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Originally Posted by Hip Priest
Is it centered around reception in North America though? I wonder if there's a UK version?
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No. The book gives an hour by hour guide, by location, to what you might hear while scanning, and at what frequencies. Sort of like a TV Guide (do you have TV Guide over there?) for shortwave. For example:
00:00-5:59
North America-Evening Prime Time
Europe & Mideast-Early Morning
Australia & East Asia-Midday and Afternoon
Voice of Turkey
Summer only at this time.
News followed by
Review of the Turkish Press and features (some of them exotic and unusual). Selections of Turkish popular and classical music complete the program. Fifty minutes to Europe and North America on 6140 kHz, and to the Mideast on 7270 kHz. One hour later during winter.
Kol Isreal
Summer only at this time.
News for 15 minutes from Isreal Radio's domestic network. To Europe and eastern North America on 7445 (or 11605) and 9435 kHz and to Central America and Australia on 17600 kHz. One hour later in winter.
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This is only for English broadcasts however. The back of the book, the 'blue pages' is a map of sorts that shows the frequency, Universal World Time, and what station is usually broadcasting, at the time and frequency. So when you hear something that sounds Asian, yet you can't quite figure out what it is, you check the blues pages, to find out you were hearing Radio Philippines, or whatever. Very handy.
Also, everything you could possibly want to know about a station, addresses, websites, phones numbers. Marvel at how many stations are broadcasted from Peru, or Papua New Guinea.
Radio reviews, antenna reviews, etc. Wonderful essays throughout the book. The 2006 Edition had a long and excellent article about China:
China's Radio, Size Matters. Did you know the Chinese government is notorious for jamming foreign broadcasts?
I'm ready for the 2007 edition.
The Shortwave bible.