[GreenKeys] Re: Fax Machine Used in Flags of our Fathers

[Don Robert House]

Hi Roy,

The facsimile machine used in Flags of our Fathers belongs to our  
museum.  It is a TXC-1 donated to the museum by John Leonard, KG6OFF.  
The power supply and cables were donated by Robert Downs, WA5CAB, as  
was the speaker.  Although we do own the matching convertor we did  
not hook it up as it was a stand alone application and not actually  
attached to a receiver.  When UPS delivered the cables, speaker and  
power supply they had broken the rectifier tube.  Thanks to the  
efforts of George Hutchison, W7TTY and Glen Galati, KA7BOJ they were  
able to overnight the correct tube so that the machine could run  
properly when filmed the following day.

The TXC-1 and its associated hardware is in storage at the San Diego  
State University Library to be part of a display in the not too  
distant future.

The rest of the equipment in the scene belongs to the property  
department of Warner Brothers and is not functional to the best of my  
knowledge.

Much blood, sweat and tears went into that short scene.

73,

Don, K9TTY
http://www.nadcomm.com
http://www.webshots.com/user/realstuff

On 8 May 2007, at 8:04 AM, Roy Morgan wrote:

Don,

Was it you who rented the equipment to the Flags of Our Fathers"  
production?

Here's a question just posted on the Hallicrafters list.

Roy



> From: "Roger Basford" <roger at new-gate.co.uk>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] MOVIE RECEIVER MYSTERY SOLVED
> Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 10:11:55 +0100

> ... can anyone ID the radio equipment and FAX machine used in the  
> opening shots of Clint Eastwood's "Flags Of Our Fathers"? It was  
> being used to send the photos of the Iwo Jima flag-raising back to  
> the US.
>
> 73,
>
> Roger Basford/G3VKM


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