Receiver Advice, Reviews & Stations Guide in detail
For the shortwave listener, passive antennas -- no
electronics -- typically are thought of as wire antennas. These
include but are not limited to the dipole, a random wire, loop,
vertical or Beverage....
DXing is a very interesting radio hobby. As it is,
sometimes it is very hard to explain exactly what one's
hobby is. Radio listening does not really sound like a
hobby, and if you emphasize the technical side, people
think you are a ham radio operator or a CBer. There are
a lot of special technical words used in the radio
listening hobby. Most of these words are abbreviations
which go back to the days of telegraphy.
The Medium Wave (MW) band is an internationally agreed band
of frequencies(520-1720 kHz) primarily set aside for the purpose
of broadcasting. It is also known as the AM or MF band or the
Broadcast Band (BCB) in various parts of the world. Indeed there
are stations using this band in every continent (except
Antarctica) and to appreciate the sheer numbers of broadcasters
just consider that in the USA alone there are about 5300
stations on 106 channels in the AM band. What sorts of signals
can you hear on the MW band?
Introduction to Propagation, Waves &
Ionosphere : Ground wave, Sky wave, and the Ionosphere, Radio
Spectrum : The Radio Spectrum
Here along with Latest report on Propagation you will Find
the details on what is Propagation - Special excerpts from the
book "Radio Propagation For Beginners" written by the Great DXer
Carl Mann from USA and freely distributed by your friends at the
new life station, KNLS, Anchor Point Alaska, All the Credits of
this section Goes to DXer Carl Mann & station KNLS Alaska,
Please Note that we don't have any Commercial relation with
them. We want to provide those stuffs free of charge for new
DXers.
Here stood one of the world's great pioneer radio stations.
Marconi's South Wellfleet Wireless, or "Old CC." Unfortunately,
the historic station was dismantled and abandoned in 1920, and
the ocean has eroded away over half the land it occupied.
The model encased behind you depicts the station as it appeared in
1903 when it transmitted its first overseas message
Antenna Advice, Active & Passive Antennas in detail
For the shortwave listener, passive antennas -- no
electronics -- typically are thought of as wire antennas. These
include but are not limited to the dipole, a random wire, loop,
vertical or Beverage....
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