[Mishmash] Whatever Happened To Heathkit?

[Fred Atkinson]

Hugh,

    I think I remember Heathkit making a CB set.  I'm surprised because
something operating as a business service (which was what CB was SUPPOSED to
be but vastly digressed) required that such a radio be checked out by a
licensed radiotelephone technician after it was assembled.  That would drive
the price up considerably.  And there would be those that wouldn't bother
with the FCC technician and just put it on the air often off frequency and
over or under modulating.

    I don't think that I remember anyone ever using one that I saw.

    Regards,



                                                                        Fred



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hugh Gigante" <hgigante at optonline.net>
To: "Mishmash" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Whatever Happened To Heathkit?


> Actually it whould have been CB . . . like in Citizens Band radio (early
> cell phone for anyone younger than 50).
>
> Hugh
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William Smyth" <wsmyth at pbtcomm.net>
> To: "Mishmash" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Whatever Happened To Heathkit?
>
>
> >> Makes you wonder . . .I remember Heathkit, EICO, and others . . .built
a
> >> whole room full of stuff as a kid (including a CD unit for my parents
car
> >> which was never really accepted by my Dad).
> >>
> >> Hugh
> >
> > I assume you mean a capacitive discharge ignition add-on rather than a
> > Compact Disc player although parents could dislike either one or both.
> > Ann and I assembled a couple of Radio Shack units in the early 70s for
our
> > Buicks. One even outlived two Buicks.  I was very impressed with them
> > because the ignition point contacts outlasted the rubbing blocks!  They
> > really performed well and even extended spark plug life by a factor of
> > three.  One company seemed to make the RS, Phase Three and Delta kits;
> > Phase Three was the highest price followed by Delta and RS brands but
> > Delta was the actual manufacturer.
> >
> > Bill in SC
> >
> >
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