Shortwave Log, Northern Germany, November 2011

The choice of frequencies reflects the season: all moving downward (in terms of kHz), and to the upper meter bands. That said, Radio New Zealand‘s frequency in the 19-meter-band – 15720 kHz, around 11:00 UTC – comes in with a slightly weaker signal than 9765 kHz (as recorded in the table underneath), but also with less interference from other stations, and with less atmospheric noise. Both transmissions are powered with 100 kilowatts, according to Shortwave Info, with the Pacific Islands as their target area.

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Radio Damascus shortwave QSL, 1980s

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International Telecommunication Union letter codes used in the table underneath:
AFS – South Africa; ALB – Albania; KRE – North Korea; NZL – New Zealand; RUS – Russia; SYR – Syria; TUR – Turkey.

Languages (“L.”):
C – Chinese; E – English; G – German.

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kHz	Station	Ctry	L.	Day	Time GMT	S	I	O
9765	Radio New Zealand	NZL	E.	Nov 11	17:10	5	4	4
6285	Voice of Korea	KRE	G.	Nov 11	19:00	5	5	4
4880	SABC	AFS	E.	Nov 15	18:30	3	3	3
9330	Radio Damascus	SYR	G.	Nov 15	18:00	3	3	3
7205	TRT Ankara	TUR	G.	Nov 15	18:30	4	4	4
6020	China R. Internat.	ALB	C.	Nov 18	02:00	5	5	5
7250	V. o. Russia	RUS	E.	Nov 18	03:00	4	4	4

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A big advantage of the internet is that you can look up precisely the articles and topics which interest you most. But at times, I’ll keep listening to a radio broadcast for half an hour, or even an hour, and it may take me to topics which I wouldn’t have thought of otherwise.

I’d still rather do without the internet than without shortwave – another good thing about the latter is that it doesn’t consume nearly as much time. You can do all kinds of things along the way, until something catches your ear.

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