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20 July 1969
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Re: 20 July 1969
Rising Sr. In High School on vacation at Myrtle Beach. Watched on TV in black and white!
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Re: 20 July 1969
Watched it at a hotel in Florida where we were still vacationing after watching the launch live from across a waterway at Cape Canaveral...I was eight years old.
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Re: 20 July 1969
*My bride and I were in grad school that summer
*Residing at App South Apts, Bldg. A
*Connected to Boone Cablevision--a low end primitive system...all cable and distribution electronic components were outdoors on leased space on BellSouth telephone poles...nothing underground and almost completely unprotected from lightning strikes
*Severe electrical storms and flooding cloudbursts on that Saturday and Sunday left only small islands of AC power in town, no active cable tv anywhere in Boone or Blowing Rock; very few stores were open. No power? Closed! Most Boone streets were flooded in any low spot for two or three days into the next week.
*App South residents got busy with three teams...one small group of gals prepared food; another group of gals braided copper wire or twisted aluminum foil; and we guys experimented with wire, foil and even metal clothes hangers and rings of keys in a weak attempt to boost signal-strength on rabbit ears antennas on every portable TV in the complex. Our little 19" GE B&W set proved to have the best tuner for what we were trying to accomplish. It actually produced a weak, snowy picture that allowed 50-60 of us to see shadowed images of the landing craft and Armstrong's emergence from within. The loudest roar of our group came when the US Flag was planted on the Moon's surface. Proud event! Unforgettable!
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Re: 20 July 1969
That's a pretty cool story!asu66 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:47 pm
*My bride and I were in grad school that summer
*Residing at App South Apts, Bldg. A
*Connected to Boone Cablevision--a low end primitive system...all cable and distribution electronic components were outdoors on leased space on BellSouth telephone poles...nothing underground and almost completely unprotected from lightning strikes
*Severe electrical storms and flooding cloudbursts on that Saturday and Sunday left only small islands of AC power in town, no active cable tv anywhere in Boone or Blowing Rock; very few stores were open. No power? Closed! Most Boone streets were flooded in any low spot for two or three days into the next week.
*App South residents got busy with three teams...one small group of gals prepared food; another group of gals braided copper wire or twisted aluminum foil; and we guys experimented with wire, foil and even metal clothes hangers and rings of keys in a weak attempt to boost signal-strength on rabbit ears antennas on every portable TV in the complex. Our little 19" GE B&W set proved to have the best tuner for what we were trying to accomplish. It actually produced a weak, snowy picture that allowed 50-60 of us to see shadowed images of the landing craft and Armstrong's emergence from within. The loudest roar of our group came when the US Flag was planted on the Moon's surface. Proud event! Unforgettable!
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Re: 20 July 1969
At my girl friend’s (now wife’s) house with her family. Getting ready for football camp and that timed mile at the end of practice at Conrad.
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Re: 20 July 1969
That mile run was brutal! At home in the flatlands I had no trouble making time, up on the mountain I made it with 5 seconds to spare.Blackshirt68 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:25 pmAt my girl friend’s (now wife’s) house with her family. Getting ready for football camp and that timed mile at the end of practice at Conrad.
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If you had cable in '69 you were doing well no matter how sketchy it may be been. We had two wires and a couple pieces of tin foil living in rural NC so you can imagine our picture quality. You had a new bride and cable tv which you would not have needed due to the new bride, Yep '66, you were living the dream baby.asu66 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:47 pm
*My bride and I were in grad school that summer
*Residing at App South Apts, Bldg. A
*Connected to Boone Cablevision--a low end primitive system...all cable and distribution electronic components were outdoors on leased space on BellSouth telephone poles...nothing underground and almost completely unprotected from lightning strikes
*Severe electrical storms and flooding cloudbursts on that Saturday and Sunday left only small islands of AC power in town, no active cable tv anywhere in Boone or Blowing Rock; very few stores were open. No power? Closed! Most Boone streets were flooded in any low spot for two or three days into the next week.
*App South residents got busy with three teams...one small group of gals prepared food; another group of gals braided copper wire or twisted aluminum foil; and we guys experimented with wire, foil and even metal clothes hangers and rings of keys in a weak attempt to boost signal-strength on rabbit ears antennas on every portable TV in the complex. Our little 19" GE B&W set proved to have the best tuner for what we were trying to accomplish. It actually produced a weak, snowy picture that allowed 50-60 of us to see shadowed images of the landing craft and Armstrong's emergence from within. The loudest roar of our group came when the US Flag was planted on the Moon's surface. Proud event! Unforgettable!
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Re: 20 July 1969
Cable TV back then. You were rolling with the 1% club. We had ABC, CBS, NBC and that was it.AtlAppMan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:06 pmIf you had cable in '69 you were doing well no matter how sketchy it may be been. We had two wires and a couple pieces of tin foil living in rural NC so you can imagine our picture quality. You had a new bride and cable tv which you would not have needed due to the new bride, Yep '66, you were living the dream baby.asu66 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:47 pm
*My bride and I were in grad school that summer
*Residing at App South Apts, Bldg. A
*Connected to Boone Cablevision--a low end primitive system...all cable and distribution electronic components were outdoors on leased space on BellSouth telephone poles...nothing underground and almost completely unprotected from lightning strikes
*Severe electrical storms and flooding cloudbursts on that Saturday and Sunday left only small islands of AC power in town, no active cable tv anywhere in Boone or Blowing Rock; very few stores were open. No power? Closed! Most Boone streets were flooded in any low spot for two or three days into the next week.
*App South residents got busy with three teams...one small group of gals prepared food; another group of gals braided copper wire or twisted aluminum foil; and we guys experimented with wire, foil and even metal clothes hangers and rings of keys in a weak attempt to boost signal-strength on rabbit ears antennas on every portable TV in the complex. Our little 19" GE B&W set proved to have the best tuner for what we were trying to accomplish. It actually produced a weak, snowy picture that allowed 50-60 of us to see shadowed images of the landing craft and Armstrong's emergence from within. The loudest roar of our group came when the US Flag was planted on the Moon's surface. Proud event! Unforgettable!
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Re: 20 July 1969
We were at Lake Norman, sitting on the back porch of a trailer … watching on a 12” black and white.
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Re: 20 July 1969
In the living room with the family watching on the Magnavox Console TV. I was the remote, I'd turn the volume up or change the channel. My brother was the tuner, he'd adjust the rabbit ears depending on which of the 3 stations was selected.