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Index: 1973 - 2003

National Contest Journal Cumulative Index, 1973-2003

Compiled by K5ZD, WN4KKN, NJ2L, K1RO and N4TZ.

 

This index updates the one originally published in the January/February 1997 issue of NCJ.

 

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  • Antennas -

    General

     

    Title Author Year Issue Page

    160-Meter Monster Array

    K9DX

    03

    Mar/Apr

    9

    A 3-element Wire Beam for 40 Meters

    W1WEF

    86

    Nov/Dec

    25

    A 4-High Stack of 7-Element 10-Meter Yagis

    K4WI

    03

    May/Jun

    18

    A $50 Beverage

    K5ZD

    96

    Jan/Feb

    10

    The 10-Meter Rope Gun Yagi: A 10-Meter Big Gun Antenna on Little Pistol Budget

    K4TMC

    98

    May/Jun

    11

    40 Meter Antenna for Sweepstakes

    K3LR

    83

    Jul/Aug

    21

    40-Meter Beams

    K8CC

    88

    Jul/Aug

    21

    80 Meter "Big Ear"

    W0JLC

    85

    Sep/Oct

    9

    80 Meter Delta Loop

    K2BK

    82

    Jan/Feb

    6

    80 Meter DX Antenna

    K9RS

    85

    Nov/Dec

    14

    80 Meter Sloper w/Reflector

    K7LXC

    85

    May/Jun

    20

    80 Meter Triangle Array

    W8AV

    98

    Nov/Dec

    12

    A Double-Loop Antenna for 160 Meters

    N3HBX

    03

    May/Jun

    3

    An Experiment with Success

    N5KB

    99

    Jan/Feb

    11

    Antenna Hint--Dacron Rope

    N6VR

    88

    May/Jun

    9

    Antenna Interactions -- Part 1: Stop Squinting! Get the Big Picture

    K3NA

    03

    Jul/Aug

    19

    Antenna Interactions -- Part 2: Twisting Stacks

    K3NA

    03

    Sep/Oct

    3

    Antenna Interactions -- Part 3: When Good Aluminum Goes Bad

    K3NA

    03

    Nov/Dec

    20

    Antenna Isolation in the Real World

    WE9V

    01

    May/Jun

    15

    Antenna Length Chart

    K5KG

    03

    Jan/Feb

    10

    Antenna Switching for M/S Stations

    K1XM

    87

    Jan/Feb

    9

    Antennas (Contesting for Fun)

    K7RE

    02

    Sep/Oct

    39

    Antennas for 3.5-4 MHz

    K8CC

    92

    Jan/Feb

    42

    Antennas for Sweepstakes

    K8CC

    86

    Sep/Oct

    13

    Antennas for Sweepstakes

    K8CC

    91

    Sep/Oct

    18

    Antennas with Gain and Bandwidth for 80 and 160 Meters

    N6LF

    00

    Sep/Oct

    14

    Automotive Technology on the Antenna Farm

    K8CC

    90

    Jul/Aug

    20

    Baluns, Baluns, Baluns

    K5IU

    85

    Mar/Apr

    33

    Bead Baluns

    K3LR

    88

    Jan/Feb

    10

    Better Amp Performance with U/L/B Switching Systems

    K2TR

    84

    Jul/Aug

    16

    Beverage Notes

    KB1GW

    98

    Mar/Apr

    5

    Beverage Preamplifier

    K1KI

    84

    Jan/Feb

    10

    Beverages: How Short Can They Be?

    K9AY

    02

    Sep/Oct

    20

    Boom Matching = 40/30 Meter Rotary Dipole

    N4KG

    98

    Mar/Apr

    21

    Can a Dipole Have Gain?

    K8CC

    92

    Nov/Dec

    20

    Care and Repair of a Two Element 80 Meter Yagi

    N3HBX

    97

    May/Jun

    4

    A "Climbless" Broadband 80-Meter Dipole

    K4VX

    93

    Mar/Apr

    13

    A Cloudwarmer Omni for 40-Meter Sweepstakes

    K6STI

    94

    Jul/Aug

    17

    Coaxial Cable Attenuation and Trade-Offs

    W3LPL

    96

    Jan/Feb

    8

    Commercial or Home-Brew Antennas, That is the Question

    K4VX

    88

    Jul/Aug

    7

    Dayton for the Antenna Farmer

    K8CC

    92

    Jul/Aug

    14

    DXpedition Antennas for Salt Water Locations: A Study of 20-Meter Antennas

    K2KW

    01

    May/Jun

    9

    DXpedition Friendly Antennas (Contest Traveler)

