I think so to.  It has just been that some instructors don't think it is
possible, but they can't tell me I can't sign up for the course.  What I
really want to do is generalize the material on my General Radio Operator
License exam, especially Element III which covers a little bit of
everything.  Element I has some electronics, but it is more procedural for
marine operations.





On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, McCloskey, Anthony wrote:

> Hi All:
> Someone asked about taking some basic electronics courses and the problems
> that they might encounter.  From my experience, I haven't really had many
> problems.  I found that talking to the instructor before the course starts
> and finding out what books or handouts will be used is a help. Now days,
> many of the instructors have there notes in an electronic form and usually
> they will give you them if you ask.  In some of the basic courses, I had the
> instructor draw schematic symbols on mylar  sheets and one made the shapes
> from some wire.  Take lots of notes and dont be afraid to ask questions.  I
> think you will do fine.
> For those of you who like to look at parts catalogs, the catalog from
> electronic gold mine   might interest you.  There web site is
> www.goldmine-elec.com.  It is in two large pdf files one of about 4 megs and
> the other is around 3 megs.  I had no trouble figuring out how to download
> the catalog from there site.    I converted them using the acrobat 4.05
> plugin, and the text files from the conversion became around 229K each
> instead of the original 4 megs.
> The catalogs has almost any component you might want and the prices are
> pritty good. It was very readible after conversion to text.
> I haven't forgotten about the meter reader article, I'm still looking for
> it.  I have to look on another computer that I am no longer using, but the
> serial card died in it,  and I was using the dectalk express so no speech
> for the moment.
> Have a good weekend
>
> Tony McCloskey, WA3CAO
>