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Index to 2009 QST A Brain for Radio (Davis): Nov, 24

A Compelling Reason (Carr): Oct, 24
75, 50 and 25 Years Ago (Brogdon) A Gift to the Community (Prewitt): Jun, 24
January 1934, 1959, 1984: Jan, 100 A is for Alpha (Walker): Mar, 24
February 1934, 1959, 1984: Feb, 102 A Letter About Letters (Hayes): Aug, 24
March 1934, 1959, 1984: Mar, 102 A Long Way from the Marconi Days (Ginsburg): Mar, 24
April 1934, 1959, 1984: Apr, 101 A Technicality? (Kitsko): Aug, 24
May 1934, 1959, 1984: May, 100 Amateur Radio is Acessible Radio (Campbell): Dec, 24
June 1934, 1959, 1984: Jun, 101 An International Perspective (Chadwick): Apr, 24
July 1934, 1959, 1984: Jul, 102 An Invitation to the Party (Hendricks): Jul, 24
August 1934, 1959, 1984: Aug, 101 Appreciates Fight Against Flawed Technology (Avellino):
September 1934, 1959, 1984: Sep, 99 Sep, 24
October 1934, 1959, 1984: Oct, 101 Ask Questions First (Boyd): Apr, 24
November 1934, 1959, 1984: Nov, 101 Big Pay Off (Reisenauer Jr): Sep, 24
December 1934, 1959, 1984: Dec, 97 Blast from the Past (Neal): Dec, 24
Breaking the Code (Lamb): Feb, 24
Amateur Radio World (Keane) Broad Bands (Sherman): Jul, 24
Introducing IARU President-Elect Tim Ellam, Can You Hear Me Now? (Smith): Jun, 24
VE6SH/G4HUA: Apr, 94 Chasing Worked All States (Melton): Aug, 24
Meet IARU Vice President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR: Jun, Easy Renewal (Ruetz): Jan, 24
78 Enjoying Amateur Radio at Any Level (Drell): Oct, 24
On the International Stage: 4U1ITU and High Speed Forty Questions (Bofani, Price): May, 24
Telegraphy: Aug, 94 Going Far (Boyle, Moyer): Sep, 24
Republic of the Congo Amateur Radio Organization Green Day (Buck): Sep, 24
Applies for IARU Membership: Jun, 78 Hams Helping Hams (Henderson, Kaatz): Mar, 24
Team USA at the 2009 World High Speed Telegraphy He Always Gets His Man (Klusman): Jan, 24
Championships (Low): Dec, 64 Hey, What's That Guy Doing? (Shack-in-a-Box) (Huff): Jul,
24
ARRL Emergency Communications Course Honor High Praise for the High Bands (Neubeck): Dec, 24
Roll Intentional Interference a Problem (Pritchard): Nov, 24
Mar, 55 Is There Anyone Out There? (Taylor): Nov, 24
It's a Home Run (Gould): Apr, 24
ARRL Section Managers, page 16 each issue It's Not Easy Being Green (Gates, Satt): Jan, 24
Keeping up to Date (Dunphy): Jul, 24
ARRL VEC Volunteer Examiner Honor Roll Logging and Blogging (McCray): Apr, 24
Mar, 45; Jun, 93; Sep, 89; Dec, 92 Looking Forward to Another 25 Years (Gruteke): Jun, 24
Midway Memories (Martin): May, 24
At the Foundation (Hobart) Mobile Operation Not a Distraction (Wardlaw): Oct, 24
A New Way to Fund an ARRL Foundation Scholarship! My ARRL (Cahill): Jan, 24
Apr, 87 New Ways for an Old Ham (Davis): Sep, 24
Amateur Radio Clubs Make a Difference: Nov, 95 No Dead Spots in Amateur Radio (Dickerson): Feb, 24
California Teen is 2009 Goldfarb Scholarship Recipient Not in Our Best Interests (Green): Mar, 24
[Dean LaBarba, KI6CUX]: Jun, 98 Not Your Grandfather's Ham Radio (Abad): Jul, 24
Grants Focus on Future of Amateur Radio [Pilot Course Not Your Grandson's Ham Radio (Weisman): Jul, 24
for Volunteer Instructors; BSA Crew 272 Space Old Dogs, New Tricks (Ragle): Oct, 24
Jamboree Project; Ann Arbor Hands On Museum]: Jan, Olivia — Not Scary at All (Kleber): Feb, 24
95 Open Sesame? (Paquette): Jun, 24
Scholarship Recipients: Sep, 94 Pay to Play? (Green): Aug, 24
"Plausible Deniability"? (Gruszka): Nov, 24
Contest Corral (Silver) Radiating Fun (Ipswiche): May, 24
Jan, 82; Feb, 82; Mar, 78; Apr, 84; May, 80; Jun, 80; Jul, Recharged! (Rankin): Feb, 24
76; Aug, 76; Sep, 78; Oct, 78; Nov, 86; Dec, 66 Recognizing Good Operation (Vega): Aug, 24
Safety First (Applegate): Apr, 24
Convention and Hamfest Calendar (Iannone) Showing Who's Boss (Pahr): Dec, 24
[Previously Coming Conventions and Hamfest Soaring the Heights (Reid): Apr, 24
Calendar] Spy vs Spy (Franklin): Dec, 24
Jan, 97; Feb, 99; Mar, 98; Apr, 95; May, 97; Jun, 99; Jul, State Call Sign Clearly (Persons): Mar, 24
98; Aug, 98; Sep, 96; Oct, 99; Nov, 100; Dec, 96 Take Me Back to Tech (Ahlgren, Heins): May, 24
The Last Word on Phonetics? (Pilley): Jul, 24
Correspondence The Magic and Mystery of Amateur Radio (Gruenke): Oct,
40 Meter Fun (Karl): Nov, 24 24
A "Worthwhile" Investment (Siegrist): Feb, 24 The Test is Just the Beginning (Hayman): Feb, 24
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Vibroplex Revisited (Casale): May, 24 An All Band HF Dipole Antenna (September 2008 QST,
Where Would You Like to Go Today? (DePaola Sr): Jan, pp 62-66) (Weit): Jan, 80
24 An Audio Interface Unit for Field Day and Contesting
(June 2008 QST, pp 39-41) (Raydo): Aug, 43
DXCC Honor Roll (Moore) Announcement — Second ARRL Homebrew Challenge
Aug, 89 (February 2009, p 75) (Hallas): Apr, 65
Designing and Building Transistor Linear Power
Eclectic Technology (Ford) (by month) Amplifiers, Part 2 (March 2009 QST, pp 40-43)
Can We Push the Meteor Scatter Envelope? Convert your (Campbell): Apr, 65
Desktop Computer to 12 V dc: Jan, 90 Diamonds in the Sky (August 2009 QST, pp 30-32)
Rethinking APRS; Cold Solder Joints: Feb, 95 (Teller): Sep, 58
Digital "Weak Signal" FM?; USB 3.0; Backward RF: Mar, Experimenter's RF Spectrum Analyzer (October 2008
95 QST, pp 36-40) (Steber): Jan, 80; Mar, 55
Chinese Ham Satellite on the Horizon; Quantum Feedback to the 2008 ARRL Annual Report: Sep, 58
Communication Strangeness; Tree Power!: Apr, 98 Getting on the Air: It's Time to Take to the Water (July
The Marketplace of Digital Modes; Meteor Scatter Update: 2009 QST, pp 51-53) (Hallas): Sep, 58
May, 92 Getting on the Air: Learning to Live with RF Safety (March
High Speed Multimedia at 3.5 GHz; Homebrewing a 20 2009 QST, pp 70-71 (Hallas): Jun, 98
Meter SSB Transceiver in India; The Sounds of Space; Hamspeak: Horizontally polarized (August 2009 QST, p
Reversible Diodes?: Jun, 94 103): Oct, 34
Your Own D-STAR "Hot Spot"; Twisted Radio Waves: Jul, Hands-On Radio: Experiment #72 — Return Loss and S-
93 Parameters (January 2009 QST, pp 76-77) (Silver): Feb,
Your Hard Drive is Going to Fail (ioSafe Solo); A Fiber 53
Alternative to BPL?: Aug, 95 Happenings: North Dakota Hams Help to Head Off River
A D-STAR Repeater in Space; D-STAR Hotspot Update; Flooding (Keane): Jul, 37
Windows 7; Get Your News in Morse Code!: Sep, 91 Hints and Kinks: Feed Line Stretcher (January 2009 QST)
Audio Archiving; Ultra-Light Satellite; Transistor Trouble: (Taber): Mar, 55
Oct, 76 Hints and Kinks: Hot Sun — Cold Solder (April 2009 QST,
Deconstructing the Digital Tower of Babel; Windows 7 p 82) (Dorward): Sep, 58
Update: Nov, 98 Home Brew Coaxial Dipole for VHF or UHF (July 2009
SumbandilaSat in Orbit!; The CubeSat Fleet Grows; QST, pp 33-34) (Portune): Aug, 43
Future Sats; WIMOR Update; Developing Electronic Measuring Radio Frequencies (September 2009 QST, pp
Circuits...in a "Flash": Dec, 93 36-39): Nov, 44
Old Amplifiers — Boat Anchors or Bargain Basement
Exam Info (Somma) Opportunities? (January 2007 QST, pp 37-41)
2009 Exam Fee, Question Pool Topics; 2009 ARRL (Sowden): Mar, 55
National Exam Day Weekends Jan, 96 Product Review: Antenna Accessories from Array
Put Your Party Hats On — the ARRL VEC Program Solutions (Sep 2009 QST, pp 47-49) (Salas): Oct, 34
Celebrates Its Silver Anniversary (Somma): Jul, 92 Product Review: ICOM IC-7600 HF and 6 Meter
Transceiver (November 2009 QST, pp 54-59)
Feedback (Lindquist): Dec, 32
$500 Audio from a $5 Boom Arm Mic! (April 2009 QST, pp Product Review: ICOM IC-7700 HF and 6 Meter
78-80) (Wagner): May, 55 Transceiver (October 2008 QST, pp 41-47) (Lindquist):
2008 ARRL CW Sweepstakes (May 2009 QST, pp 81-83) May, 55
(Taylor): Jun, 98; Aug, 43 Product Review: Microtelecom Perseus Software Defined
2008 ARRL International DX Contest Announcement Receiver (December 2008 QST, pp 40-44) (Ford): Jan,
(December 2007 QST, p 96): Feb, 53 80; Feb, 50
2008 ARRL November Phone Sweepstakes Results (June Product Review: TelePost LP-PAN Software Defined IQ
2009 QST, pp 81-84) (London): Aug, 43 Panadapter (February 2009 QST, pp 44-47) (Hallas):
2008 Simulated Emergency Test Results (July 2009 QST, Apr, 65
pp 72-75): Sep, 75 Short Takes: The PIEXX SO2Rxlat USB LPT Translator
2009 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes Results (July (August 2009 QST, p 59) (Smith): Oct, 34
2009 QST, pp 80-83) (Carman): Aug, 43; Oct, 34 The 2009 ARRL DX CW Contest (August 2009 QST, pp
2009 ARRL RTTY Roundup Results (July 2009 QST, pp 77-80) (Robbins): Oct, 34
84-85) (Townsend): Aug, 43; Aug, 43 The Antenna Dipper (November 2009 QST, p 53)
A High Gain Single Wire Beam (July 2009 QST, pp 38-39) (McCann): Dec, 32
(Wilson): Aug, 43 The Universal Keying Module (November 2008 QST, pp
A Lost Dit of Vibroplex History (February 2009, pp 58-59) 43-45) (Bryce): Feb, 53
(Page): Apr, 65 The W4SSY Spudgun (March 2009 QST, pp 67-69)
A Sound Card Interface or FM Transceivers (July 2009 (Black): Apr, 65
QST, pp 30-31) (Teller): Jul, 37 The World Above 50 MHz: Comparing VHF+ IF Strips
(March 2009 QST, p 89) (Zimmerman): Apr, 65
