[GreenKeys] Astoria OR Teletype equip (again)

Mon Jun 12 16:04:49 EDT 2023

actually it's a great dream!  Similar thoughts here in FL.  but as you
say.. useful cheap land does not exist anymore

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 3:30 PM Jordan Spencer Cunningham <js at teletype.net>
wrote:

> I have a dream of building a warehouse somewhere out here and storing
> parts and equipment originally destined for landfills for future
> distribution. Problem is even the most useless, worthless land out here is
> stupid expensive until you get a few hours away from my location with no
> electricity and often not even dirt access roads. One day I hope to do
> something like this, but it's a long way off if it ever happens. My
> intentions are of no use right now.
>
> I built a small barn on my residential property for a similar purpose, but
> part of George's haul plus some smaller hauls from elsewhere have almost
> filled it up at this point.
>
> When there are only a few hundred of us in the country and few to none can
> afford the temporal and monetary capital to store more than a few machines
> even if we want to, it's an uphill battle. Moth, rust, and thieves shall
> claim it all eventually.
>
> And mice. Don't forget the mice.
>
> My wife jokes that I could have gotten into stamps or coins that are light
> and small, but I just had to get into old comms equipment.
>
> Like many, I'm sure I could find some room for a few machines to help
> handle this load, but I currently don't have a way to go out and get them.
> A countrywide road trip for distribution to GKers does sound pretty fun,
> though, if I simply had the time for such a long trip. If my kids were
> older, I'd take them with me and give them a great education on the way.
> Any chance the stuff can stay in the warehouse for 6 - 7 years instead of
> months? :)
>
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> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023, at 12:49 PM, Daniel Jones wrote:
>
> My father is going to go out and get an idea of the amount of stuff to
> make room in the warehouse.  I talked to David and he said that it’s about
> 2 uhauls worth of stuff.  We should be able to keep it in the warehouse for
> 6-7 months.  I will keep everyone updated because we will definitely need a
> few people to move the stuff.  I told him it could be 1-2 months before we
> could get it but it could be done.
>
> More to follow,
> Daniel
>
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>
> On Jun 12, 2023, at 07:15, James Harper <kh6cn at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Good Morning Daniel,
>
>
>
> I live near near Seattle, WA . I can drive down to Astoria and help with
> the move of the equipment...
>
>
>
> Just let me know when...
>
>
>
> Jim, KH6CN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Jones <djones at k6yic.com>
> Sent: Jun 11, 2023 1:32 PM
> To: Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net>
> Cc: <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Astoria OR Teletype equip (again)
>
>
> I am going to talk to my parents and brother and then call this guy to see
> how long he needs, I probably have the area up there to store it for 6-7
> months its just a matter of making it back up there.  I have also talked to
> Ira Moser who is up that way to see about moving it too.  My parents have a
> warehouse and a 24’ box trailer.  If it’s free then it might be worth it.
> After all this place isn’t to far from my parents warehouse, its just
> really far for me.  Hihi. More to follow on Monday or Tuesday.  This was
> the estate of David Ross.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> Daniel Jones (K6YIC)
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>
> On Jun 11, 2023, at 13:19, Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> We’d also have to pay a moving company to move all the stuff into storage
> because volunteers in that area are pretty much nonexistent. And it’s
> highly likely that we would never empty that storage bin, and then what?
>
> George Hutchison tried years ago to reason with the guy and was willing at
> that time to do all the work to arrange distribution. He planned to go down
> there to survey it.  George’s idea was that someone would rent a truck and
> drive across country dropping off equipment for everybody. That’s a nice
> idea, but who’s going to do that?
>
> And then something happened, and George never knew what. The guy pretty
> much handed George his hat and said some strong words. George never figured
> out what he did to piss the guy off. It was probably a big
> misunderstanding. Plus the guy wanted a lot of money. George’s effort ended
> after that and George said he’d never go near the place, he was out. What
> was this? 5 years ago? Maybe longer?
>
> Sorry to be negative but we need to be realistic.
>
> There was another fellow named Pete Lancashire who had a large collection
> in that area of the country. George was responsible for the distribution of
> all Pete’s teletype gear (there was a lot) from his estate. George put out
> notices for people to come and get it.. Few to no volunteers came to move
> the stuff out (I do think someone did take something. Was that you,
> Daniel?). George paid out his own pocket to make arrangements and took most
> of it to his house, hoping to give it away, and people would not even go to
> his house to pick it up.
>
> Sad story. Who’s left to collect this equipment and preserve it for all
> time? Thank goodness the AWA museum is doing that.  Thank goodness for
> Duncan who has set it all up there.
>
> I always dreamed of starting a museum for this. It would serve as a place
> for all my Teletype equipment along with a lot of old computing equipment
> (some very old). So I could get it started. But I’d need a benefactor to
> fund it. Space is expensive. That’s the hard part.
>
> So, after saying all that, I truly hope this turns out well.
>
> Paul
>
> On Jun 11, 2023, at 4:56 AM, Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys <
> greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>
> If the equipment would fit in a self storage unit near there, perhaps
> several of us could pool the rent on something until the equipment is
> distributed.
>
> Harold
> https://w6iwi.org
>
>
> On Sat, June 10, 2023 7:43 pm, Daniel Jones wrote:
> I got the same call.  My parents live about 15 miles from him, I wish he
> would have called 2 months ago while I was up there.  I know Ira Moser is
> up there also.  Now that he wants it hauled out maybe we can make
> something work.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> Daniel Jones (K6YIC)
> DJones at k6yic.com
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> HH Phone #11973
>
> 
>
> On Jun 10, 2023, at 17:40, Steven Shumaker <shumaker at att.net> wrote:
>
>
> The topic of the 2020 email threads talking about a warehouse full of
> radio and TTY equipment has reawakened.  David Mercado (owner) called me
> today to inquire if I was "still interested" in the lot.  He states he
> still has 90% of what was advertised back the first time around and
> wants to know if anyone is interested in hauling it away.   He stated
> the next stop is the scrap yard so perhaps he's more receptive to
> mocving stuff.  There was extensive discussion here on GK about this
> back in March 2020 but it apparently came to naught.  It has apparently
> been picked over by locals for the radio stuff but most of the TTY stuff
> is supposedly still there.  I pointed him at Greenkeys (again) and he
> seemed inclined to post a msg here.  I have his email if anyone would
> care to go direct and discuss it.
>
> Steve
>
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