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contents
10 high-frequency
communications receiver
NormanJ. Foot, WASHUV
26 low-noise
432-MHz preamplifier
Albert J. Ward, WB5LCIA
30 tracking calculations
for superhet receivers
Courtney Hall, WA5SNZ
34 CW signal processor
William B. Jones, W K G Z
38 low-noise 30-MHz preamp
James R. Fisk, W l HR
42 1296-MHz local oscillator
Paul C. Wade, WAZZZF
51 evaluating oscillator
sidebands
Ulrich L. Rohde, DJZLR
60 synthesized high-f requency
local-oscillator system
Raymond C. Petit. W ( 3 H M
68 reciprocating detector
Stirling M. Olberg, W1:SNN
74, R l T Y demodula1:or
John M. Loughmiller, KB9AT
80 high-sensitivity preamp
for frequency counters
Paul R. Kranz, WlCFl
84 twin-diode
microwave mixer
James L. Dietrich, WA0RDX
89 two-meter preamplifier
Herbert L. Bresnick, WB21FV

4 a second look 6 letters

142 advertisers index 98 new products
120 coming events 8 presstop
117 flea market 142 reader service
132 ham mart 105 stolen equipment
94 ham notebook

october 1978 3
 Our society is a very mobile one, and with the recently lowered air fares, more people than ever
before are traveling by air. It's only natural for the vhf-fm operator, with his portable fm rig, to
question the possibility of using his equipment on commercial flights.
It is popularly believed that all you have to do is obtain the captain's permission to operate; surely
your little two-watt fm rig is not going to cause any interference with the high-powered radio equip-
ment used on board the aircraft. However, this is not the case - according to the Federal Air Regu-
lations, approval must be obtained from the air carrier (airline) and not the pilot in command.
However, once approved by the air carrier, the permission of the captain in command must also be
obtained to operate equipment aboard a particular flight.
Shortly after World War II, portable Japanese fm broadcast receivers appeared on the market, and
passengers started using them aboard commercial flights. At the same time, aircraft navigation
radios started doing strange things, and it didn't take long to determine that the interference was
being caused by rf radiation from the portable fm receivers. The aircraft radios literally went wild, and
at least two aircraft accidents were attributed to interference of this type.
When it was determined that this interference was present, the FAA promulgated new regula-
tions, paragraph 91.19 of the Federal Air Regulations. This paragraph states that no electronic device
may be operated aboard a commercial airliner except heart pacemakers, voice recorders, hearing
aids, calculators, electric shavers and electric watches, unless the device has been approved by the
air carrier or operator. The regulation further states that the captain of the aircraft does not have the
authority to authorize such operation.
Consider, for a moment, what might happen if such operation were allowed. Suppose you have
been operating all across the country, and your plane is about to land. A passenger with a briefcase
telephone sitting across from you has been watching you operate. About 10 minutes before landing,
he decides to call his wife. Unfortunately, his radio telephone transmits right in the middle of the
glide slope spectrum. As soon as his transmiter is keyed, the glide slope indicator cross pointer goes
up or down, and the autopilot follows it. That could be disastrous.
As an airliner flies across the country, the pilot changes frequency every 5 minutes or so. If several
fm operators are on the same flight, only one can talk at a time, so some may decide to switch to
other frequencies. When you figure out all of the i-f and carrier frequencies of the aircraft radios, plus
the amateur gear, plus all the possible mixing products, you can appreciate the magnitude of the
problem.
A few years ago a well known vhf-fm operator prevailed upon an airline to test his Motorola HT in
one of their aircraft so he could operate during a flight he planned to take. After months of cor-
respondence and personal meetings with airline communications people (many of whom were
amateurs), the airline agreed to run the necessary tests. On the appointed day the aircraft was
removed from line operation and the test began; it took three hours and four men to complete. The
HT caused no interference, and the amateur received a letter authorizing the operation of that HT on
that particular trip in only that type of aircraft. It's easy to understand why the airlines, who are trying
to cut costs, are not enthusiastic about testing an individual's vhf-fm equipment.
Many fm operators continue to ask the captain's permission to operate, and he may give it, not
realizing the possible bind he is putting himself in; he could have his license suspended or he could be
fired. Don't put him in that position, and don't subject yourself and other passengers to a situation
which could be hazardous to all on board.
Remember, you may not cause any interference during the trip, but the ILS glide slope receiver is
used only during the last few minutes of flight, so interference may not be noticed until it's too late!
Jim Fisk, W1HR
editor-in-chief

october 1978
 vestigation. The impedance of zip choke should be used at the antenna
cord varies from about 70 ohms (for output of any pi or pi-L network. All
the light duty wire) to about 30 ohms well and good, but nowhere in the
for the super-heavy duty cord. Loss article does the author indicate how
is a bit better than the normal 75- this rf choke should be connected.
ohm twinlead. Perhaps it is implicit in the text, but I
Jim Weir, WBGBHI think that a simple addition to fig. 3
zip-cord feedlines VP Engineering showing how to connect the choke
Dear HR: Radio Systems Technology would be appropriate. The rf choke
I feel that the article by W7RXV Grass Valley, California should be strapped between the an-
(ham radio, April, 1978, page 32) tenna output connector and ground.
deserves a rebuttal. First, I doubt The choke is essential in such a cir-
the accuracy of Fruitman's measure- 51J product detector cuit in series with the network
ments on the coax. As a practicing Dear HR: output!
antenna engineer, I have made rather I would like t o thank Bill Orr, A. Wilson, WGNIF
precise measurements of the loss of WGSAI, for the fine article in the Encinitas, California
both RG-58 and RG-8. The numbers February, 1978, issue of ham radio
that have repeated themselves time which showed how to add a product
and time again are very close to 2.0 detector to a Collins 51J receiver. I phased antenna
dB130 meters for RG-58 at 20 MHz made this modification to my receiver Dear HR:
and 1.O dB at 4 MHz. Thus, for a 20- and am very pleased with the change. After looking at some of the beams
meter run, Fruitman should have However, I did run into a problem (especially 40 meters) I came up with
measured 20 per cent (versus his which evidently did not crop up when a cheaper way to get a signal to the
claimed 58 per cent) transmission loss Mr. Orr made his conversions. I West Coast, especially at night. The
at 20 MHz. The other numbers are off found that when I turned up my audio idea was copied from some of the
by a proportionate percentage. gain, the receiver immediately started other antennas - it's very easy to
More serious, however, is Fruit- motor-boating. Investigation re- make. I t uses half-wave dipoles in
man's apparent disregard of meas- vealed it was not motor-boating, but phase, and gives a nice bi-directional
urement and use techniques between was hash pick up from the filter unit antenna. Taking in the velocity fac-
coaxial cable and balanced-wire line. of the power supply. I tried replacing tor of RG-8, which is 0.66, 1 took 492
When he says "the zip cord came the plug-in type filter capacitor, but x 0.66 and divided that by the fre-
down and the RG-58 went up" one this did not cure the problem. I finally quency 7.250 MHz= 44'9" for my
must be a bit suspicious that the two had to add a 10-pF filter capacitor at phasing lines, one for each dipole.
different types of transmission cable the junction of the screen and plate I use a minimum of 118-wavelength
were fed from the same connector. resistors. spacing (16'1"). 1 found very little
Moreover, one must then ask if he Frisco Roberts, K5CE difference between 114-wave and
used the same measurement tech- Corpus Christi, Texas 118-wave spacing. I've checked it
nique for both coax and twinlead with several stations and, with a
without the use of baluns. Had he pi networks friend to compare signal reports with,
made the blunder of not using the Dear HR: I ran 500 W PEP while he ran the full
twinlead properly, the errors he re- The article by Irv Hoff, WGFFC, in 2 kw PEP. I averaged 2 to 3 S-units
ports would be expected. The loss is the June, 1978, issue of ham radio on more than he did all the time. This
not in the twinlead, but in the VSWR pi network design was well done and same thing was tried on 75, and I
mismatch. fulfilled a need for those interested in got the same results. The stations on
I have used lamp (zip) cord on the building equipment. However I'd the West Coast gave me the best
lower bands with reasonable results. like to point out one minor discrep- signal report. I hope this works as
Of course, you can't go out and buy ancy in an otherwise excellent article well for others as it has for me.
just any old zip cord and hook it up that may cause some confusion. On Jerry Thacker
without going through a bit of in- page 63, Irv points out that an rf Francisco, Indiana

6 october 1978
 2 METERS I S GREAT! THAT'S W H Y EVERYBODY IS O N THE BAND (so11SEEMS),
AND YOU W l L L HEAR THE POPULAR KENWOOD TR-7400A AND TS-700SP
TRANSCEIVERS ON ALL THE REPEATERS AND SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES. BUT
SOMETIMES YOU WISH THE BAND WERE NOT SO POPULATED.. . SO YOU
COULD GET A WORD I N EDGEWISE.. .OR MONITOR A RELATIVELY QUIET
CHANNEL FOR A FRIEND OR T W O . . .OR HEAR SIGNALS W l T H LESS NOISE.. .
OR USE A SOPHISTICATED REPEATER OR REMOTE BASE WlTH BETTER
COVERAGE. 440 M H z I S THE ANSWER. IT W l L L SURPRISE YOU. IT W l L L
PENETRATE BUILDINGS WHERE 2 METERS WON'T, AND OFTEN YOU CAN EVEN
WORK OUT FROM UNDERGROUND GARAGES.. .WHERE 2 METERS I S DEAD!
BEST OF ALL, IT'S EASY TO GET O N 440 MHz (70 CM) . . . W I T H A KENWOOD
TR-8300 TRANSCEIVER. HIGH QUALITY IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT O N UHF
BANDS, AND THE TR-8300 IS JUST WHAT YOU NEED TO MEET ALL TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS. I T FEATURES:

1 0 watts RF output (switchable to 1 watt) 0.5 pV for 2 0 dB quieting sensitivity

2 3 crystalcontrolled channels (3 supplied) Better than - 6 0 dB spurious radiation
445.0-450.0 MHz transmit range 2 0 KHz (-6 dB). 4 0 KHz (-70 dB) selectivity
442.0-447.0 MHz receive range Monitor switch that lets you check modulation and
Transmitter and receiver adjustable over any 5-MHz frequency "netting"
segment from 4 4 0 to 4 5 0 MHz Call CH switch that activates optional CTCSS
5-section helical resonator and 2-pole crystal filter (subaudible tone) function
in IF to reject intermod Large S meter
SWR protection i n final amplifier .
Move up to 440 M H z today.. with a Kenwood
Excessive-voltage and reverse-polarity protection ..
TR-8300. for more reliable communications!
circuits

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 BALLOON MOBILE AMATEUR RADIO provided the Double Eagle I1 with vital communications
as the 112 foot high balloon became the first free-air craft to cross the Atlantic. The
balloonists, operating as W50CP on 14325 kHz, maintained contact with their ground crew
in Bedford. Massachusetts, using at Atlas transceiver.
Though None Of The Three balloonists were themselves Amateurs, there were Amateurs
(including W50CP) in the Eagle 11's ground support crew. The Atlas had been taken along
for compact, lightweight backup communications, and when the crew found themselves with-
out other communications halfway through their trip, their emergency use of Amateur
frequencies under paragraph
. - . 1381 of the International Radio Regulations
- was not inappro-
..
priite.
Another Adventurer, Naomi Uemura, JGlQFW, was in Washington in late August for a press
conference and a celebration of his accomplishment: reaching the North Pole solo. With
much of the trip's comunications burden carried by Amateur Radio, lots of good PR should
result
THE FCC's BAN ON 10-METER LINEARS came an important step closer to being challenged
when the ARRL filed, in late August, a Petition for Review of the controversial decision
in the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. This in effect
gives the League 45 days in which to prepare a brief on the matter, and, with the League
Executive Committee meeting at mid month, the final decision on just how far they'll
carry the matter should be-made then.
Amateur Use Of ASCII for RTTY is the sole subject of the Notice of Inquiry and further
Notice of Proposed Rule Making on the "Bandwidth Docket" - 20777. The NPRM will propose
adding ASCII to the permitted emissions for Amateurs, while the NO1 will ask what. specific
. - and
standards should eo into the new rules. Comment Due Date on this Notice of Inauirv
NPRM is November y5, with Reply Comments due December 16.
The FCC-Amateur Media Meetin proposed for this month will probably be devoted to
Amateur exams - content. studyKguides, exam administration both in and out of the FCC,
and the like. Dates are available at Gettysburg, but it could be further delayed if a
10th Notice of Inquiry on WARC 79 requires a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Amateur
Radio, which could be held at the same time.
A SIGNIFICANT ANTENNA VICTORY has been achieved by W6QOL. The pro-Amateur Radio deci-
sion in this case, rendered by the Federal District Court, prohibits the city of Placentia,
California, from limiting W6QOL's antenna to 25 feet.
B Its Decision. that court directly contradicted the California State Court's decision
thatyCerritos. Carifornia, had the right (in the N6QQ case) to limit an Amateur's antenna
height. Thus it appears that the Supreme Court, which declined to rule last spring on
the N6QQ decision, will again become involved in the battle, as there are now contradictory
decisions that must be resolved in the same area of law.
Another Antenna Battle appears to have been won in Farmington, Michigan, a Detroit
suburb. Despite strong objections from home owners, the Farmington Heip;hts Planning
Commission has come out in favor of tripling the permitted height of radio towers from
the present 25 to 75 feet. In a new ordinance sent to the city council, the planning
commission proposed increasing the maximum to 75 feet, but with the proviso that the
tower height could be no more than half the width of the lot.
1979 ARRL DX CONTEST, having been reduced by the Board of Directors to one weekend
per mode, will be held in March with the first weekend for phone and the third for CW.
Preference for February dates from large numbers of U.S. stations has been stronq, citing
building low-band noise from spring storms as a major problem. But, an informal poll of
overseas participants indicated a preference for March dates.
DURING TORRENTIAL RAINS that brought death and destruction to south and central parts
of Texas, Amateurs served a vital communications role. Nearby Amateurs received first
word of the disaster at 6:00 AM on August 2, when K5RZD called into San Antonio via re-
peater to ask for helicopter evacuation of flood survivors from Medina. At about the
same time, the U.S. Whether Service was calling EC WASRNV asking for Amateur communications
help. Until the waters started to recede late in the weekend, an estimated 100 Amateurs
worked around the clock providing much needed communications for rescue workers and surviv-
ors. In addition to providing disaster conununications, a number of Amateurs monitored
flood gauges throughout the affected countries to provide Weather Service Chief Hydrolo-
gist George Kush with vital data for predicting which areas were threatened and needed
to be evacuated.
THE FIFTH 2-METER "WAS" has been earned by KlWHS thanks to K9SS and his Idaho operation.
ANYONE DESIRING CATV cable and/or connectors per the Woods article in September, ham
radio, should send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Box 7111, Phoenix, Arizona mil.

8 october 1978
 digitally
programmable
high=frequency
communications receiver
The high-frequency communications receiver
described here includes a unique digital interface that
provides it with unusual capability. The receiver
covers selected portions of the high-frequency spec-
trum between 1.8 and 30 MHz with the aid of a fre-
High-frequency receiver quency synthesizer that is an integral part of the digi-
tal display. Coverage includes all of the amateur
for 1-30 MHz bands, two bands which include WWV, several of
the international short-wave broadcast bands, and
features up conversion, most of the CB band. Coverage is not limited to
these bands. In fact, the basic scheme is such that
frequency synthesis, the receiver can be set up to cover the entire range
from 1.8 to 30 MHz.
and novel digital control development
of the rf This unusual receiver was developed strictly as a
hobby over a period of about a year. The object was
t o design and build a high-performance breadboard
and mixer circuits model that could be controlled from the front panel
through a digital interface. In many respects, the
result represents a radical departure from conven-
tional receiver design. Once the basic scheme was
conceived, it was only a matter of building up the
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By Norman J. Foot, WASHUV, 293 East
Madison Avenue, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126

10 october 1978
various functional blocks, integrating them, connect-
ing the interface, and checking out the entire system.
A t first blush this seemed easy, but assuredly it
was not.
It is difficult to describe all of the details of the pro-
grammable receiver in one magazine article. There-
fore, this article will include a general description of
the overall scheme with the aid of f!lnctional block
diagrams, so that a clear understanding of the basic
idea will be gained. A n overall wiring diagram of the
frequency counter is not included, but special em-
phasis will be given to the circuits associated with the
frequency. synthesizer.
. Other circuits that will be
described are those considered t o be unique, such as Rear view of the =-MHz deck showing the perf-board con-
logic control and the high-frequency oscillator. struction.

general description ferred to as the 32-MHz and the 1650-kHzdecks.

To simplify the development process, the decision Now that the design has been confirmed by the
was made to divide the receiver into physical subas- working breadboard model, it should be a relatively
semblies or modules, each including circuitry that simple matter to physically reconfigure the receiver
logically belongs together. Each individual module to fit into a single, standard-size enclosure.
was fitted with BNC connectors for rf and i-f inter- No printed-circuit layouts have yet been prepared.
connections, and 14 pin DIP sockets were used for All of the digital circuits were assembled by hand
logic and power. While this modularized approach using pieces of perforated epoxy fiberglass with a
added considerably to physical size and circuit com- hole matrix on 2.5-mm (0.1-inch) centers, such as
plexity, it provided a way to easily and quickly Vector 169P84. Component parts were hand wired
remove modules to facilitate debugging, modifica- and soldered using a combination of wire wrap tech-
tions, and repair. Pertinent test points were included nique and no. 26 10.4 mm) tinned copper wire insu-
on each module. Extender cables were used to oper- lated with Teflon sleeving.
ate the receiver with one or two modules removed A major challenge for those wishing to reproduce
from the main frame. this receiver is to reduce the counter and other IC
The modules are mounted on a pair of 28 x 43 x boards to printed circuits. The counter board alone
5 cm (11 x 17 x 2 inch) aluminum chassis, each includes 27 integrated circuits of which six are LED
equipped with a standard 13.3-cm (5-114-inch) high displays. The total IC count is 71. There are a total of
relay rack panel. The lower deck houses the circuits 13 DIP sockets used for power, and three sets of 8
that function to select and display the frequency to DIP switches. I n addition, there are 34 transistors in-
which the receiver is tuned, and to convert incoming cluding series pass regulators in the power supplies,
signals t o 32 MHz. The upper deck contains the final and 44 diodes including switching and power supply
mixer and all of the 1650 kHz i-f, mode select, detec- rectifiers and Zener regulators.
tion, and audio circuitry. These two decks are re- The overall gain of the receiver from antenna to
product detector output is approximately 122 dB
when all controls are set for maximum. Overall sensi-
tivity is 0.2 crVfor 10 dB S + N I N ratio, which is more
than adequate for most high-frequency require-
ments.
The front panel of the 32-MHz deck has a three-
digit thumbwheel for band and band segment selec-
tion, a vfo knob for tuning 100-kHz band segments,
and a six-digit seven-segment LED display which in-
dicates the antenna frequency to within ? 100 Hz.
The accuracy of the readout is based on a 1.0 MHz
crystal clock which is zero beat with WWV. There is
Construction of the =-MHz deck which includes the main
also a unique antenna trimmer, an rf gain control,
tuning control, frequency display, thumbwheel switches. pilot light, and power switch.
and rf gain control. The 1650-kHz deck includes a mode switch which

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 allows selection of a-m, USB, LSB, CW, or fm; agc basic receiver design
release switch, S-meter, audio gain control, i-f gain The ground rules for high performance in a gener-
control, pilot light, power switch, and a small loud al-coverage receiver were elegantly described by
speaker. Each deck includes its own regulated power Wayne Ryder, WGURH, in his recent ham radio arti-
supply. cle.' He discusses the design criteria for general cov-
Both the band-select thumbwheel switches and erage, and gives illustrations of up-conversion
the mode switch output TTL compatible binary schemes designed to minimize interference from the
codes. The bandswitch thumbwheels provide a cer- various radio services.

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OUT

fig. 3. Ramp generator used to control the high-frequency oscillator. The tuning ramp is derived from a 566 function generator
and a pair of 74191 upldown counters which drive an 8-bit digitallanalog converter. All DIP packages are shown as viewed from
the bonom.

tain amount of redundancy, since the TENS, UNITS, The programmable receiver described here is also
and TENTHS MHz displays always agree with the designed for general coverage, although the model I
decimal numbers programmed into the thumbwheel built covers selected portions of the high-frequency
windows. This verifies that the receiver has indeed spectrum. It is a double-conversion system with the
responded correctly to the command. If an invalid first i-f above and the second i-f below the tuning
command is entered, such as 1.5 MHz, for example, range. The choice of 32 MHz as the first i-f places the
the audio output and display are gated off until such first local oscillator (hfo) between 33.8 and 61.9
time as a valid command is programmed. MHz; therefore, the image hand is between 65.8 and

14 a october 1978
 counter driven by the hfo: the three right-hand digits
are driven by the vfo. Programmable counters are
used so the display corresponds to the antenna fre-
quency rather than either the vfo or the hfo. The
TENS, UNITS, and TENTHS of MHz are selected by
the setting of the thumbwheel. The TENS, UNITS,
and TENTHS of kHz digits read from 0.00 to 99.9 as
the vfo knob is turned clockwise across its range.
Thus, the thumbwheel serves as the bandswitch
while the vfo knob bandspreads 100-kHz band
segments.
High-frequency oscillator module. The band-select signals The first conversion scheme is described analyti-
are connected through the DIP socket.
cally as follows:

93.9 MHz. Although this choice may not be optimum fhfo = + 32000 (frequencies in kHz)
in terms of possible interference from local TV or fm
stations, the tuned front-end rf circuitry provides suf- wheref, is the signal frequency at the low end of a
ficient image rejection so that this kind of problem 100-kHz band segment. For example, if the receiver
has not been encountered, even though I live near a is tuned to 1800 kHz, the hfo will be phase-locked to
major metropolitan area. 1800 + 32000 = 33800 kHz. The hfo setting for the
To adequately describe the programmable nature 28.0 MHz band segment would be 60000 kHz.
of this receiver, it is first necessary to explain the The second converter down-converts the 32000 t o
block diagram shown in fig. 1. The front end in- 31900 kHz i-f band to 1650 kHz. This requires a vfo
cludes an rf amplifier and first mixer. The rf input sig- that tunes from 30350 to 30250 kHz, in that order, so
nal is up-converted to the first i-f, which has a pass- that an up-converted signal that falls within the 32-
band covering 31.9 to 32 MHz. The hfo signal is MHz passband will be down-converted to 1650, de-
derived from the frequency synthesizer and operates pending on the setting of the vfo. Therefore, the
from 33.8 to 61.9 MHz. The vfo for the second con- overall conversion scheme is:
vener tunes continuously between 30350 and 30250
kHz t o down-convert the 32-MHz signals to &(low end) = fhF 1650- 30350
1650 kHz. &(high end) = fhfo - 1650- 30250
The digital readout uses six seven-segment LED
displays. The three left-hand digits respond to a For example, if the digits set into the thumbwheels

ANTENNA
INS14 lPdSl4

1~ to ::to
gl i"g
210 10

\ 0go 0

FROM 7 4 0 0
/
RF TVNlNG L O G I C
A
FROM
AMPLIFIED
RAMP

fig. 4. Schematic diagram of the diodbswitched rf amplifier. Band selection is accomplished by providing forward current to the
1N914 diodes to short circuit portions of the inductor to ground. Similar arrangements are used in the mixer and high-fraquency
oscillator.

october 1978 15
 L B A N D SELECT LOGIC
I N P U T S ( F I G . 61

I P C IN

fig. 5. Circuit diagram of the digitally controlled high-frequency oscillator. Band-select logic is similar to that used in the rf amplifier and
mixer circuits in that forward-biased diodes are used to change the value of L2.

are 141, the hfo frequency is 46100 kHz and the vfo conventional switch symbols, all switching is actually
tunes from 14100 to 14200 kHz. done by binary control from the panel.
Special care was given t o the design of the vfo The i-f amplifier is a Motorola MC1590G which
since it is free running and operates at a relatively drives MC1596G product detector. This combination
high frequency. The design goal was for less than is ideal because it allows a single product detector to
+ 2 kHz drift during the first ten minutes of warmup, be used for a-m, ssb, and fm. The 1590 provides
and less than f 100 Hz thereafter. Short-time drift more than 60 dB of agc. In this receiver the agc range
and phase jitter were reduced to negligible values by is extended by using delayed agc on both the rf and
careful bypassing and post regulation of the power i-f preamplifier stages, the longest delay being asso-
supply. ciated with the rf stage.
A series of experiments were performed which The agc voltage is tapped off the agc amplifier and
were aimed at synthesizing the vfo, to provide i t with fed to an op amp; the op amp drives both the delayed
10-Hz steps in conjunction with a front-panel tuning agc circuits as well as the S-meter. This approach
knob. However, the approach using continuously provides a simple way of using a 0-1 m A meter as the
variable vfo tuning was selected because of its infi- S-meter. Calibration of the S-meter was accom-
nite resolution w h i c h gives t h e operator that plished by inserting a Kay attenuator in the i-f circuit,
"smooth" feel. The ten-turn potentiometer used for feeding a signal to the antenna, and recording the
vfo tuning gives more than adequate resolution, and deflection of the S-meter for various attenuation
allows ssb signals to be tuned in quickly and easily. values. Full scale is adjusted by a potentiometer on
One turn of the vfo knob represents 10 kHz of tuning the op-amp output, while zero is set by removing the
range. The RIT control was added primarily for use in antenna and adjusting the agc gain control associat-
net operation. ed with the MC1590.
The i-f circuits following the second mixer are fairly A GE PA-237 integrated circuit is used as the audio
conventional, with the possible exception of the amplifier; this drives a small speaker behind the panel
AM3705 analog multiplexers, which are used for of the 1650 kHz deck. This is an optional feature
mode switching. Changing modes is accomplished which admittedly was added for esthetic purposes to
with a front-panel switch that outputs 3-bit binary balance the front panel arrangement. Generally the
words t o drive the multiplexers located at appropriate output of the product detector is used to directly
places in the receiver. These multiplexers perform drive a stereo amplifier, although the built-in speaker
such functions as bypassing the ssb filter when oper- allows the receiver to be used independently.
ating a-m, selecting the upper or lower sideband bfo That part of the overall functional block diagram
crystal, and inserting the narrow CW crystal filter (fig. I ) which is inside the dotted lines belongs to the
into the rf chain in the CW mode. While the switch- 32-MHz deck. It is primarily involved with the count-
ing functions are illustrated on the block diagram by ers and display, the hfo and vfo, and the digital inter-

16 october 1978
 face. The balance of this article will concentrate many of the counter, logic, display, and time base
primarily on the details of these circuits, which col- generator circuits, some of which are used in this
lectively are the heart of the frequency synthesizer. programmable receiver. Wiring diagrams of some of
the more sophisticated u p l d o w n programmable
function of the counter counters will be described later. An article by Phillip
The counter plays an important role in controlling Rand, W l D B M , in QST3 is recommended if you
the hfo frequency, and it also provides the outputs to want a better understanding of these circuits.
drive the display. Fig. 2 is a block diagram which il- For the receiver described here to work properly, it
lustrates the basic scheme, but for clarity some of is necessary that the hfo be phase locked to harrnon-
the functional circuits have been omitted. For exam- ics of 100 kHz derived from the 1.0 MHz clock. It is
ple, DIP switches mounted on the counter board are absolutely essential that the hfo be locked t o the cor-
used to program the TENS, UNITS, and TENTHS MHz rect harmonic or line number. This is automatically
counters. Only one set of these switches is shown in accomplished by means of a ramp which tunes the
fig. 2. Logic inputs such as GATE, LOAD, and RESET hfo to within a few kHz of the correct spectral line.
circuits have been omitted. An excellent article by By definition, the hfo is part of a frequency synthe-
WB2DFA, which appeared in ham radioz, illustrates sizer that has the capability to output any one of 281

BAND r 1.8-2 3-4 7-8 9-10 14-15 15-16 21-22 27-28 28-2'9 29-30 MHz

DECIMAL OUTPUT * 01 03 07 09 14 15 21 27 28 29 NOT USED

+5v

OHM DRIVERS

B C D TO D E C I M A L
DECODERS

-.
-- COMPARATOR

THUMBWHEEL

TENS UNl TS TENTHS MHz

fig. 6. Digital band selector circuit provides binary commands for coil switching in the rf amplifier, mixer, and high-frequency oscillator. To
maintain circuit tracking, the same voltage ramp is used to tune all three circuits.

october 1978 17
table 1. Low band edge high-frequency oscillator (hfo) binary numbers counted, the ramp is inhibited. At
frequencies.
input signal hfo
- -
this time.. the hfo is close enouah to the desired 100-
kHz line that there can be no ambiguity. In theory,
frequency frequency
(MHz) (MHz1 the frequency error immediately prior to lock-up is
never more than 6.19 kHz, although in practice it
may be slightly larger. Fig. 2 includes functional
blocks which illustrate how coarse tuning is accom-
plished in association with the display counter. Note
that the third comparator which is associated with
the HUNDREDTHS hfo MHz is hard wired to respond
to zero. This counter stage is not associated with the
display.
The tuning ramp is derived from a 566 function
generator and a pair of 74191 upldown counters
frequencies between 33.8 and 61.9 MHz. Specifical- which drive an 8-bit DAC (digital to analog conver-
ly, these are 33.8, 33.9, 34.0, . . .61.7,61.8, and 61.9 ter). The DAC provides infinite memory. When the
MHz. In the breadboard receiver I built, 91 of these ramp is interrupted, the ramp voltage corresponding
outputs are available, corresponding to a total fre- to the value needed to coarse tune the hfo is retained
quency coverage of 9200 kHz. It is not difficult to indefinitely, or until a new frequency is programmed.
modify the system to include additional bands or to Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the ramp generator.
change existing bands to cover other frequency Upldown and inhibit logic signals are derived from
ranges. the cascaded comparators. With this approach, it is

TO
BAND -
SELECT
DIODES

fig. 7. Schematic showing the use of 7408 two-input AND gates to drive the switching diodes in the rf amplifier and mixer cir-
cuits to reduce fan-out loading on the 74128 drivers in the band selector (fig. 6). Since the same tuning ramp controls the control
signals to the hfo, mixer, and rf amplifier, tracking is maintained.

