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													| Hands-On Electronics 
													was an electronics hobbyist 
													magazine published by
													
													Gernsback Publications 
													in the United States from 
													1984 to 1989. |  
													| The early issues were just a 
													collection of construction 
													projects. Later, there were 
													regular columns on shortwave 
													listening, amateur radio, 
													and computers. After 
													Ziff-Davis changed 
													Popular Electronics to
													Computers & Electronics,
													Hands-On Electronics 
													attracted those hobbyist 
													readers. In April 1985 
													Ziff-Davis stopped 
													publishing Computers & 
													Electronics and 
													Hands-On Electronics 
													purchased the title in June 
													1988. The magazine became 
													monthly and added the 
													Popular Electronics logo 
													to the cover in November 
													1988. |  | 
												
												
													| Year | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |  
													| 1984 | Began Regular Publishing Summer 
													1984
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													| 1985 |   |   |   | No Issue
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													| 1986 |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  
													| 1987 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
													| 1988 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  
													| 1989 |  | Became 
													Popular Electronics February 1989
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													| Year | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |  |