[GreenKeys] Military Radio Collectors

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Steve,

Yes.  The main one is probably Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net.  There are several 
splinter groups but probably 98% of the splinter group members also belong to 
the base group.  For non-military (or maybe more proper to say not just 
military) radios, the main two are both named Boatanchors.  One is also on QTH.NET 
and was originally I understand a disgruntled splinter of the oldest 
radio-related (communications, not SWL) reflector on the Internet (dates from the days 
of CPM and the early Commodore commercial machines), Boatanchors at theporch.com. 
 The latter is moderately difficult to get into and is subscription 
supported.  But the technical level of the members is generally higher than in most of 
the QTH.NET lists.  The lists on QTH.NET are nominally donation supported, but 
only a few (I'd guess 5%) ever donate.

In a message dated 3/24/2009 8:49:30 PM Central Standard Time, jydsk at tds.net 
writes: 
> Since there is such a concentration of "Hams" in this group, I need to 
> inquire if there is a similar forum for vintage military radio? I'm 
> uncovering caches of vacuum tubes and other radio components as I go 
> exploring, and I'd like to be able to offer them to people who want to keep 
> their old stuff operating. Any help is much appreciated. Steve Hilsz 
> jydsk at tds.net

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