[Heathkit] Heathkits scrapped Grow up

[rbethman]

While passing around high fives, I will simply state that there are TOO 
many folks that *SEEM* to be all out over four heavy items that were 
flat on the floor, going away!

I'll begin by saying that ONE - There ARE medical issues that brought 
this up in MY house!

TWO - They are NONE of anyone's business - BUT - OURS!

THREE - I still have MY DX-60 and HG-10!

FOUR - There ARE other list members that have received schematics, 
manuals, *AND* a couple that have gotten parts from ME that I simply 
sent with a note saying:  "Pay it Forward!"

The *TWO* points that I'll make, and then just stop posting.

1)  This is MY time, effort, money *AND* property that TOO many appear 
to have decided that I'm simply all wrong about.

     A)  They were offered up for sale over the last few years - NO TAKERS!

     B)  I alluded to parting them out and got untold grief over that!

2)  Maturity is NOT determined by calendar "age", it comes from life's 
experiences.  Some get it very late in life, or as is becoming apparent, 
never at all!

     A)  Maturity found ME before I even got to 20 yrs of age.  It 
smacked me like a 4" X 4" during my FIRST SouthEast Asian tour of duty!  
I was a Corpsman!  I don't remember how many times it happened, - BUT - 
the "routine" went like - WE, (My Brothers in Arms and I), would come 
under fire.  I had to begin crawling like a snake, hugging what ever was 
under me, to get TO one of said MEN, (Within a year or two of my own 
age), patch them up, start an IV or Inject Morphine based on what I 
could determine - AND - had been taught.  Move to the NEXT one - 
REPEAT.  WHEN things allowed - Grab PRC-25 Handset call for DUSTOFF.

     B)  Begin loading Medivac Chopper until full or out of wounded.  I 
never had any difficulty in doing this, until one day.  I was making the 
LAST load of MY BROTHERS and a very sharp burning sensation went through 
my leg.  I looked down and saw that it WASN'T gushing, so I handed off 
the one I was loading to get the last one to go.  As I handed off the 
last stretcher, several sets of hands grabbed me, pulled me inside, and 
strapped MY butt to on of those canvas stretchers.

Now it *IS* my Ham Shack.  I decide what stays or goes.  Those that give 
this sanctimonious crap, are those that have NOT reached maturity!

N0DGN

On 5/24/2011 8:28 PM, LeeCraner at aol.com wrote:
>
> Well said, Mike.  And I'll add that you can have loads of fun without
> superior performance.  CX and SKN events are loads of fun because we use  older,
> not state of the art equipment and still make them work.  Last time  I did
> Field Day, while everyone else was at their fancy highpowered rigs, I set
> up a hammock, put a gel cell powered HW-7 and a straight key on my belly  and
> had a blast.
>
> 73
> Lee WB6SSW
>
> In a message dated 5/24/2011 2:24:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> aa8k73 at gmail.com writes:
>
> The  folks on this list still use Heathkits, not
> necessarily because of superior  performance,
> but to reminisce over an extraordinary company
> and to enjoy  using equipment a half-century old.