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GEC 2110 6.95 87G CHASSIS 91151 0.79 9238 2.95
Sanyo VTC5300-5350 1.50 FUSES SPECIAL OFFER GIANT 7 PIN (811
ITT CVC1-9 6.35 SHOCKPROOF 0.65 85126 0.10 N23C 4 95
Sanyo VTC5500 2.95 100 PER TYPE SOCKET 8.50
ITT CVC20/25/30 6.35 87G SKIRTED CHASSIS 0.65 85127 0.11 973111 4.95
Sanyo VTC9300 3.50 2MM 0/08 ( n 0 06 eoch £4.50 JUMBO 4 PIN 13.95
Sharp 9300-9500 1.75 ITT CVC45 6.95 B7G SKIRTED PCB 0.95 85133 015 923WE 2.95
100MA 200MA 250MA 5000.16 GIANT 4 PIN ( 4212n) 25.00
Sharp 8300 2.95 Philips G81550) 6.95 BIG SKIRTED PTFE 85164 0.45 94031 00.4
Philips G9 6.00 'Amp 1 25Amp 1 5Amp CHASSIS 0.95 NUVISTOR 4.50
Sharp 7300 2.95 85176 1.20 114033 0.04
Pye 897 6.50 1 6Amp BOA CHASSIS 0.85 SK406 9.50
Sony SLC5-7 2.75 85179 0.63 94004 0.05
Pye 7134 lead 8.50 2Arnp 2 SAmp 3 15Amp 4Amp 88G CHASSIS 0.85 SK410 35.00
Sony 8C 2.25 81182 055 94007 0.06
Pye 713 5 lead 8.50 5814 CRT 0.45 SK4105 25.00
Sony SLC9 3.25 85184 0.35 N4148 0.02
Sony SL8000 3.25 Pye 731/25 8.50 20MM A/S ei` 0 15 each £11.30 098 P03 0.45 SK610A 35.00
Rank 6774 85187 0.45 N4448 0.10
Toshiba 9800 1.25 6.35 100MA 150MA 160MA 250AAA 89A OCB THIN 0.95 CHIMNEY ISK410151
Rank A823 6.95 E11199 0.40 N5401 0.12
20% Discount on 10 or more 500MA 800MA 1 25Amp 89A CHASSIS 0.95 SK61061 3.50
Rank T20A 6.95 85206 0.14 145402 0.14
mixed belt kits 2Amp 3 I5Amp 5Amp 89A CHASSIS UX4 CHASSIS 1.95
Siemens TVK76/1 6.05 85208 800 0.33 N5403 0.12
SHOCKPROOF 0.50 L1X5 CHASSIS 1.95
Siemens Europa 7.50 85210 800 0.33 145406 0.13
VIDEO HEADS I 25 inch 0/B (P 0 06 each 890 SKIRTED CHASSIS 1.25 11%7 CHASSIS 2.95
Thorn 1500 5.45 85223 090 95407 0.16
£A.00 89A SKIRTED CHASSIS X9V CHASSIS 0.50
Thorn 1600 5.45 85298 400 0.21 95408 0.16
3HSSHA 25.50 250MA 500MA 750MA lAmp CERAMIC PINCH 0.65 1 1 PGF CHASSIS 0.50
Thorn 3503 7.95 85299 801.) 0.22 1144 0.10
3HSSHB 25.50
Thorn 8000 6.115 ; 5Arnp 2Arnp 3Amp 7Amp PLUGS TOP CAPS 155X10 0.50 11923 0.15
3HSSN 18.95
Thorn 8500 7.15 10Amp OCTAL 0.85 NOVAL 0.75 BY025 600 1,00
3HSSSF 35.00 112002 0.10
Thorn 9300 8.30 87G 0.35 OTHERS ON APPLICATION
3HSSSP 27.30
3HSSUIN Thorn 9600 8.50 1 25 inch A/S @ 015 each 89A 0.65 EX-EOUIPMENT
25.99
TV11 Stick 0.90 £10.00 MR DIODES
3HSSU2N 37.50 40(7508 All BASE 15.00
TV13 Stick 1.25 SOMA 60MA 100MA 150MA
3HSSU3N 35.00 CANS 40(7508 MILITARY
T1/18 Stick 1.10
3HSSV 16.95 250MA SOOMA 750MA 1 5Amp 87G 0.33 SOCKET 10.00
3H55 VA 29.00
Two Stick 1.40 132X61 Series I 82588 Series
3Amp 4Amp SAmp B9A 0.63 4C0300A CLAMPS 5.00 0.15 0.29

INDUSTRIAL AND Please odd C3 1074H 45.00 1 D9 IIOGH 45.00 1 DI 200GM 75.00 F2I 130GR 75.00 l MI7 1516VR 175.00 M28 131G 45.00 M3I 325GH 35.00
SPECIAL QUALITY additional carnage 30780 95.00 DIO 210GH 45.00 DI 1000997 65.00 F31 12LD 75.00 M21 11W 550.0 M3I I 82GV 45.00 M38 100W 59.00
CATHODE FIM TUBES per tube CME822W 7.00 D10 230GM 45.00 DH 91 55.00 11708 75.00 M23 I 12GV 45.00 M31 184W 55.00 AA40 120W 59.00
A smùhiSpi n/tutu , tr,rn 1(01 2930 CME I 523W 9.50 013 61104 59.00 EC 35 39.50 M7 170W 19.30 M24 12IGH 55.00 M31 19066 45.00 SE5FP3I 45.00
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 JANUARY '90 P. M. COMPONENTS LTD JANUARY ' 90
PRICE LIST SELECTRON HOUSE, SPRINGHEAD ENTERPRISE PARK PRICE LIST
SPRINGHEAD RD, GRAVESEND, KENT DAVI 8HD
6SK7 1.95 872A 20.00
1163 2.95 00E02-519.60 3E22 49.50 6BK4 6.50 201.1 0.95
41714 24.50 A SELECTION FROM 00E03-12 7.95
V241C/1K
68L6 85.00 6SL7GT 1.95 20P1 0.55
873 60.00
KT66 USA 195.00 3E29 39.50
41834 7.50 OUR STOCK OF 11.96 00E03-20 3E
HJ 7 1.95 6BL8 1.15 6SN7GT 1.95 20P4 1.95
954 1.00
A2087 11.50 KT66 TEONEX V453 12.00 6S0701 1.50 955 1.00
BRANDED VALVES 35.00 0.40 6BM6 115.00 20P5 1.15
A2134 14.95 5.00 00E06-40 VLS631 10.95 6SS7 1.95 1849 315.00
3.1
3 170E 6BN6 1.65 21.126 6.50
A2293 6.50 8.167 9.00 45.00 VP4B 9.50 678 1.50 1927 25.00
1450.00 60N8 3.95 21K06 4.95
EA 79 1.95 EF183 0.75 KT77 Gold Iron 00M-6 19.50 VP41 4.95 2040 25.00
A2426 29.50 31. 0.40 6805 1.35 6U6GT 3.50 21W8 3.75
EABC80 1.95 EF184 0.85 11.96 00003-10 5.50 VR101 2.50
8.2599 37.50 304 2.50 6U7G 3.50 2050A 5.95
EF731 4.50 KT81 7.00 6807A 1.50 2481 39.50
8.2792 27.50 EAC91 2.50 00003-10 VR105/302.60 4-654 85.00 6U8A 1.50 2050W 6.50
1188 USA 6BR7 4.95 2489 39.50
42900 11.50 EAF42 1.20 EF800 11.00 12.96 Mallard 15.00 VR150/302.30 4-250A 108.00 4212H 250.00
6BS7 5.50 6V6G 1.45 25806 1.75
E634 1.50 EF804S 19.50 1188 00003-20 VU39 2.50 4-403C 95.00 4471 35.00
A3283 24.00 6BW6 5.35 60601 2.50 25006E3 2.96
EB41 3.95 EF805S 25.00 Selectron 25.00 W21 4.50 4-1000A495.00
A3343 35.95 6W4GT 1.95 4687A 9.50
EB91 0.85 EF806S 25.00 16.00 00006-40A 4832 35.00 6BW7 1.50 25L6GT 1.70
ACSP3A 4.95 W61 4.50 6160 3.95 5544 79.50
EBC33 2.50 EF812 0.65 6188 GEC 27.50 4807A 1.75 6826 2.50 29C1 19.50
AC/S2PEN 22.50 W77 5.00 6X2N 1.00 5559 55.00
E8C41 3.50 EFL200 1.50 00006-400 4026 1.95 6827 2.95 291(06 6.50
8.50 611461 2.50 W81M 4.50 6X4 1.50 5636 5.50
EBC81 1.50 EFP60 3.50 Mullard 39.50 4C28 25.00 6C4 1.95 30C15 0.50
ACT22 59.75 EBC90 1.95 EH90 0.72 KTW62 2.30 00V07 50 W739 1.50 6X5GT 1.00 5642 9.50
KTW63 2.00 4C35 145.00 6C5 2.50 30C17 0.40
AH221 39.00 EBC91 1.95 EK90 1.50 Mallard 55.00 X24 4.50 608A 2.25 5643 9.50
KTZ63 2.50 4C2508 285.00 6C6 3.50 30C18 1.48
AH238 39.00 EBF80 0.95 EL32 0.95 00Z03-20 X41 4.50 4C5125C 746 4.50 5651 2.50
LB7.20 95.00 6C8G 2.50 30FL2 1.35
ALEO 6.00 EBF83 0.95 EL33 7.95 Mollard 42.50 X66/X65 4.95 Eirnac 150.00 7AU7 1.50 5654 1.95
LS913 6.95 6C9 4.95 30FL12 0.95
ANi 14.00 EBF89 0.95 EL34 Mal- A4508 195.00 00206 ao X76M 1.95 4CO250B 45.00 706 3.50 5670 3.25
EBF93 0.95 lard POA Mullard 43.00 6CA4 4.95 30FL13 1.10
ARP12 2.50 M5143 155.00 XC24 1.50 4C 0250BM 787 2.50 5672 4.50
EBL1 7.50 EL34 Sw- M5199 295.00 0675/20 1.50 6CA7 3.50 30FL14 1.20
ARP34 1.25 XC25 0.50 65.00 708 4.50 5675 28.00
EC52 0.75 mans 3.95 M8079 6.00 0695/10 4.85 4CX2501 6CB5 3.95 30L1 0.45
ARP35 2.00 XFW47 1.50 7J7 5.30 5678 7.50
EC70 1.75 EL36 2.50 M8082 7.50 05108/45 4.00 EIMAC 115.00 6CD6GA 4.50 30L15 0.60
AZ11 4.50 M8083 3.25 XFW50 1.50 7K7 7.50 5687 4.50
EC81 7.95 05150/15 6.95 4CX25OR 6CF6 1.95 301.17 0.60
1375/3 55.00 EL36 Mollard M6091 7.50 XG1-2500 71. 1.50 5696 4.50
EC86 1.95 OS150/30 1.15 AMPERE% 6CG 7 4.50 30P4MR 1.00
8117 25.00 3.93 M8096 3.00 75.00 707 4.50 5702 3.50
EC88 1.95 05150/40 7.00 125.00 6CH6 6.95 30P12 1.00
87113 35.00 EL38 9.00 M8098 5.50 XL628FT 7.50 5704 3.50
EC90 1.95 051205 3.95 4G 03508. 6CL6 3.25 714 2.50 30P18 0.60
EL41 3.50 M8099 5.00 XNP12 2.50
C1K 27.50 EC91 5.50 M8136 7.00 061213 5.00 100.00 888 2.50 5718 6.15
XR1 - 1600A 6CL8A 2.95 30P19 1.00
C3M 17.95 EC93 1.50 EL42 2.00 M8137 7.95 OU37 9.50 ICX1000A 8810 2.50 5725 2.50
6CM7 2.95 30PL1 2.50
C1134 32.00 EC95 7.00 EL71 4.50 M8161 6.50 0003-12 6.50 49.50 425.00 81305 1.95 5726 2.50
6CS6 0.75 30PL13 0.00
C1149/1 EC97 1.10 EL81 6.95 M8162 5.50 0105 -25 3.50 XR1-3200A 4C0150013 8CW5 1.50 5727 2.50
EC8010 12.00 0006-20 29.50 6CS7 0.95 30PL14 1.76
195.00 EL83 7.50 M8163 5.50 79.50 475.00 8EB8B 1.50 5749 2.50
ECC32 3.50 0008-100E1 6CW4 8.00 31JS6C 5.50
C1150/1 EL84 0.95 M8190 4.50 XR1-6400A 4CX5000A 8F07 1.95 5750 1.85
ECC33 3.50 145.00 1000.00 6C08 3.95 33A/158M
135.00 EL84 Mullard M8195 0.30 149.50 1002 1.25 5751 2.95
ECC35 3.50 M81% 5.50 013-125 135.00 4D21/4- 125A - 6DC6 2.35 19.50
C1534 32.00 4.50 Y65 6.95 10DE7 2.50 5763 6.50
ECC81 1.50 M8204 5.50 014-250 65.00 6DJ8 1.35 35A3 3.95
CCA 3.50 EL84 Sie - YD1100 75.00 10008 2.50 58144 3.25
ECC81 Spa M8223 4.50 105.00 4032 125.00 6DJ8 Spe 35A5 4.50
C 024 6.30 mans 2.50 Y1.1020 42.50 10E138 1.95 5823 9.50
Crol M8224 2.00 OY4.403 4E27A 125.00 clal 3.50 35C5 4.50
CK1006 3.50 quality 2.95 EL85 4.50 110.00 YJ 1060 10EW7 2.95 5829WA 6.50
M8225 3.95 4057 2.25 6DK6 1.50 35L6GT 2.00
C K5676 6.50 ECC82 0.85 E L86 1.75 RIO 4.00 265.00 10F1 1.95 5840 3.50
ME1400 3.50 6005 8.50 3523 1.95
CV Nos priCes ECC82 EL90 1.75 818 2.50 YL1060 4G0. 7 2.25 5842 11.00
ME1401 9.50 600613 2.50 10066 1.95 3525GT 3.50
on request PhIllps 1.95 EL91 4.50 ME1402 21.50 RG1-240A 195.00 0.106A 2.95 10P14 2.50 5847 10.95
D3A 27.50 4(16 1.50 6DT6A 1.50 38HE7 5.95
ECC83 0.95 EL95 1.75 MHLD6 4.00 14.50 YL1070 11E3 55.00 5863 95.00
063 1.20 RG3-2504 6.50 4185P 150.00 6DW4B 3.50 40K06 5.50
EL152 15.00 M P25 195.00 195.00 11R3 5.50 51379 9.50
0441 22.50 803-1250A 4X150A 35.00 6E5 3.95 42 6.95
01.360 6.75 M548 5.50 YL1071 12A6 3.95 5886 13.95
DA42 17.50 NEW 35.00 4X150D 55.00 6EA7 2.50 47 6.00
EL500 1.95 MU14 3.50 195.00 12AD6 2.50 5894 39.50
DA90 4.80 ECC83 R83-250 15.00 4X500A 350.00 6E48 2.50 50A5 1.50
E L504 1.95 837 12.50 YL1290 65.00 5899 4.50
SPECIAL RR3-1250 54/1020 9.50 6E B8 3.50 128.06 5.50 5085 1.95
DAF91 0.95 EL509 5.25 N78 0.85
35.00 277 1.20 5A152M 9.00 12AH7GT 5963 1.75
OAF96 0.95 Low cross 042 1.50 6EJ7 0.85 5005 0.05
EL509 Mal- 011E12 38.00 2300T 6.00 5A163K 10.00 a cot 5965 2.15
DC70 1.75 Coupling 0A2WA 2.50 6EM5 2.50 12AL5 1.00 50CD6G 1.95
lard 7.50 5104/2K 10.00 2302C 12.00 5A 170K 11.25 6057 3.75
DC90 3.50 0A3 2.50 60M7 2.50 12AT6 1.75 50EH5 1.50
EL519 6.95 SC1/1300 0.00 2359 9.00 5A- 180M 9.00 6058 2.50
Low noise OB2 1.50 6EU8 1.75 12AT7 1.50 50JY6 2.95
DCX-4-5000 EL802 3.65 SP61 3.543 27001.1 9.50 5A- 206K 10.00 6060 2.25
OB2WA 2.50 12477WA 536U 4.50
23.00 Low mic- EL821 6.95 Z759 13.00 5B- 110M 10.00
6607 , 04
0C3 2.50 STV280/40 6E146 1.50 6072 6.95
DET16 28.50 rophony 2803U 18.95 5B- 254m 11.30 2.50 75B1 3.50
EL822 12.95 003 2.50 11.95 6080 8.30
ZA1000 12.50 5B- 255m 11.60 6F1 2.00 12406 1.50 75C1 4.50
DET18 28.50 ELL80 22.50 0M4 2.50 1132-5/300 6080WA 9.50
DET2o 2.50 £3.50 95.00 28.1001 1.50 513.256M 15.00 6F5 5.50 12AU7 0.85 80 4.50
EM34 12.50 0M5B 3.00 2M1001 12.00 6F7 5.50 12AV6 1.95 6132 10.50
DET22 29.50 ECC83 0M6 1.75 TB2-300 513-257M 15.00 83 8.50
EM83 1.65 ZM1005 8.00 6F13 3.00 12AV7 2.30 6136 2.50
Brimar 2.15 195.00 5B- 258M 14.50 83A1 7.50
DET23 35.00 EM84 1.65 08P43 2.50 ZM1020 5.50 12AX4GTB 6146k 9.50
ECC83 TB3-750 5C22 125.00 6F14 1.00 85A1 5.50
DET24 27.50 EM85 3.95 ORP50 3.95 2441021 8.00 2.50 6146W 12.50
Philips 1.95 P61 2.50 115.00 5CL8A 2.50 6F17 2.75 85A2 2.95
DET25 22.00 EM87 2.30 ZM1023 7.95 12AX7 0.95 6155 72.00
ECC83 P41 2.50 TB3-2000 5.11800 6F23 0.60 90AV 17.30
0E729 32.00 EN32 15.00 ZM1041 14.00 12AX7WA 6156 125.00
Sr em ens 2.50 PABC80 0.95 450.00 1950.00 6F24 1.25 90C1 3.50
0E91 1.50 EN91 2.25 ZM 082 9.00 2.50 6157 2.50
PC86 0.75 TBL2-300 6F25 1.25 90CG 17.50
DF92 1.50 ECC85 1.50 ZM1084 10.00 5LJ8 2.95 12A0 7S 7.95
EN92 4.50 PC88 0.75 395.00 6158 3.20
DF96 1.25 ECC86 2.75 ZM1175 6.50 5R4GB 5.50 6F28 1.25 12AY7 3.95 90CV 17.50
EY51 0.80 PC97 1.10 TB 1.2- OW 6F32 1.25 6189 4.50
DF97 1.25 ECC88 1.35 ZM1177 9.00 5R401 4.95 12B4A 4.50 91AG 9.00
EY70 7.50 PC900 1.25 495.00 6201 6.45
ECC89 1.50 2M1202 55.00 5R4WGY 5.95 6F33 10.50 12BA6 2.50 9240 25.00
DG10A 8.50 EY81 2.35 PCC84 0.40 1D03-10/0 ,E,F 6350 3.50
ECC91 2.00 ZM1263 4.00 574 5.95 6FH5 8.50 128E6 1.95 92AV 25.00
DH63 1.50 E182 1.15 PCCa5 0.55 35.00 6360 4.30
1A3 4.50 6FH8 15.00 12BH7A 4.95 95A1 6.50
DH77 1.50 ECC189 2.50 PCC138 0.70 TT15 45.00 578A 1.95
EY83 1.50 1AE4 3.50 6F L2 4.50 1213L6 1.75 6386 14.50
DK91 1.20 ECC801S PCC89 0.70 1121 45.00 5U4G 4.50 100E1 10.00
EY84 5.95 1AX2 3.50 128R3 1.95 6442 75.00
0692 1.50 6.95 PCC189 0.70 1122 39.50 5U4GB 4.50 6E07 4.50 108C1 2.50
E186/87 0.63 1022 10.00 12BY7A 3.50 6463 7.50
1.31.35 2.50 ECC803S PCC805 0.70 11100 69.00 5V4G 2.50 6G E5 3.95 15082 6.50
EY88 0.95 1627 55.00 12C8 2.50 6550 8.95
DL63 1.50 6.95 PCC806 0.80 TY2-125A 5144 4.95 6G H84 2.50 150C1K 9.00
EY91 5.50 IB3GY 1.913 12CA5 1.95 6550A GE
ECC804 0.60 PC E82 0.80 105.00 5X4 4.95 6GJ7 0.85 15002 2.50
DL70 2.50 EY5004 2.95 1835A 45.00 12CX6 1.95
PCF80 045 TY8-600W 6GK6 3.03 13.95
DL73 2.50 ECC20007.95 1K3 2.50 513GT 3.50 1200613 3.50 150C4 2.50
E1802 0.70 PCF82 0.60 365.00 6870 11.50
DL91 3.95 ECF80 1.15 1N5GT 2.50 523 4.50 6GM6 2.65 12OW4A 3.50 18581 1.50
EZ35 1.00 PCF84 0.55 U19 9.50 6GS7 2.15 68838 9.95
DL92 1.30 ECF82 1.50 1P213 25.00 524G 2.50 120Z6 3.95 211 25.00
EZ40 3.50 PCF86 1.20 U26 0.90 6973 8.95
DL93 1.50 ECF86 1.70 1115 1.50 6/30L2 0.70 6G V8 0.95 12E1 19.50 2300 15.00
EZ41 3.50 PC F87 9.25 U35 3.50 7025 2.50
ECF200 1.85 165 1.50 6A203K 9.00 6G W8 2.50 12E14 38.00 2310 15.00
DLS10 13.50 EZ80 0.75 PC F200 1.80 U37 9.00 70250 6.95
1T4 1.50 6G15 4.95 12E05 1.95 250TH 150.00
DLS16 10.00 ECF202 1.85 EZ81 1.50 PCF201 1.80 U41 6.95 6A7 4.95
11.14 1.76 6016 2.50 12087 5.50 70274 10.00
DM 70 5.25 ECF801 0.85 PCF801 1.35 U50 3.00 307 5.00
EZ90 1.50 1U5 1.50 66AA68 7 2.50 6H1 9.50 12J5GT 3.95 7119 9.00
DM160 6.50 ECF804 6.50 PCF802 0.85 U82 3.00 4.50 3288. 15.00
FW4-800 4.50 1X25 2.50 12J7GT 3.50 7189 5.50
DOD-006 ECF805 2.50 PCF805 1.25 U191 0.70 6AC7WA 2.00 6H6GT 2.50 5728 59.00
055/1K 9.00 28.3 16.50 12JZ8 2.95 7199 7.50
79.50 EC F806 PC F808 1.00 0192 1.00 6AG5 2.50 6HB7 1.95 7058. 12.50
018012M 6.95 2AS15A 11.50 12K7GT 1.50 7247 8.50
10.25 PC F908 1.25 U193 1.00 6AG 7 2.50 6HF8 3.50 713A 25.00
DY51 1.50 G240/2D 9.00 2B7 4.50 12681 1.95 7475 5.00
PCH200 1.50 U251 2.50 6HM5 2.50 723A/B 75.00
0186,87 0.85 EC H3 4.50 2Br 69.50 6AH6 3.50 121(07 1.95
GC1OB 17.50 PCL82 0.85 1.1801 3.50 7486 155.00
01802 0.83 ECH4 4.50 2C36 70.00 6AJ4 3.50 6H05 3.50 12S7GT 1.50 724A 275.00
GC1OD 17.50 PCL83 2.50 UABC80 1.00 7527 125.00
E55L 49.50 E CH35 3.50 2C39BA 39.50 6AJ7 2.00 6HS6 4.95 12SA7GT 725A 275.00
GC10/4B PCL84 0.75 uAF42 1.95 7551 8.50
E8OCC 19.50 ECH42 1.50 2C40 37.00 6A65 1.95 6HS8 2.95 1.95 726A 75.00
17.50 PCL85 0.80 UBC41 3.95 7581A 11.95
E80CF 12.50 ECH81 1.75 2C42 29.50 64/(6 2.50 6HZ6 3.50 12SG7 4.75 801A 15.00
OCIO/4E PCL86 0.85 UBC81 1.50 7586 15.00
ECH83 1.50 2C43 60.00 6.14 2.15 12SK7 1.95 803 14.95
E8OF 18.50 17.50 PCL805 0.90 UBF80 0.95 6AL5 0.85
2C51 2.50 6J5GT 2.50 12SJ7 1.50 7587 19.50
E8OL 29.50 ECH84 1.00 PD500 5.95 UBF89 1.00 6AM4 3.25 805 59.00
GC12/48 2CY5 1.50 12SN7GT 75918. 8.95
E81CC 5.50 ECH200 1.50 PEN25 2.00 UBL21 2.15 6AM5 4.50 6J6 2.00 807 3.50
17.50 2021 2.25 1.85 7815 59.50
E81L 12.00 ECL80 0.60 PEN4OD 3.00 UC92 2.50 6AM6 1.95 6J7 4.15 811 15.00
0086W 6.00 2021W 3.15 12SW7 3.50 7868 8.50
E82CC 4.50 ECL82 1.00 PEN45 3.00 UCC84 0.70 6AN5 4.30 6.17G 4.15 8128. 35.00
GOT120M 2E22 49.00 12S17 4.50 7895 17.50
ECL83 2.50 PE N45DD 3.00 UCC85 1.00 6AN8A 4.50 6J B6A 9.50 813 Phihos
E83CC 4.50 5.00 2E26 7.95 1204 1.95 8156 9.95
PE N46 2.00 UCF80 1.00 6J E6C 9.50 35.00
E83F 5.50 ECL84 1.00 2J55 295.00 6A05 1.75 1307 3.20
GN4 8.50 PF L200 0.95 UCH21 2.50 8950 10.50
E86C 9.50 ECL85 0.95 2(25 59.00 6A08 1.50 6JM6 9.50 130E7 2.50 813 27.50
GN10 15.00 UCH41 2.643 18042 10.50
E88C 7.95 ECL86 1.50 PL36 1.75 21526 95.00 6AR5 8.95 6JU8A 2.50 13DR7 2.95 829B 22.50
GRIOG 4.00 UCH42 3.95 9002 6.50
E88CC 3.50 ECL805 0.95 P1_38 1.50 2K29 250.00 6AS5 1.50 6JS6C 9.50 13E1 145.00 833A 95.00
GS10C 16.50 UCH81 1.95 9003 8.50
EF37A 2.50 ' PLI31 1.25 2K48 140.00 6AS6 2.50 6K7G 2.00 13EM7 3.50 845 59.50
E88CC-01 GS1OH 12.00 UCL82 1.75 1486 4.50 6CB6 2.50
EF22 3.50 PL82 0.60 21(56 250.00 6AS7G 4.50 6K8G 3.00 866A 8.50
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 ON THE COVER circuit testers, the ME3060 200k ohms - 2M ohms
On the front cover this and ME3020. These digital 20M ohms.
month are, from left to right: voltmeters, made by SOAR, The Brisk Ten has a battery
the Kenwood TH - 25E 2m and are revolutionary because of life of 300 hours continuous
TH -45E 70cm FM hand-held their compact size and ease operation, and measures
transceivers. of use. 100 x 85 x 29mm and weighs
Key features include a Top of the range is the high 250g. It is supplied with a pair
large, easy- to- read LCD; wide speed ME3060 which has a of test leads, spare fuse and
range power supply; tone bargraph display for fast, instruction manual. The
alert system, fourteen- chan- accurate readings. It has a multimeter costs £ 69.00
nel memories with lithium battery life of over 250 hours including VAT.
battery back up; built-in auto- and an automatic shut-off For further information
matic battery saving circuit; safety function. contact Electronic and Com-
rotary encoder selector; auto Like the ME3060, the puter Workshop Ltd, Unit 1,
power- off and scan functions; ME3020 is fully protected up Cromwell Centre, Step field,
and many others. to 450V rms. Witham, Essex CM8 3TH. Tel:
Both rigs are powered by a The ME3060 costs £35.08. (0376) 517413.
5W RF output power supply. The ME3020 costs £ 23.58. Both
Also available is a wide selec- prices include VAT and
tion of optional extras. postage. JAMMING
The TH - 25E costs £238.00. For further information BBC World Service broad-
The TH - 45E costs £ 269.00. contact Longs Ltd, Hanworth casts in Mandarin to China
Both prices include VAT. Lane, Chertsey. Surrey KT16 are being jammed by the
For further information 9LZ. Tel: (0932) 561241. Beijing authorities since
contact Lowe Electronics Ltd, June 1989, the BBC have
Chesterfield Road, Matlock, confirmed. This comes at a
Derbyshire DE4 5LE. Tel: NEW C19 PLUGS AND time when jamming from all
(0629) 580800. SOCKETS other Communist countries
Watts International have has ceased.
introduced their new range of Interference with BBC
LOW COST IAMBIC KEYER Feller C19 high voltage plugs Mandarin broadcasts takes
The PEK-1 electronic keyer and sockets. They are rated at the form of steady low fre-
from ProElectron is the first in 16A, 240V and are ideal for quency noise about 25% as
a range of professionally high power applications, strong as the programme
designed and tested PCB especially with equipment itself. The interference starts
modules for the radio using three-phase power. a few minutes before trans-
amateur. For further information missions begin and stops
Assembled on a high- qual- contact Watts International shortly after they end.
ity CAD designed PCB, Ltd, No 4 Phillips Business
measuring only 74 x 61mm, Centre, Terminus Road,
the keyer can be built into Chichester, West Sussex CLUB NEWS
existing equipment or, with P019 2UL. Tel: (0243) 533479. The Torbay Amateur Radio
the addition of a case and Society meets every Friday at
connectors, form a stand- 7.30pm at the ECC social club,
alone unit. THE BRISK TEN Highweek, Newton Abbot.
The PEK-1 electronic keyer New to Electronic and Com- The society's programme of
can be used with single or puter Workshop Ltd is the events for January includes
twin paddles, offering fea- Brisk Ten, a hand-held digital club nights on the 5th, 12th
tures which include dot and multimeter with automatic and 26th. On 19 January there
dash memories; built-in and manual range selection, will be a construction com-
speed control; sidetone out- including facilities for diode petition.
put; and low power consump- and continuity testing. For more information con-
tion. Both solid-state VMOS This multimeter incorpo- tact the club secretary Walt
and relay outputs enable a rates the standard 31/ 2 digit G3HTX, tel: (0803) 526762.

