March 1972 Popular Electronics
Table of Contents

March 1972 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.

March 1972

Vol. 1, No. 3

Brig. General David Sarnoff Memorial - The End of an Era	16
Communications Satellites, by Len Buckwalter	28
Inexpensive Wheatstone Bridge, by Robert P. West, Jr.	34
Choosing a TV Antenna, by Forest H. Belt	42
First American Made Quartz Watch	46
What Do Hams Do?, by Don Waters	66
Mac's Service Shop: TVI from the Victim's Viewpoint, by John T. Frye	70
Test Equipment Scene: VOM's, VTVM's and TVM's, by Leslie Solomon	114
Tech Comic	117

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March 1972 Popular ElectronicsTable of Contents

March 1972 Popular Electronics
Table of Contents