Historical QST articles
Jeffrey Herman
jeffreyh at HAWAII.EDU
Tue Jul 28 02:03:27 EDT 1998
Below is a list of historical articles that appeared in early
issues of QST. Reprints of these fascinating articles are
available.
Jeff KH2PZ
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ARTICLE REPRINT INFORMATION
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are limited.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES
1. The development of VHF
Early issues of QST are useful in widening anyone's perspective on
amateur radio. QST items of particular interest to the v.h.f.
enthusiast are listed below in more-or-less chronological order.
Regular coverage of the vhf and higher bands, On the Ultra-Highs,
began in December, 1939. Later called The World Above 50 Mc., it
has told the month-by-month story of amateur vhf progress ever
since.
Superregeneration - July through October, 1922
Working at 5 Meters - Kruse, October, 1924
Pioneer Short Wave Work - Jones, 6AJF, May, 1925
Experimenter's Section - Most issues of 1925 to 1928
Gear for wavelengths down to 3/4 meter - January 1926, August 1927
Making Practical Use of the 56-Mc. Band - Long, W8ABX, September
1930
Developments in UHF Oscillators - Lamb, July 1931
Five-Meter Receiving Progress - Hull, July 1931
Duplex Phone on 56 Mc. - Hull, August 1931
Progress reports and tests - January, May, July, September,
October and November, 1931
Fundamental Crystal Control - April 1932
Fun on 5 Meters - June 1932
An All-Purpose 56 Mc. Station - December 1932. Frequent summaries
of activity appear throughout 1932
Behavior of UHF Waves - Jones, March 1933
Graduating to Oscillator-Amplifier Transmitters for 56 Mc.
- Griffin, W2AOE, May 1933
Firing Up on the Newly-Opened Ultra-High Frequencies
- Hull, September and November 1934
Extending the Range of UHF Stations - Hull, October and December
1934
Air-Mass Conditions and the Bending of UHF Waves - Hull, June 1935
Air-Wave Bending of UHF Waves - Hull, May 1937
Five-Meter Signals do the Impossible - August 1935, was first
published report of authenticated 5-meter skip. July issue of
1936 & 1937 contain summaries of reported DX
Interpreting 56-Mc. DX - Pierce, September 1938 (E-layer theory)
A 1935 Ham Receiver (replica) - September, 1986, pp. 27
The Final Days of Ham Spark - March, 1992 p. 29
ABC: The First Electronic Digital Computer? - September, 1992 p.
69
The Last Heathkit - October, 1992 p. 74
The Lure of Classic Radio - March, 1993 p. 39
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