B2E T I,
42 Hud son Rd., B ell er o se, N Y 1 1 4 2 6. Ph one (516) SE L L : C lea n wo rki ng Glo be K ing 500A, CE2 0 A ,
FL4-6192 . BC458-10 VFO, QT. 1, 5200 .00 F.O. B . K8CCV,
5471 Norquest B lv d ., Youngstown, OH 44515.
TEN L B. ELECTRO NICS PA RT S, 510 , tubes for
sale too. Williams, P.O. B o x 7057, NorfOlk, VA heath dx·IOOB wi th new spare finals, Hallicrafters
23509 . SX99 w /Heath QF-I Q-Multiplier. Dow·Key relay,
Turner Mic., 5110. WA6BTE, 1059 Harcourt, Sea-
GOOD NEWS: SRRC Hamfest June 2, 1974 at a side, CA 93 9 5 5 .
fabulous new site in Princeton, Illinois Fa irgrounds.
SRRC/W9 MKS, RFD Number I, Box 171, Oglesby, SELLING: Duplicate ceubooks both commercia l
IL6134 8. and amateur from 1920. Selling CQ's from 45 and
QST's 191 7. Send list of your wants. Erv Rasmus--
Did you know that su pplements to the bock, sen, W6YPM, 164 Lowell, Redwood City, CA
"CQ YL," are available? They bring the book up 9 4 0 6 2.
to date with YLRL Officers through 1973 and
the 6 th Y LRL Convention , held at Long B eac h in NEED: R cvr tuning cap. for Knight TR·I0 8 Part
May '72 . Ifyou have a co py of "CQ YL " and would No. 211 6 - 10 4 TRW N o. 213-6107 -293. C. Mi lazzo,
li k e to add th e new supp le ments (t he pages are WB20ZA, 1 16 Cal houn Ave. , B r on x , NY 10 465.
"slotted" so th ey fi t d i rectly into t h e "CQ YL"
spira l back bo ne ), d ro p a note wit h you r r equ est to WA NTED : Davco D R·3 0 r cvr r Se ll or T rade : B o x
au t hor/ p u b lisher, W5 RZ J , L ou isa Sa ndO , 4411 - of about 60 ass't d H .R. , 13 , CQ , Q ST. WA2 JT N,
II t h S t. , N W, Albuquerq ue , NM 8 1 10 7. P lea se en- 300 Lawrence Ave., Oakhurst, NJ 07155 . (20 1)
close two 8 cent stamps to cover cost of mailing. 531 ·4 132 .
The one and only book abou t YLs in ham radio,
"CQ YL," contains 2 1 chapters, over 600 photo- WANT: Crank-Up or tilt tower. Loca l. Magnum 6
graphs. Order your autographed co py, or a gift for TR4, RPC Speech Com. WB4JHS, 6092 Chase
copy, from W 5 RZJ, 53 .00 postpaid. Ave., Downers Grove , I L 60515.

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FOR S ALE: Radio Handbook, 11 th Ed. and Engrs. SBE34 XCVR with crystal cal., mtcropncne, speecn
Ap plica tion of Electronics Grub and Kiver Radio processor, mobile mount and o peration metnten-
Eng. handbook. Termon , Radio Math-Cooke- all ance manual, $250 . K. Stevens, 2 0 5 Greentree Dr.,
mint , S5 ea. FO B . D o ug l as, W6CUG, 2 2 5 4 Pepper, E. Syracuse, NY 13051.
Concord , CA 94520.
HEATHKIT GR -7 8 Solid State Portable. General
AWAR D H UN T E R S : For in fo, write to New York Coverage Receiver. Mint. $ 99 . W2DV. (201) 4 29-
C ha pter , N . A . H . C. Jose p h Schwartz , K2 V GV, 43 ·34 88 8 0 .
U nion s t.. F l ushing , N Y 11 355.
WANTED: HW32 A with man ua l com p lete in ex -
SEL L: Spec ial Po w er Su p p ly a n d speaker f~r D r ~ k e ce llent condition / perfo r mance. One owner p r e-
T 4 X 8 . G iv es h igh er o u t p u t and better lin earit y, f er red. Car l Frank , WOCOS , R . I , Roc hester , M N
$40 . D av i d Sc hwar tz , 1183 So u theast St ., Am- 55901.
h er st, M A 01002 .
SALE : Drake TR-3, AC·31spkr., $390 . - Drake R4
sB-33 Hea t h EC·I Ana log Comp uter. New, FM-2 x Revr. , $ 28 5 - Heathkit 58-310 Rcvr., $260 - Swan
w /ac and extra x tets, best reasonable offer. John 260 Cygnet Transcvr., S285. - Swan 500 Transcvr,
Wagner, R. 2, Box 142A, Caro, MI 4 87 23. 117 XPS $454 - Swan 350C Transevr 117 XC---- /
14C, $46 3. -Swan Mark I Linear Amplifier, $ 295 .
SALE: CLEGG 22'er FM like new) with 12 Xtals - All postage paid. Ron Conley , K7 LTV, 37 Wyo-
and manual . $225 fob. Pgh . Pa. 1~235 . K3YMN, ming Ave. , Billings, MT 5910 2. (406) 2 5 9 -9 5 5 4 .
2185 Sam pson St., Pgh ., PA 15235 .
SALE : Collins 755-3 AM and CW filters, matching
SELL: 28RfT, $50, 14 Rot r, $35. MainlineTTL-2 speaker, $ 35 O. SB-400 $ 1 75 . All crvstats. Best con-
$100. Wking condx. Others. Mike Sorocnke, Jr ., dition.Clarence,WBOHOM, 1004 So. Garfield . Den-
95..01 243 sr ., Be llerose, L.I. , NY 11426. (516) ver, C0 80 2 09 .
488-3166.
FOR SALE: Eico 7 2 0 transmitter , H ea th C heyenne
CO L LI NS 305-1 , $1050 . M M2, $55 . H A -l, $70. transmitter , Hea th T ra n si st o r p .s. Mode l M P-I ,
s B620, $85 . D X E ng. Pro cesso r, 32 5 L i ne S6 ~. Heat h Q Mu lti p lier Model QF -I , Gonset Su per 12
Wa ters Co u p le r , N o . 30 0 1 , $45. Wa lt, W8 LJ P, 313 c o n ver t er . Excelle nt condi tion and w /ma nua ts. W4 ·
227-7338 . KMs,l I 12 LittlepageSt ., Freder icksburg, VA 22401 .
CE NT RAL E LECTRONICS 200V good condition . NEW· Now available SPK-I speech processor. Have
$215. W9UZC, Southwest Acres, RR 2, Harri s- " Stronger, more intelligib le signal. sPK-1 Kit,
burg. I L 62946 . (61 8) 252-7064 . i Ilf .9 5 pp fromspC. K. Teague, P.O. Box 65, AI rna,
WANTE D : Gonset Comm. II I or IV 2 meter AM A R 1 ' 9 21.
transceiver or other make. Good am transceiver : WANTED: J ohnson Viking Ranger or Valiant
W B4 VAP. 150 Coral CirC le, South Daytona. FL Ted Tsucalas, P.O. Box 515. Shelter Island, NY
32019 . 1 1964.
SIGNAL CORPS SURPLUS COMMUNICATIONS SELL: DX60 fine cndx , $50 Harucre tters S-5 3A
Equipment Ca ta log, 25 cents. Colonel Wayne O . Rcvr mint $65 . Both $ 100 Gotham V 80 ant .
Russell, 9410 Walham pton, Louisville, KY 402 2 2. SASE. Russ, 1620 Th urston, O lympia , WA 9 8506 .
FO R SALE: s B ·313 with full coverage on 8 0 , 40 WANT: sB2 LA, inverter , good ge n . cov . rcvr,
and 20 m e t er bands plu s 49 ,41 ,31 ,25 ,19 ,16 {e.q . 5IJ2). Se l l Ne-303 and conve rters, SX-99 .
a nd 13 m et er b a n d s. $275 . W8 TXX , 1733 San ta T X -6 2 and VFO w , F M. WA9CYW , B o x 163 ,
Ma r ia, Steve nsvi l le, M l 49 1 27 . Canne lton. IN 475 20 .
W ILL TR AD E a Unitron 3" p hoto equttorta t WANTED: Pair of Amperex 8163 or 88 02. W7JI,
te lescope wit h fu ll accessories for a good trans- 2 3 5 E. 15th sr., Tempe, AZ 85281.
ceiver. WB4 BUI , Star Rt . 2 , B o x 17 , "rempeeence-
ville, VA 23442. 824-3292. CLEARING OUT pwr xtormers, fixed & variable
conds., meters. etc., dating back to 1923 . SASE for
SELL : Conar Osc. sco pe Model 250. $50 . Conar list. W 2BGO. Kenney. Box 288 Brookway Ave.,
sig. Gen. Model 280 . $2 5 . HQ·110 needs minor Valley Cottage, NY 10 9 8 9.
work,S 7 5 . WB2 CCS/4 . Robert Umbach, 7111 Gales-
ville Pl., Annandale, VA 2 2003 . (703) 256-65 9 8. HEATH TX-I and sB-I 0 good condition, low hours
$ 165 FOB. Steve Prescott, 1 cotontar Circle, Storm
I NTERESTING LIST OF HAM GEAR Parts. etc., Lake, IA 5 0 588 .
etc. Sen d SASE for l i st. WAS QBJ , H . JOhnson,
6305 R ed b ir d T er r. Dr. , Clinton , OH 44216 . SELL: Johnson Viking II xmtr w /manual and 122
VFO. N eed s minor re pairs. B est offer. Ma rk Lon-
W ANT ED : U sed H eath k it I gn i t io n ana lyzer sco pe d on, 104 Hi llda le Rd . • W. H art f o r d , C T 06117.
m o d el 10-20 . J ohn St i les, W OO sP, S herwood, N O .
O K. 58782 . SEL L : Drake 2 B Rcv r and 2 N T x trans w it h ma nu-
a ls a nd cables, x tets, $250 . Wi ll ship F .O.B. W N·
I st and 2 n d FCC TI C K ET S. Fast, $5 .00 Study 3 VGS, Gordon . 240 E. Main st., MeChanic!iburg,
Guide. C R D Assoc ia tes, B o x 291 , Western s ccs. . PA 170 55 .
I L 60558 .
LAFAYETTE HA-144 (solid state 2 m ) : Hatucre t-
BA RGAI NS: 2" oscilloscope, $1 2 . Eico No. 369 ters S R4 2 -A w /HA-26 vr-o (2 m); all mint w /manu·
Sweep-Gen . • $45. SASE for my listing. G . Sam- als; swapforDavco DR-30 rcvr. WA2JTN. 300 Law-
kofsky , K4HRU, 4803 B renda Dr ., OrlandO, FL rence Ave., Oakhurst, NJ 07755 .
32806 .
MODULATION XFMR WANTED, Universal. 125
SIX-ME TER T E L R E X 4 element neam ., $10. WA2- watts or better (Triad M-12AL, stancor A-3894 or
PCL, (212) 849-8458 . Richmond Hill , NY J 1419. A-389 8 U .T.C. 5-21 . Thordarson 21 MG2 or 21
M7 2 . etc. Brockton High S Chool Radio C lub. 470
WA NTE D : Coils for o l d N at i o nal SW-3 receiver, Forest Ave., Brock ton , MA 02401 .
a ny fre quency. Also any Crosley p r in t ed info 19 2 2
t o 1928. W7 KE , 1109 5. 2. , H am il t o n , M T59840. WANT: Stock ticker, t eleg raph i te ms, crysta l set .
D r. O . Spence, A rgonne N atl. Lab. , 9700 S. Cass
FOR s A L E:Ga laxyG T550 w i t h AC550 sup p ly and Ave ., B ldg. 203 , Argon ne, IL 60439 .
speake r , x ta l ca l i b rator , and fan $350. A m eco PT
preamp, $35 . W 81IT, 28 1 Jenny L n ., D ay t o n, O H FREE : Research Re port Ca paci tive Di sc h arge I g-
4 5 4 5 9. nition Systems. K6 1CS, Or. Ga u thier, 9418 Fl o-
ren ce Ave., Downey, CA 90240 .
O X-I OO $85 new LeG 388 l ead er. $ ISO, ARTI3
w .o.s•• $45 . 'SA S E for list Of test equi p. Wi.1I co!'- 305-1 : Just reconditioned by Co llins. $900_ Prefer
steer trade t o w ar d cameras, ssTV camera, Will ship pick-up. WA2> VFK, 314 So. Western Ave., S pring-
u n i ts via freight collect. Michael Jones. Rt I. Box f ield, OH 4 5506.
532, Fortson, GA 3180 8.

