{"id":42799,"date":"2020-04-12T07:42:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T11:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42799"},"modified":"2020-04-12T07:42:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T11:42:59","slug":"dust-voskhod-a-sci-fi-short-that-features-ham-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/dust-voskhod-a-sci-fi-short-that-features-ham-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"DUST &#8220;Voskhod&#8221;: A Sci-Fi short that features ham radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.33.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42803\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.33.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.33.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.33-300x144.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.33-768x368.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.33-624x299.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Scott Gamble, who shares the following science fiction short film called <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wnMqT8QbvaM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Voskhod&#8221; by DUST<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.10.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42804\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"902\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.10.jpeg 902w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.10-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.10-768x403.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-12-at-06.46.10-624x327.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The synopsis:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After repairing his HAM radio using parts found in the forest, a recluse radio operator receives a distress call from a stranded Soviet cosmonaut in orbit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I thoroughly enjoyed this short film. We radio enthusiasts will certainly notice some inaccuracies on the radio side of things&#8211;feel free to comment on those&#8211;but I suggest you exercise a willing suspension of disbelief and truly enjoy this piece!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wnMqT8QbvaM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wnMqT8QbvaM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you identify the National radio model? Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Scott Gamble, who shares the following science fiction short film called &#8220;Voskhod&#8221; by DUST. The synopsis: After repairing his HAM radio using parts found in the forest, a recluse radio operator receives a distress call from a stranded Soviet cosmonaut in orbit. I thoroughly enjoyed this short film. We [&hellip;]<\/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":[545,3,43],"tags":[8433,8432,4094,5506,4637,5309,8434],"class_list":["post-42799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dust","tag-dust-voskhod","tag-nostalgia","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-science-fiction","tag-scott-gamble-w5bsg","tag-voskhod"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-b8j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42383,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/free-registration-ham-sci-workshop-conference-friday-and-saturday-march-20-21-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":42799,"position":0},"title":"Free Registration: Ham Sci Workshop conference Friday and Saturday (March 20-21, 2020)","author":"Thomas","date":"March 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Scott Gamble, who writes: [T]here is an event called the HamSCI workshop that is held by a group of ham radio and scientific leaders in partnership with universities. 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