[heathkit] Vintage ham radio recordings and preservation

[LEON WENDLER <electronicparts2002@yahoo.com>]

i can store them in a archive on my website so people
can download them. i get 15,000 hits a mounth a lot of
people monitor the site. where do i get the MP3 files.
Leon @ Technology Systems
www.tech-systems-labs.com

--- Brian Carling <bcarling@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> W5AMI has a great idea here folks:
> ars.w5ami@gmail.com
> 
> It would be good if several of us could begin
> copying to MP3 
> files and preserving old tape recordings of ham
> QSOs.
> 
> Can anyone help supply some recordings?
> 
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
> 
> There are bound to be some folks out there who have
> possession of
> vintage on-the-air recordings from the 60', 70' and
> 80's, maybe even
> earlier.  I know at one time Otis (K5SWK) had many,
> and some dating
> back into the 50's.  If these exist, they should not
> be allowed to
> deteriorate or be overwritten before first getting
> them on digital for
> preservation, either on the web or CD/DVD.
> 
> I propose that if you know of any such recordings,
> we somehow get
> these copied.  I would be willing to do some of them
> myself.  Any
> other takers?
> 
> It would be nice to have such a nostalgic and
> historic resource for
> QSOs forgotten placed on a website or available on
> CD.  Gary at
> amfone.net might be willing to utilize space for
> such media, or I
> would be willing to dedicate webspace for the
> project...gigs if
> needed.
> 
> Let's get together on this and try to gather what we
> can for now and the future!
> 
> Anyone have contact with Otis lately?  John/BXO?  I
> know he used to
> mention on the air that he had quite a library of
> tapes, however that
> has been a long time ago.
> 
> I have also posted a message similar to this on
> amfone.net...
> 
> Brian / w5ami
> E-mail: ars.w5ami@gmail.com
> 
> 


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