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JUNE 1980
VOLUME 56
NUMBER 6
ISSUE 880
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glass. water resistant. black resin case/ strap. 500MHz 500MHz Receive MMC28/144 19.00
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FTV 107 Transverter frame 96.$0
430-440 70cm module 158.'0
YM34 Mic. desk
YM35 Mic. hand . scan
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6.00
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50-54 6m module 68.50 YM37 Mic. Hand T.B.A. MMS384 (384MHz source) 2>4.00
R.R.P MU12 FTI07M Transceiver 660.00 FV 107 Ext. VFO .80.00
AUcaualor MMRI5/10(J5dB anenuator) 5.00
MEM/DMS Memory 87.00 FC 107 Antenna Tuner 92.50
24.95 FPI07E AC PSU Extnl. 92.50 SPI07 External speaker 24.00 Sockets BNC sockets are fitted as standard to all products.
FP 107 into AC PS U T.B.A. FTV 107(2) Transverter 181.50 Altemtively. units marked can be supplied with
FfV901 Transverter 245.00 Fe901 Antenna Tuner 115.00 Belling Lee sockets at the same prices as above.
Only 19.45 430440 70cm module
5054 6m module
160.00
60.00
FL2100Z Linear Amp. .355.00
FV90IDM Synth. ExL VFO 215.00
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800.00
SP901 speaker
YVMI VIdeo Monitor
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4 .Bv Receiver Pack
225mA ................................ 3 .20
500mA .................................... 5.35
9.6v Transmitter Pack
"VENTED" CELL (for fast charge)
0.5Ah Pencell/H P7 ......................................... 1 .30
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ACIOI fO.26 AD1I2 fUll BCI61 fO.26 BC441 fO.35 BFI!6 fO.66 2NI306 fO.21 Manufacturers 'Fall Outs' which include
ACI13 fO.23 AD181/1I2 fD.lI BCI62 fO.23 BC460 fO.44 BFI67 fO.2! 2N1308 fO.29 functional and part functional units. These
16161 - 24 - 3 of each value - 100pf ACI16 fO.23 ADT14lJ fO.83 BCI63 fO.29 BC481 fO.44 BF173 fO.23 2NI307 fO.29 are classed as 'out-of-spec' from the
120pl 150pl 180pl 220pl 210pl 330pl ACI17 fO.36 AFI24 fO.36 BCI64 fO.22 BC477 fO.23 BF178 0.44 2N1308 0.35 makers very specifications, but are
390pl 0.69 ACI17K 0.39 AF126 0.36 BCI67 0.12 BC478 0.23 BFI77 0.30 2NI309 0.36 ideal for learning about I.Cs and ex-
16162 - 24 - 3 of each value - 470pf ACI21 0.23 AF128 0.36 BCI61 0.12 BC479 0.23 BF178 0.32 2NI711 0.23 perimental work.
560pl 680pl 820pl 1000pl 1500pl ACI22 0.11 AFI27 0.37 BC169 0.12 BC647 0.12 BF179 0.36 2N2219 0.23 16224 - 100 Gates assorted 74000104
2200pl 3300pl 0.69 AC125 0.21 AFI39 0.4lJ BCIIO 0.30 BC648 0.12 B0239A/ 2N2221 0.23 105060 etc 1 .38
16163 - 24 - 3 of each value - 4700pf AC121 0.21 AF171 0.88 BCI81 0.44 BC649 0.12 240AMP 1.15 2N2222 0.23 16226 - 30 MXI asssorted types 744147
6800pf Oluf Q15uf 022uf 033uf AC127 0.21 AF179 0.89 BC187 0.14 BC550 0.18 BF180 0.35 2N2389 0.16 90 154 etc 1.38
047ul 0 .69 AC121 0.11 AFIIO 0.89 BCIII 0.14 BC556 0.11 BFlll 0.36 2N2711 025 16227 - 30 Assorted Linear types 709
ACI21K 0.30 AFIII 0.17 BCIII 0.10 BC557 0.15 BF182 0.35 2N2712 0.26 741747748710588 etc 1.73
ACI32 f023 AFIII fO.51 BC189C 0.12 9C556 0.14 BFII3 0.35 2N2714 0.25 16228 - 8 Assorted types SL403 76013
ACI34 fO.23 AF239 fO.44 BC170 fO.IO BC569 0.18 BFI84 fO.23 2N2904 021 76003 ete 1.15
ACI37 fO.23 ALI02 1.31 BC171 fO.IO BClIO 0.69 BFI15 fO.23 2N2905 0.21 16229 - 5 LC's 76110 Equivalent to
ACI41 0.24 ALI03 1.38 BC172 0.10 BClII 0.69 BFI18 0.30 2N2908 0.11 MCI3130PMA767 1.73
ACI41K 0.36 AUI04 1.11 BC173 0.10 BC212 0.89 BFI67 0.30 2N2907 0.23
ACI42 0.23 AUIIO 1.81 BC174 0.17 90115 D.68 BFI88 0.46 2N2923 0.17
ACI42K
ACI61
0.36
fO.23
AU113
BCI07
1.61
0.09
BC175
BC177
OMl
0.18
B0116
B0121
0.92
0.75
BF1B4
8FI95
0.12
0.12
2N2924
2N2925
0.17
0.17
MAMMOUTH IC PAK
ACI63 0.26 BCI07A 0.09 BC171 0.18 BOl23 0.76 BFIU 0.12 2N2928G 0.10
ACI63K fO.36 BCI07B 0.10 BC179 0.18 B0124 0.11 BFI97 0.14 2N2921Y 0.09 16223 - Approx 200 pieces assorted fall
ACI64 0.23 BCI07C fO.I2 BC 110 0.29 BD 131 0.4lJ BFI91 0.18 2N29210 0.09
AC155 0.23 BCIDI 0.01 BCIII 0.10 B0132 O.4lJ BF199 0.16 2N2921F 0.09
ACI68 0.23 BCIOIA 0.09 BCII2 0.25 B0131 /132MP MJE34D 1.50 2N2928E 0.09 devices but some unmarked you to iden-
ACI67 0.21 BCIOIB 0.10 BCI12L 0.10 0.92 MJE2955 1.04 2N3063 0.20 tify 1.44
ACI86 0.23 BCIDIC 0.12 BCII3 0.10 MJE3065 0.99 2N3064 fO.48
fO.23 BCI09 0.01 BCI13L fO.10 BOl33 0.46 TIP29A 0.41 2N3065 0.4&
ACI"
AC187 0.23 BCIOIB 0.10 BCI84 0.10 BOl35 0.44 TlP29B 0.41 2N3402 0.24 JUMBO PAK
16213 - 60 mixed -kw 100 ohms - 820 ACIII 0.21 BCI09C 0.12 BCI84L 0.1 0 BOl38 fO.4lJ TlP29C 0.51 2N3403 0.24
ohms 0.69 ACIII 0.23 BC113 0.11 BCII8 026 BOl37 0.40 TIP30A 0.41 2N3404 0.33 SEMI CONDUCTOR
16214 - 60 mixed kw 1 K ohms - 82K AC171 021 BCI14 fO.II BCII7 f025 BOl38 0.41 TIP30B 0.4B 2N3406 0.38
ohms 0.69 AC178 0.21 BCI25 020 BC207 fO.13 80139 0.41 TIP30C 0.51 2N3702 0.09 16222 - Transistors Germ and Silicon
16215 - 60 mixed i w lOK ohms - 83K AC178K fO.30 BCI21 025 BC201 0.13 BOl40 0.41 TIP31A 0.48 2N3703 0.09 Rectifiers Diodes Triaes - Thyristors I.Cs
ohms 0.69 AC171 0.21 8C132 0.21 BC209 0.14 BOI39/ 14lJMP TlP31B 0.41 2N3704 0.01 and Zeners. ALL NEW & CODED. Approx
16216 - 60 mixed S-W lOOK ohms - AC171 0.21 BCI34 021 BC212 0.10 0.12 TIP31C 0.51 2N3705 0.08 100 pieces. Offering the amateur a fan -
820K ohms 0 .69 ACIIO f023 8CI35 0.17 BC212L 0.10 BF115 025 TIP32A 0.46 2N3706 0.09 tastic bargain pack and an enormous
16217 - 40 mixed ';w 100 ohms - 820 ACIIOK fO.32 BCI31 021 BC213 0.10 BFI52 0.29 TlP32B 0,41 2N3707 0.09 saving 2.59
ohms 0.69 ACIII 0.23 BCI37 0.21 BC251 0.17 BFI53 0.29 TIP32C 0 .61 2N3701 0.08
1621S - 40 mixed tw 1 K ohms - e2K ACIIIK 0.32 BCI31 0.37 BC251A 0.18 BFI64 fO.2& TIP41A D.61 2N3709 0.08 UNTESTED SEMI-
ohms 0.69 ACII7 0.21 BCI4lJ 0.36 BC301 0.32 BFI55 0.40 TlP41B fO.53 2N3710 0.08
16219 - 40 mixed tw 10K ohms - 82K ACII7K 0.32 BCI41 fO.32 BC302 0.33 BFI58 0.32 TlP41C 0.65 2N371 I 0.08
CONDUCTOR PAKS
ohms 0.69 ACII8 0.21 BCI42 0.25 BC303 0.32 BFI57 0.32 TlP42A 0.51 2N3772 1.84
16220 - 40 mixed tw lOOK ohms - ACIIIK 0.32 BCI43 fO.25 BC304 fO.44 BF158 0.32 2N706 0.12 3N3773 2.53 16130 lOO Gtlrm gold bonded OA47 diodes 0.69
820K ohms 0.69 AOl4lJ 0.89 BCI46 0.63 BC327 0.11 9FI69 fO.32 2N707 0.56 2N3819 0.21 16131 150 Germ point contact 100mA OA70 81
- 60 mixed tw 1 Meg 1 AOl42 0.11 BC147 0.08 BC321 0.17 BFI80 0.36 2N708 0.16 2N3820 0.4lJ diorle 0.69
AOl43 0.11 BC148 0.01 BC337 fO.17 BF162 0 .36 2NI302 0.17 2N3821 0.69 16132 100 Silicon diodes 200mA OA2GO 0.69
- 40 mixed tw 1 Meg - 1 ADI41 0.11 BCI41 0.01 BC338 fO.17 BF163 0.35 2NI303 0.21 2N3123 0.69 16133150 Si licon fast switch diode 25mA IN41
AD181 fO.4lJ BCI60 0.23 BC44lJ 0.35 BFI84 0.55 2NI304 0.21 2N3103 0.12 18 0.69
1&13450 Silicon rectifiers top hat 250mA 0.69
COMPONENT 74 SERIES TTL IC'S 16135 20 Silicon rectifiers stud type 3 amp 0.69
16136 50400 nJW Hmers 007 case 0.69
PAKS 74lJD 0.10 7422 0.18 7441 0.84 7419 1.98 74123 0.46 74175 0.71
1613730 NPN transistors 8Cl07 8 plastic 0.69
16138 25 NPN T039 2N697 2NI71 \ silicon
0.69
mixed 74lJI fO.I3 7423 024 7450 0.13 7490 0.37 74136 0.60 74176 0.67 1613830 PNP transistors 8CI77 178 plastic
16165 - 150 Capacitors mixed value 74lJ2 0.13 7426 0.22 7451 0.13 7491 0.74 74141 0.83 74177 0.67 0.69
approx (Count by weight) 0.69
74lJ3 fO.I3 7421 0.28 7453 0.13 7492 0.40 74145 0.63 74190 1.73 16140 25 PNP T039 2N2905 silicon 0.69
16166 - 50 Precision resistors. Mixed
74lJ4 0.13 7427 0.28 7464 0.13 7493 0.36 74150 0.78 74191 0.67 16141 30 NPN TO I S 2N706 silicon switching
values 0.69
74lJ6 0.13 7421 0.30 7410 0.13 7494 0.86 74151 0.66 74182 0.81 0.69
74lJI 0.26 7430 0.15 7470 029 7495 0.68 74153 0.56 74184 0.61 1614225 NPN SFYSO 51 0.69
16167 - 80 l 'w resistors. Mixed 74lJ7 f0.26 7432 7472 74164
values 0.69 f025 0.23 7496 0.68 0.94 74190 0.78 16143 30 NPN plastic 2 N390B silicon 0.69
74lJI fO.16 7433 0.36 7473 0.29 74100 0.98 74165 fO.58 74191 0.71 16144 30 PNP plastic 2N3905 silicon 0.69
16168 - 5 pieces assorted ferrite 74lJI 0.16 7437 7474 0.29 74156 0.59 74192
rods 0 .69
0.24 0.69 1614530 Germ OC71 PNP 0.69
7410 fO.I3 7431 0.24 7476 0.33 74167 0.58 74183 0.67 16146 15 Plastic power 2N3055 NPN T0220
16169 - 2 Tuning gangs MW LW 7411 f0.20 7440 7478 74160
VHF 0.69 0.14 0.29 0.67 74174 0.71 case 1.38
16170 - , Pack wire 50 m et res
7412 0.17 7441 0.&1 7410 0.51 74161 0.71 74195 0.89 16147 10 TOJ metal 2N3055 NPN 1.38
7413 f0.21 7442 0.41 7411 0.98 74162 0.71 74196 1.21 161491 01 amp SCA TOJ9 1.38
assorted colours single strand 0.69 7414 fO.68 7443 fO.81 7412 74163
16171 -10 Reed sw itches 0.69 fO.78 0.71 74197 1.21 16150 8 . 3 ilmp SCA TOB6 case Cl.38
16172 - 3 Micro switches 0.69
7418 0.28 7444 fO.11 7413 0.67 74184 0.78 74198 2.13
16173 - 15 Assorted pots 0.69
7417 f0.28 7445 fO.76 7414 1.01 74185 0.76 74199 2.13
16174 - 5 metal jack sockets 3 x
7420 fO.13 7448 fO.89 7485 f0.78 74166 0.90
3.5mm 2 x standard switch types0.69 7421 0.23 7447 0.66 7418 025 74174 0.75
16175 - 30 Paper condensers - mixed
values 0.69
16176 - 20 Electrolytics trans
types 0.69
16177 - 1 Pack assorted hardware -
assorted 0.69
16179 - 20 Assorted tag strips and
panels 0.69
16180 - , 5 Assorted control knobs
0.69
- 3 Rotary wave
16182 - 2 Relays 6-24v
operating 0.69 0.10
inih:: k copper laminate 0.13
0.14
16184 - 15 Assorted Fuses 100mA 5 0.20
0.69 0.22
0.23
0.28
0.30
0.36
T01S sim to 2N7068 BSY27 28 95A

16190 - 6 slider mixed 0.69 ALL usable devices. No open and
1.6191. - 6 slid er 470 ohms 0.69 shorts. ALSO available in PN P aimilar
16192 - 6 slider 10K ohms 1in 0.69 to 2N2906 BCY70. 20 for 68p. 50 for
16193 - 6 slid er 22K ohms 1 in 0.69 1 . 15, 100 for 2.07, 500 for 9.20,
16194 - 6 slider 47K ohms 1in 0.69 , 000 for 16.10. When ord ering please
16195 - 6 slider 47K log 0.69 state NPN or PNP;
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SAX5GT 1.15 6X5GT 0.65 30fl2 1.70
GRID DIP OSC American Services pattern PRM - l0 covers 2 to

VALVES
El37 JA6 PCf200 1.05
TY2 125
U25
U26
52.80
1.16
1.00
IS5
174
IU4
OA5
0.45
0.80
IX2B 1.l0
6B7
6BA6
6BE6
0.85
0.50
0.10
6Y6G 1.10 30f1l2 1.45
624 0.15 30f1l4 2.05
630l2 2.05 30115 1.15
El3B 4.80 PCf201 1.05 6BGSG 1.15 7B7 0.90 30117 1.15
400Mc/s cont uses set of 7 plug in coils with direct calibration for ElBI 1.2U PCfBOI 1.05 U27 1.15 2021 0.10 6BH6 0.95 7V4 0.90 30PI2 1.15
ElB2 0.70 PCfB02 0.75 UI91 0.85 2K25 12.40 6BJ6 1.25 902 0.70 lOPll 1.15
use on 11Sv SOc/s complete in ca rrying case size 7 x 4 x 3" 45. U2BI 0.15 2X2 0.90 6B07A
ElB4 0.90 PCfB05 2.10 0.10 906 0.85 30Pll 3 1.25
VARIABLE STAB P.U. Solartron bench type 240v liP O/ P var 0 ElB6 1.05 PCfB06 0.96 U301 0.15 3A4 0.10 6BR7 2.70 IOC2 0.10 30P1I4 1.25
0.90 PCfBOB 2.05 U600 11.60 306 0.50 SBW6 5.11 10fl B 0.10 35l6GT 1.15
to SOOv at up to lS0Ma floating also 6.3 Sa fitted Volt/Ma meter El90
UBOI 0.90 3021 23.00
El91 125 PCH200 0.95 SBW7 1.15 IOPI3 1.20 35W4 0.80
overload trip, size 19 x 9 x 14" no ext case tested 35. El95 0.80 PClBI 0.70 UBC41 1.20 3E29 &.80 6C4 0.10 l1E2 12.40 35Z4GT 0.85
EL500 1.85 PClB2 0.75 UABCBO 0.90 354 0.&0 SCS 0.70 12AS 0.79 40KOS 3.95
AUDIO TEST SET CT373 bench test set comprises Osc 17c/ s to 0042 1.2& 4PRSOB
El504 1.85 PCLB4 0.80 SCHS 7.50 IZATS 0.55 50C5 05
170Kc, AF VTVM & Distortion meter, further details on request new ElB02 1.70 PCLB6 0.10 UBfBO 0.70 106.80 SClS 1.70 12ATT 0.65 50COSG 1.45
cond65. ELB2 2 7.50 PClB0 5/B5 UfBB9 0.&0 5B1254M SCY5 1.15 12AU7 0.10 75 1.25
EM 31 1.&0 0.85 UBlI 1.15 8.80 SOS 0.85 12AV6 UO 75CI 1.05
AMPLIFIER MODULE self contained plug in unit provides var EMBO 0.10 PO 500 4.35 UBl2 1 2.50 5B1255M 6EAB 3.20 12AX7 0.85 I 76 0.95
gain up to SOO DC coupled with low O/ P imp as int ma ins P.U. giv- EMB I 0.10 Pfl200 2.80 UCCB4 0.15 8.80 6f6GB 0.85 12BA6 0.&0 ' 7B 0.95
EMB4 . 0.10 Pl3S 0,95 UCCB5 0.80 5B125BM 6fBG 0.85 12BE6 1.251 BO
ing + & - 20v DC stab size with outer cover 14 x Sx2" contains 1% UCfBO 0.90 8.80 0.90
EMB7 1.15 PLBI 0.85 6fl2 0.90 12BH7 1.10 85A2 1.45
res, trim pots etc 5.50. EY51 0.55 PlB2 0.80 UCHB I 0.10 5R4GY 1.30 6F14 0.90 12CB 0.B5 7231>/B 12.80
EYB I 0.15 PlB3 O.BO UClB2 0.85 5U4G 1.10 Sfl 5 1.l0 12E! 4.95 B03 6.95
H.F. Tx/Rx unit very compact unit tunable Rx 2.S to 20Mc/s & EYBS/B7 0.65 PlB4 0.75 Uf41 0.90 5V4G 0,80 Sfl7 1.15 12J5GT 0.&5 B05 20.10
crystal controlled Tx 2.S to 20Mc/s for use on 20 0/ 2S0v ma ins self EYBB 0.B5 Pl504 1.60 UfBO 0.60 5Y3GT 0.60 6f24 4.15 12K7GT 0.10 B07 1.15
contained unit. Rx uses 7 miniature valves with B FO & O/ P for ElBO 0.65 Pl50B 1.50 6f33 4.75 12KBGT 0.60 BI3 1130
1207GT 0.15 B29B 16.00
phones, Tx as two valves 1 S/2S watts CW only over band with built
ElBI 0.10 Pl51 9 5.50
GY501 1.05 Pl509 3.6&
VAT. INCLUDED 6H6
6J4
1.90
1.60 125C7 0.16 B32A 5.20
in morse key, overhaul size inc P.U. 30 x 9 x 14 Cm 4 Kg also GZ32 0.75 PlB02 115 6J4WA 2.00 125H7 us B66A 120
GZ33 1 95 PY33 0.10 UfB5 0.10 5Z3 1.1& 6J5GT 1.35 125J7 0.65 93 1A 12.00
supplied with ext 12v DC Invertor, tested with leads, phones, power GZ34 2.30 PYBO 0.10 Ul41 1.20 5Z4G 0.86 6JS 0.85 12507 0.15 954 0.60
G237 2.80 PYBI /BOO UlB4 0.16 5Z4GT 0.90 SJ7 0.90 12Y4 0.65 955 0.70
cables & handbook. 54. Hand generator for these 11 Sv 100c/s UMBO 0.10 6AB4 0.80
KT6S 1.30 0.10 6J7G 0.10 130S 0.10 956
40/80 watts 25. KTBB 8.95 PYB2 0.60 UMB4 0.10 see EC92 6K7 0.10 1457 1.15 957 1.05
TUNING CONDS Tx type 11 OOPf can be rebu ilt for other cap & MH4 1.15 PYB3 0.60 UYB2 0.65 SAB7 0.10 6K7G 0.50 19A05 0.90 1625 1.15
MlS 1.15 PYBB 0.60 UYB5 0.60 SAC7 0.10 6KBGT 0.65 19G3 11.50 IS29 0.85
spacings 4.50. VR105/30 SAHS 1.15
RECORDING TAPE by Ampex 4600 ft on lOt" spools t" Audio
N7B 1D.45 PY500 1.55
OA2 0.55 PYB09 6.45 2.15 SAK5 0.95
SL6M
SlSGT
2.15
1.15
19G6
19H5 J.gg I 1.20
2.15
type Military Spec new 7.50. OB2 0.10 PYBOl 0.10 VR150/30
1.45
6AKB 0.60
6Al5 0.50
6L7GT 0.15 I
200 1 0.15 5B42 1.50
PABCBO 0.60 00V03/10 611B 0.70 20 f2 150
U .H.F. Rx Ass single channel crystal controlled with crystal for PCB5 0.60 2.85 X66 1.05 6Al5W 0.80 Sl 020 20E I I 1.05
PCBS 0.95 00VOl/20A XSIM 1.10 6AM5 125 S07G 0.95 20PI 0.65 S060 105
243Mc/s dual conversion Rx 20.S & 2Mc/s IFs as 11 min valves PCBB 0.15 14040 XR I6400A 6AM6 1.30 65A7 0.65 20P3 0.80 SOS4 1.05
100 ohm O/P reqs 200v HT & 6.3 new cond size 9 x Sx 4" 16.50 PC900 1.45 00V03/25A 82.90 SANB 160 65G7 0.90 ZOP4 1.30 , SOS 5 1.40
2759 9.00 SA04 6.20 20P5 1.30 60S7
also we have a few R361 Rx 22S/ 400Mc/s crystal controlled only PCCB4 0.15 21 .20 S5J7 0.80 1.15
PCCB5 1.05 00V06/40A Z800U 3.45 6A05 0.90 SSJ7GT 0.60 25 l 6GT 0.95 , S080 4.90
240v liP 35. PCC89 0.65 16,10 ZBOI U 4.00 SA05W 1.45 6SK7 1.05 25Z4G 0.15 . S14S 4.95
PCCIB9 0.15 OV03 I 2 2.80 Z900T 2.55 SA5S 0.90 S5l7GT 0.B5
PANEL METERS SOUa scale 0 to 4 linear 2t" dia Proj mount 3. IA3 0.10 SAT6 US US : I
PCfBO 0.95 5CV400 4.50 S5N7 GT
SOOUa scale 0 to SOO single hole fix 1tu dia mod ern style 3. PCfB2 0.10 SCVSOO 4,50 Il4 0.50 6AU6 0.65 S507 0.85 30C IB 2.10 \ 6550 8.60
MAINS TRANS Pria 240v Secs 340-2S0-0-2S0-340v at 210Ma PCfB4 0.75 5P61 0.95 IR 5 0.6 5 SAVS 0.60 6VSGT 0,95 lsee PCfB051 , 6870 14.00
PCfB6 O.BO nz l 11.80 154 MS SAX4GT 0.95 6X4 0.10 30f5 1.15 S883 8.20
LTs 6.3v at S amp twice, Sv ct S amps new boxed 9.50 also 240
Pria. Secs 17-0-17v SOOMa & 2Sv lS0Ma C core 4.50. POSTAGE : 1-2 20p ; 23 30p; 35 .Op ;
907353/
MOTOR DRIVE & CONTROLLER consists of 24v DC motor 5-15 SOp ; QV!( 15.00 hH
A lot of these valves are
minimum order 1.
VALVES AND
COLOMOR London
driving into two stage gear box the O/ P drives a Sine Cos pot & Imported and pr i ces (ELECTRONICS) LTD .
360' scale ind, the motor speed & direction ca n be controlled in vary for eac h deli very , TRANSISTORS 170 Goldhawk Rd., London W.12
so we res erve the right Telephone enqulrlel Tel. 01743 0899
both direction from 0 to 1 RPm supplied with mai ns P.U . control pot . for valvel, Iranll.
to ch ange prices for tors , etc,;
& swts circ etc 15. new stock when un 748 3934, trade and
retail Open Monday to Friday
NON INDUCTIVE RESISTORS lS0 ohm 40 watts with mt clips aVOidable . export 143 OBOe . 912.30, I.lO-S.lO p.m.
set of 3 for 7 S or SO ohm loads 4.50.
TEST SET UPM-6 bench test set for testing APX & UPX series IFF
sets 11Sv 50c/s liP comprises Sig Gen, Absorb W.M., Demodulator
unit all operate in range 960 to 11S0Mc/s intended to measure
PRF, Peak O/ P, provides test signal for Rx & Tx supplied with circs
notes etc 45. We can supply on their own from these units Sig
Gen Ass with atten 12.SO. Absorb W .M . with det 8.50, Demod
unit this as int SO ohm S watt load with det 4.50 also UPX-6 Rx QUALITY REEL TO
Preselector tunes 1080 to 1130Mc/s with mixer diode new 4.50.
CRYSTALS mixed 10X & XJ types two pin mostley in range S to REEL & CASSETTE TAPE HEADS
7.SMc/s 20 mixed for 2.30. a12- 01 E1 2-09
MONO PLAYBACK 1.89 MONO/STEREO ERASE . 1.85
HELlPOT DIALS 10 Tr type to fit 3/ 8th bush 1.50 or 8eckman e12-02 822-02
lS Tr type 2.50 30 or lOOK helipots SOp ea with dials. MONO RECORD/PLAYBACK 4.02 TWIN HALF TRACK RECOROIPLBK 5.91
MODULATOR P.U. ASS 230v SOc liP contains Tx HT supply 1 824-01 C44RPSD2
STEREO PLAYBACK . 3.30 QU AD QUARTER TRACK REC/PLBK 9.31
Kv S60Ma 100 watt mod unit with 2x 4-6S valves, med HT, Bias & 824-02 C22ES02
LT supplies 19" rack unit about SO Kg with circs 4 5. STEREO RECORD /PL AYBACK 6.68 TWIN HALF TR ACK ERASE 4.72
B24-RP
BLOWER UNITS heavy duty single ended outlet 2 tx 3t" 240v STEREO GLASS FERRITE REC /PLBK 11 .&0 MAGNETIC TAPE HEADS CATA LOGUE 25 PENCE
new11 .50.
TEST SET provides test signals at 7S/ 110/ 330 Mc/s 24v DC liP
contains meter, int modulator, approx 12 misc valves, all conta ined
in neat case size 11 x 13 x 11" with hinged front cover 25. Rx Unit
small battery operated Rx tunes 2 to 8Mc/s in two bands superhet
circ with 8FO O/ P for high imp phones S min valves reqs 13Sv HT &
-..
1.Sv with circ 13.SO Tx Unit to match, crystal controlled with
valves & circ about 1 watt CW, power as Rx 5.50.
HIGH RESIS TEST SET mains operated bench test set for
measuring resistance up to 300 million megs w ith a 10 volt test
voltage or 3000 w ith 100v, also measures ratios. Works by measur-
ing time taken to charge a conds of known value with leads good
P.W. Nimbus Jaykit
cond35.
DM-2 - :.. . .._.
The following for calle rs, Valve type CCTV systmes inc Cam, C.U. DIGITAL
--$
Full kit of parts available .- \I:,ft;
MULTIMETER
Mon & cable, Vidicon but no lense 35. Old type 1 Mc/s counters "' ,
for this very professional
11Sv10.
project. DC Current .. 0. 1mA to 0.2A i .
Resista nce ... l to 20M
-ALSO-
Above prices include VA T & Carriage goods ex equip unless stated Full kit of parts for the
: Auto Polarity & Zeroindication
new. SAE for enquiry or list 24/1 . Add-on Base unit. 1% accuracy (DC volts)
Desig ned around Intersi! 7106
Prices on application . Include. ca and all parte.
27.30
PI!oP 1.00. Add 15% VAT.
A.H. SUPPLIES T. POWE LL 306 St. Paul's Road , Highbury Corner,

