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Hi all,
@here When I was young I learned a lot from "The Boys Book of Crystal Sets" (https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Bookshelf/Technology/Boys-Book-...) and the Ladybird book "Making a Transistor Radio" (https://archive.org/details/MakingATransistorRadio-LadybirdBook/page/n0).
These are largely unusable today, primarily because you cannot get 500pF air spaced variable capacitors (they come up second hand on eBay sometimes at a price, but with little guarantee about actual capacitance values). Plus they are dependent on germanium technology, although that is accessible at least for the diodes.
I have a 10 year old nephew who is very keen on electronics. I'd like to introduce him to the same sort of projects. Any suggestions what the modern equivalent would be?
Thanks,
Jeremy
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