gmp@rayssd.UUCP (05/09/85)
In episode #47, "A Piece of the Action," after Kirk instructs Spock and McCoy to return to the Enterprise, they commandeer a local radio station. How is it that they can hear Uhura's voice? Is receiving equipment in the studio so that the local D.J. can get instant feedback on her/his listeners' appreciation of the program material? Or is there some rational explanation I've overlooked.
john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (05/10/85)
>From: gmp@rayssd.UUCP >Organization: Raytheon Co., Portsmouth RI >Message-ID: <733@rayssd.UUCP> > >In episode #47, "A Piece of the Action," after Kirk instructs Spock and McCoy >to return to the Enterprise, they commandeer a local radio station. How is it >that they can hear Uhura's voice? Is receiving equipment in the studio so that >the local D.J. can get instant feedback on her/his listeners' appreciation of >the program material? Or is there some rational explanation I've overlooked. I don't know how a typical radio station of the 1930's worked, but assuming it's similar to a modern one... What you probably heard would have been the "air" monitor. When Spock recalibrated the transmitter to signal the Enterprise, he could just have easily reset the receiver which the station uses to monitor it's own signal. Are you sure, however, that they commandeered a radio station or just a radio room with a transceiver in it. (Yes I remember how they tune in the commercial for "Bang Bang- the sweetest little automatic in the world".) I always thought it was a private transmitter maintained by Oxmix and probably used for keeping in touch with his "boys" in the field. -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 222-6600 x366 UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john Silly Quote: "Oh sair, it was Kahn. We found him in an unlinked inode. He put creatures in our bodies... made us post lies, say things, flame things, but keptin was strong..."