One of the last AK cathedrals - the 944

[Electronic M]

One of the last years ARCI held it's Radiofest swapmeet/convention at the old Holiday Inn site their theme was Atwater Kent. The display room had everything from breadboards and early ephemera to a small table set with a model number not known or listed anywhere...It was believed to be a late one of a kind prototype never built due to closure.

IIRC they had one similar to yours just before that one in the chronologically ordered display.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

One of the last years ARCI held it's Radiofest swapmeet/convention at the old Holiday Inn site their theme was Atwater Kent. The display room had everything from breadboards and early ephemera to a small table set with a model number not known or listed anywhere...It was believed to be a late one of a kind prototype never built due to closure.

IIRC they had one similar to yours just before that one in the chronologically ordered display.

That must've been great. Since I started in the hobby I've loved anything associated with Atwater Kent. I never tire if them. You see a lot of the common one's, but they made some unique models that you don't very see often. Amazing how simple/purposeful the '20's models look, yet they convey a sense a quality. The cathedrals are all classics.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by decojoe67

That must've been great. Since I started in the hobby I've loved anything associated with Atwater Kent. I never tire if them. You see a lot of the common one's, but they made some unique models that you don't very see often. Amazing how simple/purposeful the '20's models look, yet they convey a sense a quality. The cathedrals are all classics.

I know what you mean. I've got an AK40(sounds more like a gun than a radio ) very utilitarian but at the same time very well made and good quality...Had that thing nearly a decade before I got to it. My best friend from college had/s one that came from a realative and had been passed down since new. He wanted it fixed, and wanted my help. I had only done one 20s set up to then, but was willing to try since I had a complete parts set. It went well enough that I did mine within about a year. It is real novel to think I'm listening to a radio that is a decade shy of a century old!
Someday I'm going to find a decent AK cathedral that won't scare my inner cheapskate...Till then the 40 is good enough for me.