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Ok ay l or step o ne . Now,
about our subbands. In this
case, I'd like to see the FCC
open a ll ham bands fo r any
em ission and let us d raw up our
own uses lot the bands. It
would be chaos, right ?
I do ubt it. We have gone
th rough just such situations In
EDITORIAL BY WA YNE GREEN
the past, all without FCC rules,
NAIVE IDEAS it. and we have come through
It's been a long time since The entry i nto amateur rad io every time with honor. One of
I've editorialized a bout my has been made painfu l by three the more recent major Changes
naive and id ealistic ideas of thi ngs -the code exam, the was from AM to SSB on the low
w hat amateur rad io shoul d be theory exa m, and t he FCC ad- bands. The two modes were not
like. Come with me to dream minist ration 01 these exams. compatible, so there were often
world. F ew a mat e urs have b e e n skirmishes between them. But,
We have several d iffic ulties throug h a pa inless FCC exam early in t he game, a detente
with amateur rad io, and most . . . it is a trau ma f or almost was ac hieved where the SSB
of them st em from lousy ru les everyone. I do n't thi nk this Is gang started from the top of the
and a lack o f enforcement by necessary . I w ould prefe r to set 20m phone band and the AM
the FCC. I get a bit fru strated up a whole new syst em, on e fro m the bottom, t hus keeping
when I see petiti ons being ted which is not all that far from relative ly out of each other's
int o the FCC hopper every time where we are right now. ha ir. It worked .
so me amateur or c lub gets pro- A few year s ago, I mad e a We ca ll ed it a ge nt leme n'S
voked by som et hi ng Ihat has survey of the ham c lubs to fi nd agreement. Sure, we had so me
happened . The f irst knee-Jerk out whi ch were run ning tra in- hams who most defi nitely wer e
react ion is to demand a law Ing c lass es f o r new co mers. AI not gentlemen . No ne of us who
ag ai nst the bad th ing . that ti me, there were a max- heard W20 Y were incl ined t o
We have TVI? Pass a law im um of 50 club s with such thin k o f h im as a gentleman.
agai nst It. We have jamming of classes in the country. I set But the good guys won ou t over
nets? Pass a law. We have about g ettin g c l ubs 10 run the bad guys and eventually
crowded bands? Pass a law. classes by writi ng ed itorials SSB took ove r because it was
Fiddlest ic ks a nd ba h hu mbug . and prOViding t he best t raining better.
Any person wh o takes any aids wh ich had ever been We had a s imi lar problem
kind of objective look at the use developed f or making It easy when repeater s started up.
of laws to solve problems has for beginners-the 73 study There were repeater wars at
to come to th e conclusion that guides a nd tapes. Today there first and screams for the FCC
this is one of t he worst ways to are over 2O<Xl ham clubs giving to do something . By the lime
try and make t h ing s better. And classes, a nd amateur rad io is the FCC got something done,
th is holds t rue in spades when growin g as never before. the repeater groups had orga-
it co mes to t he FCC. It takes The next step I'd like to see is nized into repeater cou nc il s,
t hem years t o act on a pr o- the turning over of the licensing set up frequency coord inati ng
posal. In ten t imes o ut of nine , exams to clubs. We had prcb- co mm ittees, and had every-
t he problem is lon g gone by t he lem swUh our Con ditional class thi ng wel l in hand. Then the
time t he rule comes ou t, an d of ham l icense bec ause it was FCC used a sledgehammer to
when It does emerge, it creat es set up with only one exami ne r. kill the fly. We are sti li getti ng
a w hole new bunch of problem s I'd like to see the c lubs ad- out from und er t he mess the
never env isi oned by the Idiots m i ni ster the licens e ex am s FCC mad e of that one . . . with
wh o d emanded the law in the with a minimum of three ll- the great help of t he AAAL
flr st place. ce nsed ham proctors pr ese nt. To facilitat e the setting up of
Si nce the bulk o f o ur rul e You can have fun ny bu s in ess gen tlemen'S ag reements, I sug-
c hanges have been th e result w it h o ne c hap, perhaps even gest we have t he Interested
of the AAAL demand ing them , I w it h two, but with three in on it, ham clubs send represen -
po int my fi nger toward New- there is t oo mu ch l ike lihood for tatives- two each - to a na-
ington as t he sourc e of much of someone t o spill the beans. I tional ham conference, prob-
our miseries. ves, I know, ther e suggest that where someone ably every two years . Fu nd in g
goes W ayne, t ry ing t o get more blow s the whistle and t here is a t his pi lg rimage and the running
circulation by heaping abuse good likeli hood 01 m ischief, t he of ham classes w ould be major
on t he poor underpaid need- club should lose It s licensing functions of clubs.
quarters gang ... all beloved by authority. The ccnterence would break
hundreds of thousands of loyal The club handling of tl cense up into working groups to study
members. ex ams would not only take a lot proposed changes i n band
let's not rake over old coals of the pressure off those tak ing usage, bring ing their c om-
t h e incredibly stupid r u le s the tests, but it would also mittee reports to the who le
we have had t o en d ure at make it f ar less expensive for body fo r a vote. The clubs
variou s times. One of t hese newcomers since they would would t hen see that these new
days I'll wri te at le ngt h lor not have to miss a day's work agreements were observed by
newcomers t o acq ua int them and drive to a c ity to t ake t he hams in their a rea , c l u b
wi th some of the b lund eri ng exams. And t hink of w hat t his members or not , using peer
h i s t ory of ama t e u r r a di o would save t he FCC in ad- pressure to get compliance.
legislation. They won't believe ministration costs!
Wou ld t his mean that small
groups Inte res ted in special.
Ized m odes w o u ld get t he
73 Magallne is published monthly by 73. Inc. , Peterb orough NH 03458. shaft? Not li kely, for we have
Subscription rs tes in the U.S. and Canade are SIS for one yeer, $26 fo r two seen in every case t ha t the
years, end $36 for three years. Outs/de th e U.S. and Cansde, wri te for
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repeater councils have really
t/onal mailing otttces. Publication No. 700<f20. Phona: tlQ3·92<f·3873. En. ov e r- p r ot e ct ed spec ia l in -
tire co ntents copyright 1978 by 73, Inc. INCLUDE OLD A DDRESS AND ZIP t er e st s . Whe n se ili ng up
CODE WITH ADDRESS CHANGE NOT/FICA TlON. Microfilm edl . repeater c hannels, they leave
tion- Un /vers i ty M ic rofilm , Ann Arbor M I 48106. more frequency space lor CW,
SSB, An V, and other groups
than is really needed. Hams are
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fair people and in groups they rightly so . WARC AND CB Oh yeah?
are usually able to overcome The present shortwave al lo- One of the informat ion I'm not putting ANG down,
sett-tnte rest and be helpfu l and cations were set up primarily at bulletins being ci rculated to for I used to think that peti tions
co nsiderate of others. 1 think an ITU co nference in Atlantic those par ticipating In WARe were a waste of ti me and effort.
that we mig ht see a generation City i n 1947. At that time, few discusses the hate between CB That was before I did any
of experlmentatlon and pio- countries had any extensive and amateur radio in Great Bri- groundwork in Washington, the
neering fa r beyond anything we use for the shortwaves, so the ta in and cites as one of the place where politics is king. It
have ever seen before if such a major European countries and primary causes several articles didn't take long nosing around
sch eme could be implemented. the U.S. grabbed the non's In OST. " Matters were not Washington, seeing how our
The number of anarchists in share of them. This was okay helped by the Ame rican government works, to discover
our mid st is small and I think for a while, but then the amateur magaz i ne 'QST,' that there is magic in a pil e of
we can handle them. I think we emerging nations found that which Is read by many English petitions. Those names mean
can do it much better than we they, too, had desperate needs amateurs, printing several of people and people mean votes,
have so far because the nor- for radio frequencies, few of the most antl-CB news stories and votes mean congressional
mal response to a problem at which were available. By 1959, that It could find each month." interest and enthusiasm, and
present is to call the FCC for the major powers sensed that that means action .. . and
he lp in stea d o f do i ng It they had a losing battle on their SWISS WARC that's a fact.
o u rs e lves. Was it really hands, so, by the ski n of their RECOMMENDATIONS The FCC, like any other arm
necessary to arrest and im- teeth, they voted to put off The Swiss group has recom- of our government, is sensitive
prison the two hams in New shortwave reallocations until mended that the amateur and responsive to political
Orleans who , for a lark, spent the next conference. This was 430-432 and 438-440 MHz bands pressures, so they do perk up
al mo st a year driving the supposed to come in 1969. be replaced with a mobile ser- when someone comes In and
repeater users bananas with When the African and Asian vice. They also want to make lays a pile of petitions i n fron t
f oul l a ngu a g e and l n- emerging nations took over 41-68 MHz into a mobile band of them. They start heari ng
t erf ere nc e ? Woul dn't th e control of the ITU in the early (not amateur), as they do more clearly. If AAAL co unsel
shame of exposure to the club 60s, the major powers still had 174·235 MHz (whoops, there Booth had laid a pile of pett-
members and other local hams enough clout to prevent the goes 220!). tions on the desks of the corn-
have been enough to solve the 1969 conference. Small con- missioners instead of an
prOblem? ferences in 1971 and 1973 on BRITISH WARC PROPOSALS endless moncrocue, we might
The FCC says it doesn't have satellite fr equency allocations Britain wants to double all stil i be able to buy ham
enough money to do this, to do and marine radio allocations shortwave broadcasting bands amplifiers with a 10m band on
that, and I say we can do made it clear that the new below 20 MHz; they also want them.
everything they are doing for us African countries had the ball, an additional broadcasting When we testified on the
and a lot more, all at no ex- and these conferences were band between 12-15 MHz (how need for repeater rule changes
pense to them whatever. For a unmitigated disasters for the about 14 MHz , teuas t ). in 1974, we laid a big pite 01
coupl e of bucks a license, we big countries. The small coun- Amateurs should, they feel , be petitions on the Oomm!s .
could hire a commercial f irm to tries were now powerful " relocated" from the 7.1 ·7.3 stoners' desks and we got just
set up a computer and issue enough to force the shortwave MHz band, but no suggestions about every rule change we
ham tickets, with a copy to the conference for 1979 and the big are made lor another home. asked for. Sure, it took months
FCC lor their liles. That way we powers had no further way to They also propose a cut in the to get those petitions signed.
could have special station stop them. 220 MHz band , removing We spent a large part of the 73
ca lls, repeater calls, and More and more I hear people 220-223 MHz from amateur ser- booth space and personnel at
an yth i ng else we felt like whom I respect saying the un- vice. hamtests and conventions on
havi ng and ag reed among sayable-that the U.S. may getting petitions sig ned during
ourselves we needed. Special well pull out of the ITU, that the THAN KS TO MICHIGAN 1973, and we put on an ex-
licenses cost more to process, one nation, one vote concept is The Idea lor the petition cellent presentation . The
so we charge more. Big deal. A no longer possible to accept. which ran in the February issue package did the job.
$100 repeater license would be We've proven pretty well that of 73 came Irom a group in
well worth the cost to most th is concept doesn't work with Michigan who sent in such a STOP COOPER
clubs . . . it wou ld be a badge of the UN. Why should a small petition to me. I dropped them a In addition to several thou-
pri de. And $100 for a special African country with one ham (a line thanking them for the idea sand signatures on our peti-
call for a fair or big event would white European visitor) and a and put it quickly into motion. tions from hams and their
be peanuts. need for maybe three broad- The response to the petition fr iends, quite a bunch have
Convinced? cast radio channels have an has been gratifying, as I've been com ing in from CBers.
Then start petition ing the equal vote with the U.S.? One mentioned. The stack of petl- Surprised? Typical is a leiter
FCC for the changes, and who reason is that no one has been trc ns Is now almost a foot high, from Don Sweat of Crys tal
know s, by the ti me our chi ldren able to come up with a better perhaps well over a thousand Springs REACT In San Mateo,
are ask ing us to come babysit solution to the need for inter- of them, most with live to fifty California. He says that he and
their kids, we might have some national agreements. If the U.S. names . the 30 members of the REACT
better rules. That is, prOViding had 10,000 votes and the Solidarity like th is impresses team are studying for their ham
th ere is any ham radio by then. African country one, why even the obviously biased FCC tickets and they are going all
should the African country Comm issioners. I sure wish out to stop Cooper.
A NEW PROSPECT FOR bother to come? that I had had this pile of oetr- The biggest bunch of stone-
SURVIVAL tions when the ora l hearing on tures received so far was sent
The U.S . worked out a solu- ampl ifiers was held last in by Harold Wailich WtlNAZ of
Could the United States con- tion to this same situation
tinue telecommunications on November ... the Commis- M i ssourl-330 signatures!
when it was formed. They set sioners might have l istened to Congratulations for the hard
an international basis if it up two groups 01 represen-
wi t hd rew fr om t he ln terna- the amateur arguments a little work, Harold . .. those oett-
tatives, one representing the more closely. trona are an imp ressive sight.
tl ona l Tel ec om mu ni cat i on s
Union?There would be massive political areas (the Senate) and Cooper is still hard at work,
one representing the proper- though his life is complicated lEAGUE BLACKMAilS
problems, but it Is possible that
uons of the population (the by the need to dodge a center- BEGINNERS
the U.S. could go its own way . House). Perhaps If the UN and
This could destroy the ITU, so nia court which charges fraud. When I say the league, I am
its subbranch, the ITU, were Cooper Is a wily chap and so far
the prospect is not a happy referring only to HQ In New-
rebuilt as a world democracy, has been one step ahead of the
one. ington, not the thousands of
Yet that is w hat seems to be the system could be made to pack at every turn.
work. members, and there is a ve ry
serio usly under consideration distinct difference . T he
as the U.S. heads into the If the U.S. and several other WHY PETITIONS WOR K members are not consulted by
WARC ccnterences at the ITU major powers pull out of the ITU A letter from WA2ANG HQ on anything (when was the
in 1979. Many of the other ser- (say, does that mean we would groused about my wasting last polt you 've seen in QST
vices are as concerned as have to pull out of the UN space In 73 for a petition -after ask ing your opinion?) , so
amateurs over th e possible also?), it cou ld bring this to a all, they don't work members shou ld not feel oeten-
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they have absolutely no con- permit no evil 10 be spoken, etc. them to do things on the basis development of systems using
trol. It is a lot easier to blindly of shame. Amateurs will work this modern technique. How
So what ab out all th is bel ieve in the League than to best if they are having fun and can amateurs provide leader-
blackmai l business? I am in li ve with the knowledge that we can brag a lot ... t hen the y ship to industry if they are
possession of a tet ter from C.J. are essentially unprotected spread their con tagious en- ham strung (pardon) at every
Harris WB2CHO, the Clubs and and at the mercy of forces over thus iasm . You'll get a th ousand l urn by the FCC ... in vio lation
Training Manager of ARRL, ad- which we have l ittle co ntrol. times the end result from an ar- 01 the ir own regulations?
dressed to club i nstruct ors. In ticle on some new invention
this leiter C.J. says, " We are MORE DECEPTION? that is fun than you wtntrom an 20 KHZ SPLIT PIONEERED
changing our former procedu re Speak ing of C.J. Harr is of the article casti ng shame on those There are grOW ing rumors of
of send ing out large quantities ARRL, you might, for laughs, wh o are not experiment ing . an attempt to change the
of Operating Aids with this check out the March-April issue Ham radio is a hobby, It is for hi st or i c 30 kHz two meter
packa ge (FCC 61 0 forms). In- of Elementary Electroni cs. In fun. When it ce ases to be fun, it repeater channel spl it to 20
stead , y our students wi ll there YOU'l l l ind a nice art icle will go away. We saw clearly kHz. Since nobody asked my
receive these operating aids on getting started in amateur what happened in 1963 when opinion 01 th is, I feel free to
when they sign and return the radio, which is all well and "i nce n tiv e l icen sing " pro- co mment.
enclosed petition in support of good. However, the article is posals by the League took the Shades 01 eight years ago!
the effort to exp and the Novice one long sales pitch for ARRL fun out of hamming -tens of There was a st rong movement
80 meter band." produc ts, Including their terri- thousands of amateurs went
Now, fellow ARRL member, ble code course, and no men- way back in the early days of
all the air and dropped out ... repeaters to change to 20 kHz
and I've been a member of the tion whatever of Harris being permanently. The growth 01the
League for 40 years now , have I employed by the ARRL. Shame splits. Come to th ink of it, the
hobby stopped, invention ju st chap who was at the heart of
exaggerated in any way when I on Elementary Electronics and about stopped, and sales of
ca ll that bla ckma il? When the the ARRL for th is decept ion. this movement then is, odd ly
ham gear dropped to about enough, now living where the
FCC pe ople lind that the The fact is that I wa s flipping on e-sev en th what they had
League is forcing hams to sign through the magazine and new thrust is tak ing place. Is
been, driving over 600 ham this a coinciden ce?
a petit ion in ex chang e for spied the article. Since any ob- sto res out of business and do-
goodies, what possible value [ec ttve eva luati on of code To recap history briefly: The
ing in all of the large manufac- first repeater channels were set
do you thin k they will put on courses would list the 73 tapes turers.
names gotten through such first, I looked for the reference up on 60 kHz splits. This was in
bribery and coercion? I wonder ... none ! Hmmm only the HAM PIONEERING the early 60s and most hams
if anyone at the Leag ue ARRL was pushed For a s lon g as I can w er e using ttand . me -down
hmmm
thought th is through and real - some more. Then I loo ked at the remember (and unfortunately I pol ice and tax i un it s set up lor
ized that by forcing people to author of the art i cle and can remember a very long time), wideband (30 kHz) operation.
sign a pet ition, they will effec- discovered that the manufac- the FCC has been doing ju st Narrowband rules for the land
tively shoot down their Novice turer (ARRL) had wr itten the ar- abou t all it co uld to violate one mobile services had obsoleted
band expansion sc heme. Ordid t icle to sell the product. I of its most important rules- a lot of FM equipment, which
they do this on purpose so it wonder If I should start writing Part 97.1 c. the one and only promptly fell Into ham hands at
would merely look as If they articles for other magazines regulation which specifi cally a fraction of Its previous cost.
we re be hi nd the band telling newcomers how great outli nes the responsibilities of The wldeband channels d!c .
changes? the 73 cassettes are? t he FCC. This regulat ion says teteo the 60 kHz splits between
If you consider the above as th e FCC shan Ionow the princi- repeaters.
antl·ARRL, what wou ld you HAMS ARE NOT ple of: " Encouragement and Once the 60 kHz channels
suggest as my response to the EXPERIMENTING improveme nt of the ama teur fille d u p, the pres sure i n-
League lett er to clubs? Would One 01 the clu b new sletters service throu gh rules whic h creased to shift to narrowband
you, if you were ed it ing 73, just re ce nt ly had qu ite a l ong provide for advanci ng skills in FM, a mode wh ich. by the way,
keep qu iet about it? Do you feel diatribe on how most hams are both the co mmu nic ation and was pioneered by a ham back in
that amateurs do not have a not participating In pione ering techn ical phases of the art." the late 40s. As FMers nar-
right to know what the League efforts. Th is is true ... guilty, When the FCC denies ama- rowed their rigs down, It was
is doing ? but with an explanation. teu r requests for special tern- possible to sandwich In more
Yes, I know that there are a We would have a lot more porary authority (STA) to experi- r e pe at e r s on the 30 k Hz
few amateurs who are so pro- breakthroughs in co mmunica- ment w ith new techniques and "s pli ts."
ARRL that they want every bad tions techniques by amateurs if idea s, and does th is on a con- In 1969. we brought th ings to
thing that goes on at the the FCC did not interlere at tinu ing basis , then they are a head by pack ing 73 with FM
League to be kept secret. They every turn ... I think that is ob- cl early in violation of thei r own and repeater art icles, running a
feel that even the slightest v ious . By dampen ing th e rules. seri es of FM sy mpo si ums
critical mention of the ARRL Is cli mate for experime ntat ion Am I making a big th ing out around the country, and putting
a persona l attack on them . and pioneering, the FCC has of noth ing? Here is where my out an FM Repeater NewsIer-
When some fellow ama teur thrown a pall over the entire long memory comes into play. I ter. This helped get the country
tries to get th em to look at amateur radio commun ity . remember all too c learly the organized Into using a common
facts, t hey j ust get mad . Pioneering is a work of en- years of pres sure it took for set of channels. Before this, on-
Believe me, it tak es great th usiasm ... it is fun. When amateurs to f ight both the FCC ly a handful of repeaters were
courage or great stupidity (your you have a bureaucracy sitting and the ARRL to get RTTY per- set up on the now standard 600
Choice) to dare to say anything on top 01 you , It is difficu lt to mitted on the low bands. In the kHz spacing, thus making the
criti cal about the League , no have fun. Not many amateurs early days, the FCC forced use 01 crvetat-cc nt rouec rigs a
matter how constructive the want to fight the FCC, nor do repeaters to close down and it problem . Al ong in 1970-71, the
critici sm. There are no rewards they wa nt to have to co nduct took years to get t hem ac- pres s ure s f orced repeater
for those who speak out. their exper iments cl andestine- cepted by the FCC. groups to get together and
And now the good news: The ly. The end result is little in the Many technica l de vel op- swap channels so they co uld
percentage of ham s who react way of progress as compared ments have been stopped co ld move to 600 kHz spacing . With
emotionally at any critical man- to what we could have if we because the FCC insi sted that few exceptions, this is now the
tion of the Leacue is small to- were free of the deadening FCC amateurs not transmit any type rule.
day. Today the majority of yoke. of signals their monitoring sta- When all of the 146 MHz
amateurs try to be realist ic If amateurs were encouraged t ions could n't copy. How can repeater channels in New York
about the ARRL. They are to experiment, we would find yo u pioneer anything under filled up (147 MHz wa s at that
fru strat ed by some of the more and more art icles in 73 on that restriction? You can't ! time only open to General class
th ing s the League is doing or these ideas, and these in turn The FCC is stil l at it, and if and above), the first of the 15
not doi ng, but they don't know wou ld spark more enthusiasm you doubt that, just ask any kHz " spli nter" channels was
what to do about it. They find it and idea s. Enthusiasm build s amateur who has requested an tr ied . It worked , after a fashion,
difficult to try and come upwith more enthusiasm ju st as gloom STA for testing ASCII on the for some us ers. It became
ideas at club meetings be- develops more gloom. ham bands. There is no known quickly apparent that either the
cause there are still a lot of No, I think it is useless to reason why amateurs should state of the art of making two
" loyal" League members, with castlgate amateurs for not not be permitted to go ahead meter FM receivers was going
" loyal" meaning think no evil, pioneering or to try and force and use ASCII and start their to have to progress or else 15
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hambassador program. I've
disaster fell on the maritime made this suggestion to the In-
frequency users at the 1973 ITU dustry and asked that the firm s
L \1. conference, aga in brought get together at Dayton and stop
,• ,. about by the solid bloc vot ing the infighting ... and try the
.- , . of small African countries, it 3% hambassador funding con-
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of support wou ld probably be like lih ood of these African
countries being kind enough to QRPp?
much needed and greatly ap-
Your October, 19n, editorial voluntarily g ive up something
preciated.
comment posed the appro- they can rent for cold, hard
priate question, "Can the My first suggestion Is to set It 's my bel ief that any ham
cash so a bunch of Americans using more than 20 Walls on
aCWA save amateur radio? " up a fund from which " ham- can play is not something I care
This timely Inquiry has stuck In bassadors" could draw to the bands today would use a
to bet a lot on ... remembering sledgehammer to kill flies.
my craw ever since, and my cover expenses Incurred as a how popular the U.S. is with
curiosity has been building result of their " m ission." Dona- The fact is, there's not a
most African nations. c ou nt ry on th is globe t oo
steadily. It's about time I wrote tions would come from the As I said In the October
to see If anyone "answered the " average" hams all over the remote to be accessible to a
editorial, I think that the se st ation running a half Watt and
call." U.S., and money received would
countries cou ld be encouraged a dipole (und er proper condl·
Well? Haven't there been any be controlled by a responsib le to save the ham bands f or hams
encouraging results so far (see adm in istrator who w ou ld tions, of cou rse). Yet, our fre-
if someone were to go and visit quencies quake w ith shrieking
page 35 of the April, 1978, issue answer t o a board or panel of the heads of the countries and
of 73, column 1)? If there have trustees. These trustees wo uld tnoueanc-weuere beam-boost-
acquaint them with the tremen- ed to erp levels of 1()4 t imes
been, the y haven't been re- be respon sible for determin ing d ous value amateur radio could
ported to us. I'd like to th ink who Is or Is not eligible for the that amount.
have for the ir countries . . . a How come? Perhaps It's
that we can trust the OCWA to job of "hambassador," and fact not one of them Is familiar
bear the full burden of support- they would also act as ccor- another manifestation of the
with . same syndrome which, until
ing amateur radio by becoming dlnators, making sure each Hambassadors might swing
"hambassadors" to developing country Is covered and follow- recently , c l u tt e r e d our
the difference, If we had any. highways w ith 500-HP. gas-
countries (and leave it at that). Ing up on the results of each ex- As far as collecting money for
But life has taught me not to ped itlon. guzzl ing behemoths. At any
such an effort goes, there isn 't rate , the ad men behind this
cou nt on an ything-so I'd l ike My next suggestion is that t ime to do th is through any
to see what the average whatever we oc.tet's do It fast ! power tripp ing In hamdom
general c ollectio n from ama· sure ly deserve their due. Their
amateur can do to help. Let's not waste a bunch of time teurs . . . that takes much too
debat ing about it and wrap cur- c am pai gn may go down as one
The Idea o f ham ambas- long. With the ARRL keeping of the mo st successful decep-
sadors (" hambassadors" Is the selves up In the polit ics of the mum on the whole situation,
thing. It 's lat e in the game, and tions of an Intelligent group of
n ickname I came up w ith) is most smeteurs would seize Ind ividualists ever perpetrated.
great ! It's a good Idea to get whatever any of us can do up on this as an excuse to let
should be done immediately if Happily, though, It looks like
them from the OCWA, the peo- someone else pay to try and " megawatt mania" has nearly
ple whose knowledge of ama- we want to see amateur radio save amateur radio . After a/l, If
remain like it Is Instead of run its course.
teur radio Is probably more there were any serious danger, It used to be that the guy on
than sufficient to get the Job become an all ·VHF/UHF/X - the League would do some-
band affair! the other end of the OSO came
done rig ht. It's also ni ce that thIng ab o ut i t . .. right ? right out and to ld you thai he
since many of the aCWA mem- Let' s pool our thought s, Sure . . . j us t like they d id about
come up with a plan, and put it had a gallon, a Cali fornia kW. or
bers travel a lot anyway as part our satellite frequenc ies when a lega l li mit and then some. But
01 their jobs, there would be no int o act ion before another six th ey went to Geneva to repre-
months s l ips through ou r th ings have changed. Notice
cost to an yone for the great ser- sent us and lost every sing le how oft en now you hear, " ri g
vice the y would provide t o fingers! kilohertz we had above 450 here 900 Watts." Come on,
amateur rad io. Timothy M. Mrvl WDSQLB MHz-23 7,240 megahertz los t tellas, even the most mathe-
But-s-what can we "small
EI,le MI ... forever. mat ically Inept o f our ranks
fry" do? What can the average The only other poSS ibility is recognize that as pretty darn
ham do to help keep amateur Well, Timothy, the answer to that the ham manufacturers close to the big K. But It does
radio off the butcher's block at your question is that I have not may stop the Ir political i n- show where It 's all headed.
WARC '797 This Is obviously a heard of anyone, QCWA or fighting and collec t enough The tide Is turning to low
moot quest ion (perhaps a good other, setting out to contact money to field some nembes- power. But there wil l be the
subject for an upcoming edt - those c ountries which wiff sadors. Right now some of the diehards, th ose lew ' who may
torial?). The only th ing that I can decide on our ham bands at U.S. manufacturers seem to be never full y apprec iate just how
th ink of to help get the job done Geneva next year. The smafl more Int erest ed In battling boorish it is t o p lop down a b ig
would be t o provide the means African countries are the ones J apanese ham impo rters than fat U.S. double gallon on a
by wh i ch an y " q u a li f i ed " wh ich will be able t o vote lookin g to next year a t Geneva. choice frequency during a OX
amateur could bec ome a "trem- whatever frequency allocations The chaps runnin g th e impor t· cont est and start call ing, " CO
bassador." After all, I wou ld they desire. With one vote per i ng firm s are mostly old-time te st." It sim ply salves one W's
assume that not all o f the country and few, If any, friends U.S. hams, and seem to be ego while forcing man y foreign
OCWA members have expense In Africa , how far do you th ink alone i n the ir de sire to do stations into the background
accounts and make regular an " American" hobby is going something about the situa ti on. Instead of allowing them to ettl-
business trips to foreign ccun- to get as far as keeping in. Weird. clently work the hordes of other
tries. There may be many of credibly valuable shortwave If the ham indus try were to American hams anxiously wait-
these pioneers and Innovators Irequencies is concerned? Immediate ly Inc rease equip · Ing for a OSO . But then, I sup-
who would be Itch ing to go and When we lost 237,240 MHz of ment price s b y about 3 %, they po se the OX understands
do something to benef it our previously allocated sa tellite could gather abou t 1250,000 a •.. after all , the spect er of the
hobby, but wh o don't have the ham frequencies at the ITU month f rom th is " tax " and use ugly American Is nothing new.
means. Furthermore, t here are satellite c onf erence in 1971, i t It to get some hambassado rs Once yo u experi enc e the
probably those hams wh o are was cl ear that the handwriting into the field right away. Most warm respect you receive from
fully qualif ie d t o take t he was on the wall. Th at's right, of us pay a lo t more th an that in OX stations when they learn
respons ibility who are not we lost every single sa telli te sal es taxes (except in New yo u ' r e runn ing ORPp, you
OCWA members, and al so lack frequen cy we had allocated Hampshire, where we have no
the means to make th is signi fl- above 450 MHz at that con- sa les taxesJ. This wav. en 11(:·
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Wouldn 't you like to have a In practice, the GMRS pro- and repeater coverage as you connections are brought out to
repeater where you could talk vides pretty much the type 01 would have on the 70 cm a 16-pin socket pad. A + volt
business if you wanted to? operation envisioned for the amateur band and, additional- regulator and all mcrex connec-
Where you wouldn't have to proposed Comm unicator class ly, carry on business communi- tors are provided; regulated +
worry about whether some use amateur license-with certain cations Including autopatch and ground are bused among
was legal or not? Where there pluses. phone calls. However, the big- the locat ions lor up to 351 4-pin
would be no damned nitpickers Operated in essentially the gest advantage to most arna- ICs. Price: $24 .95.
.rc rain on your parade? Well, same fashion as an ama teu r teurs wi ll likely be the provision The high quality Micro Works
It's there and very few people band repeater, a GMRS mao that enables fam ily members extender boards are double
know about it. chine could provide a logical, and others to operate without sided, with the bus extensions
Old·tlmers, sitting there rock- legal, and very useful extension being individually licensed. on the bottom and a grou nd
Ing and combing their beards, of any group's communica- Priced at under S4OO, the plane on top. Both sides are
may remember the halcyon tions capabilities. And with Its GMR-l offers amateurs the op- solder masked. Silkscreened
days of radio and the first CB wider range of authorized com- portunity to expand their com- bus pin designations make
channels . . . up at 460 MHz. It munications and eight frequen - munications Into a new and ex- debugging easy. Prices: X-SO
was a good p lace for CB, and cy pairs of increasingly scarce citing area that complements (S-SO bUS), $29.95; X·3O (5-30 110
just think of the headaches the spectrum space, the General their present VHFIUHF capa- bus), $22.95.
FCC could have saved If they Mobile Radio Service should bilities. Full details on the All Micro Works 6800 com-
had listened to their men who not be overlooked by exist ing GMR-l and the General Mobile puter accessories come fUlly
advised against opening the or potential amateur repeater Radio Service are available assembled, tested, and burned
11m band. This "Class A" organizations with an eye to from the PerCom Sales Man- In as necessary. They feature
Cftizens Band never realty the future. ager, Standard Communica - prime components, dou ble-
made it because there wasn't Now Standard Comm unica- tions Corp., PO Box 92151, Los sided PC boa rds with prat ed -
any decen t yet low·prlced tions has entered the GM RS Angeles CA 90009. throug h holes, sol der mask,
equipment. Well, the remnants fie ld wi th the GMR· l, a slx- Morgan Godwin W4WFL and s i lksc reen co mpo ne nt
of thi s early band are stili there Walt, two-channel FM trans- Peterborough NH markings where appropriate.
and not a few amateur groups ceiver for operatlon In the All software Is full y so urce
have been taking advantage of 462-468 MHz range. The GMR-l listed and commented; com-
this to set up repeaters, com- can be used as a mobile or for UNIVERSAL 1/0 BOARD plete schematic diagrams are
plete with autopatch. base station operation with the The Micro Works Universal included . Delivery is from
The beauty 01 these chan- addition of a suitable tz-vott 1/0 Board Is just the thing for stock. The Micro Works, PO
nels-and there are eight of supply such as Standard 's custom interfaces. The board Box 1110. Del Mar CA 92014,
them-is that they are not
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model 12112O-GMR, which In-
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ness, il you want.-Wayne. can enjoy the same simplex 4O-or 24-pln interface chips; the WHAT'S THE WORLD
data and control lines are con- SAYING?
nected to the appropriate edge Our ever-shrinking worl d and
connector pins. All other bus Its multiplying proble ms have

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 resu lted In a new hobby- Do wney Avenue, PO Box 498,
li stening to what co untries all Param ount CA 90 723.
over the wor ld are saying to us,
and about us, to their own peo-
ple. NEW RADIO SHAC K
Shortwave "DXlng," as It Is MICROCOMPUTER CATALOG
called, Is rapidly mushrooming Just Issued by Radio Shack
In popu larit y among st people is the ir new 8·page TRS-80
of ail ages and In all wa lks of Microcomputer System Prod-
i1fe. ucts catalog .
To til l the need for an excep- The catalog features Radio
ti onally stable and sensitive Sha ck 's $599.00 TRS-80 micro-
receiver capable of top perfor- computer system and provides
mance, Yaesu Electronics c or- Information on upgraded svs-
poratlon has Introduced Its tern s, peripherals, and ready-
model FRG-7000. Tabletop In to-u se software developed
design, It offers stability, sen- specif ically for the TRS-80.
sit ivity, selectivity. and cattbra- The basic TRS-80 system,
tlon accuracy rare ly found In descr ibed as the " begi nner's
rece ivers off ered to the general choice ," offers Level-l BASIC
public. with 4K of ROM to produce a
The FRG·7000 will allow one th orough and easy-to-under-
to explore the far corners of the stand computer language. Its
world from the comfort of the 4K RAM Is said to contai n suffi-
liVing room, with digital ac- cient memory to accommodate
curacy, usi ng ali modes of many home, school, lab, or
reception. si ngle si deband, smail business uses.
regul ar AM (broadcast), as well Expanded TRS-80 systems,
as code (CW). It provides com- Incl udi ng a 4K " Educato r"
plete and conti nuous coverage system priced at $1198.00, a
of al l frequenc ies from .25 kHz 16K " Professi o nal" system Watt·Kit from Dielectric Communications.
to 29.9 MHz. This Includes all selling for $2385.00, and a 32K
C l ll ze ns Band channels , "Business" system for ucts ca talog Is available free, make it possible to ob tain
foreign broad cast, and amateur $3874.00, are also featured In on request, from Radio Shack everything required for the
rad io frequencies , with super- the catalog. stores and deaters, nat ionwide. mea surement of forward and
lative performance In ali modes Also included i n the new Items listed In the catalog may ref lected average rf power (and
of recept ion . catalog Is Info rmation on " How be ordered through any Radio vs wr, usi ng a si mple nomo-
SWLer s, mariners, and rad io to Expand Your Existing TR5-80 Shack store or participatlng graph) by orderi ng a si ngle
amateur s will f ind the System," with detai ls of Level-Ii dea ler. catalog number. The cases are
FAG·7000 an inva luable corn- BASIC , and an Order Work- fitted with additional space for
muntcatrona aid of outstand· sheet that helps the customer sto rage of m an ual s, vs w r
Ing qual ity and workmanship. custom -tenor a TAS-80 system DIELECTRIC ANNOUNCES nomographs, additional plug-i n
For ful l detail s on technical to his part icu lar needs. WAn-KITS eleme nts. and connectors.
spec ifications, contac t: Yaesu The new Radio Sha ck TRs-BO Dielectric Communicat ion s, Dielectric Communications. a
Electronic s Corporation. 15954 Microcomputer System Prod- a unit of Genera l Signal Cor- unit of General Signa l, Route
poration, announ ces the avail- 12t, Raymond, Maine 04071.
ability of Watt-Kits, rf power
measuring kits, catalog num-
bers 1000·K1, K2, K3, and K4. NEW PRODUCTS:
SST T·1, T·2, AND T·3
Itadlo lhaeK The kits consist of th e type
1000 rf directional wattmeter
and 100-Watt plug-in elements,
SST El ec tron i cs has i n-
trod uced two new antenna
TRS-80"Microcomputer enabling the user to mea sure
100 Watts fu ll-sca le from 25
tuners after six years of pro-
ducing the SST T-1, the original

System Products MHz to 1 GHz. Also Included is

a quick-match UHF connector,
two-toot patch cable with co n-
random w ire antenna tuner.
Every SST tu ner is built with
high quality components and
The Low-Cost Leader Goes Farther Out Fronl nectors, and a luggage·style workma nshi p. Yet SST tu ners
carrying case to house the offer features not Included In
co mplete kit. The K3 and K4 tuners costing more. All SST
kits al so incl ude a type 4100, tuners use an efficIent toroid
1OD-Walt dry term inating load. Inductor for maximum versatru-
Prices for the kits range from ty and compac t size.
$280 to $465, and the y are
available from stock. These kits Continued on page 190

Newcata log from Radio Shack. Th e SST T·2 Ultra Tuner.

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 and th is re l a t i o nsh i p has from Bill Kleronomos WA90ZC

Looking West
wo rked well for both part ies. in Westchester, illinois. Bi ll
Everyone has what he needs, owns WR9AM I, one of the few
and thereby the need for " C al i f or n i a -s t y l e " r em otes
another repeater is negated . If found outsid e o f California.
Bill Pasterflill< WA61TF hardly lind a channel that does such agreements can be made The let ter concerned ten meter
24854-C Newhall A \o\!'. not have one or more (usuall y to work here i n a political hot- FM and establi shi ng an int er-
Newhall CA 9 132 ' more) repeaters coordi nat ed on bed like Los Angeles, I c an't nat ional1 0 meter remote in ter-
it. Yet, although good quality, imagine any place where they com channel. Actuall y, Bill sug-
I hope I am mistaken. I really wide coverage repeaters of wou ldn't. gested a nat ional channel, but,
hope that the FCC knows what " open" format reside on these ten meters bei ng the ki nd of
Another problem that is aris- band it is, any Intercom chan-
it 's doing, but 1 have a feeling channels, you can someti mes ing is th at of user allegiance.
that this t ime they are wrong. l isten for days on a channel and nel would actually be fntema-
Simply put, a user can 't be ex- tionalln nature. Well, 29.6 is the
I'm speaki ng about the an- not hear one aso t ake place. pected t o financial ly support
nou ncement o f March 23, 1978, You can hear an occasional na tional FM call i ng channel,
every repeate r upon which he but when ten opens, 29.6 does
thai lota lly deregula ted re- kerchunk wi thout an identifica- ope rates . As more systems
peaters and dealt a death blow tion other than t hat o f the get kind of hectic. Anything
come in to being, fin ancial sup- below 29.5 wou ld Interfere with
10 special repeater censrcns. I repeat er itself, but not a aso. port dwindles , since the
hope that the FCC has not also The why's and wherefore's of OSCAR operati ons, and above
average user cannot decide that you have repeater chan-
dealt a death blow to voluntary this phenome non are unknown which particular repeater
coordination and thereby ne- t o me, but it exists here and, I nels. So by default, we have no
deserves hi s support. So he place other t han 29.5. I th ink
gated the many years of work am willing to bet , in o ther big supports none. In the end, this
done by great numbers of cities. There may be 25 or 50 that 29 .5 m ight be what
will lead (and already has led) remotes need as a common
dedicated amateurs. I know repeaters available, but three to "open repeater attrition."
some of you are going to say or four acc ount for the majority meeting ground l or channel-
When a system owner finds ized long-hau l operations. Any
thallTF is playing the part of a 01 activit y. that the ego trip is over, that it's
pessimist, but the fact Is thai If th is is the case, why go takers?
cost ing him a bundle t o keep Bill wou ld al so like t o know
by the time you read this there ahead and put more repeaters " WR whatever" on the air, and
will be only two criteria neces- on the air Just to take up space? of others involved In 10 meter
that the majority of users are remot es, especially on the air.
sary 10 pu l a repeet er c n t he air: There is a far better way, but it not "doing right" by the service
a Technician class or higher takes Implementation of a term To quote Bill's note: " .. . it
he Is providing, he has but two klnda gets lonely being th e only
license and a chec kbook. Not tha t is very lacking i n t oday's alternat ives. He can either take
so long ago, it took t echn ical society : cooperation . Say your remot e W6·sty le i n th is here
the repeat er out of service, or, corncob country."
expertise, a desire to advance group decides that it wants the as more and more system
the state of the art, and this advantages of Its own repeater owners are doing, he can c on-
same desire to serve the needs and makes plans to put one up. vert it to a " private" system " SOME NOTES ON 220"
01 the amateur community. Out Well, that's one way , the usual with a select usership. Sin ce DEPARTMENT
of th is has come a national net- way. However, if you take the the vast majority of "privates" I guess I mu st be o n
work of two meter repeater time to search around a bit, I require financial support as a every one's mailing l ist, since
system s that spans the nation. am willing to bet that you wi ll part of system club member- quite a bit of l iterature seems to
It's almost i mpo ssibl e these discover inactive operational Ship, they have little in the way arrive each month. In most
days to travel anywhere w ith in systems in your area that can of user support problems. I'm c ases, there is just far too
the 50 states and not be in fulfil l the needs of your organ- not predict ing that every open mu ch to mention in this col-
range o f a two meter repeater. ization. Should such be the system In the nation i s about to umn. However, once in a while
Ten years ago, when I first case, you can save yourself the disappear, but it has happened something really specia l shows
drove across the country, the aggravat ion of repeater owner- already and will probably con- up, and this seems to be the
rule of the day was hunt and ship by working out a coop- tinue. I know th at even men- case with a newsietter called
pe ck. Today, yo u can 't get e ratlve ven t u re wi t h th e tioning " repeat er support" is a 220 Notes .
away from a aso. Repeaters system's owner to utilize the sore spot for many, but we hap.
are everyw he re an d t hat's rel ay ability o f th e system In ex- pen t o l ive in a real world whi ch Pub li shed i n Chi cago by Lee
good . chang e fo r the ongoing support requires real money. Kni rko W9MOL, Notes has
However, I have to ask the that a system need s. In this quickly grown from a regional
fOllowing questions: How many way, you have no in itial invest- II we regu la rly use a system, serv ice publ ication to a bi -
repea ters are enough? What ment and no ownership respon- we have an obligation to do our month ly which ha s the abil ity
total number of systems will sibilities-yet the relay ability share to keep It on the air. If we to hold the interest of any
constitute fulfilling everyone's of the repeater is yours. It 's use five regularly, we have the amateur Involved i n 220 MHz
needs? Is the mag iC number c all ed " c o o per ati ve o pera- obligation to support all five ... FM and repeater operation. For
2,0007 5,000? 10,0007 Will the tion," and it works. or ten , or twenty, or what have examp le , a re cent t ee u e
" need for repeaters" keep go- Let me ci t e an example. One you . This can really get expen- (February, 1978) con t ained a
ing until every amateur has his of the nicest ways to operate sive, and very few of us c an af- most in t eresti ng art icle that
own system fo r his exclusive on tw o meter FM i n Lo s ford t o support all the open c overed all of the currentl y
use? Is there a real need for any Ange les i s through the systems In an area l ike New available 220 MHz FM equ ip-
more than we have now? WR6A HM re peat er located York or Chicago. So how do we ment, incl uding antennas and
A repeater is of tttt!e use atop Magic Mounta in. This do it? Well, I have all sorts of accessories. It Is probably the
unless it is used . One that is " bo x" seems to " t alk forever," ideas along these lines, such most complete li sti ng of such
placed i nt o ope ration and yet Its operation is very clean as a central support fund or a information t o be found any-
w ind s up wit h one aso every and the people w ho operate on support fu nd se t u p through the where, and It Is obvious th at
th ree days is of l ittle value and it regul arl y are some of t he local coordi na tion cou ncu, b ut Mike Ste rling WA9aGY spent a
is better taken out of service, ni cest to be found anywhere. some people wou ld always say lot of lime researchi ng h is
since it is then nothing but an Virtually everyone you speak to that they were no t getting material. The same issue con-
economic dra in to It s owner. th inks that the WR6AHM re- enough. Therefore, I will leave ta ined an art ic le on improving
There are exceptions to this. peater is owned and operated the solution t o your imagi na- repeater audio, and even a
Repeaters serv ing areas such by the Santa Clarita Amateur tion. One th ing is clear, th ough: short piece on playing chess
as our nation's wilderne sses Radio Club. While it's true that If open repeaters are t o surv ive, via amateur rad io. Note s is j ust
and deserts as lines of you f ind a lot of SCARC mem- it's up to each o f us in hi s own chock-full o f all sorts of in-
emer gency com munications bers on WR6AHM, the cl ub way and to the best of his abil i- terest ing material and is well
and veh ic les for fr iendly chit- doe s n ot o w n the rad i o . ty to render the necessary su p- worth the nominal $3.00 sub-
chat are an entirely dillerent WR6AHM is owned by an in- port-be it financ ial or o ther- scription fee that bri ng s you a
th ing_The ir need is dictated by dividual amateur, and the San- wise. year's worth 01 enjoyment. To
their service area. However, ta Clarita club acts as a user subscribe, send $3.00 to 220
here in l.A. proper, for exam- support organ ization for the " REM OTE NOTE" Notes, c/o Virginia Sterling
ple, we have a myriad of repeater. Such has been the DEPARTMENT WB9 UFV, 9128 N. Lindner Ave.,
repeater system s. You can case lor a good many years, recen tly received a letter Morton Grove IL 60076.

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 after each entry to build a cu mutet or to the terminal. It's
called OUTEEE In Motorola
RTTY Loop
replica of the character there.
Again, a 22 ms delay Is built In MIKBUGr",. All you have todo is
after each sample, to place the call that routine and you 're in
sampling time within the data business, right? NO! II you stop
pulse. As an aside, more com- to think for a minute, realize
Marc I. Leawy, M.D. WAJAJR sulated units that have an LED plex programs could sample that while all this looking up
4fXJ6 Winlee ROMJ shining on a photosensitive each data pulse multiple times, and converting has been going
RlInda llstown MD 21133 diode or SCA (LASCA). As the and logically decide whether a on, the next character has been
LED shines, the diode con- bit was MARK or SPACE, thus warming up to come down the
These days, no technical ducts, and TIL level voltages, offering a good deal of noise pike. In fact, you can consider
topic in amateur radio is "hot- which are the levels that make immunity In the decoding. We that the time you have to send
ter" than microprocessors and most computer inputs happy, come out of this routine, then, the character is from after you
computers, and perhaps can be controlled. The alter- with a representation of the get the fifth bit and decode un-
nowhere else In our hobby is a native, the magnetic reed relay, Baudot tetter in the right side til the next START pulse is ex-
computer more useful than in has been covered before in this (LSB side) of the accumulator. pected. That's approximately
RTTY. This is evidenced by the column In the context of the width of the STOP bit: 31
growth of the 1/0 section in 73, transmitting keyers. If you have Our next task is to convert
this Baudot data into ASCII . ms! A 110 baud terminal , like
and the many related topics such a relay installed, it can be an ASA-33, is just too slow to
seen In Kilobaud, Byte, and used for this application direct- The method for this is dia-
grammed in Fig. 2. This is the receive 60 wpm ATTY! The
other computer publications. ly, or another can be Inserted. minimum speed for acceptable
What we will try to do this Whatever the technique{even a " looku p table" method of code
conversion, which is reliable copy, with no margin of safety,
month is develop the logic for a polar relay can be pressed into is 300 baud; faster is better.
RnY receiving program, which service), the object is to have a and fast enough for such a
tra nsformation . Because This limits us to TVTs or rapid
can be implemented on about pair of wires iso lated from the printers. An alternative is to put
any microprocessor . Next loop that are shorted together Baudot contains no informa-
tion as to whether the current the text into memory while
month, detailed Informatlon for during MARK and open during displaying it, and have it read
programming an SWTPC 6800 SPACE. character is upper or lower
case, a case " fl ag" must be back at 110 baud later, lor the
will be presented. slowpoke ASR-33s in the
To begin with, lei's define the Once you have these wires, maintained to tell the program
one of them should be con- which of two tables, upper or crowd.
problem. We must
nected to the computer ground, lower case, to use. Receipt of Next month I will cover the
1. Input data to the com- and the other to the least the LTAS or FIGS characters Implementation of this pro-
puler from a60 rnA, Baudot significant bit (LSB) of a can cause reselling of this flag. gram on an SWTPC 6800
encoded, 45.45 baud loop; parallel Input port. A pull-up So, the incoming character Is system in some detail. For
2. Transform that data to a resistor to + 5 V may be re- checked first to see if it is a those of you anticipating trying
machine-usable form; quired, as with the Southwest LTAS or FIGS; if so, the flag is It, I will tell you that you need
3. Convert the Baudot MP-LA parallel board. Now, you set accordingly. Next, it Is the reed relay or equivalent in-
code to ASCII ; may have noticed that we are tested for a space character staneo, an MP-L or MP·LA
4. Display the data to the taking serially encoded data wh ich, if present.forces the let- parallel input port, and not very
operator. and feeding it to a parallel tn- ters table to be selected. This mu ch memory . The whole
put. That is because many of accompl ishes a software Shebang will run in under 2K of
There are several ways of the UARTs normally used have "ccwnsnttt-cn-soace." Also, RAM. Those of you with other
getting information out of a two faults which make them carriage returns are decoded systems may take a slab at
loop at non-loop levels. Two of unusable for our purposes. as an entire carrlage- wrillng some programs. Send
the more common are op- First , they cannot be con- ret u rn /ll n e-t eec rerase -u ne any good ones along and we
tcteoretora and reed relays. Op- figured for five bits, which string , and line feeds are may include them in future cot-
totectetors are tiny, encap- Baudot Is, and second, the trapped and not decoded. If umns.
available clock is normally none of the exceptions are en- For those of you who cannot
faster than 45 baud. So what we countered, the table looks up stand "one more article about
cOO " AT will do is present the data to an the character at the address dem blasted computers," bear
,. OUT
open port, and let the serial-to- pointed to in Baudot and sup' with me next month. You've
parallel conversion be done in
..
plies the ASCII equivalent.
1 software. Now It gets easy. Most, If not
been outvoted by numerous let-
ters. After thai, we'll get back to
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Fig. 1 is a diagram of just all , monitors have a routine to answering many of the ques-
how that transformation takes output a character in the ac- tions sent in.
'y...
place. Aecall that the five bit
ee••• Baudot code is really transmit- , .~
" . I[C ted as a seven and one-half b it DU £
string . First comes the STAAT
r
UTUO
e""" T. ,
bit-always SPACE- followed
by the five DATA bits, then a
STOP bit-always MARK-
which is 1.5 times as long as
,.", ..
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c.. ,·. n ' 00 '
co -c'

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any other bit. Keep this in mind
as we scan the flowchart.
OH u 0"
ouc.. IlhSl " o,;--.....
. ' SET
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To begin with, the computer '/

just sits there and walts for a 1-
." .. ~
..
'.'""
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I"'"
" .co
SPACE to appear on the Input
line . This means that a
character is on the way . The
....1

'(.u
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........ """-;1 'T
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computer then delays lor 11
milliseconds (remember that a
oce........ I U .T.,
e"".T(. pulse Is 22 ms long), which · c£,
e~ ( <<

makes it the center of the '.' 0

.. . -l STAAT pulse, then an addi-

tional 22 ms, putting it smack
u_..
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ClID< u~

dab in the middle of the f irst

data bit. Meanwhile, a counter

r
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is set up to count down the five
data pulses. Each pulse is tn-
put Into the accumulator,
( .....,," ,)
r
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 AMSAT La un ch Day Ope ra- dep loyed wa s heard .
The ini tial telemet ry da t a as
AMSAT tions Net s ac tivated by W3Z M,
WA3 NA N , and othe rs. The
voice of W ill Webs ter W B2TNC
operating from WA3NAN at t he
r e p or te d b y Ro y Steve ns
G2BVN wa s: tone, 39 1 459 556
603 HI 173 251 389 459556 606.
Goddard Space Fl ig ht Center in During the first lew orbits, the
ANOTH ER AMSAT·OSCAR ca lls listed as having ccn- Maryland echoed around the spacecraft stabilized. II should
IS IN ORBIT tributed. world as he relay ed t he launch be noted t hat stations report-
Prec isely on time and with all The beacons transmit Morse and subsequent phases of the ing fro m t he USA indicated thai
the c ha rac teri st ic s of a text- code telemetry data relating to orbit injec tion sequences. channel 6 wa s showing counts
book description of a rocket the condition of the spacecraft Such was the level of interest of the o rder of 60 1-603, yet sta-
launch, a Delta 139 rocket lifted and its components . The that several times no signals tions in Euro pe we re reporting
off from the NASA Western AM SAT· OSCAR 8 telemetry were present on 14280 k Hz for 618-623, showing that signals
Test Range at l ompoc, can- systems is a product of the ef· periods ra ng ing up to 90 sec- we re present in the uplink pass-
fornia, on March 5 at 9:34 am forts of John Goode W5CAY, onds at cri tical points in t he band in Euro pe .
PST. It was carrying AMSAT· Dick Daniels, and others. It mission s e quence . T h e s e Joe Kasser G3ZCZJW3
OSCAR 8 as a secondary measures six analog param- periods of silence on 14280 k Hz Silver Spring M D
payload, with its primary mis- eters in the spacecraft , and took place rig ht in the middl e of
sion the LANDSAT-C. There is a converts t hem into two digit t he AARL OX Pho ne Con tes t.
third payload aboard. II is the Morse code values w hich are Hund red s of stations c hecked AMSAT·OSCAR 8 ORBITAL
PIX, Plasma Interaction Experi- t ransmi tted along with a t hi rd Into the net s; many more called DATA CALENDAR
ment, devised by researc hers digit precedi ng each t e lem- in or j ust monitor ed the ac ti vity. In cooperation with AM SAT,
at NASA' s Lewis Researc h ete red val ue t o identif y the Th e fl ight of t he launch vent- Sk ip Hey ma nn W6PAJ expec ts
Center In Cleveland, Ohio. Th e channel number. Th e code rate ere wa s f ollowed , the ejection to have avai lable by t he en d 01
experiment is designed 10 is 20 wpm. of LA NDSAT not ed , th e add i- Mayan AM SAT-OSCAR orbi t al
study the effects of the space As t his i s bei ng w ritte n, t io na l orbi t correc tion bu rns predict io ns calenda r co ntain-
environment on high voltage OSCAR 8 Is in good health as noted , and then OSCAR wa s i n g a l l orbi ts of th e ne w
components in the presence of determine d by it s telemetered ejecte d. T he n, W A3 NAN an- AM SAT-OSCAR 8 sa tellite for
arcing. This is of significance data, and it is open f or use by no unc ed that OSCAR was free. the remai nder of 1978.
for high Voltage solar panels amateurs all over t he world . 14280 kHz wa s silent; then The orb ital c alendar will be
and Ion propulsion systems in AMSAT, t he ARRL, and AMSAT G2 BVN called in with the first evan ebre postpaid for $5.00
tuture spacecraft. allillates are urged to prevail report 01 telem et ry reception U.S. fu nds or 30 IRCs ($3.00 t o
The eighth OSCAR replaces upon their members and users from t h e AMSA T·OSCA R B AMSAT members, and Iree on
the capability that had been not to exceed the recommend- spacec raft. M i n u t e s la ter, reques t t o AM SAT life mem-
lost when OSCAR 6 went out of ed power limit of 100 W erp WeP HD repo rted the first bers). Overseas orders will be
service in the latter part of when accessing OSCAR B (and Americ an rec ept io n of signals. airmailed . O rders and oav-
June, 1977, due to battery OSCAR 7, as well). Stations reporting rec ept io n of ments should be made in U.S.
failure. Its demise was nes- It was a primary purpose in the telemetry on the first two c urr e ncy to: Skip Rey m an n
tened by the selfish users who hurrying AMSAT.QSCAR B into orbits included V E6SW , W6 PAJ , PO Bo x 37 4, San
attempted accessing OSCAR 6 orbit to give back to the GMBBKE, and N6DD. Dimas, California 91773 USA.
with powers many orders of schools a space communrca- W B5M PU reported o ne Irame Orde rs may also be charged to
magnitude higher than t h e trons vehicle w hich t hey could of t elemet ry w hen the sa tellite VISA or Master Cha rge . (Be
recommended maximum of 100 use in science classes to per- was well below his horizon. sure to provi de your account
Watts erp. (A 10 Watt t ransmit- mit t hei r students to have a DL3SX telep honed Washing- number, exp iratio n date. and
ter wi ll get you into OSCAR 7 ha nds-on expe rience wit h ton, D.C., w it h t elemet ry d at a. ot he r i nforma tion on you r
and also into the new OSCAR space communications, space Ear ly telemet ry showed t hat cha rge c aro.j
8.) technology, o rbi t al sc ience, the spacecraft was spinn ing at For those sti ll w it hou t an
In A MSA T·OSCAR 8 t he and th e comp ut atio na l an d t he gent le rat e of 1.3 rpm . It w as AMSAT-OSCAR 7 o rbi ta l eaten-
mode A translator w ill provide technica l as pec t s of thi s new t he n decided t o extend the 10 dar , a new pr inting is expec te d
t he same capabi l ity that t he 2 fro ntier. For this reaso n, at the meter antenna on t he first pass to be ava ilable s ho rt ly fro m
meter-to-t e meter t ra nslator prese nt ti me the mode A tran s- over the eastern USA t hat Sk i p Rey man n . Pr ic e s a nd
did in OSCAR 6. The uplink lator wi ll be in operation o n night. In ter e st was hig h ; ordering in for mation are t he
passband is Irom 145.85 M Hz t o Mond ay s , T ues d ays , r hura- everyone was available and the sam e as fo r t he OSCAR 8 eate n-
145.95 MHz with an output from days, and Fr ida ys GMT. Th e net opened up o n 3850 kHz. da r.
29.45 to 29.55 MHz. The transta- Wed nesday perio d s will be Ra ndy VE3SAT, t he command Important: To speed up han-
trcn is linear so that an upper avai lable for experimenters. station, re layed t he seq uence dling o f your order, please in-
sideband input signal will also The mode J trans lator will be in 01 events as he sen t the com- c lu d e a gumm ed , seu.ed -
be upper sideband on the out- operation fro m zero hour GMT ma nds t o t he spacecraft and dress ed la be1.
put. The mode A beacon fre- Saturday until 23:59:59 Sun- the "beep, beep, beep" of Proceed s from the orbital
quency is at 29.402 MHz. days GMT. Orbit information is 435.095 MHz as the antenna calendar benefit AM SAT.
A capability not previously broadcast on W1AW and the
available in the circumpolar or- AM SAT nets. For information,
biting OSCARs is the 2 meter- contact Bern ie Glassmeyer
to-70 cent imet er translator with
an input passband lrom 145.9
to 146.0 MHz. This is the mode-
W9KDA at ARRL headquarters,
or A MS AT at PO Bo x 27 ,
Washington, D.C. 20044.
Ham Help
J translator with a downlink Dr. Norman l. Ch alfin K6PGX
I need a schematic for an USing a heart pacemaker.
passband of 435.2 to 435.1 Pasad ena CA
RME 4350 receiver. Ca n some- Joseph Sc hwa rtz K2VGV
MHz. The descending order is one he lp?
to signily that the output pass- 43-34 Union St reet
band is Inverted with respect t o AM SAT-OSCAR 8 William Bragg Flu sh ing NY 11355
the Input. There is a beacon at LAUNCHED 1424 College
435.095 MHz. Des Moines lA 50314
A· O ·D be cam e AMSAT · I am looki ng f or so me rnto r-
The mode A t ra ns lator was OSCAR B o n Sunday, March 5, menon o n u s in g an 1821
design ed and built by Richard 1978. A " t ext boo k" launc h fired I need a ma nua l or sc hema tic t ra nsm itt in g tu be as a fina l
Daniel s WA4DGU and Dr. Perry LAN DSAT ·C and its passen- for a Heat h model O MI scope. amplifier in a 2 met er SSB
I. Klei n W3 PK (AM SAT Prest- g er s i n to o rbit fr o m th e Mickey McDaniel W6FGE transmi tter. I ha ve c hecke d
dent). The mode J trans lator Van de nberg A ir Fo rce Base in 940 Temple SI. through a lot of 73 Magazines
w as built by mem bers of the Ca li fo rn ia, 55 1 m illi seco nd s San Diego CA 92106 but have not come u p w it h any
Japanese affiliate of AM SAT, i nt o t he launch wi ndow. Rad io art ic les using an 1821 t ube.
known as JAMSAT. JA 1CBL, amateurs a roun d the world John Flynn K3BDO
J G1C BL, JG1 CDM , JA1 JHF, fo ll ow ed the launch seq uence I would li ke to hear from any 1925 Kansas Ave .
and J R1SWB are among the in real time by means of t he amateur rad io operator w ho is Mc Keesport PA 15131
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 ellecti ve May 15, 1978. m is s ion adop led an O rde r wh ich

FCC FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION
Wil liam J. Trlc.r1co
Sec,.t.ry
e liminated 100lnote NG 13 10 Ihe
Ta b le of F re q u e nc y A ll o c a t i o n s ,
§2. 106 of tne Comm i ssion'S ru les.
Thi s footno te i m posed restrictio ns on
the use, by t he Amateur Rad io see.
e,lor. Ihe 145·148 MH z, and on ali amateu r t re- APPENDIX ...tee. 01 the 22(). 225 MHz band In cer-
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS quancla s abo ve 220 MH z. Th e pro- Par! 97 of C hapter 1 o f Title 47 of l ai n a reas of t he Un ited States .
COM M ISSION posed rule s would have permitted the Code o t Federa t Regula tions is 2. The del etion of NG 13 rem oved
WlSh lngton, D.C. 2OSS4 o per ation on all amateur Irequenc les ame nded, as foll ows: the restricti on on the use 0 1 the
abo... e 50 MHz. Th is proposal wa s su p- 1. §97.7Id) is amended to read. as 220·225 MH z band by ama teur s ta·
In tlte Mltte, 01 porl ed by tne American Rad io Relay l oil ows : lions betwee n t he hours 01 0500 and
Lea gue (AR RL) i n i ls com men ts, a nd §9 7 .7 Pr i yi le ge s o f o pe r ato r 180:) local ti me Mo nday t hrough Fri·
Amend me nt 01 P." 97 01 t he by nu merou s indi...idual a mateu rs. licenses. day, inclu si ve. in those port ion s 01the
Commln'on', Rul• • eoncemlng 3. In l ight 0 1 acl ion s now be ing (d) T.eh mcian Class. A ll authorized Sl at es o f Te~as . nd New Me~ico in
~rllor cl. .. ..
. pti., ileg • • , Ind take n in Doeke121033 concem i ng Ire· amateur priYilege s on Ihe Irequenc ies the area bounded on the sou t h by
Nqulrlmlnls In Ih, Am'lluf R,dio qeenctes a...ai lable l or repeate r sta- SO, O M Hz and above. Tec hn ic ia n pa rallel 3 1' 53' N ., on the east by
Service. t io n use, we believe the time has Cla ss licenses al so convey the l u ll lo ngi t ude 105 ' 40' W " o n the nOrlh by
co me to grant e~panded frequency priylleges 0 1 N ovic e Class li censes . parallel 33 '24' N ., and on the we st by
Docket 20282 privileges to Technici ans. Specttrcat- 2, In §97. 13. paragrap h (b) Is deleted, lo ng itud e 106 '40' W. Ama l eur eta-
Iy, we wili amend Section 97,7(d) 0 1 parag raphs (c) t hrou gh (fl are redeslg· trees a re now permitted 10 operate on
RM·l0tS. 1363, 1454, '456, the Amateur Rad io Serv ice Ru les to nated pa rag raph s (b) t hroug h (e), and the 220,225 MHz band i n ali potnons
151S, 1521 , 1526. 1535, 1568. pe rm il TeCh niCian Cl as s licensees to pa ragraph (a) is amended, as l oll ows: 0 1 the United Sta tes subject to the
1512, 1602, 1815. 1629, 1633, operate on all Irequencies a bove 50 §9 7.13 Renewa l or modific.' iol'l 01 c o n tin uing restncticn 01 fo ot note
1856.1724.1193,1805,1841 , MHL We bel ieve th is act ion w ill g ive o pera tor Nce nse. U.S. 34, which proh ibits harmful in·
11120,1 " ', 1118, 1991, 2030. greater I le~ lb i lity 10 suc h l icen sees (a) An amate ur rad io operat or lic ense terfere nce t o the Aad io-Iocatio n ser-
2043, 2053,2149,2150,2182, may be re newed upon proper app lica· VIce.
who wish t o do e~perimenta l and
2168, 2216, 2219 , 2256, 22M, weak·slgnal work i n t he 50 MHz and ti on. 3. Foot note NG 13 is d uplicated i n
§97.6 t(b)(6) 01 the rule s. The Com mis-
"" Second Repori and Orde r
144 MHz bands .
4, In Docket 20282 the Com mi s-
sion also propo sed to make the
sio n' s Order ot November 22, 1977 on-
Iy deleted Footnot e NG 13, how eye r. It
PART 97-A MATEUR RADIO did no t eliminate §97.61(b)(6), This
N ovic e Cl ass operator license, which
Adopted: Mlrch 22. 1978 ; is c urrent ly a t wo-ye ar nonrenewable
SERVIC E Order ceretes §97.6 1(b)(6),
R.I....d: AprilS. 1918 l icense , a live·year renewable lice nse. /6712.Q1j 4 . Since the amendment we are
8y the Commlll'on: Comml"'oner Amataur R.d lo Op.ralion In t ha adoptin g is edito rial in na ture, t he
There was strong su p port for th is pro-
Whit. d issenting. posal in the com men t s, and we are 220-225 MHr B.nd In Por1I01'l' of th. prior notic e a nd pub lic procedu re pro-
St.t. . 01 Tu. . . nd Ne..... Muk:o par" visions 0 1 t he Ad m ll'l lstrat iye Pro-
ado pl ing it as proposed . We are
t . On December 16. 1914, t tl e Com· a mend i ng secuce 97 .1 3 0 1 t he Ru les P,.... lou. Comm i. .lon Drd.r c edure Act . 5 U ,S.C. 553, are not ap-
plicab le. Aut hori ty l or t hi s ac t ion Is
mission rel eased II No tice o f Pro- accordingl y. Lic ensees now hOldIng
AGENCY: Fed eral Commun icat ions con tai ned i n sectio ns 4(i). 5(d), and
posed Ru le Makil'lO in th is proceeo tnq N ov ice C las s lic ense s ma y renew
whic h was publis hed i n Ihe Federa l them u pon proper ap pl icat ion. Com m i ssi o n. 303 of Ihe Comm unication s Act of
ACTION : Ed ilori. 1o rd er. 1934, as amended
Register on Decem ber 20, 1974 (39 FR 5. In ...iew 01 tne l oreg olng. we
SU M MARY; The FCC Is deleting a 5. Accordi ngl y. it is ordered. Tha !
" " 042). A First Repor1 and Ord er was ceneve that the amended rules, as §97.6 1(b)(6) of t he ru les Is deleted as
relea sed on J Ur'Ul 15, 19 76 (41 FR di s cussed above , are in t he ,Pub lic In- rest riction on the o per a lion Of
amateur rad io eranons in pa rts 0 1 Sho wn in the atta ched A p pe l'ld i ~
25013}. This Sec ond Repo rt and Ord or teree t. Ac c o rd i n g l y , pursu ant to
Is a l urther s te p in the re sol ut io n o t authori ty con tained in secuoos 4(1) rexee and New M e ~ i co in t he 220 enecnve April 10, 1978,
the very comple ~ a nd lar·rea chi ng and 303 01 the Com m unicatio ns ACI MH z·225 MH z band. This actio n Is be- FE DERAL COMMUNICATIONS
pro posa ls 0 1the N otice , 0 1 1934, as amended. it is ordered Ihat ing taken to make the FCC 's amateur COMMISSION
2. In the Nonce, t he Commission Part 91 of the Com mi ssio n's Ru le s is rad io ru les c on s iste nt With tl'le FC C 's Richard D. Llchl......rdt
proposed t o e~ pa nd t he Ireq uencies am ended as sellor1h in the attaChed Tab le o f Freq uenc y Allocat ion s. E.ac:uti,. Dlr-e:lor
a ... ail a bl e to T e Ch n i c i an Cl ass Appendill . It is t urtner ordered that EFFECTIVE DATE: April 10, 1978.
ADDRESS: Federa l Com munic atIon s Part 9 7 of C hapt er 1 0 1 Tit le 47 01
licenses, Pre se ntly , TechnIc ia ns m ay Ih,s proceed ing is co ntinu ed, The ru le
Commis sio n . Wa Sh i ngt o n , D .C. the Code 01 Federa l Regu latio ns is
o perat e in t he b ands 50. 1·540 MHz. am endmen ts adopted herein become
2055< amended as loll ows :
FOR FURT H ER INFORM ATION CO N . 1. In §9 7.6 1, authorized treq ueecre s
TACT: Mr. G regory Mo nroe Jones. an d em issi on s , umttancn (b)(6) is

