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Columnists & Members

Kim Andrew Elliott
Respected audience researcher, VOA gadfly and NASWA columnist.
Musings — International Broadcasting, Public Radio
Richard Cuff, NASWA's Easy Listening columnist, covers exactly what the blog name suggests.
On the Short Waves
Exhaustive site about the history of shortwave radio by radio historian and NASWA board member Jerry Berg, based on his acclaimed book.
Patepluma Radio
Great source for anecdotes about Latin American radio stations, by Don Moore, former Latin Destinations columnist.
R390A Receiver
Information about this classic military receiver by the premiere restorer, former NASWA director Chuck Rippel.
Tom Sundstrom
English Language Schedules and Net Notes column editor emeritus.

Propagation

3 Day Estimate Planetary K index
Graph showing the K index every three hours for the past three days; good for spotting trends.
Earth View -- Mercator Projection
Grayline map showing position of darkness and light.
Earth View -- View from Above
Grayline map of half of the earth with the view from space.
IPS Space Services
Australian agency for monitoring and predicting space weather.
NOAA Space Environment Center
U.S. National Weather Service site about solar weather; home of WWV propagation information.
Radio Netherlands -- The Solar Guide
An explanation of propagation and the effects of the sun written for laymen.
Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
Canadian source for much great information on propagation.

Other Clubs

Canadian International DX Club
Canada's nationwide DX club.
Ontario DX Association
Canadian club covering the full spectrum of the radio hobby.

Manufacturers

AOR UK
Home of the groundbreaking AOR AR-7030 and AR-7030 Plus tabletop receivers.
Etón
Makers of the highly regarded E1 and Satellit 800, as well as many other Etón and Grundig portable receivers.
Icom America
American branch of the makers of the popular R-75.
Kiwa Electronics
Maker of many interesting accessories and receiver upgrades.
R. L. Drake
Manfacturers of the now-discontinued Drake R8 series, designer of high end Grundig and Etón radios.
Sangean
Makers of popular portable receivers.
Ten-Tec
Maker of the computer-controlled RX-320, mid-range RX-350, and high end RX-340 receivers.

Software

Dream
Open source software for Windows and Linux for decoding DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) broadcasts
DRM Software Radio Project
Commercial software for Windows to decode DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) digital shortwave broadcasts
DXtreme Software
Logging software for Windows, written by NASWA member Bob Raymond
Strong Signals HF Receiver Control Software
Links to software for controlling receivers; part of a longer page including scanner software as well.

Other Sources

DXing.com
Exhaustive source of radio reviews covering decades, plus other information, run by Universal Radio.
DXing.info
Mika Mäkeläinen's great source of DX news and tips.
Hard Core DX
Home of the venerable Hard Core DX mailing list, plus lots of great DX tips and antenna information, run by Risto Kotalampi.
Radio Intelligencer
Ulis Fleming and friends keep up to date with the latest news and receiver information.
Radio Reference
Mostly scanner information, but the Wiki (user-edited web site) and Forum sections include information on HF broadcasting.

Quick Information

Solar Conditions

At 2009 Jan 07, 0000 UTC

  • Solar Flux: 69
  • A-index: 4
  • K-index: 1

Full Report from NOAA

Programs at this hour

On air starting at 0130 UTC:

0141 BBCsa
Business Daily
0130 RNed
The State We're In - Midweek
0135 IRIB
World and National News
0140 RVat
News and programs on matters of significance to South Asia and the South Asian Roman Catholic Church

For full programming information, visit the NASWA WWW Shortwave Listening Guide.

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