An Index for Ham Radio Magazine
A Searchable Index of the old "Ham Radio" Magazine
"Ham Radio Magazine" was a periodical that ran for almost 22 years from 1968 to 1990. Use this indexed search to quickly find what you'd like to look at and then go purchase the scanned magazines (On CD, elsewhere, or occasionally from some generous download website) or look for the old paper magazine at used bookstores.
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Results by Category: 5 — construction techniques
| Article | Author | Page | Issue | Available to Buy? |
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| Professional look, for that | VE3GFN | 74 | Mar 68 | |
| Aluminum's new face | W4BRS | 60 | May 68 | |
| Small parts tray (HN) | W2GA | 58 | Jun 68 | |
| Punching aluminum panels (HN) | W7DIM | 57 | Jun 68 | |
| Soldering fluxes (HN) | K3HNP | 57 | Jun 68 | |
| Tilt your rig (HN) | WA4NED | 58 | Jun 68 | |
| Rack and panel construction | W7OE | 48 | Jun 68 | |
| Deburring holes (HN) | W2DXH | 75 | Jul 68 | |
| A dab of paint, a drop of wax (HN) | VE3BUE | 78 | Aug 68 | |
| Industrial cartridge fuses, using (HN) | VE3BUE | 76 | Sep 68 | |
| Solder dispenser, simple (HN) | W2KID | 76 | Sep 68 | |
| Grommet shock mount (HN) | VE3BUE | 77 | Oct 68 | |
| Filter chokes, unmarked | W0KMF | 60 | Nov 68 | |
| Silver plating for the amateur | W4KAE | 62 | Dec 68 | |
| Coaxial cable connectors (HN) | WA1ABP | 71 | Mar 69 | |
| Transformers, repairing | W6NIF | 66 | Mar 69 | |
| Underwriter's knot (HN) | W1DTY | 69 | May 69 | |
| Center insulator, dipole | WA1ABP | 69 | May 69 | |
| Wiring and grounding | W1EZT | 44 | Jun 69 | |
| Watercooling the 2C39 | K6MYC | 30 | Jun 69 | |
| Grounding (HN) | W9KXJ | 67 | Jun 69 | |
| Homebrew art | W0PEM | 56 | Jun 69 | |
| APC trimmer, adding shaft to (HN) | W1ETT | 68 | Jul 69 | |
| Coax relay coils, another use (HN) | K0VQY | 72 | Aug 69 | |
| Mobile installation, putting together | W0FCH | 36 | Aug 69 | |
| Trimmers (HN) | W5LHG | 76 | Nov 69 | |
| Miniature sockets (HN) | Lawyer | 84 | Dec 69 | |
| BNC connectors, mounting (HN) | W9KXJ | 70 | Jan 70 | |
| Mobile mount bracket (HN) | W4NJF | 70 | Feb 70 | |
| Soldering tip (HN) | Lawyer | 68 | Feb 70 | |
| Rack construction, a new approach | K1EUJ | 36 | Mar 70 | |
| Rectifier terminal strip (HN) | W5PKK | 80 | Apr 70 | |
| Parasitic suppressor (HN) | WA9JMY | 80 | Apr 70 | |
| Coax connectors, repairing broken (HN) | W0HKF | 66 | Jun 70 | |
| Heat sinks, homemade (HN) | WA0WOZ | 69 | Sep 70 | |
| Ferrite beads | W5JJ | 48 | Oct 70 | |
| Uhf hardware (HN) | W6CMQ | 76 | Oct 70 | |
| Workbench, electronic | W1EZT | 50 | Oct 70 | |
| Printed-circuit labels (HN) | WA4WDK | 76 | Oct 70 | |
| Modular converter, 144-MHz | W6UOV | 64 | Oct 70 | |
| Printed circuits without printing | W4ZG | 62 | Nov 70 | |
| Screwdriver, adjustment (HN) | WA0KGS | 66 | Jan 71 | |
| Blower-to-chassis adapter (HN) | K6JYO | 73 | Feb 71 | |
| Printed-circuit boards, cleaning (HN) | W5BVF | 66 | Mar 71 | |
| Printed-circuit boards, low-cost | W6CMQ | 44 | Aug 71 | |
| Printed-circuit boards, practical phototabrication of | Hutchinson | 6 | Sep 71 | |
| Drill guide (HN) | W5BVF | 68 | Oct 71 | |
| Component marking (HN) | W1JE | 66 | Nov 71 | |
| Hot wire stripper (HN) | W8DWT | 67 | Nov 71 | |
| AC line cords (letter) | W6EG | 80 | Dec 71 | |
| Toroids, plug-in (HN) | K8EEG | 60 | Jan 72 | |