The key to synthesizer operation is the combina- not possible for the hfo to lock to any 100 kHz line
tion of programmable hfo counters and associated other than the correct one. A momentary interrup-
comparators. An &bit number is fed to the UNITS tion of power, or any other condition that unlocks
and TENTHS MHz comparators from the front panel the hfo, causes a repeat of the phase lock action.
thumbwheels when the desired frequency is dialed.
A voltage ramp is enabled which tunes the hfo in the front end tuning
direction of the dialed frequency. When coincidence A schematic diagram of the rf amplifier is shown in
occurs between the binary numbers dialed and the fig. 4. The rf coils are wired in series with 1N914s

18 october 1978
 m u

_
PHASE

1-
DETECTOR

100 KHz SPECTRUM

GENERATOR HFO O UIiF0
TPUT
INPUT

-
BUFFER
AMPLIFIER
ITO VOLTAGE
TUNED VARACTOR
1VbRICAPI

FILTER

AMPLIFIER

fig. 8. Functional block diagram of the phase-locked loop used in the receiver. The hfo provides one of two signals to the phase
detector; the other input from the spectrum generator provides 100-kHz signals throughout the hfo tuning range. Loop band-
width is about 10 kHz.

located at coil junctions which provide short circuits locations. Because of the inductance of the diode
to ground. A particular band is selected by providing leads and the manner they are dressed away from the
forward current to one of the diodes by band-select hfo coil, the correct diode locations are found by cut
logic circuits which will be described. The rf circuit is and try at first, those corresponding to the highest
typical of the mixer and the hfo, each having similar frequency bands being most critical. Each tap is ad-
band selecting diodes. The ramp which tunes the hfo justed so that lock up occurs with a ramp voltage of
is also used to tune the rf and mixer coils. approximately 4.0 volts at a frequency corresponding
to the low end of the particular band. Table 1 lists
hfo tuning and control the low end hfo frequencies corresponding to each
Since the hfo operates at a much higher frequency of the 1.0 MHz bands in the receiver.
than the rf and mixer stages, rather than using separ- Start by dialing 28 MHz, and adjust the inductance
ate coils for each band, a single coil wound with no. of L1 until the hfo locks up at 60000 kHz with approx-
14 (1.6 mm) tinned wire is used as shown in fig. 5. imately 4.0 volts of ramp. Next, with 27 MHz pro-
The inductance is self-supporting except for a poly- grammed, adjust the position of the 27 MHz diode on
ethylene foam strip which is glued to one side of the L2 until lock up occurs with about 4 volts of ramp.
coil with epoxy cement to make it rigid. The switch- Repeat this process, proceeding toward the 160-
ing diodes are soldered to the coil at appropriate meter band. An auxiliary counter can be used to con-

I I
I
I I1I * IOOkHz

I PART OF T I M E - B A S E GENERATOR

L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A

fig. 9. Spectrum generator used in the phase-locked loop (fig. 8 ) to generate narrow pulses spaced 100 kHz apart.

october 1978 19
firm that the hfo locks up at the proper frequencies. The TENS kHz vfo counter is programmed for 0101
If the hfo counters are properly programmed, the (5)while the UNITS and TENTHS kHz stages are hard
digital readout will agree with the thumbwheel wired for zero. In some heterodyne schemes, such as
numbers. one which uses a 455 kHz i-f, the UNITS kHz stage
should also be programmable.
programming the counters
The TENS and UNITS MHz hfo counters are pro- band-select logic
grammable. Two sets of DIP switches mounted on The traditional way to change bands and select
the back of the counter board contain the program- signals is by means of mechanical devices such as
ming switches. Four of these switches are used to multi-wafer switches and ganged variable capacitors,
program each hfo counter stage. although some CB and 2-meter receivers have
Each counter can be programmed to initiate its employed frequency synthesizers for channel selec-
count at any number from zero through 9. This is a tion. More recently, high-frequency receivers have
means of advancing each digit to agree with the cor- come on the market which use frequency synthesiz-
responding antenna frequency digit. If the hetero- ers and digital displays. These are relatively expen-
dyne scheme described here is used, the TENS MHz sive, but ultimately most high-frequency receivers
counter should be programmed to 0111 (7) and the will be manufactured this way..
UNITS MHz stage for 1000 (8). The TENTHS MHz Equipment for CB and 2 meters covers relatively
stage is hard wired to 0000 (zero). narrow frequency bands. For example, a 40-channel

HFO
INPUT

OUTPUT
TO HFO
TUNING
VARACTOR

fig 10. Parametric phase detector developed by WASHUV. The circuit uses a pair of fast complementary switching transistors to
provide the required phase inversion without transformers. The gain of the 741 op amp is set at about 15 dB.

20 october 1978
 ANTENNA
TRIMMER
n

RAMP
INPUT 4.711
R A M P OUT
I T O R F AND
MIXER COIL
VARICAPS

fig. 11. Unusual antenna trimmer circuit

used in the receiver maintains tracking
with the rf amplifier and mixer circuits.

CB receiver covers a frequency band having a high to phase-locked loop

low frequency ratio of about 1.6 per cent. By Having developed a way to coarse tune the hfo,
contrast, the high-frequency portion of this program- the task of phase locking the hfo to the correct har-
mable receiver covers 33 per cent of the high-fre- monic of 100 kHz becomes a relatively simple matter.
quency band between 1.8 and 30 MHz. The tech- Fig. 8 is a block diagram which illustrates a second-
nique of band changing through front panel thumb- order phase-locked loop such as the one employed
wheel switches, together with band-selecting here. The hfo, which is part of the closed loop, pro-
diodes, allows a wide range of frequencies to be cov- vides one of two signals for the phase detector. The
ered with relative ease. other input to the phase detector is external to the
The binary commands not only perform the rf, loop and includes a spectrum of signals spaced 100
mixer, and oscillator coil switching function, but they kHz apart. This spectrum extends across the hfo fre-
program the comparators as well. A pair of SN74141 quency range from 33.8 to 61.9 MHz.
BCD to decimal decoder drivers and three SN74128 The bandwidth of the closed phase-locked loop is
current drivers are used to provide TENS and UNITS limited to about 10 kHz so that there can never be an
MHz band-switching logic signals. The circuit of fig. ambiguity between line selection. The loop can rec-
6 shows how this is done. Note that the TENS 74141 ognize only one line at a time, in spite of the fact that
provides a MHz logic output of 0, 10, or 20. The there are at least 281 individual sine-wave signals fed
UNITS MHz 74141 provides a logic signal output cor- into the phase detector from the spectrum generator.
responding to any number between zero and nine. Since it is not necessary to provide a way for select-
The 74128s are current sources which are wired so ing individual spectral lines, the spectrum generator,
that any one of 12 possible sets of coil selections can illustrated in fig. 9, is quite simple and consists of on-
be made, although only ten of these are used. ly a single transistor and a few discrete components.
To select 80 meters, for example, 03 is dialed. This The crystal clock and decade divider are part of the
provides BCD logic signals which turn on the 03 time-base generator. The 2N3563 transistor serves as
driver. The current supplied from this driver forward a very fast switch which provides very narrow (16 ns)
biases the appropriate IN914 hfo diode, thus select- pulses to the phase detector. These narrow impulses
ing the hfo coil corresponding to the 3.0 to 4.0 MHz include fairly uniform distribution of individual sine-
band. Assuming 3500 kHz (035) is programmed, the wave signals extending from 100 kHz to well above
ramp tunes the hfo until its frequency reaches 35500 60 MHz. R-C coupling circuitry is arranged to reject
kHz where it becomes phase locked. The vfo now most of the unneeded signals below 33 MHz; pulse
tunes the band segment, 3500 to 3600 kHz. shaping and parasitic capacitance causes the ampli-
The same 74128 logic signals are used indirectly to tudes of these signals to roll off rapidly above 60
select the 3.0 to 4.0 MHz rf and mixer coils. SN7408 MHz. It is necessary to shield the spectrum generator
quad two-input AND gates driven from the 74128s to prevent these signals from getting into the front
supply current to the front end coil diodes to reduce end of the receiver. Otherwise, they will appear as
fan out loading on the 74128s, as shown in fig. 7. markers at each end of each band segment.
Note that the rf and mixer coils are tuned with the
same ramp that tunes the hfo. This is how the rf and phase detector
hfo circuits are made to track; details will be given A survey of the various types of PLL ICs available
later. to perform the phase detection function was disap-

october 1978 21
table 2. Tuning voltage for the front end and high-frequency of fast complementary switching transistors which
oscillator. perform the required phase inversion without the
input tuning hf o tuning need for transformers. This makes the circuit simple
frequency voltage frequency voltage and very broadband as well. The circuit is shown in
(kHz) (volts) (MHz) (volts) fig. 10. The complementary transistors would nor-
7000 4.00 39.0 4.00 mally produce zero output, since the transistors are
7100 4.51 39.1 4.25
7200 5.09 39.2 4.53
complementary and one output is 180° out of phase
7300 5.75 39.3 4.85 with the other. However, the hfo signal, which has a
7400 6.47 39.4 5.20 relatively large peak-to-peak amplitude, modulates
7500 7.29 39.5 5.60 the transistor collectors. If the relative phase of the
7600 8.11 39.6 6.00 hfo is other than 90° relative to the reference signal,
7700 9.14 39.7 6.50
7800 10.16 39.8 7.00
one of the outputs tends to be suppressed while the
7900 11.40 39.9 7.60 other is enhanced. For this reason, the phase detec-
21000 4.00 53.0 4.00 tor is referred to as a parametric phase detector. The
21 100 4.16 53.1 4.20 hfo is the element that controls the amplitudes of the
21200 4.32 53.2 4.40 other two signals. The amount of unbalance depends
21300 4.50 53.3 4.64
21400 4.65 53.4 4.82
on the relative phase of the hfo signal and the refer-
21500 4.86 53.5 5.09 ence signal. When that angle is 90°, the outputs are
21600 5.08 53.6 5.36 equal and cancel.
21700 5.30 53.7 5.64 The input to the Schottky diode acts as a common
21800 5.55 53.8 5.95 summing junction for the three signals: the zero ref-
21900 5.80 53.9 6.27
erence, the 180° reference, and the hfo. If the output
of the detector is plotted as a function of the phase
pointing in terms of the requirements imposed by the angle, a discriminator type of curve results. Note that
programmable receiver. In many cases frequency the phase detector curve sits on top of a pedestal
response was the limiting factor - in others the cost which results from rectification of the relatively large
was too high. Some earlier PLL chips that might hfo signal. This is unimportant since it is cornpen-
have had promise were no longer available; more sated for by the offset potentiometer associated with
recent types are not only expensive, but also require the op amp at the phase detector output. Further-
considerable peripheral circuitry. I decided to settle more, the offset adjustment allows the voltage for
for a homebrew design. the tuning varactors to be set to the proper value for
The phase detector used for the phase-locked loop the low end of each hfo band.
is an original circuit which I developed. It uses a pair When the hfo is not locked the output of the phase

r FROM TENTHS
THUMBWHEEL

10 12 I3 I5 LO 12 I 3 15

7485 7485 7485

16 16 IS
UNITS -+5v TENTHS +SV HUNDREDTHS
COMPARATOR COMPARATOR COMPARATOR

7 6 5 . 4 3 2 7 6 5 4 3 2

NC

fig. 12. Simplified diagram of the cascaded comparators and their output filtering. This circuit provides the ramp sweep stop and
directional steering commands to the74191 upldown counters in the ramp generator (fig. 3).
detector is a sine wave at a frequency equal to the frequency to hfo
difference between the reference sinnal be displayed frequency
- and the hfo.
Lock up occurs almost instantaneously and is diffi-
cult to see on an oscilloscope.
FROM
The gain of the op amp is set to about 15 dB. If the U N I r s MHZ

phase-locked loop has a tendency to oscillate, the

gain of this stage can be reduced by lowering the lMSBl D 74SOO
co-
value of the 220k feedback resistor. It is not recom- B o -
mended that any of the other component values in A o-
the phase detector be changed.

spurious signals
In spite of care in shielding the spectrum genera-
tor, it was necessary to shield the rf section of the
receiver carefully and to apply bypassing capacitors
rather extensively at each terminal of the DIP power
connector and at the BCD inputs to reduce these sig-
nals to levels below the ambient antenna noise.
Spurious signals which were much more difficult
to control resulted from products of the hfo and vfo. m TENS MHz COUNTER IS
PROGRAMMED FOR 0111 17)
Even though these signals are applied to separate a EXCEPT WHEN UNITS MHz
IS A ONE OR A Z E R O .
mixers and are not intended to be associated, both 26000 58000
the hfo and vfo signals are converted to TTL compat- 27000 59000
28000 60000
ible levels in the counter where intermixing and har-
29000 61000
monic generation results. These spurs can be classi- I fprogrammed to advance 8 (1000)
fied as follows: 1 Programmed to advance 7 (0111)
~ ( v f o-) N(hfo) = 1650 kHz fig. 13. Logic correction circuit which resolves a minor prob-
lem with the TENS MHz counter. When en 8 or 9 is pro-
The strongest spur occurs where M = 2 and N = 1 grammed, the TENS MHz counter and corresponding dis-
at 27025 kHz. A smaller spur occurs at 14330 kHz play advances one extra digit because the TENS MHz digit
where M = 3 and N = 2 ; a relatively weak spur was advances. An example is given in the text.
found at 7012.5 kHz where M = 4 and N = 3.
The ideal way to eliminate these spurious signals is
to install a bandpass filter between the first mixer corresponding to the low end of each band is approx-
output and the second mixer input. This filter should imately 4.0 volts, which is the value required to phase
cover a band from 31.9 to 32.0 MHz and should have lock the hfo to 39000 kHz. As can be seen in table 2,
sharp skirts. Some excellent filter design articles are as the hfo is incremented from 39000 to 39900 kHz
included in the list of references.4.5 (which tunes the receiver from 7000 to 7900 kHz), its
tuning voltage increases from 4.0 to 7.6 volts. Based
antenna trimmer on the sizes of the varicaps used and the total circuit
The circuits associated with the antenna trimmer capacitance, the rf and mixer varicaps require a tun-
bear little resemblance to conventional antenna trim- ing voltage range of 4.0 to 11.4 volts to tune from
ming circuits. However it is a very effective tech- 7000 to 7900 kHz. Thus, the change in ramp voltage
nique which has the added advantage that tracking for the front end must be arnplified by the op amp by
between the hfo and the rf circuits is accomplished at a factor of 2.055 to achieve tracking with the hfo.
the same time. The situation is different in the 21000-21900 kHz
The voltage ramp that tunes the hfo is also fed to band where the hfo tuning ramp varies from 4.0 to
the rf and mixer tuning varactors. A front panel 6.27 volts. However, the rf and mixer circuits only
potentiometer control serves as the antenna trimmer. need a variation of 4.0 to 5.8 volts. Therefore, for
It operates in conjunction with the circuit described the amateur 15-meter band, the ramp slope must be
in fig. 11which includes a pair of op amps.6 amplified by a factor of 0.7929. The antenna trimmer
The way in which the antenna trimmer works is control automatically makes this gain adjustment
best illustrated by an example. First, set the thumb- when it is adjusted for resonance or maximum signal
wheels to select 7.0 MHz (070). The ramp voltage strength. The 5k pedestal control is set to provide 4.0

october 1978 5 23
 the 7485s is connected to pin 5 of the 191s. The
EQUALS output which stops the ramp is high only
when all of the 12 counter bits agree with the bits pro-
grammed, including the hard wired HUNDREDTHS
MHz bits.
Since the counters operate in two modes, namely
COUNT and DISPLAY, the bits are changing during
the COUNT mode, causing the comparators to output
fluctuating logic data. To overcome this problem,

I both of the cascaded comparator outputs are

modified t o provide suitable output logic sig-
Construction of the modcle containing the spectrum gener- nals. These relatively simple circuits are shown in fig.
ator Ileftl, phase detector [center), and ramp generator 12. Because of the requirement to filter these control
(right).
signals, there is a finite delay between comparator
coincidence and application of the logic commands.
volts output corresponding t o the low end of each This sets an upper limit t o the ramp sweep rate
band. Once this adjustment has been made, it does because some overshoot of the hfo frequency
not have t o be readjusted. results. If the sweep rate is too fast, overshoot will be
sufficient to change the comparator output signals
front end alignment
before the sweep circuit is stopped, which means
The antenna trimmer circuit provides a convenient that the sweep lock circuit will keep oscillating and
way to align the front end coils. Start the alignment lock u p will never occur.
with 10 meters and proceed in numerical order down A total ramp sweep interval of about t w o to four
t o 160 meters. This will avoid interaction between seconds is satisfactory. Only when changing bands is
coil inductance settings. The pedestal potentiometer there any noticeable delay in hfo lock up. When
is first set for 4.0 volts output corresponding to the incrementing the thumbwheel switches from one
low end of the band. The front end coils are then band segment to another, there is no noticeable
aligned. Next, the highendof thebandis programmed delay.
by means of the thumbwheel switches and the There is a trivial problem that is related t o the TENS
antenna trimmer is adjusted for maximum rf gain. MHz counter. Whenever either an 8 or 9 MHz is pro-
Without changing the setting of the antenna trim- grammed, the TENS MHz counter and corresponding
mer, realign the rf coils at the low end of the band. display advances one extra digit because the corre-
Again, check the antenna trimmer setting at the high sponding TENS MHz digit advances. To avoid this
end. Several iterations of this kind are required until problem, the simple logic circuit shown in fig. 13 is
the inductance of the coils is set so that tracking is used. This circuit prevents the TENS MHz counter
achieved without having t o radically change the
antenna trimmer setting when going from the low to
high end of the band.
The same procedure is repeated for each of the
other bands. Once the coils have been aligned in this
manner, very little adjustment of the trimmer should
be required after the initial adjustment when a new
band segment is selected.

comparators
The ramp sweep stop and directional steering
commands are derived from the three hfo compara-
tors as previously explained. Sweep control is
accomplished by cascading the SN7485s as shown in
fig. 12. Since the 74191 upldown counters in the 0
0 10 20 30 40 50
ramp circuit need only a single up/down command, FORWARD CURRENT. -A

pin 5 of the 191s are tied high. However, when the fig. 14. Resistance of a toward-biased 1N914 diode at 1 kHz,
ramp is enabled, if the upldown logic level is low, the as measured with a GenRed 165tJB impedance bridge. Diode
counters count up, which increases the ramp vol- resistance is important because it affects the Qof the tuned
tage. Therefore, the MORE THAN cascaded output of circuits used in the receiver.

24 october 1978
 0

MODE SWITCH
NOTE. A IS LSB

8 3 2 1
I
,
-LK:t -? yi;..
I-F
IN
p I Zk

PMPLlFlER

1650kHz

fig. 15. Diagram of the ssb mode

select used in the receiver. This is
typical of the analog multiplexing
circuits operated from the front-
I FILTER

AA
G D IJNU S T

panel.

from advancing whenever the UNITS hfo digit is a plexing circuits operated from the front-panel mode
one or a zero. When dialing 27.0 MHz, for example, switch. While only five outputs are used, the switch
the hfo frequency is 59 MHz, but when 28 MHz is has &pole capability.
dialed, the hfo advances to 60 MHz. This change in
the most significant digit from 5 to 6 would normally summary
advance the display from 27 to 38. The logic circuit of The development of this programmable receiver
fig. 13 solves this problem. was a much more formidable task than I originally
envisioned. The receiver as it exists presently repre-
switching diodes sents a first phase effort, and much yet remains to be
As previously explained, 1N914 diodes are used for done in terms of refinement. The basic idea has been
front end and hfo coil switching. This approach was proven to be sound, however, and the result is a high
found to be both simple and effective. It should be performance breadboard receiver of advanced
recognized, however, that the forward resistance of design.
the diode hasa tendency to reduce the Qof the tuned It is hoped this article will provide other experimen-
circuits. To minimize this effect, the L/C ratio of the ters with new ideas and incentives to try their hand at
front-end coils has been made as large as possible. something radically new. Additional circuit details
Fig. 14 shows the diode resistance as a function of can be made available to those hearty experimenters
forward current. Note that the resistance drops to who are interested in duplic;sting this receiver in part
about 6 ohms at a current of 40 mA, and any further or as a whole. Please send me a self-addressed,
increase in current has a small effect on resistance. stamped envelope for further details. Readers' sug-
Some simple calculations show that with a circuit gestions and constructive criticism are welcomed.
capacitance of 20 pF at 28 MHz, if the loaded circuit
Q is 50 without the diode, it drops to 23 with the
references
diode; this both increases the rf bandwidth and 1. W. Ryder, W6URH. "High Performance General Coverage Communica-
tions Receiver." ham radio. November, 1977, page 10.
reduces gain. It was found that Q and gain could be 2. J. Pollack. WBZDFA. "Six Digit LQ-MHz Frequency Counter." ham
increased to acceptable levels if parallel-connected radio, January, 1976, page 18.
3. P. Rand, WlDBM, "A Versatile Digital Frequency Display," QST,
diode pairs were used with the 10-meter coils.
November, 1977, page 21.
The effect of the switching diodes is less pro- 4. D. Lancaster, "The Buttelworth Filter Cookbook," Parts I and II, CQ,
nounced on the lower bands (it is practically negligi- November and December, 1966.
ble at 1.8 MHz). It is possible to control front-end 5. E. Wetherhold, WBNQN, "Modern Filter Design for the Amateur," QST,
September, 1969. page 42.
gain so that it is nearly the same on all bands by 6. Stout and Kauf man, Operational An~plifierCircuit Design, McGraw-Hill,
adjusting the currents in the diodes. New York, New York, 1976.
7. F. Gardner, Phaselock Techniques. Jan Wiley 8 Sons, New York, New
mode-select circuitry York, 1976.
8. D. Nelson, WB2EGZ. "What's This We Hear About Op Amps?", ham
The circuit of the ssb mode-select circuit is shown radio, November, 1969, page 6.
in fig. 15. This is typical of each of the analog multi- ham radio

october 1978 25
 super low=noise
432-MHz preamplifier
dB noise figure, it beat everything else at the noise-
Construction of a figure contests. However, its cost of $120 makes it a
luxury for most amateurs.
low-noise bipolar transistor Recently NEC introduced a new bipolar device, the
NEW580, which is rated at 0.8 dB noise figure at 500
MHz. A t $92 each, it appeared to be a mighty com-
preamplifier which offers petitor to the V244. Even better, the people at NEC
came out with the NE64535 at a cost of only $17 in
0.8 dB noise figure single quantities;' it is rated at 1.6 dB noise figure at
2 GHz with an f T of 8.5 GHz. A t 500 MHz, the
with 15 dB gain NE64535 has a rated noise figure of 0.8 dB.
The NEW535 uses the same chip as the NEW580
but is mounted in a less expensive hermetically
The heart o f a n y successful moonbounce (EME) sealed Micro-X package. This article discusses the
system is the low-noise preamplifier which precedes design of a 432-MHz preamplifier that uses this
the receiving converter. On 144 MHz, an overall sys-
tem noise figure of less than 1.0 dB seldom increases
receiver sensitivity significantly because of the high
sky noise temperatures of 300° to 4 0 0 O K. On 432
MHz, however, sky noise temperatures of lo0 to 20'
K are possible; this means that decreasing the overall
system noise figure below 1 dB significantly im-
proves receiver sensitivity.
Until recently the popular Fujitsu FJ203 and the
Fairchiid FMT4575 bipolar transistors have yielded
the lowest noise figures at 432 MHz - typically 1.25
dB. The Texas Instruments MS2110, although not as
well known, also produces noise figures as low as 1.1
dB at this frequency. Shigeru Sando, JHIBRY,
introduced an excellent 432-MHz preamplifier using
NEC's V244 GaAs fet which opened the eyes of Construction of the low-noise 432-MHz preamplifier, show-
many moonbouncers.1 With its impressive 0.6-0.7 ing the placement of the stripline resonator. Output connec-
tor J1 is to left; input SMA connector is partially hidden by
the piston capecitor C1.
'The device is manufactured by the Nippon Electric Company INECl in
Japan and is being marketed by California Eastern LaboratoriesICELI, Post
Office Box 915. One Edwards Court, Burlingame, California 94010. Cost is
y Al Ward, WB5LUA. RR2, Box 65A,
$17 each in quantities of 1-9, decreasing to $15 each for quantities of 10-99. cKinney, Texas 75069

26 october 1978
 device to obtain measured noise figures as low as 0.8 microwave bipolar transistors operated in this fre-
dB. The original design was based on the more quency range, maximum available gain is so high
expensive NE64580, but identical results have been that oscillations are common. Stable operation of
achieved using the NE64535. this device was finally achieved with resistive load-
At the 1977 convention of the Central States VHF ing. This method of stabilizing 432-MHz preamplifiers
Society in Kansas City, Missouri, this preamplifier was suggested in an earlier article on the FMT4575.2
measured only 0.1 dB higher noise figure than the However, the selection of the 100-ohm collector re-
V244 GaAs fet entered by K2UYH; all other bipolar sistor was not arbitrary; in addition to stabilizing the
entries had approximately 0.3 to 0.4 dB higher noise preamplifier, it also serves to provide a better match
figures. At 432 MHz, this decrease in noise figure to the post-amplifier. Resultant output vswr of this
over other bipolar devices results in a significant in- preamplifier should be less than 2.0:l. When using a
crease in receiver sensitivity. post-amplifier with a variable match at the input, no
Since I was intrigued by the fact that Shigeru problems have been incurred in obtaining stable
Sando was able to use a parallel tuned circuit on the operation.
input to his V244 preamplifier and still achieve a low While optimizing noise figure, I required some
noise figure, I decided to try something similar. I
wanted to obtain a low-loss match for minimum
noise figure and still achieve adequate selectivity so I
R4
kg:,T R.5
CRI
IN914
O F RVOC
+12 F C l I S NOT

INCORPORATEDI
wouldn't require an external cavity. 5600

The final design uses a parallel tuned circuit with

capacitive coupling on the input (fig. 1). To minimize
circuit losses I used a low-loss microstrip line rather
than a lumped inductor. Resistive loading is used on
I" ,& RFCl
03..j
OUTPUT

the output and will be discussed later. I am presently

using this preamplifier without an external cavity and
JI
INPUT 16
,,

NE64.535
TJ2
have experienced no problems with intermodulation.
Since the preamplifier is capacitively coupled at the d7 d7
input, greater rejection of unwanted signals will oc- C1 0.8-16pF air variable (Jotianson 5200 series)
cur below 432 MHz. When the preamplifier is adjust- C2 0.8-10 pF air variable (Johanson 5200 series)
ed for minimum noise figure at 432 MHz, 10 dB of C3 1000-pF mica or ceramic disc (not critical)
rejection is typically obtained at 200 MHz, 26 dB at CRl IN914 or lN4148silicon diode
100 MHz, and 40 dB at 50 MHz. In all but the worst rf CR2 9.1 -volt zener (1N757)
environments this should be adequate. FT1-FT3 470-1000 pF feedthrough capacitors
At my location, for example, a broadband FJ203 J1 SMA coaxial connector
preamplifier cannot be used without a cavity, J2 BNC coaxial connector
whereas the NE645 preamplifier has given no prob- L1 microstrip line 15 mm (0.6in.) wide, 53 mm (2.1 in.)
lems at all (my location is within 15-20 km of fm and long, mounted 5 mm (0.2 in.) above chassis
N transmitting antennas). If external filtering is re- RFCl 0.39-fiH miniature rF choke
quired, a cavity filter with 0.2 dB loss described by fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the low-noise preamplifier for
Joe Reisert2 will increase the noise figure to only 1.0 432 MHz; typical noise figure is less than 1.0 dB. T h e
to 1.2 dB, which is still a worthwhile improvement. NE64535 transistor is manufactured b y Nippon Electric Com-
pany (NEC) and costs $17 in s m i ~ lquantities.
l
design
Lacking any sort of tables describing the optimum method of varying the dc bias conditions to deter-
source impedance required for minimum noise fig- mine their effect on noise figure. The bias circuit I
ure, I initially designed the input circuit for maximum used allows optimization of both VCEand Zc for mini-
gain using the published s parameters for the device. mum noise figure by varying resistors R 2 and R5.
The input circuit was then optimized for lowest noise This method uses both voltage feedback and a con-
figure with a Hewlett-Packard HP-342A automatic stant base current source to ensure dc stability.3
noise figure meter. The resultant circuit uses a micro- (Bias circuit design using this arrangement is dis-
strip line with a characteristic impedance of 70 ohms. cussed on page 39.)
An attempt was made to tune the output circuit to The data sheet for the NE34535 specifies VCE= 8.0
increase selectivity, but, as expected, completely volts at I c = 7.0 mA. It was found experimentally that
stable operation was not obtained. As with most minimum noise figure at 432 MHz occurs at a Vm of

october 1978 27
 support for one end of the microstrip line; the oppo-
site end is soldered to the Johanson variable capaci-
tor, C2. The input matching capacitor, C1, is sol-
dered directly between the input connector and
capacitor C2. An SMA-type connector is used on the
input. Its small size and low loss make it a must for
low-noise operation. A less expensive BNC type con-
nector is used on the output.
To facilitate direct grounding of the two emitter
leads, I used two solder lugs bolted to the chassis to
serve as tie points. The lugs are cut off so they stand
up from the chassis about 3 mm (0.1 inch). This
allows enough area to conveniently solder the emit-
ter leads. Keep the emitter leads on the device full
length. Top view of the 432-MHz preamp showing the layout of the
bias resistors lsee fig. 41. BNC output connector is at far
The leads on C3 and R1 must be as short, and as
right; SMA input connector is to the left.
far away from the input circuitry, as possible to
reduce any chance of feedback. If the preamplifier is
built according t o the layout in fig. 3 no shield will be out any modifications to the bias network shown in
required between the input and output circuitry. fig. 1.
When using a Minibox as an rf enclosure, be sure Optimizing the input network for lowest noise fig-
to scrape off any paint or any other nonconductive ure is most easily done with an automatic noise-fig-
film that may be on the areas where the two halves of ure meter, but precise tuning can still be achieved by
the enclosure meet. This is best done before assem- using a weak-signal source or a simple noise genera-
bly has been started, and is necessary to achieve a tor. Start with C l at about half capacitance and then
good rf-tight enclosure. Be sure to use all four minimize noise figure with C2. Increase C1 slightly
screws supplied with the Minibox. and then repeak C2 for minimum noise figure. Do not
increase the capacitance of C1 past the point where
operation minimum noise figure occurs. Overcoupling with C1
Connect the output of the preamplifier to the post- broadens the frequency response of the preamplifier
amplifier or converter with a short section of 50-ohm with no improvement in noise figure. Finally, peak
coaxial cable. Terminate the input with 50 ohms. the post-amplifier stage into the preamplifier for mini-
With + 12 volts powering the preamplifier, the total mum noise figure.
current drain should be 5 to 6 mA for lowest noise. All devices I have tested so far have yielded noise
The actual collector current will be about 1 mA less figures between 0.8 and 1.0 dB; associated gain at
than the total current due to the current being drawn minimum noise figure varies from 14 t o 16 dB. With
by resistors R3 and R4 in the bias circuit. A t the rated the added selectivity and lower noise figure obtain-
5 6 mA of current, V,-E will be 5-6 volts. Since the ac- able with this device, this preamplifier should make
tual collector current drawn from the power supply is for a significant improvement in the reception of EME
a function of the dc current gain (hFE)of the device, signals as compared with other bipolar devices pres-
the value of R2 may have to be adjusted slightly to ently on the market. It also does a good job of chal-
achieve the desired amount of collector current. To lenging users of GaAs fets at noise-figure measuring
date, all of the devices tested have achieved similar contests! After nine months of operating 432-MHz
operating parameters and lowest noise figure with- EME with this preamplifier, I am convinced that it has
made a worthwhile improvement in the reception of
weak signals.
references
1. Shigeru Sando. JHlBRY, "Very Low-Nolse GaAs Fet Preamplifier for
432 MHz." hamradio. April 1978. page22.
2. Joseph Reisen. WlJR. "Ultra Low.Noise UHF Preamplifier," ham radio,
March 1975. page 8.
3. Kenneth Richter. "Design DC Stability Into Your Transistor C~rcuits."
Microwaves. December 1973. page 40 lsee also Hewlett-Packard Applica-
fig. 4. Top view of the 432-MHz preamplifier showing the tion Note 944-11.
layout of the bias circuit. ham radio

october 1978 29
 superhet
tracking fixed frequency. Although circuits can be designed
so the LO frequency is lower than the rf or signal fre-

calculations quency, the method described here requires that the

LO be higher than signal frequency.'
Fig. 2 shows the component arrangements for the
signal and oscillator tuning circuits. In the signal cir-
How to choose cuit, CT represents the distributed capacitance of the
coil, plus the minimum capacitance of the variable
component values tuning capacitor, plus any fixed capacitance neces-
sary t o adjust the circuit. Capacitance CG is the vari-
able capacitance of one gang of the tuning capacitor
for tuning rf used for the signal frequency. CGmaxis the difference
between minimum and maximum values of the vari-
and local-oscillator stages able capacitor. If a variable capacitor section can be
adjusted from a minimum value of 10 pF to a maxi-
in superhet receivers mum value of 365 pF, for example, then CGmaxfor
that capacitor is 355 pF.
Capacitor CTL in the oscillator circuit represents
the distributed capacitance of the oscillator coil; its
Superheterodyne receivers which have ganged value is found by measuring the self-resonant fre-
tuned capacitors for simultaneous tuning of the local quency of the coil with a grid-dip meter; then, know-
oscillator and signal frequency circuits require a ing the inductance, the capacitance may be calculat-
special design approach. When such circuits are cor- ed. In many cases, however, CTL will be so small,
rectly designed and adjusted, they are said t o compared to the other circuit capacitances, that i t
"track," meaning that each resonant circuit is cor- may be neglected. Cp is called the padder capacitor;
rectly tuned for any frequency setting of the CTc represents the minimum capacitance of the oscil-
receiver's tuning dial. Errors in tracking, if large lator section of the tuning capacitor plus any capaci-
enough, cause loss of receiver sensitivity. tance needed for correct adjustment; CGo is the vari-
The following method of calculating component able capacitance of the oscillator gang on the tuning
values for superhet tuning circuits is not new, but capacitor. CGomax,used in the equations, is the dif-
I've tried to reduce the procedure t o its essentials. ference between minimum and maximum values of
Interested readers who want t o pursue the topic CGo. It is not required that the oscillator section of
should review reference 1, which lists other works the ganged tuning capacitor have the same capaci-
on the subject. tance as the rf sections, but, for the equations here,
its percentage of maximum capacitance vs, angle of
the problem shaft rotation should be the same as for the rf sec-
Fig. 1 illustrates what is t o be accomplished. As tions. In other words, the rotor plates of the capaci-
the tuning capacitor is rotated, the receiver's input tor should all have the same shape.
circuits must tune from the lowest signal frequency,
f i , t o the highest signal frequency, f 2 . At the same design equations
time, the local oscillator (LO) must tune to a frequen- Units for the following equations are microhenries
cy which is always equal t o the signal frequency plus for inductance, MHz for frequency, and picofarads
the intermediate frequency, the i-f being a constant

