title: Heathkit HR-10 link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/heathkit-hr-10/ author: lembobro description: post_id: 16 created: 2011/07/22 13:34:40 created_gmt: 2011/07/22 13:34:40 comment_status: open post_name: heathkit-hr-10 status: publish post_type: post

Heathkit HR-10

Behold the Heathkit HR-10 Receiver.

Here’s a shot of someone else’s with the cover off, showing its vacuum-tube innards. That’s right, vacuum tubes.

I built one of these back when I was still in High School, a gift from my parents. The only “real” SW receiver I personally owned. Of course it needed at least a 40 meter dipole to do any meaningful DX-ing. Had it until sometime in 1998 when we forgot to pack it during our move back from New Jersey to New York.

Still kicking myself over that.

Here’s a bit of video that shows one in action:

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