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June 1969 Electronics World

June 1969 Electronics World

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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Electronics World, published May 1959 - December 1971. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

If you wanted a career as an electronics technician at the end of World War II, the world was your oyster - so to speak. Electronics and communications trade magazines and publications like Mechanix Illustrated and Popular Science ran a plethora of ads monthly that offered unlimited opportunity to men seeking a career servicing the burgeoning market of postwar technological marvels. Even though the enclosures were not yet being marked with "No user serviceable parts inside," that fact was most people were not qualified - nor did they want - to monkey with the guts of radios, televisions, and other household appliances provided ample favorable circumstance to the ambitious wannabe technician. Of course the field extended well beyond domestic products to military and commercial venues. Regardless of a person's interests, financial security, prestige, and a lifetime of satisfaction were a sure thing after successful completion of one of these training courses - whether in a classroom or at home with a mail order plan. Believe it or not, there is still plenty of opportunity today for electronics technicians who want to service household appliances if they are willing to do business via Internet clientele; YouTube is full of guys hacking their services for repairing vintage equipment as well as modern equipment like cellphones and out-of-warranty audio/visual gear.

BTW, the answer given for Q2 is more correctly 21.4 Vpk-pk since when the reverse biased Zener is conducting at 10, the forward biased Zener would be at around 0.7 V, so the total would be 2 * (10 + 0.7) V = 21.4 Vpk-pk. Yes? No?

See also How to Become a 'Non-Degree Engineer in the May 1966 Electronics World, Cleveland Electronics Institute Electronics Slide Rule Advertisement in the August 1967 Electronics World, RCA Institutes Advertisement in the June 1969 Electronics World, and Engineering Level Opportunities for You in the February 1970 Popular Electronics.

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Posted June 8, 2017