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Barry OGrady wrote:


Try $5. Fully working multimeters are cheap.



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Wise up, guys. Unbuilt Heathkits are collector's items, far more
valuable than a built one.

Bill, W6WRT

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Barry OGrady wrote:


Try $5. Fully working multimeters are cheap.



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Wise up, guys. Unbuilt Heathkits are collector's items, far more
valuable than a built one.

Bill, W6WRT

.... absolutely correct

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:11:56 -0700, "graham"
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Wise up, guys. Unbuilt Heathkits are collector's items, far more
valuable than a built one.

Bill, W6WRT

... absolutely correct snip

I recall an unbuilt Heath AR-15 kit (WORST receiver I've ever owned in
my life, bar none) going for upwards of $500 a few years back. The
AR-15 was beleaguered with many problems, not the least of which was a
chronicly hot-running output stage due to inadequate heat sinks. The
MPX circuit was notoriously flaky on my example, as well, which traced
down to bad caps. Once debugged (and with a fan on its back end) it
was a pretty good FM tuner with an adequately beefy power amp. Sound
was....eh.

graham wrote:

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Barry OGrady wrote:


Try $5. Fully working multimeters are cheap.



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Wise up, guys. Unbuilt Heathkits are collector's items, far more
valuable than a built one.

Bill, W6WRT


... absolutely correct


I hear the rattle of chains having been yanked

-Bill

WHERE ARE THE CAPS?

"Bill Turner" wrote in message
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Wise up, guys. Unbuilt Heathkits are collector's items, far more
valuable than a built one.

Bill, W6WRT


Yep. Just keep watching this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6624140065

My guess at the final bid: $707.63

jim menning

Bid higher then.

Why in the hell is so much of this newsgroups' output about Heath and
push pull all of the sudden? I mean new threads, not just posts.

Must be a slow day.

jim menning wrote:
Wise up, guys. Unbuilt Heathkits are collector's items, far more
valuable than a built one.
Yep. Just keep watching this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6624140065
My guess at the final bid: $707.63

You know, I'm odd enough that I know better than to question others'
odd hobbies. But can somebody clue me in, because I guess I just don't
get it. Where's the value in these things that make them such high
priced collectibles?

If you build it, it becomes a relatively worthless piece of equipment.
If you save it, you end up with a shelf full of cardboard boxes of no
particular aesthetic merit. I suppose you could invest in them and flip
them for higher prices but there's no fun in that. Seriously, what
makes unbuilt kit collectors tick? Not judging, just really curious.

paul

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Paul Dietenberger wrote:


Seriously, what
makes unbuilt kit collectors tick? Not judging, just really curious.


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Nostalgia, I'm sure. Non-hams or non-kit builders probably would not be
interested at all.

Bill, W6WRT