Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Balazs, who writes:
Hi Thomas,
I have just finished the series, “The Eternaut” (published at the end of April), and the story features old one-way or two-way radios in several places; see the attached pictures.
(Fun fact: one of the main characters used the call sign LU5DA and is shown a map for an antenna setup, the call sign in reality belongs to Radio Club Río de la Plata and (according to Google) their address matched the map.)
Trailer of the series in English:
with best regards,
Balazs
OMG! I died laughing hearing Ricardo Darín being dubbed into English. He’s recognized as Argentina’s number one movie star.
Regarding the radios, for several decades Argentina bent their tax laws to allow appliance and electronics factories in Ushuaia as a zona franca or taxfree zone. This was sort of like Manaus, Brazil. The Argentine radios of the 1970s carried brand names like Tonex. The Ushuaia zone closed down leaving many shuttered factories.
I used a Yaesu FTDX401 transceiver back in the 70’s!
Dan Greenall VE3HLC
Cool!
But they clearly should have used an Argonaut.
72’s!