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WHICH ELIMINATED THE SHOCK HAZARD ON THE KEY TERMINALS.  GLOBE SCOUT TUBE
LINEUP ALL OF THE GLOBE SCOUT MODELS HAD THE SAME TUBE LINEUP.  A 6V6
SERVED AS AN OSCILLATOR IF YOU USED A CRYSTAL, OR A BUFFER IF YOU USED AN
EXTERNAL VFO, ALONG WITH A 6146 FINAL AMPLIFIER.  A 6SJ7 SERVED AS THE
FIRST SPEECH AMPLIFIER, FOLLOWED BY A 6C5 INTO A SINGLE 6L6 MODULATOR.  A
5U4G OR 5U4GB TUBE SERVED AS THE RECTIFIER.  THERE WERE NO SOLID STATE
DEVICES USED IN THE RIG.  IN THE LATE 50S, WRL CAME OUT WITH TWO MODELS OF
THE GLOBE SCOUT, THE MODEL 66, WHICH COVERED 160 THROUGH 10 METERS, AND THE
MODEL 680 SEE FIGURE 4, WHICH COVERED 80 THROUGH 6 METERS IN AN EFFORT TO
CAPTURE SOME OF THE TECHNICIAN CLASS MARKET.  IN THESE MODELS, THE TWO
OCTAL BASED AUDIO TUBES WERE REPLACED BY A SINGLE 6U8A, WHICH USED THE SAME
CIRCUIT, THOUGH HOUSED IN A SINGLE, NINE PIN MINIATURE TUBE ENVELOPE.
GETTING THE GLOBE SCOUT ON THE AIR TOOK A BIT MORE EFFORT THAN WITH RIGS
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