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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I put my GR2000 out on the curb for pickup about 3
years ago. It missed the first pickup, so it sat a week. It was so painful
to see it sitting there each day I came home...sometimes raining on
it...UGH!!! I still have the manuals. Very sad.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Now I have a BEAUTIFUL Heathkit stereo cabinet. Its
in a storage garage...with a bunch of typewriters, cameras etc...but I can't
keep paying the storage garage fee just for it....So, it might meet up with a
sawzall as well :-(</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>And soon!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It will break my heart!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=heath@puck.nether.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 08, 2011 12:14
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Heath] Farewell, GR-2000</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT color=black size=2
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just before penning this message, I tossed
the last piece of my GR-2000 25" color TV into the trash bin.
<DIV>The low-boy cabinet had been disposed of a couple of months ago, after
intercession with a Sawzall.</DIV>
<DIV>Printed circuit boards had been pulled and sent to recycling due to
concerns about the lead solder content.</DIV>
<DIV>My neighbor and his .22 LR put the CRT to sleep a week or so ago so it
was safe to handle.</DIV>
<DIV>It had been posted as 'free to a good home' a couple times here with no
serious takers. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thus ended about 31 years life of a TV that performed as well at the end
as it did in 1980 when assembled.</DIV>
<DIV>Yes, it had maintenance over the years, including a new HV power supply
and new audio output IC.</DIV>
<DIV>But, in the end when disassembled, there was not speck of rust on the
chassis, and every nylon tie was pristine.</DIV>
<DIV>My only complaint is the very bad choice of the "Z" lead IC sockets.
They caused innumerable problems.</DIV>
<DIV>I should have just soldered the IC's into the sockets, and suffered the
additional labor if I had one go bad.</DIV>
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<DIV>Soon after we moved into our house in Stevensville, Michigan, my wife and
I assembled the TV.</DIV>
<DIV>She assembled all the PCB's and I the chassis wiring. Not one
mistake was made. I still have the iron. </DIV>
<DIV>I remember the snow was several feet deep outside, much as it has been
this winter in the midwest.</DIV>
<DIV>It took us two weeks or so, and another week of troubleshooting, but it
served us well for many years.</DIV>
<DIV>The group of good folks in the TV kitting group down the hall provided
much valuable assistance. </DIV>
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<DIV>Here's hoping you found your kit products as much fun and rewarding as I
did. Farewell, GR-2000.</DIV>
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<DIV>John... Heathkit
Amateur Radio Group Senior Design Engineer 1979-1981</DIV>
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