I was a young USAF Radio repairman returning from South East Asia making $350 a month in 1968. The only radio I could afford was a HW100 @ $240 +$49 for a AC supply. Nothing else was even close in price. Say what you may, I have nothing but praise for the Heath kits. By the way still have a Heath keyer, coaxial switch and VTVM that work some 45 years on.
Take a trip down memory lane here: http://www.nostalgickitscentral.com/heath/heathkit.html Bill Hammond Bill Hammond-AK5X a...@mac.com a...@sbcglobal.net K3 #69 K2/100 #4637 K1 #2033 KX1 #1023 T1 KPA500 #149 On Sep 9, 2011, at 3:18 AM, Jim Wiley wrote: > > > Wayne Burdick wrote >> <snip> > The mammoth was reasonably well-preserved. > > Unfortunately, the best the team could do was thaw out a few small > steaks and serve them to the hopeful. > > <snip> > > > - - Reminds me of a field-day recipe book from long ago, for Elephant > stew: First, dice one elephant . . . . > > >> >> But back to western Michigan. My wife's family has a cabin in >> Ludington, a couple of hours north of Benton Harbor. W > > So that's where Luddites come from. I always wondered. > > <snip> > >> I'd love to see my beloved DX-20 transmitter, which hummed and sizzled >> and arced in a manner not described in the literature, and which >> struck fear into the hearts of >> nearby TV viewers in my ancestral La Mesa homeland. > I too started with a DX-20, back in the dark days of 1959. Mine made > interesting sounds when it was keyed, but it never quit. Still got the > darn thing. > > <snip> > > > - Jim, KL7CC > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
