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Last Update - December 10, 2000
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The first 10 years of Collins Radio, from 1933 to 1943, was the Golden age of a new era in communications.This was a time in which
real achievements in pioneering a new technology were everyday challenges in bringing a vast global communications industry quickly to maturity.This was the decade in which the foundations for the next half century of
communications technology were established. Over a dozen amateur transmitter models were produced in the first ten years of Collins Radio. While few have survived today, it was these products that established the
Collins reputation for quality, performance, and reliability.
Arthur Collins' first ad in QST
magazine appeared in January of 1932 (right). Note the name as Radio Laboratories, Inc., W9CXX.The use of "Inc." is curious as it wasn't until the following year the the company incorporated under Delaware law.
In November of 1932, the first full-page ad appeared on page 73 of QST and featured Collins audio and power transformers. At the
bottom of the page appears Collins Radio Company with an explanation that "Collins Radio Transmitters is now known as Collins Radio Co., in order to include its widened field of activity".
