Index to Volume
LXXIV—1990
How to Use This Index
Items are listed according to the monthly column in
which they appeared and/or under any category (or
categories) that generally describes them. The
name ot the author(s) appears in parentheses ,
followed by a colon, then the page number and
issue. Examples: ’‘The 160-Meter Antenna Dilemma"
appears under Feature Articles—Technical and under
Antennas and Transmission Lines. "Earthquakel"
appears under Feature Articles—General Interest
and under Public Service. Some items have
additional subject-description information in
parentheses after the Hile.
AMATEUR SATELUTE COMMUNICATIONS
1990s: Decade of Hard Choices?, The—Pert 1
(Rlportella): 76, Mar
1990s: Decade of Hard Choices?, The—Part 2
(Rlportella): 63. Apr
90s Begin, The (Fliportella): 71, Jan
Ask a Simple Question... (Ward): 70, Aug
DOVE Satellite Resuscitated: 61. Sep
DOVE; The Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder
(Loughmiller): 40. May
Drlven-Elemant Efficiency in the 432-MHz Circular
Quagf (Overbeck): 30, May
Flawless Launch Yields Six OSCARs: New &a in
Amateur Satellite Communications Begins:
60, Mar
Introduction—Pari 2 (Loughmiller): 71, Sep
"MBA" Rescues DOVE, Then Gets Destroyed:
56, Jun
Mfcrosats and You (Loughmiller): 40. Sep
One Small Step for a Ham, a Giant Leap for
Hamkind (McGwierp 68, Nov
HS-14: The Rest of the Story (Loughmiller); 01, Dec
Tale of Two UoSATs, A (Ward): 62. Jul
Word ot Introduction, A (Ward): 60, Jun
ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISSION UNES
160-Meter Antenna Dilemma, The (DeMaw):
30, Nov
Antenna Switchers—Part 1 (Bint!iff): 31, Jun
Antenna Switchers—Part 2 (Bintliff): 21, Jul
Алгола Hams Exempt from Tower Rule: 54, May
Audio Equalizer for Communications Use, An
(Rumbolt): 22, May
A-Frame Mast for Home and Field Day, An
(Kaplan): 36, May
Balanced Balanced Antenna Tuner, A (Measures):
26, Feb
Bamboo Source (Frohna): 44, Mar
'BRD Zapper, The: A Quick. Cheap and Easy "ZL
Spsciai" Antenna (Newkirk); 28, Jun
Broken-Shield Coupler Can Eliminate TVi, A
(Cooper): 37, Jul
Changing Antenna Ordinances—The Easy Way
(Walsh): 43, Sep
Circularly Polarized Quagt Antenna for Space
Communications, A (Marcus): 24, Jan
Closer Look at Horizontal Loop Antennas, A
(DeMaw),' 28. May
Constructing Ladder (Open-Wire) Transmission Line
(Measures): 35. Feb
Converting the Ну-Gain 2Q4BA for 17-Meter
Operation (Соф 59, Dec
Correction: May 1990 OST Antenna-Radiation
Patterns (Healy): 30, Sep
Dirty Deeds (Anlenne Restrictions) (Sweeley):
64, Oct
Driven-Element Efficiency in the 432-MHz Circular
Quagi (Overbeck): 38, May
End-Fed Double Schwarz, The (Jablin): 62, Apr
Evolution of the Short Top-Loaded Vertical, The
(Michaels); 26, Mar
Feedback: Broken-Shield Coupler, A (Newkirk):
42, Oct
Feedback: Make Your House Antenna Ready
(Murphy): 37, Sep
Feeding an 0O-Meter Delta Loop at 160 Meters
(Koeppe): 37, Apr
Fix for Cable Leakage at Connectors, A (Locher):
37, Jul
Folding Dipole 1or 2 Meters, A (Bergeron): 26, Jun
G5RV Coax (Noecker); 37, Feb
Impact of Current Distribution on Array Patterns,
The (Lewallen): 39, Jul
Keeping Beams on Portable Masts Aimed Correctly
(Lau); 30, Aug
K6STI’s МЛ/ and Yagr Optimizer Antenna-Analysis
Software'. 41, Aug
Loading Coils for 160-Meter Antennas (Michaels):
28, Apr
Longer Life for Your Quad Antenna (Atkins):
39, Nov
l-oop Coupling for J Antennas (Davis): 42. Mar
More on Tree Supports (O'Toole; Clark; Amos):
37, Feb
More on Tree-Supported Antennas (Raffaele):
44, Mar
Off-Center-Fed Dipole Revisited, The: Broadband,
Multiband Antenna (Belrose and Boullane):
20, Aug (see Feedback: 40, Oct)
PRB-1 Victory in Texas: 62, Aug
PRB-1 Victory (Lunebach); 62 Jun
PRB-1 Works Winders (Butler): 64, May
PVC-Pipe Guy Protectors (Hood): 37, Aug
RFI Case Dismissed In Washington Superior Court.
60, Mar
Simple Coaxial-Cable Measurements (Smith)*.
25. Sep
Stabilizing the Mobile Whip (Gregory)*. 44, Jan
Tower Anti-Climbing Shields (Brown): 44, Jan
Trrband Microwave Dish Feed (Hili): 23 Aug
Water Makes Driving Ground Rods Easier
(Hinshaw); 37, Aug
Will the Real Verna Loop Gain Figures Please
Stand Dpi (Healy)'. 39, May
YAGINEC Update (Gordon): 37, Feb
COMPUTERS
ARES/Data: A Packet Data Base for Emergency and
Public Service Communications (Moemsr & Palmer);
75, Dec
3rd ARRL RTTY Roundup Announcement; 102, Dec
Cheap and Quick RS-232-C-to-Keying-Line Interface
(Swancara): 36, Feb
Computerized Logging in Sweepstakes (Halprin):
50, Oct
Computerized VHF Data Base. A (Tynan): 66, Nov
Digital Signal Processing of Packet Radio. The
(Horzepa): 66, Jul
DOVE'.The Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder
(Loughmiller).* 40, May
DX Operating Partners: Your Station and
Packetcluster® (Horzepa)*. 67, May
HF Packet SRO Redux (Horzepa): 72, Sep
KSSTt's MN and Yagl Optimizer Antenna-Analysis
Software; 41, Aug
Mind of the Contester, The (Cain)*. 14, Jul
More on Baud Rate—Ugh I (Lackey): 44, Mar
Packet Radio Basics—Part 1: Computers Acting
Like Terminals (Horzepa): 73, Aug
Packet Radio Basics—Pari 2 (Horzepa): 67, Oct
Packet Radio Basics—Part 3-. The ABCs of TCP/IP
(Horzepa); 80, Dec
Packet with a Purpose (Cain)' .54 Aug
Programming in C (Purdum): 4S, Mar
Propagation Predictions and Personal Computers
(Hall): 58, Dec
Space Environment Laboratory Public Computer
BBS( Fbsen thali 41, Nov
Standing-Room Only on HF Packet (Horzepa)*.
65, Jun
TNG Connect Alarm, A (Smardon)' 41. Oct
TNC Message-Waiting Alerter, A (Hansen); 66, Dec
Weather-Facsimile PackagetorthsIBM PC—Pat I,
A (Dahl): 15, Apr (see Feedback: 25, June)
Weather-Facsimile Package for the IBM PC—Part 2,
A (Dahl)*. 1 7, May
Winter Won derland of Software (Horzepa): 72, Jan
Yagj-Design Software: 57, Dec
YAGiNEC Update (Gordon): 37, Feb
CONTESTS & OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Contest Announcemerts/Rdes
3rd ARRL RTTY Roundup Announcement
102, Dec
57th ARRL November Sweepstakes Announcement:
93, Oct
Announcing the Fifth ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative
Contest: 82, Jun
ARRL international DX Contest Plaque Program;
70, Feb
ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque Program:
05, May
Club Competition Rules and Contest
Disqualification Criteria*. 80, Jan
Field Day Rules: 84, May
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions—1990: 55, Jan
Rules, 1990 ARRL UHF Contest 80, Jul
Rules, 1990 CRRL Fall VHF/UHF Sprints: 78, Sep
Rules, 1990 Novice Roundup: 81, Jan
Rules, 1990 School Club Roundup: 80, Jan
Rules, 1991 ARRL International DX Contest:
100, Dec
Rules, 44th January VHF Sweepstakes: 101, Dec
Rules, 5th IARU HF World Championships: 78. Apr
Rules, ARRL 10-Meter Contest: 84, Nov
Rules, ARRL 160-Meter Contest: 85, Nov
Rules, ARRL International EME Competition:
78,	Sep
Rubs, Jline VHF QSO Party: 80 May
Rules, September VHF QSO Party: 82, Aug
Contest Results
Field Day 1990 (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 75. Nov
Results. 13th Annual ARRL International EME
Competition (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 87, May
Results. 1989 ARRL 10-Meter Contest (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): Jul, 73
Results, 1989 ARRL November Sveepsbles (Lint
8 Stankiewicz)*. 76, May
Results, 1989 IARU HF World Championship (Lunt
& Burke): 72, Feb
Results, 1989 September VHF QSO Party (Lunt &
Burke): 76, Jan
Results. 1990 ARRL International DX Contest (Lunt
8 Stankiewicz): 76, Oct
Results, 1990 ARRL June VHF QSO Party (Lunt 8
Stankiewicz): 92. Dec
Results, 1990 ARRL UHF Contest (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): 98, Dec
Results, 1990 ARRL VHF January Sweepstakes
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): 75, Jun
Results, 19Э0 Novice Roundup (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): SO, Jun
Results, 1990 School Club Roundup (Malchlck);
79,	Sep
Results, 20th ARRL 160-Meter Contest (Lunt &
Siankiewicz)*. 74, Apr
Results, Fourth Annual ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative
Contest (Lunt 8 Stankewlcz): 83, Mar
Results,Second ARRL RTTY Roundup (Siegen &
Lunt): 78, Aug
Straight Key Night 1989 (Lunt)*. 77, Apr
Contestlng/Operatlng
Amateur Radio Goes to the Goodwill Games; 61, Sep
ARRL Outgoing QSL Bureau System.The*.77,Dec
Computerized Logging in Sweepstakes (Halprin):
50, Oct
"Considerate Operator’s Frequency Guide I' The*.
57, Jan
Contests* .Everyone Can Play to Wlnl (Prescott)*.
80,	Oct
First Time in a Contest (Battles): 50, Aug
Friendship Radio Sports Games (Portland ARC):
14, May
(Vbn'tine M) bb Ns t List (IARU News) (Baldwin);
85,Dec
Mind of the Contester, The (Cain): 14, Jul
More Ideas tor Enhancing Chances tor Working DX
on 50 MHz (Tynan): 68, Jan
Packd with aPurpose(Calr):54,Aug
PINS—Participation /п November Sweepstakes
(achievement pin): 93, Oct (see Up Front in QST:
11, Nov)
Sweepstakes for the Beginner (Halprin); 49, Oct
World RadioSport Team Champronshlp (Crovelli);
43, Oct
DX Century Club Awards—Column (Search)
65, Jan; 67, Mar; 61, Apr; 63, May; 61, Jun; 81,
Jul*. 67, Aug*, 65, Sep; 63, Oct; 61, Nov; 77, Dec
DXCC Honor Roll: 62, Nov
CORRESPONDENCE
17 Meters: One Fine Sand (Monkewrch): 62, Apr
202
Ambassador Ham (Kushner): 62, Jan
Back to the Future (Technology) (Wlesen): 64, Ort
Bardstown Experiment/G, The (Evans): 62, Apr
Beware: Cable-Chomping Canine (Bates): 68, Jul
Big Brother Was Listening (Goldman: Roberts;
Watts; Siegel): 63, Mar
Bioeffects Clarifications (Shulman): 68, Nov
(see 62, Sep)
Bouvet Madness (Samuels): 64, May
Braaten, Arthur M, W2BSR SK (Shipley)1 64 May
Code Still Works (Ring): 64, Oct
"Confrontation" Confronts the Issue (Ragain)1.
68, Nov
Dad's a Believer (Evenson): 62, Jun
Deja Vu (Laughlin): 64, Aug
Different View, A (Laidman): 64, May
Dirty Deeds (Antenna Restrictions) (Sweeley):
64, Oct
Disabled Testing Procedures: An MD’s View
(Heimansohn): 74, Dec
Do What You Say You Will (QSLing) (Boiler):
58. Jul
Don't Go Down Without a Fight (220 MH2) (Forbes;
Carso): 64, Oct
Don't Step on the Pros' Toes (Ferguson); 64, Oct
Don't Tune on Me (Furlow): 64, Aug
Down the River (Goldwater): 62, Jan
Dummy Load, The: Buy One and Use It (Brock):
63, Mar
DX-asperation (Thomson): 62, Jun
End-Fed Double Schwarz, The (Jahlin): 62, Apr
Faster The a Speeding IRC (Richards): 74, Dec
Forest Service Fees (Chadwick): 62, Apr
From Russia with Thanks (Kaploun): 63, Mar
Geography and the Radio Amateur (Beverage):
63, Mar
Gift That Keeps on Giving, The (Janicek): 68, Nov
G/asnosf: The Great Awakening (Bennett): 63, Mar
Good Show, QST (Staffo; Spaulding): 56, Feb
Grouch Wins Friends, The (Ferreira)1. 64, Aug
Ham Radio and the Metnc System (Strack): 62, Jan
Ham Radio with a Smile (Stephens): 64, May
Hang in There (Stanfield): 57, Feb
How to Recruit New Hams (Martin): 62, Jun
Hugo the Horrible (Denbow); 64, May
Hugo! (Feeham; Levis): 57, Feb
Hurricane Hugo (Young): 62, Jan
ft Helps to Care (Milliken): 57, Feb
It Must Be Magic Ink (Laskowski): 64, Aug
Just Sign Here (Otis): 68, Nov
Let My People Phone (Hovey)1. 68, Nov
Linguistically Speaking. .. “You Know?" (Lewis):
56, Feb
Listen Before You Tune (Wootton)’. 62, Jun
Lost Art ot Radio, The (Nichols): 56, fob
Magic of Radio, The (Pifke): 62, Jan
Montserrat Update (Glaser): 62, Jun
Move Toward Metric (Rideout): 62, Jun
NE2Q "For ID," or "How to Sound Like a Jerk"
(Kolinsky): 64, May
New FCC Rule Book: FBI (Race)1 5 6 Fe b
One Small Step tor a Ham, a Giant Leap for
Hamkind (McGwier): 68, Nov
Our Common Destiny (Kawai): 57, Feb
Pass it Along (Flintoff): 58, Jul
Patch Keeps Spirits Afloat (Longwall)1. 64, Aug
Paternity Issue (Glevanik): 74, Dec
Poignant Pilgrimage (Bellingerl): 68, Jul
PRB-1 Victory (Lunebach)’,62,Jun
PRB-1 Works Winders (Butler): 64, May
Present and Future State of Amateur Radio, The
(Myers): 57, Feb
Public Service or Ego Trip? (Pfeiffer): 74, Dec
Put Ham Radio into the Classrooms (Ekstrom):
63, Mar
QRP Articles are Great (Czuhajewski): 54, May
QSA? (Bowden): 74, Dec
QSL Morality (Tscharner): 57, Feb
QSL Quandary (Васкуs): 62, Jun
QSLing—Accuracy Counts (Aitkin): 62, Jun
Recruit our Youth (Gallagher)1.64. Aug
Recruitment: You Can Make the Difference
(Meuse): 62, Jan
Repeaters Regale (Prevrty): 58, Jul
Rotten QRM (Cooper)1.64, Aug
Rotten Radio (Masterman; Cote; Smetona): 62, Apr
Saints of the Air (Flynn; Mack; Taylor; Rideout):
56, Feb
Space: The Final (Finial1?) Frontier (Brown): 5S, Jul
Strays Round up a Herd of Replies (Everding):
58, Jul
Thanks from Ft Bragg (Benfield): 64, May
Thanks (Bissett): 62, Jan
US Operators Do QSL* (Mcmot)' 62 Apr
VEs Venerated (Blankenship): 74, Dec
Watch Those Band Edges (Erb): 64, May
Who's Using 220 MHz? (Kiel): 58, Jul
Why QRP? Because it Works (Liles): 62, Apr
Your Local Library (Zadoraznyj): 62, Jan
FEATURE ARTICLES
General Interest
1989—A Second Look (Kleinschmidt): 40, Feb
6Y5EE on Disaster Communications (Palm): 51, Aug
75 Years of QST (New Krk) 13 Dae
Almost There on 2300 MHz (Jablin)-.43 ,Jun
Amateur Radio is Back on the Shuttle (White):
46, Feb
Amateur Radio Roots (Gold): 45. Jun
And the Winners Are. .. (White): 51, Jan
Are You Ready for SET? (Ewald); 45, Sep
Avianca Crash: Disaster and Discord,The (Cain)1.
14, Jun
Beginner's Tou r to and Through AMTOR
(Mortensen); 53, Nov
Best Field Day Ever, The (Tice): 54, Jun
Board Affirms Code-Free License Stance (Palm):
54, Sep
Board Steers Course for WARC-92, Future (Palm):
53, Mar
Calling Home from Vietnam—Part 1 (Vernacchta):
44, Nov
Calling Home from Vietnam—Part 2 (Vernacchia)-.
64, Dec
Changing Antenna Ordinances—The Easy Way
(Walsh): 43, Sep
Christmas Regained (Vaughan): 02, Dec
Club Bouvet, 3Y5X, Story, The (Enderud and
Pedersen): 14, Oct
Confessions of a Boyhood Bootlegger (Hall)1.37, Dec
Congress: No Fees For Amateurs (Williams): 54, Jan
DOVE: The Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder
(Loughmiller): 40, May
DX from Tarawa (Hess); 49, Nov
Earthquake! (Ewald): 15, Mar
Father and Son DXpeditlon,PorWleC6A
(Wilkinson): 5Q Step
FCC Releases Codeless License NPRM: 38. Apr
First Time in a Contest (Battles): 58, Aug
Friends are Deal FfeopfeiAsh) 15 Arg
Friendship Radio Sports Games (Portland ARC)1.
14, May
From Texas to the DDR: Che Ham's Heritage
(Najork)- 44, Apr
Grouch, The (Vaughan): 48, May
Growing a Fresh Crop of Hams (Whrte ) 47, Aig
Hams Organize Communications for Winter Special
Olympics (Hugo): 49, Feb
Hams Without Fail (Massata & Pritchett): 45, Aug
Helping “Techies” Become Hams (Hale): 43, Aug
hbw Ham Radio Changed My Name (Cooper):
50, Jul
How One YL Got Started (Miller): 44, Jun
How to Have Fun in Ham Radio (Pescatore):
50, May
Hugo the Horrible (Palm): 14, Feb
IARU Region 2 Finds The Magic in Orlando
(Sumner)1 15, Jan
In the Blink of an Eye (Curt) .44, Jul
In the Spotlight—Amateur Radio Education
(Simpson & White): 69, Dec
Jim (Flippin); 34, Dec (reprinted from Apr 1935)
JOTA Needs You (Dansby): 52, Sep
Love My Son, Love His Radios (Gardner): 48, Mar
M V Island? (Spino): 67, Dec
Maritime Mobile with NP2AZ (Evans): 15, Nov
Mlcrosals and You (Loughmiller): 40, Sep
Mind of the Contester, The (Cain): 14, Jul
Month of Ham Visibility, A (Eksten): 52, Jun
Montserrat Memoir, A (Caln): 60, Mar
Morse Gode From the Heart (Burch)-.45 ,Jul
New Look at 200 Meters & Down (Nash): 50, Nov
Outstanding Amateurs Honored at Dayton (Battles):
27, Jul
Packet with a Purpose (Cain)- 54, Aug
Radio is More Than a Merit Badge (Eichel): 49, Mar
Radio Roulette in the Soviet Union (Cain): 50, Apr
Recent Disasters Punctuate PurposeforTest
(Ewald): 41, Jul
Retread, The (Vaughan); 52. Oct
Salt, Sentiment and Solid-State (Cotterman): 52, Jul
SAREX Boosts Schools' Interest in Ham Radio
(White): 72, Aug
SAREX Update: Please Stand By (Simpson):
52, Nov
Scouting the Future (Booth)1 44, May
Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX)
Generates High Enthusiasm (White): 53, J ul
Sister Alverna O'Laughtin, WA0SGJ, 1988 ARRL
International Humanitarian (Palm): 53, Jan
Successful OSCAR Launch Ushers in the '90s
(Loughmiller): 52, Apr
Sweepstakes for the Beginner (Halprin): 49, Oct
Thh At (Ctopih) 46 fipr
Valentine’s Day DX (Massey): 47, Feb
VHF/UHF Advisory Committee 13-cm Band Plan
Proposal (Kirby): 52, Feb
Visit to Headquarters, A (O'BbnJt 51, №v
What Do You Get For Your Membership Dues?
(Sumner): 18, Mar
Wfy QRP? (Chaffin)1 43 Feb
World RadioSport Team Championship (Crovelli):
43, Oct
Technical
160-Meter Antenna Dilemma, The (DeMaw): 30. Nov
903MHz Lhear Anpifiers— Part 1 (Mascaro)-
18, Jun (see Feedback: 31, Jul)
903-MHz Linear Amplifiers—Part 2 (Mascaro):
28, Jul
Antenna Switchers—Part 1 (Bintliff): 31, Jun (see
Feedback: 35. Oct)
Antenna Switchers—Part 2 (Bintliff): 21, Jul
Audio Equalizer Io г Communications Use, An
(Rumbolt): 22, thy
Balanced Balanced Antenna Tuner, A (Measures):
28, Feb
'BRD Zapper, The: A Quick, Cheap and Easy "ZL
Special" Antenna (Nev&iik): 26, Jun
Cheap and Easy Control-Signal Level Converters
(Galm): 24, Feb
Qrcui t tnprovemen b br tte Heath SB 220
Amplifier—Part 1 (Measures): 25, Nov
Circuit Improvements (or the Heath SB-220
Amplifier—Part 2 (Measures): 41, Dec
C ircdarf у Polar zed Quagi Antennas for Space
Communications (Marcus): 24, Jan
Closer Look at Horizontal Loop Antennas, A
(DeM аи): 28, M ay (see Tech tied
Correspondence1 30 Sep)
CMOS Super Keyer 11, The (Russell and Southard):
18, Nov
Compact "Brick" for 6 Meters, A (Bunn)- 18 Oct
Cubic Incher Mods + 30 Meters (DeMaw): 28, Sep
Elevator, The: A Simple 220-MHz FM Transverter
(Again ) 32 Jan
Evolution of the Short Top-Loaded Vertical, The
(Michaels): 26, Mar
Experimental Band-Switching Dip Meter, An
(DeMaw): 18, Jul
Folding Dipole for 2 Meters, A (Bergeron): 26, Jun
Hands-Off Mobile Operation (Hickox): 25, Apr
Intraural Microphone System for Mobile Operation,
An (BergerarJ: 22, Nov
Laser Conmunica tons Rimer— Part 1, A
(Bergeron): 19, Sep
Laser-Communications Primer—Part 2. A
(Bergeron) 2? Oct
Loading Coils for 160-Meter Antennas (Michaels):
28, Apr
Microcomputer-Controlled NiCd-Battery Charger, A
(Ahrens): 16, Aug
More "QRP" EME on 144 MHz (Soifer): 36, Oct
Off-Center- Fed Di pole Revisited The- Broadband, Mul-
tiband Antenna (Belrose and Bouliane): 28, Aug
(see Feedback 40, Oct)
Parasitbs Revisited—Part 1 (Measures): 15, Sep
Parasitics Revisited—Part 2 (Measures): 32, Oct
Portable QRP CW Transceiver, A—Part 1, (Breed).'
44, Dec
Practical Battery-Back-Up Power lor Amateur Radio
Stations—Part 1 (Thurston): 34. Mar
Practical Battery-Back-Up Power br Ana bur Rado
Sb tons—Part 2 (Thurston)- 32 Apr, 32 (see
Feedback: 39, May)
Practical Battery-Back-Up Power for Amateur Radio
Staions—Part 3 (Thurston): 25, May, 25
P r 3d cal R alio A urora(Pocock) :20 ,Mar
QRP SSB/CW Transceiver for 14 MHz—Part 2, A
(Hayward): 28, Jan (see Feedback: 27, Apr)
December 1990	203
Simple and Accurate QRP Directional Wattmeter, A
(Lewallen): 19, Feb
Simple Coaxial-Cable Measurements (Smith)'
25, Sep
Single-Board Bilateral 5760-MHz Transverter, A
(Campbell): 27, Oct
Surface-Mount Technology Primer, A—Part 1
(Bergeron): 48, Dec
Tester For Crystal F, Q and R, A (DeMaw); Jan, 21
(see Feedback: 41, Mar)
Triband Microwave Dish Feed, A (Hill)*. 23, Aug
Using the MC2831A FM Transmitter Subsystem IC
(□eMaw): 31, Mar (see Feedback: 39, May)
Weather-Facsimile Package tor the IBM PC—Part 1,
A (Dahl): 15, Apr (see Feedback: 25, June)
Weather-Facsimile Package for the IBM PC—Part 2,
A (Dahl): 17, May
FM/RPT—Column
CTCSS Debate (Battles): 67, Nov
FM/RptFl (Repeater-Frequency Interference)—Part 1
(Battles): 70. Sep
FM/RptFl (Repeater-Frequency Interference)—Part 2
(Battles): 69, Oct
How to Get a Free Repeater Site (Battles): 69, Jun
Linking Your Repealer to 10 Meters (Battles):
69, Jun
National DTMF Tone Squelch Frequency'?, A—Part 2
(Horzepa): 65, Feb (see Dec 89)
National DTMF Tone Squelch Frequency?, A—Part 3
(Horzepa): 76, Mar
Radio Daze (Horzepa): 69, Jan
Reverse Autopatch (Battles); 79, Dec
Simplex, Anyone? (Battles); 63, J d
Unpredictable and Fun—10 FM (Ball): 70, Apr
HAPPENINGS—News
420-MHz Restrictions Emphasized: 59, Oct
80-Meter Novlce/Tech Subband May Move: 52, May
902-MHz Restrictions Eased: 56, Jul
Amateur Fined for Interfering with Commercial
Station: 62, Mar
Amateur Radio Aims for the Olympics: 56, Nov
Amateur Radio Goes to the Goodwill Games: 61, Sep
Arizona Hams Exempt from Tower Rufe; 54, May
ARAL Awards First Grant For HF Packet Radio
Research: 62, Mar
ARRL Comments in Docket for 220-222 MHz; 53,
May
ARRL Comments in FCC WARC-92 Inquiry: 56, Apr
ARRL Comments in NT1A Spectrum Management
Inquiry: 52, May
ARRL Commerts in PCS Docket; 72, Dec
ARRL Comments on Proposed Relocation of
Novice Subband: 61, Sep
ARRL Favors Ruling Against Restrictive Statutes*.
61, Aug
ARRL Files Proposal for Automatic HF Operafan of
RTTY and Date Transmissions* 54, Feb
ARRL Northwestern Division Director Drake,
W7RM, Resigns: 61, Mar
ARRL Opposes PELTS Proposal (220 MHz): 56, Jun
ARRL Receives FEMA Development Grant: 60, Jan
ARRL Seeks Relief from "Scanner Laws"; 52 May
ARRL "All-Risk" Insurance; 57, Apr
Article Rekindles EMF/Cancer Debate: 62, Sep (see
68, Nov)
Behind the Diamond: Eddy Pollock, W6LC: 62, Aug
Behind the Diamond: Rick Palm, K1CE: 58, Jun
Blind Ham Honored at White House (LaBarre.
KT0U): 58, Oct
Bootleggers Hit Where it Hurts (FCC enforcement).*
57, Jun
Browning, Gus, W4BPD, SK: 57, Nov
Canada Adopts New Rules; 73, Dec
Cartsen, Captain Kurt, W2ZXM, SK: 60, Jan
Civilian Ham Gets Army Award: 61, Sep
Club Supports WARC Fund: 63, Aug
Code-Free Stance Confirmed: 71, Dec
Comment Deadline Looms for New Methods to Test
Disabled: 58. Oct
Commission Eases Code Requirements for
Disabled: 60, Sep
Communications Act Changes: 73, Dec
CRRL President and Counsel Retire: 82, Mar
Dannals, Harry, W2HD, Named QCWA President:
61, Jan
Death Knel for Cycle 22?: 57. Jun
Digital Contol Petition Withdrawn1.57 ,J un
DoD Pulls Out of Drill; 56, Nov
DOVE Satellite Resuscitated: 61, Sep
204 OSK
Equipment Insurance Rales Rise: 60, Oct
Extra Class Name Change Petition Denied: 60, Jan
FAR Scholarship Winners.- 59, Oct
FAR Scholarships Announced; 57. Apr
FCC Acte in 20-Meler Disputes: 56, Nov
(see 53, May)
FOG Allows Call Sign Changes; 61, Sep
FCC Atlanta Office Moves: 58, Nov
FCC Changes VHF/UHF Beacon Subbands' 53 May
FCC Comments on Amateur Feedback to
McNamara's Letter: 61, Mar
FCC Confiscates CB Gear; 57, Jun
FCC Denies Appllcafon for 6 Meters: 54, May
FCC Denies Request I orH econsd eeti on'in88-139 ;
62, Sep
FCC Enforcement Actions: 57, Jul
FCC Enforcement Actions: 58, Nov
FCC Enforcement Actions 61, Sep
FCC Enforcement Actions: 62, Mar
FCC Field Office Address Changes (San
Francisco): 55, Feb
FCC Forbids Local RF1 Regulations*. 53, May
FCC Grants Extension of STA for Automatic HF
Packet: 61, Mar
FCC Proposes Hiker's Locator Service on 220-222
MHz: 62, Mar
FCC Proposes Preferences tor Innovators (220
MHz): Aug 83
FCC Proposes Service Rules for Land Mobile
Operation on 220-222 MHz; ARRL Court Battle
Continues'. 53, Feb
FCC Seeks tnput/Assistance In Resolution of
Amateur Dispute; ARRL Responds; 53, Feb (see
56. Nov & 53, May)
FCC Shuts Down 75-Meter Pirate , 57 , Jun
FCC Shuts Down Unlicensed Broadcaster: 53, May
FCC Starts on ARRL “Part 97 Clean-up Petition";
56, Apr
FCC Upholds Bureau-Imposed Forfeiture Against
Amateur 62, Mar
FCC Watches Cable TV: 57, Nov
FCC Widens 5-meter Repeater Subband: 57, Apr
FCC Won't Protect Unlicensed Devices at 900
MHz*, 58, Nov
Flawless Launch Yields Six OSCARk New Era in
Amateur Satellite Communications Begins:
60, Mar
Former Ham Convicted (Burton, WB6JAC): 61, Sep
Gibbons, Mike, W7KV, SK: 73, Dec
Griggs, John. WEKW, SK 54, May
Growth in Amateur Ranks* 72 Dec
GTE Gives Residential Rates to Autopatches:
61, Mar
Ham Aids Hunt for Jammer: 73, Dec
Ham Fined, Jailed for Mail Fraud (Harrison,
WB2PT1)*. 56, Jun (see 57, Nov)
BAM RADIO Magazine Sold: 57, Jun
Ham Wins in RFl Lawsu it: 56, Nov
Hams Fined lor Willful h terterence: 56 Jin
Hams Relay Medical Aid for Soviet Amateur*.
62, Sep ‘
Harrison May Lose License: 57, Nov
Harvard Club Hosts Soviets 73, Dec
Holmes Appointed as State Department Coordinator
tor international Communications and Policy:
61, Jan
HQ Staffers Reassigned (W4R1, AA2Z, W1GNC):
58, Oct
IARU President Honored (Baldwin, W1RU): 57, Jul
Insurance Available to Clubs: 57, Jun
hternatibn alAmateu r Radio Arrangements: 58, Jun
Judge Dismisses Su it Against Ham.* 62 Aug
League Continues 220 Campaign: 56, Jul
League Protests Comment Deadline to FCC: 71, Dec
League Responds to Telecommunications Inquiry:
56, Jun
LeMay Curtis, E.. W6EZV, SK* 72 Dec
Lower Phone Rates for Autopatches: 62, Sep
"MBA" Rescues DOVE; Then Gets Destroyed:
56,Jun
Medrow. Karl. W3FA, SKi 54, May
Mich igan Bill Expands Exemption from "Scanner
Laws": 56, Jul
Milius, Gay . Director Emeritus, W4UG, SK; 62, Aug
Moskey, Joe, W1JMY, SK: 54. May
Nets Get More Time lo Resolve Disputes: 58, Oct
New Jersey Hams Sipport Receiver Law Reform-
53, May
Edw art s.D ou^ as. Newsman; 72, Dec
Pacific Bell Offers Residential Rates to Amateur
Repeaters. 61, Mar
Past Delta Division Vice Director Graham Hicks,
W5IHP. SK: 82, Mar
Petition Supports AM Users* 56 Jj 1
Plaque Presented Honoring 1921 Transatlantic Test
Site: 55, Feb
PRB-1 Victory in Texas: 62, Aug
OST Managing Editor Laird Campbell, W1CUT,
Retires: 55, Feb
Radio Amateur Caflbook Sold to BPI
Communications Inc: 60, Jan
Rad' ioCI ib d A mei caEI ectsF d ows: 72, Dec
Ratcliffe, Robert H., KB3KC Named Assistant
Chief, FCC Mass Media Bureau; 62, Mar
R epeatersG et Price Break: 58, Jun
RFl Case Dismissed in Washington Superior Court*.
60, Mar
Scholarship Winners Named: 73, Dec
SGRRBA Suspends Coordination on 902-928 MHz;
It Plans Operation In Certain Cities: 60, Mar
Simplified Reciprocal Licensing in New Zealand-
60, Jan
Threas Bring Amaeuris Arrest 59, Oct
WARG Groups Consult 71, Dec
WARC Specialist Joins HQ Staff (Bergeron,
KB4IYK): 58, Jun
W1AW Not in 20-Meter "Dispute": 53, May (see
53, Feb; 56, Nov)
WlAW Renovation Update: 63, Aug
HINTS AND KINKS
AAA NiCds in an AA Charger (Devenish); 39, Nov
AGC-Threshold Control for the Heath HW-9
Transceiver, An (Douglas): 43. Mar
A-Frame Mast for Home and Held Day, An
(Kaplan). 36 ,May
Battery Backup lor the HW-5400 Transceiver
(Smardon): 37. Jul
Bridge Rectifier Solves Keying-Polarity Proble ms
(Alexander): 42, Oct
Broken-Shield Coupler Can Eliminate TVf, A
(Cooper)' 37, Jul
Built-In Grille Eases Mobile-Speaker Mounting
(Clemons): 41, Oct
Cheap and Quick RS-232 C-to-Keyi ig-LI nel it ef аса
(Swancara): 36, Feb
Cigar-Lighter Polarity Tester, A (Cook): 37, Jul
Connecting an Old Microphone to a New
Transceiver (Fentern): 41, Oct
Constructing Ladder (Open-Wire) Transmission Lane
(Measures); 35, Feb
Curing Erratic Power Output In the TS-430S
Transceiver (Miller): 37, Sep
Curing Frequency Drift and Indicator-Light Dimming
in the Yaesu FT-101ZD Transceiver (Gamble):
37, May
Curing Key Clicks in the Yaesu FT-102 Transceiver
(Lacey): 57, Dec
Diodes for RF Probes (fsenrlng): 42, Mar
Dade-Based QRP TR Switch, A (Garr): 38, Jul
Don't Be Foaled by Talking Capacitors (Newkirk)*.
38, Jul
Extend the Resistance Measurement Range at a
DMM (Nouei); 37, Sep
Fast-Attack AGC System lor QSK CW. A
(Hayward): 37 (Sep
Feedback: Broken-Shield Coupler, A (Newkirk):
42, Oct
Feedback: Make Your House Antenna Ready
(Murphy): 37, Sep
Feeding an 80-Meter Delta Loop at 160 Meters
(Koeppe); 37.. Apr
Fix for Cable Leakage at Connectors, A (Lacher)'
37, Jul
Gauge Fine Wire Simply (Lau): 37, Sep
Hardware-Store Special Code-Practice Set, The
(Zavarelta): 45, Jan (see Feedback, 41, Jun)
Inpravislng a Calibrated Audio Generator
(Cardwell): 44, Jan
Inexpensive Work Lamps (Jablin)*37, May
Keeping Beams on Portable Masts Aimed Correctly
(Lau): 36, Aug
Longer Lite for Your Quad Antenna (Atkina)' 39 Nov
Loop Coupling for J Antennas (Davis): 42, Mar
Make Your Own QRP Carry-All (Stlvison); 38, N ov
Matte Finish and Panel Labels for Homemade
Projects (Mitsuma): 57 , Dec
More on Resetting the I COM IC-02AT Tansca Ver
Microprocessor (Palmer): 41, Jun
More on Reusing Polaroid Polapulsa Batteries
(Kimbell): 38,Aig
More on Using TV-Ftyback-Transformer Cores for
Filament Chokes (Barton; Myers): 38, Aug
More “Low Power1' Power Output for the Yaesu
FT-23R Transceiver (Hanburger): 42, Mar
Narrow IF Filter for the Heath HW-9 Transceiver, A
(Niedermeyer): 40, Jun
Narrow RTTY Filter for the Kenwood TS-430S
Transceiver, A (Flint): 42, Mar
Neat Panel Mount for LEDs, A (Van Ness): 57, Dec
New Face for a Recalibrated Meter, A (Lewallen):
35, Feb
PVC-Pipe Guy Protectors (Hood): 37, Aug
Reducing "Other-VFO" Leakage with the Ten-Tec
243 External VFO (Frey): 36, Apr
Remote Up/Down Frequency Control for the ICOM
IC-735 Transceiver (Krugaluk); 37, Jut
Replacing Battery-Circuit Fusible Links (Klaus):
37, Apr
RF Feedback in the Kenwood T8-130S (Blackburn):
37, Apr
Stabilizing the Mobile Whip (Gregory): 44, Jan
Teaming the W60WP Keying Interface with the
Heathkit HW-101 Transceiver (Zvolanek): 38, Nov
TNC Connect Alarm, A (Smardon): 41, Oct
TNC Message-Wailing Alerter, A (Hansen): 56, Dec
Tower Antr-Climbing Shields (Brown): 44, Jan
Tracking Down Diode-Intermodulation Interference
(Humphreys): 37, Aug
TS-440S Selectivity Modification for CW (Elson):
37, Aug
Use Your Soldering Gun to Demagnetize Tools
(Jablin): 37, Aug
Using the Kenwood BS-8 Panoramic-Display
Module with Generic Oscilloscopes (Hunter):
43, Mar
VCR Batteries for Ham Gear (Falls): 36, Feb
Voltage-Variable Audio Oscillator, A (Hunt): 41, Jun
Warning on Using a Grass Edger to Cut Concrete
(Burch): 41, Jun
Water Makes Driving Ground Rods Easier
(Hinshaw): 37, Aug
Winding Large Coils on a Motorized Barbecue Spit
(Comfort): 43, Mar
HOW’S DX?—Column (White)
Baltics, The: 61, Oct
Digital DXing: 59, Nov
DXotlc Visages: 61, May
expedition Pileup Management: 65, Aug
Gus (Browning, W4BPD, SK): 83, Dec
Novice Band DXCC: You Can Do It!: 59, Jul
Timeless DX Friendship with YK1AA, A: 63, Sep
Vanuatu Voyagers: 59, Jun
W1FH—Role Model: 63, Jan
WA4DPU—Honor Roll at Age 28: 61, Feb
XT2CW—A One-Man DXpedition to Burkina Faso:
65, Mar
YASME/The Colvins: 59, Apr
IARU
CRRL President and Counsel Retire: 62, Mar
IARU President Honored: 57, Jul
IARU Region 2 Finds The Magic In Orlando
(Sumner): 15, Jan
IARU Newa—Column (Baldwin)
60 Years of PZK: 70, Feb
Amateur Radio at WARC-92: 74 ,Aug
CCIR Celebrates 60th Anniversary: 73, Jan
IARU President Honored: 57, Jul
Maritime Mobile Net List: 85, Dec
Membership in Your National Society—Hie
Long-Term Benefits: 69, Jul
Responsibility: 74, Oct
Singapore SEAnet of 1989, The: 71, May
Sixty-fifth Anniversary of IARU: 71, Apr
INFORMATION
ARRL Outgoing OSL Bureau System, The: 77, Dec
ARRL Publications Acceptance Criteria: 20, Jan
Audited ARRL Financial Statements Released:
57, May
Board Affirms Code-Free License Stance (Palm);
54, Sep
Board Steers Course for WARC-92, Future (Palm):
53, Mar
Committee Submits “Strawman" Position on
Docket 90-55 for Board Consideration: 54, Jul
Communications Procedures in Disasters: 15, Feb
“Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide," The:
57, Jan
FCC Releases Codeless License NPRM: 38, Apr
Frequency Allocation Chart: 58, Jan
Hitting the Limit (Lindhoim): 57, Oct
League Advisory Committee Members: 58, Apr
League WARC-92 Preparations Continue: 55, May
License Renewal information: 57, Jan
Moved and Seconded. , .: 55. Mar, 59, May; 56, Sep
New Land Record on 3.4 GHz (Libby); 69, May
US Amateur Frequency and Mode Allocations.
Power Limits: 58, Jan
VHF/UHF Advisory Committee 13-cm Band Plan
Proposal (Kirby); 52, Feb
W1AW Schedule; 84, Jan; 71, Jun; 81, Aug; 85, Nov
WARC-92 Draft US Proposals Released (Sumner):
42, Nov
What Do You Get For Your Membership Dues?
(Sumner): 18, Mar
IT SEEMS TO US—Editorial
Amateur's Code, The: 9, May
Automatic Control (proposal for HF); 9, Feb
Communicator (codeless license): 9, Apr
Confrontation (on-air conflict): 9, Sep (see
Correspondence: 68, Nov)
Farewell to an Old Friend (HAM RADIO magazine
folds): 9, Jun
Goodwill Dream, The: 9, Oct (see 43, Oct)
It Seemed Like A Good Idea (RM-7248, automatic
control on HF): 9, Jun
Potpourri (WARC-92, DXCC, 220 MHz): 9, Nov
Rotten Operating (Bouvet 3Y5X QRM): 9, Mar
WARC-92 Agenda, The: 9, Jul
WARC-92 Agenda Released: 9, Aug
WARC-92: 9, Jan
WARC-92 Model Microwave Pressure Cooker, The:
9, Dec
KEYING AND CONTROL CIRCUITS
AGC-Threshold Control for the Heath HW-9
Transceiver, An (Douglas): 43, Mar
Bridge Rectifier Solves Keyfng-Polarity Problems
(Alexander): 42, Oct
Cheap and Easy Control-Signal Level Converters
(Galm): 24, Feb
Cheap and Quick RS-232-C-to-Keying-Line Interface
(Swancara): 36, Feb
CMOS Super Keyer II, The (Russell and Southard):
18, Nov
Code Still Works (Ring): 64, Oct
Curing Key Clicks in the Yaesu FT-102 Transceiver
(Lacey): 57, Dec
CW6805 CW Keyboard Update (Oscarson): 39, May
Diode-Based QRP TR Switch, A (Carr): 38, Jul
Fast-Attack AGC System for QSK CW, A
(Hayward): 37, Sap
Hands-Off Mobile Operation (Hlckox): 25, Apr
Hardware-Store Special Code-Practice Set, The
(Zavarella): 45, Jan (see Feedback, 41, Jun)
Remote Up/Down Frequency Control for the ICOM
IC-735 Transceiver (Krugaluk): 37, Jul
Teaming the W60WP Keying Interface with the
Heathkit HW-101 Transceiver (Zvolanek): 38. Nov
TNC Connect Alarm, A (Smardon): 41, Oct
TNC Message-Waiting Alerter, A (Hansen); 56, Dec
TS-440S Selectivity Modification for CW (Elson):
37, Aug
MEASUREMENT AND TEST EQUIPMENT
Cigar-Lighter Polarity Tester, A (Cook): 37, Jul
Diodes for RF Probes (lsenring) .42 ,Mar
Experimental Band-Switching Dip Meter, An
(D Л1 av) :18 ,J ll
Extend the Resistance-Measurement Range of a
DMM (Nouel): 37, Sep
Improvising a Calibrated Audio Generator
(Cardwell): 44, Jan
Microcomputer Controlled NiCd-Battery Charger, A
(Ahrens): 16, Aug
New Face for a Recalibrated Mater, A (Lewallen):
35, Feb
Simple and Accurate QRP Directional Wattmeter, A
(Lewallen): 19, Feb
Simple Coaxial-Cable Measurements (Smith):
25, Sap
Tester For Crystal F, Q and R, A (DeMaw): Jan, 21
Feedback: 41, Mar
Voltage-Variable Audio Oscillator, A (Hunt): 41, Jun
NEW BOOKS
Complete DXer, The (White): 39, Feb
Fine Tuning's Proceedings 1989 (Newkirk): 30, Jun
From Spark fo Space; A Pictorial Journey Through
75 Years of Amateur Radio (White): 70, Feb
Genius at Riverhead: A Profile of Harold H.
