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Spy Number Stations - Numbers stations, shortwave spy stations, spooks, Russian KGB and The Lincolnshire Poacher, among others.

On The shortwaves.com - Devoted to the history of shortwave radio and the shortwave DXing hobby, this site includes early radio articles, book reviews, and other references for DXers and collectors.

Save the BBC World Service - Website of listeners who are opposed by the decision by the BBC World Service to end shortwave broadcasting to North America, Australia and New Zealand in July 2001.

Tropical radiostations - Comprehensive List of Tropical Band Stations. Comments in Finnish.

The Annual Winter SWL Festival - The largest annual gathering of shortwave listeners in North America, if not the world, near Philadelphia in March.

Spy Centre - A resource for information about Shortwave Spy Number Stations.

Amateur Radio World-Wide - NW7US - HF radio propagation, operation, equipment, as well as amateur (HAM) radio in general, and also a large collection of SWL, Shortwave and DXing resources.

Latest NOAA Propagation Data - This gopher site carries the same propagation forecast information as WWV does.

The Listening Post - Shortwave - Interactive web-controlled Drake R-8 allows 5 sec live bites.

Intereval Signals Archive - Interval signals, signature tunes, and identification announcements from international, domestic, and clandestine radio stations around the world. Requires Realplayer G2.

DXING.COM: The Web Resource for Radio Hobbyists - Covering shortwave, ham and other broadcasting topics. Includes Glen Hauser

The DX Home Page - From Klaus-Dieter Scholz, includes DSWCI news, shortwave schedules, station news, radio station addresses, ITU abbreviations list and tips for shortwave newcomers.

Willi Passman's Radio-Portal - An interactive search engine for ham radio operators, shortwave listeners and people interested in worldwide wireless communication. It offers information on all frequency ranges from VLF to UHF.

HFCC - High Frequency Co-ordination Committee - Group active in informal co-ordination of frequency channels used in short wave broadcasting. The group co-ordinates transmission schedules of about 60 organisations from more than 30 countries.

R.L. Drake Virtual Museum - Presents a Drake online catalog and illustrations covering products from the 1958 R1-A to the present R8 line, including accessories.

Shortwave-O-Rama - Basic information for Shortwave Listeners includes how to send for a QSL Card, radio pictures, listing of stations and related links.

The KA3NRX Shortwave Radio Link Page - A page that provides links to shortwave radio stations around the world and also includes other links concerning world band radio.

Adam's SW Radio Page - Hobbyist's homepage with QSL cards, sound clips of reception and a newsletter.

Intrigue Revisited - Havana Moon - A tribute to the late Havana Moon, foremost expert on Spy Numbers Stations. Includes spy numbers stations audio.

Shortwave Reception Station - Personal site; Berlin shortwave monitoring station shows QSLs, audio recordings of AM stations and photographs of the equipment and author.

Audio Broadcast Loggings - Loggings of broadcast stations on shortwave and a method to predict reception probabilities by a pocket calculator. Information is in English and German.

Shortwave World Band Listening - A guide for shortwave world band radio enthusiasts.

Index to Multi-Band Radios - Tandy/Radio Shack's Consumer Index of Multi-band Radios

Optoelectronics - Manufactures and distributes test equipment, receivers, and frequency counters for use in the scanning hobby, commercial radio, and law enforcement.

Sangean - A World of Listening - Sangean is a leading manufacturer of short wave and pocket radios around the world.

North Country Radio - Kits, including transmitters and receivers. Technical articles and information on electronic subjects geared towards ham radio, shortwave and video projects.

Yaesu Company USA - Yaesu produces communications equipment for marine, amateur and shortwave use.

Grundig AG - Manufacturer of World Band radios, satellite, TV, and audio equipment.

Kneisner + Doering Elektronik GmbH - Manufacturer of the KWZ30 dual conversion DSP Communications Receiver

Cubic Corp. - Produces commercial and military digital RF communications equipment covering low frequencies to UHF.

Lowe Communication Receivers - Comprehensive information concerning Lowe's Communications Receivers and peripherals.

