[TowerTalk] Ham Radio in Movie

[Mike Ryan]

This is ALSO off topic..
In the movie "The Great Escape" when Steve McQueen has just' kicked' the 
German soldier and the mad chase to capture McQueen just starts, he drives 
his motorcycle behind a house or a barn and over a small creek/bridge. To 
the LEFT of that bridge about 10ft off the ground appears to be a 3 ele 6mtr 
beam with a STRING tied to the boom. (..armstrong method?).  I always 
wondered about whether there were any aluminum Yagi antennas in the 
940's.  -Mike

-----Original Message----- 
From: Larry Boekeloo
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 3:39 PM
To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
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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