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These days, not only are oscilloscopes very common, but even a cheap instrument today would have been the envy of the world’s greatest labs not that long ago. But back …read more Continue reading Classic Heathkit OL-1 Scope Gets Some TLC
[DTSS_Smudge] correctly intuits that if you are interested in an old Heathkit signal generator, you probably already know how to solder. So, in a recent video, he focused on the …read more Continue reading Heathkit Signal Generator Gets an Update
Nothing can ruin a restoration project faster than broken knobs. Sure, that old “boat anchor” ham rig will work just fine with some modern knobs, but few and far between …read more Continue reading Steel Reinforcement Toughens Cracked Vintage Knobs
Most modern ham rigs have a voice activated transmission (VOX) mode, although we don’t know many people who use it often. When a transmitter is in VOX mode, it starts …read more Continue reading Voice Control for a Vintage Heathkit Radio
Many of us will have found dusty forgotten pieces of electronics and nursed them back to health, but we were captivated by [Don]’s tale of electronic revival. Instead of perhaps …read more Continue reading A Dusty Boat Anchor Back From The Brink
There are all kinds of technology that appear through the ages that find immediate success, promise to revolutionize the world, but fade to obscurity almost as quickly. Things like the …read more Continue reading Magnetic Bubble Memory Brought to Life on Heathkit
We live in a time when having an oscilloscope is only a minor luxury. But for many decades, a good scope was a major expense, and almost no hobbyist had …read more Continue reading Retro Gadgets: Make Your Scope Dual Channel
[Lee Adamson] is no stranger to classic computers. He recently picked up a Heathkit H11A which, as you might remember, is actually a PDP-11 from DEC. Well, technically, it is …read more Continue reading A PDP 11 by Any Other Name: Heathkit H11 Teardown and Repair
If you are under a certain age, you might not know the initialism VTVM. It stands for vacuum tube voltmeter. At first glance, you might just think that was shorthand …read more Continue reading Heathkit IM-13 VTVM Repair
To say the Heathkit name is well known among Hackaday readers would be something of an understatement. Their legendary kits launched an untold number of electronics hobbies, and ultimately, plenty …read more Continue reading VCF East 2021: Preserving Heathkit’s 8-Bit Computers