{"id":65642,"date":"2026-03-25T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65642"},"modified":"2026-03-24T02:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:32:06","slug":"shortwave-mysteries-with-arizona-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/shortwave-mysteries-with-arizona-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave mysteries with Arizona in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mystery-Mix-Radio-28_29-March-SG_NEW-TIME.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65652\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mystery-Mix-Radio-28_29-March-SG_NEW-TIME.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mystery-Mix-Radio-28_29-March-SG_NEW-TIME.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mystery-Mix-Radio-28_29-March-SG_NEW-TIME-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mystery-Mix-Radio-28_29-March-SG_NEW-TIME-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mystery-Mix-Radio-28_29-March-SG_NEW-TIME-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mystery-Mix-Radio-28_29-March-SG_NEW-TIME-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community. This weekend <strong>Imaginary Stations<\/strong> brings you another episode of <strong>WMMR (Mystery Mix Radio) \u2013 Guess the theme<\/strong> show. The first transmission is on <strong>Saturday 28th March <\/strong>at <strong>1100 hrs UTC<\/strong> on <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and then again on <strong>Sunday 29th March<\/strong>\u00a0at <strong>0900\/1300 UTC <\/strong>on <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and <strong>2000 hrs <\/strong>on<strong> 3975 kHz\/6160 kHz <\/strong>(via the services of<a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\"> Shortwave Gold<\/span><\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"539\">As usual, the show has a theme that you the short-wave listener, will have to guess what it is. There\u2019ll be a special e-QSL for the lucky winner, and as ever, we will not give any clues away here, the clues are in the show. Tune in and have some (educated) guessing games via the shortwaves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IS-Arizona.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65643\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IS-Arizona.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1151\" height=\"1478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IS-Arizona.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IS-Arizona-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IS-Arizona-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IS-Arizona-768x986.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IS-Arizona-624x801.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1151px) 100vw, 1151px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And if we mention Arizona, you may think of the <span data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"t286pc\">Grand Canyon, or the largest continuous ponderosa pine forest on Earth<\/span><\/span> or the 100 or more wineries there<span data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"t286pc\"> but t<\/span><\/span>here&#8217;s more! If you tune into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\">WRMI<\/span><\/strong><\/a> on <strong>Wednesday 1st April 2026 <\/strong>at<strong> 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz<\/strong> it&#8217;ll be the debut of <strong>Imaginary States: Arizona. <\/strong>Tune in and find out more interesting facts and music about the Grand Canyon State!<\/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\/W1oKXMxbYFs?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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/kmtsradio\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FastRadioBurst23<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community. This weekend Imaginary Stations brings you another episode of WMMR (Mystery Mix Radio) \u2013 Guess the theme show. The first transmission is on Saturday 28th March at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 29th March\u00a0at 0900\/1300 UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs on 3975 [&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":[7929,10669,9110,7928,9918,10065,11009,10066,10255,10083,10594],"class_list":["post-65642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-dj-frederick","tag-downbeat-on-shortwave","tag-fastradioburst23","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-marc-from-belgium","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-shortwave-music-library","tag-wmmr-mystery-mix-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h4K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61249,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/why-modulators-modulate-regularly-and-cbrg\/","url_meta":{"origin":65642,"position":0},"title":"Why modulators modulate regularly and CBRG","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"December 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all SWLing Post readers, FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to the airways this coming week. We've another WMMR, Mystery Mix Radio show on Saturday December 7th 2024 at 1200 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and repeated on Sunday December 8th 2024\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\/12\/CBRG-Dec-2024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CBRG-Dec-2024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CBRG-Dec-2024.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CBRG-Dec-2024.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CBRG-Dec-2024.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CBRG-Dec-2024.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60011,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/the-ionospheres-a-right-old-mystery\/","url_meta":{"origin":65642,"position":1},"title":"The Ionosphere&#8217;s a right old mystery","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"June 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to those shortwaves this week. On Sunday 23rd June 2024\u00a0at 0900\/1300 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz\u00a0and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have another Name that theme show (WMMR) via Shortwave\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\/06\/WMMR-2-Mystery-Mix-Radio-JUNE.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WMMR-2-Mystery-Mix-Radio-JUNE.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WMMR-2-Mystery-Mix-Radio-JUNE.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60029,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/the-ionospheres-a-right-old-mystery-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":65642,"position":2},"title":"The Ionosphere&#8217;s a right old mystery","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"June 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to those shortwaves this week. On Sunday 23rd June 2024\u00a0at 0900\/1300 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz\u00a0and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have another Name that theme show (WMMR) via Shortwave\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\/06\/Name-that-theme-June-2024-Flyer.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Name-that-theme-June-2024-Flyer.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Name-that-theme-June-2024-Flyer.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Name-that-theme-June-2024-Flyer.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62424,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/mysteries-about-the-weather\/","url_meta":{"origin":65642,"position":3},"title":"Mysteries about the weather","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"March 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A big hello to all the SWLing community. 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