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This Just In: Section Manager Line-up at March 7-8, 2009 VK Alpine Winter Mini-expedition (Warrillow and
Radiofest Monterey Bay (May 2009 QST, p 12) Warrillow): Apr, 54
(Kramer): Jun, 98 Which Way is Swaziland? (Sant Andrea): Jul, 62
This Month in Contesting: October 2009 Qualifying Runs
(October 2009 QST, p 87) (Kutzko): Nov, 44 Getting On the Air (Hallas)
Tuning Switch with Limit Indication for Screwdriver A Closer Look at Window Transmission Line (Allison and
Antennas (December 2005 QST, pp 52-53) (Salas): Jun, Hallas): Nov, 66
98 A Quick Look at Radio Frequency Interference: May, 61
W1AW Schedule (July 2009 QST, p 101): Aug, 43 It's Time to Take to the Water: Jul, 51; Fdbk: Sep, 58
Wet and Wild — 2008 June VHF QSO Party Results Learning to Live with RF Safety: Mar, 70; Fdbk: Jun, 98
(December 2008 QST, pp 81-84) (Rosen): Feb, 53 Selecting Your Transmission Line: Jan, 71
Where is Bob? (April 2009 QST, pp 51-53) (Bellini): May, Your Voice Can Be Heard! (Pontius): Sep, 53
55
Guide to ARRL Member Services (page 14)
General Interest Features
9XØR: Rwanda 2008 (Vedovelli): Mar, 56 Ham Ads
A Green Field Day (Chaney and Stouder): Jun, 70 Jan, 156; Feb, 156; Mar, 164; Apr, 156; May, 162; Jun,
A Lost Dit of Vibroplex History (Page): Feb, 58; Fdbk: Apr, 154; Jul, 154; Aug, 154; Sep, 162; Oct, 162; Nov, 154;
65 Dec, 162
Amateur Radio and Public Education Make for a Bright
Future (Gulley): Feb, 54 Hamspeak
Another Garriott Generates Excitement from Space Jan, 101; Feb, 103; Mar, 103; Apr, 103; May, 101; Jun,
(White): May, 67 103; Jul, 103; Aug, 103 – Fdbk: Oct, 24; Sep, 101; Oct,
Antarctica Experience (Brown): Jan, 52 103; Nov, 103; Dec, 99
Beyond the Straight Key (Arnold): Dec, 57
Bicycle Mobile Ham Radio (Pennes MD): May, 69 Hands-On Radio (Silver)
Bike 54, Where Are You? (Ford): Sep, 59 Antenna Modeling: Boon or Bane? (Sidebar to Hands-On
Catch a Net on Your Radio Set (Sant Andrea): Aug, 66 Radio: Experiment #82 — Antenna Height): Nov, 65
DX Dialoguing (sidebar to Sky Chatting) (Sant Andrea): Experiment #72 — Return Loss and S-Parameters: Jan,
Apr, 59 76; Fdbk: Feb, 53
DXpedition to Planet Mars (Hartlage): Jan, 59 Experiment #73 — Choosing an Op Amp: Feb, 73
Find Yourself a Nearby (or Faraway!) FD Site: Jun, 69 Experiment #74 — Resonant Circuits: Mar, 72
Ham Radio in the Air (van Loosdrecht): Aug, 67 Experiment #75 — Series to Parallel Conversion: Apr, 75
Homeowners Insurance and Your Antenna System Experiment #76 — Diode Junctions: May, 63
(Fallen): Feb, 51 Experiment #77 — Load Lines: Jun, 61
How to Win the ARRL Sweepstakes with 11 QSOs Experiment #78 — Bridge Circuits: Jul, 54
(Kanode): Oct, 79 Experiment #79 — Pi and T Networks: Aug, 57
Keeping Safe: Tower Safety (Keane): Sep, 62 Experiment #80 — Battery Capacity: Sep, 55
Log It! (Arnold): Feb, 56 Experiment #81 — Synchronous Transformers: Oct, 58
Morse Code: Efficient or Over the Hill? (Packard): Jan, 55 Experiment #82 — Antenna Height: Nov, 64
Movin' to Montana (sidebar to How to Win the ARRL Experiment #83 — Circuit Simulation, Part 1: Dec, 48
Sweepstakes Contest with 11 QSOs) (Silver): Oct, 79
N4HX: Amateur Radio Ambassador (Bullington): Jun, 66 Happenings (Keane)
Observation of Long Delayed Echoes on 80 Meters 2009 Section Managers Workshop: A Learning
(Karlshoj): Nov, 72 Experience: Dec, 61
Out of the Frying Pan and Into the — Pileup? (Cody): Jun, 7O1YGF Operation Approved for DXCC Credit: Oct, 72
72 Amateurs with General Class Licenses Eligible to Operate
Party Time on 40 Meters! (Price): Apr, 60 in Some CEPT Countries: Nov, 81
Putting Ham Radio in the Cable Spotlight (Kramer): Aug, ARRL 500 kHz Experiment Shows Increased Activity: Mar,
65 60
QRP from the Top of the Maritimes (Volstad): Aug, 63 ARRL Announces New Youth Editor (Duncan
’Rah for Technology! America's Oldest College Amateur MacLachlan, KUØDM): Jan, 61
Radio Club Turns 100 (Keane): Apr, 57 ARRL Board Adopts Guildelines and Recommendations
Repeaters and the Conversation Carousel (Sant Andrea): on the Appropriate Use of Amateur Radio: Dec, 59
May, 72 ARRL Board Welcomes Two New Vice Directors (Jeff
Season's Greeting: Dec, 79 Beals, WA4AW and Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT): Aug, 69
Sky Chatting (Sant Andrea): Apr, 59 ARRL Hosts Amateur Radio Classroom for USTTI
So Near, Yet So Far — The K5D Desecheo DXpedition Students: Jan, 63
Story (Allphin and Johnson): Dec, 52 ARRL HQ Welcomes New Membership Manager Diane
The Happy Marriage of HF Transceivers and Computers Petrilli, KB1RNF: Feb, 63
(Ford): Oct, 67 ARRL National Convention to Feature Richard Garriott,
The Teardrop QTH (Parks): Jul, 63 W5KWQ: May, 73
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ARRL President Emeritus George Wilson, W4OYI, Silent Team Leaders Selected for WRTC 2010: Dec, 60
Key: Feb, 62 Train the Trainers Course Debuts at Orlando HamCation:
ARRL Releases Policy Statement on Mobile Amateur May, 74
Radio Operation: Apr, 67 Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD, Silent Key: Sep, 64
ARRL Responds to FCC's Proposed Allocation for When Vandals Strike Infostructure, Hams Provide
Medical Devices in 70 cm Band: Oct, 71 Communications Support: Jun, 73
ARRL Southeastern Division Vice Director Sandy WRC-11 Agenda Poses Opportunities and Challenges for
Donahue, W4RU, Silent Key: Jul, 67 Hams: May, 74
ARRL Teachers Institutes Gear Up for Summer 2009:
Mar, 61 FCC News
ARRL Teachers Institutes Off to Fast Start: Aug, 70 Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein to Leave FCC: Jun, 74
ARRL to Help California Ham in Antenna Lawsuit: Mar, 60 Copps Named Acting FCC Chairman: Apr, 67
ARRL Vice Director Elections Set for November: Nov, 79 FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Resigns: Mar, 60
ARRL: Mobile Amateur Radio Is Not Distracted Driving: FCC Chairman Nominee Genachowski, Current
Oct, 70 Commissioner McDowell Face Confirmation Hearings;
Changes Coming for Sweepstakes, VHF+ Contests: Aug, FCC Looks to Raise Vanity Call Sign Fees for Second
69 Consecutive Year: Aug, 70
Congress Considering Bill to "Promote and Encourage" FCC Responds to ARRL Petition Against Experimental
Amateur Radio Public Service: Jul, 66 License using 40 Meter Band: Jan, 63
Coy Day, N5OK, Resigns from ARRL Board of Directors: FCC Takes Advantage of Social Networking: Nov, 80
Apr, 66 Genachowski Sworn In As New FCC Chairman: Sep, 64
Delta Division Leadership Attends Orientation Workshop Julius Genachowski Nominated as Next FCC Chairman:
at ARRL HQ: Mar, 59 May, 74
FCC Clarifies What Constitutes an Amateur Radio Meredith Attwell Baker, Mignon Clyburn Sworn in as FCC
Repeater: Jun, 74 Commissioners: Oct, 71
FCC Continues BPL Debate: Sep, 63 President Obama Nominates New FCC Commissioner
FCC Issues Public Notice on Amateur Service (Mignon L. Clyburn): Jul, 67
Communication During Government Disaster Drills: Dec,
59 In Brief
FCC License Activity on the Rise: Mar, 59 ARRL's Committee on Scouting Seeks Assistance with
FCC Releases Unredacted BPL Case Studies After ARRL Girl Scouts; ARRLDXCC Desk Approves T61AA
FOIA Request: Jul, 66 Operation: Mar, 61
FCC Special Counsel Laura Smith Visits ARRL: May, 73 Eleven New Cosponsors Pledge Support for HR 2160;
FCC to Utilities: Don't Look to Hams to Pay for Your What's New at Dayton 2009: The Unabridged Version:
Testing: Nov, 79 Sep, 65
Four Radio Amateurs Killed in Plan Crash en Route to FCC Calls on Amateur Radio Service for Assistance with
CQWW Phone Contest (Peter Radding, W2GJ; Ed Digital TV Conversion; Canadian Amateurs Receive
Steeble, K3IXD; Dallas Carter, W3PP; Randy Limited 500 kHz Privileges: Feb, 64
Hargenrader, K4QO, SK): Dec, 60 FCC Expands ARRL's 500 kHz Experimental License;
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, Steps Down From ARISS and Special Bonus Section Added to The ARRL Ham Radio
AMSAT Duties: Jun, 75 License Manual: Oct, 72
Hurricane Nets, WX4NHC Activate as Hurricane Paloma FCC, Indianapolis Police Department Address Unlicensed
Batters Cayman Islands and Cuba: Jan, 61 Operations; New Section Manager in South Dakota
IBM Teams Up with BPL Provider to Offer Service in (Scott Rausch, WAØVKC): Jun, 75
Seven States: Jan, 62 Field Day Station Locator Service Returning for 2009;
Laura L. Smith Named to Amateur Radio Enforcement ARRL Sweepstakes and RTTY Roundup Set New
Role: Apr, 66 Records; BSA Updates Radio Merit Badge
National Safety Council Responds to ARRL: No Evidence Requirements: May, 75
of "Significant Crash Risks" While Operating Mobile: Fred Fish Memorial Award #1 Presented to Lee Fish,
Nov, 80 K5FF; WorldRadio to Cease Print Publication: Jan, 64
New Leadership in ARRL's Delta Division: Feb, 62 HR 2160 Gains Four More Cosponsors; IARU, ARRL
Next Round of PAVE PAWS Mitigation Contacts Begins: Officials Attend Ham Fair, GAREC in Japan: Nov, 81
Jan, 62 John Kanzius, K3TUP, Silent Key; ARRL Foundation
Nominees Sought for ARRL Board of Directors (Sumner): Officers Elected: Apr, 68
Jul, 69; Aug, 72 Scientists Predict Solar Cycle 24 to Peak in 2013; Internet
North Dakota Hams Help to Head Off River Flooding: Jun, Search Engine Celebrates Birthday of Samuel F. B.