Ham Help Ru les and Leg al Branch , Per sonal dele ted and designated (Reserved) as
Radio Division. sale ty and Special lo li ows :
Rad io Service s Bureau, 202·634-6619,
(This i s not a ton-t -ee te leph o ne §97.61 Au thor ized necuencres and
nu m ber.) e rmesrcns .
Help ! I've purchased an
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oscilloscope at an auction and
I"\OW I need a scnematrcrccere-
wide band oscilloscope, model
1tS·55, serial 112772.
Ad opted: March 24. 1978.
Relea sed: March 29. 1978.
Order. In the matter o f Amendmenl
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tion manual for it. letters to the t will gladly pay reasonable 0 1 pari 97 01 t he Com mission', rules
manufacturer are unanswered copyingfshipping, etc., costs 10 delete §9 7.6 1Ib)(6), conc ern i ng
ama te ur rad io op e ra tion i n I h e
An A' . 102. AJ. A• . "~ . ,
and phone ca lls end in no for the information. . 0,r ' ,r'. r 1 ••.

list ings in Glendale, 1I , NY. It is

a Paco Elect ronics Co" Inc.
Donald M. Fielding W4FGT
220·225 MH z band In portions 01 the
Stales o f Texa s and New M e ~ i c o per Il>I . . . "
2207 NW 616t Place orevrous Commis sion Order.
(Prec ision Ap par atus Co.) , Margate Fl 33063 1. On No ve mber 22. 19 77, the c om - (81I R••..-1

There's a new , eighth OSCAR satellite in orbit, and the AMSAT team helped put it there I
Your help i s needed for future satellites . Join AM SAT and support the new, ad-
vanced Phase II series of OSCARs , engineered t o provide communicati ons over
transcont inental distances for h o u rs at a time .
Send s
100 membership dues to AM SA T, P.0, Box 27 , Washington, D.C. ·0'"
t.'lJ>"'"
20044 , Life members h ip is avai lable for a tax-deductib le donation of $ 100 tf ••
or more, payable In quarter ly installments if you wish . cP ~oo
Phese Hl satellite solar cells may be sponsored for $10 each, and ~,,,(, ;t.,9Y" ~
we 'll send y o u a certificate spec ifying the cells you are sponsoring . """~,,;+.u"'.o ....'
f or a ta x-deducttble contr ibut ion o f S 1,000 or more, we 'll (,.;:,~ .,,~+ L.r
even inscribe your name o n a plaque to be placed in orbit -$''lJ>~ ,\,. ~~
aboard the Phase III spacecraft for posterity , and we ' ll sen ~ :io-~ ~ u"-"...
. ,..
' 0 ..0
yo u a replica hono ring your cont ributio n . 0'" 0 ' f_iA•-:
Tao;;: •

-~: Dues and co nt ributions

may be charged to VISA
~_.s:=~ ~"'Master Charge . Phone us at (20 2) 488-8649 .
~ 'to '=!?
25
 drawings, so be sure to save postmarked before May 25;
after that II's $2.00. Send a
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your ticket. Food and refresh-
ments will be available. Use large SASE, please, lor reate-
yo ur knowledge In the t heo ry tratlon, map, inlormation, etc.,
contest or your luck In the who- t o W9MKSIWR9AFG/SRRC ,
tr a vel ed·t he-I u rthest-to -t he- RFD #1, Box 171 , Og lesby, il-
MIDLAND MI Free overnight pa rking for self· haml est contest. L1MARC VHF linois 61348, or phone (815)-
JUN 3 contained campers o n June 2 tune-up cl ini c will be on hand 667-4614.
The fourth annual Midland only. Talk-i n on 16/76 and 52152. to put you on frequency. Chec k
haml as t sponso red by Sell from your car in the giant FM deviation and spurious ROME NY
C.M .A .R .A ., In c . (Central flea market. Ins ide space avail- emissions. Be sure you br ing a JUN 4
Michiga n Amateur Repeater able. There will be many great power cord. There will be a The Rome Rad io Club will
Assoc iation) will be held at the prizes, and forums are schedul- computer d isplay, and ATV, host its 26th consecutive Ham
Midland County Fa irgro und s in ed on FM and microprocessors. satellite, and ARRL Intorma- Family Day on Sunday, June 4,
Midland, Mich igan, on June 3, Admission wilt be $2.00. Fo r in- tion. The speedway is located 1978. This is a true ham fam ily
1976. Camping Friday night formation or reservations for on Ro ut e 111 (Islip Ave.) one event, with a program tailored
will be $4.00 per trailer. The commercial exhibit space, call block south 01 exit 43 of the to the amateur rad io o perato r
swap and shop on saturday (612)-933-2823. Southern State Parkway. Com- and his fam ily.
will be trom 7;00 am until 3:00 CHELSEA MI mercial vehic les must come via
pm. There will be a big ccm- JUN 4 the Long Island Expressway t o WEBSTER MA
pu ter demonstrat ion with exit 56 and go south on Route JUN 4
The West Washtenaw swap
many systems on display run- 111 to the speedway. Talk-In on
and shop, sponsored by the On June 4, 1978, the Eastern
ning . The draw ing lor door 146.25185 and 146.52. For infor-
Dexter Amateur Radio Club and mation and advance ticket Connecticut Amateur Rad io
prizes will be held at 2:30 Satur· the Chelsea Communications Associat ion wil l hold it s 4th An-
day. TIckets will be $1.50 In ad- sales write to Hank Wener
Club, w ill be held at the nual Giant Fleamarket at the
vance, $2.()(l at the door. Kids WB2ALW, 53 Sherrard si., East
Chelsea Fairg round s on June Point Breeze Restaurant , Web-
under 12 are tree w ith parent. Hills NY 11577. Please enclose
4th, from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. ster, Massachusetts. For in fo r-
Send an SASE with your check an SASE . Call Hank-days
Donations are $1 .50 in eo- mation, ca ll (203)-928-5930.
to: D. Zahm WB8SOJ, 3811 (212) ·355-0606, n ights (516)-
vance, $2.00 at the gate. Tab le 484-4322 or call Ken Danston
Mo nroe , Ate . 8, Midland Ml space will be sold at $.50 a foot,
48640. For commercial ex- W B2RYC , night s only, at MANASSAS VA
and trunk sales are $1 .00 per JUN 4
hibits, reserve In advance by (516}-379-6463.
space.
con tac ti ng J . Gunsh er WBJDW, The " Ole Virgin ia Hams"
4307 Bluebird Dr., Midland Ml ISLIP NY WEST HUNTINGTON WV A.R.C., Inc., Annual Hamfest
48640. Tables will be available JUN 4 JUN 4 will be held on June 4, 1978, at
at the door or by reservation The next ha mlest sponsored The Tri -State Amateur Radio the Pri nce Will iam County Fa lr-
now (approximately 3' x 6') for by the Long Island Mobile Association (TARA) will hold grounds, located 'h mile south
$2.00 eac h. Talk-In on 07/67 Amateur Rad io Club, L1MARC, Its 16th annual hamfest on of Manassas VA, o n Rt. 234.
Mi dland and 13173 Pleasant will be held Sunday, June 4, Sunday, June 4, at 11:30 am at Gates will open at 7 am lor
Valley, portables on 52. An auc- 1978, at the Isl ip Speedway, Camden Park , Rte . 50, West tailgating and 6 am for general
tion sale will start at 1:00 lor all Islip NY. The gate will be open H u nt i ngt o n , West Virginia . admission. There will be ten -
the stuff you don't want to take from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. aen- Talk-in on WBCAIB, 04 /64 , testtc prizes again this year-a
hom e. Tak e 1-75 no rt h to U.S. 10 era! admission is $1.50. All 16/76, and 34/94. For informa- Drake TR4CW transceiver with
west (Mi d land) to the Eastman li ce nsed amateurs a re ex- tion and tickets, write: TARA, RIT and ac power supply, a
Rd. exit. pected to pu rchase a ticket, PO Box 1295, Hu ntingto n WV monitor scope, a Bird watt-
regardless 01 sex or age. 25715. meter with element, and many
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL MN Lad les an d c hild ren 12 and others . General admission wnt
JUN 3 under will be admitted free. PRINCETON IL be $3.00 per person, under 12
Dakota's Divi s ion's largest Sellers' an d exhibitors' spaces JUN 4 tree. Tai lg ati ng will be $2.00 per
swaotest and exposition for are avai lable at $3.00 per Th e Starved Roc k harnl est vehicle, wi th ove r 300 spaces
amateur radi o operators and space. Each space entitles you wi ll be held on June 4, 1978, at available. Breakf ast, lunch, and
co mputer hobbyist s will be to have one person enter the th e Bur e au Co u nty Fair - refreshmen t s will be served by
held o n Saturday, June 3, at the grounds. All tick et holders will g rounds, Princeton, Ill ino is. Ad·
Minnesota State Fairground s. participate in the door prize vance registratio n Is $1 .50 If Com inued on page , 62

availability of pa rts and PC I am interested in locating

boards, circ uit design, etc. The
[Ham Help company was In Tallahassee,
F l o ri d a, and went out of
business about 10 years ago.
and communicating with
amateur radio operators han -
di capped or disabled. I wou ld
al so like any information possi-
I would like to hear from radio system. I would like to Can anyone from the company ble on c lubs or radio nets o f
an yo ne wearing a Tel etro nics have it operating when I get my stili be contacted? I'm trying to this nature.
pacemaker from an Australian- No vi c e licens e. I need a restore a DR-3Q which had been Gary Mitchell WA1G XE
based company. I am wearing schematic and manual for the " re d e si g ne d " by a " t ec h- PO Box 1003
one. M B·56().A transmitter and the nician." Fairfield CT 06430
C_F_Poole FTR-2 . I wi ll pay copying , Harry A.. Winship K5HMl/9
116 Grand'i'lew Dr_ postage, and handling charges. 4256 Jamie Court I wou ld l ike to acquire the
Fanton MO 63026 William A_ Good Indianapolis IN 46226 January, 1975, issue of 73
PO Box 13 (317)-697-4568 MagaZ ine to com ple t e my col-
I recentl y purchased a Kn ight Harborcreek PA 16421
T -60 transmitter and a Knight Hetp! I need a speaker lec tion. Ca n an yone help?
model KG-650 rf generator. I am I'd like to get in touch with enclosure (wi th speaker Intact) Dougtas McArt ln
in a Quandary as to where I someone who has an image in- f or my Hamcrattere SA -160 411 Bell evu e Ave.
might locate operating and ser- tensifier tube, or who knows transceiver . I don't need the Yonkers NY 10103
vicing manuals, as well as where they can be obtained for power supply with it (I already
schematics for both units. I use in amateur astronomy. have that), but that's the o nly I would l ike to know if there is
would be willing to pay for the George W. Smythe way amateur radi o dealers I' ve a ham c lub in the Sunbury . Pa.,
copies. phoned will supply It, and most area wh ich helps people get
POB 646
Thomas S. Thleslng of them want to se ll the rig , too! their Novice li cens es.
Stony Brook NY 11790
11005 Westonhlll Orl'i'. Any help wou ld be apprec iated. Kevin Shi pe
San Diego CA 92126 I need info rmation on the Timothy M. Mrva WDSOlB Bo x 1714 HUB
DAVCO DR-30 receiver- toroid PO Box 234 Dickinson Co ll ege
Please help! I have a Morrow and co i l specs , possible Elsie M I 48831 Carlisle PA 17013
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Wayne Green W2NSD II
EditorlPublisher

Happiness Is Being
A Ham Manufacturer
-73 visits Cushcraft

I t may com e as a surprise

that there is o ne firm in
the ham antenn a bu sine ss
des igned a nd planned by
Bob Cushma n WA1QFY,
son of the founde r, les
W hen I needed so me
specia l VHF anten nas for
the 73 radio lab up on Mt.
ticularly when ba cked with
a kilowatt.
Since I find it interesting
wh ich makes more anten- Cushman W1 BX. Monadn ock , I naturally to visit some of our
na s than all the o t he r l e s started Cu shcraft in went to Cus hc ra ft for manufa cturers, I thought
manufa cturer s com b ine d. 1950, spec ia li z ing in VHF them . We ended up with a you might like to see where
That firm is Cushc r aft . a ntennas. At the time , he 336-element two meter the Cushcraft antennas
operating out of Man - had three or four empl o y- beam wh ich la id a signa l co me from .
ch ester, New Hampshire. ees and was doing a lot of down the ea st coa st that l oo king at the Cush craft
Just la st year, Cushc ra ft the work himself . Now, in you wou ldn 't bel ieve . A anten nas from the stand-
built a brand new plant in new qua rte rs wit h about ham down in Ha m pto n, point of a user, they ha ve
order to try and keep up 100 employees, Les is st ill V irginia , c la imed th a t , t he ir plu s e s a nd th eir
with the growth of the keeping in close touc h with whe n c o n d it io n s were mi nu se s. The min us is t ha t
bu siness. This plant was everyth ing . st inko, t he W2NSD/1 signal the confo unded th ings
was only down to 5-7. The never wear out, so, once
Cus hcraft 16-element six you put up an antenna , you
meter colline a r al so put are darned well st uck with
out a w icked signal , par- it. The plus is a co ns iste nt ly

The plant is la id ou t so that a truck can drive right into one

end o f the place to deliver raw materials -afuminum tub-
ing for elements and booms, stock for clamps, coils, etc.
Here, Dick St . Hillaire is unloading a long box of tubing
with an electric winch. Why bother to drive the truck in.
side? You haven 't been through a New Hampsh ire winter, The larger tubing is cut into the right lengths by this
o r you wouldn't ask.. automat ic tub ing saw.
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Here's Ray Doville and Claire Jacob assembling baluns for Debbie Narcos is checking the pruning of a coif with an
the Cushcraft three-band beams. oscillator and frequency counter. They come to her a bit
low in frequency, and she gets them right on with the coax-
ial cable "pencil sharpener" next to her hand.

As we progess through the long buildings, we find more

and more parts being made for the antennas - special
clamps, Ringo Ranger hardware and tuning stubs, and all Here's the press department where elements of the various
those nice things that come pouring out of an antenna box antennas are cut to length and drilled for mountings.
when you open it for assembly. Toward the back of the
plant are racks of shelves full of these finished parts, ready ning. J got on one contest called them , they came
for packing. weekend and worked 100 back.
countries on 20m side- It was even more im -
good signal. and i mm ed iat el y fou nd band. W ithin one month, I pressive on the other end.
I put a th ree-element myself banging heads wit h had 200 countries and , In 1966, r made a trip
20m Cushcraft up in 1965 the top DXers ... and win- wit hin a year, 300. When I around the world . oper-

Once the coils are pruned and tuned. they go to the epoxy This is the prepackaging department where all of the parts
department so they'll be immune even to New Hampshire for the antennas are gathered together for packing in the
weather and California rains. cartons.
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 Element clamps and other small parts are machined with
these drill presses.

"" /. ~ .

Le s Cushman talks with Bob Brown abou t a detail o f a \: - - - ..- -

loading coil that he wants changed a bit. Les stays right on
top of e verything that's going on.

In the lab, where new antennas are de veloped and current

designs are check ed for performance, we see Dale Cle-
ment WA 1 FSZ checking the tuning of a three-band beam.
The test setup is a ham 's dream , with a motor-driven tower
for changing antennas easily [well, relatively easil y}, a fre-
Skin packaging is done here on antennas which will be quency sweep spectrum analyzer, and an antenna pickup
sold through s to res o n display racks. range fed with hardline coax .
cra ft, you mak e them too and sa y hell o . l e s doe sn' t
ati ng trom some ve ry rare every yea r by a loc al ham good! get to very m any shows; he
spots suc h as 5Z, 0 0 , YK , g rou p for the VHF co n- That 20m beam la st ed pr efer s to stay in Ne w
VA. VU . 9N . 9V. FK6. VR2. test s. Tho se antennas first for more than ten ye a rs Hampshire and give some
KS6, 5W, FDa , etc . No mat- suffe red ma ssi ve icing on before I repla ced it with a of his new a nten na ideas a
ter where I wa s, my home my mounta in , and now ne w Cus hc ra ft beam . Not workout o n the ham band s.
stat ion si gna l would c o me t hey a re tru cked fr om bad , co nsidering the rou gh Bob get s a round to some
boiling throu gh. Boston to a New Hamp- New Hampshire winters. sho ws , but , o t he r than tha t,
Some b ig VHF beam s shire mountaintop and se t The next t ime you se e a he st ic ks cl o se to the plant,
which were first used in up onc e or twice a year and Cushcraft exhibit at a ham ke eping the antenna s mov-
1963 are still being used they're st ill going ! Cu sh- show, be sure to go over ing out to de alers.•
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- • Here are hundreds o f Cushcra ft antennas all set to be
- shipped out to dealers to fill orders. Th e m anufac tu ring ef-

'~
ficienc ies o f th is new plant make it so Cushcraft can gear
up and make a few hundred o f a particular m odel within a
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few minutes, so it is not necessary to carr y huge backlogs
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o f antenna s in o rd er to Qu ickl y fill o rders.

Using a spec trum anal yzer, the response of the three-band

beam can be clearly seen . . . jus t in case there was an y
do ubt in your mind about a three-band beam being tuned
ca re fully . Zero frequenc y is at the left of the screen, w ith
the first pip being the 20 meter response; then there's the
15m and, a t the right, the TOm resp onse. The tinle blips are
shortwave stations putting in signals stro ng en ough to
sho w up. That blip wa y over to the very rigbt is probabl y a
local two meter repeat er. D~
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Overall view o f the Cushcraft plant, located in an in-

du strial park jus t south o f Manchester, the largest cit y in
New Ham psh ire.

. •
••• By an odd coinc idence, right across the street from
• Cus bcre tt is tntatecs, an innovati ve firm in the microcom-
.L • • •
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puter lield which was written up in the Ma y issue o f
Kil obaud . In fotecs is the firs t firm to come along with a
com ple te micro computer package lor an individual in-
-.
Here's the crank -up tower with a tbree-besvi antenna in
dustr y- the fu el oil deliver y business. Their low cos t and
incredibl y com plete combination o f compu ters and pro-
grams have been revolutionizing the luel oil business in
p lace for testing. Yes, on rare occasions we do have sno w Ne w Hampshire and have already spread to nearby states,
in New Hampshire . .. we have to-the ski areas would with In forecs' ability to meet the demand being the con-
raise all hell if we didn't. trolling factor in their growth.
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Harry D. Hooton W6TYH
1410 Shamrock Lan~
Lincoln CA 95648

Extended Double Zepp

old-timer's delight
still works

M y first transmitting
antenna, way back
in 1929, was a full-wa ve
project on phased and
driven vertical arrays with
whic h I was associ ated d ur-
The Extended Double Zepp
The seco nd re fere nce
antenna was t he extended
stub 31B--wavelength long
from po int s " 0"-" 0" to
points " t"-":", you ca n ob-
ce nte rfed rad ia t or with ing 1976 a nd 1977 . For t his do u b le Ze p p wi th 5/8- tai n any va lue of im -
o pe n-wi re l ine -t une d project, we need ed severa l wave length e lements . The peda nce alo ng the lin e as
feede rs, commonly known re feren ce antenna s with desi gn freque ncy for the 15 you move from the open
at t hat time as a "do uble hor iz o nt al po la rization meter experiment s was end of th e stub (very high
Zepp." As amateur rad io and definitely known gain 21 .3 MHz . Normally, the impedan ce ) toward the
p rog ressed , this antenna c ha racte rist ics. It was de- two 225 0 element s are point where the stub con-
became known as a " pa ir sirable that the antenna each cut to a le ngt h eq ua l nects to the antenna ele-
of ha lf waves in phase ." gai ns were on t he order of (in feet) to 6OOff , where f is ments (low imped a nce).
St ill later, a nothe r versio n 0,3, a nd 6 dB; it was essen- in MHz . For 21.3 MHz, the Si nce you need to use an
a ppeared a nd was ca lled tial for a " perfect" matc h ele ment s L1 and L2 a re RC-8/U (50-O hm) coaxia l
th e "exte nded double to be obtai ned between eac h 28 feet , 2 inches long. line and a 4:1 ratio toroid al
Zepp" antenna . The very eac h antenna , reference or Element lengths for other coil balun to match the
latest version used otherwise, and its transm is- frequen cies may be ca lcu- line and antenna, you will
SIB-wavelength elements sion line . The use of coax- lated or t aken from Table find the appropriate
and had about 3 dB gain ial transmi ssion lines wa s 1. 2DO-Ohm impedance point
ove r a half-wave dipole . As nece ssar y so that we could down the stub fro m the
a ny old-t ime r can te ll yo u, sw itch the line s at t he In most ha nd books, an anten na at 6 fe e t , 10
t hese we re po te nt OX t ran smitter for "insta nt" ope n-ended stub is shown inc hes. This poin t, mark ed
a ntenna s in thei r heyd ay, co mpa risons between an- co nnected to t his a nten na "v't-"v" in Fig . 1, is correct
especially when yo u re- tenn as. The fi rst antenna at the center, as shown in for 21.3 MHz . For other fre-
member that 50 Watts was installed was a half-wave Fig.1 at " A". Ifthe distance quencies, the di stance be-
" h igh power" and the dipole fed at the center between the point s tween points " 0"·"0" and
latest sto re-bought receiv- with a 1:1 ratio toroidal "0"-" 0" and "x"-" );" is " y"-"y" ca n be calculated
er was the Nationa l SW-3. co il ba lu n a nd RG-1 1/U equal to 1f8 wavelength , from the formula in which
Stra nge as it may see m, (7S-0hm) line . Since th is the impedance ac ross the the distance in feet eq ua ls
th e ho rizont a l a nte nnas to a nt e nna is not unu sual in line at the "x"-"x" po ints 145.69/f, whe re f is in MHz .
be des cribed he re were in- a ny way, it is not desc ri bed will be about 120 O hms. If If yo u use RC -1 1/U
sta lled as part of a resear ch he re . yo u make the open-wire (75-0 hm) line , the correct
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 3O().()h m match ing po int t he a nte nna . Once t he
will be a few inches fur the r point is located , pee l t he
down the line in t he di rec- insulation from the two u
tion toward the open end . wi res for a distance o f ..... " YLOOo _
TO _ _,
It must be understood tha t about 4 inches o n eac h side
these c alcu la ted po ints of of th e ca lc u lat e d an d
attac hme nt a re intended to measured point. The o ut-
br ing yo u within the ball put terminal s of the balun
pa rk a nd, in some cases, are co nnec ted to the two
may be exact ly correct. ba re stub wires with flex i-
Ho we v er , the a nten na ble le ad s no t ove r 8 inches
must be re so na te d and long and a pair of copper
matched as outl ined be- a lligator clips .
lo w . The ove rall st u b Connect a n swr meter in
le ngth for 21.3 M Hz will be se rie s w ith the coax ia l TEST _ T :t.
15 feet. 4 inc hes . For other transmission line and the 1 '_ ~ T 5. ~

fre q uen cies, use the fo r- ba lun inpu t termina l (test ."'H(~
t' " OIG' "-I51/ (U01'( 5
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mul a in whi ch the distanc e point " A"). Raise the anten-
in feet e q ua ls 326.5 2/f , na at le ast 10 fe et a bove
where f is in MH z. the gro und .
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At the transmitter e nd o f
The stub is const ruc ted
t he coaxial line, app ly a "I T
from two no. 12 copper
conductors spaced 4 inch-
e s apa rt by m e a ns of
21.3 M Hz rf signal at a
level of about 5 Watts . Ad-
re
U " ,.u",n:~

~.~ i ~T col ...

po rcela in spreade rs. The just the swr meter sensit ivi- ,
two radi a tor ele ments a re ty a nd/o r the signal le vel
Fig. 1. Extended d ouble Zepp antenna w ith coaxial l ine
also made fro m the sa me unt il t he swr met er in-
di c ator read s exa ctl y full - feed. Cain = 3 dB o ver half.wave dipo le a t sa me height;
size wire . Ord inary plast ic- f = megahertz . Dimensio ns for 21 .3MHz- L1 = 28'2";L2
covere d hou seh old e lec- sca le " fo rwa rd." Thr ow t he
tri ca l wire, obtaina ble at sw r meter se lec to r switc h
= 28'2"; "'0 "-"y" (200 Ohms) 6'10"; "o"- ":" =
15'4"; =
adjus t "o":": " d imension and "v" positions for fowest swr
any ha rdwa re o r e lec trical to " re fle c te d " o r " re ve rse."
a t test point "A". L1-2- two 13-turn coils # 12 copper,
supply store, is suitab le . If Th e reverse indica t ion
Tefl on rtof insulated bifilar wound on 2 " powdered-iron
you ca n not obtai n t he should be much lowe r than
core (T-2).
porcelain spreaders, use that obtained w it h the
plastic rod or hard wood switc h in fo rward position ,
dowels to ma ke the but the indicator ma y not pede nce. bu t mak e sure a lte rnate ly tr imm ing t he
sp re a d e rs . In th e " o ld" re a d zero . Mo ve .t he two that it is ex a ctl y a half- radiator and st ub le ngths
days, we used maplewood a lliga to r c lips up or down wave long . If it is, the swr ve ry c a refully and sliding
dow els and boil ed them in th e b are st ub wire s to meter readings will be the the alligator clips up a nd
lin seed oil to pr e ve nt the lo cate the po int where the sa me as when connecte d d own the bare wires of t he
absorption o f moisture . re verse swr ind ication is to a ba lun input . stu b, yo u should be abl e to
t he lo west. If you c a nnot o btain a obtai n a comp lete null on
The Adjustments The antenna shou ld be comp le te null (ze ro indica- the swr me ter ind icator.
The antenna system may pulled up to a half tio n) on the swr meter in- A complete nu ll o r ze ro
be ea sily matc hed and wavelength above grou nd d ica tor by ad justing the re verse re ad ing indicates a
re so nated for o ptim um while observing the swr two all iga to r clips, a d jus t perfe c t matc h between the
perfo rma nce if you foll o w meter re verse indication. If the cl ips for the lowest in- line a nd the a ntenna fe ed-
eac h ste p in o rde r as it is inc o nvenient to re ad di cati on . Now, trim an inc h poi nt, o r a n sw r of 1 :1. In
fo llows. the swr meter indi cation or so from the length of o ur antenna s, with a per-
when the a nte nna is rai sed , eac h radiator e le ment and fec t match a t 21 .3 MH z,
Ca lcu la te the length of
co nnec t a ha lf-wavele ngt h a ga in a dj us t the a lliga tor the sw r wa s no t more th a n
t he two rad iato r elements
piece of coax ial line be- clips for a null. The clip ad- 1.2:1 at the fre q uenc y ex-
and the matc hin g stub
tween t he sw r meter o ut- justme nts a re not very tremes of the 1 5 me te r
from the formulas o r se lect
put terminal and the balun c ritical. bu t an inc h or so phone band . The fina l ad-
them from Table 1 . Cut the
input terminal. Use a ny rem o ve d from the ra di a- justments a re made so that
wires about 2 or 3 inc hes
type of coax fo r the half- tors or the st ub will have a the sw r meter indicates
longer than the calc ulated
wave section a nd a ny im- very not icea b le effect . By ze ro re ver se wh en t he
lengths to allow for trim -
m ing ad jus t me nts dur ing Frequency L' L2 0-' o-y' 0-'
t he re sonat in g proc e ss . 3.750 MHz 160' '50' 27.47' 38.85' 87.0'
Co nnect th e stub to the 7.150 MHz 84 ' 84 ' 14.41 ' 20.38' 45.67'
antenna eleme nts as 14.175 MHz 42.3' 42.3' 7.27' 10.28' 23.0'
sho wn in Fig. 1 . 21.300 MHz 28.17' 28.17' 4.84' 6.84' 15.33'
28.600 MHz 21.0' 21.0' 3.60' 5.09' 11.42'
Ca lc u la te the distance
o f the 2DO-Ohm impedance Table 1, These dimensions are for the antenna shown in Fig. 1. -Adjust as required. See
point down the stub from text.
35
 na was that a ll pub li she d a ny impe da nce val ue by
.. , . ~
, de signs showed the use of tapping across the st ub at
c um bersome tuned feed- the app ropriate point
-.I
,~
e rs o r 6OO-O hm o pen-wi re along the line .
.... " ~ lines . In thi s a rray, the The 200 -0hm im-
'--

- ..00.

-
L" ..· ... l.O'O met hod of feed is even
eas ier to ad just than that of
the ex tended double Ze pp
pedance point for the con-
nect ion of the balun out-
put term ina ls is about 24

-- ".- .oe,
FOIl II .." ~OI'(
ante nn a pr e vio usl y d e-
scribed.
inc hes up the stub fro m the
jumpe r wire . Again , I want

8-.1 ""-'"""
SI 4LU" ''' U ''
Th e f o ur radiat or
e le me nts mu st be exactl y
to e mphas ize t ha t th e im-
pedan ce co nnect ion po ints
a re o nly approximatio ns.

~
J O" "O!OG the sa me length . Use th e
* <2 COI'''U .. ; ~ E ha lf-wave formula in whic h Ba re the stub cond uctors
' ....CH I . ' 0 "
c( ..rE'" :" ' - ' Y ' .
length in fee t e qu a ls 468ff, a nd slide the a lligator clips
H OL(
H'" 11."_ where f is in MH z. For 21 .3 up a nd down for lowest swr
'Y" " _ 000
oo_U .." .. 0 ....
MHz, eac h element is 21 .97 indicat ion in the coaxia l
(22) feet long . If the line at test point " A". If a
e lements a re cut preci sely co mple te null cannot be
to this le ngt h and the a rray obtained with the alligator
is e rected exact ly one-ha lf dip adj ustments, move the
wa vel en gth above e lec- jum per wire up or down
tr ical g rou n d , n o a d- t he stub and readj ust the
jus tme nts of the e le me nt d ips unti l a re ve rse zero
length s a re ne ce ssary. The swr mete r indicatio n is ob-
pha sing harne ss condu c- tained . O nce the correct
tor s Pl , P2, P3, and P4 mu st a dj us t ments ha ve been
be exac tly equa l in length . ma de, so lder the jumpe r
.---> ' The di st ance fro m eac h wire ac ross the stub and
~~""S",'T(R c' I stu b connec t ion point out dip off the unuse d end s of
the stub . At the balun con-
....•...u
(SOli)
II I ,I,
to the e lemen t con nec tion
m ust be p recis ely the nection, remove the all i-
same, or the a rray will be gator dips and so lde r the
unba lanced and incorrect- balun output leads directly
Fig. 2" Four-efement array" Cain = 6.2 dB over a half-wave
dip ole at same height. Dimensions for 21.3 MH z-L1 =
ly phased . Incorre c t p ha s- to the stub co nducto rs at
21'; L2 = 21'; L3 = 22'; L4 = 21';S = 57·112"; srub (3/16l) ing will re duce the gai n a nd the exac t points where the
= 8 '5-1/2" between point "0 "-"0 " and "r ":": ": 200 point ma y cause ot her problem s. d ips were atta c hed . The
= 24 " bet ween "x "-"x" and "z "-"z '', For o ther frequen- For s tu b d e sign pur- fi na l ad justments should
cies, use the formulas . U -2 -13 turns each bifi/ar wound
pose s, the di stance from be m ad e with th e e lements
on 2" powdered-iron ( T- 2) core. Use #12 or #14 copper wire th e stu b co nnec t ion o n th e sus pe nded a half wave-
wi th Teflon ins ulation. Enclose it in a 2 " x 3" x 4" meta l phasin g harness cond uc tor lengt h above grou nd .
to th e e leme nt connect ion
box. Summary
is considered to be 1/16
wa vel en gth . The e nt ire These antenna systems
a ntenna is suspended a l 2 and l3 are a lso excited phas ing ha rness is looked are actually much easier to
half wave (abou t 23 feet in phase . Howe ver, the cur- upon as two l /1 6-wa ve- adjust than the above
fo r 21 .3 MH z) above the rents flowing in l1 and l3 length transmission lines in description might indicate.
eart h. and the cu rrents in 12 a nd pa rallel . Therefore, if you The only test equipment re-
l4 will be ou t o f phase by m ak e the im peda nce q uired is an swr meter and
The Four-Element End-Fire 180 0 (observe th e instan- matchin g st ub e qu a l to a low-power signa l source
Array taneous pola rity symbols 3/1 b wa vel ength as shown, whose frequen cy ca n be
Back in th e " stone age" in Fig. 2). yo u ca n co nnec t an ad- acc urate ly cont rol led . The
o f am at eur radi o , t h is This type o f a rra nge- justable "s ho rt cir c uit " ave rag e Nov ice should be
a nte n na w a s ge ne ra lly ment produ ces wha t is (jumper wir e ) ac ross the ab le to const ruct a nd ad-
ca lled a n " BIK be a m" after ca lled an "end-fire " a rray . lowe r e nd of th e stub and just these " bea m" anten-
the a ma teu r (Jo hn O. Kra us Ma ximum radia ti on will use it to reso nate the a rray . nas if the instructions are
WBIK) who o riginated and t ake place a long a line Since the 111 6-wa vel ength carefully fo llowed . The ex-
pub l icized it in th e th ro ugh the plane of th e phasing harness plu s the tened do uble Zepp anten-
technical journals. The ver- radia to rs a nd a t rig h t 3/16 ·wave le ng t h stub na will effectively double
sion shown in Fig . 2 con- angles to the fo ur ele- equa ls 4/1 6 wavelength, o r your radiated power . The
sists of four half-wave ments . Th e patte rn is 1 / 4 wave leng th , the 4-ele me nt job will give you
e lemen ts- l l , i z. l3, and bid irec t ional. and the gain "sho rted" st ub will have a a n effective radia ted
l4 . When t he phasing sec- over a ha lf-wa ve d ipole a t low impeda nce va lue at power gain of fo ur times .
tion is connected as shown, the sa me height is a bou t the bottom a nd a high im- Al l refere nces a re to a half-
elements l1 a nd l4 wil l be 6.2 dB . Unt il now , the big ped an ce va lue at th e top . wave dipo le at the same
exci ted in ph ase . Eleme nts draw back with thi s an ten- As a re sult, you ca n o bta in he ight..
36
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~
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m u ~t be at least 1/2
wa ve le rl gt h high (120
fe et high on 80
m ete r~n rn ord er for it
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_,
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37
 required for the unit to
operate as a half-wave an-
tenna. Fig. 2(a) shows the
current distribution in a half-
wave dipole, and Fig. 2{b)
shows the corresponding
current distribution in the

New T1 LT endfed
behave as a half-wave dipole,
the T 2 LT endfed antenna
dipole. To

must have the same current

distrubution on the outside

Dipole Feeder of the coax shield as the

dipole of Fig. 2(a). In partie-
ular, this current must go to
zero at the ends of the dipole.
The end of the wire insures
zero current at the far e nd of

tuned feeders, yet! the half-wave antenna, but

the characteristic of the cur-
rent at the T 2 LT end depends
upon the impedance of the
T2 LT.
Impedance is defined as
the ratio of the voltage to the
current. Since the current at
A. F. Stalller AA6AX
552J Big Oak Drive
San Jose CA 95J29
A 2
previous article I of
mine described the
T LT (Tuned Transmission
antenna current of one side
of a half-wave dipole, and it is
each end of a dipole antenna
is zero, the impedance at the

Line Trap), its construction,

and its use to prevent feed- •
line radiation when used with
a centerfed horizontal dipole.
., •,
There are many applications

•,
for this unique device. The
object of t his article is to
describe t he use of the T 2 LT
f I 'nD L '~E
CUUEUS
.==:-;;;-==
'"
-c

to end feed either ho rizontal

o r vertical dipoles.
Fig. 1 shows a sketch of
the T 2 LT used to end feed an
ante nna. The coil is made of Ruo~aTt~G
ca.aCITOR
. - " ,--
the shield of the coaxial feed- uTE ua
CURR( ~t
line; the capacitor is the
_.
FUO L' ~E
CURRE ~t 01<.. . lOU" ' OE

,.••-, ,," value required to resonate the I"'S'OE COhl

Co.. . l

• •
"' -I coil at the operating
frequency. The number of
turns in the coil may be as
nED L' ~ ( CUR"EUS
l' ''S DE COAx )

few as one. With a low

number of turns, the reso-
nating capacitor will be large,
the Q high, and the band- .- - •

, . "
width narrow. The antenna
performance increases with
•
.~' the Qofthe T 2 LT.
The T 2 LT operates in this
._ - - ,,' - - - - - --'
RUOU"~G k ~'-0' application because of the
c a . a c n Ol!
abil ltv of coaxial cable to

.~ ''"' simultaneously carry differing

currents on t he inside and the
-
z

outside of the shield of the

coax. Usually, a current
flowing on the outside of the
e
shield of a coaxial cable is
Fig. 1. The t? LT endfed undesirable. However, in this Fig. 2. Antenna current distributions. (a) Dipole currents. (b)
antenna. case, this outer current is the Tl L T currents. (c) Equivalent connection - endfed dipole.
3.
 ends of a dipole an tenna properly. o
• ,,' / '
cannot be defined. The only Some authors 2 ,3 ,4 ,s have sc
tJ
imp e d a n ce that can be
connec ted between the end
described an endfed di pole
wi th an rf choke instead of a
•
•0• ro
••
o
:f ./
of a dipole antenna and T 2 LT. These authors incor- •• s o
•
!:;;t-/
groun d, withou t c hanging the rectly presumed that the 0
••
,0
yo'
" ,0
cur rent distribut ion of the impedance at t he e nd of a
ante nna, is an infini te
impedance. A pa rali el reso-
half-wave di po le antenna was
defined and was appro xl- ••
•
•>

•• a0
,
0

,
---f;L
nant ta nk circuit, theoreti- mately 4,000 Ohms. Thi s, /'
0
cally, has infi nite impedance however, is the impedance of
cc
across its t ermi nals. Real, a half-wave radiator fed " ' 00 '0 0 0 10 .0 0 0 10 0. 0 0 0 ," ""
high-Q resona nt tank circuits a ga in s t an ideal groun d
ca n h a ve an im pedance plane," not t he im pedance at Fig. 3. Field strength as a function of impedance between
greater th an 100,000 O hms. the end of a half-wave dipo le. dipole end and ground.
A low-loss high-O T 2 LT can, Fig. 3 ind icates why t hese
t herefore, a pproach the de- prev io usly published des igns stan dpoint IS neve r men- Radio Vertical Antenna Hand·
tio ned." I say, do it w ith a book. Cowan Publishing Corp.,
sired infinite impedance. of endfed di poles have never 1974, pp. 17.
Fig. 2(c) shows, topo- become po pular. T 2 LT ! The T 2 LT-fed vertical
8S evic k. J. , " T h e W2F MI
logically, how t he impedance is groun d inde pendent and Grou nd -Mounted S hort Vert ical,"
of t he T 2 LT is connected to O n the co ntrary, m y T 2 LT thereby avoi ds t he e xtensive QST, March , 1973 .
one end of the half-wave vertical antennas have given ground system required for " s e vtc e , J . , " Broa d ba n k
conventional vert icals." T his Tr a nsmissi on Line Ma tching
dipole antenna. Fig. 3 shows excelle nt DX performance.
Ne twor ks," Present and Fut ure
the rad iate d power, measured Using a 2-Watt HW-7 on 20 a nte nna perm its DX perfor- Trends in Communications Equi~
at a distance of 10 wave- meters, I consistently rece ive mance whe n using battery- ment Design , 20-3, I.E .E.E.,
le ngth s, from a 20 meter di- an 5-8,9 report fro m VE6s in powered, portable - even 1976.
pole as a function of the Calgary. That must be where Q RP - equi pment. I have
im p ed an c e con necte d the first skip la nds. successfully used t he T 2 LT to
between grou nd and one end Captai n Lee 7 d iscusses the feed shortened antennas, less
of the antenna. Here it can be a dvantages of a groun d- than A / 4 in length, which
answers t he height pro blem
seen that a very high im~ed­ isolated vertical dipole but
ancc is required of the T LT adds, " How one is to fee d associa ted wit h a half-wave
this antenna from a pract ical vertical. T he shorte ned a n-
if the anten na is to perform
tenna req uires an ap pro pria te
unbala nced to unb ala nced
im pedance matching trans-
forme r at the dipole center."
Photos A and B sho w de-
tails of a T 2 LT endfed an-
t enna that was hastily co n-
structed fo r OSCAR down-
link com munications . T he
T 2 LT is simple to build, easy
to adjust, an d it outperforms
conventional vertic a l
antennas. •
References
I Stahler, A.F . "Catch Standi ng
Waves," 13 Magazine, Ho lid ay ,
19 76.
20 rr, Wm. I. W6SA I, "Simple
Lo w Cost Wire Ante nnas for
Radio Amate urs," R adio Publ i·
,
ca tions, tnc., 19 72, pp. 11 3 ·114.
Orr, Wm . l. a nd St uart D.
Cowan, "The T ruth Abou t CB
Ant en na s," R adio Pub lications,
~nc. , pp. 1 54-1 55.
Kuecken, J ohn A ., Antennas and
Transmission Lines, Howard W.
~ams & Co., 1969 , pp. 248-253.
Bruec kma n, H., " Theor y and
Peri o rm an ce of Vehicular Ce nt er-
Fed Whip Antenn as," IRE Trans.
Vehicular Com m ., Vol. VC-9,
December, 1960 , pp. 10-20 .
tJ King, R., The Theory of Linear
A nte nnas, Harv ard Univers ity
Photo B. Electrical center of
Photo A. Tl L T of 10 meter vertical dipole. ~~::: C~~~rid~~.M~h~ 9:;;'ateur T 2 L T vertical antenna.
39
Thomas Ciriffo WA2UVC
(Address withheld!
New Yurk NY /00/0

The Cliff-Dweller's
Delight
how to operate from an apartment

a Heathkit HW-7 (2 Watts

F o r year s, numerous
hams have tried to
solve the perennial prob-
ness, for getting involved
with t he landlord or super-
intendent was out of the
concern about structura l
integrity! I then stumb led
upon the Hustler Quick-
out) and I logged ten states
in just a few days using this
lem of the apa rtment- quest ion . Alt hough the di sconnect mou nt. Suc- same an tenna ! Prior to this
dwelling amateur and the other criter ia we re cess! anten na , DX meant work -
severe rest rict io ns on an- re legated to l o w er Wit h the Quick -dis - ing Staten Island (I l iv e in
ten na design and effect ive- p r io rities , t hi s app roac h connect mount , t he enti re M an hatta n).
ness whic h resu lt from h is does satisfy all of t hem. antenna and reso nator ca n One other thi ng . H
env ironment . This antenna approach be removed an d kept in- you' re not comfortab le let-
Some of the mo re involves th e use of a doors w he n not in u se, ting the ante nna " d angle"
successful approaches Hu stler m o b i le ante nna sat isfyi ng my firs t cri te rion . by its mount, you can sup-
have been p ubl ished; how- (a n d it s assoc iated I keep th is q uick- port it f urt her u sing nyl on
ever, I h av e inva riab ly reson ato rs, f or eac h b an d), di sconnec t on a fi xed ball f is h i n g lin e, f abri c a t in g
no t ic ed somet hi ng pec u- h oriz on ta ll y po la rized, mount, w hic h is in turn n on -m et all i c h o o k s f or
lia r about m o st of t he m. It wo r k i ng ag ai ns t t he fastened to an alu m i nu m easy remo val.
seems t hat in an attempt to bui ld ing as gro u nd. mini bo x (about 1" x 3" x 3")
N e ed l ess to say, t he
meet al l of the apa rtment Ea r ly ex pe r ime nta tio n pe rma ne nt ly attac hed t o
ove rri di ng advantage of
dweller's requ ir em en t s (i n- indica ted t ha t a qua rter my w indows i ll. The grou nd
this anten na app roach is
v isibility , l o w cost, wavele ngth an ten na, hori- side of the antenna is con-
that it is removable . By
reason ab le effectiveness, zon ta lly pola rize d and nec ted to my metal win-
simply opening your win-
easily access ible mate rials, wo rk ing agai nst the dow f ra me, wh ich,
dow and twisting t he quick-
etc.L one finds a " h id d en bu il d ing as a ground plane, although small, wo r ks
d iscon nect mount , it 's
requirement. " Th is is often was su rp ris ingly effective . quite well. I have also used
gone . If you' re daring , u se
in the last sentence of the However, at 20 m et ers and a counterpoise with equa l
it du ring the day . Other-
article, where the aut hor lower freq uencies, antenna success . My swr is about
wise, wai t until t he sun set s
indicates that l&-karat gold le ng th beco mes a p ro- 1.3 to 1 .
and fi fe up the rig .
was used throughout due hib it ive factor . T h e se H o w effective can t his
to its fine p roperties (in- resu lts, coupled with my c rude, inexpensive, expedi- In summary. let me say
cluding conductivity), or expe riences wo rking tious " ap art m ent dweller's that t here is a t remendous
that the author's apart- mobile stations, led me to beam " be? Judge for your- difference between a 5 by
ment shack is located a try the Hustler. It (or self . My antenna is fed 7 from Queens NY and tbe
short distance from Mt. another similar antenna) is through fifty feet of ex- sound of disbelief in the
Everest . ideal. tremely lossy RG-58U and voices of the UKs and Zls
I have been faced with Mounting this antenna is driven by a TS-520, bare- I've QSOed with recently
these same problems for horizontally proved to be a foot. I spend little time DX- when I've told them about
many years and have reasonable challenge. At ing. yet still have been able my shack .
discovered a completely first, I used a swivel-type to work about fifty coun- Try it . This may finally
satisfactory sol ut io n which ball mount on a block of tries over a few months . be you r way out of the
has been in use for approx- wood , swiveling the anten- Surprised? So was I; how- apa rtment dweller's dilem-
imately two years . The na against the building ever, consider the follow- ma. (No, I don't live at the
p rimary design consider- when no t in use. This was ing: Before I had acqui red top of the Empire State
ation was inconspicuous- crude and caused me great the TS-520, my only rig was Buildi ng!!!).
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2849 Verle decided to u se 'l -inch-
Ann Arbor MI 48104
diameter alu min um tubing
for the boom, rather than use
PVC pipe as was used by the
authors of the anten na
article.
With antenna materials in
hand, it was time to start
build ing the antenna The
Wait Till You Try first problem was to
straighten out the coiled wire
and cut it up into the lengths

16 Elements! of each one of the antenna

elements of the beam. For
the first couple elements, I
used a heavy pair of diagonal
cutters to snip off the anten-
na eleme nt from the rest of
-15 dB gain on 2m is a real kick the wire coil. With my hand
cramping from cutting the
wi re, I decided that there
must be a better way to cut
the wire. After some tho ught,
perating on 2 meter FM, spend a lot of money on a I decided to try a small tube
wanted in an article in 73
O I needed a be tte r anten-
na than my litt le e-element
m u lti- element commercial
beam.
Magazine, June, 1975. 1 The
article described and even
cutter on the wire. This little
tool turned out to work quite
commercial beam if I wanted Well , if I wasn't going to gave exact dimensions for 6· nicely and worked better
to be able to put an accept- buy a beam, I wo uld have to and Belement 2 meter beams than the diagonal cutters.
able signal into the WR8AAA build one. So I started look- cut for operation at 146 With all the antenna
146 . 1 9· . 79 repeater in in g th ro ugh the ARRL MHz. Their construction elements cut to size, the next
Milford, Michigan, a distance Antenna Handbook and methods and materials were problem to overcome was
of about 30 miles from my many an old ham magazine. sim ple and low cost (coat how to mount the antenna
new QTH. If the 4-e1ement Nothing I saw seemed to fit hangers and PVC pipe) . elements to the boom. I fi rst
beam was up on a 40-foot my needs. Either the mount- With a good design to thought about drilling a hole
tower, I probably woul d not ing hardware of the antenna work wi th, I could now th rough the center of each
have any problems making it elements looked too com- tackle the materials problem. element and then bolting the
into the Milford repeater. pli cated to fabricate, or the Our household always seems element to the boom. How-
However, I wasn't ready to antennas were designed for to be lac king coat hangers, so ever, the si ngle hole through
put up a tower yet. I had to 300-0hm feedli ne. Of course, a no t her antenna element the element seemed like it
put up an antenna with more 300-0hm feedlines can be materi al would have to be might not be very stable
gain because the antenna dealt with with baluns, but I found. Wh ile visiting a local when mounted to the anten-
woul d be mounted only wanted to use coax through- hardwa re store, I found some na boom. After some more
about 20 fee t above the out, since I wasn't worried 3/16-inch- diameter medium thought, I came up with the
gro und. about the dB or so I might stee l wi re in a 50-foot coil for mou nting clamp arrangement
The next problem was lose th rough the coax cable. less than $3.00. While at the shown in Fig. 1. The clamps
money. I did not want to r finally found what I
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are ma de by cutting a l -inch th an it was. Slide th e length

by 2·inch by 1/ 16-inch strip of tub ing into o ne of th e
of alu mi nu m and bendi ng it, lengths of tubing to be joined
fro m the mi ddle, aroun d the unt il the smaller d iameter Driven element - gamma m atch arrangement.
center of the ante nna ele- tube is about halfway into
ment Each one is cla mped th e longer piece o f tubing. physically, its swr was very design experts, Sam Brooker
tightly around the anten na Then slide the ot her half of high (about infini ty to one). WB 8RF A, via the local
element by pressing the the antenna boom over the This seemed to indicate that WR 8 ADH repeater, con-
clamp-element arrangement smaller diameter tubing. Drill the driven-element impedance firmed that the dipole driven
in a vice. Once the clamp has two holes through each end was no longer abou t 70 elemen t would not have a
been formed over the antenna of th e joined pieces of tubing Ohms. A quick check with 70-0 hm impedance when it
element, a mount ing hole is so that the holes are spaced o ne of the local anten na was mounted with the rest of
drilled in the to p of th e abo ut four inches apart and
center of the flat por tion of are also drilled th rough the
the cla mp. The hol e d rilled in small er diameter tubing no w
th e clamp should be just large inside the boom pieces. Put
enough to acco mmodate the mach ine bolts th rough the
m o u nt ing machine screw. holes and tighten the m down.
Each element of the anten na The anten na boom is no w
is fitted with an eleme nt assembled and rigid enough
clamp, includi ng the driven to be used for the antenna. GU ' ''. " . TC" SOl.I)(~fO
TO (010 ' (O.... ( ( TOII
element, which should be cut As an alternative to an .---un..... 1tO<>..
as one piece rather than two aluminum boom, a 10-foot
dipole quarter-wave pieces, as length of 1 x 1 inch wood
was described in the original could be used for the boo m
article. after it is treated with several
Since a 10-foot length of coats of varnish.
t -f nch-diam eter alumi num The ante nna went together
tubing is not too easy to find, easily and too k about eight
two shorter pi eces ca n be hours to make. Now the on ly
joined toget her to for m th e problems to tac kle are th e
10-foot boo m. Joining t he o nes that will undoub tedly
two pieces of tub ing ca n be show up (co ur tesy of
done in several ways. Ho w- Murph y). Sure enough, the
ever, one of the better ways first problem appeared after
of doing it is to take a one- the antenna was put together.
foot length of tubing of the I had originally built the
same diameter and slice the driven elements as two
tubi ng along its length. Then se parate quarter-wave sec-
fold o ne of th e sides along tions, as per the design in the
the cut under the other, original article. Even th ough
wh ich makes t he tube th e dr iven element was of the
diameter so mewhat smaller prop er lengt h electricall y and Fig. 3. Driven element - gamma match details.
43
 spacing. All the VHF antenna
systems I have see n used coax
fo r the phasing harness
between each antenna and
down to below the rotor.
Below the rotor, I have seen
both coa x and 300-0hm open
feedline used for the run
down to the shac k. However,
I could not find any infor-
mation on how to calculate
the lengt h of each leg of the
phasing harness. As I have
previousl y ment ioned,
WB8 RFA also gave me the
necessary detail s on how to
calc ulate the le ngth of eac h
leg of t he phasi ng harness.
Fig. 5 gives t he detai ls of t he
phasing harness arrangeme nt
and the calculations for the
phasing harness leg lengt hs.
The lengt h o f each leg of t he
phasi ng harness is calcu lated
by: (.66) (X/4) x odd mut-
tiples of >../4. Since (.66)
(X!4 ) at 146 MHz is short , the
value mu st be mult iplied by
The co mple ted eight-element stacked antenna system. an odd number of quarter
wavelengths in or der for the
the elements. So the driven- beams be - a quarter, a half, reasons are beyond the sco pe phasing harness to be long
element design would have to five-eights, o r a wavelength ? o f this article. Fig. 4 gives the enough to reach from each
be changed, I decided to use a A look through the ARRL details of the beam spaci ng antenna's driven element,
single-piece half-wave driven Antenna Handbook and the and mou nting arrangement I along the antenna boo m, and
element whic h used a gamma VHF m anu als did n't turn up used. Th is mounti ng arrange- bac k to the feed coax cable at
match for matc hing the feed- a ny defi nite stand on what me nt seems to work out well, t he support pole a t th e rotor.
line to the antenna. Figs. 2 spaci ng to use. Experience since it has survived mild I n m y stacked antenna
a nd 3 give t he detai ls o n the came to my rescue agai n. icing and winds up t o about sys te m, I needed 5 quar ter
d r lven-eleme nt/ga mma-match Another conversation with 40 mph. wavele ngths for each leg of
arrangemen t used in the WB 8RFA helped so lve the Interestingly eno ugh, t he the phas ing harness, in order
antenna. The new d rive n- spaci ng quest io n, as well as ARRL Antenna Handbook to ro ute the cable alo ng each
e I e men t / g a m m a - match some questions on phasing and V HF ma nuals had very ante nna t o the center suppo rt
arrangement worked well and harness lengths. It seem s that little o n t he added problems pole and Lconnector. My
had an swr of about 1.1 : 1 at Sam had run int o the same of stacking beams. Th e publi- proof that the phasing
1 4 6. 52 MHz and stayed sor t of decisions and ques- cations did mention o pe n line harness works is that the swr
bel ow 1.5 :1 over the tions when he put up his twin feeder s betw een arrays d idn 't change when the
146.19-146.94 MHz fre- ll-element beams. It seems stacked at so me opt imal phasing harness was hooked
quency range. that common practice is to
The next problem was space the beams a wavel ength
how far apart sho uld the two apart; the theory and exact

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Fig. 4. Betement 2 meter antenna stacking details. beams.
44
up, which p ro ba bly would •
not be the case if there was a
mis match in the phasi ng
harness. I would like to point
out that, once the a nten nas
are stacked, each antenna's
gamma match should be
adjusted for minimum SWf
before the phasing harness is
attached.

Co nclusion
T he an tenna array (two
s tac ked 8-eleme nt bea ms
ver tically polarized) is do ing
t he job it wa s b uilt to d o,
which was to p ut an accept-
a b le s ig na l into t he
146.1 9·.7 9 Milford rep eat er
from my new QT H, even
t hough it is on ly 20 fe et
above the grou nd. Addi-
tionally, 1 no w have exte nded
simplex range so t ha t I can
move off a re peater fre-
quency pair and rag chew
with the locals running only View of the antenna system mounted on my QTH.
low power (1 Watt).
Since I have not run quan- element beam at the same repeater almost full quieting. This p rice, though, is much,
titative tests on the antenna height as the stacked beams So my attempt at building much cheaper than the cost
system, I am not too su re and did a comparison of how beam antennas seems to have for a comparable commercial
what my actual gai n and well each would pick up the been successful. eight-clement stacked anten-
front- to-back ratio are. Ho w- Milford repealer. With the Although I feel my con- na system. Additionally, my
ever, I can guess. The origi nal dipole, I cou ld n o t key up struction ma te r ials and tech- construc t ion metho d s for the
art icle clai med 12 dB ga in for nor receive the Milfo rd re- n iques produce d a mech a n i- 2 meter beams would be
the eight-element bea m, with peater. With th e a-element cally bette r an ten na th an suitable for bu il d ing bea ms at
a f ront- to-back ra tio o f 14 beam , the Milford repeater th o se of Anderson a nd 220 MHz an d at 4 32 MHz.
dB. Assu mi ng m y ante nnas signal was pushing the trans- Atki ns, my costs were some- But, best of all, I sup pose,
come c lose in perfo rma nce to ce iver 's S-metc r abou t 1/ 8 o f wh at higher, also. Each eight- is t h at it continuou sly amazes
t hose of t he aut hors, I should the meter's fu ll sca le. When clemen t be am cos t abo ut me eve ry time I co me ho me
have a bout the same gain and th e stacked eight-elemen t $10.00 , whi ch is abo ut $8.00 and lo ok at th e good-looking
front-to-back ra tio fo r each beams we re ho oked up to the more than using coat ha ngers 2 meter stacked beams o n th e
antenna. Stack ing beams is transceiver, the S-m eter wen t and PVC pipe. Th e to tal cost roof of my house and realize
supposed to provide an add i- u p to over 3/4 o f the meter 's of the stacked-beam syste m t hat I made thern. w
tional 3 d B of forward gai n, fu ll scale. I could key up the was about $30.00, which
Reference
so my stacked beams shou ld Milford re peater run nin g 1 included the cost of each
1. "Bui ld an 11 dB Ccatreck,"
have a forward gain of about Watt (10 watts was needed eight-element beam, the Kelty Anderson WBlolOQC and
15 dB. I tried putting a dipole for reliable com munications, phasing harness materials, and Walter Atkins, Jr. WB(J HKB. 73
and my commercial 4- though). as well as receive the the stacking suppor t boom. Magazi ne. June. 1975. pa;le 111 .

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tions if you wa nt to make th e
trip to OX land. Perhaps that's
Jus t too great a sacrific e. You
With low po wer. you freq uM tl y
have to settle j us t f or get ting
through t or a fleeting m inute or
·1
decide. I'm - no t sa ying that two . . . eno ugh to get a OSL
L el. there is an yth ing i ntri nsically card. If thi s is yo ur bag. line. M y
im moral about high power. 1t Is own p referen ce is to be able to
•- simply out o f step w ith t oday' s talk at leng th with peop le in
attitudes about energy et ttcten- odd p la ces and get to know
cy_ And the kind of operat ing the m a b it ... t o s tri k e u p
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that it seems t o f oster Is si m ply
unacceptable to hams of a
friendShips. The c hances of do -
ing th is on 20m w ith 20 Watts is
gentler persuasion. small . . . I ran tha t p ower for a
from page 12 you go QAPp? Well , your eta- Troy Weldenhelmer WeROF few years , so t know about i t.
non won 't impress the CBer Ballwin MO Another th ing. When you are
realize ju st how obnoxious it down the st reet unless he's op erat ing from remote areas,
must seem when we rob the reall y got his head t ogether. A s editor, I get first crack at yo u lind tha t radio c onditions
rest o f the world 's hams of And yo u won 't crash through Troy. I've been the QRP route are SUCh that you hear the big
precious band roo m with our the QAM the way you once did. and I agree that it is f un . But signal boys eve ry night. The
elephanti ne QAD si gnalS. And yo u w ill reall y ha ve t o " go I 've als o been the k ilowatt route
And wh at d o you lose when with the f low" o f skip cond t- and that's fun, too, if d ifferent. Conrinu«/ on ~ 56

45
Dan Umberger W8Z CQ
2753 Elliott Ave.
CoJumb u,J OH 43204

Working 15m
With A 20m Beam
- by adding three more elements

E very amateur knows he

is going to lose an
antenna system sooner or
on the mast, an d parts of t he
15 meter beam were either
blown away or pointed
scratch, but I looked at that
nice long boom on the
Mosley A-203-C and it
range and this tubing tele-
scoped snugly into the next
size. This is in 6061-T6 alloy
later . My "later" came in the lengthwise with the beam. see med to be performing no and is commonly referred to
form of a terrific thunder- The 10 a nd 20 meter particular fu nction other than as " tempered aluminum."
storm on Easter Sunday, beams were no t particularly ho lding t he elements apart. They demonstrated that it
1974. The storm, brief but damaged, but t he 15 was Why not put the middle of it could be bent double and
fierce, left t he antenna "over the hill ." It did not to work a nd let it support a would spri ng right back into
system looking like a pop art ta ke long to replace the drive 15 met er bea m? A look at the shape! Cautiously. I asked t he
creation. Th e top of t he mast pipe a nd reinstall t he 10 a nd physics indicated it woul d do price. It was selling for $4.51
o
was be nt 45 , the 20 meter 20 meter bea ms and I was the job if th e mecha nical a pound. Th e wind load
mon obander loo ked li ke it bac k in opera t ion o n those weight a nd wind load we re fac tor took on increased
was t rying a three-cushion bands. kept a t a minim um. importance! Th e sta ndard
moonbounce shot, th e 10 My fi rst idea was to bu ild Th e prima ry co nstdera- length is 12 feet. I decided o n
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meter beam was twisted 90 a 15 meter beam from tlon, and a n absolute must, 5/8 " fo r the center and 1/ 2"
was that the additio n o f the for the ex tensions. Three
15 meter beam could not pieces of each would be
reduce t he effec tiveness of req uired. [ wen t ho me wit h
the 20 meter beam! Bei ng of my bundle of tubing and the
t h e "reverse e ngineering" project was under way.
type, I build first and design I dug into my antenna
from t he results. I was pre- library and could find little or
pared to remove the 15 meter no reference to common
elements if there were the boom antennas. I knew there
• slightest ill effects on the were many factors involved
• operation of t he 20 meter after read ing the work of
bea m. Happily, t his was not Shank li n, Greenblum, an d
E
• necessary. The effects on 20 Gill ison, relating to height ,
were negligi ble. spac i ng, a nd ele men t
T h e mechanical details d ia meter. Th e complexi ty
were no problem. The wind th rew me. [ had about
load factor dictat ed that t he deci ded to start with the fo r-
element diameter be kept as m ulas in th e a nten na hand-
small as feasible. A check book when t he J une, 1974,
with the aluminu m depart- Q5T a rrived with the writeup
ment of a met als supply on th e Wilson Electron ics
hou se discl osed t hat .058 " DB-54 Duo-Band Ante nna by
wall t hick ness t ubing was Wl FBY in it. [ was quite
available in dia meter incre- a maze d that their element
ments of 1/8" across a wi de le ngths were considerably
46
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2. Smal l varia ble capac itor a bou t 1 50 pF m ediu m spacing.
3 . If boom diameter is o t he r than 2 " , dr ill these holes to mate w ith the requ ired u-ocrrs.
4. Saw slot to depth o f 1 '1." to permit the screw to clamp the tubing tightly,
5. Gamma match 26-5/B" for 2 elem e n t.
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Fig. 1. Conversion of the Mosley A -203-C for 15 meter capabilities.

longer than tho se computed was not at 21,1 50 kHz as Any do ubt s about the one hour, fifty- nine minu tes
fro m the ARRL Antenna desired, but 21,025 kHz! mechanical stre ngth and per- to net them. Discounting
Handbook. Since spacing of Decisions ! Decision s! The for mance were quickly put to local cockpi t trouble, I con-
elements was dictated by first impulse was to shorte n the test. The elements were sidered th e t ime involved
space avail able o n the boom the two clements, but better install ed before noon . Whil e completely reasonabl e. Per-
of the A-203-C, I decided to judgment prevailed and it eating lunch, the weather fo rmance te st passed A-OK!
d isregard th e Wilson dimen- was decid ed to add the bureau cooperated beauti- Not having range equi p-
sions and use th e figures dire ctor and see what the fully and sent a real ho wl ing, ment to check the patt ern. I
calculated from th e 1970 influence would be. With the shingle-ripping stor m wort hy had to settle for fro nt to back
e dit io n of t he ARRL d ire ct or in pl a ce, the of any antenna's mettle. It and fro nt to side. The perfor-
A ntenna Handbook for a resonance had shifted to bro ke limbs from trees all mance as a 2 element did not
starter with 23 ' 4-1 /2" for 21 ,275 kHz! Fro m past ove r the neighborhood , but look so good ; it o nly had 10
the reflector, 22' 3·1/8" for experi ence, I knew spacing t he co nve r te d A· 203-C dB fro nt to back and 30 dB
th e dr iven element and 21' had a pronounced infl uence shrugged it o ff in a most front to side. With it func-
1·3/8" for th e d irector. o n the resonant freq uency of matter-of-fact mann er . tioning as a 3-element array,
Si nce spacing was to be an array, but had no idea it The seco nd test, that of it sho wed 22 dB fro nt to
dete rmined by how far I would be so drastic! Yet , th is perfor mance, was pro vided back and 38 dB fro nt to si de.
coul d reach fro m th e tower was my first experience wi th by th e Northern Californ ia Th is was below desired per-
to attach the elements, I a co mmon boom, int erlaced OX Associa tion's junket to formance but acceptab le. I
decided to try onl y two array. Ho we ver, 1 concluded Kingman Reef as KP6KR. fe el t hat with range equip-
clements at the outset. With the dimensions for the Wil son After a local fro ntal system me nt and careful element
the se two elements in place, DB- 54 were a cc eptably passed and static cleared adjustment, much better per-
it was found that reso nance accurate. eno ugh to hear them, it took for mance could be achieved.
47
 req uired no extension, b ut e xte nded. I was unable t o
t he refl ect or requ ired ex tr a a ttain t he .1 wave lengt h for
length . This was accorn- the d irector a nd .15 for the
plis hed with so me 3/8" o. d. reflec tor, so I had to settle
tubing salvaged fro m an o ld fo r what I co uld get for
TV an ten na . Whil e I was at it, spaci ng. I feel that imp roved
I exte nd ed the driven clement pe r for ma nce co u Id be
a lso, in the interest of at ta ined with greater spacing
mechanical strength at the and range adjustment of
lap. eleme nt len gth, but have
Ho w to fa bricate a ca paci- reservatio ns if improved per-
t or fo r the gamma ma tch formance wou ld justify the
pr e sent e d a problem. I effo rt in view of present
recalled t hat the local Rad io success with th e antenna
Shack stores stocked Ba ke- o pe ration.
lite TM in strum ent bo xes. I
chose t he ir sto ck #27 ()'627, a Adjustment of Ga mma Match
6-1 /4" x 3-3 /4 " x 2" with With gamma capac itor a nd
a lu minu m cover tha t wo uld sho rting bar se t a t ra nd o m, a
ho use a 150 p F variable from SWT curve is plotted to locate
my ju nk bo x. A hole was t he lo west swr poi nt , disre-
drilled to all ow pa ssage for a ga rd i n g the ov erall swr
scre wd river to th e sha ft. picture . The reso nance is indio
A ft er adj ust me nt of the ca ted b y lo west swr point.
capac itor, t he ho le was T he swr me ter is taken up th e
plugged. I used a 1/4 " alu- tower a nd co nne cted at t he
mi num rod for the ga mma anten na. A sma ll signal is fed
Construct ion upper and lower half of ea ch bar , but al umin um t ubing into t he antenna at the
Element mounting clamps o f the brackets before sawing would have worked eq ually resona nt frequenc y and the
wer e drilled, sawed, and them in half in case you well with appropr iate modifi- gamma ca pacitor and shorting
tapped. They were made haven't drilled t he m too accu- catio n to the gamma shorti ng SlOb are adjusted for mini-
f rom a soli d bar o f 6061 . T1 rately. bar. The capacito r box is . mum swr. After ad justment,
a lum inu m 1-1/4" x 1/ 2" x bolted to the bottom of the the swr was less than 1.5 to 1
The eleme nt su pports were e lement sup port. A br ac ket
1 2 " . T he 5/8" element across the e nlire band .
sa wed fro m a plate of was fabricat ed to mo un t an
mounting ho les and the #8
606 1·T1 alu mi num 1/4 " x SQ.239 sta nda rd co ax co n- Hardwar e
holes were firs t d rilled and
17" x 1Q. 1/ 2" , T he size was nectar , It is mou nted o n an It is suggested that stain-
t he ind ivid ual blo cks sawed
d ictated by ava ilable material a ngle bra cket fabrica t ed fro m less hard war e be used if it is
a part and sawed lengthwise
o n hand. In chec king with t he scra p a lu minum a nd has a o b tai na ble. If no t , non-
thro ugh. The met al rem ove d
alu m in u m su p ply house, I 5/8" x 6" st rap riveted t o th e ferrous ha rdware shou ld be
b y sawing the blo c ks all o wed
fou nd bar stoc k is available in a ngle a nd is secu red t o the used. If nei th er is ava ilable,
a f irm cla mp o n the elemen ts.
either 1/ 4 " x 3" o r 1/4" x boom by the "U" bo lts that pia led stee l ca n be used with
After sawi ng each blo c k in
4 ". Eit he r wo uld suffice. All mount t he ele ment support shorte ned life expectancy. If
half, t he upper half was
ho les were laid o u t and to t he boom. A short lengt h plated steel is used, fo g it
tapped 1/4 " #20 and the
drilled . of t he # 12 co p pe r wire con- generously wit h clea r plastic
bottom half was dri lled o ut
with a 9 /32 " d rill to pass the Next , cut t he 1/2 " x 12 ' nec ts the ce nter connector to ac ryl ic spray . -
1/4 " mounti ng bolts. It is tubing in the center. The a bolt th ro ugh the side of the
Ret. ll nces
adv isable to m atch m ar k the director and driven element ga mma capacitor housing
ARRL Antenna Han dbook , 1970
box. A generous application and 1974 ed it io ns.
"Ie, • of General Cement Corona "Wilson DB-54 20 and 15 Meter
• Dope (G ly ptaI™ ) serves as Duo-Band Bea m ," W1FBY. DST.
, weather proofing. June. 19 74, page 40.
'" Mate ri.l
•, Placeme nt o f Elements o n 3 pes. 5/r!' x 12" x .058 6061-T6
- alum inu m t ub ing
Boom
'" Ot tO tu
'" ." ". " .!> o
The lo ca tio n of e leme n ts
3 pe s. 1/ 2" x 12' x .0 58 6061·T6
alum inu m t ub ing
2 1000 1:1. 36
o n the boom was det ermined 1 pc. 1/ 2" x 1-112" x 1 2"
2 12 50 1:1.2 2
2 1025 1 :1.35 2 12 75 1 :1.22 by ho w far I could reach 606 1-T1 alu minu m bar stoc k
21075 1:1. 34 2 1300 1 :1.23 from t he towe r. Ex perien ce 1 PC. 1/4" x 3" x 5'-6" 6061 ·T6
2 11 00 1:1.3 1 2 1325 1: 1.25 a lumi nom bar stoc k
ha d shown it wise to kee p t he 1 6- 114" x 3· 3/4" x 2" Radi o
2 1125 1:1 . 34 2 1350 1:1.27
driven element s sepa rat ed as Shac k Ba k eli t e bo x, stoc k
2 1150 1: 1. 30 2 13 75 1:1.28
2 1175 1: 1. 28 2 14 00 1:1.29 mu ch as po ssible to kee p #270-6 27
interactio n to a m inimu m, 6 ea. 1-1 / 2 p ipe (2" i.d . ) "U"
2 1200 1 :1. 24 2 14 25 1 :1. 30
2 1225 1 :1.23 bol t s
2 1450 1 :1.3 1 with reflect or a nd d irector
1 lot m iscellaneo us ha rdwar e, a
Fig. 2, Swr ratio measurements on 21 MHz beam on boom placed out as far as I could cc. o f 1" x 1/4" x 4" aluminum.
with Mosley A-203-C r e a ch w i t h sa fety be lt a nd capaci tor from junk box

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 A Better Feedthrough
For Cables
the $2 solution

I
Don Walters WA8 FCA t was now October, and tenna cables into t he ham
2849 Verle a lmost everythi ng had shack.
Ann Arbor Ml 48J 04
fou nd its niche in our new While wandering around a
house. It was now time to set local department store, I
up t he ha m gear. But how to found myself in the plumbing
run the antenna cables into supplies department. While
_
I-",r..ot: ,","". t he laundr y room, or I mean looki ng at some plastic PVC
ham shack, without a lot of pipe, I suddenly realized that
1 (~"
$'DE T. ...

