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Im guessing the revival never happened then ?
 
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Are people still bothering with what satellite magazine or has this gone down the pan too ?
 
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Wotsat's still alive and kicking. Even in my local Tesco now, never was before it was taken over by MyHobbyStore Ltd.
 
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Wotsat is in its best incarnation for years, if not decades. Definitely not dead.
 
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Sad news indeed ..
I subscribed to the 'Television' mag for over 15 years ...but found it related less and less to my TV repair needs ...so gave up on it some years ago.
Its a great shame though..
I too liked Rogers reports ...and the humerous adecdotes of Les Lawry ...back in the day..
Their problem imo came when they tried to diversify ..and drifted away from their core readers ..TV engineers..
such is life.
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...many a 'mad science' project started as a result of some bizzare item sold through Sendz ...that geeky store that used to advertise on the rear cover..
 
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Vipersan said:
...many a 'mad science' project started as a result of some bizzare item sold through Sendz ...that geeky store that used to advertise on the rear cover..
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AH yes, Sendz... tin can specialist (VHF tuners) :-rofl2

Made many a TV tuning module with those for DXTV working the continental VHF stations :)
 
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Llew said:
Wotsat's still alive and kicking. Even in my local Tesco now, never was before it was taken over by MyHobbyStore Ltd.
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Really? I'll have to look at the magazine rack at our local te$co, hopefully without a stupid price like £3.99 individually or buy two for £10, like they usually do... :-rofl2
 
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Really? I'll have to look at the magazine rack at our local te$co, hopefully without a stupid price like £3.99 individually or buy two for £10, like they usually do... :-rofl2
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....isn't that eek-anomics??
 
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AH yes, Sendz...
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Am I right in remembering that they did goody bags of miscellaneous items that they guaranteed were worth more than you paid for them?
 
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....isn't that eek-anomics??
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More like Tesconomics, it's standard policy there... :-rofl2
 
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