[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 88, Issue 47

John Hensley w5jv at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 30 17:25:51 EDT 2011


Hi Larry, did you ever get in contact with Dave?

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>    1. WTD:  MT-297 (joldenburg2 at new.rr.com)
>    2. Museum storage condition? (telegrapher at q.com)
>    3. Re: Museum storage condition? (Kludge)
>    4. Re: Museum storage condition? (Pete Lancashire)
>    5. Re: Museum storage condition? (mac)
>    6. Re: Museum storage condition? (David Stinson)
>    7. Re: Museum storage condition? (jmfranke)
>    8. Re: Museum storage condition? (Kludge)
>    9. Re: Museum storage condition? (David Stinson)
>   10. Estate disposal (Ray Fantini)
>   11. In the gulch (Dennis Weal)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:18:14 +0000
> From: <joldenburg2 at new.rr.com>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] WTD:  MT-297
> To: armyradios at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID: <20110830161814.LGIM7.69011.root at hrndva-web13-z02>
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>  I'm looking to purcahce a MT-297. Anyone have one lurking about they can spare?
> --
> Jon Oldenburg AB9AH
> "A bicycle can't stand on it's own because it is two tired..."
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:46:37 -0400 (EDT)
> From: telegrapher at q.com
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Museum storage condition?
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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> And this has been in Museum storage?
> 
> 200576348621
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:36:26 -1000
> From: "Kludge" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Museum storage condition?
> To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
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> This isn't the first "museum quality" bit this guy has tried to peddle.  I
> really do not know what museum but they give me hope of being able to
> qualify my stuff as museum quality.  :-D
> 
> Best regards,
>  
> Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI 
> I am me.  I?m the only one who?s qualified.
> http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx
> http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/
> http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com
> Hiki N?! 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:41:41 -0700
> From: Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Museum storage condition?
> To: Kludge <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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> I'd hate to see his non 'museum quality'
> 
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Kludge <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This isn't the first "museum quality" bit this guy has tried to peddle. ?I
> > really do not know what museum but they give me hope of being able to
> > qualify my stuff as museum quality. ?:-D
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI
> > I am me. ?I?m the only one who?s qualified.
> > http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx
> > http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/
> > http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com
> > Hiki N?!
> >
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:45:33 -0700
> From: mac <w7qho at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Museum storage condition?
> To: telegrapher at q.com
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> May have looked that way when the "museum" got it.  At Ft. MacArthur  
> we get stuff dropped on our doorstep in just about any condx one could  
> imagine.
> 
> Dennis D.  W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
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> On Aug 30, 2011, at 10:46 AM, telegrapher at q.com wrote:
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> > And this has been in Museum storage?
> >
> > 200576348621
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:46:32 -0500
> From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Museum storage condition?
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <telegrapher at q.com>
> 
> > And this has been in Museum storage?
> 
> Hmmmm.. wonder who it was that has talked a few 
> times about the fate of equipment donated to "museums."  ;-)
> 
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:47:43 -0400
> From: "jmfranke" <jmfranke at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Museum storage condition?
> To: "Kludge" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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> Yes, it could have been stored in a museum just like Pharaohs are stored, 
> but they are in better condition.
> 
> John  WA4WDL
> 
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> From: "Pete Lancashire" <pete at petelancashire.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:41 PM
> To: "Kludge" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
> Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Museum storage condition?
> 
> > I'd hate to see his non 'museum quality'
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Kludge <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> This isn't the first "museum quality" bit this guy has tried to peddle. I
> >> really do not know what museum but they give me hope of being able to
> >> qualify my stuff as museum quality. :-D
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI
> >> I am me. I?m the only one who?s qualified.
> >> http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx
> >> http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/
> >> http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com
> >> Hiki N?!
> >>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:07:50 -1000
> From: "Kludge" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Museum storage condition?
> To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Stinson
> >> And this has been in Museum storage?
> > Hmmmm.. wonder who it was that has talked a few 
> > times about the fate of equipment donated to "museums."  ;-)
> 
> That topic's been kicked around a few times here and on arc5 much as has the
> one about whether or not ham conversions are part of equipment history and
> with about the same result.  
> 
> The question remains of what to do with the equipment we hold that remains
> after we don't.  I'm still looking at leaving my ARC equipment to the museum
> on Ford Island and hoping they put it to good use, even if it's to sell it
> to raise funds.  What will happen to the micro-machine shop, the Timex
> watches and other stuff is a whole 'nother problem for which I have
> absolutely no solution as of yet.  I do NOT want it to wind up in the
> Waimanalo Gulch.
> 
> Best regards,
>  
> Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI 
> I am me.  I?m the only one who?s qualified.
> http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx
> http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/
> http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com
> Hiki N?! 
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:37:08 -0500
> From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Museum storage condition?
> To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <976B9CDF46CC483E96496EB4D48E5E1C at DaddyPC>
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> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kludge" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
> 
> >The question remains of what to do with the equipment we hold that 
> >remains
> >after we don't....
> 
> For your radio stuff:  Ignore the people who turn their nose up
> at "dealers;" they wrap themselves in the "Defender of the Hobby"
> flag, but their attitude is based in simple envy.
> Talk to the local ham club.   Get recommendations.
> Someone out there among the vultures is a decent person
> who will help you.  Make plans with him/her and leave
> a folder with contact information in your papers.
> Tell those you know who will survive you where to find it.
> 
> > ....What will happen to the micro-machine shop, the Timex
> > watches and other stuff is a whole 'nother problem ...
> 
> In every state, there are "Estate Sale" outfits who do this for a 
> living.
> Many are reliable.  A few are not.   Get recommendations
> (members my church provided me with a good one).
> Make plans with them to come and "sweep the floor"
> when you're gone.  They will ask a reasonable 'cut' for their efforts.
> As above- leave instructions and tell the right people
> (including your estate sale folks) where to find them.
> Let them do their job.  Tell them who gets the check.
> Peope who value your goodies will buy them.
> Anything that's left after a well-organized estate sale
> has no market value and will end in the dump in any case.
> 
> Do these things and you will not only get your stuff
> to good homes, but you relieve those left behind
> of a huge pain in the tooo-kuss.
> 
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:05:53 -0400
> From: Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Estate disposal
> To: "milsurplus at mailman.qth.net" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:
> 	<2DE6F17E951D824AAE8B8D0BF7579D810DF65A1254 at MBX.salisbury.edu>
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> Now that we are getting back into the depressing topic of how everything is going to hell and the like and the world won't be worth a dam when were gone it may be interesting to look at a thread going on over on the AM Phone list:
> 
> http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=28718.0
> 
> Interesting thread on the estate sale of W0ZUS out west, too bad it was so far away but a good example of how an estate can be settled.
> 
> Ray F, KA3EKH
> 
> 
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> Message: 11
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:10:48 -0400
> From: "Dennis Weal" <w4eal at gmx.com>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] In the gulch
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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> Michael sayz:
>  I do NOT want it to wind up in the Waimanalo Gulch. Gee Michael don't you want the 41st century archeologists to have some pickin' fodder? How selfish. 8-] Denny w4eal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
> 
> Give a man a fish and he will eat that day....
> 
>  Teach a man how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
> 
>  Amen
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