Electronics Australia

Electronics Australia was Australia's longest-running general electronics magazine.

It can claim to trace its history to 1922 when the "Wireless Weekly" magazine was formed. This comprised a mix of general and technical articles on the new topic of radio.

In 1939 the magazine became monthly and was renamed "Radio and Hobbies". As its name suggests it was a more technical publication for hobbyists, but it also featured articles on television, optics, music and aviation. It's base was however radio and many constructional projects were published. The magazine's foundation editor was John Moyle.

With the advent of television, television was added to its title in the 1950s. The magazine then was known as "Radio Television & Hobbies", or RTV&H. During these years numerous constructional articles on high fidelity audio, amateur radio and even electronic organs and television sets were published.

The growing fields of scientific, medical, computing and other applications of electronics necessitated a name change to 'Electronics Australia' in 1965.

Although many competitors came and went (eg Electronics Today International and Australian Electronics Monthly) during the 1970s and 80s, Electronics Australia survived into the 2000s.

For a couple of years more consumer electronics items were introduced, and technical material occupied the rear pages. Many Electronics Australia staff moved to its main rival Silicon Chip.

A change of name to "Electronics Australia Today" spelt the death knell. All technical content was removed and EAT changed focus to become a purely consumer publication. Original readers and advertisers deserted in droves and the magazine failed to pick up new readers (there were already many established magazines covering consumer electronics).

The rights to "Electronics Australia" are now owned by Silicon Chip who have now made some back issues available on CD.

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External links

*http://www.siliconchip.com.au