QST Index to Volume LXXVII-1993 Compiled By Brian Battles, WS1O QST Features Editor How to Use This Index Items are listed according to the regular column under which they appeared and/or under any category (or categories) that generally describes them. The name of the author(s) appears in parentheses, followed by a colon, then the page number and issue. Examples: "Honey, I Shrunk the Antenna! (Newkirk): Jul, 34" appears under Feature Articles-Technical and Antennas and Feed Lines; "Packet for Lunch (Larsen): Mar, 38" appears under Feature Articles-General Interest and Packet Radio. Some items have additional subject-description information or the name of a department in which it appeared, in brackets after the title. AMATEUR RADIO WORLD-Column (Sumner) Africa is Focus of Region 1 Conference: Nov, 108 Amateur Radio Returns to Lebanon: Apr, 82 Canadian Amateurs Unite: Jul, 95 CCIR Working Party Approves Amateur Papers: Apr, 82 Czech, Slovak Amateurs "Divorce": Mar, 103 FAIRS Bangladesh Project: Sep, 86 French Change Call Sign System: Oct, 97 IARU News: Jun, 82 IARU Success in Bangladesh: May, 102 ITU Restructures, The: Mar, 103 JARL Membership Profile: Jun, 82 New License in Swaziland: Jun, 82 New Zealand Joins CEPT Common License Program: Apr, 82 Omani Society Marks 20th: Mar, 103 Qatar Organizes: Mar, 103 Region 1 Prepares for Conference: Mar, 103 Slovenia, Croatia Join IARU: Feb, 90 Sweden Introduces Entry Level Code-Free License: Feb, 90 Uganda Reintroduces Amateur Radio: Jun, 82 University Station Opens in Lesotho: Feb, 90 W1RU Visits Thailand: May, 102 White Nights in St Petersburg: Oct, 97 WIA President VK1RH a Silent Key: Jun, 82 AMATEUR SATELLITES AND SPACE COMMUNICATIONS Amateur Radio Aboard Space Shuttles: T+10 Years and Counting! (White): Nov, 22 (see Feedback: Dec, 93) Big LEOs (Hale): Apr, 40 Getting Started with RS-10 (Daniel): Aug, 53 Ham Radio at Soviet Space (Dakin): Feb, 47 K1CE's Secret OSCAR-20 Station (Ford): Mar, 47 Phase 3D-A Satellite for All!-Part 1 (Jansson & Tynan): May, 49 Phase 3D-A Satellite for All!-Part 2 (Jansson & Tynan): Jun, 49 Russians Come to St Louis (Koenig): Feb, 49 Satellite-Tracking Software: Dec, 89 Satellites and Field Day (Ford): Nov, 59 Shuttle Mission STS-55 Highlights: Feb, 42 You Have a Date with OSCAR 21 (Ford): Nov, 70 Amateur Satellite Communications-Column (Ford) AMRAD-OSCAR 27: Dec, 107 ARSENE-An Orbiting Packet Digipeater: Feb, 97 ARSENE-The First Amateur Radio Satellite of 1993: Jul, 94 Footnote in Satellite History: Dec, 107 Fuji-OSCAR 20 Mode JA: Sep, 104 Mir QSLs at Last!: Sep, 104 Satellite DXpedition to Aruba: Dec, 107 Satellite Straight Key Night: Dec, 107 Two More PACSATs! Mode B for Phase 3D!: Oct, 98 UNAMSAT-1: A New Microsat for 1993!: Jan, 97 What's the Frequency?: Apr, 94 ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISSION LINES 1/3-Wavelength Multiband Dipole, The (Griffith): Sep, 33 Better Than a Rubber Duck (Kleinman): Mar, 56 Disguised Flagpole Antenna, A (Parker): May, 65 Earth Detunes My Antenna, The (Hall): Oct, 41 Easy, On-Glass Antenna with Multiband Capability, An (Rumbolt): Mar, 35 Effects of Continuous, Conductive Guy Wires on Antenna Performance, The (Gordon): Aug, 22 Fighting Antenna Corrosion (Roleson): Apr, 24 Hams Test Antennas Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia (Siwiak): Oct, 53 High-Directivity Receiving Antenna for 3.8 MHz, A (Koontz): Aug, 31 Honey, I Shrunk the Antenna! (Newkirk): Jul, 34 Lure of the Ladder Line, The (Ford): Dec, 70 NRY, The, A Simple, Effective Wire Antenna for 80 Through 10 Meters (Olsen): Mar, 22 Remotely Controlled Antenna Switch, A (Thompson): Apr, 32 Simple Broadband Dipole for 80 Meters, A (Witt): Sep, 27 Small Loop Antenna for 160 Meters, A (Mozzochi): Jun, 32 Two 2-Meter Antennas (Bowles): Jul, 62 Two-Element Duoband Beam, A (Mansheim): Apr, 36 Yagi: The Man and His Antenna (Welsh): Oct, 45 COMPUTERS Board Embraces Semiautomatic Digital Operation at HF (Palm): Sep, 48 Computer-Controlled Electronic Test Equipment-Part 1 (Portugal): Dec, 42 Contest Card, The (Sutcliffe): Sep, 31 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Hardware for Computer- Controlling Modern Radios (Blackburn): Feb, 37 Introducing METCON, a New Remote Control and Telemetry System (Newland): Jan, 41 Satellite-Tracking Software: Dec, 89 Schematics at Your Fingertips (Schofield): Oct, 39 Your Information Connection: The ARRL BBS (Ford): Jun, 60 CONTESTS AND OPERATING ACTIVITIES Contest Announcements/Rules 60th ARRL November Sweepstakes Announcement: Oct, 122 Announcing the Seventh ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative Contest: Jun, 113 ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque Program: May, 124 ARRL November Sweepstakes Plaque Program: Oct, 88 Club Competition Rules and Contest Disqualification Criteria: Jan, 52 Field Day Rules: May, 123 Rules, 1993 ARRL UHF Contest: Jul, 109 Rules, 1993 Novice Roundup: Jan, 116 Rules, 1993 School Club Roundup: Jan, 103 Rules, 1993 ARRL International DX Contest: Dec, 125 Rules, 47th January VHF Sweepstakes: Dec, 128 Rules, 6th ARRL RTTY Roundup: Dec, 127 Rules, 8th IARU HF World Championship: Apr, 105 Rules, ARRL 160-Meter Contest: Nov, 127 Rules, ARRL 10-Meter Contest: Nov, 126 Rules, ARRL International EME Competition: Sep, 93 Rules, June VHF QSO Party: May, 125 Rules, September VHF QSO Party: Aug, 102 Contest Results 1993 ARRL RTTY Roundup, The (Kleinschmidt & Lunt): Aug, 98 Field Day 1993 (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Nov, 114 Results, 1992 ARRL 10-Meter Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Jul, 102 Results, ARRL 160-Meter Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Apr, 100 Results, 1992 ARRL November Sweepstakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz): May, 109 Results, 1992 ARRL September VHF QSO Party (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Jan, 110 Results, 1993 ARRL International DX Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Oct, 105 Results, 1993 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Jun, 107 Results, 1993 ARRL June VHF QSO Party (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Dec, 114 Results, 1993 Novice Roundup (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Jun, 114 Results, 1993 School Club Roundup (Malchick): Sep, 46 Results, 7th IARU HF World Championship (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Feb, 104 Results, ARRL UHF Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Dec, 122 Results, Seventh ARRL 10-GHz Cumulative Contest (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Mar, 108 Results, Sixteenth ARRL International EME Competition (Lunt & Stankiewicz): May, 120 Straight Key Night 1992 (Lunt & Stankiewicz): Apr, 104 Contesting/Operating 1993 "Handy Reference"" Section: Jan, 57 30 Years Between Novice Roundups (Leutzelshwab): Jan, 80 ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System: Jan, 58 ARRL International DX Contest Plaque Program: Feb, 110 ARRL June VHF QSO Party Plaque Program: May, ARRL November Sweepstakes Plaque Program: Oct, 88 ARRL Outgoing QSL Bureau Service: Jan, 59 Club Competition Rules and Contest Disqualification Criteria: Jan, 52 "Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide, The": Jan, 61 Earn an ARRL Friendship Award (Hutchinson): Nov, 50 First Contest, The (Cotterman): Oct, 66 How Does a Section Manager Spend Field Day? (Bowles): Nov, 61 How Many Times Can You Say "CQ Contest" in 24 Hours? (Bushor): Jan, 111 Major ARRL Operating Events and Conventions-1993: Jan, 57 Satellites and Field Day (Ford): Nov, 59 Sweepstakes Shack on Wheels (Lindquist): Nov, 57 US Amateur Bands (chart): Jan, 64 VHF Participation Pins: Aug, 102 DX Century Club Awards-Column (Zimmerman/Kennamer): Jan, 95; Feb, 89; Mar, 88; Apr, 85; May, 93; Jun, 85; Jul, 83; Aug, 80; Sep, 97; Oct, 87; Nov, 93; Dec, 97 Annual List: Jun, 85 DXCC Honor Roll: Sep, 99 CORRESPONDENCE Article Comes Through with "Flying" Colors (Wehr): Jun, 52 Better Than Disneyland? (Roy): Mar, 84 Can't We All Just Get Along? (Kiss): Feb, 81 Cause for Mutiny? (Young): Jul, 89 City Code No Longer Restrictive (Kleinberg): Apr, 52 Classic Rigs and AM: Nostalgic and Controversial (Morehead, Martin, Richmond, Greenwood, Green): Apr, 52 Cop Responds (MacDonald): May, 94 "DIN" They Take the Hint? (Applegate): Aug, 80 DIN-Size Mobile Rig, A? (Ellis): Sep, 85 Divide (Your Power) and Conquer (Loomis): Aug, 79 Do Me a Favor: Crank Up the Power! (Spencer): Oct, 58 Don't Forget About ".52" (Wiesen): Jan, 89 Don't Forget About CB Radio (Barnat): Jan, 89 Dream Come True!, A (Hollenbeck): May, 94 Elmer Appreciation Week (Sullivan): Aug, 79 Field Day: It Restores Faith in Ham Radio (Jeswald): Nov, 62 Finders Keepers (Dekker): Oct, 58 Flight 201, Descend to "BRAAAAAAAP" (Sohl): Oct, 58 Give Us That Old-Time Radio (Friis): Nov, 62 "Good Ahead, Make My Day!" (Miller): Oct, 58 Good Old Days are Here Again, The (Moser): Oct, 58 HAL FEC-Friendly Error Correction (Henry): Jan, 88 (see Product Review: Dec 1992, 77) Ham License and Registration, Please... (Vekinis): Oct, 58 Ham Radio: On a Collision Course? (Tortorella): Jan, 88 Hey Gang, Lighten Up! (Kolinsky): Feb, 81 Hey! Do You Need the Whole Band? (Olson): Jan, 88 How About an SASE? (Allen): Apr, 52 How Low Can You Go? (Troster): Jun, 52 I Could Do That with One Hand Tied Behind My Back... (Pulitzer): Nov, 62 I'd Like Mine Candy Apple Red! (Miller): Oct, 58 International Licenses (Price): Feb, 81 Is There Any Defense Against the Hoggerino? (Edwards): May, 94 It's Never Too Late (Wagner): Jan, 89 It's Never Too Late! (Willard): Jun, 52 Kudos Cover to Cover (Schreiber): Jul, 89 League of its Word, A (Filho): Jan, 88 Lucky Lineage (Sickels): Aug, 80 Mind Games (Yonker): May, 94 More 20-Meter SSTV: Apr, 52 More Kudos... (Bibby): Jul, 89 Morse Murdered? (Moxey, Thompson): May, 94 Morse Pen, The (Mileshosky): Aug, 80 Motorcycle Mobile Could Be Hell on Wheels (Shubert): Sep, 85 N2OVA: Inspiring (Staffo, Hearne): Jul, 89 Nifty Little Booklet, A (Lundy): Aug, 79 No, Thank You! (Tibbets): Nov, 62 Now That's Service! (Kennedy): Jul, 89 Offense of Jurassic Proportions, An (Mershon): Sep, 85 Old-Fashioned Service (Jorgensen): mar, 85 Packet Ate My Beacon (Cooper): Oct, 58 "Parroty" of the Code, A (Malott): Jul, 89 Point is: Get on the Air, The (Aurick): Nov, 62 Power Hungry Hams-The Rule? (McLeod): Aug, 79 Price of Admission, The (Wood): Sep, 85 Price of Admission is Sometimes Free, The (Lynch): Oct, 58 QRS QRU QRT? (Kennedy): Jan, 88 "Real Ham World" in Dispute (Bean): Nov, 62 Reflections on "Reflected Waves" (Bernier-Gawle): Nov, 62 Reinventing the Wheel (Antonuk): Mar, 84 Rescue Comes in All Sizes (Szakoni): Jun, 52 Road Less Travelled, The (Carver): Jan, 89 RST? Who Cares? (Calbick): Jul, 89 Sage Advice (Dirling): Feb, 81 Slow Down for a Good Time (Carmichael): Mar, 85 Solar Power: Future Benefits (Hagerty): Apr, 52 Some Natives are Friendly... (Falcone, Dimisko): Mar, 84 Someone Noticed! (Dix): Jan, 88 Special-Event Ops, Listen Up! (Chamberlain): Jan, 88 SSTV: Courtesy Counts (Weston, Scheid): Mar, 85 SSTV: Forever Changed (Glidden): May, 94 Stop, or He'll Get a Big Head! (Keller): Apr, 52 Thanks for the Memories (Flowers): Sep, 85 Time-Tested Advice for Beginners (Golden): Apr, 52 Touch! (Sahl): Aug, 79 True Confessions (Wonoski): Aug, 79 Two Meters: Newest "Air Band?" (Rosenthal): Aug, 79 Ugly Side of QRP, The (Appel): Mar, 85 "Wally and Mike" Syndrome Identified (Velon): Jan, 89 What-The Emperor Has No Clothes? (Brown): Jun, 52 What a Racket, Already! (Craig): Feb, 81 What Every XYL Should Know (Grayson): Sep, 85 What's Happened to Ham Radio? (Dunmyer): Mar, 84 What's the Fuss About AM? (Oriskany, Feder): May, 94 When is Junk not Junk? (Traub): Feb, 81 Where are All the Japanese Old-Timers? (Fujita): Aug, 79 World Above 50 MHz is Full of Surprises!, The (Tynan): Mar, 85 You're 5 By 9, But Please Repeat Your Call Sign Several Times Slowly... (Lindley): Mar, 85 FEATURE ARTICLES General Interest 10,500 Miles of Mobile CW-On a Motorcycle (Brogdon): Jul, 21 1992 The Year in Review: May, 79 30 Years Between Novice Roundups (Leutzelschwab): Jan, 80 Amateur Radio Aboard Space Shuttles: T+10 Years and Counting! (White): Nov, 22 (see Feedback: Dec, 93) Amateur Radio's Most Rewarding Activity (Morris): Jul, 56 Announcing the Second Annual Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award: Jan, 56 ARRL Volunteer Appointees of the Year (Palm): Oct, 56 Australian Connection, An (Prudhomme): Nov, 55 Beat of a Different Drum, The: The Cop MacDonald Story (Booth): Jan, 31 Big LEOs (Hale): Apr, 40 Board Embraces Semiautomatic Digital Operation at HF (Palm): Sep, 48 Bringing Back the Good Old Days (Seginski): Aug, 39 Classic Rigs and Amplitude Modulation: Friendly, Nostalgic Ham Radio Partners (Courson & Ickes): Feb, 43 Cold Season, A (Vaughan): Dec, 56 Coming of the Law, The (Newkirk): Nov, 47 Crossband-Repeater Operation (Witmer): Mar, 43 Don't Get Blown Away by Your Mobile Rig! (Battles): Apr, 38 Earn an ARRL Friendship Award (Hutchinson): Nov, 50 Endurance (Mastroianni): Feb, 51 Eritrea: A Nation Reborn (Enderud & Wiig): Dec, 27 Excellence in Recuiting (White): Jan, 55 Festing (Notes of a Hamologist) (Hale): May, 48 First Contact and the Unpaid Debt (Elliott): Sep, 44 First VHF Contest from Cuba (Coro): Dec, 58 Five Meters or Bust (Syverson): Apr, 46 Full Circle (Slaughter): Aug, 45 Gatti-Hallicrafters: The First Grand Ham DXpedition (O'Brien): Dec, 59 Good Day at Effingham, A (Johnson): Jan, 76 Ham Radio as a Second Language (Huizinga): Jul, 57 Ham Radio at Soviet Space (Dakin): Feb, 47 Hamming on the "Sunny Side of the Alps" (Sumner): Nov, 53 Hams Test Antennas Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia (Siwiak): Oct, 53 Hello Again, to an Old Friend (Brady-Ciampa): Nov, 30 Heroics in the Heartland (Palm): Dec, 21 HF Automatic Digital Subbands-Aye; Name Change-Nay (Palm): Mar, 73 Hola, Enrique! (Hopkins & Paniagua): Aug, 41 How Does a Section Manager Spend Field Day? (Bowles): Nov, 61 How to Be a DXer (Mastroianni): Oct, 51 Hurricane Iniki Rallies Amateurs (Hashiro): Feb, 19 Inspiration: N2OVA (Lorito): May, 52 JOTA '93 (Bedlack): Sep, 45 KICE's Secret OSCAR-20 Station (Ford): Mar, 47 Life After Death: A New Beginning (Steele & Wadsworth): Jan, 77 Lure of Classic Radio, The (Drift & Musgrove): Mar, 39 Maritime Mobile, Love Boat Style (Tinley): Jan, 79 "Ocean Hopper" Reunion, An (Barthel): Jul, 54 Packet for Lunch (Larsen): Mar, 38 PacTOR Phone Home: Mobile from the Australian Outback (Mehaffey): Sep, 20 Perseids Meteor Shower in 1993, The (Pocock): Jul, 51 Persistence Gets the Derelict (Williams): Aug, 35 Phase 3D-A Satellite for All!-Part 1 (Jansson & Tynan): May, 49 Phase 3D-A Satellite for All!-Part 2 (Jansson & Tynan): Jun, 49 Predicting Transatlantic 50-MHz F-Layer Propagation (Pocock): Mar, 33 PSE QSL for 5BWAS! (Kay): Sep, 39 Radio Clubs of Romania, The (Pataki): Oct, 48 Radio is My Passport (Sharma): Jun, 46 Reflected Waves (Hanson): Sep, 42 Return to the Arctic and on to the Pole (Gleason): Mar, 19 Roving for VHF Gold in the Colorado Rockies (Nerger): Jun, 21 Russians Come to St Louis (Koenig): Feb, 49 Salute the Centibel! (Gibilisco): Aug, 43 Satellites and Field Day (Ford): Nov, 59 Simulated Emergency Test Results (Ewald): Jul, 58 Solder to Talk (Nichols): Nov, 52 Sweepstakes Shack on Wheels (Lindquist): Nov, 57 Tall Ships Pose a Tall Order for Boston Hams (Booth): Jan, 73 Transmitter Hunting: Tracking Down the Fun-Part 1 (Moell): Apr, 48 Transmitter Hunting: Tracking Down the Fun-Part 2 (Moell): May, 56 Visiting Amateurs in the Far East (Pataki): Apr, 42 VP2MFA "Do-able" DXpedition, The (Stephens): Oct, 21 Yagi: The Man and His Antenna (Welsh): Oct, 45 You Can Operate HF Mobile (Burch): Feb, 29 Technical $5 Headset Mike, A (Brede): Jan, 48 1/3-Wavelength Multiband Dipole, The (Griffith): Sep, 33 13.8-V 5-A Regulated Power Supply, A (Spencer): Nov, 27 Accurate Dip Meter Using the MFJ-249 SWR Analyzer, An (Barton): Nov, 45 Add Tracking Sidetone to Your ICOM IC-765 Transceiver (Mraz): May, 39 Automated Mobile Radio-Direction-Finder, An (Flanagan & Calabrese): Dec, 51 Automatic RF Power Control for AMTOR Operation (Gregory): Mar, 25 Build the HANDI-Finder! (Leskovec): May, 35 Comparison of Solid-State and Tube-Based Receiver Systems Using CAD, A (Rohde): Jun, 24 Computer-Controlled Electronic Test Equipment-Part 1 (Portugal): Dec, 42 Contest Card, The (Sutcliffe): Sep, 31 Dual-Range AC Voltage, Current and Frequency Monitor, A (Oscarson): Aug, 25 Earth Detunes My Antenna, The (Hall): Oct, 41 Easy, On-Glass Antenna with Multiband Capability, An (Rumbolt): Mar, 35 Effects of Continuous, Conductive Guy Wires on Antenna Performance, The (Gordon): Aug, 22 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Hardware for Computer- Controlling Modern Radios (Blackburn): Feb, 37 Fighting Antenna Corrosion (Roleson): Apr, 24 High-Directivity Receiving Antenna for 3.8 MHz, A (Koontz): Aug, 31 High-Dynamic-Range MF/HF Receiver Front End (Makhinson): Feb, 23 (see Feedback: Jun, 73) High-Performance, Single-Signal Direct-Conversion Receivers (Campbell): Jan, 32 (see Feedback: Apr, 75) Home-Brewing a 10-GHz SSB/CW Transverter-Part 1 (Lau): Jun, 29 Home-Brewing a 10-GHz SSB/CW Transverter-Part 1 (Lau): May, 21 Honey, I Shrunk the Antenna!( Newkirk): Jul, 34 Inside the Grounded-Grid Linear Amplifier (Bruene): Oct, 28 Introducing METCON, a New Remote Control and Telemetry System (Newland): Jan, 41 Introduction to Amateur Television, An-Part 1 (Taggart): Apr, 19 Introduction to Amateur Television, An-Part 2 (Taggart): May, 43 Introduction to Amateur Television, An-Part 3 (Taggart): Jun, 35 IROESON: An Infrared Optoelectronic Keyer (Cebik): Jul, 36 Ironing Out Your Own Printed-Circuit Boards (Grebenkemper): Jul, 42 Long-Haul H-T Battery System (Smithey): Sep, 23 Low-Voltage Disconnect, A (Bryce): Nov, 31 Measuring and Compensating Oscillator Frequency Drift (Hayward): Dec, 37 Multimode Phasing Exciter for 1 to 500 MHz, A (Campbell): Apr, 27 New Standard for Amateur Radio Facsimile, A (Taggart): Feb, 31 NRY, The, A Simple, Effective Wire Antenna for 80 Through 10 Meters (Olsen): Mar, 22 Remotely Controlled Antenna Switch, A (Thompson): Apr, 32 Reverse-Polarity Protection for Your Gear (Covington): Jul, 40 Rise of Frequency Modulation, The (Hyder): Jun, 42 Schematics at Your Fingertips (Schofield): Oct, 39 Simple, Two-Tone Audio Generator, A (Lee): Nov, 35 Simple Broadband Dipole for 80 Meters, A (Witt): Sep, 27 Single-Conversion Microwave SSB/CW Transceivers (Campbell): May, 29 Slow-Scan TV-It Isn't Expensive Anymore! (Langner): Jan, 20 Small Loop Antenna for 160 Meters, A (Mozzochi): Jun, 32 SunSwitch, The (Bryce): Oct, 24 Synchronous Detector for AM Transmissions, A (Vermasvuori): Jul, 28 Taking the Mystery Out of Diode Double-Balanced Mixers (Joshi): Dec, 32 TAPR's Digital Deviation Meter (Johnson): Oct, 31 Technical Solutions in the Field (Hurder): Jul, 72 Transmitter Power: What It Is, What It Does and How to Use It (Martin & Newkirk): Mar, 28 Two-Element Duoband Beam, A (Mansheim): Apr, 36 Under the Hood (Newkirk): Sep, 36 Under the Hood II: Resistors (Bergeron): Nov, 41 Update on Compact Transmitting Loops, An (Belrose): Nov, 37 FEEDBACK (to 1993 and pre-1993 articles) Amateur Radio Aboard Space Shuttles: T+10 Years and Counting! (White): Dec, 93 (see Nov, 22 Build it Yourself from QST-Part 3 (Hale): Jun, 73 (see Jun 1992, 42) Calibrating the Signal Generator in the Sky (Shuch & Wilson): Mar, 72 (see Nov 1992, 42) Correction: May, 42 (see New Products: Mar, 46) Dipoles Above Real Earth (Michaels): Jan, 54; Feb 78; May, 78 (see Technical Correspondence: Nov 1992, 68) Dual-Radio Speaker, A (Ramhorst & Cady): Jan, 54 (see Nov 1992, 57) Expanded Range DC and AC Voltmeters (Lau & Grebenkemper): Aug, 69 (see Technical Correspondence: May, 77) High-Dynamic-Range MF/HF Receiver Front End, A (Makhinson): Jun, 73 (see Feb, 23) High-Performance, Single-Signal Direct-Conversion Receivers: (see Jan, 32) How's DX?: Feb, 78 (see How's DX?: Nov 1992, 103) Inexpensive, Expanded-Range Analog Voltmeter, An (Lewis): Feb, 78 (see Dec 1992, 52) Northern Florida Amateurs Aid Coordination Effort (Thurston): Mar, 72 (see Dec 1992, 27) Product Review (Healy): Feb, 78 (see Product Review: Dec 1992, 75) Product Review: May, 74 (see Apr, 65) Sporadic-E Causes (Spokes): Jul, 50 (see Technical Correspondence: Apr, 73) Unified Approach to the Design of Crystal Ladder Filters, A [Hayward] (Halbert): Nov, 81 (see May 1982) Up Front in QST: Dec, 93 (see Nov, 11) Up Front in QST: Oct, 80 (see May, 12) FM/RPT, FM-Column (Battles) Autopatch: Use it or Lose it: Nov, 107 LEARN Teaches Boaters About Ham Radio (Bonfanti): Oct, 94 LiTZ Debate: Will ZERO Work on Your Repeater (Newland & Smith): Mar, 98 "Open CTCSS-ame": Jun, 98 PC Board Boo-Boo: Jan, 104 (see FM/RPT, Nov 1992, 108) Repeaters: An Eavesdropper's Paradise: Apr, 92 Reserving a Frequency (Blanchard): Sep, 106 Santa's Visit: Dec, 106 Standard CTCSS-Override System?, A-Part 1 (Hillger, Klein, Quayle, Estes, Wonoski): Jul, 93 Stone Butte Odyssey (Wood): Sep, 106 Tech Notes (Crowl): Mar, 99 "There is Nothing Wrong with Your Radio!: Jun, 98 Universal CTCSS Bypass Update: Oct, 95 Universal CTCSS Bypass: May, 101 Universal CTCSS-Bypass?