OCTOBER 1 990
FEATURES
IF YOU OFTEN come home from
work feeling frazzled, then you
need the SurfSound Simulator. It
produces the soothing sounds of
the sea to help you relax. Details
page 24.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Marque Crozman
They could be present in your home
22 Win A Bose Lifestyle Music System
Take out a subscription and you are in the draw
38 The Bose Lifestyle Music System by Leo Simpson
A closer encounter with this radical new hifi system
94 The Story Of Electrical Energy, Pt.4 by Bryan Maher
High voltage transmission lines
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PROJECTS TO BUILD
24 Build The Surfsound Simulator by Darren Yates
It produces the soothing sounds of the sea
HERE'S A REALLY loud siren
that will wake the dead - well,
just about. Find out how to build
it by turning to page 48.
48 Low Cost Siren For Burglar Alarms by Leo Simpson
A compact siren to wake the dead
66 DC Offset For Digital Multimeters by John Clarke
Gives you greater resolution for monitoring voltage drift
72 Dimming Controls For The Discolight by John Clarke
Add manual fade to all four channels
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SPECIAL COLUMNS
16 Vintage Radio by John Hill
The different types of radio valves
52 Serviceman's Log by the TV Serviceman
If only I'd known all the symptoms
82 Amateur Radio by Garry Cratt
Using the NE602 in home-brew converter circuits
87 Computer Bits by Jennifer Bonnitcha
What's gone bung now?
110 Remote Control by Bob Young
The adverse effects of dihedral on aerobatic aircraft
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A C'RO
WHEN THE SERVICEMAN gets
in a jam, he brings up the heavy
artillery. This month, he solves a
sticky problem & talks about the
change over to UHF in the
Illawarru region of NSW.
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DID YOU BUILD the popular
Discolight project? If so, you can
now add manual fade to all four
channels to increase its
versatility even further. See page
54.
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