{"id":49987,"date":"2021-08-17T07:27:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49987"},"modified":"2021-08-17T07:27:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:27:54","slug":"dean-spots-a-radio-in-pulp-fiction-and-shares-a-little-shortwave-by-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/dean-spots-a-radio-in-pulp-fiction-and-shares-a-little-shortwave-by-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean spots a radio in Pulp Fiction and shares a little shortwave by train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dean Bonanno, who writes:<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arvin-Pulp-Fiction-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49988\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arvin-Pulp-Fiction-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arvin-Pulp-Fiction-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arvin-Pulp-Fiction-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arvin-Pulp-Fiction-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arvin-Pulp-Fiction-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arvin-Pulp-Fiction-1-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hi Thomas &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I was re-watching one of my all time favorite movies yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0110912\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pulp Fiction<\/a>, and noticed a radio in a scene for a second or two [see image above]. It went by so fast I thought it might have been a Trans Oceanic 7000 at first but upon looking backing and stopping film, it is an Arvin Radio. I was wondering if anyone knew model\/year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I also included a video clip of Radio Tumbril Encore from aboard Amtrak&#8217;s Capitol Limited for exactly a week ago. I did some DXing while crossing the country by train. The video is near Pennsylvania\/Maryland border (near you perhaps) on WRMI 15770 in 1300utc hour (enlarge video you can red it on PL 880 screen). I have another video while pulling into Cumberland, MD.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/587138655?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Love your blog!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">My Best and 73 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Dean Bonanno<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you, Dean!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers, if you can help Dean ID the Arvin radio from the image provided, please comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also, Dean, I love your portable setup for DXing on the train! In the US, I&#8217;ve had few opportunities to take the train, but I always bring a radio along for the trip. Thank you for sharing!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dean Bonanno, who writes: Hi Thomas &#8211; I was re-watching one of my all time favorite movies yesterday, Pulp Fiction, and noticed a radio in a scene for a second or two [see image above]. It went by so fast I thought it might have been a Trans Oceanic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3859,3858,9409,9408,5506,9410],"class_list":["post-49987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-arvin","tag-arvin-radios","tag-dean-bonanno","tag-pulp-fiction","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-shortwave-on-a-train"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-d0f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20994,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/garys-arvin-model-61r35-brings-back-memories\/","url_meta":{"origin":49987,"position":0},"title":"Gary&#8217;s Arvin Model 61R35 brings back memories","author":"Thomas","date":"September 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary Wise (W4EEY), who shares the following guest post: It's funny how much we radio folks share in common. 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