Table Of ContentResults, 1997 ARRL January VHF More Beginner Satellites (Flanagan): Oct, 24
Sweepstakes (Lunt): Jun, 105 More CTCSS Advantages (Brothers): Mar, 24
Index to Volume 8 1—1997 Results, 1997 ARRL RTTY Roundup More Morse at the Movies (Leonard, Vician):
(Lunt, Nesta): Aug, 97 Aug, 25
Results, 1996 IARU HF World Championship More Simplex Intrusions (Filla): Apr, 24
(Gordienko, Lunt): Feb, 105 More Unanswered Calls (Katz): Feb, 24
AMATEUR RADIO WORLD—Column Straight Key Night 1996 (Brogdon): Apr, 101 Morse Exemptions (Anzivino): Dec, 24
CITEL Reinvents Itself: Jun, 93 Third Annual Collegiate Championship New Use for QST, A (Lindley): Nov, 25
JARL Celebrates 70th Anniversary: Feb, 91 (sidebar to 1996 ARRL November Sweep- Not “A Vision of Our Future” (Bates): Dec, 24
Radio Club Argentino Celebrates 75th: stakes Phone Results) (Barron): Off Line—and Loving It (Linscott): Jul, 24
Apr, 85 Jun, 113 Old Gents’ Net (DeLuca): Oct, 24
Region 3 Conference Bridges the Pacific: One Good Turn... (Cotterman): Nov, 25
Dec, 91 Contesting/Operating Oppose Racism (Huenemann): May, 25
Region 3 Society Prepare for Beijing Alaskan Nightmare, An (sidebar to 1997 Packet/Internet Gateways (Popecki): Oct, 25
Conference: Aug, 87 ARRL RTTY Roundup Results) (Ward): Phonetically Speaking—A European
State Department Applies for US CEPT Aug, 98 Reflection (Lander): Jul, 24
Participation: Dec, 91 Average Op’s Guide to Contesting Fun, An Phooey! (Caughey): Nov, 24
Worldwide Amateur Growth Slows (Sumner): (Kleinschmidt): Oct, 57 Political Hamming (Makuch): Aug, 24
Oct, 104 Billy Lunt, KR1R, Goes Roving (sidebar to QSLs: The Other Side of the Story (Luther):
The 1996 ARRL September VHF QSO Party Sep, 24
AMATEUR SATELLITES—Column (Ford) Results) (Brogdon): Jan, 110 QST Satisfies the Itch (McLaughlin): Jul, 25
1997 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium: Dec, 93 “Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide”, Radio Racism (Brizill): Feb, 24
Box for Phase 3D, A (Coggins): Jun, 94 The: Jan, 106 Reaching the Young and Old (Krane): Aug, 24
“It Ils Ballooooon!” (SimSat): Apr, 86 How | Worked Five Grids on Sixteen Bands Reactions to CW Testing Compromise
OSCAR 13: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Feb, 94 (sidebar to 1997 ARRL January VHF (Rich, Steele): Sep, 24
Satellite Update: Aug, 89 Sweepstakes Results) (Kitchens): Jun, 106 Recapturing the Magic (Smith): Jan, 25
UNAMSAT and AMSAT-MEXICO (Jimenez): Jamboree on the Air—JOTA’97 (Swanson): Restricting Your Right to Receive (Craswell):
Oct, 96 Oct, 68 Nov, 24
Liberty Radio Explorers and SCR, The Revisiting Heard Island (Helm, Moran):
CONTESTS AND OPERATING ACTIVITIES (sidebar to The 1997 School Club Roundup) Jun, 24
Contest A ts/Rul (Malchick): Sep, 119 Saying “No” to Internet Phone (Crompton):
1998 ARAL International DX Contest Rules: NiAagRaRrLa F1a0l lGs HAzd vaenndt urUep C(usmiduelbaatri vteo TChoen te1s9t9 6 SayFeibn,g 2“5Y es” to Internet Phone (Bilow,
Dec, 102 Results) (Tuplis): Mar, 100 Millner): Apr, 24
1199R99u88l eAAs:RR RRDLLe c,JR aTn1Tu0Ya4 r yR oVuHnFd upS weReulpesst:a kDeesc , 101 PrAMouaprga,,g at873i8;;o nA SperCp,h, a r78t95;s; MO(aHcyati,,l ):98 02;;J anNJ,uo nv,,8 8;87 49;F ebJu,l , 857;6 ; SSSeolluolrwi ngGD roHawpanem s ?(R Aam(deKineo)l l:y )(:WN oevMx,ae yl,b2 5a u24m ): Aug, 24
Armed Forces Day 1997: May, 110 Successful Failure, A (Buffington): Aug, 24
Ele(vMaeincthhi ckA)n:n uaJlan , Sc1h1o4o l Club Roundup, The CORRESPONDENCE TeSeenps, S2p4e ak! (Johnson, Sanderman):
General Rules for All ARRL Contests A-i Operator at Last (Hunsaker): May, 25 Thanks, Doc (Needham): Mar, 25
(Hutchinson): Dec, 100 Alternative CQs (Stewart): May, 24 Thanks, Texas Utilities (Gary): Jun, 25
Rules, 1997 ARRL 10 GHz and up Cumulative Another Digital Refugee (Balch): Oct, 24 Too Much Doom and Gloom? (Gilcrest):
Contest: Jun, 104 Another Ham Lost (Wallis): Mar, 25 Jun, 24
Rules, 1997 ARRL 10-Meter Contest: Arecibo and SETI (Shuch): Aug, 24 Try 6-Meter AM! (Booth): Oct, 25
, 108 Best Filter, The (Hanlon): Mar, 24 Twelve Things You Can Do (Rosenfeld):
, 1997 ARRL 160-Meter Contest: Breaking in New Coax (Day, Faulkner): Dec, 25
, 107 Jun, 24 Update Your Address (Hughes): Jun, 25
, 1997 ARRL International EME Catching Those 6-Meter Openings Vanity Grumblings (Scheinberg): Feb, 24
Competition: Sep, 120 (Weathers): Jul, 25 Virtue of Compromise, The (Hargenrader):
Rules, 1997 ARRL November Sweepstakes: CB: Pro and Con (Bueneman, Friedman): Jan, 24
Oct, 116 Mar, 24 Vision of Our Future, A (Previty): Oct, 24
Rules, 1997 ARRL September VHF QSO Changing URLs (Duncan): Aug, 25 Wake Up, Indeed (Evans, Watrous): Apr, 24
Party: Aug, 101 Closed Repeater Debate Continues Wake-Up Cail, A (Sniffen): Jan, 24
Rules, 1997 ARRL UHF Contest: Jul, 104 (Rideout, Wheeler): Feb, 25 Why QRP? (Mclaughlin): Mar, 24
Rules, 1997 Field Day: May, 109 Contest QSLs (Massicotte): May, 25 Why QRP? A Response (Evans): May, 24
Rules, 1997 |ARU HF World Championship: CQ Cellular? (Parker): Oct, 25
Apr, 100 Crossband Links to 52.525 MHz DC CURRENTS—Column (Mansfield)
Rules, 1997 June VHF QSO Party: May, 111 (Makky, Sr): Sep, 25
Straight Key Night Rules: Dec, 100 Crystal Magic (Ohimacher): Nov, 25 105th Congress—Let the Games Begin!:
CW Compromise?, A (Sohi): Jul, 25 Jan, 15
Contest Results Dilbert Cartoon is Sarcastic (Ringer): Nov, 24 1997 Session Ends with Whimpers and Bangs
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Results, 1997 ARRL January VHF More Beginner Satellites (Flanagan): Oct, 24
Sweepstakes (Lunt): Jun, 105 More CTCSS Advantages (Brothers): Mar, 24
Index to Volume 8 1—1997 Results, 1997 ARRL RTTY Roundup More Morse at the Movies (Leonard, Vician):
(Lunt, Nesta): Aug, 97 Aug, 25
Results, 1996 IARU HF World Championship More Simplex Intrusions (Filla): Apr, 24
(Gordienko, Lunt): Feb, 105 More Unanswered Calls (Katz): Feb, 24
AMATEUR RADIO WORLD—Column Straight Key Night 1996 (Brogdon): Apr, 101 Morse Exemptions (Anzivino): Dec, 24
CITEL Reinvents Itself: Jun, 93 Third Annual Collegiate Championship New Use for QST, A (Lindley): Nov, 25
JARL Celebrates 70th Anniversary: Feb, 91 (sidebar to 1996 ARRL November Sweep- Not “A Vision of Our Future” (Bates): Dec, 24
Radio Club Argentino Celebrates 75th: stakes Phone Results) (Barron): Off Line—and Loving It (Linscott): Jul, 24
Apr, 85 Jun, 113 Old Gents’ Net (DeLuca): Oct, 24
Region 3 Conference Bridges the Pacific: One Good Turn... (Cotterman): Nov, 25
Dec, 91 Contesting/Operating Oppose Racism (Huenemann): May, 25
Region 3 Society Prepare for Beijing Alaskan Nightmare, An (sidebar to 1997 Packet/Internet Gateways (Popecki): Oct, 25
Conference: Aug, 87 ARRL RTTY Roundup Results) (Ward): Phonetically Speaking—A European
State Department Applies for US CEPT Aug, 98 Reflection (Lander): Jul, 24
Participation: Dec, 91 Average Op’s Guide to Contesting Fun, An Phooey! (Caughey): Nov, 24
Worldwide Amateur Growth Slows (Sumner): (Kleinschmidt): Oct, 57 Political Hamming (Makuch): Aug, 24
Oct, 104 Billy Lunt, KR1R, Goes Roving (sidebar to QSLs: The Other Side of the Story (Luther):
The 1996 ARRL September VHF QSO Party Sep, 24
AMATEUR SATELLITES—Column (Ford) Results) (Brogdon): Jan, 110 QST Satisfies the Itch (McLaughlin): Jul, 25
1997 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium: Dec, 93 “Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide”, Radio Racism (Brizill): Feb, 24
Box for Phase 3D, A (Coggins): Jun, 94 The: Jan, 106 Reaching the Young and Old (Krane): Aug, 24
“It Ils Ballooooon!” (SimSat): Apr, 86 How | Worked Five Grids on Sixteen Bands Reactions to CW Testing Compromise
OSCAR 13: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Feb, 94 (sidebar to 1997 ARRL January VHF (Rich, Steele): Sep, 24
Satellite Update: Aug, 89 Sweepstakes Results) (Kitchens): Jun, 106 Recapturing the Magic (Smith): Jan, 25