Beverage (Healy): 31, Jul
Laser Cookbook: 88 Practical Projects, The
(Alkins): 39, Jun
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical
Terms (Kleinschmidt): 60, May
Microwave Handbook, Volume 1: Components and
Operating Techniques (Hailfdy): 69, Jun
Night Signals (Schetgen): 51, Feb
Radio Frequency User's Guide to the Space
Environment Services Center Geophysical Alert
Broadcasts (Pagel): 41, Nov
Space Almanac (Nelson): 48, Feb
Talk to the World: Canadian Amateur Radio
Licensing Manual (Wolfgang): 38, Oct
NEW PRODUCTS
A & A Engineering 450-MHz Spectrum Analyzer:
50, Jan
Alabama Amateur Electronics Quad Antennas:
23, Jan
Alpha Delta Rotator Control-Line Surge Protector:
50, Jan
Ampire Mast-Mount VHF/UHF Preamplifiers: 39, Feb
Computer CW-Keyboard Program and Interface Kit:
53, Sep
Connect Systems, Inc, Products; 36, Jun
CSI Repeater/Duplex-Autopalch Controller: 38, Feb
Dual-Band VHF/UHF Quad: 42, Aug
Engineering Systems DX Window Program: 29, Jun
Etched-Glass Desk Placard: 63, Feb
FCC Data Base on CD-ROM: 35, Apr
Ham Radio Novelty Tee Shirts and Caps: 35, Apr
Hand-Held Frequency Counter: 53, Jun
HD-73 Rotator Available Again: 59, Dec
Heights Towers Again Available*.27 ,Aug
Improved ONV Safety Belts: 39, Feb (also see
Product Review, Dec 89)
Improved Philiystran Non-Metallic Tower Guys:
53, Jun
K6STI's MN and Yagl Optimizer Antenna-Analysis
Software: 41, Aug
LTA HF and VHF Yagi Antennas: 52 Feb
M2 Enterprises is Again Distributing its Own
Products: 36, Jun
Microprocessor-Controlled Miniature DTMF
Decoder: 27, Aug
Packet Radio Cartridge tor Commodore 64"
Computers: 31, Apr
Parasitic-Suppressor Kits for MF/HF Amplifiers,
Telephone RFI Kits: 75, Apr
Portable Alternative Power: 30, Jun
Quorum Communications Downconvertera: 32, Nov
RF Concepts Dual-Band ''Brick'': 53, Sep
Rotating Tower Systems for Rohn 25 Towers:
35, May
Rotator Spike Protector; 53, Sep
TCE Laboratories RFI Piters; 38, Feb
Telephone RFI Filters: 36, Jul
Yagi-Deagn Software: 57, Dec
NOVICE NOTES
Hamfests—A Great Tradition (Hale): 54, Apr
Murphy’s Law and Self-Defense (Booth): 47. Jan
Pagalu Safari (Kearman): 42, May
VHF/UHF FM Repeaters—Part f-.Ham Radio .Local
Style (Booth): 48, Jul
VHF/UHF FM Repeaters—Part 2*.What You’ll Need
to Play (Booth): 59, Aug
VHF/UHF FM R epela ers-₽ art ЭА D ay intt d_'fi e
of Six-Four (Booth): 48, Sep
Your Novice Accent (Williams): 38, Dec (reprint
from Nov 1956 QST)
ON LINE—Column (Horzepa)
Taking the Bulletins by the Horns: 66, Feb
Winter Wonderland of Software: 72, Jan
OP-ED—Column
Case lor Tolerance, The (McCarthy); 70, Oct
Is Urban Amateur Radio Doomed? (Vandermay):
82, Dec
New Op-Ed Column in OST (Sumner): 70, Oct
QST Op-Ed Policy: 70, Oct
ORGANIZATIONAL
Board Affirms Coda-Fres License Stance (Pa/mJ.1
54, Sep
December 1990 205
Board Steers Course for WARC-92, Future (Palm):
53, Mar
HQ Staffers Reassigned: 53, Oct
Visit Io Headquarters, A (O’Brien): 51. Nov
VHF/UHF Advisory Committee 13-cm Band Plan
Proposal (Kirby): 52, Feb
What Do You Get For Your Membership Dues
(Sumner): 16, Mar
At the Foundation—Column (Schetgen-Carcia)
Back to School with a Double-Header: 73, Sep
Good News For Scholarship Seekers: 65, Jul
In Service To You, the Member: 64, Mar
Look At Your Generous Spirit, A: 58, Feb
Our New Treasurer: 64, Apr
Rocketing Into The Nineties: 70. Jan
VkYIP Challenge, The: 70, May
Want Some Money for School?: 73, Nov
Ciub Spectrum—Column (Palm)
Awareness Day '69!: 72, Apr
Amateur Radio Public Awareness Day: 74, Sep
Fort McHenry Station Sings Anthem’s Praises:
69, Feb
Remington Elementary School ARC: 74, Sep
Thompson Island: DXpedition on a Budget: 86, Dec
Welcome New Special Service Clubs: 72, Apr
Elections
ARRL Members Elect Representatives: 59, Jan
Division Director Elections: 57, Nov
League Members to Choose Board
Representatives: 55, Jul
Repeat Nominating Solicitation: 55, Feb
Repeat Nominating Solicitation: 61, Jan
Second Notice: ARRL Board Elections Call for
Nominations: 61, Aug
Section Manager Ejection Notice:
61, Jan; 55, Feb; 54. May; 57, Jul; 63, Aug;
58, Nov; 60, Oct;
Section Manager Election Results:
61, Jan; 57, Apr. 57, Jul; 80, Oct
Vermont SM Recalled; New SM Named: 57, Apr
Moved and Seconded.-.
55, Mar; 59, May; 56, Sep
PACKET RADIO
ARES/Data: A Packet Data Base for Emergency
Public Service Communication (Moemer &
Palmer): 75, Dec
ARRL Awards First Grant For HF Packet Radio
Research: 62, Mar
BPL for Digital SysOps? (award): 68, Aug
More on Baud Rate—Ughl (Lackey): 44. Mar
INC Connect Alarm, A (Smardon): 41, Oct
TNC Message-Waiting Alerter, A (Hansen): 56, Dec
Packet Perspective—Column (Horzepa)
Digital Signal Processing of Packet Radio. The;
66, Ju!
DX Operating Partners: Your Station and
PacketClustert 67, May
HF Packet SRO Redux: 72, Sep
Packet Radio Basics—Part 1; Computers Acting
Like Terminals: 73, Aug
Packet Radio Basics—Part 2: 67, Oct
Packet Radio Basics—Part 3: The ABCs of TCP/IP
(Horzepa): 80, Dec
Standing-Room Only on HF Packet: 65, Jun
Welcome to Packet Perspective!: 79, Mar
Winter Packet Projects: 71, Nov
Your Gateway to PACSAT Radio: 57, Apr
PRODUCT REVIEW
AEA AT-300 Antenna Tuner (DeMaw): 35, Aug
AEA MM-3 Morse Machine (Kilgore & Wolfgang);
32. Jul
Cushcraft D3W World Ranger 12, 17 and 30-Meter
Rotatable Dipole (Newkirk): 40, Oct
Cushcraft R5 Multiband Vertical Antenna (Sumner):
39, Oct
Down East Microwave 23-cm and 13-cm Loop
Yagis (Wilson): 35, Jut
Garant Enterprises GD-8 "Wfidom” Antenna (Hall):
30, Sep (see Clarification: 37, Nov
ICOM 1C-2GAT Hand-Held 2-Meter FM Transceiver
(Battles): 37, Jun
ICOM 10-725 MF/HF Transceiver (Kleinschmidt)
38. Mar
ICOM 10-765 160- to 10-Meter Transceiver (Wilson):
52, Dec
ICOM IC-731 160- to 10-Meter Transceiver (Wilson):
39,Jan
SHF Systems SHF 1240K 1296-MHz Transverter
Kit (Lau): 33, Feb
Solicitation for Product Review Equipment Blds;
73, Jan; 34. Feb; 39, Jun; 37, Nov
Ten-Tec Omni V Model 562 160-10 Meter
Transceiver (Kleinschmidt): 33, Nov
Yaesu FT-470 Dual-Band Hand-held VHF/UHF
Transceiver (Hale): 32, Sep
Yaesu FT-736R VHF/UHF Transceiver (Wilson):
30, May
PUBLIC SERVICE
6Y5EE on Disaster Communications (Palm):
51, Aug
Amateur Radio Emergency Service—Southern
Style, The (Grant): Jul, 63
ANEROOM Final Report, January 1990—Part 1
(Kandel): 74, Mar
ANERCOM Final Report. January 1990—Part 2
(Kandel): 65, Apr
Are You Ready tor SET? (Ewald): 45, Sep
ARRL HQ Emergency Operations Plan: 52, Aug
Avianca Crash: Disaster and Discord, The (Cain):
14,Jun
BPL for Digital SysOps? (award): 68, Aug
Communications Procedures in Disasters: 15, Feb
Disaster Communications Procedures: 52, Aug
DoD Pulls Out ot Drill (NDMS): 56, Nov
Don’t Step on the Pros’ Toes (Avianca crash)
(Ferguson): 64, Oct
Earthquake! (Ewald): 15, Mar
Hama Help After Murphy Delivers Ice-Covered
Valentine’s Day (Craig): Jun, 63
Hams Organize Communications for Winter Special
Olympics (Hugo. M.); 49, Feb
Hams Relay Medical Aid for Soviet Amateur: 62, Sep
How Public Officials View Amateur Radio (Turner):
65, May
Hugo the Horrible (Denbow): 64, May
Hugo the Horrible (Palm); 14, Feb
Hugo' (Feeham', Levis)'. 57 , Feb
Hurricane Hugo (Young); 62, Jan
International Assistance and Traffic Net (Palm):
53, Aug
NTS in Disaster Communications: Does it Do the
Job?—Part 1 (Gmelin): Aug, 66
NTS in Disaster Communications: Does it Do the
Job?—Part 2 (Gmelin): Sep, 67
PSAC Roster; 69, Nov
PSHR Revision: Your Input Needed Now (Staples):
69, Nov
Public Service or Ego Trip? (traffic handling)
(Pfeiffer): 74, Dec
Recent Disasters Punctuate Purpose tar Test
(Ewald); 41, Jul
Sierra In term curtain Emergency Radio Association
Relays for Pony Express Rerun (Uebele): Jan, 66
Texas Amateurs Get On-the-Job Training in
Chemical Explosion and Fire (Rowlett): 69, Nov
There's More Than One Way To Skin A Cat (hams
operating commercial radio gear) (Eggers): 59, Feb
Tornado Alley (Hensley); Oct, 65
Traffic Topix: ARL Nineteen (Patience): 59, Feb
QST PROFILES
Bob Locher, W9KNI—The Key to Success (Cain);
46, Sep
Cliff Stoll, K7TA: The Sky's No Lim it (Cain): 49, Aug
Dick Ehrhom, W4ETO—The Man trom Alpha-
47, Nov
Future Shock: A Conversation with Phil Karn, KA9Q
(Booth): 48, Apr
Ham of Note, A: Larnell Harris, WD4LZC (Cain);
49. Jan
Jerry S evick, W2FMI: Coiled to Strike (Caln): 47, Oct
Meet a Legitimate Triple Threat—Bill Wilkinson,
N3GTW (Halprin): 46, Jul
Sleightly Delayed (Pat Kelley, KA3THS) (Caln);
46, May
The Write Stuff: A Conversation with Cindy Wall,
KA7ITT (Booth): 46, Jun
Tony Bonglovi, KX2Z (Kleinschmidt): 46, Mar
SPECIAUZED COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNIQUES
220-MHz SSB Activity Directory: 52, Jan
3rd ARRL RTTY Roundup Announcement: 102, Dec
Almost There on 2300 MHz (Jablln): 43, Jun
Amateur Radio is Back on the Shuttle (White, R.):
46,	Feb
Beginner’s Tour to and Through AMTOR
(Mortensen): 53, Nev
Laser Communications Primer—Pert 1, A
(Bergeron): 19, Sep
Laser-Communications Primer—Pert 2, A
(Bergeron); 22, Oct
Microwave Amplifier Update (Ward): 37, Feb
More “QRP" EME on 144 MHz (Soifer): 36, Oct
New Land Record on 3.4 GHz (Libby): 69, May
Results, 13th Annual ARRL International EME
Competition (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 87, May
Results, Second ARRL RTTY Roundup (Blegen 8
Lunt): 78, Aug
Rules, ARRL International EME Competition: 78, Sep
SAREX Boosts Schools' Interest in Ham Radio
(White): 72, Aug
SAREX Update: Ptease Stand By (Simpson):
52, Nov
Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX)
Generates High Enthusiasm (White): 53, Jul
Successful OSCAR Launch Ushers in the '90s
(Loughmiller): 52, Apr
Triband Microwave Dish Feed (Hill): 23, Aug
Weather-Facsimile Рас kage for the IBM PC—Part 1,
A (Dahl): 15. Apr (s ее Feedback; 25, June)
Weather-Facsimile Package for the IBM PC—Part 2,
A (Dahl): 17, May
STRAYS
220-MHz SSB Activity Directory: 52, Jan
AACS Roundup: 61, Jun
Abegwett Award Update: 71, Apr
Air Force Supports Amateur Radio (Skoch): 72, Jun
All in the Family: 47, Sep
Amateur Memorial (monument Io fallen hams)
(Turner): 73, Oct; 87, Dec
Amateur Radio License Plates (Pennsylvania
and Virginia): 71, Jul
Amateur Radio Marches On (FCG statistics):
94. Oct
Amateurs Wanted tor Study (license exam
preparation): 52, Feb
Anchors Aweigh (SS Lane museum): 47, Apr
Apple* Code Practice Software Needed: 59, Sep
 ARRL and RSGB Commemorate Transatlantic
First (plaque dedication): 65, Sep
Belay that Captionl (Wlchels); 66, Sep
Birdman of Escondido: 45. Sep
CAAR Races Ahead in New York City; 40. Dec
Call in the Family: 72, Jun
Canadian Award; 49, Jun
Closing on Half a Million (FCC license statistics):
94, Oct
Communications Museum (Texas): 94, Oct
CQ Dr Howard , Dr Fine ,Dr Howard ... (hospital
communications): 66, Mar
CQ Eagle Scouts: 71, Apr
Dearing, Bill. W5QN: 71, Jul
Do You Need a Man? (Isle of Man): 82, Sep
Dori 11 Know You? (Cantrell): 94, Oct
Don't Leave Home Without tt (Rosenthal): 66, Sep
"Down East" NTS Nel Needs You [Maine net):
17, Nov
DX Aid for Sightless Hams: 51, Sep
Eico Address; 79, Mar
Electric Avenues: 46, Aug
Elk Call (BPOE net):63, Oct
Family Field Day: 71, Oct
Final Resting Place: 53, Jun
First with the Fax (Todd): 66, Sep
Friend Remembered, A (Hullck): 66, Sep
GB2 Science Museum: 65, Nov
Get in Touch (Genthner): 63, Oct
Goldwater. Barry, K7UGA (QST congratulates on
60-year ARRL membership)* 76 Mar
Government Counts on This Ham (census taker
W5RQK); 61. Oct
Ham in Space (SAREX—Ron Parise ,WA4SIR)-.
60, May
Hamming with Your Sisters (sister cities) (Turner):
66, Sep
Her Majesty’s Hams (British peers): 46, Aug
Improving the Odds 'in Alaska; 36, Dec
ti brna ton al Himan lir dn о t th Йаг Aar d
(Sister Alverna O'Laughlin): 51, Jul
Johnson, E. F,, Happy Birthday: 55, Jun
206 П5Ъ
Licensing Relaxed for Immigrants to South Africa:
49, Jul
Make Your Meetings Sparkle (public speaking):
67, Aug
Maroonedl (Schiller): 69, Jun
Married... with Tickets (Bozarth): 66, Sep
More Computer Enthusiasts: 51, Sep
N6KW QSL Cards Calls it Quits: 39, May
Nail Those Gs: 61, Jun
NASA/Goddard ARC: 58, Jul
New Book Tells the W6AM Story: 71, Nov
New Magazine for Vintage Radio Fans (British
magazine Haoto Bygones): 59, Jun
Nonagenarian Ham: 65, Jun
Not Just Chasing Roos (visit to Australia): 49, Jun
Not Wasting Any Time (Sheldon): 76, Sep
Now, Where Did She Get That Idea?: 61, Oct
Penn 250th Anniversary: 51, Jul
Pitcairn, Bicentennial (Smith) 80, Sap
Please Don't Everyone Climb Up at Once: 40, Dec
Publicity Tips: 49, Jun
Publicize Amateur Radio (Amateur Radio Public
Awareness Day) 61, Jun
QST Congratulates Dr John D. Kraus, W8JK:
81, Mar
Radio Museum (Minnesota): 30, Mar
RID Reunion: 79, Mar
SAW Battalion Reunion: 25, Jun
Small World (Ash): 46, Nov
Special Education Scholarship: 67, Aug
St Nick's ATV Visit: 80, Dec
Stop Calling Me, I Can't Hear You (QRP): 53, Aug
Buch a Deal! (ARRL publications value): 62, Jun
Suncoast Seniors Brochures and Poster
Experiences: 74, Jan
Sunspot Spotters: 69, Jun
TA Profile: Bob Rose, K6GKU (Pagel): 63, Feb
Thirty-Year Dream Come True (Hawaii expedition)
(Page): 94, Oct
Transatlantic Northampton Greetings: 53, Jun
UF-U6SR Oblast 013: 37, Jul
United Nations Assigns Call to World Bank: 71, Jan
Up, Up and Away (balloon experiment): 59, Dec
User Groups (ham gear nets): 61, Jun
Veteran Post (American Legion radio post): 73, Oct
Wanted: VE in VE-Land: 49, Jul
WAS in Mexico: 33, Nov
Write About Slow-Scan TV for QST and OEX;
46, Jan
WWII Spy Radios (British museum): 71, Apr
Wyoming Celebration: 27, Jun
TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE ,
Bamboo Source (Frohne): 44, Mar
Cail tor an Audio-Interface Standard (Bruninga):
40, Aug
Chemical Imbalance (Wqclechowskf): 40, Aug
Converting the Ну-Gain 204BA for 17-Meter
Operation (Cox): 69, Dec
Correction: May 1990 QST Antenna-Radiation
Patterns (Healy): 38, Sep
CW6805 CW Keyboard Update (Oscarson): 39. May
Designing Spectral Purity into a Band-Imaging
Transceiver (Hayward): 39, Aug
Driven-Element Efficiency in the 432-MHz Circular
Quag! (Overbeck): 38, May
G5RV Coax (Noecker): 37, Feb
ICOM IC-22S Replacement IC (Brian): 44, Mar
I COM Service Connection (Schetgen): 44. Mar
Impact of Current Distribution on Array Patterns.
The (Lewallen)- 39, Jul
Improved input Circuit for Parallel-Tube VHF Power
Amplifiers. An (McGee; Evan^: 40, Nov
Microwave Amplifier Update (Ward): 37, Feb
More on Baud Rate—Ugh! (Lackey): 44, Mar
More on Tree Supports (O'Toole; Clark; Amos):
37, Feb
More on Tree-Supported Antennas (Ratfaele):
44, Mar
Programming in 0 (Purdum): 45, Mar
Propagation Predictions and Personal Computers
(Hall): 5% Dec
Safety First! (Czuhajewski): 41, Nov
Space EnViranmart Laboratory Public Computer
BBS (Rosenthal); 41, Nov
Transceiver Audio-Frequency Response (Measures):
44, Mar
Tube-Number Cross Reference (Walsh): 44, Mar
Tunable Receiver Preselectors—Worth the Trouble?
(Lau): 38, Feb
Using the NE602 (Zavrel)- 38 May
Will the Real Versa Loop Gain Figures Please
Stand Up! (Healy): 39, May
YAG1NEC Updat e (G oidon): 37, F eb
VHF AND MICROWAVES
Announcing the Fifth ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative
Contest: 82, Jun
ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque Program:
65, May
Microwave Amplifier Update (Ward): 37, Feb
New Land Record on 3.4 GHz (Libby); B9, May
Results, 13th Annual ARRL International EME
Competition (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 87, May
Results, 1969 September VHF QSO Party (Lunt &
Burke): 76, Jan
Results, 1990 ARRL June VHF QSO Party (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): 92, Dec
Results, 1990 ARRL UHF Contest (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): 98, Dec
Results, 1990 ARRL VHF January Sweepstakes
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): 75, Jun
Results, Fourth Annual ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative
Contest (Lunt & Stankewlcz): 83, Mar
Rules, 1990 ARRL UHF Contest 80, Jul
Rules, 1990 CRRL Fall VHF/UHF Sprints: 78, Sep
Rules, 44th January VHF Sweepstakes: 101, Dec
Rules, ARRL International EME Competition:
78, Sep
Rules, June VHF QSO Party: 86, May
Rulas, September VHF QSO Party: 62, Aug
VHF/UHF Advisory Committee 13-cm Band Plan
Proposal (Kirby): 52, Feb
World Above 50 MHz, The—Column (Tynan)
1990 Central States VHF Conference—Another
Success: 69, Sep
1990 Es Season Gets Underway—in a Big Way:
71, Aug
1-1/4-Meter Standings: 64, Feb
2-Meter Standings: 69, Jan; 72, Aug
50-MHz DX Standings: 68, May; 66, Nov
70-cm Stand ings: 77, M ar; 71, Sep
Beacons QSY, The- 66 Jun
Can We Talk?: 66, Oct
Computerized VHF Data Base, A: 66, Nov
EME Annals: 67, Jun
G'Day. Mates: 68, May
Microwave Standings: 69, Apr
More Ideas for Enhancing Chances for Working DX
on 50 MHz: 68, Jan
New Group of VHFers, A: 67, Jul
New Way to Report, A: 68, Apr
Over the Top, at Last: 64, Feb
Reporting: 77, Mar
VHF/UHF—At the Crossroads-. 78, Dec
VHF/UHF Century Club Awards (Kustosik)
70, Apr; 65, Jul; 47, Aug; 96, Oct
VHF/UHF Gentury Club Awards Annual Listing
(Kustosik): 90, Dec
Note; Beginning with the Dec issue, the 50 and 25
Years Ago column became 75, 50 and 25 Years
Ago.
December 1990	207
Index to Volume
LXXV—1991
Compiled By Brian Battles, WS10
QST Features Editor
How to Use This Index
Items are listed according to the monthly
column under which they appeared and/or
under any category (or categories) that
generally describes them. The name of the
author(s) appears in parentheses, followed
by a colon, then the page number and
issue. Examples: "Building-Supply Yagi,
The (Morgan): 22, Mar" appears under
Feature Articles—Technical and
Antennas and Transmission Lines.
"Mayday! There's Been a Plane Crash!
(Cary): 50, Mar” appears under Feature
Articles—General Interest and Public
Service. Some items have additional
subject-description information, or the
name of a department in which it
appeared, in brackets after the title .
AMATEUR SATELLITES
Commission Seeks Further Comment on
WARC-92 Satellite Issues (Happenings):
59, May
DXCC Satellite on a Shoestring (Douglas):
67, May
Heil Joins Satellite Show: 62, Jul
Phase Adjustment Technique for a
4-Element Square Phased Vertical Array
(Lahlum): 39, Mar
Reflections of a M crosat Lab Volunteer
(Hine): 14, Aug
Sixth AMSAT-UK Colloquium, The
(Rinaldo): 59, Oct
Weatherfax Software Update (Pagel): 46,
Jun
Weather-Satellite Publication: 42, Oct
Tuning OSCAR with Separate Radios
(Summers): 25, Mar
Young Voices from Space; 17, Jul
Amateur Satellite Communications—
Column (Loughmiller & Ward)
Imagining the Global В ill etin Board (Ward):
72, Mar
It's Only Software (Ward): 59, Jan
Look at Satellite Modes, A (Loughmiller):
68, Aug
Look at the Easybird: RS-10/11, A
(Loughmiller): 75, Feb
More Mode A and a Look at Operating
Etiquette (Loughmiller): 73, Apr
Trials of Satellite Testing, The (Ward): 80,
Jun
Tune in to Telemetry (Ward): 87, Dec
UoSAT-OSCAR-22 in О rb't (Ward): 70, S ep
ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISSION LINES
160-Meter Antennas (Belrose): 49, Jul
20-Meter Money Eater, The (Munroe): 60,
Apr
Alternative Antenna Insulators (Raffasle):
39, Oct
Antenna Here is a Dipole (Healy): 23, Jun
Better 7- and 21-MHz Operation with a
7-MHz Dipole (Raffaele): 43, Dec
BNC Connectors Handle Switching in a
Flexible Antenna Tuner (Lau): 31, Oct
Build a Portable Groundplane Antenna
(Lau): 33, Jul
Building-Supply Yagi, The (Morgan): 22,
Mar
Clothesline Dipole, A (Galgan): 32, Sep
Connectors for (Almost) All Occasions—
Part 1 (Newkirk): 35, Apr
Connectors for (Almost) All Occasions—
Part 2 (Newkirk): 34, May
Corrections to W2DU's Reflections
(Maxwell): 42, Aug
Curtains for You (Cain): 26, Oct
Dress Up Your Antenna Farm for the
Holidays (Wertz): 44, Dec
EZY Launcher, The (Calvert): 34, Jun
Feeding Dipole Antennas (Healy): 22, Jul
Florida Amateurs Knock Down Municipal
Antenna Regulations: 58, Jun
Frequency Counters and Feed-Line
Information (Hare): 45, May
Glass-Mounted 2-Meter Mobile Antenna, A
(English): 31, Apr
Inexpensive 6-Meter Loop Antenna, An
(Hecker): 37, Jan
Inexpensive Connectors Can Be Costly!
(Collins): 46, May
It’s a Standoff (Ettenhofer): 39, Oct
Light and Sturdy Quad for 10 and 15
Meters, A (Wellenius): 30, Jul
Limited-Space Dipole Support, A (Dion): 22,
Sep
Mag-Mount Surface Maintenance (Boles):
39, Aug
Match Bandwidth of Resonant Antenna
Systems (Witt): 21, Oct
MININEC: The Other Edge of the Sword
(Lewallen): 18, Feb (see Feedback: 46,
May)
More on Feed'ng Dipole Antennas
(Kleinfeld): 42, Oct
More on the Glass-Mounted 2-Meter Mobile
Antenna (English): 41, Sep
More cn the Half Sloper (Belrose)1 39 Feb
(see Feedback: 46, Apr)
Murphy's Laws: Antennas and DX
(Schoenery 48 Sep
"My Feed Line Tunes My Antenna!"
(Goodman): 33, Nov
Proposed "Tree Ordinance” Put Seattle
Ham on a Limb: 58, May
Quick Rower and Antenna Dsconnects br
Equipment Lightning Safety (Lang): 43, Jun
Replace the Connector, Not the Antenna
(Al	: 38 .Sep
RFD-1 and RFD-2: Resonant Feed-Line
Dipoles (Taylor): 24, Aug
Rugged Side-Mounting for Rotatable
Antennas (Keown): 30, Feb
Simple 50-0 Feed for Three-Element Mono-
band Beams (Zavrel)' 43 Dec
Simple, Effective Dual-Band Inverted-L
Antenna, A (Monticelli): 38, Jul
Some Thoughts About Transmission Line
Myths (Lau): 45, May
Strengthening the Cushcraft 40-2CD
(Leeson): 36, Nov
Super Rover, The (Comly): 26, May
SWR Doesn't Vary Along a Feed Line
(Maxwell): 53, Nov
Tower Victory: 61, Aug
Transforming the Balun (Belrose): 30, Jun
Trees and Verticals (Whiffen): 53, Nov
Using a Nose Bridge to Measure Coaxial -
Cable Impedance (Althouse): 45, May
COMPUTERS
APLINKINTS—The AMTOR/Packet Traffic
Solution (Comstock, Jennings,
Thompson): 57, Jan
APLINK: The Delivery Systems—Part 1
(Mortensen): 73, Oct
APLINK\ The Delivery Systems—Part 2
(Mortensen): 81, Nov
Computer Program Update Available
(Dion): 45, Jun
Computer Remote Control of an Amateur
Radio Station (Amodeo & Schultz): 25,
Nov
"Go Fetch My Mail" Solution, The: 62, Jan
(Horzepa)
Imagining the Global Bulletin Board (Ward):
72, Mar
Inexpensive Compute г/Radio Interface, An
(Kalata): 24, Sep (see Feedback: 46,
Dec)
MtNINEC: The Other Edge of the Sword
(Lewallen): 18, Feb (see Feedback: 46,
May)
National Traffic System Embraces Digital
Systems: Digital Coordinators Appointed
to NTS Official Roster: 75, Apr
Ohio EC Offers Free Commodore Logger-.
86, Feb
New HF Digital System Unveiled: 70, Dec
NTS-Affiliated APLINK Stations: 81, Nov
Packet Hardware lor Beginners (Hale): 20,
Jan
Packet Radio Basics, Part 4: Beyond the
ABCs of TCP/IP: 74, Feb
Packet Radio Basics, Part 5; The XYZs of
TCP/IP: 75, Mar
Packet Radio Basics, Part 6: Now Know
Nodes: 82, Jun
Packet Radio Basics, Part 7 Continued:
Getting Aboard Bulletin Boards: 74, Sep
Packet Radio Basics, Part 7: Getting
Aboard Bulletin Boards- 73 Aug
Packet Radio Basics, Part 3: Are There
Any Questions? 80, Dec
Software/Hardware Information and
Sources (Horzepa): 62, Jan
Using Packet to Process Radiogram Traffic
(Comstock): 69, Feb
Weatherfax Software Update (Pagel)-. 46,
Jun
CONTESTS AND OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
Contest Announcements/Rules
58th ARRL November Sweepstakes
Announcement 103 Oct
Announcing the Sixth ARRL 10-GHz
Cumulative Contest: 57, Jun
Announcing th eW dk er A .T ompkins
Writing Award and Contest (Turner): 45,
Jan
Club Competition Rules and Contest
Disqualification Criteria: 78, Jan
Field Day Rules: 92, May
Rules 1991 ARRL UHF Contest; 83 Jul
Rules, 1991 Novice Roundup: 79, Jan
Rules, 1991 School Club Roundup: 78, Jan
Rules ,1992 ARRL International DX
Contest: 98, Dec
Rules, 4th ARRL RTTY Roundup- 101, Dec
Rules, 6th IARU HF World Championship:
84, Apr
Rules, ARRL 160-Meter Contest: 80, Nov
Rules, ARRL 10-Meter Contest' 98, Nov
Rules, ARRL International EME
Competition: 87, Sep
Rules, June VHF QSO Party: 94, May
Rules .September VHF QSO Party.81 ,Aug
Samuel F. B. Morse Commemorative
Award (Pollock): 54, Apr
Contest Results
Reid Day 1991 (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 99,
Nov
January VHF Sweepstakes Corrections: 73,
Jul
Results, 1990 ARRL 10-Meter Contest
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): 84, Jul
December 1991	217
Results, 1990 ARRL 160-Meter Contest
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): 80, Apr
Results, 1990 ARRL International EME
Competition (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 90,
May
Results, 1990 ARRL November Sweep-
stakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 79, May
Results, 1990 ARRL September VHF QSO
Party (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 74, Jan
Results, 1991 ARRL International DX
Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 85, Oct
Results, 1991 ARRL January VHF Sweep-
stakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 89, Jun
(also see p 73, Jul)
Results, 1991 ARRL June VHF QSO Party
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): 92, Dec
Results, 1991 ARRL UHF Contest (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): 90, Dec
Results, 1991 Novice Roundup (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): 95, Jun
Results, 1991 School Club Roundup
(Malchick): 85, Sep
Results, Fifth ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative
Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 85, Mar
Results, Fifth IARU HF World Champion-
ship (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 79, Feb
Results, Third ARRL RTTY Roundup
(Blegen & Lunt): 77, Aug
Straight Key Night 1990 (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): 84, Apr
Contestlng/Operating
ARRL International DX Contest Plaque
Program: 84, Feb
ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque
Program: 93, May
Code Contest; 61, May
“Considerate Operator’s Frequency Guide,
The": 65, Jan
Frequency Allocation Chart: 66, Jan
Maryland Wallpaper: 90, Sep
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions—1991: 63, Jan
New Jersey Counties Award: 74, Apr; 79,
Jun
Siow-Speed HF CW Traffic Nets: 50, Feb
Technicians Can Have a Field Day
(Stankiewicz & Battles): 54, Jun
UK Postcode Award: 86, Feb
DX Century Club Awards—Column
(Search)
55. Jan; 67, Feb; 69. Mar; 69, Apr; 75,
May; 67, Jun; 67 Jul; 65, Aug; 66,Sep;
69, Oct; 79, Nov; 78, Dec
DXCC Honor Roll: 70, Oct
CORRESPONDENCE
Amateur Radio Is for Kids (Spranger): 66,
Apr
Beacon Babel (Grazier): 75, hbv
Better 80-Meter Band Plan? (Vaughan): 75,
Nov
Birthday Greetings (McDonough): 64, Feb
Brain is Faster Than the Chip, The
(Renardson): 66, Oct
Breed's Content (Cutter): 77, Jun
Code Must Survive (Smith): 64, Feb
Comedy Commended (Williams): 74, Dec
Contester Misses the Point (Williams); 66,
Mar
CW: Optional but Practical...and Fun
(Bostedor, Webbenhurst); 67, Aug
“Dear Abby?” (Harmon): 66, Mar
Digital Dials and Nets (Paplawsky): 66, Oct
Disabled Ham: Keep the Code Test
(Hammell): 64, Feb
Drop in Anytime (Cooper): 52, Jan
DXCC Satellite on a Shoestring (Douglas):
67, May
DXDC Countries List (Doherty, McGinn,
218 D5T*
Just, Hoffer): 74, Jul
Everybody Starts Somewhere (Bentz): 87,
May
“Ex-venting” Radio (Argentini): 64, Feb
FCC Rule Book Mandatory Reading?
(Hurd); 67, Sep
First-Aid Training for Hams (Riegel): 74,
Dec
For Love or Money? (Kosbab);66 ,Apr
Future of Amateur Radio, The (Fleagle,
Burdick, Bock, Cohen): 66-67, Aug
Gone, But Not Forgotten (Melucci); 75, Nov
Good Ham-Aritans (Corron): 64, Feb
Green Stamp Mix-Up (Hollander): 66, Oct
Hamming's F un H ere and Ab road (M artir):
67, Sep
Hams on Net Were Wrong (Lowrey)1 77,
Jun
High Cost of Hamming? (Smith): 67, Sep
Honorable Japanese Ham (Blumenfeld): 52,
Jan
Hooked on AMTOR (Emerson)’. 67, May
If Scanners are Outlawed... (Dahl): 75, Nov
Inspired to Try Again (O'Neal); 77, Jun
Is This Frequency In Use? (Warwick): 66
Aug
Keeping Up with the Changes (Peterson)-.
74, Dec
Keeping Up with the Young Squirts
(Taylor): 67, Sep
Kudos to Incoming QSL Bureaus (Novy):
66, Apr
Let Everyone Have a Try (Hightower): 68
Aug
Lithuania Revisited (McCarthy): 74, Jul
Living in a High-Tech World (Drake); 52,
Jan
Measures Measures Up (Czuhajewskl): 66,
Mar
Member Gets the Message (Cohen)1 74,
Dec
More Praise lor VEs (Strussenberg);67,
Sep
Morse Cloud (Weed, French); 77, Jun
Mt Pinatubo Claims OSTs (Cz ih g ew&):
68, Oct
Museum Sparks Memories (Dennison): 74,
Jul
Mysterious Benefactor (Astmann); 66, Oct
New World..,New Frontier! (Bushong): 67,
May
Newsspeak on CW (McKinney): 66, Mar
No Stamp of Approval Field): 67, May
N ovice Old-Timer (V eres): 66, A ug
Op-Ed Reply (Kennedy): 67, Aug
QRMing an Emergency (Mountain); 52, Jan
QST Classics (Mlccolis): 66, Mar
Rainbow Leads to Ham Radio (McCarthy);
67, Sep
Ratings for Service (Riedel): 77, Jun
Rapeater Autopatch Saves Lives (Forster):
75, Nov
Reviews Beyond Compare (Debow): 66, Apr
Room at the Top (Riley): 52, Jan
Satisfaction or Apathy? (Winter); 64, Feb
Save the Bullfrog (Ellis).1 77, Jun
Show and Tell (Roecker): 67, May
Student Elmers (Duffield): 64, Feb
Thanks from Desert Storm (Byrd): 66, Mar
Theft Deterrent (DeMers): 67, May
Training by Mail (Motes): 74, Dec
View from Under the Pileups (Kiss)1.66 ,Aug
"Vox. Anyone?" (Piller): 64, Feb
Wall Opens the Door (McDonald): 66, Oct
Welcome Code!ess Techs (Danley, Brown,
Sharp, Cleveland, Miller); 66, Apr
Where Are the Ragchewers? (Blumenfeld);
74, Dec
Word From the DX End ,A (Hallen)i.74 ,
Dec
Work on Your Delivery (Robertson); 52, Jan
You Meet the Nicest People... (Belcastro):
66. Aug
FEATURE ARTICLES
General Interest
1990—Was it Only One Year Long?
(Battles): 41, Feb
1991 ARRL Convention .The1, Saginaw ,
Michigan (Duncan, Turner, Martineau)
20-Meter Money Eater, The (Munroe): 60,
Apr
Amateur Radio in the Kingdom ol Bhutan
(Smith); 14, Feb
Amateur TV, SAREX and “Real Television"
(Steffen); 18, Jul
Amateur's Code in the 1990$ The (Davis)1
47, May
Announcing the Don Wallace Radio
Communications Museum (Wolf &
Locascio); 50, Jun
ARES in the USSR (Palm).1 16, Oct
A-1; It’s Not Just for Homeburgers
(Lindquist): 54, Sep
Bridging the Language Gap (Gartenbergy
47, Jun
Bright Star and the Radio Rustlers
(Griffith): 64, Nov
Bullfrog, The (Moren); 46 , Mar
Case of the Underage Felon. The (Moren):
55, Nov
Central StetesVHF Sodety, The: A Happy
25th Birthday (Kleinschmidt): 61, Dec
Challenge: Getting Ted on 20, The (Todd);
53, Jul
Country Store (Orsburn): 59, Apr
CW Traffic Nets: Take the Plunge! (Noel):
49, Feb (see Feedback: 46, Apr)
Discovery Center Ham Radio Museum
Exhibit (Oppenheimer)1 57, Nov
DXDC Countries List (Battles): 61, Apr
DXer, The (Vaughan);56 ,Apr
Father of Modern Radio, The (Eisenberg);
49, May
F‘i4d D ayf or aF' ir$ T imer M aC onid) :
55 Jun
Flaming (Potts); 48, Oct
Focus on Emergency Response (Ewald):
45, Sep
Get Out of the Shack and into the Action
(Battles): 51, Jul
Hamfest and League Renewal in “YLA -
YLZ“-Land (Neimers): 55, Jul
Hams Against the Inferno (Jerome): 14.
May
How Many Rigs Can You Hold in One
Hand? (Battles): 49, Apr
If Something Goes Wrong... (Ewald): 58,
Jul
"It Seemed Too Easyl" (Patashnlck); 55,
Apr
Kayaking QRP (Powlowski); 14, Jan (also
see Feedback: 63, Feb, and 27, Mar)
Last Voice from Kuwait (Cain); 18, May
Letter to Your XYL. A (Rogers); 42, Jan
Magic of Christmas, The (Vaughan): 56, Dec
Mayday! There’s Been a Plane Crash I
(Cary)1 5Q Mar
Media Game, The (Booth): 52, Feb
Metamorphosis of a Contester: Dave Zeph,
W9ZRX (Cain); 55, Oct
Moonbounce from Peru (Heraud); 56, May
Motivating Newcomers (Filiplak): 56, Sep
Murphy's Laws; Antennas and DX
Schoener): 48, Sep
New Era for DXCC, A (Hutchinson): 46,
Sep
Notes from a "No-Coder” (Leon): 67, Dec
Old Guard ,The (Booth)1.57 Jul
Oldest Crystal House in Texas, The
Musgrove); 59, Dec
Оле Ham's Introduction to "Top Band"
(Peterson): 68, Nov
One of the Best Amateur Radio Traditions:
Elmering (White): 43, Sep
Pearl Harbor Remembered (Cain): 47, Dec
QST Profile: How’s Rod? (Cain): 52, Mar
Rediscovering Shortwave Listening
(Halprin): 52, May
Reflections of a Microsat Lab Volunteer
(Hine): 14, Aug
SAREX: Sharing the Exploration of Our
World and Beyond (White): 44, Feb
Senator Gore introduces Amateur Radio
Spectrum Act (Williams): 48, Aug
Some Old Friends from the Past (Nash):
48, Mar
Soviet Hams Rally Against Coup (Kritsky);
15, Nov
Spectrum Management Dominates Board
Actions Slate (Palm): 55, Sep
Spectrum Management in the ’90s and
Beyond—Part 1 [2 meters] (Wilson): 43, Aug
Spectrum Management in the ’90s and
Beyond—Part 2 [10 meters] (Wilson): 50,
Sep
Structurally Sound Idea, A: The Volunteer
Consulting Engineer (Hennessee): 67,
Nov
STS-37: The Educational SAREX Mission
(White & Battles): 14, Jul
Technicians Can Have a Field Day
(Stankiewicz & Battles): 54, Jun
To Russia with Love (Biekert): 44, Jan
Togo Pileup (Thurtell): 43, Mar
Tompkins Writing Contest Winners
Announced (Kleinschmidt): 47, Oct
Touch of Morse, A (Parskey): 60, Oct
Trip to "BY-Land,” A (Wen): 14, Sep
VHF Traffic Nets are for Everyone (Battles):
51, Aug
WARC-92: What it Means to You
(Kleinschmidt & Rinaldo): 16, Jun
What's Cooking for Field Day? (Wilson):
52, Jun
Why Join a Ham Club? (Battles): 51, Oct
You’re Killing My Husband! (McCarthy): 70,
Nov
Technical
Antenna Here is a Dipole (Healy): 23, Jun
Basic Steps Toward Eliminating Telephone
RFI (Krieger): 22, May
Basic Steps Toward Tracing and
Eliminating Power-Line Interference
(Trescott): 43, Nov
BNC Connectors Handle Switching in a
Flexible Antenna Tuner (Lau): 31, Oct
BP-80: An 60-Meter CW Transceiver, The
(Agsten): 23, Feb
Build a Portable Groundplane Antenna
(Lau): 33, Jul
Build a Universal VFO (DeMaw): 27, Jun
Building-Supply Yagi, The (Morgan): 22, Mar
ChipTalker (Jarrett): 17, Dec
Clothesline Dipole, A (Galgan): 32, Sep
Computer Remote Control of an Amateur
Radio Station (Amodeo & Schultz): 25, Nov
Connectors for (Almost) All Occasions—
Part 1 (Newkirk): 35, Apr
Connectors for (Almost) All Occasions—
Part 2 (Newkirk): 34, May
Curtains for You (Cain): 26, Oct
Diode-Switched Band-Pass Filter, A
(DeMaw): 24, Jan (also see Feedback:
63, Feb)
Double-Tuned Circuit, The; An Ex-
perimenter's Tutorial (Hayward): 29, Dec
ESD—Electrostatic Discharge—Part 1
(Bergeron): 19, Apr
ESD—Electrostatic Discharge—Part 2
(Bergeron): 28, May
E2V Launcher, The (Calvert): 34, Jun
Feeding Dipole Antennas (Healy): 22, Jul
Glass-Mounted 2-Meter Mobile Antenna, A
(English): 31, Apr
Going Mobile—Part 1 (FoTd): 23, Dec
Hand-Held Digital Multimeters (Bergeron):
19, Jun
H'icji ₽erf ormance, E ast -t oB uld 432-MH z
Transverter, A—Part 1 (Krome): 19, Aug
High-Performance, East-to-Build 432-MHz
Transverter, k—Part 2 (Krome): 18, Sep
High-Performance UHF and Microwave
System Primer, A (Mascaro): 30, May
Inexpensive Computer/Radio interface, An
(Kalata): 24, Sep (sea Feedback: 46, Dec)
Infrared Keyer Interface, An (Conklin): 33, Aug
Introduction to Digital Signal Processing,
An (Hale): 35, Jul
Light and Sturdy Quad for 10 and 15
Meters, A (Wellenius): 30, Jul
Limited-Space Dipole Support, A (Dion); 22,
Sep
Making Soldering Safer (Bergeron): 28, Mar
Match Bandwidth of Resonant Antenna
Systems (Witt): 21, Oct
Midrange Forecasts of Solar and Geo-
magnetic Activity (Pocock & Blake): 22,
Apr (see Feedback; 46, Jun)
MfNINEC: The Other Edge of the Sword
(Lewallen): 18, Feb (see Feedback: 46,
May)
“My Feed Line Tunes My Antenna!"
