[Hallicrafters] Re: SX-17 on Battle Star Galactica!!!!

[Ken Kaplan]

I haven't seen the movie (yet) but this thread caused me to look up a picture of the S-
20R. From your description, it sounds like what they really needed was an S-35 which, 
in my opinion, is even "cooler". Anyone on the list have an S-35?

Hey, tubes might be a good thing in space. Just think, you wouldn't need the glass 
envelopes <g>. Also, I've talked to guys on Mars with signal generators before. What's 
the problem?

73 Ken kb7rgg

> The receiver shown in that shot was an S-20R. The "CRT" was shown where the  
> speaker grille normally would have been. I suspect the CRT images were CGI'd  
> into the scene like everything else. The receiver did not represent a real  
> model. To my knowledge, the only Hallicrafter products with CRT's were the  
> Panoramic Adaptors intended for use with SX-28's. I don't remember if the Dual  
> Diversity had a CRT on it but I don't think so. Hollywood is not exactly  
> faithful to technical correctness. In the movie, "Zontar, thing from Venus" a  guy 
> talks to mars using a General Radio signal generator.
>
> All that said though, I liked the movie. I thought they were faithful to  the 
> genre' from which it came, and broke some new ground at the same time. I was  
> raised on the Republic serials, so the format was very familiar. I suspect 
> the  Hallicrafters S-20R was used just because it looked "cool" but not quite 
> cool  enough, so a CRT was added.
>
> Doug Moore KB9TMY