Before the Internet, if you wanted to hear news from around the world, you probably bought a shortwave receiver. In the golden age of world band radio, there was a great deal of high-quality ...
There are all kinds of shortwave radio stations in the world, but WBCQ seems unique. Allan Weiner at the foot of the rotatable antenna installed in 2018. Located in Monticello, Maine, WBCQ is an up-to ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Somewhere on a lonely mountaintop on a starry night, or maybe in an apartment on a bustling city block, someone is channeling the whole world onto a mobile device. It's not a ...
The author is sales and business development manager for Ampegon Power Electronics AG. My first car, a 1984 vintage, had a shortwave radio receiver, but I didn’t bother using it. I was young while it ...
A QSL Card from Radio Moscow probably got many 14-year-olds on government watch lists. (Public domain) Between World War II and Y2K, shortwave listening was quite an education. With a simple receiver, ...
I'm looking to spend about $100 for a nice radio with the above features. My model from the 70s crapped out recently, and I'm afraid I'm not much into the radio technology scene, I just like to listen ...
Encompass Digital Media has completed “the world’s first broadcast of a digital shortwave school lesson with the transmission of interactive maths content from the U.K. to students in The Gambia — ...