{"id":45628,"date":"2020-09-30T07:46:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T11:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45628"},"modified":"2020-09-30T07:47:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T11:47:04","slug":"ward-discovers-a-radio-in-magnum-pi-episode-63-the-big-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/ward-discovers-a-radio-in-magnum-pi-episode-63-the-big-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Ward discovers a radio in Magnum PI Episode 63: “The Big Blow”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Magnum PI episode #62<\/a> contains a ham radio that they refer to as shortwave.<\/p>\n

Higgens calls for help on [this radio] during a hurricane. The radio receives a gun shot at the end of the show.<\/p>\n

73, Ward<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Thank you for sharing, Ward!<\/p>\n

So the screen shots aren’t the highest quality in terms of seeing detail, but I think I know the model of the radio that was (sadly!) shot. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The buttons and encoder are almost unmistakable from this manufacturer.<\/p>\n

What you you think, Post readers? Care to comment<\/a> with your guess?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ward, who writes: Magnum PI episode #62 contains a ham radio that they refer to as shortwave. Higgens calls for help on [this radio] during a hurricane. The radio receives a gun shot at the end of the show. 73, Ward Thank you for sharing, Ward! So the screen […]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[8847,5506,8846],"class_list":["post-45628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-magnum-pi","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-ward-elliott"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bRW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16059,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/a-note-of-caution-about-thunderbolt-magnum-heavy-duty-batteries\/","url_meta":{"origin":45628,"position":0},"title":"A note of caution about Thunderbolt Magnum Heavy Duty batteries","author":"Thomas","date":"December 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Discount hardware store, Harbor Freight, sells packs of very affordable Heavy Duty batteries under the Thunderbolt Magnum brand name. 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