*TO reduce problems with spurious signals, the local oscillator should be
By Courtney Hall, WA5SNZ, 7716 La Verdura
above the signal frequency. Editor. Drive, Dallas, Texas 75248

30 october 1978
 OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT
for capacitance. Equations are listed in the order in :IIGNAL C I R C U I T

which they must be solved, so that values needed for r-r--1

a particular equation will have already been deter-
mined. It is first necessary t o define the signal and i-f
frequencies, then make a few preliminary calcula-
tions regarding their relationships. Also, the differ- - _ GANGED TOGETHER 1
ence between minimum and maximum values of the
fig. 2. Component arrangement in superhet oscillator and
tuning capacitor sections must be determined; this is
signal tuning circuits. In some receiver designs two or more
best done with an accurate capacitance meter or identical signal circuits may be used for preselection.
bridge. I am hesitant to accept vendor's ratings,
especially when buying variable capacitors on the
surplus market. For geometrical-mean tracking, calculate:
fl = minimum signal frequency

f2 = maximum signal frequency

With the proper value of determined, proceed as
= '~ntermediate
frequency (i-f) T
Y-
follows:

Values of components for the signal tuning circuit

may be calculated as follows:

example
A receiver is wanted which will tune from 2.5 to
For the oscillator circuit, there are two methods of 3.5 MHz, and the i-f is to be 0.455 MHz. To add a lit-
calculation; one is for arithmetical-mean tracking, tle safety factor, it is decided t o make the tuning
and the other is for geometrical-mean tracking. range 50 kHz wider on each end.
Arithmetical-mean tracking is probably best if the f i = 2.4:; MHz
receiver tunes a relatively narrow range of frequen-
f2 = 3.51;MHz
cies, while geometrical-mean tracking should be
used if the receiver tuning range is large, such as fi = 0.41i5 MHz
f2/fi = 3. Again, some preliminary calculations are
3.55
needed. For arithmetical-mean tracking, calculate: A = -=1.449
2.45

MIXER

SIGNAL ( R F I I - F AMPLIFIER
B2 = 1 . 9
INPUT TUNING
I ( T O f2 ft

A three-gang variable capacitor is available, and

each section is measured to have a range of 10 to 365
fig. 1. Block diagram show-
ing the relationship of signal pF. Therefore
and LO frequencies in super-
(I! + I , ) TO if2 + I , )
het tuning.

october 1978 31
table 1. Results of calculations to prove validity of the CTL = 0
design approach [see figs. 3 and 4).

f 09, f 0,,-0.455 fsig error

(MHz) (MHz) (MHz) (Hz)
4.0050 3.5500 3.5500 0
3.7812 3.3262 3.3257 500
3.5946 3.1396 3.1392 400
3.2994 2.8444 2.8443 100
3.0746 2.6196 2.6195 100 Using these calculated values, the actual oscillator
2.9054 2.4504 2.4497 700 tuning circuit could be set up as shown in fig. 4.
That takes care of the paper design, but is it cor-
rect? To find out, I used the calculated values of the
The rf or signal section components may now be capacitors and inductors, then chose several discrete
calculated: values for CG and CGo, the sections of the variable
capacitor, and calculated the resonant frequencies of
the rf and LO circuits for each value. Table 1 shows
the results.
For perfect tracking, each oscillator frequency
minus 0.455 MHz should exactly equal the corre-
For proper alignment, and to allow for tuning out sponding signal frequency. The errors are so small
stray circuit reactance, the inductor should be slug-
tuned, and CT should have an adjustable com-
ponent. Remember also that the calculated value of
CT includes the minimum capacitance of the variable
tuning capacitor. With these things in mind, the rf TlllMMER
(SET AT 281
10- 365

tuning circuit could be designed as shown in fig. 3.

fig. 4. Design of the oscillator tuning circuit.
The 10-pF minimum capacitance of the tuning
capacitor, plus the 43-pF setting of the trimmer, plus
the 270-pF fixed capacitor add up to the calculated that they can be attributed to rounding off calcula-
value for CT of 323 pF. Distributed capacitance of the tions in each step of the procedure; therefore, the
coil has been ignored, but its value can be no more overall method appears valid.
than a few pF ad can be easily compensated for by
slight adjustment of the trimmer during alignment. remarks
Arithmetical-mean tracking is chosen for the No allowances are made for effects of coupling the
oscillator circuit because of the modest tuning range. resonant circuits to other circuit components, which
will certainly' have some impact. If the range of the
adjustable components does not allow proper align-
ment and tracking, then the values of some compo-
nents may have to be slightly changed. The small dis-
tributed capacitance ( C T ~ )of the oscillator coil,
which was ignored, causes slight errors in the calcu-
lated values of the oscillator padder, Cp, and trim-
mer, CTc, but Cp is SO large that the error is negligible
there, and CTc may be adjusted to compensate for
the error.
Information on correct superheterodyne alignment
Ignoring the distributed capacitance of the oscillator techniques is available to amateurs elsewhere,2 but
coil gives the following: the design equations presented here have, in my
opinion, been too long absent from contemporary
amateur literature.

f ( S E T AT 431 references
1. F. Langford-Smith, Radiotron Designer's Handbook, 4th edition, 1952,
page 1002.
2. William I. Orr, WGSAI, Radio Handbook, 20th edition, 1975, page 19.31.
fig. 3. Design of the signal tuning circuit given in the
example. ham radio

32 october 1978
More Details?CHECK -OFF Page 142 october 1978 33
 Almost from the very beginning of ham radio,
there has been interference. With varying degrees of
success, numerous devices have been designed to
combat this problem. Modern technology has pro-
vided us with such things as narrow-bandwidth crys-
tal filters, active audio filters, Q-multipliers, and
acoustically resonant transducers, t o name just
a few.
There is another method of providing interference
rejection for the CW operator, though it has been
largely ignored except by a scant few. This involves
the use of narrow-bandwidth, integrated-circuit tone
decoders, or as shown in this article, the LM567.
The LM567 is a phase-locked-loop tone decoder
which can be made to respond to a tone anywhere
1
from less than 1 Hz to approximately 500 kHz. For my
k use, the range is adjustable from roughly 500 Hz to
by..
1100 Hz. The bandwidth has been set to about 50
Hz either side of the center frequency. In other
words, if the LM567 is set to a center frequency of
750 Hz, it will respond t o any signal from 700 Hz t o
800 Hz and ignore virtually all others.

circuit description
A CW signal from the phone jack of a receiver is
fed to the 8-ohm winding of T I (see fig. 1). This
transformer presents a low-impedance termination
for the receiver audio stage, as well as providing a
voltage step-up for the input of the LM567. The two
1N34A germanium diodes across the secondary
limit the audio voltage to near the optimum value
for the tone decoder. The three resistors and the
CW signal capacitor connected to pins five and six determine
the frequency range over which tones can be decod-

processor ed. When a tone of the proper frequency is present

at the input terminals, the output (pin 8) goes t o
ground and causes the LED t o light.
The waveform at the output of the LM567 is some-
times a little ragged, and, for that reason, it is fed
through one half of a 7413 Schmitt trigger. This
A simple means stage transforms the output waveform to a square
wave with very fast rise and fall times and also per-
for eliminating forms the inversion necessary for the following
stage.
QRM from CW signals It wasn't until a prototype was constructed that a
problem became known. The output of the tone
by using decoder stays low for a few milliseconds after the in-
put signal stops. The net result is to increase the
a phase-locked loop "weight" of the keyed signal. That is, it decreases
the spacing between code elements. To counteract
and audio oscillator this problem, a 1000-ohm resistor was connected
between the output of the LM567 and the input of
the 7413. Also, there is a 3.3yF capacitor from the
input of the 7413 t o ground. This combination delays

By William B. Jones, W K G Z , 5319 Northeast

109th Street, Vancouver, Washington 98665

34 october 1978
the switching time of the 7413 after the tone decoder
goes low. The end result is to restore normal weight
to the keyed signal. The values specified were experi-
mentally derived and may be adjusted to suit individ-
ual tastes. The third stage is the familiar NE555 timer,
wired as a keyed audio oscillator.
In operation, a CW signal is tuned in on the receiv-
er and the frequency control of the CW PROCESSOR
is varied until the LED begins to blink in unison with
the incoming signal. This indicates that the LM567 is
tuned to the proper frequency and is decoding the
CW being presented to it. Activating S1 will replace
the live audio with the tone generated by the 555. fig. 2. For periods when you experience loss of signal, this
It takes approximately 10 to 15 millivolts of audio circuit will automatically switch back to live receiver audio
from the receiver to activate the tone decoder. This after a suitable delay. If a relay with a 5-volt coil is not avail-

corresponds to a rather weak signal (S3 to S4 would

+
able, the circuit can also be powered from 12 volts.

be a fair guess) in most receivers. Obviously then,

the CW PROCESSOR is quite sensitive and does not
take a "block-buster" signal to make it work. formance is identical in either case. Of course, the
From time to time, you will encounter signals that additional NE555 is not absolutely necessary to the
shift frequency, fade into the noise, or become oblit- performance of the CW PROCESSOR, but it does add
erated by stronger adjacent signals. As these situa- a considerable amount of operator convenience.
tions occur, the CW PROCESSOR will stop respond- Whether it is included or not is entirely up to the in-
ing to the signal, with the resultant loss of audio. The dividual builder.
circuit shown in fig. 2 was added to automatically
switch the output from the receiver back to the head- construction
phones, after an adjustable delay. Because everything is operating at audio fre-
Once again, the NE555 timer is pressed into serv- quencies, layout and construction are definitely not
ice, this time as a monostable multivibrator. The ad- critical. My version was constructed on a printed cir-
dition of a single PNP transistor transforms the cir- cuit board with hole spacings adjusted to suit the size
cuit into a negative recovery monostable.1 If this of components on hand. Alternatively, perfboard
circuit is incorporated into the CW PROCESSOR, S1 and hardwired connectior~scould be used with
will be replaced by the contacts on K1. equally reliable results.
It should be pointed out that if a relay with a 5- or On the subject of parts and pieces, note that all of
6-volt coil is unavailable, it is quite permissible to sub- the necessary parts to build your own version of the
stitute one with a 12-volt coil and operate the second CW PROCESSOR are listed in the Radio Shack cata-
NE555 from the 12-volt supply line. The circuit per- log. Reasonable amounts of latitude may be taken

8 OHMS

3 9k

fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the signal processor. The 567 is a phase-locked loop which is configured to respond to tones from
500 to 1100 Hz. The Schmitt trigger reduces the weighting effect caused by the output of the PLL remaining low after removal of
the audio signal. Since the processor requires a + 5 volts, a simple 3-terminal regulator can be used to power the unit from a 12-
volt line.

october 1978 35
 the CW PROCESSOR was operated with no enclo-
sure at all and no problems were encountered. This
would suggest the possibility of using a nonmetallic
box instead of the more common aluminum cabinet.
summary
The CW PROCESSOR is not a cure-all for all QRM
problems; it does have its limitations. For example,
the 100-Hz bandwidth talked about earlier is valid
only for signals not exceeding approximately 300
millivolts at the input of the LM567. As is sometimes
the case, you will be trying to copy an S5 signal with
the CW PROCESSOR and an S9 signal only 200 Hz
away will disrupt reception. Also, if you are trying t o
copy a heavily weighted CW signal, the CW PROCES-
SOR will aggravate the situation unless an absolute
minimum of signal is presented to the input.
CW signal processor with the case removed, showing lay- All things considered, however, using the CW
out and construction. Relay is mounted on separate circuit PROCESSOR has been pure joy. Operator fatigue is
board installed on top chassis rail; other circuit board is greatly reduced by not having to listen to all of the
mounted on standoffs on bottom rail.
garbage normally associated with ham band signals.
It is amazing how well this device snatches a barely
with regard to parts values since few are critical. readable signal out of the noise and transforms it into
However the capacitors associated with the LM567 the kilowatt-next-door category. Build one for your-
and LM340 should be low-leakage types; tantalums self and see what a difference it makes at your
are recommended as the best choice in this case. station.
The enclosure was garnered from the local surplus
emporium and is pretty much a one-of-a-kind item. reference
Any box large enough to accommodate the parts 1. Don Lancaster. TTL Cookbook. Howard W. Sams. Indianapolis. 1974.
will be suitable. In the early developmental stages, ham radio

birdie suppression Birdie= 3f2- 2f1

in the Swan 160X where,
The Swan 160X is a 400-watt PEP input transceiver f = 7.333MHz
for 160 meters. Unfortunately, it is no longer made. fi= 5.500 MHz
During its lifetime, there was little interest in the 160-
meter band. Now, that interest is growing, the 160X or. 16.500- 1 4 . 6 6 6 1.834
~ MH~
is a prized piece of equipment for the "top band" en- The birdie may be reduced to an amplitude by
thusiast. A few 160Xs are available second hand, but placing a trap tuned to 14.666 MHz in the output lead
they are quickly snapped up and do not stay on the of the VFO. This is easy to accomplish since the out-
dealer's shelves for any length of time. put signal from the VFO appears at the accessory
A minor problem with the 160X is a birdie or cross- socket (J6) located on the rear apron of the 160X. It
over product which falls in the passband of the is merely necessary t o break the lead in the plug and
receiver. It can be heard as a carrier, or heterodyne, insert a small trap as shown in fig. 1. The trap can be
at about 1834 kHz. Though not particularly loud, it made up of very small components and mounted
can be very annoying when you're looking for a weak directly to the pins of the plug, which should always
DX signal. be in place when an auxiliary VFO is not used. (Since,
A n investigation of the mixing technique in the to my knowledge, an auxiliary VFO was never built
160X shows that the spurious signal is a result of un- for the 160X, this is a moot point!)
wanted mixer products from the VFO and the carrier If a compression-type capacitor is used, the trap is
oscillator, 03. A t spurious frequency of 1834 kHz, easily adjusted by tuning the transceiver to 1834 kHz
the carrier oscillator is at 5.500 MHz and the VFO is at and adjusting the capacitor for minimum birdie
7.333 MHz. The third-order product of these two fre- response in the receiver.
quencies is: Bill Orr, W6SAI

36 october 1978
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 30-MHz preamplifier
The apparent sensitivity of many communications
receivers seems t o fall off above about 25 MHz be-
cause of the lower levels of external galactic and ex-
ternal noise at these frequencies.1 When the 10-
meter band is wide open, this isn't particularly no-
ticeable, but when propagation conditions are mar-
A low-noise preamplifier ginal additional sensitivity makes a big difference in
DX performance.
which maybe used A receiver which has an adequate noise figure on
20 and 15 meters may be marginal on ten; also, front-
to improve 10-meter end circuits which have been optimized for the lower
amateur bands don't always work as well as they
receiver sensitivity, should a t 28 MHz. This is especially true w i t h
vacuum-tube rf amplifiers. Since 10 meters is open
improve OSCAR perhaps three years during the 11-year sunspot
cycle, and then for only a few hours each day, it is
communications, understandable why the designers don't pay more at-
tention to 10-meter performance.
or extend ' If you operate on the vhf-uhf bands and use your
receiver as a tunable i-f, noise figure is extremely
important because it affects the noise performance
Gunnplexer range of your vhfluhf converter. Satellite communications
can also be improved by better receiver sensitivity,
and if you operate on 10 GHz with a Gunnplexer, you

By James R. Fisk, W1HR. ham radio, Green-

ville, New Hampshire 03048

38 october 1978
 bias circuit design
One factor which is often overlooked in vhf circuit
design is the dc bias network. At low frequencies an
emitter resistor is often used to provide negative
current feedback for dc stability. In low-noise vhf ap-
plications, however (and this includes 28 MHz), the
emitter bypass capacitor which is an efficient rf by-
pass at the design frequency often introduces low
fig. 2. Dc bias circuit for vhfluhf applications stabilizes col- frequency instability. Furthermore, any series emitter
lector current with voltage feedback through resistor Ra impedance, no matter how small, results in a de-
and maintains constant base current with RBI and RB2. A gradation of noise figure and gain. Therefore, vhf cir-
design example is given in the text. cuits which are designed for lowest noise or maxi-
mum gain require that the emitter lead be grounded
can double your effective range by lowering your as close as possible to the transistor package to keep
system noise figure by 6 dB. emitter series feedback to an absolute minimum.
The transistor variable which has the most effect
30-MHz preamp on dc stability is collector current. If you study the
The 30-MHz i-f preamplifier shown in fig. 1 is transistor's parameters, you'll find that gain and
based on a design by engineers at Microwave As- noise figure are the most sensitive to changes in
sociates using low-noise npn silicon planer transis- bias, and both are stronger functions of collector cur-
tors." These transistors exhibit excellent noise figure rent than of collector-emitter voltage, VCE. There-
vs current characteristics, which results in extremely
low noise figure and wide dynamic range. The circuit
provides 19 dB gain with a noise figure of about 1.1
dB; compression of 1 dB occurs at an output of - 7
dBm. The 3-dB bandwidth of the preamplifier is 10
MHz, and the input is designed to match the 200- fig. 3. Suggested circuit for matching the low-noise pream-
plifier stage to 50 ohms.
ohm source impedance of the Gunnplexer mixer
diode. Circuits for matching the preamp to 50 ohms
are discussed later in this article. fore, the ultimate goal in dc bias design is to stabilize
The noise figure of the Schottky mixer diode in the collector current. The temperature-sensitive param-
Gunnplexer is specified at 12 dB maximum, but many eters which affect collector current are the internal
units are better than this. With careful design, proper base-emitter voltage, V ;B
:I the dc current gain,
impedance matching, and the use of an i-f preampli- hFE; and the reverse collector current, ZCBO. Nor-
fier with a 1.0 to 1.5 dB noise figure, some users have o expected to double for each 10°C tem-
mally Z C ~ is
reported system noise figures well below 10 dB. This perature rise, but because of surface currents in uhf
represents a significant increase in reliable com- and microwave transistors, IC increases
B atoa rate
munications range. much less than this and can usually be neglected in
vhf bias design.
*Microwave Associates transistors are available from G. R. Whitehouse, Fig. 2 shows a dc bias circuit which stabilizes
Newbury Drive, Amherst, New Hampshire03031. VBE and hFE by using voltage feedback through RB

fig. 1. Low-noise preamplifier has a noise figure of 1.1 dB at 30 MHz and 3 dB bandwidth of 10 MHx. Gain is 19 dB. Total current
drain with a + 10 volt supply is 13 mA. All resistors are 114 watt carbon; bypass capacitors are !50-volt ceramics.

october 1978 39
and a constant base current source from resistors
RBI and ~ ~ Not~shown
. 2 the rf chokes which
are
must be placed in series with the base and collector
(RFCl and RFC2 in fig. 1).
The design equations for this bias circuit are given
in fig,. 2. First determine the available supply voltage
Vcc, select the desired transistor operating point
( VCEand Ic), and check the transistor data sheet for
dc forward gain hFE. If hFEdata is unavailable, as-
sume h.~- ~ = 5 0this; is a fair assumption for many
vhfluhf transistors. To ensure a constant base cur- fig. 5. Full-size printed circuit layout for the low-noise pre-
amplifier.
rent source, the voltage VBB is set at approximately
three times the base-emitter voltage, VBE, or about
2 volts for silicon transistors ( VBE= 0.7 volt). The 30-MHz preamplifier in fig. 1 uses the nearest stan-
current through RBZis set at five times the base cur- dard resistance values.
rent IB Since.IB=IC/hFE, the current through R B ~ In the output emitter follower stage dc stabiliza-
is 51C/hFE. The current flowing through Re, is the tion is provided by current feedback produced by the
470-ohm emitter resistor; the input impedance of this
stage is approximately 50 ohms. The emitter follow-
er is used to drive a 50-ohm coaxial cable to the first
i-f stage or front end rf amplifier. If the preamplifier is
located very close to the 28-30 MHz rf stage, the
emitter follower may be omitted.
fig. 4. Schematic and construction of a 4:l rf transformer for input matching
-
matching 200 ohms to 50 ohms. The transformer consists of
Another important consideration in low-noise am-
- . twisted air number28 (0.3 mm) enamelled
18 turns sliahtlv
wire on a T-50-6toroid form. plifier circuits is the design of the input matching cir-
cuit. For the 42001-509 transistor the inout imoe-
sum of the current through RB2 plus base current or +
dance for optimum noise figure is 100 j$ ohms at
61C/hFE. 30 MHz. The input pi network (Cl, L1, C2 i n fig. 1)
The noise-figure curve at 30 MHz for the Micro- transforms this to the 200-ohm source impedance of
wave Associates 42001-509 transistor shows a rather the Gunnplexer mixer diode. The output of the first
broad minimum centered around Ic= 3 mA; hFE is stage is matched to the approximately 50-ohm input
about 90. With a 10-volt dc power supply, VcE is of 02 with C3, C4, C5, and L2.
selected t o be 6 volts. Using the design equations of If you wish to use this preamplifier in a %-ohm
fig. 2 yields the following bias resistor values: RB= system you can either modify the input matching cir-
39k, RB2= 12k; RBI = 20k; and R c = 1250 ohms. The cuit or use a 4 : l rf transformer. A suggested %-ohm

fig. 6. Component byout of the preamp clrcult board. Note that RFC1 Is mounted on the toll sldo of
the board to prernnt coupling to RFC2.

40 october 1978
input circuit is illustrated in fig. 3. Construction of a
simple 4:l rf transformer which will match 200 ohms
to 50 ohms is shown in fig. 4.

construction and test "FRONT END" BY

. Fig. 5 shows a full-size, printed-circuit layout for
the low-noise 30-MHz preamplifier; the component
placement is shown in fig. 6. Note that the rf choke
in the base circuit of Q1 (RFC1) is mounted on the Features
LOW Cost
foil side of the board; this is to prevent unwanted Hlgh Sensltlvlly
coupling to RFC2, which is located nearby. When IntegratedAssembly
winding the toroid coils, be sure to spread the wind- Electronically Tunable
Hlgh Rellab~llty
ings evenly over the circumference of the form. Low Operallng Voltage
With slight modification the circuit board will ac-
commodate the 50-ohm matching circuit of fig. 3. THE GUNNPLEXER SYSTEM The
L1 and C2 are soldered to the same circuit pads as L1 fascination of amateur microwave I S unlque. Microwave sys-
and C2 i n the 200-ohm matching circuit. C1 replaces t e m s have an 'exotlc' ring to them. Until the appearance of
the Gunnplexer, getting into microwaves required either a six
the 1000-pF blocking capacitor; however, it may be foot rack of surplus gear or a friend on the inside of a micro-
necessary to drill new holes because of the wider wave hardware supply company. The Gunnplexer has
spacing of the tabs on the variable capacitor. changed all of that; now you don't need any friends in the
microwave business (in fact it may be better if you don't
haveany prior microwave knowledge because the Gunnplexer
pretty much throws away the book on standard microwave
design practices!).
Equally fascinating is the wide band capability of the micro-
wave region. The 10GHz assignment has spectrum-space for
11 1 simultaneous video (4.5 MHz wide) channels. Try that
even using SSTV in the 20 meter assignment.
fig. 7. Mlnimum loss pad which may be used to match 200 The bottom line on microwaves is simply that it will do
ohms to 50 ohms. Pad loss of 11.5 dB must be considered much more communicating than you might first suspect.
when making noise or gain measurements.
TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS
The primary application of Ihe Gunnplexer "front end" IS
Since most rf signal generators and noise-figure for 2-way communications. Two units, one a transmitter and
meters are designed for a %-ohm system, and the the other a receiver down converter, are used with thelr car-
preamplifier is designed to match 200 ohms, you rier frequencies off-set to provlde a reasonable IF (30 MHz or
higher). Applications range from linking remote receivers to
must take a 4:l impedance transformation at the in- VHF repeaters, transmitting color video, llnking homemade
put when tuning the preamp. You can use the 4:l computers, iullduplexmountain top DXing or over water duct
rf transformer if you wish, or the minimum loss padf DXing. A separate power supply and simple FM modulator
must be provided; the MA-86551 (17 dB) horn antenna
shown in fig. 7. This pad has approximately 11.5 (shown here) is suggested.
dB loss, which must be considered when making
gain or noise measurements. WHY A GUNNPLEXER? Amateur micro-
For best operation the preamplifier should be ad- wave communlcatlon 1s fasclnatlng and challen Ing Now
with the revolutionary MICROWAVE ASSOCIATES $unnplexer
justed for minimum noise figure, but this is not pos- front end this exot~cform of communlcatron IS ava~lableto vlr-
sible if you don't have access to noise-measuring tually anyone. And at an unbeltevably low cost1
equipment. Tuning the preamplifier for maximum
gain will degrade noise figure slightly, but noise per- MA-87141-1 2 Complete Gunnplexer Transceivers
formance will still be better than that available with (MA-87127-1, 15mW typical and 2 horn antennas
most 28-MHz receivers or 30-MHz i-f strips. MA-86551, 17dB) just $199.95 plus $2.00 shipping
and handling.

' A minimum 1- pad is a resistance wd which will provide an imp- Send for our complete Gunnplexer Introductory Package
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attenuation.

references
1. James Fisk, WIDTY, "Receiver Noise Figure, Sensitivity, and Dynamic Exclusive distributor for MICROWAVE ASSOCIATES producls
in the Unnedsraresand Canada.
Range - What the Numbers Mean." ham radio. October, 1975. page 8.
2. Kenneth Richter. "Design DC Stability Into Y w r Transistor Circuits."
Microwaves, December. 1973. pagem.
ham radio

october 1978 41
 clean Iocal=osciIlatorchain
for 1296 MHz 1. No spurious (not harmonically related) outputs
2. Undesired harmonics of oscillator suppressed
more than 40 dB
3. Undesired harmonics of oscillator well
separated (spacing more than 5% of output
An easy-to-build frequency)
4. No harmonics near the i-f band
5. Low noise content
LO for 1296 MHz Now examine f i g . 1A, the local-oscillator spectrum
of a typical 432-MHz converter with a fairly low
which can be optimized frequency oscillator, followed by two single-tuned
transistor triplers. This coriverter has enough birdies
without a spectrum analyzer. so the band never sounds dead!
The causes of the poor spectrum of fig. 1A are in-
Outputs are sufficient selectively, excessive multiplication factor,
and inefficient multipliers. Increasing the oscillator
also available frequency spaces the harmonics and eases the selec-
tivity, or filtering, problem. However, a single transis-
for 220 and 432 MHz tor is still an inefficient multiplier; it would much
rather amplify than multiply, so the output always
has a strong fundamental component. (A tripler also
has a strong second harmonic component). One
Development o f a local-oscillator chain for 1296 solution is the use of idlers, but they make tuning
MHz which can be tuned up without a spectrum very critical and usually add a tendency to parametric
gnalyzer, yet has an acceptably clean spectrum, has oscillations. Diode multipliers have the same prob-
been a long-time goal. I have built several LO chains lems, but with added loss (transistor multipliers often
which required the use of a spectrum analyzer and have gain).
several hours of trimming to tune; when they quit in A more effective solution is the use of natural
the midst of a contest, there was no recourse. This multiplying circuits. A push-push doubler was des-
article describes a 1296-MHz LO chain which can be cribed several years ago.l.2 This basic circuit was
tuned up in a few minutes with minimal test equip- incorporated into both doubler stages of a 432-MHz
ment, including a tripler which needs no tuning. The local-oscillator chain; the resultant spectrum shown
spectrum analyzer photographs were taken after in fig. 1B. This system has worked beautifully for
tuning was completed; it was not used during the more than two years.
tuneup procedure. Recently, a push-pull tripler was added to the out-
What is an "acceptably clean spectrum?" Very
simply, it is one which produces no birdies in the op-
erating band. More quantitatively, the following cri- By Paul C . Wade, WA2ZZF. 153 Woods Road,
teria are arbitrarily defined: Somerville, New Jersey 08876

42 october 1978
 fig. 1. Spectrum analyzer display of the
local oscillator chain for a typical 432-
MHz converter, A, showing the large
n u m b e r o f undesired spurs. Other
displays show the output spectrum of
the local-oscillator chain described i n
this article. (Measurements made w i t h
Ailtech 727 spectrum analyzer at 10 dB
per division.)

