{"id":64226,"date":"2025-10-15T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64226"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T19:37:30","slug":"get-a-vertical-and-horizontal-hold-of-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/get-a-vertical-and-horizontal-hold-of-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a (vertical and horizontal) hold of yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_Shortwave-Gold-Oct-2025_NEW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64229\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_Shortwave-Gold-Oct-2025_NEW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_Shortwave-Gold-Oct-2025_NEW.jpg 962w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_Shortwave-Gold-Oct-2025_NEW-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_Shortwave-Gold-Oct-2025_NEW-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_Shortwave-Gold-Oct-2025_NEW-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_Shortwave-Gold-Oct-2025_NEW-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community, here&#8217;s more about what the Imaginary Stations crew will be broadcasting via those airwaves this week. On <strong>Saturday 18th October 2025 <\/strong>at <strong>1100 hrs UTC<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and then again on <strong>Sunday 19th October 2025<\/strong> at <strong>0900\/1300 hrs UTC<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>6160 kHz<\/strong> and at <strong>2100 <\/strong><strong>UTC<\/strong> on <strong>3975 kHz<\/strong> and <strong>6160 kHz. <\/strong>We will be bringing you a visual shortwave special called <strong>Test Cards on Radio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This show is a must for fans of test cards and TV trade test transmissions alike and will feature all kinds of frequency tones for screen calibration purposes and test card related music from around the world. If you love those test cards, you&#8217;ll love this show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_WRMI-Oct-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64228\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_WRMI-Oct-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1131\" height=\"1131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_WRMI-Oct-2025.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_WRMI-Oct-2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_WRMI-Oct-2025-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_WRMI-Oct-2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_WRMI-Oct-2025-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/testcards-on-radio_WRMI-Oct-2025-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Wednesday 22nd October 2025 <\/strong>at<strong> 0200 UTC <\/strong>via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">WRMI <\/a><\/strong>\u00a0we have a different episode of<strong> Testcards on Radio<\/strong>. We\u2019re talking more test card musical classics and test tones for screen calibration fans and rooftop antenna adjusters. Tune in and enjoy. More on the theme below.<\/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\/MlCsfIpyjMw?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 more about what the Imaginary Stations crew will be broadcasting via those airwaves this week. On Saturday 18th October 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and then again on Sunday 19th October 2025 at 0900\/1300 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz. 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