Arthur Collins Era” “Art”
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“Arthur Collins Era” “Art” James “Jim” Robert Shanklin Presented for Historical & 1996 Rockwell Collins Retiree Educational Purposes November 25, 2013 Family Background • Arthur Andrews Collins –“Art” • Born Sep 9, 1909 in Kingfisher, OK • Merle Hunter (M. H.) & Faith Andrews Collins’ Only Child • M. H. in Farm Land Mortgage Investing in KS & OK • Eastern Investors Encouraged Move to IA –Land More Fertile Faith Andrews M. H. Moved Family to Cedar Rapids in Sep 1916 – Founded Collins Mortgage Company in 1916 – Grandparents Moved to Cedar Rapids in 1923 – Started Buying Farms in 1925 – Advanced Farming Techniques – Established Collins Farms Company in 1928 – 1931 – 29,334 Acres in 39 Counties M. H. and Art Collins Victim of Great Depression 11/25/13 2 Art’s Education • Lived at 1725 Grande Ave SE & 514 Fairview Dr SE • Attended Johnson Elementary, McKinley Jr High, & Old Washington High Schools –All Grades 95% or Higher • Grant Wood was a Teacher at McKinley • One Year & a Few Days at Amherst College in Amherst, MA • Coe for Special Courses • Brief Study of Advance Physics at University of Iowa Art Collins Age 15 – 1924 • Never Finished College – Self Educated in Communications 1725 Grande Ave 514 Fairview Dr Old Washington High School McKinley Jr High School Johnson Elementary School 11/25/13 3 Art’s Family • Married Artist Margaret “Peg” Van Dyke Sat Morning, Jan 4, 1930 at Her Mother’s Mt Vernon Rd House • Lived at the Commodore Apartments on 2nd Ave SE, 2nd Floor of Grandparents 1720 6th Ave SE House, & 3374 Pinney Woods Ln SE • Children were Susan & Michael • Attended Westminster Presbyterian Church • Peg Died Thu, Dec 29, 1955 while Preparing Dinner • Art was Present • Married Hospital Dietitian Mary Margaret Meis on Mon, Jun 10, 1957 in Immaculate Conception Church • Children were Alan & David Susan, Art, Peg, Michael 34th Street SE View 3374 Pinney Woods Ln SE Westminster Presbyterian 1st Facility Collins Radio Co 1720 6th Ave SE Byrd Transmitters Built Here 11/25/13 4 Art’s Communication Interest • Intense Interest & Curiousity in Ways of Communication Transmission at Age 9 • 1st Experience –Two Cans Connected by Binder Wire Stretched Between His & Friend Merrill Lund’s House • Telegraph Line Network Between 3 Boys & a Girl’s House on Grande Ave • Each Built a Crystal Detector Receiver – Telegraph Lines became Antennas • Each Built a Transmitter & Receiver more Advanced Than Crystal Sets • Received His Amateur License at Age 14 in 1923 –Call was 9CXX • HF Daytime Fading Below 200 meters in Arctic Between 100 & 200 Miles • John Reinartz Devised Long Range Ionosphere Skip Scheme –Art & Ed Willis Help • MA –IA –CA Successful Tests of the System at 20 Meters. • Capt Mac Millian Used the Scheme with Reinartz as 1925 Arctic Trip Operator • Only Amateur to Maintain Regular Communications with Mac Millian’s Arctic Exposition –22 Days • Daily Trip to Western Union st • 1 QST Card Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd on Trip Call Changed To W9CXX Radio Room Art Became a National Celebrity Then W0CXX Fairview Dr House 11/25/13 5 Pre WW II –Over 50 Products • Picked What Interested In for a Vocation • 1931– 1933 “Collins Radio Transmitters” • Made to Order Amateur Transmitters • Collins Radio Co – Incorporated in Delaware in Sep 1933, 8 Employees –Iowa in 1937 • 1st Manufactured Transmitter Available for