[Heath] Fwd: Farewell, GR-2000

[N4ch at aol.com]

Hello All,
 
I too can't quite bring myself to dispose of the two "old  technology" 
Heathkit TV sets I have.   I still have the GR-2000 that I  built back in 1977 
or 1978, and it still works.   Only problem in 35  years: one bad IC, which 
was easily replaced.   Although the '2000  still works fine, I "replaced" it 
in the den with a GR-2700.    Actually, I bought this newer kit about 25 
years ago, and didn't build the thing  until about 10 years after that.   It 
too has been a gem; no failures  at all in the 15 years since it was 
assembled, and it has had MANY hours of  use.   I'm watching it right now.........it 
works just fine with the  12-14 year old satellite TV receiver and my 
Obama-financed D-to-A converter  box for watching local channels.   Just can't 
quite bring myself to  replacing the '2700 with one of the new Chinese HDTV  
sets.
 
I actually got a lot more satisfaction out of building the  older Heathkit 
GR-2000 than I did assembling the newer Heath/Zenith  '2700...........the 
latter had very little electrical assembly, other than  assembling one 
generator board followed by mechanically mounting and  interconnecting all the 
pre-wired, tested, and aligned circuitry.    The '2000 electronics were over 90% 
put together by the kit builder, and  alignment was (out of necessity) a 
lot more involved.   I enjoyed  every minute of it.   I took my life in my 
hands when building both  TVs; the manuals warned me about the importance of 
having some help when  installing and securing the picture tube, but I managed 
to do all the assembly  (including this) with no help.
 
73, Herman, N4CH.
 
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