[Milsurplus] Hollywood and radio gear...

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Well there is a Canadian Navy base up by Victoria. I think it's 
something like Esquamault. I'll guarantee I didn't spell that right 
though. I'm also sure that these days it's no longer correct to call it 
the Navy ... That said at least it used to be the main Pacific base of 
operations for the Canadians. They do a lot of rescue work out of 
there. For some odd reason they seem to get a bit huffy when they do 
the rescue and the US Coast Guard gets the credit.

I don't know enough about the way they do surplus disposal north of the 
border to know if there is any connection between base locations and 
disposal sites. They might haul it all back east to dispose of it. That 
wouldn't be any more weird than what we do down here. If they do 
significant disposal up there it might be worth investigating one of 
these days.


	Take Care!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ





On Aug 7, 2004, at 3:56 PM, Barry Hauser wrote:

> Hi Bob & crew
>
> HP 608?  Wow.  Wouldn't exactly be my choice for a movie prop, unless 
> maybe
> a Frankenstein movie along with a brace of vintage variacs.
>
> I've also noticed that there seems to be a concentration of boatanchor 
> gear
> up that-a-ways in BC.
>
> Coincidentally, I purchased an AR-88LF from some kind of radio museum
> outfit.  I suppose it was unfit to display as someone had painted the 
> front
> panel yellow, covered all the stamped ("engraved") control lettering 
> with
> dymo labels and re-knobbed it with modern skirted knobs, instead of the
> original RCA "console" knobs.
>
> I acquired all the correct knobs and planned to restore its appearance 
> to
> original, but maybe I should just repaint it silver and rent it out to 
> the
> movie people -- unless they'd prefer yellow.
>
> Must be more than a museum up in Vancouver.  Canadian mil. base?
>
> Barry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Camp" <ham at cq.nu>
> To: "Barry Hauser" <barry at hausernet.com>; "Milsurplus"
> <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Hollywood and radio gear...
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I was sitting here watching Stargate SG-1 yesterday and was totally
>> amazed by all the surplus stuff they had hauled out to use on the set
>> just for one episode. Most of it had been modified with blue LED's and
>> was not being used for anything like it's original purpose. Things 
>> like
>> HP 608's were used as radios. Since this is hardly a documentary
>> program it's a lot easier to sit back and laugh at it all rather than
>> get worked up about the errors.
>>
>> So here's the question. The program is shot up in the Vancouver area
>> (the entire universe is full of planets that all look like the coast 
>> of
>> British Columbia ...). Where are they getting all the cool old tube
>> based military surplus gear? Somebody up there must have a major
>> warehouse full of the stuff *and* the connections to get it used (plus
>> a bunch of time to wire in LED's).
>>
>> Connections + a bunch of gear = something useful
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> Bob Camp
>> KB8TQ
>>
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