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 January QST p. 21 Twisted-Wire Quadrature Directional Couplers QST p. 28 Crystals Inside and Out February QST p. 15 A Universal Crystal Oscillator QST p. 28 Calculating Capacitor Values March QST p. 11 How Visual Displays Work June QST p. 18 Basic Antenna Concepts July QST p. 21 Power Relations and the Decibel Made Painless August QST p. 26 Antennas - Keeping Them Up November QST p. 25 Calculating Component Values QST p. 42 The Aerial Performers of the Radio Circuits December QST p. 44 The Aerial Performers of the Radio Circuits - Part 2 1979 January QST p. 21 Human Engineering the Station Receiver January QST p. 36 Showdown - FET versus Bipolar QST p. 19 What Does Your SWR Cost You? February QST p. 11 Introducing the INCONS QST p. 15 Antenna Accessories for the Beginner March QST p. 24 A Graphical Look at the L-Network QST p. 26 Matching Network Design April QST p. 28 The Whys and Hows of Bifilar Filament Chokes QST p. 30 Save Money - Build Your Own Filament Choke QST p. 35 Some Commonly-Asked Technical Questions (and Their Answers) May QST p. 34 Novice Questions and Their Answers June QST p. 29 The Practical Side of Toroids August QST p. 22 The Anatomy of a Product Review October QST p. 44 Broadband Hybrid Splitters and Summers QST p. 30 Trigonometry for Beginners November QST p. 18 Learning to Use Rectangular and Polar Notation 1980 January QST p. 30 Simple, Accurate Resistance Meaurement February QST p. 22 Matching the Transmitter to the Load March QST p. 15 A Begginer's Look at Op-Amps June QST p. 25 A Beginner's Look at Op Amps - Part 2 August QST p. 20 A Radio Parts Eldorado (parts finding) QST p. 23 Modulation Systems and Their Noise Performance QST p. 35 A Newcomer's Guide to FM Terminlogy September QST p. 29 What is a Filter? 1981 January QST p. 16 Heat Sinks 3 pages QST p. 19 Modern Receiver Mixers for High Dynamic 5 pages Range May QST p. 26 Which Antenna to Use? July QST p. 21 Wire Line - A New and Easy Method of Microwave Construction QST p. 33 Phase Versus Frequency Modulation September QST p. 11 Experimenting for the Beginner October QST p. 38 Beating Rotten QRM - CW Filtering for The Beginner November QST p. 37 That First Ham Station - How to Choose It and Set It Up December QST p. 11 Some Basics for Equipment Servicing Part 1 1982 January QST p. 38 Some Basics for Equipment Servicing 4 pages Part 2 February QST p. 40 Some Basics for Equipment Servicing 5 pages Part 3 March QST p. 40 Some Basics for Rquipent Servicing 5 pages Part 4 1983 January QST p. 11 Modern Receivers and Transceivers: What 6 pages Ails Them? March QST p. 16 A Simple Approach to Antenna Impedances 4 pages April QST p. 45 Understanding and Using Audio Filters 4 pages May QST p. 17 Intermodulation Reviewed 2 pages QST p. 30 A Beginner's Look at Digital 6 pages Electronics June QST p. 33 Wire Antennas for the Beginner 6 pages July QST p. 34 Getting the Most Out of Your Antenna 4 pages QST p. 24 Salvaged Parts: A Gold Mine for the 4 pages Radio Amateur August QST p. 18 A Structured Approach to the Design and 5 pages Construction of Electronic Equipment QST p. 23 New and Improved Formulas for the 7 pages Design of PI and PI/L Networks August QST p. 35 A Beginner's Look at RF-Power 5 pages Meaurement September QST p. 33 The Ever-Useful Wavemeter 4 pages October QST p. 23 Understanding Coils and Meausring Their 4 pages Inductance November QST p. 22 The Manufacture and Use of Resistors 6 pages (Resistors for the Experimenter) QST p. 39 Simple Ways to Test Your Transmitter 4 pages December QST p. 11 HF Propagation - The Basics 5 pages QST p. 20 Feeding Your Station (coax) 4 pages 1984 January QST p. 19 Build That Kit, Painlessly! 