** KAAR KE-23AT

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

** KAAR KE-23AT

Description

General Coverage Receiver

Category

Receiver, General Coverage

Made/Created

Manufacturer

KAAR Engineering Corp

Date made

circa 1944

General Notes

Note

Kaar Engineering's nine-tube receiver covered 0.54-42 MHz in four bands. It had mechanical band spread and an S-meter. A "universal" power transformer allowed operation from line voltages of 110, 120, 150, 210, and 230 VAC at 40-60 Hz.