RCA Ham Tips

• Pair RCA 809's Puts Over 100 Watts in Antenna
• RCA 1852 and 1853 Have High Gain up to 60 Megacycles
• RCA 814 Gives Good Output with Low Driving Power
• Excellent Economy Obtained Through Low Driving Power and Tube Cost
• Electric Characteristics of the RCA 809
• 832 Ideal for Line-of-Sight Transmitters

September, 1938

• Rapid Band Change Simplified with New RCA-814
• New RCA-813 Beam Power Tube Excellent for High Power Rigs
• New Methods Used for Presenting Circuits
• Low-Loss Socket Designed to Fit New RCA-813 Tube
• Voltage Regulator Tubes Operate Over Wide Load Changes

October, 1938

• Push-Pull RCA-810's Deliver 750 Watts to Antenna
• 50-Watt Rigs are Easily Modernized with New RCA-810
• Power to Spare!
• New High-Mu Triode Reduces Cost of One K.W. Amateur Transmitter
• New Tubes: RCA-1616 & RCA-1623
• RCA Filament Type Acorn Tubes FB for UHF Units
• Typical Circuits for RCA-810 Show Suitable Wiring Constants
• Sturdy Socket

November, 1938

• One-Tube XTAL Rig Gives 150-Watt Output on C-W
• High-Power Crystal Oscillator a Reality with RCA-813 Tetrode
• RCA 806 is Tops for High-Power Ham Transmitters
• For Television Experimenters
• Four Television Tubes Announced to Experimenters
• V-Cut Crystals
• RCA Sockets

December, 1938

• RCA-813 Creates Unusual Interest Among Amateurs
• Compact Design is Feature of RCA-921 and 922
• ARRL Field Day Won by W9AIU with RCA-802's in all CW Rigs
• Popular-Priced Beam Power Tetrode
• Letters to the Editor

January - February, 1939

• Versatile Operation Brings Popularity to RCA-807
• Frequency Easily Checked with RCA XTAL Calibrator
• RCA-832 Socket
• Impedance Chart for RF Lines
• Questions and Answers
• Faradon Facts

March - April, 1939

• RCA-808 Tantalum-Plate Triode FB for Medium-Power Rigs
• Reinartz Takes Position with U. S. Navy Dept.
• RCA-808 has 150 Watts Output on CW - 100 on 'Phone
• Questions and Answers
• Television

May - June, 1939

• Push-Pull RCA-806's Take Full Kilowatt Input
• Ham Tips Seeks Amateur's Help
• RCA-806 Gives 450 Watts Output on CW - 400 on 'Phone
• Inductance of Coils Wound One Turn Per Inch
• Inductance Chart has Many Uses for Experimenters
• High-Voltage Power Supply for Push-Pull 806's
• Ham Tips has First Birthday
• New RCA 2051 Gas Triode is Excellent for Relay Circuit
• TT-3 Manual

September, 1939

• A Double Scoop
• New RCA-811 and 812 Greatest Tube Values Yet
• New Dual Rating System Announced by RCA
• Circuit UC-23 Shows Single-Ended 811 R-F Amplifier for CW Telegraphy
• RCA-811 Tentative Characteristics and Ratings
• CW R-F Power Amplifier
• Circuit UC-24 Shows Push-Pull Plate-Modulated 812's
• RCA-812 Tentative Characteristics and Ratings
• Plate-Modulated R-F Power Amplifier
• Thumb-Nail Data Showing CCS and ICAS Comparisons
• New RCA-828 Beam Power Tube Designed for A-F Service - Also Excellent for R-F Application
• Top View of Socket Connections for the New RCA-811 and 812

October, 1939

• R-F Tube Cost of 450-Watt Rig Only $11.50
• RCA-812's Driven by RCA-807 Make Excellent Combination
• New RCA Dual Ratings Meet Wide Approval
• Miniature!
• Fine Low-Power Rig Made with 6l6-G/809 Tube Combination
• CW Rig for 40 and 20 Meters

November, 1939

• Cathode Modulation: The Whys and Wherefores
• New Super has Stability and Sensitivity Plus
• Steady as a Rock: AR-77 Receiver
• Operation Curves for Cathode-Modulated R-F Amplifiers

