[Boatanchors] Meters Needed

[David Knepper]

Looking for Weston meters - 3 inch wide x 3-1/8 high used in my Collins 20K 
transmitter made in 1938.

White faces.

Scales:  2 amp. RF or higher and a 300 ma movement.

W6BM has another 20K other than myself in existence.  Are there others that 
you know of?

I also own an RCA BTA-1R, a Collins 20V-3, and a Western Electric 451A-1.

Thank you
David Knepper, W3CRA/W3ST
Collins Radio Association
www.collinsra.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clay Freinwald" <k7cr at blarg.net>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Problems with Harris transmitters


> One of the first FM Transmitters I was responsible for was an old (Green)
> 10G -
> I was a bit surprised at some of the design ideas - Open relays that 
> looked
> like
> They came out of a pin-ball machine - 120 VAC Control Ladder etc.   Then I
> Saw a label on the back of a similar vintage Gates rig that said -
> High Watter Series - More watts per dollar.   Then I knew what I was 
> dealing
>
> With.   Back in those days stations were periodically visited by 3 
> salesmen
> That sold transmitters and everything else you needed (Gates, RCA and
> Collins)
> This was way before the BGS, BSW, SCMS guys came along.   Back then
> The Gates rigs were the cheapest and they sold a ton of them based on 
> price.
>
> Then I changed stations and discovered why the Collins rig cost more...
> DC control circuits - Positive pressure cabinets - Filament Regulation-
> Automatic Power Control - (I could go on).    I never looked back.
> Thankfully
> Continental just made them better.
>
> For those of you that talk about cleaning transmitters...That's because 
> they
>
> Were designed to suck in dirt off the floor or around every panel, crack 
> etc
> Whoever came up with a negative pressure cabinet transmitter needs to
> Have their head examined.
>
> Collins (and still Continental) put their intake on the top (away from the
> floor)
> And created a positive pressure cabinet - Duh !!!!  The only poor part was 
> a
>
> Flimsy/cheap intake air filter was supplied made of self-destructing foam.
> Put a 95% filter on the top of Your Collins/Continental and you won't have
> to clean out the insides - without having to build a clean-room around it.
>
> BTW - We have a sight here in Seattle that has SIX Collins 831G2's...all
> Made in the late 70's - That continue to work like they did when new..
> There are no Gates transmitters from that era on the site, they are likely
> In land-fills !   (I can supply pictures - Dave Hultsman has been there)
>
> Learned a few things in 51+ years doing this -
>
> Clay Freinwald
>
>
>
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