    K8JP

    99

    Mar/Apr

    33

    DXpeditionized TA-33Jr (Contest Traveler)

    K8JP

    97

    Mar/Apr

    21

    An Effective No-Ground Vertical for 80 and 160 Meters

    K2KQ

    99

    Sep/Oct

    20

    The Effects of Insulation at RF

    K8CC

    96

    Mar/Apr

    16

    Four-Square Antenna Experiences

    W1WEF, K1KI

    96

    Nov/Dec

    8

    A Full-Wave Vertical Loop for 160 Meters

    N3HBX

    00

    Mar/Apr

    14

    "Gull-Wing" Vertical Antennas

    K3LC

    00

    Nov/Dec

    14

    Higher is Better, Right?

    N4KG

    93

    Nov/Dec

    15

    Hints and Kinks

    K8CC

    88

    May/Jun

    16

    Improved Feeding of the KLM 40M Beams

    NE6I

    85

    Nov/Dec

    13

    Improving Beverage Antennas

    NN3Q

    95

    Jul/Aug

    3

    The K4VX 10-Meter Rhino Gun Yagi

    K4VX

    99

    Sep/Oct

    17

    The K8CC Five Element Yagi--Part 1

    K8CC

    89

    May/Jun

    29

    The K8CC Five Element Yagi--Part 2

    K8CC

    89

    Sep/Oct

    23

    LF Bands for Little Pistols

    G3RZP

    00

    Nov/Dec

    10

    Low Band DX-Pedition Antennas

    W0JLC

    86

    May/Jun

    25

    Low Noise Antenna for "Average" Lots

    W2XL

    83

    Jul/Aug

    7

    Matching Phased Antennas

    K5RC

    82

    May/Jun

    13

    Measuring Inductance and Capacitance

    K8CC

    94

    Mar/Apr

    25

    Modifications for the Hy-Gain 105BA

    N6ND

    89

    Nov/Dec

    11

    The Monoband Log-Cell Yagi Revisited - Part I

    W4RNL

    00

    Jan/Feb

    19

    The Monoband Log-Cell Yagi Revisited - Part 2: Element Phasing and Log-Cell Design

    W4RNL

    00

    Mar/Apr

    10

    The Monoband Log-Cell Yagi Revisited - Part 3: Some Practical Log-Cell Yagi Designs

    W4RNL

    00

    May/Jun

    14

    The Monoband Log-Cell Yagi Revisited - Part 4: V-ing the Log-Cell Yagi Elements

    W4RNL

    00

    Jul/Aug

    11

    More Tricks with Coax--Upper/Lower/Both Switching

    N4SA

    80

    Sep/Oct

    7

    NP4A: A 3-element 80-Meter Dream

    K1ZM

    89

    Jul/Aug

    9

    The "Omni-izer" - an Omni Control Box for 4-Squares or Other Arrays

    N5TW, WX0B

    02

    Jul/Aug

    5

    On Proper 160 Meter Antennas

    NM7M

    98

    Nov/Dec

    30

    One Step Back, Two Steps Forward: The Evolution of the WW2Y/K2WI 160-Meter Antenna

    K2WI, WW2Y

    96

    May/Jun

    6

    Optimized Yagi Design

    N2FB

    86

    Jan/Feb

    16

    Optimized Yagi Design Continued

    N2FB

    86

    Mar/Apr

    20

    Overhauling Hy-Gain Beams

    W1WEF

    97

    Sep/Oct

    10

    Phased Pennant Antenna Array

    KD9SV, W8UVZ,K8GG

    03

    Jul/Aug

    13

    Phasing Verticals: An EASY Way

    W4PA

    02

    Nov/Dec

    18

    A Preliminary Look at Improved Stack Spacing for Short-Boom Tribanders

    N4ZR

    96

    Jul/Aug

    6

    Preventing Antenna Icing

    K3ZJ

    94

    May/Jun

    18

    Real Time 160-Meter "L"

    W4PA

    98

    Jul/Aug

    9

    A Receiving Antenna System

    W7LR

    00

    Mar/Apr

    18

    Recycled Aluminum (Contesting on a Budget)

    K5AF

    03

    May/Jun

    37

    Remote Beverage Switching

    N4RN

    98

    Nov/Dec

    15

    "Scoring" Your Antenna System - A Quantitative Evaluation of Changes in Antenna Height and Other Characteristics

