  Recently it has been shown that time-reversal invariant systems with discrete
symmetries may display in certain irreducible subspaces spectral statistics
corresponding to the Gaussian unitary ensemble (GUE) rather than to the
expected orthogonal one (GOE). A Kramers type degeneracy is predicted in such
situations. We present results for a microwave billiard with a threefold
rotational symmetry and with the option to display or break a reflection
symmetry. This allows us to observe the change from GOE to GUE statistics for
one subset of levels. Since it was not possible to separate the three
subspectra reliably, the number variances for the superimposed spectra were
studied. The experimental results are compared with a theoretical and numerical
study considering the effects of level splitting and level loss.

Chaotic Dynamics