Purchase Hand Made 30 W HF Transmitter • 1933/34 Byrd South Pole Expedition – Collins HF • 1934 1st Collins Airborne Transmitter • 1934 Broadcast Transmitters • 1935 Autotune “Enterprise” 1933 –4A Amateur Braniff –1st Airline Blimp HF Transmitters Autotune Transmitter 17D – 100 Watt • 1935 Transmitters Ride to Little America Armature C. R. Police Station Over 15 Transmitter 150B HF Exciter (L) 45A Transmitter 150B HF Transmitter Series 1 KW 20B HF Transmitter (R) 11/25/13 6 World War II –23 Military Products AN/ARC‐2 HF Radio Set Autotune –8 Presets B‐17 Flying Fortress Navy B‐17 H‐25, UH‐34HD, CH‐37C, P‐2, P‐5, S‐2 AF‐2W, F6F‐5, HO3S‐1, HO4S‐2, HD5S‐1, B‐29 HRS‐1, PBM‐5S, PBY‐6A, R6D‐1, SB2C‐5 ,TBM‐3,5, ZPK ART‐13 HF Transmitter RT‐91/ARC‐2 HF 4 Controls Saved Thousands Transmitter ‐‐ Receiver Shortened War Telephone PTs, Rescue, Battleships, Ship Convoy Cruisers, Landing Craft. Task Force Vessels M/C Cmd Cars, Jeeps & Amphibious Tractors Over 35,000 Blt Collins & Other Firms TCS‐12 HF Receiver Collins Blt 26,000 of 90,000 Autotune –10 Presets B‐29 Super Fortress B‐24 Liberator MBF VHF 10 Mi Range TBF & TBM Avengers Transmitter PB2Y‐3 Coronado Receiver TCS‐12 HF PBJ‐1 Mitchell PT 633 –Aug 20, 1943 Transmitter SB2C‐1 Helldiver PB4Y‐2 Privateer HF Direction Finder, Rotating Beam Loop Antenna, Transmitters PBM‐3D Mariner 11/25/13 7 Post WWII –Amateur Radio 310A Exciter 1949 51J‐1 HF Receiver 75A‐2 Receiver 32V‐2 Transmitter 1945 –S/N 9 1946 – 75A‐1 Receiver 1955 Single Side Band (SSB) 1961 – KWM– 5000 75A‐4 Receiver KWS‐1 Transmitter Transmitter – Receiver Prototype 1947 1958 –S/Line System – SSB 30K Transmitter 1957 –KWM‐1 1959/60 –KWM‐2/2A 75S‐3C 312B‐1 Speaker 32‐S3 SSB Transceiver SSB Transceiver Receiver 312B 4 Console Transmitter 11/25/13 8 Post WWII – Collins Cyclotron Atomic Energy Commission • 1st Award – 1947 –GE Was Competitor Assembly in Main Plant • Brookhaven National Laboratory – Still Operational • Cancer Treatment –Atomic Power • Four Collins Patents • 1st Com’l Company to Enter Business • Built with Production Controls • 2nd Award – 1952 – Argonne National Laboratory – Demolished 1998/99 • Total of $ 1,716,000 Magnet Two Per Cyclotron 250 Tons Each Coils 3 Miles Long Hollow Aluminum Water Cooled Brookhaven Control Room Brookhaven Cyclotron 11/25/13 9 Post WWII –AN/ARC‐27 & GRC‐27 UHF Collins Developed Both • Collins Built 40,000 ARC‐27 • C‐626/ARC‐27 C‐1015/ARC‐27 Admiral Built 25,000 ARC‐27 • Collins Built 15,000 GRC‐27 ARC‐27 & ARC‐27A • Western Electric Built RT‐178/ARC‐ 27 29 Controls 10,000 GRC‐27 AS‐450/GR AT‐197/GR 4 Squirrel Cages AS‐505 Antenna Patent AN/GRC‐‐27 –Air Force AN/GRC‐‐27 ‐‐ Navy AN/GRC‐‐27 ‐‐ Army 11/25/13 10 Post WWII – Avionics Vision No. 1 in Avionics FD 101 –2 Year Flight Demo –7 Patents 11/25/13 11 Post WWII – Horizontal Situation Indicator HSI 331A‐1 Serial No 3 P/O FD–101 – 1950 1953 Patent 63 Years Later The Tradition Continues Pro Line Fusion Touch Enabled Display 11/25/13 12 Post WWII – Airplanes & Boat Dr. Alexander “Alex” M. Lippish WWII German Scientist Hired for Aerodynamics Knowledge Father of Delta Wing & Aerodyne Scale Model Delta Wing Flying Boat – Coralville Lake Flight Scale Model Aerodyne Collins Hangar & Coliseum Flights Aerodyne –Never Flew World’s Largest Fiber Glass Boat 11/25/13 13 Post WWII – Space Age Begins Pres. “Ike” 1949 – 1954 – Feather Ridge Eisenhower Cedar Rapids Echo Hill Station AN/SRN‐4 Navigational Radio Sexton 1960 