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FREE sa m ple co py L on g Is la n d O X Assn . bu lletin.
Lat e st O X ne w s. Bu si ness s ize s.a.s.e. t o the L.1.
D X A ssn. , P. O . Bo x 73 , Cora m , N . Y . 1 1 7 2 7. World's Most Advanced
HAL LI CRA FT ER S : HT-3 3 A $ 2 2 5 . SX· 10 1 A with
p ro d u ct D et. ( f a ct o ry Sc h . i, $ 175 . B o t h m in t,
wi t h manua ls. W I J S S . 9 W int er T e r r. , We stw ood, STATE-OF·THE-ART
MA 02090 . (61 7) 76 2 -525 2 .
WA NT T O BU Y : O ld w ireless key s, pa rts. T.G .
TRANSCEIVER
S o ukup, 161 Bob Hi ll R d ., R id gefi eld, C T 06 877 .
FR EE, Pi ck up o n ly . One A cm e T e lep ho t o Tran s-
c eiv e r Mod el F N P- IS . N. C. Mo se le y, B eech wo od
o-., T arb or o , N C 2 78 86.

•- ..-.:::......:::,
WANT ED : E xt e rn a l VFO' s, FV400 f or Yaesu
Fod x 4 0 0 a nd N o. 41 0 f or Swa n 400 . K5E N L,
Ed B lo c k , Rt. 4 , G ra n dv iew, T X 760 50 . ~,

SE LL : O X-4 0 /manua ls, $ 25 ; B C-6 4 9 V H F R e c. w I

P.S., $ 3 0 ; C B-se t - MC-6 , $25 . Yo u p ay sh ipping.
WA 5C B F, 9 0 0 N o . W illard , A ltu s, OK 7352 1.
-
THE TRITON by TEN-TEe
H E I 2 A 80 mt r w it h HPJ 3 D C and AC S u p p ly ,
$ 14 0 ; B C4 5 3 200/500 k hz R cv r wi t h p wr s u p , $1 5 .
W6 BLZ , 5 28 C o lima S t. , La J olla, CA 92037. TOTAL SOLID STATE
M IL LIAMP ERE M E T E RS , cen te r re adi ng 0-1 50 ,
$ 3. 5 0 p pd . G o odman , 5 82 6 S . Western, C h icago, HF TRANSCEIVER
I L 6063 6.

F OR S A L E : 62 5-1 , $675 ; K W51 N o . 1 45 1 $ 650 .

75A4 N o . 5667 ( f a c t o r y over- ha ule d ), $4 50 . Se nd Available ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD d irectly from
f or list o f o t t-e rs. J .W. Craig , W I F BG , 29 S herb u r ne
A ve ., P ort sm out h , NH 03 80 I .
ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
KN IGHT xmi t terJc . w .,l O-80 mtr 5 0 w a tts, p erf ec t , -Co mmunication S pec ia lists for over 35 ye a rs-
$ 3 0 . H eat h H Wl b w it h HS-2 4 s p k r, e x cl n t t hru out
$ 9 0 . You s h ip. W B9 HXZ, 8 864 Hi lls ide Dr ., Hi c k- 1960 Peck St., Muskegon, Michigan 49441
o ry H ill s, IL 6 0 4 5 7 .
Tel. (616) 726·3 196 T el ex 22-8411
WA N T E D : 2 . 1 an d 1.8 k hz f ilte rs fo r 7 5 A 4 rc vr.
W4 V MS, B. DuH a rt , 3 846 Wi nona Dr . , Pe n sa co13,
F L 3250 4 .
SE LL : 1 4 R otr , 1 9 AS R, T T L/ 2 m ain l in er a nd s pa re
T T Y p ar t s, SX l ll . Se n d SASE fo r detai ls. M. So r-
oC h ka .95012 43 rdSt. , Be lle rose, NY 11 4 2 6 . W2HAJ
H W· 16 & HG -I OB , $10 0 . M.F. R Ubio , WN6 WWU ,
331 W. Ra ymond St. , Co mpto n , C A 9022 0 .
Outperforms
WANT ED : An RM E 4 3 01 s ide b a nd se lecto r. F or
S a le : 4-8 1 4 's a n d 2 , 4-6 5 A's. W3 F D W , B ird sb or o ,
ALL OTHERS!
PA . B o x 2 6 , I 9 50 8 . (2 1 5 ) 5 8 2 -8 I 5 8 . NOW... Yo ur BOMAR
F OR S A LE: 4CXI OO OA new $10 0. 00 . H P- 3 5 0 D
a u u to att e nuat or set , $60 . Jo hn son lo w pa ss f lt r, DEALER Has Ample
$5 . O t he rs. W5 T EP, I 225 W. Brid ge s r. , Ne w Br aun-
fe ls, T X 1 8 130. Stocks Fo r All Pop-
WA N T E D: Po w er t ra n sf o r m er f or HT3 2 Mark I.
Sta t e pr ice 1 st le tte r. E. Ric h mo n d , R R2 , 16 B ular 2-METER TRANS-
Wo o ddale , H ull. GA 30646 .
CEIVERS and SCAN-
B I R O e le me n ts 50 -125 mc 2 5 & S Ow , $1 5 ea ., GE
P ro g-l ine m obile pi s, $ 10 . Be r k le y 700 -1 c o u n t in g NERS Plu s Certificates
u n its, $3 ea . K6KZT , 225 5 Ale x an d er Ave., L o s
O so s, CA 9340 1 . For Special Crystal
Milita r ypa n e l mt rs and f ilament transf ormer s c h e a p.
Wh at do you ne ed ? WA4 RD V , 1 14 5 Kerns A ve., Needs
R oan o k e, V A 2 4 01 5 .
\ WRITE FO R NAME OF NEAREST oEALER
COLL E CTIN G Ca ll Lett er Li cen se Plat e s, a ll states,
p eo v., y ea rs. Will pa y p o stage. A r t P hi llips, WA 1-
N X L, 3401 N . Colu m b us, A pt. 5- 0 , Tu c son, A Z
8 5 7 1 2.
WA NT : S BE2 4 o r s im i la r. Good. W ill p a y o r tr ad e.
L. B. F u q ua . W 4 W B D , Ma p le St ., Bo x 6 , E d dyvi lle,
K Y 4 20 38 .
CRYSTALS
WA NTED : 2 mt r, ht. S t a te c on dx a n d pri ce. K6E IS . \ the "long playing" crystals
Rt . 4 , Bo x 6 0 5 , C a lifo r n ia Ho t Spr in gs, C A 93207.
BOMAR CRYSTAL COMPANY
G ON SET Co m m I V (2 mt r xc vr} wi ac Id c cords,
$1 2 5 . A meco T X6 2 (2 m t r & 6 m l x mi tte r, $7 0 . 201 Blackford Ave., Middlesex, N. J. 08846
Sen d f or f ree list. Co le lla , WA2 H Q o, 1 0 5 1 8 1 31 st
S t 'J Ri chm ond H ill, N Y 1 1 4 19 . Ph one : (21 2 ) 6 4 1-
Phone con 356-7781
2 s s 9 . All e xce lle n t.

