This web site brought back quite a few memories... I played around with one
of the 'EE' kits in the early 60's when I was in Thailand---Pop picked it up
for me when he was in Hong Kong.

http://ee.old.no/

Judging by the links presented on the page, these kits played a major role
in shaping the lives of many engineers-to-be in Europe and elsewhere. I
don't remember seeing these kits marketed extensively in the US although
every now and then I come across a Ham's bio that contains a fond reference
to them.

Tom

Tom wrote:

This web site brought back quite a few memories... I played around with one
of the 'EE' kits in the early 60's when I was in Thailand---Pop picked it up
for me when he was in Hong Kong.

Yup, I had one of these as a kid. Probably the EE-20. Loved it. It was a
sophisticated toy. As I got older, I used (read blew up) a lot of the
components in my own experiments. Sigh.....wish I had kept it intact.

Bob WB0POQ

Bob Liesenfeld wrote in message
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Tom wrote:

This web site brought back quite a few memories... I played around with
one
of the 'EE' kits in the early 60's when I was in Thailand---Pop picked
it up
for me when he was in Hong Kong.

Yup, I had one of these as a kid. Probably the EE-20. Loved it. It
was a
sophisticated toy. As I got older, I used (read blew up) a lot of the
components in my own experiments. Sigh.....wish I had kept it intact.

Bob WB0POQ

I looked though my stuff and all I could find of my EE20 was a heat sink,
the ferrite rod and the Valvo OA76 diode (I think that diode came from the
kit).

Blew up components is right... I recall electrolytic capacitors coming apart
when they were hooked up wrong---I had to get new 100 mf capacitors.

I remember building the:
Vochtigheidsindicator (moisture indicator)
Automatische nachtlamp
Morse-code apparaat met oortelefoon
Morse-code apparaat met luidspreker

Did you see this link to the EE20?
http://www.rrd.demon.nl/Philips%20ex.../foto_ee20.htm
I tried to download the pdf template file but I didn't get anything.

You're right, they were nicely put together kits. I'll keep my eyes open on
eBay for them---maybe even try the Dutch eBay.

Tom

Sorry, I meant this link to the EE20
http://members.lycos.nl/bouwdoos/ee8.html

"Bob Liesenfeld" wrote in message
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Tom wrote:

This web site brought back quite a few memories... I played around with
one
of the 'EE' kits in the early 60's when I was in Thailand---Pop picked
it up
for me when he was in Hong Kong.

Yup, I had one of these as a kid. Probably the EE-20. Loved it. It
was a
sophisticated toy. As I got older, I used (read blew up) a lot of the
components in my own experiments. Sigh.....wish I had kept it intact.

Bob WB0POQ


Ha. That's takes me right back to '66.

I was so keen to put the radio together I did not bother with understanding
resistor colour codes, I just banged anything in for the resistors. Then
one of the electroylitics went "Bang!". Happy days.

Ha. That's takes me right back to '66.

I was so keen to put the radio together I did not bother with understanding
resistor colour codes, I just banged anything in for the resistors. Then
one of the electroylitics went "Bang!". Happy days.

Heheheh. My take on that was to figure that all those resistors and caps in a
2 stage AF amp were not really needed to make it work, they just made it work
*better*. So.....I ended up building a 2 stage direct coupled amp before I
even knew what direct coupled was......till one of the transistors got so hot
it went BANG!
--Sigh-- To recapture some of that wide eyed "Will it work!?" Do kids even
think that way today? My experience says no.

Bob WB0POQ