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Vol. 2 No.5
MAY, 1946
CO V E R
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ARTICLES
Zero Bias (Editorial)
A 100 Wat t T ransmitter Exciter
David F. Lewio, lVt/ Y O
The ' Var Ain't Changed the Ham
T he Old T imer
A Simple Cat hode Modulator
Prank C. J ones, W 6AJP
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rigid quiet hour rest r ictions with provisions to
protect F1\l broadcasting and television as well
as standard broadcasting : mobile operation permitted on 11 met ers.
With t he release of t he new regulat ions the
F CC now requires amateurs operating portable
t o give advance notice, providing location , call,
and name of licensee to t he inspector in charge
of t he d istrict in which operation is contemplated.
In ad dition, M ay 10th was set as a deadline, requiring stations in a permanent location other
than t hose specified in their licenses to notify
t he inspect or in charge of the original home
district and t he new district of a change in add ress. Portable designators must be used when
stations are operated at permanent locations
other t han those specified in t heir station licenses.
M obile operations on frequencies above 25 m e
do not require advance not ification,
Class D Licenses?
The new rules and regulations for amateu r operation include t he Class A, H, and C licenses,
essentially as we knew them before t he war.
T here has always been discussion within amateur
ran ks, much of it heat ed, about t he creation of
another class of ham license. CQ strongly ad vocates t he establishme nt of such a licenseone which will be easier to obtain than t he C lass
B. We do not propose t hat t his move be made
immediat ely, nor do we suggest that holders of
such a license be pc nnitted to operate on the
now existing regular amateur bands.
Our reasoning is this-today, in orde r to obtain
a Class B license, it is merely necessary to have
May, 1946
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Power Supply
Du al rectification 18 used in t he power supply.
A 500-ma plate transformer delivering 58Q-5~(}'
3(JO volts, a.c., each side of center, is used in
conjunction with three CK-1006 hot-cathode,
gaseous rectifiers to deli ver t he t wo required
d-e voltages. 500 and 250 volts. Dual rectification
was chosen as the best method of obtaining the
250 volts needed for the r-f exciter and audiodriver stages and the screens of the 807 modulators. This method eliminates the conventional series-dropping resistors plus the poor
regulation and power wastage th ey affo rd .
The plates of two of the rectifiers arc tied
together and used as half-wave rectifiers for the
5S(}.volt taps on the plate t ransformer. The
third is utilized as a full-wave rectifier for the
30(}.volt taps. The CK-1006 tubes were selected
because the tube voltage drop is only 20 vol ts
at t heir maximum current rating of 200 rna,
as compared with 60 to 80 volts for vacuumtype rectifiers.
Physically the CK' 1006 is
much smaller t han vacuum rectifiers of the
same current and peak inverse voltage rating.
A definite advantage of th is t uhe is its ahility
to operate very satisfactorily as a cold-cathode
rectifier, hence no filament t ra nsformer is required. The writ er, however, used t he t ubes
as hot cat hode rectifiers, as primary keying
wben operating c.w. was desired. The slight
delay in ionization of th e gas when operating
cold does not allow satisfactory high-speed
keying. Should only phone operation be desired
the filaments may be operated I cold with very
aatisfactory results.
The filament rating of this tube is 1.75 volts
at. 2.25 amperes. This was obtained by rewinding
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the secondary of a 5-volt open-frame t ransformer for 1.75 volts. For t he filaments of
the two hall-wave rectifiers a 2.5-volt t ransformer was used with a .17 ohm resistor to
drop the voltage to 1.75. The resistor was
made by winding nichrome wire on 8 IO-watt
resistor. Choke input is used in both filter
networks as an aid to good regulation because
the modulator tubes are operated Class AB2.
The plate transformer primary is fused as a
protection against secondary shorts.
Cryst.1 Oscillator
A 6J 5 is used as a Pierce oscillator and performs nicely with crystals of all frequencies.
A 20-J.l.J.l.f condenser connected between cathode
and grid provides enough r-f plate voltage feedback to sustain oscillator pperation when using
low-frequency crystals. If crystals with fundamental frequencies of 7 me or higher are used
it may be eliminated entirely with a slight
decrease in r-f crystal current. Plate voltage
is obtained directly from th e 25(}.volt supply.
