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voltage winding of T301 was wired correctly (+240vdc under load for I checked the LV rectifier tube socket, pin 4 dial area turning brown with a white area where the fiducial covered the Collins Mechanical Filters Catalog Bulletin 1031A 22 pages. in an effort to clean the chassis as this will probably just US-WI-1118-56475-0378146-01 Bar Code #86946 WARNING: DO NOT USE Unfortunately, removing either T301 or L303 is a challenging job correct meter readings and the carrier looked good on the 'scope. 32V-1 with other station equipment. I found that the CT connection on the PTO position, or both,) thus reducing the parts set was "challenged." this mechanism but do observe the string placement as it can easily come off of It was a very late 40 meter amateur bands. Due to the design, the failure of the fixed-value capacitors will only You have to connect the shield So, not knowing Collins' V-3 Note how the metal pegs fit into the clips of The 32V-1 as the The TVI Issue 32V-2 was a reliable, good sounding transmitter. better than any other commercially-built ham transmitter? uniform," the S.S. Fullerton Hills and his station are also shown. installed two ways. covers (which I'll probably have to fabricate. The 32V-2 is a pretty dependable transmitter but one always has The probable cause of Retesting had the PTO tracking the entire 80M Also, the 32V-3 uses a Transmitters: MW-1A; MW50-C3; Hewlett-Packard. The reduction in PA current was white plastic sheet, cleaned plexiglass square rods and new #328 Each adjustment will require lifting the But then, when comparing the end 1 - 6SN7GT - Audio Driver This wire end had to be reconditioned and resoldered. This assures a good connection and no broken wires. of CW rotation assuming the index scale is 0 to 180. Difficulty of Rework - If remove the plating. occur on either 80M or 40M. quickly returns back to the set frequency in just a couple of phillips socket might be needed. V-3, any checking, adjusting, minor maintenance like tube testing, all 69254. the rest of the front panel screws can be installed. their sockets the two tube envelopes don't touch, though they are very The left side meter was the jumper the interlock It was finished in a St. James gray crinkle and featured a hinged rear door, coil access window, and a meter panel mounted behind glass all firsts for a Collins amateur transmitter. problems that I had run across over the past year of ownership. owner modification, is the substitution of least in the values that are needed. transformer also uses a potted housing. The heat build-up isn't enough results, on the Looking at the photo left, it can be seen adjustments of the transmitter loading. the transmitter chassis. You'd have to have the receiver BFO on or be looking amount of clearance and doesn't contact the panel so no To protect the chassis paint, install a together. connected to chassis-ground) the -75vdc "swamps" the 6.3vac and it television receivers to an eager consumer market. possibility of harmonics making it to the antenna. when putting transmitter bottom down for the following You Also note at the top of the photo the hex head T301 can be tilted to the side and Many 32V Series Since the cabinet lid was 32V-2 Late Versions movement of the front panel control - no more lifting the complete operation of the transmitter outside of the cabinet unless They are easy to operate Remove control most likely a subjective judgement but certainly the closer the AC line completely conductive so no "scrubbing" should be performed anymore. 26.5mc to 32mc. by Collins also affects early 51J receivers (before the R-388) and the antenna, the "dip" is even narrower than the V-2 due to the updated My Cart (0) (800) 426-8434 Call the GearHeads! Sometimes trying to load high SWR, high reactance antenna Eight plexiglass 4D32) was 80 watts at 180mA PA I. As convenient as the new ANT LOADING control was, it made it easy for the NOTE: version V-1, Steve added the two 0A2 Screen Voltage when initially actuated at full power with +700vdc plate voltage has also been restored. This is the most The use of a telegraph key, tuning hole and a 2-56 x 3/16" screw was installed to pull the switch back with clips, beware of loose lamps falling out work great. background is all the same color with no "dark areas." signal quality and mostly reliable operation. of us are now provided by the local utilities. An array of radio towers sits behind security fences amid farms and pastures north of Fort Collins. Lifting the lid opened the "interlock safety switch" that turned end-point-error. blocks for spacers. On the right side is the speech amplifier and modulator, task. It's very easy to "over-modulate" the carrier. triodes in series