Shortwave Listening "SWL" - More Information Please

= = = "Matthew&Wendy" wrote in message
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? I have a simple scanner/shortwave receiver and have recently
installed a wire antenna. I have been able to pick up stations
over 500 miles away.

READ - Shortwave 101 - How to Listen to the World
http://www.etoncorp.com/listeninggui...gGuide_new.pdf
http://www.odxa.on.ca/beginnersguide/swresources.html
http://www.aorja.com/shortwave.html
http://www.dxing.com/swlintro.htm
http://www.dxing.com/tips.htm
http://www.totse.com/en/media/radio_...ka/sw_faq.html

READ - An Introduction to Shortwave Listening:
http://www.odxa.on.ca/beginnersguide/dxguide.html
http://www.odxa.on.ca/beginnersguide/swintro.html
http://www.odxa.on.ca/beginnersguide/swwhen.html
http://www.odxa.on.ca/beginnersguide/swhear.html

READ - Starting Out in Short-Wave Listening - by Alan Watson
http://www.astrosmo.unam.mx/%7Ealan/swl/starting.html

READ - So you want to become a Short Wave Listener ?
http://www.innotts.co.uk/asperges/swl.html

RESOURCE - The Association of North American Radio Clubs (ANARC)
http://www.anarc.org/


? However, it seems as though the stations are grouped in very
narrow bands.

SHORTWAVE BANDS - That is Why they 'call' them Shortwave Bands
because certain types of transmissions are group together within
the radio spectrum.
http://www3.damien.edu/students/mskim/shortwave.html
http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/

READ - Tuning 150 kHz to 30 MHz presented by DXing.Com
http://www.dxing.com/tuning100k.htm
"By international agreement, the radio spectrum has been divided
up among various users. While there are some exceptions, most
nations and the stations they authorize do follow the allocations
described"

Dan Grunberg's SHORTWAVE RADIO WebPages
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...na/message/324


? Is there a way to make the antenna "look" longer or shorter
electronically so that I have a greater range of frequencies ?

Expanding the Random Wire Antenna = Three Words: Go-For-It !
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...na/message/579

Types of Antennas - by Radio Nederlands
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/practical/html/types.html
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/practical/index.html

IMPROVING on the Classic simple "Random" Wire Antenna
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...na/message/466

AMANDX - WebPages by Shawn Axelrod [VE4DX1SMA]
http://www.angelfire.com/mb/amandx/
Remember... On A Clear Day You Can Hear Forever - by Shawn Axelrod

Inverted "L' Antenna Reading List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...na/message/374

ANTENNA "X" (AntennaX)
http://www.antennex.com/
AntenneX" is a contraction of "Antenna Experimentation".
This site contains much (mostly ham-radio-derived) practical
information about the construction and performance of antennas.

Understanding the Random Wire Antenna . . .
And Building a Better One !
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...na/message/200

REMEMBER: "The Shortwave Antenna is 55.5% of the . . .
Radio/Receiver and Antenna/Ground Reception Equation"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...na/message/288
A Shortwave Antenna is "Equally" Important for Good Reception [.]


OTHER - Shortwave Listener "SWL" Links:
http://www.rac.ca/swl.htm
http://www.101science.com/sortwavelinks.htm
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/swlguide/rsguide.html
http://www.cybercomm.net/~slapshot/speedx.html
http://www.ac6v.com/swl.htm
http://dxworld.com/swlmarks.html
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/
http://shortwave.hfradio.org/
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/radio/monit...shortwave-faq/


Thanks your help in advance.

Matthew
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Some Say: On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...na/message/502
I BELIEVE: On A Clear Night...
You Can Hear Forever and beyond the Beyond !
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iane ~ RHF
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