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Once upon a time in the '70'S in WirelessWorld...........
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unknownparticle:
I agree with that, WW was truly excellent, I've never seen anything better.  A few years back I was fortunate enough to be given, much to the relief of the guys wife, a virtually complete collection of WW from the early 60's onwards.  Back in the day I only read it from around the early 70's to about 1980, so it's a real treat to be going through it now!  I started reading these copies from the 80's back and haven't reached the editions with the above clock yet. Now I'll be able to go straight to them and immerse in nostalgic bliss!

Do you dabble in valve radios now?  Part of my electronics tinkering is with valve radios and TV's, which is strange, because back when I began my interest in electronics I regarded anything valve as obsolete junk!  Now I find the valve world fascinating, after all, valves were the first truly electronic device. 
mcovington:
Don't overlook the fact that decades of Wireless World are on line at https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Wireless_World_Magazine.htm .
StillTrying:

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It's difficult to overlook when it's in a post a few above. :)

When I was quite young someone retiring gave me a few bags of 74 TTL, I've spent years giving it away but there's still some left with dates around '77.
rsjsouza:

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There's not a lot in there that's difficult or expensive to source if LS logic would work, the MC1496 is still available new, 741 op-amps aren't exotic, the only bits I can see that might be hard to find would be the original displays and the voltage regulator, both of which would be easy to replace with more modern bits.

If you want period original though...

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I actually have an original, from the period, voltage reg!!
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And this is still active. Although at pretty hefty prices.
http://www.ti.com/product/LM309
coppice:

--- Quote from: unknownparticle on January 31, 2020, 05:19:22 pm ---I agree with that, WW was truly excellent, I've never seen anything better.

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Wireless World was an excellent magazine in its early days. It was the only UK magazine that tried to appeal to both amateur and professional people. As the years went by, however, they started dumbing it down, removing its appeal for all the groups who used to enjoy it, without really generating new markets.
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