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VECTRONICS HAM RADIO CATALOG

Crystal Radio Set Kit

Relive the experience of early radio pioneers

Wind your own inductor, wire up

the earliest radio circuit without solder-

ing a thing and listen to the magic of

radio that needs no power.

This humble crystal radio set uses a

crystal diode detector designed nearly

fifty years ago to give you performance

that our earliest radio pioneers would

envy. This is a lot more than just a

nostalgic novelty -- this little baby real-

ly performs!

Put up an antenna, connect a ground

and you’ll be amazed at the stations

you’ll hear.

Includes all hardware and parts needed to build a

working crystal radio set plus wire for an antenna and

a sensitive earphone. This is an interesting project that’s easy on

the budget, but big on satisfaction. Size: 1

x5 inches.

Skill Level: Simple Calls for a few basic tools -- a soldering

iron, cutters, pliers, wire-strippers, and a small screwdriver.

Doesn’t require test equipment for final adjustment or tuning.

Shortwave Regenerative Receiver

World-wide stations come in loud and clear

Build

this and

sit back

and enjoy

listening to the world.

Covers all or part

of 75/80, 49, 40, 30,

31, 20, 25, 22, 19, 17, 16, 15 and 13 Meter bands. Lets you listen

to AM, SSB, CW, WWV, RTTY and packet. Offers smooth vernier

reduction drive, smooth regeneration control and RF stage.

Includes all-metal cabinet. Range A: 3.51 to 4.31 MHz. Range

B: 5.95 to 7.40 MHz. Range C: 9.56 to 12.05 MHz. Range D:

13.21 to 16.4 MHz. Range E: 17.6 - 22 MHz.

Includes two jacks for earphones or speakers and all metal cabi-

net. Requires a 9 volt battery (not included) Size: 7x6x2

inches.

Skill Level: Intermediate Requires more involved construction.

You may use some test gear for final adjustment or tuning.

Aircraft Receiver

Tune in the Friendly Skies

This exciting project tunes the entire voice air-

craft band, from 118-136 MHz, and picks up air

traffic 100 miles or more away.

Climb into the cockpit and fly “right seat” as

pilots and air-traffic controllers work together to

keep skies friendly and safe.

Track progress of incoming/outgoing traffic in

your area, gain advanced weather information

first-hand from pilot reports and discover how

the National Air Traffic System really works.

This is not only a “fun” kit to build and operate, it’s

also a great way to learn about radio/electronics and

aviation at the same time! Uses 9 volt battery (not

included), and drives a speaker/headphones. 1

in.

Skill Level: Intermediate Requires more involved construc-

tion, you may use some test gear for final adjustment or tuning.

VEC-131KC, $14.95. All metal cabinet for Aircraft receiver,

includes knobs, hardware and rubber feet. Brushed aluminum-

looking decal for front panel.

Comprehensive Soldering Course

The best home-study soldering course available!

This professional-grade solder-

ing course was designed for

schools and individuals. Includes

theory, quizzes, PC board and com-

ponents for soldering practice.

Taking this course will results in

professional soldering skills and

fun blinking LED project.

This course covers all of the latest tools, techniques

and materials you'll need for "through-hole" style PC

board assembly and repair.

When you complete this course you'll be ready to tackle a wide

range of jobs on the bench and in the field. Short, concise lessons

cover topics like solders and fluxes, product safety, soldering irons,

circuit boards, and much more.

Skill Level: Simple Calls for a few basic tools -- a soldering

iron, cutters, pliers, wire-strippers and a small screwdriver.

CW Keyer

Full featured electronic keyer

$24.95 gives you the best electronic keyer

bargain in ham radio. It’s the same as VEC-

221K without 128 character memory. It

takes all of the work out of sending CW --

you’ll have a professional sounding fist in no

time. Use 9V battery (not included.). Super

compact 2x3x3

inches. Skill Level: Simple: calls for

a few basic tools -- a soldering iron, cutters, pliers,

wire-strippers and a small screwdriver. Doesn’t require

test equipment for final adjustment or tuning. VEC-201KC,

$14.95. All-metal cabinet for CW Keyer. Knobs, hardware and

rubber feet. Brushed aluminum-looking front decal.

VEC-131K

Ship Code A

VEC-102K

Ship Code A

VEC-121K

Ship Code A

VEC-201K

Ship Code A

The GIANT Book of Electronic Projects

Project book includes 19 kits on this page. Has building

tips, complete parts lists, parts placement and PC board

layouts, test and alignment, operating instructions, in case

of difficulty, theory and specs, schematics, cabinet layout.

