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One-Stop-Shop: Audio, Ignitions, Smoke Detectors, Bug Killers!, September 2, 2008
From back cover:
"Complete, one-stop source for all kinds of make-it-yourself electronics items..from AM/FM radios to home computers to amplifiers to housewiring...even automatic timers and smoke detectors! In fact, there are more than 200 practical, proven projects that you can build in just one weekend, using easy-to-find standard parts and components. No matter what your electronics skills - amateur or advanced - this HUGE book is crammed full of ideas you can use for building equipment, accessories, and gadgets, right in your own home workshop. Easy, step-by-step instructions, plus more than 450 photos, drawings, schematics, and parts lists give you all the info you need for planning, building, and using each project.
Into radio? You can build a basic crystal set...or a low-power broadcast band transmitter and compatible high-performance receiver. For audiophiles, there's everything from a tape recorder sound switch to pre-amplifiers...and auto buffs will go for projects like the clothespin timing light or the complete solid-state ignition system. Lots of plans have been included for both computer and electronic hobbyists/experimenters: an ROM unit, two video display units...even a complete microcomputer! For home do-it-yourself-ers, there's everything from a low-cost smoke and gas detector to an electric bug killer. PLUS, there are easy-make gadgets and gizmos of almost every description. You can build an electronic flash, a telephone intercom system, a voice-controlled model train...even a miniature solar energy collector! For the more advanced hobbyist, there are instructions for making a high frequency transformer, electromagnetic devices, and a simple electronic game.
Learn to troubleshoot and solve all kinds of electronic problems, and how to build more than 50 different test devices, from the simple test lead rack to the sophisticated hi-f analyzer...at a fraction of their retail cost. There's a whole chapter on workshop equipment and how to set it up, plus a section on teaching demonstrators, and group electronic activities that will add spice to any amateur radio, automotive, electronic, or computer club agenda."
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by 73 Magazine Editors
