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

[Brett Gazdzinski]

> 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.

That is so.
A bargain at the time, but why get one now?
I guess its STILL a bargain today!
Funny that nothing has changed, it was a low price
transmitter made for people short of cash, and it still
fills that same nitch today!


  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...

I doubt its a lot better.
All that stuff, Johnson, Heath kit, WRL, even some Collins
stuff was not very well made in some/many respects.

Still, the $1000.00 globe kings are starting to sound like a 
bargain.
I think you could home brew something nice much cheaper,
but if you don't build, the old stuff is expensive.

Its just so hard for me to come to grips with the prices 
these days.
I got my Collins 30k1 for $200.00, with lots of extra goodies.
I guess I got about $2000.00 for it a few years ago....

How long before my $10.00 dx100 is worth $1000.00?
I better get that thing working!

Brett
N2DTS



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