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ACCURATE AND VERSATILE DIGITAL VOLTMETERS DVM AVAILABLE IN THIS RANGE.  IF
YOU DONT HAVE ONE THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO RECTIFY THAT.  A CALIBRATED
SIGNAL GENERATOR, OR RECEIVER CALIBRATOR IS VERY HANDY FOR CALIBRATING YOUR
RECEIVER S METER, OR CHECKING THE FUNCTI
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Transmitting Soc WB6LRU 412 1 12 1,182 LAX Scott Co. ARES NE4ST 193 2 8

FORTUNATELY, ALL REVIEWS FROM JANUARY 1980 ON ARE AVAILABLE TO ARRL MEMBERS
AT WWW.  ARRL.  ORG/MEMBERS ONLY/ PRODREV.  AT THE HIGH END WEVE ALL HEARD
SOMEONE ON THE AIR SAY MY WIFE GOT ME MY NEW TRANSCEIVER FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
SO IT DOES OCCASIONALLY HAPPEN AND IT CANT HURT TO HAVE ONE IN MIND.  WE
WROTE AN ARTICLE EARLIER THIS YEAR ON HOW TO SELECT AN HF TRANSCEIVER.  AS
NOTED THERE, PRICES FOR NEW HF TRANSCEIVERS RANGE FROM AROUND 550 TO 15,000
A DYNAMIC RANGE OF MORE THAN 14 DB.  FORTUNATELY, MOST OF THE MATERIAL IN
THAT ARTICLE IS STILL CURRENT.  IF THERE IS A NEW TRANSCEIVER, DETERMINE
ITS SPECS AND COSTS AND SEE WHERE IT FITS IN THE TABLES IN THAT ARTICLE.
LAY THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR OPERATING STYLE AGAINST THE FEATURES AS
TEMPERED BY THE COST AND SEE WHERE YOU END UP.  FIGURE 1 SHOWS A SELECTION
OF CURRENT MID PRICE HF TRANSCEIVERS.  IN ADDITION TO TRANSCEIVERS, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS THAT COULD BE IN THE MAJOR PRESENT CATEGORY.  I
WOULD INCLUDE AMPLIFIERS, MANY ANTENNA SYSTEMS, SOME MAJOR TRANSCEIVER
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2 14 1,284 ORG AB9RB 384 2 8 1,274 IN Sun Country ARS W4CW 287 2 5 1,266
NFL Branchburg OEM N2B 250 2 6 1,250 NNJ Mid Island RA VE7MIR 147 2 10

MAKE THAT LIST AND CHECK IT TWICE.  NOW THAT YOURE GETTING YOUR STATION
SPRUCED UP, AND WHO ISNT, ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WANT TO KNOW WHAT
YOUD LIKE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.  JOEL R. HALLAS, W1ZR  EVERYONE ENJOYS THEIR
FAVORITE HOLIDAYS, AND MANY INVOLVE EXCHANGING PRESENTS.  NOW THAT YOU ARE
PUTTING YOUR HAM STATION TOGETHER, AND TRUST ME NO MATTER HOW LONG YOUVE
BEEN A HAM YOU ARE STILL PUTTING YOUR STATION TOGETHER, YOUR INTEREST IN
PRESENTS MAY SHIFT FROM GETTING A NEW SCARF TO GETTING SOMETHING FOR THE
SHACK.  UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE AUNT MILLIE MAY HAVE GREAT TASTE IN SCARVES,
SHE IS LIKELY TO HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT WHAT YOU MOST NEED OR WANT FOR THE
SHACK.  HOW TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT SURE, WE ALL WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT
FANCY NEW 15,000 HF TRANSCEIVER, OR 10,000 LINEAR, BUT IT IS LIKELY NOT ALL
THOSE YOU EXCHANGE PRESENTS WITH HAVE THAT MUCH ALLOCATED FOR YOUR PRESENT
THIS YEAR.  BESIDES, THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS TO GET THREE OF THEM.
FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE PURCHASES THAT COULD BE USEFUL FOR THE AMATEUR
STATION AT ALL PRICE LEVELS.  FOR ALMOST ALL CATEGORIES OF RADIO EQUIPMENT
AND UMN IS THE PLACE TO START.  FORTUNATELY COLUMN IS THE PLACE TO START.
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Regional ARS W0GS 331 2 24 1,348 MO Mile High RC K6GUN 139 2 10 1,328 ORG
Old Post ARS W9EOC 286 2 12 1,316 IN RIT ARC K2GXT 382 2 4 1,312 VT
Stubblefield Repeater Club K4HJ 311 2 27 1,288 KY Laguna Woods ARC W6LY 183
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