{"id":57799,"date":"2023-09-21T06:02:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T10:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=57799"},"modified":"2023-09-21T06:02:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T10:02:59","slug":"dan-spots-an-icom-ht-in-netflix-series-spy-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/dan-spots-an-icom-ht-in-netflix-series-spy-ops\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan spots an Icom HT in Netflix Series “Spy Ops”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In these screen grabs from Spy Ops<\/a>, an Afghan military leader is shown using an ICOM HT as part of post 9\/11 operations against Taliban forces.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Thanks for sharing this, Dan! One can almost<\/em> read the model number on the HT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: In these screen grabs from Spy Ops, an Afghan military leader is shown using an ICOM HT as part of post 9\/11 operations against Taliban forces. Thanks for sharing this, Dan! One can almost read the model number on the HT.<\/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],"tags":[2635,5506,10327],"class_list":["post-57799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-dan-robinson","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-spy-ops"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-f2f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60698,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/reports-on-hack-of-ht-radios-icom-responds\/","url_meta":{"origin":57799,"position":0},"title":"Reports on Hack of HT Radios\/ICOM Responds","author":"Dan Robinson","date":"September 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Dan Robinson The explosions\/detonations of HT radios targeting the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon continue to make headlines, with latest reports digging into the origins of the units and containing reaction from ICOM.\u00a0 This story is one of those rare occasions when the radio manufacturing industry is thrust into\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":57375,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/bill-identifies-a-credit-card-ht-in-the-movie-hollow-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":57799,"position":1},"title":"Bill identifies a “credit card” HT in the movie “Hollow Man”","author":"Thomas","date":"August 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Hemphill (WD9EQD) who writes: Hi Thomas, Last night, I was watching the movie \"Hollow Man.\" Being a ham, I'm always watching for ham gear being used in movies. 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