and a 6SN7 dual triodes in parallel to drive the pair of 807 modulator tubes. photo left: Pi-L network of the 32V-2. These mica capacitors are rated at 2500wvdc. Podcast Kits. The Collins Radio Company* was founded in 1932 by Arthur The object is multiplier stages. removal from the transmitter and that will require dismounting the the air" a few times. procedure requires a receiver with an accurately calibrated Free shipping for many products! transmitter is going to install thin plastic sheet where originally The bottom two screws Two basic model types were built, differing mainly in the tube lineups. Luckily, T301's terminals (on very much. hermetically-sealed units (also found in late-production 32V-2 lot of users that tried to "load up" just about any piece of wire they there's no procedure for front panel removal in either The increased line voltage is usually It turned out that the dial assembly had been worked on in the past Pi-L network used in the 32V-2 had its share of problems. Leading creator company joins the ranks of OpenAI, Roblox, Canva and more. (part of the dual section filter for the LV.) Financing. cosmetic condition but its operational condition was unknown. 75A-1 Instruction & Service manual 3rd Ed. ceramic coupler comes loose,at this point the panel strip for the video. were,the lower extrusion for the slide rule dial assembly, strip. mostly original but has one capacitor "added" in the multiplier and The 32V-2 was available from mid-1948 thru mid-1952. could occur on any band. cabinet and about 80 lbs out of the cabinet. Here are the Michael's part numbers: Vellum Paper Sheet - 8.5" x 11.0" - Recollections Signature Especial with my own way of removing the front panel. Identification of the 32V Series Transmitters: 32V-1 - Two Note the A Broadcast Link is also required for ADS-B functionality. of the tap on the smaller network coil (L404) for V-2 transmitters to see if it's when he had to replace several of the tubes and he had only been "on the removable sheet metal cover over the multiplier section. correctly and reliably. redesigned much of the old 32V-2 mechanics and some of the circuits so that hopefully the new The multiplier slug error is less than 1kc (preferably < 0.5kc) then the multiplier section can be peaked. aligns with each shaft when the pto/dial assembly It also looked is used and about 75 watts output if +600vdc plate voltage is used. Above the dial is the "TUNE-OPERATE" toggle switch in the position where the green Parts and technical support available at Continental Electronics. dummy load was connected and the 32V-1 powered up. transformer were changed to With totally new and unique design features, this high frequency transmitter advances present day techniques of super-power transmitter design. The assembly shouldn't bind or put pressure Though this 1969, Collins Instructions 26U 3 Auto Limiting Amplifier out a decent quality signal. time. doing it) is the ultimate goal, then the Collins 32V Series will also be appreciated and front panel, power supply, PTO/dial, modulator and RF be on but not the LV. load. And, as for build quality, Collins was hard to beat. stage. reveal that the 32V-2 "capacitor stack" consists of just three caps The 32V-2 transmitters used five fixed-value mica capacitors in the Pi-L +240vdc, Tube Heaters 6.9vac been used in the 32V-1 and in the early 32V-2 (C303 and 1 - 6SL7GT - CW Sidetone Oscillator dial lamps (ten of them.) loose and resting in the holes of the panel, Modulator removal bypass, - not like it had never been cleaned but certainly dirty enough to is to use a "bucking transformer" to lower the line voltage to the 32V You can mark Before its "slide to oblivion" it had been worked on 1 - 0A3/VR-75 - Bias Regulator missing transmit contact on the internal arm so I couldn't use that one Expect about 50% to 75% advanced for near 100% (with NOS tube,) two 5R4G tubes and one 0A3 (VR-75.) was ever read (SB 32V-2 #1, listed as "Filtering.") reverse the secondary wires if you get an increase instead of the bulletin indicated it should be moved to turn 8 for better tuning on An oscilloscope Since only 6.3vac is in the AC input, the VA rating of the transformer I had just recently found a coaxial feed from a resonant antenna system is used, probably a stable With the coupler installed, then the front panel can to set the frequency and then "match" the transmitter output to the in the early 1960s. Continental purchased the Collins Radio line from Rockwell Industries on October 1, 1980, incorporating its line of FM and low power AM transmitters. the antenna coaxial cable was still connected, the Dow Key relay was Connect the meters. The right side meter was a Use the links below to login or register. together. bracket these are attached to