clà
wide range of transmitter LCD to a maximum reading of
keying options. The PEK-1 1999 and features autopolar- The South East Kent
costs £22.00 including VAT. ity, over- range and battery (YMCA) Amateur Radio Club
For further information warning indication. Its meets every Wednesday at
contact ProElectron, 35 accuracy is to ± 0.5% reading, the YMCA, Leyburne Road,
Cromwell Road, Cheltenham ± 4 digits dc. Dover, for an 8.00pm start.
GL52 SDN. Tel: (0242) 571223. It will measure in the follow- On 10 January G4HXE will
ing ranges: volt dc, 200mV-2V- be giving a talk on TVI — the
20V-200V-1000V; volt ac, 2V- Problems and Cure. On the
ELECTRIC CIRCUIT TESTER 20V- 200V- 750V; amp dc- ac, 17th there will be a Natter
Longs Ltd have announced 200mA-10A; resistance, 200 Night and committee meet-
a new range of electrical ohms - 2k ohms - 20k ohms - ing. On the 24th G42MQ will

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All the latest
news, views, comment and
developments on the amateur radio scene
be giving a talk about the Education Centre, Haverford- and third Friday of each Chappell GOBWB, 221 Hud-
Early Days of Television. A west, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed. month at 7.30pm at the Base- dersfield Road, Shelley, Hud-
Natter Night will be held on The club would like to hear ment, County Hall, Taunton. dersfield HD8 8LJ.
the evening of the 31st. from anyone in the area who For further information For further information
For further information has an interest in amateur contact the club secretary W contact the club secretary,
contact the club secretary radio. A Lindsay- Smith G3WNI, tel: Darran Chappell, at the above
Brian Joyner G3ZYZ, tel: The club organises lec- (0823) 680778. address.
(0304) 852533. tures, informal talks, demon-
strations, RAE classes and The Mansfield Amateur The Verulam Amateur
The Wimbledon and District Morse practice exams. It also Radio Society meets on the Radio Club meets on the
Amateur Radio Society meets arranges visits to rallies etc. first and third Thursday of second and fourth Tuesday
on the second and last Friday For further information every month at 7.30pm at its every month at 7.30pm at the
of each month at 7.30pm at the contact Martin GW8ZMU new venue: the Polish Catho- RAF Association Headquar-
St Andrews Church Hall, Her- QTHR, tel: (0439) 764009. lic Club, Windmill Lane, off ters, New Kent Road, St
bert Road, London SW19. Woodhouse _ Road, Mansfield. Albans, Herts.
The programme of events The Taunton and District For further information On 9 January there will be
for January includes a Night Amateur Radio Society has contact the club chairman J M an Activity Evening. On the
on the Air on the 26th. announced the following Coates G4GYU, tel: (0623) 23rd at 8.00pm GOBZS will be
For further information newly appointed officers. 27257. giving a talk entitled Avionics,
contact the club secretary They are: E A Hayden from dc to Light.
Steve Cook G8CYE, tel: 01-541 G4LZU, chairman; W A Lind- The Denby Dale ( Pie Hall) For further information
1682. say- Smith G3WNI, club and District Amateur Radio contact the honorary secret-
secretary; and J Collier Society has recently ary Andy Ince, Cottage No 1,
The Pembrokeshire Radio G1AKZ, who is the club announced its new Rounton, 28 Nascot Wood
Society meets every Monday treasurer. correspondence address, Road, Watford WD1 3SD. Tel:
at 7.30pm at the Further The club meets on the first which is as follows: J D (09277) 62180.

