Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Finding Shortway Stations

Now that you know what is meant by UTC and GMT, you are ready to find some shortwave broadcasts!

If you already have a copy of Passport to World Band Radio or World Radio TV Handbook you have everything you need in your hands. If you don yet have either of these books, I warmly recommend you to order one of them. Having the books is not absolutely necessary, but they certainly will make the life of a shortwave listenere easier.

The next concepts you should understand are how the radio frequencies are given. The frequency used in announcements and program schedules is given either in kilohertz (kHz) or megahertz (MHz). This means that 6120 kHz is the same frequency as 6.120 MHz. All you need to know is that these frequencies are identical and you will be able to find the station using your brand new world receiver.

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