[Lowfer] Allied Radio

[Dexter McIntyre W4DEX]

History of Allied Radio on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Radio

Allied marketed Knight Kits.  I built and still have several of the 
Knight Kits I built during the 60s.  Among those are the Star Roamer 
receiver, T-150 transmitter, R-100 receiver.  These kits were similar to 
Heath Kits but a bit more affordable.  Allied was at that time a very 
friendly ham oriented company.  All changed when Tandy Corp acquired 
Allied in 1970 and started opening Radio Shack stores.  Thats one 
reason, but not the only reason,  I never liked Radio Shack :)  Another 
reason is how aggressively RS competed with Lafayette Radio by opening 
stores close by. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Radio

Knight Kits:

http://www.nostalgickitscentral.com/allied/allied.html

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