I take it then that most basic circuit build schematics in these kits
are flawed in some way?
I think that likely applies to schematics someone might find "somewhere",
but I don't know if it applies to kits.
But, a beginner is often faced with a lot of things. I think of the
first time I tried to build something, and it never worked. It likely
had a lot to do with my soldering ability (or lack thereof), but I didn't
know enough whether the substitues I got at the store were suitable, or
whether I wired the coil right (I followed the pictorial, but who knows
whether the coil I bought matched what the article used), or even if I
wired things right.
The beginner often doesn't have the means of finding errors after they
make them. This isn't the fault of the beginner, it's part of being
a beginner. They can look at what they wired, and be "certain" it's right,
while someone other than them with experience might spot something wrong
right away. There can often be assumptions made in construction articles
or kits that the beginner won't know about, again because they are beginners.
WIth experience, you can look at a circuit and know what it's doing and
immdiately make some guesses about what to try if it doesn't work, but
the beginner hasn't gotten to that point.
Of course, these early steps are the foundation for the later. The beginner
has to stick with it long enough to get over those high first steps, and
then it starts getting a lot easier.
Michael