Order VEC-1901, $19.95.

The GIANT

Book of

Electronic

Projects,

Volume I

VECTRONICS KITS

. . . fun to build and use!

VEC-1500K

Ship Code A

CW Memory Keyer

128-character message memory

Store up to 512 characters in four 128

character non-volatile EEPROM message

memories. Carry on entire QSOs by just

pressing message memory buttons. True

Sinewave Sidetone eliminates key clicks

with 5 mS of rise and fall time -- it’s the

most pleasant sounding sidetone you ever

heard. LM386 audio power amplifier provides extra

loud volume to speakers. Self-completing dots/dashes

with proper timing, dot-dash memory, front panel speed

(3 to 60 wpm) and volume controls. Adjust weight 25%-75% and

sidetone pitch 300 Hz-1000 Hz. Select fully auto or semi-auto

mode for “bug” style operation. Select Iambic mode A or B. Tune

mode for tuning your transmitter or antenna tuner. MOSFET direct

keying output keys any transmitter with positive voltage to ground

keying. Totally RF proof. Uses 9 volt battery (not included).

Requires single/dual lever paddle. 1

x5 in. Skill Level:

Simple: calls for a few basic tools -- a soldering iron, cutters, pli-

ers, wire-strippers and a small screwdriver. Doesn’t require test

equipment for final adjustment or tuning. VEC-221KC, $14.95.

All-metal cabinet for CW Memory Keyer. Includes knobs, hard-

ware, and rubber feet. Brushed aluminum-looking front panel.

VECTRONICS

VEC-221K

Ship Code A

Vectronics World Band

Shortwave Radio

Summary of content (16 pages)