UNAMSAT and AMSAT-MEXICO (Jimenez): Jamboree on the Air—JOTA’97 (Swanson): Restricting Your Right to Receive (Craswell):
Oct, 96 Oct, 68 Nov, 24
Liberty Radio Explorers and SCR, The Revisiting Heard Island (Helm, Moran):
CONTESTS AND OPERATING ACTIVITIES (sidebar to The 1997 School Club Roundup) Jun, 24
Contest A ts/Rul (Malchick): Sep, 119 Saying “No” to Internet Phone (Crompton):
1998 ARAL International DX Contest Rules: NiAagRaRrLa F1a0l lGs HAzd vaenndt urUep C(usmiduelbaatri vteo TChoen te1s9t9 6 SayFeibn,g 2“5Y es” to Internet Phone (Bilow,
Dec, 102 Results) (Tuplis): Mar, 100 Millner): Apr, 24
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Armed Forces Day 1997: May, 110 Successful Failure, A (Buffington): Aug, 24
Ele(vMaeincthhi ckA)n:n uaJlan , Sc1h1o4o l Club Roundup, The CORRESPONDENCE TeSeenps, S2p4e ak! (Johnson, Sanderman):
General Rules for All ARRL Contests A-i Operator at Last (Hunsaker): May, 25 Thanks, Doc (Needham): Mar, 25
(Hutchinson): Dec, 100 Alternative CQs (Stewart): May, 24 Thanks, Texas Utilities (Gary): Jun, 25
Rules, 1997 ARRL 10 GHz and up Cumulative Another Digital Refugee (Balch): Oct, 24 Too Much Doom and Gloom? (Gilcrest):
Contest: Jun, 104 Another Ham Lost (Wallis): Mar, 25 Jun, 24
Rules, 1997 ARRL 10-Meter Contest: Arecibo and SETI (Shuch): Aug, 24 Try 6-Meter AM! (Booth): Oct, 25
, 108 Best Filter, The (Hanlon): Mar, 24 Twelve Things You Can Do (Rosenfeld):
, 1997 ARRL 160-Meter Contest: Breaking in New Coax (Day, Faulkner): Dec, 25
, 107 Jun, 24 Update Your Address (Hughes): Jun, 25
, 1997 ARRL International EME Catching Those 6-Meter Openings Vanity Grumblings (Scheinberg): Feb, 24
Competition: Sep, 120 (Weathers): Jul, 25 Virtue of Compromise, The (Hargenrader):
Rules, 1997 ARRL November Sweepstakes: CB: Pro and Con (Bueneman, Friedman): Jan, 24
Oct, 116 Mar, 24 Vision of Our Future, A (Previty): Oct, 24
Rules, 1997 ARRL September VHF QSO Changing URLs (Duncan): Aug, 25 Wake Up, Indeed (Evans, Watrous): Apr, 24
Party: Aug, 101 Closed Repeater Debate Continues Wake-Up Cail, A (Sniffen): Jan, 24
Rules, 1997 ARRL UHF Contest: Jul, 104 (Rideout, Wheeler): Feb, 25 Why QRP? (Mclaughlin): Mar, 24
Rules, 1997 Field Day: May, 109 Contest QSLs (Massicotte): May, 25 Why QRP? A Response (Evans): May, 24
Rules, 1997 |ARU HF World Championship: CQ Cellular? (Parker): Oct, 25
Apr, 100 Crossband Links to 52.525 MHz DC CURRENTS—Column (Mansfield)
Rules, 1997 June VHF QSO Party: May, 111 (Makky, Sr): Sep, 25
Straight Key Night Rules: Dec, 100 Crystal Magic (Ohimacher): Nov, 25 105th Congress—Let the Games Begin!:
CW Compromise?, A (Sohi): Jul, 25 Jan, 15
Contest Results Dilbert Cartoon is Sarcastic (Ringer): Nov, 24 1997 Session Ends with Whimpers and Bangs
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Experimental Radio Service Regulations ARRL Spring and Fall National Exam Day Rugged Coil Forms and Weatherproof
Revised: Mar, 16 (Weekends) for ‘97: Jan, 96 Enclosures (Johns): Oct, 48
FCC Chairman Hundt Talks to Congress Nations VECs Meet for Annual Conference: Selecting a Meter Movement (sidebar to
about Public Safety Needs: Jun, 16 Sep, 95 The Microwatter) (Bramwell): Jun, 35
FCC Chairman Outlines Commission Agenda New Novice and Technician Question Pools Simple Microphone/TNC/SSTV Switch, A
for 1997: Feb, 16 for 1997: Jun, 98 (Cieslak): Nov, 55
FCC Private Wireless Chief Leaves for Questionable Questions in the Question Single-Board QRP SSB Transceiver for 20 or
Greener Pastures: Feb, 15 Pools!: Nov, 95 75 Meters, A (Benson): Apr, 29
FCC Unveils National Information Infrastruc- Six-Channel Distribution Amplifier, A
ture Plans: Mar, 15 FEATURES (Weisman): Nov, 52
FCC Wireless Chief Hails Market-Based Antennas and Transmission Lines TiCK-2—The Tiny CMOS Keyer 2 (Diana, Sr):
Spectrum Policies: Nov, 16 Oct, 42
Bent Dipole, The (Mullani): May, 56
Follow-up on Spectrum Auction and the Triple Tickler, The (Meyer): Dec, 36
K9AY Terminated Loop, The—A Compact,
Budget: Oct, 16 Ultra Simple W1AW Receiver, An (Kitchin,
Directional Receiving Antenna (Breed):
H.R. 2369, July 31, 1997: Oct, 16 Murphy): May, 34
Sep, 43
Hearings, Senate Bills, Attempt to Control Ultra Simple: Receiver for 6 Meters, An
Let’s Talk Transmission Lines (Farmer):
Spectrum Auctions: Jul, 15 (Kitchin): Dec, 39
Jun, 57
House Bill Riles Scanner Buffs: Sep, 15
Low-Budget, Rotatable 17 Meter Loop, A
Hurry Up and Wait Is the Mode of FCC General interest
(Hawkins): Nov, 35
Matters: Jan, 15 Mini-Five Beam, The (Aurick): May, 58 1997 VK@IR Heard Isiand Expedition, The
Is There Life After Adjournment?: Jan, 16 Packable Antenna for 80 through 2 Meters, A (Schmieder): Sep, 28
Key Committees Shaping Up With Few (Kennedy): Nov, 43 73 kHz—A New Band for Great Britain
Changes for 105th Congress: Feb, 15 Portable Ground Plane for Mobile Antennas, (Duell): Mar, 40
Majority Leader Lott Lauds Pressler: Mar, 16 A (Aiello): Oct, 69 Announcing the Sixth Annual Philip J. McGan
Musical Chairs, or Deck Chairs on the Titanic: Remote Antenna Selector Switch, A Memorial Silver Antenna Award (Gagne):
Aug, 16 (Rosenthal): Aug, 40 Feb, 49
New Amateur Spectrum Bill May Be On The Safety Concerns (sidebar to A Remote Are Radios More Expensive Today? (Minney):
Horizon: Nov, 16 Antenna Selector Switch): Aug, 42 Feb, 47
New Anti-Eavesdropping Bill Shocks Scanner Skyhook for the ‘90s, A (Daso): May, 31 ARRL Petitions the FCC for Change (sidebar
Fans: Oct, 15 Try a Twelfth-Wave Transformer (Emerson): to The FCC’s New RF-Exposure Regula-
New FCC Commissioners Headed for Senate Jun, 43 tions) (Hare): Jan, 49
Confirmation: Dec, 16 Two for the Price of One (Ford): Jul, 56 BARC Juniors (Casler): Sep, 49
New Feingold Bill Likely to Reflect Amateur Unbalanced Transmission Line Currents and Boise River Festival, The: An Amateur Radio
Concerns: Mar, 16 Feed-Line Radiation (sidebar to Let’s Talk Showcase (Barrett, Wade): Dec, 28
New Jersey Amateurs Get the Message Out: Transmission Lines) (Farmer): Jun, 59 Brass Under Fire: World War II Army
May, 16 Signalmen in the Amateur Radio Service
Plot Thickens on Liability Reform, The: Construction/Projects (Henderson): Nov, 28
Jun, 15 Broadbanding the Arecibo Dish (Zimmerman):
Q/As on the Liability Issue: Aug, 15 12 Volt Pup: A DC Generator You Can Build, Jun, 28
Recent ARRL Filings Stake Out Spectrum The (Palis): Jun, 45 BY2QLY—On the Air (Vye): Nov, 45
Claims: Feb, 16 40M SLR—a Shielded-Loop Receiver, The Celestial Fox Hunts (Cox): Aug, 44
Representative Eshoo Reintroduces (Wissell): Oct, 33 Collins 45A—How Arthur Collins Met Robert
Volunteer Services Act: May, 15 ATL-10 Antenna Tuner, The (Agsten): Mar, 30 Goddard, The (McElroy): Feb, 44
RF Exposure Rules Extension One Smail Audible Meter-Reading Techniques (sidebar Controlling the World's Largest Telescope
Step for Amateurs...: Mar, 15 to A Relative-indication Audible Meter (sidebar to Broadbanding the Arecibo Dish)
Scanner Bill: How to Balance Celluiar/PCS Reader) (McCloskey): Mar, 38 (Elias): Jun, 32
Privacy with Public Service Needs: Nov, 15 Audio Preamp with AGC and Feedback to CQ from Superfort Fifi (Lark, Tuck, Jr):
Senator Feingold Listens to Amateurs, improve AM Fidelity (Burger): Nov, 36 Apr, 40
Modifies CB Bill: Jun, 15 Build a $60 Talking Repeater Controller Crash of ComAir Flight 3272, The (Falls,
Senator Lauds Amateur Radio in Congres- (Cox, Gailunas, Otterson): Feb, 37 Gomes, Jr, Karmol, Lindner): Jun, 49
sional Record: Feb, 16 Build a Return Loss Bridge (Ford): Sep, 34 Day US Army invaded W4TLV, The (Collins):
Spectrum Pot Continues to Boil: Sep, 16 Computer Control for Mobile Ham Radio Jul, 48
Step Forward for the International Amateur Operation (Zygielbaum): Jul, 44 Digital Audio Radio Service, The
Radio Permit (IARP), A: Jan, 16 Computer Keyboard CW Encoder, A (Kleinschmidt): Dec, 44
