Basic Electronics and Trouble Shooting
 

​Prerequisites 
 

• No prereqs except a desire to learn and repair some of your own equipment. 
  
  Not much math, but a little.  A cheap calculator might be helpful.
   

• We will also cover most if not all of the General and Extra Class licensing tecnhical
  portions.
   

• Sessions
  
  1.5+ Hour each.
  7 PM EST Wednesday Evenings
  ~ 8-12 Classes (Depends on progress and the experience of the students.)
  Start date to be announced So let et me know via the  below email address or phone ASAP for your interest. We will allow late starters for those that have some of the basic understandings.  
   

• Instructor Contact: 
  
  Jim Schings (AI4SR)
  sracing@mindspring.com
  859-339-7425
   

Course Outline:​ 

Basic Current Flow, Ohms Law, Passive Component function, Lab demonstrations of the above.
Active component functions (Tube, Transistors, etc.)
Simple test Equipment. VOM, Analog, Digital, etc.
“Ohms per volt”, (Invasive test equipment, low/high resistance.) Lab Demonstrations

Oscilloscope Batteries, Power Supplies, Filtering/Regulation
Safety - (current/voltage/power)
Theory, simple tests and demos w/Oscilloscope
Block Diagrams / Schematics / Flow info 
Block vs Schematic and uses. Logical diagnostic assumptions.

Logic Circuits. Digital verses Analog.
(Depending upon time, and student interest, the above may vary. )

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