CCA Member News

Antique Wireless Association World Convention

Karl Bowman, W4CHX, CCA Board Member (2011-2012) The annual Antique Wireless Association World Convention will be held Tuesday through Saturday, August 21-25, 2012, in the Rochester, NY area. The 2012 meeting theme will be COLLINS RADIO and the Collins Collectors Association will be participating at this meeting. The AWA meeting will have displays, contests, forums, presentations, a flea market, and an auction. For 2012, the presentations will include: the 2012 Key and Telegraph Seminar with Tom Perera; Mike Adams on his book about Lee Deforest; Modern Broadcasting with Paul Kolacki, K2FX; and, Moonlight Restorations by Marc Ellis. Other events will include: an AWA Museum trip and International Dinner; the traditional AWA Pizza and Dance Party; the Flea Market; special 100-Year Titanic Anniversary presentations; the “Red Ear”, by Roy Wildermuth who will present and demonstrate examples of cold war-era Soviet military equipment; the AWA Banquet; the John Dilks presentation; and the 2012 Annual AWA Members’ Meeting and Museum Update. Collins-related activities will include special expanded AWA contests recognizing Collins Radio; and, a CCA/AWA Banquet on Thursday evening (8/23). The CCA/AWA Banquet speaker will be Bill Carns, N7OTQ, CCA President and Editor of The Signal, the quarterly CCA magazine. His presentation will be focused on the history of Collins radios. Arrangements are being made for other presentations by members of the Collins Collectors Association. For further information on attending the AWA World Convention, please see http://awamuseum.org/ The meeting program will be updated on the AWA website, the CCA website, and on the CCA reflector. It is hoped that you will be able to attend this very interesting, collaborative event. If you are interested in making a presentation at the 2012 AWA World Convention on Collins radios, please contact Karl W4CHX directly. 73, Karl Bowman, W4CHX, CCA Board Member (2011-2012), (919) 669-6068 (cell)  

Successful CCA Dayton 2012 Banquet

Bill Carns N7OTQ –  10 PM Central  May 18, 2012 The CCA Dayton 2012 Banquet goes down in history and I understand the new website has gotten some attention and good remarks. I can’t help but show off a bit and get you an updated news bulletin. It is about an hour after the banquet has ended and here it is in print. How is that for speedy up to date news? We are still tweaking the site, and we ask for your patience as we get it all tuned up.  I wish I could have been there for the announcement. For two years we have been talking about the clothing store and the website updates. Then, when it happened, I had to miss the fun. You all enjoy your swap meet tomorrow and Sunday, and for those of you that could not make Dayton this year, we will hopefully see you next year with more surprises. Happy Collins hunting!

CCA Store

  Bill Carns N7OTQ  –  May 14, 2012 I am excited to announce that the CCA has partnered with David Birdsley, KF8WS, owner of HamThreads, to market a line of quality CCA clothing with Collins authentic Logo’s. We have authorized David to produce a line of quality clothing including jackets, hats and shirts with both round and winged emblems. The CCA store/HamThreads can personalize each item with your call sign – in addition to the Collins Logo. We will have items on display at the Dayton Collins booth # 487 or see David at his booth # 303-304. Be sure to give him your CCA Member number for a substantial discount! Soon you will be able to access this store through our new website.

