The XCB-32: Building the Rarest S-Line Transmitter A reversible Extended Crystal Board kit that converts a Collins 32S-1 into a genuine-specification 32S-2 The Transmitter Art Collins Un-Named Ask a room full of Collins collectors to name every S-Line transmitter and…
Fox-Tango Era • Yaesu Linear Amplifiers Yaesu FL-2100 / FL-2100B / FL-2100ZTuned Input Circuit: SWR Expectations & the Mica Capacitor Problem What input SWR should a healthy 572B grounded-grid amplifier show — and which of the two input capacitor styles…
Boatanchor Legends · Tribute No. 50 Living Legend · Homebrew Master Dick Benson W1QG The engineer who retired, bought a $34 FPGA board, and built the Collins S-Line all over again — in silicon, in Simulink, and in salvaged HP…
Fox-Tango Legends — No. 007 Teruhiko Hayashi JA2SVZ The Man Who Kept the Counters Counting Every Fox-Tango Legend so far has kept the hybrid era alive with knowledge — survival guides, restorations, stewardship of the club itself. Teruhiko Hayashi, JA2SVZ,…
Collins S-Line Restoration Series Waking a Sleeping Collins Restoring a 75S-3B Receiver After 50 Years in Storage Mike Peace VK6ADA · r-390a.net Administrator · vk6ada.com.au A Collins 75S-3B that has slept in a shed, attic, or estate garage since the…
Reader Question · Fox-Tango Era Keying the Ameritron MLA-2500 with the Yaesu FR‑101/FL‑101 Twins Do the twins need a keying interface to drive a vintage tube amplifier? Short answer: no — and here is why. The Question “Do I need…
Grinding Your Own FT-243 — The 2026 Edition | VK6ADA
Boatanchor Legends · Tribute No. 48 Active · CCA Technical Editor Don Jackson, W5QN The Measurement Engineer of the S‑Line — the man who put real numbers behind the Collins legend, one careful analysis at a time ✍ Mike Peace…
Thirteen current SDR receivers and transceivers, compared for one thing that matters most to those of us who still copy Morse by ear and chase weak SSB DX: HF CW and SSB receive performance. The grid rates each unit, identifies…
Boatanchor Bench Notes · Sweep-Tube Hybrids Tempo One / Yaesu FT‑200: Chasing Down “No RF Output” A systematic bench walk-through for the hybrid FT-200 family (Henry Tempo One, Yaesu FT-200, Sommerkamp FT-250) — how to read the symptoms, isolate the…