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POPULARNOVEMBER
ELECTRONICS
BLACK LIGHT
R/C
RECEIVER
CROOKS
OF
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CHOOSING
YOUR TV ANTENNA
THE
NOME BROADCASTER
BURGLAR
ALARM
F.
A.
SYSTEM
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Run
over
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out how to make
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L]
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WILL
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YOU AT
HOME
F.OR
GOOD
PAY
JOBS
IN
EL
SMITH has
trained
more men lot Rudio-
teleynion
than any other mon.
OUR
40th
YEAR.
141
America's
Fast Growing
Industry Offers
You Good
Pay
Bright
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t
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ment.
In
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to repair
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months
after
enrnllin..
'Earned
$12
to
$15
a
we-k
are
scarce, the
trained
man enjoys
in
spare
rime." -Adam
GREATER SECURITY. NRI
Kramlik, Jr.,
Sunney'toen,
training
can
help
assure
you more
ut11
Pennsylvania.
tif
the
hotel'
thlt.gs
tif life.
"C'r to
our
necks in
Radio-
,
tk
Televisor
work. Four other
nun work
here.
Am
happy
with
my
work."-
Glen
'eterson, Bradford,
.O
Ont
Canada.
NR
,
TRAINED
THESE
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I
Training
plus
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is
the
PERFECT COAIBIN.ATION for
,jtib
security,
gond
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advance-
-
if
x.
Start
Soon
to
Make $10,
$15
a
Week
'q'-
.
Extra Fixing Sets
Television
Mating
Good
Jobs,
Prosperity
-Even
without
Tele-
vision, Radio
bs
bigger than
ever.
115
miLion
home and
auto Radios
are
big market
for
servicing.
3000
broadcasting stations
use
operators,
technicians. Government,
Aviation,
Police, Ship,
Micro
-wave Relay,
Olt"Am
doing Radio
a
tri
Television Servicing
Nil
Al
time. Now
have
my
ow-n
shop.
I
owe
my
success
to
N.R.1."
-Curtis
Stath, Ft.
Madison, Iowa,
"Am with
WCOC.
NRI
course
can't
be
beat.
N
trouble
passing
1st
class
Radio
-phone license
exam."
-Jesse
W. Parker,
Sierì-
..
diar, Mississippi.
Keep
y
inr
,job
while
training.
I
start
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the day you
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nix
sets.
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built
with
parts
I
send
helps
you make
$10, $15
a
week
extra
fixing
sets
while
training.
Many
start their
own
Radio-Television
business
with
spare
time earnings.
Two'way
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buses,
taxis, trucks,
R.
R. are
growing
fields.
Television
is
moving
ahead fast.
"By
graduation,
had paid
for
course, car,
testreg
'equipment.
Can
service
toughest jobs.
"
-E.
J.
ton, Ohio.
My
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Up -To
-Date
you
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ence
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veloped
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below)
"bring
to
life"
things
you
learn
from
lessons.
Atout
uID Televi
You
Learn
by
Practicin
with
Parts
I
Sen
.ion
stations
are now
on
the
air. Huvdreds
of
others being
built.
Good
TV
lobs opening
up
for
Technicians, Operators, etc.
:5
mil
on
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Tehsision
sets Thousands more
are being sold
every
week. Get
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have
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own
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selling,
installing,
servicing.
Radio -TV Needs Men
of
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-Mail
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Nothing
takes the place of
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.
That's
why
NRI
training
is
based on
LEARNING
BY
RUING.
You
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parts
I
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common to
Radio
and
Television.
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cations
Course, you
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power
transmitter
shown
at
left. You
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air,"
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to
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64
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hoof,
to
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in
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9,
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1954
POPULAR
NOVEMBER
1954
VOL.
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ELECTRONICS
EDITOR
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NUMBER
2
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Home Broadcaster
L.
E.
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A.
Trauffer
11
A
Code Practice
Set
-The
Simple Way
15
16
18
ART
FRANK SAYLES
(Director)
A.
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REICH
M.
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CONTRIBUTING
J. T. FRYE
An
All
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Command
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EDITORS
L. E.
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Am
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J
Wilson
Tepfer
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24
K.
R.
BOORD
R.
R. P.
TURNER
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H.
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Choosing Your
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Hints on Reading Schematic
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53
55
Timing
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Time
-Delay Burglar Alarm
How
Radar Works
Carl
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58
T
Frye
62
DAVIS
M.
FROELICH
Equipment for Radio Control
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Width Control
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