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Don't forget Independence Day. They use shortwave radio and CW when the ET's take over the satellites. John On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 14:51:28 -0800 "Utility World (Hugh Stegman)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe > from this list > > Apocalypse Now: As we know, the thing came out with different > endings. In > the 70mm roadshow print, the Captain uses a radio to report mission > accomplished, and goes back to the boat. In the 35mm wide-release > version, > he uses the radio to call in the air strike, and Kurtz's camp blows > up for > several minutes under closing credits. Also, Marlon Brando is seen > making > covert propaganda broadcasts using a military manpack. > > Contact: Teenage ham grows up and becomes a radio astronomer, uses > communication radio savvy to decode messages from > extraterrestrials. > > Convoy: Like in the song, the interstate truck drivers use CB > radios to > form the ultimate truck convoy. > > Crimson Tide: US missile sub gets EAM message to stand by for > missile > launch, but then doesn't get confirmation or cancellation. Captain > tries to > launch WW III over crew objections, starting a mutiny and gun battle > for > control of the sub. > > Eye of the Needle: WW II spy in Britain uses short wave radio to > contact > handlers. > > Frequency: Kid finds his dead father's old ham radio and fires it > up during > the mother of all auroral storms. He hears his dad from the past > and tries > to influence history to prevent his untimely death. > > Gangs of New York (30s version): Mob boss runs operations from a > covert > short wave radio hidden in his cell. He is caught and thrown in > solitary. > Note that Martin Scorsese's Oscar contender from last year has the > same > title, but it is set in the 1860s. > > King of the Rocket Men: Classic 50s B-grade serial features a guy > who can > fly with a rocket suit, battling the evil Dr. Vulcan, whose lair > sure looks > like a nice old AM transmitting site, wire antenna and all. The > same > Motorola VHF repeaters appear as set-dress all the way through, in > many > different scenes. The Disney flick Rocketeer drew heavily on this > one for > art direction. > > The Longest Day: French Resistance listens to the BBC for coded > instructions. Announcer reads messages, not Steaganographic but > just lines > from poems and such. When "Wound and fill my heart with a > monotonous > languour," and "Jean has a black moustache" are heard read on the > air, > members of the Resistance activate pre D-Day invasion support > operations. > This is supposed to be based on actual history. The simulated > broadcast on > the sound track even has CW QRM. > > On the Beach: The last submarine left in the post-WW III world > hears random > CW beeping, and leaves Australia to see if there is anyone else left > alive > on Earth besides the Australians. Turns out that a bottle has > fallen into a > window-shade pull loop, contacting the straight key every time wind > blows > through the open window. This was shot at one of the coastal > stations, with > some great-looking gear. Character uses the key to send a sitrep > back to > the sub in fast Morse. I remember copying "...BOTTLE RESTING ON > KEY..." > > Rolling Down the Great Divide: Cattle rustlers coordinate their > criminal > activities with short wave radios. > > This Island Earth: Secret agents in our midst use hidden, > futuristic radio > consoles hidden in their homes to contact a race of aliens seeking > to invade > the Earth. Radio is called an "Interrositer." > > > And last year there was a movie called CQ, but it had nothing to do > with > radio at all. > > -hugh > > Hugh Stegman NV6H 34N 118W > MT Utility World > http://www.ominous-valve.com/uteworld.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Spooks mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > > - > Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy > Numbers Stations > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com _______________________________________________ Spooks mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
