QST Index to Volume LXXIV--1990 How to Use This Index Items are listed according to the monthly column in which they appeared and/or under any category (or categories) that generally describes them. The name of the author(s) appears in parentheses, followed by a colon, then the page number and issue. Examples: "The 160-Meter Antenna Dilemma" appears under Feature Articles-- Technical and under Antennas and Transmission Lines. "Earthquake!" appears under Feature Articles--General Interest and under Public Service. Some items have additional subject-description information in parentheses after the title. AMATEUR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 1990s: Decade of Hard Choices?, The--Part 1 (Riportella): 76, Mar 1990s: Decade of Hard Choices?, The--Part 2 (Riportella): 63, Apr 90s Begin, The (Riportella): 71, Jan Ask a Simple Question... (Ward): 70, Aug DOVE Satellite Resuscitated: 61, Sep DOVE: The Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder (Loughmiller): 40, May Driven-Element Efficiency in the 432-MHz Circular Quagi (Overbeck): 38, May Flawless Launch Yields Six OSCARs: New Era in Amateur Satellite Communications Begins: 60, Mar Introduction--Part 2 (Loughmiller): 71, Sep "MBA" Rescues DOVE, Then Gets Destroyed: 56, Jun Microsats and You (Loughmiller): 40, Sep One Small Step for a Ham, a Giant Leap for Hamkind (McGwier): 68, Nov RS-14: The Rest of the Story (Loughmiller): 81, Dec Tale of Two UoSATs, A (Ward): 62, Jul Word of Introduction, A (Ward): 68, Jun ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISSION LINES 160-Meter Antenna Dilemma, The (DeMaw): 30, Nov Antenna Switchers--Part 1 (Bintliff): 31, Jun Antenna Switchers--Part 2 (Bintliff): 21, Jul Arizona Hams Exempt from Tower Rule: 54, May Audio Equalizer for Communications Use, An (Rumbolt): 22, May A-Frame Mast for Home and Field Day, An (Kaplan): 36, May Balanced Balanced Antenna Tuner, A (Measures): 28, Feb Bamboo Source (Frohne): 44, Mar 'BRD Zapper, The: A Quick, Cheap and Easy "ZL Special" Antenna (Newkirk): 28, Jun Broken-Shield Coupler Can Eliminate TVI, A (Cooper): 37, Jul Changing Antenna Ordinances--The Easy Way (Walsh): 43, Sep Circularly Polarized Quagi Antenna for Space Communications, A (Marcus): 24, Jan Closer Look at Horizontal Loop Antennas, A (DeMaw): 28, May Constructing Ladder (Open-Wire) Transmission Line (Measures): 35, Feb Converting the Hy-Gain 204BA for 17-Meter Operation (Cox): 00, Dec Correction: May 1990 QST Antenna-Radiation Patterns (Healy): 38, Sep Dirty Deeds (Antenna Restrictions) (Sweeley): 64, Oct Driven-Element Efficiency in the 432-MHz Circular Quagi (Overbeck): 38, May End-Fed Double Schwarz, The (Jablin): 62, Apr Evolution of the Short Top-Loaded Vertical, The (Michaels): 26, Mar Feedback: Broken-Shield Coupler, A (Newkirk): 42, Oct Feedback: Make Your House Antenna Ready (Murphy): 37, Sep Feeding an 80-Meter Delta Loop at 160 Meters (Koeppe): 37, Apr Fix for Cable Leakage at Connectors, A (Locher): 37, Jul Folding Dipole for 2 Meters, A (Bergeron): 26, Jun G5RV Coax (Noecker): 37, Feb Impact of Current Distribution on Array Patterns, The (Lewallen): 39, Jul Keeping Beams on Portable Masts Aimed Correctly (Lau): 38, Aug K6STI's MN and Yagi Optimizer Antenna-Analysis Software: 41, Aug Loading Coils for 160-Meter Antennas (Michaels): 28, Apr Longer Life for Your Quad Antenna (Atkins): 39, Nov Loop Coupling for J Antennas (Davis): 42, Mar More on Tree Supports (O'Toole; Clark; Amos): 37, Feb More on Tree-Supported Antennas (Raffaele): 44, Mar Off-Center-Fed Dipole Revisited, The: Broadband, Multiband Antenna (Belrose and Bouliane): 28, Aug (see Feedback: 40, Oct) PRB-1 Victory in Texas: 62, Aug PRB-1 Victory (Lunebach): 62, Jun PRB-1 Works Winders (Butler): 64, May PVC-Pipe Guy Protectors (Hood): 37, Aug RFI Case Dismissed in Washington Superior Court: 60, Mar Simple Coaxial-Cable Measurements (Smith): 25, Sep Stabilizing the Mobile Whip (Gregory): 44, Jan Tower Anti-Climbing Shields (Brown): 44, Jan Triband Microwave Dish Feed (Hill): 23, Aug Water Makes Driving Ground Rods Easier (Hinshaw): 37, Aug Will the Real Versa Loop Gain Figures Please Stand Up! (Healy): 39, May YAGINEC Update (Gordon): 37, Feb COMPUTERS 3rd ARRL RTTY Roundup Announcement: 102, Dec Cheap and Quick RS-232-C-to-Keying-Line Interface (Swancara): 36, Feb Computerized Logging in Sweepstakes (Halprin): 50, Oct Computerized VHF Data Base, A (Tynan): 66, Nov Digital Signal Processing of Packet Radio, The (Horzepa): 66, Jul DOVE: The Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder (Loughmiller): 40, May DX Operating Partners: Your Station and PacketCluster\R/ (Horzepa): 67, May HF Packet SRO Redux (Horzepa): 72, Sep K6STI's MN and Yagi Optimizer Antenna-Analysis Software: 41, Aug Mind of the Contester, The (Cain): 14, Jul More on Baud Rate--Ugh! (Lackey): 44, Mar Packet Radio Basics--Part 1: Computers Acting Like Terminals (Horzepa): 73, Aug Packet Radio Basics--Part 2 (Horzepa): 67, Oct Packet Radio Basics--Part 3: The ABCs of TCP/IP (Horzepa): 80, Dec Packet with a Purpose (Cain): 54, Aug Programming in C (Purdum): 45, Mar Propagation Predictions and Personal Computers (Hall): 00, Dec Space Environment Laboratory Public Computer BBS (Rosenthal): 41, Nov Standing-Room Only on HF Packet (Horzepa): 65, Jun TNC Connect Alarm, A (Smardon): 41, Oct TNC Message-Waiting Alerter, A (Hansen): 00, Dec Weather-Facsimile Package for the IBM PC--Part 1, A (Dahl): 15, Apr (see Feedback: 25, June) Weather-Facsimile Package for the IBM PC--Part 2, A (Dahl): 17, May Winter Wonderland of Software (Horzepa): 72, Jan YAGINEC Update (Gordon): 37, Feb CONTESTS & OPERATING ACTIVITIES Contest Announcements/Rules 3rd ARRL RTTY Roundup Announcement: 102, Dec 57th ARRL November Sweepstakes Announcement: 93, Oct Announcing the Fifth ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative Contest: 82, Jun ARRL International DX Contest Plaque Program: 78, Feb ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque Program: 85, May Club Competition Rules and Contest Disqualification Criteria: 80, Jan Field Day Rules: 84, May Major ARRL Operating Events and Conventions--1990: 55, Jan Rules, 1990 ARRL UHF Contest: 80, Jul Rules, 1990 CRRL Fall VHF/UHF Sprints: 78, Sep Rules, 1990 Novice Roundup: 81, Jan Rules, 1990 School Club Roundup: 80, Jan