{"id":57883,"date":"2023-10-07T06:17:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T10:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=57883"},"modified":"2023-10-05T06:21:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:21:17","slug":"mystery-radio-from-good-omens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/mystery-radio-from-good-omens\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Radio from “Good Omens”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Bruce, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This appeared in Episode 4 of the 1st Season of Good Omens<\/a>. No sign of a brand name
\non the front, unless it’s in the lower left corner which is covered.
\nIt has a shortwave band. Does anyone recognize it?<\/p>\n

– Bruce<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you recognize this radio, please comment!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce, who writes: This appeared in Episode 4 of the 1st Season of Good Omens. No sign of a brand name on the front, unless it’s in the lower left corner which is covered. It has a shortwave band. Does anyone recognize it? – Bruce If you recognize this […]<\/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":[3,305,43],"tags":[5506,34],"class_list":["post-57883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-f3B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45416,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/help-bruce-identify-this-shortwave-noise\/","url_meta":{"origin":57883,"position":0},"title":"Can you help Bruce identify this shortwave noise?","author":"Thomas","date":"September 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce (VE6XTC), who is trying to identify noises he's hearing on the HF bands. Perhaps readers can help. By request, Bruce has provided me with two recordings via his Kenwood TS-440S: Recording 1: 7,335 kHz at 0500 UTC on September 13, 2020 https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/strange-noise-7335-khz-0500-ut-13-sep-20\/strange%20noise%2C%207335KHZ0500%20UT13Sep20.MP3 Recording\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","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\/2020\/09\/Kenwood-TS-440S.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kenwood-TS-440S.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kenwood-TS-440S.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kenwood-TS-440S.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34527,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/bruces-shortwave-music-is-influenced-by-holger-czukay\/","url_meta":{"origin":57883,"position":1},"title":"Bruce’s shortwave music is influenced by Holger Czukay","author":"Thomas","date":"October 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce Atchison, who shares the following in response to our recent post about musician Holger Czukay: I love Holger Czukay's music, especially with CAN. I especially love the song, \"Animal Waves.\" https:\/\/youtu.be\/GuvlTSRAmlI I also incorporated shortwave sounds in my own music. 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Sorry the quality isn't as good as I'd like, but here's a recording: Thank you for sharing this recording, Bruce.\u00a0 My hope\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","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\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698199697.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698199697.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698199697.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698199697.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32784,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/self-powered-shortwave-radio-spotted-in-battlestar-galactica\/","url_meta":{"origin":57883,"position":3},"title":"Self-powered shortwave radio spotted in Battlestar Galactica","author":"Thomas","date":"June 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce F, who writes: Here is a photo of a radio from the 2004 - 2009 TV series \"Battlestar Galactica\". 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Wow--what a nostalgic treat! Thank you for sharing, Bruce! 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