Global Radio Guide: Winter 2021-2022

During times of emergency and crisis, radio hobbyists worldwide turn on their radios and tune to the shortwave radio spectrum for context, perspective, and insight into what is happening around the globe. As tensions heat up in the world’s hotspots, you can follow these events on the radio, but you need an accurate and comprehensive radio guide to know where and when to tune in to hear the action.

Teak Publishing is proud to announce the release of that all-important radio resource – the Global Radio Guide (GRG), 17th edition (Winter 2021-2022) e-book, by Amazon bestselling author Gayle Van Horn W4GVH.

This Amazon 'electronic' book is your ticket to travel the Global Radio bands. The heart of this publication is a 24-hour station/frequency guide with the latest Winter B21 (Oct 31, 2021-March 26, 2022) schedules for selected AM band, longwave, and all known shortwave broadcast radio stations. This unique resource is the only radio publication that lists by-hour schedules that include all language services, frequencies, and world target areas for over 500 radio stations worldwide.

New in this 17th edition of the GRG is a cover story on the world's largest radio broadcaster - China by Gayle Van Horn. Gayle takes an in-depth look at the various international, regional, and local broadcast networks from the land of the Red Dragon. The story includes YouTube links to aid the listener in identifying broadcast signals in the various languages used by China Radio International.

James Careless, in an article that originally appeared in Radio World, looks at the current state of shortwave receiver technology. Dr. Adrian Peterson of AWR looks back at the early days of Philippine broadcasting. David Harris has written a review of the bhi NES10-2MK4 Noise Cancelling Speaker. Spectrum Monitor columnist Fred Waterer will take you on a guided tour of shortwave music programs from around the world.

There is an updated Teak software-defined radio (SDR) hardware/software buyers guide, as well as the latest radio news in Bits & Bytes, current radio QSL information and addresses, the Best of the Best DX shortwave program listings, and a listing of radio station Internet websites.

This edition also has introductory articles for beginners on Traveling the World via Shortwave Radio Broadcasts, Monitoring the Shortwave Action Bands, and Teak’s latest expanded worldwide frequency list of HF non-broadcast radio stations.

Global Radio listeners are routinely entertained with unique perspectives to events, music, culture, history, and news from other countries that you will not see or hear on your local or national broadcast channels. Global Radio broadcasts are not restricted by country borders or oceans and can travel thousands of miles, reaching millions of listeners worldwide, now in over 300 different languages and dialects.

Using this guide you can regularly hear shortwave broadcast stations from hotspots such as China, Cuba, India, Iran, North/South Korea, Taiwan, and many other counties. Whether you use a shortwave radio receiver or Internet connection, this unique radio resource will let know when and where to listen to radio stations from around the globe.

This publication will have wide appeal to amateur radio operators, shortwave radio hobbyists, news agencies, news buffs, educators, foreign language students, expatriates, or anyone interested in listening to a global view of world news and major events as they happen. Whether you monitor shortwave radio broadcasts, amateur radio operators, or aeronautical, maritime, government, or military communications in the shortwave radio spectrum, this book has the frequencies to help you to hear it on your radio. Teak Publishing’s Global Radio Guide truly "brings the world to you."

For a complete catalog of all Teak Publishing's available radio-related titles visit the company website at http://www.teakpublishing.com.