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Just what is UTC?
It is the time in Greenwich, England, with no correction for
daylight savings time and is always stated in 24 hour format. In
North America UTC is ahead of our local time, 5 hours
Eastern Standard Time (EST), 6 hours Central Standard Time
(CST), 7 hours Mountain Standard Time (MST) or 8 hours
Pacific Standard Time (PST); one hour less during the months
of daylight savings time. So, if a broadcast starts at 20:00
hours UTC, this correlates to 15:00 hours (or 3 pm) EST and
12:00 hours (noon) PST.
To determine Coordinated Universal Time
Tune in to a major station, such as the BBC London, on
the hour. If your shortwave radio tunes to the following
frequencies, UTC can be heard each minute on station
WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado: 20000 KHz, 15000
KHz, 10000 KHz, 5000 KHz and 2500 KHz. Usually,
during any time of the day, one or more of these frequen-
cies can be received in North America. UTC can also be
heard on the Canadian station CHU at 3330 KHz, 7335
KHz and 14670 KHz.
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manual tuning, it is possible to tune right out of the
shortwave band you have entered. You are in the band as
long as the band's number, eg. 25m, is in the display.
HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST SHORTWAVE
BAND TO TUNE AROUND IN
This information and much more can be found in the section
titled MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SHORTWAVE (see
pages 14 - 21).
SHORTWAVE BAND AUTO TUNING
RANGES
90m: 3200-3400 KHz
22m: 13600-13800 KHz
80m: 3500-3800 KHz
20m: 14000-14350 KHz
75m: 3900-4000 KHz
19m: 15100-15600 KHz
60m: 4750-5060 KHz
17m: 18065-18170 KHz
49m: 5950-6200 KHz
16m: 17550-17900 KHz
41m: 7100-7300 KHz
15m: 21000-21449 KHz
40m: 7000-7099 KHz
13m: 21450-21850 KHz
31m: 9500-9900 KHz
12m: 24890-24990 KHz
30m: 10100-10150 KHz
11m: 25650-26100 KHz
25m: 11650-12050 KHz
10m: 28000-29700 KHz
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