** Lafayette Lester VHF Converter

Object/Artifact

Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

** Lafayette "Lester VHF Converter"

Description

VHF Receiving Converter

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Lafayette Radio

Date made

circa 1948

Valuations

Value

$34.50

Notes

Kit form

General Notes

Note

Kit or wired. Frank Lester, W2AMJ, designed this 6, 10, and 11 meter converter for Lafayette. It was sold as a kit in the late 1940s. The three-tube converter used plug-in coils to accommodate FCC band changes.