
MARCH
1976
VOLUME 9,
NUMBER 3
Popular
Electronics®
WORLD'S
LARGEST
SELLING
ELECTRONICS
MAGAZINE
FEATURE
ARTICLES
THE
CARE
&
FEEDING
OF
NiCd BATTERIES
Alex Burr
39
How they
work and
how
to use
them correctly.
HOW TO
MINIMIZE SCOPE /PROBE
COMBINATION
ERRORS
Thomas
R. Sear
54
Choosing
the
right
probe for
a particular
application.
HOW
MULTIPLEXED
LED
DISPLAYS SIMPLIFY
CIRCUITS
Patrick
J.
Delaney
III
62
Reduce size
and complexity
of seven-
segment
readouts.
ENGLISH
-LANGUAGE
SHORTWAVE
BROADCASTS
FOR
MAR. &
APR.
1976
Richard
E.
Wood
92
CONSTRUCTION
ARTICLES
AN LED -READOUT
AUDIO
POWER
METER
Tim
Henry
35
Checks
amplifier output.
speaker
balance
and efficiencies.
THEFT ALARM
FOR
HANDHELD
CALCULATORS
Tommy
N.
Tyler
42
BUILD
"PENNYWHISTLE"
-THE
HOBBYIST'S
MODEM
Lee
Felsenstein 43
Interface
for
digital data
transmission
and
reception.
A BCB LOOP
ANTENNA
FOR
DX'ING
Norman
Fallon
51
Increases reception
range
of
inexpensive
AM
radios.
CURVE
TRACER CHECKS
SEMICONDUCTOR
QUALITY
Samuel
Lyle
58
Used
with
a
scope,
it
indicates conditions
from
breakdown
voltage
to Beta.
COLUMNS
STEREO
SCENE
Ralph
Hodges
20
Tone Controls.
Plain and
Fancy.
SOLID
STATE
Lou
Garner
80
Opting
For
Op
Amps
TEST EQUIPMENT
SCENE
Les Solomon
83
Using
Your
Oscilloscope.
COMPUTER
BITS
Robert
Marsh 88
Computer
Users
Tape
System.
DX LISTENING
Glenn
Hauser 91
Shortwave
News
From All Over.
CB
SCENE
Ray
Newhall 95
Is Your
Station
Ready For an Emergency?
HOBBY SCENE Q
&A
John
McVeigh
97
EXPERIMENTER'S
CORNER
Forrest Mims
100
Percussion
Instrument Synthesizer.
PRODUCT
TEST REPORTS
MARANTZ
MODEL 5220
STEREO
CASSETTE
DECK
ONKYO
MODEL
TX -220
AM
/STEREO
FM
RECEIVER
MIDLAND
MODEL 13 -882B
MOBILE AM CB
TRANSCEIVER
HEATHKIT
MODEL GB -1201
DIGITAL
STOPWATCH
TRI
-STAR "TIGER
SST"
CD IGNITION
SYSTEM
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL
Art Salsberg
4
New
-Protect Stumbling
Blocks.
LETTERS
6
NEW
PRODUCTS
12
NEW
LITERATURE
18
NEWS
HIGHLIGHTS
33
OPERATION
ASSIST
98
ELECTRONICS
LIBRARY
99
ADVERTISERS
INDEX
119
68
70
72
73
78
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