Plate voltages higher than 250 volts are not
recommended because excess r-f crystal current
may fracture the crystal. If the voltages and
components specified are used, the d-e plate
current should not exceed 9 rna.
Deubler-Ouedrupler Stage
A 6V6 capacitively coupled to the oscillator
is utili zed as a doubler-quadrupler stage. In
this case it is used as 8 regenerative doubler
to 20 meters. If la-meter operation is wanted
it quadru ples very easily and furnish es sufficient
excitation to the following stage. A 2.5-ma
choke in parallel with a 250 -J.l. J.l.f condenser
is used in series with the cathode to obtain
regeneration. Plate and screen voltages are
taken directly from the 25(}.volt supply. The
d-o plate current runs about 20 rna with the
stage loaded.
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Swl 01-SPST relay , 6V. e-c coil 1 f 4 cOlthas
Swl02-SPST togg le switch, 3A, 125V.
Swl0)-Single wafer rola ry swilch, 1 pole, 3 position
with back contacts and shorting ring (Grid
current meter Sw.)
Sw104-Single wafer rotary switch, 2 pole, 4 position
with back contacls and shorting ring (Plate
currenl meter Sw)
Swl0S-Single wafer rotary swilch, SPST, (8298
Screen Sw)
Tl01-Pla.o ".nslonno" 1 05 , 115 220, 230 .olt
primary 580, 530,. 300 vo j Is each side of
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T1 02-(K.l 006 filament transformer, 1.75 volts,
5 amps.
Tl03-CK.l006 filament transformer, 1.75 v., 2.5 " .
T104-Filament transformer, 6 .3 YOl ll, 6 amps.
T1 OS-Filament transform er, 6 .3 volts..! 3 amps.
T106-Driver transformer 6V6 to P.t". grids
T107-eJa" A82 mod u(ation transformer, 4500 o hms
primary to 2500 ohm s seco ndary
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amplifier is absolutely symmet rical. This has
the advant age of allowing a condenser of less
Speech
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I t was decided to usc an F3A W3 Western
Elect ric handset wi t h push-button control for
relay operation.
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to the 6.15 speech amplifier and is used as a
driver for the modulator tubes. Plat e and screen
voltages arc obtained from the 250-volt supply.
Sufficient gain is realized to d rive t he modulators
to full output.
M od ulato n
Push-pull 807 tubes, transformer-eoupled to
the 6V6 driver stage, are used as modulators.
Operating in Class AD2. they deliver 60 watts
of audio which modulates the 829B 100% at
100 wat ts input.
Zero signal plate current
should run about 100 rna, and 200 rna with
maximum signal input. As there is enough
audio power to overmodulate, it is advisable
M ay, 1946
13
Bit
by The O ld Time'
"SAT,
M..ieter Editor, you being a new ham
magazine and all t hat, I hope you will
go along with me and print this stuff.
You know I been in this ham game for purty
near 34 )'eSJlI, man and hoy, and I have seen
them come and go. Used t o be a swell faller
who did a bit of writing for that good neighbor
of CQ. But we ain't heard (rom him for years
now, and I guess that he got so disgusted that
he up and Quit. Well, he's a mite older'n me,
and perhaps what with his not having all that
young blood in his veins, he jest couldn't take
it any more. But I 'epects to give out now
and then with 8 gripe or even-when it BCCIll!