Yaesu FRG-7 - Lists the entire user manual for the Yaesu FRG-7; includes text information, diagrams and schematics.

Modern Shortwave Receiver Survey - Specifications and illustrations of many solid state shortwave radios manufactured from the early 1970s to the present period.

Yaesu's FT920 as a DX Radio - Written from an SWL perspective, Guy Atkins describes the Yaesu FT-920 transceiver as a SWBC DXer's Receiver.

Receiver Shopping List - Independent, unbiased test reports on shortwave receivers in all price ranges. A free online publication from Radio Netherlands, the Dutch International Service

ARRL Web: List of QST Product Reviews - An index of largely ham equipment, but also some shortwave receiver reviews, published in past issues of the ARRL publication, QST.

Sangean ATS-909/Radio Shack DX-398 FAQ - David Moisan's Sangean ATS-909/Radio Shack DX-398 Frequently Asked Question List.

The GE SuperRadio FAQ - David Moisan's GE SuperRadio Frequently Asked Questions List.

Short Wave Magazine Equipment Reviews Listing - Index to reviews of shortwave DX equipment by authors writing in Short Wave Magazine.

Grundig Radio Boy - A guide to Grundig radios from the 1970's on, with catalogues, instructions, and particular focus on the prestigious Satellit models, with FAQs for the 500 and 700 models.

Drake Virtual Museum - An R.L.Drake online catalog covering products from the 1958 R1-A to the present R8 line, including accessories.

Jill's DX440 / ATS803A Page - Link to the Radio Shack DX 440 / Sangean ATS803A "frequently asked questions" (FAQ) file and other links to sites with DX 440 / ATS803A resources.

Sony ICF 7600 - Contains shortwave and audio information about the Sony ICF 7600 and other Sony shortwave radios, including modification instructions to restore full coverage in German versions.

The Premium Receiver Web Site - An e-mail reflector for users of premium, commercial HF receivers and "High-End" consumer receivers (typically microprocessor based) offering a reliable quality technical information.

Icom R-71A FAQ - A compilation of the most common questions about the Icom R-71A communications receiver.

Rockwell/Collins HF-2050 Receiver - A single page summary of features and capabilities of a high performance military receiver, including high resolution interior and exterior photos.

Collins HF-2050 - Gives a description, the history and operating specifications for the rare Collin HF-2050 military HF receiver.

The Yaesu FRG-7 Users' Notice Board - An area for users and fans of the Yaesu FRG-7, HF receiver, otherwise known as the 'Frog'.

Short Wave Radio Receivers and Active Antenna Designs - Active antenna construction notes, receiver reviews with Mediumwave performance comparisons, Grundig 700 FAQ and description of a PC Receiver by Nick Hall-Patch.

Dave's Radio Receiver Page - Reviews and comments about shortwave radio receivers. Also contains a limited number of amateur radio equipment reviews and SW radio audio files.

Barlow Wadley XCR-30 MkII Home Page - Technical information, photographs, worldwide registry and other details concerning this innovative shortwave portable radio.

FRG-7 digital mods - A list of mods for the FRG-7 radio receiver, including the addition of a DSP card.

Kenwood R-5000 Receiver Users Group - A resource group for radio equipment users, owners and collectors.

Information on Shortwave Radio and Sangean Radios - Information about shortwave, how and what to choose in a receiver, listening frequencies, details of Sangean Radio products and contact information.

Kenwood R-2000 Resource - For the R-2000 user. Includes receiver history, manuals, schematics, email and newsgroups listings, factory authorized repair centers, parts, mods, accessories and links.

Joe Carr's Tech Notes - Articles about receiving antenna theory, feed lines, grounds, bandpass filters and loop antennas for Mediumwave and Shortwave reception.

Select-A-Tenna - Manufactures an inductive loop AM radio antenna.

Van's Think Tank - A collection of antenna links for shortwave, mediumwave and longwave.

Harry's Homebrew Homepage - Extensive collection of useful receiver, antenna and peripheral homebrew projects, for ham radio and other DX hobbyists.