A. Local-oscillator spectrum of a typical -MHz converter,

after tuning for cleanest output with a spectrum analyzer.
Horizontal scale: 100 MHz per division.

500 MHz IMX) MHz

6 . Output from the low-frequency multiplier chain de- C. 1152-MHz output from the frequency tripler for use as a
scribed in this article. Output at384 MHz is approximately 20 local oscillator on 1296 MHz. Output is approximately 0.5
mW. Horizontal scale: 100 MHz per division. mW. Horizontal scale: 200 MHz per division.

D. Display of the 1152-MHz output showing the noise spec- E. Spectrum of output available from J l is easily filtered for
trum. Horizontal scale: 1 MHz per division. Contribution use as a local oscillator for 220-MHz equipment. Horizontal
from spectrum analyzer is probably significant. scale: 100 MHz per division.

october 1978 43
put to build a 1296-MHz local oscillator. The push- requires phase reversal only at the input, which is
pull tripler had been a stumbling block because of easily provided by a trifilar wound transformer or a
the requirement that the outputs, as well as the in- balun. If an untuned transformer was used at the
puts, be 180° out of phase; the push-push doubler output, it would be a broadband amplifier rather than

UIA
CA3049T

01
2N4124

I
01
FERRITE
BEAD

1.2-4.2 pF air variable (E.F. Johnson 189-501-5) printed transmission lines. XI4 long at 768 MHz, Z, chosen
1.3-6.7 pF air variable (E. F. Johnson 189-502-5) to provide correct tuning inductance at 1152 MHz
0.02 ,tF (chip capacitor or very short leads) 2N4124
36 pF (chip capacitor or very short leads) 2N5109, MSC 80099, or equivalent (2N3866 usable with
lower gain)
IN4148 or IN914 silicon diode
Q3,04 2N5179 (casefloating - case cut off flush with base)
RFC ferrite bead with 2 turns no. 30 (0.25mm) Formvar
6 turns no. 24 (0.5mm) Formvar close spaced on 3/16"
Tl.T2 4 turns no. 30 (0.25mm) trifilar wound on large ferrite bead,
(5mm) coil form with green slug; tap at 1 K turns
p=900 (Ferronics 11-090-J; suggested replacements:
4 turns no. 18 ( l m m ) tinned wire, 3/16" (5mm) ID, 518" Amidon FT-25, mix 43 or Amidon 801 ferrite bead. mix 43)
(16mm) long; tap at 1% turns (optional link: 1% turns no.
3 turns no. 30 (0.25mm) trifilar wound on ferrite bead,
22 (0.6mm) insulated wire, 3/16" (5mm). installed near hot
p = 125 (Ferronics 21-030-K; suggested replacements:
end of L2)
Amidon FT-25, mix 61 or Amidon 101 ferrite bead)
40 nH printed inductance
RCA CA3049T
43 nH printed inductance
78L05
60 nH printed inductance
96 MHz third-ovenone crystal

fig. 2. Schematic diagram of the 1152-MHz local-oscillator chain. Outputs are available for use on 432 M H z (cable A) and 220 M H z
(Jl). Cable A is short piece of semi-rigid coax. Components marked with an asterisk may be critical or may need adjustment for
optimum performance. Printed-circuit boards are shown in figs. 3 and 4.

44 october 1978
 fig. 3. Printed-circuit layout for the single-sided low frequency board (output at 384 MHz).
Component placement is shown in fig. 6. Material is single-clad 1.5 m m (1116'7 G I 0 circuit
board.

a tripler. The brainstorm which made this work was doubler, at Jl, for use as a 220 MHz local oscillator,
to use a rat-race coupler at the output. As used in or for connection to a frequency counter.
this circuit, two input signals which are 180° out-of- The major objection to push-push doublers and
phase at the resonant frequency combine at the out- push-pull triplers is that two transistors are required.
put port, while other phases and frequencies com- However, prices for usable vhf /u hf transistors have
bine in the terminating resistor. The rat-race is not dropped to the point that they are available in the 15
critical so no tuning is required. cents to $1 range. As an alternative, several matched
The frequency tripler is followed by a printed- transistors on the same chips can be bought as an
circuit filter made up of quarter-wavelength stubs; integrated circuit. The single CA3049T used for both
the output spectrum is shown in fig. 1C. For detailed doublers costs $1.13 from a local dealer. While the
descriptions of the rat-race and printed-circuit filter, prices of semiconductors have been steadily de-
see Howe's excellent book, Str~j~line Circuit Design.3 creasing, prices for capacitors and coil forms,
Fig. ID shows the noise spectrum of the 1152-MHz needed for idlers and filters in conventional multi-
output - none is evident down to the noise floor of pliers, have increased.
the analyzer (on this non-optimum range for this Construction is straightXorward and requires no
measurement); fig. 1E is the output of the first machining; all frequency-determining elements

fig. 4. Active side of the double-sided 1152-MHz triplerlfilter circuit board. Unetched reverse side serves as the
ground plane. Material is 1.5 rnm (1116'7 double-clad G I 0 circuit board.

october 1978 6
 21-030-K ferrite bead (@=125). Transformer T2 is
installed on the copper foil side of the board to mini-
mize lead length. Cable A in fig. 2 is not installed yet;
a temporary jack is installed instead.
Tuneup is also straightfotward. Monitoring the
power at J1, tune L1 and the trimmer capacitor
across L2 for maximum output. Check the frequency
with a frequency counter, wavemeter, or grid-dipper.
It may be necessary to reduce the value of C2 for
maximum output with different crystals. Roughly 0.1
milliwatt is available from J1 with the small link.

fig. 5. Construction of transformers T I and Ti?. Turns are

counted by the number of times the wire passes through
the center. Wire is no. 30 to no. 34 (0.250.16mm) Formvar
coated. T3 is similar except it consists of three turns.

above grid-dipper range are printed. Printed-circuit

layouts are shown in fig. 3 and 4. Component place-
ment may be seen in the photographs. Transistors
0 3 and 0 4 have their leads bent outward along the
printed lines about 0.1 inch (2.5mm) below the case
(the fourth lead, case, is cut off flush so the case is
not connected) as shown in the close-up photo-
graph.
The trickiest part in building the LO chain is wind-
Stripline filter for the low-noise amplifier. The bolts through
ing transformers T I , T2, and T3. T I and T2 consist
the board ensure an adequate ground connection at the end
of four trifilar turns on a large ferrite bead such as a of the quarter-wavelength filters.
Ferronics 11-090-J ( @ = 900) as shown in fig. 5. All
windings are wound at the same time for a total of 12
turns. The four turns are counted from the inside - Next, terminate J1 with 50 ohms and monitor the
not the outside. Also shown in fig. 5 are the trans- output at L5 through the 120 pF capacitor (cable A
former connections and how they are installed in the not yet installed). Adjust C3, C4, C5, and L2 trimmer
circuit. Construction of transformer T3 is similar for maximum output (approximately 20 mW). If con-
except it consists of 3 trifilar turns on a Ferronics venient, check frequency - if not, note capacitor

+12-I4V 820 7ZW

- .- .; 8

12"

-
,.* *P

-I"

fig. 6. Component placement for the low-frequency multiplier board. Foil side is shown in fig. 3.

46 october 1978
 fig. 7. Component placement on the 1152-MHz triplerlfilter board. Foil layout is shown i n fig. 4. Contrary to other
component placement diagrams. this diagram is shown from the etched side of the board.

rotor settings in the photographs. Of the three units characteristic impedance of the rat-race is approxi-
I have built, the only one which did not proceed mately 66 ohms vs the design value of 70 ohms be-
smoothly to this point had a defective IC section. cause it was laid out using standard printed-circuit
Now either proceed t o the tripler or (optional) go tape. For greater frequency changes, it is primarily
back and fine tune the doublers. Small adjustments the length of the lines, rather than the width, which
t o the coupling capacitors tapped off L1 and L2, t o changes. If major changes are contemplated, further
the output of the voltage regulator (vary the 330-ohm research3.5 is suggested.
resistor), and to all previous tuning points may help. This local-oscillator chain, together with a simple
Finally, install cable A. Approximately 0.5 m W balanced mixer, provides a relatively easy way t o
( - 3 dBm) should be available at J2. If the output is listen on 1296 MHz; a varactor tripler would complete
low, varying the voltage on Q3 and Q4 (set by CR3) a basic station. Since there are no critical adjust-
may help. If the output is still low, wrap a small ments, it can be confidently built with moderate test
square of aluminum foil over the bare end of a Q-tip equipment and skill, yet it has the stability and spec-
and poke around the stripline circuitry while monitor- tral purity required for an advanced station. Portions
ing the output; if it is working normally, nothing of the chain are usable for 220 and 432 MHz as they
should produce a significant increase in output. stand; the addition of a doubler to 2304 MHz is
However, if a balanced mixer" with variable dc bias is contemplated.
used, local oscillator powers as low as - 10 dBm will
references
probably not significantly degrade the noise figure,
1. C. Andren, "Low-Cost 100- to200-MHz Doubler has 5 dB Gain.
if the mixer bias is set at the LO level to be used. This
1% Distortion," Electronic Design, 1 September, 1970. page84
combination was the lowest noise-figure 1296-MHz 2. D. E. Schmi-er, DJ4BG. "Frequency Multiplication With High
converter measured at the 1977 Eastern VHFIUHF Spurious Signal Rejection," VHF Communications, November,
Conference. 1971, page 248.
The printed stripline (technically microstrip) ele- 3. H. Howe, Stripline Circuit Design. Artech House, Dedham,
Massachusetts, 1974.
ments, the rat-race and filter, were chosen partly for
4. P. Wade, W A W F , "A High-Performance Balanced Mixer for
their non-critical nature. They have moderate in- 1296 MHz," OST, September. 1973, page 15.
herent bandwidth, so the output frequency could be 5. H. S. Keen, WZCTK, "Microwave Hybrids and Couplers for
shifted +5% with no changes. Conversely, the Amateur Use," ham radio, July, 1970, page 57.
dimensions are not too critical. For example, the ham radio

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 evaluating
noise sideband performance
in oscillators A l l oscillators produce noise sidebands which can
degrade the performance of the equipment in which
the oscillator is used. In receivers, noisy local-oscilla-
tor stages produce reciprocal mixing products which
cause blocking.l.2 For oscillators used in high-fre-
quency or vhfluhf equipment, it's sufficient to meas-
ure the noise sideband performance i n dB/Hz
Receiver local oscillators between 500 Hz and 100 kHz from the carrier; a way
of doing this is described in this article. Also dis-
produce noise sidebands cussed is a method for determining local-oscillator
noise sideband levels by measuring the receiver's
which degrade blocking performance.
Fig. 1 shows the test setup recommended by the
receiver performance - National Bureau of Standards for measuring noise
sideband performance between 500 Hz and 100 kHz
how good is the from the oscillator carrier." A signal generator with
extremely high spectral purity such as a crystal oscil-
lator is used as a reference oscillator for a high-level,
oscillator in double-balanced mixer. The output of the oscillator
under test is fed into the rf port of the mixer through
your receiver? a variable attenuator. The output of the double-
balanced mixer is then connected to a waveform
Here are some ways analyzer.
A simplified block diagram of a waveform analyzer
to find out is shown in fig. 2. The signal to be analyzed is mixed

IBy
'For a small modulation index, as in a hard-limiting oscillator there is no di-
ference between fm and a-m nobe.

Ulrich L. Rohde, DJ2LR, 52 Hillcrest Drive,

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458

october 1978 51
 /
d
OSCILLATOR

E ,--,
1 cate 1 pV on a quasi-linear meter, and the logarithmic
display will be simulated later by taking readings from
the attenuator.
ANALYZER Now connect a frequency counter to the oscillator,
--
I E
OSCILLATOR
p t and change the frequency either 1 kHz up or down
from the original setting, which was offset 30 kHz
from the crystal oscillator. Then reconnect the signal
generator to the double-balanced mixer. The wave-

F-HTHYHTJ
FM NOISE
form analyzer, which typically has three or four band-
widths available, is set at 100-Hz bandwidth. Assume
OSCILLATOR
that the logarithmic display on the analyzer indicated
- 60 dB when the original frequency was selected.

04 q p Fioq
A - M NOISE
This means that, in a 100-Hz bandwidth, the noise
sideband voltage is 60 dB below the carrier. Since
the noise sidebands are expressed in dB per 1 Hz
(dB/Hz), a 20 dB correction factor must be added to
fig. 1. Test setups recommended by NBS for measuring fm
noise (phase fluctuations). and a-m noise [amplitude fluc- the measured 60 dB because of the 100-Hz band-
tuationsl. For a low modulation index, as is the case of a width; in this case the noise sideband performance is
hard-limiting oscillator, there is no difference between a-m 80 dBJHz.
and fm noise. Practical experience indicates that an oscillator
which exhibits 80 dB/Hz noise performance is not
with a tunable local oscillator and the i-f output is very good, so the crystal oscillator can be considered
applied t o a narrow bandpass filter. In operation the much better and its noise contribution may be
frequency of the VFO is adjusted so the desired com- neglected.
ponent of the input waveform is equal to the center
frequency of the selective filter. Thus the component sideband noise evaluator
t o be measured is fixed to a predetermined frequen- Commercial waveform analyzers with a built-in,
cy, is amplified, and measured at this fixed frequen- double-balanced mixer, linear logarithmic displays,
cy; other frequency components in the input wave- and wide choice of bandwidths are extremely expen-
form are rejected by the narrow bandpass filter. Fig. sive - as much as $30,000, - so few are in amateur
3 shows the filter response curve of the Rohde & hands. However, you can build an instrument with
Schwartz FAT3 waveform analyzer which has an i-f similar performance for less than $300 if you're will-
at 80 kHz; the bandwidth is 4 Hz at the 3 dB points. ing to give up certain features:
To calibrate the test setup, the wave analyzer is set
1. Choice of multiple bandwidth
to full sensitivity, where zero equals 10 mV and - 80
dB equals 1 pV. The oscillator to be analyzed is then 2. Extremely linear logarithmic scale
set t o a frequency 30 kHz from the crystal oscillator,
3. Small i-f bandwidth
and the variable attenuator is adjusted so that the
double-balanced mixer output gives a full-scale read- The resulting instrument, which I call the Sideband
ing equivalent to 10 mV. Noise Evaluator, is no longer in the class of the wave-
If an instrument with high dynamic range and a lin- form analyzer which permits measurements from a
ear dB scale is used, the attenuator can remain in the few Hz to 60 kHz or more, but it's ideal for measuring
same position during the entire test procedure. the noise sideband performance of oscillators.
Where limited dynamic range is available, the attenu- A block diagram of the device is shown in fig. 4.
ator is set so at full sensitivity the instrument will indi- +
The local oscillator must deliver 17 dBm drive and

-"-
ADJUSTABLE BALANCED AMPLIFIER
MIXER
I\
INPUT-
IVTVMI
.--.

RECORDER
s X
OSClL LATOR

fig. 2. Simplified block diagram of a waveform analyzer. The frequency of the VFO is adjusted so the desired component of the
input signal is mixed to the center frequency of the narrow bandwidth filter where it is amplified and measured.

52 october 1978
the mixer must accept any frequency combination
between 70 kHz and 200 MHz. This frequency range
is sufficient to evaluate most oscillators used in radio
communications systems.

circuit description
A feedback amplifier is used as a wideband termi-
nation for the mixer and as a low-noise preamplifier.
It also compensates for losses of the following crystal
filter. While any i-f between 1 MHz and 10 MHz can
be used for which suitably selective filters can be pur-
chased, the chosen frequency of 5.695 MHz was
based on the use of 125-Hz wide filters built by Sher-
wood Engineering.'
Two high-gain wideband amplifiers boost the sig-
nal by about 80 dB and feed a second crystal filter. A
post-amplifier is used to compensate for the second
filter losses; a detection circuit drives an operational
amplifier which in turn drives a meter and the agc in-
put for the wideband amplifiers. fig. 3. Response curve for the4Hz wide bandpass filter used
in the Rohde & Schwarz FAT3 waveform analyzer. The
Two wideband amplifiers are used in the circuit, so center frequency is at 80 kHz.
there is more than 120 dB of agc range available.
Thus, the instrument should provide at least 100 dB
dynamic range with the 125-Hz bandwidth filters. If Evaluator is shown in fig. 5. The Mini-Circuit Labora-
you consider a sensitivity of 5 pV relative to 1 volt toriest SRA3H was found to be the ideal choice for
emf, this results in 120 dB1Hz resolution. the input mixer; a 2N5109 C A N transistor with volt-
Resolution could be increased 10 dB by using an i-f age and current feedback both amplifies and pro-
filter 1 kHz to 2 kHz wide, but it would not be possi- vides proper termination t o the mixer's i-f port. The
ble to make noise measurements closer than 4 kHz 5.695-MHz filters from Sherwood Engineering are
from the carrier. Therefore, the user must decide designed for W-ohm input and output impedance;
whether more than 120 d B dynamic range is the Mini-Circuits 4:l and 16:l transformers provide
required, or if it's more important to measure noise correct circuit matching.
close to the carrier. I n my opinion, close-in noise is The Motorola MC1590s which are used in the
very important because of the number of CW sta- wideband amplifier are the perfect choice for this
tions which can be heard when receiver selectivity is application.3 The gain of the stages is set by resistors
set to 500 Hz; that's why I used the narrow 125-Hz R7 and R10, as discussed in the Motorola data sheet.
filters. The Texas Instruments 733 wideband amplifier IC
A complete schematic for the Sideband Noise compensates for the losses of the second narrow-
r,--.-
band filter. The three diodes at the output of the 733
act as a voltage doubler and provide suitable time
constants and thresholds to feed an LM301 opera-
tional amplifier. The 50-pA meter is shunted with 470
ohms to limit the reading t o 45 pA; for a full-scale
reading this resistance value must be increased
slightly. The two 10k resistors equalize agc distribu-
tion to the MC1590 ICs.
After this circuit was built, I found t w o problems
with the Sherwood filters. First, the center frequency
was off by 47 Hz; relative to a 6-dB bandwidth of 125
Hz, the discrepancy expressed in per cent is unreas-

'Sherwood Engineering. Inc., Dept. A. 1268 South Ogden Street. Denver.

Construction of the Sideband Noise Evaluator showing the Colorado 80210.
location of the printed-circuit board i n the Ten-Tec
enclosure. The meter is connected to the circuit with two tMini.Circuit6 Laboratory. 2625 East 14th Street. Brwklyn. New Vork
lengths of miniature coaxial cable. 11235.

october 1978 53
 SRA3H Z X MC1590
OOUBL E - ZN5109 WIDEBAND
BALANCED PREAMP FILTER AMPLIFIER
MIXER

RF INPUT

f 44-
LOCAL O S C l L L A r O R
+ I 7 #Ern
1 5 VRMS AMPLIFIER

fig. 4. Block diagram of the Sideband Noise Evaluator which may be used to measure oscillator sideband noise. A schematic
diagram for the instrument is shown in fig. 5.

onably high. Second, the insertion loss of the Sher- amp expands the instrument's dynamic range by
wood filters was substantially higher than expected. almost 20 dB due to a substantial decrease in noise
When this was discovered, the 2N5109 preamplifier figure.
circuit between the double-balanced mixer and the
first filter was redesigned. The circuit of the new am- calibration
plifier is somewhat more complex (see fig. 6) and The Sideband Noise Evaluator requires no adjust-
costs an additional $5, but has nearly 20 dB gain. The ments! It should be possible for amateurs who build
gain of the circuit can be adjusted by changing the this test setup to use it immediately without difficul-
value of the unbypassed 50-ohm resistor in the emit- ty. Fig. 8 is a graph of output readings as a function
ter circuit of the first 2N5109. +
of the rf input voltage (measured with a 12.0 volt
Unfortunately, the circuit board in fig. 7 was power supply). While the scale is not as linear as that
designed for the single 2N5109 preamplifier (fig. 51, available with a commercial waveform analyzer, the
but it shouldn't be too difficult t o lay out a new PC curve permits adequate resolution for most noise
board if you wish to use the improved preamplifier. sideband measurements.
This may be worthwhile because the improved pre- If the two-stage preamplifier is used, however,

SIGNAL
INPUT

fig. 5. Schematic diagram of the Sideband Noise Evaluator. Circuit operation is discussed in the text. The filters are Sherwood
Engineering 5.695-MHz crystal filters with 125-Hz bandwidth. The4:l and 16:l transformers are from Mini-Circuits Labs.

54 october 1978
 fig. 6. Improved input preamplifier for the Sideband Noise Evaluator which has nearly 20 dB gain. Gain can be adjusted by chang-
ing the unbypassed 50-ohm resistor i n the emitter of the first 2N5109.

recalibration is necessary because of the higher gain. should more accurately be called the inductive
I recommend changing resistor R15 across the meter mode). Fig. 9 shows a suitable low-noise crystal
(fig. 5) to compensate for the increased sensitivity of oscillator circuit with a wideband postamplifier that
the instrument with the improved preamp. delivers the required + 17 dBm output level or slight-
ly more. Any inductive-mode crystal between 400
crystal oscillators kHz and 30 MHz can be plugged into this circuit and
To obtain full use of the Sideband Noise Evaluator, give useful output without any adjustments.
I suggest you build a set of crystal oscillators. Funda- The frequency range between 30 MHz and 100
mental-frequency crystals can be purchased that op- MHz can be covered by a crystal oscillator which
erate between 400 kHz and 30 MHz in what is fre- uses either a third- or fifth-overtone crystal. How-
quently called the parallel-resonant mode (which ever, the oscillators must be tuned. Various overtone

fig. 7. Prlnted-circuit layout (above) and component placement diagram (below) for the Sideband Noisa Evaluator. Note that this ert-
work is approximately 67% of full sire - a full-size PC layout is svailable from ham radio upon receipt of a self-addressed, stamped
envelope.

october 1978 %
!
 dBm t o the double-balanced mixer. This circuit com-
bines the best possible noise performance with high
output power and excellent stability.4
The noise performance of the crystal oscillator cir-
cuits of figs. 9 and 11 is better than 120 dB/Hz at 1
kHz from the carrier, and 150 dB/Hz or more at 20
kHz from the carrier. Because of their excellent noise
performance, these circuits can be used as local
oscillators without degrading receiver performance;
very few oscillators and practically no frequency syn-
thesizers achieve their low-noise sideband levels.

measuring your receiver's

oscillator sideband noise
The easiest way to measure the noise sideband
x
1 0 1

performance of the local oscillator in your receiver is

t o measure the "blocking" or reciprocal mixing.
fig. 9. Low-noise crystal oscillator for operation from 400
kHz to 30 MHz; output is +17 dBm. No adjustments are First, accurately calibrate the receiver's S-meter be-
required. Inductors L1 and L2 are 6 turns, center tapped, on tween S1 and S9 + 40 dB using a signal generator
114-inch (6-mm) TC9 core. and an accurate attenuator (a suitable band is 14
MHz). For the signal generator I recommend a crystal
oscillator which uses a 14-MHz crystal.
oscillator circuits have been described in the litera- Tune the receiver t o the frequency of the signal
ture, but the authors have not discussed either short- generator and increase the input t o the receiver so
term stability or sideband noise performance. Prob- the S-meter reads S9 + 40 dB. Move the tuning dial
ably the worst and noisiest of all oscillator circuits 10 kHz and note the S-meter reading; more than like-
places the crystal between the transistor base and ly it will be S6. Assuming S9 is 100 pV emf (50pV ter-
ground (fig. 10). The reason for the high noise con- minated), and each S-unit is exactly 6 dB, then S6 is
tribution is that this circuit severely degrades the Qof approximately 6 p V S9 + 40 dB is 5 mV, so the dif-
the crystal. The noise sideband performance is par- ference between the two signals, for all practical pur-
tially dependent on the circuit but is determined pri- poses, is 60 dB. Since the measurement will probably
marily by the Q of the resonator: an LC circuit, a be made with a 2.7 t o 3 kHz ssb filter in the receiver,
high-Q cavity, or a quartz crystal, and the latter has the conversion factor from 3 kHz t o 1 Hz is about 35
the highest Q o f all known resonators. dB (10 log BWHz).Therefore, the noise sideband per-
Fig. 11 shows a crystal oscillator circuit that can be formance of the internal oscillator is 95 dB/Hz
used for third- and fifth-overtone crystals in the fre- To fully utilize the low intermodulation capabilities
quency range from 30 t o 100 MHz, and delivers + 17 available with high-level, double-balanced mixers in

IV EMF
rf current volts emf
-10
input reading (unterminated)
-20 1 volt 42 1LA 1 volt
-30 - 10dB 'u'@ 316 mV
-40 -20dB 38 PA 100 mV
-.
-
2
L
-50 - 30 dB 34 PA 32 rnV
3 -60 - 40 dB 31 PA 10 rnV
z
-70 -50 dB 28 PA 3.2 mV
t
-80 -60dB 24 PA 1 mV
-90 - 70 dB 21 PA 316j~V
- 100 - 80 dB 16 PA 100,v
-110 - 90 dB 11 PA 32 PV
-120 - 100 dB 5 PA lopv
10 20 30 40 50
METER READING I p A l - 106 dB 1@ 5 PV
fig. 8. Calibration curve for the Sideband Noise Evaluator shows rf input in dB relative to 1 volt emf vs indicated output current.
To convert to dBlHz add 20 dB (because of 100 Hz filter bandwidth).

56 october 1978
 . - 7

ntenna

fig. 10. Popular crystal oscillator circuit that is very noisy

because the Q of the crystal is severely degraded. This cir-
cuit is not recommended for any application.

modern communications receivers, the noise side-

band performance must be at least 120 dB1Hz at 10
kHz from the carrier. To meet this criterion, the noise
sideband performance o f the receiver LO in the
above example must be improved by 25 dB. I recom-
mend that every designer o f high-frequency o f
v h f l u h f receivers or local oscillators build a Sideband
Noise Evaluator t o ensure noise performance of at
least 120 dB/Hz at 10 kHz from the carrier.5

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references
1. Ulrich L. Rohde. "Eight Ways to Bener Radio Receiver Design." EJec-
tronics. February 20, 1975, page 87.

S(g)J
2. R. F. A. Winn. "Synthesized Communications Receiver," Wireless
World. October. 1974. page413.
3. Ulrich L. Rohde. "I-F Amplifier Design," hem radio. March. 1977, page
10.
4. Ulrich L. Rohde. "Mathematical Analysis and Designs of an Ultra-Stable rsen nntenncrs
in cornmunicalronsantennas lor over25 years.
Low-Noise 1M) MHz Crystal Oscillator with Differential Limiter." Presented ?IS
at the 32nd Annual Frequency Symposium, Fort Monmwth. New Jersey.
11611N.E. 50th Ave. In Canada write to:
April24. 1978. P.O. Elox 1886 Unit 101
5. Ulrich L. Rohde, "Effects of Noise in Receiving Systems." ham radio. Iuver. WA98883 283 E. 11th Aver .
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November. 1977, page34. Phonls: 206/57&2722 Vancouver B.C.