74; Fdbk: Jul, 37 Morse: Jul, 68
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, Back on Terra Firma: Jan, 62 The ARRL Letter, Now in HTML, Moves to Thursdays;
Section Manager Election Results: Feb, 63 Ham Appointed Chief of Army MARS (Jim Griffin,
Section Manager Nomination Notice (Patton): Jan, 64; KE7LJA); IRCs — Out with the Old, In with the New:
Feb, 64; Apr, 68; May, 75; Jul, 68; Aug, 71; Oct, 72; Dec, 61
Nov, 81
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Two New Co-sponsors Pledge Support for HR 2160; Ohio Neat Handheld Transceiver Holder (Murphy): Jan, 79
Section Manager Joe Phillips, K8QOE, Silent Key: Aug, O-Ring Seal for PL-259/SO-239 Connectors (Dorward):
71 Feb, 79
Pigeonhole Work Top (Townsend): Nov, 68
Hints and Kinks Project Boxes on the Cheap (Merritt): Jun, 63
12 V Spice Jar Adapter (Lott): Dec, 51 PSK31 for Audio Monitoring (Ray): May, 65
A Quick Release Mounting Bracket for the Yaesu FT- PVC Antenna Support System (Monroe): May, 66
857D (Montgomery): Oct, 61 Quick, Good-Looking Homebrew Labels (Hart, Straw):
Acorn Antenna Altitude (Sant Andrea): Apr, 81 Feb, 80
Alternative Grounding Material (Raffaele): Aug, 62 Receive Indicator (Allen): Oct, 62
Anchoring Coaxial Feed Line (Nelson): Aug, 60 Repairing Slug-Tuned Coils with Dental Floss (Manner):
Another Use for a Watch-Back Lifting Knife (Miller): Feb, Sep, 58
79 Reuse Your CRT Stand (Richardson): Aug, 61
Antenna Counterweight Device (Kruk): Feb, 78 Reviving a Yaesu VX5 Turn-On Button (Peters): Jul, 57
Assembling Type N Connectors (Cole): Sep, 57 RS-232 Transmit Control (McCann): Sep, 57
Astron RS-12A Fix (Powell): Jan, 79 Simple Prototype PCBs (Maukonen): Mar, 76
Attaching Front Panels (Palmgren): Sep, 57 Single Paddle Operation with Iambic Paddles (Winslow):
Audio Filter Improved CW Performance (Getz): Aug, 61 Oct, 61
Auto Clearcoat Discoloration (Stewart): Aug, 62 Spray Grease Warning (Hamel): Jun, 64
Coax Critter Damage (Kuykendall): Feb, 78 Station Grounding (McAlister): Nov, 68
Control Head Mount Made from Minicel Foam (Burke): Temporary Open-Wire Feed-Line Connectors (Pozerski):
Feb, 78 Sep, 58
CQ Ringtone (Tyre): May, 65 Traffic Cone Antenna Stand (Alexander): Jul, 57
Cracking Wall Warts (Snowdon): Aug, 62 TV Antenna Ant Nest (Walker): Apr, 81
Cup Holder Mobile Mount (Kruse): Mar, 76 Weatherproofing Your Automatic Antenna Tuner (Haines):
Display Scratch Repair (Wade): Jun, 64 Dec, 50
Easy Antenna Mounts for a Honda Ridgeline (Kulzer): Apr, Windows Sounds — Another Approach (Eagle): Oct, 62
81 Wireless RFI Detection (Goodwin): Aug, 61
EchoLink in a Flash (Bates): Feb, 79
Feed Line Stretcher (Taber): Jan, 80; Fdbk: Mar, 55 How's DX (McClenney)
Feet for Heathkits (Davis): Dec, 51 ARRL CW DX Contest Reminder: Feb, 91
Fixing and Replacing Fiberglass-Tube Antenna Insulators Back to Desecheo Island — KP5: Jan, 85
(MacAlister): Oct, 60 Chatham Island DXpedition 2009 (Jennings): Aug, 84
Foam PCB Holder (Jacobs): Jan, 80 Cycle 24: Jul, 86
Garbage Bag Tie Rescues PTT Button Woes (Davis): DX Cluster Use: May, 87
Sep, 58 DX Gatherings: Ham-Com 2009; WØ DXCC Maritime DX
Gripper Pads are Redeployed (Van Sickle): May, 66 Forum; PNWDXC: Jun, 88
Ground Mounted Lightning Arrestor (Mikula): May, 65 International Reply Coupons: Jul, 86
Handy Frequency List (Thall): Mar, 76 Midway Islands: Apr, 89
Help Your ICOM IC-27/37/47 Regain Its Voice (Bogusz): More on Midway: Jun, 87
Jul, 56 Six Meter DX News: 4O — Montenegro; 8R — Guyana;
Homebrew Transistor Socket (Huyett): Nov, 69 HKØ/S — San Andres and Providencia; V2 — Antigua
Hot Sun — Cold Solder (Conlon): Apr, 82; Fdbk: Sep, 58 and Barbuda: Jun, 87
IC-706 Connector Problems (Peters): Feb, 79 The 2008 DX Year in Review: Mar, 92
IC-706MKIIG SO-239 Problem (Schwab): Dec, 50 The Dissolution of Netherlands Antilles and the Creation
Increasing Relay Voltage Handling Capacity (Karlquist): of as Many as Four New Countries: Nov, 88
May, 66 Time to Dump Your Old IRCs: Sep, 86
Ladder Line Center Insulator (Keppler Jr): Apr, 81 Time to Start Thinking about Dumping Your IRCs: Apr, 89
Loop and Hook Skyhook (Quinton): Feb, 79 ZK2V 2009 (Tran): Oct, 88
Making Front Panels — the Easy Way (Boyer): Mar, 75 ZYØOF — A Tropical Island Adventure (Dalamasso): Sep,
Mark Those Heil Headset Adapter Cables (Schwab): Feb, 85
80
MFJ Cub Dial Label (Allison): Jun, 63 DX News from Around the Globe
Mobile Antenna Transport Tube (Patterson): Oct, 60 3V — Tunisia; 9N — Nepal and A5 — Bhutan; CN —
Mobile Conversion of the MFJ-1762 6 Meter Yagi Morocco; HKØ — San Andres & Providencia; JD1 —
(Abbruscato): Aug, 61 Ogasawara Islands; T8 — Palau; VP8 — Falkland
More Behind the Gray Door (Marthens): Aug, 62 Islands: Jan, 86
More on RS-232 Transmit Control (Dieter): Nov, 69 6W and J5 — Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; FH —
More on the ADI AR-447: Sep, 58 Mayotte; FR/G — Glorioso; H4 and H4O — Solomon
More on the ICOM IC-27/37/47 (Bisha): Oct, 62 Islands and Temotu Province; J6 — St Lucia; KP5 —
More on the Receive Indicator (Allen): Dec, 51 Desecheo Island; NCDXF New Officers; OD —
Mounting PL-259 Connectors (McAlister): Jun, 63 Lebanon; SV9 — Crete; T2 — Tuvalu; T30 and T31 —
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West Kiribati and Central Kiribati; T8 — Palau; TL — Our Global Community: Oct, 9
Central African Republic; TU — Ivory Coast; VE — Pecuniary Interest: Sep, 9
Canada; VK9L — Lord Howe Island; YA — Afghanistan; Support HR 2160!: Jul, 9
YVØ — Aves Island: Feb, 90 Technology and Science, A Two-Way Street: Feb, 9
4K — Azerbaijan; 5X — Uganda; C6 — Bahamas; C9 — Triple Play!: Jan, 9
Mozambique; DU — Philippines; E5 — South Cook
Islands; J3 — Grenada; TI — Costa Rica; VK9L — Lord Life Members Elected
Howe Island; YJ — Vanuatu; ZS — South Africa: Apr, March 14, 2009: May, 99
89 October 24, 2009: Dec, 97
5N — Nigeria; 8Q — Maldives; C2 — Nauru; FJ — Saint
Barthelemy; JD1/O — Ogasawara Islands; Pacific Isles; Microwavelengths (Wade)
Postal Increase; TT8 — Chad; ZK2 — Niue: May, 88 Assembling a Microwave Transverter System: Jul, 96
5N — Nigeria; 8Q — Maldives; PYØF — Fernando de Homebrew Microwave Transverters: Oct, 97
Noronha; S9 - Sao Tome and Principe; TT — Chad: Microwave DX: Jan, 91
Jun, 88 Microwave Transverters — System Design: May, 95
3D2 — Fiji Islands; 3DAØ — Swaziland; 5R —
Madagascar; 8R — Guyana; C6 — Bahamas; FP — St New Books
Pierre and Miquelon Islands; GD — Isle of Man; 6 Metre Handbook (RSGB) (Smith): Jun, 50
IW4BLZ Heading North; JW — Svalbard; KL7 — Alaska; Ham Radio Heroes (Third Millennium Publishing) (Ford):
Twitter; WØDXCC Update; ZF — Cayman Islands: Jul, Feb, 74
86 Listening on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today and
3B6 and 3B7 — Agalega and St Brandon; 3D2/C — Broadcasting on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today
Conway Reef; 4W — East Timor; CEØZ — Juan (Berg)(Ford): Jan, 95
Fernandez; FO/A and FO/M — Austral and Marquesas The Worldwide Listening Guide (Ford): Jun, 50
Islands; O/A and ZK2 — Austral Islands and Niue
Island; Change of Prefixes of Iles Espares; FT3G — New Products
Glorioso Islands; JW — Svalbard; PG5M Heading for ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference DVD
the Pacific; SV9 — Crete; T8 — Palau: Sep, 86 Set from ARVN: Sep, 56
3D2 — Conway Reef; 8Q — Maldives; C3 — Andorra; 12 GHz PLL-Stabilized Crystal Oscillator from Kuhne
CYØ — Sable Island; DL2FAG Going to the South Electronic (MKU LO 12 PLL): Nov, 49
Pacific; DX Gathering; FH — Mayotte; FP — St Pierre Alpha 8410 Amplifier: Jun, 64
and Miquelon Islands; J7 — Dominica; LX — AR-Mini Handheld Receiver from AOR: Jun, 64
Luxembourg; N7OU Heading Back to Pacific; TY — Cell Phone Headset Adapters from N1GY: Feb, 86
Benin: Oct, 89 Coaxial Cable/Connector Tools from DX Engineering
3V — Tunisia; 3W — Vietnam; 5R — Madagascar; 9G — (DXE-UT-8213; DXE-UT-808X; DXE-UT-80P; DXE-UT-
Ghana; CEØY — Easter Island; DYØ — Sable Island; 80N): Jun, 50
FK — Chesterfields; GD — Isle of Man; P2; — Papua Compact Cross-Needle SWR/Wattmeters from MFJ (MFJ-
New Guinea; Pacific Islands Expedition; VK9X — 88x series): Aug, 68
Christmas Island: Nov, 89 Connector Installation Prep Tool for LMR-400 (CST-400,
3V — Tunisia; 5R — Madagascar; 8Q — Maldives; A2 — part number 3192-004): Sep, 76
Botswana; C5 — Gambia; C9 — Mozambique; CE — Crystal Radio Receiver Kit from the Xtal Set Society (My
Chile; FØ — French Polynesia; International Team Marconi Crystal Radio Kit): Nov, 69
Heads to Several Pacific Islands; JD/O — Ogasawara DB6NT 2 Meter Transverter Module (MKU 144 G2): Jul,
Islands; KG4 — Guantanamo Bay; V3 — Belize; VK — 103
Australia; VK9X — Christmas Island; VP2V — British Digital SWR/Wattmeter from MFJ (MFJ-826B): May, 33
Virgin Islands; XU — Cambodia; YV and YVØ — Display Your Call Sign in Stained Glass: May, 33
Venezuela and Aves Island; Z2 — Zimbabwe; ZL — Dry Dummy Load from MFJ (MFJ-263): Nov, 49
New Zealand: Dec, 89 Enhanced Pactor Modem from SCS (Airmail2000): Sep,
76
Index of Advertisers Flex-3000 Software Defined Radio: Feb, 80
Jan, 158; Feb, 158; Mar, 166; Apr, 158; May, 164; Jun, Foot Switch from Jetstream (JTFT1): Nov, 94
156; Jul, 156; Aug, 156; Sep, 164; Oct, 164; Nov, 156; G8PUT Logbook Project: May, 33
Dec, 164 Ham Radio Reference for Palm OS PDA (Ham Radio
Referenced 2009 - HRR v 3.4 ): Sep, 76
It Seems to Us (Sumner) HAMCALC Electronics Utility Software (version 113): Dec,
