Building things easily , good tools for cheap

by Tom Wardill, M9TWM

Amateur  radio has always been about making, experimenting, creating, and investigating. The hobby has never been in such a good place for the availability of tools, supplies, and connections to enable entirely new fields being available from home.

A quick guide to what is available to the average home user, from SMT components and PCB fabs, to 3D-printed cases, to test equipment that were only available to IBM and HP just a few years ago. Where to look, how to source, and how to get help with the tools you need to make the projects that you’ve written off as too complicated.