When
passage making, one of the best resources for getting news from home is
shortwave (SW) radio. There are fourteen SW bands of frequencies
set aside for commercial broadcasting. Of these fourteen SW
bands, the six bands of most useful world-wide frequencies are:
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SW Band: |
48 Meters |
31 Meters |
25 Meters |
22 Meters |
19 Meters |
16 Meters |
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Frequency (MHz): |
5.9 - 6.2 |
9.4 - 9.9 |
11.6 - 12.1 |
13.5 - 13.9 |
15.1 - 15.8 |
17.4 - 17.9 |
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Note:
Times and frequencies for specific stations can be
found by searching the Internet. An example of
search results is
https://www.launchknowledge.com/shortwave-radio-schedule/ |
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