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1997 Article Index Month Page Month Page BASICS Identifying circuit components Motors in consumer electronics by Victor Meeldijk Jun by the ES&T Staff Where are they now: Hard to locate companies Technician’s glossary, A by Victor Meeldijk Nov by the ES&T Staff Replacement parts/servicing information sourcebook Depot repair centers, Working with by the ES&T Staff Dec By the ES&T Staff QUIZ Power Protection Electronics Quiz by the ES&T Staff by the ES&T Staff Printed circuit board and parts handling REFERENCE by ES&T Staff Anti-frustration indexes by Roger Redden Understanding the Bipolar Transistor: Part 2 by Steven Jay Babbert Nov Company e-mail and website addresses C" HEM_ ICALS ~ by the ES&T Staff Ten criteria for selecting an electronics aerosol by Mike Sauer, Chemtronics Jul SATELLITE Upgrading a satellite system to Ku-Band COMPUTERS by Jurgen Ewert Feb Steps for PC preventive maintenance by Stephen Bigelow Satellite TV systems servicing: Dealing with SatTV by the ES&T Staff Jul Computer monitor servicing by Brian Phelps SERVICE CENTER EQUIPMENT Seeing the light Correcting tape backup problems by the ES&T Staff Apr by Sheldon Fingerman May Setting up a service bench Is it the hardware or is it the software by the ES&T Staff Jun by John Kull May SERVICING Servicing home office products: Laser printers Servicing TV relay problems by Jeef Teets, Laser Wizard Jul by Homer Davidson TECHNICAL EDUCATION Servicing VCR motor problems Continuing education in servicing by Homer Davidson by the ES&T Staff VCR mechanical problems FIBER OPTICS by Philip Zorian Feb About Electronics: Fiber optics by the ES&T Staff Dec Servicing RCA’s CTC 130 startup and shutdown probs by Homer Davidson Mar PARTS AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASING Sources of replacement parts Noise tests and measurements by Victor Meeldijk Feb by Alvin Sydnor Buyer’s Guide Convergence by the ES&T Staff by Hulon Forrester Apr 16 January 1998 Electronic Servicing & Technology 47 Month Page Month Page Servicing television directly coupled circuits Servicing RCA’s CTC166 power supply circuits by Homer Davidson May 12 by Homer Davidson Sep Space Command Servicing switching power supplies: Five steps by John Hanson May 52 by Bob Rose Oct VCR servicing: Taking mystery out of head replacement Switching Power Supplies: Representavive Examples by Philip Zorian Jun by Bob Rose Nov IVHT problem, An SOFTWARE by Roger Redden Diagnostic Software by the ES&T Staff Servicing television tuner problems by Bob Rose Jun General software by the ES&T Staff Feb Servicing EEPROM problems in RCA televisions by Bob Rose Jul Computer software for service center management by the ES&T Staff Apr Troubleshooting receiver circuits by Tom S. Jones SOLDERING/DESOLDERING Soldering and desoldering update Hitachi VCR Repairs by the ES&T Staff by Victor Meeldijk TECHNOLOGY Troubleshooting transmitter circuits New technology update by Tom Jones by the ES&T Staff Feb State of new consumer electronics technology, the The Professional Electronics by the ES&T Staff Sep Technicians TEST EQUIPMENT Association and the Satellite Dealers Test eqipment update: Repairing computer monitors Association by Wade H. Lockey Jun Computer Network Multimeter safety by the ES&T Staff Sep Technicians Oscilloscope fundamentals: The fundamentals The CNST - Computer Network Systems by the ES&T Staff Sep Technician - is ETA's latest Certification for Electronics Technicians. Send $2 for the 184 TROUBLESHOOTING CNST competencies listing. Thousands of Troubleshooting tips on the web CNSTs are needed in the next 5 years. You by Victor Meeldijk May can be one of these well-paid technicians. Prerequisite: Computer C.E.T., or A+. Laser optical pickup devices, Understanding THE ASSOCIATE CET Exam Books by the ES&T Staff Oct New Study Guides for the Associate Level CET exams. Book 1 contains 248 sample CET exam quiz questions and answers. Multiple Testing and troubleshooting the VCR CET authors. Book 2 different sample quizzes - latest exam topics by Stan Nawrocki Dec plus complete listing of over 380 CET exam test sites. Written by CETs, electronics instructors and working technicians. Great study TV/VCR/CAMCORDER THEORY material for every professional electronics technician. $24.95 ea. 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