<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Randy,</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The ARRL QST archive goes all the way back to the first issue.</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The scans are good but not the very best, especially with the pre-digital</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">issues (that is most all of them).</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">My opinion: There is nothing quite like the actual paper versions of the</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">old QST's. The covers on them, especially on the pre-1960's editions,</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">are often amazing. If you decide to dispose of them please at least</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">consider selling them rather than putting them in a dumpster.</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A spring or early summer Saturday sale at the museum would be a </div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">nice time to do that.</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">When we get back together I will bring my computer around and</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">you can check out the ARRL archives as you like (I am an ARRL member).</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I have attached a PDF of the front cover for a 1926 QST (1 megabyte file). As I remember </div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">from seeing the real thing at N.E. Steam & Wireless these were all in</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">color. The scans at the ARRL are not (I looked at old ones dating back</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">to 1915). The scans are also low resolution.</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Nothing like the real thing.</div><div class="ydp6a568e87yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><br></div><div class="ydp6a568e87signature" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div style='font-family:"times new roman", "new york", times, serif;font-size:16px;'><p style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"></p><hr style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"></p><div style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Ken Carr</b> ... </font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.idlenot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">KE1RI, A New England Ham</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.wpraaca.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Westerly-Pawcatuck AACA</a></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.newsm.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">N.E. 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On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 09:17:08 PM EDT, Randall Snow via Thursday <thursday@newsm.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp182c6f5yiv3863630714"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div>Happy Easter everyone, I hope it was a good day all around despite the current situation. And of course I hope you and each of your families are doing well and avoiding any virus concerns. With any luck, we'll see the end of this in a few weeks and I'll get to see all of your smiling faces once again!</div><div><br></div><div>I was just on the ARRL website looking to see what the QST archive might look like. Unfortunately I didn't get to look at it as it's a members-only benefit. I was interested to see it just to weigh the value of preserving all the printed copies that we have. QST was the one that came to mind, but I'm sure we have a few other similar publications. With space being at a premium, the probability that many of these are archived digitally, and the incredibly low occasion that anyone is searching the historic copies, I'm thinking that we either archive many of these in bulk, or start recycling them. I'm hoping a few of you have ARRL membership and can give me an opinion on how complete and searchable the digital archive is. The same thing could be done with some of the other publications too, I simply can't think of the names off hand. If the archives are nearly complete, and easily searchable, I think the answer is pretty simple.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Randy</div>-- <br><div class="ydp182c6f5yiv3863630714gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Randy Snow</font><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.snowfindings.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Snow Findings Company</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.lovements.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lovements.com</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.newsm.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">New England Wireless and Steam Museum</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Thursday mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Thursday@host194.hostmonster.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Thursday@host194.hostmonster.com</a><br><a href="http://host194.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://host194.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org</a><br></div>
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