Dallas Ham Com June Event to be held again in 2012

  Bill Carns N7OTQ  –  May 11, 2012 We are pleased to announce that the Collins Collectors Association is going to again do an event at the Dallas 2012 Ham-Com (www.hamcom.org) . Friday evening, June 8, 2012, the focus of our happening will be a dinner and presentation at the On the Border Restaurant which is located at 1505 Central Expressway – Plano, Texas 75075. This is at the northwest corner of I75 and 15th Ave in Plano, TX and just a few exits from Ham-Com. There will be a cash bar before and during the dinner. The meet and greet time will start at 6 pm with appetizers, tea and water service provided. This will be followed by a Mexican Buffet Dinner (Classic Fajita’s) at 7:00 pm and then a presentation by Bill Carns, CCA President and Editor of the Signal Magazine The cost for the dinner will still be just $25 per person (The cash bar is, of course, up to you). Registration for the dinner will be handled only through the CCA P.O. Box in Wimberley to cut down on payment confusion with Dayton.   NOTE: Please mail your list of attendees, and $25 for each person attending the dinner, payable with a check, to the following address. Bill Carns – Dallas Ham-Com Dinner % Collins Collectors Association PO Box 1269 Wimberley, TX 78676 I will keep a master list and keep the committee informed as to the attendance. Non-CCA Members and guests are invited. Beside a speaker, and the social time, some other FUN STUFF might occur there too. In addition to our Friday dinner gathering, the CCA has reserved two tables inside the main Ham-Com inside area. Come on by and see what is happening. There will, of course, be some surprises there. Following the Dayton Hamvention, a link will be added to this website where you can obtain additional information and print a form for your reservations.

Dayton is coming soon — see all the News!

Jim Stitzinger  –  March 16, 2012 Now is the time to mark your calendar to attend the Dayton Hamvention® 2012. The CCA has again reserved a block of rooms at the Ramada Plaza Hotel for 2012, and their contact information is below. BE SURE to state you are with the Collins Collectors Association to claim your room – from our especially reserved block. This is a uniquely located hotel convenient to the Hamvention at Hara Arena. Ramada Plaza Dayton (Former Holiday Inn Dayton North) 2301 Wagner Ford Road Dayton, OH 45414 Tel:             (937) 278-4871 Fax: (937) 278-0146   Also, NOW is the time to make your reservations for the Annual Collins Collector’s Association Awards Banquet to be held Friday Night, May 18, 2012. The social hour and libations begin at 6:00 PM with the Official CCA Banquet Dinner commencing at 7:00 PM sharp! The cost for the entire banquet is again just $38.00, payable by check or PayPal. The main event at the dinner Friday night will be a special presentation by Lawrence L. Robinson, KC0ODK, on the “Operation Collins ART 13 for the World’s Only Flying B-29 Aircraft”. Lawrence is a Senior Engineering Manager at Rockwell Collins and the Curator of the Rockwell Collins Company Museum in Cedar Rapids. Rod Blocksome, who was the past Museum Curator, will be introducing him! Also featured at the CCA Banquet will be the smallest Transmitter Collins ever built – which fits in part of a KWM-2A tuning slug case and was put together by Jim Macanni, W0HUP. Jim spoke on his KWM-380 experiences at our banquet last year. Come and see this first ever displayed transmitter and learn its’ frequency, power rating, and applications!! You can take a picture of it in your hand if you like!! For more information and making your reservations, click on the Dayton 2012 link on the home page.

