[NJARC] Fw: [Radio Officers, &c] CQD CQD CQD SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum of Quebec

[Ray Chase]

Anyone for a trip to Quebec?  Betcha you'd have a problem at customs though.
Ray
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From: <oldradio at comcast.net>
To: "Ray Chase" <raydio862 at verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 3:48 PM
Subject: Fwd: [Radio Officers, &c] CQD CQD CQD SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum 
of Quebec




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From: "Roscoe, Spud" <spudroscoe at eastlink.ca>
To: "radio-officers" <radio-officers at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 3:27:37 PM
Subject: [Radio Officers, &c] CQD CQD CQD  SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum of 
Quebec



CQD CQD CQD  SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum of Quebec





Background:



This is a distress call to all enthusiasts of radio and radio history. The 
Radio Museum of Quebec located in Sorel Quebec is in deep trouble. Some time 
ago , they had to vacate the existing premises where the radio collection 
was located.  All artifacts were put into storage  but no suitable site was 
ever found. Now the owner wants his tractor trailers back – all six of them!



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The message below, sent a few weeks ago, did not result in a solution to 
save the radio collection at Musée Québécois de la radio inc. If a solution 
is not found within the next few days, the complete collection will go to 
the thrash and will disappear at the end of the month. The collection is 
impressive. It contains over 1900 pieces of radio equipment and over three 
quarters of a million pages of documentation. The collection is presently 
stored on 130 pallets in six 53-foot trailers. The trailers are on loan and 
must be returned on the 31st of May. If storage space is not found, the 
entire collection could end up in the garbage. It was impossible to find a 
temporary warehouse for the collection. One solution was to purchase three 
or four used 53-foot trailers but the fund raising attempt did not generate 
enough funds. That option would have required at least $7,500.



Does anyone have any suggestions ? If no solution is found, can we save the 
collection by offering it to other museums in Canada ?



What to do on the 31st of May ? Open the trailers, let anyone take anything 
they want, and let the rest go to the dump ?



Or return the trailers to the owners with the collection inside ? The owner 
will certainly take the collection to the dump and invoice the Museum for 
the cost of disposal.



Here are the options:



        Find a storage solution before the end of May

        Donate the collection to other museums (must be picked up before the 
end of May)

        Let anyone take what they want and send the rest to the dump

        Send the entire collection to the dump

        Abandoning the collection by returning the trailers with the 
collection inside



If you have any suggestions, or if you can help,

please contact Jacques Hamel, VE2DJQ at:  museeradio at videotron.ca



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Regards,
Jerry Proc VE3FAB
E-mail: jerry.proc at sympatico.ca
Web: http://jproc.ca








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