TO ...... ...
work looked as if it would the 1%-inch diameter 90°
( Pan
1l0T OIt. (T ~
take some time to figure out. elbow I was looking at was
CEMU T
Although there have bee n the solu tion to my problem.
<.
,
",, . several met hods pu blished for Usi ng th e elbow , I co uld
:" l running antenna ca bles into a route several cables into the
shac k, none seemed to be hou se and still add a cable or
flexib le enough for my needs. two more, PL· 259 co nnector
That is, bein g a ca reful and all.
planner, not hi ng stays stat ic Fig. 1 and the accom-
in my ham shack for very pany ing pho tographs de tail
lon g. So 1 needed a very h ow th e 90° elbow is
Fig. 1. Flexible me thod of passing antenna cables into a house. flex ible way o f runn ing an- mounted on the hou se. If t he

. I

Outside view of the 90° elbow installed with an antenna cable Inside-of-house view of the 90° elbow and the cables routed
already routed through. through it into the house.
50
house has a basement or o pening pointed down . Once tinuously surprised by the with a PVC pipe plug or I
lower level (like a bl- or tri- the epoxy has cured, the number of creepy crawlies cou ld take out the elbow and
level). the hole for the elbow elbo w can be lightly sanded and flying thingies that will put a wooden plug into the
can be cut, with an appro- and then painted to match find the ir way into yOlK hole, filling in any cracks
priate size hol esaw, so that the color of the outside of house (and ham shack) with plastic wood. Then sand
the hole is cut through the your hou se. thr ough th e unplugged and paint the repair spot.
center of the outside wall To keep insects o ut, either opening of the elbow. which should then look like
fl oor joist and between any a wooden plug with cutouts This method of routing there was never a piece of
interior fl oor joists which for the cables around the a nte nna cables into the house pipe mounted there. Addi-
may be attached to the out- plug's edge or a piece of has worked out qu ite well for tionally, this is a simple
side fl oor joist. The elbow is light ly oiled steel wool can be me over the past several 2-hour pro ject (depending on
then coated with quick- pushed up into the mouth of months. especially whenever I how your house was built)
setting epoxy arou nd the the elbow. Either way. use wanted to route another coax tha t is inexpensbe (abour- >
tapered end and is inserted something to plug the mouth cable into the house. Also, if $2 00 for the PVC 90° e lbow
into th e hole on the outside of the elbow, or you and we should move. the PVC and epoxy) and not all that
of the house with the elbow your spo use will be ca n- pipe elbow can just be capped hard to do . •

wow the wo rld . W here should t he advertis ing. Thus, if you

you t urn fo r a publisher? The re have a boo k which might in-
are dozens of pub li shers of terest amateurs or computer
t e ch ni ca l b o o k s , and it Is ho bby ist s. you c an do a lot
bewildering to the ne w writer. worse than contact the 73 book
Actuall y. your choices are quite department. 73 can get your
li mi ted. Su re, there are lot s of book In to print and be sure it is
publishers. and t here are lots of in most o f t he radio stores and
poor authors. too. II you have a techn ical book stores, plus ct-
EDITO R IA L B Y WA YNE G REEN l itt le better understand ing o f fer a substantial matt-order
tne ro le of a publi sher, you wi ll sale through Rad io a ooks nc o.
fro m plIge 10 that number. I wan ted to get be better able to makea cho ice . Get in touch and start those
ac ross the idea t o newcome rs
A pub lisher has two tunc- ni ce roya lty checks comin g.
making it po ss ib le for me t o see tha t 73 is more like an ongoin g
nons f or the writer. Fir Stly, he
what I wa nt to see when I want encyclopedi a o f amateur rad io FEBRUARY WINN ER
prov ides the mo ney it takes 10
to see it, and t o hell w ith the tha n just a magazine. A yea r J. M . Mendels on W6AQM
g et a book set in type, made
network sc hed ul ers. They run after p ubl ic atio n. about 90 % or wa lked away w ith February's
read y fo r printi ng , and then
the J ean She pherd sh ows at more o f the magazine is s till as $100 prize for the best art icle. II
pr in ted a nd bou nd . The mo ney
the darnedest hours, so I tape good as new. wh ile OST. w ith reader support for anten na ar-
req ui red f or this is beyond tne
'em. Jean, who is K20RS, and its ac res o f opera li ng news, is ticles like " Can A Min iature
average author. To g ive you an
an old, old friend, has a w onder- as dead as yest erday 's news- Antenna Work?" is any mcnca-
ide a o f the magnitude of money
ful sense of humor. He keeps paper . ucn. t h is , our June an tenna
invo lved. j ust the printing a nd
t h reateni ng to write a series for I' m o pen lor ideas. Frank ly. I issue, should be a winner.
paper bill for one is sue of 73
73, but each time he goes off on d o n't think mu ch of the OST eo- Remember, your ballot is t he
co mes t o welt over $65,000.
some other foolish tangent ... proa ch to covers, nor do I like rea der service card at the back
never mind t he cost of setting
li ke hi s current TV series, the HR co vers. OST, w hich is of th e ma gazin e- usa it!
t he t ype, proofreading . pas ting
"Shepherd's Pie," s ho wn on put together by a committee,
up the pages , getting t he dia-
PBS. Yo u 've pro ba b ly seen looks like it is put toge ther by a CLUB NEWSLETIERS
g rams d rafted, t he p hoto-
" J ea n Shep herd's Am er ic a " committee. HR manages to NEEDED
graphs made and produced i n
many times, o r his " Phant o m of look exactly t he same no mat- Every now and t hen a
ha lftones, etc. The w hole pro-
the Open Hearth" fi lm on PBS. t er how little they c hange. CO, manufact urer comes up with
cess runs considerably over
Thro ugh the VTR , Shep's 2 am f or those o f you who have seen an idea which will benefit ham
$100 ,000 per month.
program s are available wh ile 1 it, loo ks amazingly l ike Pop· c lubs and is interested in get-
Gett ing the book pr inted is
eat d inner. Sorry about that, tr on tc s . Radi o Electron i c s , t ing a list of clubs which have
somet h i ng almost any pub-
Cronk ite. E lementar y E lectr oni c s , newsletters as a way to let
Iishe r c an handle. The sec o nd
P opu l ar S ci e nce , Pop u lar c lubs in o n the special deal.
WHAT' S WITH TH E COV ER? fun cti on is the i m p o r t a n t
Mechani cs. a nd t he rest of the When I hear 0 1 somet hi ng
There isn't a ny one s im ple on e ... distr ibution. Th i s is
po pu lar tribe. Blah. which would real ly be nef it ham
an swer to this. Part of it is that I wh ere you separate the pu b-
So, unti l someone comes up cl ubs. I'd like to have a mail ing
got fed up tryin g t o t hink of d if · lis hers. In this field, magazi nes
w ith something better in the li st o f all o f the clubs w ith
fere nt covers after seventeen have a t remend ou s advantage
w ay o f a n idea fo r the cover, newsletters i n order to pass
yea rs 01 fru strat ion and dead- over ot her pub lishers si nce
w e'll m ake do w ith a dash 01 along this informat ion so these
l in es. Su re, we pla n ahead: they have extensive d tstr tbu -
color on top a nd t he ind ex to cl ubs c an benef it. Send a copy
" Hey, Wa yne , the magazine non for the rneqezt nes all set
t he artic les. I have not hing 01 your club bullet in 10 Wayne
goes to the printer this alter- u p a nd runn ing. They a lso have
ag ainsl color covers ; I'm j ust Green , 73 Magazine , Peter-
noon. What do you want o n the it a 101eas ier when it comes t o
tired o f t ryi ng to th ink them up . borough NH 03458.
cover?" ru nning ads for a book, a wh o le
Another part ha s been the WAN T TO W RIT E A BOOK? lo t ea sier. MagaZine advert is-
ing is no t trivial ... ask any DALLAS IN JUNE
s uc ces s o f the K iloba ud There is li ttle in amateur
covers, where we've put the rad io that ca n compare with manufacturer. With ads run- It's been f ar too lo ng since
having you r name o n a book. ning from $1500 a page to over t here has been a ttrat-rate
table o f c ontents o n the cover.
The one t hing that makes 73 That beats making t he Honor $3(X)() in t he elec t ro nics mac a- namtest in Dall as. You can bet
rea ll y different I rom all of t he Roll, five band DXCC , and all ztnes . adve rtis ing can be a t hai I' m looking fo rward to cet-
other ham maqazines i s the those t hings. W hen you have deadly e xpe nse fo r book ti ng bac k to Dallas lor t he
quantity and var iety of articles your ow n book published, it publishers , yet where else can hamtest on J une 17-1 8t h.
pu ts you in a special class, l o r they go to sell their books? Few The hamfest will also be
published. I co unt ed up the
number o f fea tu re a rtic le s very few amateurs are so mu ch books make it very far wit hout heavy wi th m ic roco mput er ac -
publiShed in 73 vs. OST last year of an authority on a sub ject advertising . tivities and ex hibits, so it
and found 429 in 73 as opposed that they c an write a book. W ith over a doze n books c ur- should be a lot of fun. The
to 164 in OST, and I had to But let's say that you are an rent ly i n publication and many whole works will be at t he
count a lot of public service authority and you have a book more in the works. 73 has a very
type art ic les in OST to even get in you dy ing to come o ut an d good d istribution system , and Continued on ptI!Je I Sl

51
 Resurrecting
the Beverage Antenna

try this 55-year-old,

low-noise, lowband antenna

Bill Smith W5USM sources or interfere nce is a must. degree of d irectivity .

Route 1, Box 118/ from nearby stations while This art icle will dwell Admittedly. there a re
McKinney TX 75069 t he outside antenna con- not upon t he theo ry, how- other ways to construct a
t in ues to be used fo r eve r, but ra th er on the Beve rage a nte nna t han
transm itting. practical construction of those given in th is a rticle,
The loo p will so lve many Beverage and Beverage- but the ones here are like ly
receiving problems. and type antennas for low to be the easiest and most
ne can derive con- noise reception on 160 and foolproof .
O siderable satisfaction
from the frtendlv.feisurelv-
may well be the only such
antenna used to satisfy the
needs of the user . On the
80 meters.
like most topics in What Is A Beverage!
paced contacts often other hand, a good loo p amateu r rad io, there are as In the most simplist ic
found on the 160 meter may whet the appetite for many opinio ns on how to terms, a wave or Beverage
ba nd, contacts w h ich an even better receivi ng constr uc t a n effect ive a ntenna is a si ngle st raight
so metimes may be set up sys tem. On 1 60 o r 80 Beverage antenna as there length of wi re at least o ne
simp ly by e recti ng an in- me ters, the a nswer is likely are those offering them. wave le ngth long viewed as
verted l or dipole antenna to be a Beverage antenna. The substance of this ar- a feedline. with one side
and using it both to tram- named after its primary ticle is drawn from more the wire and the other side
mit and to receive. More developer. H. H. Beverage than two years of collect- Earth.
than likely, though , sooner W2BMl. Beverage wrote a ing articles and opinions Just as with a feedline ,
o r later the 160 meter now classic paper on the and using this type of there is an impedance be-
operator begins searching wave, o r Beverage, anten- antenna . Although we are tween the wire and the
for methods of redu ci ng na whic h appeared in the going to describe an anten- Ea rt h. This im peda nce
the level of man-made and November, 1922, issue of na that requires a fai rly stays re ason a bly constant
a tmos p he r ic no ise p re- QST. Even after more t ha n large amo unt of re al estate a long t he len gth of the
do mina nt on 1.8 M Hz. The five de c a des, his article re - if constructed in t rue anten na and with frequen-
simp lest solution is to mains the gospel of Bev- Beverage fo rm, a satisfac- cy . The anten na may
place near the operating erage theory and practice. tory Beverage-type a nten- therefore be used over a
position a receiving loop If low-noise receiving na can be built on a small wide frequency range; a
antenna , which may be antennas interest you , lo- lot and still provide low Beverage designed for the
rotated to " null out" noise cating a copy of the article noise reception and a 1.8 MHz band will perform
.2
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--------- uP TO ,~I HIT TOIU ltOS
Ol£UPTIOH
OU'~fO
. "f a -
4 00 - 6 00 OHMS
________ J
Fig. 1. Basic Beverage antenna. Value given for termination
resistance is approximate for normally conducting soil. fig. 2. This Beverage is similar to fig. 1, but is not ter-
Adjust as described in text. Preamplifier may be inserted at mina ted. Signal respo nse is nearly equal off either end, but
feedpoint. This is a termina ted unidirec tional Beverage slightly favors the non-fed end. Short, Beverage-type
with maximum response to signals arriving from the ter- an tennas are similarly cons tructed; see text.
mina ted end o f the antenna. Signal voltage increases as
radio wave sweeps the length of the an tenna from right to
left. Signa's arriving from the left and traveling to the right A Beverage of one to th ree noise and some d irect ional
are dissipated in the terminating resistor. See text for wavelength s long is idea l; pattern. From north ce nt ra l
description of ground system. "See text for details of feed- in the case of 160 meters, Texas, the pattern cove rs
point matching. this is 550 to 1600 feet . A about 90 degrees, 45 de-
length o f 800 to 1000 feet grees on either side of its
well at 3.5 MHz . energy a rri ving from the will give good perfor- axis . W4 s and Ca rib bea n
For the Beverage enten- east is di ssipated in a load, mance on both 160 and 80 sta tio ns within the pattern
na to be directional , and in this case the receiver, meters. are typically 10 to 12 dB
obtain maximum gain off while signa ls arriving from stronger than 8s, 9s, or 0s
the end of the antenna op- the west are mostly dissi- Sho r t Bev erag e-T ype located m o re-or -Je s s
po site the feed point. the pated on the east end Ante nnas broads ide to the antenna ,
Beverage m ust be te rmi- thro ug h another lo ad , a ter- Thus far we ha ve d ealt refe renced to a rece iving
nated to ground th roug h an m in a ti n g re si s t or. T he wit h Be verages of some loop. Stations to the west
impedance equa l to that close r the terminat ion physical le ngth. Available and northwest a re ve ry
between the wire a nd res isto r is in va lue to the real estate a nd other con- poor copy on the Bev-
Earth . In other words, the impedance of the antenna, siderations may preempt erage-type antenna .
non-fed end is grounded the more co m p le t e the suc h construction. The antenna does not
through a c a rbo n re sistor. di ssipation of the west- A true Beverage is physi- have the directivity o r ga in
If you w ish to re ceive off arriving signa l and the bet- ca ll y long, as explained, of a similar antenna 1200
both end s of the a nte nna, ter the front-to-beck rejec- but don't rule out some feet in length , but the
om it the termination and t ion . See Fig . 1. Beverage advantages in sho rtwire is better than a
let the far end float . There This is true in a ter- short Beverage-type anten- loop and much, much bet-
are ways to use a si ngle minated Beverage. A sim i- nas . Although you will not ter on noise rejection than
Beverage for rece pt io n in la r anten na left with the achieve the gain a nd d irec- my qua rter-wave transmit-
eit her di rection through a no n-fed e nd floati ng (not tivity of a true Beverage, ting antennas .
mo re-or-less comp licated te rm inated) wi ll re f le c t yo u can st ill have the Bev- There is no reaso n why
phasing system . This is signa ls back down t he wire e rage c haracteristic of low sim ilar a ntennas ca nnot be
beyond the scope of this from the floati ng end to be man-made and atmosp her- tried on city lots, la id upon
article . For this informa- dis sipated in the receiver. ic noise pickup by con- the gro und or suspended 6
tion , the reader is dire cted In this cas e, much of the st ruc t ing an anten na as feet o r so in the air.
to the June, 1977, QST directivity of the antenna, short as 100 feet using the I should add that I am of
articl e by Barry Boothe if that is what is desired in methods given in this arti- the opinion that anyone
W9UCW, entitled, " Wea k- addition to low noi se, is cle. See Figs. 1 and 2. who takes seriously his
Signal Reception On 160- destroyed , although signa l I have obtained good ability to hear well o n 160
Som e Antenna Notes." The inten sity a rr iving broad - results from Beverage-type or 80 meters ca nno t pos-
articl e is excellent and well side will st ill be reduced . antennas as short as 100 sib ly have too many receiv-
worth re ading . See Fig . 2. feet laid upon the ground . ing antennas ready to
A Beverage antenna Some di rectivity of layi ng the wire upon the select at the flip of a
rece ives the most response Beverage-type an tenna s ground ha s the effect of switc h. At the moment. I
from signa ls a rriving off will be no ted wit h lengths decreas ing its veloc ity fac- ha ve ava ila b le no fewe r
the end(s) of the wire , not as short as one half of a tor - an d t herefore redu c- than 7 separate rece iving
from broadside . The inten- wave, but directivity be- ing t he physical le ngt h fo r a ntennas, incl ud ing 3 loops
si ty of the si gna l build s as it come s mu ch more pro- a given electrical wave- and 4 Beverage or Bev-
tra ve ls a lo ng the length o f nounced in true Beverages lengt h. erage-type antennas, and
the wire , reaching th e max- one wave or more long . As an example, in winter none of them shows
imum fo r a given length at logica lly, o ne might ex- I have used a Beverage- behavior identi cal to
the e ndfs]. A Be verage pect that the longer the type antenna 250 feet long another's!
e rec ted in a n ea st/w est Beverage , the better. This laid upon the ground in an
dire cti on recei ve s maxi - is not true . For reasons that east/west direction. The He ight Above Ground
mum signal energy from will not be di scussed here antenna is terminated to One of the interesting
the se directions . (see the original a rticle by gro und on t he eastern end c ha racte rist ics of the Bev-
In our east/we st exam - Beverage), it is pos sib le to th rough a 50-Ohm res istor . e rage antenna is that it
p le , maximum s ig n a l ma ke the antenna too long . The a ntenna exhib its low does no t ha ve to be 10-
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ca te d ve ry fa r above c rosse s a gully, it shou ld be use rs will argue that t he ing quality ca n be deter-
ground and, in fact. may be run down into the gully at a ground is problemat ical at mined from whether the
laid upo n t he grou nd . nearly co n st a nt height best. it c a n be clearly termination resistor value
The re a re rather com- above ground . demon str ated that the c ha nges as more ground is
plex formulas relating W e ha ve m enti oned proper selec tio n of the ter- provided . If it does. you
seve ra l fa ctors used to previou sly the po ssibility minating re sistor in con- need more grounding or
co m p u t e height above of a ctuall y laying th e junct ion with the ground metal in co ntact with the
ground . In practice, how- Beverage upon the ground . does have a definite effect so il. At some po int you ob-
ever, a he ight high e nough This ha s been tried by me upon the directional cha r- vio usly re ac h a practica l
to perm it passage of per- and many othe rs with ex- acteristics and the rejec- limit , but you sho uld try to
sons, a ni ma ls, a nd vehicles cellen t su c ce ss, but it tion of unwanted signal s achieve the least poss ible
below t he a nte nna is a shou ld be do ne in untrav- fr om t he rea r of t he c ha nge in t he te rminat ion
good c ho ice. A he ight of 6 eled a reas , for obv io us Beverage . impedance. Proper deter-
to 12 fe et ove r " no rma lly" reason s. Eve n though th e Bev- mination of t he corre ct
co nduct ing so il is a n ex- I live in an area of t he e rage antenna may pe r- resi stor va lue is made by
cellent choice. The imped- co untry whic h is said to form best when e rected observing th e st re ngth of a
an ce o f the antenna have excellent so il co nd uc- over poorl y co nd uc t ing signal arrivin g from the
c ha nges very little be- t iv it y. There ar e th ose so il. th is sa me soi l a lso rear (fed e nd) of the anten-
tween 6 and 12 feet. Beverage experim enter s accounts for more d ifficul- na and se lec ting a resistor
Great e r height s will in- who sa y that in su ch areas ty in ground ing the ter- va lue which provides the
traduce unwanted noise it ma y well be an ad van- minated e nd . But unless deepest null o r re jection of
pickup. See Table 1 for the tage to lay the Beverage yo u c a n g round y o u r that signal. An AM broad-
ante nna impeda nce s for wi re upon the grou nd . I can Beverage through a single cast stat ion is a good signal
va r io us heigh t s above neither prove nor di sprove stake in salt wate r o r a sou rce fo r thi s adju stment.
gro un d a nd wire sizes. t his. I have used Beve rages ma rsh, it rema ins wort h- Here is an application
Rega rding th e wire itself , both on t he grou nd and up whil e regard le ss of so il whe re a ca rbon po tentiom-
most a ny si ze ma y be used to six fee t a bove grou nd co nductivity to estab lish eter is useful for the ter-
as lo ng as it wi ll suppo rt it s without noticing any pe r- the be st possib le ground mination re sisto r (as op-
own we ight. The wire may fo rmance c ha nges. co nnect io n. posed to fixed -va lue car-
be uninsulated if e rected If the Beverage is laid A single ground sta ke bon resistors).
above ground , or insulated upon the ground , obviou s- may be sufficie nt under What we are attempting
if la id upon the ground . ly you wi ll use insulated the above mentioned co n- to es t a blish is the lowest
The wire may be sup- wire . If you choo se to ter- d ition s, but se ldom will p ossibl e resi stance to
ported in a ny number of minate the ant enna , I suc h co ndi t ions exist . So Earth. Three ground rods
wa ys, but if metallic sup- would sugges t doing so how is a low re sistance provide 1/3 the res istance
po rts are used . the wire d ire ctly to g round o r ground es ta b lis hed? to ground as a single rod,
sho uld be insulated from through a 50-Ohm resi stor . The answer is to put in and t herefo re a three times
t hem . Example s of SUp4 conta ct with the so il the better ground connect ion.
po rts a re me tal o r wood Pr oviding Termination most pract ical a mo unt of In ext remely poo r soi l
fe nce posts, 1" x 1" wood Gro und me ta l possible. Pro ba bly c o nd u c t iv it y a reas , a n
sta kes. co nve nie nt trees, Undoubtedly the most the minimum ground ac- e laborate ground system
and the like . The wi re diffic ult a nd u nc e rt a in ceptable is a system o f will be u seful. Such a
sho uld be run at a nearl y con stru ction aspect o f a n three copper ground rod s sys t e m wa s desc ribed
c o n st a n t height abo ve un idirectional termin ated as long as possible driven by Roge r Hoe stenbach
ground and in a stra ight Beverage antenna is the into th e soil , spaced a W5EGS in his December,
line not va rying more than grou nd itself . min imum of two feet apart 1976, QST a rticle entitled.
10 degrees . If the antenna While so me Beverage and bond ed together. The " Improving Earth-Ground
bonding may be d one with Cha racte ristics ." This a rt i-
autom obile battery cle is recommended read-
Height of Wire 4' 8' 12 ' grounding st ra ps or with 109.
Wi re SIze Ii Ohms Impedance the shie ld removed from a A tec hnique sim ila r to
10 460 493 520 disca rded length of RG -B o r that described by Hoesten-
12 474 507 534 si m ilar ca b le. Do not re ly bach wo uld be to bury an
,.
14 488
502
521
535
548
562
upon t he clam ps prov ided
wi t h t he grou nd ro d s .
o ld auto radi ator o bta ined
at low cost from a jun k-
18 516 549 576 Solder or braze all connec- ya rd. A ground ing st ra p
20 530 563 590 t ions, first making su re the shou ld be bonded to the
22 544 577 604 rod s and stra p material are radiator, and the radiator
24 558 591 618
free o f grease. paint , or filled w ith a heavily-
Tab le 1. Impedance o f Beverage antenna as a fun ction o f whatever. The sa me ap- conce nt rated br ine solu-
wire size and height o f wire above ground. These val ues plies before driv ing the tion . The brine solut io n is
w ill var y some minor amount due to focal soil co nditions. ground rods into the soil. A made by di ssolving a s
You can also expect variations from day to day and season torc h will be necessary to much ro ck sa lt as possible
to seaso n. The proper terminating resistance can be deter- provide enough heat for in the quantity of water re-
mined as given in the text, or an adequatel y close value for proper bonding . quired to fi ll the rad iato r.
most locations can be selected from rhis chart. An indication of ground- The rock salt used in wate r
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 softeners is an ine xpe nsive upsetting the directional other antennas . This dic- common autotransfo rmer
sou rce. characteristi cs . tates the use of a feed or made of coi l stoc k." or a
A similar b rine solution This ground sys tem bu si- transmission line . 4:1 bal un of the type used
may be poured o n the so il ness may seem like a lot of My suggestion is the use on the antenna inpu t o f a
arou nd t he g rou nd rod trouble and work , but the of RG-58 or RG-59 u ncon- te levision set.
system, but remember that effort expended may be tam inati ng coaxia l cable, I am a believer in cutting
the brine solution will kill the difference between a doub le-shielded if ava il - the coax ial feed line to
all plant life fo r some a rea mediocre receiving anten- ab le . Double -shielded some multiple o f an elec-
as it leaches into t he soil. na system and one that will RG -59 is available from trical half wavelength
The condition will exist fo r provide ma ny e njoyable cable te levision supp ly determined by the ve loci ty
several yea rs. Repeat the hours and the ability to hou ses or CATV co m- fa cto r of the coax, .66 fo r
br ine solut ion ap plication hear the weak ones your panies , and is commonly solid die lectr ic or .81 for
as needed, probably once competition does not. And know n as drop cab le. The foam. Free space half wave
every 30 to 90 days . whether you choose a ter- better the sh ielding, the at 1.8 MHz is approximate-
Wire mesh or screen also mi nated unidi rectional bette r w il l be the re je ct io n ly 273 feet . A .66 velocity
may be bu ried a few Beverage or a bidirect io nal of unwanted signals picked factor is 180 feet , or 221
inc he s in t he grou nd , o ne (wit h no termination), up on the fe e dl ine . Beware feet with .81 velocity .
equipped w ith a suitable be sure to provide a ground of the RC-58 being sold in Therefore , the feedline
bond ing strap. system for t he coax ial many CB stores and some would be 180,360, erc ., or
Another method of pro- cab le at the fed end, even ha m ou t lets . I have seen 221, 442, etc.. feet long
v idi ng a low-resistance though it may be as un- some that wou ld be doi ng respectively .
ground is throug h the use elaborate a s one o r more well if it ha d 45 percent Be ce rta in to ground the
of a ra d ia l system extend- ground rod s. shielding. coaxial cable shield at the
ing away from the Bev- Elsew here in t his article teedpoi nt. Eit her bury the
e rage. Do not run the radia l Feed ing the Beverage is a brief d isc ussio n on coax a few inches in the
wires back towards the Idea lly , the Beve rage , whet her a preamplifier is ground or la y it upon the
Beverage , The radials like any antenna, should necessary. If you choose to gro und - d o no t suspend in
should be made of unin- ha ve its feed poi nt matched use one, then the in p ut ci r- the air. These measures are
sufated wire, w ith the ends to the feed or t ra nsm issio n cui t w ill need to be de- taken to p revent s t rav
staked to ground through line , Physica lly, it is un like- signed for the high im- pickup on the feed line .
metal stakes as lo ng as you ly that you w ill be able to pedance feed po int of the
wish . A larger number of bring the fed en d of t he Beverage and the output Preampli fier s
short radials is better than Beverage directly to your made to matc h the coaxial It may be des irable to
a lesse r number of long rece ive r, especially with- cable impeda nce . employ a preamplif ier w ith
rad ials . Sixteen radials out va rying the axis of the For the pu rposes o f this the Beverage antenna , par-
about 55 feet long, fanned wire le ss than 10 deg rees. section, let us assu me that tic ularly in instan ce s where
about 11 deg rees a part and Even if you can , some type you a re not going to use a lo ng runs of coax ial cabl e
distributed ove r the 180 of a matc hing device preampli fie r and the refo re feedli ne a re necessary. Ad-
degrees off t he end of the should be used to lowe r the need to matc h the anten na mitted ly, signa l losses per
Beverage, would be ideal. 400- to 600-0hm antenna direct ly to the teedline.
"Ihouqh this is rat her bulky , try
It this is impract ical. use as impedance to t hat of a Th is may be accom -
about 3 inches of B&W c oi l
many rad ials as possib le typical communica tions plished in ma ny ways: the stock #3062 wi th the low irn-
(even though they may be receiver . common Ltvpe network, a pedance tap up 3 or 4 turns
but a few feet long each) In most al l cases , t he toroi d autotra ns forme r from the ground and the high
fanned over the 180 de- Beverage is. o r should be , w ith a tapped select ion of impedance tap 15 to 30 turns
grees. Treating the soil with isolated from the home or hig h impedance points, a up -you'll have to experiment.
the brine solution may also
be usefu l. SEE OHO ",

Providing a low-res is- ca

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the builder wishes, but t he
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possib le ground circum-

stances perm it.
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Similar ground ing tech- Fig. 3.160 meter preamplifier suitable for Beverage use. T1: Amidon toroid, FT-82-61 or
niq ues must be used at the FT~114·61, primary (to antenna) of 2 turns #18 enamel, secondary of 25 turns #18 enamel.
fed end of the Beverage C1 : minia ture 365 pF air variable. 01-2: 1N914 or similar diodes. C2: 100-500 SM. R1 :
where the shield of the 22Dk. R2: 0-200 Ohms; adjust for preamplifier gain. R3: 6.8k. R4: 27k. C3: .01. Q1-2: MPF-
coaxia l cable is bonded to 102. Preamplifier may be powered at point " X" with a self-contained battery, 9-15 V de. or
the g round system . This by duplexing through the coaxial cable feedline, in which case the power may be inserted
will prevent random signal at the station end of the coaxial cable through an rf choke. C4 is a .001 blocking capac-
pickup on the coax ia l itor. If preamplifier is used at the feedpoint of the an renee. make certain of waterproof-
feedl ine, pickup whic h will ing. Preamplifier must be grounded to Earth, and may be built in a small minibox with
destroy the entire Bev- short, point-to-point wiring. The entire assembly could be placed in a small plastic
erage antenna system by refrigerator box for weather protection.
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more receiving antennas antennas with separate
~;----- feed lines are being used
are used , some method of
grounding the unused and you insist on bringing
antenna be provided . A the feed lines into the
schematic of a suitable house , a Barker and
manual switch included in Williamson model 376
-<jJ RECEIvE R 00l
th is a rticle can be used, or coaxial switch, properly in-
PR ( . .... .... ,( R
" a method of automatic stalled , is sugge ste d. The
Fig. 4. Manual switch for grounding one of two antennas groundi ng w it h electri- switc h could be insta lled at
no t in use to preven t reradiation; see text. SW-1 is a non- c a lly-co nt ro lled coax ia l the e ntra nce to the build-
shorting double-throw do uble-pole toggle built inside a sw itc hes or rel ays ca n be mg .
small minibox. Use leads as short as possible. Make cer- de vised . See Fig. 4. If yo u a re using a ter-
tain all grounds are good. If used at the feedpoint, bond C overnm en t-sponso red minated Beve rage, it is
minibox to ground system. If used at the receiver, bond it tests on Beverage a ntennas wise to inspect the ter-
to receiver chassis. Do not rely upon coaxial cable shield revea l that they may be mination resistor following
for ground. crossed within a few feet of any severe weather , a s
each other, provided they often the resistor will be
do so at angles of 60 damaged .
hundred feet of coax are through a buried control degrees or more . Beverage Play it safe: Disconnect
low at these frequencies . cable that may also carry antennas run pa rallel to the Beverage when a storm
Whether a preamplifier is voltages for antenna selec- one another, utility lines , approaches and any time
necessary is left to the tion relays , or from a bat- wire fences , o r t he like you will be away from
use r. tery contai ned wi th in the shou ld be sepa rated by at home.
If one is deemed ne c e s- preamp llfie r case . least o ne wave le ngth.
sary, a simp le ci rc uit is Concl usio n
desc ribed by Do ug DeMaw lightning and Stati c The Beverage is not a
W1FB, in his Apr il. 1977, Reradiation and Inter - Discharge Protection cure-a ll or al l-pu rpose
QST article, " Build This Ant enna Coupling Beverage antennas are antenna . It is a directional
'Q u ick ie' Preamp ." In this One undesirable charac- suscept ible to collecting antenna and should there-
preamplifier , as in all teristic of the Beverage damaging voltages in the fore be carefully aimed in
others, I would suggest the antenna is its ability to presence of certain weath- the desired direction of
use of back-to-back diodes reradiate large amounts of er conditions such as elec- reception . With a length of
such as 1 N914s at the input signal energy to nearby trical , snow, and dust one to three wavelengths,
to prevent rf and similar antennas, and to couple in- storms . Attention to the the horizontal pattern will
damage to t he preampli- to them and cause va ria- protection of re c e ive rs and be approximately 45 to 30
fier . tions of antenna pattern preampl ifiers is ne ce ssary. degrees, centered on its
Back-to-bec k d iodes a re and o t her unwan ted c har- The u lt ima te protection is axis. It is al so primarily a
included in the sc hemat ic acte ristics. to disconnect the coaxial DX a nte nna, no t inten ded
of a nother suitable pre- It is re comm end ed th at a ca ble fe edllne a t t he a nte n- fo r ge ne ra l a ll-around use.
amp lifier w ithin this a rtl- Be v er a ge a nte n na be na , o r, if a p reamp lifier is For se rio us DXing on 160
c1e. Credit for this circ uit physica lly re mo ve d from used , to disconnect the or 80 meters , severa l
appa rent ly belongs to a ny ot her antenna by a antenna prior to the pre- Beverages will be requi red
K1PBW. See Fig. 3. minimum of half of a amp lifier's input stage . if all compass points a re to
If the preamplifier is wavelength; more is de- Various configu rations a re be covered , However, sev-
used at the antenna, the sirable. This may not be obvious, and a re recom- eral Beverages and a good
most logical place, the possible due to space mended to be at the anten- receiving loop will enable
device may he supplied limitations, but whatever na so as to not ro ute the you to explore to the
power duplexed th rough the situation , it is re co m- voltages into the home. fullest the two lowest high-
the coaxial feed line , mended that when two o r If two or more Beverage frequency bands . •
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[ . Y·· ' : J 1' '' .. one else (Sherry) drives me . I
jus t don't enjoy driving along at
55 mph in a 120 mph car, so we
seems to be a never-endinq bar-
ue between Wayne Green and
the ARR L. Yes, probably most
burn up the old gas along with of the buyers of 73 are ARRL
the other American cars. - members. Any worthy orqanlza-
, Wayne . tion such as the ARRL will
. .. solicit and accept suggestions
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I SELLING MORE MAGAZINES I aimed to improve its certor-
manes. but it seems 10 me that
Wayne 's consta nt d ow n-
grading of the League is aimed
Although I have been li- toward selling more magazines
fro m page 45 pean ORM. censed for only a relatively instead of help ing amateur
Of course, I also use a gas short period, Ifeel that the time radio. Let us all offer our full
2QO-Walt medium power ops guzz ler now. I used a very has come to vent some steam support to the League by otter-
come through a couple of times economical Datsun until I got and otter some suggestions ing suggest ions and im-
a week . The 2Q.Watt stations fed up with the 55 mph speed and comments aimed at Im- provements , 11 the elected ot-
are readable maybe once or limit. Now, as long as I can 't en· proving our way of life. ucers fail to do their job, let's
twice a month, and then they joy driving any more, I go in a I follow with interest and
are usually smothered by Euro- big van and work while some- sometimes frus tration what Continved on page 59

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How To
Hang A Longwire

without a catastrophe

W he n space pe rmits, a
lo ng lon gwire ca n
be a great imp roveme nt as
descri be t he resu lt ing ten-
sion a re rathe r complex, in-
vo lving hyperbol ic sines
the tens ion inc reases . We
can t hu s calculate the ten-
sion in a pa rticu la r span
the tab ulated solu tio n to
the c a t e na ry equat io ns ,
and c a n be plotted as a
a n ante nna, especia lly on a nd cosi nes . These e qua- and compa re th is with t he smooth graph) provides the
th e lo wer fr eq u en ci e s . tions ha ve been so lved a nd brea king st re ngth of the in- st ress fa cto r " F" and t he
Howe ver, what size wire is the resu lts t a bula te d, pe r- tended wire. lengt h facto r " L" . Th e
needed to prevent break- mitting simple ca lcu lat ions Tab le 1 provides the st ress fa ctor repre se nts the
a ge ? for tens ion in the wire . c ha rac teristics o f soft- inc rease in tension as the
The te ns io n in a sus- Fi g. 1 gives the physical drawn coppe r wire. w hic h w i re is d raw n m or e
pen ded wire depends on layo ut of a suspended wire is the type of wire com- horizontal , a nd t he le ngth
th e span le ngth, t he sag in anten na , show ing the span mon ly available , as wel l as fa ctor represe nts the a c-
the wire, a nd the we igh t of lengt h "5" a nd the droop tua l wire length in the span
the cha racter ist ics of ha rd-
the wire. A sus pended wire "d" . For a fixed span d rawn co ppe r and #12 cop-
(which is a lways greater
wil l assume th e shape le ngth, as the d roop than the spa n length). The
pe rweld . fo r compa riso n. '
ca lled a " c a te na ry," and de c re ases (i.e., as the wire ten sion in any span can
th e equ a tions w hic h becomes more horizonta l), As stated above, the ten- then be calc ulated fro m
sio n depe nd s in large part t he equation T = F x L x W
,---, ---------------,, on t he sag of t he wire . The x 5, where T = resu lti ng
, sag of the wire is defined as tension , in pounds ; F =
•,, the d roop "d " d ivided by st ress fa ctor (based o n sag,
,, the span le ngth " 5", or sag fro m Ta ble 2); L = length
= dIS . Base d on the sag of factor (based on sag, fro m
the wire , Ta ble 2 (whic h is Table 2); W = we ight of
,- - -- - - - - - - - - s -------- -- ---
the wire , in po unds pe r foot
' All data for this article was (f rom Tab le 1); and 5 =
drawn fro m t he Standard Hand· spa n le ngth, in feet. For ex-
book for Electrical Engineering , ample, a 1000-foot span of
Fig. 1. McGraw-HilI,1957. #12 soft copper wire, with a
58
 dr oop of 50 feet. has a ten- exceed half the breaking Wire Size Weight per Foot Breeklng Str~ngth
sion of T = 2.5 x 1.006 x strength), we then find th at (AWG) (pounds) (pounds)
.0 1 9 8 x 1000 = 4 9 . 7 for any spa n length, any Herd drewn Soft drewn
pound s, since this spa n has size wire will support itself, 6 .0500 626 480
a sa g of .05. Comparing th is prov ided th e sag (hence 10 .03 14 529 314
tension with the break ing
stre ngth of #12 wire (Table
droop) is greater than some
di stan ce . These ca lcula-
,.
12

16
.0198
.0124
.{)078
337
21 4
197
124
135 78
1) of 197 pou nd s indicates tion s are su mma rize d in 16 .0049 85 49
thi s antenna would be safe . Table 3. It sho u ld be rea l- 20 .0031 54 31
Howe ve r, if the droop was ized tha t Table 3 is valid 22 .0019 34 19
dec rea sed to only 10 feet , o nly for soft cop per (ba re) 2. .0012 . 21 12
the sa g wou ld the n be .01, wi re . If insu la ted wire were 26 .0006 13 6
and the tension would in- use d, the brea ki ng strength 12 .0200 765
c re ase to T = 12.5 x 1 .000 x would not be increa sed ap- (ccccerwerdj
.01 98 x 1000 24 7.5 preciab ly, but the weight Table 1. Physical characteristics of so lid bare copper wire.
pounds, whi ch e xceeds the per pound would have in-
brea king stre ngt h of th e cre ased , and hence the per- 51. Str.ss Factor Length Factor
wire ! mi ss ibl e s t r e ss f a ct or " P' " L"
Thu s, by this relativel y would be redu ced , re- .002 62.5 ' .000
sim ple ca lc u la tion, the ten- quiring more sa g (he nce .005 25.0 1.000
sion in a given antenna ca n more droop) to prevent .0 1 12.5 1.000
be co mp ute d and co m- breakage. For a general .015 6.3 1.001
pa red . But is there a more spa n, the maxi mum per- .02 6.3 1.001
.03 ' .2 1.002
general answer to the que s- m issibl e st ress fa ctor ca n
.0' 3.2 1.004
tion of what size wire to be computed from t he .05 2.5 1.006
use ? Noti ce that the break- equation: .06 2.2 1.009
ing strengt hs for soft co p- ere.klng Strength 01 Wlr' .07 1.9 1.013
per wire increase in exact F '" 2
(Welghl per 10011 Jl (Span length)
.06 1.6 1.017
proportion to the we ight .09 1.5 1.021
per pound . In fact, the Table 2 c a n then be used to . '0 1.3 1.026
brea king stre ngt h is a lways d eterm ine what sag is re- .15 .99 1.060
10 t imes the we ight o f 1000 quired to e ns ure this stress .25 .6 1.151
feet of wire . Hence, in a fac t o r is not exceeded . Tab le 2. Stress and length factors for various sags.
l000-foot spa n, if the ten- There is addit io na l safe ty
si on is to remain less than in this equation, since span Span Length MInimum Droop
the breaking strength, the length is used , wh ich is (teet) (f88t)
stress factor mu st remai n alw ay s less t han t he true 250 1.5
less than 10, a nd thus the length of wire suspe nded . 500 6
sag mu st be greate r than Now , what if you ha ppen 1000 17
.01 2 (fro m Table 2, when to have supports 2500 feet ' 500 37
plotted as a graph). This apa rt, but only 150 feet 2000 62
fac t is ind e pende nt of the high? Table 3 indicates a 2500 '62
wire size! However, thi s a n- droop of 162 feet is re- Table 3. Min imum permissible droop versus span length.
tenna would have ten sion quired . The only solution is
equ al to breaking stre ngth, to acqu ire stronger wire, feet, as the half-breaking feet apart, string your wire,
a nd would not all ow for wh ich will requ ire less sag . st re ngth of this wire is 392 using any size wire, but let
wind loading, icing, e tc . If For exampl e , #12 c o p- pounds. the droop exceed 3S feet
we c hoose a safety fa ctor perweld in this span would So, if you just happen to and you ca n rest assu red
of 2 Ii.e., tension will not req u ire a sag of on ly 37 .5 have two supports 1400 the wire won 't break! .
.
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~ ' ," ARRL. To me, thi s is the same
reaction we saw with many
fru strating to hear about the
thi ng s tha t are go ing on behind
RepUblicans when the press the scenes, th ings over which
started picking on Nixon f or none of us has any con trol, that
Watergate. we would ra ther not k.now
• Perhap s I've been around about them. It's easier to smile
•• • • m u ch , much too l o n g. My co n fid e ntly and pu t Green
beliefs in the League were a s down as being dumb or just try·
I bright as anyone 's many years ing t o mske mone y.
.,. - 1 •
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4 a go . I be lieved th at the
mem bers were the back.bone o f
The ARRL is a fong, long
story . . . I 've c overed much o f it
th e organization and that the down through the years, and I
f rom {)iIge 56 points, Hans. On one point you directors brought the wishes of suppose I shoufd take the time
are i n error. Criticism o f the the members to head quarters, to write an article explain ing
oust them next electio n. Leagu e does not inc re as e eve ntu afly bring ing about what the ARRL really is and
Hans J. M iller subscriptions . . . to the con- ch anges. It 's a lovely thought. how it work. s. Few outside of
WB3DYHfWD4BFD trary, it very mark.edly slows Sure, f k.now that most hams HQ understand the League and
Camp Lejeune NC them down. You see, a great don 't want to k.n ow about the how it got the way it i s. Having
many amateurs feef as you d o, politica l side of th ings . . . after
Yo u 've made some g o od that it is not n ice to pick on the all, it's only a hobby. It is so Continued on page 6'

59
Chrjstoph Janker WD4CPK/DF1TJ
MQrienburlerstr. 11
7980 Ravensburg
Wt'St Germany

The "German" uad

•
SIX bands with one antenna

T echnica l development
leads to new and better
amateur radio devices all
in northern Germany),
Dl3ISA developed a new
amateur radio allband
60- or 75-0hm coax cable
which is connected to the
beginning and the end of
clo theslines.
For a European amateur
rad io station , thi s antenna
the t ime, but it seems that antenna . He tested a Jot of the antenna wire in one of should be mounted in an
in the field of allband d ifferent conf igurations the four corners of the e a s tow e s t in 0 rt h -s ou t h
antennas a stagnation has and forms until he found a quad . direction, be cause the fo ur
been reached . The hams solution which is simple A balun (1 :1) may be preferred direction s are the
who work all five SW and operates well on 80, used at the connecting extension s of th e quad's
bands mostly have two an- 40,20,15, and 10 meters - po int in case of TVI /BC I, d iagonals . This way, Q SOs
tennas for this purpose: a and is eve n useful fo r 2 but a long or a deeply can be made to th e north-
longwire for 80 and 40 meters. ri bbed glazed porcelain in- east (So uth Pacifi c, Japan,
meters and some kind of a He took 83 meters of an- sulator does an even better etc .L to the northwe st
three-band beam (which ten na wire a nd mounted it job, because it allows fo r (North Ameri ca), to the
means " ugly t hings" on a in the fo rm of a big quad no power loss. The whole so uthwest (West Africa ,
tower in the garden). From about ten meters (30 feet) connection point should South Ameri ca), and to the
the ham 's viewpoint this is above t he ground in a be sprayed with acrylic or southeast (Ea st Afri ca ,
ideal , but most do not want horizontal position , so that ot he rwise protected Arabia). O f co urse , th is
to give their neighbors a the ground serves as a against corrosion . Dl3 ISA antenna can be fi xed in any
rea son to move at least reflector for 3.5 and 7 put the whole connection other direction to work any
three blocks away . MHz . Each leg of this big into a p lastic cup to pro- desired country. On th e 15
In his weekend shack quad has a length of 20.7 tect the end of the coax and 10 m e t er b and s
ne ar Bremen (a harbor city meters . The feedline is a cable against wet weather. e spec iall y, seve ral sid e
, (See Fig. 1.) lobes betw een th e four
•
,,-u nc c OVl ~­
01 _ ... T... The length of the trans- ma in lobes wer e measu red
mission line is random , and with a beamw idth of 10 to
impedance checks re - 20 degrees in the horizon-
sulted in an impedance of tal plane.
60 to 90 Ohms at the feed - As a horizontal full-wave
point, so that a 75-0hm loop, this antenna receives
coax wou ld be more only a negligible am ount
favorab le than 60-0hm of electrical interference
cab le. from the surrounding area.
As a good materia l with The standing wave ratio
sufficient strength, a 2.5 was determined by Dl3ISA
mm-diameter so ft-d ra wn
I". copper wire with an
enamel coating was
and is shown in Fig. 2.
There may be small devia-
tions from the swr due to
1 chosen for this antenna . the lo ca l ground co nd i-
The guy lines are weather- tions . The influence of
Fig. 1. proof, rayo n-fill ed , plastic other antennas is negli-
60
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- - - 2 0..
~O~IZO~T4l QUAD TO TAL L EN GTH " , ~m
26 \
,, "' F~ET ABOv' GROUNO 6 011 COAx

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288
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292
""EOUE NCY f MH. 1
296

Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Antenna height: 10m .

gible if these antenn as ar e tla l d irect ions ha ve been a n rf outp ut of a bout 40-50 it s e lec trica l wiring inside
in the ce nte r o f the q ua d. f igure d o ut in po or-to- Watts PEP, a nd no c li pp ing the a ntenna.
Pa ra lle l mounted antennas medium co ndi t io ns, bu t or process ing was used. Due to t he extreme ly
outs ide t he quad gave a wit h an o pen b and no The a nte nna worked just as low angle of ra di ation , it
negat ive in f luence o n t he rem arka ble di rect ivity ha s we ll for sho rt distances. A was poss ible to work 15
antenna dat a in t he higher b e en obse rve d . T he gain of at [e ast 2-3 S-units and 20 me ter DX to th e US
ba nds. O t he r ante nnas ho rizont al a ng le o f the cou ld be obse rved as com- east coast an d Braz il at a
s ho u ld be k e p t a t a main lo bes is about 30 pa re d to a di pole . The ti me whe n Eu rope was ex-
di stan ce of at least seve n deg rees; th e ga in was 6 to a nte n n a cou ld not b e pected to be down from
mete rs from t he qu ad . 10 d B be tter t ha n a two- tes te d in QSOs o n 40 th e west fo r 30 minutes.
Th e rad ia t ion p attern o n, e le ment t hree-ba nd be am mete rs, bu t co m pa rable A 2 meters test was
80 m eters gene ra lly is at a at t he sa me he ight a nd 12 res ults ar e pro ba ble . made w it h a swr of 1:1.2 to
high angle, and a radiu s of to 18 dB better th an a DL3I SA fo und that t he 1:2.0, so t hat th e antenn a
600 mil es ha s been fo u nd grou nd plan e anten na . (See a nte n na wo rks sa t isfac- co uld be dec la red as a "s ix
to be th e area cove red Fig . 3.1 toril y at a height of at least ba nder" wit ho ut eve n a
under norm al co ndit ions. Most of the above is just 5 meters a bove grou nd. ba lun. Howe ver, the test
The ga in rel ati ve to a t he o ry. In my practi ce , t he Howe ver, th e bandwidth was o nly run from 144·146
d ipo le mo u nted at th e a ntenna has worked as o n 80 meters become s in· MHz . The No rth Ame rica n
sa me height is around 6 d B; desc ribed on ly on 10, 15, suff icie nt un der th ese con- band po rt ion runnin g to
t he q u ad has no di recti vi t y a nd 20 meters. O n 80 a nd di tion s. 148 MHz was no t tested ,
on BOrn . O n 40 me ters, the 40 me ters, the rad iation Near Fran kfurt-a m-Ma in, Taking int o account t he
rad iat ion pattern is ac tua l- has to be a lmost as low as t his a nten na ha d been fact tha t t hi s a ltb a nd
ly at a lower a ng le tha n on the hi gher ba nd s. My mou nted accord ing to the a ntenna is good fo r DX
that o n 80 me ters . a nd has log shows t hat wit hin a in stru cti on s of DU ISA wo rk in th e higher ba nds,
no directivity. co u p le o f days in a ro und a lit t le house at a works most favor ably o n
O n the 20, 1 5, a nd 10 De cember, 1977, I worked he ight o f 9 meters. Ex- BO a nd 40 me te rs, a nd is no
meter ba nds , t he radiation the foll owing stat ions, a ll pe rimental measure ments spect ac u la r mon s ter to
pattern is at an ext re mely o n 80 me ters SS B: 4Z4, at thi s place showed t he yo ur neighbo r's eyes, it is a
low ang le (sim ila r to a TA1 , W3, YK, V01, )A1 , sa me results as we had real ga in for a lmost a ny
r ho m b ic a nte n na ). O n 9M2, CT3, EA9, a nd C31. befo re, eve n t ho ug h there ham . It's a lso not a bad
these ba nds, fo ur preferen- The tra nsm itter used ha d was a wh ol e hou se with all idea for Field Da y.•

. . ..
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C
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r .
"-"
J ..., ' ,,'- bands with great inte rest. You
suggested at one poin t that we
nel 19 in Manchester. It seems
that there is one operator who
track the m down with DF equip- is runnIn g more t han legal
ment, an excellent idea with power and splattering over two
tel. only one problem . . . what do channels. This operator comes
,• we do if we catch one? on every night and uses t he
1 ha d an i nt ere s t i ng ex- most obscene, filthy language I
perience recently along these have ever heard. He dominates
! ,.... ',,'
,
li nes, and it may illustrate the the frequency f or hou rs, and I
-+ -
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, .. c , .,
h ~. ,
' ..• 1
~ .
.. '., . .~'l '~ problem we might encounter if
we caug ht one of these inter-
assure you t he language is
disgusti ng.
lopers. I thought it mig ht make a
fro m page 59 betieve, not very biased.- I am the editor of New Ham p- good story and, perhaps jf
Wayne. sh i re's larges t circ ula tio n somet hi ng was done, it would
been a member lor 40 years and newspaper. We are locat ed i n serve as a warn ing to similar
having personally known every-
one i nvolved with it for well
over 20 of those years, my
perspective is good ... and
I CATCH 19

I read yo ur editorial c oncern-

I Manchester, and reach a wide
circulation base. One of our
readers called us recently t o
see if there was anything we
operators to avoid such prac-
ti c es. I called t he FCC i n
Bo st on to see whether they

despite what you may want to ing CB infiltration i nt o th e ham might do to help clean up chan- Continued on fJi1ge 63

61
Joel Eschmann K9MLD
/32 Ohio St.
Racine WI 53405
A bou t a year and a half
ago , while I wa s
attend ing a repeat er c lub
I' ve got a scanner in my
ca r, not a 2 mete r rig .
Wh ile pa rking my ca r at
m e e t ing , so meo ne re - wo rk one morni ng, a Ford
moved al l m y rad io equip- LTD pu lled up next to me
m ent from my car, doing and I spotted a c o w l-
damage a n d i n co nve - mounted antenna used for
nien cing m e. Th is got m e AM/FM car rad ios. I got out
upset! Fortunately, most of o f my car and went to loo k
my gear was recovered be- at it. It was st ainless steel ,
cause it had iden t if ic ati o n held o n the f ender, and
on it . Since that time , easy to mount. The one-
t houg h, I have been ner- piece element was 31 "
vous about gear in my ca r lo ng. 31" lo ng is a 3/8-wave
and t he antennas that give 2 meter antenna! It loo ked
it away . I removed t he 5/8 l ik e a pe rfect di sgui se
antenna and went to a 1/4 antenna for my GM car .
wave, but it st ill wasn't the Now, how would I t une
answe r. Now it look s l ike it? Looking at anten na pat-

Mobile
In
Disguise o

the invisible o

3/8),. 2m antenna

Fig. 1. Cowl antenna.

