I have a beautiful Collins V20. late 40s vintage, that needs a new home.
It's the art deco box with rounded corners and large picture window in the front. Condition is about a B+. I would like to donation it to a museum or give it to someone who will give it some tlc. No parting out, please. I bought it from Armstrong who reconditioned it about 10 years ago. And I understand the only problems are in the feedback ladder. We only used it about 6 months - and replaced it with an Omni 1000a. Sure sounded great - that solid, warm feel! The box has a bit of history, too. It came from WYSL in Buffalo - a 1000w rock legend in the 60s who often beat up on 50,000w WKBW. Email if you have any ideas.
Looking for a good home for Collins V20
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I believe you have a Collins 20V (If you have buttons for the plates and fillaments, you have a 20V-2). You're lucky, the 20V-3 lost the art-deco curves and is a big McMartin-lookin' rectangle.
You could donate it to the museum of radio and technology in Huntington, WV.
It's a 501 c3 non-profit organization and you may get a tax-break.
Museum of Radio and Technology
1640 Florence Ave
Huntington WV 25701
(304) 525-8890
You could donate it to the museum of radio and technology in Huntington, WV.
It's a 501 c3 non-profit organization and you may get a tax-break.
Museum of Radio and Technology
1640 Florence Ave
Huntington WV 25701
(304) 525-8890
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It's still there in that dilapidated building. I drove by the old antenna site two weeks ago while on a road trip. The tower is a solid color of rust from top to bottom, one guy wire is blowing in the wind. I need to bring my digital camera on the next trip through. The first good winter storm we have ought to put that baby on the ground forever.contracteng wrote:The late WLMJ Jackson, OH had one but when I saw it, several years ago, it was rusting away in an old transmitter shack with the roof mainly gone and full of rodent nest in the transmitter.
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Go for it...you could make a companion to the Fybush calendar called the "abandoned transmitter site calendar".Hoosier Daddy wrote:It's still there in that dilapidated building. I drove by the old antenna site two weeks ago while on a road trip. The tower is a solid color of rust from top to bottom, one guy wire is blowing in the wind. I need to bring my digital camera on the next trip through. The first good winter storm we have ought to put that baby on the ground forever.contracteng wrote:The late WLMJ Jackson, OH had one but when I saw it, several years ago, it was rusting away in an old transmitter shack with the roof mainly gone and full of rodent nest in the transmitter.
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Like that website of the old Blues Brothers mall - what a place to film an apocalypse movie!! "Threads 2" here we come!Hoosier Daddy wrote:It's still there in that dilapidated building. I drove by the old antenna site two weeks ago while on a road trip. The tower is a solid color of rust from top to bottom, one guy wire is blowing in the wind. I need to bring my digital camera on the next trip through. The first good winter storm we have ought to put that baby on the ground forever.contracteng wrote:The late WLMJ Jackson, OH had one but when I saw it, several years ago, it was rusting away in an old transmitter shack with the roof mainly gone and full of rodent nest in the transmitter.
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These folks seem to be true believers in the Collins 20v!!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Collins20VTransmitters/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Collins20VTransmitters/