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Orbiting outer space via shortwave

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Greetings to all SWLing Post community, we are off in orbit again on those shortwaves of ours, bringing you a couple of interesting shows to hopefully pique your imagination.

The first Imaginary Stations offering is on Saturday 14th June 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 15th June 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold) and it’s the second episode of Starship Skybird.

Like our first episode do expect more sounds from space, tunes from across the cosmos and if all goes well, we’ll have a reknowned astronomer on hand to give us a live commentary on what they can see in the night sky from the station’s roof (subject to weather and atmospheric conditions of course). Tune in that shortwave radio and join us reaching for the stars and beyond!

On Wednesday 18th June 2025 via WRMI  at 0200 UTC we bring you some audio excitement with the Kearsarge Mountain Transmission Service, KMTS. Expect some strange and wonderful music and sounds from the radio spectrum. 

More on Starship Skybird here:

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Music is the universal shortwave language

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Greetings as always to all the SWLing Post community, we are now ready to spill the beans on what we have to offer on the shortwave spectrum this week. Be ready for some space business and more about things that run on rails.

Firstly on Saturday 7th June 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 8th June 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold) we bring you the sounds of outer space with Starship Skybird.

Orbiting the ionosphere the skyship will bring you lots of intergalactic musical goodness, the sounds of distant planets, atmospherics and a whole lot more. Start the countdown to next weekend when you can strap yourself in for a trip of a lifetime. Tune in, make yourself a cosmic cocktail if that’s your thing and enjoy the sounds of space.

On Wednesday 11th May 2025 via WRMI  at 0200 UTC we depart again on a “locomotive journey across the ionosphere” with another episode of CTRN. We are back on the rails to present an hour of train tunes, class rail timetabling tales and memories of train stations that once were. Please tune in, mind the doors and enjoy the ride. Please make sure you present your Railcard alongside your rail ticket if you are expecting a shortwave discount.

More on Starship Skybird here:

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcoud page here.

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The unknown themed shortwave show

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Greetings to all SWLing Post community from us all the Imaginary Stations crew. This week we have a bit of an on-air conundrum that needs to be solved.

On Saturday 31st May 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again for Sunday 1st June 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold) we will bring you the newest episode of WMMR (Mystery Mix Radio) where we have a theme which we don’t give away and you, the listener tries to guess what it is from the music played.

Instructions on how to enter are on the show and the winner who guesses correctly wins a special e-QSL. Tune in and solve the mystery.

On Wednesday 4th May 2025 via WRMI  at 0200 UTC we bring you another locomotive special called CTRN for all lovers of locomotive classics, (rock ‘n’) rolling stock and sounds to keep you on the right track. It’ll be a shortwave journey without needing tickets and one where you don’t need to keep your eyes out for inspectors issuing fines. We can’t guarantee a buffet trolley on this musical journey, so we ask shortwave passengers to provide your own just in case. We just ask that you don’t put your feet up on the seat opposite, please.

More on CTRN here:

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Micoud page here.

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Get tuned in dad

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Greetings to all SWLing Post community from the Imaginary Stations crew. This week we bring you another episode of the Fab Four beat classic, From Beatles to Beatniks Too.

Don’t be a square, drop out and spin that crazy shortwave dial on Saturday 24th May 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again for Sunday 25th May 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold).

Get your beret and sunglasses on and tune into more good stuff from other cats who understand us beats, man. Fall into a shortwave world of hipsville for an hour!

On Wednesday 28th May 2025 via WRMI  at 0200 UTC we’re bringing you a (train) station called CTRN for all lovers of railroads and trains. Tune in for a mixture of steam and electric train classics for everyone, from the person behind the ticket kiosk, station staff and the humble passenger. Stand clear of the moving doors please!

More on CTRN here:

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Micoud page here.

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We know our groceries daddy-oh

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Greetings to all SWLing Post community from the Imaginary Stations crew. This week we are dropping out from the normal world man and bringing you a show called From Beatles to Beatniks.

Don’t be a shortwave square, get yourself a radio or an SDR that picks up some of the shortwave spectrum. Spin that dial on Saturday 17th May 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again for Sunday 18th May 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). You won’t be needing any bread for this transmission either, it’s all free via the ionosphere!

The experience won’t be dullsville, it’ll be a mop-top beatnik hootenanny. Expect some cool poetry read straight from a battered notebook, covers of the Fab Four’s greatest tunes and general beat madness.

On Wednesday 21st May 2025 via WRMI  at 0200 UTC we’re bringing you a retail relay station in the form of KMRT. In the words of our (aisle) controller, it’s “Your official shortwave supermarket station” and it truly is, loyal shopping fans! Tune in for blue light specials and tunes about shopping. There may be the odd refund, a reduction for something that looks a bit battered and bruised but remember our show is fully guaranteed to cheer you up (*normal T+Cs apply).

More on KMRT here:

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Micoud page here.

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More international shortwave radio sounds

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Greetings to all SWLing Post readers from all the Imaginary Stations crew. This week we bring you more programmes featuring the international onshore/offshore pirate radio sounds of Skybird Radio International.

Get your shortwave radio ready for an audio journey on Saturday 10th May 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again for Sunday 11th May 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz via the services of Shortwave Gold.

There are no passports, travel documents or holiday protection needed for the broadcasts that feature sounds from around this glorious globe of ours. Expect all sorts of musical goodness and tunes you may not be familiar with, but ones that’ll bring a smile to your face and possible be future earworms. Tune in and enjoy what this musical world offers us.

On Wednesday 14th May 2025 via WRMI  at 0200 UTC we’ve more of the international musical business from Skybird Radio International again with a show pulled out from our extensive  archives kept in a digital leather suitcase with stickers on it.

More on the Skybird Radio International here:

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Destination Earth

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Good day all SWLing Post readers from us here at Imaginary Stations. Here’s our transmission schedule for the forthcoming week. The first programme is a return of the onshore/offshore pirate radio sound of Skybird Radio International. It goes out on Saturday 3rd May 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then repeated on Sunday 4th May 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz via Shortwave Gold.

Take a shortwave flight around the globe and treat yourself to various music genres from all points around this spinning ball we call Earth that orbits around the sun at a speed of over 67,000 miles per hour. Tickets are not needed; there’s no booking of a taxi to the airport nor any room reservations to be completed via a form on the internet. All you do is tune your shortwave set in at the allotted time to enjoy all sorts of worldwide sounds.

We’ve another transmission on Wednesday 7th May 2025 via WRMI at our new time of 0200 UTC. It’s Skybird Radio International again but a completely different show chosen from our archives. Expect some top-quality sounds from around the globe.

More on the Skybird Radio International here:

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mix cloud page here.

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