[Heathkit] That unbuilt HW101

[kiyoinc at attglobal.net]

nv4t at bellsouth.net wrote:

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

Nope. Factored for inflation, it went for less than the new price.  I 
graduated from highschool in 1964.  A coke was 15 cents, a corvette 
stingray was $4,000.   I earned $1.20/hour at the gas station.

Watch a few episodes of the Antiques Roadshow on PBS, some incredible 
ugly and useless junque fetches big bucks.

That HW-101 is a piece of mid-20th century technology that cannot be 
duplicated at any price.

In my back room, I have several interesting radios, a Signal/One CX7A, 
an SB-104A, SB-303's.

I love working on these, cleaning them, replacing the bad caps, etc.

I bought them as basket cases, "this radio is guaranteed broken, if it 
starts to work within two weeks, return for a full refund."

I'm gradually returning them to service.   Like I said, it's fun.

I built several kits in the 1960's and had a good time doing it.

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