Heathkit looking for help...

[KC2UGV]

http://heathkit.com/survey/index.php/278489?lang=en

By doing a customer market survey. Rat shack did this, and they are doing a great job doing a turn around. Let's have a "Part II" of that!

[NQ6U]

I filled out the survey (I put some effort into it, too) and gave them my e-mail address. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, comes of this.

BTW, this site was mentioned twice in my reply.

[K7SGJ]

I did, as well. I would love to see Heathkit return to the electronic kit arena.

[kb2vxa]

1) Rat Shack cut its own throat, it almost ceased to exist and sells nothing you can't get at Wally Mart at a lower price.
2) Technology has gone WAY beyond kit building, plug a few boards together is building or learning something? I doubt it.
3) If I still had a shop to work in I'd build from scratch like I used to, drilling and blasting and all. I don't so I won't, even building a kit needs a shop to be built in and test equipment helps.
Three strikes, nah, the dead cannot turn around, they're dead; but someone with a shop, SMT tools and perfect eyes may disagree.

[KC2UGV]

1) Rat Shack cut its own throat, it almost ceased to exist and sells nothing you can't get at Wally Mart at a lower price.

You can buy an arduino kit from Walmart?

Maker Kits are obtainable at Walmart?

How about components

2) Technology has gone WAY beyond kit building, plug a few boards together is building or learning something? I doubt it.

I'll let these guy know that:
http://www.makershed.com/

3) If I still had a shop to work in I'd build from scratch like I used to, drilling and blasting and all. I don't so I won't, even building a kit needs a shop to be built in and test equipment helps.
Three strikes, nah, the dead cannot turn around, they're dead; but someone with a shop, SMT tools and perfect eyes may disagree.

It's dead for you if you like.

[n6hcm]

the survey is kinda long but they pretty much did it right. my only gripe is that their privacy policy wasn't linked in where they made a reference to it.

i think they're going to find out that hams mostly want town cars but only want to pay pennies for them.

[K7SGJ]

the survey is kinda long but they pretty much did it right. my only gripe is that their privacy policy wasn't linked in where they made a reference to it.

i think they're going to find out that hams mostly want town cars but only want to pay pennies for them.

I don't think hams are any tighter than they were in the Heathkit days of old. Just look at the number of higher priced new radios (Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom, Elecraft, Flex, etc) purchased and on the air these days. Maybe you or I don't have the scratch to buy some of this high $$ stuff, but someone sure as hell does. If they do their R&D and marketing properly, there is no reason why Heathkit can't be a success, again. I'd love to build their kits again.

[kb2vxa]

"It's dead for you if you like."

What I like cannot alter the fact that in this neck of the woods Rat Shack went belly up in painful stages. It used to be a honey hole for just about anything I ever wanted including the dirt cheapest parts for fixing Audiovox 8 track players, that and steel beer cans (remember?) but the last stage before the store closed were a few junk items found on every shelf in the country. May I remind you that Buffalo is a long way from the Jersey Shore and things just might be a little different?

"If they do their R&D and marketing properly, there is no reason why Heathkit can't be a success, again."
To that I'll agree, they just might give Ramsey a run for the money.
"I'd love to build their kits again."
What a novel approach, trouble is you can build a kit only once and can't build it again unless you take it apart and start over. (;->)

[WX7P]

"It's dead for you if you like."

What I like cannot alter the fact that in this neck of the woods Rat Shack went belly up in painful stages. It used to be a honey hole for just about anything I ever wanted including the dirt cheapest parts for fixing Audiovox 8 track players, that and steel beer cans (remember?) but the last stage before the store closed were a few junk items found on every shelf in the country. May I remind you that Buffalo is a long way from the Jersey Shore and things just might be a little different?

"If they do their R&D and marketing properly, there is no reason why Heathkit can't be a success, again."
To that I'll agree, they just might give Ramsey a run for the money.
"I'd love to build their kits again."
What a novel approach, trouble is you can build a kit only once and can't build it again unless you take it apart and start over. (;->)

What?

[NQ6U]

What?

The Wannabe Zen Mastah trying to sound profound once again.