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Short Wave Radio
While traveling in Asia, I picked up a little pocket sized
short wave radio. I hoped to listen to news from home.
By turning it on at various times, during the day and night,
I did stumble onto the broadcast. A powerful station from
Canada provided the news I was looking for. It was Radio
Canada International. It was a cheaply made little radio. The tuning mechanism, wore out shortly after I returned to Canada. The brand name of the radio was Artech. This radio had A.M., F.M., and 6 short wave bands.
The display was analog. A pointer on a string moved when a tuning dial was turned.
The radio had a built in spike antenna.
It was powered by 2 AA batteries. Some time later I decided to get a more deluxe digital short wave radio. It was a Radio Shack DX 390.
The radio frequency bands were shown by a digital readout.
There were 12 shortwave bands to choose from.
The radio has a spike antenna built in.
A jack exists for connecting an external antenna.
The radio was powered by 4 D cell batteries.
It can also be powered with house hold electricity using an adapter. Anyone serious about listening to shortwave radio, will install an outside line antenna. This is done by attaching insulators to the ends of a long wire line, that is not insulated. Attach the insulated ends of the wire between 2 poles, or trees. It can also be stretched between a tree and your house. Connect a plastic coated wire to the
outside antenna wire. Run the insulated wire into your house. Attach a standard size plug in jack to the end of the insulated wire. Insert the antenna plug in into the radio’s external antenna outlet jack. For someone starting out, helpful short wave magazines are available from magazine stores. These magazines contain, various short wave topics. They contain information sheets featuring shortwave frequencies by country, content, and times of broadcast.
All references to times when a broadcast is airing, are given in UTC, otherwise known a United Coordinated Time.
This is the same time zone as Greenwich Mean Time.
By stating times in UTC everyone around the world has
the same time reference. Enjoy listening to shortwave. The broadcasts do tend to fade in and out sometimes. IT depends on how powerful the station is that you are listening to.
Solar conditions also affect the quality of the signal,
and sound you will get. During solar storms, there may no usable signal for several days. There will be only a buzzing noise on most shortwave bands. On good days, enjoy listening to music, news, and opinion, programs on your shortwave radio.
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