[sdiy] OT: A Passing of the Torch

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 09 April 2005 09:55 pm, harrybissell wrote:
> 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 ?)

Yeah,  well,  there was always having to carve them transistors outta wood...!

> 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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