The importance of Heath

[Ray Friess]

AMEN CHUCK...  AMEN....

Chuck W4MIL wrote:
>
> Gentlemen all:
>
> Much discussion on the merits of Heath this week and it compels me to present
> the following:
>
> For those of you who, obviously, are Heath experts ( how else would you know
> how sorry this stuff is) and who still subscribe to the list--------------
> PUT THAT JUNK OUT IN FRONT OF US AND LET US TAKE IT OFF YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Get rid of your worries and troubles and save the rest of humanity from
> listening to your opinions about "why Heath went out of business" or "how
> overpriced and sorry this gear really is"!!!!!!!!!   SELL THE STUFF to US
> ---------------- Those who appreciate where it came from and how many
> wonderful hours of enjoyment of our HOBBY this stuff has provided.  Your
> equipment should be priced lower than that found on a rainy day at a mediocre
> hamfest in the middle of podunk.....  Save yourself from Tagamet or a
> Coronary -------- get that bad stuff out of your system!!!!!!!
>
> I own a bunch of Heath, Collins, Drake and other items which each have their
> place in history..............  Yep, some are better than others but what
> else do you expect?
>
> Gimme my Heath stuff for fun, relaxation, appreciation, enjoyment and pride
> in not only building it but repairing it and keeping it on the air in the
> 21st Century.  The Monday morning quarterbacks should get a life!!!!!!1
>
> And about UPS??????  Pack it in double boxes with plenty of padding and it
> will usually arrive o.k.!!!!!   Try to cheat the hangman and put peanuts
> around a 25 pound piece of metal in a flimsy box and the buyer will most
> likely be disappointed.
>
> No rocket science in the above opinions..............  Its called common
> sense (UPS) and just plain interest in the hobby if Heath is something you
> really care about.  If there was a better position for Heath, Inc. to take
> prior to leaving the kit business why didn't you (the dissentors) take it up
> with Heath at the time????? They might have taken your insight and still been
> in business today!!!!!!!!!
>
> Sign me a Heath devotee who makes the stuff work, ON THE AIR, and who loves
> the challenge of keeping the green stuff alive for future generations.  My
> oldest piece of Heath history is from the mid-30's when old Ed himself was
> putting radios together for the cockpits of small aircraft in an effort to
> bolster his real dream ------KIT AIRPLANES.  In case you didn't hear the
> news, he died in an experimental plane crash long before his successors took
> the WWII surplus stuff and started HeathKit.....
>
> (If anyone has some documentation on my Heath HT-4 receiver, please contact
> me)
>
> Thanx for the BW and since I'm a Novice (leave the expertise to Penson and
> others)
> I will offer that your mileage may vary.
>
> Have a nice Heathkit day, fellow enthusiasts!!!!!!!!
>
> 73 de W4MIL
>
> Chuck

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