{"id":51569,"date":"2022-01-20T08:45:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51569"},"modified":"2022-01-20T08:45:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:45:46","slug":"chu-time-station-heard-in-the-book-of-boba-fett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/chu-time-station-heard-in-the-book-of-boba-fett\/","title":{"rendered":"CHU Time Station heard in &#8220;The Book of Boba Fett&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Book-Of-Boba-Fett-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51570\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Book-Of-Boba-Fett-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Book-Of-Boba-Fett-1.jpeg 411w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Book-Of-Boba-Fett-1-202x300.jpeg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Fred Waterer, who shares a link to the following video from the new series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13668894\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Book of Boba Fett<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the quality of this video is rather poor, no doubt to keep it from being pulled off of YouTube for copyright violation:<\/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\/nNdmhpHSxvs?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\/nNdmhpHSxvs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Not the first time CHU appeared in Star Wars!<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-of-Hoth-Empire-Strikes-Back-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51573\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-of-Hoth-Empire-Strikes-Back-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"769\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-of-Hoth-Empire-Strikes-Back-1.jpeg 769w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-of-Hoth-Empire-Strikes-Back-1-300x137.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-of-Hoth-Empire-Strikes-Back-1-624x285.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might recall that we first heard CHU in the &#8220;Battle of Hoth&#8221; scenes from <em>The Empire Strikes Back!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In fact, Star Wars Sound Designer, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Burtt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Burtt<\/a>, gave us some proper insight in a post a few years ago. It was truly an honor corresponding with him directly and learning about his grandfather, Harold Burtt (W8CD).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/sound-designer-ben-burtt-reveals-radios-influence-in-star-wars-films\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read about Benn Burtt&#8217;s fascination with radio.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to watching <em>The Book of Boba Fett<\/em> and hearing CHU for myself! Thanks for the tip, Fred!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fred Waterer, who shares a link to the following video from the new series The Book of Boba Fett. Note that the quality of this video is rather poor, no doubt to keep it from being pulled off of YouTube for copyright violation: Click here to view on YouTube. 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SWLing Post reader, RadioGeek, quickly corrected me: that's Canadian time station CHU's data pips I'm hearing, not circa-1980s WWV. \u00a0Cool! Listen for yourself Here's the clip\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fullscreen capture 12202015 40448 AM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12202015-40448-AM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12202015-40448-AM.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12202015-40448-AM.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16517,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/star-wars-sound-designer-is-indeed-a-radio-enthusiast\/","url_meta":{"origin":51569,"position":2},"title":"Star Wars sound designer is, indeed, a radio enthusiast","author":"Thomas","date":"January 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post readers may remember a post I recently published\u00a0in which I believed I'd identified a familiar shortwave time signal station in the Battle of Hoth scene from The Empire Strikes Back. If you haven't read this post, feel free to do so and listen to the embedded video\/audio clips.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"StarWars-Logo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StarWars-Logo.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/canadas-shortwave-time-station-chu-is-moving\/","url_meta":{"origin":51569,"position":3},"title":"Canada&#8217;s shortwave time station, CHU, is moving","author":"Thomas","date":"December 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release from the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada: Time to change your shortwave radio dial After seventy years of broadcasting Canada's official time, NRC's shortwave station CHU will move the transmission frequency for the 7335 KHz transmitter to 7850 KHz. 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