Are these old magazine worth having??? I have magazines from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. I am a pack rat I have too much stuff it all needs to go. I pulled out a few copies and they say Radio Electronic. I believe before that the name was Electronic Illustrated or maybe that was a different magazine. And I seem to remember before that the name was Popular Electronics. I have boxs and boxes of magazines I hate to trash them but I don't want them anymore. I advertised them on Ebay several times all the magizines I could get in a Flat Rate box for $9.99 but no one bid. Now I am sorting through the magazines to see if I have some marked that I might want to keep. If these are no good for anything they are going in the trash can. These are from the days when magazines had project a person could build. Now days magazines are 99% advertisements no wonder magazine sales have dropped who wants to buy advertisements. I bet all these old projects are out of date and worthless.
Here is a cool project Radio Electronic Nov. 1987 the Blue Box. This allows you to make FREE long distance phone calls any where in the world. It is very educational to learn how the telephone company computer systems works and about the tones but I never built it. I bet the computer system is not exactly the same these days.
When I was young I had a lot of fun building many of the projects in the magazines but I bet most of that stuff is long past being out of date. Some were fun like the Big Ear, FM transmitter, and others. There all going to the trash unless someone can give me a good reason not to.
Here is a cool project Radio Electronic Nov. 1987 the Blue Box. This allows you to make FREE long distance phone calls any where in the world. It is very educational to learn how the telephone company computer systems works and about the tones but I never built it. I bet the computer system is not exactly the same these days.
When I was young I had a lot of fun building many of the projects in the magazines but I bet most of that stuff is long past being out of date. Some were fun like the Big Ear, FM transmitter, and others. There all going to the trash unless someone can give me a good reason not to.