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A USER REVIEW
THE RACAL RA 117E
HF COMMUNICATIONS
RECEIVER
The RA 117E HF Communications VFO-1, any spectrum of signals 1MHz The next feature is that of the harmonic
Receiver is the second ' classic' receiver wide which exists in the 0.98 to 30MHz generator and the first mixer. The output
I have reviewed and, believe me, it is range can be mixed in M1 to give an from a 1MHz crystal oscillator is con-
some receiver. Nostalgia is in fashion output which is acceptable to the first IF nected to the harmonic generator and
bandpass filter. passed through a 32MHz lowpass filter,
these days so bearing that in mind, this
rig— which was arguably the Rolls-Royce
of receivers in its day — might be of
interest to readers.
Specifications of the RA 117E
As you will see from the specification
shown in the Table, the RA 117E has Frequency range 1-30M Hz
nearly everything you could want, even Stability After warm-up, overall drift is less than 50Hz/hour under
though the rig is nearly thirty years old. conditions of constant supply voltage and ambient
Its design offers high selectivity and temperature
stability, and the rig was manufactured Input impedance 1. Wideband 2000 ohms approximately
by Racal Electronics Ltd in the early 2. Wideband 75 ohms
1960s. 3. Five double-tuned circuits, 75 ohms
Physically it is as solid as a rock, (a) 1-2MHz ( c) 4-8MHz ( e) 16-30M Hz
weighing some 621b. The chassis and (b) 2-4MHz ( d) 8-16MHz
major modules are of cast construction, Tuning Effective scale length of approximately 145ft, ie, 6in of scale
which ensures maximum rigidity and length corresponds to 100kHz. Frequency increments remain
excellent electrical screening. The constant over the entire range
receiver is suitable for both bench and
Calibration A 100kHz signal is derived from a 1MHz crystal oscillator
rack mounting; and the dimensions of having an accuracy of 5.0 parts in 10° provides checkpoints at
the 1/8in thick front panel conform to the
100kHz intervals
requirements for mounting in a standard
Sensitivity A1A reception: bandwidth 3kHz;11À.V for 18dB S/N ratio
19in rack.
F2A reception: 30% modulated, bandwidth 3kHz; 30/ for
18dB S/N ratio
Description
The circuitry of the RA 117E works in Intermodulation More than 100dB down for interfering signals at least 10%
removed from wanted signal
the following manner. The set has an
input impedance of 75 ohms for all Cross- modulation For wanted signal levels between 3,./V and lmV, an
positions of the AERIAL RANGE switch, interfering signal 10kHz, removed and modulated 30%, must
except WIDEBAND, where the input have a level greater than 50dB above that of the wanted
impedance is 2000 ohms. signal to produce a cross- modulation of 3%. The ratio of
The antenna is tuned by a capacitor wanted to unwanted signal is improved up to 10% off tune at
marked AE TUNE on the right-hand side the rate of 3dB percent
of the front panel. This capacitor is Blocking With similar conditions to those for cross- modulation, an
switched out of circuit in both WIDE- unwanted signal F2 must be 60dB greater before the audio
BAND positions. The antenna circuitry output of the wanted signal F1 is reduced by 3dB due to
also features a five- position attenuator, blocking
covering a range of 0 to 40dB. The set, Selectivity Six alternative IF bandwidths are obtained via a selector
therefore, can be connected to most switch. Filter details are:
types of antenna and still have an —6dB — 66dB
excellent match. 1. 13kHz 35kHz
Input signals of between 0.98 and
2. 6.5kHz 22kHz
30MHz are fed via the RF amplifier and a
3. 3.0kHz 15kHz
30MHz lowpass filter to the first mixer
4. 1.2kHz 8kHz
(see M1 on the block diagram shown in
5. 0.3kHz Less than 2kHz
Fig 1) where they are mixed with the
output from the first Variable Frequency 6. 0.10kHz Less than 1.5kHz
Oscillator VFO-1 ( labelled MEGAHERTZ, Bandwidths five and six are obtained with crystal lattice
knob B). This oscillator has a frequency filters; differences in centre frequencies of these bandwidth
range of 41.5 to 69.5MHz. settings do not exceed 50Hz
The first IF stage is, in effect, a IF output 100kHz at 75 ohms impedance.
bandpass filter tuned to 40MHz ± 650kHz.
Therefore, according to the setting of

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 by Ken Michaelson G3RDG
then mixed with the output from VFO-1 in third mixer ( M3) with either the output provided for either line output or
the harmonic mixer. The mixer provides from VFO-2 ( labelled KILOHERTZ, knob 'phones and internal loudspeaker. Each
an output at 37.5MHz which is amplified A), or an external signal within the stage is provided with a level control. A
before passing through a bandpass filter frequency range of 3.6 to 4.6MHz to crystal calibrator is incorporated to
tuned to 37.5MHz, having a bandwidth of provide the third IF of 1.6MHz. This enable the scale of VFO-2 to be checked
±-150kHz. Because of this filter the 1.6MHz IF is mixed in the fourth mixer at 100kHz intervals when the VFO switch
setting of VFO-1 is restricted to an exact (M4) with the 1.7MHz output from the is set to INTERNAL. These checkpoints
number of megahertz plus 37.5MHz in 1.7MHz oscillator/amplifier to provide are obtained from a regenerative divider
order to give an output which is the fourth and final IF of 100kHz. controlled by the 1MHz crystal oscillator.
acceptable to both the filter and ampli- The final IF stages are preceded by
fier. Consequently the first VFO must be crystal lattice and LC filters which Audio signal
tuned in 1MHz steps. provide six alternative bandwidths. A The audio signal is applied to the
The 40MHz first IF signal is mixed in the separate signal and Automatic Gain control grid of V23B ( a 12AT7 or ECC81)
second mixer ( M2, see Fig 1) with the Control ( AGC) diode are used, and via the AF GAIN control. The output
37.5MHz output from the harmonic mixer alternative switched time- constants give transformer provides four separate out-
to produce an output consisting of a optimum conditions for either telegra- puts ( 1W into 3 ohms) and three windings
1MHz spectrum in the frequency range phy or telephony. There is also an supply 3mW into 600 ohms.
of 2-3MHz; this being the second IF. additional IF amplifier to give an The noise limiter circuitry does not, in
The input to the third mixer is independent output at 100kHz, if my opinion, compare with the circuits in
preceded by a pretuned bandpass filter. required. modern sets, but this is to be expected; it
The output from this filter is mixed in the Two independent audio stages are is a series circuit designed to operate at
30% modulation. When noise impulses
corresponding to high modulation peaks
IF output Level 0.2V approximate with automatic gain control in appear the voltage across the noise
operation. Two outlets in parallel are provided limiter diode V21 ( a 6AQ5 or EB91)
Image and With wideband or tuned input, external image signals are at changes from negative to positive,
spurious least 60dB down. Internally generated spurious responses causing the diode to stop conducting
responses are less than 2dB above noise level in all cases and open- circuiting the AF signal path.
Noise factor Better than 7dB The receiver does not have upper or
BFO range BFO range ± 8kHz lower sideband as we know them today,
BFO stability With constant ambient temperature and supply voltage, drift but it has a Beat Frequency Oscillator
(BFO) which can be adjusted with the
after warm-up does not exceed 50Hz. For input level
panel control to either plus or minus the
variations from 10/4.V to 1mV, BFO drift is negligible
frequency being received when the BFO
Automatic gain An increase in signal level of 20dB above 1mV improves the
is switched into circuit. This means that
control S/N ratio by 18dB. An increase in signal level of 100dB above
the operator has to adjust the required
1mV increases the AF output by less than 7dB
pitch of the SSB signal to hear intelligi-
Automatic gain Short: Charge 25 milliseconds
ble speech.
control time Discharge 200 milliseconds To receive lower sideband the BFO has
constants Long: Charge 200 milliseconds to be on the minus side and upper
Discharge 1 second sideband the positive side. You can
AF response With 13kHz bandwidth, response remains within ± 4dB from check the operation of the BFO by
250Hz to 6000Hz switching the bottom control, labelled
AF output 1. 2.5in speaker on front panel ( switched) SYSTEM SWITCH, to CHECK BFO. The
2. Two ' phone sockets in parallel on the front panel same control switches the AGC IN or
3. Three independent outputs of 3mW at 600 ohms at rear of OUT and also the calibrate circuit CAL.
chassis The primary of the mains transformer is
4. One output of 10mW at 600 ohms. Preset level is tapped to provide inputs of 100-125V and
independent of AF gain control setting 200-250V, and capacitors are provided to
5. One output of 1W at 3 ohms remove mains interference. A bridge-
connected full- wave rectifier is in circuit
Note: The two ' phone sockets are connected across one of
the 600 ohms, 3mW outlets to give the high tension voltages neces-
sary.
Distortion Not greater than 5% at 10mW output, 1000Hz
Not greater than 10% at 1W output, 1000Hz
Operation
Hum level With AF gain control at maximum, the hum level should be no
I have been accustomed to modern
worse than 40dB below rated output ( 1W)
receivers and transceivers, where there
Noise limiter A series noise limiter can be switched into operation to is a number of very small controls to
provide limiting at modulation levels exceeding 30% work, so it takes time to operate knobs
Meter indication Alternative switching for indication of signal carrier level. AF which go ' clunk' and require physical
Output level or ' S' meter indication effort to move.
Power supply 100-125V or 200-250V, 45-65Hz. The convenience of having 1MHz of
Power consumption is 100W approximately coverage stretched out to 145ft is very
Dimensions Height Width Depth helpful. The drift figures are the same as
For rack mounting 10.5in ( 267mm) 19in ( 482.5mm) 20.125in ( 510mm) those quoted by Racal, and since the
Fitted cabinet 12in ( 305mm) 20.5in ( 520mm) 21.875in ( 556mm) cursor or marker line for the scale is
Weight adjustable, it is possible to get an
Rack mounted 62Ib ( 28kg) accurate frequency reading which stays
in cabinet 92Ib ( 42kg) put after the warm up period.
Environment Operating temperature range 0°C to + 55°C An interesting facet of the RA 117E is
Storage temperature range — 20°C to + 70°C the combination of the AERIAL TUNE
and AERIAL RANGE MHz controls.

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A USER REVIEW
These allowed virtually any type of amazing in operation, taking into external speaker and the 1W 3 ohm
antenna to be tuned for peak perform- account the age of the receiver. When output.
ance. listening to CW, careful tuning and the It is possible to receive and print good
During the review period, high winds use of either the 300Hz or 100Hz filter quality fax weather pictures from various
brought down my 80m dipole antenna, so positions cuts out interference. It is also stations and for considerable periods of
I had to manage with half of it attached to possible to receive SSB transmissions time without any need to adjust the
the top edge of a window frame. using the 1.2kHz filter position, thereby tuning. One reason for this is the
Nevertheless, there was no difference in reducing QRM from any adjoining sta- strength of the chassis.
the sensitivity on all ranges; 28MHz tion to reasonable levels. The quality of I had occasion to remove the base and
particularly, was very much alive. the audio is good enough to listen to side- plates of the receiver to clear an
The six filter positions are quite home or overseas broadcasts, using an intermittent contact in the AERIAL
RANGE MHz control, and it really was an
Fig 1. The RA 117E block diagram eye-opener. Aluminium castings at least
1/
8in thick contained all the main stages

of the set; a great difference from

modern units.

Conclusion
I hesitate to say it but having been
spoilt by modern technology, I missed
the availability of some memories! It is
interesting to note that all the valves in
the receiver, twenty-four in all, are still
current types and are available from
suppliers who advertise in amateur radio
magazines. At the time of writing this
article, a complete set of new valves
costs only £ 49.20!
For anyone who, like me, is fond of
classic machinery, I suggest that if you
find a Racal receiver for sale, then buy it.
Your time won't be wasted and you will
enjoy operating it.

ATI110
fDon't miss the February issue on sale 25 January
• The User Review All the
Regulars:
Ken Michaelson G3RDG reviews the
Second-hand
Philips D2935 World Receiver
World Of Data
• An American Adventure DX Diary
Trevor Morgan GW4OXB travels to the Project Book
USA and visits the ARRL Convention in Short Wave
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amateur radio equipment

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Happy New Decade! As we enter the were still disturbed during the contest you read this. The latest plans had them
'903 it is hard to predict just how HF although many Pacific stations were establishing two quite separate operat-
operation will develop. Packet radio and worked, even on 10m. Over the next few ing locations on the island to give world-
other data modes will undoubtedly play weeks the sun settled down nicely, and wide coverage, and it was hoped that
an increasing part in our activities, not 10m produced good signals from A35ML, additional operators would join the
only as HF modes but on VHF in the form ZK2HP and others. operation to take advantage of the five
of DX alerting nets and giving us ' on line' At the other end of the spectrum, sets of Icom equipment at its disposal.
access to propagation predictions, QSL 9M8AX and ZS8MI ( Marion Island) were The callsign should be 3Y5X.
information and other useful facilities. worked on topband in early October, The plan was to operate all bands and
Computers will also have an impact on which is an encouraging sign. modes, but with the prime aim of giving
our HF DXing. Most HF transceivers are Iris and Lloyd Colvin showed up as out a Bouvet contact to as many as
now fitted with an RS232 interface to 5U7OL ( Niger) at the start of their latest possible, rather than just helping the ' top
allow remote control which, in the tour which will take in Burkino-Faso, guns' to fill out a few more slots.
extreme, will allow HF operators to site Bahrain, New Zealand and Tahiti, with At the time of writing, substantial funds
their shack on a remote hilltop farm and three to four weeks at each stop- over. had been promised from Japan to help
operate it via UHF link from their Erik SMOAGD showed up from 3C the operation get off the ground.
suburban home. And, of course, software (Guineau) and S9, using his usual Contributions from the UK amounted to
for contest logging, propagation predic- operating technique of listening on less than 0.4% of the whole, though the
tions, antenna modelling and much more several spot frequencies such as 28510, fund-raising exercise by G4DY0 of the
is already commonplace. 520, 530 etc. DX News Sheet should have helped
Bad news for HF? I don't know. I boost this figure.
suppose plenty of peopte said that when Most wanted countries The Grupo Argentina DX will be
SSB started to take over from AM ( and as The American DX Magazine recently putting some unusual prefixes on the air
all my early phone excursions on to HF published the results of its 1989 Coun- during January, February and March.
were on AM I suppose that dates me!). To tries Wanted survey. Not surprisingly, These will include L73GADX, and twenty-
enjoy these new developments the Albania and Burma continue to top the six stations signing LQ1DX to LQ26DX.
secret will be to rise to the challenge, list. Albania was last on in 1971, while K3RV is reported to be in Liberia for a
and take advantage of them to improve Burma hasn't been activated since 1965 two-year assignment. He will sign
our operating success. In any case, some when Don Miller's operation took place EL2CX.
of them may well be counterproductive. (and there has since been some doubt OH2MCN is in the Pacific rjght now,
An ' alert' via VHF packet of a rare DX about whether he was actually in the and should show up from Fiji as 3D2VD
station will bring an instant pile-up of country). Bouvet Island ranks third for from 31 December until 3 January.
ridiculous proportions, so the secret to European DXers, though hopefully the SM7PKK, also in the Pacific, is due to
success will be careful listening to be in Norwegian and US expeditions should appear from Tuvalu ( T2) from 10 to 23
there and work the DX before the push Bouvet well down the rankings. January.
armchair DXers are alerted to what is Bouvet was last on the air in March 1979. All these dates for Pacific operations
about. The rest of the top ten, in descending should be taken with a pinch of salt.
Of course, some of the challenges on order of rarity ( with date of last activity in Travel between the various islands
HF remain as mundane as ever. While brackets) are: South Sandwich, PDR of seems to be something of a hit or miss
band conditions during the CQWW SSB Yemen ( 1967), Bhutan, Afghanistan affair at the best of times, and dates can
contest were a great improvement on the (1973), Spratly ( 1983), Malpelo ( 1983) and easily change as boats are delayed or
preceding week, the same couldn't be Bangladesh ( 1981). There is no sign of planes cancelled.
said for the weather. I know of at least many of these putting in an appearance Within these limitations, the various
three UK amateurs who lost their in the near future, though we can remain Scandinavian operators who are in the
antennas mid-contest because of the optimistic. One bright spot, though. The Pacific this season have been doing a
high winds, and those of us operating Colombian club is hoping to make a big good job and have been paying attention
GJ6UW from a clifftop site in Jersey effort from Malpelo this year. to the needs of European amateurs to
struggled to keep the antennas aloft in The European list also shows high work these rare ones while propagation
winds of 100mph! rankings for a number of Pacific coun- is favourable.
For the most part we succeeded, tries such as Midway, Palmyra and
setting a new British Isles record for the Central Kiribati which are much lower on WARC bands
multi- single category ( and beating the the list for US and Japanese DXers. This Activity on 18 and 24MHz has increased
previous British Isles multi- multi record is a reflection of the difficulty of working considerably of late, helped by the
into the bargain). I don't know how other the Pacific from Europe. Hopefully release of the bands to amateurs in the
UK amateurs got on, though I understand DXpeditioners in the Pacific will take USSR. During October UK amateurs
GW4BLE yet again achieved a high score notice of this, and make a special effort were able to work KH6JEB/KH7, 5W1VB
in the single- operator all- band category. for Europe. and other exotic DX on 18M Hz.
These bands also lend themselves well
November DX DX news to long ragchews because interference
Just before the October contest there The Norwegian operation from Bouvet levels are low and there is an absence of
was a massive solar flare, and conditions Island should be in full swing by the time contest activity.

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USSR bureaux
Geoff Watts, well-known for his various
DXing aids, has produced a new list
giving full address information for the
many QSL bureaux which are now
springing up in the individual regions of
the USSR. The list costs 25p in stamps
and complements Geoff's existing
Oblast list ( costing £1.00). Geoff's
address is 62 Belmore Road, Norwich,
Norfolk NR7 OPU.