| Color coding parts (HN) | WA7BPO | 58 | Feb 72 | |
| Vectorboard toot (HN) | WA1KWJ | 70 | Apr 72 | |
| Soldering aluminum (HN) | ZE6JP | 67 | May 72 | |
| Cold galvanizing compound (HN) | W5UNF | 70 | Sep 72 | |
| Uhf coax connectors (HN) | W0LCP | 70 | Sep 72 | |
| Noisy fans (HN) | W8IUF | 70 | Nov 72 | |
| Capacitors, oil-filled (HN) | W2OLU | 66 | Dec 72 | |
| Neutralizing tip (HN) | ZE6JP | 69 | Dec 72 | |
| Hot etching (HN) | K8EKG | 66 | Jan 73 | |
| Restoring panel lettering (HN) | W8CL | 69 | Jan 73 | |
| Ferrite beads, how to use | K1ORV | 34 | Mar 73 | |
| Printed-circuit boards, how to make | K4EEU | 58 | Apr 73 | |
| Printed-circuit tool (HN) | W2GZ | 74 | May 73 | |
| Antenna insulators, homemade (HN) | W7ZC | 70 | May 73 | |
| Magnetic fields and the 7360 (HN) | W7DI | 66 | Sep 73 | |
| Noisy fans (HN) | Correction (letter) | 67 | Oct 73 | |
| Nuvistor heat sinks (HN) | WA0KKC | 57 | Dec 73 | |
| Exploding diodes (HN) | VE3FEZ | 57 | Dec 73 | |
| IC lead former (HN) | W5ICV | 67 | Jan 74 | |
| Thumbwheel switch modification(HN) | VE3GDX | 56 | Mar 74 | Issue Available |
| Minibox, cutting down to size (HN) | W2OUX | 57 | Mar 74 | Issue Available |
| Printed-circuit standards (HN) | W6JVE | 58 | Apr 74 | Issue Available |
| Files, cleaning (HN) | Walton | 66 | Jun 74 | |
| Enclosures, homebrew custom | W4YUU | 50 | Jul 74 | |
| Volume controls, noisy, temporary fix (HN) | W9JUV | 62 | Aug 74 | |
| Printed-circuit boards, low-cost | W8YFB | 16 | Jan 75 | Issue Available |
| Aluminum tubing, clamping (HN) | WA9HUV | 78 | May 75 | Issue Available |
| Drilling aluminum (HN) | W6IL | 67 | Sep 75 | Issue Available |
| Metric conversions for screw and wiresizes | W1DTY | 67 | Sep 75 | Issue Available |
| Inductance, toroidal coil (HN) | W3WLX | 26 | Sep 75 | Issue Available |
| Circuit boards with terminal inserts (HN) | W3K8M | 61 | Nov 75 | Issue Available |
| Soldering tips | WA4MTH | 15 | May 76 | |
| IC holders (HN) | W3HUC | 80 | Aug 76 | Issue Available |
| Printed-circuit boards, how to clean | K2PMA | 56 | Sep 76 | Issue Available |
| Soldering tip cleaner (HN) | W3HUC | 79 | Oct 76 | Issue Available |
| Transfer letters (HN) | WA2TGL | 78 | Oct 76 | Issue Available |
| Etch tank (HN) | W3HUC | 79 | Jan 77 | |
| Silver plating made easy | WA9HUV | 42 | Feb 77 | |
| Capacitors, custom, how to make | WB0ESV | 36 | Feb 77 | |
| Indicator circuit, LED | WB6AFT | 60 | Apr 77 | Issue Available |
| lnductors, graphical aid for winding | W7POG | 41 | Apr 77 | Issue Available |
| Coils, self-supporting | Anderson | 42 | Jul 77 | |
| Silver plating (letters) | WA0AGD | 94 | Nov 77 | Issue Available |
| Wire-wound potentiometer repair (HN) | W4ATE | 77 | Feb 78 | Issue Available |
| Printed-circuits, simple method for (HN) | W4MTD | 51 | Apr 78 | Issue Available |
| Microcircuits, visual aids for working on | K9SRL | 90 | Jul 78 | Issue Available |
| Rejuvenating transmitting tubes with thoriated-tungsten filaments (HN) | W6NIF | 80 | Aug 78 | |
| PC layout using longhand | WB9QZE | 26 | Nov 78 | Issue Available |
| Anodizing aluminum | VE7DKR | 62 | Jan 79 | Issue Available |
| Crystal switching, remote (HN) | WA8YBT | 91 | Feb 79 | Issue Available |
| Cabinet construction techniques | W7KDM | 76 | Mar 79 | Issue Available |
| Metalized capacitors (HN) | W8YFB | 82 | May 79 | Issue Available |
