anyone know about Short Wave radio ?

hi

does anyone here know about short wave radio, HAM radio, and the equipment needed for these things.

also, if possible a price range of the equipment.

thanks alot fellas

 

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I used to be into it long before the advent of personal computers. I once set up a system for a ham who interfaced his computer to handle packet communications. I suppose the best way to proceed is to get the major book released by the American Radio Relay League, ARRL, annually which for a long time, at least while I pursured the subject, was the bible of the field. Here's their website http://www.arrl.org/

 

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I have a short wave radio in my basement, it is really old. You can have it if you want.

 

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Really? that would be nice my friend. Does the unit still work?

Do you guys know how this stuff works? How far (range) does this kind of broadcast reach, and how do listeners tune in ?

thanks

 

Get Ham's handbook 2004 version. It has any info you need. I built my own. It's easy.

 

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On my old radio that I might just send to you (I need permission from my parents, it's theirs), you can only recieve short wave broadcasts, you can't send them.

CBC has a one-hour broadcast a day, the rest in in foreign languages.

You might be talking about a different kind of shortwave radio.

 

Shortwaves skip under the ionosphere so their broadcasts can be received pretty much world wide, depending on conditions, power of the station, ability of your antenna, etc. From near San Francisco I've tuned into Radio South Africa, Radio France, Radio Holland, the BBC of course, mainland China and Taiwan, Radio Australia, Canada and probably a few more. Those are country sponsored stations. There's still some simple talking back and forth between ham operators. I've gotten a station that had one side of shore to ship communications.

 

I used to listen to SW radio a lot, but modern receivers do not seem to be using it anymore for some reason. Does any stations still broadcast on SW in the advent of global communications? I suppose you can still buy SW receivers but only at specialist shops?

 

You can buy shortwave receivers at most electronic shops. Grundig still sells maybe the top of the line though some of those Radio Shack units look pretty competitive price wise. As far as I know, shortwave broadcast stations have increased despite the internet. Transceivers or transmitters that allow you to broadcast may only be found via specialty shops or major electronic shops, such as Fry's here in California or by catalog or internet order. There are some internet sites that dedicate their space to listing schedules of various stations etc. Try Google.

 

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