Let's see, Heathkit tube stereo FM receiver, HH Scott stereo tube amplifier, Knightkit VTVM (still have it and it works), Heathkit Twoer (2 meter Ham transceiver), Heathkit Tunneldipper (still works), scratch built (from schematics) 80, 40, 15 meter CW transmitter, my own design 57 watt RFamplifier for the transmitter, and too many small projects to remember. Now I just assemble black boxes to get the functionality I want - Ham station (need/want a new transceiver) all the avionics in the airplanes, etc.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 12:31 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Holy. I built all sorts of HK stuff. I had my HK automotive scope up until > maybe 10 years ago. I built my first SW receiver for my paternal > grandfather so he could listen to broadcasts from Eastern Bloc countries > (he was from what is now Albania.) My Dad bought that one so I could build > it for my grandfather. I saved up and bought one of my own after that, and > I just kept going… > > -D > > > > On Dec 23, 2022, at 1:20 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I’d wager most of us on here have built a Heathkit Receiver at some > point in their younger years. > > > > AZBob > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:12 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> AM and SW can travel farther (sometimes much farther) than FM > especially at night. > >> > >> I had a little crystal radio kit at some point when I was a kid and at > night would sometimes pick up AM "blowtorch" stations hundreds of miles > away. > >> > >> > >>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2022, at 13:05, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > >>> Yeah, that was another place I used. Forgot about them. > >>> > >>> I was always amazed at the sensitivity of the tuners these things had. > >>> I had an outdoor copper wire dipole that ran into my room that I used > >>> for my HeathKit SW receiver and when I hooked that up to it I could > >>> pull in an amazing number of stations. I would sit there for hours and > >>> just log the different stations/locations I could get at night (CQ CQ!) > >>> > >>> -D > >>> > >>>>> On Dec 23, 2022, at 12:59 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I remember back in the day when the Radio Shack at the mall had a > vacuum tube tester. > >>>> > >>>> I forget, am I the youngest on the list? Gotta be close... > >>>> > >>>> -Curt > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 12:50:04 PM EST, dan penoff.com via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Yup, seen lots like that or similar over the years. > >>>> > >>>> These often ended up at my house when I was a kid because I was the > one in the family who could “fix stuff”. I was very adept at replacing > blown capacitors and testing tubes at the local drugstore… > >>>> > >>>> I had a smaller Zenith cabinet style stereo form my great aunt’s > estate that was in my bedroom for all of my teen years. I remember it well, > as while it wasn’t stereo, it had a much warmer sound that all of that > transistor-based stuff did. Still have the “Tibet Almond Stick” that came > with it for touching up scratches on the cabinet: > >>>> > >>>> [cid:E7EBB06C-BC81-48AB-8A23-5DF188450CA3] > >>>> > >>>> -D > >>>> > >>>>> On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:36 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/677208133799739/?mibextid=6ojiHh > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." 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