(Goodman): 33, Nov
Packet Hardware for Beginners (Hale): 20,
Jan
Portable QRP CW Transceiver—Part 2, A
(see Part 1 in Dec '90 QST, p 44)
(Breed): 17, Jan
Propagation Broadcasts and Forecasts
Demystified (Healy): 20, Nov
Quality Desk Mike for Under $25, A
(Klimas): 26, Dec
RF Power Amplifiers and the Conjugate
Match (Bruene): 31, Nov
RFD-1 and RFD-2: Resonant Feed-Line
Dipoles (Taylor): 24, Aug
Rugged Side-Mounting for Rotatable
Antennas (Keown): 30, Feb
Simple, Effective Dual-Band Inverted-L
Antenna, A (Montlcelli): 38, Jul
Simple and Inexpensive 23/24-Centimeter
Signal Combiner, A (Angle): 28, Apr
Simple VHF/UHF Diplexer, A (Jenkins): 18, Oct
Single-Board, No-Tune 902-MHz
Transverter, A (Campbell): 25, Jul
Strengthening the Cushcraft 40-2CD
(Leeson): 36, Nov
Super Rover, The (Comly): 26, May
Surface-Mount Technology Primer—Part 2,
A (see Part 1 in Dec '90 QST, p 48)
(Bergeron): 27, Jan
Transforming the Balun (Belrose): 30, Jun
Tuning OSCAR with Separate Radios
(Summers): 25, Mar
What Your Frequency Display Really Tells
You—Part 1 (Newkirk): 28, Aug
What Your Frequency Display Really Tells
You—Part 2 (Newkirk); 26, Sep
FEEDBACK (to 1991 and pre-1991 articles)
Cheap and Easy Control-Signal Level
Converters (Johnson) [see Feb ’90, p
24]: 27, Mar
Daiwa Telephone No. [see Feb '91, p 33]:
46, Apr
Evolution of the Short Top-Loaded Vertical
(Michaels) [see Mar ’90, p 26]: 54, Nov
Kayaking QRP [see Jan '91, p 16]: 27, Mar
Kenwood MC-48/TW-4000A Receive-Only
Up/Down Operation (Leval) [see Nov '88,
p 39]: 44, Jun
More on the Half Sloper [see Feb ’91, p
41]: 46, Apr
Receiver IMD [see Jan *91, p 38] (Lahlum):
46, Apr
Utah Code Net [see Feb '91, ,p 49]: 46, Apr
Yaesu Telephone No. [see Mar '91, p 31]:
46, Apr
FM/RPT—Column (Battles)
Game’s Afoot!, The; 72, Jan
Integrated Repeaters I: Southwestern
Lifesavers: 57, May
Integrated Repeaters II: Evergreen Intertie:
83, Jun
Integrated Repeaters 111: The Flathead
Valley Repeater Group: 68, Jul
Integrated Repeaters IV: The Highest FM
Repeater Network in the World (Colorado
Connection): 76, Sep
Integrated Repeaters V: The Condor
Connection: 80, Oct
Listening on the Input: 88, Dec
LiTZ Alert: One Solution that Works: 91,
Nov
New Technicians Offer Opportunities: 71,
Apr
Non-net Procedure: 73, Mar
Philly Hams Help Track Jammer: 73, Feb
What if We All Agreed?: 83, Aug
HAPPENINGS—News
20-Meter Net "Disputes" Laid to Rest by
FCC: 60, May
216-220 MHz Deadline Extended: 61, Sep
Albania Issues More Licenses: 71, Dec
AM Petitions Denied: 61, Sep
AM Petitions Turned Down: 48, Jan
Amateur Radio Returns to Albania: 62, Oct
Amateurs Urged to Respond to "Scanner
Law" Questions: 61, Jun
ARRL Board to Seat Two New Members:
46, Jan
ARRL Offers to Maintain "Tech-Plus" Data
Base: 63, Oct
ARRL’s Tune in the World SK After
Successful 15-Year Run: 60, Jun
"Baltic Information Net" a Voice for
Freedom: 63, Mar
Be a Good Scout (JOTA): 62, Sep
Beware of Suspicious New Gear: 62, Jul
Buxton, George, N7EZJ, SK: 65, Mar
Comments Back Plan for 40-Meter Band:
55, Feb
Comm ission Acts on Proposal for
Television, Maritime Use: 64, Mar
Commission Seeks Comments on "Inter-
active TV" Proposal: 61, Jun
Commission Seeks Further Comment on
WARC-92 Satellite Issues: 59, May
Commission Seeks input on Local
"Scanner Laws": 59, May
Committee Reports Favorably on Amended
NJ Scanner Law: 70, Dec
Conference Honors Armstrong: 48, Jan
Congressional Update: 74, Nov
Convention Hosts Awards: 64, Oct
Cosmonaut on the Air Again: 56, Feb
Court Denies 220 Appeal by "Deferring" to
the FCC: 55, Feb
DARA Awards Scholarships’.61 ,Aug
Dayton HamVention Names 1991 Amateur
Award Winners: 59, Jun
Decision in Interference Case: 60, Aug
Diehl, George, W2IHA, SK: 60, May
FCC Chairman Sikes Discusses Future in
Newsweek Article: 65, Mar
FCC Clarifies Disability Exemption: 64, Oct
FCC Clarifies Position on "Business
Communications": 70, Dec
FCC Conference Will Discuss Spectrum
Use: 72, Nov
December 1991	219
FCC Denies Appeal for Relief from RFl: 54,
Feb
FCC Dogs Iditarod Communications: 59,
May
FCC Drops PELTS Plan for 220-222 MHz:
64, Oct
FCC Eases Morse Code Testing for Dis-
abled, Sidesteps Issue of Examination
Integrity: 54. Feb
FCC Enforcement Actions: 64, Oct
FCC Fee Proposal Outlined: 59, May
FCC Gives First Impressions of Amateur
“Power Audits”: 59, Jun
FCC Inspectors Make Surprise Visits to
Hams: 58 May
FCC Maintains Stand in Testing of
Disabled: 72, Nov
FCC Moves Novice Band: 64, Mar
FCC Notes Anniversary: 60, Aug
FCC Seeks Comments on Home Auto-
mation Systems: 72, Nov
FCC Sends Message to Packet BBS
Operators: 58, Jun
FCC Survey Seeks to Link Amateur Power,
RFl: 61, Jul
FCC Tweaks Amateur Rules: 47, Jan
FCC WARC Recommendations Include
Better 7-MHz Band: 59, Aug
FCC “Missing the Issue" on Scanner
Laws: 59, Aug
Fellowship Available to Engineers,
Scientists: 74, Nov
Florida Amateurs Knock Down Municipal
Antenna Regulations: 58, Jun
Former FCC Commissioner Visits HQ: 64,
Oct
Former SCM W4MS, SK (Collins): 61, Sep
Gandhi, Rajiv (VU2RG), Remembered: 62, Jul
Groups Asks Review of AM Power Rule:
56, Feb
Gulf War Puts Amateur Radio in the
Spotlight: 62, Mar
Ham Radio Aids Israel's Flood of Soviet
Immigrants: 73, Nov
Hams Assist in Rescue of 720 Swimmers:
74, Nov
Hams to be Ordered Off 220-222 MHz: 60, May
HamVention Lost and Found: 61, Jul
"Happy Ham" is MARS Mainstay. 62, Mar
Heil Joins Satellite Show: 62, Jul
HQ Staffers Honored for Service: 65, Oct
Hurlburt, Clyde, W5CH, SK; 60, May
IARU, Nature Help Return Amateur Radio
to Bangladesh: 69, Dec
IARU Region 3 Societies Meet in
Indonesia; Write Packet Guidelines,
Greet Bangladesh: 68, Dec
Industry Unveils PSAs: 60, Aug
Intruder Watch: 61, May
K32J (Siddall) Named to Head FCC
Frequency Branch: 62, Sep
League Pushes for “Scanner Law"
Preemption: 60, Sep
League Replies to Proposal to Rewrite
Amateur Rules: 65, Mar
League Represented at Japan Ham
Convention: 73, Nov
League Seeks Access to 216-220 MHz: 58,
Aug
Montserrat Amateur Knighted for Hurricane
Hugo Efforts: 56, Feb
More Congressional Support for H. R, 73:
64, Oct
More in Congress Back H. R. 73: 59, May
More in Congress Back H. R. 73: 60, Jun
Nebraska Repeater Owners Fined for Use
of Towers: 58, Jun
New Cosponsors for H. R. 73: 62, Jul
New Cosponsors for H. R. 73: 62, Sep
New Rim More Than Radios is More Than
Just a Film: 64, Mar
220 авк
New Head at HANDI-HAMS: 62, Sep
New HF Digital System Unveiled: 70, Dec
New Jersey RFl Case Spurs Criminal
Charges: 60, Sep
News From Canada: 48, Jan
Ohio Amateur is Charged with Making
False Distress Calls: 59, Jun
Ohio Amateur Sentenced for False Trans-
missions: 73, Nov
Please Go Away: 48, Jan
Pozzani, Michael, W3SV, Dies in Mid-Air
Collision: 59, Jun
Proposed ‘‘Tree Ordinance” Put Seattle
Ham on a Limb: 58, May
Public Relations Specialist Joins HQ Staff:
70, Dec
Repeat Nominating Solicitation: 61, Aug;
51, Jan; 63, Jul
Retailer Instructs Staff in Sales of Amateur
Gear: 73, Nov
San Bernardino Amateurs Avoid Restrictive
Rules: 62, Jul
San Francisco Amateurs Aid in Tracking
Jammer: 64, Oct
Scholarships Announced: 65, Mar
Second Gall for Nominees, ARRL Board of
Directors; 61, Aug
Section Election Notice: 63, Jul; 65, Oct;
74, Nov
Section Election Results: 63, Jul
Section Manager Election Notice: 61, Aug;
51, Jan
Section Manager Election Results: 48, Jan;
65, Oct
Section Manager Second Election Notice:
60, May
Shuttle Astronauts Add Two to Ranks of
Amateur Radio: 73, Nov
Sikes PI ed ges E nfo rcement t о S enate
Oversight Panel: 60, Aug
Silent Keys—Albright, Carpenter, Sterling,
Campbell: 56, Feb
S ovet H ams I nst rumert el ’in R esistance to
Coup: 63, Oct
Taiwanese Official Visits HQ: 60, Aug
Tennessee SM Harry Simpson (W4MI). SK:
62, Jul
Tower Victory: 61, Aug
Trio Charged in NYC Heist: 61, Sep
Two Honored by Division: 63, Jul
US, Philippines Sign Third-Party Agree-
ment: 62, Sep
US-Mexico Reciprocal Pact: 61, Sep
VK VE Program Begins; 71, Dec
Volunteer Examiner Coordinators Reject
Incorporation of Group: 73, Nov
W1AW Notes: 65, Oct
W1AW to Shift 15- and 10-Meter
Frequencies: 48. Jan
Washington State Amateur Hailed in
Boating Rescue: 61, Jul
HINTS AND KINKS—Column (Newkirk)
10-Minute ID Timer, A (Conklin): 37, Feb
15 Meters and Better CW Audio for the
Neophyte Receiver (Burdick): 51, Nov
Alternative Antenna Insulators (Raffaele):
39, Oct
Ai is h tc Tr eatment for Meters and Uqui’d
Crystal D isplays (Koutnik): 39, Oct
Backup-Battery Replacement for the ICOM
IO271H (Gruenwald): 37, Jan
Better 7- and 21-MHz Operation with a
7-MHz Dpole (Raffaele): 43, Dec
Better Operating on Noisy MF/HF Bands
(Whitney): 47, Jul
Beware of Erroneous Meter Readings in
RF Fields (Baker): 36, Jan
Buffer for the Handbook Bridged-T
Oscillator, A (Swenson and Jensen); 39,
Sep
Coax-Shield Choke Cures Transceiver Self-
Oscillation (Jeffery): 48, Jul
Curing DC-to-DC-Converter Spurs in the
Drake TR-7 Transceiver (Agsten); 38, Feb
Curing Panel-Light Brightening in Modified-
for-160 Heath SB-220 Amplifiers
(Measures): 38, Feb
CW-Pitch-Control Modification for the
Kenwood TS-440S Transceiver
(Signorelli): 38, Sep
Dress Up Your Antenna Farm for the
Holidays (Wertz): 44, Dec
Ford's Fix for I nT arkFud-PumpNdse
(Hesselbrock): 52 Nov
Hump Mount for Mobile Rigs (DeMaw): 39, Aug
Improved Performance in Older Variable
Capacitors (Shrock): 48, Jul
Inexpensive fi^Meter Loop Antenna, An
(Hecker): 37, Jan
It's a Standoff (Ettenhofer): 39, Oct
LED Overvoltage Indicator for Zener-Dlode
Protective Clamps (Lovell): 43, Jun
Magnetic Reed Switch Illuminates Hand-
Held for Mobile Use П"итег): 37, Mar
Mag-Mount Surface Maintenance (Boles):
39, Aug
Make Boxes from PC Board (Newkirk)\51 ,
Nov
Milk-Crate Mobile (Cotterman): 38, Aug
Mobile Cooling Fan Senses RF (Hamlin):
40, Aug
Modifying the WB4WF Accu-Кеуег for
Positive-Keying Solid-State Transmitters
(Libbin): 43, Dec
More on 3-5002 Filament Pins (Mills ,Van
Bolhuis): 37, Feb
More on Curing TVI with 300-1) Filters and
4:1 Transformers (Lund); 42, Jun
M ore on I nterfacing S d id-State
Transceivers and the SB-200 Amplifier: A
Power-MOSFET Source (Jaeger)-.37 Jan
More on Safe АС-Wiring Practices (Baker):
47, Jul
More on Solving Ground-Fault-Circuit-
Internjpter Problems1 (Hollenbeck Healy ,
Fullmer): 38, Mar
Noise Cured in Ford Taurus Mobile
(Schuster): 40, Aug
One Protective Case for Many Battery
Packs (Norikane)-. 38, Feb
Operate and Recharge Your ICOM
IC-2GAT Hand-held at the Same Time
(Cleveland): 40, Oct
Quick Mobile SWR Measurements with
Radio Shack's HTX-100 10-Meter
Transceiver (Kramer): 38. Feb
Quick Power and Antenna Disconnects for
Equipment Lightning Safety (Lang): 43,
Jun
Reducing TVI in Cable-Fed TVs
(Graalman): 42, Jun
Replace the Connector, Not the Antenna
(Atlas): 38. Sep
Replacement Battery-Protection Plate
Indicates State of Charge (Lane): 48, Jul
Rs-Cementing Tube Grid and Plate Caps
(Bryant): 47, Jul
RF Not the Cause of Mobils-DIgipeater-
Tnggere d (hr Ahrm ( F^nn) 38, Sep
Shunt for Remote Load Sensing in High-
Current Power Supplies, A (Smithmeyer):
48, Jul
Simple 50-0 Feed for Three-Element
Monoband Beams (Zavrel)- .43 .Dec
Simplifying the October 1990 GLB TNC
Message-Alert Alarm (Christensen): 40, Oct
Smoother Control with the U-100 Rotator
(Guimont): 47, Jul
Switch-Selectable Subaudible Tones with
the ICOM UT-30 Tone Generator (Mann):
38, Sep
Two Bands. Shortwave-Broadcast. Utility
and WWV Coverage for the Neophyte
Receiver (Cromwell): 36, Jan
Vacuum Tugs Leader Rope Through
Conduit (Jacobs): 48, Jul
Variable-Bandwidth Tuning for the ICOM
IC-765 Transceiver (Guski): 37, Mar
VCR Belts Drive Capacitors (Beaumont
ARC): 44, Jun
HOW’S DX?—Column (White)
210 DX Club, The: 67, Apr
Dinner, Wife, Kill!: 67, Mar
DX Advisory Committee, The: Making the
Rules: 67, Oct
DX Newsletters: 65, Feb
Fiji on 30, 17 and 12 Meters: 65, Jun
JA1NUT: DXing, the Right Rx: 76, Nov
N5GGO, Honor Roll in Six Years!: 75, Dec
Signs of the Times: 53, Jan
That's DX!: 65, May
Two New DXCC Countries; 63, Sep
VE8PW, The Far North: 65, Jul
YK1AA, SK: 63, Aug
IARU NEWS—Column (Baldwin)
Africa Telecom '90; 70, May
Amateur Radio is Growing; 86 Dec
ARAC—Tokyo, April 1991; 76, Jul
Government and Administrators, The: 82,
Sep
iARU and CCIR (Owen): 67, Jan
IARU Monitoring System, The: 74, Apr
Modus Operandi at WARC-92: 79, Oct
PICON: 79, Mar
Radio Regulations, The: 92, Nov
SEAnet ’90—The Continuing Saga: 86, Jun
INFORMATION
Announcing the Walker A. Tompkins
Writing Award and Contest (Turner): 45,
Jan
ARRL Incoming DX QSL Bureau
Addresses: 64, Sep
ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System: 64,
Sep
ARRL Outgoing QSL Service, The: 77, Nov
Bill in Congress Would Protect Amateur
Frequencies (Kleinschmidt & Williams)’.
41, Mar
Board Adopts 13-cm Band Plan: 56, Mar
Club Competition Rules and Contest
Disqualification Criteria; 78, Jan
"Considerate Operator’s Frequency Guide,
The": 65, Jan
FCC Clarifies Disability Exemption: 64, Oct
FCC Clarifies Position on ‘‘Business
Communications”: 70, Dec
FCC Moves Novice Band (80-meter
subband): 64, Mar
FCC Releases Codeless License Report
and Order: 57, Feb
Foreign Language Aids for Hams (Battles):
49, Jun
Frequency Allocation Chart; 66, Jan
Hams Reach Half-Million Mark: 54, Mar
How to Find—Or Start—A Ham Radio
Club: 53, Oct
Joining MARS: 81, Dec
Please Use Standard ITU Phonetics
(Stewart): 46, Oct
Siow-Speed HF CW Traffic Nets: 50, Feb
Spectrum Management in the ’90s and
Beyond—Part 1 [2 meters) (Wilson): 43,
Aug
Spectrum Management in the ’90s and
Beyond—Part 2 [10 meters] (Wilson): 50,
Sep
Ten Mobile CW Operating Tips (Linguist):
54, Sep
Texas Ham License Plates (Taormina): 80, Oct
Tima Conversion: 65, Jan
Tompkins Writing Contest Winners
Announced (Kleinschmidt): 47, Oct
US, Philippines Sign Third-Party
Agreement 62, Sep
US-Mexico Reciprocal Pact: 61, Sep
VK VE Program Begins: 71, Dec
VK3 QSL Bureau: 41, Jul
Volunteer Examiner Coordinators Reject
Incorporation of Group: 73, Nov
WARC-92: What it Means to You
(Kleinschmidt 1 Rinaldo): 16, Jun
W1AW Notes: 65, Oct
W1AW Schedule: 65, Jan; 51, Mar; 69,
May: 72, Jul* 89, Sep; 110, Nov
W1AW to Shift 15- and 10-Meter
Frequencies: 48, Jan
"What’s Your 10-10 Number?11 (Ford): 50,
Sep
Exam Info—Column (Jahnke)
Exam Info: 71, Sep
Morse Code Examination, The—What is it
intended to Prove?: 83, Oct
Using Form 610: 66, Nov
Advanced-Class VEs:104, Dec
Washington Mailbox—Column
(Hennessee)
Codeless Technician License, The: 94, Nov
IT SEEMS TO US—Editorial (Sumner), p 9
220-222 MHz: Aug
Codeless Amateur License, A: Feb
"Digital Broadcasting”: Mar
Don’t Ask the FCC: Aug
First Hundred Days, The: Jul
Good News (Price): May
New Deal for Volunteer Exams, A. Apr
Next Breakthrough, The: Oct
No Range Wars, Please; Sep
Power: Jun
Public Relations: Nov
Spectrum Congestion: Solutions on the
Horizon?: Jan
A Voluntary Noncommercial Communication
Service: Dec
KEYING AND CONTROL CIRCUITS
Build a Universal VFO (DeMaw): 27, Jun
CW-Pitch-Control Modification for the
Kenwood TS-440S Transceiver
(Signorelli): 36, Sep
Infrared Keyer Interface, An (Conklin): 33, Aug
Modifying the WB4WF Accu-Кеуег for
Positive-Keying Solid-State Transmitters
(Libbin); 43, Dec
NegativeН‘|ф V Л ageK eyingC troiii
(Foster): 45, Jun
LAB NOTES—Column (Ford & Staff)
Creating a Technical Library: 35, Dec
MEASUREMENT AND TEST EQUIPMENT
Antistatic Treatment for Meters and Liquid-
Crystal Displays (Koutnik); 39, Oct
Beware of Erroneous Meter Readings in
RF Fields (Baker); 36, Jan
Digital PEP Wattmeter Accuracy
(Schetgen): 45, Dec
Frequency Counters and Feed-Line
Information (Hare): 45, May
Hand-Held Digital Multimeters (Bergeron):
19.Jun
Quick Mobile SWR Measurements with
Radio Shack's HTX-100 10-Meter
Transceiver (Kramer): 38, Feb
Using A Noise Bridge to Measure Coaxial-
Cable Impedance (Althouse): 45, May
What Your Frequency Display Really Tells
You—Part 1 (Newkirk); 28, Aug
What Your Frequency Display Really Tells
You—Part 2 (Newkirk): 26, Sep
NEW BOOKS [Author] (Reviewer)
Art of Electronics, The [Horowitz] (DeMaw):
24, Mar
Building Power Supplies [Lines] (Gruber):
31, Sep
Collins Bocks: 35, Jun
Complete Guide to Understanding Electronics
Diagrams [Lacy] (Hale): 40, Aug
Don C. Wallace, WSAM; Amateur Radio’s
Pioneer [Perkins] (Battles); 42, Sep
Hafficrafters Story, The [de Henseler]
(Battles): 42. Nov
Ham Stuff KSarrett] (Battles): 27, Aug
inside the M. С. C.: A Technical Guide to the
Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space
Center [Nicholson] (Battles): 71, Nov
Legacies of Edwin Howard Armstrong, The
[Morrisey] (Battles): 50, May
Shortwave Listening Guidebook [Helms]
(Halprin): 34, Dec
Vibroplex Guide [French]: 46, Jun
Where Do We Go Next? [Laine] (Crovelli):
76, Dec
NEW PRODUCTS
500-W MF/HF Linear Amplifier: 48, Feb
Alpha-Delta Coax Switches: 39, Jan
Antenna Feed System: 35, Jun
Antenna Program for Macs (Smolinsky)’. 54.
Nov
ATV Filter 21, Sep
Beam Indicator: 28, Dec
Boom-Mike Headset 44, Jun
Breadboard Computer Card: 19, Nov
CMOS Super Keyer II Update: 23, Sep
Controller Upgrade’. 40, Oct
Current Baluns: 71, Nov
Custom Earsets: 46, Jun
Custom World Maps: 51, Jun
CW Keys: 27, May
Dual-Paddle Key: 32, Oct
Frequency Counter: 56, Nov
Generator. 21 Sep
Ground Enhancer 40, Oct
Ham Mail-Order Directory: 27, May
Hand Built CW Keys’ .37 .Sep
Hand-Held Mobile Mount: 44, Jun
Heavy-Duty Towers: 25, May
In-Line Power Protection; 40, May
Magazine Indexes: 27, May
Micromini CTCSS EncoderlDecoder: 21, Sep
Mini Tone Encoder; 61, May
Mobile VHF/UHF Antennas: 25, Dec
Monoband Yagls Redesigned: 27, Aug
M orseC d dD er25 D ec
NEC FETs: 40, Oct
PC Card Frequency Counter: 40, May
Penetrant-Solvent’. 21, Sep
Postage-Free Stateside QSL Bureau: 27, Aug
Power Amplifier: 17. Oct
QRP Transceivers: 35, Jun
QSL Organizers: 21, Sep
Receiver Bandpass Filter: 44, Jun
RF Concepts Dual-Band Amplifier. 26, Jan
Rotator Control-Line Protector: 23, Jan
Simplex Repeater: 22, Feb
Software Upgrade for Ten-Tec Paragon:
21, Sep
Transceiver Upgrade: 42. Nov
Thin Crystals: 21, Sep
Tiny Video Camera: 61, May
Tone DecodertDisplay; 28, Dec
VHF/UHF Groundplane Antennas: 23. Jan
Yaesu Light-Duty Rotator: 48, Feb
NOVICE NOTES
CW Traffic Nets: Take the Plunge! (Noel):
49, Feb (see Feedback: 46, Apr)
December 1991	221
Talk Radio (Halprin): 43, Oct
Transceiver Features That Help You Beat
Interference (Collins/Newkirk); 16, Mar
What Your Frequency Display Really Tells
You—Part 1 (Newkirk); 28, Aug
What Your Frequency Display Really Tells
You—Part 2 (Newkirk): 26, Sep
OP-ED—Column
Basis and Purpose (Cheves): 85, Dec
Clubs and the Codeless Techs (Johnson):
78, Oct
CW (Renardson); 81, Jun
Packet Messages are Not Broadcasts
(Topolski): 75, May
Restructuring Amateur Radio Publications
(Beers): 74, Mar
ORGANIZATIONAL
1991 ARRL Convention, The: Saginaw,
Michigan (Duncan, Turner, Martineau)
ARRL Board to Seat Two New Members:
46,Jan
Audited ARRL Financial Statements
Released: 62, May
Board Declines to Seek Reconsideration of
Codeless Tech Decision (Palm): 55, Mar
“Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide,
The": 65, Jan
HQ Staffers Honored for Service: 65, Oct
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions—1991: 63, Jan
New Era for DXCC, A (Hutchinson): 46,
Sep
Nominees Sought for ARRL Board of
Directors; 64, Jul
Public Relations Specialist Joins HQ Staff:
70, Dec
Repeat Nominating Solicitation: 61, Aug;
51, Jan; 63, Jul
Season's Greetings from the ARRL/IARU
Staff and Contributing Editors; 84, Dec
Second Call for Nominees, ARRL Board of
Directors: 61, Aug
Section Election Notice: 63, Jul; 65, Oct;
74, Nov
Section Election Results: 63, Jul
Section Manager Election Notice; 61, Aug;
51, Jan
Section Manager Election Results; 48, Jan;
65, Oct
Section Manager Second Election Notice:
60, May
Spectrum Management Dominates Board
Actions Slate (Palm): 55, Sep
Structurally Sound Idea, A: The Volunteer Согь
suiting Engineer (Hennessee); 67, Nov
Tompkins Writing Contest Winners
Announced (Kleinschmidt): 47, Oct
Tennessee SM Harry Simpson (W4MI), SK:
62, Jul
Two Honored by Division: 63, Jul
W1AW Notes: 65, Oct
W1AW to Shift 15- and 10-Meter
Frequencies; 48, Jan
WARC-92; What it Means to You
(Kleinschmidt & Rinaldo): 16, Jun
Why Join a Ham Club? (Battles): 51, Oct
At the Foundation—Column (Carcia)
Commitment to Preserve, A; 89, Nov
Faces of the Future: 71, Jan
General Fund, The; 80, Mar
Meet Our 1991 Academic Scholarship
Recipients; 80, Sep
Our Heritage on Display: 81, Jul
Please Pass the Incentive; 77, May
Club Spectrum—Column (Palm)
Amateur Radio and the 1990 World
Economic Summit: 69, Jan
222
Clubs Celebrate Diamond Anniversaries:
90, Nov
College Club Serve Cosmopolitan Menu:
81, Mar
Expedition to Paradise (Hollister); 87, Jun
Library Set, The: 70, Feb
Potpourri: 80, Jul
Special Service Clubs (Welcome and
Welcome Back): 87, Jun
US/Soviet Goodwill: 79, Sep
Elections
ARRL Board to Seat Two New Members:
46, Jan
Repeat Nominating Solicitation: 61, Aug;
51, Jan; 63, Jul
Second Call for Nominees, ARRL Board of
Directors; 61, Aug
Secion Election Notice; 63, Jul; 65, Oct;
74, Nov
Section Election Results: 63, Jul
Section Manager Election Notice; 61, Aug;
51, Jan
Section Manager Election Results: 48, Jan;
65, Oct
Section Manager Second Election Notice:'
60, May
Moved and Seconded...
49, Jan; 58, Mar; 62, Jun; 57, Sep; 72, Dec
PACKET RADIO
APLINKINTS—The AMTOR/Packet Traffic
Solution (Comstock, Jennings,
Thompson): 57, Jan
APLINK: The Delivery Systems—Part 1
(Mortensen): 73, Oct
APLINK'. The Delivery Systems—Part 2
(Mortensen): 81, Nov
FCC Sends Message to Packet BBS
Operators: 58, Jun
Imagining the Global Bulletin Board (Ward)1.
72, Mar
IARU Region 3 Societies Meet in
Indonesia; Write Packet Guidelines,
Greet Bangladesh; 68, Dec
National Traffic System Embraces Digital
Systems; Digital Coordinators Appointed
to NTS Official Roster: 75, Apr
NTS-Affiliated APLINK Stations: 81, Nov
Packet Hardware for Beginners (Hale); 20, Jan
RF Not the Cause of Mobile-Digipeater-
Triggered Car Alarm (Flynn): 38, Sep
Simplifying the October 1990 GLB TNC
Message-Alert Alarm (Christensen): 40 Oct
Software/Hardware Information and
Sources (Horzepa)' 62 Jan
Using Packet to Process Radiogram Traffic
(Comstock): 69, Feb
Packet Perspective—Column (Horzepa)
“Go Fetch My Mail” Solution, The; 62, Jan
Increase Efficiency: The Virtual PBBS; 88,
Nov
Packet Radio Basics, Part 4: Beyond the
ABCs of TCP/IP: 74, Feb
Packet Radio Basics, Part 5; The XYZs of
TCP/IP: 75, Mar
Packet Radio Basics, Part 6; Now Know
Nodes: 82, Jun
Packet Radio Basics, Part 7; Getting
Aboard Bulletin Boards: 73, Aug
Packet Radio Basics, Part 7 Continued:
Getting Aboard Bulletin Boards; 74, Sep
Packet Radio Basics, Part 8: Are There
Any Questions?: 80, Dec
Smart TNC Tricks: 77, Oct
Sottware/Hardware Information and
Sources: 62, Jan
Update; The Digital Signal Processing of
Packet Radio; 75, Jul
You Can Work U2MIR: 72, Apr (see also
80, Dec)
PRODUCT REVIEW
AOR AR2500 Scanning Receiver
(Kleinschmidt): 33, Sep
Audio-Filter Roundup (Kearman): 36, Oct
Command Technologies Commander
HF-2500 Linear Amplifier (Wilson): 41,
May
JPS Communications NIR-10
Noise/lnterference-Reductlon Filter
(Kearman): 37, Oct
j-Com Magic Notch Automatic Audio Notch
Filter (Kearman): 36, Oct
Kenwood TS-850S 160-10 Meter
Transceiver (Healy): 42, Jul
Kenwood TS-950SD MF/HF Transceiver
(Healy); 31, Jan
MFJ-948 “Deluxe Versa Tuner 11” Antenna
Tuner (Wilson): 36, Aug
Modular Systems Corporation Smart Filter
(Kearman) 37, Oct
Mosley TA-34-M Triband Yagi Antenna
(Healy): 43, May
OST Compares: Dual-Band Hand-Held FM
Transceivers (Healy): 36, Jun
QST Compares: Peak-Reading MF/HF
Wattmeters (Healy); 33, Feb (see
Feedback; 46, Apr)
QST Compares; Mobile 2-Meter FM
Tran sce vers (Healy)1 37, Dec
Rotating Tower Systems Rohn 25 Rotation
System (Healy): 35, Sep
Yaesu FT-1000D MF/HF Transceiver
(Healy): 31, Mar (see Feedback; 46, Apr)
Yaesu FT-650 6/10/12-Meter Transceiver
(Bloom): 33, Oct
Solicitation for Product Review Equipment
Bids; 36, Mar; 46, May; 46, Jul; 37, Aug;
50, Nov
PUBLIC SERVICE
CW Traffic Nets: Take the Plunge.1 (Noel):
50, Apr
Focus on Emergency Response (Ewald):
45, Sep
Get Out of the Shack and into the Action
(Battles): 51, Jul
Hams Against the Inferno (Jerome): 14,
May
Hams Assist in Rescue of 720 Swimmers;
74, Nov
If Something Goes Wrong... (Ewald): 58, Jul
Maydayl There’s Been a Plane Crashl
(Cary): 50, Mar
VHF Traffic Nets are for Everyone (Battles,);
51, Aug
WashingtonS tateA mateurH al ed in
Boating Rescue:61 .Jul
Work on You r Delivery (Robertson); 52, Jan
Public Service—Column (Hurder/Ewald)
1990 SET Results Update: 68, Sep
APLINK/WS—The AMTOR/Packet Traffic
Solution (Comstock, Jennings,
Thompson): 57, Jan
APUNK: The Delivery Systems—-Part 1 S
(Mortensen): 73, Oct
APLINK’ The Delivery Systems—Part 2
(Mortensen); 81, Nov
BPL Debate—Again, The: 70, Mar
City Prepares, A; Amateurs Assist—
Everyone Benefits (Boyd): 69, Aug
Illinois SKYWARN Team Alerts Threatened
Community (Barton) 69, JLi I
J olnlng MARS: 81, D ec
Look at NTS and the Traffic Scene, A
(Sharp): 75, Apr
Madison Amateurs Help in Evacuation
(Regent, Stone): 68, Sep
National Traffic System Embraces Digital
Systems; Digital Coordinators Appointed
to NTS Official Roster; 75, Apr
New Public Service Honor Roll—Again ,
The: 71, May
NTS-Affillated APLINK Stations: 81. Nov
Operation: Holidays (Matthew): 01, Dec
OSCAR and the Public Service
Communicator (Harder): 69, Aug
PSHR Clarification: Б9, Jul
Real Bad Dude, A (Craw): 68, Sep
Reaping the Benelits of Amateur Radio
Public Service (Boyd): 70, Mar
Using Packet to Process Radiogram Traffic
(Comstock): 69, Feb
VIP: Amateurs on the Fire Line (Rich): 75, Jun
Voices from MARS (Trachtenberg): 81, Dec
OST PROFILES
French, David, N4KET (Halprin): 40, Jan
How’s Rod [Newkirk, W9BRDJ? (Cain): 52, Mar
Jeantarvre, Roger, KI PAI; A Special
Weather Observer (Clede): 47, Feb
Metamorphosis of a Contester; Dave Zeph,
W9ZRX (Cain): 55, Oct
Old Guard, The (Booth) . 57, Jul
Oldest Crystal House in Texas, The
(Musgrove): 59, Dec
SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNIQUES
Amateur TV, SAREX and “Real Television"
(Steffen): 18, Jul
APLINKMTS—The AMTOR/Packet Traffic
Solution (Comstock, Jennings,
Thompson); 57, Jan
ATV BBS: 75, Jul
Deaf Use TDDs as Link to Ham Radio
(Galley): 75, Sep
New HF Digital System Unveiled: 70, Dec
Moonbounce from Peru (Heraud): 56, May
STRAYS
16% Ham Wedding: 49, Sep
1990 QST Cover Plaque Award Winners;
36, Mar
220-MHz SSB Activity Directory: 61, Jan
6th-Grade Sked: 45, Sep
70 Years QRV and Going Strong (Snow):
86, Sep
71/j-Month Journey (Schricker): 61, Jan
ATV BBS: 75, Jul
В Battery Bunch, The (Thompson): 63, Aug
Bermuda Contest Seeks Suggestions: 80, Oct
Bring a Kid to Dayton: 78, Apr
Buckmaster Donates CD-ROM to W1AW:
57, Aug
Call for Nominations, A (Atlantic Div
convention): 68, Mar
Calling All Shriners: 75, Jul
Celebrity Net: 41, Jul
Code Contest; 61, May
Communications Ship Reunion: 37, Aug
CQ Racal Hams; 79, Jun
CQ Vietnam-Era MARS Ops: 81, Mar
Dad Used Morse Till the End (Yoh): 82, Oct
Dayton Repeater Pal: 76, Oct
Deaf Use TDDs as Link to Ham Radio
(Galley): 75, Sep
Don’t Mouse This One . 49, Sep
Environmental Awareness Net; Pla/Net: 57,
Aug
Eyeball QSO with 1/5 of SUs (Cann &
Tober): 85, Jun
Fine Business Birthday Celebration
(Samuel Morse): 77, Feb
For Nonham Spouses Only (Edmonds): 55,
Aug
Free WB6NOA Training for Elmers: 80, Mar
Full Duplex: 44, Sep
Gintas (Pine): 50, Dec
Hams Help Children: 53, Feb
Hams Reach Half-Million Mark: 54, Mar
Hams Support Oldest Parade: 54, Oct
Hip Copycats: 90, Sep
Holiday Reunion: 48, May
In Memory of Those Who Served: 57, Aug
KDKA Anniversary. 86, Feb
KG4 OSLs (Donley): 41, Jul
Korean Nets: 80, Mar
Like Father, Like Son...and Grandson: 90, Sep
Maryland Wallpaper: 90, Sep =
Merry Band of Woodsmen-.74 ,Apr
Mom Pounds the Brass: 90, Sep
Morse the Matchmaker (Caci): 67, Jan
Mr & Mrs Ken Wood?: 66, Nov
My Introduction to Ham Radio (Cassidy):
54, Mar
New 10-Meter Net: 53, Feb
New England Wagon Train (Stern): 98, Jun
New Jersey Counties Award: 74, Apr; 79, Jun
No Cash, Please (Curacao award): 80, Jan
Nominations Sought for 1991 Dayton
Awards: 26, Jan
Nominations Sought for Atlantic Division
Awards; 36, Mar
Ohio EC Offers Free Commodore Logger;
06, Feb
Oldest and Youngest?: 66, Dec
OK-QRP-Club-.84,Aug
OMIK Keeps Growing: 49, Jun
Phrenetic Phonetics: 02, Jan
Powerful Interest in QRP; 37, Aug
QCWA Banquet at Dayton.- 78 Apr
QRP News; 85, Dec
QSL Sure ViaSna'I (Bas^ :80, M ar
QST Congratulates Old-Timer: 73, Mar
Radio Club Bestows Grant; 45, Sep
Radio Shack Founder Dies (Deutschmann):
87, Sep
Recycle SK QSLs: 68, Feb
Resonant Circuit: S3, Feb
Ruocco, Lillian, W2PMA, Remembered: 83, Jul
SAREX Flies Again (White): 36, Mar
Scholarships Available: 54, Mar
Solar-Terrestrial Predictions Workshop: 17, Oct
Soviet Scientists Seek Stateside Sked: 36, Mar
Soviets to Organize Vets (Lindblad): 80, Mar
Talk to the Students: 75, Jul
Ten-Meter Net: 67, Jan
Texas Ham License Plates (Taormina): 80, Oct
Thanks, MARS Hams! (Godlewski): 81, Mar
Three Decades of Support: 58, Oct
UK Postcode Award: 86, Feb
VE3 Family. 76, Mar
VK3 QSL Bureau: 41, Jul
White-Water Rafting in the USSR: 77, Mar
WWII South Pacific Pilots Reunited After
45 Years (Evans): 87, Sep
Young Hams Foster Goodwill: 86, Feb
Young Voices from Space: 17, Jul
TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE
160-Meter Antennas (Belrose); 49, Jul
Cable Measurements Revisited (Buchan,
Grebenkemper, Rife, Nadovich, Chase):
41, Oct
Computer Program Update Available
(Dion): 45, Jun
Corrections to W2DU’s Relections
(Maxwell): 42, Aug
Digital PEP Wattmeter Accuracy
(Schetgen): 45, Dec
Diode-Switched-F liter Corrections and
Amplifications (Wetherhold): 41, Aug
Does Path Loss Increase with Frequency?
(Campbell)-. 38, Jan
Effective Receiver Dynamic Range (Lau):
39, Jan (see Feedback: 46, Apr)
Frequency Counters and Feed-Line
Information (Hare): 45, May
Improved HF Weather Facsimile Programs
(Vester) 40, Sep
Inexpensive Connectors Can Be Costly!
(Collins): 46, May
IR Detector (Pagel): 42, Oct
More on Feeding Dipole Antennas
(Kleinfeld): 42, Oct
More on Safer Soldering (Myers)1. 42, Aug
More on the Glass-Mounted 2-Meter Mobile
Antenna (English): 41, Sep
More on the Half Sloper (Belrose)- .39 .Feb
(see Feedback: 46, Apr)
Negative High-Voltage Keying Circuit
(Foster): 45, Jun
Phase Adjustment Technique for a
4-Element Square Phased Vertical Array
(Lahlum); 39, Mar
RCA Discontinues 40673 Dual-Gate RF
MOSFET (Newkirk): 53, Nov
Reverse-Biased-Diode Switching System
(Fowler); 45, Jun
Some Thoughts About Transmission-Line
Myths (Lau); 45, May
Surface-Mount Soldering (Husby): 46, Jun
SWR Doesn't Vary Along a Feed Line
(Maxwell); 53, Nov
Trees and Verticals (Whiff an): 53, Nov
Using A Noise Bridge to Measure Coaxial-
Cable Impedance (Althouse): 45. May
Weatherfax Software Update (Pagel): 46, Jun
Weather-Satellite Publication: 42, Oct
VHF AND MICROWAVES
220-MHz SSB Activity Directory: 61, Jan
Board Adopts 13-cm Band Plan: 56, Mar
Central States VHF Society, The; A Happy
25th Birthday (Kleinschmidt): 61, Dec
Does Path Loss Increase with Frequency?
(Сатф dl):38 .J an
Glass-Mounted 2-Meter Mobile Antenna, A
(English): 31, Apr
High-Performance, East-to-Build 432-MHz
Transverter, A—Part 1 (Krome): 19, Aug
High-Performance, East-to-Build 432-MHz
Transverter, A—Part 2 (Krome); 18, Sep
High-Performance UHF and Microwave
System Primer, A (Mascaro): 30, May
How Many Rigs Can You Hold in One
Hand? (Battles): 49, Apr
Moonbounce from Peru (Heraud); 56, May
Simple and Inexpensive 23/24-Centimeter
Signal Combiner, A (Angle); 28, Apr
Simple VHF/UHF Diplexer, A (Jenkins): 18, Oct
Single-Board, No-Tune 902-MHz
Transverter, A (Campbell): 25, Jul
World Above 50 MHz, The—Column
(Tynan)
222-225 MHz; Vertical or Horizontal?
