[Heathkit] Ye gods and little fishes!

[Gary H. Harmon Jr.]

GM Grant,

As usual, you are correct.  I might even trade my SX-88 for a couple of high
end kits.  :o)

73, Gary

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-----Original Message-----
From: heathkit-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:heathkit-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Grant Youngman
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:08 AM
To: Heathkit at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Heathkit] Ye gods and little fishes!

 
> I'm flabbergasted----as my late father-in-law said "There's a 
> fool born every minute and most of them survive!"

Oh, I don't think that's the case at all.

It's a matter of where you want to put your loose change.  If I had enough
loose change, I'd enjoy nothing better than finding AND building an HW-101
or SB-102 or SB-220, etc. (with a few updated parts in the process).  It
would be a trip in time better than anything you could get on a sugar cube.
Heck, I'd be happy (maybe happier) with something as mundane as an unbuilt
AR-3, DX-20 or DX-40.

It's really no different than spending a fortune on a KW-1, or a nice set of
Gold Dust Twins, or a Johnson KW, or whatever.  Except in the case of
unbuilt kits, it has nothing to do with the purchase price or the resale
value of the box when your done -- it's all about the process.

I'd happily trade my CCA/E KWS-1 -- maybe more -- for an unbuilt and
unopened SB-102.  Offers? :-)

Grant/NQ5T