Field Notes

Shortwave, explained with care.

Original articles about schedules, propagation context, receiver choice, bands, antennas, and local noise.

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What the Aligned ordering modes do

Four perspectives on the same set of broadcasts.

Start with the facts

A shortwave schedule describes a published time, frequency, language, target, and source. A schedule alone does not prove that a transmitter is active or that its signal will reach you.

Add context

Use local time, band, path, and receiver availability as decision aids rather than certainty. Antenna performance, local noise, transmitter state, and moment-to-moment fading still matter.