Learn me Shortwave Radio.

I picked up a handheld radio off the Bay of E to replace one that just croaked. This new one has Shortwave bands 1-7. I was tinkering around with and wasn't finding many stations. Any resources or lists of stations online to consult?

A handheld HF (High Frequency, 3-30 MHz, "short wave") radio is not going to pick up much.  Your best listening experience will be in the early evening or early morning.

This reminds me that I have an old SW that I haven't touched in years. I should pull it out and see if I can get anything interesting. I wonder how many of the old international SW services are still around....

02Pilot said:

This reminds me that I have an old SW that I haven't touched in years. I should pull it out and see if I can get anything interesting. I wonder how many of the old international SW services are still around....

Many of the big European broadcasters stopped service to North America years ago. They decided everyone here has the internet. 

I miss shortwave. Listening to John Peel in the middle of the night on BBC..

49 meter band was on many of the German car radios in the 60s-70s along with 31 meter band , 

I remember driving down the freeway near Hollywood and hearing Surfin USA on BBC  :)

Radio Australia was also good , 

Now you can get BBC world service on the internet and many PBS stations play it after Midnight to fill in the airspace , 

I just fired up my radio. Searching quickly through all the bands (11m-120m) drew a few religious broadcasts, a couple strong Spanish-language signals, and a few unintelligible conversations that sounded like ham operators. Pretty scant compared to what I recall from the last time. I'll have to reaquaint myself with how this thing works and see if I can do better later on.

CQ Magazine is targeted at hams.  It does have information about shortwave and the listening conditions.  Just saw on their website they are giving away two digital issues.

We are currently at the bottom of the solar cycle so radio propagation is E36 M3

Last I checked you could still get an English language broadcast from Poland or Czechoslovakia that was interesting most evenings.  Israel still has commercial shortwave too.

Aside from that you're not going to find a lot unless you want my to fire up the transmitter and aim the antenna your way. 

Get as far from ac electrical  current and led lights as possible.  At home I can get  ok shortwave  reception. At the family hunting cabin, nearest ac powerline 1/2 mile away, it is phenomenal 

I have a Tecsun pl-660  the Browning Hi Power is for scale purposes. 

Are we sharing pictures of our radio gear?  I'm in.