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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.<br>
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This page will list links relating to HF Broadcast listening between 2 and 30 Mhz. <br>
 
The RR forum for this topic can be found [http://www.radioreference.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=79 here]
 
The RR forum for this topic can be found [http://www.radioreference.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=79 here]
  
== MW Clubs ==
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==FAQs and Introductions==
* [http://www.ircaonline.org/ International Radio Club of America (IRCA)]
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* [http://www.dxing.com/swlintro.htm Introduction to SWL]
* [http://www.nrcdxas.org/ National Radio Club (NRC)]
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* [[Your First HF Receiver]]
* [http://www.mwcircle.org/ MW Circle]
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* [[DRM]] – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  
== MW (AM Band) Rejection Filters ==
 
* [http://www.iceradioproducts.com/filtersrf.html#bcb ICE BCB Filters]
 
* [http://www.kiwa.com/bcb.html Kiwa Broadcast Band Rejection Filter]
 
* [http://www.kiwa.com/bcblw.html Kiwa Broadcast Band filter for longwires]
 
* [http://www.parelectronics.com/swl_filters.htm PAR BCST-HPF Filter]
 
** [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mt2001reviews.html#PAR%20AM%20Broadcast%20Filter PAR AM Broadcast Filter review from MT]
 
* [http://www.scannermaster.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=39 Scanner Master Filters page]
 
* [http://www.stridsberg.com/prod02.htm Stridsberg Engineering Filters]
 
  
 
== HF (SW) Clubs ==
 
== HF (SW) Clubs ==
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* [http://www.air-radio.it/ AIR] (in Italian)
 
* [http://www.angelfire.com/mb/amandx/ AMANDX]
 
* [http://www.angelfire.com/mb/amandx/ AMANDX]
* [http://www.anarc.org/cidx/ Canadian International DX Club (CIDX)]
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* [https://www.bclnews.it/2020/12/01/asian-dx-review-december-2020-edition-now-available-for-download/ Asian DX Review (via bclnews)]
* [http://www.dswci.org Danish SW Club International]
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* [http://www.mundodx.net/ Asociacion DX de Barcelona] (in Spanish)
* [http://www.dxer.ca  DXer.ca]
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* [http://www.bdxc.nl/ Benelux DX Club]
* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/radio_clubs.html MT Radio Clubs and Nets page]
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* [http://www.bdxc.org.uk/ British DX Club]
* [http://www.odxa.on.ca/ Ontario DX Association (ODXA)]
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* [http://www.cidx.ca/ Canadian International DX Club (CIDX)]
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* [http://www.dx.cz/ Czechoslovak DX Club]
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* [http://www.dx-antwerp.com/ DX Antwerp] (Flemish/English)
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* [http://www.iswl.org.uk/ International SW League (UK)]
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* [http://www.irkutsk.com/radio/index.html Irkutsk DX]
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* [http://mare.radio.tripod.com/ Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts]
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* [http://www.radiodx.com/ New Zealand Radio DX League]
 
* [http://www.naswa.net/ North American SW Association]
 
* [http://www.naswa.net/ North American SW Association]
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* [http://www.wwdxc.de/ World Wide DX Club]
  
== DXing and programs ==
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== DXing Websites ==
* [http://www.cumbredx.org/ Cumbre DX]
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* [http://www.aer-dx.org/ AER (in Spanish)]
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* [http://www.abiweb.jp/ Asian Broadcasting Institute (in Japanese)]
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* [http://www.dxer.ca  DXer.ca]
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* [http://www.dxing.com/ DXing.com] run by Universal Radio
 
* [http://www.dxing.info/ DXing.Info]
 