-Part 2: Aug, 91 What Do You Say?: Jun, 98 When is a Scanner not a Scanner? (Clarke): Jan, 104 HAPPENINGS-News (Cain) 2-Meter Rig Used Illegally in New York Accident Hoax: Apr, 79 220 Notes, a Periodical for Aficionados of the 222-MHz Band, is Looking for New Management: Mar, 83 Accreditation of 11 ARRL VEs Temporarily Suspended: May, 90 Amateur Fined $2000 on Charge of Interference: Jan, 83 Amateur Loses Licenses for Jamming Satellite Signal: Feb, 84 Amateur Radio Service Joint Resolution Update: Aug, 75 Amateur Sentenced for Interference to Police: Jan, 83 Amateur's Skillful Rescue Effort Makes National News: Feb, 84 Amateurs' Needs Outlined for Government Study: Jan, 82 Amateurs' Responsibility for Content of Messages: Sep, 81 ARRL Backs HF Data "Autocontrol" Plan: Aug, 73 ARRL Backs Proposal for 219-220 MHz; Says Additional Spectrum "Urgently Needed": Aug, 72 ARRL Calls FCC's Proposal on Wind Radars Confusing: Sep, 81 ARRL Calls for More Study Before Adding to 902-928 MHz: Sep, 82 ARRL Concerned About Delays in Call Sign Administrator Plan: Oct, 81 ARRL Efforts Protect Hams in Budget Bill: Oct, 81 ARRL Moves to Protect Amater Privileges: ARRL Seeks Relief from Restrictive Local Scanner Laws: Aug, 74 ARRL Seeks to Administer Call Sign Program: Jul, 75 ARRL Supports Changes in HF Digital Rules: Jul, 75 ARRL Supports Sharing of VE Responsibility: Nov, 86 ARRL Wants Clearer Definition of Hams' Responsibility: Oct, 82 Australia has Completed its First Year of Using Volunteer Examiners (VEs) to Administer Amateur Exams: Mar, 83 Behind the Diamond: ARRL Assistant Technical Editor Jim Kearman, KR1S: Sep, 83 Behind the Diamond: ARRL Chief Financial Officer Barry J. Shelley: Aug, 74 Behind the Diamond: ARRL Senior Assistant Technical Editor Dave Newkirk, WJ1Z: Nov, 87 Behind the Diamond: Chuck Hutchinson, K8CH: Jun, 78 Behind the Diamond: Regulatory Information Specialist John Hennessee, KJ4KB: Dec, 93 Broadcasters Flock to League Booth at NAB Convention: Jun, 80 California Woman Named 1993 AEA Award Winner: Nov, 89 Call for Nominations: International Humanitarian Award: Nov, 88 Canadians Called to Arms Over Rules Proposals: Nov, 88 Canadians Seek to Thwart Threat to 220-222 MHz: Jun, 78 Clinton Gets a Message from Shuttle Amateurs: Aug, 74 Coast Guard Honors Ham for Volunteer Service to Kure Island Outpost: July, 80 Comments of VECs Cited in Foreign License Plan: Feb, 84 Commission Fines Amateur $10,500 for Interference: Mar, 82 Court Upholds FCC Fines for Broadcast Indecency: Jul, 75 CQ Contest Hall of Fame Inducts New Members: Jun, 80 Dayton Ham of the Year: Harry Dannals, W2HD: May, 89 EPA Calls for Research on Electromagnetic Fields: May, 90 Fake SOS Brings Sentence, Loss of License for Ham: Jul, 76 Fake SOS Costs Virginia Amateur $50,000: Apr, 79 FCC Acts on ARRL Proposal, Eases "Business Rule": Sep, 81 FCC Announces Results of Cable System Tests: Jul, 77 FCC Backs Hams Against "Scanner Laws": Nov, 85 FCC Bans Scanners that Cover Cellular Telephone Frequencies: Jun, 77 FCC Chairman Sikes Steps Down: Feb, 85 FCC Clarifies Position in 902-MHz Proposal: Jul, 75 FCC Denies Ham's Request to Clear Record of Letters: Jun, 79 FCC Denies Petition for Restructuring: Oct, 83 FCC Explains Rationale for Reduction in Fine: Jun, 79 FCC Fines Retailer for Offering Modification: Nov, 89 FCC Office Lauds Amateurs for TVI/RFI Resolution: Nov, 87 FCC Plan Would Open New Band at 219-220 MHz: May, 86 FCC Plan: Instant On-the-Air Privileges: Dec, 92 FCC Proposal Would Change 222-MHz Band: Feb, 82 FCC Proposes Greater Use of 902-928 MHz Spectrum: May, 88 FCC Proposes New Guides on Effects of Radiation: May, 90 FCC Proposes to Change Message-Content Policy: May, 88 FCC Reduces Fine in Interference Case: May, 90 FCC Reduces Penalties Against Two Amateurs: Jan, 83 FCC Rejects Petition for 30-Meter Novice/Tech Band: Jun, 78 FCC Releases Proposal for New 902-MHz Service: Jun, 79 FCC Turns Up Heat in QRM Case: Oct, 83 FCC Upholds Forfeiture in Illegal 40-Meter Operations: Jun, 79 Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR) Has Opened Nominations for the 1993-94 Academic Year, The: Mar, 83 Four Hams Fined for Mailicious Interference: Dec, 92 Free Exams for Novices Questioned by W5YI-VEC: Nov, 86 Ham and Former Ham Share 1993 Nobel Prize (Karpf): Dec, 91 Ham Fined for Alleged Malicious Interference: Oct, 83 Ham on the Run: Nov, 86 Ham With Scanner Overhears Apparent Plot: May, 88 Hams Help Bail Out Southern California Town After Rains Cut Off Access, Communications: Mar, 80 Hams Help Squelch 420-MHz Interlopers: Apr, 78 House Bill Passes, Could Affect Amateur Radio: May, 88 Jensen, Lenore, W6NAZ, SK: Jul, 76 Joint Resolutions Presented to Congress Commend Amateurs, Urge Protections: Jul, 73 Kenwood Rips FCC for Fining Dealers: Sep, 82 League Asks FCC for New HF Digital Rules: Mar, 82 League Backs FCC on Indecency: Jun, 77 League Defends Stance on Call Sign Administration Program: Nov, 85 League Moves to Reopen Club, Military Call Sign Plan: Jan, 82 League Renews Support for VEC Novice Testing: Jan, 84 League Seeks Fine Tuning of Scanner Proposal: may, 87 League Supports 220-MHz Weak-Signal Subband: May, 86 League Supports New "Business Rule"; Opposes Broadcast Media's Attempt to Broaden Scope: Feb, 82 Longtime Director W0FIR, SK: Aug, 72 Lucky Day!: Dec, 92 Mississippi Ham/Balloonist Wins Big Prize for Flight: Dec, 92 National Contest Journal Changes Editors: Mar, 81 Never Too Late: Aug, 75 New Amateur Communications "Business Communications" Rule: Oct, 82 Nomad in Newington: May, 86 Nominees Sought for ARRL Board of Directors: Aug, 76 One-Year Timetable Set for Ban on Telephone Scanners: Jul, 75 Police Fear Foul Play in Young Ham's Disappearance: Nov, 89 Proposed FM Tower Stirs Concern in Arizona Town: Nov, 89 Proposed Law Would Protect Ham Volunteers: Oct, 81 Rafferty, Jim, N6RJ, SK: Aug, 73 Receiving