When I bought my first shortwave radio (a Sangean ATS-909) I also bought the
"Passport to World Band Radio". It was a great help to me in getting
started in the hobby and finding broadcast stations.

Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

After I became more faimilar with SW, I bought Harry Helms' "Shortwave
Listening Guidebook". It's somewhat technical but very comprehensive. It
really helped me get to the next level of the hobby. It also helped me
understand a lot of the stuff that gets discussed here.

Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

You migt want to check out the books section at Universal Radio.

Link: http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/book1.html

73's
JIAW

"ROBMURR" wrote in message
...
Have been away from shortwave for years and just picked up
a very nice old Realistic DX-302 yesterday that seems to work perfectly.
I have been listening to hams on 80 and 40 meters from as
far away as Canada, Florida, Idaho etc from my Atlanta home with
just an 8 ft of wire streched out horizontally.
I need the freqs of the major SW broadcasters like BBC, etc I could
listen too. Got a ton of foreign language stuff this morning but not
sure what it was.
Any tips on a longwire length would be good too. I can put up an attic
antenna going east/west.
Any tips on the DX-302 appreciated also! Will grounding the radio help
much?
Thanks!