Heathkit cult

[Fred Wittman]

I agree with Mike.  Heathkit was a phenom whose time has come and gone.
Hams as a rule don't build stations like they once did.  Do any of you
remember those ol' guys who could knock out a fairly respectable linear from
an old tube TV set?  Heath just took advantage of existing trends and turned
them into cash.  Trends changed and Heathkits disappeared.

I remember as a kid (longer ago than I care to admit) when a ham needed to
build a state-of-the-art station to have one, but state-of-the-art was
simpler then.  Try building something from scratch now with any degree of
sophistication, and unless you're a MSEE or better, you'll probably just be
buying yourself a good cussfest.

My opinion.

Fred - KG6NYK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rolf Dekleer" <rolf.dekleer at GROWTHWORKS.CA>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:44 AM
Subject: Heathkit cult


You'd think that the current Heath Company would find a way to benefit from
the near cult status they have with former kit builders and former
employees.

I'm not sure what that is, but it's food for thought.  Any ideas?

-----Original Message-----
From: Heathkit Owners and Collectors List
[mailto:HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV]On Behalf Of Glen Zook
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:33 AM
To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject: Re: Heath Catalogs


One thing to remember is that copyrights are still in
force (the Bono ammendment extended the Copyright Law
of the United States of America to 95 years) and thus
reproducing the catalogues would require permission
from the copyright holder.

Heath is STILL in business and is located in the "H"
shaped building that they occupied since the late
1950s in Saint Joseph, Michigan.  Their mailing
address was Benton Harbor but the plant was located in
Saint Joseph (south of Benton Harbor).  Heath is just
not making electronic kits any more.  I believe that
they are in the computer accessory, or something like
that, business these days.

I have no idea as to what their position would be
concerning reproducing their catalogues.  But, they
should be contacted to eliminate any possibility of
reprocussions.

The full text of the copyright law can be found at the
following URL:

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/index.html

Glen, K9STH


--- "Goss, Ed" <Ed.Goss at JHUAPL.EDU> wrote:

Speaking of scans...wouldn't it be nice if one of the
Heathkit-oriented websites included scans of the
covers of all the catalogs?


=====
Glen, K9STH

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