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han c s-off frequency spotting. Assures precise frequency regardless
of mode selection witho ut touching front panel transmitter controls.
O\, tim um CW break-in operat ion with control independent of VOX
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Complete coverage-80 to 10 meters (160 optional )
Broadband coupling throughout-Band to band
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Filter-t yp e SSB generation
Built-in antenna changeover. VOX , and C\ V b reak-in
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December, 1964 Some sma ll cha nges for ope ra t ing conven ienc e .
Two'er Talk W8HHS 28
Vol. XXV I, No. 1 These sim p le changes improve perfo rma nce s ign ifica ntly.
High l evel Modulation for Ham TV . . . . W7CSD . . . 30
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 the LEADER In
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CRANK-UP W2NSD/l
never say die

TOWER . -,
DESIGN Christma s :
The full -strength Hercules 66-3 has Remember, every dollar you spend on ham
d iagonal bracing- a uniqu e feature eq uip ment will make for a merrier Christmas
in all E-Z \ Vay Towers. It's designed for vour d istributor and the man ufacturer.
to support a large 20 m or 40 m beam]
4 el. Du-band, or 6 el Triband w tnd Spread cheer. T o help you in your selection
area 22 fect at 66 feet in 60 MPH I've inveigled an unusual number of ad ver-
wind s. tisers into this issue. 73. along with the foliage.
The 3 sections of the Hercules tele- went red this fall . . . this hurst of green was
scope from a mini mum height of 30
feet to a maximum 62 feet. needed so don't grumble.
A w onn gea r winch tilts the lower
over for easy access to your beam. ARRL :
My November ed itorial still stan ds. Ham
MODEl TORBl 663 radio won't be able to hold up its head un til
the League top brass stops its pett y politicking
WIN DLOAD CHART and d ictatorial act ions. It d oesn't look as if the
Ant. Full Height Half HeigM Min. Height
Model Wind Area Hgt. MPH Hgt. MPH Hgt. MPH latest director elections are going to give us
TORBI 66] 22.2 66 60 50 86 31 125 any hope for a replacement of the top office rs
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TORBI 66-3 8.2 66 90 50 100 32 ISO with men who are more mature and stable.
TORBI 75-] 17.0 75 60 5S 86 33 125
TORBI 75] 10.0 75 75 5S 100 33 140 FCC :
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51 oh ms. Power requirem ent : 9 vdc @ 10 rna . max.
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4 73 MAGAZI NE
 SOLID STATE "SCOOP" FROM GONSETI
FIRST AND ONLY TRANSISTORIZED SSBAMCW TRANSCEIVER
FOR MOBILE, PORTABLE AND FIXED COMMUNICATIONS
The totally new Gonser Mode l 900A
Sidewinder is th e first and only tran-
s ist o r ize d SSB-At\l-C\V tr an sceiver
(exce pt m ixer, dri ver, f in al stages in
transm itte r) to provide complete cover-
age of the 2. me ter amate ur ba nd in 4
segme nts I M e wide. Yet it's so co m-
pact it fits qu ickl y under the dash of th e
newest cars! Transistor desi gn makes
possible a primary power requi rement
in the re cei ver o f le ss th an lh a mp!
Separ ate power sup p ly ac cesso r ies
snap-fasten jiffy-quick to back o f trans-
ceiver, or may be used for rem ote instal.
lotio n. Here's the tro uble-free, solid sta te
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F o r c o m p l e t e i n/orma tio n , v is it y o u r
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GONSET,
ALTE C LAN SIN G CO R PORAT IO N
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DECEMBER 1964
CHECK THESE HIGHPERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS:
TRANSMITIER: Tran si storized (exc ep t f o r m ixe r . driver. f ina l st at es)
Fr equ ency Rang e : 144148 M C Pow er I n p u t : 20 wa tt s PEP
SS B. 6 w a tts AM. 20 w atts CW Spurious Su p p ression: -50 d b
Carrier Suppression : -50 db o n SS B U nw anted Side band Su p-
pression : -40 d b Stages: 3 stage MIC Amp lifie r ; 15 MC M ix er
Dio d es : 2 Bal anced M odu l at o r; M eter Rect ifier T ubes : 6 EA8
Do u b ler . M i xer ; 12B Y7A Driv er ; 6 360 Power Amp lifie r
RECEIVER: AII.trans istorized Frequency Sta bi lity : H igh ly st a ble;
utilize s s a me VFO as tra n sm itter Se nsitivi ty : liz m icro volt s o r
better f o r 10 db s t N. Sel ec ti vi t y : Latti ce c rys t a l filter for both
re ce iver a n d tran srnttter > Audi o Ou tput: 3 .0 w a tt s Spu r ious Sup-
p ress ion : - 50 db o r bett er Imag e Rej ec ti o n : - 50 d b ( rec e iv er an d
tran sm itter utilize double conve rs ion ) Stages : RF; M ix er ; Do ubler;
9 MC M ix er ; 2 9 MC IF; SS B. AM , CVI Detec tor; A u d io Dr iv er; Pus h
Pull A ud io Outp ut . Diodes : AM Detecto r ; AG C Detector; RF Ga i n
Control
TRAN SCEI VER : 9 M C BFa ; 15 M C I F ; H igh Fr eq u ency Cry stal Osc il-
la t or ; V FO; VFO Reg ula t or; A GC ; 9 M C IF Dimensions: 8Y. " W.
4y' '' H., 7X. " D. w t. : 10 Ib s.-8 o z. POWER SU PPLY ; Dimensions:
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William H. Kennedy W 3ZFJ
1520 James St reet
Monroeville, Po.

A 2 band m obile
SSB R eceiv er
with many
unique features.

HO-2080SSBMR-10T
This recei ver was con ceived. designed. a nd into a detailed explanation of each sta ge, but
constructed w ith one aim in mind, mobile will hit only a few highlights and p roblems
single sideband. It is now and has been operat- encountered.
ing in this manner for over one year with
superb success. Sensitivity and selectivity arc
exce llent. D ozens of comparitive tests have
been made with other receivers and this re-
ceiver hears every thing my 75A-4 hears or a
K\V~I- 2 hears. It's now being used with a
companion 200 watt transmi tter in the same
size packa ge wh ich , incidentally, was an after-
thought when the receiver was comp leted .
Since most constru cting hams are familiar
with basic operation of receivers, I will not go
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Block diagram The rf sta ge is a high gain cascode amplifier.

6 73 MACAZ INE
 Already the communica tions eng ineers are
screaming "cross modulation." Granted at full
gain this receiver is no exception. however.
when listening to a weak signal at full gain a
strong local signal 20kc away is just barely
detectable. Backing off on the rf gain just a lit-
tle removes any trace of the strong signal.
Mea surements indicate that at this point the
gain of the rf stage is approaching unity. You
need o nly to use this receiver to full y appreci-
ate the advantage of front end g ain control.
Most receivers co ntrol three or four stages and
the front end is still operating at fairly high
gain and therefore is susceptible to overload
on strong signals. Of course in order to use
this method the mixer must be of the low
noise variety, as this one is, rather than a
noisy 6BE6 or 6BA7. The bottom of the cas-
code stage is a remote cutoff 6D S4 nuvistor Top view o f rec e iver
triode. This co nfiguration will give you the
characteristics of a remote cutoff pentode ex- twice the bandwidth that is needed. Most of
cep t without the noise of a pentode . the new receivers and transceivers have 2.1 kc
, , 7 filters therefore the audio response is still up to
I rm , 2500 cps. I maintain the top frequency should
be no more than 2000 cps . This may sound like
I
gild ing the lily, but let's face it , the bands are
I crowded and when it comes to monkey chatter,
: IIiI:I " Every litter bit hurts ." ( ouch )
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and low cross mod ulation circuit described in
the October 61 issue of 73. It works as well as
the original 12AT7, but is sca led down in
voltage for the nuvistors.
Please notice there are two filters in this
receiver. The total bandwidth of both filters is
1400 cps at the 6db p oints. Actual audio re-
sponse, howeve r. at the 6d b points is 50 0 cps 3,4 view o f receive r
to 1900 cps. Too narrow for phone operation? The c urve in Fig . 3 will show the combina-
You should hear it. The xtal filter selects only tion of the filters. The bfo frequency w as set
one sideband and sets the lower audio limit to at the 25 db point on the curve, setting the low
500 cps. The audio filter alone sets the high frequen cy to 500 cps. Since the audio filter
end a t 1900 cps. reaches its maximum depth before the xtal
One must be ca reful when defining selectiv- filter starts to roll off, the af filter is the high
ity a nd bandwidth. You may have more band- frequency defining aperture. Matching to the
width than you think. F or example the Collins xtal filter is accomplished by modification of
75A4 normally has a 3.1 kc filter, but when the standard Merit 10.7 mc if transformers as
yo u position your passband tuning properly seen in the parts list. The audio chokes used in
the lower audio limit is about 400 cps. This this audio filter were surplus units, obtainable
places the upper limit at 3500 cps, almost from Olsen Badia Co., Penn Ave., Pgh., Pa. A

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the 33 rnmfd and replacing o ne side wit h SO mmfd and H ea t shield on 6A II6 vfo is model CF M7 by Cool-Fin
the o t her s ide with 68 u uf a nd 390 uuf ceramics . E lectron ics, S o. E I. M onte, Califo rnia.
T 3 M erit 10.7 me if tra nsformer modifi ed by adding 20 LI )'liller 41A l 5SCB I 10-18 Jl,h wit h 10 tum link added.
mmfd ceramic to cxisting 33 uuf. L 2 Miller 41A1 56CBr 1-2 Jl,h wi t h 5 t urn link added.
T4 10 K t o 41/ o utpu t trans. L 3 M iller 4 1A 155CB I, T wo coils o ne moun ted on t op of
C H I , CH 4 225 mh chokes. ca n , one mounted o n bottom of ca n .
C H2, CH3 300 mh chok es . L4 Miller 4lAI 56CBI, Two coils one moun ted on t op
CH I- 4 audio chokes are sur plus Rola Co. GH-1 226-2 of can, one mounted on botton of can.
a vaila ble a t Olsen Radio Co., Pgh., Pa. Sub sthutes a re L 5 10 turns #1 6 ena mel wire wound a nd an XR-SO coil
VI C8 and VI C-9 U T e va ria ble inductors. form.

good substitute would be the VIC-8 and VIC tion is accomplished with Zener diodes as can
9 UTC variable inductors. be seen in the schematic.
The vfo is constructed in a heavy welded The ave system employed works very well.
copper box. The mechanical and electrical sta- It has none of the initial 'pop' common to a
bility is excellent. The drift in the first 30 good many receivers. The attack time is ap-
minutes is 900 cps, after which it will sit on proximately 300 JLSec as measured on a Tek-
zero beat with the Collins for hours. This tronic 585 ocilloscope. Release time is d eter-
initial drift is very slow so you may use the mined by the back resistance of the diodes and
receiver almost immediately after turning it the 50 meg resistor. The 50 meg resistor is
on, a necessary requirement for most mobile returned to B+ to provide a delay. An unex-
work. pected problem d eveloped when the receiver
The dial calibration is not very well d efined was first tried mobile. Every time I would re-
from the photos, but the dial is marked only lease the accelerator the B+ voltage would
with the 100 kc marks in each band. The vfo drop about 10v. This drop was seen as a large
covers 14.25 to 14.35 and 14.00 to 14.10 on change on the plate of the ave amplifier and
twenty and 3.90 to 4.00. 3.50 to 3.60 on 80 would cut the receiver off for about 5 seconds.
meters. This was corrected by returning the ave plate
Band changing is done with diode switching load to the regulated 102v on the vfo.
and the four 100 kc segments are accomplished This receiver has given me a lot of enjoy-
with only three changes in vfo freq . The dial ment in the time I have used it. I have re-
shows 5 bands, but only four are used. A ceived a lot of compliments from friends and
diode switch is used to shift the frequency 3 enemies alike, and I can say without reserva-
kc when changing sidebands so the input tion this receiver does not cause TVI.
frequency remains unchanged. Voltage regula- .. . W 3ZFJ

8 73 MACAZINE
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Here's NEW
AUTO-MATCH!
4db Stronger Mobile Antenna
Combine stronger structural strength with stronger signal strength and voila
Waters New AUTO-MATCH Mobile Antenna!
Frankly, we hadn't expected to announce AUrD-MATCH for several weeks. But
with comp leted field tests corroborating our every engineering expectancy of
operating superiority and structural durability, we decided t o beat the gun.

Briefly, the Specs:

.. AUTO-MATCH ope rates with only a coil-change on every ham band with its
maximum radiation effi ciency giving up to 4 db more signal strength than is
found in other commercial mobile antennas. The tapered radiator tip is of
VJ drawn 17-] PH stainless steel and adjusts to all frequencies. Interchangeable
Top-Center loading coils are molded in low-loss Epoxy and are completely
sealed against moisture and water seepage. High a stable inductance hand les

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DECEMBER 1964 9
 Cla rk Anderson W 6NKZ

A Cheap Pair of Socks

The 6JB6 is a Novar tube with the sup- 160 walls and beginning to blush. Forty watts
pressor grid brought out separa tely, not con- apiece and one tube was beginning to get
nected internally to the cathode (the common
practice) and is supposed to have ratin gs sim-
ilar to the 6DQ6. T he recollection of the
6AG7 and the price invited the trial of the
6JB6's in a grounded grid linear.
Frankly, I was not too confident so a strict-
ly junk box version was built. The results were
very gra tifying and should encourage others
to give the tubes a try.
Four 6JB6's were paralleled and mounted
in a DCl91 tuning unit cabinet. The old holes
were p lugged with "Bonde", used for the new
parts, or covered by the relocated tuning
chart. The plate meter, roller coil and plate
tuning condenser were all salvaged from the
DC191. The loading condenser is a three
gang TRF broadcast condenser and will prob-
ably require additional padding on 75 meters.
Construction was straight forward with no
particular precautions excep t to place b rass
6J86 Linear Amplifier
discs in the center of the novar sockets to pro-
vide better grounding and isolation; no trou- quite red, but would cool down with excita-
ble was encountered (wh ich is unusual for tion. Tubes were interchanged with the same
\V6NKZ, believe me ) . W6JPU gave encour- tube bein g the weak sis ter, which eliminated
agement to the p roject and the first trial at the possibility of a stray parasitic in one
his QTH with a Variac showed that about socket.
1200 volts was the limit without using bias. At this stage a power supply was built using
At this p oint th e four tubes were dissipating a health y TV transformer in a tripler circuit

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described in 73, June 196!.

T ripIer is a sligh t misnomer; th e switch was
thrown and 1900 volts appeared to make the
e lectrolytics sound like a rattlesnake. Two
more condensers were hasti ly added and some
voltage checks were made.
65 mils steady load-1900 volts
ISO mils steady load -1620 volts The leading book on
220 mils steadv load-1600 volts
At th is point "resistors were smoking and I
decided this was fair enough for the size and
pnce.
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Wi th the power sup ply comp leted and 12
volts bias applied to the grids, the amp lifier
idled at a bout 40 mils-l0 mils per tube.
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Wh en properly loaded it would easily peak
400 mils and was very easy to drive with the
untun ed ca thode circui t. On th e air reports
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S im pli fied th eory, plu s practical con-
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"conse rvative am ateur" or a confirmed whis-
tier.
This article was written with the h ope of
encouraging a litt le exp erimentation and not
with the idea of this being the last word .
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DECEMBER 1964 II
Ph oto h E. C. Cu rrt> r11
Bui Id a
28 Volt Power Supply
There is reall y no need for you to be
passing up those su rplus 24-28 volt de trans-
mitters, receivers, rela ys, switches, coaxial re-
la ys, lights, etc!
For less than $20.00 you can build a power
supp ly that will provide 24 -28 vdc at 10 am-
peres.
The circuit is a straigh t forwa rd de p ower
supp ly circuit employing four silicon rectifie rs
in a bridge circuit a nd suitable high-capaci-
tun ce-lcw-voltage cap acitor for filtering.
The power supp ly can be built on any prac-
tical size chassis that will accommod ate the
componen ts to be used. Construction is non-
critical as to p arts placement. 1 used a
7 X 9 X 2 aluminum chassis and mounted
this to a standard rack panel by means of
support brackets. Rack pan el mounting is of
course op tiona l.
\ Vhen wirin g the unit it is sugges ted that
the builder use No. 12 or No. 14 solid wire.
This is the same type of wire as generally
used in your house wiring. About a three to
four foot length should be sufficient.
.\Iost of the surplus stores can supp ly a
power transformer that will do the job very
nicely. Price? The range is from $5.00 to
$ 10.00 each depending on cond ition a nd
current carrying capaci ty. One that will do the
job is availa ble from lIiway Company ( 1I--t7
Venice Hlvd ., Los An geles 15, California ) for
$7.25 prepaid . This particular t ransformer will
deliver 24 vnc and 10 amperes from 11.5 vac
60 cps source.
Of course you can a lso obtain your 24 vee
b y wiring th e secondaries of two 12 vac fil a-
ment transformers in series (or the secondar-
ies of four 6.3 vae filament transformers ). The
primary windings wou ld be paralleled and a
check with an nc voltme ter will tell you wheth-
er vou how e the secondaries connected prop
12
L. F. Kine r K6VNT
1213 Pacific St.
Sa nto Mon ico, Col.
erly. Be sure to check the seconda ries with
an ac voltmeter to insure that your connec-
tions are series aid ing (add ing) and not can-
celling.
The rectifie rs (diodes ) used in the original
unit were purchased from TAll (1 11 -54 Lib-
erty Street, New York 6, N .Y. ) for $ 1.15 each.
The units selected a re the 12 ampere, 70
vrms ( 100 p iv ) silicon power d iode studs.
Be sure to use mica (or equivalent ) insu lat-
ing washers when mounting the diod es to the
chassis.
Metering of the curr ent drain and output
voltage is optional. I h ad a de amme ter that
wasn't in use and installed it on the rack
panel. Since a de voltmeter of suitable range
was not available, pin jacks were provided
to check the voltage whenever desired.
IOOp iv
12 A
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,,",VAC
11 7 VAC
FIG. I
A heavy d uty 24 vdc power supp ly such as
this will most likely be more than ample to
fu lfill an y needs of the average experimenter
or amate ur radio operator.
I use all 24/28 vdc switching, coaxial relays
and pilot lamps. These are readily available
at nominal cost in surplus stores.
Don't pass up those 24-28 vdc bargains
anymore; th e relays alone are worth investing
in a power supp ly.
... K6V" T
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DECEMBER 1964 13
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1236 N.E. 44th St.
Oklahoma City, Oklo .

Weather Detector
Here in the tornado-prone Southwest, one
of the most spectacular feats of public service
performed by hams has been th e group of
"Weather Nets" which aid the weather bureau
and news services in keeping track of severe
weather. A number of lives have been saved
by the action of such nets.
But whil e this aspect of severe weather>
public service, and ham radio, appears to have
no weather radar-but it does much the same
job .
And at the conclusion of the article, almost
as an afterthought apparently, the author com-
ments that two or three such azimuth stations,
separated by 100 miles or so, could obtain
accurate fixes on thunderstorms " if the prob-
lem of establishing communica tions between
stations can be solved. Perhaps the solution

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been confined principally to the tornado and
hurricane belts of our country, the potential of
mixing the three ingredients is available al-
most anywhere.
One of the more interesting recent examples
is suggested by an article appeari ng in the
Ma y, 1963, issue of Scientific American maga-
zine, in the publication's department devoted
to "The Amateur Scien tist."
Described is a complex-appearing ( but nc-
tually far simpler than a SSB exciter ) device
which when completed tells you the direction
and intensity of thunderstorms. Its range is
some 600 miles; its azimuthal accuracy is
limited only by the care in construction. It's
can be found in amateur radio:'
So if you're looking for something new,
d ifferent, and a little b it out of the way to
spend your construction talents on for a spell
you might consider the weather detector. It
you and just one buddy 100 miles away fr om
you each build one, you'll hav e the virtual
equivalent of a weathe r radar station so far
as locating thunderstorms is concerned. And
there's a chance that your observations might
uncover some of the unknown details about
thunderstorms which the professionals h aven't
discovered yet!
Actually, the weather detector as developed
by Mr. Thomas P. Leary, an Omah a, Neb. , at-

14 13 MACAZINE
 tom ey, consists of a radio-compass with os- effect results in a diagonal line p ointing di-
cilloscope readout. Comp lete constructional d e- rectly toward the original storm ,
tails appear in the Scientific American arti cle The Sense antenna's output, fed to the grid
mentioned previously, but most hams will be of the CRT, blacks out the "tail" half of the
able to build a working model from the block- trace produced by each storm, so that the ap-
diagram d escription which follows: pearan ce on the screen is simply a lin e from
Input to the weather d etector comes fr om the center of th e tube (observer's position )
three antennas . Two of these an tennas are indicatin g azimuth to the storm.
shielded loops, identical to those used for Most lightning discharges are vertica lly p o-
tra nsmitter hun ts ( Leary u sed 50 rums of larized, and the weather detector prod uces the
1\0. 20 Formvar covered wire on a 3-foot form, line on the screen when receiving vertical-
sh ielded with a wrap ping of aluminum foil) . polarized energy. However, some cloud-to-
The third a ntenna is a ve rt ical "sense" an- cloud strokes a re horizontall y p olarized , and
tenna to remove ambiguity. some di stant strokes received by sky-wave will
The loops are positioned at right an gles to be simultaneously vertical and horizontal. The
each other, and feed identical amplifie rs. The horizontal component produces a sort of spade-
amplifiers have frequency ran ge from 100 cps shaped trace, with the tip at the rip of the
to 12 kc, any hi-f or phono amplifier should screen, while th e combination of both vertical
work but high gain is essential. Leary used a and horizontal results in an oval with a
12AU7 feeding a 6AU6 to achieve sufficient straight line down the middle.
gain. Only a few precautions are necessa ry when
The "sense" a ntenna feeds a sim ilar am- cons tructing a weather detector. One of the
plifier; all th ree amplifiers are provided with most important is to m ake all antenna feed
gai n controls to allow b alancin g, and a special cables th e same length to preserve exact phase
"stereo-matched" twin gain control for the relationships. The Sense antenna should b e
loop amplifiers m ight not be out of p lace to connected to a "lightning arrestor" since the
avoid rebalancing. equipment will be opera ting during thunder-
Outputs of the two loop amplifiers go to stann conditions. The loop s should be oriented
the horizon tal and vertical plates of the scope on N-S and E-\V lines although this refinement
tube, respectively, while the output fro m the is not necessary if they are at accurate right
sense amplifie r goes to the grid or the "z" angles to each other; however th ey should be
input of the scope. at least 20 feet above ground.
Operat ion of the system can b est be und er- This weather d etector can also be used to
stood with refere nce first to th e single-channel spot probable tornadoes, since the twisters are
block diagram, Fig. I, and then to the com- invariably accompanied by strong thund er-
plete diagram, Fig. 2. storm activity and turbulence. To quote Mr .
Fig. 1 shows only the vertical-deflection Lea ry: "My station has produced an elliptical
channel loop , amplifier, and scope circuit. A display with rap idly recurring sfenc pips on
thunderstorm produci ng Q RN at p oint A will the azimuth of a small tornado 24 miles away:'
be picked up strongly by the antenna; the He ad ds that any storm producing re peated
QR N will he amplified and applied to the de- pip s on th e identical azimuth is suspect.
flection pl ates, and the res ult will b e a ve r- ... K5JKX
tical lin e whose height is p roportional to the
strength of the QR:'-I.
Howeve r, an identical thunde rstorm at point IO-IS-20M QUADS
B will lie in the null of the antenna and will e Pre-Cvt * Pre-Tuned *Triband
not be p icked up, while a third similar storm Bomboo Fibugloll
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Ju st to jog your memory, remember that ELEME NT

a s you go up in freq uen cy the absolute neces-

sity for an antenna designed for the band
grows by leaps and bounds. This was already
evident in the good old 5 meter days, 30 years
ago. On ten mete rs, you could use a "long
wire ante nna," ( generally the 160 meter "flat-
top L") some 270 feet long and as high as
you could get it. If it was pointed towards
Europe, it also pointed \Vest. But not on 51
You had to do something then.
Now that we're on :II of a meter take my
word for it : Build at least one good multi -
element Yagi to start off wi th. I built two,
because fro m past experience it was nice to
have two complete stations . You could loan
one of them to a friend and thus be sure of
at least some QSO's.
SOLID [ l l .. U;T -:...........
x::e BOOM
F IG. 3
that they came out pretty near equal but not
quite.
F igs. 2. and 3 show element mounting de-
ta il. F ig. --1 shows m aterial detail s. O ne nice
feature about th e th in solid aluminum ele-
ments. T hey hend! Several times if need be .
You can lise th is beam as a "standard" also
for your own antenna range, e tc., as you go
to more elem ents later. The construction is
light but with a little varnish sp rayed on, it
....... L " . E.. B AMEL IT & SOl,l ARE ~. ~ will do for a while. You'll probably want to

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pu t up two or four a little later, a nyway.
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So just make up one for now. Unless you

want to live it up w ith a 14 over 141 It uses
1" by 1" red cedar or red wood, small sq uares F IG 4
of bakelite to hold the elements on, wood- '; IDE VIEW. BOO M A" O BRACE R

screws, and aluminum clothesline for I used a one inch d owel for the fi rst part
elements. It has 14 of these wide spaced for of the mast, (that is, the part attached to
maxim um gain, a fixed capacitor Gamma the boom ) plus a length of black plastic ABS
match, nearly 20 db gain, and it works! ( ac rylic butadiene styrene ) p ipe over it. Th is
This beam is not a copy of any other. I just happens to be a good fi t into the ends of
tun ed this one up myself over weeks and the very u seful 5 and 10 foot sections of
weeks on the auteuna ran ge here . \ Vith some aluminum T ee Vee masts-that are sold in
23 years experience in back of that. Some every "rad io store."
handbooks claim th at all the directors afte r Seems like that's eno ugh detail. See vou
the firs t few can be eq ually sp aced . You can . soon on 432. There's q uite a few on the
But if you want to be sure of the gain of this band already, I find .
one, make it up precisely as indicated. Note . ..KI CLL

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The
Miniature Multiband Tuner
Multiband tuner construction d ata has been
yellowi ng in the p ages of amateu r literature
for a long time and hasn't really received the
attention that it d eserves. There was a time
when the typical hamshack needed a shoe
box full of plug-iu coils to keep it going and
some of them were of the type that were
wound on a tube base and doped with a bit
of fin gernail polish. That was back when the
Zepp antenna was th e end-all and a store
bought rf inductance was a glossy showpiece.
Since then , the AIIIIL handbooks have de-
scribed some interesting and functional all-
band rigs using multiband tuner circuitry. A
typ ical handbook version of the single ended
~IBT employs a dual 140 mmfd variable ca-
pacitor and inductances of 1.5 and 8 .9 micro-
hen ries. In the commercial field, the National
Co mpany markets the ~1B40 and the MIl150
18
Joe Will iams W 6 SFM
4 150 Beck Ave .
North Hollywood , Ca lif .
multiband tuners which are popula rly accept-
ed home b rew ingredients.
In essence, the multiband tuner works like
this: two right angle mounted inductances
a re tuned with one sp lit stator condenser.
( Fig. 1 ) . The hook lip is such that the smaller
c, c.
F I GU R E I
coil, L 1, is tuned by connection to the vari-
able low value series capacity existing be-
tween the stators. The large coil, L 2, which is
connected from the rotor to one sta tor, is of
such size as to be seen by the small coil as
an rf choke and therefore nonexistent. To the
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 Detroit, Michigan: " Does an excel- to get up but the last couple of
lent job of swinging a 20-40 comb i- weeks it has proved perfect. Wish I
nat ion and sta cked Finco 6 2 had one years ago:'
beam." Alamo, Californ ia: " Works very well
San otego, Californ ia: "I am well and purchased on recommendation
pleased with the rotor to date, holds of my friend who has been using
and turns stacked 40M and up one for 4 years and likes it quite
beam s in 50 mph winds with no well ."
d ifficulty." Swarthmore. Pa.: "Am very pleased
Los Angeles, California : "I have with the results. More than meets
personalty installed 3 other HAM -M my expectations."
Rotors in the past 3 years (all of
them OK) so I feel that I'm buying Plu ckemin, New Jersey: "The HAM
t he best." M rotates and two TRIS's tilt the
6-foot parabola for 432 and 1296
Houston . Texas: " Wonderful! Was me. "
us ing t he AR 22 (t he CDE TV auto-
m ati c) and it did a fi ne job fo r 4 Chicago, Illinois: " It really does t he
yea rs, but put up a la rger beam and job."
needed more power." New York, N. Y.: " This is a perfect
Anchorage, Alaska : " Due to below- rotor. Can 't see wh ere you can im-
zero weather. it t ook quite a while prove it:'

(a sampling of mash notes received by our HAM-M)

At $119 .50 amateur net, the HAMM is the greatest rotor value
around ! For technical information , cont act Bill Ashby K2TKN .
Your local CDE Radiart Distributor has the HAM -M in stock.