122, Handworth Road, SHEFFIELD S94AE London N1. Telephone: 01-2261489.
TeI.phone 444278 (07421 ACCESSIVISA ACCEPTED
Shop open : Mon. to Fri. 9-5.30. Sat. 9-4.30_
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A40 P.A . CENTRE LEM 10\1\1 MEGAPHONE A5S 50\1\1 A.C./O.C.
A ll Solid State
All Solid State
Power: SOW RMS
Power: 40W Musi c
2fN1 RMS S.N .L 55dB
Rotary & SI ider
Mono Cassette Deck
V. U. Meter
Slider Controls
V. U. N\eter
Input" 3 - Mic (0.5mV)
Inputs, 2 - Mic (ImV) I - """g Phono (3mV)
I - Aux (100mV) I - Aux (200mV) 117.30
I - Aux (15mV) 220 .60 The A-56 i. 5(NI A . e./ D .e.. 0 11 .ilicon IOli d >10'" P. A ampli"el h. ouruonding
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S. N. R., 60dB Rotary and Slider Controls
Pos. or Neg. Eorth V .U . Meter
Cor Mounting Bracket Input" 4 - Mic (0.5mV)
Rotary Controls I - """g Phono (3mV)
Inpu ts: 2 - Mi c (3mV) Power: 16W, Range : mile I - Aux (200mV)
I - Aux (4OmV) 276.00
Batteries: 8 - 1
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MI2 CON DE NSOR CAROOID - 600 OHM 26.43 L106 IOW , 6 OHM - BLACK FOAM FRONT, 'TEAK' FINISH , 6" DRI VER PER PAIR 35.19
M20 ELECTRET CON DENSOR, OMNI-DIRECTIONAL - 600 OHM 13.60 LI lO 4OW, 6 OR 16 OHM (SPECIFY WH ICH) - 6LACK 'VYNI DE' COVERING 69.70
(fitted with metol corner prutectors and complete with 0 slip-on cover)
M21 ELECTRET CONDENSOR, UN I-DIR ECTIONAL - 600 OHM 19.32
1.130 DYNAMIC CARDOID, BALL WINDSHIELD - 50K / 600 OHM 26.96 . .
M46 ELECTRET PAGING, CARDOID. (CAST BASE) - 600 OHM SPEAKER SYS TEMS - HORNS
26.22
MSO COMMUNICATIONS, OMNI-DIRECTIONAL . (HAN D HELD) - 600 OHM 6.90 LJ3 5W, 6 OHM WEATHERPROOF HORN, SUITABLE FOR VEHICLE USE 14.15
LJ4 IOW, 6 OHM METAL HORN 26 .91
MICROPHONE STANDS LJ6 IOW, 6 OHM WEATHERPROO F A.B.S . HORN 12.42
177 15W, 6, 660, I KO, 2KO, 4KO, lOOV LI NE WEA THE RPROOF ALUMIN IU M 27.60
MI21 BANQUET STAND,CAST BASE -11 " TO 16!" 7.66
LJ6 20W, 6, 500, 600, I KO, 2KO, looV LINE WEA TH ERPROOF ALUMINIUM 4 1.40
MI22 TRIPOD TAB LE STAND , SCREW IN LEGS - 4!" 5. 11
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L76-6 AS FOR LJ6, BUT 6 OHM IMPEDANCE ON LY 26.75
MI24 FOLDING FLOOR STAN D - UP TO 60" 14.49
MI25 STUDIO FLOOR STAND, SCREW IN LE GS - UP TO 63" 20 .70 . .
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MI42 12" FLE XIBLE GOOSENECK STEM - CHROME FINISH 3.60
MI43 20" FLEXIBLE GOOSENECK STEM - CHROME FINISH Z29 TWO CORE OVAL, GREY 17.25
4.63 ( 16/ 0.2mm conductors, l OOm reel)
MI70 GOOSENECK FLANGE ADAPTOR - BLACK SPRA YED CASTING 2.14
Z55 6 AMP MAl NS LEAD, THREE CORE, ORANGE 16 .26
MI040 WINDSHIELD COVER (BUSB y) - MEDIUM (ENTR Y 17MM DIA. ) PER PAIR 1.59 (24/ 0 . 2mm conduc tors, 50m ree l)
MI041 WINDSH IELD COVER (BUS6y) - LARGE (ENTRY 32MM DIA.) PER PAIR 2.21
Z56 13 AMP MAINS LEAD, THREE CORE , ORANGE 2 7.25
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MIXER
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fRA2l & MW 1500,0 1.17 2.0MHl 2.5 x 375 .45 lM301 21
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Port able oscilloscope SC 10
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Sensitivity SOvw1Omv per division
Timebase from 0 . 1,11 secs to .S secs
'P .
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All switching of band s by a singl e
pin to gnd. Varicap tun ed, with LO
output for sy nth. MW/LW version
or MW/ LW plus 1 or 2 SW bands
MW/LW : 15.58 +1SW 16.73
Carriage for Mk III tun er 3 inc Europes largest stock range for b road cast and
The Mark III se ries FM tuner has been upd ated , and now includes a communications. Probably also the world ' s -
d etails in the catalogu es and Plo Specials are
centre zero tuning meter as standard . The instructi o n m anual has been also su pplied in th e region 30220MHz.
meticulously revi sed , enabling easy assembly by constructors of va rious
levels of experience a preview copy may be purc hased for 1 .00. 9443782
Mark III A series ' Refere nce series' tuner mod ul es .... .... 171.35 inc. 26.45
Again, Eu ro pe's widest range of stereo decoders
Mark III B series ' Hyperfi' mod ul es, with swi tched including pilot cancel PLL types. The pic shows
IF BW, pilot ca ncel decoder .... .... 198.95 inc. the 944378 . pilot cancel including post decoder l. W"",
A matching sy nthesi ser un it w ill be made available later this yea r, and can be
retrofi tted to either version. All versions include digital frequency readout/c1ock ,
26/38kHz filtering and muting preamp output
;'!"
VU deviation meters, 6 preset stations, 10 turn pot manual tuning, t oroidal PSU,
ou tpu t level adjustment, 110/240v AC input. Full alignment service available. Switched bandwidth FM IF strips
Style and performance with a real
Power Ampliticr 'belt and braces' PSU design.
Broadcast FM IF strips for all occasions, including the new 911225 . with diode
swi tched narrow filter option, ultra lin ea r phase ceramic filters, 84dB SIN , and
Aft er a couple of preview comments, it seems that many of you are waiting to hear 0.04% THD 140k Hz deviation). Piu, usu ;'1 things lik e AGC , A FC, dev . mute, lev el
about the matching HMOSFET po we r amplifier fo r the Mk 111 tuner. Well, it 's ou t meter drive. 23.95 (suppli ed in scre en can with 0.1 ed ge connection system I
at last com pl ete w ith twin toroid al PSUs for comfortable SOW RMS per channel, Also the 7230 hyperfi se ri es as the 911225, but w ith slo pe controlled AFC that
operates in conjunction with sign al leve l and an ex tra I F amp stage fo r DXing.
over 100W peak. but limited by th ermal sh utdow n of the HMOS. 10W l00W log
LED output peak indi ca tor, DC offset protection and switch-on pause relay. AC or
DC input coupling, direct or relay protected output terminals. Th e works. Various digital frequency displays
Only one ve rsi on of this ite m: Complete kit .. ... _.17S.25 inc. Carr. 5.
Th e World's larges t range of recei ver DFMs is now
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to DC switching and control design of the DFM3 wit h remote display mount connector
i yc t ...... DC swi tc hing of 7 inpUts, plus poss ibility . 1kHz SW resolution with 455kHz or
\lolume related loudness, 1dB 10.7MHz off,ets, 100Hz res pp to 3.9999MHz, and
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Crystal Filters
CA3089E 2.1 1 HA1197 1O.7MHz 25kHz Channel spacing 8pole 16.67
' .6' S06000 4.3'
...
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HA1137W 1_95 TDA 1072
17 .82
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HA11225 2.47 TBA651 2.4kHz SSB 19.78
HA12412 2.8 1 TD A 1090 Monolithic du al roofing filter
34.5MHz 1.3dB loss, 80dB stopband H F
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KB4420 1.95 TDA1 220
TBA120S 1.15 TDA1083 !r:!_!__[_!'_;_!!_!_:___!_:!_l_________ first filter in sy nth . RX 36.80
KB4406 O.AO TDA1062 RC XTALS FM pairs (no sp ilt') 3.74
SL 1610 1.84 SL 1626 2.80 AM pairs 3.57
VARICAP DIODES ....... . USB / LSB Xtals for 10.7SSB filter 2.88 ea
SL1611 ' .84 S L1630 1.86
SL1612 1.84 SL1640 2.17 A section from o ur PL :
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MVAM2 1.93 8B21 2 9\1 dual 2.25 CMOS will give an SPL of 83dB . 10v RMS driv e from CM OS uses ,
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Keyboard switches and caps

From the world 's most widely used switch
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, SWItch
bo ard switches. The SCMSll0l is shown he re,
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easy fitting of your chosen legend. Other types are
5'
The HA 12017 is the last word in PU preamps, and general low noi se audio design . available with built in LED, 90 0 mounting etc.
It is an SIL IC, with 86dB SI N in RIAA configuration, 10v RMS output capabi lity, 1101 : 17p. KT5 : 16p or 29p/p air
0.002% typ THD at 10v RMS output (imagine the overload margin !!l. It comfort
ably supercedes d is crete circuit de sign s in terms of price/ performance, and t akes Clocks use f5 v
the art beyond the TDA1042's capabilities. (R eplaces HA1457) 1 .80 each or at 15uA only_
an RIAA applications PCB with two IC, for 5.75. Complet e with Rs&Cs 9.95. DVM 9v/ l rnA
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Practical, Wireless, June 1980 15

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The RAE
TH E TI M E that the leader article on the Radio Amateurs' Examination was -being
EDITOR
Geoffrey C. Arnold G3GSR
JS.. written for our April issue, I was, like many other radio enthusiasts around the U K,
waiting eagerly for the results of the December RAE. I held an Amateur Licence early
in the 1950s, but had let it lapse because my job then made it impossible to operate for
ASSISTANT EDITOR more than a few weeks each year, and it seemed pointless to go on paying the annual fee.
Dick Ganderton When I decided to take up the hobby once more last year, I found that the regulations
C. Eng., MIERE G8VFH demanded that I take the RAE and the Post Office Morse Test, even though I had spent the
intervening years working in radio and electronics, with ten of those years as a professional
ART EDITOR c.w. and 'phone operator. It all seemed a bit silly, but luckily I'm not one of those who find
Peter Metalli examinations worrying, so I just accepted it as a rule necessary to cater for the
circumstances of the majority. In the event, I passed the RAE and Morse Test without much
TECHNICAL EDITOR
difficulty, and have got myoid callsign back again, so at least my criticism of the examination
Malcolm Cummings G8KPN papers cannot be dismissed as just sour grapes!
NEWS & PRODUCTION EDITOR It is in some ways natural that letters received from readers commenting on the April
Alan Martin leader should be mainly from "old hands" wishing to enter or re-enter the amateur field
(some of their letters appear elsewhere in this issue) . However, eavesdropping on other
TECHNICAL SUB-EDITOR candidates discussing the December papers after the exam at the London centre
Joe Bishop G8VED (congratulations to the RSGB, incidentally, for organising things there so efficiently). I was
struck by the fact that though many of them were young, and obviously fairly new to
TECHNICAL ARTIST
amateur radio, they mostly seemed to have found problems with the same questions as I
'='ob Mackie had.
ASSISTANT ART EDITOR The fact that the City and Guilds of London Institute will not release past papers for the
Keith Woodruff multiple-choice RAE, makes it difficult for us to give them the facility for reply to our
criticisms which they obviously deserve, though they have in fact declined to comment on
SECRETARIAL our April leader. Unfortunately, most of the comments in their letters to us would make little
Sylvia Barrett sense to our readers without details of the questions to which they refer. Of the observations
Sharron Breeze which we made, they have accepted one, promised to consider two further, and rejected
eight.
EDITORIAL OFFICES
The CGLI comments which we find most disturbing are:
Westover House,
West Quay Road, " ... it is important when considering questions on possibly contentious issues, to remember
POOLE,DoffietBH151JG that this syllabus requires only an elementary knowledge of radiocommunication, as is made
Telephone: Poole 71191 clear in the examination objectives, and that one should not infer more from the questions
than is intended and expressed. "
" . .. analysis of the examination has shown that all the questions mentioned by you have
performed satisfactorily both as regards discrimination and facility value. There is no
ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER evidence that the candidates found the questions misleading or ambiguous and there was no
Telephone: 01-261 6636 tendency to avoid any of them. The syllabus does only call for an elementary knowledge of
radiocommunications and these items appear ambiguous only when the subject matter is
Dennis Brough
taken to greater depth than required by the examination. "
AD. SALES EXECUTIVE
Telephone: 01-261 6807 So far as I am aware, all the City and Guilds examinations apart from the RAE are related
Roger Hall G8TNT (Sam) to craft or technical occupations, in which a candidate is likely to progress through the
appropriate exams as his or her career develops. The RAE is unique in that, as a hobby-
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS related exam, it can be taken by a schoolboy, or by a professional engineer who has spent a
Telephone: 01-261 5762 life-time in h.f. radiocommunications. Indeed, neither can enter amateur radio without
Colin R. Brown passing it. In many parts of radio and electronics engineering, simplified models of
components, devices and circuits are used to introduce the student to their behaviour, and
MAKE UP & COpy DEPARTMENT these models are developed, expanded, and sometimes superseded, as a topic is later
Telephone:01-2616570 considered in greater depth. Hence, a Chartered Engineer will look at things in a different
Dave Kerindi way from a technician, though the simple model can, on occasions, be just as useful to
either.
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King's Reach Tower, Stamford St., It should not be impossible to devise questions within the RAE syllabus which have the
London, SE1 9LS same answer regardless of whether you use the simple model or the advanced treatment. If
TELEX: 915748 MAGDIV-G City and Guilds, with all the experience which is surely available from the various bodies who
have run multiple-choice examinations successfully over several years, are unable to devise
questions which will be unambiguous regardless of a candidate's background, then perhaps
responsibility for the examinations should be transferred to some other authority.

AIJDIO
IIHIIIII
M.MAURICE
Output
volts
'Limiting
point
I nput volt s
Fig. 1: Ideal limiting characteristic
Circuit
Fig. 2 shows the block diagram of the limiter. The three
Any audio limiter is, in essence, an electronic device which most significant parts are a voltage-controlled amplifier
accepts an a.f. signal at its input and ensures that the (v.c.a.), an electronic switch and a rectifier circuit.
voltage of the same signal at the output does not exceed a Taking these three basic "blocks" in turn, let us con-
previously selected value. Well-designed and working sider the operation of the v.c.a. first. Fig. 3(a)-(d) shows
correctly it should have no other effect whatsoever. how the classic common-emitter amplifier is modified by
It is best regarded perhaps as an interface between the the addition of a capacitor (Cc) across Rc (Fig. 3(b which
audio source and a subsequent stage which processes the increases its gain from Rc divided by Rc to
sigllal in some way. It can guard against the overloading hFE X Rc
of an amplifier (avoiding distortion , damage to speaker hIE
cones, etc.), or of a modulator (preventing overmodulation
and spurious emissions) or of any other audio device where hFE and hIE are the parameters of the transistor. If a
which requires an input guaranteed not to exceed a certain variable resistor is placed in series with Cc as in Fig. 3(c),
voltage. the gain becomes Rc divided by the combined parallel
The ideal limiter therefore has unity gain up to the resistance of Rc and VR 1 and therefore becomes depen-
threshold point (see Fig. 1) beyond which it becomes an dent on the setting of VR 1. In order to control the stage
automatic attenuator (or, if you prefer, an amplifier with gain by means of a d.c. voltage (Fig. 3(d VR 1 is replaced
negative gain !). It introduces a loss which matches, dB for by an f.e .t. which acts in the same role-the drain-source
dB , any further increase in input signal am plitude; the out- resistance increases in proportion to the voltage applied to
put remains constant with its wave shape identical to that its gate.
of the input. Referring now to the main circuit diagram (Fig. 4), it is
This article describes an effective and reasonably low- Tr 1 that is the voltage-controlled stage with Tr2 as the
cost way of realising the idea. f.e.t. playing the part of the variable resistor in series with
20 Practical Wireless. June 1980

C4 (the " C e" of Fig. 3). The signal is now passed through (b)
(0) +Vcc
ampIJlJer le I which has an approximate gain of 47-
thence to the output stage (Tr3) and also to the switching Rc
circuit (Tr5/Tr6) via Tr4, which is a buffer amplifier. .output
The switch, consisting of Tr5, Tr6 and their associated
components, looks like an ordinary amplifier until it is
realised that Tr5 is biased hard "off". It will not turn "on"
until +2 6V is applied to its base-when this voltage is
present it turns on very rapidly and becomes a high-gain Re Ce
amplifier buffered by Tr6.
The output from Tr6 is now rectified by D I/D2 and
becomes the required negative d.c. control voltage; it is
proportional to the input to Tr5 but is, as pointed out
previously, only present when the "threshold" of + 2 6V at (c) (d)
the base of Tr5 is being exceeded.
Output
Amplifier
Output
Variable
Gain
Amplifier
VRl
Fig. 3: Development of a voltage-controlled amplifier

(d) from the basic common-emitter amplifier circuit (a)
Control voltage
Fig. 2: Limiter block diagram
This control voltage is smoothed by C 14 and loaded by

R27 and VR3, a variable resistor which enables the user to
Setting Up
set the "decay time". This is the time taken by the limiter . The designed threshold level of the prototype Iimiter
to return to unity gain after an instantaneous peak of was O 775V into 6000 (OdBm); the "production" version
audio in excess of the threshold has subsided; the time described in this article is, however, a high-impedance
taken, in fact, for C 14 to discharge via R27 and VR3. The development (around 50Hl) of the original.
"attack time" (the time which elapses before the circuit For accurate setting-up to an absolute level, an a.f.
responds to an instantaneous peak) can be defined as the signal generator and voltmeter are required. Set the
product of the output impedance of switch Tr5/Tr6 and generator to the desired threshold voltage and, having con-
the value of C 14. The Z OUl of the switch, and therefore the nected it to the limiter input, observe the voltage across
attack time, is small because Tr6 is used in the common- C 14. Now adjust VR I until the meter deflects, "back ofT"
emitter configuration. slightly and then set VR2 so that the output has the same
To reduce distortion, negative feedback is introduced to amplitude as the input signal. If instability should result,
the v.c .a. via R 15 and CS. an increase in the value of R 15 should effect a cure.
R7 +30V
C13
Tr6
BC108
C12 01
Input
VRl
5k
VR3
25k
lin
R15
5k6
Fig. 4: Limiter circuit diagram

IV
IV
3
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.
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+30V 0 , 'Rl r!i 'y

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VR3 ...::::::::re C9
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IWRM24S1 Output Input
Fig. 5: Copper pattern and component layout for the audio limiter printed circuit board (full size)
To main board
"I IWRM24S! 30V OV
.... 1 - Cathode
... 16. y- '" CD
.. D2
Anode
z
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WK077 1980
Of: Jr0
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input:
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......
Fig. 6: Copper pattern and component layout for the power supply circuit shown in Fig. 8
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* components
AUDIO LlMITER Semiconductors ,
Resistors Oiodes
tW5% carbon 1 N4l48 2 D1.2
5600 1 R17
6800 1 R16 Transistors
lkO 2 R2,8 BC108 4 Tr3.4,5,6
22kO 1 R24 BC109 1 Trl
27kO 2 R5 ,6 2N38l9 1 Tr2
3 3kO 1 R26
4 7kO 1 R7 Integrated circuit
5 6kO 1 R15 )lA741C ICl
6 8kO 2 R20,22
10kO 2 R 14,23
12kO 1 R12 POWER SUPPLY
15kO 2. R 13,25 Resistors
22kO 1 R27 HV5%carbon
33kO 1 R19 6800 Rl
47kO R4,10,18 820Q R2
3'
68kO 1 R1 . 47kO R3
82kO 1 'R3
100kO 2 R9,11 25W 5% wirewound
330 R4
' tWJO% carbon
2 2MO R21 Capacitors
Min. polyester
Capacitors , 0 " )lF C3
50V electrolytic, p.c.b. mounting
10)lF 6 C2,3,5,7,10,1 4 63Velectrolytic
22)lF :3 C6,9,11 100)lF 2 C2,4 (p.c.b. type)
47)lF' 1 C1 1000)lF 1 C1 (double-ended)
100)lF 1 C13
Semiconductors
25Velectrolytic; double-ended Oiodes
lO)lF 2 C8 ,1 2 BZX61C30V Dl
22)lF 1 C4 Red I.e.d. D2
Potentiometers
Transistor
Min. horizontal-mounting skeleton preset BFY50 Tr1
2 VR1,2
Bridge rectifier
Midget, linear track, O5W 100V lA BR1
25kO 1 VR3
Miscellaneous
Printed circuit board; 3VA 1 5-0-1 5V transformer,
Miscelllmeous . ,p.c,b, mounting (RS Type 207 -841 or similarl; heat
Miniature single-core screened cable; printed circuit shunt for Trl (Case style T039); equipment wire;
board; knob to suit VR3 ; equipment wire; fixings, 3-core mains cable, fixings, etc., to suit individual
sockets. etc., to suit individual requirements. requirements.
Construction
Many constructors will undoubtedly wish to build the details for it are shown in Fig. 6.
limiter into an existing piece of equipment-provided that For stereo use, two limiters can obviously be employed
a d.c . supply of approximately 30Y is available, the so that the input to each channel of the main amplifier unit
existing supply can be used . Do not exceed 35 V is limited independently of the other-but as this might
or damage to [Cl may occur. lead to some rather odd or inconvenient effects with, for
Hecause the device is a basic "building block" which example, bassy beat music you may prefer to arrange mat-
can be used in a myriad of applications, the inclusion of ters so that both limiters share the same control voltage.
details of a case, sockets, etc., is largely pointless-this is Figure 7 shows a way of doing this, but an "overload" on
also the reason why the p.s.u. has not been built onto the one channel will naturally affect the gain of the other.
main p.c.b. For those that do wish to build the limiter into So it is very much a case of swings and roundabouts
a standard box with input and output sockets, Fig. 8 and the constructor will have to determine the method
shows the circuit for a suitable power supply; the p.c.b. which best suits his purpose and taste!

From CS 2k2 Tr2 Gate
(left channel) (left channel)
From CS 2k2 Tr2 Gate

(right channel) (right channel)
Common switching circuit

(see Fig. 4)
IWADS6l.J
T1,,-_ _ _-,
Fig. 7: A suggested method for enabling two limiters
L
to share a common control voltage (stereo applications)
3 R3
4k7
On Test
When tested in the PW workshop, the limiter drew ap-
E
proximately 40mA from a 30V supply. When a frequency
of I kHz was applied, the circuit was found to limit very
IWAD56SJ successfully for input voltages between 400m V and I 2V
p-p. The 6dB bandwidth was measured as being from
Fig. 8: Circuit for a 30V stabilised power supply 17Hz-20kHz.
Club News
Steve Boler G8VEF, is now the Meetings are held at the Scout Hall, The group meet at 7.30pm on the
secretary of the Derwent Valley Dromore and visitors or prospective first and third Monday of the month at
Amateur Radio Society which meets new members are always welcome. the Queens Arms , High Street,
on the first Monday of the month in Further details from : The Secretary, Wealdstone, Middlesex. All interested
Chatsworth Hall which is part of R. McClurg, 4 Alfred Terrace, parties are welcome . Further details
Matlock College of Further Education. Dollingstown, Craigavon, Co. Armagh, from: The Membership Secretary, Bill
All newcomers are welcome. Northern Ireland. Tel: Lurgan (076 22) Ridgeway, 7 Sandringham Crescent,
Steve can be contacted on: 3173. Harrow HA2 9BW. Tel: 01-422 7570.
Chesterfield (0264) 39204 (home) or Second, a group who produce a
Matlock (0629) 2430/281 7 (work). monthly magazine/newsletter called
The North Devon Radio Club meets
CB News "Bandstand" whose readers include,
twice a month, on the second Wednes- As recently reported in the national Councillors Theo Yard, Chairman of the
day of the month at 7 .45pm, the venue press, the Greater London Council and recently formed Steering Committee
is Pilton Community College, Chad- the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Richard Town, Technical Adviser
diford Lane, Barnstable. At 7 .30pm on have added their support to the cam- to the All Party Group of M Ps, and
the fourth Wednesday of the month the paign to legalise Citizens' Band Radio. Patrick Wall M P, the Chairman of that
venue changes to Bideford School and We have received letters from two group, also about 400 other people up
Community College, Abbotsham groups supporting the campaign. First, and down the country.
Road, Bideford. Further details from: the Harrow and Wembley Citizens' An annual subscription to "Band-
The Secretary, H. G. Hughes G4CG, Band Group, whose members come stand" costs 3.60 (12 editions) or 3
"Crinnis", High Wall, Sticklepath, from all over NW London. The group is I RCs for overseas readers. Anyone
Barnstable EX3 12DP. strictly a non-user group and was star- writing to "Bandstand" will be sent
The Lagan Valley Amateur Radio ted in September 1979, by two people some "Bumper Stickers" so long as an
Society GI4GTY, meet on the second who saw the need for local groups to s.a.e. is enclosed. Further details from:
Monday of every month and always assist in promoting the national cam- The Editor, Mike Evans, BM Band-
includes a film or an interesting talk. paign to legalise CB. stand, London WC1 V 6XX.

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Updated d.m.m. voltage or current peak, fast audible
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Part 2
Robert THORNTON, C Eng, M I Chem E
units will work better if connected between the anode of

The Horn Loudspeaker V3 and the earth line, with a 2/lF capacitor in series to pre-
There is no reason why a conventional moving coil vent shorting the h.t. supply. In this case it is possible to
loudspeaker cannot be used with the set, but it is fun to dispense with the output transformer, using an I.f. choke as
construct a horn unit. the anode load. Experimentation here is the key to success.
This can be done by making the horn out of papier
mache. Cut out thin pieces of card as shown in Fig. 8 and Setting Up and Operation
gum them together along the edges with strips of paper to
form the basis of a swan-neck horn. Glue a piece of card Check the wiring twice, especially the h.t. circuits. Ac-
rolled into a tube firmly into the narrow end, and cover the cidental application of h.t. to the valve filaments is not
whole with several layers of newspaper and wallpaper recommended. Connect a 3 3MO resistor across the VI
paste, allowing the horn to dry out between layers. When grid leak terminals. Also connect a loudspeaker and an
thoroughly dry, glue a narrow wooden bead around the aerial (at least 20ft long: the better the aerial the better the
bell end to 'stiffen it up, and mount the horn on to a small performance of the set). In some districts an earth connec-
wooden box as shown in Fig. 7. The whole may then be tion will markedly improve the results. Set VR 1 about half
rubbed down with very fine glasspaper and painted ; matt way, and move the reaction coil L3 as far as possible from
black looks good and hides any flaws. LS.
The author successfully used a number of drive units. Connect the batteries ; initially operate V2 with zero grid
An old ex-government high resistance telephone earpiece bias, and V3 with -I t volts bias. Switch on and advance
worked very well, and moderate results were even ob- VR I, and move the reaction and tuning coils together.
tained with a magnetic earpiece (held in with "Btu Tack"). At some point the set will burst into oscillation, as
A sub-miniature loudspeaker (40-50mm) gives guaranteed evidenced by a plop and loud howl. Immediately reduce
results. Low impedance drivers can be connected across the reaction until the howl just stops, and vary VC 1 and
the secondary of the output transformer. High impedance VC2 and the coil tappings to pick up a powerful local

Connections to L2-6
VC2 @
Fig. 6: Practical wiring diagram

IWRM2S01

transmitter. The operation of the controls will quickly obtained, fix the coils with a coat of varnish. The grid tun-
become apparent, but they are all interdependent to some ing coils L5 and L6 should cover the standard long and
extent. Weak transmissions will not be heard until all the medium wavebands.
circuits are brought into tune. The aerial coils can be brought to resonance at any
For some stations parallel tuning of the aerial induc- frequency between about 2MHz and 150kHz. These
tance will be best: for others try series tuning. The type of coverages can be adjusted by adding or subtracting a few
aerial used will affect this. The anode voltage on V 1 can be turns as necessary. If on attempting to increase reaction
varied by VRl to give maximum amplification without the the signal weakens instead of building to the point of
reaction being too fierce, or minimum distortion (not oscillation, try reversing the connection to L2.
necessarily the same setting!) Constructors may like to try the experiment recommen-
The set is at its most sensitive when brought just to the ded in 1922 for finding the optimum value of the grid leak
threshold of oscillation. It should not be allowed to os- resistor. In place of RI, fasten a strip of insulating material
cillate continuously, as squeals and whistles will be between the terminals, then draw a graphite pencil line to
transmitted to all and sundry. join them. Thicken the line until the best results are ob-
Finally adjust the coils on their sliding collars to give tained. Generally the higher the value of the resistance, the
optimum results, especially looking for smooth reaction greater will be the sensitivity, but the set will be more
over all wavebands. When no further improvement can be prone to overloading and distortion on powerful signals.
WRM251
Fig. 7: The home-made horn speaker built up from pBpier m/lche and plywood

L 100 -.i
WRM252
Fig. 8: (Above) the patterns for --- ----- .....---- -_...'--" .. _."'-'-" ... . . - .- ...--...
constructing the horn. The patterns
should be scaled up using squared
paper, each square being 100mm x
100mm
I,
I
II
!
The wiginal h.t. type of dry battery
is now unobtainable. The picture
on the right shows the author's
solution to the problem. The more
enterprising readers could make up i
a battery eliminator L__.. ____....__. . __ ..__ ._ .___ ......__ ...___ ........ _..... __.,,__ . :. . . . .__ ._..... __............. _ _ ..__,

Finishing Off
The appearance of the set is important, so take some
care in finishing ofT. The case and all wooden parts should
be stained and polished. Capacitor VC I and VR I should
be fitted with large, black knobs. T he main tuning
capacitor VC2 can be equipped with a scale marked
1-100. Lettering on the panel can be carried out with FM:..sO Radio Control System, Dec.rriber 1979 .'<l
white transfers, and the whole given a coat of matt varnish
to protect it. The loudspeaker connecting wires should be
Jar,'uary . . . . ,,/; .:>
',huilt by readers '
twisted, cotton covered flex.
. ch 9.nnels" If {,his
Finally, polish the brass terminals and studs until they should 'be ' rEiduced 't6 lOnF. Ivi s suggested ' . '. hIS '"
glitter.
modification be carried out in all cases. If you firid:that
Excitement transmittel a. tende'?f Y
IOstead of 27MHz-the transmitter IS very
There is plenty of scope for experiment to obtain the tune and 03 tenqs to get hot- t1"!en. th'e
best results from the set. If you do so, you will surely will Remove L5 and I- m/.
recapture a little of the atmosphere of the pioneering days i h"t} p.c.b. and replace L5 by a 22!1H
of radio, and perhaps some of the excitement of the early . 7BA 144LY-2'R2.):lL6, D2 and C12 should' b 'iit'S'
constructors. . pnto the mew. is ;placed in .,.
with L6 to tune iQ o 27MHz. A sheet showing"{tt{
modifications and giving some extra
inf.o rmation on ,the FM-Sqsystem is
, Editorial offices on ;eceipt of an s.a.e. ' 'C{1:O
Semiconductor Tester, December 1979 ,

It has been found' that in order to 'ensure th.if t
circuit oscillates correctly ,and produJ:es the,
.cosine outputs it is necessary to be able to _
R3. It is suggested that ' R3 be replaced 'by
potentiometer and adjusted until the outpu'tat
is <jI good sinewave .. Measuretne v,<!l ue, .
potentiometer and selectthe nearest'value resistor te)":''''
this forR3 . The value of R3 will also affect
the display. . . '
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Sources
We understand that the British Vintage Radio Co., 57
Weldon Park , Weldon , Corby, Northants, telephone
Corby 1875 , are able to suppl y some parts for this project,
including the case and panel, valves and Mazda octal
bases, and the audio transformers.
Further Reading Order form PRACTICAL WIRElESS

If you are interested in learning more about the history
of radio and these vintage receivers, the author recom- I enclose P,O ./cheque va lu e,
mends the following books: for ........... binders
The Story of Radio Vols. 1,2 and 3 by W. M . Dalton Yea rs required ,

(B LOCK LETIE RS PLEAS EI
(Hi/ger).
Name
Th e Cat 's Whisker: 50 Years of Wireless Design by J.
Hill (Oresko Books). Address, .
Much of the background information in this article was
found in:
The Radio Experimenter's Handbook by P. R. Coursey Date c.
(The Wireless Press, 1922).
32 Practical Wireless, June J 980

read your article entitled Multiple Choice in the April PW,
and to read with some considerable concern your comments
The Editor, on the exam .
During my time as an electronics instructor, I shared the
PRACTICAL WIRELESS, task with fellow instructors of compiling this type of ques-
Westover House, tion for use in the RAF Radio School, and know from bitter
experience how difficult it is to give four answers to suit a
West Q uay Road) Poo /e) particular question. Looking at your quoted example con-
Dorset EHI J IJG cerning Ohm's law .. . is this the type of question I am to be
up against in May! With a whole lifetime of
behind me I shall find it very difficult to follow the advice
which the CGLI appear to have passed on to you Le .: Don't
read the questions too carefully and you could be penalised
if you know too much! As for overlapping questions, this is
totally unnecessary for a subject covering such a broad for-
mat as the RAE syllabus. I suggest they haven't put enough
Radio Amateurs' Exam thought into it when putting the questions together.
Sir: I write to say how heartily I agree with your Editorial With regard to the questions on the licence conditions my
Comments in April's PWon the subject of the RAE examina- reaction is this. When one receives his licence it clea rly
tion . Your penultimate paragraph sums up my own views states what one mayor may not do, e.g . near an aerodrome ,
exactly. when away from home , etc. I feel it is unnecessary to learn
I am 75 and, having an invalid wife, I could only prepare these details to examination standard, as with the licence at
for the December RAE by home reading with the help of hand to refer to, one would be a fool to disobey the rules.
your excellent booklet. I thought I had a fair enough grasp of I intend to sit the May exam come what may, but must
the examiner's requirements until I saw the actual paperl confess that the more reaction I read concerning the format
Your comments re. the Isle of Man, Emergencies, proximity and question compilation, the more I feel I am wasting my
to an aerodrome and mobile operation all hit the nail on the time and money. F.orty years as a communications engineer
head fairly and squarely. and ex-amateur and I have to follow through this perplexing
When the results were received I found that I had failed wilderness of officialdom to get back my ticket! When I do
the first paper but had passed the second with Credit! I get it back I'll not let it drop again!
wrote to City & Guilds and was informed that I had A. G. Edwards
" narrowly missed passing the first paper" and was then Yelverton
wished every success for a re-sit in May. Devon
Now for some background fill-in-I took my Degree in
Electrical Engineering at Edinburgh University in 1925. I
made my first crystal set in 1919 as a schoolboy, then went
on to valve sets when the BBC started and continued Sir: I read with much interest your editorial on the multiple
building (including a monochrome TV with Hi- Fi output). choice RAE , since your views closely paralleled my own after
Now I have an excellent Hi-Fi equipment with a concrete- taking the December exam .
enclosed bass unit (because I am musical) . My last home- In any such criticism , one must of course distinguish be-
build was the Triffid. tween those who have something constructive to say, and
During the War I was Director of Radio and Radar those who make excuses for having failed! Let me, therefore,
Development at the Ministry of Supply and helped in the put your mind at rest by saying that I did manage credits in
birth of microwave radar and the No. 10 set. Apart from the both papers.
War years, I have been an industrialist all my life, finishing as However, I was quite convinced that I had fa iled in view of
Chairman of my own Companies before retirement at 71 . It the ambiguity of many of the questions. As you say, the
surely sounds as though I might be classed as experienced choice between temporary premises or location while
and responsible, but not by RAE standards! entering Douglas harbour on the Isle of Man one week after
My only reason for wishing to transmit was to graduate leaving home QTH is not easy.
from being an active SWL, so that I could spend my time We must equally, however, be very careful to restrict
with my invalid wife but expand my hobby to further occupy criticism to the accuracy of wording of the questions and the
my mind. choices, and not to include the nature of the exam itself.
I'm afraid I shall not re-sit the RAE in May. Multiple choice has been around for a long time and has
John Gray, BSc, CEng, FlEE been well tested in the achievement of qual ifications far
Edinburgh more complex than the RAE .
I doubt very much whether the old style exam ensured
that a successful candidate could " design" his own equip-
ment any more than can the new one, as you seemed to
Sir: Being semi-retired I thought it would be nice to re- suggest. A degree in electronic engineering will take care of
associate myself with Amateur Radio as a hobby. I was that. Amateur radio is about " communication" in all its
licensed back in the late forties and early fifties, having a G3 aspects. Its devotees cover a broad spectrum between the
call , however, due to frequent periods abroad , I had to drop purely technical person and the one who uses radio to com-
the hobby and hence the call. Having made enquiries I found municate with others.
that the current regulations require that I pass the CGLI RAE Please do not in any way spread the suggestion that those
examination and follow this w ith the Post Office Morse Test of us who have achieved a really worthwhile ambition via
in order to obtain a full licence, despite the fact that my the multiple choice exam are second class amateurs. As an
current Morse speed is around 18- 20 wpm, that I spent old hand at many exams I know that multiple choice is more
eleven years as an operator before the days of Teletype, and difficult and more searching.
that I spent thirteen years on the teaching staff of the Royal John Acton, MSc, FRIC, GBUXT
Air Force Radio School and the remainder of my life as a Iver
communications engineer. It was therefore interesting to Bucks

J. BURCHELL &W.S.POEL
The servos used to control the movement of control sur- The pulse width is variable by altering the value of VR3
faces or the speed of motors in models invariably operate while the OFF period can be changed by setting VR 1. RI
from an input pulse which is nominally ISms for the cen- can be increased if it is found to be impossible to achieve
tral position, changing to 20ms for full right to I Oms for 20ms.
full left. There are a few makes that use ditTerent pulse This OFF period should be set to around 20ms but is not
widths, but most, including the PW FM-80 use 10 to too critical.
20ms with a 20ms OFF period.
Having built the servo amplifier or electronic speed con-
troller it is necessary to test that it is functioning correctly.
This can be done using a correctly aligned transmitter
Construction
and receiver to check that the servo responds correctly. The circuit is built on Veroboard but the layout is not
However this is not always a practical proposition-a critical. The usual precautions must be observed when in-
transmitter may not always be convenient. In any case on serting the c.m.o.s. integrated "Circuit into the socket--do
the flying field you cannot use your transmitter for testing not touch the pins and do not remove the i.c. from its
your servos-you could cause someone else to crash. protective material until it is to be installed.
The most satisfactory way to check the action of a
servo is to use a servo tester. +6V Sla
The tester described here is very simple and should
prove to be easy to build. Alternatively Micron make a kit
for a simple servo tester. I
I
The Circuit I
The circuit (Fig. 1) uses c.m.o.s. inverters to form a 14 8
I
multi vibrator with an unequal mark to space ratio. This is
achieved with the timing capacitor eland the resistor
I
chain associated with D 1 for one half of the cycle and the
resistors associated with D2 for the other half. - IC14001
I
The pulse is fed to the remaining two inverters on the
chip to provide some butTering for the pulse generator part
of the circuit and also to allow the output pulse to be inver- I
ted if required. This makes the tester more useful as it can 6 I
be used for servos which operate from negative pulses. I
t----OSlb
A licence is required to operate r adio control ov rwKM2061
equipment. This costs 2.S0 for five years.
Application forms are available from: The Home
Office, Radio Regulatory Dept., Waterloo Bridge
House, Waterloo Road, London SE1 SUA 1 : The cir cuit diagram of
the se rv o t este r
* components
Resistors ., .
tW2%
12kO R1
Potentiometers
Min. horizontal preset
10kO 1 VR2
100kO 1 VR1
tinch shaft
1OkO lin. VR3
Capacitors
Polyester
0221lF C1
Semiconductors
Diodes
1 N4148 2 01,2
Integrated Circuits
4001 1 IC1
Miscellaneous
Min. toggle switch d.p.d .t. (1) ; Min. toggle
switch s.p.d.t. (1); Knob; Battery holder for
4 x H P7; Veroboard 16 holes x 10 tracks; Case;
Push terminals, blue (1), black (1). red (1), yellow
(1); 14 pin d.i.1. i.e. socket (1).
done using a known good servo. The servo is powered

from the testers batteries via the appropriate terminals or
socket on the front panel.
Set the overall time for the waveform to around 20ms
The servo test er was built into a plastics box wit h a using VRI and then, with VR3 set to midtravel adjust
metal front panel. The size and shape of the box is not VR2 to give a pulse width of ISms. Now turn VR3 to
important and if the constructor felt so inclined the give 20ms and mark this position on the front panel.
tester can be incorporated with the battery charger Repeat this for IOms pulse width and the tester is
described last month calibrated.
The tester can be built into any suitable case and is Part 8 will describe a complete test unit for use at the
powered from four HP7 size batteries in a suitable holder. flying field.
Setting Up
To set up the tester you really need an oscilloscope to
get the pulse width to exactly ISms. However it can be
Track breaks at :-
A2
89
C9
09 82+ via 51
E3-9
F9
G9-13
H9 I rI - - -
I
-rll+6V 1
I t: I
15 VR2
,-----+_'-4.-' ICl 0::
..1- Output via52
,0}50 I VRI
5 6 7 B 91011121314151
OV IWKM2021
Fig. 2 : The layout of the components on a piece of

Veroboard. A socket should be used for the c.m.o .s.
integrated circuit

....Qo
SOMMERKAMP
It
"Not just another synthesised rig, but a transceiver worthy of

anybody's car dash board or glove shelf," is the opinion of
the author about the TS280FM 2m f.m. t ransceiver. Som-
merkamp, the European connection with Yaesu-Musen of
mixer, down conversion oscillator and voltage regulators. In
Japan, have produced this rig with a 75W input capability to
addition, this Onit contains the lock detector circuit, modula-
a fully frequency synthesised , all solid-state design for the
tion amplifier and limiter.
144-146M Hz band .
Frequency control employs state-of-the-art digital cir-
cuitry combined with a precision phase-locked v.c.o. to Transmitter
provide a total of 80 transmit and receive channels in 25kHz The output from the p.1.1. unit is amplified and multiplied
increments. The operative channel number is displayed by a to 134M Hz. This signal is mixed with 10 7 M Hz and the
large, bright I.e.d. display, and a special fe ature is its receive resulting signal is further amplified in the driver and power
frequency flexibility whereby the standard repeater shift of amplifier circuits of the transceiver.
600kHz can be accommodated. The output of the power amplifier is fed via a matching
The TS280FM has been designed for continuous heavy- network, low-pass filter and aerial change-over switch to the
duty mobile and base station applications and can be output socket on the back drop of the rig. Between the low-
operated with either a standard p.t.t. microphone and inter- pass filter and aerial socket, an s.w .r. bridge detects the
nal speaker, or with a telephone type handset complete with standing wave ratio in the aerial system and if too high, will
vox facility. Provision is made ' so that an external selective result in the shut-down of the r.f. output stage of the
call facility can be fitted, with an automatic answer back transmitter.
system.
Under normal mobile conditions, the TS280FM proved to Receiver
be an exciting rig to use. The front panel of the set has five
The receiver section is designed to receive frequency or
easily accessible controls which, after a short while, may be phase modulated signals in the 144-146MHz band. The un-
operated successfully without even looking, making for most ique combination of low noise field effect transistors, double
desirable safer driving conditions which are certainly needed conversion. a combination of mechanical-ceramic and Le
on the roads of today . filters. integrated limiting amplifier/discriminator and a high
The transceiver can be used very effectively as a base quality audio output stage provides exceptional reception
station, but a quality, heavy-duty, well-regulated power quality on all but the very weakest of signals. In addition,
supply is required .
the above combination coupled with the latest technology,
provides a sensitivity and spurious signal suppression
Synthesiser previously only available in much more expensive equip-
Obviously, the most important part of any synthesised rig ment.
is the actual synthesiser, so lets start there. The p.1.1. section The power supply, r.f., i.f. and second mixer/oscillator sec-
consists of a CMOS i.c. incorporating a reference crystal tions are stabilised by an extremely sharp cut-off zener diode
oscillator, 10 bit divider chain. 8 bit programmable binary in conjunction with a series regulator to provide the excellent
counter and an edge type phase detector. Also included are sensitivity and stability required. The high squelch sensitivity
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Top view of 'he
TS280FM with the
cover removed. In use,
some space is requ ired
under the set for sound
to escape from the
loudspealulr
switching circuit with carefully balanced hysteresis.

