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Old 6th Jan 2018, 3:55 pm   #61
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Anyone know exactly what eventually happened to "Wireless World"? I think it changed name to "Electronics and Wireless World" some time in the 1980s. I came across a copy in a WH Smiths sometime in the early 2000s (I think), and it seemed to have changed into a very dull trade journal.

Pity really - I always saw it as one of the world's "greats" (perhaps THE great) in its field. I still have dozens of old issues (1970s & 1980s) in a box in my shed, and can't think what to do with them - couldn't bear to just put them in the bin!
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Yes, as you say, it changed. As someone professionally involved in electronics I appreciated E&WW's 'trade/business' alignment - on more than one occasion I wrote to a business whose press-release had been summarised, saying something like "I saw in E&WW you have a new product that does X: I'm designing something that requires Y - which is really rather-like X when you come down to it - do you have anything that might help me?" and in return got some rather good technical-assistance/free 'evaluation' product-damples.
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Old 6th Jan 2018, 9:32 pm   #63
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The American Radio History site [that includes UK mags] lists Wireless World up until 1984 as it became E + WW in September of that year. So it may be said to have ended then or when E-WW itself concluded or as Boulevardier suggests... whenever it was just a boring trade mag.

In the sixties WW had high and low end [surplus] components and equipment for sale. Job adds and personal ones, very advanced articles and other more accessible ones, info re broadcasting etc etc! There was also a coupon system by which a manufacturer or a student, could send an enquiry to a Company [Eddystone sent me a Blueprint].

Magazines are cumbersome and difficult to store [especially when you AND the mags are now old] but how long will paper versions last? When will they became rare and valued again [as in .... wait for it, Orwell's 1984].

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Old 6th Jan 2018, 9:39 pm   #64
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Wireless World:
.. April 1913 - March 1920, monthly
.. 4 April 1920 - 18 March 1922, fortnightly
.. 1 April 1922 - 28 Sept 1939, weekly
.. Nov 1939 - Sept 1983, monthly

Electronics & Wireless World, Oct 1983 - Sept 1989

Electronics World + Wireless World, Oct 1989 - Dec 1995

Electronics World, Jan 1996 -

At some point Electronics World became subscription only, and ceased to be distributed via retail outlets such as W.H. Smith. I have read that that took place in June 2011, but the date needs to be confirmed.

IMHO, it still had some good content until the early 2000's. Then it became more of a trade magazine and many of the articles became less accessible to the non-specialist.

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Good stuff John.This thread may become invaluable into the future!

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One mag I don't seem to be able to find a reference to online is:-

"Amateur Radio (For all two-way radio enthusiasts)"

I have some issues from 1984 to 1988, published by first by Goodhead Publications and later by Amateur Radio Magazines.

Does anyone know anything about the rise and demise of this publication?
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I was an avid reader of Everyday Electronics in the early 80's, I remember they did a lot of basic stuff for beginners, although I later became an electrician,I was never very good with electronics.However I remember there was a really basic sound to light unit in one issue, iirc it consisted of a small transformer (salvaged from an old tape recorder or radio) a potentiometer and I think a triac or power transistor.it was an oval shaped metal object with 2 holes in the "ears" and 2 wires sticking out of the top.
The pot was connected in series with the 6V secondary side of the transformer which connected to the speaker output of your music source. The primary side of the transformer connected to the triac? along with the 240 from the mains, then the neutral of the mains along with another connection off the triac fed the light bulbs, simple but it worked. I'd love to get hold of that drawing again to show my grandson how simple we made things back then.
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One mag I don't seem to be able to find a reference to online is:-

"Amateur Radio (For all two-way radio enthusiasts)"

I have some issues from 1984 to 1988, published by first by Goodhead Publications and later by Amateur Radio Magazines.

Does anyone know anything about the rise and demise of this publication?
Don't know what happened to Amateur Radio but this was one of the many titles I used to subscribe to. I'm fairly certain that I've still got a few stacked away in the loft somewhere!
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Old 9th Jan 2018, 11:03 pm   #69
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and as for Everyday Electronics, as a teenager I spent a fortune building most of the projects they used to run. I used to love the "teach ins" that they ran from time to time. I still have the electric guitar I built following an article they ran over many months, complete with fuzz, wah-wah and tremolo effects! I've also still got the scars as it was fashioned out of a slab of beech wood....and some 40 odd years later I've yet to learn to play it!!!

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Re your enquiry about the Magazine Amateur Radio [for 2 way Radio Enthusiasts] in post 66* Graham...John COG listed it as running from 1981-Nov 90 in post 41*. In post 42* he also said that he was looking for the first issue [undated]. I'd seen the three that you had on offer FOC but all dated. It's my intention to check out the copies I have in the North and whether there is any closure info there but I don't think I will have the undated one It will be interesting to see if I have any further info though.

[As I recall there was a magazine called Amateur Radio in the 1930's and I've probaly got one or two of those. It does seem to have been a similar situation then, with the proliferation of titles, to that in the 1980's/90's when CB Mags were around as well to complicate things more].

