[R-390] Heathkit Designs (was Nixie Tube...)

[Drew P.]

On Haethkit designs, Don wrote:

"Really?  The only three I ever liked were the '50s-'60s VTVM (V-7,
V-7A, IM-11, IM-18, etc.) -- after you drilled as few cooling holes
in the case; the DX-100 (the original, not the "B"); and the W-5M
audio amp (before they changed the output transformer).  Everything
else I ever worked with or on could be described as "nearly
serviceable" at best, but always full of gratch.  I've heard that
some of the tube linears were OK, but I've never played with one."

I had the Heathkit GT-18 "Boonie Bike", and I can at least laud Heathkit for choosing Briggs & Stratton over Tecumseh.

Drew