On 13/02/2005 7:51 PM, DaKid wrote:
Can someone recommend a kit for me to build with my daughter. I am not a
regular hobbiest, but I built a Heathkit when I was a kid and thought it
would be fun and a good way for her to be introduced to electronics. Any
thoughts? Thanks..... Of course the Science Fair is in a couple of
weeks!!...lol


Sounds like a good idea. I'm curious, though, what the science part
might be? Will you use the radio as a jumping off point to discuss
electromagnetic waves or basic radio wave propagation? The application
of electronics? A discussion of early radio/electronics experiments?

It depends on the grade and the curriculum, of course. Is this is a
science fair where one is expected to follow the scientific method to
form an experiment to test some assumption? Or is the expectation that
your daughter will just demonstrate something of her own construction
that is based on science and technology?

Anyway, the Ten Tec stuff is usually reviewed quite highly, and at the
end of it, you will have a pretty useful radio:
http://www.io.com/~nielw/tentec1054/tentec1054.htm