Tony Alfrey wrote:
James Knott wrote: <snip>
I remember Knight Kits. They had a wide range of electronic kits. ;-) http://users.arczip.com/rmcgarra2/knight.html
They had the best stuff in the world! I built one of their two-tube regenerative short-wave radios that had plug-in coils for band switching. It was totally outrageous! I must have modified that thing a zillion ways and got more exposure to basic electronics from that kit (and a half-dozen other such kits) than most double-E's get in their first couple years of college. I was 10.
My first exposure to electronics was an "Erectronics" kit, which had 16 projects, which were assembled on a piece of perf board. That kit was given to me by my grandfather. It was originally given to an uncle, but he didn't have much interest in it. I was able to build receivers, transmitters and other devices from that kit. It came with one 1U4 triode, IIRC. I was also about ten when I received it. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org