January - February, 1940

• New Bottles Put Out Real Power on U. H. F.'s
• RCA-829 Needs No Neutralizing to 250 Mc
• RCA-1628 Takes Max. Ratings to 500 Mc
• AR-77 Features High Signal-to-Noise Ration
• Megacycles? - Going Up: RCA-1628
• Prices Greatly Reduced
• RCA-829 200-Mc R-F Power Amplifier
• Ether Buster Uses RCA-806
• Station Log Pads Available Through Your Distributor
• 30 Every 60 Minutes
• Two RCA-804's Feature Flexibility, Versatility
• 2 RCA-811's Deliver 225 Watts of A. F.
• RCA-828 Beam Tube Takes 270 Watts (ICAS) on C. W.
• RCA-828 Tentative Ratings
• RCA-828 R-F Power Amplifier
• Power on 1 1/2 Meters

March - April, 1940

• New RCA-1847 Makes Ham Television Practical
• "Mini-Ike" Paves the Way
• New RCA Ham Guide Receives Wide Praise
• "Calling CQ - Video"
• Functional Diagram of the 1847 Mini-Ike
• Thoriated-Tungsten Filaments Revived

June - July, 1940

• New RCA-866-A/866 has Radically Different Filament
• "Sweepstakes" Winners Again Use RCA Transmitting Tubes
• Last Word on Phototubes
• Ham Guide, Ham Guide!  Who has the Ham Guide
• Finals in the Hall of Fame
• Structure of RCA-866-A/866
• Ratings for RCA-866-A/866

January, 1941

• Simple Curves Make Correct Rectifier Filter Design Easy
• New High-Power Triode has Broad Field of Uses
• Power Plus: RCA-8000
• R-F Power Amplifier Using RCA-8000
• W3BKX/3 Using RCA Tubes Wins Field Day Contest
• Filter Design Curves
• RCA Log Sheets Simplify "Bookkeeping"
• W3BKX/3 7-Mc Portable Transmitter
• AR-77 Prices Revised
• RCA-8000 Tentative Characteristics and Ratings
• Prize-Winning Portable

February - March, 1941

• New Low-Cost Tubes Fill Vital Needs in Communications
• P-P Beam Tube, Junior Rectifier, UHF Midgets, Among Many Announced
• New RCA Guide on XMTG Tube Nationally Acclaimed
• Power Tube Book Deluxe
• P-P Beam Power to 2 Meters: RCA-815
• Push-Pull RCA-826 Oscillator, 150 - 200 Mc
• Junior of the 866-A866
• High Beam Power to 75 Mc: RCA-8001
• Super Triode: RCA-8005
• Phototube is Supersensitive: RCA-931
• Gain - 230,000 Times: RCA-931
• King of the 100 Watters: RCA-8003
• Push-Pull 1623 Oscillator for 2 1/2 Meters
• Simple Oscillator Delivers 45 Watts on 2 1/2 Meters
• UHF Midget
• Low-Loss RCA Wafer and Acorn Sockets Now Available
• W9NNO Preselector Uses 954 Type Acorn Tubes in Push-Pull
• Band-Switching 810 Final, NE-Plus
• Super Watzit
• Effective Network Eliminates Parasitics in P-P UHF Oscillator

June - July, 1941

• Low-Cost P-P Beam Tube Finds Multitude of Ham XMTR Uses
• Midget Tubes Enjoy Wide Approval by Hams and Engineers
• UHF Midget: RCA-9001, 9002, 9003
• Push-Pull RCA-815 Oscillator 2 1/2 Meters
• RCA Guide Hits New Highs Among Power Tube Users
• 330 Watts Input: RCA-8003
• 600-Mc Oscillator Using Midget Triode 9002
• Ship-Shape Gear from Stem to Stern: W3NT
• R-F Power Amplifier Using RCA-8005
• 100% RCA with 808's in Final: K7FST
• Polariscope

November, 1941

• VFO Gives 10 to 25 Watts Output from 10 to 160 Meters
• RCA Tube Handbooks Indispensable to Radio Engineers
• W6RTO Builds 807 Rig in Virtual Show Window
• W3DGP 807 - 813 Rig a Masterpiece of Design and Construction