(Owen): 72, Sep
Getting Started: 68, May
Meteor Scatter: Long-Distance VHF
Workhorse: 71, Aug
Newcomers to the World Above 50 MHz—
Let’s Welcome Them: 76, Mar
Six Meters and the Solar Cycle-. 75, Oct
Something We Can Do; 83, Dec
Sporadic E—A Familiar Mystery: 71, Jul
Tropo: Bread-and-Butter VHF Propagation:
78, Jun
Our New VHF Band: 125 cm; 84, Nov
W5UN Passes the 100-Country Mark on
EME: 60, Jan
What Can We Do?: 72, Feb
What Do We Do Now?1. 70, Apr
VHF/UHF Century Club Awards (Kustosik)
85, Feb; 79, Jun; 102, Dec
YL NEWS-Column (Dunn)
Hamfests; The YL Connection; 83, Sep
Let the Contesting Begin: 77, Jul
Space Age YLs; Pioneering the Next
Frontier: 78, May
YL Organizations Offer Encouragement
and Friendship: 78, Mar
YLs, Amateur Radio and Education: 93,
Nov
YLs—Heart and Soul: 68, Jan
December 1991	223
Index to Volume
LXXVI—1992
Compiled By Brian Battles, WS1O
QST Features Editor
How to Use This Index
Items are listed according to the regular
column under which they appeared and/or
under any category (or categories) that
generally describes them. The name of
the author(s') appears in parentheses,
followed by a colon, then the page
number and issue. Examples: "How to
Build a Computer—Cheap? (Heil): Aug,
48” appears under Feature Articles—
General Interest and Computers;
“Control Your Transceiver by Voice
(Bergeron): Aug, 35," appears under
Feature Articles-Technical and Keying
and Control Circuits. Some items have
additional subject-description information
or the name of a. department in which it
appeared, in brackets after the title.
AMATEUR SATELLITES
Latest Proceedings Available? Nov, 75
Satellites in Public Service
Communications; Apr, 78
Webersat—Step by Step (Ford): Dec. 63
Amateur Satellite Communications—
Column (Loughmiller, Ward, Ford)
KITSAT-OSCAR 23 Reaches Orbit!
(Ford): Oct, 93
Packet Satellite for the '90s, A (Ward)'.
Apr, 87
Phase 3D: High-Performance on the
Horizon (Loughmiller): Mar, 87
Satellite on a String: SEDSAT-1 (Ford);
Nov, 113
ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISSION
LINES
Active Attenuator for Transmitter Hunting ,
An (Eenhoorn): Nov, 28
Build a Budget T.1 Choke Balun (Wilson)'.
Nov. 65
Build a Space-Efficient Dipole Antenna for
40, 80 and 160 Meters (Buxton): Jul, 35;
see also.Sep, 88
Connectors for 1-lnch, 72T2 CATV
Hardline (Benny): May, 89
Dipoles Above Real Earth (Michaels):
Nov, 67
Home-Brewing Large Antenna Coils
(Johns); Oct, 45
Impossible Dream Whip HF Mag Mount,
The (Karsin): Dec, 40
Limited Space Antennas (Lau): Dec, 85
Minimum-Hassle Coax-Cable Storage
(Lee): Aug, 60
More on Strengthening Yagi Elements
(Weber): Oct, 66
Notes on the Kenwood AT -250 Automatic
Antenna Tuner (Wes.com): Oct, 64
Notes on Wire-Antenna Construction
(Zavrel): Mar, 92
Product Review: AEA IsoLoop 10- to 30-
MHz Loop Antenna (Battles): Nov, 71
Product Review; Cushcraft 13B2 2-Meter
'“Boomer" Yagi Antenna (Lau); May, 59
Product Review: Cushcraft A50-6S 6-
Meter Beam (Wilson): Feb. 62
Product Review. Cushcraft R7 Multiband
Vertical Antenna (Wilson): Aug, 54
Product Review: M^ Enterprises 2M-CP22
and 436-CP30 Satellite Yagi Antennas
(Jansson): Nov, 69
Product Review: Maldol 28HS2HB
2-Element 10-Meter Beam (Jahnke):
Dec, 75
Product Review: Mosiey TA-53-M Multi-
band Yagi Antenna (Bauer): Nov. 72
Product Review: Telex Ну-Gain 155CA
15-MeterYagi (Sumner): Apr, 71
Pull-Chain Switch Changes Antenna
Directivity (Grimes): Jun, 64
Reluctant Steeplejack, A (Webster):
May, 77
Resistors Help Troubleshoot Antenna-
System Faults (Fattaele): Jun, 64
SWR and the Feed Line (Winter); Sep, 88
Trap Construction Information for Al
(W8NX) Buxton’S July 1992 Dipole
(Healy): Sep, 88
Trap Drainage Solves Rain-Related SWR
Rise (Caplan): Apr, 75
Try an Extended Double Zepp Antenna
(Baird): Feb, 75
Umbrenna, The: The Ultimate Portable
Groundplane Antenna for 2 Meters and
Up (Gaeta); Nov, 64
Why an Antenna Radiates (Macleish):
Nov, 59
Writing an Antenna Ordinance: A Model
Case (Hammond): Mar, 63
COMPUTERS
ABC; The First Electronic Digital
Computer? (Hale): Sep, 69
Big Hits at Dayton (Horzepa): Jul, 75
Family of Federal Standards for HF ALE
Radios, A (Adair, Bodson): May, 73
How to Locate Amateur Radio Software
(Bloom): Apr, 59
Inexpensive Computer Radio Interface,
An (Kalata): Mar, 86 (see Sep '91 and
Dec “91)
Kansas City Keyer Control (Gecewicz):
Mar, 88
Logger and Dupe-Checker Programs for
the HP48SX (Osburn): Dec, 83
How to Build a Computer—Cheap? (Heil):
Aug, 48
RS-232-C Serial Interface for the Yaesu
FT-747GX/Heath SB-1400 Transceiver,
An (Stone): Jan, 91
RTTY Roundup: A Little Fun for Every-
Baudy (Blegen): Jan, 30
Silencing of the LANs, The (Horzepa):
Jan, 89
CONTESTS AND OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
Contest Announcements/Rules
59th ARRL November Sweepstakes
Announcement: Oct, 121
Announcing the Seventh ARRL 10-GHz
Cumulative Contest .Jun ,78
ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque
Program: May, 127
ARRL November Sweepstakes Plaque
Program: Oct, 123
Clih Competition Rules and Contest.
Disqualification Criteria'.Jan ,108
Field Day Rules: May, 124
Rules. 1992 ARRL UHF Contest: Jul, 97
Rules, 1992 Novice Roundup: Jan, 109
Rules, 1992 School Club Roundup:
Jan, 108
Rjbs, 1993 ARRL ih ferna lb nal DX
Contest: Dec, 126
Rules, 46th January VHF Sweepstakes:
Dec, 124
Rules, 5th ARRL RTTY Roundup;
Dec. 125
Rules. 7th IARU HF World Championship;
Apr, 98
Rules, ARRL 160-Meter Contest; Nov, 132
Rules, ARRL 10-Meter Contest: Nov, 129
Rules, ARRL International EME
Competition: Sep. 124
Rules, September VHF QSO Party: Aug, 90
Contest Results
1992 School Club Roundup Results
(Malchick): Sep, 122
Field Day 1992 (Lunt & Stankiewicz):
Nov, 118
Results, 1991 ARRL 10-Meter Contest
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): Jul, 89
Results, 1991 ARRL 160-Meter Contest
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): Apr, 95
Results, 1991 ARRL EME Competition
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): May, 121
Results, 1991 ARRL November
Sweepstakes (Lunt& Stankiewicz):
May, 110
Results, 1991 ARRL September VHF
QSO Party (Lunt 4 Stankiewicz):
Jan,103
Results. 1992 ARRL International DX
Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Oct, 104
Results, 1992 ARRL January VHF
Sweepstakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz'):
Jun, 88
Results, 1992 ARRL June VHF QSO
Party (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Dec, 118
Results, 1992 ARRL RTTY Roundup
(Blegen & Lunt): Aug, 85
Fbsuls, 1992 hivice Bun dp (Un t&
Stankiewicz): Jun, 94
Results, 6 th IARU HF World
Champ lonship (Lunt & Stankiewicz):
Feb, 104
Results, ARRL UHF Contest (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): Dec, 116
Results, Sixth ARRL 10-GHz Cumulat ive
Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Mar, 98
Straight Key Night 1991 (Lunt &
Stankiewicz):.Apr, 99
Contestlng/Operating
1992 “Handy Reference" Section: Jan, 57
6-Meter Band Plan. The: A Closer Look
(Wison):Jan,68
ARRL 1 ncorrimgQSL В ureauS yst em:
Jan, 58
ARRL International DX Contest Plaque
Program: Feb, 103
ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque
Program: May, 127
ARRL November Sweepstakes Plaque
Program.’Oct, 123
ARRL Outgoing QSL Bureau Service:
Jan, 59
DXCC Notes: May, 86
Club Competition Rules and Contest
Disqualification Criteria: Jan, 108
“Considerate Operator’s Frequency
Guide, The"; Jan, 61
Frequency Allocation Chart: Jan, 64
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions—1992: Jan, 62
Meet Me in the Novice Roundup! (Stern i;
Jan, 38
Л/CJ Turns 20, The (Cain): Jan, 65
Spectrum Management in the '90s and
Beyond—Part 3 (Wilson): Jan, 67 (see
Part 1 in Aug '91 and Part2 in Sep '91)
Time Conversion (table): Jan, 61
240
What's So Special About HF?
(Pescatore): Mar, 45
DX Century Club Awards—Column
(Search/Zimmerman):
Jan, 88; May, 86; Apr, 83; May, 86; Jul,
86; Aug, 63; Sep, 99; Oct, 98; Dec, 95
DXCC Annual List: Feb. 82
DXCC Honor Roll: Dec, 98
CORRESPONDENCE
35 mm QSLs (Poland): May, 101
A&A Gets an ,‘A" (Franklin): May, 101
Accidental Juxtaposition? (Jablin): Aug, 68
AM—A Friendly NostdgicM cd e(BI aiz0 :
Dec, 87
AM is Alive (Martin): Mar, 65
Amateur Radio: Buy American (Cooper);
Sep, 109
AMTORisOkay (Roy); Sep, 110
And Now, the Rest of the Story... (Lynch):
Nov, 102
Appreciation Appreciated (Larson):
May, 100
April Foolishness (Barker, Stewart):
Jun, 70
April Fool’s Backlash (Burlingame);
Aug, 69
Article Comes Under Fire (Hoffman):
May, 100
ATV Ingenuity (Rosenthal): Sep, 110
Bioeffects Overkill (Derbacher): Aug, 69
Business is No Place to Relax
(Buffington): Oct, 88
Buy American? Let the Fax Decide
(George): Nov, 102
Call for Ragchewers, A (Christiansen):
Jul, 68
Can’t We All Get Along? (Johnson):
Aug, 68
Car Trouble (Harman): Feb, 80
Change the Exchange (h/brs fa I) Mar, 66
Clean Up Your Act! (Patashnick): Oct, 88
Clearing the Air (Juge): Jan, 87
Cooperation 'isth eKey(Edrerl): Jun, 70
"Cops" Gets Mixed Reviews (Boyd,
Collins, Baer, Chernin): Dec, 67
Courtesy Expressed (Ward): Aug, 68
Digitally Speaking (Hausen): Feb, 80
DingD oncj. RFI C dl ing/Th'immesb) :
Sep, 109
DXCC Honors (Beatty); Feb, 80
DXCC Meaningless? (Burr): Jan, 87
Eidson Puts a Bug in His Ear (Brewer):
Mar, 66
Every Letter Counts (Estes): Jan, 87
Farewell, Old Friend (Premena): Sep, 110
Field Day: A Wedge of Discord?
(Froehling): Sep, 109
Field Day Incentive (l-tetchsr) Sbp, 109
"Friendly-Tech” Articles are Just Right
(Anthony): Jul, 68
From Russia With...Chain Letters?
(Delagnas): Aug, 68
Get a Life! (Anderson): Oct, 88
Great Seeing You, Ben! (Riley): Sep, 109
Ham Heritage (Weite); Jan ,87
Ham Heroes (Lynch): Mar, 66
Ham on a High Dark Roof (Riehl); Feb, 80
Ham PoliceBrutd'iy(Norns):Sep, 109
Ham Store Update (So ter): Step, 110
Hams Halt Van Thieves: Mar, 65
Happy Customer (Schwabenland);
Mar, 66
Helping Kids Play in Traffic (Mills)'Jun ,70
HF Packet Bytes... (Adkinson, Carver.
Moore, Hauskins, Keck, Wight,
Mackey): Nov, 102
Impersonal QSL Caids (Badey): Aug, 69
Indoor Antenna: RF Hazard? (Shulman):
Jun, 70
Il's Just Good Publicity (McCaffrey):
Sep, 110
Keep the WARC Bands Net-Free
(Gundry)-. Jun, 70
Key Unlocks Door for Disabled (Tice):
Mar, 65
Kudosfor E rtry Level Art'ides(C ocfc);
Aug, 69
Lacks in the Stacks (Matthews); Jun, 70
League of its Word, A (Filho): Dec, 88
Life After Heathkit... (Mason, Milburn):
Dec, 88
L’i el mitates “Wally and Mike" (Harriman):
Nov, 101
Long Live the King (Thomas): Jun. 70
Mobile Misery (Campbell); Mar, 66
Mobile Solution: Shop Carefully (Eicher,
Atkins): May, 100
Morse Code: Send it or Lose It (Atkins);
Dec, 87
Morse Code: The Second Time Around
(Jones): Sep, 109
Morse Code’.The Universal Language
(Evans): Nov, 101
Nevada Prestige (Peterson)' Aug 68
Nice Guys Don’t Always Finish Last
(Wageman): Aug, 68
No Credt for Imaginative Prefixes?
(Robinson)-. Oct ,88
Novice Enhancement II—Nay........and Yea
(Newell, Blank, Carpenter, Barnett,
Reed, Levasseur): May, 101
Now Hear This’ .(Brown)’ Oct ,88
Now He's Talking! (Conway): Mar, 66
Opposing Viewpoint (Bolin): May, 101
Pacemaker Wearer Doesn’t Miss a Beat
(Srvo)‘. Feb, 80
Packet Encroachment (Keen); Aug, 68
"Practical" Modems for Hams (Farkas);
Dec, 88
Praise for a “Super" Regen... (Pilz,
Jacobs, Wetzel): Nov, 101
Praise for the FCC (McCann): Mar, 65
Print Your County on Your QSL (Hansen):
Aug, 68
Profiler Feedback (Cassidy Eckert)'
Jul, 68
QS T Authors Go Extra Mile (Tracy):
Feb, 80
RFI Isn’t Always Bad (Hocking)' Sep 109
RST: Past its Prime? (Grob); Dec, 87
Shorten Your CQs (Johnson): Mar, 65
Shuttle Shenanigans (Mackee); Aug, 69
Simplex isn't so Simple (Moul): Nov, 101
Six Meters: Plan Needed (Репс): Jul, 68
Spectrally Stunning (Cohen); Aug, 69
Teacher Earns High Marks {Franzino):
May, 100
Those Insurance Blues (Thall)’.Oct 88
Three Cheers for Atanasoff (Starosta):
Dec, 87
Turn Down the Volume (Simpson): Dec, 88
Update Your License Address (Kurth)’.
Jan, 87
VHF and Up’ .It's About Time’ .(Jansson)-,
Jul, 68
Voodoo Economics (Plotnick); Dec, 87
Wally and Mike, Colorado Style (Falcone):
Dec, 88
Warm Heart in Alaska A (Sussman)’.
May, 100
What’s Wrong with QSLing? (Waits):
Nov ,101
Youngsters Hear You (Scott)’ Jug 70
ZA: Expedition or Exploitation? (Aymon):
Mar, 65
FEATURE ARTICLES
General Interest
160 Meters: You Can Go Home Again
(Davis): Nov, 91
40 Days of GB5QM/MM The (Lee)’
Dec, 29
ABC: The First Electronic Digital
Computer? (Hale): Sep, 69
Amateur Auxiliary The1 Myth Versus
Reality (Palm); Dec, 55
AMTORih tte Classroom (Hammer):
Nov, 89
Annual Report to the Members of the
American Radio Relay League for the
Year 1991: May, 65
Are Hams Being Priced Out of the
Market? (Scipione)'.Oct ,76
Atop St Elena Island (Reinert): Apr, 57
Board Elects New President (Palm)'.
Mar, 53
Case of the Clockwork Noise, The
(Elliott): Jun, 51
Chirps (Chopin): Mar, 49
Committee Studies ARRL VHF Band
Planning (Craigie); Jul, 43
Desert Wheels (Griffith): Oct, 79
Dream Flight Wausau (Prehn): Oct, 20
Equipment Donations as Tax Deductions
(Friedman): Nov, 79
Excellence in Recruiting (White)-.Apr ,58
Family of Federal Standards for HF ALE
Radios, A (Adair, Bodson): May, 73
Father’s Day With a Fourth of July Bang
(C aS’II ф :J ii ,39
FCC Proposes to Relax Rules on
Permissible Amateur Communications'.
Sep, 62
Final Days of Ham Spark.The (Hyder)-.
Mar, 29
Finest in Amateur Radio Education, The
(Simpson): Jan, 43
First Worked All Continents Award ,The
(Brown): Oct, 38
For Information, Dial 713-488-4HAM! (Heil
and Hawley); Sep, 73
Future of Ham Radio, The (Mastroianni):
Oct 70
Ham Adventure in the North [Greenland]
(Alford): Feb, 57
Ham Cop (Kolinsky): Oct, 73
Ham Heaven [Vanuatu] (Tinley)-. Jan, 51
Hams Put to Test in Huge Oakland Fire
(Girard): Feb, 23
HANDI-HAMS Mark 25 Years of Helping
Others (Hennessee): Noy Г6
Hang-Gliding Hams (Williams)- Jun ,19
Heil, James D., KB5AWM, Wins the
McGan Public Relations Award
(Mansfield): Sep, 58
How to Build a Computer -Cheap9.(Heil)-.
Aug, 48
IARU Albania Project, The (Mills): Jan, 17
In Andrew’s Wake (Kandel): Dec, 20
Inside Job at the 5 9 Club Repeater An
(Smith): May, 63
Introduction to Gray Ln d>X‘ mgA n
(Russell)- Nov 60
ITHE: Alive and Well in New Zealand
(Mayhew); Jun, 21
JOTA ’92 (Simpson): Sep, 61
Junk Box The (Daso)- Nov 94
Landline BBSrng (Battles): Aug, 45
Last Heathkit, The (White); Oct, 74
L f i e on 44 egacycle (Kleinschmidt);
Apt; 25
Man the Word Processors’.(Williams)-.
Jul, 44
December 1992 241
Me? Teach a License Class? Sure, it's
Fun! (Bowles): Dec, 67
Meet Me in the Novice Roundup! (Stern):
Jan, 3B
Mmi-DXpedition to Enderby Island, A
(Hoover): Mar, 38
Morse Coder A Place in the Mind (Ross):
Mar, 51
Mysterious 6-Meter Band, The (Neubeck):
Dec. 59
NCJ Turns 20, The (Cain): Jan, 65
Not Really Alone (Coulter): May, 23
OSCAR-13: Portable from the High Sierra
(Hobson): May, 20
Passing the Rapids of the Katun River.
The White-Water Adventures of R9Z
(Shepelin): Sep, 26
PRB-1: Seven Years Down the Road
(Imlay): Oct, 35
QSL Via the Statehouse (Moseson):
Apr, 19
QST Profile? Who's Harry Helms?
(Halprin): Apr, 50
Quick Trip to the Top, A (Babcock):
Oct, 71
Radio-Control Primer, A (Wilson): Feb, 18
Rebirth of W3TKQ, The (Kovalchek)’.
Jul, 47
Reluctant Steeplejack, A (Webster)’.
May, 77
Rocky Mountain Aerial Foxhunt (Wyatt):
Jun, 46
RTTY Roundup: A Little Fun for Every-
Baudy (Blegen): Jan, 30
SAREX is on the Launch Pad! (White);
Mar, 76
SAREX: Talk to the Crew of Atlantis
During 1992’s International Space Year
(White): Feb, 46
SET: A Chance to Prove our Readiness
(Ewald): Sep, 90
Shuttle Mission STS-45: SAREX QSOs
and Solar Studies (White)’. Aug ,29
Simulated Emergencies Test the System
(Ewald) :N ov,50
Smile—You’re on Ham Radio! (Battles
and Ford); Oct, 42
St Charles County ARES/RACES Mobile
Communications (Schuchardt)’. Nov, 26
Unattended HF Opeiation Tops Board
Agenda (Palm); Sep, 91
Voice of America Amateurs Mark 50th
Anniversary (Cain): Feb, 70
VP8SSI: A expedition to “The Most Awful
Place in the World" (Hernandez):
Nov, 21
W3USS; The Amateur Radio Voice of the
L1S Senate (Halprin): Nov, 83
Wally and Mike: Happy Holidays
(Kearman): Dec, 70
Wally and Mike’- Mildred’s Exam
(Kearman): Nov, 86
Wally and Mike: Ths Flood (Kearman)’.
Sep, 40
Wally and Mike: The Footrace (Kearman):
Aug, 33
Wally and Mike: The Podunk Repeater
Club (Kearman): Jul, 41
WARC-92 Declines to Designate Interim
Frequency for Wind Profilers (Sumner)’.
Apr, 23
WARC-92: Inside the US Delegation
(Rinaldo): May, 9
WARC-92 Finds Room for New Radio
Services (Sumner): May, 25
What's New at Dayton? (Battles): Jun 31
When You Turn on the News and it Turns
on You! (Mansfield): May, 63
Wind Profiler Frequencies (Barth); Apr, 22
242 □№-
Wind Profilers: Applications and
Characteristics (Law): Jun, 48
Wind Profilers at 449 MHz (Palm): Mar, 20
World Apart, A (Raub): Sep, 66
Would a League by Any Other Name
Work the Same? (Sumner): Nov, 77
Technical
12-V, 15-A Power Supply, A (Oscarson):
Nov, 36
20-Meter VXO-Controlled Transmitter, A
(Lau): Apr, 35
40-Meter Regenerative Receiver You Can
Build, A (Newkirk): Sep, 35
Active Attenuator for Transmitter Hunting ,
An (Eenhoorn): Nov, 28
Active Audio CW Filter You Can Buiid, An
(Ulbing): Oct, 27
AMTOR-Speak Dictionary, The: Jun, 40
Audio-Noise-Based Voting Circuit, An
(Kolber): Oct, 24
Basic Steps Toward Suppressing Power-
Supply Surges (Tighe): Jul, 25
Build a Space-Efficient Dipole Antenna for
40, 80 and 160 Meters (Buxton): Jul, 35
Build it Yourself from QST—Part 1 (Hale);
Apr, 31
Build it Yourself from QST— Part 2 (Hale):
May ,35
Build it Yourself from QST—Part 3 (Hale):
Jun ,42
Build it Yourself from QST—Part 4 (Hale);
Jul, 31
Calibrating the Signal Generator in the
Sky (Shuch and Wilson): Nov, 42
Choosing a Digital Frequency Counter
(Bergeron)’. Dec ,42
Control Your Transceiver by Voice
(Bergeron); Aug, 35
CW68HC05 Keyboard/Keyer, The
(Oscarson): Jul, 19
CW Cbmpetftbn: JUn, 45
Do You Know Where Your CW Signal Is?
(Henderson): Mar, 40
Double Duty for Your Transceiver’s Power
Supply (Bergeron): Oct, 50
Dual-Radio Speaker, A (Ramhorst and
Cady): Nov, 56
Easy Computer Control and Bandwidth
Switching with Kenwood Transceivers
(Baranski): Jun, 23
Eleven Years of Sporadic E (Pocock ,
Dyer): Mar, 23
Experimental Solid-State Kilowatt Linear
Amplifier for 2 to 54 MHz, An
(Paladino): Sep, 19
FET Charge Controller, The (Bryce):
Jan, 45
Ffe Id- Streng th Me ter with Deci to I Dsp by,
A (Fowler): Jan, 33
Five-Band Two-Element Quad for 20
through 10 Meters, A (Stein): Apr, 52
Flawless VOX Operation with the Smooth
Voice Controller (Cowanj: Apr, 37
Fold-Over Mobile Mount, The (Dickinson):
Mar, 43
Getting Started in Digital Communica-
tions—Part 1 (Ford); Mar, 33
Getting Started in Digits I Communica-
tions—Part 2 (Ford)’ Apr 44
Getting Started in Digital Communica-
tions— Pari 3 (Ford): May, 41
Getting Started in Digital Communica-
tions—Part 4—AMTOR.„and Beyond
(Henry): Jun, 34
Getting Started on the Microwave Bands
(Campbell): Feb, 35
Getting the Most out of Nickel-Cadmium
Batteries (Stuart): Feb, 40
Going Mobile—Part 2 (Ford): Jan. 53 (see
Part 1 in Dec '91)
High-Performance Direct-Conversion
Receivers (Campbell): Aug. 19
Home-Brewing Large Antenna Coils
(Johns): Oct, 45
Impossible Dream Whip HF Mag Mount,
The (Karsin): Dec, 40
Inexpensive, Easy-to-Build ESQ Probe,
An (Bergeron): May, 31
Inexpensive, Expanded-Range Analog
Voltmeter, An (Grebenkemper): Dec, 52
IROESK—An Infrared Optoelectronic
Straight Key (Cebi ’k): Feb, 30
I emonized QSO (Cu Iter, Hayward): Mar, 18
Line Noise “Sniffer" That Works, A
(Leavitt); Sep, 52
Low-Cost'D’ig’ial Signal Processing for the
Radio Amateur (Hershberger): Sep, 43
Low-Cost PC Interface tor ICOM Radios,
A (Thompson): Jul, 37
Measuring SSB/CW Receiver Sensitivity
(Sabin): Oct, 30
No-Tune Transverter for the 2304-MHz
Band, A (Davey): Dec, 33
Noise Bridge, The (Althousei: Sep, 75
Off the Grid and on the Sun (Bryce):
Dec, 45
Perseids Meteor Storm, The (pocock):
Jul, 29
Phased Driven Arrays for ths Low Bands
(Christman); May, 49
Piumbei's Deficit Dipdefor2 Meters,A
(Thompson): Aug, 43
Portable Antenna Support, A (Fishman
and Buus): May, 78
Propagation Predictions for HF—A New
Look (Hall) Feb, 48
Receiver Spectral Display Using DSP, A
(de Carle): Jan, 23
Recent Advances in Shortwave Fteceiver
Design (Rohde): Nov, 45
Remote Control Using Your H-T (Caruso);
Nov, 31
PTTY Speak Glossary .An’.May ,46
Selecting and Using Digital Frequency
Counters (Bergeron): Dec, 42
Simple Au do h fe See dr the ICOM IC-
2AT and Realistic HTX-202, A (Latta):
Sep, 56
Soldering Basics ( TA A): Mty, 36
"Ugly Weekender” II, The: Adding a Junk-
Box Receiver (Hayward): Jun, 27
Webersat—Step by Step (Ford); Dec, 63
What's a Mixer? (Kazdan): Aug, 39
Why an Antenna Radiates (Macielsh):
Nov, 59
Working the Easy Sats (Ford): Sep, 30
FEEDBACK (to 1992 and pre-1992
articles)
AEA VSB-70 Amateur Television
Transceiver’ Jun 76 (see Product
Review, May ’92)
AM is Alive (Martin): May, 130 (see
Corres pondence: Mar. ’92)
Central States VHF Society, The: A
Happy 25th Birthday (Kleinschmidt):
Jkn, 94 fcee lie ’91)
Connectors for 1-lnch, 72Q CATV Hardline
(Newkirk): Oct. 64 (see May ’92)
Corrections to Accurate Single -Layer
Solenoid Inductance Calculations
(Meyer): Jul, 73 (see Technical
Correspondence, Apr ’92)
Cushcraft 13B2 2-Meter Yagi Antenna:
Jun, 76 (see Product Review, May ’92)
Drake R8 Shortwave Receiver, The
(Kearman): May, 62 (see Mar '92)
FET Charge Controller (Bryce): Mar, 86:
May, 96 (see Jan '92)
Finest in Amateur Radio Education, The:
Mar, 86 (see Jan ’92)
Flawless Vox Operation with the Smooth
Voice Controller (Cowan): Jul 28 (see
Apr '92)
Getting Started in Digital
Communications—Part 4 (Ford): Oct,
66 (see Jun '92)
Getting Started on the Microwave Bands:
Jul, 28 (see Feb '92)
Inexpensive Computer Radio Interface,
An (Kalata) :M ar,86 ( seeS ep’91 ad
Dec’91)
MARS Addresses (Trachtenberg): Jan, 82
(see Dec '91 Public Service column)
LOGIC II and LOG'ic JrLogcjingS dt ware:
Jun, 76 (see New Products, May ’92)
Perseids Meteor Shower (Pocock): Sep,
89 (see Jul '92)
QRP Three-Bander,The (Lau)r. Jan,55
(see Oct ’89)
Remote Control Using Your H-T (Caruso):
Dec, 84 (see Nov ’92)
Single-Board, No-Tune 902-MHz
Transverter, A (Campbell)’. Feb ,39
(see Jul ’91)
SWR Doesn't Vary Along a Feed Line
(Maxwell): Jan, 55 (see Tech
Correspondence, Nov ’91)
What Does Code Get You (Pe scat ore):
May 130 (see Mar ’92)
What Your Frequency Display Really Tells
You (Newkirk): Jun, 64 (see Aug ’91)
Voice of America Amateurs Mark 50th An-
niversary (Cain): Apr, 77 (see Feb ’92)
Yaesu FT-650 (Healy): Jan, 82 (see
Product Review, Oct ’91)
FM/RPT—Column (Battles)
2 Meters from 12,000 Feet (Long):
May, 105
Colorado 14ег Radio Event, The (Witte):
Aug, 76
Flight of Repeat ?, The (Mayenschein):
Apr, 90
Frequency Agile Crossband Repeating and
Remote Control (Macionski): Sep, 113
Ham Foxhunters Find Sheriff's “Rabbit"
(Haley): May, 105
Hiker’s Story, A (Walker): Aug, 76
Listening on the Input II (Sfvo, Sparrow):
Jan, 92
Listening on the Input III (Witte, Katona):
Feb, 96
Listening on the Input IV (Stern, Jaeger,
Rogers, Spencer): Mar, 89
It's LiTZ!: Oct, 82
Making 911 More Effective (Green):
Jul, 81
Repeater Courtesy: Jun, 76
Reporting Emergencies via Repeater
Autopatch: Jul, 81
Spur! (Dease): Dec, 109
Teacher's Helper (Martino): May, 105
Toward Adopting a Standard: Jan, 92
ZERO: An Alerting Device for Repeater
Users (Newland); Nov, 108
HAPPENINGS—News (Cain)
AEA Presents Trophy: Dec, 90
Amateur Instrumental in Sea Rescue,
Credits QSTfor Shipboard Radio Post:
Sep, 100
Amateurs Concerned About RF
Lightbulbs’ Design: Nov, 49
Amateurs Connect with Latest Space
Shuttle: Nov, 97
Amateur Transmitter Hunters Help Nab
Thieves (Downey): Apr, 65
ARRL Atlantic Division Makes Annual
Awards: Aug, 50
ARRL Board to Consider Digital
Committee Ideas: Dec, 90
ARRL Digital Committee Reconsiders
Position on HF Automatic Forwarding:
Nov, 96
ARRL President Noted in United States
Senate; May, 82
Associate Technical Editor Jerry Hall,
K1TD, Retires: Dec, 91
A stronaut Comms: Jun, 57
Best, R. O., W5QKF, SK: May, 84
California Appeals Court Rules In Favor ot
Satellite Dish Antenna: Nov, 98
C anadian Amateurs Vote on
Organizations' Merger: Sep, 101
Canadian Groups Continue to Work
Toward Merger; Dec, 91
C anad ian H ams to Merge; Oct, 84
Commercia I Stations Fined for Broadcasts
of "Indecency"’.Dec ,92
Commission Drops Fine in Alleged CSCE
Change: Nov, 98
Com miss'o nM oves, Consolidates private
' Radio Bureau Functions: Dec ,93
Commission Opens Door to “Smart
House" Development: Aug, 50
Commission Reaffirms Position on RFI:
Feb.77
Committee Sets Timetable for HF Packet
Deliberations: Oct, 83
Congress Adjourns with No Action'on
Bills: Dec, 89
Controversial Caribbean Ham Sentenced
in Fraud Case: Oct, 84
Corrections (see Feb ’91): Mar, 64
C udi craft F ounder Dies [Lester Cushman,
W1BX]; Feb, 77
Dayton Amateurs Cited in Highway
Rescue: Nov, 97
Deed Restrictions Doom Texas Amateur's
Tower; Jul, 63
Digital Band Plan Hammered Out; 40
Meters Only Stumbling Block: Nov, 96
Documenting Changes in Russian Ham
Life (Howe): Dec, 92
Early Christmas in Lab: Nov, 98
Earthquake Clarified: Jun, 59
Fall From Tower Claims Life of a Young
Amateur [Bill Carter, KM5R]: Feb, 79
FCC Commends Amateurs in Sea
Rescues; Net Credited with Saving
Lives; Jul, 61
FCC Fines Tennessee Amateur for 20-
Meter'Indecency"; Nov, 99
FCC Plan Would Ease Public Service
Rules; Aug, 49
FCC Sticks to Position on Increased
Fines: Jul, 62
Federal Judge Denies New Ham Ticket to
Ex-Ham with History ot Radio Violations
Five Get FCC Notices for Alleged
Violations: Nov, 99
Foundation for Amateur Radio Offers
Annual Scholarships; Apr, 64
Former Division Director L. Phil Wicker,
W4ACY, Silent Key at Age 83: Mar, 63
Former Missouri SM Ben Smith, K0PCK,
SK’ May 84
Former SCM, Vice Director T. Hunter
Wood, W4ANK, SK: May, 84
Foundation Picks Students for 1992
Scholarships'.Od ,83
Freeman, Otis, W2VSC, Dies’ Called
Television Pioneer: Dec, 91
Government Inquiry Will Ponder Spectrum
Needs: Aug, 51
Hallicrafters Founder Dies at Age 93
[William Halligan, W9AC]’. Sep, 104
Ham Faces $15,000 Fine as FCC Turns
Up Heat: Aug, 51
Ham Faces Loss of License: Oct, 83
Ham Faces Loss of License tor Not
Responding to FCC Letter: Dec, 91
Ham Radio: It's the Law (Oppedahl):
Aug, 52
Hams Tell Story of Finding Jammer’ ,QRM
Elim' mated, $15,000 Fine Results’
Sep, 102
Healers Hea 'T d e d H eroicH ams:
Jup 60
Heath Company Officially Announces
Demise of Kits: Jul, 61
Heavy Fines Levied Against Several
Amateurs’ Jun 57
IARU President Named Dayton Amateur
of the Year [Dick Baldwin, W1RU): .
May, 80
Interactive TV Interests G’feAII ocS ron a
218-219 MHz’ May, 81
Interference Comments Sought: Jan, 76
ITU Secretary-General Sets Tone of
Conferen cefWARC 92] :A pr,62
K4DNJ SK’ Ran Radio School [Carl
Peters): Feb, 79
Kuwait Honors Amateurs for Role During
Occupation; May, 82
Last Voice Documentary Honored By
Press Club: Jun, 59
Leads Sought in Bogus SOS: Feb, 77
League Advisory Committee Members;
May, 85
League Calls Licensing Scheme Flawed,
Suggests Alternatives for Foreigners:
Dec, 89
League Continues Search for Solutions to
Loss of Amateur Spectrum at 220 MH z:
Apr, 62
League Rec eives Gift of Circuit-Design
Software: Oct 83
League Volunteers Unite to Get Scanner
Law Changed; Mar, 63
Letters Support Return of Special Call
Requests; Sep, 102
Long-distance Biker Visits HQ; Nov, 98
Long-Term QST Columnist Retires
[Tynan] Nov, 100
Man Seeks Reinstatement oi Revoked
Ham License: Sep, 101
Marks .’’Un d eD ave," W2APF ,SK at88;
Founded Operation Goodwill: Apr, 64
McClenon, Don, N4IN, SK; Director of CO
160 Contest; May, 84
Members Reelect Seven L eague
Directors; Four New Vice Directors
Take Office January 1: Jan, 73
Moran, Father Marshall, 9N1MM, Dead at
85.Jun,58
Mr Rinaldo Goes to Washington: Aug ,50
New "Business Communications" Rule
Proposed: Mar, 62
New Gear for Maxim Station’. Dec,, 93
New Handout Helps Explain Radio-
Frequency Interference: Jul, 62
New Yorker Profiles N2KS, The [Kenny
Schaffer]: Feb, 79
Nominees Sought for ARRL Eba rdo f
Directors: Jul ,65’ ,Aug ,53
Ohio Hams Brave the Elements io Oper-
ate from VOA Site (McKay): May, 83
Parts Store Employee Honored for Saving
Customer'^ Life1 Jut 61
Proposal Would Streamline Novice
Examinations: Apr, 63
December 1992 243
Proposed FCC “Business Rule" Changes
Enter Comment Phase: Apr, 65
Public Service Monument' Feb, 78
Repeat Nominating Solicitation: Apr, 65
RSGB Hosts Exhibit at Dayton
HamVention: Jun, 59
Russian Hams Rush to Regroup-, Many
Club Stations Shut Down: Oct, 85
Section Election Notice: Jan, 76; Feb, 79;
Apr, 65; May, 84; Jul, 64; Aug, 51:
Oct, 86
Section Election Results: Jan, 76; Apr, 65
Section Managers Chosen: Oct 86
Section Managers Elected in Indiana and
Maine; Jul, 63
Sponsor Reaffirms Backing for Amateur
Radio Bills:.Jul, 63
Support Still Needed for Spectrum
Protection Bills: Oct, 83
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal of
Indecency Ruling: May,81
Television Expose Puts Seattle Hams on
Alert: Feb, 78
Three League Petitions Seek Relefon
222-MHz Band: Jan, 73
Three Operators Socked with Major Fines
for Interference, Exam Irregularities,
Unlicensed Operation: Sep, 100
To Track a Jammer (Vaughn): Sep, 103
Two Volunteer Examiners Strike Plea-
Bargain with Commission: Dec, 90
U2MIR Visits US: Jan, 75
US to Seek DAB Allocation: Jan, 76
WARC-92 Adopts No Change in 40-Meter
Band; Calls For Future Conference to
Consider Realignment: Apr, 61
Westt/rnk Honoree [Fischer]: Jun, 59
Writer and Editor Andy Anderson, K0NL,
SK at 82! Jul, 62
Writer Robert Hertzberg, K4JBI, SK’
Sep, 102.
Writing an Antenna Ordinance1.A Model
Case (Hammond): Mar, 63
HINTS AND KINKS—Column (Newkirk)
Beating Static Crashes (Lau): Jun, 64
Black Conductive Component-Protection
Foam Damages Parts (Mitchell); Feb, 75
Build a Budget 1:1 Choke Balun (Wilson):
Nov, 66
Computerized CW Terminal Checks
Sending Errors (Richardson): Mar, 85
Connectors for 1-lnch, 72-Q CATV
Hardline (Benny): May, 89
Cure for “Wrong VFOI" A (Levin); Oct, 64
Curing Erratic Antenna-Relay Operation in
the TS-830S(Ruplenasi: May, 90
Curing Instability in the TS-830S (Stahl)-,
May, 89
Curing Oscillation in the MSA-0885 MMIC
Amplifier (Akimov): Aug, 60
Curing RFI in the ICOM IC-SM6 Desk
Mike (DeMaw): Jul, 66
Current-Sensing Transmit Indicator,A
(Hoyt): Nov, 66
Debouncer for Semiautomatic Speed
Keys, A (Cuthbert): Sep, 87
Don't Lose the Little Bits (Jablini: Jb I 67
Eliminating AM-Broadcast Interference on
160 Meters (Lau): Apr, 75
Finding Your Frequency in Keyboard
Modes (Koppl): Jun, 63
Fishing Rod Casts Antenna Lead Over
Tree (Glunt): Jun, 64
Glass Dielectric Increases Variable-
Capacitor Capacitance (Lovell): Apr, 74
Go Ape on Four HF Bands with One 20-
Foot Antenna—Indoors (Norris): Oct, 63
Interfacing the AlincoALX 2T C^Meter
244 USb-
Transceiver with a Packet TNC (Holt):
Jan, 89
Light Bulb Converts Power Supply into a
Battery Charger (Covington): Mar, 85
Load-Tracking L Network, A (Michaels):
Apr, 74
Long Tone Zero for the ACC RC-85 Re-
peater Controller (Herrmann): Dec, 82
Measure of a Man, The (Brash): Nov, 66
Measure RF Power with a Lamp and
Photocell (Klaus): May, 90
Minimum-Hassle Coax-Cable Storage
(Lee): Aug, 60
Modifying the CMOS Super Keyer II
(O’kane): Sep, 86
More on Building A-Frame Masts
(Rogers): Dec, 81
More on Curing RFI in the Quality Desk
Mike (Hoskinson): Jul, 66
More on Why Solid- Sate Rgs ft dice
Their Output Power with Rising SWR
(Lau): Oct, 63
Multifilar-Coil Winding Tip (Jablin): Jan, 89
Notes on the Kenwood AT-250 Automatic
Antenna Tuner (Wescom): Oct, 64
Notes on Wire-Antenna Construction
(Zavrel): Mar, 92
Oscillating TV PreampsC auseTVI
(Millar): Mar, 86
Protect Your Tower Crank-Up Motor from
Moisture (McCaffrey): Apr, 75
Pull-Chain Switch Changes Antenna
Directivity (Grimes): Jun, 64
Putting the Heath SB-1000 Amplifier on
10 Meters (Klein): Dec, 81
Quick Fixes (Freeston, Grider, Bryant,
Crandall): Jan, 91
Resistors Help Troubleshoot Antenna-
System Faults (Raffaele): Jun, 64
Restoring TS-830S Receiver Sensitivity
(Czuhajewski): May, 89
RS-232-C Serial Interface for the Yaesu
FT-747GX/Heaih SB-1400 Transceiver,
An (Stone): Jan, 91
Slower Receiver Recovery Time Improves
Ten-Tec Argosy QSK (Garrett): Jan, 89
Small Mobile-Rig Mount, A (Denike);
Feb,76
Sorting Ferrite Materials by Resistance
(Lau): Mar, 86
Spinner Knob for the Yaesu FT-747GX/
Heath SB-1400 Transceiver, A (Potter):
Apr, 75
Stopping Unwanted AFSK Output in the
PK-232 (Syler): Nov, 66
Stubs Clear Third-Harmonic TVI (Labaj):
Jan, 90
Tape Heater Softens Stiffened Coaxial
Cable (Mollentine): Oct, 63
Tone Injector for CW Zero-Beating, A
(McCaffrey): Aug, 59
Trap Drainage Solves Rain-Related SWR
Rise (Caplan): Apr, 75
T ry anE tfeitl ed D auble Zepp Antenna
(Baird); Feb, 75
Tune-Up “Ditting" Eases Strain on Finals
(Stavenhagen): Sep, 87
Two Keying hterfac esforthe Kenwood
TS-830S Transc eiver (Japha): Jan, 90
Umbrenna, The: The Ultimate Portable
Groundplane Antenna for 2 Meters and
Up (Gaeta): Nov, 64
Use a Stick-On Electronic Calendar (Ray):
Jun, 64
Use Your Existing Car Sound System for
Better Mobile/Hand-Held Audio
(Brown): Feb, 75
lie Yiur Tansceiver as а Щ5 M er
(Beers)’ Jan 89
Use Plastic Bag Closures as Wire ID Tags
(Meyer): Dec, 82
Using the Yaesu FT-411 on Packet Radio
(Jeffery): Apr, 75
Zero-Beater, The (Boswell): Jul, 67
HOW’S DX?—Column (White)
Andrew: Nov, 103
CE3AG, SK [Luis Desmaras]: Feb, 81
Common Sense: Nov, 103
DX Contests and the New DXer: Feb 81
DXAC Actions: Jun, 81
DXAC Status Report Mar. 77
DXpedition Reply (Rowe): Jun, 81
Fast Runner on the DXTrack kbv, 103
International Reply Coupon, The: Jun, 81
Islands on the Air Apr, 81
JA1ACB Makes Mixed Honor Roll—on
RTTY! (Caln): Aug, 61
Warm' l-fcm toree DX Program1 Jag 85
New ARRL DXCC Countries List. Jan, 85
North America....Stand By! (Altig): May, 97
PacketCbsters (Denton); Feb 61
Pileup Management’. Jan ,85
Spratlys, The: Dec, 101
Sun Clock: Oct, 89
Other Side, The (Neill): Sep, 107
Vist wth S omeR ussianHams, A
( Rita к’) Шу, 98
VP8SS1 Operator Notebook: Jul, 82
VP8SSI Update: Oct, 89
YU: Oct, 89
Zone 2 Diploma: Dec, 101
IARU NEWS—Column (Baldwin)
19th Southeast Asia Net Convention, The
(Huatl: Aug, 75
Amateur Radio Administration Course:
Aug, 75
Amateur Radio at TELECOM '91 in
Geneva: Jun, 77
Amateur Radio Call Signs: Jul, 85
Can I Join the IARU?; Jan, 99
Jottings From Here, There and
Everywhere; Feb, 99
INFORMATION
1992 "Handy Reference" Section: Jan, 57
1992 "Handy Reference” Section
Addendum (Farley): Apr, 93
6-Meter Band Plan, The: A Closer Look
(Wilson): Jan, 68
AMTOR-Speak Dictionary, The: Jjn, 40
Announcing the First Annual Philip J.
