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CONTENTS where. Then carne the day of the FCC winced . Th ey weren't about to
Meta l Locator, W6HDM 10 Gc nsct Communicator the Goony turn a bunch of unmonitorcd sta tions
v arectc rs. ... . 16 Boxes ... they were everywhere, by loose on the ham ban ds - such a
RTTY I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 the thousands. Never had u piece of method of operation was unp rece·
SSTV I, W4UMF.. . . . . . 26 ham gear been as popular as this little den ted in the ama teur service for one
ATV, K20JL . . . 30 transceiver. By the mid·50s there were thi ng ; and fo r another, who woul d be
RTT Y II, Wl0ER, . . . 34 over 10,00 0 active 2 meter cps ! held responsible wh en thin,r weren't
FM, VE28ZK .36 T he opening of the blind to the going according to the b ook .
Organization, WA3BKC 40 Technician and Novice licensees did in This new petit ion, officially labeled
FM Co nverter, K1CLL. 42 no way slow d own the activity on 2 RM-1725, could be the first step
SSTV lI ,WB2EIV 46 meters. But the ope ning of 6 meter s towa rd sensible legislation involving
Cod e Oscillator, K6MVH , 53 did. Th e techs rushed to 6 meters repeaters. In essence, the pro posed rule
Beeper, K1ZJH 56 almost en masse and , armed with says tha t those wh o use repea ters
'l-Tube Transmitter, W9HBF 60 Heath kit Lunchboxes, 6 met er Goony shou ld be responsible for what goes
Genera l VI, St aff 62 Boxes, and a sprinkling of Clegg gear, out on the repeate r tr ansm it Ire-
Phone Patc h Settings, W4NVK 78 the y proliferated. And 2m began to quency - provided tha t those users
RTTY lit, w a2 TCC 8 1 fade awa y. have a mea ns for commanding the
Perf -Board Term inals, K5LLI. 83 Go nser bro ught out the Sidewin de r repe ater to be actuated (as wit h tone
Tuning Verticals, W5QKO . . 85 for 2 mete rs ..• it fell o n its face. access). I
Lew-Ohm Meter , W3YCZ. . .. . 87 Never mo re tha n a han dful of pioneers Put di fferen tly, toned repeaters
Gus Watche r, W9S0K ... . .. 92 made the sideband scene on two. The wou ld not be required to be monit ored
incompatibility of the SSB gear wit h by a fixed -contro l-point .lke nsee who
FEAT URES communicntur s further disrupted the mans the UHF control ng . Repeaters
Rad io Am ateur News Paqe., .2 band, giving bo th gro ups Icwcr pe ople that remain carr ier-operated would still
Edito rials. .. . ..2 to cont-vt. be required to have a co ntinuous UHF
l ett ers. . . . . .. 6 Up above 146 MH z th ere was some- contro l licensee monitoring a t all times
Caveat Em ptor. . . . .6 thing beginning to grow . . . FM. At the repeater is in usc.
leaky Lines 7 first there were a few hardy cps that Basis fo r Rea sonin g. At first glance, the
New Products. . . 88 set up shop, and fou nd only a . few petition might sou nd prejudicial to
Propagatio n Chart 96 ethers to talk with . The AM and SSE toned repeaters. But this ain't the case
Adver tise r Index 96 groups couldn't break in and talk with at all. Here's why: Take the case of a
tile FM hoys , so they kept up their life purely carrie r-operated repeat er, for
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