Image credit: Heath CompanySteve Leibson: So how does a company like Heathkit go and get a CRT, a color CRT? Now the other piece of it is, there isn’t anything about a microwave oven that’s very exotic from an electronics standpoint. The Heathkit Microwave Oven was a kit version and cosmetic reworking of a Whirlpool microwave oven. Here’s the bottom line: Heath Company runs all Heathkit operations today. The full Heathkit history series on EEJournal:The Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 1: Early DaysThe Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 2: The 1960s through the mid-1970sThe Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 3: The Microcomputer Kit EraThe Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 4: The Demise of HeathkitThe Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 5: Final ThoughtsThe Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 6: And Yet More Final Thoughts