Sixty years ago this month, the January 1963 issue of Popular Electronics featured as its cover story this one-tube all-wave loudspeaker set. It was able to provide loudspeaker volume on long wave, medium wave, and short wave, thanks to a triple compactron tube, the 6AF11. One triode section was used as regenerative detector, with triode and pentode sections serving as audio amplifiers. With four plug-in coils, the set was capable of tuning 250 kHz through 16 MHz. And if the builder wanted to extend that range, more coils could be made on a trial and error basis.

The power supply was mounted on a separate chassis, with solid state rectifiers. It provided about 150 volts of B+, and the magazine noted that another possibility would be to tap into the power supply of another receiver. This might be particular useful for the owner of a receiver covering only the ham bands, since this receiver would add coverage for a much greater frequency range.