A stop by the PO box this morning resulted in the latest issues of QST.
Front cover photo of the W8ZR EZ-Tuner; with this issue containing Part 2 of
the related article.
Contest related items:
The EZ-Tuner, Part 2
A DXpedition to Niger (during the ARRL DX SSB Contest)
A Novice Contester Gets His
DXing with Polar Bears (and 10 Meter contesting)
The Evolution of the World Radiosport Team Championships
Product Review - ICOM IC-746PRO transceiver
Results - 2001 ARRL International EME Competition
Rules - ARRL Field Day 2002 and June VHF QSO Party
Other interesting items:
It Seems To Us (editorial) Ever Upward (the quest for higher and higher
frequencies)
The St. Loius Switcher (13.8 V at 20 A from a PC power supply)
A Microphone Adapter for the IC-706
A 6-Meter Quad-Turnstile
One Stealthy Delta (an HF Delta Loop)
Somewhere There's a Good Home for a Boat Anchor
What Can You Do with a Dip Meter?
Hints & Kinks - Coiling wire or rope without kinks; FT1000 for digital mode
USB/LSB
Happenings - ARRL Asks FCC to Eliminate, "Refarm" Novice CW Bands
How's DX? - More on the Pileups and Behavior
The World Above 50 MHz - The Problem with DX Records
Old Radio - Tube Lore (the 813)
Ads:
Inside-cover, full-page, bright orange ad for the Florida QSO Party (OK, this
is not the April issue)
Am-Com and High Sierra have a combined full-page ad for the Am-Com Antenna
Controller and the HS-1500MKII Antenna.
SGC has full-page ad for their new product, the STEALTH Kit (Smart Tuning
Emergency Antenna Loop Tactical Hf), which is basically an SG-237 tuner, 80
ft of wire, and some nylon rope.
Radio Shack has a cute ad for their new dual band HT. It is in one of those
white foam trays that you buy meat in at the local supermarket,
shrink-wrapped, and with a label stating "our ham is 100% FCC choice".
The ARRL has a new book - Simple and Fun Antennas for Hams.
Alpha Power has ad with picture of their new ALPHA 6 six-meter 1500W
amplifier.
Yaesu's inside-backcover-page ad shows their new "ultra-rugged submersible
tri-band magnesium handie" labeled Submersible VX-7R.
How long before we will have an "ultra-rugged submersible magnesium
FT1000MP-MKV Field Plus"? Aren't island Dxpeditioners demanding something
like this? And with its own built-in water-activated EPIRB!
73 & High Rates,
Henry Pollock - K4TMC
Raleigh, NC
Oops, don't forget the OJ QSO Party! Oops again; it's the Florida QSO Party!
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