Re. 2036 vs. 2036A

[Guy G. Giacopuzzi DDS]

Bob & Bettina Groh wrote:
>
> I started work at Heath just after the 2036A was released and the story
> as I remember it is as follows.
>
> The original 2036 was released and several 100's of units sold.  While
> the radio's worked fine in a fairly benign rf environment like St.
> Joseph, MI, they were a total disaster in high rf environments like
> Chicago and the complaints came flooding in.  Terry Perdue (who signs in
> on this list) was stuck with the task of fixing the problem (basically
> reference related spurs in the synthesizer) and he finally got the job
> done and the 2036A was born.  Heath recalled ALL 2036s and replaced them
> with 2036A's.  The 2036s were dumped into Lake Michigan.  I did hear an
> humorous story about a party given by the guys at Heath for Terry -
> involves a shotgun and a 2036 - but I wasn't there so maybe Terry would
> like to fill in that one.
>
> That's how I remember the story - maybe Terry or Jerry Tolsma or some of
> the other guys would like to chip in and straighten out any errors on my
> part.
>
> 73
> Bob Groh, WA2CKY
>
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> --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --I beg your pardon, but I think it was the Hw2026 that was recalled, not
the 2036.  The 2036 was updated,(2036a) and Heath sold update kits for
owners of plain 36's; this was to increase the "tuned up" bandwidth of
the unit.  I was personally involved with the 2026 recall, and I don't
remember the 2036 giving us trouble...

ggg

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