WRL Pre-War List
 

 

 List is Copyright 1998, Jim Musgrove, K5BZH

 

WRL-15:  transmitter; 1942 catalog; price $21.50 kit, $26.50
wired; tube kit $4.88; meter $3.66; coil set $0.99; 15 watts
AM/CW; 160 thru 10 meters; plug-in coils; 6J5 oscillator, 6L6
final, 6L6 class A modulator.
 

WRL-35:  transmitter; 1942 catalog; price $41.50 kit, $49.95
wired; tube kit $4.75; meter $3.66; coil set $1.85; 35 watts
AM/CW; 160 thru 10 meters; plug-in coils; 6F6G oscillator, 6L6G
final, 6SJ7 speech amp, 6N7 driver, 6N7G class B modulator, 5Z3
rectifier.
 

WRL-70:  speech amplifier-modulator; Ad:  APR 40 QST; price
$25.00; 40 watts (capable of modulating 80 watt transmitter);
6SJ7 speech amplifier, 6N7 driver, push-pull 6L6G modulator.
 
 
WRL-70:  transmitter (R.F. section only); Ad:  APR 40 QST;
price $35.00; 70 watts CW; 6L6 crystal oscillator, pair 6L6G's
final amplifier, 83 rectifier.
 
 
WRL-70:  transmitter (complete); 1941 WRL Catalog, price $69.50;
50 watts AM, 70 watts CW; combined R.F. section and modulator
housed in Bud Jr. Cabinet.
 
 
WRL-150:  speech amplifier modulator; Ad:  NOV 40 QST; price
$49.50;  75 watts (capable of modulating 150 watt transmitter);
6SJ7 speech amplifier, 6N7 inverter, four 6L6G's modulator, 83
rectifier.
 
 
WRL-150:  transmitter (R.F. section only); 1942 catalog; price
$42.00 kit, $46.50 wired; meter kit $7.32; tube kit $9.18; coil
sets $3.75; 150 watts input; 160 thru 10 meters; 6L6 oscillator,
HY30Z buffer, push-pull HY30Z's in final amplifier.
 
 
WRL-150:  power supply; 1942 catalog; 1942 catalog; price $39.50
kit, $42.50 wired; tube kit $2.00; supplies 800 volts @ 300 mA;
uses 816 mercury vapor rectifiers.
 
 
WRL-150:  transmitter (complete); 1942 catalog; price $159.95;
150 watt AM/CW transmitter composed of the R.F. section,
modulator, and power supply assemblies housed in a 26 1/4 inch
cabinet.
 
 
WRL-ECO:  VFO; 1942 catalog; price $39.50; plug-in coils; 7 to
10 watts through 20 meters; 6F6 (metal version) oscillator, 6L6
(metal) buffer, 5Z3 rectifier, VR-150 regulator.
 
 
WRL-251:  transceiver; 1942 catalog; price $15.95 kit, $17.95
wired; for 2 1/2 meter operation.
 
 
WRL-P:  power supply; 1942 catalog; price $7.95 kit, $9.95
wired; matching AC supply for WRL-251; delivers 300 volts DC.
 
 
WRL-252:  receiver; 1942 catalog; price $22.95 kit, $27.50
wired; super regenerative receiver for 2 1/2 meters; 4 tubes;
built-in AC supply.

WRL-253:  transceiver; 1942 catalog; price $15.95 kit, $17.95
wired; compact portable 2 1/2 meter transceiver.
 
 
CUSTOM UNITS:  several custom made transmitters were designed
and built by WRL engineering team prior to WWII.  WRL's QST
advertisements and catalogs encouraged this business.
 

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