Heathkits from hell

[J. M. Blackmon]

I once built a portable VOM which involved several layers, slid together and had a wafer
switch on several boards.  Never did get it to work.  Can't recall what the model number
was.  Ended up tossing it out, years ago.  Sad but true.

Jeff

Ed Mosher wrote:

> When I started working for Heath, I was a service tech working on Ham
> gear.  The ABSOLUTELY worst construction job I encountered was done by a
> college professor with a Masters in EE!  It was a GR-43 "TransOceanic SWL
> Receiver" and there wasn't a good solder connection in the entire unit.
> Leads were shorting to each other as most parts were not mounted close to
> the pc boards, but "flying" about them.  Point to point wiring SCARED me!
>
> Wish I had a camera at work that day; it would be THE classic photo.
>
>                                      Ed Mosher, WA8ZVO at Juno.com
>                                 Formerly  "One Of The HAMS At HEATH"
>
>                         The most important things in our lives are NOT
> things!
>                             **++  BEWARE of computers named "HAL"  ++**
>
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