January, 1942

• "Ham Tips" Announces Contest for RCA Tube Equipped Rigs
• Small Oscillator Does Bang-Up Job on 2 Meter Band
• RF Choke Formula Helps Make Coil Fabrication Easy
• Prices Down and Ratings Up on Popular Ham Type RCA-813
• Ham Tips Service For Rig Queries
• RCA-807 is "Little Magician" to Hams Using Versatile Tube
• Three New Tubes Join RCA Family
• Push-Pull Beam Power Amplifier: RCA 815

July, 1946

• Final Amplifier Using Pair of RCA-813's is a DX Demon
• Compact Oscillator a Giant Performer for 2 Meter Work
• "Ninety-Ninety" Rarin' for the Air
• 807 XTAL. Oscillator Converts This Rig From 40 to 15 Meters
• RCA-813 Transmitting Beam Power Amplifier

September, 1946

• New "Ham" Ratings Announced for RCA Receiving Tubes
• Grid Controlled Power Supply is a Versatile Unit
• This Month's Prize Winner: James E. Hausser, W8LB
• RCA-2050 Thyratron

November - December, 1946

• Novel Rig Gives Top Notch Performance on 2 Meters
• New, Small "IKE" for Ham Video Work
• Understanding Frequency Doublers Aids in Efficient Tube Operation
• V-H-F Beam Power Amplifier: RCA 2E26

January - April, 1947

• 807's Versatile in RF Service and Class B Modulation
• Torpedo Twins in 150 Watt Final Works All Bands from 3 to 30 Mc
• New Modulator Circuit Utilizes 807's in Class B with Zero Bias
• RCA-807 Beam Power Amplifier

May - June, 1947

• 807 Drives 8005 Final in Flexible Four Stage Rig
• An Analysis of Grid Driving Power as Listed in Tube Operating Data
• New 816 Voltage Ratings
• RCA-8005 Transmitting Triode

July - September, 1947

• Modern Speech Amplifier Uses 6AS7-G Output Tube
• Easily Built Electronic Bias Supply Gives Remarkable Voltage Regulation
• RCA-6AS7-G Low Mu Twin Power Triode

October - December, 1947

• Unique 'Ray Gun Monitor Checks Modulation Quality
• Analysis of Class B Modulators for Amateur 'Phone Application
• RCA 2BP1 2" Oscillograph

January - April, 1948

• Deluxe Transmitter Uses Pair of 812-A Tubes in Final
• Low-Noise Broad-Band Pre-Amplifier Designed for 2-Meter Receivers
• Now - A Better Triode: RCA-812-A

May - August, 1948

• Versatile NBFM Transmitter Designed for Mobile Use
• High-Fidelity Audio Amplifier Delivers 10 Watts Power Output

September - October, 1948

• New Practical Method Developed for Curing TVI!
• Simplifying the Calculation of Transmitting Triode Performance

November - December, 1948

• A Practical Method for Reducing Harmonic Radiation
• Self-Contained VFO Designed for Stability on All Bands
• "Tin-Can" Wavemeter

January - February, 1949

• "Tiny Tran" - A Miniature Rig for 10 and 11 Meters
• All Band Frequency Multiplier is Ganged Tuned for Rapid QSY

May, 1949

• A Simplified Procedure for Designing Audio Modulators
• RCA  Voltohmyst Electronic Meter is Highly Versatile in Ham Shack
• It's Safety Factor that Counts
• Specifications of the WV-65A Battery VoltOhmyst

July, 1949

• RCA Announces New 811-A Triode and Ham Ratings
• Frequency Chart Aids in Computing Harmonic Relations
• Using the RCA-5763 for Frequency Multiplication

September - October, 1949

• New RCA Speaker Acclaimed by Hi-Fi Enthusiasts
• A Double Conversion Ten- and Eleven Meter Superhet
• W2IOP Joins Advertising-Sales Promotion Staff
• Worked All States Log

November - December, 1949

Volume 10, Number 1   (Thanks N7ZWY)

• RCA Batteries Engineered for Radio Services
• A Simple Code-Practice Unit for the Novice
• Ham Display Greets RCA Visitors
• Electronic Keying Systems
• Meet the Gang: Mack Seybold, W2RYI
• What's New in Tubes
• Simple Over-Modulation Indicator
• Up to 3000 MC!

