Pete,
I agree! However, WE do NOT know whose hands WHAT passed through and WHEN.
This is an unfortunate path that "small" museums deal with. They may
well NOT have gotten what was "originally" on display at the factory.
Unless someone decides to dig deeper or the current museum folks are
willing or even able to fill in the blanks!
Personally, I'd LOVE to see the Smithsonian pick up the banner! They
manage to pull off things in a VERY spectacular fashion. You'd "think"
it would interest them, BUT, alas it doesn't seem to be. I've been
there enough times to tell you that I have NEVER seen Amateur Radio in
ANY display there. I've lived withing 30 miles of there since 1984.
I've also lived within that radius on two "other" periods of my life and
did NOT see it then either.
One can only hope!
Bob - N0DGN
Peter Markavage wrote:
That's probably true but, from an earlier e-mail, it sounded like this
museum originated at the Johnson factory and then was later moved to its
present location. One would have thought they would have retained at
least one production model or a preproduction model.
Pete
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:17 -0400 rbethman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
Finding ANY museum of decent content and quality regarding ANY
Amateur
manufacturer, or a "specific" owner of such a company is remarkable
in
and of itself.
To go picking on NOT seeing two or three "particular" offerings from
the
past is NOT surprising!
Pete - Try doing this by YOURSELF. Create a museum, let's say for
Hammarlund, let's see what ALL you can manage to locate, get
restored,
OR find in museum quality condition.
Any museum has great difficulty getting the display items, much less
sifting through JUNK that is unsuitable for display.
Bob - N0DGN
Peter Markavage wrote:
The Thunderbolts (all 3 models), the Adventurer, the Avenger, the
Navigator, and the Pacemaker weren't captured in any
picture.
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