Shortwave Radio Guide IV (vTB2k.a) Long Distance AM Stations Short Wave Stations (around the world) Short Wave Utility & Emergency Freq Short Wave Program Listings Links to various web sites with SW frequencies http://www.triwest.net/~dsampson/shortwave/ http://detroit.freenet.org/mare/SWBCSkeds.html http://www.fineware-swl.com/schedules http://www.monintoringtimes.com For Radio Equipment: http://www.solareagle.com/radios.html SW Reciever recommendations: Basic: Info-Mate AM/FM/SW/Weather, Air, TV, with 5 power sources (solar, wind-up, niCd batteries, AC adapter, DC automotive adapter); $60 Medium: Sangean ATS 505P; Digital with memories; $130 Almost any digital radios with multi memories in the $150-$200 range is good. Digital freq entry makes finding a specific station easy. Tend to be battery eaters (may want an Info- Mate for a backup) Extra wire attached to antenna boosts received signal Earphones help listening when the SW signal is fading This guide is divided into 9 sections: ..........US Clear Channel AM Stations-night long distance ..........N. AM Directed SW Stations by Country with times ..........N. AM Commercial SW and AFRTS Stations ..........SW Stations by Country Freq List - by C. Crane ..........SW Schedules by Time worldwide-Prime Time SW ..........SW Stations by Country - Prime Time SW ..........SW Utility Services & Emergency Services-freq ..........Program Listings worldwide (SW) - Mark Fine ..........Art Bell’s SW Stations/Programs - Western US This guide has been compiled by “Curious” of the Timebomb2000 forum: http://www.timebomb2000.com with minor modifications by Solareagle.com US Clear Channel AM Stations KFQD, Anchorage, AK (long distance at night) WJR, Detroit, MI.......................760 WABC, New York, NY.............770 These channels used to be used exclusively KKOB, Albuquerque, NM by just one station (except sharing with WBBM, Chicago, IL..................780 Alaska stations in some cases) but now are KNOM, Nome, AK often shared with one other station in the KKOH, Reno, NV lower 48. Theoriginal station (listed first) is KGO, San Francisco, CA............810 now at least a “super regional” and the sec- WGY, Schenectady, NY ondary listing is a “small regional” or “local” WBAP, Fort Worth, TX..............820 station running less power. KCBF, Fairbanks, AK WCCO, Minneapolis, MN............830 These stations even with some shared fre- WHAS, Louisville, KY.................840 quencies still provide “cross country” listen- KABN, Long Island, AK ing particularly if one uses some sort of AM KOA, Denver, CO........................850 directional antenna (homemade loop placed KICY, Nome, AK near the regular radio AM antenna etc) and WWL, New Orleans, LA..............870 the ones that are still totally clear channel KSKO, McGrath, AK may provide coast to coast listening even WCBS, New York, NY................880 today. K’s are west of the Mississippi and KRVN, Lexington, NE W’s are east of the Mississippi except for WLS, Chicago, IL........................890 KDKA in Pittsburg (the first licensed US KBBI, Homer, AK commercial radio station). All of the sta- KDXU, St. George, UT tions listed first are running 50,000 watts of WLUP, Chicago, IL....................1000 power though those listed second and third KOMO, Seattle, WA may be running much less power. KDKA, Pittsburgh, PA................1020 KCKN, Roswell, NM KAXX, Eagle River, AK ============== WBZ, Boston, MA.......................1030 Station and Location.............Freq KTWO, Casper, WY KFI, Los Angeles, CA.............640 WHO, Des Moines, IA.................1040 KYUK, Bethel, AK KYW, Philadelphia, PA................1060 WSM, Nashville, TN...............650 KENY, Anchorage, AK KNX, Los Angeles, CA................1070 WFAN, New York, NY...........660 WTIC, Hartford, CT....................1080 KFAR, Fairbanks, AK KRLD, Dallas, TX KASH, Anchorage, AK WMAQ, Chicago, IL................670 KDLG, Dillingham, AK KAAY, Little Rock, AR...............1090 KBOI, Boise, Idaho WBAL, Baltimore, MD KNBR, San Francisco, CA........680 WTAM, Cleveland, OH................1100 KBRW, Barrow, AK KNZZ, Grand Junction, CO WLW, Cincinatti, OH................700 WBT, Charlotte, NC....................1110 KBYR, Anchorage, AK KFAB, Omaha, NE WOR, New York, NY...............710 KMOX, St. Louis, MO.................1120 KIRO, Seattle, WA KPNW, Eugene, OR WGN, Chicago, IL....................720 KWKH, Shreveport, LA................1130 KOTZ, Kotzebue, AK WNEW, New York, NY KDWN, Las Vegas, NV WRVA, Richmond, VA................1140 KTRH, Houston TX..................740 (not clear channel but 50k) KSL, Salt Lake City, UT...............1160 WSB, Atlanta, GA.....................750 KVOO, Tulsa, OK........................1170 19m Often good at night during the summer WWVA, Wheeling, WV 22m