Listening To Shortwave Stations; Selecting A Shortwave Meter Band; With The E10 - Eton E10 Owner's Manual

11 LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS

Are you new to shortwave listening? If so, you'll
want to read this section and the next section
called UNDERSTANDING SHORTWAVE BANDS.
WHAT ARE SHORTWAVE STATIONS?
These are radio broadcast stations around the world
broadcasting on frequencies that can be heard over
vast distances, often many thousands of miles. In
the United States, there are also about 30 domestic
shortwave broadcasters with religious, politically
and ideologically oriented broadcasts.
WHY LISTEN TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS?
There are many reasons why you may enjoy short-
wave stations. Here are just some, as reported to us
by our customers.
• Listening to news and information from other
world sources often exposes you to different
and unique perspectives on national and world
events.
• Exposure to other languages and cultures,
including their music and perspectives. Hearing a
country's native or 'folk' music can be very enjoy-
able, even if you don't understand the language.
• Learning a language by hearing native speakers.
• Keeping in touch with another part of the world,
perhaps your original homeland or that of your
family's heritage.
• Religious, politically and ideologically oriented
broadcasts.
GENERAL SHORTWAVE 'RULES-OF-THUMB'
• Night shortwave reception is usually better than
daytime shortwave. This can change from time-
to-time, so it's worth checking the bands during
the day too.
• During daytime the most active shortwave
bands are 13, 15, 16, 19, and 22 meters. 16 and
19 usually being the best. At night, the most
active bands are 25, 31, 41 and 49 meters, with
31 and 49 usually best.
• Around sunset and sunrise, both the day and
night bands may be good, sometimes exception-
ally good. Listening at these times can often be
quite rewarding.
• The construction materials of some buildings
severely block shortwave signals. To counteract
this, hold the radio in your hands and get very
close to a window.
SELECTING A SHORTWAVE METER BAND WITH
THE E10
All 14 of the international broadcast bands can be
accessed with the E10. The bands are numbered
120, 90, 75, 60, 49, 31, 25, 22, 19, 16, 15, 13 and
11 meters and are commonly called 'Meter Bands'.
The E10 offers two ways to access a shortwave
band. Each method places the tuner at the begin-
ning of the band's frequency range.
1. Each successive quick, short press of the button
labeled SW METER BAND (16) places the radio at the
beginning of a band. While pressing the button, the
band number shows in the upper right corner of the
display (50) and disappears a few seconds after it is
released, causing the clock to reappear in the corner.
Start tuning only after the clock reappears. If you
don't wait, then method 2, below will automatically
be used.
2. Perform one quick, short press of the button
labeled SW METER BAND, immediately followed by
quick, short presses of either the Up/Hour or Down/
Min. tuning buttons. The band number appears in
the upper right corner of the display. Once the band
of choice is selected, start tuning after the clock
reappears in the upper right corner.
AUTO-SCAN TUNING WHILE IN SHORTWAVE
In shortwave, auto-scan tuning scans in the short-
wave frequency ranges noted in the Band Chart
below. To tune shortwave frequencies that are in-
between these ranges, or outside of these ranges,
use one of the other tuning methods, e.g. Regular
Tuning (manual tuning) or Direct Frequency Entry as
discussed titled TUNING IN STATIONS.
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