Fw: Heathkit Kits

[Keith Harvey]

Well, there was always Diesel, Marconi, Messerschmidt, Pasteur and the
French folks who built the Statue of Liberty. Heck, I've got a basement full
of projects to attest to my tinkering skills, and I'm British, living in
Canada and have lived and worked all over  the U.S. on Federal Government
Hi-Tech projects.

As my Scottish father and Welsh mother used to tell me.. "don't buy it if
you can't learn to fix it yourself"

I'll grant you this though, no other nation can get as focussed and produce
quality stuff as effectively as my American friends and neighbours can..
then maybe I forgot the Canadarm on the space lab.

I'd love to work on a rebirth of a kit.. I'd bet that Hammond here in
Ontario could fabricate transformers, cabinets and chokes.

Cheers to all

Keith
VA3KRV

----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin L Hall" <justin.hall at JUNO.COM>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:23 AM
Subject: Heathkit Kits


> Hey all-
> I know it's a longshot, but if there was a source for all the 'uncommon'
> parts, you could make your own heathkit radios.  Most of the boards are
> easily made with the advent of laser jet printers, and the only tough
> components are the chokes, coils and crystals.  (OK so transformers and
> tube sockets aren't exactly all out there as well!)  Anyway, we could see
> if there's experts out there (on the list) that can provide a way to do
> this easily.  Like metalworkers for all the chassis and other parts.
> Between the 700 or so of us, I'll bet we could take a 101 manual and
> create a new one from scratch.  Just an idea.  Heck, most of us are
> Americans- and we're world-famous for our tinkering.  No one else can
> tinker like an American.
> Justin KB7LAK
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