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Electronic Construction
From Rags to Riches
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Put an Air Brake on Your Woofer
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Amateur Radio: Extending the Range of UHF/VHF Signals with
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Short-Wave Monitor Certificate Application
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asaAl.
Your article "Radio Astronomy: Surveying the Unquiet Universe" (January 1966)
has resulted in your readers, who are interested in radio, electronics, etc., requesting
books, periodicals and texts on Radio Astronomy from the Astronomical League. The
Astronomical League is a federation of amateur astronomers interested in the science of
astronomy, but we do not provide the type of
information you apparently have led your
readers to believe we distribute. The booklets
distributed by the Astronomical League are
provided for groups in organizing amateur
astronomical societies. These amateurs construct telescopes, observe, maintain programs for student activity in astronomy and
the study of this science. To be sure, radio
astronomy has become a phase of the science
of astronomy and some amateur groups have
constructed radio telescopes, but these are
in the minority. We would appreciate your
clarifying the statement in your recent issue,
as we are not able to supply the information
suggested therein.
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Executive Secretary
Astronomical League
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Naturally, we regret any inconvenience inadvertently caused the Astronomical League
by our article on radio astronomy. Apparently
the League is able to furnish information
about astronomy clubs and does provide assistance to its members, but is not equipped
to handle a volume of inquiries on radio
astronomy.
REVERSE
ENGLISH?
In the article "Reverse Current Keeps

Ferry Afloat" (December, 1965), you called
Alexis Tellis the designer of the system.
This is not so. The United States Navy has
been using this exact system to preserve its
decommissioned ships for a number of years
at all of the Reserve Fleets (one of which is
very near Mr. Tellis's ferry). Due to the
similarity of his system to the Navy's, do you
suppose he may have gotten his idea from
this source?
JAMES L. BACHMAN
San Diego, Calif.

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and that he did not design the reverse current system, but the article doesn't say he
did, and it doesn't say he didn't. Perhaps
identifying him as a designer created the
confusion.
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Waban, Mass.
Top this Radio Ghana response! I sent

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Measurements Model 79B pulse generator. (Noel M.
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multimeter. (Michael Hitch, Box 928, Malta, Mont.

59538)
RCA Model 16T4 receiver. Tunes BC, 1.4 -4.5 mc. and
6-18 mc. bands. Has 6 tubes. (Barry Steinman, 1930
Berkeley Rd., Highland Park, Ill. 60035)
"Explorer" transistorized mineral detector.

Relco Coin- Ranger "Power King" mineral detector.
(A. Anderson, 13931 102nd Ave., N. Surrey, B.C.,
Canada)
Meissner Model 9 -1091 AM -FM tuner; has 18 tubes.
Lafayette Model HE -45A 6 -meter transceiver. (John
Lennen, Jr., 49 Center St., Rumson, N.J. 07760)
Freshman "Equaphase" Model G -1 receiver, ser. 44462.
Has 6 tubes and power supply. (Phil Swingley, 316 N.
Jefferson, Muncie, Ind. 47305)
Howard Model 460 communications receiver. Tunes BC,
s.w. to 42 mc. Has 9 tubes. (Robert L. Holden, 701
Franklin Ave., Franklin Lakes, N.J. 07417)
Fisher
Ready to Operate
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DATA OR PARTS
686 receiver; tunes BC and s.w. on 3
6 tubes. Power transformer and schematic

needed. (Fai Chew, 2524 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg,
bands; has
Miss.)
RME Model DB22A preselector. Millen secondary frequency standard, circa 1940. Operating manuals needed.
(Howard L. Roberts, 2108 E. 12th St., Cheyenne, Wyo.
82001)
Philco Model 37 -610 receiver, circa 1930; tunes BC and

s.w.; has 5 tubes. Schematic, operating manual, and
parts source needed. (Chan Herrington, P.O. Box 367,
Alma, Ga. 31510)
Silvertone Model 7056 receiver, ser. 466167, chassis
141 417, circa 1939. Schematic, alignment data, and
6F7 tube needed. (Mike Martin, 710 Colorado, Louisville, Ky. 40208)
TR -1196 surplus receiver, type 25 (Can.) made by Northern Electric Co., circa 1942; has 6 tubes. Schematic and
power supply data needed. (Bill Eben, 270 -49 Ave.,
$9995
Lachine, Quebec. Canada)

Crosley Model 52 receiver. Instruction book and parts
needed. (J.N. Clapp, 1516 Elm St., Davenport, Iowa
52803)
Ready to Operate
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1005 receiver; tunes .55 to 18 mc. Operating manual and knobs needed. (Dan Lightfoot, 509 N.
Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90004)
Heath Model IB -1 impedance bridge. Operating manual
needed. (Donald Porter, 230 Merritt Dr., Oradell, N.J.
Zenith Model
07649)
Atwater Kent Model
206 receiver, circa 1927; tunes

3 bands; has 5 tubes. Source for
tubes and schematic needed. (Thomas Tyler, 7731
Commodore Circle, Huntington Beach, Calif.)
RCA Model RC 415x receiver, 9k 30, circa 1940; tunes
1.6 -4.0, 6 -18 mc. on 3 bands; has 8 tubes. Alignment
instructions, schematic, and antenna information
needed. (F. Monacelli, 678 E. 240 St., Bronx, N. Y.
550 kc. to 19 mc. on
10470)

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LO. 9 ON READER SERVICE PAGE
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NEW
PRODUCTS
Additional information on products covered in this section is available from the
manufacturers. Each new product is
identified by a code number. To obtain
further details on any of them, simply
fill in and mail the coupon on page 15.
NUTDRIVER SETS IN PLASTIC CASES
Color- coded, solid- and hollow -shaft nut drivers made by Xcelite Incorporated are now
being offered in new sets which feature
handy, pebble -grain plastic cases with snap lock lids to keep the tools in good order. Set
No. 77 contains seven solid -shaft nutdrivers
with hex openings from 3/16" through W',
while set No. HS6 -18 has ten hollow- shaft -nutdrivers with hex openings from 3/16" through
9/16 ". The solid -shaft set can be hung-open
-on a wall by means of a hole in the lid of
the case; molded compartments keep the
tools from tumbling out.
Circle No. 75 on Reader Service Page
STEREO
15
PREAMPLIFIER
Dynaco, Inc., has announced a new stereo

preamplifier in both easy -to-build kit and
factory-assembled versions. Replacing the
PAS-3 series, without any increase in price,
the PAS -3X kit and the PAS -3X /A assembled
molecule kit designed for building open -type

molecules containing up to 50 atoms, and a
miniature molecule kit with pregrouped
atoms for large, complex molecules. Others
include a magnet assortment kit which contains 23 magnets of many shapes and compositions, and moire pattern kits -16 patterns
are now available in black and white, red,
yellow, and blue. Display-and-storage trays of
white expended polystyrene for displaying
smaller elements of a project exhibit are also
available.
15
SOLID -STATE 12- CHANNEL CB RADIO
The "PACE II" 12-channel, solid -state, mobile

two-way radio is now available from Pace
Communications Corp. with a back -lighted
front -panel S-meter. It's designated as the
"PACE II -S." The transmitter is rated at a
full 5 -watt input and delivers 3% watts to the
antenna at
100% modulation. The receiver is

a double-conversion superheterodyne. Features include a two -position extended noise
limiter, external speaker jack with public
address facility, and rear panel squelch sensi-
tivity adjustment.
15
VERSATILE TUBE TESTER
Fast testing of the newest color, compactron,

and other receiving tubes can be accomplished with the
Bd;K Model 606
"Dyna -Jet" tube
tester. It checks for
unit incorporate a tone control configuration

which removes the phase and frequency controlling elements when the control is in the
mechanical center of its rotation; advantages
of both switch -type control and infinite resolution are claimed. Harmonic and IM distortion are guaranteed to be below 0.05% at
3 volts out in the range of 20 to 20,000 cycles,
with up to 10 volts out at less than 0.15% distortion into as little as 10,000-ohm loads.
Circle No. 76
on
Reader Service Page
shorts, grid emission (in a unique

100 -megohm sensitive circuit), leakage, gas, and cathode emission under
simulated load conditions for more accuracy. Each section of multi-section
tubes is checked.
The Model 606
comes in a sturdy, leatherette- covered case,
and a handy reference index supplied with it
contains a complete tube listing.
15
15
TRANSISTOR /DIODE CHECKER

PROJECT KITS
Science Fair enthusiasts, take note. Among

the new project kits introduced by Edmund
Scientific Co. is an inexpensive, foam ball
22
Known as "TRANSITEST," Workman Electronic Products' new transistor /diode checker

can be used to test all types of junction transistors and diodes, including both small -signal
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Major parts come already mounted
on the extra -heavy -gauge steel chassis. Wires are precut for every stage
-which means every page. All work
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AIR -SUSPENSION 3 -WAY SPEAKER
PRODUCTS
and high -power types, and germanium and

silicon units. The instrument gives an audible
indication of transistor or diode condition by
means of a SONALERTTM tone signal. Battery- operated, it cannot damage transistors
or diodes whose breakdown voltage is 9 volts
or more, even if improperly connected. And
it will identify a transistor as to basic type
(pnp or npn) provided lead connections are
known. Tt can also be used as a continuity
tester and code practice oscillator.
TAPE
PLAYBACK UNIT
apolis. There
are no recording controls or

vu meters on
the Model 807
"Turntable of
the Tape Age."
It's strictly a
tape playback
unit, without
electronics, which con-
nects to tape
head or magnetic phono inputs of music system amplifiers. A unique head mechanism
makes it possible to play full -, half- or quarter-track prerecorded tapes in mono or stereo.
A two -motor unit, the Model 807 operates at
71i and 3% ips.
CRT
81
on Reader Service Page
15
CHECKER /REJUVENATOR
An updated and improved version of the

CR128 CRT checker and rejuvenator has been
announced by Sencore, Inc. The new CR128A
has a variable G2 control (replacing the old
three - position
G2 switch)
which provides
for greater
checking accuracy. All the
necessary
sockets are
mounted on
two perma-
nently at-
tached cables,
including
rectangular
socket for the 15 ", 19 ", 23 ", and 25" color

tubes. An automatically controlled rejuvenation feature (ACR) is said to eliminate worry
of damage. Weighing only 10 pounds, the
CR128A checks each picture tube for interelement leakage and shorts, emission, gas,
and expected tube life.
Circle No.
24
82 on
Reader Service Page
reproduces all
sounds in the 2520,000 cycle audio

range with less
than 1% distortion.
In addition to the
pneumatic air -suspension woofer, it
has a dome lens
compression - type
multicellular radial
15
You can now enjoy the advantages of prerecorded tapes with the convenience of phonograph records, according to Viking of Minne-
Circle No.
Custom -built in England for Lafayette Radio

Electronics, the Model SK-500 pneumatic air suspension, 12 ", away speaker system
15
treble horn and a

precisely balanced
midrange radiator. Features include built-in
2000- and 5000 -cycle crossovers, and high frequency L -pad control. Free air cone
resonance is 22 to 27 cycles. The SK -500 has
a power handling capacity of 30 watts and is
guaranteed for five years against defects in
material and workmanship.
Circle No.
83 on
Reader Service Page
15
TWO -WAY PAGING /TALKBACK SYSTEM
The "Plug -in Pager" introduced by Fanon

Electronic Industries, Inc., consists of one
Model WPT-2 transistorized paging/talkback
amplifier, one (or more) Model CO-1 call
originators, and two or three speakers, as
may be needed. The system permits one or
more persons to originate a call, and the
paged party can reply by talking in the direction of the speaker. The reply is accomplished
"hands- free" since it is unnecessary to press
a switch to respond. Said to be suitable for
any office, store, or factory where two -way
paging is desired but where running cable is
impractical, the system merely plugs into
a.c. outlets. It transmits on 160 kc. and receives on 225 kc. Anyone can "install" it in
minutes.
Circle No.
84 on
Reader Service Page
15
"CARTRIDGE CADDY"
To enable audiophiles to store small and delicate phono cartridges, styli, and other hi -fi
accoutrements, Shure Brothers, Inc. has introduced a "Cartridge Caddy." It is compartmentalized to hold up
to four cartridges
and six extra styli, or
three cartridges and
six extra styli plus
pressure gauge,
brush, etc. The cartridge compartments

were designed to accommodate tone arm
heads as well. Finished in black simulated leather with gold leaf tooling, the 12" x
51/4" x 2W' Cartridge Caddy is fully lined with
protective plastic foam.
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CIRCLE NO- 16 ON READER SERVICE PAGE
Mardi, 1966
25
ASSIST
ELDICO Model SBA -1 product detector and amplifier.

Alignment instructions and schematic needed. (William
M. Keiser, Jr., Route #1, Topeka, Kan. 66605)
Simpson Model 210 signal generator, circa 1937. Operating manual and information on probes needed.
(George W. Wochek, 1 Fairfield Ave., Danbury, Conn.)
Neutrowound receiver, circa 1928; tunes BC; has 7

tubes. Tube types and schematic needed. (Larry
Rowan, 1800 E. 73rd Ave., Crown Pt., Ind. 46307)
Harvey Wells Model T -90 "Bandmaster" transmitter.
Operating manual needed. (Jim Sommerville, 1117 E.
Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago 15, Ill.)
Gyro Electronics R/C 27.145 -mc. transmitter; has 2
tubes, CW -tone switch, tuning controls, and indicators.
Parts list and schematic needed. (Robert R. Godwin, 4
Oak St. (N. City), St. Augustine, Fla. 32084)
Majestic Model 90 -B receiver, ser. 9B- 679413, circa
1928. Source for parts and schematic needed. (William
H. Trojanowski, 2306 Andrus, Hamtramck, Mich.
Harvey Wells Model TBS -50 transmitter, circa 1950;

tunes 80 -2 meters; has 5 tubes. Operating manual and
schematic needed. BC -348 -J surplus receiver, made for
Army by Wells- Gardner; tunes 200 -500 kc. and 1.5 -18
me. on 6 bands; has 9 tubes. Operating manual and
schematic needed. (Gray Frierson Haertig, 13064 -39
Ave., NE, Seattle, Wash. 98125)
Superior Instrument "Genometer" Model TV -50 signal

generator. Instruction manual needed. (Fred Braun,
Jr., 817 Main St.. Galena, Kan. 66739)
Radio Receiver Design, Part II, Book II, by K. R.
Sturley, published by Chapman and Hall of London or
Wiley of New York. (Jakob Dehaan, 5814 Sagewood
Dr., Murray, Utah 84107).
48212)
0 -8 oscilloscope. Power transformer part
1}54 -1 needed. (Donald Barber, Box 511, 38 Robert St.,
Heath Model
Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada)

clock. Schematic and speaker
9149 Kilpatrick, Skokie, Ill.
GE Model 62 radio alarm

needed. (Norman Wald,
60077)
Triplett Model 1213 tube
adapters needed. (Brener
side, Calif. 92501)
CRV 46151 receiver, surplus, made by RCA, circa 1942;

tunes 195 kc. -9089 kc.; has 6 tubes. TCS -15 receiver,
surplus, CKP 46159 -A, made by Collins, circa 1948;
tunes 1.5 -12 mc.; has 7 tubes. Instruction or conversion manuals and schematics needed. (J. H. Kroon, 18
Const. Huygensstr., Haarlem, Holland)
tester. Operating manual and
Rotramel, 4076 Alamo, River-
Radiosonde modulator and transmitter, surplus;

modulator, U. S. Army type MD -147B /AMT -4A; transmitter, type T- 304 /AMT -4A; both made by Friez Instrument Div. of Bendix. Operating instructions and
CRO-3A oscilloscope, ser. 2254510. Instruction

manual or address of manufacturer of power transformer and CRT needed. Solar "Exam -eter" Model CF
capacitor analyzer, ser. F93946. Instruction manual
needed. (Demetrio P. Novicio, Box 338, Wake Island
GE
schematic needed. (Larry Rabin, 2035 Hendricks Ave.,

Bellmore, L.I., N. Y. 11710)
96930)
Vox (Polydor) record #6470, Beethoven's Piano Concerto in E Flat Major, with Paray as conductor, Frugoni, pianist, issued 1955. (Kenneth A. Bush, 122
V anderburg Ave., Rutherford, N.J. 07070)
BC 348-J receiver, surplus, made for U.S. Signal Corps.
by Wells- Gardner; tunes 200 kc. to 18 mc., power
supply -dynamotor, input 27.9 volts @ 1.25 amperes,
output 244 volts @ 0.070 ampere. Data needed to convert to 117-volt operation. (James W. Halliday, 222
Painter Rd., Kalso, Wash.)
Supreme Model 562 "Audolyzer," ser. 2321. Schematic,

parts list or address of repair service needed. (E. J.
Andrew, 105 Embarcadero Rd., Palo Alto, Calif. 94301)
Simpson Model 315 signal generator. Operating manual
needed. (Martin Wulstein, 460 12th St., Cresskill, N.J.)
Philco Model 42 -395 receiver, code 121, circa. 1945;
tunes AM, FM and s.w. on 3 bands. Glass tuning dial
needed. (Neil G. Zank, 623 Lyncrest Dr., Lincoln,
Nebr. 68510)
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control all the way down to prevent the gun

from firing. Then advance the control just
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-William
AWAY
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the light-sensitive mechanism. Before inserting a bulb in the gun, turn the sensitivity
Gohl
S.
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FROM RAGS
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TO RICHES
The electronics hobbyist! experimenter
is now king of the hill
xr1:`
t.
BACK in the not -too- distant days when
experimenters first started "tinkering" with radio circuits (they didn't

even use the word electronics then) the
average hobbyist had to make many of
his own components. True, he could buy
earphones, mounted crystal detectors,
variable capacitors, and a few hardware
items, but, quite often, he wound his own
coils on empty oatmeal boxes and mailing tubes.
He made his own carbon resistors out
of pencil leads and old dry cell battery
anodes, assembled his own fixed capacitors from sheets of thin metal or foil
and glass or waxed paper, wound his
own audio and power transformers, and
created wire -wound resistors by winding
nichrome wire on ceramic tubes or mica
strips. Sometimes, he even made his own
crystal detectors by casting a small
piece of galena ore in a lead mold. Mechanical hand tools, and a good assortment of brass screws, copper strips, magnet wire, Bakelite plates, knife switches,
glass and porcelain insulators, and
varnished cambric were the essential ingredients of the home radio laboratory.
With the advent of early radio broadcasting, the experimenter enjoyed a brief
spell of comparative wealth. Manufacturers offered him pre -wound coils, crude
vacuum tubes, rheostats, capacitors, resistors, and even complete radio receiver
kits. For a time, in fact, the terms "radio
experimenter" and "radio owner" were
nearly synonymous, for only the very
wealthy could afford commercially built
receivers. Most receiver owners built
their own sets, erected long-wire outdoor
antennas, and delighted in bragging
about how their sets could "pull in" stations nearly a hundred miles away "as
clear as a bell."
But the experimenter's wealth was
short- lived. As commercial broadcasting
,
March, 1966
By LOUIS E. GARNER. Jr.
spread and the networks were established, mass production techniques came
to the radio industry and the prices of
receivers plummeted. Factory -built receivers would cost less, retail, than the
parts needed to assemble a similar set at
home.
For several decades, the radio- electronics hobbyist was left more or less to his
own resources. Except for a few mail
order houses and a few scattered distributors in large cities who catered to hams
and experimenters, the hobbyist had no
source of components. True, some items
but at prices which
were available .
would seem absurd even by today's easy
money standards.
teen -ager at the time
The author
.
-a
-priced a "two -tube radio kit" a few
years before World War II. The kit was

offered "complete, less accessories" for
only $5.95. But the "accessories," all of
which were essential for operation, included a set of two vacuum tubes, an antenna kit, a set of plug -in coils, headphones, a set of batteries, a "ground"
kit, and a cabinet. All together, the
"complete" kit and accessories cost near41
Nearly everyone is interested in electronics-to

some extent -from the serious student to the office
practical joker who built Motorola's "Panic Button."
ly twenty dollars! At the time, 5 -tube

superhet receivers were selling, retail,
for under ten dollars!
Important Steps Forward. Immediately
after World War II, the greatly expanded electronics indutsry turned once more
to the production of consumer products.

