As promised, here are the answers to yesterday’s quiz, from the December 1962 issue of Popular Electronics.
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Electronics Numbers Quiz
Today’s quiz comes from the December 1962 issue of Popular Electronics. You have to match up the number associated with each diagram. Answers will appear here tomorrow.
1942 Expedient Chassis
The December 1942 issue of the British Practical Wireless carries this self-explanatory hint sent in to the magazine by one J.M. Firth of Beckenham. He noted that there was a great shortage of aluminum and sheet iron for making chasses for radios. Quite possibly to Mrs. Firth’s chagrin, he found a suitable replacement in the kitchen in the form of a tinplate baking tin. He noted that the pan would take solder easily.
1947 Five-Tube Radio Kit
There’s a reason why this young woman seems particularly cheerful about pulling in a station on her broadcast radio. It’s because she put the radio together herself from a kit.
The kit is described in the December 1947 issue of Popular Mechanics, and from the description, it sounds like an “All American Five” of the type manufactured by the millions. Curiously, though, the magazine doesn’t mention the source. If any of our readers can identify the brand of this kid, please let us know.