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"The" Classic Collins S/Line Station - 1958
Collins Radio Company, with more than 30 years' experience in
research, development and manufacture of distinctive
amateur equipment, has dedicated itself to the objective of
product excellence.
Whatever the field - amateur radio, avionics, commercial
broadcasting, space electronics, communication, computation
or control - Collins' uncompromising standards of excellence
begin with product development and continue through every
step of manufacture, quality control and test.
Collins' amateur radio equipment has been the standard
used by DXpeditions around the world in environmental extremes
seldom encountered by the average ham.
Collins' single sideband products have long been used by
the U.S. military team. During the early years of single side-
band communication, the size and weight of the equipment
limited its use principally to point-to-point circuits between
fixed stations. Continued development following World War
II has resulted in a wide variety of high performance equipment
for airborne, transportable, vehicular and shipboard, as
well as fixed station, use.
The Strategic Air Command commanders' net, the Strategic
Air Command aircraft control net and the Navy Tactical Data
System are but a few of the major installations using Collins'
single sideband. The Universal Radio Group, latest generation
of Collins' SSB equipment, is a highly flexible and sophisticated
HF communication design used by the U.S. Armed
Forces, NATO and space centers.
Collins' research and development, plus the Company's
never-ending emphasis on quality control, assure each Collins'
amateur equipment owner that he has the most advanced and
most thoroughly tested equipment available and that it will
retain its value through the years.
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On Exhibit ...
30K-1 / 310A Transmitter / Exciter - 1946
75A-1 Receiver - 1946
310B-2/3 Exciter - 1947
75A-2 Receiver - 1950
KW-1 Transmitter - 1950
32V-3 (32V-2) Transmitter - 1951
75A-3 Receiver - 1952
75A-4 Receiver - 1955
KWS-1 Transmitter - 1955
51J-4 Receiver - 1957
KWM-1 Transceiver - 1957
75S-3B/3C Receiver - 1967
32S-3/3A Transmitter - 1963
62S-1 VHF Transverter - 1963
KWM-2/2A Transceiver - 1959
S/Line Accessories - 1964
30L-1 Linear Amplifier - 1961
30S-1 Linear Amplifier - 1959
51S-1 General Coverage Receiver - 1959
651S-1 General Coverage Receiver - 1971
KWM-380 Transceiver - 1979
451S-1 General Coverage Receiver - 1980
851S-1 General Coverage Receiver - 1982
HF-2050 General Coverage Receiver - 1984
95S-1(A) General Coverage Receiver - 1995
Features ...
Motorola/Collins R-390 Slideshow
1968 EAC/Collins R-390A Slideshow
Collins Radio Advertisement Archive
Collins Collector Clubs, Nets, Magazines & Lists
Collins Radio Parts & Service Vendors
Arthur A. Collins Biography
Collins Photo Gallery
"The Collins Story" by Arlo Goodyear
"Collins Radio Company 1952-1954" by E. Sam Levy
"Collins Quick Reference"
KWM-1/2/2A & S-Line Service Bulletin Index
Collins QST Article Index
Rockwell/Collins Mechanical Filters
Rockwell/Collins Equipment Filter Use List
Collins Tube / Crystal Complement Listing
Reference and Links ...
Collins Collectors Association
Collins Radio Association
Recent Collins Equipment Prices on eBay
CCA Grading Standards for Used Collins Amateur
Equipment
AOR Ltd. DDS-2A Digital External VFO for Collins
KWM-2(A), 75-S( ) and 32-S( )
Hammond Museum Collins Collection
R-390A Web Site
List of User & Trader Nets by AF4K
Military Equipment Search Database by NJ7P
Military Communications Equipment List by NJ7P
Current Rockwell Collins Communications Catalog
Collins Employees Amateur Radio Club
Memories of Collins Radio Canada by Jack Lupic
History of Rockwell Collins as told by Rockwell Collins
Collins Mechanical Filter Division
BOATANCHORS@theporch.com Daily Digest by AB4EL
Collins List Server searchable archive
Boatanchors List Server searchable archive
List of AM & Boatanchor Resource Links
Links to other Boatanchor Web pages
Amateur Radio Web Page Index
About the Author
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The evolution of the Collins emblem ...
"Wing" 1933, 1934, 1945 ... "Round" 1961 ... "Rockwell" 1974, 1998
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