[AT] OT: Flashback - Early Farmers Building County Roads

[Howard Weeks]

I can't comment on the test equipment or TV sets but I have built and still
own
a number of Heath amateur transmitters and recievers.  Beginning with the
AT-1
transmitter.  They have all worked well for their day and time.  Only
trouble I ever
had with them was my fault - not following the assembly manual.  The DX-100
was
the first transmitter that I could afford that would develop a watt for
every dollar I had in it.
As I remember, it would develop about 180 watts and it cost about the same
amount.

Howard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Flashback - Early Farmers Building County Roads


> I built one of those GR2500(?) Heathkit color TVs. I don't know how long
> it took to build, but, even with hours talking with the tech reps, I
> could never get it right. And the remote control never worked right
> either. I finally gave it away to a young couple who had nothing (and
> the Heathkit was only slightly better than nothing). I have a feeling
> that was one of the things that helped bury the company. I still have a
> bunch of Heathkit test gear around (DMM, dual trace 'scope, resistor and
> capacitor decade boxes, etc.) and none of it works properly. I guess I
> will toss it all out someday - I can't find anyone locally who is even
> slightly interested in the old stuff. (and I have a LOT of old
> electronic stuff!)
>
> Mike
>
> H. L. Staples wrote:
> >
> >
> > Our first color set was a kit from Heath. Took about 25 hours to
assemble
> > and by todays standard was a terrible set. When doing some of the
alignment
> > with the oscilloscope connected to the vertical, horizontal and video my
> > kids got a kick out of watching Bonanza on the little green screen.
> >
> >
> >
> > No matter what I did there was always a buzzing sound when titles were
> > displayed on a dark background. This thing had a built in dot generator
to
> > help in the set up.
> >
> >
> >
> --
> Mike Sloane
> Allamuchy NJ
> mikesloane at verizon.net
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> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I
> learn." -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790); US politician and scientist.
>
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