Bob Sullivan "personal" pages (LAST UPDATE: 6/7/13)

The Wife - The Harley - The Cats - Our Home - Squash!
The F430 F1 Ferrari - The 512TR Ferrari - The Ferrari Garage
Track Event! - The Smart - Ferrari Driving School - Cars: The Past - LGB Trains
Bermuda Trip, 2010 - Iceland/Switzerland Trip, 2010 - RAS LXX Birthday Party
Ixtapa, Mexico Trip, 2011 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Trip - 2012
Iceland Trip - 2012 - Garage Floor

WØYVA Pictures of my Ham Shack Collins Radio Lore & other (sort of) true Stories Collins KW-1 Registry eMail me! 73, Bob My"real" website: The Small Business Advisor

Finally ... after 54 years! Large View

WØYVA Hamshack's Current hamshack configurations Previous hamshack configurations Big Iron: Collins KW-1's and 30K Transmitters KW-1 restorations: Serial #105 - Serial #34 - Serial #54 - Serial #92 Serial #99 - Serial #7 - Serial #143 Listen to an audio clip of KW-1, #105 (recorded by Paul, WA3VJB) The VERY rare Collins KW-1P Power Meter Restoration of Collins 30K, Serial #11 Antennas at WØYVA Picture book of rotating tower installation Installation of our 10M monster beam Phased Vertical Installation for 80/160 Articles Collins ATS-1 - Never heard of it? Take a look. Build your own Collins weighted tuning knob! Rebuilding the Central Electronics 100V/200V VFO Replacing the HV capacitors in the Central Electronics 100V/200V Homebrew High-Power Balanced Antenna Tuner NEW Equipment 75S-3B - 75S-3B - 32S-3 - 30S-1 - 30L-1 - 32S-3A - 75S-3C - 312B-4 - 75A-4 KWS-1 - 51S-1- KWM-2A - 312B-5 - 180S-1 - 312A-1 - 51J-4 - 32V-2 -12Z - 62S-1 Rockwell-Collins: KWM-2A -312B-4 -516F-2 Squires-Sanders Page Signal/One CX-11A; MilSpec 1030 - ARD 230A Amplifier - Miller AT-2500 National HRO-500 and accessories - Central Electronics (100V, 200V, 600L) Alpha Amplifiers (77's) - Other Stuff (Drake, Johnson, National) - Accessories The Shop Restorations and Projects Alpha 77Sx Amplifier BTI LK-2000HD Amplifier Clandestine & Military HT-1E Village Radio - RBZ Receiver - RS-6 Radio - RS-1 (GRC-109) URC-64 Transceiver - PRC-25 Transceiver - GRA-71 Code Burst Delco 5300A Transceiver - P-326 Russian Receiver - Miscellaneous The "Gibson Girl" - BC-611-F Transceiver - PRC-1 Transceiver Type 3, Mk II English Transceiver, circa 1942 - SSTR-1 Transceiver Rycom R1307A/GR VLF Receiver NEW Collins KW-1 #34 - KW-1 #54 - KW-1 -#99 - KW-1 #105 - SC-101 30K - ATS-1 - KW-1P - KWS-1 - 212Z-1 Mixer - 212E-1 Console 212G-1 Console - 30S-1 Amplifier - 32S-3 Transmitter Central Electronics 100V (#1) 100V (#2)Transmitter - 200V Transmitter MM-2 Scope - 600L Amplifier Dow Dow Key Rotatable Semi-Automatic Key Eldico TV-1TV Transmitter - TR-75-TV Transmitter General Radio 1931-A Modulation Monitor (RCA version) Hallicrafters HT- 18 VFO - HT-20 AM Xmtr -HT-33B Amplifier - HT-32 SSB Xmtr HT-32B SSB Xmtr - Hurricane Transceiver - SX-28 Receiver SX-42 Receiver - SX-71 Receiver - SX-73 Receiver SX-88 Receiver - SX-100 Receiver - SX-101 Receiver SX-115 Receiver - R-42 Speaker - HA-1 Keyer - SX-99 Receiver S-76 Receiver Hammarlund HQ-215 Receiver - HQ-150 Receiver - HQ-140-X Receiver PRO-310 Receiver - HX-50A Transmitter Johnson Courier - Viking Ranger I - Desk KW - Viking 500 - #122 VFO Viking 500 (#2) - Viking Ranger II - Viking Ranger II (#2) Invader 2000 - Thunderbolt Amplifier - Challenger Transmitter Viking II Transmitter - Navigator Transmitter - Viking Valiant Adventurer Transmitter - Mobile Transmitter & VFO - Ranger I Viking 500 Power Supply/Modulator - 6N2 Thunderolt Amplifier Lakeshore Ind. Phasemaster-II SSB Transmitter Marantz 4300 Receiver (Audio) Raytheon RR-30 Portable mixer RCA BTA-1R1 1KW AM Broadcast Transmitter; Support Rack; RCA BA-6A Limiting Amplifier - RCA BN-17A Remote Amplifier NEW RME 4350 Receiver - 4350 Receiver #2 - 4301 SSB Selector 6900 Receiver Drake 2-B Receiver - L-4B Linear Amplifier TMC GPR-90 Receiver - GPT-750 Modulator - Various - PSP-350 PS Master Oscillator - Master Portable Oscillator - PAL-350 Amp PAL-1K LV & HV Power Supplies - LV Power Supply #2 SBE-3 SSB Exciter - MMXM-2 Multi-Mode Exciter GPR-92A Receiver - CV-591A SSB Converter Technical Radio Company T-350XM AM/CW Transmitter NEW Lettine Model 240 AM Transmitter Millen: Millen Station 90881 Power Amplifier - 92101 Preamplifier - 90831 Modulator 90711 VFO - 90903 Oscilloscope - 90801 Exciter/Transmitter 90923 Oscilloscope - 90281 HV Supply - 90902 Oscilloscope 90932 Mon Scope - 90800 Transmitter - 90651 Grid Dip Meter 92200 Antenna Tuner - Unpacking a NEW 90711 VFO 90700 Variarm VFO Lamda Model 28 PS National NC-2-40D; NC-46 Receiver; NCX-1000 Transceiver; NC-303 HRO-50T Receiver - HRO-60 Receiver - Select-O-Ject NCL-2000 Linear Amp Miscellaneous RF Attenuator - Meissner Signal Shifter Vibroplex Martin Junior 1928 Semi-Automatic key Westinghouse Vintage Aeriola Sr circa 1920 World Radio Labs Globe King 400 AM Transmitter - Globe King 500C AM Transmitter

Murphy: "Ahhhh ... you gotta love these warm tube-type amplifiers ...."

Desk: Heath SC-1000, ARD 230A linear's, 312B-4, DDS-2A, KWM-2A, Sig/One CX-11A, 30L-1, HRO-500
Middle: Antenna switching and control, 2-m packett, 32S-3A, 75S-3C, 312B-4
Top: 30L-1, Magnum Six, Antenna control, ATS-1, DL-1, Johnson KW matchbox

My restored KW-1, Serial #105

The "big guys" my restored Collins KW-1 and 30K

The Amplifier Corner of the shack ...
Alpha 77Dx, Collins 30S-1, ARD 230A's (control heads)

AM operating position...
75A-4, 312A-1, 75A-1, 32V-2, 302-C1, CE MM-2, 270G-2, Alpha 77Sx

Vintage AM/SSB operating position: 75A-4, 100V, MM-2, 600L Linear

Vintage Collins operating position: 312B-4, 30L-1, KWM-2A, DDS-2A, 75S-3C


Back to Top - More shack photos