In article , Gray Shockley
writes:

Zenith bought them out for their computer(s) and terminals and then Zenith
tossed out nearly all of Heath except those items.

About two years ago, I was in a Home Depot and came across some
sensory-motion fictures that were labeled as "Zenith-Heath". What that is (or
was) about, I have no idea.

Both Home Depot and Lowes carries the big line of Heath-Zenith
door chimes, both wired and wireless. Wife and I put two wireless
Heath-Zenith transmitters and three indoor chimes in our southern
house a couple years ago. Been working fine here ever since.

All that hardware seems to be made in China, certainly not Benton
Harbor. :-)

LHA

In article , "Jim Hampton"
writes:

My gut feeling is that a lot of mags have or will drop.

Yep - first "ham radio" over a dozen tears ago, and now "73".

Yes, there will
(likely) always be antenna construction articles, articles on safety, DXing,
and a (very) limited amount of homebrewing. Do you remember the
construction articles of the 50s and 60s?

And the '70s, '80s, '90s...

Still plenty of construction going on. But a lot of it winds up on websites
instead of magazine pages.

Homebrewing is, in part, the victim of affluence and less expensive
manufacturing methods.

Back then, there were a lot of
home brew projects.

Sure - and most of them were the result of work done by hams in their own
workshops.

Even Heathkit threw in the towel a couple of decades
ago.

Heathkit ran into several problems, but the main one was that the basic
advantage of kitbuilding was the cost savings resulting from eliminating labor
cost. When electronics assembly required lots of hand labor, that savings gave
Heath an edge.

But kits are not dead. See

http://www.elecraft.com

for a look at what's available today. Over 5000 Elecraft rigs have been built
(3500+ K2s and 1500+ K1s, plus accessories and now the new KX1).

How much did anyone learn dropping in an integrated circuit that
contained the whole if amplifier?

Are you against PROGRESS? ;-)

That plus postal rates going threw the
roof hasn't made it any easier for magazines.

One wonders sometimes if it wouldn't be less expensive to send us CDs.

I've dropped all magazine
subscriptions except tv guide (sign of the times LOL). Even when I
assembled my first computer (a Heathkit H-8, which I still have), there were
modifications to be performed. I had to chuckle when Kilobaud had an
article on increasing the transfer rate from the tape deck to/from the
computer from 1200 baud to 2400 baud. I was already running 4800 baud (and
could get it to sync, but not transfer, at 9600 baud. I think the cheap
cassette deck had something to do with it.).

HAW!

Which raises a question - is my computer "homebrew"? It was built from parts
obtained from a variety of sources. But no soldering or metalwork involved.

Those days are long gone; today we have satellite tv and BPL (hopefully, not
for long on the BPL!!!).

I sure hope so.

73 de Jim, N2EY

In article , "Phil Kane"
writes:

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:41:41 -0500, Gray Shockley wrote:

If memory serves, Heath didn't throw in the towel, per se.

Zenith bought them out for their computer(s) and terminals and then Zenith
tossed out nearly all of Heath except those items.

Didn't Shlumberger get into the picture before Zenith, or was it
after Zenith?

Memory says that Schlumberger acquired them first, then Zenith.
The Heath-Zenith home appliance/gadget corporate headquarters
moved to someplace else (southeast?) according to what I
remember from the doorbell packages. Zenith quit the TV receiver
manufacture some time ago; they were a close second to
Admiral Corporation, also in the Chicago area.

My first kit was a Heath Q-1.

Mine also, 1951. The CRT in the kit was WW2 surplus, 5BP1,
container still marked with Army lettering. :-)

My first Heathkit was their VTVM (Vacuum-Tube Voltmeter for those
who never played with one). One of the best test instruments of its
time (1950s).

It's still good. My Heath VTVM was purchased in late 1953, shipped
to my battalion mailbox in Tokyo, Japan, while assigned to ADA.
Used it for checking "Hi-Fi" music electronic kits purchased at the
legendary Akihabara district of Tokyo, even then a mecca for
electronics-radios-components covering many square blocks. Mine
traveled with me back to Illinois then California. Slight drift in the
resistor values makes it a tad out of spec now and the rotary switches
will probably never survive another cleaning (oxide build-up on the
rotary contacts has always been a problem with old electronics).
The Heath SB-310 receiver kit, purchased and built two decades
later, has almost useless rotary switch contacts now.

LHA

In article 9fGib.553559$Oz4.501772@rwcrnsc54, JonJacobJingleHimerSchmidt
writes:

I heard in the later years that Wayne required a certain format for
articles or columns and if the author did not follow the format, then
the article or column did not get published.

Nearly ALL periodicals and publishers have minimum standards on
manuscript format acceptible for consideration of publication.

Those same periodicals and publishers explain those in free
documents called "Writer's Guides."

The quasi-standard format for all written formats in North America
is letter size paper (8 1/2" x 11"), a minimum margin of 1" all sides,
double-spacing conventional type font with pitch about 10 characters
per inch, one side of the paper only.

Submission of a manuscript to a publisher is FAR from any guarantee
of acceptance whether it follows a publisher's format or not. Unless one
has a specific contract to submit work to a publisher, ALL manuscripts
must pass through a series of reviews at the publisher.

It is a given that NO technically oriented publication will accept crayon
on cardboard format manuscripts, handwritten or hand-printed text on
non-standard paper stock.

Anyone who wishes to submit an article for publication should first
contact a publisher's Editor by separate inquiry letter. Nearly every
publisher will return a Writer's Guide to the format used by a publisher.
Submissions are guaranteed absolutely nothing except some form of
consideration AT the publication.

Leonard H. Anderson
Associate Editor at Ham Radio Magazine for two years

I believe Zenith was acquired by Goldstar,

http://www.zenith.com



"Len Over 21" wrote in message
...
In article , "Phil Kane"
writes:

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:41:41 -0500, Gray Shockley wrote:

If memory serves, Heath didn't throw in the towel, per se.

Zenith bought them out for their computer(s) and terminals and then
Zenith
tossed out nearly all of Heath except those items.

Didn't Shlumberger get into the picture before Zenith, or was it
after Zenith?

Memory says that Schlumberger acquired them first, then Zenith.
The Heath-Zenith home appliance/gadget corporate headquarters
moved to someplace else (southeast?) according to what I
remember from the doorbell packages. Zenith quit the TV receiver
manufacture some time ago; they were a close second to
Admiral Corporation, also in the Chicago area.

My first kit was a Heath Q-1.

Mine also, 1951. The CRT in the kit was WW2 surplus, 5BP1,
container still marked with Army lettering. :-)

My first Heathkit was their VTVM (Vacuum-Tube Voltmeter for those
who never played with one). One of the best test instruments of its
time (1950s).

It's still good. My Heath VTVM was purchased in late 1953, shipped
to my battalion mailbox in Tokyo, Japan, while assigned to ADA.
Used it for checking "Hi-Fi" music electronic kits purchased at the
legendary Akihabara district of Tokyo, even then a mecca for
electronics-radios-components covering many square blocks. Mine
traveled with me back to Illinois then California. Slight drift in the
resistor values makes it a tad out of spec now and the rotary switches
will probably never survive another cleaning (oxide build-up on the
rotary contacts has always been a problem with old electronics).
The Heath SB-310 receiver kit, purchased and built two decades
later, has almost useless rotary switch contacts now.

LHA