Radiotelephone Privileges: Mar, 83 Reexaminations Ordered in Upstate New York: Feb, 85 Senate Bill Includes Protection for Amateur Radio Operators: Apr, 78 Shuttle Hams Garner National Press Coverage: Dec, 93 Slater, Al, G3FXB, SK: Jan, 84 "Spectrum Auctions" Portend Little Effect on Amateurs: Jul, 76 Still Active at 91 Years Young [W2IP]: Sep, 103 TA Profile: Bill Shaheen, N1CQ: Jun, 80 Tennessee Amateurs Lead in Mobile Rescue (Gold): Feb, 83 Three Men Fined $2000 for Unlicensed Operation: Jul, 75 Town Honors Headquarters on Ham Awareness Day: Nov, 88 Two Amateurs Feared Dead in Branch Davidian Fire: Jun, 78 Wire Service Reports Hams in India 'Quake Relief: Dec, 91 HINTS AND KINKS-Column (Newkirk) 1 Watt In, 30 Watts Out with Power MOSFETS at 80 Meters (Wyckoff): Jan, 50 10-Minute ID Timer Revisited (Conklin): Nov, 82 2-Meter Coaxial Antenna, A (Raffaele): Feb, 76 Audio Patch Cords and RF (Swynar): Dec, 85 Build a Quick PVC-Supported Quad for About $50 (Evans): May, 75 Corona, Anyone? (Thurston): Jun, 75 Curing Multimode Communications Processor Distortion with the Kenwood TS-850S (Frost): Nov, 82 Curing RFI in the Ham IV Control Unit (Pataki): Jan, 51 Curing VU-Meter Pinning in the MFJ-624D Hybrid Phone Patch (Stauffer): Oct, 75 Dummy Load/Power Indicator, A (Klaus & Forster): Jun, 75 Fix for Faded Blue-Green Drake Dial Lighting (Ross): Dec, 86 Fix for Wind-Fatigued Wires, A (Buell): Jul, 49 Garden Hose as Cable Conduit (Iocona): Jul, 49 Grid-Current-Trip Circuit for the Ten-Tec Titan Linear Amplifier (Gow): Jun, 74 Ground-Radial Installation Tool, A (Hoyt): Jun, 75 How About Not Using a 555? (Newkirk): Dec, 85 How to Connect an Icom SM-8 Mike to the Yaesu FT-990 Transceiver (Grandison): Nov, 82 How to Work the Mir Space Station on Packet (Mann): Aug, 65 Improved "Psycho-Regulation" and Arc Protection for High-Voltage Power Supplies (Levin): Feb, 75 Improving the Heathkit HW-5400 Transceiver (Akimov): Jul, 48 Inductance of Small Coils Wound on Machine Screws (Zinder): Nov, 83 Installing a Huskier 160-M Fixed Capacitor in the Ten-Tec Titan Amplifier (Lynch): May, 75 Is Your Radio Equipment Really Grounded? (Cardwell): Dec, 85 Keep Your QST Binders in Shape (D'Antonio): Nov, 83 Lemon Power Revisited (Sayre): Aug, 67 Light-Operated Switch for Solar Panels, A (Harbison): Jan, 51 Low HW-8 Power Output (Czuhajewski): Apr, 72 More on Coax-Cable Connector Installation (Collins): Oct, 75 More on Winding Multifilar Toroids (Lau): Jul, 49 Multi-Tuner, The (Wilson): Oct, 76 No-Guesswork Method for Finding the Correct Length for ,1/4 wave Stubs (Healy): Jun, 75 Operate QRP with an Easy-to-Build Attenuator (Jeffery): Feb, 75 Paddle in a Pill Bottle (Kearman): Jul, 49 Positive and Negative Keyer Keying-Simply (Boyars): Apr, 71 Putting Variometry to Work in Matching Networks (Zavarella): May, 76 Receiver Muting for Vacuum-Tube Transceivers (Wescott): Mar, 69 Recentering the Ten-Tec Century/22 Audio Filter at 750 Hz (Garrett): Jul, 49 Relays Make Sure Mobile Radios are Really Off (Wells): Jul, 49 Replacement Battery Pack for the Santec ST-142 Hand-Held, A (Forster): Jul, 49 Selective Mike Muting During Data Operation with Some Kenwood Transceivers (Sittner): Mar, 70 Solving RFI in the RCA Model F271888T Television (Leming): Aug, 67 Steel-Wool Baluns? (Maxwell): Sep, 77 Take Notes with a Camcorder (Jones): Jan, 52 Tool Pouch Holds Hand-held Transceivers (Hendrey): Dec, 85 Tracking a Defective Doorbell Transformer (Schneider): Jun, 75 Tubing Helps Identify Hand-Held Controls By Touch (Murphy): Aug, 67 Updating the Hy-Gain HDR-300 Rotator (Harbach): Mar, 69 When Antennas Should Not Be Resonant (Aitken): May, 76 When Your SWR Meter Acts Like a Field-Strength Meter (Samuelson): Mar, 70 Yaesu FT-901 Band Information Selects Antennas (Swancara): Aug, 67 HOW'S DX?-Column (White Jan-Aug; Kennamer Sep-Dec) 10 Most Popular Countries, The: Oct, 85 100 "Most-Needed" DXCC Countries, The: Sep, 94 9G1AA: Ghana Returns to the Bands: Oct, 84 9M0/S: Why is it Spratly? Nov, 90 9M6 on 50 MHz: Oct, 85 AA2X: Jul, 81 Bangladesh: May, 91 Chernobyl Doctor: May, 91 Direct QSLing: Some Thoughts By Roger Western, G3SXW: Jun, 83 DXCC Honor Roll, The-Universal Appeal: G3NSY: Jul, 81 Ethics for QSL Management: Jan, 93 Green Stamps: Jun, 83 Honor Roll Record?: Feb, 87 How to Escape from a New Zealand Winter (Sutton): Mar, 86 Jan Mayen: Aug, 77 Meet Bill Kennamer, K5FUV: Sep, 94 More Common Sense: Feb, 87 Most Wanted Countries: Jan, 93 On the Air from Albania: Radio in the Land of the Eagle (Langdon): Feb, 86 Sao Tome: Jan, 93 Spratly (Again!): Feb, 87 Ubiquitous IRC, The: Nov, 91 WB4CSK: Jul, 81 Working by Call Areas: May, 91 Yugoslavia: "Balkanization" of the Countries List?: Apr, 83 INFORMATION 1993 "Handy Reference" Section: Jan, 57 Announcing the Second Annual Philip J. McGan Memorial Award [WA2MBQ]: Jan, 56 ARRL Incoming DX QSL Bureau Addresses: Jan, 59 ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System, The: Jan, 58 ARRL Outgoing QSL Service, The: Jan, 59 Club Competition Rules and Contest Disqualification Criteria: Jan, 52 "Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide, The": Jan, 61 Guide to ARRL Services: Jan, 57 Major ARRL Operating Events and Conventions-1993: Jan, 57 Membership Services: Jan, 57 US Amateur Bands (chart): Jan, 64 Volunteer Examinations: Jan, 58 Exam Info-Column (Jahnke) Examination Process, The: Sep, 107 FCC Drops Station Location from Amateur Licenses: May, 55 National Exam Day: Feb, 96 New Novice and Tech Question Pools Released: Apr, 103 Novice Examinations Join the VEC System: Jul, 85 What's New in the Examining Community?: Aug, 94 Washington Mailbox-Column (Hennessee) ARES and RACES: Two Flavors of Amateur Radio Emergency Service: Nov, 102 Break for Station ID, A: Mar, 96 Reciprocal Licensing: May, 100 Repeater Rules: Aug, 88 What's Your "Sign?": Jan, 105 IT SEEMS TO US-Editorial (Sumner), p 9 Amateur Radio's Public Face: Nov FCC Bares its Teeth, The: Apr How to Win the Nobel Prize: Dec Kitchen-Sink Band, The: 902 MHz: Jun Life Preservers: Feb New QST Features for You: Feb Our Achilles' Heel: Oct Our Gateway to the 21st Century: Aug Public Service: Not Only Good, But Legal: Sep QRP?: Mar Spectrum for the 21st Century: Jan Sunspots, and Tolerance: Apr Where are the Novices?: Jul Wise Compromise, The: Aug KEYING AND CONTROL CIRCUITS Add Tracking Sidetone to Your ICOM IC-765 Transceiver (Mraz): May, 39 Automatic RF Power Control for AMTOR Operation (Gregory): Mar, 25 Contest Card, The (Sutcliffe): Sep, 31 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Hardware for Computer- Controlling Modern Radios (Blackburn): Feb, 37 Introducing METCON, a New Remote Control and Telemetry System (Newland): Jan, 41 IROESON: An Infrared Optoelectronic Keyer (Cebik): Jul, 36 Measuring and Compensating Oscillator