1964 Heathkit color TV - now if I only had a time machine...

way cool! :thmbsp:

1964 Heathkit color TV - now if I only had a time machine...

I'm right there with you bud! Thanks for posting this.
-Tony

I tried to download and save the file three times, but I get a message "the file was damaged" in Acrobat Reader every time. Have any of you here also had this problem? Thanks.

It works for me.

John

Fun to read! After ten years of color TV, all the tube types were new except for one; the 3A3 H-V rectifier was the same in the CT-100.

I tried to download and save the file three times, but I get a message "the file was damaged" in Acrobat Reader every time. Have any of you here also had this problem? Thanks.

Any luck yet? it still works for me, so I don't think reposting will help.

Anyone wanting jpg files of the Heathkit scans (too big to post), pm me with your email address

Could you imagine trying to find someone today with the skills to put one of these kits together? Very few and far between compared to what the numbers would have been back in 64...

I could do it, but you're right, there can't be too many who can. I think all who can are members here. LOL

I could do it, but you're right, there can't be too many who can. I think all who can are members here. LOL

I think in the case of Heathkit, it was more a matter of can you learn than can you already do it. A fair number of people can follow instructions, but then again a fair number cannot. Every kit started with a little soldering practice and built up from there.

Now, if you want to talk about building from scratch without step-by-step illustrations, I'd agree 100%.

Could you imagine trying to find someone today with the skills to put one of these kits together? Very few and far between compared to what the numbers would have been back in 64...

With the world population about the double of what it was 45 years
ago, I have a hard time believing this statement could be true.
In fact, I trust the absolute number of people performing skilled
work with their hands (surgeons, plumbers, pianists, microwave
engineers (!), you name it...) is greater than ever. Just my
two cents' worth.

Great Heathkit TV, by the way. My only Heathkit experiences
were JK-1022 and IM-17 (you find out what these were).

OK electroking.. world wide, you are probably right, but as far as the US goes, and maybe Canada (no idea of how the educations system works, or how much people there actually have mechanical abilities) I bet not near the people would even attempt one of these kits today like they used to years ago..

I dare Ramsey Electronics to produce a flatscreen HD set, say 46" for under $500 <grin>.

Probably can't be done, but wouldn't it be a kick?!

Any luck yet? it still works for me, so I don't think reposting will help.
I just tried again, and it worked the second time. Maybe my problem was fixing the file name to "Heathkit" every time until the last. That is a nice brochure!

Could you imagine trying to find someone today with the skills to put one of these kits together? Very few and far between compared to what the numbers would have been back in 64...
You are right, people are far less do-it-yourself inclined in general these days it seems. The USA is probably worse than other countries; when I have visited ham radio stores in Japan and England, they have far more individual pieces for antenna construction than similar American stores.

I would love to build a Heathkit TV now. All of the kits I built in the late 70's and early 80's went together without a problem. Even a Ramsey ham radio transceiver was a thrill in the mid-90's, hearing good signals from what had been a pile of parts and a board.