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accessories, including books on SSB communication. Among the
accessories are a variety of professionally engineered shortwave
antennas which will significantly improve signal strengths and
reception.

MONTHLY MAGAZINES WITH SSB RELATED INFOR-
MATION AND ARTICLES:

These magazines are available from bookstores and magazine
displays.

MONITORING TIMES,
Grove Enterprises, Inc., 140 Dog Branch Road,
Brasstown North Carolina 28902.
Phone (704) 837-9200. Monthly Magazine.

POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS
CQ Communications, Inc., 76 North Broadway,
Hicksville, NY 11801-2953.
Phone (516) 681-2922. Monthly Magazine

AMATEUR RADIO MARITIME

3815

Caribbean

3930

Puerto Rico weather

3964

East Coast waterway net

3968

West Coast AM/PM marine nets

7233

Recreational vehicle service net

7237

Carribbean maritime mobile net

7238

Baja maritime West Coast net; 8AM

7264

East Coast Waterway Net

7294

AM/PM West Coast mariner’s net;
8AM, 7PM

8294, 12359, 2100

UTC, weather

14313

24 hr. maritime mobile help; 8PM Hawaii
net

14340

West Coast “Manana” net; 11AM

21402

PM maritime mobile nets; 3PM

28333

Gordon West net

GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SSB COMMU-
NICATION

Please contact Grundig by phone. We will guide you to resources
such as companies with excellent catalogs full of shortwave

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Summary of Contents for GRUNDIG YB400

Page 1: ...WORLD RECEIVER YACHT BOY 400 PE ...

Page 2: ...ide of the display and will disappear in a few seconds See page 4 for more informationaboutthisprocedure 7 Turn the radio on by pressing the ON OFF button If afterreadingthisowner smanual youneedhelplearningto operate your YACHT BOY 400 PROFESSIONAL EDITION call us toll free Monday through Friday 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m PST at 1 800 872 2228 from the U S 1 800 637 1648 from Canada OWNER S RECORD This...

Page 3: ...O AT A GLANCE INITIAL SETUP SUPPLYING POWER GENERAL RADIO OPERATION SHORTWAVE RADIO OPERATION STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY USING CLOCK ALARM AND SLEEP TIMER FEATURES MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SHORTWAVE SIGNLE SIDEBAND SSB AND TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS TIME STATIONS TECHNICAL INFORMATION INDEX TO THE RADIO S CONTROLS buttons switches and sockets 2 ...

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Page 5: ... smemoryaslongas batteries are not taken out for a period of ten minutes or more When traveling outside of the Americas use the same procedure as above to set the spacing back to 9 kilohertz ADDITIONAL SET UP INFORMATION 1 On the right side of the radio set the SSB switch to the OFF position This feature is described on page 23 NOTE the FINE TUNING control on the right side of the radio is only ac...

Page 6: ... inch mono plug such as the plugs often used for mono earphones If you would like advice aboutshortwaveantennas pleasecallGrundigtechnicalsupport at 1 800 872 2228 for U S and 1 800 637 1648 for Canada 5 HOW TO INSTALL BATTERIES InstallsixAAalkalinebatteries Followthediagramimprintedon the back of the radio near the battery compartment With the radio face down and the battery compartment toward yo...

Page 7: ...OTUNINGbutton Theradiowillautomaticallystoponstations Aquick press and release tunes up frequency a long press and releasetunesdown frequency 6 Manuallytuneusingthetuningbutton HOW TO USE THYE WIDE NARROW SWITCH left side ofradio Experimentwiththisswitchandletyourearsbeyourguide WIDEgivesthebestaudiofidelity NARROWbestminimizes interferencefromothernearbystations Thisswitchisusedfor AM shortwave a...

Page 8: ...mediately press the FREQU METER BUTTON Pressing the FREQU METER button finalizes the entry Be sure to include the decimal point in FM frequencies Any kind of frequency may be entered regard less of what kind of frequency you are presently tuned to e g you can enter an FM frequency even if you are presently in shortwave AM STATION EXAMPLE to tune the frequency 810 kilohertz in the AM band press 8 1...

Page 9: ...procedure erases all memories and resets the clock 8 HOW TO USE THE STEP BUTTON In AM MW SW and LW see below the STEP button providesselectionofthebesttuningsteps inkilohertz This buttonisnotfunctionalinFM Thetuningsteprateisindicatedin thelowerrightofthedisplay e g STEP5 Usetheseguidelines AM MW 10 KHz in the Americas 9 KHz outside of the Americas LW longwave 9 KHz for broadcast stations Note You...

