Shortwave Radio Stations. Where and When To Find Them, Plus Some Info On An Alternative.
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- Last weeks video on Shortwave radios and the need to own one was a big hit here on the channel. As a result of the many many comments I received, this week I follow up with the number one questions. "Where do I find these channels, and how do I know what they have on them" Well, here we go!
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I have a small inexpensive shortwave radio from Amazon, to boost reception I hung a 20ft copper wire from my ceiling and just clipped it to my small antenna on my radio, that helped A LOT with reception along with headphones. Turned my $25 shortwave into a much more capable machine.
Thx
A good antenna is sometimes more important than the quality of the receiver
A long wire embedded in the grass works very well, too. A SW antenna doesn't have to be up in the air for receive.
@@porkyfedwell Oh, you are talking about the Beverage Antenna, he he. Good point.
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Exactly. I can verify that from many personal observations being that I work in a heavy construction cinder block and steel building. Inside there a quite a few good quality Sony and GE radios. Once the antenna is broken off, it’s a just a paperweight.
Hey Eric, at 10:10 am this morning, I got my General ticket. Working for my Extra before my 65th birthday in August!
Hey there, That is GREAT to hear!! Congratulations!!!
Good Job! I found Extra a little easier than General. You'll nail it!
I was hoping you would do a video on this. glad to see you keeping the sw videos going.
More to come!
I have a little cheap one. I have been playing with. Stuck on a few jumper wires to the antenna and it woke it up and I can get much better reception.
Good tip!
6:11 You're not going to believe this... Dr. Gene Scott visited here (NY) in the early 90's since he and my father both collected S. American stamps. We walked around Sagamore Hill and Gene had a small Sony Shortwave radio, explaining how he could be heard all around the world.
I have communicated with Antarctica on only 5 watts. SW is amazing.
Use to watch him.
Well there we go. Ask and we shall receive. I guess I’ve been doing it right. And look forward to the antenna show.
Hi Eric, and thanks so much for this link. I checked it out and it has a world of info! Best wishes, Don - wb1o in the Greater Boston area. 73
good video, I'm the one who asked about the tsun outdoor lights, they are sending new ones. you're great guy responding. I'm getting back into radio, and really appreciate you not forgetting the newbies.
I recently bought one of those Malachite knock-off radios called Malahit. It has USB and LSB. It came with a small telescoping antenna. I replaced that with a cable antenna and BNC to SMA adapter. I’m now just getting started learning my way around the radio. Thanks for these videos! 👍
I have an XHDATA D-808 radio. They are available for less than 100 bucks and offers shortwave, AM/FM, and SSB. I have been very pleased with it especially for the price. I have an Antron 99 antenna I use for my other radios that I just connect a jumper to the XHDATA and it works good.
Eric, I am using a flea market old Kenwood R-600 with just 80 feet of cheap radio shack speaker wire. I pull all kinds of things in really clear. I think the impudence is around 500 OHM's it is the same as a long wire.
Awesome, thanks for sharing. I bought a cheap one off Amazon about a year ago and wasn't aware of 'short wave info' that definitely helps out!
Just found your channel and I love it. Great job!
Welcome aboard!
Hay Eric. Love the radio content. Always excited to see your shortwave and cb vids. I have a yaesu frg 100 receiver and a tecsun pl 330 portable. Both fantastic radios. Your shortwave videos over the last couple of years are part of what inspired me to take up that part of the radio hobby. Thanks for the great advice.
THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFO...BEEN A SHORT WAVE LISTENER, A CBer AND A HAM FOR OVER 60 YEARS NOW
That is awesome! let's just hope that the younger generation can get into it.
Excellent video. Just getting back into the SWL hobby, this was very helpful! TYFP!
Glad it was helpful!
I just got a SDR dongle from Amazon for $40.00 that works great and it picks up short wave and Ham bands using a laptop
For tech minded people a SDR USB stick for the computer can be an low cost way to go. Software is free and many vids on how to setup. Looking forward to the antenna video as I sent for the RTL-SDR and LNA to try out.
Having been a SWL for many years my "go to" source of SW frequencies and stations has always been WRTV and Klingenfuss shortwave frequency publications, must haves for any serious DXing. I find online frequency sites hard to navigate and more often than not out of date information. For the casual listener I'm sure they provide enough information for the occasional times one may want to monitor a few broadcasts now and again. One thing any SWL needs to be aware of finding the correct time in UTC while searching for stations, your local time does not apply here. All shortwave broadcast schedules are published in UTC. Besides shortwave commercial broadcasts there's the world of shortwave utility stations like aviation, marine, military, hams, weather, spy stations, encrypted and digital communications. I'm not familiar enough with SDR shortwave radio to make any comments about it, I'm an old school SWL, hook up the radio with a piece of wire and turn it on is what I do. Love your videos by the way, you may get me back into working SSB CB radio again too!
