[Scan-DC] Fallacy of Hollywood movies and radio communications

[Joseph M. Durnal]

Hollywood takes creative license with everything, cars, firearms,
computers, radios, you name it.  The radio used in Die Hard was the Kenwood
TH-21AT.  I forget the radio that was in Argyle's limousine , but I'm
pretty sure it was a Kenwood 2 meter mobile from the era as well.  When I
got my amateur radio license as a teenager in the early 90's, I knew a
couple of people that had the TH-21AT and recognized it from the movie.
TH-21ATs today go for a bit of a premium compared to similar radios, with
many ads mentioning its connection to the movie.

On another note, most people know about IMDB.  Did you know there is an
IMFDB? With the F being for firearms.  I'm waiting around for someone with
a lot more time on their hands than I have to make an IMRDB - for the
radios!

73 de Joe NE3R

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 9:29 AM Greg Danes <danesgswolf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Am watching the movie "Die Hard" (1988). Throughout the movie you see the
> John McClain carrying a HT about the size of a FRS radio. In one scene, the
> press is stated as saying no other communications between the police and
> the terrorists is had other than by means of "CB communicators".
>
> There were no CB's that small in 1988 other than 49 MHz toy walkies. With
> some running CB channels perhaps back then but they looked like toys.
>
> In the sequel, "Die Hard 2" John McClain takes a radio off of a terrorist
> that is a Kenwood HAM radio that is supposedly "encrypted".... There was no
> encryption being used on amateur frequencies in 1990 that I know of.
>
> Can anyone else call to mind movies where comm radios are used that are
> realistically portrayed?
>
> KJ4DGE
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