Rules, 1991 ARRL International DX Contest: 100, Dec Rules, 44th January VHF Sweepstakes: 101, Dec Rules, 5th IARU HF World Championships: 78, Apr Rules, ARRL 10-Meter Contest: 00, Dec Rules, ARRL 160-Meter Contest: 00, Dec Rules, ARRL International EME Competition: 78, Sep Rules, June VHF QSO Party: 86, May Rules, September VHF QSO Party: 82, Aug Contest Results Field Day 1990 (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 75, Nov Results, 13th Annual ARRL International EME Competition (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 87, May Results, 1989 ARRL 10-Meter Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Jul, 73 Results, 1989 ARRL November Sweepstakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 76, May Results, 1989 IARU HF World Championship (Lunt & Burke): 72, Feb Results, 1989 September VHF QSO Party (Lunt & Burke): 76, Jan Results, 1990 ARRL International DX Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 76, Oct Results, 1990 ARRL June VHF QSO Party (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 00, Dec Results, 1990 ARRL UHF Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 00, Dec Results, 1990 ARRL VHF January Sweepstakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 75, Jun Results, 1990 Novice Roundup (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 80, Jun Results, 1990 School Club Roundup (Malchick): 79, Sep Results, 20th ARRL 160-Meter Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 74, Apr Results, Fourth Annual ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative Contest (Lunt & Stankewicz): 83, Mar Results, Second ARRL RTTY Roundup (Blegen & Lunt): 78, Aug Straight Key Night 1989 (Lunt): 77, Apr Contesting/Operating Amateur Radio Goes to the Goodwill Games: 61, Sep Computerized Logging in Sweepstakes (Halprin): 50, Oct "Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide," The: 57, Jan Contests: Everyone Can Play to Win! (Prescott): 80, Oct First Time in a Contest (Battles): 58, Aug Friendship Radio Sports Games (Portland ARC): 14, May Maritime Mobile Net List (IARU News) (Baldwin): 85, Dec Mind of the Contester, The (Cain): 14, Jul More Ideas for Enhancing Chances for Working DX on 50 MHz (Tynan): 68, Jan Packet with a Purpose (Cain): 54, Aug PINS--Participation In November Sweepstakes (achievement pin): 93, Oct (see Up Front in QST: 11, Nov) Sweepstakes for the Beginner (Halprin): 49, Oct World RadioSport Team Championship (Crovelli): 43, Oct DX Century Club Awards--Column (Search) Jan, 65 Mar, 67 Apr, 61 May, 63 Jun, 61 Jul, 61 Aug, 67 Sep, 65 Oct, 63 Nov, 61 DXCC Honor Roll: 62, Nov CORRESPONDENCE 17 Meters: One Fine Band (Monkewich): 62, Apr Ambassador Ham (Kushner): 62, Jan Back to the Future (Technology) (Wiesen): 64, Oct Bardstown Experiment/G, The (Evans): 62, Apr Beware: Cable-Chomping Canine (Bates): 58, Jul Big Brother Was Listening (Goldman; Roberts; Watts; Siegel): 63, Mar Bioeffects Clarifications (Shulman): 68, Nov (see 62, Sep) Bouvet Madness (Samuels): 64, May Braaten, Arthur M., W2BSR, SK (Shipley): 64, May Code Still Works (Ring): 64, Oct "Confrontation" Confronts the Issue (Ragain): 68, Nov Dad's a Believer (Evanson): 62, Jun Deja Vu (Laughlin): 64, Aug Different View, A (Laidman): 64, May Dirty Deeds (Antenna Restrictions) (Sweeley): 64, Oct Disabled Testing Procedures: An MD's View (Heimansohn): 74, Dec Do What You Say You Will (QSLing) (Boller): 58, Jul Don't Go Down Without a Fight (220 MHz) (Forbes; Carso): 64, Oct Don't Step on the Pros' Toes (Ferguson): 64, Oct Don't Tune on Me (Furlow): 64, Aug Down the River (Goldwater): 62, Jan Dummy Load, The: Buy One and Use It (Brock): 63, Mar DX-asperation (Thomson): 62, Jun End-Fed Double Schwarz, The (Jablin): 62, Apr Faster The a Speeding IRC (Richards): 74, Dec Forest Service Fees (Chadwick): 62, Apr From Russia with Thanks (Kaploun): 63, Mar Geography and the Radio Amateur (Beverage): 63, Mar Gift That Keeps on Giving, The (Janicek): 68, Nov Glasnost: The Great Awakening (Bennett): 63, Mar Good Show, QST (Staffo; Spaulding): 56, Feb Grouch Wins Friends, The (Ferreira): 64, Aug Ham Radio and the Metric System (Strack): 62, Jan Ham Radio with a Smile (Stephens): 64, May Hang in There (Stanfield): 57, Feb How to Recruit New Hams (Martin): 62, Jun Hugo the Horrible (Denbow): 64, May Hugo! (Feeham; Levis): 57, Feb Hurricane Hugo (Young): 62, Jan It Helps to Care (Milliken): 57, Feb It Must Be Magic Ink (Laskowski): 64, Aug Just Sign Here (Otis): 68, Nov Let My People Phone (Hovey): 68, Nov Linguistically Speaking..."You Know?" (Lewis): 56, Feb Listen Before You Tune (Wootton): 62, Jun Lost Art of Radio, The (Nichols): 56, feb Magic of Radio, The (Pifke): 62, Jan Montserrat Update (Glaser): 62, Jun Move Toward Metric (Rideout): 62, Jun NE2Q "For ID," or "How to Sound Like a Jerk" (Kolinsky): 64, May New FCC Rule Book: FB! (Race): 56, Feb One Small Step for a Ham, a Giant Leap for Hamkind (McGwier): 68, Nov Our Common Destiny (Kawai): 57, Feb Pass it Along (Flintoff): 58, Jul Patch Keeps Spirits Afloat (Longwell): 64, Aug Paternity Issue (Glevanik): 74, Dec Poignant Pilgrimage (Bellingeri): 58, Jul PRB-1 Victory (Lunebach): 62, Jun PRB-1 Works Winders (Butler): 64, May Present and Future State of Amateur Radio, The (Myers): 57, Feb Public Service or Ego Trip? (Pfeiffer): 74, Dec Put Ham Radio into the Classrooms (Ekstrom): 63, Mar QRP Articles are Great (Czuhajewski): 64, May QSA? (Bowden): 74, Dec QSL Morality (Tscharner): 57, Feb QSL Quandary (Backys): 62, Jun QSL with Full Names (Nollet): 74, Dec QSLing--Accuracy Counts (Aitkin): 62, Jun Recruit our Youth (Gallagher): 64, Aug Recruitment: You Can Make the Difference (Meuse): 62, Jan Repeaters Regale (Previty): 58, Jul Rotten QRM (Cooper): 64, Aug Rotten Radio (Masterman; Cote; Smetona): 62, Apr Saints of the Air (Flynn; Mack; Taylor; Rideout): 56, Feb Space: The Final (Finial?) Frontier (Brown): 58, Jul Strays Round up a Herd of Replies (Everding): 58, Jul Thanks from Ft Bragg (Benfield): 64, May Thanks (Bissett): 62, Jan US Operators Do QSL! (Momot): 62, Apr VEs Venerated (Blankenship): 74, Dec Watch Those Band Edges (Erb): 64, May Who's Using 220 MHz? (Kiel): 58, Jul Why QRP? Because it Works (Liles): 62, Apr Your Local Library (Zadoroznyj): 62, Jan FEATURE ARTICLES General Interest 1989--A Second Look (Kleinschmidt): 40, Feb 6Y5EE on Disaster Communications (Palm): 51, Aug 75 Years of QST (Newkirk): 00, Dec Almost There on 2300 MHz (Jablin): 43, Jun Amateur Radio is Back on the Shuttle (White): 46, Feb Amateur Radio Roots (Gold): 45, Jun And the Winners Are... (White): 51, Jan April (WA6OPS) and Joe (K0OV) Moell--At Your Service (Jensen): 60, Dec Are You Ready for SET? (Ewald): 45, Sep Avianca Crash: Disaster and Discord, The (Cain): 14, Jun Beginner's Tour to and Through AMTOR (Mortensen): 53, Nov Best Field Day Ever, The (Tice): 54, Jun Board Affirms Code-Free License Stance (Palm): 54, Sep Board Steers Course for WARC-92, Future (Palm): 53, Mar Calling Home from Vietnam--Part 1 (Vernacchia): 44, Nov Calling Home from Vietnam--Part 2 (Vernacchia): 00, Dec Changing Antenna Ordinances--The Easy Way (Walsh): 43, Sep Christmas Regained (Vaughan): 62, Dec Club Bouvet, 3Y5X, Story, The (Enderud and Pedersen): 14, Oct Confessions of a Boyhood Bootlegger (Hall): 37, Dec Congress: No Fees For Amateurs (Williams): 54, Jan DOVE: The Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder (Loughmiller): 40, May DX from Tarawa (Hess): 49, Nov Earthquake! (Ewald): 15, Mar Father and Son DXpedition, Portable C6A (Wilkinson): 50, Sep FCC Releases Codeless License NPRM: 38, Apr First Time in a Contest (Battles): 58, Aug Friends are Great People (Ash): 15, Aug Friendship Radio Sports Games (Portland ARC): 14, May From Texas to the DDR: One Ham's Heritage (Najork): 44, Apr Grouch, The (Vaughan): 48, May Growing a Fresh Crop of Hams (White): 47, Aug Hams Organize Communications for Winter Special Olympics (Hugo): 49, Feb Hams Without Fail (Massara & Pritchett): 45, Aug Helping "Techies" Become Hams (Hale): 43, Aug How Ham Radio Changed My Name (Cooper): 50, Jul How One YL Got Started (Miller): 44, Jun How to Have Fun in Ham Radio (Pescatore): 50, May Hugo the Horrible (Palm): 14, Feb IARU Region 2 Finds The Magic in Orlando (Sumner): 15, Jan In the Blink of an Eye (Curt): 44, Jul In the Spotlight--Amateur Radio Education (Simpson & White): 69, Dec Jim (Flippin): 34, Dec (reprinted from Apr 1935) JOTA Needs You (Dansby): 52, Sep Love My Son, Love His Radios (Gardner): 48, Mar M V Island? (Spino): 00, Dec Maritime Mobile with NP2AZ (Evans): 15, Nov Microsats and You (Loughmiller): 40, Sep Mind of the Contester, The (Cain): 14, Jul Month of Ham Visibility, A (Eksten): 52, Jun Montserrat Memoir, A (Cain): 50, Mar Morse Code From the Heart (Burch): 45, Jul New Look at 200 Meters & Down (Nash): 50, Nov Outstanding Amateurs Honored at Dayton (Battles): 27, Jul Packet with a Purpose (Cain): 54, Aug Radio is More Than a Merit Badge (Eichel): 49, Mar Radio Roulette in the Soviet Union (Cain): 50, Apr Recent Disasters Punctuate Purpose for Test (Ewald): 41, Jul Retread, The (Vaughan): 52, Oct Salt, Sentiment and Solid-State (Cotterman): 52, Jul SAREX Boosts Schools' Interest in Ham Radio (White): 72, Aug SAREX Update: Please Stand By (Simpson): 52, Nov Scouting the Future (Booth): 44, May Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX) Generates High Enthusiasm (White): 53, Jul Sister Alverna O'Laughlin, WA0SGJ, 1988 ARRL International Humanitarian (Palm): 53, Jan Successful OSCAR Launch Ushers in the '90s (Loughmiller): 52, Apr Sweepstakes for the Beginner (Halprin): 49, Oct Thin Air (Chopin): 46, Apr Valentine's Day DX (Massey): 47, Feb VHF/UHF Advisory Committee 13-cm Band Plan Proposal (Kirby): 52, Feb Visit to Headquarters, A (O'Brien): 51, Nov What Do You Get For Your Membership Dues? (Sumner): 18, Mar Why QRP? (Chaffin): 43, Feb World RadioSport Team Championship (Crovelli): 43, Oct Technical 160-Meter Antenna Dilemma, The (DeMaw): 30, Nov 903-MHz Linear Amplifiers--Part 1 (Mascaro): 18, Jun (see Feedback: 31, Jul) 903-MHz Linear Amplifiers--Part 2 (Mascaro): 28, Jul Antenna Switchers--Part 1 (Bintliff): 31, Jun (see Feedback: 35, Oct) Antenna Switchers--Part 2 (Bintliff): 21, Jul Audio Equalizer for Communications Use, An (Rumbolt): 22, May Balanced Balanced Antenna Tuner, A (Measures): 28, Feb 'BRD Zapper, The: A Quick, Cheap and Easy "ZL Special" Antenna (Newkirk): 28, Jun Cheap and Easy Control-Signal Level Converters (Galm): 24, Feb Circuit Improvements for the Heath SB-220 Amplifier--Part 1 (Measures): 25, Nov Circuit Improvements for the Heath SB-220 Amplifier--Part 2 (Measures): 00, Dec Circularly Polarized Quagi Antenna for Space Communications (Marcus): 24, Jan Closer Look at Horizontal Loop Antennas, A (DeMaw): 28, May (see Technical Correspondence: 38, Sep) CMOS Super Keyer II, The (Russell and Southard): 18, Nov Compact "Brick" for 6 Meters (Bunn): 18, Oct Cubic Incher Mods + 30 Meters (DeMaw): 28, Sep Elevator, The: A Simple 220-MHz FM Transverter (Agsten): 32, Jan Evolution of the Short Top-Loaded Vertical, The (Michaels): 26, Mar Experimental Band-Switching Dip Meter, An (DeMaw): 18, Jul Folding Dipole for 2 Meters, A (Bergeron): 26, Jun Hands-Off Mobile Operation (Hickox): 25, Apr Intraural Microphone System for Mobile Operation, An (Bergeron): 22, Nov Laser Communications Primer--Part 1, A (Bergeron): 19, Sep Laser-Communications Primer--Part 2, A (Bergeron): 22, Oct Loading Coils for 160-Meter Antennas (Michaels): 28, Apr Microcomputer-Controlled NiCd-Battery Charger, A (Ahrens): 16, Aug More "QRP" EME on 144 MHz (Soifer): 36, Oct Off-Center-Fed Dipole Revisited, The: Broadband, Multiband Antenna (Belrose and Bouliane): 28, Aug (see Feedback: 40, Oct) Parasitics Revisited--Part 1 (Measures): 15, Sep Parasitics Revisited--Part 2 (Measures): 32, Oct Portable QRP CW Transceiver, A--Part 1, The Receiver (Breed): 00, Dec Practical Battery-Back-Up Power for Amateur Radio Stations--Part 1 (Thurston): 34, Mar Practical Battery-Back-Up Power for Amateur Radio Stations--Part 2 (Thurston): 32, Apr, 32 (see Feedback: 39, May) Practical Battery-Back-Up Power for Amateur Radio Stations--Part 3 (Thurston): 25, May, 25 Practical Radio Aurora (Pocock): 20, Mar QRP SSB/CW Transceiver for 14 MHz--Part 2, A (Hayward): 28, Jan (see Feedback: 27, Apr) Simple and Accurate QRP Directional Wattmeter, A (Lewallen): 19, Feb Simple Coaxial-Cable Measurements (Smith): 25, Sep Single-Board Bilateral 5760-MHz Transverter (Campbell): 27, Oct Surface-Mount Technology Primer, A--Part 1 (Bergeron): 48, Dec Tester For Crystal F, Q and R, A (DeMaw): Jan, 