What is the difference between the "winged emblem" Collins radios and the
other kind ("round" emblem?)?

Rick wrote:
What is the difference between the "winged emblem" Collins radios and the
other kind ("round" emblem?)?

Age... The round emblem was the last emblem used.

The winged emblem is considerably nicer looking.

-Chuck

Rick ) writes:
What is the difference between the "winged emblem" Collins radios and the
other kind ("round" emblem?)?

It's age, and never having had a COllins, I can never remember which came
first.

But, the reason people differentiate is becasue the change of the emblem
is an easy way of determining when the unit was built, and there are
minor design changes that came with the emblem changeover. Again I
can't remember details, but it's on the level of one has plug-in relays
and the other doesn't.

People do not desire Collins equipment with certain types of emblems,
they desire the version of the equipment that comes with the specific
emblem.

This has come up before, and I know the differences were defined the
last time the question came out, which must have been within the
past two years, if that far back. Doing a search of the newsgroup
archives at google should reveal the last time this came up, and
the internal differences.

Michael VE2BVW

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:23:18 -0400, Chuck Harris
wrote:

What is the difference between the "winged emblem" Collins radios and the
other kind ("round" emblem?)?

Age... The round emblem was the last emblem used.

Other way round, isn't it?

-- Larry

Michael Black wrote:
Rick ) writes:
What is the difference between the "winged emblem" Collins radios and the
other kind ("round" emblem?)?

It's age, and never having had a COllins, I can never remember which came
first.

But, the reason people differentiate is becasue the change of the emblem
is an easy way of determining when the unit was built, and there are
minor design changes that came with the emblem changeover. Again I
can't remember details, but it's on the level of one has plug-in relays
and the other doesn't.

Not true! The plugin relays were very early in the S-line, and were
gone long before the round emblem.

People do not desire Collins equipment with certain types of emblems,
they desire the version of the equipment that comes with the specific
emblem.

Also not true. The later winged emblem models had the same upgrades
as the round emblem.


It is purely a want for the youngest of the units.

-Chuck

pltrgyst wrote:
On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:23:18 -0400, Chuck Harris
wrote:

What is the difference between the "winged emblem" Collins radios and the
other kind ("round" emblem?)?
Age... The round emblem was the last emblem used.

Other way round, isn't it?

Sorry, no. The round emblem was the newest used on
the S-line series.

-Chuck

Chuck Harris wrote:
Michael Black wrote:
Rick ) writes:
What is the difference between the "winged emblem" Collins radios and
the
other kind ("round" emblem?)?

It's age, and never having had a COllins, I can never remember which came
first.

But, the reason people differentiate is becasue the change of the emblem
is an easy way of determining when the unit was built, and there are
minor design changes that came with the emblem changeover. Again I
can't remember details, but it's on the level of one has plug-in relays
and the other doesn't.

Not true! The plugin relays were very early in the S-line, and were

~----------------^^^^^^ wired in

gone long before the round emblem.

People do not desire Collins equipment with certain types of emblems,
they desire the version of the equipment that comes with the specific
emblem.

Also not true. The later winged emblem models had the same upgrades
as the round emblem.


It is purely a want for the youngest of the units.

-Chuck

Actually, the last emblem used on the S-Line was the rectangular
Rockwell logo.

K3HVG wrote:
Actually, the last emblem used on the S-Line was the rectangular
Rockwell logo.

I had thought the S-Line was our of production before that change.
Learn something new everyday!

-Chuck

"Rick" wrote in message
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What is the difference between the "winged emblem" Collins radios and the
other kind ("round" emblem?)?

Apparently -- age when they were made

For what it is worth see The evolution of the Collins emblem URL:

http://k9ham.cargodog.net/collins.htm

And for further research -- it sez: For more information on the Round
Emblem transition, please see the 1998 March/April issue of the Collins
Journal.