Pop'Comm's World Band Tuning Tips June1999

This listing is designed to help you hear more shortwave broadcastkig stations. The list includes a variety of stations, includ- ing international broadcasters beaming programs to North America, others to other parts of the world, as well as local and regional shortwave stations. Many of the transmissions listed here are not in English. Your ability to receive these stations will depend on time of day, time of year, your geographic location, highly variable propagation conditions, and the receiving equipment used. AA, FF, SS, GG, etc. are abbreviations for languages (Arabic, French, Spanish, German). Times given are in UTC, which is five hours ahead of EST, i.e. 0000 UTC equals 7 p.m. EST, 6 p.m. CST, 4 p.m. PST.

UTCFreq. Station/Country Notes UTCFreq.Station/Country Notes 00005960 Radio Canada Int'l. 02305950 Voice of Vietnam, via Russia 00006055 Radio Exterior de Espana, Spain 02306020 Radio Budapest, Hungary 0000 11620 All India Radio 02306115 Radio Tirana, Albania 0020 11905 Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corp. vern. 02306120 Radio Vilnius, Lithuania 00304472 Radio Movima, Bolivia SS via Germany 0030 6025 Radio Amanecer, 02309495 Radio Sweden Dominican Republic SS 02309605 Vatican Radio FF 0030 6726 Radio Satelite, Peru SS 03003306 Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp. EE/vern. 00309022 Voice of the Islamic Rep. of Iran 03004819 La Voz Evangelica, Honduras SS/EE 0030 13695 Radio Thailand 03004830 Radio Tachira, Venezuela SS 01003300 Radio Cultural, Guatemala 03007110 Radio Free Iraq, USA, via GreeceAA 01004955 Radio Nacional, Colombia SS 0300 7345 Radio Prague, Czech Rep. 01005030 Adventist World Radio, Costa Rica SS 0300 7375 Radio Bulgaria 01005077 Caracol Colombia SS 03009525 Channel Africa, South Africa 01005770 Radio Miskut, Nicaragua SS 03009715 Radio Portugal Int'l. PP 01005905 Radio Ukraine Int'l. 0300 11815 Radio Brazil Central PP 01006200 Radio Prague, Czech Rep. 03304885 Radio Clube do Para, Brazil PP 01007105 Radio Tashkent, Uzbekistan 03306940 Radio Fana, Ethiopia vern. 01007450 Voice of Greece Greek/EE 03309820 Radio Havana, Cuba 01009735 Radio Nacional de Paraguay SS 03309895 Merlin Network One, England 01009965 Voice of Russia via Armenia SS 0330 15170 Radio Tahiti FF 0100 11690 Voz Cristiana, Chile SS 0345 11620 Radio Tajikistan 01303210 Radio Exterior de Espana, Spain, 04003270 Namibia Broadcasting Corp. via Costa Rica SS 04004915 Radio Cora, Peru SS 01303250 Radio Luz y Vida, Honduras SS 04004985 Radio Brazil Central PP 0130 7205 Radio Ukraine Int'l. 04005990 Radio Romania Intl. 0200 3250 La Voz del Napo, Ecuador SS 04006010 Voice of Turkey 02004825 Radio Cancao Nova, Brazil PP 04006115 Radio Union, Peru SS 02004980 Ecos del Torbes, Venezuela SS 04006165 Radio Netherlands 0200 5025 Radio Rebelde, Cuba SS via Neth. Antilles 0200 6155 Radio Canada Int'l. 04006265 Radio Zambia EE/vem. 02006170 Radio Cultura, Brazil PP 04009505 Radio Austria Int'l., via Canada 02007495 Reshet Bet, Israel HH 04009560 Voice of Ethiopia vern. 02009475 Radio Cairo, Egypt 0400 11940 Radio Romania Int'l. 02009885 Swiss Radio Int'l. 04304919 Radio Quito, Ecuador SS 0200 11705 Radio Havana, Cuba 05004770 Radio Nigeria 0200 11710 RAE, Argentina SS/EE 05007255 Voice of Nigeria 0200 11765 RAI, Italy II 05007465 Kol Israel 0200 11780 Radio Nacional Amazonia. Brazil PP 05009560 China Radio Int'l., via Canada 0200 11800 RAI, Italy II 0500 11585 Kol Israel HH 0200 17675 Radio New Zealand Int'l. 05304815 Radio Burkina, Burkina Faso FF 02303340 Radio Altura, Peru SS 05304850 Cameroon Radio TV FF/EE

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