21 (see Feedback: 41, Mar) Triband Microwave Dish Feed, A (Hill): 23, Aug Using the MC2831A FM Transmitter Subsystem IC (DeMaw): 31, Mar (see Feedback: 39, May) Weather-Facsimile Package for the IBM PC--Part 1, A (Dahl): 15, Apr (see Feedback: 25, June) Weather-Facsimile Package for the IBM PC--Part 2, A (Dahl): 17, May FM/RPT--Column CTCSS Debate (Battles): 67, Nov FM/RptFI (Repeater-Frequency Interference)--Part 1 (Battles): 70, Sep FM/RptFI (Repeater-Frequency Interference)--Part 2 (Battles): 69, Oct How to Get a Free Repeater Site (Battles): 69, Jun Linking Your Repeater to 10 Meters (Battles): 69, Jun National DTMF Tone Squelch Frequency?, A--Part 2 (Horzepa): 65, Feb (see Dec 89) National DTMF Tone Squelch Frequency?, A--Part 3 (Horzepa): 78, Mar Radio Daze (Horzepa): 69, Jan Reverse Autopatching (Battles): 00, Dec Simplex, Anyone? (Battles): 68, Jul Unpredictable and Fun--10 FM (Ball): 70, Apr HAPPENINGS--News 420-MHz Restrictions Emphasized: 59, Oct 80-Meter Novice/Tech Subband May Move: 52, May 902-MHz Restrictions Eased: 56, Jul Amateur Fined for Interfering with Commercial Station: 62, Mar Amateur Radio Aims for the Olympics: 56, Nov Amateur Radio Goes to the Goodwill Games: 61, Sep Arizona Hams Exempt from Tower Rule: 54, May ARRL Awards First Grant For HF Packet Radio Research: 62, Mar ARRL Comments in Docket for 220-222 MHz: 53, May ARRL Comments in FCC WARC-92 Inquiry: 56, Apr ARRL Comments in NTIA Spectrum Management Inquiry: 52, May ARRL Comments on Proposed Relocation of Novice Subband: 61, Sep ARRL Favors Ruling Against Restrictive Statutes: 61, Aug ARRL Files Proposal for Automatic HF Operation of RTTY and Data Transmissions: 54, Feb ARRL Northwestern Division Director Drake, W7RM, Resigns: 61, Mar ARRL Opposes PELTS Proposal (220 MHz): 56, Jun ARRL Receives FEMA Development Grant: 60, Jan ARRL Seeks Relief from "Scanner Laws": 52, May ARRL "All-Risk" Insurance: 57, Apr Article Rekindles EMF/Cancer Debate: 62, Sep (see 68, Nov) Behind the Diamond: Eddy Pollock, W6LC: 62, Aug Behind the Diamond: Rick Palm, K1CE: 58, Jun Blind Ham Honored at White House (LaBarre, KT0U): 58, Oct Bootleggers Hit Where it Hurts (FCC enforcement): 57, Jun Browning, Gus, W4BPD, SK: 57, Nov Carlsen, Captain Kurt, W2ZXM, SK: 60, Jan Civilian Ham Gets Army Award: 61, Sep Club Supports WARC Fund: 63, Aug Comment Deadline Looms for New Methods to Test Disabled: 58, Oct Commission Eases Code Requirements for Disabled: 60, Sep CRRL President and Counsel Retire: 62, Mar Dannals, Harry, W2HD, Named QCWA President: 61, Jan Death Knell for Cycle 22?: 57, Jun Digital Control Petition Withdrawn: 57, Jun DoD Pulls Out of Drill: 58, Nov DOVE Satellite Resuscitated: 61, Sep Equipment Insurance Rates Rise: 60, Oct Extra Class Name Change Petition Denied: 60, Jan FAR Scholarship Winners: 59, Oct FAR Scholarships Announced: 57, Apr FCC Acts in 20-Meter Disputes: 56, Nov (see 53, May) FCC Allows Call Sign Changes: 61, Sep FCC Atlanta Office Moves: 58, Nov FCC Changes VHF/UHF Beacon Subbands: 53, May FCC Comments on Amateur Feedback to McNamara's Letter: 61, Mar FCC Confiscates CB Gear: 57, Jun FCC Denies Application for 6 Meters: 54, May FCC Denies Request for Reconsideration in 88-139: 62, Sep FCC Enforcement Actions: 57, Jul FCC Enforcement Actions: 58, Nov FCC Enforcement Actions: 61, Sep FCC Enforcement Actions: 62, Mar FCC Field Office Address Changes (San Francisco): 55, Feb FCC Forbids Local RFI Regulations: 53, May FCC Grants Extension of STA for Automatic HF Packet: 61, Mar FCC Proposes Hiker's Locator Service on 220-222 MHz: 62, Mar FCC Proposes Preferences for Innovators (220 MHz): Aug, 63 FCC Proposes Service Rules for Land Mobile Operation on 220-222 MHz; ARRL Court Battle Continues: 53, Feb FCC Seeks Input/Assistance in Resolution of Amateur Dispute; ARRL Responds: 53, Feb (see 56, Nov & 53, May) FCC Shuts Down 75-Meter Pirate: 57, Jun FCC Shuts Down Unlicensed Broadcaster: 53, May FCC Starts on ARRL "Part 97 Clean-up Petition": 56, Apr FCC Upholds Bureau-Imposed Forfeiture Against Amateur: 62, Mar FCC Watches Cable TV: 57, Nov FCC Widens 6-meter Repeater Subband: 57, Apr FCC Won't Protect Unlicensed Devices at 900 MHz: 58, Nov Final Appeal Sought in Morse Testing Proposal: 00, Dec Flawless Launch Yields Six OSCARs: New Era in Amateur Satellite Communications Begins: 60, Mar Former Ham Convicted (Burton, WB6JAC): 61, Sep Griggs, John, W6KW, SK: 54, May GTE Gives Residential Rates to Autopatches: 61, Mar Ham Fined, Jailed for Mail Fraud (Harrison, WB2PTI): 56, Jun (see 57, Nov) HAM RADIO Magazine Sold: 57, Jun Ham Wins in RFI Lawsuit: 58, Nov Hams Fined for Willful Interference: 56, Jun Hams Relay Medical Aid for Soviet Amateur: 62, Sep Harrison May Lose License: 57, Nov Holmes Appointed as State Department Coordinator for International Communications and Policy: 61, Jan HQ Staffers Reassigned (W4RI, AA2Z, W1GNC): 58, Oct IARU President Honored (Baldwin, W1RU): 57, Jul Insurance Available to Clubs: 57, Jun International Amateur Radio Arrangements: 58, Jun Judge Dismisses Suit Against Ham: 62, Aug League Continues 220 Campaign: 56, Jul League Responds to Telecommunications Inquiry: 56, Jun Lower Phone Rates for Autopatches: 62, Sep "MBA" Rescues DOVE; Then Gets Destroyed: 56, Jun Medrow, Karl, W3FA, SK: 54, May Michigan Bill Expands Exemption from "Scanner Laws": 56, Jul Milius, Gay, Director Emeritus, W4UG, SK: 62, Aug Moskey, Joe, W1JMY, SK: 54, May Nets Get More Time to Resolve Disputes: 58, Oct New Jersey Hams Support Receiver Law Reform: 53, May Pacific Bell Offers Residential Rates to Amateur Repeaters: 61, Mar Past Delta Division Vice Director Graham Hicks, W5IHP, SK: 62, Mar Petition Supports AM Users: 56, Jul Plaque Presented Honoring 1921 Transatlantic Test Site: 55, Feb PRB-1 Victory in Texas: 62, Aug QST Managing Editor Laird Campbell, W1CUT, Retires: 55, Feb Radio Amateur Callbook Sold to BPI Communications Inc: 60, Jan Ratcliffe, Robert H., KB3KC, Named Assistant Chief, FCC Mass Media Bureau: 62, Mar Repeaters Get Price Break: 58, Jun RFI Case Dismissed in Washington Superior Court: 60, Mar SCRRBA Suspends Coordination on 902-928 MHz; It Plans Operation in Certain Cities: 60, Mar Simplified Reciprocal Licensing in New Zealand: 60, Jan Threats Bring Amateur's Arrest: 59, Oct WARC Specialist Joins HQ Staff (Bergeron, KB4IYK): 58, Jun W1AW Not in 20-Meter "Dispute": 53, May (see 53, Feb; 56, Nov) W1AW Renovation Update: 63, Aug Amateur Call Sign Update 61, Jan 62, Mar 54, May 57, Jun 63, Aug 62, Sep 60, Oct 57, Nov HINTS AND KINKS AAA NiCds in an AA Charger (Devenish): 39, Nov AGC-Threshold Control for the Heath HW-9 Transceiver, An (Douglas): 43, Mar A-Frame Mast for Home and Field Day, An (Kaplan): 36, May Battery Backup for the HW-5400 Transceiver (Smardon): 37, Jul Better FSK Operation with the Yaesu FT-767GX Transceiver (Hudson): 00, Dec Bridge Rectifier Solves Keying-Polarity Problems (Alexander): 42, Oct Broken-Shield Coupler Can Eliminate TVI, A (Cooper): 37, Jul Built-In Grille Eases Mobile-Speaker Mounting (Clemons): 41, Oct Cheap and Quick RS-232-C-to-Keying-Line Interface (Swancara): 36, Feb Cigar-Lighter Polarity Tester, A (Cook): 37, Jul Connecting an Old Microphone to a New Transceiver (Fentem): 41, Oct Constructing Ladder (Open-Wire) Transmission Line (Measures): 35, Feb Curing Erratic Power Output in the TS-430S Transceiver (Miller): 37, Sep Curing Frequency Drift and Indicator-Light Dimming in the Yaesu FT-101ZD Transceiver (Gamble): 37, May Curing Key Clicks in the Yaesu FT-102 Transceiver (Lacey): 00, Dec Diodes for RF Probes (Isenring): 42, Mar Diode-Based QRP TR Switch, A (Carr): 38, Jul Don't Be Fooled by Talking Capacitors (Newkirk): 38, Jul Easy Cabinet Removal for the SB-220 Amplifier (Measures): 00, Dec Extend the Resistance-Measurement Range of a DMM (Nouel): 37, Sep Fast-Attack AGC System for QSK CW, A (Hayward): 37, Sep Feedback: Broken-Shield Coupler, A (Newkirk): 42, Oct Feedback: Make Your House Antenna Ready (Murphy): 37, Sep Feeding an 80-Meter Delta Loop at 160 Meters (Koeppe): 37, Apr Fix for Cable Leakage at Connectors, A (Locher): 37, Jul Gauge Fine Wire Simply (Lau): 37, Sep Hardware-Store Special Code-Practice Set, The (Zavarella): 45, Jan (see Feedback, 41, Jun) Improvising a Calibrated Audio Generator (Cardwell): 44, Jan Inexpensive Work Lamps (Jablin): 37, May Keeping Beams on Portable Masts Aimed Correctly (Lau): 38, Aug Longer Life for Your Quad Antenna (Atkins): 39, Nov Loop Coupling for J Antennas (Davis): 42, Mar Make Your Own QRP Carry-All (Stivison): 38, Nov Matte Finish and Panel Labels for Homemade Projects (Mitsuma): 00, Dec More on Resetting the ICOM IC-02AT Transceiver Microprocessor (Palmer): 41, Jun More on Reusing Polaroid Polapulse Batteries (Kimbell): 38, Aug More on Using TV-Flyback-Transformer Cores for Filament Chokes (Barton; Myers): 38, Aug More "Low Power" Power Output for the Yaesu FT-23R Transceiver (Hanburger): 42, Mar Narrow IF Filter for the Heath HW-9 Transceiver, A (Niedermeyer): 40, Jun Narrow RTTY Filter for the Kenwood TS-430S Transceiver, A (Flint): 42, Mar New Face for a Recalibrated Meter, A (Lewallen): 35, Feb PVC-Pipe Guy Protectors (Hood): 37, Aug Reducing "Other-VFO" Leakage with the Ten-Tec 243 External VFO (Frey): 36, Apr Remote Up/Down Frequency Control for the ICOM IC-735 Transceiver (Krugaluk): 37, Jul Replacing Battery-Circuit Fusible Links (Klaus): 37, Apr RF Feedback in the Kenwood TS-130S (Blackburn): 37, Apr Stabilizing the Mobile Whip (Gregory): 44, Jan Teaming the W6OWP Keying Interface with the Heathkit HW-101 Transceiver (Zvolanek): 38, Nov TNC Connect Alarm, A (Smardon): 41, Oct TNC Message-Waiting Alerter, A (Hansen): 00, Dec Tower Anti-Climbing Shields (Brown): 44, Jan Tracking Down Diode-Intermodulation Interference (Humphreys): 37, Aug TS-440S Selectivity Modification for CW (Elson): 37, Aug Use Your Soldering Gun to Demagnetize Tools (Jablin): 37, Aug Using the Kenwood BS-8 Panoramic-Display Module with Generic Oscilloscopes (Hunter): 43, Mar VCR Batteries for Ham Gear (Falls): 36, Feb Voltage-Variable Audio Oscillator, A (Hunt): 41, Jun Warning on Using a Grass Edger to Cut Concrete (Burch): 41, Jun Water Makes Driving Ground Rods Easier (Hinshaw): 37, Aug Winding Large Coils on a Motorized Barbecue Spit (Comfort): 43, Mar HOW'S DX?--Column (White) Baltics, The: 61, Oct Digital DXing: 59, Nov DXotic Visages: 61, May DXpedition Pileup Management: 65, Aug Gus (Browning, W4BPD, SK): 00, Dec Novice Band DXCC: You Can Do It!: 59, Jul Timeless DX Friendship with YK1AA, A: 63, Sep Vanuatu Voyagers: 59, Jun W1FH--Role Model: 63, Jan WA4DPU--Honor Roll at Age 28: 61, Feb XT2CW--A One-Man DXpedition to Burkina Faso: 65, Mar YASME/The Colvins: 59, Apr IARU CRRL President and Counsel Retire: 62, Mar IARU President Honored: 57, Jul IARU Region 2 Finds The Magic in Orlando (Sumner): 15, Jan IARU News--Column (Baldwin) 60 Years of PZK: 70, Feb Amateur Radio at WARC-92: 74, Aug CCIR Celebrates 60th Anniversary: 73, Jan IARU President Honored: 57, Jul Maritime Mobile Net List: 85, Dec Membership in Your National Society--The Long-Term Benefits: 69, Jul Responsibility: 74, Oct Singapore SEAnet of 1989, The: 71, May Sixty-fifth Anniversary of IARU: 71, Apr INFORMATION ARRL Publications Acceptance Criteria: 20, Jan Audited ARRL Financial Statements Released: 57, May Board Affirms Code-Free License Stance (Palm): 54, Sep Board Steers Course for WARC-92, Future (Palm): 53, Mar Committee Submits "Strawman" Position on Docket 90-55 for Board Consideration: 54, Jul Communications Procedures in Disasters: 15, Feb "Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide," The: 57, Jan FCC Releases Codeless License NPRM: 38, Apr Frequency Allocation Chart: 58, Jan Hitting the Limit (Lindholm): 57, Oct League Advisory Committee Members: 58, Apr League WARC-92 Preparations Continue: 55, May License Renewal Information: 57, Jan Moved and Seconded...: 55, Mar; 59, May; 56, Sep New Land Record on 3.4 GHz (Libby): 69, May US Amateur Frequency and Mode Allocations, Power Limits: 58, Jan VHF/UHF Advisory Committee 13-cm Band Plan Proposal (Kirby): 52, Feb W1AW Schedule: 84, Jan; 71, Jun; 81, Aug; 85, Nov WARC-92 Draft US Proposals Released (Sumner): 42, Nov What Do You Get For Your Membership Dues? (Sumner): 18, Mar IT SEEMS TO US--Editorial Amateur's Code, The: 9, May Automatic Control (proposal for HF): 9, Feb Communicator (codeless license): 9, Apr Confrontation (on-air conflict): 9, Sep (see Correspondence: 68, Nov) Farewell to an Old Friend (HAM RADIO magazine folds): 9, Jun Goodwill Dream, The: 9, Oct (see 43, Oct) It Seemed Like A Good Idea (RM-7248, automatic