Personal opinion follows. YMMV and I am sure there are other museum ships who have done a great job of restoring vintage gear to operation.
In fairness to the USS Missouri club, I believe most all of the original equipment was de-milled with cables cut, PC boards trashed, etc. so getting the original gear was probably impossible. And the Model 40 teletypes were probably impossible to resurrect as well.
The USS Iowa escaped the de-mill hammer and has had a great Grey Radio Gang restoring the original radio and teletype gear to operation. They’ve even restored the “Coke Machine” audio switch so that you can pick up a Red Phone and be on the air via URT-23 transmitters, R-1051 receivers, etc., just like it is the 1980s again. Bravo Zulu to them.
The USS New Jersey club has worked hard to repair de-mill damage and get original equipment back in operation. Bravo Zulu to them too.
For WW2 operation, the USS Slater crew has done an outstanding job of restoring the ship including the radio room. Another BZ.
Cheers
Nick K4NYW
That's depressing. It's a lot more a modern ham rice box hobby shack than anything of navy historical value. Museum ship organizations serious about accurately portraying navy history should NEVER let hams do what we see here on this ship. Put the ham station, if there really must be one, in the visitors' center.
I was stationed on USS Intrepid in 1971. A old ship like Intrepid or Missouri with relatively recent active service would never have those token RBB/RBC and RAK/RAL receivers shown here. There should be a lot of R-1051*, T-827*, RT-618*, AM-3007 and later gear visible.
As a ham licensed since 1968, a Vietnam ERA and Cold War ex-LT-USN/LCDR-USNR, and one with long time interest in pre-1980 USN radio gear, I believe ham radio fun and games on historical ships always trivializes the ship's history and is a disservice to visitors...unless *only* the proper contemporary navy radio gear is used...then *maybe* not.
Mike / KK5F
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From: ken krausgill <ken.krausgill@verizon.net>
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Subject: [MRCA] FW: USS Missouri Radio Room pics
Gang,
Tim, KD2WYY, asked me to forward these to the group.
4/27 from Tim;
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