CCA BANQUET DONORS

Bill Carns N7OTQ 7-23-2011 The Collins Collectors Association would like to thank all of the people, and companies, that donated the wonderful array of door prizes that we had at both the Dayton 2011 Hamvention banquet, as well as our first Dallas Ham Com dinner. Your generosity is very much appreciated and I would urge all of our members to consider patronizing these businesses where they can be of service to you. To those individuals that were so generous, also a big Thank You. Bill Carns, President, Collins Collectors Association Donor List 2011 CCA Banquet Dayton Hamvention May 20, 2011 Collins Keyer Michael March, K4QU, Winchester, VA, mikek4qu@gmail.com 30L-1 Power Supply Upgrade Boards (2 sets) Young Kim, K6HM, Los Altos Hills, CA, ykpwr45@yahoo.com KWM-2A Cooling Fan Kit Bob Seydler, K5GNA, Humble, TX, k5gna@aol.com Feet Risers Mark Alan Olson, KE9PQ, Nationwide Radio and Eq. Sales LLC, Suamico, WI, www.ke9pq.com Replica Collins Log Books (2 copies) Lowell K. DePoy, K9LQZ, Hardinsburg, IN, ldepoy@blueriver.net Ultimeter 800 Weather Station Peet Bros. Company, Inc, Ms. Linda Schultz, St. Cloud, FL, www.peetbros.com Official Vibroplex 100th Anniversary Book (2 copies) Scott Robbins, W4PA, The Vibroplex Company, Inc, Knoxville, TN, www.vibroplex.com Electric Radio Magazine (1 year subscription) Electric Radio Magazine, Ray Osterwald, N0DMS, Editor, Bailey, CO, www.ermag.com International Crystal Manufacturing Co ($25.00 gift certificates) Royden Freeland, W5EMH, International Crystal Manufacturing Co, Inc, Oklahoma City, OK, www.icmfg.com CQ, The Radio Amateur’s Journal (6 books): “Ham Radio Anthology: Antennas-1968 to 1972” “Ham Radio Anthology: Antennas-1973 to 1975” “Ham Radio Anthology: Homebrewing Techniques” “Ham Radio Anthology: Test Equipment and Repair Techniques” “Mil Spec Radio Gear” (2 copies) Ms. Gail M. Sheehan, K2RED, Managing Editor, CQ, The Radio Amateur’s Journal, Hicksville, NY, www.cq-amateur-radio.com HI-RES DVDsFloyd Soo, W8RO, HI-RES Communications, Inc, Clarkston, MI, www.hi-rescom.com Collins Knob Inlays and Dial Drum Overlays Charlie Talbott, K3ICH, Leesburg, VA, pincon@erols.com ACScout Power Monitoring Systems (4 units) Gerry Moersdorf, KC8ZUL, ACScout, Worthington, OH, www.acscout.com Limited-Edition CCA Vibroplex Keyer Gale (K4GGB) and Karl (W4CHX) Bowman, Raleigh, NC Jim Stitzinger, WA3CEX, Valencia, CA Scott Robbins, W4PA, The Vibroplex Company, Inc, Knoxville, TN, www.vibroplex.com $50.00 Off Repair of Collins Radio (4 certificates) Hal Guretzky, K6DPZ, LandAir Communications LTD, Richmond Hill, NY, www.landaircom.com 516F-2 Grills (2) Wayne C. Spring, W6IRD, Orange, CA KWM-380 Knobs (4) Jim Maccani, W0HUP, Cedar Rapids, IA Collins Logs (2) Rod Blocksome, K0DAS, Cedar Rapids, IA

THE CCA AT DALLAS 2011 HAM-COM

Bill Carns N7OTQ 4-21-2011 We are pleased to announce that the Collins Collectors Association is going to do an event at the Dallas 2011 Ham-Com (www.hamcom.org) . Friday evening, June 10, 2011, the focus of our happening will be a dinner and presentation at the On the Border Restaurant which is located at 1505 Central Expressway – Plano, Texas 75075. This is at the northwest corner of I75 and 15th Ave in Plano, TX just a few exits from Ham-Com. There will be a cash bar before and during the dinner. The meet and greet time will start at 6 pm with appetizers, tea and water service provided. This will be followed by a Mexican Buffet Dinner (Classic Fajita’s) at 7:00 pm and then a presentation by Bill Carns, CCA President, on the new shack and Collins display in Wimberley. Jim Stitzinger will also bring his S-Line Collins Promotional Van which will be on display at the Ham-Com facility. The cost for the dinner will be $25 per person (The cash Bar is, of course, up to you). Registration for the dinner will be handled only through the CCA P.O. Box in Wimberley to cut down on payment confusion with Dayton. NOTE: Please mail your list of attendees and $25, payable with a check, for each person attending the dinner, to the following address. I will keep a master list and keep the committee informed as to the attendance. Non Members and guests are invited. Beside a speaker, and the social time, some other FUN STUFF might occur there too. Bill Carns – Dallas Ham-Com Dinner % Collins Collectors Association PO Box 1269 Wimberley, TX 78676 In addition, the CCA has reserved two tables inside the main Ham-Com inside area. Come on by and see what is happening. There will of course be some surprises there. If you are looking for a place to stay while at the Ham-Com event, the Hilton Garden Inn located at 705 Central Expressway South, Allen, Texas 75013 (214 547-1700) will be the CCA central hotel. This hotel is located about 2.5 miles north of the Plano Conference Center located on Spring Creek. The conference center can either be accessed by going south on I-5 (the back way) or by going south on US 75 about two miles to Spring Creek. Rates are $95 per night. This year, the ARRL National Convention is being held coincident with the Dallas Ham-Com so we expect very good attendance. Note: Seating at the dinner is limited, so please make your reservations early. The Board wishes to thank Scott Kerr, Dave Meitzen and Gene Robinson, the CCA Dallas 2011 Ham-Com team for helping put this together. See ya there!