Another Step in Strategic Planning; Mar, 9 58
Appropriate Use: Guildelines and Waivers; Dec, 9 Heavy Duty Telescoping Fiberglass Pole from
Change: May, 9 Spiderbeam: Nov, 94
Coexistence: Jun, 9 Hy-Gain 160-6 Meter Vertical Antenna: Feb, 86
It Doesn't Just Happen: Nov, 9 Jetstream 222 MHz Mobile Transceiver (JT220M): Oct, 32
Keeping the "Amateur" in Amateur Radio: Apr, 9 Jetstream High Current 13.8 V Power Supply
Now We Know: Aug, 9 (JTPS75BCMMKII): Nov, 92
Index for 2009 QST Page 7

MacIntosh Logging Program from Dog Park Software 2008 Simulated Emergency Test Results: Charlestown
(MacLoggerDX 5.0): Aug, 68 Radio Hams Shine During Statewide Drill (Lindholm):
MFJ AdaptiveCable Air Vent Plates (MFJ-4616; MFJ- Jul, 72
4613): Apr, 36 2008 Simulated Emergency Test Results: Hawaii Regional
MFJ AdaptiveCable Wall Plates (MFJ-4614; MFJ-4612; Planning Exercise (Grabowski): Jul, 72
MFJ-4611): Feb, 86 2008 Simulated Emergency Test Results: Obion County in
MFJ Dual Channel Speech Intelligibility Enhancer (MFJ- Tennessee Scenario (Steinberg): Jul, 73
618): May, 33 2009 Annual Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna
MFJ Filtered Outlet for DC Power Lines (MFJ-1142): Oct, Award: Feb, 61
34 2009 Teachers Institute Introduces Advanced Satellite
MFJ High Current Switching Power Supply (MFJ- Workshop (Spencer): Nov, 75
4275MV): Sep, 76 ARRL Announces the New, Improved Bill Leonard Media
MFJ Mightymite Intellituner (MFJ-925): Dec, 32 Award (Pitts): Nov, 77
MFJ Transceiver Surge Protector (MFJ-1163): Oct, 32 ARRL Board Names Award Recipients for 2008-2009
Mobile/Base Station Duplexers from Paladin RF (PRF- (Hiram Percy Maxim Award to Jason Hatfield, KD8FDD;
D450-4; PRF-D1270-4): Jun, 64 ARRL Technical Service Award to Geoff Haines, N1GY;
N8XJK Marine Booster from TG Electronics: Jan, 95 ARRL Technical Innovation Award to Dan Smith,
Nifty! Mini-Manual for MFJ-259B and MFJ-269 Analyzers: KK7DS; Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year Award to
Jul, 55 Brian Short, KCØBS; Joe Knight Distinguished Service
Performance Enhancements for Yaesu FT-2000 and FT- Award to Bill Thompson, W2MTA and Susan Swiderski,
2000D: Jul, 55 AF4FO; Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna
Performance Enhancements for Yaesu FTDX9000: Feb, Award to Nate Brightman, K6OSC; Doug DeMaw,
86 W1FB, Technical Excellence Award to John Stanley,
Plug In Coil Forms from National RF: Sep, 76 K4ERO) (Keane): Oct, 65
QSL Card Albums from K4AVU: Sep, 76 ARRL Board of Directors Sets Legislative Agenda, More
Remote/Meter Panel for N8XJK Battery Boosters (R1): at 2009 Annual Meeting (Keane): Apr, 62
Jul, 34 ARRL's New Web Site: Designed with You in Mind
RF Tools Software for Communications Test Sets: Aug, (Glass): Dec, 55
68 Awards Conferred at Annual Meeting (Bill Leonard,
Short Mobile HF Whips from MFJ (MFJ-23xx series): Nov, W2SKE, Professional Media Award to Ted Randall,
49 WB8PUM; ARRL Humanitarian Award to Sichuan Radio
SO-239 to BNC Conversion Kit from Oak Hills Research: Sports Association, Chinese Radio Sports Association
Jan, 58 and other Chinese amateurs) (Sidebar to ARRL Board
Solar Power Controller from ECC (Model 510): Aug, 68 of Directors Sets Legislative Agenda, More at 2009
TalkSafe Bluetooth Headsets from RPF Communications Annual Meeting) (Keane): Apr, 62
(TalkSafe; TalkSafe Ranger): Mar, 36 Board Discusses Inappropriate Use of Amateur Radio,
Telescoping Whip Antenna from MFJ (MFJ-1953): Jul, 55 Strategic Planning at Second 2009 Meeting (Keane):
Ten-Tec Hand Microphones (702; 703): Sep, 43 Oct, 63
Ten-Tec Model 715 RF Speech Processor: Sep, 43 Dayton DREAM Believer (Keane): Jul, 58
Ten-Tec RX-400 HF/VHF/UHF Receiver (RX-400): Jul, 34 Frequency Measuring Test 2009 — FMT Classic (Silver):
Times Microwave Flexible LMR-400 Coaxial Cable: Jun, Nov, 74
64 Going Once, Going Twice, GONE! (Keane): Jan, 54
Ultrasound CW Transceiver Kit from the XTAL Set Society Introducing the 2010 ARRL Handbook (Silver): Oct, 68
(Ultra-TR40): Oct, 34 Kids Day 2009: Fun for All Ages!: Jun, 65
Universal Window Feedthrough Panel (MFJ-4603): Nov, Something for Everyone at the 2009 ARRL National
94 Convention (Keane): May, 71
USB Radio Interface from DMJ Engineering (URI): Jul, Summary of Major Board Actions (Sidebar to ARRL Board
103 of Directors Sets Legislative Agenda, More at 2009
Annual Meeting) (Keane): Apr, 64
Officers, Division Directors and Staff (page 15) Summary of Major Board Actions (sidebar to Board
Discusses Inappropriate Use of Amateur Radio,
Op-Ed Strategic Planning at Second 2009 Meeting) (Keane):
Are We Overselling Ham Radio? (West): Mar, 88 Oct, 64
Hams Help Hams Achieve Triple Play WAS Award The ARRL Teachers Institute 2009 (Spencer): Feb, 60
(Stanway): Nov, 99 The First Edition — Read all About It (sidebar to
Kindness in Amateur Radio (Baker): May, 78 Introducing the 2010 ARRL Handbook) (Silver): Oct, 68
Phonetics — Am I Being Understood? (Sawyer): Jun, 97 What's New at Dayton 2009? (sidebar to Dayton DREAM
Believer) (Hallas): Jul, 61
Organizational
2008 Simulated Emergency Test Results: Jul, 72; Fdbk: Our Cover
Sep, 75 1927 regenerative receiver (Mattson): Jan, 5
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20 m Fixed Array Just North of Stockholm; SMØTQX New Product Review Tests (Allison): Oct, 50
Design (Kotowski): Dec, 5 Portable Dual-Lever Keyer Paddles (Prior): May, 52
2008 ARRL 10 Meter Contest (Soba): Oct, 5 Power Inverters and Conducted Emissions Limits (sidebar
2009 ARRL June VHF QSO Party (Taylor): Oct, 5 to Product Review: DC to AC Power Inverters) (Robins):
Annual Antenna Issue: DX Fishing Net (Stavropoulos): Apr, 48
Mar, 5 QST Compares Analog HF/VHF Wattmeters (Ameritron
HF moonbanders at W1AW (Wojcik): Mar, 5 AWM-30; Comet CMX-1; Daiwa CN-801 HP; MFJ-970
WA7FPO antennas at 7200 feet ASL (Stewart): Mar, 5 Grandmaster; Palstar PM2000A) (Allison): Mar, 46
Boulder Amateur Radio Club, WØDK, 2007 Field Day SPE Expert 1K-FA Linear Amplifier (Wilson): Sep, 44
(Long): Jun, 5 TelePost LP-PAN Software Defined IQ Panadapter
Calgary, Alberta skyline (Clement): Aug, 5 (Hallas): Feb, 44; Fdbk: Apr, 65
Do It at Dayton! (photos: Nancy Rabel Hall, KC4IYD and Ten-Tec 715 Speech Processor (Allison): Dec, 43
daughter Carol, SM Joe Phillips, K8QOE, Scott The Elecraft K3 as a Contest Radio (sidebar to Elecraft
Hartlage, KF4PWI and young hams in fox hunt) K3/100 HF and 6 Meter Transceiver) (Hallas): Jan, 48
(Kleinman): May, 5 Three More Battery Powered Soldering Tools (Haines):
Homebrew low power station of Rick Campbell, KK7B: Feb, 49
Feb, 5 Update to FlexRadio FLEX-3000 Product Review (Allison):
It’s Time to Take to the Water (Hallas): Jul, 5 Nov, 60
Northern Lights (Panagiotou): Aug, 5 Yaesu VX-8R Handheld Transceiver (Price): Jul, 41
Rock-bound No More!: Nov, 5
Vintage Issue: W9ARZ (SK) homebrew radio: Jan, 5 Public Service
VK Alpine Winter Mini-expedition (Warrillow): Apr, 4 2009 National Conference on Community Preparedness:
WASTYJ's Antenna in Winter (Martin): Aug, 5 Nov, 82
2009 Simulated Emergency Test (Ewald): Sep, 75
Product Review (Wilson) Adapting the ICS Message Form (Miller Sr): May, 76
A Close Look at K3 Roofing Filters (sidebar to Elecraft Amateur Radio Key Part of Red Cross Exercise (Miller):
K3/100 HF and 6 Meter Transceiver) (Hallas): Jan, 46 Jan, 65
Alinco DJ-175T 2 Meter FM Handheld Transceiver (Ford): Amateur Radio's Role in Alabama Interoperability
Aug, 46 Exercise (Sarratt): Sep, 68
Antenna Accessories from Array Solutions (Bias-T Plus; ARES Field Resources Manual: Jan, 66
Bias-T Master; ATD-1 Auto-Tuner Disconnect) (Salas): ARES/RACES Exercises at Vaccination Clinic (Firestone):
Sep, 47; Fdbk: Oct, 34 Jan, 66
Array Solutions QSK-MASTER External QSK TR Switch Citizen Corps News and Information (Ewald): Oct, 74
for HF Amplifiers (Sumner): Jul, 44 Education and Training Offered at EMCOMMWEST: Jul,
Conducted Emissions Testing (sidebar to Four Switching 71
Power Supplies) (Wilson): Aug, 50 George Hart Distinguished Service Award (Ewald): Oct,
DC to AC Power Inverters (Cotek ST1500-12; 74
PowerBright PW2300-12-1; Samlex PST-100S-12A; GlobalSET Coincides with World Amateur Radio Day
Tripp-Lite PowerVerter PV-1250FC; Xantrex Xpower (Ewald): Sep, 67
1750 Plus) (Robins): Apr, 44 Help ARRL Document Public Service Activities (Ewald):
DV Dongle D-STAR Adapter (Pearce): Feb, 47 Feb, 65
Elecraft K3/100 HF and 6 Meter Transceiver (Hallas): Jan, Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the ARRL National
43 Traffic System (Ewald): Oct, 73
FlexRadio Systems FLEX-3000 Software Defined HF/50 A Northwestern Perspective (Smith): Oct, 73
MHz Transceiver (Sant Andrea): Oct, 45 A Way to Make Lifelong Friends (Ewald): Oct, 74
Four Switching Power Supplies (Daiwa SS-505; Jetstream NTS for Nearly a Lifetime (Thompson): Oct, 73
JTPS45; MFJ-4245MV; Samlex SEC-12235M) (Wilson): National Weather Service/ARRL SKYWARN Recognition
Aug, 48 Day (Ewald): Dec, 62
ICOM IC-7200 HF and 6 Meter Transceiver (Sant NBEMS — A Digital Emcomm Tool (Bloomberg and
Andrea): Jun, 51 Kleber): Aug, 73
ICOM IC-7600 HF and 6 Meter Transceiver (Lindquist): Nominations Open for 2009 International Humanitarian
Nov, 54; Fdbk: Dec, 32 Award (Ewald): Dec, 62
ICOM IC-80AD Dual Band Handheld Transceiver (Ford): NTS Resources on the ARRL Web Page (Ewald): Oct, 75
Dec, 40 Operations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania (Ewald): Sep,
