Radio Shack DX-397 - Manual (Page 11)

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LISTENING HINTS
Shortwave listening is a hobby with thousands of participants
worldwide. It requires no special knowledge or skills, but your en-
joyment increases as you gain experience and develop special lis-
tening techniques.
The information in this section can help you make the most of your
DX-397.
REFERENCE SOURCES
Publications about shortwave listening such as Listening to Short-
wave Radio (available at your local RadioShack store), the World
Radio Handbook , Radio Amateur’s Handbook , Passport to World
Band Radio , Monitoring Times , and Popular Communications are
available through your local library or newsstand. These publica-
tions can help you learn about the conditions that make long-dis-
tance reception possible and provide up-to-date listings for
shortwave broadcasts in English and in other languages.
FREQUENCY CONVERSION
A band is a group of frequencies. Sometimes, bands are grouped
according to their wavelengths, in meters. The tuning location of a
station can be expressed as a frequency (kHz or MHz) or a wave-
length (meters).
Amateur radio operators generally refer to the frequencies they op-
erate on using the frequency’s wavelength. For example, the 19-
meter band refers to the range of frequencies with waves about 19
meters long.
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