Globe Scout 680

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

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  • Year
  • 1955–1957
  • Category
  • Amateur Transmitter (only)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 141822

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • 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 Scout 680 - World Radio Laboratories WRL,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Notes
  • WRL Globe Scout 680;
    AM & CW, sold as KIT and as entire ready to use set. The model 680 has one instrument, mic. & key jack, Xtal-VFO operation, Pout: 65 W CW & 50 W AM phone, coverage:
    80 m: 3.3 - 5.4 MHz,
    40 m: 6.4 - 10.5 MHz,
    20 - 15 m: 13.7 - 23.0 MHz,
    11 - 10 m: 27.0 - 31.0 MHz,
    6 m: 50.0 - 54.0 MHz,
    up to 160 W CW/210 W AM power consumption. Guest Bruce Murdoch from Crest Hill, Illinois, wrote this to us: "I actually purchased a Globe Scout transmitter completely assembled, brand new, from World Radio Laboratories, in 1957. We are not quite sure about the start in 1955 and will have to verify that later with ads from the time.
  • Source of data
  • - - Manufacturers Literature
  • Mentioned in
  • - - Manufacturers Literature
  • Author
  • Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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