SWL Broadcast
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This page will list links relating to HF Broadcast listening between 2 and 30 Mhz.
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Contents
Terminology and FAQs
- What is short wave broadcasting? These FAQs will help explain it
- FAQ from the National Association of SW Broadcaster (NASB)
- Introduction to SWL
- Wikipedia article on SW Radio
- Some FAQs about the terminology you will hear used
- AMANDX
- This site has many basic articles on antennas, propagation, schedules and much more. Highly recommended reading
- Commonly Used Modes
- Frequency Ranges and Uses
- Frequency vs.Wavelength
- Glossary of Terminology
- Terms and Abbreviations
- UTC and GMT
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
DXing Websites
Media News
And lots more...
- Australian Internet Radio Magazine
- Cobalt Pet swl blog
- DXing with Cumbre Audio recordings
- Glenn Hauser's World of Radio website
- RadioIntel
- MT Shortwave Central Blog by Gayle Van Horn
- End Times Report SW Broadcasts Worldwide
- RFPrograms.com
- Shortwave Monitor
- SWLing.com (blog) A good place to start for newcomers
- Surfing the Radio Waves (blog)
- The Shortwave Report
Program Information
- Cumbre DX
- World of Radio
- Here, Glenn Hauser discusses both DX and program information world wide
- Musings - International Broadcasting, Public Radio
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)
- NASWA schedules page
Schedules (print media)
These 2 publications also have extensive receiver reviews...
Search Engines
- Radio Portal.org
- HFRadio.org SWBC freq searches
- Note: limited to SWBCers, evidently doesn't cover tropical bands
- ITU Callsign Prefixes