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| description | Electronics trade journal |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Elektor Verlag GmbH |
| First edition | May 1970 |
| Frequency of publication | 6 times a year |
| Sold edition | 22,662 copies |
| ( IVW Q3 / 2011) | |
| Widespread edition | 23,040 copies |
| ( IVW Q3 / 2011) | |
| Editor-in-chief | Jens Nickel |
| editor | Donatus Akkermans |
| Web link | www.elektormagazine.de |
| ISSN (print) | 0932-5468 |
| CODEN | ELKRCM |
Elektor is a specialist magazine for electronics , technical informatics and applied computer technology .
It has been published in German by Elektor-Verlag GmbH in Aachen (in the early years in Gangelt ) since May 1970 and is one of the last remaining magazines for hobby electronics . In addition to the Dutch mother edition, which has been published for some time, there is also an English and French edition. The translator of the German edition was initially the future TV journalist Wolfgang Back .
Details
Six double editions appear annually, which offer projects and circuits that have been tested by the publisher's own laboratory and are reliable. Until the end of 2016, the magazine was published monthly, with a double issue August – September. The layout, which was mainly designed in the 1970s and 1980s, was provided with lovingly drawn graphics in many places.
Elektor Verlag celebrated its 50th anniversary with the May / June 2020 issue (issue No. 573).
Since Elektor left the IVW (the information community for the determination of the distribution of advertising media) on October 1st, 2012, no more independent circulation figures are available for advertising customers. The self-reported figure is 35,000 copies in 2014 in Germany.
With the publication of the 07-08 / 2018 issue, the magazine was renamed ElektorLabs. With the 01–02 / 2020 issue, the company was renamed back to its original name, Elektor.
Surname
The name is a Germanization of the title of the Dutch mother edition Elektuur ; this is made up of the words Elektronica = "electronics" and Lektuur = "reading, reading material", so the German title is formed by contraction of the words electronics and lector .
As part of the international orientation of the business, all editions have been published under the name Elektor since October 2007 , including the Dutch parent edition.
Except for the years in the 1990s, the name is written with an initial minuskel ("elektor"), otherwise with an initial majuskel ("Elektor") on the title graphic .