Electronics-Themed Comics
July 1960 Radio-Electronics

July 1960 Radio-Electronics [Table of Contents] Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio-Electronics, published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

A lot of people had love-hate relationships with their television sets. Even high end models could be fussy, but the low end ones like the ones my family had could be a constant pain in the posterior. We were doubly cursed with being in a relatively poor reception area, with a lousy rooftop antenna to boot. Mayo, Maryland was a tad southeast of midway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore (~25 from the nearest broadcast tower). A public TV station was in Annapolis (~5 miles), but what youngster wanted to watch anything they had to offer? Anyway, I can relate to many of the comics that appeared in the 1960s and 1970s electronics magazines, like these from a 1960 issue of Radio-Electronics. I have personally tested vacuum tubes in drug stores, and have contorted myself in the front seat of a car whilst installing an AM/FM radio, tape player, or CB radio into or under the dashboard. What I have not done, though, is hide in the back of a console type TV in order to sneak a smoke.

Electronics-Themed Comics

"Ours is broken."
Page 109

"I've found out, ma'am, why your set's been smoking lately."
Page 119

"Joe's been on car radios too long!"
Page 122

Posted August 7, 2023