[Collins] Collins 718T

[Mike. Wb7qbf]

Hi Glen,
thank you much for the info,I just did not remember all that 
100%....
_______|de mike...



: The 718T was definitely produced.  It was to be the
: basis of the KWM-3 which was not produced.
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: The Industrial Design Group, headed by Eric Tedley,
: was attached to Process Division in the Richardson,
: Texas, "new" corporate headquarters of Collins Radio.
: I worked in the Process Division right out of college.
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: Sometime in late April or ealy May, 1967, within the
: first month that I was employed by Collins Radio, I
: was meeting with one of the assistant division
: directors in Building 401 at the Richardson facility.
: That particular person was an amateur radio operator
: and he knew that I was also.  He knew that the ID
: group had produced three possible designs for the
: KWM-3 cabinet and that Art Collins was scheduled to
: approve the final design that day so he took me over
: to the department to see the designs.
:
: Art came in while we were there and that was the first
: time that I met Art Collins.  Art spent some time
: looking at the various designs (one had a "wood grain"
: finish) but couldn't decide just which one that he
: liked best.  He "put off" making the decision and
: eventually the KWM-3 project was dropped.  The KWM-3
: was to be a slightly modified version of the 718T with
: the lower frequency range dropped to 1.8 MHz from 2.0
: MHz to allow use of the unit on the 160 meter band.
:
: There were many 718T units produced by Collins Radio
: over the years of production.  Considering the success
: of the 718T the KWM-3 would probably have been
: successful as well.  But, since Art Collins lost
: interest in the project that will never be known.
:
: Glen, K9STH
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: --- "Mike. Wb7qbf" <qbf at centurytel.net> wrote:
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: I think the 718T / KWM-3,was never made.
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