EICO stuff

[J. M. Blackmon]

I agree about the Tunnel Dipper- it was a disaster and spent a lot of time kicking around
my junk box before I somehow unloaded it.

Jeff

Sandy Blaize wrote:

>         Back when I was hot and heavy into kits and high school, I
> had a stable of both Heath and EICO stuff.  EICO made, by far, the best
> grid dipper
> in the 710.  The 950B capacitor checker was ahead of Heathkit as well!
> Most
> of them I've found these days have a bad power transformer though.
> (Shades of the SB610 and HO-1 Heath transformers).  The 145 Signal Tracer
> was a dilly, and the 324 signal generator beat the SG-8!  The 753 SSB
> tri-Band Transceiver was a disaster though!  If it hadn't drifted up a
> storm,
> I might have been a decent rig.  I did put up with mine for a number of
> years
> before I replaced it.
>         The most disappointing Heathkit I built was the "Tunnel dipper".
> Temperature changes drove the DC amplifier in it insane!  Both companies
> had some very good and not so good designs.  Heath did break some new
> ground in many
> areas though that EICO just "followed".  Heath had the best manuals by far.
> 73,
>
> Sandy Blaize, W5TVW
> MERRY CHRISTMAS & Happy New Year
> >From the heart of: Pumpkin Center, LA., USA
>
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