QST ARTICLE BIBLIOGRAPHY - Historical References Thank you for requesting the following information from the ARRL Technical Information Service (TIS) or the ARRL Automated Information Server (Internet: info@arrl.org). ARRL HQ is glad to provide this information free of charge as a service to League members and affiliated clubs. For your convenience, you may reproduce this information, electronically or on paper, and distribute it to anyone who needs it, provided that you reproduce it in its entirety and do so free of charge. Paper copies of these bibliographies are available from the ARRL Technical Department Secretary. Send a separate SASE for each bibliography desired to: ARRL Administrative Headquarters Technical Department Secretary 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 Electronic copies are also available from the following: Telephone bulletin boards: N8EMR - (614) 895-2553 ARRL - (203) 666-0578 Internet sites: Info@arrl.org (E-mail only: Send an E-mail with the message text "Help" for instructions) oak.oakland.edu (FTP - pub/hamradio/arrl/infoserver) ------------------------------------------------------------------- ARTICLE REPRINT INFORMATION Article reprints can be obtained from the Technical Department Secretary at the address or phone number below. The nominal fee for article reprints is $3 per article, which you will be billed. ARRL Administrative Headquarters 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: (203) 666-1541 Back issues can be obtained from the Circulation Department at the address or phone number above. Back issues are $5, and quantities are limited. ------------------------------------------------------------------ HISTORICAL REFERENCES 1. The development of VHF Early issues of QST are useful in widening anyone's perspective on amateur radio. QST items of particular interest to the v.h.f. enthusiast are listed below in more-or-less chronological order. Regular coverage of the vhf and higher bands, On the Ultra-Highs, began in December, 1939. Later called The World Above 50 Mc., it has told the month-by-month story of amateur vhf progress ever since. Superregeneration - July through October, 1922 Working at 5 Meters - Kruse, October, 1924 Pioneer Short Wave Work - Jones, 6AJF, May, 1925 Experimenter's Section - Most issues of 1925 to 1928 Gear for wavelengths down to 3/4 meter - January 1926, August 1927 Making Practical Use of the 56-Mc. Band - Long, W8ABX, September 1930 Developments in UHF Oscillators - Lamb, July 1931 Five-Meter Receiving Progress - Hull, July 1931 Duplex Phone on 56 Mc. - Hull, August 1931 Progress reports and tests - January, May, July, September, October and November, 1931 Fundamental Crystal Control - April 1932 Fun on 5 Meters - June 1932 An All-Purpose 56 Mc. Station - December 1932. Frequent summaries of activity appear throughout 1932 Behavior of UHF Waves - Jones, March 1933 Graduating to Oscillator-Amplifier Transmitters for 56 Mc. - Griffin, W2AOE, May 1933 Firing Up on the Newly-Opened Ultra-High Frequencies - Hull, September and November 1934 Extending the Range of UHF Stations - Hull, October and December 1934 Air-Mass Conditions and the Bending of UHF Waves - Hull, June 1935 Air-Wave Bending of UHF Waves - Hull, May 1937 Five-Meter Signals do the Impossible - August 1935, was first published report of authenticated 5-meter skip. July issue of 1936 & 1937 contain summaries of reported DX Interpreting 56-Mc. DX - Pierce, September 1938 (E-layer theory) A 1935 Ham Receiver (replica) - September, 1986, pp. 27 The Final Days of Ham Spark - March, 1992 p. 29 ABC: The First Electronic Digital Computer? - September, 1992 p. 69 The Last Heathkit - October, 1992 p. 74 The Lure of Classic Radio - March, 1993 p. 39