That is right, Zenith did not believe Heath was profitable except for the early
PC stuff.

Many companies that once were the cutting edge technology now are just
a trademark that brings in revenue to the new parent company, like
the Heath and Zenith names. Another brand that had a large following is
Westinghouse, now under license to Angelo Bros. Lighting in Phil. PA
for all lighting and ceiling fan products.

carl


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.

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.

My first kit was a Heath Q-1. I was ten or eleven years old and had bought an
used S-38B with my paper route money.

I used ,y Dad's 350-watt soldering iron and cold soldered (what else?) every
connection.

A friendly ham helped me out.

Gray Shockley

73 Magazine Says "73 and QRT"
 

That is right, Zenith did not believe Heath was profitable except for the early
PC stuff.

Many companies that once were the cutting edge technology now are just
a trademark that brings in revenue to the new parent company, like
the Heath and Zenith names. Another brand that had a large following is
Westinghouse, now under license to Angelo Bros. Lighting in Phil. PA
for all lighting and ceiling fan products.

carl


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.

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.

My first kit was a Heath Q-1. I was ten or eleven years old and had bought an
used S-38B with my paper route money.

I used ,y Dad's 350-watt soldering iron and cold soldered (what else?) every
connection.

A friendly ham helped me out.

Gray Shockley

Biz WDØHCO wrote:
The "April fools" issue
snip

I one I love was the "MAD Magazine" issue. The cover had ol Alfred E. Newman
soldering a radio chassis with a big 300 watt soldering gun saying "What, me
solder?" Inside the issue was "Ham versus Ham" comic strip which was a
parody of "Spy Versus Spy". That whole issue had me in stitches for days.

Ha, yes. Alfred E. Newman was shown soldering the spliced power wires
to his own soldering iron. Callsign badge: WN1ECCH.

My favorite 73 cover was the one showing a chessboard. The pieces
were various size vacuum tubes. 813 = king, 811A = queen,
829B = bishop, 6146 with ceramic plate connector attached = knight,
lighthouse tube = castle, 6C4 = pawns.

73,
Ed

Biz WDØHCO wrote:
The "April fools" issue
snip

I one I love was the "MAD Magazine" issue. The cover had ol Alfred E. Newman
soldering a radio chassis with a big 300 watt soldering gun saying "What, me
solder?" Inside the issue was "Ham versus Ham" comic strip which was a
parody of "Spy Versus Spy". That whole issue had me in stitches for days.

Ha, yes. Alfred E. Newman was shown soldering the spliced power wires
to his own soldering iron. Callsign badge: WN1ECCH.

My favorite 73 cover was the one showing a chessboard. The pieces
were various size vacuum tubes. 813 = king, 811A = queen,
829B = bishop, 6146 with ceramic plate connector attached = knight,
lighthouse tube = castle, 6C4 = pawns.

73,
Ed

If I'm remembering right, fairly early on Wayne sold them, and they
were $37. In 1973, he sold them for $73.

When I bought mine they were $50, and yes, I've been receiving it
every month since then, with no renewal notices, no complaints. I'm
amazed it's lasted as long as it has, given the declining content.

Sad to see it go, but the back issues are still useful (I looked up
a 1967 article just yesterday). You could do a lot worse things with
your life than publishing such a magazine.

73, Alan

If I'm remembering right, fairly early on Wayne sold them, and they
were $37. In 1973, he sold them for $73.

When I bought mine they were $50, and yes, I've been receiving it
every month since then, with no renewal notices, no complaints. I'm
amazed it's lasted as long as it has, given the declining content.

Sad to see it go, but the back issues are still useful (I looked up
a 1967 article just yesterday). You could do a lot worse things with
your life than publishing such a magazine.

73, Alan

Alan Douglas adouglasatgis.net wrote:
If I'm remembering right, fairly early on Wayne sold them, and they
were $37. In 1973, he sold them for $73.

When I bought mine they were $50, and yes, I've been receiving it
every month since then, with no renewal notices, no complaints. I'm
amazed it's lasted as long as it has, given the declining content.

Hey, you did the right thing. I'm one of the guys who bought the lifetime
subscription to '80 Micro.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Alan Douglas adouglasatgis.net wrote:
If I'm remembering right, fairly early on Wayne sold them, and they
were $37. In 1973, he sold them for $73.

When I bought mine they were $50, and yes, I've been receiving it
every month since then, with no renewal notices, no complaints. I'm
amazed it's lasted as long as it has, given the declining content.

Hey, you did the right thing. I'm one of the guys who bought the lifetime
subscription to '80 Micro.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

In rec.radio.amateur.dx Biz WDØHCO wrote:

I one I love was the "MAD Magazine" issue. The cover had ol Alfred E. Newman
soldering a radio chassis with a big 300 watt soldering gun saying "What, me
solder?" Inside the issue was "Ham versus Ham" comic strip which was a
parody of "Spy Versus Spy". That whole issue had me in stitches for days.