    N4ZR

    01

    Jan/Feb

    9

    Shorts: "Scoring" Your Antenna System

    N4ZR

    01

    Sep/Oct

    37

    SCVs: A Family Album Part 1: The Group Picture

    W4RNL

    98

    Sep/Oct

    12

    Feedback:

     

    99

    Jan/Feb

    10

    SCVs: A Family Album Part 2: The Delta Branch

    W4RNL

    98

    Nov/Dec

    16

    SCVs: A Family Album Part 3: The Rectangular Branch

    W4RNL

    99

    Jan/Feb

    16

    SCVs: A Family Album Part 4: The Open-Ended Cousins

    W4RNL

    99

    Mar/Apr

    8

    SCVs: A Family Album Part 5: Shorties, Double-Wides and Twins

    W4RNL

    99

    May/Jun

    9

    Should I Put Up a Higher Antenna?

    K9LA

    99

    Nov/Dec

    22

    Shunt Feed Your Tower on 160 Meters

    AC9C

    87

    Nov/Dec

    19

    Shunt Feeding Short Towers for 160M

    K8CC

    84

    May/Jun

    13

    A Simple Phased Vertical Array

    K8CC

    93

    Mar/Apr

    24

    A Simple System for Switching Three or Four Antennas

    K8CC

    91

    May/Jun

    21

    A Simple, Temporary, Very Effective 160-Meter Antenna

    KC5NWW

    96

    Mar/Apr

    19

    Simplified Strengthening of the Cushcraft 40-2CD

    N4KG

    94

    Mar/Apr

    14

    Single Support Gain Antennas for 80 and 160 Meters

    N6LF

    03

    Mar/Apr

    12

    Single Tower Antenna Farms

    W9XT

    97

    Jan/Feb

    11

    Some Facts of Life About Modeling 160-Meter Vertical Arrays - Part 1: Some Baseline Data

    W4RNL

    00

    Nov/Dec

    19

    Some Facts of Life About Modeling 160-Meter Vertical Arrays - Part 2: Appreciating Conductivity and Permittivity

    W4RNL

    01

    Mar/Apr

    4

    Some Facts of Life About Modeling 160-Meter Vertical Arrays - Part 3: Complex Radial Systems and Limitations of the MININEC (No Radial) Ground

    W4RNL

    01

    May/Jun

    3

    Some Facts of Life About Modeling 160-Meter Vertical Arrays - Part 4: A Potpourri of 160-Meter Vertical Antennas and Modeling Issues

    W4RNL

    01

    Jul/Aug

    4

    Some Facts of Life About Modeling 160-Meter Vertical Arrays - Part 5: The Use of Multiple Ground Qualities in Lieu of Radials

    W4RNL

    01

    Sep/Oct

    4

    Some Notes on Antenna Erection

    K5RC

    77

    Sep/Oct

    21

    Some Notes on Two-Element Horizontal Phased-Arrays - Part 1: The Limits of Performance

    W4RNL

    01

    Nov/Dec

    4

    Some Notes on Two-Element Horizontal Phased Arrays - Part 2: The Limits of Geometric Phasing

    W4RNL

    02

    Jan/Feb

    4

    Some Notes on Two-Element Horizontal Phased Arrays - Part 3: The Limits of a Single Phase Line: The ZL-Special

    W4RNL

    02

    Mar/Apr

    3

    Some Notes on Two-Element Horizontal Phased Arrays - Part 4: Removing the Limits of a Single Phase Line by Element Matching

    W4RNL

    02

    May/Jun

    3

    Some Tips for Assembling Your Own 160-Meter Balloon Supported Vertical

    N5OT

    00

    May/Jun

    22

    Stacked Yagi Arrays: Fact and Fiction

    K8CC

    91

    Jul/Aug

    18

    Stacking Dissimilar Yagis

    K8CC

    92

    Sep/Oct

    16

    Stacking Yagis: What Can I Expect?

    W4RNL

    97

    Jul/Aug

    7

    The Story of a Classic: The TH6DXX

    K7LXC

    95

    Mar/Apr

    25

    A Stealth Antenna for 7 MHz

    K8CC

    93

    May/Jun

    25

    Switching Stacked Antennas

    K8CC

    88

    Jan/Feb

    17

    The 4-Element PV Yagi

    K1GQ

    85

    Jan/Feb

    9

    The DL1BU 7 Element Yagi

    K8CC

    85

    May/Jun

    21

    TH3 Overhaul Revisited

    W1WEF

    98

    Mar/Apr

    10

    The Five Element NBS Yagi

    K8CC

    85

    Mar/Apr

    21

    Tri-Bander Mysteries Sorted and Solved

     

    82

    Mar/Apr

    7

    Trouble Hearing on 160?

