[Milsurplus] Collins Conglomeration

[Robert Nickels]

These have been listed previously on eBay, evidently no takers.   In a 
discussion on another forum the following was posted by WA3VJB:

"TimTron on 3885 Monday night told me these FRT24s were part of a 
going-out-of-business sale by Radio Associates (?) a Connecticut company 
that used to be a reseller of govt surplus transmitters. They provided 
several transmitters and drivers for WBCQ. Eight of the FRT-24 were AM, 
but the others were configured for SSB. None are operable now. He said 
the roofing shingles that I noticed were from a storage barn that had 
collapsed."

Timtron of course being WA1HLR, chief engineer for WBCQ.  Other comments 
indicated that all modulation transformers and certain other parts have 
been removed from all the transmitters, and the reference to a barn was 
evidently this one:

https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?attachments/wbcq-barn-tx-jpg.371690/

I have no idea as to the veracity of any of this, just passing along 
what has been said by others.

73, Bob W9RAN