{"id":63151,"date":"2025-06-13T05:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63151"},"modified":"2025-06-10T05:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:57:40","slug":"can-you-identify-this-radio-and-loop-antenna-in-young-sheldon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/can-you-identify-this-radio-and-loop-antenna-in-young-sheldon\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you identify this radio and loop antenna in &#8220;Young Sheldon&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Young-Sheldon-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-63152 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Young-Sheldon-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Young-Sheldon-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Young-Sheldon-1-300x181.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Young-Sheldon-1-1024x616.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Young-Sheldon-1-768x462.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Young-Sheldon-1-624x375.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bruce, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This episode, S02E22, was aired on May 16, 2019. In the story the year is circa 1990. The &#8220;broadcasts&#8221; of CHU (not named) and Radio Sweden International are not actual ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I give this episode high marks for taking the time to demonstrate a Shortwave Radio and an Antenna, more than anything I&#8217;ve seen before on any TV show or movie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Can anyone identify the radio and the loop antenna? Please comment!<\/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\/yzXqRkA4jak?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><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\/eYt7wzzmndA?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bruce, who writes: This episode, S02E22, was aired on May 16, 2019. In the story the year is circa 1990. The &#8220;broadcasts&#8221; of CHU (not named) and Radio Sweden International are not actual ones. I give this episode high marks for taking the time to demonstrate a Shortwave Radio [&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":[3,305,4796],"tags":[5506,7792],"class_list":["post-63151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-young-sheldon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gqz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37979,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/steve-spots-a-capehart-international-radio-and-mag-loop-antenna-in-young-sheldon\/","url_meta":{"origin":63151,"position":0},"title":"Steve spots a Capehart International Radio and mag loop antenna in &#8220;Young Sheldon&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"May 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Steve Yothment, who writes: Check out the attached picture. It is from a preview of tonight's episode of \"Young Sheldon.\" In it, Sheldon and Dr. Stergis are listening to an antique shortwave radio. I think it is a Capehart International Radio Model 88P66NL. 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I'm very grateful: one of the most common questions I'm asked by readers is how to cope with the radio interference so many listeners and amateur radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"London-Urban-City","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/London-Urban-City.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/London-Urban-City.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/London-Urban-City.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57014,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/frans-checks-out-the-mra-qrp-20w-qrp-passive-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":63151,"position":2},"title":"Frans checks out the MRA-QRP 20W QRP Passive Loop Antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"June 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who writes: Dear Thomas, In the following video, I show a little loop antenna that I bought online from AliExpress: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3KbKcrsTryo On arrival one of the parts, the semi-transparant box with variable capacitor for antenna tuning turned out to be broken due\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Frans-Loop-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Frans-Loop-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Frans-Loop-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Frans-Loop-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Frans-Loop-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43826,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/andy-seeks-advice-on-directly-coupling-an-am-loop-antenna-to-a-crystal-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":63151,"position":3},"title":"Andy seeks advice on directly coupling an AM loop antenna to a crystal radio","author":"Thomas","date":"June 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andy, who asks the following question in response to a previous post about building a Milk Crate AM Broadcast Loop Antenna: All references to tuned loop antennas talk about no real connection to the AM radio, but merely inductive coupling. However, I made a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MW-Loop-Antenna-Milk-Crate-e1591968023256.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MW-Loop-Antenna-Milk-Crate-e1591968023256.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MW-Loop-Antenna-Milk-Crate-e1591968023256.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MW-Loop-Antenna-Milk-Crate-e1591968023256.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48821,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/radio-deal-an200-loop-antenna-on-sale-at-ham-radio-outlet\/","url_meta":{"origin":63151,"position":4},"title":"Radio Deal: AN200 loop antenna on sale at Ham Radio Outlet","author":"Thomas","date":"May 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Grant Porter, who notes that Ham Radio Outlet has the Eton\/Grundig AN200 loop antenna on a closeout sale for $15.00. As Grant notes, this is an especially great deal if you live near an HRO retails store. 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