Newbe Lost Matter College Student

Interest varies to mode for tinkering. I enjoy Electronics repairing, tinkering, Active with Amateur radio, Computers (limitations) of repairing, file errors, general head ach trbl-shooting upto and including hardware, WiFi installations, Webcam(s) for electronic repairs of ckt brds (Vision is not the same as it was 25+yrs ago). I also tinker with home satellite developments, WiFi design(s) for home use. I collect antique radios, and vintage stereos (HiFi Systems)....Basically I enjoy pretty well everything that has educational benifit behind it. Jack of all trades, but no masters. Enjoy reading electronic books, and internet articals.
 
      I served 8 years in the U.S. Navy Radioman RM2/E5 from 1979 - 1987 Presidents Carter, Regan era vet and currently a DAV....T...
 
 

Welcome to Cocoontech!
 
Enjoy your visit with us.  Lots of information here.

Welcome....I myself attended The School of Hard Knocks, an affiliate of The Lost Matter School.
 
Mike.

Wait ... there's another way to learn ? :blink:  I wish someone told me that a long time ago ! Not that I would have listened
 
Useful thing for that eyes, the smart phone camera's can do wonderful zoom and make even the smaller (not  smallest) smt lettering visible. Otherwise it's drug store 8 - 15x glasses and very bright lights (LEDs are great for this).
 
Plenty of folks here are playing with everything from arduino like devices, Pi's and what not to build their own (hardware and software).

Here dad brought me to an amateur radio club meeting (way before I could drive) in the 1960's near where we lived.
 
The attached pictures are of two radios that were given to me by some older club members. 
 
Well they were all older than me at the time.  I got bitten by the Ham radio bug then.  From here built a couple of radios (well one was a just a code only 50 watt transmitter). 
 
I recall building a radio shack under the front porch section in the basement.
 
The ceiling was short but worked for me at the time. 
 

 
Today (this morning) playing with a multiple frequency (bands) radio receiver that is about 1.5" X 8" with 5 antenna inputs, serial intelligent outputs and two power inputs.  Amazing technology.  I have gone to modifying it a bit such that it uses one power input.
 
 

linuxha said:

Useful thing for that eyes, the smart phone camera's can do wonderful zoom and make even the smaller (not  smallest) smt lettering visible.

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I also use the phone camera to see things that are hidden from my view. Recently I needed to see the label on the electric fan motor in my oil burner and the label was on the far side of the motor where I couldn't get my head in to see at all. I just reached around back with the phone and snapped a shot and got what I needed.
 
Mike.