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Vo/.6, No.1; January 1993.
FEATURES
1 The Silicon Chip 5th Birthday Sweepstakes
Enter & you could win a car - lots of other prizes as well
79 Panasonic's Super-Quiet Dot Matrix Printer by Darren Yates
It uses a revolutionary new print head to beat the noise
82 The Story Of Electrical Energy, Pt.22 by Bryan Maher
The Balmain & Ultimo power stations
BASED ON HIGH-QUALITY
Peerless drivers, these compact
2-way loudspeakers deliver big
performance & will be just right
for many hifi enthusiasts.
Construction starts on page 16.
PROJECTS TO BUILD
16 Peerless PSK60/2 2-Way Hifi Loudspeakers by Tom Manning
Small in size but big on performance
26 Build A Flea-Power AM Radio Transmitter by Darren Yates
Learn about AM radio transmissions
40 High-Intensity LED Flasher For Bicycles by Darren Yates
Make sure you can be seen after dark
58 A 2kW 24VDC To 240VAC Sinewave Inverter, Pt.4 by John Clarke
Building the four main PC boards
SPECIAL COLUMNS
32 Vintage Radio by John Hill
Restoring a 1920s kit radio
44 Serviceman's Log by the TV Serviceman
The customer is always right?
66 Remote Control by Bob Young
Installing & adjusting the low-cost speed controller; Pt.3
88 Amateur Radio by Garry Cratt
Remote monitoring of radio transmissions
DEPARTMENTS
4 Publisher's Letter
6 Mailbag
8 Circuit Notebook
57 Subscriptions Page
70 Product Showcase
98 Ask Silicon Chip
100 Notes & Errata
101 Order Form
102 Market Centre
104 Advertising Index
HAVE YOU EVER wondered how
signals are transmitted to your
AM radio? Build this flea-power
AM transmitter & find out.
Details page 26.
THIS HIGH
INTENSITY
LED flasher fits
inside a special
bicycle tail light
case & is much
more effective
than the
standard unit. If
you're quick,
you can even
obtain a free PC board for this
project. See page 40.
SPECIAL NOTICE: lack of space
has prevented us from publishing
the constructional details on the
MAL-4 microcontroller this
month. This article will be
published in the February issue.
JANUARY
1993
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