I was about 8 when I took out a library book that showed how to build a crystal radio using a safety pin, a tarnished copper penny, wire rolled around an oatmeal box, a very long wire antenna, and the dial stop on our old black telephone for the ground.
The darn thing picked up WALL on 1340 kilocycles on the first try! I lived across the street from the transmitter. Location,location,location... 73, Stan WB2LQF On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Bill K9YEQ wrote: > Ok you are asking for it... in 1956 or about, I got a two transistor > multi-kit, very expensive at the time for Christmas. That was after > my > Elmer who built great stuff and was 2 years older took me under his > wing. I > was ~ 11 at the time. Whatever you do, solder something and make it > work! > > 73, > Bill > K9YEQ > > > -----Original Message----- > > I had one of those 200 in 1 type electronics kits that you could > insert > wires into spring coils (that are soldered to components underneath > the > board). You can probably search Amazon for Elenco Electronic > Playground for > them, there's a bunch from 50 in 1 to 500 in 1 kits. I can remember > making > very simple AM radio receivers with them when I was around 9 years > old... > > > 73 > ./ben > W6MCM > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM, ON4WIX <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi group, >> >> So, my question to this knowledgeable group is this: are any of you >> aware of electronics teaching kits aimed at the 7-10 yo age group? >> I'd think these would be some sort of breadboard assembly kind of >> kits, using spring-tension terminals to build some nifty projects >> like sirens, chaser lights, maybe an Xtal receiver (although medium >> wave has become rather quiet over here in EU)... >> >> Any hints will be greatly appreciated. >> >> 73 >> Glenn ON4WIX > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
