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AVIATION RADIO sa AVIATION RADIO ANTENNA sa EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER x AIRCRAFT RADIO x AVIONICS xx AIRCRAFT xx RADIO Omni aviation navigation system. Simulate aircraft instrument navigation using simple trigonometry and this BASIC program. Convert the AM-914/TRC naval receiver to tune the 225-400 MHz military areonautical band. Government surplus RC-3A fixed frequency VHF receiver operates on 127.4 MHz. Tips on opening and modifying the receiver to locate downed aircraft or listen to aircraft tower conversations. Est. cost: $15. Tip on installing diodes to protect aircraft radios from electrical damage while starting the engine. Aviation-band receiver. This superheterodyne unit, built around four IC's, is designed to receive AM signals in the 118-135 MHz frequency range. Est. cost: $25. Receiver for monitoring aircraft/tower radio transmissions. Est. cost: $10. Jet eavesdropper, a receiver to tune in the aircraft bands (108 to 136 megacycles). Uses two vacuum tubes. Three-tube receiver tunes from 215 to 280 mc, the frequency of military aircraft. One-transistor converter tunes aircraft frequencies (108-136 mc). Est. cost: $4. Airport Buddy. A simple receiver that is tuned to pick up frequencies used by aircraft (108- to 135-MHz). Convert the Eicocraft FM radio kit to receive aircraft radio signals. A paper-thin VHF receiver can be carried in your pocket or strapped to your arm. Powered by a 9-volt battery, you can take it aboard an aircraft and listen to the pilots and controllers. Convert your AM/FM pocket radio into an aircraft scanner. All about antennas. Special considerations for homebuilders when the time comes to outfit amateur-built aircraft with the "spines" of communication. Erector-set radio. Tips on constructing aircraft radios from a kit. The kits are available from Radio Systems Technology Inc. Build your own navcom. tips on constructing a kit from Radio Systems Technology Inc. (Grass Valley, CA). Know your navcom. Valuable tips on outfitting your homebuilt airplane with avionics. Proper antenna design and installation for a composite aircraft. Part 1. Proper antenna design and installation for a composite aircraft. Part 2. Building a marker beacon receiver using a kit from Radio Systems Technology. Installing the Bendix/King KX 125 navcom. Includes installation tips that apply to avionics in general. Installing Icom's IC-A200 panel-mounted aircraft transceiver. Building the RST (Radio Systems Technology) 447K panel-mounted intercom kit. Perspective on coaxial cable and its use in aircraft radio installations. Using coaxial cable baluns, splitters and filters in aviation radio installations. How to install intermediate connectors on general aviation radios in order to achieve the same level of compatibly found in the airlines' "Arinc" standard. Headphone and microphone connectors for aviation radio. Suggestions on installing smaller, more modern, standardized versions. KARMIC connector standards for aircraft electronics. Part 3. Nav radios, DME, marker beacon, transponder, altitude encoder, etc. How to construct a test box and apparatus to check the accuracy of altitude encoders via the KARMIC connector. How to install an AM/FM music radio in an aircraft using KARMIC connectors. Homebrewing a headphone amplifier to listen to a music radio installed in an aircraft. Advice on selecting and installing lightning detection devices on composite aircraft. Building the world's cheapest voice-activated airplane intercom. A radio for the hangar. How to adapt an old style aircraft radio into a receive-only base station. Part 1. A radio for the hangar. How to adapt an old style aircraft radio into a receive-only base station. Part 2. Tips on locating an antenna or venturi to produce minimum drag. Eliminating the "whine" induced by the left alternator in a Piper Seneca II/III which causes radio interference. Troubleshooting a King KR86 ADF that is rendered useless by alternator (electrical) interference. Description of the electrical voltage spikes which can damage aircraft radios. Troubleshooting the source of electronic noise in your aviation headphones. What causes various types of noise and where to look for the fault. Do-it-yourself panel work. Advice on selecting replacement avionics and performing a supervised installation. Proper wiring and wire-bundling procedures behind your instrument panel that you should insist on whenever any avionics work is performed. Installing an avionics master switch to protect both your radios and yourself. Maintaining communications. Malfunction prevention is the key to increased avionics life, especially for older radios. Do-it-yourself avionics. Tips on assembling Radio Systems Technologies audio panel kit. Common communication equipment problems and likely causes. Part 1. Common communication equipment problems and likely causes. Part 2. Troubleshooting your VOR and ILS system. Checking out your ADF (automatic direction finder) system. Troubleshooting DME (distance measuring equipment) systems. Cockpit chatterboxes. Overview of built-in and portable intercoms. Tips on selection, installation, troubleshooting, etc. Transponder tribulations. Squawking problems in the beacon system. System background, some troubleshooting hints, and what to expect from a routine inspection. Navcom tender-loving-care. Common sense and routine maintenance ideas for aviation radios. How to get started in monitoring commercial aviation radio. Experimenter's aviation band receiver tunes the 118-to-135.95-MHz AM band. Est. cost: $9. Monitoring airport control towers. A review of the frequencies used in aviation communications. Those strange signals above the FM band. DX'ing the VHF signals in the 108 to 118 MHz which are assigned to the FAA's Very high frequency Omni Range (VOR) and Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) network. Understanding and scanning aircraft shortwave radio. How to become an FAA electronics technician. Tips on getting started toward this career. Build a legal in-flight airline receiver that allows you to listen in on airplane-to-control tower conversions. Build an aviation-band receiver designed to tune the 118-MHz to 135-MHz band. Est. cost: $25 (kit). Simple regenerative receiver circuit for the high aircraft band (225- to 400-MHz). Monitoring military aircraft. Use an ordinary scanner and these listening tips to follow the exciting transmissions of military pilots. A $25 receiver to monitor aircraft frequencies. Converter allows you to tune in aircraft frequencies on AM radio. A guide to tuning in the air-communications band on a multiband radio. Includes a chart of air-to-ground communications-frequency allocations by specific city or airport. All about instrument landing systems. Circuit to generate an audio signal consisting of 30 Hz and 9960 Hz at 0.5-VRMS. Used to check aircraft VOR navigation systems. Stratospheric super sleuth. A battery-powered VHF receiver tunes two bands, 106 to 128 MHz and 126 to 150 MHz. Listen to aircraft and satellite communications. Est. cost: $25. VHF converter to hear aircraft communications in the 118-128 MHz range. Est. cost: $7. Receiver tunable over the 117- to 150-MHz aircraft band and also the 2-meter amateur band. Operates from 117-volt AC or 9-volt DC current. Uses 1 transistor plus an amplifier module. More information on fabricating and installing interior wing tip antennas. Checklist of weight and representative costs for aircraft electrical and avionics systems. Covers basic electrical system, VFR radios, VFR cross country add-ons, and night flying add-ons. Automatic avionics bus switch with safety bypass makes it impossible to leave the avionics master in the "on" position after shutting the airplane down. Simple electronic circuit will feed the signal from an aircraft warning buzzer into the intercom system so that it is easier to hear. Supplemental volume control for aircraft headsets. Battery alternatives for handheld aircraft radios. Tip on selecting a long-life battery, building a constant-current charger for Ni-cad cells, charging techniques, etc. Troubleshooting noise problems associated with a radio installed in an engine-driven aircraft. Determining the cause of the noise, installing noise filters, squelch control, etc. Stalking the elusive EMI (electromagnetic interference) in aircraft radio and navigation equipment. | |||||||||
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