Frequency!!

[Eddy Swynar]

While I enjoyed watching the film, strictly for its entertainment value, I
couldn't understand for the life of me why the technical co-ordinator
responsible for the radio didn't simply acquire an old SB-100/101 from that
same era---in other words, a TRUE transceiver, rather than that cobbled-up
thing that appeared in the picture...

It would have been closer (obviously) to reality, & would probably would
have saved the studio some money, too (i.e. no need to retrofit the thing,
the way they did the receiver). I suspect that same technical co-ordinator
may well have been a "newbie" to Ham Radio, & knew little of BA rigs.

Hollywood...go figure!

~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ






----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Friess" <rayfri at networld.com>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: Frequency!!


> must have been a special model by heathkit.  I just checked my 301
> and it doesnt transmit either.. probably because my 301 doesnt have
> any transmit section in it.  Maybe it was gutted before I got it.
> HI HI.
> ray  wa7itz
>
>
>
> Ed Gardner wrote:
> >
> > SB-301. There's a scene where they pan across the face in closeup. I
> > wasn't aware that 301's could transmit. Must have been a special model
> > hihi. Hollywood!!
> >
> > Jack Crenshaw wrote:
> > >
> > > Just watched the movie, "Frequency," last night.  The hero of the
movie
> > > was a Heathkit ham transceiver.  Which model was it?
> > >
> > > Jack
>
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