Heathkit shop and shack tour

This is a tour of my ham shack and what I call the 'Heathkit Shop.'

[@ouenergy2437]

Tell the wife it's the MONEY PIT FULL OF GOLD! I love this video because it brings back the good old days. Much love your way old man 73's N1LRF

[@MedusalObligation]

Well, I don't feel bad about the mess in my shack now. I'm somewhere between your shop and Mr. Carlson's Lab. LOL (And I've got some Heathkit. I built a lot of it when I was younger. It was ALWAYS more costly than to buy a commercial product. But you learned so much by building it yourself.)

[@keithschneider6348]

Heathkit was one of the best company's . When I was 11 I put together are first color tv. Heathkit was a mile from my house. Someone from California bought it just for 2 patents. Year later it closed. Was a sad day for kids.

[@user-mg4uz6ix6w]

I made the GR-295 at age 14 with my dad.

[@Screamingtut]

if you are feeling generous to a 70 yr old Ham. I would love one of those HeathKit Receivers I had put one together when I was 15 back in the late 60s and it worked, I had a long wire on our roof that went the whole length of the roof (we had a flat roof). Our house was an end home of a 3-house unit. I put the long wire diagonal from our side of the house to the far corner of the other end house. I also put up a second wired dipole that had equal sides but it was not cut for any band and ran coax to my basement. I also built a tuner out of parts from an old tube TV. The long wire & dipole when tuned brought in stations all day and night. Also, there I've been a ham for 43 years. de N6KV

[@reoman98]

I have a shop larger than that. I have probably 30 Eico and Heathkit test equipment I need to restore. I have about 80 old radios I need to restore. I couldn’t imagine having that much stuff. I’m 43 years old and I don’t think I could get to all that stuff in my lifetime. Especially with my other project builds.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Great video...👍

[@bagol-crumbpstar]

Ur a radio master, sir.. love ur shop.. super impressive. Thank you for sharing 😃

[@scrappy7571]

I sure miss Heathkit. Built several kits in my teens. Wish they would come back, I would love to build test equipment to help with my vintage audio restorations.

[@theheathkitshop2424]

Heathkit had their time in the sun, and that time has ran out. The number one reason whey Heathkit was so popular was the price point. Remember, way back when, labor was a huge part of any product. Heathkit removed the labor, sold a decent product, and you supplied the labor. Today, with robot controlled pick and place machines, SMD designs, there is little labor savings. Thus Heathkit lost its advantage.

[@ranvirsingh3366]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CHAOS IN WORKSHOP , PITY FOR RECIECERS ETC.😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@Dennis-uc2gm]

Nice collection of Ham stuff. I'm glad you've got the other half of my shop. 73's 😅

[@ronaldzuccala-pv8tu]

Wow my friend wow. It takes much to impress me in my old age. Sir I must say I'm floored.. my best. RON. Z. WA3090SWL.. THE NORTH AMERICAN SHORTWAVE RADIO AND TOY ROBOT MUSEUM.

[@oakshillelagh4339]

I worked a lot of Cw QRP great stuff 73 to you WC3G

[@ralphmans]

I still have the heathkit spectre radio controlled gas powered car, a classic

[@joshjosh6526]

Man i thought i had a lot of boat anchors! 😂 thats awesome!

[@jimzellmer4586]

Oh my gosh. that view of the length of the shake at 11:15 says it all. Way to many projects hauled home from the hunt, and way too little time to get them finished. Pick a few and enjoy.

[@theheathkitshop2424]

Actually, 90% of the radios work/been repaired. There simply isn't enough room. In fact, the other side of the basement has more radios.

[@duanetrivett750]

They are several of us that would love to see you do a video on the Mohicans only . We enjoy your videos , thanks.

[@theheathkitshop2424]

Maybe I'll dig one out and see about a simple short video on one.

[@duanetrivett750]

Thank you Sir.