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 W A N TE D : D r ak e 6 mt r r e m o te vto R V-6, H eath
SB-I I OA & S B-200. W A8Z C O , 1 6 2 4 5 B eech w o od
B ir m in gh a m, M I 48009 .

WA N TE D: Go nset 2 mt r. Si dewi nder an d Go nse t 2

m et er SOOw . a m p. W A 8 JEI , 382S 1 E l mi te, Mt.
C le mens, M I 4 8 0 43 .
WA N TED: Dr ak e V HF l ine T C-2 T C-6 an d co nv.
CC-1. A lso any 2 m t r fm rig. K 8 H WW, 33727
B r o wnl ea, Ster l i ng Ht s., M I 48 077.
TT-6 3 B / F G C T el et ype R epeat er Schema tic o r
Ma nua l wa nted. Co py o r bu y . G. M acCorma ck,
/ KOMEY , P.O. B o x 298, R y e, CO 8 1069.
H W - I 0 1, H P-2 3, S B600 , HM-I S G H -12A, V iro-
pl ex, phones, a n t. sw i tc h phone patch, w ire, co ax,
C ompl et e sta t ion in m i n t co ncx. 2 y rs . Old, f o r
only $400 . C o nta ct Dave So lt , 10 6 1 Lan caster
Ave. , sv r., N Y 13 2 10.
S E L L: SXIO I M K3 , $ 140 , V iking Inva d e r 200 ,

Put more S B xm i t ter , $150 . N C-I OO, .S5 0 -30 mcs, $65.
H A 6 T ra n sv ert er w i t h 2 m amp. conve r sio n i f wa n t -
ed,,!. P26 S B co nversion , $ 15 0 . E. N . Sieder, 4 7 6 5
punch in your work. N '=. 16 th Ave., F t. La ude r da le, F L33301li .
FO R SA LE : Ha llicraft ers HT-4 0 tran sm itt er ; ex-
With a Greenl ee Chassis Pun ch you ca n punch cellent co n d i t i o n , wi t h n ew m anual. $3 5 a n d yo u
clean , tru e hol es in seconds. Round. square, pay shi p p ing. G ene", WAS ET K , 8 17 West II th St.,
key o r D. In 16·9a. metal , hard rubber, pl astic Li t tlef iel d, TX 793.s9 .
or epoxy. A vail abl e at ra dio and electroni c s Q SL CAR DS : Se n d 1 5 ce n ts f o r sa m p le. Th e Print
p a r t s d e al er s . Writ e for ca t a l o g E- 730. S hop, P. O. B o x 3 53, Lock por t , IL 6 0441.
Greenl ee Too l Co. 1764 Columb ia Ave.. R o ck ~
R ohn lO ft . t o w er sec t and fl at r o of new b ase
ford , III. 61101 . mou n t , $ 50 . W. A. Sa rno, D .P.M., 4 7 7 -86th s t. ,
B r o o kl yn, N Y 11 2 0 9.
GREENLEE TOOL CO R E G EN C Y HR-2 B, 2 m eter fm t ran sce iver. Ne... er
used . Ca ll o r write. (61 6) 34 4 ·56 45 . WA8CDU,
342 1 Wedgewoo d D r., K alama z o o, MI 4 900 8.
A Unit of Ex ·Cell·O Corporation :E' 9:: , MI S C. SAL E: SA SE fo r l i st , t est eq p t. , tubes,
caddy , sa ms m an., S B·303. Wa nt V H F Gear. V ic t o r
SCh o r n, Rt. 5 , B o x 323 - B , F l o renc e, AL 3563 0 .
MAG NUM 6 fo r Dra ke, $ I 0 0 . E dwa r d R ob er ts, I

SUPER CRYSTAL
B ea ch A v e., A u b u rn, N Y 1 3 0 21. W2 PL Z.
SE L L: H eath sco pe m o d el 10·14 . A ssembl ed but
n ev er worked . $ 1 2 5 . We shi p . W AOJLD, Rt. I , B o x

THE NEW DELUXE DIGITAL 866 , A lexa nd ria , MN 56308 .

NE ED V LF R eceiv er 10 t o 30 k hz, o r schem at ic fo r

SYNTHESIZER!! ~
hom ebuil d i n g. Wan t t o wr i te w it h o t hers kno w-
l ed geabl e t hi s a rea a n d exc ha n ge n ot e s. Foxwo r t h ,
FROM B o x 2 I 11 G PO , N ew York , N Y 100 0 I •
. W ANT E D: E i m ac tu b e soc k et number Y · 1 49 A.
Will al so acce p t t ype S K -8 00 B , SK·8 10 B , or S K·
890 B . AlSO, Ei mac c h i m n ey tyre S K-816. A lSO,
. t ech nic al m an u al fo r Col lins 5 J 4 . W rite: 8035
~ ." ., A B ou ght on H ill R o ad , Victor, N Y 14564 •
14 6 .
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WA N TE D: E i m ac 4 -400 A o r 4 -40 0 C . Ji m F le mi ng,
6 N 705 H ar v ey Rd ., Medi na h, IL 601 5 7.
..... --'- WA N TE D: Inva der200 . Pr eferabl y f rom w it hi n 10 0
M FA· 22 DUAL VERSION m il e rad ius of N ew York C i ty. Stat e p ri ce an d co n-
d it i o n. W2 L RL, 2 B ir ch L ane, N ew H yde Par k,
Also Availab le M FA·2 SINGLE VERS ION N Y 1 10 4 0. (5 16) F L4 ·8903 .
• Transmit an d Receiv e Operat io n: All units WA N TE D : A pollo or eq u !v, r ig. N eed no t b e wk ng_
h ave b oth S imp lex and Repeater M odes
• Acc urate Freq uency Cont ro l: .000 5% a c- Mu st be co m p lete. WA4 T CW, 6 23 A v o n Rd., W.
c u racy
Palm Beac h , F L 33401 .
• Sta b le Low D r ift Out put s : 20 Hz per degree
C typi c al .: O R SA LE : Po w e r supp lies : M P·l , $95 . PM· 2,
• Full 2 Me t e r Band Cove r a g e : 144.00 t o 147.99 $85 . 5 16 E- 1, $1 15 . L IS 350-6 , $30 .350 - 12 , $50 .
MHz . in lOKC s t e ~s 4 0 0· 12 , $85. 50 0 · 12 , $100 , 400 ·12/1 15 , $ 125 .
• Fast Acting Circ Uit: 0 .15 secon d t yp ical s e t - Mi sc. : SB -620, $85 . C . E . 20 0 · V , $395 . HT 3 3,
t1in g t im e $ 200 .28 KS R, E lec tro-Co m2 50, $ 395 . R a nge r T w o
• Low Impeda nce (SO o h m ) Outputs: All ow l ong $135 . James Cra ig, 29 She rburne Ave., Po rt s:
ca b le run s for m obiles mou t h , NH 03 801 .
• Low Sp urious Output Level: sim ilar to crystal
o utput WORKE D SO . AMER. C E RT I F I CA TE. Wo r k a ll
13 coun tries. Se n d li st a n d $1. HCI TH , 4 8 0 5
• PRICES
$275 .0 0
R..
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Electronics W i llow be n d Bl vd., H ou st on, T X 77 0 3 5.
M F A ·2 2
T O U C H -T ON E PADS: T w el v e bu tt on, f u ll leads
M F A ·2 $2 10.0 0 Bo x 1201 0 unlight ed $ I I ; l i gh t ed $ I 5 . Po stea id/ i nsured. WA5:
S hip ping $3 .0 0 C ha m pa i gn , I L 61820 G N T , Swa n k RObe r ts, 11 30 F u ll er Dr., Apt. 223 ,
oauas, T X 7 52 18 . H om e ( 2 14) 32 8 · 9 3 0 7. Wo r k:
SEND FOR FREE DET AI LS ' J 4 ) 742 · 7 23 1.