Inverter Types (sidebar to Product Review: DC to AC 67
Power Inverters) (Robins): Apr, 44 Pandemic: Planning for the Future (Aveni): Sep, 66
K1EL Winkeyer USB CW Keyer and Interface Kit (Prior): Participants' Comments (sidebar to Amateur Radio's Role
Jul, 46 in Alabama Interoperability Exercise) (Dura): Sep, 69
Kenwood RC-D710 Control Head/TNC (Pearce): May, 49 PowerPoint Program on NTS (Ewald): Apr, 70
Maha MH-9000 Battery Charger (Stuart): Apr, 49 Preparations Underway for 2101 Winter Olympics
Micro-Node International IRLP/EchoLink Node (Johnson): (Simpson): Nov, 83
Jun, 56
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Public Service Honor Roll Criteria Explained (Ewald): Dec, 2008 ARRL UHF Contest Results (Kalenowsky): Feb, 87
62 2009 ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest: Aug, 81
Recruiting ARES Members (Ewald): Feb, 66 2009 ARRL August UHF Contest Announcement: Jul, 83
Reminder About Emergency Preparedness Kits (Ewald): 2009 ARRL DX Phone Results (Silver): Sep, 79
May, 77 2009 ARRL Field Day — Are You Ready?: May, 84
Reminder on 2008 SET Reports: Jan, 65 2009 ARRL International EME Competition: Aug, 82
Resource Typing (Ewald): Oct, 75 2009 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes Results (Carman):
Resources on Emergency/Alternative Power (Ewald): Feb, Jul, 80; Fdbk: Aug, 43; Oct, 34
65 2009 ARRL June VHF QSO Party: May, 85
Seniors Linking Amateur Radio and Storm Preparedness 2009 ARRL RTTY Roundup Results (Townsend): Jul, 84;
(Burke): Jun, 76 Fdbk: Aug, 43
"Spring Training" — A Grand Slam in Connecticut (Fuller): 2009 ARRL September VHF QSO Party: Aug, 81
Jul, 70 2010 ARRL DX Contest: Dec, 86
Ten Year Anniversary of SKYWARN Recognition Day 2010 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes: Dec, 86
(Ewald): Apr, 69 2010 ARRL Straight Key Night: Dec, 85
Bergen County, New Jersey, OEM on the Air (Adams): 2010 Kids Day Announcement (Beckwith): Dec, 84
Apr, 70 2010 Kids Day Announcement (Hodge): Dec, 84
Georgia on the Air (Swiderski): Apr, 71 Bring Some RF to School: School Club Roundup 2009
Indiana Operators Visit NWS in Louisville (McKim): Apr, (Malchick): Jan, 83
69 Holding the Channel (sidebar to June 2009 VHF QSO
Monterey, California Joins the Celebration (Mehle): Apr, Party Results) (Rosen): Dec, 82
71 Introducing the Triple Play WAS Award: Jan, 84
Notes from the National Hurricane Center (Ripoll): Apr, 71 JOTA 2009 (Johnson): Sep, 61
Opportunities Open in Alaska (Courtney): Apr, 69 June 2009 VHF QSO Party Results (Rosen): Dec, 80
Sacramento, California, Participates (Kurth): Apr, 70 Multiop, Texas Style (Straw): Oct, 84
West Virginia was Represented (Damron and Myers): Apr, No Sunspots? Try VHF: 2008 ARRL September VHF
70 QSO Party Results (Klein): Mar, 83
WX1BOX Operates from Taunton, Massachusetts School Club Roundup 2009 (Malchick): Sep, 60
(Macedo): Apr, 71 Straight Key Night 2009 (Kutzko): Apr, 86
Wyoming and South Dakota Combine Forces (Crowe): Take 77! Field Day 2009 (Henderson): Dec, 67
Apr, 69 The 2009 ARRL DX CW Contest Results (Robbins): Aug,
Universal Ham Radio Text Messaging Initiative 77; Fdbk: Oct, 34
(Bruninga): Sep, 72 The 2009 ARRL November Sweepstakes Announcement:
Upcoming Emergency Communications Events (Ewald): Oct, 87
Apr, 70 The 2009 IARU HF World Championships Announcement:
Web Sites of Interest: Jan, 66 Apr, 87
When the Big One Hits, South Carolina Will Be Ready! The 2010 ARRL RTTY Roundup: Dec, 85
(Fletcher and Welton): Mar, 62 The Past, Present and Future of VHF Contesting
Your Place in the ARRL Field Organization (Kramer): Sep, (Kaufhold): Oct, 80
70 Way Up High — 2008 ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest
Emcommentary: Doing the Right Thing (Dura): Mar, 63 Results (Platt): Mar, 86; 4/1/2008, 58
Many Tools, One Tool Box (Dura): Aug, 74 Worked All States: Single Rover (Harder): Feb, 83
The Need for Information (Dura): Feb, 66 Worldwide Fun — 2008 IARU HF World Championships
Results (Luetzelschwab): Mar, 79
Field Organization Reports:
Oct 2008: Jan, 99; Nov 2008: Feb, 101; Dec 2008: Mar, This Month in Contesting (Kutzko)
101; Jan 2009: Apr, 101; Feb 2009: May, 100; Mar Another Radiosport: ARDF: May, 79
2009: Jun, 101; Apr 2009: Jul, 102; May 2009: Aug, ARRL Field Day is June 27-29: May, 80
101; May 2009: Sep, 99; Jul 2009: Oct, 101; Augt: Nov, ARRL SSB DX — PEP (PREP!) TALK: Mar, 77
101; Sep 2009: Dec, 98 Club Participation in Contests: Aug, 75
Field Day — A Great Training Ground: Jun, 79
Radiosport Goin' Mobile: Rove, Rove, Rove!: Oct, 77
2009 ARRL 10 Meter Contest: Nov, 87 Gooch's Paradox Revisited: Feb, 81
2009 ARRL 160 Meter Contest: Nov, 87 Have a Radiosport Question?: Jun, 79
2008 ARRL 10 Meter Contest Results (Harker): Jul, 77 Mail Bag: Multipliers in Contests: Jul, 75
2008 ARRL 160 Meter Contest Results (Breed): Jun, 85 November Sweepstakes — The Crown Jewel of W/VE
2008 ARRL CW Sweepstakes (Taylor): May, 81; Fdbk: Contesting: Nov, 85
Jun, 98; Aug, 43 Off-Season Training: Apr, 83
2008 ARRL International EME Competition Results Shorter Events: Jan, 81
(Alexander): Apr, 85 Slow Speed CW: Sep, 77
2008 ARRL November Phone Sweepstakes Results Sweepstakes Reminder!: Nov, 86
(London): Jun, 81; Fdbk: Aug, 43 Warm Events for Some Holiday Cheer: Dec, 65
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Silent Keys (Iannone)

In the NCJ "Contesting 101" Jan, 99; Feb, 101; Mar, 101; Apr, 102; May, 99; Jun, 102;
January/February Jan, 82; Feb, 89 Jul, 101; Aug, 102; Sep, 100; Oct, 102; Nov, 102; Dec,
March/April: Mar, 78 98
May/June : May, 80; Jun, 80
July/August : Jul, 76; Aug, 75 Special Events (Weinberg)
September/October: Sep, 77; Oct, 77 Jan, 83; Feb, 89; Mar, 94; Apr, 88; May, 85; Jun, 92; Jul,
November/December: Nov, 85; Dec, 65 91; Aug, 82; Sep, 90; Oct, 93; Nov, 93; Dec, 92

Qualifying Runs Strays

January 2009: Jan, 82 1100 and Counting (issues of QST): Mar, 94
February 2009: Feb, 89 An Island on the Air? (Iota St) (Campi): Aug, 100
March 2009: Mar, 94 ARRL Award Nominations Are Open: Feb, 102
April 2009: Apr, 84 ARRL Life Member Bob Sullivan, WØYVA, receives #1
May 2009: May, 80 Honor Roll Plaque (Phillips): Feb, 89
June 2009: Jun, 80 Back to School (Gunderson): Jun, 97
July 2009: Jul, 76 Caitlyn Line, AE7AT, 11 year old Extra (Line): Nov, 84
August 2009: Aug, 76 Cal Cotner, K4JSI, Received Prestigious Satellite Award
September 2009: Sep, 78 (Jespersen): Nov, 84
October 2009: Oct, 87; Fdbk: Nov, 44 Canceling a Ham Radio License (Green): Jun, 100
November 2009: Nov, 86 Clubs to Compete on the Broadcast Band (Wolf): Jan, 97
December 2009: Dec, 65 Dave Zeph, W9ZRX, winner of the Indiana Radio Council
Technical Excellence Award (Duffy): Feb, 98
Operating Tip of the Month DX Mail (Price): Mar, 88
CQ Concurso!: Apr, 83 EA to VE (Telegraph Cove sign) (Hidalgo): May, 86
Do The Math: Oct, 77 Electronics Resource Expands (Poole): Feb, 102
Feets Don't Fail Me Now!: Mar, 77 Finnish Vintage Wireless Activity Day: Jan, 99
Fill It Up!: Jul, 75 Getting an Earful of QST (Till): Aug, 100
Finger Foods: Sep, 77 Grateful ham bestows Elmer Award (W1NA) (Finocchio):
Friendly Competition: Feb, 81 Aug, 58
Get Focused: May, 79 Ham Music (Allen and Michaud): Oct, 67
Get Paddling: Aug, 75 Horkheimer Prize 2009: Jan, 97
Know When To Say When: Jun, 79 How the editor gets to work each morning? (License tag
Laying a trap: Nov, 85 QST-LIMO) (Morris): Nov, 102
Performance Reviews: Dec, 65 HPM Print Available (Vogan): Nov, 97
Say It Loud, Say It Proud: Jan, 81 Hunting the Fox (Delaware Valley Radio Association)
(Gingo): Aug, 100
Sean's Picks International Year of Astronomy Ham Radio Initiative
Jan, 84; Feb, 81; Mar, 78; Apr, 83; May, 79; Jun, 80; Jul, (Scrimger): Feb, 101
76; Aug, 76; Sep, 78; Oct, 87; Nov, 86 Kids Net (Kelsey Corley, KE7EBI) (Condon): Aug, 102
Linked at 40,000 Feet (Bettis): Nov, 95
Section Managers (page 16) MOPAR Features Ham Transceiver (Carlson): Nov, 84
One Simple Thing (Varounis): Nov, 95
Short Takes Over to You, NS8T (Jones): Nov, 95
bhi Radio Mate Keypad for Yaesu FT-817, 857 and 897 Show-off! (238-WPM license tag) (Balmforth): Nov, 84
Transceivers (Carcia): Jan, 69 Sign: Hamming Street (Schmidt): Sep, 100
Depiction Emergency Management Software (Friedman): Site Seeks Central US Radio History (McKee): Feb, 55
Nov, 63 Some hams head to the hills, but (operating in Times
DX Engineering FCC050-H05-A Feed Line Current Choke Square) (Klimkowski): Mar, 100
(Ford): Apr, 74 Stamp Site (Hillger): Apr, 102
eGenLog for Windows (Ford): Sep, 52 The Ham Radio License Manual "Choosing a Ham Radio:
HamStationUltra: May, 60 Your Guide to Selecting the Right Equipment”: Nov, 102
KU4AB Model SQ-50 6-Meter Antenna (Ford): Jun, 60 Trout feast (Shaheen): Nov, 84
microHAM USB Interface III (Ford): Dec, 47 Upload Your Tag (Atkinson): Feb, 102
RPC Electronics RTrak All-In-One APRS Tracker USA and IARU-R2 ARDF Championships June 5-7 Near
(Wolfgang): Mar, 66 Boston (Moell): Apr, 102
The PIEXX SO2Rxlt USB to LPT Translator (Smith): Aug, Veterans Day at La Verna (TX) Elementary School
59; Fdbk: Oct, 34 (Terry): Jun, 102
Ultra-RX1 Ultrasonic Receiver (Ford): Jul, 50 W1AW Schedule Change: Apr, 73
Weather Direct (Ford): Feb, 69 W1AW to Add New Digital Modes to Transmission
West Mountain Radio's RIGblaster duo (Smith): Oct, 57 Schedule: Sep, 100
