[MRCA] Collins 618T-Series

[Mike Morrow]

Scott wrote:

> Good Luck on the 618T-3B.  B versions still trade for $15K or so!

Isn't that amazing, all for (mostly) 100 Hz channel spacing.  IIRC,
even the first B versions go back almost 50 years to the mid-1960s.

I bought an almost new condition RT-698/ARC-102 (618T-3) for $50, and
turned down a RT-648/ARC-94 (618T-2) for $100.  But the mounting
racks are very rare and expensive...I'd almost kill for a complete
PP-3702/ARC-102 rack with its 400 Hz inverter.

> If you find one cheap, it would probably be best to sell it to an
> Avionics broker, and then buy it in 5 years, when it will likely go
> for about 1% of what it goes for now.

The 618T-series will doubtless goes down in history as the most
important aircraft radio design of all time, going back to the late
1950s for the first 618T-1 models designed for retrofit to 618S racks
using an adapter plate.  I've got one of those adapter plates
somewhere, bought with the idea of adapting it to my RT-698.

Mike / KK5F