Buy a new Heathkit now

[Clark, John]

Well put Bob.
I had forgotten that there was a time even for me
that an AM radio was a worthy item.

Thank you for the memories.

John
N0ure



|-----Original Message-----
|From: n5nj at att.net [mailto:n5nj at att.net]
|Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 1:38 PM
|To: Clark, John
|Cc: HEATH at listserv.tempe.gov
|Subject: Re: Buy a new Heathkit now
|
|
|John;
|
|No one has told you to buy an AM radio.  I strongly urge
|you not to give in and buy one.
|
|In my case, I have two young kids that I want to be
|exposed to exactly such a simple project.
|
|They can wait a while to build hi-tech device.
|
|Let's hope that the success of this may compel them to
|think seriously about producing other kits.
|
|Bob Naumann
|Formerly "One of the hams at Heath"
|
|
|--
|N5NJ / V26O
|Plano, TX USA
|ex KR2J, V26RN, W6V, WA2OVE
|> How many AM radios do we need?
|>
|> NONE,
|> no mater who is building the kits.
|>
|> What made Heathkit work when we were all building there kits (I have
|> more than ten, including the 25" and 45" TVs) was that it
|was a USEFUL
|> product. Sometimes at a higher price that the equivalent
|street product,
|> but useful, still.
|>
|> No one buys Am radios, they are given away with magazine
|subscriptions,
|> and at lease those people know well enough to include FM.
|>
|> IMO, they have wasted the plastic to form the bezel.  If you
|are going
|> to spend money in R&D and setup, build a product that has a market.
|>
|> "Business 101"
|>
|> THAT IS WHAT MADE HEATHKIT GOOD IN THE PAST!
|>
|> You might as well give them your $45 for a Heathkit emblem,
|> and set it on your mantle.
|>
|> N0URE
|>
|>
|>
|>
|> |-----Original Message-----
|> |From: Jeffry Blackmon [mailto:w8yi at infinet.com]
|> |Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 7:58 PM
|> |To: Clark, John
|> |Subject: Re: Buy a new Heathkit now
|> |
|> |
|> |
|> |
|> |Clark, John wrote:
|> |
|> |> Too bad they didn't make something we could use!
|> |>
|> |> "AM portable radio" ?! Get REAL.
|> |>
|> |> N0URE
|> |
|> |   Such a kit could be the start of a fine kitbuilding
|"career" for a
|> |first-timer and a nostalgic return to "the past" for an
|> |oldtimer.  Don't
|> |knock it.  It's Heathkit, ain't it?????
|> |Jeff
|> |
|> |
|>
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