control on HF): 9, Jun Potpourri (WARC-92, DXCC, 220 MHz): 9, Nov Rotten Operating (Bouvet 3Y5X QRM): 9, Mar WARC-92 Agenda, The: 9, Jul WARC-92 Agenda Released: 9, Aug WARC-92: 9, Jan KEYING AND CONTROL CIRCUITS AGC-Threshold Control for the Heath HW-9 Transceiver, An (Douglas): 43, Mar Better FSK Operation with the Yaesu FT-767GX Transceiver (Hudson): 00, Dec Bridge Rectifier Solves Keying-Polarity Problems (Alexander): 42, Oct Cheap and Easy Control-Signal Level Converters (Galm): 24, Feb Cheap and Quick RS-232-C-to-Keying-Line Interface (Swancara): 36, Feb CMOS Super Keyer II, The (Russell and Southard): 18, Nov Code Still Works (Ring): 64, Oct Curing Key Clicks in the Yaesu FT-102 Transceiver (Lacey): 00, Dec CW6805 CW Keyboard Update (Oscarson): 39, May Diode-Based QRP TR Switch, A (Carr): 38, Jul Fast-Attack AGC System for QSK CW, A (Hayward): 37, Sep Hands-Off Mobile Operation (Hickox): 25, Apr Hardware-Store Special Code-Practice Set, The (Zavarella): 45, Jan (see Feedback, 41, Jun) Remote Up/Down Frequency Control for the ICOM IC-735 Transceiver (Krugaluk): 37, Jul Teaming the W6OWP Keying Interface with the Heathkit HW-101 Transceiver (Zvolanek): 38, Nov TNC Connect Alarm, A (Smardon): 41, Oct TNC Message-Waiting Alerter, A (Hansen): 00, Dec TS-440S Selectivity Modification for CW (Elson): 37, Aug MEASUREMENT AND TEST EQUIPMENT Cigar-Lighter Polarity Tester, A (Cook): 37, Jul Diodes for RF Probes (Isenring): 42, Mar Experimental Band-Switching Dip Meter, An (DeMaw): 18, Jul Extend the Resistance-Measurement Range of a DMM (Nouel): 37, Sep Improvising a Calibrated Audio Generator (Cardwell): 44, Jan Microcomputer-Controlled NiCd-Battery Charger, A (Ahrens): 16, Aug New Face for a Recalibrated Meter, A (Lewallen): 35, Feb Simple and Accurate QRP Directional Wattmeter, A (Lewallen): 19, Feb Simple Coaxial-Cable Measurements (Smith): 25, Sep Tester For Crystal F, Q and R, A (DeMaw): Jan, 21 Feedback: 41, Mar Voltage-Variable Audio Oscillator, A (Hunt): 41, Jun NEW BOOKS Complete DXer, The (White): 39, Feb Fine Tuning's Proceedings 1989 (Newkirk): 30, Jun From Spark to Space: A Pictorial Journey Through 75 Years of Amateur Radio (White): 70, Feb Genius at Riverhead: A Profile of Harold H. Beverage (Healy): 31, Jul Laser Cookbook: 88 Practical Projects, The (Atkins): 39, Jun McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms (Kleinschmidt): 60, May Microwave Handbook, Volume 1: Components and Operating Techniques (Hallidy): 69, Jun Night Signals (Schetgen): 51, Feb Radio Frequency User's Guide to the Space Environment Services Center Geophysical Alert Broadcasts (Pagel): 41, Nov Space Almanac (Nelson): 48, Feb Talk to the World: Canadian Amateur Radio Licensing Manual (Wolfgang): 38, Oct NEW PRODUCTS A & A Engineering 450-MHz Spectrum Analyzer: 50, Jan Alabama Amateur Electronics Quad Antennas: 23, Jan Alpha Delta Rotator Control-Line Surge Protector: 50, Jan Ampire Mast-Mount VHF/UHF Preamplifiers: 39, Feb Computer CW-Keyboard Program and Interface Kit: 53, Sep Connect Systems, Inc, Products: 36, Jun CSI Repeater/Duplex-Autopatch Controller: 38, Feb Dual-Band VHF/UHF Quad: 42, Aug Engineering Systems DX Window Program: 29, Jun Etched-Glass Desk Placard: 63, Feb FCC Data Base on CD-ROM: 35, Apr Ham Radio Novelty Tee Shirts and Caps: 35, Apr Hand-Held Frequency Counter: 53, Jun Heights Towers Again Available: 27, Aug Improved ONV Safety Belts: 39, Feb (also see Product Review, Dec 89) Improved Phillystran Non-Metallic Tower Guys: 53, Jun K6STI's MN and Yagi Optimizer Antenna-Analysis Software: 41, Aug LTA HF and VHF Yagi Antennas: 52 Feb M\2/ Enterprises is Again Distributing its Own Products: 36, Jun Microprocessor-Controlled Miniature DTMF Decoder: 27, Aug Packet Radio Cartridge for Commodore 64\TM/ Computers: 31, Apr Parasitic-Suppressor Kits for MF/HF Amplifiers, Telephone RFI Kits: 75, Apr Portable Alternative Power: 30, Jun Quorum Communications Downconverters: 32, Nov RF Concepts Dual-Band "Brick": 53, Sep Rotating Tower Systems for Rohn 25 Towers: 35, May Rotator Spike Protector: 53, Sep TCE Laboratories RFI Filters: 38, Feb Telephone RFI Filters: 36, Jul NOVICE NOTES Hamfests--A Great Tradition (Hale): 54, Apr Murphy's Law and Self-Defense (Booth): 47, Jan Pagalu Safari (Kearman): 42, May VHF/UHF FM Repeaters--Part 1: Ham Radio, Local Style (Booth): 48, Jul VHF/UHF FM Repeaters--Part 2: What You'll Need to Play (Booth): 59, Aug VHF/UHF FM Repeaters--Part 3: A Day in the Life of Six-Four (Booth): 48, Sep Your Novice Accent (Williams): 00, Dec (reprint from Nov 1956 QST) ON LINE--Column (Horzepa) Taking the Bulletins by the Horns: 66, Feb Winter Wonderland of Software: 72, Jan OP-ED--Column Case for Tolerance, The (McCarthy): 70, Oct New Op-Ed Column in QST (Sumner): 70, Oct QST Op-Ed Policy: 70, Oct ORGANIZATIONAL Board Affirms Code-Free License Stance (Palm): 54, Sep Board Steers Course for WARC-92, Future (Palm): 53, Mar HQ Staffers Reassigned: 58, Oct Season's Greetings from the ARRL HQ/IARU Staff: 51, Dec Visit to Headquarters, A (O'Brien): 51, Nov VHF/UHF Advisory Committee 13-cm Band Plan Proposal (Kirby): 52, Feb What Do You Get For Your Membership Dues (Sumner): 18, Mar At the Foundation--Column (Schetgen-Carcia) Back to School with a Double-Header: 73, Sep Good News For Scholarship Seekers: 65, Jul In Service To You, the Member: 64, Mar Look At Your Generous Spirit, A: 58, Feb Our New Treasurer: 64, Apr Rocketing Into The Nineties: 70, Jan VicYIP Challenge, The: 70, May Want Some Money for School?: 73, Nov Club Spectrum--Column (Palm) Awareness Day '89!: 72, Apr Amateur Radio Public Awareness Day: 74, Sep Fort McHenry Station Sings Anthem's Praises: 69, Feb Remington Elementary School ARC: 74, Sep Thompson Island: DXpedition on a Budget: 86, Dec Welcome New Special Service Clubs: 72, Apr Elections ARRL Members Elect Representatives: 59, Jan Division Director Elections: 57, Nov League Members to Choose Board Representatives: 55, Jul Repeat Nominating Solicitation: 55, Feb Repeat Nominating Solicitation: 61, Jan Second Notice: ARRL Board Elections Call for Nominations: 61, Aug Section Manager Election Notice: 61, Jan 55, Feb 54, May 57, Jul 63, Aug 58, Nov 60, Oct Section Manager Election Results: 61, Jan 57, Apr 57, Jul 60, Oct Vermont SM Recalled; New SM Named: Apr, 57 Moved and Seconded... 