[Johnson] Re: [AMRadio] EF Johnson museum

Carl km1h at jeremy.mv.com
Wed Jun 25 10:59:50 EDT 2008


Well hopefully they havent been sold for scrap Todd.

Otherwise Id expect the current owners to also protect them and make them 
available to see at least on the web. As the circle turns many may 
eventually come together again in a physical museum.

Carl
KM1H

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
To: "Edward Zeranski" <ejz at spawar.navy.mil>
Cc: <w9ran at oneradio.net>; "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
<amradio at mailman.qth.net>; <johnson at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Johnson] Re: [AMRadio] EF Johnson museum


> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Edward Zeranski <ejz at spawar.navy.mil> 
> wrote:
>>
>> I'm happy to see a "reasonably complete" display like this, in contrast
>> for example to the Leo Meyerson collection which was dumped by the
>> Western Heritage Museum when someone decided it wasn't worth keeping on
>> display.
>>
>> 73, Bob W9RAN
>>
>>
>>        Several years ago I stopped at the Western Heritage Museum while
>> working in Omaha hoping to see the Meyerson Collection. It was gone and 
>> none
>> of the docents knew what I was asking about. Finally I asked one of the
>> older security guys and he said it was all boxed up and in storage 
>> because
>> management didn't see the value of displaying it. He was pretty disgusted
>> with that decision. Maybe some other venue could acquire the Meyerson
>> collection.
>
> Gone. Has been for years. Which is why it was not only a sad affair,
> it riled up a number of folks who donated their old gear to "Leo's
> Museum" as most folks believed it to be. Turns out it was a display in
> honor of Leo's WRL business, and when the display was over, the gear
> was sold. It showed up on ebay for quite a while, maybe a year or more
> under 'Westernheritage' or similar user ID. I often wondered how the
> person who donated the 1934 Collins transmitter or any other number of
> scarce rigs felt when/if they saw it being auctioned. They no doubt
> believed it was being preserved for future generations to see.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ
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