Modern Electronics

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|title = Modern Electronics

|image_file = Modern Electronics Oct 1984.jpg

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|image_caption = Modern Electronics, October 1984

|editor = Art Salsberg

|editor_title = Editor-in-Chief

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|frequency = Monthly

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|category = Hobby magazines

|company = Modern Electronics, Inc.

|publisher = Richard Ross

|firstdate = October 1984

|finaldate = March 1991

|finalnumber = Vol. 8 Num. 3

|country = USA

|based= Hicksville, New York{{Cite journal|title=MicroComputer journal|journal=Microcomputer Journal|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29554164|access-date=26 December 2015|year=1994|oclc=29554164 }}

|language = English

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Modern Electronics was a hobbyist magazine published from October 1984 to March 1991. It became Computer Craft in April 1991 and the name changed again to MicroComputer Journal in January 1994. Modern Electronics, Inc. was owned by CQ Communications, Inc, the publishers of CQ Amateur Radio.

Art Salsberg was Editor-in-Chief and Alexander W. Burawa was the Managing Editor. The contributing editors included Len Feldman, Glenn Hauser, Forrest Mims and Don Lancaster. Many members of the editorial staff had previously worked for Popular Electronics but left when that magazine was changed to Computers & Electronics. Here is how Art Salsberg described the new magazine.{{cite journal|author=Art Salsberg|date=October 1984|title=A Warm Welcome|url=https://archive.org/details/modern-electronics-october-1984/page/n5/mode/2up|journal=Modern Electronics|volume=1|issue=1|page=4}}

Many of you probably know of me from my decade-long stewardship of Popular Electronics magazine, which changed its name and editorial philosophy last year to distance itself from active electronics enthusiasts who move fluidly across electronics and computer product areas. In a sense, then, Modern Electronics is the successor to the original concept of Popular Electronics …