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

[Michael Clarson]

Well, its not quite ARC-5, and not quite a movie, but in the TV show
"Fireball XL-5" Episode 1: Planet 46 - Part 3 of 3 (one of those sci-fi
marionette children's shows) there is a scene where a robot is at a control
panel, and to its left, on the wall, are three BC-610 tuning units. --Mike,
WV2ZOW

On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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