Looking for a great holiday gift to give to your radio geek? Do you listen to shortwave radio broadcast? Do you like following international events as they happen, listening to music from other countries or like to learn about other cultures and history?
In order to hear these types of radio programs and much more you need an accurate and updated guide to shortwave broadcast stations, times and frequencies for these broadcasts. And that important guide is now available for sale on all of the Amazon International websites.
Teak
Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the Winter 2016-2017
International Shortwave Broadcast Guide (ISWBG) electronic book by Amazon
bestselling author Gayle Van Horn, W4GVH. This all important semi-annual
information resource is your electronic guide to the world of shortwave radio
listening.
Shortwave
radio listeners are routinely entertained with unique perspectives to events,
music, culture, history, and news from other countries that you won’t see or
hear on your local or national broadcast channels. Shortwave radio broadcast
aren’t restricted by country borders or oceans, and can propagate thousands of
miles, reaching millions of listeners worldwide, in over 300 different
languages and dialects. These worldwide transmissions are monitored on
internationally assigned radio frequencies between 1700 kHz and 30 MHz.
There
are even broadcasts from the dark side, transmitted from broadcasters known as
clandestine or clanny stations. Clandestine broadcasters are wrapped in mystery
and intrigue, and they usually exist to bring about some sort of political
change to the country they are targeting. Programming may largely be
half-truths or sometimes even outright lies, but it is essentially propaganda
for their cause.
Listeners
who live in the United States can easily hear shortwave broadcast stations from
Australia, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, New
Zealand, North/South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom,
United States, Vietnam, and many other counties if you have an inexpensive
shortwave radio receiver, and you know when and where to listen!
If
you want to get in on the action, then this Amazon electronic book is your
ticket the travel the world via radio. The ISWBG is our exclusive 24-hour station/frequency
guide to “all” of the known longwave, selected mediumwave and shortwave radio
stations currently broadcasting at time of publication. This unique radio hobby
resource is the “only” radio hobby
publication that has by-hour station schedules that include all language
services, frequencies and world target areas.
New
in this seventh edition of the ISWBG is an Introduction to News and
Entertainment Programming on Shortwave Radio by Spectrum Monitor columnist Fred Waterer; a feature on Online Radio:
The crossroads of old and new technology by former Monitoring Times columnist Loyd Van Horn W4LVH; and comprehensive
radio listeners Crash Course on Shortwave Radio Propagation by Tomas Hood
NW7US, contributing editor to CQ
magazine and Spectrum Monitor
columnist.
There
is also an expanded special feature on Who’s Who in the shortwave radio
spectrum by former Monitoring Times
editor and feature writer Larry Van Horn N5FPW. This story covers services and
frequencies outside the regular broadcast and amateur radio bands, and includes
our new, exclusive Hot HF 1000+ non-broadcast frequency list. The final feature
article in this edition is Getting Started in Shortwave Radio, a primer, by Spectrum Monitor managing editor Ken
Reitz KS4ZR.
Also
new in this edition is increased frequency and station coverage of longwave
broadcasters, selected medium wave broadcast frequencies used by international
broadcasters, and all known international standard time and frequency stations
transmitting worldwide.
The International Shortwave Broadcast Guide
(Winter 2016-2017 edition) is now available for purchase worldwide from
Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N2RRXV2. The price for this
latest edition is US$7.99. Since this book is being released internationally,
Amazon customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, France Spain, Italy, Japan,
India, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Australia can order this electronic book
(e-Book) from Amazon websites directly servicing these countries. All other
countries can use the regular Amazon.com website.
This
new e-publication edition is a much expanded version of the English shortwave
broadcast guide that was formerly published in the pages of the former Monitoring Times magazine for well over
20 years. This one of a kind e-book is published twice a year to correspond
with shortwave station’s seasonal time and frequency changes.
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For additional information on this and other
Teak Publishing radio hobby books, monitor the company sponsored Internet blogs
– The Military Monitoring Post (http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/), The Btown Monitor Post (http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/) and The Shortwave Central (http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/) for availability of
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The
International Shortwave Broadcast Guide will have wide appeal to shortwave
radio hobbyists, amateur radio operators, educators, foreign language students,
news agencies, news buffs, or anyone interested in listening to a global view
of news and major events as they happen.
Whether
you are an amateur radio operator or shortwave radio enthusiasts, and want to
get in on the action outside of the ham bands, then this new electronic book
from Teak Publishing is a must in your radio reference library.
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Here are some of the public comments from
radio hobbyists who purchased previous editions of the International Shortwave Broadcast Guide Amazon e-book.