Quantics W9GR Digital Signal Processors - Information about the DSP-3 which removes noise and other unwanted interference from voice and data communications signals.

JPS Communications, Inc. - JPS Communications is a manufacturer of DSP equipment for military, shortwave and ham radio applications.

WD8DAS Sync Page - Offers information about synchronous detection and retrofit synchronous detectors in kit and finished form.

DXtreme Logging Software - DXtreme produces affordable and easy-to-use software applications for Short Wave Radio and Amateur Radio DXers.

WiNRADiO Communications - Hardware, software and frequency databases to allow personal computers to be used as communications receivers.

ILG - International Listening Guide - Broadcasting Databases and Software - An advanced Broadcasting Database System for AM, FM, and SW broadcast listening and professional frequency management.

FineWare - Downloadable shareware for shortwave broadcast listeners. Products include Smart Control programs for Drake R8x, JRC NRD-535, Kenwood R-5000 and Lowe HF-150 receivers, support software such as SWBC Interval Signals, Smart Audio Control, and The SWBC Schedules Subscription Service - a weekly updated database of schedules and programs.

Klingenfuss Publications - Publisher of books and CDs for professional shortwave radio monitoring.

Software for Shortwave Listeners - Free software to control Ten Tec RX-320 receiver, DSP software, and a program to display the ILG broadcast database.

Control Software for the Ten-TEc RX-320 - Offers a software control interface, written in Java for the Ten-Tec RX-320, a PC radio, controlled through a PCs serial port.

G4FGQ's Antenna Software - Free radio engineering/modelling antenna software programs.

The Swezey Digital Filter Program! - Shareware DSP program for use with a PC and shortwave receiver.

Neil Adam's Medium Wave Viewer - Shareware program to displays numerous mediumwave data, including day and night transmission patterns, of mediumwave (AM) stations recorded in the FCC's AMDATA.DAT database.

ERGO Radio Software - Software for shortwave listening including radio control, database, propagation and logging.

KF5OJ - Clifton Turner's RX320 and DB320 Programs - Controller and the integrated interface to the free ILG shortwave broadcast database.

FTBasic - Computer control of Yaesu radios - Free trial download of a program to control Yaesu radios. Includes specifications, details of controlled models, support and contact information.

MacR75 - Offers Macintosh software to control the ICOM R75 radio receiver. Includes sample download area.

ANARC -- The Association of North American Radio Clubs - ANARC, is the umbrella organization of radio hobby clubs in North America. Our clubs cover DC to daylight.

World Association of Christian Radio Amateurs & Listeners - The main aim of WACRAL is to promote and spread, throughout the world, Christian Friendship and Fellowship through the medium of amateur radio and short wave listening.

FM & TV DX Plaza - Daily updates of FM & TV conditions in Finland, European FM & TV DX links, FMTVDX WEBList mailing list focused on European FM & TV DXing.

Worldwide Utility News - A web based club for sharing news and information about utility (non-broadcast) transmissions through the WUN listserver e-mail list.

Contact - WDXC - Sample articles in the monthly publication of the World DX Club. Also gives membership information, annual dues, and DX links.

North American Shortwave Association - Provides information about the oldest shortwave broadcast-only radio club. NASWA is a member club of ANARC, the Association of North American Radio Clubs.

Chicago Area DX Club (CADX) - Home of the Chicago Area DX Club, for anyone interested in Chicago area radio listening: shortwave, medium band or scanning.

Worldwide DX Club Weekly Top News - Featured weekly top DX news compiled by Wolfgang Büschel, with links to Worldwide DX Club home page and other services.

Radio Enthusiast - Provides links to many aspects of radio listening as a hobby, including shortwave, AM and FM DX, scanners, programs and radio reading services. Also local Puget Sound area radio.

Hard-Core-DX.com - Comprehensive collection of DX listening resources from veteran DXer Risto Kotalampi includes breaking news and DX tips, Latin and Andean DX reports, Medium Wave DX, solar reports and antenna topics.

