Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:14 AM
Subject: Collins 75th Anniversary
Seventy-five years ago a small radio communications company, operating from
the owner's basement, officially incorporated in the state of Delaware. From
these humble beginnings arose one of the nation's foremost communications
and avionics companies -- The Collins Radio Company. Arthur Collins, W0CXX,
started building high quality Amateur Radio equipment that from the very
beginning was to make the Collins brand legendary among ham radio operators
worldwide. The Collins Radio Company was incorporated with $29,000 in
capital and eight employees during the depth of the Great Depression. In
1973, Collins was acquired by Rockwell International. In 2001 the company
was spun off into what is today Rockwell Collins, Inc with over 19,500
employees worldwide and annual sales of $4.415 billion.
Fifty years ago, and 25 years after incorporation, in September 1958 Collins
Radio introduced a completely new line of amateur communications equipment
-- the S/Line. The 75S-1 receiver, 32S-1 transmitter and 30S-1 power
amplifier set a new standard of excellence in areas of styling, reliability,
frequency accuracy, stability, signal quality and linear amplification. The
S/Line enjoyed a long production history and today still commands premium
prices among classic radio enthusiasts and collectors.
Twenty-five years ago, in preparation for celebrating the 50th anniversary
of Rockwell Collins, the Collins Amateur Radio Club was formed in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. Later, under the vanity call sign process, we were assigned
W0CXX, the call sign of Arthur A. Collins. Later additional employee Amateur
Radio clubs (ARC) were founded at other Rockwell Collins facilities. Today
there are six club stations located in five cities:
. W0CXX, Main Plant, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
. N0CXX, North Campus, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
. W5ROK, Richardson, Texas
. W4CRC, Melbourne, Florida
. W6CXX, Tustin, California
. F6KNZ, Toulouse, France
These six Rockwell Collins ARC stations have organized a special operating
event in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the company. Special QSL
cards will be available for those working each Rockwell Collins Club station
during the event. Stations confirming contacts with four or more of the
Collins stations are eligible to receive a special certificate. Operators
should QSL to the individual Collins stations. Applicants for the
certificates must submit QSLs from four or more of the club stations to
W0CXX for processing.
Operating period: 0001 UTC September 20 through 2359 UTC September 26, 2008.
Operating frequencies:
CW: 3550; 7050; 10,115; 14,050; 18,085; 21,050; 24,900, and 28,050 kHz
SSB: 3885; 7285; 14,285; 18,155; 21,385; 24,955, and 28,455 kHz
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