Now I'm dating myself, as my first station to hit the air was a National NC-125 and a Knight-Kit T-60 on CW. But looking at your site really brings back the memories. Keep up the good work.
| The Knight Kit Co. was in business from around 1957 to 1966, |
| advertising their catalog, but little else, in the pages of QST and CQ magazines. |
| Allied Radio, which owned Knight, was in business from the 1920s. Allied is still |
| in business today selling electronic parts! |
| I do not have a Knight catalog, nor do I know much of the history of this short-lived, |
| but very popular company. Their customers were primarily young, shortwave listevers, |
| aspiring radio amateurs, and new novices anxious to get something on the air that |
| they could afford. They sold many many shortwave receievers to the SWLs of that era, |
| and the teenage hams whose budget did not run to Collins or even Hallicrafters |
| often went for the Knight T-60. The later, and more powerful T-150 was a bit of a flop |
| selling far less units. I saw one of these in operation in a dormitory room at |
| Georgia Tech, in the autumn of 1967 and it was a serious |
| TVI/RFI generator! |
| Does anyone know WHEN and HOW Knight Co. started? |
Date sent: Mon, 10 May 1999
From: Dave Merrill
Brian,
As a native Chicagoan, I spend many Saturdays in my youth at Allied and the surrounding shops. I have a few pictures of the old building taken in 1957 and last summer. You might want to add a link on your Knight-Allied page.
Dave, N9ZC
From: ROBERT B ROSE, K6GKU
Bry: Here are the Pix of my all KNIGHT station.
[snip]
The station is fully functional on 10 AM (29.0) if the band ever opens up.
73, Bob Rose K6GKU
Fountain Hills, AZ
| These are the KNIGHT models we have been able to find out about so far. |
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| The typical asking prices are found at The Boneyard Bluebook |
| C-8 (spkr for R-100) |
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| KD-22 |
| KG-220 FM monitor rcvr |
| P-2 SWR Meter |
| R-55 rcvr |
| R-100A |
| Spanmaster |
| Star Roamer |
| T-50 |
| T-60 |
| T-150 |
| T-150A |
| T-175 |
| T-400 |
| TR-106 |
| TR-108 |
| V-107 |
| This e-mail came in recently:
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| From: "Mike" at e-mail: mikere1@mail.netwave.net |
| Subject: Knight |
| It's nice to see some stuff on Knight Kits. I grew up in the |
| Chicago area and even though the Heathkit store was closer in |
| Lincolnwood, I really liked the Allied, 100 N. Western Store. |
| My interest in kit building started in the mid to late 60's so I |
| missed some of Knight's ham radio hey days. |
| Mike, N9BOR |
