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 enlarge | Author: Lawrence Magne
Publisher: International Broadcasting Services
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 461043
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 592
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0914941631
Dewey Decimal Number: 384.5453025
EAN: 9780914941637
ASIN: 0914941631
Publication Date: December 1, 2006
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Passport to World Band Radio, 2007 edition June 7, 2007
As user friendly as it can get in the unpredictable environment of shortwave listening. It is ground zero for the beginner. It's the best place to find out if SWL is 'right' for the curious. The money spent on the book is a lot less than the bitter lesson of spending a lot more on a receiver and finding out the hobby isn't what was imagined.
Passport to World Band Radio June 6, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought an inexpensive Short Wave Receiver 8 years ago. I am still learning and enjoying this receiver- has payed for itself many times over.
The Short Wave Bands are changeing; but there is still plenty of activity- when it is good, it is very good.
Excellent way to learm about other countries, cultures, current events, and sample a wide variety of "World Music".
Short Wave Listening requires a bit of knowledge and skill to more fully benefit and enjoy this hobby. to that end, this book contains material to get you going.
Here on the West Coast of U.S.A, best time to listen is early evening and mornings. Best over-all conditions are in the winter months. Try around the fall and spring equinoxes for those rare stations. Summer time can be a bit dull; but you will still get the bread and butter stations and relay broadcasts.
Evidently, some find elevated K indexes and Solar Cycle Troughs problematic. Hasn't stopped from enjoying this hobby.
The ubiquitous Short Wave Receiver can be used in more ways than you might think, I've used mine as a: frequency counter/standard, BFO signal generator, MUF ( Maximum Useable Frequency ) indicator and much more.
My Radio Telescope experiments are just underway and inconclusive; but hold great promise. Try toggeling between your highest frequency (no signal present) to catch a Solar Flare and lowest frequency (with signal present) to catch a Solar Blackout. These observations are taken during daylight hours. Large Sun Spots in the center of the Sun with a Southerly IMF (Bz) portend Solar activity. 2-3 days later, monitor the resultant Geo-magnetic Storm.
These compact portable receivers are marvels of engineering and practically laboratory instruments for exploring HF Propagation.
This book contains an excellent buyers guide. If you do any Short Wave Listening at all; and especialy if you are just beginning, I recommend this book.
Short Wave Listening- yesterdays news? perhaps, but I still find it new and interesting.
A "MUST-HAVE" for Shortwave June 3, 2007
This book was recommended by my shortwave radio manufacturer. Considering that it is the "latest edition," some major book sellers did not only NOT have it on the shelf, but it wasn't in their data base to order. So for me, Amazon was my next go-to vendor. Price was very affordable, and regular mail delivery was quick and efficient.
I like to listen to music or programs while doing other tasks, so this guide is very helpful in locating what I want and enjoy. Thank you!
Am. Radio May 24, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Being new to the world of amazing communications, I selected this book with care. I was not disappointed. Is an outstanding work of reference, will be very useful for a long long time. The various 'profiles' are really good value: the story on Taiwan, Europe Radio, receivers, antennas, what's on tonight, country-by-country, how to choose etc. Inspiring. Thanks for a well-put-together volume, I will treasure it. Yours in appreciation, Jack, New Zealand.
Interested in Shortwave Radio? Get this book. May 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been buying the yearly editions of Passport for almost two decades. It has painfully (for the manufacturers) honest reviews of receivers; listings of what you can hear by time; and the famous blue pages listings of stations by frequency and time. There are lists of broadcasts in English by country as well as broadcasts in other languages. There are interesting articles about radio history as well as current stations and contact information for many shortwave stations. In short, all the information you need in one book.
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