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ARTICLES

SECURITY ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS AND CIRCUITS — PART 2 - Ray Marston
Electronic security system basics continued.

THE WEEKEND WORKBENCH - Andy A. Node
This month, Andy builds a lie detector.

GPS ROAD WARRIOR - Kenton Chun
Put together a laptop computer, GPS, and software for an optimum navigational system.

COMPRESSOR AND OPTIONAL FUZZ FOR GUITAR - Peter Lehmann
Musicians ... tune into this great sounding project that offers three features of interest.

ROBOT WARS 1997: THE DEFIANT - Dan Danknick
Though nine months in the making and gobbling up $2,500.00 in materials, Defiant put on a spectacular show at the 1997 Robot Wars held in San Francisco.

HIGH-FREQUENCY MOBILE ANTENNA COMPARISONS - Gordon West
Everything you need to know about selecting and installing a mobile antenna for high-frequency, single-sideband, double-sideband, CW, and digital watts but were afraid to ask ...

BUILD THE ELENCO $20.00 DIGITAL MULTIMETER KIT - Fred Blechman
This DMM — complete with 3-1/2 digit display — offers transistor and diode tests in addition to the more conventional voltage, current, and resistance measurements.

THE COMPUTER CONTROLLED WORLD: RS-232 NETWORK CONTROL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS - Ryan Sheldon
Bridge the gap between customized hardware and the end-user with a powerful graphical user interface.

COLUMNS

AMATEUR ROBOTICS - Karl Lunt
Trying out the Precision Navigation, Inc., Vector-2X magneto-inductive compass board, plus hacking GameBoy.

OPEN CHANNEL - Joe Carr
Sensor linearity improvement.

RESOURCE BIN - Don Lancaster
Shaking down some seismic and earthquake info.

STAMP APPLICATIONS - Jon Williams
Serial LCDs go graphic! Learn about Scott Edwards latest marvel: the G12864.