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COMPANIES SPECIALIZING
IN SHORTWAVE RADIOS,
ACCESSORI ES , ANTENNAS,
MAGAZINES , BOOKS, ETC.
Call Etón for Information.
SHORTWAVE GU ID ES AND
MAGAZINES AVAILABLE IN
BOOKSTORE S
If you cannot find these publications locally, call our
toll-free number. We will help you find them.
PASSPORT TO WORLD BAND RADIO
International Broadcasting Services, Ltd. Box 300
Penn’s Park, Pennsylvania 18493.
(EASIEST TO USE FOR BEGINNERS).
Published annually in early September.
WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK
Billboard Publications, Inc.
1515 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10036.
Published annually in January.
MONITORING TIMES
Grove Enterprises, Inc.
140 Dog Branch Road
Brasstown North Carolina 28902.
Phone (704) 837-9200. Monthly Magazine.
POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS
CQ Communications, Inc.
76 North Broadway
Hicksville, NY 11801-2953.
Phone (516) 681-2922. Monthly Magazine.
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HOW CAN I DETERMINE IF
AN OUTDOO R ANTENNA WILL
HELP?
While inside your normal listening environment, tune
in a relatively weak shortwave signal. Staying tuned
to this signal, step outside and away from your
building. If the signal strength increases significantly,
an outdoor antenna will help considerably. If there is
little or no improvement in signal strength, an outdoor
antenna will help; however, the amount of improve-
ment will depend on the type of antenna used. If you
have questions about outdoor antennas, call Grundig
technical support.
WHAT TIM E STANDAR D IS USED
IN SHORTWAVE BROADCAST
SCHEDULES ?
Since there are many different time zones around the
world, it would be impractical for shortwave broad-
casters to give broadcast times for each separate time
zone. To simplify matters, they list their broadcast
schedules iin Coordinated Universal time (UTC), also
known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),World Time
and Zulu Time.
Just what is UTC? It is the time in Greenwich
England with no correction for daylight savings
time, and is always stated in 24 hour format. In
North America, UTC is ahead of our local time, 5
hours EST, 6 hours CST, 7 hours MST, 8 hours PST;
one hour less during the months of daylight savings
time. So, if a broadcast starts at 20:00 hours UTC,
this correlates to 15:00 hours (or 3PM) Eastern
Standard Time, and 12:00 hours (Noon) Pacific
Standard Time.
To determine Coordinated Universal Time, tune-in
to a major station, such as BBC London, on the
hour. If your shortwave radio tunes to the following
frequencies, UTC can be heard each minute on
station WWV in Fort Collins Colorado: 20000 KHz,
15000 KHz, 10000 KHz, 5000 KHz and 2500 KHz.
Usually, during any time of the day, one or more of
these frequencies can be received in North America.
UTC can also be heard on the Canadian station
CHU, at 3330 KHz, 7335 KHz, and 14670 KHz.