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

[Mike Lopez]

I have a General Radio Signal Generator . It is plug in capable of an
external modulator. The guy I got it from said he had made a contact on 6M
using that set up. Not sure about propagation to Mars, though.
Mike N8AZC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Kaplan" <krkaplan at cox.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 11:41 AM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Re: SX-17 on Battle Star Galactica!!!!


> 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
>
>
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