short wave listening

K2YWE's Compact 160m Lazy-U Antenna - This compact 160m antenna is a half-wave dipole with a vertical section. It requires no radials and has worked well for me.

50MHz J-Pole Antenna  ^pop - Need a general purpose antenna on the magic band? The J-Pole is an easy-to-build and inexpensive device that provides an omni-directional vertically polarised antenna without the need for a ground plane. In technical terms, it is an end fed vertical 1/2 wave which is fed via a 1/4 wave matching stub.

Super J-Pole plans - The super J-pole is a regular J-pole antenna with a 1/2 wave element mounted above with a 1/2 wave phasing harness connecting the element to the bottom part of the J-pole. The antenna can be built for any band, but I built mine for 2 meters

W1GHZ Microwave Antenna Book - The W1GHZ Online Microwave Antenna Book online

Phone line as a SW antenna - This article describes how to use a phone line as a shortwave receiving antenna, but be carefull telephone lines present a potential shock hazard, use at your own risk

F8ABX Radio Blog - Informations ondes courtes et radioamateurs - Shortwave and ham radio news

Radio Start to ham and pirate radio - Startpage for radio enhousiast, freeradio, short and mediumwave, pirates from all over the world broadcasting everywere, offshore.

HFRadio.org Discussion Forums - Discussion groups for Shortwave Listening, Propagation, Amateur Radio, and related topics.

Nifty! Ham Accessories - Nifty! Quick Reference Guides and short form Mini-manuals and for Kenwood, Icom, Yaesu and Elecraft transceivers.

Massachusetts Microwave Corporation - Provider of point-to-point microwave radio system sales, service, and integration, employing refurbished name brand digital (DS1/E1, DS3/E3) and analog video radios. Specializing in Microwave Associates (M/A-COM) , Digital Microwave Corp. (DMC/Stratex) and Alcatel/Rockwell microwave radios.

JWM Engineering Group - Top quality Microwave Phase Locked oscillators for DB6NT, DEMI and homebrew microwave transverters, and other support products.

Current Optimal Frequency Charts  ^updated - Optimal Working Frequencies (MHz) for High Frequency (HF) / Shortwave Radio. By region, updated monthy.

HF - VHF Radiowave Propagation Center - High frequecy and VHF radio propagation data, solar and geomagnetic real-time and historic data, as well as forecasts. A comprehensive propagation resource compiled by Tomas Hood, editor of the propagation columns of CQ, CQ VHF, Popular Communications, and Monitoring Times magazines. Solar Weather, Geomagnetic, Aurora, Ionospheric reports via eAlerts and webpage. WAP phone access. Live and educational resources, and more.

Timewave manuals - Timewave Documents for User Download, PK-900 Multimode Data Controller, PK-232 Multimode Data Controller, DSP-232 Multimode Data Controller, DSP-9 Noise Reduction and Bandpass Filter, Audio Signal Processor and Noise Reduction Filter, Audio Signal Processor and Noise Reduction Filter for Yaesu SP-5 and SP-6 Speakers

Montreal's MediumWave, FM, SW and TV DX - Information of propagation in and around montreal Canada for shortwave, am , fm and TV dxing, loggings section, propagation forecast and Sporadic E alerts, QSl page, updated frequently

RTSH - Online - Radio Tirana and Albanian Television (RTSH) broadcasts local news, music, and entertainment programs via FM, TV and mediumwave and international programs in 7 languages by shortwave radio.

Radio Vlaanderen International - Current program schedules, RealAudio feeds, and listening tips from Belgian Public Radio which broadcasts worldwide in Dutch, German, French and English.

Radio Nepal - Radio Nepal airs broadcasts on mediumwave, shortwave and FM frequencies and news bulletins and music on the Internet via RealAudio.

The Radio Informer - The latest info on the world of radio including:world,shortwave,pirate,digital,mw,lw news,links.

DX-Antwerp - A Flemish association of shortwave listeners

English SW Broadcasters - English language International Shortwave broadcasts listed by search time.

AZMap - Azimuthal maps generator - AZMap is a freeware Windows program for the Windows PC which will generate, display, and print an Azimuthal-Equidistance (A-E) map of the world, centered at any point on the surface of the earth (except very near the poles). The A-E map is also known as a Great Circle map since straight lines from the center point to any other point always fall along a great circle path and represent the shortest distance between the center and that point

Nlog - Palm os logging program 19 seperate fields for detailed records Stores thousands of records Find records quickly using the PDA's built in search engine User customizable fields Beam records to other handhelds View multiple records at once Print records to you IR printer Great for shortwave listening

Receive only processing equipment - One of our most popular products, receiving preamplifiers are used for achieving top signal band performance in competition operating, low noise longwave reception, repeater applications into the UHF region, or lab use

WD5HOH Regenerative(Regen) Receiver - This web page describes a small, single tuned circuit regenerative receiver primarily for daylight reception in the 16, 19, 22 and 25 meter international shortwave broadcast bands.