3 pages QST p. 22 Getting Into Amateur Radio Electronics 4 pages QST p. 26 Intermodulation Distortion - A Mystery 4 pages Solved February QST p. 19 How to Read a Schematic Diagram 4 pages QST p. 35 A Beginner's Look at Basic Oscillators 6 pages March QST p. 11 Understanding Resistors 5 pages QST p. 26 Learning to Work with Toroids 4 pages April QST p. 37 Getting to Know Capacitors 4 pages QST p. 19 Receiver Preamps and How to Use Them 5 pages May QST p. 15 An Introduction to Coils and 5 pages Transformers QST p. 26 Broadband and Narrow-Band Amplifiers 5 pages June QST p. 11 Keeping Cool" A Thermal Design Primer 4 pages QST p. 25 The Workd of Switches and Relays 5 pages QST p. 15 A Second Look at Magnetic Cores 7 pages July QST p. 30 Meet the Versatile Diode 4 pages QST p. 16 Setting Up Your Station 4 pages August QST p. 38 The Magic of Transistors 4 pages QST p. 18 Some Basics of VHF Design and Layout 5 pages September QST p. 30 Radio Antennas and How They Operate 5 pages QST p. 19 Electronic Swithing and How It Works 6 pages October QST p. 27 The Shapes of Variable Capacitor Plates 3 pages QST p. 30 How Receivers Work 4 pages QST p. 17 TR Circuits for Homemade Rigs 4 pages November QST p. 19 Coaxial Cables: Their Construction and 3 pages Use QST p. 40 The Basics of Transmitters 5 pages QST p. 32 Improvisations and Finding Parts 3 pages December QST p. 19 The Amateur and Electrical Safety 4 pages QST p. 31 Practical RF Filtering 4 pages December QST p. 23 Heat: Not Always a Foe 6 pages 1985 March QST p. 34 Diodes and How They Are Used 5 pages April QST p. 28 Resonance and Tuning Methods 4 pages May QST p. 19 How to Perform AC-Circuit Analysis 4 pages QST p. 23 Understanding FM Transmitters 3 pages June QST p. 25 Understanding FM Receivers 3 pages July QST p. 34 Equipping Your First Ham Station 3 pages QST p. 22 The Fine Art of Improvisation 3 pages September QST p. 17 The Principles and Building of SSB Gear 3 pages QST p. 31 A Close Look at Frequency Modulation 6 pages October QST p. 27 The Principles and Building of SSB Gear 4 pages November QST p. 38 Ham Radio Workshop Essentials 3 pages QST p. 41 Simple Conversion of Complex Networks 3 pages December QST p. 22 The Product Review Process 3 pages QST p. 37 The Ham Radio Test Bench 3 pages 1986 February QST p. 20 Gaining on the Decibel; Part I 3 pages QST p. 39 Untangling Upgrade Math 3 pages March QST p. 28 Gaining on the DeciBel; Part II 4 pages April QST p. 29 Gaining on the DeciBel; Part III 3 pages May QST p. 21 Learning to Work with Preamps 3 pages June QST p. 37 Antennas: From the Ground Up 5 pages 1987 January QST p. 27 Some Power Supply Design Basics 3 pages February QST p. 16 Understanding and Constructing RF 4 pages Chokes March QST p. 34 How to Build and Use Balun Transformers 4 pages QST p. 47 Novice Notes: How About Used Gear for 3 pages 80- and 40-Meter CW? August QEX p. 6 Optimum Wire Size for RF Coils 2 pages September QST p. 25 Tuning-Diode Applications and a VVC- 5 pages Tuned 40-m VFO QST p. 30 Fiber Optics - It's Here Now 5 pages QST p. 44 Cleaning Up Your Act in the Ham Shack 3 pages (setup station hints) October QST p. 15 The Mystique Behing Miniaturization 4 pages Surface Mount Technology October QST p. 24 Stalking Those Fugitive Components 4 pages (finding parts) 1988 January QST p. 34 Measurements - How Big is That? 3 pages March QST p. 14 Phase Noise and its Effects on Amateur Communications - Part I April QST p. 22 Phase Noise and its Effects on Amateur Communications - Part II 1988 October QST p. 36 Improved ANode Parasitic Suppression for Modern Amplifier Tubes November QST p. 24 Automatic TR Swithing for the Kenwood SM-220 Monitor Scope 1989 January QST p. 29 Conversion Between Geodesic and Grid- Locator Systems (grid squares) March QST p. 25 Calculating Power Dissipation in Parasitic Suppression Resistors April QST p. 17 Amplifier/Driver Compatibility November QST p. 22 Protecting Power Tetrodes November QST p. 26 An Amtor Operation Primer 1990 February QST p. 24 Cheap and Easy Control-Signal Level Converters (electronic switching) November QST p. 22 An Intraural Microphone System for Mobile Operation 1991 January QST p. 24 A Diode-Switched Band-Pass Filter July QST p. 35 An Introduction to Digital Signal Processing