{"id":16737,"date":"2016-01-13T13:26:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T17:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16737"},"modified":"2016-01-13T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T17:26:28","slug":"mike-ids-a-hallicrafters-skyrider-in-avengers-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/mike-ids-a-hallicrafters-skyrider-in-avengers-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike IDs a Hallicrafters Skyrider in Avengers scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In response to my post about finding a glowing Hallicrafters radio in a scene from the Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/a>, SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Mike (AC4NS) writes:<\/p>\n

“I put the pic in Lightroom and pulled it out of the shadows.<\/p>\n

It is definitely a Skyrider and not an SX-28.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1024x429\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wow–I’m amazed there was enough information in that photo to pull it out of the shadows! You can see the silk screening and the SEND-REC. switch in the lower right corner.<\/p>\n

Again, here’s my Hallicrafters SX-24 Skyrider Defiant<\/em> for comparison:<\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

I know why they used a Skyrider in the film; the warm glow of the dials and signal meter\u00a0were simply irresistible! (At least, they are for me!)<\/p>\n

Thanks for helping ID this, Mike!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to my post about finding a glowing Hallicrafters radio in a scene from the Avengers: Age of Ultron, SWLing Post reader, Mike (AC4NS) writes: “I put the pic in Lightroom and pulled it out of the shadows. It is definitely a Skyrider and not an SX-28.” Wow–I’m amazed there was enough information in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"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":[508,1271,545,3,305,43],"tags":[4641,4640,1255,2951,4638,4637,4639,4643,4642],"class_list":["post-16737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-boat-anchors-2","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","tag-age-of-ultron","tag-avengers","tag-hallicrafters","tag-hallicrafters-sx-24","tag-sci-fi","tag-science-fiction","tag-shortwave-and-sci-fi","tag-sx-24","tag-sx-28"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4lX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16644,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/avengers-age-of-ultron-scene-is-that-a-hallicrafters-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":16737,"position":0},"title":"Avengers ‘Age of Ultron’ scene: is that a Hallicrafters receiver?","author":"Thomas","date":"January 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"With the recent posts about shortwave radio in films (Star Wars and Star Trek),\u00a0I remembered a scene from Avengers: Age of Ultron where I thought I spotted a vintage Hallicrafters receiver. 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