Best Example of Turning Platinum to Brass

[WB2TBB]

Last winter (and summer) I built a GC1000 clock, and an
Eico 753.
I think the enjoyment was worth the loss of value. Plus, now I
have a working clock and rig instead of a box of parts!
I still save some of the unbuilt kits, but will probably build them someday.
Perhaps when my son grows up.
...Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert S. Capon <RobCap at AOL.COM>
To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 8:29 AM
Subject: Best Example of Turning Platinum to Brass


>The best example I can think of turning platinum to brass is building an
>unbuilt Heathkit.  For example, if you build an HW-8, you have a
collectible
>worth about $350 that you're turning into an old Heathkit worth about $125.
>So you have to ask, is building this radio worth $225 to me?
>
>My wife says that it's much cheaper than psychotherapy, which at $100 per
>hour would barely cover two hours.  But alas, one can spend hours and hours
>building a heathkit, and stretch it out over several months.  $225 hours of
>lost value spread out over 30 hours is only $7 per hour for entertainment.
>That's much cheaper than dinner and a movie and a babysitter.
>
>Having said this, it has only been on rare occasion that I've built a
>heathkit, and my overwhelming preference is to build the new kits (like the
>K2) as they come out.
>
>As for modifying gear, my opinion is that Heathkits were made to be
enjoyed,
>and to work at their peak performance, and that mods were very much a part
of
>the heath legacy.  There is an entire book on mods for the HW-8, and if you
>read back issues of QST (or search the QST CD library), you'll find about
22
>articles on ways to improve the HW-101.  Having said this, one might be
>reluctant to modify something very special that was in pristine condition
>(say a Mohican or an Apache or an SB-301/401 in 10 out of 10 condition).
>
>73,
>
>Rob, W3DX
>
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