[Elecraft] OT - kits for young kids?

[stan levandowski]

I was about 8 when I took out a library book that showed how to build a 
crystal radio using a safety pin, a tarnished copper penny, wire rolled 
around an oatmeal box, a very long wire antenna, and the dial stop on 
our old black telephone for the ground.

The darn thing picked up WALL on 1340 kilocycles on the first try!

I lived across the street from the transmitter.

Location,location,location...

73, Stan WB2LQF


On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Bill K9YEQ wrote:

> Ok you are asking for it... in 1956 or about, I got a two transistor
> multi-kit, very expensive at the time for Christmas.  That was after 
> my
> Elmer who built great stuff and was 2 years older took me under his 
> wing.  I
> was ~ 11 at the time. Whatever you do, solder something and make it 
> work!
>
> 73,
> Bill
> K9YEQ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I had one of those 200 in 1 type electronics kits that you could 
> insert
> wires into spring coils (that are soldered to components underneath 
> the
> board).  You can probably search Amazon for Elenco Electronic 
> Playground for
> them, there's a bunch from 50 in 1 to 500 in 1 kits.  I can remember 
> making
> very simple AM radio receivers with them when I was around 9 years 
> old...
>
>
> 73
> ./ben
> W6MCM
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM, ON4WIX <ON4WIX at skynet.be> wrote:
>
>> Hi group,
>>
>> So, my question to this knowledgeable group is this: are any of you 
>> aware of electronics teaching kits aimed at the 7-10 yo age group? 
>> I'd think these would be some sort of breadboard assembly kind of 
>> kits, using spring-tension terminals to build some nifty projects 
>> like sirens, chaser lights, maybe an Xtal receiver (although medium 
>> wave has become rather quiet over here in EU)...
>>
>> Any hints will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> 73
>> Glenn ON4WIX
>
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