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.
Time signals
| WWV 10 MHz story | 10000 kHz | AM | US time standard (Fort Collins): ticks and voice time every minute. Also 2500, 5000, 15000, 20000. | |
| WWV 15 MHz story | 15000 kHz | AM | US time standard, daytime frequency. | |
| WWV 5 MHz story | 5000 kHz | AM | US time standard, night frequency. | |
| CHU 7850 kHz story | 7850 kHz | USB | Canadian time signal (Ottawa), English and French voice. Also 3330 and 14670. | |
| RWM Moscow 4996 story | 4996 kHz | CW | Russian time standard: carrier, second pulses, Morse ident. Also 9996 and 14996. | |
| RWM Moscow 9996 story | 9996 kHz | CW | Russian time standard, daytime frequency. | |
| BPM China 10 MHz story | 10000 kHz | AM | Chinese time standard (Lintong), shares the frequency with WWV. Also 2500, 5000, 15000. | |
| DCF77 (77.5 kHz) story | 77.5 kHz | CW | German time signal; radio-controlled clocks across Europe sync to it. | |
| MSF (60 kHz) story | 60 kHz | CW | UK time signal from Anthorn. | |
| RBU (66.66 kHz) story | 66.666 kHz | CW | Russian long-wave time signal near Moscow. | |
| ALS162 (162 kHz) story | 162 kHz | CW | French time signal on the former France Inter frequency, Allouis, 675 kW, phase-modulated. Off for maintenance Tuesdays 06:00–10:00 UTC. |