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

[J. Forster]

I don't think so.

On BB-59 there are boxes with pilot lights, for the watertight doors I
thiunk. Almost all the lenses are missing.

-John

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> Yes  the Plexi is a good  idea...
> things  get stolen...
>
> sad thing is... some of it is  just  cleptos
> but probably  most of the thefts that occur  are  from
> other people that  have Gear. Now that is  really  sad....
>
> Ed#
>
>
> In a message dated 7/18/2013 11:21:33 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> w2hx at w2hx.com writes:
>
> Some  intrepid radio pictures from  2011:
>
> http://www.w2hx.com/x/09-04-2011-Intrepid/Intrepid/IMG_7259.JPG
> http://www.w2hx.com/x/09-04-2011-Intrepid/Intrepid/IMG_7260.JPG
> http://www.w2hx.com/x/09-04-2011-Intrepid/Intrepid/IMG_7261.JPG
> http://www.w2hx.com/x/09-04-2011-Intrepid/Intrepid/IMG_7262.JPG
> http://www.w2hx.com/x/09-04-2011-Intrepid/Intrepid/IMG_7263.JPG
> http://www.w2hx.com/x/09-04-2011-Intrepid/Intrepid/IMG_7264.JPG
> http://www.w2hx.com/x/09-04-2011-Intrepid/Intrepid/IMG_7265.JPG
> http://www.w2hx.com/x/09-04-2011-Intrepid/Intrepid/IMG_7266.JPG
>
> pix  are a little blurry because the displays were behind  plexiglass
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
>
>
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> radioman390 at cs.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 12:52 PM
> To:  vbiersch at gmail.com; navy.radio at gmail.com;  milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] radio rooms aboard USS  Iowa BB-61?
>
> 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 the room could not be entered because the door had been  replaced by a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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [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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