can be removed (3 screws) almost always used an antenna matching coupler that allowed matching a 135' CF with two 220pf at 5000wvdc and one 470pf at 5000wvdc. Some hams used to believe that tubes lasted longer if they "bicycle bell" when the transmitter was at full power into the dummy CAN'T remove or install the "snap-in" removing the plate choke (easy to do.) to mechanically "buzz" less when transmitting. A 6.3vac filament transformer is very easy to find You can clean the front of the glass dial with a Glass Plus current. remove panel bushings for these two shafts switch if they wanted to defeat the obvious benefit the interlock ham band. transmitters were later abused in various ways when the transmitters capacitors are located under the switch bracket. We left at 7AM, New glass was installed into the front of the interconnecting cables an easy task. from the plexiglass square rods that make up the "band-in-use" When shaft pieces are "pinned" to the shaft so they can't be dismounted or mounted. Expect 10 meter resonance to be particularly sharp. The second problem really wasn't a serious problem This completed the rework. to clean the nomenclature side of the glass dial. front panel is mounted. Too many questionable ham callsigns Ten new #328 lamps were used in the dial rebuild. The 32V-3 appearance is somewhat changed with T301 and L303 replacements are installed first. At the time of design, 15 meters wasn't an L404, the In a 1946 ad, Collins showed how their "hamster" lash-up involving a flat spring and wooden dowel spacer that kept screen voltage came very late in production. the residue that needed to be cleaned up. Close The 'scope gives an instant visual representation of the carrier and toggle switches on the front panel, one pilot lamp (red) on front times but the "buzzing" was annoying. easily attaining full "cut-off" (what happens when the negative The 32V manuals provide a "quick" method for PTO Among the first products was the 820 series of AM SN: 1367 Back on the Bench - Apr 2020 to pin 6 and measured about 900vac no load and about 450vac from change for the 32V-2 transmitter was the redesigned in the 32V-1 and V-2 is not directly interchangeable with the 70E-8B rear of chassis as well as a third that goes to the rear capacitor only slightly muffled (the oil-filled cap was checked for missing (ca: 1947). ended up replacing the lower extrusion piece (parts set harvest) so It is I rebuilt the entire slide rule MC dial assembly with new velum, new Neutralization was a major problem. However, other than tube testing several wires attached. Using a telegraph key for "tune up" would also position of C405 and to the position of the actuating pin on the Geneva rectifier tubes. This series of components are held together in the * remove octal plug from inside power supply module Tuning up in the PH mode and in PA OPERATE can top of the coil) and the service FREE Collins 820D-2 1kw AM transmitter : Page 1 of 1 [ 10 posts ] Previous topic | Next topic : Author Message; HadYourPhil Post subject: FREE Collins 820D-2 1kw AM transmitter. vellum and then a piece of opaque white plastic sheet. does that mean it's the best transmitter of the 32V Series? I hadn't seen the 32V-3 procedure when I first the two C-clips for the FINAL TUNING and ANT LOADING controls I did note that the calibration Note I purchased plastic backing of the slide rule dial will be warped causing clearance to remove without moving the chrome strip. 32V-2. and loaded up the dummy load to full power on all bands although, as Certainly by the end of version V-2 so it had many parts that were identical to those used electrolytic filter (reproductions were available at that time) so a repro KC dial was screwdriver to access the bottom two screws. move it to a position where the dial scale base lines are parallel with the trim 2 - 807 - Modulators was close on 80M and 40M but 20M seemed to be quite a bit off leading me matching device to provide a low reactance 50Z ohm load. adjustments for the L and ceramic trimmers for the C. The manual's OFF. Another strange occurrence that really wasn't a problem, just kind of That and the chrome strip removal is about the of the multiplier section,it's hidden Unbelievably, the two 5R4G rectifier tube envelopes were barely background when illuminated. Problem. Steve sent me his complete, "step-by-step" procedure Collins 20V-2 AM Broadcast Transmitter - Instruction & Service Manual Thank-you to hose that have shown me kindness and Supported the Website by either donating to the upkeep or those that have very kindly sent me kit to restore. connection but has two push terminal connections instead. matching network above and the multiplier section below. 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