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I went thru a similar experience about 6 months ago...just before I
quit Heath, I bought a GR-2000 for my parents...put it together over
xmas 1976...then went to dental school...about 15 years later they
wanted something newer, and gave it to me...we used it till a couple
years ago, then, when trying to put it into storage, somehow damaged
the pic tube...I actually considered trying to find a new one, but
decided there were other Heathkits that were more worthy of saving
(like SB series radios....) But I agree, it really hurts
emotionally to get rid of something you built and brought to life.
While I'm quite serious about my dentistry and a bit of a student of
cell biology, I philosophize probably a bit too much..... a radio, a
TV, well...it's like their almost organisms in their own
right...well,. back to reality...<br>
<br>
Guy<br>
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On 2/8/2011 3:17 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:N4ch@aol.com">N4ch@aol.com</a> wrote:
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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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