It would be really good to try to include some recordngs from the 1940s and 1950s though I suspect they will be much more difficult to obtain.
> There are bound to be some folks out there who have possession of > vintage on-the-air recordings from the 60', 70' and 80's, maybe even > earlier. I know at one time Otis (K5SWK) had many, and some dating > back into the 50's. If these exist, they should not be allowed to > deteriorate or be overwritten before first getting them on digital for > preservation, either on the web or CD/DVD. > > I propose that if you know of any such recordings, we somehow get > these copied. I would be willing to do some of them myself. Any > other takers? > > It would be nice to have such a nostalgic and historic resource for > QSOs forgotten placed on a website or available on CD. Gary at > amfone.net might be willing to utilize space for such media, or I > would be willing to dedicate webspace for the project...gigs if > needed. > > Let's get together on this and try to gather what we can for now and the > future! > > Anyone have contact with Otis lately? John/BXO? I know he used to > mention on the air that he had quite a library of tapes, however that > has been a long time ago. > > I have also posted a message similar to this on amfone.net... > > > Brian / w5ami > > -- > "There is nothing more uncommon than common sense." -- Frank Lloyd Wright > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
