A new year, a new (attempted) start for ukra!

I've been picking up components and bits and bobs semi-randomly over the
last couple of months with a view to getting into the habit of
constructing. One of the reasons that drove me to get into amateur radio a
couple of years ago was that my vintage computer hobby was starting to
demand more electronics knowledge/skill than I had, I figured that the
learning of do for the radio licences would help and it did. But I want to
develop my skills.

I'm going to start at the bottom and work up from there. Simple projects.
I'm looking for a good "beginners" book, any tips? I was going to buy
"Electronics Projects For Dummies" but I saw a couple of notes amongst the
many good reviews that many of the projects required components hard to
source outside America, so I didn't get it in the end. Does anybody know of
a good book that'd be useful for us in the UK? Or a good website with plain
instructions for simple circuits? Happily, my son has shown a great
interest in building circuits on breadboard with me, so I'm looking forward
to getting this underway!

Xposted to rrah, FU ukra

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Stephen Thomas Cole // Sent from my iPhone