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Starting them young...
Green1:
I never fancied science kits as a kid as it was to much like school in my eyes.
SteveD CB500K0:
Philips Electronic Engineer kit.
Made my first radio receiver at about 8 years old.
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hairygit:
--- Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on March 29, 2020, 07:30:09 AM ---Philips Electronic Engineer kit.
Made my first radio receiver at about 8 years old.
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Nice! Mine was a Tandy (Radio Shack) kit my grandfather gave me for my 10th birthday in 1975, still got it! It seemed space age at the time, included a solar cell and a photoelectric cell among other fascinating parts.
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AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on March 29, 2020, 07:30:09 AM ---Philips Electronic Engineer kit.
Made my first radio receiver at about 8 years old.
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I had that kit too Steve including the add on kit that had two little loudspeakers (that you must have had too).
TUT TUT! Steve ;D ;D ...you didn't fit the little red rubber 'cow's udder' things that protected the AF116 & AC126 trannies from wire fatigue .
Sadly the germanium transistors used in these sets, particularly the AF116, will have developed 'tin whiskers' inside. This is also the case on NOS transistors too. It's the reason why in radio's you get from a car boot, if working, will crackle when you shake them .. it could be dry solder joints tooof coursec but on at least a couple I have found it was the dreaded 'tin whiskers' growing inside the trannies.
AshimotoK0:
Also had one of these ... absolutely brilliant .. my mate DodgyRoger still has one, as his mum was a demonstrator in a large Department store in Hull for toys like this (plus 'Lotts' chemistry sets)' .
They were so good that architects used them to model new house designs in the 1960's and show them is Estate Agents windows.
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