Short Wave Listening

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Shortwave Broadcasters

• English Language Broadcasts
• Mike's Radio World - Links to Streaming Audio Worldwide

• The Voice of America
• American Forces Radio and Television Service
• Radio Nederland
• Radio Nova

• Radio Scotland
• Great Britain - The BBC World Service
• Ireland
• Germany - Deutsche Welle
• Radio Australia - Streaming Audio
• NHK Japan
• Radio New Zealand International
• All India Radio
• Voice of Turkey - Radio Frequency Page
• HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
• Costa Rica - Radio for Peace International
• Trans World Radio
• Voice of Russia
• Icelandic Broadcasting Service
• KNR - Radio and TV Greenland
• Radio France International - (accompanied by multiple pop-up windows)
• Finland - List of Domestic Radio Stations
• Norway
• Sweden
• Denmark Radio - About DR in English
• Switzerland - Swiss Radio International
• Radio Poland
• Estonia - Eesti Raadio
• Latvia - Latvijas Radio
• Israel Radio - Shortwave info
• Channel Africa
• India Radio Bakwaas
• Radio Pakistan
• Radio Kuwait
• Egypt State Information Service
• Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
• SW Radio Africa - The Independent Voice of Zimbabwe
• Peaceradio Zimbabwe - Radio for Peace Democracy and Human Rights
• National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters

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Pirate Broadcasters

• Radio Alfa Lima
• Shortwave Pirates via Yahoo

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Guides

• Shortwave Broadcast Frequencies
• DX Listener's Club
• NGS Data Sheet By Area - Radio Station Listings
  • National Geodetic Survey Homepage
  • NGS Products and Services
• Steve Adams' International Broadcasters Guide
• TV Station Listings
• Radio Station Listings
• Internet Radio Station Listings
• Ontario DX Association
• International Listening Guide
• DL5XL Short Wave Pages
• WACRAL
• Bob's Shortwave and DXing Web page
• Shortwave Listening Links
• Uncle Sparky's Maritime Radio Page
• Marine Radio Frequencies
• shortWWWave
• NP4CC's Short Wave Listening Page
• Matt's SWL (Short Wave Listening) Resources
• DX Zone Shortwave Radio
• Wikipedia - Shortwave Listening
• Frequency Lists

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CyberRadio

• The Listening Post - "The Original Web-controlled Shortwave Radio"
• Short Wave Radio via the Web - Audio On-Demand

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Receivers

• List of Sources for Shortwave Receivers
• Reviews of Shortwave Receivers
• The Shortwave Store
• McGreevy VLF Reciever - WR3 Receiver
• LISTENING GUIDE - POCKET-PORTABLE WR-3 & WR-3E NATURAL VLF PHENOMENA RECEIVER
• The STORMWISE Lightning Sensor Page
• Detecting Earth's Electricity

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Antennas

• Dipole
• Long Wire
• Monopole (verticals)
• Small Receiving Loop - KR1ST Loop Design, with an audio recording showing performance of loop versus monopole
• Small Shielded Receiving Loop also known as a Magnetic Loop Antenna
• Yagi-Uda Directional Beam Antenna
• Cubical Quad Directional Beam Antenna
• Phased Array Antenna
• Beverage Antenna also known as the Traveling Wave Antenna with an example by W4RNL
• Antenna Tuners
• Antenna Design Books
• SWL Antenna Photographs
• ARRL Antenna Handbook
• Lightning Protection and Grounding - Articles for Ham Radio Operators - Single Point Grounding Systems to prevent Flashover
• Danger of Lightning to Humans - Lightning Effects on Humans

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LF and Below

• The World Below 500 kHz
• VLF Group Home Page
• McGreevy ground-based VLF recordings - You've got to listen to the .wav files!
• Rado Waves Below 22 kHz
• Discovery of Sprites, Jets and Elves
• A Brief History of Sprites, Jets and Elves
• Numeric Simulations on Red Sprites
• Observations of Sprites, Elves and Jets
• Energy Transfer Across the Stratapause
• SPRITE Chasing from the Back Porch
• Alaskan Research on Sprites
• Sprites and Blue Jets from Sky-Fire.tv
• Sprites and Blue Jets from NASA
• Red Sprites and Blue Jets
• Sprites, Blue Jets and Elves
• High Altitude Lightning
• Space Shuttle Observations of Lightning - Mesoscale Lightning Experiment
• VLF Antennae and Receiving Station
• Lightning
• Natural Radio Discussion Group on Yahoo
• More on Sferics

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Equipment and Services

• McGreevy VLF Reciever
• LISTENING GUIDE - POCKET-PORTABLE WR-3 & WR-3E NATURAL VLF PHENOMENA RECEIVER
• KIWA VLF Earth Monitor
• Grove Enterprises
• List of Resources, Equipment Suppliers and Manufacturers
• VLF and ELF Receivers

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Satellite

• SATCO DX Satellite Chart
• LyngSAT

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Commercial Sites

• Practical Wireless & Short Wave Magazine Subscriptions
• Monitoring Times Magazine
• Antennas, Receivers and other Equipment

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Last revised: January 17, 2010