DAYTON 2011

Bill Carns N7OTQ 2-22-2011 May 20th and the Dayton Hamvention will be here before we know it. The CCA is going to have another great presence there and, of course, our annual Collins Collectors Association Banquet. This year, for our Banquet Speaker, we are honored to have Jim Macanni, W0HUP, presenting a talk on “Factory and Last Minute Updates on the KWM/HF-380.” Jim spent his career at Rockwell Collins and was the former KWM/HF 380 Customer Service Manager. He also taught HF/KWM-380 repair and wrote the last 6 SB’s for the 380 when the units were being made back at Anamosa, Iowa at the very end of Amateur Radio Production! There will, of course be some great social and show & tell sessions. In addition the CCA will have its customary inside booth ( # 459 ) and Jim Stitzinger is bringing his Rockwell Collins AN/TSC60 (V)7 Communications Shelter with its HF-80 equipment. This shelter will hopefully be operating as a special event station under the call sign(s) W0CXX and or K0CXX. Come on in and get your name and call in the log as operator during this event. The bulk of the CCA activities will be focused around the Friday Night Banquet, May 20th, in the same rooms as last year at the Ramada Plaza Dayton (formerly the Holiday Inn Dayton North) and then Saturday (on into Sunday) at the arena. Jim Stitzinger, the Banquet Chairman and Event Coordinator is posting all the information that you need to have here on the website, so don’t wait and miss out. Make your reservation early and come enjoy the group. See you there.

THE DAYTON HAMVENTION 2011 WILL SOON BE HERE!

Jim Stitzinger WA3CEX 2-22-2011 May 20-22, 2011! I continue to see Dayton as the beginning of so many things I have learned or found or talked about in our wonderful Collins hobby! If you are in any way able to attend this year you know it will be a great time of eyeball QSO’s, sharing about Collins Radio, bargain hunting, and catching up on all the latest! We are planning a great Collins Collector’s Association Banquet on Friday Night at 7 (6 for the social hour) and want as many as possible to attend!! Jim Maccani, W0HUP, who spent his carrier at Rockwell Collins and was former KWM/HF 380 Customer Service Manager, who will speaking on “Factory and “last minute” Updates for the KWM/HF 380″ Jim Wrote the last 6 SB’s for the KWM/HF 380 and knows it very well!!! Ted Craven, a Collins employee during the S-line era, will be helping us at the Collins Booth and answering your questions! The CCA has reserved a block of 30 rooms again this year and these are available now for the same $118.00 per night plus tax, single or double for 5/20, 5/21,or 5/22. Call the Ramada Plaza Dayton (Former Holiday Inn Dayton North) at 1-937-278-4871 and be sure and mention you are with the CCA. You will not be asked to fill out a form to make your reservation. The cut off for this discount is May 15, 2011, so make your reservation right away!! Same hotel location just a new name!!! Looking forward to seeing you there!!! Contact me if you have any questions. Jim Stitzinger WA3CEX Dayton Events Chair Board Member, Secretary

