[ARC5] On Hacking trash or valuable historic artifact?
Jay Coward
jcoward5452 at aol.com
Tue Oct 16 19:53:06 EDT 2012
And to think that the Coke or Bud Lite can you may be drinking from was once a B-17 or B-25 or even a B-47 or B-52 or a Grumman canoe!
Jay
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From: Peter Gottlieb <nerd at verizon.net>
To: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 8:04 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] On Hacking trash or valuable historic artifact?
Very good points!
At the time all this radio gear was just more hardware associated with a painful
and expensive (although necessary) war.
Now it seems our government is skipping the surplus step and simply grinding up
ll no longer needed radio equipment.
Peter
n 10/15/2012 10:33 PM, Bruce Long wrote:
Years ago I was hiking in Alaska on a steep, scree covered mountain side. I
ame across an abandoned mining site. Something caught my eye poking out from
nder a rook. I lifted the rock and found a flattened food can with an intact
aper label. I imagine a once hungry miner flattened the can under the rock and
eft it there for me to find nearly 100 years later. I started to put the can
n my day pack but then thought better of that as the mining site was part of a
tate park and removal of artifacts likely prohibited. Besides, leaving it
here presented the possibility for someone else to enjoy a moment of discovery
nd historic connection just like I did.
Then I realized if i had left MY lunch trash under a rock i would be risking a
tiff fine for littering.
Leaving todays trash under a rock is a violation of the law, removing someones
lse trash from under a rock is also a legal violation if the trash is old
nough.
Perhaps we should all me hoarding the contemptible curly fluorescent lights
ongress has ( temporarily I hope ) imposed upon us. Surely these lamps will be
aluable in the future as an important indication of the concerns of the time
ith none salted away in the museums of the land because of their utter
anality.
I love to look at pristine unaltered WW 2 radio stuff but the only thing that
aved most of that stuff from simply going back into the aluminum smelter was
he fact some poor ham though it was worth 5-12 bucks as a hobby project.
bruce kj3z
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From: Geoff <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com>
To: Francesco Ledda <frledda at att.net>; 'ARC-5 List' <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: 'Mike Morrow' <kk5f at arrl.net>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] On Hacking
Well, our government destroyed thousands of vehicles that would now be
considered highly prized classics yet I hear little complaining.
They also forced shops to remove the short wave capabilities of home radios
from many loyal Americans who just happend to be immigrants from countries
we were at war with.
I really didnt feel guilty modifing wartime radios.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Francesco Ledda" <frledda at att.net>
To: "'ARC-5 List'" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "'Mike Morrow'" <kk5f at arrl.net>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] On Hacking
> The Vandals about 1300 years ago melted most of the Roman statues to make
> cement and other things... nothing is left of what Vandals made out of
> that
> cement.
>
> We, about 30 years ago, cannibalized, destroyed large quantities of US
> surplus to make pretty much nothing out of it!
>
> What can I say, history repeats itself.
>
> FL
> KF5RXV
>
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On
> Behalf Of mac
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 6:58 PM
> To: ARC-5 List
> Cc: Mike Morrow
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] On Hacking
>
> I grew up in Montana in the 40's and 50's in a house full of guns and at
> that time, at least, sporterized M1903s were numerous and highly prized.
> I
> also recall that the NRA fully aided and abetted these mutilations with
> numerous conversion articles and advertisements for stocks, sights,
> mounts,
> gunsmithing tools, chemicals, etc., etc.
> in their monthly publication.
>
> Dennis D. W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
>
> ******************
> On Oct 15, 2012, at 8:11 AM, Mike Morrow wrote (in part):
>
>> A sportorized Model 1903 Springfield
>> or Model 1917 Winchester or Mark III Enfield is in any case
>> essentially worthless.
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