62
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l"r

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Fig. 2.

terns, it appeared that the should be allowed to short ()

3/8 a nte nna look ed like a the shie ld to the cente r
pattern between a 1/4-wave condu ctor. Starting at 5",
and a 1/2-wave antenna . move slowly toward the
Th e untuned terminal im- term inated e nd of the
pedance wa s a bo ut 200 coax. At o ne point in this
Ohm s reactive . r had to get process, th e swr meter will
the impedance down to 50 drop . Now adjust the ca-
Ohms. After looking at a pacitor to a minimum meter
Smith c hart (see the ARRL reading . If necessary, fo r a
Antenna Handbook ) to get minimum reading, move
an id ea for an approa ch to the p in now in mu ch
tuning, I decided to use a smaller step s to find the ex-
m odif ied we
circuit. act point at whi ch th e
The co ax cable used on minimum reflected power
the a ntenna as it ca me is indica ted . Cut the coax
from th e fa ctory is totall y at this point . Trim and
, ....r eM .a. .t
useless fo r a transm itting solder th e end and ground
antenna feedlin e . The coax it to the aluminum box .
wa s trimmed sho rt . leaving It is apparent you ca n
enough to attach a BNC get some gain from this
connector (Fig. 3). A small antenna , although it is
aluminum box with two slight. With a 1 /4 wave as a
mating BNC c onnector s reference o f O.D.B., an ap-
was used to house the proximate gain of 1.2 dB
match in g circuitry. As illus- will be noted . Small as it
trated in Fig. 2. use a 25 pF may be, it' s st ill gain .
va ria b le ca pacitor a nd a There are o the r antenna s
le ngth o f RG-1 74 o r RG-58 manufa ctured for the e M
5" -loog co a x. With the Corvette, the AMC auto s, Fig . 3.
ca p ac ito r meshed 50% , and Ch ry s le r produ ct s .
tak e a small safety pin a nd These will all work if described . I would like to for his help on and off the
pun cture the coax . The pin modified a s I' ve just thank Tom Rehm K9PIQ air. •
had re ce ived several corn- said, Catch 22-so who would
plaints, including several from catch this person? The answer,
.,• • Senator MCintyre's office. He unfortunately, was no one. He
was going to authorize the FBI sti li operates on channel 19
to investigate the case ... fine, almost nightly In Manchester.
-. I said, and I called the FBI
-- again.
You might say, " Who cares,
CB is garbage band anyway
I ."., . I got the distinct impression .. ." The i mplicatlons are tar-
-+ • 1 •
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from the FBI that dirtying the
airwaves did not qual ify as a
" major cri me," and that they
reach ing , however. If a CBer
wa s t o purchase a ham
tra nsceiver and beg in opera-
wou ld work on it at their lei sure.
There was one problem. now - nons on one of our bands, who
from ~ 6 1 FBI would have to be con- wou ld stop him? If th is Inci dent
ta cted . OK, I said, and I called ever . • . they did not have the
Is any example, he might be on
might send someo ne up, as we the Con cord offic e of the FBI. technical expert ise to find the
the band forever.
wanted to do a st ory on the They told me they needed violator, so the FCCwould have
prob lem and how they would authorizat ion from the United to become Involved. The FCC I am not sure that we have a
solve it. Not as easy as that , I States Attorney. toto me that they had the problem with unauthorized per-
found out. The FCC lack ed Ihe I placed a call 10 the US technical expertise, but lacked
cri mi nal jurisdiction , and the Attorney, wh o told me that he the criminal Jurisdiction. Ah, , Continued on page 65

63
R ichal'd Matthe ws WA4NWW
Box J85, R ou te 6
Sco ttsboro AL 35768

Better Than A uadl

try a delta loop

T t ha s been said th at, befo re is better , but it is also quite per side (not bad, either) . XYL and I to li ft th e 12-
.!.anyt hing wort hwh ile can large, fair ly hea vy , and need s However, after calcu lat ing po und structure to its final
be done, th ere must exis t a mounting high off th e th e spaci ng using X/0.185', I resting place. The total boom
need. In my case, th e need ground . I have neither a f ound t hat the elements height after mounti ng was
was for a good chea p dire c- tower nor a heavy-duty rota- would need to be 248' apart. only 20 feet from the ground
tion al antenna for 15 meters. tor, so the search co nt inued. No wonder nobody ever used and about 80 feet below th e
It had to be something much After reading on, I found a a delta; it would be a tops of dozens of hardwood
better than a dip ole, but br ief article about an antenna mon ster. A 248' boo m wou ld trees on my lot.
about the same cost. that so me OX operators con- be a li ttl e bit of a problem. Adjustment of th e an tenna
After weeks of searching sider to be better than a Something was wron g. I gamma match was ano ther
for a read y-made low-cost q uad. It was described as checked my calcu lat ions, and easy matter. With the help of
beam and being stunned by fair ly small for 15 meters and they were o kay. So I thought a neighbor ham , tuning too k
pric es in the one-hu ndred- to also lightweight. But why h ad it had to be a misprint in th e o nly five minutes. With the
two-hundred-dol lar bracket, I never heard o ne on th e air ? formul a - "A/0. 17 to "A/0. 20 clamp bar all the way to th e
the idea finally came to me Why had I never seen o ne sho uld have been 0.1n to top o f the 36·inch gamma
that I must consi der a home advert ised for sale? There had 0.20"A, I guessed. Any way, rod, just a half tu rn o f the
brew job or stay with th e to be some disadvantage. But this is the form ul a I used. I capacitor brou ght the swr
dipole. So the search for th at th ere it was, in clear print: came up wit h a boom length do wn to a respectable 1.1 to
just-right design began. A "Some OX operators say t he of 10'0 " (not bad), so my
1. To my great pleasure , I
quick loo k th rough o ne hand- delta loo p is better than a del ta was built using 10'0"
found that at no point across
boo k offered firs t a simple quad." There was o nly o ne element spacing on 15 me- the en t ire 15 meter band did
t wo-element yagi and then a thing ( 0 do - bui ld it and ters. See Fig. 1 for parts an d it rise above 1.5 to 1. Everv-
two-element quad. For OX, give it a try . assemb ly. thing had gone fine so far,
this hand boo k says th e quad The description of co n-
Assembly ti me from start and there was only one test
struc tion of "the delta" was
to finish was no more than left.
'030 not very clear, although there
Ref lecto r tOUlI length • was a fo rmula for element si x hours, and no special tools That test has been taking
flM Hz) were required for construc-
spacing and loop lengths. (See place over the past two
Table 1.) After calculating tion. months, using an HW·l 01
l 00S
Driven lotal length • the reflec tor length for the After finishing building Heath kit barefoot, mostly in
f(MHz)
middle of th e band, I came the an tenna and mounting a the pho ne portion of the
up with 48.3' total length, or TV antenna rota tor on a band.
~ x
Element spacing - -
0 .17
10-
0.20
16.1' per si de (not bad ). The short mast o nly abou t five The fi rst few days of oper-
reflector length turned out to feet above the roof, it was at ion wi th the delta loop
TobIe 1. be 47. 1' totallength , or 15.7' very littl e trouble for my were spent with t he an tenna
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poi nting west and with me log for maybe just a little Ox. after work, th ere have been would not see m so great to an
enjo yi ng compli ments on th e contacts with Japan, R ussia, o perator who h ad been u ~i ng
F irst a German field d ay
fine signal from Ala bama and over 20 Euro pean cou n- a beam all alo ng. But, for a
station with an S9 report was
which was reach ing the west tries, all wi th fj ne reports and fellow who has been using a
added to my logboo k.. Then I
coast One of th e fir st good had a first-time co ntact with
with multiple contacts in d ipole, it is a who le new
character ist ics that I dis- most of th em. My prize so far world. It will give you a good
Hawaii with anoth er good
covered about th e antenna was a good co ntact with an chance in a big OX pileup,
report ; then Alaska, another
was that it was very direc- Italian station running on ly eve n if yo u are ru nn ing low
new o ne for me. So the delta
tional, especially o n receive. loo p was wor ki ng, an d I was three Watts on phone. My power with a low antenna
With a 30 d8 over 59 signal flrs t CQ on th e 15 Novice height.
well pleased.
from California being- re- band netted Czechoslovakia Three ot her local hams are
ceived , turn ing th e loop off More proof th at the loop and th e Net herlands, also a no w building delta loops for
90 degrees either way wou ld is a great OX antenna has low-power statio n. their own use , an d, if you
knock th e signa l down to an com e in the past few weeks. If I sound thrilled, it is also would like to knock 'e m
52 or 53 read ing. So, with With not a lot o f o n-t he-air becau se I am . Of co urse, the for a loop, t ry th e de lta loo p.
this in mind , I began search- t ime, mostl y in th e evenings performan ce of th e delta It is better th an a quad ! -

'" , 1l
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" " 1."- " r "..
' '''· '...l ..
J 1 ·''
• It will never get any better
without enforcement. I do not
1 MILES AHEAD
1
think that the CB part of the
spectrum should s imply be
In th e Uttle over a year that I
L \1. written off, but I am not sure
what the solut ion Is. have been getting 73 MagaZin e.
t have read with Interest yo ur
, ..
• • •
The Implications of this Inci - open and realistic editorials
1 ~:..' dent reach far beyond one stm- co ncerning amateur rad io. un-
pie CBer who has a sick mind, like the American Radi o Relay
. ....
l' ;, ' ';
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, _ In - , . and extend Into our own bands
as well. It Is obvious to me that
League, wh ich print s only l or
th e be tter m en t of " t h e
the FB I has better things to do League: ' you have cemcn-
from~63 Iy, local author ities have no then to get involved with rad io st rated your concern tor the
Jurisd Iction. complaints, be they CB or ham. amateur In genera l. There have
sons operati ng on the ham This Inc ident has served to been times when I thought that
bandS, but it we did, then we discourage me about the effec- Thank you for such a fine
magazine. I would subscribe to your attacks on the ARRl have
mIght find that we would getllt· tiveness of the Federal Com- been misguided , but after
tie or no help from those munlcatlon s Commissio n no other.
reading in OST ab out the
charged w ith enforci ng the when It comes to vio lations of Dan Glngr•• WA1BlR
Communications Act. Obviou s- th is nature. Sure. CB is bad. but Manche.ter NH Conti nllf!d on ~ 69

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A J. Massa W5 VSR
PO Box 6015
New Orleans LA 7011 4

The Perverted
Double Vee Antenna
double your pleasure
from 40m through 10m

A 70-foot free-standing
t o wer with mult i-
element vagls for 40, 20, 15,
trapped multiband dipole,
one which will satisfy all of
the above criteria.
by suitable nylon cord. The ordinary coil stock or by
lower ends, A and G, are wi ndi ng 12.gauge or l e-gauge
pull ed back into the base of wire on wooden dowels,
and 10 meters, plus a rugged There is an abundance of the mast. Th e resulting con- pl asti c rods, tubes, etc. The
rotator to handle the Christ- information avail abl e on the fi guration is tha t of two vccs capac itors can be of the
mas tree, is the dream of theory and performance of lying on their sides, with their ceramic doorkno b variety,
almost every ham . But, oh, phased (driven) arrays - tops facing each other. The high-voltage disc ceramics, or
the expense, the complica- vertical, horizontal, and in- dimensions of each vee and about 10 inches of RG-8/U.
tions involved in erecting verted vee systems. l - S I can- the trap values are such that Whatever your preference,
such a monster, and don't not add substantially to these resonance can be attained on they must be grid dipped or
even me ntion the XYL's data, but I suggest that you 40 , 20. 15, and 10 noise bridged to resonance at
screams of terror at the review what may be conve- meters. 9 , I O Spaci ng between 14.1 MHz.
thought of that half ton of niently available to you. It is fee dpo ints B and F is approx- My original attempt at
aluminum and steel hanging important for yo u to know imatel y 34'. This represents % home brewi ng sui table traps
heavy over the heads of her that phased arrays work and wave on 40 meters, ~ wave with coil stoc k and RG-8/U
bel oved family, threatening that there is nothing very on 20 me ters, 3/4 wave on 15 was successful, but I was not
to crush everyone and every- mysterious or complicated meters, and a fu ll wave on 10 confident about their long-
thing come the next wind- abou t constructing and ad- meters - classic spacings for term stability and durability.
storm, tormado, or hurricane. justing them. The perverted phase d arrays. Without Adequate weatherproofing
Be not of weak faith! The vee is a phased array. becoming too technical or was' a problem. But, very
dream may become a reality, too involved in the details recently, there have become
if what you actually want is concerning trap construction, available ideal commercially-
an anten na system with gai n, The Antenna a few words regardi ng the made traps which fi ll the bill
directivity, excellent front- A study of the diagram in traps are in order. Accepted perfectly. They are the model
to-hack ratio, rota tabifitv, Fig. 1 shows th e array to theory and practice indicate 4-FG traps by Pace-Traps,
lo w cost, and relative ly co ns is t of two trapped that the L/C values given here Middl ebury CT. I replaced
simple and safe construction di po les, ABC and EFG, will allow each dipole to the original traps with the
- the perverted vee is your supported at a common tie work on th e frequencies of Pace-Traps, having only to
answer. Here follows a des- point at the to p of a 50' mast interest and with acceptable make minor adjustments in
cription of a phased almost or tower. Feedpoints B and F vswr indications. Home brew the wire element lengths to
vertical /almost horizontal are held away from the mast traps can be made using restore resonance of the
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Fig. 1. Perverted we phased array. Antenna # 1 - A BC;
antenna :;t 2 - EFG. T/ .4 - traps to resonate 011 4. T MHz ; L
be carrying o nly one-half the excellent results is shown in
- 10 turns, 6 [pi, 2W ' diame ter, 12 gauge,. C - 25 p F
total outpu t o f yo ur trans- Fig. 4. It will flatten o ut
(CL8505- 25Z).
mitter amplifier an d that t he mismatches of up to 3 :1 .
antennas. get all of that with onl y two average SS B or CW power in
sho rt pieces o f coax an d one each line will be roughly half Const ruct ion
The Phasing Unit sim ple three-position, single- of tha t. In o the r words, if Because the perverte d vee
The phasing uni t (Fig. 2) is pole switch an d no wait ing you r 2 kW amplifier has an rf is a system co mposed of two
as simple a design as possib le, fo r th e rotator to grind its output of 1,200 Watts PEP, trapped dipoles, usual pro-
requirin g o nly a single-pole, way around from east to west o nly 600 Watts PEP will be cedures for trapped dipole
3-posit ion switch, two 11 '3 " or north to south. fed to each coaxial line. Since c on struc t ion sh ould be
lengths of RG-58 solid (not the average power is about f ollowed. Materials which
foa m) coaxial cable, 3 SO- The Feedlines half o f the PEP power, each you will need for construc-
239 chassis connectors, and a Direct your attenti on o nce line will carry o nly about 300 t ion of the antenna elements
suitable small enc losure. An more to th e RG-58 feedlines Watts average power, which is are listed in the parts Jist.
al umi num "T ite- H t " box between th e an tennas and the well within th e ratings. of Be gin by cutting the
measur ing 3W' x 6 " x 8" is phasing unit. Each of the two RG-58. appropriate len gths o f an-
recommended. feedlines mu st be th e elec- tenna wire. You might as well
trical equ ival ent of the other. Swr Bridge and Ant enna cut all t he length s for both
Th e 11 '3" lengths of
That is, they must be the Coupler sides of t he perver ted vee at
phasing li nes are no t terri bly
critical. An inch , more or less, same len gth . T here can be no Und er the best of circum- the same ti me, wit h an ex tra
will not seriously affect t he Mic key Mou sing around on stances, no anten na will be 3 " at eac h end of each len gth
per forman ce of the perverted t his point. It is st ro ngly perfectly flat - vswr 1 :1 ; J fo r fasteni ng to traps and
vee . These lengths were recommended tha t you use guess t shou ld say that most insulato rs. So, you will cut 4
arrived at from the formula an antenna noise bridge o r practical ant en nas will show lengths of 11' each and 4
for 1/ 8-wave coaxial phasing grid-dip meter to closely some vswr o ther th an 1:1. A length s of 17'2" each. Scrape
(delay) lines fo r 40 meters - match the two lines once you pair of antennas, suc h as the or sand the coating o ff the
123 x .66/7.2 MHz. (.66 is have cut them to the same perverted vee o r an y o the r ends of the wire lengths to a
th e velocit y factor fo r solid ph ysical lengths. Although phased array , will almost distance of ab out 6" for fi nal
the total length of each line certainly show o ther than a solde ring.
dielectric coax.]
doesn 't ha ve to be more than "flat " co nd it ion to the trans- If yo u decide not to use
The total of the two 11 '3 " just enough to reach the mitter ou tput circuit, and the commercial traps, refer to
lengths of coax, 22 '6 " , pro- shack and phasing u nit, I antennas will require a means const ruct io n details in the
vid es elect rical lengths of !4 suggest th at you ma ke them of flatteni ng out vswr rati os ARRL Handboo k .: ' Unless
wave (90 degrees) on 40 multiples of 45 feet (Y2 wave of as mu ch as 2.5 :1. If you yo u are an excellen t crafts-
meters, Y:z wave (180 degrees) at 40 meters ). The reason for already have a tran smat ch, man and have had ex perience
on 20 meters, 3/4 wave (2 70 th is suggest ion is, of course, matchbox , L-network , pi- build ing antenna traps, you
degrees) on 15 meters, and 1 t hat it will make it possi ble network or some ot her such will save a lo t of time and
wave (360 degrees) on 10 for you to get valid vswr and " line fl atten er" and swr possib le t ro uble by bu ying a
meters. In switch posit ion 2, resonance indications when bridge, use it between the set of 4 traps.
o degrees phasing (broadside you are ad just ing the antenna phasing unit and transmitter Now put o ne dipole to-
directivity) is accomplished, wire lengths. (or linear ampl ifier), and get he r and then the other,
as both antennas are fed Don 't be unduly con- ad just it whenever necessary using th e first as a model. I
simultaneously in phase. cerned about using RG-58 for vswr 1:1 to the final rf sta rted mine by t ying a short
There is magic in the use (so li d di electric) coaxial stage. piece of cord to one of the
o f th e tw o 11 '3" phasing cable, even if you are using a A simple Lnetwork will end insulators and then to th e
lines, giving t he directive 2 kW PEP amplifier. Bear in do the job. The ci rcui t of far thest co rner of my back-
patterns shown in Fig. 3. You mi nd t hat each feedl ine will one wh ich I have used with yard fe nce. Then I put one
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 Col. 1 ~1 .2 ~I .] ~. 4 C~ .S ~1 .6 ~ .7 C~ .8 your mast. Tie a 35 ' length of
af). · O.I2S a[A = 0.2S a{). = O.37S a IA=O.S a/"A = 0.625 a/A = O.7S a/A · O.8 7S af). · ' .0 nylon rope to each center

o oo @ @ t ~ ~
insulator.
Row 1 Now let '5 test and adjust
a= 0'
the dipoles for resonan ce, one
at a tim e, starting with dipole

o CD0 ~ @ ~ ~ ¢lJ
ABC. Ra ise end C (coax
Ro .... 2 cen ter conduc tor side) to th e
a = 4S o
top of the mast (you do have
a pulley or S-hook up there,
don 't you?), leaving a 4" to
Row ]
e e 90'
o ((DQ)09ID~~€2 6 " space between th e insula-
tor and the pu lley. Find the
pi ece o f tape you pu t at 17'
down th e coax from the
Ro. ' f7T\
a = 13So ~ @cmIDQ)IDtm~ cen ter insulator and attach it
to a place on the mast about
24' or 25' above the ground.
A TV standoff insulator or a
Ro. S r7V\\ few wraps of electrical tape
a= lSO° ~ will serve the pu rpose. Take
the other end of th e 35'
Switch Position Approxim3 te Hodzont3 1 Patterns nyl on rope tied to point B
40 meters 20 meters 15 meters 10 meters and walk away from the mast
1 Col. 2. Row J Col. 4, R ow 5 Col. 6, R ow J Col. 8, Row 1
R evened
with it un til th e coax B- D
2 Col. 2, Row 1 Col. 4. Row 1 Col. 6, Row 1 Col. 8. Row 1 becomes fairly horizontal. A
3 Col. 2, Row 3 Col. 4, Row 5 Col. 6, R ow J Col. 8, Row 1 little slack is okay, but make
Reversed it as tight as good judgment
says yo u shou ld. Tie down
Fig. 3.
the end of the nyl on rope.
end of 11 ' precut length of good idea for the feedlines to second feedline is of th e same Pi ck up the loose end of th e
wire th rough th e insulator, be multiples of half wave- manufactu re, you will be safe dipole , A, and fasten it to the
pulling through the insulator lengths at 40 meters - 45', in cutti ng it to the same bottom of the mast wi th a
3" of wire and making the 90', or 135 ' (I hope you length as the first. Double shor t piece of nylon rope (4"
wrap. The other end of the won't need more than 90'; if check with the grid dipper or '0 6"1_
wire is fas tened to a tra p in a you do, you should subs titute bridge to be sure. Re member, Dress the coax hanging
sim ilar manner. Nex t comes RG -8/ U)_ except for th e convenience of from po int 0 down the si de
the 17'2" length. Fasten one Th e length of an electrical being able to measure reso- of th e mast, and use a fe w
end to the trap, as befor e, half wavel ength of coaxial nance of th e antenna at so me wraps of tap e to secure it to
and the o ther end to th e cable such as RG-58/U o r point remote fro m the feed- the bo tto m of th e mast. Take
center insulator. Contin ue on RG-8/U (solid d ielectri c) is point itself, length of the the rest of the coax to the
the o ther side of the center fou nd by using the form ula feedline isn't important, but shack and connect the end to
insulator with another 17'2" 492 x .66 (velocity factor)/ F predictability and reliability you r swr bridge, the bridge to
length of wire, a trap, an 11' MHz. By substitution and of performance of a phased you r transmitter. Set the
length of wire, and an end solution for 7.2 MHz, th e array , such as th e perverted transmitter vfo to 14.2 MHz,
insul ato r. One dipole is result is 45.1'. 45' is a good vee, depend on th e two feed- loa d th e transmitter for
fin ished, and, if yo u're luck y, number to start with, as lines be in g e lect r ica lly enough ou tp ut to "drive" the
you will find a convenient actual measurement with a identical to each o ther. swr meter to full scale for-
fence post to tie the finished grid-d ip meter or antenna Once th e fcedlines arc cut ward , and chec k swr. From
end of the dipole to with a noise bridge usually shows to fi nal length , attach them th is point on, usual antenna
piece of cord, the same way this length to be sligh tly long. to the dipole feed points, B adjustments for lowest swr
as you started. But, since it will take at least and F, making sure that the indications should be
The o ther d ipole can now 42 ' of feedli ne to reach from coax shields are connec ted to followed. adjusting only the
be assem bled right alongside, th e feedpo int of the dipole to the elements B-A and F-G 16 '8 " lengths of the dipole at
and it will be easy to make it th e base of the mast, and it is and th e coax center con- th e feedpoint si de of the
identical to the fi rst. unlikely th at your shac k is ductors to clements B-C and traps.
Wh ile the dipoles are on ly 3' from th e base of the F- E. A piece of t ape on th e On c e t he ante nna lS
hanging there ta king a set, it mast, it is best to consider a ante nna wire next to th e resonated at 14.2 MHz, set
would be a good time to mi nimum feedline length of center insulator will help you the transmitter to 7.2 MHz.
prepare the RG-58/ U feed- 90 '_ identify the shield-fed side. It Adjust the outer ends of the
lines - two feedlines, elec- Assuming that this length is a good idea to wrap a piece di pole, at insulators A and C,
trically identical to each will satisfv your need, cut a of tape around each length of for lowest swr. The dipole
other and long enough to piece of coax to measure 90'. coax 17' fro m th e feedpo int. shoul d now be adjusted for
reach from th e antenna feed- Measure it electrically and This wi ll give you a con- resonance on 40, 20, 15, and
points to the shac k. As I prun e it to reson ate as a full ve nient way to space the 10 meters. It is not likel y that
mentio ned previousl y, it is a wave at 7.2 MH z. If the d ipo le centers 17' out from the antenna will show 1:1 swr
6.
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I I
quencies ; but t he d ipo le will taneously for in-phase o pera- I , I
be reso nant, and t hat is the tion. In position 3, EFG lags 0\1 .......

importan t th ing. Excessive

swr will be flattened o ut in
ABC. Fig. 3 shows d irectivity
fo r the syst em o n the various I
f I
the an ten na coupler. bands. I I
Dipole EFG should be put I I
Performance • I I
up a nd adjusted in the sam e I I
manner as di pole A BC, but To sta te gain, fron t-to- I ,,-01'"
I ., ~

yo u m ust take down, or at back, and f ro nt-to-side figures I I

IL _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 400 " ._ I
least collapse, di pol e ABC in decibels for a practic al " -- - --
VAR IAaL[ c . · --l

whil e adj ust ing d ipo le EFG. antenna system can be, a nd
If for no o t her reason , ta ke usually is, misl eading. Wh en -
Fig. 4. L-net work. Cl - 400 pF air variable capacitor; Ll -
t his on fa ith. ever I see such da ta, I wonde r
coil, 11 turn, 8 tpi, 2W ' diameter, 11 gauge; 51 - 12-posi/ion
Once dip o le EFG IS if t he sys tem in poin t is com-
rotary (phenoUc okay to 300 Watts).- 52 - 5PO T rotary
resonated, lea ve it in place par ed wit h a n isotropic
(phenolic okay to 300 Watts).
and reerect d ipole ABC. The sou rce, real dipole (horizonta l
two dipoles m ust be exactly or ve rtical), or vertical
opposite each ot he r fo r pre- (g round p la ne, gro u n d s ho r t- distance communica- - Part IX," CD. Feb.• 1969. p .
54 .
dicta ble resul ts, an d the feed- mounted with radials). And t io ns. 4 . Lee . P. H.• "Ver tical Amer mas
po ints should be about 34' the re is the conside ra tion of So, there it is, "an antenna - Part XI ," CD, Apr il. 1969, o.
apart, give or ta ke a foo t. Fo r angle o f rad iation of the main system with gain, d irectivity, 38 .
the sake o f neatness an d lobe (s). The best I can te ll excell e nt front -to-back ratio, 5. Hv ·G ai... Elec t ro n Ics Co rp.
E...gin eering Rep o rt . " A mateur
safety, ta pe t he two fcedll nes you a bout the perve rt ed vee rotata bllitv, low co st, a nd Phasi...g.' ·
toget her fro m th e base of the is that y ou can expec t gain of relat ively sim ple a nd safe co n- 6 . Bibbv , M. M.• " U nid irec t ional
towe r to wh ere th ey enter the 3 t o 5 deci bels in the main st r uct io n," with a-band A me nnas for the Low- Freq uencv
shac k. A co up le of wraps of lo bes and attenua tion of 10 capability, as well. It's a band s," Ham Radio , Jan., 1970,
p. 6 1.
electrical ta pe every 8 ' o r so to 30 deci bels in the nulls. whole lo t cheaper th an a 7. Schultz. J ., "2 Element s
will do nicely. Th e com pariso n is made linear amp lifier (which does
Spaced A Qua rter,Wavel e n gt h,"
As I mentio ned previousl y, aga inst a si ng le-eleme nt nothing to improve recep- 73. Ja n., 1968 . p . 22.
the phasi ng uni t is a sim ple di pole such as A BC. t ion ).- 8. Swank, J. A . • "Po u r-Element
bu t most effect ive device. I Th e perverted vee is an Refere...ees Phased Ver tical Arrav:' Ham
Radio. MaV. 19 75, p.24.
credi t my good frien d an d efficient rad iator an d an 1. Lee . P. H.• " Vert ica l A n te n n as 9. Pare-Tra ps, " 4FG Da ta Sheet"
m e n t o r , J err y S wa nk excellent DX system. As a - Pa rt IV ." CD. Sept., 1968. p . (Pac e-T raps, BOle 234, M idd lebury
W8H XR, for first showi ng me vertical , it pro vides good 37. CT 067621-
t his circ u it. T h e only lo w-a n gle radi at io n an d 2. Lee. P, H., "Vertical Am erm as 10 . The Rad io A mateu r ', Hand ·
"tricky " th ing about its con- di rectivi t y. Com pared with -46 .Part V II I," ca, Ja n., 19 69, P. book , 1972. p . 592.
11 . The Rad io Amate ur ' s Ha n d -
st ruction is t o be sure tha t gro und-mou nte d or gro und 3. Lee. P. H., " Vert ical A m en...as book . 1972, p . 588.
you co nnect the shields of pl a ne vert ical phased array s,
the t wo pieces of coax to- it per form s well wi th less Parts List
gethe r and to ground. Use dependence on Earth reflec - 120' a nteo ne wi re (I prefe r 141la uge enamelled copper. It is easy to
short p ieces of RG-58/U tlon s, rad ials, etc. Co m pared ha... dte , and the en amel coa ti ng creve... ts o xtdetio ... .l
70' nvron cord. l IS" d iam eter
be tween contacts 1 a nd 3 an d with ph ased invert ed vees or 4 e ...d i...sula tors (ordi nary 3" c c rcere t... or 1" x 3" xv." stri ps o f
t he SO-239s. These pieces of hori zontal dipoles, it is far Luci te. ™
coax shoul d be the same less com plicated to pu t up, 2 ce...ter insulato rs t o aceorrvnodate RG· 58/U (S &W, HV-Ga in, Pace.
length . req uiring only a single sup- Gree ne, etc., or vou r favo rite home brew- woel.
4 tra ps. resonated to 14.1 MHz (Pace-T rap s o r horne brew)
With the switch in posit ion porting mast o r t ower. And 2 T V sta ndoff insula tors (mast ty pel
1, dipole ABC lags dipole li ke a n inverted vee, it will 1 SO' push-up T V mast ( if VOU dort 't al readv have o ne, o r a 50" tower o r
EFG. In position 2, both pro vide reliable mid dle- a nd 2 SO' t rees to stril"lg a ca t eea rv betwee... )

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..... . '1 > , -. ~ - ,. , . ~ . · I ; . •~ (-, ..... ' ) J~ couldn't! Only a few distribu- ment of their s urroundIngs. un-
: . t l t. . , ~}
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£>
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tors of gear had Joined up , the fortunately, they have been
main group of man ufacturers held back in their growth to big·
telling the League to go jump ! ger and better things by the
Your editorial also brought out policies expounded by the
- into the open some new facts ARRL. Rather than encourage
-•
concern ing the group know n as them to advance beyond what
1 _ _ J . . ..
' .- >
HFers. While the League warns
us of the s inister intentions of
they ha ve now. the Leag ue
drives everyone into Novice
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this group, only you have the
courage to ra ise the point that
courses , the e nd res ult be ing
that they ca n now use legally
by fa r thes e operators a re the the ir Yaesus, Kenwccce, et c.,
from piIfIe 65 and who stands for them- Crea m of the c rop. While the ir on smal l portions of Inte ns ely
selves . act ions a re 1IIegai (WhiCh most c ro wd ed ba nds . Doe s the
League's kil ling of CB on 220. Your Marc h editorial is a of CB was until t he FCC recanz- League e ncourage them to ad-
the League's Code of Ethics to good po int. Whe n forced to ed it ), the s e ope ra tors attemp- va nce to Ge neral and above?
be forced upon everyone, a nd s how how muc h impact the ted to do some t hing about No, they pet it ion the FCC to
the Le ague ' s fu tile e ffo rts Code of Ethics has had con- c rowd e d ba nd c o nd it io n s, widen the Novice band on 80,
toward WARC '79, I rea lized sidering the amount of pubnct- idiotic a nd dangerous ope ra-
who s tood tor amateu r rad io ty they gave it, t he League tions, a nd the general Improve- Continued 0 11 p age 73

69
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71
 Creeping Crud Got Your SignaB
- pollution is slowly destroying your beam

Da Vf' Ingram K4 T WJ QTH is moved . This cou rse us e d with tnband beam s to
e ac h el emen t . Co lo re d
Eastwood VilfaKf'. No. 120/ So. insure their lo ng life. Any
of acti on is so m e w h a t strips o f e le ctrical tape a re
Rt. /1 . Box 499 of t he se c o nc e pts will
natural beca use acces s to ideal fo r thi s coding step .
Birmingham AL 35210 a t rihander is usua lly dif-
prove qu ite helpfu l whenlikewi se , pla ce a ll spac e rs
f icult and because factory-
refurbi shing an aged beamand/or mo un t ing blocks in
pre set tra ps are se ldomo r ve rt ica l an tenna .an appropriate place to
c hecked . As a resu lt . many
Wh il e some bea ms ca n
avoi d lo s i n g t hem .

O ne of t he most ofte n ne ighborho od in sects fi nd

neglec ted item s in an
be acc essed from the ir
the trihander an ideal san c-
amateur setup is the tri- tuary in which t o live and
location atop a tower, the
usual procedure involves
Mu rphy's law al ways re igns
su p re me whi le worki ng
wit h a ntennas!
band beam antenna . O nce eventually create c a r- waiting until they c a n be The f irst " re b uild ing"
this lone rad iator is pu r- bonized paths in co ils and moved to gro und le vel for
st e p u s u al ly i n vo lve s
c hased a nd placed a top a insulators. servici ng . Before di sa ssem-
rep la cin g t he antenna's
tower o r ma st, it is seldom Th is art icle will descri be
bling a trapped antenna , coaxia l cab le with a new
ma intained, until signa ls some basic maintenan ce ca re fully ma rk each e le-
length of the sa me im-
deteri o rate to un accept- id e as and pre se rvation ment's position and t he pedan ce . If yo u aren ' t
ab le leve ls or un t il the measu res which can be con nect ing se c t io n s of
u si ng a low-lo ss fo am
die lect ri c c a ble, now's an
ideal tim e to make the
cha nge. Re st as sured the
sma ll additonal cost of
foam cab le is worth its

- o ut lay. (O ne of the best all -

arou nd types o f SO-O hm
c o a xia l ca b le that I' ve
- - found is Beld e n's 8214 . It's
mildl y expens ive, a nd its
loss a t 28 MHz is qu ite
low .)
L The ne xt logic a l opera-
tion is d isassemb ling the
va rio us p ie c e s of c o nnec t-

• I '
• ing tub ing. cleani ng the ir
co nta c t a reas, and then
re a ssem bling the m. Wh ile
,...- thi s s t e p m a y s ee m
somewhat tri vial , it ca n
make a noticeab le dif-
ference in a ntenna perfor-
mance . Should su c h con-
ne ctions appea r at c urre nt
Photo A Disassembled antenna elements are placed in a logical sequence and cofor loops on the a ntenna , a
coded with tape before rebuilding efforts begin. Remember to a lso color code the boom mere fra c tion of a n Ohm
and keep track o f the mounting b locks. c o u ld redu c e s ig na l
72
 strength . As a (remote) ex-
ample, you 've probably
noticed how cleaning the
battery contacts on a n
automobile also re d uces
resistance and often per-
mits a weak battery to
c ran k a c a r. Alt hough sa nd-
paper clea ns anten na
elements very we ll ,
replacement packages of
" c o n t a c t grease " can
usually be purchased from
the antenna 's o riginal
manufacturer . Clea n the
elements individua lly to
eliminate any possibi lity of
c ross -co n nect ing th em
dur ing re asse mbly.
Next , disassemble the
traps , and
whatever maintenance is
perfo rm
•
indicated by their condi-
tion (assuming, of course, Photo B. This shows what 's in a trap and how it 's disassembled. The coil in the upper left
that your unit doesn 't was charred by a carbonized path, as described in the text. The driven-element coils are
employ hermetically coated with Corona Dope to improve rf insulation.
sealed t raps). Overlooking
this step may render your
re bu il d ing effo rts worth- suc h a "s urp rise" is the ca r- li gh t coating of Co rona cation o n my beam whic h
less, so he re's a t rap- bonized path shown on the Dope was also used to seal proved very worthwhile . A
reworking guideline. left top e lement of Photo the damaged area . W2AU 1 :1 balun was in-
First, spread a small B. Apparently, a spider The next step involves sta lle d at the driven ele-
amount of petroleum jelly crawled through a drain lightly coating the driven ment, and it improved per-
near the boot on each end hole in the director's trap element's coils with Coro- formance appreciably . The
of a trap . Then, using a cir- and became lodged there na Dope . This will prevent swr also decreased , though
cular rocking motion, free duri ng transmissions (such dampness accumulation that change could also
the boot and slide it back accidents are we ll known and will make the traps have been due to the trap
slig htly. Th is pe rmits ac- among b roadcast engi - h ig h -vo ltage proof. re bu il d ing efforts.
cess to the co il's mount ing ne e rs). Eventually, the rf Alt ho ug h t he coi ls are In conc lusion, r would
screws . Carefu lly rem ove e ne rgy induced into t his darkened by the Corona definitely say that rework-
the sc rews and pull each co il charred its polystyrene Dope, it doesn't adverse ly ing aged trap antennas
end from the trap's outer form and warped one end affect their performance. (either beams or verticals)
tubing . Clean the coils with of the coil . This trap was Finally, the antenna is is truly worth the effort and
a soft brush, remove any rebuilt by carefully re- reassembled and sprayed time. Why not give it a try
foreign matter, and repair bending the coil. cleaning with a liberal coating of the next time you become
any unfortunate "sur- the form of all carbon Krvton l clear plastic . displeased with that anten-
prts es" which may be deposits , and moving its Then, it's placed back atop na you 've enjoyed for
fo und . sc rew connection 1 8 0 the towe r o r mast. severa l years? The results
O ne typical exam p le of de gree s on t he fo rm. A I t ried one other rnodifi- may amaze you .•
.-
•. , 1
,
'j -· c ... ...
r. ~
j l... '. ; .~ (' , . ~ .)
~...
J .. ~" " of Ethics which the ARRL tries
to force down their th roats.
plan for the future needs of the
Canadian amateur. The DOC
Unfortunately for the United proposed a no-code VHF·UHF
States, there are not more peo- ticket (completely legal under
• ple like you , Wayne, who are International rules), which with
willing to stand up for their some major adjustments ap-
•- rights and be counted , In pears certain to become a reen-
•
Canada we have the same prob- ty, To be sure, the League was
I
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lem, only it goes by the name of
the Canadian Radio Relay
League. However, there is a
there with its own proposal for
a Novice ticket very similar to
that in the U.S. today. Fer-
second "national" group in tunately, this was shot down.
from page 69 of amateurs. Why should they Canada, the Canadian Amateur Not to let a dead issue stay
conti nue when all they have to Radio Federation, which has dead, the CRRL now wants to
thereby keeping many from pro- gain is more room to send CW, been successful in thwarting limit the existing "amateur"
gressing further. With incentive which is rapidly becoming an many of the same stupid moves license in Canada for the first
licensing, courtesy of the outdated mode of cornmuntce- of the league in Canada. Re- six months of operation to CW
League, the bottom three uons. and when they learn of cently, a CARF,sponsored svm- only. Atter six months, an en-
classes of American amateur the many wucn-twnts such as posium with the Department of
licenses now have the majority intruder watches and the Code Communications was held to Continued on (JiIge 75

73
 Towering
Low Band Antennas
berserk mathematician
figures impedance

Schulz K 30QF
Wahl!!" 2h lated in graphs cited in the paper, so divide the 12Yi
3617 Nanron TeFrace 60 11I0Qe - J- lJ reference material. To use the inches by 2, which equals 6!-4
Philadelph ia PA 191 54
a
graphs, Zo values must be inches. Use this value from

R ecently there have been

so me articles written
a bo ut ver t icals that expl ained
Th e
to a n
mission
vertical is co mpared
o pen-en ded t ran s-
line and its charac-
known, along with antenna
height in electrical degrees.
now o n in this problem.
3. Construct line A 6!-4
inch es long, as shown in Fig.
the electrical parameters by ter ist ic impedance is found. This article addresses itself
1. Then divid e the line in
m a th em atic al e x p r e s- On c e th e c har acteristic to determin ing the radius of
two, marking 0 f the hal fw ay
sions. I , 'l , 3 The main em- impedance is known, the irr egul ar shapes, such as
point 3-1/8 Inches (B) from
phasi s o f one art icle was conjugate impedance valu es towers used in amateur radio.
each of the li ne ends.
placed on a formul a devel- (resista nce and reactance) are Why towers? Latel y, there is
a trend among ama teurs to 4. Construct li ne C 7 inch es
o ped by Dr. Sergei A. Schelk- found by a transmission li ne lo ng, perpendicular to line A.
u noff o f Bell Telephon e f orm ula. These conjugate series fee d or shunt feed their
towers on 160 ar.d 75 meters. 5. Construc t line D 6 ~
Laboratories. values have also been tabu- inches long from the end of
If the above eq uation is to be
used in solving for conjugate line A on the left side of the
impedance of a tower, its triangle to line C.
irregular shape must be 6. Construct line E 6!-4 inches
equated to a circle. long from the end of line A
on the right side of the tri-
The example shown here angle to li ne C intersecting
will be a three-sided tower - with line D. This completes
Rohn model 25. This tower construction of the equi-
measures 12Yi inches o n each lateral triangle. (Note that
of the three si des. The next each angle is 60 degrecs.)
requirement is to find the 7. On lines D and E, measure
center of the eq uilateral the halfway points or divide
tria ngle. t he line in two, as was the
To accomplish th is, the case in ste p 3 for line A.
following steps are necessary: 8. On lines D and E, draw
LEn SlOE AIG'H Sl OE
perpendicul ar lines F and G
O' T ~ ' . N G L [ ~ rll'."GU 1. Get one piece of note at the halfway points so th at
paper, a right triangle, a ruler, lines F and G intersect with
and a compass. line C
2. The tower triangle is too 9. At the center point, use a
Fig. 1. large to be drawn o n note compass and draw a circle
74
 200 0 , - - - - - - ---,
00

lo • 8 0 0 '\
00 Zo . eco
-,
Zo' 400

ZO ' 6 00
Zo ' ~OO •• 00
17 -,

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~ Zo ·300

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Zo · 30 0 -t\-tVC~

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40 80 100 12 0 14 0 reo
~ ~ TE N ~ ~ ~EIG~r (6) ,~ OEGREES as
Fig. 2. Base input reactance of cylindrical antennas over a a0
/
p erfectly conducting ground plane. 6
"
"so eo '00 rzo ," reo ,"
arou nd the triangle points. eeq " a(0.4214) ~ ~T E N NA ~EIG ~1 I GI I ~ OEGREE S

The ci rcle sho uld touch all eeq " 7"(0.4214) " 2.95 Fig, 3, Base input resistance of cy lindrical antennas over a
th ree triangle poin ts, proving inches perfectly conducting ground plane. 6
that the center is correct
Now measure the radius to Using Dr. Schel kunoff "s
984 984 bridge (916A or 16068 ), this
each vertex, findi ng that the equatio n, t he characteristic A= =
method saved me a lot of
f MH z 4
three values each equal 3Y-: impedance can now be f o und.
ti me and effort in seri es and
inches, Let h be t he tower height (in (hi 13601 shunt f eedi ng tower s. -
10. T he triangle dimensions this exam ple, 60 feet); let a = 246'
A R eferenl;:es
wer e reduced by 2 to f it the be aeq, the equ ivalent radius.
1. " Surpr i sing Miniature L ow
drawing paper. Multipl y 3Yz 2h _ 160') (3601 _ 8" Band A nt enna: ' 73, August,
inches by 2, w hich equals 7 ~o = 60 [( loge - 1- 1] - 246' - 87.
a 1976, pp. 28.36.
inches. Seven inch es i s the 2. "The Mul t i-Band Trap Ante ll-
real radiu s value. Using t he graphs in t he ne," CO, Febr uary , 1977, pp.
121 (720") I _ 1)
T he f inal st ep is fin ding = 60 [(loge re fere nce list shows t his 2&72
2.95" 3. "Antenna-Transmission Lin e
the equival ent radius" repre- tower's conjugate impedance
= 3 11.44 n Analog: ' Ham Radio , May, 1977,
sent ed by a three-sided f igure valu e to be R 36 Ohms + jX pp. 29-39.
now that the radiu s i s known. Note: If the exam ple an- 25 O hm s 5 , ~ over a perfectly 4. Jasik, Henry , Antenna Engi-
a = radiu s of outscribed tenna operates on 4 M Hz, the c o n d u ct ing ground rad ial neering Handb ook , McGraw· H ill ,
system . I nc., New York, 1961, p. 3-7.
circl e wavel ength is 246 f eet. To 5. Jasik, op. cit, pp. 20-6, 20-7.
eeq = equ ivalent cy linder find elect rical degrees, do t he Since I do not own a 6 . Smith, Carl E., Theory and
radiu s in inches foll o w ing: General Radio rf impedance Design of Directional Antennas.

\ "1, 1.,
'. ,r-
; ' ".... t_. ·· •I t'.'. .~·
'. . . '
[ ' , " .• "'i J 1• ',. ing and passi ng a n exam
harder tha n the General ticket
In the U.S., the person must
two years now. When I fi rst got
into amate ur radi o, someone
told me that it was a rich man's
stay on CW fo r six month s. hobby. At that ti me I disagreed,
• Thank you AR RL-CRRL. Thanks but after looking at some of t he
for nothi ng! prices of new HF equipment, I
,~ . - Again, Wayne, thanks for be- think he may have been rig ht .
ing op en-minded and for tel lin g With t he cost of rais ing a
1 . . .... f. '
" ' ,-
'. it like It Is. I may not agree wit h family, it is very hard to Justify
...... ,,'
-. I·t·" everythi ng th at you say, but $700 for a transceiver, $200 for
you' re miles ahead of the a beam, and several hundred
American Radio Relay League. more for an antenna support.
Irom page 73 months of his f irst amateur William Leal VE31HB OK, maybe you don't need all
license. In the U.S., at least one Windsor, Ontario this, but w ho has a chance fo r
dorsement ca n be obtained for doesn't have to get his Novice making good co ntacts wi th all
operation on 10 mete rs and certificate to proceed, but can th e h i gh· p o w e r s tat ions
above. Thus, if they now have get, for example, the General. around? Sure, low power will
their way, no Canadian ama-
teur will be allowed to use voice
Not so in Canada, if the League
has its way. That 's one hell of
1 AFFORDABI LITY
1 get results, but I starte d on low

commu nication for the fi rst six an incentive, when after etuoy- I have been a ham for almost Con tinued on pa ge 79

75
James E. Taylor W20ZH t he earth) . Thus, if you wish
1257 Wildflower Drive to decrease these ground
Webster NY 14580
system losses, you should try
to decrease the current
fl owing in the radial system
near t he base of t he antenna.
This will serve both to de-
crease t he direct resistive
losses a nd to decrease the
penetrating field.
Ref err ing to Figs. 1(c) and

The 80 Meter 2, you can see that Elwell is

on the right track; t he current
at the base of the antenna
and out into t he radial system
is small for th is arrangement.

Pile Crusher Howe ver, his series feed at

the base of the antenna pre-
sented match ing pro blems
due to the h igh impedance at
t his point. You need to retain
the low base current, yet be

- the ultimate vertical? able to feed the radiator

direct ly fro m a l o w -
impedance coaxial feedline
without a matching network.
For guidance, let 's review
some antenna fundamentals.
The basic rf resonance of a
straight con duc tor is dipolar,
that is, the instantaneous
voltage at one end is (+) and

T he re is at least one
advantage to operating
exclusively on one amateur
laying of a full symmetrical
radial system. Thus, each
radiator did not form a
quarter wavelength lo ng.
Elwe1l 4 has pointed o ut that
the current loop of a resonant
at the other end (-). This is
the mode shown in Fig. 1 (b).
It must be noted that, at
band - it encourages dreams simple resonant circuit (for vertical antenna can be resonance, the reactance is
of better antennas for t hat maximum current) and t he moved upward away from t he cancelled, and, at all poin ts
band. radial system perm itted a base by changing the t uning. along the an tenna, the impcd-
At W20ZH, the ban d is 80 high degree of near-fiel d The qualitative diagrams are ance is a pure resistance. If
meters, and such hallucina- ground penetration (with shown in Fig. 1. you now loo k at Figs. 1(a)
tions have led to a novel attendant ground losses). However, before you set and 2, the so-called "1\/4
mobile configuration ' and to As a resul t of these abou t ' just copying what monopole," you see that the
an effective direction-switch- defects, I decided to start others have done, it is worth- fundamental mode of reso-
able array using horizontal from scra tch on a vertical wh ile to review some funda- nance is st ill dipolar, that is,
elements? The satisfaction array composed of two reso- mentals in the light of where (+) t o (-). The only difference
afforded by this latter con - nant radiators sixty feet (1\/4) is that the image plane acts
you want to go.
figuratio n has led to specula- a part in the rear lawn, like th e other half of the A/2
tio n regar ding direct com- sufficiently far from the If you are to have low dipole. If you start with the
parison with a si milar phased house to permit a sym- losses in t he antenna element, situation at 1 (a) and add top
array using vertical elements. metrical groun d radial system you need only use large loading, you can arrive at the
"A Low-Frequency Phased to be laid. This article diamete r conductors, in- current distribution at 1 (c).
Anav"" described prelimi- describes t he constructional cluding any loading coils Now, what does the im-
na ry attempts to utilize the details of t hese radiators. which are used . However, you pedance picture look like? In
sixty-foot supporting masts as also nee d to consider what is each of the three cases, the
Operati ng Principles necessary to achieve a low- impedance has a high value at
vertical radiators. How ev er,
loss image plane. Maxwell! the top, marked (+), and at
subsequen t attempts to Sevick" and others have
improve this vertical system shown that vertical antennas has depicted clearly the rf the dipolar image points,
using additional ground current flow in t he grou nd marked (-). At the inter-
which are much less t han
radials were disappointing. system of a typical vertical mediate position where t he
one-quarter wavelength long
T wo factors contributed to can be effective radiators if: antenna (see Fig. 2). current is a maxi mum, the
this lack of success: (1) the (a) the losses in the antenna The power loss in such a impedance has a minimum
undesired cross-coupling from cle ment and match ing sys tem gro und system occurs both in value - ......36 Ohms for the
the verticals to the horizontal are kept small, and (b) a the resistance of the radial image pla ne antenna and -72
elements, and (2) the low-loss image plane is pro- system an d in the gro und O hms for t he ideal dipole,
proximity of the house, vided using a large number of beneat h the rad ial system Fig. 1(b). The ideal way to
whic h interfered with the ra dials app roximately a (due to fiel d penetration of fee d such an antenna using
76
 •
,.,
.-I ,.,

I '"
."
, -,
'-
,.,
._- ~
A

J
H

/
'" '" '"
Fig. 1. Current distribution 0 11 three vertical antennas. The
tuned circuit at C simulates 14 wovelength. . '- - - u - - - _

52-Dhm coax would invol ve s tr u c t ed f o ll ow ing the Fig. 2. The hemisphere of current which flows as a result of
separating th e antenna at a principles o utlined above. capacitance of a )../4 vertical radiator to the earth or a radial
point near X, in Fig. 1(e), Th e antenna ele me nts were sys tem. At frequencies above 3 MHz, rf currents flow
such that the impedance is 52 asse m bled usin g alum inum primarily in the top few inches of soil, as explained in the text.
Ohms. But how can you irriga tio n p ipe, as shown in Ground rods are of little value at these frequencies, and spikes
avoid interact ion with the Fig. 3. or large nails are sufficient to secure the outside end of each
shield of the coax? Read o n! Th ere is, of course, a wide radial wire. With a sufficient number of radials, annular wires
va rie ty o f constructional interconnecting the radials offer no improvement in antenna
Referring t o Fig. 1(c) , con- efficiency, as the current path is radial in nature.
material available, but I have
nect the bottom of the
had suc h good luck using
antenna directly to ground
aluminum irrigati on pipe for with an i.d. of 2 inches. T he loosely over the PVC pipe, it
(el iminating the generator
sup po rt o f o the r a ntenna two-inch aluminum pipe tele- is suppo rted by the con-
shown). Now assume that the
installations that this was an scopes in to the ends of the necting wires. After experi -
botto m sect ion o f the an -
obvious c ho ice in the present PVC a di stance o f 12 inc hes, me ntatio n was com pleted,
tenn a is in th e form of a
instance. The two vertical leaving a 9·inc h length of the coil was wrapped with
holl ow pipe. If yo u place a
a ntennas were constructed at insulatio n where t he coil is 20-inch-wide fibergl ass tape
coaxial feedlinc inside this
differ en t times - t he second located. The coil is approx- fo r ad di tional support and
pipe with t he shield co n-
app roximat ely one year after ima te ly th ree inches long (30 pro tec t io n.
nected t o th e pip e at the t op
the first. For this reason a nd turns, max im um) t o provide
(po int X) and the center because I wanted to expert - The Adjustable Top-loading
an excess o f turns fo r t uni ng
conductor is then connected
ment wi t h dif f e r e n t ad justment. Si nce the co il fits The key e nab ling device
to the insu lated top sect ion, geometries (yield ing different
the feed point impedan ce, as input im pedances), I used
descri bed above, is presented ~ CAP ' METAL 00 PL AS T ,c)
different le ngths of pipe for
across th e fccdlin c. If yo u t he t w o anten nas. The 2"00 ."U " 'NU"
/ -,- '~~I GAT' O!'< PIPE
choose th e point X at an com pensa ti ng ad justa ble pa- ILE NGTM C)

impeda nce level o f 52 Ohm s, rameter is t he coil Indue-

th e feed line will be exac tly tancc . The dlmcnslons used
ma tched into 52 Ohm s, for the t wo antennas arc
resistive. sho wn in Ta ble 1. ••

Thu s , yo u h a ve, in The base section of eac h

principle, a rr ived a t a reso- antenna is a lengt h of t hree-
nant vert ical an te nna con- inc h-d ia meter irrigation pipe.
fig u ratio n wh ich has its Th e top sec t io ns are two-
curr ent loop a bove th e inch-dia meter pi pe. Th e top
gro und (t he re by redu cin g sec tion telescopes inside the
cu rren t in the radial syste m) bottom sectio n fo r a distance
and which presents a per fec t of three fee t. Insulat io n is
matc h to a low-im pedance p r o vid ed by PVC pipe
coaxial fee dline. As a fringe fitt ings, as indicated in Fig. 3.
benefi t, th e base of the an- Th e sections a re anchored in
tenna is at grou nd potential, a positio n by hose cla mps and
fact whic h o ffers simplified by strategically positioned
mec hanical const ruc tion. metal scre ws. Hose cl amps are
also placed a t points of hi gh
CONST RUCTIONAL stress to strengthen the base
DETA ILS sec tion. Fig. 3. A ntenna construction d etails. Not es: C W. - con-
The Antenna The coil s up po rt is a necting wire to solder lugs; CL. - radiator hose clomp; Coil -
Two antennas were con- 2-3/4-foo t lengt h of PVC p ipe Poly coil 2M" diameter #16, 10 turns per inch.
77
 Dimensions Coil
'~"
.... /"
__ l(
z ,n° I0
lOOl"
STU" PIPE POST A 8 c Turns
Antenna no . 1 3D' 11 1'>' all,' 20
• 20' 12' 12 ' 12
Antenna no . 2
"<In lIASE
____ ! " 00 COATED STHL rue,,,,, Table 1. Antenna dimensions.
/' LE 'OHM)"

/
su pport structure, made of sys tem was superimposed
the antenna moun ting base over the grid of parallel
and the post mounting base. ground wires (spaced te n feet
The su p porting post is raised a part) whic h were used for
to th e vertical positio n and th e ho rizon ta l phased array,'
then lowered into the pipe the image plane is connected
base t o complete the antenna to this grid by soldered cross-
su pporting structure; this is a overs at the med ia n grid wire,
two-man job. as shown.
Antenna Erection ADJUSTMENTS
As shown in Fig. 4, the Resonance
an tenna is pivoted at the base After erection of the
on a 5/16-inch-diameter bolt. vertical radiators and rom-
The antenna can be "walked pletlon of the image plane
up" - easily by two men or Installation, it is only neces-
Rg. 4. Supporting base construction details. with grea ter strain by one sary to adjust the sys tem to
(young) man. If I am that one resonance. Th is is accom-
which makes th is an tenna The Antenna Support man, I prefe r to use a ro pe plished by mea ns of a noise
sys tem pr actical is the It was desired t ha t this ho ist. After erection, the br id ge. The two feedtlnes
method of luning the radiator vertical ant en na be placed in anten na is held rigidly in were fi rst trimmed to an
to resonance from th e ground an ungu yed positi on in the place by two hose clam ps elec trical length of o ne wave-
le vel. Us u a ll y, a roller bac k la wn o f a ty pical whic h are t ightened around length at the o perat ing fre-
induc tor or o t her tu ning su burban lo t. Accordingly, a the a nte n na a nd t he quency (3.955 MHz). Since
method is necessary at the 2 1-foot length of 2Yl-i nc h sup porting pi pe. the feed line is an integral
base o f the an te nna, wh ich (nom inal) stea m pipe (2-7/8 The coaxial fccdline passes multiple of ha lf waves, the
sacri fices mechanical and inches o.d.) was mo unted in up ward through the antenna, measurem en ts are as if mad e
el e ct rical fl exibil ity. Re- the ground to serve as a and its shield is connected to at the anten na feedpoi nts
member, you want to have suppo rt ing post. Inasmuch as th e lower section of the directly. The noise bridge was
the antenn a self-resona nt so this was to be an adaptabl e rad iator, both at the feed - con nected at o ne an te nna
that, in effect, when th e feed- installation for future expe r t- point and, by means of a input, whil e the other an-
line is connected, it works mentation rather than a fixed length of fl e xible braid, a t the t enna was terminated in a
into a resistive load. arrangement, th e supporting base of the radi at or. Here, it 52-Ohm resistive load. The
The desired luning is pipe was mounted in such a is co nnec ted to th e cente r of r eso n a n t f r eq ue ncy is
achieved by means of an ad- manner that it could be rc- the sys tem of gro und radi als. measured by detectio n of t he
justable lop-l oadin g arrange- moved without disturbin g the The coax ial ca ble is then null of th e noise bridge. Thi s
ment mad e o f tw o Ci tizens buri ed syst em of radial buri ed so that it becomes a resonant freq ue ncy is the n
Band whips which project g ro u n d wires. This was part o f the radi al image plan e. alte re d by pulling the rope
fr om eit her side of the top of ac hieved by telescopin g the which flexes the wh ips at the
the rad iator. Lengths of su p porting post into a t hree- The Image Plane t op of the a nten na. For
ny lo n cord a rc a ttac hed to foot le ngth of three-inch- Sevic k a nd othe rs have exam ple, if the measu red
the ends of these whips and diam eter coated steel tubi ng shown that a large nu mber of resonant frequenc y is too
pass thro ugh awn ing pull eys buried in th e vertical position grou nd rad ials is req uired if high, the wh ips are extended
wh ich are su ppor ted from the as shown in Fig. 4. an effect ive image plane is to mo re, thereby lo wering the
mast by a hose clamp. A It will be seen tha t the be achieved in localities reso nance point. If there is, at
length of ny lon cord runs antenna is pivoted a t th e base where the soil has but modest firs t , not enough range in this
down the mast to the ground on a 5/1 6-inc h-diame te r bolt electrical conductivity. adjustment, the anten na is
level. Pulling on this cord whic h passes t hrough a length Guided by this previous lowered and th e number of
flexes the whips from t he of two-inch-diameter steel work an d by the dimensions coil turns is increased. Once
hori zontal positon to the tu bing, which is attached to of the available plot, I chose the desire d resonant fre-
circular configuration shown the base for t he supporting to use for each vertical quency is attained, this
in Fig. 3, thereby producing post. This tubing, which radiator 73 radials (50 radials antenna is terminated while
t he desired variation of projects approximately four plus the coaxial feedline), the other radiator is adjusted.
ca pacitance between the top inches above the ground each having an approximate A slight "tweaking" of the
of the an tenna and ground. surface, is assembled against length of one-quarter wave- first antenna now completes
Th is ad justment is sufficient the post base to form a rigid length. The image plane took the adjustments.
to cover the en tire 75 meter assembly before being cast in the form ..hown schematically
phone band without changing concrete as shown. Th us, in Fig. 5. For clarity, not all Matching
the coil ind uctance - a very when completed, t h is of the wires are shown in the Referring to Table 1, it is
use ful capability . assembly forms a rigid buried sketch. Since this vertical seen from a comparison of

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 bee n ope rated as a .wo-
element phased array using "00.<
the same delay-line switching ) er
ma nifold as has been USed "
with the horizon tal svstcm.?
Electrically, the operat ion
is as expec ted. Swrs are below
1.1 for all combinations of
the rad iators. Th e front-to-
back rat ios are consistently
a bove 10 deci bels. Th e
ph asin g is monitored by the ," ."
Lissa jous pattern on an oscll-
loscope. The in-phase, quad-
o
rature, a nd 4 5 patte rns a re Fig. 6. Toroidal matchtnq
as expec ted . transformers.
As mentioned ea rlie r, de -
tailed comparisons with the one would expect the ioni za-
horizontal array ar e planned. tion to be more uniform, or
Preliminary results indicate "smoo t her," so th at t he low-
that, for short-distance (out a ngle a ntenna sys tem wo uld
to fi ftee n miles) ground wave, come into its ow n, pe rha ps
the vertical system is con- p ro d uci ng s ubsta nti a lly
sisten tly st ronge r. Fo r dis- st ro nger signals th an the
Fig. 5. tances o ut t o abou t 200 h i gh er -an gl e h o ri zon ta l
miles, t he hori zontal system system. If t his proves to be
dimensio ns that probably the an t e n na t o the 52-Qhm is su bstan tia lly st ronger. Fo r true, it would explai n much
f e edp oint i m pedance of sou rce . distances greater than 200 of t he conflic ting data wh ich
antenna no. 1 will be greater Since the freque ncy used miles, the vertical system is has been reported down
than that o f antenna no. 2. is relatively lo w, t he t rans- stronger only if pro pagat ion t hro ugh the years regardi ng
Thi s is surm ised because, formers were wound with 15 condi t io ns are favo rable. It is t he effec tiveness of vertical
viewed as a d ipole-image turns o f zip cord o n a 2·i nch- my feeli ng that th is will be a n te n na systems on 75
antenna syste m, this feed- dia mete r to ro i d a l fo rm stro ngly dependent upon the meters. -
point is probabl y f urther o ff (T-200) . These un its were s u ns pot cycle. It wou ld
ce nter t han is that f or connected in the autotrans- appear t ha t t he lo w-an gl e
antenna no , 2. This proves to fo rmer mod e, and, for each, refracti on for thi s relativel y
Refe rences
be th e case - noise bridge th e t ap wa s adju s ted long wavelength radi ation
1. "The Mobiloop," J. E. Taylor,
measurements indicate this empirically using the noi se may d epend upon the 05T, November, 1968.
feedpoint resistance of no. 1 bridge. Residual indu ctance "s moot hness" of the iono- 2 . "A low-Frequency Phased
to be 70 Ohms, whereas that was tuned out usin g se ries sphe re. If this is true, one Array," J. E. Taylor, 73, July,
1974_
for c o nfiguration no. 2 ca paci to rs. The details fo r might expec t inferi or per-
3. ''The W2FMl Ground-Mou nt-
measures 40 Ohms . Rather these tran sformer connec- fo rma nce o f the lo w-angle ed Short Ve rtical," J . Sevick,
than change the antenna t ions ar e shown in Fig. 6. Th e (vertical) system dur ing sun- 05T, M....ch. 1973 .
dimensions to realize an input input resistanc es wer e each spot lows when the ion ization 4 . "Top-Leaded Vertical f or 80
resista nce o f 52 Ohms for is "rough, " producing exces- Meters," H. G. Elwell, i .. Ham
adj usted to 50 O hms.
Radio , Sep te mber, 197"
eac h, it is sim ple r to util ize sive scattering d uring the 5. " Another Look. at Rell ec-
b ro ad band toroida l trans- Operation oblique-a ngle refraction. As ucos," M. W. Max we ll. 05T,
fo r me rs t o match each This antenna syste m has t he su nspot cycle improves, Apr il,1974.

t e njoy amateur rad io. I know use?

.'••, J, -"C
- ' l")'• ~
~-
. > it Is growing because there are These th ings will not solve
• more hams in our area than all the problems of amateur
there have ever been. With this radio, but I feel that they would
growth, there have been grow- help the Novice operator in two
•
•
Ing pains. I have some s ugges· ways: He will be able to aflord
• trona for helping: the equipment to operate and
1. Manufacturers are putting he will therefore retain his jn-
'....- ' ." more and more into each radio . terest in amateur radio.
:,.,",
•.. c.. .,
•
h',>,
{
•
.. ,' . .. .
.. -, "1 ''. Why not start with a radio that
is one band (40 meters) and
Maybe somebody agrees
with me-maybe not. Anyway,
operates CW on ly? Then, as the I've said it and I believe it .
from page 75 "strong" stations on nearby amateur progresses, the radio Lewis M. Todd WB5SYP
frequen cies. would have add-on accessories Natchez MS
power (5 Watts), because it was It seems like this letter has t o increase the number of
all I could alford, and nearly started one way and is headed bands and add 55B and other I'd be interes ted in letters from
quit amateur radio. I guess I s ome whe re else, but the point such Items to upgrade the readers with ideas on how to
could fill page after page about is: " How can the average per- equ ipment. work DX without spending a lot
lost contacts and no contacts s o n afford an A·1 rad io 2. Why don't they allocate band
because of QRM from the real ly station ?" segments for 10w.powe r (QRPp) Continued on i»fJe 83

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8iIJ Desjard ins W I ZY/LA\1B P of coax which creates the
Heggevelen 17b phase shift between the t wo
1481 u vertica ls) is connec ted be-
Norway
tween eac h vertical. T he
length is If:.A on the operating
freque ncy* for a phase shift
of 1 80". Another piece, any
length , is co nnected to eit her
vertical and run into the
shac k.
2. See Fig. 2(b). T he phas-
ing sectio n of coax is con-

Phased Verticals nected bet ween eac h vertical,

as before, but t he length is
now 1A on the operati ng fre-
quency. * Th is will provide a
For Easy DX phase shift of 0°, or, in other
words, the verticals will be in
phase.
3. For more elaborate
systems, run two lines of
coax, equal in length, from
-and under $201 each vertical to the shack.
Th en you may either add a
YlA * piece of coax in o ne
line, as in Fig. 3(a), for a
180" phase sh ift, or add not h-
ing and con nect the two lines
t he n a nd there , for a phase
shift of 0", as in Fig. 3(b).
(Does n't even t his amo unt of The advantages of this system
C o n g ra t u lat io ns! Your
General tic ket has fina l-
ly arrived from the FCC gods.
Ho w much use d? ... That's
just as bad ! I' m a Ge neral
wi th a Novice's bankboo k. I
gain outperfo rm those "bar-
gain yagis "?) The main angle
are that you may select the
phase shift between the verti-
Now yo u can opera te tho se can't pay that muc h! Wh at of radia tion is vertical - very cals and, therefore, t he beam
segments on 80, 40, 15, and I'd like is a nice inexp ensive impor ta nt for OX wo rk. The head ing from the convenience
10. But mos t interest ing is a ntenna which per form s nice- directiv ity is bidirec tional , in of the operating posi tion.
the pri vil ege of operating o n ly on DX, say , for und er t wo direc t ions. As an added
t wenty doll ars. I'd like it to Erectio n of t he Ante nna
t he 20 met er ba nd. a ttr action , t he beam heading
be easy to con str uct and o p- can be changed by 90°. This An y vertical ante nna sys-
After a fe w days of liste n- tem shoul d be used against a
erate." is done by phasi ng ca bles, bu t
ing to th e most int eresting Obvio usly, if you've t ake n good ground system. T he
mo re o n that later.
HF band, vou will no tice t he a loo k at t he prices for alumi- easiest way to achieve a
following: Most of th e bo ys num tubing, a t hree-element Th e T heory Beh ind the ground system on a roof is to
who rea lly work DX well will hom e brew yag i is n't t he eco- An tenna lay a system of radials (wires
not be using a d ipole. Th e nom ica l answer. And the As the name suggests, the run ning ou t from t he base of
most common antenna in t his neighbo rs might not appreci- phased vert icals system uti- the antenna on the roof). For
gro up is t he famous three- ate a q uad . If these two re- lizes two identical vertical ra- this antenna, the length of
element beam. strictions ap ply to you, my diator s, whic h are ei t her o ut t he radiators sho uld be 1 7' 7"
No w, you will th ink, a ntenna is fo r you. of ph ase by 180°, thus pro- for best performance at 14.2
" Boy, I'd rea lly like a t hree- I' m talking abo ut a pa ir of d ucing t he rad iat ion pa ttern MHz. The antenna will oper-
cle me nt bea m! Ho w mu ch is phased vert icals. Th is anten na shown in Fig. l Ia), or are ate bot h ends of the 20 meter
o ne? Oh , that mu ch ?! has a 3 d B gain over a dipol e. exactly in phase, prod uc ing band wit h the 17' 7" ra dials.
t he ra diatio n pattern shown Any where from 4 radials to
O' PHASE SH I fT in Fig. 1 (b ). It ca n be said , 20 and up are acceptable.
t ha t th e ante nna can beam in The antennas at LA~BP eac h
four direc tio ns. Fo r exa mp le, have 7 radials. (The perfor-
in Fig. 1(a), t he vert icals are mance is quite good.) T he
lined up wit h t he north, so radials should be laid out
you have the beam headin gs with the same angle betwee n
N/S . Yo u can also select the t hem {l.e., for 4 radials, t he
angle be tween should be 90",

. -"'. ,
• - _
•
O I RE CT i V I T Y_ B
pattern sho wn in Fig. 1 (b),
E/W. fo r 6 radial s the angle should
be 360/6 = 60", etc.). This is

* ,~

s
Fig. 1.
The Coax ial Harnesses
1. See Fig. 2(a). The 180°
ph asing sect ion of coax (piece
"Keep t he velocity f acto r in mi nd
w hen cu tt ing for RG-58/U or
R G- 8fU .