Reception from Dallas Station Via Echo Satellite Received Sun and Moon Signals “Chicken Horn Antenna” Collins –CRPL (NBS) 30 Ft Dish Antenna CW ‐‐ 2 ½ Sec Sterling, VA 800 Land Miles 500,000 Space Miles 1951– Naval Research Lab “What Hath Deep Space Radio Telescope God Collins 50 Ft Antenna Wrought” Blt. Outdoor at Main Plant Under 34 Ft High Tent Thursday 30 ½Ton Aluminum Sec Collins Hangar –UHF – 418 Mhz –20 KW Nov 8, 1951 Resnatron Generated Transmitting Power .035” Tolerance –Gas Welded NRL Bldg 43 Icon World’s Most Sensitive 11/25/13 14 Post WWII Transhorizon Scatter Communications VHF Ionosphere & UHF Tropospheric DEW Line Patent White Alice 71 Total Sites Transmitters AN/GRC‐27 & AS‐505/GR Air Strips Only Portable UHF Army 50G‐1 Diversity Receiver Arctic Fading Control 137P‐1 30 FT UHF Parabolic Remote Locations Transportation Telephone Petroleum Boswell Bay, AK –First Commissioned –Last Decommissioned 11/25/13 15 Post WWII Strategic Air Command (SAC) • Gen Le May wanted Reliable, Instant, & Continuous Communications With Any SAC Plane in The World • HF AM Mode Limited Range, Fade Out, & Interruptions • Project Bird Call • Art was Operator (W0CXX) for 1st 2 of 4 1956 Flight Tests • Solution –HF SSB & Beam Switching Antenna (Patent) Gen Curtis Le May & Art • Big Talk – Installation During Winter of 1956 – 1957 Art & Gen Francis “Butch” Griswold Four Bay Array Prototype Antenna KWS‐1 Transmitter (L) Near CR Airport 75A‐4 Receiver (R) 11/25/13 16 Post WWII – Manned Space Communications Mercury Gemini Apollo Lunar Excursion Module Collins Provided Voice Communications for Every American Astronaut Traveling Through Space 11/25/13 17 Mercury Communication & Data System 635H-1 Multiplexer 635K-1 Bicone Isolator 237L-1 UHF Microphase HF – UHF Antenna Rescue Antenna 621D-1 C-Band Radar 621D-2 S-Band Collins Design Collins Beacon Radar Beacon McDonnell Built Avion Div. ACF Avion Div. ACF 237K-1 HF Rescue 714U-1 346E-1 Audio 56D-1 HF/UHF Antenna System Control Panel Center Rescue Beacon Collins Design Collins Andrea 618V-1 HF HF Antenna 618H-1 UHF Simmonds General Mills Built Transceiver – Collins Design Transmitter-Receiver Receiver General Mills Collins 14 Pieces of Equipment Collins Built 11/25/13 18 Project Gemini Voice Communications Gemini I Thru V Gemini VI Thru XII 618N-1 HF Transmitter – Receiver 76H-1 VCC 76H-1 VCC 618L-1 UHF Transmitter – Receiver Purposes • Maneuvering Gemini VIII • Rendezvous David Scott • Long Flights Neil Armstrong • In Flight Lifting Liberty Stage First Contact • Re‐entry Relay to Cape Canaveral • Space Walking 11/25/13 19 Apollo Support Collins 2,000 Station Closed Loop Coax SSB RADIC System Linked Kennedy Launch Complex 52 Story SATURN V Assembly Bldg Two Launch Pads Launch Pad Mobile Towers Crawlerway Road Control Center Goldstone ‐‐ 120 Ft Dish Ground & Ship Entry Stations • Three 85 Ft Antenna Tracking Stations Eight Apollo Range Instrumented Aircraft • Fourteen 30 FT Antenna Tracking Stations Collins TACSAT • Three 120 Ft Antenna Tracking Stations Collins 1KW SSB HF ARC-58 • Goldstone Houston Dual Microwave Link Unique Collins’ Terminal • TV Microwave Link at Goldstone Convert S-Band & VHF to HF ARIA 4 1st Reacquisition – Apollo 13 “Hello Houston, This is Odyssey, Direct HF Link to Houston Its Good to See you” 11/25/13 20 Apollo Block I – Communication & Data System Rcv 2,106.4 Mhz Xmt 2,287.5 Mhz 2.5 or 10 W 621F-2 Unified S-Band Xponder – Motorola 548N-1 S-Band P.