Summer months KJNP, North Pole, AK 25m Best two hours before/after Sunset 31m BEST YEAR ROUND band, 2 hours before Sunset into the WHAM, Rochester, NY................1180 night KOFI, Kalispell, MT 41m After dark. Good all night year round 49m Excellent year round for all night listening KEX, Portland, OR.......................1190 ============== WOAI, San Antonio, TX...............1200 Add on a Wire Antenna to Assist Receiving SW An extra length WPHT, Philadelphia, PA................1210 of wire at least 20 feet in length with a stripped part of the wire KGYN, Guymon, OK wrapped around the receiving antenna, will greatly improve recep- tion. Solareagle sells a roll up antenna which is easy to use inside, WTOP, Washington, DC................1500 though any type of left over wire can be used for this purpose. KSTP, St. Paul, MN Earphones greatly help in listening when the SW signal is fading WLAC, Nashville, TN....................1510 KGA, Spokane, WA Sideband Explanation USB = Upper Sideband WWKB, Buffalo, NY.....................1520 LSB = Lower Sideband KOMA, Oklahoma City, OK An AM signal modulates on both sides of the center frequency KFBK, Sacramento, CA.................1530 while a sideband signals only modulates on one side of the center WCKY, Cincinatti, OH frequency (above or below). While most shortwave signals are AM some are Sideband and if one does not have a Sideband enabled KXEL, Waterloo, IA......................1540 radio they sound like gibberish. The advantage to a sideband sig- nal is that it is less subject to fading and can carry a much longer KNZR, Bakersfield, CA..................1560 distance for the same amount of transmitter output power. High WQEW, New York, NY end SW radios will be able to listen to a sideband station via a simple AM/USB/LSB switch. =============== Shortwave - Shortwave Bands N. Am Directed Short Wave Sta- Use these frequency ranges when tuning around the shortwave bands to find international broadcasters. Only a very few stations tions by Country and Time operate outside these ranges. 49 Meter Band 5730 - 6205 kHz (5.73-6.205 Mhz) This list is only a general guide. Times and 41 Meter Band 7100 - 7595 frequencies do change with the seasons. I 31 Meter Band 9350 - 10000 25 Meter Band 11550 - 12160 was unable tofind a pocket SW radio guide 22 Meter Band 13570 - 13870 (or even a large guide that was current) 19 Meter Band 15000 - 15710 16 Meter Band 17500 - 17900 so the data in this table was drawn from a 13 Meter Band 21450 - 21850 number of sources and reformatted into a Other Bands (few stations operating): readable format. Part of the data is several years old for some stations and this list 11m 25600 - 26100 60m 4750 - 5060 should be utilized only as a general guide. 75m 3900 - 4000 Remember all times are in UTC. I will up- 90m 3200 - 3400 120m 2300 - 2490 date this listing in the future as some cur- rent guides are published or people post Daytime Listening Shortwave Listening is generally at its poorest during the daylight corrections or additions hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. local time and are overall poorer during the day than at night. =================== Band Characteristics Argentina English: 11m Seldom used band Time (UT)...Freq (kHz)....Target 13m Best in winter: good other seasons 16m EXCELLENT year --------- --------- --------- round (3hours prior to sunset until sunset is best generally) 1800-1900 Mo-Fr 15345 Europe 19m EXCELLENT- BEST DAYTIME band (3 hours prior to sunset 0200-0300 Tu-Sa 11710 Americas until sunset is best) 22m New band; should be good year round 6060 9690 11710 15345 25m Best two hours before/after sunset =================== Evening/Night Listening Band Characteristics Australia Radio Australia English other short-wave radio frequencies for East Asia. Time (UT)....Freq (kHz) --------- --------- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/s....namerica.shtml 0000-0800 17580 0200-0700 15515 =================== 0700-0900 15240 0800-1200 13605 Great Britain (Merlin One) 1100-1400 6020 English Schedule to N. America 1100-2130 9580 Time (UT)....Freq (kHz) 1200-1700 11650 1400-1800 5995 --------- --------- 1900-2200 13690 1700-2100 9815 2200-0100 11985 1700-2200 11880 2400-0200 9600 1800-2000 7240 0100-0300 11875 2000-2200 12080 0200-0500 9795 2100-2200 7240 2100-0000 17715 =================== 2100-0100 21740 2200-0200 17795 Canada 2300-0900 12080 RCI (Radio Canada International) English Schedule principal freq: 9580, 9860, 15365, 17795 Time (UT)....Freq (kHz) --------- --------- =================== 0000-0059 9535 9755 11865 0200-0259 9535 9560 9755 9785 11865 Austria 0300-0359 9755 9785 9805 Radio Osterreich International 0400-0459 9560 9755 9785 English SW schedule 1300-1559 9640 13655 17710 Time (UT)....Freq (kHz)....Target 2100-2159