Heathkit Fish Spotter Sonar

[Cane Pole]

Anyone remember Heathkit? You had to assemble it. I built a lot of stuff from Heathkit. I never built the sonar caus I had a Lowrance Green Box and still have it and it still works.

I don't know what models Heathkit model Humminbird started out with though. A good start though.

[genec]

TOM,I MUST BE YOUNGER THAN I THOUGHT BECAUSE I CAN NOT REMEMBER IT,BET DON G CAN.

[Cane Pole]

I had forgot about the Fish Spotter until I read the Humminbird article. Humminbird didn't start from scratch.

[scrat]

Wow! That $84.95 was a hunk of change back in those days. I was making about $1.65 and hour (about minimum wage then)in about 1969. I don't know when those came out but that would be like $800.00 or more today probably. I have a old Humminbird super sixty in the shed that I bought in the early 70's and been buying Humminbird ever since. But like you said I think the green box came first.

[kosmo]

I think that's what my dad had.the one he had was in a green medal box,best I can remember. It was real noisy while spinning.

[Alphahawk]

Built a couple of HeathKit CB's....good stuff.


Regards

[crappielimits]

The green box was before Humminbird but the green box was not the first sonar either. Two Japanese brothers developed the first sonar fishfinder. Then green box and Heath. Then Tom Mann simplified it and eliminated outboard interference. Then Humminbird made the LCR.

[Fisholishous]

My grandad had a Garcia flasher that was similar in vintage. We used it in the 70s and early 80s. Big ole brass transducer from what I remember. Off of one of the early Skeeter "bass boats."

[Cane Pole]

Built a couple of HeathKit CB's....good stuff.


Regards

I built some of their tube preamps and amplifiers. Good stuff as you said. Some folks are going back to the tube stuff. Different sound that the solid state stuff.

[Lonnie84]

Wow! That $84.95 was a hunk of change back in those days. I was making about $1.65 and hour (about minimum wage then)in about 1969. I don't know when those came out but that would be like $800.00 or more today probably. I have a old Humminbird super sixty in the shed that I bought in the early 70's and been buying Humminbird ever since. But like you said I think the green box came first.

In comparison to today, amazingly better technology at about the same price as back then when figure in the inflation rate.