Good morning, my name is Bruce and like I said, it's been a long time. I took electronics as a vocation in high school and trade school but boy that was a long time ago. It has always been kind of a pastion of mine but I got side tracked in life. I am retired now and decided that I would like to get back into my passion. I have been collecting equipment and stuff from way back when and now hope to get a little help from the forum. I have forgotten an awful lot of what I learned but the ashes are still warm and maybe with a little help we can get the fire going again.
It's been a long time
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grillebilly
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Marine0811
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SPEC2man
Are we there yet?
Well Hello!
I was just thinking about the old high school electronics class ... would have been 1979-82. There wasn't much I couldn't repair back then ... it was by far my favorite class. They don't have those classes anymore. I even had a couple years in college electronics before changing to "computers". I did some successful searching online and if you dig in here; there are links to lots of online resources. No shortage of free advice and I have followed some pretty involved posts. It fascinating just how much knowledge is contained within this site. Setup a bench, pick up a few pieces of test equipment and I think you might surprise yourself. I also found a few of the old textbooks for sale on eBay. I envy you - my plan is to do exactly what you're doing when I retire. When I finally have the time to dig in, maybe start with some basic tube gear and see where I end up.
Good luck!
I was just thinking about the old high school electronics class ... would have been 1979-82. There wasn't much I couldn't repair back then ... it was by far my favorite class. They don't have those classes anymore. I even had a couple years in college electronics before changing to "computers". I did some successful searching online and if you dig in here; there are links to lots of online resources. No shortage of free advice and I have followed some pretty involved posts. It fascinating just how much knowledge is contained within this site. Setup a bench, pick up a few pieces of test equipment and I think you might surprise yourself. I also found a few of the old textbooks for sale on eBay. I envy you - my plan is to do exactly what you're doing when I retire. When I finally have the time to dig in, maybe start with some basic tube gear and see where I end up.
Good luck!
SuperDaveOz
Man of a Million Shunts
Hey Bruce, welcome. I found "Understanding Electronics" helpful, a small book that is basic. I also found "Understanding Modern Electronics" helpful, done by Great Courses and Dr. Richard Wolfson. His style is practical, friendly, fun, interesting. He's a bit quirky, but clearly loves what he does, and also knows a ton of useful down-to-earth stuff. He's into audio as well and uses it to describe things. Good luck and welcome back to the hobby.
