In 1977 working as an electronics instructor I was also writing for 73 Magazine. You can find a few of my business cards from that era nearby. That included products, promotion, pricing, and distribution (place) in the four Ps of marketing. ![]() And, from 1986 to 1989 I was Product Line Manager, Education, responsible for all the products in this then $14 million line of publications and training equipment. In 1984 I was promoted to Acquisitions Editor to spearhead efforts at working with freelance writers. By late 1980 I was promoted to Supervising Editor and then Supervisor of Educational Product Development. This meant that I wrote home study courses and pulled together the experiments that supported the coursework. I had the very good fortune to start work in December 1977 as an Educational Product Designer. ![]() ![]() The follow up comment was “I’d love to hear some of those stories of back in the day.” So, here’s a few. This was one of my projects when I worked at Heath from 1977 to 1989. I noted that those tapes were generated using one of Heath’s early personal computers. ![]() I commented recently on the Heathkit products Facebook page about the Morse Code Tapes used in the Amateur Radio General License Home Study Course.
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