Old Allied Radio musings

[Dexter Francis]

I was born in Chicago in 1953, but my folks moved to the suburbs (Park
Ridge) before I was old enough to ride a bike.  My Dad learned
electronics with those same DeVry Technical Institute courses and built
a few Knight Kits - the R-100 Short wave RX - a Mobile CB rig - an 18
watt monoral audio amp and a tube tester.  I still recall the hum the
vibrator made in that CB rig.

I never made the trip to Mecca either, except via those big fat
catalogs.  Hasn't been the same since they were bought out by Radio
Shack, <sniff>.  But the Knight TR-108 I just got (2 meters AM!) kind of
stirs some virtual memories.

Then there was Red Johnson Electronics in Palo Alto, Ca.... but that's
another story.

-df

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