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la rger ind uctance, th e small coil ap pears as
a short circui t between the stators and the two
sections of the capacitor are thus sh unted.
This combination of effects enables the tuner
to provide a parallel-resonant, h igh impedance,
tuned circuit for each of th e five p opular
ham bands from 80 through 10 meters.
The miniature tuner shown in the photo-
graph was assembled for use in some Nuvis-
tor projects and is infinitely usefu l where the
power involved is 5 watts or less. The tuning
condenser, wh ich measures ;II X ~ X M inch ,
is a CalRad model cn 201 and is of the type
used in the smaller transistor radios. The an-
tenna section is 11 mmfd t o 235 mmfd and
the oscillator sectio n covers 11 mmfd to III
mmfd. The inducta nces, L 1 and L 2, were
made from one stick of Air Dux 432 T. (The
Barker & \VilIiamson equivalent is # 3004 ).
Th is coil stock h as an outside diameter of
~ inch, runs 32 turn s per inch and has
molded p lastic bi ndings. L 1 is 16 turns and
L 2 is 40 turns. First, L 1 was solder t acked
to the stators and p runed to tune 10, 15 and
20 meters. After L 2 was cut to include 40
a nd 80, each coil was cemented to a rear
edge of the dust cove r of the condenser. In
this case, Testor's Polystyren e Cement seemed
a good chemical match for the dust cover and
the coil plastic. When the cement had set,
DECEMBER 1964
the coils were properly solde red to their re-
sp ective connections. The en 201 h as small
trimmin g p ads on the back and these were
used to make sure th at the tuner d idn't
'h it' two ban d s a t the same d ial setting. The
plastic frame and the mounting screw ar-
rangement on the front of the condenser per-
mit the tuner to be chassis, bracket or thin
panel mounted. \ Vhen an ~ IBT is used in a
p late circuit, or other scheme involving above
chassis voltages, th e rotor sh aft should be in-
sulated . T he builder can fa bricate shaft ex-
tensions of pl astic or other materia l and will
find that Epoxy cement is hand y for attaching
them solid ly once the mechanical details of the
app lication h ave been worked ou t. A vern ier
dial mak es it easier to re-set the ~IBT and as
the capacitor is mesh ed , the band s should res-
onate in this seq uence : 10, 40, 15, 20, and
80.
\Vhere link coupling is desired for the midg-
et tuner, the link coils can be made up of
2 to 5 turns of small gauge insulated wire.
These may be wound so that they will fit in-
side L 1 a nd L 2. Norm ally, a link is required
for each coil and the links are switched when
going from one ran ge to th e other. Some-
times, however, it is possible to get good re-
sults by linking to L 1 only. The presence of a
link coil in L I , or in L 2, will lower the res-
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onant frequencies somewhat a nd ca librations
should be made with tha t fact in mind .
A Chinese copy of this tuner can be made
in your shack for a few bucks; but you can
easily fake an ~IBT with on-hand components
from the junk box. A Grid Dip Oscillator is
convenient for measuring the freq uencies as
construction p roceeds but is not a necessity.
A multibander can also be checked by insert-
ing it between an antenna and the station re-
ceiver. \ Vhen the tun er coincides with the re-
ceiver frequency, it will knock a hole in th e
incoming signa ls or noise. This way. one's
ca libration goofs ca n be blam ed on the re-
ceiver manufactu rer. It will be found that the
lower frequency coil can not be ca lib rated
until the smaller coil is installed, so L 1 should
be checked out fi rst. Another bea r trap that
ca n bring out the builder's best dial cord re-
pair language is the temptation to tune an
~HJT by shorting coil turns with solder. Th is
sh ort cut icill raise the frequency-but it will
a lso strangle the "Q" and will stea l a lot of
signal energy. If a multiband tun er is to be
enclosed in a metal box or mounted on a
panel, final calibration should be made with
the tuner in its working position.
Fig. 2 shows some MET circuit app lication
prototypes; these diagrams are not d esigns and
have been made ske tchy on purpose. Doubt-
less. other uses for the multibander will sug-
gest themselves to the builder.
. . . W6SFM
Ph oto credit: R ober, Jensen

DECEM BER 1964 21

 Jim Young W6WAW to permit a good match to he obtained to a
1412 N. Fa irfa x Avenue single coaxial line. This configura tion, how-
Hollywood 46, Colifornia
ever, req uires longer bamboo arms than the
basic Q ua d, and a rather complex "spider" at
The the center.
By combining th e electrical design of the
" Birdcage", with the mechanical design of the
Bamboo "Boomless Quad", we can ob tain a n antenna
which contains the best features of both con-
figurations, as shown in Fig. 1.
Birdcage 12' BAMBOO POLE S
TYP 8 PLACES

The G4ZU Birdcage is a d istant relative to

the fa miliar C ubical Quad. One of the original
design approaches of the Birdcage was to
use tubu lar elements, thus not req uiring the _ _ 'I -X I - AL UMINUM
u se of bamboo arms. However, this results in ANGLE-T'fP 4 PL ACES
an array that requires considerable mechani- . J
O'
~ , ,, I eCI
cal rigidity if it is to survive a good wind, in U- eOLTS TO HOL D
tum adding to the weight. The can become a I .1 ,

ARMS-TYP 16
PL AC ES
detrimental factor in erecting a 14 me a ntenna 12

ATIACH 7 MC srus
HERE IF DESIRED

A 1" 1lIC FI G. 2 SP~D E R CONSTRUC TIO N DETAIL

SE....RATOR

, SEf'll.AATOR
a '" The basic "sp ider" is detailed in Fig. 2.
, a.."
This may be constructed from either sheet
S E_ TOR
a luminum or plywood, depending upon which
AI ... ...C
ORIVEN is more read ily available. The eight arms are
ELEt.4ENT
A2 ."'M C ern,
then mounted at a 45 angle from th e hori-
III 21 MC
zontal and the "spider" mounted to a ten foot
ORI EN
ELE
ENT length of 1 ~ inch TV mas t by means of "U-
82 2,NC REFL bolts" . A separator plate. as shown in F ig. 3,
C. 2llMC
should then be made up for each band. This
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"-0"'''
C2 211 Me RE1\. can be cut from Micarta, Lucite, or even wood
D 21lNC
TUNING
if it is well varnished.
STUB TWlSTED T UNDOG ST UB
B A." l D M C . ELEM ENT
E 2 1MC LENGT H LOOP LESGTH'
TUNI NG
STUB
F I" MC 14 36' 9' 48"
TUNI NG
STU B
21 23' 6' 3G"

4' 6" 24"

INNE R
CONDUCTOR
SOLDERED
OI'X
FIG.! BAMBOO BIRDCAGE
atop a mas t of reasonable height. The Quad
on the other hand is of sufficiently light
weight so that under most cond itions a 14 mc
model can easily be erected by two persons.
However, the basic Quad d esign suffers from
a lack of rigidity unless an exceptiona lly strong
boom is used. The boom length in turn makes
the array somewhat hard to handle.
The use of a "Boomless Quad" h as there-
fore become quite popula r, with the added
advant age of providing proper spacing be-
tween clements on dual and tri -band versions
28
'"
TIlo'O - 14 wires spaced 3 inc hes apa rt . (not a hc r ted )
The elements are cut from #14 wire, to
the lengths given in Table 1. Cut four ele-
ments for each band (two for the d riven
element a nd two for th e reflector) and solder
a lug to both ends of each element. Twist a
single loop about }4 inch in diameter and solder
well, at the d istance given in T able 1 from
each end of the elements. Also make up two
jumpers and a reflector tuning stub for each
band. The jumpers are used as shown in Fig.
3, while th e tuning stubs are a ttached as
shown in Fig. 1.
Connect the element ends for each hand
to th e separator plates and install the jumpers.

22 73 MACAZINE
Using two of the 28 me elements, center the
separator plate over the top of the mas t sec-
tion, so that the twisted loops are the same
d istance from the ends of the bamboo arms.
ROHN
Using several turns of # 14 wire, secure the
loops to the bamboo ann and solder well. sets the standard
Now secure the other two elements the same
way.
Attach the 21 and 14 me elemen ts in the
same manner, making sure that the jumpers
for
for all three bands are in the same plane. If CRANK-UP
7 me operation is also d esired , do not use a
jumper on the 14 me driven element. Instead ,
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connect a 28' length of 300 ohm twin lead
between th e driven elements at the separator
plate. Short the other end of the stub and
tape for insulation.
Connect the ends of the d rive elements to
a len gth of 50 oh m coaxial line as shown in
Fig. I , and attach the tunin g stubs to their
respective reflector elements. The antenna is Why settle
now ready to be mounted on the rota tor and
tuned. for less
JUMPERS
than the best?

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MICARTA , LUC ITE, ETC.
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He o vy Duty Self Supporting
a nd Guyed in He ig hts of
and 122 f , 37- 54 ' , ISS)
FIG.3 SEPARATOR PLATE DETAI L 71 - 88 feet (g uyed)

T uning can be accomp lished using a sta-

tion a mile or so away as the signal source,
and adjusting the shorting jumpers on the
stubs until best foreward gain is obtained on
each band, Then rotate the antenna 180 0 and
repeat the process to obtain the best front-to-
back ratio. Usua lly these two ad justments will
coincide; however, the Forward gain is fairly
broad, while the front-to-back adjus tment is
somewhat more critical.
The coaxial line can be passed thru an
eye-bolt to bring th e center of the elements
in at the mast, wh ile the tuning stu bs can be
folded back up the mas t if d esired. The 7 me
stub can be dropped inside the mast, or taped
to the outside, whichever is more convenient,
ROHN has these 6 IMPORTANT POINTS:
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welded t ubula r s t ee l se ctions o verlap 3 feet a t maxi-
mum height for extra st urdiness a nd s t rengt h. Un ique
RO HN ra ising procedure ra i, e, all .~tions together- u n i.
formIy with an equal section overlap at (I II heigh ts!
Venatilit y- designed to s upport the largest Antennae
with com plet e safety and assurance 01 on y height d.,iredl
Simple In dollation- inst all it yourself-use either fl a t
base or s pecial tiltin g base {illustrated a bove ) depend-
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is compl ete. Zinc Gcd vonized- hot dipped ga lva nizin g a
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Going RITTY - Part Two
Now th at we have co nvinced you that
RTTY is not expensive, that no special tech-
nical knowledge is required and you h ave ac-
quired a machine, it is assumed that you
want to get to printing.
Your question now is . . . what do you
need?
If you will refer to the block diagram th at
appeared in the article "Going RTTY" in the
January 1964 issue of 73, you will see that
you need a converter to comp lete your re-
ceiving se tup .
RTIY Convertor.
Let's look at the converter situa tion and
see just what is required. T here are two types
of converters and in both types their main
funct ion in the overall circuit is to ch ange in-
ea rning signals into d e pulses that operate the
se lector magnets on the machine.
Since our purpose here is to get you copying
RTTY signals, we will not deal with the tech-
nical aspects of converters. You can find a
wea lth of material on thi s subject in the II A~I
HTTY han dbook.
'/212 .... 1 12_12AT1
The I mfd capaci tor in t he 2125 cps circuit shou ld be . 1 mfd .
,
Fred DeMotte W4RWM
P. O. Box 6047
Daytona Beach, Florida
So let's get right on with a simple converter
tha t does an excellent job. T he circuit in F ig.
1 uses only the necessary p arts to do the job
and all frills omitted.
You will note from the photos that 1 have
employed a "progressive" type of construction .
That is, the converter is wired in one com-
p lete section. The monitor scope, which can
be added at any time, is built as another
section . T he power supply also is constructed
as another unit and all three are removable
from th e overall chassis for servicing or add -
ing additional circuits as required.
For those interested in the construction de-
tails, a 4" X 13" X 17" aluminum chassis was
used. C ut out the top leaving a lip all around
of ~ inch . The section cu t out is then cut to
make two sub-chassis; one for the converter
and the other for the power supply. A strip of
light aluminum will be required to make the
third sub-chassis for the monitor scope.
Each of these sub-chassis is cut to a llow a
,. inch bend at each end and still fi t against
the front and rear wall of the overall chassis.
They are held in p lace with small aluminum
self tapping screws.
The whole assembly is mounted on a 5 ~
inch by 19 inch standa rd relay rack panel,
while the top and bottom are covered with
perforat ed aluminum which is attached to the
edge all around with aluminum self tapping
screws.
As to the converter itself, there is nothing
new about it. I t has been used by RTTY'ers
for som e years in this or some mod ified form ,
and was selected because it is easy to as-
73 MAGAZINE
semble and uses parts that are on hand in
most junk boxes or can be picked up from
local surplus houses. As can be seen from the
schematic, the wiring is easy and since there
is not hing critical about it, it should work the
first time it is hooked up. Just a few simp le
instructions are offered:
T op view .
Be certain that the meter jack is of the
closed circuit typ e. The output jack is open
when the p lug is removed. Both of these jacks
are insulated from the chassis since there are
about 200 volts present in the circuit a t this
point.
A 100 milliampere meter should be inserted
in the meter jack for making adjustments. It
may be left in the circuit after adjustments are
made or may be removed, since the closed
circuit jack will close a nd current will p ass.
In the fi nal adj ustment of th e converter
turn the control bias d own to zero and the
cu rrent adjust down to minimu m screen volt-
age. With your machine connected at the out-
put terminals of the converter, app ly line volt-
age a nd turn on the power.
After wannup, without any audio input be-
ing applied to the converter, there will be no
output current indicated. At this point feed a
2975 cps audio signal to the input and adjust
the coil with the .07 mfd condenser across it
for maximu m indication on the scope, which
of course is co nnected to the scope terminals
on th e converter.
Beset your signal generator to 2125 and
adjust the other coil slug for maximum scope
DEC EMBER 1964
presentation . This presentati on will be a t right
angles to the first.
Now with no audio input, start your ma-
chine and adjust the bias control until the
loop current reaches a stead y value . It should
read a bout 18 or 20 mills with the current
adj ust p ot set to min imum.
Now you can adjus t th e current control for
the p rinter current d esired . You may fi nd th at
you will need to back off on your bias control
slightly and reset it until the magnets pull in .
The meter should read about 30 mills a t this
point. When a signal is fed to the input of the
converter, the meter current will show a sha rp
swing up to about 50 mills, and will continue
th is swing as the signal is received.
A few tries will give you the proper adjust-
e nt know-how and you will soon find the
machine rattling away with perfect copy being
received .
Details of th e monitor scope will be the
sub ject of another article, so leave room to
build the scope as part of the overall assem-
bly.
C red it is given to \ V4TJU for the basic con-
ve rte r circuit which is used here.
The power supp ly shown in Fig. 2 was
designed to provide power for both the con-
verter and the monitor scope, and voltages in-
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dicated shou ld be closely followed since if
they are much d ifferent than those indicated,
the dc amp lifier in the converter will not
operate correct ly and as a result the converter
will not function properly.
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SIXER
to the
Nth
The Heathkit Sixers and Twoers a re well
known as fine and flexible pieces of gear. \ Vith
a few additions and modifications, h owever, a
good deal more operating ease and efficiency
ca n be obtained fro m these rigs.
Power Suppl y
Goi ng first to th e power supp ly, I foun d that
the trouble-free operation enjoyed at the home
QTH h ad a hahit of literall y going up in
smoke in th e mobile. The problem is quickly
and permanently solved by rep lacing the di-
odes with International Re ctifier type SD ~92.
~ PIN 4 ~ t.lET'ER
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FIG. I FIG. 2
Fig. 1. Coup ler di agra m.
Fig. 2. Two of the possi ble switc h comb ina-
tions, using th ree position rotary. If spdt
toggle sw itc h is used instead, an off position
is recommended .
C 1- 100 m m fd variab le fo r 50 me, 50 mmfd
for 144 me ( Hc mrno rlund MC1 0 0 , MC5 0)
C2 -35 mm fd pe r-sect ion sp lit sta to r va ri-
able, .07" spaci ng (MCD-35SX). Reduce
to 4 sta tor and 4 rotor p la tes pe r sect ion
in 14 4 mc coup ler for easie r tun ing .
L1- 50 mc : 4 turns, # 18 tinned, I" di -
a mete r, Ya" spacing. (A ir- Dux #808T)
14 4 mc : 2 turns # 14 e nc m., 1" dlc ., Va "
spa cing. Slip ove r L2 before mounting .
L2 - 50 me: 7 t urns # 14 ti nned, 1 Vz " dia -
c mete r, 1/4 " spa cing (A ir- Dux # 1204) .
T a p 1 1jz turns from each end .
14 4 mc : 5 t urn s # 12 t inn ed, Va" diameter,
"Va" long . Tap 1 Vz turns from each e nd.
26
Frank Ga lli nell i K1GHO
758 Summer St.
Sta mfo rd, Conn.
Receiver
The Sixer receiver, as known to anyon e who
has ever used a super-regen, is not the ep itome
in receiving excellence. More than one normal-
ly timid soul h as been moved to acts of violence
during a band opening thanks to its lack of
selectivity. Efforts to relieve this situation elec-
trically did not bear enough fruit to merit
mention. Mechanically, however, I have found
that a 2" vern ier dial ( Lafayette F -347) (99c)
is of considerable h elp to the poor OM with
coffee nerves who ca n't tune the un geared dial
onto the best side of the sq uealing signal. T wo
months of tinkering convinced me that the
tunin g condenser should not be pushed back
into the rig. Success was finally ach ieved by
cutting the condenser shaft, lea vin g only about
}~" protruding from the p anel surface, and
cutting the vernier dial shaft through the set-
screw hole. Mount th e dial without the top
mounting screw or set screw and you're set.
The pressure of th e dial on th e condenser h as
0 FWD
r;:::' ce
PIN e!
held everything in place perfectly for me, but
if any slipping is experienced, a d rop of glue
(or chewing gum maybe? ) will h old it ti ght
Of 6ACf>
Due to different d esign , this mounting system
TO Ill"
is no t applicable to the Twoer .
The only other addition to the receiver was
a closed-circuit phone jack mounted in the
upper left-hand corn er of the p anel and wired
in series with th e hot lead to th e speaker.
Transmitter
The transmitter was attacked next, and, if
you'll pardon my Caes ar, utrinique acrtter pu g-
naturn cst.1 Havin g becom e fed up with futile
attempts to tune the tank without removing
the rig from the case, I first devised an external
tuning method. Start by soldering the threaded
sleeve from an H. H . Smith type lOS phone
tip to the screw head on the ceramic trimm er.
Next scrounge for a screw ( app roximately %"
in length ) that will fit the sleeve and replace
1 Translation: " It was fough t fiercely on both sides."
73 MACAZ INE
 Just a Piece of Wire?

One hundred feet of Soxton economy twinleod sells for just 0 dollar.
To make that tw in'cod we first hove to melt copper ingot s and e xt rude
coorse coppe r wire. Th is th en is dro wn finer and finer to the finish ed size
we n eed . N ext th is wire is wo u nd i nt o se ven shand wir e and th en this is
fe d in to 0 sic kenin g ly e x pe n si ve machine thot fo rms t he pol yeth elen e and
exa ct ly s p a ces th e wires in it, exa ct ly g o u ges the thic kness of the poly-
e t he lene, and automatically inspects th e twinleod for ony poss ibl e defect.
You bu y th is for a penn y a foo t . W e wo n't even try to t ell yo u about th e
month s we worked designing th is twi nleod, the lob tests, th e pilot ru ns,
the unbel ie vable st uff thot come out of th e first mach ines we tried to
buil t, and t he month s we sp ent makin g su re that our t winlead was a prod -
uct we could be proud of.
W e' ve been throu gh this sixteen t im es now with our 16 different types
of twinlead, se venteen times wit h coa x, nin e t im es wit h open wi re line
and on and on for ou r hundreds of types of wire and coble.
You ' ll speci fy Sa xt on ?

2 15 NORTH ROUT E 303

SAXTON CONGERS, N . Y .
9 14 CO 8- 68 46

its head with a small knob. Finally, mount a
rubber grommet in one of the a ir holes opposite
the trimmer. Simp ly p ush the "screw-knob"
th rough the grommet, and screw it into the
sleeve. All this nonsense will give continuous
clockwise and limited counterclockwise rota-
tion of the condenser.
Undou bted ly the sma rtest thing I did all
week was to add an antenna cou pler to th e
Sixer. For the benefit of anyone too cheap to
own a Handbook, the sche matic, adapted for
coaxial ou tpu t, is reproduced here. This inno-
cent looking gadget, built into a 3" x 4" x5"
grey hamm crtone box, will load into practical-
ly anything; in fact K2LLC used it to load his
Poly-Comm 62B into a window screen with a
I : I swr. You should fi nd it particularly u seful
in the mobile, where stand ing waves often run
amuck. If used in conjunction with a low pass
filter, it should be mounted on the left side of
the rig with the filte r screwed on to the case at
one end a nd onto the coup ler ( with a sp acer )
at the other.
Naturally, some method was needed for ad -
justing the coup ler. No problem . Mount a 0-1
rn a meter, a 100,000 oh m pot, and a spd t
toggle or three position rotary switch as sh own
in th e photo. The p opular little "Monimatch"
swr bridge should fit nicely inside the coup ler
box, wit h p ho ne tips coming from the switch,
through the air holes near the coupler, and
into jacks on the box. Or, if you're as lazy as
I am, you can do wh at I di d : monitor the 50-
caIled "power output" d evice in the Sixer or
Twoer ( tuning C lan the coup ler for maximum
and C2 for minimum ), and use the other
switch p osition to monitor th e "kick" in your
modulation . Or you can monitor the filament
curre nt a nd pilot-lamp voltage and say the
heck with the coup ler.
Operatin g convenience was jacked up one
last notch with the add ition of a crys tal socket
on the front p an el (see photo ) . Simply run
shielded leads from the p au el socket and plug
them into the ch assis socke t.
\ Vhen the smoke cleared , I decided to rewire
the transmitter section with shield ed grid wire.
The apparent increases in harmonic sup pres -
sion and circuit efficiency were more than
worth the effo rt ( the neighbors got off my
back a nd the dummy load burned out ) .
Finally, I replaced the Sixer's 6CL6 final
with a 5763, which squeezed another watt or
two of rf out of my Benton Harbor Kilowatt.
Don 't forget to rewire the tube socket.
That about sums it up. By now, you r Sixer
or Twoer should he operatin g more efficie ntly
than ever. . . . KI GHO

DECEMBER 1964 27


Doug DeMa w W8 HHS

10598 Pen insu la Drive
Traverse City, Michigan

Twofer Talk
During the past 4 years, I have h ad occa-
sion to chat on 144 me with several stations
using Heath T \VOcrs. Some of these useful
little transceivers delive r excellent results for
th eir owne rs. There are, however, a number
of th ese T\\'Oers which are suffering from
transmitter instability, TVI , bassy audio, ab-
normally low output and audio distortion. A
few of these ills are caused by poor workman-
ship when the kit was assembled. The bulk
of the ailments mentioned result from engi-
neering problems which can quite readily be
corrected.
Numerous art icles have been written and
Removal of the diode metering circuit could
prevent bleeding of rf power from the tran s-
mitter output and reduce TVI caused by the
harmonic action typical with diodes .
\ Vith great enthusiasm, the above changes
were made. The results were well worth th e
small amo unt of effort.
The Mod ificat ions
P. A. Tank-Replace the final amplifier tank
coil with 4 turns of #12 wire, }2" in diame-
ter X I" long. (Silver plate if p ossible. )
PA
i6BA8
"r--. ~,

0
dedi cated to circuit modification of these L~
handy little portable packages. L ittle has been .,......,1-. 1
said about th e more predominant problems

i1 I I ~"
which exist in them. Some of these articles 1
described th e add ition of push-to- talk relays ,
panel meters, sq uelch circuits, etc. T he basic
-- -- I I
-
I.
- - -
a ilments wh ich relate to efficient operation FIG I- A
have not been presented. \Vhile sitting back
on the sidelines , watching many of the fellows PA
st ru ggle with these common problems , I de- ';68 A8
cided to acquire a T\VOer of my own and ,.
. ,"

attempt to resolve these more troublesome ~

"
"" M' ~. ~
circuit bugs. After studyi ng the circuit d ia-
gram, appl ying standard procedures and
sweating over a moderately hot soldering iron
? I! I
for a short period of time, I ended up with a
TWOER which possessed all of the attributes
common to a well engineered VHF transmit-
.'
FIG. 1- 8
--

ter. Remove the 10 mmfd output coupling ca-

Analysis
The final tank circuit could be modified to
provide much greater efficiency and reduced
TV!.
The P.A. stage would no doubt benefit from
neutralization inasmuch as both the driver
and P.A. are in a common envelope, operating
on the same frequency.
Capacitor values in the speec h amplifi er
and modulator stages could be changed to
reduce bass response and give the signal
greater " punc h ...
High level-negative peak d ipping could
easily be added , to further increase aud io
punch and a id in the elimination of p ossible
"overmodulntion."
Conventional coax fittings could be added
to the rear apron of the T\VOer, to facilitate
use with other station eq uipment and antenn a
feedlines.
pacitor from th e P.A. Tank coil. (T his will
reduce TVI and permit a better match to the
feedline.) Replace the cap acitive output cir-
cuit with a 2 tum link of #20 fonnvar or
nyclad wire, inserted in the B+ end of the
new tank coil. {Make certain the link is
wound in the same direction as the tank coil. )
Return this new link to ground through a 3-30
mmfd mica trimmer. This will be u sed to
effect a proper m at ch to the feedline and
reduce reactance.
Replace the bus wire connecting the an ten-
na fitting to the TRA:\S~IIT-RECEIVE
switch with a short length of RC.sS/ U coaxial
ca ble. Be sure to ground the shield at both
ends of the new cable. (See Fig. I -B. ) This
further improves feedline matching and cir-
cuit isolati on.
Neutralization of the P.A. Stage-Due to
the self neutralization frequency of the BRAS

28 73 MAGAZI NE
 P.A. tube, it beca me necessary to emp loy SWH bridge as sta ndard bill of fare.
POSITIVE neut ralization . This is actu ally less Conclusion
com plicated th an the conven tional methods Before modification of the circuitry,
of neu tralization. Add a 1.5 mmfd cera mic as noted above, the measured outpu t of the
capacitor from p in 7 to pin 9 at the tuhe T\VOer was .78 watts. Similar readings were
socket, keeping th e p igtails as sho rt as p ossi- taken with other TWOers. Following modifi-
ble. ca tion, the output increased to 2.4 watts into
This modification eliminated all signs of the same dumm y load . No trace of TVI
instability, cleared lip all signs of FM, down- could be found. Pri or to mod ification , ch annel
ward modulation a nd audio distortion and 7 was wiped ou t. Reports of excellent audio
roughness. TBI was further red uced u ntil it quality and qu antity were received following
could no longer wipe out channel 7. F aint th e circuit changes.
cross hatch remained . (See Fig. I-B. ) M OO
Replace th e .01 mfd coup ling capacitor be-
tween the 12AXi p late pin a nd th e 6AQ5 <>-II-
AU DIO
i l2AX 7
6' OS
-.
T O PA

con trol grid , w ith a .005 mfd d isc cera mic. C

Rep lace the 2.5 mfd cathode by-pass electro- -<---:J
\
lytic on the 12AX7 stage, with a 10 mfd 25
volt unit. Replace th e .01 mfd 3 KV by-p ass :~ ... J.
condense r connect ed from the modulation
transformer tap to ground, with a .005 mfd
3 KV ceramic uni t. These changes resulted in
-- r
-
"
I
FIG. 2
better h igh frequency characte ristics in the AUDI O
~1 2AX7 OO~ MO~L--..-+~~ . . -1~'
6AQS TO P. A

aud io system. Read ability und er weak signal ..... II(I:[

1-
conditions was improved. ( See F ig. 2-B. )
Clipping-There is no audio gain con trol
for the modulator. This means tha t it is neces-
1 .L::~
Co
sa ry to remain a proper d istance away fro m
the microphone to prevent "overmodulatlon."
This can be a source of annoyance when
ope rating mobil e. T his extra aud io which is .- f1
available, can b e put to use in the form of FI G. 28

"clipped modulation" which will increase the
weak signa l readab ility of the t ran smitted sig-
nal. To add thi s High Level Negat ive Peak
C lipping, simply add a 500 rn a top hat type
silicon diode to the modul ator output circuit,
as shown in Fig. 2-B. You can now move in"
on the m ike w ithout fear of d istortion, etc.
Antenna Fitti ngs-Replacement of the pres-
ent antenna connector with a standard SO-239
chassis type recep tacle, will perm it u se with
sta ndard cables and other sta tion accessories.
This is easily done b y enlarging the existing
mounting hole with a ~" chassis punch.
Metering Circui t-In some T\VOers I h ave
tested I discovered th at the metering diode
and allied c ircuitry bl ed a p ortion of the rf
output energy away from the feedline. Re-
moval of the entire network increased the
transmitter output considerably. In addition ,
the metering diode encouraged harmonic out-
put, wh ich in turn contributed to TVI. Once
th is circuitry was re moved , the re ma ining TVI
disappeared. Wi thout this m etering p rovision,
it becomes necessary to tun e up by a different
means. In my case, I tune for maximum for-
ward p ower as noted on my s\vn bridge.
This should be no handi cap, inasmuch as
most well equipped VHF stations have an
DECEMBER 1964
Regardless of the manne r in which the
multiplier stages and the P.A . are tuned, no
instability would occur. Audio distortion and
d ownward modulation completely disappear.
cd.
Other refinements could have been made to
the T \\'Oer, but the ones mentioned in this
article were of greater impor tance.
No changes were necessary in th e receiver
portion of the transcei ver. Havin g built several
regen type 2 meter receivers, I must say that
the one con tained in th e Heath T\VOer is
the best I have seen in such sim ple ci rcuitry.
It is stable, sensi tive and exhi bits no "dead
spots" in the tunin g ran ge.
\Vith my modified T\VO er, I have been
able to work considerable distances over the
rough terrain common to 0: orthwestern Low-
er Michigan . I am using stacked A62 F inco
antennas on a 75 foot tower and feeding
them with low loss balanced feed line and a
VHF type Matchbox. I have been able to hold
regular Q-5 sched ules wit h WA9 DOT in
Grafton, \Viscon sin . The distance is 165
miles, airlin e. Other simila r contacts have
been m ad e without the aid of band openings.
Good luck on your T\VOer changes!
. .. W81I lIS
29
An Idea Article
High Level
Modulation for
Ham T - V
Severa l interestin g articles concern ing ham
TV have appeared over the last coup le of
years. If this w riter had the time and the
where-with-all to finance the camera and
synch generator en d of the system , he would
certainly be draw n to this face t of amateur
radio. Since time and material do no t permit
the construction and operation of such a sys.
tern. this article will take the form of a sug-
gestion for someone already engrossed in ham
TV to expe riment with.
Types of video modu lation commonly used:
All of the articles investigated, and in fact, all
commercial TV transmitters in this country.
use some form of low level modulation. RCA
has built some transmitters that actually modu-
late the last stage, but even so. it is still grid
modulation. Technical ly this is low level mod-
ulation . ( F ortunately, in TV the amplitude
modulation is mostl y negative which does
permit higher efficie ncy in the modulated
sta ge than under norm al AM as used for
sound. ) Why hasn't high level plate modula-
tion been used? T he answer is quite simple.
Most people think of plate modulation as
bei ng transformer cou pled between the mod u-
lator and the modulated stage. So far nobody
has come up with a modulation transformer
'0
R. E. Baird W7CSD
3740 Summe rs Lane
Klamath Falls, Oregon
that will pass frequencies on the order of 10
cycles to 4 megacycles.
A possible solution : The series modulator will
be found in the literature as far backas 1918
when an original patent was held by Heising.
Howeve r, the series modulator has been a
subject of academic interest only, because it
has been regarded as a very inefficient meth-
od of modu lation and one calling for too
much power sup ply. T his writer h as been
told that there are certain European TV trans-
mitters that have used the system quite suc-
cessfully.
Referring to Fig. 1, let us see what the
series modulator actually does. The series
modulator tube is nothing more than a vari-
able resistor which varies at the modulation
frequency. It makes no difference to the plate
modulated stage whether the series modu-
lator is on the plat e or cathode side of the
tube. But since the previous video stages refer
to groun d it is most convenient to p lace it
on the cathode side. In standard plate modu-
lation, for sound, it is necessary that the series
modu lator have more plate voltage than the
p late voltage of the modulated stage. This is
necessary so that on the positive half of the
audio cycle the modulated stage will have
twice the unmodu luted value of plate voltage,
to get 100% positive peak mod ulation. Thus
the supp ly for a modulated sta ge req uiring
1000 volts would have to b e something in
excess of 2000 volts when the series modula-
tor is added." Furthermore, the modulator
tu be itself would have to be quite large.
As indicated above, a series mod ula-
tor seems rather impractical from the sta nd -
point of regular AM. But how about TV? In
TV the AM is very non sinusoidal; in fact,
For e xa mple: An un modulated s tage requires 1000
volt s at . 1 a m p. At 10 0 % pos itive pea k modulation the
same s tage requires 2000 volts a t .2 a mp. Since t he
series modulator does no t ha ve a n internal resistanc e of
zero a t th is poin t t here will be fro m 300 to 500 volts still
across it.
73 MAGAZINE
standard commercia l TV uses a p ositive modu-
lation of no more tha n 15% and the negative send for New FREE .. . with New
p eaks are on the order of 85%. This p uts the TRANSISTOR
use of a series modulator in quite a d ifferent CRYSTAL ~CILLATOR
light. We no longer have the problem of very CATALOG CIRCUITS
high voltage supp ly. For the forementioned
a mp lifie r requiring 1000 volts, the tota l volt-
age could be less than 1500 volts: 300 to 500
volts for the series modu lator, and 1000 for
the mod ulated stage. Negative peaks are no
problem since as the voltage goes up across HERMETICALLY SEALED
the mod ulator tube the current goes down .
So a tube with rela tivel y small p late dissipa- PRECISION GROUND
ti on could he used . CUSTOM-MADE
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.. . W7CSD