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 frequency synthesized
local-oscillator system
for the This article is the first of a series which will
describe a complete phase-locked local-oscillator

high-frequency system for amateur equipment with a single-conver-

sion, 9-MHz i-f. The system offers performance
which will meet the requirements of the advanced
amateur bands communication techniques of the 1980s - tech-
niques which require frequency accuracy, stability,
and calibration typically 100 times better than the
Design of a versatile best commercial equipment being sold today in the
amateur market. This article describes the basic VFO
frequency synthesizer system synthesizer. Future articles will describe the phase-
locked, %MHz BFO system, a universal phase-locked
for high-frequency use up-converter permitting operation on all bands, 160
through 10 meters, and a variety of "acrobatic" tun-
which features ing methods possible only w i t h frequency syn-
thesizers.
exceptional spectral purity, frequency synthesizer accuracy
10-Hz resolution, With routine care, a home builder can put together
a frequency standard which will hold to 1 part in 107
under room-temperature conditions. I believe that
and low power-consumption
By Raymond C. Petit, W G H M , Post Office
Box 51, Oak Harbor, Washington 98277

60 october 1978
 every amateur station should have such a standard.
Our rigs today usually have several free-tuning oscil-
lators, each one subject t o calibration errors, drift,
and other inaccuracies, and the usual use of the stan- r p . 1 c v

I
1 IENABLE
Tpq
OUTPUT

dard is t o ensure that these inaccuracies are held

within acceptable limits.
Most operators are satisfied if they are within a few COOP
FILTER
IUI-U71
hundred hertz. The typical digital readout which is
used in place of a VFO dial resolves the frequency
only t o the nearest 100 Hz. Thus, even if the counter TP12
TP9

timebase and all the oscillators not being measured LOCK

are perfectly on frequency, a +50 Hz uncertainty

remains. To gain the very real 20-dB signal-to-noise
I PHASE-
INDICATOR

FREQUENCY
DETECTOR
level improvement possible with coherent CW and IUBI 1
Tplo
'
N - COUNTER
N - 1 1 0 0 1.0 1 5 9 9

similar methods of radio communications now in I knr IUIE-UI.11

development, the total frequency error must be held

Tell I #Hz
within 1 or 2 Hz.
The only workable method of achieving this preci-
sion in a variable-frequency system is to phase-lock REFERENCE
OFFSET
ADDER
DiVlDER
every oscillator to the frequency standard. With this lU91 IUIII

arrangement, proper setting of the standard auto- OFFSET

IJUMPERS J

matically imparts the same accuracy to every other I

SI Si' 53 S1 S5
oscillator. 100hHz IOkHz 1 kHz IOOHz loHz
EXr 1 MHz i I
The phase-locked frequency synthesizer is well R E F OSC I N OAlA INPUT

established in the vhf-fm business, where its agility fig. 1. Block diagram of the basic synthesizer for high-
saves buying hundreds of crystals. When the channel frequency use. The VCO operates from 110 to 160 MHz; this
spacing is 10 kHz and the width of the output fre- same basic scheme may be used for a number of applica-
quency band is only a few per cent of its center fre- tions in the range from 500 kHz to 16 MHz. Specifications
for two hf synthesizers based on this system are given in
quency, the synthesizer is easy to build. The require-
table 1.
ments for a high-frequency synthesizer, however,
are an entirely different story. Outputs must cover a
wide range and 10 or 100 Hz "channel spacing" is of the circuit. In synthesizers there are several addi-
required, but switching speed must still be very fast. tional sources of spurs: digital counter noise, mixer
Spurious outputs must be exceptionally low to pre- intermodulation products, feedthrough of an inter-
vent degrading the performance of wide-dynamic- mediate oscillator's signal to the output, modulation
range receiver designs. In addition, the synthesizer of a VCO by tiny amounts of the loop reference signal
must be, like a VFO, easy t o tune. Before going into from the phase detector -- these all serve t o tremen-
the details of a practical circuit which meets these dously complicate design:;. The presence of spurs in
requirements, I'd like t o discuss one problem which a receiver synthesizer's output produces birdies and
plagues most synthesizer designs. the appearance of phantom signals in the i-f pass-
band; the effect is very similar to that of inadequate
synthesizer noise image suppression.
All oscillators generate noise in addition to the A n ideal oscillator would concentrate all its output
desired signal. Such noise is usually classified into energy at just one frequency, the desired carrier fre-
three categories: harmonics, nonharmonic discrete quency. Real oscillators behave as if they were mod-
spurs, and phase noise. Harmonics are the easiest to ulated by a broadband hissing noise. The result is
eliminate. In applications where good harmonic sup- that the oscillator's output energy is not perfectly
pression is required, a bandpass or lowpass filter at concentrated at the carrier, but is smeared out above
the output is usually sufficient. and below the carrier for Inany tens of kilohertz. The
Nonharmonic spurs (parasitics) in oscillators are power level of this sideband noise typically dimin-
extraneous, unstable outputs at unpredictable fre- ishes in direct proportion to its frequency offset from
quencies. These are stopped by proper bypassing, the carrier.
shielding, and filtering in the design and construction If you had a super-selective bandpass filter with a

october 1978 61
 only 70 dB stronger 10 kHz away and produce a hiss-
ing noise which would mask the weak DX signal.
This effect is called reciprocal mixing, and if a syn-
thesizer signal is not free of noise, it can negate all
the high-performance features of the high-intercept
mixer and super i-f filters.
Fortunately, there is a way t o improve the noise
performance of a wide-tuning range VCO, and this
method also gives us a synthesizer which can switch
fast between frequencies while having very fine nar-
row channel spacing.

VFO synthesizer
Two versions of the synthesizer can be built on the
same circuit board. The first, or A version, covers 5
Construction of the frequency synthesizer showing the data to 6 MHz in 100-Hz steps. It provides coverage of the
input switches (right) and output ltop leftl. The 1 M H z TTL 80 and 20 meter bands when used with a single-con-
reference signal is connected to the circuitry through the
coaxial cable.
version i-f at 9 MHz. Version B covers a 500-kHz
range in 10 Hz steps. It forms the basis for a three-
loop local-oscillator system which covers all bands,
l-Hz passband and used this filter to measure the 160 through 10 meters, with the same %MHz i-f. You
levels of this noise compared to the carrier, you can build an A-version synthesizer and convert it
would find that a well-designed vhf oscillator would later to version B simply by adding 3 components
produce sideband noise about 80 dB below the car- and changing the VCO coil. Table 1 gives specifica-
rier for a frequency 100 Hz separated from the car- tions for the two versions.
rier, 100 dB below at 1 kHz, and 120 dB at 10 kHz. Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the version B synthe-
The total power level of uniformly distributed noise sizer. The design features low power consumption,
which reaches the detector of a receiver is directly very high spectral purity, fast switching, and rf out-
proportional to the i-f bandwidth. Thus, if instead of put suitable for driving a diode double-balanced mix-
a l-Hz filter you used a 2-kHz filter, the noise reading er. The VCO covers 110-160 MHz in l-kHz steps,
would be two thousand times, or 33 dB, worse: only operating in a loop having a l-kHz reference frequen-
88dB down at 10 kHz offset. cy. The VCO signal is divided by 100 t o yield an out-
It has been known for many years that oscillators put from 1100 to 1600 kHz in 10 Hz steps; phase
produce this phase noise, but until recently oscillator noise performance is 40 dB better than the VCO, and
noise was among the least of the designer's worries. frequency switching seems instantaneous to the ear.
The bad effects of this noise were nothing compared A novel feature is the use of the divide-by-100/101
to the effects of mixer intermodulation and front-end
overload! But today the situation has reversed. table 1. Specifications for the hf frequency synthesizers. Figures for
During the past few years we have seen spectacular phase noise are minimums; typical measured values are approx-
imately 10 dB better.
improvements in the design of receiver front ends
combined with an increasing interest in frequency version A version B
synthesizers. But a phase-locked synthesizer requires Output frequency range 5.0-6.0 MHz 1.1-1.6MHz
a voltage-tuned oscillator, and to replace a variable Resolution 100 Hz steps 10 Hz steps
capacitor with a varactor diode instantly increases Output level + 10 dBm + 10 dBm
the oscillator noise level by as much as 20 dB. So Suppressionof nonharmonic
now instead of a - 88 dB noise level 10 kHz from the discrete spurs 70 dB 80 dB
carrier, you have only - 68 dB. Phase noise, below carrier in 80 dB, 100 Hz 90 dB, 100 Hz
What does this mean in terms of performance? 1-Hz bandwidth, forstated 100dB. 1 kHz 110 dB, 1 kHz
offsets from carrier 120 dB, 10 kHz 130dB. 10kHz
Assume you have a state-of-the-art i-f filter for ssb
Switching speed 30 ms 30 ms
which guarantees suppression of at least 120 dB for
Data input requirement Parallel BCD. 10 volt CMOS levels, 4
signals 10 kHz away from the center. Theoretically digits for version A. 5 digits for version B.
you could listen t o a 1 microvolt DX station without Reference requirements 1-MHz sine or square wave, at least 1
interference from a carrier 10 kHz away which was volts p-p; input impedance of reference
100 dB stronger, or 100 millivolts. But instead, the 68 input approximately 50 pF to ground.
dB noise from the oscillator can mix with a carrier Power 12 volts dc, approximately 75 mA.

62 october 1978
 ALL PULLDOWN

CR1 Dual varactor diode (Motorola MV104) T1 Broadband rf transformer (Mini-Circuits Lab T16-1)
Ll 6 turns no. 22 (0.6 rnrn), 3 rnrn (118) ID, tapped at 2 turns
'A complete kit of parts for this syr~thesizerincluding the double-sided PC
RFC 6 turns no. 28 (0.3 rnrn) on F754-1-06ferrite bead board. data inout switches. and enclosure is available for $210 from Petit
S1-S5 Miniature BCD 10-position rotary switches Logic Systems, Post Office Box 51, Oak Harbor, Washington 98277.

fig. 2. Schematic diagram of a frequency synthesizer that provides outputs from 1.1 to 1.6 MHz in 10 Hz steps. Total power con-
sumption is only 75 mA. All resistors are 114 watt carbon film or composition; all polarized capacitors are dipped tantalum; non-
polarized capacitors are ceramics. A kit of parts is available from the author.*

october 1978 63
 --I-rn.
1 -TIrn
I-SOOHMS 1 15OpH 160PH

1200
I 5OPH

I = 5 0 0 HO

820
MS
U12 preset is set t o binary 5, and S1 is omitted. S2
then becomes the 100 kHz digit, S3 the 10 kHz digit,
and so on.

assembly and checkout

0-- -- .

7 0 MHz LOWPASS FILTER If a fault develops in a PLL system, it is often diffi-

cult t o locate because many faults all exhibit one

.:
z H M .
I BRvH
l I O r 7sx
symptom, the loop goes out of lock. By assembling
the system one section at a time and then checking
that section before continuing assembly, trouble
spots can be quickly located. Here is the procedure
,000 5 5 0 10000

l use:
> - - - -- --
1. VCO and divide-by-100. Assemble the circuits
5 6 MHz LOWPASS FILTER
starting at TPl, going through (11, 02,03, U1, U2,
fig. 3. Seven-pole Chebychev lowpass filters for use with
and U3. Take a potentiometer of any convenient
the version A synthesizers. Both provide about 60 dB atten- '

uation at twice the cutoff frequency.

value from I k to 500k and connect the slider to TP1,
one end to ground, and the other end to the 12-volt
supply. With this you will be able t o manually set the
VCO control voltage to any value over its entire
prescaler in the programmable counter system. With
range. Apply power and check for at least 9 volts dc
this prescaler, comparatively slow and low power-
at the drain of 0 1 and 5 volts at pin 5 of U1 and pin 14
consuming CMOS programmable counters operating
of U2. Check for a TTL-level signal at a frequency
at frequencies below 2 MHz can control a VCO oper-
below 20 MHz at TP2. Check for a TTL signal below
ating at 160 MHz without sacrificing the 1-kHz spac-
2 MHz at TP3, holding TP4 at ground. Connect a 51-
ing between adjacent steps.
ohm resistor across the output terminals and check
The 1001101 prescaler works as follows. Suppose
for an approximately 2-volt p-p squarewave across
the N counter is set to 1500 and the M counter to
this resistor. Leave TP4 grounded.
zero. The VCO locks at 150 MHz so the output of the
The following discussion assumes that the synthe-
prescaler is 150 - 100 or 1.500 MHz. Since N is 1500,
sizer under construction is the 1.1 to 1.6 MHz ver-
the N counter output is 1 kHz as intended. Thus the
sion. Set the control voltage t o 2 volts and adjust L1
N counter output represents 100 times 1500 or
by slightly compressing or stretching the coil until the
150,000 cycles of the VCO signal. A t the end of each
output frequency is 1.1 MHz. Then bring up the con-
complete cycle of the N counter, both the N and the
trol voltage to 10 volts and check that the output fre-
M counter are preset to the values given by switches
quency is approximately 1.6 MHz. (If you don't have
S1 through S5.
a frequency counter, a standard a-m broadcast radio
Suppose the M counter is now set t o 01. The pre-
will work.) If the frequency isn't quite 1.6 MHz,
scaler goes through 1500 complete divides as before,
stretch the coil slightly.
except that the first divide is by 101 instead of 100.
If you are building the 5-6 MHz version, set the
The result is that the N counter output to the phase
control voltage to about 6 volts and adjust the coil L1
detector represents not 150,000 cycles of the VCO
until the output frequency is 5.5 MHz.
output, but 150,001 cvcles. Thus for any setting - S
given t o the M counter, the first S prescaler divides 2. 1001101. Assemble the circ,uits U4 through U7,
are by 101, and the remainder are by 100. including the resistor network leading to TP9. Apply
The most significant digit of the N counter is a 4- power and check for 5 volts at pin 5 of U4 and pin 14
bit binary counter instead of a decimal counter. of U5 and U6. Connect TP9 to 12 volts. Observe a
Thus, the maximum count available is 1599 instead signal at TP5 which is identical t o that at TP2. Check
of 999. The offset adder, U11, is programmed by for the same signal inverted at TP6. Observe an ECL-
jumpers t o cause the synthesizer t o deliver output level signal at TP7 which has the same frequency as
frequencies which correspond in an appropriate way the signal at TP3 except that it is at the lower logic
to the settings of S 1. level for one-tenth of the time and at the higher for
To build a version-A synthesizer, the inductance of nine-tenths of the time. Measure the signal at TP8.
the VCO coil is increased t o resonate with the varac- Then remove the connection from the power supply
tor at 55 MHz; U2 is omitted, and the base of 0 3 is t o TP9 and ground TP9; this should cause the fre-
connected directly to pin 8 of U1; U11 is omitted; quency at TP8 t o go down by 1 per cent.

64 october 1978
3. Programmable counter. Assemble all the cir- critical value, the TP12 voltage should be near zero,
cuits of U10 through U16, the BCD switches, and the and vice versa. As you move the potentiometer back
jumper-wire programming for U11. Apply power and and forth over this critical value, the TP12 signal
check for at least 10 volts on pin 14 of U10, pin 5 of should abruptly jump from near zero volts to near the
U11, and pins 16 of U12 through U16. Set the control positive supply voltage and back.
voltage for 6 volts and set the data input switches t o 5. Closing t h e loop. Remove the potentiometer
values representing the center of the synthesizer fre- from TP1. Solder in the 27k resistor and the diodes
quency range. TP10 should show an extremely nar- CR2 and CR3. Apply power and observe the voltage
row negative pulse at a frequency of approximately 1 at TP12 with a VTVM or scope using a 10-megohm

Bottom view of the doublasided PC board used for the high-frequencysynthesizer.

kHz. Adjust the control voltage over its entire range probe. The voltage should be at an intermediate
and check that this pulse signal frequency rises and value. Touch the VCO components with your finger
drops smoothly with your adjustments, not making and observe the voltage rise slightly. The output fre-
sudden jumps or disappearing. With a scope con- quency of the synthesizer should now correspond
nected t o TP9, change the settings of S4 and S5 and exactly to the settings of S1 through S5, allowing for
observe a 1-kHz negative pulse, the width of which is possible inaccuracies between the counter timebase
proportional to the settings from 00 t o 99. and the reference oscillator used for the synthesizer.
Remove the ground from TP4. When making large
4. Reference divider and phase detector. Assem- frequency changes, the output of the synthesizer will
ble the circuits of U8 and U9, including the loop filter be interrupted for perhaps 0.1 second. Remove the
except for the 27k resistor and the t w o diodes CR2 signal from the reference oscillator and the synthe-
and CR3. Apply power and check for at least 10 volts sizer output should disappear and remain off until the
at pins 16 of U8 and U9. Connect the output of a 1- reference oscillator is reconnected. When making
MHz frequency standard to the reference input ter- frequency changes of 1 kHz or less, the output is not
minal. O b s e ~ ea 1-kHz pulse waveform at TP11. interrupted at all. The disable function insures that,
With St through S5 at the mid-frequency setting, if, for any reason, the synthesizer is not locked and
observe the voltage at TP12 while varying the control stable, it will have no output.
voltage. When the control voltage is above some ham radio

october 1978 65
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 second generation
reciprocating detector
quencies above 5 MHz the diode and its circuitry
ceased to perform uniformly. Result - a badly dis-
An updated version torted detected signal.
Despite the distortion, in some cases the circuit
of the reciprocating detector, performed well enough for signal identification. But
much was to be desired. A cure for individual cases
was to adjust the bias level for the current-source
which can be used diode until it just conducted on noise. In most cases,
with a tube receiver that produced i-f signals to the
in solid-state receivers RD input exceeding the saturation level of the com-
plete circuit, a clipped response occurred. Single
with high-frequency sideband signals then became unmanageable
because of widely varying signal levels that couldn't
i-f strips be controlled by the agc systems in older tube
receivers.
The original circuit was designed to be used in
receivers such as the Collins 51S1 and Drake R4A,
During the past three years I've had many which have highly selective dual or adjustable filters
requests for revisions to the reciprocating detector in the receiver i-f passband. In the 51S1 receiver the
circuit' so that it can be used directly at high frequen- i-f output was fed to the RD through a cathode fol-
cies. Here's an updated IC design that can be used at lower; the maximum output level could not exceed 3
frequencies up to 20 MHz. volts. The application using the Drake R4A employed
enough attenuation through the coupling to the orig-
background inal product detector output transformer to preclude
Early attempts to directly use the RD above 5 MHz saturation.
required very careful circuit layout to reduce or elimi- An updated design, which uses ICs, allows the R D
nate inter-circuit coupling, and in particular to main- to be incorporated into more modern receivers.
tain the correct phase relationship required in the Models of the new circuit have been made for 10.7,
feedback loop. Also, the detector portion operated 16, and 20 MHz. Test models were constructed using
as a half-wave rectifier. A current-regulating source point-to-point wiring. Later models used PC boards.
had to be adjusted to cause the signal diode to oper-
ate at a level just below conduction, so that at fre- circuit description
The circuit consists of W o amplifier chips, IC1,
and IC2 (fig. 1). These are monolithic wideband
amplifiers with frequency response between 10 kHz
The "reciprocating detector" was designed by R.S. Badessa at and 20 MHz. These chips are 10-lead devices in TO-5
M.I.T. The RD features a carrier-synthesized reference signal and
requires no external bfo. The circuit offers advantages over conven- cans. A third rf amplifier, IC3 is a balanced differen-
tional detectors in that it adjusts its bfo level automatically in pro- tial amplifier using an internal constant-current
portion to the average signal level received. First introduced in ham
source, which eliminates the orignal problem caused
radio in March. 1972, the RD has gone through several metamor-
phoses. The version presented here uses ICs and can be used in
modern receivers using semiconductors. Also included is a design
for a 10.7-MHZ ssb filter for single-passband receivers. Editor. By Stirling Olberg, WISNN, 19 Loretta Road,
Waltham, Massachusetts 02154

68 october 1978
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fig. 1. Schematic of the reciprocating detector MKll using r77 ~loou
ICAN w
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wideband-amplifier ICs, (A). Also shown are an alternative socrn
LWI IZ F T I

power scheme for receivers using a high-voltage dc supply,

(Bl, a test setup for adjusting the filter, IC), and a schematic
for a 10.7-MHz ssb filter, ID). SOURCE FOLLOWIIR

by the biased.half-wave rectifier. This amplifier oper- rent that might be superimposed on the rf signal from
ates from 0-100 MHz. This wideband response allows the i-f ouput circuit. The input signal is then applied
the circuit to work in the same manner as the original to a phase-shift network, then to one set of inputs of
current source for the detector and as the reciprocat- IC1 and IC2. These three inputs are then provided
ing switch. These two functions are improvements with a signal path that's essentially in series with the
over the old circuit. The dynamic range improvement reference signal, or beat frequency similar to a con-
alone is worth the effort. ventional product detector.
Tracing the signal through the circuit, we see that The reference frequency is generated by filtering a
a capacitive input circuit couples the rf signal into IC3 portion of the received signal through a narrowband
input. The capacitive coupling isolates any direct cur- crystal filter, FLI. The push-pull output of this filter

october 1978 69
 receiver uses filters to select sidebands, then only
one crystal, set in the i-f passband center, will be
required.
construction of a
10.7-MHz RD filter
The filter used in an RD is not a complicated
device. It has a shape factor similar to that of the old
variable crystal filters. It's not a wide passband filter
because it's used to select the beat-frequency signal.
On a Micro Metals T50-2 toroid core wind 14 turns
of 0.2 mm (no. 32) enameled wire. Secure the wire
so it won't become loose. Use tape or nylon string.
Make sure the coil leads are at least 30 mm (1-112
inches) long and are scraped clean of insulation.
Next, fold a 30-cm (12-inch) length of the same type
wire in half. Twist this pair of wires until you have at
least eight twists per 25 mm, or 8 twists per inch.
(This is called a bifilar pair.)
fig. 2. PC-board layout for the updated reciprocating de- Now, using the bifilar pair, wind on the same form
tector.
a three-turn winding and secure it. This coil should
be wound in the area not used by the previous wind-
feeds this signal into the balanced inputs of IC2 and ing, but it isn't important that it be exactly placed
IC3. We now have the circuit reference by virtue of a or spaced in this area. Next clean off each of the wire
carrier-controlled feedback loop. The feedback loop ends; then, with an ohmmeter, identify each coil
response time is determined by the slow recovery separately. They will be used to complete the con-
time of the narrowband filter; therefore, noise pulses nections identified in the filter drawings as C, C', D,
are reduced or eliminated. and D'.
IC4, an op amp, is an audio amplifier. The After each winding has been identified, the ends
received-signal audio envelope is taken from the opposite each other can be connected to provide the
input filter, FL1, then applied through two lowpass center-tapped winding signified as C' and D in fig. 1.
filters to the 741 IC. This amplifier audio gain is estab- This toroid will contain three coils. Now, on a second
lished by the feedback resistor (51k). This value may core of the same type, wind two eight-turn windings
be changed for a higher or lower level; however the of the bifilar pair and scrape the four ends. Again,
gain will overdrive the first audio inputs of most com- with an ohmmeter, identify each coil. These ends
munications receivers. A 20k trimpot at the audio can be designated A, A', 6, and 6'.
amplifier output allows gain control. Mount each coil on the PC board as shown (fig. 2).
The RD will work in any receiver if its i-f matches If you're not using the board, rriount the coils about
that of the RD reference filter. For best results, nar- 30 mm (1-112 inches) apart. Don't tighten the coils
rowband i-f filters offering high selectivity are a major yet. Next, mount the crystal between each toroid,
requirement. Many receivers use dual filters offset by then wind a single turn of 0.2 rnm (no. 32) enameled
the correct dispersion to allow either sideband to be wire on each toroid, terminating one end of each coil
selected by switching i n the appropriate filter sec- on a crystal terminal or the switch, whichever the
tion. Others use adjustable filters t o obtain the same case may be. The other two coil ends should be con-
effect. I-f passband circuits using single filters, as in nected together.
many of the older tube receivers, also perform nicely. If your receiver has selectable sideband filters, a
With 1.8-kHz filters, however, only one side can be single crystal will be required. If not, then wire i t as
used unless the reference or beat frequency is dis- shown in the filter diagram (fig. 1) and include all
placed to center the signal in the filter. The older three crystals. In this case, a selector switch must be
reciprocating detector circuits didn't provide for this used at the filter location. If this is the case, connect
problem. the link ends from the two coils t o the appropriate
Circuitry to show how a filter can be constructed switch contacts. Reed switches can be used and pro-
for upper/lower sideband selection for use i n vide excellent low-loss control.
receivers with single passband filters, incorporating The filter components are for 10.7 MHz but will
three crystals, is shown in the filter circuit. If your work at 9 MHz with different crystals. The compo-

70 october 1978
 nents can be juggled to work around that frequency
range. Lower frequencies will, of course, have a
higher inductance value.
The crystals can be purchased from any of the
.manufacturers currently advertising in most of the
amateur magazines. It's best to use fundamental-fre-
quency crystals mounted in an HCG/U holder, with
wire leads to make soldering easy. This doesn't pre-
clude other types of holders or pin-mounted crystals;
however, some of the alignment procedures will be a
little more difficult, particularly if pressure-type hold-
ers are used.

. checkout and test

Connect a signal generator and scope or rf volt-
meter through terminating resistor R as shown in the
test setup. Set the indicator to a high sensitivity and
the signal generator to a high output level. Carefully
tune the signal generator across 10.7 MHz. A n indi-
fig. 3. Component placements for the reciprocating detec-
cation with a very sharp upswing in level will occur tor circuit board.
when passing through crystal resonance. Carefully
adjust the signal generator to the peak of the up-
swing. Then, with an insulated screwdriver, adjust shielded and too long, it can detune the i-f stage t o
the 9-35 pF capacitors for future increase. The scope which it is connected. So a short signal path is
sensitivity and the signal-generator output level will required, or an emitter or source follower will be
have t o be reduced as the resonance of each coil is required to reduce these effects.
reached. Frequent readjustment of the signal genera- The choice of how the audio is routed is up to you.
tor will be required to keep i t centered at crystal It can be connected as shown in the references or
resonance. As the adjustments proceed you'll notice used with an external amplifier. Since the output
that the sharp increase at the crystal frequency will level is in the 100-millivolt level, it can easily drive an
become easier to adjust. external amplifier.
If a three-crystal unit is to be constructed, make
these adjustments at the passband center or with the power supply
a-rn crystal in the circuit. The other two crystal fre- Power requirements for the new RD are further
quencies are as sharp as that of the a-m resonant fre- simplified. The older unit required a dual balanced
quency and will be within the inductor resonant supply source, but this unit requires a single 12-volt
frequency. supply at 40 milliamperes. The RD supply can be tak-
To use the RD in the ssb mode with a single i-f en from the receiver supply filter output if it's 12
passband filter, it won't be necessary to offset tune volts. Or you can use a higher-voltage supply, such
the receiver. Simply use it as you normally would. It's as found in a tube reciver, if you use the alternative
like having a crystal controlled bfo - simply switch supply scheme shown in fig. 1.
in the appropriate crystal. I will be pleased t o hear from anyone who has used
the RD and will communicate with all who write.
RD construction Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope
The reciprocating detector is simplicity itself t o with your letter.
construct. Attention to component placement is sim-
ilar to that of any high-frequency device. The filter reference
leads can be connected, after filter adjustment, to 1. Stirling Olberg. WISNN. "Reciprocating Deteclor." ham radio. March,
those points shown (fig. 1) that are alphabetically 1972. pages32-35.
marked. Use leads as short as possible.
bibliography
A slight tweaking of the filter might be required
Olbe'g. Stirling. WISNN. "5.MHz WWV Receiver." hamradio. November,
afterifs installed inthe receiver. Use care as to the 1972. pages44-49.
length of the lead to the RD rf input. This is a two- Olberp. Stirling. WISNN. "Reciprocating Detector Converter," ham radio.
way street: if the lead is too long, external pickup can September. 1974. pages ~1.63.
cause interference to the hf i-f stages; if the lead is ham radio

october 1978 71
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 digiratt PLL2
- dual demodulator There is, however, an occurrence known as selec-
tive fading which can completely eliminate one half
of the RTTY signal while leaving the other intact. If
terminal unit you happen to be tuned to the particular tone which
fades out, you'll find your printer ceasing to operate
until the tone returns.
Continuing in the PLL terminal units have several good points.
Among these are:
digiratt series, 1. They will follow a drifting signal until it leaves
their passband.
demodulator
the P L L ~ 2. Since they are inherently frequency selective,
they do not require passive input filters.
uses dual phase-locked loops 3. They are not expensive.

to help eliminate It follows then that if a means could be found to

use PLL circuits to decode both RTTY signals (mark
loss of signal due to fading and space), the overall usefulness of the terminal
unit would be improved.
The original Digiratt PLL terminal was an attempt
to design a low-cost vhf terminal unit and AFSK gen-
Phase-lock loop terminal units have been around erator.' I received letters from all over the world
in various forms for several years. As a means of which led me to believe that there is a large amount
receiving RTTY signals inexpensively, they are cer- of interest in a simple means of decoding RTTY sig-
tainly worth considering. The one common draw- nals. The Digiratt PLLZ is the direct result of those
back to PLL terminal units is that they decode only letters and is presented here as one possible ap-
half the available information present in the RTTY proach to the need for such a unit.
signal. Many comments have been made by ama- The Digiratt P L L ~is composed of two identical
teurs over the years that this fact really isn't a draw- tone demodulators, using the 567 phased-lock loop.
back at all, because there are only two possible
states that the RTTY signals can be in at any one time
and the absence of one condition indicates the exis- y John Loughmiller, KBSAT, Route 1,
tence of the other. ox 480C, Borden, Indiana 47106

74 october 1978
 explained, normal full-signal operation and opera-
tion under "no space" conditions.
Normal. A low-going mark signal is buffered by U5A
AUDIO and then sets the RS latch, U6. The output from the
FROM
FILTER latch causes the multiplexer, US, to select its pin 5
input. The mark signal then appears at the base of
01, the selector magnet driver circuit. A subsequent
DECODER
' " A" low-going space signal will reset the RS latch, caus-
OUT
ing the multiplexer to select the pin 6 input. Since the
space input from the decoder is a low true signal, it
is inverted by U4. Therefore, the output from the

L - 6 DECODER "8" v c c p A c E "8"

DECODER

OUT

fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the 567 phase-locked loop used

as a demodulator. I n this case, t w o 567s are used; the first
will demodulate the space signals while the second is for
the mark frequency.
FROM NORMAL
DECODER^
8"
A two-stage active filter is included, and may be "

switched into the circuit ahead of the PLL inputs in

order to detect low-level signals. Additionally, a very
novel logic circuit, which has the capability to re-
generate missing information during selective fading,
follows the PLL portion of the terminal unit. 1 1 I
circuit description
GNDO
m
fig. 2. Under normal conditions. the multiplexer switches
The description of the PLL circuits themselves can between the mark and space signals. I f either signal is lost,
be found in the original Digiratt article; this unit uses the logic will continue t o use the remainin2 signal as the
the same decoder circuitry. Decoder A (see fig. 1) is drive for the selector magnets. The Q and Q outputs from
U8 allow you t o use either normal or inverted data. The 100
tuned t o the mark frequency of 2125 Hz, with de-
Vdc for the selector magnets comes from the power supply
coder B tuned to the space frequency (2295 Hz). The shown i n fig. 5.
A decoder capture frequency is slewed low and the
B decoder slewed high so that there exists an area
multiplexer will be low for mark and high for space.
from approximately 2190 Hz t o 2220 Hz where
Also, the complement signal from the multiplexer
neither PLL will conduct. The exact procedure for
can be used to provide for normal and inverted
accomplishing this operation will be covered in the
signals.
alignment section.
SELCOMP is a name the author has given t o the N o Space. Now, assume that space data is lost.
logic responsible for the SELective fading COMPen- When this occurs, the RS latch will never reset and
sation which is part of the Digiratt P L L . ~The sche- the magnet driver will receive only mark data. If mark
matic diagram is shown in fig. 2. In order to under- data is lost, the selector lnagnet is driven by space
stand its operation, two separate conditions will be data because the RS latch is never set and therefore

CI
R7
01
54h

CRI
IN914
AUDIO
OUT

fig. 3. Schematic diagram of the2-stage active filter. Using an LM3900. this filter provides 23-dB gain, w i t h a designed center fre-
quency of 2210 Hz. All resistors are 114 watt, 1 per cent tolerance. C1 and C2 are polystyrene capacitors.

october 1978 75
the multiplexer always looks at the incoming inverted of 25. The center frequency is 2210 Hz. For the read-
space data. er who wishes t o design his own filter, the formulas
Because of this logic scheme, selective fading is are included in the appendix.
greatly minimized. There is one condition which the Unfortunately, the use of an active filter, and its
logic will not correct, and that is a selective fade added performance, is offset due to the rather large
during a 22 ms character element. In other words, if additional cost of 1 per cent resistors.
a single bit is lost there is very little any simple sys- The back-to-back diodes, across the audio input,
tem such as SELCOMP will do for the problem. are required to prevent front-end overloads. These
Fortunately, such rapid selective fading is relatively diodes should be used if the active filter is not built.
rare. A much more common occurrence is printer In that case, the diodes are connected across the
noise or external impulse type noise, which your re- common feed point.
ceiver's noise blanker will generally handle.
The active filter, as shown in fig. 3, is a two-stage construction
device with a gain of approximately 23 dB and a Q Construction of the P L L ~is straightforward, with

i
fig. 4. The circuit board for the PLL2 is shown in A, with the parts placement diagram shown in B.

