Price : $19.99
Elenco AM/FM Radio Kit Reviews - Learn and build you own AM/FM Radio kit. Easy to read illustrated manual. Safe, solderless exciting educational fun. Requires one 9 V battery Age 8 & Up
Feature Elenco AM/FM Radio Kit
- Brought to you by Elenco Electronics, the same company the brings you Snap Circuits
- Safe, No soldering required, exciting, educational and Fun
- Easy-to-read illustrated operating manual included
- Tune in your favorite AM/FM radio stations - receives 520 - 1650kHz band and 88 - 108MHz band
- Learn and build your own AM/FM Radio Kit - It's easy, it's fun and it's safe
This review is from : Elenco AM/FM Radio Kit
Educational toy . My 5 year old son enjoyed working on this radio kit with his dad. For a child who needs to know how everything works, this was a perfect educational toy. The only drawback is the radio does not travel well - lacks a cover. Also, don't expect to get too many channels. I think we were only able to pick up one.
Educational toy . My 5 year old son enjoyed working on this radio kit with his dad. For a child who needs to know how everything works, this was a perfect educational toy. The only drawback is the radio does not travel well - lacks a cover. Also, don't expect to get too many channels. I think we were only able to pick up one.
Cons Review
Not what I was expecting... . I was expecting to learn something about FM radios from this. It is basically an antenna, an earphone, everything else you need to build an AM radio, and an FM module that snaps in. The manual says the FM module is too touchy to be built by the customer, but it is a few resistors and capacitors. There isn't much point to buying this over an AM only kit without getting to learn something you can reproduce. As usual with these kits, there isn't much math, theory, or educational value to them. Just a short manual that tells you how to put it together. I really don't know anything more about how to design a radio circuit than when I started. I can kind of hear one FM station amongst a ton of really loud buzzing and static. I really think that the kit would have turned out better if they had let me build the FM module and explained how to make fine adjustments to it. That would have been both educational and would have resulted in me having a functional product for my money.
I'm not saying it is a total ripoff, but if you want to learn something, get the book Make: Electronics by Charles Platt, do all the projects, then attempt to reproduce this kit with standard components. They were nice enough to provide everything you need to know to replicate both the FM module and the whole rest of the radio circuit, albeit without anything about how to calibrate the FM module.
I'm not saying it is a total ripoff, but if you want to learn something, get the book Make: Electronics by Charles Platt, do all the projects, then attempt to reproduce this kit with standard components. They were nice enough to provide everything you need to know to replicate both the FM module and the whole rest of the radio circuit, albeit without anything about how to calibrate the FM module.
Good first kit . Good first kit for a kid about 11 or 12yrs old.
Product Details
EAN : 0756619001913UPC : 756619001913
MPN : MX-901AF
Brand : Elenco
Weight : 1 pounds
Height : 3 inches
Length : 13 inches
Width : 10 inches
Binding : Toy
Manufacturer : Elenco Electronics Inc
Manufacturer Maximum Age : 15 years
Manufacturer Minimum Age : 8 years
Model : MX-901AF
Publisher : Elenco Electronics Inc
SKU : ELEMX901AF_usf
Studio : Elenco Electronics Inc
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