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SILICON
CHIP
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Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Leo Simpson, B.Bus., FAICD
Production Manager
Greg Swain, B.Sc.(Hons.)
Technical Editor
Peter Smith
Technical Staff
John Clarke, B.E.(Elec.)
Ross Tester
Jim Rowe, B.A., B.Sc, VK2ZLO
Reader Services
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Advertising Enquiries
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Publisher’s Letter
Reader feedback
is welcome
This month, as in all months, we have some
very good letters from readers, on a diverse range
of topics. As you will see in the Mailbag pages
starting on page 4, some are very complimentary
and others, well . . . you can see for yourself.
In particular, my answer to David Millist
last month on the topic of current transformers
brought forth a torrent of letters, both by email
and by post. David Millist can take a bow because
all the letters rushed to his defence.
I must admit to being taken aback by the vehemence of some of the letters
– we have only included a selection – and I thought “Oh dear, what have
we unleashed this time?” As I went through the letters and talked to a few
older readers, I realised that in stating that we failed to see how a current
transformer can generate lethal voltages, I had completely overlooked the
common type of current transformers widely used in power distribution
systems. If an open-circuit occurs in the secondary winding, such transformers can be very dangerous indeed.
Regular Contributors
Brendan Akhurst
Rodney Champness, VK3UG
Julian Edgar, Dip.T.(Sec.), B.Ed,
Grad.Dip.Jnl
Mike Sheriff, B.Sc, VK2YFK
Stan Swan
And of course, after we ran a few current monitoring lashups, I had to
admit an error in the operation of toroids. Expletive deleted.
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I particularly like the fact that so many readers comment on the answers in
“Ask SILICON CHIP”. Readers enjoy most sections of the magazine, but “Ask
SILICON CHIP” consistently generates far more correspondence than any other
section, both in questions asked and comments on the resulting answers.
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On reflection, I realise that such rapid feedback from readers, immediately
after an issue has gone on sale, is a good thing. Many thousands of readers
take SILICON CHIP very seriously indeed and are anxious that we continue
to maintain a high standard. We like getting the compliments and therefore
we must also accept the criticisms when they come.
We have always known that our readers are vigilant, which is why I hate
it when errors do appear in the magazine. That is one of the drawbacks of a
print magazine – when an error occurs, it is there for all time. We can and
do publish Notes & Errata but the error still remains on the printed pages.
An on-line publication is different; if an error occurs, you can do a quick
up-load and presto, it might never have happened.
But our long-term destiny appears to be with the print magazine. While
the on-line version of SILICON CHIP is popular with many people, the vast
majority appear to favour the printed edition. It is so much easier to read,
to digest and refer back to, and to spot those loathsome errors!
Leo Simpson
ISSN 1030-2662
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