McGan Memorial Award [WA2MBQ]:
Mar, 52
ARRL Incoming DX QSL Bureau
Addresses; Jan, 59
ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System,
The;Jan,58
ARRL Field Service: Jan, 57
ARRL Outgoing QSL Service, The; Jan, 59
Automatic Unattended Operation Sirvey
(Rinaldo)’.Jan ,41
Club Competition Rules and Contest
Disqualification Criteria: Jan
"Considerate Operator's Frequency
Guide, The"’, Jan, 61
Educational Activities; Jan, 59
FCC Proposes to Relax Rules on Permls-
sibleAmateurCommuriica ions: Sep, 62
Frequency Albcatibn Cha rt >An, 64
How to Contact the ARRL: Jan, 57
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions—1992: Jan, 62
Membership Information: Jan, 57
Membership Services: Jan, 58
QST Editor aT Jan
Regulatory Information1 Jan p8
RTTY-Speak Glossary, An: May, 46
Technical Information: Jan, 58
Time Conversion (table): Jan, 61
Unattended HF Operation Tops Board
Agenda (Palm): Sep, 91
Volunteer Examinations: Jan, 58
WARC-92 Declines to Designate Interim
Frequency for Wind Profilers (Sumner):
Apr, 23
WARC-92 Finds Room for New Radio
Services (Sumner): May, 25
WARC-92: Inside the US Delegation
(Rinaldo):May, 9
W1 AW Schedule: Jan, 61; Mar, 83; Apr,
86; May, 125; Jul, 88; Sep, 124; Oct,
126; Nov, 95; Dec, 93
Exam Info—Column (Jahnke)
Examination Community News: Aug, 79
Examiner Notes: Oct, 49
FCC Proposes to Bring Novice
Examinations into the VEC Program1,
Sep, 116
FCC Proposes Special Licensing for
Visiting Foreign Hams; Oct, 49
Correction .’Aug,79 (seeE xaml rf o,M ay
'92)
I’m a Technician Licensee—What
Privileges Do I Have?: Jul, 24
Lost and Expired Licenses and Grace
Periods: Feb, 97
Publicizing What Credit is Acceptable at
VEC-Coordinated Test Sessions?:
Mar, 91
Question Pools: Update: Apr, 101
Things to Bring to Examinations:
May. 107
VE Service Gets High Marks: Dec, 112
When to Use ARRL License Manuals'.
Aug, 79
Washington Mailbox—Column
(Hennessee)
Amateur Radio in the Classroom:
Avoiding the FCC Dunce Cap; Aug, 72
Part 97; Have You Read it Today?: Oct, 95
"Who's in Charge Here?": May, 93
Who's in Control of Your Field Day
Station?: Jun, 73
IT SEEMS TO US—Ed itorial
(Sumner), p 9
Action on Indecency: Aug
Are You Ready for Field Day?: Jun
Best Defense, The: Apr
Democracy: Jan
Extending Your Horizons1. Oct
Making the Most of the Microwaves: May
Matter of Personal Privilege, A (Price): Mar
Nominations are Open: Jul
Our Place in the World;Dec
Running on Automatic: Sep
WARC-92; Feb
What Do You L'ke About QST?'. Nov
KEYING AND CONTROL CIRCUITS
CW68HC05 Keyboard/Keyer, The
(Oscarson): Jul, 19
Control Your Transceiver by Voice
(Bergeron): Aug, 35
Debouncer for Semiautomatic Speed
Keys, A (Cuthbert): Sep, 87
Kansas City Keyer Cort rd (G ecewrc^;
Mar, 88
Keyer Update (Pagel): Jul, 91
Low-Cost PC Interface for ICOM Radios,
A (Thompson): Jul, 37
Modifying the CMOS Super Keyer II
(O'Kane):Sep,86
RS-232-C Serial Interface for the Yaesu
FT-747GX/Heath SB-1400 Transceiver,
An (Stone): Jan, 91
Two Keying Interfaces for the Kenwood
TS-830S Transceiver (Japha)’. Jan, 90
LAB NOTES—Column (Ford & ARRL
Lab Staff)
How fo Locate Amateur Radio Software
(Bloom): Apr, 59
How to Locate Manuals and
Documentation (Gruber): Jun, 67
Interfer ence Primer—Part 1: Feb, 73
Interfe renoe Primer— Part 2: Mar, 81
Interference Primer—Part 3: Oct, 67
Limited Space Antennas (Lau): Dec, 85
Substituting Parts (Lau); Aug, 66
MEASUREMENT AND TEST
EQUIPMENT
Calibrating the Signal Generator in the
Sk y(Sh u<h ad W fi sot) : Nov, 42
Choosing a Digital Frequency Counter
(Bergeron): Dec, 42
Current-Sensing Transmit Indicator, A
(Hoyt): Nov, 66
Fie Id-Strength Meter with Decibel Display,
A (Fowler)'.Jan ,33
Measure RF Power with a Lamp and
Photocell (Klaus): May, 90
Use Your Transceiver as a Dip Meter
(Beers)1. Jan ,89
NEW BOOKS [Author] (Fteviewer)
1992 Transcripts and Proceedings The1.
The Unofficial Proceedings of Certain
Dayton Events [Boyd] (Battles): Nov, 74
Aerials [Sterba and Paddle] (Battles):
Nov ,41
All About Ham Radio [Helms] (Kleinman);
Nov, 25
Antenna Experimenter^ QjiYfe, The
[Dodd] (Hale): May, 96
ATV Secrets for Aspiring ATVers
(Battles); Oct, 72
Buying Used Shortwave Receivers
[Osterman] (Battles); May, 64
Cahier D’Antennes pour Debutants
(Novice Antenna Notebook) [DeMaw]
(Bergeron): Jan, 56
Communications Receivers: The Vacuum
Tube Era: 1932-1981 [Moore] (Battles):
May, St
Electric Radio [Wiseman] (Newkirk)1.
May, 55
Empire of the Air; The Men Who Made
Radio [Lewis] (Cain): May, 40
En Ondes (On The Air) [Sondack]
(Bergeron): Jan, 56
Ham’s Book of Knowledge, The
[Schneider] (Battles): Nov, 90
Hidden Signals on Satellite TV,3rd
Edition [Harrington] (Hale): Nov, 58
La Radioarnateur Universe Fascinant
(Amateur Radio, a Fascinating
Universe) [Guevin] (Bergeron); Jbn, 56
Low Power Communications: Volume I—
QRP Basics [Arland] (Kearman):
Noy. 88
Modern Amateur’s Mobile Handbook, The
[Ingram] (Ford); Nov, 93
Secret Signals: The Euronumbers Mystery
[Mason] (Battles): May, 47
Troubleshooting Analog Circuits [Pease]
(Hale)'.Mar ,19
US Repeater Mapbook; 1992-1993
Edition [Smith] (Battles): Sep, 113
USSR Merchant Ship List, 4th Edition
[Berfj (Kleinschmidt); Jan, 37
Wireless Communication in the United
States: The Early Development of
American Radio Operating Compan’ tes
[Mayes] (C an) :M ay,48
NEW PRODUCTS
1992 H amPh doC d end ar: Feb, 29
2-Meter Mobile Antenna Aug. 42
Attenuator Box for Transmitter Hunting:
Mar, 75
Audio В oost er.A ug,81
Automatic Antenna Selector Nov 85
Big Hits at Dayton (Horzepa): Jul, 75
Call Sign Data Base [j-Com]: Jul, 49
Cheaper ChipTalker Chip; Sep, 65
Classy Certificates-Dec ,51
Clear Coax: Oct, 95
Coax Waterproofer; Mar, 86
Code Practice Oscillator: Oct, 53
Computer Add-Ins: Feb, 34
Computerized Weather Station: Jul, 60
County Hunters’ Software: Dec, 66
CT UtTtes: Mar, 37
CW Transceiver Kit; Aug, 55
CYRIL: Mar, 37
Digital Mode Decode/Display System:
Nov, 85
Digital V diceR ecoid er Nov, 55
Dipole and Yagi Current Baluns: Mar, 75
Dual-Band Brick: Mar, 42
Dummy Antenna: Feb, 34
EPROM Protectors: Mar, 86
FCC Data Base for Packet1 Ma,r 44
Field Service Multimeter; Aug, 42
Filter and Protecfo iCat la ogP ec84
Filter and Transverter1 Mar 75
Four-Band Mobile Antenna: Aug, 38
Free Design Software: Dec, 105
Grounded Soldering Iron: Aug, 63
Guy-Wire Analysis Software-.Aug ,81
Ham Shack Goodies and T-Shirts:
Dec, 51
Ham Software Utilities1.Oct, 95
Ham Test Generator for Macs; Jap 91
Handy Reference Cards: Jan, 91
Handy World Time Reference: Mar. 75
Hex Base Phono Jacks: Oct, 95
j-Com Computer/Radio Interface/Radio
Cables; Dec, 110
Kenwood All-in -One Utilities'. Dec, 66
Keyer and Micro-Sized Key; Aug, 67
Keyer Update (Pagel): Jul, 61
LOGic II and LOGic Jr Logging Software
(Wilson Kleinsch hdt) M ay)06
Low-Band Sloper: Dec 84
Low-Cost Frequency Counter: Feb, 29
Mail Order Directory; Aug, 81
Message Memory К eyer:J an,52
Miniature ATV Transmitter- Feb 69
Mobile Antenna Adapter; Mar, 75
Mobile Antennas: Mar. 44
Modular Windows^ eft ware:D ec,54
Monthly ATV Magazine (Amateur TV
Todayl): Oct, 78
Morse Magazine (Morsum Magnificat}:
Jul. 34
Musical CW Tape: May, 40
New Call Sign Data Base: Oct 34
PC-GOQSL Manager System Software
(Garcia); Jan, 56
Power Supply, Duplexers'. Nov, 85
QST Index Search Software: Sep, 5
Reading for Female Hams (YL World)'.
Oct, 78
Repeater Kits Now A vat iri e:S ep, 65
RTTY Software’ Jan, 52
Rubber Duck Window Mount1 Feb, 34
Self-Tuning Radio; Apr, 43
Shortwave Receiver .Oct ,53
December 1992 245
Spread Spectrum Experimenters'
Newsletter (Spread Spectrum Scene}".
Aug, 38; Sep 78
Stainless Hardware: Mar, 42
Super Conductor (Kleinschmidt): Sep, 120
Synchronous AM Detectors: Sep, 65
Tone-Activated Monitor: Oct, 97
Tone Decoder/Display: Dec, 84
Turns Counter: Mar, 44
Universal Packet Cable: Sep, 65
Video Tapes: Aug, 55
Vintage Radio Classified (Wireless
Trader]: Aug, 63
What's New at Dayton? (Battles);, Jun ,31
NOVICE NOTES
Meet Me in the Novice Roundup! (Stern):
Jan, 38
What’s So Special About HF?
(Pescatore): Mar, 45
OP-ED—Column
Heart of Darkness (Mastroianni): Feb, 90
Novice Enhancement 11? (Schnepf)'.
Mar, 93
Special Event? Or Business Advertising?
(Bowles): Jun, 86
Use Your Political Influence (Boyd): Oct, 87
ORGANIZATIONAL
1992 “Handy Reference” Section: Jan, 57
Amateur Auxiliary, The: Myth Versus
Reality (Palm): Dec, 55
Annual Report to the Members of the
American Radio Relay League for the
Year 1991: May, 65
ARRL Incoming DX QSL Bureau
Addresses: Jan.59
ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System,
The: Jan, 58'
ARRL Outgoing QSL Service, The: Jan, 59
Audited ARRL Financial Statements
Released: May
Automatic Unattended Operation Survey
(Rinaldo): Jan, 41
Board Elects New President (Palm): Mar, 53
Committee Studies ARRL VHF Band
Planning (Craigle); Jul, 43
“Considerate Operator’s Frequency
Guide, The": Jan, 61
Finest in Amateur Radio Education, The
(Simpson): Jan, 43
Ham Instructors Honored [Hensley and
Hammond]: Sep, 93
How to Contact the ARRL: Jan, 57; with
League Lines in other issues
“Last Voicefrom Kuwait" Named
International Humanitarian of the Year
(Hennessee): Sep, 93 .
League Advisory Committee Members:
May, 85 '
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions—1992: Jan, 62
Man the Word Processors! (Williams):
Jul. 44
Members Re-Elect Seven League
Directors; Four New Vice Directors
Take Office January 1: Jan, 73
Membership Information: Jan, 57
National Strategy on Receiver
Preemption, The (Mendelsohn)-. Apr, 21
Nominees Sought for ARRL Board of
Directors: Jul, 65
Season's Greetings from the ARRUIARU
Staff and Contributing Editors; Dec, 127
Section Election Notice: Jan, 76; Jul, 64;
Nov, 99
Section Election Results: Jan, 76
Section Managers Elected in Indiana and
Maine: Jul, 63
Three Technical Excellence Awards Given
by ARRL Board [Lewallen, Hale,
Campbell]: Sep, 94
Unattended HF Operation Tops Board
Agenda [Palm]: Sep, 91
At the Foundation—Column (Carcia)
Autumn Message to our Friends, An:
Nov, 114
Harvest of New Hams, A; Ju] 74
Look Ahead, A: Mar, 94
Only the Best Selections: May, 108
Outstanding Achievers: Sep, 127
VicYIP at Work in New Hampshire . The:
Jan, 100
Clu b Spe cturn— Ob Umn (ft tn )
Amateur Radio at Discovery Place'.Apr ,92
Clubs Make it Happen: Jan, 97
Club Pride: Sep, 118
Honolulu Hams Remember Pearl Harbor
(Shaver): Oct, 99
Message from Space; Nov, 115
New Tech Enjoys First Field Day: Jun, 85
Puerto Rico Rediscovered; Dec, 113
Recognition for Special Service Clubs1.
Aug, 78
SAREX: Shuttle Mission STS-47
Scheduled for Fall (White); Mar, 93
(Un filed); Feb, 90
Elections
Nominees Sought for ARRL Board of
Directors: Jul, 65; Aug, 53
Repeat Nominating Solicitation: Apr, 65
Section Election Notice: Jan, 76; Feb, 79;
Apr, 65; May, 84, Jul, 64; Aug, 51;
Oct, 86
Section Election Results: Jan, 76; Apr, 65
Section Managers Chosen: Oct, 06
Section Managers Elected in Indiana and
Maine: Jul, 63
Moved and Seconded...:
Mar, 57; Apr, 65; Jun, 61; Sep, 95; Oct, 75
Section News;
Jan, 113; Feb, 109; Mar, 103; Apr, 103;
May, 131; Jun, 99; Jul, 101; Aug, 91;
Sep, 129; Oct, 127; Nov, 133; Dec, 129
PACKET RADIO
Automatic Unattended Operation Survey
(Rinaldo): Jan, 41
Interfacing lhe Allnco ALX-2T 2-Meter
Transceiver with a Packet TNG (Holt):
Jan, 89
Packet Etiquette (Ford): Apr, 45
Packet Satellite for the ’90s, A (Ward);
Apr, 87
Packet Perspective—Column (Horzepa)
ALE: A Cure for What Ails HF
Communications9: .Nov ,107
Big Hits at Dayton (Horzepa): Jul, 75
Let Packet Radio Roar: Apr, 84
New Name for AX.25?: Nov, 107
Packet Encroachment (Keen)'.Aug ,68
Packet Radio Networking Basics: ROSE,
Part 1: Aug, 74
Packet Radio Networking Basics". ROSE,
Part 2. Sep, 114
Packet Radio Networking Basics: TCP/IP:
Dec, 111 
Packet Radio Networking Basics'.TexNet.
Oct. 102
Packet Radio Basics—Part 9: Networking
Basics: Feb, 93
Packet Radio Basics—Part 10: More
Networking Basics’.Jun ,79
Packet Software Sampler, A Mar, 92
Silencing of the l-ANs.Thc, Jan ,89
PRODUCT REVIEW
Advanced Electronics Applications Fast-
Scan Television System; VSB-70
Video/Audio Transceiver and RLA-70
Power Amplifier/Preamplifier, MPS-100
Power Supply and 430-16 Wideband
70-cm Yagi Antenna (Taggart); May, 56
AEA-Fax НЁ-Facsimile Receiving System
(Kleinschmidt): Apr, 72
AEA IsoLoop 10- to 30-MHz Loop
Antenna (Battles): Nov, 71
Ameritron AL-811 MF/HF Linear Amplifier
(Jahnke); Feb, 61
Command Technologies Commander II 2-
Meter Linear Amplifier (Healy): Sep, 83
Cushcraft 13B2 2-Meter “Boomer" Yagi
Antenna (Lau): May, 59
Cushcraft A50-6S 6-Meter Beam (Wilson):
Feb, 62
Cushcraft R7 Multiband Vertical Antenna
(Wilson): Aug, 54
Drake R8 Shortwave Receiver, The
(Kearman); Mar, 72
Down East Microwave Transverter IF
Switch (Healy); June, 56
Е ГО Alpha 87A MF/HF Linear Amplifier
(Wilson): Jun, 53
HAL PCI-3000 Multimode HF Data
Modem (Kleinschmidt): Dec, 77
Japan Radio Company J ST-135HP MF/
HF Transceiver, The (Newkirk); Mar, 67
Kenwood TS-450S and FS-690S
Transceivers (Healy): Apr, 67
Kenwood TS-950SDX MF/HF Transceiver
(Healy): Dec, 72
Kantronics All-Mode (KAM) Software
Version 4 j0 Upgrade and Host Master II
Terminal Software (Wolfgang): Jan, 81
M* Enterprises 2M-CP22 and 436-CP30
Satellite Yagi Antennas (Jansson):
Nov, 69
Maldol 28HS2HB Two-Element 10-Meter
Beam (Jahnke): Dec, 75
Mosley TA-53-M Multiband Yagi Antenna
(Bauer); Nov, 72
Oak Hils Research 40-Meter QRP
Transceiver Kit (Kearman): May, 61
QSTCompares: 2-Meter Hand-Held
Transceivers (Healy)'. Oct, 54
QST Compares; Heil BM-10 and Telex
Contester He adsets (Wilsony Feb 67
QST Compares: Mid-Priced MF/HF Linear
Amplifiers (Wilson and Healy): Jul, 53
QST Compares- The Radio Shack HTX-
100 and Ranger Communications RCI-
2950 10 Meter Mobile Transceivers
(Hale and Healy): Feb, 63
Telex Ну-Gain 155CA 15-Meter Yagi
Antenna (Sumner): Apr, 71
Ten-Tec Argonaut II and Delta II MF/HF
Transceivers (Newkirk): Jan, 77
Yaesu FT-890 MF/HF Transceiver
(Newkirk)’ Sep -'9
Solicitation for Product Review
Equipment Bids:
Jan, 82; Feb, 75; Jun, 56; Oct, 62
PUBLIC SERVICE
Amateur Auxiliary, The: Myth Versus
Reality (Palm): Dec, 55
Ham Instructors Honored [Hensley and
Hammond]: Sep, 93
In Andrew's Wake (Kandel); Dec -?0
“Last Voice from Kuwait" [Marafi] Named
I rt ernlioniH umarii arian <6th dfear
(Hennessee)' Sep 93
Public Service Monument' Feb, 78
SET: A Chance to Prove our Readiness
(Ewald): Sep. 90
Simulated Emergencies Test the System
(Ewald); Nov, 50
Public Service—Column (Ewald/Palm)
1991 SETUpdde; Nov, 105
Amateur Satellites as a Resource for
Public Service Communications
(Burden): Apr, 78
246 ПБЬ-
Amateur TV: Public Service Eye in the
Sky (Beck-Meyer): Jul, 76
ARES and NTS: Fun, Function, Fraternity:
Пес, 103
ARRL NTS Modifies Traffic-Ha nd ling
Procedures: Nov, 105
From Drill io Disaster in an Hour and a
Half! (Goltz): J an, 83
Gas Explosion Rocks Texas Counties
(Ham): Oct, 91
Los Angeles Police Department Challenge
Cup, The (Coulter): Mar, 79
National Traffic System: An
Anachronism? (Palm): Jun, 65
Net Directory: Call for Registration: Jul, 77
New England Escadrille Warbirds
Airshow, The (Keller): Feb, 91
NTS Forum (Godrie, Kersten, Bort, Sharp,
Noel, Johnston, Bruno, Fuller, Hack,
Zorn, Hatherly, Palm): Aug, 56
Operation Holidays II: Each One Reach
One: Nov, 105
Packaged Emergency Station (Aurick):
Sep, 105
Pumpkin Patrol Succeeds in New York
(Topalian): Oct, 91
Spotlight on Service; Radio Amateurs
Help in Texas Flood Relief (Wolf):
Apr, 79
SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNIQUES
ALE: A Cure for What Ails HF
Communications?; Nov, 107
Family of Federal Standards for HF ALE
Radios, A (Adair, Bodson): May, 73
Product Review: Advanced Electronics Ap-
plications Fast-Scan Television System;
VSB-70 Video/Audio Transceiver and
RLA-70 Power Amplifier/Preamplifier,
MPS-100 Power Supply and 430-16
Wideband 70-cm Antenna [Taggart):
May, 56
Product Review: AEA-Fax HF-Facsimile
Receiving System (Kleinschmidt):
Apr, 72
RTTY Roundup: A Little Fun for Every-
Baudy (Blegen): Jan, 30
STRAYS
10-Meter Horse Trots (Chatham ,Dunker)‘.
Mar, 97
25 for 25 [Courage HANOI-HAMS
certificate): Jan, 98
2-Meter Ground Bound (Pearce): Feb, 60
Academic Grants Available [RCA]; Sep, 74
ACES Call for Papers: Oct, 53
African 10-Meter Beacon: Sep, 85
Attention Apple Computer Users; Ju), 70
Attention Extra Class Licensees [ARRL
certificate): Jan, 29
Balloonist to Attempt Record [Eidsnessp.
Jul, 70
Barcelona Olympic Award: Jun, 86
Canadian Ham Museum: Jun, 50
Drake Service Dept Moves; Jun, 26
Case of the Free-Running Booster, The
(Dannals): Sep, 65
Coincidence (L ynn); D ec, 45
Dutch Ham List: Sep , 74
Eddystone User Group (Moore): Mar, 52
EE BBS: Sep. 74
Fax it Up (Glidden): Jun, 26
Finnish Stations Use OG Prefix
(Kelzenberg): Jun, 69
Four Hours Late (Frost); Nov, 78
Ham Balloon Launch: Jul, 28
Ham Radio Almost to the Rescue
(Bonina): Jun, 47
Ham Radio Titans (Lovarco): Jul, 30
Hamming in Ukraine (Rinaldo): Jun, 50
Hands-On Experience; Ma r,21
Hearing Aid RFI: May, 62
Honeywell Net: Oct, 53
How to Become a Ham in PJ8-Land
(Hall): Sep, 104
IARU DF Contest: Jun, 51
International Event Organizers: Jun, 45
Landing the Train (Richards)’ Aig, 77
Latest Proceedings Available; Nov ,75
Latvian Radio League Formed (Neimers):
Feb, 45
Mangled Mail (Garcia); Dec, 39
Midwestern Wireless Pioneer (Hutchinson):
Nov, 25
Military Ham Data Base (Godlews ki):
Feb, 89
More Than 400 Years of Ham Radio
(Hunter): Aug, 84
Military Celebration (Feild): Apr, 89
Milsap Newest Member of PARK, Ronnie:
May, 34
Motorcycle Mobile: Aug, 73
New Magazine from RSGB (D-i-Y Radio)'.
Jan, 40
New Sacramento Ham Store: Jul, 34
New Video (Your HQ at Work)-. Jun 50
Off to a Fast Start: Aug, 83
On the Air Before 1952?: Aug, 83
On the Air in the Air: Jun, 84
One-Man Ham Factory (Taylor): Nov, 114
P.rotect Your Equipment (Hennessee):
May, 62
Pse QSL de NTT (Perkins): May, 76
QCWA Banquet at Daytorv Apr, 89
QSO in Proportion to Frequency; Jun, 69
QST Cover Plaque Award Winners:
Feb, 29
Russian ARES Goes Digital’ Jug 51
SBE Certification for Extras: Jan, 99
Siow-Speed CW Traffic Net (Martell):
Jg p 00
Small World (Felder).- Dec 32
Stamps for Kids (Smith): Oct, 53
Swan Net: Jun, 84
Talk ing Car Foils Burglar (Forster):
Feb, 45
Thank Your Elmer: Oct, 69
Third Generation Extra Class (Gammon);
Mar, 52
Toys for Tots Raily; Nov, 74
TU (Thank You) (Finch): Feb, 97
US/USSR Bcc tenge Program: Jan, 112
USSR Radio News; Jan , 112
Vintage SSB Net: Apr, 89
West Chicago BBS: Feb, 22
WWII Merchant Marine Reunion; Jul, 36
TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE
Accurate Single-Layer-Solenoid In-
ductance Calculations (Meyer): Apr, 76
(see Feedback: Jul, 23)
Beware of Mike RFI (DeMawp Mar, 88
Communications Equipment Interface
Standardization in th eUK (В ей) ;
Mar, 88
Dipoles Above Real Earth (Michaels):
Nov, 67
FET Charge Controller Comments and
Catches (Bonkowski, Bryce); May, 95
FM or SSB? (Lau): Dec, 84
JESAUG—Journal of the Environmental
Satellite Amateur Users Group (Pagel);
Jan, 96
Kansas City Keyer Control (Gecewicz):
Mar, 88
Logger and Dupe-Checker Programs for
the HP48SX (Osburn): Dec, 83
Long Long-Delayed Echo (Cannon);
Sep, 89
Match Bandwidth Revisited (Griffith, Witt):
Jun, 71
Microstripline Design Calculations
(Shuch): Jul, 71
M odfication for the FET Charge
Controller, A (Ulbing); Sep,88
More on Line-Side Regulators (McIntire):
Jan,95
More on NiCd and Gel Cells (Shaper,
Stuart, Ellis): Aug, 65
More on Strengthening Yagi Elements
(Weber): Oct. 65
New PropagafionT £bl eC omments—Pro
and Con (Altig, Seiler, Gosnell,
Blocher): Aug, 64
Power-Supply Fix (Monkewich): Sep, 89
Power-Supply Growl (McCarter): Sep, 89
R and the Conjugate Match (Bruene).-
T/lay, 95
Simple RFI Cures (Ellington);. Jan, 96
SWR and the Feed Line (Winter): Sep, 88
Trap Construction Information for Al
(W8NX) Buxton's Jul у 1992 D‘ipde
(Healy); Sep, 88
VHF AND MICROWAVES
6-Meter DX Standings: May, 88
Latest Proceedings Available: Nov, 75
Mysterious 6-Meter Band, The (Neubeck):
Dec, 59
No-Tune Transverter for the 2304-MHz
Band, A (Davey): Dec, 33
Product Review: Down East Microwave
Transverter IF Switch (Healy): June, 56
X-Band EME (Swedblom): 14, Oct
World Above 50 MHz, The—Column
(Tynan: Jan-Nov, Pocock: as of Dec ’92)
1992 VHF Conference Season Shaping
Up; Apr, 85
6 Meters Erupts with Activity- Mac 90
East Coast EME Meeting-.Aug ,70
EME Annals: Mar, 91
Golden Opportunity, A: Jun, 74
How Go the Cumulatives?: Mar, 90
More on Transverters-.Aug ,70
N6AMG expedition Results: Mar, 90
New 4-Meter Awards; Mar, 91
New Overland 3456 MHz Record Chimed
(Ward); Aug ,71
New Standings Box Schedule: Jan, 93
New VHF/Microwave Society Formed:
Aug, 70
Passing the Baton!-Noy 111
Perseids Resurge in 1992: Oct, 96
Tropo Blowout! (Pocock): Dec, 105
Updating the DX Records: Feb, 94
VHF Conferences: Information and
Fellowship: Sep, 111
VHF/UHF/Microwave News: Dec, 106
Want to Have a Really Good Time?:
Jul, 69
Weak-Signal VHF for Everybody.May ,87
What Do We Do Now?: Aug, 70
VHF/UHF Century Club (Zimmerman):
Feb, 97; Apr, 86; Jun, 63; Aug, 71;
Oct, 97; Dec, 107
W1AW SCHEDULE:
Jan, 50; Mar, 83; Apr, 86; May, 125’, Jul,
88; Sep, 124; Oct, 126; Nov, 95; Dec, 93
YL NEWS—Column (Dunn)
Calendar of YL Events: Nov, 116
Emergency Preparedness: An AII-YL Field
Day Passes Muster: Sep, 115
Finding the Time and Motives to Upgrade;
Nov, 116
How YLs C anS регк О utAb out Ham
Radio-Dep 114
International Goodwill; Adopting a Foreign
YL; Jan, 101
Packet and YLs: Jul. 84
Sharing the Rig: YL/OM Teams: Aug, 77
Too Technical to Touch?: Jun, 80
Trip cf a Lifetime!, The: Apr, 91
P.e*?cn?ber 19Э2 247
Index to Volume
LXXVII—1993
Compiled By Brian Battles, WS10
QST Features Editor
How to Use This Index
Items are listed according to the regular
column under which they appeared and/or
under any category (or categories) that
generally describes them. The name of the
author(s) appears in parentheses, followed
by a colon, then the page number and
issue. Examples1. "Honey, I Shrunk the
Antennal (Newkirk)'. Jul, 34" appears under
Feature Articles—Technical and Anten-
nas and Feed Lines; "Packet for Lunch
(Larsen): Mar, 38" appears under Feature
Articles—General Interest and Packet
Radio. Some items have additional subject-
description information or the name of a
department in which it appeared, In brackets
after the title.
AMATEUR RADIO WORLD—Column
Africa is Focus of Region 1 Conference:
Nov, 108
Amateur Radio Returns to Lebanon: Apr, 82
Canadian Amateurs Unite; Jul, 95
CCIR Working Party Approves Amateur
Papers; Apr, 82
Czech, Slovak Amateurs "Divorce": Mar,
103
FAIRS Bangladesh Project: Sep, 86
French Change Call Sign System'.Oct,97
IARU News: Jun, 82
IARU Success in Bangladesh: May, 102
ITU Restructures, The; Mar, 103
JARL Membership Profile-'.Jun, 82
New License in Swaziland; Jun, 82
New Zealand Joins CEPT Common License
Program: Apr, 82
Omani Society Marks 20th: Mar, 103
Qatar Organizes: Mar, 103
Regon 1 Prepares for Conference: Mar, 103
Slovenia, Croatia Join IARU: Feb, 90
Sweden Introduces Entry Level Code-Free
License: Feb, 00
Uganda Reintroduces Amateur Radio:
Jun, 82
University Station Opens in Lesotho’.
Feb,90
W1RU Visits Thailand: May, 102
White Nights in St Petersburg; Oct, 97
WIA President VK1RH a Silent Key.Jun,82
AMATEUR SATELLITES AND SPACE
COMMUNICATIONS
Amateur Radio Aboard Space Shuttles'.
T+10 Years and Countingl (White):
Nov, 22 (see Feedback; Dec, 93)
Big LEOs (Hale): Apr, 40
Getting Started with RS^10 (Daniel)'.Aug ,53
Ham Radio at Soviet Space (Dakin): Feb, 47
KICE’s Secret OSCAR-20 Station (Ford):
Mar, 47
Phase 3D—A Satellite for AHI—Part 1
(Jansson & Tynan): May. 49
Phase 3D—A Satellite for All!—Part 2
(Jansson & Tynan): Jun, 49
Russians Come to St Louis (Koenig)'.
Feb, 49
Satellite-Tracking Software: Dec, 89
Satellites and Field Day (Ford): Nov, 59
232 qsb-
Shuttle Mission STS-55 Highlights: Feb, 42
You Have a Date with OSCAR 21 (Ford):
Nov, 70
Amateur Satellite Communications—
Column (Ford)
AMRAD-OSCAR 27: Dec, 107
ARSENE—An Orbiting Packet Digipeater:
Feb, 97
ARSENE—The First Amateur Radio
Satellite of 1993: Jul, 94
Footnote in Satellite History: Dec, 107
Fuji-OSCAR 20 Mode JA: Sep, 104
/WirQSLs at Last!; Sep, 104
Satellite DXpedition to Aruba; Dec. 107
Satellite Straight Key Night: Dec, 107
Two More PACSATSI Mode В tor Phase
3DI: Oct, 08
UNAMSAT-1: A New Microsat for 19931:
Jan,97
What's the Frequency?; Apr, 94
ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISSION LINES
7?Wavelength Multiband Dipole, The
(Griffith): Sep, 33
Better Than a Rubber Duck (Kleinman)' .
Mar, 56
Disguised Flagpole Antenna, A ( Parker);
May, 65
Earth Detunes My Antenna, The (Hall):
Oct, 41
Easy, On-Glass Antenna with Multiband
Capability, An (Rumbolt): Mar, 35
Effects of Continuous, Conductive Guy
Wires on Antenna Performance, The
(Gordon): Aug, 22
Fighting Antenna Corrosion (Roleson):
Apr, 24
Hams Test Antennas Aboard Space Shuttle
Columbia (Siwiak); Oct, 53
H igh-Directivity Receiving Antenna for
3.8 MHz, A (Koontz): Aug, 31
Honey, I Shrunk the Antenna! (Newkirk):
Jul, 34
Lure of the Ladder Line ,The (Ford)'. Dec, 70
NRY, The, A Simple, Effective Wire
Antenna for 80 Through 10 Meters
(Olsen): Mar, 22
Remotely Controlled Antenna Switch, A
(Thompson): Apr, 32
Simple Broadband Dipole tor 80 Meters A
(Witt): Sep, 27
Small Loop Antenna for 160 Meters, A
(Mozzochi): Jun, 32
Two 2-Meter Antennas (Bowles): Jul, 62
Two-Element Duoband Beam, A
(Mansheim)’.Apr,36
Yagi: The Man and His Antenna (Welsh):
Oct, 45
COMPUTERS
Board Embraces Semiautomatic Digital
Operation at HF (Pal rr? :S ep,48
Computer-Controlled Electronic Test
Equipment—Part 1 (Portugal): Dec, 42
Contest Card, The (Sutcliffe): Sep, 31
Everything You Always Wanted to Know
About Hardware for Computer-Controlling
Modern Radios (Blackburn); Feb 37
Introducing METCON, a New Remote
Control and Telemetry System (Newland):
Jan, 41
Satellite-Tracking Software: Dec, 89
Schematics at Your Fingertips (Schofield):
Oct, 39
\bur h brmation Connection: The ARRL
BBS (Ford)1 Jun ,60
CONTESTS AND OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Contest Announcements/Rules
60th ARRL November Sweepstakes
Announcement: Oct, 122
Announcing the Seventh ARRL 10-GHz
Cumulative Contest: Jun, 113
ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque
Program; May, 124
ARRL November Sweepstakes Plaque
Program: Oct, 88
Club Competition Rules and Contest
Disqualification Criteria: Jan, 52
Field Day Rules: May, 123
Rules, 1993 ARRL UHF Contest'. Jul ,109
Rules, 1993 Novice Roundup; Jan, 116
Rules. 1993 School Club Roundup:
Jan, 103
Rules, 1993 ARRL International DX
Contest: Dec, 125
Rules, 47th January VHF Sweepstakes:
Dec, 128
Rules, 6thARRL RTTY Roundup: Dec, 127
Rules, Sth IARU HF World Championship’.
Apr, 105
Rules, ARRL 160-Meter Contest' Nov ,127
Rules, ARRL 10-Meter Contest: Nov, 126
Rales, ARRL titernaional EME Competi-
tion: Sep, 93
Rules, June VHF QSO Party; May, 125
Rules, September VHF QSO Party:
Aug ,102
Contest Results
1993 ARRL RTTY Roundup, The
(Kleinschmidt & Lunt): Aug, 98
Field Day 1993 (Lunt & Stankiewicz):
N ov, 114
Results, 1992 ARRL 10-Meter Contest (Lunt
& Stankiewicz): Jul, 102
Results ,ARRL 160-Meter Contest (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): Apr, 100
Results, 1992 ARRL November Sweep-
stakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz): May, 109
Results, 1992 ARRL September VHF QSO
Party (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Jan, 110
Results, 1993 ARRL International DX
Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz); Oct, 105
Results 1993 ARRL January VHF Sweep-
stakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Jun, 107
Results ,1993 ARRL June VHF QSO Party
(Lunt & Stankiewicz'): Dec, 114
Results, 1993 Novice Roundup (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): Jun, 114
Results, 1993 School Club Roundup
(Malehick); Sep, 46
Results, 7th IARU HF World Championship
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): Feb, 104
Results, ARRL UHF Contest (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): Dec, 122
Results, Seventh ARRL 10 GHz Cumulative
Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz); Mar, 108
Re silt s,S=i* eerth ARRL I rt ernti oniEME
Competition (Lunt & Stankiewicz)'
May, 120
Straight Key Night 1992 (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): Apr, 104
Contesting/Operating
1993 “Handy Reference" Section: Jan, 57
30 Years Between Novice Roundups
(Leutzeishwab): Jan, 80
ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System:
Jan, 58
ARRL International DX Contest Plaque
Program: Feb, 110
ARRL Ju пё/HF QSO P йу PI aque
Program: May, 124
ARRL November Sweepstakes Plaque
Program'..Oct ,88
ARRL Outgoing QSL Bureau Service:
Jan, 59
Club Competition Rules and Contest
Disqualification Criteria: Jan, 52
"Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide,
The": Jan, 61
Earn an ARRL Friendship Award
(Hutchinson): Nov, 50
First Contest, The (Cotterman)’. Oct ,66
How Does a Section Manager Spend Field
Day? (Bowles): Nov, 61
How Many Times Can You Say “CQ
Contest" in 24 Hours? (Bushor): Jan, 111
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions—1993: Jan, 57
Satellites and Field Day (Ford): Nov. 59
Sweepstakes Shack on Wheels (Lindquist)'.
Nov, 57
US Amateur Bands (chart); Jan, 64
VHF Participation Pins: Aug, 102
DX Century Club Awards—Column
(Zimmerman/Kennamer);
Jan, 95; Feb, 89; Mar, 88; Apr, 85; May, 93;.
Jun, 85; Jul, 83; Aug, 80; Sep, 97; Oct,
87; Nov, 93; Dec, 97
Annual List: Jun, 85
DXCC Honor Roll; Sep, 99
CORRESPONDENCE
Article Comes Through with “Flying" Colors
(Wehr): Jun, 52
Better Than Disneyland? (Roy): Mar,84
Can’t We All Just Get Along? (Kiss):
Feb, 81
Cause for Mutiny? (Young): Jul, 89
City Code No Longer Restrictive (Kleinberg):
Apr, 52
Classic Rigs and AM: Nostalgic and
Controversial (Morehead, Martin.
Richmond, Greenwood, Green): Apr, 52
Cop Responds (MacDonald): May, 94
"DIN" They Take the Hint? (Applegate);
Aug, 80
DIN-Size Mobile Rig, A? (Ellis); Sep, 85
Divide (Your Power) and Conquer (Loomis):
Aug, 79
Do Me a Favor; Crank Up the Powerl
(Spencer): Oct, 58
Don't Forget About ".52" (Wiesen): Jan, 89
Don't Forget About CB Radio (Barnat):
Jan, 89
Dream Come Truel, A (Hollenbeck): May, 94
Elmer Appreciation Week (Sullivan):
Aug, 79
Field Day: It Restores Faith in Ham Radio
(Jeswald); Nov, 62
Finders Keepers (Dekker):Oct, 58
Flight 201, Descend to "BRAAAAAAAP"
(Sohl); Oct, 58
Give Us That Old-Time Radio (Friis)’.
Nov, 62
“Go Ahead, Make My Dayl" (Miller):
Oct, 58.
Good Old Days are Here Again, The
(Moser): Oct, 58
HAL FEC-Friendly Error Correction
(Henry); Jan, 88 (see Product Review:
Dec 1992, 77)
Ham License and Registration .Please ...
(Vekinls): Oct. 58
Ham Radio: On a Collision Course?
(Tortorella): Jan, 88
Hey Gang, Lighten Up! (Kolinsky): Feb, 81
Heyl Do You Need the Whole Band?
(Olson): Jan, 88
How About an SASE? (Allen): Apr, 52
How Low Can You Go? (Troster); Jun, 52
I Could Do That with One Hand Tied Behind
My Back... (Pulitzer): Nov, 62
I'd Like Mine Candy Apple Red! (Miller);
Oct, 58
International Licenses (Price): Feb, 81
Is There Any Defense Against the
Hoggerino? (Edwards): May ,94
It's Never Too Late (Wagner): Jan, 89
It's Never Too Late! (Willard): Jun. 52
Kudos Cover to Cover (Schreiber): Jul, 89
League of its Word, A (Filho): Jan..88
Lucky Lineage (Bickels): Aug, 80
Mind Games (Yonker): May, 94
More 20-Meter SSTV: Apr, 52
More Kudos... (Bibby): Jul, 89
Morse Murdered? (Moxey, Thompson):
May, 94
Morse Pen, The (Mileshosky): Aug, 80
Motorcycle Mo bile Could Be Hell on Wheels
(Shubert): Sep, 85
N2OVA: Inspiring (Staffo, Hearne): Jul, 89
Nifty Little Booklet, A (Lundy): Aug, 79
No, Thank You! (Tibbets): Nov, 62
Now That’s ServiceL(Kennedy');.Jul. 89
Offense of Jurassic Proportions, An
(Mershon): Sep, 85
Old-Fashioned Service (Jorgensen):
Mar, 85
Packet Ate My Beacon (Cooper): Oct, 58
"Parroty" of the Code, A (Malott): Jul, 89
Point is:Get ontheA,ir,The(Aufick):
Nov, 62
Power Hungry Hams—The Rule? (McLeod):
Aug, 79
Price of Admission, The (Wood): Sep, 85
Price of Admission is Sometimes Free, The
(Lynch): Oct, 58
QRS QRU QRT? (Kennedy): Jan, 88
"Real Ham World’' in Dispute (Bean):
Nov, 62
Reflections on “Reflected Waves" (Bernier-
Gawle): Nov, 62
Reinventing the Wheel (Antonuk): Mar, 84
Rescue Comes in All Sizes (Szakoni):
Jun, 52
Road Less Travelled, The (Carver): Jan, 89
RST? Who Cares? (Calbick): Jul, 89
Sage Advice (Dirling): Feb, 81
Slow Down for a Good Time (Carmichael):
Mar, 85
Solar Power: Future Benefits (Hagerty):
Apr, 52
Some Natives are Friendly,.. (Falcone,
Dimisko); Mar, 84
Someone Noticed! (Dix): Jan, 88
Special-Event Ops, Listen Upl (Chamber-
lain): Jan, 88
SSTV: Courtesy Counts (Weston, Scheid):
Mar, 85
SSTV: Forever Changed (Glidden): May, 94
Stop, or He'll Get a Big Headl (Keller):
Apr, 52
Thanks for the Memories (Flowers): Sep. 85
Time-Tested Advice for Beginners (Golden):
Apr, 52
Touch6l (Sahl): Aug, 79
True Confessions (Wonoski): Aug, 79
Two Meters: Newest “Air Band?"
