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Did you assemble it? Or receive it as a complete unit?I have a Heathkit vacuum tube ham receiver. With, as I recall, ceramic audio filters.
Did you assemble it? Or receive it as a complete unit?I have a Heathkit vacuum tube ham receiver. With, as I recall, ceramic audio filters.
I never did much with ham radio but I knew many who did. I was always more into Dynaco than Heathkit but I do respect those who got the price down for the average consumer. I suppose today we have Bottlehead as far as kits.![]()
Go for the Eico, Fisher, Scott, Citation, or Heath. The difference is in the output transformers.I always wanted to try a vintage Eico or Fisher tube amp. Now, I could probably find a new Rogue Audio tube amp cheaper...!![]()
Yes. I did some web searches looking for it, hoping it had been recorded, but to no avail. Lost to the depths of time.You guys realize this happened last year, right?
The old Sherwood I will be refurbing is going for $500 on EBay, it is mono. I really have no need for it once completed but I would take far less.I always wanted to try a vintage Eico or Fisher tube amp. Now, I could probably find a new Rogue Audio tube amp cheaper...!![]()
Elekit too.I never did much with ham radio but I knew many who did. I was always more into Dynaco than Heathkit but I do respect those who got the price down for the average consumer. I suppose today we have Bottlehead as far as kits.![]()
Nice picture, and beautiful autumn colors 'round there.Finally managed clear enough conditions here in Central Oregon to get a glimpse of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Still quite faint to the naked eye but a 10 second exposure on my iPhone did a good job.
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Yep I did forget to mention them. I also have in my possession a Cary phono preamp that Bill assembled and for a while a preamp of his that was also a kit from Cary.Elekit too.
And I forgot that Cary offered kits as well.Yep I did forget to mention them. I also have in my possession a Cary phono preamp that Bill assembled and for a while a preamp of his that was also a kit from Cary.
I built a HW101 and SB200....I have a Heathkit vacuum tube ham receiver. With, as I recall, ceramic audio filters.
....Yep I did forget to mention them. I also have in my possession a Cary phono preamp that Bill assembled and for a while a preamp of his that was also a kit from Cary.
Don't mind at all.Beautiful. And I hope you don't mind if I grab a copy of your picture...?![]()
I believe I saw one years ago, I was very involved in color television during the early part of my career. RCA, then a company that repaired color television modules. In the early days of solid state there were still a lot of tube swappers out there so companies made it easy by having whole circuits that could be plugged in and out, sound, power, IF, vertical, horizontal, etc. Magnavox had a design flaw in a power board and many of the modules were damaged so bad they could not be repaired. I designed my own and figured out how to improve the original. Oh and television tuners were plug in as well on many models. My son made $50 an hour working for me as we repaired those by the hundred.Remember Heathkit color tv's?
I agreed to assemble all of the pc boards for one of those beasts for a good friend.
It actually worked when my friend and his dad finished putting it all together.
And there was Quasar. "The works in a drawer" tv's.I believe I saw one years ago, I was very involved in color television during the early part of my career. RCA, then a company that repaired color television modules. In the early days of solid state there were still a lot of tube swappers out there so companies made it easy by having whole circuits that could be plugged in and out, sound, power, IF, vertical, horizontal, etc. Magnavox had a design flaw in a power board and many of the modules were damaged so bad they could not be repaired. I designed my own and figured out how to improve the original. Oh and television tuners were plug in as well on many models. My son made $50 an hour working for me as we repaired those by the hundred.