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SHORTWAVE PUBLICATIONS:

FINDING SPECIFIC STATIONS

To help find specific stations and their broadcast

times,frequencies and target areas, review the two

excellent publications shown below.They are

available from major bookstores and at online

booksellers.

PASSPORT TO WORLD BAND RADIO.Published by

International Broadcasting Services.Address: IBS

North America,Box 300, Penn’s Park,PA 18943.

Phone:215-598-3794. Web: www.passband.com.

WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK.Published in North

America by Watson Guptil Publications,770

Broadway – 7th Floor,New York,NY 10003-9595.

www.watsonguptill.com.

Another way to find shortwave station information

is to use an Internet search site,typing in search

criteria such as ‘shortwave radio stations’ or ‘short-

wave frequencies’.

LEARNING MORE ABOUT

SHORTWAVE

To learn more about shortwave see the next section

titled UNDERSTANDING SHORTWAVE BANDS.

Another successful way to learn more is to use your

favorite Internet search site.Type in ‘shortwave

listening’ or ‘shortwave stations’ and many articles

will show.

BAND CHART OF SHORTWAVE AUTO-SCANING RANGES

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FREQUENCY RANGE

2250 – 2550

3150 - 3450

3850 - 4050

4700 - 5100

5800 – 6300

7100 – 7500

9400 – 10000

11500 – 12150

13500 – 13900

15000 – 15900

17450 - 18000

18850 - 19100

21450 - 21950

25600 - 26100

CHU-time(Canada)

WWV-time/weather(US)

3330

7335

14670

2500

5000

10000

15000

20000

Best at night

Day/night

Best during daylight

Best at night

Day/night

Best during daylight

SHORTWAVE TIME STATIONS (NORTH AMERICA)

The United States and Canada have shortwave time stations.The time of day is broadcast continually in

Universal Time,also know as UTC and Greenwich Mean Time.The frequencies are noted below.

BAND

(METERS)

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