MASH/Radio Equipment in Radar's office

[Jimru]

You are correct! Many items on the show are out of date - just a couple examples:
A chocolate (Hershey,s) bar given to a native has the Hersheys logo turned down but the bar code is plainly visible! In the club, a much more modern red helo is pictured on the wall (a "Huey"?), and many other date related mistakes are easy to notice on all the episodes.
Guess the production crew didn't realize how popular the series would be so didn't bother with such obvious mistakes.

You, sir have now given me a whole new reason to watch MASH re-runs! Only I'll have the sound off so as not to distract from looking for mistakes.

It occurred to me that some of the equipment pictured in these posts from the show may not even be communications equipment, but instead old test equipment.

 

[Ronaldski]

goofs
M*A*S*H (1972

trivia
M*A*S*H (1972

 

[Jay911]

Give it a few weeks and you might learn how modern US milcom gear behaves on the peninsula.

 

[Jimru]

Really! Hope not.

 

[TheSpaceMan]

You are correct! Many items on the show are out of date - just a couple examples:
A chocolate (Hershey,s) bar given to a native has the Hersheys logo turned down but the bar code is plainly visible! In the club, a much more modern red helo is pictured on the wall (a "Huey"?), and many other date related mistakes are easy to notice on all the episodes.
Guess the production crew didn't realize how popular the series would be so didn't bother with such obvious mistakes.

Better accuracy would take more time, effort and money from the production's budget, and few people would really notice. Was there any radio equipment on display in the original M.A.SH. movie?

 

[Ronaldski]

Sergeant Pryor, AKA Sparky

 

[adid]

Ham Radio on MASH

Hi, take a look at this thread from 3 years ago
http://www.mash4077tv.com/2010/08/04/springtime-goof/

It's all me to blame, I'm the guy who wrote the moderator after watching the episode from the 3rd season.

 

[peterwo2e]

don't quote me but that looks like a collins reciver the color and the round gauges has collins trade mark.

 

[peterwo2e]

then again it also looks like a harris, and henry..lol

 

[fourthhorseman]

Surely the Prop dept visited the surplus shops..

Personally Id love to score one of these ol Collins
autotuning radios..they look so dammed cool!

 

[Rt169Radio]

I wonder what happened to the radios that were used on the set?

 

[peterwo2e]

I wonder what happened to the radios that were used on the set?

they go back into storage for the next movie like frequencies or some old navy ww2 movie. they are call props.