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2. Shortwave bands - Wikipedia

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   Shortwave bands are frequency allocations for use within the shortwave radio spectrum (the upper medium frequency [MF] band and all of the high frequency [HF] band). Radio waves in these frequency ranges can be used for very long distance (transcontinental) communication because they can reflect off layers of charged particles in the ionosphere and return to Earth beyond the horizon, a ...

3. Amateur radio homebrew - Wikipedia

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   Amateur radio. Homebrew is an amateur radio slang term for home-built, noncommercial radio equipment. [1] Design and construction of equipment from first principles is valued by amateur radio hobbyists, known as "hams", for educational value, and to allow experimentation and development of techniques or levels of performance not readily ...

4. Shortwave broadcasting in the United States - Wikipedia

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   By 1928, RCA had scrapped plans for more longwave transmitters and instead built six shortwave transmitters, 2XT and WTT at 40 kw and WBU, WIK, WQO and WLL at 20 kw. The Radio Central complex was used to relay international broadcast programming received by, or sent from, RCA's broadcast stations in the United States.

5. 15-meter band - Wikipedia

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   15-meter band. Right a HB9XBG-vertical-Antenna for the 15m-Band. (Left a HB9XBG-Antenne for the 20m-Band) The 15-meter band (also called the 21-MHz band or 15 meters) is an amateur radio frequency band spanning the shortwave spectrum from 21 to 21.45 MHz. The band is suitable for amateur long-distance communications, and such use is permitted ...

6. Shortwave radio - Wikipedia

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   Grundig Satellit 400 solid-state, digital shortwave receiver, c. 1986 [1]. Shortwave radio is radio transmission using radio frequencies in the shortwave bands (SW). There is no official definition of the band range, but it always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (100 (exactly 99.930819333) to 10 (exactly 9.9930819333) meters); above the medium ...

7. WBCQ (SW) - Wikipedia

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   Listen Live. Website. www .wbcq .com. WBCQ is a shortwave radio station operating at Monticello, Maine, United States. The station is owned and operated by Allan Weiner, [ 1][ 3]: 828 who also owns and operates WXME AM 780 kHz and WBCQ-FM 94.7 MHz at the shortwave site. WBCQ began operation on September 8, 1998, on 7.415 MHz. [ 1]

8. Shortwave listening - Wikipedia

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   Shortwave listening, or SWLing, is the hobby of listening to shortwave radio broadcasts located on frequencies between 1700 kHz and 30 MHz (30 000 kHz).[ 1] Listeners range from casual users seeking international news and entertainment programming, to hobbyists immersed in the technical aspects of long-distance radio reception and sending and ...

9. This Man Knows the Truth About Amelia Earhart. Why Doesn’t ...

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   At age 7, she built a homemade roller coaster with a ramp. On her first ride, she flipped into the air, crashed with a thud, and cut her lip. “It’s just like flying!” she said to her sister.