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July 1960 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.
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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
These Technically−Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines.
I personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized
some).
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