[NJARC] Today's event at InfoAge

[Scott Roberts]

SO who won? Dem bums or de uddah guys?

Scott


--- On Sun, 10/5/08, John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [NJARC] Today's event at InfoAge
> To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 8:04 PM
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> Folks,
> 
> Today Cub Scout Troop 66 from Edison, NJ came to InfoAge
> for a tour.
> 
> One of the great things about working these events is how
> old radios sometimes trigger great old memories for people.
> 
> There was an older gentlemen in one of the groups (probably
> a grandfather
> of one of the kids) who was quite intersted in my
> description of Al Klase's
> Korean-era R-392 truck receiver. (FYI, this is basically a
> repackaged version of the famous R-390 for vehicle use).
> 
> He said that he and his buddies were up at 3 o'clock in
> the morning in Korea listening to the 1953 World Series,
> sitting outside a Signal Corps truck, which probably used
> these very radios. He said that he and his friends did not
> want to hear the re-broadcast later in the day on Armed
> Forces radio -- they wanted to hear it live.
> 
> BTW, the 1953 World Series was between the Yankees and the
> Dodgers. The *Brooklyn* Dodgers, that is.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> JR
> 
> 
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