Shortwave listeners usually fall into one of two groups, those who listen to shortwave broadcast (SWBC) stations and those who listen to utility (ute) stations. Personally I prefer utility monitoring over broadcast listening, so I haven't included much in the way of SWBC listening here. Perhaps in the future I will add more information.
SWBC stations are stations set up usually by governments of various countries around the world to transmit news and information of interest from the various countries. Utility stations are any stations on High-Frequency (HF) that aren't broadcast, amateur, or CB stations. These stations are used by various services, such as maritime, aeronautical, governmental, or military, and transmissions usually consist of two-way communications. While SWBC stations mainly use AM, utility stations use a variety of modes, such as USB, LSB, CW, RTTY, ALE, PSK and others.
Scanning is similar to utility monitoring in that most communications monitored will be two-way communications. The only difference is that these communications will be in the VHF and UHF range, and are local communications.
Pirate radio is a whole different ballgame. Some radio hobbyists broadcast programs without a license in total disregard of the FCC's rules. The programming can be some of the most entertaining of any stations on shortwave.
Natural radio listening consists of listening to naturally occurring, rather than manmade radio signals. These signals occur in the VLF and ELF bands, and while not as exciting as HF utility or scanner comms, it can be quite interesting to listen to signals produced by the earth. It's just a lot harder to QSL them.
Live Audio Feed
I have put a shoutcast of receiver audio on the internet which can be heard at http://n2uhc.listen2myradio.com. The shoutcast originates from the computer my receivers are connected to and uploaded to the listen2myradio.com servers. The audio feed should be running 24/7 except when my shack is shut down for thunderstorms, vacations, or other reasons. Audio will be either from my Icom R75 HF receiver, Kenwood TS-140, or scanner. I will probably have it monitoring ACARS a lot of the time, which I know isn't very interesting to listen to, but it's what I leave the computer monitoring when I'm not in the shack. However, when I'm listening to HF the feed will be connected to that. If you want to know what I'm listening to, you can chat with me in IRC channel #wunclub or #monitor on StarChat.
Scanning
Numbers Stations
Pirate Radio
Natural Radio Listening
Live audio from my shack
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