[GreenKeys] Learning electronics

[Lee Mushel]

It may be a little off topic but it does happen to be exactly how I got 
started in the radio side of electronics and that is exactly why eight 
teletype machines are sitting not too far from me at the moment!

73

Lee   K9WRU
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tony j. podrasky" <tony.podrasky at gmail.com>
To: "John Whitney" <john at johnwhitney.com>
Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Learning electronics


> Hey John;
>
> I know the thread is off-topic but I think that it won't get
> out of hand, and it could encourage some young ones into the
> electronics field.
>
> My thought is to either get them to each build a crystal radio
> or for the instructor to build one in front of them.
>
> That was the first thing I built - and that's about as close to
> "magic" as you can get: look - the thing has ALMOST NOTHING in
> it and it receives radio!
>
> And it was cheap to build!
>
> And, once the kids build it, then the next thing is to make an
> amplifier (couple of transistors/caps/resistors/speaker) so you
> can listen to it with your friends.
>
> Then, morph it into a regenerative receiver - and add the shortwave
> bands.
>
> You'll see soon enough which kid is drawn to the love of electronics.
>
> 73,
> W6ESE - tony
> NNNN
> ZCZC
>
> John Whitney wrote:
>> This is a little off topic, but I've seen some members talk about how you
>> got started in electronics, and interesting the kids.  Maybe you can give 
>> us
>> a couple of pointers off line.  Here is a posting I just placed for a set 
>> of
>> courses we are setting up for our kids...
>>
>> John
>
> -- 
> Tony J. Podrasky | Professor Goddard does not know the relation between
>                  | action and reaction and the need to have something
>                  | better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems
>                  | to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high
>                  | schools.             -New York Times editorial, 1921
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