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Comparison of Beverage antenna - A ranking of receiving antennas based on noise being evenly distributed in all directions. These rankings are most accurate in the frequency range of AM broadcast, 160 or 80 meter bands

Antenna Selection Made Easy - This page will help you answer important questions about antenna selection before you talk to a supplier. After reading this paper, you should be able to better determine the most important parameters you need to know for your antenna selection criteria.

Antenna Polarization notes - Antenna polarization is a very important consideration when choosing and installing an antenna. Most communications systems use either vertical, horizontal or circular polarization. Knowing the difference between polarizations and how to maximize their benefit is very important to the antenna user.

Transmitting Antennas For HF Broadcasting - This paper discusses a number of common used HF transmitting antenna systems and corresponding reference antenna codes. The latter was developed in close consultation with regional coordination groups ABU-HFC, HFCC-ABSU.

Yahoo! Groups : DX-World - DX info for 11m enthusiasts and swl listeners.

SMØPSO - Include some interesting shortwave radio audio files, recorded BC stations, and a large colletion of SWL QSL cards

VU2LFA ham radio in india - This site is basically for the begeners (SWL) of india. This site is supporting to digital communication for hams also.

Ham Lake, Minnesota IC-PCR1000 - The system consists of a Icom IC-PCR1000 shortwave radio. Coverage is from 10 KHz to 1300 MHz.. Antenna is a Par Electronics EF-SWL in and sloper configuration.

Erickson Engineering Priority listing - QRP SWL baluns and antenna matching transformers

Areas and squares - List and maps of European squares for each call area. You can use the list, to estimate the location, if you hear a station on the band who's locator you do not know.

ARRL/RAC Sections Quiz - Quiz yourself on your knowledge of ARRL / RAC section abbreviations

VLF Time Broadcasts - VLF Time Signal Stations, Station List Compiled by William Hepburn, LWCA

Electron Tubes and Vacuum Tubes for Industry - Electron tube and vacuum tube stock-list with prices 4. Audio, broadcast and industrial tubes, triodes, tetrodes, thyratrons, ignitrons, vidicons and CRT's, microwave devices, nixies and receiving types + Bird RF devices and test equipment. Quality tubes at reasonable prices with many hard to find items available

Getting Started in SW Listening - Excellent and exaustive guide to shortwave listening offered by monitoringtimes, includes operating guides, technical suggestions, buying guieds, antennas implementations and more, all what is needed by shortwave listening beginners.

Young Stars Radio Club - Young Stars Radio Club, is a group consisting the short wave radio listeners' and DXers - having the hobby of radio listening and QSL collection, sharing the experiences and views about international radio broadcasting

Short Wave Espionage - Here you can access the book "Secret Signals, The Euronumbers Mystery" which was written in 1991 and is now out of print. Lot's of information on spionage and numbers stations

Radioascolto.it - This is the web site dedicated to all the Amateurs Radio, SWL and BCL looking for news and info, DX'ing and all about that, in italian

Africalist - A complete list of Subsaharan Africa Radio Stations broadcasting on Shortwave, frequencies, times, listening experiences

EiBi Schedules  ^updated - Regularly update shortwave schedules of all international broadcasters listed by time or frequency; for free.

Shortwave Log (SWLog) - Shortwave Log, SWLog is a comprehensive logging and radio control program. While designed for shortwave and mediumwave listening, the program is quite adept when listening to longwave, utility, or amateur radio. Support Icom Drake TenTec Yaesu JRC and lowe receivers.

STSPLUS - STSORBIT PLUS, usually known as STSPLUS, will track the space shuttle or any satellite for which orbital data (TLEs) are available. A brief description of the program and several screen capture examples follow the links for downloading the program files.

GorbTrack - GorbTrack or Geostationary Orbit Tracker is a freeware program intended to be an aid in finding geostationary satellites. It produces output helpful in aiming dishes for receiving television broadcast satellites. The program also displays several astronomical values like the positions of the sun and moon

Assessing unknown Ferrite Toroids - Ok so you have had a good day at the Rally and you have come back with a carrier bag full of ferrite toroids that "just might be useful for something". How do you find out what they are? Very few seem to be stamped with any indication of their properties, and some are 'painted' garish colours which presumably means something.

Station Lightning Protection - This website outlays the basic knowledge, safe design and installed equipment that are employed in the lightning protection system of a US Coast Guard Auxiliary Radio Facility. This should also be relevant to the Civil Air Patrol, MARS, and Amateur Radio stations who provide emergency communications capability for public safety or the military

About Lightning Protection - What You Should Know About Lightning Protection by Joseph H. Reisert