Letoria Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 You are a wise woman. I remember as a kid, Dad bought a top end TV (this would be the mid to late 70s), and he still had the thing down in his work shop so he could watch baseball or hockey while he puttered up until he died in the early 2000s. When Mom died a couple of years later, it fell to my wife and I to clean and empty the house. When we got to the cellar, I tried turning it on for the hell of it, and yup, it still worked. Now we treat TVs as just another ho-hum purchase, new model every couple of years, nothing lasts. And BronxWench, I still have a good many of my old LPs, some of which I'm ashamed of (Leif Garrett?), others are still OK (Journey, Van Halen). There's a very distinct sound a stylus makes when the tone arm drops it onto vinyl that MP3s just can't replicate. Wistful sigh. BronxWench 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexy68 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Well BronxWench, if your kit radio was green, it was probable a Heathkit radio! They were really big in the "kit radio" world and community! They were some of the best and well know radios on the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BronxWench Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 It definitely wasn't a Heathkit, that much I'm sure of. My dad was the one who built the stereo receiver, but I don't recall him ever building a radio. He'd probably have enjoyed it, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexy68 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Well, the didn't only make Ham radios. They had hi-fi stereo kits as well! And test equipment. All kinds of kits! Before I was born my Dad was a fire control systems tech on the Air Forces F-106's so electronics was always one of his passions! LOL When I was born he was out of the Air Force and working for a company repairing business machines and computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonGoddess Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I remember seeing those in my dad's Popular Electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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