Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
On 9/17/2023 6:16 AM, Larry (K8UT) wrote: One of my favorite Dilbert videos - when mom discovers her son has "the knack"." I love that clip! It makes me laugh every time. (Yes, I am an engineer...) -=d -- David Thompson, AG7TX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
On 9/17/23 23:05, John Gay wrote: ... Not much later I’d taught myself to solder and built a Knightkit Star Roamer. Ah yes, the Star Roamer, my first "real" receiver. (The actual first was a homebrew 1-tube regen.) I feel like one of the Old Timers when I was young talking about their spark transmitters. :-) Alan N1AL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
I owe my interest to an unknown person, likely a ham. When I was around 11 I found an Allied Radio and a Lafayette Radio catalog in an abandoned homesteaders cabin on the family ranch that some hunters had left behind after using it for shelter during the Montana deer hunting season. Old catalogs often served as TP in such circumstances. Until then I had no idea shortwave radio existed and being a little remote, we had just gotten REA. In went bingo cards for current catalogs. Not much later I’d taught myself to solder and built a Knightkit Star Roamer. Even joined the ARRL as an associate. But no one to work with me on the code; the one local ham I could find refused. Then as a GE freshman, the EE demo was really boring (the microchip revolution hadn’t hit the curriculum yet) so ME it was but engineering never the less. And more career changes ahead. 73, John K7JG Sent from my iPad __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
One of my favorite Dilbert videos - when mom discovers her son has "the knack"." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zee9HV7c11E -larry (K8UT) -- Original Message -- From "Nate Bargmann" To elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date 9/16/2023 22:09:44 Subject Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer * On 2023 16 Sep 13:24 -0500, jerry wrote: On 2023-09-15 17:31, Wayne Burdick wrote: > I was 8 years old. *** I've been trying to interest my 9 year old in electronics & radio. Am leveraging his love for making things. Which mostly is alas focused on Legos. Don't push too hard. Even though dad fixed some TVs up until I was six or seven, I didn't gain an interest in electronics until after high school at age 17. As a youth I had Lego, Tinker Toys, and Erector Sets. All were educational in various ways. Exposure to various hands-on things will let him find what he likes. Even simple computer programming will be beneficial. 73, Nate, N0NB -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k...@charter.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
Jerry, One way to interest a son in radio and electronics expose him to others of his age that are interested and playing with it. Possibly a call to a local scout master to see if he has any charges that have a similar interest. Sometimes it takes a few years. I exposed my secretary’s sons to electronics and SWLing when they were teenagers and 30 years later when they had their families and jobs stabilized they rediscovered ham radio and became licensed. The best thing you are doing is something together with radio. My father was interested but never became licensed, BUT he took me to other hams homes and they showed me what they had and how it worked. And our family doctor was a ham and took me under tow. I became a family doctor AND a ham….. and Dad bought two Philmore radio kits and a one tube battery operated kit that I myself built. A neighborhood kid was a ham and another ham lived across the street. As I got older we made part 15 one transistor transmitters and sent CW around the neighborhood. It never stopped after that. Even in college and Med school there was always someone that had a ham rig in a closet somewhere and I borrowed it and got on the air. On the air since 1960. Dave K8WPE David J. Wilcox’s iPad > On Sep 16, 2023, at 2:25 PM, jerry wrote: > > On 2023-09-15 17:31, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> I was 8 years old. > > *** I've been trying to interest my 9 year old in electronics & radio. Am > leveraging his love for making things. Which > mostly is alas focused on Legos. > > When the COVID hit, I immediately got on Amazon and ordered the biggest, > most elaborate "snap circuits" kit. It was sort > of a bust. He did a few of them and lost interest. The trouble with snap > circuits is that the elaborate ones - the ones that > do interesting things - depend on ICs that they have packaged up. Black > boxes that hide all the fun. Also, for some strange > reason, Snap Circuits doesn't use schematics in their workbooks. > > I like the old Radio Shack multi-project kits better, and I got him the > last-biggest one that they made. Actual > schematics. > > I had him build a Velleman kit that I had laying around. He was scared of > the soldering iron. I said "just don't touch > the metal part" :). > >- Jerry, KF6VB > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to djwilco...@yahoo.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
On 9/16/2023 7:09 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: Don't push too hard. Even though dad fixed some TVs up until I was six or seven, I didn't gain an interest in electronics until after high school at age 17. As a youth I had Lego, Tinker Toys, and Erector Sets. All were educational in various ways. Exposure to various hands-on things will let him find what he likes. Great advice, Nate. I exposed my kids to lots of things and let them figure out if they wanted more. I've watched many other parents do the same, and their kids have all turned out pretty happy! 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
