[MRCG] Fwd: [armyradios] Announcing the formation of The Midwest Military Radio Collectors Group (MMRCG)

[Mark J. Blair]

I just saw this on the ArmyRadios mailing list, and thought that folks here might be interested. A third US military radio collector group has appeared! Looks like their first event will be held at Dayton, so ambitious green radio enthusiasts can attend MRCG and MMRCG. I'm not that familiar with MRCA, but I hope that all three of our groups will manage to pace out our events to avoid conflicts.


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> From: "jcaldwell at rbcos.com [armyradios]" <armyradios at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [armyradios] Announcing the formation of The Midwest Military Radio Collectors Group (MMRCG)
> Date: May 1, 2018 at 07:30:08 PDT
> To: armyradios at yahoogroups.com
> Reply-To: armyradios at yahoogroups.com
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> Announcing the formation of The Midwest Military Radio Collectors Group (MMRCG)
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> Building on the success of the Military Radio Collectors Association (MRCA) in the Northeast and the Military Radio Collectors Group (MRCG) on the West coast, we are pleased to announce the formation of the Midwest Military Radio Collectors Group (MMRCG).  We share the same goal - to bring together people who have a common interest in the collection, restoration, operation, and free exchange of information pertaining to military radio and related equipment.   Our intention is the group will be loosely structured, with membership consisting of those who participate, whether in person at events, on the air, or via the MMRCG groups.io <http://groups.io/> board.  The board can be found at https://groups.io/g/MMRCG <https://groups.io/g/MMRCG>
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> Success of this group depends on participation so please watch our groups.io <http://groups.io/> board for future news regarding nets and activities. 
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> While our Midwest members are more geographically spread-out, our initial event will be one that already brings many of us together - The Dayton Hamvention, held May 18-20, 2018, at the Greene County Fairgrounds in  Xenia   OH .  MMRCG will be operating the usual nets on Saturday 5/19:
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>      - The WWII Net on 3885 KHz AM, 12:00pm EDT
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>      - HF Pack Net on 18.157.5 MHz USB, 1:15pm EDT
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>      - The Cold War Net on 51.0 MHz FM, 2:30pm EDT
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> Both 51.0 MHz FM and 3885 KHz AM will be monitored all day Friday and Saturday, and an informal "radio check" will be held at 4PM Friday afternoon to make sure those batteries are charged!
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> Other suggestions for events, both in-person and on-the-air, are welcome.   Look for our banner and canopy in spaces 7740, 41 & 42 at the Hamvention and stop by to say hi and visit. 
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> Bob W9RAN
> John WD8INC
> Joe WA4VAG
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