[MV] Re: [R-390] Press Release
Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Sat, 16 Oct 1999 18:13:15 -0700 (PDT)
--- "D. Reaves" <dr@cei.net> wrote:
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> The Federal Government has reversed its' policy of
> destroying some
> of the
> surplus Collins Radio communications equipment in
> their
> inventories..
>
> According to a letter dated October 6th 1999 sent to
> Michael
> Crestohl,
> W1RC, Department of Defense (DoD) officials have
> recently determined
> that
> some pieces of the Collins Radio equipment used by
> the military and
> government no longer require "demilitarization".
>
> The letter was from the Defense Reutilization and
> Marketing Service
> (DRMS)
> which is a division of the DoD Defense Logistics
> Agency (DLA). It
> was
> signed by Mark D Vincent, Leader of the DEMIL
> Business Unit. The
> DRMS is
> responsible for disposing of excess and unneeded
> government
> property.
>
> The letter continued to state that the DEMIL Coding
> has been
> modified in
> the DRMS mechanized system that their field offices
> (DRMOs) use for
> processing property to reflect the no-DEMIL
> requirement for the
> FRC-93. The FRC-93 is the military nomenclature
> that describes the
> complete Collins Radio portable HF communication
> station consisting
> of the
> KWM-2A, 30L-1, 312B-4/5, 516F-2, PM2, CC-2/3
> Carrying cases, 637T-2
> transportable antenna and other related equipment.
> This equipment
> was all
> originally sold on the open market to radio amateurs
> by authorized
> Collins
> Radio dealers from the 1950s through to the early
> 1980s.
>
> In addition to the FRC-93, the DRMS letter also
> stated that the
> DEMIL
> Coding for the Collins-designed R-390, R-390A, R-725
> and R-392 has
> also
> been changed to reflect their non-DEMIL status.
> However, the DoD
> Item
> Manager has advised the DRMS that some of the
> components of the
> radio may
> be radioactive and must be removed. This refers to
> the meters.
>
> The letter was sent in response to an inquiry made
> by Michael
> Crestohl, an
> amateur radio operator whose call sign is W1RC.
> W1RC is the Editor
> of THE
> SIGNAL which is the quarterly journal of the Collins
> Collectors
> Association. This group consisting of about 700
> members is
> dedicated to
> the preservation, restoration and documentation of
> communications
> equipment manufactured by the Collins Radio Company
> of Cedar Rapids
> Iowa
> (now Rockwell Collins).
>
> W1RC was angered when he saw several KWM-2As, 30L-1s
> and 312B-4s
> that had
> been thusly "demilitarized" at a Hamfest flea market
> in Rochester
> New York
> last June. In an Editorial in THE SIGNAL he
> wondered why these
> items were
> being routinely destroyed when he knew of no
> possible reason for
> this
> action. He then contacted the DRMS' Public Affairs
> Office to try to
> find
> out why.
>
> "I am absolutely amazed that they actually changed
> the DEMIL Codes",
> stated
> W1RC. "Of course, I am delighted. We are all very
> fortunate that
> the two
> people at the DRMS I was dealing with were
> sympathetic to the
> situation and
> were able to research the items listed in my inquiry
> to a happy
> conclusion."
>
> "I am pleased that the lines of communications are
> now open to the
> appropriate authorities at the DRMS," commented
> W1RC. "However, the
> work
> is only beginning and there is much to do. I have
> set up a special
> DEMIL
> TASK FORCE to research the National Stock Numbers
> (NSN) on equipment
> that
> has historical significance which is the number used
> by the DoD and
> the
> DRMS to track all items. Then we can submit these
> NSNs to them for
> reconsideration and hopefully positive action."
>
> "We are actively looking for knowledgeable
> participants for the
> DEMIL
> Special Task Force. A special e-mail address
> (NO-DEMIL@hotmail.com)
> has
> been set up as a point of contact."
>
> The news was originally announced to the public on
> the inaugural
> program of
> THE REAL RADIO SHOW on WBCQ - The Planet 7.415 Mcs
> on Saturday
> October 16th
> 1999. This weekly program (Saturday 2330 - 0000Z)
> is hosted by
> Michael
> "Mister Mike" Crestohl, W1RC and Timothy "Timtron"
> Smith, WA1HnLR
> and
> features news and items of interest to the vintage
> communications
> radio
> community.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Don Reaves WA5BBS dr@cei.net
> R-390 military radio list manager
>
>
>
>
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