Globe Chief 90

World Radio Laboratories (WRL), (Globe Electronics); Council Bluffs, IA

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  • Year
  • 1956
  • Category
  • Amateur Transmitter (only)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 218359

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • Transmitter
  • Wave bands
  • Short Wave (SW only)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • - - No sound reproduction output.
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Globe Chief 90 - World Radio Laboratories WRL,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 14.5 x 8 x 9 inch / 368 x 203 x 229 mm
  • Notes

  • WRL's Globe Chief 90 is a 90 watt (75 watts for novice use) crystal controlled transmitter for 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter amateur bands. It was available as a kit ($49.95) or wired ($64.95).  In 1958, the kit price was $59.95 and wired was $74.50.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 27 lb (27 lb 0 oz) / 12.258 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 64.95 USD
  • Mentioned in
  • ARRL QST 10/1956
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Popular Electronics February 1957 page 127
  • Author
  • Model page created by Franz Scharner. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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