[Milsurplus] One Way to Keep Our Hobby Alive

[Ryan Gill]

At 9:03 PM -0500 3/29/06, J. Forster wrote:
>Ryan Gill wrote:
>
>>  At 5:59 PM -0500 3/29/06, J. Forster wrote:
>>
>>  >One problem is that the heavy AFVs are mostly in
>>  >the southern part of the US and there is
>>  >nothing, AFAIK, in the Northeast within a 10
>>  >hour drive.  I just can't deal with a truck or
>>  >AFV or camping for a week, so have concentrated
>>  >on things like ground stations.
>>
>>  You've got us 15th Recce chaps with 2 Dingos, a
>>  Humber Mk IV armored car being restored and 2
>>  Humber LRC projects in the works.
>
>I don't know where you are.

15 Recce is in the mid-atlantic area. Me, I'm down in Atl, Ga.

>
>>  Bill Max has
>>  worked with us in the past at events. At some
>>  point I hope to have our WS19s working, but
>>  getting the B sets and intercoms working will be
>>  a challenge.
>
>The B sets cannot be used legally (without mods). The A sets require a ham
>ticket. The intercoms are trivial to get working. They are just very simple
>audio amps.

Oh, the B-Set is on an unallocated feq. That's sad to find out.

>Reading is a 10 hour's drive for me.

Same for me. But I still go to events in that area.


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