{"id":30403,"date":"2018-01-22T07:33:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T11:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30403"},"modified":"2018-01-22T07:33:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T11:33:01","slug":"dan-spots-shortwave-radios-in-the-film-operation-chromite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/dan-spots-shortwave-radios-in-the-film-operation-chromite\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan spots shortwave radios in the film “Operation Chromite”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Hawkins, who writes:<\/p>\n

Operation Chromite (2016)<\/a> is a South Korean film about the invasion of Inchon by UN forces in September, 1950. This film began streaming on Netflix in the USA on January 15, 2018 and is in the Korean and English languages. The English language subtitles run automatically. This story is inspired by actual events during the Korean War. Under the command of General Douglas MacArthur UN Forces, CIA, the South Korean military and the covert Korean Liaison Office infiltrate Inchon a week before the invasion. Their mission is intel, reconnaissance and disruption. They will operate behind enemy lines in North Korean uniforms.<\/p>\n

I gave this movie a try for several reasons. I enjoy Korean movies. The role of General MacArthur is played by Liam Neeson (of all people) and this looked like a good bet for spotting some vintage military radios. I was right about the radios.<\/p>\n

Captain Jang Hak-Soo and his seven infiltrators arrive for their first night in Inchon. Remember, they are posing as North Koreans. The radio they have packed along is a Russian RBM. This transceiver has distinctive dual magnifying lenses over the dials.<\/p>\n

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General MacArthur is in the radio room at his Tokyo headquarters. He issues orders for the KLO to locate any naval mines placed in Inchon harbor. The radio in this scene is a complete AN\/GRC-3. I am surprised to see this as it is a 24VDC vehicular radio set (a 115VAC power supply was available). I expected to see some brand spanking-new Collins R-390s or Hammarlund SP-600s for the General. Maybe he has another radio room at HQ. I could be wrong about this.<\/p>\n

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The final radio is seen behind enemy lines and is the same AN\/GRC-3 seen in Tokyo. This time a KLO operative is using it.<\/p>\n

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Operation Chromite held my attention for the reasons given above. The historical accuracy is more dramatic than documentary but is not too far off the mark.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being a fan of military receivers, I really appreciate these screen grabs from Operation Chromite, Dan! Thanks for sharing!\u00a0I\u2019ll add this find to\u00a0our growing archive of radios in film<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Hawkins, who writes: Operation Chromite (2016) is a South Korean film about the invasion of Inchon by UN forces in September, 1950. This film began streaming on Netflix in the USA on January 15, 2018 and is in the Korean and English languages. The English language subtitles run […]<\/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":[508,3,43,4796],"tags":[6776,5115,162,6775,5506,6777,5235,681],"class_list":["post-30403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-an-grc-3","tag-danh","tag-military-radios","tag-operation-chromite","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-russian-rbm","tag-shortwave-film","tag-vintage-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Un","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7357,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/shortwave-radio-the-secret-item-found-in-many-north-korean-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":30403,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave radio: the secret item found in many North Korean homes","author":"Thomas","date":"September 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not surprised to find that North Korean\u00a0families hide shortwave radios. 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