Short Wave Amateur Radio Listening - Information for Short Wave Listeners monitoring the Ham Bands and participating as SWLers in Ham Radio Contests. Details about chasing awards, diplomas or certificates. Open to all SWLers and Hams alike.

The Association of Clandestine (Radio) Enthusiasts - Includes an association overview, logs and features.

N2BMP - Shortwave radio reference. MSN-based club.

Benelux DX Club - Benelux DX Club is a multi-lingual shortwave club with over 700 members. It publishes a web-based information page containing DX tips, members' logs, links and other resources.

British DX Club (BDXC-UK) - For DX-ers interested in broadcast band DXing on shortwave, mediumwave and VHF/FM bands. Includes DX programme lists, radio in Africa, frequency listings and Sheigra DXpedition reports.

DX-Antwerp - Comprehensive information for Shortwave Listeners and DXers from Belgium.

Ontario DX Association - Canada's largest SWL and shortwave DX Radio Club covers all aspects of the DX hobby - long, medium, short wave, FM, utility, ham, DXing, QSL collection and station news among many other radio topics and interests.

Finnish DX Association - FDXA is the radio club in Finland and have mostly information in Finnish.

Indonesian DX Club - Information about memberships, awards, publications, activities and club rates for the only Indonesiam DX club. Open to shortwave listeners and radio amateurs world wide.

ICDX Australia-Pacific TV FM DX group - A world-wide correspondence group of TV/FM DXers. Information about the group and its activities, how to join, background and history with links to related sites and to stations.

Universal DX League - Membership and contact information about an Indian DX club.

AMANDX Canadian links - A large collection of links relating to broadcasting and broadcast listening in Canada.

DX-Listeners' Club - Norway - This site hosts and publishes DX News, FM News, the Solar Terrestrial Activity Report and the Northern Beacon. Page in both Norwegian and English.

New Zealand Radio DX League - Southern Hemisphere's largest radio listening organisation. 50 years old, and still going strong! Open to membership world-wide.

Indonesian DX Club - IDXC - IDXC is the only DX club in Indonesia. It has open membership to shortwave listeners and radio amateurs from around the world. Site in both Indonesian and English.

American Shortwave Listeners Club - A non-profit listeners club that covers all bands, has monthly meetings and an annual picnic!

Minnesota DX Club - A radio listeners club that covers all bands; has a monthly newsletter, and meetings, and a summer and winter DXpedition.

Metro -Long Island DXing - Catering to those of who have an interest in Scanning & SWLing within 150 miles from the NY Metro area.

DX Antwerp Home Page - DXA is semi-local organization of Belgian DXers. Its home page offers many links to DX resources and to international shortwave broadcasting web sites.

GADM - Gruppo d'Ascolto Due Mari - GADM is an association of DXers based in Taranto, Italy. It distributes DX Fanzine - DX news, an online shortwave bulletin for DXers published in English.

Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts, Inc. - A non-profit club of SWLs, DXers, scanner buffs and general radio nuts, serving radio hobbyists with schedules, discussion groups and other DX-related resources.

The Medium Wave Circle - MWC is the only UK-based club specially for radio enthusiasts interested in medium wave and long wave radio.

Longwave Club of America Home Page - The LWCA was organized in January, 1974 to promote both DXing and experimenting on frequencies below 550 kHz and activity on the 1750 meter band.

The National Radio Club / DX Audio Service - The world's oldest and largest medium wave (MW/AM) DX club, which hosts DX Audio Service, books on tape for the sight impaired.

Medium Wave Alliance - MWA is a confederation of those interested in receiving or transmitting unorthodox signals on medium wave, and to a lesser extent, shortwave and longwave.

International Radio Club of America - A mediumwave club, The International Radio Club of America is dedicated to BCB, AM, MW.

TDP - Transmitter Documentation Project Page - Contains numerous links to shortwave stations, DX program information, transmitter site detail and transmitter histories. It is also a reference to sources of currently available air times, and new or used antennas and transmitters.

WWW Shortwave Listening Guide - Comprehensive Listings of Worldwide Shortwave Broadcasts in English and Other Languages

Glenn Hauser's World of Radio - Hauser's DX Report, World of Radio on WCCR, and Review of International Broadcasting includewhich include international, domestic, and local radio media on shortwave and mediumwave bands.