Subcommittee Hearing Focuses on Digital TV: (Alspaugh): Dec, 32 FCC’s New RF-Exposure Regulations, The
Apr, 16 CW With Your H-T (DuBon): Jul, 53 (Hare): Jan, 47
Support for Feingold CB Interference Bill CycleMaster, The (Richey): Sep, 37 Flood Spurs Growth of ARES Organization
Crosses the Aisle: Sep, 16 Designing A Switching Regulator: That Was (sidebar to The Ohio River Flood of ‘9)
Telecom Chairman Tauzin Talks with ARRL Then—This Is Now (sidebar to My All- (Norris): Oct, 32
about Spectrum Concerns: Apr, 15 Purpose Voltage Booster) (Ulbing): Jul, 42 Get Ready for Phase 3D! Part 14 (Ford):
Telecommunication Bills, 105th Congress, DTMF/LT Decoding Made Easy (Suits): Jan, 28
First Session: Dec, 15 Apr, 34 Get Ready for Phase 3D! Part 2 (Ford, Lau):
Text on Little LEO Sharing Agreed: Mar, 16 High-Efficiency Class-E Power Amplifiers— Feb, 50
Time to Review the Bidding: Jun, 16 Part 1 (Chiu, Davis, Lau, Potter, Qin, Get Ready for Phase 3D! Part 3 (Ford, Lau):
Update on Tauzin Bill: Dec, 16 Rutledge): May, 39 Mar, 42
What's Not So Helpful: May, 16 High-Efficiency Class-E Power Amplifiers— Get Ready for Phase 3D! Part 4 (Ford, Lau):
Who's on First at FCC: Jun, 16 Part 2 (Chiu, Davis, Lau, Potter, Qin, Apr, 45
Rutledge): Jun, 39 Ham Visit to Arecibo (sidebar to
DIGITAL DIMENSION—Coiumn (Horzepa) Homebrew Your Own Inductors! (Johns): Broadbanding the Arecibo Dish), A
Aug, 33
Computer-Assisted Meteor Scatter: Aug, 90 (Mungham): Jun, 32
Improved CW Reception Using “Stereo”: Junk-Box Converters for 6 and 2 Meters Heathkit’s 50th: The Green Turns to Gold
Oct, 97 (Kreuter): Jan, 32 (Penson): Apr, 42
Microwatter, The (Bramwell): Jun, 33
Moving APRS for a Clear Mir. Sep, 90 How the IEEE C95.1 Standard Was Devel-
MMIC Preamp for ‘DC to Daylight’, A
Packet is Dead; Long Live Packet!: Nov, 88 oped (sidebar to The FCC's New RF-
SSoufrtfriandgi ot:h e thHea mFu tuBraen dsI:s NJouwn:, J9u5l , 88 MR(XP-a4rm0l eyM)i:ni NRoevc,e iv32e r, The (Bornstein): HoEwx pWoislul reth e ReHgFu lBaatinodnss ) Be(hHaarvee) : asJ anW,e 48E nter
Survey Favors APRS Move: Dec, 94 MyS eApl,l -5P9u rpose Voltage Booster (Ulbing): the New Solar Cycle? (sidebar to Long Live
Swiss Army Knife of Packet Radio Terminal Cycle 23!) (Hall): Jan, 43
Programs: Feb, 93 Jul, 40 Learning Experience (1996 Simulated
Using Packet Emergency Protocols: Apr, 91 Parallel Port Adapter for JVFAX, A (Zehr): Emergency Test), A (Ewald): Aug, 47
War of Web Browsers, The: May, 91 Jul, 35 Long Live Cycle 23! (Pocock): Jan, 42
Write, and They Will Ask: Mar, 92 PiIC-Based Digital Frequency Display, A MediShare International (McShane): Feb, 41
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Use for RY: Jan, 100 (Heckt): May, 36 MFJ : A Silver Anniversary Success Story
Pocket-Size, Direct-Reading VHF SWR (Lindquist): Oct, 55
DXCC Honor Roll (Kennamer): Jul, 78 PorMtetaePre,a teAr ,( VaTnh e Re(Cmrmaeswne,l l):Jr ):A pFre,b ,3 73 3 MNuCcDhX FA/dIoA RaUt DaInytteornn at9i7o!n al(L iBndeqaucisotn) : PrAoujge,c t,2 8
EXAM INFO—Coiumn (Jahnke) RRealdaitoi vMea-iilnbdoixc,at iTohne A(uPdeitbrluez elMliest)e:r JRaena, de3r9, A The (Fabry, Troster): Sep, 47
(McCloskey): Mar, 36
05% December 1997 113
New Mexico Mountaintop SAR Team (Tull, QST Compares: Dual-Band FM Hand-Held Eugene Black, W2LL, SK: Jul, 72
Jr): Jul, 28 Transceivers (see Jul, 58) (Ford): Aug, 66 Everett M. Renfroe, W9HG, SK: Jul, 72
Ohio River Flood of ‘97, The (Nie): Oct, 28 QST Compares: Dual-Band FM Hand-Held FAIRS Monitors Progress Of Ukrainian Digital
Once Again, a Ham Operator in Command Transceivers (see Jul, 58): Sep, 79 Grid: Jan, 71
(Keene): May, 43 QST photo (see Feb, 84) (Kennamer): Apr, 77 FAR Offers Scholarships: Apr, 76
Operating from Ground Zero (Baker): Apr, 48 QST Roundup: Three Legal-Limit Linear FCC Administrative Law Judge Reaffirms
Radio Coaches (Gagne): Dec, 48 Amplifiers (see Sep, 72): Nov, 71 KV4FZ Decision: Dec, 75
Radio Clubs of Hungary, The (Pataki): Apr, 28 Question-Filled Day at ARRL HQ, A —Part 2 FCC Announces On-line Renewal Form 900:
Radio Clubs of Yugoslavia, The (Pataki): (see Dec '96, 84) (Hennessee): Mar, 88 Dec, 74
Oct, 53 Refurbishing “Boat-Anchors” (see Jan, 37) FCC Delays New RF-Exposure Rules:
Refurbishing “Boat-Anchors” (Van Prooyen): (Van Prooyen): Apr, 68 Feb, 78
Jan, 35 Remote Antenna Selector Switch, A (see Aug, FCC Established 5.7-GHz U-NII Service:
Results of the WRC-99 Opinion Survey 40) (Dellinger): Sep, 83 Mar, 67
(Sumner): Feb, 54 FCC Issues Changes in Amateur Radio
RFI at Arecibo Observatory? (sidebar to FM & REPEATERS—Column (Mabey) Rules: Jun, 76
Broadbanding the Arecibo Dish) Emergency Traffic! (Castilonia): May, 87 FCC Issues Gate 3 Call Signs!: Nov, 72
(Zimmerman): Jun, 32 Highway to Help, The (Collier): Feb, 92 FCC Issues New Form 610—Old Versions
SAREX: Looking for Tomorrow’s Scientists Internet-Repeater Connection, The: Dec, 90 Obsolete: Dec, 73
Today (Hollenbeck): Dec, 42 Old Gents’ Net, The (Green): Aug, 80 FCC Okays Commercial HF Messaging
Satellite Lifeline to Africa, A (Stockman): Repeater Basics: Oct, 95 System: Sep, 70
Jul, 31 Repeater Directory Listings—Unmasked: FCC Opens Vanity Gate 4!: Dec, 73
So What's New in the Newest ARRL Antenna Nov, 81 FCC Proposes Changes in Spread Spectrum
Book? (Straw): Jun, 36 W1DNI with the Weather—And Other Regs: May, 78
Tips on How to Break in New Coax (Pearce, Everyday FM Heroes (Sullivan): Jul, 87 FCC Proposes New Service for Reallocated
Ziegenfus): Apr, 44 Where Did They Go? (Estey, Mabey): Apr, 84 2.3-GHz Segments: Jan, 71
Toning Down Alerts (Cox): Nov, 50 Where's the Radio: Jun, 86 FCC Proposes, ARRL Opposes Vanity
What a Weekend! (Freedman): Mar, 28 License Fee Hike: Jun, 77
What about a VLF band in the US? (sidebar HAPPENINGS—News (Lindquist) FCC Resumes Vanity Processing!: Apr, 72
to 73 kHz—A New Band for Great Britain) FCC Upholds Fine for Violating Amateur
1997 ARRL/TAPR Confab Set: Jun, 78
(Lindquist): Mar, 40 Rules: Mar, 68
1997 ARRL/TAPR Confab Set: Oct, 85
What's New About the FCC’s New RF- FCC: Multiple Club Station Call Signs are
1X1 Call Signs Put on Ice: May, 77
Exposure Regulations? (Hare): Oct, 51 Legal: Feb, 81
A.C. Gee, G2UK, SK: Aug, 73
Get Ready for Phase 3D! Part 5 (Ford, Lau): “Fire that Rocket Now!” Rockoon Launched
AEA Inks Deal to Sell Product Lines: May, 77
May, 28 with Just Seconds to Spare (Brown):
Allan L. Severson, AB8P, SK: Nov, 73
Aug, 73
Amateur Radio Legend Doug DeMaw, W1FB,
Miscellaneous Technical First SAREX Contact with People’s Republic
SK: Dec, 73
Easy Way to Copy the Weather Satellites, An Amateur Radio to have Permanent Space of China Successful: Sep, 69
(Ruperto): Aug, 36 Role: Feb, 79 Florida judge throws out scanner case against
Find It and Fix It (sidebar to Tales of Power- ARRL Again Asks for Primary Allocation at ham: Dec, 74
Line Noise) (Schetgen et al): Mar, 34 2300-2305 MHz: Feb, 78 Garfield A. Anderson, KOGA, SK: Oct, 86
How’s DX?—Now! (Zuerneck): Oct, 46 ARRL Calls on FCC to Privatize Handling of Granville “Granny” Klink, Jr, W3AFV, SK:
Probing the lonosphere with Radio Signals Malicious Interference Complaints: Jun, 76 Jul, 72
(sidebar to Sporadic E—A Mystery Soived? ARAL Colvin Grant to Heard Island Great Debate at Dayton, The: Jul, 70
Part 2) (Whitehead): Nov, 40 DXpedition: Feb, 80 “Ham Radio & More” Gets Reprieve: May, 78
See the Signals You Hear (Cox): Feb, 28 ARRL Debuts New CD, Books: Apr, 75 Ham Radio Loses Its Leading Lady: YLRL
Sporadic E—A Mystery Solved? (Whitehead): ARRL Ham-in-a-Weekend Class a Success Founder Ethel Smith, K4LMB, SK (photo):
Oct, 39 (photo): Jun, 76 Apr, 73
Sporadic E—A Mystery Solved? Part 2 ARRL Museum Piece Pays a Visit Home: Ham radio now an “official” ISS payload:
(Whitehead): Nov, 38 May, 76 Dec, 76
Tales of Power-Line Noise (Flower): Mar, 33 ARRL Opposes Little LEO Effort to Include Ham-Astronauts Swap Spots Aboard Mir.
