Globe Scout 65B / Globe Chief 90
Circa 1957
Globe Scout 65B: transmitter; Ad: MAY 56 QST;
price $89.95 kit, $99.95 wired; 55 watts AM, 65 watts CW; 160
thru 10 meters; bandswitching; 6V6 crystal oscillator,
6146 final amplifier, 6SJ7 speech amplifier, 6C5 driver, 6L6G
modulator, 5U4G rectifier; shipping weight 27 lbs. Globe
Chief 90: transmitter; Ad: AUG 56 QST; price $49.95 kit, $64.95
wired; 90 watts CW (grid blocked keying); 160 thru 10 meters;
bandswitching; 6AG7 oscillator, pair 807's final amplifier,
5U4G rectifier; weight 27 lbs.
K8EAB
Picture is either 1956 or 1957 ... made a photo from a
43-year-old 35mm slide, then scanned
the 8x1photo ... I was 15 years old or so ...
Globe Scout 65B / Companion VFO
Hallicrafters SX-99 / Heath Q-Multiplier
Johnson Viking Matchbox ...
Wish I had these items around the shack today ...
Nothng neater than the glow of all those tubes in a dark
ham-shack <g> ...
73 de K8EAB in Cumming, GA (Atlanta) ...