deserved-an occasional pat on the head for
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"And, :\lister Editor, here's the payoff. The
gink was never across the Big Pond and all
his stories arc jest 80 much imagination. Seems
00 me t hat he would stop telling that sort of
Embarrassing Momenb
Once in a while you may run across a filament
transformer with the center tap brought out as
shown in the sketch-if so, watch outl lance
built an amplifier using such a transfonner,
grounded one side of the heater circuit and
blithely clipped the center-tap lead short. No,
the heater circuit wasn't wide open-that would
have been too easy . It was intermittent, and
May,1946
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Red uced eudic rcquircmcntt whe n cathode modu latin g make possible this co mpa ct unit. PP 6L6's will handle
,f amplifier inp uts up to 500 watts. There is no crowdi ng on the 4" 3" 1 7" chassis which includes thtu
audio sta ges and powe r suppl y
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CATHODE M O DULA TO R
FRANK C. JO NES, W6AJF
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Cathode Modulation
Cat hode modulation is a compromise between
the two systems. If enough a-f power is a vailable
t he a mount of s -f voltage applied to t he grid can
be reduced to zero and cathode modulat ion becomes in effect plate modulation . At the other
extreme, if all of the a-f voltage available is applied to the grid as well as the plate return ci rcuit, the degree of grid mod ulat ion is high and
a mount of plate modulation is low. T he carrier
efficiency in the later case is less, t he a udio power
requirements arc less, and t he grid r-f excitatio n
must also he lowered.
T he cathode load impedance presented to the
modulator depends upon t he ra tio of a-f volta ges
actually a pplied t o t he grid and to t he plate of
the r-f t ube. If the grid bias is from a C bias sup-
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(500 ohms input) Next can be sun the power amplifier coil with the veriable coupling to the link and the twisted pair to the output terminals. Tubes
Ind master oICiIlator frequency control box nexl At the rear are the master
oICiIlator tube and the FM react.nce tube. The center socket Is nol used.
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to work directly into the crystal oscillator tubein fact , to work in place of t he crystal itself.
Since all the crystal stages started wit h either
6 or 7-mc crystals (6 me for t he 144-148-mc band
as well as the 50-54- me band) it was decided to
purchase the BC-458-A t ransmitter uuit whicb
covers 5.3 to 7.0 megacy cles. Actually, this unit
will reach to about 7.5 me and will replace any
7-me crystal.
It was decided to add a simple reactance t ube
modulator circuit and have the choice of either
Al\1: VFO or narrow-band Fl\I transmissions.
T his was accomplished by a simple modification,
and the unit works on either frequency or amplitude modulation. Should the crystal stage of
t he regular station transmitter start with a
3.B-mc crystal instead of a 6 or 7-me crystal, the
BC-Q96-A, with ita range of 3 to 4-mc, should be
selected.
T he changes necessary to do tbe job are as
follows. Reference is made to the original
schematic, Fig. 1, and to tbe modijid diagram
Fig. t . To begin with, the 24-volt former airplant battery supply is replaced wit h a 110 to
24-volt t ransformer for the heaters. T hese transformers are surplus stock in any mail-order catalog and sell for around $1.25. This is cheaper and
easier than replacing the oscillator t ube and the
two tetrode finals with 6-volt versions, and obviates wiring changes in t he heater circuits.
Next, the unwanted components are removed
from the chassis-namely the variable antenna
loading inductor [,52 (this will serve admirably
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co mponents were elimi nated mainly from the electronic 'e y e circuit: R. " R" , R,o, R' I, R" , Y" t K' I, Ki t and Li t.
Parts added for the FM reactance modulator compriseC l -.OOO25 }Jf mica
R,-500,OOO ohms gain contro l
Nat ion frequency. This would enable the operator to place himself exactly on a particular
frequency in t he band.
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SOCKET
CRYSTAL
FU - AM
YFO
,,
UN IT
l~
I
LC - RESONANT TO SAME FREOUENCY OF VFO
FM - AM UNIT.
CI - GRID BLOCKING CONDENSER, ABOUT .OOOS p f
Fig. 3. Suggested arrangement For coupling the VFO to the regular station transmitter when high power is desired
May,1946
21
This shows the bottom view and is practically as is when It comes from the
ARMY. The reactance tube and components are mounted in the rear. The
ganging of the M aster oscillator and power ampli fier condensers is dearly
shown. Notice worm gears on the condensers.