Wire Gain Antennas for 6 Meters (Witmer): 219 to 225 MHz: Apr, 72 Mar, 67
Feb, 66 ARRL Section Manager Candidates Unop- Hams Help in “500-Year Flood” Emergency,
“Cyclemaster”, The (see Sep, p. 38): Oct, 83 posed: May, 79 Recovery: Jul, 70
“Microwatter’, The (see Jun, p. 35): Jul, 65 ARRL Section Managers Elected: Apr, 76 Hams on Duty in Western US Flooding:
Mar, 66
ARRL Seeks Changes to CW Waiver Rules:
Hams Praised for Help in Wake of Devastat-
Dec, 75
ing Texas Tornado: Aug, 71
FEEDBACK (to 1997 and pre-1997 articles) ARRL Studies New Eavesdropping Bill:
Henry Radio Closes Ham Retail Store:
1997 School Club Roundup Results (see Sep, Oct, 85 May, 77
118): Oct, 83 At Long Last, the FCC Opens Vanity Gate 3: Hope Currier, 73 Managing Editor, SK:
40M SLR, A - a Shielded Loop Receiver (see Sep, 68 Mar, 68
Oct, 33) (Wissell): Nov, 71 ATV Rocket Launches Set: May, 78 IARU Administrative Council Considers
48 States on 144 MHz (see Jun, 90) Auction of Marconi Memorabilia Called Off: Future of Ham Radio: Nov, 75
(Pocock): Oct, 101 Apr, 74 IARU Region 3 Conference Concludes in
AC Power Interference Manual (Loftness) Azden Leaves the US Ham Radio Market: Beijing: Nov, 75
(see Dec '96 New Books, 40): Mar, 64 Oct, 85 Index Labs’ Bruce Franklin and SGC
Broadbanding the Arecibo Dish (see Jun, 29) Bangladesh Hams Assist in Cyclone Relief Collaborate on New Transceiver: Jun, 78
(Knisely): Jul, 65 Effort: Aug, 71 Irving Strobing, N4FLW, SK: Oct, 86
CW With Your H-T (see Jul, 53): Sep, 83 Board of Directors Balloting: Jan, 69 ITU Concludes Pre-WRC 97 Talks: Jul, 71
Doctor is IN, The (see Aug, 51): Sep, 83 BS7H Shuts Down Early: Jul, 71 James L. Russell, W9BU, SK: Nov, 73
Drift-Free VFO, A (see Dec 96, 32): Apr, 68 Canadian Effort to Delegate Ham Radio Jock White, ZL2GX, SK (Meachen): Jul, 72
Dual Rhomboid Revisited, The (see Mar, 89) Administration Stalls: May, 80 John Avery, VE9SIW, SK: Sep, 69
(Pocock): Apr, 89 Charles Harold Campbell, W1IP, SK: Aug, 73 John R. Shirley, ZL2AM, SK: Nov, 73
Gelber Monitor (see May, 83): Jun, 48 Dave Coons, WT8W, is New Great Lakes Justin Barton, WA1ITZ, SK: Sep, 69
Get on 440-MHz ATV, Part 1 (see Oct '96, Vice Director: Feb, 80 K2BSA Works Mir From National Jamboree:
36): Jan, 84 Dayton Hamvention 1997 Attracts Upbeat, Oct, 84
Headset Microphone Feedback (see Sep, 82) Optimistic Crowd: Jul, 69 K7BV is New NCJ Editor: Sep, 71
(Markey): Nov, 71 Dayton Hamvention and League Join Forces KB5UAC Active From Mir. Jul, 71
Homebrew Your Own Inductors (see Aug, 35) for Year 2000 ARRL Convention (Gagne): KB5UAC Grateful for Ham Radio on Mir. Sep,
(Isard): Oct, 83 Jul, 69 69
Hunting AC Line Noise in an Amateur Radio Dennis E. Mungham, VE3ASO, SK: Jul, 72 KCS5VPF on the air from Mir. Dec, 76
Receiver (see Dec, '96, 70) (Rosenthal): Donald L. Lucas, WOOMI, SK: Apr, 76 League “Heartily Supports” FCC Proposal to
Feb, 77 Eimac Sells Glass-Tube Division: May, 77 Ease International Operating: Feb, 79
Kenwood TS-570D (see Jan, 75): Apr, 66 . Y~y Vanity Applications Flood Gate 3: League Calls on FCC to Kill Anti-theft System
Life Members (see Sep, 66): Oct, 83 t, 84 Petition: Aug, 74
November 1997 Field Day Cover (see Nov, Elmer C. “Chuck” Kunze, WOWVM, SK: League Files Spread Spectrum Reply
cover): Dec, 72 Jul, 72 Comments: Sep, 70
114. December 1997 OS
League Petitions for RACES Flexibility: STS-38 Refly is a “Go” for July with SAREX Three-Band, No-Tune Apex Loading Network
May, 79 on Board: Jun, 77 for an 80-Meter Inverted-L, A (Lee): Apr, 67
Leo Meyerson, WOGFQ, receives Thousands put Heard Island DXpedition in “Thump Killer” Modification for KK7B’s CW
Hamvention’s “Ham of the Year” Award: their logs!: Mar, 66 Transceiver, A (Campbell, Fifield): Feb, 74
Aug, 72 Threat Update: Synthetic Aperture Radar Tight-Place Test Leads (Frazier): Nov, 69
Leon “Lee” Faber, W7EH, SK: Oct, 86 Systems: Jan, 72 Yaesu FT-840/KAM-Plus Interconnection
Little LEO Battle Moves to Next Level: Three Directors Face Competition: Oct, 85 (Schultz): Aug, 67
May, 76 Transatlantic Anniversary a Success: Feb, 81
“Lowfer” Author, Experimenter Ken Cornell, Twenty Meters Opens for Queen’s Ham Radio HOW’S DX?—Column (Kennamer)
W2IMB, SK: Mar, 68 Debut: Sep, 70 9N1UD On the Air!: Dec, 79
MARS Giobal Surveyor Relay Test a Vanity Call Signs Spark Renewed Interest in SX4WW Story: Topband from Kigali, The (or,
Success: Mar, 69 Hobby: Jan, 70 Why Did the Beverage Cross Road?):
Massachusetts PRB-1 Invoked to Axe Local Vermont Section Manager Recall Fails: Jul, 75
Tower Law: Nov, 74 Mar, 67 Bouvet...For the Swift!!: May, 81
Maxim Memorial Award Nominations Open: Volunteer Bill Passes Congress!: Jul, 70 Contest DXpedition to Mongolia—The JT1Z
Feb, 81 W1AW Antennas Get Repaired, Upgraded Story: Jun, 82
Milwaukee Ordinance Restricts Towers: (photo): Feb, 80 DX Clubs: Mar, 82
Oct, 85 W2AX Attempts to Fill Shipboard CW Gap: General Summary of Propagation from VKQIR
“Mr. VHF,” Edward P. Tilton, W1HDQ, SK: Jul, 72 to the US and VE, A (Luetzelschwab):
Jun, 77 World Championship in High Speed Oct, 88
N4XKG Plugs Ham Radio on The Today Telegraphy Set: Apr, 75 Heard Island DXpedition, 1997, The (Aliphin):
Show: Nov, 75 World Radiocommunication Conference 97 Jan, 87
NASA Gives KC5VPF the Green Light for Mir Opens in Geneva: Nov, 72 New Orleans International DX Convention,
Stay: Nov, 72 WRC-97 Under Way in Geneva: Dec, 74 The: Feb, 84
New 1X1 Special Event Call Sign Rules WRC-99 Committee Supports Morse Code Northern California DX Foundation, The:
Implemented: Oct, 84 Treaty Requirement for HF: Feb, 79 Feb, 84
New Faces on ARRL Board: Jan, 69 WRTC 2000 to be Held in Slovenia: Apr, 75 Return to Chatham (Grotehusmann): Nov, 77
New Jersey TV! Lawsuit Appealed: Sep, 71 Shangri-La in Beijing: Apr, 77
New Section Ups the Ante on SS Clean HINTS & KINKS—Column (Schetgen) St. Peter and Paul Rocks—A Hard Nut to
Sweep: Aug, 72 Automatic Transmitter Keying for Screwdriver Crack (Leite): Aug, 76
New Yorker's Ham Ticket Suspended for 15 (Mobile) Antenna Adjustments (Lloyd): Trip into History: Feb, 83
Months: Aug, 71 Jan, 82 [email protected] Book: Sep, 84
NJ Judge Rules Interference Out of His Band-Data Connector for the Yaesu
Hands: Jun, 78 |IFT-1000MP, A (Bratton): Jul, 67 IT SEEMS TO US—Editorial (Sumner) p 9
Nominees Sought for ARRL Board of Broadband Matching for HF Mobile Whips Are We Our Own Worst Enemy?: Dec
Directors: Jul, 74; Aug, 75 (Lewis): Jan, 81 ARRL: A Working Democracy, The: Jul
North American Digital System Directory to be Build a Vacuum-Tube Product Detector (Van Let’s Put Spectrum Challenges in
On-Line: Mar, 68 Prooyen): Jun, 72 Perspective: Aug
NRAO and WB Cooperate in Contact Filming: Clothes Washer RFI (Hemby): Oct, 80 Magic: Apr
Aug, 72 Computer control for |C-245 Transceivers Magic II: VHF is Magic, Too!: Sep
NTIA Report Bullish on Additional HF Bands: (Gregory): Jul, 66 More on Little LEOs: Feb
Feb, 80 Extension Handles as Lightweight Antenna Morse Exemptions: Oct
NU1AW Inaugurated During IARU Contest: Supports (Roiek): Jun, 73 New Tool for Enforcement?, A: Jun
Sep, 68 Extension Ladder Support for Small Anten- Paying Our Dues: Mar
