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<DIV><FONT size=4>Hello All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>73, Herman, N4CH.</FONT></DIV>
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