confused on Heath "quality"

[Leisman]

Wow,... sound like someone either needs to undertand the heath assembly manual better, or
have someone else assemble the rig for him.

Ham radio in the United States would not have ever reached the level of excitement it did
had it not been for the equipment made available by Heath.  Heath allowed lots of us
"poor hams" to get on the air without second mortgages.



Bill Crowell wrote:

> Man, you guys are confusing me.  A few months ago I was trying to sell my
> old, defunct SB-230 amplifier because the 8873 blew up and was either
> unobtainable or too expensive to replace.  None of you guys would offer me
> more than $100.00 for this amplifier, for which I paid $630.00 in 1977 and
> which was still in pristine condition, except for the blown tube.  You all
> said it was a piece of junk because Heath didn't design the grid drive
> circuit right, didn't provide enough cooling, the thermal shutdown mechanism
> didn't kick in soon enough, they used the wrong type of tube, etc., etc.
> And even the guy who offered that $100.00 wanted me to pay the shipping, so
> I'd wind up with about $50.00.  And I found out later that he was going to
> fix the amplifier, and sell it to some Europeans after converting it for
> 6-meter use, for about $2,000.00.  So it seems that Heath gear is really
> good when you want to "sell high", but really lousy when you want to "buy
> low".  Am I beginning to understand?  (Incidentally, I was able to trade the
> amp off to a local ham who's going to rebuild it completely.  I got some
> really good Kenwood gear in trade.  It works perfectly, unlike the Heath
> stuff.)
> Oh, and to those of you who suggested I give my crappy old Heath gear to you
> rather than complaining about it: that wouldn't be any fun!  I'm going to
> put it in a pile on the patio, pour some barbecue starter fluid on it, and
> torch it.  Much more satisfying!
> In closing, would you like me to tell you about the problems I had with my
> DX-100B?  How about the AA-100 amplifier whose circuit boards melted and
> couldn't be fixed?  Maybe my HW-2036A which had synthesizer whine only about
> 10db down from the audio, which could never be cured despite several mods
> installed by Heath?  I think we have the makings of a really great new
> thread here!  Bill Crowell, N6AYJ
>
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