Yup, $19.95 it was. I meant to mention that.
jk

clifto wrote:

John Kirchman wrote:


Does anyone remember the Allied Knight Kit "DXer" The first one in the
late '50's was a 3 tube regen unit. Later, about '62 came a three
transistor regen kit with the same name, "DXer", that ran on 4 AA cells.
I can find NO referance to this radio on the internet but i did have one
in '62. Anyone remember this?



I have only a fleeting memory of a kit about half the price of the Star
Roamer (SR was $39.95) that didn't last long in the catalog.

From: clifto
Organization: alabaster raster masters
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:48:47 -0500
Subject: First Radio?

John Kirchman wrote:
Does anyone remember the Allied Knight Kit "DXer" The first one in the
late '50's was a 3 tube regen unit. Later, about '62 came a three
transistor regen kit with the same name, "DXer", that ran on 4 AA cells.
I can find NO referance to this radio on the internet but i did have one
in '62. Anyone remember this?

I have only a fleeting memory of a kit about half the price of the Star
Roamer (SR was $39.95) that didn't last long in the catalog.

--
"One month from today, the American dream is on the ballot." -- John Kerry,
10/2

So is the American Nightmare, Jack-F...
Please go back to Communist Viet Nam where you're appreciated.

A Space Spanner maybe? I had a Knight Space Spanner, a three tube regen
with a speaker and bandspread tuning next to the main tuning. I could pick
up Japan and Radio Moscow!

Greg

dxAce wrote:
What was your first radio?

I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in
the 1960's.

I don't know why it took so long to remember this, but my first radio
was a Remco kit radio. Dad had to assemble it for me; I was around five
years old. It was essentially a crystal set with a cool plastic case
and a sliding tuning knob. My brother and sisters couldn't keep their
hands off it, which of course led to its death, and dad couldn't fix it.
I was shattered.

First shortwave was a Star Roamer, bought used from the Allied ham shack
in the early sixties.

--
"One month from today, the American dream is on the ballot." -- John Kerry, 10/2

So is the American Nightmare, Jack-F...
Please go back to Communist Viet Nam where you're appreciated.