[Heathkit] opinion poll time

[Jim Shorney]

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On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 06:34:56 -0500, paul wrote:

>ok folks...  here is the  quandary...  ( kind of like king solomon  and
>sharing the baby)..  you come upon a rare unbuilt heathkit new  in box...
>if you assemble it , now you are like everyone else with  an assembled
>heathkit...  it you place it as a trophy ( unassembled in its factory box)in
>a prominent place in your shack never to be assembled, you now have a "one
>of a kind rarity"..  what do you do. what do you do..  paul w8jn


I asked this same question myself a while back re: an unbuilt Heathkit
cap tester.  My decision: money comes and goes.  Collectors already
have lots to collect.  Cost of the kit, $45 at auction; building it
with my 15-year old boy, priceless.  It's spread out over the kitchnen
table even as I type this.  Maybe I had the last unbuilt IT28 in the
universe; so what?  My boy will remember this for the rest of his life,
and I'll have a 'new' cap checker to use while rebuilding the R390A...

A local ham just picked up an unbuilt 'most accurate clock' at an
auction.  He's going to build it because he always wanted one as a kid
but couldn't afford it.  I'm happy for him.

I have been told that I should sell the empty box and packing on eBay,
though...

Enjoy.

73

JIm



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