Heath Co. Info needed

[Larry Knapp]

Brian - I can't answer all your questions...but being a resident of St. Joseph,
Mi....the old Heath Co. building on Hilltop Road is still there.  It has not
entirely been occupied....Many small companies have moved in and occupied
various older offices or factory space....including a local eatery which
occupied the old cafeteria....The current Heath Co offices are located in
Benton Harbor on Riverview Drive in an old KMart building which they share with
others.   Larry (KC8JX)

--- Brian Wood <brianmwood at EMAIL.MSN.COM> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm new to this list, but not to Heathkit! I have built many Heathkits over
> the years, from a GR-64 (still in use)to a GR-295 (which sadly, went to that
> big museum in the sky many years ago). Operated a DX-100 and DX-60 and HR-10
> in high school in the 60's, and used a VF-1 VFO with my homebrew rig from
> 1969 to 1973. Built an HM-15 SWR meter that I still use, and an AR-1302 that
> my son used for a while for the stereo in his room. Still have an H-25
> printer in storage, but I sold the H-89 computer that I used with it many
> years ago. I just recently bought an SB-102, SB-600, HP-23 off EBay that I
> use with my HD-10 keyer, and am waiting for a just-purchased IG-28 to arrive
> so I can finally fix my big screen TV. I'm also working on acquiring a
> collection of catalogs.
>
> The reason for this message is to ask if anyone could provide info on who
> owns Heathkit now (Chuck Penson, WA7ZZE told me it's a group of Florida
> investors, but that's all he knew), how much revenue they get from their
> educational programs today, and whether the old building in St. Joseph is
> still there. I'd also be interested to learn when they changed the name from
> Heath Co. to Heathkit Co.
>
> I am a Hewlett-Packard (now Agilent Technologies)
> application/business-development engineer with 27 years of experience in R&D
> and marketing and am interested in reviving Heathkit. I'd like to hear how
> much interest you think there would be in such an endeavor. I know it's been
> talked about from time to time but never seriously considered. I am serious.
> I believe that the forces that doomed Heathkit (ignoring the ill-fated
> Zenith takeover, of course) can now be overcome, although I wouldn't
> reconstruct the same exact company that was in place 10-20 years ago. I also
> have a few new product ideas and would be willing to help create a business
> plan. Feel free to e-mail me directly if you have any thoughts on this that
> you'd like to discuss privately, at brianmwood at msn.com.
>
> Brian Wood, W0DZ
> Loveland, CO
>
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From: Larry Knapp, KC8JX, St. Joseph, Mi  49085
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