{"id":64436,"date":"2025-11-05T03:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64436"},"modified":"2025-11-05T04:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:52:29","slug":"more-of-those-magic-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/more-of-those-magic-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"More of those magic numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Telegraph-Telephone-Co._Shortwave-Gold-NOV-3_-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64437\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Telegraph-Telephone-Co._Shortwave-Gold-NOV-3_-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Telegraph-Telephone-Co._Shortwave-Gold-NOV-3_-2025.jpg 962w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Telegraph-Telephone-Co._Shortwave-Gold-NOV-3_-2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Telegraph-Telephone-Co._Shortwave-Gold-NOV-3_-2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Telegraph-Telephone-Co._Shortwave-Gold-NOV-3_-2025-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Telegraph-Telephone-Co._Shortwave-Gold-NOV-3_-2025-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community, here&#8217;s what Imaginary Stations crew are putting on air next week. There&#8217;ll be another telephone tribute via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwaveradio.de\/\">shortwaveradio.de<\/a><\/strong> called <strong>Skybird Telegraph &amp; Telephone Co. 3 <\/strong>on <strong>Saturday 8th November 2025 <\/strong>at <strong>1200 hrs UTC\u00a0<\/strong>and then again on <strong>Sunday 9th November 2025<\/strong> at <strong>1000\/1400 hrs UTC<\/strong> on <strong>3975 kHz<\/strong> and <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and <strong>2200 <\/strong>on <strong>3975 kHz.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ll be more telephone related tunes and features; we&#8217;ll be reviving the dial a disc tradition and if all goes well will have live operators on air ready to connect you to the numbers you want. So, get that headset jammed right up to your ear and tune in!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Radio-International-November-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64438\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Radio-International-November-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2268\" height=\"2268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Radio-International-November-25.jpg 2268w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Radio-International-November-25-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Radio-International-November-25-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Radio-International-November-25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Radio-International-November-25-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Radio-International-November-25-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Radio-International-November-25-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Skybird-Radio-International-November-25-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2268px) 100vw, 2268px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Wednesday 12th November 2025 <\/strong>at<strong> 0300 UTC <\/strong>via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">WRMI <\/a><\/strong>we bring you <strong>Skybird Radio International<\/strong> featuring tunes from all over this world of ours. There&#8217;ll be lots of worldwide vibes via those shortwaves!<\/p>\n<p>More on <strong>Skybird Telegraph &amp; Telephone Co<\/strong>. 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\/yktA4sO-Rfw?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 what Imaginary Stations crew are putting on air next week. There&#8217;ll be another telephone tribute via shortwaveradio.de called Skybird Telegraph &amp; Telephone Co. 3 on Saturday 8th November 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC\u00a0and then again on Sunday 9th November 2025 at 1000\/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 [&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":[7929,9110,7928,9918,10065,9775,10066,10255,10951,61],"class_list":["post-64436","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-kbin","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-skybird-telegraph-telephone-co-3","tag-wrmi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gLi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64360,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/we-love-you-telephone-thing-listening-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":64436,"position":0},"title":"We love you telephone thing, listening in&#8230;","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"October 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings all SWLing Post community, here's what Imaginary Stations crew will sending up into the atmosphere next week. There'll be another telephone tribute via shortwaveradio.de called Skybird Telegraph & Telephone Co. 2 on Saturday 1st November 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC\u00a0and then again on Sunday 2nd November 2025 at 1000\/1400\/2200\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\/10\/KBIN-November-25.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KBIN-November-25.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KBIN-November-25.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KBIN-November-25.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KBIN-November-25.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KBIN-November-25.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64305,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/dial-s-for-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":64436,"position":1},"title":"Dial S for Shortwave","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"October 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings all SWLing Post community, here's more about what the Imaginary Stations crew will be sending up to the ionosphere this week. 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FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know about what Imaginary Stations have coming to the shortwaves this coming week. The first show is brought to you via the services of Shortwave Gold on Saturday November 9th 2024 at 1200 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and 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\/2024\/11\/KSPY-Nov-2024_NEW.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KSPY-Nov-2024_NEW.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KSPY-Nov-2024_NEW.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KSPY-Nov-2024_NEW.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KSPY-Nov-2024_NEW.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KSPY-Nov-2024_NEW.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":58162,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/skybird-goes-worldwide-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":64436,"position":3},"title":"Skybird goes worldwide again","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"November 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all SWLing Post Community, FastRadioBurst 23 here bringing you news of this week's Imaginary Stations transmissions. Beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold on Sunday 12th November 2023 at 1000\/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz, we have a special Peruvian Edition of Skybird\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\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62320,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/onshore-and-offshore-skybird-keeps-on-keeping-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":64436,"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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