88 • co • February, 1974
H E A TH KIT 58·10 2, cw fi lter, ac and de su p plies, HEAT H HWI6, excel lent, $ 1 5. Knight TI SOB
m ob ile m ou nt, re mote L MO, s pk r, m anu al, a Sk ing S50. 2 mtr tuneable conv ., SIO . J. Pumo, 25 12
S 47 S . H ea th k it SB I I O, a c su p p ly , s pk r, m a nual, Crane Pl ., Union , NJ 0 1 08 3 . 6 81 ·56 8 0.
S 2 2 5 . H aut crerters HA l keyer , SSO . J. Bo sto n, W8·
4 R UA, B o x 354 , Ca lho u n, G A 3010 1 . (404 ) WANTED: 51 J4 filt e r, 1·3 o r 6kC, al s o sc ra per f or
629·3048. s p a re part s, rea sonabl y pri ced, plea se. KS OPO,
10 4 6 Greymont Av e., Jac ks on, Mi ss. 39202.
FO R SALE : H eath k it Mod. T 3, S I O. Heath k it T S4 ,
T V a lign genera tor S IO. A m ec o CB6 converter for WANTED: HW 18 ·3 160 m ete r t ran sce ive r, WB2LTS
6 m trs, SS . Hea t hkit IM I 7 solid st e te vott -mtr, SIO 1 33 N . 1 9th St., Wyand anch, NY 11798 .
WSYLJ , De l C a rl in, RRI , B ry a n, O H 43506.
WANTED : HF· UHF signal gen erator with ca lib ra t ed
G EN COV NA V Y R C V R. 2·20 mnz 4 b a nd s. Very o u t p u t a tt e nu a t o r, ' ..eeasurement s Model 80 o r e q u t-
gOOd, c lean condx . Wl man ua l R BS·3 , R-3 0 3 /FRR, valent,K2QI V, 6 6 An ytrell Dr., Webst er, NY 1 4 5 80.
S 5 0, or t rade. H. Jo h nso n , 6305 R edb ird T err. D r.,
Clint on, O H 44 216. SIX·METER TELRE X 4 element beam, SI D. WA2·
PCL, 101-2 3 L efferts Btvd ., Ri chmond H ill, NY
N EW TRIO TR -7 2 0 0 ·G w /48 x t a ts, V F O &. a u to 1141 9.
p at ch in p u t, 14 wa tts o u t o n .2 8. w /rnuce, e xt s p k
and PA co n necto rs. WA 3 MEG, 1 2 211 Valerie Ln., JOI N Wor ld's bigge st O X & Awards Hunter s' C lub
Laur el, MD 2 08 1 0 . S 400 FOB. CHC . Over 1 000 award s listed in CHC A warcs
Directory , S 5 . POB 383 , Bonita, CA 92 0 0 2 .
SUPER ·PRO, BCI004 rep la cement I F a nd BFO·
osc x to r m er s, cry stal fi lt er units, also Yashicamat , S E L L: New T R sw itc h $ I 0; 0 .1 wa tt 2 m FM x m t r
LM ca mera . · C. Meistr off, 7 4 I 0 Cnamberte vne S30 ; Heath t w oer $25 . Want ed f or colle ge ctub,
Ave., R ichmond, V A23227 . HR 060 co ils. W5 QNQ, 2025 O'Donnell , L as Cru ces,
NM 8 80 01 .
SAL E: H om ebrew V F O b eautifully co n ve r ted fro m
ARC-5. Wor k e d FB wi t h V ik ing 6 &. 2 SI O p o st- HAVE E XTRA RID ERS M A N U A LS. N eed Vo l23
paid. K8 0 UQ , 268 An n is Ct., Chillicoth e, O H and all inde x e s. Wh at d o y ou need ? Wa n t C oll in s
4 5 6 01. 3 12 B4 sta tio n cont ro l. W 7 KSG, 1816 E . 299 0 So
S L C , UT 84106 .
F O R SA LE: G ala x y G T550 with AC5 50 s u p ply,
spkr , crystal ea ue, a n d fan, S3S0, p lu s shi p ping. COLLINS 310 B·l for sa le. S95 . Pick u p . Pete r But
W8 11T ,28 1 J enny Ln., D ayt o n , OH 454 5 9. le r,W I BPW, 3 E lizabe t h D r., Me r r imack , N H 03054.
(6 0 3) 4 2 4·13 1 3 .
WANT ED : Kod ak XLS S lo w lig h t leve l movie ea rn-
e ra , S upe r 8. M.J. Mo ss, W4UXJ, Box 28601, At- WA NT E D : Heath HG ·I 0 B V FO . W rit e Joe Marsala.
lant a, GA 3 032 8 . 46 S want y J oh n so n Rd ., uncasville , C T 063 82 .
H E A THK IT SB-3 I O R ec e ive r. Covers 80 , 40 , 2 0 &. WANTED : Dra ke T C-2 t ra nsmi tti n g c nvtr , slugs f or
6 o t he r shor twave b and s, wi t h a m a nd ssb f ilt er s &. B ird 43 w a tt mete r. A lso d r ill pre ss b en ch t ype, in
b o o k, S 11S. H. H ech t , WA I LWD, 64 Ka ye Rd ., We st good con cx . F o r Sa le HA-i 5 0 6 - mtr m ob ile r ig.
Ha ven, CT 065 16 . (2 0 3) 932 -5521 . K4 BPY, 10 31 Bay fi el d DR S E, Huntsv ill e, AL 35802
HIGH S C HO O L n e eds d on ation s t o st a rt ham club. S A L E : Shu re 717 Mik e, $ I 0; S q u ires Sa n ders Noi se
An yth ing appreciat ed. We pa y p o stage. E . Wil son , S ile n ce r, S I O. Plus p o sta ge . List for S AS E. Eri c kson,
Ma rine r S r. H igh, 35S 1 McKnight Rd ., White B ear 1 3 RObertCir ., S .Ambo Y,NJ 0 8 8 7 9.
Lak e, MN 55 1 10 .
BOS TON H A MS ! 5 0 ' teles coping ma st (u sed o n ce
WANT ED : In f o exchange on t he up-date, modifi· o n Field Da y) at 1 / 3 off; i.e., $ 19 . WNI Ps B or
cation o f a FB rig, the H eath HW·! 00 x cvr. Dial WB6 CEP.
Drive, WW V, sco pe o u t &. n oi se limiter thu s far
mad e. An y idea s m ost w elcom e . Naumoff, K7 L YK , SX-I 0 1 wit h 6 EH1 RF 6 BY6 prod det manua l
116 St e wart sr., seattle,WA 9 81 01 . SI 25 or trad e for fm gear. W5RC , R.M. Terrill,
3 1 0 6 Alta Vista, Dalla s. TX 7 5 2 2 9 .
DRAK E SW4A, S I99 .95 . HTI 8 vfo, S 3 9 .9 5 . C om-
municator III (2 M), S 1 19 .9 5 . H .I ., AI M cMillan. WO· WANTED: Nati onal HRO·S receiver, or pee-war
JJK, B o x 86 4 , C oun ci l Blu ff s. IA 5150 I. HRO . Unmodified . Bill Orr, W6SAI, E im ac , 3 01
Industrial Way, S an Carlo s. CA 9 4070 .
FOR SALE: New RCA t e st eq ui p m e n t , never used.
Audio Gen. WAS04A S75 . Transist or tester,-
WT50 1 A S 50. VTV M W V9 8C, $1 5 . Surrett 53 0-- WANTED : Drake spr·4 . Write: H a rr ison, P.O. Box
S . Ledbette r St., Ann iston, AL 362 0 I. Phone : 2 J 4, Blo omsbury, NJ. 0 88 a 4 . Plea se sta te pr ice a nd
( 20 5) 237 -4137. c ondit ion .

BO UGHT NEW 55-2 0 0 &. l ike very mu ch; h owever, NUMBERED HAM S E N T E N C ES in 5 4 lan9u ageS
will ha ll' 2 sell a fe w thi ngs arnd here (or ma k e it f or y ou t o co p y ! K3CHP's OX QSL GUID E . S 3 .9 5,
loo k lik e I'm at least tryin) W ill se ll our SWAN J oe Mi kuCkis, 6 91 3 Furman P k wy., R ive rd al e, MD
5 0 0 CX 4 the very lo w price of S3 95 &. W the 2 08 4 0.
S 1 3 0 d olla r PS4 S 5 0 (the rig ha s the new quart z
filt er) plus a 1 97 2 very beaut ifu l BMW bl &. WANT: Ant iqu e radi o s, inf o o n bioel ectri cit y cell s,
chrom e mot orcycle ( only 1000 miles o n it) Offer ..• o r any help ; VLF rcr a ny make or co n dx. Jim Gunn,
4 5 5 -41 st Ave., San Franci sco, CA 94121 . Kenny. WNI QNK, O ssipee, NH 0 3 864 .
(41 5) 38 6-63 13. First c h eck 4 the SWAN at thi s
lo w pri ce takes it. STA R 7 0 0 E rcvr &. Star xmtr, 300 wt s. PEP 8 0 · 1 0
rn trs, xctnt condx , cost S190 u-s f or S 3 9 5 . Si lbert ,
KENWOOD R599 receiv er wit h 5599 s peaker . ex - Wh ite Su lp hur Spring s, NY I 278 7.
cellent c ondx . S310. T . A . McKee, 1306 Grove R d .,
Lyn chburg, VA. 2 45 0 2 . P h one (8 0 4) 2 3 9 ·5 0 0 2 . NO V IC E S : H W I 6 , D rake lo w pass and 6 xta ls,
$ 85 . CQ machine ( w o r k s wit h a ta pe recorder! $ I 5.
CALCULATOR: MITS Mode l 90 8 M. memory, WN2 HFJ-l 4 Andover Dr., Syosset, N Y 1 19 I .
squar e root, reciprocal. Brand n ew, never used . C o st (516) 921-3 S 8 3.
S120 . S ell S 8 S . PP. H. Marhoff, P.O. 569, Largo,
FL 335 4 0. LINEAR BUILDER S: Sen d SASE for list of seed-
te s, HiPower··L o pric e. Mace, 8 60 0 S kyline Dr••
WAN T : Halftone s tora ge CRT, manual f or AN I H olly w ood, CA 9 0 0 46 .
UXH · 2 facs imil e re corder, fa x equi pment, c hea p
SP4 0 0 o r SP600 rec e ive r. WA5NQE, 1 0J Carolyn FOR SALE : Sev eral m odel s and range s o f panel
Av e ., Au st in , TX 18705 . meters. Let me kn ow w ha t you need. Ja m es Fred.
RI, Cutler, IN 4 6920 .
2M T R FM RCA ca r p ho ne CMC2 S 2 channel wi
c rysta l 2 8 /88 and 52 dir ect, S 15. 4 Western U nion SELL : R eali st ic D X·1 5 0A R cvr , m int con dx, will
aes k fa x, SI O ea . 5516 G rand Lake, H ou ston, TX ta k e$ 70. Plea se c ontact Emmett Hoop s, WN 2 RRM,
7 7036 . 3 0 0 Wind sor Pl., Bkl yn, NY 11 21 8.

