[GreenKeys] Military Radio Collectors

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Maybe it has changed but I didn't mention that one because at least back when 
I was briefly a list member it was mostly devoted to recent stuff.  If you 
mentioned vacuum tubes or something as archaic as a BC-610 you were apt to get 
ridiculed.  I quit it after coming to the conclusion that several list members 
were likely on FBI domestic watch lists.

In a message dated 3/24/2009 9:46:27 PM Central Standard Time, 
scottjohnson1 at cox.net writes: 
> Don't forget "armyradios at yahoo"
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of WA5CAB at cs.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:20 PM
> To: jydsk at tds.net; greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Military Radio Collectors
> 
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Yes.  The main one is probably Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net.  There are
> several 
> splinter groups but probably 98% of the splinter group members also belong
> to 
> the base group.  For non-military (or maybe more proper to say not just 
> military) radios, the main two are both named Boatanchors.  One is also on
> QTH.NET 
> and was originally I understand a disgruntled splinter of the oldest 
> radio-related (communications, not SWL) reflector on the Internet (dates
> from the days 
> of CPM and the early Commodore commercial machines),
> Boatanchors at theporch.com. 
> The latter is moderately difficult to get into and is subscription 
> supported.  But the technical level of the members is generally higher than
> in most of 
> the QTH.NET lists.  The lists on QTH.NET are nominally donation supported,
> but 
> only a few (I'd guess 5%) ever donate.
> 
> In a message dated 3/24/2009 8:49:30 PM Central Standard Time, jydsk at tds.net
> 
> writes: 
> >Since there is such a concentration of "Hams" in this group, I need to
> >inquire if there is a similar forum for vintage military radio? I'm 
> >uncovering caches of vacuum tubes and other radio components as I go 
> >exploring, and I'd like to be able to offer them to people who want to
> keep 
> >their old stuff operating. Any help is much appreciated. Steve Hilsz 
> >jydsk at tds.net
> 

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