At the same time, tons of electronic
components and surplus equipment were
released. Tens of thousands of GI's had
received technical electronic training
during the war, and these GI's, anxious
to continue their training either professionally or as a hobby, were a ready made market for electronic components
and kits.
A number of firms, including Heath,
Transvision, etc., purchased surplus components and used them in packaging
low -cost equipment and television kits
for the hobbyist. A complete oscilloscope
kit in 1953 was sold for less than the
pre -war price of a cathode -ray tube
alone! At last, electronics hobbyists,
now several hundred thousand strong,
were on their way to acquiring status.
Their strength and purchasing power
were too large for the electronics industry to ignore.
42
The next important step came when

Sylvania published a series of germanium diode circuit booklets. Although
aimed at the experimenter, the booklets
featured relatively expensive commercial and military diodes. Fortunately,
surplus electronics parts dealers were
offering similar diodes at extremely low
prices. And now, mail order supply houses expanded their catalogs to include
more experimenter components, new kit
manufacturers entered the field, and a
number of local distributors started to
cater to hobbyist needs.
Another step forward came in 1953,
when Raytheon introduced a low-cost experimenter's transistor: the CK722. Although its original cost of $7.50 seems
high according to today's prices, it was
then well under the fifty dollar price tag
carried by other transistors. More important, a major manufacturer had introduced a component specifically for the
hobbyist!
POPULAR ELECTRONICS, first published
in October, 1954, gave the electronics
hobbyist a new and powerful voice. At
that time, there was no single magazine
edited by a major publisher just for the
electronics hobbyist. The other electronics publications were directed towards
the needs of the professional technician,
the advanced amateur, and the radio -TV
serviceman. Other publications were
strictly for the licensed amateur (ham)
or the professional engineer.
During the past 12 years, more and
more eletronics manufacturers have developed products for the experimenter
until today even such industrial giants
as RCA, Motorola, and GE are offering
components and kits to the hobbyist
market. Electronics hobbyists, now closer
to a million strong, can choose from a
wealth of electronic components designed specifically for their needs. As
shown on the front cover, virtually a
first modules on the market looked like

modern "Mitt'-Amp."
Many experimenters
didn't think these amplifiers would work until hobbyist magazines gave the self- contained units an okay.
One of the
this
POPULAR ELECTRONICS
This is the pictorial wiring diagram of the Motorola "Panic Button."

Practically all of the
project booklets follow
the pictorial wiring diagram style introduced by
SW,
ON OFF SWITCH
NEGATIVE LEAD
2'h" LONG
EITHER GLUE BATTERY TO BOARD

OR HOLD DOWN WITH A SIMPLE
SIDE OF BOARD,
CAPACITOR MUST BE WIRED WITH

POSITIVE LEAD AS SHOWN
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O, POWER TRANSISTOR
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FOR COLLECTOR
CONNECTION
TO O,
L, IS HELD TO BOARD WITH TWO

WIRE STRAPS. RUN WIRES THROUGH
HOLES IN BOARD AND SOLDER ENDS
TOGETHER ON OPPOSITE SIDE.
EITHER
END LEAD
cornucopia of products and components

is now available.
Project Booklets. As you may know
from personal experience, the project or
circuit booklet is an essential item to the
electronics hobbyist. Few hobbyists are
skilled technicians. Fewer still are professional engineers. Although many experimenters can modify and adapt circuits to their individual needs, most are
unable to design their own circuits
"from scratch" and must rely on published designs. Recognizing this need,
many component manufacturers are now
publishing their own experimenter project and hobbyist booklets. These are
sometimes sold separately and sometimes included with component assortments and kits.
Just as today's components differ from
those offered in the past, so are today's
project booklets different from the earlier publications. Few early booklets included much more than a schematic diagram, a parts list, and a descriptive
paragraph or two. In contrast, today's
booklets describe bench -tested circuits in
considerable detail, with photos, pictorial
diagrams, and circuit descriptions comparable to those found in a feature magazine article.
March, 1966
CENTER TAP OF L.
CONNECTED HERE.
SW, PUSH
BUTTON SWITCH
Primarily devoted to SCR applications,

RCA's KM -70 "Experimenter's Manual"
discusses the theory and operation of
solid -state devices, application considerations, and test procedures, then goes
on to describe a series of construction
projects based on the use of the RCA
KD2105 Basic Experimenter's Kit and
accessories. Most of the projects described are modifications of one or two
"basic chassis" circuits. Project photographs are included, with call -outs to
identify individual components. Among
the interesting features of this booklet
are its "Review Questions."
Now in its second edition, GE's "Hobby
Manual" is a 200 -page book chock full of
information and projects of interest to
amateurs, hobbyists, students, technicians, and engineers. Some 43 pages
are devoted to fundamental theory, the
care and handling of components, safety
precautions, troubleshooting, and other
useful data. Following the theory section
are projects with photos, parts lists,
schematic diagrams, circuit descriptions,
and construction hints. The projects section is divided into four major subgroups: Automobile Projects, which includes such items as a burglar alarm,
battery charger, tachometer, and SCR
ignition system; Entertainment Projects,
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104 Liberty Avenue

Mineola, L.I., N.Y.
CLAIREX CORPORATION
8 West 30th Street
New York, N.Y. 10001
FENWAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
63 Fountain Street
Framingham, Mass.
GENERAL ELECTRIC
Electronic Components Div.
"X- Line"
Owensboro, Ky.
HOME ELECTRONICS
Division of GC Electronics
Rockford, Ill.
Audiotex
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER
233 Kansas St.
El
IRectronics
Segundo, Calif. 90246
J. W. MILLER CO.
5917 South Main St.

Los Angeles, Calif. 90003
MOTOROLA SEMICONDUCTOR
5005 East McDowell Rd.
"HEP Line"
Phoenix, Ariz. 85008

RCA
Electronic Components
Harrison, N. J. 07029
SAXTON PRODUCTS, INC.
Hi-tron
215 N. Route 303

Congers, N.Y.
SEMITRONICS CORP.
265 Canal Street

New York, N.Y. 10013
Semitron
SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS

Div. of General Telephone
Emporium, Pa.
TRANS-TEK MFG. CO., INC.
300 North Ave.
Schemat-A-Kit
Garwood, N. J. 07027
TRANSISTORS UNLIMITED CO.
462 Jericho Turnpike
TUCO
Mineola, L.1., N.Y.

WORKMAN ELECTRONIC PROD.
Bon 3828
Sarasota, Fla. 33578
The national mail order

ALLIED RADIO CORP.
100 N. Western Ave.
Chicago, III. 60680
butors listed below offer extensive lines of experimenter and hobbyist
Knight
Argonne
LAFAYETTE RADIO
111 Jericho Turnpike
Syosset, L.l., N.Y.
OLSON ELECTRONICS
260 S. Forge Street

Akron, Ohio 44308
RADIO SHACK CORP.
110 Federal Street
Boston, Mass.
Archer
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Currently available.
To be offered in near
future.
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MODULES
REMARKS
PROJECT BOOKS
Booklets included
with kits
One of the
first with
module line
Photoconductors
Thermistors
Also offers educational
kits
Serviceman's line as well

Also offers educational
kits
Major coil manufacturer

May offer complete kits
in future
Newest entry with
experimenter line
Extensive line of wire
products as well
Offers tools and
accessories also
Features photoconductor
kit
Some packages are in
"book" form
Also offers etched circuit

boards
Also offers test

equipment and tools
items, including proprieta
ts, semi -kits and modules.

Very broad line
Has
number of local
"associate" stores
Features periodic
tabloid flyers
Offers items through many
local stores as well
March, 1966
Assembling a project with a module is easy. This

dual flasher needs only the module, battery, switch
and light bulbs. Hard -core experimenters say that
these projects offer the builder no challenge.
which covers a magic lamp, light flasher,

unijunction organ, all -band receiver, etc.;
Home or (Camp) Projects, which describes, among other projects, a night
light, speed control for appliances, and a
temperature alarm; and, finally, Workshop Projects, which includes heat controls, a phototimer, a temperature regulator, a meterless voltmeter, and d.c.
power supplies.
The Motorola booklet, "Solid State
Projects," devotes a chapter to each construction project, including, quite often,
a photo of the completed project in use.
Both schematic and pictorial diagrams
are presented, and the text covers circuit
description, construction and layout
hints, plus typical project applications.
A series of smaller booklets as well as
several larger reference manuals are offered by International Rectifier. Wallet sized, the smaller booklets describe projects and circuits featuring specific types
of semiconductors, with individual booklets devoted to SCR's, zener diodes, rectifiers, photocells ( and sun batteries) ,
and transistors. The larger manuals cover theory and application in greater detail, with major emphasis on engineering
techniques and design methods.
But the major manufacturers are not
the only firms offering project and circuit manuals. Semitronics, Saxton Products, and others have published useful
booklets featuring their own product
lines. The Semitronics' booklet, "Electronic Projects," is divided into two
parts, each containing some 25 construction projects (50 in all). The first part is
aimed at the beginner, and covers relatively simple projects, with semi- pictorials, schematics, and close -up photographs. The second part, for the more
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The starter project in the new RCA "Experimenter's Kit" enables the builder to construct the light dimmer in this diagram. The
kit contains the semiconductors and heat sink, and nothing else.
advanced hobbyist, emphasizes projects

of greater complexity and, in general,
features a schematic diagram, photo,
parts list, and brief description only.
Experimenter
Components.
Although
some distributors continue to sell individual components in bulk from dirty

and, often, mislabeled bins, more and
more experimenter components are supplied in sealed "blister" packages. The
number and variety of components offered varies from one manufacturer to
another. A few firms offer only semiconductor devices. Others, such as Semitronics, limit their lines to the components, tools, and accessories needed for
the projects described in their circuit
manuals. Still others, such as Workman
Electronic Products and GC Electronics,

offer broad lines running the gamut from
hardware to complete circuit modules.
Quite often, the component package
includes a detailed instruction sheet or
booklet describing one or more construction projects in which the component can
be used. General Electric includes a circuit diagram with each component in its
"X- line," while International Rectifier
generally features a small project booklet as an integral part of its component
packages.
Almost every major semiconductor
manufacturer sells low -cost devices suitable for experimenter and hobbyist projects, but several companies have devel46
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GE "X- line" has 20 items in all, including SCR's, diodes, rectifiers, transistors,
a zener diode, a reed switch, a thermistor, a UJT, and other useful devices. In
Motorola's "HEP" line, there eventually
will be 29 categories of semiconductor
devices and several project manuals. The
International Rectifier line of packaged
components runs the gamut of semiconductor devices from simple diodes to a
variety of transistors there are SCR's,
zeners, and photocells, as well as heat
sinks, mounting kits, and even a low current, low- voltage motor designed for
operation on solar batteries.
Component kits are packaged by Fen wal Electronics, Clairex, International
Rectifier, Sylvania, Workman, etc. The
typical "kit" is an assortment of similar
devices suitable for use in a variety of
experimental projects. Fenwal offers
thermistor kits; Clairex, a photoconductor kit; and International Rectifier, photocell, zener diode, SCR, and transistor
kits. Priced well below the total cost of
the individual components, such kits are
excellent buys for the serious hobbyist,
student, and experimenter just stocking
his laboratory. In addition to the special
kits offered by major manufacturers,
;
many large distributors package their

own "bargain" assortments. Distributor packaged kits may include resistors, capacitors, coils, hardware, volume con(Continued on page 98)
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Are you
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REFLEXOMETER
By JAMES FISHBECK
HE PERFECT Rx for pooped -out

parties or for those rainy evenings
when you're looking for something to
do is to play "Reflex "
game of skill
which shows your wizardry with electronics, and also shows which of your
guests can respond properly and more
quickly to a given situation. The situation in this case, is created by certain
selected dice throws. All you need to
play is a pair of dice, a set of poker
chips, a jaw -tight determination to
prove how fast your reactions really
are, and a "Reflexometer."
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Two, three, or four people can play

the game.
There's a bonus for you, too; the Reflexometer has other applications both
for work and for play. some practical
and some not so practical.
Four hand-held pushbutton responders, each a different color and each
manned by a different player, tie man
and machine together. The first man to
press the button lights a lamp that
corresponds to his responder. The
lamps are wired through a system of
four relays which permit only one lamp
to light at a time. Once a lamp lights,
it remains lit even after the button is
released. Second best is no good: the
other lamps cannot be illuminated, at
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Fig. 1.
least not until the winner collects, and

the reset button is pressed.
How
To Play
starts with
"Reflex."
Each player
25 poker chips. All players
roll the dice once to see who starts. The

one who rolls the highest number goes
first. He starts the game by rolling the
dice.
Any double or combination of 7, or

the first person ( including the player who rolled
the dice) to press his responder switch
in response to a reflex roll, wins the
round and collects a chip from each of
the other players. If no proper reflex
action occurs on the throw, the player
who rolled the dice does so again until
one of the players wins. The dice are
then passed to the next player on the
11, is a "reflex" roll, and
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left. Of the 36 possible combinations

of the dice, 14 (approximately 40% )
are reflex rolls.
Sounds simple, doesn't it? But there's
a human element to complicate matters.
Quite often those who respond first
lose; edgy players, those most anxious
to register first, are most likely to
flinch. A flinch is a false or a premature response that causes the light to
come on when it shouldn't. If a player
flinches, and his lamp shows that he did,
he pays a penalty of one chip apiece
to the other players. The dice are not
passed on a flinch.
Tension mounts as the game progresses, and if you are a good student
of human behavior, you may try some
maneuvers such as feigning a flinch to
send an anxious player over the hill
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PARTS LIST
C1- 50 -f., 150 -volt electrolytic

D1-5A4 diode (or equivalent)
capacitor
F1-1% -ampere fuse
11, 12,13,14-313 28 -volt miniature lamp

Kl, K2, K3, K4-R clay, 4- p.d.t., 24- volts,
d.c.
(Potter & Brumfield KHP17D11 or equiv-
Fig. 2. Construction is simple. Another way to assemble the Reflexometer is to do away with the sub chassis and mount the relays on top side of case.
with his nervousness. The player with

the most chips, after another player
loses all, is the winner.
You can also use the Reflexometer to
show which event in a series of actions
occurs first, such as in a foot race or a
slot -car race. Switches installed on the
track and wired to the unit act as impartial judges. (Perhaps, if such a device were available years ago, we would
know today which came first -the
chicken or the egg.)
How the Reflexometer Works. Each of
the four responders, containing one of
the switches 21 to S4 (Fig. 1) , is connected to one of the relays (K1 to K4)
alent)
PL1 -Octal plug (Ampheuol 86-PM8 or equivalent)
R1- 6800 -ohm, 1 -watt re.istor
Sl, S2, S3, S4- Normally -open push -button
switch (Eagle 188 or equivalent)
S5-Normally- closed pushbutton switch (Arrow Hart & Hegeman 3392 -.4E or equivalent)
S6- S.p.s.t. toggle switch
SOl -Octal socket (Amphenol 88 -8 or equivalent)
T1-117 -volt to 25.2 -volt filament transformer,
1- ampere (Chicago -Stancor P6469 or equivalent)
Colored indicator light assemblies (Dialco
931 -102, 932 -102, 933 -102, 935 -102)
1 -7" x 12" x 3" aluminum chassis (Bud AC -408
or equivalent)
1 -7" x 12" aluminum bottom plate (Bud BPA1595 or equivalent)
1 -2" x 13" piece of 20 -gauge aluminum
Miniature fuse post (Littlefuse 342014 or
equivalent)
1 -Lamp cord, white vinyl plastic (Knight POT
-25' spool)
4
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Misc.-Small handle, rubber mounting feet (4),
rubber grommets, hardware, hookup wire, etc.
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and to one of the lamps (II to 14). The

first button depressed completes a circuit for its associated relay and indicating light. If 21 is pressed first, for
example, 11 lights and K1 energizes.
When the armature of K1 pulls in, one
of the contacts on the relay completes
the relay circuit to ground and, like an
electrical latch, holds the relay energized and the lamp lit even after the
responder button is released.
The three remaining sets of contacts
on KI open the B+ leads to K2, K3,
and K4 to prevent these relays from
kicking in on a second -best response.
The circuit remains latched until S5 is
depressed. When S5 is momentarily
opened, K1 de- energizes and the Reflexometer is ready for the next round of
play.
Transformer T1 steps down the line

voltage to 24 volts, and D1 functions
as a half -wave rectifier. Capacitor Cl
filters the B-+ and Ri acts as a bleeder
and tends to regulate the voltage.
Fig. 3. Switches mounted on one end of wooden dow-
els make suitable hand -held responders. Any normally open push -to -close type of switch can be used.
March, 1966
Construction. A 12"
num chassis holds all
the responders. The
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Wallace L. Minto holds a small

.speaker as he demonstrates
the passage of a Piasmonic signal through his as,ac ate, Bill
Mucher. Ar,other associate, Jack
Faber, talks into a microphone
connected to the Plasmonic transmites and the 500 -foot coil of
wire on the laboratory bench.
it
MAGNETIC
If this
scientist is
right, two
new terms
(Hydronics and
Plasmonics)
will be added
to the
electronics
ICE, in 1965, a scientist -experimenter named Wallace L.

