15 Small Details You Only Notice Rewatching Stranger Things
6. Channel 11
During the second season, Hopper protects Eleven from the prying eyes of the federal agents who are still convinced the telekinetic girl is out there somewhere. Being the efficient lawman and father figure that he is, the Hawkins Chief of Police takes every precaution necessary by hiding El at his cabin in the woods.
As this is the '80s and mobile phones weren't a regular part of life, he kept in touch with her trough a radio system in his cabin, radioing back whenever he had important updates to share (such as what time he'd be back home at or if he'd be late for dinner) or just to offer up a real powerful monologue.
It's an effective tool, no doubt, but you might not have noticed that the radio channel he communicates with his future adopted daughter is indeed, none other, than channel 11. How fitting!