Twilight Zone – 1960 “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
Season 1 Episode 22

The neighbors are very suspicious of Steve (Claude Akins) and what his wife (Lyn Guild) said about his Ham Radio Set.

The Outer Limits - 1964 "Feasibility Study” Links 1 2 3 4 5 6
Season 1, Episode 29

Residents break into the home of a Ham Radio Operator.

Twilight Zone - 1964 “Black Leather Jackets”
Season 5 Episode 18

A family is sitting watching TV and the TV goes to snow and the lights start to go on and off. Three leather jacket wearing, motorcycle riding men invade a peaceful neighborhood and use a Ham Radio Set.

McHale's Navy – 1964 "A Da-Da for Christy"
Season 2, Episode 36

They use the call W9643 San Diego "Not a Amateur Call" Photos 1 2 3 4

The Munsters - 1965 "If a Martian Answers, Hang Up"
Season 1, Episode 18

Herman becomes a Ham, with a callsign of W6XRL4 Photos 1 2 3

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Gilligan’s Island – 1965 "Quick Before It Sinks"
Season 2 Episode 6

Skipper has Gilligan hide under a table while the Professor contacts him using a phony radio. He refers to Gilligan as a "French Radio Operator" and the Skipper infers that the guy is in a Ham Shack.

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Isis - 1975 CBS “No Drums, No Trumpets”
Season 1 Episode 11

Reported Drake TR-22, 2 Meter FM “Luggie Talkies” were used in a scene. More to come as soon a clip is viewed.

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M* A* S* H* - 1972 “Adam’s Ribs”
Season 3, Episode 11

Hawkeye (Alan Alda) is fed up with the same mess hall food. He wakes up Radar (Gary Burghoff) to make a call back to the States to place an order of Ribs from Adam’s Ribs, next to a Deerborn Station in Chicago. Radar gets the call to go through and Hawkeye places the order but forgets to order the coleslaw. Later Hawkeye has Trapper (Wayne Rogers) make a call to an old girlfriend to pick up the ribs and take them to an Army Base so they can be shipped out on ice. At the end, they are all sitting down to eat them and then a chopper comes in with wounded and they have to leave.
***Note: All the phone calls back to the US from Korean Conflict, they used “MARS” Military Affiliate Radio System.

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The French Atlantic Affair - This was a 1979 TV Mini Series

The French Atlantic Affair. Ham radio was not just a scene -- it was central to the plot. The writer of the novel, book and conultant on all scripts for the TV series was my late friend Ernie "Ernest" Lehman, K6DXK. (King 6 (the) D X Kid a he often called himself.) If you have a screen shot please send us one.

"ALF"- 1980's Episode, many of them had a reference to Amateur Radio.

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Facts of Life – Season 1, Episode 9

In an episode from 1980, Molly Ringwald, daughter of Bob Ringwald K6YBV, played one of the girls at a school, providing emergency communications during a storm. She even used her dad's callsign! Bob Ringwald, K6YBV has also been reported to be one of the Technical Consultants on the show. It was also reported he literally rewrote the script to put in the proper "Hamspeak" so Molly would sound authentic.

C.O.P.S – 198? “Car theft & suicide attempt”
Season ?, Episode ?

A Miami officer pursues a driver who allegedly refused to pull over. In the Pursuit they use the Q-Codes “QSL” and “QTH” You will also find the Q-Codes in a lot of C.O.P.S. Episodes from Florida.

Hancock's Half Hour – 1991 “The Radio Ham”
Season 7, Episode 3

BBC Show Still Confirming Scene!

Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's... – 1996 ”The Radio Ham”
Season 1, Episode 3

BBC Show Still Confirming Scene!

Marcy “Amanda Rearse” gets hitched to Jefferson “Ted McGinley” in the Bundy’s backyard. Al uses an Amateur Radio so the Minister can conduct the wedding Ceremony. An HF rig was used but I did not get the Maker.

Frasier – 1997 “Ham Radio”
Season 4, Episode 18

This episode had nothing to do with Amateur Radio, in name only!

The Secret Wireless War - 2002 (TV)

The first two episodes tell the story of the Amateur Radio Hams who listened to German Morse code broadcasts during World War II. Still Confirming Scene!

Drake & Josh – 2006 “Alien Invasion”
Season 3, Episode 16

Drake (Drake Bell) and Josh (Josh Peck) decide to play a prank on their little sister Megan. They know that the night before she watched a special on TV about aliens. Josh decides that they are going to make Megan believe that there really are aliens. When they walk in the house, Megan (Miranda Cosgrove) has radio station set up. She has about 3 big radios, an antenna, and a microphone. In the next scene, Drake asks what Josh is doing with small radio, an antenna and a microphone. Josh says that they are going to use Ham Radio to make Megan think that she is actually hearing aliens on the other end. Drake asks Josh where he got the equipment and he replies with, "Our school has an Amateur Radio Club. They let me borrow some stuff." Later on Megan listens and when Drake and Josh make "alien" noises Megan runs around screaming aliens! Eventually the boys tell Megan it was a prank, but Megan knew all along and gets them back by having an alien scare them.

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Voices are hear over an old HF Amateur Radio site.

Last Man Standing – 2012 “TBA”
Season 2 Episode 13? or 14?

Allen plays Mike Baxter, KA0XTT, a married father of three and the director of marketing at an outdoor sporting goods store in Colorado whose life is dominated by women. The episode that will establish Mike as a radio amateur is currently scheduled to air in mid-January 2012, More to come after airing. For the back story to how Amateur Radio got on the show and how they did it, Click here for the BACK STORY.

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