I was curious if anyone in the Southern California Contest Club
might recognize the Vermont address, so I posted in inquiry to the
SCCC email reflector and got the following response back from Wayne,
N6NB. Also, Tim K6GEP found this picture of the Griswold house with
the tower and yagi in the background (looks like a KLM KT34XA).
Here's the picture:
http://www.seeing-stars.com/locations/80sLocations3.shtml [1]
73, Mike W4EF...............
----- Original Message -----
From:"Wayne Overbeck"
To:
Cc:
Sent:Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:33:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject:[SCCC] 2310 N. Vermont
There may be a very interesting story about the
antenna visible at 2310 N. Vermont in the 1983 movie.
According to the ARRL Geographic Index of US. amateur
radio licensees, published in 1984 with data from the
1983 FCC data base, no license was issued to 2310 N.
Vermont. However, two very prominent people held
amateur radio licenses at 2324 N. Vermont. With
Vermont curving around as it does, an antenna at the
rear of 2324 would appear to be directly behind 2310
N. Vermont. No other address on that part of North
Vermont is shown in the Geographic Index as having
an amateur license assigned to it.
Louis and Carmen Warschaw, well-known philantropists
and Democratic party activists, were listed as N6FGH
and KD6OE at 2324 N. Vermont in the Geographic Index.
Both were deeply involved with their alma mater, USC.
I believe Carmen served as a USC trustee after her
husband's death. She also served as chairman of the
California Fair Employment Practices Commission
(among other positions). She was active in many
Democratic campaigns, including the Obama-Biden
campaign in 2008. She also held an advanced class
amateur radio license.
Publishing the ARRL Geographic Index, the ARRL
Name Index and the ARRL Call Directory were a one-
time venture into the call directory publishing
business, in direct competition with the famous
Amateur Radio Callbook. A decision was made to
discontinue these three directories shortly
after I began attending ARRL board meetings as
the Southwestern Division vice director. But
I still have the original directories as
souvenirs. This is the first time in years
that I've found a good reason to open them.
Probably others remember more than I do of the
Warschaws' involvement in amateur radio.
73,
Wayne, N6NB
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