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NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Trapped (2017)
10 minutes of research would have helped a lot!
I am a long time fan of the show. I am also a licensed Amateur Radio operator. The way ham radio was depicted was not in any way realistic. It makes me wonder what other story lines have gone ridiculously wrong. Ham radio operators DO NOT, EVER, use "handles". They are required to use the call sign issued by the FCC. For example, McGee's would have started with W4, as US zone 4 includes the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
And thanks for making us all look like a pack of raging agoraphobic shut-ins. Must come as quite a shock to astronauts like Tony England (W0ORE), Ron Parise (WA4SIR) or Owen Garriot (WA4SIR). How about musicians like Chet Atkins (W4CGP), Ronnie Milsap (WB4KCG) or Joe Walsh (WB6ACU)? Then there is former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater (K7UGA) and long time CBS TV journalist Walter Cronkite (KB2GSD). Not to mention the MIT Radio Society (W1MX). Sorry for the rant, but come on folks. In the age of the internet you could have easily had the real basics for your story, instead of apparently binge watching "Convoy" and all the "Smokey and The Bandit" movies.