CCA BOARD ELECTION NOTICE

Bill Carns N7OTQ 10-29-2010 CCA Board Elections will be held during the balance of Q4 and the first part of Q1 2011. We will be using a CCA website centric process to save time and facilitate access to the information. The process is very straight forward. There are two board slots up for election. They are currently held by our Treasurer, Jim Green and by Butch Schartau, who does the events coordination for special events. Board slots have a term of two years. Please see the President’s column in this quarter’s issue of the Signal Magazine for further comments. Nominations should be submitted to the President, Bill Carns, via email at the email address at the end of the President’s column which is wcarns@austin.rr.com. Nominations will close November 30, 2010. Please specify the slot you are nominating for. Biographies of all candidates must be submitted to the President by December 17, 2010 and will be immediately posted to the website on a hot button in the frequently accessed links area on the right. One page WORD New Times Roman 12 font single spaced and no carriage returns except for at paragraphs Ballots will be mailed to all members in the Q4 issue of the Signal. They will include a return envelope. Ballots must be returned by January 31, 2011. Results will be tabulated and posted to the CCA website link “Election Results” They will also be announced in the Q1, 2011 issue of the Signal. Please consider serving your CCA and let your desires be known so that you can be nominated. Comments: The Board slot currently held by Jim Green is not “pinned” to the Treasurer’s position. Jim has assured me that, at least for some period of time, he would continue to support this important function. In addition, there is a fine point in the bylaws that says that the Treasurer will be a board member and that the board can appoint new board members if necessary, so that will all work out. We have been discussing increasing the number of board members by at least one slot anyway. There is one important caveat if you are considering running. This is not an “honorary” position. There is work to do. We would like to see board members get to Dayton periodically and also support the nets by checking in and keeping the folks updated.

DAYTON PRIZE DONORS

Jim Stitzinger WA3CEX 5-10-2010 The Collins Collectors Association gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution of the following door prizes. ARRL 2010 Handbook and Antenna Handbook, 21st edition American Radio Relay League, Newington, Conn. W1AW 30L-1 Power Supply Upgrade. Hi Grade 105Deg C cap, Regular Grade 85 deg C cap Young Kim, ykpwr45@yahoo.com KWM-2A Cooling Fan Kit Bob Seydler, K5GNA K5GNA@aol.com, booth spaces 1310, 1313 Collins 75A-4 Weighted Knob Reproduction Fred Freeman, N8BX, n8bx@73cnc.com, booth spaces 1714-1716 Bristol Wrench Set Jonathan Weiner, K1VVC, Radiotyke@aol.com DVD 1 from the Dayton Hamvention Collection Gary Pearce, KN4AQ, Amateur Radio Video News, www.arvideonews.com Vibroplex Company, Inc, 25% Discount Certificate for New Vibroplex Product Scott Robbins, W4PA, www.vibroplex.com, inside booth Capacitor Set for 516F-2 Mark Alan Olson, KE9PQ, Nationwide Radio, www.ke9pq.com Collins Corian Logo Signs Mike March, K4QU, mikek4qu@gmail.com, booth 3421 Collins Reproduction Log Books Lowell K. DePoy, K9LQZ, ldepoy@blueriver.net Original Collins Items 60th Anniversary Paper Weight, Medallion, 75A-4 knobs, 51J knob, NOS 30L-1 Meter, S-line Rubber Feet, Pappenfus, Single Side Band Jim Stitzinger, WA3CEX , jstitz@pacbell.net Rockwell Collins Employee Store Items including Arthur Collins by Ben Stearns Rod Blocksome, K0DAS, Curator Rockwell Collins Museum, rkblocks@plutonium.net Weather Station Peet Brothers, Lynda Shultz, peetbros@peetbrothers.com Electric Radio 1 Year Free Subscription Ray Osterwald, N0DMS, Electric Radio Magazine, Ray@ERmag.com International Crystal Manufacturing Company $25.00 gift Certificates Royden Freeland, W5EMH, http://www.icmfg.com CQ, The Radio Amateur’s Journal, one year certificate Ham Radio Anthology, Test Equipment, Homebrewing Techniques Gail Schieber, K2RED www.cq-amateur-radio.com HI-RES S-line Videos Floyd Soo, W8RU, HI-RES Communications, www.hi-rescom.com Heil Sound Microphone Bob Hiel, K9EID, http://heilsound.com Collins Knob Inlays and Dial Drumb Overlays Charlie Talbott, K3ICH, pincon@erols.com 50 Years of Amateur Radio Innovation Book and Supplementary CD Joe Veras, K9OCO, joe@jveras.com, at ARRL Booth inside Collins KWM-380 NOS External Cooling Fan Unit Dennis Brothers, WA0CBQ, pat1bro@embarqmail.com, 1-308.879.4552 Pet Gift Baskets (one for a cat, one for a dog) animals not included! Gale Bowman, K4GGB and Karl Bowman, W4CHX, www.bowmananimalhospital.com

