K7UGA's Heathkits

[Chris Trask]

On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Robert Nickels wrote:

> Hi Green Folks,
>
> With the passing of Sen. Barry Goldwater, K7UGA, a number of photos of him
> and his station are showing up in the ham magazines.  I'm sure many of you
> have noticed the number of Heathkits visible in these photos, including
> antenna tuner, weather station, and clocks.   Barry was a great asset to ham
> radio, and had as these photos prove - good taste in gear, too!
>
        I heard that just before Heathkit closed their doors he went there
and bought one of everything, or so the story goes.

        I still have stickers, buttons, pamphlets, etc. from his 1964
oresidential campaign.


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