Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Radios and Coms in TV and Movies

[Mike Pugh]

wd8chl wrote:
> Gordon 'Yeti' wrote:
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>> Further question - are you sure it was the 41AT? And why were they illegal?
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> Sorry-in hindsight they were 41A's, not the AT version...no DTMF pad.
> And they are illegal because they are ham rigs. And it's illegal to use 
> ham frequencies for a for-profit business, and movies are made for profit.
>   
Wait a minute? It's illegal to hold a ham radio as a prop in a movie??? ;-) Mike