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Collins 30K1 – Restoration Visual Essay

Collins 30K-1 Transmitter Restoration The Cleaning, Restoration and Service of a Collins Time Capsule Incoming Shipping a 400 lb transmitter across the country is no easy task, but thanks to a good packer and BAX Airfreight it arrived safe and sound in just two days!...

The Zig Zag Loop

Intro This was written back in the last 1990s when I lived near Buffalo, NY, in a suburb that had zero lot lines, and little space for antennas. A vacant field in back of my home became the antenna field for my station. – Bruce W1UJR Where there is a will… Often, one...

Collins 30K1 Station Time Capsule

A Work of Art – “A Collins Time Capsule Found” By Bruce J. Howes W1UJR October 2, 2006, just after 9:30PM EST, on a small peninsula on the Maine coast, a Collins 30K-1 amateur transmitter, serial number 32, returned to life after a 48-year hiatus.   RF Deck and 4-125...