- 1. [Amps] why did Heath die? (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Harpole <k4vud@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:37:16 +0000
- Why did Heath kit die? Charles Harpole k4vud@hotmail.com _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
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- 2. Re: [Amps] why did Heath die? (score: 1)
- Author: Alek Petkovic <vk6apk@bigpond.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:48:24 +0800
- That's easy to answer. People don't wanna build stuff. I have a table at our hamfest every year and I sell used and new bits and pieces that hams can use in their construction projects . Mainly ampli
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- 3. Re: [Amps] why did Heath die? (score: 1)
- Author: Glen Zook <gzook@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:18:43 -0800 (PST)
- Well, Heathkit didn't actually die, they are still very much in business. It is just that they got out of the electronic kit business. Basically, it was due to economics. When the Japanese got into p
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- 4. Re: [Amps] why did Heath die? (score: 1)
- Author: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:18:50 -0500
- Heathkit's death was due to the fact that advances in manufacturing techniques took away the financial incentive to build a kit. The first hint of this was in some of the earlier Heathkit catalogs. O
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- 5. Re: [Amps] why did Heath die? (score: 1)
- Author: Roger <sub1@rogerhalstead.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:40:30 -0500
- Those were very good courses too. I used the theory courses to teach the skilled trades every thing from introductory electricity through digital circuit design with Boolean Algebra. I still have the
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- 6. Re: [Amps] why did Heath die? (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Clements" <philc@texascellnet.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:26:08 -0600
- Things are exactly the same here in Texas, Alek! After 56 years in ham radio, I have no desire to build anymore. I have tons of amp parts, complete RF decks and power supplies. For several years, I
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- 7. Re: [Amps] why did Heath die? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave White <mausoptik@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:06:45 +0100
- I also wonder if there are fewer 'elmers' around these days and as such we're slowly losing the culture of building stuff. There should be no excuse for this in the days of this new-fangled interweb
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- 8. Re: [Amps] why did Heath die? (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:26:55 -0500
- When I worked as a post-grad student for RKO Radio in Chicago, we produced a number of highly professional projects using nothing more than the tools David described. For chassis and panel work, onc
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