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Theme	Description
Amateur Radio	Frequencies and repeaters for the amateur service
Aviation	Anything aviation related, civil or military, including airports and air shows
Businesses	General businesses, including communications providers (not common carriers)
Emergency Services	Police, Fire, Rescue, and Medical, Brevity Codes, and Station IDs
Events	Air shows, major events, special events, sports events
Ground Transportation	Buses of all types, taxis, shipping companies, railroads, etc.
Military	All military, including US Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, National Guard
Miscellaneous	Additional topics like Education, Encryption, Marine, Media, and Weather, etc.
Recreation or Attractions	Commercial attractions (like amusement parks) and natural recreation (like national parks)
Scanning	Location Based Scanning, and Travel Scanning
Trunking	RID/UIDs and info on trunk systems not ready for the database; also MOTOTRBO and NXDN
Utilities	Public works (power/water/sewer), and common carriers (phone, radio, TV).
US Federal Government	Covers Federal (not military) agencies such as the Forest Service

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-'''Welcome to the RadioReference LW/MW Gateway.'''<br>
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-This article will cover topics on broadcasting (and other transmissions) heard from the longwave spectrum up to 2 Mhz.
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-The RR Forum for this article can be found [http://forums.radioreference.com/hf-mw-lw-general-discussion/ here]'''
+Welcome to the Collaboration Categories page. In the following tables and pages, articles are grouped by a common thread ('theme') rather than by state. Each of the resulting pages contain numerous categories that pertain to that theme. Just click on the theme title you wish to view, then use the table of contents on the resulting page(s) to get to the categories under that theme.
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-==Frequency Overview==
-===530 khz and down===
-This part of the band is home to many different services - including broadcasting, as its still used in some parts of the world (but not in North America). You will find European, Asian and some African broadcasters. During the fall, winter and early spring, with the right equipment, these broadcasters become audible.
+If you write a new article, and it's geographically related, please examine this table (and the contents on the following pages) to see if that article can fit in one of the listed categories. An article can (and should) belong to more than one category. The more categories it logically belongs to, the easier it is to find it, where folks can then read and maybe change it.
-There are many other things to hear as well - everything from bat sonar pinging, digital signals (some of which cannot be decoded), experimenters and others. If you want to know more about this exotic part of the radio spectrum, you should join the [http://www.lwca.org Longwave Club of America] which is a club which specializes in these topics. They often have technical reviews along with logs and other things of interest to the 'basement dweller' (as they're sometimes called) DXer.
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-===MW Broadcasting===
-This band is generally considered to be between 530-1700 khz or so. This is where US broadcasting began. There are many clubs and lists devoted to this area of the spectrum. The links below are just a small sample of what is available.
-* [http://www.dxing.com/amband.htm Intro to AM(MW) DXing]
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-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MW_DX Wikipedia article on MW DX]
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-* [http://www.ircaonline.org/ International Radio Club of America (IRCA)]
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-* [http://www.nrcdxas.org/ National Radio Club (NRC)]
+|-
-* [http://www.mwcircle.org/ MW Circle]
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Amateur_Radio_Categories|Amateur Radio]]
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+|Frequencies and repeaters for the amateur service
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Aviation_Categories|Aviation]]
+|Anything aviation related, civil or military, including airports and air shows
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Businesses_Categories|Businesses]]
+|General businesses, including communications providers (not common carriers)
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Emergency_Services_Categories|Emergency Services]]
+|Police, Fire, Rescue, and Medical, Brevity Codes, and Station IDs
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Events_Categories|Events]]
+|Air shows, major events, special events, sports events
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Ground_Transportation_Categories|Ground Transportation ]]
+|Buses of all types, taxis, shipping companies, railroads, etc.
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Military_Related_Categories|Military]]
+|All military, including US Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, National Guard
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Miscellaneous_Theme_Categories|Miscellaneous]]
+|Additional topics like Education, Encryption, Marine, Media, and Weather, etc.
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Recreation_or_Attractions_Categories|Recreation or Attractions]]
+|Commercial attractions (like amusement parks) and natural recreation (like national parks)
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Scanning_Categories|Scanning]]
+|Location Based Scanning, and Travel Scanning
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Trunking_Categories|Trunking]]
+|RID/UIDs and info on trunk systems not ready for the database; also MOTOTRBO and NXDN
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#Utilities_Categories|Utilities]]
+|Public works (power/water/sewer), and common carriers (phone, radio, TV).
+|-
+|[[Categories-Tree:_Special_Topics#US_Federal_Government_Categories|US Federal Government]]
+|Covers Federal (not military) agencies such as the Forest Service
+|-
+|}
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-===1700-2000 khz===
-This is the so-called 'Med-fer' part of the spectrum. While there is limited experimentation here, telemetry and navigational beacons - are also heard here. This service is slowly dying out as less expensive, and more reliable technology is being used instead.
-==Related Links==
-* [http://dxworld.com/bcblog.html BCB Propagation Logger]
-* [http://www.angelfire.com/wi/Page3/longform.html DX Mid America]
-* [http://www.dxfm.com/ BCB Database (bottom of this page)]
-* [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?page=Y Radio Station Finder]
-* [http://www.fmscan.org/index.php?r=m FMScan.org] Despite the name, it also works with MW stations
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-==Equipment Notes==
-===Receivers===
-* Please see the [[:Category:Receiver Reviews|Receiver Reviews]] category for information on this topic
-===Antennas===
-Loops have been around since the earliest days of people tuning in the MW bands during the early part of the 20th century. They are still a favorite of many, as they can be used to null out an offending signal while enhancing others. In addition, loops are less sensitive to noise as they are more sensitive to the magnetic field component of a signal. See our [[Loops]] article for more information. Note that some loops are broadbanded - not only do they work in the MW area, but some work on LF and HF as well.
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