DX-342 9-Band Portable Receiver
(200-0217) Listening Guide Faxback Doc. # 39592
Listening Hints
Shortwave listening requires no special knowledge or skills, but your
enjoyment increases as you gain experience and develop special listening
techniques.
The information in this section can help you make the most of your
listening time.
REFERENCE SOURCES
Many books and magazines about shortwave listening are available at your
local library or news stand. Consult sources such as the World Radio
Handbook, Radio Amateur's Handbook, Passport to World Band Radio,
Monitoring Times, and Popular Communications. These publications can help
you learn about the conditions that make long-distance reception possible
and provide up-to-date listings for shortwave broadcasts in English and
in foreign languages.
BAND ALLOCATIONS
Certain portions of the radio spectrum are set aside for specific purposes.
Note: Bands are often referred to by wavelength. For example, the 19-meter
band refers to the range of frequencies whose waves are about 19
meters long.
International Frequencies
International commercial broadcasts are found in the following bands.
Programming (often in English) usually contains news, commentaries, music,
and special features reflecting the culture of the broadcasting country.
You might find it easiest to hear these broadcasts between 6:00 p.m. and
midnight (your time).
Band Frequency Range
49 meters 5.950 - 6.200 MHz
41 meters 7.100 - 7.300 MHz
31 meters 9.500 - 9.900 MHz
25 meters 11.650 - 12.050 MHz
21 meters 13.600 - 13.800 MHz
19 meters 15.100 - 15.600 MHz
16 meters 17.550 - 17.900 MHz
International stations share 7,100 - 7,300 kHz. Interference is heavy in
this range.
Time Standard Frequencies
The following frequencies announce the exact time of day at specified
intervals.
Station Frequency
WWV in Fort Collins 10,000 kHz
Colorado 15,000 kHz
CHU in Canada 7,335 kHz
VNG in Australia 12,000 kHz
FREQUENCY CONVERSION
The tuning location of a station can be expressed in frequency (kHz or MHz)
or in wavelength (meters). The following information can help you make
the necessary conversions.
To convert from MHz to kHz, multiply by 1,000. For example:
9.62 MHz x 1000 = 9620 kHz
To convert from kHz to MHz, divide by 1,000. For example:
5950 kHz / 1000 = 5.950 MHz
To convert from MHz to meters, divide 300 by the number of MHz. For
example:
300 / 7.1 MHz = 42.25 meters
The following list contains some of the more frequently heard stations.
All stations operate in English unless otherwise specified.
You can hear these stations throughout North America. However, reception
varies based on the season, time of day, and a number of other conditions.
This information can change at any time. For sources of yearly, up-to-date
listings, see "Reference Sources."
kHz Station Location Remarks
5,950 Guyana
Broadcasting Georgetown
Service Guyana
5,954 Radio Casino Puerto Limon,
Costa Rica
5,960 Radio Canada Montreal, Canada
International
5,980 Radio RSA Johannesburg,
South Africa
6,005 CFCX Montreal, Canada
6,025 Radio Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Programs in
Malaysia Chinese
6,045 Radio Australia Lyndhurst,
Australia
6,055 Nihon Shortwave Tokyo, Japan Programs in
Broadcasting Japanese
Company
6,060 Radio Nacional Buenos Aires, Programs in
Argentina Spanish
6,075 Radio Sutatenza Bogota, Colombia Programs in
Spanish
6,090 Radio Luxembourg Ville Louvigny
Luxembourg
6,095 Polskie Radio Warsaw, Poland
6,105 Radio New Zealand Wellington, New
Zealand
7,140 Trans World Radio Monte Carlo
Monaco
7,170 Radio Noumea Noumea, Programs in
New Caledonia French
7,300 Radio Tirana Tirana, Albania
9,515 Voice of Greece Athens, Greece
9,525 Radio Korea Seoul, South Korea
9,530 Spanish Foreign Radio Madrid,
Radio Spain
9,535 Swiss Radio Berne,
International Switzerland
9,540 Radio Prague Prague,
Czechoslokia
9,570 Radio Bucharest Bucharest,
Romania
9,575 Italian Radio Rome, Italy
and Television
Service
9,610 Radio-TV Algeria Algiers, Algeria Programs in
Arabic
9,620 Radio Berlin Berlin, East
International Germany
9,645 Radio Norway Oslo, Norway
9,720 Radio Iran Tehran, Iran Programs in
Farsi
9,745 HCJB Quito, Ecuador
9,770 Austrian Radio Vienna, Austria
9,800 Radio Kiev Kiev, USSR
9,835 Radio Budapest Budapest, Hungary
11,655 Israel Radio Jerusalem, Israel
11,690 Radio Kuwait Kuwait, Kuwait
11,705 Radio Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
11,720 Radio Moscow Moscow, USSR
11,735 Radio Sofia Sofia, Bulgaria
11,745 Voice of Free Taipei, China
China
11,815 Radio Japan Tokyo, Japan
11,825 Radio Tahiti Papeete, Tahiti Programs in
Tahitian
11,835 4VEH Cap Haitien,
Haiti
11,845 Radio Canada Montreal,
International Canada
11,850 Deutsche Welle Cologne,
West Germany
11,890 Voice of Chile Santiago, Chile
11,900 Radio RSA Johannesburg,
South Africa
11,910 BBC London, England
11,930 Radio Havana Cuba Havana, Cuba
11,935 Radio Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
11,945 Radio Peking Peking, China
11,955 Voice of Turkey Ankara, Turkey
11,980 Radio Moscow Moscow, USSR
15,135 Radio Moscow Moscow, USSR
15,165 HCJB Quito, Ecuador
15,190 ORU Brussels, Belgium
15,205 All India Radio New Delhi, India
15,260 BBC London, England
15,265 Finnish Radio Helsinki, Finland
15,275 Radio Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
15,305 Swiss Radio Berne, Switzerland
International
15,310 Radio Japan Tokyo, Japan
15,320 Radio Australia Melbourne, Australia
15,400 BBC London, England
15,430 Radio Mexico Mexico City, Mexico Programs in
Spanish
15, 465 Radio Pakistan Islamad, Pakistan Programs in
Urdu
17,720 Radio France Paris, France
International
17,825 Vatican Radio Vatican City
17,860 Austrian Radio Vienna, Austria
(km-05/16/1997)
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