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ED/TED BY BRYAN HASTINGS N$18
The Eleventh Hour!
Deadline lor article submIssions lor
the Home-Brew IV contest-1 July-last
approachesl Competition by now is stiff, but
the rewards are great. (See below for ceteus.j
Phone Bryan at (603) 525-420 1, Ex. 543 for an
evaluation of your horne-brew idea.
Contest
Chairman Opening
73 Magazine Is accepting applications
lor the position 01 Contest Chairman. The
duties, in brief, are: Bringing the current program
up-to-date, and laying plans for future
contests. Financial arrangement to be discussed.
Those interested may contact Bryan
NS1B at the address listed below, or phone
(603) 525-4201. Ex. 543.
Feedback
Card Winner
Yes, we really doglveaway a
tree one-year sub to a draw winner
from among those who take the
time to property fill out and send in
the feedback cards! Now all will
learn who these lucky tcucs are, every
month.
Just scribbling a bunch of check
marks across a single row on the
card, and tossing a stamp on it and
mailing it in, however, does not
qualify you. I check to see that
you've invested at least a few minutes
of your lime to fill it out. This
doesn't mean you have to read every
article in the book-just
thoughtfully evaluate the ones you
know. Above all, write In your comments
and suggestions!
We add the one-year sub onto
winner's current sub.
This month 's winner is: A .A.
Dejongh WB7CPT . Congratulations,
and thanks for your inpu t!
What's Old
is New
Research teams in the US
and abroad believe that vacuum
tubes are the wave 01 the tuture.
These lubes under development,
however, will be exceptionally
small, with diameters ranging from
less than a human hair to only 100
atoms across. They are being d&­
signed 10 fil righ t on or in silicon
8 73 Amateur Radio . July, 1989
SS HOME-BREW tV SS
73 Magazine again invites all home-brewers to turn their hot
solder into cold cash and prizes, and to get their name in print to
boot. All protects have a chance to appear in the magazine. and
we will handsomely reward the authors of the best of these.
Now for the bounty. Ramsey Electronics sweetened the pot
from their line of frequency counters. First prize is $300, a 10-year
subscription to 73, and a CT· 125 1.25 GHz frequency counter.
Second prize is $150 , a two-year sub, and a CT-90 600 MHz
frequency counter. Third prize is $75, a two-year sub, and a
CT·70 525 MHz Irequency counter. All this is in addition to the
payment every author receives lor publishing in 73.
Contest Rules
chips. Electrons will tunnel out 01 the SOlid
ctor inlo the vacuum, so the tubes will
~...._.e without filaments. The electrons will
move faster than they would in a semiconductor
because of lack of scattertnq, and current
densities can be higher with less resistive
heating.
Among (he possible uses of these vacuum
microelectronic devices are radialion resistant
devices thai have a wide temperature tolerance,
and radios that operate up 10 60 GHz.
Flat CATsol unlimited size are another p0ssibility.
They would use millions 01 separate
microscopic electronic sources, one behind
each individual pixel. The result would be extremely
high resolution computer and TV
screens, with high brightness and lOw power
dissipation.
Two New
73 Departments
1. Entries must be received by 1 July 1989.
2. To enter, write an article describing your eest home-brew
construction project and submit ilto 73.11 you've never written for
73, send an SASE for a copy of cur Writer's Guide, or download it
from CompuServe (Ham net lorum, library D., filename
"73WAIT"). Be sure to state on the submission that it is for the
Home-brew fV contest.
3. Here's the real challenge: The toter cost 01your project must
be under $73, even if en the parts were bought new. Be sure to
include a detailed parts list with prices and sources.
4. Our technical staff will evaluate each project on the basis of
originality, usefulness, reproducibility, economy 01 design, and
clarity of presentation. The decision of the jUdges is final.
5. All projects must be original. That is, they must not be
published elsewhere. There is no limit to the number of projects
you may enter.
6. If your article is accepted, 73 Magazine will, upon publication,
purchase first North American serial rights.
8. Mail your entries to: 73 Magazine
WG£Center
Forest Rd.
Hancock NH 03449
ANn: Home-Brew IV
The amateur radio field Is always In
Ilux-products are co nstantly being tmproved,
companies move, prices change,
etc. Information in our articles and reviews
has sometimes changed several times over by
the time they get to print.
Now article and review updates have their
own place. Submit these, and we will run them
in "Updates," a department that debuts in the
August issue. Also in "Updates," we will include
corrections to those occasional errors
that elude our watchful eyes!
"Ham Proliles," a monthly half-page devoted
to two amateurs, will also begin in August.
Hams are men and women of all ages and
walks of life-and all with their own reasons
for joining our broad global fraternity. Help us
show this wonderful diversity to newcomerssend
in a photo and a short description (150
words maXimum!) of yourself or another person
you think deserves a shot at a place in
" Ham Profiles." We especially encourage entries
from women hams, and hams in their
twenties and younger.
QSL ofthe Month
One 01 our more p aln l u l
tasks Is rejecting outrtght many
" QSL 01 t he Mo nth" su b mis­
Sions. To save all of us energy, go
through the following checklist before
submitting it:
-Is it color? We rarely, if ever, run
black and white. Also, we don't reproduce
silver or gold.
- Is il a postcard? We can't accept
these .
-Is it obscene? Don't bother sending
it. (At least don't expect us to
print it!)
-15 it already a photo? Chances
are that it will appear too fuzzy for
print ener color separation.
Uncle Wayne's
QSLs
We have pulled the QSL ad
I rom our magazIne and stopped
printing them lor the time being.
We expect to resume the service in
several months, when we settle on
an out-of-house printer. Stay tuned
for further developments.
They'll Have
Your Number!
Ever make an autopatch to a
law enl o rcement number? Aher
you pass your traffic, they ask your
name, address, and telephone