I almost flunked 4th grade. The suggestion was made that I need to pick a book to read in the library, ANY book at all.... and that's when I found The Boy's sec

I almost flunked 4th grade. The suggestion was made that I need to pick a book to read in the library, ANY book at all.... and that's when I found The Boy's second book of Electronics[2] and learned the wonders of the CK722. It was at that point I started taking things apart to see how they worked. In 6th grade I built a circuit (in free space, I didn't know about perf board, etc) with an IC from radio shack, that picked up my local radio station (by accident) I took it to school to show the teacher, but it didn't work there. (The building probably shielded out the RF) It was soon after that that I started really fixing things and getting into Ham Radio, etc. I've been KA9DGX since 1979 if I recall correctly. [2] https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Technology/The-Boys-Second-Book-of-Radio-and-Electronics-Morgan-1957.pdf https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Technology/The-B...