Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mark Hirst, who writes:
Thomas,
I picked up Season 5 of the cult TV show “The Avengers” at a street market last weekend.
In the episode “Never, never say die”, Mrs Emma Peel follows a lead and meets a radio ham playing chess with other radio hams around the world.
With all the little details in the room, I wonder if someone involved in setting up the scene knew something about amateur radio?
Mark
I bet they did, Mark! How many of these fine radios can the SWLing Post community identify? Please comment!
There is an RCA AR88 in the backgriund under theWorld map. I see a Swan transceiver with a Shure 444 microphone in front of the operator. On the back wall under the circular map it looks like a BC221 frequency wavemeter with its’ front open showing the calibration book.
Yes, I spotted a TW ‘Communicator’ in this episode, and another (probably the same one) in the episode ‘It’s all done with mirrors’ in series 6.