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Amateur Radio 1981-Nov 1990 (ceased publication)
.. originally intended as a single issue, published in 1981
.. issues No.2 and No. 3 published in 1982
.. monthly magazine from March 1983 - Nov 1990
It would have helped if I had got the dates right. This should have read:
Amateur Radio 1982-Nov 1990 (ceased publication)
.. originally intended as a single issue, published in 1982
.. issues No.2 and No. 3 published in 1983
.. monthly magazine from March 1983 - Nov 1990

I had a conversation with a friend earlier this evening, who confirmed what i thought that he had told me.

The first issue of Amateur Radio was intended to be a one-off introduction to amateur radio and was published around October 1982. Hence it was not numbered and not dated. The response was enthusiastic and so Goodhead Publications followed up with issues No. 2 and No. 3 before making it a monthly magazine. i am fairly sure that the first dated issue was the March 1983 one.

I am told that the magazine was supposed to be different from the more established amateur radio magazines, ie Radio Communication as it then was, and Short Wave Magazine, which was an amateur radio magazine prior to its relaunch as a listening magazine in April 1989. At that time Practical Wireless became more of an amateur radio magazine. One should not forget Ham Radio Today, which was launched in January 1983.

Angus McKenzie, G3OSS, wrote a good many equipment reviews for Amateur Radio between ca. Oct 1983 and Oct 1988. What was different about some of these is that they were comparative reviews. One can only wonder how well that sat with the advertisers. Angus McKenzie also wrote the "Buyer's Guide to Amateur Radio", which was published by the RSGB in 1986.

At sometime, Goodhead Publications sold the magazine. I delved into this a long time ago. The new publisher owned several magazines, although IIRC they traded under different names. One of the other magazines was Radio & Electronics World, which had been bought from Ambit International around the end of 1983. R&EW was the successor to Radio Constructor and Radio and Electronics Constructor. Towards the end the same editorial team ran both magazines. By then they both had a reduced number of advertisers, and a drop in editorial content. The last issue of R&EW was in April 1989. Amateur Radio lasted until the November 1990 issue. Around that time the publisher sold some of his magazines. The others ceased publication.

Between us a friend and I have all the issues except the first, and the last five, ie July to Nov 1990. I would like to find a copy of the first issue.

In the early days Amateur Radio also published a yearbook. I have one, but am not sure if there were more.

HTH and 73

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Well that's a detailed update John-thanks. The Publishing guys seem to have been trying everything. I will report back if I find anything back home in the North of England

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It used to be that if you invented, say, a flying teapot, you could guarantee that within a couple of months the news shop stands would be graced by:

What flying teapot
Practical flying teapot
Flying teapot today
Everyday flying teapot

As all the publishers tried to latch onto any new hobby market.

Angus McKenzie did some very good reviews with a lot of insight into what was inside the box. This was the reason I subscribed to that magazine. He seemed to be one of the stars in the field. Many years later there emerged rumours that he was rather difficult to work for.

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Thanks to everyone, especially John KCOG, who responded to my question regarding "Amateur Radio".
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There was also a flurry of publishing activity post WW2.

Short Wave News was launched in Jan 1946 by the same publisher which later launched Radio Constructor in Aug 1947. From the Oct 1946 issue, The International Short Wave League (ISWL) news was included in the magazine.

Short Wave News, Jan 1946 - Dec 1951, Vols 1 - 6
.. Jul/Aug and Oct/Nov 1950 were combined issues
Short Wave News and Radio Amateur, Jan - Mar 1952, Vol 7 #1 - #3
Radio Amateur Incorporating Short Wave News
.. Apr - Sept 1952, Vol 7 #4 - #9
Radio Amateur, Oct 1952 - Dec 1953, Vol 7 # 10 - Vol 8 #12


Short Wave Listener was launched in Nov 1946 by Short Wave Magazine, which itself had restarted with the March 1946 issue. IIRC there was a restriction on expanding the page counts in a magazine. However it was possible to launch new magazines. In 1950 the British Short Wave League (BSWL) review was an insert for members. This magazine appears to be very rare as I could find no copies in libraries.

Short Wave Listener, Nov 1946 - Apr 1950, Vol 1 - Vol 4 #4
Short Wave Listener and Television Review, Apr 1950 - Mar 1953, Vol 4 #5 - Vol 7 #3
succeeded by Radio Quarterly, Vol 1 #1 - #2
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correction to post #75:
Short Wave Listener, Nov 1946 - Apr 1950, Vol 1 - Vol 4 #4
Short Wave Listener and Television Review, May 1950 - Mar 1953, Vol 4 #5 - Vol 7 #3
succeeded by Radio Quarterly, Vol 1 #1 - #2
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This thread has become quite a useful and growing Data Base in a short time.
I appreciate that not everything can be made a "sticky" but on a vintage/ archival basis, might this be a strong candidate? It cover an area about which there are often repeated enquiries!

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Interesting that so far nobody's mentioned Geoff Watts "DX news sheet" from a few decades ago - OK it wasn't a 'magazine' but it was a must-subscribe-and-read for HF-focussed amateurs and SWLs at the time.

Copies are archived here http://www.cdxc.org.uk/DXNS_Archive

I was also a fan of "VHF Communications" - http://www.vhfcomm.co.uk/ - the English version of the German "UKW-berichte" - which was around until 2013.
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