[Milsurplus] Manuals for Radionerds Database

[Hue Miller]

First, I think your site is quite a blessing. I noticed, for example, the Navy DAG manual is online - this is a manual
near-impossible to find otherwise.

Second- I think your site is sort of misnamed. The site deals with military electronics and the site name, I think, should 
reflect that. "Radionerds" sounds more like a site with radio projects, forums, and so on.

Third, your address for sending material?

Fourth, I have 3 volumes of "Frederick Research Test Equipment Data".  n.d.  but it looks like early 1960s. Each volume
1 - 1.5 inches thick, so you'd have to divide up the volumes, either that or just copy the pages to the individual 
test equipment entry. ( I just looked up a couple test equipments and it doesn't look like you have these volumes. )
There were more than 3 volumes but I have only 3. The vols focus on one purpose type of equipment.  
IF this is something you are interested in, I would consent to mail them to you, no return required, so you would be
free to disassemble the manuals for scan. These books are like the mil radio equip catalogs, with photo of 
equipment, specs, sometimes cost.

Fifth, what resolution do you scan at? The test equipment sets I just looked at, the resolution looks pretty good.
I am presently donating a lot of magazines to americanradiohistory.
I have found some interesting articles on mil equipment in for example, magazines such as ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES
or AVIATION with photos, altho not so good, are really interesting. Americanradiohistory scans at 300 dpi and I’m
not totally happy with the way some old photos appear. I have been holding back some magazines against some
future time when I’ll be able to scan them myself to my own satisfaction. I don’t know if you’re interested in 
adding articles on particular equipment to your database. So I’m kind of seeing what you think about this.
For one example, I have a paragraph in a magazine introducing the “new Westinghouse HR portable radio” in
1940. This set was picked up in a year, and with some changes, became the Navy TBY. There’s a very small
photo included, low res, and you’d hate to lose any more resolution.  IF you’re interested in this kind of material,
the deal would be something like this: it would go to you first, then the magazines would be forwarded by you
to americanradiohistory for his scanning in of the entire magazine.
I recall now I may have a MARS bulletin or two which might add to the richness of your equipment files.
I would want those back.

I have a large number of mil test equipment manuals I would also consider donating.

I also want to ask about return of radio manuals loaned to you. Will I get a factual commitment on when I get 
them back?  Experience has taught me. 
-Hue Miller  ( Newport, Oregon )