2021-03-18, 10:22:52
Neat website! One can waste a LOT of time there :-)
I got my licence when I was at U of NB in 1968. The UNB club had the big Heathkit twins - Mohawk RX & Marauder TX. I really enjoyed operating that station. Later, I built an SB-102 and used it for quite a while. I also built a Heathkit weather station, which I think is still at the Port Elgin airport. Heathkits were a great way to get decent electronics, at reasonable prices, and have fun building them.
These days, 1000-pin ICs and tiny SMDs make kits unfeasible for the average builder. Most of the "kits" available (e.g. Elecraft) merely require mounting pre-assembled modules in a case. Too bad.
73
Dave, VE3WI
I got my licence when I was at U of NB in 1968. The UNB club had the big Heathkit twins - Mohawk RX & Marauder TX. I really enjoyed operating that station. Later, I built an SB-102 and used it for quite a while. I also built a Heathkit weather station, which I think is still at the Port Elgin airport. Heathkits were a great way to get decent electronics, at reasonable prices, and have fun building them.
These days, 1000-pin ICs and tiny SMDs make kits unfeasible for the average builder. Most of the "kits" available (e.g. Elecraft) merely require mounting pre-assembled modules in a case. Too bad.
73
Dave, VE3WI