Complete Shortwave Listener's Handbook (Paperback, 4Rev ed)

By providing alternative worldwide perspectives on a tense international conflict, shortwave radio proved its ultimate usefulness during the Persian Gulf War. That event sparked the greatest surge in shortwave receiver sales in the history of the hobby.;For all those new listeners, this handbook supplies current information on equipment, stations, procedures, and operating practices. Readers learn how to purchase, set up, and use receivers and antennas, tune in to foreign and domestic broadcasts, keep a logbook, prepare reception reports, and more.