(Rosenthal): Aug, 79
Ugly Side of QRP, The (Appel): Mar, 85
“Wally and Mie ’’ %n dome lofenffed
(Velon): Jan, 89
What—The Emperor Has No Clothes?
(Brown): Jun, 52
What a Racket, Already! (Craig); Feb, 81
What Every XYL Should Know (Grayson)’.
Sep, 85
What's Happened to Ham Radio?
(Dunmyer): Mar, 84
What's the Fuss About AM? (Oriskany,
Feder); May, 94
When is Junk not Junk? (Traub)'.Feb ,81
Where are All the Japanese Old-Timers?
(Fujita): Aug, 79
World Above 50 MHz is Full of Surprises!,
The (Tynan): Mar, 85
You're 5 By 9, But Please Repeat Your
Call Sign Several Times Slowly...
(Lindley): Mar, 85
FEATURE ARTICLES
General Interest
10,500 Miles of Mobile CW—On a
Motorcyle (Brogdon): Jul, 21
1992 The Year in Review: May, 79
30 Years Between Novice Roundups
(Leutzelschwab): Jan, 80
Amateur Radio Aboard Space Shuttles:
T+10 Years and Counting! (White):
Nov, 22 (see Feedback: Dec, 93)
Amateur Radio's Most Rewarding Activity
(Morris): Jul, 56
Announcing the Second Annual Philip J ..
McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award;
Jan,56
ARRL Volunteer Appointees of the Year
(Palm): Oct, 56
Australian Connection, An (Prudhomme):
Nov, 55
Beatd aD'ff erentD rum,The: TheCop
MacDonald Story (Booth)’.Jan ,31
Big LEOs (Hale); Apr, 40
Board Embraces Semiautomatic Digital
Operation at HF (Palm): Sep, 48
Bringing Back t>e Good Old Days
(Seginski): Aug, 39
Classic Rigs and Amplitude Modulation:
Friendly, Nostalgic Ham Radio Partners
(Courson & Ickes): Feb, 43
Cold Season, A (Vaughan): Dec, 56
Coming of the Law, The (Newkirk); Nov, 47
Crossband-Repeater Operation (Witmer):
Mar, 43
Don’t Get Blown Away by Your Mobile Rig!
(Battles): Apr, 38
Earn an ARRL Friendship Award
(Hutchinson); Nov, 50
Endurance (Mastroianni): Feb, 51
Eritrea: A Nation Reborn (Enderud &. Wiig):
Dec, 27
Excellence in Recruiting (White)’Jan ,55
Festing (Notes of a Hamclogist) (Hale);
May, 48
First Contact and the Unpaid Debt (Elliott):
Sep, 44
First VHF Contest from Cuba (Coro):
Dec, 58
Five Meters or Bust (Syverson): Apr, 46
Full Circle (Slaughter): Aug, 45
Gatti-Hallicraffers; The First Grand Ham
DXpedition (O'Brien): Dec, 59
Good Day at Effingham, A (Johnson):
Jan,76
Ham Radio as a Second Language
(Huizinga)': Jul, 57
Ham Radio at Soviet Space (Dakin):
Feb, 47
Hamming on the “Sunny Side of the Alps"
(Sumner); Nov, 53
Hams Test Antennas A board §заое S hJtt fe
Columbia (Siwlak): Oct, 53
Hello Again, to an Old Friend (Brady-
Ciampa); Nov, 30
Heroics in the Heartland (Palm): Dec, 21
HF Auf omcficD igt й S ibb art s-A ye;
Name Clangs— My (®rh): Mr, 73
Hola, Enrique! (Hopkins & Paniagua):
Aug, 41
How Does a Section Manager Spend Field
Day? (Bowles): Nov, 61
How to Be a DXer (Mastroianni)’.Oct ,51
December 1993 233
Hurricane Iniki Rallies Amateurs (Hashiro):
Feb, 19
Inspiration: N2OVA (Lorito): Mav, 52
JOTA ’93 (Bedlack): Sep, 45
KICE’s Secret OSCAR-20 Station (Ford):
Mar, 47
Life After Death: A New Beginning (Steele A
Wadsworth): Jan, 77
Lure of Classic Radio, The (Drift &
Musgrove): Mar, 39
Maritime Mobile, Love Boat Style (Tinley):
Jan, 79
"Ocean Hopper" Reunion, An (Barthel):
Jul, 54
Packet for Lunch (Larsen): Mar, 38
PacTOR Phone Home: Mobile from the
Australian Outback (Mehalfey): Sep, 20
Perseids Meteor Shower in 1993, The
(Pocock): Jul, 51
Persistence Gets lhe Derelict (Williams):
Aug, 35
Phase 3D—A Satellite tor Alli—Part 1
(Jansson & Tynan): May, 49
Phase 3D—A Satellite for All!—Part 2
(Jansson &.Tynan): Jun, 49
Predicting Transatlantic 50-MHz F-Layer
Propagation (Pocock): Mar, 33
PSE QSL for 5BWAS! (Kay): Sep, 39
Radio Clubs of Romania, The (Pataki):
Oct, 48
Radio is My Passport (Sharma): Jun, 46
Reflected Waves (Hanson): Sep, 42
Return to the Arctic and on to the Pole
(Gleason): Mar, 19
Roving for VHF Gold in the Colorado
Rockies (Nerger): Jun, 21
Russians Come to St Louis (Koenig): Feb, 49
Salute the Centibell (Gibilisco): Aug, 43
Satellites and Fidd D ay( Ford): Nov, 59
Simulated Emergency Test Results (Ewald):
Jul, 50
Solder to 'T alk (Nichols): Nov, 52
Sweepstakes Shack on Wheels (Lindquist)-.
Nov, 57
Tall Ships Pose a Tall Order for Boston
Hams (Booth): Jan, 73
Transmitter Hunting: Tracking Down the
Fun—Part 1 (Moell): Apr, 48
Transmitter Hunting: Tracking Down the
Fun—Part 2 (Moell): May, 56
Visiting Amateurs in the Far East (Pataki)’.
Apr, 42
VP2MFA “Do-able" DXpedition, The
(Stephens): Oct, 21
Yagi: The Man and His Antenna (Welsh):
Oct, 45
You Can Operate HF Mobile (Burch):
Feb, 29
Technical
$5 Headset Mike, A (Brede): Jan, 48
vS-Wavelength Multiband Dipole, The
(Griffith): Sep, 33
13,8-V 5-A Regulated Power Supply, A
(Spencer): Nov, 27
Accurate Dip M et er U sing th e MFJ -249
SWR Analyzer, An (Barton): Nov, 45
Add Tracking Sidetone to Your ICOM IC-765
Transceiver (Mraz): May, 39
Automated Mobile Radio-D‘irect‘ion-F‘inder,
An (Flanagan & Calabrese): Dec, 51
Automatic RF Power Control for AMTOR
Operation (Gregory): Mar, 25
Build the HANDI-Finderi (Leskovec):
May, 35
Comparison of Solid-State and Tube-Based
Receiver Systems Using CAD, A (Rohde):
Jun, 24
Computer-Controlled Electronic Test
Equipment—Part 1 (Portugal).’ Dec, 42
234 [J5b_
Contest Card, The (Sutcliffe): Sep. 31
Dual-Range AC Voltage, Current and
Frequency Monitor, A (Oscarson): Aug, 25
Earth Detunes My Antenna, The (Hall):
Oct, 41
Easy, On-Glass Antenna with Multiband
Capability, An (Rumbolt): Mar, 35
Effects of Continuous, Conductive Guy
Wires on Antenna Performance, The
(Gordon): Aug, 22
Everything You Always Wanted to Know
About Hardware for Computer-Controlling
Modern Radios (Blackburn): Feb, 37
Fighting Antenna Corrosion (Roleson):
Apr, 24
High-Directivity Receiving Antenna for
3.8 MHz, A (Koontz): Aug, 31
High-Dynamic-Range MF/HF Receiver Front
End (Makhinson): Feb, 23 (see Feedback:
Jun, 73)
High-Performance, Single-Signal Direct-
Conversion Receivers (Campbell); Jan, 32
(see Feedback: Apr, 75)
Home-Brewing a 10-GHz SSB/CW
Transverter—Part 1 (Lau); May, 21
Home-Brewing a 10-GHz SSB/CW
Transverter—Part 2 (Lau): Jun, 29
Honey, I Shrunk the Antenna! ( Newkirk):
Jul, 34
Inside the Grounded-Grid Linear Amplifier
(Bruene): Oct, 28
Introducing METCON. a New Remote
Control and Telemetry System (Newland)’.
Jan, 41
Introduction to Amateur Television, An—
Part 1	(Taggart); Apr, 19
Introduction to Amateur Television, An—
Part 2	(Taggart): May, 43
Introduction to Amateur Television, An—
Part 3	(Taggart): Jun, 35
IROESON’.An Infrared Optoelectronic Keyer
(Cebik): Jul, 36
Iron ng 6 d Y oi.irO wnP hrt ad Circut В oad s
(Grebenkemper): Jul, 42
Long-Haul H-T Battery System (Smithey):
Sep, 23
Low-Voltage Disconnect, A (Bryce); Nov, 31
Measuring and Compensating Oscillator
Frequency Drift (Hayward); Dec, 37
Mu limo db Phas hg Bcciter for 1 to 500 MHz,
A (Campbell)’.Apr ,27
New Standard for Amateur Radio Facsimile,
A (Taggart): Feb, 31
NRY The, AShnple, Effective Wire Aitenna
for 80 Through 10 Meters (Olsen);.Mar ,22
Remotely Controlled Antenna Switch, A
(Thompson): Apr, 32
Reverse-Polarity Protection for Your Gear
(Covington): Jul, 40
Rise of Frequency Modulation, The (Hyder);
Jun,42
Schematics at Your Fingertips (Schofield):
Oct, 39
Simple, Two-Tone Audio Generator, A (Lee):
Nov, 35
Simple Broadband Dipole for 80 Meters, A
(Witt); Sep, 27
Single-Conversion Microwave SSB/CW
’Transceivers (Campbell): May, 29
Slow-Scan TV—It Isn't Expensive Anymore!
(Langner): Jan, 20
Small Loop Antenna for 160 Meters, A
(Mozzochi): Jun, 32
SunSwitch, The (Bryce): Oct, 24
Synchronous Detector for AM Transmis -
sions, A (Vermasvuori): Jul, 20
Taking the Mystery Out of Diode Double-
Balanced Mixers (Joshi): Dec, 32
TAPR’s Digital Deviation Meter (Johnson)'.
Oct, 31
Technical Solutions in the Field (Hurdar):
Jul, 72
Transmitter Power: What It Is. What It Does
and How to Use It (Martin & Newkirk):
Mar, 28
Two-Element Duoband Beam, A
(Mansheim): Apr, 36
Under the Hood (Newkirk): Sep, 36
Under the Hood II; Resistors (Bergeron):
Nov, 41
Update on Compact Transmitting Loops ,An
(Belrose); Nov, 37
FEEDBACK
(to 1993 and pre-1993 articles)
Amateur Radio Aboard Space Shuttles:
T-i-10 Years and Countingl (White):
Dec, 93 (see Nov, 22
Build it Yourself from QST—Part 3 (Hale)’.
Jun, 73 (see Jun 1992, 42)
Calibrating the Signal Generator in the Sky
(Shuch & Wilson): Mar, 72
(see Nov 1992, 42)
Correction: May, 42 (see New Products:
Mar, 46)
Dipoles Above Real Earth (Michaels)’.
Jan, 54; Feb 78; May, 78 (see Technical
Correspondence: Nov 1992, 68)
Dual-Radio Speaker, A (Ramhorst & Cady):
Jan ,54 (see Nov 1992 ,57)
Expanded Range DC and AC Voltmeters
(Lau & Grebenkemper): Aug, 69 (see
Technical Correspondence’.May ,Tf)
High-Dynamic-Range MF/HF Receiver
Front End, A (Makhinson): Jun, 73
(see Feb, 23)
High-Performance, Single-Signal Direct-
Conversion Receivers: (see Jan, 32)
How’s DX?: Feb, 78 (see How's DX?:
Nov 1992,103)
Inexpensive, Expanded-Range Analog
Voltmeter, An (Lewis): Feb, 78
(see Dec 1992, 52)
Northern Florida Amateurs Aid Coordina-
tion Effort (Thurston): Mar, 72
(see Dec 1992, 27)
Product Review (Healy)’.Feb ,78
(see Product Review: Dec 1992,75)
Product Review: May, 74 (see Apr. 65)
Sporadic-E Causes (Spokes): Jul, 50
(see Technical Correspondence1.Apr ,73)
Unified Approach to the Design of Crystal
Ladder Filters, A [Hayward] (Halbert):
Nov, 81 (see May 1982)
Up Front in QST.Dec ,93 (see Nov ,11)
Up Front in QST. Oct, 80 (see May, 12)
FM/RPT, FM—Column (Battles)
Autopatch: Use it or Lose it: Nov, 107
LEARN Teaches Boaters About Ham Radio
(Bonfanti).' Oct 94
LiTZ Debate: Will ZERO Work on Your
Repeater (Newland & Smith): Mar. 98
“Open CTCSS-ame’*.- Jun, 98
PC Board Boo-Boo: Jan, 104 (see FM/RPT,
Nov 1992, 108)
Repeaters: An Eavesdropper's Paradise;
Apr, 92
Reserving a Frequency (Blanchard);
Sep, 106
Santa’s Visit; Dec, 106
Standard CTCSS Override System9. ,A —
Part 1 (Hillger, Klein, Quayle, Estes.
Wonoski); Jul, 93
Stone Butte Odyssey (Wood); Sep, 106
Tech Notes (Crowl): Mar, 99
“There is Nothing Wrong with Your Radio!'
Jun, 98
Universal CTCSS Bypass’.May, 101
Universal CTCSS-Bypass?— Part 2. Aug ,91
Universal CTCSS Bypass Update; Oct, 95
What Do You Say?: Jun, 98
When is a Scanner not a Scanner?
(Clarke); Jan, 104
HAPPENINGS—News (Caln)
2-Meter Rig Used Illegally in New York
Accident Hoax: Apr, 79
220 Notes, a Periodical for Aficionados of
the 222-MHz Band, is Looking for New
Management: Mar, 83
Accreditation of 11 ARRL VEs Temporarily
Suspended: May, 90
Amateur Fined $2000 on Charge of
Interference: Jan, 83
Amateur Loses Licenses for Jamming
Satellite Signal: Feb, 84
Amateur Radio Service Joint Resolution
Update: Aug, 75
Amateur Sentenced for Interference to
Police: Jan, 83
Amateur’s Skillful Rescue Effort Makes
National News: Feb, 84
Amateurs’ Needs Outlined for Government
Study: Jan, 82
Amateurs’ Responsibility for Content of
Messages: Sep, 81
ARRL Backs HF Data "Autocontrol" Plan:
Aug, 73
ARRL Backs Proposal for 219-220 MHz;
Says Additional Spectrum "Urgently
Needed": Aug, 72
ARRL Calls FCC’s Proposal on Wind
Radars Confusing: Sep, 81
ARRL Calls for More Study Before Adding
to 902-Й28 MHz: Sep, 82
ARRL Concerned About Delays in Call Sign
Administrator Plan: Oct, 81
ARRL Efforts Protect Hams in Budget Bill:
Oct, 81
ARRL Moves to Predict Amateur Privileges:
ARRL Seeks Relief from Restrictive
Local Scanner Laws: Aug, 74
ARRL Seeks to Administer Call Sign
Program: Jul, 75
ARRL Supports Changes in HF Digital
Rules: Jul, 75
ARRL Supports Sharing of VE Responsibil-
ity: Nov. 86
ARRL Wants Clearer Definition of Hams'
Responsibility: Oct, 82
Australia has Completed its First Year of
Using Volunteer Examiners (VEs) to
Administer Amateur Exams: Mar, 83
Behind the Diamond: ARRL Assistant
Technical Editor Jim Kearman, KR1S:
Sep, 83
Behind the Diamond: ARRL Chief Financial
Officer Barry J. Shelley: Aug, 74
Behind the Diamond: ARRL Senior
Assistant Technical Editor Dave Newkirk,
WJ1Z: Nov, 87
Behind the Diamond: Chuck Hutchinson,
K8CH; Jun, 78
Behind the Diamond: Regulatory Informa-
tion Specialist John Hennessee, KJ4KB:
Dec. 93
Broadcasters Flock to League Booth at
NAB Convention: Jun, 80
California Woman Named 1993 AEA Award
Winner: Nov, 89
Call for Nominations: International
Humanitarian Award: Nov, 88
Canadians Called to Arms Over Rules
Proposals: Nov, 88
Canadians Seek to Thwart Threat to
220-222 MHz: Jun, 78
Clinton Gets a Message from Shuttle
Amateurs: Aug, 74
Coast Guard Honors Ham for Volunteer
Service to Kure Island Outpost: July, 80
Comments ot VECs Cited in Foreign
License Plan: Feb, 84
Commission Fines Amateur $10,500 for
Interference: Mar, 82
Court Upholds FCC Fines for Broadcast
Indecency: Jul, 75
CO Contest Hall of Fame Inducts New
Members: Jun, 80
Dayton Ham of the Year: Harry Dannals,
W2HD: May, 89
EPA Calls for Research on Electromagnetic
Fields: May, 90
Fake SOS Brings Sentence, Loss of License
for Ham: Jul, 76
Fake SOS Costs Virginia Amateur $50,000:
Apr, 79
FCC Acts on ARRL Proposal, Eases
“Business Rule": Sep, 81
FCC Announces Results of Cable System
Tests: Jul, 77
FCC Backs Hams Against “Scanner Laws":
Nov, 85
FCC Bans Scanners that Cover Cellular
Telephone Frequencies: Jun, 77
FCC Chairman Sikes Steps Down: Feb, 85
FCC Clarifies Position in 902-MHz Proposal:
Jul. 75
FCC Denies Ham’s Request to Clear
Record of Letters: Jun. 79
FCC Denies Petition for Restructuring:
Oct, 83
FCC Explains Rationale for Reduction in
Fine: Jun, 79
FCC Fines Retailer for Offering Modification:
Nov, 89
FCC Office Lauds Amateurs for TVI/RFI
Resolution: Nov, 87
FCC Plan Would Open New Band at
219-220 MHz: May, 86
FCC Plan: Instant On-the-Air Privileges:
Dec, 92
FCC Proposal Would Change 222-MHz
Band: Feb, 82
FCC Proposes Greater Use of 902-928 MHz
Spectrum: May, 88
FCC Proposes New Guides on Effects of
Radiation: May,. 90
FCC Proposes to Change Message-Content
Policy: May, 88
FCC Reduces Fine in Interference Case:
May, 90
FCC Reduces Penalties Against Two
Amateurs: Jan, 83
FCC Rejects Petition for 30-Meter
Novice/Tech Band: Jun, 78
FCC Releases Proposal for New 902-MHz
Service: Jun, 79
FCC Turns Up Heat in QRM Case; Oct, 83
FCC Upholds Forfeiture in Illegal 40-Meter
Operations: Jun, 79
Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR) Has
Opened Nominations for the 1993-94
Academic Year, The: Mar, 83
Four Hams Fined for Malicious Interference:
Dec, 92
Free Exams for Novices Questioned by
W5YI-VEC: Nov, 86
Ham and Former Ham Share 1993 Nobel
Prize (Karpf): Dec, 91
Ham Fined for Alleged Malicious Interfer-
ence: Oct, 83
Ham on the Run: Nov, 86
Ham With Scanner Overhears Apparent
Plot: May, 88
Hams Help Bail Out Southern California
Town After Rains Cut Off Access,
Communications: Mar, 80
Hams Help Squelch 420-MHz Interlopers:
Apr, 78
House Bill Passes, Could Affect Amateur
Radio: May, 88
Jensen, Lenore, W6NAZ, SK: Jul, 76
Joint Resolutions Presented to Congress
Commend Amateurs, Urge Protections:
Jul, 73
Kenwood Rips FCC for Fining Dealers:
Sep, 82
League Asks FCC for New HF Digital Rules:
Mar, 82
League Backs FCC on Indecency: Jun, 77
League Defends Stance on Call Sign
Administration Program: Nov, 85
League Moves to Reopen Club, Military Call
Sign Plan: Jan, 82
League Renews Support for VEC Novice
Testing: Jan, 64
League Seeks Fine Tuning of Scanner
Proposal: May, 87
League Supports 220-MHz Weak-Signal
Subband: May, 86
League Supports New “Business Rule";
Opposes Broadcast Media's Attempt to
Broaden Scope: Feb, 82
Longtime Director W0FIR, SK: Aug, 72
Lucky Day!: Dec, 92
Mississippi Ham/Balloonist Wins Big Prize
for Flight: Dec, 92
National Contest Journal Changes Editors:
Mar, 81
Never Too Late: Aug, 75
New Amateur Communications “Business
Communications” Rule: Oct, 82
Nomad in Newinglon: May, 86
Nominees Sought for ARRL Board of
Directors: Aug, 76
One-Year Timetable Set for Ban on Tele-
phone Scanners: Jul, 75
Police Fear Foul Play in Young Ham’s
Disappearance: Nov, B9
Proposed FM Tower Stirs Concern in
Arizona Town: Nov, 89
Proposed Law Would Protect Ham Volun-
teers: Oct, 81
Rafferty, Jim, N6RJ, SK: Aug, 73
Receiving Radiotelephone Privileges:
Mar, 83
Reexaminations Ordered in Upstate New
York: Feb, 85
Senate Bill Includes Protection for Amateur
Radio Operators: Apr, 78
Shuttle Hams Garner National Press
Coverage: Dec, 93
Slater, Al, G3FXB, SK: Jan, 84
“Spectrum Auctions" Portend Little Effect on
Amateurs: Jul, 76
Still Active at 91 Years Young [W2IP]:
Sep, 103
TA Profile: Bill Shaheen, N1CQ: Jun, 80
Tennessee Amateurs Lead in Mobile
Rescue (Gold): Feb, 83
Three Men Fined $2000 for Unlicensed
Operation: Jul, 75
Town Honors Headquarters on Ham
Awareness Day: Nov, 88
Two Amateurs Feared Dead in Branch
Davidian Fire: Jun, 78
Wire Service Reports Hams in India ‘Quake
Relief: Dec, 91
HINTS AND KINKS—Column (Newkirk)
1 Watt In, 30 Watts Out with Power
MOSFETS at 80 Meters (Wyckoff): Jan, 50
10-Minute ID Timer Revisited (Conklin):
Nov, 82
2-Mefer Coaxial Antenna, A (Raftae/e);
Feb, 76
December 1993	235
Audio Patch Cords and RF (Swynar):
Dec, 85
Build a Quick PVC-Supported Quad for
About $50 (Evans): May, 75
Corona, Anyone? (Thurston): Jun, 75
Curing Multimode Communications
Processor Distortion with the Kenwood
TS-850S (Frost): Nov, 82
Curing RFI in the Ham IV Control Unit
(Pataki): Jan, 51
Curing VU-Meter Pinning in the MFJ-624D
Hybrid Phone Patch (Stauffer): Oct, 75
Dummy Load/Power Indicator, A (Klaus &
Forster): Jun, 75
Fix for Faded Blue-Green Drake Dial
Lighting (Ross); Dec, 86
Fix for Wind-Fatigued Wires, A (Buell):
Jul, 49
Garden Hose as Cable Conduit (locona);
Jul, 49
Grid-Current-Trip Circuit for the Ten-Tec
Titan LinearAmplifier (Gow): Jun, 74
Ground-Radial Installation Tool, A (Hoyt):
Jun,75
How About Not Using a 555? (Newkirk):
Dec, 85
How to Connect aivlCOM SM-8 Mike to the
Yaesu FT-990 Transceiver (Grandison):
Nov, 82
How to Work the Mir Space Station on
Packet (Mann): Aug, 65
Improved “Psycho-Regulation" and Arc
Protection for High-Voltage Power
Supplies (Levin): Feb, 75
Improving the Heathkit HW-5400 Trans-
ceiver (Akimov): Jul, 48
Inductance of Small Coils Wound on
Machine Screws (Zinder): Nov, 83
Installing a Huskier 160-M Fixed Capacitor.
in the Ten-Tec Titan Amplifier (Lynch)’,
May, 75
Is Your Radio Equipment Realty Grounded?
(Cardwell): Dec, 85
Keep Your QST Binders in Shape
(D’Antonio): Nov, S3
Lemon Power Revisited (Sayre): Aug, 67
Light-Operated Switch for Solar Panels, A
(Harbison): Jan, 51
Low HW-8 Power Output (Czuhajewski):
Apr, 72
More on Coax-Cable Connector Installation
(Collins): Oct, 75
More on Winding Multifilar Toroids (Lau)-.
Jul, 49
Multi-Tuner, The (Wilson): Oct, 76
No-Guesswork Method for Finding the
Correct Length tor ’A-л Stubs (Healy);
Jun, 75
Operate QRP with an Easy-to-Build
Attenuator (Jeffery),- Feb, 75
Paddle in a Pill Bottle (Kearman): Jul, 49
Positive and Negative Keyer Keying—
Simply (Boyars): Apr, 71
Putting Variometry to Work in Matching
Networks (Zavarella): May, 76
Receiver Muting for Vacuum-Tube Trans-
ceivers (Wescott): Mar, 69
Recentering the Ten-Tec Century/22 Audio
Filter at 750 Hz (Garrett): Jul, 49
Relays Make Sure Mobile Radios are Really
Off (Wells): Jul, 49
Replacement Battery Pack for the
Santec ST-142 Hand-Held, A (Forster):
Jul, 49
Selective Mike Muting During Data Opera-
tion with Some Kenwood Transceivers
(Sittner): Mar, 70
Solving RFI in the RCA Model F271888T
Television (Leming): Aug, 67
Steel-Wool Baluns? (Maxwell)-, Sep, 77
236 ЦЕК
Take Notes with a Camcorder (Jones):
Jan, 52
Tool Pouch Holds Hand-Held Transceivers
(Hendrey): Dec, 85
Tracking a Defective Doorbell Transformer
(Schneider): Jun, 75
Tubing Helps Identity Hand-Held Controls
By Touch (Murphy): Aug, 67
Updating the Hy-Galn HDR-300 Rotator
(Harbach): Mar, 69
When Antennas Should /VotBe Resonant
(Aitken): May, 76
When Your SWR Meter Acts Like a Field-
Strength Meter (Samuelson): Mar, 70
Yaesu FT-901 Band Information Selects
Antennas (Swancara): Aug, 67
HOW’S DX?—Column (White Jan-Aug;
Kennamer Sep-Dec)
10 Most Popular Countries, The: Oct, 85
100 “Most-Needed" DXCC Countries, The:
Sep, 94
9G1AA: Ghana Returns to the Bands:
Oct, 84
9M0S: Why is it Spratly? Nov, 90
9M6 on 50 MHz: Oct, 85
AA2X: Jul, 81
Bangladesh: May, 91
Chernobyl Doctor: May, 91
Direct QSLing: Some Thoughts By Roger
Western, G3SXW: Jun, 83
DXCC Honor Roll, The—Universal Appeal:
G3NSY; Jul, 81
Ethics for QSL Management: Jan, 93
Green Stamps: Jun, 83
Honor Roll Record?: Feb, 87
How to Escape from a New Zealand Winter
(Sutton): Mar, 86
Jan Mayen: Aug, 77
Meet Bill Kennamer K5FUV' .Sep ,94
More Common Sense: Feb, 87
Most Wanted Countries; Jan, 93
On the Air from Albania: Radio in the Land
of the Eagle (Langdon): Feb, 86
Sao Tome: Jan, 93
Spratly {Again!}; Feb, 87
Ubiquitous IRC, The: Nov, 91
WB4CSK: Jul, 81
Working by Call Areas: May, 91
Yugoslavia: “Balkanization" of the Coun-
tries List?: Apr, 83
INFORMATION
1993 “Handy Reference" Section: Jan, 57
Announcing the Second Annual Philip J.
McGan Memorial Award [WA2MBQ];
Jan, 56
ARRL Incoming DX QSL Bureau
Addresses: Jan, 59
ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System, The:
Jan, 58
ARRL Outgoing QSL Service, The-. Jan, 59
Club Competition Rules and Contest
Disqualification Criteria: Jan, 52
"Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide,
The": Jan, 61
Guide to ARRL Services: Jan, 57
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions—1993: Jan, 57
Membership Services: Jan, 57
US Amateur Bands (chart): Jan, 64
Volunteer Examinations: Jan, 58
Exam Info—Column (Jahnke)
Examination Process, The: Sep, 107
FCC Drops Station Location from Amateur
Licenses: May, 55
National Exam Day: Feb, 96
New Novice and Tech Question Pools
Released-. Apr, 103
Novice Examinations Join the VEC System:
Jul, 85
What’s New in the Examining Community?:
Aug,94
Washington Mailbox—Column
(Hennessee)
ARES and RACES: Two Flavors of
Amateur Radio Emergency Service:
Nov, 102
Break tor Station ID, A: Mar, 96
Reciprocal Licensing: May, 100
Repeater Rules: Aug, 88
What’s Your "Sign?"; Jan, 105
IT SEEMS TO US—Editorial (Sumner), p 9
Amateur Radio’s Public Face: Nov
FCC Bares its Teeth, The: Apr
How to Win the Nobel Prize: Dec
Kitchen-Sink Band, The: 902 MHz; Jun
Life Preservers: Feb
New QST Features for You: Feb
Our Achilles' Heel: Oct
Our Gateway to the 21st Century: Aug
Public Service: Not Only Good, But Legal;
Sep
QRP?; Mar
Spectrum for the 21st Century: Jan
Sunspots, and Tolerance; Apr
Where are the Novices?: Ju!
Wise Compromise, The: Aug
KEYING AND CONTROL CIRCUITS
Add Tracking Sidetone to Your ICOM
IC-765 Transceiver (Mraz): May, 39
Automatic RF Power Control for AMTOR
Operation (Gregory): Mar, 25
Contest Card, The (Sutcliffe): Sep, 31
Everything You Always Wanted to Know
About Hardware for Computer Controlling
Modern Radios (Blackburn): Feb, 37
Introducing METCON, a New Remote
Control and Telemetry System
(Newland): Jan, 41
IROESON; An Infrared Optoelectronic
Keyer (Cebik): Jul, 36
Measuring and Compensating Oscillator
Frequency Drift (Hayward): Dec, 37
Remotely Controlled Antenna Switch, A
(Thompson): Apr, 32
LAB NOTES—Column (ARRL Lab Staff &
Ford)
Curing Interference to Non-Radio Equip-
ment: Jun,64
Emergency Power: Apr, 76
Kits Galore!: Aug, 70
Printed-Circuit Board Circus: Oct, 79
Satellite-Tracking Software: Dec, 89
What Rig Should I Buy?; Feb, 79
MEASUREMENT AND TEST EQUIPMENT
Accurate Dip Meter Using the MFJ-240
SWR Analyzer, An (Barton): Nov, 45
Computer-Controlled Electronic Test
Equipment—Part 1 (Portugal): Dec, 42
Dual-Range AC Voltage, Current and
Frequency Monitor, A (Oscarson): Aug, 25
Measuring and Compensating Oscillator
Frequency Drift (Hayward): Dec, 37
TAPR's Digital Deviation Meter (Johnson);
Oct, 31
NEW BOOKS [Author] (Reviewer)
Amateur Radio RV Antennas [Benson]
(Ford); Jun, 34
Antique Radio Boys and the Garrulous
Grebe, The [Dryer] (Wall): Jun, 34
Art of Electronics, The [Horowitz & Hill]
(Sabin);.Mar ,67
Audio Dictionary, The [White] (Battles):
Apr, 75
Complete Amateur Television Workbook,
The [Stone] (Ford): Nov, 44
Easy Wire Antenna Handbook, The [Ingram]
(Schetgen): May, 51
Ham Radio Horizons: The Book [O'Dell]
(Wall): Nov, 49
Hamsat Handbook, The [Curtis] (Ford):
Aug, 24
Heath Nostalgia [Purdue] (Battles): May, 70
HF Antennas for All Locations [Moxon]
(Hall): Nov, 34
Howto Get Started in Packet Radio [Ingram]
(Ford): Jun, 41
Lenk’s Digital Handbook: Design and
Troubleshooting [Lenk] (WolfGang):
Dec, 65
Long-Path Propagation [Brown] (Kearman):
Mar, 50
Monitoring NASA Communications [Curtis]
(Battles): Aug, 24
Pse QSL! An Expert’s Guide to Amateur
Radio QSLing [Welsh] (Halprin): Feb, 54;
May.. 70
There are No Electrons; Electronics for
Earthlings [Amdahl] (Battles): Feb, 30
View from Low Orbit [Lobel] (Ford): Jun, 28
Weather Radio [Curtis] (Ford); Jun, 28
NEW HAM HORIZONS (Feb)/
NEW HAM COMPANION (Mar-Dec)
7 dB for 7 Bucks (Loucks): Apr, 54
And the Most Popular Frequency is...
(Mabey): May, 60
Annie Get Your Gunnplexer (Lau): Sep, 68
ARRL Wants YOU!, The (Hurder): Nov, 68
Better Than a Rubber Duck (Kleinman):
Mar, 56
Beyond FM (Kearman & Healy): Nov, 61
Bicycle-Mobile Antennas (Gerwin & Juhre):
Mar, 52
Confessions of a Conversation Hunter
(Elliott): Apr, 59
Day the Repeater "Broke", The (Wolfgang):
Mar, 59
Disguised Flagpole Antenna, A (Parker):
May, 65
Do You Need an Audio Filter? (Gill): May,62
Falling in Love With Ham Radio for Less
Than $200 (Gold): Feb, 65
Finding My Niche in Ham Radio (Castaldo):
Jul, 71
Fine Art of QSLing, The (Ford): Jul, 66
First Contest, The (Cotterman): Oct, 66
Frequency and Deviation Conspiracy, The
(Leahy): Dec, 66
Get Ready for Field Day! (Ford): Jun,54
Getting Started with RS-10 (Daniel):
Aug, 53
HF Mobiling: Taking it to the Streets (Gold):
Dec, 67
How Much Will it Cost? (Ford): Sep, 61
I Passed My Code! Now What? (Bowles);
Mar, 61
Joy of Building, The (Gold): Sep, 64
Just the Fax (Battles): Aug,48
Long Delayed Echoes—A Ham Mystery
(Ford): Aug, 57
Loivfingon 1750 Meters (Ford)’.Oct,67
Lure of the Ladder Line, The (Ford):
Dec, 70
Mountaintop VHF: A New Adventure
(Putman): Oct, 60
Nobody Talks to Me! (Ford): Oct, 63
Pack-in-the-Box (Levin): Jun, 59
Paper Chase, The (Fordj'.Mar,54
Radio and Railfanning (Clark): Dec, 72
Remedial Radio (Kleinschmidt)'. Nov, 64
Rockets and Radio (Patterson): Apr, 61
Scanning the VHF Aviation Band (Ford):
Apr, 56
Standard 12-Volt Connector, A (Ardai):
Aug, 50
Tall Stacks ’92 Special-Event Station
(DiGennaro): Jun, 57
Troubleshooting Your Radio Equipment
(Ricker): Nov, 65
Two 2-Meter Antennas (Bowles): Jul, 62
Two-Meter FM Mountaintopping...Sort Of
(Brook): Feb, 58
VHF/UHF Contesting (Ford): May, 67
W1 AW at the Flick of a Switch (Richey):
Feb, 56
What's Your Grid? (Owen): May, 68
When You're the Victim of Intentional
Inteference (Ford): Nov, 64
You Can Copy 30 Words Per Minute!
(Aurick): Sep, 60
You Have a Date with OSCAR 21 (Ford):
Nov, 70
Your Information Connection: The ARRL
BBS (Ford): Jun,60
Doctor is IN, The—Column
Feb, 64; Mar, 58; Apr, 63; May, 64; Jun, 63;
Jul, 65; Aug, 52; Sep, 67; Oct, 69;
Nov, 67; Dec, 76
Radio Tips
Are You Overdeviating?: Sep, 63
Autopatch Etiquette: Feb, 57
Bending Dipoles: Mar, 57
Coordinated Universal Time: Feb, 60
Courtesy Beeps: Aug, 51
DC Power Supplies
Hamfest Shopping Techniques: Mar, 60
Hooked on Phonetics: Jul, 69
Ionosphere, The; May, 66
Is Amateur Radio Safe?: May, 69
Joys of FM Simplex, The: Dec, 75
Lightningl: May, 63
Mobile Grounding: Jul, 64
Monoband HF Dipole Antenna, The:
Apr, 64
Right Polarization for the Job, The: Oct, 62
Secrecy and You: Aug, 56
Sending Packet Bulletins: Apr, 55
Stalking the Fox (Kearman): Oct, 64
SWR: Oct, 70
Using an Autopatch to Report an Accident:.
Oct, 65
VHF/UHF Propagation Beacons: Aug, 56
What is AMTOR?: May, 60
What is Packet?: Apr, 58
What Type of Feed Line Should I Use?
Apr, 60
What’s Happening on the 2-Meter Band?:
Apr, 60
What's Your RST?: Jun, 62
Working the World on 10 Meters: May,.69
NEW PRODUCTS
2-Meter Power Amp: Apr, 39
2-Meter Quad: Apr, 45
3-D Antenna Software: Apr, 45
5 Bands in One: Apr, 23
AEA Debuts Accessories, Upgrades:
Jun, 76
Aluminum Tubing: Dec, 31
Amiga Code Tutor: Aug, 64
Antenna Mobile Mount: Feb, 74
Antenna-Design Software: Oct, 44
Antennas for Hand-Held Rigs: Jun, 51
Attenuator Update; Oct, 55
Automatic Coax Switch: Jul, 53
Bandpass Filters: May, 47
Call Sign Pen: Oct, 78
Circuit Boards: Jun, 45
Code Trainer: Jul, 53
CW From Your PC: Nov, 34
DC Power Pack: Nov, 34
Digital Communications Card for PCs:
Aug, 90
Digital Display for Classic Rigs: Jun, 45
Digital Voice Mailbox: Feb, 41
DSP Filter Aug, 67
Dual-Band “Invisible” Antenna: Jul, 44
Foxhunting and ATV Gear: Aug, 64
Getting Started in Ham Radio [Video review]
(White): Jun, 76
Ham Calendar. Jan ,72
Ham Headphones: Jul, 33
Ham Horseshoes: Mar, 67
Ham Radio Video: Jan, 96
Ham Shareware CD-ROM: Apr, 39
Ham Videos: Apr, 45
HamWindows Update: Oct, 44
Hand-Held Transceiver: Jun, 65
Handy Test Clip: Apr, 23
Heavy Duty Power Supply: Aug, 44
HF Antennas: May, 42
HF Mob‘I eArtennas: Dec, 86
Hi-Mound Code Keys: Mar, 27
High-Speed Packet System: Jan, 54
Informative Catalog: May, 42
Integrated Packet PC: Oct, 38
LITZ Box: Jul, 33
LITZ-Ready Controller: Jan, 72
Low-Cost Spectrum Analyzers: May, 47
Low-Loss Coax: Nov, 40
Map Software: Nov, 40
Meter Add-On: Jan, 96
Mobile HF Rig: Jun, 51
Multiband DX Antenna: Sep, 80
N6RJ Memorial Keys.Dec,84
Noise Eliminator: Jun, 65
On-Glass 23-cm Antenna: May, 42
Peewee Paddle: Apr, 23
Plug-In Packet Card: Dec, 105
Portable Charge/Boost System: Dec .86
Preamps, Transverters: Jun, 76
Premium Coax: Oct, 27
QRP Kit: May, 47
Radio Kits: Jan, 96
Repeater-Control Add-Ons: Aug, 64
Rig Remote Control: Apr, 39
RTTY Contest Software; Aug, 64
Sensible Solutions' WB2OPA Logmaster
Plus/Plus: Apr, 47
“Silent Key”: Oct, 38
Simplex VOX Patch: Jul, 44
SSTV Explorer: Dec, 88
Telephone RFl Filter: Jan, 49
Telephone Swap Net: Oct, 55
Tiny Antenna: Apr, 23
Tone Decoder/Display: Jan, 30
UHF ATV Twins: Dec, 31
UHF Transceiver: Oct, 79
Versatile DSP Box.- Jan, 96
OP ED —C d umn
Ham Radio on $100 a Year (Chatham):
Oct, 102
Living in the Real Ham Radio World (Szabo);
Jun, 81
Times They are A'Changin’ (Boyd): Dec, 111
ORGANIZATIONAL
1992: The Year in Review; (Annual Report to
the Members of the American Radio Relay
League): May, 79
1993 'Handy Reference" Section: Jan, 57
Announcing the Second Annual Philip J.
McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award:
Jan, 56
ARRL Incoming DX QSL Bureau Addresses:
Jan, 59
ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System. The:
Jan, 58
December 1993 237
ARRL Outgoing QSL Service, The: Jan, 59
ARRL Volunteer Appointees of the Year
(Palm): Oct, 56
ARRL Wants YOU1, Ths (Harder): Nov, 68
Audited ARRL Financial Statements: May,
83
Board Embraces Semiautomatic Digital
Operation at HF (Palm): Sep, 48
"Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide,
The": Jan, 61
Excellence in Recruiting (White): Jan, 55
HF Automatic Digital Subbands—Aye;
Name Change—Nay (Palm); Mar, 73
How Does a Section Manager Spend Field
Day? (Bowles): Nov, 61
Instructors of the Year (Bedlack): Sep, 51
Job Description: ARRL technical Coordina-
tor: Jul, 72
League Advisory Committee Members-,
May, 81
League Moves to Reopen Club. Military
Call Sign Plan: Jan, 82
League Renews Support for VEC Novice
Testing: Jan, 84
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions—1993: Jan, 57
McCauley, James, AB6EU, Wins ARRL
Excellence “in Recruiting Award (White):
Sep, 51
Meet 1992 Maxim Award Winner Chris
Anziano, KD1OX; Sep, 49
Meet Bill Kennamer, K5FUV: Sep, 94
Membership Services: Jan, 57
Nominations Open for Philip J. McGan
Memorial Stiver Antenna Award
(Mansfield): Mar. .46
Pearce, Gary, KN4AQ, Wins the 1993
McGan Silver Antenna Award
(Mansfield): Sep, 50
Season’s Greetings from the ARRUIARU
Staff and Contributing Editors: Dec, 99
Technical SdLfions inth eF'idd (H ud er):
Jul, 72
W1AW Schedule: Jan, 61
W7TX Wins 1992 Technical Excellence
Award: Sep, 52
Elections
ARRL Section Manager Second Election
Notice: May, 90
Ballots Tallied in Annual ARRL Board
Elections: Jan, 84
Nominees Sought tor ARRL Board of
Directors: Jul, 73
Repeat Nominating Solitication: Apr, 80
Section Election Notice: Jan, 85; Apr, 80;
Jul, 77. Oct, 83
Section Electron Results-.Jan ,85-,Apr ,80-,
Jul. 76
At the Foundation—Column (Carcla)
Family-Style Scholarships: Mar, 101
Here Come the Hannibal Hams!: Jul, 97
Join Us for the Celebration!: Jan. 108
Radio Home in Pioneer Country, A:
May, 105
Rewarding Excellence: Nov, 104
Your ARRL Foundation at 20 Years!:
Sep, 108
Club Spectrum—Column (Ewald)
Amateur Radio at Jesse James Festival
(Midkiff): Apr, 96
Amateur Radio at NY State Fair: Mar, 100
Andrea, Ralph, WOFCO, SK: HANDI-HAM
Radio Camp Instructor: Feb, 99
ARRL Library Sets Promote Amateur
Radio: Sep, 110
ARRL Special Service Clubs Recognized'.
