[Milsurplus] radio rooms aboard USS Iowa BB-61?
J. Forster
jfor at quikus.com
Thu Jul 18 16:38:47 EDT 2013
I agree. The gear looks to be pretty much set dressing.
Furthermore, there is no bench space in front of the TE to actually put
anything to work on it. I suppose things could be rolled around on a cart,
but on a ship?
YMMV,
-John
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> the photos are great, but a lot of the equipment appears to be test
> equipment by Marconi (UK), HP, and even a General Radio VTVM. I see a
> Collins R-390 (non-A) and several R-1051s.
> 73
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> To: w2hx <w2hx at w2hx.com>; radioman390 <radioman390 at cs.com>;
> vbiersch <vbiersch at gmail.com>; navy.radio
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> Yes? the Plexi is a good? idea...
> things? get stolen...
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> 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#
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> 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:
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> 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
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> pix are a little blurry because the displays were behind plexiglass
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> 73 Eugene W2HX
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> radioman390 at cs.com
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> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] radio rooms aboard USS Iowa BB-61?
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> 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.
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> -----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?
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> I didn't realize any were open.
> I went to the Lexington in corpus last year and never saw anything.
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> 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.
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> Especially the knox class frigates
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> Thanks,
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> Virgil
> N5IVV
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nick England
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:51 AM
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> Subject: [Milsurplus] radio rooms aboard USS Iowa BB-61?
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> 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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