[Milsurplus] Fwd: [Radio Officers, &c] CQD CQD CQD SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum of Quebec

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Could anyone help them or offer suggestions on how to preserve these radio items?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Please contact Jacques Hamel, VE2DJQ at:  museeradio at videotron.ca 

Thanks,

Mike N2MS

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From: Spud Roscoe <spudroscoe at eastlink.ca>
To: Radio Officers Radio Officers <radio-officers at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tue, 06 May 2014 19:27:37 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Radio Officers, &c] CQD CQD CQD  SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum of Quebec 

CQD CQD CQD  SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum of Quebec 

Background: 

This is a distress call to all enthusiasts of radio and radio history. The Radio Museum of Quebec located in Sorel Quebec is in deep trouble. Some time ago , they had to vacate the existing premises where the radio collection was located.  All artifacts were put into storage  but no suitable site was ever found. Now the owner wants his tractor trailers back – all six of them! 

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The message below, sent a few weeks ago, did not result in a solution to save the radio collection at Musée Québécois de la radio inc. If a solution is not found within the next few days, the complete collection will go to the thrash and will disappear at the end of the month. The collection is impressive. It contains over 1900 pieces of radio equipment and over three quarters of a million pages of documentation. The collection is presently stored on 130 pallets in six 53-foot trailers. The trailers are on loan and must be returned on the 31st of May. If storage space is not found, the entire collection could end up in the garbage. It was impossible to find a temporary warehouse for the collection. One solution was to purchase three or four used 53-foot trailers but the fund raising attempt did not generate enough funds. That option would have required at least $7,500.  

Does anyone have any suggestions ? If no solution is found, can we save the collection by offering it to other museums in Canada ? 

What to do on the 31st of May ? Open the trailers, let anyone take anything they want, and let the rest go to the dump ? 

Or return the trailers to the owners with the collection inside ? The owner will certainly take the collection to the dump and invoice the Museum for the cost of disposal. 

Here are the options:

        Find a storage solution before the end of May
        Donate the collection to other museums (must be picked up before the end of May)
        Let anyone take what they want and send the rest to the dump
        Send the entire collection to the dump
        Abandoning the collection by returning the trailers with the collection inside 

If you have any suggestions, or if you can help,

please contact Jacques Hamel, VE2DJQ at:  museeradio at videotron.ca 

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Regards,
Jerry Proc VE3FAB
E-mail: jerry.proc at sympatico.ca
Web: http://jproc.ca 
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