* On 2023 16 Sep 13:24 -0500, jerry wrote: > On 2023-09-15 17:31, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > I was 8 years old. > > *** I've been trying to interest my 9 year old in electronics & radio. Am > leveraging his love for making things. Which > mostly is alas focused on Legos. Don't push too hard. Even though dad fixed some TVs up until I was six or seven, I didn't gain an interest in electronics until after high school at age 17. As a youth I had Lego, Tinker Toys, and Erector Sets. All were educational in various ways. Exposure to various hands-on things will let him find what he likes. Even simple computer programming will be beneficial. 73, Nate, N0NB -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
On Friday, September 15, 2023 at 08:35:40 PM EDT, Wayne Burdick wrote: > I was 8 years old. My dad had bought me a Radio Shack Science Fair 8-Note > Electronic Organ kit for Christmas, along with a soldering iron. Sounds like one of their P-Box kits. When I was around the same age, my Father bought the 3-transistor regenerative Short-Wave Radio Kit. A listing of the P-Box kits can be found here: http://my.core.com/~sparktron/pbox.html My Father was a Fireman, so there was no way he would trust me with a soldering iron at such a young age. Instead, he ended up building the kit himself while I watched with great interest. He wound several coils so the receiver could receive several ham bands as he was trying to spark an interest in Amateur Radio, but I don't ever recall hearing any hams with the receiver, just the typical short-wave broadcasts of the time. Several years later, he ended up taking the receiver away from me because the radiated broadband noise interfered with his Swan 500CX. :-) It didn't matter much to me anyway as I never heard much with it. But it was every educational in the sense that the frequency range of the receiver was dictated by the size of the coil wound by the builder. Eventually he gave me his old Hammarlund HQ-140-X, so I hardly ever missed that old Radio Shack regen. Interestingly enough, there's a modernized version of the receiver that employs silicon transistors (2N3904 and 2N3906s) instead of the original germanium jobs. Details can be found here: http://www.netzener.net/images/swradio/swradio.pdf And that old Hammarlund lives on to this day after I "solid-stated it" not long after becoming a ham 40 years ago. 73 de John, KD2BD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
Oops. I have been licensed 46 years, not 56. Not that I'm showing my age. On 9/16/2023 2:02 PM, Dave Kelley wrote: Very similar story to mine. When I was 8 years old, my parents gave me a crystal radio kit for Christmas 1972. I built it, ran the antenna wire to a tree outside, and could hear only Top-40 radio from the AM station that was about half a mile away. It was magical. I fell in love with radio to a background of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," Carol King's "It's Too Late," Elton John's "Rocket Man," and Hot Butter's "Popcorn." (Does anyone remember the last one?) I've now been licensed for 56 years and teach electrical engineering at a small university. No regrets and a lot of happiness. Thanks for a great story, Wayne. 73, Dave ND3K (ex-NB4J) -Original Message- From: Wayne Burdick Sent: Sep 15, 2023 7:33 PM I was 8 years old. My dad had bought me a Radio Shack Science Fair 8-Note Electronic Organ kit for Christmas, along with a soldering iron. That night I built the kit, finishing at something like 11 PM, which was unheard of. I remember Dad looming over me in his green bathrobe, smiling, saying it was OK to say up late just this once. He could see I was in flow. Perhaps that validated his experiment. The organ worked the first time I connected the 9 V battery. But I had an ear for music, and after running through the notes, I could tell some were mis-tuned. Undaunted, I looked at the schematic and saw resistors. One per note. That had to be the problem. Thanks to Heathkit I had learned the color code that very morning. I also had a box full of resistors I'd scavenged from old radios and TVs. (Why?) I started sticking old resistors in parallel or series with the shiny new ones until I had the notes all in tune, at least by ear. At last I finished the job by bending the leads of the motley, oversized resistors until they all fit in the bottom of the plastic perf-board enclosure. Presentation was everything. (How did I know that?) I proudly demonstrated the hacked organ for my parents, then for my older sister, who was taking piano lessons. At best I got my hair ruffled. But still: that was the day. Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to karlwhubb...@yahoo.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
Oh those days. I got my first crystal radio with the co, stylus, and crystal back in 1966 but could only get one of the super giant AM radio stations, WKBW, out of Buffalo NY spewing 50,000 watts on 1520 from the towers about 5 miles away. Having a problem with my KX3 in that with my KPA100 putting out 100W on a Buckmaster 10-80M OCFD, 100foot center coax feedline. I can hear people but they can never hear me, even when they announce they are running barefoot on 100W also, 20m during day and 40 and 80 at night. Gave up on the Elecraft 3.784 Sunday 9:00 PM Net. Last night, when I tried to transmit on JS8Call, I got a reply on my Windows 11 computer with SignaLink that there was an "error with the audio input." The Notification Sound card output speakers , Input Microphone, and Output speakers on the JS8Call setup were reset to the previous USB Audio Codec. It eliminated the error message but still no responses. Somehow the Codecs might have changed and I corrected the problem (I hope)? But strangely still no acknowledgement or reply from my heart