Minto invited observers to a communications demonstration in
Sarasota, Florida. On both occasions, the observers left the
demonstrations confused, or at least bemused, by what they had
seen. According to Minto, a totally new electronic phenomena
was being shown: communications via Hydronics and Plasmonics.
In the first demonstration, Hydronics enabled "wireless" voice
communication from dockside to a scuba diver. The observers
also heard the tone signal from a Hydronics transmitter sealed
in a buoy and towed through Sarasota Bay. The transmitters
lexicon were black boxes, but all other equipment ( power supplies, microphones, etc.) were commonly available items. The only distinguishable component of unusual size or shape was a dipole
antenna fabricated of Monel metal with a spread of about 10
feet. As Minto put the dipole into the Bay, Hydronics signals
could be heard; as the antenna emerged, the signals died away.
Six months later, Minto held another demonstration, only this
time it was of Plasmonics- similar to Hydronics but not requiring the dipole antenna. In place of the antenna, a single wire can
be used between transmitter and receiver, or a block of metal,
or a body of water, or even the earth itself. Shades of Tesla!
Voice transmission via Plasmonics through the single wire was
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unaffected when the wire was cut and capacitors, resistors (extremely high values), chokes, or even diodes back to back inserted and the "circuit" completed. The observers saw no return
circuit, and any time the wire was cut, the Plasmonic signal
took a drastic drop in volume. Observers used their own bodies
to "conduct" the Plasmonic signal, grasping the end of the wire
in one hand and the input terminal of a Plasmonic black box in
the other. Additional bodies made no difference in signal
strength -as long as they held hands. The small size of the black
boxes seemed -to the observers-to eliminate the chance of capacitive coupling as a tentative explanation of the phenomena.
Who Is Minto? From the time he entered Columbia University
in 1938, Minto has been a respectable maverick in the sciences.
Reportedly a brilliant chemistry student, Minto went on the
War Production Board in 1942 and the famous Manhattan Project in 1944. Following the end of World War II, he ventured
into the commercial world and now lives comfortably on royalties from his patents. He is a member of various professional
and scientific societies, and has been called a qualified expert
witness by Federal Courts in at least nine different subjects. As
far as can be determined, Minto is not particularly oriented
toward electronics or radio communications.
With a secure reputation, pulling some 50 observers from the
March, 1966
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U.S. Navy, a dozen large corporations, and a few university labs
to Sarasota was no problem to Minto. The demonstrations were

obviously impressive, and none of those present offered a conventional explanation of what they had seen and heard. Various
press reports were published and cognizance taken of Hydronics
in the Proceedings of the Naval Institute.
Minto is seemingly a scientist determined to profit from his
discoveries. He and his staff will talk about this new wave and
its characteristic behavior, but they don't say a word beyond
that. Such secrecy is normal in a profit- making venture, although not particularly normal -but absolutely legitimate -for
a scientist. Until full defensible patent protection is assured,
and until Hydronics, Inc., is satisfied that military security is
not involved, Minto and his staff are sitting tight.
Enormity of the Discovery. If Plasmonics is a bona fide discovery, the potential is so great as to stagger the imagination. Here
are longitudinal waves that travel like sonic waves through
water, but at speeds that deny their relationship to sonar. Minto
has also demonstrated that various materials possess specific
characteristics of transmission of Plasmonics waves at various
frequencies. Further proof of this particular effect is claimed
by Minto in his tape recording of a Plasmonic signal from the
nuclear explosion last October in the Aleutian Islands.
Minto and his associates visualize using Plasmonics for standardized spectrum analysis of material in a state of flux -such as
molten steel in a crucible. They also look toward the eventual
use of Plasmonic hardware to effectively double telephone and
telegraphic facilities without stringing more wire. Underwater
communication will obviously benefit from the use of Hydronics,
and if Minto is only partially correct, the practical aspects of
Plasmonics waves are overshadowed by the possibility that these
waves may provide information on the missing links between
radiation and electron flow.
But for the moment, the scene is confusing. Something has
been accomplished -but what?
Using
simple glass tube
test rig, Herb Schuessler of

Hydronics, Inc., records the
transmission spectra of fluids. A sine -wave generator
modulates
the Plasmonic
transmitter (black box at the
right) and the signal is propagated down the tube, received by another black box,
and the strength recorded.
Antennas inserted in the ends
of the U- shaped glass tube
are made of platinum wire.
Below is a typical chart recording of a transmission
spectra obtained from this
apparatus. Reading from left
to right, the audio generator
is tuned down from 200,000
to 200 cycles. Plasmonic indications show the "turn on"
point to be 21,000 cycles
and the main peak response
at 1900 cycles. There is a discernible knee at 400 cycles.
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From the meager information released by
L. Minto, plus what observers could
deduce, Hydronics has the following properties:
W.
Unknown type of radiation (called Plasmonics), similar to radio waves, but only
effective under water. Transmissions
were interrupted as soon as the antenna
was withdrawn from Sarasota Bay.
Using a dipole antenna, the radiated
field pattern is a figure 8, but coaxially
aligned with the dipoles, contrary to
normal radio wave radiation that would
maximize perpendicular to the dipole.
Velocity of propagation stated to be at
least" 100,000 miles per second -far
above sonar range.
Disturbance or agitation of the water has

no effect on Hydronics transmissions.
Signal strength attenuation said to be according to inverse square law, although
one transmission to a distance of 30
miles was claimed.
March, 1966
CAN PLASMONICS BE DISCREDITED?
Observers have proposed some of the following tentative pro and con explanations
of the Plasmonics phenomenon:
Plasmonics are really low frequency (10 -20
kc.) radio transmissions: The unexplainable
directivity of the dipole antenna seems to
refute this. Also, why are the signals
stronger out of the water? It should be
the other way around.
Plasmonics is a close -range lab experiment

using simple capacitive coupling: Even capacitive coupling has sensitivity as to distance, so why do the observers need to
hold hands to couple the signal between
transmitter and receiver? If capacity coupling were involved, the observers wouldn't
need to touch one another.
Plasmonics is just another gimmicked demonstration: Possibly, but certainly of unbelievable cleverness. Why should a scientist
-even as unconventional as Wallace Minto
-try to deceive his peers? If it is gimmicked and uses radio waves, one observer
tuning from 200 kc. through the FM broadcast band could find no suspicious signals.
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THE
HOBBYIST who has totally

escaped the era of microminiaturization must live a sheltered life, indeed.
For, with the expanded use of transistorized circuits-not to mention monolithic
integrated circuits -in everything from
toys to television sets, no up-to -date experimenter can stand idly by in the presence of this great technological revolution.
Much of the credit for this rapid
change in manufacturing technique belongs to the space -age scientists whose
constant demand for more complex instrumentation in the limited space aboard
orbiting satellites has revolutionized the
electronics industry. Yet, at the heart of
every miniaturized circuit stands the
"printed circuit," which came into being
more than a decade ago.
Printed Circuit Techniques. The general
term "printed circuit," or "printed wiring," as it is sometimes called, refers to
a laminated board with an insulating
base. The base material is usually a
phenolic board to which a layer of metal
foil is bonded. The foil may be on either
one or both sides of the board.
Printed circuits offer many advantages
to the experimenter, hobbyist, and engineer. With relatively little practice on
the part of the builder, a complete printed circuit can be produced in less time
than is required to make a wired circuit,
and with a substantial reduction in
space requirements. They can be produced by many different processes including etching, stamping, embossing,
and plating.
Of the various techniques that can be
used, the etching process is by far the
least expensive and most popular method. It is also the simplest and most
adaptable to the needs of the home builder. The basic materials you will need
are described below.
Making an Etched Circuit. An etched
circuit is made by masking certain portions of a copper -clad laminate circuit
Be As Good As The Experts

By JAMES A. GUPTON JR.
CIRCUIT BOARDS
March, 1966
board with an etch resistant ink or

tape strips (called "resist ") to correspond to specific circuit wiring. Then
the entire circuit board is immersed in
an etching solution which etches away
all unmasked copper, without affecting
the phenolic board. After the resist is
cleaned off the etched copper, the printed
circuit is ready for use.
As a beginner, you'll probably find it
both convenient and economical to start
with one of the many printed circuit kits
which you can buy from most electronic
equipment supply houses. The kits contain a variety of materials and parts including etching solution, a glass or
plastic tray (or bag) in which to do
your etching, printed circuit sockets,
liquid or tape resist materials, and an
assortment of copper -clad circuit boards.
If you plan to do a lot of etching, you'll
probably be better off buying just the
right material in the amounts needed for
a particular job.
Printed Circuit Boards. Most parts distributors carry a large assortment of
printed circuit boards. These are of the
copper -clad type which provide high
conductivity and good solderability. For
special applications, other metal foils
such as silver or aluminum can be used;
these are non-standard materials, however. Copper thicknesses vary from
0.0007 to 0.0094 inch. The circuit board
base is usually made from Bakelite,
epoxy, silicon, Teflon, fiberglass, or paper -base phenolic material that has been
impregnated or coated with a thermosetting phenolic resin and pressed into a
hard solid sheet. The phenolic board is
by far the most widely used. If you ask
your parts distributor for Vectorbord,
you are sure to get the right thing.
The sheets are available in thicknesses
ranging from %4 to 1/s inch. For most ap-
plications, the ?in" -thick boards (approximately 2 mils) are ideal. The electrical properties of paper -base laminates
are set by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) , and consist of the following grades: X, XX,
and XXX. The letter "P" after the grade
designations, as in XXXP, denotes that
the material has good punching qualities.
The best electrical properties are found
in Grade XXXP, while Grade X has the
poorest, and costs less.
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Etchant Resists. The ink, tape strip,

or other materials that are used to mark
those areas of the copper laminate that
make up the printed circuit, is referred
to simply as resist. There are many
different types of resists on the market;
paraffin wax, special types of ink, resists
in tubes with ball tips for writing on the
copper, and press -on adhesive tape, are
among numerous types that can be used.
The recent appearance of a wide assortment of etch -resist transfer sheets
with straight lines, circles, ellipses, and
dozens of pads with different diameters
definitely add a professional touch and
tend to obsolete all other types. The designs of one manufacturer, Emi -Tron
Associates (North Hollywood, Calif.)
are shown in Fig. 1.
Etchant Solution. For the etchant solution, you have a choice of acids, oxidizers, or corrosive alkali. Of all these,
ferric chloride is the most popular. Another widely used etchant is ammonium
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circuit board a really professional appearance.
persulfate, the main advantage of which

is that it does not contaminate the insulating phenolic board during the etching process.
Acids are the least desirable since they
produce an exothermic reaction when
diluted. However, if you do want to use
an acid, the cardinal point to remember
is that you must add the acid to water
when diluting a concentrated solution.
Never add water to the acid because the
heat resulting from the reaction will
cause the water to boil and might spatter the acid.
If you use ferric chloride powder, dissolve one pound of the powder into one
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Carefully redraw the schematic for best

layout of components, using the actual parts to determine minimum spread between component leads.
Fig. 2.
pint of hot tap water. Slowly pour the

ferric chloride into the water, allowing
the solution to cool off when it becomes
hot before adding additional ferric chloride. If you are using a concentrated
solution of ferric chloride, you must first
pour the solution into a mixing bowl,
and then add water according to the
directions that come with the package.
When completely dissolved, the ferric
chloride will have a dark reddish brown
color. A word of caution: watch out for
ferric chloride stains on your clothes
and hands.
Making a Layout. First you must plan

your circuit board layout on paper
preferably on graph paper. This means
you must study the schematic diagram
carefully and then try to lay out the
board to suit the circuit. The trick is
to redraw the circuit in such a way that
the "wires" don't cross each other, and
this is not always an easy task. The
characteristic patterns you see on a
printed circuit board are largely due to
this effort.
Where conductors must cross, as they
sometimes will, select a point where a
resistor, coil, or other circuit component
intersect, and then let that component
bridge the gap. If you find you can
weave all your circuit paths to keep conductors from being boxed in when they
are to continue to another point on the
circuit board, you just know you are
working like a pro. If-after you have
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circuit board showing

preliminary parts layout. Terminals are interconnected in accordance with circuit schematic diagram.
Fig. 3. Mock -up of printed
exhausted all your efforts and skills

you find you are still fenced in, terminate
the lead near the crossing point and continue on the other side of the line without touching the conductor being crossed.
Later you can drill a hole at each end
where the interrupted lead should meet,
and then bridge the gap with a jumper
wire while you are assembling the circuit.
In general, component and wiring
leads can be soldered directly to the copper foil for permanent connections. But
if the leads may have to be removed
often, plan on using copper or brass eyelets at such points.
Preparing the Board. In addition to the
copper -clad board which is going to be
etched, secure a piece of unclad perfov16
rated circuit board of the same size. The

perforated holes should be %o" in diameter, and spaced BSc" between hole
centers. You should also have at hand
at least one each of the components that
will be mounted on the finished printed
circuit board.
Cut excess lengths from the component leads, bend the leads to form a
right angle, and place them in position
on the redrawn schematic diagram
as shown in Fig. 2. By doing this you
can determine the required distance between terminal connections and see what
the final circuit layout will look like.
Once you have checked off, and accounted for, the location of all circuit
components, your next task is to make
a mock -up circuit board using the perforated board and the actual circuit com-
ponents. You should bend all leads as

close as possible to the component body,
and insert leads into the nearest grid
holes (Fig. 3). The component and lead
spacing must not be closer than specified
in Fig. 4. Also, trim each lead length so
that at least 3c" protrudes beyond the
back surface of the perforated board.
With components in place on the
mock-up board, place a flat surface, such
as a piece of cardboard, over the circuit
components and flip the assembled perforated board over on its back. Then,
using a grease pencil, circle each hole
with a component lead protruding
through it. Draw the necessary interconnecting lines between circles as
shown in Fig. 5. Flip over the circuit
board again and remove each component,
marking the corresponding reference
designation from the schematic (RI,
Fig. 5. Reverse
side of mock-up
circuit
board
with linesdrawn
to connect terminal leads. PC
board follows
I/32"
this pattern.
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Fig. 4. Shown here is the minimum allowable spac-
ing between adjacent PC board components and leads.

March, 1966
57
CORRECT
Fig. 6. Use
pen or other applicator to put on
liquid resist. After all drilled holes are circled,

draw lines to connect them following your sketch.
etc.) as each component is removed.

Tape the perforated circuit board to
the foil side of the copper -clad board
with the marked -up side of the perforated board exposed. Using a 4#53 bit,
drill a hole down through the copperclad board from each circled hole in the
perforated board. After all holes have
been drilled, untape and separate the
boards. (You may put the perforated
board aside for the time being.) Then
remove all burrs from the copper foil
using No. 000 sandpaper or steel wool.
Thoroughly wash the deburred copper clad surface using a cleanser, such as
Ajax or Comet, to remove grease or
other foreign particles. Then rinse with
C4,
ol
INCORRECT
Fig. 7. As you work, be sure that paths are properly

terminated as shown here. Incorrect terminations may result in poor etching and circuit arcing.
clean water to remove all traces of the

cleanser, and dry with a clean, soft rag.
From here on out, you should try to
avoid touching the copper surface with
your hand or fingers.
To etch out a circuit on the copper clad laminate, you apply a resist to all
areas where copper is to remain, and the
areas that are not covered with the resist are etched away.
Applying the Resist.
Before you apply
the resist, you should rough out the interconnecting lines between the holes on
the copper foil with a pencil. Use the
mock -up perforated board as a guide.
Now you are ready to apply the resist.
COPPER SIDE D
BUT NOT ON BOTTOM
Fig. 9. Place copper surface on glass marbles

in a nonmetallic tray with etchant solution at a
temperature of 90 to 120 , and agitate frequently.
If you elect to use a liquid resist, circle

each hole using a pen or applicator, making sure that the diameter of each circle
is approximately four times the diameter
of the hole (Fig. 6) The pen, or other
applicator, is usually supplied with the
resist. After all holes have been circled,
draw lines to connect them in accordance with the penciled sketch. The connecting path drawn from each circled
hole should be wide enough to carry the
current in that circuit.
The table below can be used to figure
optimum circuit line width. However, in
no case should the path be narrower than
of an inch. The proper methods for
terminating paths are shown in Fig. 7.
When all paths have been covered with
resist, and the ink has dried thoroughly,
you will, at long last, be ready to make
your first printed circuit board.
Incidentally, the author prefers, and
recommends, the use of tape resist
strips that are not only much simpler
to apply, but which also give the finished
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circuit that certain professional appearance. Figure 8 shows "By -Buk" resist
CURRENT CAPACITY IN AMPERES
Line
Width
Thickness of Copper Conductive Pattern
1/64"
1/32"
1/16"
1/8"
1/4"
0.0015
0.003
0.005
0.0067
10
10
13
10
15
15
18
22
20
35
25
32
41
48
23
Fig. 8. Resist transfer sheets being applied. Rub on over desired area and peel back sheet leaving resist on surface.
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Fig. 10. Wher the etching process is complete, wash

the board to remove all traces of etching solution. Then, before dismantling the mock -up board,
mark location of each component with India ink.
strips being applied, and the neat ap-
pearance certainly speaks for itself.