    W6GO

    93

    May/Jun

    13

    Tune Your Tower

    W1WEF

    96

    Mar/Apr

    8

    Two-Tower Station Design

    K8CC

    88

    Mar/Apr

    22

    Ultimate Portable 160 Contest Machine

    K9RS

    86

    Jul/Aug

    33

    Up the Antenna Mast (Plotting Stacked Arrays)

    K1GQ

    80

    Sep/Oct

    6

    Upper-Lower-BIP-BOP Switch

    K1GQ

    80

    Nov/Dec

    12

    Use Your Antenna's Boom as a Rotary Dipole

    K4AB

    97

    Sep/Oct

    16

    Using a Noise Bridge

    K8CC

    89

    Jan/Feb

    21

    The W2PV 80 Meter Quad

    K1GQ

    86

    Jan/Feb

    11

    What are the Weak Spots of the 40-2CD?

    W6QHS

    94

    May/Jun

    13

     

    Rotators

    Title Author Year Issue Page

    Eliminate Noise Generated by Rotator-Control Boxes

    N0AX

    95

    Sep/Oct

    35

    Extending Cable Length for "HAM" Rotors

    K5RC

    81

    Jul/Aug

    7

    Improved Direction Display for the HDR-300 Rotator

    K8CC

    90

    Nov/Dec

    21

    Improved Rotation for Hy-Gain Ham-Series Rotators

    K8CC

    92

    Mar/Apr

    19

    Modification of the Hygain HDR300 Rotator

    N5AJW

    84

    May/Jun

    6

    A Preset Control for Hy-Gain Rotators

    W0CP

    91

    Mar/Apr

    10

    Rotators: Blessing or Curse?

    K7LXC

    93

    Jan/Feb

    18

    Rotator Roundup

    K8CC

    91

    Mar/Apr

    21

    Rotor Rebuilds

    K1CC

    86

    Nov/Dec

    6

    Servicing the Yaesu G-1000SDX Rotator

    W1WEF

    01

    Jan/Feb

    7

    A Simple Preset Antenna Rotor Control

    W8FN

    88

    Nov/Dec

    7

    Unjamming Tailtwisters

    K1GQ

    81

    Sep/Oct

    10

    Updating Ham-M, Ham II and Ham III to Ham IV

    K1KI

    81

    Sep/Oct

    6

    Using Create Control Boxes with Other Rotators

    N6TV, W6QHS

    94

    Jan/Feb

    16

     

    Towers

    Title Author Year Issue Page

    A Safe, Comfortable and Cheap, Climbing Belt

    N6OP

    86

    Sep/Oct

    15

    Antenna Mast Design, Part 1

    W7NI

    82

    May/Jun

    11

    Antenna Mast Design, Part 2

    W7NI

    83

    Mar/Apr

    5

    Granite Guy Anchors

    K1GQ

    85

    May/Jun

    15

    Guyed vs Self-Supporting Towers

    N4KG

    00

    Sep/Oct

    23

    A Homebrew Gin Pole

    K1VUT

    96

    Nov/Dec

    21

    Letter--Mast Design

    W7NI

    85

    Jan/Feb

    6

    Letter--Mast Design

    K3WT

    85

    Jan/Feb

    6

    Mast Notes

    N8RA

    85

    Mar/Apr

    23

    A Mast-Raising System

    KB4IDC

    03

    Jul/Aug

    7

    Phillystran--A Non-metallic Guy

    K1VR

    83

    Jan/Feb

    17

    Proper Tower Grounding

    W3GM

    85

    Sep/Oct

    13

    Refurbishing Your Rohn TB-3 Thrust Bearing

    K1IR

    99

    Sep/Oct

    8

    Rock Guy Anchors

    KD0ZR

    88

    Sep/Oct

    16

    Rotating Side Arm

    W9RE

    87

    Sep/Oct

    14

    Selecting a Mast Material

    W7NI

    93

    Mar/Apr

    10

    Some Notes On Tower Erection

    K5RC

    78

    Jul/Aug

    13

    Tower Safety

    K5NW

    84

    Mar/Apr

    11

    Tower Tips

    N2FB

    84

    May/Jun

    17

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