Ayles
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Interesting listing here in Seattle:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/ele/2877760202.html
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http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/ele/2877760202.html
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Unbuilt Heathkit TV
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dshoaf
That high voltage buzz
What a hoot! These show up occasionally. I wonder who would care about this now.
Funny story: When I was in high school, I tried to convince my Dad that I could build the next TV we owned. It was then that I discovered that he was color-blind and couldn't understand why the family wanted to see shows in color! My Mother was always fried about that, too, but us kids only wanted to see the Wicked Witch of the West's green face - we had never seen it before.
Cheers,
David
Funny story: When I was in high school, I tried to convince my Dad that I could build the next TV we owned. It was then that I discovered that he was color-blind and couldn't understand why the family wanted to see shows in color! My Mother was always fried about that, too, but us kids only wanted to see the Wicked Witch of the West's green face - we had never seen it before.
Cheers,
David
My dad spent hours in his basement shop building one of those. It ran fine for over 20 years. Like to see some new tv do that.
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
might not be too easy finding a crt for it . be ok for sound though although saying that there wouldn't be any sound to be heard .
My dad built one as well - seem to take forever - then finally watched speed racer in color - great tv.
markallen
Luddite Tendencies
You'd be surprised.
About 5 years ago, I got a call from a guy who'd sold me some vintage stereo components. He asked me if I was interested in some more electronics, which he described as boxes of parts (he probably mentioned "Heathkit", I don't remember). Wanted $100, including several 60s and 70s pieces of electronic analysis equipment and some other tools. I told him I had enough stuff already, but I'd take a look.
There were alot of boxes, though I couldn't tell exactly what; I told him that if he wanted to get rid of all of it, I'd give him $20 to haul it off, as I really didn't need any of it. He took the twenty.
I had to make two trips with my SUV. The lot included a complete (by my own inventory) 25" Heathkit color TV kit (circa 1975) as well as an oscilloscope kit, a transistor radio kit, and an AM/FM/SW radio kit (still have these last two). When I got it all home and sorted things out, I was tempted to build the TV myself (I love electronics kits, built a Heathkit receiver in the early 80s). A TV kit on eBay had just sold for nearly $2K, and I couldn't justify the potential cash value at the time, so I listed the TV and O-scope. The TV brought $1000, the o-scope $400. This remains my best "flip".
Gave away most of the analytic equipment as it was obsolete, though I kept a B&K 970 transistor testor (that I still don't know how to fully use!).
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