To use tape resist, simply place the
transfer sheet on which it comes, pigment side down, on the copper surface,
and rub the back of the sheet with a pen
or pencil to transfer the resist to the
copper. Then the sheet is rolled back,
and the resist stays stuck to the metal.
With tape resists such as these, you can
make attractive and functional boards
without spending a single day in a drafting school. What's more, if you do make
an error, you have only to scratch off the
resist with a razor blade or pen knife.
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YOUR WOOFER
How to get good

bass response
out of a $5.95 speaker
without boom
By DAVID B. WEEMS
AN INTERESTING development in the

evolution of the bass reflex enclosure
was "friction loading" as used by Good mans of England, wherein an "acoustic
resistance unit" (A.R.U.) is placed
across the open port to reduce the boom
effect. While it really worked, it was
criticized by some audio designers as a
waste of power-the audio equivalent of
driving a car with the brakes on -but
the concept is ever with us and is gaining more advocates.
Actually, the speaker itself undergoes
a kind of braking action to reduce overshoot and distortion. In the case of expensive speakers, the braking action is
enhanced by a powerful magnetic field
through which the voice coil travels.
Low -cost speakers are more likely to
suffer from "hangover" due to weak
magnets; poor suspensions don't help
either. Because the magnets are costly,
their weight alone is sometimes a fairly
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good indicatio n of speaker quality, earticularly with] n a brand line. However,

consideration of weight alone can be
quite misleadi ig, as different magnet materials have di fferent magnetic strengths
per ounce. When it comes to magnets
the larger the magnetic

strength (gauss) the better.
But if the speaker is completely enclosed and ven ted to provide just enough
to the air flow, the restoring
for speakers,
quite similar to that

magnetic field surrounding the voice coil. Therefore, instead of tradi ng dollars for magnets to
put on the birakes, when you build an
y ou can incorporate the
force to the c ome is

obtained fro m the
A.R.U. feature.
Air brakes and large magnets are fine,
but there is more to a good speaker. In
the case of a woofer and its low frequency respor se characteristic, the low er the cone resonant frequency the
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better. The $5.95 speaker used here

checked out unusually well in this respect; resonance in "free air" was on the
order of 35 to 40 cycles. A separate small
tweeter and an L -pad is used to handle
and balance the upper portion of the
audio spectrum.
Experiments With a $5.95 Woofer. The
first experiment saw the woofer mounted

in a 1 cu. ft. box similar to the "Cinderella" enclosure (October, 1965) . Performance was fairly good, but the 35- to
40 -cycle bass resonance of the speaker
when enclosed in the box-moved up to
75 cycles, and so some potential bass
response was lost. Turning up the bass
control on the amplifier helped, but the
overall effect was that of a woofer with
a mild case of claustrophobia. The sound
was not as satisfying as that produced
by the small woofers in the Cinderella
system. Evidently, a larger box was in
order.
Next, continuing with the infinite
baffle concept, a larger enclosure was
used. In the new sealed box, the bass
resonance dropped to 55 cycles, and the
bass response was much better than you
would expect from a low- priced woofer
-sound was good but not spectacular.
Indications were that the size of the enclosure was right, and the time had
arrived for the addition of the A.R.U.
feature.
Then the tedious part of the experiments began -drilling holes by installments and testing the results of each
additional set of holes. The tests clearly
demonstrated the inadvisability of just
putting any old speaker in any kind of
box. So, if you want to adapt this idea
to other speakers, and make your own
tests, you'll have to use an audio generator and a VTVM connected as shown
in the diagram of the test setup.
The first batch of holes was drilled in
the bottom of the box, converting the
system from a sealed enclosure to a bass
reflex type. With each series of holes,
the voltage across the speaker voice coil
was checked as the audio generator signal was varied from 200 cycles down to
20 cycles. The first sweep showed a
voltage peak at 70 cycles and another at
25 cycles. Since these peaks were not
even close to equal distance from the
original peak of 35 -40 cycles, it was ob-
Low and high audio frequencies are separated by Cl

and kept in balance by L -pad Rl. For best results,
the tweeter and woofer must be wired in phase.
March, 1966
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GENERATOR
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Typical test setup required to determine speaker

and enclosure resonant frequencies if you use a
different speaker or change cabinet dimensions.
vious that the box was mistuned. Going

back over the frequency run again
showed that the peaks were also greatly
unbalanced in amplitude, the lower peak
being about twice as high as the upper
peak.
Unfortunately, too many holes had
been drilled. Tacking two layers of 1'> -inch
polyurethane foam plastic over the holes
brought the upper peak down to 60
cycles and lowered the amplitude of the
lower peak, which proved that you can
tune a bass reflex enclosure with an
A.R.U.
After closing some of the bottom holes
to obtain better matching, work was
begun on the enclosure interior. After
all, the original purpose of the box was
to try the air brake idea with a resistive
compartment around the woofer. Next,
165 1/4 -inch holes were drilled into the
triangular side piece (M) and the sloping back panel (L) until the remaining
voltage peaks at 54 cycles and 21 cycles
were insignificant. That point was
reached with 170 holes in the sloping
panel. A further frequency run showed
dips in sound output at some points
apparently internal reflections were
61
Except for the front, all inside surfaces of the

woofer cage are covered with faom plastic. Loosely
pack the woofer cage with a sheet of fiberglass.
BILL OF MATERIALS
A
-18"
x 22" x
(2 required)
-17 /, "
4"
19%"
plywood jor front and rear

x
bottom (2 required)
3"
plywood for top and
-17% " x 22" x 44" plywood for sides (2

required)
D-164" r 3 " x % " cleat (4 required)
E-22" x /" x 44" cleat (4 required)
F -11" x 3/4" r Y4" cleat
G-113" x 3" x 4. " cleat
H-16%" x 34 " x 1% " cleat
J-11" x 3/4" x 1% " cleat (1 side faced 45 )
K-1" x 2" diagonal brace for top, back, and
both sides (about 96" required)
L-17%" x 12%" x ." plywood
211-113 "
1
1
1
1
x 113/4" x
Construction. You can cut costs by

using the cheapest grade of construction
plywood available; such material is satisfactory from a performance standpoint, but for good appearance must be
covered. However, a good furniture finish calls for a good grade of lumber.
Except for the diagonal braces (K)
which are used to stabilize the large unsupported surfaces, and the cage around
the woofer, construction of the enclosure
is quite ordinary. Strips of 3/4" x 4"
pine (D, E, F, and G) are screwed and
glued to the front panel, and cleat H is
fastened to the side panel in a similar
manner, to simplify construction of the
woofer compartment. The drilled triangular side panel of the cage (M) is
fastened to the bottom and front with
glue and with six 21/2" x 8 fiat-head
" plywood (cut diag-
-3onally
-sq. ft. sheet of polyurethane
-3
-sq. ft. sheet
fiberglass
-2 -yd. piece of ofcheesecloth
-24"
causing cancellations. Foam plastic was

stretched over the drilled panels, and the
compartment was filled with fiberglass
to alleviate this problem.
Compared to earlier listening tests,
the sound quality was significantly improved. The bass response appeared to
be smooth and extended further downward in range from the former limits.
However, there was one criticism offered
by careful listeners; the low end seemed
to be too well damped. Several more sets
of holes were drilled in the sloping panel,
bringing the total up to 250. This change
produced a fuller bass, but still not
boomy. However, the lack of boom produced a slight imbalance in favor of the
tweeter, and so a tweeter control (R1)
was added as a further refinement.
foam plastic
28" piece of grille cloth

(optional)
CTS- IOli'F 10" woofer*
1 -TS -5051 3% " tweeter*
C1-5 -f.. 25 -volt capacitor
R1
-ohm L -pad (Calrad LP -8 or equi,alent)'
Mise. 1;-a" x 8 flat -head wood screws (1 box).
x 8 flat -head wood screws (6), glue,
plastic, veneer, or stain and varnish, molding,
x
-4" legs
1-
-8
etc.
*Available from McGee Radio Co., 1901 McGee

St., Kansas City 8, Mo. (Woofer, $5.95: tweeter,
$2.95, L -pad, $1.49. Shipping cost extra.)
NOTE: Cleats and braces can be made from
pine; all other lumber is at least 5 -ply wood.
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side cover is held in place by 21/2" -long

screws fed into front and bottom of cabinet from
outside, and by 11/4" screws through piece L.
Cage
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Photoelectric systems can be "seen"
and aluminum foil strips can be shortB
Location of tweeter is not critical. Cover side away

from woofer cage and back with polyurethane
foam plastic. Glue and screw all cleats in place.
wood screws. These screws are fed into
the cabinet from the outside.

When installing the woofer, run the
wires through one of the holes in the
side panel. The opening in the front
panel for the woofer is 81/2" in diameter;
its center is 61/4" in from the side and
6'i" up from the bottom. Stretch and
tack 1/2"-thick polyurethane foam plastic over all inside surfaces of the woofer
compartment except the front. Wrap
some cheesecloth around a strip of 1 "thick fiberglass (about 1' wide and 3'
or 4' long) and fold this strip of padding loosely into the woofer compartment. You can then screw the sloping
back panel into place.
Location of the tweeter can be any
place on the upper part of the front
panel. The amount of padding in the outer box is of minor importance. About a
1" layer of foam plastic on the side
away from the cage and back will do.
The tweeter control can be installed in
any convenient location, preferably on
the back panel.
You can finish and trim the outside of
your enclosure to match the decor of
your home. Note that the front panel is
slightly recessed to accommodate the
grille cloth and permit flush mounting
of molding. Legs are optional.
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March, 1966
circuited. Ultrasonics provides a foolproof snswer, but instead of detecting

movement as in devices being sold this
system uses an ultrasonic "beam." You
can't see the beam and, since the beam
can be reflected, it is almost impossible
to find ':he transmitter and receiver. This
is oie of the most unusual and spectacular prcjects ever published in POPULAR
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TESTING!
TESTING!
TESTING!
Only a rear or so ago, hi -fi test records
were so forbiddingly technical that an
engineer was needed to interpret the
results. But no longer -a new variety of
test records has hit the market that enables t.ie hi -fi enthusiast to check out
his corn plete system -from cartridge to
speaker -without leaving his easy chair.
This de:ailed article tells all about test

records -the very technical ones and the
non-tee mica! discs that can do the same
job fo- ass money and a lot less trouble.
I
TOOLS
&
TEST EQUIPMENT
This is the theme of the April issue.
Soma of the little known pieces of test
equipment you'll find handy in your laboratory are discussed. A separate article
tells about some tools you'll be surprised to find available. Complete information on these out-of- the -ordinary
items is provided.
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NOW YOU CAN LISTEN FASTER -A harmonic com-
pressor which allows "speed hearing" of recorded

speech at word rates comparable to speed reading
(300 to 400 words a minute) has been developed
by Bell Telephone Laboratories. Drs. M. R. Schroeder (left) and R. M. Golden (center) of Bell Labs
discuss the electronic device with M. R. Barnett,
executive director of the American Foundation for
the Blind. The instrument permits making recordings of the human voice which can be played back
at twice their normal speed while retaining normal
voice pitch. It divides in half the frequency components in a voice recording but retains the original
syllable rate. By doubling the speed of the recording, the frequency components are restored to their
original values, and syllables pour out twice as fast.
The high -pitched "Donald Duck" babble that results
when an ordinary record is speeded up is eliminated. The unit should greatly benefit the blind.
"HOT ELECTRONS " -Microwave frequencies as high as 12 kilomegacycles have

been generated by scientists at NASA's
Electronic Research Center (ERC), Cambridge, Mass. This frequency is believed
to be twice as high as any previously
achieved with semiconductors. The microwaves were generated by means of a phenomenon recently discovered by J. B.
Gunn of International Business Machines
-the interaction of "hot electrons" in
semiconductor material. A low d.c. voltage
is applied across a gallium arsenide
crystal measuring less than one -thousandth of an inch thick, and is converted
to continuous -wave microwave power.
This advance in microwave research was
made by Dr. Harold Roth, and two associates, W. Deter Straub and John A.
Ayer. The new results appear promising
for future spacecraft transmitters as
they are expected to improve the efficiency of signal transmission. Weak signals
from space, said ERC Director Dr. Winston E. Kock, are difficult to process
without highly complex equipment. If
the vacuum tubes presently required to
handle the higher frequencies can be
replaced with solid -state generators, an
improvement in efficiency is possible.
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RADIO TRAFFIC WARNING SYSTEM -Small VLF receivers such as that mounted on the dashboard of
the auto below are part of a system undergoing

tests by Telefunken engineers on a stretch of highway in Hanover, Germany, to warn motorists of driving hazards ahead. The system transmits these
warnings via inductive loops buried alongside the
highway. As each loop extends for about two miles,
it restricts transmitter coverage to the area covered
by the loop, and only drivers passing through it hear
the broadcast. Consequently, many transmitters can
operate in the same vicinity on the same frequency
without causing mutual interference. The hearts of
the system are inconspicuous cabinets standing
away from the highway. Each contains a 40 -watt
transmitter operating at 70 kc. as well as a multitrack tape recorder which is remotely controlled
from a control center. A coded signal switches on
the receiver as it passes through the loop. In the
event a driver would like a report on the traffic
situation when he is approaching the main highway,
he can listen in on a VHF receiver.
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EARTH TREMORS TRIGGER ALARM

The Jolly Green Giant isn't the only
creature who shakes the ground when

he walks. Everyone does. And engineers at Westinghouse Electric Corp.
are taking advantage of that fact to
protect life and property. They have
developed an automatic alarm system,
called "Periguard," which forms a "no
man's land" around the perimeter of a
protected property. Any intruder who
attempts to cross this protective strip
of ground generates tiny earth tremors
which are sensed by the alarm system.
These small vibrations create pressure
waves that are picked up by sensitive
transducers buried below ground in the
strip. The transducers convert the pressure changes into electrical signals
which trigger an alarm. Placed around
the perimeter of a factory, estate or
other property, the system gives notice
of any trespasser and pinpoints his
location.
RETRIEVABLE ROCKET CATCHES MICROMETEOROIDS -When meteor showers occur, the upper
atmosphere contains hundreds of times more tiny

particles or micrometeoroids than at any other
period. During the annual Leonid meteor shower
which took place around the 14th of November.
NASA launched a 10' -long retrievable rocket payload from White Sands, New Mexico, with the idea
of catching some of these elusive particles. The vehicle, called "Luster" by its builders, Electro-Optical'
Systems of Pasadena, Calif., a subsidiary of Xerox
Corp., has three 5.5' retractable arms with 12 col-
PHONE CALLS A LA CARTE -Busy executives can

now mix their crepes suzette at lunch time with
phone calls using a "Pocket Fone." Manufactured

by the Chromalloy Co., West Nyack, N.Y., a Pocket
Fone permits them to take calls up to a half mile
away from their office telephone on a small remote
unit. The system consists of a base unit which
holds a standard telephone, the remote device and
a battery charger, and an ear plug for optional use.
The call actually comes th-ough to the pocket sized device which then functions as a cordless extension for normal two -way conversation. As it
operates on The 27 -mc. Citizens Band, no licensing
is needed. A Pocket Fone leases for $20 a month.
lection pans mounted on them. At approximately 52

miles up, Luster's 7' -long nose section moved forward to expose its three arrrs. These opened to a
position at right angles with the nose cone and remained extended for 200 seconds to catch the
particles. The arms then folded closed, the nose
cone retracted, and the payload landed by parachute. Flight time was about 11 minutes. NASA
scientists, who believe that Luster's successful
capture of these particles could shed new light
on some hazards of space rife, say it'll take six
months to analyze and evaluate results.
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BROADCASTS FROM AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST

Prepared by BILL LEGGE
Many countries throughout the world do not transmit broadcasts specifically intended for
reception in North America. However, these countries can often be heard in North America
if a listener knows on what frequency and at what time to listen. Although some of the
broadcasts come through surprisingly well, they are in general more difficult to hear and
identify than broadcasts beamed to North America. The following listing gives the best
times and frequencies for listeners to tune in countries in Africa and the Middle East
which do not have special broadcasts to this area.
AFRICA
COUNTRY
CITY
TIME -GMT
FREQUENCIES (MC.)
LANGUAGES
ALGERIA
Algiers
1200-1700
2000-2200
1800 -1930
0600 -0700
0430 -0600
0000-0300
1800 -2200
1800 -2200
1100 -1200
1900 -2000
0500-0645
1230 -1330
2130 -2230
1330 -1400
1830 -1930
0500-0600
2100 -2300
2130 -2300
2115-2145
1400-2200
15.375
9.685
11.685
4.82, 7.235
4.972
11.800
11.865
11.795
15.445
15.19
4.875
17.92
9.475, 11.915
15.41
11.875
4.777
9.65
4.94, 6.015
15.155
15.36
Arabic
French
Portuguese
Portuguese
French
Spanish
French
French
English
English
French
English
English
English, Tamil
English
French
French
French
English
English
1600 -1700
15.265
4.835
15.345
15.29
15.295
11.90, 15.255
11.77
9.72
4.975
9.505
4.905
5.047
11.972
4.815
French
French
Dundo
Luanda
Yaunde
CAMEROON
CANARY ISLANDS Tenerife
Elizabethville
CONGO
Leopoldville
CONGO REPUBLIC Brazzaville
ANGOLA
EGYPT
Cotonou
Cairo
ETHIOPIA
Addis Ababa
DAHOMEY
GABON
GUINEA
IVORY COAST
LIBERIA
Libreville
Conakry
Abidjan
Monrovia (ELWA)
"
MALAGASY
REPUBLIC
MALI
MOROCCO
(VOA)
Tananarive
Bamako
Rabat
Tangier (VOA)
Lourenco Marques
UPPER VOLTA
Kigali
Dakar
Johannesburg
Omdurman
Ft. Lamy
Lome
Tunis
Ouagadougou
0600 -0700
1200 -1600
1400 -1830
1700-2000
1700 -1900
2000 -2110
2000 -2400
0400-0600
0415 -0530
0500 -0600
0530-0630
1400-1600
0600 -0700
COUNTRY
CITY
TIME -GMT
FREQUENCIES (MC.)
LANGUAGES
IRAN
Tehran
Baghdad
Jerusalem
Jidda
Damascus
Ankara
7.065
15.11
7.18
Arabic
IRAQ
ISRAEL
SAUDI ARABIA
SYRIA
0130 -0300
2000 -2030
0230 -0500
2015 -2045
0400 -0600
MOZAMBIQUE
NIGERIA
RWANDA
SENEGAL
SOUTH AFRICA
SUDAN
TCHAD
TOGO
TUNISIA
Lagos
Arabic
English
Portuguese
English
German
French
English
Arabic
French
French
Arabic
French
MIDDLE EAST
TURKEY
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1600 -1900
2200 -2300
9.009
7.085, 9.72
15.165
15.16
English
Arabic
English
Arabic
English, French
English
POPULAR ELECTRONICS
F"m1040
TAX SAVING TIPS FOR
U.S. Treasury Department
or taxable year beginning
Internal Revenue Service
tin
First name and initial (II joint return, use first cames and middle initials of both)
Las
ELECTRONICS
By KEN KIRKaPi,TRICK
Hore address Number and street
or
mal reute)
MOONLIGHTERS
City, town or post office, and State
Enter the nome and address used on your return for 1963 (if the same as ab
NOTE. -Monied taxpayers If you are changing from filing separate relu
o joint return to separate returns, enter names and addresses from the 191
1a.
6.
Single
FILING STATUS -check
one;
Married filing joint return (even if only one had income)

