The Heathkit meter used a dual tube as an amplifier along with some input resistor dividers to provide an 11 megaohm input. There was also a rectifier tube switched in to make AC measurements.

Scott M. Baker] had a different idea, when he downgraded a Heathkit H8 from an 8080 to an 8008. Despite the very similar numbers, the 8080 runs at four to nearly sixteen times the speed of its ...

Heathkit and Dynaco sold products that featured quality components, detailed instructions and could be completed over the course of a few days with decent soldering skills and patience. The products ...

With Heathkit gone, the available kits were just not quite up to the same level — the instructions were photocopied, not printed, and the drawings of how things should fit were pretty poor quality.

Heathkit, and fellow electronics kit makers like Allied Knight Kit and Lafayette Radio, produced a range of products focused on allowing people to build their own equipment. The kits, at one time, ran ...

While working in the Amateur Radio department at Heathkit, I was given the task of seeing a new two-meter ham transceiver through the system. The kit design had already been finalized, but the project ...

Heathkit shuts down. Last September I relayed a story that Heathkit, the purveyor of electronic kits so beloved by generations of old-timers, was getting back into the kit business After a couple of ...

Heathkit, maker of many beloved electronics kits in ages gone by (but no more!) is re-introducing their Heathkit Educational RObot product. The original was released in 1982 and featured a ...

The venerable Heathkit served generations of hobbyists and engineers alike of all ages. Its doors may be shut, but you can still build circuits and equipment yourself at home in your workshop ...