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VitiSimple charts assist in estimating distance and
field intensities over quasi-optical ranges
ROBERT W. BICKMORE, W60DV
of occasional freak
transmissions, radio communication on the
Very-High and Ultra-High Frequencies
follows the "line-of-sight" path-that is, distances are limited to the unobstructed length
of a slightly bent line between the transmitting
and receiving stations. The curvature is caused
largely by refraction, and the formula (which
considers this refraction) for computing lineof-eight distances is-
ITH
THE
EXCEPTION
D -
3000
STATION
I- 2500
W
w
u,
>
w
...J
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2000
~500
WOO
//
STATION
"B"
I
/
-
500
f
f
Dr
-12
i6
20
24
MILES
Fig. 2. A profile map, with elevation scale enlarged 20 times. The triangula, distances ere used to estimate Field
strength In Fig. 3. Measuremenb In feet and mile.
May,1946
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82600
100
100
I-
80,000
90
90 /
75,000
80
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/
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70,000
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W
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60 z
w
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40 ~
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FI,. 1 . A line drewn across this cfwlrt allOWS the correlation between antenna 'elcn tio ns--transmitting and receiving
--.nd lIne-ofooSight distance. Elentionl and dht.ncc lie in mitten
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Antenna Heights
T he effect ive height of an antenna located
on level ground (for the first half mile or so in
t he directi on of the other station), is t he height
of t he center of the radiator above ground
level at the base. As previously indicated, the
effective height of an aerial erected on the
edge of a precipice falling off in t he direction
of the complementary station is usually assumed
as t he difference in elevat ion between the center
of t he radiator a nd t he base of t he precipicei.e., t he mast height plus t he elevation of the
cliff, In the intermediate case, where t he antenna is erected on a hill sloping downward
toward t he other station, the effective height
depends on t he steepness and uniformit y of
t he slopes. An empirical rule, that checks
reasonably well with experimental dat a involving more-or-lese uniform slopes, calculates t he
effective antenna height as equa l to the height
of the center of the radiator above ground
plus one-ha lf t he difference in elevat ion between
the ground level at the antenna tower base
and t he ground level one-ha lf mile distant in
t he direct ion of the complementary station.
Field Intensity
The charts of Figs. 2 and 3 endeavor to correlate line-of-sigh t distances, obstructive infl uences
and field intcnsiti ti es. Correction tables extend
the utility of t he charts t o different powers and
types of antennas. These charts are based on
the theory of radio propagation over a smooth,
spherical earth, and consider shadow losses as
deri ved from optical diffracti on.
Refracti on
under average conditions is accounted for by
assuming t he effective radius of t he earth as
one-third larger tha n t he t rue radius. It should
be remembered, however, that results obtained
from t hese charts, at best, can only be a pproximate.
Instructions
Referring to Fi g. 2, trace an approximate
profile of t he straightline path between the
two stations, using elevations obtained from
a contour map. Draw a t riangle on the profile,
formed by a line joining t he base of the t ransmitting a ntenna with the base of t he receiving
aerial, and lines from each antenna base tangent
to the hill blocking the line of sight. It should
be noted, in Fig. S, that the elevation scale
has been enla rged t wenty times to provide a
workable triangle.
May,1946
Correction Tables
Effective A ntenna
Corredion
Height in Feet
In db
25
50 (reference)
100
200
500
..jj
0
+6
+12
+20
Radiated Power
In Walts
Correction
In db
0.5
1.0
2.0
5.0
10
20
50 (reference)
100
50 (reference)
100
200
500
1.000
- 20
-17
-14
-10
-7
-4
+3
+3
+6
+10
+13
25
SCALE 5
REFERENCE VAWES:
FREQUENCY - lOQ Me.
RADIATED POWER - 50 w.
'12 A DIPOLE, . 50 FT. HIGH
+ 25
+20
SCALE i
0 ' MILES
SCALE 2
H FEET
SCALE 4
SCALE 3
D MILES
+' 5
5
+10
50
30
20
40
t.0
500
0 .5
0 .3
0.2
'
so
300
200
60
100
O. t
70
"-- so
80
"' - 25 --I
"
90
tOO
- 30-1
- 35-1
Fig. 3. Field intensity chart with value derived from the triangle (Fig. 2 .). Horizontal or vertical polarization.
