[Milsurplus] Collins 32RA Transmitter

[W7QHO@aol.com]

All,

Looking for information on the Collins 32RA transmitter.   This is an HF rig 
designed to operate on 4 xtal (or ECO) fixed tuned channels in the range 1.5 
to 20 MHz.   Three 807s in parallel in the PA modulated by four 6L6s 
operating push-pull parallel.   The earliest reference I have been able to 
find is a 1939 QST advertisement, and I have been told that the rig was 
included in the Collins product line into the early 60s.   I have also been 
told that many units appeared in MARS channels in the 50s.   I would be 
grateful for any information on production life, quantities, models, 
military/government   and civilian usage and anything else readers might wish 
to pass along.   I have an original manual, BTW. 

I am currently restoring one of these transmitters at the Ft. MacArthur 
Museum in San Pedro, CA. The rig was used there in WW2 with a BC-779 receiver 
to communicate with a HQ element in San Bernardino, CA.   Also plan to do an 
article for ER.

Pictures available on request.

Dennis D.   W7QHO
Glendale, CA


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