Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ward, who writes:
Magnum PI episode #62 contains a ham radio that they refer to as shortwave.
Higgens calls for help on [this radio] during a hurricane. The radio receives a gun shot at the end of the show.
73, Ward
Thank you for sharing, Ward!
So the screen shots aren’t the highest quality in terms of seeing detail, but I think I know the model of the radio that was (sadly!) shot. 🙂
The buttons and encoder are almost unmistakable from this manufacturer.
What you you think, Post readers? Care to comment with your guess?
The microphone has nothing to do with it … just scene needs …
it is Kenwood r2000 receiver.
70/80 years.
73. Giuseppe Morlè iz0gzw.
Hi,
i guess Jos its a kenwood r-2000
regards Jos.
Despite having various radios, my Kenwood R-2000 has been my “go to” desktop receiver for years now.
Kenwood R2000
There goes the magic smoke that allowed the R-2000 to transmit!
Ha ha ha!!!!
Headline: “Kenwood R2000 gets shot”.
“You’re wasting your time with that microphone, it’s just a receiver!”
The call letters Higgins used and the op procedures were real,callsign must have belonged
to someone connected with the show who lived in California.
The mike was an Astatic D-104,not sure if it would have worked with a modern ham rig.
And the “ham rig” was a Kenwood R-2000 receiver (used to have one) so Higgins making
contacts on it was quite impossible.
A shame it was sacrificed,though.
Later in the series they implied that Higgins was Robin Masters…this show proved they
were two separate people…too bad the new writers did not see it.
BTW for more info about the original Magnum visit
http://magnum-mania.com.
The behind the scenes pics (found under pics at top of page)
are very interesting!