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Web Page Available for Second ARRL Homebrew Kevin Ready, N5KLR, People to People Student
Challenge Q&A (Hallas): Apr, 102 Ambassador Program: Mar, 100
Your Call Here! (Sant Andrea): Jun, 98 Nathan Snook, AE5IG, featured in ScienceNOW (Laws):
Mar, 94
In QEX Reynold L. (Fritz) Nitsch, W4NTO. 90th birthday and last
January/February 2009: Feb, 40 surviving founding member of Spartanburg ARC
July/August 2009: Aug, 68 (Donovan): Oct, 44
March/April 2009: May, 55 Richard M. Shappee, W5HQL, Honorary Life Member of
May/June 2009: Jun, 45 Sons in Retirement: Aug, 97
November/December 2008: Jan, 54 Tom Cash, KI4VFV, Alabama Association of Emergency
November/December 2009: Dec, 35 Manager 2009 Volunteer of the Year award (Sarratt):
September/October 2009: Oct, 86 Oct, 44

I would like to get in touch with… Technical Features

anyone with Motorola service manual for S133A (Ballieu): 160 and 80 Meter Matching Network for Your 43 Foot
Sep, 100 Vertical — Part 1 (Salas): Dec, 30
Amateur Radio ops employed by Munich Reinsurance A 10 Meter Moxon Beam (Baker): Aug, 33
America Inc (Haydon): Jun, 62 A 20 Meter Moxon Antenna (Banks): Apr, 37
amateurs of Hellenic origin (Contogenis): Nov, 97 A Better Way to Work Low Earth Orbit FM Satellites
anyone in financial services interested in Wall Street club (Alvarez-Cienfuegos and Montana): Feb, 41
(Gero): Nov, 97 A Cell Phone Headset Adapter for Amateur Radio
anyone in financial services interested in Wall Street club (Haines): May, 40
(Nathan): Nov, 97 A Charger for that SLA Battery (side bar to Building a
anyone who has used Isotron antennas (Perkins): Aug, 58 Docking Station for Your Handheld) (Ingle): May, 47
anyone who knew Dudley A. Buck (Dewey): June, 100 A Gel Cell Battery Charger for the Low Power Station
anyone who remembers Melvin F. Peterson, W6LRA (SK) (Bryce): Sep, 30
(Peterson Rowland): Jul, 37 A High Gain Single Wire Beam (Wilson): Jul, 38; Fdbk:
anyone with copy of QSLs for K4AMG Memorial ARC Aug, 43
(Siff): Nov, 97 A Junk Box Integrated Station Control System
anyone with QSL card from Paul Conklin, K7LVT (SK). (Ingebright): Sep, 33
(Lindsey): Jan, 51 A Lightweight Homemade Keyer Paddle (Bloom): Jun, 46
ham radio operators willing to survey section of A No-Special-Tools SMD Desoldering Technique
Appalachian Trail (de la Torre): Mar, 100 (Yoshida): Aug, 41
hams at California State University or UC campus A Parallel Port Interface for Your Shack (Yerger): Jul, 35
interested in emergency communications (Shiery): Jan, A Removable HF/VHF/UHF Mobile Installation (Stone):
58 Apr, 41
hams who attended the Missouri Institute of Technology in A Simple Transformer to Measure Your Antenna Current
1978-79-80; or involved in their radio club (Campbell): (Danzer): Sep, 35
June, 100 A Sound Card Interface or FM Transceivers (Teller): Jun,
old QSL card from the original W2OR, Ernest Hufnagel 30; Fdbk: Jul, 37
(Murray): Mar, 82 A Universal Frequency Calibrator (Bryce): Nov, 35
schematic package for "An Advanced General-Coverage An HF Roundtable with a Skype Based VoIP Bridge
Amateur Receiver," by John Pitts, W6BD (SK), (Drum, Ferguson and Krupsky): Sep, 40
November 1970 QST (Landrigan): Sep, 100 An Ideal Plastic for Amateur Radio Projects (Wonoski):
someone to take over KIDS CLUB project (Wyatt): Oct, 44 Oct, 42
An Inexpensive 12 V dc Power Distribution Box (Morgan):
QST congratulates… Oct, 35
Bill Finch, W4EHF, world record holder for 1500 meter run An RFI Story with a Happy Ending (Kriss): Jul, 40
among those 95-99 years old (Langley): Mar, 100 Antenna Patterns — What Do They Mean? (Hallas): Dec,
Danny Goodman, AE9F, BeaconAid HF released: June, 36
100 Bluetooth and Ham Radio or "Look Ma, No Hands!"
Danny Goodman, AE9F, iPhone app, iFeltThat, available (Knight): Aug, 44
from Apple: Jun, 102 Bob's Easy Assembly Surface-Mount Table (BEAST)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 125th (Miller): Feb, 37
anniversary May 12: Jun, 102 Bring That WWII Command Set Receiver Back to Life
Jeff Murray, K1NSS, book "Lid, Kid, Space Cadet" (Salas): Jan, 73
published: Aug, 97 Bringing an Early Solid State Transceiver into the 21st
Jerry Spring, VE6CNU, ham radio humor book, Hogwash Century (van Stralen): Apr, 30
for Hamsters, has been published (Spring): Mar, 82 Build a Homebrew Radio Telescope (Spencer): Jun, 41
Jim DeLoach, WUØI, Foreign Service Manager Officer Building a 1927 Regenerative Receiver (Mattson): Jan, 33
with US Dept of State: Mar, 100 Building a Docking Station for Your Handheld (Ingle): May,
45
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Building a Five Band G3TXQ Broadband Hexagonal When Radio Transmitters Were Machines (Shrader): Jan,
Beam (Shoemaker): Mar, 30 36
Designing and Building Transistor Linear Power Amplifiers Where is Bob? (Bellini): Apr, 51; Fdbk: May, 55
(Campbell) Part 1: Feb, 30; Part 2: Mar, 40; Fdbk: Apr, Zip Cord Antennas and Feed Lines For Portable
65 Applications (Parmley): Mar, 34
Diamonds in the Sky (Teller): Aug, 30; Fdbk: Sep, 58
Electromagnetic Pulse and Its Implications for EmComm Table of Contents (pages 4 and 5)
(Schroeder): Nov, 38
Four Output Bench Supply (Cicchinelli): Aug, 37 Technical Correspondence
Hairpin Tuners for Matching Balanced Antenna Systems Antennas in Trees (The Doctor is IN, April 2007 QST)
(Stanley): Apr, 34 (Sehring): Mar, 53
Homebrew Coaxial Dipole for VHF or UHF (Portune): Jul, Building a Ferrite Core Antenna Current Probe (Wolff):
33; Fdbk: Aug, 43 Aug, 53
How I Installed a Ham Shack in My SUV and Fixed the Cleaning Up AGC-Induced Audio Distortion in the Yaesu
Noise (Wilson): May, 37 FT-1000 (McLellan): Aug, 53
How the Ionosphere Was Discovered (Welsh): Dec, 37 Daiwa CN-801 HP Wattmeter Modification (Rose-Round):
Improving a 30 Year Old, 2 Meter, Four Element Beam Oct, 52
(Hopkins): Nov, 42 Magnetospheric Ducting as an Explanation for Delayed
Keeping Current with Antenna Performance (Nichols): 3.5 MHz Signals (Holm): Mar, 54
Feb, 34 "Over Clocking" Your Transceiver (Albert): May, 56
Low Cost QSK Conversion for the Ameritron ALS-600 HF Power to the People with a DC Distribution System (Sep
Amplifier (Salas): Jun, 47 2008 QST) (Jubon): Mar, 54
Measuring Radio Frequencies (Shrader): Sep, 36; Fdbk: Remote Control of the Amateur Station — Using Windows
Nov, 44 Remote Desktop (RDP) (Jan 2009 QST Technical
My Freestanding 2 Meter J Pole Antenna (Hannon): Mar, Correspondence) (Brown, Kluck): Mar, 53
44 Remote Control of the Amateur Station (April 2007 QST)
Removable Car Window Antenna with Cross Over (Hayman, Kluck): Jan, 50
Connector (Morin): Nov, 45 The Ultimate DX: An Around the Earth Path (Technical
Repair and Calibrate Those Wattmeter "Slugs" with Correspondence, June 2007 QST): Early Delay
Confidence (Glenn): Nov, 50 Measurements (Ewing): Mar, 53
Resurrecting a Command Set Transmitter (Hanlon): Jan, The Universal Keying Module (Nov 2008 QST) (Cieslak):
39 May, 57
See Your Mobile Controls at Night with Superbright LEDs What's the Best Height for My HF Beam? (May 2009
(Merkley): May, 34 QST) (Siwiak, Straw): Oct, 54
Simple Mobile Transceiver Protection (Hensel): Oct, 33
Squeezing the Next Lower Band Out of Your Big HF Loop The Doctor is IN
(Robertson): Oct, 36 Jan, 67; Feb, 67; Mar, 64; Apr, 72; May, 58; Jun, 58; Jul,
The 3YØX Peter I Island 160 Meter Beam (Gaddie and 48; Aug, 55; Sep, 50;Oct, 55; Nov, 61; Dec, 45
Streible): Mar, 37
The Antenna Dipper (McCann): Nov, 53; Fdbk: Dec, 32 The World Above 50 MHz (Zimmerman)
The Collins 30L-1 Linear Amplifier — Nearing 50, Still 144 MHz Standings: Jun, 91
Going Strong (Archibald): Dec, 33 222 MHz Standings: Sep, 89
The Finger Wiggle Paddle (Danzer): Nov, 48 432 MHz Standings: Dec, 91
The Ignition Switch (Mahnker): Aug, 42 A Tale of Two 33 cm Calling Frequencies: Jan, 87
The KL7CE No Holes Mobile Installation (Gregory): Oct, Commercial Digital TV and the VHF+ World: Feb, 92
39 Comparing VHF+ IF Strips: Mar, 89; Fdbk: Apr, 65
The No Excuses 160 Meter Vertical (Miller): Jun, 32 Determining and Maintaining Frequency: Jun, 89
The Quadrifilar Helix as a 2 Meter Base Station Antenna Distance Scoring: May, 89
(Portune): Oct, 30 DXpeditions of Summer: Nov, 90
The Quick and Easy Balloon Assisted Low Band Loop Earth-Moon-Earth Annual Standings: Mar, 91
Antenna (DeLoach): Jan, 30 Long Distance Es Propagation on 50 MHz at Solar Cycle
The Rockless, a VFO Controlled Low Power Transceiver Minimum — Part 1: Jul, 88; Part 2: Aug, 86
(Patzlaff): Nov, 30 Microwave Standings: Jan, 89
Traipsing Around the Smith Chart (sidebar to Squeezing New Blood: Dec, 89
the Next Lower Band Out of Your Big HF Loop) The FFMA and the Rarest 6 Meter Grids: Apr, 91
(Robertson): Oct, 37 The Unfixables (Ragchewers on the Calling Frequencies;
Troubleshooting Radios (Eiselman): May, 30 Working non-DX in the 6 Meter DX Window; QSL
Try "Weak Signal" Digital FM (sidebar to A Sound Card Cards): Sep, 87
Interface or FM Transceivers) (Teller): Jun, 31 Two Meter E-Skip in July: Oct, 90
Vocal Keyer (Baker): Jun, 37
What's the Best Height for My HF Beam? (Hunt): May, 43
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Here and There ARRL Board meets in Connecticut (photo) (Kleinman):

2009 2 GHz and Up World Wide Club Contest; Spring Sep, 13
Sprints; Fifth 6 Meter Marathon; Summer Es Contest; At the Capital City Hamfest in Jackson, MI (Bullock): Apr,
WHF Weak Signal Group Banquet at Dayton 12
