[GreenKeys] Astoria OR Teletype equip (again)
Steven Shumaker
shumaker at att.net
Mon Jun 12 18:25:36 EDT 2023
I'm in Northern California. I'd be able to come up and assist If it's
AFTER ~15 Aug
Steve
On 6/12/2023 11:49 AM, 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
>
> www.K6YIC.com
> DJones at K6YIC.com
> HH#11973
>
>> 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)
>> DJones at k6yic.com
>> http://K6YIC.com
>> HH Phone #11973
>>
>> image.png
>>
>> 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
>> http://K6YIC.com <http://k6yic.com/>
>> 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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