55, Mar 59, May 56, Sep PACKET RADIO ARRL Awards First Grant For HF Packet Radio Research: 62, Mar BPL for Digital SysOps? (award): 68, Aug More on Baud Rate--Ugh! (Lackey): 44, Mar TNC Connect Alarm, A (Smardon): 41, Oct TNC Message-Waiting Alerter, A (Hansen): 00, Dec Packet Perspective--Column (Horzepa) Digital Signal Processing of Packet Radio, The: 66, Jul DX Operating Partners: Your Station and PacketCluster\R/: 67, May HF Packet SRO Redux: 72, Sep Packet Radio Basics--Part 1: Computers Acting Like Terminals: 73, Aug Packet Radio Basics--Part 2: 67, Oct Packet Radio Basics--Part 3: The ABCs of TCP/IP (Horzepa): 80, Dec Standing-Room Only on HF Packet: 65, Jun Welcome to Packet Perspective!: 79, Mar Winter Packet Projects: 71, Nov Your Gateway to PACSAT Radio: 67, Apr PRODUCT REVIEW AEA AT-300 Antenna Tuner (DeMaw): 35, Aug AEA MM-3 Morse Machine (Kilgore & Wolfgang): 32, Jul Cushcraft D3W World Ranger 12, 17 and 30-Meter Rotatable Dipole (Newkirk): 40, Oct Cushcraft R5 Multiband Vertical Antenna (Sumner): 39, Oct Down East Microwave 23-cm and 13-cm Loop Yagis (Wilson): 35, Jul Garant Enterprises GD-8 "Windom" Antenna (Hall): 30, Sep (see Clarification: 37, Nov ICOM IC-2GAT Hand-Held 2-Meter FM Transceiver (Battles): 37, Jun ICOM IC-725 MF/HF Transceiver (Kleinschmidt): 38, Mar ICOM IC-781 160- to 10-Meter Transceiver (Wilson): 39, Jan SHF Systems SHF 1240K 1296-MHz Transverter Kit (Lau): 33, Feb Solicitation for Product Review Equipment Bids: 73, Jan 34, Feb 39, Jun 37, Nov Ten-Tec Omni V Model 562 160-10 Meter Transceiver (Kleinschmidt): 33, Nov Yaesu FT-470 Dual-Band Hand-held VHF/UHF Transceiver (Hale): 32, Sep Yaesu FT-736R VHF/UHF Transceiver (Wilson): 30, May PUBLIC SERVICE 6Y5EE on Disaster Communications (Palm): 51, Aug Amateur Radio Emergency Service--Southern Style, The (Grant): Jul, 63 ANERCOM Final Report, January 1990--Part 1 (Kandel): 74, Mar ANERCOM Final Report, January 1990--Part 2 (Kandel): 65, Apr April (WA6OPS) and Joe (K0OV) Moell--At Your Service (Jensen): 60, Dec Are You Ready for SET? (Ewald): 45, Sep ARRL HQ Emergency Operations Plan: 52, Aug Avianca Crash: Disaster and Discord, The (Cain): 14, Jun BPL for Digital SysOps? (award): 68, Aug Communications Procedures in Disasters: 15, Feb Disaster Communications Procedures: 52, Aug DoD Pulls Out of Drill (NDMS): 58, Nov Don't Step on the Pros' Toes (Avianca crash) (Ferguson): 64, Oct Earthquake! (Ewald): 15, Mar Hams Help After Murphy Delivers Ice-Covered Valentine's Day (Craig): Jun, 63 Hams Organize Communications for Winter Special Olympics (Hugo, M.): 49, Feb Hams Relay Medical Aid for Soviet Amateur: 62, Sep How Public Officials View Amateur Radio (Turner): 65, May Hugo the Horrible (Denbow): 64, May Hugo the Horrible (Palm): 14, Feb Hugo! (Feeham; Levis): 57, Feb Hurricane Hugo (Young): 62, Jan International Assistance and Traffic Net (Palm): 53, Aug NTS in Disaster Communications: Does it Do the Job?--Part 1 (Gmelin): Aug, 68 NTS in Disaster Communications: Does it Do the Job?--Part 2 (Gmelin): Sep, 67 PSAC Roster: 69, Nov PSHR Revision: Your Input Needed Now (Staples): 69, Nov Public Service or Ego Trip? (traffic handling) (Pfeiffer): 00, Dec Recent Disasters Punctuate Purpose for Test (Ewald): 41, Jul Sierra Intermountain Emergency Radio Association Relays for Pony Express Rerun (Uebele): Jan, 66 Texas Amateurs Get On-the-Job Training in Chemical Explosion and Fire (Rowlett): 69, Nov There's More Than One Way To Skin A Cat (hams operating commercial radio gear) (Eggers): 59, Feb Tornado Alley (Hensley): Oct, 65 Traffic Topix: ARL Nineteen (Patience): 59, Feb QST PROFILES April (WA6OPS) and Joe (K0OV) Moell--At Your Service (Jensen): 60, Dec Bob Locher, W9KNI--The Key to Success (Cain): 46, Sep Cliff Stoll, K7TA: The Sky's No Limit (Cain): 49, Aug Dick Ehrhorn, W4ETO--The Man from Alpha: 47, Nov Future Shock: A Conversation with Phil Karn, KA9Q (Booth): 48, Apr Ham of Note, A: Larnell Harris, WD4LZC (Cain): 49, Jan Jerry Sevick, W2FMI: Coiled to Strike (Cain): 47, Oct Meet a Legitimate Triple Threat--Bill Wilkinson, N3GTW (Halprin): 46, Jul Sleightly Delayed (Pat Kelley, KA3THS) (Cain): 46, May The Write Stuff: A Conversation with Cindy Wall, KA7ITT (Booth): 46, Jun Tony Bongiovi, KX2Z (Kleinschmidt): 46, Mar SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNIQUES 220-MHz SSB Activity Directory: 52, Jan 3rd ARRL RTTY Roundup Announcement: 102, Dec Almost There on 2300 MHz (Jablin): 43, Jun Amateur Radio is Back on the Shuttle (White, R.): 46, Feb Beginner's Tour to and Through AMTOR (Mortensen): 53, Nov Laser Communications Primer--Part 1, A (Bergeron): 19, Sep Laser-Communications Primer--Part 2, A (Bergeron): 22, Oct Microwave Amplifier Update (Ward): 37, Feb More "QRP" EME on 144 MHz (Soifer): 36, Oct New Land Record on 3.4 GHz (Libby): 69, May Results, 13th Annual ARRL International EME Competition (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 87, May Results, Second ARRL RTTY Roundup (Blegen & Lunt): 78, Aug Rules, ARRL International EME Competition: 78, Sep SAREX Boosts Schools' Interest in Ham Radio (White): 72, Aug SAREX Update: Please Stand By (Simpson): 52, Nov Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX) Generates High Enthusiasm (White): 53, Jul Successful OSCAR Launch Ushers in the '90s (Loughmiller): 52, Apr Triband Microwave Dish Feed (Hill): 23, Aug Weather-Facsimile Package for the IBM PC--Part 1, A (Dahl): 15, Apr (see Feedback: 25, June) Weather-Facsimile Package for the IBM PC--Part 2, A (Dahl): 17, May STRAYS 220-MHz SSB Activity Directory: 52, Jan AACS Roundup: 61, Jun Abegweit Award Update: 71, Apr Air Force Supports Amateur Radio (Skoch): 72, Jun All in the Family: 47, Sep Amateur Memorial (monument to fallen hams) (Turner): 73, Oct; 87, Dec Amateur Radio License Plates (Pennsylvania and Virginia): 71, Jul Amateur Radio Marches On (FCC statistics): 94, Oct Amateurs Wanted for Study (license exam preparation): 52, Feb Anchors Aweigh (SS Lane museum): 47, Apr Apple\R/ Code Practice Software Needed: 59, Sep ARRL and RSGB Commemorate Transatlantic First (plaque dedication): 65, Sep Belay that Caption! (Wichels): 66, Sep Birdman of Escondido: 45, Sep Call in the Family: 72, Jun Canadian Award: 49, Jun Closing on Half a Million (FCC license statistics): 94, Oct Communications Museum (Texas): 94, Oct CQ Dr Howard, Dr Fine, Dr Howard... (hospital communications): 66, Mar CQ Eagle Scouts: 71, Apr Dearing, Bill, W5QN: 71, Jul Do You Need a Man? (Isle of Man): 82, Sep Don't I Know You? (Cantrell): 94, Oct Don't Leave Home Without It (Rosenthal): 66, Sep "Down East" NTS Net Needs You (Maine net): 17, Nov DX Aid for Sightless Hams: 51, Sep Eico Address: 79, Mar Electric Avenues: 46, Aug Elk Call (BPOE net): 63, Oct Family Field Day: 71, Oct Final Resting Place: 53, Jun First with the Fax (Todd): 66, Sep Friend Remembered, A (Hulick): 66, Sep GB2 Science Museum: 65, Nov Get in Touch (Genthner): 63, Oct Goldwater, Barry, K7UGA (QST congratulates on 60-year ARRL membership): 76, Mar Government Counts on This Ham (census taker W5RQK): 61, Oct Ham in Space (SAREX--Ron Parise, WA4SIR): 60, May Hamming with Your Sisters (sister cities) (Turner): 66, Sep Her Majesty's Hams (British peers): 46, Aug International Humanitarian of the Year Award (Sister Alverna O'Laughlin): 51, Jul Johnson, E. F., Happy Birthday: 55, Jun Licensing Relaxed for Immigrants to South Africa: 49, Jul Make Your Meetings Sparkle (public speaking): 67, Aug Marooned! (Schiller): 69, Jun Married...with Tickets (Bozarth): 66, Sep More Computer Enthusiasts: 51, Sep N6KW QSL Cards Calls it Quits: 39, May Nail Those Gs: 61, Jun NASA/Goddard ARC: 58, Jul New Book Tells the W6AM Story: 71, Nov New Magazine for Vintage Radio Fans (British magazine Radio Bygones): 69, Jun Nonagenarian Ham: 65, Jun Not Just Chasing Roos (visit to Australia): 49, Jun Not Wasting Any Time (Sheldon): 76, Sep Now, Where Did She Get That Idea?: 61, Oct Penn 250th Anniversary: 51, Jul Pitcairn Bicentennial (Smith) 80, Sep Publicity Tips: 49, Jun Publicize Amateur Radio (Amateur Radio Public Awareness Day) 61, Jun QST Congratulates Dr John D. Kraus, W8JK: 81, Mar Radio Museum (Minnesota): 30, Mar RID Reunion: 79, Mar SAW Battalion Reunion: 25, Jun Small World (Ash): 46, Nov Special Education Scholarship: 67, Aug St Nick's ATV Visit: 80, Dec Stop Calling Me, I Can't Hear You (QRP): 53, Aug Such a Deal! (ARRL publications value): 62, Jun Suncoast Seniors Brochures and Poster Experiences: 74, Jan Sunspot Spotters: 69, Jun TA Profile: Bob Rose, K6GKU (Pagel): 63, Feb Thirty-Year Dream Come True (Hawaii DXpedition) (Page): 94, Oct Transatlantic Northampton Greetings: 53, Jun UF-USSR Oblast 013: 37, Jul United Nations Assigns Call to World Bank: 71, Jan Up, Up and Away (balloon experiment): 88, Dec User Groups (ham gear nets): 61, Jun Veteran Post (American Legion radio post): 73, Oct Wanted: VE in VE-Land: 49, Jul WAS in Mexico: 33, Nov Write About Slow-Scan TV for QST and QEX: 46, Jan WWII Spy Radios (British museum): 71, Apr Wyoming Celebration: 27, Jun TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE Bamboo Source (Frohne): 44, Mar Call for an Audio-Interface Standard (Bruninga): 40, Aug Chemical Imbalance (Wojciechowski): 40, Aug Converting the Hy-Gain 204BA for 17-Meter Operation (Cox): 00, Dec Correction: May 1990 QST Antenna-Radiation Patterns (Healy): 38, Sep CW6805 CW Keyboard Update (Oscarson): 39, May Designing Spectral Purity into a Band-Imaging Transceiver (Hayward): 39, Aug Driven-Element Efficiency in the 432-MHz Circular Quagi (Overbeck): 38, May G5RV Coax (Noecker): 37, Feb ICOM IC-22S Replacement IC (Brian): 44, Mar ICOM Service Connection (Schetgen): 44, Mar Impact of Current Distribution on Array Patterns, The (Lewallen): 39, Jul Improved Input Circuit for Parallel-Tube VHF Power Amplifiers, An (McGee; Evans): 40, Nov Microwave Amplifier Update (Ward): 37, Feb More on Baud Rate--Ugh! (Lackey): 44, Mar More on Tree Supports (O'Toole; Clark; Amos): 37, Feb More on Tree-Supported Antennas (Raffaele): 44, Mar Programming in C (Purdum): 45, Mar Propagation Predictions and Personal Computers (Hall): 00, Dec Safety First! (Czuhajewski): 41, Nov Space Environment Laboratory Public Computer BBS (Rosenthal): 41, Nov Transceiver Audio-Frequency Response (Measures): 44, Mar Tube-Number Cross Reference (Welsh): 44, Mar Tunable Receiver Preselectors--Worth the Trouble? (Lau): 38, Feb Using the NE602 (Zavrel): 38, May Will the Real Versa Loop Gain Figures Please Stand Up! (Healy): 39, May YAGINEC Update (Gordon): 37, Feb VHF AND MICROWAVES Announcing the Fifth ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative Contest: 82, Jun ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque Program: 85, May Microwave Amplifier Update (Ward): 37, Feb New Land Record on 3.4 GHz (Libby): 69, May Results, 13th Annual ARRL International EME Competition (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 87, May Results, 1989 September VHF QSO Party (Lunt & Burke): 76, Jan Results, 1990 ARRL June VHF QSO Party (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 00, Dec Results, 1990 ARRL UHF Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 00, Dec Results, 1990 ARRL VHF January Sweepstakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz): 75, Jun Results, Fourth Annual ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative Contest (Lunt & Stankewicz): 83, Mar Rules, 1990 ARRL UHF Contest: 80, Jul Rules, 1990 CRRL Fall VHF/UHF Sprints: 78, Sep Rules, 44th January VHF Sweepstakes: 101, Dec Rules, ARRL International EME Competition: 78, Sep Rules, June VHF QSO Party: 86, May Rules, September VHF QSO Party: 82, Aug VHF/UHF Advisory Committee 13-cm Band Plan Proposal (Kirby): 52, Feb World Above 50 MHz, The--Column (Tynan) 1990 Central States VHF Conference--Another Success: 69, Sep 1990 E/S\ Season Gets Underway--in a Big Way: 71, Aug 1-1/4-Meter Standings: 64, Feb 2-Meter Standings: 69, Jan; 72, Aug 50-MHz DX Standings: 68, May; 66, Nov 70-cm Standings: 77, Mar; 71, Sep Beacons QSY, The: 66, Jun Can We Talk?: 68, Oct Computerized VHF Data Base, A: 66, Nov EME Annals: 67, Jun G'Day, Mates: 68, May Microwave Standings: 69, Apr More Ideas for Enhancing Chances for Working DX on 50 MHz: 68, Jan New Group of VHFers, A: 67, Jul New Way to Report, A: 68, Apr Over the Top, at Last: 64, Feb Reporting: 77, Mar VHF/UHF--At the Crossroads: 00, Dec VHF/UHF Century Club Awards (Kustosik) 70, Apr 65, Jul 47, Aug 96, Oct VHF/UHF Century Club Awards Annual Listing (Kustosik): 90, Dec Note: Beginning with the Dec issue, the 50 and 25 Years Ago column became 75, 50 and 25 Years Ago.