[Qcwa] MARS in the 50s

[George]

Hi Gerd......

A little closer to home (up here in Canada) and a little later in time.

Ask our QCWA Vice President Croft Taylor (VE3CT)about the truckloads of
Teletype

Equipment he managed to get into the hands of Radio Amateurs via Bell Canada

& Northern Electric.    Alas, that Bulldozer method has come into vogue now !

However if anyone needs a 19 or 28 teletype machine you could make my

wife very happy.  (For pickup only...definitely will not ship !

George-VE3BNO




At 04:15 PM 3/2/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Chuck Gauder, W8XG, was MARS Director at Wright Patterson AFB. Ohio in the 
>late 50s. Here is a "tidbit" of his very interesting write up (from 1998 on 
>the Web) of "K8AIR":
>
>"..........The WP MARS organization had an extensive surplus distribution 
>system in operation. A warehouse in Area A provided over 5000 square feet 
>of space for this equipment which was obtained from the Material 
>Redistribution office of both Wright-Patterson and the Gentile AF depot. 
>The only restriction placed on the MARS members receiving this surplus 
>equipment was that it must be for personal use. If the material was of no 
>use to the member, it had to be returned to the MARS warehouse but could 
>not be given away or sold. One interesting anecdote to the surplus material 
>side of the MARS operation comes to mind. A full Colonel member of the MARS 
>club lived in a rather large house on base and was a prolific user of the 
>surplus material program. One day the Base MARS Director was visited by the 
>Colonel's wife who pleaded to have their basement rid of all the material 
>her husband had accumulated. So a crew of airmen were sent to the home and 
>removed 2 truck loads of radio equipment. As they left the house, the 
>Colonel was leaving the warehouse with yet another batch of equipment. This 
>shuffle continued for another 8 months before he was transferred to another 
>base. It was doubtful whether he ever knew what was
happening................."
>
>Have a good weekend
>
>Vy 73,  Gerd, WB8IFM in Dayton, OH.
>
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