NU1AW: International Amateur Radio Union nas, An (Haughton): Oct, 80 Public Service in the 21st Century: May
Club Station: Jan, 70 Eye to Eye Antenna Connections (Guillaume): Strong Defense, A: Nov
One Less Little LEO: Oct, 85 Feb, 75 What if they Gave an Auction, and Nobody
Past ARRL President Cari L. Smith, WOBW4J, Eyeglass Cases Protect Removable Front Came?: Jun
SK: Mar, 68 Panels of Mobile Radios (Seeley): Jun, 73 What's Our Future in Emergency Communica-
Paving at ARRL (photo): Nov, 74 Fast and Easy Printed Circuit Boards (Link): tions?: Jan
Permission Granted for Linenger to Ham It Up May, 72
from Mir. Apr, 73 Faster Packet with the Uniden HR2600 LAB NOTES—Column (Lab Staff)
Phase 3D Launch Delayed: Feb, 78 Transceiver (Wheeler): May, 73
Phase 3D Launch Delayed Two Weeks: Fix Stuck Meters with Window Spray! Capacitor Basics: Jan, 85
Aug, 71 (Mandeville): Oct, 80
Phase 3D Launch Put Off Until September: Fold-over, All-Band Mobile Antenna, A NEW BOOKS [Author] (Reviewer)
May, 76 (Drager): Nov, 68 Beyond Courage [Aros, Ternan] (Micket):
Phase 3D Looking for a New Ride: Nov, 73 Garage Door RFI (McCook): Nov, 69 Aug, 93
Philip F. Wight, WSUHK/VS6DR, SK: Oct, 86 Good Sidetone Oscillator, A (Bramwell): Build Your Own Intelligent Amateur Radio
QST Author Carl Heinen, WOMCN, SK: Dec, 70 transceiver [Henderson] (Danzer): Jul, 34
Mar, 68 IC-706 Mike Problem (Young): Nov, 69 Collins Amateur Radio Equipment Video
QST Names New “YL News” Editor: Sep, 71 Mike-Switch Cures (Hulbert): Aug, 68 Spotter’s Guide, The [Soo] (Lindquist):
Radio Amateur Cailbook Goes CD-ROM Only: Monopole Tower Antenna (Wolff, Jr): Mar, 78 May, 90
May, 77 Moonglow—Tape that Glows in the Dark Crystal Set Projects: 15 Radio Projects You
Radio Shack Takes HTX-204 Dual-Band H-T (Sackey): Mar, 79 Can Build [Hewes] (Ford): Aug, 102
Off the Market: Jun, 78 More on the Drift-Free VFO (Makhinson, Lau): Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits on
Repeat Nominating Solicitation: Jan, 72; Jul, Jan, 81 CD-ROM [Graf and Sheets] (Danzer): Feb, 57
73; Aug, 74 New Status Indicator for the Handbook Introduction to Radio Wave Propagation, An
Robert G. Osborn, Jr, N6MSO, SK: Jul, 72 Deluxe Soldering Station, A (Jacquet): [Lee] (Pocock): Oct, 67
Robert M. Morris, W2LV, SK: Dec, 75 Jan, 82 K1BV DX Awards Directory, The [Melinosky]
RS-16 Satellite in Orbit!: May, 77 Paint Spray Heads as Knobs (Joy): Dec, 70 (Danzer): Nov, 71
Rudy Severns, N6LF, is New QEX Editor: Pause-Scan Circuit for the Alinco DT-100 and Little Pistol’s Guide to HF Propagation, The
Oct, 86 Other Radios, A (Mindy): Sep, 80 [Brown] (Pocock): Mar, 65
SAREX Team Wins NASA Award: Nov, 74 Radio Shack VOX with the Alinco DJ-850 H-T McGraw-Hill Circuit Encyclopedia and
School Contacts are a “Go” in the Wake of Mir (Wonoski): Mar, 79 Troubleshooting Guide, Vol 2 [Lenk]
Fire: May, 80 Replacing the Memory Battery in the Yaesu (Wolfgang): Feb, 46
Schools Selected for STS-83 SAREX FT-2400 (Klocko): Sep, 81 Micro Space Craft [Fleeter] (Ford): Jan, 108
Contacts: Mar, 67 Reverse-a-Probe (Edwards): Aug, 67 Radio-Frequency Electronics Circuits and
September Phase 3D Launch Doubtful: Rewinding Relays for 12 V Operation (Wade) Applications [Hagen] (Danzer): Jul, 43
Sep, 68 Dec, 69 Shortwave Receivers, Past & Present
Silver Lakes Middle School contacts Mir Simple Voice Keyer, A (Brock-Fisher): [Osterman] (Brogdon): Apr, 71
(photo): Apr, 72 Sep, 80 Transmitters, Exciters and Power Amplifiers
Sister Alverna Retires from Handi-Ham Source for High-Current Relays, A (Rolek): 1930-1980 [Moore] (Lindquist): Feb, 36
System (Tice): Jul, 72 Jun, 73 W6SAI HF Antenna Handbook [Orr] (Danzer):
Solar Cycle 23 Project: Stellar Conclusions: Speaker-Mike Modifications to Generate a May, 47
Mar, 68 1750-Hz Tone Burst for European Repeater
Solar Flux tops 100 for First Time in Three Operation (Chidester): Feb, 74 NEW HAM COMPANION (Ford)
Years: Nov, 73 Adventure of Ham Radio, The (Gay): Aug, 55
05% December 1997 115
APRS on the Web (Sidebar to Position Weather Data To Go (Cox): Mar, 48 Entry-Level SW1 Shortwave Receiver from
Reporting with APRS) (Parry): Jun, 62 What's Your Grid? (Sidebar to Tallyho 6 Drake: Jan, 57
APRS via Outer Space (Lehmann, Winder): Meters!) (Ford): Jun, 65 FM Morse: Code Training Interface for Your
Mar, 53 Wire Gain Antennas for 6 Meters (Witmer): VHF Transceiver (Advanced Amateur Radio
Bent Dipole, The (Mullani): May, 56 Feb, 66 Products): Jul, 65
Catch a Falling Star (Kleinschmidt): Oct, 63 Gelber Monitor System: May, 83
Crystal Radio, The (Evison): Dec, 56 NEW PRODUCTS Ham Radio Data, Humor, Lore: It’s All in the
CW With Your H-T (DuBon): Jul, 53 2 W and 5W PF Loads from Bird: Dec, 38 Jadebook (Jade Products): Jul, 54
Field Day from the Summit of Mt San Jacinto 100 W FM/SSB Amplifier for 2 Meters (Maha Hammy Bears (Personalized Photo): Nov, 51
(Aubert): Feb, 60 Communications): Sep, 79 Hand-Held Scope Calibrator from Novatech:
Fun-Filled Morning with Ham Radio, A (Lee): 300 W Roller Inductor Antenna Tuner from May, 57
Apr, 55 MFJ: Nov, 107 HEX-BEAM Series I! from Traffie Technology:
Getting Started with Slow Scan Television 1997 AM Radio Log from the National Radio Sep, 60
(Glidden): Sep, 53 Club: Jun, 75 High-Pass TVI Filter from MFJ: Jul, 47
Heading in a New Direction (Collier): Jan, 53 1997 Edition of Police Call Plus Now High-Performance Mag-Mount Dual-Band
HF QRP “Foxhunting” (Mugleston): Dec, 58 Available (Hollins Radio Data): May, 42 Antenna from MFJ: Feb, 101
Height Really Does Matter! (Lehman): 1997 Shortwave Frequency Guide, The, from High-Performance True RMS Clamp Meter
Aug, 52 Klingenfuss Publications: May, 42 from B+K: Feb, 65
IPhone to Israel! (Danzer): Jul, 52 3CX300A1 Power Triode from Svetlana: Improved U-105 Antenna Rotator from Philips
Jamboree on the Air—JOTA’97 (Swanson): Nov, 57 ECG: Oct, 45
Oct, 68 40-Meter Mantis from Cubex, The: Nov, 69 In-Line Surge Protector from Lynics: May, 71
Leonid Meteors: Potential Satellite Killers? 200-W Low-Pass Filter from MFJ, A: Dec, 38 International 9092 RG-8X Coaxial Cable from
(sidebar to Catch a Falling Star) AC Line Filters from Electronic Specialists: the RF Connection: Jun, 35
(Kleinschmidt): Oct, 64 Apr, 49 Intro-Aural Mikes from Ikaros: Apr, 71
Let's Taik Transmission Lines (Farmer): Affordable Boom-Microphone Headsets “Island Keyer’” Kit from Milestone Technolo-
Jun, 57 (Warren Gregoire & Associates): Jan, 89 gies, The: Jun, 35
Me? Operate W1AW? (Peach): Apr, 52 Affordable Dual-Band Hand-Held Amplifier Jade Products’ Curtis Keyer Kit: May, 33
Mini-Five Beam, The (Aurick): May, 58 from Mirage: Mar, 50 JAN Crystals Offers Expanded Catalog:
More SSTV Information on the Web (sidebar Aircom Plus Coaxial Cabie from SSB Mar, 79
to Getting Started with Slow Scan Televi- Electronic USA: Jul, 54 K1CC’s “KIY”: A Computer Interface for
sion) (Glidden): Sep, 54 AK-1 “Atomic Keyer’” Kit from Embedded Kenwood, ICOM and Yaesu Receivers,
Morse at the Movies (Cox): Apr, 58 Research, The: Mar, 79 Transceivers (Assarabowski): Apr, 97
MRX-40 Mini Receiver, The (Bornstein): Alinco’s EDX-2 Automatic Antenna Tuner: Kantronics’ Pager Handbook for the Radio
Sep, 59 Jan, 92 Amateur: Mar, 79
