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[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony Alfrey wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
> <snip>
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>> 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.





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