76 october 1978
the entire circuit mounted on a single printed circuit
board." A copy of the printed circuit board and its F,

parts placement are shown in fig. 4. The cabinet,

which housed the prototype, measured 15 x 29 x
9 cm (5-718 x 11-318 x 3-1 12 inches). t Use shield-
ed audio cable from the input connectors to the cir- ll0V
SEC I2 6 V
cuit board. For difficult RFI problems, you can apply 1 T 31

O.Ol-aF capacitors at the Vccpin of each IC.

alignment
The Digiratt PLL2 should be aligned as follows:
1. Apply a 2125 Hz, 1-volt, p-p sinewave into the
audio input of the unit.
fig. 5. Power supply for the Diglratt PLL.2 When mounting
2. Adjust the decoder A until the mark-indicating the LM309Ks. ensure that an adequate heat sink is provided.
LED illuminates.

3. Change the audio input to 2295 Hz and repeat from 2050 to 2350 Hz, the mark LED should illuminate
the procedure for decoder B. at 2125 Hz, remaining on until 2190 Hz. A t 2220 Hz
the space LED should light until you reach 2295 Hz.
4. Reset the audio source for 2190 Hz and adjust
Between 2190 and 2220 Hz, neither LED should be
decoder A until the mark LED goes out.
be on.
5. Reset the source for 2125 Hz and verify that
the mark LED illuminates. summary
The Digiratt PLL2 is not the ultimate terminal unit,
6. Again reset the source to 2190 Hz and verify
however the builder can expect very satisfactory
that the mark LED goes out.
results from it in all but the most adverse conditions.
When the above conditions can be met, the mark The following persons have been most helpful to
portion of the circuit is aligned. me over the past year or so during which I have been
Decoder B is adjusted in the same manner, using designing the various Digiratt projects: Don Smith,
2220 and 2295 Hz. If you now sweep the frequency W9EPT; Bernie Holtman, W4GO; and Gus Bezy,
K9FUI.
'A complete kit of pars is available from Circuit Board Specialists. Boa 969.
Pueblo. Colorado81W2 for $31.10. The circuil boardalone costs $7.50. appendix
tAvailable from Radio Shack - RS270-282 Design equations for a two-stage, bandpass filter using an LM3900
Norton amplifier.2

R I . R4, and Rfi = z5 -

6.283 X F<,X C,
where F" = center frequency in Hertz

C , = chosen value in Farads

C1. C 2 = Any convenient value

These equations will yield a two-stage filter with a gain of 23 dB
and a Qof 25. Use 1 per cent resistors.

references
1. John Loughmiller. W B Q A W . "Digiran - urn AFSK Generator and
In the foreground is the RY generator board (hem mdio, Demodulator." hem radio, September. 1977, page 26.
January, 1978). From left to right. Prototype PLL twin 2. "The LM3900,'' Linear Applicarions. Volume I, National Semiconductor
decoders end Sel-cornp logic, low voltage supply, 100 VDC. Corporation, Santa Clara. California. 1976.
100 rnA loop supply is on the extreme right. ham radio

October 1978 77
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 preamplifier
for frequency counters
Frequency counter design has been greatly simpli-
fied since the introduction of the lntersil 720717208
and the recent 7216126 integrated circuits. Several
designs have appeared in ham radiolt2 which make
use of the 720717208 chip set with simple preampli-
fiers. Since a frequency counter's performance is
largely limited by the preamplifier used to condition
its input signal, this stage should receive significant
Discussion of the attention during the design phase.
Such a preamplifier should have high input imped-
design requirements ance, much like that of an oscilloscope vertical ampli-
fier. It should also have enough sensitivity to permit
for a counter preamplifier, the use of a XI0 oscilloscupe probe for minimum
circuit loading, even at high frequencies. The pream-
which in addition to plifier should be able to handle large input signals
without overload, necessitating some form of input
attenuator. Since the 7208 is a 5-MHz counter, the
high sensitivity preamplifier should have a 50-MHz bandwidth for
use with a prescaler. For proper counting of low-fre-
and input impedance quency signals with slow rise and fall times, the pre-
amplifier should make use of a Schmitt trigger with
also exhibits frontend hysteresis to prevent multiple triggering. A lowpass
filter is also useful for counting noisy low-frequency
overload protection signals.

preamplifier design
One method of achieving the high input imped-
ance is to use an fet input stage followed by a broad-
band integrated circuit amplifier for high sensitivity.

By Paul Kranz, WICFI, Mettacomett Path,

Harvard, Massachusetts 01451

80 october 1978
 TO PINS 9.10.12, AND13

HF OUTPUT

- RI 7
0-5V

CIZ

VHF OUTPUT
V H F INPUT
IN914 IN914

TZO 1 I

fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the high-sensitivity 0-50MHz preamp and vhf prescaler. Input sensitivity ranges from less than 5
mV at 1 MHz to about21 mV rms at 50 MHz. Note that the 733 uses the 14-pin DIP package. The filter (S2l is used to ensure accu-
rate counting while measuring noisy low-frequency signals.

Overloading of the fet input stage can be prevented The circuit that resulted from this approach ap-
by a diode limiter and an attenuator. Since there are pears in fig. 1. I've also included the vhf preamplifier
a variety of TTL integrated circuits available with and prescaler discussed by K4JIU.
Schmitt trigger inputs, one of these devices can pro- The hysteresis and TTL signal conditioning are pro-
vide the hysteresis and also the TTL signal condition- vided by a 74S132, which has a worst-case hysteresis
ing. With the Schmitt trigger operating correctly, of 0.8 volts. Therefore, I needed a preceding voltage
enough gain can be added ahead of it to provide sen- gain of at least 100 to attain a sensitivity of a few mil-
sitivity into the low-millivolt region. livolts. A 733 broadband amplifier seemed to be just

fig. 2. Circuit board layout for the preamp: bottom of board, right; component side, left.

october 1978 81
the device, since it will provide a voltage gain of 400
to approximately 40 MHz.
During the breadboard testing, I found that the 733
would break into oscillation whenever I connected a
XI0 oscilloscope probe t o its output. I was able t o
eliminate the problem by connecting a small resistor
in series with the probe, thus reducing the capacitive
probe loading on the 733 output. For this same
reason, it seemed like a good precautionary measure
to include some resistance between the 733 output
and the 748132 input. I chose R11 t o be as large as
possible and yet provide for proper sinking of the
748132 input current by the 733 output under worst-
case conditions.
The fet buffer amplifier, composed of Q1, Q2, and
03. has the high-input resistance and low-input fig. 4. Input sensitivity curve for the counter preamplifier.
capacitance necessary for an oscilloscope-type in-
put. In this stage, Q2 is a current source which offers
several important benefits. First, it provides a high- in the gate circuit of Q1. These components control
source impedance for Q1 so that its voltage gain is input capacitance, input resistance, overload charac-
nearly unity. Second, it serves as an active current teristics, and lowpass filtering. A t low frequencies,
sink t o pull down the base of Q3 on negative-going and for small signal amplitudes, the input circuit con-
sists of only R1. The gate bias current is supplied by
CR1, CR2, and R2. As the low-frequency input signal
increases in amplitude, CR1 and CR2 begin to con-
duct and form a 100-to-1 voltage divider between R l
,. and R2, thus limiting the 0 1 gate voltage. Lowpass
filtering is provided by R l and C2, which have a 16-
kHz corner frequency. With high-frequency input
signals, C1 compensates for the input capacitance of
the Q1 gate components and keeps the voltage gain
of the stage roughly constant. The price paid for this
is the unavoidable lowering of the input impedance
of the preamplifier as frequency increases. The
R1-R2 attenuator rapidly loses effectiveness as the
input frequency increases above 1 MHz. Again, this
is due to the shunting effect of C1. A n input attenua-
tor, R3 and S1, solves this problem so that it is possi-
ble t o connect as much as 60 volts rms directly to the
fig. 3. Parts placement diagram for the high-sensitivity p r e
counter input at 5 MHz and still obtain correct count-
amplifier. ing of the input signal. Without this attenuator, the
preamplifier would saturate at 3 volts rms input a t
frequencies above 10 MHz.
half cycles of the input signal. Lastly, it provides a
measure of temperature compensation so that the construction
maximum signal swing is available over a wide range A printed circuit layout and component assembly
of operating temperatures. appear in figs. 2 and 3. The two-sided printed circuit
A significant reduction in the input capacitance of board contains the high-frequency preamplifier as
an fet preamplifier can be obtained by driving the in- well as the 500-MHz prescaler. Short conductor
put transistor's drain in phase with the input signal. lengths and liberal use of bypass capacitors have
This technique, implemented by C3 and R4, virtually kept the circuit stable and free of oscillations in the
eliminates the drain t o gate capacitance of 01, thus four preamplifiers which have been assembled.
reducing its input capacitance by as much as 5 pF. Theattenuator switch and filter switch are designed
I spent most of my design time on the components for printed circuit board mounting and may be diffi-

82 october 1978
 maximum input signal for proper counting (attenua-
tor off) as a function of frequency. The maximum
l m L
BUFFER low-frequency input of 140 volts rms is limited by the
114-watt dissipation of R1. At high frequencies, the
wl-pUr
input buffer will overload when the Q1 gate voltage
reaches 10 to 15 volts pk-to-pk. Counting errors will
occur when this level is exceeded. The input attenua-
tor, to a point, helps relieve the overloading. How-
ever, as 50 MHz is approached, the input impedance
due to C1 is only slightly greater than 100 ohms. The
fig. 5. Equivalent circuit for the input of the preamplifier. At maximum input at 50 MHz would therefore be ap-
signal levels up to 50 mV rms, the amplifier has an equiva- proximately 9 volts rms.
lent input impedance of 4 megohms shunted by 10 pF.
conclusions
cult to procure. However, there is no requirement This preamplifier, in conjunction with the K4JIU
that they be mounted this way. Actually, a decrease counter, performs admirably as an inexpensive labor-
in input capacitance may be obtained by mounting atory frequency counter. The input impedance and
them off the printed circuit board. sensitivity of the preamplifier worked out in practice
In order to reduce the input capacitance, C20 was to be as the design predicted and certainly adequate
mounted between T3 and the input BNC connector. for most measurements. However, one thing did sur-
A 1.5-megohm resistor may be connected between
T3 and T4 to standarize the input- to one megohm
shunted by 10 pF.
The preamplifier will require approximately 70 mA
from the + 5 volt supply and 40 mA from the - 5 volt
supply.
performance
The only adjustment needed to get the preampli-
fier operating properly is the setting of the sensitivity
potentiometer, R8. The adjustment is easily accom-
plished by applying a 30 to 50 MHz signal to the pre-
amplifier input and adjusting R8 for a steady pulse
train out of the 748132. The signal can then be
reduced and R8 readjusted. This process should be
repeated until the adjustment of R8 produces maxi-
mum sensitivity.
A plot of the input sensitivity of the preamplifier
appears in fig. 4. The sensitivity remains constant fig. 6. Maximum signal levels for an input impedance of
lOOk ohms and 33 pF.
from a few Hz to 5 MHz and then begins to increase
to 21 mV rms at 50 MHz.
prise me, the effect of input capacitance in lowering
I measured the input impedance from these thresh-
the input impedance at high frequencies. Although
old levels UP to 50 mV rms and found it to be equiva-
the preamplifier,s input impedance is no worse than
lent to megohms shunted by pF' An equiva'ent the typical input impedance of an oscilloscope, it still
circuit of this input is shown in fig. 5.
presents a very low impedance at 50 MHz.
As the input amplitude increases above 50 mV
rms, the diode attenuator begins to lower the input
impedance so that at amplitudes greater than 300 mV
rms the input impedance is determined by R1, C1,
references
1. John H. Bordelon, KAIIU, "Simple Front Ends for a 500-MHz Frequency
and R2. It is possible to design an input network such
counter,,, hamradio, wge30,
that the input impedance at higher frequencies is still 2. Holton E. Harris. WIWP. "Sim~liiinathe Digital Freauencv
. . Counter,"
very high, but it would suffer from the lack of prOteC- ham radio, February 1978, page 22.
tion afforded by this design. Fig. 6 is a plot of the ham radio

october 1978 83
 twin-diode mixer -
a new I 4. There is no tuning

microwave mixer 11
5. There is high isolation between all ports

mixer theory
A diagram of the ideal mixer is shown in fig. 1. The
A new microwave mixer ideal filters pass currents only at the rf or i-f frequen-
cy, with the switch toggled at the normal LO fre-
using two diodes quency, frf-f$ Thus, energy from an rf source is
converted to the i-f and delivered to a load at the i-f
port. There is no energy lost in the mixer, and the
and half-wavelength lines receiver's noise figure is that of the i-f.
In a real mixer, the switch takes the form of a diode
yields an approximately which is turned on and aff by the local oscillator.
However, the diode is never a perfect open or short
6 dB noise figure circuit, and as such will absorb some energy. Losses
also occur in the circuitry surrounding the diode; the
total loss depends in a complicated way upon the
This article describes a new microwave mixer, mixer circuit, the pump level, and, to a lesser extent,
unique in that it has few parts and does not require the diode itself. All high-performance mixers attempt
boards or complicated metalwork. You can build it in t o achieve the conditions of the ideal case shown in
a minimum of time, and with confidence of having a fig. 1.
good mixer when you're done. The 1296-MHz model Mixer performance can be characterized by the fol-
to be described has a 6.4 dB noise figure including a lowing equations:
1.2 dB i-f noise figure. Other features include the Tssb = (LC-1) TO (1)
following:
Tdsb = ( L c - 2, TO (2)
1. A very low local-oscillator power requirement
of - 3 d B m
2. The local oscillator frequency is half that nor-
mally used By Jim Dietrich, WABRDX, Post Office Box
3. No dc return is necessary 208, Mulvane, Kansas 671 10

84 october 1978
 1 s Y*r FlLTEll 26 UIIn FlLlER
r-----1 r-----1 ssb mixer

dsb mixer
(LC- 2) T O +LcTiy+ 2Ta,,
TSYS= (6)

fig. 1. Diagram of the ideal mixer operating a t 1296 MHz. The twin-diode mixer
switch will toggle at a 1268MHz rate, causing the 1296-MHz
t be converted to 28 MHz.
i n ~ uto
An alternative to using a single diode is t o use a
pair of parallel-connected diodes, of opposite polari-
ty, and pumped by a local oscillator at one-half the
where normal frequency. Each diode is turned on once dur-
ing the LO cycle, 180 degrees apart, and both are off
T,b is the ssb mixer noise temperature
when the LO voltage is zero. Thus, a pair of diodes
To is the physical temperature of the mixer in
degrees Kelvin.
Tdsb zi the double sideband mixer noise
t emperat ure.
Note that eq. 3 requires an input signal at the i-f
cmmm
frequency t o directly measure conversion loss. The c-€N
"FsE I , B C U 14-,,8-,
"ERE

loss going the other direction is generally different. I t # 6<m14.,/Zm)

The loss of a dsb mixer is never less than 2, since i-f
energy is equally converted to signal and image fre-
quencies. However, as shown by eq. 2, the noise fig-
ure is not limited to 3 dB.
Eq. 2 is complicated by the problem of measuring
the dsb mixer noise figure. The equivalent ssb noise fig. 2. Schematic diagram of the twin-diode mixer. The half-
performance in terms of the indicated noise figure is wavelength lines are 5 mm 13/16 inchl wide and mounted 1.5
mm (1116 inchl above the ground plane. Ensure that the line
on the right is connected to the ground plane, while the one
on the left remains open. Since the local-oscillator frequen-
where cy is approximately onbhelf that of the input rf, the ground-
Fm is the measured noise figure. ed half-wavelength line will look like an open circuit to the
LO port and also like a low impedance to the rf port. L l is 3
For example, if the meter indicates 4 dB for a dsb cm (1 inch) no. 28 AWG (0.3 mm) wire; K is 15 turns no. Z
AWG (0.2 mm) wire wound to a diameter of 1.5 mm (1116
mixer, the ssb noise figure is actually 6 dB, not the 7
inch).
dB obtained by simply adding 3 dB t o the indicated
noise figure." This common mistake introduces sub-
stantial error for low noise figures. For each type mix- pumped at 634 MHz performs identically t o a single
er, ssb system noise temperature is given by the fol- diode pumped at 1268 MHz.
lowing: Fig. 2 shows a full-size mixer circuit for 1296 MHz
which takes advantage of the frequency relation in
the twin-diode scheme. On each side of the diode
Component mounting configuration at the rf end LO porn. pair is a half-wavelength line at the rf frequency, and
thus a quarter wavelength at the local oscillator fre-
quency. A t each frequency, an open circuit exists at
the respective port, with a short on the opposite side
of the diode pair. This ideally gives total isolation be-
tween the ports. The i-f and local oscillator ports may
be dc or ac coupled, but the rf port must be capaci-
tively coupled so that it presents an open circuit to
the i-f. The bandwidth of the mixer is about 20 per

' W l l h F , equal to 4 dB. converting to a ratio w ~ l lyield 2.5

lonttloKlo4/10=2 5). Using th~snumber in eq. 4 produces a noise figure of
6dBIIOl0g~~12.2 5 - 111.

october 1978 85
fig. 3. Test setup for
where
_g=

?
AWAL VZCR
the mixer conversion LC = the conversion loss 6 d B = 4
loss end isolation
measurements. All
To = the mixer operating temperature 297K
pons are terminated Ti./= a 1.2 d B i-f noirefigure 92K
in 50 ohms. - 3 $an
KY Y,

The single sideband noise figure is

cent, so line lengths as well as component values are

not critical.
Addition of a good input filter should lower the
mixer evaluation conversion loss t o 3 t o 4 dB and thus give an overall
The mixer was tested by measuring the noise fig- noise figure of 5 dB or less. However, care must be
ure and also by measuring the actual conversion loss. taken to keep filter losses low or else this improve-
The results were in good
- -
agreement. The conversion
loss test setup is shown in fig. 3. The input level was
- 30 dBm f 0.1 dB at 28 MHz. This level was used
because more signal causes undesired higher-order
products in the output, and less signal is difficult to
accurately measure. The LO level is - 3 dBm, which
was found to be optimum both in the conversion loss
and noise figure measurements. The spectrum analy-
zer was calibrated for absolute level at 1296 MHz so
that the overall accuracy of the conversion loss
measurement is k 0.5 dB.
Fig. 4 shows the output as observed on the analy-
zer. All LO harmonics are 37 dB down ( - 40 dBm)
from the input at 634 MHz. The desired signal and its
primary image are both 6 dB ( - 36 dBm) below the
28-MHz input level. Other responses are down
enough that they can be neglected.
664 116R 2 5 f<
As can be seen, the device is indeed a double-side- F @ ~ O " C W . , Y",

band mixer, so that ssb receiver noise temperature is .,

fig. Mixer output as observed on the spectrum analyzer.
found from the following: The local oscillator was 634 MHz et - 3 dBm. The ZRMHz i-1
input was at -30 dBm. The output levels ere read directly
in dBm.

ment will not be obtained. I n view of the fact that the

mixer, as described, is probably better than most in
use today, I haven't taken time t o build a filter.

summary
In this article I have presented a new mixer config-
uration for use at 1296 MHz. The circuit can be used
at higher microwave frequencies by simply scaling
the half-wavelength lines. The device exceeds the
performance of most available doubly balanced mix-
ers by producing a 6.4 dB noise figure, nearly 40 dB
isolation between all ports, and an LO requirement of
only - 3 dBm. I n addition, the LO frequency is one-
half that normally required, a most attractive feature.
A brief review of mixer theory, including noise per-
formance, was presented to give a better under-
standing of twin-diode mixer operation. The noise
relationships can be used to properly characterize
View of the microwave mixer showing overall layout. Built
receiver system performance using the twin-diode
on 3 mm 1118 inch) aluminum this mixer used brass shim mixer or any other ssb or dsb mixer.
stock for the lines. BNC connectors were used at all pons. ham radio

86 october 1978
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for handitalkies capability, the 0.7 f l sensitivity leaves much to be
desired. A preamplifier seemed to be the solution.
I
I simple preamplifier
There are a variety of circuits available for two
A simple, two-meter, meter-preamplifiers, but I wanted to keep it simple,
low cost, and fairly compact, so it would fit inside the
case if possible. Also, I felt it would be desirable to
one-transistor preamp increase the receiver sensitivity from 0.7 pV to about

is used to overcome
the lack of
receiver sensitivity

Does your 2-meter HT suffer from the lack of

receiver sensitivity? A simple single transistor preamp
can do wonders, especially if you use an external
power amplifier while operating near the repeater
fringes. One problem that frequently arises is that
they can hear you, but you can't hear them! fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the wideband rf amplifier. Only
I have a Regency HRT-2 hand-held, which I also the portion to the left of the dotted line is used. All resistors
are 114 watt. and all capacitors are disc ceramics.
use mobile with a Heath HA-201 10-watt amplifier
located in the trunk. After a few months of opera-
tion, I became annoyed at the received signal drop- 0.1 or 0.2 pV, typical of most high-quality mobile
out and static near the fringe of the repeater covei- radios; this meant a gain of about 17 dB. Another re-
age. My friends all told me my transmitted signal was quirement was that it be broadband, so that tuning
excellent - full quieting into the repeaters; I tried a for each repeater would not be necessary. The last
1/4-wavelength whip in the center of my car roof, requirement was that it have the capability of being
and finally a 518-wavelength whip, but to no avail. switched into the circuit during receive and switched
The noise and breakup persisted. out during transmit without .the need for relays.
The HRT-2 has a receiver sensitivity of 0.7 pV for
20 dB of quieting, quite adequate in the city and
compatible with the 2-watt output of the transmitter. By Herbert L. Bresnick, WBZIFV, 16 Creek-
However, as a mobile unit with 10 watts of output side Drive, Honeoye Falls, New York 14472

october 1978 89
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fig. 2. Schematic diagram of the Heath 2-meter amplifier (A) and the changes made to incorporate the receiving preamplifier (81.
Power for the preamp can be obtained from the 13.6 volt line. 07 and D8 are also added to the existing circuitry.

A search through the literature revealed that all of previously were extremely noisy, and there was no
these requirements would be tough to meet in one evidence of overloading from undesired signals.
circuit. However, a simple and inexpensive wideband
rf amplifier was found1 which met most of the origi- construction
nal objectives (fig. 1). Two transistors were used in The next problem was how t o wire i t into the HT.
the original circuit, but in my case only one was used After a quick look inside the case, it appeared to be a
with a gain of 14 dB. Although tuned circuits are major task to dismantle the entire set. And the
recommended for improved selectivity, the amplifier thought of upsetting the rf circuits or breaking other
was built up as a broadband unit t o see how it would connections was disgruntling.
work. When externally connected t o the HT the A search for solid-state switching circuits did not
results were excellent. Clean reception was now pos- reveal any that would be compact enough to fit in-
sible with all the local repeaters, including two that side the case. Suddenly, it occurred to me that the

90 october 1978
answer was inside the Heath power amplifier. I t
already contained a solid-state TR switching net-
work, a quite clever one at that. I decided to place
the preamp within the power amplifier, since all the
required connections were right there.
The Heath 10-watt power amplifier is a single, rf-
switched transistor. The amplifier is automatically
coupled to the circuit as soon as one watt of signal
appears at the input. A pair of switching diodes then
conduct, routing the signal to the transistor. When
the HT is switched to receive, the diodes no longer
conduct, and the received signal is passed through
two 114-wave transformers to the receiver. A pair of
switching diodes at the junction of the two trans-
formers provide a short circuit to ground during
transmission, preventing any rf feedback.
To connect the preamplifier, it was merely neces-
sary to break the center connection beween the two
114-wave transmission lines, insert the preamp, and
add another pair of switching diodes to the input of
the preamp, leaving the existing pair at the output.
The revised circuit is shown in fig. 2. The additional
diodes were obtained from Heath, and are IN4149 or
equivalent. The 12-volt supply for the preamplifier
was obtained from a convenient tie point in the
HA-201. The preamp was mounted by its own leads,

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 tebook
general coverage using existing crystal sockets. The dimen-
sions of the bracket allow its right
new product detector
the Collins 75s receiver side to rest on the tops of the crystals for the R-4C
A recent article in QSTl detailed a in sockets 1, 2, and 3E, providing As mentioned in a previous article,'
relatively simple and inexpensive more rigidity. the product detector in the Drake
method for extending the frequency The switch is mounted with the R-4B and R-4C leaves room for im-
coverage of the 75s-1. However, this handle pointing leftlright for instant provement. The present design al-
particular method did not allow for recognition of NORMAL or GENERAL lows the audio t o leak back into the
proper operation of the receiver, COVERAGE. Two solder lugs are at- last i-f stage, from where it is de-
especially with regard t o transceive tached under the socket nearest the tected, causing the AGC to vary at an
operation, since the correct tuned switch for coax braid connections. audio rate. To correct this error we
circuits for the preselector, rf, ampli- The coax lead that normally goes developed a reasonably simple prod-
fier, and crystal oscillator circuitry from V3B-, pin 2, t o the arm of S l A , uct detector which eliminated the
are not necessarily selected. The was broken at the V3 side and passed problems. Unfortunately, as stated
method I've employed for some through the hole near the front panel in the article, the main disadvantage
t o the new switch. A new piece of
coax is run from the switch t o V3B. + I 4 VDC

The rest of the wiring is done with

71 NEW SWITCH
hookup wire. Attachment t o the
common point of the sockets may be
made at crystal socket 3E.
With the switch in the NORMAL
position, the 75s-1 operates with the
PC
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PA 0

standard compliment of crystals. In

the GENERAL COVERAGE position, a fig. 2. Schematic diagram of the TL442
properly chosen crystal may be in- product detector. All components are
serted and with the band switch mounted on a 4.5 x 4.5 cm (1-314 x 1-314
selecting the proper frequency range, inches) piece of 100-mil Vector board. The
fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the change to
operation outside the amateur bands resistor and capacitor in the 14-volt line
the 75s-series receivers to permit general provide some additional filtering and also
coverage while still maintaining transceiv- (or extended 10-meter coverage, for drop the voltage down to approximately
er capabilities. The two additional sockets instance) is accomplished. The band- 11.8Vdc.
are mounted on a small metal bracket switch position is especially impor-
above the present crystal bank.
tant when operating the receiver in
transceive w i t h the 32s series of the MC1496 was the high number
months does allow for split or trans- transmitters. A similar modification of external components.
ceive operation, is somewhat more could be made to the transmitter, I n recent correspondence w i t h
flexible, and requires only a slight although this has not as yet been Howard Sartori, W5DA, he sug-
modification to the receiver. attempted. gested another device which has
An aluminum bracket is drilled to Paul Pagel, N1FB also proved suitable as a product
accept t w o crystal sockets and a detector, the TL442 from Texas In-
miniature spdt switch. One socket reference struments. As seen i n fig. 1, the
accepts HC-17/U, and the other, 'A parts package for this product detector is avail-
1. Vernon L. Gibbs. W4JTL. "An extended Fre-
HC-6/U crystals. The bracket is quency Range for the Collins 75s-1." QST, able from G. R. Whitehouse, Newbury Drive, Am-
secured t o the left side rail over the October, 1977. herst, New Hampshire 03031.

