[GreenKeys] HEATHKIT back in business - QST Dec 2015

[tony.podrasky]

Hi Jeffrey;

I stand my ground: I don't know ANYONE who would be the
least bit interested in assembling an A-M radio: No one
listens to it, let alone the kids - and THAT'S WHY I
suggested something that might appeal to them.

UE,
K2EAA - TONY
NNNN
ZCZC


On 11/22/2015 12:14 PM, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
> On 11/22/2015 12:05 PM, tony.podrasky wrote:
>> I FLEW to the URL. I was, to say, GREATLY DISAPPOINTED that
>> all there was is a A-M Radio kit, and some parts (probably dug
>> out of storage) from 20-30 years ago...
> Don't be so hard on them.
> These poor bastards are beating a dead horse.
>
> What made Heathkit work was twofold.
> 1. You saved on the factory labor of building something.
> This was when things were built by hand, and people doing it were paid
> a living wage.
> 2. They sold stuff that was currently marketed. Like the Hi-Fi craze of the
> '50s and '60s, and low end versions of test equipment.
>
> Imagine trying to sell an LCD TV or a DVD player "kit" now.
>
> It's NOT the "kids these days." Blame the parents that couldn't be
> bothered to teach their kids how to think, to wonder, to work with
> their minds and hands.
>
>
>

-- 
MicroSoft error messages written in Haiku:

         Yesterday it worked.
       Today it is not working.
         Windows is like that.