[Milsurplus] radio rooms aboard USS Iowa BB-61?

[radioman390 at cs.com]

Hi...
A long time ago, before the Intrepid first became a floating museum in NYC, I wandered about at bit, and ran across a room, maybe 8 by 10 feet at the end of a stairway landing, which 8 Collins R-390s (or 390As) in a rack: the room could not be entered because the door had been replaced by a thick plexiglass sheet allowing looking but no touching; there was no operator position, so I assume audio was fed elsewhere.
I vaguely recall that the room was at the outside wall of the superstructure, so maybe the mass of the 390s was designed to provide some protection. 
I was there to check out the written script for the audio tour against walking times so the cassettes could be cut to the proper length for mass duplication. Pity I didn't save one, as I was the first narrator for the test runs.
 

 



-----Original Message-----
From: Virgil Bierschwale <vbiersch at gmail.com>
To: 'Nick England' <navy.radio at gmail.com>; 'Military Surplus Mail List' <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, Jul 18, 2013 11:55 am
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] radio rooms aboard USS Iowa BB-61?

 
 
 
I didn't realize any were open. 
I went to the Lexington in corpus last year and never saw anything. 
 
I would be interested in knowing about any naval ships that are available 
for tour that have a radio shack open and set up with equipment for viewing. 
 
Especially the knox class frigates 
 
Thanks, 
 
Virgil 
N5IVV 
 
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[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nick England 
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:51 AM 
To: Military Surplus Mail List 
Subject: [Milsurplus] radio rooms aboard USS Iowa BB-61? 
 
Hi gang - I'm headed west to LA for a week and I've got this Saturday free - 
does anyone know if the radio spaces aboard the Iowa (in San 
Pedro) are open? 
Or know anyone I could contact about a visit. Or know of anything else I 
shouldn't miss.... 
thanks, 
Nick England K4NYW 
www.navy-radio.com 
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