VERY Useful Guide! By Dave in Ohio
Being rather new to
the SW DXing, I needed a guide. Most of them were pretty pricey so I decided to
give this one a try. When it arrived, I didn't have a lot of time to review it,
just glanced at it and was a little upset. I had expected something with page
after page of countries with their frequency listings, much like other guides
I'd heard about. This one seemed to have a lot of articles about SWL and only
in the back did I find frequency listings. But the next day I had about an hour
to sit and review the book on my Kindle and I discovered how clever Ms. Van
Horn had been in her formatting. I realized that the last thing I needed was
just a list of frequencies. The gem of the book is the section that divides the
day into UTC hours and what frequency in which country is likely to be on the
air at that time. After all, what good does it do me to know that Radio
Slobovia broadcasts on 1305 if I have no idea of when to listen for them? (The
book also contains a long listing by frequency for identifying those broadcasts
that you stumble upon.) I've looked around the articles towards the beginning
of the book and the ones I've read are well written and interesting. I strongly
recommend that the new readers of Ms. Van Horn's guide use the table of
contents to skip around and become familiar with the format. Very useful book
at a good price. Ms. Van Horn has herself a new fan )
Essential reference
for SWLs
By
Hundedrek
Gayle knows
international SW like few others. She used to write a monthly column and
directory in the late, lamented Monitoring Times mag. A big reason why I I
subbed to it for years. This guide continues the tradition. The Kindle version
is more convenient to use. Now that so many international broadcasters are
streaming their programming, Gayle's guide is even more valuable.
Gayle does us a great
service by publishing this Shortwave Radio Guide
By
Tampa
A needed re hash of
previous books. Gayle does us a great service by publishing this Shortwave
Guide. Many on ships have stopped using short wave as they do not have radio
distribution systems for the crews as Satellite takes over. Many ships have
wired hanging out of portholes as a result and all kinds of antennas stuck
around the ships creating hazards so they can listen to their home countries.
CBC has shut down Radio Canada to save money OMG #Stupid. Clandestine Radio is
on the Rise and this book lists and explains. That in itself is interesting. Should
be of interest to any #SWL or #HamRadio people.
Shortwave
LIVES!!!!!!
By Walter C. Thurman
The
Van Horns are shining stars in the Shortwave Radio and MilComms World.... this
read is helpful for us DIE HARD shortwave listener's and Ham Radio folks alike.
THANK FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO!!!!! N0RDC
Great Useful (and
highly affordable) Data For SWLs By Randy S.
Gayle's monthly Monitoring
Times roundup of shortwave broadcast schedules was always tremendously
useful. With the demise of the magazine itself it's nice to see that her
massive database (and the years of work on it) aren't going to waste. And at
the price (less than the cost of a monthly issue of the magazine) it makes for
a fine bargain and is well worth it for shortwave-broadcast listeners with
e-reader capability. The twice- yearly updates will keep the project relevant
and useful.
Solid for HF
listening! By
Mr geocacher
Very useful for
identifying what you hear on HF. Lot's of good tidbits for listening hints too.
Shortwave Broadcast
Guide by
Kindle Customer
Since Monitoring
Times is no longer in publication, this guide is required for the
dedicated shortwave listener. There is information provided that I have found
no where else. It will be a welcome addition to any listener's equipment. Gayle
Van Horn has been publishing this research for many years and the followers are
numerous, from beginners to professionals. The author's work is accurate,
concise and thorough. If you have a shortwave radio, you need this publication
as much as a set of earphones. There is none better.
Very Good Source for
Shortwave Stations Broadcast Schedules by Kenneth Windyka
I've got to admit up
front that I don't have a strong interest in this part of the hobby. HOWEVER,
Gayle Van Horn makes it easy to determine what one can hear on the short wave
bands during a particular time period (in GMT time sorted format). I also like
the internet reference available, so that one can listen to programs via the
internet even if its' not possible via the shortwave radio.
NJ Shortwave listener
hears International Frequencies with new guide help by Stanley E
Rozewski, Jr.
This
e-book is complete and accurate in presenting a low cost SW frequency guide and
important must read topics for the new or experienced user. I liked the easy
reading format, and understandable frequency guide. I will order the second
edition next year.
This is my
go-to-first reference
by Mary C Larson
When I turn on the
shortwave receiver and want to find out what's on and where to look, Van Horn's
handy frequency guide is a smart place to begin. The format is not unlike the
one Monitoring Times (R.I.P.) used each month. Presumably, updated ISBGs will
be published twice per year, but you can check for the updates on her blog,
(mt-shortwave.blogspot.com).
Good value by DrP
This is an excellent
well-written book that is very affordable when compared to encyclopedic guides,
e.g., the WRTH. Much the same information is included. The first part is
a nice introduction to SW listening pitched to the beginner. Included is an
informative section on purchasing a radio spanning low-end <$100 models up
through the most advanced transceivers. The bulk of the book contains a list of
world-wide SW broadcasters, organized by frequency band. This makes it ideal
for browsing one band at a time, but much less so if you want to search for
broadcasts from a particular country.
I like this one by Charles
I have only had a
brief chance to scan through this book. From what I have seen of it I will
enjoy getting in to it.
Excellent Shortwave
Introduction and Program Guide by Don K3PRN
Excellent, very reasonable
guide to shortwave radio. As a long time shortwave listener, the listing of all
shortwave stations by UTC time is very useful to me. I had previously a
shortwave website that listed only English broadcasts rather than an all
station listing with the language that will be broadcast. I would highly
recommend this e book for all new shortwave listeners and those that interested
in a very portable listing of all stations by UTC. I only hope that this will
be updated twice a year for many more years.
Good Product by
Radio Freq
Since Monitoring Times stopped
publishing shortwave radio schedules, there has been a dearth of resources for
radio-heads. This guide nicely fulfills gap. It is very comprehensive.
It is nice someone is
dedicated to SWL
by Robert K. Mallory
Very concise and well organized. Not much to choose
from these days, it is nice someone is dedicated to Shortwave Radio Listening
