Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who adds the following to our growing archive of radios in film.
Mark writes:
Another radio spotted in a TV show, this time in the Netflix show iZombie.
Having been gifted a Yaesu FRG-7700 recently, it was an easy spot.
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This FRG-7700 appears to be a ‘special’ model however, with a microphone plugged into the headphone socket and able to act as a transceiver!!
You have sharp eyes, Mark! Yes, indeed, it looks like they’ve turned that ‘7700 into a transceiver by plugging a mic into the headphone jack. Now why didn’t we think of that?!? 🙂
Thanks again for sharing!
The FRG7700 is also visible in the Netflix series “Katla”, season 1 episode 5, 16:54 minutes into the episode.
That should say “1/8 inch” mono mic jack.
I once plugged an earphone into a tape recorder’s ?’ mono mic jack, hit record and spoke into the earphone. Audio was terrible but it did work.