Heathkit TVs.

[ChrisW6ATV]

I built a Heathkit GR-104C (?) 12-inch B&W TV kit around 1979. It had a nice copper-plated chassis.

[sparks_elec]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

I built a Heathkit GR-104C (?) 12-inch B&W TV kit around 1979. It had a nice copper-plated chassis.

I built one of those last year. It was fun to build something older than me. The previous owner built half of it (pc boards), I finished it and fixed all the cracked boards and build errors. It came on (eventually) and worked well, but i should've changed out all those 40 year old electro caps, they don't age well unused. It popped it's circuit breakers several times upon power-up. It's a cute little tv that's heavier than it looks, even runs off 12V. This was the most fun kit I ever built.


All the parts




Almost done


All done




After 30 seconds on for first time. It got alot better after 20 minutes on.