[Milsurplus] Radios in movies

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On 12/5/2025 17:58, Charlie L. wrote:
> The King of mistakes was the sci-fi USN based movie where a BC348 was 
> used as a transceiver with the mic plugged in the headphone jack.

"Wings" did that with an old hallicrafters, and an Astatic D-104 mic of 
CB radio trash-talker fame plugged into the phones jack, to talk to 
aircraft on VHF-AM.

The worst by far are the various "Area 51" documentaries with a Kenwood 
general coverage receiver tuned to FM broadcast, while receiving, and 
decoding secure military comms.

How about the RTTY noises while a satellite is shown flying above the 
earth, to indicate connecting to the internet?

F.  Me.

Wings:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098948/

A pic of that freakin' hallicrafters, with a different mic:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098948/mediaviewer/rm2204975104/

With a studio mic:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098948/mediaviewer/rm1034371072/

They couldn't even mount the wall phone right.  This:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098948/mediaviewer/rm2523742208/

Compared to this:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098948/mediaviewer/rm3248898048/

Kurt