The transformerless quality audio power amplifier will
drive any load between 4 and 8n, such as the internal
speaker, external speaker or telephone handset earpiece.
* specifications
GENERAL
Frequency range: 144000-145 975MHz in
25kHz steps
Metering Stability: 8 x 10-6
Usable temperature range:
The large, clearly read meter on the front panel provides - -10to+50C
for monitoring received signal strength, and indicates
Power source: 10 to 1 6V d.c. negative
relative power output in the transmit mode. Receiver/
earth
transmitter switching is achieved by a single pole, single
Current consumption: 03A at 14V (receive)
throw .switch on the microphone combined with npn and
80A at 14V for 45W
pnp switching transistors which also function as voltage
(transmit)
regulators.
15A at 14Vfor ' 5W
On the rear panel are the aerial socket (S0239 u.h.f. type).
(transmit)
d.c. power connector, external speaker jack and Sel-Call
Aerial impedance: 50n nominal, unbalanced
connector.
Dimensions: 58 x 156 x 290mm
Weight: 23kg
Channels TRANSMITTER
Numbers 1 to 9 indicate repeater channels, i.e ., R 1 to R9 ; Power output: 45W (high). 15W {Iow).
the odd one out being RO which is on number 40. Indicated r.f.
numbers of from 10 to 39 are all designated simplex chan- Emission: F3 (frequency modulation)
nels, i.e., S 10, S.l l , etc. Channel selection for repeaters is Deviation: 5kHz (factory set)
used in conjunction with the squelch control knob on the Spurious emission: Better than 70dB below
front panel which, when pushed or pulled, selects high or carrier
low receive frequencies, thus enabling the operator to im- Microphone: 600n dynamic with p.t.t.
mediately listen on repeater input frequencies. Repeater tone: 1750kHz continuous
Duty cycle: 100% transmit at 14V d.c.
RECEIVER
Results Sensitivity: 0-4J.1V for 12dB sinad
Using the TS280FM is a delight both as a mobile or as a Squelch sensitivity: 01 J.lV threshold
base station rig. The display-indicated channel numbers Bandwidth: 7 5kHz (3dB).
were easy to view from all angles, the channel numbering 12 5kHz POdB)
being one of the most logical of systems. Intermediate frequencies:
The author had only two basic criticisms about the rig 107MHz (1st).
which were apparent at the time . The microphone plug 455kHz (2nd)
being of the DIN type, tended to get pulled out if the Image rejection: Better than 70dB
microphone lead was stretched to near its full limit. Also, Output impedance: 8n internal loudspeaker
tone burst is not automatically sent by the p.t.t. switch when 4-8n external loudspeaker
operating on the repeater channels, the CALL button on the Audio output: 2W at 10% t.h .d.
rig has to be pressed each time.
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bance is propagated-the faster the movement, the shar-
per the disturbance. For a rapid, dynamic object a shock
wave is produced. Using this acoustic effect to trigger a
camera or flash-gun can produce some of the most
remarkable photographs: the millisecond life of a bursting
balloon frozen for eternity, the fragmentation of a bottle,
the pyrotechnics of an igniting match-head. The list is
endless, limited only by the imagination of the user.
Circuit Description
The operation of the unit is simple to understand. In the
quiescent state the 741 op. amp. has its inverting (-) input
at a higher potential than its non-inverting (+) input and
hence the output is near to zero volts. When a voltage ap-
plied to the non-inverting input causes its potential to rise
above that of the inverting input, the output will produce a
fast, positive going edge which is differentiated by C2 and
R5. This is applied to the base of Trl, momentarily turn-
ing it on, thus grounding pin 2 of the ubiquitous 555 i.c.
and starting its timing cycle.
For this application, the 555 is operated in a
mOlJstable mode. When triggered, by temporarily
grounding pin 2, the output (pin 3) will go positive,
towards the supply voltage, for a time T where: T (approx)
= I I x (R 7 + R V2) x C. This can be varied in two ways;
J.S.B.Dick GM80WX R V2 acts as a fine range control and C provides a coarser

control. The one pole, two-way, centre-off switch enables
3 ranges to be selected as follows:
Range 1 - I <T< 10ms
Range 2 - 10<T< lOOms
Range 3 - 100<T< 1000ms
The small capacitor, CS, is always connected, but this
does not degrade the other ranges and simplifies the
switching requirements.
Range illS After time T, the output of the 555 returns to the
100 ground state, producing a fast, negative-going edge which,
. , 10 when differentiated by C7 and R8, turns off Tr2 sending
1000
the collector voltage up to the supply voltage. This positive
mitJ..
pulse is transmitted through C8 and activates the
thyristor. Diode D 1 and resistor RIO deal with any
negati ve-going pulses applied to the thyristor gate. The
current consumption of the whole unit is around IOmA
with a supply of 9V.
Construction
The circuitry was constructed on a single-sided p.c.b.
measuring 70 x 50mm. The holes were all drilled with a
0 8mm drill except for the thyristor pin holes which re-
quire a 16mm drilled hole, the board being etched and
As every photographer knows, a good photograph is one masked in the usual way. Track layout is shown in Fig. 2
which will command attention and produ ce a gasp of ad- and the component overlay in Fig. 3. When completed, the
miration from all who see it. There are two classic ways of electronic assembly can be mounted into any type of box
achieving this, namely photographing objects. in an un- available, this being not at all critical. The unit shown in
usual manner or by introducing dynamics into the picture. the pictures was built into a small Verobox with an integral
Have we not all stared in wonderment at the "macro" PP3 battery compartment.
photograph of the head of an insect, the " micro" In the prototype unit, sockets were not used for the in-
photograph or a silicon chip, or the dynamically imput and output leads, these being wired directly to the
pressive image of Concorde taking to the air? p.c.b. A crystal microphone insert was used as the input
This article describes an acoustically triggered flash; transducer, being cheap and otherwise totally adequate for
little to do with insects or Concorde. True, but it has the job.
everything to do with photographing objects in rapid To allow the p.c.b. to be fitted into the Verobox as
motion . In a medium, whenever anything moves , a distur- shown the terminals of S I will need to be trimmed.

+9V
Rl
10k
R6
15k
R7
100
O/P
OIP
* components
R3
lOOk 2
R7
VRl
lk R9
R10
R4 R1,2
lOOk
R6,8
1
Cl R3,4
01-1
22 R5
lN914
liP
R2 R5 RV1
10k lM
ov
IWKM2041 RV2
Fig. 1: Circuit diagram of the Acoustic Flash Trigger
Unit. The outputs each go in screened lead (as shown
in Fig. 3) to the flash-gun/camera connectors. Note
C5,6
that CS should be shown as Ofl22, and is non-polarised
C1 ,8
C2 ,3,7
C4
D1
CSR1
IC2
IC1
Fig. 2: Copper track pattern shown full size .p.el.t- .centne-o,f f switch S 1, (1); Crystal
cabIEl >pm); . PP3
(1); printed circuit' board (1) ;
for flash/camera sync. (1 of each) ;
Velrobox652036-H 68 x 110 x 33mm.
Application
The unit was designed to interface with two options: (a)
an electronic flash unit, or (b) an electromagnetic-type
shutter release s.l.r. camera. For (a) the synchronising lead
is connected to the socket on the flash gun. Whenever a
noise impinges on the microphone, the circuit will fire the
flash gun after the delay set by the control and the delay
can range from practically zero to just over 1 second. The
equipment is set up so that the camera is pointing at (and
is focussed for) the object to be photographed. The room is
then darkened as much as possible and the camera shutter
opened on "B" setting. After the exposure has been taken,
for example, bursting a balloon, the shutter is closed and
the film wound on for the next shot.
Subsequent processing of the film will show if the delay
was correctly set. Since this is hard to estimate, a good
Mlc.ln.
range of values should be tried using black and white film
for economy before colour is attempted.
Fig. 3: Component overlay on the p.c.b. CSR1 is fitted The actual length of the exposure is determined only by
with its normal mounting surface facing away from the duration of the flash , being typically 1 to 2ms. Many
the board flash units now incorporate computer or thyristor type

control. A fast acting photo diode monitors the illumina-
tion from the flash discharge and cuts off the flash when
enough light has fallen on the subject for correct exposure.
Rather clever and extremely effective! The diagram in Fig.
4 shows the effect. With some flash units available, the
minimum duration may only be 20IlS. The motion stop-
ping ability is incredible; an object travelling with the
speed of sound only travels 6mm during this time!
The second option is usable only with cameras which
have an electro-magnetically operated shutter. With these,
the conventional mechanical shutter release is replaced by
a micro-switch which controls a solenoid inside the
\
\ camera which, in turn, operates the shutter. The acoustic
\
\ \ trigger can also be used in conjunction with this type of
\
\
\ \
\
camera, although good results are harder to get compared
\
\
\
\
to the flash method. Great care has to be taken when inter-
\
\
\
,, facing with a multi-hundred-pound camera. Tread softly is
\ , the key!
lmS
IWAD5871
Flash duration
.. Calibration
Calibration of the trigger delay is not really required-
Fig. 4: Effect of thyri8tor circuit on the duration of the
flash
there is usually so much error in event timing that errors in
the electronics are negligible. Remember to place the
microphone as close to the sound emitting object as possi-
ble; sound takes 3ms to cover one metre, and that is a
large enough delay to ruin photographs of very fast
The8e four picture8 illustrate a Fla8h Gun, triggered by phenomena.
80und, capturing the death of a balloon. Picture on&-- One photographic friend who has used the device pon-
the pin puncture8 the balloon and a 8plit i8 8een 8ur- dered idly about using the device to photograph flashes of
rounding the hole. Picture two-the balloon crease8 lightning. Having pointed out that this is impossible, since
a8 it contract8. Picture thre&--the balloon shred8. Pic-
ture four-final stages of the punctured balloon. continued on page 49

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28 MHz TRANSVERTER DRIVER
Drive your v.h.f. and u.h.f. transvert ers with the PW " Tamar"
28MHz low power transceiver/exci t er unit. Very clean out-
put with simplicity of operation is a feature and you can also
beat the TVI problem using " flea " power on 1 Om direct
TRANSMITTINI:
\ . Railway AERIAI.. S
I Controller Understand your aerial is the key to better transmis-
'. If your model trains suffer from Apollo rocket
(. starts and brickwall stops then this advanced
sion and reception from almost any QTH . This
theoretical article will help you to appreciate the in-
'\:.. . is for you. The advantages of pulse
tricacies of emanating r.f. correctly and in the direction
..... controllers is combined with simulated which is of most use
neftla
Prac .' 43
There are now a large number of v.hJ. and u.hJ. repeater
stations operating in the UK and the time available
through these stations after access may be anything from
one minute or less to over two minutes although there are
several stations, such as the GB3NB Norfolk repeater,
which have no time out, at least at present. However it is \
i I
annoying to the station you are working, as well as others,
to "time out" but continue to occupy the repeater. What
you say after time out will not be heard anyway and any
repetition of what was missed plus the time out period
F. C. Judd G2BCX
means that the repeater will be occupied for longer than
necessary.
. . - - - -........- - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - +12V nominal
The repeater timer circuits described in this article Transmitter
range from a simple flashlamp indicator type, operated RT supply roil
automatically from the transmitter 12 to 14 V supply rail,
to a rather sophisticated activated system with l.e.d. and 6 7 S
audible bleep indication of time together with automatic
5 LP2
set and reset. ICl 5V
The basis of these circuits is, of course, the ubiquitous 4 555 100mA
Red
555 timer and the first but fairly basic circuit is shown in
Fig. 1. This is powered from the transmitter supply rail 2
which, in transistorised rigs, will be 12 to 14V. The timer is L-_ _ _........_ _..... --@- .... Bleep
generator if
activated when the transmit button is operated and the required .
time depends on the values of Rt and Ct. When activated, CT 20n
the lamp LP 1 lights up and at the end of the set time (Rt LPl
Ct) this is extinguished and LP2 comes on. Note: the 5V
100mA
values of Rt Ct should be chosen to provide the full Green
repeater time available less about la seconds or so to L---'---------Io____--+--...,...-oOV and earth
allow time to switch back to receive before the repeater IWAD59s1
times out. If Ct is 20llF then Rt will be in the region of
2Mn for about 1 minute. If the value of Rt consisted of, Fig . 1: The basic timer circuit using a 555 timer
say, a IMn fixed resistor in series with a 2Mn variable integrated circuit
then a time of between about 1 minute and 3 minutes
would be available.
In addition to the "time up" indicator lamp, a sustained
audible warning tone cim be obtained by adding the circuit + 12V
(Transmitter
shown in Fig. 2. The 555 i.c. in this circuit operates as an supply roil)
audio oscillator and is switched on by the transistor Tr 1
which may be any general purpose pnp type. The preset R4
RT 33k
VR 1 controls the loudness of the tone. If the transmitter
12 to 14 V rail is not accessable the timer circuits could be
run from a battery or built-in power supply and operated 7 B
5
with a control switch mechanically coupled with the
ICl
microphone or transmitter send/receive switch. 555
The timer circuit in Fig. 1 resets only when the supply 4 4
voltage is broken or when the time up is exceeded, so if 3 3 2
less than the full repeater time is used when a short
C3
transmission is made, the timer will reset ready for the next
transmission . Rl 4n R3
CT
LP2
I 5V
Dual Function Timer Cl
20n
C2 I
20n I
100mA
Red
The next circuit, Fig. 3, is a little more complex and also OV
L _ _ To (Earth)
automatically resets after the set time or when a transmis-
sion is shorter or longer than the set time. On being ac- bleep circuit
tivated the lamp LP 1 lights up and after a time set by IC 1 IWAD6001 R21 fig. 5
and Ct Rt, the second 555 (IC2) switches on and lights the
lamp LP2 for a period of say 5 to la seconds, set by C4 Fig. 3 : This circuit resets itself no matter how long the
and R2, after which reset is automatic regardless of transmission. If the transmiss ion is longe r than the set
whether transmission is still taking place. time the timer will reset itself automatic;ally

* components
RF ACTIVATED TIMER
Resistors
t W 5%
68Q 1 R10
100Q 3 R7 ,16,19
470Q 1 R 11
5 6kQ 2 R8,9
68kQ 2 R24,28
10kQ 2 R22,26
15kQ 2 R 1,2
SECONDS 22kQ 4 R3,4,5,6
33kQ 1 R20
47kQ 1 R21
c:.:.:;.,,--_ _ _ __ _ 68W 2 R 15, 17
100kQ 3 R23,25,27
120kQ 1 R14
2 2MQ 3 R12 ,13,18
Nominal Potentiometers
Min. horizontal preset
4 7kQ 2 VR2,3
5 tinch spindle
Ri. 2MQ(lin.) VR1
lOOk
Capacitors
Polyester
0 1/lF 2 C2,3
20nF 2 C9 ,11
4nF 3 C10,14,15
Cl LSl
20n 8
____________ ______ __
Polystyrene
470pF C1
Fig. 2 : Adding this circuit to that of Fig . 1 will give an
audible warning of the end of the set period Electrolytic
1 5/lF25V 2 C13,t (see text)
750/lF18V 3 C4,5,6
Transmit
t=o Tantalum
I 4 7/lF 35V 1 C12
I 2 C7,8
-L
Total time 10/lF 16V
Diode Jon
output
Op.
Amp
1
l I
I
1
Semiconductors
Diodes
OA5 D1
Timer1( I Green Le .d. LED1
trigger I Red Le.d. LED2
_ Repeater time less warning time---.j_1 Yellow Le .d. LED3
Timer 1 Timer 1 off 1A bridge rect o BR1
set approx 5
-+------------r
seconds
Transistors
BC108 4 Tr1,2 ,3,4
: Timer 2 activated 1I
I when limer 1 resets Integrated Circuits
I 9imer2 NE555 2 IC3,4
I on 741 2 IC1,2
I
I
Tone generator
pulses
nnnr
J U UY Miscellaneous
Min. toggle d.p.s.t. switch (1); rotary switch 4p3w
_i _________ rJ (1) ; speaker 8Q 50mm dia.; Min. mains transformer

12V (1); Verobox 150 x 80 x 85mm; p.c.b.s '(2) ;
Knobs (2) ; Phono socket; RFC 1 see text.
Fig. 4: The timing used in Fig. 5

RIO
+6V A
SSV +
SH7
< 100
.---+---t t--t-1 <
5 6 7 IS 5 6 7 IS BRl
ICl IC2
741 741
< RS - T1g52Q
>5k6
g I
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r- 12V ' t'
240V I
----
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<> Rl1
">22k < 470
SH5
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OV I '""'Amber
__________ __ ________ __ __ __ __ __-+______ ______
I 120k I
<'
> Lin W6Sk
. R17
'""f'!'V
68k
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< 2M2
I
SR22 SR23 SR24 SR26 SR27 SR2S
>lOk :>100kS6kS ,,>10k < 100k:>6kS
Cnl:- C13 < Col: C15
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1U
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RT < R12 11 4)J7 l 5 >R25 4n
R
-
?2M22 51 lC3 IC4
t----o 555 555 I(e;
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< 2M2
4 4
Trl Tr2 Tr3 Tr4
3 12 1 3 r2 I BCIOS BCIOS BC10S BC10S
L..--+-JG.11.9 r
L51
. {C7 <:::J CS ..... C9 <>.RI6 .... Cll >R19 I t.7k
CT ____ __ ____ ___ __-+4-______ ____+-______
L... I 11 Bleep circuit 1

r:
IWAD6021 Green \ \ Red '\ \
Fig . 5: The complete circuit diagram of the r.t . activated repeater timer
A tone bleep can be added by using th at part of the

cuit (Tr I. T r2. Tr3 , Tr4) indicated in Fig. 5. In this case
the tone bleep is repeating. If the values of C4 and R2
in Fig. 3 are used the warning bleep time will be about 10
seconds. which s hould of course be incl uded in the total
repeater time available. For example, if th e repeater time is
2 minutes then IC I with Ct Rt s hould provide I minute 50
seconds after which IC2 will allow a 5 to 10 second lamp
on and bleep which is the signal for returning to receive
before the repeater sta tion times out. The function is
clarified by Fig. 4 although this applies largely to the next
circuit to be described which is rJ. activated, may be
tery or mains operated a nd is completely a utomatic.
RF Activated Timer
This circuit (Fig. 5) is operated by a very small amount
of rJ. voltage picked up from the transmitter coaxial feed
cable to the transmitting aerial. The r.f. is rectified by the
diode 01 and the resultant d.c. used to switch the 741 op.
amps. (lC I a nd IC2). IC 1 is in a normally conducting
state. The d .c. signal from 01 switches IC I to a
conducting state. result being a fa st negative going
pulse to 1C3 which brings on LED 1 (green). IC2 .
normally is switched to a conducting '
state. At the end of the set time (Ct Rt) IC3 switches off
and the resultant negative going pulse fr o m pin 3 turns on
IC4 which causes LE02 (red) to light and the bleeper
circuit Tr 1. Tr2, Tr3, Tr4. to operate for 5 to 10 seconds. The two p.c .b.s tit into a Verobox

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Providing one returns to receive within the 5 to 10

second period of warning, the timer will automatically Construction
reset with the green and red I.e.d.s otT. However, should a Although actual board layout is not critical that shown
transmission shorter than the allotted time be made, the in Figs. 6 and 7 is recommended. The sizes of p.c.b. used
warning bleep will sound after which the 741 op. amps. for each part of the circuit were such that they fitted into a
will be returned to their original states and IC3 will be small Verobox as shown in the pictures of the prototype.
reset ready to be triggered again on the next transmission.
The timer will automatically reset itself at the end It is important not to earth the r.f. input socket except at
of the warning period even if you continue to transmit the OV rail of the board containing IC I and IC2 because
over time. of the split potential supply of these i.c.s.
The loudspeaker for the warning bleep may be any

Constn.Bction- General small transistor radio type but preferably with an im -
No special layout is required for these circuits and each pedance higher than the usual 80.
could be accommodated on plain Veroboard with com- The rJ. choke (RFC I) is quite easy to make and con -
ponent to component wiring. It would however be ad- sists simpl y of a winding of 30 s.w.g. enamelled wire about
visable to house the circuits in a metal box to prevent pick 20mm long and 4mm in di ameter. A piece of thin round
up of stray rJ. when transmitting. wood or plastic serves as a former.

