{"id":56283,"date":"2023-04-05T06:34:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T10:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=56283"},"modified":"2023-04-05T06:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T10:34:32","slug":"what-does-the-beat-cut-function-actually-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/what-does-the-beat-cut-function-actually-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the &#8220;Beat Cut&#8221; function actually do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56284\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1-1024x723.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1-768x542.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cassette-1-624x440.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, John, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The video below started with a curious investigation of a mysterious button found on 1980\/90 era cassette recorders&#8230;. just to end up as being essential knowledge that we probably never had back on the day during our listening sessions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I think the blog readers will love the most recent video from VWestlife:<\/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\/gm0dT-vi0XU?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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gm0dT-vi0XU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for sharing, John!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John, who writes: The video below started with a curious investigation of a mysterious button found on 1980\/90 era cassette recorders&#8230;. just to end up as being essential knowledge that we probably never had back on the day during our listening sessions. I think the blog readers will love [&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],"tags":[10182,4093],"class_list":["post-56283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-beat-cut","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-eDN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35878,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/pacific-beat-government-considers-report-into-asia-pacific-broadcasting\/","url_meta":{"origin":56283,"position":0},"title":"Pacific Beat: Government considers report into Asia-Pacific broadcasting","author":"Thomas","date":"February 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ABC's Pacific Beat via Michael Bird) https:\/\/abcmedia.akamaized.net\/radioaustralia\/radioaustralia\/audio\/201902\/pba-2019-02-04-restoring-shortwave.mp3 The Australian government is considering the findings of a long-awaited report reviewing broadcasting to the Asia Pacific but it hasn't revealed when they might be made public. 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This method seems to be\u00a0a little easier than a\u00a0previously posted procedure. Anna, with Anon-Co, translates this procedure given to her by Tecsun technicians: Place the Tecsun PL-880\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;How To&quot;","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tecsun-SSB-QRG-1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-SSB-QRG-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-SSB-QRG-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-SSB-QRG-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40163,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/pacific-beat-vanuatu-invests-in-shortwave-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":56283,"position":5},"title":"Pacific Beat: Vanuatu invests in shortwave service","author":"Thomas","date":"October 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ABC Pacific Beat via Michael Bird) https:\/\/abcmedia.akamaized.net\/radioaustralia\/radioaustralia\/audio\/201910\/pba-2019-10-07-van-shortwave.mp3 Click here to listen. 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