Wayne certainly had a great sense of humor. My favorite was
when Wayne printed a letter from the XYL of a subscriber
complaining about the 73 covers of scantily clad hotties and
that her husband didn't need to see such trash and to cancel
his subscription immediately.

73 Don K6LTS

In rec.radio.amateur.dx Biz WDØHCO wrote:

I one I love was the "MAD Magazine" issue. The cover had ol Alfred E. Newman
soldering a radio chassis with a big 300 watt soldering gun saying "What, me
solder?" Inside the issue was "Ham versus Ham" comic strip which was a
parody of "Spy Versus Spy". That whole issue had me in stitches for days.

Wayne certainly had a great sense of humor. My favorite was
when Wayne printed a letter from the XYL of a subscriber
complaining about the 73 covers of scantily clad hotties and
that her husband didn't need to see such trash and to cancel
his subscription immediately.

73 Don K6LTS

LOL,

guess the xyl did not know about why we go downstairs
to the shack to 'read' our magazines !
Or use sstv or now the internet !

maybe 73 will return as an online magazine like http://www.antennex.com ??

billy

wrote:

In rec.radio.amateur.dx Biz WDØHCO wrote:

I one I love was the "MAD Magazine" issue. The cover had ol Alfred E. Newman
soldering a radio chassis with a big 300 watt soldering gun saying "What, me
solder?" Inside the issue was "Ham versus Ham" comic strip which was a
parody of "Spy Versus Spy". That whole issue had me in stitches for days.

Wayne certainly had a great sense of humor. My favorite was
when Wayne printed a letter from the XYL of a subscriber
complaining about the 73 covers of scantily clad hotties and
that her husband didn't need to see such trash and to cancel
his subscription immediately.

73 Don K6LTS

LOL,

guess the xyl did not know about why we go downstairs
to the shack to 'read' our magazines !
Or use sstv or now the internet !

maybe 73 will return as an online magazine like http://www.antennex.com ??

billy

wrote:

In rec.radio.amateur.dx Biz WDØHCO wrote:

I one I love was the "MAD Magazine" issue. The cover had ol Alfred E. Newman
soldering a radio chassis with a big 300 watt soldering gun saying "What, me
solder?" Inside the issue was "Ham versus Ham" comic strip which was a
parody of "Spy Versus Spy". That whole issue had me in stitches for days.

Wayne certainly had a great sense of humor. My favorite was
when Wayne printed a letter from the XYL of a subscriber
complaining about the 73 covers of scantily clad hotties and
that her husband didn't need to see such trash and to cancel
his subscription immediately.

73 Don K6LTS

wrote in message
...
In rec.radio.amateur.dx Biz WDØHCO wrote:

I one I love was the "MAD Magazine" issue. The cover had ol Alfred E.
Newman
soldering a radio chassis with a big 300 watt soldering gun saying
"What, me
solder?" Inside the issue was "Ham versus Ham" comic strip which was a
parody of "Spy Versus Spy". That whole issue had me in stitches for
days.

Wayne certainly had a great sense of humor. My favorite was
when Wayne printed a letter from the XYL of a subscriber
complaining about the 73 covers of scantily clad hotties and
that her husband didn't need to see such trash and to cancel
his subscription immediately.

73 Don K6LTS

Guess she thought he'd be getting some extra "potatoes" and dessert with the
Ham!
Lou

wrote in message
...
In rec.radio.amateur.dx Biz WDØHCO wrote:

I one I love was the "MAD Magazine" issue. The cover had ol Alfred E.
Newman
soldering a radio chassis with a big 300 watt soldering gun saying
"What, me
solder?" Inside the issue was "Ham versus Ham" comic strip which was a
parody of "Spy Versus Spy". That whole issue had me in stitches for
days.

Wayne certainly had a great sense of humor. My favorite was
when Wayne printed a letter from the XYL of a subscriber
complaining about the 73 covers of scantily clad hotties and
that her husband didn't need to see such trash and to cancel
his subscription immediately.

73 Don K6LTS

Guess she thought he'd be getting some extra "potatoes" and dessert with the
Ham!
Lou

WAYNE HAD THAT COVERED NICELY, THE $37 SUBSCRIPTION AS LISTED "YOUR LIFE
OR OURS". I WILL MISS RECEIVING IT EVER MONTH. THE SUBSCRIPTION WAS AN
ADDED ATTRACTION FOR THE NEARLY 300 THINGS I WROTE FOR THEM.



