Old radios

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EZ Days,

Mom found that scope for me at an estate sale in 88 was labeled as a fish finder she paid like $5.00 for it. When I got home from school I knew what is was right away being olive drab I am guessing it may have been military from 40's - 50's???? The saw tooth wave generator works great, the display is kinda touchy but does display wave forms. I also have a tube tester that was my dads, he was a baker by trade but also went to RETS to be trained on tv repair which he did on the side, I fixed an old tv or two myself but with all the changes in technology it is getting to be a throw away society I miss the Heathkit company lots of great memories of kits including tvs for the hobbyists. Most of my electronics are still at mom and dads basement including my old work bench

I still have a number of Heathkits, including a signal generator, frequency meter and a push-button multimeter. I tried to sell them at a recent yard sale but the right person didn't show up. I do use my scope and other meters a lot, I just don't have a use for the other things. That being said, I think that any Heathkit can stand up to most commercial test equipment. With everything now days on a chip, people will never know the joys of building a kit from scratch. I've built Heathkits back as far as in the late 50"s including stereo amps and test equipment. My workbench is split in half, one side for trains, the other for electronics.