Hi Everyone,
I just bought a new shortwave radio and I have a few questions. I've done a bit of reading on the web but they not very basic instructions I think. It's a Tecsun 660 and it's got AM and FM and Shortwave and Air.
So to begin at the beginning, I get FM stuff and I think I have the Air bands down pretty good too. Press the buttons and listen to the radio stations like in my car or listen to pilots at the Airport. Where I get lost is the AM bands and then the shortwave stuff.
For the AM band it looks like you can run something called longwave and its from 100KHz up to 519 KHz so I'm not sure what that actually is, is it just another part of the AM spectrum?
The next section up is the medium wave and I see it going from 522Khz up to 1620 KHz and that's the same stuff as in my car too so that I got figured out OK.
But, when its in MW or LW and I have the radio on a station I can switch to USB and LSB would I ever to that in AM mode - what is it?
Lastly I have the shortwave stuff and that's why I bought the radio, it runs from 1700 KHz right up to 30000 KHz so now what? I also have that same USB and LSB button on there as well, is shortwave where you're supposed to use it?
So if I want to listen to a ham radio repeater or the RCMP can I do that or is the freq range no good?
Or what about VOA or something else that I can pick up in Alberta from wherever and yes I know about Radio Canada International going bye bye years ago - bummer!
VE6NHB is on 145.4100 can I listen to that? Or the RCMP channel is on 155.79000 can I listen to them? I know there's a MHz to KHz translation I need to do as well but I'm not having much luck finding things out, can someone please explain the basics?
I've been to SWLing.com but I can't even hear the clocks on 5,10, 15 or 20 and I do have the long wire antenna plugged in, do I need to be outside?
Any help or suggestions for stations to try to hear are welcome........ Tks
Fred
I just bought a new shortwave radio and I have a few questions. I've done a bit of reading on the web but they not very basic instructions I think. It's a Tecsun 660 and it's got AM and FM and Shortwave and Air.
So to begin at the beginning, I get FM stuff and I think I have the Air bands down pretty good too. Press the buttons and listen to the radio stations like in my car or listen to pilots at the Airport. Where I get lost is the AM bands and then the shortwave stuff.
For the AM band it looks like you can run something called longwave and its from 100KHz up to 519 KHz so I'm not sure what that actually is, is it just another part of the AM spectrum?
The next section up is the medium wave and I see it going from 522Khz up to 1620 KHz and that's the same stuff as in my car too so that I got figured out OK.
But, when its in MW or LW and I have the radio on a station I can switch to USB and LSB would I ever to that in AM mode - what is it?
Lastly I have the shortwave stuff and that's why I bought the radio, it runs from 1700 KHz right up to 30000 KHz so now what? I also have that same USB and LSB button on there as well, is shortwave where you're supposed to use it?
So if I want to listen to a ham radio repeater or the RCMP can I do that or is the freq range no good?
Or what about VOA or something else that I can pick up in Alberta from wherever and yes I know about Radio Canada International going bye bye years ago - bummer!
VE6NHB is on 145.4100 can I listen to that? Or the RCMP channel is on 155.79000 can I listen to them? I know there's a MHz to KHz translation I need to do as well but I'm not having much luck finding things out, can someone please explain the basics?
I've been to SWLing.com but I can't even hear the clocks on 5,10, 15 or 20 and I do have the long wire antenna plugged in, do I need to be outside?
Any help or suggestions for stations to try to hear are welcome........ Tks
Fred