[Boatanchors] Heathkit back ?

[Nick England]

Well, we'll see. Maybe a new generation of kit builders will discover
and love them the way we used to.

Like most people on this list, my mental image of Heathkit is when the
BR-2 AM radio kit was $17.50 (+ $4.50 for cabinet)
http://www.ohio.edu/people/postr/bapix/br2.htm

But then I realized if you factor in inflation since the 1950's, maybe
the new price wasn't at all out of line.
Indeed $22.00 in 1957 => $186.58 in 2015

Other folks may look at all this quite differently. Time will tell and
I certainly wish the company good luck - because getting people hooked
on building electronics is definitely a very beneficial thing.

Cheers,
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:46 AM, GRANT YOUNGMAN <nq5t at tx.rr.com> wrote:
> It’s a little sold state TRF AMBC receiver. — for $150.
>
> Grant NQ5T
>
>
>> On Oct 8, 2015, at 8:39 AM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I didn't get any such email.  I wonder what the kits will be.  A kit
>> for a basic simple vacuum tube device, even a simple p.p. audio amp
>> like the Eico HF-14 would be great, but nowadays the fear and
>> liability surrounding tube dc voltages would probably prevent it.
>>
>> Rob
>> K5UJ
>>
>
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