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  1. John R Retired

    Oscilloscopes:2 Channel, 4 Channel, 100Mhz, 500Mhz etc.

    Home Bench Usage: Which One to Buy for "All-Round Electronics" applications whether it be Repair and Troubleshooting or Engineering. Audio to RF Microwave etc. One that would handle "Most Situations". Prefer New Digital, over used Analog or perhaps one of each since used analog is not too...
  2. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    With all due respect I don't feel as if your experience would be sufficient to allow you to make an income from repairing electronic stuff - stating that: "pulling out my hair trying to figure out why some TV or amplifier does not work every day." Actually I tried to delete that sentence...
  3. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    Like I said in my experience with an SMD soldering job test, I could barely even see the resistor, and if I breathed too hard they would blow away. Not something I would want to work at and almost walked out of the place, but did do the regular wire and component soldering anyway. I need...
  4. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    I am happy for you. Everyone who is old and retired is not in that situation however.
  5. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    "With the changes in electronics in recent years, it's become a lot easier to put things together, connection standards such as IIC, sort of plug and play, that are more likely to go without much in the way of calculations. It seems the embedded software is more the bottleneck, as it implements...
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    Any Advantages of Tubes (Valves) Over Solid State & Microelectronics?

    "Tubes are considered vintage" I like tubes especially 6L6 and 12AX7. They get my blood flowing. I remember the days you could take a tube into a drug store (pharmacy) and check them on the tube tester machines they had there. Now you can't even find a Radio Shack store to buy resistors and...
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    Any Advantages of Tubes (Valves) Over Solid State & Microelectronics?

    For HAM Radio For Audio For "Other" Applications
  8. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    kellys_eye What is your level of electronics knowledge and your collection of test equipment to tackle these types of projects? Thanks for the advice.
  9. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    "Fact, hobbyists don't want to pay, so forget that." Not expecting any money from hobbyists. Just saying that "I as a Hobbyist" am looking for ways to make extra money. Also not interested in anything to do with "the Law" or threats of legal liability. Ultralight aircraft, for human on board...
  10. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    "As mentioned, repairing and/or restoring 'vintage' electronics is a growing market and one not yet fully exploited so there's room to grow if you get in 'on the bottom'" Is this market Worldwide? Evidently you are in Scotland. I am on the West Coast USA. I took a course in tubes (valves)...
  11. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    Martin asked: "What type of tools do you have? I assume multimeters, bench power supplies, soldering equipment?" I have several multimeters, digital and analog. Several soldering irons. I am a certified NASA solderer. Have lots of solder and hand tools. I've been looking at some...
  12. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    kellys_eye said: "But much of today's requirements revolve around liability" Yeah, too many people love to sue nowadays.... "Consumer devices have become too cheap to make repairs viable when considering modern equipment but there is a burgeoning 'vintage' market out there so if you are older...
  13. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    "Find a local Ham club and go there to meet friends who could guide you and you may even like it!" Ham is just a Hobby per se' and a fine one. But like I said, I am interested in making some extra supplemental $$$. IN ADDITION to tinkering around as a hobbyist in electronics.
  14. John R Retired

    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    Thanks for the response. What exactly is the "Dead Horse"? I wasn't just asking only about "repair shops" but any electronic service that would be related to electronics hobbyist type work or tinkering. I'm just probing and considering any possibilities. I realize the phenomena of the...
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    Home Based Income as an Electronics Hobbyist

    I am retired considering a supplemental income, home based, with electronics being the source of income. Reason being, that I've always enjoyed electronics as far back as a teenager and feel at home around electronics gear. I do come from the older analog days, although I have taken some courses...
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