PLEASE EXCUSE CAPS, SHORT REPLIES, STROKE

Bill Turner, WA0ABI, 1117 Pike St., Saint Charles,MO 63301. Phone
636-949-2210

Plastic Dial covers, any size, any shape. $14.00
Glass Dial covers, 2" to 8 7/8" x 1/16" incr, $14.00

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS, new, 7/8"DIA. X 3" OR 3 1/4" long, shiney red
or blue cover, brown hot glue end seal with printed inscription the long
way down the length, a metal mounting strap with a hole for mounting.
Exactly like the ones so popular in rhe 40's, 50's, 60's.
33uF-47uF 160 volts, $2.50
33 uF-33uF-33uF 160 volts $3.00
47 uF-47uF-47uF 160 volts $3.50
33uF -47uF 160 volts 47uF/100 $4.00 with bias cap.
33uF-47uF 94 uF/100 volts $4.00 (AC/DCbattery sets) 22uF-22uF 450 volts
$4.00 (for AC sets) 22uF-22uF-22uF 450 volts $4.50 (for AC sets)
CUSTOM CAPACITOR FOR HALLICRAFTERS (CARDBOARD TYPE) AND ZENITH T/O (CAN
TYPE) . ASK FOR QUOTE. ALL POSTAGE PAID,cash, money order, check

For a business SASE a copy of the Pocket Resouce Guide and my personal
four page catalog of pieces, parts, and manuals.

WAYNE HAD THAT COVERED NICELY, THE $37 SUBSCRIPTION AS LISTED "YOUR LIFE
OR OURS". I WILL MISS RECEIVING IT EVER MONTH. THE SUBSCRIPTION WAS AN
ADDED ATTRACTION FOR THE NEARLY 300 THINGS I WROTE FOR THEM.



PLEASE EXCUSE CAPS, SHORT REPLIES, STROKE

Bill Turner, WA0ABI, 1117 Pike St., Saint Charles,MO 63301. Phone
636-949-2210

Plastic Dial covers, any size, any shape. $14.00
Glass Dial covers, 2" to 8 7/8" x 1/16" incr, $14.00

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS, new, 7/8"DIA. X 3" OR 3 1/4" long, shiney red
or blue cover, brown hot glue end seal with printed inscription the long
way down the length, a metal mounting strap with a hole for mounting.
Exactly like the ones so popular in rhe 40's, 50's, 60's.
33uF-47uF 160 volts, $2.50
33 uF-33uF-33uF 160 volts $3.00
47 uF-47uF-47uF 160 volts $3.50
33uF -47uF 160 volts 47uF/100 $4.00 with bias cap.
33uF-47uF 94 uF/100 volts $4.00 (AC/DCbattery sets) 22uF-22uF 450 volts
$4.00 (for AC sets) 22uF-22uF-22uF 450 volts $4.50 (for AC sets)
CUSTOM CAPACITOR FOR HALLICRAFTERS (CARDBOARD TYPE) AND ZENITH T/O (CAN
TYPE) . ASK FOR QUOTE. ALL POSTAGE PAID,cash, money order, check

For a business SASE a copy of the Pocket Resouce Guide and my personal
four page catalog of pieces, parts, and manuals.

Bill Turner ) writes:
WAYNE HAD THAT COVERED NICELY, THE $37 SUBSCRIPTION AS LISTED "YOUR LIFE
OR OURS". I WILL MISS RECEIVING IT EVER MONTH. THE SUBSCRIPTION WAS AN
ADDED ATTRACTION FOR THE NEARLY 300 THINGS I WROTE FOR THEM.

I'm not sure if you're replying to my message. I was the one who brought
up the matter of life subscriptions.

My point was never "what happens to the life subscribers", since even
without Wayne's statement, by definition a "life subscription" should
end when the subscriber dies, or the magazine dies.

I was just really curious if 73 had indeed honored the life subscriptions
over all those years. $37 probably wasn't cheap forty years back when
the magazine was new, but that's an outright steal for anyone who
was getting it right up to the last issue. I remember them offering
life subscriptions in 1973 for $73 and except that that was a lot of
money for me at the time, it still would have been a steal. That would
barely pay for two or three years of a magazine subscription today.

Michael VE2BVW

Bill Turner ) writes:
WAYNE HAD THAT COVERED NICELY, THE $37 SUBSCRIPTION AS LISTED "YOUR LIFE
OR OURS". I WILL MISS RECEIVING IT EVER MONTH. THE SUBSCRIPTION WAS AN
ADDED ATTRACTION FOR THE NEARLY 300 THINGS I WROTE FOR THEM.

I'm not sure if you're replying to my message. I was the one who brought
up the matter of life subscriptions.

My point was never "what happens to the life subscribers", since even
without Wayne's statement, by definition a "life subscription" should
end when the subscriber dies, or the magazine dies.

I was just really curious if 73 had indeed honored the life subscriptions
over all those years. $37 probably wasn't cheap forty years back when
the magazine was new, but that's an outright steal for anyone who
was getting it right up to the last issue. I remember them offering
life subscriptions in 1973 for $73 and except that that was a lot of
money for me at the time, it still would have been a steal. That would
barely pay for two or three years of a magazine subscription today.

Michael VE2BVW

I GOT 40+ YEARS FOR MY $37.00, I PROBABLY RAN HIM OUT OF BUSINESS. BILL

I GOT 40+ YEARS FOR MY $37.00, I PROBABLY RAN HIM OUT OF BUSINESS. BILL