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Fig . 7 : T he co p per track p atte rn (t op) o f th e r.f. input board shown full size with th e c omp o nent pla c ement drawing
below it
Adjustments
The op. amp. IC I is set to a conducting state by VR2 and Coaxial cable from
TX to aerial
the voltage at pin 6 should be about 425 V positive with
respect to the QV rail. Next adjust VR3 so that IC2 is just
switched to a non-conducting state with about 4 V negative
at pin 6 with respect to the QV rail. In the quiescent or
reset mode LED I and LED2 should both be extin guished.
The d. activating signal is picked up by means of a few
turns of wire wrapped round the tran smitter aerial feed
cable as in Fig. 8 and connected to the timer via a length
of coaxial or ordinary screened cable terminated with a 1...- - -- Coaxial cable
phono type plug.
I I
14-- - - Phono plug
Fig . 8 : The construction of the r .f.

pic k - up. The ten or twelve turns of
wire are wound round the coaxial
cab l e from the transmitter to the
aerial
T he t w o p .c .b .s and the front panel

befo re slotting into the Verobox
48 Practical Wireless. June 1980

Table 1
57 VR7 Time
1 Min. 155
Ma x. 1m 155
2 Min . 1m 15 5
M ax . 2m 155
3 Min . 2m 155
M ax . 3m 155
The rear of the repeater timer with

the bac k and top removed t o s ho w
the relative positions of the two
boards
With the transmitter ON the LED 1 (green) should light The response of 01 and the op. amps. is such that the
and extinguish only after the time set by VRI and the timer should operate with a transmit power of less than 1
switched values in the timing network of le3 . As LED 1 watt. It may however be necessary to move the r.f. pick-up
goes out then LE02 (red) should light and the audible coil one way or the other along the Tx aerial feed cable to
. bleep activate for 5 to 10 seconds, after which, if the get maximum rJ. at low power .
transmitter is still on , will stop and LE02 will extinguish. Finally, the timing available with the switched et Rt
In normal use the red indicator and bleep is the signal to network (le3) in Fig 5, should be approximately as shown
return to receive before the repeater times out. If a very in Table I.
short transmission is made then LED 1 will light but ex- The potentiometer VR 1 could of course be calibrated in
tinguish as soon as the transmitter goes off whereupon seconds or a small chart made with the most used repeater
LED2 will light and the bleep will sound after which the call signs and access times set against appropriate positions
timer will completely reset. of SI and VRI.
ACOUSTIC FLASH TRIGGER
lla
continued from page 42
Come and meet us

at the
RSGB
EXHIBITION
AT
ALEXANDRA PALACE,
LONDON N10
Admission Fee 1
Friday 9 May, 10am-7pm
the sound travels slower than the light, the author was left Sat. 10 May, 10am-6pm
with the feeling that his friend's next suggestion might be
to construct a light-operated trigger to photograph the
thunder clap!

Exhibition
2LO Ashford Radio Museum, has To obtain your copy, send 40p-to Satellite Communications, Microwaves
organised an exhibition of vintage radio cover post and packing-to : Vero Elec- and Repeaters.
equipment. tronics Ltd., Industrial Estate, Chan- For the amateur whose family wish
The exhibition will include a collec- dler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire S05 to visit the Brighton beach while he en-
tion of classic radio receivers, WW2 3ZR. Tel: (042 15) 69911 . joys the rally, a free minibus service
receivers and transmitters, and a uni- will take people to the beach and bring
que collection of spy radios. them back. Talk-in stations w ill operate
The exhibition will be held at on 70cm , 2m and 80m, together with
Mobile Rallies a special QSL card for those who care
Ashford Library, Church Road, Ashford,
Th e Nunsfield House Commun ity
Kent, from Wednesday, 28 May until to collect it from the talk-in station,
Association Amateur Radio Group-
Saturday, 31 May and will be open which will be using a special " GB"
G3EEO , G3ZBI , G8KGC, have
between 10.00am and 5.00pm . callsign . It is also planned to feature a
organised the Elvaston Castle Mobile
Further details from the organiser: working amateur station, to provide
Ra lly to be held on Sunday, 8 June
Bob Warner, 45 Eastry Close, Ashford, more interest for the uninitiated.
1980.
Kent. Tel: (0233) 36185. Further details from : The Hon Sec,
The rally will be held on .the Sussex Mobile Rally, 7 Dale Crescent,
showground at Elvaston Castle Coun-
Patcham, Brighton, Sussex BNT 8NT.
try Park, which is five miles south-east
RAECourse of Derby on the B501 O. Talk-in will be
Tel: (0273) 693655 Ext. 2266, during
The Kingston and District Amateur office hours.
available from 0930hrs from GB2ECR .
Radio Society have organised a sum- The rally will have all the usual attrac-
mer RAE course which should prepare
students for the December 1980 ex-
tions including a grand Bring-and-Buy Ne w B/W Portable TV
sa le, RSGB publications, prize draw, Fidelity Radio Limited, become
amination . ref reshments, children's entertain-
The lecturer will be Andy Martin probably the first British manufacturer
m ents, plus various displays and to enter the monochrome TV market
G3ZYS, and the classes will be held on events.
Tuesday evenings between 1930 and for many years with a totally new 12;n
The organisers anticipate having portable, designed and produced ex-
2130hrs, from Tuesday, 15 April until over 60 trade stands and expect an
Tuesday, 28 October. The classes will clusively by themselves.
attendance in excess of 6000 people. Features of the new set include: sim-
be held at " Alfriston", Berrylands Road, Further details from: lan M . Cage
Surbiton, Surrey. ple design, easy operat ion and servic-
G4 CTZ, 25 Petersham Drive, Alvaston, ing, good reliability and a two year
Further details are available from: Derby DE2 OJU.
Norman Smith G3HFO, 7 The guarantee.
Another outdoor amateur radio Powered by a.c. ma ins or 12V bat-
8yeways, Surbiton, Surrey (Tel: 01- event for the whole family is the East
399 9526), w ith whom applicants tery the white moulded cabinet houses
Suffolk Wireless Revival , organised circuitry employing the latest techni-
should register. The local education by the Ipswich Radio Club and
authority is not associated with this ques. Programme selection is by rotary
Martlesham Radio Society. tuning and a single control combines
course. To be held at the IACSSA on/ off and volume. A brightness control
Sportsground, Straight Road, and earphone socket are included
Bucklesham, Nr Ipswich on 25 May together w ith a loop aerial and battery
New Catalogues 1980, will include among all the usual leads.
West Hyde Developments Ltd. the in- ra lly attractions, a tra nsceiver clinic, The new Fidelity television is expec-
strument case specialists, advise us aerial testing range and model aircraft ted to reach the shops by autumn
that their latest catalogue is now flying display. Open from 1100hrs, 1980.
available. admission will be 50p (children under Fidelity Radio Ltd., Victoria Road,
The 80-page catalogue describes 14 and car parking free) . London NWT O.
nearly 1000 different instrument Further details from: Jack Toothill
cases, in almost 650 sizes. Also G4 IFF, 76 Fircroft Road, Ipswich,
featured is an extensive range of tools Suffolk IPT 6PX. Tel: (0473) 44047.
and accessories which includes test Amateur radio clubs and societies in
gear, knobs, handles, switches and Sussex , have joined forces and
indicators. organised a mobile rally and exhibition .
To obta in your free copy of this very The date of the event is 1 June 1980,
useful catalogue , call -in or apply to: and the venue is the Brighton
West Hyde Developments Ltd., Unit 9, Racecourse, Brighton, Sussex. The
Park Street Industrial Estate, ra cecourse is a particularly suitable
Aylesbury, Bucks. Tel: (0296) 20441. site, as there is ample covered accom-
Designed to a new format, their latest modation to house trade stands and
52-page " Hobbyist Catalogue" has just demonstrations and there is also plenty
been released by Vero Electronics. of free car parking space.
The catalogue contains a selection As well as the usual trade stands
of products that are particularly useful there will be demonstrations by
to the home constructor. Raynet, Amateur Television, RTTY,

MIMB
Modular
2m Transceiver
System
Base-Station
Adaptor
[Part4J at the transceiver output and causes the ampljlier module
to switch from receive to transmit mode whenever the
transceiver is transmitting. The level of d. required to
MichaelTOOLEY BA G8CKT produce this switching action is quite small. typically
50mW, but when no r.f. is detected the changeover circuit
& reverts to the receive mode.
A low noise rJ. pre -amplifier using a second generation
David WHITFIELD BA MSc G8FTB dual gate MOSFET device is incorporated in the receive
path. This provides very high gain. typically around 20dB.
coupled with a very low noise figure of less than 3dB. The
cross -modulation performance is excellent and the stage
does not require neutralising. The input and output im-
Anyone who uses a low-power, portable transceiver will, pedances of the r.f. pre-amplifier are matched to the son
sooner or later, feel the need for increased rJ. power out e system used in the "Nimbus".
put in order to provide a greater working range. Another A single stage d. power amplifier is incorporated in the
worthwhile modification is the addition of an d. pre- transmit path and this uses a high gain. ballasted emitter
amplificr to improve the receiver sensitivity and thus aid v.hJ. power device designed primarily for mobile and
the reception of those elusive weak signals. marine applications. The transistor is capable of providing
Although the unit described was designed primarily for a power gain in excess of 12dB (approximately 16 times).
use with the PW "Nimbus", it may also be used in con- when operated from a 12V supply. Even though the tran -
junction with almost any low power 2 metre transceiver sistor is electrically rugged and will withstand a severe
having an rJ. output of between 250mW and I W. The am- mismatch under driven conditions. an additional protec-
plifier module provides signal gain in both the transmit and tion circuit is incorporated in order to remove the collector
receivc paths and offers several additional features in- supply from the stage whenever an unacceptably high
cluding an automatic changeover system, using rJ. sens- voltage stand in g wave ratio is present. This would occur.
ing. automatic protection of the power amplifier transistor for example. if the amplifier module were to be operated
and relative power (both forward and reverse) indication. without an aeria l connected!
The design uses readily available. Iow cost components The input voltage to the protection circuit is derived
and mak es Llse of a single-sided printed circuit board. Self- from a directional coupler standing wave bridge. This also
contained power supp lies are incorporated for both a.c . permits measurement of the relative power levels in the
mains and a nominal 12V d.c. derived from vehicle forward and reverse directions . This facility is not on ly
batteries. useful in the setting-up procedure but can also be very ad-
vantageous when optimising aerial and feeder systems.
System Description Interna l 12V d.c . supply rails are derived from a
regulated power supp ly which operates from 240V a.c.
The basic arrangement of the add-on amplifier module mains. As an additional feature. a facility is included for
is shown in block schematic form in Fig. I. The transmit powering the amplifier module from a nominal 12V bat-
and receive paths are selected by means of a relay tery. This ensures that the amplifier can be operated both
switching circuit which is itself operated by an automatic mobile and portable as well as from a fixed station . A
changeover circuit. This senses the level of r.t'. appearing further refinement is that a 12V d.c. output is available

* components
Table 1 : The full coil winding details
Wire Inside Winding

diameter length
Coil s.w .g. Type Turns in mm inmm Tap details
Ll 18 t.C. 5 5 16 1iT from

common end
L2 18 t.c. 5 5 16 1t T from
positive supply
L3 18 t.C. 4 5 7 -
L4 18 t.C. 7 5 15 -
L5 18 t.c. 5 5 16 -
L6 18 t .C. straight - 80 -
L7 20 enam . straight - 70 -
L8 20 enam. straight - 70 -
L 101 14 t.c. 3-!- 8 24 tTfrom
earth end
Ll02 14 t .C. 31.2 8 24 tTfrom
earth end
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d.c.
a.c.
d.c. Mains
Regulated
power supply
Out Low noise In

RF
pre -amplifier
Transceiver Aerial
RF Out
Power
amplifier
Rev
RF Sensing/ Protection
automatic circuit
changeover
SWR/Power
IWAD5661
Fig. 1 : Block schematic of the power amplifier module

but not including the aerial filter
* specification
RECEIVE PRE-AMPLlFIER
Frequency range: 144-146M Hz
Gain: 18dB typical
Noise figure: 24dB typical
Input impedance: 500
Output impedance: 500
TRANSMIT POWER AMPLIFIER

Frequency range: 144-146MHz
Gain: 10 5dB typical
Output (r.f.): 6W for 500mW input
5W for 400mW input from the amplifier module to provide power for the
3W for 200mW input "Nimbus" or any other transceiver used as the exciter.
IEfficiency: 65% typical This makes a considerable saving on the internal battery
Input impedance: 500 consumption of the "Nimbus" when it is operated in con-
Output impedance: 500 junction with the amplifier module.
An optional r.f. filter unit may be fitted in the aerial line
OPTIONAL FILTER at a point where it is common to both the transmit and
Bandwidth: 1 5MHz (-3d B) receive paths. The filter not only helps to ensure a "clean"
Centre frequency: 145MHz transmitted signal. but also improves the performance of
I nsertion loss: less than 1dB the receiver when strong out-of-band signals are present.
Loaded Q: 50
GENERAL
Circuit
Supply: 240V a.c. or 12 to 14V d.c. at The complete circuit diagram of the power amplifier
1A unit is shown in Fig. 2 but does not include the optional
Changeover: Automatic (minimum r.f. filter unit. Transistor Tr I operates as a conventional com-
to actuate is 50mW) mon source amplifier using a dual-gate field effect tran-
Protection for p.a.: Automatic (adjustable for sistor. The potential divider formed by R I and R2 sets the
v.s.w.r.) bias voltage at gate 2 ofTr!. The d.c. voltage at gate 2 has
Meter: Switched for forward or a major effect on the performance of the stage and, if
reverse power (s.w.r. cali- desired. R I can be varied in order to alter the operating
bration optional) parameters of the stage.
For example. the value of R I may be usefully increased
to , say. IOkO to provide extra front-end gain. In practice,

R4 03
Ext. d.e. input
R2
lOOk L2
Trl
3N204
VCl CS CS
lOp Mains
lOp 4n7 input
L1
RI RS
3k3 lOOk
IOn
SKI RLA2
aerial 'Forward' FB2' I
.--+----.......,
52
"
f12
07
(green)
L3
D4
OA91
D3 C17 R13
OA91 4n7 lk
Fig. 2: Circuit diagram oUhe power amplifier module
however, the value of bias voltage at gate 2 affects not the directional standing-wave bridge. The diode 0 I
only the voltage gain of the stage but, since the bias con- provides an output which is proportional to the reverse
trQls the value of drain current. it also has an effect on the power and 02 provides an output which is proportional to
cross-modulation performance. the forward power travelling along the transmission line
The actual value chosen for R I is thus something of a formed by L6 and the copper earth plane of the p.c.b. The
compromise between adequate gain and cross-modulation voltage proportional to the reverse power is also used to
performance. In any event, the value should be low enough operate the protection circuit.
to ensure that the front-end is unconditionally stable since Transistor Tr3 acts as an impedance matching device
with such a high gain device there is a tendency for the and the output voltage developed across RV I is used to
stage to go into self-oscillation with more than 25V of trigger CSR I. The sensitivity of the protection circuit is set
bias on gate 2. Input and output matching is achieved by by RV 1 and, once triggered, CSR I will remain conducting
suitable tappings on Lt and L2 which both tune to until the supply is interrupted. When conducting, CSR I
145MHz by means ofTC I and TC2 respectively. holds the base voltage of Tr4 at a very low level which, in
Transistor Tr2 operates in the common emitter con- turn, prevents Tr4 from conducting and removes the
figuration in Class C mode. Wide-band supply line collector supply voltage from Tr2.
decouplihg is provided by R 12, C 14 and C 15 which is es-
sential with most types of v.h.f. power transistors in order
to ensure complete stability at all frequencies. Input Power Supply
matching is obtained by the capacitive potential divider A conventional power supply arrangement is used. Full-
formed by TC3 and TC4 with L3 matching the extremely wave bridge rectification is provided by BRI and feeds an
low input impedance of Tr2. Inductor L4 acts as a ' integrated circuit regulator. Diodes 08 and 09 are used to
"quarter-wave" choke in the collector supply to Tr2 and raise the output voltage slightly and compensate for the
thus represents a high impedance at 145MHz. Inductor L5 voltage drop across 0 I O. This diode prevents d.c. from en-
and the combination of TC5 and TC6 are resonant at tering the regulator when the amplifier module is operated
145MHz and output matching is achieved by the from an external d.c. supply.
capacitive potential divider formed by TC5 and TC6.
The r.f. sensing circuit is formed by 03, 04 and Tr5.
When D3 and D4 conduct (by the application of a few Construction
tens of milliwatts to SK2), a forward bias voltage of In order to realise the design specifications it is impor-
approximately O6V is applied to the base of Tr5 . This tant that the constructional notes and diagrams are closely
causes Tr5 to saturate and consequently the collector followed. Use of the recommended single-sided p.c.b.
voltage falls and the relay becomes energised. Diode 05 is layout is essential and most of the components for the am-
incorporated to absorb the back e.m.f. generated by the plifier module are mounted on this. The copper track
relay inductance. layout is shown in Fig. 3 with the corresponding compo-
Diodes 0 I and 02 and associated components form nent layout in Fig. 4. All coils should be carefully wound

SKl (via
filter if
fitted)
$FBl SK2
co
.j

52 co
.j
Fig. 3: Copper track layout of the amplifier p.c.b. Fig. 4: Component layout on the amplifier printed
module shown full size circuit board

IWAD5921
Sk2
Transceiver
Amplifier Module PCB
Sk1
Aerial
''I' '
F1
SkI.
I black) -ve
Filter unil
I if filled)
Sk5
T1 la .c. mains
input)
Sk3
I red)+12V
0 0
1J
Holes to permit
1J
adjustment of
filter capacitors
Fig. 5: Interconnecting wiring and internal layout of the complete p.a. module al80 8howing the p08ition of the
filter unit
IWAD5891
3
Heat sink (18 SWG AlUminium)
25 f
1.5
53
.1
Notes : All dimensions given in mm.
Holes marked '0 ' are M2 .50r6BAclearance,
hole mark ed '0 is "mm diame ter
Fig. 6: Drilling details and layout of the heatsink. Hole8 marked "a" are 25mm clearance; the hole marked "b" i8
4mm in diameter
Tr21 soldered to trackside

of the P.C.B.)
Heat sink
Clearance hole
IWAD5901 15mm diameter)
Fig. 7: Side view of completed p.c.b. and heat8ink assembly. The clearance hole 8hown 8hould be 5mm diameter

according to the details given in Table 1 and RFC 1 is con-
structed using a ferrite bead.
The main line, L6, and the pick-up lines, L 7 and L8, of
the s.w.r. bridge should be in close proximity (not quite
touching) and should run along the surface of the p.c.b.
This is important in order to maintain the correct ratio of
inductance to capacitance, the capacitance being formed
between the line and the copper earth plane on the under-
side of the p.c.b.
Although Tr 1 has internal gate protection, it is wise to
treat it with care and only a properly earthed soldering
iron should be used. Transistor Tr2 should be soldered to
the underside of the p.c.b. with its mounting stud facing
downwards ready to accept the heatsink plate. Devices
IC 1 and Tr4 should not be soldered down until after the
heatsink assembly has been attached. Once the construc-
tion of the p.c.b. has been completed and carefully
checked, the heatsink (shown in Fig. 6) should be
fabricated using 16 or 18 s.w.g. aluminium, the p.c.b.
being supported above the heatsink by means of four short
spacers. Care must be taken not to strain Tr2 package.
The leads of IC 1 and Tr4 (previously mounted on the
heatsink before attaching the p.c. b.) should be bent up-
wards and soldered to the underside of the p.c.b as shown
in Figs. 4 and 7. Note that both IC 1 and Tr4 require mica
washers and insulating bushes.
The completed p.c.b. and heatsink assembly is secured
to the base of the diecast box using four countersunk C30o/ES200
screws and spacers, as depicted in Fig. 7. The internal
layout and wiring of the amplifier module is shown in Fig.
high performance electronic ignition,to add power,
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coaxial cables should run around the periphery of the ES200 . A high periorllliIIlC(-! IfHJuct l VC di scharge Ig rlrl lO lllllC OrpO rJllflY
p.c.b. and heatsink assembly. The reservoir capacitor, C9, ZI pow er ClfClllt (::: pecral selecti o n) dwell
circu it (nwx illl ises spi:lI'k enpruv at J II pulse nrDC (!Ssor
is retained by means of a suitable mounting clip. If the (overCU lll(:S conlne l brCClk(-:r problems). Cuil governor {p rotect s corl}
filter unit is incorporated, two holes should be drilled in the LOllq burn nu t pllI . Nf.!n atlv e ca rtll o nl y Compatible With all rev. CO llllt ers
side of the diecast box to facilitate adjustment of the trim- C300 .IIlIt' S f t-'ady burit for III ((3000) It C,IIIlC to p 01 all tes ted
by Lllllllt.l epl!IHl ent nation al iJlJtllority July 79. A
mer capacitors. Ci-lp acl t IVf! dl:>c lr a rne 1911 1tlon Illcorporatlllg a o utput sli o rt Cir cuit
pro o f Invlnter. top Swe di sh output capaci tor, pul se
Cir c ulI. IriJllsc i ent over lOdd protectIOn . Fa st blchrec tl ol1al ou tput
Next Part ideal l o r lu e llll jecl iofl . spo rt:-; cnr burrrtl oll . o rty engin es .
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With
App llca tl o ll li st e nclo se d will! each kIt. Veh icles With Snll ths
In Part 2 we will deal with the complete testing and J aey er rev. co unters code RVI on dial wrll require adaptor type Tell
alignment procedures in association with the " Nimbus" Wha t' s in the kit s . Sureflres own preCI S101l anodis ed al umlfHufll
transmitter/ receiver and also the construction and testing Pc. m o u n ted sec urit y cllangeover switch, Sl<-ltl C
S p eCial se l ect ion Motorol a se mi co ndu c tors. C;;pJCltors,
of the optional filter assembly which may be included in reS is to rs e tc . se lecteu <llter 5 years exp e rr en ce . Glas s flhr e p c b, so lder.
the finished unit if required. comp l e te down to las t washer.
Fu ll y Il lustra ted co mpr e h e n SIve InstructIOns
and full tec h n lc':ll back LJ f) se rvic e
Please note that in the PW Nimbus components ' list

in the March issue, page 26, RI1O-330o. and
C120-1OnF were not listed.
In the April issue, Fig. 8, page 47, the capacitor to
the right 0/ RI05 is C106. Resistor Rl22 is shown
twice; the lower one should be Ri33. Resistor R100
is also shown twice, the upper one adjacent to Ri24
should be Ri09. Capacitor C238 should be marked
Cl38 . D e pt . PW3
Sure tron Sy s t e m s (UK) ltd ,
In Fig. 10 on page 48 oJ the April issue, Cl2 in L3 Pi c c a dilly Pl a c e, London Rd., B a th BA16PW . Tel: B a th (0225) 23194
should read Cl7, C55 in L7 should read C35 and
C25 in L5 should read C23. Capacitor C30 (JOnF)
is omitted/ram Fig. 8 on page 47 and should be con- Adclr es')
nected between the junction 0/ R22 and L9 to the
nearest earth point. Pholl/.' (){(/t.'f wl flr Ao:/.'ss Bi/fc/aycard OU iJ lltlly
Instruction 5 under "Wiring and Internal Layout", VATt1{f(/P&PIfI(
April issue, should read as/ollows: ES200 : Neg [ 1:3:9s.

