Grundig 400 PE manual

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in Coordinated Universal time (UTC), also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), World Time and Zulu Time.

Just what is UTC? It is the time in Greenwich England with no correction for daylight savings time, and is always stated in 24 hour format. In North America, UTC is ahead of our local time, 5 hours EST, 6 hours CST, 7 hours MST, 8 hours PST; one hour less during the months of daylight savings time. So, if a broadcast starts at 20:00 hours UTC, this correlates to 15:00 hours (or 3PM) Eastern Standard Time, and 12:00 hours (Noon) Pacific Standard Time.

To determine Coordinated Universal Time, tune-in to a major station, such as BBC London, on the hour. If your shortwave radio tunes to the following frequencies, UTC can be heard each minute on station WWV in Fort Collins Colorado: 20000 KHz, 15000 KHz, 10000 KHz, 5000 KHz and 2500 KHz. Usually, during any time of the day, one or more of these frequencies can be received in North America. UTC can also be heard on the Canadian station CHU, at 3330 KHz, 7335 KHz, and 14670 KHz.

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