73 Magazine June 1980 (#237)

One Step at a Time: Designing Your Own Ham Gear - part I ...... W4RNL 28
Down with Interpolation - a digital display for the Triton and others ...... W4FQ 36
Hooray! An AFSk Auto IDer! - a clean and and legal ending for RTTY transmissions ...... K3IJ 42
Let's QSY to .52 - ah, technology ...... WB2RVA 44
Five Test Equipment Bargains from Heath - the 5280 series features plenty of measuring power per dollar ...... W2QFC 46
The Phoenix Fix - an alarming analog-to-digital conversion for out-of-time clock-radios ...... WA3AJR 48
QRQ, QRS- By the Numbers! - a digital CMOS code-speed indicator ...... W7BBX 50
Adding a Scanner to Your 2m Rig - here's a method that works with many scanner/transceiver combos ...... WA8HEB 54
Digital Transistor Checker - a "hands-on" project ...... W4QBU/PY2ZBG 56
CB to 10 - part XXV: using those surplus 40-channel boards ...... AF8B 58
The Stolen Rig Retriever - built-in gadget automatically sends your call with every transmission ...... WB6KBM 60
Constructing QRP Dummy Loads - useful and inexpensive ...... W1OLP 64
The IC-211 Cookbook - mods and tweaks to improve performance ...... K3VGX 68
Talk a Hike - backpacking with an HW-8 ...... K4FD 74
Tuning Antenna-Mounted Preamps - do it without additional wiring ...... Staff 78
PC Artwork Made Easy - lift layouts from the page with transparent contact paper ...... W3HIK 80
Electronic Dice -a Family Pleaser - Las Ve gas, look out! ...... W7BBX 82
Fun with Foozle ...... W7BBX 84
The Demise of Component Stores - parts places are past their prime ...... VE3FLE 88
Priority Frequency Power-Up for the FT-227R - the right place every time ...... WA1AUM 90
Computerize Your Contest Paper-work - two BASIC programs do it all ...... WA8WIA 94
Emulate an Elephant - but let your micro bear the burden ...... VE6BB 98
Prefix Challenge - try this while you're waiting for the band to open up ...... AG6P 104
Check Chirp with a Choke - get 599 every time with this quick fix ...... WA2MEL/6 111
Reawaken that Sleeping Rx - first steps in receiver alignment ...... Sara 112
Rubber Thumbs and Pilot Lamps - if you're all thumbs, enlighten yourself! ...... K3MPJ 114
Tempo S1 2-Meter Portable - 800 channels, to go! ...... WB9HRV 118
A Proper Pedestal for PCBs - handy holder eases circuit board construction and repair ...... Staff 120
Surplus Treasures - assemble a quality ham station for less than $200 ...... K1VIC/2 122
Listen in Secrecy with a Giant Inductive Loop - monitor your rig anywhere in the house -without wires ...... ZL2AMJ 124
Those Hamtronics Kits... How Can You Use Them? - an in-depth look at some electronic bargains ...... WA4PYQ 130
10 Meters for the SB-221 - add the "missing" band ...... WA2KSM 134
Another Place, Another Time - working the paranormal band ...... Anon 136
Who Needs a $40 Soldering Iron? - here's why you may want to invest in one ...... Staff 144
Outboard Power for the 820 - it's easy to connect a second set of ears to the Kenwood transceiver ...... KL7GRF/6 146
CB to 6 - convert a 49 MHz HT into something ...... W9CGI 148
Digital Boat Anchor - using pencil, paper, and a frequency counter for receiver readout ...... WB1ASL 152

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