SWL Broadcast

This page will list links relating to MW and HF Broadcast listening between 530 khz and 30 Mhz. For information on antennas, see the Antennas wiki. Our HF Propagation article has links regarding how HF signals travel great differences. It's an important topic to understand if you wish to be successful in this game.
The RR forum for this topic can be found here

[edit] MW Clubs

• International Radio Club of America (IRCA)
• National Radio Club (NRC)
• MW Circle

[edit] MW (AM Band) Rejection Filters

• ICE BCB Filters
• Kiwa Broadcast Band Rejection Filter
• Kiwa Broadcast Band filter for longwires
• PAR BCST-HPF Filter
  • PAR AM Broadcast Filter review from MT
• Scanner Master Filters page
• Stridsberg Engineering Filters

[edit] HF (SW) Clubs

• AMANDX
• Canadian International DX Club (CIDX)
• Danish SW Club International
• DXer.ca
• MT Radio Clubs and Nets page
• Ontario DX Association (ODXA)
• North American SW Association

[edit] DXing Websites

[edit] MW Related Sites

• BCB Propagation Logger
• DX Mid America
• BCB Database (bottom of this page)
• Radio Station Finder
• FMScan.org Despite the name, it also works with MW stations

[edit] HF Related Sites

• DXing.Info
• Hard Core DX
• Latin American SW Logs

[edit] Manufacturers

• AOR USA
• Eton
• Icom America
• Sangean
• TenTec

[edit] Media News

And lots more...

• Australian Internet Radio Magazine
• RadioIntel
• Clandestine Radio Watch
• MT Shortwave Central Blog by Gayle Van Horn
• End Times Report SW Broadcasts Worldwide
• Shortwave Monitor
• SWLing.com (blog) A good place to start for newcomers
• Surfing the Radio Waves (blog)

[edit] Program Information

• Cumbre DX
• World of Radio
  • Here, Glenn Hauser discusses both DX and program information world wide
• Musings - International Broadcasting, Public Radio

[edit] Receivers, Accessories and Reviews

• A brief review of the RF Space SDR-IQ Software Defined Radio
• AC6V Receiver Reviews and Surveys
• AOR Receivers
• DXing.Info Equipment Page
• Eton E5 Review (MT - PDF file)
• EHam General Coverage Rxs
• Icom Receivers
• Kaito KA1103 Degen DE1103
• NASWA (selected) Equipment Reviews
• Phil's Buyers Guide 2006 (PDF)
• RadioIntel Receiver Reviews page 1
• RadioIntel Receiver Reviews and links
• R Netherlands Receiver Shopping List (archive by MWCircle)
• Realistic DX394 Receiver
• Receiver Test Data from Sherwood Engineering
• Tentec/GW RX321 Reference Page
• Yaesu Receivers

[edit] Software

• DReaM wiki
• DRM Software Radio Site
• DRM Tools
• Receiver Software Control

[edit] Receiver Modifications

• INRAD Filters and Enhancements
• Kiwa Electronics
• Mods.DK
• Sherwood Engineering
• RadioLab Modifications for Sangean ATS-909
• RadioIntel review of RadioLab modified ATS909
• DRM Receiver Modifications file(PDF)
• DRM Modifications for Ten Tec RX320
• DRM Modifications for Ten Tec RX321
• AB9IL - ATS-909 Modification and Alignment

[edit] Schedules (downloadable)

• Bi Newsletter for DXers
  • Multi lingual website - links to the Aoki database, updated daily
• Prime Time Shortwave
• High Frequency Coordination Conference (HFCC)
• EiBi
• DXAsia
• ShortBoard (Macs)

[edit] Schedules (print media)

• Monitoring Times magazine - Hourly English Language Broadcast

These 2 publications also have extensive receiver reviews...

• World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH)
• Passport to World Band Radio (PWBR)

[edit] Search Engines

• Radio Portal.org
• HFRadio.org SWBC freq searches
  • Note: limited to SWBCers, evidently doesn't cover tropical bands

[edit] Yahoo Groups and other Mailing Lists

• ASWLC
• DX Listening Digest
• Enigma 2000 Numbers Stations
• NASWA
• Ontario DX Association (ODXA)
• SW Pirates
• Shortwave Radio