Married filing separately. If your husband or wife is also
C.
If so,
filing a return give his or her first name and social security number.
d.
Unmarried Head of Household
e.
Surviving widow(er) with dependent child
take advantage
of tax savings
INCOME-If joint
5. Wages, salaries, tips, etc.
Did you build,

repair or service
electronic gear
in 1965?
return. include
If not shown on attached Form
6. Other income (from line 9, Part II, page 2)

7. Total (add lines 5 and 6)
8. Adjustments (from line 5, Part III, page 2)
9. Total income (subtract line 8 from line 7)
FIGURE TAX BY USINi
10. Tax Table
you do not itemize deductions and
-lf
in instructions.
TAX
COMPU
TATION
Do not use lines
11, Tax Rate Schedule
11
a, b, c, or d.
a. If you itemize deductions, enter total from Part

If you do not itemize deductions, and line 9
(1) 10 percent of line 9 or
(2) $200 ($100 if married and filing separ
claimed on line 4, above.
The deduction computed under (1) or (2)
filing separate return).
b. Subtract line tta from line 9
c.
Multiply total number of exemptions on line
d. Subtract line 11c from line 11 b. (Figure your

page 10 of instructions. Enter tax on line 12.).
TAX-CREDITS -PAYFx
12.
13.
14.
15.
Tax (from either Tax Table, line 10, or Tax Rate Schedule
Total credits (from line 5, Part V, page 2)
Income tax (subtract line 13 from line 12)
Self- employment tax (Schedule C -3 or F-1) . . . .
16. Total tax (add lines 14 and 15)

If otner
ou or your wile worked for more than one employer. see page
of instructs
17a.Total Federal income tax withheld (attach Forms W -2)

6.1964 Estimat.. tax payments
(Offsa when
(Include 1963 overpayment allowed as a credit)
c.Total (add lines 17a and 17b).
TAX DUE OR REFUNI

18. If payments (line 17c) are less than tax (line 16), enter B
19. If payments (line 17c) are larger than tax (line 16), enter
20. Amount of line 19 you wish credited to 1965 Estimated
21. Subtract line 20 from 19. Apply to
U.S. Savings Bonc
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, indu
and belief it is true, correct, and complete.
knowledge
If prepared by a person other
SIGN
HERE
If joint return, BOTH HUSBAND AHD WIFE
N.
Sign here
te-
ALTHOUGH few Americans feel so

strongly about the income tax that
they don't want to pay it, the U.S. Government doesn't want them to overpay,
or to neglect to take deductions they are
legally entitled to take. Most electronics
enthusiasts are unaware that the Government might consider them "moonlighters" -one of several thousand
Americans who operate profitable spare time hobby- businesses.
Here's how to make sure you take
every legal deduction that can help you
lower your income tax. You may even
find that you have overpaid in a past
year. If so, you can file a refund claim
on Form. 843 within three years and
get a refund.
In preparing your tax return, record
your business income and allowable expenses on separate Schedule C and attach it to your tax return (Form 1040)
The income from Schedule C that you
show on your tax return is your net income or loss after all allowable deductions.
.
What You Can Deduct. Even if your

outside money- making electronic activi67
ty is mostly a hobby, you can deduct

costs of any project on which you intend
to make a profit. Costs you incur for
personal pleasure instead of profit are
not deductible.
Keeping accurate records is the first
step in cutting your income tax. You
must record daily all income received
and all expenses paid. The simplest way
to keep complete records is to buy a
bound journal and record your income
in one part of the book and your expenses in another. You must be able to
list separately at year end your costs
for (1) labor, (2) material and supplies, (3) depreciation, (4) repairs, and
(5) miscellaneous business expenses.
Always get and keep receipts for
money spent. An itemized sales slip listing the materials or equipment bought,
date, and purchase price is best.
How to Handle Depreciation. Deductions for equipment depreciation can reduce your income tax payment. You can
depreciate equipment used only for business purposes at the rate described below. However, you must depreciate
equipment used for both hobby and business purposes according to the percentage of business use.
You must show what percentage of
time your equipment is used for business by keeping records of the number
of hours the equipment is used for hobby
and business purposes. For example, if
you use your test equipment 200 hours
during the year and 150 of these hours
are for personal hobby use, you could
deduct only 25% of the depreciation
rate. You would then use the same depreciation rate on all your test equipment unless you can prove that the percentage of business use for part of your
equipment is considerably more than for
other equipment.
Methods Allowed. This

yearly deduction can be figured by sevDepreciation
eral methods, but the simplest, most

popular one is the straight-line method.
Using it, you deduct the cost of the
equipment ( less its estimated salvage
value) in equal yearly amounts during
its useful life.
To illustrate, suppose you buy a new
typewriter for $150 during the first 15
days of January. Let's assume that its
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estimated salvage value after its ten year service life is 10% of cost, or $15.
This means that you can deduct as depreciation 1/10 of $135 (cost less $15
salvage value) each year for ten years.
Details of other acceptable methods
are supplied in the instruction booklet
you get with your income tax form.
Equipment with a useful life of less
than one year can be fully deducted as
a simple business expense. The useful
life of other equipment is the length of
time you yourself would use it before replacing it. Guidelines for the permissible useful lives of most types of property are published in Revenue Procedure
6221 available from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
Deduct depreciation only for the part
of the year during which you own the
Every month Jack Falloure, owner of the J.W. Falloure Co., Houston, Texas, ships 20 to 30 ham radio
loading coils. They are made in his basement shop.
equipment. Equipment bought during

the first half of a month is counted for
the entire month, while equipment bought
during the last half of the month would
be counted for the next month. Allow
1/12 of a year's depreciation for each
month you own equipment.
You can also take an "additional first year depreciation" of 20% of the cost
of income -producing equipment with a
useful life of six years or longer. This
additional depreciation applies to any
POPULAR
ELECTRONICS
property or equipment other than buildings or items that become part of a

building, such as plumbing, central air
conditioning, or structural components.
You can take this entire extra deduction in the year you buy equipment, regardless of what month of the year you
buy it, along with regular depreciation
for the year.
Deductible Home Expenses. As a
part-
time businessman, you can deduct part

of your home expenses to cover the
costs of the space you use for business.
The amount of your deductible home
costs depends on both the floor space or
number of rooms used for business and
the percentage of your part -time work
devoted to business purposes. For example, if you set aside one room in a
Hams snap up tiese 75 -meter loading coils at a

price of $15.95 postpaid. Due to this part-time
activity, Mr. Falloure gets quite a tax advantage.
rented six -room house as a workroom or

office, your allowable deduction for this
space will be 1/6 of your rent. If you
own your home, you may deduct 1/6 of
your costs for insurance, maintenance,
taxes, and the mortgage payment on
March, 1966
your house (if any). Treat your costs

for lights, heat, water, and telephone
in the same way, whether you rent or
own your home.
If all of your part-time activity is income- producing, you can deduct the full
1/6 of your utility costs and your rent
or home ownership costs. If you use the
space for both hobby and business purposes, deduct the same percentage you
applied on equipment depreciation.
Deducting Transportation Costs. Your
business costs for travel or local transportation are also deductible. The simplest way to handle them is to list each
trip in your daily expense record, giving
the miles traveled and the cost. If you
pay transportation fares, list actual
costs. If you drive your own car, you
may deduct either a fiat rate per mile
(ten cents per mile for the first 15,000
miles and seven cents per mile after
that) , or record all automobile costs (including depreciation) for the year and
deduct the percentage of these costs incurred for business use.
Costs of meals and lodging are deductible only when you stay away from
home overnight. Again, be sure to record the business reason for the trip.
places, dates, and the amounts you spend.
And remember to get receipts.
Trips that are partly business and
partly pleasure are not considered as
fully allowable business expenses. Deduct only the costs properly attributed
to business. Divide your transportation
costs on the basis of the percentage of
your time spent for each purpose.
Some Final Suggestions. You may need
to complete a Declaration of Estimated
Tax (Form 1040 -ES) and to pay self employment tax each year. Complete
instructions on who must file this simple
form and how to file it are included in
your income tax instructions.
If your spare -time business earns as
much as $400, you must also file a self employment tax return on Form 1040.
And finally, whenever you have a
question about income tax, check with
your local Internal Revenue Service office. You will find that helpful IRS
agents are almost as anxious as you are
to make sure you don't overpay your income tax.
69
onzprlterizecl mcltchntaking has cap

134 is a not overly handsome 29r old computer programmer at a
coast data processing center. He

has a BS degree in statistics, earns a
little less than $12.000 a year and has an
abiding interest in his twin vocations:
electronics and statistics. In his teens,
No. 2134 had "fallen hard for any number of girls." he concedes, and during
college and afterwards he dated frequently -but never seriously until the
day in May, 1963, when he met No. 576.
Number 576 is a pretty, but not beautiful, 26 -year old legal secretary and college grad whose father, a physician, still
tends his ham rig with the same affection he shows his patients. Number 576
would have listed "marriage" as her
main goal in life, but admits, "Even
though I've always dated quite a lot, I'd
about given up finding the just -right fellow-until I met (she gives his name)
No. 2134."
Today, No. 2134 and No. 576 are hap-
pily married -one among hundreds, perhaps thousands, of couples brought together by an electronic computer.
Despite "electronic" backgrounds, Bob
and Mary, as we'll call them, are sensitive to the "stigma" of their electronic
courtship. In the security of his ano-
d the imagination
nt
nymity, Bob declares, "I am 100' convinced---as both a statistician and electronist- -that scientific introduction, such
as Mary's and mine, is the wave of the
future
as for us. it proved to be the
wave of the present."
His wife concurs -but with some reservations. "A computer," she smiles,
"isn't really Cupid. It is merely a scientific method for bringing together two
scientifically 'matched' people -men and
women who, their introduction left to
chance. would probably never meet."
In the "computer courtship" of Bob
and Mary lies startling insight for thousands of "electronists" -for people, like
yourself, with more than a little faith in
the wonders and achievements of electronics, who've pondered that most controversial question of all:
Can electronics pick my mate?
...
More to the point, can electron

with better than human objectivity and
insight -"match" couples better than
they can snatch themselves?
Declares a leading marriage counselor.

"With nearly one marriage in every four
ending in divorce, it would seem that almost any scientific method -- including an
sin
an
1ll'
electronic one- -would be preferable to

merely letting nature take its course."
Does electronic matchmaking realltr
get results -lasting results?
Candidly concedes an electronic matchmaker, "No 'electronic matching' psychologist or agency, regardless of scientific standing. has been operating long
enough- -few have been in the 'business" even a dozen years. and most not
nearly that lorg-to be able to validate
its tests on the basis of proven performance: lasting and happy marriages."
In an era when electronics is probing
the depths of the human mind acrd body.
can it go one giant step further: reduce
to definables that hitherto undefinable
love?
"Electronics." says one expert. "isn't

concerned with love. It's concerned only
with compatibility. More correctly. with
the myriad of psychological factors
which gauge and measure compatibility.
When a computer "matches" two people.
it makes only one claim: insofar as psychological testing can determine, these
two are compatible. Psychologically,
ii'
works
By JAMES JOSEPH
they're suited for one another. If the

chemistry is there -- if they also happen
to fall in lcve- --the probability for a successful marriage is high."
Finally, how adranc. d are the electr9nics o` matchmaking?
' Technically speaking, the electronics
are close to infallible," declares a comm. ter technician. "But that's more than
you can sa; for some of the data fed the
eiputerr and punch card sorters. 'Programmed introductions can be only as
and only as
gcod as tie programme :
valid as the psychological tests used as
a basis for programming."
Continues this technician, "For thou sar-ds of people, there s big magic in
coanputer_zed courtship . . in the very
idea that an electronic gadget, sight unseen. can you might say, deliver up a
and, just maybe, lifelong
soul -mate
love and happiness."
Electronics seems bent on doing just
-
...
...
that.
FACTS AND
GURES
Manhattan's Scientific Marriage Institut, Inc., founded about 10 years ago by
tao sociologists.
Miss Lee Morgan, MA.
and Eric Riss, PhD, now its executive

director, claims that about 35% of its
clients (as many as 300 new clients apply each week, says Dr. Riss, triple the
number of a few years back) find marriage through electronics. "But," warns
Dr. Riss, "there's certainly no magic in
electronics."
The Scientific Marriage Institute
charges about $370 to test mate -seekers
and to arrange scientific introductions.
As is the case with some other electronic
matchmakers, SMI doesn't yet use a
computer, although it does employ electronics-an IBM 82 punch card sorter.
Your test results, reduced to a punch
card, are "matched" by the machine with
cards of other marriage hopefuls in
SMI's files. If the machine's first pick
doesn't turn out to be "Mr. Right" (or
"Miss Right," as the case may be) ,
your master card is matched again
and again, an introduction. In all, an
applicant can expect about 12 "qualified" introductions for his money (which
figures out to about $30 per introduction) .
Scientific Marriage Foundation, Mellott, Indiana, is among the oldest (now
in its ninth year), most marriage -productive (it claims to have "produced"
some 10,000 marriages) , and lowest in
cost ($25 is all you pay) of computerized
matchmakers. Founded by Dr. George
W. Crane, an MD, a practicing psychiatrist and author (of the widely read
syndicated column, "The Worry Clinic,"
and textbooks, including "Psychology
Applied ") the foundation, in Dr. Crane's
words, is "a non -profit social project."
Dr. Crane is plainly proud of results.
"Our divorce rate," he told the author,
"is only 10 -ten divorces after nine
years of operation, which means just
in contrast to (a di1 /10th of 1%
vorce rate of) about 30% or even worse
for the nation at large."
Scientific Marriage Foundation operates in all 50 states and Canada, relying
on some 3000 clergymen (of all major

faiths) to "do the personal interviewing
of applicants." The resulting data, reduced to 10 "compatibility" factors, is

fed to an IBM 101 statistical tabulator.
"Matched" couples are introduced by
mail and after some correspondence, are
encouraged to meet.
Michigan Scientific Introduction Service, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich., perhaps
the third largest of the computerized
mate -finders, "pairs" prospective couples
much as do the others -by tests and
questionnaires, amasses some 150 key
facts and from these matches likely
marriage partners. Men get the names,
addresses and phone numbers of their
female compatibles and are supposed to
take it from there.

In Germany, where professional
matchmaking (with or without a computer) has been popular since the Middle Ages-and more so today, with frauleins vastly outnumbering men -many
of Germany's 260 professional matchmakers have turned to electronics. Hamburg's Altmann Institute, for example,
puts hopeful brides and grooms through
a four -page psychological quiz and a
personality "color test," then feeds this
data to a computer. Altmann charges
$50 to $125 for testing and introducing
"compatibles," an additional $75 to $150
if an introduction leads to marriage.
Computerized matchmaking has captured the imagination of millions of
young Germans, many of whom leave
school at 15 and, thereafter, have a hard
...
Human Inventory, Inc., one of the most scientific

of the nation's mate -finders, makes use of the
facilities of the National Computer Systems center
in Minneapolis, Minn., in matching up couples.
Here, raw test scores from its "Pair Test" are
electro- optically scanned, put on tape, and fed
into a Control Data Corp. computer. This computer,
in turn, controls an electronic punch card machine
which translates the taped data into punch cards.
72
POPULAR ELECTRONICS
time meeting suitable marriage partners. Whereas U.S. teen -agers and
young adults rendezvous at local drive ins or bowling alleys, a growing number
of young Germans head for a computerized matchmaker. German mate -finders
say the majority of their husband -hunting clients are in their twenties (often
early twenties), the men in their thirties.
By contrast, some American electronic
"mating" services complain that they're
"overloaded with over -40 divorcees and
near -50 bachelors."
Moreover, Germany's husband -hungry
frauleins seem unromantically hardheaded about the man of their computerized choice. Shrugs one West German
marriage broker, "Compatibility and income, more than good looks or even romantic love, are what the average German fraulein seeks when she consults an
electronic matchmaker." One 20 -yearold German girl who married the first
male "sorted" from a computer, scornfully put her feelings this way: "Love
... is for teen -agers ... and Frenchmen."
West Germany's marriage brokers
(who go by the name "Ehebandsgewerbe," meaning "marriage-initiators")
claim to have had a hand, since the end
of World War II, in perhaps one marriage out of every ten ... with electronic
"mating" booming to popularity.
PROS AND CONS
A German marriage-initiator states,

