Re: Learning Electronics

Hey again,

Thanks for all the good advice, it's greatly appreciated. I have
purchased a solderless breadboard, soldering station and little
multimeter ($35.00 for the lot). In terms of other equipment such
as scopes and whatnot, turns out the company I work for has a bunch
of oscilloscopes and high end test gear, so I can take my projects to
work and tinker on them there so that's cool.

I've been reading about PCB etching, and made a bubble etch tank with some
tupperware, a fishtank heater, some tubing and a 12v DC fan .. i tested
it out and it doesn't leak or anything which IMHO means it's to specs :D

I have an old inkjet printer and want to turn it into a PCB printer after
I saw how some guys managed to do it with an epson C84, i have a Stylus
C44UX. What are you guys using to do your PCB's? Does the laser printer
transfer (w/ an iron) work better? Or is it worth modding an inkjet?

I live in Northern BC, and (thankfully) there is a Amateur Radio Club in
town, so after checking it out I think the first thing I will do will be
to get my Amateur radio license, I managed to scoop a PDF copy of 'The
Art of Electronics' and the ARRL book is full of information.

Thanks once again guys! :)

-Andrew
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