{"id":61164,"date":"2024-11-22T07:23:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T11:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61164"},"modified":"2024-11-22T07:23:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T11:23:55","slug":"can-you-identify-this-radio-gear-in-secret-of-the-incas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/can-you-identify-this-radio-gear-in-secret-of-the-incas\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you identify this radio gear in Secret of the Incas?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Here is some radio equipment from the 1954 movie “Secret of the Incas”<\/a>, with Charlton Heston.<\/p>\n

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This was the best shot I could get so far, not having watched the entire film yet. So not very clear, but perhaps this makes it more challenging to identify (and more fun?).<\/p>\n

Not the clearest image, but I’m betting some savvy readers can ID this gear in short order, Bruce! Feel free to comment with details.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce, who writes: Here is some radio equipment from the 1954 movie “Secret of the Incas”, with Charlton Heston. This was the best shot I could get so far, not having watched the entire film yet. So not very clear, but perhaps this makes it more challenging to identify […]<\/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],"tags":[2055],"class_list":["post-61164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-mystery-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fUw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56627,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/can-you-identify-the-radio-bruce-spotted-in-the-new-silo-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":61164,"position":0},"title":"Can you identify the radio Bruce spotted in the new SILO series?","author":"Thomas","date":"May 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce, who writes: Hi Thomas, Here's a screenshot (below) of a transceiver on a new sci-fi series \"Silo\". 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