Listening to shortwave radio broadcasts, especially distant international and amateur stations, using a dedicated shortwave receiver rather than transmitting anything oneself. Hobbyists, often called SWLs, log the stations they hear, chase distant or hard-to-catch signals, and pursue confirmation postcards called QSL cards from the stations they report; the hobby needs no license, unlike amateur radio operation, since it involves receiving only.
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DXing spans shortwave listening as well as transmitting hobbies, with SWL DXers logging distant broadcast and utility stations without transmitting.
Scanner listening and shortwave listening are both passive radio-monitoring hobbies commonly practiced together.
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Shortwave listening, or SWLing, is the hobby of listening to shortwave radio broadcasts located on frequencies between 1700 kHz and 30 MHz (30 000 kHz).
Shortwave Listening (Wikipedia)
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Specialized interests of shortwave listeners may include listening for shortwave utility, or "ute", transmissions such as shipping, sailing, naval, aviation, or military signals, listening for intelligence signals (numbers stations), or tuning in amateur radio stations.
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