[ARC5] Hamming of Surplus Equipment

[J. Forster]

More recently, I have seen virtually brand new Tektronix 'scopes given to
"tech schools' so the kids could "practice soldering".

Vandals.

-John

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> On 14 Oct 2012 at 14:29, Robert  Eleazer wrote:
>
>> Relative to the subject question, a college professor told me that in
>> 1945 he was directed to destroy 100 B-25's in southern Germany by
>> means of explosives and burying the remains - and specifically was
>> told by a general officer that he would NOT remove the radio equipment
>> for use by US forces there.
>
> I think all of us can relate similar stories: I have heard at least three.
> One regarded a situation
> in Alaska wherein the commander of an air base was ordered to rid his
> organization of
> everything that was not required for their immediate operations. When he
> asked what he was
> supposed to do with it, the response was, "Throw it in the fire."  So, he
> had his crew build a
> very long but narrow fire down the center of his runway, then had his
> troops take all the brand
> new stores (food, blankets, medical supplies,etc.) and "throw it in the
> fire". On the other side
> of the fire were gathered all the local people he could unofficially round
> up...who then caught
> the stuff and made careful use of it.
>
> A SeaBee told me, shaking his head, of being ordered to unload the cargos
> of a large
> number of cargo vessels into the ocean after VJ Day.
>
> I have seen photos of perfectly good, even new, P-51s and P-38s being
> stacked up like
> cordwood by bulldozer and burnt, then the remains buried.
>
> I have also been told of an ship whose cargo was an entire load of AR-88s,
> being sunk in an
> accident off the coast of Washington State.
>
>> Given this example, I think we have to assume if there had been no
>> hamming of surplus gear there would be little or none around today.
>
> Well, the military sure didn't want or need it....
>
>> On the other hand, how do y'all regard that guy who posted a "want"
>> message on QRZ last year requesting some unmodified "ARC-5" equipment
>> so that he could mod it and teach hams about the historical use of
>> surplus?
>
> I think he is an absolute idiot.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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