| Phone plug wiring (HN) | N1FB | 85 | Jun 79 | Issue Available |
| PC layout using longhand | Comments, W5TKP | 6 | Jun 79 | Issue Available |
| Anodize dyes (letter) | W4MB | 6 | Sep 79 | Issue Available |
| Cliplead carousel (HN) | WB1AQM | 79 | Oct 79 | Issue Available |
| Anodizing aluminum | Comments, WA9UXK | 6 | Nov 79 | Issue Available |
| Lightning protection (letter) | K9MM | 12 | Dec 79 | Issue Available |
| Coax cable, salvaging water-damaged (HN) | W5XW | 88 | Jan 80 | Issue Available |
| Coaxial cable connectors, homebrew hardline-to-uhf | K2YOF | 32 | Apr 80 | |
| AN/UPX-6 cavities, converting surplus | W6NBI | 12 | Mar 81 | Issue Available |
| Metal cleaning with dip-type cleaners (HN) | W5XW | 82 | Jan 82 | Issue Available |
| Set screws, taming (HN) | W5PGG | 64 | Mar 82 | Issue Available |
| Metal cleaning with dip-type cleaners (HN) | Comment, K6YPD | 8 | Jun 82 | Issue Available |
| Printed circuit layout and drilling template | WA4WDL | 73 | Jul 82 | Issue Available |
| Dust buildup, decreasing (HN) | K4KI | 77 | Sep 82 | Issue Available |
| Cheap dots (HN) | W6XM | 77 | Sep 82 | Issue Available |
| Fan, speed control (HN) | K4KI | 77 | Sep 82 | Issue Available |
| Custom resistors, nomogram design | WA5EKA | 68 | Jun 83 | Issue Available |
| Heatsink cooling fan (HN) | W6XM | 22 | Jul 83 | Issue Available |
| Audio filter building blocks | KB0CY | 74 | Jul 83 | Issue Available |
| Antenna hinge | N4LI | 70 | Aug 83 | Issue Available |
| Antenna carriage and track pole mount | K83K | 46 | Aug 83 | Issue Available |
| IC2AT, carrying case for (HN) | W6XM | 62 | Aug 83 | Issue Available |
| Heatsink cooling fan (HN) | Comments, W2GH | 8 | Oct 83 | Issue Available |
| Audio filter building blocks | Short circuit | 92 | Nov 83 | Issue Available |
| Turns per inch from wire size (HN) | K8UR | 97 | Dec 83 | Issue Available |
| Power FETS: trend for VHF amplifiers | Peters, Daniel and W7PUA | 12 | Jan 84 | |
| G.O.E.S. reception: a simple approach | WA4WDL | 46 | Jan 84 | |
| Quick fix for soldering irons (HN) | W2YW | 62 | Apr 84 | Issue Available |
| Heatsink cooling fan (HN) | Comments, DJ4BZ | 12 | May 84 | Issue Available |
| High-frequency dummy load (HN) | W1KWE | 64 | Jun 84 | |
| Cooling semiconductors part 1: designing and using heatsinks | Martin, Vaughn D. | 33 | Jul 84 | Issue Available |
| Reflected power limiter | K4KI | 63 | Jul 84 | Issue Available |
| Air-wound coils, constructing | W7BKE | 37 | Aug 84 | |
| Build a better box | Gruchalla, Michael | 45 | Aug 84 | |
| Cooling semiconductors part 2: blowers and fans | Martin, Vaughn D. | 52 | Aug 84 | |
| Junk-box ingenuity; how to buy, use, and recycle surplus electronic parts | WB4EHS | 32 | Aug 84 | |
| Silk screen techniques, make your own board using | W3QOM | 83 | Nov 84 | |
| Superhet coilset, design with a microcomputer | Sterrenburg, F.A.S. | 113 | Nov 84 | |
| Inductance equation, a different approach (HN) | K4KI | 116 | Dec 84 | Issue Available |
| Microstrip impedance program | K8UR | 84 | Dec 84 | Issue Available |
| Polymer film transforms mechanical energy to electrical energy | WA4KFZ | 55 | Dec 84 | Issue Available |
| Solar power for your ham station | NH6N | 14 | Dec 84 | Issue Available |
| Silverplating, safe, sensible | K9EYY | 29 | Feb 85 | |
| Dummy load, DC | W4MLE | 91 | Apr 85 | Issue Available |
| Bulkhead connector (HN) | K9CZB | 78 | Apr 85 | Issue Available |
