[RVRC] Heathkit back from the dead

[Martin Friedman]

Alex, The company was bought and sold a few times. Only the name is left of
the kit business. The engineers and the "we won't let you fail" attitude
are gone. They are asking for suggestions for kits? They will find it hard
to find components with leads anymore. I'll wait for the reviews.
Marty

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Sack [mailto:pisymbol at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 4:48 PM
To: Martin Friedman
Cc: RVRC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [RVRC] Heathkit back from the dead

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Martin Friedman <radiomf at comcast.net>
wrote:
> This is just another attempt to capitalize on a trademark. The 
> Heathkit business model is dead. I don't expect much to come of this
startup.
>

Marty, you do realize that this IS the original Heathkit company?  Not a
startup:

"he Heathkit company still exists as Heathkit Educational Systems and is now
located in Saint Joseph, Michigan, and now concentrates on the Educational
Systems side of the business.

In August of 2011 Heathkit announced on its website that it would be
re-entering the kit business with a line of DIY kits for household
items.[10]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathkit

Anyway you look at it, its great news if you ask me!

Its not clear to me yet what kind of radio offerings they will have but I
assume given their legacy and well-known brand across the ham community,
they will offer something!  :-)

73

-aps (KC2ZSX)