Hamvention: May, 91 At the Ecomm Hamfest/ARRL Utah State Convention
2009 CQ World Wide VHF Contest; Central States VHF (Kramer and Zundel): Jul, 13
Society 2009 Conference; Mali TZ DXpedition; Guyana Board of Directors Holds 2009 Annual Meeting (photo)
8R DXpedition: Jul, 90 (Kleinman): Mar, 12
2009 ARRL International EME Competition; Microwave Cover Boy (Randy Mitchell, KJ6BXV) (Smith): Nov, 13
Update; Fall Springs; Information technology note; Distinguished FD Visitor (US Congresswoman Sheila
Errata September 2009 QST World Above column: Oct, Jackson Lee): Sep, 13
92 DIY Ham Radio at 2009 Maker Faire (Inderbitzen): Aug,
35th Annual Eastern VHF/UHF Conference; Thirteenth 12
Annual SVHF Conference; Spring Sprints; Chip Brown, “DXpedition” for a Good Cause (Shelley): Jun, 13
KR1P, Silent Key; New VUAC Chairman (Kermit EmComm East (Kramer): Dec, 13
Carlson, W9XA): Apr, 93 First Triple Play Award: And the Winner is…Dave Strout,
ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes; Quadrantides Meteor W2YC (Gehring): Jul, 12
Shower; GJTracker Released; Tom Baker, K8MMM, Ham Radio Represented at Nuclear Sub's Farewell
Silent Key: Jan, 89 (Wruble): Feb, 13
ARRL September VHF QSO Party; ARRL 10 GHz and Up Hams Help FCC Spread Word about DTV Conversion
Contest; Fall Sprints; Ted Collins, G4UPS, Silent Key: (Maley): May, 13
Sep, 89 Instructor of the Year W5BL (Woolweaver): Jan, 13
August UHF Contest; Perseids Meteor Shower; ARRL 10 Louisiana Science Museum Now Staffed by Hams (Gore):
GHz and Up Contest: Aug, 88 May, 13
Brendan Awards; First WAC on 13 cm; Rex Turner, Marconi Centenary (Taylor): Sep, 13
W5RCI, Silent Key: Mar, 91 NAB Show Brings Hams (and others) to Vegas (Heyn):
Geminids Meteor Shower; North American VHF WSJT Jul, 13
2009 Geminids Test: Dec, 91 New Rig for W1AW (Yaesu FTDX9000D) (Kleinman): Mar,
June ARRL VHF QSO Party; 2009 SMIRK QSO Party; 13
San Andres DXpedition; New spotting service for 2 NJ Scouts Fly High (Wilson): Apr, 13
meter Es: Jun, 91 Puerto Rico Hams Meet with Communications Director of
Leonids Meteor Shower; 2009 ARRL International EME AEMEAD (Santana): Dec, 13
Contest; Beacon News; Jack Spencer, W9YF, Silent RIT ARC promotes AR (Salmi): Nov, 13
Key; Phil Patterson, W5SFW, Silent Key: Nov, 92 Section Manager Lineup at March 7-8, 2009 Radiofest
Lewis and Clark Awards Program Announced; First FFMA Monterey Bay (Kramer): May, 12; Fdbk: Jun, 98
Presented: Feb, 94 Special Event Station K2IRT Active as USS Intrepid
Returns (Lobenstein): Feb, 12
On the Bands The whole ham family (Johnson): Oct, 13
6 meters; 2 meter Es in New Zealand; E51 EME The Year's AES Superfest a Success (Michalski): Jun, 13
DXpedition: Mar, 91 Third Annual Space Jam (Walker): Oct, 13
6 meters; EME: Jun, 91 Youngster Earns DXCC (Tristan Hube, KJ4BIW) (Neill):
6 Meters; Microwaves; Meteor Scatter: May, 91 Mar, 13
6 meters; Tropospheric Ducting; EME: Apr, 93
6 Meters; Tropospheric Ducting; EME: Aug, 88 In Brief (by month)
6 meters; Tropospheric Ducting; Meteor Scatter: Jan, 88 Mickey Cox, K5MC, new ARRL Delta Division Director;
6 Meters; 2 Meter E-Skip; Tropospheric ducting: Sep, 88; David Norris, K5UZ, new Delta Division Vice Director;
Oct, 92 Gary Johnston, KI4LA, re-elected Great Lakes Division
EME; 6 Meters, Tropospheric Ducting: Feb, 94 Vice Director; The ARRL Satellite Handbook and The
Other 2 Meter Es; 6 Meters; Tropospheric Ducting: Oct, 92 ARRL Digital Technology for Emergency
Tropospheric Ducting; 6 Meters: Jul, 90 Communications Course are available; 2008 Field Day
Tropospheric Ducting; Contests; 6 meters; Microwaves: results available online; USTTI Course at ARRL; FCC
Dec, 90 authorizes WE2XRH experimental license; IBM deal
Tropospheric Ducting; Meteor Scatter; 6 Meters: Nov, 92 with Int'l Broadband Electric Communications; IARU
Region 1 Conference in Cavtat, Croatia; Hurricane
This Month Paloma; W1AW in 2008 Global Simulated Emergency
Jan, 87; Feb, 92; Mar, 89; Apr, 91; May, 89; Jun, 89; Jul, Test; George Steber, WB9VLI, October Cover Plaque
88; Aug, 86; Sep, 87; Oct, 90; Nov, 90; Dec, 89 winner; online courses; ARRL November Sweepstakes;
ARRL International EME Competition; ARRL Fall
This Just In Frequency Measuring Test: Jan, 12
Alabama OECs to Install D-STAR Gear (Sarratt): Jan, 13 ARISS 25th anniversary; ARES, RACES, SKYWARN and
Area Hams Help at Super Bowl XLII in Tampa (Johnson): MARS in New England ice storm recovery; US House
Apr, 13 Committee on Energy report on RCC regulatory
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processes and management; FCC requests ARRL Convention at Dayton Hamvention; FCC releases
assistance in digital TV conversion; ARRL Triple Play portions of 2004 BPL rulemaking; FCC enforcement
WAS; Diane Petrilli, KB1RNF, ARRL Membership actions posted; PIO Excellence Awards; Solar Cycle 24
Manager; DXCC operations approved for to peak in 2013; Sandy Donahue, W4RU, Silent Key;
WA2YUN/KH9; VK9DWX and VU4RG; Larry Coyle, Mignon Clyburn nominated as FCC Commissioner;
K1QW, November 2008 QST Cover Plaque Award; ARRL Foundation awards 52 scholarships; S04R and
ARRL online courses; ARRL 160 M Contest; ARRL 10 E51QQQ approved for DXCC; April 2009 QST Cover
M Contest: Feb, 12 Plaque to Larry Banks, W1DYJ; ARRL online courses:
Board of Directors meet, Jan 16-17, Windsor CT. Coy Jul, 12
Day, N5OK, announces his resignation; 2008 ARRL Pacific Division Vice Director Oppel, N6AJO, resigns,
Periodicals on CD-ROM is available; Julius Tiemstra, K6JAT appointed; Jeffrey Beals, WA4AW,
Genachowski chosen as next FCC Chairman; Kevin J. appointed SE Division Vice Director; Julius
Martin resigned from FCC Jan 20; Dayton Hamvention Genachowski chairman of FCC; Field Day; HR 2160
accepting nominations for 2009 awards, Foundation for gains House co-sponsors; ARRL Teachers Institute on
Amateur Radio accepting applications for scholarships; Wireless Technology; Contest changes; HZ1EA
Oregon hams staffed 9-1-1 center during power outage; approved for DXCC; Mal Eiselman, NC4L, May QST
hams in southern California working to persuade Cover Plaque Award winner; Online courses: Aug, 12
Palmdale to reconsider ordinance that restricts antennas ARRL Board of Directors meets; Julius Genachowski
and support structures; David J. Strout Sr, W2YC, first chairman FCC; FCC Request for Further Comment and
Triple Play Award winner; T61AA license operation Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; ARRL asks US
updated; Gary L. Robinson, WB8ROL, December QST Court of Appeals to order FCC comply with BPL
Cover Plaque winner; ARRL online courses: Mar, 12 decision; Space Shuttle Endeavour; W1AW replaces
Mobile Amateur Radio operations policy; digital television AMTOR and ASCII with PSK31 and MFSK-16;
conversion; 3 IEEE standards on BPL; Oklahoma hams HPM/140 Special Event; HR 2160 19 sponsors; World
alert National Weather Service; ARES and MARS Radiocommunication Conference set for 2012; ARRL
volunteers assist in Kentucky and other states; W1AW Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology; Larry Price,
Schedule change; 2008 TT8JT DXpedition to Chad W4RA, honored at Ham Radio 2009; John Miller,
approved for DXCC credit; Jim Smith, VK9NS, Silent K6MM, June QST Cover Plaque winner; ARRL online
Key; Palmdale, California antenna ruling; Second ARRL courses: Sep, 12
Homebrew Challenge; January 2009 QST Cover Plaque Lockheed Fire; letter to National Safety Council regarding
winner William E. Packard, NN9U; ARRL on-line ham radio vs cell phone use; HR 2160 support;
courses: Apr, 12 Preparing for Hurricane Bill; Hiram Percy Maxim
Julius Genachowski nominated as FCC Chairman; Fifth Birthday Special Event; FCC Twitter Page; comments in
Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications response to FCC rulemaking on medical devices using
Conference hosted by JARL Aug 24-25, 2009; FCC 70 cm band; WX4NHX featured in Duracell battery radio
Special Counsel Laura Smith visits ARRL; Registration spot; 7O1YGH accepted for DXCC; vanity call sign fee
Open for Amateur Radio Directions Finding increases; ARRL Teachers Institute wrap up; Attwell
Championship June 5-7, 2009; Train the Trainers Baker and Mignon Clyburn new FCC commissioners;
course first appearance at HamCation Feb 13-14, 2009; MFJ purchases Cushcraft; FCC citation to Future
Bob Cooke, VE3BDB, President RAC; John Kanzius, Hobbies; July QST Cover Plaque Award to Robert
K3TUP; Silent Key, Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, will Wilson, AL7KK/VE7ZKK; online courses: Oct, 12
attend ARRL National Convention; 2009 World Amateur SumbandilaSat; ARRL/TAPR Digital Conference; RF
Radio Day theme is Your Resource in Disaster and Concepts purchased Alpha Radio Products; more
Emergency Communication; Rick Campbell, KK7B, support for HR 2160; NSC does not support ban on
February 2009 QST Cover Plaque winner; ARRL on-line Amateur Radio while driving; CEPT changes; Tokyo
courses: May, 12 Ham Fair; Fifth Global Amateur Radio Emergency
Hams provide backup during San Jose, CA infrastructure Communications Conference (GAREC 2009); GLA
emergency; ARRL expressed concern as to what Systems will stop taking orders for new antennas; 140th
constitutes "broadband" re American Recovery and anniversary/birthday of Hiram Percy Maxim; STS-128;
Reinvestment Act of 2009; ARRL expressed concerns 2009 Field Day logs received; Allen Baker, KG4JJH,