| Elevation indicator, inexpensive | W5JTL | 67 | Jun 85 | Issue Available |
| Bulkhead connector (HN) | Short circuit | 74 | Jul 85 | Issue Available |
| Battery charger, NiCd, constant current, a pulsed | K2MWU | 67 | Aug 85 | Issue Available |
| Passive audio filter design, part 1: development and analysis | Niewiadomski, S. | 17 | Sep 85 | |
| RF filters, Build narrowband | WB4EHS | 10 | Mar 86 | Issue Available |
| Practically speaking: Keep it cool | K4IPV | 75 | Apr 86 | Issue Available |
| Make a homebrew sheet metal brake for chassis construction projects | WB6BIH | 43 | Jun 86 | Issue Available |
| Universal analog breadboard | Gruchalla, Michael | 85 | Jun 86 | Issue Available |
| RF filters, Build narrowband | Short circuit | 36 | Jun 86 | Issue Available |
| NE5205 wideband RF amplifier | Gruchalla, Michael | 30 | Sep 86 | Issue Available |
| Build narrowband RF filters, Comments | WB4EHS | 9 | Sep 86 | Issue Available |
| The Guerri report: pc boards | W6MGI | 109 | Sep 86 | Issue Available |
| Ham notes: Waterproofing fittings | W4MLE | 101 | Nov 86 | Issue Available |
| Practically speaking: parts sources | K4IPV | 78 | Nov 86 | Issue Available |
| ZX-81/TS1000 controller: new use for old computers | N9NB | 31 | Dec 86 | |
| Advanced CW processor | W6NRW | 25 | Dec 86 | |
| NE5205 wideband RF amplifier | Short circuit | 72 | Jan 87 | Issue Available |
| Rewinding transformers with CAD | W6WTU | 74 | Mar 87 | |
| Practically speaking: grounding and shielding, pt.1 | K4IPV | 47 | Apr 87 | Issue Available |
| Practically speaking: grounding and shielding, pt.2 | K4IPV | 81 | May 87 | Issue Available |
| Practically speaking: grounding and shielding, pt.2 | Comments: KA8DKT | 6 | Aug 87 | |
| Carpet samples in the ham shack | K1ZJH | 82 | Sep 87 | Issue Available |
| Low-cost pc board layout software | Freeman, Eve | 8 | Oct 87 | |
| Design an amplifier around the 3CX1200A7 | W7DHD | 33 | Dec 87 | Issue Available |
| New uses for old tuners | W6WTU | 25 | Jan 88 | Issue Available |
| Practically speaking: drift and shift | K4IPV | 75 | Jan 88 | Issue Available |
| Practically speaking: noise, signals and amplifiers | K4IPV | 77 | Feb 88 | |
| Homebrewing equipment from parts to metal work | W7KBE | 26 | Mar 88 | |
| Practically speaking: feedback | K4IPV | 60 | May 88 | |
| Practically speaking: "ferriting" out the problem | K4IPV | 72 | Jun 88 | |
| 2-meter monitor | WA3ENK | 64 | Jul 88 | |
| Practically speaking: non-ideal linear IC amplifiers typical problems | K4IPV | 72 | Jul 88 | |
| Simple low-cost comb generator frequency calibrator | Martin, Lorry | 78 | Jul 88 | |
| Precision high-voltage dc regulator | AG6K | 75 | Aug 88 | |
| Remote baselsimplex phone patch controller | AA4NX and KK4LA | 54 | Aug 88 | |
| Tuning indicator for RTTY and packet radio | W0HZR | 65 | Sep 88 | Issue Available |
| Construction techniques using PVC pipe to make antennas | W2OQI | 98 | Sep 88 | Issue Available |
| Elmer's notebook: the mysterious "Q" | W1SL | 110 | Sep 88 | Issue Available |
| DTMF tone signaling circuit | WV6A | 42 | Sep 88 | Issue Available |
| Code practice oscillator (weekender) | N2DCH | 65 | Oct 88 | Issue Available |
| Practically speaking: Overview of op amps- part 1 | K4IPV | 100 | Nov 88 | |
| Simple receivers from complex ICs | W6VEH | 10 | Nov 88 | |
| Homebrew tuning dial | N2DCH | 75 | Dec 88 | |
