[Thursday] Easter and QST

[Ken Carr]

Randy,
The ARRL QST archive goes all the way back to the first issue.The scans are good but not the very best, especially with the pre-digitalissues (that is most all of them).
My opinion: There is nothing quite like the actual paper versions of theold QST's. The covers on them, especially on the pre-1960's editions,are often amazing. If you decide to dispose of them please at leastconsider selling them rather than putting them in a dumpster.A spring or early summer Saturday sale at the museum would be a nice time to do that.
When we get back together I will bring my computer around andyou can check out the ARRL archives as you like (I am an ARRL member).I have attached a PDF of the front cover for a 1926 QST (1 megabyte file). As I remember from seeing the real thing at N.E. Steam & Wireless these were all incolor. The scans at the ARRL are not (I looked at old ones dating backto 1915). The scans are also low resolution.Nothing like the real thing.




Ken Carr ...  KE1RI, A New England HamWesterly-Pawcatuck AACAN.E. Steam & Wireless Museum

 

    On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 09:17:08 PM EDT, Randall Snow via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:  
 
 
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!
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.
Thanks,Randy-- 
Randy Snow
Snow Findings Company
Lovements.com
New England Wireless and Steam Museum

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