[Milsurplus] SCR-583

[Tom B]

I spotted one in The Twilight Zone: Season 5, Episode 10 "The 7th Is 
Made Up of Phantoms"
I have attached a screenshot.

Tom Bryan
N3AJA


On 1/4/2016 3:23 PM, Jack Antonio wrote:
> On 1/4/2016 11:51 AM, Mike Morrow wrote:
>
>> The SCR-583 is a very interesting 1942 set operating from 2200 to 
>> 4600 kHz continuous,
>>
>> Unless you have looked into this set, I guarantee that you've never 
>> seen a set just like this before.
>>
>> The two manuals are one for Philco and one for Farnsworth,
>
> This thread solved a mystery for me.
>
> In an old B movie, "Steel Lady", there is a shot of a radio set
> in an aircraft.  I have always wondered what it was, it didn't
> look close to anything I have seen.
>
> Well, it is very, very close to the Philco SCR-583 set shown in
> the manual. A few slight differences, the radio in the movie had
> two knobs where the book shows the one "ANTENNA TUNING SWITCH"
> and a different style nameplate.
>
> The shots in the movie are too fuzzy to read the nameplate though.
>
> The movie itself is about an oil exploration crew that is forced down
> in a sandstorm. No, this is not Flight of the Phoenix.  The radio plays
> a part in the story as the aircraft radio operator tries to fix the
> radio, but only manages to get out a few words before it quits. The crew
> discovers a buried German Tank (this is North Africa) gets it running,
> and then has adventures with the locals.
>
> I am going to try and attach a screen shot of the radio taken from the 
> movie. If it doesn't go through, I'll email it to anyone who'd like to 
> see it.
>
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
>

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