My Ham ticket turned 43 in October of 2012.

I never owned a Globe Scout, but have worked a bunch of them in my 
day.

There were at least 4, maybe 5 models of the Scout. At least two of 
them, the 680, and the 680A, covered 6 meters rather than 160.

As someone mentioned, they used Heising modulation. It sounds almost 
as good as plate modulation, but reduces the carrier almost to the 
level of the screen or controlled carrier modulated rigs like the 
DX40, DX60, ETC.

Did anyone here ever own a Globe Chief? A friend here still has two of 
them. That transmitter was CW only, and ran a pair of 807's in the 
final. If you wanted a modulator, you either built one, or bought 
something like the Eico 730 to run with it.



Once, I got to sit in front of a Globe King 500, and a Globe Champion 
350. Talk about two fine AM transmitters!

My first rig was a Viking Ranger 1, with a Hammarlund HQ110A receiver. 
Later, I used a Viking Valiant for awhile before getting a new Swan 
500CX for Christmas in 1971.

I still have the HQ110, which I had overhauled when it turned 40 back 
in 2008. After 40 years, it needed two capacitors, 1 tube, and a new 
AC line cord, in addition to a full re-alignment. Not bad.




Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs