{"id":65274,"date":"2026-02-11T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65274"},"modified":"2026-02-07T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:43:42","slug":"riding-the-shortwave-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/riding-the-shortwave-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding the shortwave train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Downbeat-on-shortwave_Programme-3_February_2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65275\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Downbeat-on-shortwave_Programme-3_February_2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Downbeat-on-shortwave_Programme-3_February_2026.jpg 962w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Downbeat-on-shortwave_Programme-3_February_2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Downbeat-on-shortwave_Programme-3_February_2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Downbeat-on-shortwave_Programme-3_February_2026-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Downbeat-on-shortwave_Programme-3_February_2026-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community! Imaginary Stations brings you another <strong>Downbeat on Shortwave<\/strong> on <strong>Saturday 14th February <\/strong>at <strong>1200 hrs UTC<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and then again on <strong>Sunday 15th February<\/strong> at <strong>1000\/1400\/2100 hrs UTC <\/strong>on <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>(via the services of<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\"> Shortwave Gold<\/a><\/strong>). Guest DJs Jesse Yuen and One Deck Pete bring you two 15-minute downtempo mixes each of some downtempo vibes to help you drift away this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CTRN-Feb-18th-2026-WRMI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65276\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CTRN-Feb-18th-2026-WRMI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CTRN-Feb-18th-2026-WRMI.jpg 962w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CTRN-Feb-18th-2026-WRMI-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CTRN-Feb-18th-2026-WRMI-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CTRN-Feb-18th-2026-WRMI-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CTRN-Feb-18th-2026-WRMI-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And on\u00a0<strong>Wednesday 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0February 2026\u00a0<\/strong>at<strong>\u00a00300 UTC on 9395 kHz\u00a0<\/strong>via\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1769844035703000&amp;usg=AOvVaw17h9cGa1UC4vPWZiUnEP6H\">WRMI\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>it&#8217;s &#8220;ALL ABOARD again!&#8221; with another episode of <strong>CTRN<\/strong> for all your railroading and freight-hopping needs. Ride the rails of adventure with no need for a ticket, just your shortwave radio.<\/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\/nlLTcVT0qYc?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<\/div>\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! Imaginary Stations brings you another Downbeat on Shortwave on Saturday 14th February at 1200 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and then again on Sunday 15th February at 1000\/1400\/2100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). Guest DJs Jesse Yuen and One Deck Pete bring you two 15-minute downtempo [&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":[9450,7929,10669,9110,7928,11010,9918,10065,11009,10066,10255],"class_list":["post-65274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-ctrn","tag-dj-frederick","tag-downbeat-on-shortwave","tag-fastradioburst23","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-gerry-hectic","tag-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-marc-from-belgium","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gYO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61724,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/downtempo-warmth-for-your-radio-dial\/","url_meta":{"origin":65274,"position":0},"title":"Downtempo and warmth for your radio dial","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"January 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi to all SWLing Post community! FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what the Imaginary Stations crew are putting out over those airwaves this week. 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