April 1974 Popular Electronics
Table of Contents

April 1974 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.

April 1974

Vol. 5, No. 4

Walkie-Talkies: Something for Everyone, by Herb Friedman	35
How to Make Custom Meters from Salvaged Parts, by Prof. Robert Koval	41
Eliminate Risk of Fatal Electric Shock with the GFI, by C. C. LO	44
What Do You Know About Resistors?, by Robert P. Balin	76
Why Use a Triac?, by Leslie Solomon	86
Mac's Service Shop: Electronics and the Energy Crisis, by John T. Frye	87
Understand Decibels, by George Board	94
Comic with an Electronics Theme	98

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April 1974 Popular ElectronicsTable of Contents

April 1974 Popular Electronics
Table of Contents