I have to agree with Fred. I built my first kit at about that age - a three-tube meissner regenerative receiver with an ac power supply - a gift from my father, using a big "American Beauty" soldering iron and working alone without supervision.
My father had no electronics experience so he insisted on taking it to the local Radio TV repair shop for a look-see before we plugged it in. He was very impressed and proud (as was I) when they said it was fine. I'm not sure all the solder joints were so perfect but it did work beautifully. As a parent, it's your responsibility and decision to be sure, but I grew up subscribing to the belief that a little danger is good for kids. And they survived (albeit with one broken arm on the daughter who took up dressage and jumping horses at about the same age :-) Solid state has made building much easier and soldering isn't more dangerous that working around a great many tools. Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
