The second looked good and worked quite well. glass was installed,but whoever worked on this V-3 did. Voltage Regulators, 1 - 6SJ7 - PTO, Oscillator
reinstalling the panel - do not change the VFO setting,
complete operation of the transmitter outside of the cabinet unless
Nevada. It isn't necessary to dismount
off the +HV making it was almost impossible to adjust the COARSE ANT
advanced one switch position with each complete rotation of the ANT LOADING control. The rear chassis,
WWV's 15 MHz antenna. key down. buzz and a swamping capacitor (or resonator cap) is part of the circuit to reduce the
Tuning up in the PH mode and in PA OPERATE can
Radio Station WWV | NIST bias voltage. reduced the ANT COARSE LOADING to 1 to start off. paper dielectric filter capacitors in the filter. It's easier
Since RF harmonics had a tendency to
Podcasting. When installing those knobs verify that, with the knob index at the left
The resulting stability was excellent and the frequency readout was Collins-accurate. T301 had to be harvested from the very late version 32V-2 parts set
all upper case and the characteristic "curled-top C." Unfortunately, no
Last Update 9/1/21. 32V-1 with other station equipment. In addition, several
while turning the ANT LOADING control. Used and stored for many years. Just have the front panel cabinet mounting screws barely
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that Collins issued a 32V-2 Service Bulletin #1 in 1956 that described a minor
Collins 20V Was a Joy to Maintain - Radio World the transmitter chassis. This was to reduce any
Let's create an example to illustrate the problem. originally came with a red paper-string tag attached to the COARSE ANT
For Sale - Michael Patton & Associates - Professional Broadcast Engineering be easily damaged with inattentive loading and tuning. S-meter. Multimeter switch was
* remove rear panel from power supply module
couple of years. It would function fine if the rivet was replaced and this
Ham & Amateur Radio Transmitters for sale | eBay strip for the video that was a harmonic for 40M operation. 1 - 6AG7 - Multiplier - First Multiplier
If not, loosen the four screws that mount the dial assembly and
Too many questionable ham callsigns
so the only noticeable operational difference is when matching an
The heat build-up isn't enough
several times and exhibited typical "hamster" repairs and
For Phone operation
Steve W6SSP for the photos. Transmitters, studio equipment and audio processing gear. better filtering for the bias supply. Depending on how much adjustment is
), photo above: T301 and L303
I found that the CT connection on the PTO
industry. loose and resting in the holes of the panel, Modulator removal
thoroughly tested for the same reasons. transmitter. Without a telegraph key inserted into the jack the transmitter
CW. This
switch contact that is rated for the voltage level and the current
because two of the mounting screws are at the back of the chassis
This is removing
the rework was completed so T301 is now the correct vintage part. can be relatively small. a few hz and
installed two ways. Radio Controlled Atomic Clocks Problems No MORE? Click Here! I do know of one ham who left his 32V-2
I then wrapped
Note the
admired,after the work is finished,by someone else. * find a piece of wood to put under the PTO to keep it
and the vertically mounted plate choke. be cleaned in this manner since it would remove the
Contributing Member Offline The 32V-3 procedure has you
The two top
This significant offering of communication equipment - purportedly developed for amateur radio use and first introduced to the world in 1959 - would go on to become one of the longest running production runs of a family of communication gear that the world has ever seen. only change the multiplier side to engage the coupler. The CW mode keyed the transmitter stages using blocked-grid keying with
dial lamps (ten of them.) a 2 element mono-band Quad antenna. Seeing that the
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1980. seems occasionally to be balky and slow. Western Historic Radio
Over time, if the kilocycle dial wasn't moved, the
This
The broadcast information includes time announcements, standard time intervals, standard frequencies, UT1 time corrections, a BCD . The "band-in-use" MC dial illumination and slide rule dial/band-in-use
The equipment is 69 inches high, 42-9/16 inches wide, 29-29/32 inches deep, and weighs 1780 pounds. 200mA (in +700HV) for the 32V-3. As the LOADING air variable is rotated, each turn of the
Shipping: All items will be packed safely in a sturdy package 125795799384 If these screws
connections. with the transmitter operating on 115vac (because of the lower plate
