May 1961 Radio-Electronics
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May 1961 Radio-Electronics

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

May 1961

Vol. XXXII, No. 5

News Briefs	6
Inventions Wanted, by Hugo Gernsback	31
Four-Layer Diodes & Controlled Rectifiers, by Gene Jackson	44
Electronics-Themed Comics	46, 60, 65, 96, 114
How Fuses Work, by Larry Steckler	50
What's Your EQ?	56
Communications on 450,000,000 MC, by R. J. Collins and D. F. Nelson	57
Electronic Numbers Puzzle, by John A. Comstock	68

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