Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andrew Webber, who writes:
Does anyone know what kind of shortwave this is that appears in this episode of The Andy Griffith Show from the Sixth Season entitled “The Gypsies’. The Gypsies put a curse on the town of Mayberry and use the radio to magically predict rain within 72 hours by listening to weather reports from Greenland. The final scene is hilarious when Andy and Goober are listening to the radio and Andy takes the back cover off of the radio, only to discover the radio is just an empty case.
Thanks for sharing, Andrew. Can anyone ID this radio? Please comment!
Several episodes show an EICO 720 AM/CW transmitter (bottom unit in the scenes). SO many people on various forums are completely wrong, calling it a Motorola, among other things. One episode with the :gypsies” show a Hallicrafters receiver (either a S108 or SX110). Not sure what the smaller unit on top of the EICO is.
I am a SX-110 owner … a vintage 1962 unit that for a single conversion radio is quite nice. Indeed we cannot really decipher this one.. Why? Because Hollywood prop departments love to modify gear so actors can hold the items more easily or reduce the lighting glare from kbobs and meters. Those techs will even make things appear more radio-like. Test Case: The Packard-Bell AM radio used on Gilligan’s Island did not come with a whip antenna. That was the Prop Department’s handy work.
Hey mind if I butt in here? There is one episode where Andy and Helen can’t get any peace or privacy at the lake and at the very end of the show they are back in Helen’s house. The very last scene, the camera just for the briefest time starts the scene focused on her radio. Just a regular radio not a police radio. In her house.
I think it’s a realistic
Yep. It’s a Halocrafter 73 meters Ham Rig.
Hallicrafters S-108
Looks like a Hallicrafters S-108. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/hallicraft_s_108_s108.html
Looks like a Hallicrafters S-108. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/hallicraft_s_108_s108.html.
This is a Hallicrafters SX-110
Yes on the Hallicrafters S-108. The SX-110 has a knob on the right that is not present in the picture.
And a vertical, edgewise S-meter (SX-110)
Hello Thomas,
Here is the full episode (the radio makes its appearance at 22:22):
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5wtnmn
Excellent! Thanks for the link!
73,
Thomas
Looks like a Hallicrafters S-108. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/hallicraft_s_108_s108.html
It’s a Hallicrafters S-108,the “economy” version of the SX-110:
https://www.qsl.net/la5ki/s108.htm
Here is the SX-110 for comparison:(scroll down)
https://www.qsl.net/la5ki/sx.htm
BTW this site is Excellent for all things Hallicrafters if you have some time:
https://www.qsl.net/la5ki/halli.htm
No clue, but it sounds like one downright hilarious episode hi hi.