Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bruce, who writes:
This episode, S02E22, was aired on May 16, 2019. In the story the year is circa 1990. The “broadcasts” of CHU (not named) and Radio Sweden International are not actual ones.
I give this episode high marks for taking the time to demonstrate a Shortwave Radio and an Antenna, more than anything I’ve seen before on any TV show or movie.
Can anyone identify the radio and the loop antenna? Please comment!
Looks very much like the Hallicrafters TW2000
If L.B. Cebik
https://www.qcwa.org/w4rnl-13211-sk.htm
was still alive
I sure would like to ask him:
Compare and Contrast “air core loop antennas” versus “ferrite bar loop antennas”
Here on SWLing the old post(s) comparing the FIM-41 with its air core loop to other highly respected radios started this question in my mind…
https://swling.com/blog/tag/matts-audio-comparisons/
Now I had never seen or heard of a
Capehart International Multi-Band Portable Radio, Model 88P66NL
but this post re-ignites this “brain worm” puzzle,
a mild form of torture,
kinda like a song “Ear Worm”
My tinkering with the tiny but impressive Qodosen DX-286
with a
Selec-A-Tenna 541,
Tecsun AN-100
Kiwa Travel Loop
keeps the question simmering.
I picked up a second hand Alpha Antenna made EmComm VHF/UHF Loop
which is a resonant capacitor tuned shielded coax loop
that might be useable on MW if an appropriately larger diameter of LMR-400 Microwave Systems Coax was substituted
http://www.alphaantenna.com/
Young Sheldon radio was a Capehart International 88 P66 NL.
Hello, this is a Capehart International Multi-Band Portable Radio, Model 88P66NL, circa 1955 production.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vintage_Capehart_International_Multi-Band_Portable_Radio,_Model_88P66NL,_5_Tubes,_Line_%26_Battery_Powered,_Made_In_USA,_Circa_1955_%2814886666006%29.jpg