Index for 2008 Break-In Volume 81
Title Issue Page
Technical; constructional
10 A cheap 12V Antenna Rotator for Contests Nov/Dec 10
5 A Ruggedised SWR Indicator for QRP Portable HF Sept/Oct 5
Use
15 A single digit frequency counter May/June 15
12 Amateurs recycle computers into useful station Nov/Dec 12
accessories
7 Brer Fox (low-power target for ARDF) Jan/Feb 7
14 High voltage tester Jan/Feb 14
8 The Tune Aid Mar/Apr 8
11 The ZL2BMI DSB transceiver revisited May/June 11
14 When contests go bad, Pt 1 Mar/Apr 14
4 When contests go bad; Part 2 Sept/Oct 4
41 ZC1 Vibrator replacement Sept/Oct 41
Technical General
11 A brief guide to drawing tables, figures and Sept/Oct 11
graphs
9 Antennas for new hams July/Aug 9
8 APRS; An overview Sept/Oct 8
13 Global Lightning Location by VLF Sept/Oct 13
5 Historical information; Generation of Nov/Dec 5
Oscillations
4 Ionospheric prediction service (IPS) tools July/Aug 4
4 Maroanui; the National System in Taupo May/June 4
12 Space weather and radio communications. Pt2 Jan/Feb 12
9 Summertime DX on the 10 metre band Nov/Dec 9
9 The Collins ART-13 Mar/Apr 9
12 Trusty tools #1. A whimsical look at soldering Sept/Oct 12
irons
14 When contests go bad, Pt 1 Mar/Apr 14
4 When contests go bad; Part 2 Sept/Oct 4
Antennas
5 A Ruggedised SWR Indicator for QRP Portable HF Sept/Oct 5
Use
12 Amateurs recycle computers into useful station Nov/Dec 12
accessories
9 An easy to build vertical antenna for 70cm Jan/Feb 9
10 Another look at coax baluns Jan/Feb 10
6 .Antenna impedance measurements: Past, present Nov/Dec 6
and future. Pt 1
12 End-fed, half-wave antennas for portable May/June 12
operation
Improving Antenna measurements - the simple way Sept/Oct
Space weather and radio communications. Pt2 Jan/Feb
The Cantenna and the Microvert May/June
17 Understanding antenna matching, Pt 1 Mar/Apr 17
39 Understanding antenna matching, Pt 2 May/June 39
8 Your antenna RF and safety ground Jan/Feb 8
Digital techniques
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12 Comparison of image modes using a simulator May/June 12
Book and Software reviews
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11 Book review; A bit of Controversy. Pat Hawker - a July/Aug 11
radio life
29 Book review; Technical Topics Scrapbook; 2005 - July/Aug 29
2008
44 Book review; Radio Nature Sept/Oct 44
45 Book review; Radio Projects for the Amateur, Vol Sept/Oct 45
4
General interest
13 18th NZ Scout Jamboree, 100 years 2007-8 C-JAM Mar/Apr 13
7 A look at the new STSP licence Mar/Apr 7
21 A word about photographs for Break-In Jan/Feb 21
13 An entry level qualification for NZ; an update July/Aug 13
from Dunedin.
47 Australia issues class licences for visiting Mar/Apr 47
amateurs
16 Be an amateur radio MacGyver Mar/Apr 16
18 Disaster Communications Sichuan Earthquake and Sept/Oct 18
GAREC-08
4 Eight decades of Break-In Jan/Feb 4
20 Eighty years of amateur radio club activities in Jan/Feb 20
Wellington
16 First impressions of a "Real" situation with SAR May/June 16
in NZ
19 Getting young people into radio and electronics Jan/Feb 19
19 Haiti-bound Hams; Sept/Oct 19
14 International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 2008 Sept/Oct 14
ZL6LH Baring Head Lighthouse
4 Maroanui; the National System in Taupo May/June 4
5 MED Database Mar/Apr 5
18 Quartz Hill - 10 years on Jan/Feb 18
13 Recruitment into amateur radio July/Aug 13
22 Report on World Radiocommunications Conference Jan/Feb 22
2007
17 Reports from the NZART RadioScience Education Nov/Dec 17
Trust
9 Summertime DX on the 10 metre band Nov/Dec 9
17 Te Manawa project Sept/Oct 17
26 The Canterbury Sunday VHF net is now on ATV Jan/Feb 26
6 The decline in recruitment of radio amateurs in Mar/Apr 6
NZ
14 The Forty-metre band and the IARU May/June 14
16 ZL6ZA Special Event Station at Te Manawa Sept/Oct 16
NZART
32 Minutes of NZART Annual General Meeting 2007 Sept/Oct
12 Minutes of NZART Annual General Meeting 2008 July/Aug
23 NZART Conference ; AGM Agenda, reports and remits Mar/Apr
14 NZART Conference 2008, report July/Aug
30 NZART Conference 2008, Dunedin - more pictures Sept/Oct
31 NZART Conference 2008, Shag Valley Station Tour Sept/Oct
Past issues of Break-In
Indexes for past volumes of Break-In from 1949 to the present are available
on the NZART web site;
http://www.nzart.org.nz/breakin/index/index.html