Field Intensity
Less than
+ 5 db
+5 to +15 db
More than + 15 db
Performance
Unsatisfactcry
Questionable
Satisfactory
FILAMENT TRANSFORMERS
Filament and power transformers are still
on the list of ve ry scerce items ; the following
stunt once saved the day at W2ESO/ W20LB
when we ran out of 6.3 volt windings, and was
recalled recently tc t urn t he trick for our
friend WI DT G, who put in a pair of 807's
on ten, but was unable to get a power t ransfonner wit h other than 7.5 volt and 2.5 volt
filament windings.
Here's the Iife-eaver as shown in Fig. 1: One
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M aV,1946
directional array when second harmonic operation is employed. The theoretical gain in t he
fuvorod directions is so small that it would seem
that the 105s ofT the ends would be negligible.
That's what we thought, too. and our enl ightenment led to the development of a multiband job
with none of the foregoing headaches.
A Multiband System
In our last location before Pearl Harbor, t he re
was a dearth of trees, and only one possible place
for an antenna in t he clear-a 150' span, on a
line East and \Vest, wit h the house in the middle.
Up went a center-fed do ublet for SO, 134' flatt op, center-fed with 4" spaced feeders, and on 40
we proceeded to get nice repo rts from \V4 and
K4-vcry nice, in fact, but when the skip
lengthe ned in the evening, and there was nothing
legal for us t o QSO to the Sou th, and, of course,
nothing at all North, it didn't take long to find
out that said antenna might as well have been
buried in the baseme nt as far as 'V5, " '6, and 'Y9
were conce rned. The receiving antenna, a sim ple
66' dou blet running N orth and South and only
15' above the ground, fed wi t h very light twisted
pair, was at least t wo or t hree "S" points better
to the 'Vest when hung on t he rig.
A little bit of head-scratching was in order
here. " .e had no room for separate antennas, we
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S.lsyn Typ.'
There are several different t ypes of selsyns
available, six to be exact. They are: generators,
motors, differential generators, differential
motors, control t ransformers and exciters. As
the first t wo arc the t ypes t hat comprise a simple
selsyn circu it, t his discussion will be confined t o
them . Th e size of t he selsyn is governed by the
torq ue produced and in t urn by t he physica l
limit ati ons imposed to ma nufacture a unit to
produce the required torque. At the close of the
war there were ten diffe rent sizes available. Number one size produces the smallest amount of
torque, also being the smallest in physical size,
and number ten produces the largest amount of
torque, being the largest in physical size.
May,1946
29
The Selsyn
Circuit
Mechanically, the selsyn resembles a small
motor. Electrically, it consists of a single concentrated winding on the rotor. The connections
to this winding are brought out externally
through slip rings and are designated RI and R2.
In some types tbey may be designated X and Y.
The stator consists of three windings, spaced 120
degrees apart and Y connected. These windings
are marked 81, 82 and 83. In selsyns made by
some other manufacturers the reverse may be
true, that is, the single winding will be tbe stator
and the three windings the rotor. In either case
the operation is the same.
A simple selsyn circuit is shown in Fig. 1. It
consists of two selsyns, one a generator which is
the source of the reference voltage and tbe other
motor whicb is the receiving unit. In the case
of a rotary array where tbe indicating unit will
be free to turn with very little friction involved,
a pair of generators or motors will work very
well. The two rotors are connected together and
s.
.......s,
50
s,
"60..
s,
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so-
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Fit. 1. (left) Simple Sebyn circuit conslstin, of ,enef.tor , nd r elyin, unit. Fi, . 2. (right) Sclsyn torque, ..ciuUon
.nd st.tor current for different ,n,ln 01 dhpl,cement
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shack follows every movement of the sending selsyn. A perfect indicating system, it is the most
5,
Fig. 3. Co nnections
to determin e eleetrical zero which Is
neutral position be.
fore placing selsy n
into operation. Th is
could be True North
or any other refer
e nee point desired
5,
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t-~_...I 5,
110 v.
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trouble.
Trou b le
Ceuse
1.
2.
3.
Indicator only operates properly at two points 180 degrees apart. T orque is low and indicator comes to rest
varying positions.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Indication
erratically.