Februa ry , 19 7 4 • CO • 89
 SELL O R TR ADE: Li k e n ew 2 KW PEP Gonset
FREQUENCY STANDARD 201 M ar k II I Lin ea r wi t h 572 B's. Can Sh ip in
or ig . p ac k i n g. M ake o ffer or co nsi der trade f or gd
r cv r o r 2 m et erJ ear . L. White. W2 C NQ Rutgers
St. , Cl o st er, N l32
07 62 4 . Ph one : ( 2 01 768-59 58 .
F OR SAL E : Hall ic raft e r HT3 2 x t m , $15 0. H all i -
c raft er SX I 01 r cvr, $1 2 5 . GonsetLi near ( 15 00 w att s
GS B-2 0 I, $15 0. Se ll a ll or by o ne piec e. Jerry
Mac ari, WA2KDB , 13 8 -2 3 59 t h A v e., FlU Shing, NY
Only 11 3 55 .

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$32.50 2 M T R FM: S BEI 4 4 solid st ate t ran sc eiv er 9 c ha n-
n e l s, c r y sta lled $2 00 o r b est o ffer , w a n t SB610

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IIess batt.,i.d
POSTPAID USA
a m /o r SB6 5 0 , WA1 MCY, 53 O ld Amesbury Li ne
Rd ., H av erh ill , MA 0 183 0 •
H E A T H KI T : Tun er FM -2, Ampl ifi er EA-2 , Multi-
'- pl ex Ada p ter AC·11. Com pl ete $5 0 . Cabin et $35 .
E sta te W 8 1M U , 739 0 Ba r t h ol omew, C lev e land, OH
• Precision (ry"al 44 13 0 .
WA NT E D : I N O U E I C-3P p ow er su p p ly. WA7TYZ,
Mike Aron son, 2521 Broad St. , B ellingham, WA
• Fully guaranteed 98225 •
SA LE : Fi sh er Ste reo 100-watt tube X-I OO-C ampli-
fi er . Or ig. S id . $2 00. N ew C ond:L n ever u sed $140_
A l SO, TR C-1 8 R eali st i c 1 2 c ha n. ",B R adiO, li k e n ew
• Marleen 01 J 00, 50. 25. 10 or 5 kHz I.~ $ 5 0. Contact Mi tche l l Ra k off, Bo x 4 2 7, R ego Pk. ,
lected by Iron' panel swifch . N Y 11 3 7 4 . Ph one : ( 21 2) 275-8 0 72.
• Zero adjust ••,. '0
WWV. Exclusive cirrI/if SWA P : Li ghtning Sw i tc h SPS T , 10 0 a m ps: Size
suppress•• unwanted markers. IS " x 3 " min t co n cx. Will sw ap f or ear l y 19 2 0 ' s
• Compact rugged desIgn . Attractive, eem- rad i o part s. W 8BHT , Leo L. Gi bb S, 7 0 1 Bro ok-
pl.'.', ••" conlained.
• Send lor free brochure.
fie l d Rd ., Ke tter i n g, OH 4 54 2 9.

WAN TED : Ce ntral E lectron ic s 60 0 L Llnear ampu-

fi e r . W 7JI , 235 E . 15th St . , T empe , A Z 8528 1.
SWAP: F on e D ir ector y y r c i ty f or z i p code b oo k o r
perpetual ca lenda r. C A o n ly. Specify. K4CLA, 5/
I l l -A Oak , L ex., SC 29072 .
GEN ERAL E LEC T R I C TPL Mo d. T E 7 3 K A 6 ,8 0
w att w i t h P L, o n 151 .745 M hz. $185. Also R CA
S uper Ca r f on e M od. C M U A35J2, c urren t ly o n
4 51 -.8 50 Mh z , $ 2 2 5. B o th rad i o s are fu lIy so l i d-
stat e exce p t for drive r and fi na l t u b es. R obert Bl i SS,
14 4 0 L a kevi ew A ve., Mi n nea po lis, MN 55 4 16.
S E L L : CQ ' s f rom 4 5, Q ST f r o m 19 1 6 , o ne or a
For h u n d red . Ca l l books fro m 19 2 0 . Li st f or Stamp.
E rv Rasmu sse n, W6 Y PM , 164 L o w e ll, R ed w o od
FREQ. City , C A 9 4062 .
WANT: M et a l case (o u t er cover ) f o r T ektroni x
STABILITY 5 13-0 sco pe. Se l l o l der G R la b eout p me n t. Se n d
Depend on JAN Crys,a's. SASE f o r li st . W 5 J J, 582 4 N .W. 58 t h St ., O klahoma
Our large stock of quartz City, OK 73 122 .
crys.a' material, and componenll ...ur•• F.. t FOR SAL E : G lo be Scou t D elu x e tran smitt er 90
Delivery 'rom UI. w atts C .W . and 75 wa tts ph one. Sa le f or $ j 00.
Li k e n ew . W ith l ar ge number o f crvsta ts. W .J .
CRYSTAL SPECIALS Sur rett, 530 S. Le d bette r St ., An ni st on, AL 362 0 1.
Ph o ne: (20 5) 237 -4 137.
2.METEA FM tor mo.1 Transceiver, ea . $3.75
144·148 MHz - .0025 Tal. 5 8 -10 I, CW fi l ter , 5 8-600 and HP-2 3 . W or k s an d i n
Frequency Standards f a ir condx. So l d as is, $ 180 F08, W7 JKG , 10 3 E .
100 KHz (He 13/U) 4.50 B ar tl ett A v e., Se la h, W A 989 42.
1000 KHz (He 6/U) 4.50
OLOTI M ERS: Get your kid o n the air . Swa p H eat h
Almost .11 CO Setl. Yr. or Rac . 2.S0 K i t Ch eye nn e and HR -IOB fo r a T r i-b and. W .B.
(CO Synthesizer Cryslal on ,eque.l) Wa d sw orth, WB9 M CW, 267 W o o d land Bar r ., I L
600 10 .
Any Amaleur Sand in FT-243 1.50
(BO-mel er, 53 .00 - 160-mele r n ot avart.) .. for 5.00 COLLIN S " 5" li ne rou nd e mb le m V .G. u n i ts
For "t cia .. mail . add 20e per crystal. For w an ted . Ray C lark , B o x 1 2 16, Du n n el len, F L 3 2 6 30 .
Airmail. add 25e. Send check or money order.
WANT ED: Co ll ins KWM-I , w i t h 5 1 6 F-I p o w er su p-
No dealer• • please . p l y, m u st be A- I . R usse ll , 19 6 80 Mountv i lle Dr. ,
M ap le Ht s., O H 44 1 3 7.

Divis ion of Bob Whan D X -PE DI T I O N XY L a p proved? Montse rra t W . 1.

& Son Electronics . Inc . H ou se in tro pica l setti ng , p o ol, ma idserv ice. V E3 -
2400 Cryslal Drive FH O, Box 1077, E l m ira , O n tario.
Fl . Myers . Fl orida
33901 Sig na l Co rps Sur p lus Co m m unica tio ns Eq u i p me nt
Ca ta log , 25 ce n ts. Co lo ne l Wayne O . R usse l l, 94 10
CRYSTALS All Phones
(8 131 9 36-2397
W alh am pt on, Louisv i l le, KY 40222 .

Send 10e ror new catal og w ith 12 oscillator W ANT : Ear ly He lix or Osci lla tio n Transformer and
Spar k Ga p . Dr. O . Spence, A r gonne N at ' l Lab,
circu its and Iisls 01 trequ en c tes In sl ock . 9700 S. Cass Ave ., Bl d g. 2 0 3 , A rgon ne, I L 6 0 4 39.

90 • CQ • February, 1974
DRAKE TR4, $ 400. L-4 L inea r, $ 5 00 . B oth ss su,
b oth ha ve new finals and are in m int eonex.
WAS VFK, Spring f i e ld, OH. what is an
WANTED: Waters Model 337 · 51 Q-Mult ip lier/notch
f ilter for C ollins 75 5 1 Receiver . W A6 A H F , 114 94
V ia Alamitos, San L ore n zo. CA 9 458 0.
antenna
noise bridge?

FOR SALE : Plate x f mr f o r SB ·220 n ew $ 2 5.

