{"id":63940,"date":"2025-09-17T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T04:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63940"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:31:09","slug":"an-international-school-of-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/an-international-school-of-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"An international school of thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-school-of-the-air_2_September_-2025_RATED-Second.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63979\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-school-of-the-air_2_September_-2025_RATED-Second.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-school-of-the-air_2_September_-2025_RATED-Second.jpg 962w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-school-of-the-air_2_September_-2025_RATED-Second-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-school-of-the-air_2_September_-2025_RATED-Second-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-school-of-the-air_2_September_-2025_RATED-Second-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-school-of-the-air_2_September_-2025_RATED-Second-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community, here&#8217;s the Imaginary Stations shortwave schedule for this week. On <strong>Saturday 20th September 2025 <\/strong>at <strong>1100 hrs UTC<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and then again on <strong>Sunday 21st September 2025<\/strong> at <strong>0900\/1300 hrs UTC<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>6160 kHz<\/strong> and at <strong>2100 UTC<\/strong> (new time slot) on <strong>3975 kHz<\/strong> and <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>(via the services of<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\">Shortwave Gold<\/a><\/strong>) we bring you the next module of <strong>Skybird School of the Air<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As with last week&#8217;s lesson (which is online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/kmtsradio\/skybird-school-of-the-air-shortwave-gold-1314925\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> if you missed the class) the subject of the show is all things educational. We will be starting where we left off last time as we had a lot more material to go into the first lesson, but we had problems with the overhead projector and the fire alarm went off unexpectedly. So rough books at the ready and no latecomers please (unless you have a good excuse).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-Radio-Int_September-2025_WRMI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63942\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-Radio-Int_September-2025_WRMI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-Radio-Int_September-2025_WRMI.jpg 962w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-Radio-Int_September-2025_WRMI-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-Radio-Int_September-2025_WRMI-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-Radio-Int_September-2025_WRMI-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Skybird-Radio-Int_September-2025_WRMI-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Wednesday 24th September 2025 <\/strong>via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">WRMI <\/a><\/strong>\u00a0we have an episode of <strong>Skybird Radio International<\/strong>. Expect tunes from all around this globe of ours and all genres too. No passport, visa papers or over packed suitcases needed for this transmission. You will be travelling via the ionosphere.<\/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\/QFL5W_ut3dM?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>For more information on all our shows, please write to us at imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/kmtsradio\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FastRadioBurst23<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community, here&#8217;s the Imaginary Stations shortwave schedule for this week. On Saturday 20th September 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and then again on Sunday 21st September 2025 at 0900\/1300 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and at 2100 UTC (new time slot) on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave [&hellip;]<\/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":[3194,3,43,1167],"tags":[7929,9110,7928,9918,10065,10066,10255,10902,10908,61],"class_list":["post-63940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-dj-frederick","tag-fastradioburst23","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-skybird-school-of-the-air","tag-sybird-radio-international","tag-wrmi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gDi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62786,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/more-international-shortwave-radio-sounds\/","url_meta":{"origin":63940,"position":0},"title":"More international shortwave radio sounds","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"May 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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Here\u2019s 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\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and\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\/Skybird-Radio-Int_May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63101,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/orbiting-outer-space-via-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":63940,"position":3},"title":"Orbiting outer space via shortwave","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"June 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and then again on Sunday\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\/06\/Starship-Skybird_June_-2025_prog-2_FINALSG.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Starship-Skybird_June_-2025_prog-2_FINALSG.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Starship-Skybird_June_-2025_prog-2_FINALSG.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Starship-Skybird_June_-2025_prog-2_FINALSG.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62320,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/onshore-and-offshore-skybird-keeps-on-keeping-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":63940,"position":4},"title":"Onshore and offshore, Radio Skybird keeps on keeping on","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"March 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings to all SWLing community. 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