•2
 ' 9 0' SH IFT
just a recomme ndation, and, O' SH IFT SELECTA8LE" SH ,F T

if it is impractical to fo llow,
it can be disregarded . Since
each r ad ial is 1 7' 7" an d the
a nte nnas are spaced at about
'/ 4 • '/4 • r-- - - II~ ' - - --I
five meters, t he po ssibility of
2 radials overlappi ng (o ne
fro m eac h vertical) is good. If
this is t he case, b y all means
splice t he two together. Th is
should increase the size of the
ground system fo r both verti-
" ~ 1/2' CO_ X _
" _ I'COU~
"
cals.
I I ,
Co nstr uct io n
Whe n getting together the
I:---- To ROO '4LS _ "':

rc
I
T ~ AN S " ' TT E ~
- TO ~_O IA LS _ "':

rc
I
TR ~ NS .. ' T TE R
I:---j- " '''''''-j_.
TO " TO J2

materials for th is projec t, I

was careful t o use very easily Fig. 21a). Fig. 21b). Fig. 21e).
o bt a ina ble materials. I t h in k I
ach ieved this goal with some radiator. Now th e verticals
to spare. are rea dy for mounti ng.
T he two verticals arc iden- When mounti ng this sys-
ti cal in eve ry respect T he tem , the general ru le o f "the
ver tical radiato rs are mounted higher the better" ap plies.
o n base boards, each board a Bu t if t he optimum co nd it io n
four-foot 2" x 3". T he of a small, flat area of a roof Fig. 3Ia). Fig. 31b).
"pipe" is fastened to the is not o b t aina b le, the system
boards by cabl e straps spaced is perfectly at ho me o n the don "t get an accurat e length maining side o f th e co il along
every six inches fo r three ground. Give it a try ! when you are worrying about with the radi als !
feet. (Heavy-d u t y brads are a T he most important factor fa lling. If you wa nt to be
goo d substitute fo r the cable to keep in mind wh en selec- sure, cut the phasing section Co nclusio n
straps.] t ing a place to mou nt is to inside. After fou r months o f use
Now that each radiator is keep t he vertical s !4X a pa rt Sinc e the c en ter o f th e a t LAQBP, we fo u nd a 10 dB
mounted on its own board, T ry to keep th is as close to coaxial cabl e is d irectly con- i m p r o ve m en t in sign al
the next ste p is to mou nt all ~A as practical. Agai n, if ~A nected to the coil, the coax strength o ver the dipole.
t he ot her c o m ponent s wher- is not p ract icabl e, give what- should b e tacked d own t o the Also, wit h th e be am lob es
ever t her e is room. T h e coil ever is practical a t ry ! baseboard to lessen the strai n pointi ng at E/NE and S/SW,
sho uld be mounted as close
o n the coax-to-coil connec- many Japanese stati ons have
to th e bottom o f the radiator Coaxial Wiring
tio n. Don 't fo rget to co n nect been worked alo ng with VS6s
as possibl e, and an eyebolt T he actual coaxi al wir ing the coax ial sh ields to t he r e- and VKs. •
[woodscrew type ) sho u ld be sho u ld b e del ayed u nt il t he
plac ed six inch es be low t he vertica ls are in th eir penna- Parts List
coil. At th e bottom of the n en t berth. T he n t he line 2 tou r-teet lengths of 2" x 3" stock or equivalent
radiator, there should be a fro m t he sys tem (either ver ti- 24 beev v-d ut v cable straps or brads
lo w-resist anc e clamp. A pos- cal) to the shack can be c us- 2 five- meter pipes, %" in d iameter or larger (aluminum,
sib ility is to use a properly tom cut To be su re of accu- steel, or copper)
2 coil forms, 1" in diameter (6- 1/3 turns,6 turns per inc h) (L 1)
sized h ose cla mp. racy, hav e the phasing sec t io n 2 woodscreweyebolts
The next ste p is to solder precut before you go up on 1 approximately 120' of #20 or larger wire (radials)
o ne e nd of th e coil to t he th e roof. Sometim es yo u 1 required length of RG·5B!U Of RG·8/U

,. • I ,
>< , :' y..,0"' ~."- -;
.' ~~
_"'.
,t : ~ ' ~) -.) .
: ,,. about anything they really
want. Our recent reader poll
classes to the ir members .
Beginn ing in Sept ember o f
sho wed tha t the average 73 1978, we at Cedar Cliff High
reader spent almost $1,000 last School in Camp Hill, Penn-
year on ham gear . . . and that's sylvania , wil l be trying
, an a ve ra g e! Perhaps I should somet hing which may be of in-
write more about ways to use terest to you and any teachers
" your ham smarts to make
.,- ,.-.- who are a lso hams.
" J
~. money . . . other than writing A few months ago, Tom
-+ - 1 • articles for 73. - Wayne.
'.. r.' .. : : - 'I ' ."
" . c, <. • • ~l '•
"!' ,
"~. ....
l, ~~ Rutland K3lPW and I came u p
wit h the idea that amateur
radio need not be restricted to
Continued on page 79

of money. One good way is to

stick to CW . . . some of the top
turers are able to make enough
expensive equipment to set-
ura te the demand, l suspect
they will continue to concen-
I CREDI T WHERE D UE
L . . - -_ _
Ma ny hig h schools in the
I the ranks of extracurricular a c-
tivities. It is a known fact tha t
many people end up in c erta in
vocatio ns due to their involve -
certificate hunters and QSL trate on it. On the other hand, count ry ha ve amate ur rad io ment with amateu r radio. We
nuts are running relati vely low with it being so simple to make clubs as extracurricu lar ac- used th is fact to propose that a
power and ma king out jus t fine. extra money. a fair percentage tivities , and many of these
Until such time as menutec- of the hams are able to buy just clubs offer code and theory Continued on page 85

83
 Karl T. Thurber, Jr. W8FX/4
233 Newcastle Lane
Montgomery AL 36117

C e rta in pieces of ham gear

simply never become
outdated, becoming classics
in their own right. T hey arc
items which it is wise to keep
for their all-round utilitarian
value. One of these is the
Joh nso n Viking Matchbox.
The Matchbox series of

Modernize antenna couplers was intro-

duce d in t he mid-fifties to
match prac tically any an -
tenna impedance and line

t h e Matchbox! configuration (open wire,

coax, or single wire) to a 50-
to 75·0hm transmitter and
receiver. The 275-Watt and
l -kW models were produced,
both with and without swr

increased capability indicators. (Very similar units

are available today from Nve
Viking.) T he Matchbox is a

for a classic coupler real gem , being capable of

matching balance d lines of 50
to 1200 Ohms and un -
balanced loads of 50 to 2000
Ohms, with an ability to tune
out large amounts of reac-
tance, the amount depending
upon the line or antenna re-
sistance and frequency.
Dating from my Novice
days in 19 55, I had an old,
beat-up 275-Watt box (with
swr bridge) whic h had seen
con much, much hard service and
'- ' ~ E c , was in defin ite need of reno-
.k
1~PU T

• vation. The first step in re-

, r---

,,,
!;),
c -: l •• •
habilitating the unit was to
dean up t he cabinet interior
,,~v~c ( :,, , ••
•
s w, ~, ca and exterior (who needs a
I ,
~V I
I
,
, " m maroon cabinet"}, remove all
Ct, VER {
! '
,, hardware, and carefully spray
~ T R O C l.-
: l - ~llf~ ~v~~ :1
n o L IN•
UN US. EAR , ,,.\•_ _ _
, L_ _ __,
" L ___ __ _ _ .J ,
~
tJ~~ i . '
m
• the cabinet with a dull-gloss
gray enamel. The meter in my
".3VA C

:~'ENN' ("'- e>

CE"E A
~

T "
unit had seen..better days, so I
replaced it with a high-q uality
100 uA meter obtained from
a local surplus house fo r less

or loOOn ' "

....
, than $4.
I also have a Tempo 2020
. m
L
+- -~} " P2 OIRE CT IONA l t ransceiver in use, meaning

rr=
COU PL E R
that the receive-transmit
" switching fea tu re of the
DIRECT IO NA L COUPeEA

,., ,NO' COTO R ,",HeL EO

IN " ' TCHBO<
Matchbox is not required .
I F" O'RHI Therefore, 115 V ac is con-
tinuously applied to the
Fig. 1. Matchbox showing added components. Relay, RY1, shown in the transmit position; Matchbox T/R relay, when-
Bandswitch, SW1, shown in 80 meter position. *COQX output, additional 6.3 Vac transformer ever station power is applied,
added. t o lock the unit in the trans-

84
 sw ,U
( ./'- ,
6.3v~c I ~Y I
I
I
I
I
50 -239 ,
I

' RA ~SCC 'VER TO I ~ P U T Of

MOTCMeO X

c lIt I-_~~ " He MOOX OUT

· . ~ Tt ~ ~ . IS I OR TO OUTPUT 0"
CO. . ,w ITe M "AT CMe ox

Fig. 2. P & H ModeJ A R-l linear switch. *2- or 3-position coax

switch may be installed to allow antenna or antenna/dummy
load selection. **AJJows selection of straight-through
operation or routing antenna/dummy load through Matchbox
coupler. (SWl is an internal part of the P & H switch and is
front-panel mounted.] transformer which powers the tor switches would have to be
P & H switch. A 2- or 3- mounted on the front or side
mit mode. T his also pr ovides t he M at ch box. Fig. 2 shows position rotary rf switch can panels.)
a source of 115 V ac inside the diagram of the P & H also be installed to select
the Matchbox for another linear switch . Fig. 3 shows the overal l
between antennas and/or a
purpose - see Fig. 1. I f such a handy gadget as station rf wiring at my instal-
dummy load, if there is no
I have long possessed an- the P & H AR- 1 unit is not lation.
objection to drilling the
other classic, an old P & H available, there is sufficie nt panels to install the rotary T he resultant combination
Model AR-1 li near ampli f ier room inside the Matchbox to switches and additional IS rather satisfying and very
in/out switch, a handy li ttle install a D PDT ceramic trans- coaxial connectors. (If the versatile and is quite similar
coax-switching box con- mi tting-type rf switch to per- remote directional coupler is to the features of the Drake
taining a 6.3 V ac relay . I t is form the Matchbox in/out bolted onto the rear apron, MN-4 Tuner, but w ith wide-
designed to pr ovide selection switching. This would cllmi- blocking much of the rear range impedance matching
of linear am plifier/"straight- nate the need for the 6.3 V ac panel space, the rotary selec- capabilities. -
through barefoot" operation.
• MOTCMBO. BYP. SS ' N/ OUT
The unit can be provided T
with 6 .3 V ac power from a
• p a N ·", NEAR • .N HN~ . CPC R
. ~ H ~N. PREA ",P
small filament-type trans- I N/ OUT , w ITeM "
,"O OE L . R _I I
I JO"NSON V, . , NGI 1. "' EeO Pro cO .... - p.ss "'elE " T R A ~ SCE I V ER
~ O T C " B O x WIT M I JOMNSON 2~ 0 -201 ITe MPO 200'0)
fo rmer mounted inside t he 1------- ;" BRI OGE
15w I TCMEO BY XCVRI I
a.s o s COAX s ....
,,
Matchbox, receiving its power ,
from the 115 V ac going to ,•
the T/ R relay. The P & H unit '", ' "a ••
is mounted atop the Match- •• •
box and is used to provide ••"
tuner "in" and "out" ". e RIO G,
MH TM SB- 6 '0 '" •• "'ONITOR SCOPE
IM, ATM 5B-6 101
ST~ " ON CONSOLE

switching. A coax switch,

mounted at the antenna input
coax connector of the P & H
DUMMY C O~O
switch, allows switching of a WATTM ET ER AUX RECEIVE R
' MEU M MM ·2 103 1 IYAESU " ~ G -1)
multiple antennas and/or a
dummy load, either directly
to the transceiver or through Fig. 3. A uthor 's rf station wiring. "See text for details.
I , ·'r·
, .., ·· 5 periods per week for the en-
• tire year is worth 1 credit
toward graduation.) All
students will be given the
11....-_--------11
PERCENTAGE P LAY

I n your March. 1978,

Novice exam at the end of the editorial. you ask why hams
first semester and, hopefully, feel a responsibi lity to get i n-
many w ill progress to t he volved in cleaning up CB while
, "' . ,.
t .' •
Technician or General licenses
by the end of the second
we show no interest i n CAP or
the police frequencies. In the
...
:, ·1 ,_,
(",
•
...
~ . ' ,l
(
1
,.• , . ..
'r " ~l 1
' . r:.
~) "
i . ", ::-::
..
• ,.-'

; ;. " .' :"

semester.
We have hudqeted for and
recent AAAL survey . half of all
hams responding indicated
expect to be using Heath eqvro- tha t they are also CBers. I' m
from page 83 The course wi ll meet for two ment and the 73 code tapes and sure your 73 poll is producing
c lass periods per week study guides. similar results. I am confident
new course be offered in ou r (az-rmnute periods) and wil l run Anyone wiShing information that a similar survey would
school's currtcutum and , for for the entire school year. All on the structure of the course show that the number of hams
the first time during the 1978·79 students complet ing i t and our results with it can con-
who are pol icemen or CAP
school year, we will offer a successfully will receive 2/5 tact me at t he school.
members is tiny by compar-
course en titled "Amateu r credit toward their graduation Fred D. Smith, Jr. K3MOA
Radio ." requirements . (A class meeting Camp Hill PA Continued on page 87

85
Donald A Chappell W2A ZD the sup er mar ket;
48 Winn ie Lane t wo cabinet door magnetic
Pough keepsie NY 12 60 3
latches from the hardware
store;
one coax ial con necto r, chassis
type, 50-239 from Radio
Shack;
on e 19-inch piece of mu sic
(piano ) wire from a hob by
sho p, or on e 19-inch piece of
brass welding rod from an
au to su pply or repair sho p;
screws and nuts and/o r alu mi-
num pop rivets, as required,

The Miserly Magnetic f rom the hardware store;

spacers (if needed ) f rom the
hard ware store.
O pen the can of sausage,
Antenna discard the lid, and eat the
sausage (it's abo ut time for a
cold beer, also) . Wash and dry
the can. Drill a 3/4-i nch hole
in the center of the botto m
of the can to accommodate
-make this sausage-can magnetic mount the 50-23 9 con nector.
T e m porarily insert the
thread ed end of the con-
nector into the ca n from t he
outside . Using the co nnector
as a templ ate, center punch
the four connec tor mounting
holes. 5et aside the co n-
up your mind whether it's nector and drill the fo ur
D o you recognize one of
these problem s?
You just got a new 2
du c ky. Your rig is nor mally
in a second car, but you're
going on vacation in the
going to be a 5/8X o r a
collinea r and whe re to mou nt
1/8-inch holes wh ich you just
marked in the can.
meter rig or fin ished building fa mily car and are looki ng fur it. Maybe you just don't want If your magne tic latch es
t hat Hot Water 202 and are to drill holes in your car. have mounting ears, bend the
a t emporary 2m antenna to
anxious to go mobile. You're work those re pea te rs across Whate ver t he problem, the ears to co nform to th e inside
solution cou ld be the sausage- of t he can. For latches with a
going mobile wi th that country. Perhaps your pro b-
can antenna for 2 meters. single mo unting ho le in the
handle-tal kie and wan t some- lem is the need for a mobile
anten na unt il you can make As a 1/4)" vertical ground- center, a co up le of spacers
t hing better than the rubber
plane antenna, it perfor ms will be required bet ween the
well. Th e swr will be acce pt- latch a nd t he can to preve nt
a ble fro m 146 t o 148 MHz distort ing the sha pe of the
u t i li zi ng the instructi ons can.
• followi ng, and, wi t h a li ttle Magneticall y attach the
cu t and t ry, it can be red uced t wo latch es to a narr ow iro n
to 1.1 : 1. Thi s is a constr uc- straightedge at approx imately
t ion pro ject. Th e design is t he distance apart equal to
MAGNET W' TH M AGNET WIT H S'NG LE HO LE very basic and can be ve rified the insid e di ameter of the
~O R M E!l EARS OR US ING SPACERS
using an antenna book. can. Lower the latches into
So ofte n, it see ms, con- the can with the straightedge

".T
struc t ion pro jects make state- resting across the rim. A djust
ments about cos ts in rel ation t he latc hes so that the fl at
to what's in you r junk bo x. sides of t he latches touc h the
Now, no two junk box es a re inside wall of th e can 180
the same, and so me hams lack degrees apart. Using an ice
t he experience or knowl edge pick, mark the cente r of the
to substitute. T he building of latch-mounting holes with
the sausage-can anten na will sufficient pressure so that
only cost a couple of dollars you can see the mar ks from
even if you mu st buy all t he the outside of the can . Now,
materials. from t he outside of the can ,
Obtain the fo llowing: center pu nch a nd drill holes
one 5 oz. alu minum can of for t he screws or po p rivets to
Fig. 1. Sausage-can antenna. Armour Vienna Sausage from be used in mounting the

86
 magnetic latches. types .) Then fasten t he a PL·259 connector. Place the work wit h using the simplest
Next, file or cu t away t he magnetic latches o n the insi de sausage-can antenna on top of of tools. T he magneti c latches
rim on one side of t he can wit h screws and nuts or rive ts the car, an d run the coax ho ld well on a variety of cars,
halfway between the two fro m the ou tsi de, again using t hrough a window or fly to from VWs bounci ng across
magnets to allow the can to your iron straightedge fo r t he 2m transceiver. When t he country to a wooded field
be set down on a fl at surface correct pos it ioning. Solder radio is not in t he car or, day site to a full-size car at
with t he coax in place. t he music wire (a small brass more import antly, whe n the top high way speeds. This
You are ready for assem- welding rod won't rust) to car is parke d, t oss the an te n- antenna has also been effec-
bly. t he center lug of the 50-239 na inside. tively used on a car with a
Insert t he threaded end of connector. The sa usage-ca n antenna vinyl top by mou nt ing it on
the 50-239 connector into If mus ic w ire or other has been made and used by a the t runk dec k just behi nd
the can fro m the outside and ferrous material is used, spray num ber of ha ms in my area the rea r window.
po p rivet or screw it into the wire after soldering with with good success. Th e alumi- For an easy o ne-eveni ng
place. (Alumin um pop rivets clear or no nmet allic pa int. num can does not rust, is project that will perform very
won't rust If screws and nuts Connect your coax to the lightweight, offers li ttle wind satisfactorily, bu il d a sausage-
are used, get no nferro us con nector inside t he can using resistance, and is easy to can ante nna. •

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[ ,"'or, t o-watt powe r li mit, a quick
scan across 11 mete rs s hould
m o st other hams .. . would
have a difficult time passing
demonst rate the FCC's ability the ham exams withou t going
to enforce powe r limits. back and studying the ma terial
Robert A. Wiley WD9FQO again. Much of that stuff just
- Peoria IL isn't used in everyday ham-
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members are CSers is no real
Tha t's human na ture and not
worth a put-do wn.- Wayne.
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sho ws that about 10% are
CBers. My call for hands a t GE TTING OK
from page 85 voice privileges, I recomme nd hamfest talks also shows tha t
the Septembe r, 1976, editorial about 10% of the ac tiv e hams I ha ve been a n a mateur s ince
ison. in 73. The fact that 90% of all are in volved with CB. I did not 1934; my WAS was issued in
In the same issue, WD[lAUU Conditionals called up for ex- believe the " fa ct" that 90% of 1950. Ne verthe less, I like to
suggests t o-w at t 1 0 meter amination could not pass the the Conditionals called up for contact diffe rent US stations
voice privileges for Novices. To General test s hould prove the examination could not pass Ihe on CW -especially young pee-
WDM UU and others who may incent ive value of mail-orde r General. I do believe that a lot
not be familiar with mail-order voice privileges. As for the of Conditionals . . . as well as QJntinued on page 90

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Carl H. Crumley N4 VD
512 North Harrison Avenue
Cory NC 27511

The 75m DX Chaser Antenna

-SIB}" works on 7Sm
as well as 2m

R ecent ly , I constructed
a 1/4 -wa ve vertica l
wire antenna for 75 meter
plane for the ve rtica l
radiato r (a 61-foot w ire
su sp end ed fr om a ro p e
ground system .
H av i ng al ready du lled
one ax head down t o a nub
antenn a carries m aximum
cu rrent at the c enter in-
sulat o r it It is cente rfed .
OX wo rk . The anten na that hangs betwee n two bury ing only 12 radi al s, I The center is the minim um
wo rked fairly we ll , com- enormous pi ne trees). sta rted searching for an voltage po int , w hich is why
pa red t o my inver t ed vee at easier way o ut to imp rove yo u can u se pra cticallv
O n-t he-ai r di scu ssion s of
50 feet, occasional ly o ut- its perfo rma nce . Di gging anyt hing for a cente r in-
my antenna w ith 75 m eter su lator . A 1/4-w ave vertic al
perform ing it on OX and aro u n d in o ld ante n na
genera lly f al ling far sho rt OX ent husiasts br ou gh t is just half of a d ipole, wi th
books (t he kind tha t talk
several sni ckers abo ut my the ground pl ane ma king
on cl ose stat io ns (as would abou t rh ombi c s, windom s.
poor gro und. It seems that
be expected). and Ze p ps) turn ed up some up the mi ssing ha lf. Where
se rious 75 met er vert ica l
inter esting f act s th at le d to cu rrent f low is hi ghest in a
My or igina I 1{4-wave had user s be lieve in we l l ove r
what I h ave up in t he trees w ire antenn a, maximum ra-
12 ground rad ials 60 feet 30 rad ial s t o lower t he
n ow- a SI B-wave top- d iat io n occu rs. Ju st as t he
lo ng under it , as we ll as two gro und connect ion lo sses.
lo aded vertical. c ent er o f a dipole does the
ground rod s sepa rated by One individual even sta r- mos t radi ating, so does the
40 feet and connected with tl ed m e by saying that, Theory bo ttom p o r t i o n of a
a bu ried wire . I thought my even w ith 30 radi al s, I T he 1 /2 -wave dip ol e 114-w ave vertica l do the
ground-radia l system was wou ld have ove r 25 per-
wo rking well as a ground c en t signal lo ss t o the

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 most radiating , lo adin g a shortened wire in Parts List
All t hat leads to the fact a ny given situa tion , the l 1 12 turns no. 14 solid copper wound on 2Y2 -i nch form. Tapped
that the bottom of my ver- fo llowing ide as show how I 4 turns from bottom for coax feedline. Space wound to allow
moving tap for minimum swr. .
tica l was doing most of the a rrived at the va lues fo r my l 2 ae tume no. 14 solid copper wound on 4Y2 -i nch form. Space
work down where ground a nten na . I feel confident wound over entire length. A 'rupc erwaret Juice container is
losses were the hig hest . See that t he mess in my back- satisfactory for form.
Fig . 1 . The idea, therefore, yard is a 5lB-wave vert ical. e1 (if needed) 365 pF per section broadcast-type variable. All
sections may need to be pa ralleled for max imum
was to get the high current My met hod doesn 't req u ire capacit ance if resonance is not obtained with 1 or 2 sec-
flowing at a point up higher any sop histicated instru- tions.
in the wire, as in Fig. 2. That ments, o nly an swr bridge C 2 (II needed) 10 pF to 250 pF wide-spaced variable.
would make the radiating and a cheap grid-dip meter. Ground radials
part of the wire further Each radial approximately 60 feet long, buried about 1 inch
A 1/4-wave grounded underground in a furrow cut with an ax . All radials are
from ground and therefore vertical is resonant (has a brought together and soldered to a piece of copper strip.
reduce ground losses. This low impedance feed point). The radials do not necessarily have to be in perfect " spokes-
is an age-old idea hams Therefore, a grid-dip meter ol-a-wheel" conliguration, but may be bent to fit available
have been us ing for years will show a dip at the reso- space.
with 160 meter antenna s nant frequency if the coax
where is is practically im- is removed and the anten- A few more turns of wire coil to get a suitable swr .
possible to get a full -size na temporarily attached to added to the inductor and I My final results showed an
vertical in the air. the ground system . Sure had a good 3/4-wave reso- swr of 1 .4:1 at 3.8 MHz .
Electrically lengthening enough , my grid-dip meter nant dip at 4.S MHz . Now I (See Fig . 4.)
low-frequency vertical said that my vertical was had what I was looking for . In some cases, it may be
wires is usually ac- resonant at 3.8 MHz . A lit- If the antenna was 3/4 necessary to put a variable
complished by the old tle one -turn loop was wavelengths long at 4.S capacitor in parallel with
" c a p a c it y- h a t " and twisted into the vertical MHz, then, by applying the the base coil and possibly
loading-coil method . Ar- wire in orde r to get suffi- usual formulas , I found my even another in series with
t icles on t his met hod tell cient cou plin g fo r t he gr id- antenna was 1/4-wave- the center of the coax line .
you to stick the mes s on dip meter. length lo ng at 1.S MHz and (See Fig. 4.)
top of a wire , a nd it I lowe red the wire and S/8-wave lengt h long at 3.8
becomes longer t han a 1/4 placed a " ca pac ity hat" M Hz . Results
wavelength and more effi- (see Fi g. S) o n top a nd Just to test my theory, I This was definite ly the
cient for t he previously hoisted it back up. Now my ung ro unded the antenna way to go! The a ntenna
ment ioned reasons . But grid-dip me te r said my ver- and fo und a dip at 3.0 now should ex hib it a little
how long is it and does it tical was resona nt at 2.8 MHz . That would be the ga in ove r the o rig inal
rea lly matter? M Hz . With success just 1/2-wa ve po int, and, since 1/4-wave vertical. More im-
t ha ted to just ra nd o mly a round the corne r, I t hen ungrounde d half-waves a re porta ntly, t he ra d ia ti ng
toss up some to p load ing placed a n ind uc ta nce (see reson a nt (dipo les , if you part of t he wi re (the por-
a nd ho pe that it was a n im- Fig. 3) betwee n t he w ire . p lease), I had done every- t ion with the most c urre nt
pr ovem e nt. Feel ing a speci- a nd the ca pac ity hat. Sud- thing co rrect ly up to this fl o wing in it) is up a ro und
fic le ngt h wou ld be prefe r- denl y, I co uld not find the po int. the to p inste a d o f down on
able, I sett led on SIB-wave resona nt po int. I figure d it A S/8-wave vert ical be- t he gro und, Th is makes the
e lectrica l le ngth, since it had go ne ou t of t he low- i n g nonresonan t ( not ground system not as im-
wo uld theo retica lly give en d range of t he me ter (1 .9 presenting a low-imped- porta nt as when the cu r-
some gai n. My resea rc h ' MHz), But I d id find a di p ance feed point), I ha d to ren t is near the bottom .
turned up the fact tha t a at 5.4 M Hz, whic h turned put a litt le matching coil at There's no nee d to dig
S/8-wave vertica l is actua l- out to be t he 3/4-wave the bottom and tap up the you rself to death burying
ly ha lf of a " d o u b le-
extended Zepp" (remem-
point. M ult ip les of
1/4-wavelengt h vertica l are ,-* ooOUo
, "2-••'
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ber that ante nna?) reso na nt also, so, from this
ope rated against ground . point on, I rel ied on the
Since no one can give 3/4-wave dip to make my
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Fig. 4. Alternate feeding methods. loading (which hangs under capacity hat) near the center.
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w ire al l arou nd t he ya rd t he SIB-wave is phys ica l ly it comes t o work ing nearby l o adin g to m ak e it a
and offen d ing you r dog . ground ed . The lo wer at- sta t io ns th a t are usin g SIB-w ave at 1 .B MH z. From
Let me emphas ize t h at I m o spheri c n oi se l e v el anten nas whi ch tr an smit in my f igu res, you can see it
st i l l be l ieve that th e makes copy a lo t easier o n th e h or i z o n t al pl an e . didn' t take mu ch work t o
ground system m u st be w eak signals. Evident ly, t he ca pacity ha t get an electrical 1/4-wave
good f or an y ve rtica l t o be There' s o ne m in or di sad - and lo ading coil hav e som e at 1 .B MH z whil e 1 w as
a go o d low-an gl e radi ator. v an t age - it is fairly na rrow p ickup hor iz on tally and working my w ay d own to a
The radi al s sho u ld be no on f req ue ncy b andwidth . help m ak e thi s an all- 1f4-wave at 1 .S MHz (which
sho rte r t ha n 1 /4 w av e- M y usab le ran ge o f fre- aro un d better c hoice t ha n is what my SIB-wave re all y
length . No 4-f oo t gro u nd quen cie s is on ly f rom 3.75 t he 1/4-w av e vertic al. is).
rod s or cold-water pipes to 3.BS MH z . H owev er, th is The same prin ciples ca n Fir st on-t he-a ir test on 75
fo r thi s ante n na, pl ease ! is w he re all t he 55 B D X is be applied t o m ak e a high- meter 55B y ielde d a 5 by 6
An u nexpected advan- lo cated , so who ca res? eff iciency ve rtic al f or any plu s 5 o ve r 5-9 repor t from
t age is t hat t he SIB-w ave I have also f ound t hat LF b and . Ev en o n 160 G3KFT, and D J6TK broke
isn ' t as pr on e to noi se thi s ante nna work s b etter meter s, it would not be dif- in to say I was 5 by 9 .
picku p as a 1/4-wa ve, since t ha n t he o ld antenna w he n fi c ul t to get e no ug h Eureka, it w ork s! .

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Gary Toncre WA4FYZ Here was an antenna with no
13 764 S. W. 54th Lane t raps being used on 10, 15, or
Miami FL 33175
20 that would stand no
higher t han 5 feet unas-
semb led. The backyard fence
is 6 feet high, so in unassem-
bled form , it can't be seen!
What good is an unas-
sembled anten na? Well, t he
The Invisible beauty of th is vertical is its
co nstruction. It is made
simp ly of pull-apart T V mast.

Allband Antenna After the first S foot sectio n

is mounted on the base plate,
the sections are sl ipped on
the mo unted mast. For 10,
15, and 20 meters, no traps
are used; the sections form a

- works OX, too full-size vertical o n each

band. The disadvantage is the
need to go outside to t he
antenna and swi tch sections
when changing bands. This is
only a two-minute job, with
t he result that the antenna
can easily be taken down

T he townhouse is fast
becoming a new style of
housi ng in south Florida an d
in Califor nia. The you ng ham
livi ng with his family or just
out o n his own may thi nk
twice about living in a town-
when not in use.
The antenna's maximum
height is 20 feel This means
house because of the antenna t hat on 80 and 40 meters,
probl em , wondering how he traps are used to resonate t he
can fit a decent system into a antenna. There is a reson ati ng
bac kyard that may only be coi l that can be adjusted by
18' x 35', like mine. Worse hand - straight out for 40
yet, what ca n you do when CW or down for 40 SSB. On
t he townhouse associatio n 80 meters, short sections of
says no to any' ty pe of out- mast are slippe d on t he top
door ante nnas? In my case, for any chose n segment of
th e restr iction included T V the band. Antenna Super-
ante nnas, which have to be market includes enough mast
installed in the attlc. TV I, to cu t two sections for any
anyo ne? two segments of 80 mete rs
When I lived in a house, I between 3.5 MHz and 4.0
used dipo les strung abo ut 10 MHz. You can, of course, buy
feet off the roof, about 30 extra sections of mast and cut
feet above the grou nd. I them so t hat you can cover
found two cha racteristics of t he entire 80 meter band. The
t he dipole to be true: 1) I bandwidth on 80 is around
cou ld work only half t he 100kHz an d, on 40, 125 kHz
stations I heard, and 2) I for 2:1 swr points. Swr on
cou ldn't hea r much of anv- 20, 15, and 10 meters never
thing, especially OX. This rises above 1.4:1. The rather
hel d true for my 15 meter noticeable sections that make
inverted vee as well as the 20 the an tenna resonate on 40
meter dipole. After four years and 80 meters aren't seen
wit h dipoles, I was ready to because I only operate those
t ry somethi ng new. bands at night. When the
ante nna is set for operation
The Antenna on 40 and 80 meters, it will
I found t he answer in a also operate 15 meters with-
catalog fro m Anten na Super- out any section switching.
Antenna in its disassembled form showing resonating sections market (PO Box 1682, Largo
for the different bands. The two sections with the traps fit F L). After loo king t hrough The Grou nd
together for operation on 80, 40, and 15 without changing their cata log, I dec ided on t he The grou nd for a vertical is
sections. Model ABCl allba nd vertical. ve ry i m po r t a n t. In an
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 article in th e December, ground as cond uctive as po s-
1976, QST, auth or Stanley sible below the antenna, I
, 'OOT BASI' ' ' ' ST SECTIO ~
describes the a mo unt of loss decided to lay a piece o f
of radi ation versus the num- metal bel ow the an tenna. I
ber of rad ials. I The impor- went to th e local hardware RG-8 / U

ta nt po int of th e article is store and bought 3 square

that a gro und- mounted ver- feet of plasterer's metal la th
t ical doesn't require resonant - a tightl y-wo ven sheet of
rad ials. In fact, it wou ld be metal. It isn't a solid sheet,
better to put down 50 feet of but it isn't as open as chicken
wire in the for m of fi ve wire. Placed directl y below
10-foo t rad ials rather than the antenna, it makes a dandy
" "JH 'OOT S<:k,IO.~f
AC l A' "

two 25-foo t radials. The id ea ground . S ince we were

is to make the ground under- ripping up the grass in the
neath th e vertical as can- back yard and replacing it Fig. I.
d uctive as possible. T he wit h stone, it was easy to dig
radiation efflcie ncv fo r t he down a few inches and lay interested 10 omnidir ectional So me Tip s and Construc t ion
number of radials versus the t he sheet down an d cover it c o ve ra ge. Not es
length of radia ls is given in up. Fig. 1 shows th e rest of Before yo u try slipping th e
the article. If ripping up a 3-foot thc installat ion. The mount sect ions togeth er, sand t he m
Here's the shoc ker : I don't square piece of your bac k- for the antenna is cen tered down so th at they will slip
use radial s at all. In my bac k- ya rd doesn't appeal to you, o ver the buried metal and together easily. You will be
yard, plan ting radials would you can use radials. Just try ham mered down into th e happy in th e middle of some
be diffi cult at best - the to get a good density o f wire gro und and the metal lath. contest that you did .
gro und becomes solid coral below the antenna. Don't lay Four 6-foot ground rods Decide o n wha t segments
roc k o nly 6 inches down. them all in o ne d irection, surro und th e base and are of 80 meters you want to
Since the idea is t o make the e ither, unless you aren 't hamm ered inside the corners ope rate. Cut the m ast to the
of the lath . They are con- lengths required, as not ed in
nected to th e base with alu- th e instru ct ion s that come
minum ground wire to t he wi t h th e antenna. Sand these
point where th e br aid of th e sectio ns where th ey join , too.
coax is connected, I would re commend

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verttcat assembled for use on 20 meters. Operation before and

af ter growth of th e plants sho wed n o n oticeabl e difference in
S"f" or effec tive radiation. No te that no traps are used on this
band Top of vertical set for operation on 40 and 80 CWo

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etching a ll of t he resonating and pack them with th e from the local boys on 10 compete with th o se with
sec t ions with a d iam on d- masts. meters due to cross-pot ari za- full -size antennas.
tipped pencil or an ice pick. I feed the vertical with tion. T h is amounts to a Plenty o f OX is worked
You d on't want to be mea- RG-8/U coax. di fferen ce of 7 or 8 Sunits as here. Europe, Africa, a nd
su ring sec t ions and looking measured at K4HYE, so me South America are ve ry
them up in the instructions in Perfo rmance 10 miles east o f me. Believe stro ng o n this an tenna . Un-
the middl e o f the contest, The general idea is that me, after living in front of like my dipol es, OX statio ns
e it her. ve rt icals "radiate eq ually so me of the gu ys ru nn ing a are usuall y as strong or
The base mast sect ion poorl y in all direction s." I kilowatt and a beam po in ted stro nge r than stateside sta-
mount s to the base using two don't fi n d this to be true. a t me, it 's nice to be able to tions.
LJ.bolts. Th is is nice when Unl ike my d ipoles, I ca n now hear so me th ing else o n the The comb ination of easy
you want to totally dis- work a lmost anyt h in g I hear, band! breakdown a nd effi ciency has
assemble th e antenna. 1 used including most of the pileups Operating 80 meters ca n made th is system work for
this vert ical at fi e ld da y last on 20 SSB. be tricky at t imes. Unless yo u me. The .svstem might just
Ju ne, and it took just 5 Another result of using a used a lot o f radials or a wor k out for y o u. Tr y it, and
m inu tes to loosen the If-bolts verti cal is the lack o f QRM bigger lat h, don't expect to let me know the rcsutts.e

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5. inobtr usive;
6. wind- and iceproof;
7. instantan eou s change of
direct ivity with no rncchanl-
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8. cardio id pattern end fire;
fi gure-eight patter n broads ide
(see Fig. 4);
Who Says 9. always gro unded for light-
ning protection .
There have been man y
art icles of recent vintage
Verticals Don't Work? which have expo und ed on the
subject of vertical arrays, and,
while they are all excellent
readi ng, t he arrays are either
expanded to the point where
they are expensive to build,
- the four-band phased-vertical bomber or the y requi re more ground
space than is general ly avail-
able to the average ham.
On e art icle · t ouch es
• os T, " Br oadband , Steerabte
Phased Array ," Richa rd C. Fen-
William C. Purdy W2L FJ inalitv, since the design is 3. low-angle radia tio n; w ick K5RR and R. R. She ll,
342 1 Pleasan l Valley Rd . standard and encom passes 4. good fro m -to- back rat io Apr il, 19 77, P. 18.
Syracu se NY 132J 5 antenna theory wh ich has
been around for a very long
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are herewith enumerated :
article describing my vertical 1. relatively inexpen sive to
phased-array antenna system . buil d;
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Photo A. Fig. 1.
 closely o n th e array to be offs at th e base, as sho wn in
described . However, it uses Photo B, and is mu ch over-
two two-element arrays and sized, bu t, for 504 on th e
three ferrite hybrid power surplus mar ket, who wou ld
div iders and matching trans- argue? The coils can be fabri-
formers. My antenna uses one cated from B & W co il stock
Fig. 2. Btrd's-eve view.
t wo - e le m e n t ar ray, and for powers to about 500
matchi ng an d po wer dividing Watts. For a kW, t he wire size
are done with coa x and a sho uld be # 1 2 AWG or larger.
Tcconn ector. The general lay-
The 52-O hm coax to eac h
o ut is sho wn in Fig. 1.
vertical is termina ted in a
The design of this array 2-3{4 x 1-5/8 x 2-lI8-inc h
was based on pea k perfor- mlnt bo x, an d the cen ter co n-
mance o n 40 meters with ductor is led to the loadi ng
capability for operating on coil through a feed through
15, 20, and 80 meters, as insulator and a short piece of
well. The vertical he ight 1{4-inch fl at co pper braid ter-
selected was 30 feet, which minated in an all igator clip.
precluded 10 meters for low- Eventu all y, I plan to encl o se
a ngle radiation. A loading coil each loading co il in a weath-
was included at th e base to erproof box. While 3 feet of
faci li ta t e re sonance and sno w didn't seem to bother
match ing on all o perable operat ion last winter, weath-
bands. erproofing can 't hurt ! Fig. 1 Radial pattern.

The two vert icals are fabri- Each ante nna is fed with a It is impor tant th at these through a plast ic garde n ho se
c a t e d from h ard -drawn lengt h of 52- Ohm coax lo ng 52-O hm cables arc the same before burial.
copper t ub ing beginning wit h enough to reach th e point length, since no phase sh if t is The 52-Ohm cable comin g
1 inch fo r th e bottom sec- where th e phase switching desired at t his point in t he fr om t he "l-con nccto r can be
tion , 3{4 inch for the middle will be don e. My phasing is system. The cables are buried an y con venien t length to
sect ion, and 1{2 inch for the done in the basement of my und erground about 6 inches reach th e operating position.
top. The top is finished with home by relays which are without pro tection. Be ex- Note in Fig. 1 that the
a 1{2·inch copper end cap. co n tr olled from swit ches tremel y careful not to punc- phasing could be done with
Standard redu cers are used upstairs in the den , so the ture th e jackets. A safer way manual switc hing at the o per-
bet ween sect ions, and all sec- cables are each 10 0 feet long. would be to thread each cable ating position, if yo u don't
tion s are sweated with solder
and a propane tor ch. T he
ver tical s could be made fro m
alumin um t ubing or steel T V
mast tng, but co pper an d
solder were pre ferred for
integrity and permanence of
t he joints, and the cost is not
prohibitive. The easy (but
more expensive ) way o ut is to
use DenTron EX-l verticals
or even trap verticals.
Referring t o Photo A, each
vertical is strapped to two
la rge s ta ndoff insulators
which are mounted to an
Bfoot 4 x 4 sun k 2 feet into
the gro und. The bottom of
the 4 x. 4 is tr eated with
creosote and sta bilized with
some rocks and half a bag of
con crete mix. Some redwood
stain makes the 4 x 4 above
ground loo k pre tty. T he vert i-
cals are guyed at the seco nd
reducer with three ny lon lines
spaced 120 degrees on a
circle.
The lo adi ng co il for each
ver t ical is mounted o n stan d- Photo B.
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wit h no phasing in either leg
are o m n idirec tional and
figure-eight broadside, rcsocc-
• .' • • " live ly. In all cases , when
sh ifting bands, the ")., /4 match-
• ing lines must be changed
I ~ also.
Tune-up of the array is
fairly simple. Resonate each
load ing coil to the approxi-
rna te operating frequency
with a d ip meter by ad just ing
the co il tap. T hen hoo k an
swr me ter in series with the
coax feedi ng one of t he verti-
cals a nd ta p u p the coil a fe w
turn s from the ground end
with the coa x di p lead.
Apply some power at t he
o pe ra ting Freq uen cy through
the swr mete r a nd then adjus t
both coil taps for lo wes t swr.
Photo C The a dj ustments arc inter-
related, so some juggling is
mind running two coaxial T places t he two lines in Each plate IS drilled to necessary . Re pea t for the
cabl es and having a phasing parallel, it is desirable that acco mmodate 90 radials, other vertical.
line and two matching lines the output of each line which is about optimum for a After each vertical is tuned
coiled up in the shack for exhibit an impedance of 104 good ground. I install radials up, feed the en tire array and
each band. Ohms.' The input of each line as the spirit moves me by recheck the swr . If th ere has
The )./4 phasing and is 52 Ohms, so you must soldering a >../4 copper wire been a change, m ake the
matching lines are calculated determine wha t characteristic into a plate hole and then adjust ments that are neces-
from the equation : impedance is need ed in a ")., /4 buryi ng the wire in a sli t in sary to bring the swr in line.
146 ( V f) section to realize 52 Oh ms at the turf made with a lawn- The performance of the
l/4 (ft. ) . f {MHzl one end a nd 104 Ohms a t the edging tool. This get s the phased array ls spe ctacular
other. Calculate as fo llows: rad ials o ut of reach of the and is well worth the effort
where VF is th e ve loc ity
lawn mower and d oesn 't hu rt necessar y to insta ll it prop-
factor of the coax line and is Zo .. ..,tZiZ2 .. "/52' 104 • ~ the lawn one bit. F ig. 3 shows er ly. Pho to C shows t he co m-
0.8 1 for foam dielec tr ic and Zo .. 73.5 Ohms.
the general rad ial pattern. pleted array as install ed in my
0.66 for standard di el ectric. The above equation is Where t wo rad ials cro ss, th ey ya rd. I work any thing I can
For a frequency of 7.15 MHz n othin g more th an the a re soldere d together and cut hear o n 40 meters, mostly
a nd foa m di electric, th e cal- geo me t ric mean of the input sho r t at the jo int. Wh en barefoot. Re po rt s are always
culatio n is as fol lo ws: and o u tput imped an ces, and Photo B was ta ken, o nly 8 excelle nt, including "loudest
24610.all the ca lcu lation shows that radi als had been installed and on th e band" or "only W2
l/4 • ~ 27.87 ft .
7.15 MHz RG-1 1/ U wit h a charac teris t ic the per formance was quite heard on the west coast
The >.. /4 lines can be cut to imped anc e of 7 5 Ohms is a acceptable with 180 Watts ton igh t " S9 repor ts are co m-
the formula, or, for grea ter first-class ca nd idate for t he inp ut, mon in South Africa, New
accuracy. the lines can be job. T he horlzontal rad iat io n Zealand, Australia, Europe,
made slightly too long and The theoret ical gain of the patterns for this array can be and all points south. If the
then resonated with a dipper antenna with the cardioid found in t he Radio Engineers' QTH were not shielded on
to the desired frequency . Th is end-fire pattern is about 4 dB Handbook for various spac- the north by a high ridge
is done by terminating one and the front- to-back ratio is ings in wavelengths versus (wh ich generall y precludes
end in a male connector and about 18 d B. The front-to- phase shift. From these Japan, t he USS R, Ind ia , the
plugging this into a fema le back ratio proved to be ex- patterns, o ne can re ad ily Philippines, ctc.], I wou ld
connector wit h a one-turn tre mely useful o n 40 meter s d et e rm in e the necessar y have three verticals in an
loop. Loosely couple the whe n working to the west, by phase shift requ ired for oper- equilateral triangle contigura-
dipper to the loop and lop off atte nuating the European a t ing the array o n 20 a nd 80 tion and, driving them two at
small length s of the ca ble 's broadcast in terference about meters. (The array ca n be a ti me, have a card ioid pat-
bitter end until resonance 3 S units. used as is on 15 meters. ) To tern in six di fferent dlrcc-
occu rs. Then terminate t he A high-resistance gro u nd elabora te o n this briefl y, I tlons, instantl y switchab le.
bitter end in anot her male ca n soa k up all the power selected a 3").,,/8 phasing length Even so, th e broads ide bi·
con nector a nd the job is co m- gain, so a go o d ground system for 80 m eters to g ive directional mod e (see Fig. 2 )
pleted. is a must. I use a n 8-fo ot an end-fire cardio id pattern performs excel len tly to t he
The ").,,/4 75-0 hm lines and grou nd ro d a nd 32 ").,,/4 radi al s and a ")., /2 p hasing length for sou t h, and I have no tr ou b le
th e 'f-conncc tor comprise a under each vertical so ldered 20 meters to give a figure- working Cen tral and South
way of matching t wo an ten- to a o ne-foot sq uare co pper eight pattern end fir e. The Amer ica and Antarctica with
nas to one feed line. Since the plate , as shown in Pho to B. patterns for 80 and 20 meter s head-swell ing signal re ports. -
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8 2 3 428 62 b 0 2 STX" 8n [f 8 2 58[ 78 ( 1B ESC 98~
C 3 3 43 C 63 , 03 ETX· 83~ \: C 2 5q 7C : 1C FS· 9C,
64d J) o 2 7D) 10 GS"
D
E
F
4
5
6
3
3
3
44 D
45 E
46 F
65.
66 1
04 EOT·
05 ENG"
06 ACK·
84E
85J
86 'l'
,-
OEL
E
F
2
2
5DJ
5E
5F _
~ 7EN
7F .
1E RS
tF VS"
9D +
9E(
9F~
G 7 3 47 G 67, 07 BEL" 87 0 o o 4 300 20
H 8 3 48 H 68 h OS 85 88' 1! 1 4 31 1 21 !
I 9 3 49 I 69 i 09 HT 89 K 2" 2 4 322 22 ..
J A 3 4A J 6A j OA LF 8A"- 3" 3 4 333 23 ;t
K 8 3 48 K 68 k OB VT · 88"- 45 4 4 344 24 S
L C 3 4C L 6C I OC FF· 8Cv 5% 5 4 355 25 %
M D 3 4D M 6D m 00 CR 8D& 6& 6 4 366 26 &
N E 3 4E N 6E" OE SO " 8E 0 7' 7 4 377 27 '
o F 3 4F 0 6F 0 OF 5 1· 8 F "- 8I 8 4 388 28 1
P o 2 50P 70 p 10 OLE" OOP 9) 9 4 399 29 )
••
'.
Q 1 2 51 Q 71 q 11 DC1· 9 1 CT A 4 3A : 2A'
R 2 2 62 R 72 , 12 DC2· 92 .,. , 8 4 38 ,' 28 ·
5 3 2 535 73, 13 DC3" 93 " ,< C 5 2C , 3C <
T 4 2 54T 74 t 14 DC4· 9H .= o 5 2D · 3D "
U 5 2 55 U 75 u 15 NAK" '5X ,> E 5 2E , 3E >
V 6 2 56 V 76, 16 SYN· 96 ~ n F 5 2F I 3F7

Table 2(a). ASCII codes and symbols. *Undefined - default to NUL

~ 100
video display board . This is a codes are set to vector to be blanked out. The cursor
6 4 x 16 display which NUL if th ey are called. If you will be reset to the start of • ,
occu p ies 1024 bytes of want to define an y additional t he nex t line. If th at isoff th e
memory (7COO-7 FFF). machi ne cod es (or redefine screen, then th e d isplay will , ,
Bo th rou tines usc a any of the curre nt o nes], all be scrolled and t he curso r set
pointer in mem ory to kecp that yo u have to do is write a to the bo t tom line. • ,
track of t he posi tion of the mach ine language routi ne to A L1 NEFEED will move
cursor o n the screen. VIOLI N perform the needed func tion the cursor down o ne line
Fig. 1. Graphics block.
(oo ED) contains the low- and place its starting address fro m its current pos ition but
or der byte of th e cursor in th e mach ine code vector not move it ho rizontally. If it
a d d r c vs . whil e table (see Table 3). goes off the bottom of the Code Pressed
V I DLlN&l (OOEE) co ntains P ol y Mo r ph i c vi deo screen, it will wrap aroun d to CO No ne
th e high-order byte. Thls graphics characters can be th e top line. C' 1
02 2
pointer should be set to 7COO created o n the scree n. Wi th Pressing th e SHIFT-LOCK C3 1, 2
when the svste m is loaded. graphics, th e entire charac ter key will set t he shift-lock C4 3
The ro utines will ta ke care of bloc k is d ivided into six large memo ry bit to 1. This has the C5 1, 3
s q u a r e s . Wh e n th e carne effect as hold ing down C6 2.3
updating it.
C7 1. 2. 3
GRA PHICS key is pressed, all the SHIFT key as yo u type . C8 4
Operation six squares will light up at the It can be reset by depressing C9 1. 4
Both routines usc the cursor position . Then pressing the SH IFT key by itself. CA 2. 4
acc umulator to pass data any of t he keys from 1 The ESCAPE key causes CB 1.2, 4
CC 3, 4
back and for th to the calling th rough 6 will turn off th e the program to jump to the CD 1. 3 .4
routine. An 8-bit accumulator corresponding square . Any or address th at is stored at CE 2.3, 4
can have up to 256 possible all o f th e sq uares may be 17 FC. You will normall y load CF 1, 2 ,3 ,4
codes, but on ly 2 24 are used tu rned off. If a mi stake is the address of yo ur monitor DO 5
01 1, 5
by t hese routines. Table 1 made, then pressing any ot her program in th ere. The ret urn 02 2,5
shows how th e codes arc key on t he keyboard will address of th e routine that 03 1, 2 . 5
assigned to t he diffe rent relight th e enti re bloc k. Re- calle d the CHAROT rout ine D4 3.5
characters. A complete break- leasing t he G RAPHICS key is pulled fro m t he stack so 05 1.3,5
do wn of all the codes and will move the cursor to the that repeated use of the 06 2,3,5
07 1,2, 3,5
their displa yed sy mbols is next position. ESCA PE fun ction will not fil l 08 4, 5
given in Tables 2(a), 2(b), and The REPEAT key can be up the stac k. 09 1,4, 5
2(c). Th c sv mbols are depen- used by itself to move th e The CLEAR key causes DA 2, 4,5
den t o n th e type of charac ter cursor to th e right without the cursor to home to t he to p DB 1. 2 ,4 , 5
DC 3, 4,5
gene rator that yo ur video changi ng any of t he displayed left corner. It will alia set t he DO 1,3, 4,5
board USCi, but they will video. When used with any fi rst 64 bytes of page zero DE 2,3, 4,5
generally be t he same as t hose o t her key, it wil l con- memory to 00. This is for OF 1,2, 3, 4,5
sho wn. tinuouslv inpu t t hat key over routines that need to handle EO 6
E1 1,6
If a machine code (00·1F) and over. an entire Iinc at one tim e. For
E2 2, 6
is given to the CHAROT Several machine lan guage mor e o n this, see Append ix 1. E3 1, 2 ,6
rou tine, it will vector to a ro utines are used to perform A SCROLL function is E4 3. 6
mac hine language routine varlous functions. BACK- called whenever the screen E5 1. 3 ,6
SPACE will move th e cursor has been filled. The routines E6 2.3, 6
that will perform th e needed
E7 1.2,3.6
function. Routines are pro- to th e left one pos ition. It a u to ma tically scroll the E8 4 ,6
vi de d f or NUL, BACK· can be used with or without scree n when thc last posit ion E9 1,4,6
S PA CE, T A BU LATI O N, t he REPEAT key. has been filled . If you wan t EA 2, 4 , 6
Wh en a C A R R IA G E to manu all y scro ll it, yo u can EB 1, 2 ,4 ,6
L1 NEFE ED , CA RRIAG E
do it with an " up arrow" and EC 3. 4, 6
RETU RN, CLEAR, SH IFT RET URN is pressed , it will EO 1. 3 ,4 , 6
LOCK, ESCA PE, and cause the video from the CONT RO L. EE 2.3, 4,6
SCROL L. All o ther machi ne cursor to the right margin to A TABULATI ON func tion EF 1. 2 , 3 ,4, 6
FO 5,6
K. y IC' 102 Code RllSults F1 1, 5 ,6
SPACE 0 5 20 Places a blank on the screen . F2 2,5, 6
BACKSPA CE B 7 08 Backspa ces cu rsor one posit ion F3 1,2 ,5,6
to t he left. F4 3,5, 6
TAB 9 7 09 Moves cursor to t he nex t position F5 1,3, 5, 6
with a tab set on. TA B with SHIFT F6 2,3,5,6
will set a tab; T AB with CONTRO L F7 1,2,3,5,6
will dear a tab . F8 4 . 5 ,6
LlNEFEE D A 7 OA MoVe"5 cu rsor do wn one line , wraps F9 1,4, 5 ,6
aro und to t op of screen. FA 2, 4, 5, 6
CAR RET D 7 OD Blanks line fr om c ursor t o righ t FB 1,2 ,4, 5 ,6
ma rgin . Resets cu rso r to sta rt FC 3, 4,5, 6
of ne xtline. Sc ro lls it o n the last line . FD 1, 3 , 4.5,6
CLEAR 8 6 18 Cleafl t he line register a nd homes FE 2.3, 4.5, 6
the cu rsor. FF 1.2,3. 4,5,6
SHIFT LOC K A 6 1A Sets shih-lock mode to on.
ESCAP E B 6 1B Tr ansfe rs control to 11 7F CI. Table 2(c), Graphics char-
Table 2(b). Machine codes and resul ts. acters and codes.
' 01 ~
 Address Data Machin e Cod e Called b y to a PolyMorphic board in pressed by itself, the program
0300 01 31 00 NU L ' order to use all of the fea- will clea r t he shift-lock bit to
0302 0 1 31 0 1 SOH
0304 01 31 02 STX
t ures of the so ftware. It O. It does t his by ANDing the
0306 0 1 31 03 ETX shou ld reside in memory at shi ft-lock memory byt e wit h
0 308 0 1 31 04 EOT 7C00-7 FFF. 7 F and storing it back into
030A 01 31 05 ENG The so ft ware uses 7 bytes mem ory .
030C 01 31 06 AC K of page zero memory . Five At locat ion CON tO l , the
030E 01 3 1 07 BEL
03 10 023 1 08 BS BAC KSPACE
byt es, from 0080 through progra m wi ll test the RE-
03 12 7B 3 1 09 HT TAB 0084, are only used while the PEAT key . When it is pressed,
03 14 223 1 OA LF U NEFEED ro ut ines are executing and the program will bran ch up to
03 16 01 31 OB V T may be used by other pro- SKIP. The cursor is turned
0318 01 31 DC FF
031A 16 3 1 0 0 CR CA RR IAGE R ETURN
grams as required. Only 2 off, an d the video poi nter is
03 1C 01 31 OE SO bytes of memory must be moved to the nex t position.
031 E 01 31 OF SI uniquely assigned to the The cursor is then turned
0320 01 31 10 OLE vi deo I/O system. These are back on again. The use of the
0322 01 31 11 OC l
0324 01 3 1
OOE D and OOEE . They con- DE LA Y subroutine at 3007
12 0 C2
0326 01 31 13 DC3 tain the address o f th e cursor and 30 19 will assure that the
0328 0 1 31 14 DC4 pos ition . During system cursor will move slowly
032A 01 31 15 NAK power up , you must set th ese enough across t he screen .
032C 0 1 31 16 SY N to 00, 7C. The program will
032 E 0 1 31
If the REP EAT key was
17 ETB
0330 4 2 31 18 CA N CL EAR
update and change them as not pressed , t he program
0332 01 31 19 EM required . would ha ve te sted the
0334 34 31 IA SUB SHI FT LOCK The first 64 bytes of page G RA P H ICS ke y and
0336 303 1 1B ESC ESCAPE 03 contain the mach ine code bran ched back to the main
0338 0 1 31 I C FS
033A 0 1 31 10 GS
vector tabl e. Th is sho uld be scan ning loo p if it was not
033 C 54 31 I E RS t & CONTRO L RAM in order to allow you to pressed.
033E 01 31 IF VS mod i fy and ex pand t he When th e GR APHICS key
Table 3. Machine code vector table. *A II undefined codes mach ine codes. is pressed, the progra m will
defa ult to NUL. Eight bytes , from 0340 store a 00 on the screen,
t hrough 0347, co ntai n th e which lights up t he entire
tabulation table. The 64 character block. The program
has been programmed into TA B an d SHI FT. To clear a single bits in this table then goes into a loop t hat
th is soft ware. Each of the 64 tab, use TAB and CONT RO L. contain t he tab status for t he tests bo t h the GRAPHICS
characters on a line has a Do n't tab the colum n o n the 64 --character line. A 1 is a set key and scans t he keyboard
unique tab bit t hat can be set left margin becau se t hat tab tab, and a 0 is a cleared tab. for a pressed key. If the
or cleare d. When th e TAB bit is also used as a shift -loc k The tab bit for t he left GRAPHICS key is rel eased,
key has been pressed, t he bit. margin ro w also serves as a th e character t hat is curr entl y
cursor wi ll move to the right shift-loc k memory. on th e screen will be sent to
and will not stop unti l it Memory Requirements t he calling program. If any
reaches a position with the The soft ware itself can be CHARIN Routine: Theory of keyboard key is pressed, it
tab bit set or th e right place d in either ROM or Operati on will be tested to make sure
margin. To set th e tab, you RAM and only requires 512 W h e n t h e C HAR IN that it is between 1 and 6. If
must posi tio n the cursor to bytes. The vide o display routine is called, it will any illegal key is pressed, t he
the desi red co lumn and press boa rd shou ld be co mparable initiali ze t he V-index and the program branches back to the

........, .....
, ,"' 4'. ,
da ta directi o n regis ter for the
keyboa rd port. The character
t hat is cu rren tly o n th e scree n
start o f t he graphics sect ion
and starts over .
When a key fro m 1
••• , , , , , where th e cu rsor is to go is through 6 is pressed , the key
• • • read an d stored in memory. A is mas ked with an 07 to clear
cursor (F F) is the n d isplayed th e five highest bi ts. The re-
..,
'" ,• •,,
...
'"
"00
••
•,
,
on th e screen .
The program t hen starts its
ma in scan ning loo p at
sult is then placed in Y. The
accumulator is cleared, and a
single 1 in the carry fl ag is
•, LO PIOl. Y is set to sixtee n, shifted into th e accu mulator
'"
' ",'4 • and the program incre ments Y number o f ti mes. This posl-
•• the keyboard port sixteen tlons a single 1 bit in the
,• times. Each time, bit #7 is accum ulator, according to the
•• tested to see if a key is number of t he key that was
,
pressed . If one is, then the pressed. The result is com-
pr o gr am will branch to bined with th e character
PI) G •• • ~ , c s PR OCES. already on the screen and
P tl u_ru
_e, CO" UOl If no key is pressed , t he then is di splayed. This
_'0
l10l
S ~' >T =--1 port with the SHIFT, CON· process is repeated until the
T R OL , REPE AT , an d GRAPHICS key is released.
GRAPHICS keys is tested. When t he main scanning
Fig. 2 Hardware requirements for the keyboard port When a SHIFT key is loop has detected that a
102
 Program A. Main Iistinifj. 0000 LR L ine register 6 4 by tes
0080 TEMP Temp norage"" 4 byte s
0084 CUR SOR Cursor stor al}e
ASC II key has been pressed, OOED VIOLIN Cur sor add ress
it will branch to PROCES 0300 MACTAB V ect or tab le 64 by tes
(3074). Here it ju mps d irectl y 0 340 T A BTA B T ab tab le B bytes
to a short delay su bro uti ne. 1700 POR TS Keyboard por ts
Th is gives around 700 micro-
seconds delay and resets Y to 3000 A5 84 SK IP LOA CURSOR Repeat sec tion
3002 91 ED STA (V IO L IN).Y Cursor o ff
00. The delay, along with the 3004 20 E7 30 JSR NEXCHA
nature o f th e scan routine, 3007 20 04 31 JSR DELAY
will ensure th at , when th e 300A AO 00 CHAR IN L o V #OQ Start of routine
code is read from the port, it 300c A9 OF LoA#oF
300E 80 01 17 STA PORTs&l DDR
wi ll not be du ring a swi tch 3011 Bl ED LOA (V ID Ll NI .V
bounce. 30 13 85 84 STA CURSOR
The cursor is tu rned off, 30 15 A9 FF LoA#FF
and the norm al code is read 3017 91 ED STA (V I OL I NI,V Cu rsor o n
3019 20 04 31 JSR oELAV
from the keyboard po rt and Lov#1o Main loop
30 1C AD 10 L OPI 01
saved in memory. The pro- 30 1E EE 00 17 SCA N I NC POATS
gram then goes int o a wait 302 1 2C 00 17 BIT POATS Test fo r key
loo p. The program will exit 30 24 10 4E BPL PROCES Kev pr essed
th e loop only when : (1) the 3026 88 DEY
3027 DO F5 BNE SC A N T est 16 t im es
ASC II key is released, (2) th e 3029 AD 02 17 LOA POATS& 2 T est other por t
REPEAT key is pressed, and 302C 4A LSA A
(3) another key on the same 3020 BO OA BCS CO N IOl SHIFT not pre ssed
mat rix row as th e o rigi nal 302F 48 PHA
3030 A9 7F LoA #7F
key, but with a higher
3032 20 40 03 AND T A BT A B
priority connection to IC2, is 3035 80 40 03 STA T A BT A B Clear shift lcc k
pressed. That third condit ion 3038 B8 PLA
ensures that, when yo u press 3039 4A CON IO l LSR A
a sec o nd ke y wit hout 30 3 A 4A LSR A
303B 90 C3 BCC SKIP Repeat key pressed
releasing th e fi rs t one , bo th
3 030 4A LSR A
of th em will be correct ly DC BCS LOPIOl GRAPHICS no t p ressed
303 E BO
read . 3040 A9 00 G R A PH LoA#OO
Once the program is o ut of 3042 91 ED STA (V l o Ll NI,Y T urn o n block
th e wai t loop, it will test the 3044 EE 00 17 LQPI0 2 I NC PORTS Search for key
3047 AD 02 17 LOA PORTS&2
code that it has received . If ANo#OB Mask o ff GRAPH ICS
304 A 29 08
th e code is a mach ine code or 304C DO 21 BNE CON I02 GRAPHICS released
a SPACE, then the program 304 E AD 00 17 L O A POR T S
will terminate and give that 305 1 30 F1 BM I LOPI02 ASC II not pressed
3053 C9 31 CMP-#3 1
code to the cal ling ro utine. BCC GRAPH Key less th an 1
30 55 90 E9
Fo r all other codes, the 3057 C9 37 CMP#3 7
CO NT RO L key IS th en 3059 BO E5 BCS GRAPH Key gtr th an 6
tested. If pressed, it will AND 305 B 29 07 ANo #0 7
the code with 3F. That strips 3050 A8 TAY
305E A9 00 LoA#OO
away the two h igh-order bi ts. 3060 38 SEC
The SHI FT key and shift- 306 1 2A LOP I03 ROLA Shift bi t v tim es
loc k bit are th en test ed. If 3062 88 DEY
neither is on, th en th e pro- 3063 DO FC BNE LOPI03
3065 11 ED ORA (V IO L IN),Y Combine with screen
gram wi ll term inat e and pass STA (VIDLlNI ,Y Display
3057 91 ED
the code to the calling 3069 20 04 31 JSR DELAY
routine. 306C 38 SEC
If the code is to be shifted, 3060 BO 05 BCS LO PI 0 2 R elative jump
306F A9 CO CON I02 LoA #CO Con vert to graphics
it is tested to determ ine what OR A ! VIDLlN I,Y c ode and return
307 1 11 ED
needs to be do ne. Codes that 3073 60 RTS
are greater than or equal to 3074 20 12 31 PROCES JSR DEL Key bou nce de lay
40 need o nly to be ORed 30 77 A5 84 LOA CURSOR
with 20 to perfor m th e shift. 3 079 91 ED STA (VIO L IN ),Y Cur sor off
3 07 B AD 00 17 LOA PORTS Fetch A SCI I cod e
These are al l th e le tter keys. STA TEMP
307E B5 80
Codes th at arc less than 20 3080 AD 02 17 L OPIQ4 L OA PORT S& 2
can o nly be made by Greek 3063 29 04 A NO #04
and math symbo ls, so they 30B5 FO 09 BEQ CONI03 REPEAT pressed
must be OR ed with 80 . Any 308 7 AD 00 17 LOA PORTS
308A 30 04 BMI CON I03 ASC II rele ased
o ther code must be between CMP T EM P
300C C5 BO
20 and 40, and th ese req uire 300E FO FO BEQ LOPI04 Same k ey p ressed
that their fifth bi t is inverted. 3090 A5 80 CONI03 LOA TEMP Fetch n orm al c od e
Th is is d on e wi th an 3092 C9 21 CMP#21
T~
103 ~
JOO4 90 19 Bee CON IOS Machine cod e EO R#10.
J OO6 AD 02 17 LOA PORTS&2
JOO9 29 03 AND W 3
The CHARI N ro utine has
300B C9 02 CMP .:#02 now fin ished, and the
JOOD BO 08 acs CON I04 CONTR OL not pr essed accumulator can co ntain an y
J OO' 4B PHA one of t he 224 possible co des
J OAQ A9 JF LDA #3F
JOA2 25 80
that can be produced at the
AND TEMP
30M 85 BO STA TEMP keyboard .
J OA6 68 PLA
J OA7 4A CON 10 4 LSR A CHAROT Routine : Theory
30AB 90 08 sec SHI FT SHI F T pressed of Operation
J OA A 2C 40 03 BIT TABTAB
JOAD 30 03 8MI SH IFT Sh ift lo ck set
Now that you have re-
JOA F A5 80 CON IOS LOA TEMP Fetch code ceived a code from the key-
JOBI 60 AT5 board, you wan t to display it
JOB2 A5 80 SHI F T LOA TEMP
308 4 C9 4Q
on the screen. The CHAROT
CM P#4O
JOB6 90 03 ace LO Code le n t han 40
rou tine doe s this. The routine
30B8 09 20 QRA #2 0 fi rst tests the code to see if it
JOBA 60 ATS is less than 20. If it is, the
30B6 C9 20 LO CMP#2 o code must be a machine code.
JOB D BO 03 BCS MED Code fr om 20 to 3 F
JOB F 09 BO DRA#8o
When a mac hine code is
G reek and math
3OC. 60 ATS foun d , it is doubled with an
JOC2 49 10 MED EOR#1 0 I rwert 5th bit AS L A command and stored
JOC4 60 AT S 10 memory. The memory
3OC5 AO 00 CHARQT LDV#OO S""191e c har output byt e before it is filled with a
3OC7 48 PHA
30CB C9 20 CMP#20 6C, which is the op code for
JOCA BO .0 BCS CONI06 N ot a m ach ine code an ind irect lump. T he byte
30CC OA ASLA after it IS filled wit h 03 ,
30CD B5 Bl STA TEMP&l which is the page number of
3OC, A9 6C L DA -#{;C
300 1 85 80
th e machi ne code tab le.
STA TEMP
300 3 A9 03 LDA#03 Then , by ju mping to the
J00 5 B5 82 STA TEMP&2 add ress with the 6C op code,
3007 20 80 00 JSR TEMP Indirect ju mp to table the progr am makes an 10-
30DA 68 PLA Restore code direct jum p into the machine
3008 60 ATS
300C C9 CO CON lOG CMP#CO co de table. Wh atever address
30D E BO 02 scs CON I07 Grac hle s is sto red in th at position of
30EO 29 7F AND #7F Clear high bit the table ta kes control of th e
30E 2 49 80 CONI07 EQR #80 I nver t h igh bil processor.
30E4 9. ED STA IVlDltN) ,Y Display
30E6 68 PLA If the code was not a
30E7 48 NEXCHA PHA I ncr ement V IOLIN machine code, it IS tested
30E8 E6 ED INC V IO LI N agam at CON I06. A non-
30EA DO 0' BNE O U TlO t graphics character wi ll be
30EC E6 EE I NC Vl0LIN& 1
30EE .0 OB masked with 7 F to clear t he
BPL OU TIOl Resul t o n screen
JOFD 20 54 31 JSR SCROLL hi gh-order bit. The high-order
JOF 3 A9 CO LDA#CO bit for all characters IS 10-
JOFS B5 ED STA V IOLIN verted to co nform with t he
J OF7 A9 7F LDA #7F
PolyM orphic video board.
30F 9 B5 EE STA VIOLlN& l
JOFS A9 JF OUTIOl LDA #3F
The ch aracter is di splayed by
J OFD 25 ED AND V I OLI N s t o r mg it In th e video
30F F AA TAX memory.
3100 68 PLA The poi nter at VIOLI N is
3 10 1 60 ATS
310 2 C6 ED BACSPC DEC V IOLI N B ackspace rouline
increm en ted to th e next posl-
3104 48 DELAY PHA Del ay -ouure tion. If th e resulting add ress
3 105 A9 55 LOA #55 is 8000, th e screen is scrolled,
3107 B5 Bl ST A TEMP&l and th e po inter is reset to
3100 20 12 31 LQPIOS JSR DEL
310C C6 Bl
7 FCO. The val ue o f th e X-
DECTEMP& l
3 10 E DO '9 BNE LOPI 05 inde x is set from 00 to 3F,
3 110 6B PLA depending o n the new cursor
3 11 1 60 ATS position. For more on this,
311 2 C8 DEL INY see Appe ndix 1.
3 113 DO '0 BNE DEL
3 115 60 ATS
3 116 A9 JF CART LOA;;:3F
Machine Codes : Theory of
Car ret rout ine
3" 8 9. ED ST A (V I OLl N),Y D isplay a blan k Operation
3 11A 20 E7 30 JSR NEX CHA The n ine mac hine codes in
3 11 0 25 ED AND V I OLI N
J ll F DO '5 BN E CART
the software were designed to
L in e no t f inished
3 12 1 60 ATS make using the system easier
3122 lB LINFD C LC Linefeed r outine an d to simulate th e action of
3 123 A5 ED LOA V IOLI N a normal TIV machine. A
~ 104
 vector tabl e co ntaining the 3 125 69 40 ADC#40
starting addresses of all th e 3127 85 ED STA V IOLIN
3 129 A9 00 LDA#QO
routines was chosen to all ow ADC V IDLlN& 1
3 128 65 EE
for flexibilit y and expansi on . 3120 10 02 BPL OU T102 Result o n screen
The routines work as follows: 3 12F A9 7C Lo A #7 c
NUL: The simplest routine 31 31 85 EE OUT I02 STA V lo LlN&1
3 133 60 RTS
is merel y a jump to an RTS 3 134 AD 40 03 SHI FTL LOA T A BT A B Shift loc k rou t ine
state ment. It, in effect, docs 3 137 09 SO ORA#8o
nothing. All undefined CodC5 3 139 80 40 03 STA TABTAB
in th e machine tabl e default 3 13C 60 RTS
3130 68 ESCAPE PLA E!il:ape rout ine
to a NUL. 31 3E 68 PLA
BA CKSPACE : Thi s 313F 6C FC 17 JMP (17FCI
rou tine decrements the value 3142 A9 7C CLEAR LOA #7c Clear line reg ister
in th e low-ord er byte of th e 3 144 85 EE STA V IDL IN& 1 and home cursor
3146 A9 00 L OA #OO
cursor add ress (OO ED). It 3148 85 ED STA VIOL IN
then delays for a moment in 314A AO 3F Lov#3F
order to slow down the 3 14 C 99 00 00 L OPI 06 STA LR ,V
cursor movement when used 314F 68 DEY
3150 10 FA BPL LOPI06
w ith t he REPEAT key. 3152 C8 INY
Because th e high-order byte 3153 60 RTS
of th e address IS never 3154 64 80 SCROLL STY TEMP Scroll rou tine
changed , it will not backspace 3156 A9 40 LOA ;U40
3158 85 82 STA TEMP&2
across th e left margin when LoA#7c
315A A9 7C
th e cursor is o n li nes 1, 5, 9, 3 15C 85 81 STAT EMP&l
and 13. 315E 85 83 STA T EMP& 3
CARR IAGE RETURN : 3160 B1 82 L OPI0 7 L OA I TEMP&21.v
3162 91 80 STA (TEM PI.V
Th is routine tak es a Poly-
3164 E6 80 I NC T EMP
Morph ic blank (3 F) and 3 166 DO 02 BNE CONIOS
sto res it o n th e screen at th e 3 16 8 E6 81 INC TEMP& l
cursor. It then increments th e 316A E6 82 CON I08 I NC T EMP& 2
cursor to th e next position 316C DO F2 BNE LOPI07
316E E6 83 I NC TEM P& 3
and ANDs the low-order byte BPL LO PI0 7 Still on screen
3 170 10 EE
of th e new cursor position 3172 A9 3F L OA #3F
with 3F. If the result is not 3 174 91 80 L OPI OS STA(TEMP),V B la n k out last line
00 , then the curso r is not yet 3176 E6 80 INC TE MP
3178 DO FA BNE LOPI OS
to a new line. The progr am RTS
3 17A 60
repeats until th e cursor is at 317B AD 02 17 TAS L OA POR TS&2 Tab routine
th e start of th e next line. 3 17E 29 03 ANo-#03
Scrolli ng occ urs when the 3 180 C9 03 CMP#03 Test fo r S or C
3 182 DO 12 BNE SHCT Shift or co nt ro l
cursor IS incremented int o T AB I T JSR NEXC HA
3 184 20 E7 30
address 8000. 3 187 20 A2 31 JSR SET U P
Ll NEFEED: This rou tin e 3 18A BO 12 BCS U NSET T ab fo u nd
works by add ing 40 to the 3 18C 20 9E 31 JSR UNSET
3 18F A9 3F L o A #3 F
cursor address. If the result is
3 191 C5 80 CMP TEMP
greater than 7FFF, the high- DO EF BNE TA BIT Not en d of line
3193
order byte is set to 7C. The 3 195 60 RTS
decimal flag in th e 6 500 must 3 196 20 A2 31 SHCT JSR SE TUP
be cleared in order to use th is 3199 AD 02 17 L OA PORTS&2
3 19C 4A LSR A
ro utine. LSA A
3 190 4A
SH I FT LOCK : Thi s 3 19 E A4 81 UNSET LOY TEMP& l
rout in e merely sets th e 3 1AO 10 10 BPL LOPI09 Unconditiona l jump
h ighest bit at address 0340 3 1A 2 A9 3F SETUP LoA #3F
and dOC5 no t affect any 3 1A 4 25 ED AND V I OLI N
31A6 85 80 STA T EM P
ot he rs. Thi s bit would STX TEMP&2
31A8 86 82
no rmally be th e tab status bit 31AA A8 TAY
for the left-hand margin of 3 1A B A9 3F LOA #3F
the screen. Si nce th ere is no 3 1A O 38 SEC
need to tab to a margin (a 3 1A E E5 so SBC TEMP
3 1BO 85 81 STA TEMP&l
CA RRIAGE RET URN does A2 07 LOPI09 LOX-#07
31B2
the same th ing), it is used as a 03 LOPl10 ROL TABTAB.X Shift tabtab Y tim ~
3 1B4 3E 40
shift-lock indica tor. 3 1B7 CA DEX
ESCAPE : Th is routine 31B8 10 FA BPL LOPll0
3 1BA SS DEY
p u ll s the no rmal return 10 F5 BPL LOPI09
3 1B B
add ress of th e program off 3 1BO A6 82 LOX TEMP&2
the stack and jumps to th e 3 1B F C8 INY
address stored at 17FC and 31CO 60 RTS