January - March, 1950

• A Panoramic Adaptor with a Circular Base Line
• Meet the Gang: George E. Jones, Jr., W2CBL

Spring, 1950

• Design and Application of High-Pass Filters

Fall, 1950

• 300-Watt Modulator with 811-A Push-Pull Output
• TVI Bibliography (Part I)

Winter, 1950 - 51

• Compact 2-Meter Civil-Defense Transmitter Employs RCA Miniatures and Popular 2E26
• Keying the Beam-Power Phone Final
• TVI Bibliography (Part II)

Spring, 1951

• "The Big Hunt" De-TVIing a 600-Watt, 14-Mc Transmitter

Summer, 1951

• The "Twomobile" A 144-Mc Transceiver
• Meet the Author: H. W. Brown, Jr., W2OQN
• There'll Be An RCA 6146 in Your New Rig

January - February, 1952

• Unusual Transmitter for the Novice Features the New RCA-6146
• Second Novice License in 2nd District Held by Son of RCA's Frank F. Neuner, W2ZPD

July, 1952

• An All-Band Antenna and Coupler
• A New Superhet S-Meter Circuit
• Meet the Author: J. H. Owen, W2FTW
• Omissions (Novice-Transmitter Article)

November, 1952

• George M. Rose, K2AH, and his History-Making, 146-Mc Transistor Transmitter
• Construction of Inductors for TVI Filters

January - March, 1953

• A Bandpass Transmitter-Exciter Using an RCA-6146, Part I

June - July, 1953

• A Bandpass Transmitter-Exciter Using an RCA 6146, Part II
• Clarence A. West, W2IYG, Using his "Transdipper"
• RCA Transistors Now Commercially Available

August - September, 1953

• A Precision "Slick Whistle" for 3.5 to 4 Mc
• How to Determine Driver-Transformer Requirements for the Modulator

December, 1953

• Design Tables for Low- and High-Pass Filters for the Reduction of TVI

March - April, 1954

• Components for Pi-Coupled Amplifiers
• New RCA Type 80

July - August, 1954

• Determination of Typical Operating Conditions for RCA Tubes Used as Linear RF Power Amplifiers

December, 1954

• 144-Megacycle Transmitter, Part I

May, 1955

• 144-Megacycle Transmitter, Part II

August, 1955

• Single-Ended Class-C Amplifier Design

October, 1955

• A Secondary Frequency Standard

December, 1955

• Ham-Band Charts: Useful Data on Ham Bands from 1.8 to 148 Mc

March, 1956

• Versatile Monitor

July - August, 1956

• The Make-Your-Own Microphone: High Quality, High Output with a Transistorized Microphone

September, 1956

• Visualizing SWR: 'SWR Circle' Clarifies Mistaken Theories

December, 1956

• Automatic CONELRAD Alarm: Provides Constant Guard for Conelrad 'Alert'
• New Mike Box

February, 1957

• RCA Publications for Hams: New Transmitting Tube Manual Now Available
• Longer Life for Your 6146's and 866-A's
• Back Issues of HAM TIPS Available
• Let's Face It!  Correction for the Automatic Conelrad Alarm

April, 1957

• A Transistorized QSO-Getter: For 40-Meter QRP CW Operation

July, 1957

• Ham Shack Trouble-Shooter: Solve Your Operations Problems with the Versatile RCA VoltOhmyst (Part I)
• Here's an Automatic Tube Tester for the Shack

December, 1957

• Ham Shack Trouble-Shooter: Practical Applications of the Versatile RCA VoltOhmyst (Part II)

February, 1958

• A Transistorized Grid-Dip Meter, Part I

April, 1958

• A Transistorized Grid-Dip Meter, Part II: Operation and Use
• Longer Life for Your RCA-6146 Beam Power Tube

