Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Harper (AE5X), who writes:
Your readers might be interested in the spark gap transmitter depiction in Rebellion, a series currently on Netflix:
https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2019/03/spark-gap-transmitter-depicted-in.html
Many thanks for sharing, John!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Colin Snow (KM6NTW), who notes that the following 1944 film “Maintaining Workers’ Interest” from the US Office of Education, features the Hammarlund Super Pro.
The video starts at the point in the film where the Super Pro is featured. To view the film from the beginning, click here.
https://vimeo.com/399908150
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who shares the following:
I’ve recently got back into computer games after a gap of several years, and have recently discovered one called “The Division”.
The level of detail in the game is amazing, and the representation of parts of Manhattan compare very favourably with Google Street View.
Radios popup fairly regularly as props in houses and military bases, including this windup model shown in the image above.
Thanks for sharing, Mark! That’s impressive design detail for a game. Looks like a radio I’d consider purchasing. I’m very curious if it’s based on a real life design–if so, I’ve never seen it. Please comment if you can ID this radio.
From “Fear of the Walking Dead”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Kevin and Stan who share the following article from Gizmodo. Stan notes:
You (and your readers) often comment on radios in movies and tv shows,
so I thought ya’ll might be interested in the following article:“Where Movies Get Their Vintage Electronics”
https://gizmodo.com/where-movies-get-their-vintage-electronics-1832218560Turns out, some come from an electronic waste recycling company in NYC,
which repairs and resells some of the waste they collect, puts the best
specimens in a museum/prop library for movies and TV show, and the rest
is recycled in an environmentally conscious way without ending up in a
landfill.
Fascinating! That vault looks amazing! I think it’s brilliant that set designers reach for vintage radios and I’m glad the vault has a ready supply!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adam Sampson, who writes:
One for your “radios in movies” collection: in “Johnny Mnemonic” (1995),
there’s a Racal RA17 in one of the racks in the Lo-Teks’ headquarters.There’s also a Rohde and Schwarz SMDF/SMDA RF signal generator in the
next rack which plays a pivotal role in the final scene…
Great catch, Adam! Thank you for sharing!
I’ll add this post to our archive of radios in film.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andrew Webber, who writes:
Does anyone know what kind of shortwave this is that appears in this episode of The Andy Griffith Show from the Sixth Season entitled “The Gypsies’. The Gypsies put a curse on the town of Mayberry and use the radio to magically predict rain within 72 hours by listening to weather reports from Greenland. The final scene is hilarious when Andy and Goober are listening to the radio and Andy takes the back cover off of the radio, only to discover the radio is just an empty case.
Thanks for sharing, Andrew. Can anyone ID this radio? Please comment!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes:
Did anyone ever notice this [in The Shape of Water]?
I have not seen the film yet, but how could we miss that classic Cold War rig?! Very cool–thanks for sharing, Dan!
I’ll add this post to our archive of radios in film.