Elenco AM/FM Radio Kit

by Elenco

Product Features

• Learn and build your own AM/FM Radio Kit - It's easy, it's fun and it's safe
• Tune in your favorite AM/FM radio stations - receives 520 - 1650kHz band and 88 - 108MHz band
• Easy-to-read illustrated operating manual included
• Safe, No soldering required, exciting, educational and Fun
• Brought to you by Elenco Electronics, the same company the brings you Snap Circuits

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches ; 13 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009Z3JPE
• Item model number: MX-901AF
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,275 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Learn about and build you own AM/FM Radio kit. Easy to read illustrated manual. Safe, solderless exciting educational fun. Requires one 9 V battery, not included. Age 8 and Up.

Product Description

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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting..., September 4, 2010

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HGN "HGN" (Westfield, NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Elenco AM/FM Radio Kit (Toy)

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.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Educational toy, July 24, 2008

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Gaucha (CT USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Elenco AM/FM Radio Kit (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.

10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good first kit, January 15, 2006

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Ronald H. Ard - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Elenco AM/FM Radio Kit (Toy)

Good first kit for a kid about 11 or 12yrs old.