[Collins] Art Collins and Collins Radio

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

Yes, 412 rings the bell. I wasn't frequent to any of the other buildings 
except the model shop and some outdoor storage of our big power supply 
components, like modulation iron, oil encased rectifiers and 
transformers. Each 821A-1 included ten tons or so of those. I don't 
remember 407, when was it built? I left at the end of August in 1966 but 
dropped in for a visit in 1974 and haven't been in the area since. I 
can't find where I lived in Allen Texas on google satellite images. The 
water tower and the roads into Allen from those days apparantly have 
been replaced by commercial area along the north central expressway, 
unless the expressway has been rerouted and is destroying my reference. 
When I left, Allen had a population of about 3000, though the city 
limits covered a few hundred square miles.

73, Jerry, K0CQ, Technical Adviser to the Collins Radio Association.

On 7/7/2014 10:01 AM, Glen Zook wrote:
> The Building closest to Central Expressway, and the one with the LPY
> antenna, was Building 412. Going east from there was Building 401, then
> Building 408, next came Building 406, and then Building 402. There was
> an open spot and then Building 403 which housed the Antenna Group and a
> test facility for the high power linear amplifiers.
>
> Building 407, a.k.a. "Camelot" (King Arthur's palace), the "new"
> corporate headquarters building, sat by itself on the south side of the
> complex fairly near Arapaho Road. At the time, Building 407 was the
> tallest building in Richardson, Texas, and could be seen for miles around.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> website: http://k9sth.com
>
>