Heathkit TVs

[old_tv_nut]

Anyone have or know of an operating Heathkit rectangular color TV? (just curious) [posting similar question in all 3 TV forums].

I built one in 1975 (would that be GR-2000 or GR-2001??). Eventually sold it to a friend who cracked the CRT neck while carrying it out. I do miss the thing! One time, I came home to find the TV on - it turned out the dog could turn it on and change channels accidentally by hitting the big square buttons with his tail.

Installing the CRT and doing convergence from scratch was interesting. The built-in dot generator had the dots too close to figure out which RGB spots were which, so I tuned in Bozo's Circus and did the static adjustment until there was just one Bozo.