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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