[Hammarlund] Hammarlund on "The Americans"

[N4ch at aol.com]

No matter which Hammarlund RX it was (and no, I've not seen  it), it HAS to 
be more "authentic" than the episode of Kojak I saw in the late  1970s, 
where a microphone (Motorola) was magically wired into a police  car's 
dash-mounted Bearcat scanner (with all 8 lamps flashing in sequence as  Kojak was 
talking into the mike).   Hollywood's come a long  way.
 
73, Herman, N4CH
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/9/2016 2:58:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
raf_3 at msn.com writes:



One could imagine that the Hammarlund is  actually an HQ-105TR, thereby 
supporting the presence of the Shure 444.  Imagination would be required, since 
the panel legend for the bandswitch and  the large right-hand knob "appear" 
to be more like that of a "110" than of a  "105TR" (or, a "100").



73,

Allen--W7GIF


-----  Original Message ----- 

From: Robert  Nickels<mailto:ranickel at comcast.net> 

To:  Hammarlund<mailto:hammarlund at mailman.qth.net> 

Sent: Monday, May  09, 2016 11:10 AM

Subject: [Hammarlund] Hammarlund on "The  Americans"



Sharp-eyed viewers of the award-winning cold war  drama "The Americans" 
might have noticed something familiar in the new  communications post, 
partially shown in the screen cap here:  http://i.imgur.com/J62n2j8.jpg

This is not a "comm center" but mostly  serves as a telephone answering 
and forwarding location for the KGB  illegals, run from a corner of the 
apartment of the woman shown on the  left.    The show is more about the 
human relationships than  spycraft, yet having what looks to be an HQ-100 
for monitoring Radio  Moscow or other shortwave stations seems 
appropriate for the 1983  timeframe.   I can't quite identify the unit on 
the shelf above  it (looks like a Daiwa tuner or power meter), but it 
could make sense, as  would the RCA Senior VoltOhmyst, since a technician 
performing this duty  would necessarily have to perform her own 
maintenance.      The station has only been shown infrequently so we may 
never know the  purpose of the Shure 444 microphone, which may just be 
"set  dressing".

Still I give the show credit for greater authenticity than  last season's 
"Fargo" where a National NCX-3 and Heathkit HP-23 were  presented as a 
"police radio".

73, Bob  W9RAN



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