[NJARC] Looking for mentor/tutor

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Hi Walt-

I have to agree 100% with Dave's thoughts on joining the clubs and attending the repair clinics. I came to HARPS almost two years ago because I was interested in learning more about phonograph restoration and tube amps. Something I knew absolutely zero about. What I found was a group of very helpful guys that are not only incredibly knowledgable in radio restoration and electronics, but also have a great sense of history and appreciation for technology that in many ways is still very relevant even now in our current world of digital 'devices'. It's not only about learning to restore these things from the past, but also learning about things that are still around us in the present. Joining the club has been a very positive experience for me. By the way, my intentions were not to collect radios when I joined...I now have something like 30 of them!

Scott Wynn




On Nov 29, 2014, at 2:52 PM, David Sica wrote:

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> Walt.,
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> You will find that you can pick up a fair amount of knowledge surprisingly quickly by coming to the meetings, by talking to members, by watching the recordings of past meeting presentations, by reading the newsletter and old newsletter articles, not to mention an amazing amount of useful YouTube videos that weren't around when I started muddling my way through this stuff.  Perhaps the best opportunity to learn by doing is by attending the club's Repair Clinics, where you get to work shoulder-to-shoulder with an experienced mentor on a project of your choosing.  That's a great way to get immediate feedback on basic skills like which end of the soldering iron to hold, which end of the filter capacitor should be connected to positive, how not to pull a hot rectifier tube with your fingers and all the other things I hope I will never do incorrectly a second time!  And asking specific questions on the the reflector will usually get you an answer from our aggregate knowledge base, which is a pretty impressive one.
> 
> Finally, I would not want to divert your attention from the Jersey club which is near and dear to my heart and (is in my humble opinion the best radio club in the world!) but realize that like me you're actually closer to the Hudson Valley club and you might want to consider dropping by to the meetings there too. 
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> -- Dave 
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> Dave Sica
> New Jersey Antique Radio Club
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> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:00 PM, walter jackson <riven67 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Sorry I guess I should have mentioned I am in the Secaucus area of NJ, but would be willing to travel a bit to learn. Thanks for taking the time to read my messages, Walt
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