<northern English accent> I used to dream of having a tuner! ;-)
Chris
On 5 Jul 2004, at 00:00, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:26:05 +0100, Chris Barker
> <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> When I was about 15 I lived in Teheran and had a certain amount of
>> exposure to US influences (DC Comics etc...). I had the Heathkit
>> radio
>> catalogue and dreamed of having one to build – never did though.
>>
>
> I did - several! The UK 'arm' of Heathkit was Daystrom Ltd, in
> Gloucester (a lovely place to visit BTW). Most of what they sold was
> UK sourced for the UK market although you could get some of the US
> Heathkit stuff. I built an AM/FM tuner, AF and RF oscillators (still
> have these) and a valve voltmeter (VTVM to our friends over there :-),
> as well as a pair of speakers.
>
> The kits and instructions were extremely thorough and have never been
> surpassed IMO.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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