Editing Heathkit (section)

{{short description|Brand name of kits and other electronic products produced and marketed by the Heath Company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Heath Company
| logo = Heathkit logo.svg
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| industry = Aviation, [[electronics]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1911}} in [[Saint Joseph, Michigan]], United States
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| hq_location =
| hq_location_city = [[Fargo, North Dakota]]; formerly [[Benton Harbor, Michigan]]
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| key_people = [[Will Cromarty]], CEO
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| website = {{URL|heathkit.com}}
}}
[[File:Radio TV News Jan 1949 pg76.jpg|thumb|right|1947 Heathkit ad featuring the 5-inch oscilloscope.]]
[[File:Heathkit Oscilloscope.jpg|thumb|Oscilloscope OL-1 from 1954, the company's first with a relatively small 3-inch [[cathode-ray tube|CRT]] which allowed for a highly competitive price of [[United States dollar|US$]] 29.50 ({{Inflation|US|29.50|1954|fmt=eq}}) for the DIY kit.<ref>Bob Eckweiler: [http://www.w6ze.org/Heathkit/Heathkit_041_OL1.pdf Heathkit of the Month #41 - OL-1 Three Inch Oscilloscope], Orange County Amateur Radio Club, 2012</ref>]]

'''Heathkit''' is the brand name of kits and other electronic products produced and marketed by the '''Heath Company'''. The products over the decades have included [[electronic test equipment]], [[high fidelity]] [[home audio]] equipment, [[television]] receivers, [[amateur radio]] equipment, robots, electronic ignition conversion modules for early model cars with point style ignitions, and the influential Heath [[Heathkit H8|H-8]], [[Zenith Z-89|H-89]], and [[Heathkit H11|H-11]] hobbyist [[computer]]s, which were sold in [[Electronic kit|kit]] form for assembly by the purchaser.

Heathkit manufactured electronic kits from 1947 until 1992. After closing that business, the Heath Company continued with its products for education, and motion-sensor lighting controls. The lighting control business was sold around 2000. The company announced in 2011 that they were reentering the kit business after a 20-year hiatus but then filed for bankruptcy in 2012,<ref name="closed">Swindwa, Julie, [http://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/local/disassembly-complete-heathkit-is-no-more/article_c00ffaac-d15b-11e1-a9e7-0019bb2963f4.html "Disassembly complete: Heathkit is no more"], ''[[The Herald-Palladium]]'', 19 July 2012</ref> and under new ownership began restructuring in 2013. {{asof |2022}}, the company has a live website with newly designed products, services, vintage kits, and replacement parts for sale.<ref name="HeathNew">{{cite web |title=Shop |url=https://heathkit.com |website=Heathkit |access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> In August 2023 Heath Company announced its acquisition by [[Kirkwall (company)]] as part of a planned expansion in [[North Dakota]], and named former [[CIA]] officer and entrepreneur [[Will Cromarty]] as President and Chief Executive Officer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7101952363187380224/ |title=Heath Company posted on LinkedIn }}</ref>