Jan, 102
238 Ц5Ь-
Boles Junior High School ARC: Jul, 96
Challenger Junior High School ARC: Jul, 96
Clubs Gain Corporate Cooperation:
May, 104
Clubs Take Amateur Radio to the People:
Mar, 100
Field Day at Pithole (Clinefelter & Menk):
Jun, 105
Footsteps to the Future (Perry): Aug, 93
Ft Pierce ARC Flies Low (Sammis):
Dec, 108
Great Balloon Launch, The (Huish): Oct, 99
Groundhog Day is Special in Punxsutawney
(Sweeney): Jan, 102
High-Speed CW Contest: Oct, 99
Keeping in Touch with Goddard College-.
Jul, 96
Radio Appreciation Program in Three Steps
(Gercken)-.Feb ,99
School Clubs Active in Operating Events:
Jul. 96
Space Shuttle Flight is Cause for Celebra-
tion (Force)-. Nov ,110
Transmitter Hunting is Alive in the Bay Area
(Shappe): Dec, 108
Welcome to Sanibel! (Rosenheck)-.
Nov, 110
Moved & Seconded...-
Jan, 86; Feb, 54; Mar, 75' Jul ,79- Sep J53
PACKET RADIO
A-orR- X.25?: Jan, 107
ARSENE—An Orbiting Packet Digipeater:
Feb, 97
Board Embraces Semiautomatic Digital
Operation at HF (Palm): Sep, 48
Midwest Digital Conference '93: Jan, 107
Pack-in-the-Box (Levin)-Jun 59
Packet for Lunch (Larsen): Mar, 38
Packet Perspective—Column (Horzepa)
CLOVER: The Future of HF Data Communi-
cations?: Jan,. 107
Deviations in Packet Radio; Sep ,105
Internet Gateways Expand the World of
Packet Radio: Dec, 105
Is High-Speed HF Packet Possible Z
Nov, 106
New Packet Goodies; Oct, 96
Packet Questions (And Answers)' Aug ,90
PacTOR: Better HF Digital Communications
for the Rest of Us?: Feb, 98
PBBS Basics, P zrt 1: M ar, 102
PBBS Basics , Part 2: Apr 93
PBBS Basics, Part 3: Jun, 102
Тгаск-lt Radio; Jul, 92
What's New .May ,103
PRODUCT REVIEW
A&A Engineering Viewport VGA Slow-Scan
TV System (Taggart): Feb, 72
AEA DSP-2232 Multimode Communications
Processor (Ford)-.Apr,65
AEA PK-900 Multimode Communications
Processor (Ford): Oct, 71
AlphaLab TriF'ield Meter (Overbeck):
May, 73
Down East Microwave 432PA 432-MHz
Amplifier Kit (Healy): Mar, 66
Down East Microwave DEM432 No-Tune
432-MHz Transverter (Healy); Mar, 64
HAL Communications PCI-4000 CLOVER-II
Data Controller (Ford): May , 70
ICOM АТ-16П Automatic Ant enna Tuner:
Feb, 71
ICOM IC-728 and IC-729 Transceivers
(Wolfgang & Healy): Feb, 67
ICOM IC-737 MF/HF Transceiver (Healy)- .
Aug, 59
ICOM R-7100 HF/VHF/UHF Communica-
tions Receiver (Newkirk & Healy): Apr, 67
K1EA Software Digital Voice Processor
(Healy): Jan, 71
Kenwood TS-50S MF/HF Transceiver
(Healy): Sep, 71
Lowe HF-150 LF/MF/HF Communications
Receiver (Newkirk): Aug, 62
М2 Enterprises EB-144 Eggbeater Antenna
(Ford): Sep, 75
MFJ9017 18-MHzQRP CW Transceiver
(Hale): Jul, 45
MFJ-249 and MFJ-207 SWR Analyzers
(Gruber): Nov, 75
PacComm PacTOR Multimode Controller
(Ford)-. Jan ,58
PacComm PSK-IT Satellite Modem and
TNC (Ford): Jul, 46
OST C ompares: D ud -B and M cb'i e FM
Transceivers (Healy)'.Jun ,66
QSTCompares: Packet TNCs (Ford):
Dec, 80
Ramsey Electronics FX -146 2 Meter
Transceiver Kit (Bloom): Oct, 73
SGC Inc Model SG-230 “Smartuner"
Automatic Antenna T it er(B auei): Nov, 80
SSB Electronic SP-70 Mast-Mount Preampli-
fier (Jansson); Mar, 63
Tejas RF Technology Backpacker II Model
TRFT-550 Single-Band CW Transceiver
(Bauer): Nov. 76
Ten- Tec Onnf VI MF/HF Transceiver
(Healy): Jan, 65
Ten-Tec Scout Model 555 MF/HF Trans-
ceiver, The (Newkirk): Dec, 77
Teriin Outbacker JR8 HF Mobile Antenna
(Bauer): Apr, 70
Solicitation for Product Review
Equipment Bids:
Feb, 74; Jun, 71; Nov, 81; Sep, 76
PUBLIC SERVICE
ARRL Wants YOU!, The (Harder?: Nov, 68
ATV Tested on Earthquake Scenario
(Schaefer)- Jul 58
Caribbean Encounter (Reid): Mar, 90
Hams Ffe |b on Hg h S&as ( Tiorne): Jan, 100
Hurricane Iniki Rallies Amateurs (Hashim?
Feb, 19
Hurricane Watch Net Founder Honored
(Herman): Feb, 92
Landers Earthguake (Spaeth): Jan, 100
Medicd Mayday (Hickman): Mar, 90
Mountain Rescue (Ragain)1 Feb 91
Navy Cites Amateurs for Distinguished
Public Service. • Mar, 90
New Hams- Get Involved in Emergency
Communications: Sep, 89
NTS Inter-Area h/beting Held at HQ: Feb 92
Search1 (Thurston? Mat; 90
Simulated Emergency Test Results (Ewald):
Jul, 58
Standard 12 -Volt Connector,A (Arda ) :
Aug,50
Tampa Responds After New Madrid
Earthquake (Nassar)-. Jul, 59
W4SG1, OBS Emeritus, SK (Keaton):Feb, 91
Public Service—Column (Palm)
Alabama Tornado (DeJarnette): Oct, 9D
Amateur Radio Week in Kansas; Dec ,100
ARES: Santa Cruz Case Study (Thalls):
Apr, 86
ARES; Topeka Case Study (Lutes? Apr 86
Blizzard of ’93, The: Sep, 87
Field Organization Profile: Telesforo
Figueroa, KP4P:Aug, 83
Hams Help on the High Seas (Thorne)-,.
Jan,100
Hams Track Solar Vehicles in Sunrayce '93
(Basore & Hlssam): Oct, 89
Hams Who Serve (Lovell): May, 94
High Adventure (Pulis): Aug, 82
Incorporating Amateur Radio in Local
Emergency Plans (Reed): May, 95
KICE's NTS Notes: Fred’s First Try at BPL
(Wiedeback): May, 96
KICE's NTS Notes’.New Awards for New
Hams: Apr, 87
Landers Earthquake (Spaeth): Jan, 100
Maritime Hams Save Heart Attack Victim
(Weston): Nov, 97
New Hams to the Rescue (Egbert): Nov, 97
New Hams: Get Into the ARES Scene:
Dec, 100
NTS Notes; Why Traffic Handling is the Most
Important Ham Activity (Wiesen): Nov, 96
Operation Holidays III: Each One, Reach
One (Matthew): Nov, 96
Samoan Crisis (Hardman): Jan, 99
Special Invitation for New Hams: Register
Now for Simulated Emergency Test This
Fall: Aug, 84
What’s the Latest on the Digital NTS?
(Zorn): Jul, 87
Wide-Area ARES Message Switch , Part 1
(Colbert): Jun, 99
Wide-Area ARES Message Switch, Part2
(Colbert): Jul, 86
SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNIQUES
CLOVER: The Future of HF Data Communi-
cations?: Jan, 107
Introducing METCON, a New Remote
Control and Telemetry System (Newland):
Jan, 41
Introduction to Amateur Television, An—
Part 1 (Taggart)-. Apr, 19
Introduction to Amateur Television, An—
Part 2 (Taggart): May, 43
Introduction to Amateur Television, An—
Part 3 (Taggart): Jun, 35
Just the Fax (Battles): Aug, 48
New Standard for Amateur Radio Facsimile,
A (Taggart): Feb, 31
PacTOR Phone Home: Mobile from the
Australian Outback (Mehaffey): Sep, 20
Slow-Scan TV—It Isn't Expensive Anymore!
(Langner): Jan, 20
STRAYS
(Almost) Instant Extra: Oct, 23
Amateur Radio Freemasons: Nov, 103
Attention Scouters: Apr, 23
ATV Quest Awards: Oct, 101
BC High School Reunion-.Aug ,94
Broadcasters Net: Jun, 104
Cable Company Helps Hams: Mar, 31
Chicago Ham Hotline: Apr, 107
CQ Chemists: Mar, 42
CQ Young People: Jun, 51
Crossmode Contact (Weber Stamm):
May, 51
Direction-Finding System: Nov, 54
Edge of Space Symposium: Jul, 99
Family of Hams (Brelsh): Mar, 37
Free Ham Software: Oct, 23
GERATOL Net: Mar, 72
Ham Awareness Gala in Western Theme
Park: Sep, 26
Ham Hippies Help?; Jul, 99
Hamfest for Kids: May, 122
HamVenture Guest Speaker: Aug, 94
Hollywood Ham Radio (Nothelfer): Mar, 89
Korean War MARS Ops Reunion: Jan, 85
Lead Hazard? Don't Chew Those Wires:
Oct, 23
Macintosh Net: Jun, 102
Marconi Wallpaper: Apr, 92
M ay isREACT M orth :M ay,51
More Morse (120)
Most Volunteer Exam Sessions?: Sep, 109
NARFE Net: Aug, 42
Naval Failsafe Device (Haddad); Dec, 120
Northwest QRPers: Mar, 89
Northwestern Ops Invited for Multistate
Special Event: Aug, 44
Old QSLs Available: Jan, B5
Pennsylvania Hamfest Announcement:
May, 51
Pinelands BBS Closes: Nov, 54
Place for Space, The: Mar, 31
Proclamation in Georgia (Runkle): Nov, 105
Pump’s OK, The (Kazdan): Mar, 106
Radio-Control Net: Jul, 44
Repeater Directory Error (Mabey); Dec, 120
SAREX in 1993: Jan, 85
Signal Corps Net'.Jun ,104
Smoke Test (Bilyeu): Mar, 37
Special-Event Net: Aug, 38
Sports Broadcast First? (Schultz): May, 94
Tesla Net: May, 70
Three Generations'. Nov, 105
VE Exam Results Negative (Boudrie):
Aug, 91
Wanted: Key Employees: Aug, 38
Will the Real Father of Radio Please Stand
Up? (Eisenberg); Apr, 41
WWll Reunion: Aug, 94
TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE
Adapting the NU1N Voice-Control Program
to the Yaesu FT-747GX (Lamendola):
Feb, 77
...And Againl (Greenway): May, 78
Antennas: Fundamentals of Radiation,
Near Fields and More (Belrose): Aug, 68
At the Races (Vogt): Feb, 77
Automobile RFI Solved (Hare): Dec, 88
Conductivity in the Cold, Cold Ground
(Lewallen): Jun, 73
Expanded Range DC and AC Voltmeters
(Grebenkemper): May, 77 (see Feed-
back: Aug, 69)
FAX480 Program Marries the Pasokon TV
SSTV Interface (Pagel): Jun, 73
FAX430 Updates (Taggart): Dec, 87
Getting to the Core of the Problem
(Czuhajewski ,Lau)-.Jun ,72
High-Dynamic Range Receiver Elicits
Comment (Zavrel): Sep, 79
I Like the Meter! (Lepine): May, 77
I Like the Mike! (Kimble); May, 78
L-C Constants (Nashlund): Feb, 77
More on “Hands-Off Mobile Operation”
(Wilson): Nov, 84
More on Elevated Radials (Christman):
Mar, 72
More on Measuring SSB/CW Receiver
Sensitivity: Apr, 73
No Ions in the Cold, Cold Ground (Jones):
Nov ,84
Real SI8901 Story, The (Zavrel)
Revisiting the 12-V Power Supply
(Oscarson): Mar, 71
Sense the Right Way to Go with the Handl-
Finder (Moell): Oct, 77
Small Antenna Efficiency (Lewallen):
Nov, 84
Some RFI Sources I've Known (Colten):
Feb, 78
Sporadic-E Causes (Spokes): Apr, 73
Touch Lamp RFI Cured (Hallock): May, 78
To u<h C ortrol -Lamp RFI (Wley)-Feh ,53
Updated Tandem Match, An
(Grebenkemper): Jul, 5
(see Jan 1987, 18)
Yaesu FT-990 Computer-Controlled
Interface (Lemmon): Nov, 84
VHF AND MICROWAVES
First VHF Contest from Cuba (Coro):
Dec, 58
Perseids Meteor Shower in 1993, The
(Pocock): Jul, 51
Predicting Transatlantic 50-MHz F-Layer
Propagation (Pocock): Mar, 33
Roving for VHF Gold in the Colorado
Rockies (Nerger): Jun, 21
Wbr Id Above 50 Mrt, Ths— Do Umn
(Pocock)
144-MHz Standings; May, 99
1993 Perseids, The: Nov, 99
222-MHz Standings: Jul, 91
432-MHz Standings: Sep, 93
Coaxial Cables for VHF and UHF; Aug 86
Distance Calculations; Jun, 96
Distance Records: Apr, 89
EME Annals: Mar, 95
EME for the Single-Yagi Station; Feb, 94
Greetings from Eastern Connecticut!:
Jan, 90
HF for the VHFer: Mar, 93
Ionospheric Forward Scatter.Sep ,91
Meteor and Propagation Monitors: Jul, 90
Micro wave Standings: Jan, 92
Moonbounce for Satellite Operators:
Oct, 92
Owen, Michael, W9IP: Jun, 96
Standings Boxes—Questions and Answers:
May, 98
VHF/UHF Century Club Awards
(Zimmerman):
Feb, 96; Jun, 118; Aug, 96
W1AW SCHEDULE*
Jan, 61; Feb, 101; Mar, 97; Apr, 51;
May, 126; Jul, 112; Sep, 113; Nov, 113;
Dec, 113
YL NEWS—Column (Dunn)
Breakfast with Carole: Aug, 92
“Foxy" Ladies Like to Outfox the OMs, The:
Oct, 103
Getting Your Netsworth: Apr, 95
Hamfests. The International Connection-.
Sep, 109
HANDI-HAM Nets: Feb, 102
Papering Your Wall with YL Certificates:
Jul, 100
Toto, Are We Really in Kansas?: Nov, 109
YLs Handy in HANDI-HAM System;
Feb, 102
YLs Head Up the Ranks: From Club
President to “Shining Star": Mar, 104
YLs On the Road and On the Air; Dec, 109
December 1993 239
Index to Volume
LXXVIII—1994
Compiled By Brian Battles, WS10
QST Features Editor
How to Use This Index
Items are listed according to the regular
column under which they appeared, and/or
under any category (or ca legorbs) that
generally describes them. The name of the
author(s) appears in parentheses, followed
by a colon, then the issue and page
number. Example: “Epics from the
Epicenter" appears under Features—
General Interest and under Public Service,
Some items have additionalsulgecf
description information or the name of a
department in which it appeared, in
brackets after the title.
AMATEUR RADIO WORLD—Column
Amateurs in India Join Forces: May, 102
Asla-Padfic Seminar Highlights Amateur
Radio's Contributions-. Aug , 70
IARU Considers New Members: Jun, 99
IARU Council Prepares for WRC-95 and
Beyond: Dec, 106
IARU Officers Reelected: Jul, 92
IARU Regional Executive Committees:
Apr, 94
IARU Reps Confer in Miami: May, 102
IARU Volunteers; Apr, 94
International Convention Calendar:
Jun, 99
Meeting in Markdorf: Sep, 106
Preparations for Radio's Centennial Begin:
Aug, 70
Progress in Lesotho: Jan, 112
Progress Report on International Amateur
Radio Permit: Dec, 107
Promoting Amateur Radio in Peru: Mar, 110
RAC Gets Rolling in Calgary: Oct, 101
SEAnet Convention: May, 102
'Winds of Change" Highlight Singapore
Conference: Nov, 108
WTDC-94 Recognizes Value of Amateur
Radio: Jun, 99
AMATEUR SATELLITE
COMMUNICATION—Column (Ford)
Amateur Satellite Frequencies: Apr, 110
AMSAT-NA Space Symposium: Jan, 115
Another FM Repeater in Orbit: Jun, 100
Balloons at the Edge of Space: Oct, 102
DOVE Returns to the Air Feb, 102
End of OSCAR 21, The?: Dec, 105
Fuji Award, The: Apr, 110
Historical Revision: Feb, 102
How Low Can You Go?: Aug, 91
More Analog Time on Fuji-OSCAR 20:
Feb, 102
Phase 3D Propellant Tanks Delivered’.
Jun, 100
Phase 3D Update: Dec, 105
PoSAT-OSCAR 28 Opens to Amateurs'.
Apr, 110
Russian Birds, The,..and Mir: Dec, 105
Working OSCAR 13 Mode S—QRP! (Lau):
Jun, 100
CONTESTS AND OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
Contest Announcements/Rules
1994 “Handy Reference*1 Section; Jan, 97
1994 ARRL RTTY Roundup, The: Aug, 96
61st ARRL November Sweepstakes
Announcement: Oct, 125
Announcing the Eighth ARRL 10-GHz
Cumulative Contest: Jun. 94
Announcing the Hiram Percy Maxim 125th
Birthday Celebration (Stankiewicz):
Aug, 46
ARRL International DX Contest Plaque
Program: Feb, 105
ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque
Program: May, 133
ARRL November Sweepstakes Plaque
Program: Oct, 124
Club Competition Rules and Contest
Disqualification Criteria: Jan, 124
Eighth Annual School Club Roundup:
Jan. 126
Field Day Rules: May, 132
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions—1994: Jan, 102
Rules, 7th ARRL RTTY Roundup: Dec, 121
Rules, 9th IARU HF World Championship:
Apr, 122
Rules, 48th January VHF Sweepstakes:
Dec. 119
Rules, 1994 ARRL UHF Contest
Jul, 116
R des, 1994 N ovice Round up: Jan, 125
Rules, 1995 ARRL International DX
Contest Dec, I22
Rules, ARRL 10-MeterConteSt: Nov, 130
Rules, ARRL 160-Meter Contest: Nov, 131
Rules, ARRL Internationa) EME
Competition: Sep, 128
Rules, June VHF QSO Party: May, 134
Rules, September VHF QSO Party:
Aug, 100
Test of Performance, The [SET] (Ewald):
Oct, 49
Contest Results
1993 Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
Results (Ewald): Sep, 95 (see Jul, 54)
Field Day '94 (Lunt & Stankiewicz):
Nov, 118
Results, 8th IARU HF World Championship
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): Feb, 106
Results, 1993 ARRL 10-Meter Contest
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): Jul, 117
Results, 1993 ARRL November
Sweepstakes (Thompson & Lunt):
May, 119
Results, 1993 ARRL September VHF QSO
Party (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Jan, 119
Results, 1994 ARRL International DX
Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Oct, 108
Results, 1994 ARRL January VHF
Sweepstakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz):
Jun, 109
Results, 1994 ARRL June VHF QSO Party
(Lunt & Stankiewicz): Dec, 112
Results, 1994 ARRL RTTY Roundup (Lunt
& Stankiewicz): Aug, 96
Results, 1994 Novice Roundup (Lunt &
Stankiewicz): Jun, 116
Results ,1994 School Club Roundup
(Malchick): Sep, 123
Results, ARRL 160-Meter Contest (Lunt &.
Stankiewicz) Apr, 117
Results, Eighth ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative
Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Mar, 117
Results, Seventeenth ARRL International
EME Competition (Lunt & Stankiewicz):
May, 117
Straight Key Night 1993 (Brogdon):
Apr, 121
Test of Performance The [SET] (Ewald):
Oct, 49
Top 10 Reasons for Using a Straight Key:
Apr, 121
Contesti ng/Operating
Amateur Satellite Frequencies: Apr, 110
“Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide,
The": Jan, 101
Enchanted Sweepstakes Expedition, An
(Margelli): Apr, 21
Jamboree on the Air 1993 (Bedlack);
Jun, 53
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions 1994: Jan, 102
Six-Meter Spectrum, The: Mar, 63
UHF Participation Pins-.Jul, 116
US Amateur Bands (chart): Jan, 104
VHF Contesting: Jan. 113
VHF Contesting for the Average Guy
(Pfister): Dec, 114
VHF Participation Pins: Aug, 100
DX Century Club Awards (Kennamer):
Jan, 91; Feb, 90; Mar, 99; Apr. 101; May,
100; Jun, 93; Jul, 96; Aug, 79; Sep. 101;
Oct, 90; Nov, 101; Dec, 94
DXCC Honor Roll (Kennamer):
Jul, 99
VHF/UHF Century Club Awards
(VUCC) (Sapko):
Feb, 97; Apr, 105; Jun, 104; Aug, 86; Oct,
99; Dec, 111
CORRESPONDENCE
Amp Wars (Cardinal): Sep, 97
ATV Comments (O'Hara): Nov, 89
Bedrooms or Beverages (Marshall);
Dec, 86
Better Late Than Never (McFadden):
Dec, 86
Big Brother and Amateur Radio (Johnson):
Jul, 109
Cellular Radio Tricks of the Trade
(Huenmann): Jun, 56
Code Controversy (Michaels): Jul, 109
Codeless Kudos (Barfield): Jan, 60
Come Back Anytime, Ya Hear? (Bipes):
Feb, 92
Comments on “Forward to the Past"
(Jaworski, Kelley, Gibson): Oct, 56
CRFI—Contest Radio Frequency
Interference (Horneff): Mar, 58
Credit Card Security (Tucker): Nov, 90
Credit Where Credit Is Dus? (Uckfeld):
Jan, 60
CW QSOs: Revel in the Primordial Sounds!
(Kofler): Jun, 56
Darth Vader? What About Kitehen Shfe?l
(Turk): Nov, 91
Do I Really Need an Amplifier? (Melcher);
Jun, 56
Domestic QSL Bureau, A? Absolutely!
(Wolfe, Kornacki. Hodges): Jut, 109
Don't Be Ugly Americans ( M; Lajg hln)
Oct, 56
Elmer Comes Clean, An (Truhlar): Feb, 92
First Ham in Space, The (Putnam)-. Oct ,56
First-Contact Jitters (Jenkins)’ Mar, 58
Flying High on 6 Meters (Wilson): May, 60
Fbllow-Up on Auto Interference (Hoover):
N ov,90
Forecast, The? You Don't Wanna Know...
(Sommers): Jun, 56
Friendly Forces (Stockwell): Aug, 50
Friend^ Ftemincbr, A(l-brper) Oct 56
From Cyprus, With Love (Nicolaou):
Jan, 60
Garlands from Brussels (Vekinis): Sep. 97
232
Gooch’s Paradox Proved; “RF Gotta Go
Somewhere!" (Bartucci): Jan, 60
Good PR (Kendrick); Dec, 86
He's in Good Company (Fairfield)’. Sep, 97
Holiday Point to Ponder, A (Wolf): Apr, 62
Hom Honkers (Brakob);Oct, 56
HPM Birthday Celebration (Fallon)'. Dec, 86
Inappropriate Use of Ham Frequencies
(Barnett): Nov, 89
International Beacon QRM (Reed); Dec, 86
It's About the Benefit of the Doubt (Stalls):
Feb, 92
It's Also the Old Ham's Companion (Snow);
Oct, 56
It's Not Just for New Hams Anymore...
(Mann): Jul, 109
Keep WIAW's Frequencies Clear, Please
(Bradford): Dec, 86
Lack of Holiday Cheer?, A (Miller)’. Feb, 92
Lauds for the Ladder Line (Lacey); Feb, 92
Let's Keep Darth Vader Out of It1. (Preston);
Apr, 62
Let Everyone Know About Our Good Deeds
(Crowhurst); Mar, 58
Likes What He Seesi (Kerr): Apr, 62
Low-Power Omissions? (Lowe): Apr, 62
Make Friends the Easy Way (Dillon);
Jan, 60
More on Pacemakers (Powell): Nov, 90
Never Too Late (Shuey): Sep, 97
Notify the Inspector? (Haskell): Aug, 50
Novice Classes—With an Attitude1. (Ripley)’.
Mar, 58
Old-Time Volunteer Examiner Program, An
(Interdonato)’. Nov, 89
Oldies But Goodies (Goodman); Aug, 50
Oner Transmitter, The (Kelsey): Dec, 86
Open Forum (Kleronomos): Apr, 62
Ouf of Africa...and Into OST! (Leo, Porter);
Feb, 92
Out of the Mouths of Babes (Chamberlain);
Jun, 56
Public Service ATV (Jones): Oct, 57
Put a Stop to Traffic Slop! (Goldweber);
Feb, 92
QRP Philosophy 101 (Latta): Feb, 92
QSL the 50-Year Plaque (Dorrance):
Oct, 56
Relieve the Boredom, Please (Stray)’.
Mar, 58
"Religious" About Ham Radio (Callendrello);
Aug, 50
Remembering Nose (Crutchfield): Sep, 97
Roses for Rohde (Kessler): Oct, 56
Sage Advice Revisited (Dirling): Jan, 60
Sailor of the Airwaves (Burnet).’ Sep 97
Samuel Morse: Art Painter (Lien): Aug, 50
Secret of Our Success (Hallidy): May, 60
Spirit of Field Day, The (Hums); Jun, 56
Stamp Therapy (Sheldon): Mar, 58
Stress Management (Homrig); Nov, 90
Sweet Tears of Laughter (Painter): Aug, 50
Thanks to NHCs Doctor (Sullivan): Apr, 62
Thanks! (Hodge): Aug, 50
They Should Have Known Better? (Aurick)’,
Apr, 62
To QRP, or Not to QRP? (Wiseman);
Dec, 86
Translator Would Be Helpful, A (Gorski):
Sep, 97
Trip to the Old Neighborhood, A (Toback):
May, 60
Two Decades of Amateur Radio
(Anderson): Nov, 89
Use it or Lose It (Jacobsen, Beckwith);
May, 60
Vintage Curriculum, A (Soled): Mar, 58
Warm Thanks for UA Cold Season11 (Hess):
Aug, 50
Wouff-Helds? (Kunde): Aug, 50
YL Solidarity—and Hilarity! (Hayes):
Jun, 56
Young Ham Speaks Up, A (Guhl): Sep, 97
Your Voices in Washington (Cain): Apr, 47
EXAM INFO—Column (Jahnke)
ARRL Sponsors Two National Exam Days
in 1994: Feb, 103
Credit for Passing Your Examination’.
Jun,106
FCC's New Form 610, The: Mar, 106
National VEC Conference '94 Annual
Meeting Highlights; Aug, 88
New FCC Form 610: Feb, 103
Question Pools—Update: Apr, 111
Special Circuits and Techniques Used to
Administer Examinations: Sep, 75
When Will Your License Expire?: Aug, 89
FEATURE ARTICLES
General Interest
144-MHz Sporadic E (Pocock): Jul, 37
1993, The Year in Review: May, 73
1993 Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
Results (Ewald): Sep, 95 (see Jul, 54)
3Y0PI; The Peter I Island 1994 DXpedition
(Schmieder): Nov, 57
Activating a Rare Island on CW: ZD9SXW
(Western); Jul, 19
AMSAT-NA Space Symposium (Ford):
Jan,115
Amateur Radio Direction Finding in China
(Baldwin): Mar, 23
Amateur Radio Goes to the 1993 Boy
Scout Jamboree (Wolfgang): Feb, 55
Amateur Radio Postage Stamps (Welsh):
Jan, 22
Anatomy ofa 10-GHz Record (Swedbbm &
Lee): Mar, 48
Announcing the Hiram Percy Maxim 125th
Birthday Celebration (Stankiewicz):
Aug, 46
Automotive Interference Problems: What
the Manufacturers Say (Hare): Sep, 51
Back to the Future: Pick Your Own Call
Sign? (Palm) fed 84
Beacon Hunting from Northwest
Connecticut (Bauer); Nov, 50
Bedrooms or Beverages? (Cain): Oct 51
Before Spark (McElroy): Jan, 57
Being an Elmer (Young); Mar, 44
Board Preps for 219-220 MHz (Palm):
Mar, 85
California's Burning (Palm): Feb, 23
Camel Trophy '93 (Diamond): Feb, 29
Cellular Radio and the Modem Amateur
(Stone): Mar, 50
Christmas Card, A (Silver): Dec, 55
Cuba: A Week to Remember (Margeirj;
Dec, 58
Digital Signal Processing: The Final
Frontier (Moseley): Apr, 54
Do Amateur Radio (and Yourself) a Favor
(Palm); Jan, 54
Electromagnetic Reids and Your Health
(Overbeck); Apr, 56
Enchanted Sweepstakes Expedition, An
(Margelli): Apr, 21
Epics tom ths фсеп ter (Palm) Aug 21
Exploring the Internet—Part 1 (Ford)’.
Sep, 43
Exploring the Internet—Part 2 (Ford):
Oct, 43
Exploring the Internet—Part 3 (Ehrlich):
Nov, 52
Exploring the Internet—Part 4( Ehrlich:
Dec, 47
Forward to the Past; Fixing Radios for Fun
and Profit (Carn): Aug, 42
General-Class Code Speed in One
Weekend or How Sweepstakes Saved
the Day (Stephens): Oct, 54
Ham Radio in the Pacific at the End of
WW II (Veregge): Jul, 46
Hams of Ability: Nov, 46
Hear the Impact? (Owen): Jul, 62
Hello, Zak—This is Ray (Rushing); Sep, 48
“Help, the Sky is Falling!": Antenna
Restrictions in the 1990s (Hennessee):
Feb, 50
In the Line of Fire (Wall): Nov, 62
Interview with Robert W. Jones, VE3CTM,
An (Rinaldo): Dec, 53
Jamboree on the Ar 1993 (Bedlack):
Jun, 53
JOTA ’94, Jamboree-on-the-Air (Bedlack):
Sep, 96
Landmark Legislation in New Hampshire:
House Bill 1380-L (Bowles): Au g, 39
LARC's Mode-S DXpedition (Kel ly &
Bledsoe): Jul, 52
Letter to My Elmer, A (Guenther): Sep, 50
Look at Digital Audio Broadcasting A
(Kleinschmidt); May, 27
Modern Classic Test: Yaecomwood T-Max
All-Mode Transceiver (Randazzo)’.
Sep, 57
Monitoring the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet
Impacts (Pressler)-.Dec,51
Moonbeams on Montserrat: An
EMExpedliion (Brittain): Jun, 47
NCDXF/IARU International Beacon
Network, The—Part 1 (TrosterS Fabry):
Oct, 31
NCDXF/IARU International Beacon
Network, The—Part 2 (Troster & Fabry):
Nov, 49
New Outlook on Ham Radio, A (Kirkendoil);
Mar, 44
Operating Backpack Portable (Andera &
Sample): Apr, 21
Overview of Amateur Call Signs ,An—Past
and Present (Sager & Palm): May, 54
Pacemakers, Interference and Amateur
Radio (Weber); Jul, 34
Peter I Souvenir Items (Brogdon)'.Nov ,61
Portable S5 (Gartenberg): May, 50
Reading Radio Fiction (Lisle): Apr, 51
Real Fun Interference (RFI) (Buffington):
Feb,79
Rewards of Ham Radio (Bridgman):
Nov, 46
Smooth Sailing at Rocky Hill (Palm):
Sep, 82
St P ail R evist al (A rch b eld) :J un,7.1
Strange Signals from the Land of the
Midnight Sun (Luchi): Sep, 46
Test of Performance, The [SET] (Ewald):
Oct, 49
Toppling Restrict' ive Zoning Ordinances
(Altman): Feb, 49
Tower Safety Tips (Cook)’ Aug ,40
Updated Official Field Day Report Form
(Palm): Apr, 60
Volunteer Examiners Mark a Decade of
Service (Holsopple): Jul,57
Wally and Mike: Changing Times
(Kearman); Mar, 56
W Л у aid M'k ef ate 4t oG o(K earmark :
Aug, 48
Wally and Mike: Wally Meets the Internet
(Kearman): Jun, 50
What isQRP? (Ariand): Oct, 46
Wheeling Through Field Day with Cleve
LeClair, N7IXG (Myers); Nov, 46
Where are the Novices?: League Members
Respond (Kleinschmidt): Jan, 52
December 1994 233
Why I Like Field Day (Miccolis): Jun, 55
Wire Antenna, The (Schmidt): Nov, 55
Wired for Wireless: Ted Rappaport, N9NB,
and His Vision (Cain): Jul, 48
World's Greatest DXer, The (W4DR] (Cain):
Nov, 43
X-Banding From an XYL's Perspective
(Lee): Mar, 49
Yukon DXing with Flair (Reisenauer);
Apr, 24
Technical
160-Meter Sloper System at K3LR, The
(Christman, Duffy & Breakall): Aug, 36
Amateur Use of Telescoping Masts
(Haviland): May, 41
Anatomy of a Club Homebrew Project-.
Nov, 39
ATV Station for 915 MHz, An—Part 1: A
Miniature 1.5-W ATV Transmitter (Graf &
Sheets): Nov, 23
ATV Station for 915 MHz, An—Part 2; A
Tunable ATV Downconverter (Grat &
Sheets): Dec, 28
Automatic Temperature-Controlled Fan, An
(Kelts): Jun, 41
Beginner's Boomers: Two Phased Vertical
Arrays for 30 Meters (Borich & Logan);
Jun, 37
Build Your Own Lowfer Transceiver
(Curry): Apr, 26
Calibrated Noise Source for Amateur
Radio, A (Sabin): May, 37
Computer-Controlled Electronic Test
Equipment—Part 2 (Portugal); Jan, 35
(see Dec '93, 42)
CW '‘Stamp" Identifier, A (Bunn): Oct, 41
Direct Digital Synthesis—An Intuitive
Introduction (Cahn): Aug, 30
Easy-to-Build 25-Watt MF/HF Amplifier, An
(Breed): Feb, 31
Elkhart County Tone Alert, The (Drudge):
Apr, 43
Exploring htermocLihibn Dsbrbn in RF
Switching and Tuning Diodes
(Thompson); Dec, 25
Function Generator with a Frequency-
Counter Digital Readout, A (Spencer):
Apr, 35
Home-Brew Loop Tuning Capacitor, A
(Jones); Nov, 30
Inexpensive Interference Filters (Bloom)-.
Jun, 32
Inexpensive SSTV System, An (Vester):
Jan, 27 (see Feedback: Feb, 77)
Inexpensive SSTV System Continues to
Grow, An (Vester); Dec, 22
Introducing ARRL Radio Designer. New
Software for RF Circuit Simulation and
Analysis (Newkirk): Oct, 21
Just Enough Radio—The БР-750 Spider
Junior (Agsten): Nov, 33
KD7IK’s “Quad Lite" (Bock)-. Oct ,39
Key Components of Modern Receiver
Design—Part 1 (Rohde): May, 29
Key Components of Modem Receiver
Design— Part 2 (Rohde): Jun, 27
Key Components of Modern Receiver
Design— Part 3 (Rohde): Jul, 42
Key Components of Modern Receiver
Design: A Second Look (Rohde):
Dec, 38
Lead-Acid Battery Charger, A (Spencer):
Mar, 25
Mother Nature's Radio (Schneider): Jan, 49
Nearly Perfect Amplifier, The (Measures):
Jan. 31
Nickel-Metal-Hydride Batteries in Amateur
Radio Applications (Kuusisto): Sep, 38
Null Steerer Revisited, The (Michaels):
Jul, 29
On Center-Fed Multiband Dipoles (Belrose
& Bouliane): Mar, 35
Overvoltage Protection for AC Generators
(Paquette): Jun, 43
Pfeiffer Quad Antenna System, The
(Pfeiffer); Mar, 28
Pocket Si zed, Talking Morse Code Practice
Computer, A (Staton): Jul, 26
QSOcorder, The (Reyer): Feb, 45
QST Product Reviews: A Look Behind the
Scenes (Gruber): Oct, 35
Quick Powerhouse, The (Miller): Dec, 33
Radio Gear of Yesteryear (Shrader):
Mar, 41
Reevaluation of the Caron RF Impedance
Bridge, A (Camillo): Sep, 28
Revisiting the RF Ammeter (Stanley);
Feb, 35
Ringmaster Ring Decoder, The (Rumbolt)-.
Apr, 40
Simple Dummy Antenna for ATV
Transmitter Testing, A (Sheets): Nov, 27
Simple, Effective Elevated Ground-Plane
Antennas (Russell): Jun, 45
Simple Equipment for HF Fox Hunting
(Villard, Hagn & Lomasney): Aug, 33
Simple,Generd-Purpose/T Amplifier
(Spencer): Dec, 43
Single-Board Superhet QRP Transceiver
for 40 or 30 Meters, A (Benson): Nov ,37
Smart Charger for Nickel-Cadmium
Batteries, A (Avritch): Sep, 40
So What's New in the ARRL Antenna
Book? (Straw): Sep, 24
Stacking Tribanders: A Super Station—
Sorta (Straw & Hopengarten): Feb, 38
SWR Detector Audio Adapter, An
(Spencer); Jul, 24
Thermoelectric Power for QRP
Transmitters (Sayre): Sep, 33
Those New QST Propagation Charts (Hall):
Q J 27
Trigonal HF Beam, A (Bird): Apr, 32
Two New Multiband Trap Dipoles (Buxton):
Aug, 26
Uncle Albert’s Unique Keyer (Ulbing)'.
Jan, 43
Under the Hood III: Capacitors (Bergeron)-
Jan, 45
Under the Hood IV\ Inductors (Bergeron)-.
Mar, 37
Under the Hood V; Solid State Devices
(Bergeron): May, 46
Under the Hood: Lamps, Indicators and
Displays (Bergeron); Sep, 34
Using a VU Meter for Phone-Patch
Adjustment (Lorona): Mar, 32
You Can Build: A Compact Loop for 30
through 12 Meters (Capon): May, 33
FEEDBACK
1993 Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
Results (Ewald): Sep, 95 (see Jul, 54)
Amateur Use of Td escop'mg Masts
(Haviland); Jul, 83 (see May, 41)
Calibrated Noise Source for Amateur
Radio, A (Sabin): Jul, 83 (see May, 29)
ComputerCortrdled Electronic Test
Equipment—Part 1 (Portugal)' Feb 77
(see Dec '93, 45)
Function Generator with a F requency-
Counter Digital Readout, A (Spencer):
Dec, 85 (see Apr, 38)
1 nexpensiveSSTV S уй em,A n(V ester):
Feb, 77 (see Jan, 27)
New Products: Oct, 45 (see Aug, 70, and
Sep, 39)
Null Steerer Revisited, The (Michaels)-
Sep, 95 (see Jul, 30)
Plug Into PacTOR-.Jun ,78 (see Mar ,67)
Product Review: JPS SSTV-1 DSP Filter:
Dec, 85 (see Nov, 81)
Radio Gear of Yesteryear (Shrader):
Jun, 78 (see Mar,41)
Reevaluation of the Caron RF Impedance
Bridge, A (Camillo): Nov, 88
(see Sep, 28)
Smart Charger for Nickel-Cadmium
Batteries, A (Johnson); Nov, 88 (see
Sep, 41)
So What’s New in the ARRL Antenna Book
(Straw): Oct, 80 (see Sep, 24)
SWR Detector Audio Adapter, An (Lones):
Aug, 69-, Nov, 88 (see Jul, 24)
Wise Owl Worldwide Publications: Jun. 78
(see Strays: Apr, 107)
FM~Column (Battles)
ATV: Not as Easy as it Looks, But Still Fun
(Lee): Oct, 95
Crossband and Linked Repeaters; Their
Potential in Emergencies—Part 1
(Magness): Jun, 98
Crossband and Linked Repeaters-.Their
Potential in Emergencies—Part 2
(Magness): Jul, 107
Love of Amateur Radio and His Fellow
Hams (Gartenberg); Aug, 88
One Cool Radio (Staponski); Aug, 88
PC Voice on FM (DCI): Apr, 109
Santa Is a Ham: A Christmas to Remember
(Foble)- Deq 103
VHF Contesting; Jan, 113
Wilderness VHF FM Protocol A (Alsup)-.
Feb. 99
Wilderness VHF FM Protocol, A: Your
Comments—Part 1;Apr, 109
Wilderness VHF FM Protocol ,A: Your
Comments—Part 2: May, 103
With a Little Bit of Planning: A High-Speed
QSO (Lee): Nov, 64
Your Dream Rig? Here's What You Said....
