Re: [IRCA] Emperor Gene Nelson / Wolfman Jack

[Bob Coomler <w6rjc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Better yet, Patrick, that is probably the same picture
I have (back when a studio looked like a studio gosh
durn it!!).

That was one serious inverted L you had.

Bob Coomler
Cloverdale, CA

--- "Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW"
<AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Bob, we are twin brothers from a different mother. I
> have both of those
> books in my library and a picture of the Wolfman on
> my wall too. My
> picture is one of the stills of him in the radio
> studio from American
> Graffitti. Being from the midwest I listened to the
> Wolfman on XERF.
> Although we were relatively poor, my dad converted a
> workshop in our
> garage into a radio shack for me. With the help of a
> neighbor, who was a
> very active ham radio operator, he put in two 40
> foot surplus telephone
> poles to support a 250 foot inverted L antenna. This
> was connected to a
> brand new Hallicrafters S-120 AM and SW receiver
> purchased at Sears for
> my birthday. On this setup XERF sounded like a local
> at night. My high
> school classmates never believed me when I told them
> what the Wolfman
> was saying on the radio. So I would invite them over
> to listen for
> themselves. It got to the point where my radio shack
> was a popular
> destination in the evenings.

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