"There's no stigma to meeting by electronics in this country. How could there
be when brokers, often with aid of computers, arrange 60,000 to 80,000 marriages every year ?"
By contrast, many "computerized"
American couples confess to "embarrassment" at having met by electronics
as do Bob and Mary. Hundreds of electronic couples hide the circumstances of
their meeting from friends and relatives.
"Imagine," blushes Mary, "telling my
kids, `I met your father in a memory
circuit.'" Most U.S. "mating" agencies
advertise, "All correspondence in plain,
white envelopes."
Almost as clandestine are the American computer makers themselves. An
IBM spokesman in Los Angeles, squeamish at the use of IBM's thinking machines in courtship, parried all questions
with a curt, "Go ask Sperry- Rand." Another computer maker's representative
put it just as bluntly, "We don't encourage our computers being put to this use.
Our feeling is that whatever the findings, they're far too statistical ... just a
surface reading which misses the mark
in psychological depth perception."
Bob and Mary-No. 2134 and No. 576
-agree. Some computer agencies are
worthless. Some of the so- called psychological tests they administer have but
scant foundation in science -and less in
practical psychology. Some produce "results" that are ludicrous.
Consider the 26 -year old stenographer
-pretty and personable by any reckoning-who describes the six men dredged
up by a computer as "the saddest collection of misfits and oddballs I've ever
met. If that's the computer's judgment
of me, then I've been overrating myself
for years."
Such disheartening results aren't the
fault of electronics. The fault lies with
the clientele. One electronic matchmaker admits that the "average" age of his
female applicants is 38 and that fully
"80% have been previously married"
(meaning, they're divorcees). The average male on his roster is 40 (and 60%
of these males have never been wed).
An "inventory" like that would raise
even Dr. Freud's hackles: a legion of
divorced, mid-thirtyish (and older) women grasping pitifully for what any psychologist would concede is the last straw
40 -year old bachelor! If you're in
-a
March, 1966
73
ELECTROCHEMISTRY QUIZ
By ROBERT P. BALIN
The operating character-
istics of many electronic

components are directly
dependent on the chemi-
cal properties of materials

used in their manufacture.
Test your knowledge of

chemistry by matching the
chemicals (I -10) listed in
the column at right with
the sketches (A -J) of the
electronic components in
which they ore used.
Aluminum oxide
Barium titanate
3 Cadmium sulfide
4 Cuprous oxide
5 Ferric oxide
6 Lead sulfide
7 Manganese dioxide
8 Strontium oxide
9 Silicon carbide
IO Zinc sulfide
2
(Answers on page 95)
SHORT-WAVE
LISTENING
By HANK BENNETT,
W2PNA /WPE2FT
Short -Wove Editor
DX AWARDS:
ARE
TRANSMITTER LOCATIONS ACCEPTABLE?
the United States there
THROUGHOUT
are frequent cases where the transmitter
of a given station may be in a different
state than the studio and announced location. For example, WCKY in Cincinnati,
Ohio, has its transmitter in Kentucky. Station WNEW in New York City and WIP in
Philadelphia both have their transmitters
in New Jersey. Many DX States Award applicants have asked whether such stations
should be counted for the state in which
the studio is located or whether the state in
which the transmitter is located would be
acceptable.
In most award programs conducted by
various radio clubs, the state in which the
studio is located is the acceptable one. On
the other hand, the transmitter location is
really the more logical one, since the radio
signals do not come from a studio but from
a transmitter. For the purposes of our own
DX Awards Program, therefore, either location will be acceptable. But you cannot
claim one station for two states at the same
time. You may claim WNEW for New Jersey if you wish, but do not attempt to
claim it for New York as well. It is up to
the individual DX'er to claim the states in
the manner he prefers. In most cases, we
will go along with him.
It's a different story so far as the overseas broadcast stations and the Country
Awards are concerned. There are very few
stations that have a transmitter in a coun-
These are the transmitters of

Radiodiffusion- Television Belge,
Brussels, Belgium. Do you have
a verification from Belgium yet
that you can include in your
list for a DX Countries Award?
Reports should be sent to 18
Place Eugene Flagey, Brussels.
March, 1966
try other than that in which the station
itself is located. Therefore, countries should

be claimed by their studio locations only.
Thus, Vatican Radio, with its transmitter
in Italy, may be claimed only as Vatican
City.
While on the subject of Country Awards,
we would like to point out that the British
Broadcasting Corporation uses a QSL that
has several answers printed on it, only one
of which is checked. DX'ers should take care
in claiming England, for only the checked
notation "Your report has been found to be
in accordance with our published schedule"
is acceptable. A check on any of the other
answers is an indication that the BBC did
not feel the report to be accurate or complete enough to warrant confirming.
Attention Ham -Band Listeners. We recently received a letter from an amateur
radio operator who complained that a reception report from a listener was little
more than a request for a QSL card. The
listener wrote merely, "You have a booming
signal up here on 75 meters." No date or
time was mentioned, the frequency specified
left much to be desired, and no return postage accompanied the request.
Ham -band enthusiasts should pay careful
attention to the quality of the reports they
send out, for a poor report goes a long way
towards giving the SWL fraternity a black
75
ON THE CITIZENS BAND

By MATT P. SPINELLO,
THE blue- uniformed guard walked along

a hospital corridor in the small hours of
the night. He stopped at a window overlooking a parking lot. He peered out, frowned,
took a CB walkie- talkie from his pocket
and made a short transmission. Within seconds, several others joined him at the parking lot and converged on two men he had
seen creeping away from the hospital with
a cardboard box. The box contained a sterilizer belonging to the hospital. The police
were called, the thieves were arrested, and
HOSPITAL
SECURITY
SYSTEM
CB -READY
FOR
PRESIDENT
OR
PROWLER
the hospital guards

went back on patrol
in the quiet corridors.
The above episode
occurred recently at
Barnes Hospital, in
St. Louis, Mo., which
has its own guard
system -including 15
diwalkie- talkies
rected by the hospital's Safety and
Security Depart-
KHC2060,
CB Editor
"For one thing," she said, "we had to

make sure a suite was available and necessary housekeeping chores done. That seems
minor but it would be silly to have everything else ready and then discover there's
no room. We had to find out his blood type
and be sure the blood bank had plenty of
blood and donors available. The elevator
and corridor routes were selected and orderlies were standing by. One person would
have a key to the chosen elevator so it
could be run non -stop.
"All this was done in as much secrecy as
possible," Miss Craig pointed out. "Only
those directly concerned knew about it. A
lot of people, of course, would love to stand
around and watch if anything happened.
The more people involved, the more confusion."
Security guards cleared the parking area
where a helicopter could land, if necessary.
and were ready to clear corridors in the hospital complex at an instant's notice. St.
Louis policemen were stationed outside
the hospital and were in direct radio con-
ment. Very few hospitals have such a comprehensive security program as that developed by Barnes, since very few hospitals
have the safety and security problems inherent in a complex of buildings which includes 2500 employees, 1019 beds, and 21
acres of floor space.
Edward Thurman, safety and security

coordinator at Barnes, has 26 guards on 8hour shifts around the clock. His department covers Barnes Hospital, McMillan,
Maternity, Children's, Wohl, Barnard, and
Renard Hospitals, Washington University
Clinics, and the new Queeny Tower. Every
member of the security system carries a
walkie- talkie and Mr. Thurman can summon every guard on duty simply by transmitting a code word. Radio reports of lesser
importance begin normally with the assigned call letters KGH4507.
Miss Nancy Craig, Barnes' assistant director and chairman of the safety committee, whose administrative responsibilities
include housekeeping as well as safety and
security, recalled the myriad details of arrangements made before President Johnson's visit to open the city's Bicentennial
celebration last fall.
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Walkie- talkie in hand, Barnes Hospital (St. Louis,

Mo.) security guard James Placher watches as a patient is brought into the emergency entrance of the
hospital. He is one of 26 guards employed by the
Barnes Security and Safety Department to protect
hospital property and patients 24 hours a day.
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tact with the presidential party at all times.

A policeman receiving word that an emergency had occurred would notify Miss Craig
immediately and she would notify Hrry E.
Panhorst, hospital director, to set the
planned procedure in motion.
A minor fire broke out in Queeny Tower,
then under construction, on the day of
President Johnson's visit, Miss Craig re-
called with horror. It was quickly extinguished, however, and the presidential alert
was not affected.
Mr. Panhorst mentioned that the extreme precautions taken before President
Johnson's visit undoubtedly were triggered
by the assassination of President Kennedy
in Dallas. Barnes stands ready to meet any
future requests from the Secret Service and
police to prepare for similar VIP visits, he
said.
Our thanks to the St. Louis Globe -Democrat for an interesting story depicting an
unusual and most important use of CB radio. Thanks also to staff writer Sue Ann
Wood and Mrs. Martha K. Moyer of Mosley Electronics, Inc., Bridgeton, Mo., for
bringing this story to our attention and
doing some of the leg work.
Project "Interview" Report. On December
your CB Editor again met with hostess
Jane Neubauer on WREX -TV's "Tete A
Tete," a daily television information program. (For details on the first meeting, see
our November, 1965, column.) The second
interview was the fourth in a series of radio
15,
The office of Edward Thurman is headquarters for

the Barnes security system. A transceiver on a desk
is home base for the walkie-talkies, and a wall of
alarms keeps watch for fires. Alarms also are
linked to the "oxygen bank," set to go off if the
oxygen supply dips low, and to the narcotics vault.
March, 1966
Television director Guy J. Fiorenza, KLJ8486,

Jane Neubauer, and CB Editor Matt Spinello go
over preparations prior to videotaping the program
"Tete A Tete" at WREX -TV, Rockford, Ilinois.
and TV broadcasts designed to enlighten

an uninformed public as to the beginning
of CB, its growing pains, and its principal
uses today.
The initial broadcasts covered such areas
as how CB radio came about, licensing procedure, rules and regulations, personal and
business uses, and equipment. The December
TV interview was devoted to the emergency
and public service use of the Citizens Band
by the Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Team (REACT), the Highway Emergency Locating Plan (HELP), and the thousand -plus CB clubs across the country.
Several photos submitted by CB clubs engaged in emergency action were used this
time, as well as a 60- second sound /film explaining HELP, and a film strip that told
the REACT story. And several new types
of CB transceivers being marketed for emergency and general use by members of
HELP, REACT, and the highway traveler
were shown and discussed.
FCC Takes Charge. On October 26, 1965,
Richard P. Greenside of the Mattapan (Boston) area was found guilty in the Federal
District Court at Boston, Mass., of transmitting obscene, indecent, and profane language over a Class D Citizens Radio station
in violation of the U. S. Criminal Code,
Section 1464. On November 15, Greenside
was sentenced to one year in jail.
The United States Attorney's office and
the Boston office of the Federal Communications Commission's Field Engineering
Bureau announced that this was the first
trial, conviction, and sentencing in the New
England area for such radio transmissions,
and was the first step in an intensive en(Continued on page 106)
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SO YOU'RE not a camera bug. But

chances are you have a friend, relative,
or neighbor who is one. For photography is,
perhaps, the most popular of all hobbies.
If you're wondering what photography has
to do with semiconductors, well, let's put it
this way: photography and electronics go
together like hand and glove, for many
"shutter bugs" dabble in electronics and
many electronic experimenters consider
photography their second love.
Electronics is playing an increasingly important role in photography, even at the
engineering level. This is not surprising
since the photographic industry has always
been quick to adapt new technological developments. Prime examples are the use of
transistors and related solid -state components in ever -increasing numbers in timers,
enlarger controls, electronic flash units, exposure meters, and other equipment.
Now the transistor is being used as an
automatic light controlling device in a new
electronic shutter which makes it virtually
impossible to over- or under -expose. The
shutter is featured on a new 35 -mm. camera
put out by Yashica. Unlike more familiar
cameras whose shutter settings are made to
vary with light intensities, the camera also
sets exposure time, automatically, for the
existing light conditions, even if these light
conditions are changing while an exposure
is being made.
On the outside, the camera looks pretty
much like an ordinary 35 -mm. camera. On
the inside, however, there's a big difference.
Here you see an innocent looking leaf -type
shutter controlled by a highly sophisticated
transistorized circuit mounted above it. Fig-
Shutter
system adjusts
automatically for
right amount of
light and produces perfect exposure every time
shutter is clicked.
Fig.
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ure 1 is a functional diagram of the shutter

system which includes a cadmium sulphide
(CdS) photocell, a storage capacitor, a transistorized detection, comparison, and amplification circuit, a time control device, and
a solenoid.
The leaf -type shutter is held open by the
solenoid for the time required to charge
the storage capacitor through the CdS photocell to a voltage level predetermined by
the lens opening. The charging period is a
function of the photocell's resistance which,
in turn, is inversely proportional to the
light reflected from the subject scene.
Thus, when the subject is brightly lit, the
photocell's resistance is low and the charging
time is short. Conversely, when the light
level is low, the photocell's resistance is
high, and the charging time is longer. Once
the predetermined voltage charge is reached,
the capacitor discharges. This de- energizes
the solenoid, and the shutter closes.
In practice, the exposure time is infinitely
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a full two minutes. Should the light level
change during the exposure time, the circuit

will automatically compensate for this
change by making an appropriate correction
in the exposure time.
The camera is designed for half -frame
exposure on standard 35 -mm. film, thus
doubling the number of shots you can take
with any given roll. Because of this feature,
the unit is dubbed, appropriately, the "Electro Half" camera.
In addition to its electronically controlled
shutter which can be locked out for flash
shots, the "Electro Half" features a self timer, an automatic exposure counter, and
warning lights to tell you when there is
too much light (requiring a resetting of the
diaphragm), too little light for hand -held
shots (due to required long exposure time),
and poor battery condition. The camera
comes equipped with a Yashinon /DX 32mm. 4- group, 6- element f /1.7 lens in a
focusing mount with settings from 2.5 feet
to infinity. The manual diaphragm has
aperture settings to f /16. A 5.6 -volt mercury cell provides operating power.
The "Electro Half" camera is available
from Yashica dealers for less than $90, plus
case.
16
pounds. Identified as the Knight Model
KN50O5 scope, it boasts a flat frequency

response within 3 db, from d.c. to 6 mc.,
and has a vertical sensitivity of 0.05
volt /division. Its horizontal circuit provides linear sweep from 1 microsecond /division to 50 microsecond /division, -!- 1O%,
with a sweep as fast as 0.2 microsecond/
division when its built-in multiplier is used.
The KN50O5 scope is ideal for advanced
TV and hi -fi amplifier servicing, and has
applications in school, industrial, and laboratory work. It is priced at only $425
(compared to the one thousand plus dollars
being asked for some transistorized units),
has 25 transistors, 18 diodes, 1 nuvistor, and
a CRT. Measuring only 834' x 6" x 14 ",
the instrument consumes 15 watts at 110120 volts, 50 -60 cycles.
They Finally Made it. Back in our January, 1962, column we predicted that a
medium -priced transistorized oscilloscope
would be introduced on the market that
year. We struck out on this prediction
since no such instrument in this price range
has made its appearance on the market till
now-so far as we know.
Put out by Allied Radio (100 N. Western
Ave., Chicago, Ill.), the new 3" oscilloscope
is a solid -state instrument that weighs only
Reader's Circuit. You don't have to be

a fireman, policeman, or ambulance driver
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Fig. 2. You can build and use this device

to carry out educational experiments, to
exhibit at Science Fairs, or merely to amuse
your friends. Submitted by reader Thomas
Hillard (314 N. Beach Ave., La Grange
Park, Ill. 60528), the electronic siren uses
four low -cost pnp transistors and works
with any audio amplifier.
The circuit consists of two multivibrators
operating at widely different frequencies.
Transistors Ql and Q2 make up the low -frequency unit while Q3 and Q4 comprise the
high- frequency unit. The low- frequency
stage is coupled by Cl, and the high -frequency stage by C4. Feedback loops for
these stages are provided by C2 and C5, respectively.
Transistor QI is operated w ithout external bias while Q2 is biased by the drop
across R3. Transistor Q3's base is biased
initially by the drop across R7. But when
Q2 conducts, the charge on C3 varies with
the signal voltage which, in turn, changes
the bias on Q3 through R5 and R6. Transistor Q4 is biased by the drop across R9.
As Q2 in the low- frequency multivibrator
switches from an off to an on state, the
voltage drop across its collector load, R4,
varies, thus varying the bias on Q3's base.
This causes the frequency of the high -frequency unit to vary, producing a wailing
sound.
Tom used the old reliable 2N107 transistors in his design, but you can employ
newer a.f. types such as 2N1393's, 2N1436's,
or 2N1754's, if you wish. Stay away from
the un- numbered bargain types for this ap-
plication. All of the resistors are half -watt

types; capacitors Cl, C2, and C3 are electrolytics, rated at 3 w.v.d.c., minimum, and
C4 and C5 are tubular paper types' rated at
100 volts. Jack Jl is a standard phono
type and SI can be any s.p.s.t switch. The
battery, BI, is a standard flashlight cell.
When assembling the siren, be sure to observe the polarities indicated in the schematic, and follow good wiring practices.
After the circuit has been fully assembled,
its operation can be checked by connecting
an 8 -ohm speaker at the output jack (J1).
For most practical applications, however,
the siren will be used to drive a separate
audio amplifier coupled to JI through a
shielded cable.
Manufacturer's Circuit. According to
some authorities, a single watt of audio
power delivered to a properly matched and
efficient speaker system is enough to practically deafen the average person listening
in a small room. Others disagree, claiming
that one watt, while ample for some applications, is totally inadequate for a listener
wishing to enjoy fine music. These "ex-
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30 watts or you have nothing. But regardless
of your personal feelings about this question of audio power, General Motors has
an amplifier with so much power that it
can shatter your neighbor's windows or
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The amplifier, described in General Motors' Delco Radio Division's Application
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Amateur Radio Editor
EXTENDING THE RANGE OF
UHF /VHF SIGNALS WITH REPEATER STATIONS
MOST FAMOUS amateur radio reTHE

peater station or transponder was the
one in OSCAR III, which, last spring, simultaneously received and re- transmitted
2 -meter signals while the satellite was orbiting the earth. But unrealized even by
many UHF /VHF operators is the number
of ground -based repeater stations iii the
United States. Like the more -sophisticated
OSCAR transponder, these repeater stations
pick up signals transmitted on one frequency and simultaneously retransmit them on
another frequency with the aim of increasing the communications range of the UHF VHF's. Many of these repeaters operate in
the 2 -meter band.
One successful 2 -meter repeater station
is WA9ORC, operated by the Chicago FM
Club, Inc. The transmitter is located in a
downtown Chicago office building and delivers 60 watts of power to a 400' -high omnidirectional vertical antenna. WA9ORC is
reputed to be the only amateur repeater
station which is located in the center of a
large city. Usually they are outside of the
John Casazza, WB2MCH, Staten
Island, N.Y., roams both the low and high- frequency amateur bands
using Techcraft transmitters on
50 and 144 mc. and a Knight -Kit
T -60 on the lower frequencies. A
National general- coverage receiver
aided by converters does the receiving. John is proud of tracking and recording the OSCAR
Ill satellite last spring using a
converted 2 -meter beam. For more
prosaic work, he has a combination 6- and 2 -meter beam and a
40-meter dipole antenna. WB2MCH
will receive a one -year subscription for submitting this winner
in our Amateur Station of the
Month contest. If you would like
to enter the contest, send us a
clear picture of your station with
you at the controls, accompanied
by some details on your ham career and on the equipment you
use. Entries go to: Amateur Photo
Contest, c/o Herb S. Brier, W9EGQ.
P.O. Box 678, Gary, Ind. 46401.
March, 1966
city on a mountain, but ti ere are no mountains near Chicago.

