Radio Shack DX-394 - Listening Hints and Information; Reference Sources for Shortwave; Band Allocation Overview; Ham Frequencies and Usage

LISTENING HINTS.
Short wave listenng is a hobby with mi-
lions of participants worlcwide. It requires
no special knowledge or skills, but your
enjoyment increases as you gain experi
enco and develop special listening tech-
niques.
The
information
in
this
section
сал
help
you
mako
the
most
of
your
listening
time.
REFERENCE SOURCES
Many books and magazines about short
wave listening are available through your
local library or newsstand. See sources
such as "The Workd Radio Handbook"
"Radio Amateur's Handbook" "Passport
t2 World Band Radio,” "Monitoring Times.”
amd "Popular Communications.” Those
publications
сап
help
you
learn
about
the
corditione that make long-dietanco rocop
tior possible and provide up-to-dete bs-
tings for shor! wave broadcasts in English
id alhor languages.
BAND ALLOCATION
Certain portions ol tha radio spectrum ar
sot aside for specific purposos.
Note:
Bands
are
often
relomed
to
by
wavelength.
For
example,
the
19-meter
tard
refers
to
the
range
cf
frequencies
with
waves
about
19
meters
lang.
Ham Frequencies
Turing to the ham radio frequencies can
be interestng anc helpful, because ham
operators
often
communicate
emergency
infocrration when other means of commi»
nication break down.
Ham radio operators use ihe following
bands. Portions o' these bands are sel
aside for continuous wave (CW) morsa
ode communication or for single side-
band (SSB) voico communication, as
shown below.
1,800-2,006 kHz: CW, 1 SR
80 meters:
3.500-3.750 MHz: CW
3.750-4.000 MHz: LSB
40 meters:
7.000-7.150 MHz: CW
7.150-7.300 MHz: LSB
20 meters:
14.000-14.150 MHz: CW
14.150-14.360 МН: US
17 meters:
18.068-18.110 MHz CW
18.110-18.168 MHZ USB
21.000-21.200 MHz: CW
21200-21450 MHz: USB
12 meters:
24.090-24.830 Miz: CW
24 990-24 930 M-tz: USB
10 mete
28 000-26.300 MHz: CW
28 300-25. 700 MHz. USB
Note: These ranges are not precisely
'olserved everywhere in the world.
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