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.

Amateur radio

FT8 20 m story	14074 kHz	FT8	The busiest FT8 band by day.
FT8 40 m story	7074 kHz	FT8	FT8 in the evening and at night.
FT8 80 m story	3573 kHz	FT8	FT8 at night.
FT4 20 m story	14080 kHz	FT4	FT4, the fast cousin of FT8.
WSPR 20 m story	14095.6 kHz	WSPR	WSPR low-power beacons, 2-minute cycles, below the noise.
SSTV 20 m story	14230 kHz	SSTV	Slow-scan TV pictures, a characteristic warble.
PSK31 20 m story	14070 kHz	PSK31	PSK31 keyboard QSOs.
SSB DX 20 m story	14195 kHz	USB	DX and expedition SSB area.
SSB 40 m story	7150 kHz	LSB	Voice on 40 m; below 10 MHz the lower sideband is used.
SSB 80 m story	3700 kHz	LSB	Voice on 80 m, evening round tables.
CW QRP 20 m story	14060 kHz	CW	Low-power Morse.
CB 27.185 MHz story	27185 kHz	AM	CB channel 19, truckers. In summer audible over thousands of km.
FT8 30 m story	10136 kHz	FT8	FT8 on 30 m, a round-the-clock band.
FT8 17 m story	18100 kHz	FT8	FT8 on 17 m by day.
FT8 15 m story	21074 kHz	FT8	FT8 on 15 m, long-haul by day.
FT8 10 m story	28074 kHz	FT8	FT8 on 10 m when the band is open.
CW 40 m story	7030 kHz	CW	Morse on 40 m, QRP calling frequency 7030.
SSB 20 m story	14250 kHz	USB	20 m voice segment.
SSB 15 m story	21250 kHz	USB	15 m voice segment.
Russian-speaking net 3,640 story	3640 kHz	LSB	Evening Russian-language round tables on 80 m.
SSTV 40 m story	7171 kHz	LSB	European SSTV frequency on 40 m, evenings and nights.
SSTV 80 m story	3730 kHz	LSB	SSTV on 80 m at night.
JS8Call 20 m story	14078 kHz	USB	FT8-based keyboard chat (JS8Call).
RTTY 20 m story	14083 kHz	RTTY	RTTY 45.45 Bd, 14080–14099 kHz; busy during contests.
WSPR 30 m story	10138.7 kHz	WSPR	WSPR on 30 m (around the clock).
WSPR 40 m story	7038.6 kHz	WSPR	WSPR on 40 m.
FT8 60 m story	5357 kHz	FT8	FT8 on 60 m.
FT8 12 m story	24915 kHz	FT8	FT8 on 12 m.
FT8 160 m story	1840 kHz	FT8	FT8 on 160 m at night.
CW 80 m story	3530 kHz	CW	CW on 80 m.
CW 30 m story	10120 kHz	CW	CW on 30 m (CW and digital only).
SSB 17 m story	18140 kHz	USB	Voice segment of 17 m.
SSB 10 m story	28450 kHz	USB	Voice segment of 10 m, open with good propagation.
QO-100 satellite: SSB contacts 10489.700 story	10489.700 MHz	USB	Amateur contacts through the geostationary satellite: the SSB segment 10489.650–10489.740 and above the beacon up to 10489.850, around the clock, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India. Heard through receivers with a dish on the satellite.
QO-100 satellite: FT8 10489.540 story	10489.540 MHz	FT8	FT8 through the satellite: decodes every 15 seconds from the whole footprint, Brazil to Thailand. A click on a callsign fills the log: band 3 cm, frequency, mode, report, locator.
QO-100 satellite: SSTV 10489.620 story	10489.620 MHz	SSTV	SSTV pictures through the satellite: the mixed-mode segment 10489.580–10489.650, most often around 10489.600–10489.620. The SSTV decoder builds the picture from the sound, as on HF.