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This would look great in my den, if I had a den.
It also looks good on a shelf, so I have that going for me. |
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How well does it work? Hear for
yourself in the video above. |
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Rodger (WQ9E) submitted this picture of
an older version of the Globe Patrol. There are no pointers
on the knobs and the layout is different, but the circuit is
similar. There are no batteries. Instead of an AC adapter,
there is a transformer mounted inside and the radio plugs
directly into an AC outlet. This radio appeared in the Radio
Shack catalog in 1970, priced at $19.95. |
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I almost bought this. It had the box and manual!
At the last minute I changed my mind and an hour later it was gone. |
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Click for full size. |
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I based the approximate date of the
refurbished Globe Patrol at around 1970, based on the
copyright in the manual. However, here we see a totally
different design in the 1970 Radio Shack catalog. To add to
the confusion, the model number in the ad above is 28-206,
yet the later version is model 28-205. The manual states it
is custom manufactured in Japan for Radio Shack. So, like
the Knight Space Spanner and Lafayette Explor-Air, we may
never know who actually designed the Globe Patrol. |
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| Eventually, I bought an older
version, but it was stone dead. The electrolytic capacitors
and two transistors were replaced to get it working. It
works well on the AM broadcast band but seems very
insensitive on the shortwave bands. The "RF GAIN" control
doesn't seem to do much on the SW bands. |
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Inside the cabinet. |
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| The coils were all
manually wired to the bandswitch and it has a full size
variable capacitor. |
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Here they are next to each other. |
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Remember the guy in the computer room with the
girl in the towel? |
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It worked for me. Sort of. |
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| Here is
the Globe Patrol manual, thanks to |
KC6VDX |
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