The Jan
Corver Museum - HeathKit display - 2010
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I visited the Jan Corver museum at Budel in January 2009 and caught the
dangerous Paraset-virus. The result of which you can read about on the
Paraset-page. After 12 months I visited the museum again because I
thought that the infection source would have gone by now. The Enigma
display has been replaced by a display of Heathkit instruments. As
everybody knows, Heathkit was a company that sold kits to build a
variety of electronic instruments, from electronic measurement to Ham
radio and everything needed in between. The were operational from around
the 1950's till the 1970's, as far as I know.
On this page a modest photo impression of the jewels on display.
Enjoy and visit the museum, if you can. It is a rare opportunity to see
such an almost complete display of all the beautiful stuff they ever
made.
I wish to thank Cor Moerman, the curator, for the kind welcome and
the high quality coffee.
Details about the Jan Corver Museum: follow this
link
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All kind of measuring equipment. I recognised several. My first
employer, a radio & tv repairman, had several in his repair shop. VTVM,
scope, marker generator, signal tracer. I used those instruments in the
1970's. |
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My uncle, who lived in Canada, also had a workshop equipped with
Heathkit gear. |
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A beautiful tube tester in mint condition. Keyers, a bug, aids for CW. |
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Grid dippers. |
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That is a "line".... |
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More simple receivers, generators. |
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Overview. Even computers could be self assembled. A matrix printer in
kit form. |
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Overview scopes. |
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and finally, one more operational Ham station. I enjoyed my visit very
much. I can assure you, however, that I have NOT caught any new virus,
this time. |
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