DECEM BER 1964 31


That Elusive SWR
Altho ugh the virtues of operating transmis-
sio n lines with low standing wave ratios
(S\ VR ) have been d iscussed man y times in
the past, eviden tly the economics of main-
taining low S\VR's are not readily apparent,
p articularly if the frequency of operation is
low and the trans mission line sho rt. This
has been reflected in various pseu do-techru-
cal QSO's where many have been led to the
u tter disregard for standi ng w ave ratios. Most
members of the amateu r fraternity exist on
limited budgets at best and when a significant
portion of that precious tran smitted power is
eaten lip by tra nsm ission line losses and mis-
in terp reted standing wave ratios for naught,
something sho uld be d one.
'00
ra
, t
1. 0 ~ .O ) .0 1.0 s.o 6.0 7.0 B.O
SU~O l~G W~VE !iAno
n ~ur . I Attenuati on vs fr equ e ncy.
A look at th e graph in Fig. 1 will sho w you
the p ercentage of power reflected for various
standing wave ratios. For instan ce, if you are
p resently tolerating an s\vn of about 5.8 : 1
(not uncommon in man y ham shacks), 50%
of the p ower which reach es th e antenna
is actually reflected back down the transmis-
sion line, heating up the final tank and causing
TVI. Nor is only the transmitt ed signal effect-
ed, a high SW R will similarly d egrade the
received signaL This is particularly important
in the reception of the extremely low level
signals often encountered in DX and VHF
opera ting. Ste reophonic buffs should take heed
32
J . R. Fi sk WA6BSO
too. A recent report by the IEEE ( Institute
of E lectro nic and Electrical E ngi neers) Pro-
fessional C roup on Broadcasting no ted that a
high S\Vn on receiver antenna inp uts causes
a reduction of stereo q uality.
ic
o
,
,
,
!
!.. Lo-"I:J:
.,
5
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. ' -tl<:L
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9.0 10.0
Mar ry of the amateur stations on th e air
today make use of HG8A/ U coaxial cable. Its
excellence is proven out by its extensive use by
the military, but a look at the loss graph ( F ig.
2) for this cable indicat es that it is not corn -
pletel y lossless! E ven at 4 me it has app roxi-
mately 0.3 db loss p er 100 feet, and on six
meters there is a loss of 1.4 db for the same
length. A look at Fig. 3 indicates that on 75
meters only 94% of the transmitted power is
d elivered to the antenna if 100 feet of
HG8A/ U is in use. At 50 me the loss has
sky rocketed to 26% for the same length of
line. However, there is one big hooker for
73 MAGAZINE
 portion of the reflected sig nal. In some cases
where the leng th of the transmission line is
excessively long, the reflected wave will be
attenuated to such a degree that the SWR
will appear to be very d ose to 1: 1, wh ile in
-. reali ty it will be a good deal higher . This
fact is graph ically represented in F ig. 5.
11. 0

.,..
! .e
,

L.'
~l S>/II . , ,r_ H t. r
M
~2 S"d . , "",.on.
,.
o.s \.0 1.\ 1.0 ~.5 ).0 '. 1 k.a .5 S.O
.m."" !",, 0' T!<>.gp,ISllI", WoE (D.l
i .e
~,
, .e
Atten uation vs Powe r tra nsm itted .
u
these conditions to exist: the S\V R must be ,.,
I: 1. For an y other value of S\VH there will u
be further line losses as shown in Fig. 4 be-
cause sta nding waves have th e property of i L'
...
mu ltiplyin g attenuation . T his graph indicates
that if a transmission line is operating at an
"". , .e,

SWR of 3.7 :1, the line loss will be multipl ied 1 .0 }

hy a factor of hVD. For the previously men - '.00

tion ed sit ua tion on 50 me, an additional 24%
loss could be expected with an HG8A/U line
operating at an SWR of 3.7: 1.
...
,,....
1.01

11I
It should be obvious by now that the use , .00<
of an S\VH bridge in the line a t all times is
very ad vanta geous in the main tenance of a
t.OC)}

, .~
,..
f-+ ' <r':h'V
r,
low S\V R at the opera ting frequency. H ow-
ever, contrary to popular belie f, the S\VR 1.001
2 0 1 A 1 6 1 h 1 2 10 B , c
bridge d oes not tell all. Since the re is loss or A'!'TENUUI ON l M D~

attenuation In any leng th of transmission H lU!"' ~

SWR vs a tten uation .

, maining 53% p ower a rriving at the antenna,
,1.0 '.0 l~ ~ .o ~A 6~
:IT_~ w..~ .. ttO
Pt . ...
Line loss mult iplier vs SWR .
line, the refl ected wave will b e atten uated in
the same matter as the transmitted or inci-
d ent signa l. Because the stand ing wave ratio
is th e ratio of the incident w ave to th e reflected
wave, attenuation of the reflected w ave w ill
give erroneous S\VR measurements when the
SWR bridge is conveniently located at the
transm itter. In this location th e b ridge will see
th e full pow er of the tran smitter, but only a
For example, 143 feet of RG8A/ U at 50
, mc would result in approximately 2 db attenu-
ation. If an SWR bridge inserted in the line at
the transmitter ind icated an S\VR of 2 : 1, this
grap h shows that an SWR of 3:1 exists at the
antenna. A look at F igs. 3 and 4 will indicate
that a 3.3 db loss (2 db times 1.65 multiplier )
occurs, amounting to 47% loss of transmitted
power in transmission line losses. Of the re-
24:1: will be reflected back down the line. A
1.0 8.0 ' .0 m.o 11.0
little simple arithmetic will show that of the
total power tran smitted, only 30% will be ra-
~ d iated! This simple mathematica l fact should
make the merits of low stand ing wave ratios
immediately obvious if we wish to get the
most out of our equipment. By keeping trans-
mission lines short and by insuring th at the
SWR is as close to 1:1 as p racticable, line
losses will be minimized, maximum power
will be d elivered to the antenna and more
successful and reliable rad io communica tions
will resul t.
WA6BSO

DECEMBER 1964 33
 Jim Young W6WAW
1412 N. Fairfa x Avenue
Hollywood 46, Cal ifo rnia
i ' 3/B Ai L

~ ~~~2~~~~J EQUALLY
FOUR WIRES
SPAC ED

r a 230
A. BASIC 3/ 8). FOLDED DIPOLE

Short 1'-, ~~
-----
--- --
--
---- -- .:::,:,
=CURRENT MIN.
.... : DIRECTION OF
12~ --- ~ CURRENT

I ,---=="
8 . CURR ENT OIS lRt BUT ION
Folded ~
~
13
C. UNFOLDED 1- 112 ~ ANALOGY
Dipoles FIG. 2 THE 318 A FOLDED DI PO LE

find that the basic current distribution is

The conventional }2 wave folded dipole an-
tenna has been used for a multitude of appli-
cations ove r th e years. There are times ho w-
ever when space limitations req u ire a rad ia-
tor considerably shor ter than }~ wavelength
without comp romising performance. particu-
larly on the 3.5 and 7 mc bands. One an-
swer to this problem is to use either a %. or J.I
wave folded dipole con figura tion.
Jz11+12
z CURRENT MI N I M~
i!" ' 280 ..... DIRECTION OF CURRENT
FIG I CURRENT DISTRIBUTION IN 112A. FOLDED DIPOLE
T he basic }~ wave two-wire folded dipole
is shown in Fig. 1. \ Vhen both conductors
are of equal size, the currents in each are
the same as for an antenna B~ wavelengths
long, or the condition when a 7 mc folded
dipole is resonated on 21 me .
The analogy is not exactly true in this case
however. as by folding th e cond uctor h ack on
itself we introduce phase reversals between
the cond uctors, with their resulting additions
and cancellations. The overall e ffect gives a
total current ill the antenna that is very sim-
ilar to the one we find in a conventional two-
wire folded d ipole Jf wave long. T he imped-
ance step-up in this con fig uration is slightly
over 3 times, and approximates 230 ohms.
This is close enough to the 300 ohm value of
common twin lead that th e S\VH is well below
1.5:1 for the % wave antenna.
T hus a % wave folded dipole for 7 me is
only 50 feet long, as op posed to 65 feet for
the ~ wave version. The overall length could
probabl y be red uced to 35 to 40 feet by
drooping the ends without too much of a loss
. if necessarv.-
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equal and in phase with each other. The im-
pedance of this anten na is nominall y 4 times
th at of a single dipole, or 280 ohms. If we
add a third cond uctor in parallel, the im- I ~ ~ I
pedance becomes 9 times that of the dipole. - -- ~- -" r T- -~ n

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or approximately 630 ohms. Thus for a }i wave
folded dipole having all conductors the same
diameter and equally spaced, the impedance
step-up ratio is N2, ,..vhere N is the Humber
of cond uctors.
If we lise a shorter physical length than
~ wave for the folded d ipole. the current
magnitudes and phase relationships change
considerably however. If we first consider the
~ wave configuration shown in Fig. 2, we
..... :OlRECTION OF CURR ENT
FIG.3 THE 1/4;1. FOLDED DIPOLE
Now for the }~ wave folded d ipole. How
d oes it work? \Vell the answer to this is that
the antenna is really J~ wave lon g. This can
be seen clearer if we again consider the regu-
lar ~ wave folded d ipole. In the ~ wave con-
figuration the antenna is operating on its sec-
ond resonance. or in actuality the current dis-

34 73 MAGAZINE
tribution is the same as for a full-wave an-
tenna before we folded it to bring about a
phase reversal.
The }l wave folded dipole then is equivalent
to an end fed }2 wave rad iator, operating on its
first resona nce. As the ends are folded back,
the efficie ncy suffers a bit from ou t of phase
current cancella tion , as shown in Fig. 3. H ow-
ever, this norma lly only amounts to about 0.5
db loss in the system, and is a small price
for shrinking the an ten na 50%in overall length.
There is a sour note to this antenna though ,
which has d iscouraged many potential users.
This is that the antenna exhibits a feed point
impedance of around 6000 ohms, which cer- liJJ METER BEAM
tain ly does not conform to our sta nd ard feed One Inch Elements fo r Low Q
line impedances. This prob lem can be cured and Wider Frequency Range
easily however b y use of a ~ wave matching 12 Foot Boom f or Wide Spac ing
tra nsformer section . For a 75 ohm feed line, Di pol e Driven El ement, 52
the matching section is 670 oh ms. Similarly Ohm Feed
for a 50 ohm line it becomes 385 ohms, a nd Forward DB Gain 9.2
conceivab ly could be made from either 300 Front -To-Bock 28 DB
or 425 ohm open wire TV line with a resu lting A ll T empered A lum inum- Dr iven
low SWR. Element Assemb led.
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FIG.4 THE MULTEE ANTENNA
Resonate Frequency 50.4 Meg.
The }l wave folded d ipole was used suc- Forward Ga in 11.2 DB
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ago, known as the "multee". This antenna was Boom Length: 15 Ft.,
fabricated from 300 ohm line for both the 11/4 Inch Dia.
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Fig. 4. The main fea ture of the "multee" was Wide Range
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while on the hi ghe r frequency it becomes a
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VFO Construction Techniques
Use of the variable fre quency oscillator or
vfo in amate ur transmitters has a long and
interesting history. The vfo goes back to the
wide-open, breadboard construction of the
~l OPA transmitters used in the T wenties and
the early Thirties. Imp roved circuits, better
components and modem construction tech-
niques have resu lted in the present commer-
cial availability of high performance oscilla-
tors. A good example of this development is
the Collins Radio Company Permeability
Tuned Oscillator ( PT a) . Hi ghly sta ble and
accurately calibra ted , these units provide p er-
formance th at would h ave been considered
impossib le a few years ago.
,
Amateur construction techniques have also
improved and many fine vfo units have been
described in the various amateur radio maga-
zines and handbooks. Several "pet" circuits
have been presented as providing the ultimate
in stability. Other articles have stressed the
requirement for sturdy mechanical construc-
tion. Obviously, any method of construction
that will permit the movement or vibration of
frequency determining components will result
in undesired shifting or modulation of the
output frequency. Despite the universal
J...n owledge of this fundamental concept, many
published articles describing construction of
"high -performance" vfo's specify th e use of
light-weigh t, thin-gauge commercial cabinets
and chassis. Inadequate mechanical design and
the selection of inferior capacitors and induc-
tors have contributed to the generally poor
performance of many commercial and amateur
constructed vfo's, Finally, the performance of
3.
Roy Pa fen be rg W4WKM
316 St ratford Avenue
Fai rfax, Virginia
a vfo can be no better than the performance
of the tuning dial d rive.
Almost any circuit will p rovide satisfactory
perform ance if tru ly rigid mechanical con -
struction is employed, high q uality parts are
used, a precision dial used and if the circuit is
operated at low level with adequate isolation
between the oscillator and the higher power
transmitter stages. The wide variety of circuits
used in the best commercially available equip-
ment proves that no one circuit has a decisive
advantage over others. All the better commer-
cial units h ave one characteristic in common-
they use the best ava ilable components and
d rives and they are built like a battleship.
The do shown in th e photographs was de-
signed and constructed along these li nes. This
vfo was constructed several years ago to prove
to a Doubting Thomas (W4SYJ) that a home-
brew vfo could be built which would equal
the performance of the Collins PTO in the
areas of stability and direct read ing linear
frequency calibration. Obviously, no restric-
tions were p laced on size or weight. This unit,
using the Colpitts circuit shown in Fig. I,
met these performan ce standar ds. This unit
tunes fro m 3.5 to 4.0 mc in exactly 500 dial
d ivisions of th e surplus National P\V series
dial and capacitor assem bly.
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1. Unless ot he rwise noted, all re sistors are
V2 watt com posit ion.
2 . Fixed capacitors designated "M" are
mica, " 5M" a re silve r mica and those not
designated are disc ceramic. Capacitor Ct
it N75 0 temperature compensating ceramic
capaci tor.
3 . With capacitor va lues shown and LI co n-
s ist ing of 10 turns on 1 Va" for m, ci rcuit
tunes from 3.5 to 4.0 me.
Wh ile few if any readers will attemp t to
duplicate this unit exactly, circuit and con-
struction details will be d iscussed in sufficient
73 MACAZINE
detail to permit inclusion of desirable design
features in existing or fu ture vfo's. For con-
ven ience, the circuit was lifted almost exactly
from a commercial variable frequen cy oscil-
lator, the Technical Material Corporation Mo-
del VOX. This circu it consists of a parallel-
tuned Colpitts oscillator with a direct coupled
cathod e follower. The on ly significant circuit
change was the use of a 6C4 \V in lieu of the
6C4 oscilla tor and the use of a second 6C4W
in lieu of the ~ 12AU7 cath ode follower. Plate
and filament decoupling circuits were ad ded
to permit the use of an external power supp ly.
i is all point to point and th e largest size tinned
'-
J become an extension of the massive case and
The enclosure for the vfo measures 6~" X
6" X 4 ~" d eep and is made from six p ieces of
}~" brass plate. The front, back and sides of the
case were rough-cut on a bandsaw and the
edges squared on a shaper. Ind ividuals in-
terested in duplicating the enclosure may have
the brass rough-sawed by a dealer and use a
large mill file to sq uare up the work. After the
pieces are fitted, assembly is accomplished by
drilli ng and tapping for 4-40 Hat h ead machine
screws. A total of 36 screws were used to as-
semble the enclosu re shown in the pho to-
graphs. Components were Iayed out and the
various required mounting holes drilled. Larg-
er holes were cut with a ho le saw in a d rill
press. After all d rilling and cutting was com-
pleted, the unit was disassembled and the
brass sanded smooth. The brass was then sil-
ver plated , using one of the available "rub-on"
silver plating compounds. The case was then
reassembled. The result is an absolutely rock-
solid enclosure that will not deform under any
an ticipated use cond ition.
Use of a precision dial and capacitor as-
sembly is mandatory for good vfo perform-
ance. Use of a straight-line frequency capaci-
tor is required if linear calibration is to be
obtained. The National PW series of drive-
capacitor units meets this requirement. Many
of these units were available on surplus and
DECEMBER 1964
may still be obtaina ble. If direct calibration is
not required, units such as used in the BC-221
Frequency Meter are suitab le. As a last resort,
the drive and capacitor out of one of the
Command Set receivers will provide accept-
able performance. Next in importance is the
use of a h igh quality inductor. T he coil shown
is a surplus unit consisting of 18 turns of
# 14, silver plated wire wound on a B~"
diam eter, grooved ceramic form. The coil was
tapped at 10 turns to provide the desired fre-
qu ency coverage. The unused portion of the
coil caused no noticeable adverse effects. Use
of such a coil, firmly mounted, is strongly
recommended for vfo construction.
Hlgb q ua li ty par ts are used throughout the
vfo. Excep t for the temperature compensating
ca pacitor, Ct, silver-mica capacitors are used
in th e oscillator circuit. The 75mmfd trimm er
capacitors are silver plated brass units with
locking nuts. All components are mounted us-
ing the heaviest permissible hardware. \ Viring
solid wire that will fit the terminals of the
va rious components is used. The 6C4\ V tubes
are rigidly held in p osition by th e use of
ELCO h eat dissipating inserts in the tube
shields. The tube envelopes and shields thus
relatively immune to vibra tion and shock.
Adj ustment and calibration of the vfo will
be depend ent on the frequen cy coverage d e-
sired and the inductor and tun ing capacitor
selected. VFO calibration and adj ustment h as
been described in th e hand books and in nurn-
erous magazine articles so the procedures will
not be discussed here. The only departure
from standard p rocedures is in adjustment of
the temperature compensation circu it. Two
trimmer capacitors are used. A temperature
capacitor is connected in series w ith one of
the capacitors to allow p recise compensation
for drift due to temperature change. Adjust-
ment of the second trimmer allows the oscil-
lator to be reset to the desired freq uency.
Performance of this vfo is truly outstanding.
The calibra tion is with in three kc over the
comp lete tuning range. With the dial locked
in position, the unit may he p icked up and
dropped to the bench with a barely percep t-
ible shift in frequency. Aft er a ten minute
warm-up, d rift is so small as to be completely
unnoticeable. Tuning is ext remely smooth and
reset accuracy is very good. The superior per-
formance of the unit is directly attrib utable to
the massive construction and the use of a high
quality capacitor and drive. Battleship con-
struction pays off ... give it a try!
W4WKM
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A 2 Meter
Double-sideband Adapter
That single-sideband will eventually be the
predominant mode of voice transmission for
all amateur frequencies cannot be seriously
denied by even the most staunch advocates of
AM and FM . However, with many amateurs,
like myself, double-sideband suppressed-car-
rier may well be the stepping stone to VHF
SSB. If it is not a matter of laziness-or per-
haps more correctly, a desire for simplicity
of construction-it may also be an economic
problem in which case DSB is ideal-if the
amateurs on the receiving end will be tolerant
of the fact that a DSB signal is ofte n more
difficult to correctly tnne in than an SSB signal.
Before beginning the description of
my two-meter DSB adapter, I must in all
honesty, warn you that DSB (or SSB) con-
tacts on two-meters may be not too frequent.
You should not, at least at the present, disable
your AM or CW eq uipment in favor of DSB
or SSE. In fact, therein lies the beauty of
this DSB adapter. It uses your existing two-
meter gear and allows you to return to AM
or C\V operation quickly and easily.
2M D5B Adopter
This adapter will have you on two-meter
sideband with only a few hours of construc-
tion. It utilizes your two-meter transmitter as
the source of rf drive. The plate and screen
voltages for the 6146's are provided by rec-
tifying the output of your existing modulator.
No other high voltage is supplied to the
adapter. The adapter shown in the photo-
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Richard Van Wickie W6TKA
P. O. Box 4051
Santa Ba rbara, Calif .
graphs uses 6146's simply because I had them
on hand. For the power level achieved with
this system a more economical approach
would be to use a pair of 226's, or for lower
power, a pair of 5763's. It should be stressed
that twin-tetrode tubes (such as the 832.
832A, 829B, 3E29, and 6360 ) are not suitable
for this application since the screen grids have
a common terminal and hence cannot be used
in this push-pull-output circuit.
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T he rectifiers V3 and V4, rectify both posi-
tive and negative voice peaks and cause audio
voltage to be applied to the balanced-modula-
tor 6146's. When the top end of the modula-
tion transformer secondary goes positive, the
plate of the top 6, 146 (VI ), is driven positive,
and the ground re turn circuit is through recti-
fier B4. On negative voice peaks, when the bot-
tom end of the secondary goes positive. the
plate of the lower 6146 (V2) is driven posi-
tive, with the return through V3. Positive
voice peaks thus supply plate and screen
power for the upper 6146, and negative voice
peaks supply the power for the lower 6146.
A balanced modulator results when we have
(as shown in the schematic) the grids of the
tubes in parallel and the output circuit in
push-pull. Applying audio voltage alternately
to the plates and screens of the 6 146
balanced modulators results in a carrierless
double-sideband signal. A small advantage of
this circuit is that, since only one tube works
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effect ive "ncutrallzmg capacitor" for the alen t PIV uud current ratin g s are far more
other tu b e . expensive . T he 6X4's shou ld be qu ite ad e-
Re p orts O il au dio qu ality wi th th is ad a p ter q ua te for li se wit h m od ulators h avin g a power
have been q uite good , and we b eli eve that outp ut ill th e vici nity of 100 watts. Silicon
the p late-uucl-screen m odu lation is part of the rect ifi ers can, of course, be used if yo u prefer.
reason for these report s. As yo u know , most You will note th at th e screen resistor val ue
high-l evel do ub le side- band transm itters util - is lower th an customari ly used w ith 6 1-46's or
ize screen mod ulation wh ich, wh en not p rop - 2 E26's. Don't let this frighten you b ecau se
erly adju st ed . o ften results in less-th nu-the the tubes operate on a very low du ty cycle
best aud io qua li ty. in thi s a p p lieation , a nd can easily stand the
T he modul at or used with th is adapter is increased screen voltage and resulting greater
d esig ned to limit th e aud io frequen cy response p late current. The heavier plate current thu s
by ustng ,00 :' cou pling capacitors, a 100 d rawn also offers a greater load to the m od -
mmfd cnpucitor across th e microphon e input, ul ator, and ill m y ease, resulted in b ett er
a -4 I 0 m mfd capacitor across the grids of the
P ar ts L is t
807 modu la tors, and a .002 capacitor across
(') - 7-7 m mfd air va r iable capacitor
the secondary of the m od ul at ion tran sforme r. C2 5-50 mrntd a ir va r-iable capacito r
Too many lows in a dou b le-s ideband signa l C3 - Mica tr immer capacito r, 7-40 mmfd (see t ext )
resu lt ill increased diffic ulty in tu ning in the C~ IIFD 15X ( llamma riu nd) dual va riable capacitor;
four ro t or pla tes removed from each sect ion; no sta tor
signal. and a strange "growling" sound . plate s re mo ved.
T he ()X-t rectifiers were chosen after m ak ing CS-5-S0 mmfd a ir variable capacitor
com p arisons wit h silicon rectifiers, So little J l -f{ (' A- t )'J~ phono jack
J 2 Four-conta c t Cinch- Jones ;: S - 30~ socket
difference was noted in this app lication be - j 2 t 'IIF .type coax ia l panel.rvpe connector
tween silk-Oil and tube recti fiers , that it was ) 11 0 1 rna meter, S h urite ~[ odd 350 .. edge w ise .. t )'J>e
decided to stuv w it h th e 6X4 's since thev HrCI , 2. 3, ~ -O h mit e Z-t44 rf choke
S l-dpd t s w itc h
have a p eak inverse voltage ratin g of 12.50 n. \ ' 2- 61~ 6, 2 1-:26, 5763, et c. (see t ext )
volts, a pea k current rating of 2 10 rn a, nud \ ' ,1, \" ~ - 6X~

73 MA CAZIN E
sounding audio than when screen resistors of
more conventional values were used.
The meter is an inexpensive Shu rite "edge-
IMPROVE OPERATION
wise" Mod el 350 0-1 rna meter. It is quite with
adequate for the application, and , incidental- Power-Pocked 3.7 DB Gain
ly, is surprisingly accurate for such an inex- Base Station I Compare
pensive ins tru ment. ' Vith the resis tors shown
in the schematic, the meter reads 10 rna fu ll
%
with
WAV E
Advantages II
Up to 10 db 5ig no l 10 Noile
seale in the "G rid" posit ion , an d 200 rna in :4 imp rove me nt . full y wec tber-
the "Ca thode" position. Remember w hen
,G
""r,o. umno.d'm,Pmla",n"Oe, .egled I
Double .rodiote-d
Lowe' rodiot
power io n. gngle
Built_
in lig ht ning prolector 50239
reading cathode current you are reading both tra nsfer an d minimum $WR connKlor
p late and screen current. from gn l e n n g 10 r e c e iv e r MoJ[ . Power InpvI . 2SOW.AM
withou t lo ss of conventional VSWR less !NIl' 1.2:1
matching Iro n sfo rm e r. Ad Normol Input Imp. SO ohms

_ .. - I
ju sl b ond w id th fre quenci es
from 50 10
54 me .
Acr.pts Most of 1 'II."
Ov.rall HI!'igftt - '. WO'Ie
W ind Surfgce Areo -l .12 sq. ft .
Wind lood DIlDO mplt--48 Ibs.
I Mod.1 AM-106

$34.95

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Botto m vrew Ar~ 21 3, 731-2251 - l os Ang ele s, Cal if. -.. ,f
. ~ _ .'

