[Milsurplus] Rebecca - Eureka list ??

Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:02:55 EDT

Group,

George is correct, of course.  As were Dave and Bill and several others 
who've commented on this thread.  If there hasn't been anything posted on some set 
on this list for a long time, it doesn't necessarily mean that none of us have 
any interest in the set.  It just means none of us interested in the set have 
had anything new to say about it, and no one new has come along with a new 
question or comment.  When's the last time anyone posted anything new on 
SCR-245?  Over a year, according to my records.  Yet I could name nearly a dozen 
current members including myself who have one.  Same with the SCR-193.  No one has 
said diddly about the BC-191 in quite some time, but it will come up again, 
and this is the appropriate forum.

There are some good reasons for having different lists.  Greenkeys is 
probably the best example I can think of.  There's a fair amount of overlap in 
membership between it and Milsurplus.  A fair number of list members are also hams 
and/or military radio collectors, but most aren't, or at least have their main 
interest in the Teletype, Kleinschmidt, etc. machines.  And with them, radios 
fall into the same category as pickup trucks used to go and collect new finds. 
 A means to an end, not an end in themselves.

But I really don't see anything good to be accomplished by splitting the 
AN/PPN-xx sets off to a separate list.  

On the other hand, if someone tries to split off SCR-177, 188, 193, 210, 245, 
284, 694, AN/TRC-2, 7, AN/GRC-9, etc., I will really object.  I have some or 
all of each of those sets, and no desire to subscribe to ten new groups.  :-)

BTW, just to get this post back into the mainstream, I'm still looking for a 
good PE-135-AX and a PE-162, PE-162-A or unmodified PE-162-B, as well as a 
PE-210-(*).  And several AN/TRC-2 and AN/TRC-7 components.

In a message dated 8/17/2003 9:38:58 PM Central Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes: 
> "Build it and they will come" may work for
> cornfield baseball, but it has always been a hard sell in radio.
> 

73
Robert Downs - Houston
<http://www.wa5cab.com>
<[email protected]>

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