I own a Hallicrafters S-38EB radio.It is in great physical and cosmetic
condition,and it still works too.I bought it at a Goodwill store for
$4.00 a bunch of years ago.I also own many,many other radios.
cuhulin,the radio nut

email www.ccrane.com Tell them to snail mail you one of those
papers that has the most popular shortwave stations listed on it.They
send them free if you buy a shortwave radio from them.Tell them all you
want is that paper.(for free)
cuhulin

The World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) sets out not only the freq., station
names, target broadcast area but also the transmitters location and
strength in kW. You can then decide which stations stand the best
chance of being picked up in your region.

wrote:

The World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) sets out not only the freq., station
names, target broadcast area but also the transmitters location and
strength in kW. You can then decide which stations stand the best
chance of being picked up in your region.


Thanks. I ordered the 2007 edition from Amazon.

Jim

I use them all.

dead of night wrote:
I have found, having started 2 days ago, that there are three ways to
search for SW broadcasts:

1. Hunting, one station at a time, on each meter band.

I do that when I know the station, usually a favorite like Radio
Australia in the morning.


2. Scanning quickly through each meter band.

Yup, I do that too. In fact that reminds me of my first exciting
"catch" as a new owner of a Sony 2010 20 years ago. I was tuning
through the 6mhz band not really knowing what to listen for and came
across what seemed like an exotic and fascinating catch. Radio South
Africa was broadcasting a program for shortwave listenters. I later
found out it was no big deal, but I still remember the excitement.


3. Looking at a list of broadcast times and stations for your area that
someone has put together and directly putting these frequencies in.

By far the best resource for frequencies is the monthly Monitoring
Times http://www.monitoringtimes.com/ They feature a TV Guide-like
listing of shortwave broadcasters by time and frequency as well as
several well written articles. I've enjoyed that magazine for almost
as long as I've been in the hobby.



How do you do it?

Welcome to the hobby and enjoy that radio.