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A shortwave radio picks up stations from far away places. From North America you can easily tune in countries like the BBC from London, Radio Australia, Radio Cuba, Swiss Radio International, Deutsche Welle (Germany), Radio Netherlands, Voice of Free China, Radio China International and Radio Japan.
Common terms for shortwave radio are World Band Radio or SWLing (Short Wave Listening).
Shortwave Radio frequencies are between 1700 kHz, which is the upper limit of the AM broadcasting band, to 30 MHz, the lower limit tuning range of most scanner radios. An exciting point to note is that not all signals in this spectrum are broadcast stations. Ham radio operators have frequencies set aside for their use, and you can hear them talking (by voice, Morse code, radioteletype, etc.) with friends around the world. The CB radio band or 11 meter band also falls within these frequencies. Aircraft flying international routes, ships at sea, and military forces are also big users of shortwave radio. In fact, some SWLs listen strictly to these utility type stations.
Another very popular type of shortwave listening is called DXing, short for Distant Transmissions. This is where you try to pick out and log weak or faint transmissions from around the world. This is also where you'll want to have a little more sensitive shortwave receiver so you can separate the good noise from the bad noise.
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