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Weather Station Hardware => Other Weather Station Hardware => Topic started by: Mark / Ohio on January 06, 2009, 12:27:57 AM
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Decided to keep from veering another thread too far off course I would instead start a new one on the subject for a change. ;)
I mentioned as several others about having an early model HeathKit weather station (ID-1290) and posted a link to a picture of it. After some more investigation I found that same website I linked to for the picture has a bunch of information posted on the different things the company had to offer. Also you can download some of the old catalogs, manuals, etc.
Take a look at the home page toward the bottom in the HeathKit section:
http://www.tech-systems-labs.com/
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I love the smell of burning rosin in the morning, it smells like... Heathkit!
Those photos bring back memories... I built a shortwave radio, radio control set, multiple integrated amps, and possibly a few more. Also built a couple of Dynaco products--although I think those came with completed circuit boards...
If I tried really hard, I bet I could find the original construction manual for the tube amps my dad built...
Probably if you remember Heathkits, then you will remember going to the drugstore to test vacuum tubes... :roll:
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I have built several kits, stereo equipment, a 27 in colour TV. The only thing I have left was the original kit, a soldering iron, GH-17. I used it just last week. They were great fun and a good learning experience.
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...Probably if you remember Heathkits, then you will remember going to the drugstore to test vacuum tubes... :roll:
Yep, been there done that. I have enough old tubes laying about I've been thinking about getting a tube tester to see which ones still are good. We had one where I work (like the one pictured below) but the boss up and sold it one day 10+ years ago. I did not even know he was thinking about getting rid of it or I would have made him an offer. I have probably a dozen old tube radios, a portable stereo, and an early Emerson 9" or so black and white VHF band only TV. Most of them came through family to me.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/memmurphy/e3c8_1.jpg)
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Yes I remember going to the drug store to test tubes. I wonder if that why my hair is starting to turn grey now and fall out? Now where did I put my cane?
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...the boss up and sold it one day 10+ years ago.
Mark you need a new boss!!!
I built a bunch of Heathkits in my time and yes the Dynaco amps also (I have two, I think they're the Dynaco stereo 400). Oh and an IMSAI 8080 microcomputer. Still have most everything, including my last kit which, oddly enough, was Heath's best Weather Station which I never got commissioned. IIRC the wind direction indicator was flaky and I never got round to troubleshooting that so it sits on my shelf. Then my wife got me a WMR968 so who knows if I will ever find time to play with the Heath weather station again (sigh). A thing of beauty though...
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I've still got my Dynaco 416... oh yeah, I built a Hafler pre-amp and amp. There's actually some demand for the Hafler's...
Any market for a Dynaco that has a flaky channel?
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Any market for a Dynaco that has a flaky channel?
Since you built it you should know how to fix it. :lol:
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Yeah, but getting parts is a b*tch! :-)
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Sad but very true! The old ECG crosses for generic parts are gone and I only have limited success with NTE anymore.
http://nte01.nteinc.com/nte/NTExRefSemiProd.nsf/$$Search?OpenForm
Sometimes you can dig around here and find availability or cross numbers if your lucky enough to find a number painted on the part. (log in as guest)
http://www.encompassparts.com/
Different world now then what it was back then. If it's a model specific part your likely SOL. :roll:
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I never got into building electronics kits from Heathkit, but many years ago I drove over to their factory in St. Joseph Michigan and picked up a grandfather clock kit to build. It was a great project. I still have the clock and it still works.
(http://www.tawasbayweather.com/images/clock.jpg)
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I remember the digital clocks they had but not one like that. :shock:
I've wanted to build a grandfather clock or get a kit for years. I have a carriage clock I bought as a kit from Emperor and assembled back in the early 1990's.
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Sad but very true! The old ECG crosses for generic parts are gone and I only have limited success with NTE anymore.
Different world now then what it was back then. If it's a model specific part your likely SOL. :roll:
Thats for sure! I used to have good luck with ECG and fair with SK for RF specific parts when the original GE or Motorola P/N
was not handy.Anymore it's a shot in the dark..everything seems to be built and designed with "disposable " in mind!
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I think it all started as a secret master plan of job security for semiconductor engineers then spilled over to the manufacture's design engineers. ;)
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I think it all started as a secret master plan of job security for semiconductor engineers then spilled over to the manufacture's design engineers. ;)
Must have!
And all the investment to handle SMD components! ](*,)
I remember when some of our radio equipment was considered a heat source LOL!
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Must have!
And all the investment to handle SMD components! ](*,)
I remember when some of our radio equipment was considered a heat source LOL!
CB lingo terms "Footwarmer" and "Heater" comes to mind. :lol: In some ways though we have came full circle with the new HD TV's on the market. Ventilation and airflow are once again of a greater concern. Good to help with heating costs as long as your in a colder climate area. :mrgreen: