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Eric,
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Albert wrote:
I was wondering if anyone had links to any websites that talk about
radios used in TV and Movies.
What got me thinking about this was that I had been watching the old
TV show Emergency on Netflix. (remember squad
Albert,
If you do find such a site, let me know! I was watching the Bruce Willis
flick "Live Free or Die Hard" and noticed that every government agency and
the DC Police used an ADI AR-147 2m mobile radio in their cars. I guess
"interoperability" has finally taken hold, because every radio in th
You think?
In Die Hard, the terrorists brough 'CB radios' - which were obviously
UHF (Does the US still have a UHF CB frequency?) - Die Hard 2 - Kenwood
2m rigs, with speech inversion. The handy on the Janitors desk clearly
shows "144MHz" on it. Die hard 3 - Cobra 21 CB in the taxi, Cobra Marin
Whats more fun is the call signs and 10 codes they use...
Dragnet KMA 365
Emergency KTA 365
Ironsides 10-96 to start an operation (mental subject?)
73
Mike - N7ZEF
Merry CHristmas all!
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From: "Albert"
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Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:33 PM
Subject: [Rep
Eric Lemmon wrote:
> Albert,
>
> If you do find such a site, let me know! I was watching the Bruce Willis
> flick "Live Free or Die Hard" and noticed that every government agency and
> the DC Police used an ADI AR-147 2m mobile radio in their cars. I guess
> "interoperability" has finally taken
Gordon 'Yeti' wrote:
> You think?
>
> In Die Hard, the terrorists brough 'CB radios' - which were obviously
> UHF (Does the US still have a UHF CB frequency?)
FWIW-Yes-it's called GMRS.
Even more so, it's FRS... Those are even more like CB than GMRS... i.e.,
unlicensed.
Mark - N9WYS / WQIV271
-Original Message-
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of wd8chl
Gordon 'Yeti' wrote:
> You think?
>
> In Die Hard, the terrorists brough 'CB radios' - which were ob
Illegal? They were foreign terrorists. How many foreign terrorists are
going to give a rat's rear about compliance with FCC regulations.
The only part that was really far fetched is when John called the PD on
"channel 9" - implying that they were using CBs and that the PD actually
monitored cha
Further question - are you sure it was the 41AT? And why were they illegal?
wd8chl wrote:
>
> Eric Lemmon wrote:
> > Albert,
> >
> > If you do find such a site, let me know! I was watching the Bruce Willis
> > flick "Live Free or Die Hard" and noticed that every government
> agency and
> > the DC
Sorry - you're right, 45's were in the SECOND movie.
wd8chl wrote:
>
> Eric Lemmon wrote:
> > Albert,
> >
> > If you do find such a site, let me know! I was watching the Bruce Willis
> > flick "Live Free or Die Hard" and noticed that every government
> agency and
> > the DC Police used an ADI AR-
http://www.rigpix.com/silverscreentrivia/silverscreentrivia.htm
wd8chl wrote:
>
> Eric Lemmon wrote:
> > Albert,
> >
> > If you do find such a site, let me know! I was watching the Bruce Willis
> > flick "Live Free or Die Hard" and noticed that every government
> agency and
> > the DC Police used
It was clearly the Kenwood TH-41 model. They had different colored rings
around the top of the antenna for the different bands. UHF was green.
Odds are someone in the prop department was a ham and thought they could
"find a use" for the radios once the film was done. Or, maybe they
purchased th
Gordon 'Yeti' wrote:
> Further question - are you sure it was the 41AT? And why were they illegal?
Sorry-in hindsight they were 41A's, not the AT version...no DTMF pad.
And they are illegal because they are ham rigs. And it's illegal to use
ham frequencies for a for-profit business, and movies ar
MCH wrote:
> Illegal? They were foreign terrorists. How many foreign terrorists are
> going to give a rat's rear about compliance with FCC regulations.
Uhhh...Bruce Willis' character was using it, along with just about
everyone using a handheld in the movie.
And there was definitely places where
On Monday 02 February 2009 16:37:48 wd8chl wrote:
> MCH wrote:
> > Illegal? They were foreign terrorists. How many foreign terrorists are
> > going to give a rat's rear about compliance with FCC regulations.