Never Say “Never” (Hope): Jan, 52 AN-7 Slimline 80-2 Meter Mobile Antenna KC2 “Do Everything” QRP Accessory Kit from
New Heights for ATV (Suits): Feb, 63 from Palomar Engineers, The: Apr, 71 Wilderness Radio, The: Jan, 51
On the Road: The Joys of HF Mobile (Ford): Antique Radio Schematics and Service Info Kenwood Amateur Radio Self-Study package
Dec, 51 on CD-ROM (Radio Era Archives): Jan, 46 Now Available: Apr, 33
Phase 3D Jump Start, A (Kelly): Sep, 57 ARB-700 Solid-State Amplifier Keying “Kleen Line” UPSs from Electronic Special-
Phonetic Dilemma, The (Aurick): Apr, 56 Interface from Ameritron: Aug, 95 ists: Jul, 57
Portable Ground Plane for Mobile Antennas, ASAPS for Windows—HF Propagation Klingenfuss Frequency Guides: Jun, 85
A (Aiello): Oct, 69 Prediction Software from IPS (d’Avignon): Legal-Limit VHF/UHF Amplifiers from Mag
Portable Packets (Nichols): Mar, 52 Mar, 65 Products: May, 97
Position Reporting with APRS (Parry): Jun, 60 Auto Voice |Der from Racom: Feb, 75 License Certification Service Gives Your
Radios in the Kitchen (Elliott): Aug, 56 Automatic Antenna Tuner Kit for QRPers Ticket That “Old-Style” Appearance: Apr, 49
Right Information...To The Right People...in (LDG Electronics): Aug, 100 Liquid Electrical Tape from Star Brite: Nov, 54
The Right Way, The (sidebar to Radios in B+K’s Model 2880 Digital Multimeter Talks to Low-Profile 12-V Supplies from Tripp Lite:
Kitchen) (Elliott): Aug, 57 Your Computer: Jun, 63 Mar, 65
Simple Microphone/TNC/SSTV Switch, A Belden 9913F Coaxial Cable from the RF Low-Voltage Alarm for 12-V Auto/Marine
(Cieslak): Nov, 55 Connection: Jun, 85 Systems (Failsafe Devices): Aug, 68
Six-Channel Distribution Amplifier, A Brighteyes: Hands-Free “Eyeglass-Style” “Match Alert” SWR Alarm from RF Applica-
(Weisman): Nov, 52 worklights (EBCO Manufacturing): Jun, 59 tions, The: Jan, 89
SSTV Software on Line (sidebar to Getting BS-25 Automatic Battery Saver from Oak Bay MFJ’s “Auto Tuner Extender”: Feb, 101
Started with Slow Scan Television) Technologies, The: Oct, 45 MFJ’s Matchmaker: Feb, 43
(Glidden): Sep, 55 “Bury-Fiex” Low-Loss Coaxial Cable from MFJ-781 DSP Filter for Multimode Data
Tallyho 6 Meters! (Ford): Jun, 64 Davis RF: May, 91 Controllers, The: Mar, 50
Test Your Knowledge! A tricky test for Cable X-perts Adds Alpha-Delta Antenna Micro DTMF Decoder from Optoelectronics,
homebrewers. (Silver): May, 60 Switches to Line-up: May, 73 The: Dec, 38
Test Your Knowledge! Back to Basics—Ohm’s Call Sign Extension Plate from W1TK: Microwave Power Modules/Transverters from
Law, Decibels and Units (Silver): Jan, 58 Dec, 38 Parabolic AB: Jan, 92
Test Your Knowledge! Do we all speak the Cellmate Battery Charger/Conditioner from Milestone Adds Rainbow Kits to Line of Ham
same language? (Silver): Jul, 55 VCI: Sep, 36 Radio Products: Oct, 83
Test Your Knowledge! Emergency operating “Clamp” Meters from B+K: Jan, 92 Miniature Weather Satellite Receiver for Your
and preparedness (Silver): Aug, 58 Class E Amplifier Kits (Puff Distribution): Laptop Computer (OFS WeatherFAxX): Oct,
Test Your Knowledge! How well do you know Nov, 94 81
your connectors? (Silver): Dec, 55 Cleartone Communications Speaker from Mirage B-310-G 2-Meter Amp/Preamp from
Test Your Knowledge! How well do you MFJ, The: Dec, 72 MFJ, The: May, 75
understand batteries? (Silver): Nov, 49 Coaxial Jumpers from Cable X-perts: Oct, 83 Multiband HF/VHF Antennas from Dynamic
Test Your Knowledge! Rules and Regs! Code Flasher, The (The Lanz Company): Electronics: Jun, 75
(Silver): Apr, 57 Feb, 43; Mar, 65 New “Ham Gear” Offerings (Shirts & Caps
Test Your Knowledge! Something old, Comet SMA-501 Dual-Band Antenna for Inc): Jul, 39
something new... (Silver): Mar, 51 Hand-Helds: Oct, 45 New Antenna Mart Catalog: Jun, 75
Test Your Knowledge! Try this Antenna Contest Card from United Microsystems, The: New Bands for the Wilderness Radio Sierra:
Brainbuster! (Silver): Feb, 62 Apr, 97 Jan, 114
Time on Your Side (Cox): May, 61 Custom Photo/QSL Displays from Shack New Bird Wattmeter Handles Analog and
Toning Down Alerts (Cox): Nov, 50 Attack: Nov, 51 Digital RF Measurements: Feb, 87
Transatlantic Multimode Experience (Bishop): CW Audio Filter Kit for Ten-Tec’s Argosy, A New Ladder Line Products from Cable
Apr, 53 (Embedded Research): Mar, 79 X-perts: Jun, 75
Twister, a la Antenna! (Taylor): May, 54 Dedicated WWV Receiver from Hamtronics, New Line of Hand-Held Scanners from Relm:
Two for the Price of One (Ford): Jul, 56 A: May, 93 Nov, 37
Unbalanced Transmission Line Currents and Drake's SW8 Shortwave Receiver Gets an Night Pattern Book, The, from The National
Feed-Line Radiation (sidebar to Let's Talk Improved Synchronous Detector: Jan, 82 Radio Club: May, 38
Transmission Lines) (Farmer): Jun, 59 Dualband Mobile Antennas from Premier Nye Engineering’s Digital S Meter: Feb, 87
Upgrade Your Memory! (Kleinschmidt): Jan, Communications: May, 73 P1 Series: Digital RF Wattmeters with Serial
54 Easytrac Surface Power System, The Computer Interfaces, The (RF Applications):
VGA/Super-VGA Video Cards (sidebar to (Intermatic): May, 75 Jul, 57
Getting Started with Slow Scan Television) EF86/6267 Pentode from Svetiana: Aug, 68 P100A Digitally Driven HF/UHF Wattmeter
(Glidden): Sep, 53 from RF Applications, The: Feb, 87
116 December 1997 O5t-
Paddlette Keyer Paddle: Jul, 34_ [WinPix Prov 1.6] Available from GV Minutes of the Executive Committee Number
PFS-1 Field-Strength Meter from Palomar Associates: Jan, 89 450, October 25, 1996: Jan, 68
Engineers, The: Aug, 100 WIZARD, Affordable HF Propagation Minutes of the Executive Committee Number
Pocket Guide to Collins Amateur Radio Prediction Software from Kangaroo Tabor: 451, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January
Equipment 1997 Calendar (Trinity Graphics May, 38 16, 1997 (Sumner): Mar, 64
Systems): Jan, 38 Minutes of the Executive Committee Number
Potting Compound is Electrical Insulator, OP-ED—Column 452, St. Louis, Missouri, April 12, 1997:
Thermal Conductor (Master Bond): Mar, 81 Communications: A Defense Against Jun, 80
Power Supply Upgrade Kit for Collins 30L-1 Restrictive Ordinances (Bickle): Aug, 88 Minutes of the Executive Commitiee Number
Amplifiers (Steve Pautard, WN41l): Dec, 72 DXpeditions and American Principles: Must 453, July 17, 1997 (Sumner): Sep, 67
PowerClear Digital Signal Processor from We Choose? (Shands): Jun, 101 Minutes of the Executive Committee Number
SGC, The: Jun, 44 | Feel Great—Thanks for Not Asking! (White): 454, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October
Powerport 149, The: Rechargeable, portable Feb, 100 11, 1997 (Sumner): Dec 77
AC and DC power (Cutting Edge): Aug, 68 Welcome (and Much Needed) Shot in the Special Meeting of the ARRL Board of
Probe Version 3.0 for Optoscan Interfaces Arm, A (Bowles): Apr, 90 Directors, October 24-26, 1996: Jan, 63
(DataFile Inc): Jul, 54
PS-40 Switching 13.8-V Power Supply from ORGANIZATIONAL—ARRL W1AW Schedule: Jan, 104; Feb, 101; Apr, 99;
Kenwood, The (Kenwood): Jan, 46 May, 112; Jun, 38; Jul, 83; Oct, 38; Nov, 92
ARRL Laboratory Tackles RF Safety, Other
“Queenbee”, The - Four-Element, 6-Meter
Issues (sidebar to The Year in Review
Quad from Cubex: Feb, 65 1996): May, 51 PRODUCT REVIEW (Lindquist)