Some great info in this video. Some of the best I’ve heard. I’m going to have hours of fun with the 2 websites you mentioned. Look forward to your future presentations.
Thanks for the info! My Tecsun PL330 should be arriving today!
Great video very informative for those of us that know very little about Ham radios. Thank you sir for taking time out of your life to make these videos.
My pleasure!
Hey I really appreciate the information just got me an ATS-20 and a mla-30+ but I also have been listening on my laptop to a few websites that ham operators put up but I have never heard of those sites I will check them out tonight thank you again
Keep up the great content. Just ordered one because of your channel. Would love to see antenna options. Thanks again for all you do!
I am working on one for antennas
Thanks, have a C Crane SSB2 radio and Wifi 3 radio. Was not aware of those sites, although I have heard Hal Turner Radio Show via Shoutcast. Have the C Crane wire antenna that clips on the telescoping radio but haven't used it yet.
Glad I could help
I favor the old tube type sw radios like the Zenith Transoceanic.
Love Zenith stuff. They were maded in my area.
As always thanks for the video. Also I have a couple shortwave radio receivers. I haven't used them in a couple months . It's time to take one out and listen to a shortwave broadcast.
Are there any Shortwave broadcast stations?
I'll be checking those websites this evening, I get a huge amount of stations with my tecsun pl-389
Twaskyou sr. For all information.
Blessings
My pleasure, take care my friend
I used to dx the radio station late at night when I lived up north on my 706 i com when I live up north. at that time I just had a novice ticket. so went ahead and got the next one up and two meters was on the agenda.
I fall asleep to shortwave stations nearly every night Great stuff still on the air.
Thanks for sharing. Without a long wire antenna I am very limited to the stations I can pick up on my shortwave radios (I have a few since I am into restoring old radios). One recent radio with Shortwave bands I restored has a Beat Frequency Oscillator (BFO) so I can listen to SSB, and CW. For those who like to tinker with electronics there are some good sources on the web fro building your own and adding it to a shortwave radio that only process AM. My next step will be building a better antenna. Thanks again for sharing the link. I've also run across a really nice SDR that can be accessed for listening through a website in Europe (I'm in the US). I also have my own SDR that I use through my laptop that also allows to me listen to satellite transmissions. SDR console is a great freeware software package for handling the listening to sats as well as normal SW communications. I've made my own little dipole antennas clipped to proper wavelengths for doing that.
The long wire antenna will help you a TON! Love listening to Shortwave, and have it on right now.
@Farpoint Farms We have had a couple of aeronautical mobiles to fly through lately on 146.520 and 446.000 both are simplex
Interesting!
Thank you Eric for the video. I am looking forward to the video on shortwave antennas!!
Working on it, hope to have it up soon
Brother we are with you. The world is upside down and we must communicate about it. If the powers that be don’t like a free people getting all the information than there is probably something wrong with the powers that be. Keep up the great work and we will keep watching!!!
Thanks so much for this video . Really good information
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant thanks buddy from Scotland.
Thanks for watching!
THANK YOU... DES CREAN,, BELFAST ,, IRELAND
Thank you for this series on short wave radio. I have been inactive as a Ham for about four years but since watching your videos I have dug my kit out, and today set it up and shorted my antenna out. Also ordered a cheap (TECSUN R-9012 I love simple) SW radio as going on vacation soon so I thought it would be nice to take it along. Brilliant channel.
Thank you for the kind words, I am glad to hear that you dug your kit out
And what have you heard? Except static sound I mean!
Looking forward to the antennas video. I use a long wire and it does a good job however I’m looking for the best antenna I can get for shortwave am.
Coming soon!
Your the Man Eric! Thanks.
Thanks
Good information 👍👌
Thanks
Dude i’m glad i found you. I’ve always loved talking 11 meter. I had never heard of shortwave before your videos.
I got one home today and i’m hooked.
I’ve heard a ton of north and south american broadcasts. Some from asia. One from germany. Found radio prague international.
Why havent i known about this?!?!?
