[Heathkit] Strange-looking SB-600 spkr?

[Doug Shields]

Everyone,

     I checked and my speaker does not have a series number tag.  There are a couple differences from the speaker in the earlier pictures.  The feet on mine are held in place with sheet metal screws, nut the more standard screw, lockwasher, and nut.  Mine also has a back panel made of about 1/8” thick fiber material.  There are two vent holes toward the top.  Below are two screw terminals for connection and a ¼” phone jack for headphones.  I can take pictures later if anyone is interested.

     I had always heard the story of it being a Canadian product.  Given Chuck’s report of very limited quantities I could believe that we have prototypes that never really made it to full production.

 

Doug W4DAS

 

From: wa7zze at gmail.com [mailto:wa7zze at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 11:05 PM
To: Nick England
Cc: Doug Shields; Alexander N. Gerli; heathkit at mailman.qth.net; heath at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Strange-looking SB-600 spkr?

 

Anyone have a set of Canadian catalogs? Would like to know how long it was sold. 

 

It will take a bit more prying to get me out of the prototype corner. Just because it's in a catalog doesn't mean it was actually sold, or sold for very long. 

 

A separate speaker for Canada defies all logic. 

 

Best,

 

Chuck / WA7ZZE


"Remain open to the possibility of the fantastic." -- Terry Hansen


On May 11, 2016, at 7:19 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

An old post says it was shown in the mid-1966 Canadian catalog for use with the SB-300. 

https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/heath/1998-November/031810.html

On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, wa7zze at gmail.com <wa7zze at gmail.com> wrote:

Doug's comments prompted me to recall noting that the speaker in mine has a Canadian manufacturers name on it.



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Nick England K4NYW

www.navy-radio.com

 



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