R139 Weather Satellite Receiver from
Bla&t from the Past, A (photo: KiZND—now Alpha Delta Communications Model VRC
Hamtronics, The: Nov, 51
K1ZZ) (Kennamer): Mar, 82 Variable Response Console (Lindquist):
Seven-Channel VHF Weather Alert Receiver
Board Meets in Special Session (Palm): Jan, Apr, 65
from Hamtronics: Nov, 54
61 AOR AR7030 Communications Receiver
SGC-231 Autotuner from SGC: Nov, 57
Board Says “No Change” to International HF (Danzer): Jun, 68
Skeleton Cone Multiband HF Antenna From
Morse Code Requirement (Palm): Mar, 58 Cushcraft R7000 Multiband Vertical Antenna
Genesis: Jul, 47
Board Supports Spectrum Protections, Band (Lindquist): Aug, 59
SSB Electronic Now US Dealer for Mutek and
Plans, VE Rules Change (Lindquist, Palm): Down East Microwave Model DEM 50-28CK
Parabolic: Apr, 90
Sep, 61 6-Meter Transverter Kit (Swanson): Feb, 71
Svetiana’s 4CX400A High-Performance
Conclusions Regarding WRC-99 (sidebar to Drake TR270 FM Transceiver (Ford): Nov, 64
Tetrode: Feb, 77
Board Says “No Change” to International Expanded Product Review Test Reports
Switchcraft Expands its Micro-Plug Line
HF Morse Code Requirement) (Palm): Mar, Available: Feb, 73
(Raytheon): Feb, 77
60 ICOM IC-756 MF/HF/VHF Transceiver
“Tape-Jay” Stealth Antenna for 2-Meter FM,
Expect the Unexpected! (Ewald): Sep, 107 (Swanson): May, 63
The (HAMCO): Feb, 101
Major ARRL Operating Events and Conven- ICOM IC-821H VHF/UHF Multimode
TE-64D Tone Encoder from Communication
tions—1997: Jan, 59 Transceiver (Ford): Mar, 70
Specialists, The: Apr, 71
Member Comments Sought on Licensing ICOM IC-R8500 Communications Receiver
TE-NE-KE Keyer Paddle for Portable, Mobile
Structure (Sumner): Mar, 55 (Moore): Apr, 61
CW (Mason): Sep, 79
Our Washington Presence Pays Off (sidebar Japan Radio Co. NRD-535D HF Receiver
Ten-Tec QRP CW Transceiver Kits: Apr, 47
to The Year in Review 1996): May, 49 (Wolfgang): May, 68
Terminated, Frequency-independent Vertical
Promoting Ham Radio in Schools, Space, Kenwood TS-570D HF Transceiver
Antennas from Sommer: May, 57
Scouting (sidebar to The Year in Review (Wolfgang): Jan, 73
Timewave'’s DSP-59Y High-Performance DSP
1996): May, 50 M2 2M12 Yagi Antenna (Ford): Nov, 63
Plug-in Module for Yaesu SP-5 and SP-6
Summary of Major Board Actions (sidebar to Portable Shortwave Receiver Roundup, A
Outboard Speakers: Mar, 39
Board Says “No Change” to International (Ford): Aug, 60
TL-3 Synchronized Real-Time Clock from
HF Morse Code Requirement) (Paim): QST Compares: Dual-Band FM Hand-Held
TrueTime, The: Mar, 39
Mar, 59 Transceivers (Ford): Jul, 58
Tower Jack: Put Up or Take Down with Ease:
Year in Review 1996, The: May, 48 QST Compares: Four High-Power Antenna
Jul, 65
Tuners (Lindquist): Mar, 73
Updated Gordon West Technician No-Code
At The Foundation—Column (Carcia) QST Compares: Economy and No-Frills 2-
Plus Book and Tapes: Nov, 44
Upgraded HS-1500 HF Mobile Antenna Hams...Proof-Positive Role Modelis!: Jul, 96 Meter Hand-held Transceivers (Kleinman):
System from High Sierra: Oct, 83 Lonestar Lead-in to 1997!: Jan, 102 Dec, 60
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Sommer, The: Apr, 92 Spring Fever, Once Again!: Mar, 93 Radio Shack Probe-Style Oscilloscope
(Wolfgang): Aug, 65
XplTohree:r FTeebs,t 8R7e ceiver from Optoelectronics, Club Spectrum—Column (Ewaid) RaBiebaema m (JRaBh-n2ke0)6:B STewp,o -E77l ement 6 Meter
Anniversary Celebrations Abound (Ewald):
SCS PTC-II Multimode Controller with
NEW SOFTWARE Jul, 95 PACTOR-I! (Ford): Jan, 77
Add ClusterLog to Payl Software’s DXLOG: Back to Ham Night (Ewald): Jan, 101 Selling of the TS-570D, The (sidebar to
Jan, 82 Club Members are Honored (Ewald): Sep, Kenwood TS-570D HF Transceiver):
Code 3-Gold: An HF/VHF Digital Data 100 Jan, 76
Decoder from Computer Aided Technolo- DeForest ARC Operates Parade Float Solicitation for Product Review Equipment
gies: Apr, 97 (Ewald): Nov, 89 Bids: Feb, 73; Apr, 66; Oct, 79; Nov, 67;
Copy This and Pass CW CD from How to Become an Affiliated Club (Ewald) Dec, 68
Buckmaster: Nov, 34 Mar, 94 SSB Electronic LT2S MK II 2-Meter
HamCalc version 20: Still Free, Still Func- What's Going On? (Ewald): May, 94 Transverter (Wilson): Nov, 62
tional! (Murphy): Jan, 114 TASCO Electronics RSC-70U Slow-Scan TV
Hamcale Version 23: Get it Right from the Elections System (Wolfgang): Apr, 59
Source! (Murphy): Jun, 35 Section Manager Election Notice: Jan, 72; Ten-Tec Centaur Model 411 HF Linear
New Control Software for ICOM Transceivers Feb, 82; Apr, 76; May, 80; Jul, 73; Aug, 74; Amplifier (Lindquist): Jun, 66
(Hanson): Mar, 41 Oct, 87; Nov, 76 Ten-Tec OMNI VI Plus MF/HF Transceiver
Pasokon’'s TV Lite SSTV Software (Absolute Section Manager Election Results: Jan, 72; (Wolfgang): Nov, 58
Vaiue Systems): Jun, 75 Oct, 86 Tigertronics BayPac BP-2M Multimode
Police Call Plus Now Available on CD-ROM Modem (Lindquist): Apr, 64
(Hollins Radio Data): Jun, 75 Moved & Seconded Timewave DSP-59Y Audio Noise Reduction
PROLOG version 3.87 (Ford): Sep, 83 1997 Annual Meeting of the ARRL Board of Filter (Danzer): Sep, 78
RTTY Contest Software from Wyvern Directors, January 17-18, 1997 (Sumner) Tune in the World for Less Than $300: Drake
Technology: May, 83 Mar, 61 SW1 and Radio Shack DX-394 (Lindquist,
Satellite Tracker Nova for Windows by NLSA: 1997 Second Meeting of the ARRL Board of Moore): Oct, 77
Jan, 102 Directors, July 18-19, 1997 (Sumner): Two Ultra-Accurate Clocks: The Time
TAPR-97 CD-ROM: Jun, 59 Sep, 64 Machine and The Zeit (Ford, Micket):
Updated WJ20 Master QSO Logger Now Minutes of the Executive Committee Number Jan, 79
Available: May, 42 449, July 19, 1996: Jan, 67
QS December 1997 117
Yaesu FT-600 MF/HF Transceiver (Ford): Mel Card, W1CUH seeks correspondence: Stratwarms and Their Effect on HF
Feb, 68 Nov, 81 Propagation (Luetzelschwab): Feb, 76
Yaesu FT-920 MF/HF/6 Meter Transceiver Mill Software, The (Farrior): Oct, 108 SWR Analyzer and Transmission Lines, The
(Kennamer): Oct, 72 New DSP RTTY Demodulator Software (Schuch): Jul, 68
(Glassey): Feb, 104 Ultra Simple W1AW Receiver Notes (Kitchin):
PUBLIC SERVICE—Column (Paim) New Net for Hams with Disabilities (Mauro): Nov, 70
Amateur Radio at the World Championship Feb, 49 Which Solar Activity Measurement Should |
Triathion (Bellamy): May, 84 Now Listen Up, Pilgrim... (PAWA): Mar, 41 Use (Luetzelschwab): Dec, 71
ARES Nonemergency, The (Robinson): Organizing SAC Museum Exhibit for 1998
Aug, 81 (Schleck): Oct, 47 VHF/UHF AND MICROWAVES
ARAL Year of Public Service: Feb, 88 Parts for the QRP Homebrewer (Buckeye Catch a Falling Star (Kleinschmidt): Oct, 63
ARRL Year of Public Service, The—Join The Electronics): Sep, 120 Height Really Does Matter! (Lehman):
ARRL Field Organization: Sep, 88 QST Branches Out...? (Nowakowski): Apr, 33 Aug, 52
“Coast Guard, Coast Guard....” (Stearns): Radio Control Fiyers’ Net (Wilson): Jun, 97 Junk-Box Converters for 6 and 2 Meters
Jun, 87 RF Transport (Davis): Jan, 89 (Kreuter): Jan, 32
CW—An Unfortunate Casualty of Technology Roll Your Own Ham Call Sign Database Probing the lonosphere with Radio Signals
(sidebar to Network Theory and the Design (Hardy): Aug, 91 (sidebar to Sporadic E—A Mystery Solved?
