[R-390] R-390(A or non A) entertainment

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> Forrest, I agree with you. I was in the Radio Repair section at Herzo base
> in the late 50's and we always had a R390A or non A tuned to AFN
> Bremerhaven. Being from the South, I always enjoyed the "HillBilly Gasthaus"
> programs and still have a tape from there that I occasionally enjoy playing.
> Really brings back good  memories! I remember one day that we mounted a
> large horn type speaker on the roof and aimed it across the street at the EM
> club. With the volume cranked up, the sound bounced off the front of the
> club and no one could tell where it was really coming from. Everyone got a
> good dose of country music that day!
> Howard
> "Rainman"

Howard,

Herzo base? I took a train to Erlangen one Friday evening in 1975. I
couldn't believe the sheer numbers of college aged girls wiggling and oozing
down the street. My girlfriend told me that the women-to-men ratio was about
9-1 due to the female schools in town. I believe it too!

We sort of did the same thing in the barracks with stereo systems, not
R-390As, when we got tired of the disco junk booming down the halls. I had a
pair of Bose 901 speakers hooked to a big stereo system that probably put
out over 200 watts. A buddy across the hall had almost the same system
except for a new digital speed control turntable. We set our speakers out in
the hall and I put on The Best of Merle Haggard on my turntable. My buddy
would synch his turntable speed to mine with the same song, remove his
headphones, and flip the speaker output switch on his system. We probably
cranked out over 400 watts of Mama Cried, etc. A few nights of this and the
disco music stopped altogether. We went outside one time and the
cobblestones were rumbling from those 2 stereo systems. The whole barracks
building was shaking.



Barry non-Hauser