Hi Mark,

They still make the solderless breadboards you mention.

73's

Howard #3


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From: "mark" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: Blind Kit Builders?


> Hi
>     About twenty years ago they had something I believe was called the
> practice bread board, or the solderless bread board. A person could push 
> the
> leads of the components in to holes on the board and build a circuit that
> way. It ran about $20 or 25 back then.
>
> God bless,
> Mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Scott Howell
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Blind Kit Builders?
>
> I sure would like to find a breadboard and components that I could put =
> into practice some of what I have and am learning. I think it helps to =
> build a better understanding of the theories learned.
>
> On Jan 16, 2012, at 2:09 PM, David thurmond wrote:
>
>> Has anyone here ever heard of a totally blind ham building projects
>> from kits?  Is this a crazy notion?  If not, are there any sites with
>> good advice on how to get started?
>>=20
>> Years ago, I actually did do a bit of kit building back when I could
>> see, so I am not going into this totally ignorant of what is involved.
>> Perhaps it is not something that can reasonably be done by a blind
>> person, but I really loved the fun of building something that actually
>> worked back then, and it is a shame to miss out on it now because of
>> blindness.  Plus, I have always felt that, with enough aggravation,
>> anything is possible, so maybe building some simple projects is not
>> totally out of the realm of possibility.
>>=20
>> Thoughts and suggestions appreciated.
>>=20
>> 73,
>>=20
>> David Thurmond, KK4ADV