105 !ldl
17FD. This should be set to no ne are set, it wil l stop at NEXCHA, and the tab le is If t he carry flag was not
the sta rtin g address of yo ur the ri ght margin. t hen shifte d until th e tab bit set, th e program would still
system monitor and acts as an The program maintains a for that co lumn is in th e use the UNSET routine to
easy way to stop t he program ta ble fo r the tab stat us at carry flag. A set carry flag restore the table. But th en it
when it asks for data. Si nce 0340. The 64 columns re- wi ll cause th e pro gram to wo uld test the co lumn, and,
this system is not an interrupt quire 8 bytes of RAM. T hese b ranc h to th e UNSET if it was not at t he right
driven system, it is handy to 8 memory bytes and carry routi ne, whe re the table is margin, it would go bac k and
also co nnect a RESET li ne to flag are tu rned into a 65 x 1 restored. The routine is start agai n. Eventuall y, it
a spare keyswitch to handle recirculating shift register by terminated with the cursor would find either a set tab or
any co ntinuous loops in your the SETU P rou tine in the left on a set tab position. the margin. -
program. TAB program. When SETU P
CLEA R: This ro utine sets is called, it figures out which APP E NDI X 1
Using the Rou t ines
th e VIOLIN pointer to 7COO one of the 64 columns it is
The single character 1/0 used in these routines is generally
(upper left corner) and sets looking for by ANDing 3F compatible with standard TTY 1/0 routines. One incompatibility
the first 64 bytes in page zero with the cursor position. It is that the CHAR IN routine will not (except for graphics ) echo
to 00. Appendix 1 gives more then uses two loops and a the il'lputled character to the screen. If you merelv set the
details concerning t he use of ROL instruction to shift all starting aodress for C HARIN and CHAROT il'l your system 110
vectors. you may fmd that you canner see atlything that YOU
the page zero memory. 64 bits of memory and the type. I f that is the case, use this patch in your program:
SCROLL: The SC ROLL carry flag until the tab bit it 2000 20 OA 30 INPUT JSR CHAR IN
routine acts to move all the needs has been shifted into 2003 4C C5 30 OUT PUT JMP CHARO T
data. o n the screen up one the carry flag. While in the Now, when you jump to scbroouoe INPUT, it will input a
li ne. It does this by setting up flag, it can easily be set, character and also display it. CHA ROT restores the accumulator
when finished, so the data is preserved.
two pointers in page zero cleared . or tested . The Sometimes it is desirable to input an entire line rather than
memory. The first pointer SETU P routine also com pu tes just one character. T his wav you can edit and correct any
poi nts to 7Coo, and the the number of ti mes that it mistakes, and the calling program onlv sees the final result. One
seco nd o ne points to 7C4O. will have to continue to shift way to do this is bV using the firs t 64 by tes of page zero RAM as
th e memo ry in order to re- a line register. This p rogra m will accept up to one line o f
The 64-byte di fference is the
characters and store t hem in the line register. It returns to the
len gth of o ne line. Data is store it to its origi nal posi- callil'lg program when you type a CARRIAG E RETURN.
read from t he second pointer t io n. The routi ne UNSET STAR T LO X #00
and stored at the fi rst. Both takes t his num ber and uses it LO O P JS R C HAR IN
are th en incremen ted by one. to restore th e table. STA OO,X
When the TAB ro ut ine is JSR CHAR OT
Wh en the seco nd pointer has
CMP#OO
reached 8000 , the lower 15 entered, it fi rst t ests the BNE LOOP
lines have been moved to the SHIFT and CO NT ROL keys RTS
up per 15 li nes. A Po ly· to see if they are pressed. If A simple pro g ram t h at wi ll d ispla v a n e nti re li ne at one t im e
Morphic blan k (3 F) is t hen t hey are, it shifts the table
used t o fi ll up th e bottom unt il the tab bit for t he STAR T LOX #00
LO OP LOA OO, X
li ne. current posit ion is in t he J SR C HAR O T
T AB UL ATI O N : Th i s carry flag. It t hen sets or C MPro O
rou tine actually does three clears the flag, dependi ng on BN E LOOP
separate thi ngs. It sets a tab t he key pressed , an d restores RTS
when TAB is pressed alo ng t he table. The o nly bit Both of th ese p rogra ms wor k fin e w it h displaved Characters.
Since the CHAROT ro u t in e sets the x-tncex t o a n umber t hat
with a SHIF T key. It clears a affec te d is t he tab bit fo r th e corresponds to the c ursor po s it ion, it can be used to in d e x
tab when TAB is pressed current position. t hro ugh th e line register. O ne weak ness t hat t hese p rog ram s
alo ng with t he CONT ROL If neith er th e SHIFT nor share is th ai n c n disnta ved characters ( U N E F EEO, C LE AR, erc. l
key. When TAB is pressed by CONTROL key is pressed, w ill no t al ter t he Xvindex. T his means t ha t m ach ine codes c ann o t
itself, it moves t he cursor to the cursor is moved o ne be used with these ro u ti ne s. If you War'l t to use the m, you must
a lter th e rou t ine s to set th e X-index to its pro pe r value after each
the right and stops it at th e position. The cursor is incre- machi ne code.
first co lum n with a set tab. If m ent ed b y s u bro uti ne

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Computerized Loop
Antenna Design
•
-In BASIC

A lmo st a ny time yo u
see an article on sma ll
loo p antennas, the autho r
fee t. It has a narrow ba nd- co mponent, ca n a lmost be
widt h - and if you think put in a ca ve and will still
that is a di sadvantge. you work .
Jn physics. acc ounting is
st rict, m uc h stric te r than a
bank 's ledger . If pow er
po ints out that suc h anten- ha ve n' t listened to at- Ideally . it turns out, it goes into somet hing a nd
na s are probably th e least mo spheric noi se in the sho u ld not be mounted in a le ss power co m es o u t ,
explored by amateurs. summer o n 80 meters . But cave, so you don 't have to the re ha s to be a re ason .
Then he po ints out why it is tunable and could be have one o f those either . The c redi t a nd debit sides
that's so, and , indeed , yo u rem otely tuned with a Its lowest radiation angle o f the en erg y b al an ce
sa y, the little darlings can motor, so bandwidth is not - a nd , hence, its most ef- shee ts mu st match .
we ll stay unexp lo red . Their really a problem once the fective pos ition for OX - is When you pump power
frighten ingly low radiation syste m is operational. about five-sixteenths wave- into an antenna , the energy
resi stance is almost inst a n- Co ns id e r t he a lterna - lengt h above gro und. At 80 se ts up stand ing fie lds near
ta neous discou rage ment. tives : a d ipo le wh ich in- meters, that is o nly slightly the system . The re is less
But (da re I risk non con- t rudes upo n Eastern Air- mo re tha n a qua rter wave power in tho se field s and in
fo rmity amo ng a uthors), a l- li nes' fl ight sc hed ules or a or slightly more t ha n 33 the condu ctor itse lf tha n
though loop antennas are vertica l whic h requ ires a feet. That's not bad, when wa s pumped in the re. So
p robably the le a st ex- co ppe r backya rd fo r op- a dipole wou ld ha ve to be where did it go ? It went to
plored by amateurs, they timum re sults. If I had part of a thundercloud to that rare OX s t a t io n' s
hav e much to offer. $0 enough co ppe r to make a give the sa me yield, and re ce iving antenn a , tha t's
mu ch, in fa ct, that it is really go od ground system then in only two directions . where .
almost astounding that the for a vertical , I wou ldn't Well , says the ph ysicist
Mounted verticall y, as it
dipole is not given less use it for an antenna (as
sho u ld be to maximize accountant, if the system
attention . much as I love amateur " lost" that power to the
rad iat io n re sistance, the
I, fo r o ne , a m ti red of rad io). I'd melt the stuff
loop can be ro tated to nu ll "e t he r" - whic h doesn 't
see ing the radi at ion pat- and re tir e . May be p ut out no ise a nd QRM - kind exist eithe r - there mu st
tern s of dipo les a nd having down a fe w ra d ials of solid
of Iike a beam o n 80. be a re ason . There t he com-
it pointed ou t to me eve n go ld, whi ch proba bl y is parison between dollar and
As yo u w il l pro bab ly
befo re I put o ne up that the cheape r. have noticed if you are e lect r ical a c cou ntant s
da mn th ing is goi ng to Sma ll loop antennas can older tha n 12, the re is no ends . The e lect rica l ac-
s ho o t m o s t of my rf be t he answe r fo r the co u nt a nt may h a ve to
suc h thing as a free lu nch .
stra ight up unl ess I have amateu r with space and What price this mi raculou s make his balan ce shee ts
two giant redwood trees tower limitat io ns who does antenna? Well , there is that match more acc u rat e ly,
and a c hair lift. not have a biological noise radiation resistance thing ... but he engages in some
The loop is small - at filter tw ixt his an vil bone practice s wh ich would
least as compared with its and his stirrup bone. Radiation re si stan ce
la nd him in a federal pen if
ope rating wavelength . It is A magnetic loop anten- does not exist, but it is
he tried them with bucks.
directional - at least it na , whic h does to the mea su rable, and , if you
ca n be ro t ated without m agnet ic co mponent of wa nt to be hea rd more He invents thing s which
hav ing to move two giant t he rf wavef ro nt what t han a block away, it is don 't exist but at lea st ex-
red woods a fe w hundred di po les do to the e lect rica l very, ve ry importa nt. pla in w here t he power

~ ' 08
 10 Rem Program designs small loop antennas and show effects 710 Let F = 14.25
20 Rem of altering various parameters 720 Gosub1180
30 Rem by Wi lliam Slattery 730 Go sub 1120
40 Rem October. 1977 740 Go sub 1250
50 For x = 1 to 6 : II'''': next x 750 Let F = 21 .2
60 II "loop antenna designer" 760 Go sub 1180
70 For x = 1 t o 5: II" ": next x 770 Go sub 1200
80 II " this program aid s In the design" 780 Go sub 1250
90 II " of loop antennas small com pared" 790 Let F = 28.9
100 It "to their operating frequen cies" 800 Go sub 1180
11 0 II 810 Go sub 1200
120 II " ent er data as request ed." 820 Go sub 1250
130 • 830 It " The formulae used in these cal-"
140 For x = 1 t o 5000: next x 840 II " culalions are of insufficient"
150 For x = 1 t o 20: 11'''': ne xt x 850 It " vali dit y for frequenc ies above 10 meters: '
160 Input " Ent er frequency", F 860 GOTO 410
170 II 870 For x = 1 t o 3 : 11" " : next x
180 • 680 Let F = Z: Let 0(1) = P
190 Inpu t " Ent er loop diameter", 0 890 LetO = 3
200 Let K = 0 : Let Z = F 900 It " Freq uency in memory is" ; F; " MHz"
21 0 II 910 II "Conductor is" ; BS; 0(1); "i nches"
220 Go sub 1180 920 It "I n diameter"
230 II " the radiat ion resistanc e o f a" 930 For x = 1 to 3CXlO: next x
240 II "loop antenna" ; 0 ; " feet in diameter" 940 It
250 II " is'".,
R' " at'" " F' " M Hz" 950 It Oiam. Eft: '
260 • 960 forx = t t o a
270 II " loop antenna efficiency depends" 970 Go sub 1180
280 lI" on the diameter and com position" 980 Go sub 1200
290 lI"of the conducto r." 99Olto,E
300 • 1000 Let 0 = 0 + 1
310 Inpu t " Ent er conduc tor d iameter uncnesj'', 0(1) 1010 Next x
315 Let P = 0 (1 ) 1020 GOTO 410
320 • 1030 For x = 1 to 3; It"" ; next x
330 1I"ls th e conductor copper or aluminum?" 1040 II " Frequency in memory is", Z
340 lI"Enter A or C" 1050 II
350 Input AS 1060 II " Loop is"; BS " and is " ; d; " feet"
360 If AS = "C" then BS = " copper" 1070 lI"in diameter" : II
370 If AS = " A" then BS = "al uminum" 1080 Fo r x = 1 to 3000: next x
380 Gosub 1200 1090 II
390 Gosub 1250 1100 II "Dtam . Eft ."
400 II 11 10 Let 0( 1) = .5
410 # " Do you wi sh t o alter a paramete r" 11 20 Forx = l to l0
420 II "And observe the effects? (Ente r Y or N)" 1130 Go sub 11 80
430 Input OS 1135 Go sub 1200
440 If OS = " Y" then 490 11 40 II 0 (1 )
450 If OS = " N" then #"Do yo u wish a new design?" 1150 Let 0(1) = 0(1) + .5
460 If OS = " N" then In put CS 1160 Next x
470 If CS = " Y" then 160 1170 GOTO 41 0
480 End 1180 Let R = 31200 "((3.14*(D/2)t 2)/(9841F)f2)f 2
490 II " Do you wish to atter c-" 1190 RETURN
500 11"1 . Frequenc y." 1200 Let R(1) = SORT(F)/(I000 "O(I»
5 10 11"2. Loop diameter." 1210 If AS = " A" then 1390
520 11"3. Conduc tor diameter:' 1220 R(2) = R(1)"(3.1 4"D)
530 Input " Enter appropriate n umber" , C 1230 E = AI(R + R(2))" 100
540 If C = 1 then 590 1240 RETURN
550 If C = 2 then 870 1250 For x = 1 t o 3: 11" " : next x
560 If C = 3 then 1030 1260 It " The loss resistance of"
570 lI"Ent er your choice" 1270 It " a loop antenna" ; 0; "feet"
580 GOTO 490 1280 It " in diameter snf made o f"
590 Let F = 1.8 1290 It " [)(1); "inch"; BS; " tubing"
600 Go sub 11 80 1300 It "Is"; A(2); " Ohms at" ; F; " MHz"
610 Go sub 1200 1310 It
620 Go sub 1250 1320 It "It s rad iat ion is"; R; " Ohms"
630 Let F = 3.8 1330 •
640 Gosub 11 80 1340 II
650 Go sub 1200 1350 " "Its ettlcien cy is"; E; " per cent "
660 Gosub 1250 1360 •
670 Let F = 7.2 1370 For x = 1 to 5000: next x
680 Gosub 11 80 1380 RETURN
690 Go sub 1200 1390 Let R(l ) = R(1 1"1.28
700 Go sub 1250 1400 GOTO 1220
Fig. 1. Loop antenna designer.
 l OOP AN TENNA DESIGNER 7 41 .81 0146
8 51.749839
THIS PROGRAM AI DS IN TH E DESIGN OF l OOP ANTENNAS 9 60.42897
SMAll COM PARED TO THEI R OPERATI NG FREQUEN CIES 10 67.68762 ,
ENTE R DA TA AS REQUESTED Do you wish to alter apatarneter an d observe the effects?
ENTER FREQUENCY 3.8 (ENTER Y OR N)
ENT ER l OOP DIA METER 14 Y
The radiatio n res ist ance of a loop antenna 14 feet in diameter is Do you wish to alter-
.16427068 at 3.8 MHz 1. freque ncy
loop antenna efficiency depends on the diameter and composi - 2. loop diameter
tion 01 the conductor 3. conductor diameter
ENTER CONDUCTOR DIAMETER(I NCHES) ENT ER APPROPRIATE NUMBER
3 3
Is the conductor copper or alum inum? ENTE R A OR C Frequency in memory is 3.8 MHz
C loop is copper and is 14 feet in diameter
The loss resistance 01 a loop antenna 14 feet in diameter and DI A METER EFFICI ENCY
made of 3-inch copper tUbing i s .02857825 Ohms at 3.8 MHz .5 24
Its radiation resistance is .16427068 Ohms 1 38
Its effic iency is 85.181017 per cent 1.5 48
Do you wish to alter a parameter and observe the effects? 2 55
(ENT ER Y OR N) 2.5 61
Y 3 65
Do you wish to alter- 3.5 68
1. frequency 4 71
2. loop diameter 4.5 74
3. conductor diameter 5 76
ENTER A PPROPRIATE NUM BER Do you wish to alter a parameter and observe the effects?
1 (ENT ER Y OR N)
The loss resistance of a loop antenna 14 feet in diameter and N
made of a-men copper tubing is 1.9668901E.Q2 at 1.8 M Hz Do you wish a new design?
Its rad iati on res istance is 8.2701934E-Q3 Ohms y
Its efficiency is 29.600793 percent ENTE R FREQU ENCY 14.35
(NOTE : Program repeats above paragraph subsliluting frequen - ENTER lOOP DI AMET ER 6
cies of 3.8, 7.2, 14.2, 2 1.2, and 28.9 MH z in the c alculations) The radreuon resis tance of a loop antenna 6 feet in diameter is
The formulae used In ca lculations are of Insutncen t vali dity fo r 1.1270057 at 14.35 MHz
frequencies above 10 meters loop antenna efficiency depends on the diameter and composi -
Do you wish to alter a parameter and observe t he effec ts? tion of t he conductor.
(ENTER Y OR N) ENT ER CONDUCTOR DIAMETER(INCHES)
Y 1
00 you w ish to alter- Is th e conductor copper or alum inum? ENTER A OR C
1. f requency A
2. loop diameter The loss resist ance o f a loo p antenna 6 f eet in d iam et er and
3. conductor di amet er made of 1-lnch al um inum t ubing is 9. 1395378E-02 Ohms at 14.35
ENT ER A PPROPRIATE NUMBER MH z
2 It s rad iat io n res ist an ce Is 1.1 270057 Ohms
Frequency in memory Is 3.8 MH z lis effic iency is 92.498743 per ce nt
l oo p is copper and is 3 inches In di amet er Do you wish t o alter a parameter and observe the effects?
DIA METER EFFICIEN CY (ENTER Y OR N)
3 5.351593 N
4 11.82175 Do you wish a new design?
5 20.75 1192 N
6 3 1.151973 ready
Fig. 2. Loop antenna designer - sample run.

went . Radiation resista nce the inf ra red, heat is wasted m ob il e, ca ll and chat with the size of the conductor .
is what he invents. energy . someone across the coun- Rf flows on surf aces. In-
A s y o u ' v e p robab ly But, w hat really matters try, and rem em b er that crease surf ace areas, and
guessed, the more power is the ratio of radiation your base-loaded whip has you decrea se resistance .
lost to th e ether , the resist an c e to lo ss resis- an efficiency somewhere There has to be an op-
quick er you 'll win your tance . It determines the ef- in the single digits. t imum in here som ewhere.
WAC. ficiency of an antenna . If Keeping loss resistance There is, but it depends o n
Small loop s have very los ses are kept low, com- low is accompl ished two your QTH and p ocket-
little radiat ion re sistance, pared to radiation res is- ways . One is by redu cing book . Se w er pipe made out
but they do have. like any- tance(no matter how low it the resistance of jo int s. Ob- of copper is a great co n-
thing else, true loss resis- is). efficiency is high . viously. the answer here is ductor at 3 MHz, but you'll
tance. Th at ohmi c resis- Practical loops may be to redu ce the number of begin to wonder why they
tance eats up power and as efficient as 80 per cent jo ints and weld or c aref u ll y keep gold in Fort Knox .
turn s it into heat. And . or more. so ld er what joints there A 50-foot diameter loop
unless Pitcairn Island now If t hat does n't imp ress must be . is terrifically efficient. but
has antennas sensit ive into yo u , r u n out to your Another is by increasing you r house can jump rope
.!td 110
t hro ug h it. ab o ut anten na de sign is the st ro ngest radia ti on lobe f or co u ld be m o d ifi ed t o fi t
H en c e, t he fo llowing one about what I don't a gi v en heig ht . Th e for- any othe r BA SIC, but t hen
p ro gram . k now abo u t p rogrammin g. m ulas ar e no t diffi cu lt and ag a i n I'm m akin g t ha t
let me say that, in re al You c an ge t a f ew m ore no t d iff icul t to obta in. sta t em en t fr om the " ex-
li fe, I am no t an electronic s arti cle s o n sm al l lo op s Yo u p robab ly cou ld sim- p er t " position o f a person
engineer. I'm ju st a ne w s- before b u il d ing o ne. And ply st ream li ne th is pro - w ho doesn' t k no w a d amn
paper re porter, b ut t hat at you c an p robably get an gram to run bette r. It is thi ng abo u t a ny othe r
least me ans I ca n read , and edu c a t io n in in eff icie nt wr itten in D ig ita l Gro up BAS IC.
t hat's w hat it ta ke s t o le arn prog ram design by read ing M axi-BA SIC and run s on The anten na , I th in k , has
en ough abo ut an tenna de- m y lo op anten n a desig ner. my Z-80 sy st em in mu ch pro m ise. I have al w ays
sign and p ro gramm ing to Yo u ca n also im pro v e it. less tha n the 18K mem ory fo u nd t he most excit in g
co me up with t h is m aster- O ne add it ion mig ht be a I' ve g o t . I' d gu e ss th e part of ama te ur radio to be
p ie ce . sec t io n to rela te radiat io n BAS IC t ak es up abo u t 13K e xpe rim entin g w ith sys-
To b e t ruthfu l, the only resistanc e t o heig ht above and the pr o gram ab o u t tem s w hi c h push a m eage r
book large r t ha n t he o ne g r o u n d. An o th e r c o u l d 2.5K. amou nt o f rf f u rt he r. It's
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T rying to read game di-

r ect ions on a T V mon i-
tor at 1 200 baud can be a real
rat race !
Ever since I made t he
1200 baud rate conversio n on
my SWTPC 6800, all I hear
are complaints f ro m t he game
players who frequent my
computer keyboard. (The
conversion was based on a
Kilobaud article by Jim Huf f-
man, "Speed Up Your 6800,"
Hey! Wait For Me!
No. 5, May, 1977.)
I think the faster speed
actually scares some people
away from t he keyboard
(more than usual). If the
play er attempt s to read t he
- slowing computers
game di rect ions at the 1200
baud rate, he someti mes runs to reading speed
away eve n bef ore the game
begins. The alternative, of
course, is to rcturn to the
original 300 baud rate sup-
plied by the con trol board.
This makes for very slow
draw ing of ga me maps and
grids.
I f the player is given plen-
t y of ti me to read the direc- needed delay. The routi ne shown in Fig. 1. T he delay program. F ig. 2 sho ws the
tio ns before he starts the can be used every few sen- rout ine is found bet ween approx imate t ime delay s en-
game, he might stay relaxed tences, especially if t he direc- lines 900 and 920. Be su re cou ntered wi t h my SWT PC
enough to enjoy it, so I use a t ions are rathe r lengthy. T he your var iable c haracter (N in 6800 8K BASIC Now you r
subroutine to develop this subroutine, in BASIC, is my example) is not used for guests can relax wh ile readi ng
any t hi ng else in the main those game direct ions! -
XX X Last line of d irect ions in your game program A p p rox im ate time delay for m y
X XX GOSUB 900 Line # 9 00 SWT PC 6 800 8 K BASIC
X XX Your game program co ntinues . . . N ~ 1 T0 125 2 seconds
N ~ 1 TO 200 3 second s
900 FOR N ~ 1 T O 200 N = 1 TO 3 00 4 seconds
9 10 NE XT N N = l T0 100Q 15 seconds
920 R ET UR N N = 1 TO 5000 70 seconds

Fig. 1. Subroutinc delay. Fig. 2. Tim e delay values.

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My previous ex perience in
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FO RT RAN co urse, watching
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Marvelous where you need a license or
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the Morrow front panel things adver tised which are n't
being shipped.
The Morrow board itself is
a nicely laid out dou ble- sided
job. Assemb ly is straight-
forwar d. Stick sockets in,
solder, and it works.
T hen com es the p roblem :
What do you do with a com-
puter when yo u don't know
ne of t he fi nest, though as a replacement fr ont pane l 1976, when my fr iend Jay anything about com puters?
O u nhera lded, micropro-
cessor board s on the mar kct
for the Altair or lmsai co m-
puters, it do es far more than
Be l l (computer frea k of
magnitud e 9.9) called my
Fi rst of all, you need a power
supply, case, and mo ther
toda y is the George Morrow any other CPU system cur- attention to a miniscu le ad boa rd wi th sockets to give t he
C PU/fro nt panel board, rently being offered. T he George Morrow was running CPU board a home. You ca n
known as the "Sigma 100." It Morrow board also co mprises which offered a co mp uter get the wor ks fro m Parasi tic
is being sold directly from the brains of the Equinox board at a ridic ulous pr ice. I Engineeri ng in the ir Equi nox
Morr o w ' s Micro-Stuff or 100 co mpu ter system from h ustled off a check, figuring 100. In addition to what I
t hro ugh dealers around the Parasitic Engineering. at the time that, if co mputers wo uld best describe as a
country. Al though it is being I first discovered the early tu rned out like my ham rad io "moose power supply" (i t
advertised innocently enough version of th e board in late hobby, I would soon have a powers 18 card slots - yo ur
money will run ou t before
this po wer sup ply will), t he
Equ inox has a specially de-
signed mother board, also
from George Morrow.
Next, you need some
m em o rv. There's another
lesson here for beginners -
pick a CPU that is compatible
with your friends', or pick
friends who have CPUs and
mot her boards like yours.
That way. you can borrow a
board or two of memory
whe n you want to run some
biggie program that hogs up
memory. You can also swap
rr:;l
~ '14
 boards for debugging - at program wil l stop your pro- run the CPU normal ly, and D..... If'

your own risk, of course ! •

lOC '" 10"> "U'Otl.
gram so that you can see the front panel wi ll be in •
After the memory is in what happened so far. Then control for halt s but wil l not D IO IO I f lO W 31013
• •
and th e power on, you begi n you can conti nue from that display any data. The CPU
tinkeri ng with the keys on point , at any speed from simply runs too fast for any
the front panel to see what si ngle step to full run. Nor- practical mo nitor ing of data
happens . George does n't mall y, when an 8080 CPU in this manner. Pressing "S"
swamp you with information, reads a " halt " instruction, it will stop the program, and • ·,· 1i' 1i 0DE'

but you do get basic instruc- stops dead in its tracks, and the front panel program wil l
Fig. I .
tions and a little program you have to reset th e whole be completely in command
which makes the seven- wor ks to get going again. Pressing "S" while the front so on. To examine any mem-
segment LEOs count. It helps Morrow's "halt" just pauses panel program is in operation ory location, enter the loca-
familiarize you with the oper- the program and leaves all the will single step your program. tion and press " E", To
ation. Th e board's operatio n registers, memory, etc., alone, Pressi ng the "0" and then deposit new data at any mc m-
is so simple that, in about an so you can continue from "M" keys is the normal mode ory location , first examine
hour, I had fi gured out that point on. Now the wh ich examines each memory the location (enter the loca-
basically what was happening "halt" instruction is a truly locat ion as the program is t ion and press "E"), then
insi de the computer. The useful progr amming aid. Pro- stepped. The six LED digits enter the data (which might
normal react ion is, " Why grams can be run in sections on the left tell you wh at be an instruction or a data
aren't all computers designed to help isolate the bugs more memor y location you are byte), and press "0". If you
like this?" easily. seeing - the fi rst location is press " 0 " again, the same
The control of the Morrow In additi on to the regular 000,000 (octal), then 000, data will 'be deposited in the
panel is set up in a perfectly spe ed of operation, the 001 , etc. , on up to 377,377, nex t memory location also.
rational way, so, if you can Morrow CPU panel has four the last location in memory. It is not necessary to examine
operate a pocket calculator, "modes" of operation at step- The right three digits tell you each location before deposit-
you can work a Morrow co rn- ping speeds. The firmware what is in the memory loca- ing data. Each t ime you
puter. You don 't have to program lets your program tion displayed. In Fig. 1(a), deposit data, the memory
know anything about status execute just one step, and you see that , at location location wil l advance to the
lights, memory protect, ma- then it takes over and dis- 000,100, there is a 303, next location. Thus a long
chine cy cles, or nitty-gr itty pl ays to you what you want whic h would be executed as a program can be entered in a
compu ter design to get going. to see. You can select the jump instr uct ion. Since th is reasonabl e amount of time.
There's no binary conversion, program counter where you instruction requires two more The next mode is the reg-
no fl ashing lights. The only look at the memory location by te s following for the ister mode. To enter, press
swi tch on the board is a and data, any register or pair, address, you can press " E" the "1" and then "M" ke ys.
"reset" switch, wh ich sort of any port location, or watch and th e ne xt memory Tw o digits on the left
sends everythi ng back to one memor y locatio n. You location wil l be displayed (in indic ate wh ich of the 8080
home when you mess up the select whether it will execute the example, 000,101 woul d registers is displayed. The
program. There are twelve just one step at a ti me or be displayed) along wi th the three or six (depending on
keys for control func tions automatically step throug h data in t hat location. Pressi ng whether it is a 16-bit pai r or
and ten LED seven- segment your program. HE" again will dis play the an 8·bit register) digits on the
readouts to tell you what's Pressing the " M" key will next location (000,102) and right indicate what is in the
gomg o n.

How Does It Work?

Basicall y, the Morrow •
front panel/CPU works li ke •
this : There is a combination
h ar d wa r e- so ftwa re (called
"firmware") which controls •
operat ion of the CPU and
does all the work supervisi ng
the computer operation. In
the normal " run" mode, the
CPU will go full speed just
like anybody else's 8080
CPU. But now comes the neat
part, You can execute the
program just one step at a
time (called "single step-
ping") or let the front panel
step through it at any rate
you want (called "slow step-
ping") . I will discuss th is in
detail later. You can also put
a " halt" instruction in the
program, and the front panel
11 5 I.ldl
register. In Fig. 1(b), you are you had writte n a sectio n of "3-M" mode, but, if different purchased so far. You might
looking at register 15, t he com puter program which data is put into t he memory think that 18 slots in the
program counter. Th e next moves da ta to a n o ut put po r t loc ation, it will be displayed. Equinox computer are a lot,
location that will be exec uted For example, if you have just but just wait ...
is 0 10,020. You can ex amine built a devi ce connected to Miscellaneou s It doesn't take long to
a regi ster and deposit data the comp ute r's output port By now, you may ha ve rcallze that ther e's more to a
just like th e memo ry loca- wh ich tu rns o n relays a nd noticed tha t the Morrow compu ter than iust gett ing
t ions. As yo u si ngle or slow yo u want to test the relay fron t panel/C PU bears a t he CPU boar d and power
step through a program, you in terface circ uits, yo u would rese mblance to the "trainers" supply. You need me mo ry
can watch a selected register e nter the po rt mode a nd th en which use similar LED and interface boards if you
or pair c hange. This is an exami ne the po rt your relays sche mes and to the new wa nt to communica te with
extrcmclv val uable tool in are connected to. By deposit- Heath 8080 computer ma- the machine via a keyboard
debugging programs. In most ing data into that port, yo u chine. It sho uld be noted th at a nd look at the results on a
com pu ters, it takes an elab- could see if t he relays a re t he Morrow board is the on ly TV scree n. That transl ates
orate "t race" program to per- turned o n or not Again, you one with a selectable slow- into money. Fortunately , the
form th is funct ion. can isolate any pro blems to step rate and wit h the " con- Mor row board allows you to
Since the accumulator the computer program, the trolled halt" which does not use all ten LED readouts and
(register A) is a standard device interface circuit, or the require a CPU reset and lose eleven of the keys as input/
register, you can watch t he device itself. As another all of th e program informa- output po r ts. When the fir m-
accumulator in the register example, say you've built an t ion. The stepp ing rate of the ware pro gram is no t using
mo de. If yo u are building an ana log-to-d igital converter slow step is deter mined by them , i.e., whe n the "M" key
interface to the outside world board which takes a nalog e ntering a value and then is pressed and the CPU is
(s uch as a ke yboard ), this values (voltages) and co nver ts pressing " 5". En tering " 1" going full blast , yo u can dis-
func t ion ca n be useful in t hem to a digital number. By and then "5 " runs the pro- play any segments of the
determining whether a prob- examining the A/ D input gram very fast - it 's goo d for readouts and inpu t informa-
lem lies in the interface port, you can determine if clearing memory a reas tion from the keys. The "5"
circ uit or in your computer the boar d is working. By slow quickly - and entering "1 00" key is not usable, however,
program. If you aren't getting stepping a program which a nd th en "5" will execu te si nce pressing it any t ime
data into the accumulator, inputs the por ts, you can yo ur program at about o ne stops your program ming. Yo u
the interface circu it isn 't watch the values cha nge. ste p per seco nd . canno t use the reado uts or
working. If data is getting T he final mod e is the An add itional plus fo r the keys during any slow-step
into the accu m ulator register, "3- M" mod e, which watc hes Morrow board is the 5-100 mod e, si nce t hey are dedi-
your program is at faul t. a pa rticular memory location . bus. There's complete com- ca ted to the firmware pro-
In another mode, the The display looks the same as patibility with the dozens and gram at this time. Still , the
"2-M" mode, input ports may the "O-M" mode, where the dozens of other computer keys and readouts do provide
be examined and data may be left six digits represent t he boards on the mar keto T he at least something. You can
outputted. During any part of me mory location a nd t he system is totally upward com- devise a frequ ency counter
your pro gra m, while th e pro- right three represent the da ta. patible, mea ning t ha t, as yo u a nd u ~ .: t he readouts for fre-
gra m is ha lted and the front As the program is stepped begin to squande r more and quency displ ay, write a cloc k
pan el is in control, data may through, the memory loca- more mon e y o n compute rs, program which keeps time
be sent to any port, just as if tion will no t change in the you can use al l that yo u have (none of this $9.95 stuff), or
put input data into the read-
outs to give you a visual
ind icator that data is bei ng
received.
The LED displays are
s im p ly memory locati ons
beginning at 377,000. T he
eight data lines drive each
segment of a n LED. By
deposit ing a 11 7 octal, the
segments for ming a "3 " will
turn o n. With help from
Morrow 's instr uctions, you
can easily make the readouts
coun t. Remember th at, when
the front pan el program takes
ove r, all the information in
the LEOs is lost, so the infor-
mat ion need s to be stored at
ano ther locat ion.
The keyp ad is I/O por ts
376 and 377. As a key is
pressed, a latch is set so that
you ca n inpu t any data co m-
binations from the keys. It's a
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little bit cumbersome but st ill grams (in octal) and then run into more and more comp li- panel board, has pretty we ll
better than toggle swi tches. and debug the programs. As cated programs. Since data covered all bases - a simple-
the student becomes more can be read from the LED to-o perate board for begin-
In Conctusjon a nd more proficient, addi- displays and program param- ners, a sophisticated super-
Now that you've looked at tional boards memory, eters changed through the vi sor v-con tr o l f ir mwa re
some of the features of the analog/digital, interface, e tc. front panel keys, external program for programm ing
Morrow CPU board, I will - can be plugged in to make displ ays suc h as CRTs need and debugging, and comple te
briefl y describe several appli- the system more sophisti- not be used. This is particu- compatibility with the cur-
cations for which this com- cated I have found that, larly nice if the computer is rently popu lar 5-100 bus
put er is ideal ly suited . The within the educational realm, goi ng to be used in a labora- structure. Parasitic Engineer-
first, and most obvious, is the the Morrow board is uniquely tory situation, such as ma- ing, with the rugged power
educational value of seeing suited for students to learn chine control, where heat or supply and cabinet to house
what is goi ng on inside a c omputer contro l applica- vibration might cause a TV the Morr ow board, provid es
computer as the program is t io ns, beginni ng wi th simple screen som e problems. the co mplementary corn-
running. Stude nts can easily programs fo r simple control George Morrow, in his ponents for the base for any
enter machine language pro- applications and progressing desi gn of thi s CPU/front degree of sophistication. -

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 Nat urally, a good ground
is req uired; t he better the
gro u nd , t he better the tuner
wo rk s. I burie d a few long
grou nd ro ds in t he base of the
tower before the concrete
was poured . Since t he u n it
bo lt s to the tower, a good
grou nd will be had if your
tower is wel l grounded. You
might consider cutti ng some
radials into your lawn with a
flat-bla de d icc chopper. The

Enjoy All Bands slits will self-seal in a short

ti me.

Circ u it Descript ion

With The inductor is a Johnson

229-203 28 u H rotary in-
d uctor of some 30 turns. The
capaci tor is a Johnson
154- 10 , 347 pF, 3 kV unit.

A Remote Tuner Bo t h o f these items are avail-

able f ro m Whi teh o usc, as arc
coup lc rs (Millen 39002),
misce l la neous p o rc el a in
standoffs, panel bushings, and
f e edthroug h i n s u la to rs.
Mot o rs, mic roswitchcs, re-
lay s, an d the components for
motorized marvel th e control panel are best
o b ta ined from Allied Elec-
t ronics. I had most of the
"stuff" In my junk box.
So me of it, like the Bodine
gear head motors and 4 PDT
pushbutto ns, is either no
longer available or is now
outrageously ex pensi ve. But a
turn through t he Whiteho use
Herbert M. R osen thal KL7AE matchbox-t ype cou plers is works in con junct ion wit h an an d All ied catalogs shows
2941 Brandywine one way to ski n t he ca t, but e x ternal d irec t iona l watt- t hat just abou t everyt hing can
A nch orage AK 99502
not without br inging t he meter. Simply adj ust t he L still be obtained ne w and at a
rad iat ing element - o ne e nd a nd C for minimu m reflected total price of about $1 SO pl us
of t he anten na - int o areas power and re t u ne in the fo r- the cost of a waterproof

T his article describes an

" L" net wor k tu ner fo r
m a t ch in g the no m i n a l
co nducive to T VI , RF l , e tc.
T he coupler I will describe
has been in use since 19 72
ward po sit ion for each set-
t ing. Having o nce mad e the
c hart, it is unnecessar y t o use
meta l box to house the unit.
Usi ng the Lan d C described,
y ou can safely run 2 kW PEP.
50-Ohm impedance of the (fi rst in Kan sas as WQOC and the wattm ete r eac h t ime. So The L and C occupy a
mo dern t ransm itter to a then fo r two winters here in you cou ld borrow a watt- compartment with in the en-
r ando m-length lo ngwirc an- Al a ska). It has su rvived meter to cali brate yo ur t uner closure. Noth ing else is in this
tenna, pri mari ly for 80 and be low-ze ro weath er, intense once and then use t he c hart. co mpart men t, to min imize
40, but also useful for all t he rain , a n d very hi gh winds. Th ere is so me minimal cou p li ng rf into the control
bands. Th e un usual feat ure o f A re mo te co ntro l pan el at seasonal chan ge in t h e setting, circu it ry , where it wou ld cer-
t h is tuner is that it is t he o perati ng position per- but th is is no t impor ta nt . One t ainly find its way back
mou nted up on the tower an d mits separate adj ust ments of may ad just fo r a zero re- into t he shack. A second
is fed wi t h coax an d a control the rotary induc tor and t he fle cted power setti ng for any compa rtment houses the
cable. The advantage of t his large transmitting capac itor. fre quency with an a nte nna of motors, relays, limit switches,
syste m is that h igh-i mpedan ce My co ntro l also a ll o ws me to an y reaso nabl e len gth, hori- and trac ki ng po t s. Finall y,
rf is kept where it belongs - read t he re lative po sitio n of zo ntal, vertical, o r a combin a- t here is a pa ne l with a ba rrier
u p in t he air a nd out of the t he L an d th e C so that a tion. I'd guess an ythin g mu ch st ri p fo r t he control cable a nd
shac k! Ope n wire feed ers c ha rt may be drawn wit h o ver 50 feet wou ld do . My a bulkhead con nector fo r t he
seem to be a thi ng of t he arb itra ry m e te r setti ngs prese nt a nte n na is about 300 RG-8 / U. Th e enclosure h as
past, an d bringing o ne end of (0-10 0) fo r each band in in- feet lo ng an d works fi ne. T he two flat strips of met al, each
a longwirc into t he shac k to cre ments (25 k Hz) for pre- o ne in Kansas was almos t 500 d rilled fo r 2 If-bolts t o hol d
one of the mode rn d ay setting t he tuner. The co nt rol feet long. everything on the tower at

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whatever level y ou wi sh . Mine c a p ac it o r. Li mit switc hes meter in the co ntrol u nit. The fall in place each t ime the pot
is about 45 feet up, which (small mtcroswt tches wit h belt drive is seco nd best, for moves one t oo t h eit her way.
gives t he antenna an inver ted rollers o n arms) se nse the end belts sli p and harden in very It works.
"L" shape from the top of of the roller (each way) or cold weather. Of cou rse, not Next, how do you know
the tower down to the feed- the max./min . of the capac- everyone has gears from old when t he roller is at eit her of
through, which extends out itor's rotation . Thus, when Com mand sets or bombsigh ts, its limits? To keep the co n-
of the rf compartment. t he inductor reac hes near but they arc sti ll ava ila ble trol circuitry out of t he rf
I n c i den t al l y, 1 usc the maximum inductance, t he through Bosto n Gcar . All com pa rt ment, use a \4" push-
d o ublc -putlev met hod to mot or is au to mat ically d is- shaft ing is Y4 inch. rod , made of laminated tibe r,
support t he lo ngwire. I have a connected, and t he ope rator To get back to t he 3D-tu rn held in place wit h Y4" pan el
pulley at th e top of t he tower mu st reverse the co ntrol roller inductor, ho w do yo u bu shings at eac h end of the
and a c on t i nuous loop signal to effect movemen t in tr ac k the pot for t his ? Simple coil wi th t wo epoxy glass
of 3/8 " plastic line through the opposite direction. The - use a Geneva movement , a blocks posit ioned along the
th is and the base of t he remote console readout is gear wit h one toot h on the rod with setscrews. As the
lower. This line in turn raises accomplished by a 1 mil motor shaft which meshes roller contact wheel gets to
a seco nd pu lIey to the top, meter, a de supply , and 5 k with a normal gear o n t he its lim it, it moves the rod in
where a seco nd li ne goes out wirewo und pots which track pot. Wit h each turn of the and o ut t hro ugh a pan el
to the antenna wire. In this each mo tor. Obviously, a ro ller, the po t moves o ne bearing. Outside t he rf co m-
mann er, if t he antenna wi re simple gear or pu ll ey and belt tooth 's equiva lent ro tat ion. partment, moun t t he roll er
breaks, I simply lower the syste m may be used for t he At the co ntrol panel you sec li mi t swi tches perpend icular
whole mess and start ove r capaci tor and its pot which the mete r mo ve, pause, move, t o t he panel on a bracket, and
without climbing the tower. only turn Yz revolu tion (min. etc. Since there is no thing to spring load the ro d centered
Each motor is a reversible to max. capac ity). You coul d keep this po t from "free between switc hes. Now when
120 V ac motor (Hurst, about eve n use different diameter wheeling" when the single the pu shrod moves eit her way
$20 each). O ne with an o ut- gears (I did) so t hat the Y2 t oot h is not engaged , simply at li mit, t he respect ive switc h
put of 30 rpm is ideal for the revolut ion of the capa cit or add an index te nsion arm of sees a dent in t he rod and
inductor, and one with a 4 turns t he pot 3/4 t urn to give sli ght sp ringines s, wi th a act uates. Dri ll t he moun t ing
rpm o ut put is ideal for t he a nice mo vement to the 1 mil roll er or vee bent into it, to holes for t he switc hes a bit

119
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relays, etc. The limit switches
.~. for th e ca pacitor are placed
,;; (3)
on th e o utside of the fi rst
plate. As described before,
t he pushrod and micro-
IA
es
I. •• • 0<
switches for the inductor are

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barrier strip for the control
~- cable goes on the outside of
the second plate. Scraps of
angle bracket are affixed to
· DECIO·
bot h plates, with holes for
self -t apping screws. Now
, everyt hi ng is sli d into the
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facing the ground is open. My
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with scr ews and sweat-
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neut ralized with baking soda
® and water, drie d, and primed
@ with sp ray zinc chromate. It's
been up a few years and,
pro bab ly, I shoul d climb up
Fig. 2. K l = L or C; K2 = tna. or Deu. -Motor-reversing capacitors (f urnished with motors).
with a tu be of RTV and a can
o f primer . . . nex t year.
large and you can correctly which operates the meter cir- ltor are mo unted on ceramic
set the li mit switc hes th e first cuit. Two momen tary lever Constructi on of t he co n-
stando ffs on a 1/8 " alu-
time. Remem ber to use a switches (center off) and as min um pl ate about 6" x 14 ". t rol unit is left up to yo u.
strong fiber rod - Plexi- You would probab ly use a
many pi lot lights as you Panel bushings (v..) and in-
small cabinet and panel to
glas" may sna p after a fanc y complete the control sulated coupli ngs (Millen ) are
while. The limit switches for match yo ur rig and a meter,
unit, On e lever switch is used. An 50-239 is mounted
swi tches, lamps, etc., to suit
the capaci to r are easier to labeled "L" and "C", the at one end of the panel. All
your ta ste.
act ivate. A simple wheel ot her " INC" and "D EC ." internal rf connections are
around the capacitor shaft Operati ng just the first s witch made wi th 3/8" wide copper That 's it. I think a guy can
with one detent act uates the gives you e ither meter strips, including the lead to scrou nge quite a bit from
switches at each limit. reading, while using bo th t he ou tp ut feed t hrough. T he fri cn dl y junk box owne rs.
Not e in the schematic that swi tc hes changes t he par- inside portion of this insu- Rad io Shack has some of t he
two 25-voh, 2-Amp trans- ticular element setting. There lator is assembled and pulled goodies yo u 'll need for the
for mers are used bac k to is a master on- off switch through the outside wall of co ntrol. Quite a few World
bac k. The reason for this is which you can eliminate if the watertight box with a War II rigs used rotary in-
simply to keep the co nt rol you can find lever switches or fishwire at fi nal assembl y. ductors , and there are a
voltage down to the 25 Vand push-buttons with enough The outer co ne of the insu- million TX caps floating
e li m i na te the hazard of sect ions so th at one section lator and its hardware are around, but I'd reco mmen d
having t he 120 V on t he o n each can be de dicated to t hen installed. goi ng t he Whiteh ouse route
tower. The low voltage is also t his master switc h functi o n. To t he first plate is affixed (and All ied ), if you can
used to co nt ro l two relays in There is a single pot in the a seco nd plate of 1/8" alu- afford it.
the tower unit. These relays, meter circuit which adjusts minum , the same width but There's no reason why a
in t urn, reduce the number of the meter swing to full scale. o nly 11" long, to permit ac- guy couldn 't hide th is up in
wires in t he cab le and permi t Note that one section of the cess to the 50-239 . This the attic, get onto a metal
a si ngle trans former (step-up) L/C relay selects the proper second plate is affixed with vent pipe for a ground , and
to be used in the remote unit. remote po t. bolts and spacers cut from simply han g up as much wire
Half of th e low voltage is 3/8" copper tu bing about 3" as he co uld. Th is tu ne r would
used in a half-wave de supply Const ruct ion long. To t his seco nd plate are get him on t he air wit h a
[zener regulated to 6 V) The rotary coi l an d capac- mounted the mo tors, pots, respectable signal. -
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very similar Y2 A mod el. Al -
most any of the man y models
and makes in use are suitable
for th ese modifications or
adaptations of th em.
Four variations are shown
in th e ske tches in Pigs. 1
through 7, together with
several suggest ions for pos-
sible mounting and grounding
me th ods for the average
hom e lot. Two of the an-
tennas, variants A an d B

New Use (Figs. 2 and 3), need no

addit ion al parts except for
th e recom men ded stainless
steel hose clamps. These are
For CD Antennas required in o rder to provide
stronger joints t han t hose
used in the original. The
other two versions require
o nly t wo standard sections of
aluminu m tu bing from your

- converting 'em for ham use local hardware sto re, plus a
couple of short pieces of
coax , PVC tu bing, and some
wt re.
Here are instructions for
each t ype, variants A through
D, with a summary of the
feat ures of eac h, together
with sketches and co nstrue-
non notes. There are two
methods shown for construct-
'OP_ Ka-I Schul te WA2KBZ /JY9KS
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STRO ~' Hoffman Estates IL 60195 meter antenna. Alth ough I
PLASTIC
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3/0 " , . (I
using a dowel on the insi de,
H.' IS-SO VI
CAP , ~ O" PVC pipe outside, and the

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H ave you ever wanted a
c h eap but effective
commercial-quali ty antenna?
coa xial capacitor is not the
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out any handy trees t o hold •e'
up a wire? Perh aps you're a ;;,~ FT
"1/'.' ' " lOR II FT.l
co n verted CBer and are
_COU CAP
wondering what to do with
that "good buddy" antenna "'"
up on the roof. Even the

n ... .. " .' luck y op with forty acres and

rhomblcs for each comp ass
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n
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direction may find th is set of
antennas both useful and H) (0" ',J
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_cre"
l..,,2 ' ••' OE' interesti ng.
!I In order to convert a CB
S U • .•• -", AI_ AAOIALS ' ItOH OIREtT CllfIo~(cT(lOo
' 0 COA X tOto ~ECfO '"
t N U O' C I ."'1 antenna, you fi rst have to -
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l l" S IDE .... S( , .. SU\. UO'"
u SED 'SJL ~C1' ~ u r ' (lit " M'L A"
t: 6 ~ ;•• alr " CA 4 .",.t1ll.".
fi nd o ne. I have seen variou s
s uit a b le t yp es for sale
Fig. 1. As can be seen, a minimum of extra hardware (only a through local classified ads
few hose clamps in two cases) is required, and yet a number of
quite useful commerctat-auattty antennas con be constructed.
The hose clamps must be stainless steel. Also, avoid over-
and from disgruntled Cfsers. I
purchased my antenna from
the loca l Montgome ry Ward
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tightening unless wooden dowels ore inserted into the smaller for only $16.00, as it had one
tube of Q joint. The original joints ore not as good as they small (and useless) piece Fig. 2. Variant A - 20 meter
could be, which is why you need the clamps and do wels. missing. It was eithe r a (or 15m) 14 Avertical.
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Fig. 3. Variant B - 40 meter (or tuned) vertical,
Ag.4. Variant C - 10 to 40 meter trap vertical.
stronger of the two. I just meter) quarte r-wave vertical
happened to have a heavy anten na, (See Fig, 2.) By with a good ground at the of # 12 insulated wire in the
fiberglass rod t he right size to sliding th e tubi ng toget her base, Th e support pipe, if base insulato r (where t he
cons tr uct a trap by the other and damping it , you can used, can be 8' or more to original coil was) will reso-
method. Each model has been shorten the antenna to 11 provide a fair ground, but it nate at 7,1 MHz, The entire
tried and works qu ite well. feet o r to 16 feet (±). Repl ace sho uld be supplemented with band will be covered. Use a
So pick the one that you the base coil inside th e insu- several small rods wired to- good ground plus radial wires
like best, and remember that lator with a direct connec- gether. See the ground and for best efficiency. This will
these ideas ca n apply to a tio n. Mod ify t he t ubi ng to radial suggestions in Fig. 6. also work o n a portion of t he
co mplete homemade model, u t i Iize the slot-and-clamp , 5m band as a t hree-quarter
too, although without as easy method for greater strength. Variant B wave vertical. Note that if
a base mount Finally, don't No extra materials are re- This is a 40 me ter (or you only want to use a verti-
for get th e ground rod and quired except damps. The tuned) vertical antenna. (See cal radiator with a tuner,
rad ials for good performance, original radials are not used, Fig. 3 .) The useful height is make a con nection with a
but heavy wire (#12-14) 28' with th e top hat capaci- single insulated wire to th e
Variant A quarter-wave ± 5% insulated tive loading; o nly a few t urns center of a PL,259 . Using a
This is a 20 meter (or 15 radials are a must, together

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:? Xvertical. Fig, 6. Installation suggestions.
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an d the top two sections (C 10 mete r operation is easiest,
and D). Add the tw o new 8' but a little extra fudging wi t h

~ .: tubes (X and V). Cut off Y at Lie will bring in 15m, too.
I
AA O,A "
OR'. LOOP 2' 9" fro m one end. The trap Use a gri p-dip meter with a

~l! <;
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will be inserted between the small loop of wire at the base
"'i~:c.COA~
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~ 4 -6' AOO$ AS T I(- O" I
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\ ( B01 H (N OSI
40 4"(""'.rc . 40" Fig. 4. The original radials
TO " vE SLI' H' o,.te-
f,o..".. .... TT l
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• 10· 40 " ' UP· may be used, if you Wish, but Varian t D
VEA ' IC'" OR
S""C" T uf<Ul T'P E
AL L ...... 0
they will have li ttle effect on Th is is a 10 meter half-
bands below 10 meters. Even wave vertical antenna. (See
on 10, they are not long Fig. 5.) By slightly shortening
enough. See variant 0 for an the original 11 meter antenna
idea for lengthening them for and tweaking the base
10 m. matching coil, this version re-
This antenna will work on sults. The original tubing
all bands from 10 through 4Q radials are retained. Most of
meters but with a little less 10 meters will be covered,
bandwidth than the other ver- with 2 to 3 dB gain. This is
sion. Since the tra p requires the easiest conversion of all.
Fig. 7. Variant C - suggested radial pattern. This will provide only a small inductance, the A helpful suggestion: The
efficient operation on each band. A small amount of direc- bandwidth reduction is not . radials, as supplied, are not
tivity at low angles will be obtained by the pattern in the large. My model works over quarter wave and serve
upper-left corner. 350 kHz on 40, all of 20, all mainly to decouple the coax
t he CW end of 15, and 1 MHz shield. By inserting and ad-
roof (or eaves) mounting, run height over the usual subur- of 10 with an swr between justing aluminum ro ds, true
wire (t hrough a feed t hrough ban lon g wi re. 1.3 and 2. Only enough " L" quarter-wave radials can be
insulator) to the tuner (with a is needed to reson at e the coil had. This will improve thc
ground system). Th e extra Variant C at 14.0 MHz. The val ues efficiency and lower t he radi-
length will be more efficient This is a 10 to 40 meter shown are what my unit ation angle. A ground rod is
on 80 or 160m, and th e t rap vertical ante nna . (See n eed ed . F in e t un c the still desirable for safety and
vertical will allow some ex t ra Fig. 4.) Use th e ori gi nal base lengt hs. Note that 40, 20, and to reduce loss.•

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T h e new u ltr a-m o d e r n full y scuc- 206 C rys tal Calibrator $29.00
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276 Crysta l Ca l ibrator , for Mode I570 29.00
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405 26 2G S ame a s Model 2 52G , w ith VOX & speakers 1 39 .00
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power, co nt in uous si n e wav e. RF 405
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top en d fr on t panel, molded 540 Tri t on I V, SSB/CW, 2 00 W. 3.5-30 MH z .. .... 699.00
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574 Ce n t u r y 2 1 , Dig ita l . . . .. _.. ....... ..... .. . • . . 399.00
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As a demonstration, the
204 Mdkee Road
Honolulu HI 918J 5 "Quick ' N Easy 15 or 20
Meter Vert ical," as desc ribed
in 73 in Febru ary, 1974, is a
fine sta rting point. For 15
meters, an 11-foot aluminum
rod (or for 20 meters, a
16-foot aluminum rod) is in-
stalled by setting it in a pop
bottle. Even as few as one or
two isolated radials cut to the
same length as the up right
will surprise you wit h their
performan ce. I daily worked
KH6HGJ and KH6HHO from
the San Francisco area with

Confessions Of only 100 Watts and a 5 by 9

repo rt. This 20 meter rod was
on ly t wo feet from the porch
and t he house, and the top
was steadied with a broom
stick.
A Vertical Fanatic All of this makes one
wonder what I co ul d have
done if I had foun d a clear,
ope n spot with a 36Q.degree
ground system. This was not
possible, but the makeshift
set up worked. You can 't beat
success.
- careful, he's looking for converts My next note on t he ver-
tical co ncerns t he ground
system. A little experimenta-
tion will show that the
ground radials which perform
the best on receiving and
transm itting are t hose which
are elevated and insulated at
the ends. With these same
rad ials lying on or beneath
the ground, the swr is ele-
vated, and the receiving signal
is less in volume. Following
T h e vertical antenna
should be well ap-
preciated as a ham anten na,
as it is truly a sleeper. This
antenna is great for OX, is
com pact and si mp le, and it
can give a good accounting of
itse lf even under less-than-
this, one can check four rods
driven into the eart h at 90
idea l condit ions. degree angles, and here find

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Fig. 1. Radial angle at vertical bose to bring impedance to 50 Fig. 2. Top method used to bring impedance to 50 Ohms on a
Ohms. vertical antenna.
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 the least-desired fun ction . on suc h an an tenna may be rem. The lawyers have written these two instrumen ts, t he
lastly, trying with no rad ials, ha ndil y made from the in every rest ric tion kn own to swrs will be low . In mobile
as I have heard a few op- gr ou n d without climbing man. In one ri t zy neighbor- situati on s, I use the swr met er
erators do, is nearl y worth- towers. hood where no t ype of for ad just me nts.
less. Were I pressu red into Some will sa y that the ant enna is all owed, I ta lked Verticals have been made
such a situation, I wou ld use vert ical is non direct ional and to a chap who t ipped over a wi th a large assortment of
the vertical as a long wire and has less gai n than a yagi. It is commercial vertical in his t hings. One can use water
use a ground with a lon g-wire also true tha t a vertical will attic wit h which he worked pipe, irrigat io n pipe, down-
tuner in the shac k, which will pick up a greater number of the world. s po ut stock , beer cans,
do a good job. man-mad e noise s f r o m Now, here's a note about coppe r t ub ing, coax, clothes-
Recentl y I learned from rotating machin es, gene rators, impedance in the vertical. If li ne po les, ham towers, alurni-
George Ons um W7 1C about moto rs, ignitions, and home t he radial system is brought num tubi ng, sta inless st eel
his techn ique of using wound appliances. off at 90 degrees fro m the tubing, an d wire of eve ry
coils in h is 75-80 meter Desp ite these factors, the base, the impedance will read desc ription. I rece ntly was
radials, and I've tri ed it. It vertical wh ich is in the clear, fro m 25 to 30 Ohms. To interested to read of a vertical
works. free of buildings, trees, bri ng th is to a 50·0 hm usable made with an alu minum
The vertical makes a grand scrubs, and nearby metal range, there are two easy ladder.
showing as a mobile antenna obstructions, will, wit h a met hods to use. Th e first , as One afternoon last ye ar,
for t he auto, motor home, goo d grou nd, do a grand job. shown in Fig. 1, brings t he t he strongest 20 met er signal
trailer, and part icularly for Fo r ins tance, I visi te d a radial off the upright at an on the ban d was a reti red
marine work . Use of the ve rti- ham who had a vertical next a ngl e a nd t hen straight o ut. c hap who ph ased two com-
cal over salt wate r, using the to h is hou se, completely The seco nd technique, as mercial verticals using t he
water as ground, is a fi ne way hidden by a n evergreen tree. shown in Fig. 2, uses the tap aluminum skin of his traile r
to go. As a pract ical matter, He had neighbor pro blems. method. Thi s is used by co m- as gro und. Here, in a final
the com pact vertical is pretty His ground was the ho use mercial manufacturers, a nd is note on verti cals, we ope n a
cl ose t o the only anten na for wat er pipe. He worked locally my preference. whol e new bag o f worms.
such mobile and mar ine use . and at great distances, and Another note o n ve rt icals What n ot e s d o you
Another note o n the the neighbor is now quiet. is that the best techni que for have ? •
advan tages o f the vertical Here in Hawaii, where fi nding the resonant fre- Rel erence
might be made a bout the (act seven ty-five percent of the quency and impedan ce is the 1. Al Lee KH6HOM , " Quic k ' N
that the resonant frequenc y ho mes a rc on leased land, the grid-dip meter/antenn a bridge Easv 15 or 20 Meter Ver tical,"
a nd impedance adjust ments ha m a nt enna ca n be a prob- setup. Wit h goo d readings on 73, Pebruarv , 19 74, pages 37·39.

