AM/FM Radio Kit | Soldering Project DIY Kit for Practicing Teaching Electronics | Stereo | Great STEM Project and Gift | Upgraded Version VT-16

Bought this for my son for Christmas as an introduction to soldering, and we had a BLAST building this. This kit was expertly presented, with a full size schematic, build guide(guide includes a resistor color code identification chart, and a capacitance decade chart), card with labeled and seperated resistors, and all components in bags for each step of the build.All components were perfectly spaced for beginners, and clearly labeled on the PCB. My son had no problem assembling this kit.Total Assembly time was about 3.5 hours for my son, whom had never held a soldering iron before.

This kit will provide an enjoyable couple of afternoons to complete. Assembly mostly straight forward (yes, a couple of minor head scratchers) but the pcb is well laid out making for easy soldering. Most importantly, it works... unlike some other lower quality AM/FM kits. Study the pictures for component placement clues if you are unsure. Not a lot of volume, but with only 3 AA batteries for power, expectations were not high anyway. Still, the signals were clear and readable without strain from many stations.

This item works fine. Now I need a plastic case for it. Any recommendation?Thanks

It works for a project but sounds awful.

All these reviews say the directions for putting this together are detailed and easy to follow. I feel like I’m missing something. The directions I got are not detailed at all. They just start out saying solder all these things: am I supposed to solder them together or solder them to the board or both.It reads like I’m supposed to know all this already. I got this to learn from starting principles. However, it seems as if it’s more of an intermediate level thing.

Very nice project. Nice circuit board. All components were included. 2 negatives for me. The first is that the soldering required both low wattage for the small components and higher wattage for switch and potentiometer cases. Also the leads to the AM antenna are long and hard to conceal. They need to be out of the way so kids don't pull on them. Would be nice if they were glued down better to the ferrite rod so they could be concealed before soldering in. You could also do that yourself.

I love the idea, and I totally disappointed when it was not working at all first. I bend it over a little bit and took the chip on an off a couple of times, and started making some noise. Only if I bended a little bit the whole board away from the speakers.AM does not work at all in my area. One of the speakers is not working either. It could be my unit. I loved the idea, and spent almost an hour and follow a guy in youtube step by step, but still is flimsical, and not reliable unfortunately. I am not sure if this is what it is, or it should work a different way. Bad luck I guess.

got it for my grandson to build