[AMRadio] Globe King 400

Tue Feb 28 21:43:50 EST 2012

I would also agree ... my 400's modulator has been modded from what I can see and I have always gotten glowing compliments on my audio quality ..just a bare D104 mic. Much better than the Heaths, Johnsons or military stuff I have heard.. No doubt that Leo thew whatever he got cheap surplus into these, but a lot was military quality .. certainly not to  commercial standards by a  long long shot..

K8WBL

--- On Tue, 2/28/12, Dave Mayfield W9WRL <wrl at gwltd.com> wrote:

From: Dave Mayfield W9WRL <wrl at gwltd.com>
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Globe King 400
To: "Brett Gazdzinski" <Brett.gazdzinski at verizon.net>, "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 7:49 PM

I would disagree about it being marginal, I have owned one for years, 
and other than having to replace a modulator a few years back it has 
always worked fine. I have owned many rigs, Collins, Johnson, and so on 
and have had far more issues with these than my GK400.

But as we all know it's a matter time and they all will have issues. I 
want to leave you with the words of a buddy of mine.

GLOBE

Golly, Look, Out, Bring, Extinguisher. GLOBE

73 Dave W9WRL.com

Brett Gazdzinski wrote:
> A globe king 400 is the only WRL rig I would want to own, or would have 
> wanted to own before building homebrew stuff.
> Even so, its quite a marginal rig.
>
> Value?
> Some people are crazy, or just have plenty of money to get something they 
>
> want.
> Somebody paid $2000.00 for a homebrew rig I made, then paid a company to 
> crate it up and ship it to the west coast!
> That is not even a classic vintage rig.
>
> Brett
> N2DTS
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
> <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Globe King 400
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Van K7VS <wa7fab at cdsnet.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Yes, I agree.  That’s pretty high but I have to say by the time I finished
>> restoring my GK 500A I had close of $1300 in it not including my time.  I
>> know if I every get ready to sell it I wouldn’t sell it for less than
>> $1500.00.  I took mine completely apart and regalvinized the three chassis
>> and started over, including redoing the cabinet (with original back door
>>     
>
>   
>> and silk screening the front panel.
>>
>>     
>
> Folks often forget about the time involved, or discount it based on the
> price that they feel it should be worth. If we paid ourselves a fair wage
> for restoring these old trinkets and based it on being a wise financial
> investment, I suspect few items would get restored. Especially when you add
> in the cost of parts and materials, along with the original purchase price.
>
> Some folks see an asking price and automatically assume that all examples
> are worth that, or this is what they go for. I've noticed a lot of items
> available on ebay and elsewhere for far more than they are worth to me.
> More often than not, they remain on the market for months, sometimes with
> price adjustments and other times not. What it actually ends up selling
> for, if it sells at all, is seldom seen. Only the original asking price is
>
> remembered.
>
> I know folks who truly believe a Globe King of any model isn't worth $100,
>
> muchless $3000. I bet everyone in this thread would disagree with the $100
>
> value, even for a ratty unit needing restoration. This is the good thing
> about the free market: if it's not worth it, it won't sell. If it does,
> then it was worth that amount to at least one person besides the seller.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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