Frequency Drift (Hayward): Dec, 37 Remotely Controlled Antenna Switch, A (Thompson): Apr, 32 LAB NOTES-Column (Ford & ARRL Lab Staff) Curing Interference to Non-Radio Equipment: Jun, 64 Emergency Power: Apr, 76 Kits Galore!: Aug, 70 Printed-Circuit Board Circus: Oct, 79 Satellite-Tracking Software: Dec, 89 What Rig Should I Buy?: Feb, 79 MEASUREMENT AND TEST EQUIPMENT Accurate Dip Meter Using the MFJ-249 SWR Analyzer, An (Barton): Nov, 45 Computer-Controlled Electronic Test Equipment-Part 1 (Portugal): Dec, 42 Dual-Range AC Voltage, Current and Frequency Monitor, A (Oscarson): Aug, 25 Measuring and Compensating Oscillator Frequency Drift (Hayward): Dec, 37 TAPR's Digital Deviation Meter (Johnson): Oct, 31 NEW BOOKS [Author] (Reviewer) Amateur Radio RV Antennas [Benson] (Ford): Jun, 34 Antique Radio Boys and the Garrulous Grebe, The [Dryer] (Wall): Jun, 34 Art of Electronics, The [Horowitz & Hill] (Sabin): Mar, 67 Audio Dictionary, The [White] (Battles): Apr, 75 Complete Amateur Television Workbook, The [Stone] (Ford): Nov, 44 Easy Wire Antenna Handbook, The [Ingram] (Schetgen): May, 51 Ham Radio Horizons: The Book [O'Dell] (Wall): Nov, 49 Hamsat Handbook, The [Curtis] (Ford): Aug, 24 Heath Nostalgia [Purdue] (Battles): May, 70 HF Antennas for All Locations [Moxon] (Hall): Nov, 34 How to Get Started in Packet Radio [Ingram] (Ford): Jun, 41 Lenk's Digital Handbook: Design and Troubleshooting [Lenk] (WolfGang): Dec, 55 Long-Path Propagation [Brown] (Kearman): Mar, 50 Monitoring NASA Communications [Curtis] (Battles): Aug, 24 Pse QSL! An Expert's Guide to Amateur Radio QSLing [Welsh] (Halprin): Feb, 54; May, 70 There are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings [Amdahl] (Battles): Feb, 30 View from Low Orbit [Lobel] (Ford): Jun, 28 Weather Radio [Curtis] (Ford): Jun, 28 NEW HAM HORIZONS (Feb)/NEW HAM COMPANION (Mar-Dec) 7 dB for 7 Bucks (Loucks): Apr, 54 And the Most Popular Frequency is... (Mabey): May, 60 Annie Get Your Gunnplexer (Lau): Sep, 68 ARRL Wants YOU!, The (Hurder): Nov, 68 Better Than a Rubber Duck (Kleinman): Mar, 56 Beyond FM (Kearman & Healy): Nov, 61 Bicycle-Mobile Antennas (Cerwin & Juhre): Mar, 52 Confessions of a Conversation Hunter (Elliott): Apr, 59 Day the Repeater "Broke", The (Wolfgang): Mar, 59 Disguised Flagpole Antenna, A (Parker): May, 65 Do You Need an Audio Filter? (Gill): May, 62 Falling in Love With Ham Radio for Less Than $200 (Gold): Feb, 65 Finding My Niche in Ham Radio (Castaldo): Jul, 71 Fine Art of QSLing, The (Ford): Jul, 66 First Contest, The (Cotterman): Oct, 66 Frequency and Deviation Conspracy, The (Leahy): Dec, 66 Get Ready for Field Day! (Ford): Jun, 54 Getting Started with RS-10 (Daniel): Aug, 53 HF Mobiling: Taking it to the Streets (Gold): Dec, 67 How Much Will it Cost? (Ford): Sep, 61 I Passed My Code! Now What? (Bowles): Mar, 61 Joy of Building, The (Gold): Sep, 64 Just the Fax (Battles): Aug, 48 Long Delayed Echoes-A Ham Mystery (Ford): Aug, 57 Lowfing on 1750 Meters (Ford): Oct, 67 Lure of the Ladder Line, The (Ford): Dec, 70 Mountaintop VHF: A New Adventure (Putman): Oct, 60 Nobody Talks to Me! (Ford): Oct, 63 Pack-in-the-Box (Levin): Jun, 59 Paper Chase, The (Ford): Mar, 54 Radio and Railfanning (Clark): Dec, 72 Remedial Radio (Kleinschmidt): Nov, 64 Rockets and Radio (Patterson): Apr, 61 Scanning the VHF Aviation Band (Ford): Apr, 56 Standard 12-Volt Connector, A (Ardai): Aug, 50 Tall Stacks '92 Special-Event Station (DiGennaro): Jun, 57 Troubleshooting Your Radio Equipment (Ricker): Nov, 65 Two 2-Meter Antennas (Bowles): Jul, 62 Two-Meter FM Mountaintopping...Sort Of (Brook): Feb, 58 VHF/UHF Contesting (Ford): May, 67 W1AW at the Flick of a Switch (Richey): Feb, 56 What's Your Grid? (Owen): May, 68 When You're the Victim of Intentional Inteference (Ford): Nov, 64 You Can Copy 30 Words Per Minute! (Aurick): Sep, 60 You Have a Date with OSCAR 21 (Ford): Nov, 70 Your Information Connection: The ARRL BBS (Ford): Jun, 60 Doctor is IN, The-Column Feb, 64; Mar, 58; Apr, 63; May, 64; Jun, 63; Jul, 65; Aug, 52; Sep, 67; Oct, 69; Nov, 67; Dec, 76 Radio Tips Are You Overdeviating?: Sep, 63 Autopatch Etiquette: Feb, 57 Bending Dipoles: Mar, 57 Coordinated Universal Time: Feb, 60 Courtesy Beeps: Aug, 51 DC Power Supplies Hamfest Shopping Techniques: Mar, 60 Hooked on Phonetics: Jul, 69 Ionosphere, The: May, 66 Is Amateur Radio Safe?: May, 69 Joys of FM Simplex, The: Dec, 75 Lightning!: May, 63 Mobile Grounding: Jul, 64 Monoband HF Dipole Antenna, The: Apr, 64 Right Polarization for the Job, The: Oct, 62 Secrecy and You: Aug, 56 Sending Packet Bulletins: Apr, 55 Stalking the Fox (Kearman): Oct, 64 SWR: Oct, 70 Using an Autopatch to Report an Accident: Oct, 65 VHF/UHF Propagation Beacons: Aug, 56 What is AMTOR?: May, 60 What is Packet?: Apr, 58 What Type of Feed Line Should I Use? Apr, 60 What's Happening on the 2-Meter Band?: Apr, 60 What's Your RST?: Jun, 62 Working the World on 10 Meters: May, 69 NEW PRODUCTS 2-Meter Power Amp: Apr, 39 2-Meter Quad: Apr, 45 3-D Antenna Software: Apr, 45 5 Bands in One: Apr, 23 AEA Debuts Accessories, Upgrades: Jun, 76 Aluminum Tubing: Dec, 31 Amiga Code Tutor: Aug, 64 Antenna Mobile Mount: Feb, 74 Antenna-Design Software: Oct, 44 Antennas for Hand-Held Rigs: Jun, 51 Attenuator Update: Oct, 55 Automatic Coax Switch: Jul, 53 Bandpass Filters: May, 47 Call Sign Pen: Oct, 78 Circuit Boards: Jun, 45 Code Trainer: Jul, 53 CW From Your PC: Nov, 34 DC Power Pack: Nov, 34 Digital Communications Card for PCs: Aug, 90 Digital Display for Classic Rigs: Jun, 45 Digital Voice Mailbox: Feb, 41 DSP Filter: Aug, 67 Dual-Band "Invisible" Antenna: Jul, 44 Foxhunting and ATV Gear: Aug, 64 Getting Started in Ham Radio [Video review] (White): Jun, 76 Ham Calendar: Jan, 72 Ham Headphones: Jul, 33 Ham Horseshoes: Mar, 67 Ham Radio Video: Jan, 96 Ham Shareware CD-ROM: Apr, 39 Ham Videos: Apr, 45 HamWindows Update: Oct, 44 Hand-Held Transceiver: Jun, 65 Handy Test Clip: Apr, 23 Heavy Duty Power Supply: Aug, 44 HF Antennas: May, 42 HF Mobile Antennas: Dec, 86 Hi-Mound Code Keys: Mar, 27 High-Speed Packet System: Jan, 54 Informative Catalog: May, 42 Integrated Packet PC: Oct, 38 LiTZ Box: Jul, 33 LiTZ-Ready Controller: Jan, 72 Low-Cost Spectrum Analyzers: May, 47 Low-Loss Coax: Nov, 40 Map Software: Nov, 40 Meter Add-On: Jan, 96 Mobile HF Rig: Jun, 51 Multiband DX Antenna: Sep, 80 N6RJ Memorial Keys: Dec, 84 Noise Eliminator: Jun, 65 On-Glass 23-cm Antenna: May, 42 Peewee Paddle: Apr, 23 Plug-In Packet Card: Dec, 105 Portable Charge/Boost System: Dec.86 Preamps, Transverters: Jun, 76 Premium Coax: Oct, 27 QRP Kit: May, 47 Radio Kits: Jan, 96 Repeater-Control Add-Ons: Aug, 64 Rig Remote Control: Apr, 39 RTTY Contest Software: Aug, 64 Sensible Solutions' WB2OPA Logmaster Plus/Plus: Apr, 47 "Silent Key": Oct, 38 Simplex VOX Patch: Jul, 