May,1946
IS
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(28 me)
FA8NF; EKlIND; ZS6QU; G2HK; G2HM;
G2PU; G4OC; G8LT; G8TH ; GW2GW; GW8JW;
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LESEE;
VS6GT ;
ZP2AC;
OQSAQ.
P Y2KD ;
PY6AW ;
LU IOA;
VS6DY;
,llZ2YY;
PY7AD ; PY IAJ ;
PY2AY ; PY IGS;
LU2FC; LU ICA;
PK3MR ; CE3AG;
TF IAA; CX INE;
PY2TI;
PY4FD ;
ZP6AB ;
E P IC;
YV5AN ;
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ALSIMAG BOOKLET
A widely illustrated, S-pag;e two-color booklet
d irect ed to the average engineering student,
radio amateu r, fin d radioman has just been
issued by American La va Corporat ion of Chat tanoogn, T ennessee,
R ealizing that the impending electronic era
\\; 11 see fin increased use of ceramics in many
forms, the bulletin includes the outstanding
features of A IS i~l a g and La va products, and
general engineering informat ion .
D a t a on the construction of antenna lead-ins
for ultra a nd very high frequency recept ion .
which should be of int erest to t he rad io amateur
a nd experimenter, a ppears on t he inside back
cover. The buck cover itself contains a table of
the mechanical and electrical properties of
AISi~lag, which should prove useful in understanding the general subject of ceramics.
The Bullet in No. 545 is available free upon
req uest to the factory.
HEAVY OUTY 812
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Am a t eur R a d io D e p a r tment, N ewark 2, N. J . has
announced t wo new ama-
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Y 70.D
812.H
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7.5
6.3
3.25
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receiver.
Sought by amateurs for several years, t he new
no ise limiter is the first of its type developed for
general commercial sale. It gives the operator
far more signal for any given amount of noise and
thus will be particularly useful for either code or
phone reception.
Anot her panel co ntrol will be added although
t here has been no change in the basic design of
t he uno. Since the limiter controls t he t hreshold or level at which the limiting occurs under
this new arrangement, the operator can adjust
it for optimum performance.
Operation of this double-ended series valve
noise limiter was made possible by the use of an
impedance-matcher developed during the war
which can be co nnected t o a high impeda nce circuit a nd look into a low im pedance circuit without d iminishing the norma l gain appreciably. As
a consequence, no ad ditional a mplificat ion stages
arc required.
Filament
Yolb Amps.
NOISE LIMITER
.\ double-ended series valve noise limiter which
clips both the positive and n ega t ive peaks oil
One of "the outstanding fea tures of this antenna is the universal mounting bracket which
provides 'easy mounting to a chimney corner,
wooden pole, or building corner without addi-
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baving t wo diodes. Tbe applications and electrical charaeteristies are similar to type 12Q7GT
and the tube is intended for use as a combined
detector amplifier and AVC tube.
The KU.jJAT 6 is the 6.3 Volt, 300 ma version
of t he NU-12AT 6 and is particularly designed for
AUTO RADIO or portable-mobile applications.
RATI NGS :Heater Voltage
Heater Current
Plate Voltqe
Peak I1eater Cathode Voltaee
12.6.0Ita
.uso amps
300 volta mAL
+90
volta awr:.
A new type 3-15OA Multi-elemen t t riode is announced by E itel-McCullough, I nc. The characteristics of this new vacuum tube make it
suit able for many applications, including high
frequency amateur transmitters. The 3-15OA incorporates a new design plate and a non-emitting
grid, which insure maximum tu be life plus high
efficiency.
The 3-15OA is available in high mu (3-15OA3)
or low mu (3-15OA2) versions, and includes a
number of important engineering improvementa, D ata sheets are available upon request
from Eitel-McCullough , Inc.
Radio Frequency Power Amplifier and Oscillator
Class C Telegraphy
(KE Y DOW N CON DI T IONS WITHOUT MOD ULATION)
Tl/picalOp.erotimtMoz.
