[SFDXA] [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Ham Radio in the Media

[Kai]

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Kai, KE4PT


On 11/18/2013 9:19 AM, Bill wrote:
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> /Ham Radio in the Media/: TV Show Featuring Fictional Ham Sparks Crop of Real 
> Hams
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> Tim Allen (L) as Mike Baxter, KAØXTT, sits in his ham shack with Flynn 
> Morrison, who plays his grandson on the sitcom. [Photo courtesy of John 
> Amodeo, NN6JA]
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> Fans of the ABC Television show "Last Man Standing 
> <http://abc.go.com/shows/last-man-standing>" may be aware that its main 
> character, "Mike Baxter" -- played by Tim Allen -- is supposed to be a radio 
> amateur, KAØXTT. While it may come as no surprise that the sitcom's producer 
> is a ham -- John Amodeo, NN6JA -- several radio amateurs also are on the 
> production crew, and their number just increased, with help from the Greater 
> Los Angeles Amateur Radio Group (GLAARG <http://glaarg.org/>) VEC. The show's 
> *_"Thanksgiving" episode, which airs Friday, November 22 (8 PM ET), will 
> feature a scene with "Baxter" in his basement ham shack_*. Amodeo said that 
> for the first time in the series, Baxter will briefly talk on the radio. In 
> response, viewers will hear a pileup created by using the voices of hundreds 
> of real hams, sent in to the production company.
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> In the scene, the Mike Baxter character appears with his grandson "Boyd," 
> played by Flynn Morrison. The episode was shot in mid-October. According to 
> Amodeo, Mike heads to his basement ham shack to escape a houseful of guests 
> waiting for Thanksgiving dinner to be served. This episode of the show is only 
> the second to include ham radio as a story element and the first in which Tim 
> Allen's character is shown operating his ham station.
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