1926 – the Heath Parasol airplane kit produced
1931 – Heath killed in airplane test flight. Acquired by Walter Clinnin
High performance Heathkit CR1 crystal radio. I have made a working prototype of a small and cheap crystal radio based on the Heathkit CR1 A crystal radio project for advanced students and hobbyists If you like reading about building home made radios up from scratch, perhaps you would like My Magnum Opus homebrewed ham radio project. The Heathkit CR-1 Over a period of about five years (1957 - 1962) Heathkit also sold a crystal radio set kit, the CR-1. This radio, like most, tuned the AM broadcast band from 540 KHz to 1600 KHz (kc in those days). The CR-1 is a simple kit that uses a sealed crystal diode instead of a 'cats- whisker'. Model: Crystal Receiver CR-1 - Heathkit Brand, Heath Co.; Shape: Tablemodel, with any shape - general. Dimensions (WHD) 5.75 x 2 x 3 inch / 146 x 51 x 76 mm: Notes Price in first year of sale: 8.00 $ External source of data: Konrad Birkner: Source of data: Crystal Clear (Volume 1).
1933 – changed to the International Aircraft Corporation
1934 – International Aircraft Corporation bankrupt
1935 – Howard Anthony purchased the company and changed the name back to the Heath Aircraft Company.
After WWII began producing kits from war surplus
1947 – Heathkit produced the O-1 Oscilloscope kit
1954 – Anthony killed in an airplane crash
1955 – Heathkit acquired by Daystrom
1958 a 205,000 square foot plant constructed in St. Joseph, Michigan.
1962 Daystrom was purchased by Schlumberger Limited.
Heathkit by Daystrom
Heath Company
Benton Harbor 42, Michigan
1974 – Heathkit started Heathkit Educational Systems
1975 Address:
Heathkit Company (Schlumberger)
Dept. 17-12
Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022
1979 – Zenith Radio Company purchased Heath Company from Schlumberger
1982 – Heath Company launched thier last amateur radio, the SS-9000, which was so complicated to build it came factory assembled.
1983 – Heathkit Company, Benton Harbor MI 49022
1985
1989 – Zenith Data Systems was cquired by the French company Groupe Bull.
1990 – The Heath Company launched it’s last PC-kits, the HS-3629 and HS-2862, a 80386 desktop and 80286 laptop.
1991 – The Heath Company, except Zenith Data Systems, left the Hilltop Road plant and moved to a former K-mart building at Riverview Drive in Benton Harbor.
Heathkit Cr 1 Crystal Radio Manual Download
1992 – The end of Heathkit, as the kit producer we remember it to be, was definite. The kit lines was discontinued and all product lines that was left was the Lighting, Security and Educational Systems
1995 – The HIG Capital Management Inc bought the Heath Company and Packard Bell bought Zenith Data Systems
1998 – DESA International bought the Lighting and Security business, but also the Heath Company name. Donald Desrochers private investment corporation bought the Heathkit Company, i.e. The Heathkit Educational Systems and that is what’s left of the former Heath Company.
2002 – The HIG Capital Management Inc bought the bankrupt DESA back and became the owner of the Heath/Zenith Co for the 2nd time
2007 – The Duchossois Group Inc bought the Heath/Zenith Co from HIG and established the HeathCo LLC
2008 – The Heathkit Company moved to Hawthorne Avenue in St. Joseph. Data Professionals in Pleasanton, California, bought all Heathkit manuals and the rights to sell and distribute them
2011 – The Heathkit Company announces that they are back in the kit-business. They first launch the GPA-100 (Garage Parking Assistant).
2012 – Heathkit Educational Systems bankruptsy, is sold out and the Heathkit story seems to end.
2013 – The Heath Company Inc. resurrects in stealth mode.
Heathkit Radio Kits
2015 – Data Professionals was acquired by the Heath Company
2015 – The GR-152-BK is launched. It is a variant of the GR-150-BK where the components are soldered in a traditional way
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Nostalgic Kits Central
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Model Number | Description | Notes | Picture | Specs | More | More | 1st Year | Last Year |
AR-1 | Receiver SWL | 550 khz - 20 mhz 4 bands | - | - | - | - | 49 | 51 |
AR-2 | Receiver SWL | 535 khz - 35 mhz 4 bands - Schematic | 52 | 55 | ||||
AR-3 | Receiver SWL | 550 khz - 30 mhz 4 bands - Schematic | - | 56 | 61 | |||
BC-1A | Broadcast Tuner | Schematic | - | - | - | - | - | |
BR-1 | AM Receiver | Schematic | - | - | - | - | - | - |
BR-2 | AM Receiver | Schematic | - | - | - | 51 | 57 | |
CB-1 | Transceiver | CB 'Lunch Box' - Schematic | - | - | - | 59 | 62 | |
CR-1 | Crystal Receiver | 540 to 1600 kc - Schematic | - | - | - | 57 | 62 | |
DF-2 | Radio Navigator | Solid-state - Schematic | - | - | - | - | - | |
EK-2 | Receiver | SWL educational superhet | - | - | - | 61 | 67 | |
FM-2 | FM Receiver | - | - | - | - | 61 | 67 | |
FM-4U | Receiver | - | - | - | - | 61 | 67 | |
GC-1 | Receiver | Solid-state SWL 550kHz-32MHz 'Mohican' 5 bands | 60 | 62 | ||||
GC-1A | Receiver | Solid-state SWL 550kHz-32MHz 'Mohican' 5 bands - Schematic | - | 61 | 68 | |||
GD-111 | Portable Radio Phonograph | - | - | - | - | - | 75 | - |
GD-1246A | Portable AM Radio | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GR-2 | AM Radio | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
GR-11 | FM Radio | - | - | - | - | 64 | - | |
GR-17 | AM/FM portable | - | - | - | - | 75 | - | |
GR-21 | FM Radio | 6AQ5, 6AQ5, 6AQ5, 6AU6, 6GY8, 6BN8 and 6ME6 | - | - | - | 62 | - | |
GR-24 | AM Receiver - portable | Schematic | - | - | - | 66 | 68 | |
GR-28 | AM Table Radio | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GR-36 | FM Stereo Table Radio | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
GR-38 | AM Clock Radio | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
GR-43 | Receiver SWL portable | 2-22.5 mhz and AM/FM | - | - | - | - | 66 | 68 |
GR-43A | Receiver SWL portable | 2-22.5 mhz and AM/FM | - | - | 69 | 72 | ||
GR-54 | Receiver | 180-420 550-1550 khz 2-30 mhz - Deluxe | - | - | 65 | 71 | ||
GR-58 | Receiver | - | - | - | - | 65 | 71 | |
GR-61 | FM Radio | - | - | - | 65 | 71 | ||
GR-64 | Receiver | 550 khz - 30 mhz 4 bands - Schematic | - | 64 | 71 | |||
GR-78 | Receiver | Solid-state SWL 190kHz - 30M Hz portable 6 bands | - | - | 69 | 76 | ||
GR-81 | Receiver | SWL l40kHz-18M Hz super regen 4 band - Schematic | - | - | 61 | 72 | ||
GR-84 | Receiver | ???? | - | - | - | - | - | |
GR-88 | Receiver | VHF 152-174MHz FM tunable - 1 xtal chan - Schematic | - | - | - | 69 | 77 | |
GR-88-1 | AC Pwr Sup | Schematic | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GR-91 | Receiver | SWL superhet 55OkHz-30M Hz - 4 bands - Schematic | - | 61 | 64 | |||
GR-98 | Receiver | VHF Aircraft band tunable 108-136 mhz - 1 xtal chan | - | - | - | 69 | 76 | |
GR-110 | VHF Scanning Monitor | 8 ch digital readout - 146-174 8 channel w/priority - Schematic | - | - | - | 75 | - | |
GR-151A | AM Receiver | Schematic | - | - | - | 64 | - | |
GR-740 | Scanner | 40 ch prog - A Bearcat kit w/ Heath name | - | - | - | - | 84 | 84 |
GR-1008 | AM Receiver | - | - | - | - | - | ||
GR-1075 | AM/FM Digital Clock Radio | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GR-1085 | AM/FM Receiver | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
GR-1131 | Scanner | 146-174 mhz 8 channel w/priority | - | - | - | - | 76 | 78 |
GR-1132 | Triple Antenna Scanner | 30-50/146-174/450-500 8 channel | - | - | - | - | ||
