K3: Stealth High-End Radio
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So, today I received the latest CQ Magazine in the mail and see this interesting article about a movie with Harrison Ford and other notable actors. Apparently, ham radio plays a part, thus the article. The author was asked if he had any high-end radios that could play a part in a movie. Quoting from the article:
"So, you need a high-end radio for a Harrison Ford movie? I have an Elecraft K3 which (at least in my view) is a high-end radio, but it does not look like a high-end radio. Right away, I think about a Yaesu, since their high-end radios usually have lots of knobs and lights. Just what a movie scene would like." So, the K3 was upstaged by a Yaesu because of knobs and lights (and, probably physical size). But, reading the rest of the article we find that the Yaesu's part was cut and replaced by the understudy, some old Boat Anchor Hallicrafters. I had never heard of the movie though (Paranoia) so I looked it up to find that it was a box office bomb -- probably not Harrison Ford's fault but I wonder if the K3 would have made a difference enough to create a smash hit. 73, phil, K7PEH ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 9/5/2013 7:25 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
> So, the K3 was upstaged by a Yaesu because of knobs and lights (and, > probably physical size). Ah yes, "Tokyo At Night", name given to the "stereo sets" on the market shortly after I came home from SE Asia. But, reading the rest of the article we > find that the Yaesu's part was cut and replaced by the understudy, > some old Boat Anchor Hallicrafters. It's always the boat anchors. The movie about the ham kid who found his dead dad on the air was Heathkit I think. I guess they look more like "real radios" to non-hams. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: K3: Stealth High-End Radio
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> It's always the boat anchors. The movie about the ham kid who found his > dead dad on the air was Heathkit I think. I guess they look more like > "real radios" to non-hams. > > That movie was "Frequency" starring Dennis Quaid. (Hope I spelled his name correctly). I beleive an SB-301 was used as a transceiver. I don't believe the new Harrison Ford movie with the SX-42 & SX-23 has been released yet Charlie k3ICH ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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From what I read, it was released August 16th (I think I got the date right) and quickly bombed in the box office. It might have been yanked from screens by now. Here let me check --- checking --- Nope, it is not playing at the near-by 12 screen cineplex theater. By the way, the movie is called "Paranoia".
Just did a Fandango search of the whole eastside area (that is, east of Lake Washington near Seattle) and Paranoia is not playing but it was indeed released and was playing in theaters. 73, phil, K7PEH On Sep 5, 2013, at 8:16 PM, "Charlie T, K3ICH" <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> It's always the boat anchors. The movie about the ham kid who found his dead dad on the air was Heathkit I think. I guess they look more like "real radios" to non-hams. >> >> > > That movie was "Frequency" starring Dennis Quaid. (Hope I spelled his name correctly). I beleive an SB-301 was used as a transceiver. > > I don't believe the new Harrison Ford movie with the SX-42 & SX-23 has been released yet > > Charlie k3ICH > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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My favorite was the Sky King episode where the short wave set was a National receiver with a microphone plugged into the phone jack.
David K0LUM ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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>My favorite was the Sky King episode where the short wave set was a >National receiver with a microphone plugged into the phone jack. > >David K0LUM > The opening sequence of "Dr No", the very first Jame Bond movie, shows a British radio operator using a Eddystone receiver and a KW Viscount transmitter. Cut to closeup of a hand, tuning the receiver... using PA TUNE. Shortly afterwards, the radio operator was shot. 73 from Ian GM3SEK ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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That's Spectre (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) for you - no tolerance of incompetence.
Anyone know what "The Lad Himself" is screwing an 19DS/87B into in The Radio Ham? There is a nice collection of amateur radio equipment in that episode. IMO, with the large dial and amber glowing display, the K3 looks a lot more like what most people would consider as a radio than the latest behemoths from the big three manufacturers. Mike |
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It always amazes me, how these high flying film people can get it so wrong.
Whenever Ham radio is featured. It's either too corny for words or, as noted previously totally inappropriate equipment, eg receivers being used as transmitters and tuning the RX with the PA tune etc etc, not to mention absurd operating practices and language. Surely in this high tech film industry there are switched on people who could advise and provide a more realistic portrail of Amateur radio. Ho Hum, then I guess it's only important to us wierdo Radio Hams !! 73 F5VJC On 6 September 2013 10:24, AD6XY <[hidden email]> wrote: > That's Spectre (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, > Revenge and Extortion) for you - no tolerance of incompetence. > > Anyone know what "The Lad Himself" is screwing an 19DS/87B into in The > Radio > Ham? There is a nice collection of amateur radio equipment in that episode. > > IMO, with the large dial and amber glowing display, the K3 looks a lot more > like what most people would consider as a radio than the latest behemoths > from the big three manufacturers. > > Mike > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Stealth-High-End-Radio-tp7578657p7578669.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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IIRC, an early scene in the movie "Contact" pretty much got the ham
experience close to reality. Not perfect, but close. BTW.... for a true "stealth" ham rig, you'd think a KX1, KX3.. or ATS-3 or 4.. or a true "spy set" would be what a real spy might use. But maybe Ford was not playing a spy, so a boat anchor was OK plot- wise. Doesn't look like we will get the see the movie, unless they release it on DVD and it shows up in a dollar store. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In reply to this post by Deni F5VJC
The recent film "Lincoln" [President Lincoln during the US Civil War]
had a couple of scenes in the "telegraph room." The ham group that found and supplied the telegraph equipment posted to some list I'm on the story about making it all period-authentic. Really interesting. Wireless hadn't been invented. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org On 9/6/2013 2:51 AM, F5vjc wrote: > It always amazes me, how these high flying film people can get it so wrong. > Whenever Ham radio is featured. It's either too corny for words or, as > noted previously totally inappropriate equipment, eg receivers being used > as transmitters and tuning the RX with the PA tune etc etc, not to mention > absurd operating practices and language. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In reply to this post by Raymond Sills
-----Original Message----- From: Sfbonk <[hidden email]> To: raysills3 <[hidden email]> Sent: Fri, Sep 6, 2013 3:02 pm Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Stealth High-End Radio For Contact, Angel, WP3R was around for the filming in Arecibo. QSL was shot during the filming. They even got some of the small details right. Scene with books in the background, copy of Antennas by Kraus (W8JK). W3OU Steve -----Original Message----- From: Ray Sills <[hidden email]> To: elecraft list <[hidden email]> Sent: Fri, Sep 6, 2013 2:49 pm Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Stealth High-End Radio IIRC, an early scene in the movie "Contact" pretty much got the ham experience close to reality. Not perfect, but close. BTW.... for a true "stealth" ham rig, you'd think a KX1, KX3.. or ATS-3 or 4.. or a true "spy set" would be what a real spy might use. But maybe Ford was not playing a spy, so a boat anchor was OK plot- wise. Doesn't look like we will get the see the movie, unless they release it on DVD and it shows up in a dollar store. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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