Article in Scientific American May 2002 on tinkering.

[WYsixK]

I followed up on some of the things that are mentioned in this article
and found a pretty healthy embedded processor sub-culture at Circuit
Cellar.  Not much of it is radio related, but it is homebrewing.  So
here are 30,000 guys that would have been hams in an earlier era when
communication was the frontier activity.

  http://www.circuitcellar.com/


Michael

--- Dolce Consulting Services <pratt.family at VERIZON.NET> wrote:
> This is really not true.. Home brewing is only dead if we allow it to
> be
> dead. I have been homebrewing for years, and still continue to do so.
> Some
> of us older hams need to pass this on to the younger hams.
>
> Cheers!
> Jim K7QI
>
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>         Here's the URL for online reading:
>
>         http://www.sciam.com/2002/0502issue/0502scicit4.html
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Noel Page wrote:
>
> > Slightly off topic.
> > Interesting article on death of home brewing one's own equipment.
> >
> > Heathkit and ham radio is mentioned.
> >
> > Article in Scientific American, May 2002 on page 26.
> > "R.I.P. for D.I.Y."
> >
> > Quote from article (about build your own).
> > "Evidently the something-for-eveyone model epitomized by Heathkit
> > and the Amateur Scientist column can't compete anymore."
> >
> > With other interests and buy it!
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