Heathkit ad from '57

[Mike Markowski-2]

With the recent talk of Heathkit I thought some might enjoy seeing an
old Heathkit ad.  I just scanned it in from QST June 1957:

   http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/heathkitAd.png

73,
Mike ab3ap
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[k6dgw]

On 9/11/2011 6:48 PM, Mike Markowski wrote:
> With the recent talk of Heathkit I thought some might enjoy seeing an
> old Heathkit ad.  I just scanned it in from QST June 1957:
>
>     http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/heathkitAd.png

Hmmm ... looks like a DX-100 paired with a 75A4?  I could afford Heath
with some help from Grandma, 75A4?  I only dreamed.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
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[Rick Tavan N6XI]

The DX-100 weighed enough to give my Dad (K3QDC, SK) his first slipped disk!
He brought it home on approval but decided not to keep it. I don't recall
whether the return was before or after the surgery.

/Rick

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Ah, but a rig is known by the company it keeps!
>
> Good marketing. A Collins owner who chooses the DX100 (and the DX100 was
> lighter than the Collins transmitters I lifted - IIRC the 32V series
> weighed
> over 100 lbs.)
>
>
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Rick Tavan N6XI
Truckee, CA
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[John Westmoreland]

Mark,

Wow - Heath Time Payment Plan on orders totaling $90.00 or more - maybe
they'll bring that back too!

73's,
John W.
AJ6BC

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Mike Markowski <[hidden email]>wrote:

> With the recent talk of Heathkit I thought some might enjoy seeing an
> old Heathkit ad.  I just scanned it in from QST June 1957:
>
>   http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/heathkitAd.png
>
> 73,
> Mike ab3ap
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[wayne burdick]

> The 32V2 is 110 lbs. I got one from a friend's estate and got rid of  
> it because of the weight alone.
>
> The Heath DX100 is 100 lbs, so I can understand a slipped disc!
>
> My Viking Ranger weighed 45 lbs.

Hurts my back just to think about it, Ron. The good news:

K3, 9 lbs.

KX3, 1.5 lbs :)

Wayne
N6KR




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[David Christ]

All weight comments aside (and I did own a DX-100B) I find that first
sentence in the main paragraph of the ad weighty and needs to be
revised for the present.

Elecraft amateur radio gear is designed by hams -- for hams to insure
maximum "on the air" enjoyment.

What more is there to say!

David K0LUM

At 10:03 PM -0700 9/11/11, Wayne Burdick wrote:

>  > The 32V2 is 110 lbs. I got one from a friend's estate and got rid of
>>  it because of the weight alone.
>>
>>  The Heath DX100 is 100 lbs, so I can understand a slipped disc!
>>
>>  My Viking Ranger weighed 45 lbs.
>
>Hurts my back just to think about it, Ron. The good news:
>
>K3, 9 lbs.
>
>KX3, 1.5 lbs :)
>
>Wayne
>N6KR
>
>
>
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[sfbonk]

Great drawing. This was the image on my first QSL card, WN3GDX in 66(?).

73 de W3OU, Steve





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From: Mike Markowski <[hidden email]>
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Subject: [Elecraft] Heathkit ad from '57


With the recent talk of Heathkit I thought some might enjoy seeing an
ld Heathkit ad.  I just scanned it in from QST June 1957:
   http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/heathkitAd.png
73,
ike ab3ap
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