With the push to having most of a radio receiver as part of a PC ... On the other hand, the small form factor would be great for backpacking or portable use and it isn’t that expensive.

Radio transmission in the 1.7-30 MHz frequency range worldwide. Like AM radio, shortwave signals reflect back from the ionosphere and follow the curvature of the earth. As a result, shortwave (SW ...

This is KDDI Corp.’s Yamata Transmitting Station, the nation’s only facility broadcasting shortwave radio programs to overseas listeners. The station started broadcasts on Jan. 1, 1941.

The problem is information overload. Faced with a shortwave radio, there were a limited number of options available. What’s more, only a small part of the band might be “open” at any given time.

As the ORF radio station FM4 reported, there were probably a particularly large number of soldiers among the listeners, as they were equipped with short-wave devices. However, the operation of the ...

In the last few years, the interest in listening to Deutsche Welle radio broadcasts via shortwave has decreased rapidly in North America. As a result Deutsche Welle decided to cease shortwave ...