[NJARC] Unfathomable

[Jim Whartenby]

Hi John
As I understood the problem, GE had taken over RCA and GE directed that there be a clean up.  This was before DSRC was given to SRI who had the contract to sell off all RCA assets.
Heady times,
Jim


--- On Thu, 1/29/09, John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Unfathomable
> To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>, "Rob Flory" <robandpj at earthlink.net>
> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 12:35 PM
> Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
> _______________________________________________
> Hi Rob,
> 
> I saw NO boat anchors at all in the pictures -- neither
> military nor ham. What kind of jerk was this guy??? ;-)
> 
> And no breadboards, wireless-era stuff, Catalins, high-end
> deco sets, or cathedrals. There was one shutter-dial Zenith
> console that looked pretty good -- with the knobs missing,
> of course.
> 
> I also thought Mr. Whartenby's observation was very
> astute -- most of us who have been in the hobby for a long
> time have that problem, to a greater or lesser degree. 
> 
> Jim, regarding the DSRC dumpsters -- that was a damn shame
> -- someone at Sarnoff used very poor judgement. (Folks:
> please note that this was *before* Alex Magoun was there). I
> mean, if you're gonna *toss* the stuff, at least give
> the employees a crack at it. Or perhaps they did -- I
> distinctly remember a Hammarlund SP-600 at the Lawrenceville
> Armory hamfest with a big DSRC property sticker on it. Boy,
> I wish I had bought that radio!
> 
> For me, part of the fun *is* in the act of *acquisition* --
> not just the radio itself. That's part of the problem.
> 
> JR
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 1/29/09, Rob Flory
> <robandpj at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Rob Flory <robandpj at earthlink.net>
> > Subject: [NJARC] Unfathomable
> > To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club"
> <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 12:37 PM
> > Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
> > _______________________________________________
> > How can someone have so many radios, but so few
> military
> > ones?  HI  ;<]
> > 
> > Jim speaks the truth: The end problem is that one day
> you
> > own it, the next day it owns you.
> > 
> > Alex, you're such a bummer, man.
> > 
> > RF