18 AVT /WB ver tica l n ew c o nd x $50. S-lin e sty le Anterna NotMltidge l~'ten-orotzbrtj). n o-nego.r.
cabi n et w j fron t new $ 25 . 2 -3 I 3 -s used , S1 O. For rane lor a specialized teshio de10a 1hOI CheCks yOU'
the pa i r. You pa y p o st age. G .L Myers, W B6 R VH, allel l lO system tor ' 8 I :l! lCrlI freQ.Jency CI"ld c:oo:daI
44 64 1 2 1stSl.W, Lanca st er ,CA 9 3 5 3 4 . ~:b ce.
Obtain maximum effleleney by
21 ISSUES CQ MAG, v arious m o s. y ea rs . 1952 - determining the resonant 'requeney fOf any
1959 . No dupes. G ood co n d o $ 6. 50 p ostpaid . K 8- type of antenna with the solid stote, sel,·
OUQ, 2 68 Ann i s Ct., Ch ill i cothe, OH 4 56 01 .
contained Antenna Noise Bridge .••
SELL : Weston 4" lab quality, illuminated, 0-1 MA Two models •••Tf7-01 'or 1'100 MHz range.
D.C. Meter s, $40 cat a l o g price, only $4.00 ea ., plus $29.95 ••• the Tf7-02 'or 1·300 MHz range.
sh i p p i n g. G . Samkofsky, 4 803 Brenda Dr., Orlando, $39.95.
FL 3 2 806. lokIlvough amateur radio ~I.,.
or d1~ from Ihe factory.
SELLING COLLINS GEAR ? I ' ll pay t op d ollar .
555 W . Mid d lefiel d , H· I 0 3, Mountain View, CA
9404 0 .

FO R SALE : Heathki t T w o er , per f ect, $ 40 p o stpa id.

in U. S. W ON Y, 717 C re st, F t . D od ge, I A 5050 1.
CONNECTICUT W I RELESS A SS N - H am Rad io
Au ct i on - Roger Sm ith H ot el , Stamford , CT, W ed.
J an. 9 , 1974 , 8 p .m. Bu y or S ell " Gea rs. "
SX- I 0 I wit h6 E H7 RF 6 B Y 6 p rod d et m anual , $ 1 25
o r trade for fm gear. W 5 RC, R.M. Terrill, 37 0 6
Alta Vi sta , Dalla s, T X 75 2 2 9.
FO R SALE : Freed·E isman N RS (1923) fair c o n c x
w ith tubes. Best o ff er . W 2DQC, 2 2 9 Sar les Ln. ,
Money ,Back Guarantee
Pleasantvi lle, N Y 105 70.
FOR SALE: E ld ico t ransmitter, r cv r, an d sta . c on-
trol un it w j watt m eter. ph one pat c h1.and R.F. o ut-
put m eter . Al so m a nuals. $ 3 2 5. WB4 I-IUD, P.O . B o x
a 0 5 , Spr ingf i eld, TN 37 172.
on buy any 2 meter mobile
antenna until you've considered this offer/II
FORSALE : SSB t ransceiver, Na t!. 200 a nd AC su p- We're so confident that the GAM TG-4-
ply. $ 2 50 . Min t wit h manual. W an t ed: M P·IO con- MS w ill outperform every other 2 meter
v ert er a nd H u stl er 20 m ob i le ti p . T. Cod d in gto n,
WB6AWC, 7825 Sc ott s V all ey R d., La kepo rt, CA mobile antenna on the market, that
95 453 . we're willing to put our money on the
line to prove it.
FOR SALE : C. E . 10 0V - C .E . 20 A - V a lian t -
HQ1 70 - AF6 7 - GPR9 0 - R l 9 0A - T est gear Order t he TG·4-MS, eit he r direct or
galore. Write : P.W. B inf ord, 56 I A th erton, N o vato, from one o f our local dealers, an d accom-
CA94 94 7. pany you r order wit h a copy o f t his ad .
SELL OR TRADE : Be st o ff er s for HR0-6 0 6 M. Test the a nten na on you r own car and
"AD " coil, new PE·} 0 3 dy n amot or, pair set svns, compare t he results wit h the an tenna
J ones mod el 2 S2 LJI Mic romatch, BC2 2 1 w / ac and you n o w use.
m odulati on. W 5AMK. P.O. B o x 96 , Temple, T X 76 5 01
If you aren't completely convinced tha t
250 w . p lus LINK B ase - .76 - .94 w /sca n $ 2 0 0 the GAM TG·4-MS lets you hear weak
or t rad e SP-6 0 0 or equa l revr . K7 LQY. 18 49 signals better, and be heard farther, re-
St ev ens o -., Ri ch la nd, W A 99352.
turn the antenna within 30 days to the
S ELL/ Swap: C o mplet e ( A T V ) amateur tv ste . point of purchase for a F U L L CASH
p r esently on th e air. 445 Mhz. SASE for f urt her REFUND, no questions asked.
d eta il. W.L H ask ell. W7 H F R , 3915 N . Ca mpb el l
A v e., SP 102 . T u c so n. A Z 85719 . (602) 327 ·3960. 6.7 db gain over an iso t ro p ic; 4.5 db
ga in over a dipole.
WANTED : D ra k e SPR -4. Wr it e : Harriso n , P. O. B o x
234 , B l oom sbury, N.J. 08804 . Pl ea se st ate p r i ce The proof of the antenna is in t he testing.
and con d i t io n . The GAM TG-4-MS sells for $41.60
SELL: Cl ean, wo rk in g Gl obe Kin g SOO A , CE2 0 A , amateur net.
B C4 5 8·1 0 V F O , QT·I, $ 20 0 .00 FOB, K 8CCV,
5 47 1 N orcu est Bl vd., Yo u ngst ow n , OH 4 4 51 5. ELECTRONICS, INC.
W ant : J ohn son D esk KW, n eed coi ls f o r 1937 RCA
ACT·2 0 x m tr . 191 Varney Stre et
M anchester . N . H. 03102
F OR SA L E: D X - I OO x rn t r. , $90 .00 ; A m ec o T X -6 2
xmtr , $95 .00. B o th gUd condo No shi p . F. Kurz,
P.O . B o x 347 , Zion, I L 60099 .

