Saturday, February 7, 2009

Books for shortwave listeners

It is certainly possible to start a new hobby with just information from different Internet sites. There are of course dozens of good sites that can help you to find interesting shortwave broadcasts you can listen to with your new shortwave receiver. I would, however, recommend you to buy at least a book or two.

Books are better than web sites when you want to have a clear overview of a topic. You can google around for days or weeks and still not know for sure if you have got the idea right. Or if you have found the best sources of information. But there are some pretty reliable books that can help you to begin your new hobby.

My two favourite series of books are World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) and Passport to World Band Radio.

In fact, Passport to World Band Radio nowaday hosts even a web site that has some good introductory information you certainly should first read. Read first the free pdf files on their site before looking elsewhere for further information. I would strongly recommend you also to subscribe the book itself as it contains almost 400 pages of important information for every shortwave enthusiast.

The latest edition of the book is the 25th anniversary edition of the popular series. It includes reviews of receivers and antennas, information about the time-tables and frequencies used by shortwave stations of the world and a lot more! If you want to buy just one book about the world of shortwaves this must be the first choice!

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