September 1967 Popular Electronics
Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Popular Electronics,
published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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Dang, I swapped two answers
and scored an 80%. Haste makes waste, as the saying goes. Don't rush through this
1967 Popular Electronics "Electronic
Angle Quiz" like I did and you'll probably ace it with the greatest of ease - especially
if you have been in the electronics realm at least since the 1980s.
Generation X'ers
can have a two-question handicap (might never have seen real-life example of drawing
"A" or "E") and Millennials
(might never have seen drawing "A," "B," "D," or "H") get a four-question handicap.
Electronic Angle Quiz
By Robert P. Balin
Electronics technicians use the term "angle"
in a variety of fashions: it can describe the area of coverage, the shape of a mechanical
component, or denote the phase relationship between voltage and current in an a.c. circuit.
For example, you may have heard of the "firing angle" of a thyratron, or the "conduction
angle" of a vacuum tube. To test your knowledge of electronic "angles," try matching
the angles depicted in drawings A through J with the descriptive terms below (1-10).
1 Azimuth Angle ___
2 Critical Angle ___
3 Cutting Angle ___
4 Deflection Angle ___
5 Dispersion Angle ___
6 Dwell Angle ___
7 Phase Angle ___
8 Refraction Angle ___
9 Shadow Angle ___
10 Tracking Angle ___
See answers below.
Quizzes from vintage electronics magazines such as Popular
Electronics, Electronics-World, QST, and Radio News were published
over the years - some really simple and others not so simple. Robert P. Balin
created most of the quizzes for Popular Electronics. This is a listing
of all I have posted thus far.
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Elementary
Radio Quiz - December 1947 Radio-Craft
- Hi-Fi
Quiz - October 1955 Radio & Television News
- Electronics Physics
Quiz - March 1974 Popular Electronics
- A Baffling Quiz
- January 1968 Popular Electronics
- Electronics IQ
Quiz - May 1967 Popular Electronics
- Plug and Jack
Quiz - December 1967 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Switching Quiz - October 1967 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Angle Quiz - September 1967 Popular Electronics
- International
Electronics Quiz - July 1967 Popular Electronics
- FM Radio
Quiz - April 1950 Radio & Television News
- Bridge Circuit
Quiz -December 1966 Popular Electronics
- Diode Function
Quiz - August 1965 Popular Electronics
- Diagram Quiz,
August 1966 Popular Electronics
- Quist Quiz - November
1953 QST
- TV Trouble Quiz,
July 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electronics History Quiz,
December 1965 Popular Electronics
- Scope-Trace Quiz,
March 1965 Popular Electronics
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Electronic
Circuit Analogy Quiz, April 1973
-
Test Your Knowledge of Semiconductors, August 1972 Popular Electronics
- Ganged Switching
Quiz, April 1972 Popular Electronics
- Lamp Brightness
Quiz, January 1969 Popular Electronics
- Lissajous Pattern Quiz, September 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Quizoo, October 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Photo Album Quiz, March 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Alphabet Quiz, May 1963 Popular Electronics
- Quiz: Resistive?
Inductive? or Capacitive?, October 1960 Popular Electronics
- Vector-Circuit Matching Quiz, June 1970 Popular Electronics
- Inductance
Quiz, September 1961 Popular Electronics
- RC Circuit Quiz,
June 1963 Popular Electronics
- Diode Quiz, July
1961 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Curves Quiz, February 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Numbers Quiz, December 1962 Popular Electronics
- Energy Conversion Quiz, April 1963 Popular Electronics
- Coil Function
Quiz, June 1962 Popular Electronics
-
Co-Inventors Quiz - January 1965 Electronics World
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"-Tron" Teasers Quiz - October 1963 Electronics World
- Polarity Quiz
- March 1968 Popular Electronics
-
Television
I.Q. Quiz - October 1948 Radio & Television News
- Amplifier Quiz
Part I - February 1964 Popular Electronics
- Semiconductor
Quiz - February 1967 Popular Electronics
- Unknown
Frequency Quiz - September 1965 Popular Electronics
- Electronics
Metals Quiz - October 1964 Popular Electronics
- Electronics
Measurement Quiz - August 1967 Popular Electronics
- Meter-Reading
Quiz, June 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Geometry Quiz, January 1965 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Factor Quiz, November 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electronics
Math Quiz, November 1965 Popular Electronics
- Series Circuit
Quiz, May 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electrochemistry
Quiz, March 1966 Popular Electronics
- Biz
Quiz: Test Your Sales Ability - April 1947 Radio News
- Electronic
Analogy Quiz, November 1961 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Coupling Quiz, August 1973 Popular Electronics
- Electronics Analogy Quiz, August 1960 Popular Electronics
- Audio Quiz, April
1955 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Unit
Quiz, May 1962 Popular Electronics
- Capacitor
Circuit Quiz, June 1968 Popular Electronics
- Quiz on AC Circuit Theory, December 1970 Popular Electronics
- Magnetic Phenomena Quiz, February 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronics Geography Quiz, April 1970 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Menu Quiz, August 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Noise Quiz, August 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Current Quiz, October 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Inventors Quiz, November 1963 Popular Electronics
- Resistor Function
Quiz, January 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Measurement Quiz, January 1963 Popular Electronics
- Vacuum Tube Quiz,
February 1961 Popular Electronics
- Kool-Keeping Kwiz, June
1970 Popular Electronics
- Find the Brightest
Bulb Quiz, April 1960 Popular Electronics
-
Where Do the Scientists Belong? - Feb 19, 1949 Saturday Evening
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Angle Quiz Answers
1 - H) The Azimuth Angle of a tape recorder is the angle between the running axis
of the tape and the gap in the recording head.
2 - F) The Critical Angle of a transmitted radio signal is the minimum angle which
the wavefront, as it enters the ionosphere, can make with a line extending to the center
of the earth, and still be reflected back to earth.
3 - I) The Cutting Angle of a recording stylus is the angle between the longitudinal
axis of the stylus and a line perpendicular to the plane of the disc.
4 - G) The Deflection Angle of a cathode-ray tube is the angle swept by the maximum
peak-to-peak deflection of the beam.
5 - D) The Dispersion Angle of a speaker defines the limits of sound radiation possible
from a given cone design.
6 - A) The Dwell Angle of an automobile distributor cam and point assembly is the
number of degrees through which the cam rotates while the ignition points are closed.
7 - J) The Phase Angle of an alternating current is the number of electrical degrees
by which the current leads or lags the applied voltage in an a.c. circuit.
8 - C) The Refraction Angle is the angle which a light ray traveling through two different
mediums makes with a line perpendicular to the interface of the mediums.
9 - E) The Shadow Angle of an electron ray (tuning eye) tube defines the target area
(shaded) present under minimum signal conditions.
10 - B) The Tracking Angle of a phonograph is the angle between the longitudinal
axis of the cartridge and a tangent to the needle groove.
Posted August 17, 2018
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