[@keithhanson1027]

Definitely a pit from an YL's point of view. Mine is a bit neater but my YL thinks its a pit as well. Hi Hi

[@duanetrivett750]

I love the Mohicans. I had one in the 1980 and was a great rig .I have one now but needs work and I can't find a technician to take on the task.

[@theheathkitshop2424]

They are a bugger to repair. They were built in layers, and the odds of the bad part being on the bottom layer can just ruin your day.

[@JohnUsp]

Awesome.

[@johnwest7993]

I like your shop a whole lot. I don't have a lot of stuff, but I do have some odd Heath gear you might not have. Do you have the Heath digital o'scope, or the Heathkit CB, the GW-22? (I built one new when I was a kid in 1964.) I have a few other old Heath things, too. My biz partner used to be a Heath engineer. He has a lot of great stories about it. The perfect job. Design kits all day, then party on the Lake MI beach. I envy him.

[@VK3CSJ]

Exceptional....so much stuff. At some point you're gonna have to down size...l hope you can find homes for all of it...;)

[@MirlitronOne]

I see you're planning for a long and busy retirement. Just don't let one of them racks fall on ya!

[@ChrisSwygard]

I miss them as well

[@theheathkitshop2424]

They had their day in the sun. But as the song goes, 'the times be a changing.'

[@ncphotos]

Great video! de W2CSI

[@ChanYC8829]

Hi OM, I just wondering is ur VTVM or Tentec radios for sales???

[@cwebs1000]

I'm a Heathkit hoarder but you win! Can I play at your house?

[@djsmith1036]

Hi Mike, Do you still sell the Deltron GLA1000B power supply board?

[@haraldlonn898]

I have a fl/fr 100 that not work and that hurts. There is a life time repears to do in your shack.

[@hamradio3716]

Holy smokes! I thought I had a lot of radios 😮

[@theheathkitshop2424]

That's only what's in the shack/shop. The garage is full of stuff, the storage barn has stuff in it and the rest of the basement has stacks of radios.

[@mikesmith-po8nd]

Man, when you kick off, your wife is going to have one hellvacious estate sale! I don't have as much stuff as you do, but I think that yours is much better organized. ( That's really embarrassing!)

[@meTimetraveler]

those were the times Lafayette, Heathkit and Radio Shack.......all now gone

[@MedusalObligation]

You forgot Allied

[@coldinspringfield7571]

ok so your'e a hoarder keep the best and sell the rest !!

[@theheathkitshop2424]

I wouldn't consider myself a hoarder. As for selling radios, I rarely do. (does that make me a hoarder??) I have found people tend to offer me way less than what I've paid for the equipment, and there is a huge amount of bench time some of these radios have received. It's hard to recoup that cost, so I simply keep the radios.

[@martinbuinicki1056]

Wife will need a BIG dumpster when you passaway!

[@blugoose86]

I'm looking for donations to enhance my electronic education.

[@pburgvenom]

Darn cool❤

[@thesquirrelchroniclesakare7808]

Wanna sell your Drake L4B amp ?

[@K1OIK]

Don’t write words you speak. as in gonna, wanna. People using slang expressions never think they’re making it harder for someone who doesn’t have English as a first language to read. Gonna, gotta, wanna, outta, and kinda all represent words as they are pronounced in informal, spoken English. They should not be used in formal writing.

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

As best I can tell, you have disappeared into another world. In some ways perhaps a pleasant one, but TTTT I'm not sure English is the operative language here. "Hamspeak"?

[@y_x2]

What is the goal in keeping all that junk?

[@theheathkitshop2424]

Because I enjoy it

[@ludmilascoles1195]

I pity your widow, when she as to disposes of all of this. Perhaps you should start downsizing now

[@garraper]

this is not a good sign ....collecting STUFF...been there ,,,done that...

[@theheathkitshop2424]

You should see the collection of clocks I have!

[@gonebamboo4116]

Always meaningful when others tell us what is good and bad.

[@K1OIK]

Have some sympathy for your heirs in case you drop dead, not out of the possible considering your fitness.