Electronic hackers and ham radio operators of a certain age have a soft spot for the Heathkit brand. Maybe that’s why we had a rush of nostalgia when we saw the Heathkit site had a new product. You ...

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 of ...

My father put together a Heathkit shortwave radio in his youth. The radio is still there in my childhood home. He’s still alive so this isn’t saccharine reminisces of a man who passed. Dad still sits ...

One of our favorite electronic suppliers is gone and the other may be on their way out of business. I wonder why? Given the continued growth and popularity of electronic equipment and the emergence of ...

For those of you who do not know or remember, Heath Company was the largest kit company in the world. Heath designed and put practically every type of electronic product into kit form. Its products, ...

I was sad to learn in early May that the venerable company Heathkit had closed its doors. I'll bet there are tens of thousands of Broadcast Engineering readers who cut their technology teeth on ...

Most veteran electronics hobbyists remember the name Heathkit as the company that taught them the fundamentals of electronics, through kits that contained all the parts and clear, illustrated ...