[ARC5] Transmitter in 1950's F. Collins Radio Amateur's Handbook

[john rose]

One thing that has irritated me throughout this thread is how Collins’s name has been mangled. On all the books he wrote he is credited as A. Frederick Collins (1869-1952). His first name was Archie. Why he used A. Frederick I don’t know. Maybe he didn’t like Archie, or there might have been another Archie Collins writing books.

He claimed to have invented the Wireless Telephone in 1899. He wrote many books on many subjects (his boy’s book on chemistry is credited by a Nobel prize winner as perking his interest in chemistry). Of most interest to this crowd is ‘The Radio Amateur’s Handbook’ in 1922. Do NOT confuse that with the book of the same name published by the ARRL. How the league got away with using the title in 1926/27 I don’t know. The most curious thing in my mind is how his name always appeared as the author in all editions through the 15th and not the people who completely revised it several times over the next 7 decades. That wireless telephone thing? A company was formed around his patents. Just after the turn of the 20th century, the Feds accused them of fraud and Archie spent a year in the Greybar Hotel, out of a 3 year sentence.




Frank C. Jones (1904-1995) was an editor, and in my opinion the chief brainstormer, of Radio Magazine. It was published by Pacific Radio Publishers which became Editors and Engineers which was slurped up by Sams, who in turn was slurped up by someone who in turn was slurped up by another company. The magazine folded circa 1945. Starting in 1934 his name appeared on many of the books published by Pacific as author. He wrote The Radio Handbook in 1935 which was revised in 23 editions. It has become nicknamed The West Coast Handbook, in contrast to the ARRL on the east coast. Each edition carried the name of the editor as author, William Orr from 1959 to 1989. Jones was writing construction articles for 73 magazine into the 1960’s


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From: Geoff
Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎December‎ ‎13‎, ‎2013 ‎5‎:‎51‎ ‎PM
To: Dennis Monticelli, Fuqua, Bill L
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I wonder if that is the same Fred Collins who became Chief Engineer/VP at 
Microwave Associates/MACOM

Currently W1FC and living the good life.

Carl


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From: "Dennis Monticelli" <dennis.monticelli at gmail.com>
To: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
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Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Transmitter in 1950's F. Collins Radio Amateur's 
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>I have often thought about building a variation on this same transmitter
> with the 829B.
>
> Dennis AE6C
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Fuqua, Bill L <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu> wrote:
>
>>   When I was a kid our library had a copy of the "Radio Amateur's
>> Handbook" By Fredrick Collins.
>> There were 3 transmitter designs in it, a single tube 6L6, two tube 6L6
>> and my  favorite a
>> 70 Watt output 80-10 meter AM/CW transmitter using a 829B final.
>>   This was a single 6L6 driving the 829B with the grids in push-pull.
>> Screen modulated
>> using a 6V6  and carbon microphone but the plates were in parallel. Ok,
>> perhaps
>> the output stage was a doubler but there was no hint that it was, in fact
>> the plans specified
>> B&W 80-10 meter grid and plate coils.
>>   I want to some day build this transmitter but would either have to
>> parallel the inputs or
>> operate the output stage as a push-push doubler. If the screen grids were
>> independently wired
>> to the base you could modulate them in push-pull and have a high level
>> balanced modulator for
>> DSB, suppressed carrier.
>>   73
>> Bill wa4lav
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