<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Randy<div><br></div><div>The guy that runs the site I sent you is willing to scan issues of anything he does not have. I have partnered with him and the New York public library on getting the complete set of Radio Progress on his and my website, a 20s Rhode Island Radio magazine. He does not charge for the use of his website.</div><div><br></div><div>Len<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 16, 2020, at 10:49 AM, Randall Snow via Thursday <thursday@newsm.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Ken,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your insight on it. I did go and look at a site Len had sent me earlier, <a href="https://www.americanradiohistory.com/QST.htm">https://www.americanradiohistory.com/QST.htm</a> , and seen that the first few years aren't in color and then starting in 1920 or 21 they were. I suppose we'll have to compare the physical publications to the scans to see if the first few years were purely black and white. Believe me, I'm all for being able to hold something in my hands as well and not someone who simply wants to throw things away. I think we've just got some hard choices to make in the coming years so as to both fulfill the museum's mission and focus our efforts and resources on the most important things we can. I saw in the PDF version that you attached that years from around 2010 were available digitally with searchable text. At a cost of around $25 per year, that sounds very user-friendly and easier to store. If I had only one question, and I suppose it goes to the heart of how much space we want to commit to preserving these older publications, it would be how many of these older issues have you read through in the last 5 years. The time frame is arbitrary. Incidentally, Dave and a few others have been discussing a partnership with some 3rd part enthusiasts who have scanned decades of this type of thing but are missing some years. We may be able to give them our editions so they will be scanned for everyone's benefit. It's a thought. I'm hoping to strike a balance between preservation, need, resources and value. With everyone's help and insight I'm sure we'll find it!</div><div><br></div><div>I hope we can all start returning on Thursdays soon. Has anyone been able to spend any time writing about any artifacts or people? I'd be interested to hear and learn myself about what any of you have to share. I've continued to visit the museum on either Thursdays or the weekend and have done some discovery myself with what we have in the office and libraries. We really have an amazing collection there, it just needs some sorting!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, and I hope everyone continues to be healthy,</div><div><br></div><div>Randy </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 8:57 AM Ken Carr <<a href="mailto:kb1awv@yahoo.com">kb1awv@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Randy,</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">The ARRL QST archive goes all the way back to the first issue.</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">The scans are good but not the very best, especially with the pre-digital</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">issues (that is most all of them).</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">My opinion: There is nothing quite like the actual paper versions of the</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">old QST's. The covers on them, especially on the pre-1960's editions,</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">are often amazing. If you decide to dispose of them please at least</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">consider selling them rather than putting them in a dumpster.</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">A spring or early summer Saturday sale at the museum would be a </div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">nice time to do that.</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">When we get back together I will bring my computer around and</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">you can check out the ARRL archives as you like (I am an ARRL member).</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">I have attached a PDF of the front cover for a 1926 QST (1 megabyte file). As I remember </div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">from seeing the real thing at N.E. Steam & Wireless these were all in</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">color. The scans at the ARRL are not (I looked at old ones dating back</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">to 1915). The scans are also low resolution.</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Nothing like the real thing.</div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><br></div><div 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" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KE1RI, A New England Ham</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.wpraaca.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Westerly-Pawcatuck AACA</a></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">N.E. 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On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 09:17:08 PM EDT, Randall Snow via Thursday <<a href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="gmail-m_4518616383494543445ydp182c6f5yiv3863630714"><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 dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Randy Snow</font><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.snowfindings.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snow Findings Company</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.lovements.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lovements.com</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thursday@host194.hostmonster.com</a><br><a href="http://host194.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://host194.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org</a><br></div>
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