[TVARC] Heathkit Catalog - 1961

[joe signorelli]

Byron,
Good to hear from you, I remember you fondly as you were the lead VE the night in 2004 when I got my Technician, General and Extra licenses. I too took a TV servicing course under the GI Bill( I think in the late 60's).  The kits included a VTVM, Oscilloscope, signal generator and a "Huge" 25" TV.  It worked well for about 2 years.  The troubleshooting write up was so good, after repair, it worked another year, after that, the XYL opted for a larger screen.
Finally got a vertical up in a tree(21 ft) here in the Villages.  Would like to try my hand at building a loop antenna.  Might be an idea for you in your rental.
73, Joe Signorelli AB3CR

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Good grief, Byron.  That’s a sad tale.

Nice to hear from you!

73,

George K2DM





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That brings back memories.  I built a DX-40 AM & CW transmitter, a VFO to go with it, VTVM, “Dipper” all in the late 1950s.  In the 1970’sI was eligible for training under VA so I ordered a correspondence class on TV servicing which included a Heathkit color TV which came packaged in segments about once a week.  When I got it assembled it didn’t work and I tried all the trouble shooting that I had learned and still couldn’t get it to work.  The “professors” of my classes gave me clues but no luck.  We weren’t to contact Heath for help, but I finally did and they offered help but it still didn’t work.  Finally one of the instructors told me to clip a resister in an area that should not have caused the problem.  If such and such happened they suggested then replacing a capacitor in another unrelated part of the circuit and it worked.  About 3 years it worked and then more problems.  By then Heath had set up stores in many cities and we had one in Toledo OH so I took the TV to them.  They had a flat fee to fix problems.  They had a devil of a time and the manager told me they had spent almost double the cost of the kit had I bought it from Heath.  They finally got it working, but about a year later I junked it.  The Store Manager told me that the particular model had lots of poor engineering in his opinion.  That was the last of Heath for me.



Byron Engen, WN4R (no operation now due to antenna restrictions in rental home)

28 Balsam Dr

Delaware, OH



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Subject: [TVARC] Heathkit Catalog - 1961



https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/Consumer/Heathkit-1961-Fall-Winter.pdf



Here is a fun trip down memory lane. Kudos to CWops reflector.



Bob, K3ZGA



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