*'*'
11 .95
The modulator board should not be placed in C300 : Pos [ J::H'3. 15 .95
close proximity to the p.a. transistor, Tr6 and C300 , Neg [ !=Mli 15 .95
associated components. l acho Adapt . le! 3.90
Practical Wireless, June i980 ----------------*

59
So , if you are just starting in amateur radio, don't let
stories of failing sunspot activity deter you from going ahead
with your plans for the h.f. bands. We still manage to com-
municate around the world at the bottom of the sunspot
cycle, when no sunspots may be seen at all for long periods,
by using the lower frequency bands. Then working all conti-
nents on the 160m band becomes possible, where such an
achievement is extremely satisfying and the result of much
hard work, which is more than can be said for the ease with
by Eric Dowdeswell G4AR which OSOs around the world can be made at present on
the 1Om band.
From handling over 50 letters a month from readers of this Out and About
column I get a fairly broad idea of general thinking on I knew those two lads John and Steven Goodier were
amateur radio matters. The one point on wh ich there seems
up to something at their Marple (near Stockport) OTH! They
to be some rather confused ideas and misunderstanding at used to send in logs regularly, then it was "studying for the
the moment is that of sunspot activity and its significance. RAE" and no logs. Well, it's all paid off nicely for they are
I am sure that most readers by now realise that high now G8VH F (what a call!) and G8VH E, respectively. They
sunspot activity infers good OX conditions on the higher fre- have an FT225RO rig and are already active on 2m. Just to
quency bands, particularly the 10m (28M Hz) band which encourage others they mention that they did all the work for
can otherwise be quite dead for long periods during the the RAE at home from textbooks, but "we just stuck to it and
quieter moments on the sun's surface . But I was quite things turned out for the best". The task took them just a
alarmed at the ideas of one reader, who was very dubious year "but it was worth it in the end" . Good luck chaps and
about buying a new receiver because "We have passed the plenty of DX as I pass you over to Ron Ham!
peak (of sunspot activity) and I won't be able to hear any OX Another of the ilk is Arthur White (Aisby, Lincs) who has
after that!" been too busy studying to listen! He is also swotting on the
The so-called 11-year cycle of solar outbursts is in fact a code to take his G4 straight away, not being very happy with
very slowly changing phenomena with th e unfortunately- what he has he ard on 2m around his way. In Tetbury, Glos,
named "peaks" being quite flat in fact. So flat indeed that Jim Rowlands is still pondering on which receiver to put
we don't really know when the "peaks" ha ve occurred until his money on, but he is being spurred to do something soon
some months afterwards, when all the information collected by the news that his eldest son has joined a radio club in El
by solar laboratories has been collated and evaluated to land.
produce the " smoothed" sunspot number for the period W. F. Daniels of 59 Eastleigh Road, Oevizes, Wilts won-
under review. ders if anyone can help him with information on a Marconi
There is no question of fairly low sunspot activity ambling six-band communications receiver that he thin ks is a CSR5 ,
along and then suddenly jumping up to a definite peak every with bands ranging from 60kHz to 30MHz and a large
11 th year and then dropping back again . At the moment 11 55-type dial. It was working but isn't now!
there is a general impression that we may have passed the
point of maximum sunspot activity for the 2 1st solar cycle, TheDX Scene
but only if the present slight fall off conti nues for several
months to come shall we be proved right. It may be that this One of my European readers has tol d me about a
trend is just a slight dip in activity with an even higher max- remarkable bit of OXing with low pow er. He built a 2-
imum to come. That is how much we know about the sub- element beam for 15m band using galvanised iron clothes
ject! In any case, from past experience we know that the line and , using a Heathkit OR P rig with just 2 5W input,
decline in activity takes place over a longer period than does promptly worked the States. More recently he called a VK3,
the increase, which can be relatively fast. never really expecting an answer, only to get a reply and
The period between maxima also vari es considerably, report, and it would appear, by the long-path route! I await
sometimes by a year or more, yet the oft-quoted" 11-year further reports! This surely must be very much more satisfy-
cycle" is another term that is frequently taken as gospel. One ing than working the stuff with hundreds of watts and a
expert has recently suggested that the true cycle of multi-element beam.
activity follows a 22-year period rather tha n 11 years, so It Ron Newall (Bracknell, Berks) has been playing about
would not be impossible to have one long period super- with an aerial which is essentially a dipole with the wire ele-
imposed on two shorter ones. ments wound into a helix, the thing being adjusted to suit

the limited space available. Main band of interest is 15m, Bill RendeWs contribution this month from Truro,
which produced HC1 EE, HK4CCW, KH6CK, P29JS, Cornwall, runs to TG4NK and V011T (35MHz) and then
TR8GM, VK7NQC, XT2AW, YB 1 BSA, 5T5CM, 9X5GB and VK3XI on 7MHz, with the bulk on 14MHz like C5AAS ,
9Y4NP. I gather from Allan Stevens of Crowthorne, Berks, C6ABC, D4CBC, JW7FD , JX9WT, VK 1WB, VK9NS (Norfolk
that he too has passed the RAE and I was hoping to hear of Is), VP2MH , VP2VBK , VP5WJR, VQ9JJ (Diego Garcia),
his callsign 'ere this went to press. Congrats Allan and keep ZD7HH, 3D6BP, 5T5ZR, 6W8MW, and 8Q7AP who said
up the good work with the code practice. In the meantime, QSL via N6NI.
AIIan has heard VQ9KJ (Chagos) and 6W8MW on 15m with Dave Coggins (Knutsford, Cheshire) concentrated on
J7DBB (Dominica) and TN8AJ logged on 20m, ending with Top Band during the ARRL contest and logged dozens of US
the not-so-rare VO 1 FG on 80m. stations on s.s.b. in 12 states, plus three VE provinces, with
Sad news from Dennis Sheppard (Sheerness, Kent) who 4U 11TU, EA5TD and YV4TI as extras, using his FRG-7 and
had the burglars in, nicking his receiver but not his teleprin- 66ft of wire plus a.t.u. Others found since on 18MHz are
ter! He has managed to borrow a Drake receiver for the time N P4A in Puerto Rico and W3 H H N/M M 500 miles east of
being. RTIY catches this month by Dennis include JA3VLD, Bermuda . On 3 5MHz Dave got HP3FL, J7DBB, OA4AKP,
JA40NZ, VE1TX, VE4BF and ZS6ANZ on 10m, with VK3XI (3675kHz), XE1 MEX and 5T5CJ . 7MHz produced
HP1 XAW, JA 1JDD and VE6KV for 15m, plus DM3BBM/4X, C02 DC, OX3ZM, VK6AS, XT2AW and 6W81J. Dave is one
JA1ADQ, ZS1Z and ZS6BLV on the 20m band. Dennis also of the 150 or so readers who sent in to me for details of the
tackled s.s.b. on Top Band, finding EA5TD, UQ2GBU and FRG-7 filter mod by G3IMI, which has obviously helped
YU3EF. many to get to grips with s.s.b. on the amateur bands.
In Maidenhead, Berks, Sean Richards, using his FR-50B Another note from Allan Stevens in Crowthorne, Berks,
and 66ft aerial, concentrated on 14M Hz to log such as comments on both VK5's and west coast US stations
HS1ABD, SU1AL, S8AAT, TA2KS, VP2KAH, VK8NE, appearing together in the early afternoon on 1 5m, which I
ZB2BL, 5NOAAS, 6Y5MT, ET3PG (QSL Box 5327, Addis presume could be a mixture of short and long path propaga-
Ababa) and 5V7GE for a pretty wide selection. The FR-50B tion. Recent loggings include VK 1 KB, VK5AZ, VP5EE,
is a new acquisition and a decided improvement over the old YBOADW and YC1 BZ on 15m, with 20m coming up with
SX28, says Sean, with a digital frequency readout about to C6ANI, JY3ZH , ST2SA, VK9NS (Norfolk Is) and a couple of
be added . Sean comments on the Caribbean Round Table ZL 1'so
net of an evening on 14 175kHz run by VP2 M H and his Although now licensed as G8SNG, Phil Charlesworth of
5-element beam and 1 2kW! Shouldn't have much trouble Southport, Lancs, still manages to listen and report on the
maintaining discipline with that combination! h.f. bands. Set now in use is an Eagle RX60N , although Phi I
John Dainty residing in West Wickham, Kent, has now thinks it a bit optimistic to call it a communications receiver!
got his KW2000 transceiver which reflects the confidence But he did manage to copy HI1 ECS , VK7AE, VP2ML, and
he has in the outcome of the forthcoming RAE in May. Like VE6EP/4U on the Golan Heights on 20m .
many readers this month, John comments on the fantastic A QSL card direct from CT4UE asks me to mention that
conditions during the ARRL contest but, in fact, it was just WB8LDH is the QSL manager for VP2KAL, KAJ, KAK and
the enormous increase in activity on the bands that gave KAM, which stations were very active during recent con-
that impression, at least in my humble opinion! On 80m tests. Thanks OM.
John tracked down VP2AH and PY7WGB, with 20m Your scribe heard WA 1AER reporting that a senior
providing FB8YY, FH8CL, J3DFS, JD3DE (Ogasawara Is), American Embassy official in Peking has been issued with
VP2ML and M1 D. Only station of note on 15m was the call BP 1 A and would be operating initially on C.W. only
YC1 BSA with a couple of ZS6's on 10m. on 14 080kHz from the middle of March .
Another FRG-7 found a home with Jeff Weston
(Borehamwood, Herts). He writes in as a newcomer, but his
log shows things like EA9IB, FP8HL, HL9BW, VP2ML,
VP5WJR and 5NOOLG for 10m, plus EL7H, OY2A and
ZL4BX on 1 5m. JX9WT and KS41 (S. Baker Is) came up on
Club life
20m , with KG4W a loner on 80m . Jeff has joined an evening Several club scribes have been kind enough to write in
class to study for his RAE, which he has already scheduled and report that mention of their clubs in this column has
for 1981! resulted in the recruitment of three and four members at
The steel strike has affected Peter Hawks (Stourbridge, least. Well, that's what it is all about, so it's up to clubs to let
W . Mids), giving him extra time to do some DXing with his me know what they are doing, and when, if they want their
DX160 and dipoles at 20ft. Best on 10m was 3B8CF, while numbers to increase .
on 20 it was P29JS; 40m provided VP2ML, with TG4NX, North Bristol ARC. Reminder of new QTH at the Self-
CN8AK, YV3AZC, 5B41J, TF3YI-l, 9H1 FG, HP3AL and help Enterprise, Braemar Crescent, Northville, Bristol 7 on
HI8XBH appearing in the log for 80m. A later note from Fridays at 1930. Sec G. E. Taylor G2 HOG , 66 Burley Crest,
Peter suggested looking for S2MN on 14240kHz around Downend , Bristol BS 16 5PW.
1800 daily, S2BTF 21 198 at 1330, and YI1 BGD on 20m Wirral & District ARC. Excellent newsletter mentions
about 0845 daily. In addition later loggings were VP9L, that 17 of 25 candidates in last December's RAE at the
4M3AZC (YV land), and K7SENp2A on 28MHz, C5ABK, North Wirral Tech were successful. Wait for the QRM! Sec
9Q5GB, EP2TY (PO Box 94, Esfahan), TU2HQ and 3D6BP lan Brooks with XYL Susan G8SUE points out that there are
on 21 M Hz, with VP2SAB, C5ACG and H 18XJO on 14M Hz. two other XYUOM teams in the club plus "a few" licensed
Yet another FRG-7 lives with Callum Lawlor BRS42922 YLs! So lads, don 't hang about, contact lan at: 59
in Wrexham, Clwyd, and with a 33ft wire accounted for Mosslands Drive, Wallasey L45 8PF, for details of meetings
TA2KS, VP2VVK and 6Y5GB on 20m, with 10m coming up of club which meets Wednesdays 2000 hours in the com-
with JA8BMK, 9K2FO and 9G1JU. In Sunderland Paul mittee room of the West Kirby Sports Centre. Something
Barker gets on the air as G4HPS and still manages to drop might be organised for anyone needing a lift. In the mean-
me a line on his c.w. QSOs. Problem now is lack of space for time May 14 meeting is on Japanese (Morse?) code by
a decent aerial, but he still worked LU8DQ, UH8HAI and G3CSG with G. A. Walker LLB talking on women's lib and
ZS60S on 10m, plus EA8RU, KG6DX and KV4AD with the law on the 28th . Guess this is aimed at the XYUOM
VP2KAH, VP2MFC and ZL 1 BLA on 15m and JA2GBO and licensees in the club! " It's my transmitter" .. . "no it's not,
ZS 1 DZ on 20, all c.w. as noted. it's mine" situation?

St Helens & District ARC. Change of OTH. YMCA, vative Rooms, Church Road, Wavertree, with Morse classes
North Road, St Helens, weekly on Thursdays 1945, as old held over the air on 14425MHz from G3AH D every Thurs-
YWCA premises about to be sold . Now, pin back your lug- day at 8 .30pm . Contact: AI Neilson G4CVZ, 78 Ackers Hall
holes. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Liver- Avenue , Liverpool L 142 EA. or 051-220 5470.
pool to Manchester railway, BR is re-running the 1829 Saltash & District ARC. Nice to hear from this group
Rainhill Trials which were then won by Stephenson's after a long break. A warm welcome awaits any visitors on
Rocket. So, on Whit Bank Holiday, May 24, 25 and 26 , the first and third Fridays of the month at the Burraton Toe H
special event station GB2RST (Rainhill Steam Trials) will Hall, junction of Warraton Road and Oaklands Drive,
operate on h.f. and v.h.f./u.h.f. bands from the Rainhill Saltash , Cornwall, at 1930 hours. You may get PW in time
Cricket and Tennis Club with special OSLs for OSOs. Visitors to tell you that chief engineer of Plymouth Sound will talk on
will be most welcome at this station says Sec Paul Gaskell May 2 , wh ile the 16th is club station G8SAL on safari, an
G8POD , 131 Greenfield Road, St Helens, Me rseyside WA 10 outdoor meeting on Kit Hill working the DX on 2m, WX per-
6SH or ring 0744 25472. m itting . Club call is also G4GXK with some pretty good
Ipswich Radio Club. Second and last Wednesdays of eq ui pment it seems for h.f. bands. So try Chris Gallacher
the month during school term-time at Handford House, G4JCX, Moor View, Carkeel, Saltash, for info.
Ranelagh Road, Ipswich, with car parking facilit ies. Club North Bristol & Chippenham DARC's. The Toghill
offers warm welcome to visitors , newcomers or otherwise. Mobile Rally organised by these two clubs will take place on
Morse classes held on Wednesdays. Full details from: Jack Sunday, May 11, starting at 2pm, the site being the Toghill
Toothill G4IFF, 76 Fircroft Road, Ipswich , or ring 0473 Picnic area half-a-mile along the A420 from the junction of
44047 , but in the meantime May 14 se es meeting to the A420 and A46, on the Bristol side . So says the Sec of
discuss planning for a couple of N FDs and the East Suffolk the North Bristol DARC George, G2HDG, who can be con-
Wireless Revival. This big event is on May 25 at the IACSSA tacted for more information at 66 Burley Crest, Downend,
sportsground , Straight Road , Bucklesham , adjacent to the Bristol BS 16 5PW.
Suffolk Show Ground , offering something for all the family, Do write to me direct rather than via PW offices, to ad-
with bring-and-buy, licensed bar, hot snacks and many dis- dress in the box. Editor assures me it will appear this month
plays and stands, and obviously well worth a visit. GB4SWR after April 's boo-boo! Reports and especially logs by 15th of
is talk-in station on 2m and 70cm plus h.f. ba nds. the month , general correspondence at any time!
Bury Radio Society. May 13 sees talk on DF techniques
at the Mosses Community Centre , Cecil Street, Bury, with
meetings on the second Tuesday of the month generally, but
every Tuesday sees activities such as cod e practice and
constructional work. Contact: Chris Marcroft G4JAG , 24
Lancaster Avenue , Ramsbottom , Bury, or 070- 682 2168.
Edgware & District RS. Also concerned about its
programme for NFD , so discussion on May 22 plus con-
structors' contest. Meetings second and fourth Thursdays at
the Watling Community Centre , 145 Orange Hill Road ,
Edgware , at 8pm . Club net meets 10pm on Mondays on
1875kHz, but there is also code practice over the air on Top MEDIUM WAVE OX
Band and 2m by club station G3ASR , so details from : H. D.
Drury G4HM D, 39 Wemborough Road, Stanmore, Middx.
Northern Heights ARS. A junk sale on May 7 is by Charles Mol/oy GBBUS
followed on the 21 st by a demonstration of equipment by
SMC Ltd in the shape of G3PSM . So get to the Bradshaw
Tavern , Illingworth, Halifax, by 8pm these even ings, or any Recent correspondence from readers suggests that it is now
Wednesday come to that, or try: Geoff Theasby G8BMI, 12 difficult to purchase a new receiver suitable for medium-
Southfield Avenue , Riddlesden, Keighley, or ring 62859 . wave DXing , since it is current practice these days to fit a
West Kent ARS. At the Adult Education Centre, Monson ferrite-rod aerial in place of the normal m .w. aerial coil. The
Road , Tunbridge Wells, alternate Tuesdays throughout the advantage of doing this is that the receiver will not be
year, like May 9 when there is a construction contest. Ask overloaded by strong signals, as might occur if the receiver is
Brian Castle G4DYF, 6 Pinewood Avenue , Sevenoaks, Kent, switched over to the medium waves when a long wire is in
for info, or try him on 0732 56708 . use. Transistorised receivers are much more prone to
overloading than valved types.
Liverpool & District ARS. It's also NFD preparation
There are , of course, plenty of secondhand receivers
time on May 13, with a talk on North American travels by
about, either communications or domestic types, and the
G3YBH on the 20th , ending the month with a chat on RTTY
matters on the 27th . So it's every Tuesday 8pm Conser- dedicated m.w . DXer should be able to get hold of suitable
gear from this source . It is the newcomer, the potential
recruit to the medium waves, who will have a problem when
he finds that his new receiver, which is giving excellent
. .
results on the short waves, cannot be used with a m .w. loop
aerial because of the internal ferrite-rod aerial. The latter will
Reports on the various ba nds are welcome and should
be sent direct, by the 15th of the month: to: pick up signal and mask the null of any loop that is used , and
AMATEUR BANDS Eric Dowdeswell G4AR , Silver consequently the m .w. DXer's main tool-the null of the
Firs, Leatherhead Road, Ashtead, Surrey KT2 1 2T\f1/. loop-is ineffective. In order to cater for potential recuits to
Logs by bands,' each in alphabet ical order: . . the band, a new section dealing with DX picked up with a
MEDIUM and SW BANDS Charles Molloy G8BUS, portable receiver is starting this month.
132 Segars Lane, Sbuthport PR8 3JG . 'Reports for
both bands must be kept separate . DXing with a Portable
. VHF BANDS Ron Ham BRS15744, Faraday, My portable is the Vega 204, which is an early version of
Greyfriars! Storringt on, Sussex RH20 4 H E. the current Vega 206, used by a number of readers of this
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accurate, but this does not matter on the medium waves as
there are plenty of frequency markers on the band; 120 of
them on the channels between 531 kHz and 1602kHz that
.' .-.-,--
are in use in Europe under the Geneva Plan of 1978. No
need to use a calibrator if you have a frequency list such as . 1h is will
your reception of
the one in the 1980 World Radio and TV Handbook, which , - "- ' !Ulna' STATION WG E S. We have ohecked 'and'
it
lists the stations that are actually on the air. o' foUZld your listing of musical seleotions to
be o.o rrect.
Locate BBC Radio 2 on 909kHz (330m) and tune down
1 i/O'fS'Tfi%cform of rajlort io go,ou - o.bova s.v"ragel .
the band until 873kHz (334m) is reached, where you should
be able to hear the American Forces Network (AFN) in
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ng you :for your interest in
and trueting you' wtll enjoy many
S pro grams, we remain,
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Frankfurt. Turn the receiver (rotate it about its vertical axis)
to minimise interference (QRM). Do not waste time sending Yours ve'ry truly,
a report as AFN do not QSL.
r '-' E S ."
Continue down the band to 819kHz (366m) which is just t "In i'ho Hear1; of Chlcllpp"
above BBC Radio Scotland on 810kHz. Sud Radio Andorra, "--____._ ______,_" ..... ______'___ _ _.._.. .... __.. _..
with programming in French, shares this frequency with
Warsaw, and they can be separated quite easily by rotating
the set. After Sud Radio signs off, look for Rabat in Morocco
which often comes in well in the UK. Remember the slow
r" --,-" . .. --. __ ..... --.,,0. - "'_. __ .. , -,,'--.''''-''-' . .. "', . --,------1
fading that occurs on the medium waves. A station may be I
........ AIJC BADIIJ CHICAGO ;
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strong one moment and inaudible a couple of minutes later.
When tuning round the band remember to investigate
frequencies with more than one occupant, as they may be
separable using the directional properties of the internal
aerial when the receiver is rotated .
Long Wave Loops

Reader Les Richards (Walsall) who is making a long-
wave loop, is concerned about the O25in spacing between
turns which is standard with medium-wave loops. He feels
that a I.w. loop with such a spacing would be bulky and dif-
ficult to handle. On the other hand he is worried about close-
i
winding the turns since he thinks the inductance of the main I
winding would be affected. 1lu. MuMQ Radio I
At least 25 turns are required for a "40 inch" long-wave ," '0 ' " ,_.',. " oo,. . ., . . _ _ . . . _ - '
loop, and they will have to be close-wound for electrical and

mechanical reasons. The inductance of the main winding
depends on the number of turns but not on the spacing
Readers Letters I
between them, so inductance will not be changed by close Old-timer Cliff Keel sent me a QSL card he received in
winding. The winding will, however, have a high self- 1933 from WGES in Chicago. At that time he was living in
capacitance. The wires act like the plates of a simple Winnipeg and WGES was on 1360kHz with a power of 500
capacitor and the closer they are together the higher this watts. The call sign is no longer in use, so presumably the
capacitance will be . This is not important on the long waves, station is no longer on the air. The card from WLS is a more
as the frequency range of 300kHz to 150kHz has a ratio of recent QSL of my own of another Chicago broadcaster,
2:1 in place of 3:1 on the medium waves. logged in South port.
Wind your I.w. loop until it self-resonates at 300kHz, i.e. Bob Bell reports again after a long absence. His interest
without a tuning capacitor. Now connect the variable has turned to beacons and he pulled in quite a bag of them
capacitor across the main winding and there should be little between 280kHz and 370kHz using his Vega Selena Mk 2
difficulty in reaching 150kHz. and 25m long wire. Sorry Bob, I cannot cover this subject,
If you make a 25-turn loop with 025in spacing then the interesting as it is, as beacons are not broadcasting stations.
main winding will be 6in deep and the overall effect will be Those referred to previously were causing interference with
. the same as if a 6in single-turn loop had been connected broadcasts on the medium waves, and it was hoped that if
across, and at right angles to, the main winding. Its pick-up their location was known they might act as pointers to
might be enough to reduce the depth of the null, so you reception conditions.
really have to reduce depth of the main winding by close- Reader Andy Small (Barking) has picked up a total of six
spacing the turns. North Americans since reading this column last October and
The box-type winding is fine so long as the depth of the he wonders if North American DX would be good in the
winding is small compared with the other dimensions. The Azores. Anyone been there? The farther west you are in
standard "40 inch" m.w. loop with seven turns at 025in Europe then the less QRM there should be, and I
spacing has an equivalent loop at right angles to the main would expect the most favourable QTH to be on the west
winding of only 1 5in, whose pick up is negligible. coast of Ireland or in the Hebrides.
It is worth experimenting with the number of turns for the "Why do you use a tuning capacitor on a loop?" asks Jeff
coupling winding. A single turn appears suitable on the Weston. It enables the loop to be peaked up on the station
medium waves but two or even three may give an improve- you are listening to, so you get a stronger signal relative to
ment with a I.w. loop . other stations than you would if you used an untuned
A spirally-wound loop (with all turns in the same plane) (aperiodic) loop . Without such tuning the loop would
gets round the problem of depth, but a spiral loop is difficult resonate at the frequency determined by its inductance and
to construct even for m.w. use. I have a 9-turn spiral loop self-capacitance , which would be around 1600kHz for the 7-
which does not perform any better than a box type, and I turn "40 inch" model, and the performance would fall off as
would hesitate before making one for the long waves. you tuned down the band.

