On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 05:47:09 -0000 (UTC), Nige Danton
wrote:

Tim+ wrote:
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So, any recommendations for basic and more advanced kits that won’t break
the bank? At the moment looking at a cheap Tesla coil kit on eBay.

I've seen that BitsBox has already been mentioned to source components but
I don't think that any one has mentioned

https://www.electronicsclub.info.


Not sure how things are going now, but a great source of bits was
radio rallies.

I used to go years back, when large numbers of amateurs could buy the
bits and put a tranceiver together quite easily.

They stopped being interesting when all the morons could do was
compare the number of knobs on the latest Kenwood.

There may still be a few people that cater for proper amateurs though.

Drayton Manor was one of the better ones.

https://rsgb.org/main/news/rallies/

AB