Thursday, November 4, 2010

Shortwave Broadcast Multilingual B10 Schedules & Frequency Changes, November 2010 HF Propagation Report

Shortwave America brings you the B10 season shortwave broadcast schedules for Multilingual programming, a short list of English language B10 schedule programming, and a list of B10 schedule / frequency changes for certain broadcasters. As always, please remember that stations can change their programming, frequency, schedule, and signal direction at any time. Need help finding out what you're listening to? Use the HFRadio.org / NW7US Shortwave Broadcast Frequency Search.

Multilingual

North Korea B10 Schedules

Radio Prague B10 Multilingual Schedule

KBS World Radio B10 Multilingual Schedule 

Radio Thailand B10 Multilingual Schedule

Voice Of Greece B10 Multilingual Schedule

Radiofonikos-Stathmos-Makedonias B10 Schedule

Radio Netherlands B10 Multilingual Schedule

Radio Free Asia B10 Multilingual Schedule
   
Radio Pakistan B10 Multilingual Schedule

Radio Slovakia B10 Tentative Schedule
 
VT Communications Relay Schedules - Part 1

VT Communications Relay Schedules - Part 2

VT Communications Relay Schedules - Part 3

English Schedules

Voice Of Russia B10 English Schedule

Voice of Turkey B10 English Schedule

TWR - Swaziland B10 English Schedule

Radio Japan B10 English Schedule

WWCR B10 English Schedule

Also see the previously posted B10 English Broadcast list

Schedule / Frequency Changes

VT Schedule Changes

Radio Relays Frequency Update

IBB Schedule Changes

BBC Frequency Changes

Radio Free North Korea Frequency Change 

Schedule Updates From Sentec

Updates From DX Mix News

November 2010 HF Propagation Report

G0KYA HF Propagation Prediction Report, November 2010 

Shortwave Schedule Explanation For New Amateur Operators / SWL's

If you are new to the world of radio, welcome! It doesn't matter if you're a newly licensed Amateur Operator or a brand new SWL, getting accustomed to the deep culture of radio and how it all works is both intriguing and frustrating. Most radio newbies like to just sit back and listen. Listening is just the thing to do right now, because there's alot to hear and learn about!

First, let's start by reminding those of you who are new that each different frequency wavelength has it's own behavior during each different time of day, night, and season. This means that one band will be more useful than the other during the day, during the night, and during each of the four seasons.

The ITU (International Telecommunications Union) has two main HF broadcast schedules a year.  The "A" season starts the last Sunday in March, the "B" season starts the last Sunday in October.  Those dates coincide with the European time changes.

For a beginner's guide to tuning the bands, see the Amateur Radio Band Characteristics by Hamuniverse. Because the shortwave bands are both just below and above the amateur frequencies, this information applies to these portions of the band as well. AM band DX listening is best during the winter season.
Also see the ARRL HF Radio Wave Propagation Tutorial

You can also use the Shortwave Wiki

For your convenience, Shortwave America provides the following radio tutorials written by DXing.com:

Here is an excellent tutorial on tuning / using the HF spectrum from 150Khz to 30Mhz

Frequency Vs. Wavelength

Radio Terms

UTC / GMT Time Conversion

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