Some of us "homebrew" in software.
Then there is the whole "maker" community that should be a nice fit.
73 -- Lynn
On 10/15/2017 9:20 AM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote:
That’s a good question. Most kids’ grandpas, even it they’re hams, don’t have
a workbench filled with boat anchors torn down in some state of repair or
restoration, or aren’t into home brew of much more than getting a relay to
work, wiring a connector, or something similar. They may not even know another
ham that does any of that aside from screwing ‘mysterious' black box radios
together with preassembled cables, which is too bad in itself, but not the same
topic.
Maybe something like this thing
https://www.amazon.com/Elenco-Electronic-Playground-Learning-Center/dp/B0035XSZDI/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0035XSZDI&pd_rd_r=NGPKH7KZXG9W97CMB6TD&pd_rd_w=VORMc&pd_rd_wg=Gq7yR&psc=1&refRID=NGPKH7KZXG9W97CMB6TD
<https://www.amazon.com/Elenco-Electronic-Playground-Learning-Center/dp/B0035XSZDI/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0035XSZDI&pd_rd_r=NGPKH7KZXG9W97CMB6TD&pd_rd_w=VORMc&pd_rd_wg=Gq7yR&psc=1&refRID=NGPKH7KZXG9W97CMB6TD>
Another option is a line of products called Snap Circuits (google it), which
are pretty slick. My 9 year old grand daughter has a couple of sets, and has
done some interesting stuff with them. Plus, they’re kind of fun … :-)
Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091, KX3 #8342
On Oct 15, 2017, at 11:46 AM, Dauer, Edward <[email protected]> wrote:
Looking for suggestion about books or kits or whatever else that might interest
a ten year old to electronics and to amateur radio. He is adept at mechanical
things and pretty bright. What else could he be? He’s my grandson.
But his understanding of electronics is well insulated by contemporary smart
phones and games and the like, about the innards of which one can learn nothing
in the old way – the way we did it, by taking the family radio apart and then
having to learn how to put it back together.
Any other grandpas or grandmas out there have experiences to share?
Thanks in advance,
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