Contact; The movie

[NE9N]

Can anyone out there in radio land helpme out??? I saw the movie "contact" and in the movie the main character uses a ham radio call W9GFO My question is does anyone know if Ms Jodie Foster ever held an amateur radio license?? The call W9GFO is not hers at lease not according to the QRZ callsign database!! Does anybody have any answers??? De Dave M. NE9N

 

[rdale]

someone just asked this a week ago and it was answered - hit the 'search' button above for the forum and type in a few keywords.

 

[N_Jay]

It's like Deja Vu all over again.

 

[NE9N]

Celebrity ham operators

To whom it may concern' I do know that most of the celebreties that have ham tickets usually have their call signs purged from any database to cut down on the people who would try to hassel them.

 

[OZ_Redneck]

If she was a Ham why would she use her real callsign in a movie?

 

[N4JNW]

Joe Walsh is a ham.... Never thought...

'I sit on the radio sometimes until 4... It's hard to leave when skip isn't so poor...'

 

[Jeffn8wb]

http://www.qsl.net/w9gfo/

 

[N4JNW]

so it does/did exist..

 

[N_Jay]

so it does/did exist..

What does or did exist?

The call?:roll: :roll:

 

[N4JNW]

Yes. Go to the link provided..

 

[NE9N]

Celebrity HamOperators

Dear People; Joe Walsh, Ronnie Milsap, Chet Atkins, Patty Loveless, and Larnel Harris are all Ham radio operators!!! Want More?? How about Walter Cronkite, & bonjovi they are Ham radio operators also!!! does anybody know of any more??? De Dave M. NE9N

 

[N_Jay]

Yes. Go to the link provided..

Yes it exists,
and no it waas never in question.

 

[N_Jay]

Dear People; Joe Walsh, Ronnie Milsap, Chet Atkins, Patty Loveless, and Larnel Harris are all Ham radio operators!!! Want More?? How about Walter Cronkite, & bonjovi they are Ham radio operators also!!! does anybody know of any more??? De Dave M. NE9N

Me!

 

[organized_mayhem]

To whom it may concern' I do know that most of the celebreties that have ham tickets usually have their call signs purged from any database to cut down on the people who would try to hassel them.

Can't purge your name from the FCC database though.

 

[VernM]

1. I believe tghe call in the movie "Contact" was that of the ham radio adviser to the production, used with his permission. QST had a blurb on it way back when.

2. Chet Atkins is a silent key. Les Paul also holds a license. So did Arthur Godfrey, for you old folks. I think he was K4MEL. NBC's former science editor, Roy Neal, was a ham, now silent key. CBS network news director in the 50-60s was too. I forget his name.

 

[N4JNW]

Dear People; Joe Walsh, Ronnie Milsap, Chet Atkins, Patty Loveless, and Larnel Harris are all Ham radio operators!!! Want More?? How about Walter Cronkite, & bonjovi they are Ham radio operators also!!! does anybody know of any more??? De Dave M. NE9N

Dang.. I couldn't picture BonJovi being a ham operator..... Pretty sweet though... Now that I mention, it, I couldn't picture Joe Walsh being a ham either.... LOL

Awesome!!

 

[Quickcall]

Ok, I just saw this thread today and I had never heard of this movie until now. 15 minutes after looking at it i went to the movie store and picked it up. I just finished it 10 minutes ago and all I have to say about this movie is WOW! It was just a very very cool movie with a nice plot line. There wasnt a part in the movie that had me bored. Very cool!

 

[DaveIN]

Think Contact is cool, check out Frequency. Sparks....smarks

 

[gcgrotz]

Marlon Brando was licensed in Tahiti as Martin Brandeaux or something like that.

I hear Joe Walsh has a room full of old Collins gear. Sweet. Life's been good to (him) so far!

 

[N4UYV_Al]

Think Contact is cool, check out Frequency. Sparks....smarks

Yeah, but don't miss a minute of it or the rest of the movie will leave you wondering what the heck is going on....lol