Forest H. Belt's Easi-guide to Shortwave Listening |
Common terms and phrases
aircraft AMATEUR antenna lead-in bandspread dial bandswitch bandwidth bfo pitch broadcast band broadcast stations calibrated called carrier ceiver channel code reception connect countries CRYSTAL earth equipment fire departments fm broadcast band frequencies hallicrafters ham bands ham operators headset hear keep kind lead-in wires length lets listen to shortwave long-wave long-wire MARINE & WEATHER medium-wave megahertz mode modulation monitor night NORM SHARP numbers overseas pick police and fire popular portable programs QSL cards quencies Radio Club Radio Peking radio signal radio wave RF Gain scanner schedules SELECTIVITY shack SHIP short shortwave bands shortwave broadcast shortwave listening shortwave radio shortwave receiver shortwave sets shortwave stations SINPO skip speaker SQUELCH standard broadcast sunset switch tenna There's tion trans transmitters two-way radio United vhf and uhf Voice of America wavelength world community