A means of bul.mc iug out the last trace of

carrier is highl y desirable in an y SSB or D~B
transm itter. I found that ill th is adapter the
ca rrier could be nulled out by usfn g a 30
TRANSIS TORIZED!
mmfd maximum tri mmer ill p lace of the usual
.00 1 mfd sc reen bypass capa citor for OIW of
the 6 146's. There wa s a suffi cient differen ce
~ '- ',
-.
m;~ U ;"I.IUIO. _

between the two 6 146's that b y pl acing the

trimme r capacitor from th e screen grid to - .,-. ,
ground of first one tube and th en th e othe r,
T was able to find the tube w ith whi ch the
trimm er would null o ut the carrier quite nice -
. ,

ly. A .002 mfd cap ac itor is co nnected from

th e other tube sc reen grid to ground.
T he uni t shown in th e p hotograp hs was
expe rimental, to determine if this system was
Icusible on tw o meters. As a result, several ACCU RAC Y
things would he d one differentl y if I were to
do it all over again. First , the grid inp ut cir- IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
CHit should he arran ged so that th e coils and
capacitors are close r to the g rid connections RF SIGNA L G EN ERATOR
of th e tube sockets. Secondl y. the outp ut
circuit of th e tubes should he sim ilarly a r- Battery Powered $36.25
Compa,t: 1 lb. 12 oz.
ra nged closer to the plate caps. Y OII will note 6 ~" x 4~ " x 2 ~" Postpaid
th at the re is an unu sed switc h on the front Wide Ra r ge 150 KC t o 350 Me Completely Wired
Guarant eed: one year I ncl udes Battery
of the chassis; this was inst alled during exper- Oth er Inst rument s Availabl e
and Cabl e
iments to d ete rmine if th e c-i rcu it could he
suffi ciently unbalan ced to allow A~ I opera- ORDER NOW:
t ion . To d ate, thi s has not been possible w ith PATH PATH PROD UCTS CORP.
an y degree of audio q ualit y. 55 Hall ey 51. Yonkers 4, N. Y.
Bx cn an w Dedlers T erritories O pen
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DECEMB ER 1964 43
 f t AMATEUR COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS
VHF TWIST (NOT ILLUSTRATED)
e'er e teuue t ra ck tne . h a rk scat t er. moonbo unce, ('OI11 hl natl on
bas e t o mobi le an d notn t -t o-pornt commu ntca no n. Twe n t y-
etcmon t }'al/:I pto vtdex ho rl zo nl a l o r vertt cat. left or r h.: h t cl rr ul a r
porar tsauon hy Il h a.~lnl/: dlpo ll'.'!. HI', I<ll :\Iate h lor 52-oh lll dl r('('t
reed . Cu t to [relluc!lr y with in l:lO-15!1 :\ 1(' r enxe . Hoom 12-lt , 10IL lI:.
Model No. AIU-20T - 2()-cle llle n L X t't rcecn. $24.50

MOilLE AND FIXED VHF/UHF BIG WHEEL (FIG. D)

Horizontally potartaed, omnkureettonaraatn anteuna tea rure ln w-
Q, lar ~ r capture area, euse 01 matrhl n l/: a nd unpro ved hall d wld t h.
xrnate-wneet earn. 5 d r, over halo: s la(' ked, k d h .
Mod el ABW-1U - 2 - ml:' l e r ; 47" dta.: we igh t of I h ~, Xpt . .. $1 0 .95
Model AB W-220 -1 U -met ee: 29' ure .: WI. :1 Ihs . xet . . . . 9 .95
Model ABW- UO - ~ ~lll e t er : 17' dre.: wt. a n,s. X p( " 8 .95

BIG WHEU STACKING KITS

Model ABW-12S - 2- ba y , 2- m t'l er . Xet E ach , $ 3 .95
Model ABW-22S - 2- ba y , O~-mrt rr . :-."1'\ Ea r ll. . . 3 .95
Model ABW_42S_ 2_ua y , sr-metee. x et E a r h . . . 3 .95
Model ABW-US - 4- ha y , z-merer. XH rce-n . 11 .75
Mod el ABW -24S- 4 ha y , 1 !1 - me tl'r . x er ee-o. . 11 .75
Mod el ABW-U S -4 - h llY, 'li-nH'te r . XI' I Ea r h , . . 11 .75
) VHF COLINEAR ARRAY5 (FIG. E)
r.mntwctent . reccnanicsuv ba la n ced VHF a nte nna sys te ms.
tm Extrt'IlI{' ly hl gh (lower g ain. m ajor t re nt lobe. low SW R, a n d
hro all b and ecve rage: lo w e nare o t r ad iati on a n d large r- apt u re area
lor exeettent reccw tna a n d tr a nsmi tting euerec te neuee.
16 EUMENT ANTE'NNAS 13.2 DB GAIN
Model No. CL-116- 2 meter, te-etemen t. cournca r. :S lOt ,$ 1 6 .00
Mod el No. CL~216-1 ' ~ meter . 16-e ll'me nt , collinea r. ~et 12.85
Model No.CL416 - U met cr. j e -ctcmen r.eournc ar. x et . 9 .85
Mod el No . CL-MS- r n lvcrs al mat chi n g st ub mat ches 301J.0Ti m
Ifi eleme nt a nt on nus t o 200, 52, o r 72-o h m reed unee. ~rt. $4 . 7 5

MOBILE AND FIXED "SQUALO" (FIG. A) 32 ELEMENT ARRAYS 17 DB GAIN

H all -wa ve, bo rt aontauv uora rtsed, omnll'!lrpl'fl ona l ant enna wtt h
full si ze In compact dlmellsions. Low Q ror h road lla no coverage
a nd di rer! 52-oh rn R edd l :\l a t c h feed Cor l(ll'll l IlN con trol, mont -
torl n Jo( or e e nerat ham coverage. Dt's ll:'!H' d lur m a st o r ro we r
mounttne: nrso w it h runne r pups roe ('11r t Oll mount .
Model No . ASQ-6 - fi- m ct c r. 30' s qua re. Xet E a ch . . _ S 1 2 .50
Model No. ASQ-l0 - ! O me l e r , 50' s q ua re . Xc I Eac h 19.50
Mod el No. ASQl1 - l l- rne l c r, 50- s q uare . x e t rcacn 19 .50
Mod.l No. ASQ15~ 1 5- m N er , 65' s quare. Xf'I E a ch 23.50
Model No. A$Q-20 - 20- m et l'f , lOW quare. XN E ach .. 29.50
Mod el No . ASQ -40 - 40-/] ){'ll'f. 192" square. Xl'! E a r ll .. 66.50
VHF /UHF YAGI BEAMS (FIG . B)
T he s tand a rd o f comuartson In VHF ccmrnuntcauons. Hoom, IW
ere. aluminu m t ubin g , prellssemhled J~16' d la. elements. P re-t u ned ,
direct 52. or 72 oh m Red d l x ratc h coa xia l r"I'd with ave rage I I dtJ
gain, z-etement : 1:1 db gain, jt-eteme nt. :\Iar be or ueren lor
2()(). o r :JOO-<:lhm reed .
Model A1U-ll - I I.ele m e n t , a -met er : 12 !t. bo om. x et . , S 12.75
Mod el A144-1 - 7-ele m en t . z-met er : 8-f t. boo m. xe t E a, . . 8 .85
MOdel A220~11 - 1 1 - el e m r n t . I !-i. meter: 'i'1 rt . boom. .. 9 .95
Mod el AUO-ll- I I-ele m e n t . ~ -mctct: 5 ft , boo m. Xet , . 7.75
3- , 5_ , 6_ , to-ELEMENT 6 METER BEAMS (FIG. C)
Rugged . lu ll si ze. wit h pr ov e n nc r ror man ce...\l u m lnu m boo m s ,
l!1w and I J1w d ta.: elemen ts ~" with pre a ss e m bled d irect 52- or
72-<:l hm Red d l M a t ch coax ia l feed . E a s y asse mbly with m ar ked
pa r t s,
Mod.l A50 .3- 3.ele m e n t : 7.5 db forward e atn: a -n . boom.
~e t Ea ch , . , , .. " . , .. ' .. , , , $ 1 3 .9 5
~od el A50-5 ~5-el e m en t : 9.5 db for ward g a in : 12 -11. boom.
M~~:ial~o~6:"':"6:.elei,;eni ; '1'1'. 5' db' io r'wa rd . gaill:' 2U~tt. ~,~ ~n~0
~~~:ial~o~io :"':"i i):elemeri i, ' ia 'db lo'r:.va rd g 'a'h1 : '2' ~~ ri , ~o1~i.50
~ et Eac h ", , " . . $49 ,50
COAXIAL STACKING KITS (NOT ILLUS.)
S tac kin g d ou ble s elleetlve ra d iate d powe r , pr ov ide s :l d b ga in
over sin gl e heam. lo w ra d ia ti o n angle a n d g rea ter calli u rI:' area.
Com pl ete w ith R G -59 / U cablr and mountin g h a n l wa re.
Mod.1 AU-SK-1 6 db forw a rd gain with :\lodel A 430- 1l
~:~:ial~i~SK' :.:(6 '(ili 'ro'rwa r'd' 'g a ln' 'With' ':\')odei '.~ 22o~,t 9 5
~:~:.al~i~SK_'f t 'd b .io'rw arc:i 'g a ln' 'wI't il' ':-': Iod'e'l ' A'I44_,.4 . 9 5
~~~~iai~i~SK'_''16' d'h 'to'r wa rd' 'ga li,' ~I'th' ~'ludei A14 4~'~ 9 5
~:~!ial'b~SK'---:'-'I'O', 5 ' db ' fo rward ' gain ' witl{ ':\ I~del' .",,5(i~~9 5
~~~;ial~s~ S K'_''li .5" d b' fo rward ' g Rili . ~itl{ '~ Icidel' ;"5Ii_' 4 .9 5
~:~:ia~~i;~sK---:'-'14 . 5 db ' fo rwa rd ' gain ~it'l l '~ I~del ' ;"'5li_~~9 5
~~~:ialh5i~SK'_''1'6' 'db .icirv.:a rd 'ga in' 'wit ll \'(o<lei .A511_1~6 . 9 5
~:~:ia~~K_''v e r t lca i j;oiarl'za'tio,; 'k it' i~r' uHe ' io.ii ti 'd ,jal' ~t~c~gl
V H F ya l/:ls. ~e t E arlL , .. ,., " .. ' $ 7 . 5 0
VHF /UHF QUAD STACK ARRAYS (FIG. B)
EKtreme()' high to rwar d ga in , la rg e ca llt u re a re a, C o mplete with
tou r anten nas, stacki n g [ra m I's . p h ra s ing bar s, Q sec ti ons a lld a ll
hardwa re . Fo rwa rd g a in 2fl-clcme nt mode l, - 17 db ; 44-cleme n t .
19 d b . Sta nd a rd Qua d 52 Ohms: rnay be o rdered to r 45H, :lOO or
2UO o hm s .
MOdel A1U-llQ-H -ele m r n t , 2- me ter. Net Eael, ,$ 7 6 . 0 0
Mod.l AIU-7Q - 2S-e le m e n l . 2~m eter , Xe l E a c h ,. 62.50
Model A220-11Q - H el e m en t . 1 1'i - m cte r. :Set Eac h 54.50
Mod.1 AUO~l1Q- H-el e m e n t . ~-meter. X e t E a c h , 43.00
462X-UA
44
o rucr t wo ie-eremene anten nas anu ODe a z-e tem e n t k it . complete
wit h all hardwa re and m a tc hi n g stu b ,
Model No. C K-112 - :J2-el e me n t , 2 m e te r staclllllIl k it,
x e t Io;ach ,,' ' , ., .,.' ,. '. ' $32.50
Model No. C K-232 - :J 2-ele m (> n t , 1 !1 m ete r ll tac ll:lD!:" ki t.
~et E a rh , , ,., , 32 .50
Model No. CK-U2- 32-f> ll'me n t , ~ met e r s tac k ing k it,
~ et Eac h .... , ... " " . " , . , ... , .. "." . ',.", ... , 19.95
64 ELEMENT ARRAYS 20 DB GAIN
Orde r lour 16.ele!flrnt a nten nas and one as-ete mc n t kit . ('0I1l1.11'1e-
with a ll hardware a nd m atcnt ne s tub .
MOdel No. CK-1U- 64r le ml'n t , 2 meter starkl ng kit .
X e t E ach . . , .. ", ... , . . , . .. , .. , .... . , ... , . . , ., . , . . 569.50
Mod.1 No. CK~264 - 6 4 -(' l e m l' n t . 1 '1 me t er s laell:l n li:' k it .
;.let E a r ll. . , . " ' . . , . . , , ,. 59.50
Model No. CK-464- 6 4-l'lrm c n l . ~ m ete r "tacking ki t .
~ et E a r h , . ... . , , . , , , .. , , , , . , , , ... , , , , , , , , . , . , , , " 29.95
VHF MOilLE HALOS (FIG. F)
Alu m in u m co nst rucuon : m achi ned h a rd wa re: R e dd t M a tc h lo r
52 or 72-<:lh rn dlre ct teed . 2 m et er, 144 t o 148 ~1c, 14 ure.: a-meter .
48 t o 5Ii xt c. 26 e te. Dual h a lo t wo ba n ds one sz-onm feed lin e , no
s wltchl n li:' , runt ne. o r t ra ps. co mnret e wtt h m ast.
Model No. A M-2- 2 mete r. with ou t mast. :-iIet E ach, $4.95
Model No. AM-2M - 2 me ter , wit h m ast, Net E a c h ,. 8.70
Model No. AM-22- 2 m et e r. Sla ck ed . C o m plete In c t. masl .
x et E ac h ,. , , $14.95
Model No. AM-6~6 meter , wit hout m ast. N et E a ch . . . 8 .75
Mod.l No. AM-6M - 6 m eter. wIth meet. Net E a ch , .. , 12.50
Model No. AM26 - D ual halo 2 a n d 6 me ter, with m ast.
~e tE ac h ,.,
Note : All Cus h C ra ft VIl F /l'IIF }"al/:IH a nd oouoee r arr a }'!! are
17.45
d ('slg nl'd [o r eit her he r teont a r or ve ruca t llo la r lza tl o n . :\I o st tYlle!l
li s t ed a re a\'all ahl e c u t t o JreQue n('y , o n o rdl'r . lor rom merl'lal
ser vlrl's, ..\till $7.50 t o nrt Ilrl('e s fo r e uttl n l/:.
FULL SIZE SINGLE BAND BEAMS (FIG . G)
LIg h tweig ht . r us t llro of alu mInum cons truc tio n. F ac lory pre tuned
and adjusted , dIre c t 52-ohm R e ddl ~1atch teed tor 1 ;1 S W R ,
a ver ll-ltc 8 .5 dh Ka lil, w ill h a nd le maxi m u m lcgal power.
Model No. A21-3- :J.eI(' me nl , 10 m ('t er. boom 10'. N l't '$ 2 8 . 5 0
Model No. A21-4-4-el('m e n t , 10 m ete r. boo m 18' . Net . 42 .50
Model No. A21-3- :J-ele me nt , 15 meter . boo m 12' . Net . 32.50
Mod.1 No. AU-3 - 3.elem e nt , 20 m eter . h oom 20'. N et . 62.50
"BLITZ BUG" LIGHTNING ARRUTERS
T h e only roa xla l cable Ilgh tn lng a r r(>st{'r d esllt ned to {'11rn ln a te
h ea vy sta tlc c h a rg e b u lld -u (l to p rotec t valu a b le r a d io CQul [lment ;
In man y cases eli mi n at es n oise pro bl em s ; n tg an y sta lltla rd co a xia l
ca h le. Power h andll nli:' r a lla c lt y I kW rull y m Od ulated. W ill not
allec t S W R or \}e r!o rm allee t o 500 ~ l e. It wUl no t ('rea te Inst'rtl o n
loss , U,S. P AT E X T ~ O, 2,922,9Ja.
Mod.1 No . LAC~l ( F ig. H )- O ne ma le , o ne t('llla lc t y!le .<1:1 ('on
!lectors. =-- et E a ch ",.,."".,.,.,.,., , $3 .95
Model No . LAC -2 ( F ig. 1 ) ~ J) o u lJ l c [r ma le ty pe ,'1:1 co n n('(' to rs .
X et ":a r h , ' . , . . . . . . . . . .. . , 54 .45
Model No. LAC-2N ( F ig. I) -DOUble ft'lllal e tY11C N rOILl\('('t o rs .
~et Eac h . , , 55.95'
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73 MACAZINE
 GOT
A CUSHCRAFT
FIRST!
SIGNAL SQUAlO i s a fu ll half w ave, ho ri zon ta lly pola ri zed ,
cmni-direc tionol an tenna . Outstand ing a ll a ro u nd pe e-
formcJnce is ach ieved through a 360 ~ pattern with no
deep nulls. The square shape cllcws full ele cteicc l
le n gth in compact dime nsions . Dire ct 52 oh m Re d d i

TO Mo teh fe e d p ro vid e s ease of l uning a nd brood band

cove rage.
The 6 meier Squa los ore complete ly universa l f or
mounti ng anywhere . They o re packaged with rubber
su ction c up s fo r car to p m o u nt in g and a horl zcntol

RADIATE? cente r su ppo rt for m o st o r to wer m o u nt ing . The 10-

15 - 20 end 40 meter Squolos ore des igned for mast
o r to w e r mounting. Seve le is id e a l for n e t co nt ro l,
mo n ito ring, o r gene ra l ccvercqe .

MAKE YOURS A
REAL SIGNAL
. . use a CUSH CRAFT ANTENNA!

MODel NUMB ER DESCRIPTION NET PR ICE

Wheth e r you are
TRACKING SATELLITES
MOON BOUNCING
DX-ING
RAG CHEWING
WINNING CONTESTS
. . . yo u w ill do it bette r, more
efficie nt ly, a nd a t a lowe r cost wit h
o CUSH CRA FT ANTENNA.
YO U W i l l HA VE A SIGNAL THAT
REAll Y RADIATES W HEN YOU BU Y
A CUSH CRAFT . . . THE A NTE N NA
WITH A " PA TTERN OF FIRSTS" IN
A MATEUR COMMUNIC ATIONS.
ASQ 6 6 Meter 30" square .. . . . $12 .50
ASQ l0 , . .. , 10 Meter SO " square 19 .50
CSQIl ..... 11 Meter SO " square 19 .50
ASQ15 . .. .. 15 Meter 65 " square 23 .50
ASQ 20 , ..... 20 Meter 100 " squa re 29 .5 0
ASQ 40 ..... 40 Meter 192 " square 66. 50
Design a c.omplete mu lt i bond
tenna system to meet your o_n
require men ts. Squa las can be
mo u n led one above th e o the r or
above e xi sling beams on a ain -
g Ill' mosl . The Sqcole tree is a
harizontalty p olariz ed. emnld i-
rectiona l system in a n y com -
bina tion o f the 6 thro ug h 40
meie r cmo teur ba nds . Th e
Sq uole tree tak es a m inim um
amoun t of space, a nd does
no l requir e exira ra d ia ls,
g ro und wi res, o r rota to rs
co mmon to m as I multi
band systems.

OECEMBER 1964 4S

When Good Losers
Get Together ...
~ Iortiz( \ \'A.:;E FL) who hobbies around
with mech anical engineering in his space t ime,
got into one of those Sugar Bowl games of
chance with ham radio operators from a half-
dozen other states. It started in the pre-game
gab. Moritz natura lly knew that Arkansas
was going to whip the pants off of Ole Miss.
Alliga tor Bill ( K5SQS ) over at All igator, Miss.
was just as certain the Hebs wo uld win. Others
joined in.
Before the kick-off, about fifty hams were
in on an agreemen t, which, although it cer-
tainl y was not gambling, wo uld see all the
losers send $ 1.00 to the winner.
To explain the procedure, so th at nobody
will get the idea there was any gambli ng-
far be it fromthat!- all the h ams h ad one
fairly trustworth y fellow over at Memphis,
Bill ( W 4II Y) d raw for them out of a hat.
\ Vhat he drew for Alligator in Mississip pi,
for a ludicrous example, was a number ind i-
cation th at th e Rebels would d efeat Arkan sas
by four points. \Vhat he drew for Moritz, for
another example, was that Arkansas would
Hail Mississippi by twenty-two points.
If we remember the final Sugar Bowl score-
it was 17 to 13 for Alligators O le Miss team.
Despite this flukey outcome, Moritz sent
his buck and a second one for his Dad, who
had also become involved , over to Alligator.
Actually, he didn't just put a couple of bucks
into an envelope. First he had them cha nged
into 200 pennies. Then he wh ipped up a mix-
h ue of sawd ust, graphite and heavy d uty mo-
tor oil an d stirred the pennies up in it. Then
he constructed a box abou t three inches by
three inches and spooned the money mixtu re
inside. He sealed the box with glue, cleats,
nails an d everything else in sight. Around this
he constructed another box of the same de-
scription. It fit like plywood on the first. which
gave the good loser another idea; a third layer.
This was so satis fac tory it called for a fourth .
\Vhen the project was finally fi nished sever-
al hours later, Mortt z had put together a
dandy little container that Alligator could
open any time he cou ld find a jackhammer
and a coup le of days off. Mean while, th rou gh -
out surrounding states , other good losers were
46
Mori tz Sholl mie r WA5E FL
45 W hite Oa k Lone
Li ttle Rock, Ari z .
graciously se tt ling up. Anoth er sent a check
made pa yable to Alliga tor for "The Football
Swind le".
Moritz's little package (sixty cents for mail-
ing ) a rrived with a cluster of these pay offs. Al-
ligator took it down to his basement humshack
and attacked it with a hammer and screw-
d rive r-two ridiculously ineffective devices.
From that he turned to hacking and sawing
and kicking and loudly reciting garbled call
letters. Finally Alligator got a hole through
all th e layers, which ena bled the oily saw-
dust mixture, but none of the money, to
spew ou t on the floor.
The XYL didn't think this was so funny.
T hey say that hams clear out in Oklahoma
who did n't even have thei r sets on could
hea r her la ying into Bill. So he had to get
back to Moritz. Alligator got on his radio and
ca lled Harry ( W5H FQ) . ~ Iaking sure Moritz
was not on frequency, he then asked Harr y to
call Moritz in Little Rock and report th at Alli-
gator had cut his fin ger trying to open a crazy
box of some sort.
This was a good plan except for two rea-
sons : A local ham overheard the plot and let
Moritz know immediately. And also no one
else all the frequency got in on the fact th at
it was a hoked up story. Each telling mag-
nified the story and by the time it had cir-
culated through six states, Bill ( W4 I1 Y) heard
th at Alligator was on the verge of losing an
arm over some freak accident. Being close per-
sona l friends, he called Alligator long dis-
tance to check on his critical condition.
"Even if he lives through it, they'll send
him to p rison," Moritz said cheerily. For Bob
( K5KMK) who is a banker, made his cheek
payable to Alligator bu t neglected to sign it.
Alligator informed Bob on the next QSO about
this matter. Bob was all apologetic and sa id.
"You just go ahead and sign my name, Alli-
gator, and I'll clear the check when it comes
th rough ."
Bob is waiting on this evidence to clear
so he can hold Alligator for check forgery.
This just goes to prove tha t you can't win
them alii
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I n th e market for a n ew receiv er?
This article w ill help you decide
which to buy .
Evaluating Receivers
About ready to replace the tired old re-
ceiver in your shack, with either a new or
"li ke-new" one? Or thin king of adding a sec-
ond one for stand by?
Either way, you won't want to make the
acquisition blind-unless you happen to be
the rare type who p refers to purchase his pigs
in pokes. Most of us at the very least like to
read over th e specs of a receiver before buying
it.
But the "like-new," as w ell as the "surplus-
bargain" variety. won't have a specification
sheet with it unless it reall y d id belong to a
little old lad y from Pasadena who only used
it to listen crosstown on Sunday afternoons.
And even then, you might like to kn ow just
what shape the fra illy feminine p revious own-
er left the rig in .
H ere are some tips on receiver evalu ation,
based in part on typical checkout tests and in
part on years of experience in receiver trading
( a nd yea rs of getting lemons until some of
these tricks were learned ) .
The first step is, of course. to turn it on
and connect an antenna. If you can't do that ,
any pu rchase will have to be on the basis of
"caveat e mp tor" an d broth er, you'd do well
to caveat!
\ Vith the rig warmed up , tune in a weak
and known stab le signal. \V\VV will do nicel y,
as will a harmonic of th e lOO-kc calibrator
if available. Next , lift the receiver lid and let
it drop a coup le of times. This is just a warm-
lip to see if the receiver is really u nstable;
for the rea l test, turn on the BFO and ad jus t
it for as low a beat note as you can com-
forta bly hear. In any event. it should n' t be
much above 100 cycles. Then drop th e lid
again and listen for a ny' trace of warble.
This is a tough test ; as little as 50 cycles
cha nge in ei ther local oscillator or BFO Fre -
quency will show li p as a one-octave change
52
Jim Kyle K5JKX
1236 N . E. 44
Oklahoma City, Okla.
in beat-note ton el If you get no warble when
the lid is dropped, pound the side of the re-
ceiver gently. D o not , however, drop it 5 feet
onto a concrete floor. It might dent the floor.
Assuming that this test is passed ( and full y
half the receivers around may flunk out right
here ) open the lid and blow across the tuning
capacitor. If it's buttoned up tight in a sh ield
box. blow across the oscillator tube. Again
you don't want to hear any warble. but you
quite possibly will . At least one high ly regard-
ed current-production receiver flunks on this
one. T he real q uestion, of course, is does the
warble sound suspicious enough for you to say
"No, th anks" or does it appear to be with in
bounds- and only your own insistence on per-
fection will supp ly the answer to that.
Now that we've established that the receiv-
er has frequen cy-m eter stability-and if it pass-
es both the preceding tests, it does and then
some-w e can check the selectivity. You ca n
use the \V\VV signal for this. but a rocking
50-kw broadcast transmitter or Californ ia kilo-
watt is better. Tune across it and note how
wide the signal appears to be.
To be more scientific about th is, you might
hook up a signal generator and tu ne its signal
in. Adjust generator output until the signal
regi sters 20 db over 59 when tuned for maxi-
mum strength. Then tune across it, and note
how many kc it is between 52 on one side of
cente r and 52 011 the other; this will be your
approxima te 60-db band width. Reduce signal
generator output until you have a peak read-
ing of just 59 and note the width between 58
points; this is the 6 db bandwidth. Dividing
the 6-db bandwidth into the 60-db bandwidth
will give you a sh ape factor. which may tum
out to be nice to brag about if you bu y the
unit.
But for an in-the-store examination, th e Be
station will do as well; if it takes a li t some
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 40 kc or so of spectru m, the selectivity is not
good. If, on the other hand , the Be station
starts sounding like SSB when you're off- tune
just 3 or 4 kc either side, the selectivity is
very good indeed.
To check out a crystal filter, do the same
thing. In the maximum-selectivity position of
the crystal switch, the signal should have a
d istinct ringing sound. Many older receivers
which are out of ad justment or have defective
crystals won't produce this ringin g.
To make a check of sensitivity, remove the
antenna. See if you can peak up the receiver
noise with the anten na tri mmer, wit h the an -
tenna disconnected and the bandswitch set
to 10 meters. If you can't, the front end is
pretty poor. If you can, put the antenna back
on and if possible switch to II meters. The 5-
watt wonders there p rovide an almost ever-
present source of weak signals so you can tell
where noise leaves off and signal begins.
So far as other controls are concerned, you
will prohably have twiddled them all in the
course of performing these tests. Any sp ut-
terings or pops from the speaker with rota-
tion of a gain control indicates p robable trou -
ble in either the control involved , or th e
circuits associated wi th it. Jerky tu ning will
make itself obvious in the selectivity test as
an inability to find the 52 points accurately.
The noise limiter may not have received a
good wo rkout. F ortunately, most ham stores
are located near busy streets and many cars
still have unsupp ressed ignition systems. A
rough check of ANL action may be made
simp ly by switching it in and out while cheek-
trig on -the-air sensitivity.
Should you live near a powerful transmitter
other than your own, cross-mod ulation might
be worth checking into. This will require a
mod ulated signal generator, which may not
be available in the store. Set the signal gen-
erator for maximum outpu t. Tune to a fairly
weak (54 or 55 ) signal on your favori te band.
Set the signal generato r to app roximately the
same frequency and tun e the genera tor back
and forth. If you h ear the 400-cycle modula-
tion from the generator on the weak signal,
tune the receiver to the geneator frequency.
If the freq uency is very close (50 kc or less )
the effect is normal and to be an ticipated. If
it happens to be a possible image response, it
should be considered as one. But if the modu-
lation shows up wh enever the signal generator
is on, then you h ave cross-mod problems
which are going to have to be cured if that
receiver is to be usable.
If, like most of us, you tend to be a bit on
the lazy side then you'll certainly want to
DECEMBER 1964
check the ave action. This divides into two
real parts: one is the avo characteristic on C \V
and SSB , wh ile the other is the simple ques-
tion does th e ave work right at all?"
Older receivers for the most part make little
or no p rovision for ave when the bfo is on ,
and many even gang the switches so that ave
is always off when bfo is on. In these, obvious-
ly, no use of ave for C\V or sideband is
going to be possible without some major re-
ceiver chan ges. In newer ones, though, you
ca n get a pretty good idea by tuning to a
medium-speed C\ V signal on whatever band
is coming in best at the moment, and listening
for "thumps" and apparent ch irps on the be-
ginning of each cha racter. If all is well th e
thumps and ch irps will be absent, yet the
background noise will rise between charac-
ters. In some units, background noise will stay
d own-and this is a matter of preference. Most
C\V ops like to have it come back up in a
hurry so they can work break-in easily, while
the SS B gang li kes to h ave it stay down be-
tween syllables b ut come back up quickly at
the end of a phrase.
For a general ave test, turn everyth ing but
th e audio up to maximum and tune in the
strongest broadcast signal you can lind. If any-
thing is going to clobber the ave, this will be
it-and Be stations are required by law to
keep their audio pretty clean. Thus by simply
listening for dis tortion while cutting back the rf
gain you can find ant if the ave is working.
If distortion disappears sud denly as rf gain is
red uced. something's wrong in ave!
Those of us who anticipate spending long
hours at the rig have two "must" items for
checking, unless we like to resemble the morn-
ing after the night before, following a 3-to-4-
hour session on the air. These "musts" are
power-suppl y hum, and aud io distortion .
Neither of these possible defects is particu-
larly objectionable during short sessions, but
after some 90 minutes of listening to a back-
ground of raw ac the temptation to take up
philately becomes strong!
To test for hum, plug in a pair of phones
and turn the af gain all the way up. Turn
rf gain fairly well down, and tune off signal.
Listen for any hum. Some will undoubtedly
be detectable, but the q uestion is whether it's
loud eno ugh to be objectionable.
To d etermine whether it's the power supp ly
or possibly a poor tube, turn the af gain down
while listening. If hum goes away, it's origi-
nating ahead of the af gain and the p ower
supply is p robably pretty clean. Possible cul-
prits are bad rf or if tubes, or a single poor
filter capacitor. If, on the other hand , it goes
53
up , then the power sup ply is at fault. repeat the general ave test but turn rf gain
Aud io distortion is most readily checked by down and set audio gain wide open. If distor-
comp arison a gainst a known good receiver, but tion sh ows up , red uce audio gain and see if it
this may not be possible. Next best way is to goes away. At the same time, compare to all

TEST BANDS\\' lTCIl R F GAI N AF GAIl' SE LEC T IVITY Ave CALm A~L BfO AN T ItESULT

SENSITI VITY 10 Me t e r s Max Any Widest Rand Of f orr Off orr NOlle I
{)n 2

STABILITY 10 Meters M~ A ny Any scutng orr 0, orr 0, Any a

SE LECTIVITY 80 Meters M~ Any Approx 6 kc 0, orr orr Off On 4

XT AL FI LT E R 80 Meters r.Iax Any Narrowest Off 0, Off 0, I>,

"
AN L 10 Meters Max Any Widest 0, orr orr orr On II
On 7

AV e AC TION Best Band Max Any 2to6kc 0, orr orr 0, 0, 8

Broadcas t Off s
P ow er S UPP LY A ny Band Any l\Iax Any Setting All)' Off orr orr An)' 10
M in II

AU DIO QUALITY Any Band Any Max An~' Setting 0, orr Of[ orr On 12

ALI GN M ENT Repeat Tes t 1 at e ach end of each band cover ed ia

T U NING RA T E B est B and Any Any 2to6kc Any orr 0, 0, 0, 14

Test Procedures ond Results

I-Peak antenna noise with antenna trimmer,
with no antenna connected . Failure to find
noise peak indicates poor sensitivity.
2- When antenna is connected (noise still
peaked ) noise level should rise. Failure to
find noise rise indicates p oor fron t end.
3-Tune calibrator signal for 100 cps beat-note .
Lift and drop lid . Warble in beat-note indi-
cates poor mechanical stability. Blow into
tuning-capacitor compartment. Warble in beat-
note indicates poor temperature stability. At-
tach "Variac" in power line and vary line
voltage. Warble in beat-note indicates poor
line-voltage stability.
4- Tune across strong signal; note apparent width
of signal between 52 points. This is approxi-
mately 60-db bandwidth of receiver.
5- Tune calibrator signal to peak of crystal-fil ter
response. Zero-beat BFO. Tune slowly either
side and look for notch. Check to see that
phasing control moves notch position to either
side of peak. Failure to fi nd notch indicates
poor alignment of crystal-filter circuits or de-
fective crystal.
6-Check loudness level of ignition noise from
passing cars. When particularly loud one ap -
proaches, proceed to test 7.
7- Check to see how much ANL reduces level of
ignition noise. Do not expect much in reduc-
tion of neon-sign noise or QRN .
8- Tune to strong e w signal about 15 to 25
\VPM . Listen for "thumps" at beginning of
each character. Noise should rise between
characters but no signal should overload re-
ceiver. This test is applicable only to newer
receiver models.
9- Tune to stronges t available signal and listen
for audio quality while reducing RF gain con-
trol. Audio quality should not change as RF
gain is reduced. Any fuzziness of audio which
disappears as RF gain is reduced indicates in-
sufficient Ave .
lO- Use headphones; listen for power-line-frequen-
cy hum. Level of hum should not be objection-
able; some is permissible.
11-1 hum disappears when AF gain is reduced, it
originates ahead of gain control. If level re-
mains constant, insufficient power-supply filter-
ing is indicated.
12- Tune in strongest available signal and reduce
level by RF gain leaving AF gain wide open.
Listen for any trace of distortion or fuzziness.
Compare to other receivers on same signal
at same time. Distortion indicates high 1M,
which results in extreme listener fatigue during
contest operation, etc.
13-Repeat Test 1 at each end of each band ; fail-
ure to achieve noise peak at each end of
band indicates receiver is out of alignment on
that band . Defect is not serious but should be
considered as alignment can be a tough job
with some receivers.
14- Tune in 55B signal. Note whether it is easy
to tune, "sliding in," or comes in qu ickly and
jerkily. Tuning rate is matter of personal
preference; most like it slow, however, for easy
55B tuning.

