{"id":23616,"date":"2017-01-25T08:58:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T12:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23616"},"modified":"2017-01-25T08:58:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T12:58:46","slug":"mark-spots-shortwave-radios-in-the-series-helix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/mark-spots-shortwave-radios-in-the-series-helix\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark spots shortwave radios in the series “Helix”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Hirst<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n

I spotted a Sony ICF-SW7600GR<\/a> in episode 5 of the Netflix bio-thriller ‘Helix<\/a>‘:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On a roll, I spotted another shortwave radio [in a different scene].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You’ve got sharp eyes, Mark! Thank you for sharing.<\/p>\n

Can anyone identify the solid-state receiver in the second screen shot?<\/p>\n

I know I’ve seen this model before, but I can’t recall the make or manufacturer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: I spotted a Sony ICF-SW7600GR in episode 5 of the Netflix bio-thriller ‘Helix‘: On a roll, I spotted another shortwave radio [in a different scene]. You’ve got sharp eyes, Mark! Thank you for sharing. Can anyone identify the solid-state receiver in the second screen shot? […]<\/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":[3,26],"tags":[5868,5458,5508,5506,121],"class_list":["post-23616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","tag-helix","tag-mark-hirst","tag-netflix","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-sony-icf-sw7600gr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-68U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29170,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/mark-spots-a-sony-icf-sw1s-watching-in-the-line-of-fire\/","url_meta":{"origin":23616,"position":0},"title":"Mark Spots a Sony ICF-SW1S watching “In the Line of Fire”","author":"Thomas","date":"November 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Mark Hirst, who adds the following to\u00a0our growing archive of radios in film. 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