GR-1133 | Receiver - Scanning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GR-1134 | Receiver - Scanning | - | - | - | - | - | 76 | 77 |
GRS-64A | CB Walkie-talkie | 2w 1ch assembled | - | - | - | - | 66 | 68 |
GRS-65A | CB Walkie-talkie | 2w | - | - | - | 66 | 68 | |
GW-10A | CB Base Station | 120 VAC, 23 channels, 6 tubes | - | - | - | 60 | 63 | |
GW-10D | CB mobile unit | same as A version but 12 VDC | - | - | - | - | 60 | 63 |
GW-11A | CB Base Station | same as GW-10 but w/S-meter | - | - | - | 62 | 64 | |
GW-11D | CB mobile unit | Same as GW-10D but w/S-meter | - | - | - | - | 61 | 64 |
GW-12A | CB Base Station | 1ch 120 VAC | - | - | - | 62 | 67 | |
GW-12D | CB mobile unit | 1ch 12 VDC | - | - | - | - | 62 | 67 |
GW-14 | CB babe/mobile | 5w 23ch - xtals extra | - | - | - | 65 | 67 | |
GW-14A | CB base/mobile | 5 Watt 23 Chan Mobile | - | - | - | 67 | 74 | |
GW-21 | CB walkie-talkie | 1ch 100mw | - | - | - | 61 | 64 | |
GW-21A | CB walkie-talkie | 1ch 100mw | - | - | - | - | 65 | 68 |
GW-22A | CB base unit | 5ch 120 VAC | - | - | - | 62 | 70 | |
GW_22D | CB mobile unit | 5ch 6/12 VDC | - | - | - | - | 62 | 70 |
GW-30 | Transceiver | 10 meter or CB Walkie-Talkie - can be either | - | - | - | 60 | 62 | |
GW-31 | CB walkie-talkie | 1 ch | - | - | - | - | 61 | 66 |
GW-31A | CB walkie-talkie | 1 ch | - | - | - | 66 | 68 | |
GW-32 | CB base | same as GW-22 but w/selective call | - | - | - | - | 63 | 67 |
GW-32D | CB mobile unit | same as GW-22D but w/selective call | - | - | - | - | 63 | 67 |
GW-42 | CB base unit | Master Station | - | - | - | 62 | 66 | |
GW-52 | CB walkie-talkie | 1w 1ch w/S-meter | - | - | - | - | 63 | 65 |
GW-52A | CB Port | 1w 1ch w/S-meter | - | - | - | - | 66 | 68 |
GW-81 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
GWA-14-1 | CB power supply | AC supply for GW-14 | - | - | - | 65 | 74 | |
GWA-14-2 | CB crystal pack | pack of xtals for all 23 channels | - | - | - | - | 65 | 74 |
K-1 | All-Wave Radio | Schematic | - | - | - | - | 48 | 49 |
K-2 | All-Wave Radio | - | - | - | 49 | 50 | ||
MR-1010 | Direction Finder Receiver | - | - | - | - | 81 | - | |
MR-21A | Direction Finder Receiver | Schematic | - | - | - | 64 | - | |
MW-33 | CB base/mobile | 5 ch 5 w | - | - | - | 63 | 64 | |
MW-34 | CB base/mobile | 5 ch | - | - | - | - | 65 | 68 |
MWW-11 | Marine Radio Telephone | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
MWW-13A | Marine Radio Telephone | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | - |
MWW-14A | Marine Radio Telephone | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
MWW-18 | Marine Radio | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
MWW-23 | Marine Radio Telephone | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | - |
MWW-30 | Marine Xcvr | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NR9 | Transistor Radio | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
R-110 | Radio Crystal | Transistor Diode Radio | - | - | - | - | 63 | 63 |
R-180 | Radio Crystal | Diode Micro Radio rocket shaped | - | - | - | - | 63 | 63 |
R-190 | Radio Crystal | Diode Personal Radio | - | - | 63 | 63 | ||
RM-1 | All Band Mobile Antenna | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
SB-310 | Receiver | SWL 49/41/31/25/19/16m + 80/40/20/11 m | - | 67 | 72 | |||
SB-313 | Receiver | SWL solid state version of SB-310 | - | - | - | 72 | 75 | |
SK-70 | Crystal Radio | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 63 |
SW-717 | Receiver | Solid-state SWL 55OkHz-30MHz | - | - | - | 71 | 82 | |
SW-7800 | Receiver | Solid-state SWL 550k digital readout | - | - | - | 84 | 90 | |
TCR1 | Clock Radio | Solid-state | - | - | - | - | - | |
XP-2 | Power Supply | For GC-1 - Schematic | - | - | - | - | - | |
XR-1 | Transistor Radio | first portable in Heath's line - Schematic | - | - | 58 | - | ||
XR-2 | Transistor Radio | Schematic | - | - | - | - | - |