Craig, I would also recomend a mates web sight in Austraila http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/
His name is Ian Purdy VK2TIP and he runs an excellant site and the lessons are divided up quite nicely -- 73 Chuck AA8VS Meddle not in the Affairs of Dragons, for thou art Crunchy and Taste Good with BBQ Sauce > On 8/11/05, Craig Rairdin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like something that covers the basics of electricity and electronics > > that includes some simple projects. In the end I'd like them to be able to > > take the Technician exam, so I'll have to supplement it with rules and > > operating practices. I'm also going to supplement it with basic home wiring > > just for fun. > > Well I read Forrest Mim's classic, _Getting Started in Electronics_ > when I was 12 years old, unfortunately around 25% of my self-built > projects were failures, so some guidance and help when building would > of been nice. > > Another self-guided title that a youngster could easily follow is > _Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics_ by Stan Gibilisco, but it > does not have any experiments if I remember correctly. > > I'm a little hesitate to encourage young children learning about > household wiring, for a couple of reasons, first they are too young to > use currently. Second, by the time they are old enough of it to be of > any value they might confuse facts (is ground brown or green?), and > some of the "facts" (i.e. NEC) may have changed. > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
