Saturday, December 27, 2025

Zenith BC 221-T Army Signal Corp Field Frequency Meter

December 27, 2025 - Tested unit with my frequency counter and was able to get 3.5 MHz as expected.  Here's the power supply the unit had that a previous owner had built.



December 24, 2025 - Unit arrived and it has a 120v power supply - here's the schematic drawing from the inside.



 December 20, 2025 - Picked this up - waiting for it to arrive.



Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Heathkit QF-1 Q Multiplier

 December 24, 2025 - Picked this Heathkit QF-1 up at the Stone Mountain hamfest back in November - was going to just use the cabinet for a project but it looked so nice I decided to keep it and I found another box for that project.



Saturday, December 20, 2025

Collins Aircraft AN/ARC-174 or 718 series system

 A future project - estimated completion Q2 2026


December 20, 2025 - Received the unit this past week and got the part number for the large connector from Chris ZL1CVD - The part number is: PT06A-16-998S(SR) and I have sent an email to Bill Perry to see if he can get one for me.


December 14, 2025 - Purchased a Rockwell Collins 548S-3 POWER AMPLIFIER COUPLER 787-6781-006.  Also, I should have all the connectors needed for this project - worked with Bill Perry to acquire them.



June 18, 2025 - Purchased the Amplifier - a Collins 548S-5 - this is the pressurized version of the 548S-3.  Sadly the seller couldn't find the unit they sold me so they refunded my money.



June 13, 2025 - Found a Collins 990C-3D mount for $100.










May 24, 2025 - Purchased the Collins 514-A4 control head.



May 17, 2020 - I bought a 671U-4A exciter

Will need to purchase a mounting tray (990-3D / p/n 622-1742-003) (Purchased June 13, 2025) for it as well as the Collins 548S-3 Amplifier Coupler which is P/N: 787-6781-004 and Mounting Tray 990C-6 which is P/N 792-6391-001 (below) (548S-3 mounting tray optional) plus connectors and cables.



548S-3 - Not purchased below.