[ARC5] ARC-5 components seen in Science Fiction Movies

[Scott Robinson]

Folks,

I can't speak to the props people, but I was at Lucasfilm during the 
making of Return of the Jedi. There is a bit of throw-away dialogue in 
it that I find amusing.

On the forest moon of Endor, a couple of imperial guards--the guys in 
the white armor--are standing around near the entrance in the forest to 
the Imperial fort. Note: a DS-4 was the audio encoding box used to make 
Dolby Stereo movies. One guard says to the other, "How do you like the 
new DS-4?" Guard #2 replies, "I liked the old one better."

I expect there are Easter eggs like that in various movies.

Peace,

Scott Robinson

On 2/7/16 4:27 PM, ersmar wrote:
> Like the PRC-10s in the guard shack in Independence Day.
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
> Date: 02/07/2016 5:51 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Mike Morrow <kk5f at arrl.net>,arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC-5 components seen in Science Fiction Movies
>
>
>    I wonder if there is an attempt by the someone doing props to insert
> some left overs from
> old SiFi shows just for the fun of it.
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
>
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> Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC-5 components seen in Science Fiction Movies
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> Bill wrote:
>
>  > The local PBS station showed "ALIEN" on Saturday night. I turned it on to
>  > watch the alien exploding from John Hurt's stomach. The next scene is in
>  > the main control room. The characters are in front of a CRT/LCD screen
>  > - in the lower right corner, sitting in front of the screen is a BC-451
>  > - a transmitter remote control !
>
> That scene is about 58 minutes into the 2003 Director's Cut version.
> It's not a BC-451-A.  It's actually a C-30A/ARC-5 MF/HF/VHF transmitter
> control box for up to four transmitters, one of which may (but does not
> have to) be the four-channel VHF-AM T-23 or T-126/ARC-5 transmitter.
> You can see the two connectors on the bottom side and the cover on top
> that prevents access to the emission mode switch.  There's also an
> A-B-C-D channel selector switch on the front for the VHF transmitter and
> R-28 receiver.  There's no doubt on its identity.  :-)
>
> The C-30A shows up much better and very well illuminated earlier in the
> movie, around minute 08, at the side of a panel in which the commander
> is entering an access code.
>
> I first noticed the C-30A in 1986 on a VHS tape I'd rented to view
> before seeing the ALIENS sequel.  At the time I was envious because I
> needed (but did not have) a C-30A to replace the horrifically
> bad-designed pushbutton C-30 in a HF/VHF AN/ARC-5 and AN/ARR-2 system I
> wanted to build...and did not complete until 1997.
>
> ALIEN and ALIENS are two of the finest sci-fi movies ever made, IMHO.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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