{"id":16378,"date":"2015-12-21T16:06:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T20:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16378"},"modified":"2018-05-04T07:41:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T11:41:07","slug":"thats-time-station-chu-in-the-empire-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/thats-time-station-chu-in-the-empire-strikes-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Time station CHU in The Empire Strikes Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16349\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12202015-40448-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Fullscreen capture 12202015 40448 AM\" width=\"650\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12202015-40448-AM.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12202015-40448-AM-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, I published <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-empire-strikes-back-is-that-wwv-i-hear\/\">a post noting that I thought I heard the time station WWV in a scene of <em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, RadioGeek, quickly corrected me: that&#8217;s Canadian time station <strong>CHU<\/strong>&#8216;s data pips I&#8217;m hearing, not circa-1980s WWV. \u00a0Cool!<\/p>\n<h2>Listen for yourself<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HgY3rOOascY?t=23s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s the clip from <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5BkOVSFb2Zw?t=2m15s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Empire Strikes Back, Battle of Hoth<\/a>:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5BkOVSFb2Zw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=135&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now listen to <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CHU-Canada-14.67MHz-short.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the recording of CHU<\/a> I made only moments ago&#8211;note the tone and duration of the data pips:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16378-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CHU-Canada-14.67MHz-short.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CHU-Canada-14.67MHz-short.mp3\">http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CHU-Canada-14.67MHz-short.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>No wonder I mixed up CHU and WWV;\u00a0I&#8217;ve listened to both for propagation since I was a kid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I wonder which of the Lucas Film sound engineer(s)\/artist(s) chose CHU for this scene? Anyone know, by chance? Or can anyone find out?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No doubt, that sound designer is an SWL or ham radio operator. Perhaps this may also explain the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2WBG2rJZGW8&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=2m5s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSB-esque radio dialog between fighter pilots throughout the <em>Star Wars<\/em> films<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2WBG2rJZGW8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=125&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, I published a post noting that I thought I heard the time station WWV in a scene of The Empire Strikes Back. SWLing Post reader, RadioGeek, quickly corrected me: that&#8217;s Canadian time station CHU&#8216;s data pips I&#8217;m hearing, not circa-1980s WWV. \u00a0Cool! Listen for yourself Here&#8217;s the clip from The Empire Strikes Back, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,460,3,305,43],"tags":[13,4560,4561,4552,68,4554],"class_list":["post-16378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-funny","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","tag-chu","tag-chu-canada","tag-chu-the-empire-strikes-back","tag-the-empire-strikes-back","tag-wwv","tag-wwv-the-empire-strikes-back"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4ga","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31861,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/sound-designer-ben-burtt-reveals-radios-influence-in-star-wars-films\/","url_meta":{"origin":16378,"position":0},"title":"Sound Designer Ben Burtt Reveals Radio&#8217;s Influence in Star Wars films","author":"Thomas","date":"May 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is popularly known as\u00a0Star Wars Day\u2013\u2013and I'm reminded of one of my favorite posts, featuring Star Wars sound designer, Ben Burtt, who to my surprise, contacted me to answer a question I published here on the SWLing Post.\u00a0 Once again, here it is. Enjoy!\u00a0 And \"May the fourth be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"StarWars-Logo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16517,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/star-wars-sound-designer-is-indeed-a-radio-enthusiast\/","url_meta":{"origin":16378,"position":1},"title":"Star Wars sound designer is, indeed, a radio enthusiast","author":"Thomas","date":"January 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post readers may remember a post I recently published\u00a0in which I believed I'd identified a familiar shortwave time signal station in the Battle of Hoth scene from The Empire Strikes Back. If you haven't read this post, feel free to do so and listen to the embedded video\/audio clips.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"StarWars-Logo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3942,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-empire-strikes-back-is-that-wwv-i-hear\/","url_meta":{"origin":16378,"position":2},"title":"The Empire Strikes Back: Is that WWV I hear?","author":"Thomas","date":"December 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"With all of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens hype going on, I remembered that, as a kid, I thought I heard WWV in a scene from\u00a0The Empire Strikes Back. I looked through some video clips of the movie online and discovered it again this morning:\u00a0I heard the WWV-like sound\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fullscreen capture 12202015 40448 AM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12202015-40448-AM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12202015-40448-AM.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12202015-40448-AM.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13893,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/recording-the-2015-leap-second\/","url_meta":{"origin":16378,"position":3},"title":"Recording the 2015 Leap Second","author":"Thomas","date":"July 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I posted a brief article about the leap second that occurred between 23:59:59 June 30, 2015\u00a0and 00:00:00 UTC July 01, 2015. I decided to record the leap second on as many shortwave time station frequencies as possible. The only viable options for me--based on time of day and my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fullscreen capture 6302015 115321 PM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fullscreen-capture-6302015-115321-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fullscreen-capture-6302015-115321-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fullscreen-capture-6302015-115321-PM.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fullscreen-capture-6302015-115321-PM.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13874,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/hang-on-a-second-seriously\/","url_meta":{"origin":16378,"position":4},"title":"Hang on a second&#8230;seriously","author":"Thomas","date":"June 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Tonight, for the first time in three years, we will experience a leap second. What is a leap second? \u00a0Wikipedia provides\u00a0a concise explanation: A leap second is a one-second adjustment that is occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in order to keep its time of day close to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"WWV-TimeCodeGenerator","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WWV-TimeCodeGenerator-1024x582.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WWV-TimeCodeGenerator-1024x582.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WWV-TimeCodeGenerator-1024x582.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51569,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/chu-time-station-heard-in-the-book-of-boba-fett\/","url_meta":{"origin":16378,"position":5},"title":"CHU Time Station heard in &#8220;The Book of Boba Fett&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"January 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fred Waterer, who shares a link to the following video from the new series The Book of Boba Fett. Note that the quality of this video is rather poor, no doubt to keep it from being pulled off of YouTube for copyright violation: https:\/\/youtu.be\/nNdmhpHSxvs\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-of-Hoth-Empire-Strikes-Back-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-of-Hoth-Empire-Strikes-Back-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-of-Hoth-Empire-Strikes-Back-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-of-Hoth-Empire-Strikes-Back-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}