Celebrating 50 Years of AWA AWA Museum News

 A.W.A. Electronic Communication Museum

The AWA Museum, Bloomfield, NY

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From the Curator
Bruce D. Roloson, W2BDR


.     Since my last report, a lot has been accomplished by our team of volunteers. There has been a transfer of the print material from the Annex to the new Media Center, with over 11,000 items now reshelved. The process is continuing with more rare books, photographs, manuals and catalogs. All items are cataloged in the database as they are moved. Jim Kreuzer will be the Librarian after he is confirmed at the May Board of Trustees meeting. Jim and his wife Felicia will be adding a new dimension to the resources at the Media Center.

     Bob Hobday has undertaken the lengthy task of identifying, tagging and scanning the extensive photograph collection into the database, and many of the framed photographs have already been placed in the new lateral file cabinets at the Media Center.

.     Thanks to an AWA Net exchange on the air between Lynn Bisha, Peter Bent, N2CME, an AWA member, and Christine Dickerson Director of the Cobleskill (NY) Community Library, the media center received an unexpected expansion. It was learned that the library had recently initiated an extensive renovation that freed up some high quality steel shelving for acquisition by the AWA Electronics Museum.

     During an all day excursion in late January by Bruce Roloson, Lynn Bisha, Duncan Brown, Ron Roach, Russ Schroeder and Dan Waterstraat, the library shelving was dismantled, transported to the media center and stored. With the additional 800 linear feet, there will now be a total of 2,060 linear feet of shelving available for print and artifact storage.

     The recent placement of a new highway sign, approved by the Bloomfield Town Board in June, 2007, prominently features the AWA Electronics Museum as a major tourist attraction. This sign was not requested by us, so I think it shows how much the Town values the AWA.

     We hope that many of our AWA members will be able to attend the Spring Meeting on May 3rd at the Bloomfield School and take some time to drop in to view the new facility.

Bruce Roloson, Curator
Ron Roach, Facilities Manager


Recent AWA Museum Donor Contributions

Here are the items recently donated to the AWA Museum. On behalf or the AWA, I would like to thank
each and everyone who has taken the time to help preserve our radio heritage with their generosity.

Lynn Bisha , W2BSN Pioneer audio system
Robert Hobday, N2EVG Sony Model 300 reel-to-reel recorder
Ronald Roach , W2FUI HP color laser printer, NIB
Barry Todd , K6ZCE R390/URR, TCS-13, TCS-6
David Shaw AK type L horn, 25 early tubes, tubular audion, PX-25, Meyers with socket, much more.
Arthur Wilson, WA2JON TenTec 21 transceiver, TenTec Antenna tuner
Jack Hart, WA2HWJ RTTY diversity receiving system, AN/FRR-3A, 2 seven foot racks from Press Wireless
Steve Harris Kleinschmidt TT-76, TT-100, GRC-106RT/PA/Modem/mounts/manuals
Roy Wildermuth, W3RLW Motorola UHF business band radio system; base, mobiles and handhelds
Cobbelskill, NY Library Library shelving
Thanks to the following generous members for their cash donations.
Tax deductable cash donations are happily accepted. This quarter received from:
Dr. Max Bodmer (Switzerland)       Rochester Institute of Technology
Ann Fisher       Richard LeVeque, WB2G

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