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August 1963 Popular Electronics
[Table of Contents]People old and
young enjoy waxing nostalgic about and learning some of the history of early electronics. Popular
Electronics was published from October 1954 through April 1985. As time permits, I will be glad to
scan articles for you. All copyrights (if any) are hereby acknowledged. See all articles from Popular Electronics. Electronic Menu Quiz By Robert P. Balin Many of the nicknames most technicians use for electronic parts, effects, or methods, are also names of common foodstuffs, such as those on the electronic menu below. Of course, any resemblance is purely a visual one! Nevertheless, see if you can match the electronic dishes (1-10) with the corresponding sketches (A-L).
Answers below. Menu Quiz Answers 1 - J SPAGHETTI is the slip-on sleeving used to insulate bare wiring. 2 - C A HAM is a radio operator who has been granted an FCC amateur radio license and call letters. 3 - G The part of a fuse that melts when the rated current is exceeded is the LINK. 4 - A The ACORN is a type of vacuum tube for UHF applications, which has no base, and has its pins brought out through the sides of the glass envelope. 5 - H To PRUNE a coil means to adjust the spacing between turns or to remove turns to alter its inductance. 6 - F A BANANA plug has a segmented springy metal prong that maintains a low-resistance contact in the mating socket. 7 - I A HONEYcomb coil has a pattern in which the position of adjacent turns is continuously shifted to minimize distributed capacitance. 8 - D The PIEcrust effect is a kind of TV picture distortion due to a hunting action in the horizontal automatic frequency control circuit. 9 - B A CONE is the conical paper diaphragm in a loudspeaker. 10 - E Rochelle SALT crystals having the chemical name sodium potassium tartrate are used in phonograph cartridges. Posted 3/12/2013 | ||||||||||
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