AM/FM RADIO KIT -  ELECTRONICS COURSE
Modular instruction and construction.

         Training Course of 52 pages is divided up into 9 lessons: Audio Amplifier, AM Detector, AM IF, AM Amplifier, AM Mixer & Oscillator, FM Detector, 1st FM IF, 2nd FM IF, FM RF Stages. “Superheterodyne” receiver of standard AM(amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency modulated) broadcast frequencies. Includes stand.  Req. 9V battery (not included)

Product Code EL-AMFM108K $34.95

From elenco

So far, my journey to increase my knowledge of electronics has been going pretty slowly. Thanks to Pete Millett’s Technical Books Online site, I have learn a lot about the basics of electronics, and I am beginning to really see how oscillators work. This is something that isn’t really explained in most resources that are online or otherwise.

To those who put electronics tutorials and the like online: Why must you assume that the reader is either a math whiz or already intimately understands the workings of electronics. You don’t explain how things work without tons of math, you assume that we just need to know that they work. Maybe I’m dumb, but I learn best by being able to picture what is going on and then applying math to it. The ARRL Handbook is guilty of this as well! The only books that really take time to explain most of this stuff is the older books and books like “Now you’re talking!”

I have decided, with the help of my wife, to return to school and pursue a degree in electronics. I will be adding links here soon to resources that I find online to help prepare me for this task.  I hope to have my Extra class license before I start classes this fall.  I also hope to bone up on math, programming, and logic before then also.  Whatever resources I find, I will post here.