Grundig 400 PE manual EVENING/NIGHT Listening, Night Bands Characteristics

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EVENING/NIGHT LISTENING

This is the best time to listen, because the broadcasters are deliberately transmitting to North America. These bands may be extremely good around sunset and sunrise too. Best bands are BOLD.

NIGHT BANDS	CHARACTERISTICS
19m	Summer Months
22m	Summer Months
25m	Best two hours before/after sunrise/
sunset
31m	Good all night everywhere
41m	Good all night in Eastern North America;
	varies in Western North America
49m	The best night band everywhere

NOTE: Getting close to a window may substantially improve your reception.

The construction materials of some buildings simply do not let signals in very well. Signals penetrate wood frame buildings easiest, while concrete and brick buildings usually block signals. If you are in a building with one or more stories above you, signals can also be impaired in strength. In such a situation, position yourself, and especially the radio’s antenna, as close to a window as possible while listening.

On the following page is a list of the shortwave bands used for international broadcasts and their corresponding frequencies. Since some radios show frequency in megahertz and some in kilohertz, both are shown here. The YB400PE shows shortwave frequencies in kilohertz.

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Contents World Receiver Yacht BOY 400 PE OWNER’S Record Need HELP? Quick Setup Call OUR Shortwave HotlineImportant Notice Subjectpage Page Additional SET-UP Information Initial SET-UPSET-UP for North American USE HOW to USE the Included Reel Antenna HOW to Install BatteriesUsing Your Grundig AC Adaptor AC Adaptor USE Professionally Engineered AntennasHOW to Listen to Your Local AM Stations HOW to Turn the Radio on and OFFHOW to Listen to Your Local FM Stations General Radio OperationDirect Frequency Entry HOW to USE the Tone SwitchHOW to USE the Lock Button HOW to USE the Step ButtonHOW to USE the AM BUTTON’S Last Station Memory Feature HOW to USE the Volume Control KnobWhat is a Shortwave Band HOW to Listen to Shortwave StationsHOW to Enter a Shortwave Band HOW to Tune around in a Shortwave BandHOW to Choose the Best Shortwave Band to Tune around HOW to Access What YOU have Stored Into HOW to Tell Which Memories are EmptyHOW to Store a Frequency Into Memory Storing Stations Into MemoryHOW to Erase the Contents of a Memory HOW to Control the Alarm Clock Using the CLOCK, Alarm and Sleep Timer FeaturesHOW to USE the Alarm CLOCK’S Snooze FEA HOW to SET the Alarm ClockHOW to SET the Sleep Timer Daytime Listening Daybands CharacteristicsMore Information about Shortwave EVENING/NIGHT Listening Night Bands CharacteristicsWhat Countries are Heard on Shortwave RADIO? What is Heard on Shortwave RADIO?Band Megahertz Kilohertz 13780, 15275, 15410, 17810 Are the Signals CLEAR? What is the Program Content LIKE?Is There English Language PROGRAMMING? Can I Hear a Specific COUNTRY?HOW can I Determine if AN Outdoor Antenna will HELP? Can Distant AM/FM Broadcast Stations be RECEIVED?Page World Radio TV Handbook Shortwave Guides and Magazines Available in BookstoresMonitoring Times Popular CommunicationsHOW to Turn the SSB Feature on Amateur Radio Kilohertz USB times in UTC/GMT Maritime SSB Weather FrequenciesTime Stations not SSB Maritime TWO-WAY Communication FREQUEN- Cies and ChannelsGetting More Information about SSB COMMU- Nication Amateur Radio MaritimeTechnical Information Index to the RADIO’S Controls batteries, switches & sockets