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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: New Heathkit kits
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] Fwd: New Heathkit kits
- From: "R. Colin Newell" <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 09:04:11 -0700
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Whomever is running Heath now is completely out of touch -- maybe living in
a dream World
The hardcore DIY'ers are going Arduino, programmable boards, embedded
systems, CNC, robotics -
If anyone wanted to build something like a radio, the market is already
saturated with things like QKITS --
There is absolutely no need for Heathkit in the 21st Century.
Lively dialog expected!
On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Steve Ratzlaff <ratzlaffsteve@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Not to mention the extremely high price ($150) for a simple "TRF radio",
> one of the pictures shows all the components apparently being held in place
> not by soldering them but using nuts and bolts! Who would want to build
> something like that? Not me, even if the price were $29.95.
> Steve
>
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