Is Heathkit Back in Buisness..?

[KA3ZLR]

Hi,

This is Interesting:

http://www.heathkit.com/


73
Jack
KA3ZLR

[Jim, W5JO]

Back in the early 90s we used heath learning equipment and learning modules at the technical college where I worked.  What I don't remember is any kind of kit like the one mentioned on the site.

Heath never went out of the educational learning business ,and in fact had one of the most successful robotic courses centered around the HERO robot.  Someone was around supplying parts for that robot for years after Heath discontinued it.

[KA3ZLR]

Hi  Jim,

That's nice to know I was not aware of this but at the bottom they're looking for
suggestions, now wouldn't it be  interesting if we could introduce them to the
creator of the "Retro" Machine and a few little Kits around a lot of us like and
Maybe a little help from us a little push......Hey anything is possible..

Couldn't hurt..they're looking for Ideas on little kits...


73
Jack
KA3ZLR

[k4kyv]

I read somewhere that their original product was an aircraft kit.  Sometime in the 1920s.

Wonder if they will get back into the radio business?

Supposedly, there has been a slight resurgence in interest in amateur radio lately, but to listen to the dearth of activity on the HF bands these days, you would never know it.

[KL7OF]

there was indeed a kit built aircraft called the heath..I am not sure if there is any connection with heathkit.....I'm curious now..Will have to google

[N0WEK]

http://www.heathkit.nu/heathkit_nu_HeathStory.html

The Heath Parasol is still being built as a homebuilt now and then.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

there was indeed a kit built aircraft called the heath..I am not sure if there is any connection with heathkit.....I'm curious now..Will have to google

http://www.heathkit-museum.com/hvmhistory.shtml

[Pete, WA2CWA]

I read somewhere that their original product was an aircraft kit.  Sometime in the 1920s.

Wonder if they will get back into the radio business?

Supposedly, there has been a slight resurgence in interest in amateur radio lately, but to listen to the dearth of activity on the HF bands these days, you would never know it.

They're a mere shell of the former organization.
They're in the education business not the manufacturer of kits for the masses.
In the radio market, competition is fierce, and rewards are thin.

[k4kyv]

http://www.heathkit-museum.com/hvmhistory.shtml 

If I ever went to work for the Heath Company, I'd never set foot on a plane.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Heath airplane: http://www.jimforeman.com/Stories/heath.htm

[N5RLR]

If I ever went to work for the Heath Company, I'd never set foot on a plane.

A supervisor I once worked with, who had been employed in the aircraft industry, wouldn't either.  He described a modern airliner as "100,000 loose rivets flying in close formation."

[Jim, W5JO]

If I ever went to work for the Heath Company, I'd never set foot on a plane.

A supervisor I once worked with, who had been employed in the aircraft industry, wouldn't either.  He described a modern airliner as "100,000 loose rivets flying in close formation."

And a helicopter is a bunch of pop rivets trying to beat itself out of the air.

[flintstone mop]

I remember waiting for my first Heathkit EA-3 mono amplifier to arrive by Rail Way Express. My dad was interested in getting Hi-Fi audio, so he could listen to his classical records. And I was chompin' at the bit to get into electronics.
The only Heath Ham equipment I built was the last effort to market the single 3-500Z linear amp. SB-??? The equivalent to the Ameritron AL-81. In my earlier days, before my Ham ticket, there was a newly wed couple living in the basement of one of the homes nearby and he built the SSB transmitter and receiver. (Marauder TX and Mohawk RX). He was so proud of his accomplishment to build these units. He had a dipole in the back yard that was about clothesline height.

I built and still have in operation the AR-1500 receiver and the famous Heathkit 'digital clock' with the orange numerals...........no burned out segments.......since 1977. I built a pair of monster speakers from Heath
( AS-1348.........http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/173881-256_pounds_of_amazing_sounds/) and the AA-1640.......no pic.......200 WPC solid state amp.

[AJ1G]

Just bought a couple of motion sensor activated floodlights, were branded as Heath.

[W3SLK]

I always wanted to put together one of their weather stations. I didn't care if it was digital or analog.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Just bought a couple of motion sensor activated floodlights, were branded as Heath.

Actually, a different company in today's world: http://www.heath-zenith.com/

[K5UJ]

I remember waiting for my first Heathkit EA-3 mono amplifier to arrive by Rail Way Express.

I run an EA-3 and EA-2 in the shack.  Great amps for boosting the audio from receivers.  You should see the prices for them at some audio/radio flea markets. 

Rob

[Jim, W5JO]

I remember waiting for my first Heathkit EA-3 mono amplifier to arrive by Rail Way Express.

I run an EA-3 and EA-2 in the shack.  Great amps for boosting the audio from receivers.  You should see the prices for them at some audio/radio flea markets. 

Rob

Check the Dynakit prices Rob.  I would think kit audio amps might be a good thing with today's audio freaks.

[K5UJ]

I remember waiting for my first Heathkit EA-3 mono amplifier to arrive by Rail Way Express.

I run an EA-3 and EA-2 in the shack.  Great amps for boosting the audio from receivers.  You should see the prices for them at some audio/radio flea markets. 

Rob

Check the Dynakit prices Rob.  I would think kit audio amps might be a good thing with today's audio freaks.

I looked at one kit, one of the small amps with carbon resistors less tubes and saw the price, $525.  Yikes!!  Now I know why some of these guys want $300 for an old Heathkit EA-3.