[BC] Query Ref. Collins 310Z B-1 exciter

[Michael Patton]

This is a good exciter, and can be retuned for about $500.  However, it 
probably needs some new caps by now, so $800 would be a better figure to 
completely rebuild it.  It could be used for LPFM, I believe, if you got 
a harmonic filter and made some measurements to verify that it met the 
standards--but I'm not a lawyer, so you should confirm that elsewhere.  
However, by the time you got all that work done, you probably will have 
spent most of the price of a modern unit, which would have much better 
audio specs, decent built-in stereo generator and audio processor, and 
other goodies.

The 310Z-1B and Z-2 are both modern PLL units.  The original 310Z-1 was 
not and should be avoided at all costs.

Mike Patton, owner, Michael Patton&  Assoc.
12231 Industriplex Blvd, Ste C, Baton Rouge, LA  70809
225-752-4189 ofc     225-266-9745 cell     www.michaelpatton.com

On 2/6/2012 12:27 PM, Tom Spencer wrote:
> Just how good or otherwise is this box; and how difficult would it be to
> re-tune to another frequency?  There's one on eBay for $99.99 on 88.5...
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/COLLINS-310Z-1B-FM-BROADCAST-EXCITER-/220946887809
>
> Sidebar question:  Has anyone noticed that a lot of the FM RF equipment
> on eBay seems to be NCE reserved-band?
>