[AMRadio] WTB: WRL Globe King 500-C (or A)

[B. Morgan Sherrod]

----- Original Message -----
From: Brett Gazdzinski <brett.gazdzinski at wcom.com>
To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 7:20 AM
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] WTB: WRL Globe King 500-C (or A)


> The globe king 500 is one of those transmitters where everything
> seems very marginal, and cries out for re doing.
> I was very unhappy with mine, used just the RF deck for a while,
> then took it all apart for parts.
> I gave many of the parts away to other globe king owners,
> and think I wound up giving almost all the parts away.
>
> Its just one of those rigs I could not deal with, the whole
> design was based on making it inexpensive.
>

I don't think Leo intended to make the WRL line the Rolls Royce of
transmitters!

He filled a gap in the market that allowed many an amateur who either did
not have the time to build a beefy rig, or simply could not afford the more
expensive rigs on the market.  Considering what some of the solid state rigs
go for new and USED today, and that their AM ability in most cases is a far
cry from what a GK can do stock, I would rather buy a GK500 for $1000 if I
had to.  Of course that's assuming you want an AM rig.  If you want to talk
about ridiculous pricing, how about the Johnson 500's??  I saw one of them
go for $3000 about three years ago.  Is it REALLY that much better than a
GK500?  Not in my humble opinion...

W5AMI
PS: And unless I missed something, Leo is NOT a SK.