[sdiy] OT: A Passing of the Torch

[Oren Leavitt]

That's awesome, Scott!
A big round of applause to him from us here on SynthDIY!

I was 12 when I started getting doing my first electronics kits, too.
Radio Shack Science Fair P-Boxes - still remember the smell of the 
perferated red plastic box that would inevitably melt as I soldered. :-)

Oren

Scott Gravenhorst wrote:

>My son (12) put an electronics kit together today.  A little FM radio
>transmitter, 3 transistors (2xFET 1xBJT), 2 diodes (one is a varicap),
>resistors, caps, 9v batt.  Strip line type oscillator, varicap modulator. 
>He did all of the soldering and most of the component ID, learned instantly
>about proper part orientation.  It works.  Big grins, he's very proud of
>himself.
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