Show threadlfiskOct 3, 2024

@JamesRandolph Took a picture of my first Heathkit, an AM Portable Transistor Radio too. Probably still have the Manual, but I'm not going on an archaeology dig to get it for a photo😬

It used REAL batteries too. Multiple C or D cells, don't remember which for sure, just that they lasted a loooong time👍

#Heathkit #AMRadio #ElectronicsKit

Show threadJan BetaAug 21, 2024
(The display looks way brighter in person, for some reason it messes with cameras but not with my eyes. 😅) #InTheLabDoingStuff #RetroChipTesterPro #ElectronicsKit
Show threadJan BetaAug 21, 2024
It works, too! (Except for one little mistake I made, everything was perfect first try!) #InTheLabDoingStuff #RetroChipTesterPro #ElectronicsKit
Show threadJan BetaAug 21, 2024
Progress! #InTheLabDoingStuff #RetroChipTesterPro #ElectronicsKit
Jan BetaAug 20, 2024
In the lab, doing stuff. #InTheLabDoingStuff #RetroChipTesterPro #ElectronicsKit
Show threadJan BetaJul 19, 2024
Here’s the thing in all its glory. Not going to show the punk rock look I gave the "user interface" yet, you’re going to have to wait for the video. No spoilers. 🙃#InTheLabDoingStuff #GuitarFX #Echoflanger #DandyHorse #ElectronicsKit #Soldering
Show threadJan BetaJul 19, 2024
Sorry for the silence, needed some days to do real life things. (Ironically, large parts of the internet seem to be down because of that famous update gone wrong today… 😅) I managed to get my guitar effect to work in the meantime. It was quite the journey but it sounds amazing. Editing the video now so you can all suffer through the build with me soon. 😉 #InTheLabDoingStuff #GuitarFX #Echoflanger #DandyHorse #ElectronicsKit #Soldering
Show threadJan BetaJul 12, 2024
Moar progress. Hooked up to my bench power supply, the voltages at the test points read correctly. Hooray! Now for the intricate biasing procedures…🤞 #InTheLabDoingStuff #GuitarFX #Echoflanger #DandyHorse #ElectronicsKit #Soldering
Show threadJan BetaJul 10, 2024
Progress so far. I tend to forget just how long building these kits takes until I actually do it. Mostly looking neat so far, except for one of the diodes that is at an angle (the leads of the provided diodes are super thick and un-bendy). Sockets, resistors and diodes done. Trimmers and capacitors next. I’m having fun! #InTheLabDoingStuff #GuitarFX #Echoflanger #DandyHorse #ElectronicsKit #Soldering
Tom - KB9ENSJun 23, 2024

Had the pleasure to build out about 90% of the SkysEdge "Rotary UnSmart Phone" (RUSP) this weekend. Turns out I'm missing a uFL Coax Cable or I'd have finished it. Super fun project!
Head over to skysedge.com to learn more.

Basically it's a cell phone with an honest to goodness rotary dial that will essentially only make phone calls and not do all the other distraction crap that most portable electronics do these days.
#Kit #ElectronicsKit #Electronics #RUSP #UnSmartPhone