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PUBLISHER’S LETTER www.siliconchip.com.au Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Leo Simpson, B.Bus., FAICD Production Manager Greg Swain, B.Sc.(Hons.) Technical Staff John Clarke, B.E.(Elec.) Peter Smith Ross Tester Jim Rowe, B.A., B.Sc, VK2ZLO Rick Walters Reader Services Ann Jenkinson Advertising Enquiries David Polkinghorne Phone (02) 9979 5644 Fax (02) 9979 6503 Regular Contributors Brendan Akhurst Rodney Champness, VK3UG Julian Edgar, Dip.T.(Sec.), B.Ed Mike Sheriff, B.Sc, VK2YFK Philip Watson, MIREE, VK2ZPW Bob Young SILICON CHIP is published 12 times a year by Silicon Chip Publications Pty Ltd. ACN 003 205 490. ABN 49 003 205 490 All material copyright ©. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written consent of the publisher. Printing: Hannanprint, Alexandria, NSW. Distribution: Network Distribution Company. Subscription rates: $69.50 per year in Australia. For overseas rates, see the subscription page in this issue. Editorial & advertising offices: Unit 8, 101 Darley St, Mona Vale, NSW 2103. Postal address: PO Box 139, Collaroy Beach, NSW 2097. Phone (02) 9979 5644. Fax (02) 9979 6503. E-mail: silchip<at>siliconchip.com.au Electronics Australia copyright will not be lost A number of readers have expressed their sadness at the passing of “Electronics Australia” magazine, which was briefly mentioned in last month’s editorial. In truth, I had very mixed feelings about it myself. On the one hand, it has been a tough competitor for SILICON CHIP, ever since we started in 1987 and now that it has gone, we have the field to ourselves. On the other hand, I and four other people on the SILICON CHIP staff, (Greg Swain, John Clarke, Ross Tester and Jim Rowe) all spent a great many years happily working for Electronics Australia and we read it for many more years, so a major part of our working lives has gone. Still, it is not all bad. Following the demise of EA, quite a few people suggested that we should make an attempt to ensure that all the archive material and the EA website (www.electronic­saustralia.com.au) was preserved. And over the last few months we have had increasing numbers of enquiries about EA projects, photostat copies, etc. So in fact, before last month’s issue went to press, we approached the publishers of EA to purchase all the copyright pertaining to EA, ETI and related titles and the above-mentioned website and domain name. This has now been accom­ plished, although at the time of writing, the material had not yet been transferred to us. What this means for the immediate future is that the mate­rial on the EA website will be preserved and will be ultimately linked to the SILICON CHIP website. And since we now own the copyright, we will be able to provide photostats of articles in Electronics Australia. The charge for this service will be $8.80, including postage. Unfortunately, we will not be in a position to offer tech­nical assistance with EA projects – we simply do not have the time or any familiarity with the designs of past EA projects. Nor will we initially be able to suggest EA projects when readers enquire about particular circuit applications – again, we simply do not have a detailed familiarity with what has been published over the past 15 years in EA. That will come. Importantly though, all the material that has been pub­lished over the life of Electronics Australia, going right back to the 1920s and the days of Wireless Weekly, and all the materi­al associated with Electronics Today International (ETI), will be preserved. Ultimately, some of it may be republished. Thanks to all those readers who have emailed, phoned and written in with messages of support and requests that we do not change our format. We greatly appreciate your comments and we will continue to strive to be the world’s best electronics maga­zine. Leo Simpson ISSN 1030-2662 * Recommended and maximum price only. 2  Silicon Chip www.siliconchip.com.au