[Boatanchors] World Radio Lab's Duo-Bander 84

[Whitebear1122]

Wayne and all,  Thanks for the info!  I’ve seen the ad in the 66 WRL catalog and I might actually remember seeing it ‘live’ when I was a kid in 1966.  

Dave Thompson told me that he had a friend who owned a Galaxy Duo-Bander for many years so this is a mystery to me.

My question is did WRL design and manufacture the radio?  I know it says WRL on it but was this still Leo Meyersen’s company at the time?  Was it designed by “Galaxy”?  

By the way, a neighbor had a Galaxy 5 with matching speaker in the late 60’s and it was a fabulous radio!

73, Scott WA9WFA


> On Dec 3, 2017, at 3:28 PM, hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:
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> It was reviewed in Nov 1966 QST. Price was described as "lower than usual for a factory-wired unit of this variety." Some features found in other sets were eliminated to get a low priced unit to market. "Price class: $160 less accessories." The power supplies (AC or DC) were accessories.  
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> WRL ad in the same issue stated $199.95 for an economy base station package, $265 for a deluxe fixed package & $305 for the mobile package. Intended as fixed or mobile, with only LSB SSB operating mode. A curiosity was that 2 of the set's transistor were pressed into functioning as zener diode regulators for the transistor balanced modulator & the vfo.
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> It's tempting to consider the Duo as a predecessor to the Galaxy III and V series but the Galaxy V was on sale in the same issue, from Galaxy Electronics instead of the older WRL name. Galaxy III and V both apparently came out in or around 1964. Galaxy was Leo Meyerson's manufacturing firm grown out of WRL in 1962, and both were in Council Bluffs, Iowa.  An earlier manufacturing firm, Globe Electronics, had grown from WRL & was sold in 1959.
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> Wayne
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> WB4OGM
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