[NJARC] RE: NJARC club members needed to dismantle historic ham station

Mon, 21 Oct 2002 18:16:02 -0400

At 03:04 PM 10/21/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Phil and John,
>
>Yeah, good ol' Mr. Dilks is a morning person, and I'm not! I'll *try* to get
>there by 8am. Is this stuff being donated to the NJARC or InfoAge or what?
>
>JR

Hi John,

Yep, ya'gotta get up early this Saturday.

Two reasons:

1)  To get in there before the yard sale customers get the chance to tell 
the sellers that there's a fortune there, etc, etc, etc.  Also to keep the 
yard sale buyers out of the radio area.

2)  It's going to take longer than we think, it always does.  Things need 
to be removed, packed and boxed.  Then carted to the cars/vans.

3)  As my old man used to holler at me, what'a you going to do, sleep half 
the day away. ... whoops, I said two things didn't I?    :-)

I saw a question earlier about cost.  We're, NJARC, buying it for 
$400.  The club will auction, and otherwise, the stuff away. (This was 
Marv's idea.)  He sent me over, because it was mostly ham related, with 
specific dollar amounts to offer.

There is more to the story.  The owner was a showman for RCA, showing the 
new RCA invention, Color TV.  There is a lot of TV documentation and 
historical documents there.  This alone is worth the price, as it needs to 
be preserved, and for research, articles and papers.

In the trash, already thrown out at street side, I found documents where 
this guy presented Color TV to the Japanese in Tokyo for the first time 
ever.  There are thousands of color slides that document his trips abroad, 
most I think are company trips, showing his presentations and also some of 
the local scenery.

I have the original schematics for his big homebrew transmitter (the black 
cabinets). Whoever gets it should be able to restore it to original, or 
close to it.  I think there have been a few modifications to the units.

I found, again in the trash, documents showing his brother crated the units 
for shipment from his home to Hawaii in 1939.  Most of the crates are still 
there, rescued from the trash pile and brought back into the garage.

I think the possibilities are very good, that he was there on December 7, 
as I have documents he typed after that date.  I think he was in or 
attached to the Navy.  Wouldn't it be a gas, if he were attached to the 
Radar group there?

73' John Dilks, K2TQN

old stuff below......
-----Original Message-----
From: Vourtsis, Philip (Phil), ALINF [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 1:55 PM
To: Ruccolo, John
Cc: John Dilks (E-mail)
Subject: RE: NJARC club members needed to dismantle historic ham station

John,
John Dilks will be there at 8am so get there early
to see it intact.
Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: Ruccolo, John [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 12:05 PM
To: Vourtsis, Philip (Phil), ALINF
Subject: RE: NJARC club members needed to dismantle historic ham station

Hi Phil,
Count me in! Please just make sure all volunteers get to see it before we
start dismantling.
I have a mid-size SUV (Mountaineer). Not as spacious as my old Caravan, but
a helluva lot more reliable.
Of course, this will take time away from "final improvements" on my homebrew
project! ;-).
Seeya Later,
JR
-----Original Message-----
From: Vourtsis, Philip (Phil), ALINF [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 11:58 AM
To: Ruccolo, John; Lisa Starns (E-mail); Rick Weingarten (E-mail);
Stephen F (Steve) NPONS Goulart (Other Fax); Walt Heskas (E-mail); Al
Klase (E-mail); Dave Snellman (E-mail); Garry D'Amico (E-mail); Marty
Friedman (E-mail); Marv Beeferman (E-mail); Phil Vourtsis; Ray Chase;
Richard Lee; Sal Brisindi
Subject: NJARC club members needed to dismantle historic ham station

********NJARC October 26 Project ********
An intact ham station dating back to the 1930s,
untouched for the last 15 years or so....
We need club volunteers to help dismantle and
remove this historic find next Saturday 10/26.
We will need 3 or 4 vans or SUVs to complete the job.
Station is located in Mt Laurel, NJ. Maps coming soon.
Please take part in this club activity. We can't do it
without you!
View Pictures at
http://www.eht.com/oldradio/k2tqn/njarc/