[AMRadio] Why I Chose A Globe King 500B

[WILHITE, JIM]

Not many of us have the deep wallets of the military  to design and build a rig with such as the Collins units you love Dave.  Were it not for the military requiring 100% duty cycle equipment, some of us would not have home brew equipment today.  As for hearing Globe Kings, there are several up and running in the Southern U.S.  They were built to ICAS standards rather than the CCS.  After all who except a military type or W5PYT needed to flip the TX switch and forget it was on?  Were you guilty of that <Grin>?

Jim
W5JPW


I, too, owned a Globe King 400 and 500B at one time.  It was my experience
that the Globe King was prone to premature high voltage and modulation
transformer failure.  It was, in my opinion,  a cheapie unit that was a step
above a homebrew unit of that wattage class.  No wonder so few are left out
there in operating condition.  When was the last time you heard any of them
on the air compared to other manufacturers?

I love my Collins!

David Knepper - W3ST
Publisher of the Collins Journal
Secretary to the Collins Radio Association
CRA website:  http://www.collinsra.com


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