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11 LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS
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E100 OWNER’S MANUAL
E100 OWNER’S MANUAL
• Around sunset and sunrise, both the day and night bands may be
good, sometimes exceptionally good. Listening at these times can
often be quite rewarding.
• Signal strengths are often stronger when holding the radio in your
hands and being very close to a window.
SELECTING A SHORTWAVE METER BAND
What is a band? It’s a frequency range. In this case, a frequency
range in which international radio stations will be found.
All 14 of the international broadcast bands can be accessed. The
bands are numbered 120, 90, 75, 60, 49, 31, 25, 22, 19, 16, 15, 13
and 11 meters and are commonly called ‘Meter Bands’. See the sec-
tion below titled SHORTWAVE BAND CHART OF AUTO-SCANNING
RANGES, which shows the full frequency range of each band used
by the radio’s auto-scan system.
There are two ways to access a band. Each method places the tuner
at the beginning of the accessed band’s frequency range.
1. Each successive quick, short press of the button labeled SW
METER BAND (12) places the radio at the beginning of a band.
While pressing the button, the band number shows in the upper
right corner of the display (40) and disappears a few seconds
after it is released, causing the clock to reappear in the corner.
Start tuning only after the clock reappears. If you don’t wait, then
method 2, below will automatically be used.
2. Perform one quick, short press of the button labeled SW METER
BAND, immediately followed by quick, short presses of either the
Up/Hour or Down/Min. tuning buttons. The band number appears
in the upper right corner of the display. Once the band of choice
is selected, start tuning after the clock reappears in the upper