"Val, on the Gitner"

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druryj

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Remember this? I think it was now retired Weatherman Gary England on KWTV Channel 9 that used to say, "Now let's go to Val, on the Gitner".

What the heck is the Gitner? And who was Val, who was on it, anyway?
 

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Gentner Radio, is just a form of communication that they use, they can be linked together so a news station can talk to multiple people, thye don't use cell phone towers, so they work in more places and are more reliable.

Val Castor was the goto storm chaser for Gary, probably still is for the others.
 

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Well thank you both! I have been wondering since this last batch of rain has been with us. I always wondered about the damn thing; was it some mobile super vehicle? A one of a kind storm chaser? But now I know, so at last, I can sleep well again, my question answered.


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Gentner Radio, is just a form of communication that they use, they can be linked together so a news station can talk to multiple people, thye don't use cell phone towers, so they work in more places and are more reliable.

Val Castor was the goto storm chaser for Gary, probably still is for the others.

Yep Val is still out there and his wife rides with him many times. You know it is rough if Val and Amy report from near you.
 

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I don't know if Gentner made radio equipment or not, but they are/were a big-time name in installed professional audio equipment. IIRC, they changed their name to ClearOne about 15 years ago; at work, we had several of their matrix audio mixers, and some were labeled Gentner and some ClearOne, depending on when we'd bought the box.

I can tell you one thing--those little boxes weren't at all inexpensive, hoo boy...
 

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Val Castor also has a Storm Tracker 9 truck that he chases storms along w/ wife Amy. He got damage from hail few weeks ago .


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Yep Val is still out there and his wife rides with him many times. You know it is rough if Val and Amy report from near you.

Ranks right up there with the time one of the specially-designed Tornado Intercept Vehicles passed me south of Bristow headed into a hail core. It didn't take me long to figure out I'd had all I wanted on that chase.
 

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