February, 1974 • CO • 91
 PO L Y C O M M 6 2 , Transceiver for sa le , cover s 2 &
6 meters, AC & D C su p ply, needs work , $70 .
Jim, K4 V B H , P.O . B o x 26 3 , Amer icus, GA 3170 9.
NEW S B·401 x t a l pack, SI 5i o ld DX-60 , 5 20.
C har les Smith , Bo x 5 43 , C onyers, G A 30 20 7.
SELL : R3 8 8 151J3) in goOd concx . $ 2 8 5 . wit h
C oll ins rnech uter adapto r, $ 31 5. KOGCJ, 4 322
Blauvelt Rd ., Grand Is la n d NE 6 8 80 I.
CLEANING SHACK, BI RD thru SSTV. List SASE.
Want Y A E S U FT-2 Auto. Trade ? W4A P I, Box
4 0 9 5, Arlington, VA 222 0 4 .
JOHNSON VIKING II w /1 2 2 VFO, 160 ·IOm.,
gud nov ice x m t r, NYC vtc., $ 90. Auslander. 1 4 9 9
N. Meadow Rd. , Merr ick , N Y 1 15 6 6 .
SELL: Mint SB·2 20 linea r . $ 3 35. HW·3 2A, $ 50 .
HW3 2 $ 2 5 . WA2 RJV. 3 01 Blacksmith Rd., Camp-
hill,PA1 7 011.
TOUCH .TONE PADS : Twelve button, like new.
$ 1 1.0 0 unlighted, $1 5 .00 l igh t ed . S . ROberts, WA-
5 G N T , Dalla s, TX (214) 3 2 8 -9 30 7.
WANTED: VOIs. 20 -2 1 and 2 3 R iders "rr ou bte
Sho oters Radio Manuals. Al so SX 88 or SX73
Hall icrafters. Send price and cond o to H. E. Parr ,
r ------ - - - - -- -- -- - - - - - - Cli ft on Hill . MO 6 5 244.
CO Maqazine WANTED : DC pwr su p p ly for Galaxy V trans-
I 14 Va nrlervent er Ave I
I Port Wash ingto n, L1 , NY 110 50 I c e iver. State p r ice and condition to Jerry, W5S R N,
9 0 1 1 B r iardale, Au stin, TX 78 7 58 .
I Please send me copies of t he I SELL: Ha llicrafters SX-I00; Hea th D X6 0 A wi th
I OX Hand book. s e nclosed . I HG·I O; T w o e r ; Motorola T4J G GV·3 . Se n d S ASE
I I for d e t a ils an d p ri ce . WA 5 TJ U. 52 2 2 ·42nd S t .,
I Name I L ubbock, TX 79414.
I I S BE·144 1 2 sets xtals, 5190 , 2 75 w Match box l
Add ress swr, 550 . T H·3J R, $50. S RC-146 A ex tra xta ls,
I I mi ke . nt ced s, case, $210. Ra y Must a fa , WA2 ·
I City - Stat e Zip NB G , 216 ·15 Sawye r Av e., H o llisWODd, N Y 114 2 7 .
1 •:
BC6 10 ·I , BC·61 4, Tu ning u nit s, co ils, spare tu b es
a n d m anu a ls. Make o ff er. FOB, Cupertino, C A
W60T W, I0 3 8 5 Mann Dr .• Mo nta V ist a , CA 9 5014 .
CW FILTER S ELL : N ew co n d itio n , 75S3 B, $600 cer tif ied c n k ,
a nd w ill Sh ip prepa id . Al so n ew R·39 0 A co n do n e w
$650 .00 . W4A IS, 3 00 Th orn wood, T a yl o rs, SC
2 96 87.
Y AESU F TD X5 7 0 fo r sa le. Be st o ffer , I yr. o ld .
To m D or n b a c k, K9MKX , 2515 C oll e ge. Do wn e rs
G ro ve , I L 60 5 15.
FO R S A LE: Laffe. A u dio Gen., S30. E ICO 95 0 A
Rc l Br id ge, $ 39 .95. Eico 5 84 b att. t st r, $9 .95.
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I" '" W_. ,....... 9 44 Yoke a n d f ly tsry , $34.95; 536 VOM , $15 .
All FO B. R. Wendel , WB2YYX , 160-20 G rand
Centra l P k w v ., Jamaica , NY 114 32.
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H Y ·G A I N T H-2 MK3 , $5 9.9 5 . (W6 R QZ), 1 3 30
CurtiS, Ber k e ley , CA 9470 2 . (41 5) 5 26-7345 .
WANTED: SB61 0 Heat hsco pe any condn give de-
_ _ _ _ ._ .. ''''' , _ cw ,._ .._ .., . -. ''''10 HoI _ _ t a ils a sk p ric e fir st letter. K P4 BCL, W B2 8 Ur b.
I' ... ItO ... _ _ 11I _ _ 10 00c0 _ _ ....... ... Los Angeles, San Juan 0091 3.
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• • or~ .. • S140 .00 cash. Pa u lL K3CJX, 22 9 60 Va lle y View ,
10 _ CW"' ·1eX _ ......., Sou t hfield . MI 4 1!10 /S .
ATTENTION Inde penden t County Hunters- A re
I Il"OWlOl H 10 H.I. 110 HI , • • H.r ($_ _ ,$I*, ,
y ou registered with the Or iginal Mobile QS L Bu r -
sa.R' IIIIJECTlOfrt
AI _ 10 "" _ t oct_ _ ....... Ii Q' C, .... eau, P.O. B o x 146 , Lakeside, C A l 9 2 0 4 0.
10 H z _.....
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..st ATION lOla _ T........ _ I 2 ...ao toO, (tW . 1$ .. 110 HI '''' , 2 .
FO R SA LE: Spectra Ph y sics 2 .0 mw071·2 H eN e
,..ortIDuM. au.Gl
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laser tube, brand new w ith p o w e r su p ply sche matic,
SIIO .OO. WA2NOM , 5 Melville R d ., Great N e c k ,
tMl"f OA"fCl U'ltLI ........;
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SELL: 1 91 8 Marconi Trench Set WIT receiver.
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This ra re antique is in near perfect condition wit h
T"T ..... I_ _ c CW .. _ 11,..._,,,,,,,..... ,... _ ,... ,
original batteries. Unused s in ce W.W .I . Highest
_ 100' _ _ .... ION _ oil _ ., -.t_ .. T _ 1 - . ~ • •..- offer secures. Melton. 5 , High lands, Fla ckwell
_ _ _ _I, Heath~ B u ck in gh a m sh ire , England . T el. B o u rne
_ .. .... _:::::.: c c. _ _ ,.......,. End l 68 6 1 .
____, _ _ _ _ , .. . .. . _ .e.,-
E ICO 460 sco pe wit h low ca p p ro b e a n d m a nual
M FJ ENTERPRISES U S or trade for FM gea r. W5 R C, R.M . T e rr ill,
p o , 8oJo ' MoJ. Ml_ ..... Suo• • MS 39712 37 0 6 A lta Vista, Da lla s, T X 7 5229.

92 • CO • February, 1974
 The proven balun 1. HANDLES FULL 2 KW PEP AND THEN SOME.
HUll
Broad-Ba nd ed 3 t o 40 Me .
2. HELPS TVI PROBLEMS B Y' Red uc i ng Coax li ne
Ra diation
3. NOW ALL STA INLESS STEEL HARDWARE. 5 0239
Double Silve r P lated
- 4. I M PROVES FIB RA TIO B y Reduci ng Coa x Line
Pic k -Up
5. REPLACES CENTER INSULATOR. Withstands

WITH .....
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A nt en n a Pull of Ov er 600 Lbs.
BUILT-IN LIGHTNING ARRESTER. Prot ects Balun
-Could A l so Save Your Va l u able Ge ar
BUILT·IN 7. BUILT·IN HANG·UP HOOK. I dea l f or Inverted
vees . M ulti ·Ba nd Antenna s. Dipo l es. Beam a nd
LIGHTNING ~~_ Qua ds
ARRESTIR ~J NOW BEING USED EXTENSIVELY BY ALL BRANCHES
" OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES, FAA. RCA. CIA, CANA·
DIAN DEFENSE DEPT. PLUS TltOUSANDS OF HAMS
THE WORLD OVER They're bu ill to Int
BIG SIGNALS DON'T JUST HAPPEN-
GIVE YOUR ANTENNA A BREAK
Comes in 2 models. 1:1 matche s 50 or 75 ohm un· "
We'll G UARANTEE
IT'S WHAT'S bala nc ed (coax line) to 50 or 7 5 ohm b alanced load. no othe r balun , at any
I N SIDE 4:1 m ode l m atches 50 or 75 ohm unbalanced (coa x
THAT COUNTS' lin e) t o 200 or 300 ohm balanced load. price. has all these
AVAIU8lE AT All l EA DING DEA lERS. I F NO T. ORDER DIRECT features.
UNADILLA RADIAnON PRODUCTS MFRS. OF BALUN S
Tel: 607·369·2985
Dept. CQ UNADILLA, N.Y. 13~49

WE WILL PUT YOU AT ANY HEIGHT YOU NEED ,

REGARDLESS OF WHAT THAT HEIGHT MIGHT BE.

There's a Heights tower to fit every need and every budget. Crank
ups. foldovers, TV stand-alones - we've got 'em all....and they're all
aluminum. You can make sure your antenna is mounted at the max.
imum legal limit the right way, the Heights way. And remember,
Heights towers are all aluminum, Heliarc welded for light
weight. They 're extremely rugged, and very easy to erect.
Write for 12 page brochure giving dozens
of combi nations of height, weight and
wind load. We think you'll be setting your
operating conditions to new heights.

HEIGHTS MFG. COMPANY

Almont H eigh ts Indust rial Pa rk " A T "
Almont, Michigan 48003

February, 1974 • CQ • 93
 READER SERVICE
To obtain literata re f rom adnrtlllefS, _Imply ADVERTISER'S INDEX
eheek the numbe r ne xt to the n ame of each
adyertlur Ii.ted below wheee product or .er- Amateur E lect ronic Supply _ _.48. 49
vtee I. of Internt to you,
Arrow E lectro nics, Inc. 73
FEBRUARY, 1974 Ba r ry E lect ronics 11
Bomar Crystals _ 81
1 Amateur Electronic Supply
Collins Ra dio Company II
2 Arrow Electronics. Inc.
Cush-Cratt, Inc. 84
J Barry Electronics
OX E na:incering 80
4 Bo m a r C rystals
D igital Concepts 19
5 Collins Radio Company
Drak.e, R. L., Co. 6
6 Cush-Craft, Inc.
Ei mac, D tv. of Varian . COv. IV
1 OX Engi neering
8 D igital Conce pts Elect ronic D istributors. Inc. 81
9 Drake, R. L.. Co. Emergency Be acon Corp. (EOC) 20
10 Eimac, D iv. of Va ri an Fair R adio Sales 67
I I Elect ronic Distributors, Inc. G &: G Ra d io E lectronics Co. 69
12 Emergency Beaco n Corp. (ERe) Gam Electro nics, Inc. 91
13 Fai r Radio Sales G oldstein. Lou, K4LAN 79
14 G &: G Radio Electronics Co.
Gotham _ 98
t 5 Ga m Electronics, Inc.
Greenlee Tool Co. 88
16 Goldste in. Lou. K4LA N
17 G reenlee Tool Co. G regory Electronics Cor p. 96
II & L Associates 67
t 8 G regory Electronics Corp.
19 H de L Associat es lIa llic ra ft en Cc., The _ __ 2
20 H allicrafte rs Co.• The H arnt ro nl ce 75
21 H a mt ronics H a rrison Ra dio 77
22 H arr ison Rad io Hea th Company Cov. II, I
23 H eath Company
Heights M fg. Compa ny _ _ _ 93
24 H eights Mfg. Com pany
H enry Radio _.._. ._.__ 16, 17.
25 H en ry Ra d io
26 B y-G ain Elect ronics Corp. H y-G aln Electronic Corp . •. ._.4, 9, 82, 83
27 I nte rna tiona l Crystal M fa:. Co. Internat io nal Crystal Mfg. Co. _ _ .• 12
28 J a n C rystals Jan Crystals _ .. 90
29 liberty Electronics., Inc. Liberty Electronics, Inc. _ 69
30 MFJ Enterprises MFJ Enterprises 92
31 M cMa hon 's Vintage Ra di o
32 M illen. J a mes, Mfa:. Co.. I nc. M c Ma ho n's Vi ntage Ra d io _ _ .,
H M osley Elect ronics. Inc. Millen, J a mes, M fg. Co., Inc. .____ 8
34 New-T ronics Corp. M osle y Electronics, Inc. _.. .__ 10
35 Omega-T Syst ems Inc.
N ew-Tronies Corp. _ .•_. __ ._.....__._. ..... 13
36 Pa lomar Eng ineers
31 Re ge nc y E lectronics. Inc. Omega-T Systems Inc. •._ 91
38 Savoy Electro n ics , Inc. Pa lomar Engi neers _ ._._. _ _ 90
39 Sentry Ma nu fa cturina: Co. RP Electronics 88
40 S pace Electronics
41 St and ard Comm unications Regency Electronics, Inc. 52,53
42 Structu ral G lass Limi te d Savoy Electronics, Inc. 15
43 Swan Electronics Sentry Manufac turing Co. 81
44 Tete x Communicatio ns. Inc. Space Electronics .. 67
45 Tetrex Comm unications Engi neeri ng
Laboratories Standard Comm unications . .. 23
46 Te n-Tee, Inc. Structu ral G lass Li m ited .____ 6S
41 Unadilla Radiatio n Products Swan Electronics 21
48 Venus Scientific, Inc.
49 Wilson Electronics Telex Com muni ca tio ns. I nc. 22
50 World QSL Burea u Telrex Communication Engineeri ng
5 1 Ya esu Musen USA Inc. Laboratories 14
Ten-Tee, Inc. 79
CQ Reader Service
14 Va nderventer A ve . Unadilla Ra dia tio n Products __._____ 93
Po rt W ashingt on, N .Y. 11 050 Venus Scientific, Inc. 47
Name c an . Wilson Elec t ronics _.. . . .. 18
Street Addre•• . . World QSL Bu reau ._.._._ ..._._.. 67
C lt7 . Slate Zlp .
Yaesu Nusen U SA Inc. __. Cov. III

