{"id":16099,"date":"2015-12-10T09:07:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T13:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16099"},"modified":"2015-12-10T09:07:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T13:07:42","slug":"the-annual-santa-net-on-3916-khz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-annual-santa-net-on-3916-khz\/","title":{"rendered":"The annual &#8220;Santa Net&#8221; on 3916 kHz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16101\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Santa-Radio-Vintage.jpg\" alt=\"Santa-Radio-Vintage\" width=\"649\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Santa-Radio-Vintage.jpg 649w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Santa-Radio-Vintage-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you have a shortwave radio with SSB mode, you too can listen to the Santa Net on\u00a03916 kHz LSB every night until Christmas starting at 01:30 UTC (7:30 PM CST). Of course, if you&#8217;re an amateur radio operator, you can talk to Santa as well!<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2015\/december\/santa_net_3916_khz.htm?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AmateurRadioNews+%28Southgate+Amateur+Radio+News%29#.Vml0sBorJ0s\" target=\"_blank\">Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Santa Net 3916 kHz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Larry Shaunce WD0AKX provides a reminder that at this time of year kids can talk to Santa at the North Pole via amateur radio<\/p>\n<p>Every year before Christmas, there is the Santa net on 3916 kHz on the 75 meter ham radio phone band 7:30 CST or 0130 UT. Round up your kids, grand kids, or neighbor&#8217;s kids and let them talk to Santa at the North Pole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=263&amp;v=KfFk430lxXU\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Talk To Santa By Ham Radio<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s The Santa Net On 3916 kHz!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=263&#038;v=KfFk430lxXU<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a shortwave radio with SSB mode, you too can listen to the Santa Net on\u00a03916 kHz LSB every night until Christmas starting at 01:30 UTC (7:30 PM CST). Of course, if you&#8217;re an amateur radio operator, you can talk to Santa as well! (Source: Southgate ARC) Santa Net 3916 kHz Larry Shaunce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[545,3,43,1167],"tags":[1560,4102,4504,4503],"class_list":["post-16099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-christmas","tag-ham-radio","tag-larry-shaunce-wd0akx","tag-santa-net"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4bF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16243,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/wtww-christmas-shortwave-radio-picture-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":16099,"position":0},"title":"WTWW Christmas Shortwave Radio Picture Contest","author":"Thomas","date":"December 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: WTWW via David Korchin, K2WNW) It's Christmas music on International Shortwave Radio Station WTWW. We want the shortwave radio to take the place of the electric train under the Christmas Tree! We are asking for pictures of your shortwave radios - the most festive picture wins! 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As you\u2019ll hear in the recording, Radio Santa Cruz's 10 kW signal from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was very much audible here in North America--even\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bolivia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bolivia-1024x549.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bolivia-1024x549.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bolivia-1024x549.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12232,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/pulling-radio-santa-cruz-out-of-the-interference\/","url_meta":{"origin":16099,"position":3},"title":"Pulling Radio Santa Cruz out of the interference","author":"Thomas","date":"February 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I recorded Radio Santa Cruz early this morning around 05:00\u00a0UTC on 6,135\u00a0kHz using\u00a0the TitanSDR I currently have under review. Radio Santa Cruz\u2018s 10 kW signal from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was very much audible here in North America, though RSC was\u00a0competing\u00a0with another station on-frequency at the time. 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