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April 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.
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 Here be a new trio of tech-themed comics,
this time from the April 1961 issue of Radio-Electronics magazine. The
one on page 69 is my favorite. In the page 85 comic, there is a squarish "U" shaped
line between the one guy's finger and the other guy's elbow, and I can't figure
out what it is supposed to be. What am I missing? The page 96 comic is kinda dumb.
Did people refer to that form of antenna as an "antler" back in the day? A firm
called MCM Manufacturing Company, in Fort Worth, Texas, made a line of mobile antennas
and support products (mounts, cables, etc.) called Antler CB Antennas, but from
what I can find they didn't come into being until the 1970s. The advertisement shown
here appeared in a 1977 issue of Popular Electronics magazine. Maybe I
missed something.
Electronics-Themed Comics
"It's for those hard-to-reach places."
Page 69
"Well, I see the licensing ordinance went into effect."
Page 78
Page 96
Posted June 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).
275 pages as of 5/13/2026.
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