Electronic DX Press Asia Link - A collection of links to the current external service schedules of many broadcasters in Asia, The Far East, Pacific, and The Indian Sub-Continent.

Passport to World Band Radio - International Broadcasting Services publishes Passport to World Band Radio, one of the world's most accurate and complete database of international broadcasting operations.

WRTH - The World Radio and TV Handbook - An annually published DX/Listener Guide to world radio, TV, and satellite stations.

List of English language transmissions - Worldwide English language transmissions, published by the Swedish DX-Federation.

ADDX English SW Broadcasts to Europe - English shortwave broadcasts to Europe provided by ADDX in Germany.

Africalist! - A list of sub-Saharan Africa radio stations broadcasting on shortwave (49-16 metre band)

Prime Time Shortwave - A convenient up-to-date listing of international broadcasts schedules to North America with listings by time and by country and DX program guide.

MARE Shortwave Broadcasters' Frequency Schedules in English - English shortwave broadcasts schedules listed by region and country.

EiBi website - Comprehensive all language HFCC shortwave schedule listing.

Spiritual Healing Program - Directory of SW broadcast schedules for Christian science radio programs devoted entirely to spiritual Healing, in multiple languages.

Listen to the World - List of English language transmissions on SW and MW.

AWR: Radio Broadcast Schedule - Adventist World Radio schedules of broadcasts to all regions.

South Africa - Channel Africa - English Service Schedule for satellite, shortwave, and RealAudio broadcasts from South Africa's Meyerton facilities.

China Radio International - An unofficial site which lists CRI English broadcast schedules and program notes for all regions.

Dr. Gene Scott - A complete listing of frequencies and time of mediumwave and international shortwave broadcasters carrying Dr. Gene Scott's religious programs. Includes live audio and TV feed, on air television and satellite information.

Lithuanian Broadcasting Guide - Schedules of mediumwave, FM, shortwave, TV and satellite broadcasters in Lithuania with station contact names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, email and station URLs.

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Service - Frequency, language and schedule information for programs to 36 target areas by language.

Radio Canada International - English and other language broadcast schedules for RCI RealAudio, satellite, and shortwave broadcasts.

Radio Australia Frequency Guide - Lists current International Service frequencies with updates about program and service changes.

Far East Broadcasting Company - FEBC Broadcast Database showing all schedules in all languages and to all regions.

Jordan Radio and TV - Mediumwave, shortwave, FM/TV, satellite frequencies and schedules with programming details.

Kol Israel - Israel Broadcasting Authority shortwave schedules.

DXing.com - Compendium of radio monitoring information, including general beginner's information, international broadcasting news, and resources to monitoring hobbyists of all stripes, including ham radio

Hard-Core-DX - An Internet service concept designed specially for serious DXers who try to catch that station of the century.

Shortwave Listener's QSL Card Museum - Museum of Shortwave QSL cards from stations and countries throughout the world.

The DXZone - A large collection of SWL, BCL, CB, and ham radio links which are updated daily.

QTH.Net Mailing Lists - Comprehensive listing and search of amateur radio and DXer email lists, including AM/FM/TV, SWL, and scanning.

DX-midAMerica! - Based in the midwest USA with 130+ pages of the latest AM FM TV DX tips and DX TARGETS, along with format/call changes, QSL tips, and other radio news.

UK DXers Home of the Satellite Feeds - Satellite feeds and frequencies free TV listings for satellite feed hunters, DXers or those after free TV. Includes information on hardware and software, hard to find feeds, and related links.

The Patepluma International Radio Web Site - Articles on radio broadcasting around the world including Don Moores famous BLANDX humour pages.

Jack's Radio Fundamentals Page - The joy and mystique of listening to shortwave and AM broadcast band radio DX.

Radio/DX Information from Wisconsin - News and information about radio (AM, FM, TV, long wave beacons) in and around Wisconsin, directed to radio fans and DXers (long-distance listeners).