Congratulations
Only one UK amateur gained DXCC in
the October listings in OST Magazine,
and that was GOFUS. However, the same
issue carried the results of the 1989
ARRL DX Contests in which Al G3FXB
came world sixth ( and highest placed
European) in the CW leg and Steve VP5T
(G3YDV) was world third in the phone
leg.
Other notable UK scores were
achieved by Ian G3WVG, who operated
as GW4BLE to come world third on 10m
CW, and Stuart G4CNY, who was world The 40m beam goes up at GJ6UW in Jersey
fifth on 15m CW and world fourth on 15m
phone. Awards (Chilean territories are CE1-8, CE9
This month I want to mention some of Antarctica, CE9 South Pole, CEO Easter
Contests the awards available for working South Island, CEO Juan Fernandez, CEO San
A number of national contests take American stations. South America is one Feliz and CE maritime mobile stations.)
place during January, but the main one is of the easiest parts of the world to work The Valparaiso Award is for contacts
probably the UBA Contest, the CW leg of from Europe, though getting the QSL with ten Chilean stations, the last letters
which is on 27-28 January, and the phone cards can be rather more difficult. of whose calls spell the word VALPAR-
leg on 24-25 February. The contest runs The 3ZN Diploma is issued by the AISO. The contacts must be spread
from 1300GMT for twenty-four hours, Bogota Section of LCRA, Apartado 584, across at least eight of the Chilean call
covers 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80m, and has Bogota, Colombia, for working 20 HJ3 areas.
single-operator, multi-op and QRP cate- (novice) stations since 1 January 1988. Finally, the Zone 12 Award is a
gories. Exchange RS(T) + serial number. The fee is four I RCs or $2.00. handcrafted copper plate award granted
Contacts with ON, DA1 and DA2 The HK4 Diploma is issued by the to all stations who work twelve different
stations score ten points, with other EEC Medellin Section of LCRA, Apartado- zones, on any band, of which oné must be
stations three points and with the rest of Aereo 51900, Medellin, for contacts with zone 12. The cost is $5.00 to cover
the world one point. All Belgian pro- fifty different municipalities/towns in postage, from Radio Club de Chile,
vinces and prefixes, plus all EEC mem- Colombia. Casilla 13630, Correo 21, Santiago de
ber countries, count as multipliers, The HK5 Diploma, issued by the Cali Chile, Chile.
making a total of forty-two per band. Logs Section of LCRA, Apartado 6149, Cali, is QSL cards are not required for any of
should be sent to ON6JG within thirty for contacting five HK5 stations since the awards I have mentioned this month.
days after the contest. January 1957. Send a GCR list instead. In other words, a
An award will be issued to the highest The Diploma Fundacion de Cali ( same list showing details of the contacts
scoring station in each class in each address) is for contacts made on 25 July concerned, signed by two other radio
country and EEC trophies will go to the each year ( commemorating the founding amateurs or an official of a recognised
single-op, multi- band winner in each leg. of Cali). Work the three official stations radio club ( normally your national
The other major contest is the CQWW HK5VD, 5J5VD and 5K5VD, plus any other awards manager).
160. The dates for the CW and SSB legs five HK5 stations on the same date. That's it for this month. Providing the
are 26-28 January and 23-25 February The Diploma HK7 issued by the sun doesn't get too restless we should be
respectively. The contests start at Bucaramanga Section of LCRA, Apar- in for a good year on the HF bands.
2200hrs on the Friday and end at 1600hrs tado Aereo 57, Bucaramanga, is for
on the Sunday. There are single and contacts with six HK7 stations plus the
multi-op categories. US and Canadian special station HK7LRB. Don't miss the
stations send RS(T) plus state or area. DX Fee for all Colombian awards is $2.00 or
stations just send RS(T) unless there may equivalent. next issue of
be confusion about their country. The Radio Club of Valparaiso, PO Box
Scoring is two points for a contact with 3016, Valparaiso, Chile, sponsors a series
your own country, five points for other of awards. There is no set fee but, again, a
countries in the same continent, and ten figure of $2.00 or more is suggested to
points for inter- continental contacts. cover costs. The Southern Cross Award
The multiplier is the total of US states, is issued in three classes as follows:
Canadian areas and DXCC countries ( not Class A — contact three Chilean territor-
including the US and Canada). Maritime ies ( see below) and fifteen other coun- On Sale
mobile contacts also count as multi- tries in the southern hemisphere.
pliers. Logs should be sent to Don Class B — five and forty-five as above. 25th January 1990
McClenon N4IN. Class C — six and sixty as above.

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14
 DESIGN
AND USE OF DIP ETERS
In the third part of his series Joe Pritchard
looks at using a dip meter as a passive instrument
As we've seen in the first two articles in meters s that they need to exhibit a good frequency multiplier stages. Let's look at
this series, the dip oscillator works on enough Q to absorb energy at the how we might use a dip meter to set up a
the simple principle of indication of frequency of interest. simple transmitter driver, like that shown
absorbed energy. The meter can be used in block form in Fig 2. The oscillator is a
in two ways, either as a passive instru- Use as a passive instrument crystal unit working around 25.2MHz,
ment or an active instrument. When used in the passive mode, the dip with a transformer coupling to a fre-
When used passively, the dip oscillator meter is not generating RF. Most quency doubler to give an output
acts simply as an absorption wavemeter commercial dip meters have a setting for frequency of 50.4MHz.
(Fig 1) and provides no RF energy itself. passive use, often called ' Wavemeter' or
To use a meter passively thus requires a 'Diode' on the control of the meter. The Setting up the oscillator
source of RF energy at the frequencies sensitivity control will often have an The dip meter is set into passive mode,
of interest, and the meter simply absorbs effect on the size of the meter deflection, and an appropriate coil ( covering
some of the energy and uses it to actuate but the instructions you get with your dip 25MHz) is selected and the oscillator
a meter. meter will indicate whether or not this is powered up. The coil of the dip meter can
In the active mode, the oscillator so. be positioned near to the ' live' end of the
generates RF energy and the meter The most obvious use of a dip meter in transformer coupling ( L1) and the dip
indicates energy absorbed from the RF passive mode is in testing oscillators or meter tuned for maximum deflection of
oscillator by the circuit under test.
The dip oscillator can be used only to
measure circuit parameters of compo-
nents or circuits that exhibit some
degree of resonance within the range of
frequencies covered by the meter. A dip
meter is not used to measure compo-
nents which are purely resistive,
although components with capacitive or
inductive reactance can be tested with a
dip meter if the component concerned is
formed into a resonant circuit first, as we
shall see later. Circuit elements such as
transmission lines, aerials or feeders
may also be tested with dip oscillators
because these exhibit lumped' resonant
characteristics.
The only other comment to make about
the types of circuit examined by dip Fig 1: Typical absorption wavemeter

Fig 2: Setting up a driver chain

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DESIGN AND USE OF DIP METERS
the meter. This deflection may not be too
large in low power circuits, but will be
detectable.
The accuracy of dip meters, by the way,
isn't adequate for actually setting up a
transmitter on the band; a crystal-
controlled reference is needed for that,
as per your licence.

Coupling between coils

The dip meter coil should not be too
close to the oscillator coil, as the tighter
the coupling between the dip meter and
the circuit under test, the broader the
'dip' ( or in this case, the peak meter
reading) will be. This is because the tight
coupling effectively reduces the Q of the
tuned circuit, and in extreme cases
overtight coupling between a passive dip
oscillator and a circuit can cause
changes in the tested circuit's Fig 3: Using a signal generator
behaviour. The coupling will be roughly
proportional to the distance between the
coils, and the closer they are the tighter
the coupling will be. Of course, loose
coupling will also give a weaker meter
reading when used as a passive meter.
If you find it difficult to get responses,
try altering the orientation of the dip coil
with respect to the circuit under test. If
all else fails, connect a piece of insulated
wire to the circuit under test and loop it
loosely round the dip meter coil to
increase the coupling. This is nota good
idea at higher frequencies, because the
presence of the coupling wire will almost
certainly detune the circuit under test!

Tweaking for maximum power Fig 4: Checking directivity

In this example, we need to tune the
output transformer of the oscillator for oscillator may be generating consider- from the doubler will principally be 25.2,
resonance at the desired frequency of able amounts of harmonic energy as well 50.4 and 75.6MHz, plus a few low-level
operation. In this case, this is 25.2MHz, as the fundamental. mixer products and fourth and fifth
but in some circuits the frequency harmonics.
selected here may be an harmonic of the Frequency multiplier circuits We need to tune the slug of the output
crystal frequency. Whatever the fre- A frequency multiplier is simply an coil for maximum peak at around 50MHz,
quency, however, the dip meter can be amplifier biased so as to generate again taking care not to couple the two
used to tweak the transformer resonant harmonics of its input frequency. A tuned circuits too closely. Once this is
frequency to that required— this is one of circuit at the output is then tuned to the achieved, you can tune the dip meter
those jobs that often needs three hands! desired harmonic. In the case described across a range of frequencies and check
By using the meter, we can tune the here, we are doubling the frequency, and the doubler output for responses at 25,75
transformer to the desired crystal har- so the output tuned circuit needs to be and 100MHz: these should all be less
monic frequency by making sure that the set to 50.4MHz. To do this using the meter pronounced than the 50MHz signal.
peak reading on the dip meter occurs at in the passive mode, select a coil and
the expected place on the dial. This is adjust the dip meter to a frequency Use with a signal generator
quite important in cases where the around 50MHz. The output frequencies You can use a passive dip meter in

Fig 5: Tuning an aerial

GDO
RF

Aerial
under
tern
Dipole

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conjunction with a signal generator to passive meter in this role. The first is reading needs to be taken with you as far
test resonant circuits as shown in Fig 3. where the aerial under test - say a VHF away from the dipole as is possible, as
The techniques used are, however, beam aerial - is connected to the otherwise your presence is likely to
similar to those used when just using the transmitter and the dip meter is con- detune the dipole!
dip meter alone in an active way, so I'll nected to a dipole as shown in Fig 4. This
leave discussion of this area of use until set up allows us to explore the directivity Initial setting up of an aerial
later in the series. of the aerial, as described below, but If a new aerial has been constructed, a
isn't too good for the initial setting up of passive dip meter can be used in
Use as a field strength meter aerials, as you might end up pushing RF conjunction with a transmitter to fine
You can use a passive dip meter as a into a mismatched aerial. tune the aerial by adjusting element
field strength meter to help set up aerials Fig 5 shows the ' opposite' way of doing lengths etc. The dip meter is loosely
or the output circuits of transmitters, as things; the aerial under test is loosely coupled to the aerial under test, and is
briefly described earlier. One point to coupled to the dip meter and the positioned a few metres away from a
note about using the dip meter as a field transmitter is connected to a simple radiating dipole at the frequency of
strength meter is that the response is dipole to radiate a signal. interest. You can now adjust the aerial
likely to be non-linear; that is, a change In either case, the tests must be done for maximum meter reading, again taking
in signal strength of the same magnitude so that at least a couple of wavelengths care that you yourself do not detune the
but at different levels of signal strength of distance are put between the two aerial under test by being too close to it
is likely to give different changes in the aerials, and both aerials should be a when making the meter reading. It's
meter reading, thus making quantitative good distance from any earthed conduc- again important to remove other conduc-
measurements difficult unless you can tors. In a perfect world, of course, we'd tors from the immediate vicinity of the
absolutely calibrate the meter. test the aerials in their operating aerial under test.
When used to set up aerials, the positions.
following points need to be taken into Checking for RF leaks
account. Checking directivity We're supposed to check our station
Because we're using the meter in This is done with the transmitter for sources of RFI occasionally, and one
passive mode, a source of RF will be feeding the aerial under test, with the way to do this is to ' sniff around' for RF
required. This is typically going to be a dipole connected to the dip meter being using the dip meter as a field strength
transmitter which should be radiating. placed at different points around the meter when transmitting into a dummy
This should be of as little power as is aerial under test. A simple graph can load. For example, most homebrew gear
practicable - a few hundred milliwatts is then be plotted of signal strength against will give a few out of band signals which
often more than enough. position. are too low to cause problems, but you
There are two approaches to using the One point to note is that the meter could always try and reduce them.

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 oy H GH ALLISO\ G3XSE
Valve extender cards The good news gets better. There is a myself, where is the trace with no input?
I recently bought a Solartron CD1400 proper speaker fitted, and recovered Better put it down to the bottom of the
'scope at Cranfield, not working, for audio isn't too bad at all. Incidentally the screen. Here comes the dumb move, I
£3.00. Don't know why I bought it really, I button to ' bring in' the speaker, ie, tone heroically switched the ' scope input
suppose ' cos it was cheap. Although it's call defeat is often blanked off — simply coupling to ground.
an old valve ' scope it is a true dual beam, lever out the small plastic bung on the I was really startled when smoke
ie, there are two guns in the tube; it ain't right-hand side near the top. started coming out of the receiver. Big
chopped or alternate. I've no idea what The ON/OFF switch is located on the white clouds of it. I'd done nothing
the bandwidth is supposed to be, but front of the pager, just below the wrong, something must have blown. My
those that come my way seem to fade nameplate. The dual action switch on the lightning reactions were demonstrated
away at about 10 or 12MHz nowadays, side is the speaker/vibrator. The vibrator as I switched off the mains.
though that could be a feature of their is to prevent the machine disrupting, say, Suddenly I saw the problem. A times
age. a meeting or concert when the ' beep' one ( x1) probe into a ' scope and the
The score is Solartron two, Allison nil. might distract others. In the vibrate input was switched to ground. I'd shorted
In other words, it has two faults and after position the thing shakes when acti- the HT out through the IF coil via the
twenty minutes I've not found the vated. 'scope — lucky for me I'd only burnt out a
sources of either of ' em. The faults are no For the more adventurous, I've also decoupling resistor. I've been repairing
timebase and no X amp ( trace exits stage come across the tone signalling base stuff for more than twenty years and have
right PDQ). I couldn't be bothered to sort station bit — often for sale without a never shorted things out with a ' scope
out the circuit diagram — well buried after matching transmitter. These ' big phone' probe into a grounded input. I've been
years of non-use. looking things are famous brutes; inside living on borrowed time! I thought all
I decided to tackle the lack of X action there are processors and other ICs 'scopes disconnected the input when in
first, one anode in the amp ( and galore. Again, dirt cheap — a couple of the ground position.
consequently X plate) is at 30V and the quid should bag you one. Perhaps they're
other at 300V. Valves out, both 300V. The ideal for a contest group or Raynet etc. The FR400?
one at 300V obviously ain't turned on. I try Good modern kit, well designed and The IF coil had a shorted turn. I
to go round the valve pins, valve in, from available at a reasonable price, worth couldn't find a replacement so I used an
the top, measuring the volts with an avo. looking out for. old 455kHz coil from a scrap mains, valve
This is because I can't get to the receiver. The can didn't fit, but the coil
underside, you understand. Trouble is Stupid came off the former. I then fitted the
the bloody valve needs to be out of its It's amazing how totally and utterly FR400 former, which is a cheap repair.
socket by an eighth of an inch to get the stupid one can be at times. At the Harlow
probe in and it keeps falling out. Rally I bought a Yaesu FRDX400 receiver, Salsho S'W5000
The odd rude word slips out as a not working, for £20.00. A CB'er in the This is a ' bit bigger than a library book'
passer-by stops to enjoy the scene. ' What village I live in had expressed an interest sized, synthesised receiver. As well as
you need,' he says facetiously, ' is a valve in listening to the amateur bands. He your normal domestic stuff, long wave,
extender card.' didn't know what he wanted to listen to, medium wave and VHF ( also in stereo
I think, why not? Less than a minute locals on 2m or the DX stuff on 14MHz through the headphones only), there is
later I've soldered a B9A plug to a B9A SSB, thus the FRDX400 seemed ideal. short wave. Short wave can be the
socket, and it's easy! Why have I never This receiver has more HF bands built 'domestic' or broadcast bands, where
done this before? Bingo, no volts to grid in than you can shake a stick at, plus 2 and you step from band to band, or con-
one of the triode bit ( we are playing with 6m and a built-in FM adaptor. tinuous tuning, where you get the
ECF8Os — there are yards of ' em in a I must also admit to being a bit of a amateur bands as well. You can use the
CD1400). Open circuit resistor. Score skinflint. I was going to let him borrow it receiver's tuning knob or have direct
should now be Solartron two, Allison one on free long term loan, but I couldn't entry via the keyboard.
but when I plug it back in the whole thing bring myself to invest more than £20.00 in The good news is that there is a BFO to
is up and running, one of life's little his education — not really the right enable SSB and CW reception, though
mysteries. attitude but, at the time, I didn't know him with the 1kHz synthesiser steps you
too well and he might have done a bunk might assume that tuning in SSB is
Contactor with it! difficult. In action, it isn't. You soon get
These are ' bleepers' or pocket pagers. Anyway, dead FRDX400 on the bench. used to a ' tune it in as near as you can on
They are brown, measure 5in x 2in x 3 4 in
/ Wires off all over the place. I soldered the tuning then tweak the BFO' arrange-
and are made by SRA in Stockholm, 'em back on and followed the signal ment. Coverage is continuous up to
Sweden. They are freely available on the through from the aerial socket with the 30M Hz.
surplus market, priced from £ 2.00 to £ 5.00 'scope. Did I mention that there was a This rig is used with a ferrite aerial for
tops. All of the examples I've come faint response on the right frequency to a long and medium wave, up to about
across still have an internal 6V Ni - Cad 1V input signal? 2MHz, then a telescopic array for the
fitted and wired in — they seem All went well through to the last IF: rest. There is a switch for an external
indestructible, too. volts, IF flavoured, on grid, lots. Anode? aerial, plus an appropriate socket. The
What's the excitement? Well, these Nothing. Strange waveform though, changeover at 2MHz from one aerial to
pagers are super little FM UHF receivers. 'scope was on ac coupling. I left the the other may be the cause of them being
As they come they are on about 415MHz, 'scope probe clipped on the anode and a bit down about this frequency. I've seen
but 70cm operation is only a tweak away. flicked he ' scope input coupling from ac portables with more sparkling reception
The IF is 21.4MHz. The sensitivity is well to dc — trace jumped off screen moving on top band and/or HF marine, though
below the microvolt and, no doubt due to vertically. I wound the attenuator things have definitely perked up by
the recent circuit design, they are vastly (volts/cm) switch round to 50V/box to 1.6MHz ( going lower) and 2.5MHz ( going
superior to a pocket phone. measure the HT on the valve. I thought to up).