of Emergency Communications Systems, Scout Elmer Award: Nov, 80 Part 2) (Whitehead): Nov, 40
part 1 of 2) (Fordham): Oct, 93 Semper Paratus (Coast Guard Club) Sporadic E—A Mystery Solved? (Whitehead):
Four Reasons... (Robinson): Sep, 87 (Gardner): Jan, 89 Oct, 39
Ham Huminatarians at Wisconsin Special Solicitations for Nominations for Golden Sporadic E—A Mystery Solved? Part 2
Olympics (Larson): Dec, 84 Antenna Award (Stadt Bad Bentheim): (Whitehead): Nov, 38
Hams Support Angeles Crest 100 (Hubbard): May, 96 Tallyho 6 Meters! (Ford): Jun, 64
Apr, 81 Some Interesting Ham Trivia: Mar, 96 Ultra Simple: Receiver for 6 Meters, An
Hospital Emergency Communications— Telling Others About Ham Radio (Myers): (Kitchin): Dec, 39
Fulfilling the Mission (Moell): Dec, 83 Jun, 103 Wire Gain Antennas for 6 Meters (Witmer):
Hurricane Danny Puts Alabama’s Hams to Ten Ten Convention (Henderson): Feb, 49 Feb, 66
Test (Moore): Nov, 82 Twins K1EIC and K1EIR: Sep, 94
Hurricane Watch Net Home Page Up Two-Letter USPS Codes for US States VHF/UHF Century Club Awards (Moore):
(Herman): Dec, 84 (Gould-King): Feb, 92 Feb, 97; Apr, 89; Jun, 92; Aug, 86;
Kentucky Hams are the Eyes and Ears of the Unintentional Humor in the News (Bushnell): Oct, 101; Dec, 89
National Weather Service (McCallum): Sep, 97
Jan, 93 W1DRxX, the Grandfather, and W1DRX, the World Above 50 MHz, The—Column (Pocock)
Millers Reach No. 2: The Great Alaskan Grandson (Clements): Jul, 94
Wildfire (Strain): Mar, 85 Which Herbert L. Bigelow? (Scheinberg): Aug, 144-MHz Standings: Jun, 91
Network Theory and the Design of Emergency 91 432-MHz Standings: Oct, 100
Communication Systems—Part 1 Wilderness VHF Protocol: Aug, 79 Beacon Update: Jul, 89
(Fordham): Oct, 92 Worked Ali Parish Award (Gordon): Jan, 89 Call Sign Changes: Mar, 91
NTS Leadership Convenes in Newington: Working Alaska, Then and Now (Webb): Coming Meteor Storm, The: Oct, 98
Jul, 84 Jun, 103 Dual Rhomboid Revisited, The: Mar, 89
EME Annals: Mar, 91
Originating ARRL Radiograms (Davis):
Feb, 88 TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE—Column Get on 448 THz for Less Than $100: Feb, 96
(Pagel) Is 10 Meters a VHF Band?: Nov, 85
Microwave Standings: Jan, 99
STRAYS 450-ohm Open-Wire-Line Velocity Factor: Not
Mini-Brendan Trophy (VHF/UHF/Microwave
Add Your E-Mail to the WM7D Cail Sign Always What You Think! (Witmer): Jan, 83 News): Jan, 98
Database (Downing): Aug, 96 Amateur Radio Software Traps (Galpin): Model Two-Meter Sporadic-E Opening:
AHA! (Aho): Sep, 103 Aug, 69 Sep, 91
Another Result of Ham Radio Friendship Another Source of RFI (Witmer): Jan, 84 New Laser Record: Dec, 87
(Raju): Apr, 94 Answering-Machine QRM (Kolb): Jan, 84 New Microwave DX Record (VHF/UHF/
Antique Radio Magazine: Sep, 120 Balloon Skyhooks (Hughes): Aug, 69 Microwave News): Oct, 100
Astronomy Net (Plasencia): Jun, 97 Check the Calibration of Your Maxwell Bridge Record Distance Calculation: Apr, 87
Auction in Dallas, An (Peters, Kitto): Feb, 99 with an Inductance Simulator (Stanley): Season for Six Meters, The: May, 88
Automobile Tags Wanted (Richmond): Mar, 80 Single-Yagi to Single-Yagi EME QSO:
Nov, 80 Checking Power Strips (Mandeikern): Sep, 82 Dec, 87
Boy Scouts on ATV (Perasovich): Jun, 103 Choke the OCFD (Gaudier): Sep, 82 Six Meters in Libya: Dec, 87
Brazilian YL Net (BRYLA): Feb, 104 Chrysler Responds (Gilmore): Dec, 72 Solar Cycle 23 Progress: Dec, 86
Calgary Stampede City Award (Calgary ARA): Complex Transmission Line Characteristic Two-Meter Beacons from French Polynesia:
Mar, 41 impedance - How Important is it? Dec, 87
Call for Technical Papers for QST: Apr, 94 (Michaels): Nov, 70 Two-Meter Challenges: Jun, 90
Case of Mistaken identity, A (Mullin): Jan, 89 Diode “Protection” (Stuart): Jul, 68 VHF and UHF Nets: Aug, 84
Collins Collectors Association (Miller): Diode Protection - Another Aspect (Metzger): VHF/UHF Nets: Oct, 101
Feb, 49 Oct, 82 VHF/UHF/EME Conferences: Jan, 97
Don’t Believe Everything You Read: Mar, 84 Easy Antenna Layout (Gibson): Oct, 82
Father-and-Son Vanity Call Signs (Trampler, Headset Mikes and RF Feedback in the WASHINGTON MAILBOX—Coilumn (Hennessee)
Jr, Trampler, Sr): Sep, 97 Kenwood TS-850 (Savage): Apr, 70
Fitting QSL Card, A (Dowell): Sep, 94 Headset-Microphone Feedback (Fechter): Communications with Non-Amateurs: Another
Five Ham Brothers (Williams): Mar, 98 Sep, 82 Side of Amateur Radio: Sep, 96
For Hams, It's a Small World (Columbus, LM324 Trick, An (Helm): Jan, 84 Introducing..T.h e Regulatory Information
O’Poulson): Sep, 101 Mathcad 6.0 versus Excel V 5.0 and Complex Bureau Web Page!: Dec, 92
Free Gear (Davis): Jan, 89 Numbers (Blanchard): Jan, 83 Part 97: Keeping Pace in Our Changing
Greater Cincinnati ARA, The (photo) (Turner): Mathcad 6.0 versus Lotus 1-2-3 (Laroche): World: Jun, 99
Feb, 104 Jan, 83 Talking to the Town: A Zoning Ordinance
Ham Radio Class Ring (Hazard): Jun, 103 Mathematics Laboratory, A (Nordquest): Primer (Hopengarten): Mar, 87
Happy Cali Sign Coincidence, A (Denton): Jan, 83
Feb, 49 Modifying The “Slant-Wire Special” for More YL NEWS—Column (Dunn/Ortiz)
International Ice Patrol (McKnight): Sep, 97 Gain (Christman): May, 74 Adios, Amigos—33 and 73!: Jun, 100
It's Never Too Late...: Mar, 54 New(?) Serial Communication Protocol jHola Amigos!: Oct, 105
Key West ARC (Godwin): Mar, 84 Discovered..., A (Ulbing): Apr, 70 Taking the Lead in Public Service: Feb, 95
Lifetime Renewable Prescription (Lund): RE-Exploring HF/VHF Digital and Image Teaching the “Technically Challenged”:
Oct, 101 Modes on the Cheap (Mayhan): Apr, 69 Apr, 92
Long Time, No See (Langley, McCoy): RF Chokes Choke Touch-Lamp RFI (Davis): Thirty Years of CLARA: Dec, 95
Jan, 89 May, 74
Make Points with the FCC (Linthicum): RFI TV Damage (Phillips): Oct, 83
Sep, 94 Signal Envelope Elimination and Restoration
(Freedman): Oct, 82
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