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CLASSIC RADIO THE WRL GLOBE SCOUT WORLD RADIO LABORATORIES WRL WAS FOUNDED
BY LEO MEYERSON, W0GFQ SK, IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, IN THE LATE 1940S.  IN
DIRECT COMPETITION WITH THE E. F. JOHNSON COMPANY AND A FEW OTHERS, WRL
PRODUCED AMATEUR RADIO EQUIPMENT IN BOTH FACTORY WIRED AND KIT FORM UNDER
THE GLOBE AND GALAXY BRAND NAMES.  THE GLOBE SCOUT THE WRL GLOBE SCOUT WAS
THE ENTRY POINT FOR MANY HAMS IN THE 1950S.  WHILE WRL MADE A FEW
TRANSMITTERS IN THE LATE 1940S WITH PLUG IN COILS, THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE
GLOBE SCOUTS TOOK SHAPE AROUND 1953, STARTING WITH THE 50 W CW AND 40 W AM
BAND SWITCHED MODEL 40A SEE FIGURE 1.  THEY ALL USED THE 6146 FINAL TUBE,
WHICH WAS A BIGGER, MORE ROBUST VERSION OF THE 2E26.  THE 6146 TUBE HAD
HIGH PLATE DISSIPATION 25 W AND HIGH USABLE FREQUENCY.  IT WAS COMPACT, AND
INEXPENSIVE FOR ITS DAY, AT ONLY 4R95.  GLOBE SCOUT MODULATORS ALL OF THE
GLOBE SCOUT MODELS WERE CRYSTAL CONTROLLED SEE FIGURE 2.  THEY ESPECIALLY
APPEALED TO THE NOVICE CLASS OPERATORS, WHOSE TRANSMITTERS WERE RESTRICTED
BY THE FCC TO 75 W WITH CRYSTAL CONTROL.  WRL MADE A COMPANION MODEL 755
VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR VFO, WHICH WOULD ADEQUATELY DRIVE THE SCOUT.
THE GLOBE VFO ALSO HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING ITS OWN POWER SUPPLY, WHICH
DIDNT CHANGE VOLTAGE WHEN THE TRANSMITTER WAS KEYED.  AMPLITUDE MODULATION
AM WAS THE MOST POPULAR TYPE OF HF PHONE OPERATION IN THE 1950S, AS OPPOSED
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