>
> Uhhh...Bruce Willis' character was using it, along with just about
> everyone using a h
As opposed to robbery not being illegal??? Remember that this is what
the radios were used in conjunction with. I suspect most robbers don't
get an FCC license. If they did, what would they put down as the
purpose? "To coordinate activities and ensure employee safety while we
rob vaults"?
This
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Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Radios and Coms in TV and Movies
On Monday 02 February 2009 16:37:48 wd8chl wrote:
> MCH wrote:
> > Illegal? They were foreign terrorists. How many foreign terrorists are
> > going to give a rat's rear about compliance with FCC regu
wd8chl wrote:
> Gordon 'Yeti' wrote:
>
>> Further question - are you sure it was the 41AT? And why were they illegal?
>>
>
> Sorry-in hindsight they were 41A's, not the AT version...no DTMF pad.
> And they are illegal because they are ham rigs. And it's illegal to use
> ham frequencies for
Two more comments. First, prove that the radios were even TURNED ON!
Special effects are added post-production - things such as hearing the
audio being received from a radio. That usually doesn't exist during
filming short of someone off set reading the lines that would have been
'received'.
N
Used to be the Diehard series was fans of Kenwood.
I recall Hanz Gruber using a TH-31, and the 'CB' in the limo looked
like a TM-221.
I think the handhelds in Die Hard 2 were TH-45ATs,and there was a
rather nice HF setup of the TS-940SAT with SM-230 and SP-940.
Also what is with Battlestar Galac
wd8chl wrote:
> MCH wrote:
>> Illegal? They were foreign terrorists. How many foreign terrorists are
>> going to give a rat's rear about compliance with FCC regulations.
>
> Uhhh...Bruce Willis' character was using it, along with just about
> everyone using a handheld in the movie.
> And there w
Funny how a receiver acts like a Full duplex transceiver in the movies.
ahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *STeve Andre'
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> On Monday 02 February 2009 16:37:48 wd8chl wrote:
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Wouldn't that be an illegal modification that violates the FCC T/A? ;->
Joe M.
DCFluX wrote:
> Funny how a receiver acts like a Full duplex transceiver in the movies.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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He was wearing a white one in the earlier scenes.
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> -M
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> ] On Behalf Of STeve Andre'
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Yeah and If you notice. the HT is actually a Kenwood TH-21BT radio
This radio with the optional Headset Does in fact have VOX
Neal
--- On Mon, 2/2/09, MCH wrote:
> From: MCH
> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Radios and Coms in TV and Movies
> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoog
At 13:26 2/2/2009, wd8chl wrote:
>And they are illegal because they are ham rigs. And it's illegal to use
>ham frequencies for a for-profit business, and movies are made for profit.
It is NOT illegal to show a ham rig in a for-profit movie. It would
be illegal to use it to make the movie (wardr
suppose.
Sorry, it's WAY Off-Topic for RB, so I'll shut up now.
Nate WY0X
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 3:31 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE
watch the movie again.
some of the Hts were the AT series and had tone pads . Others did not
and the antenna was too thick to be the UHF series... My guess is the TH-21AT
radios.. I am looking at Mine sitting On the desk
Neal
> > Sorry-in hindsight they were 41A's, not the AT
> versi
Blue short antenna, 31 series...
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 5:48 PM, neal Newman wrote:
> watch the movie again.
> some of the Hts were the AT series and had tone pads . Others did not
> and the antenna was too thick to be the UHF series... My guess is the
> TH-21AT radios.. I am looking at
wrote:
> From: DCFluX
> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Radios and Coms in TV and Movies
> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 9:17 PM
> Blue short antenna, 31 series...
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 5:48 PM, neal Newman
> wrote:
&g
neal Newman wrote:
> Yeah and If you notice. the HT is actually a Kenwood TH-21BT radio
>
> This radio with the optional Headset Does in fact have VOX
>
>
> Neal
Well, all the ones I saw were the -41A versions, but they may have
sneaked a 21 in or some reason.
And yes, they were actually u
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