[Milsurplus] Kingsley HRO

[Dave]

Yes, Kingsley Radio's model number was KCR-11 and was 
supplied as the AR-7 Receiver to the Royal Australian Air 
Force (RAAF) and also as the Reception Set No.1 for the 
Australian Army. Both were built as 19" rack mounted units 
with the Reception Set No.1 usually being mounted in a metal 
case which also had compartments to house four coil boxes as 
well as one in the set. Early models of the latter were 
supplied with a black painted brass panel instead of the 
RAAF's unpainted stainless steel panel.

Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) built 2 versions of 
the HRO lookalikes - the AMR-100 which was table mounted and 
the AMR-101 which was rack mounted (19" rack).

As an aside, there was also a Hammarlund Super Pro copy made 
in Australia by Eclipse Radio in Melbourne and it was named 
the AMR-200.

Used during WWII, the AMR nomenclature stood for AMerican 
Receiver and similiarly AMT was AMerican Transmitter. These 
were used to denote equipment built in Australia for the 
American Forces under a sort of reverse lend lease arrangement.

Cheers
Dave
VK4KDP

On 28/12/2010 2:09 PM, Hue Miller wrote:
Is the AR-7 the RAAF nameplate for the Kingsley KCR-11 ? I 
mean, basically
same? -Hue