94 a october 1978
 circuit is extremely simple, yet pro- Table 1. Diode p~rogramminginformation became apparent, however, that dial-
vides essentially the same perform- for the TR7500. ing up the commonly used frequen-
ance as the MC1496." frequency P1 cies could be, for this operator at
To begin installation, it is first 146.16 0 least, hazardous while driving
necessary to remove Drake parts 146.19 1 because of the need to watch the fre-
CR2, CR3, C83, C84, and R60. Next, 146.22 0 quency read-out dial while changing
the wires connecting the output of 146.25 1
channels.
146.28 0
TI1 and the printed circuit board are 146.31 1
Users of the TR7500 should be
removed. The 0.01 FF coupling ca- 146.34 0 aware that the transceiver has forty-
pacitor to be installed should con- 146.37 1 four preprogrammed channels - all
nect between the transformer pins 146.40 0 ARRL band-plan frequencies between
and the IC socket. There shouldn't 146.43 1
146 and 148 MHz, including all
146.46 0
be any connections on the circuit 146.49 1 repeaters, and simplex frequencies.
board for either the BFO of i-f inputs. 146.52 0 However, the transceiver also offers
Completing the installation only re- 146.55 1 six blank channels, which are designed
quires that the IC, socket, and asso- 146.58 0 to be user programmed, by use of a
146.61 1
ciated components be mounted on a diode matrix, for frequencies not
146.64 U
small piece of 100-mil Vector board 146.67 1 included in the preprogrammed
and mounted in the same location as 146.70 0 sequence. These frequencies must be
the MC1496 version. All other con- 146.73 1 on standard 30 kHz centers. Com-
nections can be made according to 146.76 0 plete instructions for programming
fig. 1. 146.79 1 these additional channels, are in the
146.82 0
Audio output is slightly higher 146.85 1 transceiver operating manual.
than a stock R-4C. The combination 146.88 0 The thought occurred to me that
of R61 and the original 0.05 pF bypass 146.91 1 regular channels could also be pro-
capacitor provide the proper high- 146.94 0 grammed into the blank channels,
frequency rolloff. In this configura- 146.97 1
rather than having to dial them out in
147.00 0
tion, and also in the original, the 147.03 1 the regular sequence. A review of the
product detector will accept a 20 dB 147.06 0 circuit and the programming instruc-
increase in signal level before it over- 147.09 1 tions lead to a simple exercise in
loads. 147.12 0 binary numbering, and a complete
147.15 1
As an addendum, several people programming table was worked out.
147.18 0
have reported an audio oscillation 147.21 1 With this information, the six blank
problem after incorporating the 147.24 0 channels were quickly programmed.
0.0015 pF capacitor referred to in the 147.27 1 The plan has worked out very nice-
original article. We've found that 147.30 0 ly. The six channels are programmed
this can be cured by inserting a 147.33 1
for three repeaters, and three simplex
147.36 0
4700-ohm resistor in series with the 147.39 1
frequencies, which completely
added capacitor and also connecting 147.42 0 handles local driving requirements.
a 0.01 pF capacitor across the head- 147.45 1 While driving, a quick glance identi-
phone jack. 147.48 0 fies which of the six channels the
147.51 1
reference radio is set on, with subsequent
147.54 0
1. J. Robert Sherwood, WBQJGP and George B. 147.57 1 changes made by feel. Of course, any
Heidelman, KBRRH, "Present-Day Receivers - 147.60 0 of the other regular channels is imme-
Some Problems and Cures," ham radio, December, 147.63 1 diately available, simply by dialing up
1977, page 10. 147.66 0 the appropriate channel in the normal
Rob Sherwood, WBBJGP 147.69 1
manner.
George Heidelman, K8RRH 147.72 0
147.75 1 Table 1 shows the complete diode
Sherwood Engineering programming instruction for all chan-
147.78 0
1 1 1 0 1 1 nels from 146.16 MHz to 147.99 MHz.
preprogramming the 147.81
147.84 0 0 0 1 1 1 Note that the columns are headed by
Kenwood TR7500 147.87 1 0 0 1 1 1 designators PI through P6, as used in
147.90 0 1 0 1 1 1
A Kenwood TR7500 was recently 147,93 1 1 0 1 1 1 the diode programming instructions
obtained for mobile usage, and has 147.96 0 0 1 1 1 1 of the operating manual.
proven excellent for that purpose. It 147.99 l o l l 1 1 Bob Locher. W9KNI

october 1978 95
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 depressing the UP or DOWN push- switch operates independently of
buttons until the desired segment is these filters, and can select either a
reached. Tuning within the segment special new synchro-phase a-m de-
is accomplished by the PTO, which is tector, or the product detector. Ex-
connected to the main tuning knob. cellent international a-m shortwave
A 10-dB, pushbutton-selected pre- and broadcast band reception can be
amp can be activated on all ranges realized w i t h the low-distortion
above 1.5 MHz. This preamp im- synchro-phase a-m detector.
proves the overall sensitivity from ap- The third i-f operates at 50-kHz and
products proximately 0.5 ~ L Vto approximately features a tunable i-f notch filter for
0.2 ~LV.As w i t h any rf amplifier, heterodyne rejection. The n o t c h
Drake R-7 receiver however, its use lowers the intercept depth is approximately 40 dB.
point by approximately the same Extremely flexible selectivity com-
amount as its gain. Therefore, pre- binations may be realized by the
amp use should be limited to weak proper choice of an 8-pole crystal
signal environments for best overall filter, notch adjustment, and posi-
front-end performance. tioning of the passband tuner, which
The second i-f of the R-7 operates is also employed in the R-7 receiver.
at 5645 kHz, and the selectable 8-pole The passband tuner is full range and
crystal filters operate in this range. A enables the operator to properly set
The new Drake R-7 receiver is choice of 300 Hz, 500 Hz, 1800 Hz, the passband position, in relation t o
presently in the design and prototype and 4.0 kHz filters are available, in ad- the selectivity filter, for any mode
stage, with first shipments scheduled dition to the 2.3-kHz ssb filter. Any of continuously from RTTY to CW or
for early 1979. Preliminary specifica- these filters may be selected from the any sideband. Various positions of
tions are listed i n table 1. The front panel with a 5-position switch. agc, from OFF t o SLOW, are also
receiver is 100 per cent solid state, It should be noted that the MODE availablefrom thefrontpanel.
fully synthesized with a permeability
tuned oscillator (PTO) for smooth table 1. Preliminary specifications for the new Drake R-7 communications receiver.
tuning. I t has continuous tuning from Frequency coverage 0-30 MHz with DR-7 digital readout general coverage board;
0-30 MHz, and offers both a digital 0.5 MHz
readout and an analog dial. 0.52.0, 2.53.0, 3.54.0, 4.5-5.0, 7.0-7.5. 14.0-14.5, 21.0-
As with the Drake TR-7 transceiv- 21.5. 28.529.0 MHz withwt Aux-7 (Aux-7 adds any eight
er, the R-7 receiver features up- 500-kHz segments from 0 to 30 MHz)
conversion t o a first i-f at 48 MHz; a Frequency stability Less than 100 Hz drift after warmup
special high-level, double-balanced Readout accuracy Analog dial: better than f 1 kHz when calibrated to nearest
marker
mixer provides a high intercept point
Digital: 15 ppm f 100 Hz
and strong signal handling character-
Sensitivity 1500 kHz -30 MHz) 0.5 or less for 10 dB tS+ NIIN on ssb and CW; 0.2 &V or
istics. The receiver uses a full set of
less with preamp turned on
bandpass "window filters" t h a t
2.0 pV or less for 10 dB (S + N)/N on a-m (30% modulation);
operate from 30 MHz, through VLF, 1.0 pV or less with preamp turned on
to zero MHz. This permits perform- (Preamp not operationalbelow 1.5 MHz)
ance in the MFJLFJVLF range that is (0-500 kHz) 2.0 pV or less for 10 dB IS+ NllN on ssb and CW; 1.0 &V or
very similar t o that i n the high- less for 10 dB (S + NjIN on a-m
frequency range. As a result, external Selectivity Same as TR-7 (ultimateselectivity greater than 90 dB)
VLF preselectors or converters are A9c Same as TR-7
not required. lnterrnodulation Intercept point at +20 dBm, minimum; two-tone dynamic
The bandswitch selects various range, 95 dB
groups of window filters and deter- Image end i-f rejection Greater than80 dB
mines the frequency limits of each Audio output 2.5 wan with less than 10% TGD into4-ohm load
range. Any 500-kHz segment within Powar supply 1101220Vac50/60Hz or 11-16Vdc
these limits is selected by simply Dimensions Same as TR-7

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 The R-7 will transceive with the
Drake TR-7, and these functions are
pushbutton controlled. The R-7 also
has a unique antenna switch/toroidal
splitter .so that both the R-7 and the
TR-7 may be used on the same anten-
na for simultaneous dual receive. This 1 K w CW, 3 K w PEP input.
will be a boon to DXers who wish to For dipoles, inverted Vees,
monitor an out-of-band DXpedition beams, quads.
D e ~ e n d a b l e Takes
.
and the in-band pile-up at the same

I
temporary overloads in
time. The antenna selector also per-
stride.
mits alternate antennas to be used on Specify 1:1 o r 4:l ratio.
the receiver and a main antenna on
the transceiver, or vice versa. The Model 1K $22.50
alternate antenna may also be split
between the two units.
The receiver features receiver in- 2 K w C W , 6 K w PEP input.
cremental tuning (RIT), so that the Far more rugged than any
receiver frequency may be varied in- other balun made for
dependently of the transmit frequen- amateur use.
Specify 1:1 o r 4:l ratio.
cy when operated in transceive with
the TR-7. As with the TR-7, the digi- Model 2K $42.50
tal readout in the R-7 may be used as
an external counter to 150 MHz.
The receiver's built-in power sup-
ply operates from either 12 Vdc or
1201240 Vac. The styling, color, and
2 K w C W , 6 K w PEP input.
size of the R-7 matches that of the Our heavy d u t y balun w i t h
TR-7, and either the internal speaker mounting bracket for 2"
or an external MS-7 speaker may be mast or boom.
used. Further information and prices Specify 1:l o r 4:l ratio.
will be available from the R.L. Drake
Beam Balun $47.50
Co. by the end of 1978.

Racal RA6700 receiver Only Palornar Baluns Have A l l These Features

R F toroidal core for highest efficiency.
Teflon insulated wire.
Stainless steel hardware. W o n ' t rust.
Epoxy filled case. Waterproof.
Wideband 1.7 t o 30 M H z .
W h i t e case t o reflect the sun.
Lightning protection built in.
Free brochure sent o n request
The Racal RA6700 is a fully syn- H o w many lightweight baluns have you burned out
thesized, tunable, solid-state com- already? Install the balun that w i l l stay u p there working
munications receiver designed for all year after year.
modes of reception over the frequen-
cy range of 15 kHz to 30 MHz. The in- To order, a d d $2 shippinglhandling. California residents
ternal synthesizer provides single- a d d sales tax.
knob frequency control that allows
rapid tuning across the complete
frequency range with the feel and
smoothness of a VFO, while retaining
the accuracy and stability of the in-

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 ternal frequency standard. I n addi-
tion, the operator can select either a
100- or 10-Hz tuning rate, with the
separate MHz control knob, per-
your mitting rapid changes from one end
of the frequency range to the other.
MOST CALLED The RA6772 incorporates the very
latest techniques in mixer and signal
NUMBERS path refinements t o produce im-
proved dynamic range and t o reduce
at your favorite intermodulation products, reciprocal
Amateur Radio Dealer mixing, cross modulation, blocking,
and spurious responses t o a degree
that exceeds the capabilities of any
Look for This Display at other general-purpose receiver cur-
the Finest Radio Dealers rently in production. The basic re-
everywhere and dis- ceiver will accommodate six i-f fil-
ters; two may be asymmetrical ssb
cover why present filters with either 3- or 6-kHz nominal
AD-1 owners are bandwidths. Provisions are also avail-
so proud of able for additional filters if the stan.
dard 300-Hz, 3-kHz, and &kHz fil-
their new ters are not adequate. During CW
Auto Dialers. reception, the internal BFO provides
f 3 kHz tuning range.
The receiver is ruggedly construc-
ted to permit operation under ex-
treme conditions. Yet the internal
layout permits easy access for serv-
U P TO 18 TELEPHONE or control numbers retrieved w i t h a
icing, all components being acces-
one or t w o key punch.
sible without the use of extension
AUTOMATIC RE-DIAL o f last number manually dialed. leads or adapters. The rear panel
SAFE AUTOPATCH CALLS even i n heavy traffic. contains all input and output con-
nectors, with many internal connec-
10 NUMBER RAM easily programmed i n moments f r o m the
tions making possible the use of the
keypad.
receiver as the basis for a more so-
OPTIONAL PLUG-IN 8 NUMBER PROM custom-programmed phisticated receiver system.
b y factory is available for $4.95. A Prom Order Card is packed To enhance receiver versatility and
w i t h each AD-1. flexibility for communications, sur-
PROGRAMMABLE TONE-LENGTH AND DURATION ensures veillance, and direction-finding ap-
accessing virtually any repeater having strict timing require-
ments. Ask any veteran autopatch user and h e will tell you that
this feature is an absolute must!
I plications, a number of options and
variations are available. In addition to
the normal modes of reception pro-
EASY INTERFACING w i t h virtually any amateur transceiver vided in the basic RA6772,.additional
using the coil cord provided. units can be added within the receiver
CRYSTAL CONTROLLED TIMEBASE assures high stability to permit reception of ISB and FSK
over a wide temperature range. signals, along with AFC operation.
When configured for teletype, one or
MADE I N U.S.A. two machines may be directly con-
A l l t h e s e f e a t u r e s a n d m o r e a r e p o s s i b l e t h a n k s to t h e e x -
nected to the receiver without the
c l u s i v e AEA 197701 M O S M i c r o c o m p u t e r Chip. (OEM in-
q u i r i e s invited). need for external power supplies.
The RA6700 receiver series is well
suited for single- or multiple-receiver
systems, with numerous options and
configurations possible. As an ex-
ADVANCED ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS, INC.
P.O. BOX 2160, LYNNWOOD, WA. 98036
100 october 1978 More Details?CHECK-OFF Page 142
ample, the RA6774 can be controlled
by a computer, or, as in the case of CUSHCRAFT
IS THE FM
the RA6780, by either local or remote
manual control. For additional infor-
mation; contact RACAL Communi-
cations, Inc., 5 Research Place,
Rockville, Maryland 20850.

Sherwood Engineering
ANTENNA
crystal filters
Sherwood Engineering has recent-
ly expanded still further its already
COMPANY.
Cushcraft manufactures the world's most
extensive line of high-performance complete line of quality antennas for
crystal filters. T o complement their amateur VHF FM repeater servlce including
filtersfor the Drake R4C, they've now h ~ g h - g a nm u l t ~ s l e r n e nvertrcal
t beams,
stocked colllneor arrays, 518-wavelength
added a 2.1-kHz a-m filter (CF- mob~le whips, half-wavelength Rlngo"
2.1KI8AM) which plugs directly into vertlcols, a n d the world-famous Rlngo
a normal a-m filter socket. This 8-pole Ranger", which features stacked vertlcal
ladder filter, which can be used to re- half-wavelength elements for 4 5 d B d
place the normal 4- or &kHz filters, omnldlrect~onalgaln Whether your favorite 4L
exhibits a - 6dB bandwidth of 2.1 kHz repeater 1s next door or across the state.
Cushcraft has a VHF-FM antenna whlch is
and is 3.6 kHz wide at the -60 dB
exactly engineered to your needs
point.
To help you take advantage of the
extensive filter capability that can be .<b
obtained by using the full line of w7
Drake-type filters, Sherwood Engi-
neering is now offering a custom-
made, dual function switch for the
front panel of the R4C. This switch,
which replaces the present AGC
switch, makes it possible t o switch
each filter from the front panel. In
addition, the new concentrically
mounted AGC switch provides five 9 -0

AGC positions, instead of the original I

four (off, fast, medium, and slow).
I
This offers the operator the option of
incorporating a n additional AGC
speed for greater time-constant flex-

T'
ibility. The switch itself does not rC

replace the Sherwood Engineering

relay kits, but is offered as an alter- wk*
native to the normal toggle switches.
In addition t o filters for the Drake
R4C, Sherwood Engineering is also
-
I II k It I nt-or
b @
518 wave P 1 ill,e R~ngoR a r jer
manufacturing the CF-350/8, a 350-
Hz CW filter for use with the TR4,

&-
TR4C. or the TR4Cw. This 8-pole
filter has a shape factor of 2.431 (as
compared with the 4:1 factor for the
normal 500-Hz filter supplied in the UPS SHIPPMLE
TR4Cw), yet it is easily installed in
many TR4s in less than t w o hours.
In Stock With Dealers World Wide PO Box 4680, Monchester N H 03108
-
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 - -
Model lSW 0inour.l Synthaizsr-Filter with Tona-Top
the, 8 'D" Cells Lrtl Ihtleriar 186.Wppd. U.S.

Modal 1501 - Rsquiray w r 12 to I5 volt DC lnplt, lW mo.

nm. iintsrn~lrcgulmim) 189.Wppd, U.S.
For the TR4Cw, installation can be
Well Trmrbrms, IINAC supply r d d 01 12 volts, 350no. accomplished i n less than five
fol vu wilh Model 1501 or ... $4.95
minutes.
Other new products include 350-Hz

I
1
GETsEnm WAN IW HZ rrFrcilvr srLrcrlvlrv ON cw, A srLtcrAsLr Nolst BANDWIDTH OF 16s THAN 150 HZ
PLJSPfRIPhERAL HEARING IN BINALRAL SOUND . ..
ALL WITHOUT LlSTlNlNG THROUGH THE TINKLING ROAR
OF A &ARROW-BAND FILTER OR FUSSING WIT* SELECTIVE SOLELCH SYSITMS.
FUNCTION ON SIDE 8AND VOICE
rtneo fmhion . ..
...
..
EXPERIENCE THE BINAJRAL
k plup in two 8 Ohn 1
Jurr connecl to y w r receiver's headphone M 1p.oka j ~ ad
I CW filters for both the Kenwood
TS-820 (CK-35018) and the Signal
One (CS-35018). Each is a custom-

I
.pek.r~ ~rnrngd ddltimal jock pmri&d 01 l a c r parer to pmtesl ywr #.no h a d s o .
made, 8-pole ladder filter which ex-
In HR mogmin. orticln m Nobv.'75 ond Nw.'76 . . . h k fw rur note en listanin. with bimurol and la.-1- nptms
hibits a 6160-dB shape factor of
HILDRETH ENGINEERING BOX 60003 SUNNYVALE CA94088 2.43: 1. Both are direct replacement
filters which can be installed in
minutes. The CS-35018 has a lower

(WAND HOLDING?. . . LET insertion loss, in many cases, than

the hard-to-find deluxe factory CW
filter.
DATA
rn
SIGNAL put rings on p u r fingers . . . For the CW operator who wants
the best, Sherwood Engineering has
]with our SUB-MINIATURE ENCODERS developed a 125-Hz CW filter for the
new Drake TR-7. This filter is ex-
The world's smallest hand-held goes hand-in- cellent for the high selectivity
hand with the world's smallest, lightest and demanded during DX and contest
least expensive T-T Pads. work. The new filter will mount
directly on the TR-7 filter board. Or,
MODEL SME -
Smallest available Touch Tone Encoder. Thin.
.05" thick, keyboard mounts directly t o front of hand.
only '. for the person with both Drake CW
' held portable, while sub.rniniature tone module fits Inside.
1
Thls
with
keyboard allows use of battery chargers. Price $29.00.
your choice of keyboards. SME (less keyboard) $24.00
.
,
filters already installed, a plug-in filter
board can be obtained to add the ad-
ditional flexibility afforded by incor-
porating all filters.
or, SME For complete details and price in-
formation on all products, contact
MODEL DTM -
Completely selt.contained miniature encoder
for hand.held portables. Only 5/16" thick. Three wire con- Sherwood Engineering, 1268 South
nection. Automatic PTT keying opt~onal.With our choice of
-
keyboards. Prlcs OTM $39.00, DTM-PTT S49.k. - Ogden Street, Denver, Colorado
.Touch.Tone is a registered trade name of ATLT.
80210.

...And Bells on Y o u r goes

with our AUTOPATCH - Ready to go! Alliance heavy-duty

rotator
The HD-73 Heavy-Duty rotator,
combining wind- and ice-resistant
features plus two-speed rotational
-
A Complete Autopatch facility that requires only a repeater control never before incorporated
and a telephone line. Features include single-digit access/
disconnect, direct djaling from mobile or hand-held radvos. into a unit of its size and perform-
ad,ustable a m p l l f i e n for transmitter and telephone audio, and
tone.burst transponder for acknowledgement of patch dis- ance, is offered by the Alliance
connect.
RAP-2W P. C. Card Manufacturing Company Inc., of
RAP-200R Rack Mount
Alliance, Ohio.
Be sure to ask about Designed especially for the serious
our new keyers and CW amateur who wishes to increase his
memory for CW buffs.
capability with in-tower or mast-
mounting option, the HD-73 features
a unique dual-speed control with one
five-position switch. It provides a
2403 COMMERCE LANE ALBANY, GEORGIA 31707 one-minute-per-revolution speed for
912-883-4703

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rotating over an extended arc, and a CUSHCRAFT
IS THE HF
slower speed permitting pinpoint ad-
justments for the best signal on re-
ceive and transmit.
Improved automatic brake action
not only simplifies positioning, but
also reduces risk of antenna damage
by sudden stops that impose high
MULTIBAND
inertial stress on antenna, tower, and
rotator.
Designed to move antennas with a ANTENNA
COMPANY.
maximum of 1 square meter (10.7
square feet) of load capacity, the HD-
73 develops a wind-load bending
moment capable of withstanding the
most severe prevailing wind condi- \

tions. Icing, another weather hazard

for rotators, is overcome by the heav-
iest hardened-steel pitch-gear teeth
of any rotator in its size and price
range. The consistently high per-
formance of the unit in all weather
conditions is enhanced by a factory-
\ \
I_
installed lubricant that withstands
temperature ranges of +49 t o
+
- 2g°C ( 120 to - 20OF).
The HD-73's 20-volt ac, capacitor-
operated, split-phase, reversible
motor and its transformer are doubly
protected by fuse and thermal pro-
ATB-34. Three Bond
tectors against shorts, possible con-
Cushcraft manufactures a full range of high-
nection error, and prolonged opera- frequency antennas which are performance
tion. No voltage on the motor or engineered for the most discriminating amateur.
leads exceeds Underwriters Labora- For the amateur who demands top performance
tory safety limits. in a multiband Yogi beam there's the
The meter, a dc, D'Arsonval, taut- incomparable ATB-34 three-band beam for
broadband. high-gain coverage on 10.15 and
band type, is calibrated in bold 20 meters.
S-W-N-E-S lettering as well as with a And for the Amateur with limited antenna space
degree-graduated scale for full 360° and budget who wants reliable, multiband
position recording. The voltage sup- radio communications there are three Cushcroft
ply for meter indication is solid-state multiband verticals to choose from: the three-
band AN-3 for 10. 15 and 20: the four-band
regulated to assure accuracy regard- AN-4 for 10, 15.20 and 40 meters; and the AN-5
less of wide line-voltage or load
variation. The bar switch permits
dual-speed rotor control with utmost
for low VSWR five-bond performancefrom 80
through 10 meters.
Cushcraft high-frequencyantennas are quality Aw-4,
lr
accuracy and fingertip ease. engineered for top performance; they are often
imitated, but never duplicated.
The power required is 117 volts
ac, 60 hertz. The mast mounting

6-
size range is 35 mm (1-318 inch) to
63 mm (2-112 inch) O.D.; it requires
a six-conductor cable. Total shipping
weight of the rotator with two pairs UPS SHIPPABLE
of brackets and control box is 7.7 kg
(17 Ibs).
In Stock Wtth Dealers World Wide PO. Box 4680. Manchester. N. H. 03108

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 CENTRAL NEW YORK'S FASTEST GRO

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Featur~ngY a ~ s u I r rlrr,. Atlas. Dentron. Ten-Tec. Swan. Regency. Standard. Tempo.
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lor a ouote YOU WON'T BE D~SAPPOINTED compact amateur

A compact new 1-watt, Zmeter

handheld amateur f m transceiver is
now available from Standard Com-
munications Corp. of Carson, Cali-
fornia. This transceiver, designated
C-118, is approximately the height
and width of a dollar bill, and permits
the user to transmit up 600 kHz,
down 600 kHz, or receive and trans-
mit on the same frequency with just
one crystal. This provides 18-channel
capabiliw with only six crystals.
The C-118 also incorporates a built-
in capacitor microphone and LED
status lights for CHANNEL BUSY and
TRANSMIT. Also included at no addi-
tional charge is a BNC connector with
flexible antenna, provisions for an
external dc power supply, and ear-
phone. It has a frequency range of
144-148 MHz and comes equipped
with one crystal for operation on
146.94 simplex and 146.34194 MHz.

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 CUSHCRAFT
IS THE VHF-UHF
To obtain a free copy of the C-118
data sheet, write Standard Communi-
cations Corp., P. 0. Box 92151, Los
Angeles, California 90009.

500-watt rf transformer ANTENNA

COMPANY.
Cushcrotl preclsron engrneered VHF/UHF Yogi beams
have become the standard of comporision the world
over f o r SSB and CW operation on 6 meters through 432
MHz. Built by skilled craftsmen from the best available
materials. these beams represent that rare combination
of high electrical performance. rugged construction,
and durability.

%~
> A'- --
/=-<,,
Palomar Engineers has a new : 1 1-2Metor Vagl

broadband rf transformer. It matches

vertical and mobile antennas t o 50-
ohm coaxial cable. Impedance values IET-
/
of 8, 12.5, 16, 22, 32, and 50 ohms
*w
can be selected by a convenient
switch. Cl y,l. 4 *
I
\
!i
~..
The transformer is mounted in a
die-cast aluminum case 10 x 12 x <
5 mm (4 x 5 x 2 inches) fitted with r c I
UHF (SO-239) connectors. The rf .--" \ -- .. ,~
-x

ferrite toroid core is wound with tef-

Ion-insulated wire and is rated at 500
wz / w
watts in continuous commercial serv-
1'3 I l o m < ~I J~X tR ~ r o v
ice. Operating frequency range is
Cumtlcriln r dlde vonety .)Iw l f 'Vrlf
1-30 MHz (1-10 MHz below20ohms). i4~r:lclAt. I$.
barns ~ r l c l u d e san nnlf7nrto lor every
Price is $35 plus $2 for shipping in Cushcrott's Quad Arrays f o r 144, 7 2 0 . ornotr:~ir ~CIIYIIY annve 'ij Mk41 w h ~ t t i ~ t
and 432 MHz u s e f o u r r n a l c h e d l o c u l ~ ~ ~ ~ y c lor~ IOnq r - whiltil~ ~ 0"-I q the
the United States and Canada. For a 1I - e l e m e n t C u s h c r a f t Y a g t s and ore h(.)rt:or, I:,X ,'3~t rrjusjt~is ) > > > * 6 .t , , v ~ ~

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~
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a n t e n n a s p r o v t d e a low VSWR m a t c h tralOwf2rt? for Innp opCr.ltlr-lg Ihfc?orlir
t o 50-ohm cooxtal feedllne SLN
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Stolen Equipment
STOLEN: June 30. 1978. Rochester. NY from KZDHA. 2.

cu~hcrdt
meter transceiver. KDK model FM144.10SXRll Serlal
L5870. Scanner adapter attached to above. Amateur
Wholesale Eleclronlcs. FMSC-1, no serlal #. Amateur
Wholesale Electronics Touch Tone Pad. Model FMTP.1 C O R P O R A T I O N
I1 lendered lor trade, sale, or service, please notlly:
KZDHA. A. C. Peed. L86 Monteroy Road. Rochesler
14618 or Brlohton Police Depl.. 2- Elmwood Ave..
Rochesler. N.Y. 14618. UPS SHIPPABLE
In Stock With Dealers World W i d e PO. Box 4680. M a n c h e s t e r , N H 03108

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 TEST E Q U I P M E N T
CURTIS 804: All equipment listed is operalbonal and
uncondttoonally guaranteed. Money back 11 no1

DRAKE retires with

sat8sfied. Prices listed are FOB Monroe.
HP120B 450kHz gen pur scope ....... .S215
HP170AlUSMl4Ol 30mHz scope with

OWNERS h reg horiz, dual trace vert plugs . . . . . .475

Meas Mod 00 Stand sig gen
2~400MHzwith calibattn.. .......... ,225
Quantech 303 Wave Anal ............. ,445
Tek565 Dual beam lOmHz scope
Please note that our Las less plug tns 13series). ............. ,625
TekSBS BOMHz gen pur scope less
Vegas Repair facility is being plugin ............................. ,645
URM2S Stand Sig t e n IOkHz-MMHz
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Order Number 377
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Gain 11.6 dB 12.0 dB 12.0 dB
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SWR [at resonance1 Less than 1.5:l Less than 1.5:l Less than 1.5:l
Impedance 5 0 ohms 5 0 ohms 5 0 ohms
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Toss 80 and 40 meters
in your briefcase.

only
$79.95
Kantronics 8040-B Receiver
Itweighs about a s much a s a loaf of bread!
The Kantronics 8040-8 CW receiver
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sitive enough to pick up signals at a microvolt.
Now you can copy code from 3.650 to 3.750 MHz on
80 meters and 7.050 to 7.150 MHz on 40 meters
Headquarters almost anywhere you have room for a pad and
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bands.
Check with your dealer about the 8040-B,or order
Dozens of Distributorsoffer you a selection direct from our address below.
of YAESU products. Some might even quote
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I Vehicular Charger 4EP63A (sold only with )n
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432 MHz SSB TRANSVERTERS

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Write for application note.
IS KING OVER 30 YEARS
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Output Power 10 W PEP
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Shipping: $3.50
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ATLAS
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- 200 WATT ALL SOLID STATE HF SSB CW TRANSCEIVER

Don't let its small size, and light weight fool rn PLUG-IN CIRCUIT BOARDS.
you . . . the Atlas 210x/215x is a top notch SUPERIOR SELECTIVITY, with exclusive 8
performer, with all the power and pole crystal ladder filter.
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big, and costing twice as much. And none of SIGNAL OVERLOAD AND CROSS
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our little Giant Killer, regardless of their size. SLIPS IN AND OUT OF SPECIAL MOBILE
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5 BANDCOVERAGE,
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215x covers 15-160 A
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I --- T o gRANDOM WIRE ANTENNA TUNER I
All band operatlon (160-10 meters) with
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 CANADIANS: 1,000,000 surplus electronic parts. Hun-
dreds of fantastic bargalnsl Good deals on Yaesu 8

flea
Icom. Free catalog. ETCO-HR,183G Hymus Blvd., Pointe
Claire, Quebec H9R 1E9.
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BUY.SELL.TRADE. Send $1.00 for cataloa. Give name.

market address and call letters. Complete stock ojmajor brands

new and reconditioned eauioment. Call for best deals.
We buy COlllnS, Drake. ~wanietc.SSB (L FM. Associated
Radio. 8012 Conser, Overland Park. KS 66204.
913-381-5900.

