Popular Electronics
Magazine & Electronic
Experimenter's Handbook
Search all issues of
Popular
Electronics
Consumer electronics magazine
from 1954 to 2003 in several renewed
editions.
Popular Electronics
was
created in 1954 by Ziff-Davis
for an audience of
electronics hobbyists and
experimenters. It soon
became the "World's
Largest-Selling Electronics
Magazine". The circulation
was 240,000 by 1957 and
exceeded 400,000 by 1963.
Rival
"Electronics World"
(click to view) was merged
into "Popular Electronics" in
1972. "Popular Electronics" became
"Computers &
Electronics" in November,
1982; and then ceased
publication in April of
1985.
The title returned in
February 1989 under the
ownership of Gernsback
Publications which purchased
the name and gave it to
their "Hands-On Electronics"
magazine. "Popular
Electronics" ceased
publication in December of
1999, returning as
"Poptronics" in January of
2000 after merging with
"Electronics Now". The final
issue was January,
2003.
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Missing Pages
The issues in this
collection are all
"previously circulated".
That means some may have
missing pages for a variety
of reasons. If you spot
missing pages, let us know:
contact.
Or, if you can provide scans
of those pages, even better!
1983 to 2002 issues courtesy
of Robert Dahm. Final issue
from Winston Gadsby.
Many missing pages filled in
by Jack Fischer
Additional Electronics Magazines.
Hands On Electronics
Electronics Now
Eñectronics Illustrated
Electronics World
Radio Electronics
Elementary Electronics
Radio TV Experimenter
Byte
The first 10 years
Radio News
Radio Craft
The very rare 1975 "Altair" issues
have been kindly provided by
contributor Josh Bensadon
Here is Josh with his Altair
8800
Click for Larger Version
Thanks to Jay Perrin for
helping finish the last
remaining issues to complete
this collection on February
2, 2016
For Electronics
Experimenter's Handbook
scroll to bottom
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Popular Electronics -
Computers & Electronics -
Poptronics
1954
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Computers & Electronics From November 1982 to April,
1985 the publication was
named "Computers &
Electronics"
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<-Spring
Sum'r->
No September-
October Issue
Winter ->
Hands On Electronics There was
no continuity from
May 1985 to January 1989.
However, as Hands-On
Electronics would
change
name to a revived
Popular Electronics, we
include all issue of both
titles here to fill the gap.
1986
1987
1988
Popular Electronics:
Revived! From February to
September,1989 Popular
Electronics returned as a
fusion under the
Popular Electronics name
with the
Hands-On Electronics
content.
1989
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PopTronics The final cycle of the
Magazine was issued as
"PopTronics"
2000
2001
2002
2003
Publication ended After
January, 2003, Edition
Year
Electronics Experimenters &
Hoobbyist
Handboosk
from Popular
Electronics
These Special
Editions called the
Electronic
Experimenter's
Handbook
were issued once or
twice a year from
at least 1957. They
were annual until
1965, when
both a Spring and Fall issue were produced,
reverting to once a
year in 1976 and
then semi-annual
again in 1994. Please help us find
the missing issues
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