I have minimal closet space. If the item fell on me I'd have two
choices. Rehawk it on ebay or build it and use it.
Just storing it in a box wouldn't do me any good,

I was once in the home of a ham who collected unbuilt Heathkits,
and what a sad sight indeed. He had over 50 (FIFTY) of them,
all neatly stacked in a single row against a wall in his 'radio room'
(box room???) - just a wall of brown boxes.

What am I missing? What in the hell fun is that? Or is it just about
dollar value, and that's what makes these folks see 'beauty'? Like
having a large pile of stock certificates and taking them out late at
night with a brandy and leafing through them for 'fun'.

So needless to say, I'd build it. I bought a GR-64 on Ebay for $275
two years ago, and had a wonderful month spent building it making
it work. I still have it, and even if you offered my $35 I still wouldn't
sell it :-)

JOE

JOE wrote:

I was once in the home of a ham who collected unbuilt Heathkits,
and what a sad sight indeed. He had over 50 (FIFTY) of them,
all neatly stacked in a single row against a wall in his 'radio room'
(box room???) - just a wall of brown boxes.

What am I missing? What in the hell fun is that? Or is it just about
dollar value, and that's what makes these folks see 'beauty'?


I too know of such a scenario down here in the islands. (Maybe you were
here too?) The guy was a military type and scarfed up all these kits for
his eventual retirement pleasure. Last I saw was a 12 ft ceilinged
closet just as you described. Easily 50 kits.
He kinda went nuts during retirement and for all I know all those kits
are still there. Never knew him to actually use a soldering device,
wasn't really his style.

-BM

Well one things for sure. This set will go for at least $1000+ bucks and
that's a lot to have the privilege of putting one together. The SB-303s are
nice little radios but you'll never resell it for the unbuilt price so I
guess its a pay for your pleasure type of thing or never build it and let it
appreciate like a stock certificate wile keeping a bottle of brandy on hand?
I just couldn't resist putting it together.
--
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