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    Vietnam Propaganda systems

    A few years back I was in a discussion about these systems. I said that there were systems that used 290 drivers, and I had liquidated a number of surplus units for Altec.

    Not sure if it was here, but a number of people said no, they all used screw on drivers.

    I begged to differ then. If anybody remembers who expressed doubts, ask them to look at this eBay auction:

    RARE Altec Lansing Viet-nam Prestige Photo Airborne Propaganda War Sound System | eBay
    Your neighbors called. They like your music.

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    Re: Vietnam Propaganda systems

    I was looking at that. that thing would wake the dead. would've

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    Re: Vietnam Propaganda systems

    Holy Cows! 1/2 square mile coverage no less. Amazing what was going on back than. I wonder if any of them are still at the ready.

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    Re: Vietnam Propaganda systems

    What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400.000 Vietcong.
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    Re: Vietnam Propaganda systems

    Wow thats pretty crazy. And cool

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    Re: Vietnam Propaganda systems

    So is the "Airplane array" the father or grandfather to the line array ? Conservative is 140 db's @ 4'. So what"s that at a half mile charley ?

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    Re: Vietnam Propaganda systems

    Going from dim memory, RCA's original? cinema speakers were screen height arrays on each side consisting of 15"? 'full-range' drivers on gimbals? to individually point them at specific portions of the audience. Huge flop.

    ~85 dB on average depending on weather conditions and assuming the plane's height is factored into the these specs.

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    Re: Vietnam Propaganda systems

    So what was the coverage ? 10 15 by 40 or 25 ???

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    Re: Vietnam Propaganda systems

    Dunno without knowing the 804's. The 803 is 35x70 and the 805 is 40x80, though even these aren't very accurate based on modern measurements, but no clue what the 804 is, plus if they were always canted like in the photo it would be even harder to predict.

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    Re: Vietnam Propaganda systems

    Can someone smarter than I grab this picture off of ebay and post it to this post so that it can be viewed down the road. Ebay will remove the photo and once it's gone..............
    To cool to lose.

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