PORTA PAK the accessory that makes your mobile really

UHF POWER MODULE

kyc
'-?.430-450 M H z -
'& New, leading manufacturer:
Factorv
2 0 0 M i l l i w a t t s i n p u t at
430-450 MHz will get 1 2 Watts output.
portable. $67.50 and $88.00. Dealer inquires Invited. P.O. Input Voltage is 13.6 Volts DC. No tuned
Box 67, Somers, Wisc. 53171. circuits required. Hook-up supplied and
FREE CATALOG of new merchandise. Resistors, all units tested before shi ment.
capacitors. IC's, semiconductors, and more. Send to: l l o . 0 0 ea. ppd.
RATES Non-commercial ads 1 0 ~ per Key Electronics, Box 3506H, Schenectady, New York
word; commercial ads 60e per word both 12303. - Highest auality E. F. John-
payable in advance. No cash discounts or MOTOROLA HT220, HT200, and Pageboy service and son Trimmer Caps. Hard-to-
agency commissions allowed. modifications performed at reasonable rates. WA4FRV find P.C. board mount.
(804) 3204439, evenings. .5-11 mmfd. No junk.
HAMFESTS Sponsored by non-profit
organizations receive one f r e e Flea Market AUTHORIZED DEALER for DenTron. KLM, Larsen, Bear- 90c each; 1 0 for $7.50 ppd.
ad (subject to our editing). Repeat inser- cat. etc., Big Catalog 201-96:'.1695 Narwid Electronics,
tions of hamfest ads pay the non- 61 Bellot Road. Ringwood, N.J. 07456.
- In-Line Fuseholder - Complete with 5
Amp fuse. 50c ea. ppd.
commercial rate. RECONDITIONED TEST EQUIPMENT tor sale. Catalog
5.50. Walter, 2897 Nickel, San Pablo, Ca. 94806.
de-3
COPY No special layout or ar-
-
rangements available. Material should be
typewritten or clearly printed (not all
capitals) and must include f u l l name and
TELETYPEWRITER PARTS WANTED: for all machines
manufactured by: Kllenschmidt Corp., Teletype Corp.
and Mite. Any quantity, top prices paid send list for my
I @ XTAL Socket
HC-6 style
Standard
10c ea. ppd.

address. We reserve the right to reject un-

quote. Phil Rickson, W4LNW. Rt. 6. Box 1103G2, Vertical Mount Trimmer Pots
Brooksvllle, FI. 33512.
- All highest quality. No
suitable copy. Ham Radio cannot check
each advertiser and thus cannot be held
VERY In.ter-esl.lng! Next 3 issues $1. " T h e Ham Trader",
Sycamore, lL 60178.
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junk. 100 1000 - 2000
5000 - 10K 20K 25K - - -
responsible for claims made. Liability for -
correctness o f material limited to cor- QSL CARDS 5001$10.400 illustrations, sample. Bowman 50K - 250K - 500K Ohms. All
rected ad in next available issue
Printing, Dept. HR, 743 Harvard, St. Louts, MO 63130.
- have thumbscrew adjust.
HOMEBREWERS: Stamp brings component list. CPO Your choice 5 for $1 .OO ppd.
DEADLINE 15th of second preceding Surplus, Box 189, Braintree, Mass. 02184.
month.
ELECTRONIC BARGAINS, CLOSEOUTS, SURPLUS! Transformer - 1 1 5
SEND MATERIAL TO: Flea Market, Ham Parts, equipment, stereo, industrial, educational. Amaz- VAC Primary. 1 2 Volt
Radio, Greenville, N.H. 03048. ing values! Fascinating Items unavailable in stores or
catalogs anywhere. Unusual FREE catalog. ETCO-012,
AC 200 mA Secondary.
Box 762, Plattsburgh. N.Y. 12901. SURPLUS WANTED. PC board type.
MOBILE IGNITION SHIELDING provides more range $1.OO ea. ppd.
TELETYPE EQUIPMENT for beginners and experienced
with no noise. Available most engines. Many other s u p
operators. RTTY machines, parts, supplies. Beginner's

,-e-* -15cea.ppd.
Mini-LEOS - Factory New
presslon accessories. Literature, Estes Engineering, 930
Marine Dr., Port Angeles, WA 93862.
special: Model 15 Printer and demodulator $139.00. Color red.
Dozen black ribbons $6.50; case 40 rolls 11/16 perf. tape
HAPPY BIRTHDAY1 Now ten years fighting N I . The RSO $17.50 FOB. Atlantic Surplus Sales. 3730 Nautilus Ave.,
low pass filter. For brochure write: Taylor Communica- Brooklyn, N. Y. 11224. Tel: (212) 372-0349.
- Germanium Diodes - 1N34A. Factory
New - full leads.
tions Manufacturing Company. Box 126. Agincourt,
Ontario, Canada MIS 384.
THE "CADILLAC" of QSL'sl Samples: $1.00 (Refun- 12c ea. ppd.
dable) - W5Y1, Box %1171.D; Garland, Texas 75040.
UNLIMITED VHFlUHF EQUIPMENT Is at Radios
TELETYPEWRITER PARTS, gears, manuals, supplles, 1N914-IN4148 Type diodes - full
U N l i m i t e d . F r o m transverters t o specialized leads. 10c ea. or 100 for $8.00
tools, torolds. SASE list. Typetronlcs, Box 8873, Ft.
transceivers, from mobile whips to E-M-Earrays. Plus all
Lauderdale. FL. 33310. N4TT Buy parts, late machines.
accessories. Authorized dealer for top manufacturers. - 6 foot AC Line Cords. 2 conductor heavy
(Also all your needs from 160 to 10) RUN In, wrlte or EXCLUSIVELY HAM TELETYPE 24th year, RlTY Journal,
phone - Radios UNllmited. 1760 Easton Avenue, articles, news. DX. VHF, classified ads. Sample 356. duty. Color white. 40c ea. ppd.
Somerset, New Jersey 08873.201-469-4599- Hours 1 to $3.50 per year. 1155 Arden Drive. Encinitas, Calif. 92024.
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8 Mon-Fri; 10 t o 8 Sat.
- - SUPER-BUY 5000 mfd. @
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HOTLINE Is a new classlfled
MANUALS for most ham gear made 193711970. Send 40 volt electrolytic cap. factory
only 2% coin for list of manuals, postpald. HI. Inc.. Box
advertlslng newsletter for buying and selling profes- H864, Council Bluffs, lowa51501. new and complete w/all hard-
sional. industrial, and surplus electronic equlpment. ware. $1.35 ea. ppd.
Subscrlptlons SWyear, ads 50tlword. Prepublication of- QSL FORWARDING SERVICE - 30 cards per dollar.
fer: $1 off subscrlptlons and 20% off all ads postmarked
by October 1, 1978. Electronic Equipment Hotline, P.O.
Write: QSL Express. 30 Lockwood Lane, West Chester. 1000 volt PIV 2 amp diodes .10 ea.
PA. 19380. -
Box 4768, Panorama City. CA 91402.
RECEIVE PARTS LISTS regularly for 541yr. Surplus Parts, 8 8 mHy unpotted toroids 5 for $3.50
P.O. Box 7057. Norfolk. VA 23509.
SO239 Coax Fittings. . . . . . . . . 5 0 c ea.
Foreign Subscription Agents
for Ham Radio Magazine
WANT UP.TO.DATE INFORMATION? Radio-Hobbyist
Newsletter Issued every 2 weeks. Only $5.00 year. W5YI, .
PL259 Coax Fittings . . . . . . . . 5 0 c ea.
Box 1171.D, Garland, Texas 75040.
Ham Rsdlo Austria Ham Radio Holland Transformer: 115V AC Primary, Secon-
Katln Ueber MRL E c l r o n ~ s €2 deals are the best1 Try me and see for Yaesu, Drake, dary 17-0-17Y @ 7 Amps. We tested
Postfach 2454 Postbus 88
KLM, Swan, Cushcraft, DenTron. VHF Eng, ICOM, CDE,
D-7850 Loerrach
West Germany
NL-2204 Delft
Holland Hustler, WllSOn and more. Call, see or wrlte WOU. Bob and find good for 1 0 Amps intermittent
Ham Radlo Belgium
Smith Electronics, RFD 3, Hwy 169 (L 7, Fort Dodge, IA duty. Ideal for 2 M rigs! $8.00 ea. ppd.
Stereohouse Ham RadioItaly 50501. (515) 5763886.
BrusseIses1eenweg 416 STE. Via Manlago 15
8-9218 Gent 1201 34 M ~ l a n a THE MEASUREMENT SHOP has usedlreconditloned
Belgium Italy A L L ITEMS PPD USA
test equipment at sensible prices; catalog. 2 West 22nd
Ham RadioCanada St., Baltimore, MD 21218. SEND STAMP FOR LIST O F BARGAINS
Box 114. Goderich Ham RadloSwiherlaod
Ontario, Canada N7A 3Y5 Karln Ueber P A RESII)ENTS A D D 6% SALES TAX
POJtfaCh 2454 WANTED: COLLINS SlS-1 CABINET. W9JUV. Box 406,
Ham Radlo Europe 0-7850 Loerrach Glenvlew, IL60025. FONE 412-863-7006
Box 444
S-194 04 Upplands Vasby
West Germany -
Sweden
AMATEUR MICROPROCESSOR EXPERIMENTERS: 10
Ham Radro France
Chrlstlane Mlchsl
Ham Radlo UK
P 0 Box 63. Harrow
*
MHz 20 ppm Coldweld crystals. 1 ppmlyr. 32 pF. Co 6
F-89117 Parly Middlesex HA3 6HS.
pF. $4.25 ea. postpaid. Savoy Electronics, Inc., P.O. Box
France England 5727. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33310.3055651333.
Ham Radlo Germany
Karin Ueber Holland Radio AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR F9FT Antennas,
Posttach 2454 143Greenway Microwave Modules, RIW Products' new tandem reflec-
D.7850 Loerrach
West Germany
Greensode, Johannesburg
Republtc 01 South Atrlca tor, 19 element, 432 MHz Yagl - Radio Cllnlc -
N2MB
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 RADIO MUSEUM NOW OPEN. Free admlsslon. 15.WO
pieces 01 equipment lrom 1850 telegraph Instruments to
SLEP SPECIALS amateur and commerc~altransmillers of the 1920s. Ama.
RADIO RECEIVERS, TRANSCEIVERS teuc slatlon W2AN. Wrile for ~nlormation:Anl~queW i r e
R.390/URR Rccetver, t~fines 500 kHz lhru 30.5
MHz, dagital lan~ng, dual RF, audio fillerr. 19"
.
less Assn Maln St.. Holcomb. NY 14469.

rack niolinl 115V/bO Hz 5495.00 TEST EQUIPMENT CATALOG llstlng used Tektronlx. HP
R . ~ ~ O A / U ~Receiver,
R tunes 500 kHz thru 30.5 and GR equipmenl at bargain prices. PTI. Box 8899.
MHz, d#g#lallulling, mechanical fillers, 19" rack Whlle Bear Lake. MN 55110. Price $1 00 refundable with
mount 115V/60 Hz 5595.00 lorst order.
R . ~ ~ ~ / u RVLF
R Receiver, tunes 15 kHz thru 1500 - A complete line of QUALITY 50
kHz, 19" rack mount, dig~lallunlng, 115V/6O H1 STOP LOOKING lor a good deal on amateur radlo equip
5550.00 men1 - you've found it here - at your amateur radio
thru 450 MHz TRANSMITTER
HAMMARLUND SP-6OOJX Receiver tunes 500 kHz headquarlers in the hearl 01 the Midwest. We may not AND RECEIVER KITS. Only two
thru 54 MHz. 19",rack mount, 115fj60 Hz 5375.00
have a toll free number but we'll save you more in the
R.388/URR Rece~wr mjlolary version of the 51J-3,
lunrr 500 Hz to 50.5 MHz, 19" rack nrounl. long run! We are lactonl.authorized dealers for Ken.
boards for a complete receiver.
115V/60 Hz 137500 wood. Drake. Yaesu. Colllns. Wllson. Ten.Tec. Atlas. 4 pole crystal filter is stan-
R-392/URR Receiwr tunes 500 kHz thru 32 MHz, ICOM. DenTron. MFJ. Tempo. Regency, Hy-Galn.
d!gtIal luntng mecl;anical filters in cabinet sfre Mosley. Alpha. CushCralt. Swan. and many more. Write dard. Use with our C H A N -
11IhH r; 14b I 11"L, taker $0 rolls DC 5 . or call us today for low quote and try our personal and NELIZER or your crystals.
amp5 to operate. 5275.00
URR.13 Rrcewrr, luneablc UHF, 225.400 MHz. frlendly Hoosler sewlce. HOOSIER ELECTRONICS. P.O.
Used to monitor military and satell~lefrquenc~rs. Box 2031. Terre Haute. lnd1ana47802.(812)2381456. Priced from $69.95. Matching
In Cab8nel 115V/60 Hz 5175.00
COLLINS ~ W M . ZXcvr w/516F-2 pwr sup. 5900.00 NEW CONCEPT - Novice instructional package. theory
transmitter strips. Easy con-
NEMS-CLARKE 1432 Telemetry Rece~ver, 215 l o tape 6 study malerial. Complete license study package. struction, clean spectrum, TWO
260 MHz FM p h a ~lock loop decter. By remov- $17.95. General study package. $19.95. MARI. 1320
MI9 stops,' ca8l'operale 15 to 260 MHz or farther Canary Drive. WeslColumbia, SC 29169. WATTS output, unsurpassed
by using a converler. A fine lab rcur. 5165.00
COLLINS RT-594/ARC-38A Alrcraft Transceiver. COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS - SENIOR TECHNI.
audio quality and built in TONE
2.0 lhru 25 MHz synthesized channels 35 250
(20 preset) 100 i a t l s PEP SSB, FSK, AM; CW, ClANS 23-36K alter sir monlh apprenliceship. We have PAD INTERFACE. Priced from
rue 24"L ; 15%"W x ~.I/."H,
wight 65 Ibr., openings lor highly competent self molovaled proles.
S29.95.
rcquircr 28 von DC power supply. 5145.00 s~analswith In depth knowledge 01 analogue and digllal
MOOEL VOX.2 Trchs~ral Malertal Corp. Varoable C~~ andCproven
U~ "hands
I S on'' lroubleshoollng ablllly.
Frequency O ~ c ~ l l a ~ oTuneablc
r. 2 thru 64 MHz YOUwill have lull respons1bltlly tor maintenance o l com- SYNTHESIZER KITS from 50 to
own ronlrolled, 115V/60 Hz ~85.06
TEST EQUIPMENT
plex shipboard commun~cations.eleclron#csnavlgalron. 450 MHz. Prices start at $119.95.
and compuler systems and handle all shnps communlca.
COLLINS 4i9T.2 VOR/ILS Signal Generator. 108-
-
135.9 MHr and 329.3 Z35 MHz, oulpvt ligr. in.
llons. A second class FCC radiotelegraph llcense Is re-
quired. If you lack Ihe FCC llcense but are otherwise
Now available in KIT FORM -
cllrde VOR, LOC, gl~drslopr& 1000 CPS. Operated qualdlned we can tram you. Oulstandtng vacatlon and GLB Model 200 MINI-SIZER.
28 VDC port. or bench pwr source. 5225.00
TS.5104 Stgnal Generalor mll~tary Wrsloll of IrlnQe benefits. Submil resume I" conlldence lo: Radlo
HP6080. 10.420 MHz, AM, CW, pulse, burll.~n Offtcers Unnon. Alln: IME. 70 Hudson Streel. Rm. 710. Fits any HT. Only 3.5 mA current
cal~b~lor. 5425.00 Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 or telephone(201)65%7370.
75-497 URR Signal Generator 2.400 MHz 0. drain. Kit price $159.95 Wired
100.006 r~~~crouoltr, calibrated 6utpu1, 400, ~ O O O TR.7. IC.701, TeaTec 544. IC211. Mldland 510. Mark II. and tested. $239.95
Hz nodalatloa. 5225.00 KDK, WE.8W. MLA-2500. VHF One.Plus. IC280...and on.
AN/URM.25 Signal Generator 10 kHz tliru 50 and on. Shopping price? Better drop us a card or call u s Send for FREE 16 page catalog.
MHz AMICW MOD 400 & '1 kHz RF output
0-2V'. OR 0 . i ~lrom precision 50 dhm slop at- lor our low, low cash quote. The Comm Center. Inc.. We welcome Mastercharge or VISA
te~~ualor. 5285.00 Laurel Plaza - Rts. 198. Laurel. Maryland 20810.
AN/URM.26 Signal Generator. 4.405 MHz in 6 Telephone(3011792-0600.
basdr, 400 6 1 kHz MOD, atlenuator variable .1
UV l o .1V 5350.00 WANTED - Radio transcrlplion dlscs. Any 5120 or
SG-12 FM Signal Generator 20.100 MHz I n 5 speed. Larry. W F I Z . Box 724. Redmond. Washington 1952 Clinton St.. B u f f a l o . N. Y. 14206
band, RF output .5UV to :SV, devnation 0.100 98052.
kHz 8; 3 ranges, internal mcdulations S185.00
SG.3 FM Sagola1 Gcnerator, 50.400 MHz In 3 SIGNAL ONE: CX.78 mint condition $995. Have match-
bands, RF oatput .1 to .1V, variable 50 ohnl al-
lenualor, dev~at~on
m~duIat#on.
0-150 kHz ~n 3 ranges, inlerllal
5385.00
inn roeaket. CW Illler. soare linals. documentation OluS
man;extras W3JW. 4513 Mountain Road. Pasadena. MD THIS IS IT
HEWLETT PACKARD 612A UHF Signal Generator.
450.1230 MHz oulpul .lUV l o .5V, modulalion
0.90". ~ n t c r n i 400
l and 1 kHz. S650.00
21122 (301H37 0171
SELLING OUT COMPLETE STATION. Brand new
HW.lO1, all accessor!es, much more. SASE lor Ilst. R.
i3im
M E A S ~ E M E N T S MODEL 658 Signal Genrralor.
75 kHz lhru 30 MHz, cal8brated oulpul, IullY Broomfleld. Route 269. Lebanon. Conn. 06249.
metered 19" rack molllll 115V/60 Hz 5175.00
~ ~ 4 1 0VTVM 0 mearure'AC/RF voltages 0.300V COLLINS R392 USERS GROUP now lormlng. Contact
RF l o 700 M ~ Z ,rerlstance to 500 MEG ohms Ian H. Grant. 49 Silverslone Drive. N905. Rexdale,
OC 0.1 KV 595.00 Onlario. Canada M9V 3G2
HP416A Ratio Meter mtawtes reflection co-
effic~rntol a Imd, S W and ~ response of an RF syr WILL PAY $25.00 TO ANYONE who can give m e a dem-
lem forward 6 reverse 519s. automaltcally. 5145.00
HP205AC Audto Osr,llalor, range 20 Hz to 20 kHz, onsfration 01 Hal. Info-Tech. or Microlog in Morse mode.
t n ~ t l t50, 200, 500. 600 ohms, IWO meters Wlth W200K. Tracy Dlers. 58-14.84lh Slreet. Elmhunt. N.Y.
allcnu.rtors. 5165.00 11373,Tel. 1212)651.2798
HP400D AC VTVM measurer AC voltages from 1 -
MV lo 300V in 12' ranges, frequenry response 10 n PROGRAMMABLE sa C A ~ c u u r o R Mint.
. $85.
See
HI l o 4 MHz 585.00 HR. May, p. 45. WD4GRI. 1907 Lodgepole Ave., N.
HP430C. tnleasures power .1 MW to 10 MW In Augusla. S.C. 29841.
5 ranqcr to 10 GHz 560.00
HP415BR VSWR Indicator and Amplifier used for FOR SALE: 18 DIgIt Touch Tone Convener Regeneralor.
prccjrr VSWR lrveasurenlenls and a null' amplifier Factory built Data Signal DCR-71. NEVER USED. Tesled
10, bridge appl~catloos. 585.00
GENERAL RADIO 916AL lmpdance Bridge, range o n bench and works perlectly. Llke New. Cost $325. Sell
50 kHz l o 5 MHz, "leasurer resistance 0-1000 lor $210 lncludlng shipping. Leo Wilson. Rt. 4. Box 1851.
ohm5 and reactance 5000 ohms at 1MHz $285.00 Hunlsville. AL3Y103; Phone(205P81-2028.
BOONTON 250A RX Meter, measures R G L , a *If M O D E L 1 4 1 1 1 I t i 111 I N E '
contatr~edbridge, range 500 kHz to 250 MHz In 8 SLOW SCAN ROBOT MODEL 70 monitor. Model 61 view.
vanqc~. 5375.00 linder, Model 80 Camera. Drake T4XC. R4c. L4 Linear,
TEKTRONIX 545A Osrilloscope, DC l o 33 MHz TC.2. TC-6. SC-2. SC.6. CC-1. Power Supply. Calibrator,
RF DIRECTIONAL WATTMETER
with dual trace CA plug-on. 5550.00
TEKTRONlX 535 Oscilloscope, DC l o 15 MHz wllh
W - 4 . ZEA W.4. AC-4. MS.4. Sell as complete stallon. w ~ t hVARIABLE RF
type "L" far1 rose, high gatn plug-in.
TEKTRONIX 525 Teler#sio$!Waveform Monolor, 5
5350.0; Wlll not ship. Preler youeramlneand pack uponiy 11your
bud Is accepted R. Leal. PO. Box 202. Dabel Branch. SIGNAL SAMPLER - BUILT IN
CRT. Ured to monjtor broadcart v~deowavrformr. Dayton. Ohlo45420. No telephonecalls Lellersonly. IN S T O C K F O R P R O M P T D E L I V E R Y
5185.00 -.
TS.1379A SPECTRUM ANALYZER. rang? 0.30 SHACK CLEANOUT1 NOVICES: Heath HR.lSBO receiver. AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR
MHz I,! 6 bands 5" CRT display, 8 sweep wtdths HS.1661 speaker. SBA.104.1 noise blanker. S2W. HW.100

lE!&l
Iron! .15 l o 30'kHz, sweep rate 1 rec l o 10 sec, wllhCW Illter. AC power supply, $150. HG.108 VFO. $40.
has tart sweep mode lor rapid tuning. D !lamtc George flitter. WBBEPE. (216)368-3738 (days):
range 60 dB, solid state. 5L5.00
KAY ELECTRONIC 154C Solid Slate Wide Band (216)3684923(nlphlsl: (21617254394(weekends).
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Swecp Orcillator. 50 kHz to 110 MHz Wwlh PM
7650 pulse marker pluPln.
All equtpnlent shop tested. Satislaclion Guaranleed
537500 PC BOARDS FROM YOUR 1:l ARTWORK 40( per square
nnch plus $ 1 W lor poslage an0 handllng I1 drllled lr per
associates
or motry relanded. Send check, Marler Charge or hole. Please specify. Screen printing and screened com. 115 B E L L A R M I N E
VISA, FOB Otto, N. C. N. C. resndents add 491 ponenl layouts available. Send lor quole. Reserve rlghl R O C H E S T E R , MI 4 8 0 6 3
sales tar. Phon 1704) 524-7519.
--En= --=c-orwxc- 8-0 to refuse any no" acceptable arlwork. SP Enterprises.
RT. L5. IAt. Sterllnp. KY. 40353.
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CALL TOLL FREE
800 - 521-2333
P. 0. Box 100, Highway 441, Dept. HR-10 LABORATORY GRADE 12V POWER SUPPLIES at ham
Otto, North Carolina 28763 prices. SST antenna tuners. Catalog. SST Electronlca.
P.O. Box 1. Lawndale.CA90280. (213)3765887.
IN M I C H I G A N 3 1 3 - 375-0420

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 The world's most popular
2 meter amateur hand-helds
now are even better111 ...
with the miniature-sized

25 watt MARK II and 4.0 watt MARK IV

Wilson
amateur hanckhelds
Wilson hand-helds have been known world-wide for
exceptional quality and durable performance. That's
why they have been the best selling units for years.
SPECIFICATIONS

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Range: 144-148 MHz BNC Antenna Connector
Now the American made Mark Series of miniature 6 Channel Operation .3 Microvolt Sensitivity for
sized 2 meter handhelds offers the same depend- Individual Trimmers on 20 dB Quieting
TX and R X Xtals Uses special rechargeable
ability and operation, but in an easier to use, more Ni-Cad Battery Pack
Rugged LexanQ outer case
comfortable t o carry size. fits conveniently in .. 9 Current Drain: R X 15 m~ Rubber ~ u c and
k one pair
the palm of your hand. Like i t s size, the price i s T X - Mark 11 : 500 m A Xtals 52/52 included
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T X Mark I V : 900 rnA Weight: 1 9 oz.
also the smallest on the market.

To obtain complete specifications on the

12 KHz Ceramic Filter and
10.7 Monolithic Filter incl.
10.7 MHz and 455 KHz IF
. including batteries
Size: 6" x 1.770" x 2.440"
Popular accessories available

Mark II and Mark IV, along with than 5 0 dB below carrier

Wilson's other fine products, see
your local dealer or write for
our Free Amateur Buyer's
Guide.

Illustrated is Wilson's I, -4
BC-2 Desk Top I. .3
/ cm
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Battery Charger
:.
shown charging the
Mark Series Unit or the
B C 4 Battery Pack only.

Electronics Corp.
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COLLIN'S FILTERS. $45.00 EACH. F455D.31 and

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model railroad brass. Steve Hyell. 1440 Royal St.
GeorQe.Napervllle. ILM)540. Collins CP-1 Crystal Pack $195
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Collins 3 0 5 1 Linear. wing. excellent $1695
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Johnson 2kW Matchbox w / s w r m e t e r $225
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146.Y146.84. N w l h Collins 302C3 wattmeter. vy g d
Collins 75S2 h a m receiver, vy g d
$175
'6450
West Georgla ARC Hamfest Falrgrounds. Rome. GA
WA4IBI Scott Lomax. (404)2782581. Coli#ns32S3 h a m transmitter, vy g d $450
Vaesu FTDX.570 transceiver, vy g d $475
MICHIOAN: R.A.D.A.R. The Repealer Assoclallon o f
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8 shop on Sunday. Oct. 22,1878 al Kennedy High School Boonton Radio 2251, 10.500MHz sig. en.,
in Taylor, Michigan. Located on Norlhllne Rd. East of like new $475
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R.A.D.A.R. Inc.. P.O. Box 1023. Southgale. Michigan HP-ZOZH 54-216MHz AM/FM slg. gen. $695
48195. HP.608D 1 0 4 2 0 M H z sig. gcn. $550
- Power Designs
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Friday. October 6. Feeding Hills Congregational Church. ~ c a s u r e k e n l sMod. 658. LFsig. gen. $325
260A Q-meter, crc. $450
Feeding Hills. Doors open 7PM - -
Auctlon 8PM. For ~ o d e 80.l 2-400 M H z sig. gen. $350
Inlo Larry Soltz. WBlWH.(413)5678707. Tek 465 portable 'scope, excellent $1650
MARYLAND: The Foundallon lor Amateur Radlo's an- We stock good, used equipment lrom Collie,
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under 12 tree Sellers and exhlbllots spaces 13.W each. a n d realigned
Llmarc luneup clinic lbrlnp your own power cord). Talk.
In 148.2Y85 or 52. For lnlo. Hank Wener, WBZALW. 53
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Soor x t all And you don't have
ordiriary nam antennas are LU worry about radials
going to become victims of breaking off, because the
bad weather. 5705 doesn't have -any..- - --.--
But Shakespeare's But it does have xvcrl
bran'd new line of two vertically polarized and
meter and HF antennas is phased 1/2 wave elements.
anvtlhing but ordinary. stacked in colinear array.
We're new to the ham And you can get o p
markLet, but we've been tional style 5709 reflector
makiing marine and mili- that blocks out unwanted
antennas for 26 years. coverage in one direction
4nd t hose 26 years have and gives you an addi-
.--D ht us how to make a
- tional gain in the opposit
ham antenna that'll take direction.
just :bout anything Mother And here's another inn-
Nat~ Ire can dish out
, portant piece of intorma-
ILook at our 57( tion: the 5'705 is pretunei
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OF
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Waveforms: Sine square triangular and TTL Clock. TTL Clock 0 l o +5V FEATURES TWO INPUTS: ONE lor~er.clubs. and common-inleresl
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tor. Output impedance 1.2K ohm. quallly an0 price Just Iry us and see lor
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GodboutElectroni m ............................. 1213
Communtcationo Personal C m.
Center - 534 RF P-7 Labs -802 Grav Electronics ................................ 106
Gregory E I ~ l r o n i m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Camm. Spec . -3P Rawl -728 Respected worldwide as Grouplll S a l a Company ......................... 138
Casmtc
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Ramoay -442
the only complete authority Gull Electronocs................................. 117
H s l C o m m u n ~ w t i m C o r.........................
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Curtis Electro -034 SST -375 for radio amateur
Cushcraft -035 S-F A . R. S .- 040 Ham Radio's Cmmunicstionr Bookstore . . . . . . . . . 158.139
Ham flsd!oMsgazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
- QSL and QTH information .
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D a m Comm. -551 Hamlronlcs Inc. Rochestar NY ................... 135
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Sentrv -600
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- HeathCompany ................................ 33
Davs Elect.
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300,000 W & K listings. It lists
Hlldreth Engonee"
Drake ' SFce - 107
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Hv Galn Electrontcs ............................. 107
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Elecrrmom
Elec Dtsrr. -044
663 Swettum In1.
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lnternal!onal C?pml ............................. 87
Elec. Equip. Bank -
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Foi-Tango - 657 TPL -240
J e n C w e l s ................................... 114
GLB - 552 Ten-Tec '
valuable back-up charts and Jo- .Marlin P b A-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Godbwt -647 Thomas Comm. -730
K Enterprl~s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Grav - 055 Trismo - 118
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Gregory ' Tuttr -321 references you come to ex- T n o ~ K e n w d C o m m u n i u ) I ~Inc , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.72.73
Grmrp 111 701 VHF Eng. - 121
pect from the Callbook . Lanen A n l e n ~ s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Long's Eleccrontm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Hal - 057 Vanguard Lebs -716
Lunar Electrontcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1W
Hal-Tronix 254 Varian -043
LyleProducta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
- Specialize In DX? Then you're MFJEnlerprt sss ................................ 2
H . R. Magazine - 150 A r s m. 423
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Psrtrdge 1HR) E l a ~ l r o n M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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Heslh -060
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Wolverrna Redm 731 PenonaI Cammuniwttons Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0
Henry -062
Hlldreth -283 Wren -702
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Hy Gam -064 Yawu - 127
amateurs outside of the USA. Radm Amateur Callkc+.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.142
RadtoWorld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1W
R a m w Electronics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.93
.Please contect this sdvertRer direcllv . S F Ameleur Radto Sewice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
SST Electronic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.113
Limit 15 inquiries per request. SsvovElectrontc9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
U.S. Callbook $14.95 Securttron .................................... 134
SentryManubcNting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
October. 1978 Foreign Callbook $13.95 ShakespeareAntsnnas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
SherwoodEngtneering ........................... 124
Please use before November 30. 1978 Slep Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Space Electronm ............................... 128
Specl!onlcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.124.128.134.138
Tear ofi and mail to Order from your favorite electron- Spectrum I n t e r ~ t i o. .~.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Swan Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
H A M RADIO MAGAZINE . "check o f f ics dealer or direct from the pub- TPL Commun!catiom ............................ 37
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G r e ~ n v i l l sN. H. mDU) ilsher. All direct orders add $1.50 for TenTec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78.79
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shipping. Illinois residents add 5% Trlseo Touer .................................. 122
NAME ......................................... Sales Tax . Tufts Rsdlo Electronics........................... 129
VHF Engineering. Div. of Brownian ................. 141
Valley Instrumenl ProducO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
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RADIO AMATEUR .
Vartan E ~ ~ Division
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Webster Arsocrtes ............................. 118
STREET ............................... Wamrchenker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Western Electronics ............................. 138
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Whllehoure G. R. EtCo.......................... 41
Wllron Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Lake B l ~ r f f .111 60004 Wolver8no Sete RsdioSupply ..................... 133
Wrencampany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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When you buy an ALPHA linear amplifier you VERSATILITY? The new ALPHA 374A delivers full
make a long term investment in dependable legal power (in any mode) on all amateur H F
power and operating pleasure. bands WITHOUT TUNE-UP and with excellent
You can take your ALPHA for granted - it will efficiency. (On 160M you peak the output manu-
go on delivering that big, clean, maximum-legal- ally; new FCC rules permit easy owner rnodifica-
power signal no matter how tough the contest or tion to restore full 10M capability, too.)
how long the SSTV or RTTY QSO's. The ALPHA 78 combines the best of everything:
We strive constantly to make every ALPHA even full instant CW break-in (QSK) and NO-TUNE-UP
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other manufacturers give you 90 days. new ALPHA, contact your dealer or ETO direct.
CONVENIENCE? Every ALPHA is self-contained, While you're at it, ask for a free copy of our brief
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compact, and smooth-tuning. All 76A 374A 78 - guide, "Everything You Always Wanted to Know
models can be shipped via economical, door-to- About (Comparing) Linears . . . But Didn't Know
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may be located separate from maln 0-200. 1000 and 2000 watts. VSWR
wlth the flick of a swltch Four
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