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ARTICLES

SECURITY ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS AND CIRCUITS — PART 6 - Ray Marston
Take a look at anti-burglary and burglar alarm principles in this month’s episode of the series.

THE WEEKEND WORKBENCH - Andy A. Node
Build a wireless FM microphone.

THE INDESTRUCTIBLE OUTBACKER HF WHIPS - Gordon West
Tune into some tricks you can play to get increased performance with these antennas plus get some inside evaluations on what this indestructible whip can — and cannot — do.

THE COMPUTER CONTROLLED WORLD: - Ryan Sheldon
Opening Windows to the World Part 2. Bridge the gap between Windows and the world using the latest and greatest of the available technology and Visual Basic 5.

HACKING THE EPSON IM-403 - Karl Lunt
Learn how to turn a $99.00 cash register into a dynamite computer for the hobbyist.

UNDERSTANDING MICROCHIP’S FAMILY OF PIC MICROs - Chuck Hellebuyck
Learn the basic differences in the most common PIC microcontrollers.

COLUMNS

AMATEUR ROBOTICS NOTEBOOK - Robert Nansel
Breadbot continued: “Bow Tie,” wire, and program this amazing motorized protoboard.

OPEN CHANNEL - Joe Carr
Electromagnetic interference — if you’ve got electronic equipment, then you’ve got EMI!

RESOURCE BIN - Don Lancaster
Starting your own web page.

STAMP APPLICATIONS - Jon Williams
Remote control stamping: the beginnings of “StampNet.”