* [http://www.dxing.info/ DXing.Info]
* [http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ Hard Core DX]  
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* [http://www.fenu-radio.ch/ Fenu Radio (in German)]
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* [http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ Hard Core DX]
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* [http://www.hfradio.org/ HFRadio.org] 
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* [http://www.kawamura-photo.sakura.ne.jp/bcl/sound/index.html Interval Signal Library]
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* [http://www.dxer.info/ Klaus-Dieter Scholz DX-WEB (in German)]
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* [http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/RadioFrequencies.aspx myAFN]
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* [http://www.shortwave.org/ National Association of SW Broadcasters (NASB)]
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* [http://www.pateplumaradio.com/ Patepluma Radio]
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* [http://www.schoechi.de/qip.html QIP - the QSL Information Pages for BC DXers]
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* [http://www.schoechi.de/ Radio Home page Martin Schoech]
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* [http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/ Shortwave Central]
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* [http://www.swld.com.au/default.htm Short Wave Listener's Delight]  specializing in Aus/NZ area
  
== Manufacturers ==
 
* [http://www.aorusa.com/main.html AOR USA]
 
* [http://www.etoncorp.com/GeneralMenu Eton]
 
* [http://www.icomamerica.com/ Icom America]
 
* [http://www.sangean.com/ Sangean]
 
* [http://www.tentec.com/ TenTec]
 
  
 
== Media News ==
 
== Media News ==
 
And lots more...
 
And lots more...
 
* [http://adxr.podbean.com/ Australian Internet Radio Magazine]
 
* [http://adxr.podbean.com/ Australian Internet Radio Magazine]
* [http://www.radiointel.com/ RadioIntel]
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* [http://www.endtimesreport.com/shortwave.html End Times Report SW Broadcasts Worldwide]
* [http://www.clandestineradio.com/ Clandestine Radio Watch]
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* [http://www.worldofradio.com/ Glenn Hauser's World of Radio website]
* [http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/ MT Shortwave Central Blog by Gayle Van Horn]
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===Blogs===
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* [http://acquamarina.blogspot.com/ Acquamarina Radio]
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* [http://cobaltpet.blogspot.com/ Cobalt Pet]
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* [http://www.dxersguide.blogspot.com/ DXers Guide]
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* [http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/ RadioActivity]
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* [http://radiodxinfo.blogspot.com/ Radio and Communication Info (Italian/English)]
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* [http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/ Shortwave Central Blog by Gayle Van Horn]
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* [http://swling.com/blog/ SWLing.com]
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==Newsgroups==
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* [http://www.radiobanter.com/ RadioBanter.Com]
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== Program Information ==
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== DX News and Information ==
Here, Glenn Hauser discusses both DX and program information world wide
 
 
* [http://worldofradio.com/ World of Radio]
 
* [http://worldofradio.com/ World of Radio]
* [http://home.houston.rr.com/edmayberry/ International Listener]
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** Here, Glenn Hauser discusses both DX and program information world wide
* [http://intlradio.blogspot.com/ Musings - International Broadcasting, Public Radio]
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** [https://groups.io/g/WOR World of Radio Reflector at groups.io]
  
== Receivers, Accessories and Reviews ==
 
* [http://www.uhf-satcom.com/sdr-iq/ A brief review of the RF Space SDR-IQ Software Defined Radio]
 
* [http://ac6v.com/swl.htm#RX AC6V Receiver Reviews and Surveys]
 
* [http://www.radioreference.com/wiki/index.php/AOR_Radios AOR Receivers]
 
* [http://www.dxing.info/equipment/ DXing.Info Equipment Page]
 
* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtfirstlook-etone5.pdf Eton E5 Review (MT - PDF file)]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8 EHam General Coverage Rxs]
 
* [http://www.radioreference.com/wiki/index.php/Icom_Radios Icom Receivers]
 
* [[Kaito KA1103 Degen DE1103]]
 
* [http://www.naswa.net/journal/bycolumn/equipment-reviews/ NASWA (selected) Equipment Reviews]
 
* [http://www.radiointel.com/phil/phils_06_buyguide.pdf Phil's Buyers Guide 2006 (PDF)]
 
* [http://www.radiointel.com/reviews.htm RadioIntel Receiver Reviews page 1]
 
* [http://www.radiointel.com/radioinfo.htm RadioIntel Receiver Reviews and links]
 
* [http://www.mwcircle.org/res-receiver.htm R Netherlands Receiver Shopping List (archive by MWCircle)]
 
* [[Realistic DX394 Receiver]]
 
* [http://www.sherweng.com/table.html Receiver Test Data from Sherwood Engineering]
 
