[Milsurplus] One Way to Keep Our Hobby Alive

[Ryan Gill]

At 10:56 PM -0600 3/26/06, Michael Howell wrote:
>Since I lurk on this list mainly because I am  a 
>MV'er who also likes Mil radios (and telephone 
>and test eq), I thought I should reply. I think 
>a lot of MV'er would love to see some working 
>radio gear at our shows.  A well equipped radio 
>truck or como shelter would be great to.
>
>Another angle would be the re-enactors.  The 
>MVPA http://www.mvpa.org/mambo/index.php has 
>been developing ties with them in recent years. 
>While I don't like everything the re-enactors 
>do, it seems that we all need to stick together 
>if we don't want to die out or to have our 
>collectibles outlawed by the government.

Three legs of the stool, or perhaps four legs of the same table...

Hams/Radio operators
Military Vehicles
Re-enactors/Living historians
Guns/cannons/Machineguns

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