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Us old white guys remember the Collins gear, then Drake was king. I worked the world with a Drake TR-3 The Japs have taken over, and my last rig was the Yaesu 890 that I left behind when I fled the USSA.

Collins S-Line is still some of the best equipment you can get your hands on. I personally wouldn't mind getting my hands on a Drake TR-4.

I just finished *today* restoring a Yaesu FT-101ZD and put it back on-air. What a beautiful rig. Receive is more sensitive than my more modern Kenwood TS-2000 and I received a number of compliments on the audio. Paired it with a Heil GM-4.

78 posted on 11/19/2012 11:57:02 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))

“Collins S-Line is still some of the best equipment you can get your hands on. I personally wouldn’t mind getting my hands on a Drake TR-4.”
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Collins was famous only for stability and selectivity, and yes, they were well built.
They were short on sensitivity, so Drake blew them out of the water, not just for performance, but for cost.
For a DX chaser, as I was, there was no reason at all to pay
the big premium to have a Collins.