Don Blevins writes in a message to All
 DB> I have a Zenith model 3000 battery operated shortwave receivber.On 
 DB> the band selector is this area for longwave frequencies.I beleive 
 DB> it covers from about 150-400 Mhz? or Khz.
It's KHz.
  
 DB> The trouble is,I don't hear a thing,not a word out of any of 
 DB> the entire bandspread.I have an external inverted L antenna 
 DB> at about 25 feet in the air with some 200 feet of wire strung 
 DB> out.I have expiremented with this band spread at various 
locations,including 
 DB> carrying it with me to the top of an old fire lookout to see 
 DB> if that might help but alas! I hear not one thing.The local 
 DB> SW shop has had it checked out on all fres and bands and they 
 DB> are in workingt condition.What I want to know is: Why...after 
 DB> so much time and effort does this silly thing not provide any 
 DB> freqs that are to be heard??
I don't know what the specs are for your radio, but the radio may not have 
the required gain for your area.  Typically beacons with Morse IDs are found 
in this area, mostly from airports or around bodies of water - like the 
ocean.  If you are landlocked, you might not find anything there.  (Turn on 
your BFO if you have one to see if you can find any carriers there at all.)  
See this month's "Monitoring Times" (Dec., '97) for a couple of good articles 
on this band.
 
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