{"id":54124,"date":"2022-09-23T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T04:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54124"},"modified":"2022-09-21T03:51:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T07:51:30","slug":"on-a-shortwave-magic-carpet-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/on-a-shortwave-magic-carpet-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"On a shortwave magic carpet ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-Sept-2022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54125\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-Sept-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"794\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-Sept-2022.jpg 794w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-Sept-2022-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-Sept-2022-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-Sept-2022-624x443.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/a>Hi SWLing post community,\u00a0 just to let you all know this weekend there&#8217;s another in the Imaginary Stations series, this time the return of WFCR \u2013 Flying Carpet Radio. The transmission will be on air on 9395 kHz from 2200 utc on Sunday 25th September 2022 via WRMI. Expect some apt magical tunes. <strong>Fastradioburst23.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi SWLing post community,\u00a0 just to let you all know this weekend there&#8217;s another in the Imaginary Stations series, this time the return of WFCR \u2013 Flying Carpet Radio. The transmission will be on air on 9395 kHz from 2200 utc on Sunday 25th September 2022 via WRMI. Expect some apt magical tunes. Fastradioburst23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-e4Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52141,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/flying-carpet-radio-march-13th-2022-via-wrmi\/","url_meta":{"origin":54124,"position":0},"title":"Flying Carpet Radio: March 13th, 2022 via WRMI","author":"Thomas","date":"March 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor, Fastradioburst23, who shares the Flying Carpet Radio flyer above announcing broadcasts on Sunday, March 13th, 2022 at 2200 UTC on 9395 kHz (WRMI). Looks like it'll be a hoot! Thanks for the tip!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WFCA-Flying-carpet-radio-1-e1646932307776.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WFCA-Flying-carpet-radio-1-e1646932307776.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WFCA-Flying-carpet-radio-1-e1646932307776.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WFCA-Flying-carpet-radio-1-e1646932307776.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WFCA-Flying-carpet-radio-1-e1646932307776.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56052,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/calling-all-magic-carpet-fitters-and-friends-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":54124,"position":1},"title":"Calling all magic carpet fitters and friends","author":"Pete Polanyk","date":"March 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Fastradioburst23 here to let you know about WFCR Flying Carpet Radio this Sunday 12th March 2023 on 9395 kHz at 2200 hrs UTC. Brought to you by the Imaginary Stations crew this is an exotic journey through the skies on what looks like a common or garden floor covering made\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Flying-carpet-radio.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Flying-carpet-radio.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Flying-carpet-radio.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Flying-carpet-radio.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62527,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/jims-travelling-on-a-flying-carpet-this-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":54124,"position":2},"title":"Jim&#8217;s travelling on a flying carpet this week","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"April 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A big hello to the SWLing community far and wide. Here\u2019s what Imaginary Stations are transmitting over the airwaves this weekend. The first is on Saturday 12th April 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and on Sunday 13th April 2025 at 0900\/1300 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Flying-Carpet-Radio_WRMI-April-2024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Flying-Carpet-Radio_WRMI-April-2024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Flying-Carpet-Radio_WRMI-April-2024.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Flying-Carpet-Radio_WRMI-April-2024.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Flying-Carpet-Radio_WRMI-April-2024.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64696,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/a-flying-mystery-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":54124,"position":3},"title":"A flying mystery on shortwave","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"November 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings all SWLing Post community, here's what Imaginary Stations crew are putting out into the shortwaves next week. We've another \"Guess what the theme is\" with the Mystery Mix Radio show (WMMR) via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 29th November 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC\u00a0and then again on Sunday 30th November 2025\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-November-25_REVISED.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-November-25_REVISED.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-November-25_REVISED.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-November-25_REVISED.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-November-25_REVISED.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Flying-Carpet-Radio-November-25_REVISED.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41140,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/cold-war-sports-high-speed-telegraphy\/","url_meta":{"origin":54124,"position":4},"title":"Cold War Sports: High-Speed Telegraphy","author":"Thomas","date":"December 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Paul Evans, who shares the following short radio documentary from the BBC World Service: The end of the Cold War in 1989 spelt the demise of a little-known, but surprisingly popular sport behind the Iron Curtain \u2013 high-speed telegraphy competitions. 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Imaginary Stations are at it again transmitting over those airwaves this week with a couple of programmes for your listening pleasure. The first is on Saturday 19th April 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and on Sunday 20th April 2025 at 0900\/1300\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Free-Radio-Skybird-WRMI-April-2025.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Free-Radio-Skybird-WRMI-April-2025.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Free-Radio-Skybird-WRMI-April-2025.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Free-Radio-Skybird-WRMI-April-2025.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Free-Radio-Skybird-WRMI-April-2025.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54126,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54124\/revisions\/54126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}