(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!

For English language shortwave broadcasts:

http://www.primetimeshortwave.com

You can choose between lists by time or country.

For amateur radio voice nets:

http://www.worldofradio.com/nets2you.html

I once owned a DX-302 in the early 1980s. If I remember correctly,
when tuning SSB signals the frequency readout would be off by 2 1/2
kHz.

For a list of English language DX programs:

http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html