On hold with an airline right now.

But I can get that info shortly.

I don't think it was one of the upper end models. Suitable for a young teen boy at the time.

As is usual price depends on condition.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?rmvSB=true&_from=R40&_nkw=heathkit+gr-64&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&LH_Complete=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_fsradio2=%26LH_PrefLoc%3D99&_sadis=15&_stpos=11763&_fspt=1&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50

You may find this video interesting...

because it is assembled and not unassembled and still in box with all it's paper work it is actually tremendously devalued from what it could be.

don't ask me why this is, it just seems to be a quirk with Heathkit collectors. they want it unassembled and in box.

best bet is look up the model number on ebay and look for sold listings and see what they are selling at.

i can tell you most heathkit stuff of this variety was mass produced and sold many units.

the stuff that really holds value is the unassembled still in box HF amateur specific, receivers, transceivers, transmitter, and linear amplifier kits.

these didn't sell as many units as the majority of the other kits due to their high expense which was beyond the majority of buyers.

i am a ham operator and would love to add this to my collection, actually fished the hallicrafters version of it out of a roadside trash can when i was a teenager. looked very similar to this one.

i am afraid i could not offer much more than shipping as i am on a very small fixed income.

I can go to the UPS store and let them best figure out the safest shipping. Or if you have ideas for USPS.

Either way. I am going on vacation and it will be a few weeks.

A FM receiver and an amplifier that were paired with original Bose 901 speakers and a Garrard turntable bought at Pacific Stereo on Shattuck in Berkeley, CA. Alas this stereo system was burgled in 1971.

The first time one fired up a Heathkit was a tense moment.

Egg cartons were useful to sort the parts.

Heathkit metal detector. Most unique thing I ever found was a cannonball. I grew up near a War of 1812 battlefield, Fort Meigs.

Every time the earth was plowed again you could find them.

There was also an actual archaeological dig after I left home that uncovered the burial site of a Red Ochre individual.

Just a thought...

I guess you should message me.

DUer John_Doe80004 seems to have a better home for it than I do... and here's my idea: What say I send you the $100 and John_Doe80004 sends you the money for shipping, and you send it to him?

I'd be good with that. For me, it would be a curiosity. For him, it would be a collector's item to be treasured.

I can make this happen, but not until next Friday.

I'm coming up on a nearly three week vacation, and I will be leaving early that Saturday morning. During the week I work overtime nearly everyday so Saturdays would be the best time to get to the UPS store or USPS. That would be Nov 21, I guess at this point.

You sound like a super nice person.

Have a Wonderful Time!

Chris

It seems to work great.

We had one of those shortwave radios and usually listened to WWL in New Orleans when it was a station that played an eclectic selection of music-- and WWV, the atomic clock time station

On my little bedside AM radio back in the 50s.
I guess they were a 50,000 watt station?

That's how I was able to get WWL at night, even with my little pocket transistor radio, from the northwest corner of Arkansas.

They broadcast from the Roosevelt Hotel, and one of their sponsors was T.Pitari's Restaurant, which featured exotic meats on its menu.

Got it. WSB Atlanta.

i really appreciate the offer thank you to both "cherokeeprogressive" and alphafemale" it will have a good home here.

one of you two can pm me here and i will get back with the address. just send me a mailing address to send the money order or a paypal address and the expected amount of shipping and i will get it to you on the 3rd.

thanks.

my first shortwave was a hallicrafters similar to this heathkit using a long wire strung from my bedroom window out to a tree in the yard and my first CB was an old 23CH am only comstat tube type base station with a home made 1/2 wave dipole both fished from a trash heap, and long before i got my ham license.

Here's a video showing it seems to be in great working order.

This is from FB. Hope it works.

https://www.facebook.com/lori.mcafee.9/videos/1160954073918118/?l=1850415282585097699

That's AM.

I want to be sure everything is packed safely when I do this.

If you have any tips let me know.

Especially if shipping UPS and not fedex.

pack it in an inner box, about 6" clearance on all sides. bubble wrap and slide into that inner box. then have an outer box with maybe 12" clearance around all sides. fill that space with packing peanuts. then have them mark the box as fragile.

also if possible open up inside of radio and put bubble wrap or packing peanuts around open spaces, packed tightly to keep the tubes from coming out of sockets and bouncing around and getting broken during transit.

that is how i pack stuff like this

JD

And by the way this thing has survived multiple moves in a U-Haul Van. This is a tough puppy.

is have it marked fragile and open up the top of unt and pack the spaces around tubes tightly with either peanuts or bubble wrap. you can get away with a single box but the inside where the tubes are need to be packed around them so the don't come out of the sockets and flop around. i have experienced that issue before. the metal casing is pretty tough on those so you can probably get away with having an inch or two spacing between unit and box walls and packing it with bubble wrap.

about shortwave and ham radio, at least if you are of a certain age. The internet is faster, far more reliable and has a lot more on offer - such as DU - but picking up a microphone and talking directly to someone in Australia or Norway, probably on 20 meters, is way cooler.

a whole bunch of SW, ham, and all kinds of antique radio and old TV and radio broadcasting equipment, there is a museum in St. Louis Park near Highway 100 and Excelsior Boulevard.

http://www.pavekmuseum.org/

I've spoken before the Minnesota Audio Society at that very cool place.

I think you guys used to meet in the 'Minnesota' room. I have a broadcast background, but got bored silly while on-air because I did not have a huge interest in music (not too mention the pay was crap). I would love to own an old McIntosh tube amp however.

OOOH, coool! Ahhhh, neat-o!!

My introduction to serious hi-fi came from my organ teacher back in the late 1960s. She and her hubby had an all-Mac tube system with Altec Lansing Voice of the Theater speakers. My mind was vaporized the first time I heard that system. Those old Macs still command a pretty penny when they're well-cared for. And Mac's modern stuff is pretty darn good as well, if a bit more carriage trade than Audio Reserch, VTL and the boutique ultra-high end outfits like Absolare and VAC.

Not about hi-fy though. My sister had pipe organ lessons as a 17 year old in late 60s. She would take me with her on Satuday mornings to practice on the church organ. (I liked spending time with her and our mom liked the break.)The organ was a huge thing with the pipes high up in the balconey (as was the organ). She once caught me (I was pre-schooler) climbing the hidden stairs that led up to the pipes. She hit a low note and held it for a while, I don't know how low, but I felt the rumble in my entire body. I'm just glad she didn't use one of those little pipes.

(My sister died over 20 years ago. Our mom never recovered.)