[Boatanchors] The Heath Company, Today

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

I thought that Heath was the company who manufactured the Heathkit kits. 
Hence, wasn't Heathkit a product as opposed to the actual manufacturer?

Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Shultz" <nj2r at earthlink.net>
To: "'Duane Fischer, W8DBF'" <dfischer at usol.com>; 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:13 PM
Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] The Heath Company, Today


> This should answer the question since they (Heathkit) still exist as
> www.heathkit.com and are in the educational business.
>
> This additional link gives the transitional history
> http://www.theheathkitshop.com/whathappenedtohe.html
>
> 73, Roger, NJ2R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Duane Fischer,
> W8DBF
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:39 PM
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Boatanchors] The Heath Company, Today
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Recently the question of what the Heath Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan
> is doing today has come up on both the HHI Saturday and Sunday Nets. What
> follows is from a few years ago. It was provided by K7DDG.
>
> If any of you have "facts" on what Heath is doing today, please post it 
> here
>
> for all of us to benefit from. Thank you.
>
> For proper credit, it should be noted that this material is excerpted from
>
> Shortwave Receivers Past and Present third edition copywrite 1998 by Fred
>
> Osterman.
>
>
> Heath Company
>
> Benton Harbor MI 1945-1961
>
>
> The fascinating story of Heath has been told many times on the inside 
> cover
>
> of Heathkit catalogs. Edward Bayard Heath founded the Heath Aeroplane
> Company
>
> during the early 1900's. The first Heath "kit" was in fact an airplane
>
> introduced in 1926. In 1931 the founder was killed in a flight test. Heath
>
> remained an aircraft and aircraft parts company through World War II. 
> Howard
>
> E.
>
> Anthony, who had purchased Heath in 1935 gave it a different direction 
> after
>
> the
>
> war. With surplus electronic parts, he marketed the "O-1" oscilloscope kit
> for
>
> $39.50. A line of test instruments, amateur radios and hi-fi equipment 
> kits
>
> followed.
>
>
> Howard Anthony also died in a plane crash in 1954. Daystrom Inc. then
>
> acquired the Heath Company. In 1962 Daystrom was purchased by Schlumberger
> Limited,
>
> a leader in the development of electronic techniques for oil exploration.
>
>
> Zenith purchased Heath from Schlumberger in 1979. They were interested in
>
> Heath's computer production capacity more than amateur radio gear. Budget
> cuts,
>
> difficulties with new models and increased offshore competition led to
>
> increased problems in the mid 1980's. In the late 80's and early 90's the
> amateur
>
> radio segment consisted primarily of assembled, private labeled equipment
>
> from Standard, Yaesu and Ameritron. Heath now focuses on educational 
> videos
> and
>
> workbooks and is not in the radio market.
>
>
> Roger
>
> K7DDG
>
>
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
> dfischer at usol.com
>
> HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
> http://www.w9wze.net
>
> HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
> hhrp.w9wze.net
>
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