{"id":38555,"date":"2019-07-18T06:26:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38555"},"modified":"2019-07-18T07:04:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:04:25","slug":"adi-spots-a-racal-receiver-in-an-episode-of-white-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/adi-spots-a-racal-receiver-in-an-episode-of-white-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Adid spots a Racal receiver in an episode of “White Gold”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I just watched first episode of Netflix’s “White Gold” when out of the blue I saw that rack.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

The rack has no significance in that scene (that dates to the 1980’s) may be because it was cut much shorter than in the original script.<\/p>\n

The Radio set in the rack looks off, I think it’s a Racal RA17.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, indeed, I believe that’s a Racal RA17 in the rack! Thanks for sharing, Adi!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adid, who writes: I just watched first episode of Netflix’s “White Gold” when out of the blue I saw that rack. The rack has no significance in that scene (that dates to the 1980’s) may be because it was cut much shorter than in the original script. The Radio […]<\/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":[3,305,4796],"tags":[5506,7899],"class_list":["post-38555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-white-gold"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-a1R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36081,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/adam-spots-a-racal-ra17-in-johnny-mnemonic\/","url_meta":{"origin":38555,"position":0},"title":"Adam spots a Racal RA17 in Johnny Mnemonic","author":"Thomas","date":"February 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adam Sampson, who writes: One for your \"radios in movies\" collection: in \"Johnny Mnemonic\" (1995), there's a Racal RA17 in one of the racks in the Lo-Teks' headquarters. There's also a Rohde and Schwarz SMDF\/SMDA RF signal generator in the next rack which plays\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\/2019\/02\/mnemonic-ra17.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mnemonic-ra17.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mnemonic-ra17.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mnemonic-ra17.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":58146,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/frans-discovers-a-racal-receiver-in-golda\/","url_meta":{"origin":38555,"position":1},"title":"Frans discovers a RACAL receiver in “Golda”","author":"Thomas","date":"November 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who writes: Dear Thomas, Recently I watched the film \u201cGolda\u201d (https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14454876\/) There are quite a few RACAl receivers in the film and I will send you a few screen snapshots! 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