beat inquiry and reply requests on JS8Call. This isn't a problem with the KX3 is it? Also. will the KPA 100 ever suddenly switch on its own from antenna 1 to antenna 2? I now keep a 100W dummy load on the unused one. The KPA100 indicates 90-100 Watts on its lighted linear meter during transmission. Is this reliable to confirm actual output/transmission to the antenna? Or should I join the club of those who get those watt meters to measure the actual power being sent out during transmission? Not for SWR, as I have a Rig Expert AA600 for that. Got a notice from DxEngineering today that the 3000Watt capable Buckmaster 10-80 M antenna is now back in stock for $311.00. I can't go vertical and not enough space for traditional dipole for 40 and 80 meters. I've thought about just going ahead and getting a K4 and KPA1500 to end my frustration, even though I am essentially still a novice. Sheer brute force to make things happen as with back in my college wrestling and football days. 73'sKarl AF5LQOn Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 02:03:53 PM EDT, Dave Kelley wrote: Very similar story to mine. When I was 8 years old, my parents gave me a crystal radio kit for Christmas 1972. I built it, ran the antenna wire to a tree outside, and could hear only Top-40 radio from the AM station that was about half a mile away. It was magical. I fell in love with radio to a background of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," Carol King's "It's Too Late," Elton John's "Rocket Man," and Hot Butter's "Popcorn." (Does anyone remember the last one?) I've now been licensed for 56 years and teach electrical engineering at a small university. No regrets and a lot of happiness. Thanks for a great story, Wayne. 73, Dave ND3K (ex-NB4J) -Original Message- From: Wayne Burdick Sent: Sep 15, 2023 7:33 PM I was 8 years old. My dad had bought me a Radio Shack Science Fair 8-Note Electronic Organ kit for Christmas, along with a soldering iron. That night I built the kit, finishing at something like 11 PM, which was unheard of. I remember Dad looming over me in his green bathrobe, smiling, saying it was OK to say up late just this once. He could see I was in flow. Perhaps that validated his experiment. The organ worked the first time I connected the 9 V battery. But I had an ear for music, and after running through the notes, I could tell some were mis-tuned. Undaunted, I looked at the schematic and saw resistors. One per note. That had to be the problem. Thanks to Heathkit I had learned the color code that very morning. I also had a box full of resistors I'd scavenged from old radios and TVs. (Why?) I started sticking old resistors in parallel or series with the shiny new ones until I had the notes all in tune, at least by ear. At last I finished the job by bending the leads of the motley, oversized resistors until they all fit in the bottom of the plastic perf-board enclosure. Presentation was everything. (How did I know that?) I proudly demonstrated the hacked organ for my parents, then for my older sister, who was taking piano lessons. At best I got my hair ruffled. But still: that was the day. Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to karlwhubb...@yahoo.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
On 2023-09-15 17:31, Wayne Burdick wrote: I was 8 years old. *** I've been trying to interest my 9 year old in electronics & radio. Am leveraging his love for making things. Which mostly is alas focused on Legos. When the COVID hit, I immediately got on Amazon and ordered the biggest, most elaborate "snap circuits" kit. It was sort of a bust. He did a few of them and lost interest. The trouble with snap circuits is that the elaborate ones - the ones that do interesting things - depend on ICs that they have packaged up. Black boxes that hide all the fun. Also, for some strange reason, Snap Circuits doesn't use schematics in their workbooks. I like the old Radio Shack multi-project kits better, and I got him the last-biggest one that they made. Actual schematics. I had him build a Velleman kit that I had laying around. He was scared of the soldering iron. I said "just don't touch the metal part" :). - Jerry, KF6VB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
Very similar story to mine. When I was 8 years old, my parents gave me a crystal radio kit for Christmas 1972. I built it, ran the antenna wire to a tree outside, and could hear only Top-40 radio from the AM station that was about half a mile away. It was magical. I fell in love with radio to a background of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," Carol King's "It's Too Late," Elton John's "Rocket Man," and Hot Butter's "Popcorn." (Does anyone remember the last one?) I've now been licensed for 56 years and teach electrical engineering at a small university. No regrets and a lot of happiness. Thanks for a great story, Wayne. 73, Dave ND3K (ex-NB4J) -Original Message- From: Wayne Burdick Sent: Sep 15, 2023 7:33 PM I was 8 years old. My dad had bought me a Radio Shack Science Fair 8-Note Electronic Organ kit for Christmas, along with a soldering iron. That night I built the kit, finishing at something like 11 PM, which was unheard of. I remember Dad looming over me in his green bathrobe, smiling, saying it was OK to say up late just this once. He could see I was in flow. Perhaps that validated his experiment. The organ worked the first time I connected the 9 V battery. But I had an ear for music, and after running through the notes, I could tell some were mis-tuned. Undaunted, I looked at the schematic and saw resistors. One per note. That had to be the problem. Thanks to Heathkit I had learned the color code that very morning. I also had a box full of resistors I'd scavenged from old radios and TVs. (Why?) I started sticking old resistors in parallel or series with the shiny new ones until I had the notes all in tune, at least by ear. At last I finished the job by bending the leads of the motley, oversized resistors until they all fit in the bottom of the plastic perf-board enclosure. Presentation was everything. (How did I know that?) I proudly demonstrated the hacked organ for my parents, then for my older sister, who was taking piano lessons. At best I got my hair ruffled. But still: that was the day. Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
