{Collins} Re: Collins Heath Station Monitor**Mint Condition**Rare** **This is a One Off Collins Experiment*Highly Desirable

["Paul Kraemer" <elespe@xxxxxxxxx>]

That is very correct
It is a Heathkit scope in a Heathkit cabinet painted gray. $400 is a lot of 
extra booty to pay for gray paint, a few new capacitors, and some different 
knobs.
I am all for the free enterprise system but I'm sorry, sales like these 
really make me hack up a hairball.
Anyone desiring a chronological education on the subject of monitor scopes 
is invited to contact the designer / builder of what absolutely has to be 
the first monitor scope packaged in an authentic S-line enclosure. Real 
craftsmanship-built from scratch-resembles the Heathkit because I bought one 
of their crt bezels. I've had this scope on my desk since I built it in the 
late 60's-when you could buy S-line cabinets, with the metal trim ring, at 
the Collins surplus store for $2.50 each.
There are several good reasonable cost options available for monitor scopes. 
Some don't even require modifications to the S-line and work with virtually 
any receiver or tansceiver. I have a shelf  full of them.
Thanks for listening
Paul K0UYA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kurt Keller" <kkeller1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 10:14 AM
Subject: {Collins} Collins Heath Station Monitor**Mint Condition**Rare** 
**This is a One Off Collins Experiment*Highly Desirable


> Just a heads up for some of the new subscribers. The subject unit is 
> currently on EBAY. They are implying that it may have been done over to 
> match up with S-Line equipment by none other then Collins as an 
> experimental unit. This is definitely not the case and the person listing 
> it on EBAY knows it.
>
> There are plenty of these around and they are still be made up by a couple 
> of people. Newly made up ones have
> been listed on EBAY very recently so you can buy from known reputable 
> people who have really gone through them and
> changed out all the caps and other out of tolerance components. They then 
> rework the front panel and case to match up with your Collins gear. I know 
> someone that has purchased two of them and he was very pleased with them.
>
> If interested I could research it and find out who is making them up and 
> you could contact them directly.
>
> Kurt Keller
>
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