The Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 4: The Demise of Heathkit

Chas Gilmore joined the Heath Company in 1966 as a design engineer in the company’s Scientific Instruments group. By 1976, he was director of engineering for Heath’s technical products, which included amateur radio, instrumentation, marine, automotive, and weather products. This article, Part 4 of a series based on an interview with Gilmore, discusses the Heath Company’s changes after its acquisition by Zenith and then subsequently by France’ … Read More → "The Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 4: The Demise of Heathkit"

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Our Fish Fry podcast will be on hiatus for the rest of November. Please enjoy the 600th episode with material sciences and battery technology expert Dr. Bor Jang!

The 600th episode of Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry podcast has arrived! My special guest is material sciences and battery technology expert Dr. Bor Jang (Solidion). </ … Read More → "Fish Fry 600: The Future of EV Battery Technology Innovation with Dr. Bor Jang"

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Earlier this year, I penned a couple of columns under the umbrella title “Mind-Boggling Neuromorphic Brain Chips.” One of the first comments I received concerning these columns was short, sharp, and sweet, simply reading, “Also, Brain-Boggling.”

Arrrggghhh. How did I miss that? How could I not have used “Brain-Boggling Neuromorphic Brain Chips”? There was much gnashing of teeth and rending of garb that … Read More → "Taking the Size and Power of Extreme Edge AI/ML to the Extreme Minimum"

The Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 3: The Microcomputer Kit Era

Chas Gilmore joined the Heath Company in 1966 as a design engineer in the company’s Scientific Instruments group. By 1976, he was director of engineering for Heath’s technical products, which included amateur radio, instrumentation, marine, automotive, and weather products. This article, Part 3 of a series, includes portions of an interview I conducted with Gilmore in October. This article picks up Gilmore’s narrative starting in 1976 and includes … Read More → "The Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 3: The Microcomputer Kit Era"

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Posted on Nov 25 at 12:29pm by bfjewett0403
Reading this later, in November 2024. Because of these comments I have decided not to buy a HP wide screen (I had already decided on the display), or a HP PC (after strongly leaning towards HP), or a HP printer (having previously used and liked a HP printer), because of Mr. ...
Posted on Nov 19 at 10:06am by Steven Leibson
JK, If you haven't written a book, you don't know. It's important to retain rights to your material if you can. You might well collect your writings into a book in the future, either just to have the satisfaction of becoming a book author or for the [relatively little] money. ...
Posted on Nov 19 at 7:35am by JK
“Hugo Gernsback – asked me, “Do you want to keep the book rights?” “Huh! What’s this?” I thought. Steve Leibson: The first time you’re asked that, you never know the answer. Chas Gilmore: Well, something in me said, “Yeah, sure.” And then, I went and consulted with Lou, because ...
Posted on Nov 18 at 12:49pm by cgilmore@groupgilmore.com
As with any company, very little is accomplished by a single, or even a few, individuals. Heath's entry into the personal kit computer business was no exception. With the H-8 in approved for development, I met with the Chief Engineer of one of the two test equipment engineering groups--Tom Yeager. ...
Posted on Nov 15 at 11:16am by Tie Plate
Lovin’ these remembrances of the Heath Co. My first kit was a receiver mainly designed for the hf band, but also (if memory serves) included AM broadcast band. Think it may have used an early-stage regenerative circuit for setting sensitivity level. Don’t remember the kit model no. That was ‘57 ...
Posted on Nov 15 at 9:21am by metasequoia
As a ham who started in the late 60's I would be very interested in another of your great articles with a view toward Heath ham radio efforts.
Posted on Nov 14 at 2:45pm by Steven Leibson
Hi Lizardflats, The interviews with Chas Gilmore discussed Heath's ham radio efforts from a business perspective, but we did not discuss the actual products in any detail. Gilmore is a ham, has been since high school, so I'm certain he could discuss Heath's ham products at length. If there's enough ...
Posted on Nov 13 at 10:44am by lizardflats
I got started in ham radio in the mid-70's while in high school building Heathkit gear starting with a CW transceiver and moving on to a larger receiver and transmitter. I hope you're going to cover Heathkit ham radio gear in an upcoming segment.
Posted on Nov 13 at 8:32am by Max Maxfield
When you've only seen a company from out outward facing side, it's amazing to hear the story of what was going on inside -- I can't wait for Part 3
Posted on Nov 13 at 8:24am by Max Maxfield
These days it's lack of time (in addition to lack of money LOL). I simply don't have enough hours in the day (said Max, sadly)
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