5' 73 MACAZINE
other available receivers for distortion. If pos-
sible, compare against a Collins 75A4 ; this has
about as little audio distortion as any receiver
tested in our experience ( but steer clear of
S-linel ) .
Alignment of the receiver can be checked
by repeating the sensitivity test at each end
of each band; if you can't peak up front-end
noise without the antenna, or if noise doesn't
increase when the antenna is connected, the
receiver is not properly aligned at that point.
Most used receivers, unless they have just
been reconditioned, are not in proper align-
ment; putting them back in isn't d ifficult but it
may be time-consuming, especially if you don't
have the instruction manual and have to figure
out which slug or timmer controls wh ich cir-
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ease-of-reading condition. A few, h owever, do
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If your line voltage fluctuates widely, you'll
want to run all of the tests at three different
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line-voltage cond itions. One, of course, is at
normal rated voltage. The other two are 10 to
15 per cent above and below normal, respec-
tively. A Variac or similar ad justable auto-
transformer is handy, or you can put together
a "voltbox" for such testing. The stability tests,
in particular, may be severely affected . Dis-
tortion may also suffer at low voltage.
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test procedures and expected resu lts. With
it, you can pull a complete analysis of any
receiver in a very few minutes. You can also
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DECEMBER 1964 57

The RK 715-B on 6 Meters
The RK 715-ll is a tube which has been
by-passed by amateurs because of its filament
voltage and the lack of specifications in recent
handbooks. The tube is an indirectly heated
tetrode originally designed for pulse service in
early sonar and radar equipment. It requires
26 to 28 volts for the heater, 1500 vdc for the
plate and 300 vdc for the screen grid. With
a grid drive of 15 milliamps in class "C"
service the amplifier will provide 500 watts
input at six meters. The plate of the 715-B
operates under these conditions with a slight
tinge of red.
RK 7158
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no I to self neutralize at six meters with no d iffi-
RFC 1 10 tu rns #22 e na m el close wound
RFC 2 4 2 tu rns #22 e name l close wound on
V2" ceramic insu lator 2" long .
RFC3 ohm ite Z - 50 or equ iva le nt
L 1 4 tu rns # 18 V2 " dlc . close
~ 8 turns # 18 % " die . c lose
L3 4 turn s 3 / 16" coppe r tubing, 1 V2" di -
ameter, I V2 " lo ng
C I , C2 500 pf 20 kv TV doorknob type
ce ram ic
Measuring the input cap acity between the
cathode and grid reveals that the old hand-
book is correct in listing a value of 30 mmfd.
Because of the large value it is necessary to
use an unusual grid circuit to permit tuning
to the six meter band. The result is an inex-
pensive half gallon which is compact and easy
to build.
L The filament is heated by two 12.6 volt
filament transformers with their primaries in
parallel and the second aries in series, making
it unnecessary to search for a hard-to-get
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special 28 volt transformer from surplus.
2. The amplifier is built on a 6 x 9 chassis
following the usual layout for a final. Bias
may be provided by any number of circuits
and is set at 125 volts negative to insure that
the amplifier is cut-off when no signal is
applied.
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3. The tu be socket is recessed with '8" fiber
spacers. This procedure permits the amplifier
culties. If mounted on the chassis the circuit
becomes almost impossible to neutralize. (see
Fig. 2 )
4. The grid is series tuned, permitting the
amplifier to be tuned to six meters. The input
coil is close coupled to the grid coil for max-
imum drive.
5. The plate choke is wound on a half inch
ceramic insulator two inches long with the
TV doorknob capacitors threaded into the
ends of the insulator and then bolted to the
chassis. (see Fig. 3 ) The plate cap is of the
heat radiating type and the stra ps from the
cap to the choke are either ~" braid or flexible
strap.
6. The Pi-net capacitors used at K2ZEL
came out of a BC-191 tuning unit. The final
has been used here for four years and, from
reports, p uts out a nice wallop. It is easily
switch ed out of the line-up when going from
ground wave work to local rag-chewing.
. . . K2ZEL
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 New Product
FOR SALE
Summer vacation camp and exce llent
VHF location combination. Six room lightly
furn ished wood paneled house, four ac res,
over 2,000 fee t up Mt. Monadnock in
sou thern New Hampshire. Complete with
four towers and antennas ( 16 element
colinear and 10 element yagi for 6M; 288
element cclineer-yagi for 2M; 48 element
colinea r-yagi for 2~1; 32 element colinea r
fo r 220 me; 192 element colmear-yagt for
432 me: B y-Gain trtlxmder fo r 20-15- lOM ) .
Shower, water heater, electric stove, refrtg- Quement Dip Meter
era tor, etc, Almost completely isolated. . . . An y ham who builds his gear (or fixes it )
no TVI for miles. Built by million aire and needs a grid d ip meter. And no ham wan ts
shows it. $21,500 (a steal ) . Write or call to bother with a tube type GDM any more.
73 for ad ditional information. The slow warm up and. cumbersome line cord
are a nuisance. Not to mention the high outp ut
wh ich can blow out transistors. But Quement's
new GD.\1 -3 all-transistor d ip meter eliminates
these p roble ms and p rovid es a host of unique
fea tures as well. It operates immediately (a nd
on a cheap 9 volt battery ) . I t covers 500 kc
to 150 rnc. It's very compact and. ligh t. It's
accura te and stable. It's well built and h as
vern ier tuning. The coils are coated with a
sturdy epoxy. An earphone is included for
6 & 2 METER PRE-AMPS monitoring and frequency measuring.
t 'IU ro<l ~ :\' ll \'l ~t or
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One of the outst andin g fea tures we found
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hI gh gai n "nit. "; qua l "r "'Pt'r lor to iny unit avalla hle .
I'e H oar d 2 %" x 4"- any if- wi r ed :tt 6M C- N-S7. 50 two d eep dips about on e megacycle apart
2 steree model-e- tum e If .:tt2~fC -N- $7 .so
' I. HUe O"Il] " 6 :\l e t n I)rlver and Transm itter unit , All in a b andpass coupler at 50 me. Another dip
YOU need on 6. 5 Wat ts In -3 Wall I out. Us ea 8mI' Xta l.
I: 1- 6A\.'S. PC board 21,\,"' 4". From W4BIR_ "H n e meter only shows one hroad dip in the sa me
wo ed 19 Sta te5-f'e mar ka bf. perfor"lllnu !" Wired :tXT circuit-and it has to be very closely coupled
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Audio input. Scope or dual eye indicator. Plug-in inductors for wide or narrow shift. Axis restorer & limiter
can be switched in or out of circuit, to suit conditions of fading or interference. Copies on Mark only or
Space oaly automatically Mark hold circu it. loop & Bias supply for optional polar relay for keying trans-
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 New Products

196 5 Al lied Cata log

Allied 's 19 65 catalog is now availab le . M ark-
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p a ge ca talog presents the greates t selection of
ham eq ui pment in the com pany's history.
Space devoted to transceivers and VHF gear
has been greatly expand ed. The new products
in the lines of the lead ing m anufacturers are
illustrated and d escribed in detail. There are
fea ture-p acked transmitters, new single sid e-
band transceivers , VHF eq uip men t for 6 and 2
meters, lin ear am plifiers, transmitting and re-
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accessories , code practice aids, h am station
clocks, crystals, adap ters, TVI filters, coaxia l
cable and every kind of h am station accessory.
T he catalog also lists thousands of other elec-
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The 19 65 catalog # 240 is available free on
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Pow ermaster Inverter

Topaz has an nounced their new Powermas-
tel' 3 00 watt inverter. It changes 12 volt d c
from you r car battery to 110 volt 6 0 cycle
power. Because o f its h igh powe r ratin g and
high efficiency, it can operate most ac h am
eq uip ment directly and economically without
th e necessity for a sp ecial de p ow er sup p ly
for each piece of gear. T he Powermaster is very
comp act (only 5~8 x 5~8 x 5%in ches ) and weighs
b ut 12 lbs. It comes com p lete w ith all cables
and ins truct ions. Available from th e factory or
from d istri b utors. Price : $44.95 p lus ship p ing.

DECEMBER 1964 61
 Famou s By-Ga in T hunderbird Triba nders ha ve been im proved .. .to give you e ven g rea ter tota l
performa nce . Each new T hunderbird is equ ipped with separate new Hy-Q Tra ps for each ba nd -
to g-ive you peak performance on each band whether working phone or CWoNew ad vanced design
Beta Match insures opt imum tra nsfer of all available e nergy -allows prec ision broad band m atch-
ing a nd a h igh degree of e lectrical a nd mec ha n ica l reliabili ty ...com es to you co mple tel y facto ry
pre-t u ned. Mechanica lly, new Hy-Gain Th underbirds a re rugged ... large d ia meter, heavy ga uge
alum inum boom . ..taper swag-ed sea m less alum inu m elements . ..hea vy gauge, machine formed
boom to ma st a nd e le men t to boom brackets ... non-corrosive fu ll circumference compress ion cl a m ps
a t t u bing joints . They're a vailabl e in four model s ...

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S u per b D X pe rform a nce . Fe a t ure s wide
spa ced eleme nts on a 24 ft . boom . New Hy .Q
Traps provide t rue full -sized performance.
Feeds wit h 52 oh m coa x - Beta Matched for
opti mum gain - maximu m FIB ratio without
comprom ise. SWR less than 1.5:1 on a ll
bands . Lo ngest el ement, 32 ft .-weight , 47
lbs. Mode l T H6DX, $139.95 Net.
THUNDERBIRD MODEL TH3Mk2
Outstandi ng per for mance on 10, 15 and 20 meters.
Separate and m a tched new Hy -Q Tra ps for each
band. Feeds w ith 52 ohm coa x - Beta Ma tc hed
for opt im u m ga in - ma ximum FIB ra t io without
compromi se. SW R less than 2:1 on a ll bands.
Boom le ngth . 14 ft. Longest el e men t , 26 ft.
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THUNDERBIRD MODEL TH2Mk2
Com pact . .. i n s t a ll s al most a ny wh e re ...
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Beta Ma tc hed for ma ximum gain. Ru gged
li g htwe ig ht const ru ct ion com pati b le t o
rota t ing with sta nda rd T V rota to r . Boom
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A compact 3-e lement bea m t hat delivers out -
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SW R less than 2:1 at resona nce. Hy -Q Trupa-;
Be ta Ma tch - sea ml ess heavy ga uge alumi num
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12 It. boom. Longest element. 27'6". Turn in g
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Boom to Ma st Bracket Driven Element to Boom Brac ket Beta Matc h

02 73 MACAZ I N E
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Taper Swaged Seamless Aluminum Construction
HY-GAIN'S MODEL 14AVS, the worl d's most po pula r Hamantenna, has a new, im-
pro ved successor the Mode l 14AVQ. Three se pa rate new J 1y-Q Traps ... completely
factory pre- t u ned prov ide peaked perfor m ance on to t hroug 40 meters. Outsta nd in g
low a ngl e rad iation pattern for OX . New 12" doub le-grip mast brack et insu res max imum
r ig idi ty whether roof- top or grou nd mou n ted. New total perfor m ance const ruction .. .
hea vy gauge taper swaged sea m less a luminum radiator -sful l circumference comp ression
cl a mps at tu bing j oints no n-co nduci ve to corrosion or wea r . Unsurpa ssed for porta bility
. ..ou tstand in g for per manent insta lla t ion s. O vera ll hei g-ht, 18 ft. We ig-ht, 10 lbs. Adapts to
BO mete r operation using- Hy -Gain's Model LCBO loadi ng coil. Model 14AVQ, $29 .95 Net.
Load ing Coi l for BO Meter ope ra t ion - Medel LCBO $ 7 .95 Net
Roof Mou nting Kit - Model 14 RMK $11.95 Net
Decou ph ng Stu b adds 6 Meter ope ration - Mode l 61\I K $ 4 .95 Net
For 10,15 and 20 Meters ... Hy-Gain's New Model 12AVQ. Compan ion to th e
new Mode l 14A VQ, t he Model 12A VQ, for 1020 meters, incorpora tes n ew Hy -Q Traps -
a new 12" double-grip mast bracket - ta per swaged sea m less a lum in um con st r uct ion. It
delivers ou tstand ing low a ng le rad iat ion. S WR is 2:1 or less on all ba nd s. Ov era ll h eight
is 13'6 ". Weigh t , 9 lbs . Mode l 12AVQ, $ 21.95 Net .
Roof Mount in g Ki t -Model 12 RMK $11 .95 Net
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Super-Strength Aluminum Clad
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Install ed horizontally or a s an In-
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wa ve le n g t h performan ce on a ll
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Model 38 0Q 10' 10 th'u 20 Mete' s Su per -s t.r-e n g th a lum inum c la d
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. .. wi ll n ot s t r e t c h . .. wit h s t and s
h u r ri ca n e -lik e wi nd s . E a s i ly in -
Model 28 00 10' 40 and 80 Mele,s
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Mod el 5800 10 th ru 80 M ... $34.95 Net
Model 248800 10' 20. 40 & 80 Meter s Mod el 3 800 10 thr u 20 M ,.. $ 17.50 Net
Mode l 4 8 00 lO t hru 40 M , " $24.50 Net Mod eI 2 BOQ 4 0 and 80 M $ 19.9 5Ne t
Mod el 2488 0 0 20 , 4 0 & 80 M .. $22.50 Net
Model 2TQ Mat ch ed Trap Kit fo r bui lding 40 & 80 Meter Dou ble t $ 12.9 5 Net
Model 2 B OP Trapte ss Fan Doub let for 15, 40 & 80 Me te r s .. $19.95 Net

AVAILABLE NOW FROM YOUR HYGAIN OISTRIBUTOR

DECEMBER 1964 63
Testing the
Venus di Clegg
Back last spring, when we were getting 73
Mountain ready for the big June VHF scram-
ble, there was co nsiderable discussion over
wh ich rigs were best for which bands. Every-
o ne agreed that. if we co uld get it, a C legg
Venus would be the last word for OUf six
meter effort.
Someh ow I managed to talk Clegg into
sendi ng one up on loan . \Vh en it arrived every-
one was so anxious about it th at they had it
unp acked before th e carton ever got off the
delivery truck.
wh at a beauty!
I co uld see that nothing further would get
done on 73 if I left it around here, so I d rove
it all lip to the mountain, p lugged in the ac,
the mike, and an antenna and started talking
to the growing mob of sidehanders down at
th e low end of six. I found I was getting out
so well with the Venus that it was hard to tell
if the band was open or not.
Whil e the A~[ boys were fighting R~[ and
changi ng band cond itions I found that I could
h ave lon g rag chews with sideband sta tions .
VP7CX, who, by th e way, has a Venus and
is wild about it, called me on e day and we
talked for about a nhour. H e has been carrying
on daily skeds w ith Panam a and crazy things
like th at wh ich no one would even have con-
sid ered before the advent of sideband on six.
One fellow called in and said he had been
considering a Ven us , but that th e transceive
typ e of operation worried him . H e wanted to
he able to tune his receiver separa te ly from
his trasnmitter. I pointed out how simple it
was to feed the 14 me output of the Venus'
conv erter to his regular station receiver and
use that for tuning off the transmitter fre-
quen cy. In this way you get all the extraord-
inary sensitivity of th e grounded grid nuvist or
converter in the Venus as well as its stability
(it has to be stable to be good for SSB ).
Tuni ng the Venus is a d ream. Th ose Ed cl v-
stone di als may be expen sive, but th ey sure
are worth it.
Since a lot of th e six metter gang still are
using receivers wi tho ut b fo's, it is handy to be
able to switch to the AM position at tim es.
T he receiver has both AM and SSB detectors,
switch ahle AVC and a very effective noise
limiter. T he Venus was able to give perfect
copy of signa ls under Q R ~ 1 conditions that
just about stopped every other receiver we had
64
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available. Between a two meter kilowatt in th e
next room and a six met er kilowatt on a nea rby
mountain top , the pressure was really on .
Grid block keying is used on C\ V, though
we only were able to make a few contacts on
thi s mode. There sure isn't much C\ V activity
in th at bottom 100 kc, even when the band
is open. If it ever developes, th e Venus w ill
he ready for it.
The \'enus kicks up to 85 watts PEP (all
modes ) , which is plenty for most operation .
If yo u want to always be first there is a nice
linear available from Clegg, the Apollo, which
plugs right into the Venus and boosts you to
700 watts.
The Venus normally tunes from 49.975 to
50.475, though it takes just a quick crystal
replacement to ch ange this range to any other
SOO kc you want to tune. Since the g reat bulk
of six meter activity is in the lower 500 kc
this will hardly ever cause much of a problem
. . . and if you stick to sideb and , wh ich is
almost completely between 50.1 and 50.2,
you'll never kn ow there is p art of the b and
, .
you re not usm g.
The stability of the Venus is att ributable to
the carefully b uilt 5 .0 to 5.5 me oscillator. Th is
is mixed with the 14 me output of the con-
verter to give a 9 me signal which is fed
th rou gh the 9 me crysta l fil ter and results in
3 kc selectivity. The final if is 450 kc. T he
transmitter heterod yn es the 14 me signal up to
50 me with a 6883 (twelve volt 6146 ) in th e
final. The unw anted sideb and is down over
5 0 db at 1000 cycles and th e carrie r is sup -
pressed more th an 56 db. Distortion p rodu cts
are down over 30 db at full output. Since all
circ uits except th e fin al are broadbanded the
tun eup process is sim ple . E ven the fin al doesn 't
have to be touched for small frequen cy ch anges
(say 100 kc or so) .
During the two months that I used th e
Ve nu s I worked 43 sta tes, VEl-2-3-4 , VPi.
and C02. w hat a world of difference there
was using this rig as comp ared to a small AM
job ! . . . Staff
73 MACAZINE
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5100 , $ 139.00 ADCOM
LPA.l (li n.) 249 .00 LSA-3 Mobile linear . $ 250 .00 $ 199.00
COLLI NS COLLI NS
3011 , 375.0 0
3253 (Like New) . _ , 595.00 3051 lin ear (Demo) . 1795.00 1295.00
75A4 (Ser. 4300) . 429 .00 GALAXY
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 Model CMA is a crys -
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Model CMA sistor, all band con-
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verter tha t covers all
" bonds from 160
through 2 meters (1.7 Me. to 54 Me. and 108 Me. to
174 Me.). The output of Mode l CMA can be fed to a
standard broadcast set or to any com mcnicotions re-
ceiver up 10 30 Me. It can be used for mobile Or fixed
operation . The CMA has better than I microvo lt sen-
sit:vity . It can be o p e ra te d fro m on inte rna l battery or
from the 12 volt ca r ballery with the Ameco 85 .9
adopter. It has a tune d RF stage, tuned by the dia l on

- the panel, to obta in b est image and spurious re je ctio n .

Up to fen crystals ca n be selected by the band switch
on the panel . Model CMA is also available for special
shortwave broadcast, police, fire, aviation and com-
me rcia l freque ncies be tween 1,7 Me. an d 5 4 Me, an d
be twee n 108 Me. and 174 Me. Size : 3 31. " by 6" by
6 3h ", Fa r more detailed information on the CMA a nd
other Ameco converters, write for the special " Info r-
ma tion Sheet on Ameco Converters ,"
Model CMA , wired and tested , less crysta ls 56 4.95
Crystals , each 5 3 .50

I -,.., NUVISTOR
STANDING WAVE BRIDGE
MODEL SWB ,1\1 'f~ __ PREAMPLIFIERS
I . : 1. " ...... SINGLE BAND
, Model SWB is a high q ua lity bridge
\.
r _ FOR 21 (CBI. 28. 50.
tha t will accu rately rea d SWR's

~/...- _ .... 144 OR 220 MC.
from 1.8 Me. to 225 Me. !i nclud- tJJ,11",.....,.' OYER 20 DB Gain
ing Ham , CB and Com me rcial band sl. It can handle up
to one tho usond watts. Model. SWB use s the superior .- ....... ..:- '<'
Th e N u vi st or Pr e -
;J
t; ..... a mpl i fie rs w ill im-
type of inductive coupli ng and can therefore be left in p rove your gain a nd noise figure considercbly when
the lin e continuously witho ut insertion loss . It con tain s used a hea d of your present converter, receiver, or
two SO-239 VHF connectors and is attractively pack- tra nsceive r. 2 tuned circu its and a 6054 Nuvistar are
aged in a satin copper case . Size 1 %" x 2 lf....... 4lf2" . use d . The noise figure is 2.0 d6 at 27 Me., 2.5 db at
Mode l SWB - Wired and tested $9 .95 50 Me., 3 .0 db . at 144 Me. and 4 .0 db . at 220 Me.
Powe r requirements are .10 0 -150 V. at 8 mo . and 6 .3
BRIDGE INDICATOR UNIT V. at .1 3 5 A. Specify frequen cy desired .
. " MODEL BIU Model PV- Wired a nd tested 51 3 .95
Model BIU. when used with
the Ameco SWB or other
make of bridg e, will occu -
ra te ly rea d SWR, percent- COMPACT G THRU BD METER TRANSMITTER
a ge powe r and perce ntag e
voltag e (3 sca lesJ. It contains a se nsitive 100 micro - ----- Handles 90 watts phone and CW on
6 thru 80 meters, Final 6146 op-
a mpere 2 Ye" square American made O'Arsonval meter. erate s straig ht th ru on all bands.
A fe a ture not found on any Qther make of indicator is ~ Si ze - only 5" x 7" 7 7" - ideal mo-
a switching circuit that provides for reading either one bile or fix ed. Can take cryst al or
VFO. Model l Xa6 Kit $89.95 - Wired
of 2 bridges . Attractively pockaged in a charcoal grey Model TX-86W $119.95. Mode l PS3
cabinet with a satin copper panel. Si ze 2 Jf." ... 5" Wired $44 .95. Model W612A Mo bile
x 3". Supply wire d $54.95.
Model lX -iii
-Ma d e l BIU - Wired and tested $15 .95

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pen si ve compact VHF transmitter. Ameco
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transmitter . It is easy t o t une because all
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There is no oth er t ransmitter li ke it on
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SPECI FICAT IONS ANO FEATURES
Power input t o f inal ; 15W. CW, 15W. peak


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HAS BUILTIN MODULATOR AND POWER
SUPPLY'75 WATTS PHONE AND CW AT-
TRACTIVE LIGHT GRAY PANEL AND DARK GRAY
CABINET COMPACT SIZE 11 Vz" WIDE, 9Vz"
DEEP, 6" HIGH.
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on phone.
Tube lineup: 6GK6- osc., triplet , 6GK6
doubler, 1868 tr tcter (on 2 meters)
1984 Final. 12AX1 and 6GK6 modula to r.
cryst at-ccntrcued or ext ernal VFO. Crystal s
used are inexpensi ve 8 Mc ty pe .
Met er reads f inal cathod e curr en t, f inal
gri d curr en t an d RF outp ut.
So li d sta te power supply . _
Mike/k ey jack and cry stal socket on fron t
panel. Push-to-t al k mike j ack.
Pot entiomet er type dr ive cont rol. Audio
gain cont rol.
Addit ional connect ions in rear f or key and
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NUVISTOR CONVERTER S FOR 50,

CB6K - 6 met er kit, 6ES8tf Amp.,
144 ANO 220 MC. HIGH GAIN, lO WNOISE eu a- mt x.ye sc. ".",.... , ..;...... $19. 95
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mixer) and 616 OSC. Avai lable in any CB2K - 2 met er kit, 6E58 t st rf
I F out put and do NOT become ob- amp ., 6US - 2nd r f amp/ mill. 616
solete as th ei r IF i s eaeily ch3nged OSC __ ._ _ " ... $23.95
t o matc h any recei ver . Average gain
- 45 db. Noise figure - 2.5 db. at
....,.. CB-2W - wired and te sted.
Model PS1 - Matching Power Sup-
$33.95
50 Me., 3.0 db. at 144 Me., 4.0 db. ply - plugs directly into CB6. CE-2
at 220 Mc. Power req uired 100-1 50V. CBG and CN units. PS 1K _ Kit $10 50
at 30 ma.. 6.3V. at .B4A. See PSl PS1W - Wi red _ $11.50
Powe r Supply. Model CN50W, CN
Model 144W or CN-220W wir ed . (speci fy IF.l
CN $49.95. Model eN50K, CN 144K or
CN,220K i n kit f orm. (specify I F.) $34.95
AMECO POWER SUPPLY
ALL BAND MODEL PSl
M odel PS1 will supp ly more the n
NUVISTOR PREAMP enoug h pow e r f or c ny o f th e above
6 THRU 160 METERS ' co nv e rte rs. It is housed in en ot-
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'.' chassis thct mete s wi t h a ny o f the
l;
co nve rte r chc ss is w i thout a ca b l e .
It ca n del iver 50 me . at 125 V . DC a nd 2 A . c t 6 .3 V .
A C . fro m 115 V . AC. in p ut and ca n supply p o wer to
many other hom a ccessories .
M ODEL ecr. WirM. StU S
MODEL rap " it!: built -;., PS ) K- in kit f orm $10 .50
...,pl"
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PS1 W - w ir ed and tested 11 .50

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 Ba rrie Hiern KSSGP
1427 Lou isiana Ave.
New Orleans 15 , La .

