[Heath] Heath AR-3

[Daniel Yoder]

I love those stories. I am so glad hat I belong to a group of guys that
have truly inspired me.

On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Keith Harvey <keith.harvey at persona.ca>
wrote:

> I still have one here, complete with the Q Multiplier.
>
>
>
> Graduating from crystal sets, and saving for weeks I ordered the Heath
> AR-2.
>
> Heath told me they no longer had that but suggested the AR-3, I saved for
> a few more weeks
>
> and bought one. I couldn’t afford the cabinet at the time, purchased that
> later. I spent many hours
>
> with headphones (ear squashers) listening to s/w from all over the globe
> as well as country music
>
> stations from the south (WWVA Wheeling comes to mind). 100’ of wire strung
> from my window to the
>
> fence line helped immensely.
>
>
>
> Sputnik was tuned in on a couple of evenings, a big thrill. I recorded it
> on ¼” reel – reel, an old relic I rebuilt.
>
>
>
> I never did learn (at the time) how to use the Q multiplier properly,
> didn’t even know what “Q” was.
>
>
>
> Every few months I pull the AR-3 off the shelf and fire it up. Tuning is a
> bit sloppy and it does drift for a while,
>
> but it does remind me of many hours of listening to International S/W
> “news and views”.
>
>
>
> Keith Harvey   VA3KRV
>
> Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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> Grid FN14ci
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> VE3KHV APRS Wx
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