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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: hobby electronics
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 18:27:38 GMT
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On a sunny day (Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:28:17 -0700) it happened john larkin
<jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote in <j5a88jhm7pge920n2io4jnhs101i8ntb2g@4ax.com>:

>
>It's my opinion that there are few hobbyists that really work with
>parts and make circuits, and most EE grads are EE/CE dual majors that
>code more than they solder, and don't have instincts for electricity.
>
>Here's a youtube on the subject:
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLnolhyT5SI
>
>Some of these guys blame surface mount, which seems wrong to me. There
>are lots of thru-hole parts and parts kits around.

Smurf mount is no problem:
 https://panteltje.nl/pub/test_board_wiring_side_IMG_3921.GIF
  can you spot the SMDs?
BTW that is a 1.5 GHz or so mixer on the right
 https://panteltje.nl/pub/test_board_component_side_1_IMG_3911.GIF


>I'd like to hire a few kids who love component-level electronics, but
>they are hard to find.

Yea... the old guys knew how to do  moon landing and return
Now boing starliner has its astronuts stuck at the ISS after spending billions.
US IQ now a one digit number.

But there are also good things
 Nice spectrum analyzer in a RTL-SDR USB stick where you needed a short wave radio before..