[sdiy] OT: A Passing of the Torch

[harrybissell]

Gar... kids today have it so easy. Why when I was a youngster
we had to hunt for our own galena crystals to make the detector,
and get our own cat's whiskers.  Boy did that piss off the cat.
I still have the scars !!!   :^P

H^) harry   (can u top this ?)

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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