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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Subject: Re: hobby electronics
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 18:33:35 GMT
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On a sunny day (Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:06:30 -0700) it happened john larkin
<jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote in <35g88j19jj1g4rgtd9tk795cb883j12khj@4ax.com>:

>On Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:04:21 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:28:17 -0700, john larkin
>><jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>I'd like to hire a few kids who love component-level electronics, but
>>>they are hard to find.
>>
>>Send your hunting teams out to radio amateur meetings.  Bring nets.
>>
>>Joe Gwinn
>
>Is there still ham radio? Internet, cell phones, email, games,
>texting, and free long-distance seems to have killed that.

Well I do have an A license , we have our own satellites
and a transponder on a geostatic one,
Type 'QO100' in google.
Many local nets exist too.
I am not very active atm with ham stuff.


>I plan to explore the local maker spaces, hoping to find kids who like
>real electronics, or at least can program Raspberry Pi at low level.

There is a raspberry newsgroup.