LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS continued
GENERAL SHORTWAVE 'RULES-OF- clock reappears. If you don't wait, then
method 2 below will automatically be
THUMB'
used.
Night shortwave reception is usually
better than daytime shortwave. This can
2. Perform one quick, short press of the
change from time-to-time, so it's worth
button labeled SW METER BAND,
checking the bands during the day too.
immediately followed by quick, short
During daytime the most active
presses of either the UP or DOWN
shortwave bands are 13, 15, 16, 19, and
tuning buttons. The band number
22 meters, 16 and 19 usually being the
appears in the upper right corner of the
best. At night, the most active bands are
display. Once the band of choice is
25, 31, 41 and 49 meters, with 31 and 49
selected, start tuning after the clock
usually best.
reappears in the upper right corner.
Around sunset and sunrise, both the day
AUTO-SCAN TUNING WHILE IN
and night bands may be good, sometimes
SHORTWAVE
exceptionally good. Listening at these
In shortwave, auto-scan tuning scans in
times can often be quite rewarding.
the shortwave frequency ranges noted in
The construction materials of some
the Band Chart below. To tune shortwave
buildings severely block shortwave
frequencies that are in-between these
signals. To counteract this, hold the radio
ranges, or outside of these ranges, use
in your hands and get very close to a
one of the other tuning methods, e.g.
window.
Regular Tuning (manual tuning) or Direct
SELECTING A SHORTWAVE METER
Frequency Entry as discussed titled
BAND WITH THE PL-450
TUNING IN STATIONS.
All 14 of the international broadcast bands
can be accessed with the PL-450. The
bands are numbered 120, 90, 75, 60, 49,
31, 25, 22, 19, 16, 15, 13 and 11 meters
and are commonly called 'Meter Bands'.
The PL-450 offers two ways to access a
shortwave band. Each method places the
tuner at the beginning of the band's
frequency range.
1. Each successive quick, short press of
the button labeled SW METER BAND
(16) places the radio at the beginning of
a band. While pressing the button, the
band number shows in the upper right
corner of the display (50) and
disappears a few seconds after it is
released, causing the clock to reappear
in the corner. Start tuning only after the
BAND CHART OF SHORTWAVE AUTO-
SCANING RANGES
120
90
75
60
49
41
31
25
22
19
16
15
13
11
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
BAND (METERS) FREQUENCY RANGE
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