Heathkit was world renowned as a manufacturer of electronics in kit
form. This book covers Heathkit's test equipment, starting with a brief
history of Heathkit, an overview of the test equipment product lines and
tips on buying and restoring vintage test equipment from sources like
eBay. Separate chapters cover the major categories of component testers
and substitution boxes, frequency counters, meters, oscilloscopes, power
supplies, signal generators, tube testers and checkers and miscellaneous
test equipment. Each chapter includes one or more "In-Depth" sections
that look at a representative model from the author's Heathkit
collection covering its features, operation, and notable quirks or
trivia. The appendix provides a list of references and resources
including books, web sites, and suppliers of parts, manuals and related
products and services as well as a detailed product listing of every
known model of test equipment produced by Heathkit.