Ah, memories. Some of ‘em good, even...
Got my first decent reel-to-reel tape recorders there in the 60s.
After graduating electronics school and designing/building small projects, it was where I’d turn in frustration, hoping against hope, to find a component that they usually didn’t have, because it took two weeks or more to get a mail order from Poly-Paks.
As electronics started to fade as a hobby, RS employees seemed to know less and less about parts. I’d walk into the store and be accosted right away: ‘Can I help you?’ I’d think: ‘Very unlikely’, but mutter, ‘Thanks, if you’ve got it, I’ll find it’...
LOVED HEATHKIT!!!! I lived in the Detroit area, and we had TWO Heathkit stores within reasonable driving distance from one another.
Over the years, I built many, including a B&W and my first color TV, a digital Thomas organ, several pieces of test equipment and a variety of other fun stuff.
I still have a functioning AM/FM portable radio and a Heathkit/Vox Jaguar combo organ. (Think “96 Tears”, “House of the Rising Sun”, “She’s About A Mover”, etc.)
What great, great memories!!!!
I’m lucky enough to have several Heaths that I helpd my Dad assemble back in the 60’s. All boxed up and maybe someday I’ll fire them up again.
W4WXS.