Page 10: ...ons in these bands yousimplytunearounduntilyoufindastationyoulike Short wave is similar and the shortwave bands have names like 25 meters 31 meters 49 meters etc These are abbreviated 25m 31m and 49m Just like in AM and FM radio one simply gets into the shortwave band and tunes around looking for stations For example the 19 meter shortwave band encompasses the frequency range of 15100 to 15600 kil...

Page 11: ...isinformationandmuchmorecanbefoundinthesectiontitled MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SHORTWAVE 10 SHORTWAVE BAND AUTO TUNING RANGES 90m 3200 3400 KHz 22m 13600 13800 KHz 80m 3500 3800 KHz 20m 14000 14350 KHz 75m 3900 4000 KHz 19m 15100 15600 KHz 60m 4750 5060 KHz 17m 18065 18170 KHz 49m 5950 6200 KHz 16m 17550 17900 KHz 41m 7100 7300 KHz 15m 21000 21449 KHz 40m 7000 7099 KHz 13m 21450 21850 KHz 31m 9500 99...

Page 12: ...r about one second and then release it Scan starts To stop scan press any button STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY To store a station into memory you must be tuned to that station Then you must decide which of the 40 memories to store it into Follow the easy steps outlined below HOW TO TELL WHICH MEMORIES ARE EMPTY To determine the next available memory press theFREE buttononce Thememorynumberisshownin...

Page 13: ...12 HOW TO ERASE THE CONTENTS OF A MEMORY Enter the memory s number e g 2 5 then press FREE twice ...

Page 14: ...t corner of the display under ON TIME when the radio is off To set the alarm to activate at 6 30 1 Press 6 3 0 be sure to include the decimal point 2 Immediately press and release the ON TIME button 3 Selectthealarmmodeusingthe AUTObutton HOW TO CONTROL THE ALARM CLOCK Press the AUTO button several times while looking at the upper left corner of the display The musical note symbol wakes you to the...

Page 15: ... changes the amountoftimetheradiowillplaybeforeshuttingoffautomatically 60through0minutes HOW TO USE THE DIAL LIGHT button on top of radio The LIGHT button causes the display to be illuminated After 10 seconds or when the LIGHT button is pressed again the light will go out 14 ...

Page 16: ...ningisgenerallyatitspoorestduringthedaylight hours of about 10 a m to 3 p m The major reason for this is that the broadcasters are not transmitting to North America at this MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SHORTWAVE time They assume that we are all either at work or at school and are not able to listen during the day If you want to try daytime listening usetheguidelinesbelow Youwillhavesomesuccess but not n...

Page 17: ...toawindowmaysubstantiallyimprove yourreception 16 Theconstructionmaterialsofsomebuildingssimplydonotlet signalsinverywell Signalspenetratewoodframebuildings easiest whileconcreteandbrickbuildingsusuallyblocksignals If you are in a building with one or more stories above you signals canalsobeimpairedinstrength Insuchasituation position yourself and especially the radio s antenna as close to a windo...

Page 18: ...reignbroadcasts manytargetingNorth America Long distance two way amateur radio maritime and aeronau ticalcommunications WHAT COUNTRIES ARE HEARD ON SHORTWAVE RADIO The next chart shows some of the countries targeting North America with their broadcasts Unless otherwise noted frequen ciesareforeveninglisteninginNorthAmerica Othercountries do not deliberately target North America but can be heard an...

Page 19: ...10 11865 13780 15275 15410 17810 17860 15275 15410 17810 17860 15275 15410 17810 17860 15275 15410 17810 17860 15275 15410 17810 17860 Holland Radio Nederland 6020 6025 6165 9590 9715 9840 9895 11655 Japan Radio Japan NHK 5960 6025 9610 9680 9725 11885 11895 15230 Russia Radio Moscow International 7105 7115 7150 7270 9750 9765 11805 11840 12050 15410 15425 Taiwan Voice of Free China 5950 9680 1174...

Page 20: ...HF air traffic police fire ambulance and weather services CANNOT be heard For these use a VHF UHF scanner IS THERE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING Yes ManymajorinternationalbroadcastersincorporateEnglish programming WHAT IS THE PROGRAM CONTENT LIKE Thiscanvaryconsiderablyfromcountrytocountry however programmingusuallyconsistsofworldnews localnewsfromthe countryoforigin newscommentary interviewprogram...

Page 21: ...ANT AM FM BROADCAST STATIONS BE RECEIVED FMisstrictlyforlocalstations DaytimeAMstationsusuallyhave a maximum distance of 50 100 miles At night AM broadcast signals can sometimes be heard over much greater distances hundredsofmilesaway HOW IS IT THAT BROADCASTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD CAN BE HEARD ON A SHORTWAVE RADIO Shortwave radio can be heard around the world because of the earth s ionosphere Thi...

