What to listen to

Stations worth an evening: what they are, why they are on the air, and how to hear them without a receiver of your own.

Beacons

NCDXF beacons 20 m story	14100 kHz	CW	18 beacons worldwide in turn, 10 s each: callsign and power steps. Best way to judge propagation.
NCDXF beacons 17 m story	18110 kHz	CW	NCDXF/IARU beacon network.
NCDXF beacons 15 m story	21150 kHz	CW	NCDXF/IARU beacon network.
NCDXF beacons 10 m story	28200 kHz	CW	NCDXF/IARU beacons. If audible, 10 m is open.
Naval single-letter beacons 7039 kHz story	7039.3 kHz	CW	Russian Navy beacon cluster: letters D (Sevastopol), P (Kaliningrad), S (Severomorsk), C (Moscow), A (Astrakhan), F (Vladivostok), K (Petropavlovsk), M (Magadan) in CW, 100 Hz apart. Other clusters: 3595, 4558, 5154, 7509, 8495, 10872, 13528, 16332, 20048 kHz.
Naval single-letter beacons 8495 kHz story	8495 kHz	CW	Second cluster of the Navy single-letter beacons (see 7039).
Naval single-letter beacons 10872 kHz story	10872 kHz	CW	Daytime cluster of the Navy single-letter beacons.
Naval single-letter beacons 16332 kHz story	16332 kHz	CW	Long-haul daytime cluster of the Navy single-letter beacons.
NCDXF beacons 12 m story	24930 kHz	CW	NCDXF/IARU beacon network on 12 m.
10 m beacons 28.2–28.3 story	28250 kHz	CW	10 m amateur beacon segment: dozens of beacons worldwide, the best indicator of a band opening.