Heath Catalogs

[Ray Friess]

I liked the artwork in the old Heath catalogs and ads.   The drawings of
the ham sitting at
his op desk in front of a dx 100 and what appeared to be a Collins
receiver....  (75a-4..
the black box Collins ?)
And the other one with the one ham who appears to be showing or
explaining ham radio to another
guy...   looks like he had a dx 40 transmitter off to the side...
There was an ashtray with a pipe in it in one of the pictures....
both appeared to be real
cozy shacks...
     Somewhere I have scans of those two ads.    Thinking of using them
on a QSL card....
Ray  wa7itz


BMW wrote:

>I would pick the years for which there was an annual catalog with the firm,
>semi-glossy covers. In 1972, I think, they did away with those and went to
>quarterly versions only, and they were not as nice. The best years, IMHO,
>were 1960-1971, with 1965-1968 making up the best of the best. But that's
>just my opinion. I could be wrong!
>
>These pop up on eBay all the time. That's how I recreated my collection.
>They can run anywhere from $3 to $20 each.
>
>Brian Wood, W0DZ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Heathkit Owners and Collectors List
>[mailto:HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV]On Behalf Of Orrin Bentz
>Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:42 PM
>To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
>Subject: Re: Heath Catalogs
>
>
>Hello
>
>If a person were to assemble a series of Heathkit catalogs that would show
>the  progression of Heaths' Amateur Radio products what years what you pick?
>Ideally I suppose you would want one from every year, but I dont think I
>could
>afford that even if I could find them.
>
>So what be the next best alternaltives, every other year, every third year,
>what?
>Are there key years to collect? What year would I start with?
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Cheers
>
>Orrin Bentz
>
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