The NEW Shortwave Progagation Handbook may well be the only book you'll need on the subject of ionospheric propagation! It is a "must read" for Radio Amateurs, Shortwave Listeners, and radio communicators of any type who need to make the most productive use of the radio spectrum, regardless of the time of day, the season of the year, or the state of the sunspot cycle. It will become your ever-present companion a the operating table as you master the art of shortwave radio progagation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must-Have Book for Shortwave Listeners and Amateurs,
By Ray Dio (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The New Shortwave Propagation Handbook (Paperback)
There will most likely be some new hobbyists who will flip through the pages of this book and think that it will be too technical for them. Actually, this book is quite user-friendly and understandable, especially the first two chapters covering the ionosphere, general propogation and the solar cycle.
What will probably be the most used part of the book, particularly by beginners but also by experienced hobbyists, is the Do-It-Yourself Prediction Chart section. Here you can get an idea as to what reception conditions can be expected from specific areas of the world into a specific region of the United States (and presumably the southern part of Canada). "The New Propogation Handbook" is a great way to learn about how shortwave radio waves get to your receiver from all over the world, but it should also be thought of as a tool in the hobby of SWL as much as the "World Radio Television Handbook" or "Passport to Worldband Radio." I believe that new hams should find it particularly useful.
3.0 out of 5 stars
must have for skip shooters,
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Are you the CB keydown jocky that wants to slap that killawatt around the world? Well, grown up you clown, get a ham radio license, and buy this book. You can be talking to rich oil barons in the Middle East with what this will teach you. Even if you don't like yapping your trap on the international asbergers circuit, you can listen to communist propaganda from countries like North Korea, Cuba, China, and Vietnam from the comfort of your own home. You might have to wake up at 3am but you'll still be on the cutting edge of anti-capitalist rhetoric.
This book is really old. You can tell it's the 1000th reprint because it looks like your grandpa photocopied it in the 1980s and let it sit on a dusty shelf before you bought it. Don't let it fool you into buying some new overpriced book. Radio propagation hasn't changed since the 1980s!!! This is as modern as you're going to get buddy. Buy it now so you'll be ready to QRM Solar Cycle 24!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Book with the New Sunspot Cycle Starting!,
By 59er (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The New Shortwave Propagation Handbook (Paperback)
I have to agree with everything that "Mr. Dio" said in his review. I've owned this book for a number of years and not only learned much more than I previously had about high frequency propogation, but have been able to plan the best times of the year for seeking DX signals from particular parts of the world using the Charts. The authors probably expected that radio amateurs would be the biggest buyers, as the meter bands given are not Warc (international broadcast) but amateur bands. That doesn't mean SW listeners can't use the charts, just substitute 90 and 60 meters for 80, 49 and 41 for 40 etc. It can get quite technical at times, but beginners to HF radio will get a terrific education in how propogation works in an understandable manner, and can easily use the valuable Charts for predicting the open bands.
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The high-frequency, or HF, portion of the radio spectrum lies between approximately 3 and 30 megahertz (MHz), or between 3,000 and 30,000 kilohertz (kHz). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sunspot range, smoothed sunspot number, daytime skip, expected signal quality, propagation charts, propagation prediction programs, solar phase, high static levels, ionospheric propagation conditions, shortwave propagation, propagation index, propagation kernel, sunrise period, numerical maps, meter openings, meters meters meters meters, sunspot count, ionospheric storms, shortwave communications, sounder data, ionospheric absorption, geomagnetic indices, seasonal chart, sunspot numbers, maximum usable frequency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Far East, United States, Nil Nil, Master Propagation Charts, Area Meters Meters Meters Meters Western, South Pacific, Eastern Nil, South Asia, South America, New York, Southeast Nil, Band Distance Between Stations, Central Nil, San Diego, Asiatic Russia, East Africa, North Africa, Western Nil, Middle East, North Pole, Short-Skip Charts, Swiss Federal Observatory, Department of Commerce, High Normal, Location Lat New!
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The high-frequency, or HF, portion of the radio spectrum lies between approximately 3 and 30 megahertz (MHz), or between 3,000 and 30,000 kilohertz (kHz). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sunspot range, smoothed sunspot number, daytime skip, expected signal quality, propagation charts, propagation prediction programs, solar phase, high static levels, ionospheric propagation conditions, shortwave propagation, propagation index, propagation kernel, sunrise period, numerical maps, meter openings, meters meters meters meters, sunspot count, ionospheric storms, shortwave communications, sounder data, ionospheric absorption, geomagnetic indices, seasonal chart, sunspot numbers, maximum usable frequency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Far East, United States, Nil Nil, Master Propagation Charts, Area Meters Meters Meters Meters Western, South Pacific, Eastern Nil, South Asia, South America, New York, Southeast Nil, Band Distance Between Stations, Central Nil, San Diego, Asiatic Russia, East Africa, North Africa, Western Nil, Middle East, North Pole, Short-Skip Charts, Swiss Federal Observatory, Department of Commerce, High Normal, Location Lat New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The New Solar Physics (Aaas Selected Symposium) by John A. Eddy on page 44
- The Pacific Ocean (New True Books) by Susan Heinrichs Gray on page 85
- The Shortwave Propagation Handbook (Cq Technical Series) by George Jacobs in Front Matter
- Radio Waves: Poems Celebrating the Wireless by Sean Street on page 30
- HF Radio E-Mail for "Idi-Yachts" by Marti Brown in Back Matter
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