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Noise Blankers Purchase Heathkit; Have No Idea What They’re Doing

A Ham Hijinks Editorial By K5PO, Noise Blankers VP May 29, 2013 The rumors are true: Heathkit is back! It all started at a recent Noise Blankers club meeting. Noise Blankers Club President Gary, WB0RUR, was speaking warmly about a Heathkit SB-102 transceiver he had as a youth. “Dad wouldn’t let me touch the Collins gear until I was better […]

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Radio Favorite Heathkit Back In Business; Closes Minutes Later

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By WB0RUR, on the scene BENTON HARBOR, Michigan — Greg Huntersfeld says it was the job of a lifetime. “It was great!” exclaims the Hattenborough, Michigan, ham who was hired by radio manufacturer Heathkit to keep the company’s Benton Harbor manufacturing facility clean. The world-famous company reopened for business late Wednesday afternoon. It went out of business later the same […]

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