The radios on the right are a Gonset communicator and the matching amp. The meter in the middle is a Triplett 310. CRAIG
-- Curt Phillips W4CP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As a Hammarlund and Drake fan, I have "freeze-framed" it to take a closer look at the rigs and I even typed up a message to send out on the list, but I did it just before the Fest and I figured no one would see it because everyone (except me :-( would be going to the Fest. Here is what I typed: There is a Diet Mountain Dew commercial where it is thundering and lighting. All of the scenes take place outside, in the rain and thunder and lightning. There are two women fencing, a women sitting in front of a table with radios on it and a tower behind (outside, in the rain) and two women walking about on tall, aluminum stilts.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> A man holding a can of Diet Mountain Dew asked the first two women, “What are you doing?” They reply, “Fencing.” Then he asks the woman at the table of radios the same question. She says, “Playing with my ham radios.” If you freeze-frame it, you can see that on the left side of the table, one of the receivers is a Hammarlund HQ-170 or HQ-180 and the woman is sitting in front of it, so you can't tell which for sure. On top of it is a radio in the Drake R-4 family. You might think it would be a Drake transmitter (T-4X, T4XB, etc.) to go with the receiver, but on the table beside the Hammarlund is a Drake MS-4 speaker. There is something on top of the MS-4 and beside the MS-4 are some radios or maybe test equipment. They might be homebrew, but I didn't recognize them. In front of the setup is a Shure 444 microphone. I didn't see a code key, so obviously she is an "appliance operator." :-) Remember, this is outside. Behind the radio table is a tower (probably 10’ high) and around the radio table are other antennas and things as might be put there by someone who wants a "radio look" more than something appropriate (this IS TV and this IS a commercial.) He asks her, “Aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning. As he says this, HE is struck by lightning. The commercial continues in this strange way to try to get people to drink Mountain Dew. But I love to see shortwave radios on TV, especially ones that I own. The key to watch for if it is coming on is two women fencing in the rain, thunder and lightning. I didn't know it was on YouTube, but it has been shown several times during the TV Show, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." 73,Curt W4CPCurt Phillips, CEM CMVP W4CP ex-KD4YU; WB4LHI ARRL Life; QCWA; SKCC; NASWA Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group Drake R8A; R4B/FS4-T4XB, HQ-180C R-390A, Sony 2010; 7600GR; E1 Kenwood TS-940SAT Raleigh, NC curt<at>nerdster.net "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just in case you have not seen the Diet Mountain Dew "Lightening Ad" with the ham radio operator in the thunder storm... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MieEfkwICB8 Can anyone identify the equipment in use? The receiver on the left looks like Hamarlund HQ-170 or 180 but the rest ?? Kudos to whomever gets it. CRAIG N3TPM _____________________________________________________________ Not making enough money? Click here to get free info on medical jobs _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. _____________________________________________________________ Click here to obtain free information on accredited degrees. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3l8OqSzGRMQZoyK0um4pxRDvBz7fdH1mA8KAbCgudaCU4TRN/
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