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''Electronics Illustrated'' was an American magazine started in May 1958 by Fawcett Publications , the publishers of '' Mechanix Illustrated ''. The magazine was published monthly from 1959 to 1961 then bi-monthly until November 1972 when the magazine was merged with ''Mechanix Illustrated''. Charles Tepfer was the first editor and Robert Beason was the editor for rest of the magazine's run (1961 -1972). Ziff-Davis had found success with their '' Popular Electronics '' magazine and the launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957 had increased the public's interest in science and technology. ''Electronics Illustrated'' (EI) was targeted for this hobbyist and do-it-yourself audience. The cover of the second issue had a 6 foot tall rocket built in a basement workshop. To promote Amateur Rocketry the U.S. Army began a series titled "Build a Safe Model Missile." Model rockets appeared on the covers and in articles for several years. The Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union lead many hobbyists into amateur rocketry. In the late 1960s Micro Instrumentation And Telemetry Systems (MITS) was formed to sell instrumentation to rocket hobbyist. They were unsuccessful at that venture but later created the Altair 8800 computer kit that sparked the home computer revolution. The construction projects in ''Electronics Illustrated'' were assembled and checked by the editors. The articles had numerous photos and always included a wiring diagram in addition to the schematic. The projects were not as complex that those in other magazine but they appealed to the beginner. The magazine also had introductory theory articles in every issue. Radio was another focus of the magazine with many articles on Citizens Band (CB), Amateur Radio and Short Wave Listening (SWL) In the final years of magazine, Tom Kneitel wrote a column in ''Electronics Illustrated'' that was similar to Tom McCahill column in Mechanix Illustrated. EXTERNAL LINKS
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