Lakeshore Band Hopper

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Chuck Penson, WA7ZZE, hamfest

Image: Chuck Penson, WA7ZZE, hamfest

Name/Title

Lakeshore "Band Hopper"

Description

VFO

Category

VFO

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Lakeshore Industries

Date made

1956 - 1960

Other Name

"Bandhopper"

Valuations

Value

$139.50

General Notes

Note

QST, Oct 1956, p. 156. Allied Radio catalog 1958 (copyright 1957), p. 263. Allied Radio catalog 1959 (issued 1958), p. 379. Allied Radio catalog 1960 (copyright 1959), p. 396. Lakeshore Industries was located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Michigan. They made the Bandhopper VFO to work with their Phasemaster II-A transmitter and similar 9 MHz IF SSB exciters. It covered 160–10 meters and had an internal power supply. References Brief technical description. Radio News, Oct 1955, p. 71.