* [http://blacktailbooks.com/rx321.html Tentec/GW RX321 Reference Page]
 
* [http://www.radioreference.com/wiki/index.php/Yaesu_Radios#Receivers Yaesu Receivers]
 
  
== Software ==
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==Schedules==
* [http://drm.sourceforge.net/ DReaM]
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* '''Note:''' Where possible each entry shows which of the following databases the application supports
* [http://www.drmrx.org/ DRM Software Radio Site]
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===Amazon Alexa===
* [http://www.strongsignals.net/access/content/software.html#HF Strong Signals HF Desktop Software]  
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*[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dalexa-skills&field-keywords=Shortwave+Signals SW Signals (Alexa Skill)]
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**Supports HFCC
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**Requires an Alexa compatible device or FireTV
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**[https://swling.com/blog/2018/11/guest-post-how-to-use-the-shortwave-signals-alexa-skill/ How to Use the SW Signals Alexa Skill]
  
==Receiver Modifications==
 
* [http://www.qth.com/inrad/ INRAD Filters and Enhancements]
 
* [http://www.kiwa.com Kiwa Electronics]
 
* [http://www.mods.dk Mods.DK]
 
* [http://www.sherweng.com/ Sherwood Engineering]
 
* [http://www.radiolabs.com/products/modifications/modifications.php RadioLab Modifications for Sangean ATS-909]
 
* [http://www.radiointel.com/review-sangeansuper909.htm RadioIntel review of RadioLab modified ATS909]
 
* [http://www.drmrx.org/receiver_mods.html DRM Receiver Modifications file(PDF)]
 
* [http://www.g7ltt.com/drm/rx320mods/ DRM Modifications for Ten Tec RX320]
 
* [http://www.g7ltt.com/drm/rx321mods/index.htm DRM Modifications for Ten Tec RX321]
 
  
== Schedules (downloadable) ==
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===Schedule Sources===
* [http://www.geocities.jp/binewsjp/ Bi Newsletter for DXers]
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* [http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/ Aoki]  
** Multi lingual website - links to the Aoki database, updated '''daily'''
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* [http://www.eibispace.de/ EiBi]
* [http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/ Prime Time Shortwave]
 
 
* [http://www.hfcc.org/ High Frequency Coordination Conference (HFCC)]
 
* [http://www.hfcc.org/ High Frequency Coordination Conference (HFCC)]
* [http://www.eibi.de.vu/ EiBi]
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* [https://www.ilgradio.com/ ILGRadio]
* [http://www.dxasia.info DXAsia]
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* [https://groups.io/g/swskeds SWSkeds] where you can get the NASWA master schedule list in Excel format
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===Sites that utilize schedule information===
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* [https://www.shortwave.am/ Shortwave AM]
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* [http://www.short-wave.info/ Short Wave Info]
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* [https://shortwaveschedule.com/ Shortwave Schedules.com]
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===Applications That Display Data===
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* All of the following support the EiBi database
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** [http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/ham-shortwave-radio-propagation-software.html DX Toolbox by Black Cat Systems]
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** [http://sdr-labs.com/software/eibimanager/ EiBi Manager]
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** [https://sourceforge.net/projects/kb6ibbswllogger/ KB6IBB SWL Logger]
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** [http://www.radioexplorer.com.ru/en/ Radio Explorer]
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** [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.msi.shortwave&hl=en_US Shortwave Radio Schedules (Android)]  from Google Play
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** [http://www.blackcatsystems.com/iphone/SWBC.html SWBC Schedules by Black Cat Systems]
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** [https://icom.va2fsq.com/free-stuff/ Win4SWL]
  
== Schedules (print media) ==
 
* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/ ''Monitoring Times'' magazine - Hourly English Language Broadcast]
 