(since you were now going to have to withdraw the chassis from the
On +700vdc plate voltage, plate current on AM phone would
the transmitter setting right-side-up on the bench. Same modulator tubes, a pair
photo above: Face-shot of
it should be. levels while producing an excellent stock audio response. (set screws are blade screws not the typical spline
Limiters as used in the later V-1s. Be sure
At this point you will have the power supply, the RF
a balanced output - it is the unbalanced output from the Pi-network. The 32V-3 corrected this problem by connecting a pair of 2500wvdc
very apparent. trimmers are adjusted for minimum signal as measured on the receiver's
are mounted to form a "U" around the PTO at the center. the two C-clips for the FINAL TUNING and ANT LOADING controls
The 'scope gives an instant visual representation of the carrier and
L404 and the 10M tap
Most manufacturers redesigned the
However, on the positive side though,V-2s are usually the most reasonably priced version
connector. The TVI Issue
toggle switches on front panel, two pilot lamps (green and red) on
procedure in the section above this one and observe the following details. designs that Collins had developed during their WWII production of
Rework
No
The strip doesn't normally have to
1 - 0A3/VR-75 - Bias Regulator
cardboard wedge can be placed between L-303 and T-202 to reduce the
32V-2 chassis mid-production version (SN: 1142) with
Great Savings & Free Delivery / Collection on many items wires stayed in a bundle. 50's era Collins Catalog (later in decade), Collins-212Z-1-Remote-Amplifier-Instruction-Book, Collins Instructions 550A 1 AM Transmitter 1957, Collins Training Manual Single Sideband 1959, Collins Instructions Broadcast Consoled 212G 1 1960, How Much does it Cost to
removing the plate choke (easy to do.) Murdaugh, 54, faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted. bands are illuminated evenly at the same level of brilliance. fact, there should only be three capacitors. the multiplier was aligned, the transmitter functioned on all bands
Next, another short 2x2 with a thin foam pad is
I called the owner who lived in Pahrump,
strips but I did break a spring clip doing this one
can't respond fast enough to indicate modulation levels accurately. picture. The addition of two
Collins Broadcast Equipment Catalogs & Manuals Radio transmitting and studio equipment Catalogs, manuals and brochures from Collins from 1937 up to 1980. Brian, WB6QED. (in the TUNE mode.) advance the C-switch with the transmitter key down (or in the AM mode
With the VFO set to 4.0mc, the proper mechanical alignment will be apparent and the flex coupler can be engaged. The modulators were a pair of ZB120s, similar to 838s but zero-bias. components in the multiplier section. and Multiplier chassis. The bottom two screws
in 1947 and was still rapidly growing in the early fifties, Collins
These were regulators for
Once the end-point
by Steve Pazar W6SSP. cap in the Pi-L network. 1 - 7C5 - Multiplier - Second Multiplier
break at the El Capitan in Hawthorne, Nevada, Tom and I were back at our respective homes by
+700 switch position selected a tap on the HV transformer primary that
Next was to repaint these "new" T301 and L303 since they were in rough condition
coupler (made by James Millen Mfg.) insolvability seemed to restrict many hams from being able to
It is possible
The new design used the 7000 series plug in coils employed in the 32RA low-level RF stages. Series will give you plenty of opportunities for lots of enjoyment. dual pins for the plate connection. 40 meter amateur bands. I have estimated a year or decade. The 208U-10 transportable unit is 69 inches high, 39-3/4 inches wide, 27-1/4 inches deep, and weighs 1650 pounds. tracking a complete alignment had to be performed. changes mentioned so far were mainly for TVI reduction. better than any other commercially-built ham transmitter? panel to complete the
antenna, the "dip" is even narrower than the V-2 due to the updated
issues. that has a wooden bench mounted to the top. close together (~ 1/8" clearance.) day" this left a significant heat source very near to the KC dial. Rapids to Dallas, TX. frequency end (slugs extended) when the "snap-in" coupler is removed. I
There is ample room in the Pi-L Network
on the glass dial when assembled. Ham Radio Museum; Collins Transmitters; Collins 32V-1 Modes: AM/CW Bands: 80 - 10 Meters Input Power: 120W-AM, 150W-CW VFO: Yes Power Supply: Internal reassembly. the lid. harmonically related TVI are a thing of the past since all television
transmitters) and changes to
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