The Complete Shortwave Listerner's Handbook

By providing alternative worldwide perspectives on a tense international conflict, shortwave radio proved its ultimate usefulness during the Persian Gulf War. That event sparked the greatest surge in shortwave receiver sales in the history of the hobby. For all those new listeners, this handbook supplies current information on equipment, stations, procedures, and operating practices. Readers learn how to purchase, set up, and use receivers and antennas, tune in to foreign and domestic broadcasts, keep a logbook, prepare reception reports, and more.

Now shortwave is more fun than ever! Shortwave radio may be the most fun you can have sitting down, and this A-to-Z guide for everyone from absolute beginners to advanced hobbyists is your all-in-one partner in listening. It gives you complete, up-to-date information on equipment, worldwide stations, clubs, satellites, computers, and much more! All you need is enthusiasm to use this book's: Help with choosing and using equipment-from the simplest to the most sophisticated; Guidance on finding hot, newsworthy stations, espionage broadcasts, and pirate and illegal frequencies; Up-to-date listings on stations and frequencies for all inhabited portions of the globe; Insider's guide to web sites with shareware for translating audio Morse code to text, receiver-control demo programs, and much more: Simple, cheap ways to improve reception; Convenient lists of station and equipment dealer addresses; And much more! "Yoder has honed his impressive talent as a writer, making him today one of the hobby's brightest stars."-Monitoring Times.