Hi

This is my first day with a shortwave radio & i cant seem to tune into
anything,but i read that the best time to try is night time.

So tonight is there any frequencies anyone can recommend i try ?

Im in Brisbane Australia

Bradley wrote:

Hi

This is my first day with a shortwave radio & i cant seem to tune into
anything,but i read that the best time to try is night time.

So tonight is there any frequencies anyone can recommend i try ?

Im in Brisbane Australia

Well, you need to help us out, too. First off: What radio? If you
can't find anything at night, either, it is almost cerainly a "lack of
antenna". For starters, it doesn't have be elaborate - fifteen feet of
wire around your ceiling will make a big difference. As a general rule,
when scanning frequencies at least, remember that below 9.500kHz - best
at night. Above 11.650 kHz: Best during the daytime. 9.500 - 9.900
kHz: Almost anytime. Let us know how you're doing.

Tony


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Well, you need to help us out, too. First off: What radio? If you
can't find anything at night, either, it is almost cerainly a "lack of
antenna". For starters, it doesn't have be elaborate - fifteen feet of
wire around your ceiling will make a big difference. As a general rule,
when scanning frequencies at least, remember that below 9.500kHz - best
at night. Above 11.650 kHz: Best during the daytime. 9.500 - 9.900
kHz: Almost anytime. Let us know how you're doing.

Tony


Its Sangean ATS 505

I have tried it out a bit more and have found a few japan or china stations
, just not very clear right now.

I havent got any extra antenna's or anything,just the one attached to the
radio :-)

Bradley wrote:

Well, you need to help us out, too. First off: What radio? If you
can't find anything at night, either, it is almost cerainly a "lack of
antenna". For starters, it doesn't have be elaborate - fifteen feet of
wire around your ceiling will make a big difference. As a general rule,
when scanning frequencies at least, remember that below 9.500kHz - best
at night. Above 11.650 kHz: Best during the daytime. 9.500 - 9.900
kHz: Almost anytime. Let us know how you're doing.

Tony


Its Sangean ATS 505

I have tried it out a bit more and have found a few japan or china stations
, just not very clear right now.

I havent got any extra antenna's or anything,just the one attached to the
radio :-)


I am well familiar with that radio - I own one (though I don't use it
much anymore since I got the Icom). You can buy from any Radio Shack or
equivalent store - and many places online - a cheap "reel up" antenna
that has a jack to fit the antenna input on that radio. Again, hang it
up as high as you can
for most of it's length. Very much an improvement over the whip, but
don't expect miracles, of course. Still, it's a good way to start in
the hobby.

Tony


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"Bradley" wrote in
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Its Sangean ATS 505

I have tried it out a bit more and have found a few japan or china
stations , just not very clear right now.

I havent got any extra antenna's or anything,just the one attached to
the radio :-)

The reception will seldom be of the quality that you would expect of a
nearby Broadcast AM or FM station. Since the signal propagation relies on
the ionosphere, the current condition and altitude of the ionosphere will
seriously affect your ability to receive signals.

http://www.radio-electronics.com/inf...n_and_prop.htm

http://www.hfradio.org/propagation.html

There have been days that reception was good and a sudden change in the
ionosphere due to solar influences resulted in reception being entirely
lost over a large range of frequencies.

Be patient, I am having reception problems as well on frequencies that I
have listened to for years. There will be days that you will not be able
to listen to shows that ordinarily come in very clear. This is the nature
of Shortwave reception.

Dr. Artaud

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah.



--
To know and to be, this is not even a question, there is no alternative.
You see it clearly in the loneliest little avenues between particles and
waves, shunned even by the gregarious quark and unknown by the various
strands of time, so big it cannot be seen, yet so little it is immovable,
lies the fabric of the ultimate reality gripped in the tiny fist of the
all or nothing."

Doctor Artaud wrote:

"Bradley" wrote in
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Its Sangean ATS 505

I have tried it out a bit more and have found a few japan or china
stations , just not very clear right now.

I havent got any extra antenna's or anything,just the one attached to
the radio :-)

The reception will seldom be of the quality that you would expect of a
nearby Broadcast AM or FM station. Since the signal propagation relies on
the ionosphere, the current condition and altitude of the ionosphere will
seriously affect your ability to receive signals.

Reception of certain shortwave stations can *often* be the quality of a
local AM station, except for the reduced bandwidth of the audio. Radio
Australia on 9580 in the morning (USA), usually sounds like a local AM
station just a few miles from me.


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starman wrote in :

When encouraging an initiate to continue to listen to shortwave despite the
often poor reception, I feel that it is better to emphasize that things may
not be quite like one would expect when listening to local broadcast AM.

I appreciate your discernment, and I do agree.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah.

Dr. Artaud

--
To know and to be, this is not even a question, there is no alternative.
You see it clearly in the loneliest little avenues between particles and
waves, shunned even by the gregarious quark and unknown by the various
strands of time, so big it cannot be seen, yet so little it is immovable,
lies the fabric of the ultimate reality gripped in the tiny fist of the all
or nothing."

When encouraging an initiate to continue to listen to shortwave despite the
often poor reception, I feel that it is better to emphasize that things may not
be quite like one would expect when listening to local broadcast AM.

Good idea. That's what I did, when I gave a couple of teenagers jWINs.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah.

Happy Saturnalia,
Bill, K5BY