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VECTRONICS R VECTRONICS HAM RADIO CATALOG Crystal Radio Set Kit Comprehensive Soldering Course Relive the experience of early radio pioneers The best home-study soldering course available! Wind your own inductor, wire up the earliest radio circuit without soldering a thing and listen to the magic of radio that needs no power. This humble crystal radio set uses a crystal diode detector designed nearly fifty years ago to give you performance that our earliest radio pioneers would envy.
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VECTRONICS KITS High Performance 2-Meter Preamp Kit . . . fun to build and use! 144/220/440 MHz Preamp Kits Low-Noise Amplifier VEC-1402K - 2-Meter Soup-up your antenna VEC-1422K - 220 MHz system and “pull the weak VEC-1444K - 440 MHz Put a high performance ones” with this easy-to95 $ LNZ on your antenna that build LNA (low noise Ship Code A will pull weak signals out of amplifier).
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VECTRONICS KITS . . . fun to build and use! 20/30/40/80 Meter QRP CW Super CW Filter w/1-Watt amp Kit High Performance Transmitters Razor Sharp Selectivity Spend an evening building this simple CW Transmitter and work the world! Earn coveted WAS, WAZ, DXCC and other awards running just one Watt. VXO (Variable Crystal Oscillator) tuning is used for best stability, but you can still tune over a small frequency range. Front panel switch selects one of two crystals. 1 popular crystal is included.
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VECTRONICS KITS . . . fun to build and use! AM Radio Transmitter Kit 2 Meter FM Transmitter Kit Broadcast your own radio show Powerful 5-Watt transmitter If you ever dreamed of having your own radio station, here is your low cost opportunity. You can set up your own AM station and broadcast crystal clear programming from your studio with you as the disc jockey or talk show host. Play music from your CD player, tape deck or other source.
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VECTRONICS KITS . . . fun to build and use! Portable CD Amplifier Kit Vacuum-Tube Preamplifier Kit Pumps out plenty of crisp, clean audio Enjoy the warm and gutsy vintage sound of a real life glow-in-the-dark vacuum tube preamp Lets you VEC-1604K plug in a 95 $ portable Ship Code A CD player and a pair of 8 Ohm speakers. 4 watt per channel amplifier pumps out plenty of crisp, clean audio. Features wide range tone and volume controls.
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VECTRONICS(R) VC-300M Mobile Antenna Tuner ANTENNA TUNERS VC-300M 109 $ 95 Ship Code C The VC-300M Mobile Antenna Tuner is compact, lightweight, easy-to-operate, and the most economical of the antenna tuners available from VECTRONICS. VC-300DLP Antenna Tuner VC-300DLP 15995 $ Ship Code C The VC-300DLP Antenna Tuner has a built-in Dummy Load, a Peak or Average reading meter, and is easy to operate. It is the best-selling antenna tuner available from VECTRONICS.
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VECTRONICS(R) ANTENNA TUNERS VC-300D Antenna Tuner $ with Digital Bargraph Display VC-300D HFT-1500 95 199 Ship Code C The VC-300D Antenna Tuner is the top of the line! This tuner has the same identical features and specs as the VC-300D but includes a Digital Bargraph Display which enables the user the capability of reading Peak Output Power. Level and Delay controls have been added to calibrate the display and to vary the delay response.
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VECTRONICS (R) SWR/POWER METERS PM-30 PM-30UV 79 $ 95 Ship Code A 8995 $ Ship Code A PM-30 and PM-30UV can both simultaneously measure and display forward power, reflected power and SWR in the frequency range on their dual movement meter system. Accuracy of the readings is assured because these SWR/Power Meters feature a true shielded directional coupler. The backlit meter can also display either peak or average power readings. Optional 12 VDC adaptor, AC-12 . . . $12.95.
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VECTRONICS (R) ANTENNA ANALYZER SWR-584B Deluxe Antenna SWR Analyzer with RF Resistance Meter Measure your antenna’s 2:1 SWR bandwidth on a single band, or analyze multiband performance over the entire spectrum from 1.8 to 170 MHz! Measure inductance, capacitance, resonant frequency of tuned circuits, transmission line SWR-584B velocity factor/impedance/loss. Test RF chokes, transformers, $ 95 baluns. Adjust your tuner for a perShip Code B fect 1:1 match without creating QRM.
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VECTRONICS (R) ANTENNAS AND ACCESSORIES VECTRONICS 3 element 6 Meter Yagi A directional antenna is essential for long distance VHF communication. By focusing transmitter power onto the horizon in a VEC-1862 95 single direction, Vectronic’s three element 6 Meter $ Yagi quadruples your ERP (effective radiated power) Ship Code A over a half-wave dipole.
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VECTRONICS (R) LOW PASS FILTERS LP-30 LP-30 69 $ 1500 Watt Low Pass Filter 95 Ship Code A Suppress TV interference at the source with the LP30 Low Pass Filter. Use between Transmitter and Antenna or Tuner. Reduces TV interference (TVI) radiated by transmitters operating below 30 MHz. Suppresses harmonics appearing in the TV bands. Additional attenuation to TV IF frequencies above 40 MHz. Low loss to 30 MHz. 9-pole inverse Chebyshev design.
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VECTRONICS (R) SHORTWAVE Tap into Secret Shortwave Signals with this Vectronics MultiReaderTM VEC-162 17995 $ VECTRONICS Ship Code B Ever wonder what those mysterious chirps, whistles, and buzzing sounds are on the shortwave bands? Much of it is RTTY, ASCII, CW and AMTOR (FEC) signals passing commercial, military, diplomatic, weather, aeronautical, maritime, amateur and other traffic.
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VECTRONICS (R) PMT-228 MORSE TUTORS Practice copying words as one sound -- not individual characters. Instant word recognition makes you a true, high-speed CW pro. Word VECTRONICS’ PMT-228 Recognition ModeTM gives you hunTM Professor Morse is so tiny, you can dreds of commonly used words in amatake it anywhere and learn Morse teur radio. code anytime.
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CW KEYERS VECTRONICS (R) VEC-204 Electronic Morse Keyer mounted on a Deluxe VECTRONICS Iambic CW Paddle Tired of sending Morse code with a straight key? It’s fun for a while. But making code sound good and easy to copy is tedious, hard work! VECTRONICS VEC-204 electronic code keyer and paddle combination is ideal for sending great sounding code. By squeezing, you can automatically generate perfect code with almost no effort.
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VECTRONICS (R) DC-35 VEC-316 High Current Multiple DC Outlet Multiple DC Power Outlet DC-35 This is VECTRONICS most versatile and highest current Deluxe Multiple DC Power Outlet. It lets you power two HF and/or VHF Ship Code B transceivers and six or more accessories from your transceiver’s main 12 VDC power supply. You get two pairs of super heavy duty 30 amp 5-way binding posts for powering your transceivers. Each pair is individually fused and RF bypassed. They handle a total of 35 amps.
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VECTRONICS KITS . . . fun to build and use! 49 MHz Wireless Band Monitor Receiver Emergency and Business Band receiver Explore weak wireless signals from miles around! Gather news first hand -- tune in local fire, police, etc. The 49-MHz consumer wireless band is teaming with signals from baby VEC-1016K monitors, cordless phones, 95 $ walkie-talkies, remote control Ship Code A boxes, wireless intercoms, and much more.