Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] QSL archival

[Brett Saylor <bsaylor@xxxxxxxxx>]

One solution I've used for archiving recordings has been
https://archive.org/ - their site allows you to upload audio files, and
many people have uploaded shortwave and medium wave recordings there. There
is also a large collection of old-time radio recordings on the site. Their
mission is to preserve cultural artifacts like radio and TV recordings that
would otherwise be lost. It's not a perfect solution, but might be worth a
closer look,

Brett





On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The Library at the University of MD is the CPRV collection, so that's not
> an alternative.
>
> I recall also that Jerry Starr has/had a few collections which were not
> donated to CPRV,
> and I am not sure whether Ron Musco may also have a couple.
>
> My personal collection is, like many of the same era, more than half
> 'routine' stations. At
> most 20-25% of mine are of any lasting interest, although I haven't gone
> through them and
> culled them to date.
>
> And on a similar note, I have a large quantity of recorded ID's - as do a
> number of others -
> which I have no idea what to do with. A good number of the more recent
> ones are GY
> stations, some of which are rare. I have no idea what to do with those
> either, as I'm still
> nowhere near going through all of my recordings from the NJ years
> either....
>
>
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
> Grid FN20id
> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
>
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> On Sat, 3/15/14, Marc DeLorenzo <midcapemarc@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Subject: [NRC-AM] QSL archival
>  To: am@xxxxxxxxxxx
>  Date: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 9:16 AM
>
>
>  Bob (and
>  others) -
>
>
>
>
>
>  This is definitely a subject that concerns me and I
>  have given it quite a bit of thought.  Unfortunately, I
>  do not have a solution.  As you mentioned, the CPRV
>  (Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications,) headed by Jerry
>  Berg in Lexington, MA, accepted QSL collections for many
>  years.  However, if they are no longer accepting any
>  collections, we obviously need to find another source.
>  Equally important as QSL cards & verification letters
>  are audio recordings (mostly .mp3 these days) that should
>  also be preserved and archived somewhere.  The obvious
>  question is where.  I do recall a DXer a few years ago
>  who mentioned that a library at the University of Maryland
>  was willing to accept our collections.  I'm not
>  sure who that person was - possibly Jerry Berg
>  himself, Bill Harms who lives in Maryland, or someone
>  else.  At any rate, I'm sure that there are many of
>  us Boomers, now in our 60's and early 70's, who
>  would like to see our collections preserved and not thrown
>  out in the trash after we pass.  I hope that anyone who
>  has any information to share on this subject will come
>  forward.
>
>
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>
>  Marc DeLorenzo
>
>  South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
>
>
>   http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
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>  To: am <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; irca
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>  Sent: Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:08 am
>
>  Subject: [NRC-AM] QSL archival -was- Re:  [IRCA] More on
>  mergers
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>  I'd like to start a
>  thread about verification archival, if I may,
>  which I suppose is somewhat distantly related to the merger
>  thread.
>  I was around in the 1960's and actually still have some
>  of the
>  material that circulated by mail back then. But that's
>  not why
>  I write now.
>
>  Any of us who were around in the 60's realize the age
>  issues that
>  we face. I had registered my QSL collection with the CPRV
>  archival
>  service in 1989, but still have my QSL's today. They
>  fairly comfortably
>  fit into two standard briefcases. The "good ones"
>  along with the mundane.
>
>  On August 15 of last year I got a letter from CPRV saying in
>  effect that
>  was no more interest in acquiring new collections because of
>  so much
>  overlap with existing material. I can understand this,
>  it's a hard
>  argument to refute.
>
>  In my own case I'd estimate that I have maybe 20 to 30
>  verifications
>  that have significant archival interest. The rest of them
>  (hundreds)
>  are just like the 1 kw daytimers 500 miles away I used to
>  hear at 6 AM
>  sign-on with regularity.
>
>
>  The consequence of this is there is no longer any means for
>  me to seek
>  archival of the maybe 20 verifications I really care about
>  as they are
>  regarded the same as the 1 kw daytimer sign-on from 500
>  miles away
>  verie that already has been submitted and
>  'registered' by others.
>
>  As I see it, I no longer have any means to archive _any_ of
>  the QSL's I have.
>  This includes such as the 2-page letter I got from VSZ-1
>  Tarawa in 1971
>  which I really think has archival value. Or correspondence
>  from Radio Swan
>  on 1160 in 1960.
>
>  No one I know would have any interest in spending all the
>  time it would take
>  to parse them out onto eBay. As it stands, on my passing (I
>  am 71) all
>  this material would be thrown out, unless I can find a
>  recipient during
>  my lifetime.
>
>  Is anyone thinking about this?
>
>  - Bob Foxworth
>
>
>
>  ---- Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
>  wrote:
>  > In an earlier post, I had made mention that I
>  didn't see that a merger would
>  happen except out of necessity
>
>
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