Heathkit Serial Numbers

[mike bryce]

ed..

did the series number have any meaning at all?

I would think there had to be some reason behind the numbers.

--
Mike Bryce WB8VGE
SunLight Energy Systems
"Electricity at the speed of light"

> From: Edward Kotkiewicz <ekotkie at EZL.COM>
> Reply-To: Edward Kotkiewicz <ekotkie at EZL.COM>
> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 12:25:59 -0500
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> Subject: Re: Heathkit Serial Numbers
>
> Jim Flanagan wrote:
>
>> Hello ...
>> Did Heath have a numbering system with their serial numbers that would allow
>> you to determine the year and month that the item was manufactured?  It would
>> be interesting to know how 'old' a piece was relative to it's production life
>> span..
>>
>> Jim
>> ------------------
>> Jim Flanagan
>> jflan at ieee.org
>
> EK> Jim, I'm afraid that the "serial number" that Heath used was really a
> misnomer in the sense that it was not used in the manner that most folks would
> expect.  They did have some level of traceability but not so you could have a
> real handle on such
> things as mods or improvements.  We need the sage words of one like Ed Mosher
> or Murray to step in here for a closer slant on the meaning of "serial number"
>
> Ed
>
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