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== Biographical ==
StartingRobert withPenfold radiostarted by experimenting with amateur experimentsradio and moving on to designing and building his own designs while still a child,. byBy the time he was 18 Robert Penfoldhe was having electronic articles published quite regularly in electronics magazines. Editors have also published his articles under pseudonyms such as A. P. Roberts, The Prof and M. V. Hastings. The author J. W. Penfold is his brother. [[Bernard Babani (publishing) Ltd|Bernard Babani]] published hisHis first book, ''Solid State Short Wave Receivers for Beginners'' was published by [[Bernard Babani (publishing) Ltd|Bernard Babani]] in October 1976.<ref name="mmag">Bob Penfold Interview, Electronics – The Maplin Magazine, Oct 1991, pp. 40-43</ref> He retired from writing profesionally in September 2017.<ref>[http://www.epe-magazine.co.uk/proj/0917.html A summary of this month's contents], Everyday Practical Electronics Magazine, September 2017</ref>
His other interests include collecting and using cameras - particularly Russian ones, macro photography, astronomy, painting both portraiture and landscapeslandscape painting in both oils and pastels, rearing butterflies and listening to and playing music.<ref name="mmag"/>
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