94 • CQ • February, 1974
 WHICH ANTENNA WINS THE CON TES T ?
In open competllton age.nsl thousands o f com~'c l a l and hom.·brew antMoas, WA lJF G won the New England
champtonsh,p With I Gotham ~am . by a marvin o f 5.98 2 point s' WB2JAM won the sect ional aw ard for the
Sweepstake ecntest In 1969 .nd 1970 With a Go tham 4 ·element 15 meter beam' Hundreds 01 u nsolicited 'elt i-
mon.,ls h om gr.teful Nms are our ploof that Got ham ante nnas give you the bnt design. and the best mal H I, ls.
FOt'pt our low p"1ce'S • ,ely on 1M rnoltsof open. competlllve contnts Ask your.lf ; Wh y do Golham antennas w in '

Work ~d
<42 co unt ries in two weeks with T he first morning I put up my 3 ete-
QUADS
W3
m y GOlha m Quad a nd o nly" walls ...
C UBICAL Q UA D AN ·
BEAMS men' Gotham beam ( 20 fl) I worked
Y04CT, ONSLW, SP9·
T EN N AS - these two element ADQ , and 4UIITU
bea ms have a fu ll w a\'~ lenalh THAT ANTENN A_-....
d riven e lement and a reaecto r : WORKS! W N4DYN Com-
the ga in is eq ua l to Ihal of a
th ree element beam a nd Ihe di- pare the performance, val-
rect ivity a ppears to us to be ex- ue, and price of 'he follow-
c~ptional! ALL M ET AL (except \ ing beams and you will see
the insulato rs) - absolutel y no that this offer is unprece-
bamboo. C o mplete with boom. dented in rad io history!
alum in um allo y s pread ers ; Each beam is brand new; full size (3 6' of tubi ng
s t urdy. uni ve rsa l-t ype beam fo r racn 20 meter element, for insta nce) ~ I b-
mount : uses ,i n, le 52 o hm coui al feed ; no stubs solutely complete includina a boom and all hard -
or matching devices needed ; full instruction for the ware; U\CS a single 52 or 72 ohm coaxial teed-
simple one-men assembl y and insta llation are in-
cluded; this is a fool -proof beam that always works line; the SWR is I : I; easily handles 5 KW ; 1iI -
with e xcept ional results. The cubica l quad is the and 1- alumn ium alloy tubing is employed for
an te nna used by the OX champs, and it will do a max imum strength and low wind load ing; all
wonderful job for you! beams are ad justable to any frequency in the
band.
I O /l ~ / 2 0CU BICAL QUA D SPECIFICATIONS
2 El20 525 4HI0 24
Antenna Designation : 10/ l SI 20 Quad
Numbe r o f Elements: Two. A full wavelength 3 El 20 31· 7 EllO 3S·
driven element a nd reflecto r fo r each band. 4 El 20 3S· 4 EL 6 24
Freq. Covered : 14· 14.4 Me. 21 ·21.45 Me. 28·2 9.7 2ELIS 21 8 EL 6 34 ·
Me. 3ElI5 25 12 H 2 •...... ... ..... 31·
Shippin, Wei,h t: 2S lbs. Net Wei, ht: 25 lbs. 4 El I 5 31· "20' Boom
Dimensions : About 16' sq uare . 5 EllS 34·
Power Ratina: 5 KW.
Operat ion Mode : All
SWR : 1.0 5: I at resonance
ALL·BAND VERTICALS
Ga in : 8.1 db. ever isotropic ..All band vert ical!" asked one skeptic.
F IB Rat io : A minimum o f 17 db . F IB " T w en ty meters is murder these days . Left see
800m : 10' lon, I 11A " 0 .0 .: 18 gauge stee l; double yo u make a contact on twenty meter phone wi th
plated ; gold color low power!" So K4KXR switc hed to twenlY,
Ream Mount : Square alum inum alloy plate inccr- usin g a V80 antenna and 35 walls AM . Here is
porating four stee l U-bolt assemblies. Will easil)' a small portion of the stations he worked:
support 100 Ibs. Universal polarization. VE3FAZ. TI2FGS. WS KYJ, WIWOZ. W 2-
Rad iating F.leme nts : Stee l wi re, tempered and ODH, WAJDJT, W02FCB, W2YHH. VE3-
plated, .064 " dia meter.
X Frameworks : Each framc wC\rk consists of two FOil, WAgCZE, KISY O, K2RDJ , KIMVV.
12' sectio ns of I" 0 0 al umi num 'hi-st re ngth' ( Re- KSHGY , K3UTL. WSQJC. WA2LVE, YSI ·
vere) tubing. with telescoping l\" tubing and short MAM, WASATS, K2PGS. W2QJP, W4JWJ .
seeucn of dowel. Pl ated hose clamps tighten down K2 PSK, WASCGA , W02KWY, W21WJ, VE3 ·
o n telescoping sections. KT, Moral: It's t he antenna that counts!
Radiator Te rminals : Cinch-Jc ne... two-ter mina l FLASH! Switched to IS c .w. and worked KZS ·
fi tt ings IKN , KZSOWN, HCI LC. PYSASN. FG7XT.
Feedline (nol fur nished ) : ~ 2 o hm co a xia l cab le XE21, KP4AQL, SMSBGK. G2AOB. YVS ·
Now check these sta rtlin g prices-c-ncte that Ihey eLK. OZ4H. and over a thousand other sta tio ns!
arc much tower th a n even the ba mboo-type :
V40 vertica l for 40. 20, IS , 10.
1Q.1 5· 20 CUBI CAl QUAD· . S41. 00 6meters S18.95
IQ.I S CU BICA L QUA!).···········.···· . 36.00 VSO vertical fo r SO. 75. 40. 20. IS,
15· 20 C UBICAL QUA!).···················.···· . 3S.00 10 ,6 mete" 520.95
TWENTY METER CU BICA L QUAD . 31.00 V I60 vertical for 160. 80. 75 ,40. 20.
FIFTEEN METE R CU BICA L QUAD ..· ·· 30.00 IS. 10.6 mete" 522.95
TE N METE R CUBICAL QUAD ······ ·· · 29.00
(all use single coax feedl ine) " SAS E for FREE Uterature. ClUb members writ.
fo r d isco u nts. "

GOTHAM " HOW TO ORDER: Send money order lbank.

store . or Un ited States) in full. W e s hip im -
2051 Northwest 2nd Ave., mediately by best way. c harges collect.

Miami, Fla. 33127 Dept. CQ, DEALERS WRITE : '

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GREGORY ELECTRONICS CORP.
The FM Used Equipment People.
249 Route 46, Saddle Brook, N. J. 07662
Phone: (201) 489-9000

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FM Used Equipment
• GENERAL-ELECTRIC
• MOTOROLA • R.C.A.
High Band ... Low Band ... UHF Equipment
Checked On Our Benches.
QUALITY-CERTIFIED
USED 2-WAY MOBILE EQUIPMENT

96 • CQ • February, 1974

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 YAESU
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IYAESU I Transceiver

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FTdx401 $599.00
Bu i lt -i n AC Po w er Supply No char ge
Built-i n WWV 10 M Hz Band No c har ge
Bu il t -in Noise Blank er No c har ge
25 a nd 100 KHz Cali brators No c har ge
VOX No c har ge
C la ri fie r No c har ge
Brea k-in CW wi t h Si de to ne No c ha rge
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tunable over the range of 15 to 30 MHz. tetrode is desi gned for MF and HF
Drive power at the g rid of the tube is less broadcast service, VLF communications,
than 5 kilowatts. SSB linear service and extremely high
Using a single EIMAC X·2159 su- power pulse modulator applications .
per-powe r tetrade in a Conti nental Elec- The X-2 159 is another exampl e of
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ration. this amplifier combines high EIMAC. For co mplete info rmation, con -
power gain with exc ellent operating sta- tact EIMAC Division of Varian, 301 In-
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