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ITEMIZED ACCOUNTING OF EXPENDITURES FOR PROJECT:

	Daystrom, Inc. Heath Company, Benton Harbor, Mich.
		1 HW-10 Six Meter Shawnee Transceiver Kit . . . . . . . . $195.96
		Postage                                                      2.73
	Powell Electronic Supply Co., Sheffield, Ala.
		1 CDR Rotor with thrust bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . .   25.50
		100' 4 conductor cable                                       2.39
                1 lb. 1/16" multi core solder                                2.05
                4 TL-259 RF Coax Connectors    @.59                          2.36
                2 500 MA Silicon Rec.  @1.00                                 2.00
                12' RG 58A Coax Cable                                        1.92
	LaFayette Radio Electronics Corp, Syosset Long Island, N.Y.
		1 HE-805W Hi-Par "Saturn 6" Mobileer Antenna . . . . . .    16.59
		Postage                                                      1.55
        Better TV Cable Company, Russellville, Ala.
		1 6 Meter Four Element Beam  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    10.30
		Express                                                      2.98
	Felton Hardware, Russellville, Ala.
		Screws, bolts, antenna bracket, 110 v. recept., 10' wire     3.50
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							Total Costs       $269.83

     Assessed value of total installation, considering the labor spent in construction of transceiver, cost (all but a few small items were purchased at wholesale or distributors cost) and total donations would be $650.00 ± $50.00.

CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSCEIVER

    A six meter transmitting and receiving unit was purchased in kit form from the Heath Company.  The kit contained about 2,500 parts and required between 65 and 70 hours to assemble.  During the first stages of construction the General Science students were allowed to assemble the major part of the hardware on the chassis.  In most cases the over fifty students who participated would put one of the parts on the chassis with the help of another student who had just finished.  Thus, each student helped directly to assemble the transceiver.

     As the construction progressed some of the students went to the instructors home where the final stages of assembly took place and there worked in shifts on items other than wiring.  Since the success of the project depended upon proper construction of the transceiver all of the wiring and assembling of components such as resistors and capacitors was done by the General Science instructor.

     Mr. Gene Stuart, of the Better TV Cable Company, using the facilities of the Company (Sweep Generator and Oscilloscope) made the final alignment of both the transmitter and the receiver section of the instrument.  Of the more than 4000 solder joints and assembly of hundreds of tiny parts (the instrument measures 6"x10" deep and 12" wide) in close spaces, there were only three faulty connections found in final testing.

    During final stages of alignment and testing of the transceiver the students were in the process of constructing the antenna facilities with which the communications tests were made.  This antenna system consisted of a Finny four element six meter beam mounted on a power pole 52' in the air with a CRD rotor to turn the antenna the full 360°.   The Department of Utilities of the City of Russellville aided in the erection of the antenna by setting the pole.  The students had the metal mast on which the beam was mounted ready, and before the power pole was set in the ground the antenna, rotor, and mast were bolted in position.