ShortWave Listening - An exciting hobby that brings the world to your home. A Brief Introduction Shortwave Listening is the exciting hobby of listening to international broadcast stations around the world on a shortwave radio.
International broadcasters transmit programs in many languages.
Listeners can write to these broadcasters and receive QSL cards proving that the station was heard. Shortwave transmissions are found between two and thirty megahertz. Within this span may be found 11 bands where international broadcasters may be heard. Most SWL stations broadcast Amplitude Modulated signals, but some also use Single SideBand. There are a number of new SWL receivers on the market.