[ARC5] donated ARC-5 collections

[Henry Mei'l's]

I've often experienced that younger electronic enthusiasts, who occasionally 
buy some of my
electronics components and units, -- things I bought at flea markets and 
don't really need any longer (if ever!) --
audio enthusiasats included, are quite fascinated when they see my veteran 
military gear.
There also seems to be quite a few individuals who really get turned on when 
they see vintage military equipment
-- even if they don't really understand its function. Some Army-Navy type 
surplus stores that specialize in surplus
and camping clothing and gear sometimes have older mil radio gear for sale. 
I've seen this in NYC and Copenhagen.
(I've  even saw a jeep on display in front of a town hall, claiming to be 
authentic, with a BC-221 rigged up to look like
a transceiver -- they were NOT interested in my pointing out what the unit 
really was. It looked authentic and it looked
good--that was enough for them.)
Of course general interest in vintage mil gear is not the same as saying 
that there is a large market, willing to pay reasonable prices,
but I think it leaves room for optimism.

Henry, Cph.

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> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
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>> Yet, almost nobody even gives a damn.
>
> Never look to the masses of men to validate what is good
> or important.  98% of humanity will go from womb to tomb,
> expending resources and contributing nothing but senseless babble
> and excrement.  They are dust- noise in the universe's equation.
> "Cast not your pearls before swine," the Master said.
> Give your efforts to the "two percenters" and disdain the rest.
>
> I contribute to worthy groups that are doing restorations,
> but I don't give to so-called "museums,"
> most of which have degenerated from places of research
> into doomed ego-driven attempts at mass entertainment.
> Your stuff will go in a box in a dark corner and
> stay there until the so-called "curator" dies and
> the estate handlers throw it in the dumpster,
> or the place goes bankrupt
> and the liquidators throw it in the dumpster.
>
> Test and try any young person who tells you they're "interested."
> Nearly all are dillettante and will fall away
> with the next video game release or television season.
> If we are lucky, we will find one or two
> who will actually carry the flame forward.
> If not, we'll just have to trust in the record books
> He has promised to open at the end of Time.
>
> 73 Dave S.
>
>
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