“Toys” like this got me into making and building which got me into ham radio

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    24 days ago

    Oh, I remember that well, it was one of my favorite toys, if I remember it correctly though, I wasn’t very successful at making it do what it was supposed to do.

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    24 days ago

    I got a couple of these as a kid and played with them into my teenage years. I don’t recall what ever happened to them (I think we gave them away at some point when moving?)

    Edit: just remembered that I accidentally made a receiver of some sort messing about with some poorly-/un-shielded wire when I was around 13 or so. We could hear something in that tiny earpiece that came with the kit.

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    24 days ago

    I’ve still got mine somewhere. It’s a newer one that has a solderless breadboard in it.

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    20 days ago

    Take a look at Snap Circuits. They’re geared toward younger audiences I would say, but I had a set growing up that encouraged my interest in electronics. I picked up a new, bigger set recently to introduce to nieces and nephews when they are the right age.

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    18 days ago

    My dad was a BSEE, we spent our Saturdays at Radio Shack (late 70’s early 80’s). I had all those kits, TRS80, Osborne, all the toys. I ended up a RF engineer.

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      16 days ago

      Good dad. Where would you take your kid these days? Most store stocks are online now :/

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        15 days ago

        Honestly were on the sub, HAM meetings/fest/swaps. About the only true hands on group, everything else is throw away.

        https://www.youtube.com/@Physicsduck

        Great YT channel for all things geeky (and he just got his HAM license). But he can be a little raunchy in the short videos so maybe prescreen before showing the kiddos. He is really funny though