{"id":58684,"date":"2024-01-19T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58684"},"modified":"2024-01-18T10:36:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T14:36:23","slug":"getting-lost-on-those-shortwaves-and-finding-ktab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/getting-lost-on-those-shortwaves-and-finding-ktab\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting lost on those shortwaves and finding KTAB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WDWD-Off-the-map-Radio-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58685\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WDWD-Off-the-map-Radio-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1869\" height=\"1385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WDWD-Off-the-map-Radio-1.jpg 1869w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WDWD-Off-the-map-Radio-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WDWD-Off-the-map-Radio-1-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WDWD-Off-the-map-Radio-1-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WDWD-Off-the-map-Radio-1-1536x1138.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WDWD-Off-the-map-Radio-1-624x462.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1869px) 100vw, 1869px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good day to all SWLing Post Community, <strong>FastRadioBurst 23 <\/strong>from the Imaginary Stations crew here letting you know that this week we present <strong>WDWD \u2013 Off the Map Radio.<\/strong> It&#8217;ll be going out to Europe via the services of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\">Shortwave Gold<\/a><\/strong> on <strong>Sunday 21st January 2024 <\/strong>at <strong>1000\/1400 hrs UTC<\/strong> on<strong> 6160 kHz <\/strong>and then at <strong>2100 UTC<\/strong> on <strong>3975 kHz<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong>Think of large maps flapping in the wind whilst trekking out in the wilds and places far far away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTAB-Jan-2023-WRMI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58686\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTAB-Jan-2023-WRMI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1602\" height=\"970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTAB-Jan-2023-WRMI.jpg 1602w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTAB-Jan-2023-WRMI-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTAB-Jan-2023-WRMI-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTAB-Jan-2023-WRMI-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTAB-Jan-2023-WRMI-1536x930.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTAB-Jan-2023-WRMI-624x378.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1602px) 100vw, 1602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then on early<b> Monday <strong>22nd<\/strong><\/b><strong> January<\/strong><strong> 2024<\/strong> we have <strong>KTAB <\/strong>running with the theme &#8220;Yesterday&#8217;s music today&#8221; at <strong>0300 UTC <\/strong>on <strong>9395 kHz <\/strong>via<strong> WRMI<\/strong>. Step into the shortwave musical time machine and be transported back to a time when valves needed time to &#8220;warm up&#8221; and tune into some real vintage old-time classics on the old wireless set.<\/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\/z3A_hF38Ca4?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;start=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>For more information on the shows please email imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/kmtsradio\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day to all SWLing Post Community, FastRadioBurst 23 from the Imaginary Stations crew here letting you know that this week we present WDWD \u2013 Off the Map Radio. 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