Vintage Electronics Magazine Articles

A couple years ago, I began buying vintage electronics magazine off of eBay, and then scanning the pages of articles that I thought would be of interest to RF Cafe visitors. Rather that just posting an image of the page, I take the time to run each page through an OCR (optical character recognition) program and then post it in text format on the page. That allows anyone to do a word search on the page, and also gives the search engines a whole boatload of keywords to use to help direct someone to the pages. I also extract each of the images associated with the articles and post them within the text, along with caption, which are also OCRed. More are added regularly, so be sure to check back. I usually post the table of contents for each edition, so let me know if you see something you would like posted.

  • Electronics World: Published in from May 1959 through January 1972, when it became part Electronics World - RF Cafeof Popular Electronics.

  • Popular Electronics: Begins with the very first Popular Electronics - RF Cafeissue from October 1954. Geared toward the hobbyist, the do-it-yourselfer, and anyone with a general interest in basic electronics. Topics include amateur radio, commercial and military electronics, electronics kits, radio controlled airplanes, tutorials, product reports, marine and aircraft radio, and various informational articles like how batteries and vacuum tubes are made.

  • QST: This is the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) publication which caters to amateur radio enthusiasts. QST -  RF CafeIt has been around since December 1915. All of the editions I have so far are from the World War II era. I wanted to provide a taste of what role Ham radio played in the war effort - quite a lot, as it turns out. Not only were experienced radio operators highly sought by the armed forces, but components such as meter movements and even some vacuum tubes were solicited for purchase.
  • Radio Craft: Published by Hugo Gernsback from 1929 through 1953.

    Radio Craft - RF Cafe

  • Radio-Electronics: Published from 1929 to 2003, when its name was changed to Radio & Television News.

    Radio-Electronics - RF Cafe

  • Radio News: Published from 1919 to 1948, when its name was changed to Radio & Television News to include Radio News - RF Cafethat newfangled audio-visual craze. All versions ceased publication in 1971.

  • Short Wave Craft: Published from 1930 to 1936
  • The Wireless World: Printed in the UK, April 1913 was the first edition. It was sort of the British equivalent of The Wireless World - RF CafePopular Electronics.

  • American Modeler & American Aircraft Modeler: If you happen to also be an aircraft modeler, I have January 1957 American Modeler Cover - Airplanes and RocketsdoneMarch 1975 American Aircraft Modeler Cover  something similar for vintage model magazines. They are on my Airplanes and Rockets website.