[SCCC] Fwd: Re: [TowerTalk] Ham Radio in Movie

[Michael Tope]

By chance does anyone know who used to have a tribander at 2310 N 
Vermont Ave, Los Angeles c. 1983?  Apparently the tower was captured in 
opening scene in "National Lampoon's Vacation" back in 1983 (see below).

Mike W4EF................

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Subject: 	Re: [TowerTalk] Ham Radio in Movie
Date: 	Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:05:02 -0800 (PST)
From: 	Greg Clark <putt_1 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: 	Greg Clark <greg at k9ig.com>
To: 	Larry Boekeloo <lboekeloo at sbcglobal.net>, 
"TowerTalk at contesting.com" <TowerTalk at contesting.com>



Hi Larry - I've seen that seen many times through the years, wondering the same thing.  I did a bit of looking and have found that the home is located here:

2310 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA  90027-1239


If you go to Google Maps and do a street view, the house is there, but it does have a big gated fence now......the tower - it's gone, at least I have not found it using street view.  It would be interesting to query a database of hams by zip codes and see who lived there back when the movie was filmed.  I have taken a look at existing hams with that zip and there are no hams near that address now, some are close, but nothing with a few houses.

73/Greg


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  From: Larry Boekeloo<lboekeloo at sbcglobal.net>
To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2012 3:39 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Ham Radio in Movie

Maybe this has been discussed before?????

Last evening I saw the beginning of "National Lampoon's Vacation" movie starring Chevy Chase and made in 1983.  When Chevy Chase purchases his new green Ford station wagon and drives it home for the first time, the camera shows him pulling into a circular driveway in the front of the home and clearly shows the neighbor with about a 70 or 80 foot telescoping tower with a large tribander on top.

This is suppose to be in or near Chicago.  Does anyone know where this is and who the ham is next door?

Just curious

Larry, KN8N
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