{"id":52157,"date":"2022-03-12T08:50:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52157"},"modified":"2022-03-12T08:50:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:50:32","slug":"sony-icf-2001-and-icf-2010-choice-radios-for-spies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/sony-icf-2001-and-icf-2010-choice-radios-for-spies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony ICF-2001 and ICF-2010: Choice radios for spies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sony-ICF-2010-close-up-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48734\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sony-ICF-2010-close-up-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sony-ICF-2010-close-up-1.jpeg 713w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sony-ICF-2010-close-up-1-300x151.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sony-ICF-2010-close-up-1-624x314.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Zack Schindler, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I have been watching a series on the Science Channel called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81014547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spycraft<\/a>. It is about the &#8220;business&#8221; and history of modern spycraft and is quite interesting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The most recent episode (3\/8\/2022) was called &#8220;the Perfect Recruit&#8221; and was about spies inside US agencies. One case was about Ana Bel\u00e9n Montes who worked for the DIA and was spying for Cuba. In the story they showed that she used a Sony 2010. Per the article below she was listening to a Cuban Numbers Station on 7887 kHz. A number of other cases are mentioned in there too that involved a Sony 2001 or 2010.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cryptomuseum.com\/spy\/icf2001d\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.cryptomuseum.com\/spy\/icf2001d\/index.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sudonull.com\/post\/16780-Spyware-Cases-Part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sudonull.com\/post\/16780-Spyware-Cases-Part-1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thank You<br \/>\nZack Schindler<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks for sharing this, Zack! I do believe I remember the Sony being mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/numbers-station-hm01-and-ana-montes\/\">back when Ana Montes was arrested<\/a>. Fascinating stuff!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>These days, I bet spies would turn to the super compact and durable <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/state-of-the-art-spy-radio-a-comprehensive-review-of-the-belka-dsp-portable-shortwave-receiver\/\">Belka series receivers<\/a>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Zack Schindler, who writes: I have been watching a series on the Science Channel called Spycraft. It is about the &#8220;business&#8221; and history of modern spycraft and is quite interesting. The most recent episode (3\/8\/2022) was called &#8220;the Perfect Recruit&#8221; and was about spies inside US agencies. One case [&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":[3,172,43],"tags":[1883,4088,1247,9709,7879],"class_list":["post-52157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-numbers-stations","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ana-montes","tag-numbers-stations","tag-sony-icf-2010","tag-spycraft","tag-zack-schindler-n8fnr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dzf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53170,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/adi-spots-an-eddystone-among-other-radios-in-the-netflix-series-spycraft\/","url_meta":{"origin":52157,"position":0},"title":"Adi spots an Eddystone among other radios in the Netflix series Spycraft","author":"Thomas","date":"July 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adi, who writes: Hi Thomas, I just finished watching \"Spycraft\" on Netfilx. It's 8X30min parts documentary. The last part is \"Recruiting the best spy\". I first spotted this lovely 880 Eddystone receiver but coming into the ~20 min was the story of the ICF-2010\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","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\/2022\/06\/spycraft-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/spycraft-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/spycraft-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/spycraft-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/spycraft-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/spycraft-1.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49055,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/zacks-sony-icf-s5w\/","url_meta":{"origin":52157,"position":1},"title":"Zack&#8217;s Sony ICF-S5W","author":"Thomas","date":"May 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"In reply to our Caveat Emptor post, many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Zack (N8FNR), who writes: Attached is a copy of the Sony brochure for the ICF-S5W, a photo of the front and also the inside. This is a fairly old rare radio and some of your readers might\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","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\/2021\/05\/Sony-ICF-S5W-brochure-page-1-scaled-e1622153260130.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sony-ICF-S5W-brochure-page-1-scaled-e1622153260130.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sony-ICF-S5W-brochure-page-1-scaled-e1622153260130.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sony-ICF-S5W-brochure-page-1-scaled-e1622153260130.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sony-ICF-S5W-brochure-page-1-scaled-e1622153260130.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6342,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/numbers-station-hm01-and-ana-montes\/","url_meta":{"origin":52157,"position":2},"title":"Numbers station HM01&#8230;and Ana Montes","author":"Thomas","date":"April 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Wednesday morning, I suppose I had number stations on the brain.\u00a0 It was no surprise, as I had just watched The Numbers Station the previous night.\u00a0 Nonetheless, I experienced a rather strange coincidence:\u00a0 I was reading an intriguing article about Ana Montes,\u00a0\u201cone of the most damaging spies in U.S. history,\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Downloads-001","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Downloads-001-300x175.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12876,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/my-new-to-me-sony-icf-2001-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":52157,"position":3},"title":"My new (to me) Sony ICF-2001 shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A few weeks ago, I made an impulse purchase: a Sony ICF-2001. Perhaps it was the post about John Lennon's ICF-2001, or perhaps it was the simple fact I couldn't afford a\u00a0'2001 when I was a kid; either way, I saw what I thought was a fair price and I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sony-ICF-2001-003","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sony-ICF-2001-003.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sony-ICF-2001-003.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sony-ICF-2001-003.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35226,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/dave-spots-a-sony-icf-2001-in-sitcom-family-ties\/","url_meta":{"origin":52157,"position":4},"title":"Dave spots a Sony ICF-2001 in sitcom &#8220;Family Ties&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"December 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who writes: You like to point out SW radios on TV shows. I caught a part of a episode of \u201cFamily Ties\u201d (Season 2 Episode 11, \u201cBirthday Boy\u201d) where Alex was given a Sony ICF-2001 (it was the original 2001 version\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","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\/2018\/12\/Family-Ties-Sony-Shortwave-1024x594.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Family-Ties-Sony-Shortwave-1024x594.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Family-Ties-Sony-Shortwave-1024x594.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28701,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/from-the-shortwave-archives-radio-rsa-reviews-the-sony-icf-2001\/","url_meta":{"origin":52157,"position":5},"title":"From the Shortwave Archives: Radio RSA reviews the Sony ICF-2001","author":"Thomas","date":"October 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I've mentioned many times before what a joy it is to curate the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive (SRAA). 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