Mykit Series

The Mykit Series consisted of a number of Electronic Project Kits manufactured by the Gakken Company of Japan. These were in the same style as an electronics lab with spring terminals and pre-cut wires for making the circuit. Here is a list of some of the kits in the series that I have come across.

• 10 in 1
• 20 in 1
• 50 in 1
• 80 in 1
• 150 in 1
• 200 in 1
• Junior
• System 5
• System 7
• Capsule
• Almighty

Mykit Series 10 in 1

The 10 in 1 was a very basic entry-level kit. The first circuit was a simple crystal radio with a germanium detector diode. The second circuit was a crystal radio with a 2SA52 transistor. The 2SA52 is a germanium PNP alloy junction transistor, which seems to work extremely well with crystal radio circuits. Here is a list of all the circuits you could make in this kit.

1. Germanium Radio
2. Germanium Radio with Transistor
3. Transistor Radio
4. Transistor Amplifier
5. Home Broadcasting Station
6. Trouble Detector for Radio and TV Sets (Signal Generator)
7. Code Practice Oscillator
8. Code Practice Oscillator for Two
9. Trouble Detector for Radio and TV Sets
10. Low Frequency Oscillator

Vintage Electronic Project Kit

These vintage kits had wonderful graphics in bright vivid colours that would have inspired any budding radio electronics enthusiast. Approximately ten years earlier in 1957, Russia would have launched the Sputnik 1, firing the imagination of people all over the world.

Antenna Coil

Variable Capacitor

Solar Cell

Cost / eBay

These vintage kits are rare as very few would have survived due to the thin cardboard materials in its manufacture. The console is made of card, which can warp over time. The box is also made of card with a layer of foil, and usually it gets damaged and warped. I have never seen one in mint condition, but if you see it on eBay then get it!