[sdiy] Learning electronics now - was Real cause of DIY death

[KA4HJH]

>Tom Arnold said:
>> If you're near where your domain is registered, I can point you at several
>> hamfests sorta near Sunnyvale ( well, one is definatly near and the other
>> is
>> a good long sunday drive to get to ) both of which I've gotten synth parts
>> from.  Completely hit or miss, sometimes there is nothing, other times I'm
>> using a cart to wheel stuff to my car.  2 swapmeets ago there was a pretty
>> insane amount of music gear.  One huge pile at one guys stall, and then
>> other stuff sprinkled over the rest of the meet like pixie dust...
>
>Yeah, I feel guilty living so close by (in Sunnyvale) and never making it
>out to these things, but these guys start early! I'm so rarely up before 9
>that these 6am meets are just not in my future...

Uh, 6:00AM? I typically stayed up all night. We'd leave at 2:00AM and get
there around 5:00AM. So the first thing to remember was to bring a
flashlight.

The other important item was a handtruck. This was absolutely essential.
I've had mine so loaded down with test gear it was hard to push downhill.

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Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"