ELECTRONIC SERVICING is edited for technicians who repair home-entertainment electronic equipment (such as TV, radio, tape, stereo and record players) and for industrial technicians who repair defective production-line merchandise, test equipment, or industrial controls in factories.
above: Typical 1970's-era cover (e.g., July 1977)
1977--Jul.
Feature Articles:
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 1
The Future for Factory Technicians
Reports from the test lab
ADs:
Buss fuses
Fluke
Raytheon
1977--Aug.
Feature Articles:
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 2
1977--Sept.
Feature Articles:
Dangerous Questions for Job Interviews
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 3
ADs:
HEATHKIT
RCA Permacolor Outdoor TV Antennas
1977--Oct.
Feature Articles:
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 4
Departments:
1977--Nov.
Feature Articles:
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 5
1977--Dec.
Feature Articles:
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 6
Electronic Blood-Pressure Measurements
Over the Cups of Coffee--A practical philosophy of troubleshooting
Departments:
1978--Jan.
Feature Articles:
Service Management Seminar, Part 1
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 7
1978--Feb.
Feature Articles:
Service Management Seminar, Part 2
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 8
1978--Mar.
Feature Articles:
Service Management Seminar, Part 3
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 9
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
ADs:
B&K-PRECISION
1978--Apr.
Feature Articles:
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
Service Management seminar, Part 4
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 10
1978--May.
Feature Articles:
Service Management seminar, Part 5
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 11
1978--Jun.
Feature Articles:
Service Management seminar, Part 6
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 12
1978--Jul.
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 13
Service Management seminar, Part 7--The Philosophy of Pricing
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
1978--Aug.
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 14
Service Management seminar, Part 8
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
1978--Sept.
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 15
Service Management seminar, Part 9
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
1978--Oct.
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 16
Service Management Seminar, Part 10 (Calculating Sales Profits)
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
1978--Nov.
The Basics of Industrial Electronics, Part 17
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
Service management seminar, Part 11
1978--Dec.
Servicing Information... What kind is best? What kind do you want?
Sam Wilson’s Technical Notebook
Service management seminar, Part 12
1979---Jan.
Capacitors: Components of many faces
Selecting replacement capacitors
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
Feb. 1979
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook: COUNTER GLITCHES
Ad: GTE Sylvania flameproof resistors
Ad: Fluke--The Lone Autoranger
Ad: Zenith Business Management self-training
Mar. 1979
Better waveforms with wideband scopes
ADs:
Apr. 1979
An introduction to microprocessors
Bad filter capacitors cause elusive problems
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook: SYNCHRONOUS COUNTERS
ADs:
About the cover: Good-quality color bars are shown on the General Electric AA-D color TV screen. The smaller picture measures the overall chroma response by the chroma sweep pattern from a Sencore VA-48 video generator.
May 1979
Electronic Whirligig Puzzle
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
ADs:
Creative Electronics ESR METER
About the cover: The picture of resistors illustrates Selecting Replacement Resistors.
Jun. 1979
Selecting replacement resistors
A second look at Waveforms, part 1
ADs:
Ungar
Jul. 1979
A second look at waveforms--part 2
Digital numbering systems
Highlights of 1980 products
Techniques for repairing intermittents
ADs:
Sylvania ECG semiconductor
General Electric parts
Aug. 1979
Case studies: Eliminating RF interference
MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) industrial electronic servicing
Typical medical equipment repairs
A second look at waveforms, part 3
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
ADs:
Wahl ISO-Tip Industrial 30 Soldering Iron
Sept. 1979
ALU the microprocessor calculator
1-2-3-4 Servicing simplifies industrial electronics maintenance
Testing solid-state devices in factory gear
Testing Sencore VA-48 performance
ADs:
General Electric
PTS Electronics, Inc.
Above: Symbols of SCR and TRIAC thyristors illustrate the Quick tests of thyristor controls article. Graphic design by Linda Franzblau.
Oct. 1979
Quick tests of thyristor controls
Electronics Math Simplified
Calculators make milli micro decimals easy [Easi-Way Math for Technicians ]
Repairing Old TVs
ADs:
Hitachi
RCA Distributor and Special Products Division
Nov. 1979:
Digitization of low-frequency signals
Quick tip--Buzz test that failed
Tips for servicing horizontal sweep
ADs:
Hitachi dual-trace oscilloscope
Dec. 1979:
Electronic controllers in industry
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook
Measuring Standing waves ratio
A close look at digital signals — Part 1
Typical repairs of older Zenith TVs
SCR regulator and horizontal oscillator
Calculating service labor rates
Feb. 1980
Typical Radio Repairs
Sam Wilson's Technical Notebook: COUNTER GLITCHES
ADs:
Fluke--DMM
Fluke--Autoranger
B&K Precision
GTE Sylvania
Zenith
Xcelite
Feb. 1980
Maintenance:
Preventing damage from transients
Locating AC leakage in industrial plants
A close look at digital signals, part 2
Servicing:
Understanding CTC99 horizontal sweep
More Zenith TV repairs
Departments:
Electronic Scanner
Letters to the Editor
Symcure
Troubleshooting Tips
Catalogs & Literature
Product Report
Test Equipment
ADs:
Mar. 1980
Maintenance:
Comparison of VOMs, VTVMs and DMMs
Programmable controller applications
Servicing:
Troubleshooting RCA hot-supply and horizontal
Departments:
Electronic Scanner
Letters to the Editor
Symcure
News Feature
Troubleshooting Tips
Readers Exchange
People
Product Report
ADs:
Apr. 1980
Maintenance:
Practical transient protection
Servicing:
Departments:
ADs:
OK
May 1980:
Maintenance:
Switches keep artificial hearts beating
Industrial product test reports
Servicing:
Verify tube defects and prevent callbacks
Departments:
Test equipment report
ADs:
RCA
GE
June 1980
Industrial MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations):
Selecting replacement capacitors
Servicing:
Departments:
ADs:
Also see:
Selected articles from Electronic Servicing & Technology (classic USA print magazine)