SSB with the 6N2

Cha nging the Johnson Viking 6 N2 Trans- sistors in parallel.
mitter into a heterodyne uni t for 6 meters is 9. R-12a, 47 K, 1 watt resistor.
a very simple modification which can be mad e 10. Re, 22 ohm, ~f watt resistor.
for a cost of about ten dollars. The only tools Now let's proceed with the modincation.
needed are a drill, a ~" chassis punch. solder (After making the modification the unit may
gun, a nibblin g tool or file, and a minimum of be changed to operate as origina lly with a
patience. minimum of time and effort, since the modifi-
The p arts necessa ry for the conversion are cation involves no major changes ) .
as follows: F irst, remove all tubes before drilling. In-
1. 7750 kc crystal in an FT-243 holder. stall a coax panel mount in the rear of the
2. 1 coax panel mount. chassis between the power plug and the adja-
3 . V-5, an OA2 voltage regulation tube, cent terminal strip. Disconnect R-IO at p in 2
socket, and shield. of V-2 only, and simply bend the resistor away
4. V-6, an 0132 voltage regulator tube, from the tube socket. Connect one end of Re,
socket, and shield. a 22 ohm, J2 watt resistor to pin 2 of V-2, the
5. L-a, 2B~ turns, 13 & \ V Miniductor cathode of the 6360. Then connect the center
# 3012. cond uctor of a length of HG-58/U to the free
6 . I.-b, 10 turns, Il & W Minid uctor end of Rc. Connect the other end of the
# 3010. RG-58/ U to the coax panel mount. Ground
7. R-16a, see text. both ends of the b raid of the RG-58/ U.
8. Rr., Four 200 ohm, 2 watt carbon re- Next, make R r, b y connecting four 200 ohm, 2
3.5 - 1.5 II'(;

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 watt carbon resistors in p arallel; making the
connectio n on each end of the resistors close
to the resistor bodies. Cut off excess wire
from each end, leaving one lead at each end
to make the connections. Now connect and
solder one end of R L to the junctio n of He
an d the RG-58/U. Solder the other end of
HI, to the ground lug next to the V-2 socke t.
T he next step is t o rep lace L-l with L-a, so
that it wil l tune 15. 5 me, instead of the orig-
inal 16-18 me. Then replace L-2 with L-b, so
that it will tune 46 .5 me, instead of the orig-
inal 48-54 me. R-7, formerly attached to the
mid point of L-2, is now attached to the mid-
poin t of L-b .
Next, m ake a hole in the chassis on each
side of the Fine Coupling control shaft im-
media tely behind the fr ont panel for each of
th e two VR tube sockets. In stall th e sockets
so th at the VR tubes will be above the chas-
sis. Bring a p iece of hook-up wire up throu gh
the grommet with the wiring harness for
con nection to t he terminal on R-16a, the
screen adjust resistor which h as an orange
wire already attached. T he va lue of R-16a is
discussed under Adjustments. Leave the
orange wire attached. Solder the other end of
the hook-up wire to pin 5 of V-5, one of the
two sockets which was just installed closest to
the 6N2 meter. Connect p in 2 of V-5 to pin 5
of V-6, the other socket which was added for
the VR tubes. Ground p in 2 of V-6.
Referring to Fig. 2 in the 6N2 Operating
Ma nual, the b ottom view of the 6N2, locate
R-12 on the left han d side of the figure.
Rep lace R-12 with R-12a, the 47K ohm, 1
watt resistor.
We n eed a - 30 volts of bi as from an exter-
nal source for the grids of the 5894, V-3.
Since the antenna relay and accessory re-
lays may be con trolled by the exciter, the
antenna re lay socket J-2, on the 6N2, may b e
used for th e bias line after disconnecting from
it th e wires which go to S\V-2. Connect a
wire from J-2 to the position 10 of SW-3,
after having disconnected position 10 of 5\V-3
from gro und. Simply disconnecting p osition
lO af S' V-3 makes both di sconnections d e-
picted on the schematic vy 2 X." Since R-21 ,
the shu nt resistor, is mounted on the meter
switch it is taken care of in the above step.
This step app lies bias to the grids of the
5894 and also takes care of the meterin g cir-
cuit.
W ith th e exception of R-16a, the modifica-
tion is now complete.
Ad just ments
I am us ing the Heathkit model HP-20
power supply which provides 600 volts t o the
DECEMBER 1964
plates of the 5894. At this voltage the screens
of the 5894 are reg ulated at 258 volts. R-16a
with this supply is a 12,000 ohm, 50 watt
resistor. For other values of high voltage, the
value of the screen-dropping resistor must be
calculated. T he VR tubes draw 5 rna and
the screen current varies from 0 to 25 rna: a
total current through the screen-dropping re-
sistor. In calculating th e value of th e screen-
dropping resistor, do not forge t that when the
6N2 is in Tune or Standby positions, th e
screen-dropping resistor R-16a, is shorted to
ground, so do not exceed the power rat ing of
the resistor und er thi s cond itio n.
Install V-3, and the VR tubes, V-5 and 6.
Ad jus t th e b ias so that V-3 restin g plate cur-
rent is 35 to 40 rna. T his wiII b e fro m - 26 to
- 30 volts of vias. T hen install the 7750 kc
crystal an d th e 6U8 an d the 6360. The clamp
tube is left out of th e unit in this mode of
operation .
In order to ad just the bias from the Heath
HP-20, install a 50K, 2 watt wire-wound po-
tentiometer in place of R-6 in the HP-20. The
middle terminal of the pot. is connected to
pin 1 of the HP-20 power socket.
Operat ion
If the exciter has more th an 12 watts rms
output, a pad must be used b etween the
exciter and th e 6N2 to limit the input to the
6N2 to 12 wa tts rms.
Tune the oscillator and the multiplier of
the 6N2 in the usual m anner. Tune the ex-
citer on the 80 meter band , 3.5 me corres-
pond ing to 50.0 me, and 4 .0 me h eterodynin g
to 50.5 me. Then apply exciter p owe r to th e
6='J2 and tu ne the fi nal grid and the fi nal plat e
of the 6N2 wi th the exciter in the C\V p osi-
tion . Then switch to SSB on the exciter and
join th e fun on 6 meter SSB.
The reason for using a 7750 kc crystal and
80 meter input is that the crystal multiplies
to 46.5 me, far enough away from 50 me so
that the tuning circu it of th e 5894 will reject
it. With a 6 me crystal and 20 met er input, a
harmonic occurs at 48 me which mi gh t cause
difficulty. It is easier to use th e 7750 kc crystal
th an to use the 6 me crys tal and h ave to build
traps.
Further information on the 5894 m ay be
obtained by writ ing to Amperex. . .. K,SSGI'
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Power ratln lO to 1 kw . VS WR to 500 mc, Po wer rating 1 k w.
less tha n 1 ,15:1 fro m 0 t o 500 VSWR less than 1. 1:1 at 100 m c .
me. Isolation greate r t h a n 30 Isolation greater than 4 0 db at
db "" 5 0 0 me. Loss less t h a n 100 mc. Li fe OVer 1.000,000 opera_
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A DPDT SWITCH INTERNALLY CON -
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an exlelte r and ante n na. Fr e _ Power r a t in g 250 w . VSW R les s
QUency r ange 0 to 500 m c . t han 1.1: 1 (ii' 500 me. Is o la tio n
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les s th lln 1.15: 1 fro m 0 t o
500 me , Isolat ion g rea t e r t ha n
Wt. le ss thlln
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500 me. Lire expectancy o ver
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t h lln 0.03 db @ 30 me. Li fe lC In m fgn. type have SPOT
over 1,000,000 ope rll tions. 50 $1.90 ea . au xillary switches r ate d at 5 lim p
DK2.60B ohm Imped ance. !, 110 VAC r e s is tiv e .
Co n n ec t o r s U Hf' . Size' 2:1,-:. x 3"{ x 1~". W t . 12 0"
Available in lIli standard AC, Comply with MIL- 5 541 . AN-C-17 0 lin d MtL-S- 50 0 2 .
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DK78
ped a n c e. VSWR l e~s t h an 1.05:1 a t 150 m e .
Is olaUo n g reater th a n 50 db 'ri' 500 m c . and
g rea t e r t. ha n 80 db M' 30 me. W ith dial
p late a nd kn ob, Wt. 1 0 oz. Size : 3" dIe.. x
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SERIES A v a ilable : IP2T , SP3T,

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I P6 T

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DOWMKEY UHF CONNECTORS

DK20l DK202 DK2 10 DK2T 1
Pane l Mou n t Doub le Fe m a le Female U HF t o Ma le UHF t o
Mil l e c o n n ecter Conn ~tor Mil le Ph o n o Male Pho n o
$ 1. 25 ea . . 85 ea.
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$1 .25 ea. $1.25 ea .
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7J 73 MACAZINE
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SERlE DK78.6

MANUAL
COAXIAL SWITCHES
(NOT WAfER SWITCHES)
Dow-Key Company's new manual ser ies of coaxial relays with excellent
R.F. characteristics. Available i n four configurat ions-single pole two
throw , DK78-2 : Single pole three throw, DK783 ; Single pole six throw,
DK78-6; and transfer switch , OK78-T.

Typical Applicatl on

.-
lP6T lPJT 1P2T Crossover

SPECIFICATIONS
r.t. ratings: 1 kw t o 500 me. VSWR less than 1.05,1 at 150 me (see
1- f--
curves below ). Isolat ion greater than 5Ddb at 500 me and greater than
80 db at 30 me (see below ). Impedance: 50 ohm . Contacts : Fine silver,
others upon reques t. Connectors: UHF are standa rd , types N, BNG ,TNC
._,
and C are also available . Operating Temperature Range : 55 degrees I .......
C. to + 85 deg rees C. Finish: Coax ial connectors silve r plated . Body
blac k anodized. Mount ing : Requires one 7 116" dia. note and one I """ ,....., "'''-'
5 /32" dia. hole . Wt. 10 oz. Size 3" diamete r x 11/8" deep.
Guaranteed for one year. If faulty with in one year the switch will
I .-
be repaired at no charge othe r than 75c for handling and mailing.

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DK78-6
DK78-T
$15.75
$15.75
$21.75
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Unit Power Oscillators

Low cost oscillators from 200 to 650 mega- cles. The same xtal will go to 8 1 megacycles
cycles. High power (25 to 50 watts ) units are ( tripling is st ill 1I0t too bad there ) 162, 324,
described for experimental line or cavity test- 648 megacycles, and then to 1296! Suit you r-
ing, antenna experiments, and transm itter self. At least the oscillators to he d escribed
drive work. The technician and the UHF ex- ( Yes, I'Il get to th em eventually ) will help
perimenter particularly, should be interested you work it out.
in this helpful inform ation which is the result Remember, if you have some four or five
of man y years of work.
Introdu ct ion
As one works up into the UHF region,
two facts become more an d more ap parent.
One, it is mu ch bette r to double, and two, it
is also mu ch better to start at the final and
work back through the drive rs and multipliers.
Too many times I have blithely followed the
carefree word s "T hen tripling to 432" (or
1296 ) . By the time I tri ed to triple to 1296
the drive was way way down from what it
should be. A great help in this situ ation is
doubling instead of tripling. Don't forget, the
t. ,
~ 7.45 T RIM\l ER
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5 763

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, ---- "'c
----
---- 190 to 2 50 mc osci llator
'.' , _~I
5' 20 ' multiplier stages set up and then h ave to re-
T O-v
",0 CU RRE ' i T
- P LATE
CUR R E NT work them it may be quite a deal when you
"- find that you have insufficient drive to the
fin al. Especially as such reworking will gener-
ally mean bigger tubes or an in between am-
plifier stage. You will see these amplifiers quite
L, ve
.5 T UR.. S 5/6- 00. 110 -170 often in commercial rigs, where they had to
4 TURN S 314"' 00 65 - 110 lise one in order to get sufficient drive for the
Fig , 1.8 5 to 170 mc osc illa tor next stage. This is OK when all you have to
first "big bang" you come to as you frequency do is call the purchasing department for an-
multiply up is the doubling frequency! Fur- other UHF tube!
ther up you find a littl e weak spot of energy. Working backward from the final , you
This may be the tr ipling spo t. know just where you are as regards d rive.
Granted, d oubling onl y throws out some one stage at a time.
of th e harmonic relati ons found on 144, 432, The oscillator of Fig. 2 covers 190 to 250
and 1296 megacycles, but from a power megacycles. This can be used to check doubl-
and operating standpoint you may find it ob- ing circuits from 216 to 432 megacycles.
ligatory. All harmonic relationship is not lost The next, Fig. 3, covers 400 to 500 mega-
by any mean s. One 27 me crystal ( e ll unit ) cycles. This is useful for decisions on whether
goes to 54, 108 , 216, and then 432 megncy- to use lines or cavities on your 432 stages.

78 73 MACAZIN E

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FIG 2
Fig . 2. Powe r oscillato r 19 0 to 25 0 me .
The high est frequen cy of this econo mical
series run s 600 to 6?O mega cycles and is main-
ly for checking 1296 megacycle doublers. I
have even used it to check tran sistor doub lers
(don't scream, p leasel ) T h is m ay seem fan tas-
tic, to d rive a little tran sistor wi th a 100 watt
tube, but yo u just run low voltage, 50 to
100 or so on th e p late and u se very loose
coup ling. W orks F.B.!
1200 to 1300 pow er oscillators wiII b e in-
vestigated a t a later date . I have almost d e-
cided th at p erhap s a 600 megacycle oscillator
d rivin g a 1200 megacycle d oubler would be
best. L ess F~I when yo u modulate it and you
are ready for crystal control later if need ed.
By using a hig h-powe red oscillator one can
ascertain what grid drive will p roduce what
output in the final ; maxim um grid mils can
he set up; etc. Don't forget th at if you are
using grounded grid, plate outpu t will go on
increasing even though the allowable grid mils
are being exceeded! Oscillators arc shown for
some of the most useful freq uencies such as
2 16, 432, and 600 to 650 megacycles. N umer-
ous antenna tests can be more easily mad e
with more sock in the oscillator. Of co urse.
watch those operating rules and regulations!
Personally there have been plenty of times
on U H F when any signa l would have b een
greeted with joy. In fact, th is is still usu ally
the case "up there." VHF-U HF helix type
coils, line and strap circuits, and cavities can
DECEM BE R 1964
e v~
be handil y ad jus ted for size, len gth , and res-
onance, w ith these units.
Reasons fo r Different Types of Oscilla to rs
7 r
.
S TUllttS OF 118 -
tOA XIAl CAIIl.
wi t h Increa sing Frequ ency
J 1/ 2" 00 T\J"~ There seems to be some "Law" operating
'N"E"
L~....CONDUCTOII here. T his b usi ness of "Laws" is of course
SOD 0 " " OUUR _
,w buried in An t iqu ity. {W here is that? Africa?
CONDuCTOR S VAC
T.s
ro Asia? ) F rom 50 to around 150 megacycles,
S _ If Z " _6 _ TR' "
using a good tube such as the 5763, the old
'bAOONO reliable Ulrra-Audion circuit does FB. Fig. 1
- S.".
"W
..
PL .. ..[ -
IS 1l -1 12~
'
shows an old version that works well. You
can push it a litt le highe r in freq uency, at
I
I heater leads will help, hut why bother when
you can use the circuit of Fig. 2 which
.,
0 . 2 50
2 C39A "takes off' with as little as 9 volts on the
p late!
\ Vith all the "S'ers,' Gonsets , etc. around ,
the assumption was mad e th at there is plenty
of rf avai lable for 50 and 144 me t ests of all
kinds.
2 0 0 Megacycles a nd Up
Thi ngs begin to change a little a fter 150
megacycles. The "p late co il" gets real small
and nasty like . Q uite a differen t type of oscil-
lator now enters the scene. See Fig. 2. This
oscillator uses a half-w ave in each line. One
half-wave in the grid lin e a nd one h alf-wave
4 0 0 to 500 mc oscillato r.
in the pla te line. This allows the first quarter
wave on each line to be well up inside the
tube . It appears to be a "natural" for th e
region between 100 and 700 megacycles.
Look at the size of it on -lOa to 500 m ega -
cycles! Easy to work with; no need of short
leads. O f course this does not mean th at you
can change anything shown in the circuit.
This oscillator is so good frequency-wise that
I had to change the p late and grid lines from
one ineh brass stra p down to "wire." " 'hen [
say down I mean just th at. With the brass
strap I could n't get it d O\\11 below about 280
megacycles. That is, witho ut using longer lin es
-and look at em now. \ Vith the w ire lin es
it immed iately jumped down to under 200
megacycles. A good live d emonstration of strap
versu s wire.
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the 6 volts to the tube, and a sma ll trimmer

.-.. capacitor. This cathode peaking is quite broad
- _. .0

, . r' and may be peaked on the high frequency end
of the range used, which is generally most in
,-
011 '-

7
-"-f

need of a boost.
Variable output may be obtained with a
'I .",,1,011I, , _" 0- - loop over the low voltage (rf voltage, that is )
- ,'-
..-,_..., .._._
- J ..-. .. -. high current region. This can easily be found
by touching the lines with a pencil while
~ O< . . . " / "" """" ".
watching the output or the grid meter. This
...-_ .....
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20 9 same method should already have been used
...

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JOO_ OOG'
'"
2C39A to find this zero rf p oint for attaching the
plate choke and the grid resistor. These
., ..." . points are indicated in the figures, but it
r- " --, ... - .- won't hurt vou to check them. (T hat is, if

<-.0. ...... ..
.. .. ''T'

' 0 ..' FIG 3

you don't hit the plate line with your bare
pi nky ) . If you have not tried this yet you will
Fig. 1.400 to 500 me oscilla to r.
be interested. ( I mean with the pencil, NOT
I t also is so good efficie ncy-wise that 1 your fi nger ), The fact t hat you can get full
checked it out for low plate voltage-always power outp ut with even a screwdriver touch-
a good test for high-frequency oscillators. It ing the pl ate line is of course an important
oscillates with only 9 volts on t he plate of key to und erstan d ing the action of electro-
the 2C39! ,
T he question of a coax cavity with one
quarter wave, or three, or more, does not
enter yet into this picture. That comes later,
over 1000 megacycles. Ij
Note in Fig. 2 tha t the plate and grid arc
at the correct position where the rf voltage is
highest, an d that they h ave the p roper phase
relation to each other. \ Vhen the plat e is at a
positive peak {instaneous ) the grid is most
negative, e tc. The tun ing capacitor is also at
the proper point of high rf voltage, being a
half-wave away from the grid and plate end.
- 600 to 700 me oscilla to r.
This is anot her advantage of this circui t, that magnetic waves on conductors and resona-
the tuning capacitor does not have to be tors. These waves are not motions of electrons.
attached at the same end as the p late and They couldn't go that fas t, even if they tried,
grid, The B plus lead with it's choke and the which they don't! I have also heard mentioned
grid resistor are also attached at the best the q uaint id ea that "One electron pushes the
place, which is the low voltage p oint of each next, etc." Th is would mean that each elec-
line at the highest freq uency used. There tron down the length of wire would have to
remains th e qu estion of the cathode. Little is accelerate faster tha n the speed of light.
usually said ab out this point in the b ooks, but Nobel prize winner Louis De Broglie had
it gets to be very important up at th ese fr e- the correct words: "T he displacement cur-
quencies. Chokes are gene rally installed in rent of Maxwell, which always exists, is abso-
the cathode and fil ament leads and that is lutely independent of the mot ion of electric-
about all that is done. More efficie ncy and ity." This "motion of electricity" was previous-
power will result, however, from doing some- ly defined as the movement of the electrons
thing about it-mainly because of the internal themselves. I generally use the term "electron
tube capacities of a triode when used in an wave" myself, but this could be mistaken for
unshielded oscillator circuit. the electrons moving too, so I guess the term
Using a groundplane at an equal and cer- "electromagnetic wave" would be best. There
tain distance from t he grid and p late lines is of course, a difference when this wave
( that is, equal from each line ) as shown, the t ravels on a conductor and when it travels
cathode connection to the b ase plate (ground through (more or less) empty space.
pl an e ) may be broadly tuned with a relatively W ell, an yway, this wave travels back and
small ind uctance m ade of ~ inch coax cable. forth from one end of the line to the other,
Use the inside wire for the heater lead to carry much like a spring clamped at it's center. T he

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Fig. 4 . Power osci lla to r 600 to 7 0 0 me . tain tun ing of the cathode induc tance, and
match to low impedance cables, etc. only 500 ohms of grid resistor, you can get
as mu ch as 100 mils in th e grid. I u se the low
Construction Detail s a nd Com ponents
As can be seen in the figures, these units value of grid resistor main ly because you
can b e made up rather quickly providing ca n get good output with low plate voltage
that you have the following items in your that way. As I ha ve menti oned, you can run
junk box"; mu ch more voltage and increase the grid
1. 2C39 pl ate and grid rings and heater- resistor. Suit yourself on th at on e. Also, all
cathode connection. The ones used here my experimental power supplies have had 4
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2_ Butterfly ca p aci tors. These a re st andard watts you should run a blower on the 2C39's.
Hnmmarlund type MACEF or EFC. They are right out in t he open so it's easy. If
3. Copper-clad bakelite. You can li se a you want to go for maximum. watts, like nea r
chassis, but this stuff goes a lot quick- 100, look in the book fi rst and then juggle
er. From Meshna's, or Insulat ing Fabri- plate volts, plate mils, grid mils, and grid
cators of Watertown, Mass. resistor. A 10 watt wire-wound 2000 ohm
4 . 2C39 tubes. Just look in the surp lus lists job help s there.
if you haven't any on hand. Tha t's about all there is to say about con-
5. Incidentals. Get copper strap and sheet- stru ction. The schematics should tell you the
ing from your plumber. I use phono rest of the story. Hop e this helps you with
plugs and jacks in the B p lus and grid your UHF work.
current leads. KICLL
DECE MB ER 1964

Repair That Mike
You fire up the rig in plenty of ti me to
keep that schedule and are looking forward to
a full evening of rag-chewing. Everythin g
looks O.K. so you p ress the push-to-talk
switch and start calling. Plate power comes
on but that's all-no mod ulation. You p lug
the phones in the monitor a nd cra nk up the
audio gain but, aside from a slight increase
in hum level, nothing h app ens. You, my friend,
have a problem. You can either retu rn to the
family and try to convince the XYL that, even
after all of these years, you still prefer to
spend a quiet evening with her or you can
try to lind the trouble. The balance of this
article is for the latter breed of ham.
Typica l inexpens ive rep lacemen t ca rt ridges
avai lable from many d istributors (La fayette
in th is case) .
The fi rst step is to localize the trouble. Dis-
connect the microphone connector and switch
th e transmi tter to transmit. Touch a screw-
driver to the ho t" contact of the transmitter
mike connector. If th e tran smitter jumps off
the table and the monitor blasts your ears, you
have localized the trouble. However, at this
stage, do not be dismayed. Many microphone
defects occur in the cable or connectors. Con-
nect the mike cable back to the transmitter
and, if your mike h as a connector at the micro-
phone end, unplug this connector. Now per-
form the touch test again . If the transmit-
ter still jumps off th e table, flex the cable,
especially near the connectors. If still in
doubt as to the condition of the cab le, remove
the connector shells and examine th e cable
82
Roy Pafenberg W4WKM
3 16 Stra tfo rd Avenue
Fa irfa x, Vi rginia
terminations. If the cable seems in good condi-
tion , you h ave isolated the trouble to the mi-
crophone proper. Reconnect the cable to the
microphone and move on to the next step
which also applies to mikes which have the
ca ble permanently attached.
Microphone disassembled and rea dy for re -
pair. T he rectangular object with leads at-
tac hed is t he ca rtridge.
Carefully disassemble the microphone case.
In most cases, the method of disassembly is
obvious. Do not t amper with the microphone
element or cartridge at this stage. You are only
gai ning access to the cable terminations. Once
more perform the touch test and if you ob-
tain the same result, the microp hone element
is delinitel y defective. If the hum test has
provided doubtful res ults, unsolder the hot
lead from the cartridge an d try again. Th is
test will isolate a partially shorted cartridge
which the touch test would not otherwise
disclose.
Assum ing you have isolated the trouble to
the microphone element p roper, you now have
a decision to make. The prima ry factor in
reaching this decision is the re placement cost
of the mike. If it is a $2.95 hom e recorder
special, salvage the cord, heave it in the ash
can and buy another. It is not worth rep air-
ing. However, if th e microphone is of good
quality, with a good stand p ush -to-talk switch
or other desireable feat ures, you will be well
advised to consider repairs. Check your cata-
logs for a d irect replacement cartridge for
your particular mike. If you have no luck,
check with your distributor; his catalogs may
show a replacement cartridge. Assuming you
have no luck in finding a d irect rep lace-
ment, you can still repair the mike for a very
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nomina l sum.
A wide variety of imported crysta l micro-
phone cartridges and microphone units us-
able as replacement cartridges is now available
at low cost. The photograph shows the range
of units that is available from just one na-
tional distributor-Lafayette Radio Electronics
of New York. These units range from a lmost
exact replacements for a large number of U.S.
manufactu red microphones to miniature m ike
units that may be h oused in the case of your
defective mike. T he photo ca ption gives the
Lafayet te ca talog number, description, physi-
cal size and p rice for each of the economica l
units shown .
If one of these units is a d irect or almost
direct replacement for your microphone, you
are in luck. For a very nomina l sum and with
very little effort, you can restore your mike
to new cond ition. Even if a direct replace-
ment is not available, do not despair. You can
still use one of the other cartrid ges if it will
physicall y fit in the microphone housing. The
photographs show the install ation of one of
these cartrid ges in an Electro -Voice T ype 927
Crys ta l Microphone. This mike is the proper-
ty of \V3] HN and after the unit failed, he
unsuccessfully tried to locate a replacement
cartridge. As is common with many of the
newer "slim-line" mikes, none of th e com-
monly available replacement cartridges would
fit into the availab le space.
The new ca rtridge insta ll ed in the o ld ca r-
tridge housing and ready for a ssembly .
Disassembly of the microphone is shown in
the photograph. The existing ca rtrid ge is a
heavy die-cast unit and the mounting screws
also secure the grill and the acoustical b affles.
Carefu l meas urement showed that the La fa y-
ette PA-40 Sub minia ture Crys ta l Microphone
could be fitted into th e original cartridge. The
inside of th e cartridge was cleaned out and
the die-cast case cut out with a file to accept
the Lafayette unit. The attached leads of
the Lafavette unit were then soldered to the
existi ng terminals ( hot-to-hot and ground-to-
ground ) inside the old cartridge. The case of
th e PA....JO mike was then cemented in place
DECEMBER 1964
with one of the commonly availa ble. "two-
part" epoxy cements. After the cement dried,
the unit was given a qu ick ta lk test and then
reassembled with the original baflles and grill.
Now came the problem of matching the
acoustics of the microphone to the new car-
tridge. This was strictly a trial and error
proposition and I am convinced that, even
for the manufacturers, th is is more of an art
tha n a science. The assemb led microphone
was carefully tes ted and th e results were less
than satisfa ctory. The lower frequencies were
"mudd y" and the highe r freq uency com po-
nents had an unclesirenbl e ec ho effect. The
first step was to st uff th e remaining space
inside the original cartridge case wi th cotton .
This eliminated the high-freq uency echo ef-
fect but the low frequ en cy response was still
unsatisfactory. As shown in the photograph , a
ca rd board baffle plate with two small holes
is used in the original assembly. Additional
holes were punched in this baffie and the
mike reassembled but without a fiber-glass
cloth acoustical filter ( no t shown ) which was
a lso used in the original assembly. Perfor-
mance was great ly improved with the sole
remaining problem of excessive sibilance and
breath noise . Rein stallation of the fiber-glass
cloth cu red th is problem . The results of this
repair were quite sa tisfactory and the defec-
tive microphone retu rn ed to serv ice at a frac-
tion of its original cost.
While the specific procedures described
above may not be d irectly app licable to
other microph ones, th e general techniques are.
Select a replacement cartrid ge that will fit in
the availa ble sp ace. Follow as closel y as pos-
sible th e original mountin g method. That is,
if the original unit is shock mounted, then
shock mount th e replacement. If the orig ina l
ca rtrid ge has a high mass and is rigidly
clamped in place. th en attemp t to duplicate
the mou nting method. In the case described,
the weight of the original die-cast cartrid ge is
retained and the re place ment fitted in the
ava ilable space. As mentioned, the acoust ics
of the microphone will probably be altered.
Achieve the d esired respo nse by the judicious
use of p addin g ancI/or b aflles, vented or
solid. A little tri al and error effort will sh ow
yOll what is requi red to ac hieve sat isfac tory
performance.
Next ti me you are faced with a defective
microp hone, consider repairs. A very modest
investment. a little work and small amount of
luck will restore your m ike to good-as-new
cond ition.
\V4WK~ 1
83


Donal d Smith W 3 UZN

Kent Mitchell W 3WTO

The Heath
Tunnel .
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Dipper !

Relati vely little time passed between the
anno uncemen t of Dr. Leo Esnki's research
with his specially dop ed germanium d iode
junction with its u niq ue "negative resistance"
characteristics and Heat h's an nouncement of
their replacement for the familiar grid-dip
meter. Anyone who has seen the T unnel Dip-
per will be q uick to agree that Hea th has
added anoth er winn er to their lon g and grow-
ing list.
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Retainin g all of the fea tures of the now fa-
miliar conventional grid-d ip meter, this instru-
ment p rovides an add itional advantage . . .
freedom from external power requirements.
Th is opens up new areas of utilization which
previously have not been convenien t, such as
tuning antennas on the house roof or at the
top of a tower, and adjusting mob ile rigs and
antennas.
Covering a freq uency range of 3 to 260 me,
the Tunnel Dipper contains a comp letely
solid -state circuit requiring only a 1.5 volt
battery and d raws only 5 mil s! The com plete
schematic is shown in Fig. 1. The tunnel diode
function s with in th e oscillator circuit, the fre-
qu ency of which is determin ed by th e induct-
ance of the plu g-in coil in p arall el with variable
cap acitor C2. The oscilla ting voltage devel-
oped across this tank circuit is rect ified by
D2, an ordi nary d iode, applied to the base of
transistor Ql operating as an emitter follower,
and am plified b y the de ampli fier consisting
of transistors Q2 and Q3. T he meter is in series
with the collector of Q3 and measures the cur-
rent, which of course is proportional to the
amount of rf voltage being developed at the
other end of the circuit, the oscillator tank.
When th e tank circuit coil is pl aced adjacent
to a tuned circuit of the same resonant fre-
quency, induct ive coupling res ults in absorp-
tion of energy from the tunnel di od e oscilla-
tor circuit , in turn producing the character-
istic dip of the meter, ind icating resonan ce.
F or those who are puzzled a bout how a
diode is able to fun ction as an oscillator, a few
brief words of exp lanation mi gh t be justified
a t this p oint. O hm's law tells us that w hen
voltage across a resistance is increased, the
curren t through the resistance also increases .
The same law also applies to an ordinary diode
which is, after all, a resistance too. However,

84 73 MAGAZINE
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sistance curve as shown in Fig. 2. Notice th at $1.00 $3.00
betwee n vo lta ge levels of 0 and VI the diode
current in creases as would normally be ex- ( DEAL EHS: ASK FOH SAMPLE OF IM-
pected. However, as the voltage increases he - PHOVED STYLE I F NOT ALHEADY IN
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and d ecreases! T he diode is actually display- IF NOT AVAILABLE FHOM YO UH DEAL EH
ing "negative resista nce!" Increasing the ap- ORD Ell DIHECT
plied diode vol tage beyond V::! p roduces a nor- POSTPAID & GUARANTEEO FROM:
mal curren t response. Therefore, it is the re-
gion of "negative resis tance" that interests us TEPAPCO
and in which the oscillation is produced in Box 198N, GALLATIN. TENNESSEE 37066
the tank circuit ill the following manner: as
the voltage supplied by the 1.5 volt battery diode becomes maximum, ncar poin t V 2 of the
reaches its maxim um across the tan k circuit, curve, th e current th rough the tan k circui t
consis ting of the plu g-in coil and C 2, th e becomes minimum. By this p rocess, each
voltage ac ross the tunn el diode is at a m ini- cycle of current in the tank circuit is rep len-
mum, operating near point V l of the curve ished by curren t from the ba ttery. The tunnel
shown in Fig. 2. This res ults in a large cur- d iode itself does not act ually oscillate, but
rent How to the tank circuit from the battery. simply acts to main tain the oscillations in the
Conversely, when the voltage across the tu n nel tank circuit .
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Approximately 4 to 5 hours are all that is re-
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construction steps and operation checks.
Operation of the unit is sim p le, req uires no
warm-up , ami emp loys vern ier gear-d riven
tuning. Other fea tures of th e instrumen t well
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in coils and corresponding colored dial scales,
built in storage sp ace for the coils, and stu rd y
Spec ifications
Freq uency R ang e . . J t o 260 me. ( u si n g s ix plug-in coils)
HCA type phono p lugs and sockets for th e
Circ u it r y 50li<l State; coils . . . an improvement Q' "er earlier mod el
I t unnel diod e grid-dip mete rs whose coil-socket arrange-
I silicon d iod e
1 cr ys t.al di od e ments sometimes beca me int ermittent after
J t rans istors extensive lise .
Cont rols """ . T u n in g , S witch ( O ff- D iod e O scilla te) Priced at $3..J:.95, H ea th 's Tunnel Dipper is
P ower S u p p ly " . . " . . AA penfite cel l ( 1.5 volt ) n ot Iu r -
nis h ed a worthwh ile addition to a ny h am shack . . .
Dimensions" " . "" " ." " 5 ~ " long, 2 13116" wide. 4 3 /1 6" and will ca use YO LI to wonder how yo u ever
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Price .. " 3 34.95 W3UZN

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The Model 061 is a high-
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The Model 621 6&2 me-
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APPEARANCE? PERFORMANCE?
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the con verter, preamp Or transmitter. Our first aim is to use top quality material and the
newest design concepts. \ Ve try to
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The elec trica l aspects, such as ga in,
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usc of BNC connectors was based on the fact that they are the best connector for low
power use at the VHF-UHF frequencies. W e have learned that many of our customers
have installed phono jacks because of simpler cable connection. F or this reason, we will
sup ply any unit with phono connectors if you ad d the prefix S to the model number.
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TElREX ROTATOR-INDICATOR SYSTEM MODEL TS250-RIS

Mast Feeds Thru Rotator
For Safe, Easier, Installation \Iy $\'-"OY
52500 0 F.O.B.
1300 IN!lBS ROTATJON TOROUE 9.0~~;Ot-\llU\(~1 0t ALSO:
SELF LOCKING BY STURDY WORM GEARS ~'fSiOIl. - TS325R IS $325.00
SELSYN AZIMUTH INDICATION 1 ""o<Ill\e d TS435RIS $435.00
ACCOMMODATES 2" 0.0. MASTING I't~ Rotl t ort
TS535R IS $535.00
MALLEABLE CAST MASTJNG CLAMP SUPPLIED oe~I}Tltd ~~\Q~l\ TS585RIS $585.00
OUTPUT SPEED APPROX. 1 RPM \ lit "nonn ,
WILL FIT INTOOR ONTO A 6" SIOED TOWER l (l - - TELREX LABS.
Write for FREE PL65 Describing Rotators and Aotennos ASBURY PARK, N . J .

