This is probably the finest rig Heathkit ever produced I picked these up a few months ago and have been checking them out. Everything seems to work pretty well. I've been checking into the Heathkit net on Sundays and the 3900 Club Trader Net also on Sundays. I've made some comparisons with the K3 and it's really amazing how well the 9000 holds up.
The passband shift works great and used in conjuction with the RF control will allow you to get a good copy on most signals. The audio is wonderful. It has that tube sound and feel to it and by backing off the RF you can get it to where all you are hearing is the station you're wanting. The receiver is very quite and the audio just seems to pop out. An outstanding rig, it's just too bad it came too late to really help Heathkit. If you ever have a chance to pick one up, get it! You'll be surprised and you can see how the well to do ops got to live.
It was introduced in 1982 with a price tag of $2795.00 and the PS-9000 Power supply/speaker with dual 12/24 hour clocks was $295.00. That's a lot of money even by todays standard much less 1982 dollars.
The passband shift works great and used in conjuction with the RF control will allow you to get a good copy on most signals. The audio is wonderful. It has that tube sound and feel to it and by backing off the RF you can get it to where all you are hearing is the station you're wanting. The receiver is very quite and the audio just seems to pop out. An outstanding rig, it's just too bad it came too late to really help Heathkit. If you ever have a chance to pick one up, get it! You'll be surprised and you can see how the well to do ops got to live.
It was introduced in 1982 with a price tag of $2795.00 and the PS-9000 Power supply/speaker with dual 12/24 hour clocks was $295.00. That's a lot of money even by todays standard much less 1982 dollars.
