[amsat-bb] Re: Ham radio in Films & TV ?

[Iain Young]

John Heaton wrote:

> In one of the Star Trek films, there was some amateur radio in the background when Uhura was tuning around. I seem to remember that  
> someone actually tried to decode the signal from the film.
Indeed. It was Startrek 4: The Voyage Home. It was during the scene
after time travelling (cant remember if it was when they went back,
or forward).Some folks thought it was the sound of a ZX Spectrum tape
loading, which IIRC used 1500 baud. It was in-fact AX25.

There was a usenet thread about it at the time that made one of the
"Usenet Historical Events" things, but I can't find it now.

What I didn't know was that, the film also has some HF packet in it
as well, see this URL for details:

http://www.radio-active.net.au/web/articles/humor/startrek.html


All the Best

Iain