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Hands-On Electronics
''Hands-On Electronics'' was an electronics hobbyist magazine published by Gernsback Publications in the United States from 1980 to 1989. History and profile The magazine started as ''Radio-Electronics Special Projects'' in 1980. This was nominally a quarterly supplement to ''Radio-Electronics'' that had 10 issues from a single 1980 issue to the Spring 1984 issue. The Summer 1984 issue was renamed ''Hands-On Electronics''. It became bi-monthly in January 1986 and monthly in November 1986. The title was changed to ''Popular Electronics'' in February 1989 and was published until December 1999. The longtime ''Radio Electronics'' editor, Larry Steckler, was the publisher and owner. (Having purchased Gernsback Publications from the Gernsback family.) Julian S. Martin was the editor. The early issues were just a collection of construction projects. By 1984 there were monthly columns on shortwave listening, amateur radio, and computers. After Ziff-Davis changed ''Popular Electronics'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands On Electronics Cover Nov 1988
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Gernsback Publications
Hugo Gernsback (; born Hugo Gernsbacher, August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was a Luxembourgish–American editor and magazine publisher, whose publications including the first science fiction magazine. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with the novelists H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, he is sometimes called "The Father of Science Fiction". In his honor, annual awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention are named the "Hugo Award, Hugos". Personal life Gernsback was born in 1884 in Luxembourg City, to Berta (Dürlacher), a housewife, and Moritz Gernsbacher, a winemaker. His family was Jewish. Gernsback emigrated to the United States in 1904 and later became a naturalized citizen. He married three times: to Rose Harvey in 1906, Dorothy Kantrowitz in 1921, and Mary Hancher in 1951. In 1925, he founded radio station WRNY (New York City), WRNY, which was broadcast from the 18th floor of Roosevelt Hotel (New York), the Rooseve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
