Topband: Nostalgic "openings"

[James Rodenkirch]

By the bye, the e-mail from Don, WD8DSB, reminded me of an old Globe Scout double side band rig I owned YEARS ago:
Globe Sidebander DSB-100:  transmitter.
It's ad appeared in  MAY 58 QST;  price $119.95 kit, $139.95 wired; 40 watts AM, 50 watts CW, 100 watts DSB; bandswitching 80 thru 10 meters;  6CL6 crystal oscillator, 6CL6 buffer/doubler, pair 6DQ6A final amplifier; 12AX7 speech amplifier, 12AX7 driver, 6AQ5 modulator, 6AL5 speech clipper, 5U4GB rectifier; weight 30 lbs.
Go here for a pic: https://www.google.com/search?q=globe+sidebander+dsb-100&tbm=isch&source=iu&imgil=sU-DHOHX30gNzM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcTD2FiUvvky-Ujm-wJiMEew4QzUvbI0CQgbZHBu3ikMSaLp2Otg%253B640%253B428%253BjgUGacNNUJMasM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.oldtuberadio.com%25252Fglobe-sidebanderdsb-100%25252F&sa=X&ei=SuHaUsa_MqPuyAGt6IHYCQ&ved=0CDoQ9QEwAg&biw=1511&bih=714&dpr=0.9#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=sU-DHOHX30gNzM%253A%3BjgUGacNNUJMasM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.oldtuberadio.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2012%252F04%252FGLOBE-SIDEBANDER-DSB-100.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.oldtuberadio.com%252Fglobe-sidebanderdsb-100%252F%3B640%3B428
Sigh.....good memories of WRL and Heathkit....Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV