[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 235, Issue 4

[robinson at tuberadio.com]

Hi Mike,

I use Microsoft EXCEL for my valves.
Same for my equipment.

rr

> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 01:19:01 +0000
> From: Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com>
> To: "milsurplus at mailman.qth.net" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>,
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> Subject: [Milsurplus] Ownings database ?
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> I was triaging paper today and this thought occurred to me. A database 
> of my ownings would be a good idea. I have learned that one's life can 
> suddenly, radically change,
> and i learned from estate sales i have attended that there can be 
> regrettable unnecessary chaos too. I wonder if others have done this 
> and what they are using, if any,
> for a data logging program. I would need not many fields, but room for 
> a paragraph or two in some cases. I think i need to add tie tags to 
> items also. Unfortunately right
> now the power cables, manuals and so on are not closely associated with 
> the equipment. For example, a power cable for a Japanese HRO type 
> receiver; if i'm gone, who's
> going to figure out what that is? Maybe Brad W. K7DGT,  he is smart 
> enough to figure it out, but maybe no one else. Also i have a lot of 
> books and manuals, some really
> obscure and rare, and i'd hate for them to be just donated en masse. ( 
> BTW, have you noticed that at almost any estate sale, the original 
> equipment manuals are nowhere
> to be found? )
> So anywhere i wonder what others are doing?
> -Hue Miller  K7HUE
> Newport, Oregon