Tony Alfrey wrote: > James Knott wrote: > <snip> >>> >>> >> I remember Knight Kits. They had a wide range of electronic kits. ;-) >> http://users.arczip.com/rmcgarra2/knight.html > > They had the best stuff in the world! I built one of their two-tube > regenerative short-wave radios that had plug-in coils for band > switching. It was totally outrageous! I must have modified that > thing a zillion ways and got more exposure to basic electronics from > that kit (and a half-dozen other such kits) than most double-E's get > in their first couple years of college. I was 10. > > > > My first exposure to electronics was an "Erectronics" kit, which had 16 projects, which were assembled on a piece of perf board. That kit was given to me by my grandfather. It was originally given to an uncle, but he didn't have much interest in it. I was able to build receivers, transmitters and other devices from that kit. It came with one 1U4 triode, IIRC. I was also about ten when I received it.
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