Hey Eric, those little cheap "needle dial" shortwave receivers do work fairly well, y'know those that have 7 or 9 bands, run off AA batteries, inexpensive to buy, but that said, the occasional bargain of higher quality stuff does pop up on ebay, it's amazing what you can find just by changing the search command.... "communications receiver" will throw up yaesu and icom radios etc "ham radio" throws back all kinds of stuff, a lot of the time being listed by people who don't know what they've got!!
Looking forward to the antenna video! Was wondering if I can use the Antron 99 I’m gonna buy soon
This is the fourth video i have watched on your channel had to like and sub. Great content sir
Thanks and welcome
I had never heard of Shoutcast , good to know it doesn’t involve standing on your front porch and yelling “hey neighbor ! “. :). Great info though , learned something new
It's a wild west kind of place. There are a lot of odd stations, but some real gems in there too!
@@FarpointFarms Like the Superbowl.
i watched your video on your grundig radio. i just got mine the other day and I love it. got to get the antenna in the house. I have a forty meter antenna that i ran north and south. but I had to run a hundred feet of coax to get to my radio room. I payed a lot more than you did. but I already know that the am is spectacular. any how the coax was cheap cb coax and the loss was to great on it for my 7300 hundred or my five ninety. so that antenna is going to come into my bed room. I'm going to coil the coax for a choke if i had fer rite magnets i would put several of them on there.
With inflation now, everything is stupid crazy. Glad to hear that you are enjoying your new radio
Great video! Answered a couple questions I had about SW radio.
glad I could help
An IMAX 2000 works great. Just unscrew the pl259 so that just center pin is connected...not the outer jacket.
Cool!
Thanks for the info! So glad I found your channel.
And I am glad you found us!
Thanks Eric! Great information.
Because of your last video, it made me buy a ETON 550. Thanks, for this video. Now I know where to go and find frequencies.
Glad I could help!
New to Short Wave radio broadcasts folks, thanks for the useful information posted here.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You Eric! This one post has made me happy in bringing back my interest of my very old hobby of SW radio. This has help tremendously and appreciate your channel in helping in these hard crafts. 😁
I am hoping that maybe I can spark some interest in the younger generation.
✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸🙏🏻👍🏻once again…valuable information. Thanks for sharing
I had that shortwave info website saved in my phone and I didn’t even know it 👍. Great info Erik . I don’t listen as much as I want but I enjoy scrolling through the Ten-Turn dial on my FT-950 , hook it up to my beams and listen 🎧 , it’s incredible.
Just got based on your reviews a ATS-25 and a MLA 30+ antenna so this video is perfect timing for me. Fun little radio! Great video full of very helpful info . Thank you.
Thanks! I found that website and that was a really great resource! It’s great to hear other sources of information.
Ditto with Shoutcast my friend....I'd forgotten about this excellent platform.
I'm seeing lots of suggestions in the comments on this video and I think I'd like some more ideas on how to better "upgrade" my lower power/budget shortwave radios. I currently piddle around on a Retekess TR618 and I own an older Realistic SW-100 from my dad. I'd like to make listening easier on these two in particular
Thank you, new subscriber.
Glad to have you here!
I use shortwave-info almost exclusively. when you are DXing foreign language stations, you can find out who it is. Find the distance between you and stations. Once you know who's broadcasting you can look on internet to see if they have English service.
Eric, I found one channel that plays old TV serials and narrates verbally what is going on what you can't see. One of them was the original Star Trek series.
Can you post a straightforward way to access your shoutcast stations? I have tried different browsers and have not been able to get on to the stream. It doesn’t seem intuitive and not sure what is the best way to get on it. What browser, website, thx
Good Morning Eric. You may want to add that the two best times to listen to SW are Sunrise and Sunset. Also the best time to listen to frequencies below 11,000 kHz is at night. Take care.
good point, thank you
@@FarpointFarms Amen Eric
Another great video
Doing it old school with a Hammarlund HQ-180. Eighteen vacuum tubes and an eerie orange glow!
I wish I still had my HQ-180, started in radio with that, use to listen to Radio Moscow or BBC World service late at night and fell asleep with that orange glow.
Nice review.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great Channel Eric...Thanks for the info on the websites...Very Helpful...Keep it Going..
thanks
Thank You!
Just got back into short wave radio after 60 years and looking for information. Glad I found your channel. Hoping to get my Trans-Oceanic up and running again. Need someone in the area to help me with the tuning pointer since it doesn't align with the band number on the faceplate.
Thanks for this! Was not aware of the web sites you discussed. Looking forward to a segment on antennas.
Glad it was helpful
I put me up a MLA 30 loop.. works great.
That one is a great antenna!
