Broadcast Stations: News and
entertainment!!
There are a large number broadcast stations on
the HF bands, most countries seem to transmit at some time of the day on the HF
bands in one language or another.
The most popular broadcast station is the
BBC World
Service which transmits to various parts of the world at different times of
the day.
Short Wave
Broadcast Bands
| Band |
Frequency kHz |
BBC world service |
Radio Australia |
Radio New Zeeland |
| 120 metres |
2300 - 2495 kHz |
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| 90 metres |
3200 - 3400 kHz |
|
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| 75 metres |
3950 - 4000 kHz |
|
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| 60 metres |
4750 - 5060 kHz |
|
|
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| 49 metres |
5850 - 6200 kHz |
6195 |
|
5950 |
| 41 metres |
7100 - 7350 kHz |
|
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| 31 metres |
9400 - 9900 kHz |
9410, 9740 |
9475, 9625, 9765 |
9765 |
| 25 metres |
11600 - 12050 kHz |
11760, 11810, 12095, |
11660, 11945 |
11725 |
| 21 metres |
13570 - 13870 kHz |
|
|
13730 |
| 19 metres |
15100 - 15800 kHz |
15400, 15420, 15575 |
15415 |
15720 |
| 16 metres |
17480 - 17900 kHz |
17640, 117790, 17830 |
|
17675 |
| 13 metres |
21450 - 21850 kHz |
21470 |
21725 |
|
| 11 metres |
25500 - 25670 kHz |
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| Stations are
5 kHz a part and all transmissions are AM |
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