Re: [IRCA] QSLs

[Brett Saylor <bds2@xxxxxxx>]

Adding my $.02 here...

I guess the issue is the question of who does the scanning, and where do 
these things go to live online? That costs money, and I don't see any 
hobby-oriented organization having the resources to set up and maintain 
an online archive. It may get started due to the efforts of a single 
person, but if they lose interest or go away then I fear the archive 
would disappear. Due to that I can understand the rationale for having a 
large research institution like U of M house the collection, but it sure 
would be nice to have access to it without having to travel there.

I could see a grass-routes effort to extract some of the QSLs from CPRV 
and post them online, but am not sure if CPRV/U of M would support that...

Brett Saylor

> Chuck:
> 
> I see your point.  So, how about doing both?  Maybe scan the QSLs 
> first and then ship them off to the CRPV....  The CRPV is acting as a 
> repository anyway.  They have a lot of other radio broadcasting 
> material in their library as well, including old magazines.
> 
> BTW I have scanned all of my QSLs and have dubbed about 90% of my 
> recordings.  I am not sure who will listen to the recordings or look 
> at the QSLs, but they are there.  Maybe they will provide good 
> memories once the band goes to IBOC or some other digital scheme.
> 
> Bill Harms
> 
> On 7 Aug 2006 at 20:09, CHARLES HUTTON wrote:
> 
>> My problem with the CPRV approach is that we can count on one hand the
>> number of DXers that will be able to see their collection.
>>
>> The U of M is - in effect - serving as just a giant archiving & storage
>> center and not as a tool to make the QSL's accessible to the radio hobby
>> community.
>>
>> Were I to have a collection of QSL's (as opposed to the paltry few I
>> have), I'd explore having club  volunteers scan them, place them on the
>> web, and store them on CD / DVD's.
>>
>> What I do have are 35 years of recordings of TA's, LA's and TP's. I wonder
>> what will happen to them?
> 
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