My name is James and I've been using this site basically since it's inception. I love electronics and I have a nice collection of vintage and new audio and video equipment. Also I have at least 50+ boomboxes and walkmans etc. AND they all work. I'm fortunate to have a very competent repair shop near me if I can't repair something. I am open to questions so please feel free to contact me if you need help with anything. I'm a vast database of useless knowledge lol JK
Hello James, welcome fellow American I am from the state of Washington it is nice to see someone who has a vast of knowledge myself I have been repairing electronics since i was very young and then later on took schooling and got a degree in electronics and right-out college I bought a long-established repair shop that was started in the 40s this is not my full-time job anymore, but it keeps me busy . Sincerely Richard
Hi Richard Thanks for introducing yourself to me. I like meeting with those who have similar interests as myself. I was actually a high voltage electrician when I worked but I'm retired now and now I can enjoy my hobby anytime I want.
Hello James, my current day job is teaching kids, but I still do a lot of repairs for people, and I also have over 200 antique vacuum tube and solid-state radios starting from the 1930s to new stuff when my shop was running full steam, I was a Sony dealer and warranty long with companies like RCA, Zenith, Philco, Motorola, General Electric Sylvania, Maganvox and did warranty work on Panasonic and Pioneer. Sincerely Richard
On interest, what subjects are you teaching? I partially owe my career in electronics to my high school physics teacher who set up a lunchtime electronics club where We made projects along the lines of although I soldered mine together on tagboard. Having had their shops here from the 1970s to the 1990s I would guess Radio Shack, with their educational electronics kits, encouraged many people in the U.S.A. Despite the multinational avionics company I work for investing large amounts in STEM I wonder where the next generation of electronics engineers in the West will come from. The average age in our department is approaching sixty.
Welcome to the forum, feel free to share any of the old equipment, we love photos of just about anything. You have to love the forum, thousands of us were searching something and found this little site a long time ago. You pose an interesting question Longman, I bet a large percentage of collectors, that went into electronics, started out as kids taking apart the broken radio and looking at all of the neat parts inside. Now that most electronics are modules with tiny parts, nearly unrepairable, will local companies be able to fill R&D positions since the initial spark isn't there?
Back in the 70s there were electronics learning kits for kids, where they would learn how to complete a circuit with individual components like relays, resistors, etc.