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 The other moan is a bit of second me small units with no spare space and Cranfield boot sale
channel; in comes medium wave sta- dead, unobtainable audio chips, pocket Still coming up, this rally was generally
tions, admittedly well down, when you monitors, portable radios, transceivers, agreed to be not as good as Old Warden
are searching about 300kHz. That's it, and the like. These boards are a but a good close second. The pitch size
please remember that nothing is perfect godsend; just wire in an earth, a rail, one given was extremely generous, probably
and, viewed against what the set is wire up the wiper of the volume control — about 20ft long for each entrant and
capable of, these complaints are small the last off to the speaker— and the thing there was more than enough room to get
indeed. is repaired. I don't know why these about. Quite a few traders sold out within
On 14 and 21MHz, wow! There is boards were scrapped, nearly every one an hour or two. Cranfield is a very active
excellent reception of respectably weak works first time; those that don't have the airfield and there was plenty to watch in
signal SSB stations; they roar in, on the speaker coupling capacitor ( 220i.LF or the skies as well as in the selling area —
rig's own aerial, just sitting in the garden. greater) missing. parachutes, helicopters and vintage
Batteries are U2 sized and last forever. aircraft all buzzing about.
Prices? New ones are still available for Zycomm FM26:U There were bargains galore available
about a ton, give or take the odd ' sale'. These are FM UHF ' military style' hand from a long line of car booters— too many
Second-hand I've seen them sell at portables. Most are army green col- over too large an area for an accurate
£35.00 to £ 55.00. oured, and the case is metal. Rugged? count but I'd guess there were over 100
say, I bought some at Cranfield and gave present.
Doll's cookers one to my small son to carry back. He ran Absolute Al bargain of the day was a
No, don't laugh. I'm perfectly serious, back to the van, 200yd away, dragging it Bird thruline ( with a selection of plug-
now let me out of this straight- jacket. by its strap along the ground ( a runway ins) for £ 12.00.1 turned down two offers of
These are small boards, about 3in perimeter track). When I examined it £100.00 before I got it back to the van!
square, which contain a sound synth- later there were only a few chips on the
esiser chip, plus an LM386 audio output paintwork and the thing worked per- Catalogue returns
chip. The board is fairly distinctive, ' cos it fectly. Quite a few traders at rallies sell the
has eight 1 in high pins in two rows of So what are they? The PA transistor is a catalogue returns stuff — kettles, radios,
four. It is designed to fit into a plastic 2SC652. This is rated as 750mW up to irons, hair- dryers, and the like. A lot of
cooker moulding, and all the kid has to do 800MHz, and makes a mockery of the them have personal stereo cassette
is put on a pan to get various cooking stated ' 5W out' claimed by some dealers. players, often at reasonable prices, say a
noises out of it. The different sounds All the examples I've examined seem quid or so, sold as seen, ie, not working.
come about by each pan having a eager enough to give about 1W, but These normally contain two chips: one
conductive surface on its underside, the wouldn't push it any harder. 70cm is only is motor speed control and the other is
different resistance causes different a good tweak away after adding the for the audio — the BA3506A is common.
sounds. Its attraction is that the boards appropriate crystal. The volume control is only a single pot,
are dirt cheap, often 10p a go, and I've The receiver is a dual conversion yet it controls both channels. It also
even haggled the price down to 5p for superhet, 21.4MHz first IF, 455kHz for the feeds a dc level which the chip uses to
bulk buys. They seem to be available in second. It seems keen to do about the set an audio attenuator, one in each
vast quantities and I've bought them microvolt; quite reasonable. channel. Ditto the graphic equaliser, it's
from several traders. Sure, they are old and big — 9 x 3 x 2in, all done with dc levels. The ' top' of the dc
What use are they? Well, after the but they take a row of standard pencel I level is often obtained by a resistor of a k
initial fun of firing them up with a resistor Ni -Cads and are easy to work on — plenty or so from the rail, decoupled by a couple
soldered across two pins ( 4.7k is a good of room. By the way, the quaintly labelled of hundred p.Fs, or thereabouts.
place to start) and leaving them running LED ' Battery Empty' triggers on below For some reason this electrolytic has a
under seats in friends' cars, in fridges, 9V. charming tendency to go short. No
behind TVs etc, the attraction of the No crystals, ex service, they cost from voltages on the pot, the chip thinks no
LM386 becomes more interesting. This is £15.00 to £25.00, which seems to be the volume out is required, and the thing
conveniently positioned in one corner of going rate. A mobile mount with built-in appears dead. The number I've had in
the board and a little delicate surgery charger is available and adds a few quid where people say ' There's no volume so
with a hack- saw will cut off a very useful to the price. Fully converted to 70cm, I've changed the chip but it still doesn't
fully componented, ready to work, post- with some crystals of use to you, perhaps work.' A few seconds with an avo, 2.5V dc
age stamp- sized, audio amplifier, work- £35.00 tops. A good, solid, reliable and range, across the volume pot ( look for
ing on supplies running from 5 to 12V. well made bit of kit that you could bang roughly 1V) and the wasted expense of
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STARTING ON lOGHz
Part Two
by Glen Ross G8MWR
First of all let me explain what can be is found by dividing 150 by the distance in equivalent to moving from dc to the 6m
millimetres. Greater accuracy can be band! The current taken by the Gunn
achieved using cheap and simple gear
and describe the type of head to look for. obtained by going through several nulls diode is around 100mA and this is why the
and averaging the distance. An accuracy regulator does not need a heatsink.
Remember that we are using the gear
of ± 10MHz can be achieved with care, The modulator is built around a single
with a very small aerial system, so we are
which is more than good enough when BC108 transistor. The audio signal from
talking ranges of only a few miles.
you consider the wide range of the the microphone is taken to the base of
The head shown in Fig 1 is readily
electrical tuning system. the transistor and an amplified copy is
available at rallies. The longer section
contains the Gunn oscillator which acts developed across the collector load
as both the transmitter and receiver local The circuit resistor VR1. From here the signal is
The full system is shown in Fig 2 and taken via a capacitor to the top end of the
oscillator. The shorter section contains
should not frighten even the most tuning control VR2. The superimposed
the mixer diode and decoupling capaci-
hesitant constructor. The basis of the audio feeds through the regulator, so
tors.
circuit design is the 7805 voltage regula- causing the Gunn voltage to have an
tor and VR2, the tuning control. With VR2 audio content. This wobbles' the fre-
Limitations
set to zero ohms the regulator provides quency of the oscillator and so gives a
These assemblies are coupled to a
the minimum 5V supply required by the wideband FM signal. By adjusting VR1
small horn aerial with a gain of about 4dB.
Gunn diode. As the resistance of VR2 is any amount of deviation can be applied.
This is where the major limitation comes
increased the Gunn voltage rises to a Simple, isn't it?
in because it is more usual to use a dish
aerial with a gain of around 30dB. maximum of about 10V.
Unfortunately there is little one can do to From last month's article we know that Receiving
the frequency changes with voltage and, The receiving circuitry employs an
improve the aerial gain of these units,
in fact, we get a tuning range of about even simpler design. The only require-
because they use a non-standard wave-
60MHz with this voltage swing. This is ment is to match the output of the mixer
guide size.
The second, but easily overcome
problem isthat in the original application Mixer
the unit relied on reflections from an connection
intruder to provide the required local
oscillator injection voltage, so without
such external assistance the injection
level may be too low.
Receive section

Injection Horn
assembly
To check if sufficient mixer current is
available, connect a supply of 8V positive Coarse Oscillator section
to the Gunn diode and then measure the tuning
screw tag
current from the mixer diode to earth.
This should be at least 0.25mA but it is
likely to be a lot less than this. The mixer
current can be increased by fitting a
small metal plate to the front edge of the Fine tune O lmounting feet
horn so that some of the signal is
reflected from the Gunn diode into the Output matching screw
mixer. The exact size and position of this Gunn diode connection
plate needs a little experimentation. The
idea is to use the smallest plate possible Fig 1: Microwave head assembly
so as to limit the closing up effect on the
end of the horn aerial. Fig 2: Circuit diagram

On the band?
The head as supplied will be set on the
alarm frequency of around 10.7GHz and
will need retuning down the band to
around 10.4GHz. The rough tuning screw
will require about one and a half turns. A
more accurate method is shown in Fig 4.
The metal plate is moved until a
minimum reading is shown on the meter
and the position of the plate is marked.
The plate is then moved further away
until another null is found and this
second position is marked. The distance
between the two points is then measured
in millimetres, and the frequency in GHz

JANUARY 1990
20 please mention AMATEUR RADIO when replying to any advertisement
diode into the receiver you are going to tune all the adjustments to obtain the However, this can be easily improved by
use as the IF strip. This is done using the best signals. Do not use too much volume fitting a low noise preamp close to the
coil marked L1 in the circuit diagram, on receive, otherwise your microphone mixer diode. Any of the normal 144MHz
which gives an impedance step-down will pick up the signal and send it round circuits will work well, since all that is
ratio of 4:1. This coil and its associated the system again. If taken too far this required is to add a couple of turns to the
output capacitor should be mounted results in the familiar audio howling tuning coils so that the preamp can be
directly on the head and connected to effect often heard on stage. The very tuned over the range of 90-105MHz. The
the BC receiver via a short piece of thin best results are obtained if you use an tap on the input coil should be set about
50 ohm coax cable. aircraft-type headphone set with a built- one turn higher up the coil than normal to
in microphone, because there is no allow for the higher impedance, about
BC receiver chance of howling and operating is a real 300 ohms, of the mixer diode.
Three small modifications are needed pleasure.
to the broadcast receiver. Conclusion
Firstly, remove the loudspeaker and Improvements This article has described a very basic
mount it on the front panel of the box The sensitivity of this basic system system which can be built cheaply. You
which contains the unit, extending the suffers because of the poor noise figure will be moving into new territory and
leads as required. of most cheap FM broadcast receivers. there is a lot to learn. Have fun.
Secondly, remove the volume control;
the PCB tags which went to the original
control should then be wired to a
suitable front panel- mounted control of
the same value as the original one.
The third step is to remove the
extendable rod aerial from the set and
connect the inner of the coax from the
mixer to the point the rod was connected
to. The outer of the coax should be taken
to the earth track on the PCB. The
receiver should be tuned to a spot on the
dial where there is no broadcast station
breakthrough. Fig 3 clearly shows the
layout of the sub units in the case.

Setting up
Set up the two units at a distance of 20-
30ft for the original tests and leave the
units running for about half an hour to let
the oscillators stabilise. Now set the
Gunn oscillator voltage on one unit to
about 7.5V, set VR1 to about half rotation
and the volume control for no audio
output.
On the second unit set the volume
control to give reasonable noise output Fig 3: Layout of suh units in case
and VR1 slider to the end of the track
furthest from the connection to the Fig 4: Frequency adjustment method
BC108. While one operator talks into the
microphone of unit one, the tuning of
unit two is varied until a signal is heard.
metal plate»
PSU
Adjustments
Adjust the deviation control (VR1) on 7.15V
unit one to obtain a well- modulated and
distortion- free signal at unit two. Now
turn up the volume control on unit one to
give a low audio output from the speaker
and, while still speaking into the unit one Plank or similar support
microphone, adjust the BC receiver *Plate must be kept vertical during tests
tuning on unit one until you can hear your
own voice in the speaker. You have now
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audio at both ends of the link. TR1 BC 108 C6 470pf 16V elect
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More range
As you increase the distances yóu are Li Twenty turns thin enamelled wire wound Vain diameter with a tap at ten turns
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 My sending plate dates from the 1920s.
I don't know if any of Professor Morse's
original instruments are held by private
collectors, but I believe examples made
to send early Austro - Germanic Morse
can be found in museums in Germany
and Austria.

Surplus can still satisfy

When I recently worked Jim Toon as
GMOFNH/M on 40m CW, I was intrigued
to learn he was using an ex- army RT-316
Lightweight HF Patrol Radio, dating from
the 1960s, which he bought about a year
ago from an army surplus store.
He kindly sent me a copy of his User
Handbook and I must say it has a lot to
offer the enthusiastic QRPer. Operating
on 12V dc, and putting out 4W, it has nine
switched, crystal controlled, basic fre-
quencies, over the range 2-7MHz. Each
basic frequency can be offset by a
second switch to give five frequencies
Tony Smith G4FAI takes his bimonthly about 2.5kHz apart, making a total of
forty-five working frequencies. For
look at the world of dots and dashes amateur use, of course, just three
crystals, giving five frequencies each
about this type of instrument and its around the ORP frequencies in top band,
Key collecting
In the winter issue of Morsum Magnifi- original use. 80m and 40m, would provide a good
cat, the journal for Morse enthusiasts, minimum coverage.
Colin Waters G3TSS offers a personal First hand-sending instrument For reception there are alternative
Another curio is a Morse- sending plate 300Hz or 6kHz bandwidths, the latter
viewpoint on key collecting which, he
says, can become a passion to exceed or consisting of raised brass strips repre- helping to overcome the difficulty
even suppress other radio- related inter- senting the symbols of the Morse code. experienced in transceiving with crystal
An electrically connected stylus is drawn control when the other station comes
ests. He offers useful guidance on
starting a collection, suggesting that in over the strips and the resulting electri- back slightly off- frequency or with poor
cal switching activates a signalling frequency stability. These sets are hard
view of the many types of key manufac-
tured over the years, specialisation in circuit. to find, but could represent a low cost
one area is the best approach. He points This device was invented by Samuel approach to QRPing for those not into
out that simply acquiring keys is just the Morse himself, in France in 1837, and can home- construction.
beginning. really be considered the very first hand-
'The excitement,' he says, ' can come sending instrument, pre- dating Alfred The Morse Machine
from studying the ways different manu- Vail's hand- key by some six years. It was I have been experimenting with my
apparently tried on some European lines new AEA MM- 3 Morse Machine and have
facturers had of achieving their ideas of
ultimate performance ... Obtaining a in the 1840s in the hope that less been using its OSO simulator based on
experienced operators could be AEA's Dr QS0(tm) program for the
rare or unusual key may prove the easier
part of the story; tracing the manu- employed but it had little success and Commodore 64.
facturer and dating its production may the idea was abandoned. It is absolutely fascinating to work
Eighty years later, in the 1920s, the simulated stations from across the
prove a more difficult task ... Few things
sending plate was re- invented by Gra- United States and have them address me
are more frustrating for the collector
than having a key and being unable to ham and Latham Ltd of Chelsea. This was by name. Whether calling or answering a
trace any information regarding it.' the ' Scribo-Morse' learning instrument, CO or listening to two ' stations' working
connected to a buzzer, and advertised in each other it is incredibly realistic ( apart
Morsum Magnificat features many
keys, old and new, and costs £ 7.00 pa for Wireless World with the claim that ' the from the lack of ORM!) with some
four issues. Full details from me, QTHR. learner's ear will rapidly become accus- exchanges going well beyond the ' rub-
tomed to the peculiar rhythm of each ber stamp' format. ! f one makes a mistake
letter as he hears it'. the other station asks for a repeat.
Unusual instruments
The idea surfaced yet again in WW2 Likewise you can ask for a repeat of
My own collection includes several
unusual items. While I have some when, according to Bill Eason G4MQN, name, 0TH or signal report, or ask ' him'
standard keys, and a couple of sounders writing in RAOTA's OT News, April 1989, to ORS or ORO.
Allied intelligence services made up The speeds of the simulated stations
(the original audible Morse receiving
instruments which reproduced the instruments based on the same principle can be set between a chosen upper level
sound of the sending key), I also have an intended for agents who did not know and a lower speed about two-thirds of
early Air Ministry combined key and Morse. One-way messages were sent in maximum. Within these limits stations
sounder. Fixed to a table this looks like CW and replies were received later in the then come back at different speeds to
an ordinary Post Office style key, but form of coded speech messages broad- test your abilities and help improve your
suspended underneath, through a cut- cast by the BBC. own performance. The accuracy of your
Another version of this type of instru- own sending can be checked by connec-
away in the table, are two solenoids with
small rods connecting upwards to the ment can be seen at the Royal Signals ting the keyer's serial port to a computer
Museum. This is the ' Squirt', so named and watching the text come up on the
key.
When wired up in a land- line telegraph because it was intended to send short screen.
circuit, the key is operated normally for messages at very high speed. John When conditions are poor it's a great
Brown G3EUR, designer of the B2 and temptaticn to use Dr OSO rather than go
sending and when a reply is received one
other clandestine sets, was involved in on the air! There's a great deal more to
just sits back and listens to the key
the development work on this instrument the Morse Machine than this of course,
thumping up and down as if controlled by
although he tells me he has no specific and I will report on some of its many
an unseen hand! I would be delighted to
hear from anyone having information information about its use in Europe. other intriguing features later.