Page 22: ...20 00 hours UTC this correlates to 15 00 hours or 3PM Eastern Standard Time and 12 00 hours Noon Pacific StandardTime TodetermineCoordinatedUniversalTime tune intoamajor station such as BBC London on the hour If your shortwave radio tunes to the following frequencies UTC can be heard each minute on station WWV in Fort Collins Colorado 20000 KHz 15000 KHz 10000 KHz 5000 KHz and 2500 KHz Usually dur...

Page 23: ...llyinearlySeptember WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK Billboard Publications Inc 1515 Broadway New York N Y 10036 PublishedannuallyinJanuary MONITORING TIMES Grove Enterprises Inc 140 Dog Branch Road Brasstown North Carolina 28902 Phone 704 837 9200 Monthly Magazine POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS CQ Communications Inc 76 North Broadway Hicksville NY 11801 2953 Phone 516 681 2922 Monthly Magazine COMPANIES SPECIALIZ...

Page 24: ...0 watts The amateur radio operators are easiest to find the others can be very difficult Signals are also affected by the eleven year sunspot cycle Signals will be poor through 1996 then thesignalswillgetcontinuallybetteruntilpeakingin2002when reception will be excellent Overall very good reception can be expected from about 1998 2005 FindingSSBsignalscanbelikeseekinga needleinahaystack so be pati...

Page 25: ...00 LSB night 14150 14350 USB day 21150 21450 USB day AERONAUTICAL usuallyUSB 2850 3155 3400 3500 4650 4750 5480 5730 6525 6765 8815 9040 10005 10100 11175 11400 13200 13360 15010 15100 17900 18030 21870 22000 23200 23350 MARITIME usuallyUSB 4063 4438 6200 6525 8195 8815 12230 13200 16360 17410 18780 18900 19680 19800 22000 22720 25070 25110 24 ...

Page 26: ...onolulu HI 24 hr 5547 USB Aeronautical 8843 USB Aeronautical 5733 CAN Edmtn AB each hr 20 MIN 2300 10051 New York NY 24 hr 1200 6501 U S Coast Guard 10051 CAN Gander NF 25 30 50 55 min past hr 6501 Virginial 1130 1600 2200 2330 12382 Oakland CA 5 10 35 40 min past hr 6501 Virginial 0400 0530 1000 13083 Inverness CA 0000 1200 6604 New York NY 24 hour 13089 U S Coast Guard 6604 CAN Gander NF 25 30 5...

Page 27: ... Best at night WWV time weather US 10000 Day Night WWV time weather US 15000 Best during daylight WWV time weather US 20000 Best during daylight 26 MARITIME TWO WAY COMMUNICATION FREQUEN CIES AND CHANNELS FrequenciesinKHz channelsareinparantheses usuallyUSB Search and Rescue 2182 3023 5680 SurvivalCraft 8364 Distress 4125 4S 6215 6S 8291 8S 12290 12S 16420 16S DSC Distress Digital Selective Callin...

Page 28: ... Hicksville NY 11801 2953 Phone 516 681 2922 Monthly Magazine AMATEURRADIOMARITIME 3815 Caribbean 3930 Puerto Rico weather 3964 East Coast waterway net 3968 West Coast AM PM marine nets 7233 Recreationalvehicleservicenet 7237 Carribbeanmaritimemobilenet 7238 Baja maritime West Coast net 8AM 7264 East Coast Waterway Net 7294 AM PM West Coast mariner s net 8AM 7PM 8294 12359 2100 UTC weather 14313 2...

Page 29: ...es to overheat leakanddestroycircuits Thiswillvoidthewarranty EARPHONE HEADSET SOCKET Standardearphones headphoneswithstereoplug 3 5millime ters or 1 8 inch EXTERNAL ANTENNA SOCKET 3 5millimeteror1 8monoplug TUNING STEPS AM MW 1 KHz 9 KHz 10 KHz FM 50 KHz SW 1 KHz 5 KHz LW 1 KHz 9 KHz INTERMEDIATEFREQUENCIES FM 10 7 MHz AM MW SW LW 55 85 MHz 455 KHz AUDIO OUTPUT POWER 600milliwatts FREQUENCY RANGE...

Page 30: ...TTON 4 6 8 RESET hole 8 AUTO button 13 SLEEP button 14 AUTO TUNING button 6 9 10 SNOOZE 8 13 14 DC 9V socket 5 SSB ON OFF switch 23 DX LOCAL switch 1 4 STEP button 4 6 8 23 EARPHONE socket 7 28 STEREO MONO switch 7 FINE TUNING knob 4 23 STORE button 11 FM button 6 SW EXT ANT Socket 1 5 29 ...

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