[Boatanchors] Collins scope?

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

A quick check for Collins build of that era is the red paint that QA 
placed on all of the soldered connections.
Or at least I think that it was QA that did it.
I once got a KWM-2 carcass third hand and after a lot of parts had been 
removed.
During mt deconstruction of what was left, I found why the radio had failed.
There was a connection to a tube socket that had never had solder AND it 
had the red paint indicating that it had been checked.
So much for that idea for QA.
My bet, if the scope had been properly inspected to determine if real 
Collins, the assembly might have been good, but, not up to Collin's 
standards.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV



On 11/22/2015 4:50 PM, Bry Carling wrote:
> It certainly had me fooled. I thought they were a genuine Collins product with the 3-D chrome badge attached!
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> Best regards - Brian Carling
>   AF4K Crystal Co.
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>> On Nov 22, 2015, at 4:26 PM, Glen Zook via Boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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>> The only purpose that I can see with the repaint job is for aesthetic reasons.  That is, everything is the same color.
>> I had one of the SB-620 "conversions" that I got in a trade deal.  Basically, I had no money involved and, as such, the modified SB-620 was free.  Mated to a 75S-3A receiver, the performance was "so-so".  Frankly, of no real use to me.  A west coast amateur radio operator found out that I had the unit and traded me an excellent condition 32S-1 transmitter for the SB-620.  I definitely believe that I got the better end of the deal! Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.net
>>       From: "manualman at juno.com" <manualman at juno.com>
>> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 12:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Collins scope?
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>> Makes no sense to me unless someone's brain is all screwed up and cash is
>> burning a hole in their pocket. Repaint the unit, change the knobs, maybe
>> diddle with the circuitry, but in the end, it's just a masked piece of
>> Heathkit gear. It isn't Collins and never will be.
>>
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