please mention AMATEUR RADIO when replying to any advertisement JANUARY 1990
24
The World of
DATA
BY DON FIELD G3XTT
Happy New Year. I hope Santa brought Radio Systems Inc ( DRSI), in Clearwater, inside the TNC and is plugged into the
you that new INC you wanted. Let's hope Florida. DRSI founder Andy DeMartini empty socket left after removing the
this year sees some worthwhile changes KC2FF brought copies of the Product existing DCD chip. For HF operation
in the VHF packet network, such as News Brief, dated 7 October, to.the 1989 provision is made to connect a
mailbox access and forwarding on 70cm Conference. THRESHOLD control on to the demod-
to reduce congestion. When we can start The improved Awesome I/O Card ulator. The result is a fast attack, slow
exchanging long program files in real- consists of an NEC V40 CPU running at decay DCD with a hang time to compen-
time with amateurs at the other end of 8MHz, two 1Mbit/s I/O ports with direct sate for temporary fades due to multi-
the country we will know that we have memory access ( DMA), up to eight path. When all stations sharing a channel
cracked it! 19.2kbit/s ports and as much as 512 have proper DCD action, data flows more
kbytes of dynamic RAM and 128 kbytes of efficiently.
Computer Networking Conference EPROM. The card plugs into an IBM For TNCs which are not direct TNC1 or
Gateway, the US packet newsletter, PC/XT/AT or acts as a stand-alone TNC2 clones such as the KPC-1 and 2,
recently carried news of the 1989 controller. Software will include an KPC-2400, KAM, PK87, PK88, PK232, TNC-
Computer Networking Conference EPROM version of TCP/IP. Other packet 220 and TINY-2, the upgrade adaptor
sponsored by the ARRL and held in radio networking providers are working adds an EPROM- based state machine to
Colorado Springs. If there was a theme to on versions for the Awesome I/O card derive DCD based on lock- up of a digital
the conference, reports Gateway, it was too. phase- lock loop. It is a PC board less
the need for improvements in the lower than two inches square and mounts
layers of the protocol stack. New or The ARRL project easily inside the cabinet of most TNCs.
modified level 1 and 2 packet radio I mentioned above the ARRL initiative This upgrade is reported to improve DCD
protocols were discussed in several to promote technical innovation for HF operation dramatically, even allowing
papers, as were improvements to the packet radio. At a meeting on 8 October, you to run with your radio unsquelched
radio systems in use. the ARRL Digital Committee discussed which reduces other stations',TXDELAY
A proposed broadcast protocol was the potential for vast improvement of HF requirements, further improving
presented by Gordon Beattie N2DSY. packet. They defined four specific areas throughput on the channel.
This protocol is implemented in the so- to improve: modem design, protocols, In Connect International GU3MBS
called BBC software package, which is use of diversity techniques and network reports ordering the DCD upgrade kit for
part of the Radio Amateur Tele- management. Each of these areas will be his Tiny-2 direct from TAPR in the US and
communications Society ( RATS) ROSE given ARRL support as needed by the being able to get it going very easily.
system. Improved performance of the issuance of grants to developers ( not Your dealer may well be able to help with
AX25 link- layer protocol was proposed in something we are likely to see the RSGB the mod or you can write direct to TAPIR,
papers by Lyle Johnson WA7GXD, Eric doing, unfortunately). It will be inter- PO Box 12925, Tucson, AZ 85732, USA for
Gustafson N7CL and Detlef Schmidt esting to see what progress is made. a list of kits and software.
DK4EG.
On the radio front, the fast- DCD modification HF diversity tests
approaching advent of high-speed One innovation that is already having a One of the techniques that shows great
packet radio hardware generated dis- beneficial effect on HF packet and, promise for improved HF packet radio
cussion of the need for co-ordinated indeed, on VHF is a DCD ( Data Carrier performance is diversity reception. Used
network efforts, culminating in a con- Detect) modification being made avail- for years by military and commercial
tinental high-speed network. To whet the able by TAPR ( The Tucson Amateur stations, diversity is the technique of
appetites of the packeteers present, Packet Radio group). Proper operation receiving the same signal on two
Bdale Garbee N3EUA displayed the of Data Carrier Detect ( DCD) is impera- different antennas. The antennas may be
10GHz, 1M bit/s packet radio system tive for efficient sharing of a packet separated in space, different in polarisa-
developed with Glenn Elmore N6GN. HF channel. Many TNCs don't provide tion or use different angles of arrival for
wasn't neglected either, as the HF optimum DCD operation and the current the received signal.
packet radio design quest announced by version ( 2.0) of AX25 level 2 protocol Steve Hall WM6P has been testing
the ARRL earlier in the year begins to compounds the problem. However, an some of these techniques and reported
bear fruit. inexpensive solution is now available to encouraging results at the eighth Com-
At last year's Computer Networking combat the former case and progress is puter Networking Conference. He plans
Conference, Mike Chepponis K3MC being made in the latter case with the to organise a group to work in this area to
presented a design for the ' Totally proposed changes to AX25 level 2 find usable approaches for HF packet
Awesome I/O card' ( see World of Data, version 2.1. radio. It will be interesting to see what
September 1989). Since then, the Awe- The DCD modification, available for the results are.
some I/O Card, as it's known for short, most of the popular TNCs, consists of a What intrigues me is that these
has been under development at Digital tiny printed circuit board which fits research efforts are prompted by diffi-

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JANUARY 1990
THE WORLD OF DATA

RSGB Packet Working Group Guidelines

on Packet Bulletins
Before sending us a bulletin, please ensure that it is appropriate to do so by
checking the following points:

1) Is it abusive, libellous or defamatory? Is it racist or does it infringe someone's

copyright? Apart from the personal trouble this kind of thing can bring, all it does is
bring amateur radio into disrepute.

2) Does it constitute an advertisement? Any message which involves pecuniary

interest ( ie money), whether directly or indirectly, is illegal under the terms of our
licence. It is not good enough just to omit any mention of money, nor to advertise
for ' a good home' for your goods.

3) Could it be interpreted as being for the purpose of business, advertisement or

propaganda purposes? This includes news or messages of, or on behalf of, any
social, political, religious or commercial organisation. ( Our licence specifically
excepts from these prohibitions news of activities of non-profit organisations such
as radio clubs.)

4) Will it serve a useful purpose? The amateur packet network is not a soapbox for
the airing of grievances, broadcast of destructive commentary or conduct of
personal vendettas. To do so is pointless. It just brings packet radio into disrepute
and may land you on the wrong side of the law! If you have strong feelings on packet
related topics which are likely to be of wider interest, write to one of the journals or
contact the Packet Working Group.

5) Does it need to be a FLOOD bulletin at all? What's the point of telling the whole
world ( often literally) about your neighbour's lost cat, the M3 washers you need
etc? If you need help try asking on your home BBS first. Use local distribution
addresses before resorting to a ' co GBR'.

6) Don't send ' open letters' to individuals.

7) Don't write in the heat of the moment. Word process your bulletins first, then
reread them before sending. You might find you feel differently after a few minutes!

Much of the above applies equally to non- bulletin traffic.

Please remember that in some of the more serious cases it's not just your own
licence which may be at stake — your mailbox sysop's licence also places upon him
obligations regarding the content of messages transmitted by his station — you may
also land others in the kind of trouble that everyone wishes to avoid.

Golden rule: If you wouldn't say it on phone, don't send it on packet!

26 please mention AMATEUR RADIO when replying to any advertisement JANUARY 1990
culties with using packet radio on the HF frequency is 433.9MHz, and output is on guidelines and to encourage others to do
bands. AMTOR, as I have discussed 433.3MHz. The RTTY tones are Mark at the same. The guidelines, issued by
before, is in many ways a preferable 1445Hz and Space at 1275Hz. Data tones G8KHV on behalf of the RSGB Packet
mode for data transmission on HF. are 980(1) and 1180(0) In and 1650(1) and Working Group, are reproduced here.
Packet may well overtake it as the 1850(0) Out.
technology adapts, but I can't help The BARTG news bulletin followed the Operating news
feeling that if the same level of R&D were RSGB report with information on how to The September issue of OST magazine
put into AMTOR it would remain streets use the repeater. Key your transmitter, carried the results of the first ARRL RTTY
ahead of packet. The reason this doesn't modulated with a Mark tone. The Round- up held in January. The listings
happen is that AMTOR was first repeater should reply with a carrier and included entries from a number of UK
introduced in the UK and Europe and has 1kHz tone, which will cease after the user amateurs, notably GOATX, G4SKA,
never really caught on in the USA, the old types GB3PT'. Data mode is accessed in GOARF, GWOANA, G4MKO and GI4TSK.
'not invented here' syndrome. a similar manner — the repeater recog- GOATX was the leading G entrant in the
nises the mode required by the data BARTG Spring HF Contest, taking seven-
Earthquake tones which it receives. teenth place overall out of 155 entries.
Packet radio came into its own in the GU4YMV led the pack in the BARTG
aftermath of the California earthquake, Discipline on packet Spring VHF Contest, though activity
allowing health and welfare traffic to be The uses and abuses of mailbox flood overall was low. Packet radio seems to
passed on behalf of public officials and bulletins are a continuing cause of have killed RTTY on the VHF bands.
the American Red Cross. The network widespread concern and the ,RSGB Both the Norwegian and US DXpedi-
was operational on both 2m and 220MHz Packet Working Group has compiled a tions to Bouvet Island ( see my DX Diary
in and around the San Francisco area. set of guidelines which it urges users to column) are planning RTTY activity, and
Packet radio is, of course, ideally suited follow. My own view is that this is crucial a number of other interesting ones have
for use in such situations. if packet is to survive and prosper. shown up recently on the HF bands.
At the moment the packet network Perhaps the most surprising has been
RTTY repeater seems to have become a national soap BZ1FB from China, worked in the UK on
The RSGB recently reported that the box for those who have an axe to grind, a both AMTOR and packet.
GB3PT RTTY repeater, located near state of affairs which is likely to drive Don't forget the New Year RTTY event
Royston, has changed speed from 45.45 away the serious experimenters who can which takes place on 1 January on the HF
to 50 baud in accordance with RSGB help to improve the network and facili- bands. Exchange new year greetings in
recommendations. The repeater also ties it offers. I would recommend all your native language with the other
supports V21 data at 300 baud. Input World of Data readers to adopt the PWG participants.

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 SHORT WAVE
LISTENER
TREVOR MORGAN GW4OXB
Nederland gives some good as he would have usually, he September ( WAE SSB);
Happy New Year to you all!
reporting information in enjoyed the session. Stan's 4X0WAE ( Israel) and ZS1IS
1989 came to an end with the
Guide to Broadcasting Sta- score is fifty-eight points with (Walvis Bay) were nice
European mainland in tur-
tions, by Philip Darrington, four home stations, the rest catches on 10m, while 15m
moil. We can only wait and see
and published by Heinneman were outside Portugal. No yielded UAOZDD ( 0b1.128
how the recent developments
Newnes. Radio Amateur Con- doubt you'll beat that score Kamchatka) and JH5RXS. 20m
in eastern Europe will affect
versation Guides are avail- next time, Stan! offered KH6KZ, EK4AA, NB6F
the amateur radio scene, but
able from the RSGB covering Next in line is Philip Davies and TM7EU ( at the centre of
listeners in the Eastern bloc
Dutch, French, Russian, Ger- ILA 023, who was using his old the EEC in St Andre le Coq!).
countries seem to be ' open-
man and Spanish, and many of faithful Eddystone 840A. Phil 40m found KT9M, WE9V,
ing up' in their correspon-
the scripts used can be con- was particularly fascinated by W7WA, VE7SZ, WA8SXM and
dence to me at any rate and
verted for listener reporting. the number of UK Scout K6IR.
are full of hope for the future.
troops operating from small The Scandinavian Contest
The Scouts villages, and he had fun during September revealed
Foreign languages
Another big ' boundary cros- tracing them in his road atlas. some interesting contacts
Of course, amateur radio
ser' is the Scout organisation, Phil's total score is 228 including C11YX ( Nova Sco-
has always been boundary
which has members world- points, with fifty-one over- tia), 4D9HAM (to celebrate
free as far as possible,
wide. Once a year the Scouts seas stations logged. Good the sixth anniversary of the
although the eastern chaps
greet their fellows using going, Phil! Mindinao Island ARS),
have sometimes been a bit
amateur radio. This serves The next report is from Paul LR2DW, 0X10 ( Greenland),
'short' in passing information.
two purposes: it enables the Baylis of Vigo, Kent, who was 7S4BX ( Sweden) and OFOAM
Much of this has been due to
language problems, but that Scouts, who are unable to busy logging for his entry (Finland).
meet at international jam- between bouts at the mike as The RSGB 21/28 Contest in
is true even with other coun-
borees, to exchange greet- part of GB2VSD. Neverthe- October was one I took part in
tries. 1 have often experi-
ings and introduces amateur less Paul managed ninety-six myself and, while Phil reports
enced QS0s that have
points, including twelve over- KD7P/NH2 ( Guam), XF3RD
terminated with ' ... sorry, radio to many who have never
experienced it. seas stations and sixty-three (Mexico) and VU2SMelndia)
but my Englisl . not
1 have received entries for in the United Kingdom. Good on 10m, I found 15m more
good... 73s old man'. The
the International Listeners effort, Paul! productive with plenty of
trouble is that most English
Association JOTA Award, Finally Hedley Falkinder Japanese and Americans
speaking nations expect the
which is presented to listen- ILA 150, sent in a massive active as well as HL9HH
other guys to speak our lingo
ers for logging Scout stations entry. Commenting on the (Korea), YC9VGB ( Indonesia)
and rarely attempt to learn
over the period. poor band conditions and and 3X1SG ( Guine'a), while
another language.
Points are scored as two for early close-down by many 10m found KP1UGF ( Nevassa
Most of us, it seems, paid
each overseas station logged Scout stations, he still man- Island).
little attention to our lan-
and one for each home sta- aged a superb score of 430 Good contest, though, and
guage classes at school, pre-
tion, plus ten bonus points are points, including 132 over- even I managed to catch all
ferring to spend the time
awarded for GB2COD, seas stations. Congratula- the American states, all but
tying knots in Sally's plaits or
GB2GP and GB2WFF. tions, Hedley! Another trophy one of the Canadians and a
reading the Beano under the
to add to your collection! couple of dozen Japanese
desk!
Band reports Looking through the logs it areas!
However, all is not lost.
The first report is from seems that most of Europe The CQWW SSB Contest
There are short courses in
Clifford Tooke G1516, who was represented, with Hol- found Italy going crazy with
'radio languages' which are
stated that the bands on land being the most promin- 19, IG8, IH9, 111, 1M8, 102, IP4,
suitable for both the listener
Saturday 21 October were not ent as usual. Luxembourg was 104, IU3 and IU6 ... a
and licensee. Once you have
very good and that there was a in there and Cyprus put on a headache for some, but good
grasped the basics of conduc-
lot of ' tuning- up' evident on show. The African states were for prefix hunters. 10m found
ting a QS0 in a particular
those frequencies in use, also represented with HC8K, HU1A, C53FW, CW8B,
language, it's only a short
causing a few ' heated Algeria, Lebanon, Nigeria and XL3XN, 4J5FV an ZF2HV. On
step to learning that little bit
exchanges'. Apparently, sta- South Africa logged, includ- 15m CF1IDX, FDA, ' HV3SJ,
more.
tions suffered a lot of structu- ing ZS1SEA and ZS1AIR. OL8A and CNOA. 20m was very
It's well-known among reg-
ral damage because of high ZD7JAM in St Helena was lively with BY1PK causing
ular QSL card hunters that
found on 15m, while a lonely havoc with zone twenty-four,
reports to broadcast stations winds over the weekend.
Clifford's score is 167 W4DRJ/J from Richmond, Vir- and JW1 and JW7 on Svalbard
in South America are far more
points, with eighty-nine UK ginia, was the only Statesider hooked them in like herrings.
likely to attract a card if the
stations and thirty overseas logged by anyone! Conditions ZW5B, YY3A, AZ5D, L1Y and
report is in Spanish or Portu-
stations logged. Well done! must have been bad! 5J6CQ kept the rest occu-
guese, but even a simple
The next report is from Stan pied. Even the lower bands
'Obrigado pelo seu interesse.
Porter ORS 45992, who was Contests got a look in with 40m showing
Atençiosamente' ('Thanking
logging from his new location So to the general band NE90, AD8C, NG8D, OL4A
you for your interest. Best
in Santa Maria, Portugal, with reports, and for this we thank and OR5EEC for a special.
wishes' - Portuguese) at the
a Sony ICF7600D and a 6m Philip Davies for his observa- Top band offered LX7A,
end of a report is likely to pay
'wet string'. Although he tions based on some of the GJ6UW, IQ4A, IU3A, 0Q7LR
dividends.
didn't get as much time in major contest periods. and RQ7W.
Jonathan Marks of Radio

JANUARY 1990
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 The Mole
G4AFJ is the chairman of the RSGB
Repeater Management Group ( note the
use of the word ' Management' in the
title) and he is renowned for being a
difficult person to get a letter from. He
admits this and in a recent letter to one of
our correspondents he starts by heading
it ' A reply at last'.
He goes on to say, in answer to
complaints about lack of interest in
repeater management, that they will not
be closed down because ' The repeater
has done nothing wrong. It works
perfectly well relaying on its output
whatever is fed into it on the input. If we
close the repeater down it is equivalent
to saying that because people get killed
on the M1 it should be closed down for
four weeks every time someone gets
News and comment from killed on it.'
You might, perhaps, wonder how
Glen Ross G8MWR someone who has this sort of attitude to
repeater management plus a reputation
for not even responding to correspon-
dence was ever selected as the right
towards Caradon Hill. At the moment lain person to hold down the job.
New UK record
In last month's edition 1 gave news of is using a small horn aerial, but he
several new world records that have intends to fit an omnidirectional Alford Results
been set Stateside recently. Not to be Slot in the near future. The beacon is one Now we come to an even more
of the new ' attended' type and if you want interesting bit. As we all know the lady is
outdone, 1 can now report a new UK
to make sure it is running properly when not for turning, but apparently if you lean
record which has been set on the 24G Hz
you need it, then contact lain. Tel: ( 0742) on him heavily enough G4AFJ will oblige
band and which is reported in the current
edition of the Microwave Newsletter. It 849601, or you can get him on packet via with a subtle about-face. After many
GB7PLY. representations to the RSGB, who are
still does not beat the long-standing
narrowband record which was set sev- As one comes on another door hits you the licence holders for all repeaters,
eral years ago by G3BNL and G3AAZ, but in the face! The RSGB have reported the followed by a deputation to the RSGB
failure of the Ipswich 10GHz beacon council meeting, the Society have at long
it has long been the ambition of many
people to set a new record using GB3MHX. This is apparently due to a last given in to public pressure and
damaged feeder cable, so the beacon closed down the GB3NA repeater. This
wideband FM. The previous distance
record was 127km and was held jointly by will be off the air for some time until it is has been reported as being done to allow
G3FNQ and G3NKL; notice that all the replaced. consultation, while the worst offenders
are no longer on the airwaves.
old record holders were G3 licence
holders. The new record of 135km is held Reciprocity 1 have received some letters on the
It is not often one gets a chance to use subject which say, in effect, ' What is the
by G8AGN and G3PYB, so the class B
men have broken in at last. that word in an article, so why has it crept point of closing down a repeater? The
in here? Well, when used in connection troublemakers will only go elsewhere.'
with aerials it describes a property which The other line of attack is to ask why a
More details
The record was set on 15 October at many people seem to have forgotten large majority of people should suffer
about. That is that, with some exceptions the loss of the repeater simply so that the
around 0900hrs GMT. G8AGN was
located at Beeley Moor, which is near such as small ferrite bars on the HF offenders can be silenced.
Chesterfield ( SK303681), and G3PYB was bands, an aerial provides the same gain
at Blakey Ridge on the West Yorkshire on transmit as it does on receive. Just Responses
Moors ( SE685979). The equipment used recently, I have heard several people The answer to the second question is
passing remarks on the lines of ' He is probably to ask what is the point of
at both ends was based around the
ubiquitous Plessey GDH M32 in- line units running 50W to a twelve- element beam having the use of a repeater which is
with a nominal transmit power of 7mW. A and 1 have only 50W to a two- element unusable because of the antics of these
45cm diameter dish was used by G8AGN, beam, and yet we are sending each other idiots. Perhaps the answer to the first
whilst G3PYB used a 60cm unit. identical reports.' point is that if you move wrong- doers
they'll always go somewhere else, but at
Weather conditions at the time
included low temperatures and some No surprise least you are trying to do something
Let us work this one out. Assume that about the situation, rather than just
ground frost with a very low water
content. This last point is very important the twelve- element beam has a gain of accepting it.
because water vapour absorbs a 15dB and your two- element one can only The real answer is simply never
tremendous amount of the radiated manage 5dB. When the other station respond to an idiot, they can only get any
power at these frequencies. sends to you, his aerial gives 15dB and fun out of it if they see that you are
yours adds another 5dB, giving a total of getting worked up about the situation.
Our congratulations to both stations
20dB gain. When you send to him your There is little point in these idiots trying
on getting the result they were trying for
aerial gives 5dB and his large beam adds to make a nuisance of themselves if the
after so many near misses in the past.
15dB, and so you still end up with a total only thing they are annoying is thin air.
of 20dB gain on the path. Therefore, the When it comes to personal abuse we are
Beacons
A message from lain G4SNL asks for signal levels are identical in both into more serious things and an official
some publicity for his new 10GHz directions. Even if the transmitted power complain'. and response are probably the
wideband FM beacon. This is located at levels are different, the total aerial gain only answers. You may complain fast
Saltash in Cornwall, at locator 1070VJ. used on the path is always the same. It is enough, but whether you are going to
The power output at the time of writing is the total gain of both the aerials being receive an official response is a matter of
10mW and the aerial beams roughly north used; thanks to reciprocity. conjecture.

