[Collins] Collins mods

[fkamp at comcast.net]

David Knepper wrote:
> 
> As we nostalgically look back at this era,  when many of us were rushing out
> to buy those new Japanese models, with all those "bells and whistles"  that
> were appearing in QST, I often wonder if any of us would have been standing
> in line to acquire this post-Viet Nam Collins that you mention?
> 
> I can recall Collins sitting on hamfest tables "begging" to be taken home.
> When you were running Collins in the 70's and even the 80's, many hams would
> begin to nitpick that the radio was distorted and drifting off frequency.
> "What do you want to run that tube stuff," they would say.  How the times
> have changed!
> 

Times have changed, but I would bet there are still folk out there
wondering why anyone would want to run that tube stuff.

I would also bet there are more rice boxes out there than good, vintage
tube rigs.  That does not make one better than the other.

I like to use both.  That is the only way to evaluate the benefits of
both technologies.  Direct comparison under actual operating conditions.

Regards,
Frank Kamp