DECEMBE R 1964 89
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HAS
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one BEEN

ose , BE FOOLED BY IMITATION!
BE MISLED BY ADVERTISING
CLAIMS!
The original all metal encased trap was first
produced in 1957 by Mosley for use with the
-: World Famous T A33. The Mosley trap design
ot/ has been imitated by many manufacturers of
/ amateur antennas. Thi sis both a compli ment
and proof of the outstanding engineering built
into every Mosley Multi Bond Antenna.

antennas ...
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MULTI BAND ANTENNAS have been

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roved' best t) Speci fi ed by the U. S. Government!

Produced for Military Installations!

every test! tChosen by "Vanguard" and "NASA"!

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==-- . Amateur Net $1 04. 75
Thre e element beam pro v i d e s outstanding performa nce on to, 15 and 20 meters . Exceptionally
brecdbc nd for excellent results over full Hom bandwidth. E x c:l u s ive MOSL EY trap design provides
resonant Ireq ceney stability under all westher conditions. Easily handles full KW, amplitude modul-
ated. Traps enclosed in a l u mi n u m ore weather and dirt proof. Element center sections of doubl e
thickness aluminum, minimizing sag. Boom requires no bracing. Heavy duty universal mount-
ing plate fits masts up to 112 inchO.D. Feed wit h one coax line. RG8/U is recommended. See your
nearest amateur eq uipment dealer or write for literat ure describing the TA -33, only on e of th e
famous TropMoster family of fine amateur ante nnas.
SP EC I F IC ATIO NS AN D P E R F O RMAN C E DATA : Fwd . gain u p to 8 d b F r on t-to -b ec k is 2 5 d b.
SW R, 1.S or le ss , at reso nan t frequencies . Max imum element le ng th i s 28 fee t Boo m len gth i s 14 ft.
T ur ning ra diu s i s 15.5 ft Ass embl ed we ight is 40 pounds Wind s urfoc e o rea is 5 .7 s q ua re ft.
Win d lo ad i s 114 pounds Sh ipping we igh t is 53 pou nds

I E x po rt D iv is ion: 6 4 -1 4 Woodside o venue , Woo dside 77 , New Y o rk .

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Amateur Net $132.1 0
The new C lean- line TA-3 6 the thre e ban d beam tha t w ill give you r s ig na l that OX punch I
This wide s pa ced, six e lement configurati on em p loys -4 opera t in g e lements on 10 meters, 30perot-
ing e lements on 15 meters and 3 operat ing e le ments o n 20 mete rs.
Automatic bandswitching is a ccomplishe d by mea ns of exclusive design high impedance, parallel
resonont "Trap Circuits". Bui lt for operation at maxim um legol amateu r power.
Traps are weather and dirt proof offering frequency stability under all weather conditions. Just
one coaxial feed line i s needed. 52 ohm, R G-8/ U i s recommended.
Antenna comes complete with illustroted booklet and color coded elements for ease of assembly.
S PEC IF ICA TlON S & PE R F ORMANCE DAT A: Fwd. ga in, 10 meters - 9 db., 15 me t e rs - 8.5 d b. , 20 meters _8 d b.
Fro nt-t o-bock, 20 db. or better SW R, 1.5/1 or better at resononce Transm iss ion li ne - 52 ohm coax ia l.
Max imum e leme nt le ngth, 29 ft Boom le ngth , 24 ft Turning rad ius i s 19' 3 " Assembled weight-69 lbs.
Wind loa d ( E IA Sta nda rd), 210.1 Ibs Wind surfa c e area, 10.7 sq ft

I E xport D ivis ion: 64 - 14 Woods ide a ven ue , Woodside 77 , New York.

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.

DECEM BE R 1964 .,
Exclu sive B-A "Space-Gun" Special for winter nights!
Letters
E xcelle n t 4 0 me t er p erfo r m a nce when atta ch ed t o an y
trl.ba nd or 20 meter beam fed d irectly wit h 52 oh m Dea r W ay ne :
co-a x a n d u s ing- n o ma rching devices. R eg-ula r $39.95
value no w only $29.95. Sur p rise I Th is is n ot a h ate lett er , b u t one I hope will
enco u rage yo u t o co n t in ue to figh t with your edito rials ami
Burstein-Applebee Co. th e rig ht o f you r op inion a n d others. T h e p a st year or mo re
1012 McGee SI., Kansas City, Mo. or I ha ve been follo wing your editoria ls plus t h e big one,
1237 Sixteenth St., Denver, Colorado, RM 499, and a m p o aitjve t ha t yo u h a ve many t hou sa n d s of
hams beh in d you. I'm s u re th er e are m an y t h ousa nds more
t hat h a ven't taken time ou t t o wr it e t o yo u. R eadin g
AN SSB LINEAR POWER SUPPLY NEEDS HI C O c t obers' edito rial I felt t hat you m ight be a litt le dis -
HERE IT IS! t r es sed . I felt tha t maybe you mi g ht th r- ow in t he t o wel .
Yo u are a pp rec ia t ed o n you r commen ts and id ea s. Plea se .
250 mfd 4 50 wvdc in a can \V he t h er yo u a re r ig ht o r w ron g on any issue you are the
I Sn D x 4 " L with so lde r lug termi na ls. cha m pion of hundreds of tho u sa n d s of hams. lI o w would
99c: postpaid t h ey he ab le to v oi ce their op inions or fight f01' the ir
Ra lph L. Barrett, W2PCD, 2970 Lawrence Drive r igh ts if yo u d id n ot t ak e the position you did.
Wantagh, N . Y. Y ou a re o u r so u rce of in for m a tion. No w we k now what
the oth er sid e is d oing. You a r e in a p o sition t o have mail
crossing you r desk from all pa rts of t h e count r y (YOII
LOOKING? SHOPPING? TRADING? still ha ve th a t five dollar desk ?) . Y ou , lik e D r e w P ea r son,
mu st ha ve m a n y sp ies a cross t h is COUll t ry t o g et t h is in fo .
TRYING TO SAVE MONEY? H o w a r e we to know if y ou do n' t t ell us. D on't let it be
h idde n ill o t her m agazines w h er e yo u n eed a microscope to
Write Bob Graham t or Special Deals on New and Re-
conditioned used gear. ClSh or Budget. read th e p r in t .
I a g ree as mu ch a s a ny one tha t AHRL has done :1
Graham Radio great d eal for the ham. But let us n ot go back to the
Dept . C.. ReadIng, Mass. Tel : 9444000. great d eal fo r t he Ham. But let us n ot go back to the
g ood o le days but forwar d an d don' t ait back 0 11 OUT
laurel s. I a m a sales rep. I n our business it ' s not what we
AMAZING 572B did yes t erday but what we d id t oda y and what w e p lan
Direct replace m ent for the 811A-but runs twice t h e to rio in the fu t u r e. I can 't see wh y any o rg auizution
power . Now only $9.95 pp . ca n ' t t a ke c ri t ic ism unless some o f t he t hi n g s said are true.
MO-2000 ZERO BIAS TRIODE I believe. as in business, yo u need t o have compet it io n
Equal t o f ou r 5128'5. $ 29,9 5 pp. to keep every body honest. I feel su re that there is ruom
Both tubes now being monu fa ctured by the designer : for ARRL an d I oAR. This is keep in g- t he other g u y
O'Malley Tubes ho nest an d it's th e way thing s s ho u ld he. Y O Il have been
acc used o f di viding th e hams but this is n o t so. T t h in k
525 leh igh Aven u e , Un ion, N. J .
you have sf ren g t hened u s . Y ou have take n issue with tha t
dir t y o le HM -499 a m i ot he r issues. W he ther we ag-ree wi th
you or 1I0t yo u h a ve opened up ou r m inds no t t o Ill' hog-
CRYSTALS FOR CHANNEL A wa sh ed by wh a t o u r lea ders have t o say. Now we can
- Most CD rigs can easi ly be retuned for ten meter operation.
C hannel A will help bri ng activ ity back to t en mete rs. lea rn wh at both sides o f t he story are. Now we can read
-Put your CB rill on Channel A with a Texas Crystal. between th e lines . Now we can s moke Viceroys and h e
Texas Crysta ls is maki ng spech,l crystals for all popular
makes of CD r igs so t h~y can operate on: t h in kin g me n. No w we d on 't fall h oo k l in e ami sinker for
anyth in g that is sa id un til we have tlre fa c t s. Is it w rong
CHANNEL A 28.60 me t o ask abo ut a nd d isc uss iss ue s or do we have t o l ake it
CHANNEL B 28.65 me lik e ot her cou n t ries th at can' t voice their o pi n ions? \Ve
CHANNEL C .... 28.70 me wa n t t o sta nd on o ur own t wo feet ;In,1 not let somchody
These crysta ls would normally sell for 103. 85, however, in th e else do t he t hi n ki n g fo r u s. T h is is a democracy.
interests of encouraging activity on t hese channels , we are
making th em available for only : There h a s b een a g rea t deal of name calling Oil both
s id es. T his sort of reminds us of our present presidential
$2.9 5 postpaid race, This is no t weak en ing o r divid ing t h e country. I also
Whton ordering please specUJ' channe l and make and model
of ell rig }'QU arc "s inK so we can match the crystal t o you r t h in k t hat what you are do ing is n o t weakening hnm radio,
particular ri g. OHD E R DIR ECT fr om : b ut pu tt ing a little s t rengt h in to it. In eve nt of :I erncr-
gency I a m su re t he tw o political parties wou ld act
TEXAS CRYSTALS, t oget her an d I feel the sa me way in our hobhy of amateur
1000 Crystal Drive, Fort Myers, Florida radio . W e h av e r oom for a nother organization such as
10AK A s m en ti oned before, you have had t h e GUTS t o
stand up und er p r essure w ith your convictions and ideas.
WANTE D WANTED L e t your co nscience be you r guide and I am sure yon will
R-390A /URR come ou t on top. Keep up the good work.
RECEIVERS R a y Gia nchetti WA 2 CUB /W 3QL Z
A ny qu antit y , a ny cond it ion
Top prices paid. Ca ll collec t
D ear W ayne,
Space Electronics You are a cr usader an d I would s ure l ik e t o get some-
4178 P ark Ave, Bx, N. Y . , CY 9-0300
one lik e you t o join me in a war t o th e h itter death, hi!
\V h at is r eally hu g ging me is a ll th e clicks, clacks, buzzes
and horrible noise in ge ner al Oil the amateur bands. Serious
T ONS OF AMATEUR E Q UIPMENT IN ST O Cl(
o ffenders are t el evision hori zon t al oscillators a nd the rmo -
= statically cont ro lled dev ices such as electric heating pads ,

\V\VIE$,nEIRH~ IRt~IDIIO bl a n k et s a nd butter w arm er s in refrigerators. T h e best

sol ution to t h is pr ob lem is Canada's-make the radia tion
ill eg al ! So we need so me lobb y in g . G ener al Elec t r ic has
SAN DIEGO a hea ting pad M odel P 36 retailing for $6.95 tha t says
1413 India St reet BF 90 36 1 on the package " ra d io a nd t el ev isio n in t erferen ce free,"
MON FRI 8JO to 8,00 SAT 8,30 In 5,00 E ver y a mateu r shou ld k no w abo u t this ei ther for t he use
by his ow n fam ily or to su gges t to a n oi sy neighbor.

92 73 MAGAZ I NE
 Ideall y, we need a law t hat s ta tes so me th in g lik e : " a n y
device gen erating any electromagnetic radiat ion at any
freq uency such t ha t t h e intensity at 50 feet exceeds a
level of 2 (?) microv olts per meter must be licensed by
the F ede ra l Communications Commission." Penalty for
JEFF. IRONieS
non complia nce shou ld be at lea st $500 per d ay or 30 days
in ja il fo r ea ch day of non compliance. It would be a rnaa-
ill/{ ho w quickly po wcr line insulators, n eon signs. dia-
Surplus Electronics
the rmy, theromostats e rc., etc., would he replaced. If
t here a re applicable ex ist ing la ws, the y e ither are inade-
q uate or not enfo rced. New & Used Ham Gear
C ur tis W . Reedy, W6YTA
H ow about the chair?

Send for our flyer

Dear W a yne,
A s it mu st to all ha ms, s ilence came to the key and
voice of ou r Iell ow amateur, \ViI\ia m E . (" W impy ")
4791 Memphis Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44109
T urn er , K4ECJ. on September 29. 1964.
A s a ham " W impy " a sked for nothing bu t he gave much.
H is fri endship and his vast technical knowledge were
al ways yo urs for the taking. H is wit and good humor were
a l ways q u ick and razor sharp. yet n ever fa iled to be filled FREQ. METER BC90G, 150-235mc, can be tu ned
wit h t he milk of hu ma n kindness. Although he had been to 2 meters. Shipping WI. 19 Ibs.
blessed with litt le formal ed uca tion , the depth of his $9.95 plus shipping
kno wled ge and erudition exceeded that of many a college 4CX300As, pull outs/ good $11.50
professor. H e could , and did, discourse with g reat intelli- with socket $16.50 soc ket alone $7.50
ge nce a nd understanding o n any s ubjec t , yet he a lways kept
his m ind o pen to consider an opposing point-of-view. In 4X150s, pull outs/ good $3.50
shor t. "\Vimpy," m ore than most of u s, was t ruly a 6AS6, 6AK5, 6BA6, 607, 6J4, 6AG7, 6SH7,
ha m 's ham. 12ATl 45c each, 4 for $1.50
We who knew him we ll will n eve r be able to fill the Tubu lar Caps, axial leads, .0068-600v, .0012-
void left by his passing and the angels should forever 1000v, .015-200v, .01-100v, .0018-600v .
rejoice for his arriva l. H is big signa l and kind ly voice will 15 for $1.00 any mix
never be forgotten .
" Gra nt" W a N ZQ Orders under $10.00 40c pack and postage.

Sir.
Government Warehouse, Inc.
T a m in need of da ta fo r my res earch at t he University 264 Shrewsbury Ave. , Red Bank, N. J .
of \V isconsin, D epa r t men t of M eteorolog y, on any occur-
re nces of s ix meter band open ings during the period from
August 25 to September 25, 1964. In forma tion desired is, R. W. DECEMBER BARGAINS
sta t ions heard or worked, time and date, QTH if known,
and the time at which t he band opened or dosed. if known . ARC-3 TWO METER XMTR, 100-156MC, 8 Xtal Preset Chan-
nels; 832A fin al, 6L6 's Modul ators & 6 othe r tub es &
I n my st ud y periods periods du ring which the band is schematic. Excellent $17.95
closed is of impo rtance a lso. ARC3 XMTR POWER SUPPLY- I nput ll 7v 60cy, Output
Thomas D. Damon W 9HAQ 410vDC @ 275MA, Two 6.3vAC @ 3A. Sec-Can be
1125 N orthland Drive reconnected f or 12.6vAC. Has 5Z3, perforated metal
Madison, Wisconsin 53704 cove r, l ine cord & schematic. Used, Good. $14.95
LAZY MAN 'S Q5er- Navy Beam Fil t er, l 00cy Bandpass,
Si ngle signal select iv ity t he easy way-j ust plug it i n.
New. $2.49
Dear V HF Editor, ARR2 RECEIVER- 234 t o 256MC wI l l Tubes, schemat ic &
S ince I a m VHF I T echn ica l editor of the "FE A R ( l\I) Conve rsion data f or CB & 2 Met er s. Used, Good. $5.95
NEW S " I t houg h t I sho uld fill you III on VH F opera- AUTO CQ'er- Xlnt for band warmi ng & contests. See "73"
tion in J a pan. Apr il 62 for convers ion. Used, Good. $3.50
\Ve have on ly two VHF bands here, 50- 54 M e. a nd 3AP1 CRT- Xlnt f or Modulation Monit or , Scope etc. Wi t h
2.5V fil. xfmr. NEW $2.95
144- 146 M e. P ower in pu t is li mited to 50 Wa tts. T he PLATE POWER XFMR-l nput llO /220 /440vAC 60cy, Output
normal micro wa ve bands ( sta rt ing at 123 1 M c.) are 764vCT @ 735Ma. Open frame. NEW $6.95
ava ilable a lso wi t h 50 watts ma x imum input . STEPDOWN POWER XFMR-In put ll7vAC 60cy. Output
Al most a ll of t he operat ion here is on 50 Me. AM . 24vCT @ 10 Amps. Double shell. NEW $6.95
KA2's CM, DF , ] \V , K S , LD, M D. N A, PA, RD,
WRITE FOR BULLET I N # 4 1 LOADS OF BARGAINS
RJ. SF, Y'P, a nd KA9's AD a nd F H are on six me ters.
KA2 KS, KA2RJ, and KA9FH are on two meters a lso. Se nd Check or Money Order- Mi nimum Order $2.50
KA2 RJ is on SS D wit h t rans ve r ters. PLEASE INCLUDE POSTAGE- Excess promptly refu nded
Six meter DX from J a pa n includes K orea and Okinawa Minimum C.O. D. Order $10.00 with 25% Deposit
via sporad ic E in t he summer a nd A u stra l ia via Transequa -
to rial sk ip in t he Fall a nd Spring. R. W. ELECTRONICS, INC.
I hope th is in fo will be of inte rest to those who a re
contemplating d uty in J apan soon. 2430 So. Michigan Ave. Depl. 7311
Ro n , KA 2RJ ( W 9 V C H) Chicago, Illinois 60616 Ph on e CAlumel 5-12Bl

~ " BALUN" FED INVERTED "V" ANTENNA KITS

SIMPLE-TO-INSTALL, HI-PERFORMAN CE ANTENNA SYSTEMS, Mf d. Wr Ite
1 KW P.E.P . Mon o-Bend Kit .. lKMBIVj BIK ... $16.95 under Pat. for TELREX
2 KW P.E .P. Mono-Ba nd K it 2 K M BIVj 8 1K $21.00 2,576,929 PL65
-K it comprises, enca psulated, "Balun ," ccppe rwetd. insul ators,
plus Install ation and adjustment Instruction s f or any Mono- TELREX LABORATORIES
ba nd 80 t hru 10 Met ers, Als o avai lable 2, 3. 4, 5 Band Model s. ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY

DEC EMBER 1964 ss

QUAKER.THE CRYSTAL KING

CR YST A LS IN HERM ETICAllY SEALED

H C.6 j U HOLD ER S. Pin spacing .486 in. sa me
as FT243. Pin diameter is .050 in. Freq T ol.
is .005%. All cr yst als g uaranteed . CR YST A LS
SELL AT 1.05 each postpaid USA.