  
These 2 publications also have extensive receiver reviews...
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===Receiver/Transceiver/SDR Applications===
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* [http://www.df8ry.de/htmlen/csvub/download.htm  CSVUserList]
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** Supports Aoki, EiBi, HFCC
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* [https://www.dxtreme.com/prods_ml.htm DXTreme Monitor Log 12]
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** Supports Aoki, EiBi
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* [http://www.freqmgrsuite.com/ Frequency Manager Suite] SDR# plugin
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** Supports Aoki, EiBi, HFCC
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* [http://www.hdsdr.de/ HDSDR]
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** Supports EiBi
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* [https://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX.html MacLogger]
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** Supports PrimeTime SW
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* Perseus (native software)
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** Supports NASWA Master schedules
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* [https://www.ke9ns.com/flexpage.html PowerSDR]
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** Supports EiBi
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* [http://www.k-code.de/rx-tuner/ RX Log and Tuner]  Note: uses Excel
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** Supports Aoki, NASWA Master Schedules
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* [https://www.sdr-radio.com/console SDR Console]
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** Supports the .csv file found in the NASWA Master schedules
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* [https://shinysdr.switchb.org/ Shiny SDR]
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** Supports HFCC
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* SDRUno (SDRPlay support)
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** Supports NASWA Master schedules (use the Perseus userlist.txt file), EiBi
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* [http://www.trx-manager.com/FTmane.htm TRX Manager]
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** Supports ILG, HFCC
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* [https://www.winradio.com/home/wavebase3.htm WinRadio Wavebase 3]
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** For WinRadio G3xx SDRs; supports EiBi and HFCC
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* [https://va2fsq.com/ Win4k3Suite]
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* [https://icom.va2fsq.com/ Win4IcomSuite]
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* [https://yaesu.va2fsq.com/ Win4YaesuSuite]
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** These 3 support the EiBi database
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=== Print Media ===
 
* [http://www.wrth.com/ World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH)]
 
* [http://www.wrth.com/ World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH)]
* [http://www.passband.com/ Passport to World Band Radio (PWBR)]
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== Search Engines ==
 
== Search Engines ==
* [http://www.radio-portal.org/ Radio Portal.org]
 
 
* [http://hfradio.org/swbc/ HFRadio.org SWBC freq searches]  
 
* [http://hfradio.org/swbc/ HFRadio.org SWBC freq searches]  
 
** Note: limited to SWBCers, evidently doesn't cover tropical bands
 
** Note: limited to SWBCers, evidently doesn't cover tropical bands
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* [http://www.radio-portal.org/ Radio Portal.org]
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==Streaming==
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* [http://malm.hard-core-dx.com/ Voces de America Latina]
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==Terminology==
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* What is [[Synchronous Detection]]?
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== Mailing Lists (reflectors) and Facebook ==
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; Facebook
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* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExtremeShortwaveListening/ Extreme SW Listening]
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* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/339520209502031/ Short Wave Listener's group]
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; Groups.io
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* [https://groups.io/g/bdxc-news British DX Club News]
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* [https://groups.io/g/cidx Canadian International DX Club]
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* [https://groups.io/g/NASWA/topics NASWA]
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* [https://groups.io/g/odxa Ontario DX Association (ODXA)]
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; Other servers
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* [http://www2.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx Hard core DX]
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* [http://www.hfunderground.com/board/ HF Underground Message Board]
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* [http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/swl SWL List]
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* [http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/board,38.0.html SWL Forum on eHam]
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* [http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms SWPrograms]
  
== Yahoo Groups and other Mailing Lists ==
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ DX Listening Digest]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/enigma2000/ Enigma 2000 Numbers Stations]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NASWA/ NASWA]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/ Ontario DX Association (ODXA)]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWpirates/ SW Pirates]
 
 
  
 
[[Category:HF Topics]]
 
[[Category:HF Topics]]

Revision as of 21:58, 14 December 2020

This page will list links relating to HF Broadcast listening between 2 and 30 Mhz.
The RR forum for this topic can be found here

FAQs and Introductions


HF (SW) Clubs

DXing Websites


Media News

And lots more...


Blogs

Newsgroups


DX News and Information


Schedules

  • Note: Where possible each entry shows which of the following databases the application supports

Amazon Alexa


Schedule Sources


Sites that utilize schedule information


Applications That Display Data


Receiver/Transceiver/SDR Applications

Print Media


Search Engines


Streaming


Terminology


Mailing Lists (reflectors) and Facebook

Facebook


Groups.io


Other servers