(21 450-21 750) and 11 m (25600-26 100). These are the
official limits, though there is some spread beyond them.
Divide 300000 by metres to get kHz and similarly divide
300000 by kHz to get metres. A wavelength of 50 metres
equals 6000kHz, which is the same as 6M Hz.
The 49m band is at the low frequency (U.) end of the
spectrum and the 11 m band is at the h.f. end. Every receiver
should tune to the 49m band. With a few sets the range ex-
tends only up to 12 M Hz, leaving out the four h.f. bands
SHORT-WAVE BROADCASTS which are long distance daytime frequencies . A larger num-
ber of receivers finish as 18MHz omitting 13m and 11 m.
Few go as far as 11 m, but this does not matter a great deal ,
by ChaTles Mol/ay GBBUS since the 11 metre band is used only near the date of the
sunspot maximum which occurs every ten years or so.
Radio Andorra International

Until recently, receivers on offer for broadcast band DXing
were really general-coverage versions of those available to As reported by Roy Patrick last month, Radio Andorra
radio amateurs. Good selectivity was an important feature, International is now on 6215kHz in the 49 metre band. This
and the 0 Multiplier incorporated in some of the lower- station , which is located high in the Pyrenees, is probably
priced models gave a peaky type of response that was very the lowest power s.w. station in Europe , as it transmits with
useful for digging out DX. Good selectivity led to poor audio a power of only 3kW. The primary coverage area is Southern
quality, which did not bother anyone much as few DXers England, the Benelux countries and Northern France, but it
listened to the programmes anyway. can probably be heard over a much wider area as it comes in
Now there has been quite a dramatic change . Listening to well at my OTH in Lancashire. When a new 1 OkW transmit-
broadcasts on the short waves has become more popular, ter and aerial system come into use later in the year, the
the programmes have improved enormously and the trend is station should cover most of Western Europe.
reflected by the type of receiver on offer in the shops. World Music Radio, which broadcasts over Radio Andorra
from 2100 to 2200 GMT on Sundays, is operated by a small
Receivers for Short-Wave Listening team of broadcasters and DXers from several countries in
Europe. Their aim is to provide a type of programme suitable
In past issues I have highlighted a few of the qualities to for young people of Europe who are interested in short-wave
look for in a receiver intended for DXing . It is now the turn of listening and DXing .
the SWL, and we will look at some desirable characteristics Since February 17 the WMR programme has included OX
that should be found in a set to be used for short-wave World, which is edited by Andy Sennitt, the Assistant
listening . Editor of the World Radio and TV Handbook. Andy says that
Stability the opportunity is being taken to make use of the large
Electrical stability means freedom from drif t . If you switch amount of information arriving at the WRTH office each
on a short-wave receiver and tune in a programme you do week and he hopes this programme will supplement the
not want to have to retune five minutes later and perhaps WRTH and the Newsletter.
every 15 minutes thereafter. Modern receivers employ the Andorra is an independent state situated between Spain
Wadley Loop or the phase-lock-loop principle which prac- and France, and it can be found on the short waves just
tically eliminates drift. Not a great advantage if you are con- beyond the high frequency end of the 49 metre (6M Hz)
tinually tuning around the bands ' but a boon if you want to band . Reception reports can go to: Radio Andorra, BP1,
stick to one station. Andorre-Ie-Vieille, Andorra along with a single International
Reply Coupon to obtain the station OSL, or to : WMR, PO
Station Selection
Accuracy of tuning is obviously desirable . You want to ,
locate a short-wave station with certainty. Digital readout is
the answer of course, for with it you can tune in Radio
Canada International on 15325kHz as easily as you can
locate BBC Radio 2 on the medium waves. Set the band
I.
f'
switch to the appropriate range , rotate the tuning control
until 15325 is displayed, turn up the gain and there you are .
Digital readout is putting short-wave listening on the map!
Audio Quality
Reasonable audio quality is required if you want to listen
to a programme, especially if there is music . Consequently
the receiver cannot have good selectivity as the two do not
go together. Good selectivity means poor audio response;
good audio then poor selectivity. It is not an accident that
some quite expensive sets are classed as "selectivity poor"
by DXers. If your interest lies in short-wave listening as well
as DXing then get a receiver with more than one degree of
selectivity in the a.m . mode .
Range
The international short-wave broadcast bands lie between
5950kHz and 26 100kHz. At the moment they consist of the
49 metre band (5950kHz to 6200kHz), 41 m band The QS L Card of
(7100-7300). 31 m (9500-9775), 25m (1 1 700-11975). Radio Andorra
19m (15100-15450), 16m (17700- .1 7900), 13m International

Box 4078, Amsterdam, Holland along with two IRCs for the
WMR QSL.
WhatisDX?
Reader Dave Farran lists some stations logged recently
and asks if they could be classed as OX. There is really no
definition of OX that applies to the broadcast bands. It de-
pends on a number of factors such as the location, receiver
and type of aerial, and is very much a matter of opinion
anyway. What is difficult for one DXer may be easy for
another, so why not enjoy the hobby and make the most of
whatever is available. There is a lot of fun and interest for
everyone on the s.w. bands these days.
Radio New Zealand

The latest schedule received from R NZ is: Pacific Service,
1800-2105 on 11 B35kHz or 17 B60kHz; 2115-0815 on Fig. 1: The QSL Card of Tony Green VS6EZ, Hong
17860; 1800-0625 on 15345; 0640-1030 on 6105. The Kona
Australian and NW Pacific Service, 0730-1115 on 11 945;
0945-1115 on 6105. All times in GMT.
120 metre Band (2300-2495kHz) KONG AWARDS.

Last November, David Wyatt of Oswestry, reported NINE DRAGONS AWARD
One c ontact with a country in each of the following
hearing an unidentified station on 2480kHz using an
9 70nes' zones 18.19.24 '030 inc.
AR88LF and a 25m long wire. David has approached the Contact for zone 24 must be a V S6.
BBC Monitoring Service, who suggest he might have heard Stations within t he 9 zones requ i re 2 con tact s in each
Radio Ponta Pora at Rondon6polis in Brazil, though the BBC lone, with 2 VS6 contacts .
Contac ,s afier 1 Jan 79 only vQlid . S" I'Jr'I ' .0,(-0 ..'(
were unable to obtain a positive identification. Fee US$3 or equivalent. "'" I::: I " 0
More news of 120m comes from DX World, who report a
F IRECRACKER AWARD
tentative logging in Europe of the Falkland Islands on Six contacts With d i fferent VS6 stations
2370kHz at 0030. This station has recently increased power Stations in 70nes 18. 19.24 to 28 require lOcontac ts
with differen t VS6 sta t ions .
from 500 watts to 5kW, and it is on the air during the period
Con,ac ts after 1 Jan 64 only vaJjJ. p.""
April to September from 2230 (Sat. 2030 and Sun. 2200) Fee 10 IRC or eqUivalent. C I 01'_"",, . .)I(.D." ,
until 0100. The address is : Falkland Islands Broadcasting Usual condi t ions
Service, Broadcasting Studios, Stanley, Falkland Islands. Cer ti fi ed log extrac t s only requ ired. No UMbS!
HARTS. Box 54 1. Hong Ko ng .
Readers' Letters
Reader P. Carter asks for the best frequencies for a num-
Fig. 2: Details of the Nine Dragons and Firecracker
ber of countries but unfortunately there is no easy answer.
Awards of the Hong Kong Amateur Radio Trans-
Schedules change four times a year in March, May, Septem- mitting Society
ber and November and in order to keep up with latest
changes you have to listen to programmes such as Sweden
At midday on March 11, Henry located three sunspots
Calling DXers on Tuesday or DX World on a Sunday. In reply
with his spectrohelioscope and then found, high in the
to Donald Steward (Hamilton) you have been listening to
northern hemisphere, the largest prominence he has ever
commercial stations, which is illegal and I cannot identify
seen, rising some 120000 miles above the sun's surface.
them for you.
" Whatever caused it, " said Henry on the phone , "is on the
other side of the limb, and what's more, it has a visual
bandwidth of 3 angstroms and three bright patches."
Ted Waring, Bristol, using his optical telescope, counted
47 sunspots on February 16, 14 on March 4, and 8 on
March 9 and 13 .
Cross Band, 10m to 6m

Tony Green VS6EZ is looking for cross-band contacts
with European stations and can be found on 21 150kHz to
make arrangements. Tony uses a Microwave Modules 2m to
6m transverter (1 OW p.e .p./f.m .) to a 5-element beam and
calls on 50150MHz and listens on 50150, 52100 and
by Ron Ham BRS15744 28 -490M Hz. He has made a CO tape, with breaks of 10
seconds after each minute. Tony is OSL Manager for the
Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society and in addi-
Solar tion to his own OSL card (Fig. 1) , he enclosed deUils of the
Although both Cmdr Henry Hatfield, Sevenoaks, and I Nine Dragons Award and the Firecracker Award which can
recorded a large, 7 -minute duration, burst of solar radio be won by both transmitting stations and SWLs (Fig . 2) .
noise at 1205 on February 28, and a few small bursts on the Frank Emery G3ZMF, Tadworth, Surrey, is now listening
29th, the sun, at our observational frequencies of 136 and on 6m with a Microwave Modules converter, and Harold
143M Hz respectively, was quiet from February 19 to March Brodribb, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, has obtained an ex-
16. military, RL85 communications receiver, tuneable through

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Slow Scan Television
Between 1440 and 1500 on February 17, Sam
Faulkner, Burton-on-Trent, received SSTV pictures from
WA2YJD, Wl GNS, W2SBN , W2UOX and WA4UUV. Dur-
ing the excellent 10m conditions between 1730 and 1830
a80 OAY I MONTH YEAR UTC MH, RST c WAY on March 5, Sam had another good haul of lOWs, an EA
and a VE. For the Stateside SSTV Contest, Sam monitored
G.fl1 If.!: If <T J/ I 10 1
79 1 / .,[ 5"0
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between 1700 and 1850 on March 8 and regularly between
C ..
Ex.WB2RLK/VEl DXCC WAC WAS WPX DXDC WAZ 1300 and 2040 on the 9th, copying strong video around
PSE OSL TNX BOB BILLINGS 28680MHz from VE , VP2, Ws 1, 2,3,4, 5,6,8 , 9 , 0, ZS6,
IT9 and 5NO. He also received signals from G3WW and
Fig. 3: A QSL Card confirming a cross-band QSO on G4JBV who were taking part in the event.
50/28MHz between VE1AVX and GM41HJ
OSCAR
28-40, 39-57 and 56-84MHz, which, in conjunction with Readers who require information about the OSCAR
his AR88 will be very useful for listening to cross-band programmes can listen to the AMSAT net, which meets each
QSOs. If anyone can help Harold with gen about the RL85, Sunday at 1800GMT on 14280, and at 1900 on
please let me know and I will pass it on. 21 280MHz. Many AMSAT enthusiasts may be found on
At 1025 on March 9, John Branegan GM4IHJ , Saline, 28 880MHz each Saturday and Sunday, on the hour be-
Fife, heard signals from the 6m beacon ZS6PW at 329 and tween 1400 and 1800. Anyone wishing to join AMSAT-UK
heard ZS6LN working G stations. I think we would all agree and receive their publication, OSCAR NEWS, should contact
with John when he says that Bob Billings VE 1 AVX (see Fig . Ron Broadbent G3AAJ, 94 Herongate Road, Wanstead
3) was the bright star of the recent 6m activity. John Park, London E 12 5EQ, Like many other enthusiasts, John
received bursts of signals on 50M Hz, via meteor trail reflec- Branegan has been testing gear ready for the launch of
tion, from stations in El , KP4 and PYlon February 28 and AMSAT-OSCAR-9 , expected between 1500 and 1800 on
March 2, 3, 4 and 7 . John intends to keep all his gear ready, May 20. Information should be available from WA2LQQ on
because he is expecting another brief 6m opening in 28 880MHz, or if propagation is poor, 21 280MHz will be
October. Let's hope so. used, WA2LQQ will transmit from 1400 until well into the
post launch period.
The 10 Metre Band
Throughout the 28-day period from February 18 to March DXTV
16, the band has been about the same as in previous During the tropospheric opening on February 24, David
months, with strong signals from Russian stations during the Appleyard, Uppsala, Sweden , had his first practical
early morning and from both north-American and Russian experience of DXTV, when he saw two different Soviet
stations, often in QSO , at midday. I usually listen on 10m stations, Channels Rl0 207 25MHz and Rl l 21525MHz.
during the early morning and again at lunch time, and heard One of them was also on u.h.f . Channel 28 and sound to
strong signals from Japanese stations around 0930 on match the other one was heard on f.m. radio at 91 7 M Hz.
February 18,20,23, 24,25 , 27,29 and Ma rch 2, 4,5,6 , 8, David 's choice of OX viewing was either ice-skating from
11 and 13 to 16. Following the pattern of recent months, I Lake Placid or a programme about the Soviet armed forces.
heard signals from the International Beacon Project stations He picked up another Russian station on R8, 191 25MHz,
in Bahrain A9XC, on 28 days, Cyprus 5B4CY on 22 days, and on several days he has received pictures from Finland in
and Germany DLOIGI and DKOTE on 26 and 28 days Band Ill , over a distance of 200-250 miles. Nicholas
respectively . The majority of IBP signals were seldom more Wythe, Folkestone, is off to a good start with TV DXing,
than 539 . ' because , with his Ekco T545 and Sanyo T234 portable
My thanks to Colin Phillips G3RLA, Wirral, who sent me receivers, using their own loop aerials, he received signals
a gen sheet about the Metroplex repeater system, which he from Wavre, Belgium, Channel 28 , and Dortmund, Channel
received from WB2MGB, who, along with K2KLN , con- 25 (Fig. 4) , on February 27 . Among the many stations he
ceived the idea back in January 1978. "The present repeater identified during the morning were test cards showing
systems are located in New York City and North Bergen, "Haardkopf Kanal 35" and " Angelburg Kanal 24," Ken
New Jersey. Additional repeater sites are under construction Willis G8VR , Hartley, Kent, has an American standard , 525-
and will substantially increase the coverage areas," says the line, Zenith receiver and intends looking in that direction for
gen sheet, which continues : "The 2m antenna is a 4-bay, television pictures. John Branegan received weak, short-
62dB gain , omni-directional , vertically polarised array. The lived pictures, mainly on Channel E2 , via sporadic-E , on
transmission line is kin nitrogen-pressurised Heliax. The an- February 19, 21,22,26,27 and March 1 and 2 .
tenna is 560ft a.s.1. and the e.r.p, is 260 watts. The Around 1730 on February 28, with his barometer reading
Metroplex 1 Om f.m. repeater operates from dual sites and is 30Ain , Sam Faulkner was not surprised to receive pictures
heard all over the world . The receiving facility is located in from Radio Telefis Eireann-1, Channel H and a test card on
North Bergen , New Jersey. The signals are relayed to New RTE-2 Channel I. At 1730 on the 29th he logged several
York City where the 10m transmitter is located. The an- RTE channels in Band III between 175 and 216MHz. RTE-l
tennas are vertically polarised , 560ft a.s.1. and produce an H was very strong and Sam watched such programmes as
e.r.p. of 100 watts. The 10m repeater is cross- linked to the Mark and Mindy, Nuach and Feach. Shop Around and a
2m repeater so that 2m operators can take advantage of ch ildren 's programme. For most of the evening of the 28th ,
10m OX conditions. All Metroplex repeaters are set up on an Sam received strong pictures from BBC Television South,
emergency generated power system, stay on 24 hours a day, Channel 39 and the IBA station , Southern Television,

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At 2021 on the 1st, Alan Baker G4GNX, Newhaven,
worked DB2VZ!P on 2m s.s.b., and between 0200 and
0213 on the 2nd he had s.s.b. OSOs with DLOEE/ P, DKOVL,
F 1 CTH/ P and H B9AH D/ P, a few minutes of super DX! At
. 1224 he had a c.w. contact with GJ3YHU/ A. During the
event, Frank Emery G3ZMF, using an FT- 221 Rand 45 watt
p.a . plus an 8-element Vagi at 35ft a.g .l., worked 105 sta -
tions. His best DX was DKOVL, 688km and his co ntacts
ranged over DL, F, G, GO, GW, ON and PAO. George
Grzebieniak RS41733 , London , looking for points for the
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stations (all G) on 70cm . George recently changed his 8-
over-8 70cm aerial for a Jaybeam M B M48 and is pleased
with the results.
The lift was brewing up on the 27th, because at 0910, I
heard signals through the Bristol Channel and Birming ham
repeaters and was getting a reasonable picture from
Lichfield on Channel 8 . By monitoring these particular
signals, with dipole aerials feeding th e re ceive rs, I can tell
Fig. 4: A German TV Caption received by Nicholas the extent of a developing or prevailing disturbance. These
Wythe in Folkestone, Kent signals were again strong at 1000 on the 28th, and at 0140
and 0800 on March 1. At 2154 on the 1st, I heard PE lOTS
Channel 42 , using his 91-element, wide-band Vagi , which working G4MB/M through the Kent repeater GB3KR , R4.
eTlabled him to see the programmes South Today and Day Signals were again heard through GB3BC, BM and KR on
by Day. March 15 and 16 as the atmospheric pressure moved up
I see from the catalogue sent to me by Roger Bunney, around the 302in region once more .
my opposite number in the I PC magazine Television and a
director of South West Aerial Systems, that his firm stocks
aerials , amplifiers, converters and aerial installation compo- VHF Con vention
nents suitable for the DXer. Readers interested should send The organisers of the RSGB 's 25th VH F Conventi on, held
an s.a.e . to Roger, who w ill also give technical advice on at the Winning Post Hotel and Whitton School , Whitt on, on
aerial problems, at South West Aerials, 10 Old Boundary March 8 , were well satisfied with an attendance of almost
Road, Shaftesbury, Dorset. 1000 people and the support of some 40 trade exhibitors.
The afternoon lectures, in Whitton School, covering suc h
subjects as " WARC 1979", Microprocessors, VH F Contests,
Tropospheric Moonbounce, Working OX, OSCAR and Microwaves, were
The atmospheric pressure rose sharply from 3005in at all well attended .
midday on February 16 to 303in at midnight on the 17th,
when it began to fall through the 18th, to reach 30 0in by
1600 on the 19th. True to form, the v.h.f.s opened with the BATC
falling pressure and at 0027 and 0920 on the 18th and A stand which I visited at the Con ve ntion was th at of the
0925 on the 19th, I heard many GW and G mobiles working British Amateur Television Club , who told me that pl ans are
through the Bristol Channel repeater GB3BC, R6. Around under way for their bi-annual convention at Post House
0930 on the 18th, I heard several French broadcast stations Hotel, Leicester, on October 5. Confirmation and further
coming up in Band 11, and received a strong " Good Morning" details will be available from Mike Cox G8HUA, 2 Holm e
caption from the I BA transmitter at Lichfield, Channel 8, Lane, Bottesford, Scunthorpe.
189 M Hz. About 1300 on the 17th, David Appleyard heard The BATC was founded in 1949 to co-ordinate the ac-
strong signals around 912MHz from what he is sure was tivities of amateur radio enthusiasts experimenting with
TRT-3, the third channel of the Turkish Radio-Television Cor- television transmissions. They are affiliated to the RSGB and
poration . "Looking at the E'u ropean weather map for midday have a representative on the Society's VHF Committee .
on the 17th, I am convinced that I experienced an opening Membership information for BATC is available from Brian
between Turkey and Scandinavia," writes David, who also Summers G8GOS, 13 Church Street, Gainsborough , Lincs.
heard a couple of Finnish stations, Aland 91 3MHz and
Turku 94 3MHz.
News/tems
Good progress is being made with the 70cm rep ea ter for
Two Metre Contest Horsham GB3HO , by the Sussex Repeater Group. Wh en it is
The annual March open contest, organised by the RSGB, heard on RB14, reports will be welcome by G4EFO , QTHR .
is always well supported and every competitor hopes for a Th e Sussex Mobile Rally, due to be held at Brighton Ra ce
lift to bring that extra DX and make the event even more ex- Course on June 1, promises to be a great affair with some
citing . It was fortunate that the pressure, which had hovered 15000sq ft of exhibition area for trade exhibito rs and th e
around 300in from midday on February 19 to midnight on ever-popular Bring-and-Buy stall. There will be a special
the 22nd , began to rise sharply and by midnight on the 23rd OSL card for those stations who work or hear the
it reached 30Ain . Although there was a slight drop during demonstration and talk-in station GB2SMR.
the 24th and 25th , it returned to 30Ain at noon on the 26th Can anyone help Ed Watkina G8RKI , 45 Heidelberg
and continued to rise , reaching a peak of 3055in at midday Road , Southsea , Portsmouth , Hants, with a circu it or manual
on the 28th, but by midnight a slow fall had begun . The for an old H MV Model 1200 radio? Ed says it has a duff
pressure fell slowly through the 29th and accelerated mains transformer and if he can get the correct gen he will
through March 1 and 2, just right for the contest. endeavour to re-wind it.

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13A time switch adaptors 17 amp ripple current 2.00 each. 47R, ISOR, S60R, 2K, 22K, 68K,
DPDT 89p Smiths TS 100 14.43 net
DPDT92p 6FIO stud rect. 100V P.LV. 6A 2Sp. lOOK, SOp per carton. State value.
LOflin,
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AND AS FOR SEMI CONDUCTORS ... over SO components 70p. pot cores 1.00.
lN9t4 6p 40673 99p MJ461 1.70 T1P4tA 69p
1 N4007 9p AG128 36p MJ491 1 .88 Tl P41G 74p PCB with GEC G424 triac control
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2N4443 1.78 ALl02 1.84 OA90 8p 27Xl07 .9 14p
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40636 1.69 El210 92p Tl P32A 52p
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JC'2 AND JC20AMPLlFIERS
Integ ra ted ci rcuit audio amplifier chips with
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CON.T !NENTAL SPEC .1PRODUCTS
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ELECTRO-TECH COMPONENTS LTD.
I *BASED
CASSETTE DECK KIT
HIGH FIDELITY STEREO ON DESIGN OF
CASSETTE TRANSPORT MECHANISM MR. LlNSLEY-HOOD *
ELECTRO-TECH COMPONENTS have secured a very large We have developed an outs tan ding ste reo cassette kit w ith
quantity of cassette transport mechanisms, equipped with all th e aid of Mr. Lin sley- Hood, to complement th e improved
the latest improvements, as well as "SEN ALLOY" type 1.5 spec ification and lates t import ant adva nces in casse tt e elec-
micron record/ replay heads, and solenoid-controlled auto- troni cs since the original design was published. Th e kit is
stop action. These were manufactured by JVC/VICTOR of idea l for use in conjunct ion wit h th e JVC transport
Japan to specification of TAN OB ERG OF NORWAY. This mechanism (Ieftl.
mechanism alone would normally cost over 50. Included in the kit are two fibreglass p es's, drill ed and
plated for immediate assembly, two VU meters, Dual LED
Peak Meters, Variab le Sia s sys tem, Power Supply, over 10
FEATURES : micro-c irc ui t IC's for the most up-to-date performance, as
* Close-tolerance. high-quality, top loading tran sport we ll as monitori ng amplifier, test and ca libration cassette,
* " Sen-Alloy" (SA type) R/ P head etc.
* Solenoid-driven autostop circuit Price of Kit (without transport mech.)
* Autom atic head cleaning device 35.95 VAT inc. plus 1.00 P&P
* Air damped "soft" cassette eject
* Miniature microswitches for switching Al so ava ilable. A custom-designed case for th e Kit, this is a
* Pre-aligned heads and calibrated motor speed full ,! screened enclosu re, sloping panel. satin anodised, wood
end panels, professional finish.
regulator built in
** Three-digit tape position counter Price of Case9.75 VAT inc. piu. 1.00 P&P
Six-function keyboard controls "Record," " Rewind," 'Reade rs will know of the origi nal LlNSLEY-HOOD
"Forward," "Play," "Stop/Eject," " Pause ." 14.95 VAT inc. CASSETIE DECK design. pub li shed in May 197 6. Subse-
* peB connectors and cables attached quent articles by Mr. Linsl ey-Hood have con firm ed that th e
* High-mass balanced flywheel with permanent plus1.00P&P
design far exceeded his or igina l expectat io ns, so much so
lubrication spindle th at he published a number of im prove m ents, modifications,
* Full specifications for motor, heads, and switch es and add itional featu res to the original design, which are now
available on request. incorporated in this Kit.
OFF THE SHELF