June, 1958

• Which is What?  A Review of Some Modern Amplitude-Modulated Systems

September - October, 1958

• The Weekend Special: A Complete, Portable 40-Meter CW Station

February, 1959

• 5-Band Mobile Transmitter: A 50-Watt Rig for Phone and CW Operation

June, 1959

• For SSB Service: Cathode-Driven Linear Amplifier Using RCA-7094 Beam Power Tube

August, 1959

• A Two-Transistor Regenerative Receiver: For 80 and 40 Meters

January - February, 1960

• A Low-Cost, One-Tube Walkie-Talkie: With Transistorized Audio Stages

May, 1960

• An RF Modulation Monitor: Modified RCA WO-33A 3-Inch Oscilloscope
• Half-Kilovolt RF Probe

September, 1960

• Determination of Typical Operating Conditions: For RCA Tubes Used as Linear RF Power Amplifiers, Part I

December, 1960

• Determination of Typical Operating Conditions: For RCA Tubes Used as Linear RF Power Amplifiers, Part II

February, 1961

• Nuvistor Two-Meter Converter

May, 1961

• Nuvistor Preamplifier: For Amateur Receivers
• New N-85-R Filament Adds Even Longer Life to These Popular RCA Rectifier Tubes

September, 1961

• Transistors As RF Power Amplifiers
• New RCA-6DS4 Nuvistor Triode: Improved Two-Meter Converter
• Beam Power For All Powers

December, 1961

• Nuvistor Two-Meter Transmitter

Spring, 1962

• A 120-Watt 50-Mc Transmitter

Summer, 1962

• A Nuvistor Converter for 432 Megacycles

Fall, 1962

• A Mobile 50-Watt Transmitter for the Six- and Two-Meter Bands, Part I

Winter 1962 - 1963

• A Mobile 50-Watt Transmitter for the Six- and Two-Meter Bands, Part II

Spring, 1963

• Ham-Band Charts: Covering FCC Allocations From 1.8 to 450 Megacycles

Summer, 1963

• A Low-Noise UHF Transistor Amplifier

Fall, 1963

• 300-Watt-Output, 432-Mc Amplifier: Utilizes RCA-8122 for Class C Operation

Winter 1963 - 1964 

• A Transistorized Keyer

Spring, 1964

• A Low-Cost High-Efficiency Modulator

Summer, 1964

• A 144-Mc Antenna-Matching Preamplifier

Fall, 1964

• Radio Propagation and the Amateur Radio Operator

Winter 1964 - 1965

• Transistors and Nuvistors in a Two-Meter Transceiver, Part I

Spring, 1965

• Transistors and Nuvistors in a Two-Meter Transceiver, Part II

Summer, 1965

• Paralleled Nuvistors on 220 Megacycles

Fall, 1965

• All-Transistor Two-Meter Converter
• RCA Amateur Radio Operator Builds $250 Ground Station to Record Weather Pictures from TIROS Satellites

Winter, 1965 - 1966

• 'Special' Tube Types and the Amateur Radio Operator

Spring, 1966

• RF 'Sample-Box' for 'Scope Monitoring of Amateur Transmitter Output

Summer, 1966

• A Solid-State A-M Transmitter for Two-Meter Operation

Fall, 1966

• A Power Supply for Transistor Circuits

June, 1967

• A VFO Calibrator

August, 1967

• Using the MOS Field-Effect Transistor as a Product Detector and AGC Gate

October, 1967

• RCA Silicon Power Plastic Transistors in a Regulated DC-to-DC Converter

February, 1968

• An Audio Control System for SSB

July, 1968

• A Dual-Gate MOS-FET Preamplifier for the 10-Meter Band

November, 1968

• A Single-Gate MOS-FET Preamplifier for the 2-Meter Band

December, 1968

• Ham-Band Charts: Covering FCC Allocations, Sub-Allocations, and Authorized Emissions from 3.5 to 450 MHz

May, 1969

• A Precision Three-Mode Voltage Calibrator

November, 1969

• A Magnetic-Tape Keying System for Code Recording and Transmission

December, 1969

• Ham-Band Charts (Phase Two): Covering FCC Allocations, Sub-Allocations, and Authorized Emissions from 3.5 to 450 MHz

January, 1970

• 2- and 10-Meter Band Transceiver: A Practical, Simplified Approach to Module-Package Construction

August, 1970