[Milsurplus] SAC Radio CDommunications

[Albert LaFrance]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Albert LaFrance" <lafrance at att.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] SAC Radio CDommunications


>> -----Original Message-----
>> I'd like to invite everyone who has similar interests to join the Cold
War
>> Communications list on Yahoo Groups. .....
>
> Yet another fragmentation of our community.
> I once kidded about the "Radios that were only used in
> amphibious operations when it rained on a Tuesday" list,
> but that's not such a stretch anymore.
> I'll never know if my interest could be kindled for Cold War
> communications, because I can't and won't subscribe
> to any more lists.
> I'm sorry some people complain if every single post on
> a list isn't specifically about their interest, but I would think
> ignoring these few selfish people would be a small price to
> pay to re-integrate our mil-radio community so we could
> "cross-pollinate" each other again, as we did years ago.
> Oh well...........

David,

I do share your concern about fragmentation of online communities into
increasingly narrow special interests.  However, from my perspective, the
Cold War communications and military electronic surplus lists deal with
areas which are largely distinct, with only a small area of overlap.  For
example, the Cold War Comms list covers a wide range of topics (e.g. the
Bell System network, emergency relocation sites like Mount Weather, AUTOVON)
that are outside the field of military equipment, while the Milsurplus list
spans a wider historical timeframe than the Cold War era.  I think
membership in both lists represents synergy rather than competition.  You
can review the archived Cold War Comms messages at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/messages to get an idea of the
topics we discuss.

Regards,

Albert LaFrance