OFF THE SHELF
DELIVERY ON THESE HERE IT IS ... DELIVERY ON THESE
THE EVER POPULAR
IFLUKEI 8022A HAND-HELD DMM
IFLUKEI
Consider the following features :
6 resistance ranges from 200 ohm-
20 ohms.
BRAND NEW FROM FLUKE ... 8 current rang es from 2mA-2A
ACi DC.
NOW AVAILABLE 10 voltage ranges from 200 mv-
t.
1000v DC-200 mc-750V AC
THE 8024A HAND HELD DMM Jtr IW> _, - . , '
This model incorporates all the features of the
Pocket size - weighing only 370
gms.
Full overload protection - will
I'.... '.
!
8020A but in addition has:
A peak hold switch which can be used in AC
or DC for volts and current functions.
withstand 6k.v spikes
Augged constru ct ion - virtually in- l fSi;1 - : .:.::.:J. : . :. .
destructable.
Audible continuity testing and level detection M eets tough military spe cs. - drop
for sensing logic leve ls.
A temperature (OC) range for use with a ther-
proof.
In line, pushbutton ope ration for
8010A AND 8012A
mocouple.
135
single-handed useage.
In co rporates low power cmos ch ip
BENCH MODEL D.M.M.s
Carriage and Insurance 3 for low power consumption. The 801 OA is a general purpose. bencl1/ portable digital
The following accePOri.. .r. in nock All thi s plus a 2-yea r full guarantee . l11u ltimeter with more functions and features than ever
now Soft carrying case o ffered for such a low pric e. Its companion. the 801 2A
Y8008 Touch and Hold Probe...
80K-40 High Voltage Probe .. .
18.00
45.00
For only 89 7 extra has identical characteristics except that it tlas two
Carriage and In su rance 3 add itional low resistance ranges. 20 and 200 to replace
81RF AF Probe to 100 MHZ .............. .. 32.00
80T-150C Temperatu re Probe (C) .. 55.00 the 801 OA's la ampere current range.
801-600 Clamp-on AC Current Probe 55.00 Th e 801 OA ancl 80 12A l eature:
10 voltage ranges from 200nw- 1OOOv dc, 200mv-7 5v ac.
Even more sophisticated the Fluke 8020A. 3 conductance ranges from 2m5-200n5.
Identical in most respects to the 8022A but in addition 6 resistan ce ranges from 2000 -20mO .. tile 80l2A has
incorporates a conductance range from 2mS-200nS. two additional resistance ranges 20 and 20 0 .
' 0 curren t ranges from 200JjA-2A AC/DC - tile 80 I OA
has two addit iona l cur ren t ranges lOA AC and lOA DC.
Price 112
801 OA 159 8Cl12A 199
Carriage and Insurance 3.00 Carriage and Insurance [3.
I
The 80 10A is also available with two recha rgeable
" A handsome soft carrying case is included (this model only) Ni cad size C batteries installed in option - 0 1 a + 179 .00 .
TMKSOO CHROME DtOXDE PLEASE ADD BENDlX MAGNETIC CLUTCH ROTARY STUD SWITCH
MULTITESTER CASSElTES
3O.0000PV 15% VAT TO Supe rb example of
Umited quantity only. Excellent
A sturdy and
reliable instrument. quality linle known brand (Italian). ALL ORDERS elec tra-mechanics. Dozens of uses
in Home, Farm.
PLESSEY 30 -way 2
EXCEPT WHERE ITEMS MARKED Main body in two bank. Sir'9lc pole
Has internal buzzer. Satisfaction guaranteed , C90s sec tions , coi l sec- Contacts 1 amp 240v .
AC volts: 0 to 2.5, only. Price per six (minimum "VAT INCLUDED"
tion fixed with r' AC / DC . 0050 res
10. 25. 100, 250.
500,1000.
quantity) 6 inc. VAT. P&P 75p
any quantity.
CALLERS sleeve. drive sec tion Make before break
rotat in g on oute r Stop infinitely ad-
DC volts: 0 to 0 .25 , 1, 2 .5, 10. 25, WELCOME peri meter. Uniting justable allowing tor
100.250, 1000. DC current : 0 to FERRIC OXIDE p lat e has f' ID any desired li r e of
We are open 9 a.m .-6 p.m.
50 us, 5 ma, 50 ma, 12 amp. CASSElTES bearing concentric travel. Ideal for in!)tru
Aeslstance: 0 to 6K, 6 meg , 60 Monday-Saturday.
Excellent Quality (Italian) C120s w ith main secllon ment and rnodel
meg. We carry a ve ry large
and 18-toot h cog switching . Size
Oecibels : -20 to +56 db. only. Price per 6 (min. quantity) 6 selection of electronic wheel. Extr emely
4.75 di<l . overall 2;" deep
incl. VAT, P&P 75p any quantity. components and
Short test : Internal buzzer.
electro-mecha nical items
powerfu l tran smis- t r dia . 3.25
Size: 160 x 110x55 mm. This offer only applies while stocks sion. 24V O.C 240 P&P75p spmdle. P& P 50p
20.50 P&P 75p last. Special quotations on (Juan t ities m/a.
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CHANNEL AUTO"
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,
UGHT-AFL6
ReA 8 Amp Triacs
500W per channel * 2
channels flip flop', 1 channel
sound to light. Fully
automatic via built in mic
No connection to amplifier
necessary , 1750
4 CHANNEL SOUND
, SEQUENCE TO LIGHT
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VALVES AT NEW LOW PRICES
RECEIVING. So. TRANSMITTING, DISPLAY. GAS FILLED. ETC.
Type No. Price ea . Type No. Price ea . Type No. Price . Type No. Price ea.
PRACTICAL
8K66
8K448
8T5
8T58
077
59 .15
76.90
37.80
28.15
0 .80
EF37A
EF39
EF80
EF85
EF86
2.75
1.50
0 ,80
0.91
0.80
M8137
M8162
M8163
M 8212
ME14 00
0 .94
0 .85
2.65
0 .85
3.50
OY4-250
0206-20
RG l -240A
TY2- 125
TY4-400
72.00
24.10
16.00
61 .80
62.27
WIRELESS
OF61
OM160
OY86/87
E55L
0.56
3 .20
0 .64
15.00
EF89
EF91
EF92
EF93
0.72
1.85
2.20
0 .60
OA2
OA2WA
082
EN9 2
1.45
2.50
2.55
3.1 0
UCL82
XG 1-2500
5U4G
5V4G
0 .65
59.60
1.95
1.35
WHEN
E80CC 5.65 EF95 2.60 PC86 0 .83 6AK6 1.90
E80 CF
E80F
E82CC
E83CC
10.40
6.32
1.85
3 .50
EF1 83
EF184
EH 90
EK90
1 .26
0.75
0 .86
0.76
PC88
9C97
PC900
PCC85
0.83
1.40
0 .58
1.10
6A06
6AU6
68H6
6807A
1.30
0.95
1.20
1 .85
REPLYING TO
E83F 2 .10 EL34 1.64 PCC89 1.50 68 R7 6.00
ADVERTISEMENTS
E86C 6.20 EL36 0 .82 PCC189 1.75 6857 4 .00
E88C 3 .15 EL3 7 4.65 PCF80 0 .87 78W6 5.30
E88CC 3 .15 EL81 1.48 PCFB 6 1.58 68W7 1.45
E92CC 1.65 EL84 0 .96 PCF200 2.15 6C4 1.30
E995 3 .65 EL86 1.65 PCF801 0 .95 6L6GT 1.60
E130L 16.30 EL90 1.25 PCF802 0 .81 6S4A 1.25
E180CC 4 .65 EL91 5.85 PCF805 1.40 6SJ7G 1.10
E 180F 5.45 EL95 1.28 PCFB08 1.40 6SL7GT 2.68
E182 CC
E186F
E188CC
6.34
5.50
3.45
EL360
EN91 .
EN 92
4.12
2.56
3.18
PC H200
PCL8 2
PCL84
1.10
0 .74
0 .83
6SN7GT
6V6GT
6X5GT
0 .90
0 .95
0.95
Top Priority for
E288CC
E810F
EAFBO l
E8C81
7.40
8 .10
2.75
0 .85
EY51
EY84
EY86
EY88
1.66
4 .40
0.64
1.25
PCL85
PCL86
P0500
PFL2 0Q
0 .85
0 .85
3.90
1.40
12AL5
12AU6
128H7
12 El
1.85
1.85
0.98
8.00
every constructor-
E891
EC91
EC92
0.95
1.82
0 .94
EY500A
EY802
El80
1.65
0.96
0.58
PL36
PL81
PL84
1 .15
0 .80
0 .75
12SN7GT
29C l
30FL2/ 1
2.00
10.00
1.20
HOME RADIO
ECC8'
ECC82
ECC83
0.78
0 .60
0.78
EZ81
El90
GXU l
0.75
1 .20
15.00
PL9 5
PL504
PL508
1.10
1 .58
1 .85
30PL14
90Cl
90CG
1.95
2.80
13.68
CATALOGUE
ECC84 1.19 Gl32 1.45 PL509 2.75 90CV 9.00
ECC85 0 .82 GZ33 1.55 PL802 2.90 92AG 7.96 _ Over 2.000 items clearly listed .
ECC88 1.20 GZ34 1.45 PY88 0 .78
ECC9' 1.38 KT61 3.96 PY500A 1.55 CASH WITH ORDER
_ Profusely illustrated throughout.
ECC2 000 4 .50 KT66 4.25 PY800 1 .20 Corriogo SOp. VAT 15%. _ Over 100 A-4 size pages.
ECF80 0.80 KTSS 7.15 PY8 1/ 80 1 0.68
ECF82 0 .80 M8079 0.82 OV06 -20 11 .50 Account facilities I_ Bargain list included free.
ECH 8 1 0 .75 M808 1 3 .40 00V03-20 18.10 avajlable for
ECL80 0 .95 M8082 2.14 00V03 - 10 4 .50 established customers.
ECL8 2 0 .63 M8083 2.14 00V06-40A 21 .85 SendchequeorP.O. for1.30
ECL85 0.82
Quotations given for
M8 100 1.45 00V02 -6 12.04
ECL86 0 .94 M8136 0 .85 00206-40 55.20
large quantities.
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R.C.S. LOUDSPEAKER BARGAINS BAKER
30hm .6 x 4in. 1 ' 50. 7 x 4in 1 -50. 8 x Sin. 2 ' 50. 611n. 50 WATT BAKER SPEAKERS Post
1 '50 ea,
1 ' 80. 8in. 2 60. lain . 3. 12in . 4 .
8 ohm . 211n. 1 50. 3in. 1 50. Sin . 1-50. lai n. 3, 12in . 4. AMPLIFIER "STAR SOUND"
16 ohm. 6 x 4in. 1 50. 7 x 4in. 1 -50. Sin . 1 50. 8in. 260.
lOin . 3 . 12in. 4.10 x 6in. 3'50.
LOW VOLTAGE ELECTROLVTICS
69 Posl2 @, :-.', ,:.: :..: .,-. GROUP 45-12
12in. 4S watt
.,8 or 16 ohm s.
15
1 , 2,4 ,5,8, '6. 25, 30, 50, '00, 200mF '5V lOp. Sup erio r quality id ea l far Hall s/ PA syst ems. Di sco's and
GROUP 75-12
500mF '2V 15p; 25V 20p; 50V 30p; '200mF/76V 80p.
1000mF 12V 17p ; 25V 35p ; SOV 47p ; l00V 70p ;
2000mF 6V 25p; 25V 42p; 420mF/500V 1 30.
Groups. T wo inputs with Mix er Volume Controls . M ast er
Bass , Trebl e and Gain Control s. 50 watts RMS, Three
speaker outlets 4, 8, 16. ohm . AC 240V (120V ava ilabl e). Blue
12in . 75W professio na l
mod el. 4, 8 or 16 ohms
24
2500mF SOV 62p; 3000mF 25V 47p; SOV 6Sp. wa rdin g an black cabinet, Res pons e 30 - 16,000 .
3300mF 63V 1 20; 4700mF 63V 1 ' 20 j 2700mF/ 76V 1. With ' aluminium presence dame,
5000mF 35V 8Sp. 5600mF/76V 175.
BAKER 150 Watt AMPLIFIER 4 inputs 89
GROUP 100/ 12
HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTROLVTICS
DRILL SPEED CONTROLLER / LIGHT DIMMER KIT. Easy to
build kit. Control s up to 480 watts 3.25 12 in 100W model
8 or 16 ohm
29
8/350V 22p 8+8/450V SOp 50+ 50/3OOV SOp
'6/350V
32/5OOV
5O/350V
30p
75p
80p
8+ '6/450V 50p
'6 + '6/450V SOp
32+32/450V 75p
,OO + ,OO/275V 65p
32+32/350V 50p '50+2OO/275V 70p
STEREO PRE-AMP KIT . All parts t o bu il d thi s pre-amp, 3
Inputs for high medium or law gain per channel , w ith volume
GROUP 100-15
1Sin. 100 watt 35
Can be ganged 2 .95 8 or 16 ohms.
Send far leaflets an Disco , P . A. and G ro up Gear.
MANV OTHER ELECTROLVTlCS IN STOCK
SHORT WAVE l00pl air spaced gangable tune r, 95p. R.C.S. SOUND TO LIGHT DISPLAY MK 2
TRIMMERS 'Op F, 30p F, 50p F, 5p. 'OOpF, '50p F, 15p. Complet e kit of parts with R.C.S . printed circuit. Three
E M.I. I3t X 8in SPEAKER SALE!
CERAMIC, lpF to O' OlmF, 5p. Silver Mica 2 to 5000pF, 5p. channels. Up to 1,000 watts each. Will operate from
WIth t weete r, And crossover,
lOW State30r80hm,
995 , ./
PAPER 350V0.' 7p; 0 ' 513p; , mF '50V 20p; 2mF '50V 20p 200MV to 100 watts signal source. Suitable far home Illustrated Post 1 .I
4OOV-0 ' 00' 100 ' 05 5p ; 0 , ' 15p; 0 25 25p; 047 35p.
MICRO SWITCH SINGLE POLE CHANGEOVER 20p. 18 15W model 10 95 f
SUB-MIN MICRO SWITCH, 25p. Single pol e change over.
TWIN GANG, 385 + 385pF aop ; 500pF slow molion 75p.
8 ohms Bass unIt Pos t 1 A
200 Watt Rea r Refl ecti nQ White Light Bulbs. Ideal far
365 + 365 + 25 + 25pF. Slow motion drive 8Sp. Disco Lights . Ed l son Screw 75p each or 6 far . Or GOODMANS 20 Watt Woofer
'20pF TWIN GANG . SOp ; 365pF TWIN GANG, 75p. 12 for 7 ' 50 , Post 30p per order. S" e '2 x 'O,n . 4 ohms 9 95 /
TWIN GANG 25pf s lo w motion 95p Rubb er cane surround.
Hi-FI Bas s unit. Post 160
NEON PANEL INDICATORS 2S0V . Amb er or r ed lOp.
ILLUMINATED ROCKER SWITCH. Single pole. Red ISp.
MAINS TRANSFORMERS GOODMANS TWIN AXIOM 8 ..,
I
RESISTORS . 100 to 10M . tW, lW, 20 % 2p; 2W, 10p.

HIGH STABILITY. iW 2% 10 ohms to 1 meg., Up.
250-0-250V70mA,6'5V,2A . . .. .. ..... . ....
250-0-250V 80mA, 63V 3'5A, 63V lA
. . ..... 3 45
.... .. . . 4 ' 60 8in , 8 ohm Hi-Fi Twin Can e 9. 95 Po st
Special unit 75p
.>. . - .
. , .."
Ditto 5%. Pref erred values 10 ohms to 10 meg., 5p. 350-0-350V 'SOmA, 6 3V 4A, 5V 2A .: .. .... ..... . ... 12 50
RELAVS. 12V DC 95p. 6V DC 85p. 240V AC 95p. 3OO-0-300V '20mA , 2 x 6 3V 2A C.T. ; 5V 2A ....... 10 00
BLANK ALUMINIUM CHASSIS. 6 x 4-95p; 8 x 6- 220V 45mA . 6'3V 2A .. . .. .. .. 2 75 R.C.S. MINI MODULE HI-FI
1 ' 40 ; '0 , 7-1 ' 55; '2 x 8-1 70; 14 x 9-HIO ; '6 x 6-
1'15; 16 x 10-% ' 20. ANGLE All . 6 x i x
HEATERTRANSFORMER,E3Vl.mp 200 ... 3amp 2 ' 20
GENERAL PURPOSE LOW VOLTAGE . Tapped oulpuls
KIT 15 X 8tin l -way Loud-
ALUMINIUM PANELS. 6 x 4-24p ; 8 x 6-31p; 14 x 2 amp. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, '8, 25 and 30V ... 6 ' 00 speaker System, EMI Sin,
3-40Pi 10 x 7-S4p; 12 x 8-70p; 12 x S-44p; 16 x 6-70p ; , am p . 6, 8, '0, '2, '6 , 18,20,24,30,36 ,40,48,60 .... .. 6 00 Bass Sin, Middle lino Tweet-
14 x 9-94p; 12 x 12-1 ; 16 x 10-1 ' 16. 2 amp. 6, 8, '0, '2, '6, 18, 20. 24, 30, 36, 40, 48, 60 ...... 9 ' 50
PLASTIC AND ALl BOXES IN STOCK. MANV SIZES 3 amp. 6, 8, '0, '2 , 16, '8,20,24 , 30,36,40,48,60 .... 12'50 er with l-way Crossover
EG Black plastic construction box wit h bru shed aluminium 5 amp. 6, 8, '0, '2, '6, '8 , 20, 24, 30, 36, 40, 48, 60 ., .. 16 00
facia size 6i x 4l x 2" 1 ' 50 12V, 'OOmA . . .. 130 '2V, 3 a mp ..... . ... . 3 ' 50
and Ready Cut Baffle.
TAG STRIP 28-way 12p. '2V , 750A .... ........ 1 50 'OV ,30V , 40V,2 a mp . . 3 50 Full assembly instructions
TAPE OSCILLATOR COIL . Valve Iype. 35p. 100-10V 2amp ...... 3 ' 00 2 amp ......... 3 50
BRIDGE RECTIFIER 200V PI V t amp SOp. 4 amp 1 50 30V, 5 amp and 20V, 1 am p . ........ . 3 00 supplied. Response = 60
8 amp 2 ' 50. 17V-O-17V, 2 amp .. . ' 00 20V-020V,1 amp. , .. 3 50 to 20,000 cps 12 watt RMS.
TOGGLE SWITCHES SP 3Op. DPST 40p . DPDT SOp. 0,5 ,8, '0, '6V, I amp .. 2 ' 50 30V-0-30V, 2 amp . ... 1 00
MANY OTHER TOGGLES IN STOCK. Please enquire. 9V ,3amp ....... .. .. 3 50 20f18V,6amp,each 11 00 8 ohm. 1095 per kit.
PICK-UP CARTRIDGES ACOS, GP9' 200 . GP94 2 ' 50. 15-O-15V 2 amp.. . .3 ' 00 12-0-12V , 2 amp. ". 3 50
SONOTONE 9TAHC Dia mo nd 3 75. Magneti.: 7 30V,2 amp .3 50 9V, i amp ............ 1 50 Two kits 20.
WIRE.WOUND RESISTORS 5 wa ll, '0 wa ll, '5 wall15p.
CASSETTE MOTOR . 6 voll 1 , 00.
30V, 11 amp .... .... , . 3 30 28V,1 a mp+28V 1 amp 5 00 Postage 1. Each kit.
20V , 40V, SOV,' .mp .. 4 ' 00 32-O-32V 65A .. ...... 11 00 1
RADIO COMPONENT SPECIALISTS

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VHF-UHF FETS BF 256C . 4 for 75p. E304 , 30p, 4 for 1.
VHF RF CHOKES W;re Ended 30 UH at 25 for 50p.
P+ P.
35pl . 10 Ta
8 arclaycard and Access taken 40pf. All at 1Sp each.
VHF POWER TRANSISTORS R5174 ,O Wans'3 Volt 175 MHz . 2.50 .
Large SAE for complete MULLARD ELECTROLVTICS 'O.OOOuf 100v.w. ' 3 each .
TTL HOUSE CODED I.C '. 7400. 74' O. 74LOO . 7453. 7430 All at 6 for SOp.
cata logue . ELECTRET MICROPHONE INSERTS With FET Pre-Amp .. 1 .85.
10 AMP S.C.R '. 100 PIV ..r 28p, 400 PIV r;. 55p, 800 PIV .. 6Sp.
HAVANT INSTRUMENTS LTD TANTALUM BEAD CAPACITORS 6 .8uf 3Sv.w., at 12 far 75p.
20p.
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10.7 MHz CRYSTAL FILTERS 7 .S KHz ", 5.
10.7 MHz VERNITRON FILTERS FM 4 . SOp, 3 for 1.
BUTTERFLV PRE-SET VARIABLE CAPACITORS 25 ,. 25pf . 50p, 38 ' 38pf . 60p, W;de
Spaced 38 x 38pf .. 65p.
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DEF. STAN. 05-26 with a Standards Laboratory approved by the British
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Call-in procedure via computer
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Acquisition of equipment
Suitable applicants will be experienced in one or more of these areas or
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Sperry Gyroscope is expanding in the design, development and
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provision of an effective instrumentation service is vital to our continuing
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Our attractive benefits package includes competitive salaries, free life
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IT our work sounds
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AE R IAL BOOSTE RS
, THE LEARN -CW !! way. Beginners tuition aid for Morse
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Dept; 86,20 Penywern Road,
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MORSE CODE TUITION AIDS
Wanted SIGNALlNJECTOR Casse tte A: 1- 12 w.p.m. for amateu r radio exam in ation
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WANTED TRUVOX PD86. SIereo preamp circuil up to the UHF Band. (Variable AF). Morse Key and Buzzer unit for sendi ng p ractice.
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PROTECTION
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Penzance. Cornwall. LOSING OX? Th e Publish e r s of ' P ract ica l Wi re less'
RARE OX UNDER QRM7 Dig it out with a Tunable Audio are m e mbers o f th e P e r idi cal Pub lishers
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CHLORIDE BOARD 520p ' AY-l02 12 580 lM3 80 80 5N76131 110 13 33 112 150 221 140 4043 95 OA85 14
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profile wrap 10way 85p lM3 9 14 240 81lS96 125 30 20 136 65 75150 595 4055 135 4535 75
8 pin lO p 2Sp 15 way 99p AY 5 -3 500 510 l M 13600 135 BX 1 or BX l 1250 81lS91 131 32 28 141 85 75491 750 4056 135 4506 75 3A11OOV 18
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110 MC1488 85 99
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CA301 4 151 MC1 3 10 r 150 T8A920a 260 41 74 147 180 4062 451 1 150 NOISE DIODE
22 pin 25p 70 p 36 way 194p TM5403 5 250 995
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40 pin SOp 109p CA302 8A 80 M C 159 6 TDA1008 . 310 45 116 153 75 4002 24 4068 28 4515 299
MK41 18 2099 4516 120 400mW 8p
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CA30 36 115 TOA 1024 105 451 7 450 3V3 to 33 v
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CA3043 275 MC 33 40P 120 TDA2020 320 48 99 156 80 4008 82 4011 451e 105
Dual Purpose OP ' ADT2 98p Z80 PlO 660 25 451 9 70
CA3045 365 M C33 60 P 120 n 0 61C 54 Z80 CTC 595 50 20 157 75 4009 40 4072 25 VARICAPS
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52 51 20 159 185 4010 48 4073 25 MVAM115 140
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Rd . Wht 10Sp MW/ LW 5F A 120p CA313 0 85 2 10 UAA170 150 5N74L5 163 118 '76 41 110 230 4019 48 4086 90 4532 140 Switches
CA 3 140 48 185 UAA180 150 SN745262 895 80 55 17 2 420 4020 99 4089 150 4 534 575 Knobs
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SN75451 10 82 75
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CLEAN PICTURES?
We have often. well, occasionally been asked why we place such emphasis on the The Superlative WINTON is available for your convenience packed as follows :
Frequency Response. Linearity. and Intermodulation Di stortion perform ance of the Pack (A) All Capacitors and Fixed Value Resistors. (Inc. 7 Amp ripple Res.
Winton. questioners quite justifiably asking us does it really matter if our 'Amp is Caps.) 21.93
clean up to 40 kHz when they can't possibly hear above 10kHz at their advanced Pack (B) Switch Bank. Switches. Potentiometers. Pre-Sets & all knobs 15.93
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to get bogged down in a technical discussion we must briefly mention ou r old and fuseholders, etc., and a super Brushed Silver Aluminium Fa scia
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Practical Wireless, June 1980

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