Having the repeater in the city puts it
in the center of the greatest activity, but
it also introduces serious reception problems. All Chicago TV and FM broadcast
transmitters and other high power commercial transmitters are located in the same
area. The cross -modulation, harmonics,
hash, and spurious signals generated by the
concentration of so many high -power signals in the area makes satisfactory VHF
reception impossible.
To circumvent these receiving problems,
the two WA9ORC receivers are 14 miles
apart. One receiver is seven miles north of
the transmitter and has a 350' -high antenna.
The other receiver is seven miles south of
the transmitter and has a 250' -high antenna.
All transmitting and receiving antennas
have an estimated gain of approximately
6 db. As this report is being written, the
receivers and the transmitter are linked together by leased telephone lines. But the
members of the Chicago FM Club are now
AMATEUR STATION OF THE MONTH
WB2MCH
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It took Joe Hahomes, WOFVB, Topeka, Kansas, five

years to assemble his dream station (right). With
it, he can operate phone, CW, or radioteletype at
power inputs up to 1000 watts. Joe's antenna farm
sprouts two 65' crank-up towers and six antennas.
Below is John Myers, WA9NVS, West Lafayette, Ind.,
at the controls of his Novice station, with which
he worked 26 states. John celebrated getting his
General license by buying a Hammarlund HQ170A receiver to replace the Lafayette KT-320.
working on 432 -mc. radio links in order to

eliminate the $55- per -month charge for the
leased lines.
Here's how the WA9ORC repeater works.
If club member "A," say in his automobile
within 50 miles of Chicago, wants to contact club member "B" via the repeater station, he presses the push -to -talk button on
his microphone. This turns on his transmitter on 146.82 mc., the frequency monitored by the WA9ORC receiver, and automatically transmits a short, coded tone signal. The tone signal turns on the WA9ORC
transmitter which automatically retransmits
the received information on 146.64 mc. At
the conclusion of his call, operator "A" listens on 146.64 mc. for the reply of operator
"B." Of course, operator "B" will also be
transmitting on 146.82 mc. and listening on
146.64 mc. These frequencies were selected so
that both Novice and Technician members
of the Chicago FM Club, Inc., could use
the repeater.
The average mobile station can communicate reliably with the repeater at distances
up to 50 miles. This distance can be increased by at least another ten miles if the
mobile operator carefully chooses his spots.
Thus, mobile stations on opposite sides of
the repeater up to 120 miles apart can talk
to each other via the repeater -quite an
improvement over the normal, mobile -tomobile range of possibly ten miles. Naturally, fixed stations can communicate via the
repeater over far greater distances.
In addition to actuating the repeater
transmitter, the initial tone signal actuates
a tape recorder which records the time and
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the first minute of each transmission. The

recorder is a standard machine modified for
the purpose and operates for a week on a
single tape.
Also in Chicago is the See Far repeater
which receives on 147.5 mc. and automatically retransmits on 147.75 mc. When the
United Airlines 727 jet crashed into Lake
Michigan near Chicago last August 16, none
of the rescue groups could establish radio
communications with their Chicago bases
because of a high bluff overlooking the
lake at this point. George Ulm, W9EVT,
was on the scene, and with his 2 -meter
"walkie talkie" became the sole radio communication link between the disaster area
and Chicago via the See Far repeater.
You can contact William S. Knopp,
WA9ERC, 4850 Greenwood, Skokie, Ill.
60076, if you would like to have more information on the Chicago FM Club's repeater, and George Ulm, W9EVT, 1555 N.
Dearborn Parkway, Chicago, Ill. 60610, for
information on the See Far repeater.
FCC News. According to the FCC's current interpretation of its rules, when an
amateur operates another licensee's station
and the licensee is not present and in control, the visitor must operate under his own
call -sign as a "portable" station. To clarify
the effects of this interpretation on the
operation of multi- operator stations in DX
contests and on Field Day, we queried the
Commission on the matter. Here are the
official answers:
"Where several amateurs combine their
operating talents to keep one well- equipped
amateur station on the air continuously or
for most of the period of an amateur operating activity, such as a DX contest or
Field Day, the same call -sign may be used
provided the station licensee remains on
the premises during such activity.
"With regard to Field Day operation, the
same call -sign may be used to cover operation of more than one transmitter at the
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"Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in the 1960's" U.S. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1964.
March, 1966
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ENGLISH -LANGUAGE BROADCASTS TO NORTH AMERICA

Prepared by ROBERT LEGGE
TO EASTERN & CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA
COUNTRY
CITY
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
DENMARK
FINLAND
Melbourne
Montreal
TIME -EST
TIME -GMT
FREQUENCIES (MC.)
Copenhagen
Helsinki
MORNING BROADCASTS
7:15-8:15 a.m.
1215 -1315
7:15-8:15 a.m.
1215 -1315
7:30-8 a.m.
1230 -1300
7:35-7:45 a.m.
1215 -1245
9.58
5.97, 15.32
15.165
15.185 (Tues., Sat.)
London
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 1530-1730
15.30, 17.81
Tirana
Sofia
Peking
Havana
EVENING BROADCASTS
7 -7:30 p.m.
0000 -0030
7 -8 p.m.
0000 -0100
8 -10 p.m.
0100-0300
8 -11 p.m.
0100 -0400
7.265
6.07
11.86, 11.945, 15.06
6.17
8-9 p.m.
9-11:30 p.m.
8-9 p.m.
8:30-9:50 p.m.
8:30-9:30 p.m.
8-8:20 p.m.
7-8 p.m.
8:15-8:45 p.m.
8:30-9:20 p.m.
9-9:45 p.m.
8:30-9:30 p.m.
8-9:45 p.m.
8:45-9:15 p.m.
8:15-9:15 p.m.
7:30-8 p.m.
0100-0200
0200-0430
0100 -0200
0130-0250
0130-0230
0100-0120
0000 -0100
0115 -0145
0130 -0220
0200 -0245
0130 -0230
0100 -0245
0145 -0215
0115 -0215
0030 -0100
5.93, 7.115, 7.345

9.745, 11.915, 15.115
5.97, 6.16
6.075, 9.64
7.165, 9.833
5.96, 9.63
11.78, 15.135
9.557
9.59 (Bonaire relay)
6.025, 6.185
5.98, 9.57
6.13, 9.615
5.99
6.08, 6.12, 9.535
7.12, 7.31
(Mon. & Thurs.)

5-5:30 p.m.
and hourly to
12-1 a.m.
7:50-8:10 p.m.
(Tues. and Fri.)
GREAT
BRITAIN
ALBANIA
BULGARIA
CHINA
CUBA
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
ECUADOR
GERMANY
Prague
Quito
Berlin
Cologne
Budapest
HUNGARY
ITALY
Rome
JAPAN
Tokyo
JORDAN
Amman
NETHERLANDS Hilversum
PORTUGAL
Lisbon
RUMANIA
Bucharest
SPAIN
Madrid
SWEDEN
Stockholm
SWITZERLAND Berne
U.S.S.R.
Kiev
Moscow
2200-2230
and hourly to
0500-0600
0050-0110
7.15, 7.31, 9.685
VATICAN
Vatican City
COUNTRY
CITY
TIM E- PST
TIME -GMT
FREQUENCIES (MC.)
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires
Melbourne
0300-0400
(Tues. -Sat.)
0100 -0345
0400 -0430
0300-0500
0250 -0350
0500 -0600
0500 -0540
0330 -0430
0300 -0400
0300 -0330
0345 -0430
0415 -0515
0415 -0515
0300 -0730
9.69
AUSTRALIA
BULGARIA
CHINA
7-8 p.m.
(Mon.-Fri.)
5-7:45 p.m.
8-8:30 p.m.
7-9 p.m.
6:50-7:50 p.m.
9-10 p.m.
9-9:40 p.m.
7:30-8:30 p.m.
7-8 p.m.
7-7:30 p.m.
7:45-8:30 p.m.
8:15-9:15 p.m.
8:15-9:15 p.m.
5.985, 7.25, 9.645
TO WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
Sofia
Peking
Taipei
Havana
CUBA
GERMANY
Cologne
GHANA
Accra
JAPAN
Tokyo
KOREA
Seoul
PORTUGAL
Lisbon
SWITZERLAND Berne
THAILAND
U.S.S.R.
Bangkok
Moscow
7-10:30 p.m.
15.22, 17.84
6.07
9.457, 11.82, 15.095
9.72, 11.825, 15.345
6.135
6.145, 9.72
6.11
11.78, 15.135
11.925
6.025, 6.185
6.12
11.91
7.255, 9.54, 9.64
Due to space limitations. it is not possible to include here all broadcasts beamed to
.North America. The broadcasts listed aboye are the ones expected to be heard hest.
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an 8 -ohm load. It features a pair of Del co's low -cost DTG -110B pnp power transistors, and has a flat response within 1
db from 20 cycles to 20 kc. at full rated
power. Total harmonic distortion is less
than 0.25% at 1 kc. from minimum to maximum power output, and IM distortion is
on the order of 1.0 %. The amplifier must
be used with an external preamplifier that
can deliver a signal of 0.1 volt r.m.s. into
a 10,000 -ohm load, or 1.0 volt r.m.s. into a
100,000 -ohm load.
The driver section consists of direct coupled stages, Q1 -Q2. The base of transistor Ql is biased by the voltage drop across
R8, bypassed by C4, in Q2's emitter circuit.
This bias voltage is applied through R6.
The driver stage is then transformer- coupled
to power output stage Q3 -Q4 through impedance- matching transformer Tl.
The output stage is powered by an aboveground 50 -volt d.c. power supply to insure
that d.c. is kept out of the speaker voice
coil. Base bias for Q3 and Q4 is supplied
through R10 and R11, respectively, while
unbypassed emitter resistors R12 and R13
provide degeneration to improve fidelity and
to prevent thermal runaway.
Except for output transformer Tl, which
is a Triad type TY -160X, standard components are used in the design. Transistors
Ql and Q2 are a 2N3391 and 2N3405, respectively, while Q3 and Q4 are both DTG110B's. Capacitors Cl and C4 are 50 -volt
electrolytics, C2 is a 200 -volt tubular type,
and, finally, C3 and C5 are ceramic disc
types. Resistors R1 through R9 are 1/2-watters, while R10 through R13 are 5 -watt units.
Jacks J1 and J2 are standard phono jacks.
According to Delco, the amplifier's high
power and exceptional sensitivity make
good layout a must -it is not a suitable
project for a beginner. All signal leads
should be kept short and direct, and care
must be taken to avoid ground feedback
loops. Delco recommends the use of an
etched circuit board for the driver stages.
Insulated and protected (caged to avoid
shocks) heat sinks should be provided for the
power transistors (Q3 and Q4). Depending
on the layout and lead dress used, the values of input capacitor C3 and feedback
capacitor C5 may have to be changed for
optimum frequency response and best stability.
The power output stage requires a balanced (to ground) d.c. source capable of
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supplying plus (+ ) and minus (

50 volts
at 3 amperes, while the driver stages require an isolated, well -regulated 28 -volt
d.c. supply. If the preamp with which the
amplifier is used has a high- impedance output, it should be connected through a suitable shielded lead to jack J2; if it has a low impedance output (under 10,000 ohms), it
should be connected to Jl.
Transitips. Paraphrasing Shakespeare,
"to heat sink or not to heat sink (when
soldering semiconductor devices), that is the
question!"
Semiconductor manufacturers and a majority of engineers recommend that heat
sinks be used to avoid possible damage to
heat -sensitive semiconductor devices. The
heat sink may be of the spring -loaded type,
an ordinary alligator clip to which a piece
of felt is soldered and dampened before use,
or a pair of long -nose pliers (the lead being
soldered is grasped between the body of the
device, and the point at which the soldering
iron is applied.)
But have you tried to use a heat sink
when mounting a transistor close to a printed circuit board? It isn't easy.
In actual practice, it is not always necessary that a heat sink be used, provided the
proper soldering technique is employed.
Your Semiconductor Editor has never used
a heat sink for this application-and has
damaged only one device, (a tunnel diode)
out of thousands installed in various projects.
The "trick" is proper preparation and
quick work. First, make sure that the point
at which the device is to be soldered is
clean and will accept solder quickly; pre tin, if necessary. Second, cut the device's
lead no shorter than absolutely necessary.
Third, use a clean, very hot, medium -tipped,
low -power (15 -30 watt) soldering iron or
gun; if possible, brush off the tip just before applying it to the joint and apply a
drop of fresh solder to the tip. Fourth,
make sure that the device's lead is clean
and ready to accept solder; if dull, indicating the formation of oxide, scrape clean.
And finally, attach the lead to the terminal
point and apply the solder and soldering
iron tip almost simultaneously, making
sure that the flat side of the tip is in good
contact with both the lead and terminal.
Remove the iron or gun almost immediately.
While the above procedure seems long, it
is really quite fast -and relatively safe. But
speed is essential. If you hold the soldering
iron in place too long, you may have to
kiss the device goodbye!
That does it for now, fellows. Keep your
soldering irons hot, your transistors cool,
and your batteries charged. Until next
month ...
-Lou
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PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS
(Continued f rom page 59 )
The Etching Process. The only thing we
have to do now is mix the solution and
etch away. Unless the etching solution
provides instructions to the contrary,
you will have to measure the circuit
board surface area in inches to determine the amount of solution required. A
good rule to follow is to use a pint of
etchant for every 100 square inches of
copper area.
Drop a few glass marbles into the etching container to keep the circuit board
from laying flat on the bottom. Then
immerse the circuit board in the solution
as shown in Fig. 9. Rock the container
back and forth to agitate the solution
until the excess copper has completely
disappeared.
The etching process will require approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete
and can be accelerated by heating the
solution to approximately 150 degrees
Fahrenheit. However, too rapid etching
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the resist.
When the etching process is complete,
the circuit board is washed to remove
all traces of the etching solution. Varsol
can be used to remove the resist, and
the completed circuit is then burnished
with fine steel wool to provide a clean
copper surface for soldering. Your finished circuit board should look like Fig.
10, or better, if you used tape resist.
Installing Components. To facilitate installation of the components, the location
of each component is usually marked on
the component side of the circuit board
with India ink and identified by the reference designation of each part.
When the marking is complete, the
circuit board is ready to accept the components for mounting and soldering.
Each component should be soldered in
place individually even where two or
more terminals join in a common land.
Be careful when soldering etched circuit boards as the copper will lift from
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PICK YOUR MATE?

your mid-20's and looking for a sweet

and presumably innocent 21 -year old,
you'd find slim pickings in an "inventory" loaded with second-husband hunters.
The author-for kicks (and an electronic jolt) -asked one agency to give
him a quickie analysis, throw his punch
card into a computer's maw-and see
what happened. What came up was a
35 -year old divorcee, with not only a
master's degree (good) but also two dependent children (not so good) who, on
her application, had stated she didn't
smoke but wouldn't object if her husband (presumably me, a pipe smoker)
did.
Against this background, witness the

enthusiasm of Bob and Mary (and many
couples like them) for the psycho -electronic system which brought them together. "Without electronics, we'd
simply never have met," Bob says with
conviction. His view is shared by a
growing number of researchers, one of
whom declares, "There is no doubt as to
the scientific validity of the psycho electronic technique -providing there is
validated psychological testing and equally valid programming."
If you're a potential candidate for
marriage-or just "looking " -consider
the following facts
In the whole span of ten years, and
often less, during which most people
normally seek partners in marriage, it is
doubtful whether your possible selection
will range much over a few hundred or
so potential "choices." Normal -and
usually narrow -social contacts drastically limit your choice. So does geography. Odds are against your meeting,
much less marrying, a girl living much
farther than 100 miles from your home.
This applies no matter where you live
small town or large. Yet, across the
whole sweep of the U.S. (and overseas,
as well) are literally thousands of potential partners with whom, tests would
show, you are psychologically "compati:
ble."
But you might as well face it: You'll

never meet them. Certainly you won't if
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you depend on mere chance and the

whims of geography. Some inkling of
what you're missing-the widest possible choice of scientifically attuned -to -you
potential mates -comes when you analyze a typical marriage situation.
Say you live in Town A and fall in
love with a local girl, X, marry her and
forever swear she's "the only girl for
me." Nonsense, say psychologists. More
correctly, of the thousands of potential
compatibles, you happened to meet just
one -and married her. For, had you
lived in Town B, and never met X, you
would have found another mate, Y-and
probably come to the same unfounded
conclusion (that in all the world she's
the only girl for you).
Statistically, she is likely but one in
thousands of "just right" potential
mates. By sheer luck your paths crossed.
Those lacking even this hit -miss good
luck wind up as statistics : among the
more than 400,000 marriages which each
year end in divorce.
Psychology decrees that across the
length and breadth of the nation are
literally thousands of girls who'd make
just as compatible a mate. All that
electronic matching can hope to do is
to bring together the widest possible
choice to arrange introductions not by
blind chance, but by scientific selection.
people with a high degree of
interpersonal compatibility," explains
Dr. Richard R. Stephenson, vice- president of Los Angeles' Human Inventory,
Inc., the electronic matchmaker that
brought together Bob and Mary.
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THE "PAIR" TEST

Human Inventory Inc., though a comparative newcomer to psycho -electronic
matchmaking (it is now in its fourth
year), claims an "inventory" of well
over 4000 clients (all potential mates)
and, undisputably, is among the nation's
most studiously scientific of mate-finders.
HI's basic psychological screening is
a thorough -going 500 -item true -false personal audit: the "Pair Test" (which
stands for "Psychological Audit for Interpersonal Relations ") . Devised by Dr.
Stephenson, who received his Ph.D. from
the University of Minnesota and taught
at both Minnesota and the University of
Iowa, the "Pair Test" measures applicants on 20 separate "scales" which
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weigh compatibility factors in marriage.

