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Heathkit DIY Kits Are Coming Back

Posted by timothy on from the golden-age-returns dept.

donberryman writes "IEEE Times reports that Heathkit, the fabled electronics kits company, is going back into that business after a two-decade hiatus. The Heathkit website says that they will be releasing Garage Parking Assistant kit (GPA-100) in late September followed by a Wireless Swimming Pool Monitor kit. Amateur radio kits may be coming by the end of the year." I hope for real this time — I never saw for sale the HERO kit they promised a few years ago.

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  1. Thanks Slashdot by tgd · · Score: 5, Funny

    For reminding me I'm old today.

    (I think its great they're coming back... but gone for 20 years?! Ugh. I made a lot of them when I was young!)

  2. Heathkit - good quality by Iphtashu+Fitz · · Score: 4, Informative

    I still have a Heathkit multimeter that I built in the late 80's. Still works like a charm. I think I also have an LED clock sitting in a box in a closet somewhere.
    I built a lot of their kits as a kid, from shortwave radios to speakerphones. My dad was a ham radio operator and he got me hooked on them. I'd love to see them make a comeback in this arena.