over "farm bill"; tornados in AL, TN, AR and GA; 11th August Cover Plaque Award winner; online courses:
Annual Communications Academy in Seattle; ND floods; Nov, 12
L'Aquila, Italy, earthquake; Goldfarb award to Dean ARRL BoD adopts guidelines on appropriate use of
LaBarba, KI6CUX; Dayton ARA Dayton Hamvention Amateur Radio; FCC Public Notice clarifying rules using
awards; 31st National Hurricane Conference; 2 new Amateur Radio during drills on behalf of employer;
PSAs - Field Day and Amateur Radio's technical side; Senate Bill 1755 The Amateur Radio Emergency
Bill to mandate inventory of radio spectrum bands; Communications Enhancement Act of 2009; 14th
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, steps down from ARISS duties; Triennial Conference of IARU Region 3; Brian Plumb,
March QST cover plaque to Byron Black, W4SSY; KE7HNW, provides CPR to runner in St George (UT)
Online courses: Jun, 12 Marathon; ARRL Letter now in HTML format; Simulated
ARRL CEO visits Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Emergency Test Oct 3-4; Global Emergency Radio
thanking her for support of HR 2160; ARRL National Coalition and Amateur Radio Administration course at
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ARRL; 2009 AMSAT Space Symposium; 2010 World Daily Times-Call (Longmont, CO); The Mercury News
Radiosport Team Championships to be held near (San Jose, CA); Santa Cruz Sentinel; Mesquite Local
Moscow, select 44 team leaders; Three killed in FL News (Mesquite, NV); Forum (Fargo, ND); Public Safety
installing antenna; 2010 ARRL Handbook available for Communications; Drive magazine; Paradise Post (CA);
sale; FCC Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture to Bridge News (NC); Daily Dunkin Democrat (MO): Jun,
CA firm; September QST Cover Plaque Award winner 12
Paul Danzer, N1II; Online courses: Dec, 12 BusinessInsider.com (NY); Morgan Hill Times (CA);
Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, Bay Area News
Inside HQ (Kramer) Group and InsideBayArea.com (CA); Times Herald
2008 Year-End Review: Feb, 13 (Vallejo, CA); BBC World News Service; Arizona Daily
Bit by Bit: Dec, 13 Star (Tucson, AZ); Ham Radio Heroes; WBOY-TV and
Emergency Communications Courses Update: Jun, 13 State Journal (Charleston, WV): Jul, 12
Further QST Improvements: May, 13 Ars Technica (Arstechnica.com); Make Magazine
How Are We Doing?: Aug, 12 (Makezine.com); Lab News; DesignNews.com; KTVA-
New, Improved ARRL Letter: Nov, 13 TV (Anchorage, AK); The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH);
The 2010 ARRL Handbook: Oct, 13 Record Courier (Gardnerville, NV); TriValley Herald
The ARRL Teachers Institutes: Jan, 13 (Pleasanton, CA); Daily Herald (Palatine IL): Aug, 12
The ARRL Technical Relations Office: Jul, 13 PRNewswire-Reuters billboards Times Square NY and
The Regulatory Information Department: Mar, 13 Las Vegas NV; Marion OH ARC repeated Jay Leno
Triple Play Award; QST Updates: Apr, 13 segment on CW vs cell phone; ClearChannel Radio
Inside HQ: Why Perform Public Service?: Sep, 13 Harrisburg PA; FD moonbounce activity and 40th
anniversary of Apollo 11; Discover Magazine; The
Media Hits (by month) Bridge, Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor
Many stories on Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, ISS contacts; Society; WDAF-Fox 4 TV: Sep, 12
Scouts' Jamboree On The Air (JOTA); Herald-Zeitung Available PR resources: Oct, 12
(New Braunfels, TX; Star Community Newspapers Radio World; St John Source (USVI); Chicago Tribune;
(Plano, TX); Pittsburgh Tribune Review (PA); Flathead Evanston Review (IN); Philadelphia Inquirer; Los
Beacon (Kalispell, MT); The Salt Lake Tribune (UT); Angeles Times; The Iowan Magazine; Make Magazine;
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA); Above Ground Level; News Republic (Baraboo, WI); Compass magazine;
Pumpkins Patrols; ham-assisted rescues; The Daily Homeland Security News and Trends; Wilmington Star
Breeze (Torrance, CA) and Sail-World.com: Jan, 12 News; www.voanews.com: Nov, 12
The Great Shakeout; Union Tribune (San Diego, CA); www.wedothat-radio.org; HP in Real Life (hp.com); TUAW
Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA); Malibu — the unofficial Apple weblog; The Mercury News (San
Chamber of Commerce Web site; Press Enterprise Jose, CA); www.hak5.org; Popular Mechanics; "open
(PE.com); The Union (El Camino College, CA); KESQ- source" style technologies — Linux Journal: Dec, 12
TV News 3; Rolling Ranchos Web news (Lomita, CA);
Delta County Independent (Delta, CO); SKYWARN Up Front
Recognition Day - several radio/TV stations; The A Tale of Two Field Days: Balloon Experiment Brings
Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS); Times Herald Field Day Elation and Frustration (Cote): Jun, 20
(Bloomington, IN); The Morning News (Springdale, AR); A Tale of Two Field Days: Greenhorn Field Day
Cambridge (OH) ARA 95th birthday; Independent (VanDenAkker): Jun, 20
(Gallup, NM); NBC-25 TV Charleston, WV: Feb, 12 An Assemblage of Antennas: Remembering the
KING-5 TV (Seattle); The Daily Astorian (Astoria, OR); Woodpecker (Kleinman): Mar, 20
Brunswick Times Record (Brunswick, ME); Newsweek An Assemblage of Antennas: US Tower Crank-Up (Miller):
Magazine; QXR (South Africa); Ohio Dept of Education Mar, 20
Web Story; Ann Arbor Chronicle (Ann Arbor, MI); Eagle Antarctic Awards Available in the International Polar Year
Herald (Menominee, WI); Florida Today (Melbourne, (Strecke): Feb, 20
FL); UA Fort Smith News (AR); The Independent Press Antique Wireless Association Sponsors Vintage
(NJ); Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY); the Equipment Contests (AWA Museum): Jan, 20
Backwoodsman magazine: Mar, 12 APRS Map Shows Activity (and Holes) (Bruninga): May,
WFYI-TV20 Indiana; New Mexico Amateur Radio Alliance; 20
Field & Stream; MSNBC; Nashua Telegraph (NH); ARRL Field Day, June 27-28, 2009: May, 20
HSEM Newsletter (NH Homeland Security and Balloons over clubhouse (Davis): Nov, 20
Emergency Management); Lexington Herald-Leader Behind Enemy Lines (Hardman and Sagers): Aug, 20
(KY); kentucky.com; Paducah Sun and WBKO-TV By the glow of a vacuum tube (Angle): Jan, 20
(Bowling Green, KY); CNN: Apr, 12 Club Offers Honorary Membership to USS Hornet
Media Hits: ModernPrincess.com; Pittsburgh Post- Veterans (Heyman): Oct, 20
Gazette; Antarctic Sun; Signal Magazine; Popular
Science; www.legion.org; authorities blow up found DX Window (Brown): Dec, 20
equipment, Omaha, NE; two new Public Service Enter the 4th Annual Photo Contest! (Kleinman): Apr, 20
Announcements available: May, 12 First Phone SS a Success (Tharp): Feb, 20
Hams Assist at Sled Dog Marathon (Leslie): Apr, 20
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He lived at QST (Gille): Jul, 20 Vintage Radio (Dilks)

Helium and Ham Radio (Schwoebel): Apr, 20 W9ARZ, Brian Voth: Jan, 93
HPM/140 Birthday Celebration Event Coming September A Ham, a Hamfest, a Love Story and a Bottle of Beer:
2-9: Sep, 20 Mar, 96
Long may it wave (Brown): May, 20 Bud Waite, W2ZK, Polar Pioneer (SK): Nov, 96
Low-key Marconi plaque (Lichtman): Nov, 20 Displaying Your Collection: Sep, 92
Miniature Analyzer Circuit Available — for Free! (Bennett): Everett Sutton, 7DJ, Port Angeles, Washington: May, 93
May, 20 Jack Barnsley, 9BP, Prince Rupert, British Columbia: Apr,
Mother Nature Tested Our Tower — It Failed (DeVore): 99
Nov, 20 Memoirs of Old Timers: Oct, 95
My Friend Woody (Hardman): Feb, 20 Rodney Pratt, K2AFK, Satellite Pioneer: Jul, 94
New ham: Gabrielle Kalli-May Liu, KJ4MXC (Liu): Oct, 20 Ted Crosby, W6TC, and the HBR Receiver (Helms): Feb,
Nothing Beats Copying CW on an ALL CAPS Mill 96
(Hamblin): Jan, 20 The MARS Program: Dec, 95
Plume of Steam from Mount St Helens: Cascade Radio Tuckerton Wireless: Jun, 95
Club celebrated 60 years of ARRL affiliation (Attwell): Update, November 2008 QST Vintage Radio Column:
Jul, 20 Feb, 97
Potato Power (Cleveland, TN, ARC) (Wooley): Oct, 20 Vintage Ham Scopes: Aug, 96
QST is Deep (Sperley): Jul, 20
Senator Goldwater, K7UGA, Born 100 Years Ago: Jan, 20 W1AW Schedule
Special QSL, Special Family (Montgomerys) (Swiderski): Jan, 100; Mar, 102; Jul, 101, Fdbk: Aug, 43; Oct, 102
Dec, 20
The Many Faces of Field Day: Show and tell (Wellesley Workbench
ARC) (Brown): Dec, 20 An Easy to Build 500 W Mini Balun (Burke): Mar, 74
The Many Faces of Field Day: Still smiling after all these Announcement — Second ARRL Homebrew Challenge
years (Sam Scholes, KG2HA) (Koehler): Dec, 20 (Hallas): Feb, 75; Fdbk: Apr, 65
The Many Faces of Field Day: Telling the world (Hamilton Automatic Fan Control for HF Amplifiers (Bryce): Feb, 70
County, IN, RACES) (Sans): Dec, 20 Build a Battery In a Box (Gauger): Feb, 76
The Many Faces of Field Day: Young GOTA op (Marin PSK — 10 Years On (Ford): Apr, 77
ARS and Redwood Empire DX Association) (Bagshaw): Shop Safety (Daso): Jan, 70
Dec, 20 Superior Audio from a $5 Boom Arm Mic (Wagner): Apr,
Towering sunset (Hughes): Nov, 20 78; Fdbk: May, 55
Venturing Crew 9050 and W8ZHO (Mills): Mar, 20 Switch to Safety! (sidebar to Automatic Fan Control for HF
Wide-Eyed Second-Graders Visit Marconi Shack (Pav): Amplifiers) (Bryce): Feb, 72
Jul, 20 The W4SSY Spudgun (Black): Mar, 67; Fdbk: Apr, 65
You Have Your First HF Antenna — Time for Another?
VHF/UHF Century Club Awards (Taratula) (Hallas): Jan, 78
Feb, 94; Apr, 88; Jun, 88; Aug, 88 Oct, 94; Dec, 91