EV>> BK>  it. My interest was always in the building side of it. Built a   
   EV>> BK>  lot of equipment, got it working and then went on to building   
   EV>> BK>  other things.   
      
   EV>> BK>  I sold a lot at hamfests.   
      
   EV>>Bob,   
      
   EV>>It's been a long time since I built any electronic gear.   
      
   EV>>Once in a while I would see a Popular Electronics article   
   EV>>that I just had to have, but that was a long time ago, too.   
      
    TW> Same Here. But all of my homebuilt projects were simple   
    TW> kits. Things like an Akkied Radio Function and a couple of   
    TW> Heathkit/Radio Shack CD ignition modules.   
      
    I did build a lot of radio shack kits. A couple of them were   
    radio shack frequency counters. They actually worked pretty   
    well, only they needed a bit of modification. I replaced the   
    60hz powerline base with a 100HZ crystal oscillator chip. That   
    and modified the input amplifier, which was much more an   
    impedance buffer, with one that actually did amplify. Worked   
    fine.   
      
    Also built a bunch of CW active filters. I wanted to buy one or   
    two from MFJ, but when I wrote up the order I found shipping was   
    $5 each on a $10 kit. Didn't even combine shipping. I was so   
    outraged I looked at the schematic, found it was a commonly used   
    basic design.   
      
    So I bought a couple experimenter's PC boards at radio shack,   
    some parts, and built a couple. Found, even allowing $10/hr for   
    my time it was costing me about $5 each to build them. Sold a   
    number of them at hamfests at that price.   
      
    That's what unreasonable shipping costs did to them.   
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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