Disregard, sent to wrong addres -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of George Thornton Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2023 10:02 AM To: Rick Bates, NK7I ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer The other thing about this video is that he did not test the 180-600 at different apertures. Reports from earlier videos say it does better at f8 instead of wide open. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Rick Bates, NK7I Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2023 8:30 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer Satin, crinkle black... Or flat two tone green a la Heathkit. Rick nk7i On 9/16/2023 8:00 AM, Mike Morrow wrote: > How long before you painted it flat black? :-) > > Mike / KK5F > > -Original Message- > From: Wayne Burdick > Sent: Sep 15, 2023 7:33 PM > > I was 8 years old. My dad had bought me a Radio Shack Science Fair 8-Note > Electronic Organ kit for Christmas, along with a soldering iron. > > That night I built the kit, finishing at something like 11 PM, which was > unheard of. > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home:http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help:http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post:mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by:http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list:http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered torick.n...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
The other thing about this video is that he did not test the 180-600 at different apertures. Reports from earlier videos say it does better at f8 instead of wide open. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Rick Bates, NK7I Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2023 8:30 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer Satin, crinkle black... Or flat two tone green a la Heathkit. Rick nk7i On 9/16/2023 8:00 AM, Mike Morrow wrote: > How long before you painted it flat black? :-) > > Mike / KK5F > > -Original Message- > From: Wayne Burdick > Sent: Sep 15, 2023 7:33 PM > > I was 8 years old. My dad had bought me a Radio Shack Science Fair 8-Note > Electronic Organ kit for Christmas, along with a soldering iron. > > That night I built the kit, finishing at something like 11 PM, which was > unheard of. > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home:http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help:http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post:mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by:http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list:http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered torick.n...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
Satin, crinkle black... Or flat two tone green a la Heathkit. Rick nk7i On 9/16/2023 8:00 AM, Mike Morrow wrote: How long before you painted it flat black? :-) Mike / KK5F -Original Message- From: Wayne Burdick Sent: Sep 15, 2023 7:33 PM I was 8 years old. My dad had bought me a Radio Shack Science Fair 8-Note Electronic Organ kit for Christmas, along with a soldering iron. That night I built the kit, finishing at something like 11 PM, which was unheard of. __ Elecraft mailing list Home:http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by:http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list:http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered torick.n...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
How long before you painted it flat black? :-) Mike / KK5F -Original Message- From: Wayne Burdick Sent: Sep 15, 2023 7:33 PM I was 8 years old. My dad had bought me a Radio Shack Science Fair 8-Note Electronic Organ kit for Christmas, along with a soldering iron. That night I built the kit, finishing at something like 11 PM, which was unheard of. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
I was 8 years old. My dad had bought me a Radio Shack Science Fair 8-Note Electronic Organ kit for Christmas, along with a soldering iron. That night I built the kit, finishing at something like 11 PM, which was unheard of. I remember Dad looming over me in his green bathrobe, smiling, saying it was OK to say up late just this once. He could see I was in flow. Perhaps that validated his experiment. The organ worked the first time I connected the 9 V battery. But I had an ear for music, and after running through the notes, I could tell some were mis-tuned. Undaunted, I looked at the schematic and saw resistors. One per note. That had to be the problem. Thanks to Heathkit I had learned the color code that very morning. I also had a box full of resistors I'd scavenged from old radios and TVs. (Why?) I started sticking old resistors in parallel or series with the shiny new ones until I had the notes all in tune, at least by ear. At last I finished the job by bending the leads of the motley, oversized resistors until they all fit in the bottom of the plastic perf-board enclosure. Presentation was everything. (How did I know that?) I proudly demonstrated the hacked organ for my parents, then for my older sister, who was taking piano lessons. At best I got my hair ruffled. But still: that was the day. Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