Six of the "scales" measure basic personality factors- for example, whether
a person possesses a low or high degree
of "dominant leadership" or, its opposite,
"dependent suggestibility." Six others
delve deeply into behavioral factors
person's rating in such matters as "Order and Routine" and "Intellectual Control." Four of the "Pair Test's" scales
measure attitudes -among them attitudes toward "family," "money" and
"social status."
Some scales seek out "likenesses" which
make for compatibility. Others seek
to pinpoint critical differences which
for true compatibility, are as essential
as likenesses. Thus, a high degree of
"dominant leadership" in one partner
( presumably the male)
demands, for
compatibility, just the opposite in his
mate: a high degree of "dependent sug-
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Human Inventory's tests (including
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who might attempt to fake their answers) go far beyond even this complex "interpersonal" appraisal. Applicants are asked (on a separate and carefully calculated form) to rate themselves,
a "self- descriptive" audit which often
when correlated with their "Pair Test"
ratings -is vastly revealing. Applicants
also state their preference of partners
as to age, height, weight, religion, education, race and other factors. As yet
another cross -check, HI asks applicants
to supply what psychologists term a
"peer rating" a check list on which a
friend or relative confidentially checks
any of 100 items.
. as descriptive of
the applicant (samples: he's a "social
climber," "impulsive," "likes parties,"
"spends wisely").
These tests may take anywhere from
one to four hours. "Hardly," grins Bob,
"the kind of thing you'd go through for
a quick date." As a matter of fact, even
after test results have been reduced to
master punch cards, computed and sorted
-and compatibles "matched" -the applicants still know one another only by
number and, initially, correspond through
HI's Los Angeles office.
"One day," Bob explained, "HI's pink
(for female) "Client Referral" slip arrived in the mail. It listed only Mary's
code number -and a dozen bits of data ;
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her education, marital status, occupation, and some others. She received my
code number -and a similar description.
For four solid months we corresponded
by number, addressing letters to HI's
office ( "from No. 576 to No. 2134 ") before we exchanged names and addresses.
It was another month before we arranged a personal meeting."
Bob and Mary were unique. Their
eventual meeting (and marriage) was
the product of HI's initial "electronic
sorting." Many mate -seekers correspond
with upwards of a dozen "compatibles"
before meeting or, in fact, even learning
the other's name. Some never meet.
Something in the tone of one or the
other's letters kills the romance before it
has ever begun.
Not surprisingly-in view of the scrupulously scientific approach -Human Inventory's "inventory" is top -heavy with
professional people, men as well as women. HI claims that 60% of its male applicants hold college degrees and that
10% of these have advanced degrees
(many are doctors, lawyers and PhD's)
Engineers, says Dr. Stephenson, corn,
prise about 30' of the male inventory.

"But machines do not replace or eliminate romance," points out Dr. Stephenson. "They merely provide a better-risk
selection of acquaintances with whom a
person can 'fall in love'."
Even though years of preparation have
gone into his "Pair Test," Dr. Stephenson is quick to acknowledge that as yet
he has no long-term validation in terms
"Psychological
of marriage success.
tests of the kind we've devised require
years for correlation and validation," he
explains. "It takes time -10 years, perhaps even 20 years- before the variables in such complex test scales can be
precisely weighed against the others ..."
Electronically, Human Inventory
makes use of the facilities of the famed

National Computer Systems center in
Minneapolis, Minn. Here, at one of the
nation's largest test scoring labs, the
raw test scores from the "Pair Test"
are electro- optically scanned by NCS's
document reader (5000 sheets an hour)
which puts the information on magnetic
tape. The tape feeds a Control Data
Corp. 160G computer which, in turn, con-
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trois an electronic punch card machine

that translates taped data into some ten
punch cards. In this basic card form,
data can either be programmed through
computers (to turn out various statistics
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William Ewing, WAOKAQ,
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Clyde Mason, KOGJE /WPEOJN, 855 S. West Ave.,
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and unable to determine his location.
REACT team member Robert Vincent,
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immediate reply and went to work to get
the pilot safely back on the ground. By
orienting his antenna, Vincent determined
that the plane was either due north or due
south of him, and by watching his S -meter
drop was able to "see" that the plane was
flying away from him. Since the pilot reported a 180 compass heading, and the air-.
port was about 25 miles northwest of Vincent's station, the pilot was instructed to
turn around and assume a northwesterly
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channel 11 and assist the pilot further. He
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other radio equipment on board. A negative
reply left airport authorities unable to help.
Using S -meter readings, Vincent and five
other CB stations that were monitoring kept
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Robert Vincent, Jr., KNE0656, Lodge Pole,
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Gainesville, Georgia. Lanierland Communicators of Hall County. This group publishes a clean -cut, informative newspaper,
Channel Chatter, which is jam -packed with
informative news and views. Club officers:
Jim Dobbins, 6Q6117, president; Chas. Sexton, KKM4181, vice president; W. O. Sexton, 6W6239, secretary /treasurer. The newspaper editor is Chas. E. Sexton; his
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Machias, Maine. Club has 24 members,
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emergency communications during a forest
fire last August, and were commended by
State and County CD directors. Officers:
Mrs. Harry Johnson, KKA7344, president;
Mrs. Pat Clemons, KMA2542, vice president; Mrs. Donald Drisko, KKB1534, secretary; Mrs. Frederick Johnson, KMA4079,
treasurer; and Mr. Walter Bagley, KKB3705,
publicity. (Walt evidently got so shook up
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forgot to give us the name of the club!
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Malden, Massachusetts. Malden REACT.
Organized last September to help in times
of disaster, to assist worthwhile charities,
and to assist stranded motorists. Monitoring channel: 9. Officers: Wm. Olsen,
KBD0286, captain; David Fullerton, KKA7962, first lieutenant; James Foley, KMA7096, operations lieutenant; Brian Mulligan,
KKB2355, lieutenant adjutant; Earl Laugh ton, KMA5055, lieutenant treasurer; Steve
Shear, KMA2668, president of the board of
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Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. Blackhawk

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The following is a resume of current reports. At
time of compilation all reports are as accurate as
possible, but stations may change frequency and/
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times shown are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
and the 24 -hour system is used. Reports should be
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Cherry Hill, N.J., 08034, in time to reach your
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but we are grateful to everyone who contributes
to this column.
Albania -R. Tirana, evidently with a powerful
new xmtr, now broadcasts to N.A. at 0000-0030 on
7265 kc. and at 0630 -0700, 2000 -2030, and 2200 -2230
on 7265 and 9390 kc.
Bolivia-Rarely heard is CP75, La Cruz del Bur,
La Paz, 4985 kc.. at 0030 -0055 with a religious
exhortation in Spanish, an ID at 0100, then an
orchestral version of Bach's "Toccata and Fugue
in D Minor." This one is extremely difficult to
read through an RTTY station and marker station
WKA24.
Brazil -Another
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sporting events, on Sundays from 2045.
Burma-Station XZK4, Rangoon, 7120 kc., was
monitored at 1203 -1233 with Far Eastern music and
native -language anmts. Two gongs at 1230 made
up the IS during the station break.
Cambodia -R. Cambodge, Phnom -Penh, is noted
at 1305 -1324 on 9699 kc. with native music and
vocalizing, and with some native -language anmts.
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Colombia-The station reported here last month

on 6117 kc. evidently is R. Centro Populare, La Voz
del Goiania. It's heard best around 0230.
England -The BBC has reported that its news is
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France- Radiodiffusion- Television Francaise,

Paris, was noted on 9525 kc. with s /on and "La
Marseillaise" at 2300 to the Antilles and Guiana.
Strong at first, it rapidly deteriorated until fadeout at 2340. The program was mostly news and jazz
music. Paris plans to construct relay stations in
French Somaliland, New Caledonia, and French
Guiana, according to an overseas source.
Germany (East) -R. Berlin International's current schedule (as of March 1) reads: to N. A. East
Coast at 0100 -0130 and 0230 -0300 on 9560 and 9650
kc., and to the West Coast at 0345 -0415 and 04450515 on 9600 and 9650 kc.
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6075 kc, and at 2050 on 9735. 9655, and 6145 kc. A
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Greenland- Grenlands Radio, Godthaab, 5980 kc..
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high -pitched chimes thrown in at times. East Coast
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heard as far west as Indiana, according to reports.
Guatemala- Station TGDZ, Transmite Radio Centro Americana de Guatemala, 6090 kc., features
Latin American vocal- instrumental music, fanfares, and frequent anmts at 1700 -1800.
India -All India Radio, Delhi, has been found on
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Iran -R. Tabriz has moved from 6210 kc. to 6223
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with best reception after 1700.
Jordan -Amman has a talk in Arabic at 1225 -1315.
and chanting-with a woman announcer -to 1330.
kc. where
This is on
11,970 kc.
Korea (North) -R. Pyongyang has changed frequencies for its N. A. broadcast. After a silence
of several weeks, it has reappeared on 11,740 kc.
with Korean at 1700 -1800 and Eng. at 1800 -1900.
The Eng, portion generally consists of news. commentary, and music in what might best be described as a "Radio Peking" format. Another
xmsn. as yet not positive, may be on 9935 kc. at
0000 -0027; it opens with a seven -note IS given
twice, a short anmt, a march, then native -language
news followed by Oriental music.
Malaysia -Kuala Lumpur, 6175 kc., continues in
Eng. at 1115 -1215 with Eng. news and recordings,
dual to 11,900 kc. The BBC Far Eastern Station.
Singapore, 11,830 kc., has been noted at 0000 -0015
with IS of bells, s/on. and then news, dual to
9570 kc.
Mexico-Station XEUMT, listed as having a xmtr

at Sisoguichi, Chihuahua. and a mailing address
in Mexico City, is noted on 5960 kc. weekdays, daytime only, with s /off at 1830. They broadcast educational programs for the Sierra Tarahumara. an
Indian region in northern Mexico.
Is XEUDS. University of Sonora station. still on
the air? Recent tunings on 6115 kc. indicate a station with a call -sign of XHUS, a different ID
slogan, a statement that it is testing, and s /off at
1930, several hours before the XEUDS time. No
Eng. was noted. The only requests made were for
telephone calls from nearby areas telling the signal strength of the station.
Morocco-Rabat,
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noted at
1645
with singing, at 1657 with short anmts, and at 1659

with a talk: s/off was at 1738. no closing anmts.
This was an all -Arabic xmsn.
Mozambique -R. Clube Mozambique, Lourenco
Marques, can be heard on 3260 kc. around 01150135 with music: an Eng. ID is given at 0130.
Netherlands -R. Nederland, Hilversum, has replaced 15,425 kc. with 9525 kc., dual to 11.730 kc..
for its 2030 -2050 twice -weekly ("European Review" on Tuesdays, "Trans- Atlantic Profile" on
Fridays) network link with WUOM, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
Pakistan- Karachi has dictation -speed news in
Eng. at 1335 -1350 on 17,948 kc.
Peru- Station OAX7A, R. Cuzco, Cuzco, is heard
on 6247 kc. from 0115 to 0220 with many commercials and a variety of tropical music. There is a
time check at 0130 for 2030 Peruvian time. This

xmsn is listed for 6252 kc. and was last reported
on 6265 kc.
Poland -The Polish Pathfinders Union Broadcasting Station, Rozglosnia Harcerska, now operates on weekdays except Mondays at 1200 -1800
on 6850 kc.. and on Sundays at 1000-1800 on 7306
kc., both with 300 watts The new station manager
is anxious to establish close relations with listeners. and if there is enough demand, programs in
Eng. and French will be initiated. Reports go to
Konopnickiej 6, Warsaw.
Rwando -The new relay station for Deutsche
Welle (Voice of Germany) in Kigali has been
heard on 17.855 kc. at 1810-1830 with Eng. news; on
17,805 kc. to W. Africa at 1745 -1830 in Eng. and at
1830-1915 in Hausa; on 11,905 kc. at 0630 -0645 (unr,adable by 0645) with music and Eng. anmts: on
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Certificate holders, you must have verified stations in 25, 50, 75, 100, or
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ONE HUNDRED COUNTRIES VERIFIED

Winston Klontz (WPE6EYO), Culver City, Calif.
Clifford Cardwell (WPE5LU), Fort Worth, Texas
Ralph Hartman (WPE9CR). Naperville. Ill.
SEVENTY -FIVE COUNTRIES VERIFIED

Robert Bruckner (WPE3FYF), Pittsburgh. Pa.
FIFTY COUNTRIES VERIFIED

Tim Kerfoot (VE3PE1TH). Toronto. Ont.. Canada
Patricio McGrath (6Y5PE1A), Kingston. Jamaica
William Kilroy (WPE3FOB). Washington. D.C.
Robert Crowell (WPE4HK0). Fort Walton Beach,
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Kenneth Rosen (WPE8HSZ), Detroit, Mich

Aldridge Salisbury (WPE4HLD). Falls Church. Va.
TWENTY -FIVE COUNTRIES VERIFIED

Walter Witek, Jr. (WPE2OIW), Buffalo, N. Y.
L. D. Unkefer (WPE8UJ), Alliance, Ohio
Bob Gordon (WPE3FWH), Clairton, Pa.
Eddie Jaworski (WPE2NEP), Richmond Hill, N. Y.
Larry Swanson (WPE4AZC), Winter Park, Fla.
Blake Wilson (WPE2KDA), Glen Rock, N. J
Parks Redwine (WPE4HCO), Fayetteville, Ga.
Donald Christensen (VE2PE1DF), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Richard Lauhead (WPEODTX), Elwood, Nebr.
Stephen Rollin (WPE3GIX), Philadelphia, Pa.
Stephen Cramer (WPE2NSE), Rockville Centre,
N. Y.
Russell Rzemien (WPE1FNJ), Pawtucket, R. I.

James Kobus (WPE7CGW), Ferndale, Wash.
Jonathan Lisenco (WPE2MAC) ,Flushing, N. Y.
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Gene Bond, Jr. (WPE2JHW), Moorestown, N. J

Patrick Chick (WPE8DZK), Mayfield Heights, Ohio
Joseph Castonguay (KZ5PE1I), Curundu, Canal
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Jim Ritter (WPE8ICY), Willowick, Ohio
Drew Kalman (WPE8ILL), Dearborn, Mich.
Don Falle (VE2PE1IB), Beaconsfield; Quebec, Can
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Norm Szydlowski, Jr. (WPE9HEL), Hammond, Ind.

William Bound (WPE5EGV), Kilgore, Texas
Ronnie Andrzejewski (WPE3GLK), Swoyersville, Pa.
Mike Scott (VE2PEIIY), Roxboro, Quebec, Canada
Thomas Kent (WPE8ETL). Shaker Heights, Ohio
Larry Zigrang (WPE9HLM), South Bend, Ind.
Steven Levine (WPE1GKI), West Hartford, Conn.
Paul Henning (WPE9HLC), Hartford, Wis.
Lyle Lunsford (WPE3GGK), Baltimore, Md.
Stanley Mayo (WPE1GMF), Portland, Maine
Robert Hurwitt (WPE2NYP), Plainview, N. Y.
James Sorber (WPE2KGU), New Hyde Park. N. Y
Pete Glenn (WPE2JMT), Morristown, N. J.
David Molnar (WPE9EPC), South Bend, Ind.
Paul Silver (WPE1GPY), Providence, R. I.
Richard Albright (WPE6ERT), Merced, Calif.
Perry Brainin (WPE2KVK), Bronx, N. Y.
George Begera (WPE4IJS), Titusville, Fla.
Elias Coulouras (WPE1GKW), Cambridge. Mass.
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James Drost (WPE2NEH), Hempstead, N. Y.
Richard Langley (VE3PE2CA), Scarborough, Ont.,
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Gene Staton (WPE9CNA), Kokomo, Ind.
Harry Smith (WPE8IHZ), Springfield, Ohio
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on 6030 kc. at 0400 -0445 with French and music.
The following schedule for this new station was
just received: 6045 kc. to Eastern Africa at 03150500 (Et)g. at 0430 -0500) and to Central Africa at
0515 -0615; 7290 kc. to Central Africa at 1630 -1730;
9695 kc. to Eastern Africa at 1515 -1615 (Eng. at
1545 -1615); 9735 kc. to Eastern Africa at 0945 -1045
(Eng. at 1015 -1045) and to Central Africa at 11001200; 11,855 kc. to Eastern Africa at 1430 -1500;
11,905 kc. to Western Africa at 0630 -0830 (Eng. at
0630- 0715); 17,765 kc. to Western Africa at 12151415 (Eng. at 1215- 1300); and 17,805 kc. to Western
Africa at 1745 -1945 (Eng. at 1745- 1830).
Saudi Arabia-Riyadh, 9720 kc., comes through
well at times despite the nearness of Brazzaville
and Dakar; tune for it around 1645 in Arabic. This
frequency has replaced 11,950 'kc.
Somali Republic -R. Mogadiscio, 7120 kc., has Eng.
news nightly at 0315 -0330 and continues with pop
U.S. recordings and some native -language anmts.
Reports indicate that this station is well received
in many areas.
South Africa -The new 250 -kw. xmtr for the Overseas Service of the South African Broadcasting
Corporation is being used on 4975 kc. at 1600 -2115
in the Africa Service and is heard well in many
parts of the world (although one Eastern U. S.
report shows Kampala, Uganda, on 4976 kc. with
only 8 kw., to be far stronger). During 1966 the
SABC plans to have two 100 -kw. xmtrs at Bloemfontein in operation to beam the domestic service
to S. W. Africa. In addition, by June, 1966, a N. A.
service is expected to commence as follows: 23300025 to Canada (Eastern, Atlantic, and Newfoundland); 0030 -0125 to U. S. (Eastern & Central
zones) 0130 -0225 to Canada (Mountain and Central
zones) ; and 0230 -0325 to the U. S. (Mountain and
Pacific zones) and Canada (British Columbia).
The present schedule for the Africa Service
reads: 0300 -0400 on 6150 and 7270 kc., 1000-1710 on
15,220 and 17,805 kc., 1710 -1845 on 11,900 and 15,220
kc., 1800 -2115 on 4975 kc., 1845 -2000 on 9525 and
11,900 kc., and 2000 -2115 on 7270 and 9525 kc. The
7270 -kc. channel is well heard in the Commercial
Service at 2230 -2300 with the usual music and commercials, some in Eng., the remainder in Afrikaans.
Uganda -Kampala, 4976 kc.. is very strong at
times with native music at 2040 -2100, Eng. news at
2100, more music at 2104. Instead of the usual s /off,
they paralleled 5026 kc. for some kind of special
event in Eng. and native language to at least 2145.
U.S.S.R. -R. Kiev's current schedule, effective at
least through April, reads in part: to N. A. (Mondays and Thursdays) at 0030 -0100 on 9680, 7330,
7310, 7280, 7140, and 7120 kc., and at 0430 -0500 on
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days at
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and from 0002 in Spanish,
Vietnam (North) -- Hanoi, 15,045 kc., has been
heard around 0000 with station break and anthem.
This signal is very weak and tuning it in requires
skill and patience.
Vietnam (South)- Saigon, 9620 kc., is fair at 1305
in Vietnamese but with QRM on the high side
from a Russian xmtr.
Clandestine -We have received a report that we
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777, 2331, and 4661 kc. at 2300 -0300 (daily), 2000
(Saturdays) to 0500 (Sundays) and 17(0 (Fridays)
to 0700 (Saturdays). Some DX'ers feel that this
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states would check the listed channels and advise of any possible operations.
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