44 SSTV Explorer: Dec, 88 Telephone RFI Filter: Jan, 49 Telephone Swap Net: Oct, 55 Tiny Antenna: Apr, 23 Tone Decoder/Display: Jan, 30 UHF ATV Twins: Dec, 31 UHF Transceiver: Oct, 79 Versatile DSP Box: Jan, 96 OP-ED-Column Ham Radio on $100 a Year (Chatham): Oct, 102 Living in the Real Ham Radio World (Szabo): Jun, 81 Times They are A'Changin' (Boyd): Dec, 111 ORGANIZATIONAL 1993 "Handy Reference" Section: Jan, 57 Announcing the Second Annual Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award: Jan, 56 ARRL Incoming DX QSL Bureau Addresses: Jan, 59 ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau System, The: Jan, 58 ARRL Outgoing QSL Service, The: Jan, 59 ARRL Volunteer Appointees of the Year (Palm): Oct, 56 ARRL Wants YOU!, The (Hurder): Nov, 68 Audited ARRL Financial Statements: May, 83 Board Embraces Semiautomatic Digital Operation at HF (Palm): Sep, 48 "Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide, The": Jan, 61 Excellence in Recruiting (White): Jan, 55 HF Automatic Digital Subbands-Aye; Name Change-Nay (Palm): Mar, 73 How Does a Section Manager Spend Field Day? (Bowles): Nov, 61 Instructors of the Year (Bedlack): Sep, 51 Job Description: ARRL Technical Coordinator: Jul, 72 League Advisory Committee Members: May, 81 League Moves to Reopen Club, Military Call Sign Plan: Jan, 82 League Renews Support for VEC Novice Testing: Jan, 84 Major ARRL Operating Events and Conventions-1993: Jan, 57 McCauley, James, AB6EU, Wins ARRL Excellence in Recruiting Award (White): Sep, 51 Meet 1992 Maxim Award Winner Chris Anziano, KD1OX: Sep, 49 Meet Bill Kennamer, K5FUV: Sep, 94 Membership Services: Jan, 57 Nominations Open for Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award (Mansfield): Mar, 46 Pearce, Gary, KN4AQ, Wins the 1993 McGan Silver Antenna Award (Mansfield): Sep, 50 Season's Greetings from the ARRL/IARU Staff and Contributing Editors: Dec, 99 Technical Solutions in the Field (Hurder): Jul, 72 Volunteer Examinations: Jan, W1AW Schedule: Jan, 61 W7TX Wins 1992 Technical Excellence Award: Sep, 52 Elections ARRL Section Manager Second Election Notice: May, 90 Ballots Tallied in Annual ARRL Board Elections: Jan, 84 Nominees Sought for ARRL Board of Directors: Jul, 78 Repeat Nominating Solitication: Apr, 80 Section Election Notice: Jan, 85; Apr, 80; Jul, 77; Oct, 83 Section Election Results: Jan, 85; Apr, 80; Jul, 76 At the Foundation-Column (Carcia) Family-Style Scholarships: Mar, 101 Here Come the Hannibal Hams!: Jul, 97 Join Us for the Celebration!: Jan, 108 Radio Home in Pioneer Country, A: May, 105 Rewarding Excellence: Nov, 104 Your ARRL Foundation at 20 Years!: Sep, 108 Club Spectrum-Column (Ewald) Amateur Radio at Jesse James Festival (Midkiff): Apr, 96 Amateur Radio at NY State Fair: Mar, 100 Andrea, Ralph, W0FCO, SK: HANDI-HAM Radio Camp Instructor: Feb, 99 ARRL Library Sets Promote Amateur Radio: Sep, 110 ARRL Special Service Clubs Recognized: Jan, 102 Boles Junior High School ARC: Jul, 96 Challenger Junior High School ARC: Jul, 96 Clubs Gain Corporate Cooperation: May, 104 Clubs Take Amateur Radio to the People: Mar, 100 Field Day at Pithole (Clinefelter & Menk): Jun, 105 Footsteps to the Future (Perry): Aug, 93 Ft Pierce ARC Flies Low (Sammis): Dec, 108 Great Balloon Launch, The (Huish): Oct, 99 Groundhog Day is Special in Punxutawney (Sweeney): Jan, 102 High-Speed CW Contest: Oct, 99 Keeping in Touch with Goddard College: Jul, 96 Radio Appreciation Program in Three Steps (Gercken): Feb, 99 School Clubs Active in Operating Events: Jul, 96 Space Shuttle Flight is Cause for Celebration (Force): Nov, 110 Transmitter Hunting is Alive in the Bay Area (Shappe): Dec, 108 Welcome to Sanibel! (Rosenheck): Nov, 110 Moved & Seconded...: Jan, 86; Feb, 54; Mar, 75; Jul, 79; Sep, 53 PACKET RADIO A- or R- X.25?: Jan, 107 ARSENE-An Orbiting Packet Digipeater: Feb, 97 Board Embraces Semiautomatic Digital Operation at HF (Palm): Sep, 48 Midwest Digital Conference '93: Jan, 107 Pack-in-the-Box (Levin): Jun, 59 Packet for Lunch (Larsen): Mar, 38 Packet Perspective-Column (Horzepa) CLOVER: The Future of HF Data Communications?: Jan, 107 Deviations in Packet Radio: Sep, 105 Internet Gateways Expand the World of Packet Radio: Dec, 105 Is High-Speed HF Packet Possible?: Nov, 106 New Packet Goodies: Oct, 96 Packet Questions (And Answers): Aug, 90 PacTOR: Better HF Digital Communications for the Rest of Us?: Feb, 98 PBBS Basics, Part 1: Mar, 102 PBBS Basics, Part 2: Apr, 93 PBBS Basics, Part 3: Jun, 102 Track-It Radio: Jul, 92 What's New: May, 103 PRODUCT REVIEW A&A Engineering ViewPort VGA Slow-Scan TV System (Taggart): Feb, 72 AEA DSP-2232 Multimode Communications Processor (Ford): Apr, 65 AEA PK-900 Multimode Communications Processor (Ford): Oct, 71 AlphaLab TriField Meter (Overbeck): May, 73 Down East Microwave 432PA 432-MHz Amplifier Kit (Healy): Mar, 66 Down East Microwave DEM432 No-Tune 432-MHz Transverter (Healy): Mar, 64 HAL Communications PCI-4000 CLOVER-II Data Controller (Ford): May, 70 ICOM AT-160 Automatic Antenna Tuner: Feb, 71 ICOM IC-728 and IC-729 Transceivers (Wolfgang & Healy): Feb, 67 ICOM IC-737 MF/HF Transceiver (Healy): Aug, 59 ICOM R-7100 HF/VHF/UHF Communications Receiver (Newkirk & Healy): Apr, 67 K1EA Software Digital Voice Processor (Healy): Jan, 71 Kenwood TS-50S MF/HF Transceiver (Healy): Sep, 71 Lowe HF-150 LF/MF/HF Communications Receiver (Newkirk): Aug, 62 M} Enterprises EB-144 Eggbeater Antenna (Ford): Sep, 75 MFJ 9017 18-MHz QRP CW Transceiver (Hale): Jul, 45 MFJ-249 and MFJ-207 SWR Analyzers (Gruber): Nov, 75 PacComm PacTOR Multimode Controller (Ford): Jan, 58 PacComm PSK-1T Satellite Modem and TNC (Ford): Jul, 46 QST Compares: Dual-Band Mobile FM Transceivers (Healy): Jun, 66 QST Compares: Packet TNCs (Ford): Dec, 80 Ramsey Electronics FX-146 2-Meter transceiver Kit (Bloom): Oct, 73 SGC Inc Model SG-230 "Smartuner" Automatic Antenna Tuner (Bauer): Nov, 80 SSB Electronic SP-70 Mast-Mount Preamplifier (Jansson): Mar, 63 Tejas RF Technology Backpacker II Model TRFT-550 Single-Band CW Transceiver (Bauer): Nov, 76 Ten-Tec Omni VI MF/HF Transceiver (Healy): Jan, 65 Ten-Tec Scout Model 555 MF/HF Transceiver, The (Newkirk): Dec, 77 Terlin Outbacker JR8 HF Mobile Antenna (Bauer): Apr, 70 Solicitation for Product Review Equipment Bids: Feb, 74; Jun, 71; Nov, 81; Sep, 76 PUBLIC SERVICE ARRL Wants YOU!, The (Hurder): Nov, 68 ATV Tested on Earthquake Scenario (Schaefer): Jul, 58 Caribbean Encounter (Reid): Mar, 90 Hams Help on High Seas (Thorne): Jan, 100 Hurricane Iniki Rallies Amateurs (Hashiro): Feb, 19 Hurricane Watch Net Founder Honored (Herman): Feb, 92 Landers Earthquake (Spaeth): Jan, 100 Medical Mayday (Hickman): Mar, 90 Mountain Rescue (Ragain): Feb, 91 Navy Cites Amateurs for Distinguished Public Service: Mar, 90 New Hams: Get Involved in Emergency