Some interesting articles—at least they’re interesting to me—from the 1922, 1972, and 1997 issues of QST…
More on Super Regeneration (August 1922). In the early 1920s, regenerative receivers were a hot, new thing. This article describes some of Edwin Armstrong’s latest work and includes a circuit for a three-tube regen receiver.
Learning Morse (August 1972). In 1972, you still had to pass a Morse Code test to get an amateur radio license. In this article, WA1FKF, answers questions that hams are still asking today, including:
- How quickly should I be able to learn radio code?
- Could I possibly be too old to learn?
- Is it better to start with characters being sent rather quickly with a space between each or should the whole process be scaled down?
and more.
Correspondence (August 1997). This month’s issue had several interesting letters. One of them discussed the idea of removing countries from the DXCC list whose governments did not provide their citizens with basic human rights. Another talked about how to reach out and recruit both young folks and retirees into the hobby. Another labelled the no-code Tech license as a “successful failure” because so many of these licensees do not stick with the hobby. Aside from the first letter, we’re still dealing with these issues today.
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