| Get the most from your NiCds (Weekender) | K3OF | 88 | Dec 88 | |
| Structural evaluation of Yagi elements | K5IU | 29 | Dec 88 | |
| Two in one: trace doubler for CRO, and square wave and pulse generator (HN) | Tseng Liao | 26 | Dec 88 | |
| Practically speaking: overview of op amps- part 2 | K4IPV | 83 | Dec 88 | |
| An NE602-based QRP Transceiver for 20-meter CW | K1BQT | 9 | Jan 89 | |
| Collector Matching Networks | KZ9J | 34 | Jan 89 | |
| Elmer's Notebook: Transistors and How They Work | W1SL | 62 | Jan 89 | |
| Elmer's Notebook: FETS-The Other Transistors | W1SL | 104 | Feb 89 | |
| Understanding and using 723 Voltage Regulators | K3OF | 42 | Mar 89 | |
| Remote Driver/Controller for a Two-antenna System | NH6N | 79 | Apr 89 | |
| Practically Speaking: Light Metal and Other Topics | K4IPV | 23 | Apr 89 | |
| Elmer's Notebook: Voltage-variable Capacitors | W1SL | 100 | Apr 89 | |
| Analog Panel Meters | W6WTU | 39 | Apr 89 | |
| Homebrew Neutralizing Capacitor | N4LC | 38 | May 89 | Issue Available |
| Simple Infrared Detector, A (HN) | K1ZJH | 27 | Jun 89 | Issue Available |
| Motorized Agitator for Your Printed Circuit Boards | K3OF | 68 | Jun 89 | Issue Available |
| Simple DC Amplifier for Your Meter | W0JF | 10 | Jun 89 | Issue Available |
| An RTTY Converter | W1VO | 76 | Jun 89 | Issue Available |
| Linear Tuning with a War Surplus Capacitor | N2DCH | 40 | Jun 89 | Issue Available |
| Common-point Grounding: Lightning Protection for Repeaters | KIZJH | 24 | Jul 89 | Issue Available |
| Elmer's Notebook: Visual Aids- Liquid Crystal Displays | W1SL | 81 | Aug 89 | |
| Automatic Rotor Brake Delay | WA1SPI | 89 | Aug 89 | |
| Keeping an Eye on Your Sideband PEP | GW4NAH | 17 | Sep 89 | |
| Protect Your Amateur Station from Lightning | KY9L | 25 | Sep 89 | |
| Digi-Keyer | AB4DP | 68 | Oct 89 | |
| Extend Your DVM's Measurement Capabilities | N6YC | 72 | Oct 89 | |
| Variable Gain 160-Meter Preamp | KD9SV | 46 | Oct 89 | |
| PEP Wattmeter | WA1SPI | 76 | Oct 89 | |
| Remote Control Switching System | VK2WD | 62 | Oct 89 | |
| Transmit Control for Mobile Operation | G4CLF | 24 | Nov 89 | |
| Elmer's Notebook: Simple Instruments RF Output Monitor | W1SL | 91 | Nov 89 | |
| Wideband Frequency Analyzer | AA4FB | 9 | Nov 89 | |
| Ultra Low Power Four-digit Sequence Touch Tone Decoder | WA4ADG | 30 | Dec 89 | |
| An Audio Patch Panel for the Multimode Station | KB6IC | 65 | Dec 89 | |
| A New Addition for Your TNC | K9MLD | 72 | Dec 89 | |
| Five-band Junkbox Transmitter | W3RMD | 42 | Dec 89 | |
| Two in one: trace doubler for CRO, and square wave and pulse generator (HN) | Short circuit | 26 | Jan 90 | |
| Near linear tuning with dual eccentric pulleys | N2DCH | 53 | Jan 90 | |
| Elmer's Notebook: elementary electronics- exploring resistance | W1SL | 92 | Jan 90 | |
| Making printed circuit boards | WA3JUF | 27 | Jan 90 | |
| Elmer's Notebook: elementary electronics- capacitors | W1SL | 90 | Feb 90 | |
| Ultra Low Power Four-digit Sequence Touch Tone Decoder | Short circuit | 87 | Mar 90 | |
| Elmer's Notebook: elementary electronics- inductors and AC | W1SL | 84 | Apr 90 | |
| Elmer's Notebook: elementary electronics- alternating current and capacitors | W1SL | 67 | May 90 | |
| Elmer's Notebook: elementary electronics- wrapping up AC theory | W1SL | 63 | Jun 90 |
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