{"id":35845,"date":"2019-02-03T08:26:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T12:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35845"},"modified":"2019-02-03T08:44:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T12:44:17","slug":"dan-spots-a-hammarlund-sp-600-in-the-shape-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/dan-spots-a-hammarlund-sp-600-in-the-shape-of-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan spots a Hammarlund SP-600 in “The Shape of Water”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Did anyone ever notice this [in The Shape of Water<\/a>]?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I have not seen the film yet, but how could we miss that classic Cold War rig?! Very cool–thanks for sharing, Dan!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll add this post\u00a0to\u00a0our archive of radios in film.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: Did anyone ever notice this [in The Shape of Water]? I have not seen the film yet, but how could we miss that classic Cold War rig?! Very cool–thanks for sharing, Dan! I\u2019ll add this post\u00a0to\u00a0our archive of radios in film.<\/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":[3,305,26],"tags":[2635,4344,5506,6919],"class_list":["post-35845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radios","tag-dan-robinson","tag-hammarlund-sp-600","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-the-shape-of-water"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9k9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31342,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-shape-of-water-features-a-benchmark-cold-war-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":35845,"position":0},"title":"“The Shape of Water” features a benchmark Cold War receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"March 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Hawkins, who writes: The Academy Award for Best Picture of 2018 goes to Guillermo de Toro\u2019s \u201cThe Shape of Water.\u201d This celebrated shortwave radio appears several times in the move as a prop for the Cold War-era control room of Richard Strickland (played\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Boat Anchors"","block_context":{"text":"Boat Anchors","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/boat-anchors-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shapewat-1-1024x557.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shapewat-1-1024x557.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shapewat-1-1024x557.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46905,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/dans-respect-for-hammarlund-and-the-sp-600-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":35845,"position":1},"title":"Dan’s respect for Hammarlund and the SP-600 series","author":"Thomas","date":"December 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, DanH, who shares the following comment in response to this news article from the Citizen Times featured in Radio Waves yesterday: Here are my thanks to members of the Amateur Radio community and The News-Record & Sentinel for remembering the legacy of Hammarlund Manufacturing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","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\/2016\/05\/Hammarlund-SP-600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hammarlund-SP-600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hammarlund-SP-600.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hammarlund-SP-600.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32398,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/dan-spots-the-ultra-rare-hammarlund-sp-600-jx21a-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":35845,"position":2},"title":"Dan spots the ultra rare Hammarlund SP-600 JX21A on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"May 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who discovered a very rareHammarlund SP-600 JX21A on eBay. 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