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Novice Guide
To Phased Antennas
-part I

A n Indian once ca me
into an auto mob ile
sa lesroom , t he story goes,
asked , " Now do you under-
stand ho w the automobile
work s?" " Ye s," repl ied th e
c ha sed a book on vertica l
a nte nnas . It was a co m-
ple te wo rk on how to fig ure
you only want to put up a
pair of pha sed a ntennas
whic h will give the ma x-
and as ked a bout a ca r Ind ia n, " but I still don 't see out the rad iation a ngles i m u m re sul t s wi t h a
whic h drew his fan cy . where you put the horse ." and the various patterns minimum of mathematics .
" Whe re do you put the Then there is the little a nd had page afte r page of If you don't ca re how pha s-
hor se ?" he a sked . The girl who was given a book hig he r ma t he ma t ics It ing wo rks, just igno re the
sa les man sa id t hat no to revi ew for he r sc hool e ven s ugges t ed th a t it d rawings I ha ve includ ed . I
ho rse was needed a nd pro- ho mework . She wrote the wo u ld be be tter to use a felt tha t the re wou ld be a
ceeded to give him a ve ry following : "This book told computer. few who would like to
co m ple te explanation of me more about penguin s Since I had no computer know how it works without
how the inte rnal co mbus- than I ca red to know." a nd only had a roll of wire ca ri ng for a nything more
tio n e ng ine works. The In- This is th e way I fe el a nd so me tool s, t he book th an a s imp le u nde r-
dia n li stened c lose ly a nd about most of the a rt icles was a total loss. sta nd ing. I ha ve also in-
frequently nodded hi s a nd books I have read on Actually, phasing anten- cluded a page of patterns
head , so the sa les m a n phased antennas . I just pur- na s is ext remely simp le, if possible with pha sed
a ntenna s, but only to show
Col. 1 Col. 2 Col. 3 Col. 4 Col. 5 Col. 6 Col. 7 Col. 8 tha t phasing is not only un-
at:', ~ O. 1 2 5 a/ ~ · 0.25 af)< " 0.375 a /X- 0.5 afX· 0.625 a/ X" 0.7 5 a/X . 0.875 a/ ).", 1.0
c rit ica l. but al so t hat th ere

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Row 1
is no point in knowing
a - O· more than the most simple
a nd ea si ly understood pat-
tern s. The sma ll d iffe ren ce

o (])0ij)@~$D~
is no t wort hwhi le.
Row 2
a - -I S" The mai n cons ideration s
are: How mu ch space do
yo u ha ve, and which d irec -

o o((D ij) Q? OJ ~ ~ €1
tio n do yo u wa nt th e a nte n-
Ro w 3
a z 90" nas to cover? The re is the
additional fa ctor of : What,
if any. do you want to re-

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ject in t he way of no ise or
othe r signa ls?
I will al so give some
grou nd rad ia l information

:~~:'~@) E @., ({jJ; .@ m for those who a re using

ground-mounted vertical s.
Even th e poo rest grou nd
:
Fig. 1. Variations of patterns available with two to wers. wi ll not affec t the phasi ng
136
 app recia bly. the a ntennas 68 fee t, the
I have neve r used ra d ia ls free spa ce d istance, but I
fo r gro und-mou nted ve r- fo rgot and used 66 feet.
t ica ls, but o nly a p attern o f Howe ver, t he diffe re nce
five gro und rod s, as shown was no t noticeab le . I have '" '" '"
in Fig. 4 . My ground is even used 54 feet , but the
moist cla y, so I know that, rejectio n was not q uite as
if it were sand. I would good , as it wa s more like
need more. pattern number 3, though a Fig. 2.
I am not a gain nut, a nd I little better .
feel tha t, if I get into Ant- The width of the pattern
arctica with a 20-0ver-nine between ha lf power po ints
signal . I won't spend much is o nly 60°. a nd the re-
time worrying whether t je cti on at the s ide is
get into Antarctica with 17 a ro und 30 d B average .
over 9 o r 23 over nine . The At one time during my
ma in thing is tha t I get twe lve years of hand ling
there. Anta rctic tr affic, I worked
The other consideration at 7.290 MHz after Rad io
is: Can I c ut o ut noise a nd Moscow signed off. at 0700
interferin g signa ls so I c a n GMT, and , a t t he sa me
copy them at all? time. Joh nst o n Island wa s
Seve ral yea rs ago , I ha ndling phone patch traf-
wo nde red how a ro o f - fic on the sa me frequenc y
mou nt ed s ing le g ro u nd wit h Ca li for nia . If I
plane wou ld compa re with switched my a n t e n n a s
t he phased arra y. I put o ne east/west, they were 59.
up a nd tri ed it o ut . This was But , wh en 1 w as Fig. 3.
on 40 me te rs at n ight . nor th/so ut h, I cou ld not
On the si ng le g round hea r them , they could not qua rte r wavelength of you won 't need the
pla ne, I re ceived a sc rea m- he ar me , a nd nei ther sta- 72 ·0 h m coax , suc h as ma tc hing sec t ions.
ing mass of signa ls fro m tio n could he a r Sou th Pol e RG-S9. Thi s will rai se til e On 40 me te rs , t he
every di rection . The signa ls Station. as they were using impedance of the line ,to matc hing sect ions will be
f ro m KC 4USN , now beams . We worked 'i ke th is 100 Oh ms, a nd. when they 22'6" a t 7.200 MHz . This is
KC4A AA, at t he So ut h thro ugh t he e nt ire season . a re pa ralle led, the re sul t (246/7.2) x .66, corrected
Pol e, were unreada b le in This half-wa ve a rrange- will be 50 O hms and the for t he velocity factor of
this noisy situation. But, ment is the easiest to set up swr will be 1 :1 . If you use a polyethylene line .
whe n I switc hed to the and th e eas iest to ma tc h. If tun er, the re will be n o Fig. 3 shows ho w t he
phase d a rray o n t he you will make t he line s to po int in a dd ing t he 75-p hm lines are connected . ln-
ground , t here was t he the antennas equal, the line . sert lng a half wave le ngth
South Pole c o ming th ro ugh pa tte rn will be bro adside If you use a n a ntenna of SQ.Ohm line at po int X
clear a nd st ro ng, a nd the a t ri ght a ng les fO the line of suc h as the 4BTV (or a will delay the signa l 180°
rest of the band ha d the antennas a nd wi ll be hom em a de o nejwhich ha s a nd cha nge t he pattern to
qu ieted dow n re ma rka bly. the pattern marked A. If no matchi ng coil in the pattern B. the fou rth pat-
I was using a p~ l r o f ve r- you a re u sing 14 AVQ base, then the im pedance te rn fro m the left in the
tica ls spaced 66 fee t and anten nas, with a 50-O hm will be a bout'Sf Oh ms, and bo ttom ro w. This will be
fed with equal lengths of impedance, the para lleled adding the quarter-wave end fire [n the di rection of
coax . The a ntennas we re line s will be 25 O hm s. Th is RC-S9 will be of mo re the line of the two anten-
east a nd we st, a nd t he will give a n sw r o f 2:1 . If va lue . Thi s will ra ise the na s.
broadside patte rn was t hat you feel t hat this is too impeda nce in each line to O ne more po int shou ld
of the fo urt h pattern in the high, there
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is an easy way 72 O hms, a nd t he swr then be made he re: If you use
first row , marked A (see Fig. to fix that. In the line from will be 1 :1 .44. Ho we ve r, a ny pai r of an tenna s wh ic h
1). I sho uld have spac ed eac h a n t enna , add a a ga in, if you use a tun er, are not id en t ic a l, the pa t-
"
Polyethelene (.86) COIx
Band -Antenna Spacing 4. ' 90 ' 135 - 180 -
1I4 1I8 1I4 1I2 1/81 1/4 A. 318. 1/2 A.
80 meters
3.9 MHz 50' 31 '6" 63' '26' 20'10" 41'7" 62'7" 83'4"
40 metera
7.2 MHz 32'6" 17'1" 34'2" 68'4" 11 '3" 22'7" 33'11" 45'2"
20 metera
14.2 MHz 16'6" 8'8 " 17'4" 34'8" 5'8" 11 '5" 17'2" 22'11 "
15 meters
21.3 MHz 11' 5'9" 11 '6" 23'1" 3'10" 7'7 " 11 '5" 15'3"

Table 1. Dimensions for phased ant ennas. "Oua tter-wave verticals or hall of a dipo fe.
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 system . le n gt hs of line , ha s a
I had quite a bit of no ise noticeab le gain, a fai r nul l
from the power line, a on the sides, and is much

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steady 56, and this pattern better than a single ver-
cut the noise to practically tical. The most used pat-
ze ro. Also, most of the te rn, howeve r, is the one at
ot he r stat ions I worked D, which, fo r some sta-
were in Florida , New t ion s, is the best of all pat-
Orleans, or South America, terns .
so I just left the antennas By inse rt ing a qua rter-
Al l ~, CONN[C T[O T O G [ T H[~ like t ha t fo r t hree or fo ur wave de lay line at poi nt X,
years before I cha nged and the card ioid pattern will
Fig. 4(a). All rods connected together. If ground rods are brought the lines into the fire in the direction of
used instead of radials, instafl them as per Fig. 4{c). shack where I could switch antenna #2 . If you insert
delay lines into the coax to t he same delav at point Y,
th e a nten nas . the a rray will fi re in the
I might mention one d irection of antenna #1 .
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other idea, in case you The null on the backside of
ha ven't already t houg ht of this pattern is very deep,
it. If one antenna is closer about 40 dB, and is useful
to the shack tha n the other, for taking o ut fore ig n
which was the case with broadca st stations, a near-
Fig. 4(b). Radial ground system (8 shown) illustrating inter. my se t up, you can remove by amateur, or a local
connection of towers. a ha lf wavelength of li ne noise source. The forwa rd
fro m th e a ntenna feedlin e, pa tt e rn is abou t 120 0 wide,
An ACH "," , ""TN
'\ P'O*[" LIN. since either line can be and , by switching from one
1-' --1 , GOOOVI" O' Hi Cl....PS
used to make the change line to the other, you ca n

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from broadside to end fire. cover most of the direc-
I brought both 50-Ohm tions a ro und yo u. If you
lines into the shack and a re in t he northwe st corner
11'----- -'1 coiled up the quarter-wave of the states, you ca n fire
mat ching section s of southeast and cover the
Fig. 4(c). Ground system utilizing four 6-loot ground rods RG-59 and hung t hem on a U.S. The same is true for
(illustra ting proper connec tion of rods). nail , as we ll as th e half- th e other corners of the
wave de lay line. cou ntry . The gain is a little
terns may not be the same. ble if you simply measure
For example, if you should with a tape measure. It is Since the power is di- better in this configura t ion,
use a 14AVQ wit h a n o lde r not necessary to use im- vided into two antennas also . It is about 4.5 dB,
14AVS o r w it h a 4 BTV. pedance measurements . and eac h feed line ca rries while the ga in of the half-
whic h does not have a co il One t hing worth know- only hal f t he power, RG-58 wave lo bes is about 3.8 dB.
in the base, o r a home brew ing is that the best resu lts is ample for a 2DOO-Watt It a lso has a lowe r angle of
type, this will he 180° out are obtained when the swrs PEP sideband rig. 1 used it radiation than the half-
of ph ase. a nd the pa ttern on the two antennas a re for yea rs and only c hanged wave pattern.
will he e nd fire when the the sa me. I have had occa- to RG-8 beca use it stood lf yo u insert a half
lines a re equal. The re ason sion to adj ust o ne antenna up better when bu ried in wavelength of line in either
is that the coil in the base o r the other to compensate the ground going to my antenna lead , you will get
of t he 14AVQ cha nges the fo r nea rby t rees or metal antennas . I always used pattern E, which is a slight-
phase of the a nte nna 180°. objects, such as a wire RG-58 o r 59 in the shack . ly better end-fi re pattern
In t hi s case, you will need fence . Even t his will not Now le t's tak e up the t ha n the pattern at D, as fa r
to add a ha lf-wave section ma ke serious differences, question of quarter-wave as gain goes . But the nulls
at point X to get a broad- but it is so easy to correct spacing, whi ch takes up at the side are not as broad,
side pattern. that yo u m ight as well do less space and , fo r so me and the signa ls at the side
This is no great pro blem it. stat ions, is a be tter ar- will no t be weake ned as
w it h ha lf-wave spaci ng . To sum up, use identica l ra nge me nt . The qua rter- much .
Quarter-wave spaci ng will antennas and equal le ngths wave patterns are C a nd D Another pattern which is
cause problems. You can of good coax , 5O-Ohm, and inFig .1 . very interesting is F, and,
make everythi ng simp ler if yo u will ha ve no tro uble. If It is also possible that perhaps , so is G. This re-
bot h a nten nas a re iden- yo u only want to have t he you might want to use t he qui res on ly an eighth-wave
tical. anten nas fire in one fixed pattern E, which is the bot- spacing , whi ch is 17' at for-
The closer the electrical pattern, you can use the tom pattern in the second ty meters. In thi s case, the
le ngth s of t he lines, the setup in Fig. 3, with a row from the left. delay line is 3/8 wave,
deeper the null s at the Tvc ormector between th e Patte rn C is t he same which is 33'11 " at fo rty
sides of t he patte rn, but, in two antennas . When I first condition as pattern A for meters .
general , the lengths a re not wo rked Anta rctica fo r ' a the half-wave spacing . It is This arrangement ha s,
critical. If you use new few years running phone what you get when you however , one great
coax, you will have no tro u- patc h t raffic, I used this feed with two equal dr a w b a c k . The sw r ,
13.
 because of the mutual im- lim ited that I simply ca n-
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pedance fro m the close not run radials.
spa ci ng, ca n be qu ite high. Another way is to run in-
In my case, it was a bout su lated wire radi a ls on th e ~oli CO" ~ Oll co..
5:1. Whe n I first t ried it, I surface of the gro und a nd
d idn't have a tuner, so I pin t he m down by the use
prompt ly took it down . of bent wire Us from coa t Fig. 5. Switching arrangement for quarter-wave spa cing. At
later I tried it again and hangers . The gras s will position 1, antenna A is fed directly and antenna B is fed
fou nd that a s i m p le soo n cove r them , and you through a quarter-wave delay line. At position 2, the direc-
l -network wou ld bring it can mow the yard right tion is reversed. A t position 3, both an tennas are fed equal-
down to 1:1. Si nce I only ove r them . The e nds of th e ly and a broadside pattern resu lts. In position 1, there is a
use ground rods instead of radia ls will be hot and cardioid pattern to ward an tenna B and vice versa.
radials, I had no trouble, mu st be we ll insu lated
but, if you lay radials, yo u either by plastic tape o r •
won't have room to run pieces of tub ing slipped •
them in a ci rcle . You ca n over them a nd closed . ~~~
just run ra dia ls on o ne side If you u se insulated ---- · 2--' ~ ~--
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I' "&0<.'10"
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of one a nte nna a nd the wires, you wo n't need more -- t ~ -t-- "t '. + +--~O\.l p.
other side of die ot he r. than about 4 or 6 q uarter-
P2
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If yo u wa nt the patte rn wave rad ial s. When yo u V
at G. you will have to add a use bu ried ba re wire. you "
half-wave delay line in one ar e using a different
leg of the a rray to make it method . They a re used to ,.,
e nd fi re . cut the grou nd re sistance ,
Now that yo u have see n Fig. 6.
and yo u need more .
how simp le pha sing is, I Of course, t he very best
hope you will try it out . way. if you are surrounde d so ut h of you . As they pa ss P3, the same cond itions
Once you have tr ied it, you by trees a nd power lines, is by, the sta t ic will fa ll off wou ld prevail.
will never go back to a to mount the antennas on a again as the storm goes to Now put you rself at P2,
si n g le verti cal again . pipe, preferabl y a quarter- the east. and you will be twice as far
Hy G a i n put out a n wave lo ng, a nd ra ise the When I was running Ant- from #1 as you were a t P1 .
e nginee ri ng rep ort on a ntennas in the air . Then a rct ic tra ff ic, thi s was a In ad d it io n, yo u a re the
p hased ve rtica ls a few three slo ping rad ial s will great he lp. as it was su m- sa me d ist ance fro m # 2 as
years ago and said that do a fine job. They will me r here w he n it was you were at P1 . We will
they experienced a 12 to 15 serve to guy the pipe or winter down there and the as sume that t his distance is
dB imp rove me nt on re ce iv- mast and will make a stur- st a tic here was often a half wave from antenna
ing, and I believe them . dy insta lla t ion. heavy . If this happens to #2 and two half waves from
I will now add some Anothe r c o ns id e ra t io n yo u, it wi ll sell you on an ten na #1 . The rad iatio n
gene ra l info rmatio n on t he is : What ba nds will you be ph ase d a nte nnas for go od . a t P2 from #1 will be o ut of
subject. This won't add to wo rking? Ha lf-wa ve spac- Pha sing wi ll a lso im- p hase with tha t fro m #2 ,
any co nfusio n, I hope, but ing on fo rty mete rs is p rove 2 meter a nd C B a nd these waves w ill
will answer a few questions quarter-wave spacing on antenna s , and these ca nce l.
whi ch will ari se when you se ve nty-five meters, and smaller antenna s offer Thus, at P1 or P3, you
start to const ru ct your quarte r-wave spaci ng o n great oppo rtu nit ies for wi ll get tw ice t he rad iat io n
ante nna . forty me ters is hal f-wave wire a rrays. fro m a sing le a nten na, and ,
First is t he matter of spa ci ng on tw enty mete rs. Th e fund am en tal s o f a t P2 o r P4, yo u will ge t vir-
gro und syst e m . HyG a in Fig . 5 shows a sim ple phas ing a re show n in Fig. 6. tua ll y no rad iati on from '
suggests the use of six way to reverse th e pattern This is a half-wa ve spaced eithe r, since it wil l ca nce l.
8-foot ground rods fo r their on a ny array with qua rter- array and will show, fo r This will give you the
18HT antenna as a wave spacing, as well as to those interested, just what pattern in Fig . 6(b). You will
substitute for ra d ial s, all give a broadside pattern. happens . ha ve a bout 3.8 d B gai n to
abo ut 6 in c h e s a pa rt The results of switc hing a re #1 a nd #2 a re simi lar the north o r south a nd a
a ro und t he base of t he very d ram ati c. Often if yo u a nte nnas, fed with eq ua l lo ss of 30 to 40 dB from the
antenna . I use the me thod ask a station to give you a c urrents, a nd are not af- east or west. Signa ls or
shown in Fig. 4, co nsist ing signa l report when you a re fe cted by a ny surroundings no ise from the sides will be
of a single 8-foot rod at the firing in his direct ion, and which might ca use phase greatly wea ke ne d , and the
antenna. no more than six then reverse it, he will no t shift or reflections. signals from the north o r
inc hes away, and a sq ua re even be able to hear you at Pic ture yourself at P1 , south wi ll be no t only
a r rangeme nt o f 6-fo o t a ll. whic h is a posit ion eq ua lly st ronge r, but a lso free of
groun d rods fou r fee t One of t he adva ntages di stant from both anten- th e interference from the
apart, connected to ea c h of the half-wave spaci ng nas. Here you will ge t bo th sides . Add this to th e very
other and to t he 8-foot rod , firi ng broadside is t ha t signa ls from t he two a nten- low a ng le ra di at ion fro m
as shown . I have fou nd this st o rms approa ching from nas arriving at the same vertical anten nas, and you
to be very satisfactory. I the west do not c a use time a nd , thus, with double will see t hat towers and
ha ve so many trees in t he hea vy static until they are the stre ngth of one a nte n- beams a re no t the only way
way and my space is so al most direc t ly no rth o r na . If you we re at pos it ion to work DX.•
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Brown Bomber
- 2m beam with sadistically strong signal

Dave Brow" W9CGI a nd supp ly ho uses. The

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"' Noblesville IN 4606() are Hy-Ga in, because they
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c a m e from fo u r 64B ,
a-element 6m beams I had
I "' I+- o n 6m SSB for a while . The
pa rt numbers given under
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T his antenn a reall y may

be too much for th e
the par ts list a re Hy-Gain
pa rt numbers from th eir
64B yagi sheet .
ave rage 2 mete r en- Fig. 1 is a rear view of the
" 7~", thusiast . It is lar ger t ha n antenna . There a re seven

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the a v e r a g e 2m vagi , re fl ecto r elements making
-. •• up the reflector "sc ree n."
". 4~.~ though not really huge in
the 20m Va g i sense . Curving the mast that these
I Basically, it is one vagi are mounted to into a
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over a nother and at closer somew hat circula r form

"' spaci ng than yo u may be may e nhan ce thi ngs, but
used to . The a ntenna is t he mec ha nics of th at a re
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I-slot yag i with so me very fo rt is wo rth . The refo re, o n
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• different mod if icat io ns. In
slot terms, it is a n "8 over
this mode l, the mast is
st raight up and down, ver-
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8" slot, but there has been
quite a modification in the
tica l to the ground . The
circles in the drawing are

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enhance the t ront-to-back
the vag! booms, which a re
45" apa rt, center to ce nte r.
rat io . The vertical boom shown
In addition to a wri tten at th e re ar (the fro nt is the
Fig. 1. Rea r view. Reflector-ta-ref lector dimensions are ap- desc ript io n on how I buil t sa me, withou t the refl ector
proxima te to hel p you visualize what the actual construc- mine, I wil l give a comp lete ele me nts). is 6-foo t-l o ng
tion is. R1 and R7 go as close to the ends as mounting pet- parts list in com mercia lly- easy-to-find Reyno lds
mils. R4 is centered at the 36" mark on the vertical mast. availab le pa rt nu mbers. al um in um tubing . Mine
R2 and R6 are outside the horizontal booms and as close This sho uld make it eas ier was number 4241 , 1" o .d.,
to them as mounting perm its. R3 ;s centered between R2 for you to acquire pa rts if .0 4 9" wall thickne ss .
and R4. R5 is centered between R4 and R6. you are fa r from big cities Measu re and mark the 36"
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 ce nte r of the ma st. Fro m cap plugs o n their ext re me the EMT c o nd u it t hro ugh the re fle c tor suppo rt (rea r
this m ark , m e a sure up e nds . Whe n you a re sure the 4 loo ps o f the If-bolts. ve rt ica l ma st ) and 2 of the
22.5" a nd down 22.S". a nd yo u have the s pl ice a nd cente r the 4S" -a part U-bolts from item 22, and
ma rk t hese spots. The top cente re d in the clamp s, go m a rks o ve r th e ce nte rl ines drill the boom s so th e
and bottom re fle cto rs go a he ad and ti ghten the fo ur of the booms . When you U-bolts pa ss throu gh them
as clos e to the e nds of the sc rews o n e a c h cl amp . You a re sure t he two boo m s a re in a hor izonta l p lane . Drill
ve r t ic a l m a st as th e now s hou ld h a ve t wo in line with one anothe r both uppe r a nd lo wer
mounti ng ha rd wa re will reasona bly rigid 12-fo ot- (ho ld o ne e nd o f e a ch b o oms . Po s it ion t h e
all ow . The ne xt se t o f lo ng booms for later va gi aga inst the floo r a t the If-bol ts so they a re just
reflecto rs working tow ard a ssembly . fro nt o r re ar of t he boom s), ahe ad of the c a p pl ug s. If
the ce nter from t he end s If you ha ve a workb ench tighten the U-bolts with a you pa ss e a c h o f th e
is pla ced so the ref le cto r e dge t ha t has no o verh ang- wrench . If yo u a re in a win- U-bo lts through the boom
c rosses the yag i boom s. ing to p (o r c a n block it up d y are a (who isn 'H ), you fro m yo ur side, whil e keep-
This works o ut to be about flush), t he next step s a re may wa nt to drill a S/16" in g th e v e r t ica l ma s t
12" from the end reflectors easier. Assemble item 4, hole throug h e ac h clamp e nclose d in the If-bolt
on mine . The next set of th e U-bo lts , into th e (a ft e r you do u bl e-ch eck loop, you have on ly to put
r e fl e c t or s is a n o t he r clamps o n the yag i boom s boo m a lignme nt) a nd pass a flat If-bolt plate (or fla t
11 -3/4" towa rd th e ce nter. wit h the U o f the U-bolt o n a 5/16" bolt (not li sted in wa shers) ove r th e U-bo lt
This gives a ppro xima te ly the sa me s ide as the V of the part s list) through th ese end s, lock washers, and
eq ual spa ci ng be tween a ll the clamp . You sho uld use hol e s. The hol e shou ld be nuts and draw everyt hing
seve n of the re fle c to rs, o r a ll o f the hard ware of item in t he c e nte r of the clamp up just snug . If you put the
at least as cl os e as ot her 4 in the pa rts list to do t his. o n ea c h side a nd pas s EMT ce nte r mast at 1 foot
ha rdware will a llow. The Don 't ti gh te n the If-bolts thro ugh the boom splice . off the floor, with t he re ar
last refl e ctor, of c o urse, do wn Ju st yet. If you pur- Use S/1 6" fla t and lock ve rtic al ma st just to uch ing
goes at t he ce nter whe re cha se t he EMT condu it in washers and nuts o n th e se the floor , the 4S" mark s on
you mark ed the 36" mark . st a ndard 10-foot length s, bo lts (a lso. not liste d). You th e refle ctor ma st sho uld
At thi s point. I wo uld now is the time to saw o ff a now should have a rather a lmos t line up in the center
like to c o v e r h ow I 48" to SO" piece of it. Th is la rge 12-foot " H" sha pe . of the la st U-bolts men-
asse mb led mine, as it c a n be comes the c e nte r ver- With this " H" o n its side tio ne d . Align the m unt il
be unwie ld y if you don't go t ic a l m ast o f t he a rray a nd (EMT t ubing vert ic a l), you they do and t ighten the
about it righ t. The vag ! all ows e asie r assembly and ca n use a If-bolt lnot list ed) If-bolts. You now have a
boom s will com e to you as mountin g, a ~ you will late r to bo lt the " H" to the box 45" hig h by 68 Y. ..
two eac h of boom s 68 Vi " see . Mark the ce nte r of the workbench , so the EMT is wid e, with th e front e nds of
a nd 75 % " long . Fi rst. pl a t e 48" to SO" p ie c e, and then a bo ut 1 foot off the floor the horizonta l boom s st ill
the c a p plugs on o ne end of make two ma rks 22.S" in a nd the boo m s a re parall e l han ging loo se o ut front.
e ac h o f these 4 items . Now , ea ch d ire ct ion from the to the front edge of the Mo ve to the fro nt of the
usin g the ends that do not tenter mark. These marks workbenc h. (I hope you booms . Drill both of these
ha ve ca p plugs, la y o ne will t hen be 4S" a pa rt , the don' t mind ho les in the the sa me a s fo r the reflec-
e nd of a 68Vi " piece (re ar) d istance tha t th e vag ! fro nt edg e o f y our to r ve rt ica l m a st . Take the
e nd to e nd with a 7S% .. bea ms will be verti c a lly wo rkben ch , be cau se , if se c o nd Re ynold s 6-foo t
piece (fro nt). Use o ne eac h se pa ra te d . On a large flat you hit the right spot to no t lo ng, 'l v-d ia mete r p iece.
of item s 3a a nd 3b (see surface (ga ra ge floo r?), lay later ha ve ele ments hittin g and sa w it down to 50" .
pa rt s list) to wrap a rou nd the two 1 2-foo t boom s yo ur wo rkbench legs , you Mark the c e nte r o f thi s
th e end- to-e nd pi e c e s . about 4S" a pa rt with the U mu st ha ve c he a te d a nd ma st , and put two marks
Bef ore bo ltin g, lay the of the If-bolts down Th is me asure d th ings first.) 22.5" from the ce nter (45"
e nds in o ne ha lf (3a), and le a ves the eig ht nut s up so Tak e the vert ica l ma st apa rt). Plac e the Ll- bolts in
mark the boom pieces with you ca n t ighten them . Slip you e arlie r m arked off for from t he sa me side, and ,
a le ad penci l where the end
of the cl a mp to uc hes the
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boom with the boom 's II' Do 0.1; C, tK C~ 06
s p lic e c e n t e re d in th e SS6-201~ "1"" "" "... " 1.. 11'" 11 ....

cla mp . Thi s is so that la ter ,

when the boom clamp is '"' R( " CECTCll S

closed over the bo om

pieces, yo u ca n be sure t he I)lI' I .E ~
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using the Vi "-20 x V. " long
sc rews (2a ) a nd o ne lock
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washer and nut per sc re w
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from 2b, and using the
-
' l l · . ..
- ., " ... "1'.-- - --,
~
•
.-
, fC" l ..
" ,,~
•
o ute rmost 4 ho le s of the
clamp, loosely assemb le
,• 61 - • I
both clam ps, fo rm ing two
12-foo t-Iong boom s with Fig. 2.
14.
using sa me method, do as sive . Place one eac h of in the boom s, mount o ne o f measur ing either from the
you did for th e rear vertica l the se al umin um t ubes into the e le me nt -to-boo m floor o r fro m the com-
mast. Li ne up the 22.5" the tube red ucer (item 5) brackets (i tem 1 ). Be pl eted boo m . From the
mark s with the cente rline with most of it hanging out carefu l to kee p t he floor is a good bet, if yo u
of the hori zontal booms, t h e sm a ll e n d of t he brackets parall e l to the ha ve a long ruler o r st ick ,
a n d, a ga in , d raw th e redu cer . Slip one of the fl oor . O nce the 12 bracke ts a nd then you ca n use the
U-bolts down snug. Wh en co mpression clamps (item are mounted , use the oth er measu rement from the up-
you 're sure of the align- 12 ) ov e r each of t h e re ma ini ng 12 to form the pe r boom eleme nt to the
ment , tighten t he bo lt s t ube/tub e redu cer co m- bottom side of the mount- lower boom e lement as a
down with a wrenc h. You binatio ns. Slip a sq ua re nut ings by loosel y sta rting a c ross c hec k. If you have
should now ha ve a lar ge (i tem 16d ) between the sc rew (2 a) and lock washer ca refully c ut the twelve
a nd qu ite rigid f igure " 8" co mp ression clamp and a nd nut (2b) at o pposite 40" pieces (item 6) exactly
lyi ng o n its side that you the reducer, and line up the corners of opposi te boom in ha lf a nd pushed them
ca n begin mounti ng the ac- ho le of the nut and the slot sides of t he b rac ket. into th e reduce rs unti l
tua l ante nna on . Up until in t he red uce r. Run a sc rew Tighte n o nly enoug h to fl ush wi th the boom in all
now, you ha ve been only into the nu t th ro ugh the br ing the plates (upper and cases, you now have, fully
wo rk ing o n the su pport hole in the compressio n lowe r) close, bu t not so mounted , 12 d irecto rs of
fram e. clam p a nd pull it down just th e y 'r e t ou ch ing . You 41 % ", o r 20-5/8" pe r side
The anten na and fram e finger t ight. Do th is to 24 sho uld hav e 2 sc rews in from the boo m ce nte rline.
a re all alumi nu m, e xcept co m bina t io ns. The 20 " eac h cla mp, 2 brack ets Yo u can tr im th em later .
for t he center EMT mast tubes shou ld co me just (ite m 1) per c lamp (or direc- The time has now come
a nd the steel ha rdware , so short of even with the fat to r position). a nd 12 po si- to do so methi ng a bout that
the ove rall a rray is quite end of t he re du ce r. Do not tions (6 upper, 6 lower) ba ld refl ec tor mast . Use
light. O ne ma n ca n easily tighten them mo re t han started. Now slip th e fat the home brew cla mps a nd
lift th e finished a rray, but I fi nger tig ht at t his time . end of one of the tube/tube mou nt ing system of Fig . 3
won't kid yo u- it is rat he r The next step is to red ucer comb inat ions into to mount the full le ngth
unw ieldy, and I would fi nd asse m b le th e e lem ent s each ope ni ng o f the 12 (40") of th e seven remain-
so me he lp a nd use a pulley onto th e boo ms wh ere th e y cla mps (24 open ing s in a ll). ing tubes. The reflec tor s
a rrangem ent ge tti ng it up . be long. Mark off th e upper The n, do ing on e position at a re used at their ful l 40"
Assum ing yo u a re ove r a a nd lowe r boom s, as in Fig . a tim e, draw th e upper and length and req uire no fu r-
fla t floor, begi n t he next 2. Make the mark s exactly lower pl ates snug a rou nd th e r t ri m m ing like th e
phase by mounti ng all the along the top centerl ine of the 2 redu cers, mak ing sure directors. Ma rk a point 1"
di rec to rs on the low e r eac h boom, and you will the reduce rs a re pushed in off ce nter o n all reflector
boom . To do so, cut 12 of save time later. Make the flush with t he boom . Also e le me n ts . This p o in t
the 40" a lumin um tubes marks and the cente rline at this t ime, push the t ubes ce nte rs o n t he centerline o f
(item 6) into two 20" pieces imagi na ry Xs. and, where in flu sh with the boom . the mounting clamp and
eac h. By all means, use a th e y occ ur, drill sma ll sta rt- With the bracket hold ing ve rt ica l upright ma st. let
plumber's smal l tubing c ut- ing hol e s for th e se lf· t he redu cer sn ug now , the long side be the one
te r as used o n co ppe r t ub- ta p ping sc re ws (item 16f). t ight en th e sc re ws in t he that goes to the lon g side
ing. One with a %" or so The re a re ho les in the ele- com press ion clamps with of the mounting, or, in
ca pacity wi ll hand le t hi s me nt cla mps (item 1). At t he sc re w o r ie n te d othe r word s, th e hori zontal
job a nd is q uite inexpen- eac h of the sta rti ng holes downward . This ma kes th e boom side. What thi s does
tube and red ucer into o ne is ce nte r the refl ector over
""c$ ... e s r
..... n Dsc. n. s
ClD rigid piece. The hole in the the ho rizont al boom a nd
I bracket allo ws so me play be h in d a ll t he ot he r
• •
, 11/. .. _
, on t he #1 0 self-tap p ing eleme nts . The fact that its
-~

..
,
I 0
f screw hold ing t he to p
bracket, so, before you
po int of ground is o ffset
seems to ca use no pro b-
1," L _ 9r '" ScoG,n ".
"l" 0 .. DOTTED l ,.. r t ighten t he rest of the lem s at all- i.e., no fa lse
_L.o bracket sc rews inserted at lobe s , et c . You h a v e
th is t im e, be su re the m arked th e ref lector masts
_ - GUSSET
overall elem ent is paralle l ea rlie r for wh ere th e y go,
to the floor (horizonta l). and the sa me sma ll sta rting
Once all the alignment ha s ho les fo r th e se lf-ta pping
been checked and is sc rews a re used her e fo r
assured correct, tighten all the moun t ing ho les. Use
har d wa re - % " -20, se lf- the mounting bracket for a
tapp ing, a nd compression te mpla te o n th e ve rt ica l
''-' ,ft •• "
-/ -0 cl amp sc re ws. When one mast. All of the refl ectors
"2" directo r is don e, move on mo unt on the front , or
' '/ 0 ' · ''
to the next, doing the lowe r d ri ven element side, of the
boom first, as it is closest rear vert ic al ma st . The
to the flo or a nd you can re flectors fo rm a " sc ree n"
bette r judge the p ar t be hind the q uasi-vagi s. so
parallel to the floor. The n tr y to a lign the ref lector s
Fig . 3. Reffector mounting clamps. do t he uppe r boo m , so t hey a re 90 degrees to
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 the boom and in one flat tail end and the driven ele- boom to driven element sulated from , with about
pla ne (verti cal) to eac h men t mounting screw in mounti ng screws . It may be 4" between t he tube ends,
othe r. Use Fig. 1 to get th e the cha nne l itself . The " L"- ea sie r to drill the hol es is fi ne . See t he draw ing fo r
id ea . This is a rear view of shaped reinforcing co rne rs where th e delta ma tc h will a better idea. The de lta
t he ar ray, with the d riven have four ho les a nd just mount with the driven not mounts with the wide e nds
element and d ire c t o r s slip down into the cha nne l. mounted . I did it after with screwed to the cente r of
omitted to avoid c o n- Try to buy it a ll at the sa me no problem . The holes go the vertical upright pa rts of
fusion. sto re so you can try fitting from the out si de to the in- the d riven e lement and the
Let' s get o n to the live the par ts right t he re. The y si de of th e ve rtica l si des narrowin g V port ion fac ing
p a r t o f this whol e a re a ll sta nda rd pa rts ex- a nd into th e ve rt ica l ce nte r forward . The 4"-ap art por-
al u mi nu m far m-the cept the mou nting brack- of the m. The ho les pass tion o f the V is a lmost
d riven element. When you ets and gu ssets, in order to th rough both wall s of t he under one and above
find aluminum tubing, if it keep the metal work to a U. The mounting bolts will another D-l director . %"
is soft e noug h to fo rm into m inim um for t he weeke nd late r pass thro ug h the flat- PVC tu b ing make s a fair in-
the rect an gul ar form of th e bu il der . The y ma ke I s like te ned e nd s of the delt a su lator if you use a 6"
dri ven e le me n t of an y the Ls th at yo u co uld use feed , t hro ug h bot h wall s of piece . Run 2" of de lta in to
l-sfot an tenna , it a lso fo r the gu ssets, but I just the U, a nd a nut o n the in- it and bo lt it 1" fro m t he
deforms late r (wind , bi rds , have never found anything side of t he rectangle . end you entered . Then
buzzards , whatever). If you available ready-made to Cut the remaining 40" clamp the other end of
fi nd and use the lar ger 5/8" be at t he mo u nt ing clam ps tube into two 20" pieces, PVC in a gro und plane
o r 3/4" - ha rd drawn- for th e refl ector s as I ha ve just as yo u d id the direc- cla mp a nd bol t it, being
t he re a re 90-degree plugs show n. The l sli ps into a tors. Fl atten one e nd of ca refu l not to get the bolt
to form a sq ua re or rec- mitered (45 degree c uts to each for abou t 1" .1 suggest a nyw he re ne ar the act ive
tangle out of straight tub- mate) co rner, and then a vise and slow pres su re for delta tube . The clamp
ing p ieces. You can go that holes are drilled to match this, as a ham me r seems to (item 11) is sawed in half
way if you like, but I have the hol es a lready in the L. ha rden and make the t ub- and used to connect the
fo und a slick way for ot he r Sli p a sq ua re-head nut int o ing I used britt le . About coax to the de lta feed . See
pro jects th at work ed out the c ha nne l ove r t he % " down th e fl att e ned the delta draw ing to sho w
well for th is one, too . It is I -plate and ru n a sc re w in e nd , a sma ll bend is p lated t he cla mp positio ning .
an aluminum V-channel. from the c ha nne l outside to sta rt a c u rve that wi ll Start with the dimension of
You can cut it neatly usi ng side . 4 screws late r, you bend inward toward the 13 % " from the front edge
a miter bo x a nd hacksa w have a ve ry rigid corner . 16 ce nterl ine of the a rray of the d riven e lement a nd
fo r ni ce 90- o r 45-d egree (tota l) a nd yo u have a ve ry from the outer edges of the delt a t ube to th e back edge
a ngles . The driven element re spectab le and st urdy rec- driven e le ment. Fina l form- of t he cl amp . Adj ust fro m
is 15" ac ross, side to side, ta ng ula r driven e lement. ing ca n be done whe n yo u there for mi nim um sw r at
inside to inside . The hei ght Don't forget to assemble it draw the two parts of the you r des ired frequen cy .
is c ut o ne of two ways . Fo r "a ro und" t he top boom in delta towards each other The RG-8 co ax feedi ng the
the FM man , use the ins ide the SSB version. For FM, it a nd th eir com mo n anten na is broug ht in to the
of both upper a nd lower ju s t sl ips b e tw e en t he moun ting plate. That pl at e cla m ps (item 11), with the
booms, o r a dim en sion o f bo o ms in assem bled form . for m e was a leftover braid to o ne sc re w and
43-3/4" o utside to outside Be su re to use the gussets ground p lane radia l plate cla mp, and the cente r to
on the vertical sides. A bet- of some sort, or the d riven from an old CB antenna . the othe r screw and clamp.
ter match for the SSB man element will pivot o n its Any plate you ca n mount Which is whic h is like ask-
in the 145 MH z territory o c- ow n vert ica l axi s of the t he delta to, but keep it in- ing, " do you like ri ght-ha nd
c urs if th e vertic a l pa rt s are
c ut a fu ll 45" on the out-
side dimension and t he ===::"~:':"=' : : ":'""',"",:''===J1
tops o f both booms are ..
used for mounting, instead ",
,"
of betwee n th em as on the
FM ve rsio n. Yo u ma y wan t
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r •• .; i,
,
to adju st t hese fi gure s ac-
co rd ing to your choi ce of
operation, even using the NOT ySl O

boom o utsides f or • ----_.

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mountin g in th e case of 144 ' H O Cl U ' .

MHz . The ban dwidth is not

all that c ritica l, a nd my '\. " 2.. . '. 0
OOC . Tvel'
almost flat 1:1 SSB version ' ''SuU T()IIS

is only up to 1.8:1 at 146 .94

MHz FM. The d riven ele- u <: " U ~ ( l

men t gussets o r cl am ps slip

into th e U-ch annel (f ac ing SlOE . 'E w BOO"
()II '. h HE "( ~ '

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rearwar d) of the dr iven ele- G~ou ~O . cUE "'-AlE

u sEO TO . u ' .. O O(c f& .. u e"
ment, and are secured by a
self-tapping scre w at their Fig. 4. Driven-element-to-boom gusset (ant i-element tw ist).
'43
horizontal polarization or once . Aluminum IS not of about fou r hou rs each, signa l b y gomg f ront to
l eft-h and po larization?" (I n c hea p, and it 's a good way w orking ca re fu lly a nd b ac k . Rather than q uote 3
o ther w ord s, i t m att er s to save a buck . t aking no te s for thi s ar t i cle. dB be amwidth s (1 4 d e-
not.) The de lta matc h lies Send an SA SE for help , Be side s the great gai n, the gre es), let' s say th e usabl e
o n t he same p l ane as the a s a lw ays . I pu t rnm e front-to -back i s tru l y am az- bea m wid t h IS ab out 25
two horizonta l booms and together in three eveni ngs mg I ca n nu ll (0) an S-8 deg ree s. •
halfway between them .
The fee d cab le is dressed
Parts List
away f rom the d elta f eed-
Quantity Part #
p o in t In a en-degree (not
1. 24 etement-to-cccm brackets 161422
that cr it ica l) ang le u pward
2a. 109 'I. "-20 x %" large stainless steel bolts
to the upper boom and is or Hy-Galn hardware for assembly 01
taped securely there and items 1, 3, 11, and 18 505325 bolt
several p laces down t he b. 109 'I." sta inless steel nuts or Hy-Gain
u pp er b o o m until t he hardware for Item 2a 556960 nut
c e nter ve rt ic a l ma st I S c. 109 '/." stainless steel lock washers or Hy-
re ac hed , w here it turns Gain Hardware for item 2a 567110 washer
downwa rd to t he tower, Ja. 2 boom-to- mast body 385142
shack, etc . The taping to b. 2 boom-to-mast clamp 385144
t he upper boom he l ps su p- ea. 4 u -bctte 5/16" 545146
b. 8 lock washers 5116" 567075
p or t the de l ta m at ch
c. 8 nuts 5/16" #18 551026
w e ight and hold s it pOSI- tube/redu cer 518" x 7'13 190002
5. 24
t io ned . Ca reful ly make t his 8. 20 beta tube, 7116" x 40" , 710r ref lector as
feed line a multiple of half i s; 12 sp lit In to 20" length s for
wavelengths . 1 % o r 2 elements betore " pruning"; 1 spli t into
shou ld d o it. If you do th is 20" lengt h tor delta feed 175637
ve ry c a refu lly and t ake in- 7. 2 boom (rear half) 1'1." x 68'1." 175648
t o account th e ve locity 8. 2 boom (front hall) 1'10" x 75'h." 175649
f ac to r of the coax you use 9. 4 cap plugs 1 v." lor Items 7 and 8 455630
(50 Ohm of some kind). the 10. 38 cap plugs 7/16" for item 6 475639
11. 1 cl amp- sawed In half for de lta feed 165641
end of the cable can have a
12. 24 compression clamps- fo r securi ng
ma le connector at th at elements into tube/reducer (tltting
po int, a nd a brid ge p ut in part 8 Into 5) 165123
he re wi ll show exac tly 13. 24 hardware for Item tz-c- scr ew 10-24 x 505671
what it wou ld at the anten- 5/16"; nut square 10-24 555362
na feed point. A coaxial 14. 2 4" pieces of 518" o.d. PVC tubing delta
barrel can then rom the feed insulators NI.
coax to the down ru n when 15. 2 6-foo t pieces 01 alum inum channel
t he m et er is rem o v ed . T ape 33164" x 1/2" x 1/16" wall cut into
t he connecto rs we ll f or 43-7/8" and 15" pieces NI.
16. cadm ium-plated stove bott hardware
weather. and a coat of
tor as semb l y of ite m 15
clear Krylon spray goes on
a. 4 3116" x 1" screw
everything here. b. 2 3116" x 1'13 " screw
I be lieve t h is should get c. 16 3/ 16" x '1z" sc rew
you goi ng. he n if you use d. 18 square nut 3116"
your ow n h om e b r e w a. 2 hex nuts 3118"
methods, the beam and f. 38 self-tapping hex-head '10"-10 screws
pnnctples all still hold All g. 4 corner L-braces 118" x 3/8" x 2 'h " on a
that remains is to trim the side to lay Inside corners of chann el
forming driven eleme nt
d irecto rs to t he d imens ions
17. 2 driven -element gussets 2" x 2" of .06O"
of Fig. 1 . W it h a rigi d ele-
or thicker (see Fig . 4).
ment to work on and t he 18. 2 gro und plane-type rad ia l bra cket s
cutter gadget. th is re all y (delta feed bracket)
goes fast-almost too fast , 19. 7 home brew refle ct or mount ing
so here is a t rick to use to brackets, .060" material or better (see
avoid e rrors . Ite m 10 , t he Fig. 3)
smaller cap pl ugs, c a n be 7 cover plates (see Fig. 3)
added to all the r efl ectors, 14 self·tapplng, hex-head, cad-pratec 1"
as they are a lready the x 10 screws- refl ector mou nting
right length (14 plugs). The 20. 2 front a nd rear ver tic al
mast -Reynolds '4241 .6 ft . long 1"
remammg 24 plugs are
o.d. by .049" wall aluminum tube stock
added one at a t i m e , as you 21 . 1 48" to 50" section of 1'Iz" EMT elec-
comple te eac h cu tt ing, tri cal co nduit (center vertical mast and
That way, if you are ca re fu l mai n support for mount ing the arra y)
on your measurements , 22. 4 u-ootts and hardware l or mounting
you cut each one only front and rear vertical masts (item 20)

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 The T owerless - rower"
new g, ounded-rotor design

mat~ur ~ad io
Ro bert H. Wa lker K 4 FK
400 Tivol i A ve.
Coral G ables F L 331 4.':-
A p c rr encmg
me ndou s res urge nce
is ex -
a t re-
of
commo nly available. Today, a
used triban d beam and rotor
can oft en be purchased for
mechani cal complexity with
whic h many newcomers are
unwill ing or un able to cope.
Roy D. Ma zzagatt i N4 Q (; growth. Many newcomers, about the same price as a new A telescoping TV mast is
18551 S. W. 204th St . however, are missing mu ch of multiband trap vertical. The an alternate support struct ure
Miami F L 33 157
th e potent ia l pleasure of the problem then becomes o ne of which is summari ly rejected
h obby because they are suppor ting th e beam, secure- by most hams. We, too,
settling for re la tiv d v inferior ly, a t some he ight above the cri nge at th e thought of
dipoles or grou nd planes, ground. Th is immedi ate ly mounting bot h the beam and
even on bands for which conjures up visions ot a the heavy ro to r o n the
di rec t io n a l antennas a re tower, both an expense ..oct a weakest section of the mast
and then relying o n guy wires
Photos by James R. Allison WA4KIL
to keep the entire str uctu re
erect.
T he following is a descrip-
tion o f a simple and inex-
pensive method of making a
telescoping TV mast into a
reliable support for a beam o r
I quad, This method has been
employed at K4fK (form erl y
WA4F KJ) since 19 71. During
that period, there have been
no failures or difficulties of
-a.. .... . any ty pe. Photo A shows a
5~ foot telescop ing TV mast
support ing a 4-element 20
meter yagi beam. The beam
has a 26-foot boo m and is up
about 20 feet Note that no
guy wlres are used. The secret
is to mou nt th e roto r at the
bottom of th e mast and to
tu rn the ent ire struc t ure.
Photo B sho ws th e rotor
mo unting. A ro E Ham-M
was used simply because we
already owned it, There is
certainly no need to use as
Photo A. heavy a rotor if you alread y
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 have a lighter one available.
The rotor is bolted to a piece
of 24" x 12" x 1/2 " ply-
wood. The size of the board
is not crit ical , but it wou ld be
wise to avoid the use of o ne
much smaller. It should be
given several coats of paint
for protection. At K4FK, the
original 1971 vintage board is
still in use and shows no signs
of deteriorat ion.
The rotor will need to be
spaced abou t 1/2" above the
board to keep it fro m si tting
directl y o n the cont rol cable.
CDPs Tower Plate (part
number 50559-10) is excel-
lent for th is purpose. Flat
washers will suffi ce if such a
plate is not avail able. Use
bolts about 3/4" longer than
neces-arv to pass thro ugh the
board, spacers, and into the
ro tor. Yo u will need to use
flat washers as spacers o n th e
bottom of the board. Th e Photo B.
bol t heads and washers will
the outside di ameter of yo ur
dig into th e ground and eli m-
mast, Th e bracket shoul d be
inate the need for staking
t ighten ed sufficiently to
down the board. Since th e
e li m inate any free play
rot or is essentially at ground
between the mast and the
level, it is a good idea to use a
bracket, but left loose enough
coating of silicone sealer over
for easy rotation. Since there
the t er minal connection
is metal-to-metal contac t at
block to help prevent corro-
th is po int (unless you fit a
sion and accidental sho rts.
bearing), lubr icat ion will be
In areas where snow and/ nec essary. Number 2 lithium
o r flooding occur, the rotor grease has been fou nd to
s hou ld be raised above with stand th e rigors of th e
ground level. Two possible Flor ida cli mate and makes an
ways of accomplishiag thi s excellent lubr icant.
are : Mount the board on Your antenna ca n now be
heavy bracke ts which are installed at roof level, making
bol ted to the wall of the se rvic ing and adjustment
buil ding. o r construct a set o f espec ially easy. In times of
cross-braced "legs" for th e extreme wea ther, yo ur an-
board. Just remember that tenna can be lo wered to the
you r brackets o r " legs" must grou nd in about 10 minutes.
be able to with stand the full We fasten the beam to the
torque of th e mast and an- n e xt-to-the- smallest section
tenna syste m. of mast and then partiall y
Photo C sho ws a heavy- extend the heavier sectio ns. If
duty bracket suppo rting the yo u favor th e unguyed
mast at the eave of the roof. approach, a height of 18 to
Photo C
Your in dividual installation 25 feet is safely attai nable,
will determi ne th e best type depending on the size of th e With a quad, thi s becomes plane with o nly a fe w rad ials.
of bracket for you . They are antenna. If yo u' re willing to so mewhat mor e di fficult to You hav e come closer to
available in man y different employ guy wires on the do. maximizing the value received
configurations and sizes from mast's sli p collars, then a No, you won't be a " big f or yo ur an tenna dollar.
TV antenna suppliers. Make height of 35 to 40 feet seems gun" in the pil eups wi th this Addi tionally, you have a
sure th e o ne you choose will reason able. As a bonus, you arrangement. You r antenna good start on th e project,
hold th e mast clear o f any can suspend an 80/40 meter per forma nce wil l, howev er, should the day arrive when
roof o ve r hang and wi ll inverted vee from one o f th e greatl y exceed that of a con- you decide that a tower is an
co mfo rta bly accommodate slip collars beneath th e beam. ventional dipole o r a gro und absolute necessity. a
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The Two Hour, Two Meter Beam

- simple five-element loop yagi

William Thornburg WB 9TN W often traveled h ighwa y my tower to make room for ment. the second director
400 E. Jackson near my home, an amateu r a new steel mast, ro tor , and is about 3% sma lle r than
Desoto IL 62924 had a tre mendou s triba nd tnb e nd bea m syste m. the first director. e tc. Fo r
qu ad array. I d idn't rec o g- The exciteme nt of an H F those desiri ng a differe nt
nize it fo r wha t it was until beam caused a virtua l e nd ta rget frequen cy. start with

T he quad , or lo o p ,
antenna is a specia l
antenna to me . Perhaps
m an y yea rs late r, h ut I
knew it had something to
do with radio.
to two meter act ivi ty . After
a few weeks, I rigged up a
mobile antenna on the top
a drive n e lement which is
(1005 x 12)/freq. in MHz
inches around . and scale
this is because of its antiq- My need for a two-meter of a bookshelf and wa s the pas sive element s
uity . 1 r e m e m b e r old antenna became acute able to trip the lo cal according to the 3% rules .
movies on TV where wire- when I had to remove my repeater . However. my rig A person who is experi-
less operators used re- old home brew wooden- is a two-Watt affair, and I mentally minded might
ceiving " loo p s." And . on an masted ground plane from began to get comp laints of "ad just and test" in an at-
a sc ratc hy signal. tempt to optimize this
It only too k a coup le of antenna . Factors such as
d a y s o f r u mm a g in g taper ra t io. e lement spac-
thro ugh t he ARR L Antenna ing, wi re size. a nd feed
Bo o k a nd t he Radio syste m all or pa rtially af-
Amateur's Handbook to a r- fect forwa rd gain . swr. feed
rive at a plan: a quad for impedance . bandwid th .
two. and front-to-back . I was in
I chose 14& MHz for a a hurry and just slapped
target frequency. The siz - things together.
ing of the passive elements The co nstruc tio n of this
is roughly a 3% series. For antenna is simp le . and the
example. the reflector is pictures tell it all. Myoid
about 3% larger than the ground p lane mast wa s an
driven e lement. the fi rst 8 -foot two-by-two . I
director is about 3% hacked it up into a 6-foot
sma ller than the dr ive n ele- le ngth for the boom a nd a

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2-foot length for a shorty Dowel
mast. The spreaders were Length length
made fro m 5/16" wood Elemenl (Inches) (Inchell) Interelement speclng (Inch.s)
dowel stock. Another good Ref lect or B5 30 reflec tor t o driven element-1 7
material wou ld be fi be r- Driven element B3 29.3 driven element t o fi rst direc tor- 13
First director BO 28.3 first direct or to second dlrector- 16
gl as s arrow sha ft st ock . Second director 77 27.2 second director to third director-21
You could even use balsa Th ird director 74 26.2
or s p r uc e s t ic ks . T he
c rit ica l d ime nsions a re in Table 1.
Tab le 1.
The elements were made in t he two-by-two boom, I used the diamond con- he ar me.
from 18 AWe so lid co ppe r us ing straight pins to hold figuration, and feed was According to t he
wire. Plastic insulated wire some of the loose ones. appl ied at a si de corne r to classi cal antenna theory. a
cou ld be used . Mag net When c utti ng the wire, ac hieve vertical polariza- 5-element yag i parasit ic a r-
wire fro m o ld te levis ion allow an additional inc h or tio n. No specia l matchin g ra y has a forward ga in of
power transfo rmers would two. When you so lde r the was attempted . I just con- about 9.5 dB. This qu ad
be perfe ct, and the pri ce is loops closed , snip th e ex- nected the ends of the coax pa rasitic array seems to be
right. ce ss wire off . in the loop. (See Fig. 1.) The behaving in a s imilar
Each element requi res My z-foot mast was butt passive eleme nts a re fas hion . For the person
two sp reade rs, so I used an gl ued to the boom, a nd closed loops . The e nd of who wo uld like to bo ne up
offset of a bout 0.5 inc hes gusset plate s of sc rap JA " the coax cou ld be potted o n q uad theory, a sug-
when I d rilled my ho les in plywood were used . A few with epoxy to keep wate r gested sta rt ing pl ace is
the boom . A drill press is sc re w s hold the wood out. A tou ch of varnish Ha rdy la nd skov's article,
the ideal too l for this job. together nicely while the would help preserve wood " Evo lut io n of a Quad Ar-
I made my spreade rs a glue hardens . The joint be- pa rts. ra y." in the Ma rch, 1977,
shad e longe r because I tween t he two-by-two mast O n the air, results we re issue o f QST. Also, my
notched t he e nds with a a nd t he pipe m ast of my ve ry sat isfying. My friends copy of th e A RRL An tenna
mote-too l to accommo- anten na installa tion was report a 2 to 3 S-unit fro nt- Book ha s always been a big
date th e wire . You co u ld made usi ng one U-bolt and to-side and front-to-beck hel p.
use tape or st ring for th e one ho se clamp, because ratio . In fa ct, with my tw o- A special thanks goes to
s a m e purpo s e . I u sed t hat's all I could find at Watt t ra nsmitte r, I ca n Mr. l ucius Smith fo r his
e poxy to glue the spreade rs th at moment. hea r stations that c a n't photogra phic skill. •
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 -
fourth i.. a myth - many of
t he pioneers in microwaves
started with a sol dering iron
and ti n snips. Good ex ampl es
of what can be done with
si m ple tools arc the many
fine construction articles by
Bill Hoisington K1 CL L.
Th is article shows how to
construc t sim ple and efficient
broadband antennas for 1296

Now Try 1296 MHz MHz and up. The construc-

tion is not difficult and can
be done with simple hand
tools. The antennas can be

-simple discone antenna classifie d as inve rted dtscones.

Yo u can find the t heory of
operation elsewhere; this will
be concerned with the practi-
cal construction.
Fig. 1 shows a cross sec-
t io n of the inverted dtscone.
The come portion has a
6O-degrcc apex angle. The
cone's base and sides arc all
John M. Franke WA4WDL servi ng - i f you get on the made three-eighths wave long
1006 Westmoreland Ave., Apt . 225 band, then there is ano t her at t he lowest freq uency of
Norfolk VA 23508
operator to talk to. The sec- int erest. Most texts specify
Norman V. Coh en WB4LJM ond reply is sadly true, with this length to be one-quarter
17 J 9 Shery l Drive the exception of the Micro- wave, but we have found that
Nor fol k VA 23505 wave Associates "Gunn- three-eighths wave gives a sig-
plexer." The t hird rep ly re- nificantly lower vswr. The

A sk most amateurs why

they do not try th e
eq uipment avail able.
3 . Communicat ion is
m inds us of the response to
t wo meter FM before repeat-
disc diameter is also three-
eighths wave. T he cone is
microwave bands, and you
will rece ive fo ur standard an-
swers:
li m ited to line of sight.
4. Co n s t r u c t io n re-
qui res lathe and m ill
ers came o n the scene. The
-.~
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made by cutting a semicircle
'N
'N
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1. Nobody to tal k to . precision wo rk. I
2 . No c ommerc ial The first reply is self- '.
'"

f«) T TO SC U!
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Fig. 1. Inverted atscone ant enna.

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Fig. 2. Vswr of 100 mm inverted discon e antenna. Ag. 3. Polar plot of 100 mm inverted discone.
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from co pper o r brass sheeti ng serve as a convenien t mount-
with a radius equal to the ing ring. The antenna in the
desi red length and rolling it photograp h has a base diam-
into a cone. The edges are eter of 4 inches (100 mm).
sweat so ldered. The BNC con- The vswr from 1 GHz to 3.5
nector is sweat soldered to GHz is shown in Fig. 2. A
the disc, and then the cone t yp ical radiation pattern is
peak is soldered to the con- show n in Fig. 3. T he an te nna
nector's center pin. The en- is vertically polarized. The
tire assemblv is sli d into a hori zontal radiation pattern is
Pl exiglasTM radome which a circle. The useful band-
serves to support th e cone wid th fo r an inverted disconc
and weatherproof the an- is 5 to 1; a 1 GHz design is
tenna (see t he photograph ). If useful to 5 GHz. A small er
the radome is allowed to ex- uni t woul d be usable to still
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Joe Kasser G3ZCZIW3 whol e thing to a mast. The
J J 532 5lew<lrt Lane
Silver Spring MD 20904 holes can be measured and
drilled JA inch away from the
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in Fig. 2. A no. 4 bolt passes
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soldered to the lug later.
- turnstile antennas The 70 cm antenna is
ma de in the same way but
with shorter eleme nts. A re-
for 145 MHz and 432 MHz flector e lem ent can be placed
beneath th e driven element.
The antenna can be fed in
an y manner that you wish,
for circular or linear polar-
ization. One technique is to
mount the antenna facing
north-south and fee d eac h

T his antenna is cheap and

simple, is made out of
aluminum angle and Plexi-
be used for both 14 5 MHz
and 432 MHz.
The dimensions of the
purc hase d in six-foot le ngths.
If o ne such le ngth is cut into
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mode, switching an tennas as
necessary. A second tech-
glasTM, requires no special elements and the matching correc t size for the two meter nique is to use circu lar polar-
tools , and anyone can sections are different for each turnstile. ization , but that has to be
assemble it in less than 30 band, of course, but the The center piece, shown in changed when going from
minutes. center section is the same. Fig . 1, is a piece of r e ceive to transmit via
The same basic design may Aluminum angle may be Plexiglas JA-inch thick and OSCAR.
l-inch square on a side. Four
ho les are d ril led in each cor- Results in Use
ne r for mo unting the ele-
Both the 432 and 145
me nts an d a cente r ho le is
MH z versio ns have been used
d rilled for mounting the
to access th e AM SAT OSCAR
r ..... t"G•• s 6 and 7 spacecrafts. The 432
, ---.-
"",. •
".,a
-- " EL.W Ef<TS MHz version was fed with 8
, e
" .... • •
iI
W of CW power, and 599
signal reports were received.
•
•
J".." ,f • I ' :. ..
~
,
,. The 145.9 MHz version was
fed with 50 Waf CW power,
and signal reports of 569
,,.,, 1- . • .
, - •. " '" were received.
Fo r $2.00 and 30 min utes,
Fig. 1. you can't go wrong. •

Fig. 2. Materials: Plexiglas block, 1" square, W' thick; 14"

aluminum angle lengths; nuts, bolts, washers, and solder lugs.
Element 0 .221 A Ref l&ctor
Frequency length ' Pileing le ngt h
145.9 MHl 18·' not used not used
432 MH' 5 %.. 63 /4 " 6"

Joe Kasser with his two-dollar turnstiles. Table 1. Dimensions for the elements.
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an d W oll Road , W ill ow

Nort~YWOOd, Ca lif .
Spr i ngs, uu nots. Ad van ce
recretrencn is $1 .50. It w ill be
12033 Otsego Street, 91607 52.00 at the gate. There w ill be
a large swap ro w, color TV, and
many ot her good ies . Picni c
In Germany: Ele ktron ikladen, Wilhe lm - Melli e. Str . 88 gro und s and plent y 0 1 parki ng
4930 Detmol d 18, We. t Ge rma ny . A 26 space will be ava ilable . Come
see the displays in Ihe pavilion
and attend t he AFMARS meet -
in g. 'r eik-rn on 146.94 FM or

EOPLE WHO KNOW QUALIT WR9ABC 37-97 (PL2A). Get ad-

vanc e tickets fro m Val Hellwig
K9ZWV , 3420 South 60th Cou rt,

AND NEED RELIABILITY Cicero II 60650 .

NEWBERRY MI
(Military, Industry, RCC's) Demand JUN 11
The S.P.A.R.K. annual swap
Pipo Communications For Trouble Free and shop will be held from 9:00
am to 4:00 pm at the Pentland

3n r 2~o.uch one En~!ders 2.

.r Tow ns hip Hall, on M·28, on
.1..- Sunday, J une 11, 1978. Plenty
of tables and c hairs will be
ava ilable, plus a nonsmoking
area. There will be demonstra-
tions 01 hobby computers and
ho w t hey work, an MARC dis-
Code of annD cussion , a a .C.W.A. area lor
get·together and vis itation, a
Dalln YL and XYL craft table and a
wh ite elephant sa te. Br ing yo ur

Ethics
DnDa aSL card for display and judg·
ing lor prize . A bake sale w ill be
sponsored by S.PA R.K. YLs
BIlIlIn! and XYLs . Ample pa rking f ac il·
ilies w ith attendants-easy
unloading (feel free t o ask a
S.P.A.R.K. member t o as sist
pp-, PP-2 you). Food and beverages
"See yo u in Atl a nta June 3-4" served throu gh ou t t he day. Ex-
h lbitors may set up Saturday
WANT TO KNOW WHY
Send lor Descriptive Brochure and Complete Dealers List
afternoon and even ing . Securi-
t y will be o n duty i n the
building thro ugh ou t Saturday
P.O. Bo x 3435, Dept. C. Hollywood, CA 90028 P29 ni ght to eyeball. Do nat ions w ill
be $2.00 for registrallon and
drawings. Tables will be $1.50
and $2.50. All activities are
designed for fami ly partic ipa-
t ion. For advance tickets,

162
reservations, and inform atio n, are c lose by . Prereg is tratio n is prizes, and fu n. It will be held at Re p e a t er A s s o c iat i o n w ill
contac t Larry Ba ine W8GBR, $3.00 fo r adults and $1.00 fo r the Izaak Walton Leagu e picnic sponsor a hamf est o n Sunday,
Box 67, Newberry MI 49868, kids under 13. Inq ui ri es and pre- grounds i n Portage, Indiana, 30 J une 18, 1978, rain o r shine.
(906)·29 3-865 1, R. J . Bea ch registration fees shou ld be minutes from Chicago. Take Gates will open at 9:00 am. The
W8NBJ. 115 E. Avenue " A", sent to the Utah Counci l o f 1-94 t o Indiana 249, Port age hamfest w ill be held at
Newberry MI 49868, (906)- Amateur Rad io Clubs, PO Box exit, go no rth VI m il e, an d tu rn La ke w oo d Park , Bar nesville
293·8 425, or H e r b Mi l l er 18563, Sa lt Lake City, Ut ah rig ht at the hamfest gate. Over- PA, along Rout e 54, 3 mi les
W8SUN, RFD 1, Mc M illan MI 84118. nite camping -no hoo kups. east o f Exi t 37 o n Interstate 81 .
49853, (906)-586-9661. Talk-In on 146.52 or 147.841.24 , Talk·i n on 147.781 18 and 146.52
PORTAGE IN W9LJWA9AMU. Tickets will be simplex. Reg ist ratio n is $2.00;
GRANITE CITY Il JUN 18 $2.00 at the gate or $1.50 in ad - XYL and chi ldren a re fre e.
JUN 11 The fi fth annual " Dad 's Day " vance. Send c heck t o: Ticke ts, Am u s eme nt r i des , p i c n i c
The annual ha mfest of the ham fes t , sponso red by the PO Box 348, Gr iffith IN 46319. tab l e s, and r efre shme nt s
Egyptian Radio Club W9A1U Lake County Amateur Radio availa ble on the park gro unds.
Club, N.W., IN , will be held on BARNESVillE PA Large indoor and o utdoor flea
wi ll be held at the c lub grounds
June 18 from 8 am till 5 pm . JUN 18 market area . Fo r more lntorma-
on Sunday, June 11, 1978.
Th ere will be f ood, drink, door Th e Schuylkill Am ate ur tion, write Ca rl H . Zimmerm an
MONROE MI
JUN 11
The Monroe County Amateur
Radio Club's annual sw ap and
shop will be held o n Sund ay,
June 11, at the Mo nroe County
Community College, Mo nroe,
M ichigan, from 8 am t il 14 pm on
aatemvme Road off M5O. Talk- ALL S eA ND O P ER ATIO N · O NLY O NE
N E"'T S M "' LL A N T EN NA, FO R CO NGES T ED
FO R AL L M A"' E S A M "' T EU R HF TR"' NS-
M I T T E R S· TR"'N SR E CEIVER S _ GUA FI A N '
in on 146 .13173. $1.00 do nation H O U S I N G AND APARTM EN T D W ELL ER S I TEE D " O R 2.000 WAT T S PEP. P OWER ,
at the gate. Free tables and LI GH T . N E...T • AL M OS T IN V ISI B L E l FOR N O V IC E A N D A L L C L A SS AMAT EU R Sl
trunk sales. Plent y of refresh- CO M PLE T E R , to put up with 3D It . D ou o" end s........... co. dsl W • • 3 IbS., I"X 5~ M O L D ED
RESO N"'NT TR P S . ;uS! s wotc h , _ u ........... e• • o "ult.d t..nd , ... E X CE LLENT PE R" OR M"'N CE l
ments. N O TU NERS OR e"' L UN S N EE DE DI C A N eE USED I N ...T T IC S . T OP S 0 " e U IL DIN G S . IN VERT ED
V s I N M INIMUM S P ...CE . N O C E N T ER SUPPQflT N EEOE D , N O H AYW I R E H O U SE "'PPE ... R ...N CE
CO M PL E T ELY A S SE Me LED. N o l u nlnll' CUttl nll • sokl.""'I1 · ... . nutlnll · JU ST HAN G I T . A ND
AKRON OH U S E I T I S W R I S 1.2 "'T RE S O N "' N C E T H OUS "' N DS IN USE · E"' S I EST I NS T "' LL TIDN l
JUN 11 80_~D_20_1 S _10 e' " b.nd s• • •l02 ft . ... I.h 90 ft . RG 58U co co nn.c'o' . Mod., 996 BU $-49.95
4 0 _20_15_10 b."ds __ ·5 -4 ft. ...lth 90 It . RG 5 8 U c o conn eC'O' .M ode' lODl eU • . . . $ -48.95
The Goodyear Amateur 2 0 .15.10 HndS _ 26ft . w ith 90 It. RGSBU c o.. • COn"ecl M ed e' 100T BU •.•••• $ . 7 .9 5
Radi o Club wilt hold It s 11th an - S.nd onl, $S.OO (cnr.. c_ ~ "'0 .) .nd 1'., ....
s..... " otus CODb.'.ne.
SUlle D R S E ND FUL L PRIC E
nual hamf est and family p icnic " OR P O ST P D D E L. I N USA ( C . n.... Is $S.OO nits) 00" O'''S' b, M ... IL OR P H ONE w ith B. n_ ·
on Sunday, J une 11, at Wi ng· ... ... . tI" .... ViS M "' S T E R C H AR GE . O R "' M E XP . Gi.. numbs••"" n, "s • • . P h 1- 3 0 8 - 2 3 6 · 5 3 3 3
... u k d. , s. W e ShiP In 2 .3 "s,.. IN " L An O N ? P R I CES M AY IN C R E ...S E. S AV E · O R D ER N OW I
foot Lake Park from 10:00 am to I N FO. AV A I L ...eL E F ROM . WE S TE R N ELE CTR O NI C S 0 • ., • . A 7. 6 Ke.. n.,. N Ob. n ks. 688 -4 1
6:00 pm . The park is southeast
of Akron o n County Road 87
near Rte. 43. There w ill be five
ma in pr izes, plus many others,
amp le pa rki ng , shel te rs, picnic
facilities, kids' play areas, and
refreshments. Sorry, no over-
The only REALLY
night parking . Flea market and
d isplay space i s free to ticket NEW 80-10 meter
hol de rs. Fam il y do na tio n is
$2.50 in advance, $3.00 at the
gate. For details, write Don
vertical design in
Rogers WA8SXJ , 161 S.
Hawk in s Ave., Akron O H 44313, 20 years!
or pho ne (216)·864-3665. Co mp lolo ly autom.tic bandsw,lchin\l 80 Ih , ough 10 m
1180 - 10 m w ilh oplionol TBR ·160 add ' o n u n,I,1 15m Irop
SALT LA KE CITY UT L_ YS" " . 0'" ""'" 40. 20. l!:t. • 10 .. 0. .... .._ A'" 6 0 ·
>00 K><l" _ , .. 80 ·15 NO A" TU."A TU" ~R "EE oE O'
JU N 17 E" n R~ Ie " 1_ '" act IIO .~ . XI. " 00 .. .. ,ITI ' . . , ..
The Utah Council of Am at eur ..... .._ _ " .. '" I'''''' boOnO..,"''' '' _ _ O•
..."o,mue. G' '00', ".. ,,,... . """'",- no I " " n••d.d .
Rad io Clubs will sponsor a
H'GHEST Du ALITY CO NS TRUCT'O.. I WO"K IUNSH'" THROOGH '
statewide ARRL ham l est at the OUT HIO" . TI' OT" ALU"'N U" s U O' AND F IBERGl AS S lIE-
rarcrsvute Park in Sail Lake ' OG.. C_ .. t ,I" I ·' B '" 0 0 ' '''' 1. . . ..... t. 1I(l - n"
City o n June 17. Ac tivit ies wi ll " U "'.t""."" to ,_ _ , .. ... . L - X I U_ ' ...., .
<If!lO - ~ n "ou
inc lud e an ARRL forum, MARS V SW.R. 0 1 .osononco , l. !> ' l o . lo SS ; ... 11 b and s .
meetin gs, an ATV fo rum, a TTY Pow o, roli"g , Logal Iim,1 SSB ' CW 40 -IOm : 1200 W
forum , a radio con trol demo n- PEP /500 W cw e e 80 / 75m .
stration , a VH F-UH F weak
s ign a l forum . an OSCAR "'T YOUR DEAL ER O R DIRE CT LY FRDIoI
d e m o n s tr a ti o n, a personal 80 m c oo l
computer f orum, and a sea rch
and rescue fo rum . Also o n t he
~TTE R N UT
prog ram a re contests, In -
c l u di n g CW , transm itter -'~ E LECT R d N IC S-CO
".- -. 31
building, antenna effic iency, ROUTE O N E DEPT. •
tra nsmitter hu nts, home brew LAKE C RYSTAL , loiN . 56055
and treasure hunts. Other ac- PHONE !>07 -94 7-3 126
tivities planned are d ea l e r
OTHER MODEL S . TOO ! FREE INFDRM... 'no ... .
d isplays, sw ap tables, movies,
CSL board, ladies' and kids' ac-
t ivities, a ho t-air balloon demo,
a barbecue, door pri zes, two
met er crys tal swap, a nd an Model HF5V-D S74.50 p PD. IN CON T, USA [ BY UPS!.
equ ipment au ction. Camping, .... "ISIO~"TS AOO Tn
trailering, and motel lacil it ies

16 3
 W3 E EK, RD 1t2, B o x 580, Main prize drawing at 2 pm. In- Rapid City SO 57709.
Tamaqua PA 18252. side and outside tables even-
able, as we ll as ta ilgat ing . Ta lk- CUMMINGTON MA
FREDERICK MD in on 146.52, 13173. JUL 8·9
JUN 18 The N orth er n gerkstur e
The first annual Fred eric k ORcunCA Amateur Rad io Cl ub's hamlest
Amateur Radio Club of central JUN 18 will be held on July 8th and 9th
Study Guides Mary land ham fest w ill be he ld The Satellite Am at eur Radio at the Cummington Fair
o n s unday.June 18, 1978, at t he C lub will ho l d its a nnual Grounds, Cummington. Masse-
and chusetts. There will be free
Frederick fairgrounds on East swap/funfest and Santa Maria
Code Tapes - Patrick Street, Fred eric k MD. barbeque on Sunday, June 18. overruc nt ca mpi ng. technical
The Best Available Th ere will be prizes, ex hibits, Join us for t he best steak and talk s. demon strat io ns. and
and de monstrations. Food and biggest hamfest in t he west. dealers . The flea market will
_ _ 1" drink (co untry cooking) wi ll be Fant astic prizes! Swap tables cost $1. Admi ssion w ill be $4
available. Grounds open at 6 available. Try the au-you-can- or. w ith spouse. $6. Adva nced
am for commercial displays eat dinner for $6.00 for adults t icket s are $3 and $5. For inf or-
and at 8 am for general aemts- and $3.00 for children under 12. matio n write: H ildy Sneenn
sion (YLs and children free). Contact Tom Geiger W2KVAJ6 WA1Z NE. 89 Greytock Terra ce .
at (805)-925-0398, or wri te to Put suetd MA 01201.
sweetest . PO Box 2531 , Orcutt
ru.um·····iiniie·riir~ CA 93454 . INDIANAPOLIS IN
JUL9
Th e Ind iana po l is bamtest
JACKSONVILLE IL
JUN 18 w ill be held on Sunday , J uly 9,
"The little hamfest with a lot 1978. The gates will open from
of prizes and good eyeball 6:00 am to 4:30 pm. The place is
osoe'' will be held o n June 18, the Marlon Cou nty Fair-
1978, at t he Mor gan Co unty grounds, S.E. corner, in India,
Fa irgro unds. Ta lk -i n o n 146.40/ napolis, Indiana. Th ere will be
147.00 W9TZU9. Tickets in ad- professional commercial ex-
vance are $1 .50 each or four for hibiting. a covered flea market,
~ COLUMBUS.OHIO ~ 55. Fo r information, write to and an unlimitect outside flea
3IA - ~ Reynoldsburg. 43068 ~ JAARC, Bo x 571, Jacksonville, market. Overnight camping
faci li ties wi th hook u p a re

3~ _. EI . all major brands

ill ino is 62651, You need not be

E present to wi n. available. Fo r information,

write to Indianapolis Hamfest,

~3 ~~ RAPID CITY SO PO Box 1002, Indianapolis IN

full factory service
•antennas and towers
STORE HOURS • JUl1-2 46206,

~~EN ~:~:~ ~ =~ ~ The an nual South Dako t a

hamtest will be held on July 1 ESSEX MT
~ ~~~ : ~~ :~::~ • competitive prices ~ and 2, 1978, at Surbeck Center JUl15-16
The International ntacter-
on the campus of the South
... ~~~ ::~:~~:~ • large inventory ~ Dakota Sc hool of Mines and Waterton Ham l est will be he ld

~ • all amateur needs E Technol ogy, Rapid Cit y, Sout h

Dakota. There will be technical
o n Jul y 15-1 6, 1978, in t he West
Glacier Area , Mont ana. The
location will be at the Three
forums, an ARRL forum, a flea
~ 1·270 EXIT NO.41 ~ market, and industrial tours. Fo rks campground, 10 miles
:;; EAST 1.8 MILES ON ~ The grand prize w ill be a Ken- east of Essex MT on U.S. Hig h-
~ EAST MAIN STREET (RHO) E wood TS·520S; t he preregist ra-
tion prize w ill be a Kenwood T R-
way 2. Regi stration begi ns at
9:00 am MST.
~ _ ~. • . . ...."
. Northeast Corner =- 7500. Admission is $4,50 in ad-
vance (before June 1)or $5.00 at BOWLING GREEN OH
~ 01 Reynoldsburg =- the door. Plan to include this on JUl16
: Shopping Center E a vacation t o the Blac k Hil ls for
the Ju ly 4th weekend . We
The Wood Co unty, Oh io, 14th
annual Ham-a-nama will be

~ 614·866·4267 ~
recommend early reservations held on Sunday, July 16, at the
for accommodations . For more fairgrounds in BoWling Green
information and/or assistance yust off 1·75). Gates open at
wi t h re serva t io ns , write t o 10:00 a m. Adm ission and park-
~•••••••••••••••y •••y ••yyyy•••~.yy••••• Blac k Hi ll s ARC , Box 1014, ing a re free . T a b l e s are
available for $3.00 or 8-foot
spaces for 52.00 (advance table
73 Magazine will have a Dealer Directo ry section or space ren tal to dealers only).
beginning with the August issue. Tr unk-sale space and food will
Ads w ill b.. ..., in also be availabl e. There w ill be
DEALER sta n dard Ihtine
t)'pDeuphy . D .....,.
a ma in prize draw ing and lot s of
door prizes. K8TI H talk·in on
tor)' u",t and pay- 146 .52 simplex. Ti c ket s a re
IR m en t mUl t rea ch us
4 ~ days In a dv an ~
$1 .50 in advanc e, $2.00 at t he
door. Writ e to Wood County
E of p ubliClition , F or
Y ou r com pa ny
n am e and mesnee
can contain as m a n y
e ""'a m ple. adv.. rtiling
(or the Au&ust b ....e
must to.. in our
Amateur Rad io Club, c/o Eric
Willman , 14118 Bisho p Road,
Bow li ng Green, Ohio 43402.
U 2~ words for as
littl e as $15 0 y ..arly
TO hands by June 1 ~t h.

