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Characteristics
Beginner's
Guide
to
the
Shortwave
31m
THE BEST YEAR ROUND
ALL
NIGHT BAND.
Bands
from
about
2
hours
before
sunset
into
the
night.
Listed below are the characteristics
01
the major shortwave bands.
41m After dark. Good all year lor night listening
Follow these guidelines
lor
best listening results.
After
dark. EXCELLENT YEAR ROUND FOR
49m
ALL
NIGHT LISTENING
Daytime
Listening
NOTE: The construction materials
01
some buildings simply do not
Shortwave listening
is
generally at its poorest during the daylight
let signals in
very well. Signals penetrate wood Irame buildings easi-
hours
01
about 10 a.m.
to
3 p.
m.
The major reason
lor
this
is
that the
est, while concrete and brick buildings usually block signals.
If
you
broadcasters are not transmitting to North America at this time. They
are in a building with one or more stories above you, signals can also
assume that we are all either at work or at school and are not able
be impaired in strength. In such a situation, position yourself, and
to listen during the day.
If
you want
to
try daylime listening, use the
especially the radio's antenna. as close to a window as possible
guidelines below. You will
have some success, but not nearly as good
as during the evening hours.
while listening.
Band
Characteristics
Time·
As
Used
in
Shortwave
tIm
A seldom used band
Broadcasting
......
13m
Best in winter; good other seasons
U1
Since there are many different time zones around the world. it would
16m
EXCELLENT YEAR ROUND
(often
exceptionally
be impractical lor
shortwave broadcasters
to
give broadcast times lor
good
three
hours
before
sunset
until
lunlet)
each separate time zone. To simplily matters, they list their broadcast
19m
THE BEST DAYTIME BAND YEAR ROUND
schedules in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), also known as
(often
exceptionally
good
th
....
hourI
before
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). World Time and Zulu Time
sunset
until
sunset)
Just what
is
UTC? It is the time in Greenwich England, uncorrected lor
22m
New band; should
be good year round
daylight savings time, and is always stated in
24
hour lormat. Here in
25m
Best two hours belore/after sunrise/sunset
North America, UTC
is
ahead
01
our local time by 5
to
8 hours; 5 hours
EST,
6 hours CST, 7 hours MST, 8 hours PST; one hour less during
Evenlng.INlght
Listening
the months
01
daylight savings time.
So,
a broadcast that starts
at 20:00 hours UTC correlates to 15:00 hours (or 3PM) Eastern
This is the best time
to
listen, because the broadcasters are
Standard Time. and
12
:00 hours (NOON) Pacilic Standard Time.
deliberately transmitting
to
North America.
To determine Coordinated Universal Time, tune in a major station,
Band
Char.cterlstlcs
such
as BBC London, on the hour. II your shortwave radio tunes
to
the
19m
Often good at night during the summer
lollowing ,Irequencies, UTC can be heard each minute on station WWV
22m
Summer months
in Fort Collins Colorado: 20000Khz, 15000Khz, 10000Khz, 5000Khz
25m
and 2500Khz. Usually, during any time
01
the day, one or more of
BEST TWO HOURS BEFORE/AFTER
SUNRISEISUNSET
theselrequencies can be received
in
North America. UTC can also
be heard at night on the Canadian station CHU, at 7335Khz, in the
41
meter band.
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