Communications: Sep, 89 NTS Inter-Area Meeting Held at HQ: Feb, 92 Search! (Thurston): Mar, 90 Simulated Emergency Test Results (Ewald): Jul, 58 Standard 12-Volt Connector, A (Ardai): Aug, 50 Tampa Responds After New Madrid Earthquake (Nassar): Jul, 59 W4SGI, OBS Emeritus, SK (Keaton): Feb, 91 Public Service-Column (Palm) Alabama Tornado (DeJarnette): Oct, 90 Amateur Radio Week in Kansas: Dec, 100 ARES: Santa Cruz Case Study (Thalls): Apr, 86 ARES: Topeka Case Study (Lutes): Apr, 86 Blizzard of '93, The: Sep, 87 Field Organization Profile: Telesforo Figueroa, KP4P: Aug, 83 Hams Help on the High Seas (Thorne): Jan, 100 Hams Track Solar Vehicles in Sunrayce '93 (Basore & Hissam): Oct, 89 Hams Who Serve (Lovell): May, 94 High Adventure (Pulis): Aug, 82 Incorporating Amateur Radio in Local Emergency Plans (Reed): May, 95 K1CE's NTS Notes: Fred's First Try at BPL (Wiedeback): May, 96 K1CE's NTS Notes: New Awards foir New Hams: Apr, 87 Landers Earthquake (Spaeth): Jan, 100 Maritime Hams Save Heart Attack Victim (Weston): Nov, 97 New Hams to the Rescue (Egbert): Nov, 97 New Hams: Get Into the ARES Scene: Dec, 100 NTS Notes: Why Traffic Handling is the Most Important Ham Activity (Wiesen): Nov, 96 Operation Holidays III: Each One, Reach One (Matthew): Nov, 96 Samoan Crisis (Hardman): Jan, 99 Special Invitation for New Hams: Register Now for Simulated Emergency Test This Fall: Aug, 84 What's the Latest on the Digital NTS? (Zorn): Jul, 87 Wide-Area ARES Message Switch, Part 1 (Colbert): Jun, 99 Wide-Area ARES Message Switch, Part 2 (Colbert): Jul, 86 SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNIQUES CLOVER: The Future of HF Data Communications?: Jan, 107 Introducing METCON, a New Remote Control and Telemetry System (Newland): Jan, 41 Introduction to Amateur Television, An-Part 1 (Taggart): Apr, 19 Introduction to Amateur Television, An-Part 2 (Taggart): May, 43 Introduction to Amateur Television, An-Part 3 (Taggart): Jun, 35 Just the Fax (Battles): Aug, 48 New Standard for Amateur Radio Facsimile, A (Taggart): Feb, 31 PacTOR Phone Home: Mobile from the Australian Outback (Mehaffey): Sep, 20 Slow-Scan TV-It Isn't Expensive Anymore! (Langner): Jan, 20 STRAYS (Almost) Instant Extra: Oct, 23 Amateur Radio Freemasons: Nov, 103 Attention Scouters: Apr, 23 ATV Quest Awards: Oct, 101 BC High School Reunion: Aug, 94 Broadcasters Net: Jun, 104 Cable Company Helps Hams: Mar, 31 Chicago Ham Hotline: Apr, 107 CQ Chemists: Mar, 42 CQ Young People: Jun, 51 Crossmode Contact (Weber Stamm): May, 51 Direction-Finding System: Nov, 54 Edge of Space Symposium: Jul, 99 Family of Hams (Breish): Mar, 37 Free Ham Software: Oct, 23 GERATOL Net: Mar, 72 Ham Awareness Gala in Western Theme Park: Sep, 26 Ham Hippies Help?: Jul, 99 Hamfest for Kids: May, 122 HamVenture Guest Speaker: Aug, 94 Hollywood Ham Radio (Nothelfer): Mar, 89 Korean War MARS Ops Reunion: Jan, 85 Lead Hazard? Don't Chew Those Wires: Oct, 23 Macintosh Net: Jun, 102 Marconi Wallpaper: Apr, 92 May is REACT Month: May, 51 More Morse (120) Most Volunteer Exam Sessions?: Sep, 109 NARFE Net: Aug, 42 Naval Failsafe Device (Haddad): Dec, 120 Northwest QRPers: Mar, 89 Northwestern Ops Invited for Multistate Special Event: Aug, 44 Old QSLs Available: Jan, 85 Pennsylvania Hamfest Announcement: May, 51 Pinelands BBS Closes: Nov, 54 Place for Space, The: Mar, 31 Proclamation in Georgia (Runkle): Nov, 105 Pump's OK, The (Kazdan): Mar, 106 Radio-Control Net: Jul, 44 Repeater Directory Error (Mabey): Dec, 120 SAREX in 1993: Jan, 85 Signal Corps Net: Jun, 104 Smoke Test (Bilyeu): Mar, 37 Special-Event Net: Aug, 38 Sports Broadcast First? (Schultz): May, 94 Tesla Net: May, 70 Three Generations: Nov, 105 VE Exam Results Negative (Boudrie): Aug, 91 Wanted: Key Employees: Aug, 38 Will the Real Father of Radio Please Stand Up? (Eisenberg): Apr, 41 WWII Reunion: Aug, 94 TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE Adapting the NU1N Voice-Control Program to the Yaesu FT-747GX (Lamendola): Feb, 77 ...And Again! (Greenway): May, 78 Antennas: Fundamentals of Radiation, Near Fields and More (Belrose): Aug, 68 At the Races (Vogt): Feb, 77 Automobile RFI Solved (Hare): Dec, 88 Conductivity in the Cold, Cold Ground (Lewallen): Jun, 73 Expanded Range DC and AC Voltmeters (Grebenkemper): May, 77 (see Feedback: Aug, 69) FAX480 Program Marries the Pasokon TV SSTV Interface (Pagel): Jun, 73 FAX480 Updates (Taggart): Dec, 87 Getting to the Core of the Problem (Czuhajewski, Lau): Jun, 72 High-Dynamic Range Receiver Elicits Comment (Zavrel): Sep, 79 I Like the Meter! (Lepine): May, 77 I Like the Mike! (Kimble): May, 78 L-C Constants (Nashlund): Feb, 77 More on "Hands-Off Mobile Operation" (Wilson): Nov, 84 More on Elevated Radials (Christman): Mar, 72 More on Measuring SSB/CW Receiver Sensitivity: Apr, 73 No Ions in the Cold, Cold Ground (Jones): Nov, 84 Real Si8901 Story, The (Zavrel) Revisiting the 12-V Power Supply (Oscarson): Mar, 71 Sense the Right Way to Go with the Handi-Finder (Moell): Oct, 77 Small Antenna Efficiency (Lewallen): Nov, 84 Some RFI Sources I've Known (Colten): Feb, 78 Sporadic-E Causes (Spokes): Apr, 73 Touch Lamp RFI Cured (Hallock): May, 78 Touch-Control-Lamp RFI (Wiley): Feb, 53 Updated Tandem Match, An (Grebenkemper): Jul, 50 (see Jan 1987, 18) Yaesu FT-990 Computer-Controlled Interface (Lemmon): Nov, 84 VHF AND MICROWAVES First VHF Contest from Cuba (Coro): Dec, 58 Perseids Meteor Shower in 1993, The (Pocock): Jul, 51 Predicting Transatlantic 50-MHz F-Layer Propagation (Pocock): Mar, 33 Roving for VHF Gold in the Colorado Rockies (Nerger): Jun, 21 World Above 50 MHz, The-Column (Pocock) 144-MHz Standings: May, 99 1993 Perseids, The: Nov, 99 222-MHz Standings: Jul, 91 432-MHz Standings: Sep, 93 Coaxial Cables for VHF and UHF: Aug, 86 Distance Calculations: Jun, 96 Distance Records: Apr, 89 EME Annals: Mar, 95 EME for the Single-Yagi Station: Feb, 94 Greetings from Eastern Connecticut!: Jan, 90 HF for the VHFer: Mar, 93 Ionospheric Forward Scatter: Sep, 91 Meteor and Propagation Monitors: Jul, 90 Microwave Standings: Jan, 92 Moonbounce for Satellite Operators: Oct, 92 Owen, Michael, W9IP: Jun, 96 Standings Boxes-Questions and Answers: May, 98 VHF/UHF Century Club Awards (Zimmerman): Feb, 96; Jun, 118; Aug, 96 W1AW SCHEDULE: Jan, 61; Feb, 101; Mar, 97; Apr, 51; May, 126; Jul, 112; Sep, 113; Nov, 113; Dec, 113 YL NEWS-Column (Dunn) Breakfast with Carole: Aug, 92 "Foxy" Ladies Like to Outfox the OMs, The: Oct, 103 Getting Your Netsworth: Apr, 95 Hamfests: The International Connection: Sep, 109 HANDI-HAM Nets: Feb, 102 Papering Your Wall with YL Certificates: Jul, 100 Toto, Are We Really in Kansas?: Nov, 109 YLs Handy in HANDI-HAM System: Feb, 102 YLs Head Up the Ranks: From Club President to "Shining Star": Mar, 104 YLs On the Road and On the Air: Dec, 109