My next Heath adventure was from May 1981 till September of 1984.

I returned to Heath as Sr. Design Engineer and once again to the General Products

Group. I was assigned a project for the ID-2295 Digital Humidity Meter.

ID-2295

After the project was designed and ready to finalize, I was told to transfer it to another

Engineer and was Promoted to

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Chief Engineer of the Communications Group.

(i.e.. HAM GROUP)

Having been a Ham since, 1962 WA5FHR, 1967 WA8YAS and gaining my Extra class

license W8OT in 1969 , I was finally part of the Famous Heathkit Ham Group.

1983 ARRL Convention

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NEW HAM KITS

New Communications Product line-up with the employees who are making it happen

(front, left to right) Bob Hutchins-Sr. Technician, Dave Poplewski-PLM, Lewis Lambert-

Associate Product Developer, Ron Dillon-Technician II, Bill Linebaugh-Technician II.

(back, left to right) Jerry Tolsma-Design Engineer, Earl Harris-Chief Engineer, Ivan Mertes-Sr. Design Engineer, Bob Knapp-Product Manager, Terry Perdue-Staff Engineer, John White-Technician II

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HW-5400 SS-9000

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Earl Harris Bob Knapp Click Picture to see HW-5400 BASH

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Earl Harris, Chief Engineer DAYTON 1984

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HWA-5400-1 HW-5400

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Ivan Mertes Sr. Design Engineer

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OUR GANG!

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ClickHere for a list of some of the Ham gear we designed while I was Chief

of the Ham group. Click on them and see a picture. I will add

more, when I find picures of them. EARL

Went to Erhorn in Canon City, Co. to work for Dick Erhorn