Dave and all,

The California Historical Radio Society is slowly building a military/naval radio display section, going back to World War One.  We have a bought-and-paid-for museum building (7000 sq ft) in Alameda (CA). We get estates and donations (slowly).  We are (slowly) getting it all organized. We are an all volunteer organization, since before 1974. We accept donations on Saturdays. As Mark, WW2RDO said: "... think about just going crazy and put together a cosmetically restored,  non-working radio and just donate it, no strings attached, to a worthy museum now while you’re around to see it in the museum..." (We happily also accept working radios, too!)

73 de Bart, K6VK ##

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On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 4:38 PM David Stinson <arc5@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

It appears quite a few are unaware that the Ft. Gordon museum
closed for good in Feb. 2021. Google "signal corps museum"
The museum staff and volunteers were trying to raise $43 million
to buy a building there and move the collection.  Nothing
heard by me of how they did, but since it hasn't reappeared
in a year, well...

No telling what happened to either the Ft. Mom. or the Ft. Gordon
collections and the longer it takes to hear, the less likely we ever will
hear what has occurred.  I would not be even slightly surprised
if the mil-minions have sent it to the crusher and, like the Navy,
sent the archives to be pulped.  Too much paperwork
and "environmental impact" ("Gosh that stuff has CAPACITORS!")
and never-cancelled "secret" designations on gear that's been
sold by Fair Radio for decades, too much bureaucratic
excrement-flinging to ever let us buy any of it.

Yeah I'm cynical- I've seen Uncles "disposal" clown show first hand.


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