[Amps] Decline of homebrewing?

[Steve Wright]

On 06/01/17 10:28, Catherine James <catherine.james at att.net> wrote:
> [...]  I would be frightened if someone showed up on the list and wrote, "I've never
> built or repaired any electronic circuits before, but I just got my ham license and now
> I want to homebrew a legal-limit tube amp."

Why?  Countless people with no previous experience have build 
substantial sailing vessels and travel the world in them, and in 
sometimes unwise sea conditions too.

You are vastly safer with a shoddy home made amp, than you are in a 
shoddy home made yacht.

Some types of people are very good at following a highly detailed list 
of instructions without having any real knowledge at all.

Steve