+1 very good antenna especially for the price
Thanks for the follow up; I really appreciate it!
can i use the MLA -30 antenna with my Kaito Voyage Short wave radio ! thanks joe
i learn a lot from your videos, i wish i had someone in my area that was into this stuff!
Yes you can! You may need to add an alligator clip to hook it to the antenna, but it will work fine.
Nice job Eric. Enjoyed it. Also here in Western NC!
Like minded viewer foot stomping how therapeutic it is to hear voices of sanity. Like others I suspect, the noise generators are driving me to SW and HAM. Keep The Faith.
Never knew about these web pages, cool stuff. Sometimes easier then my HF rig and longwire.. Thanks for the info.
73s
glad I could help
Thank you.
Great video. Thanks so much. I bookmarked both websites for future use.
Glad it was helpful
Can't wait to see the 2nd part of this video. If you haven't already can you give tips and tricks on cb radio ssb what are the best time to listen and talk ? I just got a turned cb uniden 980ssb and a amtron 99 I just feel like I'm not doing something right I talk locally with people on ssb but I hear some other states but I can talk to them I don't know if I need a amplifier and we're to buy one I Know there some ebay I just don't know who to trust online shopping.
Been trying for weeks to find a numbers station. Get tired and start listening to short wave
Hopefully this starts showing the value of other relative communication. Maybe we can get more new equipment.
Really enjoy your radio videos. Thanks
Glad you like them!
Hi Eric, Here in Great Britain I used to listen to pirate short wave transmissions on Sundays but they were getting few and far between as the operators got older and presumably either gave up or died. Having watched your video my interest is re-invigorated so I shall have to dig out some of my radios and tune in. I also have some SW transmitters myself still. What's the best frequencies to get across the pond to The States from GB?
That sounds like a great idea! While I'm not sure what band would be best, I can tell you I'll be listening!
Thanks for a great video! I’ve been looking for a source such as these. I used to get ‘Popular Communications’ mag as a go to for SW radio activity. Not sure it still exists. Anyhoo, thanks again and take care…
GREAT STUFF! From Atlantic Canada
This was great!!!👍👍👍 thanks. Just got a cheap $30.00 short wave radio 📻
Enjoy!
Thank you for the information about Shortwave Stations.
anytime
WBCQ 9330 should be an easy catch from their 500 kW Continental rig.
I used to broadcast on WBCQ. Great people and huge station!
I have a challenge for ya, which might be right up ur alley. This involves u making a video on what people need to do b4 shit hits the fan and the internet does not function anymore, and guess what them web sites u mentioned do not exist no more and many people will be lost, one scenario is to just scan the bands but people should have an incase of Emergency Guide where u show them what they can do, I gotta few suggestions, print out the current list of broadcasters on them sites and make it waterproof, have a shortwave radio stored in a faraday cage, how to string a dipole quickly or make a dipole antenna, I am sure u get the drift and I dont see anyone discussing this type of topic, cos we all know every gov will make sure ur left in the dark when they do the final killshot.
I listened to SW as a kid. I'm 67now.I'm trying to find a radio to start listening again. To many to choose. What would you recommend for under $200. Love your video's.
Great starter is a Tecsun PL 330.
great video
When I'm not running my flap on HF, I enjoy listening to SW. Radio Romania comes in quite well.
I will have to check that one out.
I also enjoy Radio Romania International as well. Try Radio New Zealand at 15720 in the evening and night.
In an episode, you mentioned you have your radios in a Faraday cage, could you do a video on this subject? Thanks
I'll see if I can make a dedicated video on that side of things here.
Thanks, I think All of us viewers would learn quite a bit from you on this subject. BTW, thanks to your videos, Ive gotten the radio bug. I have added to my "collection" of radios a 1940 Hallicrafters SX-28 & and 1950's Hallicrafters SX-100, Cobra 29XLR CB & a Yaesu FT-991A. Stay alert & safe. 73's@@FarpointFarms
I was a kid in 60s and used a Midland shortwave receiver, I had I bet 300 feet copper wire run around the ceiling....
and you probably had great reception
So I think I need that antenna video. I have a Tecsun PL380, and it has an "Easy Tuning" scan function. On SW, it picked up 2 channels during the day. At night, it found 11, so much better, but even then on most of them I really couldn't hear anything. This model doesn't seem to have any capacity to plug in an external antenna. I think it did come with a clip on sort of retractable one, but I can't find it at the moment. I have lots of wire though.
That video is coming soon, I hope you will find it useful
Great resource!
I’m wondering if you can help me with starting up a shout cast station? If you have the time. Thanks interesting topics on your channel