10. 39 166 10.66666 11.61852 12.60000 20.53333 21. 43575 22. 15000
22.1 5556 26. 12083 26. 162SO 27. 12000 27. 72500 27.78333 28 .62000
35.55555 35.66667 35.88889 35.85 185 35.96296 35.92593 36.07407
36.33333 36.37037 36. 40741 36. 4H H 36. 48148 36.51852 36.555~
36.59260 36.66667 36.70370 36. 74074 36.77778 36.8148 1 36.85185
36.88889 36.92593 36.96296 3 7.0oo 37.03704 37.07 407 at. ru u
37. 14815 37. 185 19 37.22222 37.25926 37.29630 37.33333 37.37037
37 .40741 37. 4444 4 37. 48148 37.SOOOO 37.51852 37.55556 37.59259
37.62963 37.66667 37.70370 37. 40741 37 . 74074 37. 77778 37. 77770
37.81481 37.8SOOO 37.8S185 37.88889 37.92593 3 8 . 0oo 38.85000
39.51850 39.51852 39.55550 39.S5555 39 .59259 39.59260 39.62963 AVAILABLE LOW FREQUENCY CRYSTALS IN
39. 62960 39.66670 39.66667 39.70370 39. 74070 39. 74074 39.77780 FT-241 TYPE HOLOERS. Crysta l frequ ency tol-
39.77777 39.81480 39.81481 39.85000 39.85185 39. 85190 39.88890
39.88888 39.92590 39.92593 39.96296 39. 96300 40. 07400 40.11110 erance .02% . All crystals guaranteed. PRICES
40 .14810 40.14814 40 .1 8518 40 .18520 40.222:20 40.22222 40.2 592 5
40.2 5930 40 .29629 40 .29630 40 . 33330 40. 3333 3 40. 37037 40. 3704 0
AS FOLLOWS,
40 .4074 0 40.44444 40.4 814 8 40.481 so 40. 51850 40. 55550 40. 5555 5
40. 59260 40. 59259 40. 62 960 40. 62 963 40. 66667 40. 7037 0 40. 74 070 3 for $1.00, 12 for $3.00 and 25 for $5.00_
40.74074 40. 77780 40. 77778 40. 814 80 40. 81485 40.8 5000 40 . 8!'>1 85
40. 85190 40. 88890 40. 88888 40. 92 590 40. 92596 40 . 96296 40. 96300 All postpaid on below listed channels.
41. 03700 41.03703 41. 66667 42 . 33333 42. 592 59 42.62 963 42.66667
42. 70 370 42 .74074 42 .77778 42. 81481 42. 85000 42. 85185 42 .88889
4 2 . 7OO 42. 90000 42 . 92 593 42 . 96296 43.03704 42.07407 43. 25926 QUANTITY - 100 or more in stock .
43.29630 43.1 1111 43.1481 5 43.1 8519 43.22222 43.37037 43 .4074\ Listed by channel number
43 .44444 43 .4814 8 43 . 51852 43. 55556 43.592 59 43.62 963 43.70370
43 . 74074 43. 77778 43. 81481 43. 85000 43 .85185 43. 88889 43 . 92 59 3 11 to 39; ALSO 53 to 69 ANO 71 to 79
43. 96296 44 .03704 44 .07407 44.11111 44.14815 44.1 8519 44.22222
44.2 5926 44.29630 44 .33333 44.37037 44 . 40741 44.H444 44. 48148
44. 51852 44. 55556 44. 59259 44. 62963 44.666 67 44. 70370 44 . 740 74
44.7777 8 44 . 8148 1 44. 85185 44. 88889 44.92593 45. 27500 46 . 10000
46.30000 46. 70000 46. 85000 47. 85000 47. 90000 47. 937 50 48 .27500 The channe ls listed below SEll FOR 5Sc each
48.85000 49 .8 5000 50 . 85000 51. 27500 52.27500 53.27500 53.85000
55. 27500 56. 27500 57. 27500 73.78333 82.33 333 postpa id USA.
LIM ITED Q UANTITY AVAILAB LE _ - - - GIVE S ECO:-<O C HOICE Quantity - 50 or less.
9. 32250 9.337 50 9.53750 9.62250 9.84167 10.1 5833 10.05 500 43 44 46 47 49 50 (also 200 Kc)
10 . 43840 10 .40000 10. 437 50 10.44167 10.44625 11.2 8125 II. 3062 5
11.2 562 5 11. 5312 5 11. 3562 5 11. 38125 II. 40625 11. 4312 5 11.4562 5
11.4812 5 11.5062 5 11. 5812 5 11.54074 11.56296 11. 58518 II. 60625
11. 6562 5 11 . 7062 5 11. 62962 11.65185 11.67407 11 .7312 5 12. 30000 limited quantity give 2nd choice.
12 .76666 14 .45000 1 5.OO0 16. 82500 15.95000 15. 5062 5 16.0062 5
17. 5062 5 18 . 00 600 19 .00600 19.93575 17.93575 17 .25500 17. 85500 selections.
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More Power
to You :
The Autotransformer
The va riable-ratio autotransformer, more
commo nly known by trade names such as
Variac'J' ", PowerstatOv , etc., has been with
us for man y years. Recently the surplus and
"second-hand- new" outlets have begun to
offer them at very attractive p rices. Most of
us a re aware of its usefulness when used by
itse lf to provide a variable ac vol tage from the
GO cycle line. There are methods of greatly
extend ing its usefulness wh ich arc not so com-
monl y known . however, and some of these
will he presented here.
2 2
I
'a
, V Ll N [
, on the terminal board. Physically, it is at -
'0
e J,
l to the other.
F IG. I In an autotransformer, the single wind ing
Flt~ > acts as both a primary and the secondary. If
Fig . I. Basic v a riable- ra tio autotransformer
ci rc ui t .
Fig . 2 . Illust ra ting the line -vo ltage connec-
tion .
The Va riac
Perhaps we first should know what th e
variable-ra tio autotransformer is and how it
works. A note of caution is in order here. In
add ition to stand ard catalog models, each
manufacturer builds an almost unbelievable
number of "specials." Both types often appear
later as surplus at very attractive prices. It
pays to be sure of what you are ordering, and
such information is free for the asking. Al-
though the General Radio Variac !" ! will be
96
-
used as an example, the principles involved
will apply to va riable-ratio autotransforme rs
of all manufacture.
A cut-away view of a typical Variac appears
in the photo. The corresponding schematic
diagram appears in Fig. 1. Basicall y, it con-
sis ts of a doughnut-shaped iron core Oil which
is a single-layer toroida l winding. The wind ing
is tapped near each end, with the end and
tap connections brought out to a terminal
p late. The insulation is ground off th e windin g
a t one end of the doughnut to provide a track
on which a carbon brush makes contact. Elec-
tricallv,
the brush is connected to a terminal
tach ed to the sh aft. The sh aft may be rota ted
throu gh abo ut 320' , sufficient to allow the
brush to travel from one end of the winding
the ends of the winding a re connected across
the power line as shown in Fig. 2, the line
voltage will be eq ually divided by the number
of turns. This results in a fraction of a volt
across each tum. All the turns are uti lized U5
the primary. The turns across which the out-
put is taken correspond to the secondary of a
conventional transformer. The number of
these "secondary" turns, each with its volts-
per-turn contribution to V0' is selected b y the
brush. Thus, as the control knob is rotat ed,
the brush contact traverses the windin g,
tapping off a portion of the total volt age
across the winding, and the output voltage ,
73 MACAZIN E
 Vo , is continuously adjustable from 0 to as
large VHue - ]f V0 is taken between terminals
2 and 3, operation is the same excep t that the
direction of knob rotation for increasin g or de-
?reasing V0 is reversed. In either case, Fig. 2
Illustrates the so-called "line-voltage" con-
nection.
The second basic connection is illustrated
in Fig. 3, the "over-voltage" connection. By
connecting one side of the input line to the
end of the winding and the other side of the
input line to the tap near the far end of the
winding, V0 is continuously adjustable be-
tween 0 and the input line voltage as the
brush moves fro m Tap 4 to T ap 1. As the
brush moves from Tap 1 toward the end of
the wind ing labeled 2, additional turns and ,
th us, additional volts, are p icked off. Variacs
p resen tly are tapped to p rovid e a maximum
ou tput voltage 17% greater than the inpu t
voltage with this connection.
_Ta '-
" l~
' .
"
, ,
Fig . 4 Fig , 3
Fig . 4. T he buc k or boost sche me . T rans-
form er T 2 effec tive ly mu lt iplies t he Va ria c
cu rrent capa city an d d ia l resolution .
~ i g . 3 . Illustra t ing th e ove r-vo ltage connec-
t ion .
In the majority of cases it is not too diffi-
cult to determine the necessary ratings. If the
Vari ac is to be used as described, only th e
line voltage a nd load current need be con-
sidered . The p ermissible load current is not
t~e same for both connections, being slightly
higher for th e line-voltage connection. In
either case, man y times th e rated current mav
be d rawn mome ntarily (such as in motor
starting ), but brush life will be considerablv
red uced if the Variac is overloaded for anv
length of time. Manufacturers usuall y publish
permissible overload data in the for m of time-
current curves.
The Variac finds innumerable app lica tions
in the two connections p reviousIv described .
Another very useful circuit is shO\~n in Fig. 4 .
Here the prim ary of transformer T2 is su p-
plied with the con tin uously adjus ta ble outpu t
volta ge of Tl. The secondary voltage of T2
is related to its prima ry voltage bv the turns
ratio. . technique. The increased resolution of the
V N.,-e V (1 )
see - N prl
p,'
DECEMBE R 1964
-To2,
T,
," ' " , '' ,
V"",
V L1NE
Vo
\ . SPE CIAL TAP
FIG 5
Met hod of obta in ing both buck a nd boost
opera t ion without switc h ing,
The seconda ry voltage of T2 is then connected
in series between the line and the load. The
p olarity signs in Fig. 3 are used to indicate
that the secondary voltage adds to the inp ut
line voltage to give the outp ut, or load volt-
age.
v, = VII",. + V, ( 2)
Since from simp le transformer theory the
primary and secondary currents ( neglecting
losses ) of T2 are rela ted by
I N ~ .,(' ( 3)
lid =N 1",..c
p l'l
we ach ieve some rather interesti ng results.
First) if we assume that T 2 is a step-down
transformer of say I n-to-I ratio and for T l
connected in the line-voltage connection, Vo
may be ca use d to vary from Vli n e to 1.1
VUne as the output of T l varies from 0 to
Vil ne Thus) we are now ab le to push
VUn e up b y as much as 10%. So what, you
say. \ Ve could boost th e line volta ge b y as
much as 17% by simply usin g the over-voltage
connection on Tl without using T2 at an .
True, but the real hooker shows up in equa-
tion 3. Plugging in the numbers a nd turning
the crank, we find that the Variac must now
sup ply only 1/ 10 th e load curren t. Thus, by
using the add itional transform er, we e ffec-
tively mu ltip ly the current rating of the Variac
(and thus the pe rmissible load p ower ) by the
inverse of the turns ratio of T2! If we want
Vo to be lower than VU III>, it is only necessary
to reverse either the pri mary or the secondary
connections of T 2. Simulating line-voltage
fluct uations a nd line -voltage correction a re
only two of the many ap plications for this
Variac dial grea tly simplifies the accurate
sett ing of VII' F or a typica l application where
the line volt age is app roximately 120 volts)
'7
Tl would also be a 120 volt model. Commer-
cial line-voltage regulators emp loying this
technique typically have a "buck" and "boost"
range of 10%. If Tl is a 2 amp Variac and T2
a 120 volt to 12 volt transformer with a 20
amp secondary, this circuit would b e capable
of as much as 10% "buck" or "boost" of the
line voltage applied to a 2 kw load. It would
therefore be quite adequate as a primary
regul ator in front of a full gallon.
.
Tz
-~ .
V"'C
- then connect the two halves in p arallel. It is
r
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I~
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FIG 6
Buck a nd boost sc he me whe re in no tap is re -
q u ired on T l a nd T 2 m a y have a 120 v
p ri ma ry .
The trouble with most power lines is that
the voltage is seldom where it should be, and
it is not even there for very long. At best we
ma y consider it usually within a certain volt-
age range . T his may mean that some d ays
you want to "boost" the vo ltage and other
days you wan t to "buck" it, in which case,
reversing the phase of the secondary volta ge
of T 2 ( in F ig. 4 ) could get pretty tiresome .
There is a very simple way out as illustrated
in Fig. 5. H ere we insert a special tap in the
electrical center of the Variac winding. Now
the voltage app lied to the primary of T 2 is 0
when the Variac kn ob is in the center of its
travel. Rotating the knob in either direction
from this p oint will increase the voltage ap -
p lied to the primary. H ow ever, rotating the
kn ob in one direction will cause a secondary
"buck" voltage, while rotating it the other
way will cause a second ary boost voltage.
Thus, we get our buck or boost voltage w ith-
out switching, merely by adding a tap to the
cente r of the Va riac winding. Of course, there
is a catch to it, and we still don't get some-
thing for nothin g. Notice that now the maxi-
mum voltage we can apply to the primary of
T 2 is only h alf the line voltage. If w e want
to utilize the maximum p ow er capability of
T 2, we require a transformer w ith a 60 volt
primary winding (when Vli ne is 120 volts ).
Granted , these are a little h ard to come by.
Such animals are in existence, and you might
be lucky enough to come across one. Other-
wise, there are two p ossibilities if you think
the work is worth it. One is to start from
98
scratch and build your own from data such
as that given in the Amateur H andbook; the
other possibility is to unwind a transfo rmer,
such as a large TV power transformer, care-
full y noting the number of turns on each
winding. The primary and secondaries may
then be rewound to get exactly the voltages
and ratios you want. Again, you should con-
sult the H andbook if you are not sure of wh at
you are doing. One little trick h ere is to effec-
tively break the original primary in half and
very important that the number of turns on
each half be identical, so you still have to un-
, w ind the p rimary and count the turns. The
winding is then broken when rewinding the
primary. T apping the Variac is a very simp le
operation. Thou gh not essential, the exact
cente r turn of the w indi ng may be located if
you're a purist. The center of the windin g
will be halfway around the d oughnut from the
terminal board. The turn selecte d should be
lifted carefully aw ay from the outer edge of
the doughnut and a piece of insulating ma -
terial slipped betw een it and the adjacent
turns. The wire should be cleaned and tinned .
A lead may then be soldered to it and then
brought out at the termi nal board.
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rT
I : "
~
1~
-
,
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p- ~
>\__]sw 5 O' loO ,
LJ nc 7
A versa t ile power d istribut ion system.
Of course it would be very nice to have
both the buck and boost capability with
neither a specially tapped Variac nor a special
tra nsformer for T2. This sounds like some-
thing for nothing again, but it is p ossible as
shown in Fig. 6. H ere w e utilize the fact that
the line coming into most homes is a split 230
volt circuit wi th a commo n center. If Tl is
now a 230 volt Variac, we may use the cente r
tap on the input line where we formerl y re-
q uired a center tap on Tl. Additionally, since
the maximum voltage wh ich may be app lied
to the primary of T 2 is again 115 volts, we
are back to the garden-variety transformer for
the buck-boost" voltage. Wired as shown,
we do get both "huck" and "boost" operation
w ithout switchi ng tran sformer leads. T he only
p roblem now is to watch out for the ratings
of Tl and the availability of the split 230
volt line. In using such a syste m, remember
there are such things as building codes. As to
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p roblem if you just revert back to our simp le 118 to 148 MC
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One fairly useful combination of tech niques
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With SW2 in the lower position, TL supplies
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Bandpass Coupler Design
"Some commercial and amateur transmit-
ters and receivers too have employed 'broad-
band' tuned circuits, but few articles for hom e
construction incorporate such conveniences.
Can you help me find out how to design
these?"
That was the gist of a letter from \V5TIH.
which sparked this article. He commented
that he had been tntally unable to obtain any
data at all- and when \ve went looking through
our reference library. sure enough there was
virtually nothing on the subject .
CLOS ElY
~,
1 1
1] G DoG A B c
L so familiar to most of us. They rely upon hav-
o E F the bottom-eoupled inductive circuit.
FIG I
Va rious bandpass coup le rs
With the though t that probably many more
of us would enjoy the convenience of broad-
band operation, in which no thing need be re-
tuned excep t the vfo when changing freq uen-
cy, if only the da ta were available, we have
cooked up from a ll the data which is avail-
able a design technique which is p articularl y
adapt ed to ham use. I t's somewhat involved,
but noth ing more th an ordinary arithme tic
need be used to work it out. The result is
still subject to a bit of "cut and try", but
brings you aut closer to target than if no d e-
sign at a ll were done in advance. And the re-
sult is almost effortless operation, with a band-
p ass-coupled transmitter.
Before we get into the details of the pro-
cedure, let's take a quick look at the various
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types of bandpass couplers available. All of
them are simply overcoupled double-tuned cir-
cu its; the differences are in the ways in which
the tuned circuits are coupled together.
Fig. 1 shows the six recognized types of
bandpass coup lers. That at A is both the most
widely used and the least simple to work with;
it consists of a pair of tuned circuits with only
inductive coupling between th em. At B is ap -
proximately the same circuit except that th e
inductive coupling h as been replaced by
a pair of links. Though popular, neither of
these couplers lends itself well to predeter-
mined design techniques.
The couplers from C through F may not be
ing a reactive element which is common to
both tuned circuits, and the coupling factor is
determined solely by the ratio of this coupl-
ing element to its similar reactances in the
rest of the circuitry. For instance, in the top-
coup led capacative circuit of C the coupling
factor is equal to the ratio of the coup ling
capacitor to the geometric avera ge of the two
tank cap acitors. For small coupling, the cou-
pling capacitor must be very small. At D is the
top-coupled inductive circuit, while E shows
The one we will be working with, however,
is the bottom -eoupled capacitive coupler
shown at F . This one uses reasonably la rge-
value coupling capacitors ( the large r the ca -
pacitor, the less the coupling ) and is most
adaptable to general ham applications . In this
circuit, the coupling factor is th e ratio of the
geometric average of the tank capacitors to
the coupling capacitor. If both tank capacitors
are equal in value , say C n , then coupling fac-
tor k equals C, /C ,.
For any of the mutual-reactance couplers
to work properly, inductive coupling between
the coils involved must b e eliminated . This
can usually be achieved by mou nting the coils
at right angles to each other; add ing an alu-
minum shield between them helps too.
The coup ling in this circuit works th is way :
At resonance, circulating current flows hack
and forth through the input tank circuit made
73 MACAZINE
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power transfer is maximum. As k is increased
still more, we find a dip in power transfer
at the resonant frequency, but two new peaks
spaced approximately equally on either side,
which are about the same amount of power
transfer that we had at crit ical coupling. Mov-
ing a lit past the peaks, we find power transfer
droppin g off again; after it passes the reso-
nant-frequency level, it drops rather rapidly.
This is the "cvercoupled" cond itio n.
Ily holding the product kQ to 4 or less,
the "top ripple" or difference between reso-
nant-frequency p ower level and peak p ower
level can be held to less than 6 db, In th e
design procedure outlined h ere, a choice of
O.S d b, 3 db, and 6 d b is give for top ripple.
The more violent the top ripple, the nar-
rower will be the out-of-band region . Also,
the higher the operating Q must be. In prac- PSYCHIATRIST FOUND
tice, the top rippple of O,S db will usually p ro-
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vide plenty of out-of-band rejection while SUCH HIGH PRIC ES WITHOUT BE ING COMMITTED.
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value of top rip ple be used unless there's a 6 10, 669. ARC27. 34, 52, TED. TCS, TRCI, 8, SP600,
R388, R390, CV-43 /APR-9, TN- 131IAP R9 RT66, 67,
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increased th e lower peak tends to stay fixed in
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DECEM8ER 1964 103
than the gene ra lly used mid-frequency.
At this point, we're ready to sneak a look
at the design p rocedure. Basically, we're going
to p ick a working Q to suit the passband we
want, then adjust the value of k to put the
pass band limits at the right place. It's quit e
possible for this proced ure to d ictate an im-
possibly high value for Q, or an impractically
low value. In such a case, vou rnav have to
modify either your passband or the level of
top ripp le.
For the same passband, higher top ripple
and h igh er Q go together. If you design for
0.8 db top ripp le and find yourself coming up
with a Q of 4 .3, you can move to 3 db top
ripple and the required Q will increase. Sim-
ilarly, if you're designing for 6 db top ripple
and need a Q of 10,000, moving to 0.8 db top
ripp le may bring the Q value down to a rea-
sonable point.
For a fixed amount of top ripple, a nar-
rower passband requires h igher Q . If Q is too
low, you uu ght try settling for a little less
bandwid th . If too h igh , expand the bandwidth .
To use the design procedure, now, we must
first decide upon our freq ue ncy limits, the
amount of top ripple, and the tube opera ting
con ditio ns (p late voltage and curre nt at res-
onance ) .
Use Chart I , the frequency limits, and the
top -ripple specifica tion to determine required
tank Q. Then use the Q and Chart I again to
determine k. Finally, with Q and the fre-
qu en cy limit s, determine the "tune-up fre -
qu en cy". In the rest of the procedure, when
solving for react an ce, this will be the frequ en -
cy to plug into the formula.
Now, with Q and k settled, drag out a big
sheet of paper and some sharp pencils. \Ve
have some arithmetic to do. There are at least
six steps- usually eight are required :
I e-Calculnte effect ive load resistance R I
from th e tube operating cond itions and the
formula H, = E b/ 2Ib.
2-Calculate X, an d X, from Q and H, by
= =
using the formula X, X, H, /Q/ .
3-Calculate the value of L from XI> tun c-
up frequency, a nd the formu la L = 6.28 flXI .
T his is a final value.
4-Calculate C from Xc, tune-up frequency,
and formula C = 1/ (6.28 f X, ). This is an
intermediate value only.
5-Calculate C. from k and C , and the for-
mula C. = (I + k ) C. This is a final value
incl ud ing tube a nd stray capacitances.
6-CalcuJate C, from C, and k, using for-
mula C, = C./ k.
For those applications in which the input
an d outp ut see eq ual values of load resistan ce,
' 04
the design is comp lete at this point. However,
in most cases the outp ut load resistance is
much less than the input Ht ; in such cases,
matching is most easily d one b y capacity taps,
and the values of cap acitors making up the tap
point must be calculated .
".
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"
FIG 2
Output tap
These calculations are done using reactance
rather than capacitance values , and the re-
actances are then converted back to capaci-
tan ce using the form ula of step 4 above. The
two reactances which must be calculated are
X, a nd X, (See Fig. 2 ) .
To find these reactances, we must know the
resistan ce of the load, the R I for which we
designed the circuit, an d the reactan ce of C Il -
The only one of these three which we may
not have readily available is th e resistan ce of
th e load .
If th e load happens to be an antenna, its
resis tance will be known. If it is, however, the
grid of a followin g Class C amplifier stage,
we're going: to have to find out what the aver-
age resistance is. It won't be simply th e value
of the grid leak, though, since the grid draws
some p ower wh enever grid current flows.
The simplest way to d etermine this resist-
an ce is to measure the R ~IS valu e of the HF
grid voltage, and th e grid current, then use
Ohm's Law in its R = Ell version to get the
effective load resistan ce. HF p eak voltage will
he approxima tely eq ual to the actual DC bias
volta ge developed; you can take the d eveloped
bias and the DC grid current, an d you won't
be too fa r wrong. Thus if the next stage de-
velops 90 volts of bias with 3 ~IA of grid
current, th e effective resistance is about 30, -
000 ohms.
Now that we have all three factors known.
let's figure the reactances involved. Xl' the
reactance of Ct> must be equal to XC a t imes
the squa re root of the ratio (Rnext/ R t ) . X~ on
the other h and is merel y XC Il minus Xl'
If a 50-ohm antenna is to be tapped onto
a coup ler designed for an R I of 2500 ohms, in
which the reactan ce of Cll. is 18 oh ms, then
Xl would eq ual 18 times the square root of
50/ 2500, or 18 times 1/7.1. This comes ou t
to 2.54 ohms. X::: would then be 18 minus 2..54 ,
73 MACAZIN E
 or 15 .46 ohms,
Shou ld the actual load resistance offered by
the next stage be larger than the value of
RI for which you designed the coupler, then
a shunt resistor must be added to reduce the
total load resistance to d esign value. The value
of this shunt resistor is found by multiplying
the actual load resistance times RI. then di-
viding the product by the difference hetween
actual load and R,. If actual load is 30,000
ohms and R I is 2,500 ohms, th en R ll hu nt would
be 30,000 X 2,500/27,500, or 2,730 ohms. A
2700-ohm unit would be suitable,
However in this case mos t of the power will
flow through the res istor, rather than the true
load. The ratio of power in the two branches
will be the sa me as the inverse of the ratio
of their resistances; if 3.27 watts is flowing
in the output of the previous example, 3 watts
will be going through the resistor and only
27/100 of a watt will go to the actual load.
There's no way around th is drawback; the only
thing you can do is to change operating con-
ditions of the next stage so that its input
resistance is more close to the design value
of R I , For instance, grounded-grid amp lifiers
always have low values of input resistance.
To see how a ll this comes together in prac-
tice, let's work out an example now. Let's as.
sume that we have a 6146 which we're going
to use in a 60 watt (or so ) exciter, and we
want output essentially constant over the range
from 48 to 54 me. We intend to run 600 volts
to the tube, at 120 rna, and it's going to feed
a 50-ohm load which will be an antenna from
50 to 54 me and a flat link to a triper in tbe
48-49 .333 me region.
We said output should be "essentially con-
stant" so let's use the values for a top ripple
of 0.8 db. This varies only about 10 per cent
over th e passband. \ Vith our freq uency limits
set at 48 and 54 me, and top ripple set at 0.8
db, Cha rt 1 gives us a value for Tank Q of
~ times (F h + F1 ) / (Fh-F1 ) . This comes
out to be ~ of 54 + 48/54-48, or ~ of 102/ 6,
and a bit of cancellation brings us to 51/4.
The slide rule solves this for us and yields a
Q value of 12.75.
Now let's get k. Chart 1 tells us it's 1.4/Q,
so back to the slide rule to find that 1.4/12.75
eq uals 0.1105.
Now to our six steps of calculation. R I
comes out to 600/ .240 or 2500 ohm s. X, and Xl
come out to 2500/ 12.75 or 197 ohms. To get L
we must know the tune-up frequ ency, which in
our case is 52-52/25.5 ) or 52-2.04, or 49.96
me, Plugging this into our equation for L gives
6.28 X 49.96/197, or 0.62 microhenries.
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Using X, and tune-up frequency we find
that C is eq ual to 1/ 6.28 X 49.94 X 197, or
16 mmf. ell eq ua ls 1.1105 times 16, or 17.8
mmf, while C, equals 17.8/ 0 .1105 or 161
mmf
Since we're feedi ng a Su-ohm load and HI is
2500 oh ms , we must calculate Xl and X 2 also
and obtain from th em values for C 1 and C 2
For Xl we plug in values: reactance of ell is
176 oh ms at tune-up fr equency, so Xl eq uals
176 times (5 0/2500) V, or 176/7.1, which
comes out to be about 24.8 oh ms. X2 is
simply 176 minus 24.8, or 151.2 oh ms. Capaci-
tances eq ual to these reactances at tune-up
frequency are 127 mmfd for C 1, and 20.8
mmfd for C2.
6146
( ---
--- I? 062 IJH
; 63 "'IoIfO "
0 1/3KV
, 0- , <'
- -
"A LLO ws 8.5 MMFD TUSE
2 _5 0
arc
COUT
a MMF D STR AY ~
11 .5
... 6 0 011
120MA
... 6 .3
11. 8 MMFO TOTAL
FIG. 3
Sample design
Th e completely designed circuit appears in
F ig. 3 with all component values marked .
Once d esigned, a bandp ass coup ler of this
type is simp ler to tune up than a conventiona l
single-tuned circuit. Start by setting all ad-
justable elements as closely as possible to the
calcu lated values, with the exception of Ceo
T his one sho uld be set to maximum, and then
shorted out wi th a very short jumper wire as
well. F eed in some d rive at tun e-up fr equen cy,
and ad just either C, or L ( on the input
side ) for the best p ossible d ip . This should
be a very small ad justment; it's better to ad-
just C Il if you're reason ably certain th at L is
at the design value, since CIl is a ffected by
stray capacita nce wh ich cannot be estimated
accurately. The d ip sho uld be d eep and you
should find no trace of output on th e far side
of the coup ler.
Now unshort C, b ut don't change any other
settings. Adj ust the outp ut-tank tuning in the
same manner for a p eak in outp ut. C 2 is the
one to adjust on this tank if vou're reasonablv
sure of the setti ng of its inductance. . ceivers, especially in the signal-frequency stag-
Next step is to "rock" the drive frequency
by abou t 10 p er cent either way to make sure
that you have only one peak in the output,
and that it's at tune-up frequency. If you have
108
two peaks, add some tempora ry shunt capaci-
tance across C e and repeat th e output tank
tunin g adjustment. The dip in plate current
sho uld still be fa irly sharp an d output sho uld
be very small.
Now return to tune-up frequency and re-
du ce the setti ng of C e until p late current
reaches design value. Hock d rive frequency
across the entire p assband . You sho uld have
a p eak at tune-up frequency and a slight
( about 10 p er cent ) dip in output at th e fre -
q uen cy midway between band lim its. Anoth-
er p eak should be present us far above mid -
frequ ency as tune-up frequency is below that
point, and outp ut at the b and limits should
eq ual that at mid -frequen cy. If all these con-
ditions are met, tune-up is comp lete.
However, d on't be disappointed if it doesn't
quite work out this way fi rst time around. As
;!- ZOMMFO
we said at the start , some cut and try is still
062 IJH
~ 50n OUT necessa ry.
If the peaks are less than 10 per cent
1- ,
above mid-frequen cy outp ut and the output
at the band limits is down below tha t at mid-
frequency, coup ling is too loose. Reduce the
setting of Cc a bit more until output at both
band limits and at mid frequen cy are all equal.
Output at tune-up frequency sho uld then b e
0.8 db higher.
If the peaks are too high and the band is
too wide , the coup ling is too great. Increase
the capacitance of C, and recheck.
If peaks are too high and the band is too
narrow, the Q of the circuit is too high and
the coupling is also off. Increase coup ling un -
til plate current is correct. If band is still
too wide and p eaks too violent, return to
original settings and sh unt both tanks with
equal-valued resistors to reduce Q a bit. This
is pure cut-and-try, but st art with high-valued
resistors and work down until things smoo th
out. You really shouldn't run into this p rob-
lem unless your slide rule slips a cog (as ours
d oes now and then ) , in working the arith -
metic.
Peaks too low and the band too wide indi-
cate Q lower than design value. I ncrease cir-
cuit capacitance at CIl and C 2 and retune L to
resonance. This will require reworking the de-
sign eq uations if the changes are very large.
While our entire approach in this article
has been toward use of bandpass couplers in
transmitters, they are equally applicable to re-
es and if output stages of vh f converters. The
same principles apply excep t that the value of
R1 must usually be fixed by a composition re-
sistor across the tank on each side. This re-
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Graw-H ill, 4th Edit ion, pages 63 t hrough 74.

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 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
To a id you in finding ads which are not runn ing in th is iSS1Je we
ha ve listed the la st ad run by each compa ny in 73.

Jan. 64 Adi ron dack July 64 Galaxy Nov. 64 PolyPaks

Oct. 64 Afe o Mar. 64 Gavin Instruments Sept . 64 Propagation Pr oducts
Mar. 64 Alco 60 Gem Electronics 92 O'Malley
June 64 Algerad io 72 Gift Shop 94, 95 Quaker
Aug. 64 Al l iance June 64 Glass, J. J. ~8, 49 Quement
60 Alltron ic s-H oward 5 Gonset May 64 Ra nd
July 64 Amateur Elect. Supply 105 Goodheart May 64 Ready Radials
66, 6 7 Ameco 93 Gover nme nt Warehou se 73 Reyco
86. 87 Ampl idy ne 92 Graham Rad io Apr. 64 Rob erts
60 Amrad Jan. 64 Groth 23 Rohn
Sept. 64 Antenna Spec ialists Cove r I I Hammar lund 93 RW Electr onic s
66, 67 Arrow Electroni c s 99 Hayden 27 Saxton
99 Arrow Sales, Chi . May 64 HCJ Aug . 64 Sc ienti f ic Assoc.
Oct. 64 Atlantic Ju ly 64 Heat h Apr. 64 Seatronics
69 ATV Research Aug. 64 Heed 106 , 107 sete ctronlcs
73 Azte c 109 Heffron 47 Sid eband Engineers
92 Barrett 20 , 47 Henry 15 Skylane
111 BC Electron ic s Nov. 64 HiPar Mar . 64 step
July 64 Bell Nov. 64 Hi-Way 92 Space
Apr. 64 Best Aug. 64 Hornet Sept. 64 Spencer
25 Budw ig 62, 63 Hy Gain 111 Sp itz
Oct. 64 Burghardt 3 Internat ional Crystal Oct. 64 Squire-Sa nders
92 Burnste in-App lebee Oc t. 64 Jaro 88 Subscri pt ions
41 B & W 93 retttromcs 3S Supe r.Q
Apr. 64 Byron Airpa ck July 64 Joseph's May 64 Surplus Spec
55 Call book No.... 64 Justin 56, 57 Swan
99 C& H Aug. 64 KitKraft June 64 TAB
Ju ly 64 Chemung Mar. 64 Knox 17 Technical Material
Apr. 64 Cleveland Institute sept. 64 lafayette, N. H. Sept. 64 Technical 5yst.
103 Col umb ia 13 l afayet t e Radio Sept . 64 Telemarine
19 Cornell -Dubilier Sept. 64 lawrence Eng Feb. 64 Telemethods
Sept. 64 Cubex 56, 57 linear Systems 72, 89, 93 r er rex
44, 45 Cushcraft Apr. 64 Mach Sept. 64 l elt rol
Nov. 64 Denver Crystals July 64 Madison 85 repaoacc
110 Denson Sept. 64 Mann 31, 92 Texas Crystal
Nov. 64 Dig ication 43 Mast er Mobil e Feb . 64 Thermoelectric D.
70, 71 Dow Key July 64 McCoy Oct . 64 Topaz
89 Dow Tradi ng 111 Meshna 10 3 Transist ors UII .
38, 39 Drake May 64 Metro 61 TrlEx
11 Edit or s & Engineer s Se pt. 64 Mini Products Sept . 64 Tucker
74 , 75, 76 , 77 Edw ards 65 Mission Nov. 64 U. T. C.
73 Electronic Speci al ists Oct. 64 Mor -Gain 100, 101 Vanguard
May 64 Epsil on Record s 61 M& W Ju ly 64 V& H
B1 Evans 90, 91 Mosley July 64 VHF Associates
Oct. 64 E-Z Etch Cover I V National 73 Vik ing
2 E-Z Way Apr. 64 Newark 9 Waters
103 Fair Sept. 64 Newtronics 92 Western (Calif.)
72 Fichter Feb. 64 Northwe st 89 Western (Neb.)
Nov. 64 Finney 72 Parks OCt. 64 We stern Sales
109 ' M 43 Path July 64 Woodruff
Sept. 64 FM Ham sales Mar. 64 Pausan Cover III , 59 ....orl d Radio Labs
July 64 Fulton OCt . 64 P& H 88 Vatter

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than original equipment. Most of these we have are made to JAN SPECS. Thi s is al so a good
one for transi storized ignition systems. 2N174 $1.50 ea.
SILICON PLANAR PASSIVATED TRANSISTORS Here's a beauty.
2N717 transistor. GE Manual says thi s one is elec- 70 AMP 500 PIV
trically equivalent to 2N697 and you know how useful $6.00 each
this one is. Made by RHEEMS, NPN, TOI S case.
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# 2N717 3 f or $1.00
c-
, SILICON DIODES 2N35 General Purpose tran sistor. We bot up a large
batch of them and after checki ng random sampl es
2 Amp 1,000 PIV find they are of good quality. l ong leads. Bag of 20
only $1.00.
$1.00 each
# 2N35 $1.00
12 for $1 0.00

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Clean up th e mess with I P 34 / AP AI O 2 meter pan - ad apter.
A NAME-O-MATIC TAPE EMBOSSER 31l '-Ie I npu t . 10 MC band width :
400 cycle power suPPly. Complete
wit h 311 P -l CUT, all tubes , ache-
matl e In struetloDll for ccoseeeton to
80Ud Itate 60 eyele power supvly;
a nd to 18 Me I nput, tr desired .
Or see rune 1964 issue of 13. verr
exce llent used $30.00

lJ l'a t d l nlVltlng tube sb te lds, lee

F l'b . 1964 Iss ue of 13 for 1 ptn ,
1* . 2 or 2%" h igh f or 9 mn.
1 % fo r 2"' hi gh. choice. 4 for $ 1. .0
To ta ke advantage or ..bore recueucns , your order must be
JIOtitma rk ed on or befo re Ja n. 10. 1965 . a nd men tion t hla ad.

NEW ARRIVALS-Big Savings.

B L IT Z BU G- l yP8 I.AC - I by CU' h -Cu tt , :SEW .. . _each $3.15
Co. A. feed through capacitor . by - pas, ll"l'nl'r&tor noise. . 5 mfd .
50v DC. 40 amv. ge nerator f m u . :S EW _S1.95

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E F J :160104. . ubml n la t ure va rl.ble ca pacitor 1.8 to 8_ 1
mmf . 10001' _.. _ 5Oe. 4 fo r $1.75
EFl : 152 -504 . D ual 31 to 305 mmt! 1000 l' va riable capacitor.
Two '" ~ I ha ru one with 50 :1 rla ht angle wor m gear drhe.
Brand ~... ... . .... . ... . .. _ .. _ . $6. .50
Lat ch ln l re lay. S ingle 24 l' 60 qele coli, DPST :SO GID -
tad. I deal for u.e as automatic keYt'r wi t h teletype. S ew
$1.15 each _... . . 4 f or $6. 50
24 y fila ment tran ~former ,. am v . 111 'I' 60 eycle prl man .
~addle mount . 4 "'I~ IUd, . 2 :r I % I I * " , I deal for ~ II)'
or command l et f llamenu . 8h. wt . 1 l b. :Sew 7ge.
Wid, and narrow taU -.UdI; .trl p'. lIlalt.. one or two ralaod 4 f or 53.00
IabolJ . ( Drop a Mnt to tho XYL for
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XMAS !) You a n mull anJ1,hlllg t rom a:unl to lie,. or . ul teue . same daJ' rece l'l'ed. Jo"or f rN " GOOD I E " .heet. , end ,eU a d
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 Propagation Chart
EASTERN UNm~ :STATES TQ:
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