Customer Reviews

Passport to World Band Radio

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The hour-by-hour listings of what's on for each of the major (and not so major) international broadcasters really helps me get my money's worth out of my receiving equipment. I do use the blue pages, which sort broadcasters by frequency rather than time, since I am mostly a casual broadcast listener, but they are invaluable to a DX'er who is simply tuning around and comes across something they are not familiar with. This section would help you locate what you are listening to by frequency and time. My favorite section, every year, is the receiver reviews, since there's so little objective analysis of the hardware available anywhere else.

Most seasoned listeners eagerly await the release of Passport to World Band Radio year after year and most new listeners quickly find it as essential as the batteries or the AC adapter.

In my opinion, this is the ultimate shortwave guide. It has reviews of equipment and listings of most every station every station. It is a good book for both beginners and experienced listeners.

A wonderful channel-by-channel guide to world band schedules. So if you are a BBC junky, or need to tune in China Radio, 'Passport' has conveniently listed their air-time schedules for you. Surprisingly, even though 'Passport' fails to list the contact information for radio and antenna manufactures, they list addresses for hundreds of radio station throughout the world that broadcast. So, if you have been desperate to send 'Radio Vlaandren' your your monitoing information so you can obtian that coveted QSL card to complete your collection, the address and contact persons' name is here.

SW band-cruising can be entertaining. But just as a good map can help you to better enjoy a road trip or sunday drive then a good 'map' of the shortwave bands can also make the shortwave-surfing experience much more rewarding. By far and away the best 'map' is the Passport To World Band Radio which is published annually. This is a great book that contains a wealth of information on equipment and procedures as well as the broadcaster's frequency listings showing who is on the air at what time. It also gives contact details for the broadcasters - a boon for those who extend their hobby to collecting QSL cards.

Hard-core DX-ers with Ten-Tec or Racal gea through to enthusiastic newcomers with a budget portable - all manner of SW listening is catered for by this book. Buy it every year!

"Passport to World Band Radio" is so easy to read and understand -- you will just love it! I am new to short-wave. I became tired of the US media never touching on global concerns so I decided to find out how I could listen to global news services. I bought myself a short-wave radio and this book. Now I'm set!!

"Passport" tells you everything you need to know on how to get started listening to short-wave. It tells you where to tune, day or night, to find all the great global programs, and it even gives you tips on how to position your built-in telescopic antenna or set one up.

Does World Time confuse you? Well, fear not! With "Passport" you will receive step-by-step instructions on determining your World Time. If you do not want to figure it out, just look at the chart they provide for your convenience!

"Passport" doesn't leave you in the dark when it comes to station listings. They make sure to tell you what stations they feel are superior and worth hearing. If you are new to short-wave and do not have a lot of time on your hands, this is a definite PLUS. (Oh, and "Passport" makes sure you know when a country is changing its frequency for the summer/winter months.)

If you like skipping around the dial and come across something that possibly sounds french and want to find out more, you simply need to search by frequency and time to get all the detailed information about the station you are listening to.

I know you will enjoy this book. I do not have one single complaint about it!

Enjoy,

A.

Just think of this awesome publication as a combination of Consumer's guide + TV guide + Program Reviews of shortwave radio all rolled into one. Product evaluation, program listings, program reviews -- Published annually, it is indispensable! You will use it daily until the 2003 publication comes out. Just buy it!

I purchased this book to learn more about radio. Great book for learning about the "how to" of World radio and packed with lots of information for the experienced radio person. It comes complete with listening times for World Radio stations. The program guide is somewhat difficult to understand at first. I also subscribe to a magazine, Monitoring Times. This magazine is like a monthly TV guide with local times listed for your time zone. This book and the magazine make a great tool for the World radio listener.

This is a great book for both the beginner and experienced shortwave radio listener. This book lists tons of stations with the frequencies and time they are on the air in an easy to read format.

Find a station on a frequency and don't have a clue as to what station it is? Just look in the blue pages, it lists every shortwave frequency and has a table that lists station, time they are on, and language spoken for that frequency. This book also has a section with a list of stations that broadcast in english, along with frequencies and time.

Along with frequency information this book also has reviews on a few of the popular radios on the market along with some in depth information on a few stations on the air.

Overall this is a great book to have for the avid shortwave listener.

Why do you have to pay for so many advertisments? This book should be free.