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Post by MonkeyMan on Jan 27, 2016 9:15:28 GMT -5
So I'm watching the original National Lampoon's Vacation last night, and what to my wandering eye should appear is a big ol' tower and beam right next door to the Griswold's as Clark brings home his brand new Family Truckster...  It is no longer seen in current Google street views. 2310 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California. That is all. |
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 27, 2016 9:24:11 GMT -5
So I'm watching the original National Lamthingy's Vacation last night, and what to my wandering eye should appear is a big ol' tower and beam right next door to the Griswold's as Clark brings home his brand new Family Truckster... It is no longer seen in current Google street views. 2310 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California. That is all. Well, it's obvious that a ham lived there at one time. Your assignment is to take the address where the tower is and cross reference it with the FCC database and find out the ham's callsign. You might have to go back a few years in older callbooks.......  |
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Post by MonkeyMan on Jan 27, 2016 9:25:48 GMT -5
I'm already on it...
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Post by MonkeyMan on Jan 27, 2016 9:52:33 GMT -5
The address is 2324 North Vermont Avenue Los Angeles 90027...
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Post by MonkeyMan on Jan 27, 2016 10:41:58 GMT -5
Holy shi.! I just realized that I was actually on this street. The wife and I were visiting friends in Rancho Cucamonga back in '98 and we spent an entire day in LA area. That evening we drove up to the the Griffith Observatory, right up that street. I clearly remember the big, overhanging trees, the wide strip between the lanes and the homes. Traffic was a nightmare in both directions, lots of limos, something was going on at The Greek Theater that night. I'm not sure if we actually drove past the Griswold house because we may have headed up Hillhurst Ave before getting on N. Vermont Ave, but I was definitely on it. Cool.
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Post by MonkeyMan on Jan 27, 2016 15:06:36 GMT -5
...You might have to go back a few years in older callbooks....... I found a "Winter 1983" callbook on archive.org, downloaded and searched it to no avail.  |
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Post by MonkeyMan on Jan 27, 2016 15:48:32 GMT -5
...You might have to go back a few years in older callbooks....... I found a "Winter 1983" callbook on archive.org, downloaded and searched it to no avail. And 1979, 1981 and 1987. Nada. |
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Post by MonkeyMan on Jan 27, 2016 16:04:49 GMT -5
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 27, 2016 17:44:20 GMT -5
Yea, based on the picture, I could tell that the tower and antenna were on an adjacent property and not at the "Griswald" house itself. Since 2324 is actually next door to 2310 (so much for sequential addresses), it makes perfect sense. I looked at the place with Google Earth and tried to go back to earlier images to see if I could see the tower. But those older images do not have good resolution, so I couldn't see anything. But what I did notice is just how tightly packed together the houses are (as is typical for southern California). I don't know how someone could lower or raise a tower there without hitting a neighbor's house (old fashioned gin pole method I suppose), let alone what would happen if the wind (or earthquake) knocked it down. I'm also surprised that that neighborhood would allow that monstrosity. I guess when you're rich and well connected, you can get things done..... |
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Post by MonkeyMan on Jan 27, 2016 18:54:29 GMT -5
Yea, based on the picture, I could tell that the tower and antenna were on an adjacent property and not at the "Griswald" house itself. Since 2324 is actually next door to 2310 (so much for sequential addresses), it makes perfect sense. I looked at the place with Google Earth and tried to go back to earlier images to see if I could see the tower. But those older images do not have good resolution, so I couldn't see anything. But what I did notice is just how tightly packed together the houses are (as is typical for southern California). I don't know how someone could lower or raise a tower there without hitting a neighbor's house (old fashioned gin pole method I suppose), let alone what would happen if the wind (or earthquake) knocked it down. I'm also surprised that that neighborhood would allow that monstrosity. I guess when you're rich and well connected, you can get things done..... Yup, just like Ol' Zero 5. |
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