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Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Mark Hirst, who adds the following to\u00a0our growing archive of radios in film<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark writes:<\/p>\n A Sony ICF-SW1S spotted in the 1993 Clint Eastwood film, In the Line of Fire<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n The radio belongs to the villain played by John Malkovich.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Thanks, Mark! Sharp eyes!<\/p>\n I’ve always thought the ICF-SW1S was one of the more amazing compact portables produced in the 1990s.\u00a0 True, it lacked SSB mode and only had 10 memories, but it was such a compact receiver for the day! Like many Sonys, it also had a dedicated line-out jack for off-air recordings. I wish more modern portables had one.<\/p>\n The line-out jack is one of the reasons I still regularly pack my ICF-SW100.<\/p>\n I do check eBay fairly regularly <\/a>in hopes one will suddenly appear at a good price point–ones in good condition routinely sell anywhere from $250-350. I’m actually tempted to purchase a defective one and see if my buddy Vlado<\/a> can fix it. It’s a risk, though, because if the repair requires anything other than resistors and capacitors, parts might not be available.<\/p>\n Post<\/em> readers: Anyone own both the ICF-SW1S and the ICF-SW100? Which do you prefer and why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Mark Hirst, who adds the following to\u00a0our growing archive of radios in film. Mark writes: A Sony ICF-SW1S spotted in the 1993 Clint Eastwood film, In the Line of Fire. The radio belongs to the villain played by John Malkovich. Thanks, Mark! Sharp eyes! I’ve always thought the ICF-SW1S was one of […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,43],"tags":[6630,5458,5506,3368],"class_list":["post-29170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","tag-in-the-line-of-fire","tag-mark-hirst","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-sony-icf-sw1s"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Au","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11208,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/include-in-the-cias-survival-kit-the-sony-icf-sw100\/","url_meta":{"origin":29170,"position":0},"title":"Include in the CIA’s Survival Kit: the Sony ICF-SW100","author":"Thomas","date":"November 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently discovered an article on the excellent blog, LifeHacker, which describes the contents of the\u00a0CIA's Escape and Evasion Survival Kit. 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