Guess the TV show from the old antiquated radio equipment

[mmckenna]

See if you know what show this is just by the radio equipment that was in the office of the Sheriff's Department.

I'll give you a hint it was low band simplex and they used quarter wave whips on their black and white's. Sheriff could talk to the state police on one common frequency.
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Andy!

 

[KB4MSZ]

Ok, I don't want anyone over age 30 to guess this one....

 

[trentbob]

Ok, I don't want anyone over age 30 to guess this one....

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Yeah I wonder why?

 

[Omega-TI]

I don't know what television show that would be from but that's when police transmissions were on the AM broadcast band just above 1600.

 

[trentbob]

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Of course! That was some show.

 

[KevinC]

Looks like the setup used for CHiPs, but I could be wrong.



From APCO a few years ago:

I seem to recall the unit was labeled "Motronics", not Motorola.

 

[mmckenna]

I seem to recall the unit was labeled "Motronics", not Motorola.

I seem to recall that too.

 

[KevinC]

I seem to recall that too.

Even then people feared the wrath of Motorola.

 

[Omega-TI]

I seem to recall the unit was labeled "Motronics", not Motorola.

Well, I took the screen shot from the shows intro, I just cropped it and enhanced it a little.

 

[KevinC]

Well, I took the screen shot from the shows intro, I just cropped it and enhanced it a little.

Interesting, maybe it changed at some point but I'm pretty darn sure it was labeled Motronics at one time.

 

[KevinC]

The intro video I found shows this...

 

[KevinC]

Looks like they changed at some point (this is from season 6)...

 

[mmckenna]

Looks like they changed at some point (this is from season 6)...

Motorola probably saw they were missing sales opportunities.

 

[KB4MSZ]

This was used quite a bit in the series, but not in the opening credits as far as I remember.

 

[mmckenna]

This was used quite a bit in the series, but not in the opening credits as far as I remember.

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Checkmate King 2, this is White Rook, over.

 

[KB4MSZ]

This has to be the most well-known prop radio in all of TV

 

[Echo4Thirty]

This has to be the most well-known prop radio in all of TV

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He never could fix that damn hole in the boat!

 

[bharvey2]

He never could fix that damn hole in the boat!

Yeah, but they managed to keep a supply of batteries in the radio. Go figure.

 

[Omega-TI]

I wonder if that Gilligan's Island radio showed up on ebay what it might sell for?
Currently there is a seller on Ebay parting out a handle and antenna for one.