TWO UPDATES REGARDING DAYTON

Brian Sokol W9SRK 3-25-2010 The Banquet payment via PayPal had a slight glitch in it, but only in the final Thank You page. Rest assured your payment and information was captured and recorded. The Dinner Agenda has been updated with this year’s information. DAYTON HAMVENTION 2010 PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL Brian Sokol W9SRK 3-7-2010 Updated: Payment for the CCA Banquet via PayPal is now available here.

DAYTON HAMVENTION 2010 IS COMING SOON!

Jim Stitzinger WA3CEX 2-28-2010 Dear CCA, The Dayton Hamvention 2010 will soon be here! May 14-16, 2010! I look around my shack and so many things I see have something to do with what I learned or found or talked about with someone at Dayton! If you are in any way able to attend this year you know it will be a great time eyeball QSO’s, sharing about Collins Radio, bargain shopping, and catching up on all the latest! We are planning a great Collins Collector’s Association Banquet on Friday Night at 7 (6 for the social hour) and want as many as possible to attend!! More on this soon!! The CCA has reserved a block of 30 rooms again this year and these are available now for $118.00 per night plus tax, single or double for 5/13, 5/14,or 5/15. Call the Ramada Plaza Dayton (Former Holiday Inn Dayton North) at 1-937-278-4871 and make you own reservation. The cut off for this discount is April 13, 2010, so make you reservation right away!! Same hotel location just a new name!!! Looking forward to seeing you there!!! Jim Stitzinger WA3CEX

CCA RENEWAL GUIDE

Bill Carns N7OTQ 1-5-2010 Remember that the CCA renewal process has gone Green. You will not receive a renewal form in the Signal Magazine, as in the past. In order to not miss the next issue of the Signal, renewals should be completed by end February, 2010. Please try for January so that Pete does not get buried at the last moment. YOUR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SIGNAL ENVELOPE. IF YOU HAVE LOST THIS, THEN EMAIL PETE ZILLIOX FOR THE INFO AT: zilassoc@la.twcbc.com On Line Renewal Renewal is easy on line. Just click on the link below and fill in the renewal form on the page that comes up and click “Continue” and follow the instructions. THERE IS AN OPTION ON THE PAYPAL PAGE TO USE A REGULAR DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD TO COMPLETE PAYMENT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT. If you want to renew for multiple years, just multiply the dues ($32 – or $40 if not CONUS) by the number of years you wish to renew for, and change the payment amount to the correct amount. It will happen. Online Renewal Snail Mail Renewal If, for some reason, you do not wish to renew on-line, go to the page on the membership link below, print this form, fill it in and mail the $35 or $40 to the address at the top of the form. DO NOT USE THE OLD PHOENIX MARYLAND ADDRESS FOR RENEWALS. Printable Form No Computer Access Mail your renewal fee using check or MO to Pete at: (Include your name, call sign and membership number) Membership Chairman The Collins Collectors Association Box 316 9121 Atlanta Avenue Huntington Beach, CA 92646 We are sorry if you do not like to do these kinds of things on line, but this had to happen at some point. The size of the Signal is such now that inserts often push us over the postage weight limit and that, now, gets expensive with postage rates going up and up.