From the files at the ARRL Information Mail Server (
[email protected] Note: There are many simple construction ideas or projects found in the ARRL Handbooks, the QRP Notebook, Solid State Design. The various tutorial series in QST (ie First Steps in Radio) also contain many construction ideas and schematics. 1978 February QST A Universal Crystal Oscillator April
QST A 20-Meter High-Performance DirectConversion Receiver
p. 15 p. 11
QST p. 17 Collecting the Ham's Tools of the Trade October
QST Build This "Sardine Sender"
December QST A 20-Meter VXO-Controlled, 6 Watt Transmitter 1979 January
p. 15 p. 11
QST The YY Special Beginner's Receiver
p. 16
March
QST A Simple 10- and 15-Meter Converter
p. 21
August
QST Build a Simple "Super" for SSB
p. 11
September QST Quick and Easy Circuit Boards for the Beginner
p. 30
October
p. 56
QST The First One's Always the Hardest
November QST A Simple Utility Power Supply
p. 22
December QST Transmitter Fundamentals
p. 11
1980 January March
QST Build a VMOS Audio Amplifier
p. 22
QST A Beginner's 3-Band VFO
p. 19
QST The Nitty-Gritty of Simple Receivers
p. 21
April
QST 20, 40 and 80 Meters with the "Basic Radio Receiver"
October
QST p. 32 Deg and Bending Metal Enclosures QST Rewinding Transformers
1981 March July
p. 22
p. 34
QST p. 34 A Variable Frequency Crystal Oscillator 4 pages QST The Burgular Alarm That Resets Automatically
p. 29
September QST Experimenting for the Beginner
p. 11
1982 June
QST Build a Bare-Bones "Superhet"
p. 29 5 pages
1983 June
QST Wire Antennas for the Beginner
p. 33 6 pages
September QST A Traveler's Receiver for 20 Meters
p. 31 2 pages
October
p. 30 2 pages
QST The Noise Maker - An Aid to Learning the Morse Code
November QST A VXO CW Rig for 30 Meters 1984 March
p. 31 4 pages
QST An ANtenna System for the New Novice
p. 37 2 pages
May
QST A Battery Powered 30-Meter VFO
p. 35 3 pages
1985 January
QST A Simple 10-Meter FM Reciever
p. 19 8 pages
QST p. 22 Simple QRP Gear Versus Good Performance 5 pages April
QST A Converter for the 24-MHz WARC Band
p. 42 3 pages
August
QST A Semi-kit Receiver for 80/75 Meters
p. 34 4 pages
October
QST p. 14 Better Ears for the MAVTI-40 Transcvr. 8 pages
1986 February QST
p. 23
May
Four Watts, QSK, fro 24.9 MHz
4 pages
QST Learning to Work with Preamps
p. 21 3 pages
September QST The SimpleCeiver (HF superhet)
p. 34 6 pages
December QST Three Fine Mice - MOuSeFET CW Transmitters
p. 19 6 pages
QST The Flasher (blinky-lights) 1987 June
p. 28 2 pages
QST The W2CXM 2-Meter Cube Receiver and Scanner
November QST Build This QRP Omni Box
p. 15 7 pages p. 18 5 pages
QST A Real Turn-On (station pwr control)
p. 23 5 pages
December QST How to Build and Use a VHF Wattmeter
p. 15 5 pages
QST A Laboratory-Style RX Noise Bridge 1988 January
p. 32 4 pages
QST p. 16 A New Breed of Receiver (phase method) 8 pages QST Accessories for your VFO
February QST The Neophyte Receiver
p. 31 3 pages p. 14 5 pages
QST Power Supplies, Quick and Easy
p. 23 3 pages
QST Some QRP Transmitter Design Tips
p. 30 3 pages
QST The Cordless Phone Link (remote stn)
p. 21
QST The Tox Box - station control center
p. 30
July
QST A Talking Wattmeter
p. 15
July
QST A Talking Wattmeter
p. 15
July
QST A Simple Tuning Indicator
p. 28
March
August
QST Preamplifer for 80- and 160-Meter
p. 15
August
QST A Versatile Timer/Controller
p. 25
August
QST Build it Yourself with Plastic
p. 30
September QST p. 24 A Dipper Amplifier for Impedance Bridges September QST A Simple Resonant ATU October
p. 26
QST p. 26 A 3-Channel CW Emergency Transceiver Part I
November QST p. 17 A 3-Channel CW Emergency Transceiver Part I 1989 January
QST A Speaker Amplifier for Hand-held Transceivers
p. 20
January
QST A VFO with Bandset and Bandspread
p. 31
February QST A Low-Cost Frequency Counter February QST Transistor Radio a Ham Receivers
p. 21
March
QST A Simple 80-Meter Converter
p. 18
April
QST Power-FET Switches as RF Amplifiers
p. 30
May
QST A Practical Time-Domain Reflectometer
p. 22
May
QST A 4-Stage 75-Meter SSB Superhet
p. 25
May
QST The C-Sub
p. 29
May
QST Simple Low-Noise Preamplifers
p. 31
June
QST p. 35 Multi-Purpose Instrumentation Amplifier
July
QST Build a Low-Cost Booster Microphone
p. 33
p. 19
August
QST Improving and Using RX Noise Bridges
September QST The Switcher - station control
p. 27 p. 18
September QST p. 22 A 1.25 to 25-V 2.5A Regulated Power Supply September QST A Simple Secondary Frequency Standard
p. 29
October
QST p. 19 A Computer-Controlled Digitized Speech System for SSB Contesting
October
QST The QRP 3-Bander (transmitter)
p. 25
November QST Some Power-Supply Design Hints
p. 29
December QST A QRP SSB/CW Transceiver for 14 MHz 1990 January QST A Tester for Crystal F, Q and R
p. 18 p. 21
January
QST A QRP SSB/CW Transceiver for 14 MHz.
p. 28
January
QST p. 32 The Elevator: A simple 220-MHz Transverter
February QST A Simple and Accurate QRP Directional Wattmeter
p. 19
February QST Cheap and Easy Control-Signal Level Converters (electronic switching)
p. 24
February QST A Balanced Balanced Antenna Tuner
p. 28
March
QST Using-the MC2831A FM Transmitter Subsystem IC
p. 31
April
QST Hands-Off Mobile Operation
p. 25
May
QST An Audio Equalizer for Communications Use
p. 22
December QST p. 48 A Surface-Mount Technology Primer--Part 1 1991 January
QST
p. 27
A Surface-Mount Technology Primer--Part 2 March
QST Making Soldering Safer
p. 28
April
QST p. 35 Connectors for (Almost) All Occasions-Part 1
May
QST p. 34 Connectors for (Almost) All Occasions-Part 2
June
QST Build a Universal VFO
p. 27
Last update 6/91 (we are overdue for an update). Consult the index found in each December QST issue for more recent articles. ----Ed Hare, KA1CV American Radio Relay League 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 (203) 666-1541 - voice ARRL Laboratory Supervisor RFI, xmtr and rcvr testing
[email protected] You will never put the puzzle together if you keep putting all the pieces back in the box.