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DTMF codes safer way of doing things but, in fact, it's 26 October saw early evening openings
Following on from this is the idea of still easy to discover the code if you are to South Africa, mainly KG square.
closing down a repeater remotely. This is sufficiently determined. The answer is to Around 1030hrs on 27 October there
technically easy to do, usually via a simply tape-record the control codes was a rather weak opening into Japan,
microwave link, as is fairly common in the and then replay them at a faster speed. but there are no reports of contacts
United States. This makes the tones audible, and the being made. By 1045hrs the opening had
There is a simpler method available frequencies can then be measured. You moved around to Western Australia, and
and that is to have control over the now simply divide the measured tone several VK6 stations are reported to have
repeater by sending combinations of the frequencies using the same factor by been worked. By 1230hrs it was the turn
tones which can be generated using the which the tape was speeded up, and you of Nigeria to get in on the act.
standard DTMF coding keys — now have the sub- audible control frequen- On 28 October, from 0930 to 1030hrs,
available on even the simplest of hand- cies that you are trying to discover. Once there was an opening into Japan, with
helds. The idea is that by sending again, the idiot is in control. JAGIEF and JA4MBM providing good
suitable combinations of codes you signals.
could, for example, reduce the receiver In practice
sensitivity, switch the repeater off for a It must be admitted that the second Widespread
predeterminate length of time, or per- system takes a lot more effort to crack 29 October provided signals from VK8,
form many other control functions. than the first, and it is fairly certain that from 0940 to 1015hrs; G3KLF/mm was
few people would go to the bother of worked at 1033hrs from near Muscat.
Problems trying to crack the codes. Unfortunately From 1025 to 1045hrs, an opening
The major snag with this type of control there are always people who love a occurred to Japan. From 1150 to 1430hrs
is that it would not take long for an challenge ( think of computer hackers) the band was open to South Africa. These
enthusiastic idiot to discover what the and it needs only a couple of people in conditions continued to 5 November
various control code sequences were. the repeater's coverage area to crack the when there was an excellent opening
Having done this the idiot could then code and you are in trouble again. into the USA and Canada.
have a great time controlling the repea- It must be obvious that some form of Thursday 9 November produced a
ter himself; not exactly a desirable state control is desirable; the biggest problem small aurora opening. There was also an
of affairs in anyone's language. To get of all is in trying to get the DTI to agree to excellent opening to the USA and this
over this particular problem the sugges- it. At the moment they do not seem to go was followed on the 10th with a superb
tion is to use sub- audible tone codes. along with any control method, other opening into South America. During this
These frequencies are below the normal than someone visiting the repeater site opening there were some superb con-
range of human hearing and, again, are and physically switching it off. tacts with ZC4MK in Cyprus.
available on many rigs as sub- audible
squelching tones. 50MHz news Close -
down
Just enough space for a quick run That's it for this month. You can contact
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ONE CHIP BURGLAR ALARM by John Tweaker

Burglar alarm designs are common- remind you that the burglar alarm is on. part of the NO circuit. The alarm is
place, but this is one of the smallest full When you return to the car, you simply enabled or disabled simply by applying
feature circuits yet. It provides variable open the door and get in. Although the or removing the power supply to it.
EXIT and ENTRY delays and a time-out alarm will be triggered it will not start The circuit is built around a CMOS
shut- down ( once the alarm has been immediately. You now have a short time quad NOR gate IC. The four gates N1 to
triggered it is automatically silenced to disable the alarm before it sets the car N4 are used as gated monostables.
after a preset period has elapsed). hooter off ( the ENTRY DELAY). If a Resistors R1 and R2 bias pin 1 of N1 to a
Although this article describes installing burglar opens the door, the alarm will logic ' 1' state when the NC and NO
the circuit in a car it can also be used to soon start and hopefully frighten him switches•are in their normal position. Cl
protect any enclosed area, such as a away. After a preset time the alarm stops and VR1 provide the EXIT DELAY. Power
garden shed or a drinks cabinet. (the TIME-OUT period), preventing the is applied when Cl charges via VR1,
I have fitted this prototype to my own alarm from draining the battery. causing the junction of R3 and VR1 to be
car and, despite its small size, it works initially a logic ' 1' at switch on and then
just like ' the real thing' and has not Circuit description slowly change to a logic 0'. Afterwards
proved susceptible to false alarms. In The alarm circuit consists of two wired the latch formed by N1, N2 and D1 is
fact, I added a car horn to the circuit and loops to detect entry into the car ( see Fig enabled.
wired it in parallel to the main one, 1). These are the Normally Open loop Capacitor C2 and the variable resistor
except that the new addition is fitted (NO) and Normally Closed loop ( NC). VR2 provide the entry delay. The latch is
under the driver's seat! This should make They usually consist of switch contacts set by operating any of the NC or NO
any car thief abandon his attempt. fitted to the doors of the car, such as the switches; the output of N1 at pin 3 goes to
The alarm is enabled by applying courtesy light switches. You can also logic ' 1' and C2 charges via VR2. This
power to the circuit; you then have a include extra switches if desired, eg, a causes the level at pin 8 of N4 to slowly
short time to leave the car before the wire loop passing through the case of the change from a ' 0' to'1', giving the ENTRY
circuit becomes active ( the EXIT car radio as part of the NC circuit, or a DELAY.
DELAY). An optional LED can be fitted to spare contact on the ignition switch as If the alarm is not disabled after the

Fig 1: The alarm circuit layout

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 ENTRY DELAY expires the monostable PP3 battery can be used instead. Note
formed by N3, N4, 03 and R6 is triggered. that the delay obtained will be affected
This monostable drives the relay via R7 by the actual power supply voltage used.
and TR1, and the relay contacts are used
to sound the car hooter. D2 provides a Setting up
discharge path for C3 after the circuit is With the component values specified,
disabled. you should obtain the following delays
The period of the monostable gives the (setting VR1 and VR2 fully clockwise
TIME-OUT delay, after which the relay is gives the maximum EXIT and ENTRY
de- energised and the hooter silenced. DELAYS):
The TIME-OUT facility can be dispensed EXIT DELAY is variable from eleven to
with by replacing 03 with a wire link, fifteen seconds; ENTRY DELAY is vari-
which turns the monostable into a latch able from thirteen to nineteen seconds;
and allows the hooter to sound until the and TIME-OUT DELAY lasts for four
alarm is disabled ( or the battery runs minutes approximately.
flat!). This is not recommended for car
applications of the alarm, but it is useful Construction and use
in the drinks cabinet version! The prototype was made on Veroboard
Figs 2a-o shows how to fit the alarm to and mounted in a small die-cast box with
a negatively earthed car. If the circuit is a connector block attached to the lid of
used for any other purpose, a power the box.
supply will be required. If a low power All the capacitors are low leakage
Piezoelectric buzzer is used, the relay current types since small leakage cur-
Fig 2a: Connecting the horn to the alarm circuit can be dispensed with and a 9V rents upset the operation of the monost-
ables, especially 03 which should be of a
new high- quality type. Don't use tanta-
lum dielectric types, except for supply
rail smoothing. A fixed value of resist-
ance, rather than a potentiometer is
preferred for R6.
Obviously it is necessary to conceal
the box which contains the circuit, since
any would-be thief will try to disable it if
it's in view.
The most likely place to fit the box is
underneath the dashboard. Once the box
has been attached, position the
ENABLE/DISABLE switch so it can be
reached easily and inconspicuously. It's
best to locate it within arm's reach so that
you can switch it off quickly, allowing
short entry delays to be used.

Parts List
All resistors 1/4W
R1.8 1ko
R2,6 1mo
Fig 2h: Detecting the opening of the car door by using the existing courtesy light circuit R3,5 15k
R4 100k
R7 10k

VR1,2 470k

01,2,6 47gF 25V not tantalum

04 100F 25V not tantalum

D1 1N414B
02,3 1N4001

ICI 4001

Q1 BFY51

RLA 12V coil SPCO ( eg,RS

344-467)
SW1 SPCO toggle- switch

F1 1A fuse in holder
Flg 2c: Protecting a radio by drilling two small holes and passing insulating wire through them
Die-cast box, connection block, nuts
and bolts etc.

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by Martin Williams

First of all this month, let's clear up the temptation to use a significantly total dc current capability of the power
some of the recent confusion about higher value. This is because when you supply. Sometimes the ripple rating is
voltage boosting by using transformer first switch on, the reservoir capacitor marked on the component but if it is not,
input taps other than the standard 240V. looks like a near short circuit, and the then select a capacitor with heavy-duty
My article in the November issue offered higher the value of the capacitor the screw connectors. These are used to
this method as a means of getting a few closer it resembles a dead short. enable the capacitor to handle very high
more volts but, whilst I thought it was When you first switch on the power currents. Another good choice is a unit
reasonably clear, I have had several supply, there is a tremendous rush of with fluted areas in the case.
letters asking for clarification. current into the electrolytic capacitor.
This causes a heavy mains input current Wiring
Roosting to flow, resulting in blown fuses. The The size of the terminals fitted to the
To keep the maths easy let's assume temptation is to fit larger capacity fuses capacitor should also give you a hint as to
the standard mains voltage of 240V and but this is a dangerous practice, since the type of wire to use for connections in
that the secondary winding of the they are far too heavily rated to protect the PSU. It is obvious that all the dc leads
transformer will provide 12V at the rated the PSU at normal running mains should be in a gauge of wire which will
load current. currents. handle the maximum current. Then use
What happens if the mains is con- thin hook-up wire to connect to the
nected to the 220V input tap on the Calculations reservoir capacitor. Remember the rip-
transformer instead of the 240V one? We It is possible to work out mathema- ple current and use wire of at least as
are now feeding 240V into the 220V tap, tically the size of an appropriate reser- heavy a gauge as that used in the dc
which amounts to an increase of nearly voir capacitor, but it is probably easier to lines.
ten per cent. So, the secondary voltage use a ' rule of thumb' method. This states
rises by the same percentage and now
provides 13.25V. If the mains were taken
that in the usual electronically stabilised
power supply, you should use about
Coming soon
to the 200V input the increase would be 2,000pF for every 1A of current capability. Next month we
twenty per cent and the secondary For a 10A supply a capacitor of 22,000pF
voltage would rise to about 14.5V. The would be about right. If you use anything move on to
2.5V gain could make all the difference much less than this, then the voltage
between the following regulator circuit across the capacitor will sag to less than heatsinking. Yes,
working well or not at all. the minimum required to operate the
voltage regulator circuitry correctly
there is more to it
Capacitors during the non-conductive part of the than just fitting a
Having sorted out the transformer and rectifier cycle. If this happens a ripple
rectifier system, you now need to think voltage will appear on the output large chunk of metal
about the reservoir capacitor. This is, in circuitry, and you will have a hum
effect, the battery from which all the gear problem. on the back of the
is operated. You can look upon the mains
side of the circuit as an instant charger Ripples
power supply case! I
which keeps the battery fully charged. Remember that as part of the rectifying
process there are two currents flowing in
will also get involved
The reservoir capacitor is usually chosen
on the basis of fitting the largest value the circuit. One is the amount of dc in various voltage
you can get your hands on and hoping for current you are using to operate
the best. As you may have suspected by externally connected equipment. The regulation systems.
now, there is rather more to it than that. other is a hidden ac current passing
through the rectifiers and the reservoir Stay with us and
Minimum values
There is a minimum value required for
capacitor. It is essential that the reser-
voir capacitor can handle this current
become a power
this capacitor if it is to carry out its job safely. The ripple current flowing in the supply guru.
properly. What you have to do is resist circuit is normally at least equal to the

The circuit so far

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very clean and interesting, exchange for anything (0533) 777636 arranged. Tel: ( 0326) 240781
related radio. Tel ( 0406) 22649 after 6pm • Heathkit modulation meter, any condition. Tel: II Sony CRF-330K or 320 radio, also Panasonic RF -
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mint, as new, with all leds and manuals, only used rig ( faults mostly intermittent). Also, technical • 934MHz NPR rig and scanner with 9000MHz
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twenty-two channels, 144-146MHz, £ 100.00. Tel: photocopies, postage refunded. Write to: George collects. Tel: ( 0924) 471226
(060875) 202 after 7.30pm Haylock, 28 Longlands Road, Sidcup, Kent DAIS • Command series: Tx/Rxs, control boxes, con-
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hand-held scanner or anything reasonable, offers. parts, FM and board. CW filter. WHY? Also Morse 091-410 3706
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• Collins 75SI Ra CW filter notch etc. Yaesu and tubes, also Londex relays. plugs, PSU. WHY? Tel: ( 0283) 221870
FL2100Z linear ( WARC), mint, £ 500.00. Yaesu FL- RAF/Air Ministry? Tel: ( 0908) 373114 al Front escutcheon and chrome strips for Racal
• Pre- 1950 QSL cards ( postally used) required by RA117, postage paid. Write to: K White, 8 Oldtown
101 FR- 101 separates will transceive, mic etc,
£475.00. Bencher byi keyer vibroflex iambic keyer. collector, also postcards related to radio, wi reless, Place, Northfield, Aberdeen AB2 7LR
offers? Tel: ( 0225) 753166 wireless stations etc. ( No comic cards). Please • Yaesu 757 with FM board, good condition. Tel:
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quency on Dymar three channel hand-held reader who needed copies of missing pages some KW2000. Tel: ( 0705) 816777
transceiver, model No 880, or would pay your price months ago still needs them, contact me via post. I II Non- working Yaesu FT- 101 or 277 SSB trans-
for anyone to convert to amateur frequencies. Tel: will supply copies at cost price plus post. Need ceiver for spares. Tel: ( 0983) 529228, or write to: B
(0406) 22649 after 6pm operating instructions for Grundig TD24L automa- Bambeck, 226 Gunville Road, Carisbrooke, Isle of
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higher), for £ 25.00 maximum. Also cheap signal any service data for Teleton TF182 eight- band • Digital readout for FRG7. Tel: (0492) 593169
generator ( 2MHz or higher) for £20.00 or less. Will large portable. Write to: M Shepherd, 66 Wester- • RTTY terminal type ST5C or ST5MC. Small
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to: Mr Pettit, 5 The Glades, Locks Heath, books by George Newnes. Plan of simple all band • Cabinet for Racal RA 117E receiver, will collect.
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 BAKERS DOZEN PACKS REAL POWER AMPLIFIER for your car, it has 150 watts POPULAR ITEMS -
All packs are £ 1 each, if you order 12 than you are
output. Frequency response 20Hz to 20kHz and signal to noise
ratio better than 60dB. Has built-in short circuit protection and
MANY NEW '
THIS MONTH
entitled to another free. Please state which one adjustable input level to Suit your existing car stereo, so needs no
you want. Note the figure on the extreme left of pre-amp. Works into speakers ref 30P7 described below. A real
the pack ref number and the next figure is the bargain at only £57.50. Order ref 57P1. JOYSTICKS for BBC Atari, Dragon Commodore. etc. All £5.00
quantity of items in the pack, finally a short REAL POWER Cat SPEAKERS stereo pair output each. All brand new state which required.
description. 100W each. 4 ohm impedance and consisting of 6 Win woofer, 2in TELEPHONE TYPE KEYPAD. Really first class rear
mid- range and lin tweeter. Each set in a compact purpose-built mounting unit. White lettering on black buttons. Has conductive
BD2 5 13A spurs provide a fused outlet to a ring main shelf mounting unit. Ideal to work with the amplifier described rubber contacts with soft click operation. Circuit arranged in
where devices such as a clock must not be above. Price per pair £29.96. Order ref 30P7. tele hone type array. Riliires 70mm by 55mm cut-out and has a
switched off. STEREO CAR SPEAKERS. Not quite so powerful - 70W
10 I C
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ple21251.
EIS. Not much bigger than a
1307 4in flex switches with neon on/off lights, saves per channel. 3in woofer, 2in mid- range and 1 in tweeter. Again, in a
plastic transistor but double pole PCB mounting. 3 for £ 1.00. Our
leaving things switched on. super purpose-built shelf mounting unit. Price per pair £27.95.
ref BD6e
Order ref 28P1.
509 2 6V IA mains transformers upright mounting with AA CELLS. Probael the most popular of the rechargeable
fixing clamps. VIDEO TAPES. These are three hour tapes of superior NICAD typ , s, 4 for0 £4. . Or2e1111.44.
8011 1 612in speaker cabinet ideal for extensions, takes quality, made under licence from the famous JVC Company. 20 WATT 4 S PEAKER. With built-in tweeter.
our speaker. Ref BD137. Offered at only £3 each. Our ref 3P63. Or 5 for £ 11. Our ref 11P3. Or Really well made unit which has the power and the quality for hi-fi
BD13 12 30 watt reed switches, it's surprising what you can for the really big user 10 for £20. Our ref 20P20. 61/%in cks._Price £5.00. 2gr. ref 5P155, or 10 for £40.00. ref 40P7.
make with these - burglar alarms, secret switches, ELECTRONIC SPACESHIP. MINI RADIO 1110uuLE. Only 2in square with ferrite aerial
and solid dia tuner with own knob. It is superhet and operates
relay, etc, etc. Sound and impact controlled,
responds to claps and shouts and from a PP3 battery and would drive a crystal headphone. Price
BD22 2 25 watt loudspeaker two unit crossovers. £1.00. Qur ref 60716.
reverses when it hits anything. Kit
8029 1 BOAC stereo unit is wonderful breakdown value. with really detailed instructions. BULGIN MAINS PLUG AND SOCKET. The old and
B030 2 Nicad constant current chargers adapt to charge Ideal present for budding young faithful 3 pin with screw terminals. The plug is panel mounted and
almost any nicad battery. electrician. A youngster should be the socket is cable mounted. 2 pairs for £ 1.00 or 4 plugs or 4
8032 2 Humidity switches, as the air becomes damper the able to assemble but you may have to so eelor
ç £1,011 .Q_ur ref 60715, BD715P, or BD715S.
membrane stretches and operates a microswitch. help with the soldering of the MiGRUPHortE. Low cost hand-held dynamic microphone