FM DX Web - A complete resource for FM DXing. It features alerts for openings in progress, reports from past openings, a user friendly Mexican FM log, and station information.

Radio Active Magazine - A UK based publication for ham radio, shortwave, scanner, and CB radio enthusiasts.

Short Wave Radio - A student project with information about shortwave and how to build a shortwave receiver.

Florida Low Power Radio Stations - A compilation of Florida medium wave (AM), shortwave broadcast cue, FM, and VHF band travelers' information stations (TIS) along with other micro-broadcasters within Florida.

Online DX Logbook - Shortwave and Tropical Band loggings with information on AM Band DXpeditions to Sheigra, Scotland.

Memories of Radio Listening over 60 years - Autobiography of Arthur Cushen, a classic DXer and radio hobbyist for over 60 years.

Freeze! DXing Arctic Style - AM DXing taken to the extreme. Reports and station logs from DXpeditions to Arctic Northern Finland. Also articles, QSL news, links, audio and video on AM DXing. Published by Finnish DXer Mika Mäkeläinen.

Spy-number Discussion - Discussion group about spy-numbers stations used by intelligence agencies.

Amitie Radio SWL Contest - Challenge to listen to the most African Shortwave stations during the period July 1 to August 31, 2002. Provides details, rules and prizes.

Delphi Radio and Electronics Forum - Radio & Electronics Forum on Delphi offers discussions ham and shortwave radio, electronics, scanning, satellites and communications hobbies.

Todd Emslie's TV FM DX page - Australian page for 45-108 MHz VHF DX via Es, multi-hop Es, TEP, and F2 propagation. Includes DX links, photos, resource articles and propagation information.

K-W Amateur Radio Club - Medium Wave and Short Wave DXing resources from the Kitchener/Waterloo Amateur Radio Club.

Interval Signals Archive - A collection of interval signals, signature tunes, and identification announcements from international, domestic, and clandestine radio stations around the world. Requires RealAudio.

Zona Latino - A large collection of Latin American radio information which includes links to stations and DX resources for Latin American DXing.

Bill's Ultimate TIS Digest - TIS and HAR radio station information contributed by DXers and derived from the FCC Database of local government, federally operated, and unlisted TIS stations. Includes Canadian TIS stations.

PLAY DX International News - Monthly bulletin of mediumwave and shortwave news, tips, and QSL information. From Italy, but published in English.

Pirate/Free Radio - Pirate and free radio information, links, and issues at About.com.

CUMBRE DX - A weekly, soft-copy only newsletter dedicated to reporting "what's hot" in regional and international shortwave broadcast listening. Cumbre DX is distributed free of charge via electronic mail.

Bob Colyard's SPEEDX Shortwave & DXing Home page - A large collection of DX and utility resources covering the bands from longwave to UHF - interactive logs, propagation lists, The ADDX Kurier frequency list, and many other DX links.

Jorma Mantyla's DX QSL Page - A selection of over 250 QSLs from world-wide radio stations in the mediumwave and shortwave bands.

QIP - the QSL Information Pages for BC-DXers - A large collection of QSL Information such as verification signer and length for QSL reply, indexed by world regions.

The AM and FM DXers' Resource - Links to equipment reviews, propagation information, DXing tips, and station lists.

Voices Of Distant Countries - By Russian DXer Dmitri Mezin who provides the newest issue of Signal bulletin, QSL gallery, and related resources.

Shortwave Loggings - Shortwave and Tropical Band DX loggings updated daily.

DXing.info - Offers a comprehensive collection of DX information consisting of news, station profiles, equipment articles, relevant links, DXpedition reports and logs for mediumwave, shortwave and FM DXing.

NL-7909 - Dutch SWL presents lists of SW QSL managers, and links.

SP2-0534 Poland - SWL resource features personal information, equipment list, DXCC, QSL and downloads.

Funkenhauser's WHAMLOG & Mediumwave DX Radio Links - Software, frequency lists, loop antennas, receivers, construction, reviews, DX news and reports. For medium wave (or MW, broadcast band, BCB, AM) DXing and DXers.

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