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D-C
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D-C
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1500
2000 3000
333 300 250
SS
14
10
- 125 - 200 - 300
350
450
600
500
600
750
150
ISO
150
RatillQ
3000 vol~
450 ma.
85 ma.
voltl
Plate Current
.
Grid Current
.
Grid Voltage
.
PlateJPower Out put
.
wattl
Plate Input
.
wattl
Plate DiMipatiOQ
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160 ... ttl
Peak R. F. Grid Input Voltage.
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410
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CATALOGS
Allied Radio Corp., Chicago 7, III., bave announced publication of a new 1946 catalog. Over
IO,OOO items are listed including the com plete
lines of most amateur parts and set manufacturers. A copy will be sent without charge upon
request to Allied.
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A t hirty-six page catalog for engineers and experimenters, featuring the companies entire
switch line, is announced by Centralab, suppliers of variable resistors, sound projection controis, capacitors, switches, trimmers and ceramic
bodies. T he switch catalog has been keyed to the
manufacturers who require switches engineered
to specifications so wi ll be of limited use to hams,
but those in need of such data may sec ure a copy
by requesting bullet in 722 from Centra lab ,
Milwaukee 1, \Vi..
Eitel-Mefhrllough,
Ine.,
manufacturers of
radio transmitting tubes and electronic equipment have prepared an illustrated broch ure. This
new booklet illustrates and describes t he complete line of Eimac vacuum.tubes, including:
triodes, tetrodes, rectifiers, vacuum capacitors,
vacuum switches, and diffusion pumps.
Copies of the booklet may be had by addressing
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Sirs:
Certain ham praeticee on phone Mould be more
or less regulated under a code of rules of etiquette
prom ulgated by the ha ms themselves and t hat code
should be the d uty of the hams to live up to in thei r
everyday contacts on the air.
Y ha ve reference, first, to the calli ng of CQ . It is
my belief that an operator sho uld not call CQ until
he has fi rst t uned the entire band and ascertained
whether or not someone else is calling whom hf"
would care to contact. Then upon calling CQ t he
operator should interpose his own call a t regular and
freq uent intervals between t he CQ'I!!. A fa ir average
on " phone" is 6 CQ's to one call sign. This would
prevent someone who is t uning t he band from hnving to stop a nd wait, what seems to be an inter.
minable period, before he discovers whether, for example, he is listening to DX or a local station, 8.8
well as forcing other a nswering operators to make
t heir replies unduly long.
The ahove can also pertain to t he operator who
answers. H he repeats his own call at regular a nd at
not too long intervals between t he caU of t he station
being called, it would also ena ble t he one who made
t he CQ to quickly choose the stat ion he wished to
a nswer.
Now, if t he CQ's a nd a nswers a re made as above,
then there is one more thing necessary. Tha t is :
not to draw t hem out unnecessarily. One, two or
t hree short CQ's will get better results than one very
long one, beca use a n answer may be received on the
fi rst or second, t hus time will be sa ved. Likewise
w ith the answer. It should not be too long-of
course longer t han a CQ-but t hat, too, ca n he
divid ed an d generally into two pa rts. If he doesn 't
come back on t he fi rst try, t ry once more.
The next t hing to be considered in the rules of
etiquette should be t he length of eac h t ransmission .
It should be understood t hat if you want to get ba ck
the full answer to your questions or re ply to your
remarks. vou should not ask a number of dieconnccted questions or make a multitude of hete rogcneous remarks in the same transmission. T his will
greatly speed up QSO's a nd enable one to make
more contacts more pleasantly.
One suggestion is to a lways have a pad of paper
handy to jot down any q uestion which comes to
your mind or any question which requires an answer
in your next transmission .
All this is only a part of what a code of rules of
et iquet te might involve. but it all a ttempts to give
added space in bands that are and will become constantly more crowded .
Gay E . ~l i liu8, J r., W2N.J F
Bethesda, ~I d .
Sirs :
Tell meters, t he hand which probably bas given
t he writer more thri lls than a ny othe r over t he past
15 or 20 yeera, now carries t he greatest part of t he
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May, 1946
41
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Utility, and Dependability spell
BUI? and] 'ends your accident
worries.
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