[Collins] Re: collins 618T-3
David Knepper
[email protected]
Tue, 8 Jul 2003 03:37:05 -0400
Tim, let me throw your request on the Collins QTH.NET mail list. Perhaps,
someone can assist you in finding a power supply.
Did you get the manuals for this set?
Dave, W3ST
Secretary to the Collins Radio Association
Publisher of the Collins Journal
www.collinsra.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Daniels <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, July 07, 2003 7:46 PM
Subject: collins 618T-3
>Dear Dave,
>
>It's been a few months since I've emailed you, I realize. I didn't mean
>to be so silent but I figured you receive many many emails as it is.
>
>I finally found a Collins 618T-3 on ebay and bought it. It's not here
>yet. That was one of my dad's favorite radios. I could use it as a
>shortwave receiver, and as a transceiver in the HAM bands.... even the
>WARC bands, I think.
>
>I bought a control box for it several months ago. It appears that a
>person needs a very complicated cable to go from the control box to the
>transceiver.
>
>According to Fair Radio's web site, for a 618T you could benefit from a
>test set that includes that control box I already have. And it appears
>that there was a model 516H-1 power supply to use on the ground with the
>transceiver. I don't have that.
>
>I guess the transceivers generally used 3-phase 110 VAC at 400 cycles
>(where would I get that???) and 28 VDC (simple to produce.)
>
>I'm trying to figure out how to make this work, if it works, when I
>receive it.
>
>Fair radio sells the "T", and the test set, and the control box, but now
>516H-1 power supply.
>
>Do you know any source for a 516H-1 power supply and cables??? I know
>it's a long shot, but I thought I should inquire. You seem to be at the
>center of things there.
>
>Thanks much.
>
>73,
>Tim Daniels
>N 0 F D
>