[Milsurplus] radios in Dragnet

[Andy Williams]

Thanks for the information. After a little research, the tuning unit looks like a TU-26B missing the calibration chart. I’ll admit that I don’t know anything about the BC-191 or BC-375, so feel free to correct me.

The receiver looks like a Hallicrafters S-20R with wood grain contact paper on the case, wrong knobs, the send/receive switch and headphone jack covered up and a meter in place of the band spread dial.

Andy, KG5ABO

> On Jan 9, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Michael A. Bittner <mmab at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Once when I was in the old J.J. Glass surplus store in down town LA, the actor Daren McGavin walked in and asked for help in picking out some techie looking stuff for a movie.  I didn't stay long enough to see what they came up with, but BC-375 units were popular then for such use.
> Mike, W6MAB
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Dennis DuVall <mailto:duvallddennis at gmail.com>
>> To: Andy Williams <mailto:andywilliams at pobox.com>
>> Cc: Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net <mailto:Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 10:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] radios in Dragnet
>> 
>> BC-191/375 tuning units were cast in all sorts of rolls back in that  
>> period.......
>> 
>> Dennis DuVall
>> Glendale, CA
>> 
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>> 
>> On Jan 9, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Andy Williams wrote:
>> 
>> > I recently saw 2 pieces of radio equipment in Dragnet 1967 and was  
>> > wondering if someone can identify them. The first is a Hallicrafters  
>> > receiver that has a wood finish on it with no model number or labels  
>> > on the knobs. The second item is a black wrinkle finish box with  
>> > knobs and handles and looks like it could be a tuning unit. The  
>> > equipment is shown 9 minutes into the episode "The Candy Store  
>> > Robberies."
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