(prep aid ), o r $ 15 MARSHALL MO

per mon th ( pre pa id JUl23
quarterly). No m ..n- The Indian Foot hills Amateur
hon of mail order
b u lln e .. or ar..a Rad io Club, tnc., will ho ld its
cod.. permi tUd. third annual ham fe st on Ju ly
Mail y o u r directory listing to : 73 Magazine 23, 1978, i n an air-c o ndition ed
DEALER DIRECTORY, PETERBOROUGH NH 03458
Continued on PiJ9# 115

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- their new tribander is a winner

David B. Perr;" KI OPQ di spelled the po ssibil ity of 9 . 2 kW PEP pow er was ove r fift y pound s.
RFD #1, Tyler tu« s ep ar a t e b e am s - t he y capab ility (ma y be needed Ho we ve r, the manufa c-
Contoocook NH 03119 would be too e xpe ns ive , somed ay); turer had assu red me that

N OW that we (m y famil y
and my beam) have
su rv iv ed the winter, it is
my 40-fo ot self-s u p po rt ing
tower wouldn 't handle the
ma ss, a nd I didn't want to
10. good perf ormance
on all three band s;
11 . a b ility to stay up
the tot al package wa s d e-
signe d re a lizi ng weight a nd
size lim itat ions in ship p ing.
time to rebuild, replace, or create a la nd ma rk, just a a nd together; T ak ing a t i p f rom
at least di scu ss putting up good a nten na for 20, 15 , 1 2. good c ustom e r se r- building kit s , wh en
a new antenna . For those and 10 meters. Although I vice when needed . 1 opened .t he pack age, the
on the low band s, thi s may would like to tr y a quad . 1 The d eci sion no t to d e- f ir st t h ing 1 d id was
m ean a n ew be am . st ill d on't be lieve that a sign and b uild a tr iband check for a ll the parts, to
Whether you b uy o r build quad can la st as well a s a beam was easy- I didn 't the last bolt -no probl em.
depend s o n man y things beam . (I suspect, thou gh , ha ve enough t ime . There Then I made the a ssembly
- such as amount of time . that it will o utperform a a re th ings o the r than a nten- area o ff limits to a nyone
availability of ne cessary be am while it's up and na s in life a nd, from wh at without a ham lic ense to
antenn a de signing equip- working.) the XYL a nd IR S sa y, other av oid lo sing pa rt s. Th e
men t, mechanical knowl - Since I've had th ree tri- th an ham radio , too . tr ap s co me n o t f ull y
edge o f a s semblin g a band beam s, wh ich were Cushc raft has designed a a sse mb led , so you ca n ge t
be am , a nd hardwa re a nd up forty feet and su p- four-e lement triband beam a look at this pa rt of the
ma chining equipment to ported in a variety of wa ys with imp re ssive speci fica- de sign . With m y other
make br a ck e ts a nd e le- at thre e lo ca tions. sinc e tio ns, com p lete with balun be am s, the tra ps ha d been
m ent and bo om su p ports. 1961 , 1 knew what I and a reasonab le price . 1 just bumps, keeping the
A ye a r ago , 1 found w anted , The new be am compa red a nd reviewed design a total sec re t.
m y self in th i s po s i- wou ld have to me e t the speci f ic at io ns and then Assem bly o f thi s t a -to o t
t i on : M y fo ur -y e ar-old foll owing requirem ents: visite d the new Cushcraft boom a nte n na is no prob-
three-e lem en t triband er , 1 . reason able pri ce; plant in Manchester NH to le m, b ut I do ha ve a few
which had been u p fo r two 2. more rugg ed bo om- c heck the va rio us aspects c o m me n ts . The instru c -
yea rs a t m y QTH . had t o -m a st a n d bo om -t o - of design a nd cons truction tio ns say tha t you d on' t
transform ed itself into a element su p po rts; whi ch co nc e rned me . The need a tape measure to
r otat abl e dipole by 3. able to withstand the be am lo o ke d good on as semble it. 1 say yo u
winter's end . What was left New Hampshire ice, w ind , paper . The co ns t ruc t io n do -who can mak e a n an-
of it co uld no t hand le more and snow; was as rugged as more ex- tenna without a tape mea-
than 1 kW PEP. Thinking of 4 . uncompli cated pen sive antennas a nd it sure ? Make ce rta in th at
a lte r nati ve s , 1 qui ckl y de sign; was sim ple - a ll standard yo u read, a nd understand,
5 . use of loc a ll y parts and pro ven ideas . the instru ction s before you
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". avai lable ha rdwa re ;

6. abil ity to adju st swr
The de cision was made .
My new C us h c r a f t
begin a ssemb ly. One sho rt-
co ming is that the va rio us

r j-"·i on each band sepa ra te ly;

7. single line feed ;
A T B-3 4 (3 band s , 4
element s) arrived by UPS in
pie ces for e a ch o f the
elements are not colo r cod-
• 8 . competitive spec if i- ea rly September . The ed. pa ckaged se pa ra tely,
c a t io ns with other tr iband delivery man must have o r in any o t he r wa y kept
Fig. 1. beams; been tired- he claimed it se pa ra te d from other e le-
166
 ment piece s, It's con fu sing, d ri ven e lement by using a Usua ll y, t he le ngth will Mu rp hy. When ra ising any
so first c heck eac h tra p sm all leve l. Be fo re ge tting be clo se , but you ca n get a nt e nna, think sa fe ty -it's
(they are coded), mea su re the antenna to the top o f the sw r close r to 1:1 if you no t wort h the risk not to .
all elemen t piece s for each the towe r, che c k to see t ry. Then load up yo ur rig O nce this beam was up, I
e leme nt , a nd che ck t hese t h at th e U vbol t s a n d o n 1 5 mete rs a nd ad just the real ized in sho rt o rde r that
lengths with the par ts list. v -bloc ks for the mast will le ngt h of t he dr iven ele- it wou ld ou t perform a ny of
The pa rt s li st does te ll you all li ne up a nd fit th rough men t betw e en t he two my previou s beams. The
the len gth a nd di a me te r fo r their holes in the boom-to- traps. Ma ke su re t hat the di rect ivit y is conside ra bly
each pa rt of eac h e le ment. mast plate. A few ta ps o n e lement sections o n eac h sha rpe r. Eve n at 8000 m iles
O nce th e p ieces we re the If-bolts with a soft- sid e of the boom a re ad- or better, a swing of 20°
so rted so that I knew which fa ced pe rsu ader (ma lle t) jus ted e ve nly. Next, load wi ll ca nc el DX. The front-
e lement I wa s asse mb ling, shou ld d o it. up on 20 mete rs a nd adj ust to-bac k rati o , at ar ound 25
eve ryt hing went toget he r With t he bea m co m- t he len gth of the d riven e le- d B, a nd front-to-side ra tio
fa irly smoot hly. When the p let ely asse m b led , c o n- ment beyon d t he second a re excel lent ... ah. to be
e le me nts were fi na lly on ne ct a n swr bridge at the t rap to th e end of the ele- a b le to swing the ante nn a
the boom, I mad e certa in ba lu n and co nnec t t he me nt . Go ba ck and c he ck a nd QS B th e QRM withou t
th at they were a ll in th e length o f RG-8/U to you r the swr o n eac h ba nd, and QSYing. The bea m is at a
sa me pl a ne by eyeb a ll ing exc ite r. lea n t he beam , th e n c heck a ll me c han ical m o d e s t h e ig ht, bu t it
the e lements from the e nd with the boom ve rt ica l (or a nd e lec trica l co nnec tio ns. o u t pe rfo r ms my w ire
of t he boom . I figured o ut close to it), up agai nst your Now you a re re ady to in- a nte nna at fifty feet by 30
the p la c e m e nt o f t h e towe r o r ho use. Have the sta ll the bea m in the air . d B o n recei ve . This bea m
boom-to-ma st sup po rt by refl ecto r su pported off t he At 42 pou nd s, th is beam wo rks ve ry we ll , thou gh I
attac hi ng a rope near the grou nd o n a cou ple of is not light, nor is it sm all , ha ve no figures, si nce my
ce nter o f the boom, li ft ing woo den c hairs. Now, go so do n't try walkin g it up re fere n ce an te n na isn 't
the ante nna off t he ground , get a bee r and ca ll your you r tower . I ra ised it usin g iso tro pic a nd it wou ldn 't
a nd adj usti ng the rope to frie nds. Load the rig o n a ho me made gin po le a nd be fair.
find the exact center of you r favo rite portion of 10 tied it off so I could attach At this point, I quest ion
gravit y. The boom-to-m ast meter s, a nd a d jus t th e it to the mast a nd no t have whe the r a la rge r triba nd
p late was ce nte red at t his length o n ea c h side o f the to support t he wei ght of be a m wou ld be wo rth-
po int . Next , I ca re full y d riven e lemen t, mak ing it th e antenna . It went up wh ile . Perhaps I'll try one
leveled the e nt ire a nt en na equa l to t he first se t of m ore ea s ily than I ex- t his summe r, just fo r the
a nd adj uste d this plate to t ra ps, u ntil th e swr is as low pect e d , b ut t h a t w a s fun o f it, when I fi nish th e
be pe rpe nd icula r to the as it will go. (See Fig. 1.) bec au se I fo rgot to invite 90-foo t towe r.•

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Jerrold S wank W8HXR mete rs.
657 wittooor Drive A great many hams have
WashinRton Court House OH 43160 asked a bout the antenna ,
and, to so me, Tom ha s sent
photos . Most of them , how-
ever, don't really have a
dear co nce pt ion of what
the arra y rea lly is - only
what it do e s to th eir
5-meters. I ha ve, therefore,
asked Tom for photos and
a dea r description of the
antenna , and this will give

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need .
Basically, it is a pair of
pha sed vertical antennas
- W7DND 's magic antenna with a pair of pa ra sitic
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th e driven pair.
Fig. 1 sho ws the cir cuit
information . The a ntenna
was originally vo ltage fed ,
a nd th e box sho wn in the

"U niqu e" mean s one

o f a kind . M an y
thi s ant enna is re a lly on e of
a kind . It belongs to Tom
Although t he a ntenna is
usua lly pointed down the
photos contain s th e tuner
for protection from t he
weather. lately, howe ver,
things are loosely called Erdmann W70NO of Brem- west coa st, once in a wh ile Tom ha s c ha nged to c ur-
un ique, but I be lieve that erton , Washington. Tom turns it to the ea st. ren t feed, thus eliminati ng
When he does, many a n the tuner. This cir cuit is
S-meter swings to the right sho wn in Fig. 2.
toward the pin on 40 He has added six ele-
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corner of the boom d early sho wn. Fig. 2. 40 meter four-element vertical beam, current fed .
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 ments o n 15 meters, and
this array is shown in FiS. 3.
Tom is shown standing •
beside his creation, which
will give you a feel in g of its
size.
The boom is made of 2
x 4s,wasbuiltin1961 ,and
has go ne thro ug h winds up
to 85 miles per hour . The
array weighs about 900
pounds a nd is suppo rted
from the top of th e 32'
telephone pole by ten
nylon ropes . At the bottom ,
it rests o n a bearing, whic h
To m keeps well greased .
It is rotated by hand and
has a 12' 2" x 3" wooden
piece whic h se rves bot h as
a' chock to preven t ro tation
in the wind and as a handle
to raise up and rotate the
array .
It is not li kel y t hat ma ny
hams will care to build
such a hea vy boom for an
antenna, but the same pr in- The water in the background is Puget Sound. The beam is pointed south and the camera is
ciples used he re can be ap- facing south. The four 15 meter verticals shown have been changed to three (see tex t).
plied to wire and masting
arrays in a fixed position. re moved o ne of the di rec-
This will be good news tors. Thus, th ere a re th ree
for those who cannot find elements in the text and
the space or energy fo r the d rawings .
b u ried g rou nd r a di al s. His ne w array will be
Since the con nect ing wire fou r vertica l three-e lement
is a half wave. it acts as a beams on 15 meters.
counte rpoise fo r eac h He is p lanni ng to remove
anten na, co mplet ing t he t he four 40 meter a nte nnas
array . and re p lace t hem wit h two
You have probably more three-element 15
notice d that the meter a rrays, mak ing 12
photog rap hs show fou r e lemen ts on 1 5 me ters,
elements in each of the 15 which is now his favo rite
meter beams. This was the band .
way the ar ray was o riginal- The 1 5 meter a nte nnas
ly set up . Howe ve r. the a re ha lf -wave ve rticals
angle was too low , so Tom voltage fed at the bottom.

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Fig. 3. 15 meter six-element vertical beam, half-wave end- Close view of a forty meter vertical showing how the y are
fed elements. mounted on standoff insulators.
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This photo was taken from the roof o f 10m '!, hom e. Th e
camera is fa c ing ease with th e boom facing sou t h. Th e box
contains the tuning unit to protec t it from the wea ther The
ten nylon lines supporting the boom are shown in this Close-up sho wing 12' 2 x 35, wh ich preven t rotation b y
photo, the wind and which are used to tum the boom b y hand.

If yo u look cl o sely in one

of the under-the-bo om
shots, you ca n se e the
quarter-wave st ub used to
feed t he 15 met e r
antennas.
" The m an ner o f su p po rt
for the 40 meter alumin um
ve rti cal s is shown in a
clo se-up .
•
This array is a bout 3' off
th e gro und, and th ere is no
• ground connec t io n. no r are
th ere any gro und radi als.
•
The horizontal wire be-
tween th e tw o a ntennas is
the counter po ise syste m.
Tom refers to th e a nte n-
I na as an " upside down bob-
ta il ," and t here is a great
similar it y between thi s
a nt enna and a fu ll bobtai l.
e -' The gai n is probab ly in
,ti
, ( the neighbo rhood of 8 dB.
The a ng le is tow a nd the
beam width is nar row ,
making the a nt e nna be tte r
for OX than a sing le ver-
ti ca l o r eve n a vagi beam,
The beering is kep t well greased and su pports the en tire array with the aid o f the ten n ylon un less the beam is a t lea st
lines. a half wave high and three
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 elements .
Of co urse, o ne of the •
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chief advantage s is elimi-
nat io n of t he need fo r a •
towe r.
You may noti ce that
there is moss on some of
the 2 X 4s after 16 yea rs of
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use.
The co il used for the
voltage-fed version in Fig. 1
has 1 7 tu rns spaced 3/16"
and is 3-1 /4" in diameter.
Since there is high voltage
across t he co il, the capaci-
tor spacing shou ld be t he
same as in the ca pacito r in
your tank c irc u it . The r
ca pac ity is about .001 uFo
The ho ri zontal wires in
the reflector are not co n-
ne cted at the cente r. --
. • •

The lead from the co ax is A view from under the boom, with the camera facing north .
tapped fo r a 50-Ohm
match, and the ca paci tor is
tuned for maximum volt-
age at reso nan ce a t th e
--- \. .
feedpoint. Tune for max-
imum brilliance in a
1/4-Watt neon bu lb . There
is no grou nd at the a nte n-
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na, since the shie ld of the

coax furnishe s a ground at
the transmitter .
Tom 's origi nal a ntenna .---
was made of 32' bamboo
poles with #14 wi re
attac hed as rad iator s, but
it is now made of al u-
minum masting. This may
.'•
give yo u some idea s. The
suppo rt ing pole is 32' high.
The ny lon rope s a re fas-
tened five to eac h sid e.
The most notab le fea-
ture of th is antenna is t he •
comp lete la ck of need fo r \
ground rad ials or counte r-
poise . Quarter-wave stub at the bottom of one o f the 15 meter elements. Notice the moss on the
It would be rathe r easy 2 x 4 at the upper Jeft.
to make a fixed array with
pipe supports fo r the fo ur plete co ve rage with no which he re ceived from so I have used photos and
an ten nas and st retc h the ro tat io n. Gra ha m Knight , a li stene r diagram s fo r mo st of my
horizonta l wires between Tom said that he noticed in Aberdeen , Scotland. The exp lanat ion . I hope this
the sup po rt s three feet no d ifference in results be- signa l was qu ite good o n will interest many ham s
above the grou nd , so yo u tween the voltage feed and 40, even though th e beam who will see that there are
co uld mow t he ya rd un de r the current feed . wa s headed at 90° , whi ch is way s to achieve re sults
them . All horizo nta l sec tions stra ight e ast, and Scot land other t han the most usual
The complete antenna are #14 wire . The y ar e out is a bout 25 ° from Brem er- and most expen sive ways.
wo uld ta ke a n a rea of 65' of phase and do not hing ton . It would ha ve been An antenna is the cheap-
X 20', which isn't too har d for t he signa l. The vertical much bette r if the be am est way to get a good signal
to get in a yard . If you live sect io ns are se lf-s uppo rt- had been headed toward o ut, and it al so works on
in a corner o f the USA, the ing aluminum and are in Scot la nd . receive, whi ch is not tru e
a nten na co uld be sla nted p ha se. They sa y a picture is of a linear. So plan a li ttl e
across the country for com- Tom se nt me a tape worth ten thou sand words. and save a lot..
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Amazingly Simple
Log Periodic Antenna
• •
an 8-lb. mm: LP for 20m

Phot o by Dennis Lopez

Ted Robinson KIQAR While the Vagi is the fiberg las s fishing -pole with adjacent turns
Gf'",.,a/ Detivery most popul ar w ay to go, blanks , 6' long, 3/8" at the touch ing, fo r about 18" .
Block tstana Rl 02807 fo r an ultra sm all anten na, base, a nd ta peri ng to 1/8" For t he next 18", t he pitc h
the l P seems bette r. It is at the tip, a re obtai ned gradu a lly increases to 1/4"
broadbanded. covering all from a tack le supply ho use betwee n t u rns . At t his
of 20, which is so me thing a <these dimensions are not point, switch to #18 wire,
miniatu re vag i could n't c ritica l). Sta rting at the t ip, solder ing t he con nect ion.

E xp e r i m e n t i ng arou nd
with some mob ile
even begin to do . Un l ike
the vag i, the LP is to lera nt
wind # 20 e na me led wire. Pitch inc reases smoothly

whips, 1 found that four

pairs of them on a 10 %
of super close spacing, los-
ing only 1-2 dB . Finally. the ,
foot boom could gi ve l P's a ll-driven co nf igura- '"")I.T
u sabl e d irectivity u sing lo g tio n avo ids t he probl em of H UH ~rs
rt e( " GL ASS "">,
" ESOU 'IT
.. EL' .. .. ,. \
pe riod ic feed , This antenna insuff icient coupling be- · · (OU(~C 'ES
•
weighed 8 lb s, about half tween the tiny mobile whip ~ ~"O ••
as mu ch as the smallest elements . ALL (L( "E~T5

co mmercial 20 meter Co nstruc t ion is st ra ight-

beam . forward . Ei ght so lid-core

1ft 0,"

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Fig. 1. 20 meter mini-log periodic beam.

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from 1/4" to 3/4" as the wire onto it. va ry the impedance of the it up 65 feet on a mast
winding is co nt inued to the The boom is made from a n t e n n a. Nor ma lly a m ad e f ro m sc ra p p ipe,
ba se . Using a grid-dip oscil- 6' of 5/8" aluminum with 3' 75-Ghm matc hing section whic h was clamped to the
lator, ad d or subtrac t turns of 1/2" aluminum tubing into 5O-Qhm line will give side of the house next to a
from the tip to resonate to te lescoped in eit he r end . good re su lt s. Remember window fo r hand rotat ion.
the nea rest of t he fo llow- Pa irs of hol es the sa me size tha t ad jacent e leme nts get With this se tup, mea sure-
ing freque ncie s: 12.7, 13 .6, as t he pole bases a re fed out of phase a nd tha t ment s indicated an fIb of
14 .5, and 15.5 MHz . Mak- drilled in the boom for e le- the lower frequency whip s 5-8 dB, an fls of 10 dB, and
ing sure to always wind in ment mounting, observing go with the wider spaci ngs . a low swr across the band .
the same direct ion and the following spa cing: 45" , Feed is to the hig h - Cain was calcu lated to be
varying the amou nt of wire 42" , a nd 39". An a nten na fre quency e nd , a nd a 12" 4-5 dB . Compa re d wit h
appropriately, fabricate all feede r su ppo rted o n top of stub is attached to t he low- other beam s on the air, pe r-
eight whip s with two reso- the boo m, cons is ting of frequen cy end o f the formance see med to bear
na nt to each frequen cy . #16 wire spaced 2", com- antenna feede r. this out . A bonu s wa s an
The easiest way to wind is pletes t he array. Wi th such a smal l a nten- apparent 20 dB fIb for
rotate the pole a nd feed Varying thi s spaci ng will na, it was qu ite easy to get power-li ne noise. •

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Great No rthern Re p e a t e r d isplaying t heir wares all day
As so c iat ion and the Mich ·A· Saturd ay and Sunday . Several
Con ARC of Iro n Moun tain - excellent pri zes wi ll also be
Kingsford, Michigan, will be given away. The main prize will
from ~ 164 s ponsor the third annual Indy he ld o n Saturday, July 29, and be the cho ice 01 an HF rig or a n
M i cro c omputer Sh ow o n Sunday, July 30, 1978, at the allmode VHF rig , w ith the sec-
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table; $1 .00 for each additional demonstrat ions , and technical the d oor. Saturday n ight ban- matron ca n be obtained by
table). Many prizes are to be s e m i n a r s add re s sing t h e quet ticke t s are $6.50, and wr iting to: FM Society Summer
aw arded and there will be o ld engineering , industrial , sclen- re s e rvati o n s should be reo Convention, PO Box 717, r e m-
and new equipment displays . tific , bu s ines s, and per sonal ceived by July 1. Daily activities bal l, Texas 77375.
Campg ro und s (no connec tions ap pli c ations 01 microcomput er inc l u d e : U.P . net meeting ,
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breakfast roll s and coffee ; JUL 28·30 c o nt est s, slow scan, satellite, (Wyom i ng , Id ah o , Mo nta na ,
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eat; 2:30 pm - d raw ing. Tickets Amateur s w ill pres ent Ham SSB, a swap and shop, and a August 4, 5, and 6, 1978, at
are $2.00 in advance, $2.50 at Ho liday '78 o n July 28, 29, and spec ial disc uss ion o n " Anten- Macks In n, Idaho , 25 m iles
the door. For info rmation and 30, in the Linc o ln Plaza Forum, n as- L e g al Aspe ct s " by south of West Yellow stone,
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in on 52, 28/88. $3.00; $4.00 at the door. Non- will be held bot h days. Ple nty 01 chi ldren, belore July 25th , 1978.
commercial flea market tables park i ng i s ava i lable. Prizes Late/regular registration is
SALEM OH are free in the ten-thou sand- ga lore! Talk·in o n 146.25/.85 $7.00 and $2.50. The re wil l be a
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The Kent State Salem Co mm erc ial exhibitor s contact write UP HAM FE ST 78 , Box prereg ist ra tion . Please se nd
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harntest o n J uly 23, 1978. The 787-9292. Tech nica l programs 49801 . Ha mfest, 3645 Vaughn Street,
door pr ize will be a Ten-Tee are schedu led throughout the Idaho Fal ls, Idaho 83401 ; phone
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Ken Mar Indust ries; t here will given away, including a special AUG 4·6
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On August 4, 5, and 6, 1978,
fam ily as well as a hot air prereg istrations t o Ham Hen- AUG 5
the Houston Ec ho Society will
ba llo o n , a ramp f or whee l day ' 78 , PO B ox 14604 , host the a nnual Texas VHF-FM The 3rd annual Straits Area
c hairs, and p lenty 01 free park. Oklahoma City OK 73113. Society Summer Convention in Rad io Cl ub swap and s ho p will
ing. Wives and k id s under 12 the Galleria Plaza Ho tel , just be hel d o n Satu rday, Aug ust 5,
free. XYL drawing and recrea- FT TUTHILL AZ o ff In t e rs t a t e l o o p 6 10 at at t he Emmet Cou nty Fai r-
tion facilities availab le o n JUL 28-30 westnetmer Ad. Wh ile primari- grounds, Charlevoix Avenue,
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 20, 15, or 10 met ers , also.
Si mply c ut the lengt h of the
vertical radiator to a q uarter
wavelengt h fo r the ce nter of
t he band yo u want to wor k
a nd cut the radials t his same
length plus five percent.
The fact t hat a purple mar-
tin birdho use appears at the
to p of the vertical is the ma in

Disguised Birdhouse camouflage sys tem. Fo r all

practical intents and purposes
(as far as your neighbors are
concer ned), this is simply a
Vertical birdhouse supported by a
metal pole. Only you know
that it is really an antenna for
a ham rig.
Everyone knows about
- give the birds a hot foot purple martins. These are
those wo nderful little birds
with this secret antenna t ha t spend spring and summer
in t he United States, raising
their fam ilies of little purple
marti ns. While they are here,
their most beneficial con-
tributio n is the fact t hat each
day they ea t t heir we ight in
Leland H A gdrd KSLUW dweller's antenna," but t he makes your neigh bors' tele- insec ts , a nd they are about
Route 5, Box 735 ante nna I am about to de-
St arkville MS 39159
visio n sets star t ac ting u p a nd the best mosqui to era dicators
scribe is jus t the thing yo u you are tired of t hose an- kno wn to manki nd. There is
nee d if you live in an apa rt- noyi ng phone calls every t ime no use ru ining t he ecology
me nt or a renta l ho use where you start operating, m aybe using pesti c ides whe n the

Y Ou 've heard o f the

"bi rd cage antenna,"
the " vertical antenna," and
the landlo rd will not le t you
put up a n ou ts ide ante nna.
Also, if th e sight of large
what yo u need is a d isguised
an te nna that is a super DX
anten na tha t also puts o ut a
purple mart in will do t he job
much be tter and cheaper,
wh il e producin g no unwanted
the i n vi s i ble "apart me nt ante nna arrays au to matically respectable stateside signal. side effec ts. After the pu rple
I am sure th at yo u have martins have ra ised the ir
heard th e old say ing that a famil ies, the y will return to
000 verti c al antenna radiates ce ntra l Americ a during th e
e qually poorly in all direc- fall and spend the winter
o 0 0
tions, but you may be in fo r a the re. No w the truly amaalng
• surprise if you have never fac t is that, in the spring, t he
used one. The vertical is an same birds will retur n to t he
amaz ing a ntenna an d o ut per- same nesting place to ra ise
forms my di pole at forty feet a no ther fa mily, and t he
on all occasions an d with young that were bo rn last
so me very startling results. year will return to the place
This is not the place to ru n of their birth to raise their
do wn my log and list all the families. In a couple of years,
wooot: .. OO" [LI "'G ~ LA<:U' , ~ SU)(
DX stat ions th a t I wo rked you will ha ve a colony of
S.....M;U ."0 "T IUl u o TOf' with this antenna , but I will purple martins that will keep
"01' su"'o.,
say that my two-element 40 your neighborhood insect
meter vagi is still in the box free. About the only t hing
in the garage. I use d this that purp le ma rt ins require is
antenna in the 1976 sweep- a clear flyaway zone around
stakes and ran up a score of the house they are nesting in.
over 100,000 on fony meters This works out very nicely
to win my state. It seems to because the same objects that
work great for short or long a nnoy the purple martins will
distances, and the point I am soak up rf like a sponge.
trying to make is, "Try it; In the construction of the
you'lllike it!" vertical antenna, the alu-
My antenna was con- minum used was purc hase d a t
structed for forty meters, bu t the local 1V shop and is
Fig. 1. the antenna can be made for known as loc king TV mast. It
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is a painted aluminum tubing vertical using a floor-type the be tter. Rea listically, a across t he entire ba nd is neg-
and cost $2.95 for a ten-foot pipe flange a nd a piece of minimum of four radials ligible in terms of rf loss.
section. I bought forty feet, doweling material about 18 should be used, and eight will For 40 met ers, the an-
cut three feet off one section, inches long. Th e wooden wor k better. Equal curre nts te nna may have to be guyed
and joined it with three other dowe l, of course, will insulate flow in t he vertical and the if you experience much
sections to ma ke a 33 -foot t he bird ho use for the an- radials, so t he radials are a strong wind in your area.
vertical. I pu t a wooden tenna. must. These guys can be made of
doweli ng rod abou t a foot Now here is t he secret of On the radials, I had good nylon stri ng an d tie d to
long at each joint, t he base, how t he birdh ouse antenna luck wit h a shovel ma ki ng a existing trees or bui ldings .
and the top. The doweling works like an antenna and slit in the gro un d, pushing the Ho wever, for 20, 15, or 10
was fastened to the mast with not like an rfc hoke. You will radial in the slit, an d t hen meters, the length is short
# 8 x 1 W' bolts and nuts have t o pu t in a ground walking over the ground to enough t hat th e antenna will
t hro ug h t he ma st and system o f quarter wavelength cover the rad ial up. Others be self-supporting in most
doweli ng. Two bolts were radials. These should go from have had good results with wi nds. T he antenna can be
used at the top and bo ttom the base of th e vertical and simply laying the radials on made of any material that can
of each joi nt. Solder lugs can stretch ou t like th e spokes of top of t he grass and letting be obtai ned locally at a
be used under each bo lt and a wagon wheel. Now I know the grass grow up ove r the reasonable price, suc h as
brai d strappi ng used to you have heard of all the guys radials. Whe n the grass is cut, downspou t, conduit, etc.
jumper each joint to provide who just stick a ground rod in it forms a m ulc h layer over The installation is com-
exce llent electrical connec- t he gro und and their vertical the radials, and, in about a pleted by bu ry ing t he coax
tions. a ntennas work just fine. month, the radials are com- coming to the bu il ding and
The type of purple mart in Don 't you believe it ! T he pletely covered. then using your imagination
ho use that you use is, of ground rod is simply for The quarter wavelength to get the coax into the ha m
cou rse, optional. These ligh tn ing protection. Forty ver tical radiator has an shac k in an unnoticeable wa y.
ho uses are advertised in Sears meter rf energy will only impedance of about 30 to 35 All connections should be
and other natio nal mail-order penetrate the earth to a de pth Ohms but will present a good soldered a nd t hen coated
cata logs and, In most in- of a couple of inches, so you match to 52-Ohm RG-58/U wi th RTV bathtub sealer. T he
stances, can be obtained mus t use a ground system, coax without any matching antenna wi ll surprise you on
locally. Th e y come in both but this sho uld be no trouble. devices . My vertical ex hibits 40 meters, and, if you nee d
metal and wooden models. A minimum of two radials an swr of 1.5 to 1 at reso- an an tenna tha t no one will
The bird ho use is best will wor k, bu t, like other nance and less than 2.0 to 1 recognize as an antenna, then
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to make their own way as far as
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EDITORIA L BY WA YNE G REEN their equipment as these mar-
kets open. And amateur radio
f ro m page 51
get the leaders of these c ourt- worldwide wo uld benefit from
tries to understand the 'm oor- having another country support
Royal Coach Inn ... see you it at the ITU, plus a lot more OX
there. tance of amateur radio to them
we'll get our bands . . . and contac ts . _ _ 1'!i
HOW TO SEll more. One additional benefit for
AMATEUR RADIO So what are the benefits of any small country Is the unique
The secret to survival Is to be amateur radio to emerging na. ability of radio amateu rs to pro-
needed .. . to be important. tlons? Fi rs t , there Is thei r mote their country. A Stanford
The small countries which almost unbelievable need for study (distributed by the ARRl)
make up the bulk of the votes at local people trained in elec- showed that the re are more funds t o protect the fut ure o f
the International 'rerecommum. tronics and communications people listening to r a d i o amateu r radio, whether It be t o
cations Uni on (ITU) do not, in Without amateur radio as a per: amateurs on the shortwaves garne r the votes o f emerging
the main, un ders tand amateur sonet Interest, It is very difficult than to the shortwave b road. nations at the ITU, to thwart the
radio. Those who do not con- to get people to take the time casting stations . A m at eurs bl und ering o f the FCC, or e ven
fuse It with CB often think o f it and effort it requires to learn could have a significant effec t t o Counter predatory attacks
and put It down as mainly an electronics. let's face it, there on the tourist trade In a coun- from the likes o f a Cooper.
American hobby. are a lot of easier ways of earn- try, just by t al king up the cou n- Sinc e Jordan is one of the
Put you rself in the position ing a liVing. ~ry and inviting anyone listen. best examples of the val ue of
of the k ing or president of a Without native people to help 109 to come and visit. There is amateur radio as a medium for
small country. Your shortwave Install, service, and operate the nttte correla tion between gov. the developm ent o f a tech nical
bro adc ast ing people are rate- telephone, radio, and other ernment shortwave b ro ad- body, I should th ink that a Mls -
Ing hell because they can't get communications systems, a casting and tourism, but hams sion would fi rst go there and
a frequency which is in the country has to pay such In- do bri ng in their worldwide get famil iar with the situation
clear to b roadcast news and cre~ible salaries to bring in friends like a magnet. wh ich was set up and how It
cultural programs. Business- SWISS and German techn icians Mounting a Ham Trade M is- worked. I would be surpris ed if
men are raising the devil be- that they end up with very little si on is not going t o be mexpen- Ki ng Hu s sein would not c oop.
cause they find it impossible to communications. The wh ole eive. While it is true that In the era te with such a group and
get clear channels for com. world Is going electronic -ra. long run such a Mission mig ht perhaps put in a good word to
munlcations between their of- dlo and computers , micro- benefit those who participate help them mee t at the highest
fices and their trucks, ware- waves , satellites -without In it to some degree, so will all levels in some other coun tri es.
houses, etc. Your phone ser- these modern systems • a coun- of the m anufac turers benef it Wit h that excellent ba ck.
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vice Is lousy because there is a try Just can 't grow and keep up for a developed ham market is grou nd, the M ission would be
shortage of frequencies for with its neighbors. anyone's game. There is good on firm ground i n ta lk i ng with
that. With all these pressures, Amateur radi o clubs for the reason for every amateur man u. th e leaders and t alecommunl,
how much support Is your gov- teenagers can spark the en- facturer and dealer to Support a c a tJons m ini sters o f o t her
ernment going to give to an thusiasm which will result first Hambassador Trade M is sion countri es. We might be able to
American hobby group which in hundreds and then tho u- program. Without ham bands find out from our St ate Depart.
wants t o use these valuable fre- sands of hams, people interest- yo u have no business, and has ment (and perhaps even from
quencies for playing around? ed personally in electronics anyone come up With any other th e CIA) what fu nds are avail.
You got the p ictur e? and c omm un ic ations - the very plan for protecting bands? able from the U.S. t o ba ck up a
Oh, we can talk all day about ~st type o f. people for a grow. Just be tween 73 and QST, I Mission ... with such thing s as
emergency communications, 109 country and an invaluable count about 230 different fi rms ham stations fo r youth clubs.
but a cou ntry wit h two hams is asset. A country should begin In the ham business who are The eff ec ts o f such a M ission
not going to get a lot of help in to see the first benefits from advertiSing , and that's just for could snowball . Even a few sue.
any emergency. That is Irrele- such a program within two one month. If each of th ese cesses could be turned Into
vant t o them. years of its tnceotton. firms put up $20 a week toward tri ump h through publ ic rete-
Sure, radio amateurs have In- A Ham Trade Mi ssion could th e Hambassador program , we tions and promo tion. Onc e a
vented and pioneered most of encourage these emerging na- would have $19,933 a month few countries have agreed that
th e co mmunications tech . tions to set up a ham station in available for getting amateur this is a good idea, it will be
niques in everyday use. But each of the youth cent ers, com- radio going in the third world much easier to sell others on It,
these countries are not in- plete with a traveling teacher to countries, and enough left over and such a movement could
terested in more rnventr ons -c- instruct the prospective hams to do one whale of a job of lob- completely rew rite the present
they want spectrum space and on a once-a-weak basis. The in. bying in Washing ton and see- handwri ti ng on the wall .. .
they wan t it right now and hang vestment for a country would ing to It that nothing l ike the ~h i ch Is e~ ceed l n gly grim. The
next year or ten years from be miniscule compared to the linear amplifier disaster hap- fi rst few vret ts will be cri tical;
now. benefits. The Mission would pens again. from then on, less experienced
Radio frequencies can be cooperate to provide a set of If you think this is a good t eams could follow u p and
rented and sold, so they are a rule s and regulation s wh ich idea, you might drop a leiter or make sure that every voting
nic e source of income. When a would be tailor-made for the aSlcard t o some of your favor. country o f the ITU Is visit ed at a
single comm unic ations chan. country and which would en- high level.
ne manufacturers and can your
net can earn over $1 million a courage youngsters to get their local ham dealer and see If you The import ant th in g is to get
year, why on Eart h would a ham licenses and progress. can get them to get behi nd st arted as quickl y as possible
country want to just plain give The Mission could also arrange such a plan. No firm that is In ... li ke this summer. If we wait
that channel away to hams? for tea ching materials for the business can be hurt by $20 a m uch longer, many countries
That's nuts. prospective hams-In their week, and any firm that Is too wi ll ha ve firmed up their WARC
There are several reasons native language. stingy to help get amateur proposals. It is much easier t o
why t hese small countries The nice thing about It is that radio over a very ro ugh spot st ay ou t of trouble than to try
should support not only the everyone involved Would bene- does not deserve your support. and get back out o f it after
present ham bands, but help us fit. The countries would devel- yo u're in. Getting countries to
to get more .. . and these are The Amateur Radio Manufac. chan ge their mi nd s, once set , Is
op a low-cost supply of trained turer's Associa tion (A RMA)
extremely Important reasons technicians and eventually en. should , I th ink, include d ealers much more difffcult than pre-
for these countries. It we can gineers. The kids would have a venltng the setting In the fi rst
in their group and solicit th e place.

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CERTIFICATE
Th is awa rd is bei ng rei ssued
used o nly once for the award.
Use all ba nds, all modes; also
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tot al su m of all muttfpnere
State. Object is l or all stations t ime s t he power multiplier for Rad io Club, Inc . The certificate Christchurch , New Zealand .
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WNE stations as possible in a tions includlnq other Hand tificate is not affiliated with any must be rec e ived before
maximu m 0130 hours out of t he asos; all others score 5 points ot her organization. To qualify, November 1. Award period is
tota l 3& hour contest period . per 7-land a s o . US amateu rs m ust work 5 t he entire mo nt h 01 July, 1978 !
The s a m e s tatio n can b e MVAR C member s, th en sen d 5 Note: Overseas stations can
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Cert ific ates of perfo rmance two 134: stamps. DX amateurs also at no additional cost if
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All WNE stations (includi ng will be issued to the top scores must work 3 MVARC membe rs, they contact 5 ZL3 (c trrtst-
in each state, province, and then send 3aSLs plus 1IRC. All church) stations; VK contact
KH6 and KL7) transmit RS(T)
and state or province; foreign country for single class opera- aSLs should be sent directly to 10.
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m ulti-op station in each WfV E PO Box 141 Station E., St. JEFFERSON DAVIS
serial aso number. MONUMENT AWARD
call dist ric t. All entries mu st in- Joseph MO 64505.
SCO RING: c lude a sen-prepared log sheet Member stat ion s to work are: The Pen nyroy a l Amateu r
On eac h ba nd, 7-la nd st a- with se parate sheets per band. WB0L VW , W0NUT, K0ER D, Radio Society will be operating
tio ns get 1 multi plier tor each of Each lo g mu st s how tree, WBfJ\NXD, WBI'NRB, W D0BBH, po rtab le from t he Jeff erso n
t he 50 US s lates and 1 mode, date/t ime GMT, station WB0MGa , W(JYVJ. W Bf)ZLM , Davis Memorial Park on June 3,
multiplier for each Canadian worked , exchange sent and W BtlV RA, W BtlHNO, WtJGC, 1978. This c ert ificate wil l be
prov ince . All others get 1 received, and points. Eac h en- WBMXE, W BtlWKK, WDflQ EJ, issued to any amateur pre-
mult iplier for each state or pro- try must i nc lude a completed Wtl PW H , WAtlC H E, weo a, senting written confirmation of
vince worked in the 7t h WNE summary sh eet; f or stat ions W BOH EF, Kf)CWa, W B0Vay, contact with a PARS member
call districts (on each band). with over 100 a s o s, a dupe WB0ZLP, WtlF XD , W D0GEK, du ring the aso period, or any
7-l a nd inc ludes : A l a sk a , sheet f or each band mu st be WtlHRL, KtlUaH , WB0VRD , te n KY a mateurs du rin g the
Arizo na, Brit i sh Co l u mbia su b mi tted . Dupe s heets a re WB00 VZ, WB0PKJ , K0ZMZ, year. Award s may be obtained
(Ca na da) , Id ah o, Mon t ana , sett-preceredt All entries must W AflR TT , W0FXY, W B0 EYJ , by sending $2.00 and your aSL
N e v a d a , O regon , U t ah , includ e a business size SASE; W BezLO. cards to PARS, PO Box 1077,
Washington, and Wyoming. foreign stations may enclose 2 Hopkinsville KY 42240. Your
Power multipliers are as IRCs. Dead li ne for entry is CANTERBURY AERO CLUB est.cares w lll be returned w it h
follows: 500 Watts de input or Aug.1. Mai l en t ries to: NAS AWARD-JULY, 1978 the award. The aso period
more ~ mu ltiplier of 1.00; 300 Wh id bey Is l and AR C , B il l Contact any station and use begins at 1400 GMT June 3 and
to 499 Watts de input = 1.25; Gosney WB 7BFK, 4471 40th NE the las t tett er of the callslgn t o ends 0500 GMT June 4. Fre-
100 t o 299 Wa lts de inp ut = St. , Oak Harbor WA 98277 USA . make up the words "Canter- quenctee to be monitored are
1.50; less t han 100 W alts de in- bury Aero Club." All stations as fol low s: Novl ce-3.740,
put = 2.00. Summary sh eets and contest mu st con t act at least one ZL3 21 .240, 28.104; General -3.970,
Final score is total valid rules can be obtained from the station with additional ZL3 sta- 7.270,14.310,28.610.

greatly appreciated. Hewlett-Packard model 150A

John P. Centers sco pe and H ew le tt-Pa c ka rd
IHam Help 514 S. Pine 51.
Wapakoneta OH 45895
model 4000 ac VTVM . I am wtu-
ing t o pay a reaso nabl e price
fo r these manuals.
I am look ing for a schematic info on any other articles writ- John A. Poplawski
and manual for a model H21-1Q ten concerning the conversion I wou ld like t o get PO Box 1708
Motorola nandre-tende. I will of this radio. Any help would be schematiclservice manuals f or Killeen TX 76541
gladly pay for a photocopy.
Robert D. Houlihan N9DH
497 E. Second St . 011:0I, 10""11I104."" 1_
Galesburg IL 61401

I am interested in contacting
Oscar Orbits Orbit •••
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a ham who shares my interests

in radi o and electronics and
The listed data tells you the time and place OSCAR crosses 16203 800
1$2 ISAbn
,om ...
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t 011. :48
001. :09
re.a
6 1.2
model ra ilroad ing in o rder to
the equator in an ascending orbit for the first t ime each day. To
cal c ulate succ essi ve orbits, make a list of the first orbit number 162"0 Bbn •
0108 :2fi
0001:"6 ,
1ot,1
...
set up a 40 meter sked . and t he next t welve orbits fo r that day. List the t ime of the l irst 16253Abn
16265 Bbn
5
,, 0102,001
0001 :24 ...,
m
Paul Braun WD9GCO
PO Box 32
orbit. Eac h successive orbit Is 11 5 m inutes lat er (two hour s less
five m inutes). The chart g ives the lo ngi t ude o f t he fi rst c rossing.
16278 8bn
1629 1 Abn , DOS5:.1
01 49:59
11.6
85. 2
Steeleville IL 62288 Add 29 ° f or each s ucceedi ng o rbit. Wh en OSCAR Is ascend ing 16303 Bbn 9 0049 :19 10. I
tn
I need schematics 5030089,
on t he other side 01 t he w orld , it will descend over you . To fin d
t he equatorial d escend ing longitude, subtract 166 degrees from
16316 Boo
16328 AOO
16)41 Bbn ""
01 43'37
004257
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the ascending lo ngit ude. To find the lime it passes the North
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5030494, 5030683, and for the 16353 800 0036:35
Pole, add 29 minutes to the time it passes the equator. You 0130:52 "'.5
ac P.S. for the In Mobile Tel. 16318800 0030 :13 '50
MT-600. should be able to hear OSCAR when it is within 45 degrees 01 16391 8bn 012. ·30
Dick Haskin W6KEC you. The easiest way to do this i s to t ake a globe and draw a cir- 16403Abn
164 16 Bbn
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la.

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149 Mauna Loa Dr.
Monrovia CA 91016
c le with a radius of 2480 m il es (4000 kilome te rs) from t he home
a TH. If it passes right overhead, yo u sho uld be ab le to hear It fo r
1&428 Bbn
1644 ' Abn zo
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011 1,45
77.4
62.2
75,8
ab o ut 24 m inutes total . OSCA R w ill pass an imag in ary l ine dr aw n 16453 Bbn 50 '
fro m San Francisco to No rfolk about 12 minutes after passing 16446 Boo
16418Abn
""aa 001 1:06
0105 :23
0004 :44
1• .3
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I would like to obtain Ihe the equator. Add about a minute for each 200 miles that you live 16491 B
book let " AN/ ARC·2 Co nver-
sion , " wr itten by Roy
north of this nne. If OSCAR passes 15 degrees from you, add
another minute; at 30 degrees, three m inutes; at 45 degrees, ten
16504 Bid
15516 Abn
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Palenberg. I recentty saw this minutes. Mode A: 145.85-.95 M Hz uplink, 29.4-29.5 MHz downl ink, 16529 Boo
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ese
advert ised in the June, 1963, 73.
I wou ld also appreciate any
beacon at 29.502 M Hz. Mode B: 432.125-.175 M Hz uplink,
145.975-.925 MHz downli nk , beacon at 145.972 M Hz.
16554 Abn
16566 Boo
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from page 19 tic al. It has a tz-oosuron swi tch
with t aps spread between 3 and
The t oo-ot-t ne-une SST 1-2 50 Ohms. The T-3 uses an effi-
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Watts output. Because of its and ma y be return ed within 10
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The 1-2 Ultra Tuner is housed Box " Lawndale, California
In an attractive bronze finished 90260.
enclosure. 80-239 coax con-
nectors are used for transmit- MIDLAND INTRODUCES
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na s. Convenient bi nding posts ANTENNAS
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The SST 1·2 Ultra Tuner sells Division has announced the in-
tor $39.95. troduction of four newly-
The SST 1-1 Rand om Wi re designed mobile rad io anten-
Antenna Tuner is the original nas for the amateur radio en-
small tu ner. It will load up a ran- thusiast. Specifically des igned
dom w ire on all ba nd s (160-10 and fa cto ry tu ned for operation
meters) w ith any transcei ver with 1.5:1 or better vswr on the 2
running up to 200 W atts output. meter (1 44 M Hz-148 MHz) or 220
The T·1 is great for apartments meter (220 MHz·225 MHz) ama-
and hotel rooms-simply run a teur band, the antennas are
wire inside, out a window, or base loaded , with precision The portable Magnet mount model 18-941, 2 meter mobile en tea-
a nyplac e available. The T-1 wound and sealed loading na from Midland.
features a neon tune-up in- coi ls.
dicator, SO-239 connector, and Offered In either trunk/roof mou nt antennas (model 16-940, the 80 and 160 meter amateu r
a compact (4-114" x 2-318" x 3") mount o r magnet mo unt 950) clamp on the trunk lid lip o r bands, the broadcast, and the
bronze-finished enclosure. It models, the 2 meter and 220 hatchback without drilling VLF band has been introduced
sells for $29,95. meter antennas feature a holes for mounting. The mag- by Palomar Engineers.
The SST T-3 Mobile Imped- stainless steel whip and 171eet net mount antennas (models The loop rotates 360 0 in
ance Transformer matches 52 01 coaxial cable with connector 18-941, 951) are prewired and azimuth ano e go o in elevation,
Oh m coax to the lower imped- and weather-resistant, plated feature heavy-duty, 5 oz. with calibrated scales for both.
an ce 01 a mo bil e whip o r ver- h a rdw a r e. The trun k /r o of magnetic bases to hold the The elevation or " ti lt" of the
antenna securely at highway loop is a new f eature of the
speeds. All fou r antennas a re Palomar Engi neer s desig n an d
designed to give 3 dB gain In gives much deeper nulls than
either the transmit or receive ordinary direction-finder loops.
mode. Loop nulls are very sharp on
Fo r further Information on local and ground wave signals,
Midland's full line of 2 meter but are broad or nonexistent on
and 220 meter amateur radios distant sky wave signals. This
and accessories, contact: Pat allows local in terference to be
O'Malley, Nat/anal Marketing eliminated while OX stations
-.-. Manager for Amateur Radio,
Communications Division ,
can still be hea rd from all otrec-
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Mid land International comore- The loop picks up much less
-. tion, PO Box 1903, Kansas City,
Missouri 64141, (913)-384-4200.
noise than the usual trans-
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A new receiving an tenna lor the m ount in g base l or the

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The loop an tenna from Palom ar. Davis 500 M Hz and 1 GHz frequency counter.

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 antenna. It contains a tuning Superior features Incl ude
capacitor to resonat e the loop B-digit display, bui lt·ln VH F.
and an ampl ifier to boost th e UH F p rea mp and creec eter,
si gna l and preserve the hig h high sta bili ty TCXO tlmebase,
"0" of the loop. The loop enten- automatic input l im itin g, pro-
na plugs into the amplifier. tected Input, and automatic Op
Pfuc-tn loops are available placement. Selectable gate
for 160180 meters (1600-5000 times are 0.1 and 1 sec. (10 sec.
k Hz), broadcast band (550-1600 optional), with resolution to 1
kHz), and VLF (150-550 kH z). Hz (or 0.1 Hz wi th 10 sec. op-
The loop amplifie r is $67.50 tion). Availab le low-cost op-
and the plug-in loops are $47.50 tions are oven cryst al, 12 V de
each . Add $2 shipping/han· operation, 10 sec. tlmebase, til t
dling. handle, oversize digital display
A free descriptive brochure is (.43" versus .3"), and period
avai lable from Pa lomar Engi- measurement.
neers, PO Box 455, Escondido
CA 92025. Model CTR·2A·500 covers a
frequency range from 10 Hz to
512 MHz, and the CT A-2A- Panas onic 's new long-life lith ium batteries.
LOW·COST, PROFESSIONAL· 1000's range Is 10 Hz to 1000
QUALITY DAVIS 500 MHz AND MHz. Input impedance for both hours; all parts are guaranteed from Panason lc Company. The
1 GHz FREQUENCY m odels Is 1 me gohml20 pF 90 days and factory servic e is new battery Joins the previous-
COUNTERS INTRODUCED (di rec t) and 50 Oh ms (ere- available, If needed, at $25.00 ly announced coin li thium bat-
scaled). CTR-2A·500 sensitivity pl us shipping. teries by Panasonlc for men's
A versati le series of profes- (direct) is 10 mV @ 25 MHz, 30 Fa c t o rv-as sembt eo units digita l watche s and catc u-
sional-quality, low-cost 500 mV @ 50 MH z, while the CTR- retors .
MHz and 1 GHz frequency cost $349.95 for 500 MH z (CTR·
2A-1000 Is 50 mV @ 100 MHZ; 2A·500A) and $549.95 for 1000 The new batt ery ha s the
cou nte rs-designed f or sensitivity (prescaled) is 50 mV
rel iab il it y and hig h accu racy In MH z (CTR·2A·1000A). Fact ory same prof il e as the other coi n
@ 500 MHz fo r model CTR- un it s are cali brated t o spec - units (0.098" thick), but it offers
commu nications, engi neering 2A·5QO and 50 mV @ 1000 MH z
la bs, and general electronics rncettons and guara nteed f or a small er diameter- O.785" ver-
for the CTR·2A·1000. Maxi mum one year; the transformer Is sus 0.906". This redu ction In
applications-has been intro- safe input is 120 Vrms to 10
duced by Davis Electronics. guaranteed for life. Shipping si ze will enhance its acc ep-
MHz, 2.5 V @ 500 MHz, while cost is $2.00 extra. ta nce in small digi t al watches
Covering the entire frequen- accuracy Is ± 1 cou nt ±
cy spectrum to 1000 MHz, the Optio ns a re (01) h an dl e and m in iature c alculators.
trmebase accuracy. Tl mebase
Davis CTR-2A series o f wld e- $10.00, (02) oven crys t al $49.95, Nom inal VOl t ages of the new
specif ic ations Inc lude a crys ta l battery are at the a-volt level
ran g e V H F·U H F f re qu e nc y frequency of 10.000 MH z (stan- (03) .43" d igit s $10.00, (04) 12 V
counters combines a 50 MHz dc $15.00, (OS) 10 sec. timebase and their c apacities are in ex-
dard TCXO or optional oven ce ss of 90 mAh. The cells are
(100 MHz in model CTA · $5.00, and (06) period measu re-
crystal) and setability of .2 ppm hermetically sealed and their
2A-1000) counting range with (TCXO) or .1 ppm (oven cry stal). ment $15.00. For further inter-
built-in prescaler and p re- mauon, contact: Davis Elec- shelf l ife is In excess of fi ve
amplifier; a period measure- The 500 MHz kit (CTR-2 A· tro ni c s, 636 Sheridan Drive, years.
ment option Is available to f ur- 500K) with TCXQ costs $249.95, Dept. 808, Tonawanda, New Prices of the new cells are
ther extend usefulness of the while the 1000 M Hz ki t (CTR-2A· York 14150, (716)-874·5848. comp atible w it h the prices for
CTR-2A series. Affordable 500 1000K) with TCXO is $399.95. silver oxid e watch cells that the
or 1000 MHz versions come Kits come complete with all new units are expected t o be
either ta ctorv-easembrec or In pa rts , d rilled and plated · NEW SIZE LONG·L1FE replacing (one new l ithiu m c eli
kit form (for even greater sav- th rough g l ass PC boa rds , LITHIUM replaces two sliver oxide units).
Ings) and all CTR·2A m odel s cabinet, swi tches, and hard- BATTERY INTRODUCED BY OEM quantity prices are avail-
measure a compact 8.8" x 8" x ware, plus detailed assembly PANASONIC able on requ e st. Panas onic
2.8", weighing only 2 Ibs. 10 manual and calibrating tnstruc- A new coin-size Ionc.nte Company, One Pa nasonic Way,
ozs. tlons. Assembly time Is about 8 lithium battery is now available Secaucus NJ 07094.

that HT and pad are both A related item: Has anyone

sealed tig ht? come up w ith an ante nna con-
Ham Help I hear there's a synthesizer
designed specifically to go Into
this unit, but I haven't been able
nector for th e HT·220, other
than the overs ize kluge box
Motorola makes strictly for
May I have you r assistance, choice open until I see the to track it d own. Who makes it, tune-up purposes? I have a ten-
p lea se. I am planning som e prices o f suitable units. My and how good is it? Has anyone tative solution, but a machine
redesign and modernization of preliminary choice lor pass- successfully mounted a GLB shop is requi red to build t he
my gene ral coverage com - bandwidths are approx imately synthesizer board inside wit h- screw-In adapter for th e anten-
muni cation s receiver. II ap- 2.5 and 10 k Hz. o ut sa crifi c ing t he water- na hole.
pears that if high performance A. Kubicz W81GJ tightness of the case or adding John A. Carroll WB1AVY
is to be ach ieved, com merci al Box 141 bulges, and what pr oblems 25 Evergreen Ave.
filter modu les are practically Golden CO 80401 were encountered? Bedford MA 01730
necessary. Correct? Therefore,
my question:
Can someone please supply I would like to ask lor t he
the names and addresses of benefit of whatever experience
source c an d i d a t e s for cb-
ta ining one or two piece orders
of such l ilters at less than max-
may be out there in the use of
sy nt hesizers and touchtone
pads with walkie-talkies.
Corrections
Imum co st. Any hints for re- I would l ike to know, pa r-
ducing the cost of t hese parts ticularly, which b ran ds of pads 73 reader s inte res ted In ob- i n the " Loran-C Receiver, part
will be appreciated. have particularly good, or par- ta ini ng th e USCG Loran-C User I" article. Also, th e U.S. Naval
I had suspected that current tlcularly bad, ruggedness and Handbook should write to Observatory now has a rec -
receiver manufacturers would reliability. My walkie-talkie is a Loran-C Information Project, orded dai ly message on lime
be a possibi lity; however, teem - Motorola HT·220 w ith Omni USCG (GWANf73), WaShington difference and phase value, ob-
Ing the spec ifications of the back. It's fully gasketed and DC 20590 (phone (202)·426· tained b y di aling (202)-
units and who uses what would essen tial ly wa te rtight. Ar e 0990). Th is wi ll resu lt in a 254-4662.
be a miserable chore. there any pads which can be qu icker response th an the ad- Ralph W, aumens
I have left the i-f frequency mounted on it in such a way dress given in 73 for April, 1978, Athens OH

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12NRF2 ($5.95) 2 GHz pow er tran si st or. Pd 8.7W, Pou t 7489 $1 .75 74366 $0.69
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 vance tickets are $3.00 or three this operat ion. Decks o pen at

Social Events for $8.00; at Ihe gate, they'll be

$4.00 o r three for $10 .00 .
Seller's fee is $1.00-bring your
own table. Th ere wi ll be a flea
1:00 pm for 2 c rui ses at 2:00 pm
and 4:00 pm. Advance tickets
are $2.00; at the oock, $2.50.
Send an SAS E to Byro n Rob-
from page 115 slated: one for early arrivals the market fo r new and used equip- bi ns WD9EXI Sec 'y, 571 South
evening of Aug. 11 and the sec- ment. Camping spaces, swtm- Bluff St. , Monticello, Ind iana
Jacksonville hamfest which ond for Saturday evening , Aug. ming, boating and fishing are 47960, for advance Iickets o r
will be he ld on August 5 and 6, 12. Six technical sessions will available at the park. Refresh· further details.
at the Jacksonvil le Beach be held , featuring the very ments will be available. Prizes:
Municipal Auditorium. Ac- latest in communications ex- (1 st) Kenwood TS-520S, (2nd) BUTlER PA
tivities wi ll Include the usual pertise. Special activities fo r Mid land 13-500 2 met er FM SEP10
swap tables and exhibitors' the lad ies will be available so transce iver, (3 rd) De nTron
The Butler County Hamfest,
displays. Featu red programs that there will be something for Super Tuner. Tal k-in on 25185;
sponsored by the But ler Co unt y
include a OX presentation by everyone. Preregistration will check -In on 52152. For more in-
ARA, will be held on Sunday,
the North Florida OX Assn. on be $4.00 per person; reqtetre- formation , write Wayne A.
September 10, from 11 am to 4
that group's recent DXpedition non at the door will be $6.00. Sphar WA3ZMS , Secretary pm at the Butler County Farm
10 Haiti at the Invitation of the BVARA, 1200 Atlantic Ave., Show Grounds, adjacent to
Haitian government. Shortly LEXINGTON KY Mo nac a PA 15061.
Bu tler Ro e Ai rport (with a paved
after the trip, amateur radio AUG 13
runw ay for fly-ins ). Ch ec k-Ins
was legalized In Haiti after ba- The Bluegrass Amateur HAMDEN CT
on 147.901.30 and .52 simplex.
ing outlawed for many years. Radio Club (Lexington. Ken - AUG 20
Contact John K3HJH or Cliff
NFDXA also has two CQ tucky) will hold its annual Cen- The WEll Amateur Radio WB3CDA for more details.
Magazine world champion- tral Kentucky Hamfest on Club's second annual flea
ships to their credit. A com - August 13, 1978, at the tex- market and auction will be held FINDLAY OH
plete seminar on microproces- ington National Guard Armory on Sunday, August 2O(rain date
SEPT 10
sors will also be featured, located ad jacent to t he Augus t 27) I rom 10:00 am to
along with a "pileup" con test, The second la rgest ha mfest
Bluegrass F ie ld on Airport 4:00 pm at Radio Tow ers Park,
hidden transmitter hunt, QlF Road , Lexington, Kentucky. Benham St. , Hamden, Connect- in Oh io, the 36th annual Findlay
contest, and ARRl meeting. The hamfest program will m- icut. General admission will be ham fest , will be held on
Advanced tickets are now avail- September 10, 1978, rain or
c1ude grand prizes, hourly door $.50, and vendor spaces are
able lor $2.50 per person ($3 at prizes , manufacturers ' ex - $5.00 each. For further informa- shine, at Riverside Park from 5
the door), with swap tables am to 5 pm . Watch for direc-
hibits, an indoor/outdoor flea tion, contact Mike WA 1PXM at
available for $5 per day. The market, guest speakers, and 934-1063 or Dave WA1lWB at tional signs. The re will be free
hamfest site Is only one block forums. 467-3258 (area code 203). pa rki ng, fr ee reserved indoor
from the Atlantic Ocean, and space (bring your own t abl es), a
those attending can bring their CEDARTOWN GA HUNTSVillE AL massive swap and shop, and
families for a weekend of fun AUG 13 AUG 20 lots of prizes. A 2 meter hunt
on the beach. Door prizes and will be held at 1 pm and the
The Cedar Valley Amateur The North Alabama bamtest
hourly drawings will be con- main prize drawing at 3 pm .
Radio Club of Cedartown , will be held on Sunday, August
ducted. All inquiries should be T ic ket s are $1.50 in advance, $2
Georgia, will sponsor the Cedar 20, 1978, at The Ma ll in Hu nt s.
directed to N4UF, Ha mf es t at the d oo r. Talk-In and prize
Valley Ha mfest, which will be ville AL. Th ere will be prizes, a
Chairman, 911 Rio SI. Johns check-in on 146.52. For ticket s,
held on August 13, 1978, from 9 large fle a market, an ARR L
Dr., Jacksonville FL 32211- space reservation , and furt her
am to 4 pm, at the Polk County forum, MARS meetings, and
Phone is 744-9501. Information, send an SASE to
Fairgrounds located one mile ladies activities. A hamfest
Clark Foltz W8UN, 122 West
east of Cedartown on US 278. supper will be held on Saturday
UPPER ST. CLAIR Hobart Ave. , Findlay, Ohi o
Talk -In frequency will be night. Fo r more Information,
TOWN SHIP PA (WR4AZU) 147.72f.12. Food ,
45840.
write to N.A.H .A., PO Box 423,
AUG 6 drinks and lots of prizes! Fo r Hunt svill e AL 35804.
The 41st annual namt est of more Information, please con- TYSONS CORNER VA
the South Hills Brass Pounders tact Jim T. s chuestett . Pres ., WENTZVilLE MO SEPT 16·17
and Modulators will be held on W4IMQ, Cedar Valley ARC, PO AUG 27 DXPO '78 will be held on
August 6. 1978, from noon t o Box 93 , Cedartown GA 30125; The Saint Charles Amateur september 1&17. 1978, at the
dusk, at St. Clair Beach on telephone: (404}-748-5968. Radio Club, Inc., will hold the Ramada Inn at Tysons Corner,
Route 19 south, Upper St. Clair SCARC Ham fest '78 on August Northern Virginia (intersection
Township. There will be a swap WillOW SPRINGS Il 27 at the Wentzville Community of routes 7, 123, and 495). It 's
and shop, picnic area, and AUG13 Club. There will be prizes, food, one of the world's greatest DX
swimming for the family . The Hamfesters 44th annual and fun-flea market, CW con- events . . . if you attended DX-
Mobile check-in on 29.0 MHz picnic and namrest will be held test , free bingo, food, beer, and PO '74 and DXPO '76, you know
and 146.52 simplex. rntorme - on Sunday, August 13, 1978, at more. Admission will be $1 per what we are talking about. You
tton and preregistration for Santa Fe Park, 91s1 and Wo ll car. Talk-in on 34J94 and 07/67. will receive an advance pro-
$1.50 ($2.00 at the door) are Road, Willow Springs, Illinois , a Fo r motel and camping infor- gram, but mark your calendar
available from Bruce Banister, southwest suburb of Chicago. mation , prize nets. dealer reser- nowt If you have not attended
5954 Leprechaun Dr., Bethel There will be exhibits for OMs vations, and airport pickup, one o f our DXPOs, get your
Park PA 15102. Vendors must and XYls and the famous write to SCARC, PO Box 1429, name on the m ail ing list f or the
register. sweepers' row. Tickets at the St. Charles MO 6330 1. advance program and detai ls.
gate will be $2.00; in advance, Write to Richard Vincent K3AO ,
AMARILLO TX $1 .50. For ham fest information MONTICellO IN Route 1 Box 230, Bryantown,
AUG 11·13 or advance tickets, send check AUG 27 MD 20617.
The 1978 edition of the or money order (SASE ap- The Tioga Amateur Radio
Golden Spread Amateur Radio preciated) to Bob Hayes, 18931 Society, Monticello, Indiana, SYRACUSE NY
Convention will be held at the Cedar Ave., Country Club H ill s, will sponsor a ham radio cruise OCT 7
Holiday Inn West Motor Hotel, illinois 60477. day on lake Freeman on Sun - Oc tober 7, 1978, from 9:00 am
601 Amarillo Blvd . West, day, August 27, 1978. It will take until 6:00 pm. will be the date
Amarillo, Texas , on Friday ROCHESTER PA pla ce aboard the Madam and lime for this year's annua l
evening, Saturday, and Sunday, AUG 19 Carrell boat-the largest in- Radio Amateurs of Greater
August 11 , 12,and 13, 1978. It is The Beaver Valley Amateur land boat in Indiana with a Syra cuse hamfesl. The event
sponsored by the Panhandle Radio Association's first en- length of 135 feet and a beam of will be held at the New York
Amateur Radio Club of nuet hamtest will be held on 36 f eet. Fun for the en tire t amt- State Fa ir gro und s, located ad-
Amari llo. An area has been set Saturday, August 19, from 9 am ly. There will be 4 rigs aboard. jacentto Int erstate route 690, 3
aside for amateurs to display to 5 pm at Brady'S Run Park You can work amateur radio miles southeast of New York
their trading and swapping located 5 miles north of from a marine mobile-special State Thruway, Exit 39, one
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