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
of
Popular Electronics.
-
Popular Electronics: Begins with the very first
issue
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.
It
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-Electronics:
Published from 1929 to 2003, when its name was changed to Radio & Television News.
- Radio News: Published
from 1919 to 1948, when its name was changed to Radio & Television News to include
that
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
Popular
Electronics.
-
American Modeler &
American Aircraft Modeler: If you happen to also be an aircraft modeler, I have
done
something similar for vintage model magazines. They are on my
Airplanes and Rockets website.
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