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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!...

1928 MOPA Transmitter

Two Stage Telegraph and Telephone Transmitter built by AB9ZG. Though I’ve experimented a great deal in the field, using amateur radio satellites, as a ARMY MARS operator AAR2AJ, and even played with QRP (low power) gear, my interest tends to the early days of...

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...