[Elecraft] Suggestions for Introducing a 10-year-old to Amateur Radio and Electronics

[Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT]

Some of us "homebrew" in software.

Then there is the whole "maker" community that should be a nice fit.

73 -- Lynn

On 10/15/2017 9:20 AM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote:
> That’s a good question.  Most kids’ grandpas, even it they’re hams, don’t have a workbench filled with boat anchors torn down in some state of repair or restoration, or aren’t into home brew of much more than getting a relay to work, wiring a connector, or something similar.  They may not even know another ham that does any of that aside from screwing ‘mysterious' black box radios together with preassembled cables, which is too bad in itself, but not the same topic.
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> Maybe something like this thing https://www.amazon.com/Elenco-Electronic-Playground-Learning-Center/dp/B0035XSZDI/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0035XSZDI&pd_rd_r=NGPKH7KZXG9W97CMB6TD&pd_rd_w=VORMc&pd_rd_wg=Gq7yR&psc=1&refRID=NGPKH7KZXG9W97CMB6TD <https://www.amazon.com/Elenco-Electronic-Playground-Learning-Center/dp/B0035XSZDI/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0035XSZDI&pd_rd_r=NGPKH7KZXG9W97CMB6TD&pd_rd_w=VORMc&pd_rd_wg=Gq7yR&psc=1&refRID=NGPKH7KZXG9W97CMB6TD>
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> Another option is a line of products called Snap Circuits (google it), which are pretty slick.  My 9 year old grand daughter has a couple of sets, and has done some interesting stuff with them.  Plus, they’re kind of fun … :-)
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> Grant NQ5T
> K3 #2091, KX3 #8342
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>> On Oct 15, 2017, at 11:46 AM, Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu> wrote:
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>> Looking for suggestion about books or kits or whatever else that might interest a ten year old to electronics and to amateur radio.  He is adept at mechanical things and pretty bright.  What else could he be?  He’s my grandson.
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>> But his understanding of electronics is well insulated by contemporary smart phones and games and the like, about the innards of which one can learn nothing in the old way – the way we did it, by taking the family radio apart and then having to learn how to put it back together.
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>> Any other grandpas or grandmas out there have experiences to share?
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>> Thanks in advance,
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