rta £
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components on the PCB. Complete with on/off switch in handle. Lead terminates in 1 3.5min and 1
BD42 5 13A rocker switch three tags so On/off, or change
over with centre off.
kit £ 10. Our ref 10P81. 2 .5mnten 1 L t
BD45 1 24hr time switch, ex-Elextricity Board, automa- 12In HIGH RESOLUTION MONITOR. Black and RbW AMPLIFIERS AND
. 140V 100 watt pair made by
tically adjust for lengthening and shortening day. white screen, beautiful!), cased for free standing, needs only
a 12V 1.5 amp supply. Supplied with connection data for Fl Hitachi. Ref 25K413 and its complement 2SJ118. Only £4.00 a pair.
Original cost £40 each. Our ref 4P42.
sync, V sync & Video. Brand new in maker's cartons. Price
BD49 10 Neon valves, with series resistor, these make good £22.00. Free delivery. Order ref 25P10. Also available in H pack Ref 2SJ99 and 2SK343 £4.00 a pair. Ref
night lights. 4P51.
13056 1 Mini uniselector. one use is for an electric jigsaw COMPOSITE VIDEO KIT converts composite video to H TIME AND TEMPERATURE LCD MODULE. A 12
puzzle, we give circuit diagram for this. One pulse sync, V sync & sep video. Price £8.06 Ref 8p. hour clock, a Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometer, a too hot
into motor, moves switch through one pole. 14In COLOUR M_ ONITO_R made by the American Display
alarm and a too cold alarm. Approx 50 x 20mm with 12.7mm digits.
Requires 1AA battery and a few switches Comes with full data
BD59 2 Flat solenoids - you could make your multi-tester Tek Company. Uses high resolution tube made by the famous and diagram. Price £6.00. Our ref 6P12.
read AC amps with this. Japanese Toshiba Company. Beautifully made unit intended for REMOTE TEMPERATURE PROBE FOR ABOVE.
B067 1 Suck or blow operated pressure switch, or it can console mounting, but top and sides adequately covered by
£3.00. Our ref 3P60.
plated metal panels. Full technical spec on its way to us. We have a
be operated by any low pressure variation such as limited number of these. All brand new still in maker's cartons. A REAL AIR MOVER. Circular axial fan moves 205 cybic
water level in water tanks. Price £89 each plus £6 insured carriage. Order ref 89P/1. foot per min, which is about twice as much as our standard 4 V2in
fans. Low noise mains operated, 6,2in dia, brand new. Regular
BDIO3A 1 81/ 750mA power supply, nicely cased with mains
BUSH RADIO MIDI SPEAKERS. Stereo pair. BASS price, over
jsr Minn Our price only Our ret 10P71.
60120
input and 6V output leads.
2 Stripper boards, each contains a 400V 2A bridge
reflex system, using a full range 4in driver of 4 ohms impedance.
Mounted in very nicely made black fronted walnut finish cabinets.
wArr AIR OR UMJID MAINS HEATER.
Small coil heater made for heating air or liquids. Will not corrode,
rectifier and 14 other diodes and rectifiers as well Cabinet size approx 8½in wide, 14in high and 31 2 in deep. Fitted
/ lasts for years. Coil size 3in x 2in, mounted on a metal plate for
as dozens of condensers, etc. with a good length of speaker flex and terminating with a normal easy fixing. 4in dia. Price £3.00. Ref 3P78 or 4 for £ 10.00. Our ref
80128 10 Very fine drills for PCB boards etc. Normal cost audio plug. Price £5 the pair plus £ 1 post. Our ref 5P141. 10P76.
about 80p each. 3 1/2 1n FLOPPY DRIVES. We still have two models in M P
s MENT SWITCHED MODE POWER
BD132 2 Plastic boxes approx 3in cube with square hole stock: Single-sided, 80 track, by Chinon. This is in the S6J . Various makes and specs but generally ± 5, ± 12V,
through top, so ideal for interrupted beam switch. manufacturer's metal case with leads and I DC connectors. Price i
iiii&j:driedeu g_iyl_plau_rref 8P36.
£40. reference 40P1. Also a double- sided. 80 track. by NEC. This is A FinEGtliDEK. Made for the Electron or
80134 10 Motors for model aeroplanes, spin to start so uncased. Price £59.50, reference 60P2. Both are brand new. BBC computers but suitable for others. Includes mains adapter.
needs no switch. Insured delivery £3 on each or both. leads and book. £ 12.60. Ref 12P15.
130139 6 Microphone inserts- magnetic 400 ohm also act as
ATARI PTFE COATED SILVER PLATED CABLE. 19

80148 4
speakers.
Reed relay kits, you get 16 reed switches and 4 coil
- 65XE COMPUTER strands of . 2mm copper, will carry up to 30A and is virtually
indestructible. Available in red or black. Regular price is over £ 120
sets with notes on making c/o relays and other - - At 64K this is most powerful and per reel. Our price only£20.00 for 100m reel. Ref 20P21, or 1 of each
gadgets. suitable for home and business. foc8838.0ef fapitaulbsolutely superb speaker cable!
00149 6 Safety cover for 13A sockets - prevent those Brand new, complete with PSU TV NEW HS. .Infra-red movement sensors will
. .. s lead. owner's manual and six switch up to 500W mains. UK made, 12 months manufacturer's
80180 6
inquisitive little fingers getting nasty shocks.
Neon indicators in panel mounting holders with
. games. Can be yours for only £45
neu
warranty. ied I
15-20m range, ;with
rvii24 0-10min timer, adjustable wall

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2ein
/ ?Dec
' plus £3 delivery. It2i)
lens.
REMOTE CONTROL FOR YOUR 65XE COMPU- . DRIVES. Brand new drives,
80193 6 5 amp 3 pin flush mounting sockets make a low /2 height, double- sided, double density. warranted. Our price
cost disco panel. TER. With this outfit you can be as much as 20 feet away as you £60.00. Ret695_
B13196 lin flex simmerstat - keeps your soldering iron
will have a joystick that can transmit and a receiver to plug into
and operate your computer and TV. This is also just right if you
10 MMORY PUSHBUTTON TELEPHONES.
etc, always at the ready. These are customer returns and sold such so may need slight
want to use it with a big screen TV. The joystick has two fire attention. Price f6.00. Ref 6P16 or 2 for f10. Ref 10P77. BT
BD199 1 Mains solenoid, very powerful, has 1 in pull or buttons and is of a really superior quality, with four suction cups approved.
could push if modified. for additional control and one- handed play. Price £ 15 for the radio NON-MEMORY PUSHBUTTON TELEPHONES.
80201 8 Keyboard switches- made for computers but have controlled pair. Our ref 15P27. Same condition as above with redial £3.00. Our ref 3P79. BT

130211 1
many other applications.
Electric clock, mains operated, put this in a box
ASTEC PSU. Mains operated switch mode, so very compact. humidifiers
Outputs + 12V 2.5A, 4-5V PA. ± 5V 6A, ± 12V 5A. Size, 7Win long x ggio
theselv
aIlDIFIERS. Domestic mains pow de dehumidifi rs,
and you need never be late. 43
4 in wide x 21
/ / 4in high. Cased ready for use. Brand new. Normal these are customer returns and sold as seen. Price MOM. Our re
BD221 5 12V alarms, make a noise about as loud as a car price £30+, our price only £12.95. Order ref 13P2. 30P9. Qeers_only_phsase.
horn. Slightly soiled but OK. VERY POWERFUL 12 VOLT MOTORS. /
SPECUM PRINTER INTERFACE. Add a Centro-

wri
2
1 nics interface to your Spectrum, complete with printer cable for
BD242 2 6in x 4in speakers, 4 ohm made from Radiomobile horsepower. Made to drive the Sinclair C5 electric car but
so very good quality. adaptable to power a go-kart, a mower, a rail car, model railway, le00._Our ref_4_P52.
CUM SOUND BOX. Add sound to your Spectrum
60252 1 Panostat, controls output of boiling ring from etc. Brand new. Price £20 plus £2 postage. Our ref 20P22. with this device. Just plug in. Complete with speaker, volume
simmer up to boil. control and nic_ely_boxed. P) sniat £4.00. Our ref 4P53.
80259 SO Leads with push-on 1/ 4in tags- a must for hook-ups PHILIPS LASER BBC JOYSMK INTERFACE. Converts a BBC joystick
This is a helium- neon and has a power rating of 2mW. 25P261
- mains connections etc.
Completely safe as long as you do not look directly into the
80263 2 Oblong push switches for bell or chimes, these m pone
h exten-
beam when eye damage could result. Brand new, full spec.
can mains up to 5 amps so could be footswitch if sion lead with plug on one end, socket on the other. White. Price
£30 plus £3 insured delivery. Mains operated power supply for £360. Our ref 3P70 or 10 leads for only £ 19.00! Ref 19P2.
fitted into pattress. this tube gives 8kV striking and 1.25kV at 5mA running.
LCD DISPLAY. 41 / in digits supplied with connection data
2
BD268 1 Mini 1 watt amp for record player. Will also change Complete kit with case £ 15. Complete kit with tube & power
£360. Ref 3P7701 5 for ref 10P78.
speed of record player motor. supply. £48.00.
CROSSOVER NETWORK. 8 ohm 3-way for tweeter mid-
80283 3 Mild steel boxes approx 3in x 3in x lin deep -
standard electrical.
ORGAN MASTER is a three octave musical keyboard. It is range and woofer, nicely cased with connections marked. Only
21 10 for £ 15.00 ref 15P32.
£2.00. Our ref 2P25.5 , ti
beautifully made, has full size ( piano size) keys, has gold-plated
BD293 50 Mixed silicon diodes. contacts and is complete with ribbon cable and edge connector. REVERS ING uHT ALAR M . Fits to car reversing light
BD305 1 Tubular dynamic mic with optional table rest. Can be used with many computers, request information sheet. and se_ti_nde when reversion, Only_£2.00._Our ref 2P248.
BD400 4 Books, useful for beginners, describes amplifiers, Brand new, only £ 15 plus £3 postage. Our ref 15P15. BASE STATION RUCROPHONE Top quality uni-
equipment and kit sets. directional electret condenser mic 600r impedance sensitivity 16-
BD653 2 Miniature driver transformers. Ref LT44. 20k to 1k FULL RANCE OF COMPONENTS at very keen 18kHz - 68d8 built-in chime, complete with mic stand bracket.

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prices are available from our associate company SCS f1500, Ref 15P28.
centre tapped. MICROPHONE STAND. Very heavy chromed mic stand,
COMPONENTS. You may already have their catalogue, if not
BD548 2 3.5V relays each with 2 pairs changeover contacts. L etic base 4in high, £3.00 if ordered with above mic. Our ref
request one and we will send it FOC with your goods.
80667 2 4.7µF non- polarised block capacitors, PCB Moun- 3P
ting. HIGH RESOLUTION MONITOR. 9in black and white, AR POWERED NICAD CHARGER. 4 Nicad AA
battery charger . Charges 4 batteries in 8 hours. Price f6.00. Our ref
There ere over 1,000 Item ht our Bakers Dozen Lief. If you used Philips tube M24/306W. Made up in a lacquered frame and
went s complete copy, plume request this when ordering. has open sides. Made for use with OPD computer but suitable for 6P3
IM M/1) Price PM. Our ref 3P65.
EQUIPMENT WALL MOUNT It is a multi- adjustable
most others. Brand new. Me plum te poet. Our ref 16P1.

metal bracket that could be used for mounting flood light, 12 VOLT BRUSHIJESS FT/ Japanese made. The
. Price £3.03. Our ref 3P66.
. Suitable for alarm systems etc. Nicely boxed.
popular square shape ( 41/
2in x 41
/Pin 1 4in). The electronically run
loudspeaker, TV camera, even a fan and on almost any sort of Priced at only £ 10.00. Our ref 10P79.
fans not only consume very little current but also they do not
wall or ceiling even between wall and ceiling. The main fixing cause interference as the brush type motors do. Ideal for cooling SHARP PLOTTER PRINTER. New 4 colour printer
brackets rotate such that an inward or an outward corner can be computers, etc. or for a caravan. te each. Our ref 8P26. originally intended for Sharp computers but may be adaptable for
other machines. Complete with pens, paper etc. Price £ 16.00. Our
accommodated. Front panel also tilts upward or downwards to a
reasonable angle and can be easily removed separately for
MINI MONO AMP on PCB. size Oin x 2in ( app). ref 16P3.
Fitted Volume Control and a hole for a tone con-
wiring. A very useful bracket. Regular price would be around £6
trol should you require it. The amplifier 1281.
° 1 IONIZER
smoke and KIT.fatigue.
helps prevent Improve thereq.
Case air Price
in your car. Our
£ 12.00. clears
ref
each. Our price only £3. Our ref 3P72. Or 2 for O. Our ref 5P152. has three transistors and we estim-
SUB-MIN TOGGLE SWITCH Body size 8mm x 4mm x ate the output to be 3W rms.
More technical data will be included
NEW FM BUG KIT. New design with PCB embedded coil 9V
operation. Priced at £5.00. Our ref Sp158.
7mm SBDT with chrome dolly fixing nuts. 3 for £ 1. Order ref with the amp. Brand new. NEY/ PANEL METERS 50UA movement with three
BD649. perfect condition, offered at the very different scales that are brought into view with a lever. Price only
COPPER CLAD PANEL for making PCB. Size approx
low price of £1.15 end% or 13 for £ 12.00. £3 Ref 3P81.
12in long x8 1/Pin wide. Double-sided on fibreglass middle which STFeBE UGHTS. Fit a standard Edison screw light fitting,
is quite thick ( about 1/ 16in) so this would support quite heavy J & N BULL ELECTRICAL 240V 40/min flash rate, available in yellow, blue, green and red.
Complete with socket. Price £ 10 each. Ref 10P80 ( state colour
components and could even form a chassis to hold a mains required). _
transformer. etc. Price £ 1 each. Our ref 80683. Dept AR250 PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE
ELECTRONIC SPEED CONTROL KIT. Suitable for
controlling our powerful 12V motors. Price £ 17.00. Ref 17P3
BRIGHTON, SUSSEX BN3 SOT.
POWERFUL IONISER MAIL ORDER TERMS: Cash, PO or cheque with order.
tinglan
e dèABLE WITH A DIFFERENCE. it is
flat on one side, makint easy to fix and look tidy. 4 core, suitable
Generates approx 10 times more IONS than the ET1 and
Orders under £20 add £2.50 service charge. Monthly account for alarms, ownes_etc. ur price only£5.00 for 50m reel. Ref 5P153.
similar circuits. Will refresh your home, office, workroom
etc. Makes you feel better and work harder - a complete
orders accepted from schools and public companies. Access and
B/Card orders accepted - minimum £5. Phone ( 0273) 734648 or
METAL PROJEC BOX. Ideal for battery .charger, power
supply etc. Sprayed grey, size 8in x tin x 41 / in. Louvred for
2
mains operated kit, case included. £12.50 + £2 P&P. Our 203503. ventilation. Price £ l.00. Ref 3P75.
ref 12P5/1.

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