Sep, 113
Your Dream Rig?: Mar, 109
HAPPENINGS—News (Cain)
222 Mht: tovices ft t Mre; Wa к $gna I
Band Okayed; Jan, 83
1993 QSTCover Plaque Award Winners
Named: Feb 83
1994 Dayton HamVention Names Award
Winners: May, 90
Adi on U rgad onC dl Si gnS d edl on:
Jul, 84
Amateur's “Black Box" is Government Gold
Mine: Mar, 93
Amateur Radio BHs H angl nB a ance as
103rd Congress Nears its End- Nov, 93
Amateur Radio Resolution Gains Majority
in House: Jun, 83
Amateur Radio Show Goes National:
Feb, 81
Appeals Court Sides with Minnes ota
Amateur; Antenna V'cbry Refifcrcas
Federal Declaration: Mar, 91
AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting Draws 240 to
Orlando: Dec, 88
ARRL and FCC Agree to New Cooperative
Agreement May, 91
ARRL Congress Watchers Remain
Optimlstkr Oct 85
ARRL, Lambda ARC Agree, Issue Joint
Statement Dec, 88
ARRL Mem b ers Pick N ew В oard
Repres entatives- Jan 83
ARRL Ombudsman Debuts- Jul 87
234
ARRL Petitions FCC for Lifetime Operator
Licenses; Mar, 93
ARRL Seeks Primary 902-MHz Allocations
for Amateurs; Mar, 94
ARRL Testifies at New Jersey Hearing on
RF Registration: Mar, 92
ARRL Urges Alternative to Instant License"
Plan: Mar, 94
ARRL Volunteers Help Head Off NY Plate
Fees: May, 93
Backer Vows to See Reintroduction of Bill:
May, 93
Behind the Diamond: Bill Moore, NC1L:
Nov, 94; Brian Battles, WS10: Aug, 73;
Contest Manager Billy Lunt, KR1R;
Jun, 84; DXCC Assistant Paul Shafer,
KB1BE: Feb, 81; Field Services Manager
Rick Palm, K1CE: Sep, 92; Jay Mabey,
NU0X: Jul, 86; John Nelson, W1GNC:
Apr, 90; Norm Bliss, WA1CCQ: Dec, 89;
QSL Service Manager Joe Carcla, NJ1Q:
Mar, 92; W1AW Chief Op Jeff Bauer,
WA1MBK: Jan, 84
Call Sign Administrator Plan Canceled:
Feb, 80
Chambers, Vern, W1JEQ, Former HQ Tech
Staffer, SK: May, 93
Colvin, Lloyd, W6KG, SK: DXer Visited 223
Countries: Feb, 81
CQ Names Four to Halls of Fame; Jun, 83
DC Group Plans World Radio Event;
, Oct, 84
Delays Predicted in Club Call Sign Plan;
Jan, 83
Digital Enthusiasts See New Techniques:
Oct, 84
FCC Acts on Three Amateur Radio
Petitions: Jul, 86
FCC Cancels a Fine: Ju (8 6
FCC Clarifies Action on Message Relays:
Aug, 72
FCC Denies Morse Code Exemption:
Nov, 91
FCC Establishes New International Bureau;
Dec, 88
FCC Extends Comment Period in “Vanity"
Call Sign Plan: May, 92
FCC Okays More Time for RF-Exposure
Proposal; May, 92
FCC Opens Toll-Free Phone to Field
License Questions: Nov, 95
FCC Orders Retests of 59 Amateur
Licensees; Jun, 83
FCC Private Radio Chief Name to PCS
Task Force: May, 93
FCC Proposes HF Digital Changes; Would
Allow Some Automatic Control: Aug, 71
FCC Proposes “Instant' Commercial
Licensing: Aug, 73
FCC Proposes to Change RF Authorization
Rule: Aug, 74
FCC Receives Award for Spectrum
Auctions: Oct, 86
FCC Releases Details of “Instant License”
Plan: Jan, 84
FCC Reverses Stand on Wireless
Licenses: Oct, 85
FCC Says Phone Makers Could Reduce
Interference: May, 90
FCC Seeks Changes at 2400 MHz: Dec, 87
FCC Seeks Comments on UHF
Reallocations: Jul, 85
FCC Sets Date for Electronic FTtng; Faster
Licenses, Renewals Expedited: Dec, 87
FCC Surveys Examiner Coordinators;
League Defends “Wall of Separatiorf:
Nov, 91
FCC Surveys Telephone Interference
(Hare): Jul, 85
FCC Upholds a Fine; Jul, 87
FCC Views ARRL-VEC Figures: Jun, 82
Federal Court Next Step for NY Tower
Case: Dec, 88
Fire on Storm King Mountain (Radio ff):
Oct, 83
Flooding Mobilizes Georgia Hams (Keith):
Sep, 90
Floods Bring Out Texas Volunteers:
Dec,87
Georgia Bill Would Outlaw Restrictive
Covenants: Apr,91
Government Study Eyes 2300 MHz: Apr, 90
Ham-Boater Credits Amateur Radio in
Rescue: May, 90
Hams, Stargazers Find Hobbies a "Fitting
Mix"; Nov, 95
Hams Aid Cuban Refugee Boat (Martinez):
Sep, 91
Hertzberg, Joe, N3EA, SK: May, 93
Ideas Sought for ARRL Novice Roundup:
Jul, 85
Joint Resolution Makes Crucial Progress in
DC: Sep, 93
League Advisory Committee Members:
Apr, 93
League Seeks Tighter Club License
Standards: Jun, 81
League Sets Stand on Preferred Call
Signs; Jun, 81
Licenses Withdrawn in Probe of VE Exam
Irregularities: Jan, 84
Mississippi Hams Respond to February Ice
Storm: Apr, 92
Mobile Oregon Ham Helps Thwart
Suspected Thieves: Aug, 73
More Changes in Japan’s Licensing of
Foreigners: Feb, 82
NASA Names Astronaut-Ham to Top Post
ih Russia: May, 92
NASA Stations Mark Moon Landing:
Sep, 90
New Hampshire Antennas get Property Tax
Relief: Jul, 85
New Jersey Seeks to Register and Tax RF
Sources: Feb, 80
New Message-Forwarding Rules Begin:
Jun, 81
New Year Sees Return to Ham License
Renewals: Feb, 82
Newsman Bill Leonard, W2SKE, is Dead at
Age 78; Dec, 87
NomineesSoucJitfor ARRL Board of
Directors: Jul, 88; Aug, 75
Nose, Katashi, KH6IJ, a Silent Key at
Age 78: Jun, 82
One in Your Backyard? (G5RV): Feb, 82
Opposition to “Instant Licensing" Plan
Grows; Apr, 89
QCWA is 501(c)(3)'.F * , 82
Repeat Nominating Solicitation: Jan, 85;
Feb, 83; Jul, 87; Aug, 74
Repeater Trustee Fined', Awaits Outcome
of Appeal: Jan, 85
Report Backs Amateurs on 2300 MHz:
Oct, 83
Revised Pact Links Amateurs, Red Cross:
Jun, 82
RF Exposure Plan Wrongheaded, League
Says: Apr, 91
Running for Charity: May, 92
Section Election Notice: Jan, 85; Feb, 83;
Apr, 92; May, 93; Jul, 87; Aug, 74;
Oct, 86; Nov, 95
Section Election Results: Jan, 85; Apr, 92-,
Jul, 87
Section Managers Chosen: Oct, 86
Seven Decades an ARRL Member
(W9FKC): Feb, 83
Software Writer Settles with CD-ROM
Distributors; Aug, 72
Space Center Hams Mark Apollo
Anniversary (Hadley & Smitt): Nov, 92
Spectrum Proposal Unfair, League Says:
Aug, 72
Students Lunch with Ham-Astronaut
(Lynch): Jul, 84
Survey Measures Young Ham’s Interests:
Dec, 90
Tech License Renewals May Show Wrong
Class: Nov, 95
Telecommunications Lawyer Named New
FCC Chairman: Feb, 82
Three California VEs Face License Loss:
Nov, 91
US, Russian Amateurs Link on 2-Meter
Band: Jun, 83
US and Russia Give Shuttle Last-Minute
Lift, Agree to Reciprocal, 3rd-Party
Privileges: Apr, 89
Visit to Cuba, A'. Apr, 89
W6KG-ARRL Fund Aimed to Foster
Goodwill: Jun, 82
Washington Update (Mansfield): Aug, 72
You'd Smile ,Too[K1JT]-Feb 32
HINTS AND KINKS—Column
(Newkirk)
Adding a Bypass Switch to the Ten Tec
291 Antenna Tuner (Sayre): Aug, 66
Adding a Noise Filter Can Be Worse Than
No Filter at All (Shelhamer): Apr, 82
Adding Unsquelching Audio Output to the
ICOM IC-228A Transceiver (M d_dl ar(L'
Jan, 79
Another Approach to Buried Radials
(Booth): Aug, 66
Another Simple Interlace for Transceivers
with RS-232-C Ports (Shelhamer):
Jan, 78
Antistatic Treatment for Meters and LCDs
(Koutnik): Oct, 76
Be Sure to Clean and Exercise Plugs and
Conn ectors (Rainville): Feb, 75
Веере r Madness (Hoyt Moller Reinke)'
May, 86
Better Adhesion for Suction Cup Mounted
Antennas (Gibson): Aug, 66
Better Linearity During 50 MHz Transmit
with the Kenwood TS-690S Transceiver
(Pelham)-. Jun, 75
Calibrated Trimmer Capacitor, A (Rowe):
Oct, 76
Car-Engine Heater Keeps Rotator
Lubricant Flowing (Moltentine): Feb, 75
Cleaning Up the Beep Tone in the Ten-Tec
Omni V Transceiver (Perras): Mar, 78
Connecting Tape-Recorder Audio to the
Kenwood TH-27 Hand-Held Transceiver
(Crenshaw); Feb, 75
Constant Carrier AM for the Drake Twins
(Thomason): Nov, 85
Cooking Up a Custom Cab inet (Higs)-
Oct, 76
Cork Your SO 239 Connectors! (Berkowitz):
Oct, 77
Counting Bar Graph for the WD0OID
Timer, A (Aughenbaugh): Jun, 75
Curing a Glitch in the N0HPK Low Cost
Frequency Counter (Agsten): Feb, 75
Curing Intermittent Meter Operation in the
Telex Tailtwister T2X Rotator (Doherty)-.
Nov, 86
Curing RF Noise in a Fluorescent Shop
Light (Lee)- Apr 32
Curing RFl in a Digital Voice Recorder
(Clark): Feb, 75
Curing RFl in the Cornell Dubilier Rotator
Control (Swyner): Oct, 77
Curing “Wrong VFO" in the Yaesu
FT-101E (Schick): Dec, 82
December 1994 235
Cutting Printed Circuit Board (Gibson):
Jan, 79
Determining inductance or Capacitance
Using SWR Measurements (Booth):
Oct, 75
Dummy-Load QRP Wattmeter, A
(Morrison): Sep, 95
Experimental Va-W CW Transmitter, An
(Smith): Nov, 84
Ferrite Shield-Current Chokes Cure Stray
RFon Vertical-Antenna Transmission
Lines (Palmer): Jan, 78
Fine Tuning the MFJ 207 HF SWR
Wattmeter (Merschrod): Sep, 95
Handy, Padded H-T Case, A (Norman):
Apr, 83
Hardwood Dowels Strengthen Antenna
Elements (Miller): Oct, 76
Hear Better with the Heil BM-10 Boomset
(Thomas): Feb, 75
Holes Make Soldering Sponge Work Better
(Trigilio): Feb, 75
How to Remove Connector Sealant from
Coaxial Hardware (Reihl): Jun, 76
Improved Receive Performance for the
Kenwood TS-450S/AT Transceiver
(De Coons): Jul, 80
Is That Hardware Stainless? (Mandeville):
Mar, 79
Keeping Your QST Binders in Shape II
(D'Antuono): Jan, 79
Kinky Line Aids Building Open-Wire Feed
Line (Yingling): Sep, 94
Laundry-Detergent Boxes Store QST
(Steinhorst): Jan, 79
Lower Monitor-Mode Current Drain for the
CMOS Super Keyer II (Vogel): Jun, 76
Minimizing TVI from the Yaesu FT-757GX
Transceiver (Lee): Jan, 79
Mobile Radio Cut-Out (Conklin): Aug, 67
Modified Grounding Cures RF Feedback in
a GM Mobile (Melanson): Jun, 76
More “Don't Lose the Little Bits” (Roux):
May, 87
More on Slingshot Antenna Installation
(Ashworth): Dec, 63
Mouse Pocket Mike Holder (McCarthy):
Aug, 66
One Feed Line, Two Antennas (Isard):
Aug, 66
One-Switch Compact Loop, A
(King, Galindo): Nov, 86
PacTOR Backspace with the Kantronics
KAM+ (Schwartz); Jun, 75
Plug-In Bypass Capacitor Stops Keying
Glitches (Van Horn): Dec, 83
PTT Line Protection for Radios In Packet
Service (Stahl): Dec, 83
Putty Good Solution (Burlingame): Sep, 94
Reduced Frequency Drift During CW
Operation with the Ten-Tec Scout
(Broadwell): Jul, 81
Repairing Heat-Cycling Failures in
VHF/UHF Rig Output Modules
(Stockton): Nov, 84
Replacing the ICOM IC-271H Backup
Battery (Carino): Oct, 75
RF Causes Erratic Rear Wiper in Ford
Explorer (Campbell)-. Aug, 67
RF Sniffer Meter, An (Hoyt): Apr, 82
Silent Full Break-In Transceiver TR
Switching for the Alpha 87A (Jeutter):
Jul, 81
Simple Audio Attenuator Solves TNC
Overload Problem (Booth): Mar, 79
Soldering-Iron Tips (Covington): Oct, 75
Speaker Connectors as Power Terminals
(Bauer): Apr, 82
Spinner for Kenwood Tuning Knobs, A
(Nollet): Apr, 82
236
Stopping Bug and Paddle Skids
(Thurston, Moretti): Mar, 79
Tips on Installing and Connecting to
Ground Rods (Edwards): Jun, 76
Toothbrush + Candle = Custom Cleaning
(Ellers): Nov, 76
Tower-Mounted Streamer Shows Wind
Direction (Mollentine): Oct, 76
Transceiver Mount for Motorhome
(Christensen): Sep, 94
Transmission-Hump Mount for VHF
Transceivers (White): Oct, 77
Try Diversity Reception and Transmission
(Weber): Jul, 81
Use Coax Braid as Ground Strap
(Leggette): Aug, 66
Use IC Sockets as Connectors (Ocfemia):
Oct, 76
Using Computer Graphics for Equipment
Construction and Repair (Whitsitt,
Fowler): Apr, 83
Wrist Rest for Keyboard Operators
(Seaton): Nov 86
HOW’S DX?—Column (Kennamer)
3Y0PI: The Book: Jul, 95
Amateur Radio tn the Sudan: Jun, 91
Branson, Joanie, KA6V/7, SK-.Aug ,77
Cameroon: Dec, 91
Contests and the DXer: Feb, 87
Countries List, The...More: Dec, 91
CQ from 3B8RS—Mauritius Island (Fry):
Jun, 90
DX Antennas; Selecting the Height- Sep, 98
DX Operating and QSLing Guidelines:
Nov, 98
DXCC Yearbook Apr, 99
DXing from Bulgaria: Mar, 96
“EdgeThe-. Dec, 92
Electronic DXCC, The: Apr, 99
Errata: Sep, 99 (see Jul, 94)
Foreign Exchange and the DXer.Sep .99
Ham Radio: Friedrichshafen 1994: Oct, 87
Home-Brewing is Alive and Well in SV5:
Mar, 95
Low-Band News: Mar, 96
Mauritius Follow-Up-. Dec, 92
New Club Officers [NJDXAJ: Jun, 91
New DXpeditioning Book: Apr, 99
New JA Airmail Rates: Aug, 77
New JA Frequencies on the 80-Meter
Band, Jul, 95
New Stations in the United Arab Emirates:
Mar, 95
No, l’mNdLJd,94
Northern Alabama's DXer of the Year
[KZ4VJ: Jul, 93
Northern California DX Foundation Tape
Library Change: Dec, 92
Operating Topics- Mar, 96
P5RS7—From a Supporter’s Perspective;
Nov, 99
Perseverance Pays: Feb 88
Peter I Island- Jan, 88
Plea to DX Contest Stations, A: May, 98
Russian Prdixes:May, 98
Solar Cycle 23 May Begin in Early 1996
(Pocock): Jul, 93
Some Spratly Remembrances: Dec, 91
Special Austrian Call Signs: May, 97
Story of a Chinese Ham, The (Wang):
Jul, 94
Thanks to Amateur Radio [book]’ Nov 99
They Do Arrive—Eventually: Mar, 96
TN0CW: The Congo on CW: Nov, 98
Upcoming DX Conventions-.May ,98
Update on Bangladesh: Apr, 99
VP2MFA “Do-Able" DXpedition, The—
Part 2 (Stephens): Apr, 98
What Price Glory? Jul, 94
Where on Earth is Tonga?: Aug, 76
Why are These Rocks Called Countries,
Anyway?: May, 97
YA1AR Story, The: Feb, 88
Youngest DXCC Member? [KD4OZC]:
Jan, 89
Zero Beat: Dec, 92
INFORMATION
1994 “Handy Reference" Section: Jan, 97
Amateur Satellite Frequencies: Apr, 110
ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau Addresses:
Jan, 99
ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System:
Jan, 98
ARRL Outgoing QSL Service, The: Jan, 99
Back to the Future: Pick Your Own Call
Sign? (Palm): Feb, 84
“Considerate Operator’s Frequency Guide,
The": Jan, 101
FCC Emission Types: Jul, 64
Headquarters Internet Addresses: Oct, 45
IARU Regional Executive Committees-.
Apr, 94
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions 1993: Jan, 102
QRP Clubs and Organizations: Oct, 48
Shop the ARRL Electronically1.'.Oct,45
Six-Meter Spectrum, The: Mar, 63
US Amateur Bands (chart).- Jan, 104
Where to Find Examination Opportunities
in Your Area: Jul, 60
WASHINGTON MAILBOX—Column
(Hennessee)
Emission Types, Bandwidth, Splatter and
Spurs: Technical Standards—Part 2:
Jul, 63
FCC E ml ssion Types: J li, 64
New “Business Rules" are Here( The-
Jan, 95
Our Spectrum-, Technical Standards —
Part 1: May, 105
Power, Type Acceptance and Modifications:
Technical Standards—Part 3: Sep, 107
IT SEEMS TO US—Editorial (Sumner)
Coordination: Mar
Expectations: Dec
Instant Licensing: Jan
Medium or Message?: Nov
Noise: Aug
NTIA’s Magic Act Sep
QSL?; May
Responsibility: Jun
Strategic Planning: Jd
“Vanity" Calls: Feb
Wake-Up Call for 13 cm: Apr
Welcome, Newsstand Readers: Jul
Wly life tern tors hp.? Oct
LAB NOTES—Column (Ford)
Lightning Protection—Part 1 (Tracy):
Oct. 81
Ughtning Protection—Part 2 (Tracy);
Dec, 45
Setting up br FbldDay (Lau); Jun, 78
TVI, CATVI and VCRI (Hare): Mar, 82
Where Am I? (Gruber): Apr, 86
NEW BOOKS [Author] (Reviewer)
Amateur Radio Encyclopedia [Gibillsco]
(Wolfgang): May, 49
Beginner’s Handbook of Amateur Rad! о
[Laster| (Battles): Mar, 31
Behind the Front Panel: The Design and
Development of 1920s Radios [Rutland]
(Kearman): Dec, 27
Build Your Own Shortwave Antennas
[Yoder] (Kleinschmidt): Oct, 74
Code Book, rhe: Amateur Radio CW
Operating [Halprin] (Battles): Feb, 53
Code Book, The: Morse Code Instruction
Маша/[Butt] (Battles): Jun, 74
Communications Receivers, The Vacuum
Tube Era: 1932-1981 [Moore]
(Kleinschmidt): Oct, 74
CQ 1994 Amateur Radio Almanac [Grant]
(Battles): May, 54
DOS for Dummies [Gookin] (Battles): Jul, 41
Easy Target [Wall] (Dunn): Nov, 36
Emergency Radio! [Schrein] (Battles):
Sep, 42
Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits, Vol 4
[Graf & Sheets] (Hale): Mar, 31
Ham Radio Contesting [Halprin] (Kearman):
May, 115
Hidden Ham Antennas [Hughes] .
(Kearman): Sep, 58
How to Get Started in QRP [Ingram]
(Kearman): Jun, 74
Internet for Dummies, The [Levine &
Baroudi] (Battles): Jul, 41
Just When Tom Had Jean Convinced That
His Friends Were Normal, He Took Her
to a Hamfest! [Irwin] (Battles): Jun, 44
Low Power Communications Volume 2,
Advanced QRP Operating [Arland]
(Kearman): Jun, 42
MARS: Calling Back to "The Wbrld”fom
Vietnam [Scipione] (Kearman): Nov, 102
Mastering Radio Frequency Circuits
Through Projects and Experiments [Carr]
(Kearman); Sep, 37
Mobile 2-Way Radio Communications
[West] (Battles): Jan, 59
More About Cubical Quads [McCarthy]
(Cain): Oct, 34
National Radio Club AM Radio Log
[Chatterton] (Kleinschmidt): Sep, 45
NOSlntro [Wade] (Battles): Mar, 107
OS/2 for Dummies [Rathbone] (Battles):
Jul, 41
Power Up! [Strom] (Battles): Jul, 47
Receiving Antenna Handbook, Joe Carr's
[Carr] (Kearman): Oct, 82
Riding the Airwaves with Alpha and Zulu
[Abbott] (Battles): Feb, 37
Sam and Erin Go to a Hamfest [Wall]
(Battles): Jul, 108
Satellite Communications and DBS
Systems [Wood] (Ford): Apr, 31
Space Satellite Handbook [Curtis] (Ford):
May, 36
Tune to Satellite Radio on Your Satellite
System [Harrington] (Kleinschmidt):
Oct, 80
UNIX for Dummies [Levine & Young]
(Battles): Jul, 41
WiFB’s Help for New Hams [DeMaw]
(Ford): Sep, 64
What Is Your TNC Doing? [Medcalf] (Ford):
Apr, 34
Windows for Dummies [Rathbone]
(Battles): Jul, 41
NEW HAM COMPANION
10 Meters is Not Dead! (Ford): Apr, 68
2-Meter FM DXing (Ford): Sep, 60
Amateur Radio 101 (Hughes): Jul, 71
“At the Tone..." (Ford); Jun, 62
Backpacking, Troop 404 Style (Rowlett):
Oct, 60
Be a Bone Yard PhD (Keith): Jun, 64
Build a 12-V Junction Box (Capon):
Aug,54
Build a One-Watt Transmitter in a Kodak
Film Box (Capon): Oct, 64
Build an HF Walking Stick Antenna
(Capon): Dec, 72
Building and Adjusting Trap Dipole
Antennas (Edwards): Nov, 72
Building Your Own Station Accessories
(Gold): Feb, 61
But How Do I Use It? (Danzer): May, 66
Cheap Way to Hunt Transmitters, A
(Rickerd): Jan, 65
Climatological Analysis of the Dayton
HamVention, A (Friedman): Apr, 69
Conquering the Code (Bellamy): May, 64
Design Your Own Photographic QSL Card
(Weisman): Sep, 63
Do I Need a Linear Amplifier? (Aurick):
Apr, 73
Do You Nee dan Antenna Tuner? (Rorr$:
Jan, 71
DXing with 2-Meter Packet Mail (Smith):
Feb, 66
Easy Dual-Band VHF/UHF Antenna, An
(Reynante): Sep, 61
El Dipolo Criollo (Meara)-.Aug ,58
Fishing Tackle HF Station to Go!, A
(Capon); Nov, 67
FM Contesting on Taylor Mountain
(Parmley): Dec, 71
Gain Antenna for 28 MHz, A (Beezley):
Jul, 70
Get Out Your Calculators or Computers
(Straw): Apr, 71
Cfe ttng M>re ftp tes Ф Yiur CW Q ft
(Brogdon): Jun, 61
Getting Started on the Magic Band
(Neubeck): Mar, 61
Go DigitalL (Kleinschmidt): Sep, 67
Hams ’RUs Kids Net (Bemotas)-.Nov ,69
Importance of Zero-Beating, The (Shrader):
Oct, 58
Indestructible Dipole for 10 Meters,An
(Bowles): Apr, 67
hter ference in Reverse (Freedom): May, 65
Make Your Mobile More Portable
(Mendelsohn): May, 62
Modest Multiband Antenna, A (Brogdon):
Jul, 68
NAVTEX and Your Multimode TNC (Ford):
Aug, 52
NiCd Never Forgets, A. Or Does It?
(Gruber): Nov, 71
О nth eWmgs <J aDOVE (Fold) .'Sep,65
Over-the-Dash H-T Mount, An (Leyson):
Mar, 70
Over-the-Keyboard Desk Top (Leyson):
Jul, 75
PACSATs from an Apartment!.
(Schliemann): Mar, 65
Packet Without Computers (Wolf): Apr, 64
PC Shopper's Guide, A (Ford &
Kleinschmidt): May, 69
Plug Into PacTOR (Gold): Mar, 67
QSL Cards? Before You Write That
Check... (Bowles): Dec, 64
QSLing Through a Manager (Miller):
Aug, 56
Repeater Eater, The (Murphy); Nov, 74
RS-12 Worked All States (Peschka):
Oct. 67
Six-Meter Spectrum, The: Mar, 63
Such a Deal! (Ford): Jul, 73
SWR Obsession, The (Ford): Apr, 70
Test Day (Bowles): Jan, 62
Trusty Slingshot, The (Ford): Jul, 70
Understanding Signal Strength (Wilson):
Jul, 67
"Universal" VHF/UHF Antenna, A (Miller):
Dec, 75
View From Above, The (Ford): Dec, 68
Where's My Mail? (Patterson): Jan, 67
Worked All Palm Beach (Penn)r Mar, 60
Working Satellite RS-12—The Ultimate
Satellite Primer (Capon): Feb, 58
You Never Forget the First Time
(MacDonald): Jun, 58
Doctor Is IN, The—Column:
Jan, 64; Feb, 65; Mar, 64; Apr, 66; May, 72;
Jun, 60; Jul, 66; Aug, 61; Sep, 70;
Oqt 59' Noy 66‘ Deq 67
Radio Tips
8-Band Backpacker Special (Andera):
Jun, 68.
10 Meter Band Plan ,The'.Apr,68
Abbreviated Packet-Speak Glossary, An
(Ford): Feb, 68
Activity Nights (Owen): Mar,63
Buying on the Packet Network (Ford):
Jun, 67
International Third-Party Traffic—Proceed
With Caution: Dec, 70
J dinth eQRP 0 raze(KI emsth molt) :
May, 68
Log it or Lose it (Kleinschmidt): Jan, 72
Packet Snoop mg (Kleinschmidt); Jan, 69
Selective Calli ng (Ford)' Noy 73
Those Versatile Hand-Helds (Ford): Jan, 66
Traffic Handling is for Everyone
(Kleinschmidt): May, 63
UHF and Microwave Equipment (Healy):
Aug, 60
Wave Angles (Ford)’ Aug J57
What's DSP? (Ford): May, 71
Working the DX Pileups (Ford): Oct, 66
NEW PRODUCTS
300/1200/9600 bit/s TNC; Nov, 48
1994 CQ Ham C alendars: Jan, 128
AddOns for Yaesu FT-1000'Jul 28
Affordable FM Monitor Receiver Kits:
Dec 52
AMTOR/PacTOR Software: May, 104
Amateur Radio Mail Order Catalog
[Thompson] (Ford): Jul, 61
Amiga Code-Practice Software: Jun, 49
ATV Scan Converters, TNC: Sep, 31
Bases for Hand-Held R igs: Jul, 45
Boom Mike/Headset Ap ,r 42
Booster Speaker; Jan, 81
CodeKeys.'Sep, 39
Compact Crossband Repeater Controller:
Mar, 36
Complete NCJ Reprints; Apr, 59
Computerized Rotator Controls: Sep, 39
CT Keyboard Labels: Oct, 45
CT Keyboard Templates' Sep 39
CT Version 9: Jul, 25
Digital Antenna Meter: Aug, 47
Easy Way to Build Classic Transmitters,
The; Feb, 34
Free Antenna Software [The Antenna
Specialists]: Apr, 46
Getting Started in Contesting [video]
(St ankiewicz): Oct, 77
Getti ng Started on VHF [video] (Ford):
Oct, 30
Globe on Your PC: Jun, 40
Grove SDU 100 Spectrum Display
(Kleinschmidt); Jun, 36
Hamcall CD-ROM: Jul, 62
Help lor Shortwave Listeners: Mar, 111
HF and VHF/UHF Antennas: Feb, 91
Home-Brewer's Newsletter: Feb, 7
ISS Software for PacComm's PacTOR
Controller [PTC]: Nov, 56
Jade Products “Jade Pole” Portable J-Pole
VHF Antenna: Nov, 90
Jade Products Keyer Kit: Nov, 63
Jones Straight Key; Jan, 51
December 1994	237
Jupiter Superknob: Jan. 81
Kits and Parts [RADIOKIT]: Mar, 40
Laptop PC Protector. Mar, 110
Low-Cost Digital Voice Recording/Playback
Module: Nov, 63
Low-Cost TNC: Nov, 131
Mac Software:. Apr, 59
Maldol Opens US Office, Fax Service:
Aug, 70
Microwave Antenna: Aug. 35
Neon Call Sign: May, 89
New Catalog, Address [Tejas RF
Technologies]: Jan, 81
New Digital Mode [G-TORj: Apr, 1994
No-Hands Hand-Held Holders: May, 89
PC and PC-Compatible DOS Software for
Radio-Electronic Synthesis and Analysis:
Apr, 85
PC Audio Analyzer: Oct, 73
PC Control for Ramsey Rigs: Jun, 49
ProGold Contact Cleaner/Enhancer:
Nov, 41
Propagation Prediction Software
[CAPMAN\: Jul, 44
Radio Amateur World Clock: Sep, 31
Radio Console: Oct, 40
Remote-Control HF Mobile Antenna;
Sep, 95
Repeater Maps: Mar, 110
RF-Shielded Boxes: Aug, 35
Roof-Mount Towers: Mar, 33
Russian Power (Tubesl): Nov, 104
Satellite Magazine [Satellite Times]:
Aug, 35
'‘Secret" Earphone-Mike: Jun, 46
Short Vertical Antenna for 160, 80, 40 and
17 Meters: Nov, 104
Sound Enhancer: Aug, 47
Techsonic “Convertible" QRP Transmitter
Kits: Dec, 54
Ten-Tec Kits: Aug, 35
Ten-Tec Kits: Jul, 25
Tower Mate Accessory Pouch: Nov, 56
VHF Power Amplifier; Oct, 38
VHF/UHF Antenna: Nov, 109
VHF/UHF Antennas: Sep, 39
VOX for [COM Rigs; May, 89
Wall Clock: Nov, 131
Wattmeter Conversions: Sep. 39
Weather and Data Monitor Instruments:
May, 44
Yaesu FT-990 Control Software: Jul, 25
OP-ED—-Column
In the Beginning (Chatham): Nov, 109
Just Ask (Chatham): Aug, 90
Sitting 'Round the Global Campfire (Elliott):
Jun,105
ORGANIZATIONAL
1993 QSTCover Plaque Award Winners
Named: Feb, 83
1994 ARRL National Convention, The:
Jun, 25
Anatomy of a Club Homebrew Project:
Nov, 39
Announcing the Third Annual Philip J.
McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award:
Feb. 105
ARRL Audiovisual Library: Mar, 112
ARRL Members Pick New Board
Representatives; Jan. 83
Audited ARRL Financial Statements:
May, 76
Board Preps for 219-220 MHz (Palm):
Mar, 85
Guide to ARRL Services: Jan, 97
Headquarters Internet Addresses: Oct, 45
Imlay, Chris, N3AKD: Our Capital Attorney
(Cain): Apr, 48
League Advisory Committee Members:
Apr, 93
Major ARRL Operating Events and
Conventions 1994: Jan, 102
Public Service Awards Program; Jan, 109
Rinaldo, Paul, W4RI: The Technical Front
(Cain): Apr, 49
Season's Greetings from the ARRL/IARU
Staff and Contributing Editors; Dec, 57
Shop the ARRL Electronically!: Oct, 45
Smooth Sailing at Rocky Hill (Palm):
Sep, 82
At the Foundation—Column (Carcia)
ARRL Foundation Proudly Presents... ,
The: Sep.120
IARU Beacon Network to Benefit From
Grant: May, 112
Land of Lincoln has New Club-Sponsored
Scholarship: Mar, 111
Meet Me in Your Mailbox’: Jan. 117
New Scholarship to Honor a Tall Texan:
Jan, 117
Program for the Disabled Gets a Boost from
the Foundation (Carcla): Nov, 1994
Remembering Silent Keys: Jul, 112
Club Spectrum—Column (Ewald)
Amateur Radio Exhibits at New York State
Fair: Jan, 116
Amateur Radio Welcomes Travelers
(Marlon): Oct. 103
ARRL Audiovisual Library: Mar 112
Cedar Valley ARC is Cooking (Harah):
Jul, 111
Clubs Create Workshop Program (Dunkle):
Oct, 103
Genesee County RC Celebrates 60 Years
(Coale): May, 111
Girl Scouts "Make New Friends" On the Air
(Steinhurst & Ferland): Jul, 111
Great Race of 1994, The (Murphy):
Dec, 108
Gwinnet ARS on the Move: Nov, 113
Ham Radio at the County Fair (Murphy);
Aug, 92
Ham Radio Goes to Camp: Jan, 116
Iowa Club Receives Governor's Award;
Sep, 118
It's Football Time Again! (Urbas): Oct, 103
Learning Experience, A (Baird): Mar, 112
Planes Fly In and Messages Fly Out:
Nov, 113
RESPOND to the Rescue (Montgomery):
Apr, 112
School Ham Radio Station Dedicated
(Crips): Jun, 102
Smile, You're on Candid ATV; Sep, 118
STARS Brightens the Future: Sep, 118
Telco ARC Donates to General Fund;
Sep, 118
Turner, Ralph, W6TN, Honored; Nov, 113
Elections
Nominees Sought for ARRL Board of
Directors: Jul, 88; Aug, 75
Repeat Nominating Solicitation; Jan, 85;
Feb, 83; Jul, 87; Aug, 74
Section Election Notice1. Jan ,85', Feb .83',
Apr, 92; May. 93; Jul, 87; Aug, 74;
Oct 8Q‘ Nov. 95
Section Election Results: Jan, 85; Apr, 92;
Jul, 87
Section Managers Chosen-.Oct Л6
Moved & Seconded...:
Jan, 86; Mar, 86; Jun, 85; Sep, 87
PACKET PERSPECTIVE—Column
(Horzepa)
@USBBS (Battles): Sep, 114
9600 bit/s Out of the Box'?: Feb. 98
Amateur Digital Signal Processing Kit
Ready: Oct, 100
ARRL Digital Conference: Jan, 111
Beatniks to Byteniks: Aug, 87
Bits in the Cards: Mar, 108
Chicago Packet People: Aug, 87
DOS Plug ’N1 Play Systems TCP/IP
Needed: Jul, 110
DOS TCP/IP Plug 'N' Play: Oct, 100
FCC Changes Message-Forwarding Rules:
Jun, 97
Fish Ate My Homework, The: Jun, 97
Freeborn, Andy, N0CCZ, SK (Johnson):
May. 110
Frustrations of “Lives Packet Operating ,
The: Feb, 98
G-TOR: Heading for HF Data
Communications Stardom?; Jun, 97
Gold in Them Thar Disks: Aug, 87
Hamblaster Address, Correct; Apr, 108 (see
Mar, 108)
Help Wanted: Oct, 100
Holiday Greetings: Dec, 99
Macintosh TCP/IP Turn-Key: Jun, 97
Mora Internet Lists: Dec, 99
N4QN's HP-48 Packet Calculator
(Gerheim): May, 110
No Packet Address; Dec, 99
Now the Bad News... (Bitterlich); Jul, 110
Packet by Air (Smith): Jan, 111
Packet Cue and Aye; Nov, 111
Packet Node Project, The (Sisson): Dec, 99
PaKet Version 6 is a Go: Oct, 9
SummertimeB'ts and Pieces; Aug, 87
Wanted, Dead or Alive: Real-Time Packet
QSOs; Apr, 108
PRODUCT REVIEW (Wilson)
AEA SWR-121 HF Antenna Analyst (Ford):
Nov, 77
AS APS and САРМАЛ/'.HF Propagation-
Prediction Software for the IBM PC
(Straw): Dec, 79
ETO Alpha 89 Linear Power Amplifier
(Sumner); Jul, 76
Heil Pro-Set Headset (Wilson): Jan, 77
ICOM IC-707 MF/HF Transceiver (Ford):
Apr, 75 (see New Products: May, 89)
Jade Products 160-Meter Twin-Lead
Marconi Antenna (Ford): Aug, 64
JPS Communications NRF-7 and NF-60
DSP Audio Filters (Healy): Feb, 71
JPS SSTV-1 DSP Filter for Slow-Scan TV
(Taggart): Nov, 79
Kantronics KAM Plus Multimode TNC with
G-TOR (Ford): Jun, 70
К enwocd TS -60S 6 -M eter All -M cd e
Transceiver (Wilson)1. Sep .80
Ladder-Loc Center Insulator/Straln Relief
for Ladder-Line Fed Antennas (Ford):
Aug,65
MFJ-1786 High-Q Loop Antenna for 10 to
30 MHz (Kleinschmidt): Aug, 62
MFJ-1796 Half-Wave Vertical Antenna
(Cain): Nov, 82
MFJ-8100 Shortwave Ftegeneratve
Receiver Kit, The (Newkirk): Jan, 76
Nye Viking MB-V-A Antenna Tuner (Cain);
Jun, 72
QST Compares; 1200/9600 biVs Dual TNCs
(Ford): Sep. 77
QSTCompares: Dual- Band Hand-Held FM
Transceivers (Ford ): Mar, 71
QST Compares: SSB Electronic
UEK-2000S and Down East Microwave
SHF-2400 2.4-GHz Satellite
Downconverters (F oid); F da ,69
QST Product Reviews: A Look Behind the
Scenes (Gruber): Oct, 35
23B U&Tx
Л. L. Drake SW8 General-Coverage
Receiver (Kearman): Oct, 66
Radio Shack DSP Communication Noise
Reduction System (Kearman): Jul, 78
Radioware SSTV Explorer (Pagel): Apr, 80
S & S Engineering ARK 40 CW QRP
Transceiver Kit (Gold): May, 83
Solder-И Soldering Kit (Gruber): Apr, 78
Timewave Technology DSP-9+ and
DSP-59+ Digital Signal Processors
(Healy): Oct, 71
Trimble Scout GPS Hand-Held Global
Positioning System Receiver (Wilson):
Mar, 77
Watkins-Johnson HF-1000 General-
Coverage Receiver (Newkirk): Dec, 77
Willco Electronics ICM-1024 Memory
Replacement Board (Kearman): Jul, 79
Yaesu FRG-100 General-Coverage
Receiver, The (Newkirk): Jan, 73
Yaesu FT-840 MF/HF Transceiver (Ford):
May, 80
Solicitation for Product Review
Equipment Blds:
Jan, 77; Feb, 73; May, 85; Aug, 65;
Oct, 73
PUBLIC SERVICE
1993 Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
Results (Ewald): Sep, 95 (see Jul, 54)
California's Burning (Palm): Feb, 23
Epics from the Epicenter (Palm); Aug, 21
Test of Performance, The [SET] (Ewald):
Oct, 49
Public Service—Column (Palm)
ARES in the Big Apple (Schwartz): Dec, 97
Behind the Diamond: Meet New Western
Massachusetts Section Manager Dan
Senie, N1JEB (Palm): Feb, 94
Colorado Amateurs Win Award for Support
During Papal Msi't (Wllams) Gbt 93
Disaster in Burlington (Feist): Aug, 81
Drill Turns into Real Thing, Tests New
State Plan in Northern Florida (Thurston)’.
Mar, 100
From the Ashes of the California Fires
(Reinhardt): Mar, 100
Ham Radio Rides the Great Circus Train
(Romelfanger): May, 94
How I Got Hooked on Traffic Handling
(Brogdon): Sep, 104
KICE's NTS Notes: Dec, 97
Ku Klux Klan, the Black Panthers and Ama-
teur Television ,The (Mallettey Feb ,93
NTS Notes: New Hams: Try Traffic
Handling! (Brogdon): Mar, 101
NTS Wide-Area VHF Net Attracts New
Hams (Booth): Apr, 95
Oakland Fire Department Recognizes
ARES/RACES: Jun, 88
Public Service Awards Program: Jan, 109
Rewards of Being a Ham, The (Paohaly):
Sep, 103
SATERN Rings Salvation Army (Shaver)’.
Jun, 87
Simulated Emergency Test Results
(Ewald): Jul, 54
Sky King Saves the Day; Apr 96.
SKYWARN Award Presented: May, 95
Special Olympics-, The Supreme Public
Service Event (Finch): Sep, 103
Supporting Public Service Events—Pad 1
(Fishman): Oct, 92
Supporting Public Service Events—Pad 2
(Fishman): Nov, 96
Trial By Fire’. Washington State Firestorms
(Price & Johnson): Dec, 96
Truly Worst “Worst-Case" Scenario, The
(McCallum): Jul, 89
Word Up, NTS? (Palm): Sep, 103
World University Games (Weir): Apr, 96
STRAYS
Attention WW II ETO Vets: Sep, 117
Bicycle Mobile Event May, 135
Coast Guard Net’, Apr, 107
Coincidence: Dec, 111
Columbia Alumni Wanted: Aug, 50
County Hunters Convention: Jun, 105
CO Girl Scout Hams: Jul, 112
Crank 'Em Down: Jan, 41
Diabetes Bike-A-Thon (Adamovich)'.
May, 112
Digital Audio Broadcasting-. Oct, 128
Drive-Through QSO (Kremer): May, 115
Emerald Isle Event (Walsh): Sep, 75
Extra Class Couples: May, 115
Fast Code in Florida: Jun, 40
Florida Ham Hotline (Holcomb): Dec, 85
Flying, With and Without Wmgs(B ooer):
Mar, 24
Glad to Meet a Ham (Leyson): May, 115
Ham BBS: Dec, 111
Ham Radio in the Blood: Jan, 56
His Master's VOX (Vilms): Sep, 112
Hospital Alarm QRM? Jun, 80
Iceland Awards: Jul, 114
League Anniversary Pins; Sep, 121
Magazine for Classic Radio Fans [Electric
Radio]: Jun, 108
Northwestern Trail Bicycle-Mobile
Adventure: Jun, 51
Novel Features Ham Hero (Craswell):
Jun, 92
Nursing Home Resident Goes to the Top
(Friesner); Mar, 116
Perseverance Pays [Project PENEX]
(Rose): Mar, 99
Portuguese Handbook: May, 109
QCWA Banquet at Dayton (Dingle);
May, 135
QRO Maritime Mobile (Terry): Oct, 34
QRP Wallpaper (Wendell)’.Mar ,83
QST de Gallery: Apr, 34
Radio Magazines: Apr, 107
SAREX QSLs and Upcoming Missions’.
Feb, 101
Secret Signals (McCallum): Sep, 108
Shuttle Successes: Jul, 36
Some Things Never Change; Jun, 54
Theramin, Leon, SK (Egelberg): Oct, 91
Transatlantic Tests: Jan, 96
US Islands Awards’ Dec 104
VHF/UHF Conference: May, 112
Yo! Getcha Red-Hot Radio-Astronomical
Data!: Sep, 75
Youth Net on Internet’. Jun ,51 ,
Correction; Jul, 114
TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE—
Column (Pagel)
Automatic Antenna Tuners for Wire
Aifennas ( Bafose ) Apr, 84
Beginner’s Boomers Revisited (Lewallen):
Oct, 78
Computer-Aided Design of Loaded Short-
Doublet Antennas (Ellers): Oct, 79
Correlating Solar Flux and Sunspots (Hall)’.
Feb, 76
Eclipse-Enhanced HF Propagation (Lewis)- .
Nov, 87
Elevated Radials Workl (Bowen)-. Dec ,84
HF Mobiling: Mag Mounts and Grounding
(Brogdon): May, 88
Large Antenna Coils (Eddy): Jan, 80
Maximum Bandwidth Monopole Antennas
(Formato); Mar, 80
MININEC Bugs: K6STI Plays Exterminator
(Beezley): Feb, 76
Modem RFI (Applegale): Aug, 69
More on Current Distribution and Pattern
Nulls (Michaels): Oct, 78
More on Electrical Protection Devices
(Hart): Jan, 81
Mae on Radio Gear of Yesteryear (Byron);
Oct, 79
More on the Si8901/SD8901 (Carver):
Feb, 77
More Tower Safety Tips (Burkhart): Dec, 85
North Shadow (McNally): Jul, 83
Practical, Compact Multiturn Transmitting
Loop Antenna for 80 Meters, A (Jones):
Nov, 87
Relay Chatter (Huston): Jun, 78
Revisiting the "Nearly Perfect Amplifier0
(Telewski, Brandon, Clemow, Fakan,
Katz, Rauch): Sep, 71
RFI From Household Electronics (Crabil):
Aug, 6 8
Sniff. Sn iff! I Smell Line Noise!
(Thorington): Apr, 85
Sound of a Spark transmitter, The
(Belrose): Aug, 68
Subject; MOVs (Sandoz); Jul, 82
Telling Time (Bessette): Oct, 79
Terminated Folded Dipole (Belrose):
May, 88
Toroidal-Core Color Codes (Czuhajewski):
Mar, 81
Vester SSTV/FAX480/Fax System
Upgrades (Vester): Jun, 77
VLF Listening Can Be Rewarding (Fischer):
Jun, 78
World Above 50 MHz, The—Column
(Pocock)
50-MHz Standings: Dec, 102
144-MHz Standings: May, 109
222-MHz Standings: Ju ( 106
432-MHz Standings; Oct, 99
Beacons on 144 MHz and Higher: Aug, 84
CATV Cable on VHF and UHF: Jun, 94
Claimed North American Distance Records
(Ward): Apr, 105
EME Annals: Mar, 104
How's Your Horizon?: Mar, 103
Invitation to an Aurora Experiment:
Dec, 100
Limits of DX,The; Apr, 103
Meteor Season, The; Jul, 104
Microwave Standings: Jan, 107
OneYearand Counting!: Jkn.105
Reallocation of the Microwave Bands:
Nov, 105
Sporadic E Mapping-.May , 107
Strange Doings in the E Layer; Sep, 109
Transpacific Duct Breaks the Record Book:
Oct, 97
VHF and UHF in Cuba: Feb, 97
VUCC Awards Update: Nov, 107
W1AW SCHEDULE;
Jap 10Г Feb 44’Mar 105’Apr 103’
May, 135; Jun, 119; Jul, 33; Aug, 80;
S ep,117 ;O Ф ,55 ;N ov,115 P ec,12 0
YL NEWS—Column (Dunn)
Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with Radio: Dec, 109
ATV: What is It, and What Can YLs Do
with It?: Jan 114
Becoming an Elmira: Jun, 101
CQ Cyberspace! Is There a YL
Connection?: Nov, 111
Falling in Love with QRP: Apr, 113
Mhi- Hsfery о f YL Opera tons, А Mr, 113
Mom, Morse & Language Skills: Sep, 119
YLs; You’ve Come a Long Way: Oct, 104
December 1994 239