[MRCA] New member

[J Forster]

FWIW, a display where the radios are working 40+ hours per week is hard to
achieve. Tubes have finite lives. Dynos do too.

IMO, you should strive to have the gear working but use it only a few hours per
month, and have it as an unpowered  static display most of the time.

Best,.
-John

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Fred Anderson wrote:

> Good Morning All
>
>   I am new to this form My name is Fred Anderson located in Palm Bay FL. My
> wife has started a new job as the office manager for the Liberty Bell
> Memorial Museum in Melbourne FL. Part of the museum is dedicated to the men
> and women of our arm forces that defended our liberty. As a Ham I notices
> there is no display of military Radio equip and in a short time I have
> collected a few pieces ARC-5 (TX & RX) ARC-2 and PRC-47. I would like to
> make it an operation display not just static and next year do a special
> event station on Memorial day. I maintained and used the PRC-47 for 10 years
> of my Air Force career and should be running soon. I came across the ARC-5
> this weekend at the Ham Feast and now it has sent me on this mission.
>
> So any Ideas
>
> Fred KB4DMQ