Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc.

[w8au@sssnet.com]

I second Dave's motion on this one.   My QST collection dates from 
1915 to the present and
I started collecting about 40 years ago.  I made sure I read each 
batch I found before putting
in the bookshelf, as I knew I would not have time later.  This really 
helped me understand
the progression from spark upward and provided an inkling of what our 
predecessors went
through.

Out of all this the most fascinating thing I read was the 1930's 
continuing column called,
"Switch to Safety."  It documented the accidents and deaths caused by 
early disregard
of high voltages or safe construction practices.  The word pictures 
sometime sent chills up
my spine.    Great lessons even for todays BA crowd.  Some stories 
were actually funny
but for the tragedy depicted.

Great history!

Perry   w8au



At 12:11 AM 12/28/2011, Dave Heil wrote:
> Are you kidding?  Who accumulates art and does not look at it.  Who
> restores automobiles and does not drive them.  Who of us who collects
> vintage amateur radio equipment does not put it on the air?
>
> I've read them again and again.  I read them for historical information,
> for a snapshot of what we were building, what we were buying and what we
> were doing to the air.  I've read the warm stories of J.C. Flippin and
> those curmudgeonly epistles from The Old Man.
>
> What in the world did you think I used them for?
>
>
> On 12/28/2011 04 28, Richards wrote:
> > What did you do with all those old rags, Dave ?     (A serious question,
> > really, as I wonder if you just collected them, or did you really read
> > them ?)
> >